Recaps

Bibi Dong announced that Spirit Hall would begin the Soul Hunting Operation in one month, targeting those who defied it and moving to reorganize the Seven Great Sects. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Xiao Wu remained separated from her human friends and resolved to avenge her mother while Da Ming and Er Ming asked about her life in the human world.

• Bibi Dong declared that the Soul Hunting Operation would begin in one month, with Spirit Hall’s forces acting under her orders.
• Bibi Dong said she would personally join the operation and vowed to avenge her teacher by confronting the Clear Sky Sect and the Seven Great Sects.
• Five years after returning to the Star Dou Great Forest, Xiao Wu sat beside the lake as Er Ming watched over her.
• Da Ming emerged from the lake and asked Xiao Wu whether she missed the human world; she said she missed her friends and wondered how her brother was doing.
• Er Ming warned Xiao Wu to stay near Star Lake because some humans who had entered the forest had escaped, and Da Ming regretted mentioning Xiao Wu’s mother.
• Xiao Wu said she had found her mother’s killer and would avenge her, then Da Ming and Er Ming asked her to describe her experiences in the human world.

After Spirit Hall’s Soul Hunting Operation destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and crippled the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Huo Feng gathered representatives of four academies at Blazing Fire Academy to discuss protecting themselves. The meeting began with the revelation that Blazing Fire Academy had two powerful Super Douluo allies.

• Xiao Wu laughed at Er Ming and Da Ming, then reminisced about her time with Tang San as the two soul beasts listened.
• News spread that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been wiped out and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had been crippled, and suspicion fell on Spirit Hall.
• Xue Ye summoned Huo Lei and An Jun to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, while Huo Lei sent messages to nearby academies and asked An Jun to recruit Thunderclap Academy’s teachers and students.
• Representatives of Blazing Fire, Godwind, Skywater, Canghui, and Thunderclap academies gathered at Blazing Fire Academy for an emergency meeting.
• Huo Feng identified Spirit Hall’s attack as the Soul Hunting Operation and warned that other groups could be targeted next.
• Huo Feng introduced An Jun, a Level 95 Super Douluo, and Jin Shan, a Level 97 Super Douluo, leaving several academy representatives shocked.

An Jun described Spirit Hall’s devastating attacks on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, warning the deans that their academies could also be targeted. Huo Lei proposed uniting the five academies as a new Four Elements Academy, and revealed that Blazing Fire Academy had a completed campus in Heaven Dou City ready for them to use.

• An Jun reported that Spirit Hall’s attack killed more than two-thirds of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s disciples and gravely injured Bone Douluo Gu Rong and Sword Douluo Chen Xin.
• An Jun said the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been exterminated and looted, and explained that the Heaven Dou Empire lacked the Soul Masters and powerful leaders needed to confront Spirit Hall.
• Shui Wanrou and Feng Yuanhang urged the deans to find a way to protect their academies from Spirit Hall.
• Huo Lei proposed merging the five academies into a new Four Elements Academy.
• Huo Lei told the deans that Blazing Fire Academy had completed a new campus in Heaven Dou City that could house the united academy.

Huo Lei secured the four academies’ agreement to merge with Blazing Fire Academy as Four Elements Academy, with himself serving as dean. After arranging their move to Heaven Dou City, he prepared to travel to Star Dou Great Forest with Huo Feng, Jin Shan, and An Jun to hunt two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts for Soul Rings.

• Huo Lei proposed that the other four academies join Blazing Fire Academy at its new campus in Heaven Dou City and explained how positions would be assigned by strength.
• Huo Lei named Xie Chong and himself as candidates for dean, and Lei En, Feng Yuanhang, Shui Wanrou, and Han Song agreed to the merger.
• The deans approved the name Four Elements Academy, chose Huo Lei as its temporary dean, and accepted his governance and decision-making arrangements.
• Huo Lei instructed the representatives to prepare their academies for relocation to the new campus beside Shrek Academy.
• Huo Lei told Jin Shan and An Jun that he and Huo Feng planned to hunt the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python for their eighth and ninth Soul Rings.

Huo Lei prepared his companions for a hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest and passed Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances to Lin Yin. After inspecting Tang San’s storage treasures, Huo Lei went to sleep uneasy about the dangers awaiting their group.

• An Jun agreed to join Huo Lei and Jin Shan in hunting the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, and Huo Lei said their group of five would leave the next morning.
• Jin Shan offered Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances, but both he and An Jun declined to absorb the poison-based external Soul Bone.
• Huo Lei gave the Eight Spider Lances to Lin Yin, who gladly accepted it, and urged him to master its abilities soon.
• Huo Lei searched the Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moonlit Night, found Tang San’s hidden weapons and a Gold Soul Card holding 4,995,500 Gold Soul Coins, and moved several weapons into his Storage Ring.
• Huo Lei prepared for the Star Dou Great Forest expedition, worried that Spirit Hall’s search teams could expose their identities or cause casualties, then went to sleep.

