Recaps

Xu Jie recalled how he rejected Yu Xiaogang, chose immortal cultivation, and returned to Soul King Village to settle his ties. After the villagers chose wealth and left, he decided to take Big Yellow and Big White overseas with him.

• Xu Jie remembered awakening a Mount Lu martial soul with innate full soul power and refusing Yu Xiaogang’s offer to become his master.
• Xu Jie chose to give up his innate god king cultivation, merge Mount Lu with Douluo Star, and cultivate immortality in the deep sea.
• Xu Jie offered the villagers of Soul King Village a choice between following him overseas or receiving wealth, and they chose wealth.
• Xu Jie saw Big Yellow and Big White stay behind after the villagers left and decided to take them overseas to cultivate immortality.

The Sky Curtain System survived the Asura God's attack, introduced rankings with rewards, and opened a chat channel across the Douluo Continent and its surrounding seas. As the Top Five Factions Ranking began, Yu Xiaogang tried to promote himself and predict the results.

• The Asura God's attack failed to damage the sky curtain, which struck back and made him spill divine blood.
• The Sky Curtain System announced that attacks would be punished and that it would rank factions, powerhouses, talents, scumbags, and celebrities, with rewards for several rankings.
• Xu Jie accepted the system's arrival and told Big Yellow that he and Big White would make the rankings.
• Qian Daoliu, Tang Hao, Bibi Dong, and Di Tian each expected their allies or factions to place highly on the rankings.
• Yu Xiaogang entered the chat channel, boasted about his knowledge and Tang San, and drew scorn from Hu Liena and Yan.
• The Sky Curtain System began the Top Five Factions Ranking, and Yu Xiaogang offered to make predictions.

Yu Xiaogang ranked Spirit Hall below Sea God Island, citing Qian Xunji’s failed expedition and revealing Spirit Hall’s hidden power. Qian Daoliu grew furious over Yu Xiaogang’s knowledge and summoned Bibi Dong to question her.

• Yu Xiaogang ranked the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan fifth, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect fourth, the Clear Sky Sect third, Spirit Hall second, and Sea God Island first.
• Yu Xiaogang recounted Qian Xunji’s failed attempt to conquer Sea God Island, and Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu confirmed the expedition had happened.
• Qian Daoliu said Spirit Hall and Sea God Island were evenly matched, but Yu Xiaogang argued that Qian Xunji’s defeat justified ranking Spirit Hall second.
• Yan objected to Spirit Hall being ranked below Sea God Island, and Bibi Dong ordered him to be quiet.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed Spirit Hall’s elders, enshrined, Angel God worship, divine artifact, and godhood inheritance, leaving Yan speechless.
• Qian Daoliu demanded to know who had told Yu Xiaogang Spirit Hall’s secrets, then summoned Bibi Dong to question her.

The Sky Curtain System began ranking Douluo's five strongest factions and placed the Clear Sky Sect fifth, awarding its members Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones. Yu Xiaogang and Tang San rejected the result and angrily demanded that the system correct its ranking, leaving them insisting that Yu Xiaogang could not be wrong.

• Yu Xiaogang posted his own assessment, placing Sea God Island first, Spirit Hall second, the Clear Sky Sect third, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect fourth, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan fifth.
• The Sky Curtain System announced its ranking criteria and named the Clear Sky Sect fifth, citing its Titled Douluos and techniques, and distributed Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones to its members.
• Ning Fengzhi wondered whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had missed the list, while Yan mocked Yu Xiaogang for ranking the Clear Sky Sect third and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan fifth.
• Tang San threatened those mocking Yu Xiaogang and claimed the Sky Curtain System must be wrong, despite receiving a soul-bone reward himself.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded that the system change the ranking, and Tang San joined him in shouting that the Clear Sky Sect could not be fifth; the system ignored them.

The Sky Curtain System punished Tang San and Yu Xiaogang for questioning its rankings, then stripped Tang San of his Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone. After Tang San and Yu Xiaogang reconciled, Bibi Dong faced Qian Daoliu over revealing Spirit Hall’s Angel God secrets.

