Recaps

Bai Ranmo exposed Gangzi’s failure to recognize Tang San’s Blue Silver King martial soul, driving a wedge between master and disciple. He then ridiculed Gangzi’s theories before a crowd, leaving Gangzi unconscious and Tang San consumed by hatred.

• Bai Ranmo rebuked Gangzi for failing to recognize Tang San’s high-grade Blue Silver King martial soul, and Tang San remembered that Tyrant Douluo had warned him years earlier.
• Tang San decided that his bond with Gangzi was over and blamed him for ruining his cultivation prospects, while Gangzi tried to defend his theory about absorbing poison.
• Bai Ranmo sent a muscular clone onto the stage to mock Gangzi’s theories as cult-like, shocking the audience and making Bai Ranmo applaud.
• Bai Ranmo’s clone recited Gangzi’s claim that no martial souls were useless, then mocked Yu Xiaogang’s weak martial soul and low cultivation, prompting the crowd to laugh.
• Tang San glared at Gangzi in hatred, and Gangzi collapsed unconscious after feeling his convictions crumble.

After Tang San rejected Bai Ranmo’s offer to join Spirit Hall, he blamed Yu Xiaogang for ruining his future and resolved to kill him. Tang Hao appeared in Tang San’s hotel room, apologized for letting him study under Yu Xiaogang, and warned him not to kill his former teacher.

• Tang San declined Bai Ranmo’s invitation to join Spirit Hall, though he left open the possibility of joining later.
• Yu Yuanzhen blamed himself for raising his son poorly, glared at Bibi Dong, and left with his son.
• Tang San brooded over his Blue Silver Grass and decided he would poison Yu Xiaogang or frame someone else rather than bear the infamy of killing his teacher.
• Tang Hao appeared in Tang San’s hotel room, and Tang San greeted his father with tears after three years apart.
• Tang Hao apologized for letting Tang San become Yu Xiaogang’s disciple and warned him that he could not kill Yu Xiaogang.

Tang Hao explained why Tang San had to keep studying under Yu Xiaogang and warned him never to join Spirit Hall. After Yu Xiaogang woke, Tang San pretended to reaffirm their teacher-disciple bond, leaving Yu Xiaogang and Yu Yuanzhen moved while Tang San secretly gagged.

• Tang Hao told Tang San that Yu Xiaogang could connect him to Bibi Dong, who might teach him to cultivate twin martial souls, and forbade him from joining Spirit Hall because of the family's blood feud.
• Tang Hao said Tang San still had to study under Yu Xiaogang and promised to help awaken the Blue Silver Emperor once Tang San reached rank fifty.
• Yu Yuanzhen learned Yu Xiaogang's physical injuries had not healed and told him to return to the clan, causing Yu Xiaogang to faint in despair.
• Tang San reassured the awakened Yu Xiaogang that he still regarded him as his teacher and apologized for losing control in the arena.
• Yu Xiaogang and Yu Yuanzhen were moved by Tang San's apparent loyalty, while Tang San secretly gagged and resolved to endure the act for his future.

Tang San watched Li Bai battle Mitsuki, whose Sage Mode gave him a powerful advantage. Li Bai nullified Mitsuki’s Lightning Snake with his External Soul Bone ability and counterattacked, leaving the match’s outcome unresolved as their attacks collided.

• Tang San watched the Genius Tournament matches with Hei Ranbai after struggling to earn points.
• Mitsuki activated Ryūchi Cave—Sage Mode and used Sage Art: White Rage Technique to overwhelm Li Bai.
• Li Bai endured Mitsuki’s attack with his Sword Spirit and My Body as Sword, but began bleeding from his seven orifices.
• Li Bai nullified Mitsuki’s Lightning Snake with his External Soul Bone skill, No Longer Human, then rushed in with Bring in the Wine.
• Li Bai used the Green Lotus Sword Technique’s Ten Thousand Mountains as Mitsuki launched another Sage Art: Lightning Snake, and their attacks collided.

Mitsuki defeated Li Bai after revealing an ability that healed his wounds by shedding his skin, and Tang San struggled with doubts about his own talent. Uchiha Itachi, a twelve-year-old hidden-clan leader with a level forty-nine Sharingan, challenged Feng Xiaotian, leaving Golden Crocodile Douluo suspicious of the clan’s strength and possible connection to Bai Ranmo.

