Recaps

Dugu Bo agreed to arrange Soul Rings for Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, while Yun Tian and Ye Lingling shared a kiss before he began consuming two Immortal Herbs. At Blue Tyrant Academy, Liu Erlong confronted Flender after learning why Sword Douluo had punished Dai Mubai.

• Yun Tian and Dugu Bo planned to hunt Soul Rings for Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan, considering a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring for Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan finished absorbing her new power, and Dugu Bo promised to handle the Soul Rings for both girls.
• After Dugu Bo took Dugu Yan away, Ye Lingling kissed Yun Tian and fled in embarrassment.
• Yun Tian closed the room and began consuming the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
• Liu Erlong demanded to know why Flender had not told her sooner that Dai Mubai had offended Ning Rongrong and been punished by Sword Douluo.

Flender sought Yu Xiaogang’s help after Liu Erlong refused to intervene in Dai Mubai’s case, and Yu Xiaogang claimed Tang San could reattach Dai Mubai’s severed limb. Flender brought Tang San to Dai Mubai, leaving the haggard young man shocked by the prospect of treatment.

• Liu Erlong refused to help Dai Mubai, and Flender left her office to seek another solution.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar overheard Flender and asked whether Dai Mubai could be saved.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that Tang San might be able to reattach Dai Mubai’s severed limb, reasoning that his skills with hidden weapons and poisons suited surgery.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang and Flender that he had reached level thirty, then admitted he did not know how to reconnect a limb.
• Flender hurried Tang San to Dai Mubai’s room and announced that someone there could treat him, leaving Dai Mubai astonished.

Dai Mubai begged Tang San to repair his injury, and Tang San agreed to try. Several days later, Qin Ming sent the Heaven Dou Royal Academy students to the Soul Arena so he could assess their teamwork and select the official team.

• Dai Mubai knelt before Tang San and pleaded for help, offering him the position of Imperial Preceptor if he became emperor.
• Tang San examined Dai Mubai's jar and said he was eighty percent confident he could treat him; Flender went to fetch Shao Xin and Oscar to help ease the pain.
• At the Heaven Dou Royal Academy training ground, Dugu Yan demonstrated her strength while Ning Rongrong watched, and Ye Lingling avoided explaining her embarrassment to Yun Tian.
• Ye Lingling's mother reported that the clan curse's drain on her Soul Power and vitality had stopped after Ye Lingling absorbed the Immortal Herb.
• Qin Ming announced that he would take the students to the Soul Arena to evaluate their teamwork and choose the official team members, making Osler, Yu Feng, and Zhu Zhuqing nervous.

Zhu Zhuqing regained confidence after Ning Rongrong promised to support her on the Imperial Battle Team, while Yun Tian, Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling headed to Sunset Forest to hunt Soul Rings. After learning Yun Tian was away, Xue Qinghe resolved to accelerate his plan to recruit him.

• Ning Rongrong comforted Zhu Zhuqing and promised to coordinate with her, restoring Zhu Zhuqing's confidence.
• Dugu Bo arrived at the training ground and took Yun Tian, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling toward Sunset Forest to hunt Soul Rings.
• Xue Qinghe visited the Imperial Battle Team and learned Yun Tian had gone to Sunset Forest with Dugu Bo.
• Xue Qinghe decided to recruit Yun Tian as soon as he returned, offering him a noble title, cultivation resources, or whatever else he wanted.
• Dugu Bo led the three young cultivators toward Sunset Forest and praised their endurance and progress.

Yun Tian, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Bo entered Sunset Forest to seek fourth Soul Rings for the two girls. As they began planning the hunt, Yun Tian identified promising Soul Beasts for each of them.

• Yun Tian carried the tired Ye Lingling while Dugu Yan protested, and Dugu Bo urged them onward toward Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo led the group into the forest, where Yun Tian set Ye Lingling down and the girls resumed teasing each other.
• Dugu Bo asked the girls what Soul Beasts they wanted to hunt, and both looked to Yun Tian for guidance.
• Yun Tian considered a Red Poison Fang Dragon, with poison and dragon bloodline traits, a suitable match for Dugu Yan.
• Yun Tian considered the Spirit Heart Jade Orchid or Azure Water Spirit Deer suitable choices for Ye Lingling's fourth Soul Ring.

Yun Tian recommended soul beasts for Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, while Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Tang San searched Sunset Forest for Tang San’s third Soul Ring. Their attempt to capture an Azure Water Spirit Deer was stopped by Dugu Bo, who appeared atop his transformed Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon Emperor.

