Recaps

Qian Renchuan won permission to use Spirit Hall’s Scripture Repository and began developing his theories into a book, angering Qian Xunji and provoking Bibi Dong’s hatred. As Qian Renchuan settled into his research, Qian Xunji summoned Hu Liena to attend to him.

• Qian Renxue supported Qian Renchuan’s request to study in the Book Repository, and Qian Xunji angrily left without offering him another reward.
• Chrysanthemum, Ghost, and the academy Chiefs followed Qian Xunji away, while rumors spread that Qian Renchuan planned to write a book challenging Yu Xiaogang’s theories.
• Bibi Dong heard the news, destroyed her bedroom furnishings, and vowed to wipe out the Qian family line after the Rakshasa God urged her to embrace her hatred.
• Qian Renchuan began spending nearly all his time in Spirit Hall’s Scripture Repository, studying old books and writing down a theoretical framework.
• Qian Xunji summoned Hu Liena from the Riverside Courtyard to attend to Qian Renchuan.

Qian Renchuan benefited from the training of Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, and Xie Yue, reaching rank 30 and strengthening his existing soul rings instead of seeking a third. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao reached the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest and prepared a dangerous plan to awaken the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Di Tian.

• Hu Liena toddled after Qian Renchuan and disrupted his work, but he let her stay with him.
• Qian Renxue trained intensely with whale rubber, while Qian Renchuan arranged for Hu Liena and Xie Yue to consume small amounts in their meals.
• Qian Renchuan reached the rank 30 threshold and used his accumulated soul power to increase the ages of his first two soul rings.
• After more than half a year of dangerous travel, Huo Yuhao neared the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Huo Yuhao decided to imitate the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual fluctuations, then fire a Fixed-Installed Soul Cannon to awaken it and Di Tian.

Huo Yuhao reached the Lake of Life and rested overnight before using his Spirit Eyes to simulate the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual aura. The aura disturbed the Sky Azure Bull Python, which rose toward the surface of the lake.

• Huo Yuhao found the Lake of Life, retreated into a gap between tree roots, and hid while recovering from his journey.
• Huo Yuhao looked at the portrait of himself, Qian Renxue, and Qian Renchuan, then promised to return and protect his big brother after finding Qiu'er.
• Huo Yuhao rested through the night and woke at dawn with his spiritual power and Mysterious Heaven Skill restored.
• Huo Yuhao activated his Spirit Eyes and used Simulation to send the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's aura into the Lake of Life.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python sensed the unfamiliar yet familiar aura, rose from the bottom of the lake, and churned the water into a huge whirlpool.

Huo Yuhao drew the Sky Azure Bull Python’s attention and used a Fixed-Installed Soul Cannon to stir the Lake of Life and awaken Di Tian. As the Sky Azure Bull Python attacked him, Huo Yuhao shouted that he came from ten thousand years in the future and knew how to help the Soul Beast Clan, but the water column was about to strike him.

• The Sky Azure Bull Python surfaced and found Huo Yuhao hiding behind the Thorn Thicket.
• Huo Yuhao confronted the beast and fired his Fixed-Installed Soul Cannon into the lake to awaken Di Tian.
• Di Tian opened his golden eye in the depths of the Lake of Life, while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm woke beside him.
• Angered by the cannon blast, the Sky Azure Bull Python launched a powerful column of water at Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao called out to Di Tian, revealed that he came from ten thousand years in the future, and claimed he could help the Soul Beast Clan.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python’s attack crashed toward Huo Yuhao as he closed his eyes and prepared for the blow.

Di Tian saved Huo Yuhao from the Sky Azure Bull Python and summoned Bi Ji, intrigued by the boy’s knowledge of the Silver Dragon King. After Bi Ji healed him, Huo Yuhao recognized both her and Di Tian, prompting Di Tian to crush him with overwhelming pressure.

• Di Tian burst from the Lake of Life, knocked the Sky Azure Bull Python away, and sent Huo Yuhao flying with the shock wave.
• Di Tian suspected Huo Yuhao’s claim about coming from the future was unbelievable but decided to keep him alive because he knew the Silver Dragon King still lived.
• Di Tian called Bi Ji out of the lake, and she healed Huo Yuhao after he regained consciousness.
• Huo Yuhao greeted Bi Ji like an old friend, then recognized Di Tian as the Beast God.
• Di Tian reacted with icy anger and unleashed pressure that reopened Huo Yuhao’s wounds.

Huo Yuhao survived Di Tian’s crushing pressure and convinced Bi Ji that he came from ten thousand years in the future by revealing secrets and recounting future events. He finally told her that he had been the God of Emotion in his previous life, before someone betrayed him and he returned to the past.

