Recaps

Ning Chengyi broke off his engagement to Ning Rongrong and left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after remaining stuck at Soul Power level ten for five years. As he prepared to depart with Little Black, his dormant Second Martial Soul awakened when they fought to the death, healing him and raising his Soul Power to level twelve; he buried Little Black and headed for the Sunset Forest.

• Ning Chengyi returned the gifts from Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong, ended his engagement, and left the Stillwater Library.
• Ning Chengyi met Little Black and fought him until both were gravely wounded and Little Black died.
• Ning Chengyi's Second Martial Soul, Phantom Butterfly Spirit Tide, awakened, healed his wounds, and propelled him to level twelve Soul Power.
• Ning Chengyi buried Little Black beneath a peach tree and gathered his belongings before setting out for the Sunset Forest.
• Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong discussed Ning Chengyi's departure and Little Black's death.

Ning Chengyi traveled to the Sunset Forest to hunt a Mountain-Treading Black Rhinoceros, but a battle between Bibi Dong and a hundred-thousand-year Death Spider Emperor drove the forest into chaos. After Bibi Dong escaped and the Emperor sent soul beasts to hunt her, Ning Chengyi found an unconscious woman in purple by the river.

• Ning Chengyi reached the Sunset Forest and waited in a tree for a roughly seven-hundred-year Mountain-Treading Black Rhinoceros.
• Ning Chengyi sensed a Death Spider Emperor and secretly approached to watch as Bibi Dong fought the hundred-thousand-year beast for its soul ring.
• Bibi Dong's attacks failed to overcome the Spider Emperor, which poisoned and badly injured her; she severed one of its feelers with a secret art and fled.
• The enraged Spider Emperor ordered high-level soul beasts to track Bibi Dong, while Ning Chengyi used the river to hide his scent and leave the battlefield.
• Ning Chengyi found a pale, unconscious woman in purple lying beside the river.

Ning Chengyi rescued the injured Bibi Dong and nursed her through a venomous wound while they hid in a cave. After her recovery, Bibi Dong returned to her distant demeanor and offered to help him obtain a Soul Ring, but Ning Chengyi told her he preferred the woman she had been during their time together.

• Ning Chengyi rescued the unconscious Bibi Dong from the river, concealed them from the searching Soul Beasts, and treated her wound after she agreed to let him help.
• Ning Chengyi cared for Bibi Dong in the cave for ten days, and the two grew more familiar as she recovered.
• A Soul Beast found their hiding place after Bibi Dong went outside for water, so Ning Chengyi left to lure it away while she stayed in the cave.
• Ning Chengyi returned injured, collapsed into Bibi Dong's arms, and recovered over the next two days as she looked after him.
• After a month, Bibi Dong declared that the venom was gone and offered to help Ning Chengyi obtain a Soul Ring.
• Ning Chengyi told Bibi Dong he preferred the warmer Zhu Qianxun she had been before, and she left the cave without looking back.

Ning Chengyi absorbed a fourteen-hundred-year-old Rock-Splitting Armored Suanni soul ring and gained a powerful first soul skill, while Bibi Dong left him gifts and departed. After reaching soul power level fourteen, he set his sights on the Great Soul Arena to grow stronger.

• Bibi Dong caught a Rock-Splitting Armored Suanni for Ning Chengyi and warned him to absorb its soul ring quickly.
• Ning Chengyi absorbed the purple thousand-year soul ring, enduring intense pain as the Phantom Butterfly Spirit Tide healed him.
• Bibi Dong carried Ning Chengyi into the cave, left him her inner armor and two scrolls, kept his dog tooth as a memento, and kissed his forehead before flying away.
• Ning Chengyi completed the absorption, reached soul power level fourteen, and gained the first soul skill Mystic Edge Sweeps the Mountains.
• Ning Chengyi picked up Bibi Dong's gifts and decided to head to the Great Soul Arena to improve through combat.

Ning Chengyi entered the Great Soul Arena under the alias Azu and killed Pig Boom with one spear strike in his first death match. After collecting his winnings and reflecting on the fight, he was called to face Hungry Tiger, a level-twenty-one Soul Grandmaster with seven consecutive wins.

• Ning Chengyi arrived at the Great Soul Arena, registered as Azu, and bet on himself to win his first three matches.
• Azu attacked Pig Boom as soon as their death match began and killed him with a single strike of his Desolation-Suppressing God-Breaking Spear.
• The crowd erupted in cheers for Azu, and spectators learned he had two more matches scheduled.
• Azu collected his winnings and reflected that killing Pig Boom had released the anger he had carried for five years.
• Azu entered the arena to face Hungry Tiger, and the announcer began their death match.