• Yun Tian suggested a Red Poison Fang Dragon for Dugu Yan and either a Spirit Heart Jade Orchid or an Azure Water Spirit Deer for Ye Lingling, and Dugu Bo agreed to search for them.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted Tang San choose a poison-attributed animal soul beast for his third Soul Ring, despite Tang San and Flender worrying about conflicts with his life-attributed rings.
• Tang San identified a roughly three-thousand-eight-hundred-year-old Azure Water Spirit Deer and asked Flender to catch it for him.
• Flender flew at the Azure Water Spirit Deer, but a huge green dragon blocked his claws and Dugu Bo confronted him.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender recognized Dugu Bo, while Tang San reached toward his waist as Dugu Bo asked what he was trying to do.

Tang San and Flender encountered Dugu Bo and Ye Lingling in Sunset Forest, then Yun Tian arrived and accepted Flender’s challenge to a duel. The chapter ended as Flender revealed his Owl possession and prepared to fight Yun Tian.

• Tang San tried to use a hidden weapon against Dugu Bo, but Flender persuaded him and Yu Xiaogang to yield to the Poison Douluo.
• Ye Lingling recognized the Shrek Academy group, and Dugu Bo ordered them to leave the Azure Water Spirit Deer alone.
• Yun Tian arrived, and Tang San and Yu Xiaogang recognized him and challenged him over their past grievances.
• Tang San proposed a wager involving the method for mutating Martial Souls, and Dugu Bo set a penalty for Flender if he lost.
• Yun Tian agreed to duel Flender without restrictions on Martial Soul Avatars, and Dugu Bo cleared the fighting area.
• Flender revealed his Owl possession and seven Soul Rings as the duel began.

Yun Tian fought Flender in the arena, using his anti-flight Martial Soul trait and spear skills to offset Flender’s aerial advantage. After Flender wounded him with a Soul Skill, Yun Tian healed and covered the battlefield in shadowy mist before activating his Fifth Soul Skill.

• Yun Tian revealed his Rank 58 cultivation and hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, shocking Dugu Bo, Yu Xiaogang, and the others.
• Flender tried to take flight but Yun Tian’s Martial Soul trait prevented him from leaving the ground.
• Yun Tian pressed Flender with spear techniques that increased the surrounding gravity, while Flender injured him with Feather Blade Storm.
• Yun Tian’s wounds healed as he assessed his Fifth Soul Skill’s range, then spread shadowy mist across the battlefield with Shadow Dragon Earthshaker.
• Yun Tian activated Firmament-Born Spear Burial, and an astonishing sight appeared.

Yun Tian defeated Flender by overwhelming him with phantom attacks, debilitating effects, and a final empowered spear assault. Dugu Bo and the others gathered around Yun Tian as Flender lay unconscious, while Yu Xiaogang and Tang San struggled to understand his abilities.

• Yun Tian filled the pink field with phantoms that attacked Flender and exploded when struck, weakening Flender’s defenses.
• Flender activated his Cat Eagle Avatar and attacked indiscriminately, but Yun Tian withdrew when his fifth Soul Skill expired.
• Flender advanced on Yun Tian, who activated Imperishable Firmament Edge and unleashed a rapid series of Soul Skills.
• Yun Tian struck Flender with Silver Firmament Extinguishing Thorn, sealing his Soul Skills and destabilizing his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Yun Tian shattered Flender’s Martial Soul Avatar with Skyfall, sending Flender into a tree and knocking him unconscious.
• Dugu Bo restrained Yu Xiaogang and the others with his pressure, then approached Yun Tian with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to check on him.

Yun Tian and Dugu Bo punished Flender after he lost their wager, then Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling obtained the Soul Rings they needed. Back at the academy, Yun Tian accepted Xue Qinghe’s invitation to Moonlight Pavilion, where he found Xue Qinghe meeting with a richly dressed middle-aged man.

• Dugu Bo cut off Flender’s left arm and poisoned him, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang carried him away with the severed limb.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling hunted their needed soul beasts and advanced to Soul Ancestors at Soul Power Levels forty-four and forty-two.
• A gatekeeper told Yun Tian that Xue Qinghe was waiting for him at Moonlight Pavilion and that a carriage had been prepared.
• Dugu Bo advised Yun Tian that the crown prince might be trying to recruit him and promised to support him if he refused to serve the royal family.
• Yun Tian traveled to Moonlight Pavilion and entered a private room, where he found Xue Qinghe talking with a richly dressed middle-aged man.

