Recaps

The New Tang Sect Academy Team used the Thunder Giant Cannon to defeat the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy Team in the semifinal. The referee declared New Tang Sect Academy the winner, and Elder Ma conceded the following individual match after confirming his team could not compete.

• Ma Rulong ordered his team to attack Qian Xixi's Black Tortoise Cage while Meng Hongchen fought Ten-Year Veteran, whose poison reduced his health but did not stop him from stalling her.
• Ma Rulong's High-Temperature Ray cracked the cage, but he hesitated to use the Sword of Judgment as the New Tang Sect Academy Team finished charging the Thunder Giant Cannon.
• Qian Xixi withdrew the Black Tortoise Cage, and Primordial One fired the Thunder Giant Cannon, engulfing the arena in an explosion that sent Ten-Year Veteran to the Respawn Point and badly injured the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy Team.
• Heavenly Fiend Douluo blocked most of the blast, and the referee announced the New Tang Sect Academy Team as the semifinal winner.
• Elder Ma confirmed that his injured team could not compete in the individual match and conceded on its behalf.

The New Tang Sect Academy Team advanced to the Soul Master Tournament Finals after the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy conceded, while Shrek Academy defeated the Star Luo Imperial Academy in both the team and individual tournaments. As the Finals began, Shrek’s team was warned not to underestimate the New Tang Sect Academy Team or assume its cannon was its only trump card.

• The Players celebrated the New Tang Sect Academy Team’s advancement and received rewards that increased their Soul Ring ages.
• Huo Yuhao and the others discussed the Thunder Giant Cannon, its weakness, and the mystery of two contestants who returned unharmed.
• The Shrek Academy Team, led by Ma Xiaotao, defeated the Star Luo Imperial Academy Team after facing Xu Jiujiu’s Starcrown Martial Soul.
• Zhou Yi told Ma Xiaotao’s team that the New Tang Sect Academy Team had beaten the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, and Elder Xuan warned Shrek not to underestimate its opponents.
• Shrek Academy defeated the Star Luo Imperial Academy in the Individual Tournament, and the Soul Master Tournament Finals began the following day.

The finals began with Shrek Academy facing the New Tang Sect Academy Team, as Huo Yuhao watched Dai Hao with anger and the spectators debated which team would win. In the team battle, Spirit Hall Eternal sacrificed himself to eliminate Xixi, while Ma Xiaotao struggled to land a hit on I Am an Angel.

• Huo Yuhao saw Dai Hao among the spectators and hid his anger when Wang Dong asked what was wrong.
• Xu Jiawei, Dai Hao, and Xu Jiujiu discussed the finalists, while Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen's group watched from the stands.
• Ma Xiaotao ordered Shrek Academy to attack decisively, then charged with Dai Yueheng as the team battle began.
• Chen Zifeng and Ling Luocheng attacked Qian Xixi, but his defenses resisted their strikes and Chen Zifeng's pressure only slowed his soul power recovery.
• Xixi tried to flank the New Tang Sect Academy Team, but Spirit Hall Eternal grabbed and restrained her, allowing Wang Zhongwang to knock them both off the stage.
• Ma Xiaotao struggled to hit I Am an Angel, who repeatedly dodged her attacks.

Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng struggled against players who had memorized their attack patterns, even after their teammates joined the fights. Spirit Hall Eternal devised a plan to lure Shrek Academy’s fighters toward Qian Xixi and trap them in her Black Tortoise Cage.

• Ma Xiaotao used Phoenix Meteor Shower, but I Am an Angel survived and healed herself.
• Gongyang Mo supported Ma Xiaotao while Yao Haoxuan helped Dai Yueheng, whose attacks Ten-Year Veteran continued to evade.
• Yao Haoxuan’s Heaven-Shaking Roar disrupted Ten-Year Veteran, allowing Dai Yueheng to strike him and reduce his health to one-quarter.
• Spirit Hall Eternal dismissed Xixi’s questions about his rapid recovery, then proposed using Qian Xixi’s Twin Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Shrek Academy.
• Spirit Hall Eternal told the players to gather around Qian Xixi so she could raise her Black Tortoise Cage and bait Shrek Academy into attacking.
• Wang Zhongwang, Primordial One, and Agile Dog in the Mountains ran toward Qian Duoduo as Ten-Year Veteran and I Am an Angel moved toward them.

