Recaps

The Dragon-Tiger Ranking announced a level-zero contest where contestants would fight as consciousness entities, with nine winners receiving soul-power increases. As factions prepared to enter, Wang Qiye struggled to teach the Zhu Zhuqings while missing Ning Rongrong, whose exceptional comprehension he finally learned about.

• Ning Rongrong learned from Xue Qinghe that the Dragon-Tiger Ranking had already been released, and the rules promised nine winners soul-power increases for competing without soul power and without killing.
• Dugu Bo registered for the contest after learning that fighters would compete as consciousness entities, then offered to train Dugu Yan in fighting techniques when she said she could beat him.
• At Spirit Hall, Dai Mubai explained the contest’s consciousness-based fights and registration requirements, and Hu Liena promised Bibi Dong she would enter and win.
• Tang Xiao ordered the Clear Sky Sect members to register for the ranking while secretly keeping most Blacksmith Association funds flowing to the sect.
• Wang Qiye continued teaching the Zhu Zhuqings and learned that Ning Rongrong had unmatched comprehension, leaving him to wonder why the others struggled with his simplified cultivation methods.

Hu Liena confronted Ma Hongjun over his private meetings with Bibi Dong, and the argument escalated into a fight after Dai Mubai helped restrain him. Ma Hongjun’s ignorance fire overwhelmed both of them before Bibi Dong arrived and demanded an explanation.

• Hu Liena accused Ma Hongjun of doing something shameful with Bibi Dong, but he refused to explain their yoga cultivation practice.
• Hu Liena used her Charm soul skill and attacked Ma Hongjun, who tried to flee rather than fight her.
• Dai Mubai tripped Ma Hongjun, pinned him down, and declared that he had never considered him a teammate.
• Hu Liena used Demon Fox Transformation to charm Ma Hongjun, but ignorance fire in his consciousness broke the effect and he burst into flames.
• Ma Hongjun burned Dai Mubai’s hands to charcoal and resisted Hu Liena’s charm before advancing on her in a rage.
• Bibi Dong arrived, stopped Ma Hongjun, and asked Hu Liena to explain what had happened.

Bibi Dong accepted Hu Liena’s accusation and had Ma Hongjun imprisoned, where Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan oversaw his torture. Ma Hongjun recovered in secret and resolved to seize power, while Wang Qiye noticed his cultivation progress rising and continued correcting Zhu Zhuqing’s understanding of her clone.

• Hu Liena accused Ma Hongjun of attacking her, and Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to take him to prison under the rules.
• Yue Guan gagged Ma Hongjun and had jailers torture him, blaming him for Dai Mubai’s injuries.
• As Ma Hongjun endured the torture, his inner flames changed into distinct red and black halves, and he vowed to make his tormentors pay.
• After the jailers left, Ma Hongjun used red flames to heal most of his injuries and quietly waited for a chance to turn the tables.
• Wang Qiye wondered why Ma Hongjun’s cultivation progress was rising faster than Zhu Zhuqing’s, then summoned Zhu Zhuqing and told her she and her clone were one person.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she still thought her original body and clone could act independently, while her shadow voiced the same objection.

Xue Qinghe investigated Wang Qiye’s plans at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect while Ning Rongrong grew frustrated with his constant questions. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang Hao advanced in the Mysterious Heaven Skill, and Tang San prepared with him for the Dragon-Tiger Ranking after registration closed.

• Ning Rongrong accused Xue Qinghe of mocking her master’s money-losing project and stormed off to train.
• Xue Qinghe told Ci Xue Douluo that Wang Qiye’s plans could make the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Spirit Hall’s greatest enemy, then recorded his observations of the sect.
• Tang Hao successfully stirred his Soul Power with the Mysterious Heaven Skill and noticed that Tang San’s skills reminded him of Tang San’s mother.
• Tang San and Tang Hao saw the registration closure notice, and Tang Hao prepared for the Dragon-Tiger Ranking with a strategy in mind.

