Recaps

Tang Shan guided Xue Qinghe through practicing Bright Force, then explained the path toward Hidden Force and the need to discover one’s will. Xue Qinghe was left pondering what he truly wanted as Tang Shan departed to visit Dugu’s Medicine Garden.

• Xue Qinghe shattered a wooden sword with Bright Force, then practiced the technique again with Tang Shan’s help until he exhausted himself after three attempts.
• Tang Shan explained that Xue Qinghe could likely train Bright Force without bottlenecks before reaching its peak, and described how Hidden Force differed in method, difficulty, and combat use.
• Tang Shan said Hidden Force could be reached by patiently refining Bright Force or by condensing the beginnings of one’s will through understanding what truly moved oneself.
• Xue Qinghe asked how Tang Shan had formed his own will, and Tang Shan said his experience was different while reminding Xue Qinghe not to waste his Soul Power talent.
• Tang Shan left to visit Dugu’s Medicine Garden, and Xue Qinghe told him to return early and be careful of Dugu Yan.

Tang Shan arrived at Dugu Manor seeking Immortal Herbs and learned that Prince Xuexin was near death from abusing Essence and Spirit-Draining Powder. Dugu Bo explained Xuexin’s intentions toward Dugu Yan and revealed that Xuexin had once asked him to kill Tang Shan, while considering an alliance with Xue Qinghe for his family’s future.

• Tang Shan reached Dugu Manor after seeing Prince Xuexin leave with medicine, unaware that the prince’s body was failing from his growing doses of Essence and Spirit-Draining Powder.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan that Prince Xuexin had looked at her with improper intentions, so he had increased the medicine’s dose instead of warning the prince.
• Dugu Yan welcomed Tang Shan and showed him the poison house and medicine hall before Dugu Bo invited them into the sitting room.
• Dugu Bo recounted Prince Xuexin’s addiction and behavior toward Dugu Yan, then revealed that Xuexin had once asked him to kill Tang Shan and that he had refused.
• Dugu Bo considered seeking Xue Qinghe’s protection for the Dugu Family, while Tang Shan reflected that Xue Qinghe’s support had helped keep him safe.

Tang Shan accepted Dugu Bo’s offer to explore the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and searched its rare herbs after Dugu Bo left him there. He found several immortal herbs and planned to share suitable ones with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan while treating the well as the Dugu Family’s treasure.

• Dugu Bo pledged the Dugu Family’s support for the Crown Prince, and Tang Shan agreed to pass on the message.
• Dugu Bo gave Tang Shan the family’s herbal records, then refused Dugu Yan’s request to visit the Medicine Garden because of its dangers.
• Dugu Bo carried Tang Shan through Sunset Forest’s poisonous miasma and showed him the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo left Tang Shan to inspect the herbs, promising to return the next day, while Tang Shan resolved to help cure Dugu Bo’s poison and share suitable herbs with him and Dugu Yan.
• Tang Shan found the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and the Infernal Delicate Apricot.

Tang Shan collected several immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while choosing gifts for people he knew and avoiding herbs he feared might carry Dragon King power. As he prepared to take the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, he discovered an unfamiliar golden-fruited tree and could not find it in his records.

• Tang Shan rejected the two herbs beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and carefully stored the Blood Swan Kiss in a jade box for Dugu Bo.
• Tang Shan examined the Lovesick Heartbreak Red but left it rooted in the Black Ultimate Stone because he could not meet its harvesting requirements.
• Tang Shan identified the Ninefold Bloom as a potential match for Dugu Yan, cut it down, and stored it.
• Tang Shan considered which immortal herbs to give Angel Big Sis, his father, and Su Yuntao, then went back to find the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
• Tang Shan noticed a miniature tree with a golden fruit beside the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and searched his records without finding any mention of it.

Tang Shan found the Vajra Bodhi Fruit entry and consumed it alongside the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, which greatly expanded his Sea of Consciousness and raised his Mental Power to the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm. After the fruit brought him into an extraordinary state of enlightenment, he considered how best to use it and rejected several options.

