Recaps

Li Qingshan drove Tang Zhen and the Clear Sky Sect members from the forest, then gained Titled Douluo strength and a new ability from the Lie-to-Truth System. When Ah Yin questioned his claim that he was a transformed soul beast, he told her he had been the Golden Dragon King.

• Li Qingshan killed one Clear Sky Sect elder and gravely wounded another, prompting Tang Zhen to flee with Tang Hao and Tang Xiao.
• The Lie-to-Truth System raised Li Qingshan to level ninety-three and granted him Heaven and Earth Return to Origin.
• Li Qingshan approached the wary Ah Yin and claimed he was a soul beast who had taken human form.
• Ah Yin questioned why she could not sense his soul beast aura and asked what species he had originally been.
• Li Qingshan chose the Golden Dragon King as his invented identity and told Ah Yin that he had been a golden dragon.

Li Qingshan persuaded Ah Yin that he was the Golden Dragon King by letting her go and revealing genuine dragon bloodline traits. After warning her about the dangers of living as a transformed hundred-thousand-year soul beast, he offered to take her as his disciple.

• Li Qingshan told Ah Yin to leave freely and warned her that the people who had fled might return for the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Ah Yin began believing Li Qingshan was the Golden Dragon King, granting him a strand of Golden Dragon King bloodline.
• Li Qingshan revealed his golden scales and explained that his sword was an additional martial soul, further easing Ah Yin's doubts.
• Ah Yin apologized for misunderstanding Li Qingshan, and his growing belief in his identity strengthened Li Qingshan's bloodline and gave him Golden Scale Protection.
• Li Qingshan warned Ah Yin that her transformed identity could be exposed and offered to guide her through the human world as his disciple.

Li Qingshan fought the Clear Sky Sect elders to protect Ah Yin, using his Martial Soul Avatar and borrowed Limit Douluo power to unleash a devastating attack. He killed the Third Elder and left the Second Elder gravely wounded as Tang Zhen tried to intervene.

• The Second and Third Elders recognized Li Qingshan and attacked him and Ah Yin with their Clear Sky True Bodies.
• Li Qingshan activated his Martial Soul Avatar and Fury, then released a Limit Douluo's oppressive aura to halt the elders' attacks.
• Li Qingshan used Regret to overwhelm the elders' minds with their buried memories and pain.
• Li Qingshan's sword killed the Third Elder and struck the Second Elder, whose injuries left him collapsing before Tang Zhen.

Li Qingshan defeated the Clear Sky Sect elders and drove Tang Zhen away, gaining enough reality progress to become a level ninety-three Titled Douluo. To earn Ah Yin’s trust, he claimed to be a transformed soul beast and identified his original form as the Golden Dragon King.

• Li Qingshan killed the Seventh Elder and gravely wounded the Second Elder, prompting Tang Zhen to flee with Tang Hao and Tang Xiao.
• The Clear Sky Sect members’ belief in Li Qingshan as a Limit Douluo raised his reality progress to ninety percent, increasing his soul power to level ninety-three and granting him Heaven and Earth Return to Origin.
• Li Qingshan approached wary Ah Yin and claimed he was a soul beast who had taken human form, but she demanded proof.
• Li Qingshan explained that his soul beast aura had disappeared after reaching the Titled Douluo level and told Ah Yin he had once been a golden dragon.
• Li Qingshan named himself the Golden Dragon King.

Li Qingshan convinced Ah Yin that he was the Golden Dragon King by revealing his dragon bloodline and explaining his Passionate Sword as a second martial soul. After Ah Yin’s belief strengthened and his bloodline abilities improved, he warned her about the dangers of entering the human world and offered to take her as his disciple.

• Li Qingshan told Ah Yin to leave the area and revealed that he knew she was the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Ah Yin began to believe Li Qingshan was the Golden Dragon King, granting him a wisp of Golden Dragon King bloodline.
• Li Qingshan showed Ah Yin his golden scales and claimed the Passionate Sword was an additional martial soul he had acquired after transforming.
• Ah Yin’s belief in Li Qingshan grew, granting him enhanced bloodline and the Golden Scale Protection ability.
• Li Qingshan warned Ah Yin about the dangers of her transformation and offered to take her as his disciple.

Li Qingshan absorbed two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones, advanced to level ninety-five, and awakened a Martial Soul Bone Armor Avatar. At the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Zhen ordered a lockdown after Love Sword Douluo killed the Third Elder and gravely wounded the Second, then sent people to search for Tang Chen.

