Recaps

Tang Hao offered to share the Great Sumeru Hammer, but Tang Zhen delayed the decision over the risks of Ring Detonation. Qian Daoliu honored his bet and forbade Spirit Hall from pursuing Bibi Dong, while Qian Xunji received a lead on Tang Chen’s last known location.

• Tang Hao offered to teach the Great Sumeru Hammer and Ring Detonation to Tang Xiao and the elders, but Tang Zhen warned that unqualified cultivators could suffer Qi deviation and ordered him not to teach it privately.
• Tang Zhen told the elders to continue searching for Tang Chen and keep their discussion about the secret technique within the hall.
• Qian Xunji argued that Spirit Hall should retrieve Bibi Dong, but Qian Daoliu blamed him for driving her away and said he would honor his bet with Li Qingshan.
• Qian Daoliu declared that Bibi Dong was no longer Spirit Hall’s Holy Maiden and ordered Qian Xunji not to pursue her or raise the matter again.
• An attendant told Qian Xunji that Spirit Hall had identified the remote town where Tang Chen last appeared, though his movements after visiting a tavern were unknown.

Qian Xunji traced Tang Chen to a tavern that served as Slaughter City's entrance and ordered an inquiry before taking further action. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong absorbed a Hundred Thousand Year Death Spider Emperor left arm bone, and Li Qingshan agreed to spar with Yu Yuanzhen before taking his disciples north.

• Qian Xunji recognized the tavern's location as Slaughter City's entrance and ordered an agent to investigate whether Tang Chen had entered, without provoking the city or notifying the Clear Sky Sect yet.
• Li Qingshan gave Bibi Dong a Hundred Thousand Year Death Spider Emperor left arm bone, and she began absorbing it in the quiet room under his guidance.
• Bibi Dong completed the Soul Bone fusion by the following afternoon and said she needed time to get used to its power.
• Li Qingshan told Yu Yuanzhen that he planned to take his disciples north and train with them along the way.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked Li Qingshan to spar before he departed, and Li Qingshan accepted before following him to the back mountain.

Li Qingshan sparred with Yu Yuanzhen and used the fight to identify weaknesses in how he controlled his lightning and soul power. Yu Yuanzhen left with a new plan to cultivate his spiritual power alongside his soul power.

• Yu Yuanzhen challenged Li Qingshan to a spar, and Chen Jianjun raised a Sword Qi barrier around the terrace.
• Yu Yuanzhen used his Thunder Dragon Claw and Soaring Dragon Heavenly Thunder Explosion, while Li Qingshan cut through the lightning and used Traceback to evade it and close in.
• Li Qingshan used Regret to disrupt Yu Yuanzhen's mind, briefly causing him to lose control of his lightning and expose an opening.
• Li Qingshan explained that Yu Yuanzhen's attempt to overpower the disruption with more soul power made his control worse, and Yu Yuanzhen recognized his spiritual power might be deficient.
• Li Qingshan examined Yu Yuanzhen's soul power and advised him to cultivate spiritual power before attempting a breakthrough.
• Li Qingshan and Yu Yuanzhen practiced controlling their power and sparred until sunset, after which Yu Yuanzhen thanked him and resolved to cultivate spiritual power as well as soul power.

Li Qingshan returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong, and Chen Jianjun, then promised Ning Fengzhi he would help evolve his Martial Soul. That night, Li Qingshan began refining pills with Aromatic Silk Beauty to transform Ning Fengzhi's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

• Li Qingshan bid farewell to Yu Yuanzhen and led Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong, and Chen Jianjun toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong welcomed Li Qingshan's group at the sect, where Bibi Dong met the other disciples and was accepted as their junior sister.
• Li Qingshan checked Dugu Xin's recovery, then asked Ning Fengzhi to stay so he could examine the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Li Qingshan showed Ning Fengzhi the Aromatic Silk Beauty and promised to use it to help his Martial Soul evolve into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Li Qingshan began refining pills in the sect's pill chamber, extracting medicinal liquid from the Aromatic Silk Beauty.

Li Qingshan helped Ning Fengzhi evolve his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and received the Dragon God Claw cultivation method as a reward. After absorbing seven God-bestowed Soul Rings and heading north, he met Liu Erlong in Iron Stone Town and realized her connection to Yu Xiaogang.