• Di Tian crushed Huo Yuhao with his pressure, then ordered Bi Ji to heal him and left.
• Bi Ji healed Huo Yuhao and asked how he knew her name; Huo Yuhao claimed he was from ten thousand years in the future.
• Huo Yuhao revealed Bi Ji’s feelings for Di Tian and named several powerful beasts, startling Bi Ji into testing his claim.
• Huo Yuhao told Bi Ji about major future events in the Star Dou Great Forest, including Di Tian’s battle with the Evil Emperor, and she came to believe him.
• At dawn, Bi Ji asked whether Huo Yuhao was a god, and he admitted that he had been the God of Emotion before someone betrayed him and he returned to the past.

Huo Yuhao recovered beside the Lake of Life while Bi Ji relayed his claims to Di Tian, who finally came to confront him. Huo Yuhao offered cooperation by warning Di Tian about the Soul Beast Clan’s future and presenting a Soul Tool, then pointed out that something was watching from above.

• Bi Ji recognized Huo Yuhao as the reincarnated God of Emotion and left to relay his words to Di Tian.
• Huo Yuhao spent half a month recovering and cultivating beside the Lake of Life while sensing unseen eyes watching him.
• Di Tian arrived and challenged Huo Yuhao’s right to propose cooperation.
• Huo Yuhao presented Di Tian with a level-one Fixed-Installed Soul Cannon and warned him that humans would threaten Soul Beasts with Soul Tool technology in the future.
• Di Tian reacted furiously, threatening to attack humanity, and Huo Yuhao pointed toward the sky, making Di Tian look up in alarm.

Huo Yuhao proposed a new soul spirit plan to Di Tian as a way to reconcile humans and soul beasts and help soul beasts escape their curse. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm emerged from the Lake of Life, confirmed he had conceived the idea, and Di Tian became convinced Huo Yuhao came from the future.

• Huo Yuhao told Di Tian that soul spirits could let humans and soul beasts form equal contracts, then explained how the old Spirit Pagoda plan had failed through human greed.
• Di Tian doubted Huo Yuhao’s plan until Huo Yuhao called for the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and threatened to have him verify its origins.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm surfaced and confirmed that he had first conceived the soul spirit idea, though Huo Yuhao had developed it further.
• Huo Yuhao explained that soul spirits could help soul beasts reach godhood with their human partners, avoid heavenly tribulations, and leave their contracts when their partners died.
• Di Tian recognized Huo Yuhao’s knowledge of the Dragon God’s curse and became convinced that he had come from the future and ascended to the Divine Realm.

Huo Yuhao revealed how the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm would eventually escape and become his soul spirit, then insisted on choosing him as his first Wisdom Soul Ring. Di Tian took the silkworm away to consider the request after receiving a mysterious voice transmission, and Huo Yuhao suspected that another powerful being had awakened.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm celebrated Huo Yuhao's account of his future plan and learned that he, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress would go to the Divine Realm with Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm would repeatedly try to escape and eventually fuse with him after other human soul masters failed to withstand his spiritual power.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm feared Di Tian would stop him from escaping, while Di Tian demanded to know Huo Yuhao's goal.
• Huo Yuhao demanded that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm become his first Wisdom Soul Ring, but Di Tian refused to hand him over and offered other soul beasts instead.
• Di Tian received a mysterious voice transmission, took the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm into the Lake of Life, and said he needed to consider Huo Yuhao's request.
• Huo Yuhao watched Di Tian leave and suspected that another powerful being had awakened.

After Dugu Xin’s wife died from the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor poison, three-year-old Dugu Yan struggled to understand that her mother was gone. That night, alone in her room, she tried to read one of her mother’s letters and called for Chunhua.

• Dugu Bo watched his daughter-in-law’s funeral procession leave Dugu Manor and tried to explain to Dugu Yan that her mother was being taken home to rest.
• Dugu Yan ran after the procession with her mother’s bundle, but it fell open and scattered letters, toys, and jewelry across the ground.
• Dugu Yan realized her mother would never return and broke down sobbing; Dugu Bo held her until she cried herself to sleep.
• That night, Dugu Yan woke alone in her room and took one of her mother’s letters, but she could not read it.
• Dugu Yan called for Chunhua to come into her room.

After reading her late mother's letters, young Dugu Yan fled in search of Spirit Hall and the Jade Pendant’s owner, hoping he could bring her mother back. The story then shifted to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Huo Yuhao met the Silver Dragon King and explained what he knew about her past.

