Recaps

Dai Mobai left Xu Xing Tong after she helped him dress, then reflected on how Moonlight Tempering had strengthened his martial soul and raised his Soul Power to level sixty. The next morning, he set out to hunt for his sixth Soul Ring, while Xu Lan confronted Xu Xing Tong about inviting him to undergo Moonlight Tempering.

• Xu Xing Tong helped Dai Mobai put on his robe, and he carried her to bed, covered her with a quilt, kissed her, and left.
• Xu Xing Tong remained awake, troubled by Dai Mobai's unexpected departure.
• Dai Mobai returned to the East Palace and realized Moonlight Tempering had strengthened his Holy Light White Tiger martial soul and raised his Soul Power to level sixty.
• Dai Mobai left the Star Luo Imperial Palace with Li Yue and Bai Chenxiang to hunt for his sixth Soul Ring.
• Xu Lan asked Xu Xing Tong about the Roaring Moon White Tiger, and she confirmed it was Dai Mobai's martial soul.
• Xu Lan realized Xu Xing Tong had invited Dai Mobai to undergo Moonlight Tempering and reacted with shock and self-reproach.

Xu Xing Tong told Xu Lan that her bond with Dai Mobai had deepened, then revealed that her Star Crown Martial Soul had evolved into a Moon Crown. After Dai Mobai returned to Star Luo City, a powerful White Tiger phantom appeared over the city, leaving Yang Wudi and Bai He wondering whether it belonged to His Majesty.

• Xu Xing Tong told Xu Lan that fate and the previous night's events had strengthened her connection with Dai Mobai.
• Xu Xing Tong revealed her Moon Crown Martial Soul, which let her cultivate during the day as well as at night.
• Xu Lan left to arrange a place for the Star Crown Sect in Star Luo City under the Star Luo Empire's Directorate of Astronomy.
• Dai Mobai returned to the imperial palace with Li Yue and Bai Chenxiang after nearly a month spent hunting an eighty-thousand-year-old Holy Light Silver-Patterned Tiger.
• A massive White Tiger phantom appeared over Star Luo City, and Yang Wudi and Bai He said it did not seem to be Dai Mobai's Martial Soul and wondered if it belonged to His Majesty.

The Star Luo Emperor emerged from months of seclusion after reaching rank ninety-six and returned to court expecting to hear about Dai Mobai’s rule as regent. Instead, Duke Spirit Cat reported that Dai Mobai had governed without mistakes while building up the empire’s intelligence and astronomy operations.

• Yang Wudi and Bai He hurried to the palace after sensing the breakthrough, while Dai Mobai realized his Imperial Father had emerged and welcomed the end of his regency.
• The Star Luo Emperor tested his new rank ninety-six power, opened the Imperial Forbidden Land, and went to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to resume court.
• When no ministers reported problems, the Star Luo Emperor reassured them that he would not blame Dai Mobai for any mistakes.
• Duke Spirit Cat told the Star Luo Emperor that Dai Mobai had handled state affairs in an orderly fashion without a single error.
• Duke Spirit Cat revealed that Dai Mobai had recruited the Speed Clan to strengthen the intelligence department and established the Directorate of Astronomy under Xu Lan.

After emerging from seclusion, the Star Luo Emperor saw that Dai Mobai had brought the Speed Clan and Star Crown Sect into the Star Luo Empire and wanted to know how he had managed it. Dai Mobai answered with a cryptic fishing saying, leaving the emperor stunned.

• Bai He and Xu Lan pledged allegiance to the Star Luo Emperor on behalf of their factions, surprising him after their past refusals to join the empire.
• The Star Luo Emperor went to Taihu Lake and found Dai Mobai fishing with Li Yue and Bai Chenxiang nearby.
• Dai Mobai hooked a large fish, but the fishing line snapped before he could reel it in.
• The Star Luo Emperor asked Dai Mobai how he had organized state affairs and recruited the two factions, and Dai Mobai replied with a cryptic saying about there being no fish by the lake.

Dai Mobai explained that he wanted to remain crown prince while his father ruled, then asked the Star Luo Emperor to lend him Titled Douluo Dai Zhenshan for the upcoming political marriage. He warned that returning Xue Beng to Heaven Dou could threaten Xue Qinghe’s position, though the emperor doubted Xue Beng could challenge him.

