Recaps

Xiao Wu escaped Bai Ze Ridge with the Nine-Colored Gauze after using it to keep Scarface King and Yu Xiaogang incapacitated. With the Soul Master Tournament three days away, people across the Primordial World began preparing to attend, while Qian Renxue rehearsed her entrance at Five Finger Mountain.

• Yu Xiaogang used the Nine-Colored Gauze against Scarface King, but the artifact also ensnared Yu Xiaogang, letting Xiao Wu seize it and flee the cave.
• Xiao Wu returned to the cave and used the Nine-Colored Gauze to keep Scarface King bewitched, then escaped Bai Ze Ridge without rescuing Yu Xiaogang.
• Xiao Wu planned to hide until the tournament and hoped to impress Goddess Nüwa, while Tang San worried and people on the Douluo Continent reacted to her escape.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Zhao Wuji, Di Tian, Ning Rongrong, Bibi Dong, and Princess Iron Fan considered or prepared to attend the Soul Master Tournament.
• Qian Renxue rehearsed her entrance at Five Finger Mountain and asked Sun Wukong and Nezha for their opinion.

Qian Renxue prepared Five Finger Mountain for the Soul Master Tournament, where ascended figures from the Douluo Continent gathered after teleporting there. Yu Xiaogang arrived transformed into a pig and demanded Xiao Wu return the Nine-Colored Gauze, leaving the group facing their conflict.

• Qian Renxue received Nezha's approval for her arena preparations, and Nezha and Erlang Shen declined special entrances.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Zhao Wuji, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang teleported to the tournament arena at Five Finger Mountain.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing reunited, and the arrivals discussed the opportunities they and other ascenders had found in the Primordial World.
• Xiao Wu told Flender that Yu Xiaogang was in Northern Julu Continent, and Yu Xiaogang appeared in the form of a bloated domestic pig.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded the Nine-Colored Gauze from Xiao Wu, while Flender took his side and Liu Erlong knocked Flender away with the Julang Bracelet.
• Xiao Wu refused to return the artifact and blamed Yu Xiaogang for their failed plan, and Yu Xiaogang threatened her and insulted her.

Yu Xiaogang tried to bargain with Xiao Wu for the Nine-Colored Gauze by promising to help reshape her body, but Bibi Dong appeared and took the artifact for herself. Her arrival exposed her past with Yu Xiaogang before the stunned crowd, while Qian Renxue called for the Douluo Star Will.

• Yu Xiaogang told Xiao Wu that he could help reshape her body if she returned the Nine-Colored Gauze, and Xiao Wu agreed because she wanted to be with Tang San.
• Ning Rongrong and Ma Hongjun arrived, and Flender greeted Ma Hongjun as Xiao Wu considered Yu Xiaogang's offer.
• A red lotus seat appeared above the arena, and Bibi Dong took the Nine-Colored Gauze from Xiao Wu.
• Yu Xiaogang rushed toward Bibi Dong, called her Dong'er, and demanded that she return the artifact and lend him her lotus seat.
• Nuwa observed the scene from beyond Chaos, and Qian Renxue called for the Douluo Star Will.

Bibi Dong rejected Yu Xiaogang and burned his karmic burden until Princess Iron Fan and Red Boy arrived to support her. As Qian Renxue prepared to make her entrance, countless Golden Cudgels filled the sky, leaving the tournament’s participants stunned.

• Nezha and Yang Jian watched the chaos while Fu Yuan Xianweng and the other deities decided to let the tournament proceed.
• Bibi Dong struck Yu Xiaogang with Hong Lian after he called her Dong'er, and she made his karmic burden burn faster.
• Princess Iron Fan arrived with Red Boy, who threatened to roast Yu Xiaogang for upsetting Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue prepared to enter with the Golden Cudgel as Flender tried to help Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong watched anxiously.
• Thousands of Golden Cudgels appeared across the sky, stunning everyone and making Red Boy return to Princess Iron Fan's side.

Qian Renxue made a commanding entrance as the Mountain God, while Bibi Dong publicly claimed her as her daughter and Yu Xiaogang caused a scene. Qian Renxue silenced the crowd and welcomed judges Yang Jian and Nezha, as powerful figures across the Heavenly Court began watching the tournament.