• Mitsuki used the Orochimaru-Style Substitution Technique to emerge uninjured, then bound Li Bai with Hidden Shadow Chaotic Snake Hand; Li Bai erased the snakes with No Longer Human and conceded.
• Tang San questioned whether his Twin Martial Souls made him a genius, and Hei Ranbai encouraged him by reminding him of his hidden weapons and other gift.
• Feng Xiaotian reflected on the techniques Mitsuki and Li Bai had used when Uchiha Itachi approached and challenged him for all his points.
• Feng Xiaotian and Uchiha Itachi summoned their Martial Souls on arena eleven, revealing Feng Xiaotian's level fifty-two and Itachi's level forty-nine cultivation.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo discovered that Itachi had registered at level twenty-nine and sensed that his accompanying elder was a level ninety-five Titled Douluo, prompting him to wonder whether Bai Ranmo was connected to the Uchiha Clan.
• Tang San was shaken by Itachi's age and level, and Hei Ranbai prepared to encourage him again.

Uchiha Itachi trapped Feng Xiaotian in Sharingan Genjutsu during their tournament match, making him believe his attacks repeatedly struck an elusive opponent. Feng Xiaotian finally emerged from the illusion and found Uchiha Itachi standing nearby as the match’s true outcome remained unresolved.

• Feng Xiaotian opened with Wind Blade Array, but Uchiha Itachi countered with Phoenix Flower Jutsu and Shuriken techniques.
• Feng Xiaotian used Gale Wings and Twin Wolf Possession before attacking Uchiha Itachi with Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes.
• Uchiha Itachi appeared to turn into crows whenever Feng Xiaotian struck, while spectators wondered whether a mental Soul Skill was affecting him.
• Uchiha Itachi’s Sharingan Genjutsu made Feng Xiaotian believe he had unleashed all thirty-six slashes against an opponent who kept vanishing.
• Feng Xiaotian broke free of the Genjutsu and saw Uchiha Itachi standing a short distance away, who told him to lose himself in the Sharingan’s Genjutsu.

After Itachi defeated Feng Xiaotian, Ning Fengzhi tried to recruit the supposed Uchiha Clan, but Fugaku instead secured funding from him. On the tenth day, the top ten were announced, and Gangzi rushed to the arena after learning Tang San had taken tenth place.

• Feng Xiaotian admitted defeat to Itachi, gave him his points, and resolved to beat him next time.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to bring the Uchiha Clan into the United Front Squad, and Fugaku accepted money without committing to join.
• Fugaku revealed that the Uchiha Clan consisted only of himself, Itachi, and Sasuke, and planned to explain its absence by saying Itachi had slaughtered the clan.
• The tenth-day rankings placed Bai Ranmo first, Itachi second, and Tang San tenth, with five Spirit Hall geniuses in the top ten.
• Tang San earned points by using God King's Wager to make Yan accept a challenge, then defeating him under Yan's restrictions.
• After Flender told him Tang San had reached tenth place, Gangzi raced toward the tournament grounds, propelling himself with farts and drawing disgust from onlookers.

The top ten geniuses gathered before Pope Bibi Dong announced the final tournament rules, while Hei Ranbai’s parents were revealed in a tense reunion. The chapter ended as Feng Xiaotian and Yan appealed for the chance to challenge the top ten.

• The top ten geniuses arrived at the arena, where Bai Ranmo made a dramatic entrance and exchanged looks with Uchiha Itachi.
• Toji, Hei Ranbai, and Tang San encountered Bai Cangyue, who revealed that she was Hei Ranbai’s mother; Toji and Bai Cangyue argued over their son’s upbringing.
• Bai Ranmo appeared and learned that Hei Ranbai was Toji and Bai Cangyue’s son, while Tang San misread Hei Ranbai’s reaction as a show of loyalty to him.
• Pope Bibi Dong announced that competitors could appeal for a chance to challenge the top ten, who could spar with one another while appeals were assessed.
• Feng Xiaotian and Yan filed appeals, with Yan hoping to claim the tenth-place spot.

