Recaps

Li Mingzhu chose the Void Spirit Crane as his target for his third Soul Ring and set out for Winchester Academy after preparing for his journey. He arrived in Winchester City and entered the academy with Lin Nuo’s Recommendation Letter.

• Li Mingzhu studied records of Sunset Forest Soul Beasts and chose the Void Spirit Crane for its space-related traits.
• Li Mingzhu planned to leave for Winchester Academy before reaching level 30 and left Li Mu Whale Rubber to help him cultivate.
• Li Mingzhu departed Nuoding City by carriage and broke through his bottleneck during the four-day journey.
• The carriage driver explained that Winchester City had outer and inner districts, and Li Mingzhu continued into the inner city on foot.
• Li Mingzhu presented Lin Nuo’s Recommendation Letter to a Soul Grandmaster guarding Winchester Academy and was allowed inside.

Li Mingzhu reached the Academic Affairs Office to handle his enrollment and met Shen Liuyu and Director Zhang. After Director Zhang questioned the recommendation letter, Li Mingzhu demonstrated his Level 19 Soul Power and let him verify his age, leaving Director Zhang astonished as he examined him.

• Li Mingzhu found the Academic Affairs Office and gained entry by showing his recommendation letter.
• Shen Liuyu invited Li Mingzhu inside to wait for the absent academic head, and the two introduced themselves.
• Director Zhang returned with snacks and looked at Li Mingzhu suspiciously when he saw him with Shen Liuyu.
• Li Mingzhu recognized Director Zhang as a member of the Skywater Team and presented his recommendation letter for enrollment.
• Director Zhang questioned the letter’s information, so Li Mingzhu revealed his deep yellow First Soul Ring and Level 19 Soul Power.
• Director Zhang examined Li Mingzhu’s wrist and shin bones to verify his age.

Li Mingzhu impressed Director Zhang with his age and Soul Power, earning Winchester Academy’s highest preferential treatment and official admission. Shen Liuyu escorted him to his residence, curious about how he had cultivated so quickly.

• Director Zhang confirmed Li Mingzhu was nine years old and marveled at his talent, while Shen Liuyu objected that she was a genius too.
• Director Zhang revealed Li Mingzhu was level nineteen, and Li Mingzhu demonstrated his Soul Power to convince Shen Liuyu.
• Zhang Xiang introduced himself, confirmed Li Mingzhu’s admission, and explained the academy’s benefits, including Soul Hunting help, personal instruction, and library access.
• Zhang Xiang asked Shen Liuyu to guide Li Mingzhu to Residential Area No. 9, and she agreed so she could ask about his cultivation.
• Shen Liuyu showed Li Mingzhu around the academy and explained that she had studied there for over a year after inheriting her mother’s martial soul.

Li Mingzhu grew closer to Shen Liuyu during their walk, then returned to his villa and broke through to level 30, becoming a nine-year-old Soul Elder. After discovering that the meditation room’s fragrant walls helped ease mental fatigue, he recalled that Winchester Academy’s students cultivated independently and could ask teachers for help when needed.

• Shen Liuyu asked Li Mingzhu about his cultivation, and he teased her by calling his innate full soul power only a tiny bit of talent before explaining himself.
• Li Mingzhu and Shen Liuyu chatted and grew closer; he invited her into his villa, but she shyly declined and went on her way.
• Li Mingzhu meditated in the villa’s meditation room and broke through his bottleneck to become a level 30 Soul Elder.
• Li Mingzhu identified the fragrance from the walls as Woodleaf Fragrance sap, which relieved mental fatigue, and remembered that Winchester Academy offered self-directed cultivation with teachers available for guidance.

Li Mingzhu learned how Winchester Academy’s benefits and combat assessments worked, then left to hunt for his third soul ring. Shen Liuyu went looking for him at his residence, but the two missed each other as he reached the Market District outside Sunset Forest.