Ning Chengyi overwhelmed three opponents in the Soul Fighting Arena, then decided to draw Xue Qinghe’s attention to gain access to the Moonlit Perching Butterfly Flower. The chapter left him confronting an arrogant youth who demanded that he leave his paid spot at the Nightglow Tower.

• Ning Chengyi killed Hungry Tiger with his God-Breaking Spear, winning his second death match and making the name Azu famous.
• Ning Chengyi won his third match without using a Soul Skill, smashing his opponent’s chest with a punch before leaving the arena.
• Ning Chengyi found the Moonlit Perching Butterfly Flower in Bibi Dong’s secret notes and planned to attract Xue Qinghe’s attention by revealing his Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Ning Chengyi went to the Nightglow Tower to rest, where an arrogant youth ordered his attendants to remove him from a spot Ning Chengyi had paid for.
• Ning Chengyi put on his robe and coldly rebuked the youth’s attendants for their arrogance.

Ning Chengyi defeated Yu Shuo and the Tall-and-Short Brothers after they intruded on his private courtyard, leaving Yu Shuo severely injured. Nightglow Tower compensated Ning Chengyi with a Black-Class Guest Card, while its young master took an interest in him and Yu Tianheng vowed revenge.

• Ning Chengyi defeated the Tall-and-Short Brothers with his spear after they attacked him using their lightning soul skills.
• Ning Chengyi smashed Yu Shuo with his spear, breaking his bones and leaving him vomiting blood.
• Nightglow Tower's steward apologized, covered Ning Chengyi's expenses, and gave him a Black-Class Guest Card.
• The steward told Nightglow Tower's young master about Ning Chengyi, and the young master ordered him to arrange a meeting on Ning Chengyi's next visit.
• Yu Tianheng learned that Yu Shuo had been injured and vowed to avenge him.

Ning Chengyi returned to the Great Soul Arena and faced Sword Venerable, a rank-thirty-one Soul Elder, in a heavily mismatched Death Arena battle. As Sword Venerable’s attacks battered him, Ning Chengyi endured the assault and began to recognize his own shortcomings.

• Yu Tianheng confronted Nightglow Tower’s manager about Yu Shuo’s injury, but the manager said Yu Shuo had been at fault and invited him to find the culprit himself.
• Ning Chengyi returned to the Great Soul Arena as the crowd cheered for him, then learned that he would fight Sword Venerable, a rank-thirty-one Soul Elder.
• Ning Chengyi and Sword Venerable traded attacks, with Ning Chengyi using his spear’s reach to repel Sword Venerable’s first soul skill.
• Sword Venerable unleashed his second soul skill, raining swords down on Ning Chengyi, who blocked many blows but was wounded.
• Sword Venerable struck Ning Chengyi with his third soul skill, and Ning Chengyi braced himself against the impact as the stage shattered beneath him.
• Sword Venerable sent another rain of swords at Ning Chengyi, who realized where he fell short and fixed his gaze on his opponent.

Ning Chengyi recognized the flaws in his spear technique during his fight with the Sword Venerable, broke through to level fifteen, and killed his opponent. After the arena hailed him as Azu, an unidentified young master arranged to recruit him and sent an invitation to the Nightglow Tower, which Ning Chengyi accepted.

• Ning Chengyi ignored the Sword Venerable's threats and studied the flaws in Mystic Edge, Leveling Mountains as the sword rain struck him.
• Ning Chengyi realized that his technique lacked defense and flexibility, then broke through to level-fifteen Soul Master.
• Ning Chengyi used Mystic Edge, Leveling Mountains to overwhelm the Sword Venerable's defenses and kill him with a spear thrust.
• The spectators celebrated Ning Chengyi as Azu, while a young master ordered his attendant to invite him to the Nightglow Tower.
• A snake-marked visitor invited Ning Chengyi to the Nightglow Tower, and Ning Chengyi accepted.

Ning Chengyi met Xue Qinghe, who tried to recruit him to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and secure his help teaching several people a lesson. Ning Chengyi agreed in exchange for a Moonlit Perching Butterfly Flower and a month of resources, leaving Xue Qinghe uncertain about whether he would kill anyone who challenged him.

• Ning Chengyi washed and changed at Nightglow Tower before meeting Xue Qinghe in a private room.
• Xue Qinghe introduced himself as the Heaven Dou Crown Prince and invited Ning Chengyi to become friends.
• Ning Chengyi rejected several offers to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then agreed to teach some people a lesson in exchange for a Moonlit Perching Butterfly Flower and any resources he requested for a month.
• Ning Chengyi asked whether he could kill the people who came looking for trouble, then offered Xue Qinghe a cup of wine.

