Recaps

Li Yusong beat Yu Xiaogang after Yu insulted him at Shrek’s gates, and Flender arrived just before Li could finish him off. Yu accepted the humiliation for Flender’s sake, leaving his place at the academy dependent on keeping the peace with its Soul Emperor gatekeeper.

• Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao and threatened Li Yusong, who revealed his six Soul Rings and rank as a Soul Emperor.
• Li Yusong struck Yu Xiaogang with his Dragon Pattern Staff until Flender rushed in and stopped him.
• Flender identified Yu Xiaogang as the theoretical grandmaster he had invited and persuaded Li Yusong to let the matter go.
• Yu Xiaogang complained to Flender about being beaten, but relented after Flender warned that falling out with Li could jeopardize his place at Shrek.

Five years after Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy, Tang Tianlin, Tang San, and Xiao Wu had grown stronger at the Clear Sky Sect. Tang Tianlin took Tang San and Xiao Wu to Sunset Forest to seek heavenly treasures and found the poisonous miasma surrounding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Yu Xiaogang surveyed Shrek Academy’s shabby grounds and resolved to prove himself there.
• Five years later, Tang San and Xiao Wu sparred at the Clear Sky Sect, with their Soul Power reaching ranks thirty-four and thirty-three.
• Tang Tianlin arrived at the Training Ground and invited Tang San and Xiao Wu to travel with him in search of treasures.
• Tang Tianlin, Tang San, and Xiao Wu reached Sunset Forest three days later, where Tang Tianlin used his expanded Nature Domain to search for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tang Tianlin discovered an area of emerald poison miasma in the heart of Sunset Forest.

Tang Tianlin led Tang San and Xiao Wu through the poisonous miasma to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where they encountered its owner, Dugu Bo. When Dugu Bo attacked, Tang Tianlin transformed and shattered his soul skill with one hammer blow before rushing at him.

• Tang Tianlin used his blood qi to clear a path through the poisonous miasma and led Tang San and Xiao Wu into the valley.
• Tang San recognized the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and spotted numerous legendary immortal herbs growing around it.
• Dugu Bo appeared and demanded to know why the trio had trespassed on his territory.
• Tang Tianlin asked to borrow the treasure ground, then challenged Dugu Bo when he refused.
• Tang Tianlin activated Golden Dragon Body and Dark Gold Tyrant Body, smashed Dugu Bo's giant python soul skill with his hammer, and closed in on him at high speed.

Tang Tianlin defeated Dugu Bo by overcoming his Martial Soul Avatar and resisting his Time Freeze, then knocked the Titled Douluo unconscious. Tang San and Xiao Wu urged Tang Tianlin to kill Dugu Bo.

• Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphor Guardian shattered under Tang Tianlin's Golden Dragon Clear Sky Hammer, and the blow sent him crashing into a cliff.
• Dugu Bo transformed into his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor True Body, but Tang Tianlin's Golden Dragon Roar shattered the avatar and stunned him.
• Tang Tianlin attacked with Golden Dragon Claw, but Dugu Bo used Time Freeze to immobilize him and tried to stab him with a dagger.
• Tang Tianlin resisted the control effect with Golden Dragon Tyrant Body, shattered Dugu Bo's dagger, and struck him unconscious with Golden Dragon Claw.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu urged Tang Tianlin to kill the unconscious Dugu Bo.

Tang Tianlin sought to recruit Dugu Bo instead of killing him, and Tang San persuaded the Poison Douluo by revealing that his poison threatened both him and his granddaughter. Dugu Bo agreed to work for them if they could cure Yanyan, and Tang San began explaining two possible treatments, leaving the second one unfinished.

• Tang Tianlin exposed Dugu Bo’s feigned unconsciousness and demanded that he submit.
• Dugu Bo refused, believing Tang Tianlin was recruiting him for Spirit Hall, but Tang San identified their group as members of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang San diagnosed the Jade Phosphorus Snake poison in Dugu Bo and warned that it could kill him within five years and threaten Yanyan within three.
• Dugu Bo agreed to work for Tang Tianlin if they could cure Yanyan, and Tang San promised he could treat them both.
• Tang San described forcing Dugu Bo’s poison into a Soul Bone as a temporary treatment, then began explaining a second method involving the evolution of his Martial Soul.

Dugu Bo chose to risk martial soul evolution to end the Jade Phosphorus Snake venom curse threatening his family, and Tang San agreed to help him. After Dugu Bo left to bring Yanyan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Tang San recommended immortal herbs for Tang Tianlin, who began cultivating there.

