Recaps

Dai Mobai drew Dugu Bo out of the city, while Yang Wudi blocked Dugu Bo’s poison snakes and followed them. Dugu Yan chased after them despite her injuries, leaving Yu Tianheng alone in the street.

• Dai Mobai activated his Martial Soul and flew toward the outskirts, inviting Dugu Bo to follow him outside the city.
• Dugu Bo sent poison-mist snakes after Dai Mobai, but Yang Wudi destroyed them with his Soulbreaking Spear.
• Dugu Bo recognized Yang Wudi and pursued Dai Mobai beyond the city to avoid fighting in the streets.
• Yu Tianheng could not follow because his chest injury left him unable to move.
• Dugu Yan jumped from the window and hurried after Dai Mobai and Dugu Bo despite her weakness.
• Yu Tianheng tried to stop Dugu Yan and claim credit for summoning Dugu Bo, but she shoved him aside and left him alone.

Xue Qinghe ordered She Long to kill Dai Mobai after learning that the Star Luo Crown Prince was in Heaven Dou City. Outside the city, Dugu Bo confronted Dai Mobai, but Yang Wudi arrived and stood between them.

• She Long reported that Dugu Bo had clashed with Dai Mobai in Heaven Dou City, and Xue Qinghe ordered him not to let Dai Mobai leave alive.
• She Long left the East Palace to carry out Xue Qinghe's order.
• Dai Mobai landed in a forest about ten li from Heaven Dou City, where Dugu Bo arrived and threatened to kill him.
• Dai Mobai dismissed Dugu Bo's threat and said that a Soul Douluo could not protect him.
• Yang Wudi appeared with his Soulbreaking Spear and challenged Dugu Bo to get past him before harming Dai Mobai.

Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi unleashed their seventh Soul Ring abilities and clashed in the air, devastating the surrounding forest. Dai Mobai watched the fight from a chair while Li Yue served him tea.

• Dugu Bo summoned his nine Soul Rings and transformed into a twenty-meter Jade Phosphor Giant Python.
• Yang Wudi activated his seventh Soul Ring, wrapped his Soulbreaking Spear in black flames, and charged Dugu Bo.
• Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo collided in midair, sending a shockwave through the forest that broke trees and tore up the ground.
• Dai Mobai watched the battle calmly as Li Yue set out a table and chairs and served him tea.

Yang Wudi used Aromatic Silk Beauty to counter Dugu Bo’s poison and drove him into a desperate defense, while Dai Mobai revealed the weaknesses of Dugu Bo’s trump-card skills. As Li Yue prepared to warm Dai Mobai’s tea, a hidden attacker launched a golden-green Snake Lance at Dai Mobai.

• Yang Wudi’s poison immunity let him wound Dugu Bo and overwhelm him with relentless spear attacks.
• Dugu Bo began preparing Medusa’s Gaze, but Dai Mobai identified the skill and warned Yang Wudi about its weakness.
• Yang Wudi thanked Dai Mobai and intensified his assault, forcing Dugu Bo to abandon his attempt to use the skill and focus on defense.
• Dai Mobai asked Li Yue to warm his tea as Yang Wudi continued pressuring Dugu Bo.
• A concealed attacker shot a golden-green Snake Lance toward Dai Mobai, and Li Yue realized she could not intercept it in time.

Dai Zhenshan appeared just in time to save Dai Mobai from She Long’s killing strike, catching and destroying the Snake Lance with ease. He revealed himself as a powerful Titled Douluo and charged She Long, while Dai Mobai calmly continued drinking tea.

• A mysterious voice announced that two Titled Douluo were trying to kill Dai Mobai, and Dai Zhenshan appeared in front of him.
• Dai Zhenshan caught She Long’s Snake Lance in his palm and destroyed it, leaving She Long shaken.
• Dai Zhenshan identified Dai Mobai as the crown prince of the Star Luo Empire and summoned his nine Soul Rings and Black Tiger phantom.
• Dai Mobai joked with Dai Zhenshan and kept drinking tea while Dai Zhenshan prepared to fight She Long.
• Dai Zhenshan launched himself at She Long and activated his seventh Soul Ring, surrounding himself in black light as his body began to transform.

