Recaps

Lu Qian arranged for Dugu Bo to abduct Tang San, then joined Shrek Academy’s hunt for Soul Rings in the Star Dou Great Forest. After saving Liu Erlong from a poisonous snake, he passed out, leaving her to return with him and worry about what to tell Yu Xiaogang.

• Lu Qian asked Dugu Bo to abduct Tang San and keep him at his medicinal garden while Lu Qian was away hunting Soul Rings.
• Tang San disappeared from Shrek Academy, and Yu Xiaogang and Xiao Wu searched for him without success.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, Liu Erlong, and the students traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Ma Hongjun and Zhu Zhuqing obtained their third Soul Rings.
• The group found a suitable Soul Ring for Ning Rongrong, and Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Liu Erlong split up to draw away two powerful Soul Beasts.
• Lu Qian found Liu Erlong after she defeated the Seven-Flower Poison Python, but a Grass-Leaf Flying-Flower Snake ambushed him and had poisoned her.
• Lu Qian killed the snake and gave Liu Erlong a Poison-Avoidance Pill, then passed out; Liu Erlong carried him back to the group as Zhao Wuji returned from killing the Savage Berserk Bear.

After feigning unconsciousness and recovering from the snake poison, Lu Qian grew closer to Liu Erlong during the journey back to Heaven Dou City and pressured her to distance herself from Yu Xiaogang. At Shrek Academy, he learned Tang San was missing, gave Xiao Wu an immortal herb, and then slipped into Liu Erlong’s room, where he began kissing and touching her despite her protests.

• Flender made camp near the Star Dou Great Forest, and Liu Erlong volunteered to watch over the unconscious Lu Qian.
• Lu Qian pretended to wake, let Liu Erlong care for him, and spent the return journey to Heaven Dou City close to her.
• In the carriage, Lu Qian kissed Liu Erlong and demanded that she stop paying attention to Yu Xiaogang; she agreed to let him visit her that night.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang reported that Tang San had been missing for nearly a month, while Lu Qian ignored him and returned to his room.
• Lu Qian secretly gave Xiao Wu a Ten Thousand Year Blood Dragon Ginseng, and she absorbed it before angrily sending him away.
• Lu Qian sneaked into Liu Erlong’s room late at night, and she tried to explain their relationship before he kissed and touched her.

Lu Qian secretly began a relationship with Liu Erlong, then taunted Tang San by showing him the depleted Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before arranging for Dugu Bo to return him to Shrek Academy. After visiting Tang Yuehua, Lu Qian returned to find a mysterious visitor had shared his bed; he suspected Xiao Wu but never confirmed it, while Liu Erlong’s distance from Yu Xiaogang left him troubled.

• Before dawn, Liu Erlong agreed to be with Lu Qian on the condition that their relationship remain secret, and Lu Qian returned to his dorm to sleep beside Zhu Zhuqing.
• At lunch, Lu Qian bet Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong that he could rescue Tang San, then demanded that they share a bed with him if he won.
• Lu Qian offered to help Xiao Wu find Tang San, but Xiao Wu refused to leave Tang San and agreed to spend a night with Lu Qian in exchange for his return.
• Lu Qian took Dugu Bo to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Tang San found the valuable herbs missing and collapsed in grief; Lu Qian gave Dugu Bo herbs to bring Tang San back to Shrek Academy.
• Lu Qian visited Tang Yuehua at Moonlight Pavilion, then returned to Shrek Academy and evaded Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong’s questions about Dugu Bo.
• A mysterious woman spent the night with Lu Qian, who suspected Xiao Wu but could not confirm it; over the following week, Liu Erlong kept her distance from Yu Xiaogang, leaving him dejected.

Lu Qian advanced his plan to draw Shrek Academy closer to Spirit Hall, proposed marriage to Ning Rongrong, and defeated the Blue Tyrant Academy students who challenged him. He then confirmed that Spirit Hall was preparing to destroy the Strength Clan and accepted two hundred recruits from Salas, one of whom openly revealed himself as an informant.

