Recaps

Ling Yun led Blue Tyrant Academy to defeat Elephant Armor Academy by splitting up its formation and knocking every member off the arena. Afterward, he learned that Blue Tyrant Academy would face Huo Wu’s Blazing Fire Academy in the next round.

• Huyan Li led Elephant Armor Academy in chasing Ning Rongrong, but Ling Yun let them pursue her until Tang San and the others trapped the trailing members.
• Ling Yun used Ma Hongjun’s fire and his own water to hide the arena in vapor while Blue Tyrant Academy knocked out Elephant Armor’s members one by one.
• Ling Yun, Tang San, and Dai Mubai worked together to send the last Elephant Armor member, Huyan Li, off the platform, securing Blue Tyrant Academy’s victory.
• Ling Yun taunted Huyan Zhen in the VIP seats for coaching Huyan Li, while Salas watched Ling Yun’s tactics closely.
• Huo Wu confronted Ling Yun and warned him about his water abilities, then the tournament teacher announced that Blue Tyrant Academy would face Blazing Fire Academy next.

Blue Tyrant Academy and Blazing Fire Academy battled as Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass first controlled the field, then was burned away by Huo Wu’s team. Huo Wu gathered a powerful fire attack aimed at Ling Yun, who stood his ground as it descended.

• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to disrupt Blazing Fire Academy’s attacks and help Blue Tyrant’s fighters gain the advantage.
• Huo Wu ordered her teammates to burn the ground, destroying Tang San’s grass and turning the match into a close melee.
• Tang San changed tactics and used his grass to pull teammates out of danger while Ling Yun defended Ning Rongrong.
• Ling Yun challenged Yu Xiaogang’s praise of Tang San, irritating Tang San during the match.
• Huo Wu gathered a blazing sphere while her teammates covered her, then launched it at Ling Yun.
• Ling Yun refused to move as Huo Wu’s fireball crashed toward him.

Ling Yun survived Huo Wu’s devastating fire attack, then eliminated her and helped Blue Tyrant defeat the Blazing Fire team. After the match, he challenged Yu Xiaogang for praising Tang San while overlooking the rest of the team, leaving Tang San quietly resentful and determined to prove his importance.

• Huo Wu’s fireball engulfed Ling Yun while Blue Tyrant’s teammates fought to keep the Blazing Fire team from reaching him.
• Ling Yun walked out of the flames unharmed enough to fight, then used water and the Soul Power Tongue Scarf to pull Huo Wu out of bounds.
• After Huo Wu was eliminated, Dai Mubai knocked Huo Wushuang back, and Blue Tyrant drove the remaining opponents to surrender.
• Ling Yun told Yu Xiaogang to recognize the contributions of all seven teammates instead of focusing on Tang San.
• Tang San stayed silent but grew resentful, deciding to prove that the team could not function without him.

After Ling Yun’s match, Spirit Hall and Ning Fengzhi considered investigating him, while Huo Wu remained furious that he had shrugged off her flames. Tang San trained to overcome his weakness against fire and studied Canghui Academy’s mental technique ahead of their next match, determined to fight.

• Salas ordered his subordinate to keep investigating Ling Yun quietly after learning that little was known about his unusual soul rings and training.
• Ning Fengzhi declined to probe Ling Yun beyond public information, saying an intrusive investigation could make him an enemy.
• Huo Wu argued with Huo Wushuang and asked Blazing Fire’s instructor why Ling Yun had resisted her flames, then vowed the matter was not over.
• Tang San practiced exposing his Blue Silver Grass to fire and told Yu Xiaogang he would not accept losing control against another fire-attribute opponent.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San information on Canghui Academy, and Tang San decided to fight them after reading about the Seven Asura Illusion Realm.

Blue Tyrant Academy faced Canghui Academy, whose seven members trapped the team in a mental illusion called the Seven Asura Illusion Realm. Tang San identified flaws in the illusions and struck a real Canghui fighter, leaving him ready to locate the rest.

