Recaps

Qian Renxue doubted reports that Lor Diarra had died and refused to let Spirit Hall elders act against Xue Beng or the New Interception Sect. Before leaving to hunt a forty-thousand-year soul beast, Lin Ya equipped Yang Wudi and Niu Gao with powerful gifts, then divined great fortune for himself.

• Qian Renxue questioned whether Lor Diarra was dead and rejected She Long's offer to attack the New Interception Sect, warning that a clash could draw in Sword Douluo.
• She Long and Ci Xue left the hall, and She Long decided to act against Xue Beng despite Qian Renxue's wishes.
• Lin Ya told Xue Beng and the others that he was leaving to hunt a forty-thousand-year soul beast and entrusted the New Interception Sect to Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao.
• Lin Ya gave Yang Wudi a Lovesick Heartbreak Red that could save his life in battle.
• Lin Ya supplied Niu Gao with eighth-grade soul-guided cannons, and Niu Gao promised to serve as the sect's shield and artillery.
• Lin Ya used Fenghou Strange Gates to divine great fortune for himself.

Lin Ya traveled with Prince Xue Xing to Gengxin City on the way to Thunder Marsh, buying forging materials and intending to recruit high-ranking blacksmiths for the sect. At the Blacksmith Association, he met Si Long, a Soul Saint-level blacksmith grandmaster and direct disciple of Lou Gao.

• Prince Xue Xing gave Lin Ya a map to Thunder Marsh and arranged for their party to rest in Gengxin City along the way.
• Lin Ya agreed to stop in Gengxin City and planned to recruit Soul Saint-level blacksmiths for the sect.
• Lin Ya and Prince Xue Xing reached Gengxin City, disguised themselves, and entered the Blacksmith Association.
• Lin Ya bought a large quantity of forging materials while Prince Xue Xing paid the bills.
• Prince Xue Xing led Lin Ya to the VIP reception area to meet blacksmith grandmasters, where Si Long approached them.

Prince Xue Xing tried to recruit Si Long, but Si Long refused to join Heaven Dou because he would not give up his freedom. Lin Ya challenged him to a forging contest and prepared to demonstrate an Iron Fist RPG Rocket Launcher, leaving its power and the first round unresolved.

• Prince Xue Xing revealed himself to Si Long and asked him to return to Heaven Dou, but Si Long refused because the terms would cost him his freedom.
• Lin Ya warned Si Long that the Blacksmith Association would soon be eliminated by changing times, then challenged him to a contest with his weapons.
• Si Long led Lin Ya and Prince Xue Xing to a testing area and proposed three rounds: shooting, defensive power, and sharpness.
• Si Long demonstrated his soul-beast-material bow by shooting through a refined iron target from two hundred meters away.
• Lin Ya produced an Iron Fist RPG Rocket Launcher, described its ammunition and range, and asked Si Long whether he would be responsible for any damage.

Lin Ya’s weapon devastated the testing grounds and left Si Long shaken, prompting Lou Gao to challenge Lin Ya to a defensive test. Si Long fired Lin Ya’s Barrett through Lou Gao’s tortoiseshell shield, leaving Lou Gao stunned by the weapon’s power.

• Lou Gao rushed to the testing grounds after an explosion and found Lin Ya, Si Long, and Prince Xue Xing unharmed amid the destruction.
• Si Long grabbed Lin Ya and demanded to know whether the RPG was his martial soul, while Lou Gao mistakenly assumed Si Long had simply lost a forging contest.
• Lou Gao slapped Si Long back to his senses, then challenged Lin Ya to compete against him in defense.
• Lin Ya proposed testing an eighth-grade Soul Tool gun called the Barrett against Lou Gao’s fifty-thousand-year Golden Tortoise shell shield.
• Prince Xue Xing taught Si Long to use the Barrett, and Si Long fired it through the shield, astonishing Lou Gao with its power.

Lin Ya recruited Lou Gao and Si Long by promising them the chance to advance blacksmithing, then led his group into Thunder Marsh to approach the near-limit Thunderclap Inferno Vine. The vine rejected his offer to become a spirit soul and prepared to test his strength.

