Recaps

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun finished absorbing the medicinal effects, and Yu Xiaogang arranged for the students to wait until everyone reached a bottleneck before seeking Spirit Rings. After three days of cultivation, Ning Rongrong left to tell the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect about her evolved Martial Soul, while Tang San stopped her at the academy gates to pitch his hidden weapons.

• Dai Mubai broke through to level forty, while Ma Hongjun announced that he had gained five levels and learned from Oscar that the others had gained more.
• Yu Xiaogang told Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and Tang San that they had reached Spirit Ring bottlenecks, and Xiao Wu agreed to wait so the group could go together.
• The students spent three more days cultivating in the Wooden House to consolidate their progress.
• Ning Rongrong told Flender she was returning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect because her Martial Soul had evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Rongrong kissed Ye Lin goodbye and headed for the academy gates.
• Tang San stopped Ning Rongrong and offered to make a deal with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, presenting his hidden weapons as protection for its disciples.

Ning Rongrong learned how to use Tang San’s hidden weapons and took them home to show her father. At Shrek Academy, Tai Long confronted Ye Lin over Xiao Wu, and Ye Lin accepted his challenge without using his Martial Soul.

• Ning Rongrong asked Tang San to demonstrate his hidden weapons, then practiced firing the Godly Zhuge Crossbow herself.
• Ning Rongrong stored the hidden weapons in her Storage Soul Tool and left for home, while Tang San hoped the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would buy them.
• Tai Long challenged Tang San over sitting beside Xiao Wu, then redirected his hostility toward Ye Lin when he saw Xiao Wu holding Ye Lin’s hand.
• Ye Lin put his arm around Xiao Wu and told Tai Long that she was his, provoking Tai Long to demand a fight.
• Tai Long summoned his Mighty Ape Martial Soul and challenged Ye Lin, who rushed at him without using his own Martial Soul.

Ye Lin defeated Tai Long twice with single punches, but Tai Long refused to admit defeat and returned home. Tai Nuo then came to Shrek Academy with Tai Long to confront Ye Lin, and Ye Lin launched a punch at him despite Tai Long’s warning that his father was a Soul King.

• Ye Lin punched Tai Long through the classroom window and asked whether he admitted defeat, but Tai Long claimed Ye Lin had ambushed him.
• Tai Long activated Rock-Solid Defense and Demon Ape Golden Body, yet Ye Lin shattered his Martial Soul Possession with another punch and sent him flying into a second crater.
• Tai Long refused to admit defeat again, then left the academy to rest at home.
• Tai Nuo arrived at Shrek Academy with Tai Long and said he would confront the people who had beaten his son.
• Tai Nuo insulted Xiao Wu, and Ye Lin pulled her back before charging at Tai Nuo with a punch.
• Tai Long warned Ye Lin that Tai Nuo was a Soul King as Ye Lin’s fist swung toward him.

Tai Nuo confronted Ye Lin after Ye Lin defeated Tai Long, but Ye Lin proved strong enough to stop Tai Nuo’s punch. Yu Xiaogang arrived to defend his disciple and summoned Luo Sanpao, leaving Tai Nuo searching for a way to overcome them.

• Tai Nuo’s punch collided with Ye Lin’s, but Tai Nuo staggered backward while Ye Lin held his ground.
• Tai Nuo activated Martial Soul Possession and warned Ye Lin that he was a rank fifty-eight Strength-type Battle Soul King.
• Yu Xiaogang stepped in, rebuked Tai Nuo for challenging his disciple, and summoned Luo Sanpao, the Radiant Sacred Dragon.
• Luo Sanpao’s pressure made Tai Nuo realize he might not be able to win, but Tai Long’s warning prompted Tai Nuo to insist that he could.
• Tai Nuo activated three Spirit Skills and traded blows with Luo Sanpao, then decided to target Yu Xiaogang in hopes of cutting off the dragon’s power.

