Recaps

Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and ten-thousand-year Soul Ring to lead Shrek Academy to victory over Elephant Armor Academy, exposing his connection to the Clear Sky Sect. Afterward, he defended his choice to Yu Xiaogang and asked how to overcome the drawbacks of cultivating Twin Martial Souls.

• Tang San brought out the Clear Sky Hammer, shocking the spectators and revealing himself as Tang Hao's son and a Twin Martial Soul wielder.
• Tang San used the Clear Sky Hammer to overpower Huyan Li and secure Shrek Academy's victory over Elephant Armor Academy.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong congratulated Tang San, while Flender began receiving advertising offers.
• Yu Xiaogang reprimanded Tang San for revealing the Clear Sky Hammer, warning that it would attract dangerous attention.
• Tang San said he would not abandon Blue Silver Grass but believed the Clear Sky Hammer was necessary, then asked Yu Xiaogang how to resolve the drawbacks of cultivating Twin Martial Souls.

Tang San learned that Soul Bones could help his body withstand the Soul Rings of his Twin Martial Souls, and Yu Xiaogang urged him to pursue the tournament championship for its likely Soul Bone reward. As Shrek protected Tang San and drew public scorn for avoiding strong opponents, Lin Yang suspected the team had gained a new trump card.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Soul Bones could strengthen his body enough to bear more powerful Soul Rings, and Tang San resolved to win the tournament championship for its reward.
• Shrek Academy kept Tang San under heavy protection after the Clear Sky Hammer and his Twin Martial Souls were exposed.
• A sinister observer watched Shrek leave the arena and searched the other teams for tempting targets.
• Canghui Academy used a seven-in-one Martial Soul combination skill against Shrek, but its members suffered a backlash and the academy withdrew from the preliminary rounds.
• After Shrek defeated Canghui, the team claimed its injuries prevented it from facing strong opponents, prompting spectators to mock and doubt them.
• Lin Yang recognized that Shrek was conserving strength to qualify and wondered whether the team had acquired a new trump card.

Lin Yang followed Shi Nian after the Canghui vice dean targeted Shui Bing'er with his Remnant Dream illusion. He struck Shi Nian out of hiding and confronted him, demanding to know why Shi Nian had never tried to kill him.

• Lin Yang noticed Shi Nian leave the spectator stands and secretly followed him as he pursued Shui Bing'er out of the city.
• Shi Nian trapped Shui Bing'er in an illusion, revealed that he wanted her dead, and began tormenting her with his Remnant Dream Martial Soul.
• Shui Bing'er attacked Shi Nian and tried to flee, but her ice spike passed through his illusion and she could not escape.
• Lin Yang interrupted Shi Nian, kicked him out from behind a tree, and demanded to know why he had never come after him.

Lin Yang killed Shi Nian after rescuing Shui Bing'er from his illusion and refusing his offer to use his Martial Soul to enslave her. Shui Bing'er began wondering whether Lin Yang had come for her, then realized he had actually been targeting the seven-colored Soul Bone.

• Lin Yang confronted Shi Nian, who admitted he had chosen Shui Bing'er as an easier target because he feared Lin Yang's strength.
• Shi Nian offered to serve Lin Yang and promised to hypnotize Shui Bing'er, but Lin Yang killed him.
• Shui Bing'er recoiled at seeing Shi Nian die and thanked Lin Yang for saving her.
• Shui Bing'er wondered whether Lin Yang liked her because she thought he had come to rescue her.
• Lin Yang found a seven-colored Soul Bone, and Shui Bing'er realized it had been his true target.

Lin Yang rescued Shui Bing'er from Shi Nian, and the Heaven Dou teams completed the Promotion Tournament before setting out for the Grand Finals in Spirit City. As the procession traveled, Lin Yang wondered whether Spirit Hall would still ambush Tang San, then Dugu Yan confronted him for staring out the window.

• Lin Yang told Shui Bing'er that Shi Nian had targeted her after failing to lure him, then escorted her back to the hotel.
• Shui Bing'er thanked Lin Yang, and Shui Bingyue later brought Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er to the Butterfly Mansion to express their gratitude.
• The Promotion Tournament ended, with Shrek struggling in individual matches while the veteran academies displayed their strength.
• Emperor Xue Ye awarded medals to the top five teams, then sent the teams toward Spirit City with Crown Prince Xue Beng and Ning Fengzhi in the procession.
• Lin Yang reflected that Spirit Hall might still attack Tang San on the journey, and Dugu Yan pinched his waist and demanded to know which beauty had caught his attention.

Lin Yang and the convoy came under attack from a force sent by Bibi Dong, and he destroyed a massive Molten Sphere before the attackers overwhelmed the battlefield. As the fighting spread, Lin Yang realized the Soul Douluos were targeting Shrek Academy, Xue Beng, and himself.

