Recaps

Dai Mubai arrived at Shrek Academy and impressed Lu Qibin and Ma Hongjun with his level twenty-six Soul Power, earning a chance to enroll. He followed Ma Hongjun through the academy and met Jodio Joestar, who returned to give him an entrance test.

• Dai Mubai questioned Shrek Academy’s shabby appearance and learned that applicants had to meet strict age and Soul Power requirements.
• Dai Mubai paid the registration fee and revealed that he was twelve years old with level twenty-six Soul Power, so Lu Qibin agreed to test him.
• Dai Mubai summoned his White Tiger Martial Soul, and Ma Hongjun teased him before saying that Jodio would likely give him the entrance test.
• Ma Hongjun showed Dai Mubai the academy’s flower field and explained that only three students currently attended Shrek Academy.
• Jodio Joestar descended into the flower field and introduced himself to Dai Mubai.

Jodio Joestar revealed that his Gold Experience had transformed the flower field into Ruins Street and set a ten-minute trial for Dai Mubai. Their fight began with Jodio’s Stands defending against Dai Mubai’s attacks, and Dai Mubai prepared to retaliate in anger.

• Jodio explained that his Gold Experience had created the sea of flowers, then caused the blooms to wither into bricks and ruins.
• Jodio set a ten-minute trial, and Dai Mubai introduced himself before taking a fighting stance.
• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Vajra Barrier and White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, but Silver Chariot deflected the attack.
• Jodio switched to Stone Free and struck Dai Mubai, who retreated and tried to counter with kicks.
• Jodio taunted Dai Mubai, who became furious and decided to attack without holding back.

Jodio battered Dai Mubai and accused him of failing to keep his fighting spirit, place in society, and loved ones. The chapter left Dai Mubai struggling to stand and demanding that Jodio stop judging him without knowing what he had endured.

• Jodio called Dai Mubai a failure for losing his will to fight, leaving his group, and abandoning his fiancée, then punched him into the rubble.
• Jodio continued attacking Dai Mubai, who rose repeatedly but was overwhelmed by Stone Free’s speed and strength.
• In a separate scene, Jodio teased Huo Yuhao about wedding gifts, offered to teach his future child jokes, and praised him for protecting Xiao Dong from Tang.
• Jodio joked about becoming Huo Yuhao’s new father-in-law, prompting an enraged shout from the sky before he galloped toward the Star Dou Great Forest with Huo Yuhao.
• Back in the fight, Jodio waited for Dai Mubai to stand on his own, and Dai Mubai rose shakily and roared that Jodio could not judge him without knowing what he had suffered.

Jodio used King Crimson’s time abilities to keep Tang San from reaching Huo Yuhao and the others while they assembled their defense matrix. He revealed a new combination of temporal powers, but Tang San introduced an object with its own temporal aura before the battle’s outcome was settled.

• Jodio told Dai Mubai he understood what it was like to face a vastly stronger opponent, then recalled fleeing Tang San to buy Huo Yuhao and the others time.
• Jodio used Epitaph, Time Erasure, Time-Anchored Erasure, and Time Stop to evade Tang San’s attacks and delay his pursuit.
• Jodio unleashed stored attacks across a three-kilometer area, explaining that Time Frame Extraction and Time-Anchored Erasure could block Tang San’s attacks and movements.
• Jodio launched a Continuous Time Strike, but Tang San revealed an object carrying temporal power, leaving Jodio shocked.

Jodio tested Dai Mubai in a brutal fight and accepted him as a student after Dai refused to give up. Dai woke after being healed and Oscar invited him to dinner and a social activity.

• Tang San struck Jodio despite his attempt to stop time, but Jodio recovered and challenged Dai Mubai to keep fighting.
• Jodio praised Ma Hongjun’s perseverance and demanded that Dai Mubai show what he believed in.
• Dai Mubai identified Jodio’s known abilities, unleashed his White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, and refused to accept defeat.
• Jodio used Fang.1 to wound Dai Mubai, then tested his resolve by holding Silver Chariot’s sword near his eyes; Dai stood firm and passed.
• Jodio asked Flender to take Dai in, and Flender arranged for Ma Hongjun to get Teacher Shao Xin to heal him.
• Dai woke healed, and Oscar offered him dinner before inviting him to a social activity.