• Tang San warned that martial soul evolution could cause a deadly malignant mutation, but Dugu Bo chose the risky method to protect himself and his descendants from the Jade Phosphorus Snake venom.
• Dugu Bo gave Tang Tianlin the Ruyi Treasure Bag and entrusted Yanyan to his care, and Tang San offered Dugu Bo Sweet Potato Golden Dragon and Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid.
• Tang Tianlin told Dugu Bo to bring Yanyan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before consuming the herbs, and Dugu Bo left to fetch her.
• Tang San recommended that Tang Tianlin absorb Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, then use Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot to forge an ice and fire golden body.
• Tang Tianlin told Xiao Wu to choose any herbs she wanted, then sat at the center of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and activated his Child of Nature ability.

Tang Tianlin absorbed two potent immortal herbs without harm, reached Soul Power rank fifty, and began tempering his body in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The chapter ended with him deciding the spring's opposing forces were still not enough.

• Tang Tianlin rejected most of the immortal herbs and swallowed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew together, alarming Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• The herbs strengthened Tang Tianlin's body and spiritual power, while his Golden Dragon King Bloodline awakened dragon scales and an indestructible vajra luster.
• Tang Tianlin emerged unharmed, reached Soul Power rank fifty, and sent Tang San and Xiao Wu to choose their own immortal herbs.
• After Tang San and Xiao Wu left, Tang Tianlin swallowed two more immortal herbs and entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to temper his body.
• As the spring's ice and fire forces battered him, Tang Tianlin decided the treatment was not yet enough.

Tang Tianlin gained the Ice and Fire Golden Body and learned the history of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings. They sacrificed their remaining power to form his million-year fifth Soul Ring, and he began absorbing their million-year Soul Bones.

• Tang Tianlin plunged deeper into the spring, where the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ power drew him into a vision of their deaths on a shattered battlefield.
• Tang Tianlin awakened his Ice and Fire Golden Body and spoke with the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, explaining what had happened to the Dragon God and the dragon race.
• The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings sacrificed their remnant consciousnesses to create Tang Tianlin’s golden fifth Soul Ring, raising his Soul Power to the peak of rank fifty-three.
• The Dragon Kings’ corpses crumbled into a pair of million-year leg Soul Bones, which Tang Tianlin began absorbing as Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire surged through his body.

Tang Tianlin emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after absorbing two Million-Year Soul Bones and breaking through to Soul King. He prepared to help Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan improve their chances of resolving their Martial Soul flaw, ending with him producing two drops of scarlet-gold blood.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu waited anxiously for Tang Tianlin, who had been missing inside the spring for four days.
• Dugu Bo returned with Dugu Yan, and Tang San told him Tang Tianlin was still in the spring.
• Tang Tianlin emerged amid a dragon's roar, and his aura overwhelmed Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan until he restrained it.
• Tang Tianlin revealed he had absorbed two Million-Year Soul Bones and reached rank fifty-six, while Tang San and Xiao Wu had both reached rank forty.
• Dugu Bo worried about risking his life to fix the Martial Soul flaw he shared with Dugu Yan, but Tang Tianlin promised to improve his odds.
• Tang Tianlin asked Tang San for the Sweet Potato Golden Dragons, then condensed two drops of scarlet-gold blood at his finger.

Dugu Bo absorbed the Sweet Potato Golden Dragon, evolved his Martial Soul into the Jade Phosphor Flood Dragon Emperor, and regained his health and strength. After pledging allegiance to the Clear Sky Sect, he introduced his granddaughter Dugu Yan to Tang Tianlin so her Martial Soul could be evolved next.

• Tang Tianlin gave each Sweet Potato Golden Dragon a drop of his blood, and Dugu Bo ate one to begin his evolution.
• Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor transformed into a flood dragon, his poison was resolved, and his strength rose to rank ninety-four as he regained his youth.
• The system rewarded Tang Tianlin with a Golden Dragon King Remnant Soul Fragment after Dugu Bo pledged wholehearted allegiance to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Dugu Bo swore an oath to Tang Tianlin, and thunder confirmed that it had taken effect.
• Dugu Bo introduced Dugu Yan, a rank thirty-seven Soul Elder, to Tang Tianlin so they could evolve her Martial Soul.

