Recaps

After Tang San's victory, Zhi Lin challenged Tang Tian to test the eleven-year-old's abilities while limiting himself to rank thirty-five Soul Power. Tang Tian used the Soul Douluo as a sparring partner to study his techniques, then revealed his Thousand-Year Second Soul Ring and activated his Indestructible Gengjin Body as Zhi Lin launched a powerful strike.

• Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan discussed Tang Tian's talent, and Zhi Lin volunteered to fight him while Qin Ming worried about the experience gap.
• Zhi Lin entered the arena with his eight Soul Rings visible, then promised to use only rank thirty-five Soul Power and invited Tang Tian to give his all.
• Tang Tian attacked with Blue Silver Grass, but Zhi Lin calmly dodged and redirected each strike while offering advice.
• Meng Shenji realized Tang Tian was observing Zhi Lin and practicing his moves rather than fighting at full intensity.
• Tang Tian activated his first Soul Skill, Blue Silver · Life Ruler, strengthening his Blue Silver Grass and absorbing vitality from nearby plants.
• Zhi Lin ended the probing and struck at Tang Tian, who activated his purple Thousand-Year Second Soul Skill, Blue Silver · Indestructible Gengjin Body, shocking Lu Qibin and Big Waves.

Tang Tian defeated Zhi Lin in a suppressed duel, earning direct admission to Heaven Dou Grade alongside Tang San and Xiao Wu. As the academy’s board members discussed protecting the three talented students, Xue Qinghe arrived at the academy’s entrance.

• Tang Tian drove Zhi Lin back and drew blood, prompting Zhi Lin to concede and Meng Shenji to order the trio’s immediate enrollment in Heaven Dou Grade.
• Xiao Wu mocked Lu Qibin and the vice-captain as they tried to leave, and the two retreated in embarrassment.
• Qin Ming registered Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu and led them toward the dormitories while Little Iron Hammer complained that Little Blue had stolen the spotlight again.
• Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and Bai Baoshan discussed the trio’s abilities and resolved to protect and support them as Heaven Dou Royal Academy students.
• Xue Qinghe arrived by carriage at the main entrance of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, visited the academy and learned that three eleven-year-old students had astonished its commissioners, especially Tang Tian. When she met Tang Tian, his system identified her Six-Winged Angel as a special conquest target, leaving their first encounter poised on his bold greeting.

• Qian Renxue arrived at the academy without notice and wondered why the education commissioners had not greeted her.
• Qin Ming told Qian Renxue that Xiao Wu and Tang San had defeated members of the Imperial Fighting Team’s second squad with their unusual abilities.
• Qin Ming described Tang Tian’s thousand-year second Soul Ring, Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear third Soul Ring, and feat of forcing Zhi Lin back and injuring his palm.
• Qian Renxue asked Qin Ming to take her to meet the three students and studied them as they walked through the dormitory district.
• Tang Tian’s system identified Qian Renxue’s Six-Winged Angel as a special conquest target, and Tang Tian decided to test the waters.
• Tang Tian greeted the disguised Qian Renxue and extended his hand, surprising her with his boldness.

Tang Tian met Qian Renxue at Heaven Dou Academy and discovered that his new passive skill let him hear the Six-Winged Angel’s thoughts. After sensing the Angel’s loneliness and desire for freedom, he praised Qian Renxue’s hidden divine nature, leaving both her and the Angel flustered.

• Tang Tian greeted Qian Renxue and revealed his Blue Silver King’s powerful vitality, which caught her and the Six-Winged Angel’s attention.
• Qian Renxue questioned Tang Tian about his unusual Martial Soul, and he described his growth with false humility while she reflected on her life disguised as Xue Qinghe.
• Tang Tian heard the Six-Winged Angel lament her confinement and received the passive skill Angel’s Whisper, with her favorability at 30/100.
• Tang Tian praised Qian Renxue’s bearing as angelic and asked to learn about her Martial Soul in private.
• Qian Renxue’s heart skipped a beat, and the Six-Winged Angel blushed and admitted inwardly that Tang Tian had some discernment.

