Recaps

Xu Yue prepared for his martial soul awakening while living with the Mu family and reflecting on his missing parents. He awakened a Sun martial soul, but the Blacksmith Association building began to tremble, leaving Mu Chen alarmed.

• Mu Xi woke Xu Yue, who admitted he had dreamed about his parents, and reminded him that his martial soul awakening was scheduled for that day.
• Xu Yue joined Mu Xi for breakfast with Mu Chen and Yuan Bao'er before Mu Chen prepared a private awakening formation in the living room.
• Mu Chen activated the formation, and Xu Yue awakened a blazing golden-red Sun martial soul.
• Mu Chen sensed something was wrong, and the Blacksmith Association building began to tremble.

Xu Yue’s Sun martial soul underwent a mysterious mutation during a celestial anomaly, and he awakened to find the Star of Eden in his hand. In the plane’s origin space, the Star of Myriad Stars drained power from Tang Hao and A Yin before another consciousness revealed that some permissions had returned.

• As Xu Yue awakened his martial soul, a total solar eclipse, darkness, and earthquakes struck Douluo Continent’s eastern coast.
• Tang Hao tried to seize the anomaly in the plane’s origin space, but its force pulled him and A Yin in until they sacrificed origin power to escape.
• The anomaly vanished after absorbing the energy, Tang Hao fell into a deep sleep, and another consciousness identified it as the Star of Myriad Stars and celebrated the return of thirty percent of its permissions.
• Xu Yue’s Sun martial soul collapsed into a brilliant point of light, and Mu Chen recognized that it was mutating.
• Xu Yue passed out as a force renewed his body, then woke to find a dark blue, star-speckled crystal in his palm and identified it as the Star of Eden.

Xu Yue revealed that Eden's Star, whose true name was Starry Sea Harmony, gave him an innate gravity domain and could strengthen Mu Xi's Radiant Sun Martial Soul. As Mu Chen warned him to conceal the ability, Xu Yue announced that he had another Martial Soul.

• Xu Yue named Eden's Star Starry Sea Harmony and awakened its gravity domain, which affected everyone nearby regardless of their level.
• Mu Xi sensed that Xu Yue's domain strengthened her Radiant Sun Martial Soul, and the improvement remained after the domain faded.
• Mu Chen explained that Xu Yue's Martial Soul likely had an ultimate star attribute and warned him to hide its ability to strengthen other star-type Martial Souls.
• Xu Yue agreed to be careful, then stopped Mu Chen from testing his innate soul power and revealed that he had another Martial Soul.

Xu Yue revealed his second martial soul, the Truth Gem, and learned he had innate full soul power, but an extraordinary celestial event delayed his soul spirit purchase. That night, he recognized that his two martial souls granted him the Authorities of Reason and Earth.

• Xu Yue revealed the Truth Gem as his second martial soul, and Mu Chen tested him and found he had innate full soul power.
• Mu Chen received news of earthquakes and abnormal celestial changes across the eastern coast, so he postponed Xu Yue's soul spirit purchase and left to handle matters.
• Yun Ming and Ya Li investigated the phenomenon and learned it had affected half of Douluo Star before spotting a small silver-haired figure.
• Xu Yue reflected on the powers of the Authority of Reason and the Authority of Earth, which let him recreate what he understood and control earth, stars, and gravity.

Xu Yue understood the limits and potential of his Herrscher Authorities, then discovered that cultivating beneath the stars and within Douluo Star’s magnetic field greatly accelerated his growth. The next morning, he went with Mu Xi and Mu Chen to the Spirit Pagoda and chose to cultivate Eden's Star first.

• Xu Yue meditated and realized that Tang Hao and A Yin’s divine origins had supplied the energy for his twin martial souls to awaken fully.
• Xu Yue concluded that his Authorities required him to grow stronger and gain knowledge before he could wield their full power, and he resolved to cultivate to prepare for the Abyss invasion.
• Xu Yue found that the starry sky, the earth, and Douluo Star’s magnetic field dramatically increased his cultivation speed.
• The next morning, Xu Yue met Mu Xi at his door, and she reminded him that they were going to the Spirit Pagoda.
• On the drive there, Xu Yue told Mu Chen that he would cultivate Eden's Star first.

Xu Yue visited the Eastsea Spirit Pagoda with Mu Chen and Mu Xi to choose an earth-element soul spirit, and he became interested in a blind thousand-year dragon-shaped spirit. After registering and revealing his innate full soul power and unusual Martial Soul, Xu Yue underwent a spiritual-power test that stunned everyone.

