Recaps

Bibi Dong arrived in Heaven Dou City to guard against retaliation by the Holy Spirit Cult and ordered the local Spirit Hall to report suspicious incidents. As she settled in, Huang Tieyi sensed that trouble was coming.

• Yue Guan told Huang Tieyi that he and Ye Qingqing understood each other's feelings, but he was unsure whether the Ye Family would accept their relationship.
• Huang Tieyi suggested coercing the Ye Family, and Ling Yuan Douluo reprimanded him before explaining that Yue Guan should win Ye Qingqing honorably.
• Bibi Dong told Yang Fanglin that she had come to defend Heaven Dou City against Evil Soul Masters and instructed him to report anything suspicious.
• Yang Fanglin reported that Heaven Dou City's Spirit Hall had eighty-three Soul Masters and described the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's strength.
• At the residence, Huang Tieyi watched the carp by the lake and felt that something bad was about to happen.

Huang Tieyi witnessed Mo Daolin break free from a ten-thousand-year seal beneath the artificial lake in Heaven Dou City. After Mo Daolin killed and devoured Xue Yu, he effortlessly stopped Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s Ninth Soul Skill as a huge fireball appeared in the sky.

• Huang Tieyi went to the artificial lake and heard an old man foretell the sealed demon king’s return beneath the Red Moon.
• A pillar of red light struck the lake, the water drained, and Mo Daolin emerged from beneath its bed.
• Huang Tieyi identified Mo Daolin as the demonic-path leader sealed ten thousand years earlier, and Mo Daolin revealed his nine red-and-gold Soul Rings.
• Mo Daolin flung Ling Yuan Douluo into a rooftop and killed Xue Yu, then swallowed his heart.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin attacked Mo Daolin with his Ninth Soul Skill, but Mo Daolin caught both slashes before a huge fireball appeared in the sky.

Mo Daolin defeated Ling Yuan Douluo and Chen Xin, then terrorized Heaven Dou City by eating the hearts of Soul Masters to restore his body. Huang Tieyi confronted him with the Great Art of Energy Absorption, and the chapter ended as Huang Tieyi’s third-stage Super Saiyan aura blocked Mo Daolin’s attack while Mo Daolin unleashed his demonic energy.

• Mo Daolin scattered Ling Yuan Douluo’s Solar Meteor with his Third Soul Skill and shattered Chen Xin’s Ninth Soul Skill, defeating both Titled Douluo.
• Ning Yuanzhai enhanced Chen Xin and Gu Rong with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, but Mo Daolin pinned the assembled Soul Masters beneath his Arhat Hand Seal.
• Mo Daolin tore out and ate the hearts of Soul Masters, restoring his gaunt body, then singled out Huang Tieyi as the last heart he needed to regain his youth.
• Huang Tieyi revealed that he cultivated the Great Art of Energy Absorption and began draining Mo Daolin’s Soul Power while transforming through the Super Saiyan stages.
• Huang Tieyi reached the third stage, and his strengthened aura blocked Mo Daolin’s attempt to pierce his chest; Mo Daolin responded by unleashing the demonic energy within his Martial Soul.

Huang Tieyi survived Mo Daolin’s Demonic Qi by absorbing it into a rare left-hand Soul Bone, but Dugu Bo proposed cutting off his hand to prevent the corruption from returning. Huang Tieyi objected, and Bibi Dong restrained him with spider silk.

• Mo Daolin infected Huang Tieyi with Demonic Qi, then fled as Huang Tieyi passed out from his wounds.
• Ye Qingti healed Huang Tieyi’s physical injuries but could not remove the Demonic Qi without destroying his Soul Power.
• Emperor Xue Ye contained the unconscious Huang Tieyi inside the Heaven and Earth Shield while black energy seeped from him.
• Huang Tieyi awakened in a frenzy, broke free of the shield with his Golden Sacred Body, and used a left-hand Soul Bone to absorb the Demonic Qi.
• Dugu Bo suggested cutting off Huang Tieyi’s left hand, and Bibi Dong restrained Huang Tieyi after he angrily protested.