Yu Xiaogang defeated Tai Nuo and sent him home with Tai Long, then Tai Tan arrived at the academy demanding an explanation. After Yu Xiaogang insulted him, Tai Tan unexpectedly apologized, leaving everyone stunned.

• Yu Xiaogang used Luo Sanpao's Heaven-Shattering Earth-Cracking to counter Tai Nuo's Power Quake and injure him.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tai Long to take Tai Nuo home, stop causing trouble, and pay for the damage.
• A young instructor warned Yu Xiaogang that Tai Long had returned with his grandfather, Tai Tan.
• Tai Tan confronted Ye Lin and Yu Xiaogang, while Yu Xiaogang held Ye Lin back and challenged Tai Tan over his clan's behavior.
• Flender and Liu Erlong joined Yu Xiaogang, but Tai Tan calmed himself and apologized, surprising Tai Nuo, Tai Long, Tang San, and the others.

Yu Xiaogang asked Tai Tan to follow Ye Lin and offered him blueprints for powerful hidden weapons, hoping to bring the Strength Clan into his disciple’s service. Tai Tan was impressed but remained torn by his lifelong loyalty to Tang Hao.

• Tai Tan apologized to Yu Xiaogang and confirmed that the Strength Clan had made the items from Yu Xiaogang’s blueprints.
• Tai Tan recalled that Yu Yuanzhen had commissioned the Strength Clan to forge weapons designed by Yu Xiaogang, inspiring Tai Tan’s father to believe blacksmiths could rise in status.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tai Tan to follow Ye Lin, describing the fourteen-year-old’s strength and Soul Rings as reasons the Strength Clan could prosper with him.
• Tai Tan hesitated because he had served Tang Hao all his life, while Yu Xiaogang waited without pressuring him.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Tai Tan blueprints for the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus, Storm Pear Blossom Needles, and Peacock Plume, warning that he would approach others if Tai Tan declined.

Yu Xiaogang took Ye Lin and Xiao Wu to the Strength Clan compound to collect hidden weapons, where Tai Tan tested Ye Lin’s endurance with his full Soul Power. Xiao Wu announced that the incense had burned down, but Ye Lin was still standing.

• Yu Xiaogang told Ye Lin to bring Xiao Wu with him, and Ye Lin said goodbye to Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and the others before leaving the academy with Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang collected the finished Godly Zhuge Crossbows, Sand-Containing Shadows, and Flying God Claws from Tai Tan and asked him to keep making more.
• Tai Tan challenged Ye Lin to endure his pressure for the time it took an incense stick to burn, and Ye Lin agreed.
• Tai Tan increased his pressure from thirty percent to one hundred percent as Ye Lin summoned his four Spirit Rings and dark-gold claws, endured the strain, and absorbed the medicinal effects in his meridians faster.
• Xiao Wu watched the incense burn down and shouted that time was up while Ye Lin remained standing.

Yu Xiaogang took Ye Lin and Xiao Wu toward Star Dou Forest after revealing that he knew Xiao Wu was a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast and wanted her to hide there until she was strong enough to conceal her identity. Ye Lin reassured Xiao Wu that his feelings had not changed, and the chapter left them with a day of travel ahead to say goodbye.

• Tai Tan released the pressure on Ye Lin, and Xiao Wu rushed to check his injured shoulder as it quickly healed.
• Yu Xiaogang led Ye Lin and Xiao Wu away from the Strength Clan and summoned Luo Sanpao to carry them through the air.
• Yu Xiaogang announced they were going to Star Dou Forest, then told Xiao Wu that he and Ye Lin knew her true identity.
• Xiao Wu admitted that Er Ming was her little brother, and Yu Xiaogang explained that he wanted her protected by the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts until she reached rank seventy.
• Ye Lin told Xiao Wu that he had known her identity but still loved her, while Xiao Wu said she could not bear to part with him.
• Ye Lin began cultivating on Luo Sanpao's head as Yu Xiaogang left Xiao Wu and Ye Lin a day to talk during the journey.

