Recaps

Luofan traded a nine-grade purple ganoderma to Tang San for the Mysterious Heaven Skill and three accompanying martial arts, allowing Yu Xiaogang to break through to level 30. As Luofan and Yue Guan left Nuoding City, a figure suddenly blocked their path.

• Luofan offered Tang San a nine-grade purple ganoderma for the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, then narrowed his request to the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Purple Demon Eye, Mysterious Jade Hand, and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Tang San agreed after seeing Yu Xiaogang's reaction and copied the requested techniques for Luofan, who checked them before handing over the herb.
• Yu Xiaogang swallowed the nine-grade purple ganoderma, improved Luo Sanpao's quality, and broke through from level 29 to level 30.
• After they left Nuoding City, Yue Guan questioned the trade, and Luofan explained that the Mysterious Heaven Skill was its true prize.
• A figure appeared by the roadside and blocked Luofan and Yue Guan's path.

Tang Hao ambushed Luofan and Yue Guan on the road, but Luofan strengthened Yue Guan with his Overpowering Aura, letting him push Tang Hao back. Tang Hao recognized Luofan as the source of the boost and turned his attention toward him.

• A cloaked man revealed nine Soul Rings, including a red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and Yue Guan recognized him as Tang Hao.
• Yue Guan summoned his Martial Soul and told Luofan to run while he held Tang Hao off.
• Luofan activated his Overpowering Aura and declared that he would help Yue Guan.
• Yue Guan's Boundless Radiance overwhelmed Tang Hao's Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, forcing Tang Hao backward.
• Tang Hao realized Luofan's support had strengthened Yue Guan and set his sights on Luofan.

Luofan used Quickstep to outrun Tang Hao, preventing him from killing Yue Guan. After Tang Hao fled, Luofan admitted that their encounter was mainly because of him, leaving Yue Guan to ask whether Luofan had known Tang Hao was in Nuoding City.

• Tang Hao charged at Luofan, but Luofan used Quickstep to stay just beyond his reach.
• Yue Guan watched Luofan lead Tang Hao on a chase for ten minutes, until Tang Hao gave up.
• Tang Hao acknowledged Luofan’s help, asked his name, and then fled.
• Yue Guan thanked Luofan, who said their encounter with Tang Hao had mainly been because of him.
• Yue Guan realized Luofan might have known Tang Hao was in Nuoding City and asked him about it.

Luofan returned to Heaven Dou City after completing his trip to Nuoding City, then spent six months cultivating and raising his soul power to level 46. During a sunrise practice, he successfully mastered the Purple Demon Eye.

• Luofan agreed with Yue Guan that he had not been wrong to face Tang Hao, and Yue Guan advised him not to rely solely on rule-based soul skills.
• Yue Guan explained that Luofan’s gift of nine-grade purple ganoderma to Yu Xiaogang meant Bibi Dong would likely no longer target him.
• Luofan returned to Heaven Dou City and told Qian Renxue about his fourth soul ring and soul skill, impressing her with his four black rings.
• Luofan trained in the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Purple Demon Eye over the next six months, advancing from level 43 to level 46.
• Luofan practiced the Purple Demon Eye at sunrise and felt his vision and spiritual power change, confirming that he had mastered it.

Luofan discovered that Purple Demon Eye could reveal an opponent’s weak spot and let him bypass defenses when he struck it. He chose to train Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track at Heaven Dou City’s Great Soul Arena, where he stunned the registration clerk by announcing he was a level forty-six Soul Ancestor.

• Luofan tested Purple Demon Eye’s rule-based effect and realized its highlighted weak spot could be attacked to ignore defenses.
• Luofan chose to cultivate Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and told Qian Renxue he wanted to train at the Great Soul Arena.
• Qian Renxue agreed and asked Yue Guan to protect Luofan.
• Luofan and Yue Guan went to the Great Soul Arena in Heaven Dou City, where Luofan registered to fight.
• Luofan told the shocked registration clerk that he was a level forty-six Soul Ancestor.

Luofan registered at the Great Soul Arena and shocked the crowd by revealing four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings. In his first fight, he used Body Possession to make Steel Rock surrender and asked the announcer for a more suitable opponent.

