Recaps

A Titan Giant Ape attacked Zhao Wuji and the others, forcing Chen Xin to intervene when it targeted Xiao Wu. Chen Xin’s attacks wounded the ape only slightly, and the chapter ended as his strongest sword strike collided with the Titan Giant Ape’s destructive gravity-powered punch.

• The Titan Giant Ape appeared, shattered Zhao Wuji’s Martial Soul Avatar with one punch, and fixed its attention on Xiao Wu.
• Chen Xin arrived and used his Martial Soul Avatar to confront the ape while Ning Wen shielded Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong from its Gravity Domain.
• Chen Xin’s Myriad Swords Return to the Sect cut the Titan Giant Ape’s fur and drew shallow blood, but did not seriously injure it.
• The Titan Giant Ape strengthened its Gravity Domain, and Chen Xin unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill as the ape formed a black torrent of destructive energy.
• Chen Xin’s blood-red sword slash and the Titan Giant Ape’s gravity-powered punch collided across the sky.

After the Titan Giant Ape carried Xiao Wu into the forest, Tang San impulsively pursued her, while Ning Wen followed for the Eight Spider Lances he expected Tang San to obtain. Ning Wen watched Tang San encounter an uninjured Man Faced Demon Spider, which attacked him as his Blue Silver Grass failed to hold it.

• The Titan Giant Ape seized Xiao Wu and fled into the forest, and Tang San chased after them despite his confusion over his anger.
• Ning Wen told Chen Xin to watch over the others, then donned his Asura Armor and followed Tang San to seek the Man Faced Demon Spider and its external soul bone.
• Ning Wen spotted the Man Faced Demon Spider waiting ahead and realized Tang San had found it despite lacking Oscar's Flying Mushroom Sausage.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider lunged at Tang San, who dodged its first strike with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Tang San tried to bind the spider with Blue Silver Grass, but the venom on its legs corroded the vines.

Ning Wen watched Tang San battle a Man Faced Demon Spider, then struck the weakened beast down and claimed its Soul Ring. Ah Yin realized Tang San’s body held an outsider’s soul and vowed to kill him once she regained her strength.

• Ning Wen watched Tang San fight the Man Faced Demon Spider and considered his plans to seek the Sea God inheritance for Shui Bing'er.
• Tang San used the Clear Sky Hammer, Dragon Whisker Needles, and Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to injure the Man Faced Demon Spider and break through its webs.
• Ah Yin recognized Tang San’s unfamiliar techniques and hidden weapons as evidence that an outsider occupied her child’s body, and she resolved to kill him later.
• Ning Wen charged in wearing Asura Armor and shattered the Man Faced Demon Spider’s cracked carapace with one punch.
• A purple Soul Ring rose from the dead Man Faced Demon Spider, and Ning Wen considered killing Tang San to keep him from revealing how easily the beast had fallen.

Ning Wen taunted Tang San after rescuing Xiao Wu, then extracted the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Eight Spider Lances for himself. He was confronted by Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran, who angrily recognized him beside the spider’s corpse.

• Ning Wen spared Tang San, who thanked him and left after convincing himself that Xiao Wu no longer had anything to do with him.
• Ning Wen cut the Eight Spider Lances from the Man Faced Demon Spider and put the external soul bone into his Storage Ring.
• Ning Wen considered how Tang San’s lost opportunities weakened his chances of becoming a powerful god.
• Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran rushed out of the woods and found Ning Wen by the spider’s corpse.
• Meng Yiran recognized Ning Wen and angrily demanded to know why he had appeared again.

Ning Wen turned down Meng Shu’s attempt to match him with Meng Yiran, then heard the Dragon Snake couple warn that the Titan Giant Ape had entered the outer forest. Elsewhere, an exhausted Tang San reached Level 30 and spotted a Millennium Lone Bamboo.

• Meng Yiran complained that Ning Wen had taken her Soul Beast again, but Meng Shu restrained her after Chao Tianxiang reminded him of Ning Wen’s strength and connections.
• Meng Shu asked whether Ning Wen was interested in Meng Yiran, and Ning Wen rejected the proposal, saying he already had a fiancée.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang warned Ning Wen that the Titan Giant Ape had appeared in the outer region and Soul Beasts were fleeing, then left with Meng Yiran.
• Tang San, drained after using the Clear Sky Hammer and Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer technique, broke through to Level 30 and noticed a Millennium Lone Bamboo.

