Recaps

Lin Yang discovered that his Bone Clone could refine Soul Bones and form armor that linked with his Eight Spider Lances without using his own Soul Bone slots. After Dugu Yan gained her fifth Soul Skill and the group returned to Heaven Dou City, Katherine told Lin Yang that the Crown Prince had invited him to the palace.

• The Eight Spider Lances fused with Lin Yang's Bone Clone, and merging the clone back into his body formed back armor that let him use the lances without upsetting his Evil God Wings.
• Lin Yang gave the Bone Clone Tang Hao's torso bone, a refined right arm bone, and a left leg bone, discovering that their armor could link through the Eight Spider Lances and did not occupy his own Soul Bone slots.
• Dugu Yan absorbed the Jade-Eyed Demon Poison Jiao's Soul Ring and gained Poison Dragon Transformation, which doubled her attributes and tripled her toxins.
• Lin Yang, Dugu Bo, Ye Xuanyin, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan left the Star Dou Great Forest and returned to Heaven Dou City after Xiao Wu recovered.
• At the Butterfly Mansion, Katherine told Lin Yang that the Crown Prince had sent an invitation asking him to visit the palace.

Lin Yang visited Xue Qinghe in the Eastern Palace, where the crown prince shared a farewell meal and said he would soon inspect subordinate kingdoms. Half a month later, news of Xue Qinghe’s death threw the Heaven Dou court into turmoil and left Xue Beng delighted at his sudden advantage.

• Lin Yang entered the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and encountered Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing, with Xue Beng inviting him to drink and visit the Gathering Immortals Pavilion.
• Lin Yang met Xue Qinghe, shared Wind and Snow Drunk with him, and noticed that he seemed troubled before saying he would soon leave to inspect subordinate kingdoms.
• Xue Qinghe gave Lin Yang several bottles of Wind and Snow Drunk and said he had invited him only to share a meal before his departure.
• Half a month later, news arrived that a Titled Douluo had attacked Xue Qinghe’s party, killing his escort and leaving no remains of the crown prince.
• Xue Ye fell ill as the court descended into factional turmoil, while Xue Beng rejoiced that he was now the only prince left under Xue Ye.

Qian Renxue returned to Spirit Hall and confronted Bibi Dong, warning her not to harm Lin Yang. After Xue Qinghe’s death, Xue Beng became the new crown prince while Lin Yang withdrew to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate a Soul Core.

• Qian Renxue rejected Bibi Dong’s reprimand and said she had returned because she no longer wanted to waste time on meaningless things.
• Qian Renxue warned Bibi Dong that she would tear down Papal Hall if Bibi Dong harmed Lin Yang, then left as Bibi Dong crushed her throne’s armrests.
• Lin Yang paid his respects at Xue Qinghe’s cenotaph, while Prince Xue Xing told Xue Beng to wait patiently rather than pursue supporters immediately.
• Xue Beng became the Heaven Dou Empire’s new crown prince as Xue Qinghe gradually faded from public memory.
• Lin Yang entered seclusion at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to condense a Soul Core, drawing on its energy and the guidance Dugu Bo had given him.

A boy joined the Sun Cult after drinking a painful blood-red potion and swearing its oath, then the group set out after a newly located target. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Lin Yang condensed an extreme gold Soul Core and rose to level fifty-nine, leaving him just short of level sixty.

• A soot-covered boy asked the middle-aged man to let him join the Sun Cult and gain power for revenge.
• The boy swore the Sun Cult’s oath, drank the potion, and endured agonizing pain as the group watched.
• The group buried the dead villagers before a winged scout reported finding their target northeast of them.
• After six months of accumulating Soul Power, Lin Yang began compressing it while Lan Qin guarded him at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Lin Yang formed an extreme gold Soul Core, absorbed his stored Soul Power, and advanced to level fifty-nine.

After completing his Soul Core, Lin Yang returned to the Butterfly Mansion, reunited with Xiao Wu, and showed Dugu Bo and Ye Xuanyin the core he had formed. The elders recognized its immense power, and Lin Yang explained that he had adapted the idea from Dugu Bo’s Pill Pearl.

• Lin Yang offered to help Lan Qin cultivate a Soul Core and told her to watch over the crystal blood dragon ginseng.
• Lin Yang returned to the Butterfly Mansion, surprised Xiao Wu, and reunited with her before Aola interrupted them.
• That evening, Dugu Bo and Ye Xuanyin asked Lin Yang whether his Soul Core experiment had succeeded.
• Lin Yang used shared vision to show Dugu Bo and Ye Xuanyin the radiant Soul Core rotating in his Dantian.
• Ye Xuanyin said Lin Yang had forged a new path, and Lin Yang credited Dugu Bo’s Pill Pearl as his inspiration.

