Recaps

Gu Yunxiao reunited with the seven girls and brought Jiang Nannan, Nan Qiuqiu, and Wu Feng to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for special cultivation gifts. As the three girls began absorbing their rewards and breaking through, he kept watch and continued investigating the spring's depths.

• Gu Yunxiao surprised the seven girls, then reassured them and announced he would use medicinal baths to help them recover and improve their Soul Power Levels.
• Gu Yunxiao took Jiang Nannan, Nan Qiuqiu, and Wu Feng into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where they saw the immortal herbs.
• Gu Yunxiao gave Jiang Nannan a ten-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw External Soul Bone, and she began absorbing it.
• Gu Yunxiao gave Nan Qiuqiu an eight-petal immortal orchid and Wu Feng a cockscomb phoenix sunflower, explaining how each would strengthen her cultivation.
• Gu Yunxiao guarded the three girls and probed the spring's depths as their Soul Power rose and they began breaking through.

As the tournament approached, Gu Yunxiao helped the Dragon God Hall team improve through medicinal baths and arranged soul rings for three members. At Shrek Academy, Yan Shaozhe entrusted Cai Mei'er with leading its tournament team, which departed for the competition.

• Jiang Nannan, Wu Feng, and Nan Qiuqiu finished cultivating with improved soul power and stronger martial souls.
• Gu Yunxiao prepared medicinal baths for seven girls, raising several of their soul power levels and directing Nan Qiuqiu, Wu Feng, and Xiao Xiao to collect their selected soul rings.
• Gu Yunxiao carried Jiang Nannan away from the bath chamber, while the other girls remained behind to soak and relax.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Cai Mei'er to lead Shrek Academy's team and defend the academy's honor while he stayed behind to manage the Martial Soul Department.
• Cai Mei'er met Wang Yan, Ma Xiaotao, and the assembled main and substitute teams at Shrek Academy's gate, then led them in departing early for the tournament.

Cai Mei'er revealed the Shrek Inspection Corps' secret duties to the reserve team, and Bei Bei and the others agreed to join. As the group traveled toward the Ming Dou Mountain Range for a mission against murderous bandits, Ma Xiaotao openly admitted she liked Gu Yunxiao, while Bei Bei remained troubled by Tang Ya's disappearance.

• Cai Mei'er told the reserve team that Shrek's Inner Court students served in the Shrek Inspection Corps and required them to keep its secret.
• Bei Bei and the other six agreed to join the corps, and Ma Xiaotao explained that their mission was to eliminate the Death Messengers, a bandit group led by an Evil Soul Master.
• Ma Xiaotao assigned senior students to accompany the juniors, and the group set out for the Ming Dou Mountain Range while Cai Mei'er let the students handle their experiences themselves.
• During a rest, Ma Xiaotao cooked for the group, and she admitted to Cai Mei'er that she liked Gu Yunxiao.
• Dai Yueheng and the other boys felt dejected over Ma Xiaotao's feelings, while Bei Bei lamented that he still could not find the missing Tang Ya.

Shrek Academy’s team met the White Tiger Duke, Dai Hao, then tracked bandits into the Ming Dou Mountain Range. Inside the cavern, the reserve team discovered the bandits’ horrific atrocities, while some members’ anger seemed false.

• Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin led the group to meet their father, Dai Hao, who welcomed them and offered the Shrek students places in the Star Luo Empire’s military.
• After receiving a map and resting at the military camp, the team traveled to the Ming Dou Mountain Range and followed traces of damaged wenlan trees to a cavern.
• Wang Yan assigned Ma Xiaotao to lead the main team’s attack while he took charge of the reserve team.
• Ma Xiaotao and the main team entered the cavern and slaughtered the bandits; Bei Bei and the reserve team followed and found corpses throughout.
• Zhu Lu spotted bloodied human skins, including an infant’s, hanging on the cavern walls, and Bei Bei condemned the bandits as animals.
• Wang Yan, He Caitou, and Bei Bei reacted with fury, while a few teammates displayed anger that seemed insincere.

