Recaps

Huo Lei and Huo Feng defeated a pack of Magma Hounds in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Huo Lei absorbed the leader’s five-thousand-year soul ring as his fourth ring. After they collected some of the beasts, a distant explosion shook the forest and Huo Feng warned Huo Lei to take cover.

• Huo Feng identified the Magma Hound leader as a suitable fourth soul-ring target for Huo Lei, then attacked the pack with his Tyrant Roar.
• Huo Lei trapped several Magma Hounds with his Flame Ring Bind and launched them with Earthflame Eruption.
• Huo Lei killed the wounded leader and absorbed its purple soul ring, successfully advancing to the Soul Ancestor realm.
• Huo Feng and Huo Lei collected the century-old and older Magma Hound carcasses, leaving the ten-year ones behind.
• A loud explosion shook the ground, and Huo Feng told Huo Lei to take cover.

Huo Feng rescued an unconscious elder from the Star Dou Great Forest and brought him to Blazing Fire Academy after Huo Lei acquired his fourth Soul Ring. The elder awoke in the academy’s treatment room, but his identity remained unknown.

• Huo Feng sent Huo Lei to hide while he investigated the explosions in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Huo Feng returned carrying an unconscious gray-haired elder and hurried with Huo Lei back to Blazing Fire Academy.
• Huo Feng told Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang that he had found the elder beneath a tree after the battle, while Huo Lei revealed his fourth Soul Ring came from a five-thousand-year Magma Hound.
• Miao Tian treated the elder and reported that his injuries were serious but his life was not in danger.
• The elder awoke in the treatment room, asked where he was, and heard Huo Feng introduce himself and request his name.

Jin Shan revealed that he was Golden Tiger Douluo and recounted his battle with a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the Star Dou Great Forest. After recovering at Blazing Fire Academy, he promised Huo Feng and Huo Lei three favors in gratitude for saving his life, leaving them to decide what to ask of him.

• Jin Shan introduced himself as Golden Tiger Douluo, and Huo Lei questioned how he had ended up unconscious in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Jin Shan explained that he had challenged the Titan Giant Ape before and had recently fought a roughly sixty-thousand-year-old Dark Demon Evil God Tiger until his attacks drove it off and he collapsed.
• Huo Feng urged Jin Shan to rest, and Jin Shan recuperated at Blazing Fire Academy for three days.
• Huo Feng and Huo Lei visited the recovered Jin Shan, who thanked them for saving him and promised to do three things for them within his ability and wishes.
• Huo Feng asked for time to consider the requests, then told Huo Lei to summon his older brother and sister to the headmaster's office.

Huo Lei persuaded Huo Feng to use Jin Shan’s three promised favors to strengthen Blazing Fire Academy and secure a future opportunity for himself. Jin Shan rejected their first two requests but gave them one year to use the favors, leaving Huo Lei’s plan to target Tang San uncertain.

• Huo Feng asked Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, and Huo Lei how to use Jin Shan’s three promises, and Huo Wushuang suggested asking for three Soul Bones.
• Huo Lei privately planned to use one promise to keep Dugu Bo occupied so he could take Tang San’s opportunity at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Huo Lei proposed making Jin Shan an honorary academy elder and taking him as his master, and Huo Feng agreed to reserve one promise for Huo Lei’s future use.
• Huo Feng and Huo Lei asked Jin Shan to accept the honorary position and become Huo Lei’s master, while Huo Lei deferred his third request.
• Jin Shan set a one-year deadline for using the promises, and Huo Lei accepted, but Jin Shan refused the first two requests.

Jin Shan rejected Huo Feng and Huo Lei’s proposals until Huo Lei revealed his Twin Martial Souls, prompting Jin Shan to accept him as a disciple. After leaving to seek a breakthrough and returning to check on his student, Jin Shan came back again with something for Huo Lei.

• Jin Shan explained that he would only take an unparalleled genius with Twin Martial Souls as his disciple, and Huo Lei asked what he would do if he met one.
• Huo Lei revealed his flame and lightning Martial Souls, and Jin Shan excitedly agreed to take him as a disciple.
• Huo Lei performed the rites of apprenticeship, then told Jin Shan that he was sixteen and had reached Rank 41 Soul Power.
• Jin Shan promised to help Huo Lei and Blazing Fire Academy, then left to seek a breakthrough and said he would return every two months.
• Huo Lei studied at the academy with Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu while Jin Shan returned twice to check on him.
• Jin Shan returned again, told Huo Lei he had brought something good, and asked him to find Huo Feng together.

