Recaps

Jiang Lan confronted Liu Erlong about Yu Xiaogang’s absence and urged her to stop waiting for him unless he explained himself. After Jiang Lan joked about marrying her, Liu Erlong carried him into Blue Tyrant Academy, leaving him embarrassed as students watched.

• Jiang Lan questioned Liu Erlong about why Yu Xiaogang had not visited and urged her to ask him directly or move on.
• Jiang Lan suggested Dugu Bo, Ning, and Xue Qinghe as possible partners for Liu Erlong, then joked that he might marry her when he grew up.
• Liu Erlong pinched Jiang Lan’s cheeks and decided to take him to Blue Tyrant Academy for a proper education.
• Jiang Lan tried to escape, but Liu Erlong tucked him under her arm while Doro followed and drew the scene in her notebook.
• Liu Erlong carried Jiang Lan through the academy courtyard toward the girls’ dormitories as students greeted her and stared at him.

Jiang Lan visited Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong after escaping Liu Erlong, then told them he would compete as a substitute for Skywater Academy. The girls revealed that Shrek Academy would also enter the tournament, setting up a future face-off between their teams.

• Liu Erlong dropped Jiang Lan at the girls' dormitory courtyard after warning him not to provoke her again, and he cheekily suggested she consider marrying Dugu Bo before running off.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong shared chestnuts with Jiang Lan, then laughed when he explained that he had tried to introduce Liu Erlong to his master, Dugu Bo.
• Jiang Lan told Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong that he had joined the Skywater Academy Team as a substitute for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Ning Rongrong told Jiang Lan that Shrek Academy would compete as Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team, and she and Xiao Wu teased him about facing them.
• Jiang Lan joked that he would challenge Zhuqing, then played with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong until evening before leaving over the wall with doro.
• Xiao Wu chased Jiang Lan to the entrance and packed chestnuts for him, reminding him to rest and stop tinkering with robots all day.

Jiang Lan attended the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament opening ceremony with Shui Yue'er and Xue Wu while Dugu Yan watched jealously from afar. At the venue, Shrek Academy’s ridiculous uniforms and sponsorship slogan drew the crowd’s mockery, and Jiang Lan recognized several members of the team.

• Shui Yue'er and Xue Wu carried a sleepy Jiang Lan to the opening ceremony by tempting him with food.
• Dugu Yan spotted Shui Yue'er carrying Jiang Lan and complained to Ye Lingling that he had abandoned their plans to attend together.
• Yu Tianheng asked Dugu Yan who had upset her, but she brushed him off and headed for the venue with Ye Lingling.
• Shrek Academy entered in bright green uniforms bearing a sponsorship advertisement, prompting laughter and jeers from the crowd.
• Jiang Lan identified Tang San, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhuqing to Shui Bing'er as people he had played with before.

Jiang Lan watched Skywater Academy win its early preliminary matches without taking the field, until Shui Bing'er chose him to face Godwind Academy's powerful captain, Feng Xiaotian. The six-and-a-half-year-old stepped into the arena amid mockery and revealed that he was a level-43 assault-type Soul Ancestor.

• Shrek Academy narrowly defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the tournament's opening match, while Tang San turned the battle around.
• Skywater Academy defeated Canghui Academy quickly as Shui Bing'er suppressed its controller and Xue Wu covered the field in ice and snow.
• Skywater Academy won its next preliminary matches, while Jiang Lan stayed on the sidelines and joked around with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong.
• Shui Bing'er chose Jiang Lan to face Godwind Academy because Feng Xiaotian was a level-44 Soul Ancestor with a powerful self-created skill.
• The crowd mocked Jiang Lan's small stature and outfit, but he teased Feng Xiaotian and introduced himself as a level-43 assault-type Soul Ancestor.

Jiang Lan defeated Feng Xiaotian with a single punch, forcing Godwind Academy to concede and giving Skywater Academy the victory. The spectators and rival teams were left stunned as Jiang Lan celebrated with his teammates.