• Lu Qian outfitted Shrek Academy in uniforms resembling Spirit Hall's, while Ning Rongrong agreed to stand by him and planned to tell Ning Fengzhi about their relationship.
• Lu Qian arrived late to his first advanced-class lesson, where Tang San defeated Tai Long after a dispute between the Shrek group and the former Blue Tyrant Academy students.
• Lu Qian restrained the gathered students with his Dark Gold Blue Silver Grass, then took Zhu Zhuqing to the Heaven Dou Auction House before returning to meet Salas.
• Lu Qian confirmed that Salas had prepared the operation against the Strength Clan and accepted two hundred young recruits for his Inspection Hall.
• One recruit led the group in swearing loyalty to Lu Qian, exposing himself as an informant planted among them.

Lu Qian ordered Qin Tianhu to lead the Inspection Hall in suppressing the Speed Clan, then visited Tang Yuehua at the etiquette academy and struggled through music theory with Xue Ke. After raising his soul power to rank forty-nine, he encountered Tai Nuo confronting Tang San outside Blue Tyrant Academy, where the fight began with Tai Nuo revealing his Soul King strength.

• Lu Qian appointed Qin Tianhu to lead two hundred men and ordered them to find and suppress the Speed Clan, using Spirit Hall branches if needed.
• Lu Qian accompanied Tang Yuehua to the Heaven Dou Empire Imperial Court Etiquette Academy, flirted with her, and met Xue Ke, who taught him music theory.
• Lu Qian failed to understand the academy's music theory, and Tang Yuehua and Xue Ke teased him before he left the academy in defeat.
• Lu Qian signed in, raised his Soul Power Level to forty-nine, and spoke with Liu Erlong, who invited him to visit her that night.
• Lu Qian met Zhu Zhuqing outside class and saw Tai Nuo scolding Tai Long; when Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived, Tai Nuo challenged Tang San over the fight with his son.
• Tai Nuo attacked Tang San and revealed his Great Strength Gorilla Martial Soul and five Soul Rings, while Lu Qian urged Tang San to fight back.

Lu Qian accompanied Tang San to the Strength Clan, where Tang San treated Tai Nuo and agreed to a private contest of strength with Tai Tan. As Tai Tan recognized Tang San as his young master and the Strength Clan prepared to join the Tang Sect, Lu Qian planned to bring Tang San back that night to witness the clan’s destruction.

• Tang San used poisoned bolts to defeat Tai Nuo, then treated him and was pressured into visiting the Strength Clan to finish purging the poison.
• Lu Qian visited the Strength Clan’s headquarters with Zhu Zhuqing, then spent the night with Liu Erlong while Yu Xiaogang waited outside.
• Xiao Wu told Lu Qian that she had kept her promise, and Lu Qian agreed to accompany her and Tang San to the Strength Clan.
• Tai Tan confronted Tang San after the treatment, then demanded a contest of strength; Tang San agreed to compete with him in private.
• Tai Tan addressed Tang San as “Young master,” and Lu Qian realized that the Strength Clan was about to submit to Tang San’s Tang Sect.

Lu Qian arranged for Spirit Hall and Dugu Bo to exterminate the Strength Clan after Tang San gained its support, then hid with Tang San and watched the clan’s compound burn. Tang San’s new allies and ambitions vanished in an afternoon, while Lu Qian returned to Shrek Academy with Liu Erlong.

• Tai Tan admitted that Tang San had defeated him in a contest of strength and welcomed Tang San and his friends to a banquet, while Lu Qian left early.
• Lu Qian told Salas to begin the operation against the Strength Clan and met Dugu Bo, then waited for Tang San to leave before signaling the attack.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu found Lu Qian’s accessory outside the Strength Clan’s compound, and Lu Qian provoked Tang San until he apologized.
• Tang San smelled blood and saw fire near the Strength Clan’s compound, so he paid Lu Qian five hundred Godly Zhuge Crossbows to help investigate.
• Lu Qian and Tang San found the Strength Clan members dead, then waited for Shrek’s teachers to arrive and debate who had attacked the clan.
• Liu Erlong took Lu Qian back to her villa, where he explained what had happened and she urged him to comfort Zhu Zhuqing.

Lu Qian returned to Shrek Academy after the Strength Clan’s destruction, then traveled with Dugu Bo to recruit the Speed Clan into the Inspection Hall. He offered Bai He a fortune and the chance to investigate the attacks on the affiliated clans, leaving Bai He shaken and uncertain whether to accept.

