Recaps

Ma Hongjun challenged Blue Tyrant Academy and defeated eight opponents before mocking the school and trying to leave with Lu Ning. Liu Erlong stopped them and attacked, but Lu Ning blocked her punch and revealed himself to be a Soul King.

• Ma Hongjun challenged Blue Tyrant Academy, and the teacher matched him against a rank-twenty-eight student, whom Ma Hongjun quickly defeated.
• Ma Hongjun beat seven more opponents in succession, then demanded a Soul Elder challenge and insulted the academy when the teacher hesitated.
• The Blue Tyrant teacher tried to stop Ma Hongjun from leaving, but Ma Hongjun argued that the academy could not accept victories and reject defeat.
• Lu Ning urged Ma Hongjun to leave, but Liu Erlong kicked Ma Hongjun into a wall and charged at Lu Ning.
• Lu Ning blocked Liu Erlong's punch with his Azure Lotus Sword and revealed five Soul Rings, shocking the crowd with his Soul King strength.

Lu Ning battled Liu Erlong at Blue Tyrant Academy after she injured Ma Hongjun, then used his fifth Soul Skill to force a stalemate and leave with him. Lu Ning healed Ma Hongjun with his Life Soul Bone, while a veiled woman recognized the healing aura as resembling the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.

• Liu Erlong confronted Lu Ning and demanded to know who his teacher was after seeing his unusual Soul Rings.
• Lu Ning struck Liu Erlong with his first Soul Skill, and his sword energy drove back her attack despite her being a Soul Saint.
• Liu Erlong used her Crimson Dragon True Body, and Lu Ning answered with his fifth Soul Skill, Azure Lotus Alone Transforms into Ten Thousand Swords.
• Liu Erlong blocked Lu Ning's sword barrage but admitted she could not keep him there, so Lu Ning carried Ma Hongjun out of Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Lu Ning used his Life Soul Bone to restore Ma Hongjun and himself, then told Ma Hongjun to keep the incident secret.
• A veiled woman watched Ma Hongjun recover and wondered how Lu Ning's ability could exist if only two Nine Heart Begonia wielders were allowed at once.

Ye Lingling approached Lu Ning to ask about his healing soul skill, but Dugu Yan interrupted and took him away after confirming she had obtained a thousand-year soul bone. Back at Shrek Academy, Ma Hongjun told Flender that Lu Ning had been asked out by another girl and guessed he had gone to a hotel.

• Ye Lingling asked Lu Ning whether his healing ability came from a third martial soul and sought a private conversation about its possible connection to her Nine Heart Begonia.
• Dugu Yan arrived looking for Lu Ning, teased Ye Lingling, and sent her away with plans to visit Shrek Academy later.
• Dugu Yan told Lu Ning that her grandfather had obtained a thousand-year soul bone, and Lu Ning said it would be enough to help manage her toxins for now.
• Dugu Yan took Lu Ning by the wrist and led him toward the outskirts of Heaven Dou City to get extra insurance.
• Ma Hongjun returned to Shrek Academy and told Flender he was jealous that girls kept asking Lu Ning out, then guessed Lu Ning had gone to a hotel.

Lu Ning followed Dugu Yan into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where she revealed that she had brought him there to secure her own safety while absorbing a soul bone. After poisoning and weakening him, she initiated an intimate encounter that left both of them exhausted, and the chapter ended with her asking him to examine her.

• Dugu Yan led Lu Ning into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and said her grandfather had gone to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a ten-thousand-year soul beast.
• Dugu Yan shut the cabin door, poisoned Lu Ning, and explained that she wanted him to help ensure her survival if something went wrong while she channeled soul power into the soul bone.
• Dugu Yan and Lu Ning became intimate, and Lu Ning's recovery weakened the poison enough for him to take control.
• Dugu Yan said her grandfather would likely accept Lu Ning if his method could solve the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul's cultivation problems.
• After the night passed, Dugu Yan set aside absorbing the soul bone and asked Lu Ning to examine her.

Lu Ning helped Dugu Yan absorb a Soul Bone at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while his Life Soul Bone removed the poison she had passed to him. After spending the day together, they realized Dugu Bo had returned to the valley.

• Lu Ning took Dugu Yan to the hot spring, where she absorbed the Soul Bone after forcing her poison into it.
• Lu Ning activated his Life Soul Bone’s second skill and purged the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison from his body.
• Dugu Yan told Lu Ning that the poison remaining in her body could still kill someone with a similar soul power level.
• Lu Ning and Dugu Yan spent the day together at the cabin, then rested until nightfall.
• Dugu Yan heard plants shifting outside and told Lu Ning that her grandfather, Dugu Bo, had returned.