Tang Tianlin suppressed the Golden Dragon King Bloodline’s influence while Dugu Yan absorbed an immortal herb and evolved her martial soul, curing the Dugu Family’s inherited poison. At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang began assessing the students as potential disciples, but he rejected Dai Mubai and Oscar.

• Tang Tianlin controlled his surging bloodline and let Dugu Yan take the sweet potato golden dragon herb.
• Dugu Yan absorbed the herb, evolved her jade phosphorus snake martial soul into a jade phosphorus flood dragon, and cured the Dugu Family’s poison.
• Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang as the students’ new cultivation guide, but Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar mocked him for freeloading.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened to leave, so Flender reprimanded the students and doubled the training and canceled the meal allowances of Dai Mubai and the others.
• Yu Xiaogang rejected Dai Mubai as a disciple after hearing his rank, then also rejected Oscar despite his innate full soul power.

Yu Xiaogang rejected the Shrek students as potential disciples, prompting them to question his reputation. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Tang Tianlin condensed his fourth Blood Qi Soul Ring, awakened Golden Dragon Wings, and empowered Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo with the energy from his breakthrough before preparing to test his fifth soul skill.

• Yu Xiaogang rejected Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Ma Hongjun as disciples, then left the Shrek group disappointed.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun complained to Flender about Yu Xiaogang, while Ning Rongrong wondered whether he was the scholar who had stolen Spirit Hall's theories.
• Tang San spotted red-gold flames and a forming Soul Ring around Tang Tianlin at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then gathered Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo to watch.
• Tang Tianlin completed his fourth Blood Qi Soul Ring and revealed Golden Dragon Wings, releasing a golden-green wave of energy that improved the group's martial souls and soul power.
• Tang Tianlin tested the Golden Dragon Wings by flying at speeds he estimated could exceed the speed of sound, then prepared to try his fifth soul skill.

Tang Tianlin tested the abilities granted by his new million-year Soul Ring and the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' Soul Bones before returning to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. There, Tang San revealed that his Blue Silver Grass had evolved, and Dugu Bo announced he had reached rank ninety-five and challenged Tang Tianlin to spar.

• Tang Tianlin demonstrated his Ice-Fire Dragon's Sorrow domain, which strengthened him, weakened enemies, and let him move anywhere within its range.
• Tang Tianlin examined the Fire Dragon King's and Ice Dragon King's Soul Bone skills, including their combat phantoms and his Ice Dragon Spirit Body.
• Tang Tianlin flew back to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after the four cultivators had absorbed the golden-green mist.
• Tang San showed Tang Tianlin his evolved, dragon-patterned Blue Silver Grass, and Tang Tianlin tested its toughness.
• Dugu Bo announced that he had advanced from rank ninety-one to rank ninety-five and challenged Tang Tianlin to spar.

Tang Tianlin beat Dugu Bo again, then took Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan to Star Dou Town so they could hunt Soul Rings. While Tang San accompanied Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan shopping, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun approached the girls with lecherous intentions.

• Dugu Bo challenged Tang Tianlin to another spar and was quickly defeated, while Xiao Wu won her bet with Dugu Yan.
• Tang Tianlin told the three rank-forty Soul Masters to prepare for a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, and Dugu Bo stayed behind to guard the place.
• Five days later, Tang Tianlin and his companions reached Star Dou Town and settled into an inn before their planned forest hunt.
• Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan went shopping with Tang San, who reluctantly agreed to accompany them.
• Ma Hongjun noticed the two girls and alerted Dai Mubai, who approached them despite Tang San's warning to leave.

Tang San fought Dai Mubai in Star Dou Town, overpowering him with his Blue Silver Grass and martial arts before Ma Hongjun accidentally burned Dai Mubai while trying to help. Zhao Wuji arrived and questioned Tang San, recognizing his talent and considering him for Shrek.

• Tang San struck Dai Mubai back and taunted him for wasting his training on women, provoking Dai Mubai to use his White Tiger Martial Soul and third soul skill.
• Tang San trapped Dai Mubai with Dragon-Patterned Blue Silver Grass, drained his soul power, and punched him while keeping him upright with the vines.
• Ma Hongjun attacked Tang San with fire, but Tang San dodged and the flames struck Dai Mubai, burning his face.
• Dai Mubai tried to make peace with Tang San, but Tang San refused his friendship and Dai Mubai prepared to fight again.
• Zhao Wuji stopped the fight, assessed Tang San's abilities, and asked his name after deciding the talented youth belonged at Shrek.

