Recaps

The Clear Sky Sect announced its emergence and invited the continent’s factions to a ceremony in Heaven Dou City, while the group debated how Spirit Hall should respond. Qian Renxue challenged Hu Liena to a fight, and Link decided to return to Heaven Dou City to watch before heading to Sea God Island.

• Tang Yuehua announced that the Clear Sky Sect’s future supplies would be reduced, and the five elders chose to bring the sect out of its isolation.
• The Clear Sky Sect invited the continent’s factions, including Spirit Hall, to its emergence ceremony.
• Qian Renxue argued with Liu Erlong and Hu Liena in the Chat Group, then challenged Hu Liena to meet her in Heaven Dou City.
• Hu Liena accepted the challenge and decided to travel to Heaven Dou City with Aunt Ling Yuan.
• After Ning Rongrong suggested attending the ceremony, Link agreed to return to Heaven Dou City and planned to visit Sea God Island afterward.

On the way back to Heaven Dou City, Link argued with Tang Yuehua about the Clear Sky Sect’s supposed seclusion and explained why he wanted it to stay out of the world’s conflicts. He then reflected on Tang San’s legacy and the absurd scale of the Hell Slaughter Arena’s rules.

• Link discussed the Clear Sky Sect’s hidden activities during its ten years of seclusion, leaving Bibi Dong and Tang Yuehua silent.
• Tang Yuehua asked Link why he kept targeting the Clear Sky Sect, and he admitted he was fanning the flames to encourage Bibi Dong to destroy it.
• Link told Tang Yuehua he would leave the Clear Sky Sect alone if it remained in seclusion, but she knew only force could make the sect comply.
• Link recalled how the Clear Sky Sect had abandoned the Four Single-Attribute Clans when Spirit Hall attacked, then criticized Tang San for neglecting the Tang Sect and its legacy.
• Link calculated how the Hell Slaughter Arena’s rules could require an astronomical number of deaths for Tang San and Hu Liena to clear it.

Link explained the Clear Sky Sect’s strength to Ning Rongrong and predicted that its reemergence ceremony was meant to display its power. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi refused to support the Clear Sky Sect against Spirit Hall, prompting the Second Elder to end their alliance.

• Link told Ning Rongrong that the Clear Sky Sect had several Titled Douluos, including Tang Xiao, its five elders, Tang Hao, and Tang Chen.
• Ning Rongrong asked which side Link would support if Spirit Hall attacked the Clear Sky Sect, and he said he would watch rather than join either side.
• Ning Fengzhi gave the Clear Sky Sect’s Second Elder one million Gold Soul Coins as a reemergence gift and said his sect could not take sides because Ning Rongrong was Bibi Dong’s disciple.
• The Second Elder briefly released his Titled Douluo aura, but Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo checked him, leaving him without confidence to fight them.
• Ning Fengzhi told the Second Elder that the Clear Sky Sect should separate itself from Tang Hao’s wrongdoing and seek friendship with Spirit Hall, but the Second Elder declared their alliance over.

The Clear Sky Sect elders blamed Tang Hao for leaving the sect to bear the fallout from the previous Pope’s death and announced they would investigate whether he was responsible. In the Chat Group, Link’s cryptic remarks led everyone to suspect Bibi Dong might have killed Qian Xunji, but he refused to reveal what he knew.

• After leaving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Clear Sky Sect’s Second Elder decided Tang Hao should share responsibility for the feud with Spirit Hall and brought the issue to the other elders.
• The five Clear Sky Sect elders agreed to search for Tang Hao and investigate Qian Xunji’s death, promising not to shield Tang Hao if he was responsible.
• The Clear Sky Sect spread its announcement, shocking the Soul Master World by reopening the decade-old case.
• In the Chat Group, Link hinted that Qian Renxue’s mother had killed her father, prompting Bibi Dong and the others to press him for details.
• Link refused to explain what happened, while Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ah Yin suspected Bibi Dong had killed the previous Pope.

Qian Renxue sought the truth about her parents and Bibi Dong agreed to tell her in person. Meanwhile, Link expelled Tang Yuehua and Liu Erlong from the Chat Group and defended Spirit Hall, leaving his companions questioning how commoners were treated under the empires.

• Qian Renxue turned back toward Spirit City, then decided to find Link, but Bibi Dong invited her to return so she could explain the past.
• Hu Liena realized Heaven Dou Orphan was Bibi Dong’s daughter, while Tang Yuehua and Liu Erlong provoked Bibi Dong in the Chat Group.
• Link removed Tang Yuehua and Liu Erlong from the Chat Group, then told Ah Yin that he stood with Spirit Hall because it had given him a chance to awaken his Martial Soul.
• Dugu Yan pointed out that the two empires funded Spirit Hall, but Link argued they would not provide commoners with the same opportunities if Spirit Hall did not exist.
• Link told the others that Spirit Hall’s annual awakenings were commoners’ main chance to rise and asked where children with innate full soul power went if they refused to join powerful factions.