• The Sky Curtain System struck Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, warned them not to question it again, and added a rule against challenging its rankings.
• The Sky Curtain System reclaimed Tang San’s Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, and Tang San blamed Yu Xiaogang before secretly vowing revenge against them both.
• Tang Hao comforted Tang San, while Liu Erlong, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing reacted to Tang San’s behavior.
• Tang San apologized to Yu Xiaogang, and the two embraced after forgiving each other.
• Qian Daoliu confronted Bibi Dong about revealing Angel God information to Yu Xiaogang, and Bibi Dong defended her decision by pointing to the Sky Curtain System’s disclosures.

The Sky Curtain System ranked Sea God Island fourth and Spirit Hall third among Douluo's strongest factions, while Bibi Dong tried to force Yan to apologize to Yu Xiaogang. The chapter left Yu Xiaogang resentful after learning Bibi Dong had received the Rakshasa God's trials, and determined to make Tang San a god.

• Bibi Dong left Qian Daoliu and returned to Spirit Hall, while Qian Daoliu worried about the Sky Curtain System.
• The Sky Curtain System ranked Sea God Island fourth and awarded its members a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Yan mocked Yu Xiaogang in the chat, then refused Bibi Dong's order to apologize to him.
• Bibi Dong confronted Yan at the Soul Master Tournament finals and threatened to kill him, but Qian Daoliu intervened and told her to leave.
• The Sky Curtain System ranked Spirit Hall third and revealed Bibi Dong had received the Rakshasa God's divine trials.
• Yu Xiaogang resented Bibi Dong for hiding her path to godhood and resolved to raise Tang San into a god.

After Spirit Hall was ranked third among Douluo's Five Strongest Forces and its members received powerful rewards, Ning Fengzhi reconsidered his ties to Tang San and Tang Hao. The search for the first- and second-ranked forces began, and Xiong Jun exposed the Soul Beast Clan's ambitions in the chat.

• Ning Fengzhi worried that Spirit Hall's power made Tang Hao's plans for revenge hopeless and considered ending his cooperation with Tang San and Rongrong's contact with him.
• Tang Hao clung to the hope that Tang San could become a god and defeat Spirit Hall, while Bibi Dong welcomed the prospect of gaining godhood before destroying Spirit Hall herself.
• The Sky Curtain System ranked Spirit Hall third and granted its affiliated personnel a hundred-thousand-year soul bone and a soul ring raised to the same age; Yan taunted Yu Xiaogang and Tang San about the coming arena fight.
• Ning Fengzhi congratulated Spirit Hall, provoking Tang Hao, then asked who ranked first and second; Yan challenged Yu Xiaogang to answer, and Yu Xiaogang declared that he wanted to see the top two forces.
• Xiong Jun announced that soul beasts were Douluo's strongest force and threatened to slaughter humanity; Yu Xiaogang challenged him, and Di Tian rebuked Xiong Jun for speaking in the chat and revealing his identity.

The Sky Curtain System ranked the Star Dou Great Forest second among Douluo's Five Strongest Forces and revealed that the gravely injured Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena, was hidden in the Lake of Life. Gu Yuena chose to wait for the first-place reveal rather than flee, while the system healed her and strengthened every Soul Beast in the forest.

• Xiong Jun urged Di Tian to invade humanity and argued that the Divine Realm would discover Gu Yuena regardless, but Di Tian insisted she could remain hidden.
• The Sky Curtain System revealed the Star Dou Great Forest's millions of Soul Beasts, seven Ferocious Beasts, and Gu Yuena's half-step God King strength, exposing her presence to the world.
• Di Tian pleaded with Gu Yuena to leave Douluo Continent, but she decided to wait for the first-place reveal because that force might have Deities who could become allies.
• The Sky Curtain System ranked the Star Dou Great Forest second, healed Gu Yuena's injuries, and increased every Soul Beast's age by one thousand years.
• Humans complained about the strengthened Soul Beasts, and Yu Xiaogang apologized to Xiong Jun in the Chat Channel after learning the Star Dou Great Forest's true strength.

Yu Xiaogang and Xiong Jun traded threats as humans and Soul Beasts argued over whether the Divine Realm would intervene. Gu Yuena chose caution while her injuries healed, and the chapter ended as the Sky Curtain System began revealing the top-ranked force: Mount Lu Residence.