Qian Xixi used Taotie Swallows the Heavens to drain the soul power from Shrek Academy’s team, allowing I Am an Angel to attack them while they were helpless. Xuan Zi blocked the attack and delayed the match until Emperor Xu Jiawei ordered both teams off the field to prepare for the next round.

• Ma Xiaotao led Shrek Academy’s team in concentrating their attacks on Qian Xixi’s Black Tortoise Cage and cracked its shell.
• Huo Yuhao warned Bei Bei that the Players’ retreat seemed suspicious, but Xu Sanshi and the spectators believed Shrek had the advantage.
• Qian Xixi withdrew the shell and used Taotie Swallows the Heavens, draining soul power from both teams and sending Ma Xiaotao and her teammates crashing to the ground.
• The Players restored their mana with potions, and I Am an Angel used Solar Judgment against Shrek Academy’s fallen members.
• Xuan Zi rushed onto the field and blocked Solar Judgment, then argued with Heavenly Fiend Douluo while the Players accused Shrek Academy of stalling.
• Xu Jiawei ordered both teams to leave the field and prepare for the individual match, and Xuan Zi led Ma Xiaotao and her teammates away.

After Shrek Academy's main fighters were left with almost no soul power, the reserves entered the individual matches against the Players. Xu Sanshi tried to use Xuanming Swap against Wang Zhongwang, but Wang Zhongwang interrupted him and Xu Sanshi fell out of the arena, leaving Shrek Academy humiliated.

• Ma Xiaotao and the other main-team members told Zhou Yi their soul power had been drained and was recovering too slowly for the upcoming matches.
• Xuan Zi decided that Shrek Academy would send its reserve members into the individual matches, while the Players chose Wang Zhongwang and Spirit Hall Eternal to fight first.
• Xu Sanshi faced Wang Zhongwang and tried to bait him toward the arena's edge so he could use Xuanming Swap.
• Wang Zhongwang stunned Xu Sanshi with Tiger's Roar in the Mountain Forest, interrupting Xuanming Swap and causing Xu Sanshi to fall onto the stone slabs below the arena.
• The audience laughed at Xu Sanshi, while Huo Yuhao, Jiang Nannan, Bei Bei, and the Players reacted to his embarrassing defeat.

Wang Zhongwang used a Grappling Hook to eliminate himself and He Caitou from the individual match after exposing He Caitou’s original name, Xu He, and hinting at his family and national grudges. Shrek Academy was left unsettled by the revelation as Bei Bei and Jiang Nannan volunteered for the next match.

• He Caitou entered the individual match and attacked Wang Zhongwang with his soul cannon, but Wang Zhongwang dodged and waited for an opening.
• Wang Zhongwang struck He Caitou with Black Tiger Rips Out the Heart, but He Caitou’s Invincible Shield absorbed the attack.
• He Caitou switched to a Rapid-Fire Cannon and used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to blast Wang Zhongwang down to low health.
• Wang Zhongwang ran to the arena’s edge, called He Caitou Xu He, and hooked him with a Grappling Hook as He Caitou hesitated.
• Wang Zhongwang pulled He Caitou off the platform, eliminating both contestants, while Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei wondered about He Caitou’s past.
• Bei Bei and Jiang Nannan volunteered to fight next, though Zhou Yi hesitated to send Bei Bei out so soon.

Jiang Nannan fought Spirit Hall Eternal, whose Golden Crocodile defenses and Health Potions let him survive her throws. He deliberately provoked her into wasting her strength, and the match remained unresolved as she grew exhausted.