Huo Lei and his companions traveled into the Star Dou Great Forest, hoping to find Xiao Wu and the powerful Soul Beasts connected to her. After spotting Spirit Hall’s search party, Huo Lei hid the group with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and prepared to follow them.

• Huo Feng, Huo Lei, Jin Shan, An Jun, and Lin Yin left Blazing Fire Academy with pink strawberries from Yunxiang and rode south for three days.
• The five entered the Star Dou Great Forest and traveled deeper until they reached the boundary between the Thousand-Year and Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast areas.
• Huo Lei worried that Spirit Hall’s search party might already be ahead of them, while considering the Soul Rings he hoped to obtain from Xiao Wu and the great Soul Beasts.
• Jin Shan took the first watch, but soon detected a group approaching from the south and told everyone to pack up.
• Huo Lei used his Fiery Golden Eyes to identify Yue Guan, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, Ghost Douluo, and twenty other Spirit Hall members.
• Huo Lei concealed himself and his four companions with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and told them they would follow Spirit Hall’s search party.

Huo Lei and his four companions secretly followed the Spirit Hall party through the Star Dou Great Forest, hoping to learn its purpose and find a chance to strike. After a night’s rest and a grueling pursuit, they continued tailing the group toward the forest’s core region.

• Huo Lei proposed observing the Spirit Hall party before attacking, and Huo Feng, An Jun, and Jin Shan agreed.
• Huo Lei used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to spy on the Spirit Hall party as they made camp and rested for the night.
• The next morning, Huo Lei and his companions followed the twenty-five Spirit Hall members as they hurried into the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ghost Douluo’s speed forced Huo Lei to push the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud hard, while the presence of two Titled Douluo kept nearby Soul Beasts from attacking the party.
• After four hours, the Spirit Hall party stopped to rest, and Jin Shan told Huo Lei they were likely nearing the Titan Giant Python and the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• When Ghost Douluo stood and the Spirit Hall party prepared to move on, Huo Lei and his companions rose to follow.

Huo Lei followed the Spirit Hall group into the Star Dou Great Forest, where they found Xiao Wu beside the Titan Giant Ape at a lakeside. As Xiao Wu challenged the Spirit Hall experts, Huo Lei prepared to let them strike first so he could claim her as his Eighth Soul Ring.

• Huo Lei and his companions followed Ghost Douluo and the Spirit Hall group deeper into the forest, noticing the Soul Beasts had disappeared.
• Huo Lei recognized Xiao Wu’s voice, and his companions realized Spirit Hall had come to capture her; he warned them not to kill her because he wanted her as his Eighth Soul Ring.
• Huo Lei halted about a hundred meters behind Spirit Hall and told his group to wait until he put away the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud before attacking.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo led the Spirit Hall experts toward Xiao Wu, while the twenty men in black formed a circle around the Golden Generation and released their Martial Souls.
• The groups reached a lakeside clearing, where Xiao Wu stood on the Titan Giant Ape’s shoulder and challenged the Spirit Hall experts to settle matters that day.
• The Titan Giant Ape’s eyes blazed, and its powerful presence sent ripples across the lake.

Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo attacked the Titan Giant Ape to capture Xiao Wu, but Er Ming’s Gravity Control Domain overwhelmed Ghost Douluo and forced Chrysanthemum Douluo to abandon his plan. As Chrysanthemum Douluo evaded a threat from beneath the lake, an enormous bull’s head emerged from the water.

• Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo released their Martial Souls and charged across the lake toward Xiao Wu while the Titan Giant Ape confronted them.
• Er Ming sent Xiao Wu behind it, then used its Gravity Control Domain to trap Ghost Douluo and alter gravity around him.
• Er Ming struck Ghost Douluo with a powerful punch, blasting him back toward the Spirit Hall experts on shore.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo abandoned his attack on Xiao Wu and used his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to propel himself upward from a danger below.
• A giant bull’s head burst from the lake, and Chrysanthemum Douluo’s Martial Soul Avatar rebounded from its strike.

The Sky Azure Bull Python joined the Titan Giant Ape to protect Xiao Wu, but Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo trapped both beasts with their Two Extremes Stillness Domain. Huo Lei seized the opening and assigned his allies their targets as Spirit Hall prepared to capture Xiao Wu and escape.

• The Sky Azure Bull Python emerged from the lake, activated its Slow Domain, and ordered the Titan Giant Ape to kill the Spirit Hall group.
• Huo Lei recognized the two beasts’ strength and worried that his small group would struggle to defeat them.
• The Titan Giant Ape leaped at Spirit Hall while Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo joined their powers to use the Two Extremes Stillness Domain, freezing the beasts and the Sky Azure Bull Python’s attack.
• Huo Lei ordered his teacher to strike the Titan Giant Ape, his father to absorb its Soul Ring, An Jun and Lin Yin to attack Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, and himself to handle the others and Xiao Wu.
• Ghost Douluo warned that the domain would hold only briefly and urged his allies to seize Xiao Wu and flee.