Recaps

Zuo Xiaoduo wandered through a dreamlike haze and encountered Blind Hong, a baby dragon, and a phoenix that became Nian Nian Cat. The vision ended with Zuo Xiaonian asking if she should become his wife, and Zuo Xiaoduo eagerly agreeing.

• Zuo Xiaoduo met Blind Hong, who denied being his godfather and vanished after Zuo Xiaoduo worried he had come for the Life-Bound Ring.
• Zuo Xiaoduo befriended a baby dragon from Fenghai, gave it a Fortune Point, and watched it flee when he asked for a gift in return.
• A snow-white phoenix turned into Nian Nian Cat, and Zuo Xiaoduo picked her up and played with her.
• Nian Nian Cat became Zuo Xiaonian in Zuo Xiaoduo's arms and asked if she could become his wife, and Zuo Xiaoduo enthusiastically agreed.

Zuo Xiaoduo woke from a dream and discovered he had truly lost a Fortune Point, then found superstar Gu Luoyan visiting with her Divine Shadow bodyguards. Gu Luoyan revealed that she and Zuo Xiaonian had become sworn sisters and sent Zuo Xiaoduo her revised version of Blood-Stained Elegance.

• Zuo Xiaoduo realized that he had lost one of his Fortune Points after dreaming of giving it to a little dragon.
• Zuo Xiaoduo joined Zuo Xiaonian in the living room and found Gu Luoyan and her two Divine Shadow bodyguards waiting there.
• Zuo Xiaoduo greeted Gu Luoyan enthusiastically and tried to keep the guests from mentioning his dream about a bridal chamber.
• Gu Luoyan explained that she and Zuo Xiaonian had become sworn sisters, leaving Zuo Xiaoduo stunned.
• Zuo Xiaonian told Zuo Xiaoduo to entertain their guests while she cooked, and Gu Luoyan sent him her revised version of Blood-Stained Elegance.

Zuo Xiaoduo critiqued Gu Luoyan’s performance of “Blood-Stained Elegance,” explaining that it should convey the heroes’ courage and readiness to sacrifice, not focus so heavily on sorrow. Gu Luoyan thanked him and planned to revise the song, while the city’s selection events continued under inspection.

• Zuo Xiaoduo listened to Gu Luoyan’s recording and suggested adding distant drumbeats and harmonies to strengthen the song.
• Zuo Xiaoduo told Gu Luoyan to emphasize heroic resolve and sacrifice rather than letting sorrow dominate the performance.
• Gu Luoyan bowed to Zuo Xiaoduo, thanked him for his guidance, and said she would revise the song before seeking his advice again.
• Gu Luoyan explained that Governor Zhan had asked her to stay longer because South Ji City’s selection events were still underway.
• Zuo Xiaoduo warned Gu Luoyan to watch for officials’ relatives falsely claiming to be martyrs’ widows, and Gu Luoyan said an inspection team was ensuring the process stayed fair.

Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian talked about Gu Luoyan and the aftermath of Zuo Xiaonian’s breakthrough, including her gifts to the families of the teachers who died protecting her. Zuo Xiaonian said she still felt indebted to them despite spending seven million in aid.

• Zuo Xiaoduo argued that South Ji City should give away more tickets to honor heroic martial artists and suggested using public opinion to pressure the authorities.
• Zuo Xiaonian served a meal, and Gu Luoyan and the two Divine Shadow members left eager to revise the song score.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian cleaned up together, then fell into a playful wrestling match after teasing each other with pet names.
• Zuo Xiaoduo questioned Zuo Xiaonian about becoming sworn sisters with Gu Luoyan and claimed Gu Luoyan was attracted to him.
• Zuo Xiaoduo asked about Zuo Xiaonian’s cultivation, and she said her breakthrough felt wonderful but she still felt indebted to the teachers’ families despite giving each two hundred thousand.

Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian vowed to repay the families of the teachers who had sacrificed themselves, then discussed how unusual Zuo Xiaonian’s breakthrough was. After Zuo Xiaoduo angered her with a crude joke, he tried to win her over, ending by suggesting they get married before the upcoming exam.

• Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian vowed to protect and repay the families of the teachers who had died helping them.
• Zuo Xiaonian told Zuo Xiaoduo that her Dan Origin Realm breakthrough had produced two unusually large, ice-like cores.
• Zuo Xiaoduo joked that she had two balls, and Zuo Xiaonian dragged him down and beat him.
• Zuo Xiaoduo tried to soothe Zuo Xiaonian by praising her strength and beauty and speculating about their parents having another child.
• Zuo Xiaoduo proposed that they get their marriage certificate before the big exam, but Zuo Xiaonian had not answered by the chapter’s end.

Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian mourned the people who had left while struggling to distract themselves with jokes. Qin Fangyang traveled alone after leaving Phoenix City, but Zuo Xiaoduo and his students’ gifts and messages comforted him as he went.

• Zuo Xiaoduo joked about marrying Zuo Xiaonian with a baby on the way, and Zuo Xiaonian angrily returned to her room.
• Zuo Xiaonian and Zuo Xiaoduo admitted they were thinking about He Yuanyue and wished they would never have to endure such losses again.
• The Governor’s Residence and the Star Shield Bureau celebrated the capture of the Witch Alliance forces in Phoenix City and the successful Phoenix Vein Soul Impact undertaking.
• Qin Fangyang opened the Space Ring Zuo Xiaoduo had left him and found money, gifts, and thirty pieces of Top-Grade Star Soul Jade.
• Qin Fangyang read messages from his students, felt comforted by their concern, and continued into the night.

Meng Chentian learned that the Phoenix-slaying operation had failed and began withdrawing, while Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian divided the recovered spoils and considered how to support the fallen seniors’ families. The next morning, Zuo Xiaoduo returned to school, where the teachers and students were still grieving He Yuanyue’s death.

• Fang Yinuo told Meng Chentian that the operation had failed and he was the only survivor, so Meng Chentian decided Fang had to die and began changing identities to escape.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian counted the seized Space Rings and found over five million Star Origin Coins, star soul jade, pills, and martial arts manuals.
• Zuo Xiaonian took the money to distribute gradually among the families of the seniors killed in the phoenix vein soul impact, while Zuo Xiaoduo kept the other spoils.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian discussed studying Witch Alliance techniques and adapting selected moves to conceal the origins of their martial arts.
• Zuo Xiaoduo declined to read faces at school and found teachers and students still mourning He Yuanyue’s death.

After Qin Fangyang left, Zuo Xiaoduo passed on his final message and urged the class to work hard and make their teacher proud. At the Gravity Room, five students broke through while suppressing their cultivation, and Luo Lie arrived to take charge of them amid a terrible smell.

• Zuo Xiaoduo told the class that Qin Fangyang had left and relayed his request that they rely on their own efforts and not bring shame to their teacher.
• Bai Bingbing and the other students vowed to make Qin Fangyang proud, then set off to cultivate and gain experience.
• The school assigned Luo Lie to take over Qin Fangyang's Class Nine, and Luo Lie was pleased that his efforts had secured the position.
• Zuo Xiaoduo asked Long Yusheng and the others how many times they had suppressed their surging True Essence Qi as they waited outside the Gravity Room.
• Yu Moyan farted and broke through, triggering Long Yusheng, Wan Lixiu, Li Chenglong, and Li Changming to break through as well.
• Luo Lie arrived to take charge of the students, caught the foul stench, and instinctively covered his nose.

Long Yusheng, Wan Lixiu, and three others broke through to the Innate Realm after Yu Moyan’s fart triggered a chain reaction, then endured an embarrassing cleanup and Wan Lixiu’s furious retaliation against Zuo Xiaoduo. Luo Lie watched them spar and recognized their exceptional strength, while noting that all six talented students belonged to Qin Fangyang.

