Recaps

Xiao Wu and Tang San refined their immortal herbs, gaining substantial Soul Power, while Li Ye felt left behind. After Tang San reunited with Tang Hao, Li Ye returned to Yu Xiaogang and later overheard him and Flender discussing Liu Erlong’s claim that she had found her true love.

• Xiao Wu used her heart’s blood to make the Lovesick Heartbreak Red acknowledge her, then refined it and reached rank 30; Tang San refined the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid and rose from rank 21 to rank 29.
• Tang Hao watched the group and decided Li Ye’s strength might undermine Tang San’s confidence, while Xiao Wu’s hundred-thousand-year soul beast aura disappeared.
• Tang San went to meet his father, and Li Ye took Xiao Wu to the dining hall before visiting Yu Xiaogang after dinner.
• The next day, Li Ye found Flender with Yu Xiaogang, left the room at Yu Xiaogang’s request, and overheard them discuss why Liu Erlong had said she had found her true love.

Yu Xiaogang believed Liu Erlong had found someone else and wrote her a tearful farewell letter, while Li Ye pursued his relationship with her and teased Tang San. Yu Xiaogang entrusted the letter to Flender and committed himself to raising Li Ye, agreeing to bring Li Ye and Tang San to Shrek Academy after they graduated.

• Flender tried to reassure Yu Xiaogang that Liu Erlong’s claim of finding true love might have been meant to provoke him, but Yu Xiaogang grew troubled when he learned she had gone to hunt for her Seventh Soul Ring.
• Li Ye decided not to withdraw from his relationship with Liu Erlong, accepted that Yu Xiaogang would be heartbroken, and went to find Xiao Wu.
• Yu Xiaogang wrote Liu Erlong a farewell letter filled with grief and blessings, then gave it to Flender to deliver.
• Li Ye ate beside Xiao Wu and teased Tang San about the girls who had confessed to him, while Tang San silently grew furious at their displays of affection.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender he would focus on training Li Ye, and he agreed to bring Li Ye and Tang San to Shrek Academy after they graduated from Nuoding Academy.

After months of cultivation, Li Ye took Tang San and Xiao Wu to Star Dou Forest to hunt Tang San’s third Soul Ring. Li Ye killed a Man Faced Demon Spider, but Tang San’s crossbow destroyed it so thoroughly that they could not use it for a Soul Ring.

• Li Ye exchanged letters with Liu Erlong and Dugu Yan while cultivating, and reflected on Spirit Hall’s services and policies under Bibi Dong.
• Tang San, having reached level 30 months earlier, set out with Li Ye and Xiao Wu to find a suitable third Soul Ring.
• Tang San worried about facing the forest’s Soul Beasts, but Li Ye and Xiao Wu reassured him that they could handle the hunt.
• A Man Faced Demon Spider ambushed the group, and Li Ye struck it through the head with his third Soul Skill and spear technique.
• Tang San fired the Godly Zhuge Crossbow to stop the spider’s death-throe attack, shattering its body and leaving it unusable for a Soul Ring.

Tang San persuaded Li Ye to let him absorb the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring and gained both his third Soul Skill and the Eight Spider Soul Bone. After testing the skill, Tang San finally managed to trip and briefly bind Xiao Wu, giving him a chance to strike back against her bullying.

• Tang San asked Li Ye to let him absorb the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring, and Li Ye agreed after warning him about its evil attribute.
• Tang San absorbed the Soul Ring with Li Ye and Xiao Wu guarding him, and eight spider legs emerged from his back as he gained the Eight Spider Soul Bone.
• Li Ye told Tang San to put on clothes before testing his new Soul Skill, and Tang San realized his Soul Bone had torn his clothes apart.
• Tang San used his third Soul Skill, Spiderweb Trap, to bind Xiao Wu after she was tripped by Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San smiled at finally getting the better of Xiao Wu, while Xiao Wu rolled her eyes and ignored him.