Ye Lin and Yu Xiaogang left Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Forest and traveled to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Yu Xiaogang began negotiating a deal with Ning Fengzhi by presenting four Mechanism-Type Hidden Weapons.

• Xiao Wu embraced Ye Lin before he and Yu Xiaogang departed, and she watched them leave with the Titan Giant Ape Er Ming.
• Yu Xiaogang told Ye Lin they were going to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Luo Sanpao carried them there.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong prepared to defend the sect when Luo Sanpao arrived, then lowered their guards after recognizing Yu Xiaogang.
• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Yu Xiaogang and Ye Lin into the main hall and asked what had brought them to the sect.
• Yu Xiaogang said he had come to make a deal and laid out a Sleeve Arrow, the Sand-Containing Shadow, a Godly Zhuge Crossbow, and a Back-Mounted Flower Crossbow.

Yu Xiaogang and Ye Lin demonstrated their hidden weapons to Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo, then sold the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect five hundred sets for five million gold soul coins. The deal concluded with only three hundred sets delivered, while Ning Fengzhi wondered what surprise awaited him when Rongrong returned.

• Yu Xiaogang and Ye Lin tested their hidden weapons against Chen Xin, whose robe was pierced by a concealed Godly Zhuge Crossbow attack.
• Yu Xiaogang explained how the hidden weapons worked and argued that they would protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's noncombat disciples.
• Ning Fengzhi asked why Yu Xiaogang was selling weapons to another sect, then agreed to buy five hundred sets for five million gold soul coins.
• Gu Rong objected to the price, but Ning Fengzhi paid Yu Xiaogang and accepted the three hundred sets he had on hand, with the remaining two hundred to be delivered later.
• Yu Xiaogang and Ye Lin left on the dragon, while Ning Fengzhi said the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might learn to make the weapons themselves and wondered about Rongrong's surprise.

Ning Rongrong discovered that the hidden weapons Tang San claimed to have made were identical to those Grandmaster had sold the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and she realized Tang San had stolen them. Meanwhile, Tang San approached the Strength Clan and revealed that he was Tang Hao’s son, prompting Tai Tan to let him inside.

• Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and revealed that her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had reached nine tiers.
• Ning Rongrong showed Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong the hidden weapons Tang San had given her, but Ning Fengzhi produced identical weapons Grandmaster had sold the sect.
• Ning Rongrong realized Tang San had passed off Grandmaster’s weapons as his own, and Ning Fengzhi agreed that Tang San was a shameless thief.
• Tang San went to the Strength Clan’s gates intending to recruit its members and establish the Tang Sect.
• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer to the guards, then told Tai Tan that he was Tang Hao’s son.
• Tai Tan recognized Tang San as Tang Hao’s son, brought him into the compound, and ordered the gates closed to outsiders.

Tang San visited Tai Tan at the Strength Clan compound to ask about his missing father and enlist the clan to forge weapons from his blueprints. Tai Tan heard Tang San’s private thoughts, reaffirmed his loyalty, then recognized the designs as the same ones Grandmaster had shown him.

• Tai Tan led Tang San into the Inner Hall and asked whether his father had sent him.
• Tang San explained that he had not seen his father for six years and had come to learn whether Tai Tan had any news of him.
• Tang San asked Tai Tan to forge weapons that could help ordinary people face Soul Masters and improve blacksmiths’ standing.
• Tai Tan addressed Tang San as young master and promised to spare no effort to make the weapons.
• Tai Tan recognized the blueprints as identical to designs Grandmaster had brought, and Tang San said he had drawn on the experience of those who came before him.

Tai Tan accused Tang San of stealing Grandmaster’s hidden-weapon blueprints and refused to forge for him, ending their relationship. Tang San left the Strength Clan in humiliation, while Tang Hao watched and continued to believe his son could eventually destroy Spirit Hall.