Jin Shan gave Huo Feng a twenty-thousand-year fire-element Torso Soul Bone and agreed to take Huo Lei to Sunset Forest. After buying a Storage Ring in Heaven Dou City, Huo Lei planned how to ambush Tang San and seize the Wishful Treasure Pouch, but worried he lacked a suitable control-system Soul Master.

• Jin Shan presented Huo Feng with a twenty-thousand-year Earthfire Dragon Torso Soul Bone, and Huo Feng accepted it.
• Jin Shan agreed to take Huo Lei to Sunset Forest after Huo Lei claimed he wanted to explore the forest for an opportunity.
• More than a month later, Jin Shan and Huo Lei stayed in Heaven Dou City while Huo Lei obtained a Storage Ring with twenty cubic meters of space.
• Huo Lei planned to wait until Tang San and Dugu Bo left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then ambush Tang San with Jin Shan's help and take the Wishful Treasure Pouch.
• Huo Lei concluded that he needed at least a control-system Soul King for the ambush, but did not know where to find one in time.

Huo Lei entered Sunset Forest with Jin Shan for a trial and fought a powerful Vajra Tiger alone. After his attacks barely injured it and its claws damaged his Lava Armor, Huo Lei searched for a way to defeat it.

• Huo Lei worried about how to pursue an opportunity to obtain a suitable soul ring without making his teacher suspicious.
• Huo Lei and Jin Shan traveled to Sunset Forest, where Jin Shan told him he would not help against soul beasts he could handle.
• Jin Shan led Huo Lei deeper into the forest until a Vajra Tiger appeared, then left Huo Lei to fight it alone.
• Huo Lei used his first three soul skills to blast the Vajra Tiger into the air, but it recovered with only minor injuries.
• The Vajra Tiger struck Huo Lei with five claw blades, leaving deep marks on his Lava Armor, and Huo Lei began looking for its weakness.

Huo Lei used his hidden Sleeve Arrow to kill the Vajra Tiger and discovered an External Soul Bone, which he gave to Jin Shan. After Jin Shan absorbed it and Huo Lei recovered, cries for help sounded from deeper in the forest.

• Huo Lei fired a metal arrow from his Sleeve Arrow into the charging Vajra Tiger, then pretended to finish it off with punches as Jin Shan arrived.
• Huo Lei showed Jin Shan the Sleeve Arrow and explained that it worked without Soul Power, and Jin Shan promised to keep it secret.
• Huo Lei found a golden External Soul Bone in the Vajra Tiger's right paw and offered it to Jin Shan because it suited him better.
• Jin Shan absorbed the External Soul Bone while Huo Lei stored the tiger and meditated to restore his Soul Power.
• Huo Lei ate the grilled meat Jin Shan prepared, and cries for help came from deep in the forest as they rested.

Huo Lei and Jin Shan saved Lin Yin from a ten-thousand-year Datura Snake, and Lin Yin absorbed it as his sixth Soul Ring. After Huo Lei collected the snake’s venom, Lin Yin offered to follow Jin Shan, who asked whether he truly meant it.

• Huo Lei and Jin Shan found Lin Yin fleeing a ten-thousand-year Datura Snake, and Jin Shan subdued the beast.
• Lin Yin said he was a level-sixty commoner with an Illusionary Dragon martial soul and that the snake had killed his two companions.
• Jin Shan gave Lin Yin the wounded Datura Snake, and Lin Yin killed it and absorbed its black Soul Ring.
• Huo Lei collected a bottle of the snake’s venom while Lin Yin absorbed the Soul Ring.
• Lin Yin finished absorbing the ring and offered to follow Jin Shan, who asked if he truly wished to do so.

After recruiting Lin Yin, Huo Lei returned to Sunset Forest with Jin Shan and used their journey to seek an encounter with Tang San. As the group reached the territory of thousand-year soul beasts, Jin Shan sensed trouble ahead.

• Jin Shan accepted Lin Yin as his subordinate and gave him the Datura Snake so he could bury his two companions.
• Lin Yin buried his companions outside Heaven Dou City while Jin Shan nurtured his newly acquired Right Palm Bone and Huo Lei prepared venom-coated arrows.
• Huo Lei revealed his Twin Martial Souls to Lin Yin, who became deeply impressed and affirmed his loyalty.
• Huo Lei led Jin Shan and Lin Yin east through Sunset Forest, hoping to meet Tang San after he left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• After several days, Jin Shan stopped the group, sensing something happening ahead in the thousand-year soul beast territory.