• Ning Fengzhi took Li Qingshan's pill, and his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Li Qingshan received the Dragon God Claw cultivation method after Ning Fengzhi's Martial Soul evolution changed a pivotal fate.
• Li Qingshan spent more than a month at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect absorbing seven God-bestowed Soul Rings, then set out north with Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong, Chen Jianjun, and the others.
• In Iron Stone Town, Li Qingshan watched Liu Erlong spar and used Soul Power to steady her and her opponent when they stumbled.
• Liu Erlong introduced herself and said she was heading north for guard work, while Li Qingshan recognized her as Yu Xiaogang's cousin; Yu Xiaogang did not recognize her.

Li Qingshan invited Liu Erlong to join his group as they traveled north, bringing her together with Yu Xiaogang and Flender. Meanwhile, the Silver Dragon King ordered Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts to enter the human world and find Li Qingshan.

• Li Qingshan invited Liu Erlong to travel with his disciples, and she accepted after agreeing to help with practical tasks along the way.
• Liu Erlong told her mother of her plans, joined the group the next morning, and left Iron Stone Town with them.
• Di Tian told the Silver Dragon King that Love Sword Douluo had claimed to be the Golden Dragon King and had escaped after sealing him.
• The Silver Dragon King gave Di Tian silver scales that could detect Li Qingshan's bloodline and ordered the Ferocious Beasts to search for him.
• Di Tian distributed the scales, briefed the Ferocious Beasts on Li Qingshan and his companions, and they set out into the human world.

Li Qingshan tested his disciples by making them attack him together while he suppressed his Soul Power and fought without his Martial Soul. After a disorganized first attempt, the group coordinated better in the second, but Flender discovered that their Soul Power was flowing through their joined hands into Yu Xiaogang.

• Li Qingshan told Dugu Bo, Bibi Dong, Flender, Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang, and Ah Yin to join forces against him in a test.
• Dugu Bo planned the first attack, but Li Qingshan redirected Bibi Dong's spider silk and disrupted the group's assault with a single exchange.
• Li Qingshan told the group to try again, and Dugu Bo, Bibi Dong, Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang, and Flender coordinated their attacks more effectively.
• Li Qingshan broke through their combined assault and sent Yu Xiaogang stumbling backward.
• Liu Erlong and Flender caught Yu Xiaogang, and Flender realized Soul Power was flowing through their joined hands into Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender unexpectedly formed a six-winged dragon through a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, which Li Qingshan tested and then safely stopped. Meanwhile, Qian Xunji confirmed that Tang Chen had entered Slaughter City and sent news of the lead to Tang Zhen.

• Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender connected their Soul Power, and Luo Sanpao transformed into a giant six-winged dragon.
• Li Qingshan told the three to follow the flow of their Soul Power and had Yu Xiaogang make the dragon attack him.
• The dragon unleashed powerful breath and flew rapidly, but the three struggled to coordinate its movements.
• Li Qingshan disrupted the unstable fusion, safely dispersed its Soul Power, and told the three to rest before discussing the skill.
• Qian Xunji verified that Tang Chen had entered Slaughter City and ordered a letter about the lead sent to Tang Zhen.

Li Qingshan explained how Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang could improve their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then accepted Liu Erlong as a nominal disciple. After three days of training, Yu Xiaogang reached Level 30 and the group prepared to seek a Third Soul Ring for Luo Sanpao.

• Li Qingshan told Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang that their Martial Soul Fusion Skill could be summoned again, but they needed to train to control it together.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang asked Li Qingshan to accept Liu Erlong as a disciple, and he agreed to take her as a nominal disciple.
• For the next three days, Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong practiced blending, releasing, and withdrawing their Soul Power while traveling north.
• Yu Xiaogang broke through to Level 30 at the caravan’s camp, and Li Qingshan said they needed to arrange for his Third Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang asked what Soul Beast they should seek for Luo Sanpao’s Third Soul Ring, and Li Qingshan said they would decide after reaching the forest.

Li Qingshan redirected the group to the Star Dou Great Forest to find a suitable Third Soul Ring for Yu Xiaogang, while Xiong Jun followed a silver scale’s reaction toward the Golden Dragon King bloodline. At the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Xiao and Tang Hao volunteered to search Slaughter City for their missing grandfather, Tang Chen.

• Li Qingshan decided to postpone the journey north and take the group to the Star Dou Great Forest to seek Yu Xiaogang’s Third Soul Ring.
• Flender gathered route information, and Li Qingshan led the group into the forest, where they found several unsuitable thousand-year Soul Beast traces.
• Xiong Jun’s silver scale reacted, and he hurried north toward the nearby Golden Dragon King bloodline.
• Tang Zhen and the Clear Sky Sect elders discussed a report confirming Tang Chen had entered Slaughter City.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao volunteered to search Slaughter City for Tang Chen, and Tang Zhen challenged them over the danger.