Huang Tieyi went with Dugu Bo to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to temper his body before rapidly advancing toward Titled Douluo. He revealed that the garden’s plants were Plant-type Soul Beasts and hinted they could help Dugu Bo’s family, while Dugu Bo discovered that the plants disliked him.

• Bibi Dong demanded Huang Tieyi sacrifice a hand for Spirit Hall’s stability, but he argued that leveling up was a better way to face future Evil Soul Masters.
• Huang Tieyi asked for an Extreme Land, and Dugu Bo offered to take him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest.
• Qian Daoliu questioned Yang Fanglin about Spirit Hall branches concealing Evil Soul Master massacres, then flew back to Spirit City.
• Huang Tieyi identified a nearby Azure Glow Serpent Vine as a Plant-type Soul Beast, but warned Dugu Bo that it would not let him kill it for a Soul Ring.
• Huang Tieyi explained that the garden’s Plant-type Soul Beasts might help Dugu Bo’s daughter avoid dying young from Martial Soul Poison.
• Dugu Bo sensed the plants through his Jade Phosphor Snake Martial Soul and realized that they thought he stank.

Huang Tieyi tempered his body in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for ten days, using the two Immortal Herbs to endure its extreme heat and cold. After emerging, he discussed Heaven Dou City and Dugu Bo’s children with him, while Dugu Bo admitted he wanted to practice being a strict father as Evil Soul Masters grew more rampant.

• Dugu Bo led Huang Tieyi to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and warned him to approach its extreme heat or cold carefully.
• Huang Tieyi ate leaves from the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, then immersed himself in both extremes and cultivated the Great Art of Energy Absorption.
• After ten days, Huang Tieyi emerged with his body tempered and his meridians strengthened, but his Soul Power had not increased.
• Dugu Bo told Huang Tieyi that Heaven Dou City remained quiet, the Holy Maiden and others worried about him, and his son had gained Soul Rings from Dragon-blooded Soul Beasts.
• Dugu Bo asked whether his daughter could strengthen her foundations in the hot water, but Huang Tieyi warned that it would worsen her fire poison and advised using a suitable Torso Soul Bone.
• Dugu Bo joked that he was practicing being a strict father, then said rampant Evil Soul Masters made him reconsider playing the villain.

Huang Tieyi cultivated in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well until his Martial Soul reached divine-grade quality, then received the Dragon Bamboo Vine as his Second Martial Soul. Dugu Bo arrived after the sacrifice as Huang Tieyi’s new power emerged.

• Dugu Bo told Huang Tieyi that the Evil Soul Masters were using seduction and poison to retaliate against Spirit Hall, and Huang Tieyi warned that the Holy Spirit Cult could soon clash with Spirit Hall.
• Huang Tieyi cultivated in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, reached level eighty, and continued preparing to obtain his Eighth and Ninth Soul Rings.
• After ten days, a dragon’s roar woke Huang Tieyi, who discovered that the Fire Dragon Soul and Ice Dragon Soul had infused his Martial Soul with enough Dragon Qi to raise it to divine-grade quality.
• The Dragon Bamboo Vine offered to sacrifice itself to Huang Tieyi and become his Second Martial Soul, explaining that it wanted to leave the plant-filled paradise and that it believed it could attain godhood.
• The Dragon Bamboo Vine merged with Huang Tieyi, transferring its life energy and forming as bamboo with two leaves and a dragon-headed vine at his right palm.
• Dugu Bo entered and asked Huang Tieyi about the dragon’s roar that had shaken Heaven Dou City and the Soul Beasts in the Sunset Forest.

Huang Tieyi revealed that the Dragon Bamboo Vine had become his Second Martial Soul, then gathered herbs from Dugu Bo’s garden and distributed them to Spirit Hall members. Bibi Dong strengthened her mental power, and Gui Mei’s body regained its warmth, leaving him overjoyed to be alive.

