Recaps

Lu Shiyuan learned that his mission required him to defeat a powerful Bloodblade Mantis alone, with an external soul bone as the reward. As the beast appeared, Ning Rongrong misunderstood his request to step back as a judgment of her ability, but Xiao Wu helped her understand that he wanted to test his strength first.

• Ye Youying sensed an approaching Bloodblade Mantis, and Lu Shiyuan revealed that his mission required him to defeat it alone for an external soul bone.
• Ye Youying warned that the roughly eleven-thousand-year-old Bloodblade Mantis was exceptionally dangerous, but Lu Shiyuan decided to face it while she protected the others if needed.
• The Bloodblade Mantis emerged, and Lu Shiyuan helped Ning Rongrong recover from her fear of its savage aura.
• Ning Rongrong summoned her martial soul to prove herself, but Lu Shiyuan told her to move back while he tested the beast alone.
• Ning Rongrong thought Lu Shiyuan considered her a burden until Xiao Wu explained his intention, and she agreed to wait and help if he needed her.

Lu Shiyuan fought the Bloodblade Mantis with a series of soul skills and soul-bone abilities, overwhelming the beast while Ning Rongrong watched in amazement. He left the Bloodblade Mantis dying in a crater and severed its raised foreclaw.

• The Bloodblade Mantis lunged at Lu Shiyuan, who stunned it with Kongtong Gaze and wounded it with Time Blade Pierce.
• Lu Shiyuan endured its Thousand Shadow Slaughter with Stellar Orbit Bastion, then teleported away as the protection ended.
• When the Bloodblade Mantis charged again, Lu Shiyuan froze time with Time-Void Binding and struck its abdomen with a fully charged Star-Shattering Fist.
• Ning Rongrong counted Lu Shiyuan’s many abilities, while Xiao Wu explained that he had soul bones.
• Lu Shiyuan crashed down onto the battered Bloodblade Mantis, leaving it dying in a crater, and severed its raised foreclaw.

Lu Shiyuan helped Zhu Zhuqing obtain a Bloodblade Mantis Soul Ring, then took Xiao Wu to Star Dou Forest’s core region so he could absorb an external Soul Bone and reunite her with Da Ming and Er Ming. Xiao Wu returned with Er Ming and introduced Lu Shiyuan as the person who mattered most to her, leaving Er Ming bewildered by how much she had changed.

• Lu Shiyuan subdued the Bloodblade Mantis and let Zhu Zhuqing deliver the finishing blow and absorb its Soul Ring.
• Lu Shiyuan asked Ye Youying and Ning Rongrong to guard Zhu Zhuqing while he took Xiao Wu to the core region of Star Dou Forest.
• Lu Shiyuan and Xiao Wu reached the core region, and Xiao Wu went ahead to explain their visit to Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Xiao Wu returned with Er Ming and introduced him to Lu Shiyuan as her little follower and Lu Shiyuan as the person who mattered most to her.
• Er Ming wondered how Xiao Wu could care so deeply for a human after Aunt Rou’s death.

Lu Shiyuan stayed at the Lake of Life to absorb the hundred-thousand-year Doomsday Dragon Wings while Xiao Wu reunited with Da Ming and Er Ming. He finished absorbing the bone, gained powerful flight and a new teleportation skill, and reached rank fifty-five.

• Xiao Wu asked Da Ming and Er Ming to protect Lu Shiyuan while he absorbed an external soul bone, and he entered her old cabin to begin.
• Lu Shiyuan took out the Doomsday Dragon Wings and started absorbing the hundred-thousand-year external soul bone.
• Xiao Wu told Da Ming and Er Ming about her life with Lu Shiyuan and warned them not to clash with him.
• Lu Shiyuan finished absorbing the Doomsday Dragon Wings, reached rank fifty-five, and gained flight speed approaching that of a Super Douluo.
• Lu Shiyuan learned that the wings granted Space-Time Fold, a long-range teleportation skill that could break through lockdowns and create a damaging space-time rift.

Lu Shiyuan returned from the Star Dou Forest with Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing revealed that she had gained an External Soul Bone and become a Soul Ancestor. After Ye Youying departed, the group reached Zhao Wuji’s camp and overheard Oscar arguing with someone.