Dugu Bo confirmed that Lu Ning’s method had eased the toxins in Dugu Yan’s body and offered Lu Ning anything he wanted from the medicinal valley. While drinking with Lu Ning, Dugu Bo learned about his background and offered to become his guardian.

• Dugu Yan showed Dugu Bo that Lu Ning’s method had eased her symptoms, though it made her Soul Skills slightly slower to release.
• Dugu Bo thanked Lu Ning and told him he could take any medicinal herbs from the valley; Lu Ning gave Dugu Yan a list of supplies to buy.
• Dugu Bo invited Lu Ning to drink and questioned him about his age, guardian, and origins.
• Lu Ning told Dugu Bo that Flender was his backing and that his teacher had recently become a Soul Douluo and joined Heaven Dou Academy.
• Dugu Bo offered to become Lu Ning’s guardian, hoping to protect a gifted youth who had saved Dugu Yan and might one day help him face his enemies.

Lu Ning became Dugu Bo’s guardian candidate, then his wine gourd’s effects helped Dugu Bo break through to Level 92. After discussing potential conflicts with Blue Tyrant Academy, Lu Ning headed toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Dugu Bo offered to act as Lu Ning’s guardian, and Lu Ning thanked him before they drank together late into the night.
• Lu Ning poured Dugu Bo’s wine into his wine gourd, and a taste from it helped Dugu Bo break through to Level 92.
• Lu Ning offered to help Dugu Bo reach Level 94 if Dugu Bo gave him all his fine wine, and Dugu Bo agreed.
• Dugu Bo asked about Lu Ning’s clash with a Soul Saint from Blue Tyrant Academy and urged him to hit back if attacked.
• Lu Ning said they would see what happened and walked toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Lu Ning entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to absorb the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, while Dugu Bo reluctantly stood guard. He emerged stronger but bald and naked, and Dugu Yan returned with the supplies he had requested.

• Lu Ning told Dugu Bo he intended to absorb the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, and showed his Soul Rings to prove his resolve.
• Dugu Bo warned Lu Ning of the danger but let him enter the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, hoping he would survive.
• Dugu Yan returned from a nearby town and searched for Lu Ning, while Dugu Bo revealed that he had entered the spring.
• Lu Ning emerged from the well with improved strength but no clothes or hair, prompting Dugu Bo to laugh at him.
• Dugu Yan said she had bought what Lu Ning wanted, then blushed after Dugu Bo reminded her that Lu Ning was naked.

Lu Ning stayed in Medicine Valley with Dugu Bo for two months, while Dugu Yan returned to Shrek Academy with an immortal herb for Zhu Zhuqing. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the Imperial Fighting Team realized Shrek Academy’s talented students might take their tournament places.

• Dugu Bo let Lu Ning stay in Medicine Valley and asked him to share his wine.
• Dugu Yan told Flender that Lu Ning would be away, then gave Zhu Zhuqing the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone and relayed Lu Ning’s cultivation estimate.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted the herb and went to absorb it, while Dugu Yan headed toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Yu Feng and Yu Tianheng discussed Shrek Academy’s unusual students, and Dugu Yan urged the Imperial Fighting Team to take the coming tournament seriously.
• Ye Lingling pointed out that Shrek Academy’s members could take the Imperial Fighting Team’s places, leaving the group worried about who would qualify.

After spending six months cultivating with Dugu Bo, Lu Ning returned to Shrek Academy with greatly increased strength and a transformed appearance. He found the academy expanded within Heaven Dou Royal Academy and was recognized by Ma Hongjun.

• Dugu Yan told Ye Lingling that Lu Ning was cultivating at her home, and Ye Lingling asked her to inquire whether he could improve the healing effects of her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.
• Over six months, Lu Ning cultivated at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, reached the level-seventy bottleneck, and raised his Azure Lotus Sword's sixth soul ring to the hundred-and-twenty-thousand-year level.
• Dugu Bo complained that Lu Ning had stayed far longer than agreed and ordered him out of the cave, then followed as his guardian.
• Lu Ning and Dugu Bo arrived at Shrek Academy, which had grown to more than two hundred students within Heaven Dou Royal Academy, most of them nobles.
• Ma Hongjun walked past Lu Ning with two women before recognizing him, then exclaimed at how handsome Lu Ning had become.