• Feng Xiaotian attacked Jiang Lan with his Wind Blades, but retreated after glimpsing scenes from his own life when Jiang Lan swung at him.
• Feng Xiaotian unleashed Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, while Jiang Lan charged in with his Little Guga Turtle Punch and knocked him unconscious with one blow.
• Godwind Academy's vice-captain conceded, and the referee declared Skywater Academy the winner.
• Shui Yue'er celebrated with Jiang Lan, while Xue Wu teased him about his punch and the Skywater girls laughed.
• Dugu Yan wondered about Jiang Lan's strength, and Tang San recognized that his seemingly wild punch had precisely struck Feng Xiaotian's weakness.
• Jiang Lan waved to Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, who watched from Shrek Academy's spectator area.

After a match, Jiang Lan appeased Dugu Yan after she confronted him for ignoring her, then prepared to face his friends on the Shrek Academy Team. The match began with Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing unleashing their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Hell White Tiger, against him.

• Dugu Yan confronted Jiang Lan for leaving the arena without greeting her, and he won her forgiveness with an apology and an affectionate act.
• Jiang Lan left with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling after waving goodbye to Shui Bing'er and the others and reminding them about his promised feast.
• Two days later, Jiang Lan volunteered to compete against Shrek Academy, explaining that he could treat friends and matches separately.
• Shui Bing'er agreed to let Jiang Lan compete and told him not to hurt the Shrek team too badly.
• At the match's start, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing transformed into the Hell White Tiger, intending to defeat Jiang Lan before taking on the rest of Skywater Academy.

Jiang Lan crushed Shrek Academy’s team after Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then stopped just short of striking Zhu Zhuqing. Zhu Zhuqing was the only Shrek member still standing, and Jiang Lan asked her to surrender.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing attacked Jiang Lan with the Hell White Tiger, but he drove it back with one punch and shattered it with his heat vision.
• Tang San ambushed Jiang Lan from behind, but Jiang Lan knocked aside his strike and left him staggered.
• Tang San ordered Shrek to spread out while Ma Hongjun attacked from above and Xiao Wu charged from the right.
• Jiang Lan knocked Ma Hongjun out of the air, tossed Xiao Wu out of the arena, and punched Tang San into Ning Rongrong and Oscar.
• Zhu Zhuqing lunged at Jiang Lan, but he stopped his punch inches from her face and asked her to surrender.

Jiang Lan led Skywater Academy to victory over Shrek Academy, then brushed off Tang San’s questions about his strength. He left the arena with Xiao Wu and the others to celebrate at Red Maple Barbecue.

• Zhu Zhuqing admitted defeat, and the spectators erupted in cheers for Jiang Lan as Skywater Academy celebrated its win.
• Tang San asked why Jiang Lan was so strong, and Jiang Lan jokingly credited his talent, luck, and big brother, the Sea God.
• Tang San suspected Jiang Lan had learned Tang Sect Secret Arts and resolved to take them back, then promised they would meet again in the arena.
• Jiang Lan offered oranges to Xiao Wu and the others, reassured Xiao Wu that nobody had been seriously hurt, and invited everyone to dinner.
• Dugu Yan suggested Red Maple Barbecue, and Jiang Lan led the group toward the south of the city.

Tang San sneaked into Jiang Lan's room at Honey Snow Ice City to steal the Tang Sect secret arts, but a series of traps forced him to flee without the book. He escaped into a nearby alley injured and poisoned, while Jiang Lan and Doro slept through the commotion.

• Tang San waited until the courtyard lantern went out, then slipped into Jiang Lan's room while Jiang Lan and Doro slept.
• Tang San took a book labeled "Nine Yang Manual" from the cabinet, but stepping on a hidden floor trigger set off a metal net, Iron Spiders, and orange powder.
• Tang San dodged the traps, but the Iron Spiders tangled and poisoned his leg as he narrowly avoided a hidden needle and a pit of iron caltrops.
• Tang San abandoned the Nine Yang Manual and escaped through the window while more needles pursued him.
• Tang San ran two streets away before collapsing in a dark alley with aching eyes, a numb leg, and a swollen hand.

Tang San was badly hurt by Jiang Lan’s traps during another nighttime break-in, while Jiang Lan repaired the damage and received an early-morning visit from Feng Xiaotian. Feng Xiaotian had not yet explained why he had come.

