Recaps

Li Yue shattered Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Protection Barrier and sent him crashing into a tea stall, while Ning Rongrong stayed to watch and Oscar fled to fetch help. Oscar found Tang San and Xiao Wu and urgently called for their help, leaving them to ask what had happened.

• Dai Mubai used his White Tiger Protection Barrier, but Li Yue shattered it with a single sword strike and struck his cheek, sending him into a tea stall.
• Oscar urged Ning Rongrong to leave and get help, but she refused and stayed to watch.
• Oscar ran back alone and encountered Tang San and Xiao Wu at a street corner.
• Oscar called out for Tang San and Xiao Wu to help, and Tang San asked him to explain what had happened.

Oscar warned Tang San that Dai Mubai and Fatty had been defeated by a powerful female guard, and Tang San and Xiao Wu rushed to the scene. Tai Long, Tai Tan, and Liu Erlong headed toward the same crowd, while Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong finally reached the center, where Tang San saw a sight that enraged him.

• Oscar told Tang San that a female guard had shattered Dai Mubai's White Tiger Protection Barrier with pure Soul Power and beaten Dai Mubai and Fatty.
• Tang San judged the guard to be at least a Soul Emperor and sent Oscar to find Flender and Zhao Wuji while he and Xiao Wu hurried toward the fight.
• Oscar collided with Tai Long, but Liu Erlong and Tai Tan stopped Tai Long from taking revenge, and Oscar ran off to find the dean and teacher.
• Tai Long noticed people heading toward the fight and persuaded Tai Tan and Liu Erlong to go watch.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu pushed into the crowd, found Ning Rongrong, and brought her with them toward the center.
• Tang San reached the fight with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong and saw something that made him furious.

Tang San confronted Dai Mobai over Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun being slapped and forced to kneel after approaching Dai Mobai’s maid. Dai Mobai denied striking them, while Tang San and Xiao Wu defended the two men and accused him of being overbearing.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived to find Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun kneeling with swollen cheeks.
• Tang San challenged Dai Mobai, but Dai Mobai questioned which eye had seen him strike anyone.
• Tang San said Ma Hongjun had only wanted to get acquainted with Dai Mobai’s maid and accused Dai Mobai of allowing his subordinates to assault the men.
• Yang Wudi briefly glanced at Tang San, sensed he seemed familiar, and then looked away without recognizing him.
• Xiao Wu defended Ma Hongjun’s approach and claimed Dai Mobai should be pleased that he found the maid beautiful.

Dai Mobai forced Tang San to choose someone to endure Ma Hongjun’s lewd advances, while more than eighty Soul Masters surrounded the group. After Li Yue severed Ma Hongjun’s little finger as a warning, Ma Hongjun sprang to his feet under Dai Mobai’s threat.

• Dai Mobai offered Tang San a chance to leave unharmed if he chose someone to endure Ma Hongjun’s hitting on them.
• More than eighty Soul Masters emerged from the crowd and surrounded Tang San’s group.
• Dai Mobai ordered Li Yue to motivate Tang San when he refused to choose.
• Li Yue used a celadon teacup lid to sever Ma Hongjun’s little finger.
• Dai Mobai threatened to break Ma Hongjun’s fingers and toes if he did not get up, and Ma Hongjun hurried to his feet.

Ma Hongjun was forced to choose between Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong after Dai Mobai threatened to cut off his fingers, but he convinced himself that sacrificing one girl would save everyone. The chapter leaves him weighing the danger of targeting Ning Rongrong and her powerful family.

• Dai Mobai cut off one of Ma Hongjun's fingers and demanded that he choose between Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong.
• Ma Hongjun looked at the girls with lecherous intent, and Tang San and Xiao Wu recoiled at his expression.
• Ma Hongjun told Tang San that he was forced to comply and claimed he was sacrificing himself to protect the group.
• Ma Hongjun considered choosing Ning Rongrong and recognized that harming her would provoke the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ma Hongjun decided to attack Xiao Wu, convincing himself that Tang San and Yu Xiaogang could not protect her from Flender’s influence. Tang San failed to stop his charge, and Ma Hongjun closed in on the frozen Xiao Wu as his Evil Fire burned away Tang San’s restraints.