Gangzi arrived at the Venue as Bai Ranmo rejected Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Fugaku's demand that he leave Spirit Hall for the Uchiha Clan. Bai Ranmo declared himself number one and challenged everyone to catch up, while Qian Renxue's reveal remained pending.

• Gangzi entered the Venue and proudly presented himself as Tang San's master, though the crowd looked at him with contempt.
• Uchiha Itachi told Bai Ranmo that his Six Eyes martial soul was a mutation of the Sharingan and asked him to return to the Uchiha Clan.
• Bai Ranmo rejected Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Fugaku, saying Spirit Hall had raised him and he would remain its Holy Son.
• Bai Ranmo declared that he had nothing to do with the Uchiha Clan, and Tianyue expressed relief at his choice.
• Uchiha Itachi acknowledged Bai Ranmo as first place, but Bai Ranmo dismissed his approval and told everyone to catch up before he went too far ahead.

Hei Ranbai and Bai Ranmo began their duel at the Genius Tournament after Bai Ranmo proposed a fight over the connection between their Martial Souls. The chapter left the match underway, with Divine Dog: Totality charging Bai Ranmo as Hei Ranbai attacked with Playful Cloud and Bruce prepared Medusa’s Gaze.

• Bai Ranmo challenged Hei Ranbai to a duel, saying their Martial Souls were connected, and offered to suppress his level to 37.
• Hei Ranbai accepted, while the crowd and his allies gathered around to watch and cheer him on.
• Bibi Dong presided over the match and announced Bai Ranmo’s Six Eyes at Level 42 and Hei Ranbai’s Ten Shadows Technique at Level 37.
• Hei Ranbai summoned Playful Cloud and Divine Dog: Totality, which lunged at Bai Ranmo.
• Bai Ranmo used Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue against the charging Divine Dog: Totality as Hei Ranbai rushed in and called for Bruce to use Medusa’s Gaze.

Hei Ranbai revealed that Round Deer could help him use Reverse Cursed Technique, then resumed his fight with Bai Ranmo using the Inverted Spear of Heaven. The weapon pierced Limitless, leaving Bai Ranmo exposed to Hei Ranbai’s next attack.

• Bai Ranmo used Shinra Tensei to repel Hei Ranbai, Bruce, and the Shikigami attacking him.
• Hei Ranbai summoned Round Deer and healed himself with Reverse Cursed Technique, surprising Bai Ranmo and the onlookers.
• Bai Ranmo asked Hei Ranbai to teach him Reverse Cursed Technique during their fight, and Hei Ranbai drew the Inverted Spear of Heaven.
• Hei Ranbai used Rabbit Escape to obscure Bai Ranmo’s vision and attacked from behind with the Inverted Spear of Heaven.
• The Inverted Spear of Heaven struck Bai Ranmo’s Limitless and tore through it.

Bai Ranmo recovered from his near-fatal wounds after grasping Reverse Cursed Technique and resumed his duel with Hei Ranbai. Hei Ranbai launched a fresh attack, and the fight continued with both combatants using their techniques.

• Hei Ranbai stabbed Bai Ranmo with the Inverted Spear of Heaven and slashed him until he collapsed, while Tianyue tried to intervene and Golden Crocodile stopped her.
• Bai Ranmo refused Ye Renxin's treatment and remained motionless as Qian Daoliu and the arena's onlookers waited anxiously.
• Bai Ranmo's wounds healed, revealing that he had grasped Reverse Cursed Technique, and he recovered completely.
• Hei Ranbai blamed his loss on failing to knock Bai Ranmo out of the arena before he healed, then declared that the fight had only begun.
• Bai Ranmo dodged Hei Ranbai's attacks and used Red to injure Nue, then tore apart the Great Serpent from inside it with Shinra Tensei.

Hei Ranbai summoned Mahoraga and hid in the shadows, forcing Bai Ranmo to fight the adapting Shikigami. After discovering that Mahoraga grew resistant as the Dharma Wheel turned, Bai Ranmo launched Hollow Purple at him.