• Lu Shiyuan learned that integrating his hundred-thousand-year External Soul Bone would take about another month, then left the core region with Xiao Wu.
• Zhu Zhuqing showed Lu Shiyuan her Bloodblade Mantis External Soul Bone, described its ranged attack skill, and reached level forty-three after gaining a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong felt left behind by Zhu Zhuqing’s advancement, while Lu Shiyuan considered giving her the Aromatic Silk Beauty if his observations raised no concerns.
• Ye Youying said she would avoid Zhao Wuji’s group and disappeared into the forest after warning Lu Shiyuan to call her if he needed help.
• Lu Shiyuan, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing found Zhao Wuji’s camp empty and heard Oscar arguing with someone nearby.

Lu Shiyuan arrived as Zhao Wuji’s group argued with Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran over who would claim the Phoenix-Tail Cockscomb Snake’s Soul Ring. After Zhao Wuji handed him the dispute, Lu Shiyuan proposed compensating Meng Yiran, leaving Snake Granny to consider his offer.

• Lu Shiyuan led the three girls to the argument and saw the dead Phoenix-Tail Cockscomb Snake between Zhao Wuji’s group and Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran.
• Chao Tianxiang accused the Shrek group of seizing the Soul Beast by force, while Tang San claimed they had agreed that the winner of a fight would get it and Meng Yiran denied making any agreement.
• Zhao Wuji noticed Lu Shiyuan and asked him to help resolve the dispute, then explained what had happened.
• Lu Shiyuan agreed to take charge after Zhao Wuji promised to keep the others in line if they rejected his solution.
• Lu Shiyuan politely addressed Snake Granny and Meng Yiran, acknowledged that the Soul Beast was beyond Meng Yiran’s reach, and suggested offering compensation instead.

Lu Shiyuan negotiated a settlement between Snake Granny’s group and the Shrek students, arranging a search for Meng Yiran’s third soul ring and making Tang San apologize. Just as Snake Granny prepared to discuss the search, an old man emerged from the bushes and called for her to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Lu Shiyuan offered to help Snake Granny find a suitable soul beast for Meng Yiran and said Tang San would apologize for injuring her.
• Snake Granny accepted the proposal after Meng Yiran agreed, and Lu Shiyuan confronted Tang San over his attack and refusal to take responsibility.
• With the others staying silent, Tang San bowed to Meng Yiran and apologized, while secretly blaming Lu Shiyuan, Zhao Wuji, Oscar, and his classmates.
• An old man burst from the bushes, saw Snake Granny, and shouted for her to prepare their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Lu Shiyuan reunited with Dugu Bo in the Star Dou Forest and learned why the Poison Douluo had fought Meng Shu. After Tang San reached rank thirty, Lu Shiyuan planned to visit Dugu Yan, while wondering how Meng Yiran could safely absorb the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring.

• Dugu Bo stopped chasing Meng Shu when Lu Shiyuan called out, then greeted him and teased him about not visiting Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo explained that he had fought Meng Shu over a Soul Beast he had chosen for a friend of Dugu Yan, who had just advanced to rank thirty.
• Lu Shiyuan revealed that he was rank fifty-five, and Dugu Bo agreed to let Meng Shu go because Lu Shiyuan owed him a favor.
• Tang San announced that he had broken through to rank thirty, and Lu Shiyuan wondered how Meng Yiran could absorb the over-two-thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring safely.
• Lu Shiyuan asked Dugu Bo to take him to see Dugu Yan, while Meng Yiran watched him with curiosity.

Lu Shiyuan reunited with Dugu Yan at Dugu Bo’s camp while Ye Lingling absorbed a Soul Ring. He then asked Meng Yiran what she wanted from her third Soul Ring, and she requested a highly venomous Soul Beast at the greatest age she could handle.