• Ma Hongjun dismissed the risks of harming Xiao Wu and chose her as his target, believing Flender would protect him from Tang San’s anger.
• Ma Hongjun apologized to Tang San and charged at Xiao Wu, revealing his predatory intentions.
• Tang San activated Blue Silver Entanglement and Spiderweb Restraint to stop Ma Hongjun, but Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire burned both soul skills away.
• Ma Hongjun urged Tang San not to interfere if he still considered him a brother, then continued toward Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu froze in fear as Ma Hongjun approached with his arms spread and flames surging around him.

Tang San tried to stop Ma Hongjun from assaulting Xiao Wu as the Evil Fire consumed his reason. He revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and struck Ma Hongjun, shattering the flames around him.

• Ma Hongjun lunged at Xiao Wu, and his burning hand scorched her shoulder as he grabbed her.
• Tang San realized his Blue Silver Grass and hidden weapons could not safely stop Ma Hongjun, then drew the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Dai Mobai watched Tang San reveal his hidden martial spirit and urged him not to disappoint him.
• Tang San rushed to Ma Hongjun and struck him with the Clear Sky Hammer, blasting apart the evil fire around his body.

Tang San struck Ma Hongjun down after he attacked Xiao Wu, then faced Yang Wudi, who recognized the Clear Sky Hammer and attacked him over his father, Tang Hao. The chapter ended as someone rushed in to stop Yang Wudi’s spear from reaching Tang San’s throat.

• Tang San hit Ma Hongjun with the Clear Sky Hammer, sending him through a stone wall and burying him in rubble.
• Xiao Wu clung to Tang San, and he calmed down as he comforted her.
• Yang Wudi asked Tang San what Tang Hao was to him, and Tang San said Tang Hao was his father.
• Yang Wudi summoned his Soulbreaking Spear and thrust it at Tang San’s throat.
• Someone in the crowd shouted for Yang Wudi to stop and charged at him.

Tai Tan intervened to stop Yang Wudi’s attack on Tang San, but Yang Wudi kept driving his Soulbreaking Spear forward until it pierced Tai Tan’s skin. The confrontation remained unresolved as someone in the crowd cried out, “Grandpa!”

• Tai Tan completed Martial Soul Possession and struck the pavement, raising stone slabs to block Yang Wudi’s spear.
• Yang Wudi activated his first Soul Skill, Tremor, and shattered the stone slab with his Soulbreaking Spear.
• Tai Tan activated a Soul Skill and caught the spear shaft with both hands just before it reached his chest.
• Yang Wudi braced himself and pushed harder, forcing the spear tip forward until it pierced Tai Tan’s skin and drew blood.
• Tai Tan frowned and slightly loosened his grip as someone in the crowd cried, “Grandpa!”

Tai Tan intervened to protect Tang San from Yang Wudi, who confronted him over the Clear Sky Sect’s abandonment of the four affiliated clans. The two Soul Douluo unleashed their full power against each other in the street, leaving the townspeople fleeing and Tang San jolted awake.

• Tai Long rushed to Tai Tan’s side, but Liu Erlong stopped him from entering the Soul Douluo fight.
• Yang Wudi accused Tai Tan of remaining loyal to the Clear Sky Sect despite its abandonment of the affiliated clans.
• Tai Tan refused to move aside, insisting he had a duty to protect his Master’s descendant.
• Yang Wudi unleashed his level-82 Soul Power and revealed his eight Soul Rings.
• Tai Tan released his level-86 Soul Power, and the two Soul Douluo’s forces collided as the crowd fled and Tang San awoke.