• Bai Ranmo defeated Hei Ranbai in their exchange and offered him the tournament’s Soul Bone and a lesson in Domain.
• Hei Ranbai summoned Mahoraga, put on an oxygen tank, and hid in Shadow Space in a deathlike state.
• Mahoraga attacked Bai Ranmo, adapting to Blue and Azure while his Dharma Wheel began to turn.
• Bai Ranmo struck Mahoraga with Red and realized that the Shikigami gained resistance to attacks as the wheel turned.
• Bai Ranmo combined Blue and Red to create Hollow Purple and sent it crashing toward Mahoraga.

Bai Ranmo destroyed Mahoraga and tried to teach Hei Ranbai to expand a Domain, but their Domains clashed in the arena. Hei Ranbai shattered Unlimited Void with his shikigami and won the battle in Spirit City.

• Bai Ranmo used Hollow Purple to destroy Mahoraga, then emerged from the shadows to face Hei Ranbai.
• Bai Ranmo used Spatial Lock and coached Hei Ranbai to release all his Soul Power and expand a Domain.
• Hei Ranbai created the open Domain Chimera Shadow Garden, and Bai Ranmo answered with his completed Unlimited Void.
• Hei Ranbai's Piercing Ox cracked Unlimited Void's shell, and Max Elephant fell from the shadows to shatter it completely.
• Tang San and Gangzi declared Hei Ranbai the winner as Chimera Shadow Garden remained standing.

Hei Ranbai and Bai Ranmo fought to a draw, and Bai Ranmo failed to recruit him into Spirit Hall. Qian Renxue then made a dramatic entrance and challenged Hu Liena, leaving her stunned.

• Hei Ranbai overloaded Bai Ranmo's brain with Unlimited Void, collapsing Chimera Shadow Garden, and the two agreed to decide the fight with one final punch.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo stopped their matching punches and declared the match a draw; Bai Ranmo invited Hei Ranbai to join Spirit Hall, but Hei Ranbai declined.
• Qian Daoliu lamented that Hei Ranbai could not be recruited, while Qian Renxue watched the fight and prepared to make her entrance.
• Qian Renxue appeared with an Eight-Winged Seraph and revealed that she was a nineteen-year-old level-seventy-seven Soul Saint with a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
• Qian Renxue asked to challenge someone in the top ten of the Genius Ranking, then chose Hu Liena, who stared back in disbelief.

Qian Renxue forced Hu Liena to concede and leave the top ten, prompting Yan to challenge Tang San so Hu Liena could later take his place. Tang San defeated Yan with Hidden Weapons, but Yan protested that Tang San had broken the rules, leaving Bibi Dong to decide whether to intervene.

• Qian Renxue challenged Hu Liena, who conceded and left the top ten rather than fight her.
• Yan nearly confronted Qian Renxue, then decided to challenge Tang San so Hu Liena could challenge him and regain her place.
• Tang San and Yan fought, with Tang San using his Tang Sect Techniques and Hidden Weapons against Yan’s fire-based attacks.
• Tang San struck Yan with the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow after Yan stopped to protect himself from Hidden Weapons aimed at his groin.
• Yan accused Tang San of using underhanded tricks and appealed to Bibi Dong, who hesitated because Tang San was Yu Xiaogang’s disciple.

The Genius Tournament ended after Feng Xiaotian defeated Tang San, and the competitors chose soul bones from Spirit Hall’s treasury. Bibi Dong confronted Qian Renxue over her decision to target Hu Liena, leaving Qian Renxue to answer her accusation.

• Bibi Dong told Yan to accept his loss, while Feng Xiaotian challenged Tang San and later defeated him with his Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes.
• Tang Hao resolved to kill Qian Renxue before she matured, while Hei Ranbai offered Tang San a soul bone.
• The Genius Tournament ended, and the ten geniuses chose soul bones from Spirit Hall’s treasury, with Hei Ranbai, Tianyue, Zhao Yunxiao, Mitsuki, Li Bai, Sun Chuantao, Feng Xiaotian, and Uchiha Itachi making their selections.
• Qian Renxue met Tianyue and Bai Ranmo while heading to find her grandfather, and Bai Ranmo described his fight with Hei Ranbai as satisfying despite losing.
• Bibi Dong confronted Qian Renxue and asked why she had targeted Hu Liena instead of an enemy contestant, accusing her of being vicious.

