Recaps

After Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong visited Blue Tyrant Academy, Yu Xiaogang announced that the students would train in the Great Soul Arena and set rules for their matches. The students chose partners and learned they would compete under assigned code names, with Tang San facing additional restrictions.

• Dugu Bo and Gu Rong nearly sparred before Ning Fengzhi intervened, and Ning Fengzhi noticed Dugu Bo's trust in Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang assigned the students to reach Silver Soul Fighter rank, while Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan had to reach Gold rank.
• Ning Rongrong paired with Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan offered to partner with Dai Mubai, and Oscar teamed up with Ma Hongjun; Tang San and Xiao Wu remained a pair.
• Yu Xiaogang prohibited hidden weapons and certain techniques, restricted the students from revealing their identities or academy, and announced that each would receive a code name.

Yu Xiaogang named the team the Shrek Seven Devils, assigned its members their Great Soul Arena identities, and led them to register for competition. Dai Mubai and Dugu Yan began their first doubles match against the Battle Armor Mad Lions, and Dai Mubai faced both opponents alone.

• Yu Xiaogang assigned the team code names and masks, leaving Dugu Yan out of team battles because her cultivation was nearly level fifty.
• Yu Xiaogang named the team the Shrek Seven Devils, and Flender celebrated until Liu Erlong dragged him away for dirtying Yu Xiaogang's clothes.
• That evening, the group arrived at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, where Dai Mubai and Dugu Yan prepared to fight as the Tiger-Snake Twins.
• The announcer introduced Dai Mubai and Dugu Yan against the ten-match-winning Battle Armor Mad Lions, Qingwu and Mocheng.
• Dai Mubai dodged Mocheng's attack and used Iron Block to withstand Qingwu's hammer, then declared that he could defeat both opponents alone.

Dai Mubai revealed that he had mastered Formless Heavenly Dipper Force and challenged Mocheng and Qingwu to a three-move fight. After defeating Qingwu and striking Mocheng back in two moves, he prepared his strongest attack as Mocheng refused to concede.

• Yu Xiaogang recalled teaching Dai Mubai how to redirect and disperse force, which led Dai Mubai to develop Formless Heavenly Dipper Force.
• Dai Mubai announced that he would defeat Mocheng and Qingwu within three moves, then charged Mocheng and shattered his Redfire Iron Wall.
• Dai Mubai used his flowing soul power to disarm Qingwu and knock him out of the arena with one strike.
• Dai Mubai's White Tiger Fierce Light Wave dispersed Mocheng's flames and sent him tumbling to the edge of the platform.
• Mocheng refused to concede and unleashed his Fourth Soul Skill, Furious Lion's Rage, so Dai Mubai began gathering golden light for his strongest strike.

Dai Mubai and Dugu Yan defeated Mocheng, and Zhu Zhuqing helped Dai recover before the Shrek Seven Devils prepared for their first team battle. They faced the Bloodthorn Team, whose veteran members were seeking a tenth consecutive victory, as Flender and Zhao Wuji worried over the matchup.

• Dai Mubai defeated Mocheng with the Heavenly Dipper Giant Brahma Sword, winning the opening battle for the Tiger-Snake Twins.
• Zhu Zhuqing supported Dai Mubai as he left the platform, then kicked him and told him to walk on his own when Dugu Yan teased them.
• Several days passed, and the Shrek Seven Devils entered their first team battle against the Bloodthorn Team, which had nine consecutive victories.
• Flender admitted he had pawned Zhao Wuji's belongings to bet on the match, and Zhao Wuji agreed to split any winnings.
• The Bloodthorn Team's red-haired leader recognized Tang San as the Thousand-Hand Asura and flirted with him.

The Shrek Seven Devils fought the Bloodthorn Team, trading blows as both sides’ support abilities strengthened their teammates. Tang San used his unusual Blue Silver Grass to turn Ma Hongjun’s wall of fire into an opportunity, helping Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing eliminate both Shadow Wolf Soul Masters; the Bloodthorn Team was left with five members.

• Dai Mubai clashed with the Ironclad Mad Bull Soul Master while Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun engaged the Bloodthorn Team’s other fighters.
• Ning Rongrong and the Radiant Halo Soul Master boosted their teams, and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing gained the advantage against their opponents.
• Tang San trapped the Bloodthorn Team with Blue Silver Grass, but Hongying’s Rose Sea and Lotus Flower Flame severed the vines and freed her teammates.
• Ma Hongjun created a wall of fire to divide the arena, and Tang San sent a Blue Silver Grass web through it to catch both Shadow Wolf Soul Masters.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing struck the captured Shadow Wolf Soul Masters and knocked them out of the arena, leaving the Bloodthorn Team with five members.