Lu Ning returned to Heaven Dou Academy, corrected Ma Hongjun’s misunderstanding about the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, and learned how his friends had progressed. He reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, and the chapter ended as the academy’s Three Faculty Members arrived looking for him.

• Ma Hongjun told Lu Ning he had found identical twins but was afraid the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower would make him lose his manhood, and Lu Ning explained that Dugu Yan had misled him about the herb’s effects.
• Ma Hongjun insulted Dugu Yan, prompting Dugu Bo to seize him and reveal that he was her grandfather.
• Ma Hongjun told Lu Ning that Zhu Zhuqing had reached level forty-three, Dai Mubai level forty-two, Oscar level thirty-six, and he himself level thirty-four.
• Lu Ning went to the Main Courtyard, where Zhu Zhuqing defeated a Soul Ancestor instructor and rushed to greet him after half a year apart.
• Lu Ning embraced Zhu Zhuqing as students wondered who he was, and the Three Faculty Members arrived asking where he was.

Lu Ning returned to Shrek Academy and reunited with Zhao Wuji, who took him to discuss funding with Flender and Xue Qinghe. Xue Qinghe revealed that Lu Ning would serve as a bargaining chip in negotiations with a sect master, and invited him to come along.

• Zhao Wuji arrived at Shrek Academy, noticed Lu Ning's increased physical toughness, and asked him to come with him.
• Lu Ning agreed to go with Zhao Wuji and told Ma Hongjun to absorb his Immortal Herb soon because he would need his help later.
• Zhu Zhuqing excused herself to give Lu Ning and Zhao Wuji privacy before Lu Ning followed Zhao Wuji to Flender's office.
• Xue Qinghe discussed Shrek Academy's request for two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins with Flender and suggested seeking investment from a sect master.
• Flender welcomed Lu Ning back, and Xue Qinghe said Lu Ning's strength made him a useful bargaining chip before inviting him to meet the sect master.

Xue Qinghe brought Lu Ning to meet Ning Fengzhi, while Dugu Bo discovered that the white-robed Sword Douluo Chen Xin was far beyond his strength. Ning Fengzhi sensed Lu Ning’s remarkable improvement and left their old five-year appointment unresolved, calling it a jest and mentioning that Ning Rongrong missed her former schoolmates.

• Xue Qinghe led Lu Ning out of Shrek Academy and teased him about having Dugu Bo as a guardian, while Dugu Bo said he would guard whoever he pleased.
• At the teahouse, Dugu Bo sensed the white-robed Sword Douluo Chen Xin and realized he was no match for him.
• Xue Qinghe introduced Lu Ning to Ning Fengzhi, who recalled their unpleasant previous meeting and the five-year appointment with Sword Douluo Chen Xin.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin noted Lu Ning’s improvement, and Ning Fengzhi secretly sensed Lu Ning’s Soul Power and was stunned by how much it had grown.
• Ning Fengzhi called the five-year appointment a jest, explained that he had been protective of Ning Rongrong, and said she missed her bonds with her former schoolmates.

Lu Ning rejected Ning Fengzhi’s invitation to meet Ning Rongrong on the sect leader’s terms, insisting he would visit only by his own choice. Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin discovered that Lu Ning was nearing the Soul Saint realm, and the chapter ended with Dugu Bo asking about the old friction between Lu Ning and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Lu Ning clarified that he was not refusing to see Ning Rongrong forever, but would visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect only when he chose to.
• Xue Qinghe redirected Ning Fengzhi and Lu Ning toward business talks, satisfied that neither side intended to make an enemy of the other.
• Ning Fengzhi privately told Chen Xin that Lu Ning was close to becoming a Soul Saint, stunning the Sword Douluo.
• Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi departed after Chen Xin claimed he had gained an insight, and Ning Fengzhi urged Lu Ning to treat Ning Rongrong well.
• Dugu Bo asked Lu Ning what had caused friction with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Lu Ning said Ning Rongrong liked him.

Lu Ning stopped Tai Long from pursuing Zhu Zhuqing and defeated him when Tai Long attacked. He dragged Tai Long toward Blue Tyrant Academy to confront its Dean, while Dugu Bo followed eagerly.

• Lu Ning and Dugu Bo encountered Tai Long pestering Zhu Zhuqing on the streets of Heaven Dou City.
• Lu Ning pinned Tai Long in place and told him Zhu Zhuqing did not like him.
• Tai Long revealed his Great Strength Gorilla Martial Soul and attacked Lu Ning, who caught his fist and broke his right arm.
• Lu Ning dragged Tai Long toward Blue Tyrant Academy, and Dugu Bo followed while urging him to steal a bride.
• Blue Tyrant Academy students rushed to warn the Dean that Lu Ning had returned with Tai Long.