• Li Qingshan absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and the Heart-Eating Demon Mantis Right Arm Bone, reaching level ninety-five.
• Li Qingshan activated his Martial Soul Avatar with the Passionate Sword and formed a Bone Armor Avatar that strengthened his coordination with spiritual energy.
• Tang Zhen returned to the Clear Sky Sect with Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, while the Second Elder and the others were missing.
• Tang Zhen told the elders that Love Sword Douluo had killed the Third Elder and gravely wounded the Second Elder with a single strike.
• Tang Zhen sealed the sect, ordered its disciples recalled, and directed Tang Xiao to send trusted people to search for Tang Chen.

At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Bibi Dong claimed every immortal herb for Spirit Hall, setting off a tense standoff with Dugu Bo, Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Yu Yuanzhen. Meanwhile, the Shrek group watched the Sky Screen as Yu Xiaogang’s companions challenged his dismissal of the other Yu Xiaogang’s success, leaving him determined to obtain immortal herbs for himself.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Bibi Dong to let the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect take only the aromatic silk beauty, while Yu Yuanzhen requested the nine-grade purple ganoderma for his son, Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong declared that all the immortal herbs belonged to Spirit Hall, angering Dugu Bo and prompting Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Yu Yuanzhen to resist.
• Chen Xin, Yu Yuanzhen, Dugu Bo, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Bibi Dong revealed their fighting auras, but Dugu Bo warned them not to damage his Herb Garden as the sides’ soul power clashed.
• On the outskirts of Sunset Forest, Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, Zhao Wuji, and Li Yusong rebuked Yu Xiaogang for calling the other Yu Xiaogang’s martial soul evolution mere luck.
• Yu Xiaogang followed Flender’s group while vowing to obtain immortal herbs and evolve Sanpao.

Di Tian detected the Golden Dragon King bloodline within Li Qingshan and stopped his carriage on the road to Heaven Dou City. After confronting him, Di Tian demanded to know where the dragon bloodline came from.

• Di Tian sensed a powerful dragon bloodline inside Li Qingshan while the carriage traveled toward Heaven Dou City.
• Di Tian halted the carriage and stared through its curtain at Li Qingshan, Ah Yin, and Yu Xiaogang.
• Li Qingshan shielded the carriage’s occupants with soul power and stepped outside to face the stranger.
• Li Qingshan recognized the black-clad man as Di Tian and suspected his new bloodline had drawn him there.
• Di Tian asked Li Qingshan where his dragon bloodline came from.

Di Tian rejected Li Qingshan’s claim that he was the Golden Dragon King and decided to subdue him to investigate the source of his bloodline. Li Qingshan drew the Passionate Sword and led Di Tian away from his disciples, leaving the two poised to fight in the sky.

• Li Qingshan revealed golden scales and claimed to be the Golden Dragon King, but the system showed no increase in the identity’s reality progress.
• Di Tian concluded that Li Qingshan had obtained a fragment of the Golden Dragon King’s power and decided to capture him for questioning.
• Di Tian reached for Li Qingshan, who blocked him with the Passionate Sword and prompted Di Tian to summon the Black Dragon Sword.
• Li Qingshan strengthened the barrier around the carriage and flew away from his disciples, with Di Tian following him.
• At an altitude of a thousand meters, Li Qingshan and Di Tian faced each other with their swords drawn as Di Tian challenged Li Qingshan to prove his ability.

Li Qingshan used his Martial Soul Avatar, Love Sword Domain, and Void Nightmare Dragon Soul Bone skills to trap Di Tian in a sealed space and unleash his ninth Soul Skill. Di Tian overpowered Li Qingshan in their sword clash, but the attack stirred his buried regrets and left him visibly shaken.

• Li Qingshan formed an incomplete Martial Soul Bone Armor Avatar and used his Love Sword Domain to affect Di Tian’s emotions.
• Di Tian repelled Li Qingshan’s Nightmare Soul Devour, but Li Qingshan followed with Void Seal and confined them both in an independent space.
• Li Qingshan used recovered Limit Douluo-level Spiritual Power to strengthen his ninth Soul Skill, Endless Regret, Life’s Lasting Sorrow, Like Water Flowing East.
• Di Tian countered with a sword beam combining darkness and spatial power, overpowering Li Qingshan and injuring his sword hand.
• Lingering Threads of Emotion touched Di Tian’s mind, bringing back memories of lost kin and regrets about failing to protect his lord and others.
• Di Tian suppressed the memories but lost his composed smile and recognized the power of Li Qingshan’s move.

Di Tian confronted Li Qingshan over the origin of his dragon bloodline and attacked when Li Qingshan refused to change his story. Li Qingshan fused his Passionate Sword and Heartless Sword to trap Di Tian in a spatial cocoon, but purple-black light broke through just as the seal closed.