The Shrek Team’s assault on the bandits triggered a deadly chain of corpse explosions, leaving several Inner Court disciples gravely wounded. Cai Mei'er killed the Evil Soul King and evacuated the group, but Yao Haoxuan died, Chen Zifeng barely survived, and Dai Huabin suffered a devastating injury.

• Wang Yan sent the reserve team into battle as Ma Xiaotao and the other Inner Court disciples fought the bandits, and Dai Huabin charged ahead to compete with Dai Yueheng.
• The Death Messenger activated corpse explosions, and Ma Xiaotao shielded Ling Luochеn and Xi Xi while Dai Yueheng protected Dai Huabin.
• The explosions gravely wounded Yao Haoxuan, Chen Zifeng, and Dai Yueheng, killed Gongyang Mo, and blasted away Dai Huabin's male equipment.
• Cai Mei'er dragged out and killed the Evil Soul King, then slew the remaining bandits and carried everyone out before the cavern collapsed.
• Cai Mei'er stabilized the injured, but Yao Haoxuan died while Chen Zifeng clung to life, and Wang Yan cut away much of Dai Huabin's flesh to stop the corpse poison.

After a disastrous battle against an Evil Soul Master, Cai Mei'er arranged for the wounded Shrek team to recover while she sought reinforcements. Dai Huabin learned that his injury had permanently destroyed his manhood, and Dai Hao tried to give him hope by promising to find a Soul Master with the nine heart begonia Martial Soul.

• Wang Yan treated Dai Huabin and reported that Gongyang Mo and Yao Haoxuan had died, Chen Zifeng was critically injured, and several others needed time to recover.
• Cai Mei'er sent Wang Yan and the team to the military camp while she took Chen Zifeng back to seek reinforcements from the academy.
• Dai Hao arranged accommodations for the survivors, checked on Dai Yueheng, and then went to see Dai Huabin.
• A healing-type Soul Master told Dai Hao that Dai Huabin's manhood could not grow back and had already been nonfunctional because of a chronic condition.
• Dai Hao confronted Dai Huabin, then comforted him and said a Titled Douluo with the nine heart begonia Martial Soul might restore him, though Dai Huabin doubted such a Soul Master still existed.

Gu Yunxiao led the Dragon God Team to Star Luo City for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament and registered the team at the Star Emperor Hotel. As the women chose their rooms, hotel staff recognized Gu Yunxiao as possibly the boy their princess had been searching for.

• Dai Hao consoled Dai Huabin, who regained some will to live by focusing on pursuing strength and power.
• Gu Yunxiao and the seven women of the Dragon God Team arrived in Star Luo City, where preparations for the tournament had drawn huge crowds.
• Gu Yunxiao explained that Tang Ya led the Tang Sect in patrolling Dragon City and handling local affairs.
• Gu Yunxiao led the team to the Star Emperor Hotel and registered eight participants, declining to add reserve members.
• After Gu Yunxiao left, Yun'er told Xi'er that he resembled the purple-eyed boy their princess had been seeking.
• In Suite 602, Gu Yunxiao invited the women to choose rooms and teased that he would not mind sharing one with them.

Gu Yunxiao stayed at the Star Emperor Hotel with Jiang Nannan and the others while planning Dragon God Hall’s future, then ran into the Shrek Team. Tang Ya rejected Bei Bei and made clear that they were now opponents in the tournament.

• Jiang Nannan and the other girls chose rooms, then went shopping after Gu Yunxiao gave them permission; Zi JI secretly followed them instead of Bi Ji.
• Bi Ji stayed with Gu Yunxiao, and he considered his cultivation plans and the girls’ progress while she served him.
• That evening, Gu Yunxiao and the girls met Bei Bei and the Shrek Team in the hotel lobby, where Bei Bei rushed over to Tang Ya.
• Gu Yunxiao told Bei Bei to return to his team and said his group was competing in the Soul Fighting Tournament, alarming some Shrek Team members.
• Tang Ya told Bei Bei that they had nothing between them anymore and that they were opponents who would meet in the arena.