After helping Tang San obtain his third Soul Ring, Li Ye learned about immortal herbs and trained until he reached rank forty. He set out for Star Dou Forest to hunt for his fourth Soul Ring, looking forward to meeting Liu Erlong, who had agreed to help him.

• Tang San explained his Spiderweb Trap, and Li Ye suggested renaming it Blue Silver Forbidden Zone, which Tang San and Tang Hao approved.
• Back at Nuoding Academy, Li Ye questioned Tang San about medicinal herbs, and Tang San grew suspicious that Li Ye possessed immortal-grade herbs.
• Nearly a year and a half passed, during which Li Ye reached rank forty and raised his spiritual power to the Soul Douluo level by refining Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
• Sword Old Ghost and Spear Old Demon argued over Li Ye's sword and spear training, and he promised to practice harder.
• Li Ye packed supplies and headed for Star Dou Forest to hunt for his fourth Soul Ring, with Liu Erlong coming to help him.

Li Ye waited in town for Liu Erlong while Bibi Dong and Hu Liena arrived disguised as sisters to hunt a Soul Ring. When Mokena and his men threatened the women, Li Ye rushed to intervene, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Li Ye reached the town outside the Star Dou Great Forest and waited for Liu Erlong before their hunt.
• Bibi Dong and Hu Liena arrived in disguise, and Bibi Dong noticed Li Ye’s talent and considered recruiting him into Spirit Hall.
• Mokena and several burly men approached Bibi Dong and Hu Liena, provoking Hu Liena with their advances.
• Mokena summoned his Martial Soul and used his third Soul Skill, Grievous Restraint, to send chains toward the two women.
• Li Ye mistook the women’s stillness for fear and charged in, determined to stop the men.

Li Ye intervened when Mokena and four other Soul Kings attacked Bibi Dong and Hu Liena, only to discover the men had targeted him and flee from their advances. Bibi Dong killed a separate group of men who threatened her and Hu Liena, then pursued Li Ye as Mokena’s squad caught up and surrounded him.

• Li Ye blocked Mokena and his four companions from reaching Bibi Dong and Hu Liena, and recognized that all five were Soul Kings with optimal soul ring configurations.
• Mokena and his companions revealed their interest in Li Ye, who realized he had become their target and ran from them.
• A lecherous young man and his servants blocked Bibi Dong and Hu Liena, so Bibi Dong killed them with her Soul-Devouring Spider Stingers.
• Bibi Dong comforted Hu Liena and pursued Li Ye, while Mokena and his companions chased him with their soul skills.
• Number Five supplied Mokena and three companions with red beer that boosted their power and speed, allowing them to surround Li Ye.

Li Ye drove off Mokena and the Star Dou Five Scoundrels, then met Hu Liena and Bibi Dong again and agreed to join them in hunting Soul Rings after his companion arrived. Li Ye and Bibi Dong exchanged glances and both recognized the feeling as falling in love.

• Li Ye wounded Mokena with Spear's Extremity, but Mokena and his companions escaped after deciding they could not win him over.
• The Star Dou Five Scoundrels discussed their failed schemes, and Mokena considered finding a way to make Li Ye take them in as underlings.
• Hu Liena introduced herself and Bibi Dong to Li Ye as An Nana and An Dong'er, while Li Ye gave them the name Feng Yeli and asked them to call him Ye Li.
• Hu Liena invited Li Ye to hunt Soul Rings with her and her rank-66 sister, and Li Ye agreed once his companion arrived.
• Bibi Dong was pleased when Li Ye said she looked eighteen or nineteen, and she and Li Ye exchanged a gaze that left him blushing.

Bibi Dong found herself developing feelings for Li Ye while dining with him and Hu Liena, then grew jealous when Liu Erlong arrived and claimed a familiar place beside him. The chapter ended with Bibi Dong deciding to compete with Liu Erlong for Li Ye.