Huo Lei and Jin Shan prepared to ambush Dugu Bo and Tang San in Sunset Forest, hoping to seize their valuables. Jin Shan drew Dugu Bo away to fight, leaving Tang San exposed to Huo Lei and Lin Yin.

• Jin Shan sensed two approaching Soul Masters, and Huo Lei identified them as Dugu Bo and Tang San.
• Huo Lei persuaded Jin Shan to attack them and assigned Jin Shan to face Dugu Bo while Lin Yin targeted Tang San.
• Huo Lei gave Lin Yin black cloth to conceal his identity and promised him a Soul Bone for subduing Tang San.
• Jin Shan intercepted Dugu Bo and Tang San, then challenged Dugu Bo to fight away from Tang San.
• Dugu Bo told Tang San to return to Heaven Dou City and promised to meet him at the academy after escaping Jin Shan.
• Jin Shan led Dugu Bo aside, while Tang San watched him leave and planned to wait at the academy.

Jin Shan and Dugu Bo fought, and Jin Shan’s powerful head Soul Bone skill left Dugu Bo struggling to respond. Meanwhile, Huo Lei and Lin Yin ambushed Tang San, ending the chapter as Lin Yin’s tail seized him.

• Jin Shan revealed that he was Golden Tiger Douluo, and Dugu Bo began their duel by attacking with his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul Avatar.
• Jin Shan blocked Dugu Bo’s poison, transformed, and attacked with three bodies, but Dugu Bo petrified two clones with Medusa’s Gaze.
• Jin Shan used his head Soul Bone’s Eighth Soul Skill to dispel Dugu Bo’s Martial Soul Avatar and wound his spirit, then launched his Ninth Soul Skill as Dugu Bo activated Time Freeze.
• Huo Lei hid in the brush while Lin Yin merged with a tree and waited for Tang San to approach.
• Tang San ran through the forest with his Eight Spider Soul Bone released, and Lin Yin’s scale-covered tail seized him when he came within three meters of the tree.

Huo Lei and Lin Yin ambushed Tang San in Sunset Forest, beat him, and took his Wishful Treasure Pouch before fleeing. Three days later, they arrived at Blazing Fire Academy, where Huo Lei wondered whether his teacher had returned and prepared to introduce Lin Yin to important people.

• Lin Yin restrained Tang San with his dragon tail while Huo Lei demanded his valuables and ignored Tang San's threats about Dugu Bo.
• Tang San struggled, so Lin Yin seized his remaining movable Eight Spider Soul Bone legs while Huo Lei slapped him until he stopped resisting.
• Huo Lei searched Tang San's storage belt, found the Wishful Treasure Pouch, and took it, then ordered Lin Yin to fling Tang San away rather than risk taking his Soul Bone.
• Huo Lei and Lin Yin fled Sunset Forest and traveled for three days to Blazing Fire Academy.
• Huo Lei and Lin Yin arrived at the academy, and Huo Lei wondered whether his teacher had returned before leading Lin Yin inside.

Huo Lei returned to Blazing Fire Academy with Lin Yin, introduced him to his family, and learned Huo Wushuang had reached level forty. After deciding how to distribute the fairy herbs, Huo Lei gave his father Huo Feng a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and began guarding him as he refined it.

• Huo Lei introduced Lin Yin, a Soul Emperor who had pledged himself to him, to Huo Feng.
• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang arrived, and Huo Lei introduced Lin Yin to them.
• Huo Wu told Huo Feng that Huo Wushuang had reached level forty and needed someone to accompany him to obtain his fourth Soul Ring.
• Huo Lei returned to his room, examined the fairy herbs in the Wishful Treasure Pouch, and decided to give one to Huo Feng.
• Huo Lei explained the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower's refining method and gave it to Huo Feng, who began refining it while Huo Lei stood guard.

Huo Lei gave Huo Feng, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang rare herbs to refine, then prepared to absorb an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid himself. The family began cultivating together under Huo Feng’s supervision.

• Huo Feng finished refining the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, gained one Soul Power level, and reached level eighty-two.
• Huo Lei told Huo Feng he had herbs for Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu, and arranged for the family to gather that night.
• Huo Lei checked Jin Shan’s room, found no answer, and left to find Lin Yin for breakfast.
• Huo Lei gave Huo Wu a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone and explained how to absorb it.
• Huo Lei gave Huo Wushuang a Purple Leaf Star Dream Flower to enhance his spiritual power.
• Huo Lei took out an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid for himself, and Huo Feng agreed to guard the family as they refined their herbs.

After absorbing immortal herbs, Huo Lei, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang each gained three Soul Power levels, and Huo Lei went to visit his teacher Jin Shan. He revealed that herbs from a storage Soul Tool had boosted him and prepared an immortal herb to give Jin Shan.