• Tai Tan said Grandmaster had given him the same weapon blueprints six months earlier, accused Tang San of theft, and rebuked him for disrespecting Grandmaster.
• Tang San claimed he planned to sell his weapons through the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Tai Tan mocked him for copying Grandmaster’s business dealings.
• Tai Tan challenged Tang San to swear on his family and Martial Soul that he had designed the weapons; Tang San could not do so and admitted someone else had given them to him.
• Tai Tan refused to forge the weapons, disowned Tang San as his master, and ordered him to pay for the table he had broken before being escorted out.
• Tang San left the Strength Clan with no Gold Soul Coins and vowed revenge against Tai Tan as he headed for Shrek Academy.
• Tang Hao watched from the shadows and wondered about Tang San’s past life, but believed his son’s cultivation could eventually let him destroy Spirit Hall.

Ye Lin accompanied Yu Xiaogang toward Spirit Hall as Yu Xiaogang set out to apologize to Bibi Dong for how he had wronged her. The chapter revealed how Yu Xiaogang persuaded Liu Erlong to support the visit, then left his feelings caught between the two women when she asked which of them mattered more.

• Yu Xiaogang told Ye Lin they were heading to Spirit Hall so he could apologize to someone he had wronged, and Ye Lin suspected he meant Bibi Dong.
• Yu Xiaogang recalled telling Liu Erlong that he planned to visit Bibi Dong, prompting Liu Erlong to fear he still loved her.
• Yu Xiaogang told Liu Erlong that Qian Xunji had raped Bibi Dong and convinced her to end their relationship by making her believe she was no longer worthy of him.
• Yu Xiaogang promised Liu Erlong he would protect both her and Bibi Dong, and Liu Erlong apologized and agreed to support his visit.
• Liu Erlong asked Yu Xiaogang whether she or Bibi Dong was more important to him, leaving him unsure how to answer.

Yu Xiaogang brought Ye Lin to Spirit City and reunited with Pope Bibi Dong after more than twenty years apart. Bibi Dong confessed that she loved him, and Yu Xiaogang comforted her as she revealed she believed herself unworthy of him.

• Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong settled their conversation when he said both women were indispensable to his life and that he had come to Liu Erlong first.
• Yu Xiaogang and Ye Lin arrived at Spirit City, where Yu Xiaogang presented his Pope Token and was allowed into Pope Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang told Ye Lin that Tang Hao had given him the token in case he needed it.
• Bibi Dong entered the hall, and Yu Xiaogang told her he loved her after apologizing for taking more than twenty years to come to her.
• Bibi Dong embraced Yu Xiaogang and confessed that she loved him too, but said she was no longer pure and was unworthy of him.
• Yu Xiaogang wiped away Bibi Dong's tears and told her that she would always be perfect in his heart.

Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong reunited at Spirit Hall, and Ye Lin’s recognition of her as his master’s wife moved her to welcome him and promise him a gift. At dinner, Bibi Dong introduced Yu Xiaogang to her disciple Hu Liena, and she sent Hu Liena to show Ye Lin around while she and Yu Xiaogang continued their reunion.

• Yu Xiaogang told Bibi Dong he wanted her by his side, and she agreed before they embraced and kissed.
• Ye Lin greeted Bibi Dong as his master's wife, and she hugged him and promised to choose a gift for him.
• Bibi Dong arranged rooms at Spirit Hall for Yu Xiaogang and Ye Lin, who spent the day cultivating before being invited to dinner.
• Bibi Dong introduced Hu Liena to Yu Xiaogang and Ye Lin, and Yu Xiaogang gave Hu Liena a Sand-Containing Shadow weapon as a first-meeting gift.
• Bibi Dong asked Hu Liena to show Ye Lin around, while Yu Xiaogang told Ye Lin to rest and not wait for him.

Ye Lin comforted Hu Liena during a quiet walk through Spirit Hall, and she broke through to rank fifty while leaning on his shoulder. They kissed, while Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang reunited in her bedroom and began an intimate encounter before Bibi Dong hesitated over her past.

