Recaps

Zuo Xiaoduo led Phoenix City Second High School through the tournament after Fenghai Thirteenth High School withdrew and prepared his teammates to face Hidden Dragon First High School. Phoenix City Second High School eliminated Hidden Dragon and advanced to the Top Six, where it drew Yangluo First High School.

• Zuo Xiaoduo secured Phoenix City Second High School’s advancement after Li Chengqiu conceded and Fenghai Thirteenth High School withdrew following three contestants’ deaths.
• Zuo Xiaoduo ordered his teammates to drink the Nutrient Pods’ Spirit Liquid and studied rival teams’ battle recordings to prepare for stronger opponents.
• Investigators questioned Hu Ruoyun and others after two women attacked Li Chengqiu and left him with devastating injuries.
• Zuo Xiaoduo drew a bye, scouted Hidden Dragon First High School, and reached the top eight after Meng Changjun’s Garrison Town team conceded.
• Zuo Xiaoduo conceded Li Changming’s dream battle against Ximen Daqing to protect his future after Li Changming badly wounded Hidden Dragon First High School’s strongest fighter.
• Li Chenglong defeated Xiang Bing in a punishing fistfight and returned to his team before passing out from exhaustion.
• Zuo Xiaoduo disrupted Xiang Chong’s halberd attack with hidden weapons and defeated him with a crotch kick and a punch.
• Zuo Xiaoduo defeated two more Hidden Dragon fighters, secured Phoenix City Second High School’s place in the Top Six, and drew Yangluo First High School as its next opponent.

Zuo Xiaoduo defeated Lan Bingrui and led Phoenix City Second High School through recruitment battles and into the championship final against Shuicheng First High School. As the final unfolded, a judge’s interference was exposed and Zhou Yunqing broke through during his duel with Zuo Xiaoduo.

• Zuo Xiaoduo defeated Lan Bingrui with the Great Sun Flame Sun, prompting a dispute among the teachers over who could recruit him.
• Zuo Xiaoduo’s teammates considered their academy choices, while Phoenix City Second High School advanced to the final four and later reached the championship match.
• Hu Ruoyun told Ding Xiulan about Zuo Xiaoduo’s suppressed breakthroughs and punishing training, while Zuo Xiaoduo and his friends spent their last days together at an amusement park.
• Li Chenglong and Yan Kuanglei drew after knocking each other senseless, Long Yusheng and Ling Feixue drew after impaling each other, and Li Changming and Yu Yan'er also drew after falling asleep during their fight.
• Pi Yibao conceded to Zuo Xiaoduo, then Zhou Yunqing prepared to fight him until Gu Yuanhang used Sudden Enlightenment to clear Zhou’s mind.
• Mu Yanyan accused Gu Yuanhang of targeting Zuo Xiaoduo because of his Kunlun Dao Sect techniques, and the tournament committee removed Gu from the judges’ panel.
• Zhou Yunqing and Zuo Xiaoduo resumed their fight, and Zhou entered a new state of sword intent and broke through to the third realm of the No-Return Sword.
• Zuo Xiaoduo held his ground against Zhou Yunqing’s increasingly fierce attacks, and Gu Qianfan recognized that Zuo was helping Zhou complete his breakthrough.

After winning the tournament, Zuo Xiaoduo and his friends chose their paths and left home for higher education. Zuo Xiaoduo and Li Chenglong traveled through the Falling Star Plains, helped Ji Weiran’s group, and reached Fenghai City as the Wu Lineage watched their arrival.

• Zuo Xiaoduo helped Zhou Yunqing complete a dangerous sword breakthrough, and Shuicheng First High School conceded the championship to Phoenix City Second High School.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and his teammates placed their trophy at He Yuanyue’s grave, discussed their university plans, and said goodbye to Hu Ruoyun and their families.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian trained together before leaving home, while Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting stayed behind as part of their Mortal World Trial.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and Li Chenglong crossed the Falling Star Plains, where Zuo Xiaoduo split a meteorite and found a large piece of middle-grade star soul jade.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and Li Chenglong rescued Ji Weiran’s group from a Star Beast horde, and Zuo Xiaoduo helped the Winged Sword Tigers recover fragments of their inner core.
• Zuo Xiaoduo reunited with Li Chenglong, who had found Orchid Fragrance Grass, but they discovered there was only one stalk and the Top-Grade Star Soul Jade was gone.
• Zuo Xiaoduo made Li Chenglong work off his debt as they reached Fenghai City, where the Wu Lineage confirmed Zuo Xiaoduo was headed for Hidden Dragon High Martial and ordered restraint.

Zuo Xiaoduo and Li Chenglong entered Hidden Dragon High Martial, where their class faced intense combat training and Zuo Xiaoduo drew attention from the school’s leaders. The arc ended with Ye Changqing sharing He Yuanyue’s warning that Zuo Xiaoduo might have inherited the Dragon Vein and needed protection.

• The Wu and Gao Lineage Heads ordered their members to befriend Zuo Xiaoduo while secretly planning to kill him and prepare public evidence to protect their reputations.
• A Witch Alliance attacker ambushed Mu Yanyan and Zuo Xiaonian, but Marshal Nan’s shadow subdued him, and Zuo Xiaonian entered the Nine Heavens Pavilion as Spirit Cat.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and Li Chenglong arrived at Hidden Dragon High Martial, joined Class One, and Zuo Xiaoduo won the class monitor election.
• Ye Changqing and Wen Xingtian discussed Zuo Xiaoduo’s hidden assessments, the threats surrounding him, and Ye Changqing’s promise to protect the school for three years.
• Wen Xingtian put Class One through life-and-death sparring, where Zuo Xiaoduo quickly defeated Xiang Chong and Meng Changjun, and Li Chenglong began daily fights with Xiang Bing.
• Wen Xingtian ordered the entire class to attack Zuo Xiaoduo, who fought thirty-five classmates for hours before recovering in a Nutrient Pod.
• Li Chenglong and Xiang Bing realized the nine-leaf Orchid Fragrance Grass Zuo Xiaoduo had found might cure their great-grandfather, Vice Principal Xiang.
• Ye Changqing showed Zuo Xiaoduo He Yuanyue’s email, which said Zuo Xiaoduo might have inherited the Dragon Vein and should remain at Hidden Dragon rather than risk harm in the Upper Capital.