• Qian Renxue arrived in Mountain God robes, and Bibi Dong introduced her to Princess Iron Fan and Red Boy as her daughter.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Bibi Dong of betraying him, and Qian Renxue silenced the crowd by summoning the Golden Cudgel to smash the arena and bury him in sand.
• Bibi Dong told Princess Iron Fan she would apologize to Qian Renxue after the competition, while Qian Renxue worried that the chaos might displease Goddess Nüwa.
• Qian Renxue welcomed tournament judges Yang Jian and Nezha, who made a grand entrance with heavenly forces and their divine weapons.
• The tournament drew the attention of powerful figures, including Jiejiao immortals and the Great Celestial Venerable, Li Xuanji.

As the Journey to the West approached, Li Xuanji considered sending a second party westward to claim merit and went to enlist Tongtian and his Second Martial Uncle against traitors. At Five Finger Mountain, the tournament contestants had their Martial Souls restored, Bibi Dong revealed her Mosquito Daoist Martial Soul, and Yu Xiaogang awakened a domestic pig Martial Soul before Ning Rongrong invoked the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King as her adoptive father.

• Jiejiao's Three Firmaments and Zhao Gongming urged Li Xuanji to organize a second westbound party, and he went to Emerald Roaming Palace and Jade Void Palace to call on Tongtian and his Second Martial Uncle.
• At Five Finger Mountain, Qian Renxue arranged for Erlang Shen to restore the contestants' Martial Souls while Nezha left to catch Di Tian.
• Bibi Dong revealed that Ancestor Minghe had strengthened her Twin Martial Souls into a Spider-Mosquito Daoist Martial Soul bestowed by Mosquito Daoist.
• Yu Xiaogang cut ahead to have his Martial Soul restored, but Yang Jian awakened a domestic pig Martial Soul, and Yu Xiaogang collapsed in dismay.
• Ning Rongrong had Yang Jian restore her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, then placed it between the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King's spirit tablet and statue and declared him her adoptive father.
• A streak of red light appeared, and an unseen figure asked who Ning Rongrong had called her adoptive father.

Nezha attacked Ning Rongrong after she proudly claimed the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King as her sworn father, whom Nezha despised. Yang Jian briefly blocked Nezha’s flames, but Nezha resumed his assault and gathered his treasures to kill Ning Rongrong, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Ning Rongrong showed Nezha her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and announced that the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King was her sworn father.
• Nezha unleashed the Nine-Dragon Divine Fire Shroud at Ning Rongrong, engulfing Five Finger Mountain in flames.
• Ning Fengzhi realized Nezha and the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King were likely enemies, while Princess Iron Fan explained that Nezha called the Heavenly King the Tower-Dropped, Heaven-Doomed King.
• Bibi Dong, Princess Iron Fan, and Red Boy retreated, while Qian Renxue hid underground with Sun Wukong and Di Tian as the fire spread.
• Yang Jian blocked Nezha’s attack with his Huntian Cloak and urged him to calm down, but Nezha refused to spare Ning Rongrong.
• Nezha unleashed his magical treasures and drew the Qiankun Bow, aiming a Heaven-Shaking Arrow at Ning Rongrong.

Li Jing intervened at Five Finger Mountain, declared Ning Rongrong his adopted daughter, and strengthened her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, saving her from Nezha. On the Douluo Continent, the major clans and Qian Daoliu reacted to the shifting alliances as the Papal Emperor's Enthronement Ceremony approached.

• Li Jing descended with the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda, restrained Nezha, and acknowledged Ning Rongrong as his adopted daughter.
• Li Jing strengthened Ning Rongrong's Martial Soul, giving her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda the ability to suppress enemies and release fire.
• Nezha calmed down but vowed to find a way to kill Li Jing, while Ning Rongrong rejoiced over her new power and protection.
• Ning Fengzhi concluded that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect now had Buddhism's backing, and he set off with Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo for Spirit City.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's elders cursed Yu Xiaogang for failing to secure powerful backing, while Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian headed to Spirit City.
• Qian Daoliu considered the risks of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's connection to Buddhism and ordered someone to build Xue'er's statue.

As Qian Renxue began the Martial Soul competition, the gods of the Thirty-Three Heavens dropped various items as prizes, including a Peach of Immortality. The chapter left the contestants staring at the peach while Taibai Jinxing claimed it had fallen by accident.