• Luofan revealed his four black Soul Rings, proving he was a level 46 Soul Ancestor, and completed his registration amid the crowd’s disbelief.
• The Great Soul Arena matched Luofan against Steel Rock, a level 41 Soul Ancestor with a defensive Black Tortoise Martial Soul.
• Luofan decided Steel Rock would not help him practice his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track footwork and possessed Steel Rock’s body.
• Luofan made Steel Rock surrender, winning the match as spectators suspected it had been fixed.
• Steel Rock realized Luofan had controlled his body and was terrified, while Luofan asked the announcer for agility attack-type opponents.

Luofan provoked the Great Soul Arena crowd into accepting his offer of wagered duels, promising 10,000 Gold Soul Coins to anyone who could defeat him. His first opponent, Wu Yan, attacked with a surprise second strike after Luofan dodged his initial blow.

• Luofan dismissed the crowd’s calls for humility and insulted the spectators to provoke them further.
• Luofan offered 10,000 Gold Soul Coins to anyone who defeated him, with no restriction on the challenger’s soul power level.
• Luofan revealed that he served Crown Prince Xue Qinghe to reassure the crowd that he could pay the wager.
• Wu Yan, a level 45 Power Attack System Soul Ancestor, accepted the challenge and attacked Luofan with his mace Martial Soul.
• Luofan used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to dodge Wu Yan’s first swing, but Wu Yan launched a surprise second blow that appeared difficult to evade.

Luofan used bouts at the Great Soul Arena to practice Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, drawing attention with his unusual way of winning and his claim to serve Crown Prince Xue Qinghe. Xue Qinghe arranged for Heaven Dou Daily reporters to interview them the next day.

• Luofan blocked Wu Yan’s attack with a pagoda-shaped shield and practiced dodging until his footwork improved.
• Luofan possessed Wu Yan with Primordial Spirit Out-of-Body and made him concede, then invited more challengers.
• Luofan fought five more Contract Duel Matches and announced he would return to the Great Soul Arena the next day.
• News of Luofan’s age, four black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, prize offer, and service to Xue Qinghe spread through Heaven Dou City.
• Xue Qinghe told Luofan that Xue Ye had asked about him and that Heaven Dou Daily reporters would interview them the next day.

Luofan openly described his extraordinary soul power and combat challenge in an interview with the Heaven Dou Daily. Xue Qinghe then revealed that Luofan had founded the newspaper and written Dream of the Red Chamber, leaving Luofan alarmed by the public exposure.

• Luofan told the reporter he was level 46 and that his Soul Rings had turned into Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings on their own.
• Luofan explained that he offered 10,000 Gold Soul Coins to attract serious opponents and gain combat experience.
• Luofan praised Xue Qinghe for taking him in when he had no home.
• Xue Qinghe arrived after the interview and told the reporter that Luofan had suggested founding the Heaven Dou Daily and developing its business model.
• Xue Qinghe revealed that Luofan had written Dream of the Red Chamber and blamed him for refusing to change its tragic ending.
• Luofan grew anxious as he realized Xue Qinghe was exposing him.

After Luofan’s interview made him famous, Xue Qinghe brought him to face the readers of Red Chamber gathered outside the Crown Prince’s Residence. Luofan was left trapped against the closed gate as hundreds of furious fans demanded that he change the novel’s tragic ending.

• Luofan continued his contract Soul Fighting matches over several days, recovering from injuries and improving his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track footwork.
• Yue Guan warned Luofan to flee and stay away for a few days, but Xue Qinghe arrived before he could explain why.
• Xue Qinghe told Luofan that readers had gathered after his interview appeared in the newspaper and persuaded him to meet them.
• Luofan followed Xue Qinghe to the main gate, where Xue Qinghe shut him outside with the crowd.
• Hundreds of Red Chamber readers surrounded Luofan and blamed him for Sister Lin’s death, demanding that he rewrite the ending.

Luofan faced a blockade by female readers demanding a happier ending to Dream of the Red Chamber, and negotiated to keep its ending while promising a new romance with a happy ending. After training and becoming more famous at the Great Soul Arena, he encountered Flender, a level seventy-six Soul Saint.

• Female fans confronted Luofan at his residence and demanded that he change Dream of the Red Chamber's tragic ending.
• Luofan threatened to stop writing, prompting Qian Renxue to join the fans and urge him to continue.
• Qian Renxue and the fans agreed to let Luofan keep Red Chamber's ending in exchange for a new romance with a happy ending.
• Luofan returned to his courtyard, cultivated his soul power, and went to the Great Soul Arena, where his fame had grown.
• After Luofan defeated two Five-Ring Soul Kings and a Six-Ring Soul Emperor, Flender introduced himself as a level seventy-six Soul Saint.