Tang San refused Zhao Wuji’s invitation to join Shrek Academy, and the two clashed when Zhao Wuji tried to overpower him. Tang San wounded Zhao Wuji with poisoned hidden weapons, then unleashed a self-created soul skill and launched a concealed attack that left Zhao Wuji facing a serious threat.

• Zhao Wuji introduced Shrek Academy and invited Tang San to join, but Tang San refused and insulted the academy.
• Zhao Wuji released his Soul Saint aura and reached for Tang San, who escaped with Dragon-Patterned Blue Silver Grass and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Tang San attacked Zhao Wuji with hidden weapons, and one poisoned silver needle pierced a weak point in Zhao Wuji’s defenses.
• Tang San revealed his thousand-year second soul ring and used Luxuriant Branches and Leaves and Azure Sky Blue Silver to form the self-created skill Blue Silver Azure Sky Dragon.
• Tang San sent the dragon-shaped vine at Zhao Wuji while concealing sharp grass leaves aimed at his throat, heart, and flank.

Tang San fought Zhao Wuji with his Blue Silver Azure Sky Dragon and hidden weapons, but Zhao Wuji gained the upper hand with gravity-based Soul Skills. Tang Tianlin then appeared and knocked Zhao Wuji unconscious with a single punch, leaving the Shrek students stunned.

• Zhao Wuji used his Immovable Bright King Body to block Tang San's attacks, but Tang San's dragon-shaped vine drove him back and drained his Soul Power.
• Tang San struck Zhao Wuji's foot with a Bone-Piercing Nail, prompting Zhao Wuji to unleash Gravity Enhancement and Gravity Compression and break apart the vine.
• Zhao Wuji punched Tang San, who deflected most of the force with Mysterious Jade Hand but was still knocked several meters away.
• Tang San insulted Shrek Academy, and Zhao Wuji prepared to attack him again.
• Tang Tianlin appeared and knocked Zhao Wuji unconscious with one punch, stunning Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong.

Tang Tianlin defeated Zhao Wuji with one punch after protecting Tang San, leaving Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing stunned by his strength. He forced Zhao Wuji to pay compensation, then confronted Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun for attacking Tang San.

• Ning Rongrong wondered whether Tang Tianlin was a Titled Douluo, while Zhu Zhuqing grew more disgusted with Dai Mubai after seeing Tang Tianlin's strength.
• Tang San thanked Tang Tianlin for intervening, and Tang Tianlin scolded him for fighting in the street.
• Zhao Wuji woke, apologized to Tang Tianlin, and handed over his money pouch and black card as compensation.
• Xiao Wu pointed out that Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun had also attacked Tang San, and Tang Tianlin stopped them from slipping away.
• Ma Hongjun begged Tang Tianlin to spare them, but Tang Tianlin's dragon might made him collapse and bleed before he offered to pay compensation.

Tang Tianlin demanded payment from Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun in exchange for reducing the punishment of his punches. Ma Hongjun tried to borrow the remaining amount from Ning Rongrong, who reminded him that he had helped ostracize her.

• Tang Tianlin offered to spare Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun from death if they paid him, with the punch's strength depending on their payment.
• Dai Mubai handed over his savings, but Ma Hongjun surprised him by offering three thousand Gold Soul Coins he had secretly saved.
• Tang Tianlin accepted Dai Mubai's royal necklace as further payment and warned him that the punch would still leave him barely alive.
• Ma Hongjun realized he needed to borrow more money, and Tang Tianlin told him borrowing was an option.
• Ma Hongjun asked Ning Rongrong for six thousand Gold Soul Coins, but she challenged him over how he and Dai Mubai had treated her.

Tang Tianlin defeated Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, then led Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a fourth Soul Ring for Dugu Yan. He made the three younger Soul Masters fight a Man Faced Demon Spider without using Soul Skills, and Dugu Yan began her attack as Tang San restrained it.

• Tang Tianlin knocked Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun unconscious after Ning Rongrong refused Ma Hongjun's plea, and he left with Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan.
• Zhao Wuji watched Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing refuse to help lift the unconscious pair and concluded that the Shrek team was falling apart.
• A day later, Tang Tianlin's group found a three-thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider in the Star Dou Great Forest and chose it as Dugu Yan's fourth Soul Ring target.
• Tang Tianlin ordered Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan to defeat the spider without using Soul Skills, and Xiao Wu led the attack while Tang San prepared to control it.
• Tang San's Dragon-Patterned Blue Silver Grass bound the spider despite its corrosive silk, and Dugu Yan charged its humanlike face with her Jade Phosphorus Flood Dragon claws.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan defeated a three-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider and discovered it carried an External Soul Bone. Dugu Yan began absorbing the spider’s Soul Ring to claim the bone, while Tang Tianlin sensed a winged python approaching.