• Li Mingzhu learned that his level 19 soul power at age nine earned him black-level benefits and that the next academy-wide assessment was two months away.
• Li Mingzhu admired his new academy uniforms and began planning his third soul ring.
• Shen Liuyu, irritated after a sleepless night, went to Li Mingzhu’s residence, found him absent, and began searching the academy for him.
• Li Mingzhu left the academy to hunt for a soul ring and arrived at the Market District outside Sunset Forest.
• Li Mingzhu passed the crowded Market District and surveyed the dangerous, crimson-hazed forest.

Li Mingzhu traveled through the Sunset Forest toward the Void Spirit Cranes and encountered Dugu Yan fleeing a Fire-Scaled Python. He recognized her Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul and struck at the beast as she faced death.

• Li Mingzhu entered the Sunset Forest and traveled toward the Void Spirit Cranes, stopping to recover his Soul Power along the way.
• Li Mingzhu considered how to develop a Soul Core and concluded that studying Dugu Bo's Poison Pill and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could help him.
• Li Mingzhu heard a beast and a girl, then recognized the fleeing Dugu Yan by her Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul.
• Dugu Yan's poison mist failed to stop the Fire-Scaled Python, and she exhausted her Soul Power and fell while trying to escape.
• Li Mingzhu activated his Ancient Void Dragon Martial Soul Possession and struck at the Fire-Scaled Python's vital point.

Li Mingzhu killed the Fire-Scaled Python and rescued Dugu Yan, then persuaded her to promise rewards—including help obtaining soul rings—in exchange for getting her out of the Sunset Forest. As she stumbled into his arms, Dugu Yan blushed at their close encounter.

• Li Mingzhu used Void Space Claw to tear the Fire-Scaled Python into pieces and claim its soul ring.
• Dugu Yan realized Li Mingzhu had saved her, but he began walking away without speaking to her.
• Dugu Yan pleaded with Li Mingzhu, offering gold, instruction from her grandfather Dugu Bo, and help securing future soul rings.
• Li Mingzhu stopped after asking whether Dugu Yan could guarantee even a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and she promised she could.
• Dugu Yan lost her footing as she prepared to leave, and Li Mingzhu caught her in his arms, leaving her flustered.

Li Mingzhu protected Dugu Yan in Sunset Forest, and she chose to accompany him while he hunted for his third soul ring. Hidden nearby, Dugu Bo planned to recruit Li Mingzhu to protect his granddaughter as his worsening poison left him running out of time.

• Li Mingzhu let Dugu Yan recover her soul power, then offered to escort her out or hunt for his third soul ring first.
• Dugu Yan chose to go soul hunting with Li Mingzhu, and he led her toward the Void Spirit Crane's territory.
• After they left, Dugu Bo emerged from hiding, speculated about Li Mingzhu's background, and considered winning him over.
• Dugu Bo suffered a severe attack from his poison and suppressed it with his soul power.
• Dugu Bo reflected on his need to secure Dugu Yan's future and hoped Li Mingzhu could become her protector.

Li Mingzhu found an eight-hundred-year Nine-Section Jade Green that Dugu Yan wanted but was too old for her to absorb. He offered to help her take it as a soul ring, and the chapter left her reassured by his claim that he had absorbed over-age soul rings himself.

• Li Mingzhu led Dugu Yan through the Sunset Forest while concealing his aura and using the Great Void Domain to avoid danger.
• Li Mingzhu spotted a Nine-Section Jade Green with more than eight hundred years of cultivation, and Dugu Yan recognized it as a soul beast suited to her poison abilities.
• Dugu Yan realized the snake was too old for her second soul ring and grew reluctant to let the opportunity go.
• Li Mingzhu offered to help Dugu Yan absorb the Nine-Section Jade Green, and she hesitantly agreed to try.
• Li Mingzhu showed Dugu Yan his two dark-colored soul rings and reassured her that he had absorbed soul rings beyond the age limit.

Li Mingzhu subdued an eight-hundred-year-old Nine-Section Jade Green Snake and prepared Dugu Yan to absorb its soul ring by giving her whale rubber. When its side effects overwhelmed her, he used a branch to bring her back to her senses.