• Dai Mobai told the Star Luo Emperor he would serve as a good crown prince while his father ruled and become a good ruler when entrusted with power.
• The Star Luo Emperor offered to pass the throne to Dai Mobai, but Dai Mobai refused, saying he wanted another decade as crown prince.
• The Star Luo Emperor reminded Dai Mobai that Heaven Dou’s princess would arrive in seven days, and Dai Mobai asked to borrow Titled Douluo Dai Zhenshan.
• Dai Mobai said he wanted Dai Zhenshan as a precaution because others might target Xue Beng during the political marriage.
• Dai Mobai explained that returning Xue Beng could weaken Xue Qinghe’s position as Heaven Dou crown prince, but the Star Luo Emperor argued that Xue Beng’s poor reputation would make it difficult for him to gain support.

Dai Mobai convinced the Star Luo Emperor that Xue Qinghe might be an impostor installed by Spirit Hall, explaining why Xue Ye favored Xue Beng. Dai Mobai then revealed that he planned to surprise Xue Qinghe during the marriage alliance.

• Dai Mobai showed how the Heaven Dou Emperor’s support could make Xue Beng a stronger contender than Xue Qinghe.
• Dai Mobai suggested Xue Qinghe had been replaced, and the Star Luo Emperor questioned how an impostor could hide a different Martial Soul.
• Dai Mobai explained that a Soul Bone could alter a similar Martial Soul’s appearance and help conceal the deception.
• The Star Luo Emperor concluded that Xue Ye had discovered the truth and identified Spirit Hall as the power capable of replacing a crown prince unnoticed.
• Dai Mobai said Xue Qinghe would likely send another Titled Douluo to guard the marriage alliance and vowed to give him a surprise.

On the day of the political marriage between Heaven Dou and the Star Luo Empire, Xue Ke prepared to leave for Star Luo while Xue Qinghe comforted her. Xue Qinghe promised to become emperor and bring her home if she remained unhappy, while recalling his own painful past as Qian Renxue.

• The Star Luo Emperor told Dai Mobai he would support whatever he chose to do and promised to arrange for someone to report to the East Palace.
• Heaven Dou Crown Prince Xue Qinghe escorted Princess Xue Ke to Barak City, where Star Luo Crown Prince Dai Mobai received her for the political marriage.
• Xue Qinghe apologized to Xue Ke for failing to persuade their father to stop the marriage, but she accepted her fate as a princess.
• Xue Qinghe promised to become the emperor of Heaven Dou and bring Xue Ke home, even if that meant war with the Star Luo Empire.
• Xue Ke embraced Xue Qinghe and cried as he comforted her, remembering his own suffering as Qian Renxue.

Xue Qinghe comforted Xue Ke before ordering She Long to assassinate Xue Beng in Barak City. As Xue Beng prepared to be exchanged, Dai Mobai warned him that someone wanted him dead and prompted him to realize who would benefit most.

• Xue Ke cried in Xue Qinghe's arms, then thanked him as he promised to stay with her until the last moment.
• Xue Qinghe changed clothes at the East Palace and ordered She Long to follow the plan and assassinate Xue Beng in Barak City.
• Xue Qinghe departed Heaven Dou City with Xue Ke's procession bound for the Balak Kingdom.
• Dai Mobai visited the captive Xue Beng and said he had come to advise him on how to stay alive.
• Dai Mobai told Xue Beng to consider who would benefit most from his death, and Xue Beng reacted with sudden fear.

Dai Mobai advised Xue Beng to stay close to Xue Qinghe, then met Xue Qinghe and Xue Ke at Barak City. Their cordial greetings turned into a pointed exchange over the war, Xue Beng’s captivity, and marriage alliances.

• Dai Mobai told Xue Beng to stay with Xue Qinghe wherever he went, and Xue Beng promised to make peace with the Star Luo Empire if he took the throne.
• The Heaven Dou party arrived outside Barak City and saw the Star Luo imperial banner flying over its walls.
• Dai Mobai greeted Xue Qinghe and Xue Ke while Li Yue and Bai Chenxiang guarded Xue Beng.
• Dai Mobai remarked that Xue Ke was too lovely to send abroad for marriage, prompting Xue Qinghe to blame the Star Luo Empire’s attack and Xue Beng’s capture.
• Dai Mobai said war had no right or wrong, only the strong and weak, and Xue Qinghe replied that he hoped to claim a Star Luo princess once Heaven Dou grew stronger.
• Dai Mobai said he could answer on his father’s behalf after Xue Qinghe raised the prospect of a marriage alliance with the Star Luo princess.