• Yu Xiaogang threatened the Soul Beasts and called on Spirit Hall, Sea God Island, the Clear Sky Sect, and other human forces to defend humanity.
• Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi warned Xiong Jun against attacking humans and relayed messages from the Angel God and Sea God.
• Xiong Jun tried to leave the Star Dou Great Forest to kill Yu Xiaogang, but Gu Yuena stopped him and warned that he would bring disaster on the Soul Beast Clan.
• Xiong Jun and his companions traded insults with Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and the others in the Chat Channel.
• Gu Yuena told Di Tian that the Sea God’s offer of peace was partly credible and said they should wait for the top-ranked force reveal before deciding what to do.
• The Sky Curtain System began revealing the number one force among Douluo’s Five Strongest Forces: Mount Lu Residence.

People across the Douluo Continent searched for Mount Lu and speculated about the strength and nature of its residents. After the Sky Curtain revealed that Mount Lu Residence held one human and two monster spirits, it named the human as Xu Jie, leaving Yu Xiaogang frightened by the name.

• Ning Fengzhi, Gu Yuena, Tang Xiao, and Qian Daoliu admitted they had never heard of Mount Lu and wondered where it was.
• The Sky Curtain revealed that Mount Lu Residence consisted of one human and two monster spirits secluded in Mount Lu to practice immortal cultivation.
• People across the continent marveled that only three residents ranked above the Star Dou Great Forest, while the Clear Sky Sect elders and Spirit Hall Enshrined hoped to meet them.
• Yu Xiaogang dismissed the residents as old monsters and claimed he could surpass them if given enough time.
• The Sky Curtain identified the human as the Mahāyāna cultivator Xu Jie and the monster spirits as the Golden Core cultivators Big Yellow and Big White; Yu Xiaogang froze and began to feel afraid.

Yu Xiaogang feared that the Xu Jie named on the sky curtain was the boy he had once threatened, while Ning Fengzhi learned Xu Jie’s village and began investigating him. At Mount Lu Residence, Xu Jie and the two monsters received their rewards, and the sky curtain announced that its next ranking would cover Douluo’s top ten powerhouses.

• Yu Xiaogang convinced himself that the Xu Jie on the sky curtain could not be the Xu Jie he had known nine years earlier.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Yu Xiaogang about Xu Jie, hoping to learn whether he was connected to Mount Lu Residence.
• Yu Xiaogang recounted how he had tried to take Xu Jie and Tang San as disciples, and said Xu Jie had refused and insulted him.
• Yu Xiaogang told Ning Fengzhi that Xu Jie had lived in Soul King Village, and Ning Fengzhi ordered a servant to investigate the village.
• The sky curtain rewarded Big Yellow and Big White with one cultivation level each, and gave Xu Jie one cultivation level, the Star-Vast Myriad Phenomena Ruler, and the Eight-Nine Mysterious Art.
• The sky curtain announced that the Douluo Top Ten Powerhouses Ranking would begin in one day.

After the sky curtain revealed Mount Lu Residence’s location, Gu Yuena set out to find it, while Ning Fengzhi tried to take Ning Rongrong home and end her relationship with Oscar. The Spirit Hall Team won the tournament without a match, and Yu Xiaogang publicly claimed that Golden Core Cultivators could slaughter dozens of Mahāyāna Cultivators.

• Gu Yuena left Star Dou Great Forest after telling Di Tian to guard it and saying she knew where Mount Lu Residence was.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to visit Soul King Village to verify whether Xu Jie was the same person Yu Xiaogang knew, then planned to approach Mount Lu Residence.
• Ning Fengzhi told Oscar that Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect heirs could only marry combat-type Soul Masters and forcibly took Ning Rongrong away.
• The Spirit Hall Team won the Soul Master Tournament championship without fighting after the Shrek Team failed to face them.
• Yan had Wang Mazi provoke Yu Xiaogang in the Chat Channel, and Yu Xiaogang claimed Golden Core Cultivators were far stronger than Mahāyāna Cultivators.

Yan challenged Yu Xiaogang to support his claim that golden core cultivators could defeat Mahāyāna cultivators, and Yu Xiaogang offered a water-and-ice analogy as proof. Yan called on Mount Lu Residence to judge the theory, while Big Yellow, having reached the second level of golden core, read the chat and angrily prepared to respond.