• Huang Tieyi showed Dugu Bo that the Dragon Bamboo Vine was his Second Martial Soul, and Dugu Bo lamented that the herb had never chosen him.
• Huang Tieyi picked useful parts from the garden’s immortal herbs while leaving their roots intact, with Dugu Bo honoring his permission to take them.
• Huang Tieyi returned to Spirit Hall and gave herbs to Bibi Dong, Gui Mei, Yue Guan, Ling Yuan Douluo, and Dugu Bo for A Sheng.
• Bibi Dong absorbed a leaf of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and found that her mental power had grown strong enough to rival a Titled Douluo.
• Gui Mei absorbed a leaf of the Netherworld Three-Leaf Grass, regained warmth in his body, and cried that he was alive before embracing Yue Guan.

Gui Mei, Yue Guan, and Ling Yuan Douluo absorbed Immortal Herbs, while Ling Yuan reached level ninety-nine. Huang Tieyi then gave gifts and advice to Yang Fanglin and Yue Guan, leaving Bibi Dong unhappy that she had received nothing.

• Gui Mei explained that his body had become fully alive after his Martial Soul separated from it, and Ling Yuan Douluo warned him to stop making dirty jokes.
• Yue Guan absorbed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, evolving his Martial Soul into the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum Emperor.
• Ling Yuan Douluo absorbed the Infernal Delicate Apricot, transformed her Martial Soul, and reached level ninety-nine, startling Heaven Dou City before Xue Ye calmed its guards.
• Huang Tieyi explained that Bibi Dong could have grown stronger by devouring Evil Soul Masters' Soul Power, but Spirit Hall's purge had left few suitable targets.
• Yang Fanglin led the group to intact side rooms, where Huang Tieyi gave him Sharpness Grass leaves and advice about strengthening his Soul Breaking Spear.
• Huang Tieyi gave Yue Guan the Narcissus Jade Bone Muscle for Ye Qingqing, and Bibi Dong complained that she had received the least.

Huang Tieyi accompanied Bibi Dong on a shopping trip after Ling Yuan left with Gui Mei for the Sunset Forest. Their shopping turned into a dispute when Bai Yanran snatched the golden dress Bibi Dong wanted and claimed it for herself.

• Gui Mei asked Ling Yuan to take him to the Sunset Forest to search for a Soul Beast for his ninth Soul Ring, and Ling Yuan agreed.
• Bibi Dong asked Huang Tieyi to make up for her dissatisfaction by taking her shopping, and he agreed.
• After his Martial Soul cultivation strengthened his body, Huang Tieyi bought loose-fitting clothes and traded in his old outfits at a clothing store.
• Huang Tieyi praised a golden dress Bibi Dong liked and offered to buy it for her.
• Bai Yanran snatched the dress, paid for it, and refused to return it when Bibi Dong confronted her.

Bibi Dong took the Golden-Fold Immortal Skirt from Bai Yanran after Yang Fanglin restrained his niece and pleaded for her. At Jianghu Teahouse, Huang Tieyi realized that powerful Evil Soul Masters were hidden among the crowd praising Spirit Hall's purge, leaving him and Bibi Dong unable to act freely in Heaven Dou City.

• Bibi Dong attacked Bai Yanran over the Golden-Fold Immortal Skirt, but Bai Yanran dodged with her Sharp-Tailed Swift Martial Soul.
• Yang Fanglin seized Bai Yanran and begged Bibi Dong to spare his niece, so Bibi Dong took the skirt and threatened the Speed Clan if Bai Yanran caused trouble again.
• Bai Yanran explained that she had come shopping while Miaomiao cultivated, and Yang Fanglin warned her not to act recklessly.
• Bibi Dong and Huang Tieyi went to Jianghu Teahouse, where the Storyteller described Spirit Hall's purge of Evil Soul Masters as the crowd praised Spirit Hall and condemned local officials.
• Huang Tieyi sensed that the cheering patrons were powerful Evil Soul Masters and told Bibi Dong they could not attack them in the middle of Heaven Dou City.