• Huo Lei, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang cultivated overnight, and Huo Feng watched over them.
• Huo Wushuang awakened with improved spiritual power, while Huo Wu reached level forty-five after gaining three levels.
• Huo Lei also awakened at level forty-five, and he reminded his family to keep the herbs secret.
• Huo Lei visited Jin Shan, who said Dugu Bo had escaped after attacking him with poison needles.
• Huo Lei explained that an herb from the storage Soul Tool had raised his level and took a pale purple immortal herb from the Wishful Hundred Treasures Pouch to give Jin Shan.

Huo Lei gave Jin Shan the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma, helping his teacher reach the peak of rank ninety-five. Huo Lei then consumed the Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng King, advanced to rank fifty, and planned to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest for a fifth Soul Ring and a Soul Bone for Lin Yin.

• Huo Lei gave Jin Shan the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma, and Jin Shan absorbed it after accepting his disciple’s gift.
• Huo Lei considered which remaining immortal herbs to use or save, deciding to reserve the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum for Jin Shan.
• Jin Shan returned excitedly and told Huo Lei the ganoderma had raised his Soul Power to the peak of rank ninety-five.
• Huo Lei consumed the Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng King and cultivated through the night as its energy surged through his body.
• Huo Lei woke at rank fifty, then planned to tell his father and set out for the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a fifth Soul Ring and seek a Soul Bone for Lin Yin.

Huo Lei and his companions traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest while Tang San and Dugu Bo recovered and discussed the masked men who robbed Tang San. Tang San led Dugu Bo toward Shrek Academy, where Dugu Bo hinted at a plan involving his granddaughter.

• Huo Lei told Lin Yin that herbs taken from Tang San’s Storage Soul Tool had raised his strength to level fifty and promised to find Lin Yin a Soul Bone.
• Huo Lei explained that Dugu Bo had escaped from Jin Shan, a level ninety-four Titled Douluo, and expected him to seek out Tang San.
• Tang San told Dugu Bo that masked soul masters had robbed him of the Wishful Treasure Pouch, and Dugu Bo realized the stolen pouch contained the immortal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo scolded Tang San for losing the herbs, then told him to be more careful as they headed toward Shrek Academy.
• Dugu Bo smiled mischievously after Tang San mentioned treating his granddaughter’s poison, leaving Tang San wary of his bold idea.

Tang San returned to Shrek Academy with Dugu Bo, who agreed to serve as an advisor after Tang San cleared up the teachers’ suspicions. Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that the Shrek Seven Monsters had progressed during his absence and led him to reunite with them.

• Dugu Bo teased Tang San about matching him with Dugu Yan, then abandoned the idea after Tang San mentioned her relationship with Yu Tianheng.
• Tang San and Dugu Bo arrived at Shrek Academy, where Flender and six other teachers gathered to confront Dugu Bo.
• Tang San explained that Dugu Bo had come to repay a favor and had agreed to advise Shrek, and Flender welcomed him to the academy.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing had reached Rank Thirty, Oscar had gained two ranks, Xiao Wu had gained three, and Dai Mubai was trying to break through Rank Forty.
• Tang San revealed that his Soul Power had reached Rank Thirty-Seven, and Yu Xiaogang led him to see his companions.

Tang San reunited with the Shrek Seven Monsters and planned to help his partners grow stronger before the tournament by searching for medicinal herbs with Dugu Bo. Meanwhile, Huo Lei's group entered Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a Soul Ring and encountered a spiritual-type Bloodthirsty Demon Mosquito.

• Tang San reunited with the Shrek Seven Monsters, explained that Dugu Bo had joined Shrek Academy, and privately worried their strength would not be enough for the tournament.
• Tang San persuaded Dugu Bo to take him to search forests and valleys for herbs, and Dugu Bo agreed to leave the next day.
• Huo Lei, Jin Shan, and Lin Yin entered Star Dou Great Forest to find a suitable fifth Soul Ring for Huo Lei.
• Huo Lei suggested they look for spiritual-type soul beasts and possibly a Soul Bone for Lin Yin, while Jin Shan chased away a thousand-year Azure Spirit Hound.
• The group reached the mixed region, where a roughly five-thousand-year Bloodthirsty Demon Mosquito approached and Jin Shan identified its mind-confusing buzz.

Huo Lei and his companions traveled deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, where Jin Shan subdued a fifteen-thousand-year Golden-Eyed Fire Eagle that suited Huo Lei’s needs. Huo Lei killed it and began absorbing his fifth Soul Ring.