Tang San found a Thousand-Year Lone Bamboo and began cutting at its roots to claim its Soul Ring. Meanwhile, Xiao Wu and Ning Wen returned safely to the camp, and the group prepared to leave with Chen Xin, who promised the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would protect Zhu Zhuqing from her family and the Dai Family.

• Tang San resolved to absorb the Thousand-Year Lone Bamboo's Soul Ring and struck at its roots with his dagger.
• Xiao Wu returned unharmed and claimed the Titan Giant Ape had abandoned her after hearing a bull's bellow.
• Ning Wen returned to camp, where Ning Rongrong hurried over and clung to his arm.
• Zhao Wuji asked about Tang San, but Ning Wen said he did not know where he was.
• Chen Xin praised Zhu Zhuqing's talent and pledged the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's protection from the Dai Family and the Zhu Family.

Ning Wen set out for Skywater Academy to find Shui Bing'er and keep the Sea God's inheritance from going to Tang San. At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang learned Tang San had taken a Millennium Lone Bamboo Soul Ring and furiously confronted him for abandoning the poison-attribute path.

• Ning Wen decided to visit Skywater Academy, and Chen Xin agreed to seek the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's help in pressuring the Dai and Zhu families to dissolve Zhu Zhuqing's marriage pact.
• Ning Wen, Ning Rongrong, and the others traveled to Skywater City, while Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy and heard Tang San had returned as a Level 30 Soul Elder.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San about his third Soul Ring, and Tang San explained that the Millennium Lone Bamboo had made his blue silver grass tougher and increased his cultivation speed.
• Yu Xiaogang slapped Tang San twice and berated him for changing his cultivation path, but Tang San reminded him that Yu Xiaogang had recommended lone bamboo as a good Soul Ring source.

Tang San revealed that his third soul skill, Blue Silver Pole Vault, launched him high into the air, prompting the others to laugh at its apparent uselessness. Yu Xiaogang reframed it as a powerful escape and aerial attack skill, restoring Tang San’s confidence while the others remained unconvinced.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San to demonstrate his third soul skill, and Tang San used Blue Silver Pole Vault to spring dozens of meters into the air.
• Ma Hongjun and the others laughed at Tang San’s awkward midair pose and mocked the skill as impractical.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to come down and saw that the demonstration had left him humiliated and discouraged.
• Tang San asked whether the skill was useless, and Yu Xiaogang argued that it offered a way to escape ground attacks and use hidden weapons from above.
• Tang San accepted Yu Xiaogang’s explanation and praised his foresight, while Zhao Wuji, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Dai Mubai privately doubted the skill’s value.

Ning Wen and his companions encountered Shui Bing'er and her team fighting a thousand-year Crystal Wolf, while his inner voice revealed a future in which Tang San forced Shui Bing'er to marry Ma Hongjun and Skywater Academy was destroyed. Ning Wen saved Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er from the wolf and vowed through the voice to help Shui Bing'er prevent that tragedy.

• Ning Wen and his companions heard a battle in Skywater Forest and found Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Xue Wu, and other girls fighting a thousand-year Crystal Wolf.
• Ning Wen's inner voice described a future in which Tang San forced Shui Bing'er to marry Ma Hongjun, destroyed Skywater Academy after she refused, and left Shui Yue'er and Xue Wu to suffer under Ma Hongjun.
• Shui Bing'er froze after hearing the voice's revelations, and the Crystal Wolf lunged at her as Shui Yue'er tried to protect her.
• Ning Wen struck the Crystal Wolf with one hand and sent it crashing into a tree, saving Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er.
• Ning Wen's inner voice promised Shui Bing'er strength to protect her family and companions and prevent the tragedy from happening again.

Ning Wen rescued Shui Bing'er and her companions from a Crystal Wolf, and Shui Bing'er tried to recruit him to Skywater Academy after hearing his ominous inner thoughts about her future. Ning Wen declined, while Ning Rongrong suggested they talk in Skywater City.