After recovering from his beating by Jodio, Dai Mubai joined Oscar on a nighttime trip to Suotuo City and learned about Oscar’s strength and Jodio’s Passione. Oscar explained that the organization maintained order and earned the city’s support, leaving Dai Mubai curious about the power and influence surrounding Jodio.

• Dai Mubai discovered that his injuries had healed and ate dinner while talking with Oscar, who introduced himself as Jodio’s top underling.
• Oscar described Jodio’s rapid growth and explained that his own level-twenty-eight food-type Martial Soul and Stand came from intense mental training.
• Oscar led Dai Mubai into Suotuo City, where guards and residents greeted him warmly.
• Oscar explained that Passione did not charge protection money, earned most of its funds through legitimate businesses, and controlled the city’s order.

Jodio continued building Passione while running JoJo's Gospel, a popular healing clinic in Suotuo City. He challenged Dai Mubai to define himself and find a purpose, leaving their friendship conditional on Dai changing.

• Jodio left Oscar in charge of a patient's treatment at JoJo's Gospel and took Dai Mubai to meet him at a barbecue restaurant.
• Ma Hongjun and a Passione member described their goals to Dai Mubai when Jodio asked them what they were.
• Jodio demonstrated precise Soul Power control by spinning a teacup in his palm without spilling its tea.
• Jodio told Dai Mubai that he had become a failure who lacked determination and was not yet worthy of Jodio's friendship.
• Jodio urged Dai Mubai to find a purpose and asked him to stop using Jodio's name in public until he did.

Jodio helped Dai Mubai find a resolve to protect his loved ones, then negotiated with Tong Bei for an illustrated Spirit Bone guide. Tong Bei demanded fifteen hundred Gold Soul Coins in exchange for the book and his silence, leaving the deal unsettled.

• Jodio told Dai Mubai that resolve could bring happiness and asked what he was willing to pursue.
• Dai Mubai declared that he wanted his family, wife, friends, and brothers freed from hardship and asked Jodio to guide him.
• Jodio warned Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun that a guest was coming, and the two hid behind a curtain.
• Tong Bei arrived and offered Jodio the Spirit Bone Compendium, claiming to be a merchant from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Jodio offered nine hundred Gold Soul Coins, but Tong Bei insisted that fifteen hundred would also buy his silence.

After selling Jodio a book, Tong Bei left with fifteen hundred gold coins, unaware that Jodio had ordered his organization to track him down and kill him. As a storm drove Tong Bei to flee Suotuo City, he realized Jodio controlled half the city and feared the danger gathering around him.

• Jodio paid Tong Bei fifteen hundred gold coins for a book, then ordered Ma Hongjun to find Tong Bei and clear the area around his hotel.
• Jodio explained to Dai Mubai that his strength let him act according to his own boundaries, and said protecting the future Pincer Attack justified eliminating threats.
• Jodio led Ma Hongjun and the others into the rain, declaring that Tong Bei would die after the storm passed.
• Tong Bei packed to leave Suotuo City when the storm made him uneasy, then remembered that half the city belonged to Jodio.
• Tong Bei spotted unfriendly people watching his carriage and prepared to see what Jodio could do.

Jodio pursued Tong Bei through the rainy streets and defeated the level forty-three Soul Ancestor with his Stand abilities. As the rain dwindled, Jodio left Tong Bei beaten and declared that he would die after the rain stopped.

• Passione's kill order sent shopkeepers closing for the night, while Ma Hongjun drove Tong Bei away in a carriage.
• A Flower Snake spooked Tong Bei's horse and overturned the carriage, but Tong Bei used his fourth Spirit Skill to take flight.
• Jodio caught Tong Bei with a thread-attached punch, then deflected his blades and attacked with Fang One and Gold Experience.
• Tong Bei mistook Jodio's apparent exhaustion for an opening, but his claws passed through Jodio and he found himself facing another Tong Bei.
• Stone Free battered Tong Bei with a barrage of punches, and Jodio announced, "After the rain stops, you will die."

Jodio killed Tong Bei and explained his ruthless view of strength, justice, and friendship to a shaken Dai Mubai. He left Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun with a promise of protection and a challenge to become strong.