Dai Mobai declared that the Star Luo Empire would never trade women for peace, then accepted Xue Ke and reassured her as they headed toward the city. A sudden killing intent emerged from the woods, leaving the group on guard while Dai Mobai remained calm.

• Dai Mobai proclaimed that the emperor guarded the gates and the king would die for his realm, winning Xue Ke's admiration and leaving Xue Qinghe defeated.
• Xue Qinghe handed Xue Ke to Dai Mobai, who promised she would never be mistreated and gently led her toward the city.
• Li Yue and Bai Chenxiang escorted Xue Beng toward Xue Qinghe, and Xue Beng tensed when he met Dai Mobai's eyes.
• Dai Mobai told Xue Ke to stay behind him, then a fierce killing intent surged from the woods outside the city.
• Xue Beng darted behind Xue Qinghe as Li Yue, Bai Chenxiang, and the Star Luo guards prepared for an attack, while Dai Mobai reassured Xue Ke.

A black-robed Titled Douluo attacked Xue Qinghe at the city gate, while Xue Beng refused to let his brother push him to safety. Xue Qinghe switched places with Xue Beng to expose him to the attack, but Dai Mobai intervened with a thunderous roar.

• A black-robed Titled Douluo charged at Xue Qinghe, declaring that he must never leave the Star Luo Empire, and the guards suspected Dai Mobai of ordering the attack.
• Xue Qinghe tried to push Xue Beng away and ordered the Heaven Dou Guards to protect him, but Xue Beng seized his wrist and refused to retreat.
• Xue Qinghe realized Dai Mobai had warned Xue Beng and forcibly switched places with him, leaving Xue Beng exposed to the assassin's weapon.
• Dai Mobai roared at the assassin for attacking someone in front of him, and a tiger's roar rang through Barak City.

Dai Zhenshan and three other Soul Masters trapped She Long at the city gate, where Dai Mobai confronted him. Dai Mobai threatened to expose Qian Renxue's identity, forcing She Long to surrender while Xue Qinghe watched helplessly.

• Dai Zhenshan stopped She Long's attack on Xue Beng, and Xue Qinghe realized the encounter was a trap.
• Yang Wudi, Bai He, and Xu Lan surrounded She Long, cutting off his escape routes.
• She Long prepared to fight back, but Dai Mobai warned him that his identity as Snake Lance Douluo would expose Qian Renxue.
• She Long lowered his spear and withdrew his Soul Rings to protect Qian Renxue's identity.
• Dai Mobai approached the disarmed She Long and called the trap his gift, while Xue Qinghe concealed his anger.

Dai Mobai killed She Long in front of Xue Qinghe, absorbing his life force and destroying the corpse to prove they were not working together. Xue Qinghe hid his fury and watched Dai Mobai leave with Xue Ke, while Dai Zhenshan’s threatening stare stopped him from acting.

• Xue Qinghe demanded that Dai Mobai hand over She Long so he could question the assassin and prove his innocence.
• Dai Mobai transformed, drove his hand through She Long’s chest, crushed his heart, and absorbed his blood and vitality.
• Dai Mobai reduced She Long’s shriveled corpse to ash and asked Xue Qinghe whether he believed they were not allies.
• Xue Qinghe forced himself to say he believed Dai Mobai, despite his rage and bleeding palms.
• Dai Mobai took Xue Ke’s hand and led the group into Barak City.
• Xue Qinghe considered attacking Dai Mobai, but Dai Zhenshan’s cold, watchful gaze stopped him.

Dai Mobai brought Xue Ke to Star Luo City and gave her a token to visit him at the East Palace. Afterward, he reassured the Star Luo Emperor that Spirit Hall would not openly retaliate over Qian Renxue’s exposure without risking the continent’s opposition.

• Xue Qinghe abandoned his plan to kill Dai Mobai because a Titled Douluo was present, then returned to the Heaven Dou delegation consumed by hatred.
• Dai Mobai escorted Xue Ke through Star Luo City and gave her an East Palace token so she could visit him freely.
• Dai Mobai returned to the East Palace, where Commander Chen Hu told him the Star Luo Emperor was waiting in his study.
• The Star Luo Emperor praised Dai Mobai’s words about defending the nation, then warned that Qian Renxue and Spirit Hall would hate him.
• Dai Mobai argued that Spirit Hall would not risk provoking the continent by replacing a foreign ruler, and the Star Luo Emperor left after telling him to seek Uncle Zhenshan’s help if needed.