Ning Chengyi and Xue Qinghe drank together, and Xue Qinghe arranged for Ning Chengyi to enroll at the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy. Xue Ye approved the plan and ordered the academy to test Ning Chengyi, leaving Xue Qinghe on his way there with an Imperial Edict.

• Xue Qinghe gave in to Ning Chengyi’s encouragement, drank freely, and nearly panicked when Ning Chengyi drunkenly remarked on his pecs.
• Ning Chengyi passed out, and Xue Qinghe ordered his enrollment at the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy in its most troublesome class.
• Ning Chengyi woke with a hangover, received Xue Qinghe’s letter promising the Moonlit Perching Butterfly Flower, and worried about subduing the academy’s troublemakers.
• Xue Qinghe told Xue Ye that Ning Chengyi had killed a Soul Elder in the Death Arena, and Xue Ye approved his enrollment and the flower as a reward.
• Xue Qinghe took Xue Ye’s Imperial Edict to the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, where Meng Shenji and the other two of the Three Education Committee Members trembled as they read it.

Ning Chengyi arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and passed Zhi Lin’s assessment, earning the Education Committee’s approval to enroll. Xue Qinghe left after privately reminding Ning Chengyi that he was counting on him for the next month.

• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin agreed that Ning Chengyi could enroll after an assessment, following the emperor’s Imperial Edict and Xue Qinghe’s recommendation.
• Ning Chengyi arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy the next day, and Xue Qinghe introduced him to the three committee members.
• Zhi Lin tested Ning Chengyi by restraining him with his Azure Vine, but Ning Chengyi stood firm beneath its pressure.
• Meng Shenji stopped the test, and all three committee members praised Ning Chengyi and approved his enrollment.
• Xue Qinghe privately told Ning Chengyi he was counting on him for the next month, then left the hall.
• Bai Baoshan led Ning Chengyi away to explain the academy’s rules.

Ning Chengyi joined Heavenly Apex Class and challenged its unruly students, using Spiky Hair as leverage to establish his authority. He took the central sofa while Ye Heng backed down, though Ye Heng remained furious.

• Bai Baoshan explained Heavenly Apex Class’s unusual rules and sent Su Yao to escort Ning Chengyi there.
• Su Yao introduced Ning Chengyi to the chaotic class and left Ye Heng in charge of showing him the ropes.
• After Spiky Hair ordered Ning Chengyi to kneel, Ning Chengyi slammed his head into a desk and pinned him down.
• When two Soul Grandmasters charged, Ning Chengyi threatened Spiky Hair with his spear and stabbed his shoulder when they kept coming.
• Ye Heng told Ning Chengyi to release Spiky Hair, and Ning Chengyi tossed the injured boy at Ye Heng’s feet before taking the central sofa.

Ning Chengyi nearly killed a student and defied Ye Heng, prompting the academy board to assign Su Yao as his personal teacher. Su Yao subdued Ye Heng in class and took Ning Chengyi outside to speak with him, while Ye Heng's authority continued to crumble.

• Ning Chengyi's injured student regained consciousness in critical condition, and Ye Heng backed down rather than challenge Ning Chengyi further.
• Xue Qinghe learned what had happened, refused to mediate, and ordered She Long to deliver Ning Chengyi a Moonlit Perching Butterfly Flower.
• Su Yao recommended revoking Ning Chengyi's admission, but Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan instead assigned her to train him personally for a competition in a month.
• Su Yao confronted the class, restrained Ye Heng with Lotus Silk, and ordered the students to sit down before taking Ning Chengyi outside.
• Ning Chengyi told Ye Heng that only one person would lead Heavenly Apex Class, and Ye Heng stormed out after Su Yao stopped him from retaliating.

Su Yao began a month of special training for Ning Chengyi, who first absorbed a rare Moonlit Perching Butterfly Flower to strengthen his Phantom Butterfly Spirit Tide. The next morning, he started a weighted endurance run as Su Yao assessed his abilities.

• Su Yao told Ning Chengyi he would train him for a month and have him fight the Heavenly Apex Class each week, and Ning Chengyi accepted.
• She Long delivered Ning Chengyi a Moonlit Perching Butterfly Flower and cultivation resources, which Ning Chengyi accepted before closing the door on him.
• Ning Chengyi let his Phantom Butterfly Spirit Tide absorb the flower, and the butterfly gained a poisonous attack that could be combined with his Desolation-Suppressing God-Breaking Spear.
• Su Yao woke Ning Chengyi before sunrise and ordered him to run without Soul Power while wearing sixty kilograms of weighted gear.
• Ning Chengyi maintained a steady pace during his run, completing an eight-hundred-meter lap in two minutes and twenty seconds as Su Yao watched.

