Recaps

After Bibi Dong learned that Yue Guan had died and Qian Renxue had escaped to Glazed Tile Fortress City, she ordered reinforcements sent north and assigned Hu Liena to deliver Su Chen a secret case. In the fortress, Su Chen learned that enemy forces had seized Windwatch Post and detained two academies, so he rode out with four companions to confront them.

• Bibi Dong rejected a full northern invasion and ordered Spirit Hall forces to secure the western border and advance north cautiously.
• Bibi Dong sent Gui Mei with three thousand elite soldiers to support Su Chen and ordered Hu Liena to deliver him a sealed case personally.
• Hu Liena accepted the mission, eager to see Su Chen and prove herself to Bibi Dong.
• Zhu Zhuqing reported that a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan Soul Douluo and Thunder Academy's defected vice dean had blockaded Windwatch Post and detained Blazing Fire Academy and Plant Academy students.
• Su Chen ordered Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, Dugu Bo, and Qian Renxue to defend Glazed Tile Fortress City, then led Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Shui Bing'er, and Yue'er toward Windwatch Post.

Su Chen's group approached Windwatch Post to rescue the detained academy students, and he subdued Huo Wu when she mistook them for enemy sentries. After Huo Wu explained the hostages' peril, Su Chen led the group toward the main gate, while inside Lei Zhen moved to attack Liu Qingqing.

• Su Chen sent Ning Rongrong and Dugu Bo to block the road while he and four Battle Soul Masters scouted Windwatch Post.
• Huo Wu escaped through a hole in the post's rear wall, mistook Su Chen for an enemy sentry, and attacked him with her Repelling Fire Ring.
• Su Chen suppressed Huo Wu's flames and restrained her until Shui Bing'er identified the group as rescuers from Glazed Tile Fortress City.
• Huo Wu told Su Chen that Lei Zhen and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had detained academy teachers and students, and that Huo Wushuang had been injured protecting the others.
• Su Chen led Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing toward the post's main gate as Lei Zhen threatened the Plant Academy students inside.
• Lei Zhen attacked Liu Qingqing as she tried to protect the other Plant Academy girls.

Su Chen stormed into Windwatch Post and rescued the Plant Academy girls, defeating Lei Zhen and forcing Yu Tianxin to his knees. As the group thanked him, Yu Tianqing and thirty Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elites emerged, revealing that the girls had been used as bait and launching an attack.

• Su Chen and his allies smashed through Windwatch Post’s gates, where Shui Bing’er froze the attackers and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing shielded the Plant Academy girls.
• Yu Tianxin identified Su Chen, and Lei Zhen transformed into a Thunder Eagle to attack him.
• Su Chen struck down Lei Zhen with one blow and used his dragon bloodline pressure to force Yu Tianxin to kneel.
• Liu Qingqing and Jiang Zhu thanked Su Chen for rescuing them.
• Yu Tianqing emerged with thirty clan elites, revealed the girls had been bait for Su Chen, and ordered an attack with his Soul Douluo Martial Soul Avatar.

Su Chen defeated and captured Yu Tianqing during the ambush at Windwatch Post, then caught Huo Wu when fire poison made her collapse. He began examining her condition as she protested his touch.

• Su Chen ordered Shui Bing'er, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Shui Yue'er to fight the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples while Dugu Bo stayed hidden at the mountain pass.
• Shui Bing'er froze the attackers, and Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Shui Yue'er, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang fought the inner disciples.
• Su Chen overcame Yu Tianqing's eighth Soul Skill with his Ice-Fire Dragon Emperor Annihilation Storm, knocked him down, and sealed his Soul Power.
• The surviving Blue Lightning Clan disciples lost their will to fight; some were killed, and the rest surrendered.
• Huo Wu collapsed after overusing her Soul Skill, and Su Chen caught her and identified the fire poison burning into her meridian.
• Su Chen took Huo Wu's hand to examine her as she told him not to touch her.

Su Chen rescued the detained academy teams, cured Huo Wu’s fire poison, and brought Blazing Fire and Plant Academies to Glazed Tile Fortress City. After learning that the Elephant Armor Sect was attacking Red Iron Ridge, he prepared to lead a force there while the fortress’s defenders awaited Ghost Douluo and Hu Liena.

