Recaps

After Zhao Linchuan impressed Meng Shenji with his knowledge, a student reported that Azure Dragon Academy was under attack. Zhao Linchuan rushed to the training field, where Tang San's group and Yu Tianheng's group had beaten several students, and intervened just as Dai Mubai was about to stomp Jing Ling.

• Meng Shenji praised Zhao Linchuan's knowledge and suggested inviting him to teach at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• A student reported that Niu Dali and Sha Boyi had been badly beaten and more than a dozen Azure Dragon Academy students injured.
• Zhao Linchuan led students toward the training field, while Qian Renxue and the Education Committee members worried that their group had caused the clash.
• On the training field, Tang San's group and Yu Tianheng's group stood among injured Azure Dragon Academy students, with Shi Mo confronting Huang Yuan and Dai Mubai overpowering Jing Ling.
• Dai Mubai ignored Jiang Zhu's plea and raised his foot to stomp Jing Ling, but Zhao Linchuan stopped him with a burst of thunder and hurled him away by the collar.

Zhao Linchuan arrived at the Azure Dragon Academy training ground, stood up for the injured students, and humiliated the Heaven Dou Royal Academy group. As Ning Rongrong arrived, Zhao Linchuan was still overpowering Yu Feng and Osler, and she told Qian Renxue that he surpassed everything the Soul Master world understood.

• Zhao Linchuan threw Dai Mubai into the Shi Mo brothers, then reassured Jing Ling and promised the academy would seek justice for the injured students.
• Jing Ling and the other students exaggerated their injuries and demanded compensation while Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun worried about being trapped.
• Dugu Yan mocked Zhao Linchuan and tried to attack him, but he slapped her and made her retreat behind Yu Tianheng.
• Qian Renxue, Ning Fengzhi, and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy officials watched from the steps and discussed the confrontation without intervening.
• Ning Rongrong arrived, questioned whether Ning Fengzhi had arranged the incident, then praised Zhao Linchuan to Qian Renxue as he restrained Yu Feng and pinned Osler.

Zhao Linchuan defeated Yu Tianheng by catching and redirecting his strongest soul skill, while Liu Erlong struck down Zhi Lin when he tried to rush to Yu Tianheng. The confrontation escalated as a phoenix cry rang out from Zhao Linchuan’s direction.

• Yu Tianheng challenged Zhao Linchuan after Zhao Linchuan had defeated Yu Feng and Osler.
• Yu Tianheng unleashed his fourth soul skill, Blue Lightning Divine Dragon Rush, but Zhao Linchuan caught the electric dragon barehanded.
• Zhao Linchuan redirected the attack, sending Yu Tianheng flying into a flowerbed.
• Meng Shenji worried that Yu Yuanzhen would retaliate, while Zhi Lin hurried to check on Yu Tianheng.
• Liu Erlong stopped Zhi Lin with a punch, and a phoenix cry sounded from Zhao Linchuan’s direction.

Zhao Linchuan summoned the Holy Origin Spirit Phoenix to seize Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan, then ordered Liu Erlong to detain the students and demand twenty million Gold Soul Coins in compensation. Qian Renxue sought help paying the sum as Zhao went to guard the captured experts.

• Zhao Linchuan's Holy Origin Spirit Phoenix appeared, frightening Qian Renxue, Ning Fengzhi, and the others with its overwhelming pressure.
• Zhao Linchuan sent the phoenix to carry Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan to the back mountain.
• Zhao Linchuan ordered Liu Erlong to charge twenty million Gold Soul Coins for the injured students and hold the Shrek and Heaven Dou Royal Academy students until payment arrived.
• Qian Renxue tried to explain the incident, but Zhao Linchuan dismissed her and left to guard Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to advance the money for Qian Renxue.

After the academy dispute was settled, Ning Fengzhi compensated Azure Dragon Academy with twenty-two million Gold Soul Coins and two spirit herbs. Zhao Linchuan invited Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue to a banquet, jokingly dubbed a meal worth twenty million.

• Qian Renxue explained the misunderstanding, and Ning Fengzhi helped smooth things over between the academies.
• Ning Fengzhi gave Zhao Linchuan twenty-two million Gold Soul Coins and two spirit herbs, with most of the money intended to cover students' medical expenses.
• Ning Rongrong distributed the black cards to Zhao Linchuan's students, who thanked him and left the hall.
• Meng Shenji led the Heaven Dou Royal Academy group away, while Dugu Yan vowed to seek her grandfather's help against Zhao Linchuan.
• Zhao Linchuan invited Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue to a banquet, and they joked about its twenty-million-coin cost.

Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, and the others celebrated the one million Gold Soul Coins each they had received as medical compensation, while Tai Long regretted hiding during the fight. He chased them down to borrow money for jewelry he hoped to give Xiao Wu, and Jing Ling agreed to lend him fifty thousand at ten percent annual interest.

• Huang Yuan and Jing Ling discussed turning over most of their compensation to the academy and keeping only ten percent for themselves.
• Tai Long encountered the group, learned they had each received one million Gold Soul Coins, and regretted not joining the fight.
• Tai Long chased after Jing Ling and the others, hoping to borrow money and buy jewelry for Xiao Wu.
• Jing Ling teased Tai Long about Xiao Wu's relationship with their president, then agreed to lend him fifty thousand at ten percent annual interest.

Ning Fengzhi tested Zhao Linchuan’s ambitions and learned that he wanted to change the ruler of the world, leaving him uncertain whether to risk the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s future on Zhao. In private, Qian Renxue compared herself with Zhao’s accomplished female companions and resolved to win him over.

• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuyun, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing repeatedly toasted Qian Renxue until she spilled soup on herself and escaped to change.
• Ning Fengzhi questioned Zhao Linchuan about his ambitions, and Zhao drunkenly declared that he wanted to change the master of heaven and earth.
• Zhu Zhuyun helped Zhao Linchuan away, while Ning Rongrong asked Ning Fengzhi whether he was satisfied with the answer.
• Ning Fengzhi realized that backing Zhao Linchuan could mean staking the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s entire legacy on his bid to overturn the dynasty.
• Qian Renxue looked at her true face in the mirror, considered Zhao Linchuan’s female confidantes, and resolved to surpass them by bringing him to her side.

Qian Renxue accidentally revealed her female identity to the drunken Zhao Linchuan, then explained her disguise and asked him to keep her secret. She offered to help him gain control of the Heaven Dou Empire, ending with a proposal to bear him a child who would inherit the throne.

• Qian Renxue pulled the drunken Zhao Linchuan into the bathroom and told him she was Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
• Zhao Linchuan grabbed Qian Renxue's chest, then realized she was a woman after she doused him with cold water.
• Qian Renxue claimed she had been a maidservant forced by the Empress to impersonate the deceased Crown Prince.
• Zhao Linchuan promised to keep Qian Renxue's identity secret, and she asked him to help her if she faced difficulties.
• Qian Renxue offered to hand Zhao Linchuan the Heaven Dou Empire and bear him a child who could become Crown Prince.

Zhao Linchuan rejected Qian Renxue’s proposal to have a child, insulting her as a “dead fish face” before leaving her furious. As he departed the villa with his companions, Dugu Bo arrived seeking him, and Zhao Linchuan flew toward the mountains to draw him away from everyone else.

• Zhao Linchuan refused Qian Renxue’s proposal and told her he could not feel interested in her dead fish face.
• Qian Renxue seethed over Zhao Linchuan’s insult, blamed his inability to father a child, and vowed to make him repay her.
• Zhao Linchuan and the others prepared to leave the villa with Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong.
• Dugu Bo shouted Zhao Linchuan’s name as he approached the villa, and Ning Fengzhi suspected Dugu Yan had complained to him.
• Zhao Linchuan told the women to stay behind, then flew toward the mountains and challenged Dugu Bo to follow him.

Dugu Bo chased Zhao Linchuan into the mountains while Qian Renxue worried about the danger and learned that Xiao Wu trusted Zhao Linchuan’s Azure Dragon Martial Soul to counter Dugu Bo. After Xiao Wu mocked Spirit Hall’s Seraphim Martial Soul, Qian Renxue concealed her anger and privately hoped Dugu Bo would beat Zhao Linchuan.

• Dugu Yan urged Dugu Bo to chase Zhao Linchuan, and the two disappeared into the mountains.
• Qian Renxue voiced concern that Zhao Linchuan might be unable to withstand a Titled Douluo without relying on his Spirit Bone.
• Zhu Zhuyun teased Qian Renxue about caring for Zhao Linchuan, then Qian Renxue said she would mobilize the Imperial Guard.
• Xiao Wu reassured Qian Renxue that Zhao Linchuan’s Azure Dragon Martial Soul was especially effective against serpent-type opponents.
• Xiao Wu claimed the Azure Dragon Martial Soul was around a hundred times stronger than Spirit Hall’s Seraphim Martial Soul, leaving Qian Renxue stunned and offended.
• Qian Renxue hid her frustration and hoped Dugu Bo would beat Zhao Linchuan before he returned.

