Recaps

Qian Renxue learned that Huang Yun, the boy who had saved her in the Ruins, was alive and now in Spirit City, so she decided to confront him and uncover the Ruins’ secrets. She left Heaven Dou City with She Long and Ci Xue, heading for Spirit City before the next matches.

• Qian Daoliu ordered a steward to deliver the Confidential Report directly to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue recognized Huang Yun as the boy who had called himself Yu Yun in the Ruins and wondered what he had gained from the Golden Orb.
• Qian Renxue decided to travel to Spirit City, leaving a body double to maintain her identity as Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue sent instructions to She Long and Ci Xue to prepare for the journey and announced that Xue Qinghe would enter seclusion.
• Qian Renxue, She Long, and Ci Xue slipped out of the Eastern Palace and flew toward Spirit City.

The Imperial Fighting Team and the Spirit Hall Team entered the quarterfinal arena as spectators speculated about Huang Yun’s rumored strength and Spirit Hall’s mysterious new member. Huang Yun recognized the disguised Qian Renxue, and the chapter left both teams facing each other before the match began.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin discussed whether Huang Yun would reveal his strength, while spectators and rival teams gathered to watch the quarterfinal.
• Yu Tianheng led the Imperial Fighting Team into the arena with Huang Yun at the rear, and Hu Liena led the Spirit Hall Team with a previously unseen blonde girl.
• Bibi Dong recognized the blonde girl as her daughter Qian Renxue, while Huang Yun used his Thunder Kunpeng Eyes to see through her disguise.
• Qian Renxue recognized Huang Yun from the ruins a year earlier and tightened her fingers as she watched him.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Shui Bing'er, and Feng Xiaotian watched Huang Yun and discussed or considered the teams’ strength.

Huang Yun faced the Spirit Hall Team in the quarter-finals and effortlessly countered their attacks without revealing his martial soul or spirit rings. Qian Renxue then unveiled her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and Angel Domain, preparing to confront him.

• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan attacked Huang Yun, but he dodged their strikes and resisted Hu Liena's seduction.
• Huang Yun stopped Xie Yue and Yan's Martial Soul Fusion Skill with a faint golden layer, stunning the spectators and revealing to Qian Renxue that he had grown stronger.
• Qian Renxue ordered Hu Liena and Xie Yue to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill against the other opponents while she took on Huang Yun.
• Qian Renxue revealed her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, six spirit rings, and Angel Domain, then rose above the ring as the crowd recognized her power and lineage.

At the finals, Qian Renxue challenged Huang Yun with her Six-Winged Angel martial soul, but Huang Yun revealed a Thunder Kunpeng martial soul and a shocking seven-ring configuration. The arena erupted in disbelief as he stood revealed as a Soul Sage with five black rings and two hundred-thousand-year rings.

• Qian Renxue appeared in her Six-Winged Angel form, and the Shrek team recognized her as a level sixty-nine Soul Emperor with an Angel Domain.
• Qian Renxue warned Huang Yun to reveal his spirit rings before he lost his chance, and Huang Yun calmly agreed.
• Huang Yun released his Thunder Kunpeng martial soul, whose pressure made beast martial soul users throughout the arena tremble.
• Huang Yun revealed seven spirit rings: five black ten-thousand-year rings followed by two red hundred-thousand-year rings.
• The crowd erupted in shock at Huang Yun's strength and unprecedented spirit ring configuration.

Huang Yun revealed seven spirit rings, including five Ten Thousand Year rings and two Hundred Thousand Year rings, shocking the spectators and alarming Bibi Dong. As Bibi Dong plotted to kill him if he refused to join Spirit Hall, Huang Yun challenged Qian Renxue to compare their domains.

• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and the other spectators reacted with disbelief to Huang Yun's five black and two red spirit rings.
• Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Feng Xiaotian, and members of the other teams recognized how far Huang Yun surpassed them.
• Qian Renxue strengthened her Angel Domain and suspected Huang Yun had received a divine test in the ruins.
• Bibi Dong told Yue Guan and Gui Mei to recruit Huang Yun, then immobilize and kill him if he refused to join Spirit Hall.
• Huang Yun confronted Qian Renxue in midair and challenged her to see whether her Angel Domain or his Thunder Domain was stronger.

