Recaps

After the Jiuzhou Empire destroyed the Lower Three Sects, Leng Xiyue told Heaven Dou’s nobles that the Water Cloud Sect’s plantations and several other assets would go to her, while the rest of the defeated sects’ businesses could be divided among them. The nobles welcomed the offer, though Leng Xiyue’s remarks left Heaven Dou’s dependence on the Jiuzhou Empire unmistakable.

• Leng Xiyue announced that the ice covering the destroyed sect compounds would eventually thaw, leaving two valuable quarries.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Leng Xiyue that the sects’ destruction could stir panic among commoners and urged her to address their concerns.
• Leng Xiyue rejected Ning Fengzhi’s attempt to use public discontent to negotiate for the Lower Three Sects’ assets.
• Leng Xiyue claimed the quarries, the Water Cloud Sect’s compound, and the Lower Three Sects’ Heaven Dou City properties for herself, while allowing the nobles to divide the remaining businesses.
• Heaven Dou’s nobles welcomed the prospect of sharing the Wind Sword Sect’s breeding farms and the Flame Demon Sect’s mining interests.

Leng Xiyue secured the nobles’ support for the alliance, agreed to cure Dugu Bo in exchange for access to his treasured grounds, and prepared to recover. In Spirit City, Golden Crocodile confronted Bibi Dong over her attack on Leng Xiyue, only to discover that Bibi Dong had reached rank ninety-seven.

• Leng Xiyue let Heaven Dou’s nobles keep shares in the industries in exchange for their support of the Jiuzhou Empire’s alliance ceremony.
• Dugu Bo offered Leng Xiyue his treasured spot in Sunset Forest in return for a cure for his innate deadly poison, and she agreed to visit after the ceremony.
• Golden Crocodile arrived at the Pope’s bedchamber and demanded that Bibi Dong answer for the trouble she had caused.
• Bibi Dong emerged from seclusion, and Golden Crocodile sensed that she had broken through to rank ninety-seven.

After becoming a Super Douluo, Bibi Dong defended her order to assassinate Leng Xiyue by portraying her as a threat to Spirit Hall, while Golden Crocodile agreed the Elder Hall would investigate. Yue Guan then asked to retire, leaving Bibi Dong to prepare for a leadership meeting.

• Bibi Dong received a one-level breakthrough reward from the Rakshasa God and used her new strength to assert herself before Golden Crocodile.
• Bibi Dong argued that Leng Xiyue’s efforts to arm ordinary people threatened Spirit Hall and the Soul Master class.
• Yue Guan considered telling Golden Crocodile about Leng Xiyue’s vision but stayed silent and grew disillusioned with Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong warned that Leng Xiyue knew Qian Renxue’s identity, and Golden Crocodile said the Elder Hall would investigate before acting.
• As Bibi Dong prepared to summon the leadership, Yue Guan asked permission to retire and return home.

Yue Guan resigned from Spirit Hall after Bibi Dong threatened to erase his name from Douluo Hall, and Gui Mei chose to leave with him. After surrendering their Elder Tokens, they set out with nothing to begin a new journey.

• Bibi Dong threatened to confiscate Yue Guan's assets and strike his name from Douluo Hall if he resigned, but Yue Guan remained determined to leave.
• Yue Guan recalled how Qian Xunji had found and recruited him and Gui Mei, unlike Bibi Dong, who showed no concern for their service.
• Bibi Dong allowed Yue Guan to leave with belongings worth one thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Gui Mei announced that he would resign as well.
• Bibi Dong dismissed both men, and Gui Mei and Yue Guan left Spirit Hall together.
• Gui Mei and Yue Guan surrendered their Elder Tokens, had their Spirit Hall identities annulled, and departed without taking anything.