Qian Renxue investigated Tang Tian after her Six-Winged Angel inexplicably developed affection and curiosity toward him, then ordered him watched and recalled the Imperial Fighting Team’s first squad. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu settled into their luxurious residence and discussed Qian Renxue’s suspiciously perfect appearance.

• Qian Renxue struggled to leave Tang Tian and later studied files on him, Tang San, and Xiao Wu, finding their backgrounds suspiciously normal.
• Qian Renxue sensed that her Six-Winged Angel felt affection and curiosity toward Tang Tian, despite Martial Souls supposedly having no consciousness.
• Qian Renxue ordered the Imperial Fighting Team’s first squad to return and told a guard to monitor Tang Tian, suspecting Bibi Dong might have sent him.
• Xiao Wu explored their luxurious academy residence while Tang San checked it for surveillance and danger.
• Tang Tian told Tang San and Xiao Wu that Qian Renxue’s perfect demeanor was likely a disguise and that they could use her desire to recruit them.
• Tang Tian privately bantered with Little Blue and Little Iron Hammer, joking that he fooled hammers rather than people.

Tang Tian attended his first Heaven Dou Grade lesson, where Zhi Lin used his mutated Blue Silver Grass as an example of plant-martial-soul potential. The lesson ended with Zhi Lin warning that the elite Imperial Fighting Team First Squad would soon return, and Tang Tian began considering its members as possible targets to win over.

• Tang Tian arrived at class with his companions and greeted Zhi Lin, who announced a lesson on plant-type martial souls.
• Zhi Lin explained Tang Tian's Blue Silver Grass mutation and Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear soul ring to the students, then asked him to display his martial soul.
• Tang Tian summoned his crystalline Blue Silver Grass, impressing the class while Little Iron Hammer angrily accused him of showing off again.
• Tang Tian noticed most of the noble students had stopped paying attention to the lesson, unlike Tang San and Xiao Wu, who listened and took notes.
• After class, Zhi Lin warned Tang Tian that the Imperial Fighting Team First Squad would soon return to the academy.
• Tang Tian thanked Zhi Lin but thought about whether he could win over Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.

Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, and Yu Feng returned to the Imperial Fighting Team and dismissed Lu Qibin and Zhang Ping’s complaints about Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu. They went to meet the newcomers, where Dugu Yan found Tang Tian’s reaction to her presence intriguing.

• After Zhi Lin left, Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu discussed the returning Imperial Fighting Team First Squad and left the classroom.
• Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, and Yu Feng returned to the training ground and heard Lu Qibin and Zhang Ping accuse Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu of arrogance.
• Yu Tianheng said the second squad had not been wronged, while Dugu Yan called out Lu Qibin and Zhang Ping for trying to use the first squad to settle their defeat.
• Lu Qibin and Zhang Ping left the training ground, and Yu Tianheng learned where the three new students were staying.
• Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, and Yu Feng arrived at Tang Tian’s dormitory courtyard, where Dugu Yan asked whether he was Tang Tian.

Tang Tian met Dugu Yan and the Imperial Fighting Team First Squad, who invited him to compete for a substitute place in the Five-Academy Exchange Tournament. After reading a report about their meeting, Qian Renxue considered visiting Tang Tian again because her Six-Winged Angel still seemed drawn to him.

• Tang Tian introduced himself to Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, and Yu Feng, while Dugu Yan questioned him about his victory over Board Member Zhi.
• Dugu Yan noticed Xiao Wu and Tang San watching her, then remarked that the three children seemed more impressive than the Imperial Fighting Team’s second squad.
• Yu Feng explained that the Five-Academy Exchange Tournament would be held in three months and that the first squad had substitute spots available; Tang Tian agreed to prove his strength.
• Dugu Yan invited Tang Tian to visit the first squad, and he agreed partly because he wanted to learn more about Dugu Bo’s Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Qian Renxue read Yu Tianheng’s report about the meeting and wondered why her Six-Winged Angel remained attached to Tang Tian, then considered going to see him again.