Huang Yun unleashed Thunder God Domain, suppressing Qian Renxue’s Angel Domain and empowering the Imperial Fighting Team. Demon Charm and the Spirit Hall Team defeated the Imperial fighters, leaving Huang Yun as the only member of his team still standing.

• Huang Yun activated Thunder God Domain, amplifying his attributes ninefold and forcing Qian Renxue’s Angel Domain to shrink under its pressure.
• Yu Tianheng and the Shi Mo brothers attacked Demon Charm with the boost from Huang Yun’s domain, but Demon Charm used pink mist and charm effects to disrupt them.
• The Spirit Hall Team overwhelmed Yu Feng and Osler, knocking both out of the match.
• Demon Charm broke through the Shi Mo brothers’ defenses and defeated them with a series of palm strikes.
• Yu Tianheng’s Blue Lightning Divine Dragon Rush hit an afterimage, and Demon Charm struck him unconscious from behind.
• Yan and his teammates blasted Dugu Yan and the remaining Imperial Fighting Team members out of the match, leaving Huang Yun as the sole Imperial fighter still standing.

Huang Yun defeated Qian Renxue with one blow, then used lightning to knock out the rest of the Spirit Hall Team and end the match. Bibi Dong recognized his overwhelming strength and resolved that he had to be eliminated, though she could not act in public.

• Qian Renxue unleashed her Angel Sword and Holy Power, but Huang Yun pierced her attack and shield with Raikiri, sending her crashing through a wall.
• Qian Renxue admitted that she was no match for Huang Yun as Demon Charm and the remaining Spirit Hall Team watched in shock.
• Huang Yun summoned lightning that dispersed Demon Charm and knocked every member of the Spirit Hall Team unconscious.
• The arena fell silent before the spectators erupted in disbelief at Huang Yun's victory over Qian Renxue in one blow.
• Bibi Dong suspected Huang Yun had inherited a divine test and decided he must be eliminated, but held back to protect Spirit Hall's reputation.

Huang Yun defeated the Spirit Hall Team and helped the Imperial Fighting Team win, then proposed fighting every remaining team alone to decide the overall championship. The chapter ended with Bibi Dong listening as the arena erupted at his challenge.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin discussed Huang Yun's strength, the danger Spirit Hall posed to him, and the possibility that he carried a god's inheritance.
• The referee declared the Imperial Fighting Team the winner after Huang Yun defeated the Spirit Hall Team, and Ye Lingling and Spirit Hall healers treated the injured fighters.
• Yu Tianheng and his teammates woke and learned that Huang Yun had only promised to win the championship, not protect them from elimination.
• Huang Yun addressed Bibi Dong and proposed that every remaining team fight him at once, with victory deciding the overall championship.

Huang Yun’s overwhelming strength prompted every remaining team to forfeit, securing the Emperor Team the tournament championship. He anticipated Bibi Dong’s next move and suspected Xiao Wu’s identity would be exposed after the awards ceremony.

• Feng Xiaotian had Godwind Academy forfeit, and Shui Bing'er had Skywater Academy do the same.
• Flender led Shrek Academy to forfeit, and the three other remaining teams followed.
• Bibi Dong declared the Emperor Team the overall champion and scheduled a round robin for second and third place the next day.
• Huang Yun returned to his teammates, reflected on the championship rewards, and watched Bibi Dong while considering her intentions.
• Huang Yun wondered why the Titled Douluo had not detected Xiao Wu’s identity and expected it to be exposed after the awards ceremony.

After recovering from Huang Yun’s attack, Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu about his divine inheritance and asked whether he would retaliate. Qian Daoliu declined, expressed interest in testing Huang Yun someday, and sent Qian Renxue back to Heaven Dou City to resume her undercover work.

• Qian Renxue woke in Spirit Hall’s treatment room and realized Huang Yun had controlled his strike so precisely that he had spared her life.
• Qian Renxue visited Qian Daoliu and described Huang Yun’s divine-level Thunder Kunpeng, powerful Soul Ring Configuration, and victory over the Spirit Hall Team.
• Qian Daoliu recalled how Chen Xin lost his chance at the Asura God’s inheritance after challenging him, then said he would not act against Huang Yun for winning the championship.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue to return to Heaven Dou City and continue her undercover mission while preparing to complete the Angel God Trial.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu that Huang Yun had held back, then left Spirit Hall with Snake Lance Douluo She Long and Porcupinefish Douluo Ci Xue for Heaven Dou City.