• Tang San triggered Jiang Lan’s traps, suffered poison and other injuries, and staggered away after pouncing on someone in a bed.
• Jiang Lan and Doro found the room wrecked the next morning and confirmed that Tang San had triggered the trapdoor and spider silk but left the Nine Yang Manual behind.
• Jiang Lan dismissed the idea of leaving Tang San a warning and began repairing the floor and installing a louder alarm.
• Feng Xiaotian arrived at Jiang Lan’s courtyard, and Jiang Lan asked whether his visit was about their earlier match.

Feng Xiaotian asked Jiang Lan why he was so strong, and Jiang Lan urged him to prioritize cultivation over refining his self-created Soul Skill and chasing Huo Wu. Feng Xiaotian accepted the advice and decided to focus on reaching level fifty.

• Feng Xiaotian asked Jiang Lan how he had become so strong and where Feng Xiaotian fell short.
• Jiang Lan told Feng Xiaotian to focus on raising his Soul Power before further refining the Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes.
• Jiang Lan pointed out that Feng Xiaotian’s Innate Full Soul Power gave him the potential to advance much further and possibly become a Titled Douluo.
• Jiang Lan teased Feng Xiaotian about liking Huo Wu and advised him to stop following her around and make himself stronger.
• Feng Xiaotian reflected on the time he had spent on his Soul Skill and Huo Wu, then bowed to Jiang Lan and said he understood.

Feng Xiaotian asked Jiang Lan to take him as a disciple, and Jiang Lan agreed and gave him the Wind Breath Art to cultivate. Feng Xiaotian hurried back toward Godwind Academy, absorbed in his new training, and passed Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu without noticing them.

• Feng Xiaotian knelt before Jiang Lan and asked to become his master’s disciple.
• Jiang Lan warned Feng Xiaotian that his lessons would be unusual and difficult, then agreed to teach him.
• Jiang Lan gave Feng Xiaotian the Wind Breath Art and told him to memorize its first three pages, rebuild his foundation, and avoid combat for ten days.
• Feng Xiaotian thanked Jiang Lan and rushed back toward Godwind Academy with the book.
• Feng Xiaotian passed Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu without acknowledging them, and Huo Wushuang called after him.

Feng Xiaotian’s strange behavior puzzled Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang, while Jiang Lan agreed to train Zhu Zhuqing and offered Xiao Wu the same opportunity. Zhu Zhuqing joined Jiang Lan’s household and began her new training under his demanding rules.

• Feng Xiaotian ignored Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang as he hurried away, leaving them to wonder what had happened.
• Ning Rongrong told Jiang Lan she would not return to Shrek Academy and explained that Zhu Zhuqing wanted to learn from him to grow stronger and escape her family’s marriage arrangement.
• Jiang Lan agreed to train Zhu Zhuqing and said Xiao Wu could join when she was ready.
• Ning Rongrong brought Jiang Lan to Zhu Zhuqing in the courtyard, where Zhu Zhuqing thanked him and committed herself to enduring the training.
• Jiang Lan assessed Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell Spirit Cat fighting style and ordered her to wake early to learn his movement technique before breakfast.

Jiang Lan trained Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing before traveling with the academy teams to Spirit City for the finals. On the journey, masked attackers ambushed the procession, and Jiang Lan rushed into battle to protect the students.

• Jiang Lan made Ning Rongrong train alongside Zhu Zhuqing, and both girls practiced every morning.
• Skywater Academy won the preliminary matches, and the teams set out for Spirit City under Royal Knights escort.
• During the journey, Jiang Lan relaxed in the carriage while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing traveled with Doro in another carriage.
• On the eleventh day, attackers in black ambushed the procession on a mountain road, targeting the academy teams.
• Jiang Lan told Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er to protect Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, then charged into the attackers with Doro.
• Jiang Lan transformed into Sea God Form and swept through the attackers with his trident, while Doro attacked with its Ice Fire Twin Dragons.

Jiang Lan helped the Royal Knights defeat and capture the black-clad attackers, then discovered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo watching from the trees. When the two tried to recruit him for the Pope, Jiang Lan mocked Yue Guan and refused to go with them.