Evil Soul Masters seized the patrons of Jianghu Teahouse after Yu Xiaogang exposed Bibi Dong’s identity, but Huang Tieyi and Bibi Dong arranged for the civilians to be released by making Yu Xiaogang the hostage. They left him behind with the Evil Soul Masters, who mocked his weakness and hinted that he might have another path.

• Yu Xiaogang approached Bibi Dong to claim he had invented his Ten Great Martial Soul Theories, but the hidden Evil Soul Masters revealed themselves and took the teahouse patrons hostage.
• Huang Tieyi threw Yu Xiaogang outside and told the civilians that he had exposed Bibi Dong’s identity, while the storyteller spread green liquid across the floor.
• After Yu Xiaogang mistakenly identified an Evil Soul Master, the man attacked Lin Yilang and returned to the teahouse; Bibi Dong then offered Yu Xiaogang as a hostage in exchange for releasing the civilians.
• The storyteller agreed, and the civilians fled while Yu Xiaogang remained captive with the Evil Soul Masters.
• Bibi Dong and Huang Tieyi left, promising Yu Xiaogang that they would fetch his father; the storyteller slapped and mocked him, then suggested there might be a way for him to change his fate.

Yu Xiaogang agreed to use Same-Clan Sacrifice to seek revenge, while Huang Tieyi and Bibi Dong captured an Evil Soul Master who attacked them in Heaven Dou City. Yu Yuanzhen then confronted them about his missing son, and Bibi Dong openly condemned Yu Xiaogang for plagiarizing Spirit Hall’s research.

• A storyteller told Yu Xiaogang that Same-Clan Sacrifice might transform his Martial Soul and help him take revenge, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to go with him.
• A mysterious voice trapped Huang Tieyi, Bibi Dong, and the people on a Heaven Dou City street in darkness and threatened to frame Spirit Hall for killing the civilians.
• Huang Tieyi used the Dragon Qi he had left on the Evil Soul Master to find and capture him, then ordered Spirit Hall guards to take him away.
• Bibi Dong declined to keep shopping and prepared to return to the Spirit Hall Branch with Huang Tieyi.
• Yu Yuanzhen confronted Bibi Dong and demanded to know where Yu Xiaogang was, and she said he deserved to die for plagiarizing Spirit Hall’s books.

After Bibi Dong blamed Yu Yuanzhen’s son Yu Xiaogang for provoking the crisis that led to his death, Yu Yuanzhen attacked Huang Tieyi. They fought outside Heaven Dou City, where Huang Tieyi repeatedly outmatched him and ended the chapter with a painful kick.

• Bibi Dong recounted Yu Xiaogang’s schemes and his role in the Jianghu Teahouse hostage crisis, while Huang Tieyi told Yu Yuanzhen he had arrived too late to save his son.
• Yu Yuanzhen released his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and attacked Huang Tieyi, but Huang Tieyi dodged his strikes and matched his strength in close combat.
• After Huang Tieyi punched Yu Yuanzhen and sent him flying, Yu Yuanzhen activated his Martial Soul Avatar and challenged him to fight outside Heaven Dou City.
• Outside the city, Huang Tieyi struck Yu Yuanzhen’s dragon form and forced him out of his Martial Soul Avatar, drawing laughter from the watching Soul Masters.
• Yu Yuanzhen transformed again and attacked with a dragon roar and lightning charge, but Huang Tieyi blocked him with Tathagata Palm, dodged his next strike, and kicked him in the groin.

Huang Tieyi fought Yu Yuanzhen after Yu Yuanzhen’s attack killed the Soul Masters around them. Huang Tieyi trapped Yu Yuanzhen with the Great Art of Energy Absorption and used Overlord Ring to drain his power into his Third Soul Ring, while Bibi Dong and Ye Qingqing waited behind Yue Guan’s barrier.

