Recaps

Cao De rescued Ning Rongrong from a drunken attack and comforted her after she confessed that she liked him. They returned together, while Cao De revealed his fourth Soul Skill and secretly bought another Remote Sensing Mark.

• Cao De took Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to the Chrysanthemum Hotel, where they ate and drank before Xiao Wu passed out.
• Ning Rongrong wandered away alone, and a five-ringed man pursued her and threatened her despite her warning that she was Ning Fengzhi’s daughter.
• Cao De killed the attacker with purple blade shards and held Ning Rongrong as she cried and admitted that she liked him.
• Cao De kissed Ning Rongrong, carried her back, and identified the blade shards as his fourth Soul Skill, Piercing.
• Cao De bought another Remote Sensing Mark, leaving him with 315 emotion points.

After Ning Rongrong confirmed her feelings for Cao De, she revealed her mischievous side and shared a surprising collection of personal items with him. The next morning, Cao De encountered Zhu Zhuqing at breakfast and woke Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, leaving Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong acting awkwardly about the night before.

• Cao De carried Ning Rongrong to their hotel room, treated her scrapes, and they became intimate.
• Ning Rongrong showed Cao De a hidden Storage Soul Tool disguised as two Hairpins, along with the unusual objects stored inside it.
• Cao De cleaned up and helped Ning Rongrong wash after she said she was exhausted.
• The next morning, Cao De practiced the Great Sun Heart Method and found Zhu Zhuqing waiting in the dining room, where she ignored his greeting.
• Cao De knocked on Xiao Wu's door, then Ning Rongrong's; both answered from behind barely opened doors, and Ning Rongrong teased him before he sent her to wash up.

Cao De shared breakfast with Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong before Zhao Wuji found them and waited to return to Shrek Academy with Cao De. At the academy, Tang San discovered that his third Soul Skill made Blue Silver Grass curl up, while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong teased Cao De about their relationships during the carriage ride.

• Ning Rongrong secretly teased Cao De under the table while she and Xiao Wu ordered breakfast, and Cao De caught her leg between his own.
• Zhao Wuji arrived, was surprised that Cao De was alive, and waited for him to finish eating so they could return to Shrek Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to cure Oscar's poison, and Tang San gave Oscar pills before leaving without discussing his new Soul Skill.
• Tang San tested his third Soul Skill in the woods and found that it made his Blue Silver Grass soften and curl up.
• Ning Rongrong asked Xiao Wu what she would do if Cao De liked another girl, and Xiao Wu revealed that she knew about Cao De and Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong suggested that she, Xiao Wu, and Cao De be together, leaving Xiao Wu blushing and telling Ning Rongrong to stay away.

Zhao Wuji attacked Tang San in the dormitory bathroom, hoping to erase his memory so he would not tell Tang Hao what had happened. After Zhao Wuji followed a dubious guide and left Tang San seemingly witless, Flaide helped him settle on a cover story, unaware that Tang San’s fingers still twitched.

• Zhao Wuji decided Tang San had to lose his memory to prevent him from telling Tang Hao about their conflict.
• Zhao Wuji found Tang San in the bathroom, gagged him, and repeatedly struck him while Tang San struggled with his trousers around his ankles.
• Zhao Wuji followed a guide to erase Tang San’s memories, accidentally using the wrong acupoints until Tang San’s consciousness genuinely became confused.
• Zhao Wuji finished the procedure and told Flaide he had made Tang San forget everything; Flaide accepted their plan to claim Tang San had fallen and hit his head.
• As Flaide led Zhao Wuji away, Tang San’s fingers twitched unnoticed, and Zhao Wuji realized Tang San had recognized him despite his face covering.

Cao De felt an unexplained warning and learned that his martial soul was guiding him to retrieve something, so he prepared to leave Shrek Academy. Before his departure, he examined Tang San, whose strange behavior and unclear condition left Cao De unsure whether his memory loss was real.