• Lu Qian comforted Zhu Zhuqing, answered the City Lord’s Manor’s questions about the Strength Clan, and extended Tang San’s deadline to deliver a thousand Godly Zhuge Crossbows by two months.
• Flender warned Lu Qian to keep quiet about the investigation, and Lu Qian told Zhu Zhuqing he would take her home during the holidays before setting out on Inspection Hall business.
• Lu Qian met Qian Renxue in a secret chamber at the Martial Soul Sacred Hall, discussed the Strength Clan operation, and then recruited Dugu Bo to accompany him.
• Lu Qian and Dugu Bo reached Stone City, where Qin Tianhu welcomed them; Lu Qian rewarded his Inspection Hall personnel and led them to the Speed Clan’s territory.
• Bai He confronted Lu Qian and Dugu Bo, but Lu Qian offered the Speed Clan membership in the Inspection Hall, a chance to investigate the Strength Clan’s destruction, and ten million Gold Soul Coins.
• Lu Qian handed Bai He a soul coin card containing the promised money, leaving Bai He stunned by the offer.

Lu Qian forced the Speed Clan to join Spirit Hall’s Inspection Hall, then used Bai He’s help and threats to bring the Breaking Clan under his control as well. The chapter ended with the Breaking Clan reorganized into new halls and preparing to relocate to Heaven Dou City.

• Lu Qian offered the Speed Clan ten million Gold Soul Coins and a future headquarters in exchange for joining Spirit Hall, and Bai He accepted on the clan’s behalf.
• Dugu Bo killed Speed Clan members who refused to join, after which Bai He led the remaining clan members in pledging allegiance to Lu Qian’s Inspection Hall.
• Lu Qian dispatched sixty-eight inspection squads and arranged for the Speed Clan to move to the Strength Clan’s compound in Heaven Dou City.
• Bai He accompanied Lu Qian to the Breaking Clan and tried to persuade Yang Wudi to join, but Dugu Bo killed more than twenty Breaking Clan members who refused.
• Lu Qian threatened to destroy the Breaking Clan unless it submitted, and Yang Wudi agreed after Bai He described the money, headquarters, and resources on offer.
• Lu Qian established Medicine Hall and Martial Hall from the Breaking Clan, appointed Yang Wudi to lead Medicine Hall and Qin Tianhu as Martial Hall’s deputy master, and gave Yang Wudi ten million Gold Soul Coins.

Lu Qian went to Giant Elephant City to recruit the Defense Clan, using Huyan Zhen and Jiweis to pressure Niu Gao. When a traitor’s attack plunged the clan into civil war, Lu Qian offered protection to anyone willing to join his Inspection Hall.

• Lu Qian redirected his party to Giant Elephant City and persuaded Huyan Zhen and Jiweis to help bring the Defense Clan into the Inspection Hall.
• Jiweis and Huyan Zhen gave Lu Qian ten million Gold Soul Coins, and Huyan Zhen proposed harassing the Defense Clan to weaken its resistance.
• After Huyan Zhen was injured fighting alongside Yang Wudi, Lu Qian reached Longxing City and demanded that Niu Gao’s clan join or face destruction.
• Niu Zhan ambushed Niu Gao, but Niu Gao killed him as fighting erupted throughout the Defense Clan compound.
• Lu Qian offered protection to Defense Clan members who would join his Inspection Hall, and more than a dozen rushed to him while Qin Tianhu guarded him.

Lu Qian returned from the Star Dou Great Forest with all ten of his Soul Rings raised to two hundred thousand years and thirteen Soul Bones, then began organizing the Inspection Hall in Heaven Dou City. Back at Shrek Academy, he learned that Ning Rongrong had been confined by her father and Zhu Zhuqing had disappeared, and Liu Erlong began explaining what had happened during his absence.