• Ning Wen defeated the four-thousand-year Crystal Wolf with a single palm strike, and Shui Bing'er realized he was the source of the voice she had heard.
• Shui Bing'er introduced herself and tested Ning Wen, but his inner thoughts revealed only boasts about knowing everything and his lack of interest in Skywater Academy.
• Shui Bing'er offered Ning Wen a Guest Elder position, and Ning Rongrong enthusiastically suggested that the group join the academy together.
• Ning Wen declined to join an academy, so Shui Bing'er asked Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing whether they would join instead.
• Ning Rongrong suggested they continue talking in the city, and the group traveled through Skywater Forest to Skywater City.

Ning Wen and his companions explored Skywater City, where Shui Bing'er invited them to join Skywater Academy. Ning Wen agreed to enroll as an ordinary student on the condition that he could skip daily training, and Shui Bing'er accepted.

• Ning Wen and his companions entered Skywater City and admired its canals, shops, and lakeside scenery.
• Shui Bing'er brought the group to the Mirror Lake Teahouse and urged Ning Rongrong and the others to join Skywater Academy.
• Ning Rongrong proposed joining the academy so they could face Tang San and Ma Hongjun in the next All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Shui Bing'er offered Ning Wen a guest adviser position with flexible hours, but Ning Wen declined and agreed to join as an ordinary student instead.
• Ning Wen said he would not attend daily training because he had his own cultivation methods, and Shui Bing'er accepted the condition.

Ning Wen, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan joined Shui Bing'er on the way to Skywater Academy and began registering. Xue Ling was stunned by the girls’ extraordinary strength and age, then asked who Ning Wen was.

• Ning Wen agreed to accept Shui Bing'er’s guidance, and Shui Yue'er celebrated that Skywater Academy would finally have a boy.
• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan agreed to join Skywater Academy, with Xiao Wu saying she would follow Ning Wen.
• Shui Bing'er led the group through Skywater Academy to the academic affairs office to register.
• Shui Bing'er introduced Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan, and Xue Ling was shocked by their ages, ranks, and martial souls.
• Xue Ling noticed Ning Wen and asked who he was.

Ning Wen revealed that he was a level sixty-four Soul Emperor with the mysterious Asura Armor martial soul, stunning Shui Bing'er, Xue Ling, and the others. As Shui Bing'er arranged for the group to meet Skywater Academy’s dean for admission approval, Ning Wen looked forward to meeting the dean, whom he had heard was a peerless beauty.

• Shui Bing'er introduced Ning Wen to Xue Ling as a candidate for admission to Skywater Academy.
• Ning Wen declared that his Asura Armor martial soul had reached level sixty-four, leaving Xue Ling, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er shocked.
• Ning Wen’s thoughts explained that the Asura Armor drew power from righteousness or evil and could grow stronger with its wielder’s will and conviction.
• Xue Ling said the unusual midterm admissions required the dean’s approval and offered to arrange accommodations before taking the group to meet her.
• Shui Bing'er agreed, while Ning Wen anticipated meeting the academy’s peerless-beautiful dean.

Shui Bing'er escorted Ning Wen and the four girls to Skywater Academy's dormitories, then brought Ning Wen to meet headmistress Shui Yanyun. Shui Yanyun probed Ning Wen's Soul Power but could not discern its true extent.

• Xue Ling gave Shui Bing'er the dormitory jade tokens, and Shui Bing'er led Ning Wen, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan from the academic affairs office.
• Shui Bing'er gave the four girls adjacent rooms, while explaining that Ning Wen's unusual admission left his accommodation for the headmistress to decide.
• Shui Bing'er took Ning Wen to Shui Yanyun's secluded bamboo courtyard and went inside to announce him.
• Shui Yanyun examined Ning Wen with her Soul Power, but sensed only an unfathomable presence and could not read his true strength.

Ning Wen joined Skywater Academy as its first male student after Shui Yanyun made an exception for his extraordinary cultivation and talent. Shui Bing'er led him to the private courtyard assigned to him, while Shui Yanyun endured his arrogant inner thoughts.