Tang Tian learned how to earn a place on the Imperial Fighting Team and received spirit qi soil from Zhi Lin. After class, Qian Renxue arrived at the academy and invited Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu to a secluded tea room, where she began brewing tea.

• Zhi Lin explained the Five-Academy Exchange Tournament and said Tang Tian could claim a starting spot by defeating a member of the Imperial Fighting Team First Squad.
• Zhi Lin gave Tang Tian spirit qi soil he had collected for research, and Tang Tian planned to give it to Little Blue.
• Qian Renxue appeared outside the Teaching Building with guards and the Academic Affairs Director, drawing attention from the students.
• Qian Renxue asked Tang Tian to bring Tang San and Xiao Wu to a quiet place to talk.
• Qian Renxue welcomed Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu into a tea room on the Back Mountain and began brewing tea.

Tang Tian explained to Qian Renxue that he and his companions joined Royal Dou to gain the strength to protect those they cared about, then urged her to treat martial souls as companions. His words stirred Six-Winged Angel and raised its favorability, while Qian Renxue left the meeting thinking about what he had said.

• Tang Tian told Qian Renxue that he, Tang San, and Xiao Wu wanted to become strong enough to protect the people they loved.
• Tang Tian described martial souls as companions rather than tools and encouraged Qian Renxue to communicate with her own martial soul.
• Six-Winged Angel, resentful of being hidden and treated as a disguise, gained five favorability points toward Tang Tian.
• Qian Renxue thanked Tang Tian for his advice, invited the trio to visit her at the Crown Prince's Residence, and departed.
• On her carriage ride home, Qian Renxue kept thinking about Tang Tian's words and felt he had been sincere.

Tang Tian gave Little Blue a jade planter filled with spirit soil, raising her affection to 99, while Little Iron Hammer grew envious of the gift. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue visited the Imperial Fighting Team’s training grounds and praised Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan after watching them spar.

• Tang Tian brought out spirit soil for Little Blue and prepared a large jade planter as her new home.
• Little Blue happily settled into the planter, and her affection increased to 99; Little Iron Hammer privately envied her.
• Tang Tian heard that Qian Renxue had come again.
• Qian Renxue arrived at the Imperial Fighting Team’s training grounds after Dugu Yan sparred with Yu Tianheng.
• Qian Renxue praised Yu Tianheng’s control and advised that Dugu Yan strengthen her close combat.

Qian Renxue sparred with Dugu Yan, revealing a fraction of her concealed strength while the Six-Winged Angel urged her to seek a stronger opponent. Tang Tian arrived at the Martial Arts Arena, exciting the Six-Winged Angel and drawing Qian Renxue’s attention.

• Qian Renxue agreed to spar with Dugu Yan and displayed four Soul Rings, claiming she was just over level forty.
• Qian Renxue defeated Dugu Yan in a close-combat spar without using Soul Skills, adapting rapidly to her attacks.
• Yu Tianheng praised Qian Renxue’s strength and combat awareness, while she privately reflected that she had long concealed her true Soul Saint power.
• The Six-Winged Angel urged Qian Renxue to spar with Tang Tian, and Tang Tian arrived at the Martial Arts Arena with Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Dugu Yan accused Tang Tian of coming to compete for Qian Renxue’s favor, and Tang Tian denied scheming to do so.

Tang Tian took the initiative to meet Qian Renxue and accepted her challenge, then impressed the onlookers with his rare soul ring and superior close-combat skills. As their spar continued, Qian Renxue began using a soul skill to push him harder.