Lu Ning confronted Blue Tyrant Academy after Tai Long harassed his girlfriend, then demanded that Liu Erlong stay at his academy. When she refused, Dugu Bo knocked her unconscious and carried her away, while urging Lu Ning to act according to his strength; the group returned to Shrek Academy with Liu Erlong.

• Lu Ning dragged Tai Long to Blue Tyrant Academy after beating him for pestering his girlfriend and claiming he wanted to be Lu Ning’s grandfather.
• Liu Erlong acknowledged Blue Tyrant Academy was at fault and asked Lu Ning for his terms, but refused his demand to keep her under house arrest because she was waiting for Yu Xiaogang.
• Dugu Bo poisoned Liu Erlong into unconsciousness after she refused, then told Lu Ning that powerful people did not need to follow the rules imposed on the weak.
• Zhu Zhuqing agreed with Dugu Bo’s view that strength determined the rules, and Lu Ning told the group to leave.
• Dugu Bo carried Liu Erlong back to Shrek Academy, where Ma Hongjun complained that Lu Ning had gone to smash up the place without inviting him.

Dugu Bo brought Liu Erlong to Shrek Academy and sent Ma Hongjun to fetch Flender, while Lu Ning and Zhu Zhuqing spent the evening together. Flender learned that Liu Erlong had been kidnapped and prepared to see her again after a long separation.

• Dugu Bo praised Ma Hongjun’s courage, learned he had reached rank thirty-nine thanks to an immortal herb, and had him help carry Liu Erlong to a room.
• Dugu Bo asked Ma Hongjun about Flender’s feelings for Liu Erlong and said he would arrange a reunion for them.
• Lu Ning took Zhu Zhuqing to her lakeside room, where they shared an intimate evening and showered together.
• Ma Hongjun told Flender that Dugu Bo had brought Liu Erlong to Shrek Academy and threatened to kill her if Flender did not come.
• Flender questioned Ma Hongjun about the kidnapping, insisted that he call her Teacher Erlong, and worried about meeting her after so long.

Flender chased Dugu Bo out of Shrek Academy after discovering the Poison Douluo had interfered with him and Liu Erlong. Zhu Zhuqing told Lu Ning that the Star Luo Empire would kill them both if it learned they were together.

• Flender unleashed his eight soul rings and pursued Dugu Bo, while Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan tried to stop him.
• Flender banned Dugu Bo from Shrek Academy, and Ma Hongjun secretly slipped toward the exit to hide.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Lu Ning that Star Luo succession losers were killed and that the empire would hunt them both if it discovered their relationship.

Lu Ning reassured Zhu Zhuqing that they could overcome the Star Luo Empire’s succession struggle by becoming too strong to control. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin learned how much Lu Ning and the Shrek students had progressed, and considered sending Ning Rongrong back to them.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Lu Ning she wanted to survive the succession struggle alongside him, and he said their strength could free them from the Star Luo Empire’s rules.
• Ning Rongrong tended flowers at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect while Gu Rong discussed her year apart from her Shrek friends and hinted that Lu Ning had appeared again.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin discussed Lu Ning’s astonishing rise from Soul Ancestor to Soul Saint and Dugu Bo’s reported level 93 soul power.
• Chen Xin listed the Shrek students’ soul levels, revealing that Ning Rongrong had fallen behind her former classmates.
• Ning Fengzhi rejected Gu Rong’s suggestion to test Lu Ning and proposed letting Ning Rongrong return to see her friends.

Ning Fengzhi allowed Ning Rongrong to return to Shrek Academy in three days to rejoin her classmates and prepare for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament. At Shrek, Lu Ning faced Tai Long’s furious father, who had come to confront him over his son’s injuries.

• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong discussed Yu Xiaogang’s whereabouts and decided they did not need to investigate further.
• Ning Rongrong told her father she was level thirty-two, and Ning Fengzhi offered her a chance to return to Shrek Academy as a reward for repenting.
• Gu Rong said Ning Rongrong could leave in three days and should prepare gifts for her classmates.
• Dugu Yan told Lu Ning that Tai Long’s parent was waiting outside Shrek Academy to confront him over the fight at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Tai Long’s father shouted at the academy gates, and Lu Ning admitted that he had hurt Tai Long.