Dai Zhenshan transformed into his Blood-Patterned Black Tiger form and drove She Long away, then accepted Dai Mobai’s Dragon Lingzhi Leaves as payment for his help. After Dai Zhenshan departed, the battle between Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo showed signs of ending.

• Dai Zhenshan transformed into a Blood-Patterned Black Tiger and attacked She Long with overwhelming force.
• She Long judged that Dai Zhenshan was too dangerous to fight and fled into the forest, abandoning his attempt to keep Dai Mobai behind.
• Dai Mobai gave Dai Zhenshan a jar of wine and ten Dragon Lingzhi Leaves, explaining that the leaves restored Soul Power.
• Dai Zhenshan accepted the leaves, thanked Dai Mobai, and vanished.
• The battle between Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo began to show signs of coming to an end.

Yang Wudi defeated Dugu Bo with his Six Harmonies Great Spear—Phoenix Nods, leaving the Title Douluo badly wounded and at spearpoint. Dugu Yan arrived just as Dai Mobai signaled Yang Wudi to spare her grandfather, and Dugu Bo then asked her why she had come.

• Yang Wudi shattered Dugu Bo's defenses and forced him out of his Martial Soul Avatar with a decisive spear strike.
• Yang Wudi held his spear at Dugu Bo's throat while the wounded elder struggled to recover.
• Dugu Yan rushed into the forest and was stunned to see her grandfather defeated and at the mercy of a Soul Douluo.
• Dai Mobai gestured for Yang Wudi to withdraw his spear, and Yang Wudi stepped back while remaining ready to fight.
• Dugu Bo thanked Dai Mobai, then reproached Dugu Yan and asked why she had come.

Dugu Bo conceded the immortal herbs to Dai Mobai and left Dugu Yan behind to say goodbye to him. After Dugu Yan and Dai Mobai parted, Xue Qinghe learned that the attempt to capture Dai Mobai had failed and questioned how two Title Douluo could have failed to defeat him.

• Dugu Yan rushed to Dugu Bo and pleaded with him not to hurt Dai Mobai, revealing her concern for Dai Mobai.
• Dai Mobai openly told Dugu Bo that he and Dugu Yan were in love, and Dugu Bo conceded the immortal herbs before leaving.
• Dugu Yan evaded Dugu Bo, stayed behind with Dai Mobai, embraced and kissed him, and promised to visit him in Star Luo.
• Dai Mobai left the forest with Yang Wudi and Li Yue after Dugu Yan departed for Heaven Dou City.
• Xue Qinghe heard She Long report that the attempt had failed and wondered why two Title Douluo had not taken down Dai Mobai.

Xue Qinghe learned that Dai Zhenshan had thwarted She Long’s assassination attempt on Dai Mobai and spared She Long because his identity remained concealed. Dai Mobai returned safely to the Star Luo Imperial Palace and met with the Star Luo Emperor the next morning.

• She Long described how Dai Zhenshan had appeared, caught his Snake Lance attack barehanded, and revealed nine Soul Rings.
• Xue Qinghe identified the old man as Dai Zhenshan, the former Blood Tiger Duke, and recognized that his return strengthened the Star Luo Empire.
• Xue Qinghe forgave She Long because the failed assassination had not exposed his identity, and She Long left the study relieved.
• Dai Mobai, Li Yue, and Yang Wudi reached Star Luo territory after their journey from Heaven Dou City and continued on to the imperial palace.
• Dai Mobai rested after returning, then visited the Star Luo Emperor in the Imperial Study the following morning.

Dai Mobai returned to the Imperial Study and revealed that his trip to Heaven Dou City had been intended to help the Star Luo Emperor break through from Soul Power Level ninety-five to level ninety-six. He presented several Immortal Herbs and showed his father the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.