On the eve of the Alliance Ceremony, Leng Xiyue welcomed Yue Guan and Gui Mei into the Empire Faction and arranged to reconcile Yue Guan with Dugu Bo. Leng Xiyue and Xue Ye signed the alliance treaty in Heaven Dou City, where Xue Ye announced sweeping reforms and the crowd celebrated.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei asked to serve Leng Xiyue after leaving Spirit Hall, and she welcomed them to her side.
• Leng Xiyue offered to take Yue Guan to Dugu Bo's residence to obtain a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and help settle their old grudge.
• Leng Xiyue persuaded Yue Guan and Gui Mei to appear with her at the Alliance Ceremony and publicly announce their allegiance to the Empire Faction.
• Amid cheers in Central Square, Leng Xiyue and Xue Ye signed the alliance treaty before officials and citizens.
• Xue Ye announced that Heaven Dou would abolish the old system and pursue reforms under the Crown Prince, prompting the crowd to cheer.

Leng Xiyue secured a Jiuzhou concession in Heaven Dou City and brought her allies to Dugu Bo’s valley to claim the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. As Tian Meng and Ah Yin began treating Dugu Bo, Xiao Bai sensed an ancient power beyond God Level at the valley.

• Leng Xiyue arranged for Jiuzhou to purchase and govern a section of Heaven Dou City as a concession.
• Leng Xiyue traveled with her companions to Dugu Bo’s base in the Sunset Forest, where Dugu Bo agreed to transfer the valley to her.
• Probius destroyed Dugu Bo’s Poison Formation, allowing the group to enter the valley.
• Leng Xiyue sent Tian Meng and Ah Yin with Dugu Bo to begin treating his poison while she and the others explored.
• Xiao Bai sensed an ancient aura beyond God Level near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and warned Leng Xiyue that the valley held a more powerful presence than expected.

Leng Xiyue and her group explored the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where they found the remains of two powerful dragons and turned them into Soul Bones. The Fire Dragon King Right Arm Bone and Ice Dragon King Left Arm Bone were prepared for Leng Xiyue to absorb, despite the severe pain and transformation Xiao Bai warned she would face.

• Yue Guan found and ate the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, while Gui Mei chose an immortal herb and went to cultivate.
• Xiao Bai suspected that two Nebula Level beings had died in battle beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Leng Xiyue sent Probius to investigate.
• Probius found two enormous dragon remains at the bottom of the pool and brought them to shore.
• Xiao Bai explained that she could turn the remains into Soul Bones, but warned Leng Xiyue that absorbing them could cause excruciating pain and remake her body.
• Xiao Bai extracted the Fire Dragon King Right Arm Bone and Ice Dragon King Left Arm Bone, whose elemental power surpassed the limits recognized by the Ice Empress.

Leng Xiyue absorbed the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ Soul Bones and underwent a five-and-a-half-month evolution in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. She awakened powerful new abilities and the Solar Forge, then learned that the tournament was only two weeks away.

• Leng Xiyue absorbed both Soul Bones, and Xiao Bai placed her in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to undergo her evolution.
• Xiao Bai told Miho Nishizumi that Leng Xiyue would gain the Dragon Kings’ bloodline, while the others cultivated among the Immortal Herbs.
• The system granted Leng Xiyue Dragon Might, Rapid Regeneration, and the Solar Forge, which replaced the system’s original Forge.
• Leng Xiyue broke out of the egg-shaped barrier and emerged from the spring after five and a half months.
• Xiao Bai told Leng Xiyue that the others had returned to prepare for the tournament, which would begin in two weeks.

Leng Xiyue learned that the Solar Forge gave her immense psionic energy and powerful skills, while her strength reached level sixty. Xiao Bai then recounted six months of events, including Spirit Hall’s failed retaliation and Yu Xiaogang’s return to Liu Erlong, whose request to promote him was sent to Tian Meng.