Ning Chengyi completed 105 weighted laps before sunrise, impressing Su Yao with his stamina and discipline. He fell asleep in a medicinal bath and naturally broke through to level sixteen.

• Ning Chengyi ran 105 laps under a sixty-kilogram load and finished as the sun rose.
• Su Yao told Ning Chengyi that she would double his training volume and raise the weight to eighty kilograms the next day.
• Ning Chengyi went to the medicinal bath room and entered the prepared bath while Su Yao kept watch.
• Su Yao mistook a shadow behind the screen for Ning Chengyi's Martial Soul, then realized what she had seen was not his Martial Soul.
• Ning Chengyi fell asleep in the medicinal bath as the ingredients restored his body and his Soul Power reached its peak.
• Ning Chengyi broke through to level sixteen while Su Yao watched.

Ning Chengyi endured a week of rigorous training under Su Yao, reaching rank seventeen, before she brought him to challenge the Heavenly Apex Class. He confronted Ye Heng as several Soul Grandmasters stepped forward to fight, and the class headed to the sparring room.

• Su Yao put Ning Chengyi through coordination exercises and dark-room reflex training, making him restart until he completed the challenge.
• Ning Chengyi trained intensely for seven days and broke through two levels, reaching rank seventeen.
• When Su Yao did not summon him for training, Ning Chengyi went to her room and learned they would visit the Heavenly Apex Class for one-on-one battles.
• Su Yao announced that Ning Chengyi would fight the class, and several Soul Grandmasters signed up under Ye Heng's gaze.
• Ning Chengyi threatened Ye Heng, who dismissed him as trash hiding behind a teacher, and the two continued their confrontation.
• Su Yao stopped their argument and led Ning Chengyi and the eager students to the sparring room.

Ning Chengyi challenged the Heavenly Apex Class and defeated its strongest Soul Grandmaster with one strike before defeating seven more students at once. Su Yao ended the sparring session as Ye Heng prepared to fight, and Ning Chengyi left after declaring that he would be waiting for them next week.

• Ning Chengyi insulted the Heavenly Apex Class, prompting its strongest Soul Grandmaster to enter the ring and challenge him.
• Ning Chengyi revealed his thousand-year first soul ring and knocked the big student out with one strike.
• At Ye Heng's urging, seven students attacked Ning Chengyi together, but he defeated them with his spear.
• Ye Heng prepared to enter the ring, but Su Yao ended the week's sparring and told the class they could try again next week.
• Su Yao brushed Ning Chengyi's clothes as the students watched, and Ning Chengyi left the sparring room.

Ning Chengyi began sparring with Su Yao, using increasingly unconventional tactics to challenge her despite her overwhelming strength. Meanwhile, Xue Qinghe and Bibi Dong received reports about him, and Bibi Dong ordered Porcupinefish Douluo Ci Xue to devote every effort to nurturing him.

• Su Yao praised Ning Chengyi's recent performance and announced that their training would include sparring, with her strength limited to around Soul Elder level.
• Xue Qinghe read a detailed report on Ning Chengyi, praised his choice, and ordered Snake Lance Douluo to have Su Yao fully support him, then rejected a request from her to speed up the plan.
• Bibi Dong read a report containing Ning Chengyi's identity and abilities, suspected he was the person she had in mind, and ordered Yue Guan to tell Porcupinefish Douluo Ci Xue to nurture him.
• Su Yao sparred with Ning Chengyi and told him to use any means necessary to win and survive, so he dodged her attack and grabbed her vulnerable spot before she blasted him away.
• Ning Chengyi resumed the fight with attacks aimed at joints, meridians, and vital points, forcing Su Yao to release a shockwave of Soul Power as his fighting instincts and adaptability surprised her.

Ning Chengyi won his spar with Su Yao after biting her, prompting her to beat him and demand his silence. Xue Qinghe then admitted he had arranged Ning Chengyi’s death match with the Sword Venerable and asked him to rescue the Sword Venerable’s beloved from Evil Soul Masters in Suotuo City.

• Ning Chengyi used a trick and a bite to defeat Su Yao, who erupted with Soul Emperor strength, sealed his Soul Power, and beat him before leaving in embarrassment and anger.
• Su Yao treated the bite marks in a bath and wondered about her strange mix of pain and eagerness.
• Snake Lance Douluo, She Long, brought Ning Chengyi to meet Xue Qinghe at Nightglow Tower, where Ning Chengyi demanded payment before hearing his request.
• Xue Qinghe admitted he had arranged the Sword Venerable’s death match with Ning Chengyi and asked him to rescue the Sword Venerable’s beloved from Evil Soul Masters in Suotuo City.
• Ning Chengyi accepted the mission, then asked Xue Qinghe why he had not saved the Sword Venerable as he was dying.