The Shrek Seven Devils defeated the Bloodthorn Team, then won forty-three consecutive team battles over the following two months. At a victory banquet, nearly everyone drank themselves unconscious, while Ning Rongrong remained sober and called for more wine.

• Oscar restored the Shrek Seven Devils' Soul Power and stamina with his tofu, allowing them to attack the Bloodthorn Team again.
• The Shrek Seven Devils drove the remaining Bloodthorn Team members out of the arena and ended their nine-match winning streak.
• Over the next two months, the Shrek Team improved its teamwork and achieved forty-three consecutive victories at the Great Soul Arena.
• Yu Xiaogang approved a victory banquet at the Heaven Dou City Grand Hotel, where the students and teachers celebrated.
• Ning Rongrong outdrank nearly everyone at the banquet, and Yin Shu and the academy support staff carried the others back to the academy.

Emperor Xue Ye and Qian Renxue took notice of the Shrek Seven Devils and considered courting Blue Tyrant Academy. After the team completed Yu Xiaogang’s training, the students set off to enjoy their free time, leaving Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong to watch them go.

• Emperor Xue Ye reviewed the Shrek Seven Devils’ records, identified Blue Tyrant Academy as a force worth courting, and planned to approach it during the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Qian Renxue learned about Blue Tyrant Academy and the Shrek Seven Devils, decided the academy was worth courting, and wondered about Yu Xiaogang’s connection to a woman from her past.
• Dugu Yan reached rank fifty and obtained a suitable soul ring, while the Shrek Seven Devils completed and exceeded Yu Xiaogang’s training requirements.
• Yu Xiaogang gave the students time to arrange their own schedules, and Xiao Wu led the group away with Tang San, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and Oscar.
• Liu Erlong joined Yu Xiaogang and reminisced about their youth as they watched the students leave.

Yu Xiaogang prepared to help Liu Erlong obtain a Soul Ring when she reached level 90 and gave Flender a rare cultivation treasure. He then sealed the aura of an emerging Grand Void Ancient Dragon, who appeared as a girl named Zi Yan and revealed that she was a Tier 6 Magical Beast.

• Yu Xiaogang promised to help Liu Erlong obtain a Soul Ring when she reached level 90, and she accepted his offer.
• Liu Erlong took Dugu Yan out for some fun, while Yu Xiaogang gave Flender a pitch-black lingzhi to help him reach level 80.
• Yu Xiaogang followed the trembling Wishful Hundred Treasure Pouch to a secluded valley and released the cocoon containing the Grand Void Ancient Dragon.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao and used the Golden Dragon World-Quelling Domain to contain the aura as the cocoon cracked and shattered.
• The dragon emerged as a girl, called Yu Xiaogang her master, and introduced herself as Zi Yan, a Tier 6 Magical Beast.

Yu Xiaogang discovered that Zi Yan was a Rank Six Taixu Ancient Dragon with most of her memories sealed, then took her to buy clothes after she reverted to a child’s form. The chapter left Zi Yan happily choosing outfits in a Heaven Dou City clothing shop.

• Yu Xiaogang questioned Zi Yan and concluded that she was Zhu Kun’s daughter and the future Dragon Emperor, though she remembered little about her past.
• Zi Yan mistook Luo Sanpao for a dragon she could command, and Yu Xiaogang explained martial souls and the basics of the Douluo Continent.
• Zi Yan suddenly shrank into a seven- or eight-year-old girl, and Yu Xiaogang adjusted her oversized clothes and promised to buy her outfits.
• Yu Xiaogang took Zi Yan to a clothing shop in Heaven Dou City, where she eagerly chose a large assortment of clothes.

Yu Xiaogang brought Zi Yan to Blue Tyrant Academy, accepted her as his disciple, and introduced her to Liu Erlong and Dugu Yan. After Zi Yan demonstrated enough dragon might to floor everyone, she settled into an easy life at the academy.

• Zi Yan changed into a purple dress, and Yu Xiaogang asked her to stop calling him Master in public and show her around Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted Zi Yan as his disciple and received a gift pack containing Martial Soul Bloodline Evolution Liquid, an adaptive evolvable soul ring, and a Magical Beast Growth Gift Pack.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Zi Yan a magical beast pill and taught her about human customs, while she stayed clingy and refused to keep her distance from him.
• Liu Erlong and Dugu Yan met Zi Yan, welcomed her as their junior sister, and Liu Erlong affectionately picked her up.
• After Zi Yan released a thread of dragon might that left everyone unable to raise their heads, no one questioned her lack of training, and she lived with Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong.