• Bibi Dong noticed Li Ye's Jade Belt and began to question whether her feelings for Yu Xiaogang were changing.
• Li Ye watched Bibi Dong closely as he, Bibi Dong, and Hu Liena ordered food, while Hu Liena guessed that her teacher had taken an interest in him.
• Liu Erlong arrived at the hotel, spotted Li Ye dining with Bibi Dong and Hu Liena, and feared that someone had stolen her place in his life.
• Liu Erlong sat beside Li Ye and asked him to introduce the two women, and Li Ye explained that he had met them that day.
• Bibi Dong recognized Liu Erlong and, after sensing her connection to Li Ye, resolved to compete with her for him.

Li Ye shared the last room at an inn with Bibi Dong, Liu Erlong, and Hu Liena, then used a ruse to pull them all under one quilt. As they traveled into Star Dou Forest the next day, Hu Liena admitted she wanted to be with Li Ye without being separated from her sister, while Bibi Dong denied liking him and left him hurt.

• Li Ye told Liu Erlong that he had booked the inn’s last room, leaving the four of them to negotiate where to sleep.
• Hu Liena suggested that everyone squeeze into Li Ye’s arms, and Li Ye joked that he wanted to try it.
• Li Ye cried that a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was outside, then pulled the quilt over himself and the three women when they looked away.
• The four woke blushing the next morning, and Li Ye went downstairs to order breakfast.
• Hu Liena told Li Ye she could share a husband with Bibi Dong rather than lose her chance with him.
• Bibi Dong denied liking Li Ye, and he felt hurt by her words as they continued toward Star Dou Forest.

Li Ye encountered and defeated a Three-Tailed Fox Demon, then helped Hu Liena claim its soul ring while explaining the beast’s traits. He parted from Bibi Dong and Hu Liena to continue into the Star Dou Forest with Liu Erlong, but returned to kiss Bibi Dong before leaving.

• After two days of searching, Li Ye found a Soft Boned Charming Rabbit, but a Three-Tailed Fox Demon’s failed ambush let the rabbit escape.
• Li Ye defeated the Three-Tailed Fox Demon and sent it to Hu Liena, who killed it and prepared to absorb its soul ring.
• Li Ye explained the Three-Tailed Fox Demon’s age and abilities, impressing Hu Liena, Bibi Dong, and Liu Erlong with his knowledge.
• Bibi Dong approved Hu Liena absorbing the soul ring, and Li Ye said he and Liu Erlong would go deeper into the Star Dou Forest while Bibi Dong stayed with Hu Liena.
• Before leaving, Li Ye returned to Bibi Dong, embraced and kissed her, then departed with Liu Erlong as Bibi Dong watched him go.

Hu Liena woke after absorbing her soul ring and learned that Li Ye had left, while Bibi Dong mourned his departure. Li Ye and Liu Erlong searched Star Dou Forest for a suitable soul beast, then discovered a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and a Titan Giant Ape fighting over an immortal herb.

• Hu Liena found Bibi Dong crying because Li Ye had left, and Bibi Dong suggested they might see him again at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament.
• Li Ye told Liu Erlong that he would accept it if he never saw An Dong'er and An Nana again, and the two continued exploring Star Dou Forest together.
• Li Ye rejected several ten-thousand-year soul beasts because their cultivation or abilities did not suit him.
• Li Ye and Liu Erlong followed a disturbance and secretly watched a twenty-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear battle a thirty-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape.
• Li Ye spotted an immortal-grade herb nearby and guessed that the two soul beasts were fighting over it.

Li Ye and Liu Erlong attacked the exhausted Titan Giant Ape and Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, killing both ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts and securing the Immortal-Grade Flower. Li Ye then began absorbing both beasts’ Soul Rings at once, leaving Liu Erlong to guard him.