Lu Ning confronted Tai Nuo after beating Tai Long and defeated him with a single kick, then waited for the Strength Clan chief to arrive. Tai Tan appeared with Tai Nuo, demanding to know who had injured his son.

• Lu Ning admitted to injuring Tai Long, and Dugu Yan and Oscar explained that Tai Long had harassed a female student.
• Tai Nuo attacked Lu Ning with a punch, but Lu Ning stopped it with one hand and kicked him down.
• Tai Nuo activated his Martial Soul, then left to fetch someone after Lu Ning challenged him to bring more opponents.
• Lu Ning stayed at Shrek Academy while students discussed his strength and the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament.
• Tai Nuo returned with Tai Tan, who loudly demanded that the person who injured his son step forward.

Lu Ning faced Tai Tan, the Strength Clan chief, after defeating Tai Nuo, and revealed his astonishing six-ring configuration, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. He wounded Tai Tan with his sword skills, then unleashed his fifth soul skill as Tai Tan activated his Martial Soul Avatar.

• Tai Nuo identified Lu Ning as the person who defeated him, and Tai Tan challenged Lu Ning to make the first move.
• Tai Tan summoned his Great Strength Gorilla martial soul and attacked Lu Ning with his eighth soul skill.
• Lu Ning revealed six soul rings, including a red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and evaded Tai Tan's punch by turning incorporeal.
• Lu Ning wounded Tai Tan's right arm with his first soul skill, Banishing Immortal Sword Breaks Illusions.
• Lu Ning unleashed his fifth soul skill, Azure Lotus Alone Transforms into Ten Thousand Swords, and Tai Tan activated his Great Strength Gorilla Martial Soul Avatar.

Lu Ning unleashed the Azure Lotus Sword’s two Sixth Soul Skills and defeated Tai Tan’s Great Strength Gorilla Avatar, leaving Tai Tan injured and weakened. Lu Ning spared him, and Flender praised Lu Ning’s newfound strength.

• Tai Tan attacked Lu Ning with his Great Strength Gorilla Avatar while four Soul Douluos contained the battle near the academy gates.
• Lu Ning activated his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and used his Sixth Soul Skill One, Yin Tianzi, filling the academy with a blood-red aura.
• Lu Ning unleashed his Sixth Soul Skill Two, Hundred Ghosts Night Parade, and the ghost kings shattered Tai Tan’s Martial Soul Avatar.
• Tai Tan survived but suffered Martial Soul backlash and lost a Soul Power level; he admitted Lu Ning’s strength rivaled that of an ordinary Titled Douluo.
• Lu Ning descended without killing Tai Tan, and Flender congratulated him on his growth.

Lu Ning left Heaven Dou Royal Academy after defeating Tai Tan, while Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin arrived too late to witness the fight. Ning Fengzhi agreed to help conceal Lu Ning's strength, and Ye Lingling learned that Lu Ning had gone to Sunset Forest.

• Lu Ning told Flender he was going to see Dugu Bo, then left the academy.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin arrived at the academy, found Tai Tan injured, and asked how strong Lu Ning was; Tai Tan said he did not know and left.
• Chen Xin questioned Flender about Lu Ning's sinister aura, and Flender claimed Lu Ning had only been playing around.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to say Chen Xin had unleashed the sword strike to protect Lu Ning's strength, and Meng Shenji readily agreed.
• Dugu Yan told Ye Lingling that Lu Ning had gone to Sunset Forest and teased her about taking the initiative with him.

Lu Ning used his Wine Gourd Martial Soul’s third Soul Skill to lure Tang Hao away from the mountain cave while Dugu Bo approached it. Tang Hao pursued the gourd-shaped Lu Ning, leaving Tang San behind to treat the poison, and the chapter ended with Dugu Bo entering the cave.

• Dugu Bo questioned Lu Ning’s two-month search for a fortuitous encounter, but Lu Ning insisted on searching one final mountain range.
• At a waterfall, Tang San practiced his hammer technique while Tang Hao watched from a cave and vowed to teach him and give him what Ah Yin had left for him.
• Tang Hao sensed an approaching expert and confronted the gourd-shaped Lu Ning, who spat poisonous saliva at him and Tang San before fleeing.
• Tang San treated the poison while Tang Hao chased Lu Ning, believing the gourd Soul Beast might have an antidote.
• Lu Ning struggled to keep ahead of Tang Hao using his third Soul Skill, while Dugu Bo headed into the cave after their auras disappeared.