• Lu Qian ordered Qin Tianhu to kill all but fifty Defense Clan members, and Qin Tianhu later returned with only thirty-eight survivors after killing the rest.
• Lu Qian reached Soul King, chose Beast Mimicry as his fifth Soul Skill, and entered the Star Dou Great Forest alone to hunt Soul Beasts.
• Lu Qian used the Sky-Covering Blue Silver Emperor and the Indestructible Heaven-Piercing Tree to kill thousands of Soul Beasts and absorb enough Soul Rings to raise all ten of his rings to two hundred thousand years, also gaining thirteen Soul Bones.
• Lu Qian escaped the approaching Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, reunited with Dugu Bo, and returned to Heaven Dou City.
• Lu Qian assigned Bai He and Yang Wudi to organize the Inspection Hall's branches, appointed Bai Chenxiang as a trial financial steward, and then returned to Shrek Academy.
• Oscar told Lu Qian that Ning Rongrong had been confined by her father and Zhu Zhuqing had been missing for a month; Lu Qian found Liu Erlong, who welcomed him and began to explain what had happened.

Lu Qian learned that Ning Fengzhi had taken Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then gathered Ma Hongjun, Dugu Bo, and Spirit Hall allies to confront the sect. After Ning Fengzhi agreed that Lu Qian could take Rongrong if he endured a challenge, Lu Qian rejected a strike from Bone Douluo and challenged the more powerful Sword Douluo Chen Xin instead.

• Liu Erlong told Lu Qian that Ning Fengzhi had visited Shrek Academy, injured Flender and Zhao Wuji, and taken Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing away.
• Lu Qian set out for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, revealed to Ma Hongjun that he was Spirit Hall's Holy Son, and appointed him Martial Hall hall master at the Inspection Hall headquarters.
• Lu Qian, Ma Hongjun, Qin Tianhu, and Dugu Bo reached the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi confronted Lu Qian alongside Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong.
• Dugu Bo revealed Lu Qian's Spirit Hall status, and Salas arrived with Martial Soul Sacred Hall forces before Ning Fengzhi invited them inside to discuss the matter.
• Lu Qian offered Ning Fengzhi an Aromatic Silk Beauty and promised to marry Rongrong; Ning Fengzhi said Lu Qian could take her if he withstood one move from Bone Douluo.
• Lu Qian refused Bone Douluo's challenge and instead challenged Sword Douluo Chen Xin, alarming Salas, Dugu Bo, and Ning Fengzhi.

Lu Qian revealed his twin martial souls and five ten-thousand-year soul rings before fighting Sword Douluo Chen Xin, whose sword strike defeated Lu Qian’s golden Sword Qi Giant Dragon. After Ning Rongrong reunited with Lu Qian, they learned Zhu Zhuqing had been missing for more than two months, and Lu Qian left to search for her.

• Lu Qian challenged Sword Douluo Chen Xin and, despite warnings from the others, revealed his Seven Kill Divine Sword and five ten-thousand-year soul rings.
• Lu Qian formed his Sword Qi Great Wall into a giant dragon, then used golden sunlight to cover it in scales and strengthen his attack.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin summoned his Seven Kill Sword and used Myriad Swords Return to the Origin to destroy the golden dragon, while Lu Qian coughed up blood from forcing his domain’s additional skill.
• Ning Rongrong rushed to Lu Qian, and Dugu Bo later told Ning Fengzhi that Zhu Zhuqing had disappeared; Lu Qian learned she had been missing for over two months and ordered a search.
• Lu Qian left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to look for Zhu Zhuqing, while Ning Fengzhi gave Ning Rongrong an unrestricted money card and reconciled with her.

Lu Qian discovered that the Zhu Family of the Star Luo Empire had taken Zhu Zhuqing and set out for Star Luo City with Ning Rongrong and a large Inspection Hall force to rescue her. As the expedition entered the Star Luo Empire, Lu Qian expected the journey to become dangerous.

• Lu Qian returned to Shrek Academy with Ning Rongrong, revealed that he was Spirit Hall’s Holy Son, and gave her two soul bones to absorb.
• After discussing Zhu Zhuqing’s disappearance with Liu Erlong, Lu Qian suspected the Star Luo Empire might be involved and sought help from Salas.
• Salas identified Xue Qinghe as a source for Heaven Dou Empire intelligence, and Qian Renxue brought Lu Qian records confirming that the Zhu Family had taken Zhu Zhuqing.
• Lu Qian gathered Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, Qin Tianhu, Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi, and more than three hundred men for an expedition to Star Luo City.
• On the way, Lu Qian told Ma Hongjun to ensure the Agility Hall had alerted the Star Luo City Martial Soul Sacred Hall, and warned that the journey might become difficult once they left the Heaven Dou Empire.

