Recaps

Zhao Linchuan received the Phoenix’s sacrifice, gaining a blood-red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and a Head Soul Bone as his power surged. After the light pillar vanished, he struggled to control his vastly increased mental power while Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun returned and stopped at a distance.

• The Phoenix called to Zhao Linchuan and began sacrificing herself, surrounding him with a pillar of crimson-gold Soul Power.
• Zhao Linchuan warned Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun to get away, and Zhu Zhuqing carried her sister out of the clearing.
• The Phoenix dissolved into golden motes, and a golden skull and blood-red Soul Ring appeared as Zhao Linchuan received her gift.
• The light pillar faded, revealing that Zhao Linchuan had gained a Head Soul Bone and Soul Ring and that his mental power had increased more than five hundredfold.
• Zhao Linchuan sat down to master his surging mental power, while Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun returned and stopped about a hundred meters away.

After absorbing the Soul Ring and Spirit Bone, Zhao Linchuan recovered control of his mental power and discovered his new abilities. He concluded that he could now face a Titled Douluo head-on, while Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing waited nearby.

• Zhu Zhuyun marveled at Zhao Linchuan's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and teased him about being naked, confusing Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhao Linchuan awoke and accidentally fired powerful blue-gold rays from his eyes, smashing trees in the forest.
• Zhao Linchuan regained more than seventy percent control of his mental power and found his Soul Power had reached level sixty-one, while an unexplained sensation formed near his heart.
• Zhao Linchuan examined his upgraded Soul Ring and Spirit Bone, learning he had gained Heavenfire Incinerates the City, Rebirth Through Fire, Five Virtues Empowerment, and the ability to summon a Holy Origin Spirit Phoenix.
• Zhao Linchuan declared that he could now face a Titled Douluo and told Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing they should leave, prompting Zhu Zhuyun to tell him to put on some clothes.

The Silver Dragon King confirmed that a small world might be growing within Zhao Linchuan and considered going to observe him, while Bi Ji advised her to meet him privately if she missed him. A day later, at the Pear Blossom Hotel, Zhu Zhuqing urged Zhu Zhuyun to get closer to Lin Chuan in exchange for an Immortal Herb and a chance at a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring.

• Bi Ji sensed a small world being nurtured inside Zhao Linchuan, and the Silver Dragon King confirmed that a seed within him might grow into one.
• The Silver Dragon King hoped the small world could become a refuge for the Soul Beast clan and asked Bi Ji whether she should go to Zhao Linchuan.
• Bi Ji suggested the Silver Dragon King meet Zhao Linchuan privately if she missed him, and the Silver Dragon King said she did not want him embarrassed in front of the Zhu sisters.
• The Silver Dragon King chose the human name Gu Yuena, which Bi Ji praised as fitting her.
• After returning to the Heaven Dou Empire, Zhu Zhuqing told Zhu Zhuyun to get closer to Lin Chuan for the sake of his Immortal Herb and secret technique.
• Zhu Zhuyun agreed that the potential ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring was worth pursuing and complimented Zhu Zhuqing's figure.

Zhu Zhuyun visited Zhao Linchuan to ask about his secret method for increasing the age of absorbable Soul Rings, offering to pay for it. Their teasing exchange turned intimate, leaving Zhu Zhuyun overwhelmed by Zhao Linchuan’s strength.

• Zhu Zhuqing left the room, telling Zhu Zhuyun she would be out until dark.
• Zhu Zhuyun went to Zhao Linchuan’s room and asked whether he could teach her the Soul Ring method.
• Zhao Linchuan produced a thirty-thousand-year Whale Rubber and asked if Zhu Zhuyun was sure.
• Zhu Zhuyun teased Zhao Linchuan about his strength, but he pinned her down before she could finish.
• Zhu Zhuyun’s confidence and teasing gave way as Zhao Linchuan overwhelmed her.