Lin Yang shared his Soul Core method, then spent the day with Ye Lingling, who boldly became his lover. Dugu Yan confronted them over being overtaken and later visited Lin Yang at midnight, but stopped before they went further to ask him to compare her with Lingling.

• Lin Yang explained Soul Core condensation to Dugu Bo and Ye Xuanyin, but told Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Little Rabbit they were not ready to attempt it.
• Ye Lingling challenged Lin Yang to enter a hotel with her, and they became intimate.
• Dugu Yan recognized that Ye Lingling had changed and accused her of getting ahead of her, while Ye Lingling said it was her turn to win.
• At dinner, Dugu Yan teased Lin Yang about building up his strength, and Katherine left after noticing the tense mood.
• Dugu Yan entered Lin Yang's room at midnight, kissed him, and then asked whether she or Lingling was better.

Lin Yang, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Xiao Wu went to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after Qin Ming summoned them. They learned the Five Elemental Academies would send students for an exchange, and Lin Yang, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan were told to fight without Soul Skills so their abilities would not be fully revealed to Spirit Hall.

• Dugu Yan teased Lin Yang about their night together, then admitted she had been very satisfied when he pressed her for an answer.
• Lin Yang and the others went to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after Qin Ming sent word that he had an important announcement.
• Lin Yang congratulated the Shi Brothers on becoming Soul Ancestors and caught up with the team before Qin Ming and Meng Shenji arrived.
• Meng Shenji explained that students from the Five Elemental Academies would stay at the academy for one to two months for classes and sparring.
• Qin Ming warned that Elephant Armor Academy might be acting on Spirit Hall's behalf to assess Lin Yang, so Lin Yang, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan could use only their Self-Created Soul Skills during the exchange.
• Meng Shenji assured them the visiting students would not be able to force them to use their Soul Skills, and the team agreed with knowing smiles.

The five academies arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy for an exchange, and their leaders and students sized up Lin Yang and his team. The next day, Feng Xiaotian challenged Lin Yang, and the academies gathered at the First Training Ground to watch their match.

• The Three Education Committee Members welcomed the five academies, while Qin Ming introduced their leaders to Lin Yang and the others.
• The delegations entered the academy, where Shui Bing'er scolded her sister for admiring Lin Yang and Feng Xiaotian told Lin Yang he looked forward to fighting him.
• The five academy heads delivered formal speeches, and their students were assigned to a residential area for a week of observation and learning.
• Feng Xiaotian confronted Lin Yang the next day and challenged him to a fight at the training ground; Lin Yang accepted.
• The news drew students from all five academies to the First Training Ground, where Huo Wu and others discussed how long Feng Xiaotian might last against Lin Yang.

Lin Yang effortlessly defeated Feng Xiaotian’s Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes without using his Martial Soul or Soul Rings. After Feng Xiaotian conceded, Lin Yang challenged everyone at the five academies to spar against him together, provoking an uproar.

• Feng Xiaotian transformed with his Gale Twin-Headed Wolf Martial Soul and unleashed his self-created Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes against Lin Yang.
• Lin Yang calmly parried Feng Xiaotian’s first thirty-five slashes with invisible sharp Qi without moving from his spot.
• Lin Yang caught Feng Xiaotian’s thirty-sixth slash in his hand, and Feng Xiaotian conceded.
• Lin Yang asked whether anyone else wanted to spar and invited everyone to attack him together, stirring outrage among the five academies.

Lin Yang faced seven core fighters from five academies in a one-against-seven battle and overwhelmed their coordinated opening attacks with a single sword technique. Huyan Li shielded the others from the continuing barrage, and the fight remained underway as Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu protected him.

• Lin Yang taunted the five academies until Huyan Li, Yu Tianxin, Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, and the recovering Feng Xiaotian entered the arena to challenge him together.
• Lin Yang shaped a metal chair into an iron sword without summoning his Martial Soul, while the seven revealed their Martial Souls and Soul Rings.
• Huyan Li charged Lin Yang but was forced backward in a head-on collision, and Lin Yang shattered Yu Tianxin's lightning strike with one sword stroke.
• Yu Tianxin, Shui Bing'er, and the others launched a combined attack that trapped Lin Yang in ice and surrounded him with flames, wind blades, lightning, and ice shards.
• Lin Yang broke free and used First Form: Dark Moon: Evening Palace to tear through the attacks and batter the group with moonblades.
• Huyan Li used Qian Jun Defense to shield the others, while Shui Bing'er covered him in ice armor and Huo Wu's Repelling Fire Ring knocked away the remaining moonblades.