Ma Hongjun entered the Dragon-Tiger Ranking’s consciousness space and discovered that his Bhagavad Gita abilities still worked despite the loss of soul power. He won his first fight, while Qian Renxue and Ning Rongrong also advanced after defeating their opponents.

• Ma Hongjun uploaded his consciousness and found that he could use Martial Soul Possession but not Soul Skills or soul power.
• Ma Hongjun discovered that the red and black flames from the Bhagavad Gita remained active, then prepared for the first round of the Dragon-Tiger Ranking.
• Ma Hongjun dodged a spear-wielding opponent and killed him with a slap, advancing to the next round.
• Qian Renxue saw that the ranking had revealed her true appearance and noted that she had already defeated her opponent.
• Ning Rongrong faced a Clear Sky Sect disciple who threatened and insulted her, then knocked him out with a punch and advanced.

Ma Hongjun advanced through the Dragon-Tiger Ranking and discovered that his cellmate was Yu Xiaogang, who begged him to arrange a meeting with Bibi Dong. Bibi Dong summoned Ma Hongjun because practicing his cultivation method with him helped repair her damaged state of mind, and Ma Hongjun entered the Papal Hall to meet her.

• Ma Hongjun and the crippled Old Beggar both survived the first two rounds of the Dragon-Tiger Ranking, and Ma Hongjun dismissed the man's claim that he was the Pope's lover.
• Soldiers brought Ma Hongjun clean clothes and hot water and told him Bibi Dong wanted to see him.
• The Old Beggar identified himself as Yu Xiaogang and asked Ma Hongjun to help him meet Bibi Dong, and Ma Hongjun promised to help while telling him to wait quietly.
• Yu Xiaogang imagined Bibi Dong healing his limbs and helping him become powerful, while blaming Tang San and Tang Hao for his troubles.
• Bibi Dong grew furious when her cultivation method failed to work alone, but summoned Ma Hongjun because practicing with him had gradually restored her state of mind.
• Ma Hongjun entered the Papal Hall and teasingly asked Bibi Dong why she had summoned him.

Ma Hongjun used the Bhagavad Gita’s curse to bind Bibi Dong to an unbearable bodily urge that only he could relieve. After she had him thrown back into prison, her order to keep him alive left Ma Hongjun confident that he was safe.

• Bibi Dong accused Ma Hongjun of withholding parts of the cultivation method and ordered him to demonstrate it again.
• Ma Hongjun guided Bibi Dong through the yoga poses while preparing the Bhagavad Gita’s curse.
• Ma Hongjun cursed Bibi Dong so that only he could ease the torment of her bodily instincts.
• Bibi Dong felt the curse take hold and demanded that Ma Hongjun remove it, but he said it could not be revoked.
• Bibi Dong sent Ma Hongjun flying and ordered the Temple Army to return him to prison, heal him, and keep him alive.

Ma Hongjun convinced Yu Xiaogang that Bibi Dong might still help him, while Zhu Zhuqing faced Tang San in the Dragon-Tiger Ranking and defeated him with her shadow technique. The match ended with Zhu Zhuqing warning Tang San that she would kill him the next time they met.

• Ma Hongjun told Yu Xiaogang that Bibi Dong had struck him after hearing Yu Xiaogang's name, but promised to plead Yu Xiaogang's case again.
• Yu Xiaogang abandoned his plan to escape and relied on Ma Hongjun to persuade Bibi Dong to release him.
• Zhu Zhuqing encountered Tang San in the tournament, and Tang San attacked her with crossbow bolts and a barrage of hidden weapons.
• Tang San used Heavenly Maiden Scattering Blossoms, but the weapons passed through Zhu Zhuqing as though she were a shadow, and the Dragon-Tiger Ranking ruled that she had not cheated.
• Zhu Zhuqing's shadow stabbed Tang San in the chest, and she told him she would take his life the next time they met.

Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo, and Spirit Hall’s leaders questioned the Dragon-Tiger Ranking’s unexplained participant numbers while Bibi Dong struggled with Ma Hongjun’s curse. Bibi Dong lost control and injured Hu Liena before the curse briefly lifted, leaving her horrified by what she had done.

• Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo discussed the Dragon-Tiger Ranking’s schedule and wondered how it could take so long to determine a winner.
• Ghost Douluo told Bibi Dong and Chrysanthemum Douluo that Spirit Hall’s records listed far fewer Soul Masters than the Pride of Heaven Ranking’s figures implied.
• Bibi Dong tried ice and other methods to resist the primitive instinct Ma Hongjun’s curse had inflicted on her, but nothing worked.
• Bibi Dong summoned Hu Liena, then lost control and bit her neck as the curse’s power overwhelmed her.
• Bibi Dong regained her reason, saw Hu Liena’s injury, and called for a healing Soul Master.

The Dragon-Tiger Ranking’s afternoon match trapped Tang Xiao and Ma Hongjun in a shrinking arena with a hundred Soul Beasts, while Bibi Dong worried over Hu Liena’s injuries. Tang Xiao died in the melee, and Bibi Dong ordered Ma Hongjun brought to her once his match ended.

• Tang Xiao entered the match expecting to face another Soul Master, but found himself surrounded by a hundred Soul Beasts that could use Soul Power and Soul Skills.
• Tang Xiao tried to retreat and wait for the Soul Beasts to weaken one another, but a shrinking border forced him to fight; a ground spike pinned his foot, and the beasts killed him.
• Ma Hongjun avoided the first attacks and used his Two-Colored Flames on the Soul Beasts, driving them into a berserk frenzy in which they attacked and killed one another.
• Ma Hongjun retreated to the arena’s edge as the Soul Beasts fought, horrified by the violent effects of his technique.
• Bibi Dong learned that Hu Liena would recover from her neck wound, though it might scar, and ordered guards to bring Ma Hongjun to her after his match.

Dugu Bo poisoned the Soul Beasts in his consciousness space and harvested a rare scorpion’s venom, while Ma Hongjun survived his round and was summoned by Bibi Dong. Ning Rongrong defeated a hundred Soul Beasts with ease, and the Dragon-Tiger Ranking finals were set for the next day.

• Dugu Bo used poisonous powder to kill the Soul Beasts around him, then removed the Fallen Red True Scorpion’s stinger and venom sac and stored them in his Space Soul Tool.
• Ma Hongjun dodged a frenzied Six-Eared Elephant until it crashed into the boundary and died, winning his round.
• The Dragon-Tiger Ranking announced that the finals would take place the following day, and Ma Hongjun was summoned to meet Bibi Dong.
• Ma Hongjun left the prison while Yu Xiaogang remained unconscious in the opposite cell.
• Ning Rongrong fought the Soul Beasts head-on, using their attacks against one another and defeating exactly one hundred of them.

Tang Hao survived the Soul Beast trial and joined the ten finalists, while Ma Hongjun confronted Bibi Dong over her curse and helped soothe its effects. The chapter left Bibi Dong’s meeting with Yu Xiaogang pending as Ma Hongjun resumed their practice to calm her dangerous urges.

• Tang Hao used Tang San’s Hidden Weapons and techniques to survive the Soul Beasts, then killed all one hundred as the trial ended.
• The sky curtain announced the ten finalists, including Tang Hao, Ma Hongjun, and Yu Xiaogang, and Tang Hao boasted that he would take first place.
• Bibi Dong threatened Ma Hongjun with Spirit Hall’s ability to destroy a Soul Master’s Martial Soul, but he insisted that her curse could not be lifted.
• Ma Hongjun guided Bibi Dong through the Bhagavad Gita, easing her restlessness, until a Temple Army soldier announced that Yu Xiaogang had been found.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yu Xiaogang brought to her, then Ma Hongjun stopped their practice and red Karmic Fire flared over her body, provoking dangerous urges.
• Bibi Dong ordered Ma Hongjun to continue, and he resumed the practice and began withdrawing the flames from her body.