• Leng Xiyue learned that the Solar Forge supplied her with vast psionic energy and granted her Radiant Sun Slash and Lightspeed Adjustment Force Field.
• The Soul Bone infusion raised Leng Xiyue’s strength to level sixty, and she considered choosing Da Ming or Er Ming to sacrifice himself to her.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei defeated Spirit Hall’s four-person operation at the Alliance Ceremony, and the Alliance retaliated by firing two missiles into Martial Soul Forest.
• Yu Xiaogang came to see Liu Erlong, and she returned to him despite Flender’s efforts to win her over.
• Liu Erlong pleaded for Yu Xiaogang to be promoted at Jiuzhou Academy’s Heaven Dou Branch, and the matter was reported to Tian Meng.

Leng Xiyue returned to Heaven Dou City and observed the expanding industrial cooperation between Heaven Dou and the Jiuzhou Empire. At Jiuzhou Academy, Yu Xiaogang dismissed the threat of newly delivered robots, just as Old Wang was told he would be promoted.

• Leng Xiyue learned that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect had restricted Liu Erlong to prevent her from eloping with Yu Xiaogang, then returned to Heaven Dou City with Xiao Bai.
• Leng Xiyue found Heaven Dou City flourishing as the Jiuzhou Empire and Heaven Dou expanded factories, trade, livestock farming, and civilian research.
• Qin Menglan led joint research that produced new robots, which were delivered to Jiuzhou Academy.
• Old Wang worried the robots would replace the cleaners, but Yu Xiaogang dismissed them as mere tricks.
• A cheerful voice approached and congratulated Old Wang on his promotion.

Old Wang was promoted to supervise the academy’s new cleaning robots and assist the Empire Research Institute, while Yu Xiaogang was dismissed for poor work and thrown out of Jiuzhou Academy. Yu Xiaogang left vowing revenge and planned to elope with Erlong when he could meet her.

• Old Zhang brought Old Wang to see Yin Shu, and Yu Xiaogang accompanied them.
• Yin Shu explained that new robots would help the cleaners while their pay and benefits remained unchanged.
• Yin Shu named Old Wang the best cleaner, promoted him to department supervisor, and selected him to help the Empire Research Institute record technical knowledge.
• Yin Shu announced that the least efficient cleaner would be dismissed and identified Yu Xiaogang as the one to go.
• Yu Xiaogang protested, but Yin Shu had two security guards carry him out of the academy and throw him through the gates.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened the guards and left, planning to elope with Erlong after finding a chance to meet her.

Leng Xiyue and Liu Erlong encountered Yu Xiaogang after he was dismissed from the academy for exploiting his colleagues. Faced with the truth about his conduct, Liu Erlong rejected him and destroyed the token that had bound them together.

• Leng Xiyue and Liu Erlong arrived as Yu Xiaogang was preparing to flee, and Liu Erlong hesitated to approach him.
• Leng Xiyue mocked Yu Xiaogang, then asked Yin Shu why the academy had dismissed him.
• Yin Shu explained that Yu Xiaogang shirked his work, made ordinary employees do it, and collected a higher salary while deceiving them.
• Leng Xiyue left Liu Erlong to decide what to do, and Liu Erlong recognized that Yu Xiaogang no longer resembled the man she had admired.
• Liu Erlong joined their jade pendant halves and burned them, declaring that all bonds between her and Yu Xiaogang were severed.

With Yu Xiaogang gone, Liu Erlong felt relieved and joined Leng Xiyue and Flender to finalize their tournament plans. Leng Xiyue reviewed the rosters for Jiuzhou Heaven Dou Imperial Academy’s two teams, including the powerful first team and the Shrek Seven Monsters, whose strength had grown without most of their usual advantages.

• Yu Xiaogang left, and Liu Erlong felt refreshed after letting go of her former relationship with him.
• Liu Erlong joined Leng Xiyue and Flender in a meeting to make final preparations for the tournament.
• Flender presented the rosters for Jiuzhou Heaven Dou Imperial Academy’s first and second teams.
• Leng Xiyue reviewed the first team’s roster, led by Snow Empress and including Ice Empress, Qin Menglan, Xuanwu, Ah Yin, Wu Rou, and Liu Qinghan.
• Leng Xiyue reviewed the Shrek Seven Monsters’ roster and noted that Oscar had surpassed Dai Mubai in Soul Power and become captain.