After the tournament awards, Bibi Dong exposed Xiao Wu as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast and ordered Spirit Hall to capture her. Tang San and their allies rushed to protect Xiao Wu as the arena braced for a confrontation.

• The Imperial Fighting Team won the championship, Shrek placed second, and the New Godwind Academy Team took third.
• Bibi Dong and several Titled Douluos sensed Xiao Wu's identity, and Bibi Dong considered capturing her for her hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone.
• Bibi Dong awarded the top teams their prizes and offered Huang Yun a position as a Spirit Hall elder, but he declined and described himself as an independent mercenary.
• Bibi Dong offered Tang San twin-martial-soul cultivation methods and praised Feng Xiaotian's potential, but both refused her offers.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to capture Xiao Wu, prompting Tang San, Shrek's allies, and Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi to step forward to defend her.

Bibi Dong exposed Xiao Wu as a transformed hundred-thousand-year soul beast, and the Shrek group stood against Spirit Hall to protect her. Just as Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo attacked Xiao Wu, Tang Hao arrived and drove them back with his Clear Sky Hammer.

• Bibi Dong identified Xiao Wu as a transformed hundred-thousand-year soft bone rabbit, and Chen Xin confirmed that her aura differed from a human soul master's.
• Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Liu Erlong, Flender, Yu Xiaogang, Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin defended Xiao Wu against Spirit Hall.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei bypassed the Golden Sacred Dragon and attacked Xiao Wu, while Tang San raised a barrier and vowed to protect her.
• Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer crashed between Tang San and Xiao Wu, sending Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo flying.
• Tang Hao appeared above the arena with nine spirit rings, and the crowd recognized him as Tang San's father and the man who had killed Qian Xunji.

Tang Hao demonstrated the Clear Sky True Body before Tang San and the Great Soul Arena, then attacked the Spirit Hall’s Six-Winged Angel Statue. Bibi Dong and the Spirit Hall elders launched a counterattack, but Tang Hao swung his giant hammer toward the statue.

• Tang Hao revealed his hundred-thousand-year spirit ring and unleashed his full aura, drawing the Spirit Hall elders to the arena.
• Tang Hao transformed into a towering Blood Giant using the Clear Sky True Body and Divine Slaughter's Domain, while Tang San watched in shock.
• Huang Yun used his Kunpeng Eye to observe Tang Hao’s old injuries and obstructed meridians.
• Tang Hao raised his hammer toward the Six-Winged Angel Statue, prompting Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and the elders to attack him.
• Tang Hao roared and swung the Blood Giant’s hammer toward the statue as the arena floor cracked beneath its force.

Tang Hao escaped Spirit City with Tang San and Xiao Wu after smashing the Six-Winged Angel Statue, while Huang Yun recognized that Tang Hao’s injuries had forced him to flee. With the tournament over, Huang Yun planned to travel to his next trial site after spending the night with Dugu Yan.

• Tang Hao struck the Six-Winged Angel Statue, then escaped the explosion by grabbing Tang San and Xiao Wu and fleeing Spirit City.
• Huang Yun saw through Tang Hao’s bluff and severe injuries but chose not to stop him, thinking ahead to meeting Xiao Wu again for a future soul ring.
• Bibi Dong concealed her satisfaction at the statue’s destruction, called for a continent-wide manhunt, and declared the tournament over.
• Huang Yun told Dugu Yan to use the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to improve her Soul Power, and agreed to stay with her that night before leaving the next day.

Huang Yun gave Dugu Yan a fifty-thousand-year mental-attribute skull spirit bone before leaving Spirit City. He arrived at the Shrek group’s courtyard as its members made plans for their futures, and Ning Fengzhi invited him to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Huang Yun gave Dugu Yan the Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull and heard that she planned to return to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy to cultivate.
• Huang Yun left the Imperial Fighting Team quarters and flew toward the Shrek group’s courtyard after searching Spirit City with his Kunpeng Eye.
• Flender congratulated the Shrek students on graduating and set a five-year reunion date for re-establishing Shrek Academy in Heaven Dou City.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun planned to travel north, Ning Rongrong prepared to return to her sect, and Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai’s offer to inherit the Star Luo crown princess position.
• Ning Rongrong invited Zhu Zhuqing to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Zhu Zhuqing accepted.
• Huang Yun appeared in the courtyard, where Ning Fengzhi invited him to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and learn about its mental cultivation method.