• Yan baited Yu Xiaogang into defending his claim in the Chat Channel, while several users encouraged Yu Xiaogang to prove himself.
• Yu Xiaogang explained his reasoning by comparing golden cores to solid ice and Mahāyāna to vapor, then demanded that Yan apologize.
• Yan refused to apologize and asked the seniors of Mount Lu Residence to say whether Yu Xiaogang's theory was right.
• At Mount Lu Residence, Big Yellow announced that he had reached the second level of golden core while Xu Jie and Big White continued their breakthroughs.
• Big Yellow read Yu Xiaogang's claims in the Chat Channel and launched into an angry torrent of abuse.

Big Yellow and Yan exposed Yu Xiaogang as a fraud in the Chat Channel, turning his allies against him. As Yu Xiaogang prepared to defend himself, Tang San renounced their master-disciple relationship, but Yu Xiaogang refused, leaving Tang San consumed by hatred.

• Big Yellow denounced Yu Xiaogang in the Chat Channel, and Yan and other users joined in mocking him and warning others against Shrek Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed Mount Lu Residence for the backlash and assured Liu Erlong that his theories were sound, while the people around him began to doubt him.
• Tang San declared that Yu Xiaogang did not deserve to be his master and ended their relationship.
• Yu Xiaogang refused to accept Tang San's decision and insisted that their master-disciple bond could not be broken.
• Yu Xiaogang turned to the Chat Channel to fight back against Big Yellow, while Tang San privately vowed to kill him for standing in the way of his future.

Big Yellow challenged Yu Xiaogang for slandering Xu Jie, then revealed that Xu Jie was his master. Ning Fengzhi decided to take Ning Rongrong to Mount Lu Residence so she could marry Xu Jie, and she opened the Chat Channel to seek help.

• Tang San decided to wait for a chance to kill Yu Xiaogang, who argued in the Chat Channel that Golden Core was stronger than Mahayana and urged Mount Lu Residence to expel Xu Jie.
• Big Yellow questioned Yu Xiaogang’s accusations and threatened to kill him unless he explained himself.
• Ning Fengzhi realized Xu Jie was Big Yellow’s master and considered him an ancient monster, but saw Mount Lu Residence as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s chance to survive and grow stronger.
• Ning Rongrong refused to marry Xu Jie, but Ning Fengzhi seized her and took her toward Mount Lu Residence.
• Ning Rongrong opened the Chat Channel to expose her father’s actions and saw Yu Xiaogang criticizing Big Yellow.

Yu Xiaogang accused Big Yellow and Mount Lu Residence of being evil, while Big Yellow and others turned against him in the Chat Channel. Yu Xiaogang renewed his attack on Big Yellow, and the chapter ended with everyone around him distancing themselves except for one person.

• Ning Fengzhi withheld judgment on Yu Xiaogang's accusations, while Ning Rongrong delayed exposing her father's actions until Yu Xiaogang had finished condemning Mount Lu Residence.
• Big Yellow stayed at Mount Lu to protect his master and senior sister while they cultivated in seclusion, then cursed Yu Xiaogang in the Chat Channel.
• Tang San disavowed Yu Xiaogang, and Yan, Zhang San, and Qian Duobao also distanced themselves from him or demanded he apologize to Big Yellow.
• Yu Xiaogang berated Tang San for abandoning him and challenged Big Yellow to prove that Xu Jie was the child from Soul King Village he had once met.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Flender moved away from Yu Xiaogang, while one person remained an exception.

Yu Xiaogang used Big Yellow’s confirmation that Xu Jie came from Soul King Village to argue that Mount Lu Residence was lying about Xu Jie’s age and cultivation, while Big Yellow dismissed his claims. Yan resolved to leave Spirit Hall’s old path and seek out Hu Liena, and Ning Fengzhi changed course to visit Soul King Village.