• Lou Gao tested the Barrett, then offered Lin Ya the Blacksmith Association presidency; Lin Ya instead invited Lou Gao and Si Long to join his side and learn the weapon technology.
• Si Long accepted Lin Ya's invitation, and Lou Gao joined after realizing the opportunity blacksmiths had to rise.
• Lin Ya used Twin Hands to alter Lou Gao and Si Long's appearances, and the group left Star Luo Empire territory for Thunder Marsh.
• Lin Ya found the forty-thousand-year Thunderclap Inferno Vine absorbing the marsh's lightning and approached it despite its attacks.
• Lin Ya used Fenghou Strange Gates to dissipate the vine's lightning, while the Black Jade Divine Bamboo blocked its Forest of Lightning.
• Lin Ya invited the Thunderclap Inferno Vine to become his spirit soul, but it intensified its lightning and challenged him instead.

Lin Ya defeated the forty-thousand-year Thunderclap Inferno Vine with his Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and the vine willingly sacrificed itself to become his Soul Spirit. Lin Ya reached level 72 and revealed that his new soul skill was the Five Thunder Method.

• The Thunderclap Inferno Vine unleashed Thunder Hell, and Lin Ya transformed into his Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to counter it with Dark Demon Evil Thunder.
• Lin Ya’s Dark Demon Evil Thunder overwhelmed the Thunderclap Inferno Vine and left it collapsed and exhausted.
• Lin Ya demanded that the Thunderclap Inferno Vine submit or die, and it chose to sacrifice itself to him.
• Lin Ya absorbed the Thunderclap Inferno Vine’s power, gained a seventh soul ring, and advanced to level 72.
• Lin Ya told Prince Xue Xing that his Martial Soul Avatar increased all attributes by fifty percent and lightning attacks by one hundred percent, then revealed that he had awakened the Five Thunder Method.

Lin Ya used the complete Five Thunder Method and obtained the Thunderclap Inferno Vine’s forty-thousand-year torso bone. He then used his Ancient Tree of Life Descent skill to help the vine devour Ghost Vine soul rings and evolve toward one hundred thousand years, drawing the attention of the Life Goddess and God of Destruction.

• Lin Ya summoned a massive sphere of lightning, astonishing Prince Xue Xing with his power.
• Lin Ya received the Thunderclap Inferno Vine’s forty-thousand-year torso bone, which granted the Forest of Lightning skill.
• Lin Ya brought out Ghost Vine soul rings and asked the Thunderclap Inferno Vine to devour them and evolve into a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
• Lin Ya summoned the Ancient Tree of Life and used his life power to support the Thunderclap Inferno Vine’s evolution.
• The Thunderclap Inferno Vine devoured the Ghost Vine rings as lightning struck its spirit soul and its dark-purple radiance began turning violet-gold.
• The Life Goddess and God of Destruction noticed the changes around Lin Ya, and the God of Destruction reacted to the power of lightning.

In the God Realm, Life Goddess and God of Destruction agreed to place their hopes on Lin Ya becoming a Creation God who could unite life and destruction and establish a new God Realm. Meanwhile, Lin Ya completed the perilous evolution of the Thunderclap Inferno Vine, which emerged as a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.

• Life Goddess showed God of Destruction how difficult it was to balance life and destruction, and explained that she hoped Lin Ya could solve the problem and become a Creation God.
• God of Destruction embraced Life Goddess's plan, seeing a new God Realm as a way to ease the workload of the existing deities.
• Life Goddess said that if Lin Ya failed to become a Creation God, she would pass the Life Divine Seat to him and remain beside God of Destruction.
• Lin Ya used his soul power, Spirit Binding and General Summoning, Twin Hands, and the Ancient Tree of Life's vitality to sustain the Thunderclap Inferno Vine through its agonizing evolution.
• The Thunderclap Inferno Vine shed its old skin and emerged with purplish-golden divine light as a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.