• Ma Hongjun and Tang San noticed Canghui Academy's unusual silence, and Ling Yun assigned Tang San to watch for mental attacks.
• Canghui's seven fighters joined their colored lights and plunged Blue Tyrant Academy into darkness and illusions.
• Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Ling Yun each resisted or struggled with the false voices and figures.
• Tang San used the Purple Demon Eye to spot inconsistencies in the illusions and realized Canghui's fighters had to occupy real positions on the platform.
• Tang San's Blue Silver Grass struck a Canghui fighter through the illusion, and he sent several more strands toward the hidden opponents.

Tang San identified the Canghui team’s illusion formation and led Blue Tyrant Academy to break it and win the match. Afterward, Salas found a clue linking Ling Yun’s unexplained absence to his rapid growth and unusual soul rings, and ordered an investigation.

• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to locate his teammates and disrupt the Canghui team’s formation, weakening the illusion.
• Tang San directed his teammates’ attacks, and the illusion collapsed as the Canghui players were forced out of position.
• Blue Tyrant Academy overwhelmed the Canghui team, which surrendered after Xiao Wu kicked another opponent out of bounds.
• Tang San returned with his teammates and received praise from Dai Mubai and Ling Yun, while Yu Xiaogang looked satisfied with his performance.
• Salas learned that Ling Yun’s strength and unusual soul rings appeared after an unexplained absence, then ordered his deacon to investigate where he had gone and whom he had met.

Ling Yun interrupted Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's Martial Soul Fusion Skill and defeated them with a high-pressure water attack. Watching from hiding, Tang San abandoned any hope of beating Ling Yun directly and planned to ambush him on the road to Spirit City.

• Xue Wu asked to combine forces with Shui Bing'er, and Salas approved the exception despite the tournament's one-on-one rules.
• Ling Yun mocked Salas and the two Heavenly Water girls, then accepted the challenge and promised to defeat them within three moves.
• Xue Wu began the Snow-Praying Dance while Shui Bing'er prepared to join her for Ice and Snow Drifting.
• Ling Yun swept Xue Wu off her feet, disrupting the fusion skill before it could form properly.
• Shui Bing'er launched the incomplete attack, but Ling Yun unleashed Dragon Strangulation and blasted both girls off the platform.
• Tang San watched Ling Yun's victory and decided to ambush him with Bone-Eroding Blood-Dissolving Powder and a landslide near Spirit City.

After Blue Tyrant Academy won the advancement tournament, Ling Yun taunted the Heavenly Water girls, treated the imperial rewards with careless disdain, and set out for Spirit City. As the procession entered a mountain gorge, he sensed the lingering presence of a Titled Douluo and prepared for a confrontation.

• Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and Xue Wu confronted Ling Yun over his humiliating remarks during their match, but he gave Xue Wu roasted potatoes to treat her swollen nose and mocked their threats.
• Emperor Xue Ye awarded Flender the first-place scroll and granted Ling Yun an earl’s seal and a fief of five thousand households.
• Ling Yun tossed the gold seal to Ma Hongjun to trade for roast geese and draped the Heavenly Silkworm Golden Robe over Xiao Wu.
• The qualified academy teams departed for Spirit City under royal cavalry escort.
• Ling Yun sensed the scent of death and a Titled Douluo’s murderous presence in a mountain gorge, then prepared to settle the score.

Ling Yun detected an ambush in the mountain gorge and led the Blue Tyrant Team in repelling the attackers. When Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan arrived and attacked Ling Yun, Ling Yun called on Old Poison, whose serpent cry answered from below the precipice.