Yu Xiaogang told the Blue Tyrant Academy team about the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament’s soul bone prizes and their chances of winning. He then began revealing Tang San’s origins, confirming that Tang Hao was his father and Ah Yin was his mother.

• Yu Xiaogang announced that the tournament champion would receive three ten-thousand-year soul bones, including one sixty-thousand-year soul bone.
• The team reviewed its formidable soul levels and vowed to win the championship for Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Liu Erlong suggested making team uniforms, and Flender volunteered to design them.
• Yu Xiaogang decided he needed to warn Xiao Wu about her mother’s soul ring, which Bibi Dong possessed.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Tang San and confirmed that he was Tang Hao’s son and that his mother was the Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin.

Yu Xiaogang told Tang San the truth about his family and urged him to seek revenge without harming Spirit Hall’s uninvolved members. He revealed that Tang San’s mother was likely still alive and explained how to help her recover, while warning that fully resurrecting her would require a perilous step Tang San was not yet ready to attempt.

• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang how to handle the truth about his family, and Yu Xiaogang told him to take revenge rationally without harming innocent members of Spirit Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that Bibi Dong had secretly killed Qian Xunji and that she had been his first love, then clarified that Erlong knew about their relationship.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that after the Soul Master Tournament, he would help him awaken his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline and explained that Tang San’s mother was likely still alive.
• Yu Xiaogang instructed Tang San to take his mother to the Blue Silver Forest to restore her vitality, then transplant her to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Yu Xiaogang said Bibi Dong might eventually be able to help resurrect Tang San’s mother, but warned that the crucial step would be extremely dangerous and could cost Tang San his life.

Yu Xiaogang told Xiao Wu that he knew she was a soul beast and promised to resurrect her mother. He explained his plan involving Bibi Dong and the Soul Spirit Method, leaving Xiao Wu hopeful and ready to keep the method secret.

• Yu Xiaogang told Xiao Wu he had known she was a soul beast since they first met and warned her to be cautious around Titled Douluos.
• Yu Xiaogang promised Xiao Wu he could resurrect her mother and explained that Bibi Dong would first need to become a god.
• Yu Xiaogang described the Soul Spirit Method and asked Xiao Wu to keep it secret while he worked with the Spirit Hall to develop it further.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that Bibi Dong was his wife, apologized for the harm she had caused Xiao Wu's mother, and bowed to Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu forgave Bibi Dong and left the office to join Tang San, happy that she might see her mother again.

Blue Tyrant Academy’s team arrived at the tournament in ridiculous uniforms and clashed with Canghui Academy, whose dean, Shi Nian, attacked them with spiritual pressure. Yu Xiaogang stopped the assault, and Liu Erlong drove Shi Nian back; Canghui Academy left threatening revenge.

• Blue Tyrant Academy’s team arrived in Flender’s green advertising uniforms, drew jeers from the crowd, and put on masks.
• Shi Nian and Canghui Academy’s members mocked the team, and Shi Nian unleashed a spiritual attack against them.
• Yu Xiaogang shattered Shi Nian’s mental assault, and Liu Erlong confronted Shi Nian over attacking her students.
• Liu Erlong released her eight Soul Rings and forced Shi Nian back before Yu Xiaogang calmed her.
• Shi Nian threatened Blue Tyrant Academy and left with Canghui Academy, while Flender warned him not to face Tang San.

Blue Tyrant Academy’s team entered the tournament in their embarrassing uniforms and learned that they would face Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s reserve team in the opening match. After drawing lots to choose the lineup, Oscar was left sitting out as the others prepared to fight.

• Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong left Flender behind after noticing the team’s bright green uniforms, while Flender urged the students to smile.
• The announcer introduced Blue Tyrant Academy, and the team members entered the arena with their heads lowered as spectators mocked their uniforms.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Ye that he favored Blue Tyrant Academy, and Salas joined their conversation about the tournament.
• Xue Ye invited Salas to draw the opening-match lot, and Salas drew Blue Tyrant Academy to face Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s reserve team.
• Tang San handed out slips so the eight teammates could draw the lineup, and Oscar drew the lot to sit out.

Blue Tyrant Academy’s team defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team in nine seconds, revealing their overwhelming strength and ten-thousand-year fourth soul rings. The match ended with Salas wondering whether their soul-ring advancement could be replicated by Spirit Hall.