• Jiang Lan overwhelmed the black-clad attackers, and the Royal Knights captured the survivors.
• Shui Yue'er hugged Jiang Lan while Shui Bing'er noted that ordinary bandits would not dare attack so close to Spirit City.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo watched Jiang Lan from the trees and decided to report his strength to the Pope.
• Jiang Lan revealed that he had noticed the two Titled Douluo because Doro had sensed them.
• Yue Guan invited Jiang Lan to join them, but Jiang Lan called him a child-kidnapping wolf grandmother and refused.
• Jiang Lan teased Yue Guan about his age and makeup until Ghost Douluo laughed, prompting Yue Guan to confront him.

Jiang Lan mocked Yue Guan and Gui Mei after their confrontation, then reunited with his master Dugu Bo and continued toward Spirit City. The convoy arrived in the solemn holy city, where the tournament group reached the Spirit Hall Grand Hotel.

• Jiang Lan teased Yue Guan by calling him Uncle and menopausal, and Yue Guan stormed off with Gui Mei.
• Dugu Bo revealed he had been hiding nearby, laughed at Jiang Lan’s insults, and warned him to behave carefully in Spirit City.
• Jiang Lan insisted he would compete seriously for Skywater Academy despite Dugu Bo’s advice not to draw too much attention.
• A few days later, the convoy arrived in Spirit City and passed its Angel God statues and stern Spirit Hall knights.
• The group stopped outside the Spirit Hall Grand Hotel, and Shui Bing’er reminded everyone to watch what they said.

Jiang Lan and Doro explored Spirit City at night and ran into the Golden Generation, including Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan. Hu Liena took a liking to Jiang Lan and hugged him, leaving Yan jealous and resentful.

• Jiang Lan admired the Angel God statue with Doro from his hotel room, then took her out to find food.
• Jiang Lan ran into Hu Liena on the street, and Yan scolded him for bumping into her.
• Jiang Lan apologized sweetly and introduced himself and Doro to Hu Liena and Xie Yue.
• Hu Liena asked to hug Jiang Lan, and he agreed to one hug.
• Yan grew jealous as Hu Liena cuddled Jiang Lan, who then complained to her that Yan was being mean.

Jiang Lan used his adorable act to win Hu Liena’s affection and provoke Yan while the group headed to a flatbread stall. The chapter left Jiang Lan offering Yan one of his orange candies as Yan stubbornly refused to be charmed.

• Jiang Lan pretended Yan had frightened him, prompting Hu Liena to defend him and threaten Yan.
• Jiang Lan teased Yan about getting angry and offered Hu Liena a lifetime of free milk tea, which made her laugh and accept the invitation.
• Xie Yue urged Yan to stop arguing, and the group went together to a flatbread stall after Jiang Lan invited them.
• Jiang Lan ordered flatbreads and handed out orange candies to Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan.
• Yan refused his candy, but Jiang Lan unwrapped it and tried to feed it to him.

Jiang Lan charmed Hu Liena and Xie Yue while revealing that he would compete as a reserve substitute for Skywater Academy. The next morning, he arrived at Temple Square with Skywater Academy to hear the tournament’s opening matchups announced.

• Hu Liena and Xie Yue watched Yan begrudgingly accept an orange candy from Jiang Lan, then shared hot flatbreads with him.
• Jiang Lan told Hu Liena and Xie Yue he was eight and a half, competing for Skywater Academy, and intended to win the tournament.
• Hu Liena gave Jiang Lan several flatbreads and told him where to find her before she left with Xie Yue and Yan.
• Shui Yue'er woke Jiang Lan and carried him to Temple Square, where he learned Blazing Fire Academy had withdrawn.
• Jiang Lan joined Skywater Academy at the packed square as the tournament host announced the day's matchups.

Jiang Lan helped Zhu Zhuqing reconsider her sister Zhu Zhuyun’s cruel words and realize that Zhu Zhuyun had secretly protected her from the Star Luo Empire’s deadly rules. Zhu Zhuqing let go of years of resentment and resolved to become stronger and change her fate.

• Ning Rongrong asked Jiang Lan to comfort Zhu Zhuqing, who had been upset since seeing Zhu Zhuyun the night before.
• Jiang Lan cheered Zhu Zhuqing with a playful act, and she told him how Zhu Zhuyun had once cared for her before their relationship worsened after Zhu Zhuqing became Dai Mubai’s fiancée.
• Zhu Zhuqing recounted fleeing pursuers on her way to Shrek Academy, and Jiang Lan suggested that Zhu Zhuyun had ordered them not to kill her.
• Zhu Zhuqing remembered that her pursuers had repeatedly spared her and realized that Zhu Zhuyun had arranged her escape to protect her.
• Ning Rongrong comforted Zhu Zhuqing as she regretted blaming her sister, and Zhu Zhuqing decided to grow stronger and change her fate.