Link defended his right to remove Liu Erlong and Tang Yuehua from the Chat Group, while the two women discovered that their memories and diaries had been mysteriously erased. Tang Yuehua began investigating the Clear Sky Sect’s return, and the chapter ended with Link refusing to reassure the other group members about his decisions.

• Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong doubted Link’s claim that innate full soul power was not necessarily rare, and Link dismissed their disbelief.
• Liu Erlong and Tang Yuehua compared their incomplete diaries and concluded that much of their memories had been erased.
• Tang Yuehua questioned Chief Steward Aode and learned that the Clear Sky Sect had cut off contact after announcing its return to the world.
• Ah Yin asked Link whether the expelled women would rejoin the group, and Link admitted he did not know how the Chat Group worked.
• Link defended his decision to expel Liu Erlong and Tang Yuehua, arguing that they had spoken publicly about something he had not shared himself.
• Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu worried about losing the Chat Group’s benefits, but Link made no effort to reassure them.

Link reassured Xiao Wu and the others that he would not kick them out of the Chat Group, while explaining why he had targeted Tang Yuehua and Liu Erlong. At the Pope’s Palace, Bibi Dong told Qian Renxue the story of her past and revealed the secret chamber where she had been imprisoned and given birth to her.

• Xiao Wu asked Link whether he might kick her out of the group, and he said he had no reason to do so.
• Link explained that he resented Tang Yuehua for acting against him and was irritated by Liu Erlong’s continued feelings for Yu Xiaogang; Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing asked him to warn them before taking action against them.
• Bibi Dong decided to tell Qian Renxue everything about her past rather than hide what had happened.
• Qian Renxue entered the Pope’s Palace, and Bibi Dong recounted her childhood, her adoption by Spirit Hall, and her apprenticeship under Qian Xunji.
• Bibi Dong opened the underground doorway to the secret chamber where she had been imprisoned and given birth to Qian Renxue, and admitted that seeing her daughter reminded her of her humiliation.

After learning the truth about her birth and Bibi Dong’s suffering, Qian Renxue chose to leave the Chat Group to escape the memories. Link realized why she had left and considered how changes to the Douluo World might affect his allies in the Heavenly Jewel World.

• Bibi Dong told Qian Renxue she would no longer mistreat her but asked them to avoid seeing each other, and Qian Renxue agreed.
• Qian Renxue left without visiting Qian Daoliu and returned toward Heaven Dou City with Porcupinefish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo.
• Qian Renxue thanked the group owner and left the Chat Group, accepting that her Martial Soul and other gains would revert.
• Link realized Bibi Dong must have revealed the truth to Qian Renxue, while Ah Yin asked who Heaven Dou Orphan was and Link told her not to ask.
• Link considered traveling to the Heavenly Jewel World and wondered whether Douluo World Soul Rings would work there, noting Ling Yuan Douluo no longer needed them.

After A Luo began cultivating Innate Formless Sword Qi, Ning Rongrong asked Link to let her teach it to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but he refused. Xiao Wu and Ah Yin warned that spreading the art could endanger Soul Beasts and invite attacks on the sect, leaving Ning Rongrong to reconsider the risks.

• A Luo told Link she had begun cultivating and demonstrated her sword qi, impressing the others.
• Ning Rongrong asked Link to let her teach Innate Formless Sword Qi to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Link refused and said only Chat Group members could learn it from him.
• Ning Rongrong accused Link of bullying her, and Link left while A Luo went to prepare his bed.
• Xiao Wu and Ah Yin told Ning Rongrong that teaching the art could increase the demand for Soul Rings and put both Soul Beasts and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect at risk.

Link spoke with Qian Renxue about her erased memories, and she chose not to recover them. At the Clear Sky Sect’s emergence ceremony, Link recognized a purple-haired guest as Zi JI, and Xiao Wu excitedly called her Auntie Zi.

• Ning Rongrong accepted that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not use Link’s cultivation method without risks, while Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan urged her not to be greedy.
• Link considered whether Liu Erlong might come to her senses and whether Tang Yuehua’s unusual martial soul made her a potential threat.
• Link visited Qian Renxue, explained that she had chosen to erase her memories, and warned that recovering them could lead her to erase them again permanently.
• Qian Renxue decided to leave her memories erased, and Link offered to help her if she needed him.
• Link and the others attended the Clear Sky Sect’s emergence ceremony, where Chat Group notifications marked Shui Bing’er, Huo Wu, and Meng Yiran as potential members.
• Link spotted the purple-haired Zi JI at the ceremony, and Xiao Wu recognized her as Auntie Zi.