• Mu Xi told the Spirit Pagoda staff that her six-year-old brother Xu Yue had come to choose a soul spirit, and Mu Chen confirmed it.
• Xu Yue requested an earth-element soul spirit with gravity-related skills and asked to see the thousand-year options.
• Xu Yue chose a blind, dragon-shaped earth-element soul spirit despite the staff member's warning, and Mu Chen agreed as long as Xu Yue's spiritual power could handle it.
• Xu Yue registered with innate full soul power and the Martial Soul Eden's Star, prompting the Spirit Master to decide to report him to the tower master.
• Xu Yue lay down for the spiritual-power test, and the others cried out in shock.

Xu Yue’s first spiritual power test reached 256, astonishing the Spirit Pagoda staff and Mu Chen. After the Spirit Master gave him a thousand-year earth-element soul spirit, the Eastsea City Pagoda reported his talent to headquarters.

• Xu Yue’s spiritual power climbed to 256, a mid-stage Spiritual Connection realm reading, and the Spirit Master photographed the result.
• Xu Yue went to the lounge with Mu Chen and Mu Xi, who celebrated his talent and asked him to protect her.
• The Spirit Master brought Xu Yue a thousand-year earth-element soul spirit and warned Mu Chen that its flaw had kept it from receiving a three-star rating.
• After Xu Yue and his companions left, the Spirit Master reported Xu Yue’s test results to the Eastsea City Spirit Pagoda’s person in charge.
• The person in charge contacted headquarters and told the Pagoda Master that a genius had appeared in Eastsea.

Xu Yue met Xu Xiaoyan by chance, then absorbed a thousand-year earth-element spirit soul as his first soul ring. He reached soul power level thirteen and revealed his first soul skill, Firm as a Rock.

• Mu Xi and Xu Yue encountered Xu Xiaoyan and her father, Xu Wei, in the parking lot, and Xu Xiaoyan said she felt drawn to Xu Yue.
• Xu Yue opened the earth-element spirit soul's energy barrier, and the spirit soul became docile when it sensed his affinity with its element.
• Xu Yue absorbed the thousand-year spirit soul and broke through to soul power level thirteen.
• At Mu Xi's urging, Xu Yue activated his first soul ring and revealed his soul skill, Firm as a Rock.

Xu Yue tested his Jade Shield and revealed that he could extend it to his teammates. Later, he used the Authority of Geo to open his soul spirit’s eyes, named it Azhdaha, and began teaching it a fearsome battle cry before Mu Xi ordered him to go to sleep.

• Xu Yue demonstrated that his Jade Shield blocked Mu Xi’s Sunfire and Sunlight Illumination, though the shield developed cracks under the stronger attack.
• Xu Yue explained that the shield had a forty-second cooldown, used little soul power, grew stronger with his cultivation, and could protect teammates; he then shielded Mu Chen, Mu Xi, and Yuan Bao'er.
• That night, Xu Yue used the Authority of Geo to sculpt his blind soul spirit and open its eyes.
• The newly awakened soul spirit leapt into Xu Yue’s arms, and he named it Azhdaha.
• Xu Yue tried to teach Azhdaha to growl, “Mortal, do not overstep your bounds,” but Mu Xi knocked on the wall and told him to sleep before junior academy began.
• Xu Yue promised to rest and told Azhdaha it was time to cultivate.

Xu Yue began junior academy in Eastsea City and stunned his classmates by revealing he was already a Rank Thirteen one-ring Soul Master, earning the class monitor position. Xu Xiaoyan joined the class and invited him for a walk after school, which he accepted.

• Xu Yue arrived at Eastsea City Junior Academy with Yuan Bao'er and Mu Xi and introduced himself to his new class as a Rank Thirteen one-ring Soul Master with the martial soul Eden's Star.
• Li Hu named Xu Yue class monitor after the students reacted with astonishment to his strength.
• Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Wei Xiaofeng asked Xu Yue about his early soul ring and unfamiliar martial soul.
• Li Hu brought Xu Xiaoyan into the classroom, and she asked to sit beside Xu Yue.
• Xu Xiaoyan invited Xu Yue to go for a walk after school, and he agreed.