Tang Ya clung to Gu Yunxiao in front of Bei Bei, then regretted using him as a shield when he warned her not to repeat it. Meanwhile, Shrek’s team discussed the threat posed by the Dragon God Team and resolved to fight on despite their depleted roster.

• Tang Ya asked Jiang Nannan to lend her Gu Yunxiao, then clung to his arm as Bei Bei watched in shock.
• Gu Yunxiao pulled free and warned Tang Ya that he would turn her act into reality if she tried it again.
• Gu Yunxiao dismissed the Shrek Team’s missing members as a possible mishap and led the women back to their room for dinner.
• Wang Yan explained the Dragon God Hall’s connection to Gu Yunxiao, and He Caitou identified the Dragon God Team as Shrek’s greatest threat.
• Ma Xiaotao encouraged Shrek’s remaining members to fight for victory, while privately resolving that she had to defeat Gu Yunxiao and make him hers.

Wang Yan reassured Shrek's reserve team while planning around the main team's injuries, as the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy prepared to face Shrek. Xiao Hongchen dismissed the reserve students as future rivals and teased Meng Hongchen about her lingering feelings for someone from her past.

• Wang Yan encouraged Bei Bei and the other six reserve members, then hid his own worry after they left.
• Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, and Xi Xi told Wang Yan how long their injuries would take to heal, and he sent them to rest.
• Wang Yan stayed behind to plan how the reserve team could survive its early matches.
• Elder Ma warned Ma Rulong to defeat Shrek and angrily interpreted Shrek's incomplete lineup as contempt for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xiao Hongchen argued that Shrek had likely faced unexpected trouble, then declared that his only opponent was himself.
• Meng Hongchen reminded Xiao Hongchen to behave and was teased by him about still remembering a boy, prompting him to apologize while privately resenting the boy.

Xiao Hongchen recalled how an unnamed boy had saved Meng Hongchen and captured her heart, while Elder Ma warned the team about the powerful Dragon God Team led by Gu Yunxiao. As the tournament opened in Star Luo City, Xu Jiujiu searched the crowd for a handsome boy with purple eyes, leaving Xu Jiawei wondering how she had met him.

• Xiao Hongchen complained that the boy who had once brought Meng Hongchen home had disappeared after winning her affection.
• Elder Ma told the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy team that the Dragon God Team from Dragon City was a major threat, led by Soul King Gu Yunxiao.
• Ma Rulong and the other six team members vowed not to underestimate the Dragon God Team.
• Star Luo City filled with spectators as the tournament was about to begin, while Xu Jiawei and the officials watched from the imperial city wall.
• Xu Jiujiu told Xu Jiawei she was looking for a boy, describing him as handsome with purple eyes, but admitted she knew neither his name nor his background.

At the tournament opening, Xu Jiujiu recognized Gu Yunxiao as the boy she had once sought, while Xu Jiawei became open to her getting to know him. Xu Jiawei officially opened the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament, and the teams prepared to compete.

• Xu Jiujiu explained to Xu Jiawei that she had been curious about Gu Yunxiao ever since he defeated a team of Soul Elders without using his martial soul.
• The Dragon God Team drew attention as it joined the competitors, and Xu Jiawei considered the rumors about Gu Yunxiao's strength and status.
• Xu Jiujiu recognized Gu Yunxiao as the boy she had been searching for, and Xu Jiawei showed goodwill toward him.
• Gu Yunxiao exchanged a brief greeting with Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu, while Meng Hongchen searched for someone she had glimpsed earlier.
• Xu Jiawei welcomed the academies to the Star Luo Empire and declared the tournament officially open.

Shrek Academy's reserve team defeated Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy in the first elimination match. Dragon God Academy's all-female team then took the field against the Cloud Sea Team, while Gu Yunxiao stayed seated, leaving observers curious about his strength.