• Zhou Yi sent Jiang Nannan into the arena, while Xu Sanshi disguised himself and cheered for her from the stands.
• Jiang Nannan charged Spirit Hall Eternal and repeatedly threw him with her Teleportation, Gravity Control, and Waist Bow combo.
• Spirit Hall Eternal survived the attacks with much of his health remaining and used Health Potions to recover.
• Spirit Hall Eternal taunted Jiang Nannan to provoke her, and Xiao Xiao warned her not to fall for his trick.
• Jiang Nannan lost her temper, used another combo, and grew tired while Spirit Hall Eternal continued to rise unharmed.

Xixi avenged Jiang Nannan by defeating Spirit Hall Eternal in the Individual Tournament, but the victory drained her strength. With Ten-Year Veteran taking the field next, Shrek Academy faced an almost certain loss.

• Spirit Hall Eternal defeated the exhausted Jiang Nannan, and Zhou Yi sent Xixi to carry her off the arena.
• Xixi returned to the arena and attacked Spirit Hall Eternal with a rapid series of lightning strikes.
• Xixi depleted Spirit Hall Eternal's health, sending him back to the Respawn Point and winning the match.
• Ten-Year Veteran entered the arena to face Xixi, who realized her burst of power had left her with little chance of winning.
• Zhou Yi watched grimly as Shrek Academy's defeat appeared inevitable.

Shrek Academy struggled to keep its reputation as the New Tang Sect defeated another fighter, while Ten-Year Veteran provoked Bei Bei by revealing how little he thought of Tang Ya. The chapter ended with Bei Bei summoning his martial soul as golden lightning appeared around it.

• Zhou Yi and Xuan Zi worried that Shrek Academy's tournament record would end, but Xuan Zi said he could not interrupt the match without consequences.
• Ten-Year Veteran blocked Xixi's attacks, then struck her with Spear Thrust Like a Dragon and knocked her unconscious.
• Xuan Zi carried Xixi from the arena and glared at Ten-Year Veteran, prompting the Players to criticize his conduct and discuss Shrek Academy's remaining fighters.
• Bei Bei asked what the New Tang Sect would do if Tang Ya returned, and Ten-Year Veteran said they would keep her as a mascot.
• Ten-Year Veteran accused Bei Bei of failing to help Tang Ya reclaim the Tang Sect Stronghold, and Bei Bei summoned his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon as golden lightning emerged around it.

During the Soul Master Tournament, Ten-Year Veteran overwhelmed Bei Bei and exposed the scandalous kinship between Shrek Academy founders Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong. Xuan Zi threatened him, while the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy and Emperor Xu Jiawei challenged Shrek’s conduct.

• Agile Dog in the Mountains proposed revealing that Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong were first cousins, and the players urged Ten-Year Veteran to do it.
• Bei Bei attacked Ten-Year Veteran with his lightning soul skills, but Ten-Year Veteran countered and sent him crashing to the arena’s edge.
• Ten-Year Veteran told the spectators that Bei Bei’s Holy Light Dragon bloodline came from Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong, who had been first cousins.
• Xuan Zi unleashed his rank-98 soul power and threatened Ten-Year Veteran, who claimed Shrek had records proving the scandal and criticized its influence over the empires.
• The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy’s team leader agreed with Ten-Year Veteran, and Emperor Xu Jiawei warned Shrek not to overstep at the tournament hosted by the Star Luo Empire.

After Bei Bei was eliminated, Huo Yuhao volunteered to enter the match and buy time for Shrek Academy’s injured members to recover. As he stepped onto the arena, the Players speculated about his hidden abilities, while Dai Hao watched him with an unexplained sense of familiarity.

• Elder Xuan withdrew his soul-power pressure, and Ten-Year Veteran continued recounting Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong’s relationship despite the Players’ encouragement.
• Bei Bei charged Ten-Year Veteran, was struck by the Flame-Treading Black Steed, and rolled off the stage, eliminating him.
• With Shrek Academy unable to send its recovering fighters, Huo Yuhao volunteered to take the stage and stall for time.
• Huo Yuhao entered the arena as the Players wondered whether he would reveal simulated Soul Rings or other hidden powers.
• Dai Hao watched Huo Yuhao and felt he looked familiar, though he had never paid attention to Huo Yuhao or his mother.