• Dai Mobai met with the Star Luo Emperor, who recounted the trouble his son had caused in Heaven Dou City.
• Dai Mobai asked whether the Star Luo Emperor had remained at Soul Power Level ninety-five for nearly ten years.
• Dai Mobai revealed that his trip had been meant to help the Star Luo Emperor break through to level ninety-six.
• Dai Mobai used his Soul Tool to produce boxes of Immortal Herbs, filling the Imperial Study with medicinal fragrances.
• Dai Mobai opened a jade box and identified the purple flower inside as the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.

Dai Mobai presented the Star Luo Emperor with a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and received Heaven Dou’s peace and marriage proposal in return. He agreed to marry Princess Xue Ke but proposed exchanging Xue Beng for her, setting up a conflict between Xue Beng and Xue Qinghe.

• Dai Mobai explained that the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum could forge an indestructible body and was especially suited to the Dai Clan’s White Tiger Martial Soul.
• The Star Luo Emperor closed the jade box and gave Dai Mobai Heaven Dou’s proposal to cede Balak and marry Princess Xue Ke to him.
• Dai Mobai agreed to the marriage but insisted that Heaven Dou send Xue Ke to Star Luo before arranging the wedding.
• Dai Mobai proposed exchanging Xue Beng for Xue Ke, and the Star Luo Emperor realized the plan would reignite the struggle between Xue Beng and Xue Qinghe.

Dai Mobai and the Star Luo Emperor agreed to send Xue Beng to Heaven Dou, hoping to weaken the rival empire while Star Luo prepared to confront Spirit Hall. Dai Mobai visited the Duke Mansion to see Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun, but hesitated after finding them playing in the courtyard and was caught by a maid.

• Dai Mobai proposed sending Xue Beng to Heaven Dou to provoke conflict with Xue Qinghe, and the Star Luo Emperor approved the plan.
• The Star Luo Emperor wrote and sealed a reply, then ordered an envoy dispatched to Heaven Dou and told Dai Mobai to visit Duke Spirit Cat.
• Dai Mobai went to the Duke Mansion, greeted the Duchess, and learned that Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun were in the rear courtyard.
• Dai Mobai found Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun playfully teasing each other by the pool and paused outside the courtyard.
• A maid asked Dai Mobai why he was not going in.

Dai Mobai returned from Heaven Dou City and surprised Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing while they were playing in the courtyard, leaving both sisters mortified. He teased them briefly, then revealed that he had brought each of them a gift.

• A maid announced Dai Mobai's arrival, interrupting Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing and sending them rushing to get dressed.
• Dai Mobai dismissed the frightened maid and waited outside while the sisters composed themselves.
• Zhu Zhuyun invited Dai Mobai into the residence, where he noticed signs of the sisters' hurried escape from the pool.
• Dai Mobai greeted the embarrassed sisters and teased them about giving him a surprise first.
• Dai Mobai produced two jade boxes and told Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing that he had brought each of them a gift.

Dai Mobai gave Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing two Immortal Herbs that could improve their cultivation potential. After he reminded them of their family teaching and their status as his consorts, the sisters accepted the gifts and thanked him as their husband.

• Dai Mobai presented Zhu Zhuqing with a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone and Zhu Zhuyun with an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid.
• Dai Mobai explained how each Immortal Herb could improve its recipient's body and cultivation.
• Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing tried to return the precious herbs, saying they could not accept them.
• Dai Mobai reminded the sisters that their family teaching said a woman followed her husband after marriage.
• Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing accepted their herbs and shyly thanked Dai Mobai as their husband.

Dai Mobai guided Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing as they consumed their Immortal Herbs and absorbed their medicinal power. Zhu Zhuyun awakened after the transformation, feeling refreshed and strong, while Zhu Zhuqing was still absorbing hers.

• Dai Mobai explained how Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing should consume their Immortal Herbs and promised to stand guard.
• Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing called Dai Mobai their husband before following him into the room.
• Zhu Zhuqing ate the petals of the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, sucked its stamen, and circulated her Soul Power, while Zhu Zhuyun consumed the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid whole.
• Zhu Zhuqing developed a jade-colored glow as she absorbed the herb, while Zhu Zhuyun sat motionless amid mist and fragrance.
• After dusk, Zhu Zhuyun awakened, stretched, and told Dai Mobai that she felt wonderful.