Flender entered Luofan’s Great Soul Arena challenge to win the 10,000 Gold Soul Coins, despite being a level 76 Soul Saint facing a level 46 Soul Ancestor. Luofan evaded Flender’s attacks with his superior speed, then struck him with Suppression, leaving Flender injured.

• Flender came to Heaven Dou City seeking an operating license for Shrek Academy and entered Luofan’s duel for the prize money.
• Luofan accepted the duel against Flender, whose level 76 Soul Saint cultivation stunned the spectators.
• Flender rushed at Luofan, but Luofan used Quickstep, his Head Soul Bone, and Purple Demon Eye to dodge him.
• Flender chased Luofan for five minutes without landing a hit, then complained that Luofan was only running.
• Luofan stopped fleeing and struck Flender with Suppression, whose defense-ignoring effect injured him.

Luofan used his speed, Purple Demon Eye, and Soul Skills to injure Flender, a Seven-Ring Soul Sage. When Flender unleashed Martial Soul Avatar, Luofan’s Exquisite Pagoda absorbed and imprisoned him, stunning the Great Soul Arena.

• Luofan used Purple Demon Eye to spot Flender’s weak point and struck it with his pagoda, seriously injuring him.
• Luofan’s Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track let him evade Flender and attack from behind, while spectators marveled at his strength.
• Flender took Luofan seriously and unleashed his Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar.
• Luofan activated the Exquisite Pagoda’s fourth Soul Skill, Absorption, and sucked Flender and his Martial Soul Avatar into the pagoda.
• Flender found himself unable to use Soul Power or Soul Skills while imprisoned inside the Exquisite Pagoda.

Bibi Dong learned that Luofan had helped Yu Xiaogang evolve his martial soul and began planning to use Luofan to control Qian Renxue. In Heaven Dou City, Luofan defeated Flender by trapping him in his Exquisite Tower, then wondered whether he had begun to grasp Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.

• Bibi Dong read that Yu Xiaogang's martial soul had evolved and that he had reached level 31, then resolved to keep Luofan under her control as leverage over Qian Renxue.
• Luofan used his Absorption Soul Skill to trap Flender inside his Exquisite Tower during their Great Soul Arena match.
• Flender surrendered, and the referee declared Luofan the winner, stunning the spectators with his victory over a Seven-Ring Soul Sage.
• Luofan left the arena with Yue Guan, who explained that the victory had made Luofan a powerful figure rather than merely a promising genius.
• At the Crown Prince's Residence, Luofan wondered whether using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track in the battle meant he had begun to master it and what effect it might grant.

After mastering Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, Luofan discovered that its added spatial rule let him teleport back to a position he had occupied within the previous ten seconds. Qian Renxue reminded him to write the promised romance, so Luofan began Legend of the White Snake, a story about a soul beast repaying a human’s kindness.

• Luofan tested Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track in his courtyard and used its rule effect to teleport from his bedroom door to a tree trunk.
• Qian Renxue arrived and reminded Luofan that he had promised her a romance with a perfectly happy ending.
• Luofan agreed to write and began a new book titled Legend of the White Snake.
• Luofan wrote a synopsis about a white snake saved by a young shepherd boy who later reincarnated, and Qian Renxue eagerly reacted to the human-and-soul-beast romance.

Luofan’s new novel became a sensation as Tang San felt increasingly neglected by Yu Xiaogang, while Xiao Wu grew captivated by the story. After Luofan’s victory over a Soul Sage drew attention in Heaven Dou City, Xue Ye rewarded Xue Qinghe for discovering him and invited Luofan to a palace banquet.

• Ning Fengzhi regretted turning Luofan away after his newspaper and novels became huge successes, while Bibi Dong resolved to separate Luofan and Qian Renxue and keep Luofan close to her.
• Tang San returned to the dormitory resentful that Yu Xiaogang had become dismissive since breaking through to Soul Elder, and he found Xiao Wu engrossed in Legend of the White Snake.
• Luofan continued his daily cultivation and writing as word spread through Heaven Dou City that he had defeated a Seven-Ring Soul Sage as a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor.
• Xue Ye questioned Xue Qinghe about Luofan’s talent and victory, then awarded Xue Qinghe one hundred thousand gold soul coins, a soul bone, and three soul tools.
• Xue Ye announced a Moonlight Banquet and asked Xue Qinghe to bring Luofan so the emperor and court officials could meet him.