Yu Xiaogang was released from his cell and brought to the Martial Soul Main Hall after the jailers retaliated against his threats. Meanwhile, Ma Hongjun’s yoga with Bibi Dong increased his Soul Power, and he began imagining how he could use the curse to control powerful women.

• Yu Xiaogang threatened the jailers with revenge, so Captain Wang and the others pinned him down and secretly abused him instead of killing him.
• The jailers escorted Yu Xiaogang to the Martial Soul Main Hall, where the Temple Army guards mistook his condition for madness caused by Tang Hao.
• Bibi Dong and Ma Hongjun practiced yoga in the Papal Hall, and Ma Hongjun gained a level of Soul Power.
• Ma Hongjun fantasized about using the curse to control powerful women, and even deities, as cultivation cauldrons.

Bibi Dong reunited with a mindless Yu Xiaogang and vowed to care for him while launching a search for Tang Hao. As Zhu Zhuqing continued toward the Heaven Dou Empire, Tang Hao trained with Tang San, and Da Ming and Er Ming took Xiao Wu toward the Far North.

• Bibi Dong found Yu Xiaogang witless and believed Captain Wang's claim that Tang Hao had tormented him, then promised to find physicians and care for him.
• Bibi Dong offered Soul Bones for Tang Hao's location, prompting Ghost Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and other Spirit Hall powerhouses to search the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Wang Qiye left Zhu Zhuqing with a cultivation technique and directed her northwest to collect his gift, while she hid from the powerful figures flying overhead.
• Tang Hao stayed in the cave with Tang San to learn martial cultivation techniques and praised their potential to make the Clear Sky Sect dominant.
• Da Ming and Er Ming persuaded Xiao Wu to leave the Star Dou Great Forest with them and head for the Far North.

The Dragon-Tiger Ranking final began, and Ma Hongjun defeated Dugu Bo by overpowering him in close combat after his black flames neutralized Dugu Bo’s poison. Lou Gao then won against a helpless Yu Xiaogang, leaving the academy students suspecting that someone had injured Yu Xiaogang before the finals.

• The Dragon-Tiger Ranking revealed its finalists, including Lou Gao, whose divine armor and Flamefang Blade were recognized by the Clear Sky Sect elders.
• Ma Hongjun fought Dugu Bo, burned away his poison with black flames, and beat him with superior strength until Dugu Bo conceded.
• Ma Hongjun taunted Dugu Bo and claimed that Bibi Dong was his slave, while Dugu Bo vowed to remember him.
• Lou Gao faced Yu Xiaogang, who only laughed and made no attempt to defend himself, and Lou Gao defeated him with a single slash.
• Ye Lingling suggested Yu Xiaogang had been turned into an idiot before the finals, and Yu Tianheng explained that contestants were unprotected outside the Dragon-Tiger Ranking space.

Zhu Zhuqing fought Tang Hao in the battle space and avenged his theft of her Soul Bone and the death of her physical body. She defeated him with her shadow-based attacks, leaving him dead as she was declared the winner.

• Zhu Zhuqing faced Tang Hao, who first mistook her for a ghost and attacked her with hidden weapons.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that she could move and strike through shadows, using the shadows beneath Tang Hao’s scattered hidden weapons to attack him.
• Tang Hao tried to remove the hidden weapons, but Zhu Zhuqing wounded his hand through a shadow and then attacked with both her body and shadow.
• Zhu Zhuqing overwhelmed Tang Hao and repeatedly cut him until only his skeleton, eyes, and brain remained.
• Tang Hao’s consciousness dissipated, and the Dragon-Tiger Ranking declared Zhu Zhuqing the winner.

Qian Renxue defeated Hu Liena, leaving Oscar and Ning Rongrong as the final contestants to fight. During their match, Ning Rongrong identified Oscar’s cultivation as giving him unusual control over his body, Soul Power, and Martial Soul, while Tang Xiao dismissed its apparent benefits.