Tang San realized Tai Tan had called his father, Tang Hao, Master, while Xiao Wu feared the two Soul Douluos would discover her true form. Zhao Wuji arrived with Yu Xiaogang, whose unexpected reunion with Liu Erlong had to wait until the confrontation between Tai Tan and Yang Wudi was resolved.

• Tang San pieced together that Tai Tan and Yang Wudi had once been comrades and wondered what status his father held among them.
• Tang San comforted Xiao Wu, unaware she was suppressing her Soul Power to hide that she was a Soul Beast in human form.
• Zhao Wuji arrived with Shrek Academy teachers and students, including Yu Xiaogang.
• Liu Erlong recognized Yu Xiaogang and silently greeted him, while he indicated that the ongoing standoff was not the time to speak.

Flender discovered Ma Hongjun buried beneath rubble and demanded to know who had injured him. After uncovering Ma Hongjun and finding him barely alive, Flender saw his chest injuries and froze.

• Yu Xiaogang confirmed Tang San was unharmed, then noticed he had revealed the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Flender asked where Ma Hongjun was, and Ning Rongrong pointed him toward the rubble.
• Flender accused Dai Mobai of harming Ma Hongjun, but Dai Mobai told him to check the rubble.
• Flender uncovered Ma Hongjun, found him barely breathing, and froze when he saw his chest injuries.

Flender discovered that Ma Hongjun’s chest had been crushed by Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and demanded an explanation. He left with the unconscious Ma Hongjun rather than remain to protect Tang San, ending his friendship with Yu Xiaogang on cold terms.

• Flender stabilized Ma Hongjun’s injuries and recognized the Clear Sky Hammer’s mark in his chest.
• Flender confronted Tang San, while Yu Xiaogang argued that they should deal with the danger to Tang San first.
• Flender rebuked Yu Xiaogang for treating Tang San’s safety as more important than Ma Hongjun’s life.
• Flender refused to stay and protect Tang San, then carried Ma Hongjun away into the sky.

After Flender left Suotuo City, Zhao Wuji led Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong away while Dai Mobai let them pass. Tai Tan escaped with Tang San and Xiao Wu, and the street confrontation ended temporarily, leaving Yu Xiaogang to face the unresolved fallout.

• Dai Mobai regretted that Flender and Yu Xiaogang had not turned against each other, while Zhao Wuji pieced together the conflict surrounding Ma Hongjun and the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Zhao Wuji gathered Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong and led them out; Dai Mobai signaled the Breaking Clan elites to open a path.
• Tai Tan feinted at Yang Wudi, seized Tang San and Xiao Wu, and leaped away from the crowd.
• Yang Wudi prepared to pursue Tai Tan, but Dai Mobai told him to prioritize the important matter, and Yang Wudi withdrew his Soul Power.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized that the conflict with Flender and the consequences of Tang San revealing the Clear Sky Hammer remained unresolved, while Liu Erlong led him and Tai Long away.

After Liu Erlong led Yu Xiaogang and Tai Long away from the street, Dai Mobai quietly revealed his intention to use Tang San before departing with Li Yue and Yang Wudi. The group regrouped at the hotel, where Yu Xiaogang asked Zhao Wuji to take him to the city’s best clinic.

• Liu Erlong carried Yu Xiaogang away, and Tai Long followed, troubled that Tai Tan had protected Tang San instead of him.
• Dai Mobai said he intended to drain Tang San’s usefulness, then left with Li Yue and Yang Wudi.
• Suotuo City's guards arrived after the fighters had departed, and the centurion ordered men to seal off the damaged street and arrange repairs.
• Liu Erlong brought Yu Xiaogang and Tai Long to Tai Tan in a secluded alley, where Tai Tan checked on Tai Long before focusing on Tang San.
• After seeing Xiao Wu’s injuries and hearing what had happened with Ma Hongjun, Yu Xiaogang took the group back to their hotel.
• Yu Xiaogang found Zhao Wuji, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ning Rongrong at the hotel and asked Zhao Wuji to take him to the best clinic in the city.