• Dugu Yan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu combined their attacks to kill the Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Dugu Yan found an External Soul Bone in the spider’s remains, and Tang San identified it as the rare Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang Tianlin declined the bone because he already had an External Soul Bone, revealing five dark golden claws from his left arm.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu urged Dugu Yan to take the bone, and she began absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring.
• Tang Tianlin sensed an approaching python with pale red wings and a fleshy crest.

Tang Tianlin stopped the Shrek group from claiming a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent that Chao Tianxiang had hunted for three days. He awarded the serpent to Chao Tianxiang, leaving Zhao Wuji and Oscar without the Soul Ring they had hoped to obtain.

• Tang Tianlin used his Dragon Might to knock the injured Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent unconscious, and Zhu Zhuqing recognized him.
• Zhao Wuji and the Shrek students arrived, recognized Tang Tianlin, and cautiously apologized for disturbing the group.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran appeared, and Chao Tianxiang asked Tang Tianlin to let her claim the serpent she had wounded and pursued.
• Zhao Wuji argued that his group deserved a share because Oscar needed the serpent for his third Soul Ring, while Meng Yiran protested.
• Tang Tianlin ruled that the serpent belonged to Chao Tianxiang, and Zhao Wuji told the disappointed Oscar to find another Soul Beast.

Dugu Yan absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring, gained the Eight Spider Lances, and underwent a dramatic transformation as her power rose to level forty-three. As Tang Tianlin prepared to lead the group onward to find Tang San's Soul Ring, he sensed a powerful presence approaching and ordered everyone behind him.

• Zhao Wuji and the others left after Tang Tianlin claimed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, while Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran thanked him before departing with it.
• Dugu Yan finished absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring, and the remaining medicinal power and dragon blood triggered a second physical transformation.
• Eight Spider Lances emerged from Dugu Yan's back, and she discovered that her Soul Power had risen to level forty-three and that she could control the external Soul Bone.
• Dugu Yan thanked Tang Tianlin and pledged her life to him, and he told the group to continue searching for Tang San's Soul Ring.
• Tang Tianlin sensed an exceptionally powerful presence approaching and ordered Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan to get behind him.

A Titan Giant Ape emerged before Tang Tianlin and the others, while the Shrek group spotted it and learned it was heading toward the senior. Xiao Wu stopped the giant ape from attacking, and its meek response left Tang San and Dugu Yan stunned.

• The Titan Giant Ape appeared before Tang Tianlin, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan, and Tang San recognized it.
• The Shrek group saw the giant ape charging through the forest, and Zhao Wuji identified it as a hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Beast.
• Dai Mubai realized the Titan Giant Ape was heading toward Tang Tianlin, while Ma Hongjun suggested exploiting a fight and Zhao Wuji rejected the idea.
• Zhao Wuji ordered the Shrek group to retreat quietly in the opposite direction.
• The Titan Giant Ape reached toward the group, but Xiao Wu rushed forward and called it Er Ming, making it withdraw its aggression and whimper meekly.

Xiao Wu revealed that she was a hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit who had taken human form, and Tang Tianlin told Tang San that he was half Soul Beast as well. Tang Tianlin challenged Er Ming to a contest of strength for the chance to make one request, and Er Ming accepted after seeing a Dragon Heart Fruit.

• Xiao Wu introduced Er Ming as her friend and revealed her identity as a Soul Beast to Tang San and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan accepted Xiao Wu without hesitation, while Tang San struggled to process the revelation.
• Tang Tianlin told Tang San that his mother was likely a Soul Beast who had taken human form, and Tang San accepted that he was half Soul Beast.
• Er Ming refused Xiao Wu's request to take Tang San along to find their fourth Soul Rings, so Tang Tianlin challenged him to a contest of strength.
• Tang Tianlin offered Er Ming a hundred-thousand-year Dragon Heart Fruit as the prize, and Er Ming agreed to the one-punch contest.
• Tang San stopped Xiao Wu from intervening and told her to trust Tang Tianlin.