• Lin Yang warned the others to stay alert, and the Royal Knights formed a barrier against falling molten rocks.
• Lin Yang sliced the enormous Molten Sphere into fragments as it descended toward the convoy.
• More than a thousand black-clad attackers charged the convoy, and the academies and Royal Knights fought back against their coordinated assault.
• Dugu Yan and Xiao Wu killed attackers, while Ye Lingling fought and healed the wounded Royal Knights.
• Lin Yang recognized that one Soul Douluo was targeting Shrek Academy, another was going after Xue Beng, and a third had come for him.

Lin Yang and the Shrek Seven Devils fought off Spirit Hall's attackers, with Aola, the Golden Iron Triangle, and Tai Tan holding back the strongest enemies. Tang San's hidden weapons devastated the ordinary death warriors, but the wounded attackers began healing and turning feral as the battle grew more dangerous.

• Aola grew into a colossal beast and fought the Soul Douluo who attacked Lin Yang, shrugging off his wind-based Soul Skill.
• The Golden Iron Triangle unleashed their Golden Sacred Dragon, while a Soul Douluo transformed into a golden eagle to hold it back and sent two Soul Saints after Tang San and the others.
• Tai Tan arrived to protect Tang San and fought the two Soul Saints with his Great Strength Gorilla possession.
• The Shrek Seven Devils used Blue Silver Grass and seven Godly Zhuge Crossbows to stop the attackers, killing or wounding many death warriors and injuring the two Soul Kings.
• Tang San attacked with hidden weapons and deadly poisons, unaware that the wounded death warriors were healing and becoming crazed.

Tang San and the others fought death warriors transformed into regenerating monsters until Chen Xin arrived and destroyed them, while the attackers retreated. With Ning Fengzhi’s reassurance, Xue Beng ordered the expedition to continue, though he remained shaken by the ambush.

• Tang San and the Shrek team discovered that the death warriors rose again after being struck, healed rapidly, and continued targeting Tang San despite attacks from the group.
• Tang San cut away a scratched patch of his arm as a precaution, then a black-clad figure ordered the attackers to retreat.
• Chen Xin arrived and used Sword Qi to shred the mutated death warriors and the two Soul Kings left behind.
• Ning Rongrong reunited with Chen Xin, who said he had fought a Titled Douluo but could not stop him from escaping; Ning Fengzhi and Xue Beng then joined the group.
• Aola returned to cat form on Lin Yang’s shoulder, while Ye Lingling healed the gravely wounded and the Royal Knights prepared to move.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Beng the attackers would not return, and Xue Beng ordered the expedition to continue despite his fear.

After Spirit Hall’s ambush, Tang San learned why he and Lin Yang had been targeted and refused Ning Fengzhi’s offer to leave the tournament. He struggled to find a way to overcome Lin Yang’s advantage, and Yu Xiaogang reminded him to focus on tactics and the championship.

• Ning Fengzhi told Tang San and Yu Xiaogang that Spirit Hall had arranged the ambush, targeting Tang San because of his father and his twin Martial Souls, while Lin Yang had been caught up in the attack because of his allies’ conflicts with Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Tang San that Spirit Hall might attack again and offered to help him contact the Clear Sky Sect, but Tang San refused to abandon the competition.
• Ning Fengzhi suggested Tang San reconcile with Lin Yang, but Tang San said he would settle their grievances himself and recalled his past defeats.
• Tang San considered adding Soul Rings to his Clear Sky Hammer to close the gap with Lin Yang, then rejected the idea because it would damage the Martial Soul’s potential.
• Yu Xiaogang praised Tang San for considering his options and urged him to use control, tactics, and teamwork to pursue the championship.

Lin Yang reunited with Qian Renxue in Spirit City, where she revealed she would compete in the tournament, while he refused her offer to join Spirit Hall. After the championship’s three Soul Bone prizes and the Grand Finals format were announced, the tournament began, leaving Lin Yang ready for the matches ahead.

• Xue Beng escorted the tournament procession to Spirit City, where Ning Fengzhi led the Soul Master teams to their assigned courtyards.
• Qian Renxue visited Lin Yang and guided him around Spirit City, again offering him a place in Spirit Hall; Lin Yang declined and asked her to have the Spirit Hall Team concede.
• Qian Renxue told Lin Yang she would compete in the tournament, and he said her participation would make it more interesting.
• During the three-day rest, Lin Yang saw the Star Luo Empire teams, and the academies learned that the championship prizes included three Soul Bones.
• The tournament organizers announced the five-round Grand Finals format, and Spirit City opened its specially prepared arena as the tournament began.