• Ye Lin and Hu Liena left Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang in the hall, and Hu Liena showed Ye Lin the paths to Spirit Hall's Worship Hall and Douluo Hall.
• Ye Lin told Hu Liena she seemed tense and offered his shoulder, and she relaxed against him.
• Hu Liena's Soul Power surged, breaking her through from rank forty-nine to rank fifty.
• Hu Liena teased Ye Lin about his attraction to her, then closed her eyes, and Ye Lin kissed her.
• Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang went to her bedroom and began undressing, but Bibi Dong stopped and said she felt tainted.
• Yu Xiaogang reassured Bibi Dong and told her he would help clean her up.

Yan found Hu Liena kissing Ye Lin and challenged him, while Hu Liena tried to protect her junior brother and send him to find their teacher. Ye Lin revealed his ten-thousand-year fourth Spirit Ring and stepped forward to fight Yan as Yan charged at him.

• Xie Yue told Yan that Hu Liena had gone to eat with the Pope, and Yan left to search for her.
• Yan discovered Hu Liena and Ye Lin kissing and confronted them, but Hu Liena rejected his claim over her and tried to leave with Ye Lin.
• Yan blocked their way and demanded that Ye Lin fight him, while Hu Liena stood in front of her junior brother and offered to face Yan herself.
• Hu Liena urged Ye Lin to find their teacher, but Ye Lin refused to interrupt them and said he would protect her instead.
• Ye Lin revealed four Spirit Rings, including a ten-thousand-year black fourth ring, and challenged Yan.
• Yan used Flame Lord Martial Soul Possession and charged Ye Lin with a punch as Hu Liena yelled a warning.

Ye Lin defeated Yan in a fight outside the square, enduring Yan’s strongest attack before using his Fourth Soul Skill, Haymaker, to knock him unconscious. He warned Yan to stop harassing Hu Liena, who was left astonished by Ye Lin’s strength.

• Ye Lin overpowered Yan in a fist clash, then shattered Yan’s Granite Rock armor with another punch.
• Ye Lin used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to pursue and repeatedly punch Yan, who could not fight back.
• Yan struck Ye Lin with his Fifth Soul Skill, Flying Sand and Raging Flames, but Ye Lin’s skin was only slightly reddened.
• Ye Lin activated his Fourth Soul Skill, Haymaker, and sent a shock wave through Yan’s defense, knocking him down and out.
• Ye Lin warned Yan not to harass Hu Liena again, while Hu Liena stared in amazement at Yan’s defeat.

After Ye Lin defeated Yan, he left him conscious and went back to cultivate, while Hu Liena learned how strong he had become. The next morning, Hu Liena told Bibi Dong about the confrontation, and Bibi Dong was grateful that Ye Lin had avoided interrupting her private time with Yu Xiaogang.

• Hu Liena worried that Yan was dead, so Ye Lin checked his breathing and slapped him awake, then warned him to get his injuries treated.
• Hu Liena pulled Ye Lin away before he could further anger Yan, and Yan sat down to heal himself rather than risk fainting again.
• Hu Liena asked Ye Lin how strong he was, and he admitted that he did not know before returning to his room to cultivate.
• The next morning, Hu Liena brought Ye Lin to breakfast with Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang, then reported that Yan had attacked them and Ye Lin had injured him.
• Bibi Dong checked that Ye Lin was unharmed and, after hearing that he had kept them from being disturbed, resolved to give him a generous gift.

Bibi Dong heard how Ye Lin defeated Yan and learned that he had a ten-thousand-year Fourth Spirit Ring, then decided to choose a valuable gift for him. She selected an External Soul Bone suited to his Body Martial Soul and searched the treasury for high-quality whale rubber at Yu Xiaogang’s request.