Zhu Zhuqing returned to find Zhao Linchuan and Zhu Zhuyun together, then realized her sister was being punished after provoking him and intervened. Afterward, Zhu Zhuyun complained that Zhu Zhuqing had left her in danger, while Zhu Zhuqing asked her to scrape off the “mold” on her body because Lin Chuan disliked eating it.

• Zhu Zhuqing returned to the Pear Blossom Hotel with dinner after wandering around town for three hours.
• Zhu Zhuqing heard Zhu Zhuyun pleading from Zhao Linchuan’s room and realized her sister was in trouble.
• Zhu Zhuqing entered the room and persuaded Zhao Linchuan to release Zhu Zhuyun about an hour later.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Zhu Zhuqing that Whale Rubber had not helped her resist Zhao Linchuan and asked her not to set her up again.
• Zhu Zhuqing handed Zhu Zhuyun a small knife and asked her to scrape off the “mold” because Lin Chuan disliked eating it.

Zhu Zhuyun confronted Zhu Zhuqing about Lin Chuan’s intimate preferences, then traveled with Zhu Zhuqing and Zhao Linchuan toward Heaven Dou City. After a strange dream about a green snake and a giant silver python, Zhao Linchuan remained dazed; several days later, Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong practiced tying red-string knots with their tongues.

• Zhu Zhuyun accused Zhu Zhuqing of letting Lin Chuan do something humiliating, but Zhu Zhuqing blamed Ning Rongrong for teaching him.
• Zhu Zhuyun dismissed Zhu Zhuqing from the bathing room and tried using the small knife herself despite her embarrassment.
• Zhu Zhuyun drove Zhao Linchuan and Zhu Zhuqing toward Heaven Dou City while Zhao Linchuan sat dazed in the carriage.
• Zhao Linchuan recalled dreaming that he was a green snake in a nest visited by a gentle, enormous silver python.
• Zhu Zhuqing gave Zhao Linchuan water and warned him not to overexert himself again.
• Several days later, Xiao Wu demonstrated how to knot a red string with her tongue while Ning Rongrong struggled to copy her.

Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong welcomed Zhao Linchuan home with Zhu Zhuqing and her sister, Zhu Zhuyun, after he had been away for more than half a month. Zhu Zhuyun settled in with them, while Zhao Linchuan took Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong to his room, leaving Zhu Zhuyun puzzled by what she heard later that night.

• Xiao Wu showed Ning Rongrong how she tied a bow in a red string with her tongue, and Ning Rongrong lamented that Lin Chuan was away.
• Zhao Linchuan returned with Zhu Zhuqing and introduced Zhu Zhuyun, who had reached Level 40 and would stay with them after receiving an Immortal Herb from him.
• Zhu Zhuqing led Zhu Zhuyun inside to rest, while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong teased Zhao Linchuan about his long absence.
• Zhao Linchuan carried Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong into his room after they mocked his stamina.
• That night, Zhu Zhuyun heard a voice from Zhao Linchuan's room and asked Zhu Zhuqing what Xiao Wu and Rongrong were doing, but Zhu Zhuqing changed the subject.

Zhao Linchuan brought Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuyun, and Zhuqing to Blue Tyrant Academy and claimed they could make it the world’s top academy by winning the Soul Master Tournament. After revealing his overwhelming strength, he gained Liu Erlong’s agreement to entrust the academy entirely to him.

• After several days together, Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu accepted Zhu Zhuyun as part of their group.
• Zhao Linchuan led the four young women to Blue Tyrant Academy to meet Liu Erlong.
• Liu Erlong doubted Zhao Linchuan’s claims that his group could win the tournament and make the academy number one.
• Zhao Linchuan revealed his Martial Soul and six Soul Rings, overwhelming Liu Erlong with his pressure.
• Liu Erlong agreed to entrust Blue Tyrant Academy and all its affairs to Zhao Linchuan, who then left with the others.