• Cao De refused Flaide's proposal to move Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou Imperial City and agreed it could relocate after two years.
• Cao De's heart fluttered repeatedly, and his Thousand-Blade Demon Sword's glowing patterns led him to tell Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu that he would leave on a dangerous trip the day after tomorrow.
• Cao De took Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu to a feast, then decided to deal with Tang San before leaving.
• Cao De returned to Flaide and asked about Tang San, then followed him to the infirmary.
• Cao De found Tang San behaving erratically and examined his brain meridians, but could not determine whether Tang San had truly lost his memory.

Cao De acquired three one-time teleportation marks and prepared to leave the academy for Star Luo City. Before he could depart, Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu took him to Suotuo City for a meal and a new game at the Rose Hotel.

• Cao De bought three one-time teleportation marks from his system and placed one on Zhu Zhuqing while asking her to look after Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu during his absence.
• Cao De used his Martial Soul to glimpse images including an emblem from the Star Luo Empire's royal family and decided to visit Star Luo City first.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong took Cao De to the Rose Hotel in Suotuo City and fed him a meal they had prepared to boost his virility.
• Ning Rongrong led Cao De and Xiao Wu upstairs to a newly arranged room and introduced a game using slips of paper drawn from a bamboo tube.

Cao De left Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, encountered a beautiful woman on the road, and reached Barak City, where he crossed paths with Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu. After Feng Xiaotian’s lackeys followed him into an alley, Cao De tested whether he could fight with the Thousand-Blade Demon Sword without using soul skills.

• Cao De asked Ning Rongrong to have the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect protect Xiao Wu if anyone tried to capture her, and Ning Rongrong agreed.
• Cao De quietly left Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong at dawn, then traveled by carriage and let a beautiful woman holding a cat ride with him before sending her away with a veil.
• Cao De arrived in Barak City and competed with Feng Xiaotian over a hairpin, but Huo Wu ended the dispute and rejected Feng Xiaotian again.
• Feng Xiaotian’s lackey followed Cao De into an alley with several others and challenged him because his boss had scolded them.
• Cao De summoned the Thousand-Blade Demon Sword without using soul skills and attacked the lackey, who blocked his first strike with a frost-covered iron club.

Cao De killed Feng Xiaotian’s men and discovered a clue about controlling the Thousand-Blade Demon Sword, while Huo Wu was captured by a gray-haired man. When Huo Canghai confronted Cao De over Huo Wu’s disappearance, a messenger arrived with urgent news.

• Cao De killed the man who taunted him, then asked Huo Wu to keep his powers secret and clean up the bodies.
• Cao De returned to a hotel, studied the Thousand-Blade Demon Sword’s movements, and believed he had found a clue before collapsing asleep.
• A gray-haired man trapped Huo Wu in an illusion, knocked her unconscious, and ordered a Blazing Fire Academy member to demand that Huo Canghai come alone with his recent acquisition.
• Huo Canghai confronted Cao De at the hotel and demanded that Elder Jias use his Illusion Mirror Martial Soul to examine Cao De’s memories, but Cao De refused.
• A panicked messenger rushed to Huo Canghai and whispered news to him.

Cao De tracked Huo Canghai to Shi Nian’s meeting place and killed Shi Nian as he attacked Huo Wu. Huo Wu woke with her memories confused, mistook Cao De for her master, and clung to him as Huo Canghai tried to bring them back to the Blazing Fire Academy.

• Cao De used the system to track the red-haired Huo Canghai and hurried out of the city after him.
• Huo Canghai confronted Shi Nian and offered him the Soul Bone in exchange for Huo Wu’s release.
• Cao De arrived pretending to be under Shi Nian’s illusion, then killed Shi Nian with his Fourth Soul Skill, Piercing.
• Huo Canghai offered Cao De the Soul Bone, but Cao De returned it, saying Soul Bones did not interest him.
• Huo Wu woke with her memories confused, rejected Huo Canghai as her father, and embraced Cao De as her master.
• Huo Canghai urged Cao De and Huo Wu to return to the Blazing Fire Academy, while Huo Wu followed Cao De as he went to change his bloodstained clothes.

