Recaps

The God Realm Council sentenced Poseidon for stealing the Angel God's purification authority, and the Kindness God King personally whipped him with the Judgment Whip. After the punishment, the Life God King stabilized Poseidon’s shattered divine soul, and Asura God took him to the Asura God Temple.

• The Sea God admitted his guilt before the God Realm Council.
• The Evil God King announced that Poseidon's stolen authority would be reclaimed, his trial-related power abolished, and he would guard the Forbidden Divine Land while receiving one hundred lashes from the Kindness God King.
• The Kindness God King struck Poseidon with the Judgment Whip until his divine soul was nearly shattered, then told Asura God he could help Poseidon without using the God Realm's resources.
• The Life God King used healing divine power to stabilize Poseidon's soul after the Kindness God King left.
• Asura God took Poseidon to the Asura God Temple.

Zhao Ming broke through to Rank 30 at seven and a half years old, then revealed his divine artifact and God of Wealth inheritance to Qian Renxue. He told her his first divine trial required him to absorb a ten-thousand-year third spirit ring and declared that he would accept the risk.

• Zhao Ming broke through Rank 29, prompting Snake Spear Douluo to report his rapid cultivation to Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue told Snake Spear Douluo to trust Zhao Ming and let him keep his secrets, and Snake Spear Douluo continued teaching him.
• Zhao Ming trained diligently and broke through to Rank 30 in less than forty days.
• Zhao Ming showed Qian Renxue the Treasure-Dropping Coin and explained that it was a divine artifact bestowed by the God of Wealth.
• Zhao Ming told Qian Renxue his first divine trial required a ten-thousand-year third spirit ring and said he had decided to take the risk.

Zhao Ming left for Star Dou Forest with Snake Spear Douluo to seek a ten-thousand-year third spirit ring, trusting the Treasure-Dropping Coin to arrange a suitable beast. The coin’s magic led them to a twelve-thousand-year Netherworld Sword Lion King, dropped almost at Zhao Ming’s feet by a sixty-thousand-year Firefeather Eagle.

• Qian Renxue accepted Zhao Ming’s decision and promised to support his dangerous spirit-ring trial.
• Two days later, Qian Renxue packed Zhao Ming supplies and an Angel Legion distress flare before he departed with Snake Spear Douluo.
• On the journey, Zhao Ming wished for a powerful control skill, an all-attribute boost, and possibly an external Soul Bone, consuming much of the Treasure-Dropping Coin’s accumulated fortune.
• Zhao Ming and Snake Spear Douluo entered Star Dou Forest, where a Firefeather Eagle appeared overhead carrying a lion-type spirit beast.
• The Firefeather Eagle released its prey, and the falling beast crashed near Zhao Ming; Snake Spear Douluo identified it as a twelve-thousand-year Netherworld Sword Lion King.

Zhao Ming killed the twelve-thousand-year Netherworld Sword Lion King and successfully absorbed its Soul Ring as his third, but a sudden pain between his brows sent his Soul Power berserk just as he was about to wake.

• Snake Lance Douluo shielded Zhao Ming from the Firefeather Eagle, which attacked the dying Netherworld Sword Lion King before fleeing.
• Zhao Ming struck the Netherworld Sword Lion King dead and began absorbing its ten-thousand-year Soul Ring while Snake Lance Douluo guarded him.
• Zhao Ming endured the Soul Ring's energy and the beast's spiritual shock until the black ring settled around his steel whip Martial Soul.
• As Zhao Ming's Soul Power stabilized, stabbing pain erupted between his brows and his Soul Power ran wild again.
• Snake Lance Douluo rushed to Zhao Ming and asked whether he was all right.

Zhao Ming assimilated the Netherworld Sword Lion King's Netherworld Eye, gaining its Insight ability as Nine-Breath Qi Absorption dissolved the external Soul Bone and integrated its powers into his body. He also assessed his powerful third soul skill, Netherworld Entanglement, then told Snake Spear Douluo that he had succeeded.

• Zhao Ming felt an external Soul Bone forming in his brow after the Netherworld Sword Lion King died.
• Nine-Breath Qi Absorption surged through Zhao Ming and dissolved the Soul Bone while integrating its abilities into his eyes.
• Zhao Ming gained Insight, which sharpened his vision, helped him read opponents' movements, and accelerated his spiritual power recovery.
• Zhao Ming considered how Netherworld Entanglement could lock down multiple enemies, drain their spiritual power, and boost his attributes.
• Zhao Ming stood and told Snake Spear Douluo that he had succeeded.