Huang Yun accepted Ning Fengzhi’s invitation to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and learn about Heart Separation Control, then raced Chen Xin there by air. As Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun each set out on separate paths, Flender arranged for the remaining teachers and Yu Xiaogang to return to Heaven Dou City.

• Huang Yun accepted Ning Fengzhi’s invitation, eager to study Heart Separation Control and improve his mental power and Thunder Kunpeng Eyes.
• Chen Xin carried Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Huang Yun flew beside him and challenged him to a race.
• Huang Yun kept pace with Chen Xin’s Seven Kill Flying Sword, impressing Ning Fengzhi as Zhu Zhuqing resolved to cultivate hard and catch up to Huang Yun.
• Dai Mubai watched Zhu Zhuqing leave, then prepared to return to the Star Luo Empire; Oscar planned to travel in search of a way to fight, and Ma Hongjun chose to stay and cultivate.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun parted ways, agreeing to meet again in five years, while Flender, Zhao Wuji, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang prepared to return to Heaven Dou City.

Huang Yun arrived in Seven Treasure City after outracing Chen Xin, impressing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Ning Fengzhi offered to teach him Heart Separation Control in exchange for future help and proposed hiring him to protect Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing; Huang Yun had not yet answered the commission.

• Huang Yun surveyed Seven Treasure City and landed in the plaza before the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Chen Xin arrived and admitted Huang Yun had outrun him, while Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing joined them.
• Ning Fengzhi offered Huang Yun the sect’s Heart Separation Control method in exchange for future assistance, and Huang Yun agreed as long as the request did not cross his bottom line.
• Ning Fengzhi offered Huang Yun fifty million Gold Soul Coins per month to protect and accompany Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, with the freedom to leave whenever he wished.

Huang Yun accepted Ning Fengzhi’s commission to protect Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing for fifty million Gold Soul Coins a month, with Heart Separation Control as part of the offer and no restrictions on his freedom. That night, he began studying the sect’s secret technique.

• Ning Fengzhi offered Huang Yun Heart Separation Control and fifty million Gold Soul Coins a month to protect Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Chen Xin told Gu Rong about Huang Yun’s extraordinary soul rings and speed, prompting Gu Rong to reserve judgment until he could see Huang Yun himself.
• Huang Yun considered the commission’s benefits and freedom to leave, then accepted it.
• Ning Rongrong celebrated becoming Huang Yun’s partner, while Zhu Zhuqing quietly acknowledged the arrangement.
• Huang Yun settled into his courtyard and began studying Heart Separation Control’s instructions for dividing mental power among seven enhancements.

Huang Yun studied Heart Separation Control and quickly mastered its introductory technique before receiving his monthly fee from Ning Fengzhi. He left for Emperor Academy to collect the ten million Gold Soul Coins Yu Tianheng owed him, and entered Yu Tianheng’s office.

• Huang Yun read Ning Fengzhi’s notes on the five stages of Heart Separation Control and learned that Ning Fengzhi had taken thirty-seven years to reach the highest stage.
• Huang Yun practiced drawing a circle and a square simultaneously, divided his consciousness into two streams, and crossed the threshold of the first stage.
• Ning Fengzhi gave Huang Yun a special Gold Card that would receive fifty million Gold Soul Coins each month.
• Huang Yun told Zhu Zhuqing he was going to Emperor Academy to collect Yu Tianheng’s ten-million-Gold-Soul-Coin debt, then flew there.
• Huang Yun passed Ye Lingling at Emperor Academy, went to Yu Tianheng’s office, and entered after Yu Tianheng invited him in.

Yu Tianheng brought Huang Yun to meet Emperor Academy’s three Education Committee members, who paid him the promised ten million Gold Soul Coins for winning the Finals. They then invited him to join them as the academy’s fourth committee member.

• Yu Tianheng told Huang Yun that the academy would cover his ten-million Gold Soul Coin fee and that the three committee members wanted to meet him.
• Yu Tianheng escorted Huang Yun through the academy, where students celebrated his Finals victory and admired him.
• Huang Yun met Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin in the council hall, and Meng Shenji gave him the ten-million Gold Soul Coins.
• Meng Shenji told Huang Yun that the three committee members wanted him to become Emperor Academy’s fourth Education Committee member.