• Jodio shot Tong Bei in the brain after Tong Bei twitched, then ordered Passione officers to handle the body, coins, and damaged carriage.
• Jodio promised the coachman that Passione would pay for the damage and said he would visit the employer to thank him.
• On the way to the city, Jodio advised Ma Hongjun on his future Spirit Skills and promised to solve his Martial Soul problem by level 40.
• Dai Mubai questioned why Jodio had killed Tong Bei, and Jodio said Dai Mubai was trying to ease his conscience and had ignored his friend's decision.
• Jodio told Dai Mubai that strength and resolve mattered more than labels of good and evil, and promised to protect his friends as they pursued their own choices.

Jodio reflected on Dai Mubai’s fear and arranged for Oscar and Ma Hongjun to push him toward confronting his past. In a dream, a mysterious voice challenged Jodio to move forward, and he woke feeling he had dreamed of something wonderful.

• Jodio told Flender that he had killed a Soul Ancestor after a dispute over a Spirit Bone catalog.
• Jodio judged Dai Mubai to be a coward and told Ma Hongjun and Oscar to take him drinking and carousing while they continued their training.
• Jodio spent the night training his Soul Power and resting before dreaming in an endless white expanse.
• A mysterious voice told Jodio that time was a branching Möbius Strip and asked whether he had the courage to move forward.
• Jodio answered that he did, then woke at dawn and began putting away his bedding.

Jodio described his demanding routine at Shrek Academy and Passione, then pressed his organization to find information about Saints and the mysterious bone. He defined Saints as people whose deaths brought at least two miracles and challenged Banana to find one, promising him an extraordinary future.

• Jodio followed a daily schedule of academy lessons, training, clinic work, and Passione affairs while his search for the bone stalled.
• A subordinate reported that Passione had found no substantial records about Saints or the bone despite searching books and Spirit Hall archives.
• Jodio reassured the subordinate, renewed the search, and offered a favor to anyone who provided plausible information.
• Jodio told Banana that Saints were protected by miracles and manifested at least two miracles after death.
• Jodio challenged Banana to find a Saint and promised him a future beyond his imagination.

Dai Mubai struggled to understand why Jodio had sent Ma Hongjun away and left him in the Pleasure District, then confronted wrongdoing on the streets while searching for answers. After overhearing why a gambling addict was being punished, he understood what Jodio had meant and headed purposefully to the barbecue shop.

• Dai Mubai heard the courtesans praise DIO for improving their lives and protecting them, then left to demand an explanation from Jodio.
• Dai Mubai intervened when Xianggesi and Kaidu fought, learned Kaidu had assaulted a restaurant owner after refusing to pay, and attacked Kaidu when he dodged the question.
• Dai Mubai reflected on his confusion and searched for an answer of his own as he made his way toward Jodio.
• Dai Mubai overheard two men explain that they had beaten a gambling addict who stole his wife's money, and he realized what Jodio had meant.
• Dai Mubai set off toward the barbecue shop where Jodio usually was.

Jodio introduced Oscar and Ma Hongjun to the Spin Technique, explaining how Golden Spin Power could let a support-type Soul Master fight and protect himself. He offered to teach Oscar, though he admitted he had only begun to understand the technique, and then asked Dai Mubai why he had come.

• Jodio demonstrated a spinning Steel Ball for Oscar and explained that the technique could reproduce some of the effects of his Spirit Skill, Fang.
• Jodio described Golden Spin Power and showed how spinning the Steel Ball could numb Ma Hongjun's hand before the pain returned.
• Oscar eagerly asked Jodio to teach him the Spin, and Ma Hongjun also asked to learn.
• Jodio said the technique could help support-type Soul Masters defend themselves, but warned that it would eventually be surpassed by Soul Tools.
• Oscar suggested founding a sect around the technique, and Jodio replied that they could do so if they accepted it would not remain supreme.
• Jodio asked Dai Mubai what had brought him to the restaurant.

Dai Mubai asked Jodio to help him choose a path to strength, and after rejecting several options, decided he wanted to become an emperor. Jodio welcomed his choice and urged him to write to his girlfriend, while privately considering how to persuade Ning Rongrong and others.