After returning to Heaven Dou City with a ten-thousand-year third soul ring, Zhao Ming showed Qian Renxue that he could disguise his soul rings and cultivation. He agreed to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy to help her recruit future allies, while planning to use its library to begin refining pills.

• Zhao Ming returned to the Crown Prince's Palace with Snake Spear Douluo after absorbing his third soul ring.
• Qian Renxue saw Zhao Ming's yellow, purple, and black soul rings and worried that his unusual power would attract dangerous attention.
• Zhao Ming used the Fortune-Gathering Domain to disguise his rings and conceal his Soul Elder cultivation, easing Qian Renxue's concern.
• Qian Renxue asked Zhao Ming to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy and win over its talented students for her.
• Zhao Ming agreed, hoping to help Qian Renxue and study the academy's books on plants and medicinal herbs so he could begin refining pills.

Qian Renxue arranged for Zhao Ming to enroll at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then reported his supposed soul-power progress to Xue Ye and requested permission for his admission. Xue Ye approved, mistook the crown prince’s motives for selfless loyalty to the empire, and granted Zhao Ming generous support.

• Qian Renxue tested Zhao Ming and found his soul power at level thirty-three, then promised to arrange his enrollment at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Three days later, Xue Qinghe told Xue Ye that Zhao Ming had reached level twenty-two at seven and a half years old.
• Xue Ye praised Xue Qinghe for recruiting Zhao Ming and approved the recommendation to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Xue Ye promised to warn Xue Xing not to interfere with Zhao Ming and granted Zhao Ming one thousand gold soul coins per month and one free item from Heaven Dou Auction House each year.

Qian Renxue secured rewards for Zhao Ming and personally brought him to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to enroll. After Zhao Ming demonstrated his disguised soul rings and level twenty-two soul power, the three committee members praised his rare talent.

• Qian Renxue told Zhao Ming that Xue Ye had granted him a monthly stipend and one free Heaven Dou Auction House item each year.
• Qian Renxue disguised herself as Xue Qinghe and took Zhao Ming to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to register.
• Xue Qinghe introduced Zhao Ming to committee members Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin, who were responsible for testing new students.
• Zhao Ming summoned his Steel Whip martial soul and displayed two yellow soul rings while concealing his true strength with the Fortune-Gathering Domain.
• Meng Shenji praised Zhao Ming's age, level, and stable foundation, while Bai Baoshan and Zhi Lin reacted with excitement and approval.

Qian Renxue arranged for Zhao Ming to study at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and entrusted his care to its Education Committee. After completing his enrollment and touring the academy with Bai Baoshan, Zhao Ming asked to visit the library, where the chapter left him surveying its vast collection.

• Qian Renxue told Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin to look after Zhao Ming, then urged him to cultivate diligently and left for the Crown Prince's Palace.
• Bai Baoshan helped Zhao Ming finish enrolling and showed him Heaven Dou Royal Academy's facilities.
• Bai Baoshan brought Zhao Ming to Metal Mountain, describing its dense metal energy as suitable for Zhao Ming's Steel Whip martial soul.
• Zhao Ming thanked Bai Baoshan for showing him Metal Mountain and asked to see the academy library.
• Bai Baoshan led Zhao Ming to the library, where Zhao Ming admired its expansive hall and rows of bookshelves.

Zhao Ming settled into Heaven Dou Royal Academy and anticipated meeting Qin Ming and the Royal Dou Team the next day. He planned to seek contact with Dugu Yan and pursue the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes, then ended the day cultivating in his private courtyard.

• Bai Baoshan showed Zhao Ming the academy library, where Zhao Ming was eager to study its extensive collection of herbal books.
• Bai Baoshan brought Zhao Ming to an independent courtyard dormitory, and Zhao Ming settled in and accepted the arrangement.
• Bai Baoshan told Zhao Ming he would introduce him to a teacher the next day, and Zhao Ming recognized that he likely meant Qin Ming.
• Zhao Ming anticipated meeting Qin Ming and the Royal Dou Team, and considered using the encounter to approach Dugu Yan and eventually reach the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes.
• Zhao Ming entered the cultivation chamber and practiced Nine-Breath Qi Absorption, circulating his thirty-third-rank soul power.

Bai Baoshan brought Zhao Ming to meet Qin Ming, who invited him to join the Royal Dou Team and introduced him to its members. Qin Ming then arranged a spar between Zhao Ming and captain Yu Tianheng, and both fighters summoned their Martial Souls as the match began.