• Tang Shan searched the booklet, found the Vajra Bodhi Fruit on its first page, and learned that it awakened wisdom and strengthened the body’s fundamental essence.
• Tang Shan consumed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, whose medicinal power expanded his Sea of Consciousness and raised his Mental Power to the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm, though he failed to break through to the Spirit Abyss Realm.
• Tang Shan tested his improved vision and Mental Power, then picked the Vajra Bodhi Fruit, which dissolved into golden light and entered his body.
• The Vajra Bodhi Fruit immersed Tang Shan in profound clarity, allowing him to recall and reorganize memories and knowledge as he entered an enlightened state.
• Tang Shan considered using the state to condense a Soul Core or develop a cultivation method, but rejected both ideas.

Xue Qinghe asked Golden Crocodile Douluo to investigate Tang Shan, but his search was diverted when he heard Dugu Bo suffering a poison backlash. Meanwhile, Tang Shan entered the Awakened One state, devised a way to cure Dugu Bo, and continued creating a Self-Created Soul Skill as his power surged.

• Xue Qinghe hurried to Golden Crocodile Douluo, who agreed to investigate and followed the mental mark he had placed on Tang Shan.
• Dugu Bo endured a severe poison backlash in Sunset Forest, and Golden Crocodile Douluo changed course to investigate his anguished cries.
• Tang Shan used the Awakened One state to deduce Poison Body Forging, a method to turn Dugu Bo's poison into power with help from an Immortal Herb formula.
• Dugu Bo returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found Tang Shan absorbed in creating a Self-Created Soul Skill, while Golden Crocodile Douluo watched unseen.
• Tang Shan activated his Soul Skills and Martial Soul Second Awakening, grew to thirteen meters, and raised his strength enhancement to 800% and Mental Power enhancement to 500%.

Tang Shan completed his Self-Created Soul Skill, the Heaven-Opening Seal, by fusing Qi and Blood, Soul Power, and Mental Power into a devastating strike, then collapsed from exhaustion. After Dugu Bo brought him to the Crown Prince's Residence, Tang Shan awoke with a clear understanding of the technique and greatly improved control over his three powers.

• Tang Shan refined his Self-Created Soul Skill during enlightenment and struck a deep fissure into the valley wall with the completed Heaven-Opening Seal.
• Tang Shan fell unconscious after exhausting his strength, while Dugu Bo and Golden Crocodile Douluo marveled at the skill's power and fusion of three energies.
• Dugu Bo found the Medicine Garden's inner Immortal Herbs stripped to bare stems, dressed Tang Shan, and carried him toward Heaven Dou City as Golden Crocodile Douluo followed.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Xue Qinghe that Tang Shan was unharmed, and Xue Qinghe hurried to meet Dugu Bo as he arrived with the unconscious Tang Shan.
• Tang Shan regained consciousness at the Crown Prince's Residence, recalled how to perform the Heaven-Opening Seal, and recognized his greatly improved control over Qi and Blood, Soul Power, and Mental Power.

After waking from a week-long coma, Tang Shan recovered enough to be fed porridge by Xue Qinghe and gave her a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower. He also gave Golden Crocodile Douluo a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, which the elder planned to use to recruit more capable people to Xue Qinghe's side.

• Tang Shan woke after a week asleep and discovered his Qi and Blood were still severely depleted.
• Xue Qinghe rejected Tang Shan's suggestion to have a maid feed him and fed him nourishing porridge herself.
• Tang Shan gave Xue Qinghe a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, explaining that he had already taken other Immortal Herbs to enhance his potential.
• Tang Shan gave Golden Crocodile Douluo a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to aid his Internal Martial Arts practice.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo accepted the flower and said he might use it to recruit more capable people for Xue Qinghe, while Tang Shan suspected he meant to win over Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo.

Tang Shan inspected the body martial soul students and met Tai Fen and Bo Te, whose confidence in their combat abilities made them doubt his talent. After Bo Te challenged him, Tang Shan effortlessly countered his kicks, leaving Bo Te to recognize that Tang Shan was far stronger.

• Tang Shan checked the younger body martial soul students’ standing postures while Xue Qinghe accompanied him around the training ground.
• Xue Qinghe introduced Tang Shan to Tai Fen and Bo Te, who were skeptical of her praise, and Tang Shan learned their Soul Power levels.
• Bo Te challenged Tang Shan to demonstrate his abilities, and Tang Shan invited him to attack without using soul skills.
• Bo Te launched two powerful kicks, but Tang Shan countered both with precise leg techniques and remained calm.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Xue Qinghe that he wanted Tai Fen and Bo Te to see the gap between themselves and a true genius by watching Tang Shan fight.