• Bibi Dong, Princess Iron Fan, and Red Boy returned to Five Finger Mountain, where Bibi Dong reflected on Ning Rongrong's success and Yu Xiaogang decided to keep Patriarch Yuqing's spirit tablet secret.
• Sun Wukong asked Qian Renxue to reveal her Martial Soul, and Yang Jian restored her Six-Winged Angel; Di Tian also had his black True Dragon Martial Soul restored.
• Qian Renxue announced that the eleven contestants would each fight every other contestant once, with one point awarded for each victory.
• Xiao Wu asked about the prize and complained that Bibi Dong had taken her Nine-Colored Gauze; Bibi Dong offered to return it if Xiao Wu could defeat her.
• Radiant clouds rolled down from the Thirty-Three Heavens as the gods tossed down assorted items, including a Peach of Immortality.
• Taibai Jinxing claimed he had accidentally dropped the Peach of Immortality bestowed on him by the Great Heavenly Venerable, while the contestants at Five Finger Mountain stared at it.

Yu Xiaogang tried to bend the competition rules to improve his chances of winning the Peach of Immortality, but Yang Jian pinned him beneath a mountain on the Great Heavenly Venerable’s orders. The contest remained underway, while Spirit Hall prepared a veiled statue ahead of the coronation.

• Sun Wukong identified the Peach of Immortality as powerful enough to make a mortal an Earth Immortal, and Qian Renxue declared that the highest scorer would choose a reward first.
• Sun Wukong split Qian Renxue’s Golden Cudgel and transformed her Six-Winged Angel’s sword into another one, then Yu Xiaogang demanded his dragon Martial Soul back and insisted the Golden Iron Triangle count as one competitor.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhao Wuji challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claims, while people in Spirit City criticized him and Ning Fengzhi worried about Spirit Hall’s growing power.
• Ning Fengzhi noticed Spirit Hall members carrying a tall, cloth-covered object into the hall and guessed it was a statue being saved for the coronation.
• Yang Jian used One Finger Suppresses Heaven and Earth to bring down One Finger Mountain, pinning Yu Xiaogang beneath it while Flender and the others were flung away.
• The dust cleared to reveal Yu Xiaogang trapped with only his pink pig’s tail sticking out, beside Sun Wukong beneath Five Finger Mountain.

Yang Jian refused to release Yu Xiaogang, saying someone fated to him would eventually rescue him, and Liu Erlong taunted Bibi Dong over their past with him. Qian Renxue began the tournament, and Bibi Dong won a point by default before Xiao Wu challenged her over the Nine-Colored Gauze.

• Nezha and Howling Celestial Dog reacted to Yu Xiaogang's exposed pig's tail while Sun Wukong questioned why the pig had been pinned beneath Five Finger Mountain.
• Flender tried to pull Yu Xiaogang free, but Yang Jian said Yu Xiaogang was being punished for disrupting the tournament and would be rescued by someone bound to him by fate.
• Liu Erlong suggested Bibi Dong might be Yu Xiaogang's fated rescuer, then mocked her as Bibi Dong angrily denied her lingering connection to him.
• Qian Renxue warned everyone against disrupting the tournament and announced that each contestant had to fight nine matches for a chance to choose a reward.
• Bibi Dong challenged Liu Erlong, who conceded after confirming killing was forbidden, giving Bibi Dong one point.
• Xiao Wu challenged Bibi Dong over her mother's death and the stolen Nine-Colored Gauze, and Bibi Dong began the fight with her Devour Spirit and Soul skill.

Bibi Dong defeated Xiao Wu by draining her essence and later swept through six opponents in the Five Finger Mountain competition. Meanwhile, Tang Hao searched for the missing Ah Yin, whom the Silver Dragon King had captured, and the chapter ended as Di Tian prepared to face Bibi Dong with a newly fashioned Black Dragon martial soul.

• Bibi Dong's Mosquito Daoist martial soul drained Xiao Wu's essence, which flew into Ma Hongjun, leaving Xiao Wu weak and distressed.
• Tang San grew consumed by darkness after learning what Bibi Dong had done to Xiao Wu, while Tang Hao discovered that Ah Yin and the Blue Silver Forest had vanished.
• The Silver Dragon King revealed that Ah Yin was in her custody and planned to make her serve the soul beasts and turn against Tang San.
• Bibi Dong defeated Zhao Wuji, Flender, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and two other opponents to earn six points.
• Di Tian stepped forward to challenge Bibi Dong and summoned the Black Dragon martial soul that Nezha had fashioned for him.