• After watching the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and Titan Giant Ape fight for hours, Li Ye and Liu Erlong attacked when the wounded beasts turned their attention toward them.
• Li Ye kept the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear occupied while Liu Erlong used her dragon flames and Red Dragon Explosive Flame Strike against the Titan Giant Ape.
• Li Ye finished the dying Titan Giant Ape with his Desolate-Breaking Spear Intent, and Liu Erlong subdued the fleeing Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear so Li Ye could kill it.
• Li Ye collected the Immortal-Grade Flower, then drew both beasts’ Soul Rings and began absorbing them with his Demonic Flame Spear and Ghost-Cold Sword.
• Liu Erlong realized Li Ye had twin martial souls and stood guard as he attempted to absorb the two powerful Soul Rings simultaneously.

Li Ye fought the Titan Giant Ape and Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear in his mental space, where Sword Old Ghost demonstrated the first four forms of the Nine Heaven-Slaying Swords. After absorbing the two Soul Beasts’ Soul Bones, Li Ye endured a strange vision of a white-robed swordsman who resembled a younger Sword Old Ghost, then woke and found Liu Erlong had recovered two External Soul Bones.

• Li Ye struggled against the Titan Giant Ape and Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear in his mental space until Sword Old Ghost intervened and demonstrated four forms of the Nine Heaven-Slaying Swords.
• Sword Old Ghost and Spear Old Demon told Li Ye that mastering later techniques required him to comprehend his own intent, and Li Ye left the mental space.
• After Li Ye absorbed the two Soul Beasts’ Soul Bones, he sensed a deadly threat and collapsed as Liu Erlong checked on him.
• Li Ye endured a recurring vision of being impaled by flying swords until a white-robed swordsman resembling a younger Sword Old Ghost appeared and slew the attackers.
• Li Ye woke after three days and left the forest with Liu Erlong, who gave him the Titan Giant Ape Left Hand Bone and Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone.

After returning to Suotuo City, Li Ye absorbed two External Soul Bones and gained powerful new skills for both his Martial Souls. He visited Flender’s shop for spending money and received a Gold Card with ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.

• Liu Erlong gave Li Ye the Titan Giant Ape and Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear External Soul Bones, and they promised to marry in two years.
• Li Ye parted from Liu Erlong in Suotuo City, then absorbed both External Soul Bones at a hotel.
• Li Ye gained the Dark Gold Divine Power and Sword Domain Soul Skills, along with Tai Tan’s Grip and Dark Gold Dreadclaw from the Soul Bones.
• Li Ye went to Flender’s shop and explained that he was short on money.
• Flender welcomed Li Ye and gave him a Gold Card containing ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Li Ye went to the Soto Great Soul Arena with Flender to earn spending money and registered for soul fighting matches. After a foul-mouthed exchange with a burly Soul King led to a wager match, Flender bet his own savings and the money of Shrek’s teachers and Dai Mubai on Li Ye, leaving the match to begin that evening.

• Flender gave Li Ye a Gold Card and explained that Yu Xiaogang had spent his savings on Li Ye’s medicinal baths.
• Li Ye registered at the Soto Great Soul Arena as Feng Yeli, an eighteen-year-old level 44 Soul Master with a Demonic Flame Spear.
• Li Ye mocked a burly man who taunted him, and the two agreed to a wager match.
• The arena revealed that Li Ye’s opponent was a level 50 Soul King and Sapphire Soul Fighter with a Qian Jun Ant Martial Soul.
• Flender wagered his own money, Li Ye’s money, and the savings of Zhao Wuji, the other teachers, and Dai Mubai on Li Ye.
• The arena closed betting with the match set to start that evening and the odds fixed at 2.78 to 1.56 for Li Ye and his opponent.

Li Ye defeated and killed Doug in the Soto Great Soul Arena, displaying an exceptional fourth soul ring and overwhelming strength. After the match, Flender learned that Li Ye knew Liu Erlong and planned to marry her, leaving him furious and stunned.