After school, Xu Yue took Xu Xiaoyan for a walk, but Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin caught up with them, and Mu Xi grew jealous of their closeness. In the park, Xu Xiaoyan revealed that her Martial Soul seemed to be drawn to Xu Yue and might signal a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Xu Yue led Xu Xiaoyan away from the crowded academy and held her hand as they headed for a nearby park.
• Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin spotted Xu Yue with Xu Xiaoyan, and Mu Xi hurried after them in anger.
• Mu Xi joined Xu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan, insisted they stop holding hands, and walked with them to a quiet corner of the park.
• Xu Xiaoyan told Xu Yue that her Martial Soul had felt drawn to him since their last meeting and that her father suspected a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xu Yue explained that Xu Xiaoyan had awakened the Star Crown attribute of the Xu family's main lineage, and Xu Xiaoyan summoned her Starwheel Ice Staff.

Xu Xiaoyan’s Starwheel Ice Staff evolved into two switchable forms under the influence of Xu Yue’s Eden’s Star, and she and Xu Yue discovered they could use a martial soul fusion skill. Their fusion manifested as the Herrscher of Meteoric Ice, leaving Mu Xi stunned.

• Xu Yue summoned Eden’s Star, causing Xu Xiaoyan’s Starwheel Ice Staff to evolve into the Star Staff while retaining its Ice Staff form; the two forms shared one soul ring and could be switched briefly.
• Xu Yue sensed that he and Xu Xiaoyan might have a martial soul fusion skill and asked her to test it with him, leaving Mu Xi frozen in shock.
• Xu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan joined hands and circulated their soul power, which merged into a black-and-white force that enveloped them.
• Starlight appeared overhead, snow fell across the park, and a Soul Elder-level aura erupted from the sphere of light.
• The light faded to reveal the Herrscher of Meteoric Ice, the result of Xu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan’s martial soul fusion skill.

Xu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan awakened a powerful ice-themed martial soul fusion skill, then joined Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin after it exhausted their soul power. As Xu Yue walked with Xu Xiaoyan to buy ice cream, Ouyang Zixin pressed Mu Xi to consider her feelings for her younger brother.

• Xu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan combined into the Herrscher of Meteoric Ice, whose blizzard and enhanced Jade Shield demonstrated their high compatibility.
• Xu Yue found that the fusion skill could manipulate ice but consumed all their soul power, forcing them to separate.
• Xu Yue supported the weakened Xu Xiaoyan as they rejoined Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin and headed toward an ice cream shop.
• Ouyang Zixin teased Mu Xi about her reaction to Xu Yue walking with Xu Xiaoyan, and Mu Xi insisted that Xu Yue was only her little brother.
• Ouyang Zixin told Mu Xi to choose between family and love.

After Xu Xiaoyan and Ouyang Zixin left, Xu Yue realized Mu Xi was upset about his martial soul fusion with Xu Xiaoyan and reassured her that they would stay together. They parted at Eastsea Intermediate Academy on playful terms, and Xu Yue called Ouyang Zixin to ask for a favor in exchange for one of hers.

• Xu Xiaoyan asked to call Xu Yue “Brother A-Yue,” then gave ice cream to Ouyang Zixin and left with her brother, while Ouyang Zixin also said goodbye to Xu Yue.
• Xu Yue noticed Mu Xi had grown quiet and realized she was troubled by his martial soul fusion with Xu Xiaoyan.
• Xu Yue caught up with Mu Xi, held her hand, and promised they would keep walking together and someday have a martial soul fusion skill of their own.
• Mu Xi relaxed, then shoved her ice cream into Xu Yue’s mouth and ran into Eastsea Intermediate Academy, saying she would not talk to him for three days.
• Xu Yue ate both ice creams and called Ouyang Zixin to ask her for help; she agreed in exchange for a favor from him.

Xu Yue decided to learn forging from Mu Chen and impressed him with his extraordinary strength and ultimate attributes. Mu Chen accepted Xu Yue as his disciple and began his first forging test, which left off as Xu Yue struck the heated metal.

• Xu Yue told Mu Chen he had decided to learn forging, and Mu Chen brought him to the president's forging room for an assessment.
• Xu Yue and Mu Xi exchanged teasing remarks and walked together while Mu Xi encouraged him about the difficulty of learning forging.
• Mu Chen tested Xu Yue's strength and found that both his arms exceeded three hundred kilograms.
• Xu Yue explained that Eden's Star had given him the ultimate strength and ultimate earth attributes, and Mu Chen asked him to become his disciple.
• Xu Yue accepted Mu Chen as his teacher, took a thousand-forged blackgold hammer, and struck the heated metal.

