Recaps

Xuan Jian tried to kill Yu Xiaogang, but Bibi Dong intervened and forced a standoff. She let Xuan Jian leave, and he realized she would never return his feelings before severing their teacher-disciple bond.

• Xuan Jian ordered Gui Mei to kill the other prisoners and moved to execute Yu Xiaogang himself.
• Bibi Dong arrived and attacked Xuan Jian, but Gui Mei carried him out of the collapsing underground prison.
• Gui Mei warned Bibi Dong that killing Xuan Jian would turn Spirit Hall against her, while Xuan Jian threatened Yu Xiaogang to keep them both safe.
• Yu Xiaogang pleaded for Bibi Dong to save him, and she dismissed her Martial Soul Possession and agreed to spare Xuan Jian and Gui Mei.
• Xuan Jian asked why Bibi Dong preferred Yu Xiaogang, then left after she refused to answer and told him to go.

Bibi Dong arranged for Yu Luomian to target Xuan Jian during the Heaven Dou Empire's Promotion Tournament, while Lin Yuan watched and continued cultivating. Two months later, Xuan Gu introduced Ye Feng as his new helper, and Lin Yuan recognized that Xuan Gu had placed him under control.

• Xuan Jian left Spirit City with Yu Xiaogang, and Bibi Dong ordered the Warden to treat Yu Xiaogang and ban him from the city.
• Bibi Dong secretly tasked Yun Yun with contacting Yu Luomian and arranging to blame the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect for Xuan Jian's death.
• Lin Yuan overheard Bibi Dong's plan, then spent two months cultivating and strengthening his techniques while remaining at Soul Emperor rank sixty-three.
• Xuan Gu brought Ye Feng to meet Lin Yuan and said Ye Feng had created a powerful Thunder-Attribute Cultivation Technique.
• Lin Yuan recognized the eerie green energy controlling Ye Feng, who explained that Xuan Gu had threatened his clan and forced him to obey.

Xuan Gu explained that Xuan Jian was using Zhang Qing as bait and recruited Ye Feng and Lin Yuan to help him deal with the threat. He revealed two powerful corpse puppets, but Lin Yuan remained confident because his Evil-Exorcising Divine Thunder could counter them.

• Ye Feng told Xuan Gu that Lin Yuan had nearly killed him during their previous encounter, and admitted Lin Yuan still made him feel endangered.
• Xuan Gu said Xuan Jian was using Zhang Qing as bait and that Zhang Qing might become a god, leaving them no choice but to confront the scheme together.
• Lin Yuan demanded Xuan Gu's plan, and Xuan Gu proposed attacking Canghui Academy when it was alone during the Qualifying Tournament.
• Xuan Gu revealed two corpse puppets resembling Shi Nian and concealed six black soul rings, including a ninety-thousand-year sixth ring, while having advanced to rank sixty-six.
• Lin Yuan recognized the puppets as powerful Titled Douluo-level opponents but remained unafraid because his Evil-Exorcising Divine Thunder could counter them.

Xuan Jian confronted Qian Renxue after breaking with Bibi Dong and warned that a mysterious Transmigrator was plotting against Spirit Hall. Qian Renxue recognized the threat as Gu Yuan and demanded to hear how he had outmaneuvered Xuan Jian.

• Xuan Gu proposed that he and Lin Yuan work together against Shi Nian while Ye Feng used Earth Escape to attack Zhang Qing, and they agreed to the plan.
• Xuan Jian entered the Crown Prince's Residence and told Qian Renxue he had broken with Bibi Dong, then condemned both women and called Qian Renxue unworthy of his loyalty.
• Qian Renxue ordered Snake Lance and Ci Xue to kill Xuan Jian, but they hesitated and suggested seeking the Great Enshrined's instructions.
• Xuan Jian warned Qian Renxue that the person who had taken the External Soul Bone and the Hundred Thousand Year Transformed Soul Beast was plotting to topple Spirit Hall and knew her identity.
• Qian Renxue, Snake Lance, and Pufferfish realized Gu Yuan was the person who knew Qian Renxue's identity, and she demanded that Xuan Jian explain how he had been plotted against.

Xuan Jian told Qian Renxue how a mysterious impostor had framed him and turned Bibi Dong against him. Qian Renxue suspected that Gu Yuan was the same mysterious man and insisted on joining Xuan Jian’s hunt, while Xuan Jian warned her not to fall for him.