Tang Shan effortlessly defeated Bo Te and demonstrated his Heaven-Opening Seal to Tai Fen, whose will began to awaken under its pressure. After leaving the Crown Prince's Residence, Tang Shan reflected on Internal Martial Arts and its potential to help Body Soul Masters achieve a safe Second Awakening.

• Bo Te used Flash Kick and Instant Kick against Tang Shan, but Tang Shan dodged and blocked every attack before overwhelming him with the Beggar's Version of the Heaven-Opening Seal.
• Bo Te conceded, and Tai Fen asked Tang Shan to demonstrate his Self-Created Soul Skill; Tang Shan refused to strike him at full strength and used a Half-Finished Heaven-Opening Seal instead.
• Tai Fen remained entranced by the seal's conception as an embryonic will began forming within him, while Golden Crocodile Douluo hoped to ask Tang Shan about merging his energies.
• Tang Shan told Xue Qinghe that Tai Fen was safe, then left for Dugu Manor after she wished him well.
• As Tang Shan walked through Heaven Dou City, he considered Bo Te's combat talent, the pair's limited progress in Internal Martial Arts, and the value of its safe Second Awakening method.

Tang Shan visited Dugu Manor, taught Dugu Bo a poison-based body-forging method that could temper his body and reduce the harm from his toxins, and gave Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan two immortal herbs. Dugu Bo began testing the method and accepted Tang Shan’s gifts, while Tang Shan explained that he wanted to share herbs suited to them.

• Dugu Yan welcomed Tang Shan to Dugu Manor and told him she had taken leave after hearing he had fallen unconscious.
• Tang Shan told Dugu Bo he had devised a way to address the deadly poison in his body and explained the Poison Body Forging method and its medicinal prescription.
• Dugu Bo tested the method and found that it was already increasing his poison resistance while reducing the damage the toxins caused.
• Tang Shan presented Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan with the Blood Swan Kiss and Ninefold Bloom, two immortal herbs from Dugu Bo’s Medicine Garden.
• Dugu Bo asked whether Tang Shan feared he would demand the other herbs, and Tang Shan said he was sharing because Dugu Bo had honored his promises and had not pursued the matter of the Medicine Garden.

Tang Shan gave Dugu Bo the Blood Swan Kiss and explained how Dugu Yan could use the Ninefold Bloom to transform. Dugu Yan completed her first transformation, and the chapter ended with her dressed and recovering while Tang Shan and Dugu Bo admired the changes.

• Tang Shan explained that the Blood Swan Kiss magnified poison and gave it to Dugu Bo, who gratefully accepted it.
• Tang Shan explained that Dugu Yan could eat the Ninefold Bloom’s petals from the bottom up to undergo up to nine transformations.
• Dugu Bo prepared medicinal broth, and Dugu Yan ate the first layer of petals before a jade-green sphere enveloped her as she transformed.
• Tang Shan left the room to give Dugu Yan privacy after noticing her clothes had burst apart, and Dugu Bo brought her a change of clothes.
• Dugu Yan emerged from the sphere with a snake tail, dressed, and drank the broth while Tang Shan and Dugu Bo observed her transformed appearance.

Tang Shan investigated why Dugu Yan could not continue her Ninefold Bloom metamorphoses and theorized that her Soul Ring bloodlines needed to fuse further. Elsewhere, a small, pale hand held a flower formed from seven fused elements.

• Dugu Yan completed her second metamorphosis, which improved her physique and beauty, but she could not pluck a petal from the Ninefold Bloom’s third layer.
• Tang Shan examined Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul and concluded that her Jade Phosphorus Snake and Faceless Snake bloodlines had merged under the Ninefold Bloom’s influence.
• Tang Shan theorized that absorbing a third Soul Ring could allow Dugu Yan to continue her metamorphoses, and Dugu Yan regained hope as she neared Level 30.
• In a spacious hall, seven elemental forces combined into a layered flower tower and then fused into one enormous seven-colored flower, which a small, pale hand held.

Gu Yue enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy after impressing its education committee, and agreed to compete in the same tournament as Tang Shan. As Bi Ji explained Xiong Jun’s supposed injury, Gu Yue began to suspect that a powerful Soul Beast had attacked him.