• Li Qingshan told Di Tian that his Golden Dragon King bloodline was his own and claimed he was cultivating anew after his origin had been sealed.
• Di Tian disbelieved Li Qingshan and gathered the Black Dragon Sword's power to attack him.
• Li Qingshan manifested the Heartless Sword and realized it could fuse with the Passionate Sword through a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Li Qingshan endured the fusion's backlash and unleashed Emotion Moves Heaven, layering spatial barriers around Di Tian and his sword strike.
• Li Qingshan completed Vacuum Seal around Di Tian, but intense purple-black light pierced through the cocoon.

Li Qingshan escaped after sealing Beast God Di Tian inside a layered silver cocoon, then hurried toward Heaven Dou City with Yu Xiaogang and Ah Yin. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Bibi Dong and the Upper Three Sects fought over the immortal herbs as Dugu Bo and Yue Guan clashed below.

• Li Qingshan used Emotion Moves Heaven to trap Di Tian in a silver cocoon, then fled with Yu Xiaogang and Ah Yin toward Heaven Dou City.
• Ah Yin recognized the draconic newcomer as Beast God Di Tian, and Li Qingshan ordered the coachman to leave before teleporting his disciples away.
• Bibi Dong claimed all the immortal herbs for Spirit Hall, prompting Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen to refuse and prepare to fight.
• Bibi Dong attacked Chen Xin, Yu Yuanzhen, and Ning Fengzhi with her Death Spider Web Restraint, and Chen Xin and Yu Yuanzhen countered her above the Herb Garden.
• Gui Mei tried to approach Ning Fengzhi, but Dugu Bo blocked him, while Yue Guan attacked Dugu Bo with petals from his velvet sky chrysanthemum.

Li Qingshan returned to Heaven Dou City with Yu Xiaogang and his new disciple Ah Yin, bringing news of a deadly clash with the Clear Sky Sect and a mysterious black-clad man. After confirming Dugu Xin had recovered enough to travel, Li Qingshan planned to take everyone toward Spirit City and ordered them to leave that day.

• Li Qingshan introduced Ah Yin as his new disciple and privately told her to keep her origins secret.
• Li Qingshan told Dugu Bo that Tang Zhen and two Clear Sky Sect elders had attacked them, two elders had died, and Tang Zhen had escaped with his sons.
• Li Qingshan revealed that a powerful black-clad man unrelated to the Clear Sky Sect had stopped their carriage and injured him, but he withheld further details.
• Li Qingshan examined Dugu Xin and confirmed that his Poison Pill had stabilized enough for him to travel by carriage.
• Li Qingshan traced a route from Heaven Dou City through Coconut Grove City to Spirit City and ordered everyone to pack and depart that day.

Yu Xiaogang met Bibi Dong at Coconut Grove City's Lantern Festival after helping her repair a child's lotus lantern. They began exploring the riverside together, while Li Qingshan noticed their growing rapport.

• Li Qingshan took Yu Xiaogang and Ah Yin to the Lantern Festival while Dugu Bo stayed with Dugu Xin at the inn.
• Bibi Dong struggled to comfort a child whose lotus lantern had been damaged, and Yu Xiaogang repaired it with her help.
• Yu Xiaogang introduced Bibi Dong to Luo Sanpao, and she bought the martial soul chestnuts.
• Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong talked about his travels as they walked beside the river.
• Li Qingshan noticed the pair together, and Bibi Dong invited Yu Xiaogang to see more lanterns.

Yu Xiaogang grew closer to Bibi Dong while they practiced together in Coconut Grove City, and Li Qingshan quietly considered taking her as another disciple. Yu Xiaogang reached rank twenty, and Li Qingshan told him to stabilize his cultivation before seeking a suitable second soul ring for Luo Sanpao.

• Bibi Dong helped Yu Xiaogang train Luo Sanpao's flight control, and the two began meeting regularly to cultivate and explore the city.
• Li Qingshan learned that Yu Xiaogang's new friend was Bibi Dong and considered taking her as a disciple, but decided to wait for a proper opportunity.
• Yu Xiaogang absorbed the medicinal power remaining in his body and broke through to rank twenty.
• Li Qingshan explained that the medicinal power had aided Yu Xiaogang's progress, told him to stabilize his soul power, and promised to find a suitable second soul ring for Luo Sanpao.

Yu Xiaogang reached level twenty and gained Li Qingshan’s permission to take Bibi Dong along to hunt for his second soul ring in the Star Dou Great Forest. As their carriage left Coconut Grove City, Qian Xunji received a report about Bibi Dong’s plans and ordered an investigation into Yu Xiaogang and Li Qingshan.