Zhao Linchuan confronted Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, then unleashed his Holy Origin Spirit Phoenix’s golden-white breath against Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphorous Divine Light. The attack overwhelmed Dugu Bo’s defenses, and he discovered that its holy energy could cleanse his poison, though doing so also weakened his Soul Power.

• Zhao Linchuan taunted Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo after they cornered him in the basin.
• Dugu Bo began to attack, but Zhao Linchuan summoned the Holy Origin Spirit Phoenix behind him.
• Zhao Linchuan’s phoenix fired a golden-white breath, and Dugu Bo countered with his ninth soul skill, Jade Phosphorous Divine Light.
• The golden-white breath overwhelmed Dugu Bo’s attack and struck his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Avatar, forcing him to shield Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo sensed that the remaining holy energy could remove the poison in his body, but each fraction of poison cleansed also weakened his Soul Power.

Dugu Bo asked Zhao Linchuan to purge the poison threatening Dugu Yan’s life, and Zhao offered to save her while preserving her strength if they both served him for fifty years. Dugu Bo ordered Yan to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy and test whether Yu Tianheng truly cared for her, leaving her heartbroken and uncertain.

• Dugu Bo offered to become Zhao Linchuan’s servant in exchange for saving Dugu Yan from the poison in her body.
• Zhao Linchuan offered to preserve as much of Dugu Yan’s strength as possible if she and Dugu Bo served him for fifty years, and gave them three days to decide.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan to withdraw from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, cut contact with Yu Tianheng, and go with him to Azure Dragon Academy.
• Dugu Bo said Yu Tianheng might value him as a Title Douluo rather than genuinely love Dugu Yan, and told her to claim he had died and see whether Yu Tianheng would seek revenge for him.

Zhao Linchuan returned unharmed after his battle with Dugu Bo and told everyone that he had shattered Dugu Bo’s ninth soul skill and Martial Soul Avatar. Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue reacted to the claim in different ways, and the chapter ended as Zhao Linchuan entered his bedroom and saw two figures on the bed.

• Qian Renxue asked Ning Fengzhi why Sword Douluo had not accompanied him, and Ning Fengzhi said Uncle Gu had returned home to visit relatives.
• Zhao Linchuan landed safely in the courtyard, where Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong eagerly asked about his battle with Poison Douluo.
• Zhao Linchuan recounted the fight, leaving Qian Renxue stunned while Ning Fengzhi privately suspected a hidden Titled Douluo had intervened.
• Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue left the villa, and Qian Renxue glanced back at Zhao Linchuan with mixed feelings.
• Zhao Linchuan entered his bedroom after showering and found two figures on the bed.

Qian Renxue heard She Long’s report confirming Zhao Linchuan had fought Dugu Bo alone, with a powerful sacred aura and no other Titled Douluo involved. She concluded Zhao Linchuan was likely a God Trial Candidate and decided their fates were destined to become entwined.

• Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing wore Xiao Wu and Rongrong’s tight clothes and welcomed Zhao Linchuan after the battle.
• She Long reported to Qian Renxue that Dugu Bo had fought one opponent whose sacred aura rivaled her Seraphim Martial Soul.
• She Long told Qian Renxue he had seen Sword Douluo Chen Xin heading toward the battlefield.
• Qian Renxue reasoned that Zhao Linchuan was a God Trial Candidate protected by an Ultimate Douluo-level figure.
• Qian Renxue recalled Zhao Linchuan’s drunken bathhouse encounter with her and declared that they were destined to become entangled.

After Yu Tianheng abandoned Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling joined her in leaving Heaven Dou Royal Academy for Azure Dragon Academy, seeking protection for the Nine-Heart Begonia Clan. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue arrived at Azure Dragon Academy to speak with Zhao Linchuan, but Zhu Zhuyun told her he was still asleep and offered to hear her matter first.

• Dugu Yan packed to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy after Yu Tianheng refused to avenge Dugu Bo and cut ties with her.
• Ye Lingling told Dugu Yan she had rejected Yu Tianheng's marriage alliance proposal and wanted to join her at Azure Dragon Academy for her clan's protection.
• Ye Lingling explained that Poison Douluo had told her about Dugu Yan's plans and that Zhao Linchuan was waiting at Azure Dragon Academy.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling clasped hands and agreed to leave for Azure Dragon Academy together.
• Qian Renxue arrived uninvited at the villa on Azure Dragon Academy's back mountain and asked to speak with Zhao Linchuan.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Qian Renxue that Zhao Linchuan had not gotten up yet and offered to hear her matter first.

