Recaps

Ao Tian rescued Bibi Dong from Qian Xunji, helped her become Pope, and later traveled to Nuoding City to observe Tang San. At Nuoding Academy, Ao Tian refused Grandmaster’s mentorship, accepted a one-year challenge, and met Xiao Wu.

• Ao Tian recognized Bibi Dong’s impending tragedy, drove a wedge between her and Yu Xiaogang, then rescued her when Qian Xunji tried to assault her.
• Ao Tian took Bibi Dong traveling for ten years, helped her become a Titled Douluo and Spirit Hall’s Pope, then left for Nuoding City after she rejected his advances.
• Bibi Dong put Ao Tian in charge of the Nuoding City Martial Soul Hall Branch, where he received his enrollment papers and asked Su Yuntao to take him to the academy.
• Ao Tian watched Tang San confront a gatekeeper at Nuoding Academy, then refused to reveal his Golden Dragon Martial Soul to Yu Xiaogang.
• Grandmaster deduced that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and accepted him as a disciple, but Ao Tian refused to study under Grandmaster.
• Ao Tian challenged Grandmaster’s theories and accepted a one-year bet against Tang San, then told Tang San that Grandmaster had been expelled from Spirit Hall for trying to defile Bibi Dong.
• Director Su registered Ao Tian after he revealed his Golden Dragon Martial Soul, but Ao Tian refused to become his disciple.
• Xiao Wu arrived to register at Nuoding Academy, and Ao Tian recognized her as a Soul Beast in human form.

Ao Tian joined Nuoding Academy, defeated Tang San and Xiao Chenyu’s group, and grew close to Xiao Wu. After discovering that Tang Hao was watching her, Ao Tian confronted and effortlessly overpowered him, leaving Tang Hao defeated outside Nuoding City.

• Director Su registered Ao Tian and Xiao Wu as Work-Study Students in Dormitory Seven, where Xiao Wu defeated Tang San and became dorm boss.
• Ao Tian accepted Tang San’s challenge and defeated him, then refused Grandmaster’s bedding and conjured a luxurious mattress for himself.
• Ao Tian lent Xiao Wu a Gold Soul Coin and treated the Work-Study Students to a feast, then revealed his wealth when Xiao Chenyu threatened them.
• Ao Tian sent Xiao Chenyu and his lackeys tumbling down the stairs, while Wang Sheng and the others returned to the dormitory to rest.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu he had reached Soul Power level ten and would leave with Grandmaster to obtain his first Soul Ring, while Xiao Wu questioned Ao Tian about hunting Soul Beasts.
• Ao Tian fought Xiao Wu in private, then confronted Tang Hao, recognized him as a Titled Douluo, and identified Xiao Wu as a hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Charm Rabbit.
• Ao Tian called himself Dragon Ancestor and challenged Tang Hao outside Nuoding City over whether Tang Hao intended to target Xiao Wu.
• Tang Hao summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and nine Soul Rings, but Ao Tian withstood his attacks, broke through his assault, and slapped him flying with his hammer.

Ao Tian defeated Tang Hao, protected Xiao Wu at Nuoding Academy, and took her toward the Star Dou Great Forest to find her injured mother. He ordered Spirit Hall to abandon its hunt for the shapeshifted Soul Beast and entered the forest with Xiao Wu.

• Ao Tian stopped Tang Hao’s final hammer strike, shattered his Clear Sky Hammer, and told Xiao Wu that he and his brother wanted neither her Soul Ring nor Soul Bone.
• Xiao Wu led the Work-Study Students against Boss Xiao’s group, and Wang Sheng defeated their challengers before Tang San challenged Ao Tian and was beaten.
• Xiao Wu accepted Ao Tian’s offer to escort her home, and he promised he could heal her injured mother.
• Ao Tian transformed their horse into the Dragon Horse and concealed Xiao Wu’s Soul Beast Aura before they entered a town near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ao Tian learned that Soul Masters planned to hunt an injured shapeshifted Soul Beast guarded by the Titan Giant Ape, and he suspected it was Xiao Wu’s mother.
• Ao Tian confronted Spirit Hall’s elders and ordered them to leave the protected Soul Beast and Titan Giant Ape alone, prompting Ju Douluo to agree to return to Spirit City.
• Ao Tian told Xiao Wu about the planned hunt, then took her to the Star Dou Great Forest on the Dragon Horse after stopping Soul Masters who tried to seize it.

Ao Tian brought Xiao Wu back to her family, drove off the soul masters hunting her mother, and led them into the Star Dou Great Forest’s hidden refuge. There, he defeated the Beast Kings and Di Tian, awakened Gu Yuena, and learned that the Dragon God and the Douluo World’s Dragon Race descended from him as Gu Yuena asked him to lead the Soul Beasts toward freedom.

• Ao Tian returned Xiao Wu to her mother, sealed away her Soul Beast Aura, and revealed his Ancient Dragon identity to her family.
• Ao Tian took Xiao Wu, her mother, Da Ming, and Er Ming deeper into the forest, where Er Ming defeated the soul masters invading the forest.
• Ao Tian guided the group through the Stone Forest formation and met Di Tian and the other powerful Soul Beasts guarding the refuge.
• Ao Tian revealed that he knew about the being beneath the lake, then defeated Xiong Jun and the other Beast Kings before shattering Di Tian’s Dragon God Claw.
• Ao Tian healed Di Tian with a drop of golden blood, and Gu Yuena emerged from the drained lake and asked how Di Tian’s bloodline had evolved.
• Ao Tian displayed his golden dragon form, and Gu Yuena recognized him from the Dragon God’s memories as the being who had slept beneath a volcano.
• Gu Yuena explained that the Dragon God had inherited power from Ao Tian and that humans had slaughtered Divine Beasts and prevented Soul Beasts from ascending to godhood.
• Gu Yuena asked Ao Tian to lead the Soul Beasts in carving out a free world.