At the tournament, Ten-Year Veteran exposed that Huo Yuhao was Dai Hao’s son by Huo Yun’er, humiliating the White Tiger Duke in front of the Star Luo Emperor. The match began with Huo Yuhao revealing simulated hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings, while Ten-Year Veteran stayed unfazed and discussed the move in the team voice chat.

• Ten-Year Veteran teased Dai Hao about Huo Yun’er and revealed that she had borne him a son.
• Dai Hao admitted he knew Huo Yun’er as a maid but had not known about Huo Yuhao, prompting the Star Luo Emperor to question his judgment.
• Huo Yuhao angrily stopped Ten-Year Veteran from continuing to expose his family grievance.
• The Star Luo Emperor ordered the match to begin and warned both sides against stalling.
• Huo Yuhao used Simulation to display several red Soul Rings, astonishing the spectators, while Ten-Year Veteran remained calm.

Ten-Year Veteran defeated Huo Yuhao with his armor-piercing spear, leaving him gravely injured and forcing Xuan Zi to carry him from the arena. Ten-Year Veteran challenged Shrek Academy’s complaints by pointing out their own history of seriously injuring opponents.

• Ten-Year Veteran’s Flame-Treading Black Steed charged Huo Yuhao, who barely dodged and drew suspicion over his hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings.
• Zhou Yi questioned whether Shrek Academy had leaked Huo Yuhao’s abilities, while Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng agreed their opponents had gathered extensive intelligence.
• Huo Yuhao resolved to fight Ten-Year Veteran despite Skydream Iceworm’s warning, and the players urged Ten-Year Veteran to end the match quickly.
• Ten-Year Veteran pierced Huo Yuhao’s Ice Emperor’s Body Protection with the Formation-Breaking Overlord Spear, then struck through Ice Empress’s Pincers with his fourth Soul Skill.
• Xuan Zi caught Huo Yuhao after Ten-Year Veteran’s attack sent him out of the arena and found that he was gravely injured but would survive.
• Ten-Year Veteran rejected Xuan Zi’s accusation of going too far, and the audience and players criticized Shrek Academy’s double standards.

With Shrek Academy facing defeat in the final match, Wang Dong revealed her Clear Sky Hammer and took the field against Ten-Year Veteran. She was knocked back in their first clash but continued attacking with the Chaotic Wind Hammer Method.

• Xu Jiawei warned Xuan Zi not to go too far, and Xuan Zi left to find treatment for Huo Yuhao rather than disrupt the tournament.
• Zhou Yi agreed to let Wang Dong fight after she volunteered, and the Shrek Academy team supported her choice.
• Wang Dong summoned her Clear Sky Hammer, surprising her teammates and prompting Zhou Yi to recognize her as a successor of the Clear Sky School.
• Ten-Year Veteran met Wang Dong's opening hammer strike with his Formation-Breaking Overlord Spear and sent her stumbling backward.
• Wang Dong charged again and used the Chaotic Wind Hammer Method, while I Am an Angel questioned why she did not summon her other Martial Soul as well.

Ten-Year Veteran exposed Wang Dong’s disguise during the tournament fight and defeated her with a powerful fusion skill, though a blue barrier softened the blow. The New Tang Sect Academy Team won the Soul Master Tournament, and the players celebrated their rewards while wondering whether Tang San had noticed them.

• Ten-Year Veteran taunted Wang Dong about pretending to be a boy, drawing attention from the Shrek Academy spectators and angering her.
• Wang Dong attacked Ten-Year Veteran with the Clear Sky Hammer, but he endured the strike and prepared his fusion skill.
• Ten-Year Veteran used Twin Martial Soul Fusion Skill: Overlord's Strike; a light-blue barrier protected Wang Dong from the full force, but she was gravely wounded and knocked off the arena.
• Tang Yi confirmed that Tang San could not sense the obscured divine sense, while the players discussed the blue barrier and whether Tang San might detect them.
• Zhou Yi took Wang Dong for treatment, and Xu Jiawei announced that the New Tang Sect Academy Team had won the Soul Master Tournament.