Lin Yang learned that the Four Elements Academies had united, then watched their alliance reshape the Grand Finals bracket through a series of forfeits. During Shrek’s second-round match, Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling revealed themselves as Soul Kings with ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Rings, leaving Tang San and Yu Xiaogang shaken and drawing the attention of the VIPs to Lin Yang.

• Lin Yang confronted Feng Xiaotian and learned that Godwind, Blazing Fire, Heavenly Water, and Thunder Academies had united to challenge the strongest teams.
• The Grand Finals began, and Blazing Fire, Heavenly Water, and Thunder forfeited their matches after Godwind revealed its combined team of Four-Ring Soul Ancestors.
• Shrek gained a first-round advance, while the forfeits altered the bracket and raised the possibility that Shrek might receive another bye.
• Lin Yang stayed out of Shrek’s second-round match and gave Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling the chance to fight a Star Luo Empire team.
• Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling revealed five Soul Rings each, including ten-thousand-year fourth rings, stunning the arena.
• Tang San questioned Yu Xiaogang’s theories, while Bibi Dong, Ning Fengzhi, and the other VIPs suspected that Lin Yang had taught the women how to absorb Over-limit Soul Rings.

The Heaven Dou Team crushed the Star Luo Empire’s team, while Qian Renxue’s seven-ring Soul Saint status left the tournament’s other contenders in despair. Shrek Academy won its match against Longkui Academy, and the Heaven Dou Team then defeated Di'ao Academy in a rapid, coordinated assault.

• Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan quickly incapacitated the Star Luo Empire team’s strongest fighters, and the Heaven Dou Team won in under half a minute.
• Qian Renxue revealed seven Soul Rings for the Spirit Hall Team, and representatives from Heaven Dou and Star Luo confirmed her age made her eligible to compete.
• Shrek Academy defeated Longkui Academy as Tang San used the Clear Sky Hammer and the team unleashed the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Shrek drew a bye in the third round, while the Heaven Dou Team faced Di'ao Academy and let the Shi Brothers, Osler, and Yu Feng take the lead.
• Dugu Yan empowered the four fighters with poison, the Shi Brothers used their Martial Soul Combination Skill, Yu Feng attacked from the air, and Osler drove Di'ao Academy’s members out of bounds.

The tournament’s top-six round began, and Shrek Academy, the Spirit Hall Team, and the Heaven Dou Team advanced to the top three. Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun surrendered after Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan defeated their Hell White Tiger, while Zhu Zhuqing despaired at Dai Mubai’s relief that Shrek had avoided facing his brother.

• The six captains drew lots, matching Shrek Academy against the Asura Team, Spirit Hall against the Divine Wind Team, and Heaven Dou against the Star Luo Royal Academy Team.
• Shrek defeated the Asura Team, and Spirit Hall beat the Divine Wind Team after Feng Xiaotian and his teammates nearly caught them off guard.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun unleashed Hell White Tiger against Heaven Dou, while Dai Mubai secretly rejoiced that Shrek had avoided facing them.
• Zhu Zhuqing noticed Dai Mubai’s reaction and despaired over having left Star Luo for him.
• Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan helped defeat Hell White Tiger, and Zhu Zhuyun stopped Dai Weisi from continuing as he surrendered.

Zhu Zhuyun warned Zhu Zhuqing to give up on Dai Mubai and escape the Star Luo Empire’s rules, forcing Zhu Zhuqing to confront her resentment and uncertainty about their future. Three days later, the final round began in the square before the Papal Hall, where Lin Yang admired the extravagant black jade rock paving.

• Zhu Zhuyun told Zhu Zhuqing that she had never truly intended to kill her and warned that Dai Mubai’s failure to improve left them unable to challenge Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized her resentment toward Dai Mubai and her envy of Xiao Wu, while Zhu Zhuyun urged her to leave Dai Mubai and handed her a Gold Soul Coin card.
• After Zhu Zhuyun left, Zhu Zhuqing considered escaping under another name but doubted she could avoid being hunted by the Star Luo Imperial Family and the Zhu Family.
• Zhu Zhuqing left the restaurant alone, carrying the card and reflecting on whether she should make a clean break from Dai Mubai.
• Three days later, the final three teams arrived at the Papal Hall square, where Lin Yang admired the black jade rock paving and considered getting some for Infinity Castle.

Bibi Dong opened the Grand Finals by presenting three Soul Bones and announcing the tournament format. After Shrek forfeited the morning elimination round, Qian Renxue challenged Lin Yang to face her, leaving the competition’s next move uncertain.