Cao De brought Huo Wu to Blazing Fire Academy, where Elder Jias and the academy’s healers confirmed that Shi Nian’s illusion had left her memories limited to the hours before it was cast. After Huo Canghai offered Cao De a Soul Bone and made clear he wanted him to leave, Cao De marked Huo Wu for remote sensing and departed the city.

• Cao De and Huo Wu arrived at Blazing Fire Academy, where Huo Canghai grew gloomy as Huo Wu criticized the academy and called him mean.
• Huo Canghai told Elder Jias what had happened, and Jias examined Huo Wu with the Martial Soul Illusion Mirror before withdrawing from the dangerous remnants in her spiritual sea.
• The academy’s doctors and healing Soul Masters concluded that Huo Wu’s memories were confined to the hours before Shi Nian’s illusion, and they could not restore them.
• Huo Canghai offered Cao De a Soul Bone, but Cao De declined and prepared to leave; he secretly placed a Remote Sensing Mark on Huo Wu.
• Huo Canghai escorted Cao De to the academy gates, and Cao De boarded a luxurious carriage and left the city.

Huo Wu escaped Blazing Fire Academy after Huo Canghai lifted her house arrest, stealing treasures to bring to Cao De. In Spirit City, Cao De encountered Spirit Hall's Enshrined after Huo Wu revealed a Soul Bone, just as Bibi Dong arrived and he reported completing his mission.

• Huo Canghai knocked Huo Wu unconscious, then lifted her house arrest after she staged a hunger strike to find Cao De.
• Huo Canghai told Huo Wu that Cao De had gone to Spirit City, and she secretly packed stolen valuables before sneaking into her father's quarters to take his tea, teapot, and Soul Bone.
• Cao De arrived in Spirit City after contemplating his Thousand-Blade Demon Sword, and Huo Wu reunited with him and told him how she had escaped.
• Huo Wu began searching for a hotel, then opened the Soul Bone box and exposed its aura to Cao De.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and other Spirit Hall Enshrined confronted Cao De, who stored the Soul Bone in his System Space as Bibi Dong arrived.
• Cao De told Bibi Dong that he had completed his mission.

Cao De impressed Bibi Dong with his strength, became her second disciple, and left Spirit Hall to pursue his own plans. In Spirit City, Huo Wu treated him as her master and attacked Feng Xiaotian when he confronted them.

• Bibi Dong tested Cao De with escalating pressure, and he revealed his four Soul Rings and Thousand-Blade Demon Sword.
• Bibi Dong accepted Cao De as her second disciple and kept his Soul Bone while he went to the Star Luo Empire; she ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to investigate his background.
• Cao De met Huo Wu in Spirit City and bought her several outfits, praising her when she tried on a fiery-red dress.
• Feng Xiaotian found Huo Wu, but she denied knowing him and kicked him when he tried to approach her.
• Huo Wu attacked Feng Xiaotian with Flame Burst Impact, setting his hair on fire and sending him running for water.

Cao De followed Yu Xiaogang to Spirit Hall, where Chrysanthemum Douluo and Bibi Dong both beat him instead of helping him. Yu Xiaogang was thrown from the Pope's Palace and landed painfully on a cone-shaped rock after Sanpao moved out of the way.

• Huo Wu apologized to Cao De for causing trouble, and Cao De reassured her while Feng Xiaotian discovered that he was bald and blamed Cao De.
• Cao De followed Yu Xiaogang to Spirit Hall after asking Huo Wu to wait at the Martial Soul Hotel.
• Yu Xiaogang used Spirit Hall's Elder Token to order the guards to seize Cao De, but Chrysanthemum Douluo arrived, slapped Yu Xiaogang, and took Cao De to the Pope's Palace.
• Bibi Dong summoned Cao De, then Yu Xiaogang entered and was pinned down and slapped by Bibi Dong before she blasted him out of the palace.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Sanpao to cushion his fall, but Sanpao moved away from the rock below, and Yu Xiaogang landed astride it.