Lu Qian and Dugu Bo traveled to Star Luo City to rescue Zhu Zhuqing, with Snake Lance Douluo and Ci Xue Douluo revealing that they were there to support him. Lu Qian found Zhu Zhuqing, but mistook her sister Zhu Zhuyun for her and accidentally attacked her with an awkward embrace and kiss before Zhu Zhuqing reunited with him.

• Lu Qian and Dugu Bo flew ahead toward Star Luo City while Lu Qian worried about Zhu Zhuqing and discussed Spirit Hall’s factions and Titled Douluos.
• Snake Lance Douluo and Ci Xue Douluo intercepted Lu Qian and Dugu Bo, then revealed that they were allies sent by the Pope to assist with Zhu Zhuqing’s rescue.
• Lu Qian and Dugu Bo entered Star Luo City and infiltrated the Zhu Family estate, where Dugu Bo used his poison to learn where Zhu Zhuqing was held.
• Lu Qian reached the guarded courtyard, entered the building, and mistakenly embraced and kissed Zhu Zhuyun, who attacked him in response.
• Zhu Zhuqing came out and stopped Zhu Zhuyun, then tearfully embraced Lu Qian; Lu Qian and Zhu Zhuyun argued over whether the Zhu Family had treated Zhu Zhuqing well.

Lu Qian rescued Zhu Zhuqing from the Zhu Family and left Star Luo City with her, then gave her two Soul Bones, including an External Soul Bone that let her sprout black wings. The group continued their journey toward Spirit City, where Lu Qian planned to obtain Soul Bones for Ning Rongrong as well.

• Lu Qian warned Zhu Zhuyun that Dugu Bo guarded the courtyard, reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, and learned that her family had forcibly brought her home out of concern for her safety.
• Lu Qian revealed his identity and strength to Zhu Zhuqing’s parents, Zhu Ganglie and Madam Zhu, and took Zhu Zhuqing away from the Zhu Family residence.
• Lu Qian gave Dugu Bo a Poison-Avoidance Pill, which quickly relieved his poison backlash, and later reunited with Ning Rongrong and the others.
• After half a month of travel, Lu Qian decided to return to Spirit City and gave Zhu Zhuqing a Darknight Ghost Leopard Torso Bone and a Black-Winged Dragon Hawk External Soul Bone.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the External Soul Bone and gained large black wings, while Lu Qian promised to find Ning Rongrong a pair of elven wings.

Lu Qian returned to Spirit City with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, introduced them to Bibi Dong, and discussed his plans for Shrek Academy and his future. After Hu Liena’s welcome dinner turned tense, Lu Qian reconciled with the women and left Spirit City with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, promising Hu Liena he would return for the tournament.

• Lu Qian returned to Spirit City with Dugu Bo, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong, then introduced Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to Bibi Dong, who welcomed them and gave them valuable ornaments.
• Lu Qian showed Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong their new courtyard, then told Bibi Dong that he wanted to keep his identity quiet until after the tournament and proposed absorbing Shrek Academy into Spirit Hall.
• Hu Liena hosted a welcome dinner for Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, where she and Ning Rongrong exchanged barbed remarks before Lu Qian stayed behind to speak with Hu Liena.
• Lu Qian apologized to Ning Rongrong after the dinner and later decided to take her and Zhu Zhuqing to Heaven Dou City early, after discussing the Inspection Hall’s future with Bibi Dong.
• Lu Qian said goodbye to Hu Liena and told her he would return after the tournament, then learned from Bai He that the Inspection Hall’s intelligence network was developing steadily.

Lu Qian returned to Shrek Academy, proposed turning it into an elite reserve academy for his Inspection Hall, and learned that Flender and the others were caught in a Soul Beast Riot. After Xiao Wu confronted him and he blamed the massacre on Tang San’s mother, Lu Qian reached the Star Dou Great Forest, where Tang Hao challenged Da Ming and Er Ming.