• Gu Yue displayed her elemental control to Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin, who agreed to admit her and told her about Tang Shan.
• Gu Yue accepted Bai Baoshan’s invitation to compete, insisting she would enter the same tournament as Tang Shan.
• Bi Ji completed Gu Yue’s admission and handed her an identity token.
• Gu Yue asked whether Di Tian had visited, and Bi Ji claimed Xiong Jun had been injured while foraging in the sea.
• Gu Yue questioned what could have injured Xiong Jun and considered the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, while Bi Ji said the attacker was a Soul Beast.

Gu Yue and Bi Ji discussed Xiong Jun’s injuries and the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff that had fought him, while Gu Yue remained focused on finding the Child of the Plane. The chapter left her waiting at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, convinced that the Child of the Plane was active nearby.

• Gu Yue recalled the continents and Soul Beast regions she had explored, including the Evil Demon Forest and its powerful Evil Eye Tyrant King.
• Xie Fei asked Gu Yue and Bi Ji to clear the stairway, and Bi Ji teleported them outside before Xie Fei became captivated by her appearance.
• Bi Ji told Gu Yue that a twenty-thousand-year Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff had injured Xiong Jun, and Gu Yue noted that the species had driven itself toward extinction through constant fighting.
• Bi Ji explained that Xiong Jun had recovered quickly, torn off the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff’s leg, and returned to the Star Dou Great Forest with it.
• Gu Yue said she had come to cultivate anew and find the Child of the Plane, whose influence she believed was near Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Tang Shan returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Dugu Yan, whose transformed appearance drew attention, and learned that a newly admitted student was about to spar with Yu Tianheng and Xie Fei. The student was Gu Yue, who faced the two without concern as Yu Tianheng offered her one last chance to apologize.

• Xue Qinghe sent Tang Shan and Dugu Yan to the academy, then worried that Dugu Yan's new beauty might draw Tang Shan away and decided to take the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower.
• Tang Shan and Dugu Yan met Ning Guang at the academy, where he explained that Yu Tianheng and Xie Fei were challenging a special recruit jointly selected by the academy's board members.
• Ning Guang said the recruit had a dragon-type Martial Soul, Soul Elder strength, and standard yellow, yellow, purple Soul Rings, prompting Tang Shan to wonder if she was Gu Yue.
• Tang Shan, Dugu Yan, and Ning Guang went to watch the spar, where Yu Tianheng and Xie Fei faced Gu Yue over her earlier beating of Xie Fei.
• Yu Tianheng offered Gu Yue a chance to apologize before they fought, but Gu Yue asked whether he was afraid and silently noted that his fate had changed.

Gu Yue faced Yu Tianheng and Xie Fei in a supervised spar at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, drawing a crowd that included Tang Shan. The match began with Gu Yue revealing her elemental powers and silver scales while concealing her dragon pressure.

• Students debated whether Yu Tianheng and Xie Fei could defeat Gu Yue, and Tang Shan recognized her as the Silver Dragon King.
• Gu Yue waved to Tang Shan, prompting Dugu Yan to question their connection and suggest he tell Yu Tianheng to hold back.
• Teacher Qin Ming arrived, approved Yu Tianheng’s resolve, and laid out the sparring rules while discussing his plan to send students to compete in major cities’ Great Soul Arenas.
• Yu Tianheng, Xie Fei, and Gu Yue activated their Martial Souls as the spar began.
• Yu Tianheng saw Gu Yue’s silver scales and swirling elemental forces and wondered whether her Martial Soul was a Silver Dragon.

Gu Yue fought Yu Tianheng and Xie Fei in a two-on-one arena battle, using her elemental control and graceful movements to outmaneuver them. After exhausting both opponents, she left Yu Tianheng shaken by the gulf between their strength.

• Yu Tianheng and Xie Fei attacked Gu Yue together, but she dodged their opening strikes with spatial Teleportation and elemental abilities.
• Gu Yue activated the Power of the Silver Dragon, damaged Yu Tianheng, and struck Xie Fei with a barrage of elemental attacks.
• Yu Tianheng and Xie Fei launched a coordinated assault, but Gu Yue used earth and ice to disrupt them and flung Yu Tianheng into Xie Fei.
• Gu Yue avoided their final storm of attacks by gliding and dancing across the ice until both opponents were exhausted.
• Yu Tianheng conceded, comparing Gu Yue's strength to an unfathomable abyss, and Xie Fei conceded as well.

Gu Yue explained why she had attacked Xie Fei, then demonstrated her overwhelming strength and accepted him as an underling. Ye Lingling arrived to heal Yu Tianheng and Xie Fei, but stopped mid-apology as she turned to Dugu Yan.