• By the river, Bibi Dong revealed that her soul power was level forty-nine and offered to help Yu Xiaogang find his second soul ring.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Li Qingshan for permission to bring Bibi Dong, and Li Qingshan agreed while telling him to follow his arrangements in the forest.
• The next morning, Dugu Bo and Ah Yin stayed behind while Yu Xiaogang and Li Qingshan met Bibi Dong and set out by carriage for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• At the Pope's Palace, Qian Xunji read a secret report about Bibi Dong accompanying Yu Xiaogang on a soul ring hunt and ordered an investigation into Yu Xiaogang and Li Qingshan.

Li Qingshan took Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong to Sunset Forest, where they found a thousand-year Golden-Backed Thunder Dragon Beast whose bloodline and lightning abilities could strengthen Luo Sanpao. After Yu Xiaogang agreed to risk absorbing it as his second soul ring, Li Qingshan helped him kill the beast, and the purple ring began to descend toward him.

• Li Qingshan changed their destination from Star Dou Great Forest to Sunset Forest to avoid Di Tian and visit the Herb Garden afterward.
• In Sunset Forest, Li Qingshan found a Golden-Backed Thunder Dragon Beast with a trace of Golden Sacred Dragon bloodline, and Sanpao showed an affinity for it.
• Li Qingshan judged Yu Xiaogang's improved physique could withstand the thousand-year soul ring, though absorbing it would still be dangerous, and Yu Xiaogang chose to try.
• The Golden-Backed Thunder Dragon Beast attacked, but Li Qingshan blocked its lightning, restrained it, and let Yu Xiaogang deliver the final blow.
• Yu Xiaogang sat down to absorb the beast's purple soul ring as Sanpao stood beside him and Bibi Dong watched.

Yu Xiaogang successfully absorbed a purple Soul Ring, reached rank twenty-three, and traveled with Li Qingshan and Bibi Dong to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to find herbs. Meanwhile, Qian Xunji learned that Yu Xiaogang was from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and ordered a bishop to bring Bibi Dong back to Spirit City.

• Yu Xiaogang absorbed the purple Soul Ring without damaging his meridians, and his cultivation rose to rank twenty-three.
• Yu Xiaogang thanked Li Qingshan for helping him, and Li Qingshan urged him to keep cultivating diligently.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Li Qingshan to look for suitable immortal herbs for Bibi Dong, and Li Qingshan agreed to assess her needs.
• Li Qingshan led Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong through the poisonous miasma to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• An attendant reported Yu Xiaogang's identity and low innate Soul Power to Qian Xunji, who ordered a bishop to locate Bibi Dong and bring her back to Spirit City.

Li Qingshan refined an immortal herb into a pill that helped Bibi Dong break through to level fifty at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Meanwhile, a Spirit Hall delegation entered Sunset Forest to bring her back on the Pope’s orders.

• Li Qingshan harvested an Eight-petal immortal orchid for Bibi Dong after Yu Xiaogang asked him to find a suitable herb for her.
• Li Qingshan refined the orchid and supplementary herbs into a pill while Bibi Dong watched his technique.
• Bibi Dong took the pill and, following Li Qingshan’s instructions, broke through to level fifty.
• A Platinum Bishop confirmed Bibi Dong had entered Sunset Forest with Yu Xiaogang and Li Qingshan, then led his men into the forest to retrieve her.

Li Qingshan helped Bibi Dong find and absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring, but a Spirit Hall Platinum Bishop arrived to take her back and insulted Yu Xiaogang. Li Qingshan revealed his Titled Douluo strength and killed the bishop and his men, then reassured Yu Xiaogang as Bibi Dong continued absorbing her ring.

• Li Qingshan found a twelve-thousand-year Death Corrosive Bone Spider and helped Bibi Dong defeat it so she could absorb its black soul ring.
• As Bibi Dong absorbed the ring, a Platinum Bishop and Spirit Hall Soul Masters arrived to escort her back to Spirit City.
• The Platinum Bishop mocked Yu Xiaogang for his weak cultivation and accused him of clinging to Bibi Dong, while Li Qingshan sent Yu Xiaogang to watch over her.
• When the Platinum Bishop insulted Li Qingshan and Yu Xiaogang again, Li Qingshan revealed his rank-ninety-five power and killed the bishop and his men with God-Splitting Edge.
• Li Qingshan told Yu Xiaogang that others' insults could not erase his effort and that insulting his disciple was like insulting him.