• Bai Baoshan escorted Zhao Ming to the Royal Dou Team’s training ground and introduced him to Qin Ming.
• Qin Ming invited Zhao Ming to join the team for the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament after next, and Zhao Ming accepted.
• Qin Ming introduced Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, Shi Mo and Shi Mo, Yu Feng, Osler, and Ye Lingling to Zhao Ming.
• Qin Ming asked Zhao Ming and Yu Tianheng to spar so he could assess Zhao Ming’s combat ability.
• Yu Tianheng summoned his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, and Zhao Ming summoned his Steel Whip Martial Soul opposite him.

Yu Tianheng underestimated Zhao Ming during their spar, but Zhao Ming’s speed and strength let him withstand Yu Tianheng’s lightning kick and strike back hard. Yu Tianheng ended the exchange bleeding and regarded Zhao Ming with newfound seriousness.

• Yu Tianheng dismissed Zhao Ming as a commoner Soul Master and invited him to attack first.
• Zhao Ming activated Vajra Body and Emerald Feather Protection, then rushed at Yu Tianheng with his Steel Whip.
• Yu Tianheng used Thunderous Might to slow Zhao Ming with lightning and kicked him in the shoulder.
• Zhao Ming endured the kick and struck Yu Tianheng across the chest with his Steel Whip.
• Yu Tianheng coughed up blood and faced Zhao Ming without his earlier contempt.

Zhao Ming defeated Yu Tianheng in their spar despite Yu Tianheng's higher Soul Power Level, overwhelming him with precise techniques and relentless attacks. The Royal Dou Team watched in disbelief as Yu Tianheng was left injured beyond the arena.

• Yu Tianheng recognized the power of Zhao Ming's Steel Whip and changed his strategy, using his Thunder Dragon Claws to constrain Zhao Ming while charging in with enhanced speed.
• Zhao Ming shattered both Thunder Dragon Claws with a downward strike and met Yu Tianheng in close combat.
• Zhao Ming steadily forced Yu Tianheng onto the defensive, exploiting his numbed arm to land a powerful blow to his waist.
• Yu Tianheng flew beyond the arena and collapsed, injured, as his Thunder Dragon Claws vanished.
• The Royal Dou Team stared in disbelief as Zhao Ming's victory over Yu Tianheng became clear.

After Zhao Ming defeated Yu Tianheng, Qin Ming praised his combat skill, and Zhao Ming credited his training with retired soldiers at the Crown Prince's residence. The Royal Dou Team welcomed him, while Dugu Yan kept her distance and Ye Lingling regarded him with curiosity.

• Qin Ming praised Zhao Ming's talent and combat ability after watching him defeat Yu Tianheng.
• Zhao Ming said retired soldiers at Crown Prince Xue Qinghe's residence had taught him how to fight.
• Ye Lingling praised Xue Qinghe for cultivating talent for the empire's next generation, and Dugu Yan privately regarded him as a worthy heir.
• The Royal Dou Team members welcomed Zhao Ming, while Dugu Yan offered a cool greeting and watched him from the side.
• Ye Lingling grew curious about Zhao Ming, the team's youngest member, who had reached level twenty-two Soul Power before turning eight.

Ye Lingling showed Zhao Ming the Royal Dou Team’s training and explained the Nine-Hearted Begonia Clan’s medical expertise. When Zhao Ming asked to meet Ye Renxin, she suspected he was trying to recruit the clan for the Crown Prince, and he denied it by explaining his late father’s wish that he carry on his medical work.

• Qin Ming asked Ye Lingling to familiarize Zhao Ming with the Royal Dou Team’s training.
• Ye Lingling described the team’s strenuous physical training, medicinal baths, and soul battles at the Great Soul Arena in Heaven Dou City.
• Zhao Ming considered combining his alchemy knowledge with the Nine-Hearted Begonia Clan’s medical expertise and the empire’s books.
• Ye Lingling praised her grandfather Ye Renxin’s standing in pharmacology and described his medical skill.
• Zhao Ming asked Ye Lingling to arrange a meeting with Ye Renxin, but she challenged him over whether he was recruiting the clan for the Crown Prince.
• Zhao Ming denied the accusation and told Ye Lingling that his late father, a village doctor, had wanted him to continue his medical work.

Zhao Ming told Ye Lingling about his parents’ deaths and his wish to learn medicine, prompting her to apologize and offer to introduce him to her grandfather. As they discussed Royal Dou Team training, Zhao Ming privately revealed that he also wanted to learn medicine so he could refine pills and grow stronger against Fallen Soul Masters.