• Chunhua read Dugu Yan letters from her mother, and Dugu Yan learned about a Jade Pendant that could lead her to someone at Spirit Hall.
• Dugu Yan ran away from Dugu Manor with the Jade Pendant, hoping to find its owner and bring her mother back.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin found Dugu Yan three days later with a merchant caravan, but she remained determined to go to Spirit City.
• Di Tian returned to the Lake of Life with the Silver Dragon King, and Huo Yuhao recognized her as Gu Yuena.
• The Silver Dragon King questioned Huo Yuhao about his claim to come from the future, and he described her history and Spiritual Avatar.

Huo Yuhao convinced Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King that he intended to help the Soul Beast Clan, and Di Tian gave him his reverse scale before assigning Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to follow him. With Sky Dream free, Huo Yuhao prepared to begin their soul fusion by having him seal his enormous spiritual power.

• Huo Yuhao explained that his future soul beasts and Spirit Pagoda system gave him a strong connection to the Soul Beast Clan and offered to help humans and soul beasts coexist.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that Di Tian had restrained him with the reverse scale before, convincing Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King to trust him.
• Di Tian agreed to Huo Yuhao's proposal and fused his black reverse scale into Huo Yuhao's chest.
• Di Tian ordered Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to follow Huo Yuhao, and Sky Dream burst out of the Lake of Life, celebrating his freedom.
• Huo Yuhao told Sky Dream to seal his nearly million-year spiritual power layer by layer before they began their fusion.

Qian Renchuan received an enormous soul-power return after Huo Yuhao succeeded and gained a major opportunity. He decided to use his new System Points to buy theories from the System Shop instead of continuing to study old books one by one.

• Qian Renchuan studied in the Spirit Hall Library while Hu Liena helped put away books and watched him.
• The system reported a return of nearly 450,000 accumulated soul power, and Qian Renchuan realized Huo Yuhao must have succeeded and gained a powerful opportunity.
• Hu Liena misunderstood Qian Renchuan’s shock as worry over his missing younger brother and left to report his condition to the Pope.
• Qian Renchuan converted the soul-power return into more than 40,000 System Points and opened the System Shop.
• Qian Renchuan found several core theories for sale and calculated that buying them would cost less than 10,000 points.

Qian Renchuan redeemed several books of advanced theories, while Qian Xunji mistook his thoughts about Huo Yuhao for homesickness and ordered a larger search for his missing third son. Qian Xunji also demanded that Spirit Hall find the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor within three years, hoping to give its soul ring and soul bone to Bibi Dong as compensation.

• Qian Renchuan redeemed several ancient books of advanced theories and stored them in his Storage Soul Tool, planning to use them to refute Yu Xiaogang.
• Hu Liena told Qian Xunji that Qian Renchuan had been muttering about Third Brother, and Yue Guan praised the Eldest Young Master's family devotion.
• Qian Xunji ordered Yue Guan to double the teams searching the Star Dou Great Forest for Qian Yuhao and bring him back safely.
• Qian Xunji asked Yue Guan about the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor, and Yue Guan reported that it had vanished from the Blue Silver Forest without a trace.
• Qian Xunji ordered Spirit Hall to search every high-level soul beast forest and find the Blue Silver Emperor within three years, intending to give its soul ring and soul bone to Bibi Dong.

After fusing with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Huo Yuhao awoke with his Soul Power at level fifteen and gained four powerful soul skills. He chose to return to the Star Dou Great Forest to search for the Emperor Auspicious Beast, Wang Qiu'er, before heading back to Spirit City.

• Huo Yuhao discovered that his Soul Power had risen to level fifteen, thanks in part to the whale rubber Qian Renchuan had given him.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm praised Huo Yuhao's physical foundation and promised to undo another seal after Huo Yuhao strengthened his body further.
• Huo Yuhao examined his Million-Year Soul Ring skills and confirmed he had gained Spiritual Detection, Spiritual Sharing, Mental Interference, and Soul Shock.
• Huo Yuhao decided to leave the Star Dou Great Forest briefly to replenish supplies, then return to search for the Emperor Auspicious Beast.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was shocked to learn that Huo Yuhao intended to find the Emperor Auspicious Beast, whom Huo Yuhao believed was Wang Qiu'er.

Huo Yuhao left the Lake of Life and, ten days later, reached Blackstone Town while preparing to search the Star Dou Great Forest for Wang Qiu'er. There he discovered that the town’s shabby Spirit Hall branch was awakening martial souls for six-year-old children, and the chapter ended with him realizing he was old enough to join them.