Cao De accepted Bibi Dong’s Pope Token, then confronted Feng Xiaotian and the Mad Old Man when they lured him to a ruined house. Feng Xiaotian and the Mad Old Man escaped, and the Mad Old Man began searching a book for a way to make Feng Xiaotian lose his memory.

• Bibi Dong gave Cao De a Pope Token before he left Spirit Hall.
• A white-haired old man led Cao De to Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu at a dilapidated house, where Huo Wu ran to Cao De and Feng Xiaotian challenged him.
• Cao De fought off Feng Xiaotian’s attacks and revealed four powerful Soul Rings, striking Feng Xiaotian into a wall.
• The Mad Old Man attacked Cao De, then used his sixth Soul Skill to flee with Feng Xiaotian after Cao De’s Demon Blade Shards overwhelmed his wind blades.
• The Mad Old Man discovered Feng Xiaotian was badly injured and resolved to make him lose his memory, consulting a book titled "Hands-on Guide to Making Someone Lose Their Memory."

Cao De and Huo Wu arrived in Longxing City, where Cao De stopped a little beggar from stealing Huo Wu’s money. After two suspicious adults claimed to be the child’s parents, Cao De followed them, sensing that something was wrong.

• At Shrek Academy, Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong talked about Cao De while Oscar suffered chest pain and Zhao Wuji blamed Tang San.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong that she was going home for a while.
• Cao De and Huo Wu reached Longxing City and explored its streets together.
• Little Beggar snatched money from Huo Wu, but Cao De caught her and stopped Huo Wu from giving her gold coins.
• A middle-aged man and matron claimed Little Beggar was their lost child, but Cao De recognized them as impostors and followed them with Huo Wu.

Cao De entered a residence, where his Thousand-Blade Demon Sword absorbed a Blood Pearl’s power and exposed a plot by members of the Nuomi Church. After rescuing Shui Yue'er, he learned she was Shui Bing'er's younger sister and set out with Huo Wu to take her home to Skywater Academy.

• Cao De entered the residence’s Blood Pearl Formation, and the Thousand-Blade Demon Sword absorbed the blood moon that sustained the illusion.
• Cao De confronted a burly man, whose blood qi and the red vapor from the middle-aged couple were absorbed by the sword; the man killed himself before revealing what the Blood Pearl was.
• Cao De found Little Beggar, and Huo Wu comforted her and learned that she had been kidnapped to threaten her older sister.
• Cao De noticed the sword’s soul power conversion rate had increased slightly after absorbing the red vapor.
• Huo Wu learned that Little Beggar was Shui Yue'er and that her home was Skywater Academy; Cao De realized she was Shui Bing'er's younger sister.

Yang Fang attacked Cao De and was killed after his own Soul Skill left him immobilized, while Shui Bing'er reunited with Shui Yue'er. Later, Shui Yiyi and Scholar met Cao De at the place where Yang Fang died, and Shui Yiyi knocked him unconscious so Scholar could proceed without interference.

• Yang Fang launched a surprise attack on Cao De, but Cao De's Demon Blade Shards pierced him after Yang Fang immobilized himself with Dazzling Water.
• Shui Bing'er arrived with Skywater Academy, embraced Shui Yue'er, and thanked Cao De by giving him a Gold Soul Coin card.
• Shui Yiyi restrained grieving Elder Yang Pang and led Skywater Academy away while Cao De wondered whether the academy was connected to the Blood Pearl or Nuomi Church.
• That evening, Shui Yiyi and Shui Bing'er returned to the spot where Yang Fang had died, and Scholar appeared, saying Shui Yiyi had mistaken Cao De for someone else.
• Shui Yiyi enveloped Cao De in Soul Power and knocked him unconscious, allowing Scholar to act without Cao De interfering.
• Shui Bing'er told Scholar that he had kidnapped Shui Yue'er, and Scholar teased that Shui Yiyi had sold her to him.