• Dugu Bo led Lu Shiyuan, Tang San, Meng Shu, Meng Yiran, and the others to his temporary camp, while Zhao Wuji stayed behind to guard Oscar.
• Dugu Yan rushed into Lu Shiyuan’s arms after seeing him, and the two caught up after nearly five years apart.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Ye Lingling had only just begun absorbing her Soul Ring.
• Dai Mubai warned Ma Hongjun to stop staring at the women, and Ma Hongjun lowered his head after remembering Dugu Bo was a Titled Douluo.
• Lu Shiyuan asked Meng Yiran about her requirements for a third Soul Ring, and she requested a potent venomous Soul Beast at the maximum age she could handle.

Lu Shiyuan proposed a Man Faced Demon Spider as a possible Soul Ring for Meng Yiran, while Oscar returned with a Flying Mushroom Sausage as his third Soul Skill. After Ye Lingling woke and saw Lu Shiyuan, she silently recognized him by name.

• Lu Shiyuan explained that the Man Faced Demon Spider’s neurotoxin might suit Meng Yiran, and said they could seek another target if they could not find one.
• Zhao Wuji arrived with Oscar, whose third Soul Skill created a sausage that let its eater fly for one minute.
• Dai Mubai and the others praised the Flying Mushroom Sausage, while Tang San considered how it could help Ma Hongjun attack enemy support Soul Masters.
• Ye Lingling woke and noticed Dugu Yan standing obediently beside Lu Shiyuan.
• Ye Lingling recognized Lu Shiyuan and silently whispered his name.

After Ye Lingling’s experiment with a poisonous Soul Beast failed to give her Martial Soul detoxifying abilities, Lu Shiyuan asked Dugu Bo to help find a Man Faced Demon Spider for Meng Yiran. One appeared at the camp and poisoned Ma Hongjun, and Dugu Bo restrained it; just as Meng Yiran was about to accept it, Tang San spoke up.

• Ye Lingling told Dugu Yan that absorbing the poisonous Plant-type Soul Beast had not changed the Nine Heart Begonia’s healing abilities, then met Lu Shiyuan.
• Lu Shiyuan asked Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo to help find a Man Faced Demon Spider for his classmate to repay Meng Yiran’s favor.
• A Man Faced Demon Spider crept into the camp and poisoned Ma Hongjun, whose condition improved after Oscar gave him two Detoxifying Sausages.
• Lu Shiyuan asked Dugu Bo to restrain the spider without killing it, and Dugu Bo immobilized it with his eighth Soul Skill.
• Meng Yiran was about to accept the Man Faced Demon Spider when Tang San suddenly spoke.

Lu Shiyuan helped Meng Yiran claim the Man Faced Demon Spider by lowering its cultivation so she could absorb its Soul Ring, while Tang San tried and failed to take it for himself. Meng Yiran killed the spider, and Tang San was left furious and shaken by the loss.

• Tang San argued that Meng Yiran could not absorb the Man Faced Demon Spider and demanded it for himself, but Zhao Wuji and Lu Shiyuan supported Meng Yiran's claim.
• Lu Shiyuan asked Dugu Bo to pressure the spider into maintaining its avatar state, explaining that this would reduce its cultivation enough for Meng Yiran to absorb its Soul Ring.
• After five minutes, Lu Shiyuan told Meng Yiran to attack the spider's weak point, but Tang San blocked her and offered to owe her a favor if she gave it to him.
• Lu Shiyuan restrained Tang San while Meng Yiran walked past him and killed the Man Faced Demon Spider, producing a purple Soul Ring.
• Tang San felt as if he had lost something important and angrily demanded to know why Lu Shiyuan had stopped him.

Meng Yiran absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring and appeared to gain the rare Eight Spider Lances External Soul Bone. Tang San, who had lost his chance to absorb the Soul Beast, blamed Lu Shiyuan and the others for taking what he believed was rightfully his.

• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong rebuked Tang San for trying to claim the Man Faced Demon Spider after it had been promised to Meng Yiran.
• Dugu Bo, the Dragon Duke, and Snake Granny formed a Soul Power barrier while Meng Yiran absorbed the Soul Ring, keeping Tang San from interfering.
• After enduring a powerful mental shock, Meng Yiran began screaming as something writhed beneath the skin of her back.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized the signs of an External Soul Bone and told Meng Shu that it was likely spider legs; Lu Shiyuan then raised a tent to shield Meng Yiran as her clothes tore.
• Tang San realized Meng Yiran had gained the Eight Spider Lances and angrily decided that Lu Shiyuan and the others had stolen his opportunity.