• Xuan Jian recounted how the mysterious man impersonated him, had Yu Xiaogang imprisoned, and caused Bibi Dong to attack him.
• Snake Lance and Pufferfish were alarmed by the scheme, while Qian Renxue asked whether the man could hide his cultivation and aura.
• Xuan Jian said the man had evaded his senses, leading Qian Renxue to suspect that Gu Yuan was the mysterious man who had defeated him and stolen the external soul bone and transformed soul beast.
• Qian Renxue offered to help Xuan Jian with Snake Lance and Pufferfish, but insisted on going with them herself.
• Xuan Jian suspected Qian Renxue wanted to challenge Gu Yuan alone and warned her not to fall for him if she lost.

Qian Renxue dismissed Xuan Jian’s warnings and prepared to kill the mysterious person she suspected was Gu Yuan, while Xuan Jian laid a trap at the Promotion Tournament. Lin Yuan, Xuan Gu, and Ye Feng struck first, beginning an ambush against the Canghui Academy party and Spirit Hall’s hidden forces.

• Qian Renxue rejected Xuan Jian’s concerns, ordered Snake Lance to have her double impersonate Xue Qinghe, and vowed to eliminate the mysterious man herself.
• The Heaven Dou Empire’s Promotion Tournament opened, and Xuan Jian arranged for Zhang Qing to bait Lin Yuan while Shi Nian and the Chrysanthemum Ghost pair waited to attack.
• Lin Yuan, Xuan Gu, and Ye Feng traveled underground with Earth Escape Talismans and chose a grove near the Canghui Academy party as their attack site.
• Xuan Gu told Ye Feng to kill Zhang Qing while he engaged the Chrysanthemum Ghost pair, and Lin Yuan gave him the false name Han Li.
• Xuan Gu summoned Corpse Puppets made from Tang Bai and Tang Shuang and sent them lunging at the Chrysanthemum Ghost pair.

Two Corpse Puppets attacked Chrysanthemum Pass and Gui Mei while Zhang Qing’s group fled toward the Heaven Dou Royal Hunting Ground. Lin Yuan warned Xuan Gu that the Spirit Hall Douluos could use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, delaying their pursuit and leaving Ye Feng wary of both Xuan Gu and the mysterious transmigrator.

• Two Corpse Puppets emerged from vortex portals and clashed with Chrysanthemum Pass and Gui Mei, whose cultivation had reached level 96.
• Gui Mei warned Chrysanthemum Pass to avoid close combat and told Shi Nian to target Ye Feng if he appeared.
• Zhang Qing fired a signal flare for Shi Nian, received no response, and led Canghui Academy toward the Heaven Dou Royal Hunting Ground.
• Xuan Gu ordered Ye Feng to act, but Lin Yuan warned that Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo’s Two Extremes Still Domain could immobilize even a level 98 Peak Douluo.
• Xuan Gu agreed to use the Corpse Puppets to draw Chrysanthemum Douluo away before making a move, while Ye Feng considered the danger posed by Xuan Gu and the mysterious transmigrator.

As Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo battled two corpse puppets, Shui Bing'er recognized the danger and kept Skywater Academy out of the conflict. Xuan Gu ordered Ye Feng to attack Zhang Qing, but a golden streak killed Zhang Qing before Ye Feng could act.

• Shui Bing'er recognized Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo and advised Skywater Academy to stay away from the battle.
• Shui Bing'er led her academy behind a large rock, and the other Four Elements academies followed suit.
• Yu Luomian took Yu Tianxin toward the Royal Hunting Ground while the Thunder Academy principal stayed with the students.
• Xuan Gu ordered Ye Feng to attack Zhang Qing as the fleeing Canghui Academy group ran ahead.
• A golden streak struck Zhang Qing and turned him into a mist of blood before Ye Feng could move.

Lin Yuan escaped Shi Nian’s illusion by relying on his Autumn-Gazing Eyes and confronted Xuan Gu, who unleashed a host of corpse puppets against him. After using a Soul-Descending Talisman and the Evil-Exorcising Divine Thunder to defeat the attackers, Lin Yuan pursued Xuan Gu underground.

• Lin Yuan collected Zhang Qing’s dropped soul bones and tools, then was trapped in Shi Nian’s purple illusion mist.
• Lin Yuan recognized Xuan Gu behind Shi Nian’s false claim and taunted him about fearing the Evil-Exorcising Divine Thunder.
• Xuan Gu summoned hundreds of corpse puppets, including a ninety-thousand-year Soul-Eating Spider Emperor, Yu Tianlong, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect’s eighth elder.
• Lin Yuan used the Soul-Descending Talisman to transform into a half-dragon Soul Douluo and unleashed golden lightning bamboo, destroying the corpse puppets and dispelling Shi Nian’s mist.
• Lin Yuan struck Shi Nian with his spear and trapped the Soul-Eating Spider Emperor in a thundercloud, then used an Earth Escape Talisman to pursue Xuan Gu underground.