• Qian Renxue used her speed and rapier to defeat Hu Liena after resisting Hu Liena’s mental charm.
• Oscar and Ning Rongrong were summoned to the arena, where Oscar greeted her bashfully and Ning Rongrong sensed that his body, Soul Power, and Martial Soul were unusually coordinated.
• Ning Rongrong explained that such coordination represented absolute self-control and compared it to a Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Oscar realized that this control might let someone unleash a powerful fusion skill alone, while Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect elders suspected it was Wang Qiye’s secret.
• Ning Rongrong pointed out that Oscar’s cultivation had enabled him to make four distinct sausages, and Tang Xiao laughed that they had no useful effects.

Ning Rongrong defeated Oscar in the winners' bracket, and the five remaining contestants entered the final free-for-all for the Dragon-Tiger Ranking. Qian Renxue drew a crowd of devoted supporters outside the arena, while the contestants sized one another up and prepared to fight.

• Oscar explained that an unusual cookbook let him summon endless grilled sausages without using Soul Power, and Bibi Dong realized the ability could provide food on a vast scale.
• Ning Rongrong struck Oscar unconscious, won their match, and advanced to the final arena.
• The Dragon-Tiger Ranking announced a five-person free-for-all, with the last contestant standing taking Number One.
• Ma Hongjun eyed Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Qian Renxue, while Lou Gao watched the other contestants warily.
• Fans gathered to cheer Qian Renxue, and Ning Rongrong proposed that she and the other two former Shrek Academy disciples eliminate Lou Gao and Qian Renxue first.

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong discovered that they had both learned cultivation arts from Wang Qiye, then fought Lou Gao and Ma Hongjun in the Dragon-Tiger Ranking. Zhu Zhuqing killed Lou Gao, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing battled as Qian Renxue took to the air and attacked Ma Hongjun.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong argued over whether they were fellow disciples and who was the eldest senior sister after realizing Wang Qiye had taught them both cultivation arts.
• Lou Gao attacked Zhu Zhuqing with his Flame Square Sword, but Zhu Zhuqing used her art to evade the strike and pierce his chest through his Deep Sea Silver armor.
• Ning Rongrong directed Ma Hongjun toward Qian Renxue, but his flames failed to harm Zhu Zhuqing or Ning Rongrong, and Qian Renxue flew out of reach.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked Ning Rongrong with her shadow, but Ning Rongrong read her moves and outmatched her in their fight.
• Ma Hongjun tried to catch the two women off guard, but Qian Renxue thrust her sword where he had stood, forcing him to dive away before she flew back into the sky.

Ning Rongrong defeated Zhu Zhuqing, Qian Renxue, and Ma Hongjun to claim the finals victory. The chapter ended with Ning Rongrong turning to face Zhu Zhuqing after Ma Hongjun managed to wound her.

• Qian Renxue launched a high-speed dive at Ma Hongjun, but her strike only cut his shoulder.
• Ning Rongrong defeated Zhu Zhuqing and promised to secure second place for her.
• Qian Renxue attacked Ning Rongrong from the air, but Ning Rongrong countered and eliminated her.
• Ning Rongrong defeated Ma Hongjun, though his attack wounded her fist.
• Ning Rongrong punched Zhu Zhuqing as Zhu Zhuqing emerged from the shadows to attack her.

The second Dragon-Tiger Ranking concluded, and its contestants received dramatic soul-power increases, stunning Soul Masters across the continent. Ning Rongrong awoke at level fifty and revealed her ambition to develop a cultivation method that would let the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect overcome its martial-soul bottleneck.

• The Dragon-Tiger Ranking announced the final placements and raised the nine contestants' soul-power levels, including Dugu Bo to level ninety-six and Ning Rongrong to level fifty.
• Clear Sky Sect members celebrated Tang Hao becoming a Super Douluo but admitted Wang Qiye remained far beyond their strength.
• Ning Rongrong awoke at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo Gu Rong praised her gains.
• Ning Rongrong said her master could evolve her martial soul, but she aimed to perfect a cultivation method that would let future sect disciples break through their bottleneck.
• Ning Rongrong dismissed the elders' offer of help and said she would simplify the method for them to copy, then called Gu Rong aside to tell him something.