Tang Xiao and Tang Hao prepared to investigate the entrance to Slaughter City in hopes of finding Tang Chen, while Li Qingshan’s group hunted a five-thousand-year-old Diamond Horned Dragon for Yu Xiaogang’s third Soul Ring. As Yu Xiaogang began absorbing it, Xiong Jun arrived and confronted Li Qingshan.

• Tang Zhen gave Tang Xiao the secret letter and records, then instructed him to investigate the town and report back before seeking Tang Chen in Slaughter City.
• Li Qingshan identified a five-thousand-year-old Diamond Horned Dragon and explained that its whole-body amplification ability would suit Yu Xiaogang and Luo Sanpao.
• Yu Xiaogang chose the Diamond Horned Dragon, and Dugu Bo restrained it so Luo Sanpao could kill it and produce a purple Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang began absorbing the five-thousand-year Soul Ring while Li Qingshan protected him with a barrier.
• Xiong Jun appeared holding a glowing silver scale and told Li Qingshan that he had been searching for him.

Li Qingshan confronted Xiong Jun, who had come to take him to Di Tian’s lord, and used the Golden Dragon Spear and his bloodline to demonstrate his claim to be the reincarnated Golden Dragon King. Xiong Jun began to believe him, raising the identity’s reality progress to 11%.

• Xiong Jun identified Li Qingshan as the person he had been sent to find and demanded he come along, so Li Qingshan led him away from Yu Xiaogang and the others.
• Li Qingshan told Xiong Jun that he was the Golden Dragon King reincarnated, but Xiong Jun remained skeptical and threatened to take him by force.
• Li Qingshan summoned the Golden Dragon Spear, explaining that it had been formed from one of his ribs.
• Li Qingshan activated his Golden Dragon King bloodline, and the spear resonated with his golden scales as he pressed Xiong Jun down with his Soul Power.
• Xiong Jun sensed that Li Qingshan’s bloodline and the spear shared the same source and began to doubt his disbelief.
• The system reported that Xiong Jun partially believed Li Qingshan’s identity, increasing its reality progress to 11%.

Li Qingshan convinced Xiong Jun that he was the Golden Dragon King by demonstrating the Dragon God Claw, then accepted him as a disciple. Several days later, Tang Xiao and Tang Hao reached a remote town and noticed a tavern with the faint scent of blood coming from inside.

• Li Qingshan told Xiong Jun that the Golden Dragon King could have escaped the Divine Realm and asked whether he wanted to become strong enough to beat Di Tian.
• Li Qingshan demonstrated the Dragon God Claw, convincing Xiong Jun that he was the Golden Dragon King and increasing the identity's Reality Progress to 20%.
• Xiong Jun asked to learn the Dragon God Claw, knelt before Li Qingshan, and became his disciple.
• Li Qingshan warned Xiong Jun not to bully his fellow disciples, then took him back to meet his senior brother.
• Several days later, Tang Xiao and Tang Hao arrived at a remote town to gather information and saw suspicious men near a tavern that smelled of blood.

Li Qingshan returned with Xiong Jun, a powerful Ferocious Beast who had become his newest disciple, and introduced him to the others as their junior brother. On the original Douluo Continent, Yu Xiaogang watched the Sky Screen and angrily defended his own failures as people mocked him for dismissing Li Qingshan and his student.

• Li Qingshan brought Xiong Jun back and announced that he had taken him as a disciple.
• Xiong Jun respectfully greeted Yu Xiaogang, Dugu Bo, Ah Yin, Flender, Bibi Dong, Liu Erlong, and the others as his senior siblings.
• People outside an inn watched the Sky Screen and compared the Yu Xiaogang shown there with the original Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed the other Yu Xiaogang's progress on Immortal Herbs and insisted that he could have achieved the same with a better teacher.
• Zhao Wuji and the bystanders challenged Yu Xiaogang's past claims, and one man mocked him for likely never reaching level 30.

Bibi Dong ordered the search for the wounded Tang Hao after he escaped with two children, while Li Qingshan’s group traveled north after Yu Xiaogang gained a powerful third Soul Skill. The caravan reached the Far North, though Li Qingshan had not yet revealed why he was bringing his disciples there.

• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to monitor the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and to search for Tang Hao without engaging him.
• Yu Xiaogang showed Li Qingshan how Luo Sanpao’s Sacred Dragon Battle Body increased his strength, speed, and defense.
• Xiong Jun asked to spar with Yu Xiaogang, but Li Qingshan told him to get lost.
• Li Qingshan led the group north, and they trained and gathered supplies during a month-long journey.
• Li Qingshan’s caravan arrived at the Far North.