• Shrek Academy's reserve team entered the match against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy, surprising spectators by leaving its regular members off the field.
• Bei Bei led Shrek's team to defeat Tianling's regular members without using the Hell White Tiger or Heavenly Net Martial Soul Fusion Skills.
• The referee declared Shrek the winner, and the crowd cheered for Bei Bei and his teammates.
• The referee announced Dragon God Academy's match against the Cloud Sea Team, drawing attention from rival teams eager to see the dark horse compete.
• Jiang Nannan led Xiao Xiao and the other five girls onto the platform while Gu Yunxiao remained seated, prompting observers to wonder about his strength.

The Dragon God Team’s seven women revealed their formidable cultivation and unusual soul rings before overwhelming the Cloud Sea Team in the elimination match. After Gu Yunxiao praised them, the team left to celebrate.

• The Dragon God Team and Cloud Sea Team released their martial souls, shocking the audience with the Dragon God members’ strength and rare soul-ring configurations.
• The Cloud Sea Team feared Tang Ya’s Dark Blue Silver Grass, but Jiang Nannan reassured her, and Tang Ya said she no longer cared what others thought.
• Ning Tian boosted her teammates while Jiang Nannan attacked with the Dark Gold Dreadclaw, and the Dragon God Team coordinated a decisive assault.
• Jiang Nannan, Nan Qiuqiu, Wang Dong'er, and the others knocked the Cloud Sea Team members off the platform, winning the elimination match.
• Jiang Nannan and the other six asked Gu Yunxiao whether they had performed well, and he praised them before suggesting they return to celebrate.

After the Dragon God Team won its opening match, Gu Yunxiao reviewed the tournament’s next stage with Jiang Nannan and the others. That night, he put his real plan into motion by assigning Zi JI and Bi Ji to recruit and cultivate Dragon-blooded talents and Soul Beasts for the Dragon God Hall.

• Gu Yunxiao led Jiang Nannan and the other six away from the arena, while Xu Jiawei and Wang Yan reflected on their talent and Shrek’s loss of its former members.
• At the Star Emperor Hotel, Gu Yunxiao explained the round-robin tournament format and urged Jiang Nannan and the others to keep preparing.
• After the first day of elimination matches ended, Gu Yunxiao asked Zi JI to report on potential Dragon God Hall recruits and gave her dragon blood to bring eighteen Dragon Clan Martial Soul users under their secret control.
• Bi Ji told Gu Yunxiao she had found two subdragons in a Star Luo Empire Soul Beast Forest and had fed them dragon blood.
• Gu Yunxiao instructed Bi Ji to search more broadly for Soul Beasts with any Dragon Clan bloodline and supplied her with more dragon blood.
• Gu Yunxiao left the bedroom, summoned the Extreme Dust Ice Bow in the living room, and prepared to improve his cultivation through Ice Devouring.

Gu Yunxiao absorbed an ultimate ice treasure, became a level sixty-six Soul Emperor, and spent the night with Nan Qiuqiu. The next morning, Nan Qiuqiu joined Gu Yunxiao and the other women for breakfast, and he called them all family.

• Gu Yunxiao revealed his six Soul Rings and used Ice Devouring to raise his Soul Power to level sixty-six.
• Nan Qiuqiu found Gu Yunxiao awake, stayed with him, and he kissed her before they spent the night together.
• Nan Qiuqiu woke the next morning and found that Gu Yunxiao had eased her pain with life energy.
• Jiang Nannan and the others teased Nan Qiuqiu, then told her Gu Yunxiao was preparing breakfast for her.
• Nan Qiuqiu thanked Gu Yunxiao with a kiss, and he gathered her close and told the women they were all family.

Gu Yunxiao wandered through Star Luo City and met Meng Hongchen, who had gotten lost while exploring. His teasing reminded her of their childhood encounter, and they rekindled their acquaintance as he asked her for directions to the Star Emperor Hotel.

• After breakfast, Gu Yunxiao went sightseeing in Star Luo City while Jiang Nannan and the other girls teased Nan Qiuqiu.
• Gu Yunxiao thought about bringing talented soul engineers from the Sun Moon Empire to help Dragon City develop soul tools.
• Gu Yunxiao spotted Meng Hongchen, recognized her as a student from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and realized she had gotten lost.
• Meng Hongchen recognized Gu Yunxiao as the boy from her memories when he called her the little lost girl and asked where her brother was.
• Gu Yunxiao teased Meng Hongchen about losing her way, then asked her to point him toward the Star Emperor Hotel.