Leng Xiyue reviewed Shrek’s tournament prospects and learned that the Victoria Kingdom had entered an unusual team made entirely of certified Soul Engineers. Flender warned that their selection suggested they were serious contenders, leaving Leng Xiyue to assess a new threat alongside the Elemental Academies.

• Leng Xiyue and Flender discussed how Dai Mubai and Oscar would have to carry Shrek’s second team against stronger opponents.
• Flender gave Leng Xiyue documents on the tournament teams and identified the Wind, Thunder, Water, and Fire Academies as their main rivals.
• Flender told Leng Xiyue that the Elephant Armor Sect had withdrawn and drew her attention to the Victoria Kingdom’s Soul Engineer squad.
• Leng Xiyue examined the squad’s unconventional martial souls and considered how the Victoria Kingdom’s wealth, trade, and research culture had enabled its development.
• Flender warned Leng Xiyue that the Victoria royal family would not have entered the squad without confidence in its ability to compete.

Leng Xiyue learned that Spirit Hall had offered an exceptionally valuable External Soul Bone as the tournament prize and suspected it was preparing a scheme to defeat the Jiuzhou First Team. She asked Qin Menglan and Qinghan how they would counter Spirit Hall if it used anti-Soul-Beast weapons and an EMP Bomb.

• Leng Xiyue heard that Spirit Hall had offered an eighty-thousand-year Sky Cloud Fox External Soul Bone as the tournament prize and guessed it aimed to restore its prestige and promote Hu Liena.
• Flender told Leng Xiyue that the tournament opening ceremony would take place in a week and that Tireya, Spirit Hall’s newly appointed Platinum Bishop, would attend.
• Leng Xiyue considered how Spirit Hall might use ancient Soul Tools against the Jiuzhou First Team and left the conference room to think through countermeasures.
• Qin Menglan and Qinghan joined Leng Xiyue, who asked how they would fight if Spirit Hall had weapons to counter the Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Xuanwu, as well as an EMP Bomb.

Leng Xiyue reconsidered how to overcome Spirit Hall’s countermeasures after hearing Liu Qinghan describe her combat strength. Liu Qinghan then revealed that she had fled her family to escape a life-sacrifice ritual, and that she feared being watched more than being forced to return.

• Qin Menglan said their chances against Spirit Hall were slim unless Liu Qinghan defeated all seven opponents or the EMP Bomb also disabled the opposing team.
• Leng Xiyue asked Liu Qinghan about her combat ability, and Liu Qinghan said she could defeat any Soul Ancestor and weaker Soul Kings, even Oscar.
• Liu Qinghan explained that her family inherited the Azure Dragon lineage and possessed a Transcendent Martial Soul capable of fighting across Soul Ring boundaries.
• Liu Qinghan revealed that her family required the second-most-talented direct descendant of each generation to sacrifice themselves to the Tree of Life at age fifteen.
• Liu Qinghan said she had escaped after learning of the sacrifice as a child, and feared her family would send experts to monitor her and restrict her freedom.

Leng Xiyue pressed Liu Qinghan to admit how she truly felt about her family’s plan to sacrifice her, then promised to protect her. Liu Qinghan revealed that her family had stifled her cultivation to prepare her for the sacrifice, and Leng Xiyue asked Jie Yun to train her.

• Liu Qinghan said she might return to her family and sacrifice her talent to repay their care, but Leng Xiyue demanded to know her true feelings.
• Leng Xiyue promised she would not abandon Liu Qinghan, even if protecting her meant fighting the Liu Family.
• Liu Qinghan broke down and confessed that she did not want to die and believed her family treated her as an object for sacrifice.
• Liu Qinghan revealed that her gifted older brother had received the family’s resources while she had been forbidden to cultivate.
• Leng Xiyue comforted Liu Qinghan and asked Jie Yun to train her.