• Gu Yue told Tang Shan and the others that Xie Fei had offended her elder by staring at her, and Tang Shan revealed that the elder was a healing-type Titled Douluo.
• Yu Tianheng admitted that he and Xie Fei had been in the wrong, but Gu Yue used her dragon pressure to force him to the ground.
• Xie Fei apologized to Gu Yue and declared himself her underling, hoping to stay close to her and her powerful family.
• Ye Lingling hurried over to check on Yu Tianheng and used her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul to heal him and Xie Fei.
• Ye Lingling turned to Dugu Yan and began apologizing, then abruptly fell silent.

Gu Yue joined Tang Shan and the others for lunch at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where her enormous appetite drew attention as she rebuilt the Silver Dragon King's physique. Afterward, she questioned Tang Shan about unusual students, and her examples made him suspect that she had come looking for him.

• Dugu Yan pulled Gu Yue away when she saw her leaning close to Tang Shan, but Gu Yue soon returned to ask him about the cafeteria food.
• Tang Shan, Gu Yue, Yu Tianheng, Xie Fei, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling ate in the main cafeteria, where Gu Yue consumed a towering quantity of food to nourish her body.
• Tang Shan and the others left the cafeteria, with Gu Yue staying beside him and Dugu Yan following close behind.
• Gu Yue asked Tang Shan whether he had encountered strange people at the academy and described gifted students with broken engagements, former Trash Martial Souls who rose to prominence, and Soul Masters with multiple External Soul Bones.
• Tang Shan recognized that Gu Yue's examples matched his own history and secretly wondered whether she had discovered that he was the Child of the Plane.

Tang Shan wondered whether Gu Yue had foreseen a future conflict with the Soul Beasts, but he deflected her questions and agreed to teach her Internal Martial Arts alongside Dugu Yan. He then considered asking Gu Yue’s elders to teach him how to condense a Soul Core, while Xie Fei privately asked Yu Tianheng which woman Tang Shan liked.

• Tang Shan denied knowing anyone with an External Soul Bone, and Gu Yue accepted his answer, though he wondered why she had sought him out.
• Xu Siyue summoned Tang Shan and his companions to meet Qin Ming and the three education committee members, who were also calling in other students.
• Gu Yue asked Tang Shan how he moved so far with each step, and he agreed to teach her Internal Martial Arts.
• Dugu Yan asked to learn as well, and Tang Shan agreed to train both women at the academy each morning.
• Gu Yue offered to ask her elders to teach Tang Shan a Self-Created Soul Skill, prompting him to consider asking them about condensing a Soul Core.
• Xie Fei asked Yu Tianheng which woman Tang Shan liked, and Yu Tianheng teased him about what would happen if Tang Shan heard the question.

At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Qin Ming discussed the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament with Tang Shan and the others. Tang Shan declined to compete, but Dugu Yan agreed to enter, and the chapter ended with Tang Shan planning to watch while drowsy Gu Yue sat beside him.

• Tang Shan and his companions joined the Heaven Dou Grade students gathered in the academy’s teaching building.
• Qin Ming explained that he had called them to discuss the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Tang Shan encouraged Dugu Yan to compete so she could gain experience, but said he would not enter this edition.
• Qin Ming tried to recruit Tang Shan for the tournament, but Tang Shan firmly refused and said he would watch when the matches reached Spirit Hall.
• Dugu Yan agreed to compete and asked Tang Shan to come watch; he accepted as Gu Yue nodded sleepily beside him.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy began selecting its team for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, while Tang Shan and Gu Yue were excluded from competing. Gu Yue explained that she had registered only to compete alongside Tang Shan, and the selection moved to the field with rewards announced for the chosen students.

• Gu Yue leaned against Tang Shan and fell asleep, frustrating Dugu Yan as she worried Gu Yue might win Tang Shan's affection.
• Qin Ming gathered the eligible Heaven Dou students, and Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin announced the tournament team selection.
• The committee members named Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling as substitutes, excluded Tang Shan and Gu Yue, and said seven main team members and four additional substitutes would be selected.
• Gu Yue told Tang Shan she had registered to compete in whichever tournament he entered, while Tang Shan struggled to suppress his feelings for her.
• The committee members promised cultivation resources and a Soul Bone reward for reaching the finals, and Meng Shenji sent the students to the field to begin selection.