Lin Ya completed his second divine trial and chose to accept the Seed of Destruction, beginning a dangerous path toward becoming the Creation God. After returning to Heaven Dou, the story shifted to She Long attacking Xue Beng, only to find him waiting with a spear.

• Life Goddess told Lin Ya that Tai Chi had cured her and God of Destruction's lingering worry, completing his second trial.
• God of Destruction offered Lin Ya the Seed of Destruction and a chance to fuse life and destruction, while warning him to master the Dao of Tai Chi within a year.
• Lin Ya accepted the seed and received two God-Given Soul Rings as a reward.
• Lin Ya returned to Prince Xue Xing, who led the group back toward Heaven Dou for the upcoming Soul Master Tournament.
• She Long attacked Xue Beng's bedroom with his snake lance, but found Xue Beng standing unharmed and ready to face him.

Yang Wudi and Niu Gao fought Snake Lance Douluo She Long and Pufferfish Douluo Ci Xue, turning the New Interception Sect’s two Soul Douluos into a match for the Titled Douluos. The battle ended with Yang Wudi healing himself with the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and Niu Gao recharging his soul cannons, leaving She Long and Ci Xue stunned.

• She Long attacked Yang Wudi with his fifth soul skill, but Yang Wudi met his strike and fought him to a draw.
• She Long transformed into his two-headed serpent Martial Soul Avatar, but Yang Wudi used his own avatar, Pacing the Dipper, and the Six Harmonies Spear to suppress him.
• Ci Xue moved to help She Long, but Niu Gao blocked him and used his Plate-Armored Rhinoceros avatar and Level Eight soul cannons to drive him back.
• She Long and Ci Xue fought desperately and managed to hold their own, while Yang Wudi suffered severe wounds and She Long lost an arm.
• Yang Wudi swallowed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and healed his wounds, while Niu Gao used a Thief Devourer and a milk bottle to recharge his soul cannons.

Yang Wudi and Niu Gao killed Snake Lance Douluo after Pufferfish Douluo fled, then salvaged She Long’s Soul Rings. News of the battle spread through Heaven Dou City, and Prince Xue Xing rushed to the palace while Lin Ya returned to the New Interception Sect.

• Snake Lance Douluo stayed behind to cover Pufferfish Douluo’s escape, and Yang Wudi and Niu Gao killed him.
• Yang Wudi and Niu Gao collected She Long’s nine Soul Rings with a storage device developed by Lin Ya.
• News of Snake Lance Douluo’s death spread across Heaven Dou City, where rumors disagreed about who had killed him.
• Prince Xue Xing warned Lin Ya that trouble might be coming and hurried to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
• Lin Ya decided to return to the New Interception Sect to find out what was happening there.

Emperor Xue Ye openly refused Spirit Hall’s demand to send troops into Heaven Dou City and declared that Heaven Dou would protect the New Interception Sect, even if it meant war. Salas left to report the confrontation to Bibi Dong, while Xue Qinghe suppressed her grief and anger over She Long’s death.

• Prince Xue Xing entered the imperial court as Salas demanded that Emperor Xue Ye allow Spirit Hall’s army into Heaven Dou City to avenge She Long.
• Emperor Xue Ye openly declared that Heaven Dou would protect the New Interception Sect and challenged Spirit Hall over its attack on the sect.
• Crown Prince Xue Qinghe suggested Spirit Hall had acted to avenge the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan, but Emperor Xue Ye rebuked him and told him to address him as Your Majesty.
• Emperor Xue Ye called She Long’s death an act of self-defense and declared that Heaven Dou would not permit Spirit Hall’s army to enter, even if war followed.
• Salas left the palace to report Emperor Xue Ye’s words to Bibi Dong, while Xue Qinghe held back her resentment over She Long’s death.

After She Long’s death, Lin Ya strengthened his Soul Rings and planned to recruit more powerful allies for the New Interception Sect. In the Eastern Palace, Qian Renxue reassessed Xue Beng’s growing influence just as Elder Tuoba arrived with Spirit Hall reinforcements.