• Huang Tieyi taunted Yu Yuanzhen, who unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill, Dragon Soaring Heavenly Thunder Blast, killing the Soul Masters caught in its lightning blast.
• Huang Tieyi survived the attack and used Lingbo Micro-Step and the Great Art of Energy Absorption to seize Yu Yuanzhen and drain his Soul Power.
• Yu Yuanzhen tried to destroy Huang Tieyi with lightning-infused Soul Power, but Huang Tieyi activated Overlord Ring and linked his Third Soul Ring to Yu Yuanzhen’s nine rings.
• Huang Tieyi pressed his Third Soul Ring against Yu Yuanzhen’s Ninth Soul Ring, drawing Yu Yuanzhen’s Soul Power and lightning into it to strengthen the ring.
• Bibi Dong worried about Huang Tieyi while Yue Guan reassured her, and Ye Qingqing expressed gratitude for the Immortal Herb he had given her.
• Yue Guan used his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum Emperor Martial Soul to keep arriving Soul Masters from approaching Huang Tieyi and Yu Yuanzhen.

Huang Tieyi forcibly fused Yu Yuanzhen’s Soul Rings while Yue Guan kept the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect from interfering. After Yue Guan exposed Yu Xiaogang and the Evil Soul Master, Extinction Douluo Chen Jue arrived to take them away, and Yu Xiaogang recognized him as his second uncle.

• Yue Guan told Yu Tenglong and Yu Yuanchen that Yu Yuanzhen had been corrupted by Demonic Qi and threatened Yu Yuanchen over his daughter, so the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect withdrew.
• Huang Tieyi fused his Third Soul Ring with Yu Yuanzhen’s Ninth, then used a lightning-charged tear to strike one of the people hiding nearby.
• The tear hit Yu Xiaogang, and Yue Guan revealed him, the Evil Soul Master, and the storyteller with a burst of chrysanthemum petals.
• Yue Guan attacked the trio, but the Evil Soul Master’s snake Martial Soul burned away the petals before Extinction Douluo Chen Jue’s sword struck and swallowed him.
• Chen Jue ordered Yu Xiaogang and the storyteller to come with him, and Yu Xiaogang asked, “Second Uncle, is that you?”

Sword Douluo Chen Xin reunited with his uncle, Extinction Douluo Chen Jue, and learned why his family had been destroyed. After Chen Jue vanished, Huang Tieyi’s group departed, leaving Chen Xin with a mysterious box that Chen Jue snatched away when he returned.

• Sword Douluo Chen Xin recognized Extinction Douluo Chen Jue, who explained how his Demon Sword’s demonic energy had driven him to kill and how Spirit Hall had slain Chen Xin’s grandfather.
• Chen Xin and Chen Jue sparred with their swords, and Chen Jue asked why Chen Xin had never learned the family’s seven inherited sword forms.
• Chen Xin told Chen Jue that his parents had been killed, he had lost his memory, and he had never learned the family techniques; Chen Jue blamed himself for his relatives’ deaths.
• Huang Tieyi appeared with Yu Yuanzhen and explained that Overlord Ring would not corrupt him because his evolved Martial Soul had a sacred attribute.
• Chen Jue left after Yue Guan explained that he had helped one of two disguised storytellers escape with Yu Xiaogang, and Huang Tieyi gave Chen Xin a white jade box before departing with his group.
• Chen Jue reappeared and snatched the box from Chen Xin, warning that it might be dangerous.

After learning the Seven Kill Sword inheritance’s instructions, Chen Jue sought Huang Tieyi’s help finding a way for Chen Xin to escape his dependent status with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Huang Tieyi suggested marriage, but Chen Jue’s reckless plan to force a match left them arguing over whether Chen Xin would have an heir.

