Recaps

Ning Chen survived an assassination attempt, established a hidden base, and gathered children with body martial souls for training. After killing three Qian Jun Ant Emperors and gaining new abilities, he faced the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, who believed he had killed Xiao Wu.

• Ning Chen exposed three Soul Sages sent by Xue Ye to kill him, then killed them and returned to Heaven Dou City.
• Emperor Xue Ye drew Prince Xue Xing and Dugu Bo into his camp against Xue Qinghe while Ning Chen received the Myriad Treasures Spirit Realm Seal.
• Ning Chen placed the seal in a secluded Hengduan Mountains valley and furnished its hidden realm as a training base.
• Ning Chen gathered children with soul power but no martial souls, helped seventeen awaken body martial souls, and left Ning Hua in charge of the institute.
• Ning Chen found three Qian Jun Ant Emperors in the Star Dou Great Forest and killed all three after a fierce battle.
• The three Ant Emperor Spirit Rings entered Ning Chen's Heart Martial Soul and transformed into hundred-thousand-year rings, granting him new skills and defenses.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape confronted Ning Chen, and he claimed he had killed Xiao Wu and absorbed her Spirit Ring and Soul Bone.
• Ning Chen's defensive domain collided with the beasts' Slow and Gravity Control domains as they attacked him from above and the front.