• Huo Lei killed a Bloodthirsty Demon Mosquito, but it did not yield a Soul Bone.
• Huo Lei, Jin Shan, and Lin Yin continued through the forest and encountered several Soul Beasts without finding any Soul Bones.
• Huo Lei admired a Golden-Eyed Fire Eagle flying overhead and said he wanted the ability to fly.
• The Golden-Eyed Fire Eagle attacked the group, and Jin Shan shielded them with a golden barrier.
• Jin Shan subdued the eagle and judged its cultivation and attributes suitable for Huo Lei’s fifth Soul Ring.
• Huo Lei killed the Golden-Eyed Fire Eagle and began absorbing its ink-black Soul Ring.

After absorbing a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, Huo Lei and Jin Shan searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a Soul Bone to reward Lin Yin. They encountered a Gale Demon Wolf pack carrying a ten-thousand-year Purple Spirit Lynx, and Jin Shan defeated the beasts, leaving Huo Lei ready to search for what they might yield.

• Huo Lei successfully absorbed the Golden-Eyed Fire Eagle's Soul Ring, reached the peak of Rank 51, and discovered that his eyes had changed to violet-gold.
• Huo Lei proposed searching for a Soul Bone for Lin Yin, and Jin Shan agreed to help.
• On the third day of their search, Jin Shan sensed a pack of fifteen Gale Demon Wolves approaching, led by a ten-thousand-year Wolf King and carrying a Purple Spirit Lynx.
• The Purple Spirit Lynx weakened Huo Lei with its ability, but Jin Shan used his Vajra Tiger Clones to defeat the wolf pack and leave the Wolf King and lynx barely alive.
• Huo Lei reassured Lin Yin about his future and asked him to begin searching while Huo Lei approached the Purple Spirit Lynx with a dagger.

Huo Lei found a head Soul Bone in the Purple Spirit Lynx and gave it to Lin Yin, who gained a new skill after absorbing it. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo led Tang San into Death Grand Canyon to search for herbs, where Tang San quickly found a Golden-Topped Jade-Stem Mushroom before suddenly crying out in pain.

• Huo Lei discovered a violet Soul Bone in the Purple Spirit Lynx's head and gave it to Lin Yin as promised.
• Lin Yin absorbed the Soul Bone, gained a level of Soul Power, and acquired the head Soul Bone skill Group Weakness.
• After Huo Lei found nothing among the remaining Gale Demon Wolves, he, Lin Yin, and Jin Shan left the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Dugu Bo brought Tang San to Death Grand Canyon and warned him to stay close and watch for danger.
• Tang San found and collected a Golden-Topped Jade-Stem Mushroom, then suddenly cried out in pain.

After a Nightmare Ant bit Tang San, Dugu Bo explained its potent poison and led him onward into Death Grand Canyon. Back at Blazing Fire Academy, Huo Lei consumed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, awakened Fiery Golden Eyes, and began testing whether they could see through Lin Yin's concealment.

• A ten-year Nightmare Ant bit Tang San, and Dugu Bo explained that its mixed poison caused intense pain before Tang San recovered.
• Dugu Bo and Tang San continued into Death Grand Canyon as Dugu Bo searched for a Soul Bone for his granddaughter.
• Huo Lei returned to Blazing Fire Academy, remembered the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and consumed its droplets before cultivating overnight.
• Huo Lei awoke with golden eyes and discovered that channeling Soul Power into them let him see through objects.
• Huo Lei asked Lin Yin to use his Perfect Unity concealment in a grove, then activated Fiery Golden Eyes to test whether he could find him.

Huo Lei tested his altered fifth Soul Skill and discovered it could control another person’s mind, naming it Mental Control. At Fire Spring Plaza, Huo Zheng arrived with Huo Lie and forcibly took Huo Lei’s cultivation spot.

• Huo Lei used Fiery Golden Eyes to find Lin Yin hiding in a tree and explained that the ability required little Soul Power.
• Huo Lei tested his fifth Soul Skill on Lin Yin, whose thoughts stalled for about two seconds when Huo Lei’s eyes turned golden-red.
• Huo Lei and Lin Yin confirmed the effect and named the mind-controlling Soul Skill Mental Control.
• Huo Lei went to cultivate at Fire Spring Plaza, where Huo Lie brought his uncle Huo Zheng to see the site.
• Huo Zheng told Huo Lie to pursue Huo Wu and use underhanded methods if necessary.
• Huo Zheng grabbed Huo Lei by the shoulder, lifted him, and demanded his spot at Fire Spring.