Recaps

Ye Yan gained powerful soul rings and allies through Xiao Wu’s sacrifice, then strengthened his Blue Silver Emperor and cultivated ties with Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong. The arc left him at Spirit Hall as Bibi Dong’s disciple, with his past connection to Xiao Wu’s mother known to her.

• Ye Yan confirmed Tang San was in Holy Soul Village, then traveled to Linxi City, where he drugged Xiao Wu and took her to his hidden cave.
• Ye Yan revealed Xiao Wu’s identity as a transformed hundred-thousand-year soul beast, and she sacrificed herself to give him soul ring and soul bone abilities.
• Ye Yan robbed Yu Xiaogang, killed the people who had bullied him, and recovered Ah Yin’s remains and hundred-thousand-year soul bone.
• Ye Yan visited Qian Renxue, revealed his twin martial souls and hundred-thousand-year soul ring, and secured permission to study at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ye Yan met Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, became engaged to Dugu Yan, and used immortal herbs to transform their cultivation and martial souls.
• Ye Yan and Dugu Bo attacked the Strength and Speed Clans, obtained the crystal blood dragon ginseng, and restored Xiao Wu’s intelligence.
• Ye Yan gained the Blue Silver King’s sacrifice and evolved into the Blue Silver Emperor, then gave Qian Renxue the Blue Silver King’s right arm soul bone and agreed to study at Spirit Hall.
• Ye Yan defeated Yan, impressed Qian Daoliu and the worshippers, and accepted Bibi Dong as his master after telling her about Xiao Wu’s sacrifice and her mother’s death.

Ye Yan gathered powerful allies, reshaped the Heaven Dou court, and brought his companions to Sea God Island. After earning the Sea God's mark and courting Bo Saixi, he began his first trial while trying to mend matters with the women around him.

• Ye Yan absorbed a Star-Nightmare Spirit Fox's external soul bone, then gave Bibi Dong books attacking Grandmaster and explaining Prison Xiao Gang's past.
• Bibi Dong became a Peerless Douluo, took command of Spirit Hall's enshrined elders, and joined Ye Yan in securing sacrifices from Xiao Bai, A-Tai, Er Ming, and Da Ming.
• Ye Yan took Ning Rongrong to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, gave her an immortal herb and soul bone, and won the sect's support for Qian Renxue.
• Ye Yan helped Qian Renxue seize the Heaven Dou throne, killing Xue Beng, Xue Xing, Xue Ye, and their supporters before she reorganized the court.
• Ye Yan traveled to Sea God Island with Ning Rongrong, Mu Xia, and the other women, where Ning Rongrong and Mu Xia received divine trials and Ye Yan gained the Sea God's Trident mark.
• Ye Yan promised Bo Saixi he could spare her from sacrificing herself, gave her two soul bones, and stayed with her while she absorbed them.
• After returning to the group, Ye Yan announced that his first trial required him to climb to the three hundred and thirty-third step, then reached the sixty-fourth step using his soul skills.