Recaps

Zuo Xiaoduo secured protection for Zuo Xiaonian’s coming breakthrough while uncovering the Witch Alliance’s attack plan and dealing with threats around He Yuanyue. The arc ended with the city on alert, the weather turning severe, and the Witch Alliance finalizing its operation for the following night.

• At Wan Lixiu’s birthday celebration, Li Chenglong and Li Changming got Yu Moyan drunk, while Zuo Xiaoduo drank heavily and performed two songs, including “Blood-Stained Elegance.”
• Fang Yinuo told Zuo Xiaoduo about the Witch Alliance’s planned force, and Zuo Xiaoduo agreed to help ensure its fighters died without exposing Fang’s betrayal.
• Meng Chenyu offered information and a way to complete Zuo Xiaonian’s Star Soul body, but Zuo Xiaoduo recognized her plan to exploit Primordial Yin Soul Transfer and killed her.
• Zuo Xiaoduo gave Qin Fangyang a coin that might let He Yuanyue return in another life, and Qin persuaded He Yuanyue to wear it as a pendant.
• Gu Luoyan agreed to guard Zuo Xiaonian during her breakthrough, while Zuo Xiaoduo negotiated over “Blood-Stained Elegance” and helped her prepare the song for military families and soldiers.
• Zuo Xiaoduo learned that Meng Chentian might be the Witch Alliance’s Star Envoy, and Qin Fangyang, Han Song, and Jiang Changbin found a false corpse and alerted the authorities.
• He Yuanyue chose Zuo Xiaoduo and five others to represent Second High School at the regional tournament, while Fang Yinuo sent Zuo Xiaoduo the Witch Alliance’s detailed attack plan.
• Zuo Xiaoduo told Zuo Xiaonian to keep her routine and not tell Mu Yanyan about the plan, as the wind grew colder and Fang Yinuo replaced the missing Mo Xuanyi with Pan Yusheng.

Zuo Xiaoduo fought off the Witch Alliance while Zuo Xiaonian completed her breakthrough and the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact succeeded. He Yuanyue died after seeing her life's work fulfilled, and her students mourned her as Qin Fangyang left to carry out her unfinished wishes.

• He Yuanyue shared her final advice with Zuo Xiaoduo, while Zuo Xiaonian departed for the Star Martial Soul Crystal under expert escort.
• Zuo Xiaoduo fought through the Witch Alliance's ambush and killed the assembled attackers with his swords, flying knife, and training hammers.
• He Yuanyue explained that the Ice Phoenix caused Phoenix City's snowfall, and Zuo Xiaoduo watched the phoenix soul return as purple qi surged from the east.
• The Witch Alliance attacked Zuo Xiaonian during her breakthrough, but Fang Yinuo turned against his own side and helped the defenders secure her success.
• The Phoenix and Fire Dragon shattered the Kill Break Wolf formation, and fortune flowed to Zuo Xiaonian, Zuo Xiaoduo, He Yuanyue, and their allies.
• He Yuanyue died in Qin Fangyang's arms, and her former students and a vast crowd honored her at her funeral and grave.
• Mu Yanyan recovered with the Life-Origin Pill, while Qin Fangyang mourned He Yuanyue, promised to fulfill her wishes, and departed alone.
• Zuo Xiaoduo returned home exhausted, and Zuo Xiaonian cared for him as he dreamed of Qin Fangyang, He Yuanyue, and Mu Yanyan.

Zuo Xiaoduo and his classmates trained for the Central Plains Region Martial School Ranking Competition while honoring their departed teachers and preparing to face rival schools. At the tournament, their first opponent forfeited, and Yu Moyan’s next match drew the judges’ attention.

• Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian vowed to protect the families of the teachers who had died helping them, while Qin Fangyang received Zuo Xiaoduo’s gifts and read his students’ messages.
• Zuo Xiaoduo’s classmates broke through to the Innate Realm, and Luo Lie took over Qin Fangyang’s class while warning the students to conceal their strength.
• Zuo Xiaoduo trained under extreme gravity and resolved to win first place for Second High School, then Hu Ruoyun told the students they would compete in the regional tournament.
• Zuo Xiaoduo became captain and led the team’s training, which destroyed the school’s training grounds, before the students went out to gain experience against star beasts.
• Zuo Xiaoduo advised Fang Yinuo to hide in Fenghai near Fenghai Hidden Dragon High Martial Arts School, and Fang Yinuo paid him five million before leaving.
• Hu Ruoyun and Luo Lie took the team to South Ji City, where students from Fenghai Thirteenth High School mocked He Yuanyue’s death and provoked the Phoenix City students.
• Phoenix City Second High School drew Phoenix City First High School in its opening match, and Zuo Xiaoduo’s opponents accepted his offer of one million each and forfeited.
• Yu Moyan rejected Antai City Seventh High School’s offer to concede, injured a girl in the match, then snapped a boy’s staff and knocked him out, catching a female judge’s attention.

Phoenix City Second High School surged through the tournament while its students drew the attention of recruiters and rivals. Zuo Xiaoduo accepted Wu Yuntian’s Life-and-Death Arena challenge, killed three Fenghai fighters, and left Fenghai City Thirteenth High School facing public condemnation for threatening him after the match.

• Yu Moyan revealed the weights he carried and kicked Antai City Seventh High School’s fighter out of the arena, helping Phoenix City Second High School advance.
• Long Yusheng, Wan Lixiu, Li Changming, and Li Chenglong each won matches as Phoenix City Second High School climbed to first place among the top twenty, while Zuo Xiaoduo let his teammates take the fights.
• Luo Lie introduced the team to High Martial recruiters and warned the students that powerful Lineages might secretly strengthen their heirs.
• Teacher Li and Fenghai Thirteenth High School insulted Hu Ruoyun and Phoenix City Second High School’s late former principal, and Wu Yuntian challenged Zuo Xiaoduo to a Life-and-Death Arena bout.
• Zuo Xiaoduo provoked Wu Yuntian into signing the life-and-death contract, and Phoenix City Second High School drew Fenghai City Thirteenth High School for an all-member arena match.
• Zuo Xiaoduo killed Gao Yan'er after she attacked him and killed Gao Ping'er when she rushed in to strike him, then accepted Wu Yuntian’s demand to keep fighting despite his exhaustion.
• Zuo Xiaoduo blinded Wu Yuntian with hidden weapons and killed him with Dragon Gate Leg, while Luo Lie defended the fight as legitimate under the arena’s rules.
• Zuo Xiaoduo revealed that he had fought while wearing nearly fifteen thousand jin of weights, and Ding Xiulan confronted Li Chengqiu as teachers from other schools defended the Life-and-Death Arena rules and vowed to protect Zuo and his teammates.