Leng Xiyue arranged for Jie Yun to teach Liu Qinghan dou qi and techniques, then disguised herself to explore Heaven Dou City with her companions. At the academy, she watched Xiao Wu defeat Tai Long and was greeted by Xiao Wu, who was delighted to see her back.

• Jie Yun agreed to teach Liu Qinghan, and Leng Xiyue sent them off to cultivate for the upcoming tournament.
• Qin Menglan gave Leng Xiyue a programmable Disguise Mask, which she used to take on Xiao Bai’s appearance.
• Leng Xiyue, Xiao Bai, and Qin Menglan headed out, planning to meet Miho Nishizumi, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress along the way.
• At the academy square, Leng Xiyue learned that Xiao Wu had become the female students’ champion against Tai Long and his gang.
• Xiao Wu defeated Tai Long with a Sweep Kick, then spotted Leng Xiyue and hurried over to greet her.

Leng Xiyue visited Heaven Dou’s newly renovated convention center with Xiao Wu and her companions, where she learned that the Sun Moon Trade Guild was displaying soul guidance armor. The chapter left her facing an unexpected potential competitor whose technology might become a threat if it developed further.

• Leng Xiyue invited Xiao Wu to join her group, and Xiao Wu changed into an everyday dress before they headed to the Heaven Dou Convention and Exhibition Center.
• Xiao Wu said Tang San had been working at the forge for six months and that she worried about answering his past declarations of affection.
• Leng Xiyue met Miho Nishizumi, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress at the venue, and Miho warned that unexpected developments awaited inside.
• Leng Xiyue learned that Xue Ye and the Jiuzhou Empire had become the convention center’s main shareholders after its former owner surrendered illicit earnings.
• Leng Xiyue and her companions toured the crowded exhibition, where the Nine Provinces Trade Guild drew throngs with its vehicles and other products.
• Miho Nishizumi explained that the Sun Moon Trade Guild, founded by a Victoria Kingdom duchess, was displaying experimental soul guidance armor.

Leng Xiyue investigated the Sun Moon Trade Guild’s Soul Tools and considered using Warp Prisms to scout or invade the Sun Moon Continent. After learning that Qian Renxue had returned to Spirit City, Leng Xiyue could only wonder why; Qian Renxue met Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile at Douluo Hall to discuss something important.

• Leng Xiyue rejected Miho Nishizumi’s suggestion to capture Sun Moon Trade Guild personnel and ordered increased reconnaissance instead.
• Leng Xiyue and her friends toured the Sun Moon Trade Guild’s booth, where she judged its Soul Tools to be less practical and less scalable than Jiuzhou technology.
• Leng Xiyue learned from Xiao Bai that Warp Prisms were designed to explore and establish outposts, and considered using one to scout the Sun Moon Continent and send Protoss forces there.
• Leng Xiyue invited Xue Qinghe to a banquet, but learned that Qian Renxue was absent from Heaven Dou City and suspected she had returned to Spirit City.
• Qian Renxue entered Douluo Hall and found Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile waiting; she said she had come to see her grandfather about something.

Qian Renxue learned more about the hatred between her parents and realized Qian Daoliu would not uncover the full truth, so she went to Leng Xiyue for answers and comfort. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue admitting that she felt she had no home anymore.

• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong had killed Qian Xunji, but that Qian Xunji had wronged her first.
• Qian Renxue questioned the accepted explanation for Qian Xunji's actions, but Qian Daoliu could offer no answers and urged her to trust Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue decided to seek the truth from someone else and left Qian Daoliu without revealing whom she planned to visit.
• Qian Renxue flew through a storm to Leng Xiyue's Temporary Palace, where the guards recognized her visitor clearance and let her pass.
• Leng Xiyue welcomed the soaked Qian Renxue, dried her hair, and cared for her as Qian Renxue struggled with guilt and grief.
• Qian Renxue told Leng Xiyue that she felt she no longer had a home.