Xiao Wu reunited with Zi JI, who joined Link’s Chat Group and received a Bloodline Ancestral Return Gift Pack. Their conversation with Ah Yin revealed that Zi JI had seen her traveling with the Clear Sky Sect’s Soul Douluos, prompting Link to question whether the Silver Dragon King had known about her relationship with Tang Hao and Tang Xiao.

• Xiao Wu recognized Zi JI as her aunt and learned that Zi JI had met Xiao Wu’s mother after escaping a strange place.
• Link invited Zi JI to join the Chat Group, and Xiao Wu persuaded her to accept the invitation.
• Zi JI joined the Chat Group and received a Bloodline Ancestral Return Gift Pack, but Link warned her not to open it at the Clear Sky Sect ceremony.
• Xiao Wu introduced Zi JI to Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ah Yin, who recognized Zi JI as a Soul Beast.
• Zi JI told Ah Yin she had seen her traveling with two Clear Sky Sect Soul Douluos, and Link asked whether the Silver Dragon King had known Ah Yin was involved with Tang Hao and Tang Xiao.

Zi JI revealed that the Silver Dragon King had sent her to observe changes in the outside world and asked Link to help the Soul Beast Clan. Link refused to agree without knowing what they wanted or what they could offer, and asked Zi JI to return to her lord and arrange a face-to-face meeting.

• Zi JI admitted that her joining Tang Hao and Tang Xiao had been planned to improve relations between humans and Soul Beasts, with Tang Chen's potential to become a god as part of the reason.
• Zi JI explained that the Silver Dragon King had sent her to investigate because some things had deviated from their established course.
• Link sent Xiao Wu away when she asked what he and Zi JI were discussing.
• Zi JI asked Link to help the Soul Beast Clan, but Link asked why he should help and what the clan wanted in return.
• Link told Zi JI to consult the Silver Dragon King about the clan's goals and possible payment, and said he wanted to meet her lord face-to-face.

Zi JI used a gift pack to complete her bloodline’s ancestral return and headed to meet the Silver Dragon King, while Tang Xiao arrived at the Clear Sky Sect Emergence Ceremony and was stunned to see Ah Yin alive. After Ah Yin offered check-in rewards for someone to kill Tang Xiao, several group members volunteered, leaving him unaware that they were competing to reach him.

• Zi JI agreed to help arrange a meeting between Link and the Silver Dragon King, then left to attend to her lord and bloodline.
• Tang Xiao arrived at the ceremony, met Tang Yuehua, and was puzzled by her coldness and strange behavior.
• Tang Xiao saw Ah Yin among the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s guests and stared at her in disbelief.
• Ah Yin asked Link to kill Tang Xiao, and Link suggested she offer check-in rewards through the Chat Group instead.
• Ah Yin posted a request to have Tang Xiao killed, prompting Ling Yuan, Hu Liena, and others to volunteer.
• Zi JI completed her bloodline’s ancestral return, became a member of the Pureblood Dragon Clan, and announced that she was coming to the ceremony.

Zi JI killed Tang Xiao at the Clear Sky Sect’s Emergence Ceremony, and Spirit Hall arrived to confront the sect. Bibi Dong demanded the Clear Sky Sect submit or die, and its Second Elder called the disciples to fight.

• Ling Yuan and Zi JI raced to the ceremony, where Zi JI tricked Ling Yuan and destroyed Tang Xiao in two moves.
• Zi JI glanced at Ah Yin, said she would decide on her sign-in reward later, and flew away.
• Xiao Wu complained that her sign-in reward was weaker than those of the other group members, and Dugu Yan suggested their strength might affect their rewards.
• The Clear Sky Sect’s elders considered retreating, but Bibi Dong arrived with Spirit Hall’s forces and demanded submission or death.
• The Second Elder rejected Bibi Dong’s demand and ordered the Clear Sky Sect’s disciples to attack.

Bibi Dong defeated the Clear Sky Sect’s forces and forced them to submit to Spirit Hall while preserving the sect as an independent power under her command. Afterward, she approached Link and asked to speak with him alone, leaving her reason for the private conversation unstated.

• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect supported Spirit Hall, helping it capture the Clear Sky Sect’s forces.
• Bibi Dong threatened the Clear Sky Sect’s Second Elder, who agreed to submit after Ling Yuan Douluo revealed the Vermilion Bird’s power.
• Bibi Dong ordered Ling Yuan Douluo to accompany the Clear Sky Sect’s people home and obtain their secret techniques, warning the elders against further deception.
• Yu Yuanzhen feared that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could not withstand Spirit Hall’s strength.
• Bibi Dong greeted Link and asked to speak with him alone.