Lin Yuan discovered that Xuan Gu had escaped by possessing Ye Feng and pursued him toward the Heaven Dou Royal Hunting Ground. Meanwhile, Chrysanthemum Pass and Gui Mei learned what had happened and headed after Lin Yuan, while the Four Elements Academy decided to withdraw from the Soul Master Tournament.

• Lin Yuan killed the fleeing fake Xuan Gu, identified him as Ye Feng transformed by the Possession Great Art, and collected the Soul Bone and System Crystal Ball he dropped.
• Lin Yuan used Autumn-Gazing Eyes to locate the real Xuan Gu and saw that eight External Soul Bones and his escape techniques made him exceptionally fast.
• Chrysanthemum Pass and Gui Mei questioned Shui Bing'er, who described Lin Yuan's fight against Zhang Qing, Shi Nian, and the Soul-Eating Spider Emperor.
• Shui Bing'er urged the Four Elements Academy Deans to withdraw from the Soul Master Tournament, and they agreed.
• Lin Yuan pursued Xuan Gu toward the Heaven Dou Royal Hunting Ground, and Xuan Gu warned that continuing would let Xuan Jian reap the benefits.

Lin Yuan pursued Xuan Gu to the surface, where Xuan Gu revealed a powerful Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords external incarnation and clashed with Lin Yuan’s Golden Lightning Evil-Breaking Spear. Xuan Gu then sacrificed two corpse puppets to detonate themselves inside Lin Yuan’s Golden Lightning Bamboo forest, alerting the nearby Heaven Dou Royal Hunting Ground.

• Xuan Gu realized Lin Yuan had seen through his schemes and was pursuing him to claim the crystal balls left by Zhang Qing and Ye Feng.
• Xuan Gu surfaced and summoned two Clear Sky Sect elder corpse puppets to guard him as Lin Yuan followed.
• Lin Yuan hurled his Golden Lightning Evil-Breaking Spear at Xuan Gu, who blocked it with an external incarnation wielding thirty-six Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords.
• Lin Yuan summoned a forest of Golden Lightning Bamboo to stop the flying swords, and Xuan Gu sent the two corpse puppets charging into it.
• The two corpse puppets detonated themselves, raising enormous green-flame mushroom clouds that put the nearby Heaven Dou Royal Hunting Ground on alert.

Xuan Jian and Qian Renxue reacted to a massive battle near the Heaven Dou Royal Hunting Ground, while Lin Yuan fought Xuan Gu amid the destruction. The chapter ended with Lin Yuan trapping Xuan Gu and his external incarnation inside a cage of lightning-wreathed bamboo.

• Qian Renxue flew toward the explosion with Snake Lance and Pufferfish, while Xuan Jian chose to seek Salas's protection and met Yu Luomian on the way to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy deputy team's camp.
• A hooded woman watched Xuan Jian and Yu Luomian from the forest before disappearing into the shadows.
• Ning Fengzhi rejected Gu Rong's suggestion to kill the unguarded Xuan Jian and sent Qian Renxue's stand-in toward Xue Ye's quarters for protection.
• Lin Yuan escaped the blasts of Xuan Gu's Titled Douluo-level Corpse Puppets, but his Golden Lightning Bamboo forest regenerated with more Evil-Exorcising Divine Thunder.
• Xuan Gu suspected Lin Yuan had absorbed Tang San's mother's Soul Ring, and Lin Yuan answered by enclosing Xuan Gu and his external incarnation in a massive cage of lightning-wreathed bamboo.

Lin Yuan pursued Xuan Gu, who exhausted his escape methods and burned his blood essence to flee, but Qian Renxue and her guards intercepted Lin Yuan. Qian Renxue recognized him as Gu Yuan and trapped him in her Angel Domain.

• Xuan Gu used the External Soul Bone on his chest to escape underground, but Lin Yuan caught up and cracked it with his Golden Lightning Evil-Breaking Spear.
• Xuan Gu unleashed Yin Demon Slash, and Lin Yuan evaded it with his Swift Thunder Twin Wings while Xuan Gu fled several li away.
• Xuan Gu tried to bargain with Lin Yuan, offering to teach him the complete revised Profound Yin Art, but Lin Yuan continued the pursuit.
• Xuan Gu burned a drop of his blood essence to perform Demonic Blood Escape and raced more than ten li away.
• Qian Renxue arrived with Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo, blocked Lin Yuan, and spread her Angel Domain over him.
• Qian Renxue called Lin Yuan Gu Yuan and said she knew his true identity as he entered her Angel Domain.

Lin Yuan defeated Qian Renxue, took her Storage Soul Tool belt, and resumed his pursuit of Xuan Gu, but Xuan Gu escaped after burning his essence blood three times. Lin Yuan hid in a cave to assess his gains while Xuan Jian learned that Yunlan Douluo had sent Yu Luomian to him on Bibi Dong’s orders.