• Lin Ya reassured Yang Wudi that Bibi Dong would not risk war with Heaven Dou over She Long, then warned the sect to be cautious of Spirit Hall.
• Lin Ya fed the nine Soul Rings to his Soul Spirits, raising his Outcast Martial Soul’s configuration to one red and six black and red Soul Rings.
• Lin Ya sent Yang Wudi and Niu Gao to rest and ordered them to gather the Upper Root Vessels before the Soul Master Tournament.
• Qian Renxue blamed Salas for risking war and admitted she had underestimated Xue Beng’s network of supporters.
• Pufferfish Douluo realized how strategically Xue Beng had built his support, and Qian Renxue asked when Spirit Hall’s reinforcements would arrive.
• Elder Tuoba entered the Eastern Palace and told Qian Renxue that the reinforcements had arrived.

Tuoba Xuanfeng arrived to help Qian Renxue after She Long’s death, while Lin Ya demonstrated Soul Core condensation at New Interception Sect and helped Ge Long break through to become Yazi Douluo.

• Tuoba Xuanfeng arrived and assured Qian Renxue that he would support her after She Long’s death.
• Prince Xue Xing brought Ge Long to New Interception Sect and told him to follow Lin Ya’s instructions if he wanted to become a Title Douluo.
• Lin Ya revealed his Soul Core and explained how condensing one could help a Soul Douluo break through and strengthen their abilities.
• Ge Long eagerly entered the Self-Cultivation Furnace, where Lin Ya used the Qi Infant and Twin Hands to refine his Soul Power.
• Ge Long broke through to Title Douluo and gained the title Yazi Douluo.

After Ge Long became a Titled Douluo, Lin Ya’s team revealed its strength during Heaven Dou Academy’s final tournament preparations. The team prepared to enter the preliminaries, while Lin Ya planned to reveal his Twin Martial Souls and lure Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo into pursuing him.

• Ge Long left to obtain his ninth Soul Ring, and Yang Wudi and Niu Gao returned to cultivation with the New Interception Sect.
• Lin Ya introduced his teammates to Zhi Lin, who learned that nearly all of them were powerful Soul Ancestors while Ning Zun remained a Soul Elder.
• Zhi Lin noticed Twilight Cloud Vine’s Life Evergreen Vine suppressed his own Martial Soul, and Lin Ya promised cultivation methods to Zhi Lin and the other Great Enshrined.
• Zhi Lin explained the Continental Soul Master Tournament’s rules and lamented Heaven Dou Empire’s lack of championships.
• Lin Ya agreed that his team would compete in the preliminaries to gain experience and planned to reveal his Twin Martial Souls on the way to the finals to draw out Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo.

The Continental Soul Master Tournament opened, and Heaven Dou Academy’s second team was selected for the exhibition match against Blue Tyrant Academy. Lin Ya recognized the opponent as a formidable team and chose six students to face them.

• Huo Wu celebrated the start of the tournament while Xue Beng encouraged Heaven Dou Academy’s team to prove itself.
• Heaven Dou Academy’s second team entered the arena and heard spectators underestimate its strength.
• Emperor Xue Ye officially opened the tournament and urged the contestants to bring glory to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ning Fengzhi announced that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had been renamed the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy against Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Lin Ya recalled that Blue Tyrant Academy had reached the tournament’s top eight before and selected Dugu Yan, Huo Wu, Shui Binger, Ning Zun, Shi Mo, and Shi Mo for the match.

The Heaven Dou Team and Blue Tyrant Academy began their tournament match, and both sides revealed unexpectedly powerful Soul Ancestors. Shui Binger froze Blue Tyrant Academy’s support fighter, Gongyang Sheng, as the battle opened.

• The Heaven Dou and Blue Tyrant teams took the stage while Liu Erlong confidently anticipated a Blue Tyrant victory.
• Nan Susu and her teammates revealed four Soul Ancestors, including Gongyang Sheng’s Rainbow Dragon and Nan Susu’s Rouge Dragon.
• Dugu Yan and four other Heaven Dou members revealed that they were all Soul Ancestors, and Dugu Yan displayed a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring.
• Nan Susu ordered her team to attack, and Gongyang Sheng used three Rainbow Dragon skills to boost his allies.
• Shui Binger descended from above and froze Gongyang Sheng with her Ice Seal, causing him to fall toward the Qian brothers.
• Nan Susu and three other Blue Tyrant fighters rushed to help Gongyang Sheng, but a crimson ring of fire blasted them back as an opponent challenged them.