Gui Mei pressured Ge Hu to carry out Bibi Dong’s request at Emperor Xue Ye’s Moonlight Banquet, while Luofan spent the evening writing Legend of the White Snake and repeatedly left Qian Renxue hanging at cliffhangers. The chapter ended just as Bai Suzhen cast a spell to investigate Xu Xian’s past life.

• Gui Mei entered Ge Hu’s bedroom and reminded him that he owed the Spirit Hall three favors.
• Gui Mei told Ge Hu to ask Luofan at the Moonlight Banquet whether he should return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ge Hu recognized the plan to sow distrust.
• Luofan followed his usual cultivation and writing routine, ending his Legend of the White Snake update when Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing met Xu Xian at the Broken Bridge.
• Qian Renxue urged Luofan to write more, and he added scenes in which Xiao Qing dropped Bai Suzhen’s golden hairpin and Xu Xian returned it.
• Luofan stopped again as Bai Suzhen began casting a spell to determine whether Xu Xian was the reincarnation of the cowherd boy.

Luofan absorbed the twenty-thousand-year Dark Night Protection Left Arm Bone bestowed by Emperor Xue Ye, and the Rule Addition entry transformed its skill into a powerful crowd-control immunity shield. The next day, Luofan and Qian Renxue departed for the imperial palace to meet Xue Ye.

• Qian Renxue told Luofan that Xue Ye wanted to meet him at the full-moon banquet, and Luofan agreed to go.
• Luofan decided to absorb the left arm bone he had received from Xue Ye and advanced to Soul Power Level 47.
• The Rule Addition entry transformed the bone's defensive skill into Darkness Shield, which protected a target from crowd control until the shield broke.
• Luofan tested Darkness Shield on himself, creating a pale purple sphere around his body.
• After his Soul Power reached Level 58 the next morning, Luofan practiced Mysterious Jade Hand and later rode with Qian Renxue toward the imperial palace.

At the Moonlight Banquet, Luofan impressed the Heaven Dou Emperor and court with his four black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, and Xue Ye praised him as the world's greatest genius. After Grand Marshal Ge Long proposed that Luofan demonstrate his strength, Luofan agreed, leaving the banquet awaiting his display.

• Xue Qinghe brought Luofan to the Moonlight Banquet and introduced him to Xue Ye, while the guests discussed Luofan's age and achievements.
• Xue Ye asked Luofan to show his four black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, and Luofan summoned his Exquisite Pagoda and revealed them.
• The guests marveled at Luofan's talent, and Xue Ye called him the world's greatest genius, drawing congratulations from officials.
• Grand Marshal Ge Long asked Luofan to demonstrate his strength, and Luofan agreed when Xue Ye asked for his answer.

At the Moonlight Banquet, Luofan sparred with Ge Hu, a level 75 Soul Saint whose Baxia Martial Soul gave him formidable defenses and control skills. Luofan showcased his speed, shielding, and evasive techniques, then teleported behind Ge Hu and struck at a weakness revealed by Purple Demon Eye.

• Ge Hu introduced himself as a level 75 Soul Saint with the Baxia Martial Soul and agreed to spar with Luofan.
• Luofan used Quickstep, Overpowering Aura, and Suppression to evade Ge Hu and send his Exquisite Pagoda crashing down; Ge Hu punched it away but suffered a small wound.
• Ge Hu used Gravity Field to slow Luofan and landed a blow, but Luofan’s Shield Soul Skill blocked it completely.
• Luofan used Purple Demon Eye to spot a weak point on Ge Hu’s lower back, then activated Darkness Shield to nullify Gravity Field and dodged with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Luofan triggered Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track’s teleportation effect to appear beside Ge Hu and swung his Exquisite Tower at the marked weak point.

Luofan defeated Ge Hu, a Seven-Ring Soul Sage, in front of the Moonlight Banquet guests, impressing Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe. Xue Ye then proposed betrothing Luofan to Princess Xue Ke, and Xue Qinghe immediately objected.