Lin Yang overwhelmed the elite students from the five academies with his self-created Soul Skills, then defeated Skywater Academy’s Ice and Snow Drifting · Frost Phoenix with Solar Storm. The opponents conceded, and Huo Wu vowed to challenge him again.

• Lin Yang shattered Huyan Li’s ice armor with a single strike, then fought off Feng Xiaotian and the other academy elites with a series of self-created Soul Skills.
• Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu joined their Martial Souls to summon Skywater Academy’s Ice and Snow Drifting · Frost Phoenix.
• Lin Yang unleashed Fifteenth Form · Solar Storm, which swallowed the Frost Phoenix and left Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu kneeling.
• Shui Bing’er admitted defeat, and Huo Wushuang, Yu Tianxin, and the other opponents conceded as well.
• Huo Wu vowed to repay Lin Yang for kicking her, and he accepted her challenge before she left with Huo Wushuang.

After Lin Yang defeated the Five Elemental Academies’ elites, Xiao Wu led a melee against their students, joined by Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s other fighters. Ye Lingling healed the injured and revealed her strength as a Soul King with two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, leaving the visiting deans shocked as they departed and Huyan Zhen prepared to report to Spirit Hall.

• Xiao Wu taunted the five academies’ students into challenging her together, then charged into the crowd and began fighting.
• Lin Yang sent the Shi Brothers, Osler, Yu Feng, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling into the melee.
• Qin Ming stopped the fight, and Ye Lingling revealed five Soul Rings, including two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, as she healed the injured students.
• The five academies’ deans left after seeing Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s strength, and Huyan Zhen decided to report what he had witnessed to Spirit Hall.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin discussed the academy’s revealed trump cards and the students’ future fame.

Lin Yang prepared a diluted Snow-Colored Swan Kiss potion that helped Dugu Bo condense a Soul Core and reach rank ninety-four. Afterward, Dugu Bo showed Lin Yang that his Pill Pearl orbited the Soul Core as a subordinate structure, giving Lin Yang a new insight into how the two could coexist.

• Lin Yang prepared two vials of Snow-Colored Swan Kiss essence, giving one to Dugu Bo and reserving the other for Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo drank the potion while Lin Yang stood guard, and his body reacted as the Extreme Poison took hold.
• After six days, Dugu Bo opened his eyes with snow-white rings around his pupils and confirmed that he had condensed a Soul Core and advanced to rank ninety-four.
• Lin Yang asked how Dugu Bo had balanced his Pill Pearl and Soul Core, and Dugu Bo let him inspect his body.
• Lin Yang discovered that the Pill Pearl orbited the Soul Core as a subordinate structure, and Dugu Bo explained that he had made the Soul Core primary rather than trying to balance them.

Dugu Bo used his Extreme Poison to defeat Yue Guan and spared him after considering the consequences of killing him. While Dugu Bo returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Lin Yang broke through to Rank 60 and began condensing his Sixth Soul Ring.

• Dugu Bo confronted Yue Guan in the forest and overwhelmed his attacks with Extreme Poison.
• Dugu Bo poisoned and defeated Yue Guan, then spared him and declared their past scores settled.
• Yue Guan sent a signal to Spirit Hall for help, while Dugu Bo returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found Lin Yang in seclusion.
• After two quiet months, Lin Yang broke through the barrier to Rank 60 deep within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Lin Yang absorbed the well’s energy to stabilize his cultivation and strengthen his Demon God Body as his Sixth Soul Ring began condensing.

Lin Yang formed his sixth Soul Ring and discovered its Soul Skill, Infinite Space, an enormous alternate dimension under his control. He brought Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling inside, created a Space Clone to manage it, and prepared to make the space a base for the Sun Cult.

• Lin Yang absorbed energy from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well until his Demon God Body's Sixth Soul Ring formed with an initial age of sixty thousand years.
• Lin Yang tested his sixth Soul Skill, Infinite Space, and found it contained a vast, empty dimension sealed by a boundary of gray mist.
• Lin Yang brought Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling into Infinite Space, and they discussed furnishing it.
• Lin Yang used Soul Split to create a Space Clone that could manage Infinite Space and remain hidden within it.
• Lin Yang placed an entrance to Infinite Space in the Butterfly Mansion and planned to contact Keynes so the Sun Cult could use it as a base.