Ning Rongrong offered to create simple cultivation and sword techniques for Gu Rong and Chen Xin, while Bibi Dong improved Oscar’s protection and treatment at Spirit Hall. After Dugu Bo celebrated his recovery and advancement, Wang Qiye appeared and seized Ye Lingling, leaving Dugu Bo immobilized.

• Ning Rongrong told Gu Rong his comprehension was poor and offered to adapt a cultivation method for him.
• Ning Rongrong offered Chen Xin a beginner’s sword technique, prompting him to wonder whether his swordsmanship talent was poor.
• Bibi Dong summoned Oscar, improved his treatment, and assigned a Titled Douluo to protect him; Hu Liena said her crippled boyfriend was no longer worthy of her.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, and Ye Lingling that the Dragon-Tiger Ranking had increased his Soul Power and healed a hidden injury.
• Wang Qiye arrived at the courtyard, identified himself to Dugu Bo, and summoned Ye Lingling to his side.
• Dugu Bo tried to retrieve Ye Lingling, but Wang Qiye immobilized him and prevented him from speaking.

Wang Qiye confronted Dugu Bo over Ye Lingling, then accepted that Dugu Bo had treated her honorably and gave her a martial inheritance without forcing her to become his apprentice. He left after warning Dugu Bo to protect Ye Lingling and granting him a technique to counter the Dugu family's poison; Dugu Bo and the others celebrated their good fortune.

• Wang Qiye restrained Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Yu Tianheng, then offered to kill Dugu Bo if Ye Lingling became his apprentice.
• Ye Lingling defended Dugu Bo and refused to change masters, explaining that he had treated her well and had not taken her Soul Bone.
• Wang Qiye released everyone, gave Ye Lingling a book containing an inheritance, and revealed that he was spreading martial arts across the continent.
• Wang Qiye warned Dugu Bo that Ye Lingling's safety determined whether his family would live, then taught him Cha Wo Can Tong Qi to neutralize the family's toxins.
• Dugu Bo explained the Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul's deadly toll to Dugu Yan and called Wang Qiye their benefactor.
• Dugu Bo invited everyone to a feast to celebrate their three blessings.

Zhu Zhuqing followed Wang Qiye’s directions to a remote village of powerful Soul Masters, where she confronted a villager after hearing that the people there were Tang Hao’s friends and family. The villager’s sonic attack struck her, and he concluded that she had been relying on a clone or illusion.

• Zhu Zhuqing followed markings through the mountain forest and found a soul device that played Wang Qiye’s message about the village and its ties to Tang Hao.
• Furious at the message, Zhu Zhuqing smashed the device and hurried toward the village to confront its residents.
• Zhu Zhuqing noticed that the villagers all possessed Soul Power and ignored a villager’s warnings to stay away.
• The villager used Martial Soul Possession and charged at Zhu Zhuqing, but she dodged and struck him with a shadow spike.
• The rank-fifty-six villager activated four Soul Skills, then unleashed his fifth Soul Skill, Ape King Roar, and declared that Zhu Zhuqing’s real body must be nearby.

Zhu Zhuqing attacked the village at night, killing several residents before a Soul Emperor with a hammer martial soul wounded her and drove her off. As the village chief gathered the villagers, an urgent report revealed a new crisis.

• Zhu Zhuqing left her hiding place and entered Tang Zhongpu's home, where she learned that Master Long was a Clear Sky Sect direct-line disciple and killed him and Tang Zhongpu's wife.
• Zhu Zhuqing killed people in five more households, then fought a level-sixty Soul Emperor whose hammer shock wave injured her.
• Zhu Zhuqing fled before the patrol could catch her, and the village chief ordered the villagers to gather and check for casualties.
• The hammer Soul Master told the village chief that Zhu Zhuqing could turn into shadow and seemed to be around level fifty.
• A subordinate whispered an urgent report to the village chief, who hurried off to investigate.