After Liu Erlong reacted intensely to Zhao Linchuan’s Martial Soul, she invited him to join her in hunting Soul Rings for the students. Zhao Linchuan accepted, while he and his companions settled in at a hotel and Zhu Zhuqing later followed Ning Rongrong’s example in approaching him.

• After Zhao Linchuan left, Liu Erlong realized how strongly his Martial Soul had affected her and asked a teacher to invite him to hunt Soul Rings with her the next day.
• Zhu Zhuyun suggested that Liu Erlong’s dragon-type Martial Soul had been drawn to Zhao Linchuan’s superior one, and Zhao Linchuan teased Zhu Zhuyun about experiencing a similar effect.
• A teacher delivered Liu Erlong’s invitation, and Zhao Linchuan agreed to meet her at the academy gates the next morning.
• At the hotel, Zhu Zhuyun washed Zhao Linchuan’s feet and told him that she was feeling unwell but still planned to join the Soul Ring hunt.
• Zhu Zhuqing entered Zhao Linchuan’s room wearing Ning Rongrong’s nightdress and acted on what Zhao Linchuan suspected Rongrong had taught her.

Zhao Linchuan discussed renaming Blue Tyrant Academy and led Liu Erlong’s group into Sunset Forest to hunt Soul Beasts. When Zhu Zhuyun was the last to need a Soul Ring, several powerful Soul Beasts fled into the group’s path, pursued by a hungry fifty-to-sixty-thousand-year-old Earth Cave Spider Emperor.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Ning Rongrong that she had lost control again the previous night, and Ning Rongrong scolded her teasingly.
• On the way to Sunset Forest, Zhao Linchuan proposed renaming Blue Tyrant Academy to prevent the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect from claiming its future honors, and Liu Erlong agreed to consider Azure Dragon Academy.
• Liu Erlong asked Zhao Linchuan how to restrain the suppression between their Martial Souls, and he advised her to face the difficulty head-on.
• By afternoon, the group had found Soul Beast targets for the students, leaving Zhu Zhuyun as the only one still needing a Soul Ring; Zhao Linchuan said a thousand-year Soul Beast would not be enough for her.
• A ten-thousand-year black panther and four Soul Beasts over twenty thousand years old burst from the forest, and Zhu Zhuyun spotted a hungry Earth Cave Spider Emperor pursuing them.

Liu Erlong fought the Earth Cave Spider Emperor while Zhao Linchuan hesitated to intervene against the ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts. When the beasts attacked the students and wounded both teachers, he unleashed his Thunder Dragon, which seized the beasts and charged into the forest to aid Liu Erlong, leaving a powerful blast that sent the students flying.

• Liu Erlong used her Martial Soul Avatar to confront the Earth Cave Spider Emperor while Zhao Linchuan prepared to face the other Soul Beasts.
• Zhu Zhuyun stopped Zhao Linchuan from acting, but a panther-like Soul Beast charged at the students and critically wounded Teacher Jing and Teacher Six.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Zhao Linchuan to act, and he summoned a massive Wood Azure Dragon made of azure-green lightning.
• Zhao Linchuan's Thunder Dragon seized four ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts, knocked the panther aside, and flew toward Liu Erlong.
• The Thunder Dragon clashed with the Earth Cave Spider Emperor, and the resulting shockwave sent the students flying.

After Zhao Linchuan recovered a Spirit Bone from the battlefield, he carried the weakened Liu Erlong out of the ruins and told Zhu Zhuyun to absorb the black panther’s Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. Liu Erlong warned against it but began doubting Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Ring theories as Zhu Zhuyun started the absorption.

• Zhao Linchuan picked up the right arm Spirit Bone and stored it in his Soul Tool.
• Zhao Linchuan carried Liu Erlong out of the ruins after she collapsed into his arms.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Zhao Linchuan she had finished off the black panther, and he urged her to absorb its Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as her fourth Soul Ring.
• Liu Erlong warned that Zhu Zhuyun could not withstand a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, but Zhu Zhuyun cited differences in Soul Master constitutions.
• Liu Erlong recalled Zhao Linchuan’s ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring and began questioning Yu Xiaogang’s theories.
• Zhu Zhuyun began absorbing the black panther’s Soul Ring as Liu Erlong sat against a stone and the scattered students returned.