Xu Yue rapidly advanced from a beginner to a third-rank blacksmith, then used the Authority of Rock to awaken Starfall Iron’s spirit before striking it once and achieving Spirit Forging. Mu Chen and Mu Xi witnessed a feat that made Xu Yue seem like a Forge King.

• Xu Yue used the Herrscher of Reason’s authority to learn forging and refined metal to the third rank in minutes.
• Xu Yue chose Starfall Iron and used Eden’s Star to weaken the weight of a sixth-grade forging hammer.
• Xu Yue activated the Authority of Rock and perceived Starfall Iron’s memories, awakening its spirituality without hammering.
• Xu Yue amplified the hammer’s force with his gravity field, and the Starfall Iron rose to meet the blow.
• Xu Yue Spirit Forged Starfall Iron with one hammer strike, leaving Mu Chen and Mu Xi stunned.

Xu Yue used the Authority of Earth to Spirit Refine Starfall Iron in a single hammer strike, astonishing Mu Chen and Mu Xi. After Mu Xi left dinner abruptly, Xu Yue followed her, while Mu Chen explained to Yuan Bao'er that Xu Yue had become a Grandmaster on his first day of forging.

• Xu Yue infused life into Starfall Iron with one hammer strike, despite the metal being considered impossible to Spirit Refine.
• Mu Chen recognized Xu Yue’s achievement as Spirit Refinement and declared that his potential surpassed even Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua’s.
• Xu Yue questioned whether using his power counted as a shortcut, but Mu Chen said the method did not matter if the metal was brought to life.
• At dinner, Yuan Bao'er tried to reassure Xu Yue, and Mu Xi left the table before Xu Yue hurried after her.
• Mu Chen told Yuan Bao'er that Xu Yue had completed Spirit Refinement and become a Grandmaster on his first day, leaving her stunned.

Mu Xi doubted her blacksmithing talent, but Xu Yue encouraged her with a Spirit-Forged Starfall Hammer and offered to train her under his gravity domain. Later, he began developing new gravity-based skills using Eden's Star.

• Mu Xi told Xu Yue she feared she could not match his blacksmithing talent, despite wanting to forge his future battle armor.
• Xu Yue gave Mu Xi a Spirit-Forged Starfall Hammer and explained that its Star Spirit effect could aid her forging.
• Xu Yue used his gravity domain to begin training Mu Xi, who accepted the challenge and regained her determination.
• That night, Xu Yue used Eden's Star to experiment with compressing gravity into a small black-red spark.

Xu Yue showed Leng Yaozhu his thousand-year soul ring and innate Gravity Domain when the Spirit Pagoda leader came to recruit him. Leng Yaozhu pressed Mu Chen to let her take Xu Yue as her disciple, but Mu Chen refused.

• Xu Yue returned home and found Mu Chen and Yuan Bao'er in a tense meeting with Leng Yaozhu of the Spirit Pagoda.
• Leng Yaozhu asked to inspect Xu Yue's martial soul, and he summoned Eden's Star with its thousand-year soul ring.
• Xu Yue released his Gravity Domain, shocking Leng Yaozhu by revealing that he possessed an innate domain.
• Leng Yaozhu asked Mu Chen to let her take Xu Yue as her disciple, but Mu Chen refused because Xu Yue had already acknowledged him as his master.

Leng Yaozhu persuaded Mu Chen to let Xu Yue become her disciple by promising him access to the Phoenix Family’s resources. After learning Xu Yue had twin martial souls, she accepted him and arranged to protect and train him in Eastsea City.

• Leng Yaozhu argued that she could provide Xu Yue with stronger training and resources than Mu Chen or other factions could.
• Xu Yue agreed to become Leng Yaozhu’s disciple, and Mu Chen asked her to let Xu Yue choose among at least three top-tier soul spirits.
• Mu Chen revealed that Xu Yue had twin martial souls, and Leng Yaozhu was surprised when she saw the Truth Gem.
• Leng Yaozhu accepted Xu Yue as her disciple and decided he would continue studying in Eastsea City until he reached Soul Sect.
• Leng Yaozhu gave Xu Yue a Heavenly Phoenix Mark that could block a fatal attack and send her a message, along with a token granting him access to Spirit Pagoda facilities.

After graduating from Eastsea Junior Academy, Xu Yue said goodbye to Xu Xiaoyan and Mu Xi to attend his weekly spear training. His teacher Yang Xiong prepared one final assessment to test how far Xu Yue had mastered the Soul-Breaking Spear.