• Ling Yun sensed more than a thousand assassins waiting on the cliffs and ordered Flender to stop the procession.
• Ning Rongrong boosted the team while Oscar supplied flight sausages, and Ma Hongjun set fire to the attackers on the right-hand cliff.
• The team fought through the falling boulders and defeated many of the black-clad warriors without suffering injuries.
• Yue Guan appeared, revealed himself as a level ninety-five Titled Douluo, and unleashed a storm of chrysanthemum blades at Ling Yun.
• Ling Yun called out to Old Poison, threatening to burn the immortal herbs in his garden, and a violent serpent cry answered from below the precipice.

Dugu Bo and Ling Yun's allies fought Spirit Hall's forces in the canyon, where Ling Yun protected Ning Rongrong and Oscar from an attack. As Ghost Douluo ambushed Ling Yun, Chen Xin arrived and challenged him with the Seven Kill Sword.

• Dugu Bo used his Martial Soul Avatar to clash with Yue Guan and threatened to poison Spirit Hall if Ling Yun was harmed.
• Black-clad Soul Saints attacked the carriage guards, and Ling Yun cut an attacker’s axe and killed him before he could strike Ning Rongrong and Oscar.
• Oscar admitted he had stepped in to protect Ning Rongrong, while Ling Yun praised his courage and promised to find an herb that could help Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Gui Mei emerged from the shadows and attacked Ling Yun from behind, but Chen Xin descended on his giant sword and confronted the Ghost Douluo.

Chen Xin and Dugu Bo rescued Ling Yun’s group from Spirit Hall’s ambush, forcing Gui Mei and Yue Guan to retreat. As the party continued toward Spirit City, Ling Yun told Xiao Wu he welcomed the villains waiting there.

• Chen Xin’s Seven Kill Sword strike severed Gui Mei’s arm and devastated the gorge, while Dugu Bo drove Yue Guan back.
• Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi reunited with Ning Rongrong, and Ning Fengzhi thanked Oscar for protecting her.
• Gui Mei ordered Yue Guan to retreat, and the Spirit Hall forces fled as the Heaven Dou Royal Knights pursued the remaining attackers.
• Ma Hongjun and the others celebrated their victory while Tang San watched in dread, realizing his schemes were powerless against the Titled Douluos protecting Ling Yun.
• Ling Yun and Xiao Wu looked toward Spirit City, and Ling Yun said that villains made satisfying opponents to smash.

Ling Yun's convoy entered Spirit City after the failed gorge ambush, and Bibi Dong ordered the Golden Generation to kill him in the Grand Finals. At the inn, Tang San plotted to stab Ling Yun with poisoned needles inside Hu Liena and Xie Yue's red mist, but Ling Yun sensed the weapon and prepared to deal with him.

• Ling Yun refused to stay with Ning Fengzhi's group, entered Spirit City, and told Tai Long to find a large inn with a courtyard and plenty of food.
• Bibi Dong rebuked Gui Mei and Yue Guan for their failed ambush, then ordered Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena to face Ling Yun in the Grand Finals.
• Tang San sat apart from the Blue Tyrant team and planned to use poisoned Sinking Silver Needles against Ling Yun inside the Demon Charm Red Mist.
• Ling Yun sensed the poisoned mechanism on Tang San from across the courtyard and watched him while eating, ready to eliminate him during the Grand Finals.

Ling Yun’s group provoked the Spirit Hall Golden Generation in Spirit City, and Ling Yun repelled Hu Liena’s spiritual attack with a powerful backlash. The tournament draw paired Blue Tyrant Academy against the Star Luo Empire Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy in the second elimination round, leaving Dai Mubai eager for the match and Ling Yun ready to use it to his advantage.

• Ma Hongjun and his companions swaggered through Spirit City’s market while Dugu Bo and Chen Xin deterred the Platinum Heavy-Armored Guards from intervening.
• Yan insulted the Heaven Dou Division team, and Ma Hongjun answered by mocking him.
• Hu Liena attacked Ling Yun with her spiritual charm, but Ling Yun’s Soul Bone reversed the assault and left her badly injured.
• Ling Yun insulted Hu Liena and challenged the Golden Generation to survive the tournament before walking away with his companions.
• Eight red-robed bishops revealed that Blue Tyrant Academy would face the Star Luo Empire Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy in the second elimination round and displayed three supreme-grade Soul Bones.
• Tang San fixated on the Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull, while Dai Mubai and Ling Yun welcomed the coming match against the Star Luo Empire academy.