Zhao Linchuan healed the wounded students after Zhu Zhuyun absorbed her fourth Soul Ring, and Liu Erlong reconsidered her feelings for Yu Xiaogang while watching him. Back at the hotel, Zhu Zhuyun described her new Soul Skill, Gale Frenzy Dance, and Ning Rongrong considered how it could help them in future matches.

• A student rushed to Zhao Linchuan and the others carrying the gravely wounded Teacher Six, and Zhao Linchuan healed Teacher Six and tended to the other injured students.
• Liu Erlong watched Zhao Linchuan work and wondered whether her life would have been different if she had met him instead of Yu Xiaogang.
• Zhu Zhuyun absorbed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, and Liu Erlong invited Zhao Linchuan to report to the academy the next morning.
• At the hotel, Zhu Zhuyun told Ning Rongrong and the others that her fourth Soul Skill, Gale Frenzy Dance, could track and suppress enemies across a wide area and unleash a barrage of attacks.
• Ning Rongrong suggested Zhu Zhuyun could use Gale Frenzy Dance to knock out enemy support and control Soul Masters at the start of a match.

Zhao Linchuan gave Zhu Zhuyun a powerful Spirit Bone, and she left to fuse with it. Meanwhile, Flender and Yu Xiaogang persuaded Qin Ming to introduce them to Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s education committee.

• Zhu Zhuyun praised the group’s prospects in the Soul Master Tournament, and Ning Rongrong teased her about Zhao Linchuan bringing her back.
• Zhao Linchuan gave Zhu Zhuyun a right leg Spirit Bone from the Earth Cave Spider Emperor and told her to fuse with it.
• Zhu Zhuyun left to call Ning Rongrong to Zhao Linchuan’s room.
• Ning Rongrong entered wearing a pink silk nightgown and playfully asked Zhao Linchuan to hang her up with a ribbon.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang hosted Qin Ming in Suotuo City and asked him to recommend them to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Qin Ming agreed to introduce Flender to Meng Shenji and the other education committee members.

Flender persuaded Qin Ming to help Shrek Academy by arranging a match with Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s students and promising to teach his younger schoolmates. The next morning, Zhu Zhuyun reported the abilities of her new Spirit Bone, and Zhao Linchuan’s group arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy.

• Qin Ming promised Flender that he would recommend Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Education Committee.
• Flender persuaded Qin Ming to arrange a match between his students and Shrek’s students, and Qin Ming agreed to teach his younger schoolmates.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Zhao Linchuan that her Spirit Bone had raised her Soul Power to level forty-seven and granted her the stealth skill Shadow Escape.
• After breakfast, Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu talked about their figures as Zhao Linchuan’s group walked to Blue Tyrant Academy.

Zhao Linchuan took over as dean of Blue Tyrant Academy and demonstrated Zhu Zhuyun’s Ten Thousand Year fourth Soul Ring to the students. He warned them about the dangers of absorbing high-age Soul Rings and began mocking Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.

• Liu Erlong introduced Zhao Linchuan as Blue Tyrant Academy’s new dean and became its honorary dean.
• Zhao Linchuan invited the students to ask cultivation questions, and Zhu Zhuyun displayed her Ten Thousand Year fourth Soul Ring.
• Zhao Linchuan warned that Soul Shock could kill or mentally damage Soul Masters, and that their bodies also had to withstand a Soul Ring’s energy.
• Zhao Linchuan said there was no systematic way to test a Soul Master’s Soul Ring limit and cautioned the students against street-stall charts.
• Zhao Linchuan began giving Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul as an example of ridiculous claims.