• Oscar left the stage, and Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, Tang San, and the others prepared to face the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team.
• The opposing team insulted Blue Tyrant Academy and tossed gold coins at them, so the Shrek students tore off their robes to reveal their team uniforms.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Entanglement and Blue Silver Cage Formation to bind the opposing team, and Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others knocked all seven out of bounds in nine seconds.
• The referee declared Blue Tyrant Academy the winner, while Dugu Yan dismissed the defeated team and warned that her grandfather could deal with their threats.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi noticed the team’s ten-thousand-year fourth soul rings, and Salas wondered whether Spirit Hall could use their method.

After Shrek's team celebrated their victory, Xue Qinghe met Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong to discuss Tang San and attempt to recruit Yu Xiaogang. The meeting ended with Yu Xiaogang giving Xue Qinghe a sealed envelope to read in private.

• Salas left after the tournament matches, and Flender scolded the Shrek students for tearing their uniforms and banned them from eating.
• An attendant brought Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong to meet Xue Qinghe in a private room.
• Xue Qinghe praised Tang San's strength and raised suspicions about his parentage, but Yu Xiaogang said Tang San already knew about Clear Sky Douluo.
• Xue Qinghe tried to recruit Yu Xiaogang, who declined and invited him to visit Blue Tyrant Academy instead.
• As Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong departed, Yu Xiaogang handed Xue Qinghe a sealed envelope and asked him to read it alone.

After reading Yu Xiaogang’s letter about Bibi Dong’s past, Qian Renxue struggled with how to face her birth mother and Yu Xiaogang. The next day, Yu Xiaogang prepared the team for its match against Elephant Armor Academy, while Oscar once again drew the lot that kept him out of the fight.

• Qian Renxue read Yu Xiaogang’s letter and learned the truth about Bibi Dong, Qian Xunji, and the events surrounding her birth.
• Qian Renxue’s resentment toward Bibi Dong faded, but she became uncertain how to face her mother and Yu Xiaogang, so she decided to seek Yu Xiaogang’s advice.
• Yu Xiaogang announced that the team’s next opponents were Elephant Armor Academy, whose fighters were expected to use Diamond Mammoth martial souls.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to handle tactics and participate in the match, and Tang San had the team draw lots for their roles.
• Oscar drew the lot that kept him from competing again, and he cheered up when the others told him to support Her Majesty the Queen.

The Blue Tyrant Academy Team used Tang San’s tactics and their teammates’ speed and firepower to break through Elephant Armor Academy’s defensive formation. Huyan Li then fused with two teammates and emerged from the flames as a fifty-meter giant, shifting the match in Elephant Armor Academy’s favor.

• Ma Hongjun and the others tore up Flender’s uniforms again before the match, while Huyan Zhen watched from the VIP stands.
• Tang San lifted his teammates out of Elephant Armor Academy’s charge, then used Blue Silver Grass to bind the opposing team and disrupt its formation.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing knocked two Elephant Armor members off the platform, and Dai Mubai sent another flying with his attacks.
• Ma Hongjun unleashed Phoenix Roaring Sky Strike, engulfing the remaining Elephant Armor members in flames.
• Huyan Li used Berserk Fusion to merge with two teammates, becoming a giant more than fifty meters tall with power comparable to a rank-seventy Soul Saint.

Blue Tyrant Academy defeated the Elephant Armor Academy team after Dugu Yan poisoned Huyan Li and Dai Mubai knocked him down, while Yu Xiaogang intervened to keep him from crushing spectators. Huyan Zhen challenged the result, and Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong confronted him as the Golden Iron Triangle.

• Huyan Li grew into a gigantic fused form, but Dugu Yan dodged his attacks and detonated poison arrows embedded in his armor.
• Tang San ordered Blue Tyrant Academy to take to the air, then bound Huyan Li with Blue Silver Grass while Dai Mubai struck him with the Heavenly Dipper Giant Brahma Sword.
• Yu Xiaogang stopped Huyan Li from falling into the spectator stands, then broke apart the fused body and sent Huyan Li and his two teammates crashing to the arena edge.
• Dugu Yan gave the three fallen Elephant Armor Academy members antidotes, and Yu Xiaogang asked the referee to announce the match result.
• Huyan Zhen objected that Yu Xiaogang had interfered and threatened him, but Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong revealed their Soul Rings and offered to fight as the Golden Iron Triangle.