Yu Xiaogang persuaded Zhao Wuji to take him to the clinic where Ma Hongjun was being treated. After the physician said she could keep Hongjun alive but could not heal his injuries, Yu Xiaogang faced Flender and said he knew someone who could save him.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Zhao Wuji to take him to see Flender and Ma Hongjun, while Liu Erlong stayed behind to help Tai Tan guard the others.
• Zhao Wuji led Yu Xiaogang to Apricot Grove Spring, where Flender learned the physician could only stabilize Ma Hongjun's severe injuries.
• The physician explained that shock force had damaged Ma Hongjun's meridians and internal organs, and then left the ward.
• Yu Xiaogang entered the ward and found Ma Hongjun unconscious as Flender warned him to leave.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender he knew someone who could save Hongjun.

Yu Xiaogang persuaded Flender to take the injured Ma Hongjun to Heaven Dou City for treatment and arranged for the others to follow. After the group agreed to leave, Tang San noticed Xiao Wu did not want to go and asked her why.

• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that the bearer of the Nine-Heart Begonia martial soul could save Ma Hongjun and offered Liu Erlong's academy in Heaven Dou City as a place to stay.
• Flender carried Ma Hongjun toward Heaven Dou City, while Zhao Wuji went to notify Li Yusong and the others.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to the hotel and announced that they would leave for Heaven Dou City, where Tang San would be safer.
• Liu Erlong and Tai Tan supported the move, while Xiao Wu stayed silent and clutched Tang San's clothes.
• Tang San noticed Xiao Wu's distress and asked why she did not want to go to Heaven Dou City.

Xiao Wu feared that Heaven Dou City’s many powerful Soul Masters would expose her true form, but Tang San mistook her silence for fear after the day’s events. Reassured by his promise to protect her, she agreed to go with him to Heaven Dou City.

• Xiao Wu stayed silent because she feared Title Douluo in Heaven Dou City might discover she was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang and the others to leave so he could speak privately with Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang warned they had to depart within half a shichen.
• Tang San asked Xiao Wu what troubled her, and she asked whether he would always protect her.
• Tang San promised that protecting Xiao Wu would always be his first principle.
• Xiao Wu remembered how Tang San had defended and comforted her, then agreed to go with him to Heaven Dou City.

Tang San and his companions left Suotuo City, while Dai Mobai led Yang Wudi, Li Yue, and the Breaking Clan's elites to the city lord's manor. The group silently killed the guards, entered the manor, and surrounded its key routes as City Lord Moro studied reports in his office.

• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to leave immediately, and Tang San's group departed Suotuo City quietly.
• Dai Mobai led Yang Wudi and the Breaking Clan's elites through the deserted streets toward the city lord's manor, with Li Yue absent from his side.
• Li Yue emerged from concealment and killed the two guards at the manor gate.
• Li Yue opened the gates, and Dai Mobai and the Breaking Clan's elites entered the manor and took control of its key areas.
• Moro remained awake in his study, frowning over reports submitted by his subordinates.

Moro worried that Suotuo City was defenseless after most of its garrison had been transferred and feared conflict over a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. Dai Mobai entered Moro’s study and revealed himself as the Star Luo Crown Prince, leaving Moro to decide whether to attack him.

• Moro reviewed a report about the Soul Master standoff and noted that it omitted the identity of the young man who had watched it.
• Moro reflected on Ge Long’s transfer of ninety percent of Suotuo City’s guards and worried that the city could not withstand the Star Luo Empire’s interest in the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• After a disturbance outside his study, Moro summoned whoever was responsible, and Dai Mobai calmly entered.
• Dai Mobai introduced himself as the Star Luo Crown Prince, shocking Moro and making him suspect that the Star Luo Empire had targeted Suotuo City.
• Moro judged that Dai Mobai could be no stronger than a four-ring Soul Ancestor and considered striking first with his own six-ring Soul Emperor strength.