Blue Tyrant Advanced Soul Master Academy crushed Star Luo Royal Academy in the elimination match, with Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing defeating Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun. After the victory, Ling Yun challenged Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation, leaving the next confrontation looming.

• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun taunted Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, while Ling Yun advised Zhu Zhuqing to ruin Zhu Zhuyun’s hair and encouraged Dai Mubai to target Dai Weisi’s crotch.
• Dai Mubai powered through Dai Weisi’s attacks and battered him, while Zhu Zhuqing used Ling Yun’s footwork to tear down Zhu Zhuyun’s hair and knock her from the stage.
• Ma Hongjun cut off Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s attempt to merge with flames, and Ning Rongrong boosted Dai Mubai as he shattered Dai Weisi’s shoulder and defeated him.
• The remaining Star Luo Royal Academy members surrendered, and the referee declared Blue Tyrant Advanced Soul Master Academy the winner.
• Ling Yun challenged Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and the rest of Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation after the match.

During the Grand Finals, Tang San tried to kill Ling Yun with poisoned hidden needles, but Ling Yun redirected them into Xie Yue and Hu Liena and washed away their Demon Charm mist. Dugu Bo identified the weapon as Tang Sect craftsmanship, and Ling Yun exposed Tang San as its attacker before the gathered crowd.

• Xie Yue and Hu Liena used their Demon Charm fusion skill to envelop the arena in red mist.
• Tang San fired twenty-four Yama's Invitation-poisoned needles at Ling Yun from a hidden mechanism.
• Ling Yun used a rotating water mirror to redirect the needles into Xie Yue and Hu Liena, then blasted the red mist away with torrential water.
• Bibi Dong rushed to the arena and accused Ling Yun of using poisoned weapons, while Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi defended him.
• Dugu Bo identified the needles and poison as Tang Sect craftsmanship, and Ling Yun pointed out Tang San's empty mechanism in the crowd.

Tang San’s poisoned sneak attack on Ling Yun was exposed, and Bibi Dong demanded an antidote for the dying Hu Liena and Xie Yue. With no antidote available, Bibi Dong attacked Yu Xiaogang for pleading on Tang San’s behalf, while Ling Yun advised Spirit Hall’s bishops to prepare to dispose of the victims’ remains.

• Ling Yun’s accusation and the visible Sinking Silver Mechanism exposed Tang San as the source of the poisoned needles, and Tang San admitted he had aimed at Ling Yun.
• Bibi Dong seized Tang San and demanded an antidote, but Tang San revealed that his Yama’s Invitation had none.
• Yu Xiaogang begged Bibi Dong to spare Tang San and invoked their past, but Bibi Dong struck him down and shattered his Elder Token.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue’s condition worsened as the poison spread, leaving them close to death.
• Ling Yun warned the bishops that forcing out the poison would make it spread faster and told them to fetch shovels before the victims dissolved.

Ling Yun and his allies claimed the Soul Bones after Tang San’s poisoning scandal erupted into a battle between Tang Hao and Spirit Hall. Tang Hao escaped with Tang San, while Flender expelled them from Blue Tyrant Academy and Tang San swore revenge.

• Tang Hao arrived to rescue Tang San, and Ling Yun publicly mocked him for his son’s poisoned attacks and demanded payment for the damage.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to kill Tang San, and they clashed with Tang Hao above the Papal Hall.
• Ling Yun led Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to collect the three Soul Bones, threatening a Platinum Bishop who tried to stop them.
• Flender expelled Yu Xiaogang and Tang San from Blue Tyrant Academy and disavowed their actions.
• Tang Hao took a blow from Bibi Dong, seized Tang San, and fled as Tang San vowed revenge against Ling Yun and the city.