Yun Tian met with Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi, who both tried to recruit him with generous offers, but he declined to choose a faction for now. He described Tang Hao’s severe injuries and left the meeting having maintained a neutral stance toward the empire, sects, and Spirit Hall.

• Xue Qinghe introduced Yun Tian to Ning Fengzhi, who praised Yun Tian and discussed Ning Rongrong’s time at Shrek Academy.
• Xue Qinghe offered Yun Tian a high official position and later access to the Heaven Dou Royal Family’s treasury, but Yun Tian postponed deciding whether to join a faction.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Yun Tian about the events in Suotuo City, and Yun Tian credited Ning Rongrong and Sword Douluo with helping him.
• Yun Tian described Tang Hao’s old wounds and explained that using his hammer or Soul Power caused him severe pain and injury.
• Yun Tian discussed sects, the empire, and Spirit Hall with Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe while keeping his opinions neutral.

After Xue Qinghe left, Yun Tian told Ning Fengzhi that an Aromatic Silk Beauty could evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasures Pagoda. Ning Fengzhi decided the rare herb should go to Ning Rongrong, and Yun Tian confirmed he could remove the Pagoda’s level restriction.

• Xue Qinghe departed after reminding Yun Tian that his offer still stood, leaving Yun Tian alone with Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi asked whether Yun Tian’s fifth Soul Ring was one hundred thousand years old, and Yun Tian revealed he had an Aromatic Silk Beauty that could break the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s restriction.
• Ning Fengzhi offered three million Gold Soul Coins and a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone for the herb, while promising Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo would not move against Yun Tian.
• Yun Tian used Destiny’s Eye and confirmed that Ning Fengzhi had the Glazed Shackles trait limiting his cultivation beyond the Soul Sage realm.
• Ning Fengzhi chose to give the Aromatic Silk Beauty to Ning Rongrong and asked Yun Tian to deliver it to her when he returned to the academy.

Ning Fengzhi paid Yun Tian for the Immortal Herb and arranged to send him a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, while wondering about Yun Tian’s secrets. At Blue Tyrant Academy, Tang Hao arrived and ordered Tang San to train with him, but Tang San insisted he still wanted to compete in the Soul Master Tournament.

• Ning Fengzhi gave Yun Tian a black card containing 3.6 million Gold Soul Coins and promised to send him a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Ning Fengzhi told someone to write Rongrong a letter urging her to work hard, then reflected on the rare herb and Yun Tian’s secrets.
• Liu Erlong berated Yu Xiaogang and Tang San over Flender’s poisoned, unconscious condition, while Tang San admitted he regretted challenging Yun Tian.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar arrived at the infirmary, and Tang Hao appeared at the window.
• Tang Hao knocked Yu Xiaogang unconscious and told Tang San to leave with him to learn the Clear Sky Secret Technique.
• Tang San refused to give up the upcoming tournament, and Dai Mubai reacted with relief at the thought that they could still compete.

Tang Hao took Tang San from Heaven Dou City to Saint Soul Village, ended Tang San’s teacher-student relationship with Yu Xiaogang, and planned to train him himself. Meanwhile, Yun Tian wondered how to give Ning Rongrong an Immortal Herb before she arrived at his room to ask about her father.

• Tang Hao told Liu Erlong that Tang San could become a Soul King before the tournament and led him out of Heaven Dou City.
• After hearing Oscar and Ma Hongjun speculate that Tang Hao was injured, Liu Erlong took charge of training the others and asked where Yu Tianheng had gone.
• On the carriage to Saint Soul Village, Tang Hao said his injuries had worsened and ordered Tang San to sever ties with Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San agreed to end the relationship and asked Tang Hao how he would train him; Tang Hao rejected Yu Xiaogang’s methods and promised a harder, more efficient plan.
• Yun Tian considered giving Ning Rongrong the Aromatic Silk Beauty and wished he could refine herbs into pills.
• Ning Rongrong visited Yun Tian late at night, asked whether he had gone to Moonlight Pavilion with her father, then pressed close and looked him over.

Yun Tian gave Ning Rongrong an Aromatic Silk Beauty, then prepared for the Imperial Battle Team’s six months of spirit fighting training. Qin Ming assigned teams and made Yun Tian his assistant, while Ning Rongrong agreed to fund the team’s food and lodging.