• Xu Yue refused Xu Xiaoyan's request to go shopping because he had firearms practice, then promised to take her and Mu Xi shopping if Xiaoyan reached Great Soul Master before school started.
• Xu Yue traveled to his training room, where he had practiced spear techniques alongside his mecha, battle armor, and blacksmithing training.
• Xu Yue's cultivation had reached peak level thirty-four, and he had become a peak sixth-rank Grandmaster in blacksmithing while publicly holding a third-rank association rating.
• Yang Xiong recalled that Xu Yue had mastered the Soul-Breaking Spear Technique in their brief time training together.
• Yang Xiong began a final graduation assessment to see Xu Yue's current mastery of the Soul-Breaking Spear.

Xu Yue tested his strength against Yang Xiong, who suppressed his soul power to Rank 51 and challenged Xu Yue to force him to use more. After their spear duel escalated, Xu Yue’s gravity-amplified counterstrike drove Yang Xiong back several meters.

• Yang Xiong set the test at Rank 51, and Xu Yue accepted the challenge with his martial soul Eden's Star.
• Xu Yue activated Stone Steadfast and formed the dark-golden Vortex Vanquisher before attacking Yang Xiong.
• Xu Yue and Yang Xiong exchanged spear techniques until Yang Xiong praised Xu Yue’s mastery and began fighting in earnest.
• Yang Xiong combined his first and second soul skills in a sweeping attack, but Xu Yue blocked it without moving, using Jade Shield and Rock Sovereign Body.
• Xu Yue slowed Yang Xiong with his Gravity Domain and struck with an eightfold-amplified spear blow, forcing Yang Xiong back several meters.

Xu Yue used gravity manipulation to disrupt Yang Xiong’s spear techniques, then prepared to finish their training match with a self-created spear strike. Azhdaha activated Ley Line Draw to let Xu Yue absorb nearby earth elemental power as he began his attack.

• Xu Yue and Yang Xiong resumed their sparring, and Xu Yue’s shifting gravity and spear-tip attraction made Yang Xiong’s movements uncomfortable and difficult to control.
• Xu Yue used multiple irregular gravity fields to distort Yang Xiong’s attacks and vision, but Yang Xiong broke free with three soul skills and countered with Army Breaker.
• Xu Yue withdrew to gather momentum and told Yang Xiong he would use his self-created spear strike as a graduation gift.
• Azhdaha appeared and activated Ley Line Draw, drawing nearby elemental power into a construct while Xu Yue chose to absorb earth.

Xu Yue defeated Yang Xiong with the first form of his Thousand Rock Spear Art and graduated from his instruction. After celebrating with Xu Xiaoyan and Mu Xi, he left the training grounds, while Yang Xiong reported his progress to Leng Yaozhu.

• Xu Yue used Thousand Rock Spear Art’s first form, Mind Ape: Menogias, to overpower Yang Xiong’s Soulbreaker Spear and win their match.
• Yang Xiong acknowledged Xu Yue’s victory, declared that he had graduated, and warned him that battle armor could greatly strengthen other Soul Kings.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Mu Xi arrived to watch Xu Yue, and he hugged them both before Mu Xi congratulated him with a kiss on the cheek.
• Xu Yue said farewell to Yang Xiong and left the training grounds with Xu Xiaoyan and Mu Xi.
• Yang Xiong told Leng Yaozhu that Xu Yue had graduated, mastered the Soul-Breaking Spear, and begun developing his own spear technique; Leng Yaozhu praised him and increased his compensation.

Xu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan enrolled at Eastsea Academy, where Mu Xi rescued them from an overenthusiastic welcome and showed them around. Xu Yue settled into a dorm with Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Wei Xiaofeng, while the others declined his invitation to eat with Mu Xi and Xu Xiaoyan waiting outside.

• At Eastsea Academy's entrance, senior girls crowded around Xu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan until Mu Xi arrived and led them inside.
• Mu Xi's rank 37 cultivation and level-three forging skill were revealed as Xu Yue recalled how her Blazing Sun martial soul had evolved.
• Xu Xiaoyu and Ouyang Zixin caught up with the group, and Xu Xiaoyu complained about Xu Yue spending time with Xu Xiaoyan and Mu Xi.
• Mu Xi guided Xu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan as they finished settling in at the academy.
• Xu Yue found Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Wei Xiaofeng in his dormitory and invited them to eat, but they declined because Mu Xi and Xu Xiaoyan were waiting outside.