Recaps

Lu Xuan killed the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, then absorbed both of their hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings. His Soul Power rose to level 96, and he recognized that his path to the summit had only begun.

• Lu Xuan used his eighth Soul Skill to lock onto the fleeing Sky Azure Bull Python and beheaded him with the Life-Severing Slash.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo kept Er Ming occupied while Lu Xuan absorbed the Sky Azure Bull Python’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and collected its right arm bone.
• After sensing his elder brother’s death, Er Ming charged Lu Xuan, who killed him with one sword strike.
• Lu Xuan absorbed Er Ming’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, and his Soul Power surged to level 96.
• Lu Xuan reflected that Asura’s Third Trial had removed his bottlenecks, but that the true road to the summit had only just begun.

After returning from the Star Dou Great Forest at rank 96, Lu Xuan learned that Qian Daoliu knew the location of another hundred-thousand-year soul beast. Qian Daoliu asked Lu Xuan to accept a grand title ceremony, intending to announce his disciple to the continent before his own time ran out.

• Lu Xuan and Golden Crocodile Douluo failed to find the hundred-thousand-year fire soul beast in its volcanic lair, which Lu Xuan suspected might be the future Scarlet King.
• Lu Xuan returned to Spirit City and revealed to Qian Daoliu that he had reached rank 96.
• Qian Daoliu told Lu Xuan that one hundred-thousand-year soul beast remained hidden in Death Canyon, after Bibi Dong had killed the other.
• Qian Daoliu invited Lu Xuan to accept a grand title ceremony, and Lu Xuan agreed.
• Qian Daoliu told Lu Xuan to think of a title while he left to prepare the ceremony.

Qian Daoliu announced that his disciple Lu Xuan had become a Titled Douluo and would receive a grand investiture ceremony, alarming Spirit Hall and the continent’s major powers. As crowds gathered in Spirit City, Lu Xuan revealed the power of his newly chosen title.

• Qian Daoliu sent invitations across the continent announcing Lu Xuan’s investiture ceremony as a Titled Douluo.
• Bibi Dong learned that Qian Daoliu had bypassed her and realized that Lu Xuan, the youth from her past, had reached Titled Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong recognized Lu Xuan’s connection to Qian Daoliu and decided they had to attend the ceremony.
• Yu Yuanzhen and other leaders received the invitation, prompting powerful figures from across the continent to travel to Spirit City.
• After half a month, Lu Xuan watched the crowds gather and unleashed a mighty aura that split the clouds above Spirit City.

At Lu Xuan’s investiture ceremony, Qian Daoliu revealed Spirit Hall’s overwhelming strength to the gathered forces. He then introduced the fifteen-year-old Judgment Douluo, whose divine Soul Ring configuration and Super Douluo power stunned everyone.

• Qian Daoliu watched the sky split above Spirit City and welcomed the chance to display Spirit Hall’s strength at Lu Xuan’s investiture.
• Qian Daoliu revealed his Level 99 Peerless Douluo power and summoned six Enshrined and more than twenty other Titled Douluos, showing that Spirit Hall had over thirty Titled Douluos.
• Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, Yu Yuanzhen, and Yu Luomian realized Spirit Hall could destroy the Upper Three Sects and were overwhelmed by fear.
• Qian Daoliu addressed the gathering and announced his fifteen-year-old disciple, Judgment Douluo-Lu Xuan.
• Lu Xuan appeared with the Asura God Sword, nine Soul Rings including two orange-gold rings, and the aura of a Level 96 Super Douluo.

Lu Xuan was invested as Spirit Hall’s youngest elder after revealing that he had reached level 96 at fifteen, terrifying the continent’s factions. Ning Fengzhi abandoned thoughts of resisting Spirit Hall and began considering a marriage alliance with Lu Xuan to secure the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s future.

• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong were shocked to learn Lu Xuan was a fifteen-year-old level 96 Super Douluo.
• Qian Daoliu bestowed the Elder Token and ceremonial robe on Lu Xuan, then named him Judgment Douluo on a purple-gold nameplate.
• Lu Xuan left the ceremony, while the factions reconsidered opposing Spirit Hall and sought ways to win its favor.
• Ning Fengzhi admitted to Gu Rong that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not resist Spirit Hall and ordered him to take him back to the sect immediately.
• Ning Fengzhi realized a marriage alliance with Spirit Hall, possibly with Lu Xuan, could protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and preserve its future.