• Lu Qian revealed his identity and plans to Liu Erlong, who agreed to reorganize Shrek Academy into inner and outer academies with Inspection Hall funding.
• After hearing of a Soul Beast Riot, Lu Qian decided to help rescue Flender and Zhao Wuji, and Liu Erlong arranged an expedition with teachers while Dugu Bo agreed to protect him in secret.
• Xiao Wu accused Lu Qian of slaughtering Soul Beasts, but he denied it and claimed Tang San’s mother, a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Grass spirit, might be responsible; Xiao Wu left shaken.
• Lu Qian learned from Xiao Wu that Flender and the others were safe, then heard Da Ming and Er Ming’s roars and went with Liu Erlong to investigate.
• Lu Qian saw Tang Hao confront Da Ming and Er Ming; Tang Hao summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and revealed his nine Soul Rings, including a hundred-thousand-year ring.

Lu Qian learned that Xiao Wu had persuaded Da Ming and Er Ming to retreat rather than fight Tang Hao, then confronted her about Tang San and her safety as a human-form hundred-thousand-year soul beast. After Flender and the others returned, Lu Qian blamed Yu Xiaogang and Tang San for losing track of Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu; that night, Xiao Wu came to Lu Qian’s room while Tang San stayed next door.

• Tang Hao challenged Da Ming and Er Ming, but the two soul beasts retreated, and Lu Qian concluded that Xiao Wu had persuaded them to protect Tang San.
• Xiao Wu told Lu Qian she suspected Tang Hao had been involved in the earlier soul beast killings; Lu Qian warned her about the danger of staying near Tang San and revealed that he was Spirit Hall’s Holy Son.
• Lu Qian told Xiao Wu that Qian Xunji, the man responsible for her mother’s death, was already dead, and promised to protect her if she stayed near him; Xiao Wu apologized but would not leave Tang San.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San returned safely, and Lu Qian confronted Yu Xiaogang and Tang San for failing to find Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu; Flender stepped down as dean, and Liu Erlong took the position again.
• That night, Xiao Wu went to Lu Qian’s room, where he switched off the light and pinned her against the wall next to Tang San’s room.

Xiao Wu returned to Shrek Academy, and the group delayed their journey while she recovered before learning that the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament would begin in three months. Lu Qian became team captain, announced that he would go into seclusion, and then went to the Moonlight Pavilion, where he intervened when an unwelcome guest threatened Tang Yuehua.

• Xiao Wu returned to the group in a weakened state, and Lu Qian and Liu Erlong repeatedly postponed their return to Heaven Dou City while she recovered.
• Flender announced that the tournament would begin in three months, explained its rules and format, and named Lu Qian captain of Shrek Academy's team.
• Lu Qian invited the new team members to celebrate, then told Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong that he would leave for three months of cultivation.
• Lu Qian visited Dugu Bo at the Inspection Hall headquarters and warned him to rest before trouble surrounding the tournament arose.
• Lu Qian arrived at the Moonlight Pavilion, broke an unwelcome guest's arm, and threw the guest's Soul Emperor master out beside him to protect Tang Yuehua.

Lu Qian spent three months courting Tang Yuehua and growing close to Xue Ke before returning to Shrek Academy for the tournament. After strengthening his soul power and welcoming Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, he prepared for the competition and arranged with Dugu Bo to recruit promising students for Spirit Hall.

• Lu Qian flirted with Tang Yuehua, kissed her against her warning, and later received her passionate kiss and promise to agree to him if he won the tournament championship.
• Lu Qian grew close to Xue Ke, whose dependence on him deepened, then said goodbye before returning to Shrek Academy.
• Lu Qian raised his soul power to level 69, absorbed two Growth-Type Soul Rings, upgraded his sixth soul rings to thousand-year level, and redeemed Absolute Defense.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing reunited with Lu Qian, and the three spent the night together, causing Shrek Academy's tournament meeting to be delayed.
• Flender reported the team's training progress, while Lu Qian kept his own level secret and said the team should simply do its best in the tournament.
• Lu Qian met Dugu Bo and asked him to recruit promising students from the academies they approached for Spirit Hall.

Lu Qian used the tournament opening to recruit promising Soul Masters for his Inspection Hall while Shrek Academy faced Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s reserve team. After Shrek won, Tang San searched for Xiao Wu, who had been with Lu Qian in his private box.