• Liu Erlong comforted Yu Xiaogang and blamed Mount Lu Residence for trying to ruin his reputation, while Yu Xiaogang continued insisting that Golden Core was stronger than Mahayana.
• Big Yellow confirmed in the Chat Channel that it and its senior sister came from Soul King Village, and Yu Xiaogang used the admission to argue that Xu Jie could not have reached a godlike realm at fifteen.
• Yan decided Spirit Hall was failing under Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu, then went to the Saintess Hall to invite Hu Liena to seek out Mount Lu Residence with him.
• Ning Fengzhi dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s argument but grew curious about Soul King Village, so he redirected his group there despite Ning Rongrong’s protests.
• Big Yellow called Yu Xiaogang trash, then stopped replying when Xu Jie and Big White opened their eyes and ran over to them.
• Yan knocked on Hu Liena’s door and told her he had something to discuss.

After receiving guidance from the Sky Curtain System, Xu Jie realized he needed to enter the mortal world to temper his state of mind and left Mount Lu Residence for the Douluo Continent. Meanwhile, Yan decided to sever ties with Spirit Hall, and Gu Yuena approached Mount Lu as Big Yellow proposed eating dragon meat.

• Yan invited Hu Liena to join Mount Lu Residence, but she refused and ordered him to leave; he headed for the Pope's Palace to cut ties with Spirit Hall.
• Big Yellow told Xu Jie and Big White about his Golden Core breakthroughs, while Xu Jie and Big White described their own progress.
• The Sky Curtain System advised Xu Jie that avoiding mortal life would not help him transcend it and taught him the Eight-Nine Mysterious Art.
• Xu Jie told Big Yellow and Big White to guard Mount Lu Residence, then departed for the Douluo Continent to experience mortal life.
• Big White promised Big Yellow he could catch a fish, and Big Yellow's thoughts turned to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, who awaited him in the sea.
• When Gu Yuena arrived at Mount Lu in her silver dragon form, Big Yellow changed his plan and suggested eating dragon meat.

Gu Yuena entered Mount Lu to seek Xu Jie and the two monsters’ cooperation against the Divine Realm, but Big Yellow demanded dragon meat and mocked her. When she attacked him, Big Yellow overwhelmed her and pinned her to the ground, leaving her shocked that she could not defeat a mongrel.

• Gu Yuena flew into Mount Lu’s mist in her Silver Dragon King form, hoping to find the Mount Lu Residence and discuss cooperation.
• Big Yellow spotted Gu Yuena and decided to ask Big White for permission to eat dragon meat, while Big White told him not to kill her.
• Big Yellow confronted Gu Yuena, confirmed Xu Jie was his master, and demanded a dragon leg in exchange for protection from the Divine Realm.
• Gu Yuena suppressed her anger and urged Big Yellow to join forces against the Divine Realm, but his insults and demands finally provoked her to attack.
• Big Yellow transformed into a gigantic mastiff and pinned Gu Yuena down with one forepaw, leaving her unable to move and shocked that she could not beat him.

Big Yellow cut off Gu Yuena’s hind leg and gave her a pill that instantly regrew it, then brought the leg to Big White to cook. Gu Yuena joined Big Yellow and Big White for lunch at Mount Lu Residence, where she tasted the dragon meat and asked whether Xu Jie was truly their master.

• Big Yellow took Gu Yuena’s hind leg and gave her a fifth-tier pill, which healed her wound and advanced her cultivation.
• Big White prepared the dragon leg with spiritual herbs and spirit rice while Big Yellow went to fetch Gu Yuena.
• Big Yellow led Gu Yuena, now in human form, to Mount Lu Residence and introduced her to Big White.
• Big White served Gu Yuena the medicinal dragon dish, and Big Yellow taught her how to use chopsticks.
• Gu Yuena savored the meal and asked Big Yellow and Big White whether Xu Jie was really their master.

Gu Yuena asked Big Yellow and Big White to teach her immortal cultivation, and Big Yellow arranged for Big White to accept her as Xu Jie’s disciple while misleading her about a supposed bedtime duty. As Gu Yuena began studying the Qi Refining Chapter, the Divine Realm’s gods discussed how to deal with her and Mount Lu Residence.

• Gu Yuena regretted missing Xu Jie and asked Big Yellow and Big White to teach her immortal cultivation, but they said she needed to become Xu Jie’s disciple.
• Big Yellow proposed that Big White accept Gu Yuena as Xu Jie’s disciple in his absence, then falsely told Gu Yuena she would need to slip under Xu Jie’s covers every night.
• Gu Yuena agreed to the supposed duty, completed the ceremony before Xu Jie’s statue, and began learning the methods of immortal cultivation from Big White.
• Big White questioned Big Yellow’s deception, and he said he hoped Gu Yuena would test whether Xu Jie would like her and help Big White take human form.
• At the Law Enforcement Hall, Asura God asked Destruction, Life, Kindness, and Evil how to handle Gu Yuena and Mount Lu Residence, and Destruction proposed arresting Gu Yuena and sealing her in the Divine Forbidden Land.

