Recaps

Li Long advanced from probationary deacon to a standout tournament fighter by pushing his training and surviving soul-ring absorption beyond accepted limits. After he absorbed a thousand-year second ring, Qian Shengyuan accepted him as a personal disciple and brought him into the inner hall.

• Li Long reached level ten, chose the probationary deacon path, and absorbed a five-hundred-year Mighty Vajra soul ring with Fanolan’s help.
• Li Long completed missions, bought whale glue, and trained until he reached level twenty over the next six months.
• Li Long traveled to Spirit City and defeated every opponent in the one-ring division without using a soul skill.
• Li Long challenged the two-ring division, defeated Zhou Ke, and continued winning until Qin Tian knocked him out of bounds.
• Qian Shengyuan met Li Long after his loss, granted him greater resource access, and arranged for him to hunt a thousand-year soul beast with Mo Yuan.
• Li Long absorbed a thousand-year Gale Giant Ape soul ring, reached level twenty-four, and gained a skill that increased his strength and speed.
• Li Long demonstrated his new cultivation to Qian Shengyuan, accepted his offer to become a personal disciple, and moved to the inner hall.

Li Long advanced rapidly, earned the title of Holy Son, and grew closer to Qian Shengyuan’s family while strengthening his cultivation. He traveled with Qian Yaoting into Sunset Forest, where they followed a strange scent toward a possible discovery.

• Qian Shengyuan promoted Fanolan and equipped Li Long with resources and a guidance method, which Li Long used to reach level thirty and overcome his bottleneck.
• Li Long absorbed a six-thousand-five-hundred-year Titan Giant Ape soul ring, gained Titan Force, and became Spirit Hall’s Holy Son after defeating five Soul Elders.
• Li Long sparred with Qian Yaoting, endured his powerful attacks, and forced him to use his fifth soul skill, prompting Qian Shengyuan to arrange meetings with Qian Yao and Qian Yue.
• Li Long bought Whale Rubber and advanced to level thirty-five, while Qian Yaoting obtained his sixth soul ring and gained Angel Sanctuary.
• Qian Shengyuan retrieved an Aptitude Cleansing Fruit from the Earthfire Lava Cavern, and Li Long used it to widen his meridians and improve his cultivation.
• Li Long reached level thirty-six, admitted he liked both Qian Yao and Qian Yue, and agreed to travel with Qian Yaoting after obtaining his fourth ring.
• Qian Yaoting and Li Long journeyed toward Sunset Forest, where Li Long watched for clues to the Icefire Yin-Yang Well.
• Qian Yaoting detected a cloying, decayed scent from a low-lying area and led Li Long toward it.

Li Long discovered the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, sealed the Queen Medusa into his Iron Rod, and evolved it into the Dragon Emperor Rod before gaining powerful soul rings and abilities. As Qian Yaoting began the Angel God trials, Li Long reached the tournament finals and left Spirit City to study his future opponents.

• Qian Yaoting and Li Long searched Sunset Forest for the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, found its hidden basin, and encountered the Queen Medusa guarding it.
• Qian Shengyuan drove the Queen Medusa away from the springs, then helped Li Long learn Long Yuan’s Sealing Method and bind her inside his Iron Rod.
• Li Long consumed the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and the Queen Medusa transformed into a dragon as his Iron Rod evolved into the Dragon Emperor Rod.
• Li Long absorbed a Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear’s soul ring and External Soul Bone, while Qian Yaoting consumed the Infernal Delicate Apricot and gained the Nine Trials of the Angel God.
• After a year of cultivation at the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, Li Long reached level fifty and Qian Yaoting began his first Angel God trial.
• Li Long and Qian Shengyuan hunted a thirty-thousand-year Vajra Giant Ape, and Li Long absorbed its soul ring to gain Vajra Tyrant Body as his fifth soul skill.
• Li Long tested his combined abilities against Qian Shengyuan, who judged that his attack could threaten opponents at the Peak Soul Saint level.
• Qian Shengyuan confirmed Li Long as Spirit Academy’s captain for the finals, and Li Long left Spirit City to learn about the competing teams.

Li Long tempered himself at the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, where the Icefire Dragon Kings gave him their Dragon Bone and merged with Dragon Emperor Medusa, leaving it dormant as an egg. After winning the tournament and helping Qian Yao and Qian Yue gain fifth soul rings, Li Long cultivated to level sixty and began hunting for his sixth ring.

• Li Long watched the tournament preliminaries, visited the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, and used the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass to temper his body in the springs.
• Li Long discovered the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King’s remains, agreed to protect the Soul Beast Clan from extinction, and absorbed their fused Dragon Bone, reaching level fifty-four.
• The Icefire Dragon Kings merged their remaining energy into Dragon Emperor Medusa, which became a dragon egg and lost its domains while it slept.
• Li Long rescued Shui Leng from a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, then competed in the finals and led Spirit Team to victory over Skywater Team without using soul skills.
• Li Long brought Qian Yao and Qian Yue to the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, where they consumed Immortal Herbs and reached level fifty.
• Li Long helped Qian Yao and Qian Yue hunt Ten-Thousand-Year Light One-Horned Lizards, and they absorbed their fifth Soul Rings and gained new skills.
• Li Long, Qian Yao, and Qian Yue cultivated at the well for a year, with Li Long reaching level sixty and the women becoming Soul Kings.
• Qian Shengyuan joined Li Long in the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a Radiant Flying Dragon, and Li Long struck the grounded beast’s skull.