After Zhu Zhuyun absorbed the Immortal Herb, she thanked Dai Mobai intimately while Zhu Zhuqing remained unconscious. Zhu Zhuqing later woke and reported that her Soul Power had risen to level thirty, while Dai Mobai concealed what had happened before she awoke.

• Zhu Zhuyun thanked Dai Mobai with a kiss, and he pulled her into an embrace and kissed her.
• Dai Mobai told Zhu Zhuyun to thank him again, then made her kneel beside him while Zhu Zhuqing slept.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke as the jade glow from her body faded and asked Dai Mobai where her sister was.
• Dai Mobai claimed Zhu Zhuyun had gone to bathe after expelling impurities, then redirected Zhu Zhuqing's attention from a strange scent.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Mobai that her Soul Power had risen from level twenty-seven to level thirty and could increase further after she obtained a Soul Ring.

Zhu Zhuqing awakened with her Soul Power advanced to level thirty after taking an Immortal Herb, while Zhu Zhuyun had reached level forty. The sisters agreed to hunt for Soul Rings with Dai Mobai the next day, and he asked for a reward before leaving.

• Zhu Zhuqing woke after the Immortal Herb raised her Soul Power three levels, and she sensed more medicinal power remained within her.
• Zhu Zhuyun entered and proposed that she and Zhu Zhuqing hunt for Soul Rings together the next day because they had reached levels forty and thirty.
• Zhu Zhuyun asked Dai Mobai to help them obtain their Soul Rings, and he agreed after she promised him a reward.
• Dai Mobai prepared to leave, then reminded Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing that they owed him a farewell kiss.

Dai Mobai shared good-night kisses with Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing before returning to the East Palace. There, he summoned Li Yue to serve him in the bath, and she entered the bathing chamber unseen.

• Zhu Zhuyun kissed Dai Mobai, then Zhu Zhuqing nervously kissed him and received a tender kiss in return.
• Dai Mobai kissed Zhu Zhuyun passionately before leaving the Duke Mansion as the sisters watched him go.
• A palace maid helped Dai Mobai remove his outer robe at the East Palace, but he dismissed her.
• Dai Mobai called for Li Yue to serve him in the bath, and she slipped into the bathing chamber as a gust of wind blew the door.

After carrying exhausted Li Yue to bed, Dai Mobai considered how his increased physical strength had intensified his Evil Fire and decided to prioritize improving his abilities. He consumed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to strengthen his spiritual power, and felt its medicinal energy enter the space between his brows.

• Dai Mobai carried Li Yue from the bathroom to bed, told her to rest before their trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, and watched her fall asleep.
• Dai Mobai reflected that the Immortal Herbs had increased his physical strength and wondered whether he should pursue Zhu Yun, but chose to focus on improving his strength.
• Dai Mobai retrieved a jade box from his jade belt and examined the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew inside.
• Dai Mobai drank the dew at the herb's center, causing the plant to wither into dust.
• Dai Mobai guided the herb's cool medicinal energy toward his ancestral aperture, where he felt his consciousness being pulled outward.

After gaining Myriad Wonders Vision and restoring the balance between his spiritual power and physical strength, Dai Mobai set out with Li Yue and Yang Wudi for the Duke Mansion. Over breakfast, he revealed that the Star Luo Emperor was entering seclusion and would likely reach level ninety-six, while Zhu Zhuyun announced that she had reached level forty and was ready to go to the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Dai Mobai tested Myriad Wonders Vision, then went back to sleep with Li Yue beside him.
• Dai Mobai rose the next morning and traveled with Li Yue and Yang Wudi to the Duke Mansion.
• Dai Mobai told Zhu Song that the Star Luo Emperor was entering seclusion and expected to break through to level ninety-six.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Zhu Song she had reached level forty and planned to go to the Star Dou Great Forest with Dai Mobai.