• Chen Xin received the Seven Kill Sword inheritance, while the message urged him to find his second uncle and secure descendants for the family.
• Bibi Dong drained an Evil Soul Master’s Soul Power as Huang Tieyi absorbed and refined the power he had previously taken in.
• Huang Tieyi expelled traces of black and blood-red vapor from Bibi Dong after she finished absorbing the Evil Soul Master.
• Chen Jue visited Huang Tieyi and asked how Chen Xin could leave his servant-like position with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect without seeming ungrateful.
• Huang Tieyi suggested Chen Xin marry a daughter of the sect, but Chen Jue proposed forcing the match, prompting Huang Tieyi to warn that Chen Xin would lose face.

Huang Tieyi arranged for Yang Miaomiao to accompany him and Bibi Dong, then offered to help her pursue a different path to strength. The chapter ended with Yang Miaomiao being asked whether she would let him remove her Soul Rings without lowering her Soul Power.

• Huang Tieyi persuaded Extinction Douluo Chen Jue to secretly find a suitable wife for Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Chen Jue reluctantly left to do so.
• Yang Fanglin introduced his niece Bai Yanran and daughter Yang Miaomiao as companions for Huang Tieyi and Bibi Dong while he oversaw Spirit Hall's reconstruction.
• Bai Yanran challenged Bibi Dong, and Huang Tieyi reprimanded her; Yang Fanglin knelt and apologized before Huang Tieyi ordered Bai Yanran to leave.
• Yang Miaomiao told Huang Tieyi that taking an Immortal Herb had raised her Soul Power to level sixty and that she had sent his advice on strength and speed to the Breaking Clan.
• Huang Tieyi asked Yang Miaomiao whether she would let him remove her Soul Rings without reducing her Soul Power.

Yang Miaomiao accepted Huang Tieyi’s plan to destroy her Soul Rings and rebuild her cultivation, then began replacing them in Sunset Forest. After absorbing her first two new Soul Rings, she eagerly asked about her second skill, leaving its result unrevealed.

• Yang Fanglin urged Yang Miaomiao to accept Huang Tieyi’s plan, and she agreed to start over.
• Huang Tieyi weakened an eight-hundred-year Earth Bear, and Yang Miaomiao killed it and absorbed its Yellow Soul Ring.
• Huang Tieyi gave Yang Miaomiao a drop of Whale Rubber Solution, and her first Soul Skill, Bear Force, let her spear pierce ten trees.
• Huang Tieyi struck a thousand-year Lightning Marten from a tree, and Yang Miaomiao killed it and began absorbing its Purple Soul Ring.
• Yue Guan discussed finding a Ninth Soul Ring for himself and the difficulty of choosing an attribute for Old Ghost’s unusual Martial Soul.
• Yang Miaomiao finished absorbing her second Soul Ring and asked Huang Tieyi about her Second Soul Skill.

Huang Tieyi trained Yang Miaomiao and explained how her father hoped her new path would benefit both her and the Breaking Clan. As the group continued through the Sunset Forest, Yang Miaomiao learned that her place beside Huang Tieyi also served as protection and a test for anyone who might seek her hand.

• Yang Miaomiao used Gale Step to attack Huang Tieyi, who blocked every thrust and advised her to train with a heavy spear and choose wind or lightning for her Third Soul Ring.
• Huang Tieyi revealed that he had studied maps of the Sunset Forest and discussed Bibi Dong's future Sixth Soul Ring with her.
• Yang Miaomiao asked whether Huang Tieyi feared she would share his teachings with the Breaking Clan, and he explained that the clan's elders would resist his methods, potentially dividing the clan.
• Huang Tieyi explained that Yang Miaomiao's father had sent her to him to pledge allegiance to Spirit Hall and help create a new future for the Breaking Clan.
• Yue Guan told Yang Miaomiao that staying beside Huang Tieyi could protect her from political marriages, while Bibi Dong mocked Huang Tieyi's joking fantasy of having many wives.

Huang Tieyi prepared bear-meat paomo and roasted bear paw for Bibi Dong and the others, while Ling Yuan Douluo explained Gui Mei’s exhausting battle with a Three-Headed Bat. That night, a shadowy attacker failed to strike Huang Tieyi and was trapped by Bibi Dong and Yue Guan.