Li Qingshan brought his disciples to the Far North to harden them through cold-weather cultivation, then set off alone toward the core region to find the Ice and Snow Emperors. Xiong Jun secretly followed and ran into Ice Bear King Xiaobai, who challenged him for entering the Far North.

• Li Qingshan told his disciples that enduring the cold would temper their wills, and they built an ice house as shelter.
• Li Qingshan ordered the disciples to cultivate outside morning, noon, and evening, while Dugu Bo stayed with Xin'er.
• After the disciples adapted to the cold, Li Qingshan asked Chen Jianjun to watch over them and left for the depths of the Far North.
• Xiong Jun secretly followed Li Qingshan in his bear form, and Li Qingshan noticed but let him continue.
• At dawn, Li Qingshan reached the core region and decided to find a local Soul Beast to guide him to the Ice and Snow Emperors.
• Ice Bear King Xiaobai blocked Xiong Jun and demanded to know why he had come from the Star Dou Great Forest, and Xiong Jun offered to fight him.

Xiong Jun defeated Xiao Bai in a fight beneath a snowy slope while Li Qingshan watched from hiding. As Xiong Jun pinned Xiao Bai and refused to leave, the wind and snow stopped and a slender figure approached through the blizzard.

• Xiong Jun fought Xiao Bai and overpowered her with his strength and Dark Gold Dreadclaws.
• Li Qingshan recognized Xiao Bai, hid nearby, and waited for the Snow Empress to appear.
• Xiong Jun battered Xiao Bai and pinned her in the snow, but she refused to submit and challenged him to stay.
• The wind and snow suddenly stopped, ice formed on Xiong Jun's paw, and a slender figure approached through the storm.

The Snow Empress confronted Xiong Jun for attacking Xiao Bai, then overpowered him with her ice techniques. Just as she moved to finish him with Emperor's Palm, Li Qingshan rescued Xiong Jun, leaving the Snow Empress shocked by the escape within her domain.

• The Snow Empress arrived, found Xiao Bai injured, and demanded an explanation from Xiong Jun.
• Xiong Jun refused to back down and attacked the Snow Empress with his Dark Gold Dreadclaws.
• The Snow Empress used Emperor's Cold Heaven, Xue Wu Shining Sun, then struck Xiong Jun with Emperor Sword, Ice-Extreme Unrivaled.
• The Snow Empress knocked Xiong Jun into the snow and prepared to finish him with Emperor's Palm, Great Cold Without Snow.
• Li Qingshan seized Xiong Jun and carried him away, surprising the Snow Empress.

Li Qingshan revealed his golden dragon bloodline and Limit Douluo power to the Snow Empress after rescuing Xiong Jun. The Snow Empress unleashed her domain across the Far North, and Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong witnessed the resulting upheaval from its outskirts.

• Li Qingshan rescued Xiong Jun from the Snow Empress and told him to retreat and suppress the cold Qi in his body.
• Li Qingshan called himself the reincarnated Golden Dragon King, then revealed his golden scales and dragon bloodline when the Snow Empress challenged his claim.
• Li Qingshan released his powerful Soul Power, leading the Snow Empress to recognize that he was likely a Limit Douluo.
• Li Qingshan agreed to take the Snow Empress's next attack in Xiong Jun's place, and she unleashed Emperor's Cold Heaven, Xue Wu Shining Sun across the Far North.
• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong felt the ice tremble and saw the snowstorm darken the sky near the ice hut.

Li Qingshan trapped the Snow Empress with his emotional sword skills while the Ice Empress and Titan Snow Demon King rushed to her aid. Facing the gathered Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North, he challenged them to fight him using only Soul Beast methods and offered to stop if the Snow Empress would take him as her teacher.

• Chen Jianjun and Dugu Bo protected the ice house and its occupants as an avalanche swept toward them.
• The Ice Empress and Titan Snow Demon King sensed the Snow Empress fighting and hurried to help her.
• The Snow Empress attacked Li Qingshan with her Emperor Sword, but he blocked her strike with his sword Martial Soul.
• Li Qingshan used Longing Becomes a Prison and his ninth Soul Skill to disrupt the Snow Empress's emotions and temporarily restrain her.
• The Ice Empress and Titan Snow Demon King attacked Li Qingshan, but he dodged their strikes while Xiong Jun moved to defend him.
• Li Qingshan challenged the three Heavenly Kings to face him using only Soul Beast methods and asked the Snow Empress to take him as her teacher if he won.