Meng Hongchen met Gu Yunxiao, learned he was a Soul Emperor and the Young Master of Dragon God Hall, and enjoyed a meal and a walk with him. Back at the Star Emperor Hotel, she hinted to Xiao Hongchen that she liked someone, and he mistook her words for a report of bullying.

• Meng Hongchen invited Gu Yunxiao to dinner to thank him, and he accepted.
• At a barbecue restaurant, Gu Yunxiao revealed he was a Soul Emperor and said the Dragon God Team had no Soul Kings; Meng Hongchen guessed his true combat strength was at the Soul Saint level.
• Meng Hongchen asked about Dragon God Hall and Shrek Academy, and Gu Yunxiao said he had withdrawn from Shrek because their ideals differed.
• Gu Yunxiao led Meng Hongchen back to the Star Emperor Hotel after they strolled around Star Luo City.
• Meng Hongchen asked Xiao Hongchen what he would think if she liked a boy; when he teased her, she threw a flowerpot at him, and he demanded to know who had bullied her.

Meng Hongchen told Xiao Hongchen that Gu Yunxiao was the boy she had found again, while the round-robin tournament began and Shrek faced Yunluo. The chapter ended with Gu Yunxiao discussing Jiang Nannan’s abilities as their team watched Xu Sanshi use his position-swapping Soul Skill.

• Meng Hongchen told Xiao Hongchen that Gu Yunxiao had taken her to a meal and brought her back, and clarified that he had only teased her for getting lost.
• Xiao Hongchen worried that Gu Yunxiao had bullied his sister, then begged Meng not to tell their grandfather that he had teased her.
• The round-robin tournament began with sixty-seven teams divided into eight groups, and Gu Yunxiao learned that his team was in the second group with Zhengtian Academy as its strongest opponent.
• Shrek drew Yunluo for an individual-elimination match, and Xu Sanshi used Xuanming Displacement to swap places with Ma Yingjun and knock him off the platform.
• Gu Yunxiao explained Xu Sanshi’s Soul Skill to Jiang Nannan and the others, then teased Jiang Nannan about being a defensive meat-shield tank.

The Dragon God Team faced the Zheng Tian Team in a team match, drawing the crowd’s attention as Gu Yunxiao took the field. The teams introduced themselves and began the battle, with Gu Yunxiao leaving his martial soul unactivated.

• The Shrek Team defeated the Yunluo Team, then the referee announced a Group Two match between the Dragon God Team and the Zheng Tian Team.
• Gu Yunxiao and Ye Wuqing drew lots, and the match was set as a team battle.
• Xiao Hongchen teased Meng Hongchen about Gu Yunxiao, and she admitted she admired him while joking that Xiao Hongchen was less handsome and shorter.
• Gu Yunxiao led Jiang Nannan, Nan Qiuqiu, Tang Ya, Wang Dong'er, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng onto the platform; Xiao Xiao sat out.
• The Zheng Tian Team members and the Dragon God Team members introduced themselves, and the referee started the match.
• Both teams activated their martial souls, but Gu Yunxiao did not, prompting spectators to wonder about his confidence.

Gu Yunxiao overwhelmed the Zheng Tian Team with his speed and strength, fighting Ye Wuqing and Yu Mengdi without revealing his martial soul while the Dragon God Team gained the advantage elsewhere. He stopped his blade at Yu Mengdi’s neck and invited her to join Dragon God Hall after graduation, promising she could attain a Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul.

