Recaps

Lan Changsheng negotiated Spirit Hall’s ransom for Demon Subduing Douluo and the others, while Tang San and Tang Hao arrived at Shrek Academy and confronted its staff. Flender appeared to welcome Tang Hao, the Clear Sky Douluo.

• Dugu Bo demanded Immortal Herbs, a rare skull Soul Bone, and Spirit Hall’s withdrawal from Sunset Forest, but Bai Wen rejected his terms.
• Lan Changsheng revealed himself, took over the negotiations, and agreed to release the captives for five Immortal Herbs and a forty-thousand-year-old skull bone, with another Immortal Herb required to cure the poison.
• Bai Wen promised to deliver the agreed payment within three days and left without requesting a cure for the poison.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived at Shrek Academy, where Li Yusong doubted Tang San’s claim that Yu Xiaogang had sent him.
• Tang Hao confronted Li Yusong with his Clear Sky Hammer, and Flender appeared to welcome the Clear Sky Douluo.

Tang Hao brought Tang San and Xiao Wu to Shrek Academy, where Flender agreed to assess the children and teach them according to his own principles. Tang Hao stayed behind to guard against Spirit Hall, while Tang San overheard Flender and Yu Xiaogang discussing the danger to his disciple.

• Tang Hao entered Shrek Academy with Tang San and Xiao Wu after Flender welcomed them and showed them the shabby grounds.
• Flender argued with Yu Xiaogang about the academy’s poor state and explained that he had spent their former team’s earnings on land and buildings.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that Tang San and Xiao Wu both had innate full soul power, and Flender recognized them as promising students.
• Flender said he would assess the children the next morning and insisted they follow his teaching methods, which Tang Hao accepted.
• Tang Hao chose to keep watch from the roof in case Spirit Hall followed them, while Tang San and Xiao Wu settled into the back courtyard.
• Tang San overheard Flender and Yu Xiaogang speaking quietly about Spirit Hall and whether Yu Xiaogang could protect his disciple.

Tang San and Xiao Wu passed Flender’s tests and began endurance training at Shrek Academy. In the Sunset Forest, Bai Wen delivered Spirit Hall’s compensation to Lan Changsheng, while Bibi Dong planned to spare him for now and search for Tang San.

• Tang San demonstrated the strength and control of his Blue Silver Grass, and Flender declared that he passed without testing his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Xiao Wu used her agility to reach Flender, passed his test, and was ordered to run ten laps with Tang San before eating.
• Flender told Zhao Wuji that he trusted Tang San because he was Clear Sky Douluo’s child, while Zhao Wuji spotted a black-cloaked figure on the roof.
• Bai Wen delivered a forty-thousand-year Head Soul Bone, five Immortal Herbs, and other supplies to Lan Changsheng in the Sunset Forest.
• Bai Wen recalled that Bibi Dong had approved the deal, ordered the release of imprisoned Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters, and planned to search for Tang San.
• Bai Wen left after confirming that the Blue Silver Emperor was no longer in the valley.

Lan Changsheng gave Dugu Yan a rare herb and a powerful Soul Bone from Spirit Hall, then helped her absorb both at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The Life Dragon Snake gained a third Soul Ring, while Lan Changsheng continued worrying about Tang San’s training and his stalled divine trial.

• Lan Changsheng told Dugu Bo he did not trust Bibi Dong, then gave him the Immortal Herb and Soul Bone for Dugu Yan.
• Lan Changsheng reassured Ah Yin that Tang San had reached Shrek Academy and considered how to train him without hunting Soul Beasts.
• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Lan Changsheng presented her with a nearly fifty-thousand-year-old Shadow Python Head Soul Bone and the Immortal Herb Azure Fallen Radiance.
• Lan Changsheng used a formation to help Dugu Yan absorb the Soul Bone and guide its excess energy into crystals for her future cultivation.
• Dugu Yan absorbed Azure Fallen Radiance, and her Life Dragon Snake manifested with a third Soul Ring.

Dugu Yan gained an unusual Soul Ring through a connection with the Shadow Python, prompting Lan Changsheng to consider a new way for Soul Masters to obtain Soul Rings. At Shrek Academy, Flender intensified Tang San and Xiao Wu’s training and sent them to seek bounty missions, but they found none they could handle.