• Huo Yuhao insisted that finding and protecting the Emperor Auspicious Beast was essential to changing the Soul Beast Clan’s fate, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reluctantly agreed to accompany him.
• As Huo Yuhao left the Lake of Life, he sensed a figure watching from the forest, waved, and continued on; Di Tian emerged after he had disappeared.
• Ten days later, Huo Yuhao reached Blackstone Town, bought food and water, and prepared to return to the Star Dou Great Forest to search for Wang Qiu'er.
• At the town’s eastern fork, Huo Yuhao saw children entering a stone building and asked a passerby what was happening.
• The passerby explained that the building was a Spirit Hall branch where six-year-old children could have their martial souls awakened for free, and Huo Yuhao realized he qualified.

Huo Yuhao learned that Spirit Hall offered commoners free martial soul awakenings and monthly subsidies, contradicting Shrek Academy’s history books. He left questioning Spirit Hall’s motives and the truth behind the history he had been taught.

• Huo Yuhao asked a passerby how much Spirit Hall charged for awakening a martial soul and how long an indenture contract he would have to sign.
• The passerby told Huo Yuhao that awakenings were free and that soul masters below rank forty could receive one Gold Soul Coin a month.
• Huo Yuhao questioned more than a dozen townspeople and heard the same praise for Spirit Hall’s free services and subsidies.
• Huo Yuhao imagined how Spirit Hall’s support might have spared Jiang Nannan from selling herself to pay for her mother’s medicine.
• Huo Yuhao recalled Shrek Academy’s fees and harsh treatment of poor students, then wondered whether its history had been rewritten by the victors.
• Huo Yuhao stopped before a crude black-stone building, unable to understand Spirit Hall’s motives as the history he trusted seemed to collapse.

Huo Yuhao realized that Shrek Academy’s history had distorted Spirit Hall’s role and that its destruction had protected the nobility’s power. He resolved to protect Spirit Hall and Qian Renchuan, then flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest after breaking through to Soul Power level sixteen.

• Huo Yuhao saw commoners and their children being helped by Spirit Hall and concluded that the history he had learned about it was a lie.
• Huo Yuhao became furious at Tang San and Shrek Academy for destroying Spirit Hall to preserve the nobility’s control over advancement and resources.
• Huo Yuhao told the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that he understood his rebirth and vowed to protect Spirit Hall and Qian Renchuan and rewrite the distorted history.
• Huo Yuhao’s Soul Power broke through to level sixteen, and he summoned his Flying Soul Tool.
• Huo Yuhao flew from Blackstone Town toward the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest, astonishing the townspeople.

After Huo Yuhao’s breakthrough boosted Qian Renchuan’s soul power, Qian Renchuan finished drafting two books: one attacking Yu Xiaogang’s theories and one offering practical guidance to commoner soul masters. Bibi Dong visited the Scripture Repository and offered to give him suggestions, leaving Qian Renchuan wary of her intentions.

• Huo Yuhao broke through to level 16, and the system rewarded Qian Renchuan with 18,500 soul power.
• Qian Renchuan named his manuscript Ten Laws of Martial Soul Evolution and wrote a detailed rebuttal of Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies of Soul Masters.
• Qian Renchuan also wrote Fundamentals of Martial Soul to give newly awakened commoner soul masters accessible cultivation and health advice.
• Hu Liena told Qian Renchuan that the Saintess had arrived, and Bibi Dong entered the Scripture Repository.
• Bibi Dong said she had come to inspect Qian Renchuan’s work and offer suggestions, and Qian Renchuan asked what she had in mind.

Qian Renchuan showed Bibi Dong his manuscript criticizing Yu Xiaogang’s theory, provoking her to destroy some pages and leave for the Pope’s Palace. Hu Liena then warned Qian Renchuan that Bibi Dong had asked her to ruin his work, but she refused.

• Bibi Dong scolded Qian Renchuan for neglecting cultivation, but he told her his manuscript was nearly ready for printing.
• Bibi Dong read Qian Renchuan’s criticism of Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies of Soul Masters and grew furious.
• Qian Renchuan argued that only the mediocre deceived themselves with the phrase “trash martial soul,” and Bibi Dong crushed the pages before leaving for the Pope’s Palace.
• Qian Renchuan returned to writing while Hu Liena, who had been hiding nearby, decided not to destroy his manuscripts.
• Hu Liena told Qian Renchuan that Bibi Dong had instructed her to spill ink on his manuscript, and he thanked her for warning him.