• Gu Yunxiao sent Ye Wuqing flying with a single blade swing and hurled Yu Mengdi away before telling Jiang Nannan and the others to handle the remaining opponents.
• Gu Yunxiao kept Ye Wuqing and Yu Mengdi occupied while Jiang Nannan, Nan Qiuqiu, Tang Ya, Wang Dong'er, and Wu Feng gained the upper hand against the rest of the Zheng Tian Team.
• Gu Yunxiao shattered Ye Wuqing and Yu Mengdi’s soul skills and suppressed them with his blade.
• Ye Wuqing used Golden Left Hand and Yu Mengdi unleashed Angel God-Sealing Slash, but Gu Yunxiao punched Ye Wuqing away and cut through Yu Mengdi’s attack.
• Gu Yunxiao stopped his blade beside Yu Mengdi’s neck, told her to step down, and invited her to join Dragon God Hall after graduation.

Gu Yunxiao defeated Yu Mengdi and Ye Wuqing, leading the Dragon God Team to crush the Zheng Tian Team. After the victory, Xu Jiawei encouraged Xu Jiujiu to pursue Gu Yunxiao despite their age difference.

• Gu Yunxiao invited Yu Mengdi to join a bigger stage, and she agreed to consider it before conceding.
• Gu Yunxiao turned Ye Wuqing's Dance of the Golden Leaves against him, and the referee intervened to eliminate Ye Wuqing.
• Tang Xiaolei and the rest of the Zheng Tian Team were overwhelmed by Jiang Nannan and the other girls and were eliminated.
• The referee declared the Dragon God Team the winner as the crowd applauded their victory.
• Xu Jiawei praised Gu Yunxiao and told Xu Jiujiu it was not too late to recruit him.
• Xu Jiawei suggested Xu Jiujiu pursue a romance with Gu Yunxiao, reassuring her that age was not a problem.

Xu Jiawei encouraged Xu Jiujiu to pursue Gu Yunxiao, while Gu Yunxiao tasked Tang Ya with combining Soul Tools and hidden weapons for Dragon God Hall. At a Starlight Auction House auction, Gu Yunxiao bid three thousand Gold Soul Coins on a Class 3 offensive Soul Tool after spotting the disguised Shrek Team bidding on it.

• Xu Jiawei urged Xu Jiujiu to try to win Gu Yunxiao's affection, and she agreed shyly.
• Qing Ya invited Gu Yunxiao's group to a Soul Tool auction at the Starlight Auction House.
• Gu Yunxiao told Tang Ya to accept Soul Tools and develop a Dragon God Hall signature by combining them with hidden weapons.
• Gu Yunxiao and seven others attended the auction, where Qing Ya introduced a Class 3 offensive Soul Tool as the first lot.
• The disguised Shrek Team bid on the Soul Tool, and Gu Yunxiao raised the price to three thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Gu Yunxiao spent lavishly at the Starlight Auction House, buying Soul Tools for Xiao Xiao and outbidding other guests. The final item was revealed as the dangerous Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, whose high price and curse left the auction hall silent.

• Gu Yunxiao won a Level 3 paralysis ray for three thousand Gold Soul Coins and gave it to Xiao Xiao.
• Gu Yunxiao bought several more Soul Tools at extravagant prices, frustrating Wang Yan and earning Qing Ya a large commission.
• Qing Ya revealed the final auction item, a ranked carving knife, and explained that it was the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife.
• He Caitou recognized the knife, and Qing Ya described its curse and risk of turning its owner toward evil.
• Qing Ya set the knife's starting price at one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, but no one bid.

Gu Yunxiao bought the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife at the Starlight Auction and met Xu Jiujiu, who sought to make contact with him. They discussed the balance of power among the Four Great Empires, with Xu Jiujiu arguing that Heaven Dou had risen to first place under the Dragon God Hall’s protection.

• Gu Yunxiao outbid everyone for the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, assuring Jiang Nannan and the others that he could handle its dangers.
• After the auction ended, Gu Yunxiao refused to accept the items for free and paid Qing Ya the Gold Soul Coins.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced herself to Gu Yunxiao and invited him to speak privately, while he left his companions in Qing Ya’s care.
• Xu Jiujiu cautioned Gu Yunxiao about the carving knife, then asked for his view of the Douluo Continent’s political situation.
• Gu Yunxiao ranked Sun Moon first among the empires, but Xu Jiujiu said Heaven Dou now stood first because the Dragon God Hall deterred its enemies.