Bibi Dong confronted Qian Renxue over Hu Liena’s defeat and offered her a Soul Bone, but the argument escalated until Qian Renxue defended Bai Ranmo and Tianyue and cut ties with her mother. Afterward, Itadori told Qian Daoliu he intended to teach Bibi Dong a lesson before leaving.

• Bibi Dong called Qian Renxue cruel, then offered her a ten-thousand-year mental-type Soul Bone as a favor.
• Tianyue insulted Bibi Dong, and Bai Ranmo attacked her with Cursed Technique Reversal: Red, prompting Bibi Dong to reveal her nine Soul Rings and counterattack.
• Tianyue fired her Golden Crocodile Demon Light Cannon at Bibi Dong, and Bai Ranmo shielded her with Limitless.
• Qian Renxue stopped Bibi Dong with her Holy Sword, declared that they had nothing to do with each other, and ordered her to leave the Worship Hall.
• Tianyue tried to comfort Qian Renxue while Bai Ranmo criticized Tianyue’s Soul Skill, and their bickering eased Qian Renxue’s expression.
• Itadori told Qian Daoliu he planned to teach Bibi Dong a lesson before he left, and Qian Daoliu silently prayed before the Angel God Statue.

Itadori attacked Bibi Dong after she left Qian Daoliu, leaving her gravely injured. Meanwhile, Dai Mubai planned to hide in a Spirit City brothel, unaware that Ma Hongjun was heading to one too.

• Itadori ambushed Bibi Dong, severed one of her Spider Legs, restrained her with Blood Manipulation, and struck her with five Black Flashes.
• Dai Mubai panicked about returning to the Star Luo Empire and climbed out a window to escape, while a little white snake watched him.
• Zhu Zhuyun considered catching Dai Mubai, but Mitsuki argued that his departure would weaken his chances of claiming the throne and revealed he planned to give Dai Weisi his Soul Bone.
• Dai Mubai reconsidered fleeing Spirit City immediately and decided to disguise himself and hide in a brothel.
• Ma Hongjun persuaded Flender to pay for a brothel visit and headed to one of Spirit City's establishments.

At the Misty Rain Pavilion, Ma Hongjun attacked Dai Mubai out of jealousy, but Dai Mubai beat him until Li Bai, Ning Rongrong, and Long Wushuang intervened. Li Bai and Long Wushuang punished Ma Hongjun, then Long Wushuang left the pair to visit the nearby brothel.

• Dai Mubai paid a fox Martial Soul Soul Grandmaster to spend time with him at the Misty Rain Pavilion, while Ma Hongjun watched jealously from outside.
• Ma Hongjun ambushed Dai Mubai in an alley and used his Phoenix Fire Line, burning Dai Mubai's hair and skin before fleeing when he saw Dai Mubai was a Soul Grandmaster.
• Dai Mubai chased down Ma Hongjun and beat him until Ning Rongrong, Li Bai, and Long Wushuang arrived.
• Long Wushuang helped Ma Hongjun up, but Ning Rongrong called him disgusting for staring at her, so Li Bai and Long Wushuang knocked him down and batted him back and forth with a sword and shield.
• Ning Rongrong scolded Ma Hongjun and left with Li Bai, while Long Wushuang decided to visit the Misty Rain Pavilion alone.

Hei Ranbai and Tang San agreed to help Ma Hongjun confront Dai Mubai, but Dai Mubai won Ma Hongjun over with an apology, Gold Soul Coins, and an offer of prostitutes. Ma Hongjun befriended Dai Mubai and introduced him to Shrek Academy, while Tang San returned to prepare to absorb his Soul Bone.

• Hei Ranbai gave Tang San a Right Leg Bone and prepared an electric-attribute Soul Bone for Nue, but Tang San paused his absorption when Ma Hongjun arrived beaten up.
• Tang San agreed to help Ma Hongjun get an apology, and Ma Hongjun led him and Hei Ranbai toward the Misty Rain Pavilion.
• Ma Hongjun spotted Dai Mubai, who tried to flee until Tang San blocked his way and demanded an apology.
• Dai Mubai apologized, gave Ma Hongjun Gold Soul Coins, and offered to take him to a brothel, so Ma Hongjun let the earlier assault go.
• Dai Mubai treated Ma Hongjun to two girls, and Ma Hongjun called him Boss Dai before recommending Shrek Academy.