Tang Hao took Tang San to a place where killing ruled after Tang San demanded training to defeat Ling Yun. Meanwhile, Ling Yun gave Ning Rongrong an aromatic silk beauty, which transformed her martial soul into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, leaving Ning Fengzhi overwhelmed with gratitude.

• Tang Hao scolded Tang San for using hidden weapons and disgracing the Clear Sky Sect, but agreed to take him somewhere without rules so he could learn to kill.
• Ling Yun and his companions ate lamb hot pot in Heaven Dou City instead of attending the banquet hosted by Xue Qinghe.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin joined the group, and Ling Yun took out a battered wooden box instead of the remaining Soul Bone.
• Ling Yun told Ning Rongrong to eat the aromatic silk beauty from the box, and she consumed the flower without hesitation.
• Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin bowed their thanks to Ling Yun.
• Ling Yun told Ning Fengzhi to pay the lamb soup bill and said that would settle their deal.

Ling Yun gave Ning Fengzhi a ten thousand year Soul Bone and forced the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to stand with him if Spirit Hall retaliated. He rejected Xue Qinghe’s imperial offers and led his companions out of Heaven Dou City to pursue conquest and battle.

• Ning Rongrong’s upgraded Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda left Ning Fengzhi stunned, and Ling Yun demanded that he pay Old Huang’s bill in exchange for the favor.
• Ling Yun tossed the Spirit Hall’s ten thousand year Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull to Ning Fengzhi and required him to help face Spirit Hall’s retaliation; Ning Fengzhi accepted the Soul Bone and pledged the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support.
• Xue Qinghe found Ling Yun at Old Huang’s restaurant and offered Blue Tyrant Academy land, funding, and military ranks, but Ling Yun refused and made him eat lamb hot pot.
• Ling Yun announced that he was leaving Blue Tyrant Academy and ordered Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar to meet him at the west gate the next morning.
• Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar followed Ling Yun out of the restaurant, while Xue Qinghe watched them leave; Ling Yun tossed him a Silver Soul Coin for the meal.

Qian Renxue ordered She Long to follow Ling Yun after he exposed her secret, while Ling Yun led his companions out of Heaven Dou City toward the Chaotic Realm. Tang San learned they had left and persuaded Tang Hao to pursue them, hoping to kill Ling Yun in the lawless wilderness.

• Qian Renxue scrubbed her shoulder raw and ordered She Long to watch Ling Yun’s group from a distance.
• Liu Erlong sent Ling Yun and the others into the wilderness with money and passage permits, and Ma Hongjun burned their school uniforms.
• Ning Rongrong escaped her sect with supplies and joined Ling Yun’s group as they set out to seize territory.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that Ling Yun’s group was heading for the Chaotic Realm, and Tang San decided to pursue them.
• Tang Hao agreed to take Tang San to the Chaotic Realm and set out with him to hunt Ling Yun.

Ling Yun and the Blue Tyrant party reached Rotten Bone Town, where bandits tried to rob them but were swiftly beaten and stripped of their valuables. As the group looted the bandits and sold them recovery sausages, the hidden Snake Lance Douluo She Long watched in alarm and resolved to keep his distance.

• Scarface and the Mad Saber Gang ambushed Ling Yun and his companions, demanding their valuables and threatening Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong.
• Ma Hongjun knocked Scarface unconscious, while Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing swiftly defeated the other bandits.
• Ling Yun had Dai Mubai demand the bandits' belongings, and Ning Rongrong uncovered hidden gems and banknotes among their possessions.
• Oscar sold recovery Big Sausages to the injured bandits in exchange for their concealed money.
• She Long secretly watched the group from a cliff and feared they would strip him of his armor if he got too close.

