Recaps

Zhou Qiubai proved his strength despite his supposedly useless sword Martial Soul, gained a powerful second Soul Ring, and built a winning record in Suotuo City’s Great Soul Arena. After confronting Ning Rongrong, he accepted a match against Dai Mubai, leaving their fight about to begin.

• Zhou Qiubai defended himself against Huang Tianzong’s group, then escorted Shui Bing’er into Star Dou Forest and helped her obtain a Soul Ring.
• Zhou Qiubai followed Huang Tianzong to Ghost Cry Ravine, defeated the mercenaries there, and claimed a thousand-year Soul Ring from the Millennium Bamboo King.
• Zhou Qiubai’s Martial Soul evolved into the White Clothes Sword, and he traveled to Suotuo City to sell the Bamboo King sap and register with Spirit Hall.
• Zhou Qiubai joined the Great Soul Arena as the White-Clothed Guest and won seven consecutive matches, including a fight against the level-thirty-four Wind Shadow.
• Ning Rongrong tried to buy Zhou Qiubai’s sword and recruit him, but he refused and used his Sword Intent to frighten her into reconsidering her pride.
• Zhou Qiubai accepted an arena match against Dai Mubai, and the two faced each other on the fighting platform.

Zhou Qiubai defeats Tang San, escapes Tang Hao’s pursuit, and grows stronger before traveling east with Yang Guyun. After they stop the blood-draining killers in White Stone Town, they discover armed guards transporting chained prisoners toward the Northern Border Mine.

• Zhou Qiubai defeated Dai Mubai and Tang San in the Great Soul Arena, then left Suotuo City after Tang San tried to kill him with hidden weapons.
• Tang Hao confronted Zhou Qiubai and demanded his techniques, but Zhou escaped into a poisonous abyss and survived with severe injuries.
• Zhou Qiubai healed in the valley, took the Earth Vein Lingzhi from two Flood Dragon Pythons, and advanced to level thirty before reaching Star Dou Forest.
• Zhou Qiubai killed a Swift Wind Falcon to obtain his third Soul Ring, found a speed-type right leg Spirit Bone, and chose to sell it rather than absorb it.
• On the road to Heaven Dou City, Zhou Qiubai met Yang Guyun, who had left the Breaking Clan to develop his No Return Spear Technique, and the two agreed to travel together.
• Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun investigated the killings in White Stone Town, defeated the Black-Robed Men and the floating woman, and destroyed the blood-cultivation pills they found.
• After leaving White Stone Town, Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun took a mountain path and found armed guards preparing to transport chained prisoners to the Northern Border Mine.

Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun dismantled the Marquis Mansion’s slave operation, helped Shui Bing’er rescue her clansmen, and continued east to Tianxing City. After dominating the Soul Fighting Arena, they defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Imperial Fighting Team in a two-on-seven match.

• Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun killed Bing Wuhen and dismantled the Marquis Mansion’s slave operation, freeing captives from the mine and sending them south.
• Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun killed the Ice Crystal Pangolin, and Yang Guyun gained its Soul Ring and a right arm Spirit Bone that he chose to give to the Breaking Clan.
• Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun helped Shui Bing’er rescue her imprisoned clansmen, but Wang Zhen and the other guards died during their escape from the Ice Wolf Soul Saint and the wolf pack.
• Shui Yue'er absorbed a Soul Ring from an Ice Howl Wolf, and Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun parted from the Shui sisters before traveling east.
• Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun helped people they met along the road, then registered as Spear and Sword Peerless at Tianxing City's Soul Fighting Arena.
• Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun won their arena matches without releasing their Soul Rings, prompting Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Imperial Fighting Team to challenge them.
• Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun accepted a two-on-seven match and planned to target the support member while pushing themselves toward a breakthrough.
• Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun defeated the Imperial Fighting Team when Yang Guyun pierced Yu Tianheng’s hand and stopped his spear at Yu Tianheng’s heart, prompting him to concede.

Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun rose to prominence in Heaven Dou City, then visited Heaven Dou Royal Academy as Shrek Academy’s application sparked a public dispute over Yu Xiaogang’s theories. Xie Ru settled the confrontation, Shrek left without an agreement, and Qin Ming chose to leave the academy on his own.

• Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun reached Heaven Dou City, defeated Xue Beng’s guards after he mistreated an old man, and later won the Soul Fighting Arena match against the Iron-Armored Dragon Rhino brothers.
• Ning Fengzhi, Xue Qinghe, and the academy’s leaders took notice of Zhou Qiubai’s strength, while Yu Tianheng invited him and Yang Guyun to visit Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun arrived at the academy with Yu Tianheng and found Flender’s Shrek group negotiating admission with the Education Committee.
• After Zhi Lin tested Tang San’s strength, Zhou Qiubai rejected Yu Xiaogang’s offer of mentorship and challenged his Soul Ring theories, while Chen Xuan identified Tang San’s Martial Soul as the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Prince Xue Xing and Dugu Bo confronted Shrek Academy, but Xie Ru stopped Dugu Bo’s pressure and urged the parties to settle the dispute through discussion.
• Xie Ru and Chen Xuan cited historical records that contradicted Yu Xiaogang’s claimed Soul Ring limits, and Xie Ru instructed the committee to assess Shrek by the academy’s rules.
• Flender led Shrek away before the assessment, Tang San comforted Xiao Wu, and Qin Ming resigned from Heaven Dou Royal Academy rather than joining Shrek.
• Yu Tianheng went off to think, while Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun remained at the academy and Dugu Yan went after him.