Dai Mubai decided to join Shrek Academy after hearing Ma Hongjun praise it and its connection to Tang San and Hei Ranbai. At Spirit Hall, Bai Ranmo confronted Tianyue about her feelings for him and warned her against letting love override her loyalty, then tested how she would react if he joined the Uchiha Clan.

• Ma Hongjun told Dai Mubai that Tang San and Hei Ranbai would attend Shrek Academy and praised its graduates, persuading Dai Mubai to join.
• Tianyue asked Bai Ranmo whether he would betray Spirit Hall if he went to the Uchiha Clan, and Bai Ranmo assured her he would not betray the institution that raised him.
• Tianyue admitted she might follow Bai Ranmo to the Uchiha Clan to talk him out of leaving, prompting him to accuse her of being a Love-Brain.
• After playfully arguing and damaging Bai Ranmo's bed, Tianyue listened as he warned her against letting romance compromise her judgment.
• Bai Ranmo asked whether Tianyue would stay loyal to Spirit Hall if he defected to the Uchiha Clan, but she had not yet answered.

After Tianyue chose Spirit Hall over Uchiha, Bai Ranmo told her that Bibi Dong had once loved Gangzi. The next day, Gangzi went to Spirit Hall hoping to question Bibi Dong about cultivating Twin Martial Souls, where Bai Ranmo challenged him at Pope Hall’s entrance.

• Tianyue said she would oppose Uchiha but beg her grandfather to spare Bai Ranmo, then learned that Bibi Dong’s ex-boyfriend was Gangzi and smashed Bai Ranmo’s table in anger.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun returned to the hotel, while Tang San, newly raised to level 26 by a Soul Bone, acted distant toward Gangzi.
• Gangzi decided to visit Bibi Dong to ask about cultivating Twin Martial Souls, and Flender worried that he meant to rekindle their relationship.
• Tianyue gave Bai Ranmo the cold shoulder, and he fled with Sun Chuantao after she whipped at him with her Golden Crocodile tail.
• At Pope Hall, Bai Ranmo tried to send Gangzi away, but Gangzi produced a Pope Token that left the Guards uncertain and surprised Sun Chuantao.

Bai Ranmo confronted Yu Xiaogang at Pope Hall and used the Pope Token to accuse him of conspiring with Tang Hao and attempting to assassinate the Pope. Yu Xiaogang was beaten and dragged to Spirit Hall Prison while Tianyue and Sun Chuantao backed Bai Ranmo.

• Tianyue recognized Yu Xiaogang and worried that Bibi Dong’s supposed interest in him would damage Spirit Hall’s reputation.
• Bai Ranmo reminded Tianyue that he was six years younger than her, leaving her embarrassed.
• Bai Ranmo slapped Yu Xiaogang and questioned how he had obtained the Pope Token.
• Bai Ranmo accused Yu Xiaogang of being allied with Tang Hao and plotting against the Pope, then struck him with the token.
• Sun Chuantao struck Yu Xiaogang and ordered the guards to take him to Spirit Hall Prison.

Gangzi was sent to Spirit Hall’s Heavenly Prison, where Brother Long and a Prison Guard beat him. While Bibi Dong hid from view as her injuries healed, she ordered four Spirit Hall elders to kill Su Liuchuan and Manjusaka.

• Bai Ranmo had Gangzi sent directly to Spirit Hall’s Heavenly Prison, where Brother Long introduced himself and ordered Gangzi to pick up dropped soap.
• Gangzi called for Bibi Dong, but a Prison Guard struck him 186 times before summoning a Healing System Soul Master to treat him.
• Bibi Dong hid in a side chamber while Ye Renxin treated the facial injuries she had suffered from Itadori’s five consecutive Black Flashes.
• Bibi Dong gave Hu Liena a Forty Thousand Years Head Soul Bone, then ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to kill Su Liuchuan and Manjusaka.
• Bibi Dong assigned Demon Bear and Ghost Leopard to join the mission, and Yue Guan fled after cautiously asking about her condition.