After the tournament, the players exchanged their three championship Soul Bones for low-age Soul Bones for everyone and speculated about what would happen next. Tang Yi issued an emergency quest when they guessed Xuan Zi would hunt them, and the players prepared explosives while Xuan Zi set out to confront them and seize their Tang Sect secrets.

• Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei presented the tournament prizes, and the players chose to exchange the three Soul Bones for a low-age Soul Bone for each participant.
• The tournament ended, but the players found their Teleportation Array to the Sect Base disabled and discussed how they might return.
• The players suspected Shrek Academy would retaliate for the tournament and for their claims about being a hidden Tang Sect branch.
• Tang Yi issued the emergency quest Ode to Courage, and the players planned to attack Xuan Zi with Soul Guidance Bombs and C4.
• Xuan Zi told Zhou Yi he would make the players pay for Shrek's losses and humiliation and claim their hidden Tang Sect belongings.

After leaving Star Luo City, the Players waited for Xuan Zi to ambush them, then exposed his disguise and detonated their explosives when he attacked. The blast struck Xuan Zi, but the chapter ended before revealing what happened to him.

• Dai Hao visited Dai Yueheng, then left Zhou Yi with an apology and a message for the still-unconscious Huo Yuhao.
• The Players traveled toward Heaven Dou City and speculated about who might be hunting them as night fell.
• Xuan Zi, disguised as an Evil Soul Master, blocked the Players and demanded their Soul Bones and secrets.
• The Players recognized Xuan Zi and mocked his attempt to disguise a robbery as a legitimate claim.
• When Xuan Zi became enraged and prepared to attack, Ten-Year Veteran ordered the Players to detonate three Level 8 Soul Guidance Bombs and more than twenty C4 charges.

The players completed their mission against Xuan Zi, crippling him and earning a Soul Power increase before logging off for a game update. Tang Yi added new maps and prepared to recruit forty-nine more players, while Xuan Zi returned to Shrek Academy badly injured and Tang Ya headed for the Tang Sect’s former base.

• The explosion left Xuan Zi alive but gravely injured, with an arm and a leg blown off, while the players returned to the Sect Base and received their mission reward.
• The players logged off, discovered that little time had passed in reality, and went looking for food before posting about the game online.
• Tang Yi prepared an update that added the Sun Moon Empire as an open-world map and turned Star Dou Great Forest into an instance dungeon for players to level up in.
• Xuan Zi found Zhou Yi and ordered her to get him treated and take the students back to Shrek Academy, which left Star Luo City the next day.
• Tang Ya left Shrek Academy for the Tang Sect’s former base in Heaven Dou City as the players waited for the update to finish.
• The old players logged back in after the update, and Tang Yi drew forty-nine new players into Douluo Continent.

Old and new players explored the newly opened Sun Moon Empire and Star Dou Great Forest maps, then gathered in the sect plaza to discuss the game and their Martial Souls. A quest appeared for players to welcome Tang Ya, who stood outside the New Tang Sect Stronghold reflecting on whether her parents had been avenged.

• The old players discovered that the Sun Moon Empire and Star Dou Great Forest maps had opened, and Wang Zhongwang realized the forest dungeon was meant to help new players catch up.
• New players appeared in the sect plaza, where Wang Zhongwang and the others explained the game, their tournament title, and ways to level up or obtain Twin Martial Souls.
• Qian Xunji revealed his Dark Angel Martial Soul, while Dong'er showed her Man-Faced Demon Spider Martial Soul.
• A quest asked players to welcome Tang Ya, and Qian Xunji led the new players rushing toward the sect gate.
• Tang Ya stood outside the New Tang Sect Stronghold and wondered whether avenging her parents through someone else's hands counted as revenge; the new players then surrounded her.

Tang Ya returned to the New Tang Sect, where the players welcomed her and made her a sect NPC. As veteran players began teaching her a fabricated history of the Tang Sect, she accepted their claims, while Huo Yuhao and the others returned to Shrek Academy with Xuan Zi badly injured and Ma Xiaotao safe.