• Flender and the Shrek Academy teachers secretly followed him to the arena, where they recognized Li Ye under the name Feng Yeli and wondered whether he was Liu Erlong’s rescuer.
• Li Ye revealed his yellow, purple, purple, and black soul rings, shocking the crowd and his companions.
• Doug activated four enhancement skills and tried to kill Li Ye, but Li Ye’s spear pierced his heart with a single thrust.
• After Li Ye left the arena, Flender pulled him aside and asked whether he knew Liu Erlong.
• Li Ye admitted that Liu Erlong was his girlfriend and said he planned to marry her in two years, prompting Flender to roar in disbelief.

Flender learned that Li Ye was engaged to Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang’s former love, and asked Li Ye to keep the news from his teacher for now. Yu Xiaogang then brought Tang San and Xiao Wu to join Shrek Academy, where Li Ye’s success at the Soul Fighting Arena left the group poised to settle into the struggling school.

• Flender discovered that Liu Erlong’s letter referred to Li Ye and urged him not to tell Yu Xiaogang about their relationship yet.
• Yu Xiaogang decided that Tang San and Xiao Wu should leave Nuoding Academy and join Shrek Academy, with himself going as a teacher.
• Li Ye won his thirty-second consecutive Soul Fighting Arena match, bringing his points to 2,255 and earning another 1,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at the arena and praised Li Ye’s talent, while Tang San envied the crowd’s cheers and Xiao Wu cheered for him.
• Flender treated the group to an expensive dinner after they left the arena, and Li Ye anticipated bringing new students and teachers to Shrek Academy.

Li Ye welcomed Ma Hongjun as his junior brother, gave Yu Xiaogang a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma, and asked Tang San about Starflower Dew. A year later, after rising to rank 48 and earning a ruby soul fighting badge, Li Ye led Shrek’s students to recruit applicants in Suotuo City, where Spirit Hall left them alone because Li Ye was under the Pope’s protection.

• Flender introduced Ma Hongjun to Li Ye, who welcomed him as a junior brother and promised to help him.
• Li Ye gave Yu Xiaogang a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma intended to help him break through rank 30.
• Li Ye showed Tang San Starflower Dew, learned about its healing and beauty benefits, and stored it in his Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse.
• Over the next year, Li Ye reached rank 48 and raised his Soto Great Soul Arena record to 130 consecutive wins, earning a ruby soul fighting badge.
• Li Ye led Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun to recruit students outside the Spirit Hall Sub-Hall in Suotuo City.
• Spirit Hall’s deacons did not interfere because Li Ye had been designated for protection by the Pope.

Li Ye’s unconventional recruitment campaign brought 207 students into Shrek Academy, many of whom did not meet Flender’s original standards. Flender agreed to organize soul-ring hunts for the recruits, while Yu Xiaogang warned that other academies might soon confront him over losing their talented students.

• Li Ye spent three days promoting Shrek Academy and accepted students who fell short of Flender’s admission requirements.
• After two months, Li Ye had recruited 207 students, including many from nearby cities, and dismissed Dai Mubai’s concern that Flender would object.
• Yu Xiaogang defended Li Ye’s recruits, but Flender worried that the academy lacked the staff and resources to help so many students hunt for soul rings.
• Li Ye presented the enrollment register and explained that he had used Spirit Hall deacons to spread recruitment posters throughout the surrounding cities.
• Flender arranged for Li Ye, Zhao Wuji, Xiao Wu, Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Shao Xin to take the students soul-ring hunting in batches, while Yu Xiaogang planned their soul rings.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Flender that other academies might come demanding an explanation for Shrek’s recruitment campaign.

Li Ye prepared to leave Shrek Academy and marry Liu Erlong, while Yu Xiaogang revealed that he had already accepted their relationship. After Li Ye reached level 50 at age twelve, he took Xiao Wu toward Heaven Dou City, where he planned to deal with bandits along the road.

• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Liu Erlong planned to marry Feng Yeli, and Yu Xiaogang said he had already learned of the relationship and supported their happiness.
• Li Ye and Zhao Wuji finished spending two months helping new students hunt for Soul Rings, and Li Ye decided Tang San could handle any future hunts.
• After half a year, Li Ye reached level 50, invited Xiao Wu to join him for his wedding, and said farewell to Flender and Yu Xiaogang.
• Li Ye and Xiao Wu traveled by carriage toward Heaven Dou City using two Hundred-Year Soul Beast Steeds.
• Near Heaven Dou City, Li Ye chose a road known for bandits so he could kill them and take their money.

Li Ye arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy with Xiao Wu and reunited with Liu Erlong, while Dugu Yan prepared their wedding celebration. That night, Li Ye and the three women held a private wedding ceremony and became tied-hair spouses.

• Li Ye reached Blue Tyrant Academy, where Liu Erlong hurried to greet him and kissed him before Xiao Wu pulled them apart.
• Li Ye brought Xiao Wu inside and explained to Liu Erlong that Dugu Yan was already staying with her; Xiao Wu grew anxious about being an outsider.
• Xiao Wu tried to drive a wedge between Li Ye and Liu Erlong by bringing up his connection to Yu Xiaogang, but Li Ye revealed that Liu Erlong already knew.
• Li Ye, Liu Erlong, Dugu Yan, and Xiao Wu decorated the cottage and held a private wedding ceremony, bowing to heaven and earth, their departed parents, and their marriage before tying locks of hair together.
• Li Ye and each of his three wives drank nuptial wine in the chamber, then spent the night together.

Li Ye visited Dugu Bo with Dugu Yan, revealed his plan to establish the Night Emperor Pavilion, and persuaded Dugu Bo to become its Supreme Elder. He asked Dugu Bo to help him find a fire-attribute soul beast for his fifth soul ring, then tended to the Blue Silver Emperor before leaving.

• Li Ye brought Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and apologized to Dugu Bo for marrying his granddaughter without telling him.
• Li Ye described the Night Emperor Pavilion and flattered Dugu Bo into agreeing to serve as its Supreme Elder.
• Li Ye told Dugu Bo he wanted a fire-attribute soul beast with over fifty thousand years of cultivation for his fifth soul ring.
• Dugu Bo agreed to help Li Ye hunt the soul beast after hearing that Li Ye had absorbed two ten-thousand-year soul rings for his fourth ring.
• Li Ye scattered medicinal herb seeds around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and gave the Blue Silver Emperor a few drops of his blood.

Li Ye left Ah Yin after helping her recover her consciousness, then joined Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan in Sunset Forest to find Dugu Yan a suitable Soul Beast. Dugu Bo and Li Ye killed a fifty-thousand-year Six-Winged Fire Phoenix, which Li Ye chose as his target.

• Ah Yin questioned Li Ye about helping her and deceiving Xiao San, and Li Ye left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after replying.
• Li Ye, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo searched Sunset Forest for a suitable snake-type Soul Beast for Dugu Yan’s fourth Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo discovered a fifty-thousand-year Six-Winged Fire Phoenix and fought it while waiting for Li Ye to arrive.
• Li Ye told Dugu Bo that the Six-Winged Fire Phoenix suited him, and Dugu Bo immobilized it with Time Freeze and Medusa’s Gaze.
• Li Ye pierced the Six-Winged Fire Phoenix’s heart with his spear and smashed its head to ensure it was dead.

Li Ye absorbed the Six-Winged Fire Phoenix’s Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and gained another External Soul Bone in the form of three pairs of phoenix wings. After Dugu Bo showed him the Phoenix’s nest, Li Ye took its six eggs to raise as future sect guardians.

• Li Ye began absorbing the Six-Winged Fire Phoenix’s Soul Ring while Dugu Bo guarded him and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo discovered six eggs in the Phoenix’s nest and realized it had fought to protect them.
• Li Ye defeated the resentful Phoenix with Desolate-Breaking Spear Intent and absorbed its Soul Ring.
• The Phoenix’s six wings became three pairs of External Soul Bone wings on Li Ye’s back, astonishing Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Li Ye and Dugu Bo collected the six eggs in the Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse and returned to Dugu Yan.