Li Qingshan faced the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Titan Snow Demon King without using his Martial Soul after they wagered they would submit if he defeated them. As their combined attacks overwhelmed him, he summoned the Dragon God Claw and stopped their powerful joint strike.

• The Ice Empress and Titan Snow Demon King agreed to serve Li Qingshan as their master if he defeated all three Heavenly Kings without his Martial Soul, and the Snow Empress accepted the challenge.
• Li Qingshan dismissed his Soul Rings, Passionate Sword, and Bone Armor true form, then told Xiong Jun to move back.
• The three Heavenly Kings attacked together, combining their domains and coordinated strikes to drive Li Qingshan backward.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress combined their powers into the Pride of the Ice and Snow Emperors while the Titan Snow Demon King blocked Li Qingshan's escape.
• Li Qingshan drew on the Golden Dragon King Bloodline and unleashed the Dragon God Claw, collapsing the Titan Snow Demon King's fists and halting the combined pillar of ice and snow.

Li Qingshan defeated the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Titan Snow Demon King, convincing them that he was the reincarnated Golden Dragon King. Meanwhile, Tang Xiao and Tang Hao entered Slaughter City to search for news of their grandfather.

• The three Heavenly Kings recognized the Dragon God Claw, and their belief in Li Qingshan’s Golden Dragon King identity triggered the awakening of his Golden Dragon King right arm.
• Li Qingshan used the transformed arm to crush the Heavenly Kings’ attacks and send all three flying.
• The Snow Empress admitted defeat, and the Ice Empress and Titan Snow Demon King agreed to honor their word as Li Qingshan gained Ice Bear King Xiaobai as a believer.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao reached Slaughter City, discovered that they could not use their Soul Skills, and entered after passing the admission test.

In Slaughter City, Tang Xiao and Tang Hao discovered that Tang Chen had once been there and was taken into the inner city by black-armored men. On the original Douluo Continent, Tang Hao recognized that his own past suspicions about Tang Chen might have been true, but his injuries and responsibility for Tang San and Xiao Wu kept him from acting immediately.

• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao questioned residents about Tang Chen while avoiding fights in the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• After the brothers defeated two attackers, an old man recognized Tang Xiao's Clear Sky Hammer and invited them inside for food.
• The old man confirmed Tang Chen's identity and recalled that black-armored men had taken him deeper into the inner city.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao decided to question more old-timers before investigating the black-armored men.
• Watching the Sky Screen, the injured Tang Hao recalled sensing Tang Chen in Slaughter City during his own visit and wondered if his grandfather had been there all along.
• Tang Hao considered seeking Tang Chen's help but hesitated because he was injured and could not leave Tang San and Xiao Wu unprotected.

Tang Hao told Xiao Wu how Ah Yin sacrificed herself to save him and Tang San, then asked whether Xiao Wu would do the same for Tang San; she said she would. In the Far North, the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Titan Snow Demon King became Li Qingshan’s disciples, and he vowed to help Soul Beasts open a path to godhood.

• Tang Hao told Xiao Wu that Ah Yin was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor who sacrificed herself after Tang San was born to keep Spirit Hall from taking her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Tang Hao asked whether Xiao Wu would risk herself to save Tang San, and Xiao Wu said she would if it meant he could live.
• The Snow Empress apologized to Li Qingshan and knelt to become his disciple, followed by the Ice Empress and Titan Snow Demon King.
• Li Qingshan told his disciples that his true body was sealed in the Divine Realm and that the body before them held only part of the Golden Dragon King’s power.
• Li Qingshan explained that Soul Beasts faced Divine Realm restrictions and promised to help his disciples survive their Heavenly Tribulations and open a new path to godhood.
• The Snow Empress bowed and asked Li Qingshan to teach them.

Li Qingshan received rewards after taking the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Titan Snow Demon King as disciples, then brought them to meet his other disciples at the Far North camp. He revealed Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, drawing the Ice Empress’s attention.

• Li Qingshan received a Soul Core Nurturing Chapter, two stalks of Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Spirit Ganoderma, and Spirit-Congealing Jade Marrow as rewards for taking three disciples.
• Li Qingshan led the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Titan Snow Demon King to the camp, where his disciples had survived the avalanche with Chen Jianjun and Dugu Bo’s help.
• Li Qingshan introduced the three Far North Soul Beasts as his new disciples, and the Snow Empress addressed Yu Xiaogang as her eldest senior brother.
• The Snow Empress cleared the snow around the camp and noticed Ah Yin, recognizing her as a transformed Soul Beast.
• Li Qingshan opened a jade box containing Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, which surprised the Snow Empress and caught the Ice Empress’s attention.