After Qian Xunji had Bibi Dong confined, Yue Guan delivered Qian Renchuan’s manuscript, “Ten Laws of Martial Soul Evolution,” to the Pope. Astonished by its arguments, Qian Xunji ordered Spirit Hall to print and distribute it free across the continent while publicly crediting his son.

• Qian Xunji confined Bibi Dong to her bedchamber for three months after a fierce argument in the Pope’s Palace.
• Yue Guan braved the storm to deliver Qian Renchuan’s completed manuscript and relay his request for Spirit Hall to publish it.
• Qian Xunji read “Ten Laws of Martial Soul Evolution” and was stunned by its detailed theories and evidence.
• Yue Guan confirmed that Qian Renchuan had written the manuscript and returned to Spirit Academy to rest.
• Qian Xunji ordered Spirit Hall to print the book in large quantities, distribute it free across the continent, and announce Qian Renchuan as its author.

Qian Renchuan returned to the Second-Year Class after spending more than half a year in the Scripture Repository and told his followers that he had completed a manuscript of his theories. Qian Renxue and the others discovered that he had reached level 30, and she left a stack of colorful items on his desk.

• Qian Renchuan returned to the classroom, where Zhang Meng, Zhao Mang, Li Yan, and the other students crowded around him and asked about his research.
• Qian Renchuan said he had finished his theories, submitted the manuscript, and planned to make his followers memorize the book when it was released.
• Qian Renxue entered the classroom and greeted Qian Renchuan, who noted that her soul power had reached level 25.
• Qian Renxue sensed Qian Renchuan's soul power and was shocked to discover he had reached level 30; Zhang Meng and the other followers sensed it too and were astonished.
• Qian Renxue went to her seat, retrieved a large stack of colorful items, and dumped them on Qian Renchuan's desk for him.

Qian Renchuan endured a flood of love letters at the Spirit Academy before receiving approval to hunt a new Soul Beast with two Soul Douluo Instructors. As he left for the Star Dou Great Forest, Spirit Hall printed his martial-soul books and distributed them to its leaders, the academy, and the two empires.

• Qian Renxue showed Qian Renchuan a pile of love letters she had read, and Li Yan revealed that some came from older boys, making the classroom erupt in laughter.
• Qian Renchuan spent the following days harassed by admirers who gathered outside his classroom after lessons.
• The Spirit Academy approved Qian Renchuan's Soul Hunting Plan and assigned two veteran Soul Douluo Instructors to accompany him to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qian Renchuan chose the Instructors over Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei to keep his identity discreet, then hurriedly left Spirit City with them.
• Spirit Hall finished printing five thousand copies of Qian Renchuan's books, and Qian Xunji ordered copies sent to the two empires, the Spirit Academy, and Spirit Hall's senior officials.
• Spirit Hall's leaders initially doubted that six-year-old Qian Renchuan could have written anything worthwhile, despite Qian Xunji ordering them to review the books and report back within ten days.

Spirit Hall and both empires’ scholars judged Qian Renchuan’s two martial-soul books to be groundbreaking, while the empires feared Spirit Hall’s growing influence. Confined Bibi Dong read the books, decided they attacked Yu Xiaogang’s work, and tore them apart in a furious outburst.

• Spirit Hall’s senior officials read Qian Renchuan’s books and were stunned by their theories and deductions.
• Scholars in the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire praised the books, while their rulers feared Spirit Hall would use them to consolidate its dominance.
• Xue Ye ordered his officials to gather every scrap of intelligence about Qian Renchuan.
• Qian Xunji’s maid brought the printed books to Bibi Dong and said the Pope wanted her to annotate them.
• Bibi Dong saw titles that she believed targeted Yu Xiaogang, tore the books to shreds, and denounced Qian Xunji and Qian Renchuan.

Bibi Dong vowed revenge against the Qian Family and accepted the Rakshasa God's suggestion to kill Qian Renchuan as a sacrifice for her Divine Trial. Meanwhile, Qian Daoliu read Qian Renchuan's books on martial souls and was stunned by their theories.

• Bibi Dong learned that Qian Renchuan had left for the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for soul rings and realized he had reached level thirty at age six.
• The Rakshasa God urged Bibi Dong to kill Qian Renchuan and suggested sacrificing her own flesh and blood to begin the Divine Trial.
• Bibi Dong wrote a letter and ordered a maid to leave it at a dead end in an eastern Spirit City alley without alerting anyone.
• A knight delivered Qian Renchuan's two books to Qian Jun Douluo, who brought them to Qian Daoliu in the Worship Hall.
• Qian Daoliu read Fundamentals of Martial Soul and Ten Laws of Martial Soul Evolution and was astonished by their theories.