Zhao Linchuan denounced Yu Xiaogang’s soul-ring theories before the academy students, prompting Liu Erlong to reconsider her former lover and decide to investigate his past. Zhao Linchuan then visited Liu Erlong to ask about her history with Yu Xiaogang, and she invited him inside to talk.

• Zhao Linchuan told the students that Yu Xiaogang’s soul-ring theories had caused countless deaths and that his status had kept him from punishment.
• The students speculated about Yu Xiaogang’s identity after Zhao Linchuan dismissed the gathering.
• Liu Erlong packed her belongings and decided to investigate whether Yu Xiaogang’s theories had ruined families.
• Zhao Linchuan arrived at Liu Erlong’s home and asked whether she had once been involved with Yu Xiaogang.
• Liu Erlong questioned how Zhao Linchuan knew, then let him inside to talk.

Zhao Linchuan told Liu Erlong that Yu Xiaogang had been unworthy of her and left because their relationship would damage his reputation. The chapter ended with Liu Erlong breaking down and asking whether she was truly so shameful.

• Zhao Linchuan visited Liu Erlong and recounted what he had heard about her sacrificed cultivation and her past with Yu Xiaogang.
• Zhao Linchuan criticized Yu Xiaogang’s talent, research, and Martial Soul theory, arguing that others had supplied his Soul Ring data.
• Zhao Linchuan suggested Yu Xiaogang had failed to recognize Liu Erlong as his cousin, and Liu Erlong broke down in tears.
• Liu Erlong asked why Yu Xiaogang had left, and Zhao Linchuan said their relationship would have ruined Yu Xiaogang’s public image.
• Liu Erlong stopped sobbing briefly, then asked Zhao Linchuan, “Am I that shameful?”

After Liu Erlong revealed her anger at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, Zhao Linchuan comforted her through the night. The next day, he caught Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong sneaking away from his room, then returned to find Zhu Zhuyun’s dormitory fully decorated.

• Liu Erlong asked whether Zhao Linchuan was connected to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, and he said his Martial Soul would make him their enemy.
• Liu Erlong declared that her love for the man who had deceived her was undeserved, then lunged at Zhao Linchuan and bit his shoulder.
• The next morning, Zhao Linchuan and Liu Erlong spent hours together before he changed the bedding and left her to rest.
• Zhao Linchuan caught Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong sneaking away from his door, and they claimed Zhu Zhuyun had asked for his ideas about decorating the dormitory.
• Zhao Linchuan later asked Zhu Zhuyun about the girls’ story, and she confirmed that she had sent them before he saw the completed dormitory.

Zhao Linchuan turned the back mountain into a lush training ground with his All Things Return to Spring domain and studied the ultimate attributes gained from his sixth Soul Ring. By the following spring, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuyun had advanced in cultivation, while Ning Rongrong’s progress made Zhu Zhuqing feel pressure to keep up.

• Zhao Linchuan unleashed All Things Return to Spring, restoring the back mountain’s plants and vitality until it resembled a primeval forest.
• Zhao Linchuan discovered that his first five Soul Ring attributes had become ultimate attributes and planned to develop new skills from them.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu visited the rooftop garden, where Ning Rongrong worried about living in its damp, overgrown surroundings and Xiao Wu teased her.
• After winter, Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu each gained two Soul Power levels, reaching levels thirty-eight and forty-eight respectively.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun reached levels thirty-eight and forty-eight after gaining a little over one level each, and Zhu Zhuqing felt pressure as Ning Rongrong caught up to her.

Over the winter, Zhu Zhuyun made a fortune selling Zhao Linchuan’s pills, Liu Erlong advanced to level eighty-five, and Zhao Linchuan developed more than ten Self-Created Soul Skills. At Azure Dragon Academy, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuyun went to question Liu Erlong about her rapid cultivation, while Zhu Zhuqing privately envied the special treatment that benefited dragon-type Martial Souls.