• Dugu Yan asked Lan Changsheng about her new Soul Ring, and he discovered that the Shadow Python’s weakened soul lived within it and had connected itself to her.
• The Shadow Python explained that it had formed the connection after sensing Lan Changsheng’s aura, and Lan Changsheng told it to rest and treat Dugu Yan well.
• Lan Changsheng explained the unusual Soul Ring to Dugu Yan, who agreed to work with the Shadow Python and explore this way of gaining Soul Rings.
• At Shrek Academy, Flender made Tang San run extra laps and planned practical combat training with missions, while Zhao Wuji agreed to help keep the children in danger without revealing his presence.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu waited outside a Spirit Hall Branch in a town near the Star Dou Great Forest because its bounty board had no missions they could handle.

Tang San and Xiao Wu accepted a village’s bounty to drive away three Red Boars, then prepared traps in the damaged vegetable field. As dusk fell, the Red Boars arrived and the pair waited in hiding to confront them.

• Tang San met an old village chief seeking help against three Red Boars and persuaded him to accept Tang San and Xiao Wu for the mission.
• Tang San demonstrated his Blue Silver Grass to convince the villagers that he was a Soul Master capable of handling the threat.
• After eating at the village chief’s home, Tang San and Xiao Wu went to the damaged vegetable field and set traps.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu hid in haystacks as dusk approached, and three Red Boars emerged from the road south of the village.

Tang San and Xiao Wu drove off three Red Boars after learning that their leader was searching for its family, and Tang San promised to help find them. As the villagers celebrated, Tang San noticed reddish patches of soil that looked like blood, while Flender wondered about the influence of Tang San’s uncle.

• Tang San used traps and Blue Silver Grass to fight the Red Boars, while Xiao Wu helped attack their leader.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu struggled against the leader until Xiao Wu hesitated to hurt it, and Tang San chose to restrain it instead of killing it.
• Xiao Wu conveyed that the Red Boars were anxiously searching for their family, and Tang San promised to look for signs of them in the village.
• The Red Boars left, and the villagers cheered and carried Tang San and Xiao Wu toward a feast.
• Tang San noticed reddish patches of soil that looked like blood, while Flender reflected on Tang San’s decision to spare the Red Boars.

Tang San and Xiao Wu were poisoned by the villagers after saving them from three Red Boars, but Tang San pretended to fall unconscious and trapped everyone with Blue Silver Grass. He confronted the old village chief and demanded to know why the boars had attacked.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu joined the village feast, and Tang San secretly spread Blue Silver Grass beneath the courtyard.
• Lao Sun served the children drugged wild boar meat, and Tang San recognized the poison but let Xiao Wu eat it while neutralizing its effects in himself.
• Xiao Wu collapsed, and Tang San pretended to pass out as the villagers revealed plans to refine him into medicine and keep Xiao Wu for the village.
• Tang San bound the villagers with Blue Silver Grass, and Flender revealed that he had watched the poisoning without intervening.
• Tang San silenced the Bow-Hunting Burly Man and demanded that the old village chief explain why the three Red Boars had attacked.

Tang San killed the villagers who had planned to turn him and Xiao Wu into medicine, then Lan Changsheng arrived to comfort him and discuss their hope of reconciling humans and soul beasts. Lan Changsheng left Tang San in Flender’s care, pointing to Dugu Yan’s soul-bone connection as a possible first step toward that goal.

• The old village chief explained that he had refined a Red Boar cub into medicine for children and that the hunter later persuaded him to target Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Tang San rejected the chief’s plea to spare the villagers and told Flender that the village could not be allowed to remain.
• Tang San used his Blue Silver Grass to kill the villagers, then killed the surviving old village chief with the Blue Silver Dagger.
• Lan Changsheng appeared, comforted the shaken Tang San, and told him to kill those who preyed on others while recognizing the kindness of people and soul beasts.
• Lan Changsheng explained that Dugu Yan’s bond with the Shadow Python soul in her soul bone might help reduce conflict between soul masters and soul beasts.
• Lan Changsheng left Tang San in Flender’s care and said Tang Seng could contact him if anything was needed.

After Lan Changsheng left, Tang San and Xiao Wu said goodbye to the grieving Red Boars before Flender took them back. Lan Changsheng began restoring the damaged Sunset Forest with the Dragon Kings’ ice-and-fire energy, then learned that Dugu Yan had found a way for a Soul Spirit to fight outside its Soul Ring.

• Tang San hid the old village chief’s corpse from Xiao Wu, and Flender urged them to return after they failed to finish their task.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu found the Red Boars and told them the child they sought was gone; Xiao Wu asked Tang San if they would ever be separated.
• Lan Changsheng planned his Second Trial and persuaded the Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King to supply energy in exchange for life energy.
• Lan Changsheng infused the Sunset Forest’s soil and withered wood with converted ice-and-fire energy, and new shoots appeared after sixteen days.
• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan to visit, and Dugu Yan told Lan Changsheng that the recovering Shadow Python could leave her Soul Ring and fight independently.