• Tang Tian visited the Imperial Fighting Team’s training ground and accepted Qian Renxue’s invitation to spar.
• Qian Renxue summoned her Swan Martial Soul, while Tang Tian revealed his Blue Silver King Martial Soul and its three rings, including a deep-purple third ring.
• Qian Renxue struck first, but Tang Tian matched her force and then pressed her with precise attacks and Soft Technique.
• Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng watched in surprise as Tang Tian’s close-combat ability exceeded their expectations.
• After more than thirty rounds, Qian Renxue opened some distance and activated her first soul skill, Swan Feathers.

Tang Tian used his first two soul skills to overpower Qian Renxue in a spar, then deliberately stopped before revealing his full strength. Qian Renxue was left eager to fight him again, and Tang Tian discovered that the Six-Winged Angel's affection for him had increased.

• Tang Tian blocked Qian Renxue's feathers with his life-absorbing Blue Silver Grass, then used his metallic second soul skill to knock her back with a powerful punch.
• Tang Tian ended the spar before using his third soul skill, leaving Qian Renxue and the Six-Winged Angel frustrated and wanting more.
• Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng recognized that Tang Tian had held back, while Tang San and Xiao Wu watched him leave the arena.
• Little Iron Hammer explained Tang Tian's tactic of giving someone a taste and then stopping, and Little Blue praised its master for scheming because he cared.
• Qian Renxue resolved to fight Tang Tian again and wondered about his third soul skill as he departed with Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Tang Tian discovered that the Six-Winged Angel's affection toward him had increased.

Tang Tian discovered that he could win over Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul and used Angel's Gaze to read Dugu Yan's thoughts. He prepared Little Iron Hammer and Little Blue for an important battle, while Dugu Yan's Martial Soul began resisting her control during training.

• Tang Tian accepted Dugu Yan's request for a one-on-one fight and discovered that her Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul was available to win over.
• Tang Tian used Angel's Whisper on Dugu Yan and learned that she wanted to gauge his strength because the crown prince was paying him attention.
• Tang Tian promised Little Iron Hammer an important battle and raised her affection, earning the Artifact-Soul Resonance reward.
• Tang Tian told Little Blue she would need to control the battlefield in the upcoming fight.
• At the Imperial Fighting Team Training Ground, Qian Renxue noticed Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul briefly resisted her control, and Yu Feng asked what was wrong.

Tang Tian fought Dugu Yan and learned that her Jade Phosphorus Snake admired his strength so much that it was undermining its own host. After the Martial Soul’s favorability rose and it gained a way to influence Dugu Yan’s subconscious, Qian Renxue praised Tang Tian and offered to take him to Heaven Dou City’s largest auction house if he earned a regular team spot.

• Tang Tian heard the Jade Phosphorus Snake disparage Dugu Yan and praise his Blue Silver King, then agreed to fight her in the Martial Arts Arena.
• Dugu Yan attacked Tang Tian, but her Martial Soul criticized her techniques and interfered with her performance.
• Tang Tian’s second Soul Skill repelled Dugu Yan’s poisonous mist, impressing the Jade Phosphorus Snake and frustrating Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan ended the match, and Tang Tian gained five favorability points from the Jade Phosphorus Snake and the Pillow Talk passive effect.
• Yu Feng joked with Tang Tian, while Qian Renxue invited him to prove himself in the internal selection tournament for a chance to visit the largest auction house in Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Tianheng doubted Tang Tian could defeat the Imperial Fighting Team, except possibly by choosing Ye Lingling as his opponent.

Yu Feng urged Tang Tian to spare him in the team selection tournament, while Qian Renxue struggled with her awakened Six-Winged Angel’s fixation on Tang Tian. At Heaven Dou Academy’s selection tournament, early challengers began fighting for First Squad positions, and Big Waves’s match against Ye Lingling surprised the spectators.