• Dugu Yan warned Li Mingzhu about the Nine-Section Jade Green Snake's deadly venom and explained its weaknesses.
• Li Mingzhu used his Great Void Domain, draconic pressure, and second Soul Skill to shatter the snake's bones, then pinned it beneath a fallen tree.
• Li Mingzhu gave Dugu Yan whale rubber and guided her as she refined most of it to strengthen her body.
• Dugu Yan awoke flushed and overcome by the whale rubber's side effects, and Li Mingzhu struck her palm with a soul-power-coated branch to restore her clarity.

Dugu Yan absorbed the whale rubber’s effects, killed the Nine-Section Jade Green Snake, and began absorbing its soul ring while Li Mingzhu and Dugu Bo watched. Dugu Bo appeared, offered Li Mingzhu his protection if Dugu Yan succeeded, and grew anxious as her absorption reached its final stage.

• Li Mingzhu used a branch to keep Dugu Yan lucid until the whale rubber’s side effects ended, and she felt stronger afterward.
• Li Mingzhu led Dugu Yan to the Nine-Section Jade Green Snake, and she killed it with arrows from a safe distance.
• Li Mingzhu burned the snake’s corpse and venom with Dragon Flame, and Dugu Yan began absorbing its yellow-purple soul ring.
• Dugu Bo emerged from hiding to watch over Dugu Yan and tested Li Mingzhu with his Titled Douluo aura.
• Li Mingzhu assured Dugu Bo that Dugu Yan could absorb the ring, and Dugu Bo promised to accept her conditions and shelter him if she succeeded.
• Dugu Yan’s soul ring absorption reached its final stage, and Dugu Bo nervously waited as she moaned unconscious.

After Dugu Yan absorbed her second soul ring, she revealed a powerful poison domain that impressed Dugu Bo and inspired Li Mingzhu to suggest developing a poison-based technique. Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan tried to dissuade Li Mingzhu from pursuing a six-thousand-year-old Void Spirit Crane for his next soul ring, but he remained confident in his choice.

• Dugu Yan finished absorbing her soul ring and reunited emotionally with Dugu Bo before excitedly hugging Li Mingzhu.
• Dugu Yan demonstrated her Nine-Scale Poison Domain, which poisoned intruders, replenished her soul power, and weakened opponents within its range.
• Li Mingzhu proposed that Dugu Yan experiment with shaping her poison into a self-created technique, and Dugu Bo showed interest while Dugu Yan struggled to follow his explanation.
• Dugu Bo took Dugu Yan to practice her soul skill, then offered to catch Li Mingzhu a soul beast for his next ring.
• Li Mingzhu requested a Void Spirit Crane over six thousand years old, and Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan warned him that absorbing it would be dangerously risky.
• Li Mingzhu stood by his decision, believing his strengthened physique could withstand the unusually old soul ring.

Li Mingzhu absorbed a 6,200-year-old Void Spirit Crane soul ring despite Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan’s warnings. He successfully broke through and revealed his third soul skill, Void Dragon Body, leaving Dugu Bo even more determined to keep him close.

• Dugu Bo captured a poisoned Void Spirit Crane, and Li Mingzhu refused to reconsider absorbing its soul ring.
• Li Mingzhu killed the weakened crane and began absorbing its purple-black soul ring as Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan stood guard.
• Li Mingzhu endured the soul ring’s violent power and successfully absorbed it, breaking through his stalled soul power level.
• Dugu Yan teased Li Mingzhu about thanking her, then shyly invited him to call her Yanyan.
• Li Mingzhu activated Martial Soul Possession and explained that Void Dragon Body diverted sixty percent of incoming damage and increased his strength and speed by twenty percent.

After absorbing a powerful Soul Ring, Li Mingzhu revealed his level and explained his Ultimate Attributes to Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan. Dugu Bo challenged Li Mingzhu to test whether his Ultimate Fire could withstand the poison from Dugu Bo’s Poison Pill.

• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan were astonished by Li Mingzhu’s Void Dragon Body and learned that his Soul Power had reached level thirty-three.
• Dugu Bo examined Li Mingzhu and found his Soul Power unusually dense, prompting Li Mingzhu to explain the benefits and drawbacks of his Ultimate Attributes.
• Li Mingzhu demonstrated his purple Ultimate Fire and claimed it made him immune to all poisons.
• Dugu Bo accepted Li Mingzhu’s challenge and produced a highly toxic Poison Pill formed from his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Martial Soul.