• Luo Lie learned that Yu Moyan’s fart had set off a chain reaction, helping five students—including Wan Lixiu—break through to the Innate Realm and expel impurities.
• Luo Lie sent the five students to wash, while Zuo Xiaoduo recorded their embarrassing state, especially Wan Lixiu’s.
• After the five returned, Zuo Xiaoduo teased Wan Lixiu, who chased him around Second High School three times before he escaped to the Gravity Room.
• Wan Lixiu sparred furiously with Long Yusheng and the others, beating all four men while they blamed Zuo Xiaoduo for provoking her.
• Luo Lie watched the students consolidate their cultivation and reflected that their Innate-level talent belonged to Qin Fangyang’s students.

After Qin Fangyang left, Luo Lie assessed the five students’ breakthroughs and was astonished by how many times they had suppressed their surging true essence. He warned them to conceal their real aptitude from others, leaving them to remember his advice about staying alive while they were still weak.

• Luo Lie watched Wan Lixiu and the others fight and praised their mature techniques, awareness, and coordination.
• Luo Lie asked the five how many times they had suppressed the surges of true essence; Long Yusheng said eight, Wan Lixiu and Yu Moyan said nine, Li Changming said eight, and Li Chenglong said ten.
• Luo Lie was stunned by their answers and imagined that Zuo Xiaoduo had suppressed his surges even more times.
• Luo Lie told the students to claim they had suppressed their surges only two or three times if anyone asked at a High Martial Academy.
• Luo Lie warned the students that envy, betrayal, and hidden enemies made concealing their strength essential, and the five promised to remember.

Zuo Xiaoduo endured an intense fifty-times-gravity training session to strengthen his body and silently vowed to fulfill He Yuanyue’s wishes by making Second High School the best. He remained inside the Gravity Room, unaware that Hu Ruoyun was waiting outside with a notice.

• Luo Lie warned the youngsters not to reveal their innate gifts and reserves, then told them to use Star Soul Jade to replenish themselves and stabilize their cultivation.
• Zuo Xiaoduo entered the Gravity Room wearing thirty thousand jin of weights on each arm and struggled to stand under fifty times normal gravity.
• Zuo Xiaoduo endured the pressure using his physical strength, replenishing himself with the Dragon Blood Flying Knife and Star Soul Jade before activating the Flame Sun True Scripture when he could no longer hold on.
• Zuo Xiaoduo vowed to honor He Yuanyue by taking first place for Second High School and resolved to pursue the path shaped by He Yuanyue, Hu Ruoyun, and Qin Fangyang.
• After four and a half hours, Zuo Xiaoduo continued training, unaware that Hu Ruoyun had been waiting outside for two and a half hours with a notice.

Zuo Xiaoduo pushed himself through exhausting physical training, then learned that he and five classmates would represent Second High School in the Central Plains Region Martial School Ranking Competition. After Hu Ruoyun announced the arrangements and left, Luo Lie introduced himself as the group’s new homeroom teacher.

• Zuo Xiaoduo trained with heavy weapons, using the Flame Sun True Scripture only to recover before continuing to strengthen his body.
• Hu Ruoyun cared for Zuo Xiaoduo after he collapsed from exhaustion, and Long Yusheng and the others missed Qin Fangyang.
• Hu Ruoyun told the six students that they would compete in the Central Plains Region Martial School Ranking Competition in less than a month, as the former principal had requested.
• Hu Ruoyun asked the students to choose their own captain and vice-captain and cautioned them not to overtrain.
• Luo Lie introduced himself as the students’ new homeroom teacher and cautiously joked with Zuo Xiaoduo about their old acquaintance.

Zuo Xiaoduo and his classmates left school to discuss the upcoming tournament, while Hu Ruoyun warned Luo Lie that he could never replace Qin Fangyang in the students’ hearts. Over dinner, Zuo Xiaoduo claimed the captaincy and began outlining a plan to win their first match.