Huo Wu defeated Li Chao, Jia He, and Li Ming after their three-in-one fusion skill failed against her Ultimate Fire. Shui Binger then froze Nan Susu and her three companions, winning the second confrontation for Heaven Dou Academy.

• Ning Zun boosted Huo Wu as she held off Li Chao, Jia He, and Li Ming, while Shui Binger freed Gongyang Sheng and sealed him, the Qian brothers, and Nan Susu again.
• Li Chao, Jia He, and Li Ming combined their martial souls into A Bright Moon Rises Above the Sea, Swordfish Thrive Within and attacked Huo Wu.
• Huo Wu unleashed her fourth soul skill, Fire Dance Blazing Sun, and overwhelmed the fusion skill, knocking all three opponents out of the fight.
• Nan Susu broke free from Shui Binger's Ice Seal, but Shui Binger used Drifting Ice and Snow to freeze Nan Susu and her three companions, defeating all four.

After Heaven Dou Academy dominated several tournament matches, Huo Wu recruited her brother Huo Wushuang into the New Interception Sect. Lin Ya then learned that their next opponents, Elephant Armored Academy, were backed by a sect aligned with Spirit Hall, and prepared to teach them a lesson.

• Emperor Xue Ye praised the Heaven Dou Team, while Prince Xue Xing privately noted that Lin Ya had turned Spirit Hall's spies into double agents.
• Huo Wu reunited with Huo Wushuang and persuaded him to join the New Interception Sect after the tournament; Lin Ya welcomed him as a candidate for the Twelve Superior Vessels.
• Huo Wushuang joined the sect and was astonished by the strength of its young members.
• Shui Binger and Huo Wu led Heaven Dou Academy to easy victories over Purple Star Academy, Flame Radiance Academy, and Canghui Academy.
• Zhi Lin warned Lin Ya that Elephant Armored Academy's backers, the Elephant Armored Sect, accepted Heaven Dou subsidies while maintaining ties with Spirit Hall.
• Lin Ya agreed that Elephant Armored Academy needed to be taught a lesson.

At the tournament, the Shi brothers used Chai School Body Tempering and their Black Tortoise martial souls to defeat Elephant Armored Academy in a three-against-seven match. Huyan Zhen left in humiliation, while Bone Douluo acknowledged the brothers might one day surpass him as the continent’s top defender.

• Huyan Zhen boasted that Elephant Armored Academy’s Diamond Mammoths could overcome Heaven Dou Academy’s advantage in Soul Ancestors, and Ge Long and Bone Douluo challenged his claims.
• Lin Ya saw Elephant Armored Academy’s enormous team enter the arena, then told his teammates to follow their original plan.
• The Shi brothers activated their Black Tortoise skills and body-tempering cultivation, charging through the opposing formation and knocking four Soul Elders out of the arena.
• After Ning Fengzhi’s boosts strengthened them, the Shi brothers froze the three remaining Soul Ancestors with Black Tortoise Cold Current and crushed the captain between their shields.
• The Shi brothers won the match three against seven, Huyan Zhen left the stands in anger, and Bone Douluo praised their potential.

Blazing Fire Academy forfeited its match against Heaven Dou Academy because Huo Wu’s Ultimate Fire intimidated its team. Heaven Dou Academy then prepared to face the powerful, flight-capable Godwind Academy, whose Feng Xiaotian vowed to prove his self-created technique’s strength.