After Huyan Zhen tried to challenge Blue Tyrant Academy’s victory, Salas stopped him from escalating the confrontation, and Dugu Bo later ambushed him in a forest outside Heaven Dou City. Huyan Zhen learned he would be unable to summon his Martial Soul for a month, and Dugu Bo began punishing him for threatening the academy.

• Salas ordered Huyan Zhen to accept Elephant Armor Academy’s defeat, and Yu Xiaogang thanked him before leading Liu Erlong and Flender away.
• The Blue Tyrant Academy team discussed the Golden Iron Triangle’s strength, while Dugu Yan admitted she had left extra poison in the injured opponents.
• Huyan Zhen watched his unconscious team members receive treatment and vowed to settle his grievance with Blue Tyrant Academy.
• An unseen attacker knocked Huyan Zhen unconscious at the passage entrance and left him in a forest outside Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Bo confronted Huyan Zhen, struck him through two trees, and told him his Martial Soul could not be summoned for a month without risking shattered meridians.

After Blue Tyrant Academy’s students were forced to distribute tournament flyers, Tang San encountered Huo Wu and was drawn into an illusion by Shi Nian, the dean of Canghui Academy. Shi Nian revealed that he was behind the contestant suicides and attacked Tang San, who was left confronting visions from his past.

• A sanitation worker found Huyan Zhen unconscious in a trash can, and he spent two days recovering before he could speak.
• As Soul Master Tournament contestants continued to die by suicide, Flender ordered Blue Tyrant Academy’s students to distribute promotional flyers around Heaven Dou City.
• Huo Wu attacked Tang San with flames, then left after challenging him to meet in the tournament.
• Tang San realized his surroundings were an illusion and identified Shi Nian as the attacker behind the mysterious deaths.
• Shi Nian used his seventh soul skill, Nightmare, and Tang San saw visions accusing him of betraying the Tang Sect and Brother San.

Tang San broke free of Shi Nian’s Nightmare and fought back with his Blue Silver Grass and Eight Spider Lances, but Shi Nian trapped him in Illusion Space and used Mental Chaos. Just as Shi Nian prepared to kill him, the Golden Sacred Dragon arrived and knocked Shi Nian away.

• Tang San used Purple Demon Eye to shatter Shi Nian’s illusion and attacked him with Blue Silver Grass and his Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang San transformed his Blue Silver Grass into a dragon and Godly Zhuge Crossbows, blasting off Shi Nian’s left hand and right leg.
• Shi Nian activated his Ten-Thousand-Year Head Soul Bone, Illusion Space, and used Mental Chaos to disorient Tang San.
• The Golden Sacred Dragon appeared, struck Shi Nian away, and cleared the mental storm from Tang San’s mind.

Yu Xiaogang killed Shi Nian after protecting Tang San, and Blue Tyrant Academy continued winning the tournament. After receiving an invitation from Xue Qinghe, Yu Xiaogang met Qian Renxue, who revealed her true appearance and asked about her estrangement from Bibi Dong.

• Yu Xiaogang appeared behind Tang San and killed Shi Nian with his Sixth Soul Skill, then retrieved Shi Nian's Soul Bone.
• Tang San agreed that Yu Xiaogang could decide what to do with the Soul Bone, and the two left before Heaven Dou Empire soldiers arrived to investigate.
• After Shi Nian's death, the competitors' suicides stopped, and Blue Tyrant Academy kept winning its matches and leading the standings.
• Yu Xiaogang received an invitation from Xue Qinghe, then left Blue Tyrant Academy and went to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
• Xue Qinghe dismissed the attendants and revealed that he was Qian Renxue in disguise.
• Qian Renxue told Yu Xiaogang she did not know what to do about her mother, Bibi Dong, who she believed still hated her.

Qian Renxue discussed her guilt and uncertainty about Bibi Dong with Yu Xiaogang, who urged her to speak with her mother and assured her she was not to blame for her birth. He then questioned her decision to spend years undercover in Heaven Dou, arguing that she should have focused on cultivation and become powerful enough to unify the continent herself.

• Qian Renxue told Yu Xiaogang that her resentment toward Bibi Dong had faded, but guilt made it difficult to approach her.
• Yu Xiaogang assured Qian Renxue that she and Bibi Dong loved each other and that she was innocent of her father's crimes.
• Qian Renxue decided to return to Bibi Dong after the Soul Master Tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang said he supported the Spirit Hall's plan to unify the continent but questioned why Qian Renxue had spent so long undercover in Heaven Dou.
• Yu Xiaogang argued that Qian Renxue had squandered her talent by prioritizing influence over cultivation, and she began to see the force of his point.