• Huang Tieyi used precise Soul Power control to stew bear meat, then showed Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and the others how to make paomo with flatbread and broth.
• Ling Yuan Douluo and Gui Mei seized bowls of paomo, and Ling Yuan Douluo explained that Gui Mei had absorbed a Soul Ring after their difficult battle with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Three-Headed Bat in a place that drained energy.
• Huang Tieyi gave the exhausted group a tent, washed the cooking utensils, and roasted the marinated bear paw, which the others shared.
• A dark figure attacked Huang Tieyi as he slept in his hammock, but the swinging hammock accidentally disrupted the attack.
• Bibi Dong ensnared the attacker with spider silk, and Yue Guan blocked his escape with chrysanthemum petals.

Huang Tieyi discovered that Demonic Qi had corrupted a creature and Gui Mei’s Soul Power, then sent his companions to warn Heaven Dou City while he pressed deeper into Sunset Forest. At the forest’s center, a Black Giant Tiger confronted him, and Huang Tieyi suspected it had been forced to maturity by Demonic Qi.

• Bibi Dong trapped the black figure in her Death Spider Emperor web, and Huang Tieyi killed it without a Soul Ring appearing.
• Huang Tieyi struck Gui Mei with his Tathagata Palm and discovered Demonic Qi leaving his body, which he believed had forced Gui Mei’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to maturity.
• Huang Tieyi ordered Ling Yuan Douluo and Gui Mei to warn the authorities, then sent Bibi Dong and the others back toward Heaven Dou City while he continued into Sunset Forest alone.
• Huang Tieyi reached the forest’s core with the Dragon Bamboo Vine accompanying him, and nearby Soul Beasts moved aside under his pressure.
• A Black Giant Tiger confronted Huang Tieyi, who suspected Demonic Qi had forced it to maturity.

Huang Tieyi fought the Dragon-Patterned Demon Tiger in Sunset Forest, trading powerful attacks with the beast and discovering that its dragon patterns blocked his sword techniques while its wounds rapidly healed. After the tiger struck him down, Huang Tieyi recovered with his Eighth Soul Skill and renewed his attack.

• Huang Tieyi challenged the Dragon-Patterned Demon Tiger, and the beast charged after the Dragon Bamboo Vine suggested taking its Soul Ring.
• Huang Tieyi used his Tathagata Palm and Super Saiyan Soul Skill to fight the tiger, then wounded its foreleg with a powerful strike.
• Huang Tieyi's sword attacks were mostly blocked by the tiger's living gray dragon patterns, so he activated his Martial Soul Avatar and clashed with it directly.
• Huang Tieyi countered the tiger's black flames with water, wounded its paw, and learned that the beast could regenerate almost instantly.
• The Dragon-Patterned Demon Tiger vanished and struck Huang Tieyi with its tail, sending him crashing through trees.
• Huang Tieyi healed himself with Endless Renewal, restored his Soul Power, and leaped back into battle with his golden sword.

Huang Tieyi fought and defeated the Dragon-Patterned Demon Tiger, but the dying beast used its heartblood to transform him. He was left with a tiger tail and ears, and the Dragon Bamboo Vine asked what his Ninth Soul Skill was.

• Huang Tieyi discovered that the Dragon-Patterned Demon Tiger's tail guided the Gray Dragon's defenses and attacked the beast with Sword Qi.
• Huang Tieyi trapped the Dragon-Patterned Demon Tiger with Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect: Myriad-Direction Sword, then wounded it with swords erupting from the ground.
• The dying Dragon-Patterned Demon Tiger used its Soul Ring and heartblood to bind Huang Tieyi and merge its blood into his heart.
• Huang Tieyi activated his Dragon-Patterned Golden Sacred Body Martial Soul Avatar to purge the Demonic Qi, but a tiger tail and ears grew from his body.
• The Dragon Bamboo Vine laughed at Huang Tieyi's new appearance, and Huang Tieyi examined himself in a pool of water.