• Zuo Xiaoduo led Wan Lixiu and the other classmates out of school, leaving Luo Lie to reflect on how distant he was from them compared with Qin Fangyang.
• Hu Ruoyun told Luo Lie that the students would continue to regard Qin Fangyang as their teacher, and revealed that Luo Lie had gained the position through shameless tactics.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and his classmates decided to eat together instead of discussing their plans at Phoenix Looking Back, and they made Li Chenglong pay for dinner.
• Zuo Xiaoduo declared himself captain and nominated Zhongzhong as vice-captain, with no objections from the group.
• Zuo Xiaoduo explained that their seeded team should be able to defeat its first tournament opponent with a single fighter.

Zuo Xiaoduo laid out an overconfident plan for the team to advance through the tournament, then ordered the six students to train fiercely for a month. Their first day of training wrecked the school’s martial arts grounds, and Li Changjiang sent them out of the city for their trials.

• Zuo Xiaoduo proposed having one teammate sweep each school in turn, while Li Chenglong warned that the plan was too confident and could leave the team unable to recover from a loss.
• Zuo Xiaoduo told the others to train in their Lineage and school martial arts, promising to cover for opponents they could not handle and threatening them if they lost to someone they could beat.
• The six students’ first day of combat drills destroyed the school’s training grounds and sent the arena platform, with four teachers on it, flying.
• Li Changjiang furiously ordered the students to leave the school for their trials and told Li Chenglong to bring his parents to pay for the damage.
• Li Changjiang reviewed the roster and noted that Zuo Xiaoduo, Li Chenglong, Long Yusheng, Wan Lixiu, Yu Moyan, and Li Changming had already been the team lineup.

Li Changjiang struggled with the Former Principal’s absence until Hu Ruoyun encouraged him to trust himself and handle affairs one at a time. Meanwhile, Zuo Xiaoduo and his companions pushed their training into the dan origin realm area, and Zuo Xiaoduo later went there alone while the others trained independently.

• Li Changjiang worried over the students’ plan to sweep through the competition without detailed tactics, and Hu Ruoyun comforted him about succeeding the Former Principal.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and the others trained freely, advancing through the innate and embryonic breath areas before fighting in the dan origin realm area and returning with hundreds of star beast corpses.
• Luo Lie watched the group’s progress and wondered at Zuo Xiaoduo’s misleading Iron Fist Young Master nickname and concealed abilities.
• Zuo Xiaoduo proposed entering the dan origin realm area alone so the others could face danger without relying on him, and Luo Lie agreed to arrange Hu Ruoyun’s support.
• Long Yusheng and the others insisted on training independently in the embryonic breath area, and Luo Lie agreed.

Zuo Xiaoduo advanced his combat strength while harassing a Winged Sword Tiger, which fled with its cubs to reunite with its mate. Meanwhile, Zuo Xiaonian worked to protect the families of soldiers and martyrs, and her unsettled guilt began to turn into resolve.

• Luo Lie praised Long Yusheng and the others' progress and offered to take Yu Moyan to the Martial Treasury Pavilion to choose better-suited martial arts.
• Zuo Xiaoduo repeatedly attacked and evaded a mid-stage Dan Origin Realm Winged Sword Tiger, using its cubs to keep it from escaping.
• After Zuo Xiaoduo left, the exhausted Winged Sword Tiger carried its cubs away to find their father.
• Zuo Xiaoduo reflected on his rapid gains and planned to train with Zuo Xiaonian before the tournament.
• Zuo Xiaonian investigated and helped the families of soldiers and martyrs, winning support from Phoenix City's schools and government offices.
• Zuo Xiaonian's guilt over the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact gradually became motivation as her state of mind grew calmer.

Zuo Xiaoduo trained relentlessly after Zuo Xiaonian beat him and revealed how far he still had to go to catch up with her. As the two noticed his sudden growth spurt, they worried that Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting had not returned or answered their calls.

• Zuo Xiaonian beat Zuo Xiaoduo for calling her Nian'er, and he realized her breakthrough had widened the gap between them.
• Zuo Xiaoduo trained for ten days with heavy weights, fighting Star Beasts by day and Zuo Xiaonian by night.
• By the fifteenth day, Zuo Xiaoduo completed a hammer routine in the Fiftyfold Gravity Room while wearing thirty thousand jin of weights, but he felt he had reached another bottleneck.
• Zuo Xiaonian measured Zuo Xiaoduo and discovered he had grown to one meter eighty-nine, then considered whether to use her Youth-Preserving Pill to grow taller herself.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian worried because Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting had been gone without contacting them, and Zuo Xiaoduo joked that they might be planning to level up another alt.