Huang Yun accepted an honorary committee position at Emperor Academy, gaining a badge and a monthly fee while keeping his freedom. After agreeing to attend the empire’s championship celebration in three days, he left to continue traveling.

• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin offered Huang Yun an unrestricted honorary committee position with a monthly payment of twenty-five million Gold Soul Coins, and Huang Yun accepted.
• Meng Shenji gave Huang Yun an Emperor Academy committee badge and told him that Emperor Xue Ye would reward him for winning the tournament championship.
• Meng Shenji invited Huang Yun to a grand celebration in three days, and Huang Yun agreed to attend.
• Huang Yun met Yu Tianheng outside the Education Committee, and Yu Tianheng said he planned to travel the continent and grow stronger.
• Huang Yun bid Yu Tianheng farewell and flew toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Emperor Xue Ye discovered that Huang Yun, the champion who led the Emperor Team to victory, was the thief who had stolen the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. Rather than risk making the powerful prodigy an enemy, Xue Ye decided to reward him and publicly tie him to the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Emperor Xue Ye compared portraits and confirmed that Huang Yun was the masked thief who had stolen the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud a year and a half earlier.
• Ge Long recognized Huang Yun and admitted he might not be able to defeat him now that he had become a Seven-Ring Soul Sage.
• Emperor Xue Ye ordered Ge Long to keep the theft secret and resolved not to antagonize Huang Yun over the national treasure.
• Xue Ye considered betrothing his daughter Xue Ke to Huang Yun but set the idea aside because Huang Yun was apparently with Dugu Yan.
• Emperor Xue Ye wrote a decree granting Huang Yun the title of Champion Marquis and ordered it proclaimed throughout the world.

Xue Ye granted Huang Yun the title of Champion Marquis and arranged for Ge Long to fight him at the upcoming celebration. Unaware of the plans, Huang Yun began condensing his first soul core and successfully formed a stable golden bead in his dantian.

• Ge Long asked Xue Ye for another chance to fight Huang Yun, and Xue Ye arranged their match for the celebration three days later.
• Xue Ye granted Huang Yun the title of Champion Marquis and ordered Ge Long to deliver the decree to Emperor Academy.
• Huang Yun returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and began preparing to condense a soul core.
• Huang Yun gathered and compressed his soul power, using his mental control and Indestructible Vajra Body to withstand the strain.
• Huang Yun formed a golden soul core that stabilized his soul power and began drawing in energy from heaven and earth.

After forming a soul core, Huang Yun stabilized it and practiced Heart Separation Control while waiting to attend the Emperor Academy’s celebration. At the gathering, Xue Qinghe spotted Huang Yun and was shaken by memories of their battle.

• Huang Yun discovered that his soul core greatly improved his soul power’s strength, supply, and recovery, then decided to remain at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect until the Emperor Academy celebration.
• Over the next three days, Huang Yun stabilized his soul core and practiced Heart Separation Control while he and Zhu Zhuqing grew more comfortable around each other.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Huang Yun to the celebration, and Huang Yun and Zhu Zhuqing joined Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Ning Rongrong on the journey to the Emperor Academy.
• Huang Yun attended the crowded celebration with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect group and saw the Three Education Committee Members, the Imperial Fighting Team, Shrek Academy, and the royal family.
• Xue Qinghe saw Huang Yun arrive and briefly paled as memories of their arena battle and Huang Yun’s victory brought back his fear.

Huang Yun received appointment as Emperor Academy’s fourth education committee member and was invested as the hereditary Champion Marquis for leading the Emperor Team to victory. At the banquet, Ge Long challenged him to a rematch.

• Xue Ye arrived at the ceremony as Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin praised Huang Yun’s role in the tournament victory.
• Xue Ye appointed Huang Yun as Emperor Academy’s fourth education committee member and granted him the hereditary title of Champion Marquis with a fief and other rewards.
• Huang Yun accepted the decrees, and Xue Ye declared that the Heaven Dou Empire would stand behind him.
• At the banquet, Ge Long approached Huang Yun and asked for another fight, saying he had not used his full strength in their previous battle.