• Su Chen purified Huo Wu’s Martial Soul and cured her fire poison, and she thanked him and agreed to travel with him.
• Su Chen invited Blazing Fire and Plant Academies to Glazed Tile Fortress City; Feng Xiaotian instead led Godwind Academy north and pledged not to serve Xue Xing’s false court.
• Su Chen found military orders showing that the false court planned simultaneous attacks on Green Maple City, Fallen Goose Pass, and Red Iron Ridge.
• A scout reported that Ghost Douluo and Hu Liena were expected near the fortress within three days, then announced that the Elephant Armor Sect and five thousand rebels were attacking Red Iron Ridge.
• Su Chen ordered Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo to hold the fortress, and prepared to lead Dugu Bo, Qian Renxue, and five hundred cavalry to Red Iron Ridge with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Rongrong, Bing’er, and Huo Wu.

Su Chen and his companions rescued Red Iron Ridge from the Silves rebels, and Su Chen crippled two Elephant Armor Sect Soul Saints. After Hall Master Zhao revealed a Scarlet Yang Fire Essence beneath the mine, Huo Wu’s Pure Yang Core Flame flared up, and Su Chen carried her into the underground passage to deal with it.

• Su Chen carried Shui Bing’er and Huo Wu across Soul-Breaking Ravine, and the group hurried toward Red Iron Ridge.
• Shui Bing’er and Huo Wu combined ice and fire attacks against the Silves rebels while the Seven Treasure riders joined the battle.
• Su Chen defeated Huyan Lie and Huyan Meng’s Diamond Mammoth avatars with a single Ice-Fire Dragon Emperor Wings strike, and the rebels surrendered.
• Hall Master Zhao thanked Su Chen for saving Red Iron Ridge and revealed a Thousand-Year Scarlet Yang Fire Essence in an underground fire vein.
• Huo Wu’s Pure Yang Core Flame ignited, so Su Chen ordered the others to secure the battlefield and carried her into the mine’s underground passage.

Su Chen used the Thousand-Year Scarlet Yang Fire Essence to evolve Huo Wu’s Martial Soul and raise her cultivation, then led the group back toward Glazed Tile Fortress City. Zhu Zhuqing reported that Hu Liena and Ghost Douluo had arrived with Spirit Hall forces, and Qian Renxue joined Su Chen in heading to confront them.

• Su Chen refined the Thousand-Year Scarlet Yang Fire Essence with Huo Wu, evolving her Martial Soul into Scarlet Gold Dragon Shadow Fire and raising her to level forty-four.
• Huo Wu declared herself devoted to Su Chen, and his reward increased his Origin Soul Power, advanced his Pure Yang Ancestral Dragon True Fire, and gave him an Eight-Thousand-Year Soul Ring Age Enhancement Card.
• Su Chen left two hundred elite cavalry to defend Red Iron Ridge and took the ore, prisoners, and convoy toward Glazed Tile Fortress City.
• Zhu Zhuqing reported that Ghost Douluo Gui Mei and Hu Liena had entered the city with three thousand Agility Attack troops and taken a sealed box to the council hall.
• Qian Renxue reacted angrily to Hu Liena’s claim to be Spirit Hall’s first heir, and Su Chen led the group to meet her.

Su Chen showed Gui Mei the remains of Yue Guan and secured the Ghost Douluo’s loyalty and the three thousand Spirit Hall elites. Hu Liena then delivered Bibi Dong’s lockbox, whose letter revealed Su Chen’s Chaos Ancestral Dragon heritage and invited him to Spirit City after Heaven Dou was settled.

• Su Chen told Gui Mei that Yue Guan had sacrificed himself to save him from Tang Hao, then presented the bloodstained chrysanthemum petals he had recovered.
• Grieving over Yue Guan’s death, Gui Mei swore loyalty to Su Chen and Qian Renxue and pledged the three thousand black-armored warriors to their cause.
• Su Chen sent Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin to organize defenses and provisions, then asked Hu Liena about the purple-gold lockbox from Bibi Dong.
• Su Chen opened the lockbox with his Martial Soul Origin and found an ancient fragment about the Dragon God alongside Bibi Dong’s personal letter.
• Bibi Dong’s letter revealed that Su Chen’s Martial Soul was the Chaos Ancestral Dragon, condemned the Divine Realm’s gods and their restrictions, and said she would prepare a place for him at the Pope’s Hall once Heaven Dou was settled.