Recaps

Explorers from the Douluo world entered Martial Universe and repeatedly found their powers and assumptions overwhelmed, with many killed, captured, or forced into servitude. The arc left Hu Liena following Lin Dong while Dugu Yan was seized as a living poison cauldron.

• The first explorers entered Martial Universe, where Zhang Hu, Wang Er, Huyan Li, the Gale Demon Wolf, and Yu Tianming were quickly killed or captured by its creatures and cultivators.
• Dai Mubai, Gui Mei, Ning Fengzhi, and the Titan Giant Ape met similarly grim fates as Dai Mubai was imprisoned, Gui Mei was made into a puppet, Ning Fengzhi was sold, and the Titan Giant Ape was put to work.
• Li Si became an outer disciple of the Crazy Blade Sect, while Tang Hao and Dugu Bo were killed, Zhu Zhuyun became a warrior’s maid, and Ma Hongjun was forced to tend a medicinal fire.
• Ah Yin was taken to the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace as an ornamental plant and medicinal reserve, while Zhao Si was turned into a Talisman Slave.
• Yu Xiaogang was forced to mine, failed to persuade the Mad Blade Martial Hall to help him, and was ordered to clean a Fire Python Tiger’s pen.
• Ning Rongrong was traded as a treasure slave to Gu Yan, while Salas was captured by the Yin Puppet Sect and Flender was sent to an Underground Arena.
• Lin Dong rescued Hu Liena from three Talisman Masters, gave her a Rejuvenation Pill, and allowed her to follow him toward the Lin Family Clan Competition.
• Dugu Yan’s poison failed against a poisonous toad, and two members of the Heavenly Demon Python Clan seized her to serve as their young master’s living poison cauldron.