Shui Yiyi betrayed Shui Bing'er in exchange for a cultivation manual, but Cao De killed Shui Yiyi and took the Blood Pearl from Shui Bing'er. Scholar revealed the Blood Pearl's purpose and attacked Cao De, who struggled to withstand his powerful lightning techniques.

• Shui Yiyi offered Shui Bing'er to Scholar in exchange for a manual on advancing to Titled Douluo, and Scholar tried to take the Blood Pearl from her heart.
• Cao De killed Shui Yiyi with the Thousand-Blade Demon Sword, then stopped Scholar from taking Shui Bing'er and questioned him about the Blood Pearl and Nuomi Church.
• Scholar said the Blood Pearls could be used for cultivation, then summoned his Martial Soul Avatar and attacked Cao De with a thunderbolt.
• Cao De absorbed the Blood Pearl's power from Shui Bing'er and defended himself against Scholar's lightning attacks.
• Scholar created five clones and battered Cao De between them as Cao De used his Soul Skills and the Great Sun Heart Method to survive.

Cao De killed the Scholar but collapsed from his injuries, while the Nuomi Church's Church Master ordered the group to halt its operations and investigate the death without acting. After recovering enough to learn that Shui Bing'er had been imprisoned over Shui Yiyi's death, Cao De was approached by Shui Yue'er, who begged him to save her sister.

• Cao De held the Scholar as the Thousand-Blade Demon Sword drained his blood qi, and the Scholar died by suicide before revealing what the Nuomi Church was.
• Huo Wu helped the badly wounded Cao De escape with Shui Bing'er, while people arriving at the battlefield discovered Shui Yiyi's corpse.
• The Nuomi Church's Church Master ordered its members to stop their operations and search for the Blood Pearl, then instructed an unseen figure to investigate Jade-Faced's death without taking action.
• Cao De woke after nearly two days and learned that Skywater Academy had imprisoned Shui Bing'er, suspecting her of conspiring in Shui Yiyi's death.
• Shui Yue'er climbed through Cao De's window and begged him to save her sister.

Cao De rescued Shui Bing'er from Yang Pang, killed him despite his injuries, and found her bound in a hidden bridal chamber. After bringing her to safety, Huo Wu pressed Shui Bing'er to repay Cao De by becoming one of his maidservants.

• Shui Yue'er told Cao De that Yang Pang had imprisoned Shui Bing'er and intended to force her to marry his dead son, so Cao De set out with Shui Yue'er and Huo Wu to rescue her.
• Yang Pang revealed that he had used Shui Yue'er to lure Cao De, but Cao De overcame Yang Pang's attacks and killed him with his Demon Blade Shards.
• Cao De found a secret passage beneath Yang Pang's room and freed Shui Bing'er from the hidden chamber where she had been bound beside Yang Fang's body.
• Cao De carried the weakened Shui Bing'er out of Skywater Academy and took her to the hotel, where Huo Wu fetched medicine for the Soft Bone Powder.
• Huo Wu reminded Shui Bing'er how much she owed Cao De and suggested she repay him by becoming one of his maidservants.

Cao De accepted Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er as maids and traveled toward Star Luo City with them and Huo Wu. At the Star Luo Empire border, his party clashed with a soldier demanding an inspection, but Cao De's Holy Son Token forced the commander to let them pass and answer Shui Bing'er's questions.

• Shui Bing'er knelt and persuaded Cao De to accept her as a maid, and Huo Wu helped attend to him.
• Shui Yue'er also became Cao De's maid, and the three women accompanied him in a larger carriage toward Star Luo City.
• At the border, a soldier demanded an inspection and a fee, so Shui Bing'er severed his arm with a streak of purple light.
• Cao De showed Commander Jace his Token, and Jace and his soldiers recognized him as the Holy Son and paid their respects.
• Cao De questioned Jace about the incident, then continued through the border as Shui Bing'er asked why inspections had begun.