Zuo Xiaoduo reopened his fortune-telling stall to replenish his dwindling funds, where Fang Yinuo sought help after fearing the Star Envoy was targeting him. Zuo Xiaoduo saw that Fang Yinuo faced a death calamity and asked him to write a character, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Zuo Xiaoduo spent the rest day earning more than three million Star Coins by telling fortunes at his stall.
• Fang Yinuo, disguised as a short, fat man, approached Zuo Xiaoduo and revealed that he feared the Star Envoy suspected him.
• Zuo Xiaoduo explained that he could not read Fang Yinuo's fortune while he was disguised, so Fang Yinuo showed his true face.
• Zuo Xiaoduo saw death signs in Fang Yinuo's physiognomy and told him that a death calamity was imminent.
• Fang Yinuo begged Zuo Xiaoduo to save him, and Zuo Xiaoduo asked him to write a character.

Zuo Xiaoduo advised Fang Yinuo to flee to Fenghai and work near Fenghai Hidden Dragon High Martial Arts School, presenting it as his only path to survival. Fang Yinuo accepted the plan and paid Zuo Xiaoduo five million before leaving for Fenghai.

• Zuo Xiaoduo read Fang Yinuo's fortune and said that staying near water under the protection of fortune was his only chance to live.
• Zuo Xiaoduo told Fang Yinuo to conceal his identity in Fenghai and find work near Fenghai Hidden Dragon High Martial Arts School, where a turning point would come.
• Fang Yinuo reasoned that returning to the Witch Alliance or seeking protection from a major Star Soul power would likely get him killed, so he agreed to follow Zuo Xiaoduo's advice.
• Zuo Xiaoduo advised Fang Yinuo to keep contact with the Witch Alliance and request rescue, which would help him maintain cover while staying away from danger.
• Fang Yinuo paid Zuo Xiaoduo five million and left for Fenghai, while Zuo Xiaoduo regretted not asking him for more.

Mo Xuanyi thanked Zuo Xiaoduo for reuniting her with her parents and asked what to do next. He urged her to take her parents to the Upper Capital and returned the Greedy Wolf's Heart to her; meanwhile, Mu Yanyan returned to Phoenix City and prepared to accompany Zuo Xiaonian and Qiu Yunshang to watch Zuo Xiaoduo compete.

• Mo Xuanyi gave Zuo Xiaoduo five hundred thousand and thanked him for helping her find her parents.
• Mo Xuanyi asked Zuo Xiaoduo for advice, and he warned that staying in Phoenix City could lead to her parents' deaths.
• Zuo Xiaoduo urged Mo Xuanyi to take her parents north to the Upper Capital and advised her to do good and punish evil.
• Zuo Xiaoduo returned the Greedy Wolf's Heart to Mo Xuanyi, who bowed and left for her journey.
• Mu Yanyan returned to Phoenix City after breaking through to the Cloud Transformation Realm and reunited with Zuo Xiaonian.
• Zuo Xiaonian, Mu Yanyan, and Qiu Yunshang disguised themselves and prepared to travel to South Ji City to watch Zuo Xiaoduo compete.

Zuo Xiaoduo and his teammates left Second High School for the tournament in South Ji City, determined to win the championship. Hu Ruoyun warned them about dangerous rival schools and urged them to concede rather than risk their lives, but Zuo Xiaoduo focused on the possibility of fighting back against lethal opponents.