After Dai Mobai outmaneuvered Qian Renxue and killed She Long, she swore revenge and ordered Ci Xue to tell the Pope that Dai Mobai possessed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. Qian Renxue then resumed her Xue Qinghe disguise, leaving the Spirit Hall’s next move pending.

• Dai Mobai reflected on Qian Renxue’s defeat and raised a cold toast to her in his study.
• Qian Renxue burned a page covered with Dai Mobai’s name and vowed to avenge She Long by killing Dai Mobai and Xue Beng.
• Qian Renxue ordered Ci Xue to return to Spirit Hall and tell the Pope that Dai Mobai had a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, prompting the Pope to send Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to kill him.
• Ci Xue realized Qian Renxue was using the Soul Bone claim as a pretext, but agreed to carry out the order because he also wanted revenge for She Long.
• Qian Renxue put on her Xue Qinghe disguise and checked her appearance in a mirror.

Xue Qinghe summoned Dugu Bo and asked him to help surround and kill Dai Mobai, citing their mutual hatred and support from Spirit Hall. Dugu Bo agreed to consider the proposal and promised an answer by the next day, while keeping their meeting secret.

• Xue Qinghe summoned Dugu Bo to the palace for a late-night discussion.
• Xue Qinghe asked whether Dugu Bo hated Dai Mobai, and Dugu Bo confirmed his resentment over Dugu Yan and the Immortal Herbs.
• Xue Qinghe proposed killing Dai Mobai with help from two Titled Douluo from Spirit Hall, claiming Spirit Hall also opposed him.
• Dugu Bo was surprised by the plan and asked for until the next day to decide.
• Dugu Bo promised to keep the meeting secret, and Xue Qinghe warned him not to disappoint.

Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan that Xue Qinghe had asked him to help surround and kill Dai Mobai. He planned to pretend to agree while warning Dai Mobai, and Dugu Yan was relieved that her grandfather would not truly harm the man she had chosen to marry.

• Dugu Yan asked Dugu Bo why Xue Qinghe had summoned him to the palace and whether he was trying to secure his position as crown prince.
• Dugu Bo asked Dugu Yan how she felt about Mobai, and she declared that she had chosen him as the only man she would marry.
• Dugu Bo revealed that Xue Qinghe wanted him to help surround and kill Dai Mobai, alarming Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo explained that he would pretend to accept Xue Qinghe's request so Dugu Yan could warn Dai Mobai and help him prepare.
• Dugu Bo assured Dugu Yan that he would not truly kill Dai Mobai, whom he accepted as a suitable grandson-in-law.

Dugu Yan left Heaven Dou City for Star Luo City and reunited with Dai Mobai at the palace. After she hinted at her important news, the two set it aside to kiss.

• Dugu Yan persuaded Dugu Bo to let her travel to Star Luo City, and he worried she might rush into a relationship with Dai Mobai.
• The next morning, Dugu Yan set off alone for Star Luo City while Dugu Bo watched her leave.
• After half a month of travel, Dugu Yan arrived at the palace and asked to see Dai Mobai.
• Dai Mobai welcomed Dugu Yan into his bedchamber, where she hinted that she had something important to tell him.
• Dugu Yan and Dai Mobai decided to put the news aside and kissed.

Dugu Yan warned Dai Mobai that Xue Qinghe was recruiting Titled Douluos to move against him. After leaving her asleep in the palace, Dai Mobai went with Li Yue to the Evil Suppression Office, where its chief greeted him.

• Dugu Yan told Dai Mobai that Xue Qinghe had approached her grandfather and two Spirit Hall Titled Douluos to help deal with him.
• Dugu Yan explained that Poison Douluo opposed their relationship but had accepted her decision to marry Dai Mobai.
• Dai Mobai left Dugu Yan asleep, summoned Li Yue, and asked where the imperial capital's prison was.
• Li Yue led Dai Mobai to the Evil Suppression Office, whose entrance bore a Bian sculpture above its plaque.
• Chen Fan, chief of the Evil Suppression Office, hurried out with several commanders and knelt to greet Dai Mobai.

Dai Mobai toured the Evil Suppression Bureau’s underground prison with Chen Fan and Li Yue, searching for prisoners his Martial Soul could absorb. On the fifth level, he finally sensed powerful inmates, while the bureau’s mysterious Quasi-Titled Douluo remained imprisoned on the ninth.