• Luofan ignored Ge Hu’s defenses, struck him with the Exquisite Pagoda, and absorbed him inside it to end their sparring match.
• The spectators marveled that Luofan had defeated a Seven-Ring Soul Sage as a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor, while Xue Qinghe considered whether he could beat him.
• Xue Ye praised Luofan and realized that his strength could protect the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Xue Ye asked Luofan’s age, learned he would turn ten in just over a month, and suggested that Luofan spend time with Princess Xue Ke.
• Xue Ye proposed arranging a betrothal between Luofan and Xue Ke, with a marriage after they both turned eighteen.
• Xue Qinghe shouted in refusal before Luofan could answer.

At the Moonlight Banquet, Xue Qinghe objected to Xue Ye’s proposed marriage between Luofan and Xue Ke, and Luofan explained that he had already declined because he wanted to focus on cultivation. After Ge Hu was released, he questioned Luofan about his Nine-Story Pagoda martial soul and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect origins, then asked whether Luofan would return to honor the ancestors.

• Xue Qinghe objected when Xue Ye proposed that Luofan marry Xue Ke, and Luofan said he had previously declined the match to prioritize cultivation.
• Marshal Ge Long redirected attention to his imprisoned younger brother, and Luofan released Ge Hu from the Exquisite Tower.
• Xue Ye praised Luofan’s ambition to become a Titled Douluo before considering marriage.
• Ge Hu praised Luofan’s talent, asked about his Nine-Story Pagoda martial soul, and learned that Luofan had left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ge Hu questioned why the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had let Luofan leave and asked whether he would return to honor the ancestors, while Ge Long and Xue Qinghe rebuked him.

At the Moonlight Banquet, Luofan defused Ge Hu’s attempt to cast doubt on his loyalty by proposing that Xue Qinghe accompany him to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for ancestral rites. After the banquet, Ge Long stopped their carriage and claimed Spirit Hall had coerced Ge Hu into his words.

• Ge Long struck Ge Hu and asked Xue Ye to punish him, and Xue Ye ordered eighty military-rod strokes and three months of confinement.
• Luofan said he would visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for the ancestral rites and asked Xue Qinghe to accompany him.
• Xue Ye approved the visit as a one-time exception, and Xue Qinghe praised Luofan’s quick thinking.
• Luofan left the palace with Xue Qinghe, but Ge Long stopped their carriage to explain Ge Hu’s conduct.
• Ge Long told Xue Qinghe that Spirit Hall had coerced Ge Hu into speaking as he did.

Luofan considered whether Ge Long had blamed Spirit Hall for Ge Hu’s actions, and Xue Qinghe doubted his story while Luofan thought Bibi Dong might have acted behind the scenes. After nearly two months of training, Luofan reached level 49 and gained the first effects of Mysterious Jade Hand just as Xue Qinghe invited him to travel to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for ancestor worship.

• Xue Qinghe questioned Ge Long about Ge Hu taking orders from Spirit Hall, but Ge Long lowered his head without arguing.
• In the carriage, Xue Qinghe insisted Ge Long was lying, while Luofan suggested Bibi Dong might have targeted him after their previous confrontation.
• Luofan spent nearly two months training, raising his soul power to level 49 and practicing at the Great Soul Arena.
• Luofan gained an initial grasp of Mysterious Jade Hand, activating a new effect from his Rule Addition trait.
• Xue Qinghe invited Luofan to leave for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect the next day for ancestor worship, and Luofan agreed.

Luofan considered how Mysterious Jade Hand could reflect ranged attacks, then traveled with Xue Qinghe and Ning Rongrong to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to honor the ancestors. As they approached, Luofan recalled leaving the sect years ago, while Ning Fengzhi learned of their arrival and regretted losing such a talented Soul Master.

• Luofan realized Mysterious Jade Hand could reflect ranged attacks, including hidden weapons, though it could not stop melee strikes.
• Luofan, Xue Qinghe, and Ning Rongrong set off by carriage for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Luofan planned to honor the ancestors before leaving again to focus on cultivation.
• Ning Rongrong told Luofan and Xue Qinghe that she had reached Soul Power Level twenty at about nine and a half years old.
• As the sect came into view, Luofan remembered leaving it alone four years earlier, and Xue Qinghe urged him not to dwell on unhappy memories.
• Ning Fengzhi heard that Xue Qinghe, Luofan, and Ning Rongrong were coming, and he regretted that Luofan’s extraordinary talent had slipped away from the sect.