Xue Qinghe sent Ning Chengyi and Snake Lance Douluo to rescue two women being transported by the Blue Silver Gang. Ning Chengyi ambushed the gang in a forest, killed two members, and engaged the rest as they began splitting up to deal with him.

• Xue Qinghe told Ning Chengyi that rescuing the captives would count as special training and sent Snake Lance Douluo to take him to Suotuo City.
• Snake Lance Douluo left Ning Chengyi in a forest outside the city to intercept the Evil Soul Masters transporting the women.
• Ning Chengyi concealed himself as seven members of the Blue Silver Gang approached with two bound, gagged women.
• Ning Chengyi killed Second Brother with a poisoned spear and crushed Old Seven's windpipe before disguising himself in Old Seven's clothes.
• Eldest Brother investigated the men's disappearance, recognized the danger, and ordered the others to stay alert.
• When Ning Chengyi attacked Eldest Brother, the gang sent Sixth Brother to take the women away while the other three went to help.

Ning Chengyi killed the Blue Silver Gang members who had attacked him and rescued two captive women, while She Long secretly intervened to fulfill the Sword Venerable’s beloved’s wish. Ning Chengyi set out to find the gang’s headquarters, and the young woman he freed returned to the forest to search for someone.

• Ning Chengyi killed Eldest Brother, Fifth Brother, and the other Blue Silver Gang members who fought him.
• Ning Chengyi chased down the last gang member, killed him, and freed the two women he had captured.
• Ning Chengyi told the Sword Venerable’s beloved that the Sword Venerable had sent him, then left the women with Xue Qinghe’s bundle.
• She Long watched Ning Chengyi’s killings, then carried the Sword Venerable’s beloved to Nightglow Tower in Suotuo City and gave instructions.
• Ning Chengyi planned to change clothes and find the Blue Silver Gang’s headquarters, while the young woman returned to the forest to search along the group’s trail.

Ning Chengyi encountered Zhu Zhuqing while bathing, then tracked the evil soul masters’ camp as she launched a solo attack against them. After she escaped the encirclement, he hid along her pursuers’ route, preparing to ambush the two Soul Grandmasters chasing her.

• Ning Chengyi bathed in a stream and discovered that his Phantom Butterfly could absorb moonlight.
• Zhu Zhuqing came to thank Ning Chengyi for saving her, but fled after seeing him in the water.
• Ning Chengyi tracked the evil soul masters to their camp and found Zhu Zhuqing watching it from nearby.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked the camp alone, killing several men before the evil soul masters surrounded her.
• Ning Chengyi saw Zhu Zhuqing flee, wounded and pursued by two Soul Grandmasters, and hid to ambush them.

Ning Chengyi rescued Zhu Zhuqing from two Evil Soul Masters and treated her injuries. The next morning, Zhu Zhuqing confronted him about seeing her naked, and he held her back as she tried to attack him.

• Ning Chengyi watched as two men overpowered Zhu Zhuqing and prepared to assault her.
• Ning Chengyi ambushed the men with his spear and killed them, then carried the unconscious Zhu Zhuqing away.
• Ning Chengyi treated Zhu Zhuqing's wounds, dressed her in his clothes, and let her rest against him beneath a banyan tree.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke the next morning and demanded to know what Ning Chengyi had done to her.
• Ning Chengyi explained that he had treated her injuries, and he caught and held her when she tried to attack him.

Ning Chengyi cared for the wounded Zhu Zhuqing, and the pair grew closer while they ate and planned a nighttime attack on the Blue Silver Gang. They infiltrated the gang’s territory to kill its members, and Zhu Zhuqing joined the fight after the alarm was raised.

• Ning Chengyi teased Zhu Zhuqing, told her he had rescued her while hunting Evil Soul Masters, and promised her injuries would heal soon.
• Ning Chengyi carried Zhu Zhuqing down from the tree, caught and cooked fish with her, and later revealed his name after she called him Broken Throat.
• The Blue Silver Gang’s chief ordered stronger patrols, suspecting that someone was targeting the gang.
• Ning Chengyi and Zhu Zhuqing entered the gang’s territory late at night and found that its patrols had doubled.
• Ning Chengyi killed two guards, took their clothes, and attacked another patrol, triggering an alarm.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched Ning Chengyi fight, then attacked the nearby Evil Soul Masters herself.