Moro realized that capturing Dai Mobai, the Star Luo Crown Prince, could bring him immense power and status, so he launched a lightning-fast attack to seize him alive. The chapter ended with Moro closing in, convinced Dai Mobai's calm expression meant he had been stunned by his speed.

• Moro recalled how his Lightning Leopard martial soul had let him outrun Soul Masters of his rank.
• Moro recognized Dai Mobai as the Star Luo Crown Prince and imagined the rewards he could gain by capturing him.
• Moro concealed his intentions, then possessed his Lightning Leopard martial soul and destroyed the desk with the force of his Soul Power.
• Moro dashed at Dai Mobai and reached for his shoulder, intending to capture him alive.
• Moro noticed Dai Mobai remained calm and concluded that his speed had frightened him senseless.

Dai Mobai’s ambushed Moro in his study, where Yang Wudi stopped the attack and killed Moro with the Soulbreaking Spear. With his forces already controlling the City Lord’s Manor, Dai Mobai took the jade seal as Suotuo City changed hands.

• Moro charged Dai Mobai, but Dai Mobai remained calm and smiled at him.
• Yang Wudi burst into the study and pinned Moro to the wall with the Soulbreaking Spear.
• Moro recognized Yang Wudi, realized Dai Mobai had been protected all along, and died after declaring that Suotuo City was about to change hands.
• Yang Wudi told Dai Mobai that their people had taken the City Lord’s Manor.
• Dai Mobai praised Yang Wudi, opened a redwood box, and retrieved an exquisite jade seal.

Dai Mobai gave Yang Wudi the City Lord's Seal and ordered him to take control of Suotuo City's defenses by sunrise. Yang Wudi took the Breaking Clan's elites to the main gate, where he relieved the guards and stopped Luo Bu before he could leave.

• Dai Mobai gave Yang Wudi the City Lord's Seal and ordered him to raise the Star Luo Empire's White Tiger flag over Suotuo City by sunrise.
• Dai Mobai told Yang Wudi to postpone the Breaking Clan's revenge and promised he would later face the true culprit.
• Dai Mobai watched crimson-tinged Sirius and murmured that he would shoot the Heavenly Swan instead.
• Yang Wudi led the Breaking Clan's elites to the main city gate and used the seal to take over the guard posts.
• Luo Bu recognized that the strangers likely had seized the city, but handed over the watch without asking questions.
• Yang Wudi stopped Luo Bu and the city guards as they headed toward the barracks, then landed before them and demanded their attention.

Yang Wudi revealed himself as an eight-ringed Soul Douluo and forced Luo Bu and the city defense troops to obey his order to seal Suotuo City's remaining gates. Luo Bu survived the encounter and hurried to organize the guards while the Breaking Clan remained on the wall.

• Yang Wudi questioned Luo Bu about what he had seen, then manifested his Soulbreaking Spear and revealed eight Soul Rings.
• Luo Bu recognized Yang Wudi as the Soul Douluo who had clashed in Suotuo City earlier that day and feared for his life.
• Yang Wudi spared Luo Bu on the condition that he guard the remaining three city gates and prevent anyone from entering or leaving.
• Luo Bu and the city defense soldiers knelt, pledged to obey, and watched Yang Wudi vanish.
• Luo Bu ordered his troops to split into three teams and guard the gates, then left the main gate as the Breaking Clan stood on the wall.

Suotuo City awoke to find the Star Luo Empire’s White Tiger Flag flying over its gates, revealing that the city had changed hands from Balak Kingdom. The stunned residents began to grasp the takeover, and a cloth merchant turned his mule around to flee.

• New, silent guards stood at Suotuo City's main gate while its doors remained shut.
• A cloth merchant arrived at dawn and noticed that the gate had not opened and the usual guards were missing.
• The merchant spotted the Star Luo Empire’s White Tiger Flag atop the gate tower and froze in shock.
• A farmer and the gathered residents saw the flag and realized Suotuo City had changed hands.
• The cloth merchant recovered enough to turn his mule around and head back.