• Lin Yuan struck Qian Renxue, took her Storage Soul Tool belt, and continued after Xuan Gu as she fell and grabbed his mask.
• Qian Renxue recovered, ended her part in the infiltration plan, and headed for Spirit City; Snake Lance escorted her while Pufferfish went to protect Xuan Jian.
• Lin Yuan lost Xuan Gu’s trail after the latter burned his essence blood three times, then carved out a cave abode near the Heaven Dou Royal Hunting Ground.
• Yu Luomian visited Xuan Jian and told him that Yunlan Douluo had sent him on Bibi Dong’s orders.
• Xuan Jian recalled that Yunlan Douluo was Yun Yun, a transmigrator who had risen to Titled Douluo and gained a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Bibi Dong confronted Xuan Jian and explained why she had decided he deserved to die. As she held him captive, Xuan Jian revealed his past-life origins and accused her of blaming Spirit Hall for the consequences of her own choices.

• Xuan Jian dismissed Yu Luomian with promises of a future Titled Douluo advancement and an immortal herb, while concealing the discord within Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong appeared behind Xuan Jian, stopped his swords with a purple-black energy wall, and seized him by the throat.
• Bibi Dong accused Xuan Jian of humiliating and tormenting Yu Xiaogang and threatening to kill him, declaring that Xuan Jian deserved to die.
• Xuan Jian revealed that he had been an orphan in another world and had sworn to protect Bibi Dong after she saved him from starvation.
• Xuan Jian blamed Bibi Dong for knowingly exposing Spirit Hall's secrets for Yu Xiaogang and for holding Spirit Hall responsible after Qian Xunji forced himself on her.

Bibi Dong killed Xuan Jian after he condemned her resentment toward Spirit Hall and her treatment of Yu Xiaogang. Lin Yuan watched through the Spiritual Network and worried that Qian Renxue had returned to Spirit Hall to begin her divine trials.

• Bibi Dong argued that Spirit Hall had raised her as a weapon and blamed Qian Xunji and Spirit Hall for her suffering.
• Xuan Jian accused Bibi Dong of selfishly taking from others and directing her hatred at ordinary Spirit Hall members.
• Bibi Dong snapped Xuan Jian's neck, and he died after telling her he would be waiting below.
• Lin Yuan watched Xuan Jian's death through the weeds in the camp and reflected that Bibi Dong's obsession had led to it.
• Lin Yuan sensed Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo near the deputy team's camp but could not find Qian Renxue.
• Lin Yuan feared Qian Renxue might have returned to Spirit Hall to inherit the Angel God position and resolved not to assume she loved him.

Bibi Dong killed Xuan Jian, took his Soul Bones, and secretly gave them to Yu Luomian, who began absorbing them without suspecting a trap. Chrysanthemum Pass and Gui Mei discovered Xuan Jian’s mutilated corpse and started investigating, while Oscar revealed that Yu Luomian had visited the camp.

• Bibi Dong removed Xuan Jian’s Head Soul Bone and Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, then planted them in Yu Luomian’s tent as a reward from the Pope.
• Yu Luomian eagerly began absorbing the Soul Bones, while Lin Yuan recognized that Bibi Dong was setting him up to take the blame for Xuan Jian’s death.
• Pufferfish Douluo told Chrysanthemum Pass and Gui Mei that the Young Master had gone after a Titled Douluo and that he had returned to the camp after encountering Xuan Jian’s attacker.
• Chrysanthemum Pass, Gui Mei, and Pufferfish entered Xuan Jian’s tent and found his headless, mutilated corpse, prompting Chrysanthemum Pass to erupt in grief and fury.
• Gui Mei examined the body and questioned the deputy team; Oscar said Yu Luomian was the only visitor that day.

After Xuan Jian was found murdered, Spirit Hall’s elders threatened Heaven Dou’s leaders and blamed Yu Luomian. They found him absorbing Xuan Jian’s Soul Bones at the Thunder Academy Camp, and Chrysanthemum Douluo attacked him.

• Oscar told Gui Mei that Yu Luomian had once protected Yu Tianlong and that he had seen Yu Luomian lurking nearby in a black robe.
• Chrysanthemum Pass accused Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Heaven Dou’s leaders of killing Xuan Jian, while Spirit Hall’s forces threatened to massacre them.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi agreed to blame Yu Luomian and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect to avoid a clash with Spirit Hall.
• Gui Mei, Chrysanthemum Pass, Pufferfish, and the others reached the Thunder Academy Camp and found Yu Luomian absorbing two Soul Bones taken from Xuan Jian.
• Chrysanthemum Pass recognized Xuan Jian’s Soul Bones, unleashed his ninth Soul Skill, and attacked Yu Luomian.