• Yun Tian reassured Ning Rongrong about her father and gave her the Aromatic Silk Beauty, which resonated with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda; Ning Rongrong kissed his cheek before leaving.
• Zhu Zhuqing questioned Ning Rongrong about her late-night visit to Yun Tian, and the two spent the night together, leaving them both exhausted.
• Qin Ming announced half a year of spirit fighting training and assigned preliminary teams for the Imperial Battle Team.
• Qin Ming made Yun Tian his assistant so he could supervise teamwork while continuing his cultivation.
• Qin Ming arranged for the team to train at the Heaven Dou City spirit fighting arena, and Ning Rongrong agreed to cover their food and lodging with Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect funds.

More than a year later, Yun Tian and Dugu Bo found a seventy-thousand-year Sky-Burning Thunder Prison Dragon so Yun Tian could claim its hard-cultivation trait. Yun Tian changed its trait to hundred-thousand-year cultivation, killed it after its breakthrough, and began absorbing its Soul Ring as Dugu Bo guarded him.

• Yun Tian and Dugu Bo found the wounded Sky-Burning Thunder Prison Dragon after searching for nearly half a month.
• Yun Tian chose the All Things Meld trait, which let him absorb Soul Rings far beyond his level.
• Yun Tian found the dragon’s vulnerable abdomen and changed its Seventy-Thousand-Year Hard Cultivation trait to Hundred-Thousand-Year Hard Cultivation.
• Yun Tian killed the dragon with his fourth Soul Skill just after it began its hundred-thousand-year transformation, and a scarlet Soul Ring appeared.
• Yun Tian began absorbing the hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, while the system initiated suppression and fusion of the dragon’s left arm bone.
• Dugu Bo guarded Yun Tian and marveled that he would enter the Soul Master Tournament as a Soul Emperor with two hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings.

Yun Tian absorbed the Sky-Burning Thunder Prison Dragon’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, raising his Soul Power to level sixty-five and gaining powerful lightning abilities. Meanwhile, the Blue Tyrant Battle Team debated Tang San’s absence from the tournament until someone announced that he had arrived.

• Yun Tian finished absorbing the Sky-Burning Thunder Prison Dragon’s Soul Ring and left arm bone, reaching Soul Power level sixty-five.
• Yun Tian examined his new Soul Skills and Soul Bone Skills, including attacks that combined lightning damage, suppression, and control.
• At Blue Tyrant Academy, Liu Erlong and Flender discussed the approaching tournament and Tang San’s continued absence.
• Dai Mubai and Yu Xiaogang argued that Tang San should remain on the team because he had promised to return and could help them contend for the championship.
• A voice announced that Tang San had arrived, and everyone saw two figures standing in the doorway.

Tang San returned to the team after a year of training, while Tang Hao publicly stripped Yu Xiaogang of his authority and left him unconscious. In Heaven Dou Palace, Xue Qinghe learned that Bibi Dong planned to ambush the tournament teams traveling to Spirit City.

• Tang San reunited with Dai Mubai and the others, revealing that his Blue Silver Grass had evolved into the Blue Silver Emperor and that he had reached level forty-three.
• Tang Hao silenced Yu Xiaogang, declared that he was no longer Tang San’s teacher, and forbade him from participating in tournament decisions before leaving with his injuries flaring.
• Tang San and the others left Yu Xiaogang unconscious on the floor, and Flender eventually carried him away.
• Xue Qinghe read Salas’s letter and learned that Bibi Dong planned to send elders to ambush the advancing teams on their way to Spirit City.

Xue Qinghe learned that Bibi Dong might target Yun Tian and threatened to call on Qian Daoliu if she acted. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Yun Tian revealed two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings to the committee, whose members were stunned and questioned Dugu Bo about them.

• Xue Qinghe ordered She Long and Pufferfish Douluo to warn Bibi Dong that Qian Daoliu would intervene if she tried to assassinate Yun Tian.
• Prince Xue Xing and the academy committee praised the finalized Imperial Battle Team and promised rewards for defeating the Star Luo Empire and winning the tournament.
• Meng Shenji urged the team to observe the qualifying matches, and Xue Xing said the emperor and Ning Fengzhi would attend.
• Yun Tian displayed his six Soul Rings, including two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, shocking everyone in the committee office.
• Meng Shenji asked Dugu Bo whether he had taken Yun Tian to the Star Dou Forest to kill two ferocious beasts, leaving Dugu Bo stunned.

Yun Tian and the four girls left the academy to explore Heaven Dou City at night after Sword Douluo delivered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s promised gifts. The group began their stroll through the lively night market, drawing attention from passersby.