Zhu Song and the Duchess learned that Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing had advanced several ranks after Dai Mobai gave them Immortal Herbs, and they thanked him for his generosity. After breakfast, Dai Mobai and the sisters left for the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Zhu Zhuyun told Zhu Song that she had risen from rank thirty-five to rank forty overnight after receiving an Immortal Herb from Dai Mobai.
• Zhu Zhuqing confirmed that she had also advanced, reaching rank thirty.
• Zhu Song and the Duchess formally thanked Dai Mobai, and he acknowledged that Emperor Star Luo's seclusion was connected to the Immortal Herbs.
• Zhu Song reflected that Dai Mobai would protect his daughters from the imperial family's bloody succession struggles.
• Dai Mobai, Zhu Zhuyun, Zhu Zhuqing, Li Yue, and Yang Wudi left the manor and traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Xue Ke rushed to Xue Qinghe after learning that their father planned to marry her into the Star Luo Empire to bring Xue Beng back. Xue Qinghe comforted her and promised to handle it, while concealing his anger at their father’s decision.

• Xue Ke burst into Xue Qinghe’s study in tears and said their father wanted to marry her into the Star Luo Empire.
• Xue Ke explained that she had overheard her father speaking with a Star Luo envoy and that the marriage was meant to bring Xue Beng back.
• Xue Qinghe hid his anger, comforted Xue Ke, and told her he would find a way to handle the situation.
• Xue Ke left the study, still upset and insisting she did not want to marry into the Star Luo Empire.

Xue Qinghe learned that Xue Ye planned to marry Xue Ke to the Star Luo Empire to bring Xue Beng back and ordered She Long and Ci Xue to investigate the plan. Meanwhile, Zhu Zhuqing absorbed a Shadow Blade Mantis Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest and surged to level thirty-six.

• Xue Qinghe summoned She Long and Ci Xue and ordered them to find out when Xue Ke would leave for the Star Luo Empire and where she and Xue Beng would exchange places.
• Xue Qinghe realized Xue Ye had kept the marriage plan from him and declared that Xue Beng's return would depend on his mood.
• Dai Mobai, the Zhu sisters, Yang Wudi, and Li Yue entered the Star Dou Great Forest after resting at a nearby town.
• Li Yue crippled a two-thousand-year-old Shadow Blade Mantis, and Zhu Zhuqing delivered the final blow and absorbed its Soul Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing broke through to level thirty-one, then the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone's stored power raised her Soul Power to level thirty-six.

Dai Mobai helped Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun advance their Soul Power during a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, then returned to Star Luo City and found a mountain of government work awaiting him. He wondered whether becoming emperor was worth the trouble.

• Zhu Zhuqing reached level thirty-six, kissed Dai Mobai, and Zhu Zhuyun watched them with amusement.
• Li Yue killed a five-thousand-year-old Ghost Tiger, whose Soul Ring helped Zhu Zhuyun reach level forty-four.
• Zhu Zhuyun kissed Dai Mobai, whispered to him, and secretly visited his tent that night while Zhu Zhuqing slept.
• Dai Mobai's group stayed in the forest an extra day, then returned to Star Luo City and brought Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing back to the Duke Mansion.
• Dai Mobai returned to the East Palace, found a month of accumulated government affairs on his desk, and lamented that being emperor seemed exhausting.
• Li Yue teased Dai Mobai for finding the throne troublesome when others fought to claim it.

Dai Mobai learned that the Star Crown Sect Master would bring the sect’s successor to the Star Luo Imperial Capital and asked Li Yue to investigate their purpose. After Li Yue left, he set the file aside, wary of the sect’s arrival amid the current political situation.

• Dai Mobai opened a government file and found news that the Star Crown Sect Master would soon visit the Star Luo Imperial Capital with the sect’s successor.
• Li Yue explained the Star Crown Sect’s history, its inherited martial soul, and its reputation for remaining independent of political factions.
• Dai Mobai praised Li Yue’s knowledge and asked her to uncover the purpose of the Star Crown Sect’s visit.
• Li Yue promised to investigate and left the study, while Dai Mobai set the file aside and continued handling government affairs.