• Dai Mubai told Jodio he understood his lesson about strength and asked which path suited him.
• Jodio described several paths, including the Evil Lord, Desire for Life, Divine Witness, Nation Reverence, Resolve, Good News, Wealth Clarity, Self, Sage King, and Martial Combat Ways, but Dai Mubai rejected them as insufficient.
• Dai Mubai realized he wanted to become an emperor and asked Jodio to teach him.
• Jodio laughed and told everyone to order more food, then wondered about Ning Rongrong and his plans to persuade her and another woman.
• Jodio advised Dai Mubai to write to his girlfriend and said an emperor needed a good empress.

Three years later, Jodio returned from Spirit Hunting with a new Spirit Skill that might repair Ma Hongjun’s Martial Soul, and he taught Oscar the first lesson: “Seek Within.” After sensing that the Divine Realm had been cut off, Jodio prepared for his coming confrontation with Tang the God King as academy applicants gathered.

• Dai Mubai and Oscar fought in the flower field, but Oscar’s spinning steel balls struck Dai Mubai with powerful blows.
• Jodio arrived and said his new Spirit Skill might solve Ma Hongjun’s Martial Soul problem, with two backup plans if it failed.
• Ma Hongjun described his third Spirit Skill, Phoenix Nebula Split, and argued with Dai Mubai over its name.
• Jodio taught Oscar “Lesson 1: Seek Within,” prompting Ma Hongjun to joke about finding a girlfriend.
• Jodio sensed the Divine Realm had been cut off and welcomed the coming battle with Tang the God King as applicants gathered outside the academy.

Jodio guided Ma Hongjun toward a final attempt to repair his Martial Soul while Flender assigned the other academy staff their tasks. The teachers gathered in a hut to hear Jodio explain his plan, and the chapter ended before he revealed it.

• Flender assigned Dai Mubai to buy bedding, Oscar to prepare meals, and Ma Hongjun to accompany Jodio for a Martial Soul repair attempt.
• Jodio and Ma Hongjun headed to a hut, where Jodio joked about the chance of new students and worried about his changing hairstyles.
• Zhao Wuji and Teacher Shao Xin waited in the hut, and Flender joined them.
• Flender asked Jodio to explain his plan so the teachers could assess its chances of success.

Jodio explained his theory that a balance of Soul Power bloodline, Martial Soul quality, and mental power shaped Martial Soul mutations. He proposed using Crazy Diamond to repair Ma Hongjun’s Martial Soul, possibly after deliberately damaging it, leaving the risky plan undecided.

• Jodio described how imbalances among the three aspects could cause Martial Soul mutations, using Grandmaster’s Luo Sanpao as an example.
• Flender and Shao Xin followed Jodio’s explanation, while Zhao Wuji and Ma Hongjun struggled to understand it.
• Jodio acknowledged that his theory had unexplained exceptions, including Oscar’s sausage Martial Soul.
• Jodio proposed using Crazy Diamond to repair Ma Hongjun’s Martial Soul, with deliberate self-corruption as a riskier way to make the repair follow his will.
• The chapter listed Ma Hongjun’s level, spirit rings, and the abilities and combat tactics of his Phoenix Legend Martial Soul.

Jodio outlined three ways to address Ma Hongjun’s Martial Soul, including a dangerous attempt to damage and repair it. After hearing Zhao Wuji’s warning about Fallen Ones, Ma Hongjun chose to face the risk and asked Jodio to begin.

• Jodio proposed deliberately damaging Ma Hongjun’s Martial Soul and repairing it again in hopes of improving it.
• Zhao Wuji recounted discovering a Soul Master who had become a Fallen One and begged Jodio to choose another option.
• Jodio explained that the alternatives were finding a rare Legendary Herb or waiting until Ma Hongjun met the requirements for Martial Soul Ascension.
• Flender embraced Ma Hongjun and urged him to choose an ordinary, safe life, telling him he only wanted him to be happy.
• Ma Hongjun cried, regained his resolve, and told Jodio he was ready to begin.