• Dugu Bo said Yun Tian’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring came from his own fortune, while Dugu Yan teased Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling about her closeness to Yun Tian.
• Ye Lingling suggested that Yun Tian spend time with the girls by strolling through Heaven Dou City.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin arrived, gave Yun Tian a storage ring from Ning Fengzhi containing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and many Gold Soul Coins, and jokingly called him family.
• Chen Xin declined to join the outing, warned Ning Rongrong not to cause trouble, and departed on his flying sword.
• Yun Tian and the four girls walked to Heaven Dou City’s lively night market, where bystanders admired the group and envied him.

Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing went to a custom clothing store while Yun Tian wandered the night market. There, Tang San confronted Yun Tian but was restrained by his companions, then decided to seek out Moonlight Pavilion after Dai Mubai suggested it.

• Ning Rongrong persuaded Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing to have custom outfits made for the competition, leaving Yun Tian outside the clothing store.
• Yun Tian encountered Dai Mubai, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar at the night market, and Tang San angrily challenged him over their past grievances.
• Yun Tian mocked Tang San and warned him not to use his martial soul in public, while Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar led Tang San away.
• Dai Mubai suggested Tang San visit Moonlight Pavilion to cultivate his character, and Tang San recognized it as the place managed by his aunt, Tang Yuehua.

Dai Mubai led Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun to a pleasure house, while Yun Tian returned to Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing. The girls spotted Dai Mubai and the others entering the hotel, and Zhu Zhuqing reaffirmed her resolve to defeat Zhu Zhuyun as Dai Mubai proceeded with his arrangements inside.

• Dai Mubai persuaded Oscar and Tang San to join him and Ma Hongjun for a night out, and Tang San agreed.
• Yun Tian returned to the clothing store, where Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing were waiting with their shopping bags.
• Yun Tian and the girls saw Dai Mubai and the others enter a lavish hotel that Ning Rongrong recognized as a place offering improper services.
• Ning Rongrong comforted Zhu Zhuqing, who watched Dai Mubai and resolved to defeat Zhu Zhuyun with Yun Tian's help.
• Dai Mubai sensed someone outside the hotel but dismissed it, then asked the receptionist to arrange an older woman for him.

Yun Tian and Qin Ming attended the opening ceremony of the Soul Master Tournament, where the teams and imperial officials gathered before the Preliminary Tournament began. After the first match started, Salas questioned Ning Fengzhi about which team he favored, and Ning Fengzhi backed the Imperial Battle Team.

• Yun Tian practiced his spearwork before Qin Ming told him the opening ceremony was that day.
• Yun Tian and Qin Ming traveled to the Great Soul Arena, where Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing greeted Yun Tian in their distinctive outfits.
• The host introduced the competing teams, including Blue Tyrant, Blazing Fire, Tianshui, and the Imperial Battle Team's second team.
• Xue Ye delivered his address and officially opened the Preliminary Tournament with Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Salas standing behind him.
• Salas asked Ning Fengzhi which team he favored, and Ning Fengzhi named the Imperial Battle Team, prompting Xue Ye to remind Salas that Ning Fengzhi was Qinghe's teacher.

Yun Tian predicted that Skywater Academy, Blue Tyrant Academy, and Blazing Fire Academy were the tournament’s strongest contenders, while Canghui Academy prepared to target Blue Tyrant Academy. After intimidating Emperor Team 2’s captain, Yun Tian watched Blue Tyrant Academy and Emperor Team 2 take the arena.

• Yun Tian told Dugu Bo and Qin Ming that Skywater Academy and Blue Tyrant Academy were his favorites, and predicted the champion would come from those teams or Blazing Fire Academy.
• Yun Tian recognized that Canghui Academy’s relaxed performance hid a plan to retaliate against Tang San and the others from Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Emperor Team 2’s captain glared at Yun Tian before their match, so Yun Tian threatened him with the Atlas Spear until he apologized.
• Blue Tyrant Academy and Emperor Team 2 entered the arena, with Dai Mubai leading Blue Tyrant Academy’s formation and Tang San standing behind him.

Tang San led Blue Tyrant Academy to an easy victory over Emperor Team 2, then encountered Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er of Skywater Academy. Dai Mubai's boasting about the team got him punched into a wall by Liu Erlong.

• Tang San defeated all seven members of Emperor Team 2 by himself, securing Blue Tyrant Academy's victory.
• Dai Mubai taunted Emperor Team 2's captain and claimed he could defeat Skywater Academy.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er met Tang San and said Skywater Academy looked forward to fighting him.
• Dai Mubai disparaged Skywater Academy in the lounge, and Liu Erlong punched him into a wall and warned him about damaging the team's reputation.
• Yu Tianheng scolded Dai Mubai, while Flender watched Liu Erlong lose her temper again.