After Bibi Dong completed her fifth soul ring, Li Qingshan told her that he had killed the Spirit Hall bishop who tried to take her back and had insulted Yu Xiaogang. Bibi Dong chose to return to Spirit City and explain what happened, while Li Qingshan looked forward to Qian Xunji coming after him.

• Bibi Dong finished absorbing her soul ring and discovered the dead Spirit Hall members nearby.
• Li Qingshan explained that he had killed the Platinum Bishop after the bishop tried to take Bibi Dong back and humiliated Yu Xiaogang; Bibi Dong accepted his account and defended his decision.
• Bibi Dong decided to return to Spirit City and tell the Pope what had happened, while Li Qingshan told her not to conceal the truth.
• Bibi Dong said goodbye to Yu Xiaogang and rode toward Spirit City with two Spirit Hall soul masters.
• Li Qingshan told Yu Xiaogang they would meet Bibi Dong again soon and anticipated that Qian Xunji would come after him.

Dugu Bo used Li Qingshan’s pill to break through to level eighty, while Ah Yin formed her first soul ring and gained a healing soul skill. Later, Yu Xiaogang met Flender at a bookstall, and the two quickly became friends as Li Qingshan recognized the unexpected encounter.

• Li Qingshan checked Dugu Bo’s condition, prepared pills for him and Ah Yin, and helped Dugu Bo break through to level eighty.
• Ah Yin took the Life-Nourishing Pill, formed her first soul ring, and demonstrated her Blue Silver Rejuvenation healing skill.
• Li Qingshan took Yu Xiaogang and Ah Yin out to gather supplies, where Yu Xiaogang met Flender arguing over a damaged book.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender bonded over poisonous plants and soul beasts, while Li Qingshan recognized Flender and noted the coincidence.

After Bibi Dong returned to Spirit City, Qian Xunji learned that Li Qingshan had killed a Platinum Bishop and ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to find and capture him. Meanwhile, Li Qingshan led Yu Xiaogang and Dugu Bo into Sunset Forest to seek Dugu Bo’s eighth soul ring, where they spotted a snake near a poisonous pool.

• Qian Xunji confronted Bibi Dong about her closeness to Yu Xiaogang and ordered her to remain in Spirit City while she stabilized her fifth soul ring.
• Bibi Dong explained that Li Qingshan had killed the Platinum Bishop and his men after they insulted Yu Xiaogang, angering Qian Xunji.
• Qian Xunji sent Yue Guan and Gui Mei to find Li Qingshan and bring him back to Spirit City, subduing him if necessary.
• Li Qingshan led Yu Xiaogang and Dugu Bo into Sunset Forest to search for Dugu Bo’s eighth soul ring, advising him to consider a spirit beast’s abilities as well as its age.
• The group reached a poisonous wetland, where Li Qingshan sensed a snake near a gloomy pool.

Li Qingshan helped Dugu Bo obtain an eighty-thousand-year Soul Ring that could freeze its surroundings, and Dugu Bo began absorbing it. As Dugu Bo neared completion, Yue Guan and Gui Mei arrived on Qian Xunji’s orders to take Li Qingshan to Spirit City, leaving Li Qingshan facing the two Titled Douluo while protecting his disciple.

• Li Qingshan identified an eighty-thousand-year Jade-Scaled Time-Congealing Python and demonstrated how its ability could stop attacks and movement around it.
• Li Qingshan subdued the python, and Dugu Bo killed it to obtain its black Soul Ring as his Eighth Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo began absorbing the Soul Ring while Li Qingshan and Yu Xiaogang watched over him through the day and night.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei emerged from the forest and recognized that Dugu Bo was nearly finished absorbing his Soul Ring.
• Yue Guan told Li Qingshan that Qian Xunji had ordered them to bring him to Spirit City, but Li Qingshan refused to leave before Dugu Bo awakened.

Li Qingshan fought Yue Guan and Gui Mei while protecting Dugu Bo, using his Soul Rings, Soul Bones, and Love Sword Domain to expose the painful memories they had buried. He stopped them from completing their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and left both Titled Douluos blasted apart, with Dugu Bo still absorbing his Soul Ring.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei attacked Li Qingshan with binding skills, but he revealed his rank-ninety-nine strength and hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Li Qingshan broke free, repelled Yue Guan's ninth Soul Skill, and used his Love Sword Domain, God-Splitting Edge, and Regret to bring their past sorrows to the surface.
• Yue Guan relived his sister's death, while Gui Mei remembered being betrayed and left to drown as a child, disrupting both men's attacks and Soul Power.
• Yue Guan called for their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Li Qingshan used Once to interrupt their coordination and split them apart with a sword strike.