• Lu Qian told Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong that he planned to recruit elite teams for the Inspection Hall, then traveled with them to the tournament opening in Heaven Dou City.
• At the arena, Dai Mubai fought off students who insulted Shrek Academy, while Tang San and Dai Mubai later defeated members of another team that mocked them.
• Salas announced that finalists could join the Martial Soul Sacred Hall, a recruitment offer Lu Qian and Salas had arranged to funnel candidates toward the Inspection Hall.
• Lu Qian chose Dai Mubai, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, and Jiang Zhu to face Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team, with Tang San as temporary commander.
• Shrek Academy defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team after a long match, and Ning Rongrong left with Zhu Zhuqing to visit Ning Fengzhi.
• Lu Qian stayed behind with Xiao Wu, and Tang San searched the arena for her, passing near their private box without seeing them.

Lu Qian warned Ning Fengzhi that Tang San might seek to learn the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Heart Separation Control technique, then recruited Huyan Zhen to target Tang San during the Elephant Armor Sect’s upcoming match against Shrek Academy. Huyan Zhen hesitated after learning Tang San was Tang Hao’s son, but began to answer Lu Qian’s demand.

• Lu Qian met with Salas and Dugu Bo, agreed to see Huyan Zhen later that night, and went to visit Ning Fengzhi.
• Lu Qian told Ning Fengzhi that Tang San and Yu Xiaogang might seek Heart Separation Control, and advised Ning Fengzhi not to make it easy for Tang San to learn.
• At Shrek Academy’s victory banquet, Lu Qian noticed Tang San and Xiao Wu were both unhappy, while Xiao Wu quietly told him to stay away because Tang San was becoming suspicious.
• After the banquet, Lu Qian met Huyan Zhen and asked him to do everything possible to kill Tang San during the upcoming match, regardless of whether the Elephant Armor Sect won.
• Huyan Zhen hesitated when Lu Qian confirmed Tang San was Tang Hao’s son, then addressed Lu Qian as the Holy Son.

Lu Qian secured Huyan Zhen’s promise to target Tang San in the next match and considered using the conflict to deal with Tang Hao. After learning that Liu Erlong had adopted Xiao Wu, he slept with Liu Erlong, then watched Shrek face Elephant Armor Academy, where Huyan Li struck Tang San and Lu Qian forced Xiao Wu to resume their affair.

• Huyan Zhen agreed to eliminate Tang San during the next preliminary match, and Lu Qian told Salas he might use the fallout to confront Tang Hao.
• Lu Qian learned Xiao Wu had become Liu Erlong’s adoptive daughter, then slept with Liu Erlong after Xiao Wu left her villa.
• Lu Qian named Tang San temporary commander for Shrek’s match against Elephant Armor Academy and told the team to keep its lineup through the finals unless someone was crippled.
• Huyan Li introduced Elephant Armor Academy’s team, and Lu Qian sent Zhu Zhuqing away from the private box.
• After Huyan Li struck Tang San and Xiao Wu rushed to the window in alarm, Lu Qian used Taka Kato's Hand on her and resumed their affair while they watched the match.

The Elephant Armor Sect Team’s attempt to kill Tang San failed after Yu Xiaogang had the team disqualified, though Tang San was left seriously injured. Lu Qian appointed Ma Hongjun acting battle commander, settled the matter with Huyan Zhen, and ordered surveillance of Shi Nian while continuing to pursue Xiao Wu.

• The Elephant Armor Sect Team focused its attacks on Tang San, but Yu Xiaogang got the team declared the loser for its obvious attempt to kill him; Tang San was seriously injured and one Elephant Armor Sect disciple died.
• Lu Qian appointed Ma Hongjun acting battle commander and took him and Zhu Zhuqing to the Martial Soul Sacred Hall.
• Huyan Zhen apologized to Lu Qian, who accepted the Elephant Armor Sect’s effort and told him not to pursue Ma Hongjun for killing the disciple.
• Lu Qian ordered the Agility Hall to watch Shi Nian for signs that he planned to attack Tang San, hoping to learn whether Tang Hao was nearby.
• Lu Qian went to Xiao Wu’s dormitory, found her tending to Tang San, and took her to her room when she pleaded with him not to act in the kitchen.