Shui Bing'er told Cao De that the Star Luo Imperial Family was searching the Zhu Family for a stolen treasure, while a system malfunction secretly granted him a Titled Douluo named Shadow. The carriage reached Star Luo City, where Cao De woke outside the city and learned Huo Wu and Shui Yue'er had gone out to play.

• Shui Bing'er reported that the Star Luo Imperial Family had sealed the borders and begun investigating the Zhu Family after losing a treasure.
• The system falsely blamed a malfunction while secretly diverting emotion points and exchanging previously unclaimed points for control over a Titled Douluo.
• Shadow appeared in Cao De's carriage, declared himself Cao De's servant, and revealed a level 93 shadow martial soul with nine soul rings marked in red.
• Cao De questioned Shadow about his connection to the Nuomi Church, but Shadow said he knew only that Cao De was his master and then vanished.
• The Nuomi Church Master realized Shadow had disappeared, while Commander Jace escorted Cao De's carriage to Star Luo City and said Cao De might become Spirit Hall's next Supreme Pontiff.
• Cao De woke outside Star Luo City and learned from Shui Bing'er that Huo Wu and Shui Yue'er had gone out to play.

Cao De and the girls witnessed Yu Xiaogang’s failed attempt to scam a restaurant owner, then discovered that Salas had taken Shui Yue'er. Cao De sent Shadow to find Salas and hurried toward the hotel with Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu.

• Cao De and Shui Bing'er found Yu Xiaogang trying to avoid paying for his meal by claiming he had found a sock in his food.
• Cao De used Soul Power to make Yu Xiaogang fall onto stolen chopsticks, and the restaurant owner pulled them out, injuring him.
• Cao De left the restaurant with Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu, then realized Shui Yue'er was missing.
• Cao De grabbed a witness, who revealed that Salas had taken Shui Yue'er to a nearby hotel.
• Cao De summoned Shadow and ordered him to find Salas and leave him barely breathing, then rushed toward the hotel.

Cao De rescued Shui Yue'er from Salas and confronted the Platinum Bishop after learning he had abused his authority. When Hall Master Wu Chen arrived, Cao De revealed he was Spirit Hall's Holy Son and ordered him to investigate Salas and his past crimes.

• Salas restrained Shui Yue'er in a hidden room and lost both his feet when an unseen attacker struck him.
• Shadow led Cao De, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er to Shui Yue'er, and Cao De cut through the wall to free her.
• Cao De comforted Shui Yue'er, then sent her outside with Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu before torturing Salas and letting him summon Spirit Hall reinforcements.
• Wu Chen arrived with Spirit Hall Soul Masters and ordered Cao De arrested, but Cao De showed him a Token identifying himself as the Holy Son.
• Wu Chen knelt to Cao De, admitted Salas was protected by his uncle Sato, and received orders to investigate Salas's past conduct and deal with him as he saw fit.

Cao De investigated a mysterious box through Spirit Hall, survived an attempted poisoning, and learned that Xiao Lingmeng wanted to cooperate with him against the Star Luo Empire. Xiao Lingmeng revealed that she was Emperor Dai Yutian’s daughter and that her mother was dead, then awaited Cao De’s answer.

• Cao De arrived at the Spirit Hall Branch, where Wu Chen arranged a formal reception, and ordered him to search for a box shown in a drawing.
• A Spirit Hall member named Li Hu lured Cao De with a false lead and tried to poison him, but Shadow subdued Li Hu and Cao De ordered Shadow to keep watch during the interrogation.
• Wu Chen identified the unconscious attacker as Li Hu and took him away, while Cao De instructed Shadow to ensure Li Hu stayed alive and observe Wu Chen.
• A scarred woman presented Cao De with a drawing of the same box and proposed making deals with him.
• The woman identified herself as Xiao Lingmeng, also known as Dai Lingmeng, revealed that Dai Yutian was her father and her mother was dead, and proposed destroying the Star Luo Empire together.