Qian Renxue waited most of the day for Zhao Linchuan, pretending he had seduced and abandoned her to get Zhu Zhuqing to hurry him downstairs. After Zhao Linchuan finally appeared, Qian Renxue tried to confront him about important business but ended up matching his casual attitude.

• Qian Renxue refused to leave and waited for Zhao Linchuan while Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing prepared lunch.
• Xiao Wu went upstairs to wake Zhao Linchuan, and Ning Rongrong hurried after her.
• Qian Renxue told Zhu Zhuqing that Zhao Linchuan had seduced and abandoned her, persuading Zhu Zhuqing to go hurry him along.
• After waiting for hours, Qian Renxue heard Zhao Linchuan descend the stairs and accused him of forgetting what he had done to her the previous day.
• Qian Renxue said she had important business to discuss, then kicked off her heels and made herself comfortable when Zhao Linchuan refused to act formally.

Qian Renxue revealed that she was the Angel God's God Trial Candidate and Spirit Hall's young mistress, then questioned Zhao Linchuan about his strength. Zhao Linchuan denied being a candidate and showed her his extraordinary Soul Rings before asking her to explain her plan, leaving her poised to tell him everything.

• Qian Renxue introduced herself as the Angel God's candidate and Spirit Hall's young mistress, and Zhao Linchuan mocked her cultivation progress.
• Zhao Linchuan and Qian Renxue discussed their unguarded selves, and she agreed to let his earlier insults go.
• Zhao Linchuan said Ning Rongrong and the others had grown stronger through Immortal Herbs and that he could raise Soul Ring absorption limits.
• Zhao Linchuan revealed that a phoenix had sacrificed itself to him, giving him a two-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Spirit Bone.
• Zhao Linchuan displayed his six Soul Rings, including a red ring with two golden patterns, and Qian Renxue accused him of being a God Trial Candidate.
• Zhao Linchuan asked Qian Renxue to explain her plan, and she sat beside him and began her account.

Zhao Linchuan and Qian Renxue discussed their cooperation, and he agreed to take the lead in dealing with Xue Ye and the Heaven Dou court. He revealed that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was the Sea God's inheritance token, and Qian Renxue agreed to retrieve it before joining Zhao Linchuan for dinner.

• Qian Renxue explained her undercover plan, and Zhao Linchuan criticized her lack of progress in gaining power over the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Zhao Linchuan offered to take the lead in their plans against Xue Ye, and Qian Renxue agreed to work with him.
• Zhao Linchuan told Qian Renxue that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was the Sea God's token for beginning a Divine Trial and inheriting Godhood.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Zhao Linchuan intended to become the Sea God's inheritor, and he swore that he would not.
• Qian Renxue agreed to find a way to bring Zhao Linchuan the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, then accepted his invitation to dinner.

Zhao Linchuan coerced Qian Renxue into kissing him in front of Ning Fengzhi to conceal her identity. Ning Fengzhi then revealed that Chen Xin had lost an arm while exploring a hidden small world and asked Zhao Linchuan to help restore it.

• Qian Renxue asked Zhao Linchuan for an elaborate dinner, and he joked that Azure Dragon Academy lacked funds.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived on the mountain path and asked who Qian Renxue was.
• Zhao Linchuan introduced Qian Renxue as his fiancée and used Soul Power transmission to make her kiss him so Ning Fengzhi would not discover she was Xue Qinghe.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that Chen Xin had entered a hidden small world and lost his left arm fleeing an ancient ginkgo tree whose leaves attacked him.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Zhao Linchuan to treat Chen Xin and see whether his severed arm could grow back.

Zhao Linchuan agreed to regrow Sword Douluo’s arm in exchange for a high-age Spirit Bone, then entered the hidden small world alone while Liu Erlong guarded its entrance. Inside, he found a verdant landscape and realized its sun seemed to be an artificial energy projection.

• Zhao Linchuan promised Ning Fengzhi he would treat Sword Douluo and regrow his arm if Ning Fengzhi provided a high-age Spirit Bone from the lost limb.
• Qian Renxue offered to accompany Zhao Linchuan to the small world, but he refused and asked her to obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and await his message.
• Zhao Linchuan brought Liu Erlong to the mountain basin and found a white light curtain blocking the crack in the rock wall.
• Zhao Linchuan entered the light curtain alone and asked Liu Erlong to guard the entrance for up to half a month.
• Zhao Linchuan found himself in a world of green mountains, a stream, and spatial Soul Tools, then noticed that its sunlight seemed unnaturally even.