• Zhao Ming said Fallen Soul Masters had massacred his village, killing his parents, and explained that learning medicine would honor his father’s wish.
• Ye Lingling felt guilty for suspecting Zhao Ming and sincerely apologized to him.
• Ye Lingling offered to arrange a meeting between Zhao Ming and her grandfather, who could guide him in medicine.
• Ye Lingling explained the Royal Dou Team’s training arrangements to Zhao Ming as they walked, speaking more warmly than before.
• Zhao Ming privately recalled his father’s kindness and vowed to destroy Fallen Soul Masters, while admitting his real aim in studying medicine was to refine pills.

Zhao Ming considered how to adapt the Taiqing Lineage's alchemy methods to Douluo Continent and sought Ye Lingling's help learning about medicinal herbs. After joining the Royal Dou Team, he earned the other members' respect, and Qin Ming looked ahead to the team's future prospects.

• Zhao Ming compared Douluo's cultivation ranks with the Primordial World's realms and concluded that he needed to study local medicinal herbs before adapting the Taiqing Lineage's alchemy methods.
• Ye Lingling showed Zhao Ming the team's medicinal-bath building and explained how her grandfather's herbal recipe aided recovery.
• Zhao Ming asked to observe Ye Lingling preparing medicine, and she agreed on the condition that he handle nothing carelessly.
• Yu Tianheng welcomed Zhao Ming to the Royal Dou Team after recovering from their spar, while privately considering recruiting him for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Feng, Osler, and the Shi Mo brothers showed respect for Zhao Ming, while Dugu Yan watched him with less hostility.
• Qin Ming approved of Zhao Ming's early integration into the team and believed his arrival could help them win the Soul Master Tournament two editions later.

Zhao Ming began studying medicine under Ye Renxin while balancing the Royal Dou Team’s training and his own cultivation. Nearly half a year later, his Soul Power had reached level 36, and on his eighth birthday he prepared to refine pills for the first time.

• Ye Renxin agreed to teach Zhao Ming medicine at the Ye Clan’s medical hall, where Zhao Ming would help treat patients as he learned.
• Ye Lingling worried that Zhao Ming’s ties to the Crown Prince’s Palace meant he had been sent to win over the Ye Clan, but Ye Renxin judged him worth teaching.
• Zhao Ming trained with the Royal Dou Team, studied medicinal baths, and excelled in sparring while concealing much of his strength.
• Zhao Ming studied herbs and medical practice with Ye Renxin and read pharmacopoeias at Heaven Dou Royal Academy whenever he was not at the medical hall.
• Over nearly five months, Zhao Ming cultivated to Soul Power level 36 while presenting himself as level 26, astonishing the academy’s teachers.
• On his eighth birthday, Zhao Ming prepared to attempt pill refinement for the first time.

Zhao Ming completed his Yin-Yang Flame after months of balancing two opposing fires and began refining an Origin-Recovery Pill on his eighth birthday. After many failed attempts, he reached the pill-condensing stage on his nineteenth try, but his excitement destabilized his spiritual power and blew up the cauldron, so he took out another and continued.

• Qian Renxue obtained a sacred Angel Legion flame and a Dark Demon Dragon's beast flame for Zhao Ming to use as balanced Yang and Yin fires.
• Zhao Ming spent three days drawing both flames into his dantian and two months nurturing them until they merged into a powerful Yin-Yang Flame.
• On his eighth birthday, Zhao Ming bought medicine cauldrons and herbs and began attempting to refine an Origin-Recovery Pill inside the Mustard Seed Space.
• Zhao Ming failed more than a dozen times before successfully combining the herbs on his nineteenth attempt and forming a rotating medicinal vortex.
• Zhao Ming's excitement disrupted his spiritual power, causing the cauldron to explode, and he washed up before continuing with a second cauldron.

Zhao Ming successfully refined Origin-Recovery Pills, proving the Taiqing Lineage Alchemy Art could work on Douluo Continent. After testing a pill’s effects and refining batches of pills, he left the Mustard Seed Space with thirty-three Origin-Recovery Pills.

• On his twentieth attempt, Zhao Ming successfully refined three low-grade Origin-Recovery Pills.
• Zhao Ming recovered in the Mustard Seed Space, then refined ten pills in a batch and found that his first dose restored his Soul Power and raised it by roughly half a level.
• After taking another pill and finding it only restored his Soul Power, Zhao Ming continued refining Origin-Recovery Pills from his remaining ingredients.
• Zhao Ming lost one batch when a distraction during pill condensation caused the nearly formed pill to explode.
• Zhao Ming counted thirty-three Origin-Recovery Pills, recovered his strength, and left the Mustard Seed Space.

Zhao Ming presented Qian Renxue with his newly refined Origin-Recovery Pills, shocking her with their ability to restore Soul Power and slightly boost cultivation. Qian Renxue promised to supply him with ingredients, urged him to keep pill refining secret, and resolved to secure his loyalty to Spirit Hall.