The Divine Realm's five God Kings decided to descend to the Douluo Continent to arrest Gu Yuena and bring Mount Lu Residence under their control. Meanwhile, Yan left Hu Liena and went to confront Bibi Dong about leaving Spirit Hall.

• Destruction, Asura, Evil, Life, and Kindness agreed to arrest Gu Yuena, force Xu Jie to surrender, and destroy Mount Lu Residence if it resisted.
• The five God Kings set out for the Douluo Continent, while the Sea God revealed that he had already sent Bo Saixi to Mount Lu Residence to seek Xu Jie's immortal cultivation method.
• Yan left Hu Liena's hall after she refused to see him and decided to sever his ties with Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong threatened Yan at the Pope's Palace, but Yan calmly told her he wished to leave Spirit Hall and pursue freedom.

Yan asked to leave Spirit Hall, offering to surrender his soul power, soul rings, and soul bones, while Qian Daoliu agreed to honor his decision. Bibi Dong’s anger over the different treatment brought her past with Qian Xunji into the open, and Qian Daoliu revealed that Xiao Xue was the reason he had spared her.

• Bibi Dong repeatedly accused Yan of betraying Spirit Hall, but Yan acknowledged its support and stood by his decision to leave.
• Qian Daoliu arrived, rebuked Bibi Dong, and asked Yan why he wanted to go; Yan said he preferred Mount Lu Residence, then offered his tournament soul bone and all his powers and soul rings in return for leaving.
• Qian Daoliu accepted Yan’s choice and prepared to strip away his soul power, soul rings, and soul bones.
• Bibi Dong objected and compared Yan’s freedom to her thwarted attempt to leave with Yu Xiaogang; Qian Daoliu argued that her position as Spirit Hall’s Holy Maiden made her case different.
• Qian Daoliu told Bibi Dong that he had spared her because he did not want Xiao Xue to lose her mother after losing her father, leaving Bibi Dong silent.

Yan left Spirit Hall after Qian Daoliu destroyed his Soul Power, Soul Rings, and Soul Bone, determined to seek admission to Mount Lu Residence. Bibi Dong tried to turn the group against him, but Big Yellow rebuffed her; meanwhile, Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong arrived at Soul King Village.

• Yan listened as Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong argued, then followed Qian Daoliu to the Worship Hall.
• Qian Daoliu destroyed Yan's Soul Power and Soul Rings and removed his Soul Bone, leaving him at level 10, and Yan thanked him before leaving Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong told Spirit Hall personnel that Yan had betrayed them and asked Big Yellow not to accept him at Mount Lu Residence; Hu Liena supported her.
• Big Yellow rejected Bibi Dong's interference and defended Mount Lu Residence's right to accept disciples.
• Bibi Dong vowed to kill Yan and destroy Mount Lu Residence, while Yan continued toward his destination, hoping Big Yellow would take him in.
• Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong arrived at Soul King Village, where Ning Rongrong judged Xu Jie harshly based on the village's poor conditions.

Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong traced Xu Jie’s origins to Soul King Village, where they learned the former villagers had left nine years earlier. They found former village chief Zhang Tie in Nuoding City, who recognized Xu Jie and began recalling him.

• Ning Fengzhi questioned Soul King Village’s chief, who said the previous villagers had left together nine years ago and directed him to former chief Zhang Tie in Nuoding City.
• Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong left for Nuoding City, while Tang San grew more intent on killing Yu Xiaogang for refusing to end their master-disciple relationship.
• Ning Fengzhi’s group found Zhang Tie at the Zhang Mansion and asked him about Xu Jie.
• Zhang Tie remembered Xu Jie as a good and capable child, confirming Ning Fengzhi’s suspicion that he was the same Xu Jie connected to Mount Lu Residence.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Zhang Tie to tell them more about Xu Jie.