Li Mingzhu impressed Dugu Bo by enduring his Poison Pill and earned an unconditional favor, then claimed his knowledge came from a book from Sea God Island. As Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Li Mingzhu left Sunset Forest, Dugu Yan asked about the Sea God inheritance, while Dugu Bo listened gravely.

• Li Mingzhu praised Dugu Bo's poison skills, and Dugu Bo wagered an unconditional favor that Li Mingzhu could not hold his Poison Pill for a quarter of an hour.
• Li Mingzhu held the Poison Pill for the full quarter of an hour without harm, and Dugu Bo agreed to honor his promise.
• Li Mingzhu told Dugu Bo that he had learned about ultimate fire and over-limit Soul Ring absorption from a book from Sea God Island.
• After Dugu Yan mastered her second Soul Skill, Dugu Bo left Sunset Forest with her and Li Mingzhu, walking at her request.
• Dugu Yan asked Li Mingzhu whether Sea God Island had a god, and he said it held the Sea God's inheritance, though he knew no more about how to obtain it.

Li Mingzhu traveled with Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo from Sunset Forest to Heaven Dou City, where Dugu Yan brought him to Dugu Manor to rest. As he settled in for the night, he resolved to deepen his ties with the Dugu Family and accepted that he was attracted to Dugu Yan.

• Li Mingzhu explained the ranks of Sea God Island's divine trials, and Dugu Bo recalled rumors of Spirit Hall's devastating defeat there.
• Dugu Bo flew Li Mingzhu and Dugu Yan out of Sunset Forest and brought them to Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Yan showed Li Mingzhu around the city, then took him to Dugu Manor when they were both tired.
• Li Mingzhu bathed, changed, and went to bed while Dugu Yan rested at home and Dugu Bo remained away.
• Li Mingzhu considered his plans and decided to build Dugu Bo's trust before revealing the antidote and immortal herbs, while letting his closeness with Dugu Yan develop naturally.

After investigating Li Mingzhu, Dugu Bo discovered that the boy was only nine, had reached level thirty-three, and possessed twin martial souls, so he decided to nurture him as a successor. Dugu Bo sealed the hall to speak privately with Li Mingzhu, while Dugu Yan asked what he was doing.

• Dugu Bo told Li Mingzhu to call him Grandpa and revealed his newfound warmth toward the boy.
• Dugu Bo explained through his thoughts that he had investigated Li Mingzhu in Nuoding City and found his age, soul power, and twin martial souls far surpassed the records.
• Dugu Bo decided to nurture Li Mingzhu and provide him with resources and protection, hoping he would become a Titled Douluo.
• Li Mingzhu realized Dugu Bo had uncovered his secrets and trusted that his talent and ability to cure Dugu Bo’s poison would keep him safe.
• Dugu Bo dismissed the servants and sealed the hall with his soul power, prompting Dugu Yan to ask what he was doing.

Dugu Bo tested Li Mingzhu after revealing that the boy was nine and possessed Twin Martial Souls, while Dugu Yan learned that Li Mingzhu had lied to her. The confrontation ended peacefully after Li Mingzhu displayed his Great Void Domain and Dugu Yan pleaded with her grandfather to spare her savior.

• Dugu Bo teased Dugu Yan about Li Mingzhu's dishonesty, and she confronted Li Mingzhu after he pretended to look tense.
• Dugu Bo approached Li Mingzhu to assess his character, then revealed that he believed Li Mingzhu was nine years old and possessed Twin Martial Souls.
• Li Mingzhu activated his Great Void Domain and declared he could escape even from a Titled Douluo.
• Dugu Yan stepped between them and pleaded with Dugu Bo not to harm Li Mingzhu because he had saved her life.
• Dugu Bo reassured Dugu Yan that he had only been testing Li Mingzhu, and Li Mingzhu withdrew his domain.