Lan Changsheng continued restoring the forest around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and brought Tang San and Xiao Wu to visit Ah Yin. After the children fell asleep, he returned to the spring to use its polar powers to improve their talent.

• Lan Changsheng examined Dugu Yan's Shadow Python, then drank with Dugu Bo until dawn before Dugu Yan took her unconscious grandfather home.
• Over the next six months, Lan Changsheng and Ah Yin helped the forest recover, but the Second Trial still lacked large animal herds and a stable energy cycle.
• Lan Changsheng planted colorful flowers throughout the forest and checked that Tang San had doubled his training at Shrek Academy.
• Lan Changsheng took Tang San and Xiao Wu to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where they reunited with Ah Yin and spent time with her.
• After carrying the sleeping children to the pavilion, Lan Changsheng returned to the spring to draw on its polar powers and improve their talent.

Lan Changsheng welcomed twelve wild deer into Sunset Forest, advancing his Divine Trial, while Tang San and Xiao Wu began Flender’s demanding new training plan. Tang San started learning to sense Zhao Wuji through the vibrations carried by his Blue Silver Grass.

• Lan Changsheng saw twelve wild deer enter Sunset Forest, and his Divine Trial progress reached eighty-one percent.
• Tang San comforted Tang Hao about Ah Yin, then escaped with Xiao Wu when Flender arrived.
• Flender gave Tang San and Xiao Wu a training plan involving weighted runs, specialized exercises, and paired combat against stronger teachers.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu completed their weighted laps with help from the energy replenishing their bodies.
• Blindfolded during Blue Silver Grass training, Tang San sensed ground vibrations and managed to brush Zhao Wuji’s clothes.

Tang San and Xiao Wu trained together at Shrek Academy, then received a live-combat bounty to deal with Wind Wolves near Qinghe Town. As they left town to investigate, an unseen observer recognized Tang San and appeared ready to act against him.

• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to sense Zhao Wuji’s movements, while Xiao Wu practiced her soft techniques against Li Yusong.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu worked together to pull Zhao Wuji’s foot outside a marked circle, and Flender planned tougher training for them.
• After a month of training, Flender sent Tang San and Xiao Wu to Qinghe Town to deal with Wind Wolves and ordered them to hand the bounty reward to the academy.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu heard townsfolk complain about the Wind Wolves and left town to investigate them.
• An unseen observer opened a tavern window and addressed Tang San, mentioning the Pope’s interest in him.

Tang San and Xiao Wu found that the Wind Wolf tracks were a trap set by Spirit Hall, and Chi Heng overwhelmed them with his Soul Douluo power. Flender rescued them briefly but was struck down by a hidden attacker, leaving all three at Chi Heng’s mercy.

• Tang San practiced sensing through Blue Silver Grass as he and Xiao Wu searched for Wind Wolves, then noticed suspiciously uniform tracks and an absence of animal sounds.
• Xiao Wu found that the Wind Wolf scent came from a few hairs, and Tang San recognized the forest as a trap and tried to flee with her.
• Chi Heng appeared, identified Tang San as a target wanted by the Supreme Pontiff, and pinned Tang San and Xiao Wu down with his rank-eighty-five Soul Power.
• Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and defied Chi Heng when he threatened Xiao Wu.
• Flender attacked Chi Heng, grabbed Tang San and Xiao Wu, and attempted to escape by air, but Chi Heng’s Red Fire Staff attack forced him off course.
• A hidden attacker punched Flender from behind, sending him crashing to the ground; Tang San and Xiao Wu fell unconscious as Chi Heng declared that no one could save them.

Lan Changsheng rescued Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dugu Bo, and Flender by killing the Spirit Hall attackers, then returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and completed the Second Trial by understanding the cycle of life. The trial’s completion awakened a deeper resonance between him and plants across the continent.

• Lan Changsheng emerged through space, healed Dugu Bo, and killed Chi Heng and the gray-robed Titled Douluo with his Blue Silver Imperial Emperor Domain.
• Lan Changsheng revived Tang San and Xiao Wu, learned that the local Spirit Hall had used a fake bounty to lure Tang San, and encouraged him to grow strong enough to fight back.
• Lan Changsheng left Flender and the children, who headed back to Qinghe Town and planned to increase Tang San and Xiao Wu’s training.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Lan Changsheng realized that life energy had to circulate through nature rather than merely nourish plants and animals.
• The system announced that Lan Changsheng had reached one hundred percent progress and completed the Second Trial, awakening his resonance with plants across the continent.