• Shui Bing'er introduced Ning Wen to Skywater Academy's headmistress, Shui Yanyun, who could hear his thoughts.
• Shui Yanyun tested Ning Wen about the academy's rule against admitting boys, then agreed to make an exception for him.
• Shui Yanyun assigned Ning Wen a private courtyard and allowed him to skip classes and training, while warning him not to harass female students or enter forbidden areas.
• Shui Yanyun asked Shui Bing'er to show Ning Wen around and complete enrollment procedures for the four girls who had arrived with him.
• Shui Bing'er led Ning Wen through the academy at dusk and brought him to his secluded courtyard beside the pond.

Ning Wen settled into his courtyard at Skywater Academy, and Shui Bing'er showed him around before introducing him to the academy's core members. His inner confidence that he could lead the team to victory stirred Shui Bing'er's hopes, and the chapter ended with the students sizing him up.

• Shui Bing'er showed Ning Wen the quiet courtyard where he would stay, and he spent the night cultivating.
• Shui Bing'er came to fetch Ning Wen and offered to show him the academy and introduce its core members.
• Ning Wen privately declared that he could lead Skywater Academy to the tournament championship, and Shui Bing'er overheard him and began to hope he might succeed.
• Shui Bing'er brought Ning Wen to the training ground, where he met the core members and Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan.
• Yu Hairou and Qiu Ruoshui questioned Ning Wen about his strength and special admission, and he replied that he was only average.

Ning Wen faced a challenge from the combined teams of Skywater Academy and his companions, shrugging off their opening attacks with his Asura Armor. He began countering them, effortlessly stopping Zhu Zhuqing’s surprise attack as the sparring match continued.

• Shui Yue'er revealed that Ning Wen was a rank sixty-four Soul Emperor, shocking the Skywater Academy students.
• Dugu Yan proposed a challenge with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong, and Shui Bing'er joined in with the Skywater team.
• Ning Wen accepted as all nine girls powered up and launched a coordinated attack against him.
• The girls’ attacks failed to injure or move Ning Wen, whose Asura Armor repelled their strikes and dispersed their water and poison.
• Shui Bing'er ordered the girls to spread out and restrict Ning Wen, while Zhu Zhuqing used the water mist to approach from behind.
• Ning Wen appeared beside Zhu Zhuqing and pressed her shoulder with a gentle force, making her lose her footing and fall seated on the ground.

Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice and Snow Drifting, against Ning Wen, but his Asura Armor withstood their attacks. Ning Wen shattered their fusion and left both sisters injured on the ground, still standing untouched as the arena fell silent.

• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er activated Ice and Snow Drifting, summoning a massive vortex of ice and snow against Ning Wen.
• Ning Wen raised his second soul ring and blocked the attack with a blood-red barrier.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er transformed the storm into a giant ice phoenix and unleashed its ice feathers and charge against Ning Wen.
• Ning Wen's Asura Armor absorbed the ice phoenix's assault without damage.
• Ning Wen released a powerful vibration through the fusion link, cracking the ice phoenix and injuring both sisters.
• The Martial Soul Fusion Skill broke apart, and Ning Wen remained untouched while Skywater Academy's students watched in stunned silence.

Ning Wen effortlessly withstood and shattered Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, defeating the sisters and astonishing Skywater Academy. After they admitted defeat, Ning Wen explained that cultivation depended on comprehension and a strong foundation.

• Ning Wen endured Ice and Snow Drifting with only his second Soul Skill, then broke its Soul Power link and severely injured Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er.
• The Skywater teachers and students reacted in shock as Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er struggled to their feet and admitted defeat.
• Ning Wen asked whether anyone else wanted to continue, but the remaining Skywater students hesitated after witnessing his strength.
• Shui Yue'er asked how Ning Wen had become so powerful, and he claimed he cultivated normally.
• Ning Wen told the students that cultivation required comprehension and a solid foundation rather than mindless practice.

After settling into life at Skywater Academy, Ning Wen decided to leave for Slaughter City to pursue the Asura God's throne. He told Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing he might be gone for years, and left them worried as he stood firm on going alone.

• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing adjusted to Skywater Academy and made use of its library, training facilities, and cultivation resources.
• Ning Wen considered seeking the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud but decided Slaughter City was his next destination.
• Ning Wen told Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing that he planned to leave for a few years to go to Slaughter City.
• Xiao Wu offered to go with Ning Wen, but he refused and asked her to stay and wait for him.
• Ning Rongrong warned Ning Wen about Slaughter City's dangers, but Ning Wen reassured her that he was confident and remained determined to go.

