Recaps

Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun defeated Soul Emperors without using Soul Skills, drawing attention from powerful figures across Heaven Dou City. As Zhou Qiubai navigated offers of friendship and a costly gambling loss, the pair entered the Heaven Dou Auction House, where Ning Fengzhi bid heavily on Zhou’s Spirit Bone.

• Yu Yuanzhen removed Yu Xiaogang from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s registry, while Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun continued their winning streak at the Great Soul Arena.
• Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun sparred with the Imperial Fighting Team, overwhelmed its defenses, and offered to train with the team again.
• At the Great Soul Arena, Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun defeated Taishan and Taihai without using Soul Skills, stunning the crowd and attracting Qian Renxue’s interest.
• Second Master took Zhou Qiubai’s gambling winnings, then offered him friendship and a possible future connection, and Zhou accepted the friendship but refused a loan.
• Xue Qinghe offered Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun money and a place serving the empire, but they refused to become subordinates and accepted her token as friends.
• Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun advanced in rank, then brought Zhou’s roughly 4,800-year-old wind-attribute Spirit Bone to the Heaven Dou Auction House.
• At the auction, Zhou Qiubai questioned the sale of a caged Moonlight Fox, while Ning Fengzhi bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for Zhou’s Swift Wind Falcon right leg bone.

Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun took mercenary work, crossed paths with powerful factions, and became involved in Dugu Bo’s worsening poison. Yang Wudi examined Dugu Bo and discovered the hidden springs that had kept him alive, leaving him responsible for investigating the land and protecting Dugu Yan.

• Ning Fengzhi bought Zhou Qiubai’s Spirit Bone, then secured Xiao Yao’s freedom and offered her a place with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Liu Erlong confronted Zhou Qiubai over his criticism of Yu Xiaogang, but Flender and Ning Fengzhi intervened, and Chen Xin challenged Zhou to a sword match in three years.
• Chen Xin entered seclusion to study the Sword Dao, while Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong planned to monitor Xiao Wu and quietly guide Zhou Qiubai toward mercenary missions.
• Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun exposed the Shadow Society’s underground experiments, rescued its captives, and later destroyed a swarm of Iron-Eating Beasts at West Mountain Mine.
• Zhou Qiubai told Yang Guyun about Qian Renxue, Xiao Wu, Ah Yin, and Tang Hao’s past attack on him, and Yang Guyun agreed to help him seek revenge on Tang Hao.
• Dugu Bo summoned Yang Guyun to discuss poison, revealed that Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison was consuming his body, and asked Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun to protect Dugu Yan after his death.
• Yang Wudi examined Dugu Bo and gave him a Heart Protection Pill, estimating that he could extend Dugu Bo’s life by three to five years.
• Dugu Bo led Yang Wudi, Zhou Qiubai, Yang Guyun, and Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire springs, where Yang Wudi found dragon breath and began examining a gold-glowing silver needle.

Zhou Qiubai and his companions gained strength in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then rejected Tang San’s recruitment through Yang Wudi and joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team. As the tournament approached, Tang San’s attempt to absorb a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring crippled him, and Tang Hao took him away to seek a way to restore his Martial Soul.

• Yang Wudi treated Dugu Bo with Immortal Herbs, curing his poison and raising his Soul Power, while Dugu Yan evolved into a Jade Phosphorous Flood Dragon.
• Zhou Qiubai absorbed the Moon Shadow Demon Wolf’s Soul Ring, and Yang Guyun defeated the Earth-Splitting Dragon Rhino and gained the Soul Skill Slaughter.
• Yang Wudi rejected Tang San’s effort to recruit the Breaking Clan, citing the Clear Sky Sect’s abandonment of the clans and Tang Hao’s past attack on Yang Guyun.
• Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun learned that Tang Hao was watching them, while Tang San resolved to win over the Breaking Clan and strengthen his new sect.
• Xie Ru offered Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun places on Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team, and Zhou Qiubai defeated all seven challengers without using a Soul Skill.
• Tang San secretly attempted to absorb a ten-thousand-year Blood-Veined Demon Vine Soul Ring, but its energy damaged his meridians and Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul before Tai Tan saved him.
• Tang Hao blamed Yu Xiaogang’s influence for Tang San’s choice and took him away to retrieve what his mother had left him and awaken the origin of his damaged Martial Soul.
• Xiao Wu found Tang San’s letter after he left with Tang Hao and feared that Tang Hao had discovered she was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun competed in the Heaven Dou tournament, while Yu Tianheng’s team joined their roster and Tang San returned stronger. After Shi Nian trapped Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun in illusions, they broke free and faced his attack, ending with Zhou Qiubai poised to kill him.

• Xiao Wu gave Dai Mubai Tang San’s letter, and Shrek Academy decided to compete without Tang San as Salas considered Bibi Dong’s order to eliminate Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun.
• Zhou Qiubai, Yang Guyun, and Chen Xuan entered the tournament as Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Second Team, and Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun quickly defeated their opponents.
• Xie Ru advised Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun about relying on their own strength, while Yu Tianheng later asked Zhou Qiubai to exchange teams so his group could fight in the Qualifying Tournament.
• Zhou Qiubai agreed to Yu Tianheng’s request, and Salas approved the roster exchange after the teams reported it to him.
• Zhou Qiubai defeated Feng Xiaotian in the arena, then advised him on how to approach Huo Wu as Chen Xuan and Yang Guyun discussed Feng Xiaotian’s feelings.
• Tang San awakened the Blue Silver Emperor, gained a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring, and returned toward Heaven Dou City determined to face Zhou Qiubai.
• Shi Nian used his Residual Dream Illusion on Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun, but Yang Guyun overcame his regrets and advanced his spear technique while Zhou Qiubai shattered the illusion with his sword.
• Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun fought Shi Nian, breaking his illusions and spiritual attacks, and Zhou Qiubai summoned an autumn aura before striking at the immobilized Shi Nian.