Jodio used Crazy Diamond to purge Ma Hongjun’s corrupt Evil Fire Phoenix and restore it as a stronger Fire Phoenix, leaving Ma free of the problem that had held him back. The chapter ended with the teachers revealing they had tested the cure beforehand and Jodio saying he would have fixed Ma’s Martial Soul before he reached level thirty-five.

• Jodio and Flender staged a frightening scene to test Ma Hongjun’s resolve as his Martial Soul’s corruption emerged.
• Jodio struck Ma Hongjun with Crazy Diamond, then used its restorative power to repair his wounds and Martial Soul.
• Ma Hongjun’s black flames changed into a brilliant orange-red, and his Martial Soul became a stronger Fire Phoenix.
• Ma Hongjun celebrated his newfound purity and power before realizing he was naked and rushing out to accuse the teachers of being possessed.
• Jodio explained that he and Flender had tested the cure in advance and that he had planned to fix Ma’s Martial Soul before level thirty-five.

Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived in Suotuo City on their way to Shrek Academy and learned that the city enforced strict rules against Soul Masters who bullied ordinary people. After Xiao Wu defeated a member of Passione who confronted them, Tang San grew wary of the local organization as they went to find lunch.

• Tang San presented Nording Academy's recommendation letter at Suotuo City's gate, and a guard warned him and Xiao Wu not to provoke Passione or its members.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San encountered Rain, who demanded an apology for their private remarks about Passione.
• Rain summoned his Phantom Spider Martial Soul, but Xiao Wu defeated him with her Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul and left him unable to get up.
• Rain warned Xiao Wu that his three brothers and Passione's boss would come after them.
• Tang San took Xiao Wu to find lunch and worried that Suotuo City was unsafe.

Tang San and Xiao Wu were turned away from several restaurants because of Passione’s influence, then found a restaurant where Jodio allowed them to eat. Jodio reaffirmed his intention to punish Tang San and sent Dai Mubai to meet them.

• Xiao Wu and Tang San were refused service at several restaurants in Suotuo City, which Tang San suspected was connected to Passione.
• Tang San took Xiao Wu to Divine Chef Fugui, where the boss anxiously tried to turn them away after seeing the recommendation they had received.
• Jodio told the boss to serve Tang San and Xiao Wu, and Tang San thanked him.
• Jodio resolved to carry out his revenge against Tang San despite recognizing their different backgrounds and values.
• Jodio sent Dai Mubai to meet Tang San and Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai went over to them.

Dai Mubai questioned Tang San and Xiao Wu about an attack on a Passione member, then revealed that he had secretly planted Rain’s still-beating heart in Tang San’s backpack. Tang San and Xiao Wu were left facing Dai Mubai’s accusation that Tang San had lied.

• Dai Mubai joined Tang San and Xiao Wu, introduced himself as a Passione officer, and questioned them about a Soul Master who had attacked one of his members.
• Tang San denied knowing anything and said he would defend his dignity regardless of an opponent’s rank, while Xiao Wu backed him up.
• Dai Mubai accepted Tang San’s answers for the moment, warned him to contact Passione if he found a lead, and left with Jodio.
• Tang San warned Xiao Wu to avoid further conflicts with Passione and swore to protect her if they came after them.
• Tang San heard a heartbeat, opened his backpack, and dropped the heart he found inside.
• Dai Mubai revealed that he had planted Rain’s heart in Tang San’s backpack and accused Tang San of lying.

Tang San and Dai Mubai’s confrontation escalated into a fight, but Jodio intervened before Tang San could fire his hidden weapon. Jodio challenged Tang San over the earlier beating and prepared to hold him accountable as Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass spread across his body.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu confronted Dai Mubai, who activated his White Tiger Martial Soul and demanded an explanation for the beating.
• Dai Mubai threatened Tang San and Xiao Wu, prompting Tang San to attack with a Sleeve Arrow concealed beneath his wrist.
• Jodio caught Tang San’s wrist and stopped the Sleeve Arrow from firing.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Entanglement and Parasitism against Jodio while Xiao Wu attacked, but Jodio’s Crazy Diamond blocked her kicks and he evaded the Blue Silver Grass.
• Jodio accused Tang San and Xiao Wu of starting the conflict and asked whether Tang San could bear the price of doing wrong.