Ling Yun and his companions entered Rotten Bone Town and quickly subdued its bandits, forcing the local tyrant Xiong Biao to serve them. Outside town, Tang Hao and Tang San discovered that the outlaws had already been stripped and robbed, leaving Tang San stunned by Ling Yun’s ruthless methods.

• Ma Hongjun paid for food at the Wild Dog Den, while Ning Rongrong judged the bandits by their bounties and Ling Yun dismissed the low-value outlaws as unworthy of a beating.
• Xiong Biao attacked Ling Yun’s group, but Ling Yun pierced Xiong Biao’s shoulder with a high-pressure water spike and pinned him to a pillar.
• Xiong Biao surrendered and ordered his men to prepare the best table, wine, and food for Ling Yun and his companions.
• Tang Hao and Tang San approached Rotten Bone Town and found its bandits huddled in a muddy pit, stripped down and crying after being robbed.
• Tang San collapsed in shock when a bald bandit warned Tang Hao that Ling Yun’s group had terrorized the town.

Tang Hao attacked She Long, mistakenly believing he was a Spirit Hall spy, while Tang San tried to assassinate Ling Yun with poisoned needles. Ling Yun turned the attack aside with boiling hot pot broth, then his group moved outside and watched the duel as Tang Hao realized he had been made their entertainment.

• Tang Hao sensed She Long hiding in a tree and attacked him with his Clear Sky Hammer, starting a fight above Rotten Bone Town.
• Tang San launched twenty-four poisoned needles at Ling Yun, but Ling Yun neutralized them in the hot pot broth and caught one with his chopsticks.
• Ling Yun flicked the heated needle back toward Tang San, who collapsed in fear as it struck the pillar beside him.
• Ling Yun led his companions out of the collapsing tavern with their table and hot pot, and they continued eating on the grass while watching the duel.
• Ling Yun shouted advice and reminded Tang Hao to pay for the tavern repairs, and Tang Hao realized he had become the group's unpaid muscle and spectacle.

Ling Yun humiliated Tang Hao by turning Tang San’s Yama’s Invitations into lamb skewers and extorting compensation for the tavern’s damage. After Tang Hao fled, Ling Yun learned of Slaughter City and prepared to head there to collect rent.

• Tang Hao drove Snake Lance Douluo She Long away, then found Tang San buried in the tavern ruins as Ling Yun and his companions grilled lamb outside.
• Tang San recognized his Yama’s Invitations as the skewers and fainted from rage after Ling Yun ate one.
• Tang Hao threatened Ling Yun, but Ling Yun demanded compensation for the tavern damage and warned that a hidden Titled Douluo and Spirit Hall could trap him in town.
• Tang Hao paid with a piece of supreme deep sea sinking silver mother ore and fled with Tang San.
• Ling Yun asked Xiong Biao about places beyond Rotten Bone Town and learned that Slaughter City lay a hundred li west.
• Ling Yun told Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai to pack up so they could enter Slaughter City the next morning and collect rent.

Ling Yun’s group entered Slaughter City by burning the bartender’s blood drinks and forcing him to reveal the passage, then robbed Terror Knight Scott of his armor and tokens. Tang San and Tang Hao arrived afterward, only to find Scott stripped and learn that Ling Yun’s group had already passed through the gates.

• Ling Yun rejected the bartender’s raw blood, and Ma Hongjun burned the cups before forcing boiling hotpot broth down the bartender’s throat.
• Ling Yun found the secret passage beneath the liquor cabinet, and his group descended to Slaughter City’s bronze gates.
• Ning Rongrong spotted valuable materials in Scott’s armor, so Ling Yun ordered Dai Mubai, Tai Long, and Ma Hongjun to strip Scott and take his tokens.
• Tang Hao led Tang San into the tavern, where they found the bartender and the thugs battered and cowed.
• Tang San and Tang Hao reached the bronze doors and found Scott nearly naked, bruised, and crying that Ling Yun’s group had taken everything.