• Yu Feng warned Tang Tian about the First Squad members’ strengths and asked him to choose Yu Feng when challenging for a position.
• Qian Renxue recalled Tang Tian and argued with her newly self-aware Six-Winged Angel, then agreed to watch the selection tournament.
• Three days later, Tang Tian watched challengers face First Squad members at the crowded Heaven Dou Academy Martial Arts Arena.
• Osler defeated the effeminate Second Squad Captain in three exchanges after using his Ghost Leopard possession.
• Big Waves challenged Ye Lingling, drawing boos from the audience and displeasure from Yu Tianheng, but the match’s opening left the spectators astonished.

Tang Tian chose Yu Feng as his opponent in the arena, despite Yu Feng's confidence that he would be spared. The match began with Tang Tian's Blue Silver King revealing a purple second Soul Ring and shrugging off Yu Feng's wind blades.

• Ye Lingling defeated Big Waves by trading injuries and healing herself with a Soul Skill.
• Tang Tian selected Yu Feng, while Dugu Yan was disappointed that he had not chosen her.
• Yu Feng complained that Tang Tian had tricked him, but Tang Tian pointed out that he had never promised to spare him.
• Yu Feng used his Wind Chime Bird Martial Soul and Wing Blade Soul Skill to attack Tang Tian at high speed.
• Tang Tian summoned his Blue Silver King and used his purple second Soul Ring to withstand every wind blade without a mark.

Tang Tian defeated Yu Feng by trapping him with Blue Silver Grass and striking him with his silver hammer, earning the arena’s applause and the respect of the Imperial Fighting Team. The observers recognized how much stronger he had become, while Yu Tianheng’s fighting spirit was stirred and Qian Renxue watched tensely from the VIP seats.

• Tang Tian endured Yu Feng’s rapid attacks, then covered the arena with Blue Silver Grass using his First Soul Skill, Life Sovereign.
• Tang Tian bound Yu Feng in vines and struck him with his silver hammer, knocking him to the arena’s edge.
• Yu Feng accepted Tang Tian’s hand, conceded defeat, and praised his strength and control as the crowd applauded.
• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, the Shi Mo brothers, and Yu Tianheng reacted to Tang Tian’s power, while Yu Tianheng resolved that he wanted to fight him.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu celebrated Tang Tian’s victory, and the Education Committee Members discussed his progress and the Spirit Soil Zhi Lin had given him.
• Qian Renxue watched from the VIP seats, gripping the armrest tightly.

Tang Tian defeated Yu Feng and earned a regular place on the Imperial Fighting Team, along with a one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coin joining bonus. Qian Renxue welcomed him to the team and renewed her offer to take him to Heaven Dou City's largest auction house.

• Qian Renxue recognized Tang Tian's strength after he defeated Yu Feng and resolved to bring him under her command.
• Yu Feng praised Tang Tian's skill and welcomed him as a friend and new teammate.
• Meng Shenji awarded Tang Tian one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and a gold badge naming him a regular member of the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Tang San praised Tang Tian's battle tactics, while Xiao Wu asked to learn his move.
• Qian Renxue introduced Tang Tian to Yu Tianheng and the other team members, and Yu Tianheng welcomed him to the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Qian Renxue reminded Tang Tian of her offer to take him to Heaven Dou City's largest auction house, and Tang Tian was eager to spend his reward.

Qian Renxue invited Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu to an imperial auction, while Yu Tianheng challenged Tang Tian to a match after their return. The next day, the three arrived at Heaven Dou Academy’s gates and boarded Qian Renxue’s carriage for the auction.

• Qian Renxue invited Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu to attend the auction with her the next afternoon, and Xiao Wu eagerly agreed after hearing about the refreshments.
• The Six-Winged Angel excitedly imagined Qian Renxue returning to womanhood and standing beside Tang Tian, while Tang Tian overheard its thoughts and found them surprising.
• Dugu Yan asked Tang Tian why he had challenged Yu Feng instead of Yu Tianheng, and Xiao Wu and Tang San insisted that Tang Tian would defeat Yu Tianheng.
• Yu Tianheng formally challenged Tang Tian, and Tang Tian agreed to fight him after they returned from the auction.
• The next day, Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu arrived at Heaven Dou Academy’s gates, where Qian Renxue invited them into her carriage.