• Hu Ruoyun and Luo Lie led Zuo Xiaoduo, Wan Lixiu, Long Yusheng, Li Changming, Yu Moyan, and Li Chenglong toward South Ji City, while Sister Lan followed unseen to escort them.
• Hu Ruoyun told Zuo Xiaoduo to control his temper and avoid killing unless an opponent attacked lethally first.
• Hu Ruoyun explained that Second High School had developed feuds with Boyang City First High School and Fenghai Thirteenth High School after repeatedly defeating them in past tournaments.
• Luo Lie began to reveal that Hu Ruoyun had a prior history with Fenghai Thirteenth High School, but Hu Ruoyun stopped him.
• Hu Ruoyun warned the students to concede if they could not withstand a clearly lethal attack, while Zuo Xiaoduo reacted eagerly to the prospect of a fight.

Phoenix City's Second High School encountered Fenghai City's Thirteenth High School at the hotel, where Teacher Li insulted their former principal, He Yuanyue, and provoked the students. The team vowed to confront their rivals in the tournament, while Hu Ruoyun warned them not to jeopardize their chances of admission.

• Hu Ruoyun and the Phoenix City's Second High School team met Teacher Li and Fenghai City's Thirteenth High School at breakfast.
• Teacher Li and his student captain mocked He Yuanyue's death, prompting Yu Moyan and Long Yusheng to confront them before Hu Ruoyun stopped a fight.
• Hu Ruoyun and Teacher Li challenged each other to settle matters in the arena, and Yu Moyan vowed not to show mercy.
• Zuo Xiaoduo claimed he would take on Fenghai City's Thirteenth High School, while his teammates joined him in shouting that they would kill their rivals.
• Hu Ruoyun warned the students that the tournament judges would also recruit for the High Martial Arts Academy, but the team remained determined to avenge He Yuanyue's insult.

Zuo Xiaoduo complained about the tournament’s unequal rewards, then Phoenix City Second High School drew Phoenix City First High School for its opening match. The two teams met on the field, where Zuo Xiaoduo offered them a deal and they readily agreed.

• Hu Ruoyun explained that the first-place team received exclusive supplies and cultivation resources, and Zuo Xiaoduo complained that the reward system was unfair.
• Zuo Xiaoduo admitted he liked the system because Phoenix City Second High School could benefit from it in future years if it won first place.
• Last year’s champions, Hidden Dragon First High School, arrived at the Spirit Spring Grand Hotel ahead of the tournament.
• The divisional matches began, and Phoenix City Second High School drew Phoenix City First High School for its first match.
• Phoenix City First High School’s six contestants, including the Phoenix City Three Young Masters, trembled in fear as they faced Zuo Xiaoduo.
• Zuo Xiaoduo offered one million, then clarified that he meant one million each, and all six opponents nodded in agreement.

Zuo Xiaoduo’s team won its opening match when Phoenix City First High School forfeited, then drew Antai City Seventh High School for the next match. As Yu Moyan stepped forward, Antai’s captain offered him five million each to concede.

• Zuo Xiaoduo’s opponents from Phoenix City First High School forfeited, leaving his team with a zero-second victory.
• A First High School teacher scolded Teng Hao and his teammates, who explained they had forfeited because Zuo Xiaoduo’s team had beaten them repeatedly before.
• The judges recorded Phoenix City Second High School’s win, while Hu Ruoyun reprimanded Zuo Xiaoduo for arranging the forfeit.
• Zuo Xiaoduo sent Yu Moyan to face Antai City Seventh High School in the next match.
• Antai City Seventh High School’s captain offered Yu Moyan five million each to concede.

Yu Moyan fought Antai City Seventh High School’s team and defeated two opponents with single punches, stunning the tournament audience and attracting the judges’ interest. The match was still underway as a judge asked what weapon Yu Moyan had used.

• Yu Moyan rejected the captain’s offer and explained that his side had demanded payment to avoid humiliating their opponents in public.
• A girl from Antai City challenged Yu Moyan, who knocked away her saber and struck her in the chest, badly injuring her.
• Zuo Xiaoduo reacted to Yu Moyan’s accidental blow, while Yu Moyan tried to explain that he had hit the wrong place.
• A boy charged Yu Moyan with a staff, but Yu Moyan snapped it and knocked him out with a punch to the abdomen.
• The judges took notice of Yu Moyan’s fighting ability, and a female judge asked whether he had used a bracer or hand guard.