• Chen Fan led Dai Mobai and Li Yue into the prison and explained that its ninth level held a Quasi-Titled Douluo who had reached level 90 despite the prison’s soul power restrictions.
• Dai Mobai inspected the first four levels, found their prisoners too depleted or weak to interest his Martial Soul, and ordered Chen Fan to continue downward.
• On the fifth level, Dai Mobai’s Martial Soul stirred at the presence of powerful prisoners, including Soul Kings and a few Soul Emperors.
• Dai Mobai observed that the fifth level contained fewer than ten prisoners and noted several empty cells.

Dai Mobai entered the fifth level of the prison, where he sensed the prisoners’ blood energy as a feast for his Martial Soul. When a burly prisoner insulted Li Yue, Dai Mobai killed him by draining his body into a dried corpse, leaving the other prisoners terrified.

• Dai Mobai surveyed the fifth-level cells and searched for the blood energy he could absorb.
• A burly prisoner leered at Li Yue and made vulgar remarks about her.
• Chen Fan threatened the prisoner, but the man laughed and continued insulting Li Yue.
• Dai Mobai pierced the burly man’s chest with his dark red-lit hand and drained him into a desiccated corpse.
• The other prisoners shrank away in fear after seeing Dai Mobai kill the Six-Ring Soul Emperor without resistance.

Dai Mobai visited the fifth floor of the Evil Suppression Office and drained eight powerful prisoners of their blood qi. Back in the Bedchamber, he purified the blood qi and began condensing it into a blood-red soul ring.

• Dai Mobai killed the first insolent prisoner and told Chen Fan he would take everyone on the floor.
• Dai Mobai drained seven more prisoners, leaving eight shriveled corpses in all, then said he would return another day.
• Chen Fan displayed the seven corpses in the corridor to terrify the remaining prisoners.
• Dai Mobai returned to the Bedchamber, where Li Yue waited outside and Dugu Yan slept.
• Dai Mobai used his holy light white tiger to shatter the blood qi's negative emotions and absorb the purified energy.
• Dai Mobai summoned his second martial soul, formed a blood vortex, and began condensing a blood-red halo above his head.

Dai Mobai completed his third blood-energy Soul Ring, gained the Blood Demon Flame, and tested its devastating power in the courtyard. After absorbing the blood energy and resentment of eight Soul Masters, his Soul Power reached level sixty-two and his growth accelerated.

• Dai Mobai completed a blood-red third Soul Ring whose age approached eighty thousand years, and his senses and Soul Power grew stronger.
• Dai Mobai discovered that his third Soul Skill, Blood Demon Flame, could hide in a target’s blood and detonate from within.
• Dai Mobai sent the flame into a courtyard rockery and detonated it, reducing the stones to ash and leaving a dry crater.
• Dai Mobai reflected that absorbing the blood energy and resentment of eight Soul Masters had increased his Soul Power growth after reaching level sixty-two.

Dai Mobai discovered that he had reached level sixty-five overnight and demonstrated his power by destroying a massive rockery. He then found Dugu Yan suffering a Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison flare-up and began examining the poison inside her body.

• Dai Mobai realized his soul power had risen to level sixty-five and judged that his abilities could let him face even a Soul Saint.
• Li Yue and the East Palace guards arrived after Dai Mobai's test destroyed the courtyard rockery, then withdrew at his order.
• Dai Mobai noticed Dugu Yan trembling in her sleep beneath an emerald poison haze and suspected her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison had flared up.
• Dai Mobai ordered Li Yue to find a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and stand by.
• Dai Mobai used the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew's sight to inspect the poison moving through Dugu Yan's meridians.

Dai Mobai used the Blood Demon Flame to painstakingly purge the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison from Dugu Yan’s meridians. He cleared the branches in her arms and continued working through her body, with the poison still being treated.

• Dai Mobai examined the poison spreading through Dugu Yan’s meridians and summoned the power of his three Soul Rings.
• Dai Mobai used Soul Power to clear the poison from Dugu Yan’s skin, then sent a wisp of Blood Flame into her body.
• Dugu Yan convulsed in pain as Dai Mobai guided the flame through her meridians and peeled away the poison without burning the channels.
• Dai Mobai cleared the poisoned meridians in Dugu Yan’s left arm, releasing wisps of green smoke through her fingertips.
• Dai Mobai purged the thicker, more heavily poisoned meridian in Dugu Yan’s right arm and moved on to the next branch.