Jiang Lan met Qian Daoliu, who questioned him about his parentage and learned that Bo Saixi had found him at sea. Qian Daoliu then unexpectedly asked whether Jiang Lan would mind having a dad, leaving Jiang Lan and Doro stunned.

• A woman summoned Jiang Lan to meet Qian Daoliu, and he left Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong behind while taking Doro with him.
• Qian Daoliu inspected Jiang Lan and realized he did not resemble Tang Chen, then asked who his father was.
• Jiang Lan explained that Bo Saixi had found him in a seashell at sea and had forbidden him from bringing up Tang Chen.
• Qian Daoliu asked Jiang Lan whether he would mind having a dad, and Jiang Lan and Doro stared at him in disbelief.

Jiang Lan met Qian Daoliu, received a life-saving token, and then encountered Bibi Dong outside the Papal Palace. He left Bibi Dong with a pointed remark about her past relationship with the Grandmaster.

• Qian Daoliu told Jiang Lan that Spirit Hall would protect him and offered to make him its Holy Son, but Jiang Lan joked about Qian Daoliu courting Bo Saixi.
• Qian Daoliu gave Jiang Lan a token bearing the Six-Winged Angel, saying it could save his life.
• Jiang Lan left the Elder Hall and met Bibi Dong in the square before the Papal Palace.
• Jiang Lan told Bibi Dong that Liu Erlong had waited years for the Grandmaster, then criticized women who pursued men whose hearts belonged elsewhere.
• Jiang Lan asked Bibi Dong whether she had failed to keep her eyes open in the past, and her expression cooled.

Jiang Lan provoked Bibi Dong by teasing her about Qian Daoliu and Yu Xiaogang, then left after she threatened him and offered unlimited milk tea if he won the competition. On his nighttime walk with Doro, he ran into Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, who confronted him about his closeness to Zhu Zhuqing.

• Jiang Lan told Bibi Dong that Qian Daoliu wanted to be his father to get close to Bo Saixi.
• Jiang Lan called Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong lovesick lapdogs, blamed Tang San for the insult, and offered Bibi Dong candy.
• Bibi Dong threatened to kill Jiang Lan if he lost the competition and promised him unlimited milk tea if he won.
• Jiang Lan returned with Doro and met Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun on the streets of Spirit City.
• Zhu Zhuyun warned Jiang Lan about running into something nasty, and he replied that he had already run into two such things.

Jiang Lan confronted Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi when they warned him to stay away from Zhu Zhuqing, then returned safely to the hotel. He reassured Zhu Zhuqing, shared milk tea with her and Doro, and fell asleep in her arms.

• Jiang Lan mocked Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi, then declared that he would get involved in Zhu Zhuqing's affairs.
• Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi left after Jiang Lan teased Zhu Zhuyun about her makeup.
• Doro asked whether Jiang Lan had been afraid, and he explained that he had Qian Daoliu's token and could call for help.
• Jiang Lan returned to the hotel, where Zhu Zhuqing said she had waited because she was worried about him.
• Jiang Lan told Zhu Zhuqing he had encountered Zhu Zhuyun, and they drank milk tea with Doro.
• Zhu Zhuqing picked up the half-asleep Jiang Lan, who clutched her collar and rested against her shoulder.

Skywater Academy faced Star Luo Royal Academy in the top-six round, and Jiang Lan sent Doro to fight with her Ice Fire Twin Dragons. Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun struggled to approach her and began preparing their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Feng Xiaotian and Godwind Academy lost to Spirit Hall Academy after Hu Liena and Xie Yue used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy defeated Thunderclap Academy in a one-sided match.
• Jiang Lan volunteered to compete against Star Luo Royal Academy and sent Doro onto the field.
• Doro's Fire Dragon forced Dai Weisi to evade, while her Ice Dragon slowed Zhu Zhuyun and drove her back.
• Dai Weisi ordered his teammates to hold off Doro while he and Zhu Zhuyun prepared to use Hell White Tiger.