• Hu Liena explained that Ye Lin had faced Yan alone, defeated him, and possessed a ten-thousand-year Fourth Spirit Ring.
• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena to look after Ye Lin and discuss problems with him, then returned to her work as Pope.
• Bibi Dong decided Ye Lin deserved a valuable gift because of his talent and went to Spirit Hall’s treasury.
• Bibi Dong chose an External Soul Bone that could strengthen Ye Lin without using one of his six main Spirit Bone slots.
• Bibi Dong searched for high-quality whale rubber for Yu Xiaogang and found a large piece in a chest.

Bibi Dong sought Golden Crocodile Douluo’s Golden Body-Tempering Secret Method to help Ye Lin strengthen his physique. When he refused, she confronted him in the Worship Hall and demanded that he contribute to Spirit Hall.

• Bibi Dong recalled that the whale rubber she had obtained from a fifty-thousand-year-old sea Soul Beast could help Ye Lin temper his body.
• Bibi Dong decided to seek Golden Crocodile Douluo’s secret method and went to the Worship Hall.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo rejected Bibi Dong’s request and said the Worships did not have to obey the Pope.
• Bibi Dong argued that the Worships still benefited from Spirit Hall’s resources and should contribute when needed.
• Bibi Dong released her pressure and told Golden Crocodile Douluo there would be no negotiation unless he proved her wrong through his actions.

Bibi Dong obtained Golden Crocodile Douluo’s body-tempering secret method after Qian Daoliu ordered him to hand it over. Qian Daoliu warned Golden Crocodile not to challenge Bibi Dong, and the Worship Hall returned to silence as they focused on the Angel Clan’s ultimate goal.

• Qian Daoliu told Golden Crocodile Douluo to give Bibi Dong his body-tempering secret method, explaining that Spirit Hall’s younger generation needed support.
• Golden Crocodile reluctantly handed Bibi Dong the animal-hide scroll and warned her that the method was dangerous for anyone without a strong foundation.
• Bibi Dong checked the scroll, put it away, and left without thanking Golden Crocodile.
• Golden Crocodile complained that Bibi Dong was expanding her influence throughout Spirit Hall and offered to eliminate her.
• Qian Daoliu said Bibi Dong might be beyond Golden Crocodile’s strength and that even he was not certain he could defeat her.
• Qian Daoliu told Golden Crocodile to avoid disrupting Spirit Hall’s balance and focus on the Angel Clan’s ultimate goal.

Bibi Dong prepared four valuable gifts for Ye Lin, including two body-tempering methods, and brought them to him. She left Ye Lin and Yu Xiaogang stunned by her generosity.

• Bibi Dong examined Golden Crocodile Douluo’s body-tempering method and decided Ye Lin needed to strengthen his physique before using it.
• Bibi Dong summoned Yue Guan and Gui Mei, then asked Yue Guan for a medicinal body-tempering method.
• Yue Guan presented his Herbal Body-Tempering Secret Method and asked to observe when it was used; Bibi Dong agreed.
• Bibi Dong visited Ye Lin and Yu Xiaogang and presented an External Soul Bone, fifty-thousand-year Whale Rubber, and the two body-tempering methods.
• Yu Xiaogang and Ye Lin were astonished by the value of Bibi Dong’s gifts.

Ye Lin absorbed Bibi Dong’s External Soul Bone, which mutated into a golden, dragon-scaled tail under the influence of his True Dragon Bloodline. After discovering his body had grown stronger, he swallowed a large piece of fifty-thousand-year Whale Rubber, and its effects surged through him.

• Bibi Dong gave Ye Lin an External Soul Bone, Whale Rubber, and body-refining techniques, and Yu Xiaogang encouraged him to accept them.
• Ye Lin absorbed the External Soul Bone while Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang stood guard.
• Ye Lin manifested a long golden, scaled tail, and Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang concluded that his True Dragon Bloodline had mutated the Spirit Bone.
• Ye Lin dismissed the tail and felt that his body had improved more than it had after absorbing the Dark Gold Dreadclaw.
• Ye Lin heated the Whale Rubber with Soul Power, swallowed it, and felt its effects surge through his body.