Di Tian and Bibi Dong fought on Five Finger Mountain, and Di Tian displayed his transformed humanoid form and powerful Dragon Clan treasures. Bibi Dong used the Nine-Colored Gauze to break through his overwhelming attack and held a weapon at his throat, leaving the match in her favor.

• Di Tian merged with his Black Dragon Martial Soul and revealed his Dragon Spear, Dragon God Claw, and Dragon Tendon, all bestowed or forged by powerful figures in the Primordial World.
• Bibi Dong summoned the Third-Rank Hong Lian to defend herself as Qian Renxue began the match, and Di Tian attacked with Black Dragon Claw.
• Bibi Dong used Spider-Mosquito Devours the Heavens, but Di Tian countered with Overturn Rivers and Seas and engulfed her in a vast wave.
• Bibi Dong emerged from the water and used the Nine-Colored Gauze to control Di Tian briefly, then rushed in with Myriad Devourings Return to the Origin and placed its thorn at his throat.
• Spectators across the Douluo Continent discussed Di Tian's defeat, while Qian Daoliu judged that Bibi Dong had outmatched him in combat intelligence.

Bibi Dong defeated Ning Rongrong by bursting her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, then faced Qian Renxue in the next match. Qian Renxue remembered her resentment toward Bibi Dong and began her attack.

• Dugu Bo admired Di Tian’s strength and packed unknown Immortal Herbs for Dugu Yan in case she reached the Primordial World.
• Bibi Dong won her match against Di Tian, and Xiao Wu fainted after Bibi Dong teased her about the Nine-Colored Gauze.
• Ning Rongrong trapped Bibi Dong inside her pagoda, but Bibi Dong expanded the Third-Rank Hong Lian within it and shattered the pagoda.
• Ning Rongrong suffered the backlash and fainted, while Flender removed a shard of glazed tile from Yu Xiaogang’s buttocks.
• Qian Renxue entered the arena to fight Bibi Dong, recalled her anger at being neglected, and announced her first Soul Skill, Golden Cudgel Assault.

Qian Renxue trapped Bibi Dong in a devastating Golden Cudgel formation, while spectators across the worlds watched and guessed at the mother-daughter showdown. Bibi Dong panicked as her Nine-Colored Gauze failed to find Qian Renxue, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Nezha, Yang Jian, and the deities watched eagerly as Qian Renxue prepared to confront Bibi Dong, while Fu Yuan Xianweng warned the others not to interfere.
• Qian Renxue flooded the arena with Golden Cudgel shadows, forcing Bibi Dong to flee and fear that the attack could kill her.
• Bibi Dong tried to use the Nine-Colored Gauze, but Golden Cudgels surrounded her and obscured Qian Renxue from view.
• Qian Renxue revealed that she had deliberately trapped Bibi Dong to make her feel fear and despair, while Princess Iron Fan mistook the fight for Bibi Dong’s plan to mend their relationship.
• Red Boy asked whether they should help Auntie Dong, and Princess Iron Fan slapped him for interrupting.
• Tang San denounced Spirit Hall and celebrated the prospect of Qian Renxue’s downfall, while Qian Daoliu reassured the Soul Beasts that she would not kill Bibi Dong.

Qian Renxue trapped Bibi Dong between enormous Golden Cudgels, leaving her battered until the match rules forced Qian Renxue to stop. Bibi Dong recovered and took Qian Renxue’s concern as hope for reconciliation, while Qian Renxue began defending the stage for the next challengers.

• Qian Renxue sealed Bibi Dong inside a chamber of Golden Cudgels and repeatedly slammed her between them.
• Bibi Dong endured the beating, apologized to Qian Renxue, and focused on surviving so they could reconcile.
• Xiao Wu cheered for Qian Renxue to kill Bibi Dong, prompting Qian Renxue to stop the cudgels and cite the competition’s ban on killing.
• Princess Iron Fan caught the injured Bibi Dong, and Yang Jian gave her a pill that healed her wounds.
• Bibi Dong told Princess Iron Fan she understood Qian Renxue’s actions and read Qian Renxue’s concern as hope for mending their relationship.
• Qian Renxue awarded Bibi Dong eight points and announced that she would defend the stage.