• Zhao Ming brought his finished Origin-Recovery Pills to Qian Renxue at the Crown Prince's Palace.
• Qian Renxue tasted a pill and found that it restored about ten percent of her Soul Power while slightly raising her Soul Power Level.
• Zhao Ming explained that the cultivation boost worked only for a first-time user and said he hoped to improve the pills' recovery effect for powerful Soul Masters.
• Qian Renxue praised Zhao Ming, promised to obtain any ingredients he needed, and warned him to keep his pill refining secret.
• After Zhao Ming left, Qian Renxue considered the pills' potential and resolved to bind him firmly to Spirit Hall.

Zhao Ming spent a year advancing his alchemy and growing close to Ye Lingling, while keeping his powerful pills secret. He and Qian Renxue concealed the pills from Spirit Hall, leaving Zhao Ming free to continue cultivating and refining them.

• Zhao Ming gave Origin-Recovery Pills to Ye Lingling and Ye Renxin, who recognized their importance and swore a Martial Soul oath with Ye Lingling to protect their source.
• Zhao Ming and Ye Lingling grew close through studying medicinal knowledge and sharing his alchemy discoveries.
• Over the year, Zhao Ming refined more than a dozen kinds of pills, including Body-Strengthening, Soul-Tempering, Realm-Breaking, and Mysterious Water Pills.
• Zhao Ming kept the pills' existence secret from nearly everyone, while Qian Renxue chose not to report his alchemy to her grandfather or Bibi Dong.
• Zhao Ming was pleased that Qian Renxue had kept the secret and worked harder at cultivation and alchemy.

After a year focused largely on alchemy, Zhao Ming reached Soul Power level forty and decided to seek a fourth Soul Ring in Star Dou Forest. He arrived with Snake Lance Douluo and used the Treasure-Dropping Coin to choose a suitable ring, leaving its soul skill to fate.

• Zhao Ming reflected that alchemy had slowed his cultivation and resolved to focus more on Soul Power after reaching level forty.
• Zhao Ming told Qian Renxue he wanted to hunt for a fourth Soul Ring around thirty thousand years old, and she arranged for Snake Lance Douluo to protect him.
• Snake Lance Douluo carried Zhao Ming by air to a town outside Star Dou Forest, where they rested before entering the forest.
• Zhao Ming made a wish to the Treasure-Dropping Coin for a fourth Soul Ring between twenty-five and thirty thousand years old and let it choose the soul skill, consuming more than half the accumulated fortune.

Zhao Ming and Snake Lance Douluo followed the Treasure-Dropping Coin to a lake in Star Dou Forest, where they encountered a powerful Flood Dragon with twelve water droplets that formed a suppressive domain. Zhao Ming identified the beast as his intended third Soul Ring and asked Snake Lance Douluo to restrain it while he dealt with the droplets.

• Zhao Ming and Snake Lance Douluo followed the Treasure-Dropping Coin through Star Dou Forest to a lake in the mixed zone.
• Snake Lance Douluo released his Martial Soul and Title Douluo pressure, provoking a roar from the Soul Beast beneath the lake.
• A blue-black Flood Dragon with a single horn and twelve floating water droplets emerged from the lake.
• The twelve droplets formed a domain that suppressed Zhao Ming’s Soul Power, spiritual power, and movement, then attacked him and Snake Lance Douluo.
• Snake Lance Douluo defended against the droplets while Zhao Ming warned him not to kill the Flood Dragon, which he wanted for his third Soul Ring.
• Zhao Ming asked Snake Lance Douluo to suppress the Flood Dragon and keep it from escaping while he handled the droplets.

Zhao Ming and Snake Lance Douluo destroyed the Flood Dragon’s Water Bead Domain and killed the twenty-five-thousand-year soul beast. Zhao Ming absorbed its soul ring as his fourth and left the Steel Whip gleaming with silver radiance.

• Zhao Ming used the Treasure-Dropping Coin to knock down the Flood Dragon’s water beads while Snake Lance Douluo shattered them, breaking the Water Bead Domain.
• Snake Lance Douluo activated his Martial Soul Avatar and battled the Flood Dragon over the lake as Zhao Ming watched for an opening.
• Zhao Ming used Netherworld Soul Lock to restrain the Flood Dragon for half a second, allowing Snake Lance Douluo to pierce its vital point.
• Zhao Ming finished off the dying Flood Dragon with his Steel Whip and drew its black soul ring toward himself.
• Zhao Ming completed the absorption of his fourth soul ring in less than two hours, and silver radiance appeared across the Steel Whip.