Lu Xuan was appointed Spirit Hall’s Arbitration Elder, then asked Qian Daoliu to reveal the truth about Qian Renxue’s parents. Qian Daoliu disclosed Bibi Dong’s assault by Qian Xunji and her later murder of him, leaving Qian Renxue heartbroken but newly clear-eyed about her mother.

• Qian Daoliu named Lu Xuan Spirit Hall’s Arbitration Elder and explained his authority and duties.
• Qian Renxue emerged from the Angel God Statue after completing her Fourth Trial and rushed into Lu Xuan’s arms.
• Lu Xuan asked Qian Daoliu to tell Qian Renxue the whole truth about her parents.
• Qian Daoliu explained that Qian Xunji forced himself on Bibi Dong after she fell in love with Yu Xiaogang, and that Qian Renxue was born from that assault.
• Qian Daoliu revealed that Bibi Dong killed the gravely wounded Qian Xunji and devoured his power to become a rank 90 Titled Douluo.
• Qian Renxue realized why Bibi Dong had hated her and, through her pain, began to judge her mother’s actions coldly.

Lu Xuan declared Bibi Dong an Evil Soul Master and used his authority as Arbitration Elder to execute her. After Bibi Dong's death, Lu Xuan left the Papal Palace and half of it destroyed.

• Lu Xuan convinced Qian Daoliu to stop interfering and carry out his duties as Arbitration Elder, while Qian Renxue said she would not hate him for killing Bibi Dong.
• Lu Xuan summoned the Asura God Sword, flew to the Papal Palace, and announced that he was removing Bibi Dong as Pope and executing her.
• Lu Xuan's Twin Sword Splendid Slash pierced Bibi Dong's Undying Body and began tearing apart her vitality and soul.
• Lu Xuan unleashed Asura: World-Destroying Dusk, annihilating Bibi Dong, her soul, and her Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul along with half of the Papal Palace.

After Lu Xuan killed Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue accepted the position of Pope with Qian Daoliu and Lu Xuan’s support. Spirit Hall announced her succession across the continent, alarming rival powers and leaving them to wonder what the leadership change meant.

• Lu Xuan returned to the Worship Hall and told Qian Daoliu that Bibi Dong had been killed and her spirit and soul destroyed.
• Lu Xuan proposed Qian Renxue as the next Pope, and Qian Daoliu promised that the Worship Hall and Golden Crocodile would support her.
• Qian Renxue set aside her doubts about her strength and agreed to become Pope.
• Several days later, Spirit Hall announced that Bibi Dong had stepped down and Qian Renxue had succeeded her.
• Leaders across the continent reacted with alarm to Qian Renxue’s succession as spies entered Spirit City seeking answers.

Lu Xuan obtained a hundred-thousand-year soul ring from a Thousand Illusion Mirage Demon in Death Canyon, then led a heavily guarded Spirit Hall fleet into the deep ocean to seek powerful sea soul beasts. The fleet encountered a hundred-thousand-year giant octopus, and Lu Xuan prepared to fight it in its own waters.

• Lu Xuan killed the Thousand Illusion Mirage Demon with the Asura God Sword and Life Scepter, then absorbed its hundred-thousand-year soul ring as the Life Scepter’s fourth ring.
• Lu Xuan told Qian Daoliu he intended to search the ocean for ancient sea soul beasts, and Qian Daoliu assembled a fleet guarded by five Titled Douluos and many other powerful soul masters.
• The fleet sailed into the deep ocean, where Soul Saints fought off groups of attacking sea soul beasts as Lu Xuan and the senior escorts conserved their strength.
• On the fifth day, the fleet entered a silent stretch of sea, and Lu Xuan sensed a giant octopus beneath the flagship.
• Five Titled Douluos attacked the water with their eighth soul skills, provoking the hundred-thousand-year giant octopus to rise from the depths.
• Lu Xuan drew the Asura God Sword and faced the giant octopus, eager to begin the fight in its ocean territory.