• Dean Huo accepted Blazing Fire Academy’s fear of Huo Wu’s Ultimate Fire and ordered the team to forfeit its next match.
• Huo Wushuang told Huo Wu that Blazing Fire Academy had withdrawn, ending her hope of another one-against-seven fight.
• Zhi Lin told Lin Ya that Godwind Academy was Heaven Dou Academy’s next opponent and showed him its strong lineup of flying soul masters.
• Xue Beng and Shui Binger expressed confidence that they could counter Godwind Academy’s airborne fighters.
• Before the match, Yun Feng criticized Feng Xiaotian for neglecting cultivation, but Feng Xiaotian defended his Gale Twenty-Four Consecutive Slashes and vowed to prove its strength.

Lin Ya faced Godwind Academy alone and revealed a Phoenix Martial Soul with four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, shocking the arena. His presence incapacitated three bird-type Soul Masters and his feathers brought down three more, leaving Feng Xiaotian as the only member still standing.

• Lin Ya entered the arena alone and told the referee that Heaven Dou's entire team was present, enraging Godwind captain Yun Feng.
• Godwind Academy released its Martial Souls, while Xue Beng explained that Lin Ya's decision reflected respect rather than contempt.
• Lin Ya revealed his Phoenix Martial Soul and five Soul Rings, including four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, stunning Salas, Xue Qinghe, and the crowd.
• Lin Ya's Phoenix pressure forced three bird-type Soul Masters to fall motionless, and Yun Feng urged the remaining members to attack.
• Lin Ya shot three emerald feathers through Yun Feng and two teammates' left shoulders, leaving Feng Xiaotian alone as he asked whether he would concede.

Lin Ya defeated Feng Xiaotian by deflecting all twenty-four strikes of his self-created Soul Skill, securing Heaven Dou Academy’s victory. After the crowd and powerful Soul Masters reacted to Lin Ya’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, Xue Qinghe appeared to meet him, and Lin Ya recognized her as Qian Renxue.

• Feng Xiaotian unleashed his Gale Twenty-Four Consecutive Slashes, but Lin Ya deflected every attack with an emerald phoenix feather until Feng Xiaotian’s final strike shattered it and left him unable to fight.
• The referee declared Heaven Dou Academy the winner, and the arena erupted in cheers for Lin Ya and speculation about his Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Several Soul Masters discussed taking Lin Ya’s Soul Bone, while Xue Ye praised him and Marshal Ge Long promised to protect him.
• Lin Ya dismissed Zhi Lin and the other committee members’ concerns, saying he wanted to see who would challenge him.
• Xue Qinghe approached Lin Ya, introduced herself, and Lin Ya recognized her as Qian Renxue.

Qian Renxue tried to recruit Lin Ya, but he said he would join the Heaven Dou Empire, frustrating her hidden plans. After Prince Xue Xing protected Lin Ya from three attackers, Huyan Zhen appeared and revealed he had been hired to kill him.

• Qian Renxue confirmed Lin Ya had four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and offered him a place in her ranks, but Lin Ya said he would serve the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Prince Xue Xing interrupted Qian Renxue's recruitment attempt and warned Lin Ya to watch for hidden threats after she left.
• Three black-clad Soul Emperors ambushed Lin Ya, but Prince Xue Xing and his forces appeared and pursued them.
• Huyan Zhen emerged after the others departed, admitted he was acting at someone else's request, and prepared to fight Lin Ya.

Lin Ya revealed his seven-ring Soul Saint strength and severely wounded Huyan Zhen with his Darkgold Terror Claw. As Huyan Zhen reinforced his defenses, Lin Ya activated his Hundred Thousand Year Thunderclap Inferno Vine Martial Soul Avatar and prepared to use the Five Thunder Method.

• Huyan Zhen trapped Lin Ya with Crushing Kill and charged him with Diamond Charge, but Lin Ya stopped the attack unharmed.
• Lin Ya revealed seven soul rings and a second martial soul, then slashed through Huyan Zhen's defenses with Darkgold Terror Claw and tore open his chest.
• Huyan Zhen used Martial Soul Avatar and Infinite Diamond to strengthen his defenses, forming five diamond barriers around himself.
• Lin Ya activated his own Martial Soul Avatar, gaining doubled attributes and lightning damage as well as immunity to lightning below the god level.
• Lin Ya invoked the Five Thunder Method and called out, "Crimson Palace."