Qian Renxue sought the truth about Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong, and Leng Xiyue gave her a prophetic book describing a possible future. After reading it, Qian Renxue recognized how different her life could have been and found the truth about her parents, leaving her reassured that Leng Xiyue’s presence had changed that future.

• Qian Renxue told Leng Xiyue she would pursue the truth about Qian Xunji even if it meant breaking with Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu.
• Leng Xiyue comforted Qian Renxue and gave her a copy of Douluo Continent, explaining that its accurate contents could be treated as prophecy.
• Qian Renxue read about Tang San, Spirit Hall’s failed plans, and the future in which she wasted years infiltrating Heaven Dou and developed feelings for Tang San.
• Qian Renxue panicked at the book’s account of her godhood and its disturbing events, but Leng Xiyue reminded her that the story was not their reality.
• Qian Renxue finished the book and learned about Bibi Dong’s past with Grandmaster, then concluded that her own strange feelings for Tang San would have stemmed from loneliness and despair.

Qian Renxue worried that her future and Spirit Hall’s plans would lead to war, but Leng Xiyue promised to guide her toward a peaceful future. Qian Renxue gave Leng Xiyue her Life Pearl as a safeguard against herself, leaving Leng Xiyue shaken by the trust and responsibility it represented.

• Qian Renxue reflected on Bibi Dong’s past with Yu Xiaogang and feared what it meant for Spirit Hall’s future.
• Leng Xiyue warned that the Rakshasa God benefited from war and chaos, while Qian Renxue explained why Spirit Hall could not unify the continent without bloodshed.
• Qian Renxue doubted the purpose of her Heaven Dou infiltration plan, and Leng Xiyue promised that they could lead Spirit Hall without anyone dying.
• Qian Renxue gave Leng Xiyue her Life Pearl, explaining that it could kill her if she ever betrayed Leng Xiyue.
• Leng Xiyue examined the Life Pearl and worried about the responsibility of keeping it safe.

Leng Xiyue and Qian Renxue pledged to share each other’s fate after Leng Xiyue swallowed Qian Renxue’s Life Pearl. The next day, Qian Renxue prepared to return to the Imperial Palace, while Leng Xiyue gave her Probius to protect her.

• Moved by Qian Renxue’s trust, Leng Xiyue swallowed the Life Pearl and promised they would live and die together.
• Qian Renxue worried the Life Pearl could kill Leng Xiyue if it exploded, but Leng Xiyue insisted she wanted them bound together.
• Qian Renxue teased Leng Xiyue about her earlier advances, then pinned her to the sofa and turned the tables on her.
• The next day, Qian Renxue prepared to return to the Imperial Palace after several days away under the pretense of illness.
• Leng Xiyue gave Qian Renxue a pendant containing Probius, whom she described as a Level 99 control-type Peerless Douluo who would protect her from danger.

Leng Xiyue arranged for Qian Renxue’s protection, learned that their Life Pearls could enable a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and absorbed Er Ming to reach Soul Emperor. Three days later, she and her team arrived at the tournament opening ceremony, where Ning Rongrong faced the crowd’s lingering distrust.

• Leng Xiyue sent Qian Renxue back to work and asked Xiao Bai about Qian Renxue’s Life Pearl, learning it could help them develop a two-form Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Leng Xiyue summoned Tian Meng, Da Ming, and Er Ming, and Er Ming sacrificed himself to provide her sixth soul ring.
• The system announced Leng Xiyue’s breakthrough to Soul Emperor, unlocked new abilities and manufacturing access, summoned Swann, and set a mission requiring creations from three different deities before she could reach level seventy.
• Three days later, Leng Xiyue and the Jiuzhou Empire team arrived in Heaven Dou City for the tournament opening ceremony amid a huge crowd.
• Ning Rongrong was disheartened when spectators avoided her, but Oscar encouraged her to change their opinion through good deeds.