Qian Renxue escorted Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu into the Heaven Dou City Great Auction House, where their arrival drew attention from the crowds and Xue Beng. In the imperial family’s private box, Tang Tian picked out several auction lots, and Qian Renxue was startled by his interest in thousand-year whale rubber.

• Qian Renxue brought Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu through the imperial family-only entrance, prompting onlookers to speculate about the three young Soul Masters.
• Xue Beng watched them enter and resented that Xue Qinghe had recruited more promising talents, resolving that he could not keep playing the useless wastrel.
• Qian Renxue seated Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu in the auction house’s highest-class box and offered to bid on anything Tang Tian wanted as a congratulatory gift.
• Tang Tian noticed the thousand-year black iron essence mother in the catalog as a suitable snack for Little Iron Hammer, then considered several other items for his companions.
• Qian Renxue saw Tang Tian’s strong reaction to the thousand-year whale rubber listing and wondered whether he was already incapable in that department.

Tang Tian bought several auction lots for his companions and spirit weapons, then began competing with Xue Beng for the thousand-year whale rubber. The bids climbed to thirty-five thousand Gold Soul Coins, with the auction still underway.

• Tang Tian recognized the thousand-year whale rubber's value for strengthening the body and improving Soul Ring absorption, while Qian Renxue misunderstood his interest.
• Tang Tian won Spirit Spring Water for Little Blue, a Fragment of the Weapon Manual for Tang San, Jade Spirit Fruit for Xiao Wu, and black iron essence mother for Little Iron Hammer.
• Qian Renxue offered to cover Tang Tian's purchases as a congratulatory gift for joining the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Tang Tian bid ten thousand Gold Soul Coins for the whale rubber, and Qian Renxue encouraged him to keep raising his bids against her fourth brother, Xue Beng.
• Tang Tian and Xue Beng traded bids until Xue Beng offered thirty-five thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Tang Tian stopped bidding on the thousand-year whale glue after Xue Beng bought it for 45,000 Gold Soul Coins, then accepted a much more valuable piece from Qian Renxue. He explained that properly refined whale glue could strengthen his physique and increase the Soul Ring age he could withstand, and Qian Renxue offered him a quiet cultivation room to refine it.

• Tang Tian withdrew after Xue Beng bid 45,000 Gold Soul Coins for the thousand-year whale glue, while Qian Renxue appeared pleased that Xue Beng had won.
• Qian Renxue learned Tang Tian wanted the whale glue and offered him a piece of ten-thousand-year whale glue from her storeroom.
• Qian Renxue sent an attendant to retrieve the whale glue, and the attendant returned an hour later with it in a jade case.
• Tang Tian identified the piece as nearly twenty thousand years old and told Qian Renxue that refining it properly could strengthen his physique and raise the upper limit of the Soul Rings he could absorb.
• Qian Renxue questioned Tang Tian about the refining process and offered him one of the auction house's quiet cultivation rooms.

Tang Tian refined and swallowed ten-thousand-year whale glue, increasing his physical strength, while the Six-Winged Angel’s favorability toward him rose. Qian Renxue watched his close bond with Tang San and Xiao Wu and felt envious of the sincere trust they shared.

• Tang Tian melted ten-thousand-year whale glue with supplementary herbs and infused it with life energy from his Blue Silver King martial soul.
• Tang Tian swallowed the golden liquid and increased his physical constitution by at least thirty percent.
• The Six-Winged Angel gained 10 favorability points and awarded Tang Tian Angel's Blessing, which boosted cultivation speed when cultivating with her.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu noticed Tang Tian's increased strength, and Xiao Wu playfully pinched his arm.
• Qian Renxue watched Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu interact and envied their closeness and trust.