After completing the second Divine Trial, Lan Changsheng discovered that the Seed of Life let him sense plants and teleport through them, then received the Third Trial. He found Dugu Yan isolated at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and took her to get food, leaving her books in his System Space.

• Lan Changsheng reached twenty-four percent mastery of the Law of Life, learned that plants could share their perceptions with him, and discovered he could teleport to them.
• The system began the Third Trial, prompting Lan Changsheng to search for Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan through the plants across the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Lan Changsheng visited Dugu Bo, who proudly described Dugu Yan's strength, while Lan Changsheng learned that she was being shunned at the academy because of her changed Martial Soul.
• Lan Changsheng teleported to Dugu Yan and saw her using books and study to shut out the voices around her.
• Lan Changsheng invited Dugu Yan to get food, and she eagerly agreed; he stored her unfinished books in his System Space.

Lan Changsheng comforted Dugu Yan as she struggled with suspicion and isolation at the academy, and assured her that she and Dugu Bo were safe. After learning how the academy and Heaven Dou Imperial Family had been probing her secrets, Dugu Bo prepared to confront them, but Lan Changsheng stopped him and urged him to plan first.

• Dugu Yan took Lan Changsheng to her favorite restaurant and admitted that a classmate who once joined her no longer came with her.
• Lan Changsheng encouraged Dugu Yan not to shut herself away because others feared her growing strength, and reassured her about the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's interest in Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Yan told Lan Changsheng that her bond with Little Shadow eased her loneliness and that she would turn gossip into motivation to grow stronger.
• Lan Changsheng returned to Dugu Bo with crispy pork and criticized him for not realizing that Dugu Yan was being ostracized and questioned about her Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo tried to rush out and confront those targeting Dugu Yan, but Lan Changsheng restrained him and said they needed a plan.

Lan Changsheng confronted the Heaven Dou Empire’s imperial palace over the pressure placed on Dugu Yan and used his power over plants to deliver a public judgment against the imperial family. Emperor Xue Ye was wounded by the force of the message and ordered his carriage prepared so he could meet Lan Changsheng.

• Dugu Bo wanted to attack the imperial family, but Lan Changsheng warned that striking openly would strengthen their case against the Dugu Family and promised to teach them a lesson himself.
• Lan Changsheng went to the palace, restrained guards with Blue Silver Grass, and faced a Titled Douluo at the main gate.
• Plants across the palace bowed toward Lan Changsheng, and the gilded Swan statue atop the Hall of Golden Chimes came alive and flew above the palace.
• The Swan’s cries carried the message, “Those who pry into hearts devour their own souls. Those who bully the young incur heaven’s abhorrence,” terrifying the imperial officials who had targeted Dugu Yan.
• Emperor Xue Ye spat blood, recognized the event as a divine miracle, and ordered his carriage prepared so he could meet Lan Changsheng.

Lan Changsheng intimidated Emperor Xue Ye and the Heaven Dou court into backing away from Dugu Yan, then left with Dugu Bo. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi sent Ning Rongrong to Shrek Academy with Chen Xin, hoping Chen Xin could recover his shaken Sword Heart.

• Lan Changsheng silenced the royal court with the gilded swan and challenged Emperor Xue Ye to ask him about Dugu Yan if he dared.
• Lan Changsheng told Dugu Bo that the court should remember the cost of prying into Dugu Yan’s affairs, then left for Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Emperor Xue Ye ordered Xue Qinghe to investigate everyone who had targeted Dugu Yan, cripple their Soul Power, and send them to the Dugu Family’s residence.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong felt fear from Lan Changsheng’s power, while Chen Xin’s Seven Kill Sword and Sword Heart trembled.
• Ning Fengzhi sent Ning Rongrong to Shrek Academy with Chen Xin, hoping the journey would help Chen Xin rediscover his Sword Heart.

Ning Rongrong traveled toward Suotuo City with Chen Xin and struggled with the rough journey before meeting Oscar in a small town. After she intervened when vendors beat him, Chen Xin warned her that kindness and openly showing her wealth could put her in danger.

• Ning Rongrong complained about the uncomfortable carriage, and Chen Xin promised they would rest when they reached the next town.
• At the town market, Oscar tried to sell Ning Rongrong a sausage, and Chen Xin discovered that Oscar had innate full soul power.
• Chen Xin walked away with Ning Rongrong, but she returned and scattered Gold Soul Coins to make the vendors stop beating Oscar.
• Oscar offered Ning Rongrong another sausage, but Chen Xin's threatening gaze kept him from following her.
• Chen Xin advised Ning Rongrong to hide her wealth from strangers, and she asked whether he would always protect her.