• Zhu Zhuyun renamed Zhao Linchuan’s pills and sold them at a huge markup, multiplying his assets a hundredfold over the winter.
• Liu Erlong used an Immortal Herb to reach level eighty-five, become a Soul Douluo, and obtain a ninety-thousand-year head Spirit Bone.
• Zhao Linchuan gained only one Soul Power level over the winter but created more than ten Self-Created Soul Skills, including Wings of Wind and Fire's Happiness.
• At Azure Dragon Academy, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuyun discussed Liu Erlong’s unusually fast cultivation and went to ask her about it.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched them leave and admitted she envied Liu Erlong’s special treatment, which worked only for dragon-type Martial Souls.

Zhao Linchuan spent the night with Liu Erlong and Ning Rongrong, who was curious about Liu Erlong’s special meal. The next morning, Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, scolded Xue Beng during the ancestral rites and reflected that her position as Crown Prince left her with the advantage.

• Zhao Linchuan noticed Ning Rongrong had little appetite at dinner and urged her to eat.
• Ning Rongrong followed Liu Erlong into Zhao Linchuan’s room to try the special meal Liu Erlong had described.
• The next morning, Xue Qinghe reprimanded the drunken Xue Beng during the Heaven Dou Empire’s ancestral rites and ordered him to quit drinking.
• Xue Beng hurried out of the temple, and Qian Renxue considered her position secure as the Crown Prince.

After the sacrifice ceremony, Qian Renxue discussed Xue Beng’s disgraceful behavior with Ning Fengzhi and praised Ning Rongrong’s astonishing cultivation. Ning Fengzhi then asked Qian Renxue to help test Zhao Linchuan, whom he suspected might be deceiving Rongrong.

• Qian Renxue met Ning Fengzhi after the ceremony and told him Xue Beng had disgraced himself during the ancestral sacrifice.
• Qian Renxue told Ning Fengzhi that Rongrong had reached level thirty-seven, and Ning Fengzhi revealed she had advanced to level thirty-eight and expected to become a Soul Ancestor within half a year.
• Ning Fengzhi described Zhao Linchuan’s takeover of Blue Tyrant Academy and the girls with remarkable talents, including one who had absorbed a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring.
• Ning Fengzhi told Qian Renxue that Zhao Linchuan was Rongrong’s lover and asked her to test whether he was capable and sincere.

Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi arranged a competition between Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Azure Dragon Academy, offering Gold Soul Coins and spiritual herbs as prizes. The students arrived at Azure Dragon Academy to begin the exchange, with Tang San focused on winning the championship reward.

• Ning Fengzhi proposed a competition between the two academies and offered two million Gold Soul Coins and aged spiritual herbs as prizes.
• Qian Renxue, Ning Fengzhi, the education committee members, and the students arrived at Azure Dragon Academy the following day.
• Qian Renxue stopped the guards from arranging a formal reception and asked them to lead the party to Principal Zhao Linchuan.
• Meng Shenji told the students to look around without causing trouble, while Yu Tianheng challenged Azure Dragon Academy's students and renewed his hostility toward Tang San.
• Tang San dismissed Yu Tianheng's provocation and entered the academy with Oscar, determined to study his opponents and win the championship reward.

Zhao Linchuan lectured his students on discovering the potential of their own Martial Souls while treating soul rings as tools rather than crutches. Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi listened from the rear entrance, each considering how Zhao Linchuan might affect their plans and the future of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Zhao Linchuan taught that creating Self-Created Soul Skills meant discovering what a Martial Soul could do through deep self-understanding.
• A student asked whether soul masters had been wrong to rely on soul rings, and Zhao Linchuan explained that soul rings were necessary for advancement but could encourage dependence.
• Zhao Linchuan urged students to use soul ring skills as weapons without letting them become crutches, prompting several students to reflect and take notes.
• Qian Renxue considered recruiting Zhao Linchuan to help train thoughtful elites for Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi judged Zhao Linchuan to be backed by a powerful force and considered how his relationship with Ning Rongrong could benefit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.