Zhao Linchuan followed a stream of dew to a lake beneath an enormous Ancient Ginkgo Tree and sensed a human mind inside it. The tree attacked him with a storm of leaves, and he defended himself with an ice wall that held against the barrage.

• Zhao Linchuan explored a gardenlike world filled with ancient medicinal herbs and followed thousands of airborne dewdrops across the wilderness.
• Zhao Linchuan reached an emerald lake beneath an enormous Ancient Ginkgo Tree and saw human and animal bones beneath the water.
• Zhao Linchuan sensed that the ginkgo's mental-power fluctuations belonged to a person and wondered whether it was another Tang San.
• The Ancient Ginkgo Tree attacked Zhao Linchuan with millions of sharp leaves, and he raised an ice wall that withstood their strikes.

Zhao Linchuan survived the Ancient Ginkgo Tree’s exploding leaves, but the Holy Origin Spirit Phoenix’s self-destructive strike failed to damage the tree. He empowered himself and unleashed Heavenfire Incinerates the City as the tree raised a light barrier over the lake.

• The ginkgo leaves embedded in Zhao Linchuan’s ice wall detonated, shattering the wall and sending ice shards and a shockwave across the lakeshore.
• The Holy Origin Spirit Phoenix flew through the smoke and crashed into the Ancient Ginkgo Tree, but the tree remained completely unharmed.
• Zhao Linchuan released Heaven and Earth Loss of Color, while the Ancient Ginkgo Tree countered with an apricot-yellow domain that resisted his power.
• Zhao Linchuan used Five Virtues Empowerment to raise his strength to Rank Ninety-Eight Title Douluo, then opened a rift in the sky and unleashed Heavenfire Incinerates the City.
• The Ancient Ginkgo Tree formed an apricot-yellow curtain of light that shielded itself, the island, and the lake from the descending flames.

Zhao Linchuan used Ring Fusion and Mingle with Light and Dust to exploit the Ancient Ginkgo Tree’s flawed mental defenses and destroy it. After recovering, he turned his attention to the Soul Ring and apricot-yellow pearl left above the island.

• Zhao Linchuan realized the Lake of Life was sustaining the Ancient Ginkgo Tree’s barrier and that the tree’s conflicting mental fluctuations revealed a weakness.
• Zhao Linchuan fused five Soul Rings into his fifth ring and unleashed Mingle with Light and Dust, which passed through the barrier and turned the Ancient Ginkgo Tree gray and white.
• A breeze caused the motionless Ancient Ginkgo Tree to crumble into dust and vanish.
• Zhao Linchuan replenished his depleted Soul Power with Vegetation Origin Return and reflected on his need for a Soul Core.
• Zhao Linchuan saw a powerful Soul Ring hovering above the island, with an apricot-yellow pearl floating at its center.

After absorbing the White Tiger’s Soul Ring, Zhao Linchuan gained the Western Heaven Immortal Battle Spear and discovered that the Apricot Pearl could strengthen Soul Rings. He upgraded his second, fourth, and fifth rings, leaving his Soul Power at level sixty-six.

• Zhao Linchuan absorbed the White Tiger’s Soul Ring over three days and gained the Western Heaven Immortal Battle Spear.
• Zhao Linchuan examined the Apricot Pearl and discovered that it contained condensed energy similar to Soul Ring energy.
• Zhao Linchuan used the Apricot Pearl to raise his second Soul Ring from three thousand years to ten thousand years.
• Zhao Linchuan invested more of the bead’s energy in his fourth and fifth Soul Rings, raising both to the one-hundred-thousand-year level.
• Zhao Linchuan’s Soul Rings settled into one yellow, two black, and three red, and his Soul Power rose from level sixty-four to level sixty-six.

Zhao Linchuan entered the hidden space above the small world and discovered an ancient storehouse whose artifacts had mostly crumbled to ash. He reached the central device sustaining the world and realized that its lights and revolving platforms held Spirit Bones.

• Zhao Linchuan decided to save the Apricot Pearl’s remaining energy for Liu Erlong and the others, and considered testing whether it could improve Spirit Bones.
• Zhao Linchuan flew through the sky and punched his way into the vast Zenith Space above the small world.
• Zhao Linchuan found hills of ancient Soul Tools and artifacts, most of which disintegrated into ash when touched, while two mountains of gold remained intact.
• Zhao Linchuan flew to the central energy device and saw a giant clock pattern surrounding a purple crystal.
• Zhao Linchuan recognized the faint lights and the objects on the revolving stone platforms as Spirit Bones.