Chen Xin taught Ning Rongrong how to stay safe while traveling, then stopped with her at a tavern for food. Oscar secretly watched them from nearby, hungry but trying to make do with his own Big Sausage.

• Ning Rongrong asked whether Chen Xin would always protect her, and Chen Xin urged her to learn to be strong in case he was no longer there.
• Chen Xin warned Ning Rongrong not to display money and explained that a Soul Master's strength depended on more than Soul Power, using Oscar as an example.
• Chen Xin brought Ning Rongrong into Old Chen's Tavern and ordered stewed meat and soft flatbreads for them.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether Oscar had been hurt, and Chen Xin assured her that he was fine.
• Oscar hid behind a tree and watched Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong's food before eating his own Big Sausage.

Chen Xin rescued Oscar from bandits and invited him to travel with them to Shrek Academy, where he might become stronger. As the carriage continued toward Suotuo City, Oscar and Ning Rongrong began to bond, while Chen Xin considered Oscar’s potential value to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Chen Xin made the carriage ride more comfortable for Ning Rongrong, then left town with her after their meal.
• Oscar caught up with Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong and warned them that bandits were waiting in the woods ahead.
• Chen Xin defeated the bandits with a burst of sword light and returned unharmed.
• Chen Xin refused to take Oscar as his disciple but offered to bring him to Shrek Academy, and Oscar eagerly agreed.
• Ning Rongrong shared osmanthus cake with Oscar as he joined the carriage, and Chen Xin drove onward toward Suotuo City and Shrek.

Chen Xin brought Ning Rongrong and Oscar to Shrek Academy and arranged for them to enroll, where Ning Rongrong befriended Xiao Wu and Oscar met Tang San. After learning Tang Hao was there, Chen Xin challenged him to a spar to clear the gloom clouding his Sword Heart, and the two prepared to fight in the sky.

• Chen Xin arrived at Shrek Academy with Ning Rongrong and Oscar, and Flender welcomed them after learning Ning Rongrong wanted to enroll.
• Chen Xin introduced Oscar as a food-type Soul Master with Innate Full Soul Power, and Flender arranged places for both children.
• Ning Rongrong struggled to make her bed until Xiao Wu helped her, and the two quickly became friends.
• Tang San introduced himself to Oscar while Chen Xin went to see Tang Hao and asked him for a spar.
• Chen Xin explained that the Heaven Dou Royal Academy incident had clouded his Sword Heart, and Tang Hao agreed to fight him in the sky.

Tang Hao and Chen Xin fought an escalating duel in the sky while the academy’s teachers struggled to watch. Tang Hao’s hammer ultimately repelled Chen Xin’s Martial Soul Avatar, leaving Chen Xin injured and his Soul Power unsettled.

• Tang Hao challenged Chen Xin, and the two began exchanging sword and hammer strikes as the academy gathered to watch.
• Zhao Wuji and Li Yusong attacked Flender for keeping the aerial fight to himself, while Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang for an update.
• Chen Xin’s ninth strike veered slightly, allowing Tang Hao to catch it and counter with his enlarged Clear Sky Hammer.
• Chen Xin unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar, filling the sky with sword strikes, and Tang Hao shattered more than half of the attack with the Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Chen Xin’s giant sword struck the Clear Sky Hammer, but Tang Hao’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring released a force that knocked Chen Xin out of his avatar and left him struggling to steady his Soul Power.

Chen Xin sought Lan Changsheng’s instruction after losing to Tang Hao, and Lan Changsheng agreed to test him with three moves. After the first two moves showed Chen Xin the limits of his swordplay and eased his fears, Chen Xin faced Lan Changsheng’s final thrust without dodging.

• Chen Xin admitted defeat to Tang Hao, then accidentally sent a stone carrying sword energy toward Oscar before Lan Changsheng appeared and caught it.
• Flender demanded payment for his damaged house and the students’ fees, while Chen Xin recognized Lan Changsheng and asked him for instruction.
• Lan Changsheng agreed to let Chen Xin make three moves, and Chen Xin’s first wave of sword energy was swallowed by tendrils formed from grass and locust leaves.
• Chen Xin’s second attack was stopped by Lan Changsheng’s finger, and Lan Changsheng’s life energy eased the hostility and anxiety in Chen Xin’s Sword Heart.
• Lan Changsheng formed a Blue Silver longsword and thrust at Chen Xin; Chen Xin calmly watched it approach as Ning Rongrong cried out for him to dodge.