Ning Wen prepared to leave for Slaughter City the next morning, while Xiao Wu struggled with the thought of their separation. She asked him to promise he would return and confessed that she wanted to give herself to him before he left.

• Ning Wen told Ning Rongrong he planned to leave for Slaughter City the next morning, and Dugu Yan, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu overheard and worried about the danger.
• Xiao Wu visited Ning Wen's room at night and asked to sleep beside him because she feared he would be hurt in Slaughter City.
• Ning Wen refused Xiao Wu's plea to stay at Skywater Academy, explaining that he needed what awaited him in Slaughter City to gain strength to protect everyone.
• Xiao Wu asked Ning Wen to promise he would return alive and never be apart from her again, and Ning Wen agreed.
• Xiao Wu confessed that she wanted to give herself to Ning Wen before he left so he would remember he belonged to her and return to her alive.

Ning Wen left Skywater Academy and traveled with Sword Douluo Chen Xin to Slaughter Town to temper himself. After entering a tavern, Ning Wen unleashed his Asura Killing Aura and froze the gathered thugs in place.

• Ning Wen promised Xiao Wu he would return from Slaughter City and keep her safe, then left her sleeping peacefully the next morning.
• Ning Wen told Chen Xin he intended to go to Slaughter City, and Chen Xin agreed to escort him there on the Seven Kill Sword.
• Ning Wen and Chen Xin reached the desolate Slaughter Town, where Ning Wen sensed the pervasive stench of blood and entered a tavern.
• The tavern's thugs fell silent and stared at Ning Wen and Chen Xin as they came inside.
• Ning Wen released his Asura Killing Aura, freezing the bloodthirsty thugs with its killing intent.

Ning Wen used his Asura killing intent to cow the thugs in Slaughter Town, then smashed open the tavern floor and entered Slaughter City. He walked through the underground passage toward the Hell Slaughter Arena and emerged before an armored force of 101 people.

• Ning Wen unleashed his Asura killing intent, terrifying the tavern’s thugs until they collapsed or dared not move.
• Chen Xin told Ning Wen that the thugs’ minds had been twisted by years of slaughter, and Ning Wen withdrew his killing aura.
• Ning Wen ordered the Black-Clad Attendant aside and broke through the stone floor to reveal the entrance below.
• Ning Wen said goodbye to Chen Xin, leaped into the hole, and landed in the Dark Underground Passage of Slaughter City.
• Ning Wen walked toward the passage’s firelight, ignoring Slaughter City’s warning about its deadly price.
• Ning Wen emerged from the passage and faced 101 black-armored people led by a figure on an armored warhorse.

Ning Wen subdued Slaughter City's enforcement guards, claimed token 8888, and entered the city. After declining the black-veiled woman's offer of guidance, he asked her to take him to the Hell Slaughter Arena.

• Ning Wen unleashed his Asura Killing Intent and a single palm strike, shattering the guards' armor and knocking their commander from his horse.
• Ning Wen demanded the commander's token, and the defeated commander handed him the black entry pass numbered 8888.
• At the city gate, Ning Wen told the black-veiled woman he had an official token and was not interested in hiding his strength.
• Ning Wen entered Slaughter City and saw its cold blue-purple streets, crowded with indifferent warriors.
• The black-veiled woman offered to guide Ning Wen for twelve hours, but he asked her to take him to the Hell Slaughter Arena.

Ning Wen insisted on entering the Hell Slaughter Arena, and the woman in black gauze guided him through Slaughter City’s decadent inner city to its entrance. As she warned him that leaving would end his newcomer protection, dangerous criminals watched from the shadows.

• Ning Wen dismissed the woman’s warnings about the Hell Slaughter Arena and told her to lead him there.
• The woman in black gauze took Ning Wen from Slaughter City’s outer city into its violent, indulgent inner city.
• The woman’s status as a guide kept the criminals in the streets from obstructing or approaching them.
• Ning Wen reached the Hell Slaughter Arena, where winning a hundred matches could earn him the chance to face the Hell Road.
• Ning Wen told the woman she could leave, and she warned him that his newcomer protection would expire and criminals were lying in wait.