Meng Yiran absorbed the Eight Spider Lances after Lu Shiyuan and the others honored their agreement, while Tang San later obtained his third soul ring from another Man Faced Demon Spider. The group parted ways with Dugu Yan, who left after Lu Shiyuan promised to visit her in Heaven Dou City within six months.

• Meng Yiran emerged from the tent after absorbing the Eight Spider Lances, and she and her family thanked Lu Shiyuan and Poison Douluo.
• Meng Yiran left with her family, and Xiao Wu teased Lu Shiyuan about the way she had looked at him.
• Several days later, a Man Faced Demon Spider ambushed the camp and poisoned Ma Hongjun again.
• Tang San absorbed the roughly fifteen-hundred-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider's soul ring, advanced to rank thirty-one, and obtained no external soul bone.
• Dugu Yan reluctantly parted from Lu Shiyuan after he promised to visit her in Heaven Dou City within six months, while Ye Lingling said she would wait for him there.

Tang Yuehua’s suspicions about Tang Hao and Ah Yin’s sacrifice deepened after Tang Hao visited her, and she wrote a letter to investigate his motives. Meanwhile, Lu Shiyuan and the others returned to Suotuo City after a grueling journey, where Zhao Wuji dismissed them to rest.

• Tang Hao gave Tang Yuehua instructions at Moonlight Pavilion, then left without noticing her reaction.
• Tang Yuehua ordered her favorite tea set discarded, concluded that Tang Hao had hidden the truth about Ah Yin’s sacrifice, and wrote a letter to uncover why she had been made to discover it herself.
• On the return journey, Xiao Wu asked Lu Shiyuan to carry the exhausted Ning Rongrong, who supported him with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Lu Shiyuan, Ning Rongrong, and the others reached Suotuo City after a full day of travel.
• Zhao Wuji dismissed the students and told them to rest, consolidate their levels, or continue cultivating.

Lu Shiyuan punished Ma Hongjun for insulting Xiao Wu, then returned to the Manor with the others and revealed that he had obtained an external soul bone. There, Xiao Feiyu learned that Ning Rongrong had earned Lu Shiyuan’s approval, though she still did not know about his relationship with her.

• Lu Shiyuan stopped Ma Hongjun and gave him a single powerful punch, leaving him badly injured but alive.
• Lu Shiyuan gave Zhao Wuji money to find Ma Hongjun a Healing Soul Master, and Zhao Wuji warned Ma Hongjun to control his behavior.
• Lu Shiyuan and the others returned to the Manor, where Xiao Feiyu and Yun Qingluo greeted them enthusiastically.
• Lu Shiyuan told Xiao Feiyu that he had obtained an external soul bone, surprising Ning Rongrong.
• Xiao Feiyu asked whether Ning Rongrong knew about their relationship, and Lu Shiyuan indicated that she did not but had earned his approval.

Xiao Feiyu told Ning Rongrong that Lu Shiyuan was willing to help fulfill the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s wish, while Lu Shiyuan reunited with Xiao Wu and they acknowledged their feelings. Ning Rongrong feared that if her martial soul evolved, she would have to return to Heaven Dou City and leave Lu Shiyuan behind.

• Xiao Feiyu asked Ning Rongrong to speak with her privately, and the others relaxed after they left.
• Yun Qingluo prepared a bath for Lu Shiyuan, who relaxed in the warm water after the journey.
• Xiao Wu entered the bathroom and joined Lu Shiyuan in the bath, reminding him of his promise in the Star Dou Forest.
• Lu Shiyuan told Xiao Wu he would not let her down, and Xiao Wu said she had always trusted him.
• Xiao Feiyu told Ning Rongrong she knew why Ning Fengzhi had sent her to Suotuo City and that Lu Shiyuan was willing to fulfill her wish.
• Ning Rongrong worried that an evolved martial soul would force her to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and make seeing Lu Shiyuan difficult.