Lin Yang and Xiao Wu went shopping and unexpectedly met Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, who had recently joined Shrek Academy in Heaven Dou City. After the women went into a clothing store together, Zhu Zhuqing warned Lin Yang about Tang San and later asked Ning Rongrong what kind of person Lin Yang was.

• Lin Yang spent the night playing Dou Dizhu with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, who were absent from breakfast the next morning.
• Xiao Wu told Lin Yang that Shrek Academy had moved to Heaven Dou City and was staying at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• While shopping with Xiao Wu, Lin Yang ran into Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing outside a women's clothing store, and Ning Rongrong brought Xiao Wu inside with her.
• Zhu Zhuqing praised Lin Yang's strength and warned him that Tang San was close to the Strength Clan; Lin Yang dismissed the threat.
• After Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong returned from the store, Zhu Zhuqing asked Ning Rongrong what Lin Yang was like, and Ning Rongrong began gossiping about him.

Ye Xuanyin received the title Crimson Flame after reaching Level 90, and Bibi Dong summoned him and Dugu Bo to recruit them into her service. They rejected the appeal of her offers, while Gui Mei grew uneasy as he stood nearby.

• Qian Daoliu formally recognized Ye Xuanyin as the Titled Douluo Crimson Flame and presented him with ceremonial robes.
• The nine bells rang across Spirit City, announcing Ye Xuanyin's new title, and Dugu Bo congratulated him outside the Worship Hall.
• Gui Mei arrived with Bibi Dong's summons, and Dugu Bo mocked him over Yue Guan's injuries before Ye Xuanyin and Dugu Bo agreed to go.
• Bibi Dong congratulated Ye Xuanyin and offered to recruit both him and Dugu Bo, including promising support for the Ye Family.
• Ye Xuanyin and Dugu Bo showed little interest in Bibi Dong's offers, while Gui Mei felt a chill as he watched them.

Lin Yang and Dugu Bo searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable sixth Soul Ring, and Lin Yang chose an eighty-thousand-year Crimson-Feathered Golden Eagle Emperor. After defeating it, Lin Yang began absorbing its Soul Ring.

• Lin Yang and Dugu Bo traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest while Ye Xuanyin’s new Titled Douluo status drew attention in Heaven Dou City.
• After seven days of searching, Lin Yang spotted an eighty-thousand-year Crimson-Feathered Golden Eagle Emperor and decided to hunt it.
• Lin Yang fought the Golden Eagle Emperor in the air, severed its left wing, and killed it before it could self-destruct.
• The Golden Eagle Emperor’s body formed an eighty-thousand-year Soul Ring, and Lin Yang began absorbing it into the Nichirin Blade.

Lin Yang completed absorbing the Crimson-Feathered Golden Eagle Emperor’s eighty-thousand-year Soul Ring after destroying its lingering spiritual will in his Sea of Consciousness. His new Sixth Soul Skill, Gold-Fire Resonance, transformed Crimson Interval into a blade wreathed in golden-red flames, leaving him with a powerful blend of extreme gold and fire.

• The Golden Eagle Emperor’s spiritual will attacked Lin Yang’s mental world, but Lin Yang used the blazing sun in his Sea of Consciousness to destroy it.
• Lin Yang finished refining the Soul Ring, completed his Sixth Soul Ring, and gained Gold-Fire Resonance.
• Lin Yang explained that Gold-Fire Resonance greatly amplified extreme gold and also amplified fire three times as much through resonance.
• At Dugu Bo’s request, Lin Yang drew Crimson Interval and activated Gold-Fire Resonance, turning the blade crimson and surrounding it with golden-red flames.
• Dugu Bo recognized the unusual power of Lin Yang’s combination of extreme gold and near-ultimate fire.

After obtaining a left leg Soul Bone from the Crimson-Feathered Golden Eagle Emperor, Lin Yang returned with Dugu Bo and later joined Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling at Shrek Academy’s founding ceremony. The ceremony had begun at the renamed academy, where Flender welcomed the group and invited Qin Ming to return as a teacher.

• Lin Yang extracted and absorbed the Crimson-Feathered Golden Eagle Emperor’s left leg Soul Bone, raising his Soul Power Level to sixty-three.
• Lin Yang and Dugu Bo used Infinite Space to return, and Xiao Wu later received an invitation to Shrek Academy’s founding ceremony.
• Xiao Wu persuaded Lin Yang to attend, and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling decided to join them.
• Lin Yang’s group met Qin Ming on the way to Blue Tyrant Academy, which had been renamed Shrek Academy.
• Flender welcomed the group at the ceremony and invited Qin Ming to return to the academy as a teacher, but Qin Ming said he would think about it.