• Tang Ya chose Dong'er to show her around the New Tang Sect, and Dong'er brought her to the sect master's room, turning her into a sect NPC.
• The players formed parties to level up in the Star Dou Great Forest dungeon and complained about the low drop rates and increasingly slow progress.
• Tang Yi added a quest for players to teach Tang Ya the Tang Sect's history, and I Am an Angel told her that Tang San had stolen the sect's manuals and falsely claimed to have founded the Tang Sect.
• Tang Ya believed I Am an Angel's version of history without realizing that the players were influencing her.
• Huo Yuhao and the others returned to Shrek Academy, where Xuan Zi recuperated from losing an arm and a leg, and Ma Xiaotao had avoided capture by the Holy Spirit Cult.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest while players gathered to fight a powerful World Boss, the 3,000-year-old Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear. As the players brought its health down to a third, Huo Yuhao's group arrived at the battle.

• Huo Yuhao admired Wang Dong'er in women's clothes as the group headed to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang Yi enhanced the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear and announced its respawn as a World Boss.
• Several players rushed the Boss and were killed by its golden-blade attack, so the others waited for the main group to assemble.
• Qian Xixi drew the Boss's aggro while Ten-Year Veteran pierced its defenses, and the players coordinated attacks against its wounds.
• The players reduced the Boss's health by two-thirds before Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao arrived after hearing the battle.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao approached the New Tang Sect players to ask about Tang Ya while the players fought the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear. The players defeated the World Boss, and it dropped a Soul Ring Upgrade Card and an External Soul Bone.

• The players warned Huo Yuhao and his companions to stay back from their World Boss fight, then told them Tang Ya was at the New Tang Sect base.
• Huo Yuhao said he would bring the news back to Bei Bei, while the players criticized him for not visiting Tang Ya himself.
• As the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear neared defeat, Qian Xixi handed off its aggro so she could recover.
• I Am an Angel and Ten-Year Veteran used their ultimate attacks to defeat the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear, and Ten-Year Veteran received credit for the final hit.
• The players received experience from the kill, and Qian Xixi reported that the BOSS dropped a Three-Thousand-Year Soul Ring Upgrade Card and an External Soul Bone.

Yan Shaozhe demanded that the players hand over the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear’s External Soul Bone for fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins, but they mocked and refused him. After Yan Shaozhe unleashed his power, the players prepared explosives to fight back, leaving Huo Yuhao’s instincts warning him of danger.

• The players discussed how to distribute the boss drops and agreed to compensate one another with Fate Coins.
• Yan Shaozhe appeared, offered fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins for the External Soul Bone, and was ridiculed by the players.
• The game system confirmed that drops were bound to players and would not disappear if they died.
• Huo Yuhao realized that the drop was probably an External Soul Bone and considered asking Yan Shaozhe for it.
• Yan Shaozhe revealed his Bright Phoenix martial soul and nine Soul Rings after the players insulted him.
• The players brought out a Level 8 Soul Guidance Bomb and C4 as Huo Yuhao’s instincts warned him of danger.

Tang Yi sealed Huo Yuhao’s luck after an explosion devastated the group, leaving Yan Shaozhe gravely injured while Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao survived. The Players revived and auctioned off the spoils, with Qian Xunji winning the External Soul Bone.

• Tang Yi used Luck Points to seal Huo Yuhao’s luck, and the System explained that his already overdrawn luck was rebounding on him.
• The explosion shattered Yan Shaozhe’s Soul Core and crippled his legs, while Wang Dong'er’s Divine Sense protected her, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao from harm.
• Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao helped Huo Yuhao reach the still-living Yan Shaozhe, and the three set out to take him back to the academy, with Huo Yuhao stumbling and dropping him twice.
• After the Players revived, the System introduced a sealed-bid auction, and Transforming Autobot won the Three-Thousand-Year Soul Ring Age Upgrade Card for 14,444 Fate Coins.
• Qian Xunji won the Three-Thousand-Year Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear External Soul Bone with a bid of 150,000 Fate Coins.