At Shrek Academy’s renaming ceremony, Lin Yang observed Tang San’s newfound confidence after learning his heritage and met Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing as they joined the girls. As he left, Lin Yang spotted Tai Tan and remembered his plan to recruit the Defense Clan to build in his vast Infinite Space.

• Liu Erlong and Flender completed the handover, officially renaming Blue Tyrant Academy as Shrek Academy.
• Lin Yang noticed Tang San’s hostility had turned to contempt after Tang San learned he was Tang Hao’s son and gained the Strength Clan’s support.
• After the ceremony, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing greeted Lin Yang and Xiao Wu, then introduced themselves to Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• The girls went shopping together, leaving Lin Yang to depart alone.
• Lin Yang spotted Tai Tan at the academy gates and decided the Defense Clan could help develop his empty Infinite Space.

Lin Yang hired Niu Gao and the Defense Clan to build Infinity Castle inside Infinite Space, giving them free rein and unlimited funding. As the city took shape, rescued people and Sun Cult believers began settling there and starting new lives.

• Lin Yang visited the Defense Clan in Longxing City and offered Niu Gao a city-building commission, placing ten thousand Gold Soul Coins on the table as a deposit.
• Lin Yang took Niu Gao through a vortex into Infinite Space and invited him to build a city there with unlimited funding.
• Lin Yang entrusted the design and construction of Infinity Castle to Niu Gao, then established an entrance inside the Defense Clan’s grounds.
• Niu Gao mobilized the Defense Clan to buy materials and build in Infinite Space, and the beginnings of a city rose within a few months.
• The Sun Cult sent rescued slaves, homeless orphans, and prospective believers to Infinite Space, where the Butterfly Mansion treated them and they could find work or a new home.

The All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament opened, and Lin Yang watched Shrek Academy defeat Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team in the first preliminary match. The tournament began with Shrek’s victory, while Lin Yang judged Tang San and the others far weaker than they had been in his expectations.

• Qin Ming assembled Heaven Dou Team One and explained that the seeded team would enter at the Grand Finals but had to attend the opening ceremony.
• The tournament opened with speeches from Emperor Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Salas, who drew Shrek Academy against Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team for the first match.
• Shrek’s strange green uniforms drew boos from the spectators, and Salas’s handling of the crowd angered Emperor Xue Ye.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Shrek’s other members quickly overwhelmed Heaven Dou Second Team with coordinated Soul Skills.
• Lin Yang assessed Tang San’s abilities and dismissed the idea that Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer could close the gap between them.

Lin Yang watched the opening qualifier matches, reunited with Feng Xiaotian and the Five Elements Academy teams, and then observed Shrek’s lineup for its high-stakes match against Elephant Armor Academy. Shrek sent all seven of the Shrek Seven Devils into the ring, leaving Lin Yang to suspect they intended to go all out despite their disadvantage.

• Xue Ye seethed as Shrek treated the defeated Heaven Dou Second Team, while Salas’s remark made the defeat more humiliating.
• Lin Yang watched the first day’s matches and noted that Feng Xiaotian had risen to rank forty-six and the Five Elements Academy had grown stronger.
• Lin Yang met Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and others from the Five Elements Academies, and Xiao Wu and Huo Wu traded insults before Lin Yang invited everyone to dinner.
• The second round of qualifiers began, and Lin Yang watched Shrek Academy prepare to face Elephant Armor Academy.
• Yu Tianheng, Dai Mubai, Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong entered the ring, prompting Lin Yang to suspect Shrek planned to go all out despite their uneven Soul Power and Elephant Armor’s strength and defense.

Tang San’s team struggled against Elephant Armor Academy’s overwhelming defense, and Huyan Li’s Soul Bone thwarted their coordinated attack. With the match slipping out of his control, Tang San summoned a person-sized hammer and revealed a deep black Soul Ring.

• Huyan Li and the other six Elephant Armor Academy fighters used Copper Wall Iron Wall and advanced through Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass.
• Emperor Xue Ye learned from Ning Fengzhi that Ning Rongrong and Yu Tianheng were studying at Shrek because of the Golden Iron Triangle’s connection to the academy.
• Tang San used Oscar’s Flying Mushroom Sausage to escape encirclement, then coordinated Yu Tianheng, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun in an attack on Huyan Li.
• Huyan Li used a Soul Bone to block the combined strike, forcing Tang San to pull his teammates back and abandon his plan to defeat him quickly.
• Tang San summoned a person-sized hammer in his left hand, and a deep black Soul Ring appeared beneath his feet.