• Bibi Dong arrived at the Papal Hall with Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and two other powerful figures, while Xiao Wu hid her hatred and Lin Yang reassured her.
• Bibi Dong recognized Tang San as Grandmaster’s disciple, then displayed three Soul Bones as the Grand Finals’ reward and explained the tournament format.
• Dai Mubai announced Shrek Academy would forfeit the morning individual elimination tournament and compete in the afternoon instead.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan worried that Shrek’s withdrawal would prevent them from carrying out their secret order to harm or kill Tang San.
• Qian Renxue challenged Lin Yang to represent their teams and settle who was stronger, and Lin Yang accepted.

Lin Yang revealed four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings before his match against Qian Renxue, shocking the spectators and intensifying Tang San’s jealousy. Qian Renxue opened the fight with a triple-stacked Angel Holy Spear, and Lin Yang met it with his Sunflower Thrust as flames engulfed the arena.

• Qian Renxue displayed her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and seven Soul Rings, while Lin Yang revealed a purple second ring and four black rings.
• Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi suspected Lin Yang had concealed his true Soul Ring configuration, while Tang San struggled with jealousy and reassured himself about his Twin Martial Souls.
• Qian Renxue and Lin Yang stated their ranks and Martial Souls before Lin Yang drew Crimson Interval and the match began.
• Qian Renxue took to the air and hurled an Angel Holy Spear empowered by her flames and Soul Bone Skill.
• Lin Yang used Seventh Form: Sunflower Thrust to meet the spear, triggering an explosion of flames that forced the spectators behind an energy barrier.

Lin Yang and Qian Renxue traded powerful attacks, but Lin Yang countered her skills and maintained the advantage. Qian Renxue activated Angel True Body and her full Angel Domain, and Lin Yang answered by igniting all six of his Soul Rings and breaking through its pressure.

• Lin Yang appeared behind Qian Renxue and cut through her Angel Saint's Guard with First Form: Dark Moon: Evening Palace, but she escaped the attack.
• Qian Renxue used Divine Sword and a rain of sword Qi, while Lin Yang evaded with Chasing the Sun and appeared in her blind spot.
• Qian Renxue struck at Lin Yang's mind with Angel's Roar, but Lin Yang severed the spiritual attack with Illusory-Breaking Afterglow and left her dazed.
• Qian Renxue activated Angel True Body, revealing all six wings and unleashing the full Angel Domain, which weakened Lin Yang's Soul Power and enhanced her strength.
• Lin Yang lit all six of his Soul Rings, turned his Nichirin Blade crimson, and released a surge of gold and fire that tore through Angel Domain's pressure.

Lin Yang defeated Qian Renxue with the new Polar Day technique, securing Heaven Dou Team’s championship qualification spot. Qian Renxue forfeited the remaining matches and departed for the Elder Hall, while the crowd hailed Lin Yang as a peerless prodigy.

• Lin Yang and Qian Renxue exchanged powerful attacks high above the square, with both refusing to yield.
• Qian Renxue unleashed Holy Light Judgment, summoning a gigantic sacred sword against Lin Yang.
• Lin Yang used Polar Day, whose white light melted the sacred sword and left Qian Renxue defeated in a vast crater.
• Qian Renxue admitted her loss, congratulated Lin Yang, and forfeited the remaining matches before flying toward the Elder Hall.
• The Cardinal announced Heaven Dou Team’s victory and championship qualification spot, and the damaged square forced the losers’ bracket final to be postponed until the next day.

After his match with Qian Renxue, Lin Yang secluded himself and discovered that the strange power behind his unexpected slash was faith power gathered in his mental world. He realized it could strengthen him in many ways and decided to keep developing the Butterfly Mansion and Sun Cult, while still pursuing the Asura God position.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling worried about Lin Yang after he entered seclusion, while Xiao Wu remained alone in her room.
• Lin Yang searched his mental world for the cause of the strange sensation he had felt during his match with Qian Renxue.
• Lin Yang discovered faint lights surrounding the Great Sun and identified them as faith power gathered from believers across the continent, especially ordinary residents of Infinite Space and members of the Sun Cult.
• Lin Yang found that faith power could strengthen his Spiritual Power, cultivation, attacks, and Soul Rings, and wondered whether it explained God-Given Soul Rings and some Divine Trial rewards.
• Lin Yang chose not to spend the scarce faith power on cultivation and resolved to develop the Butterfly Mansion and Sun Cult while continuing to pursue divine inheritance.

Shrek Academy and Spirit Hall Academy began their first team match, with both sides determined to win and Spirit Hall's trio intent on killing Tang San. Shrek unveiled a seven-in-one fusion skill that transformed Yu Tianheng into a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, which unleashed a devastating lightning attack at Spirit Hall.

• Yu Xiaogang urged Shrek to follow his plan, and Yu Tianheng promised to lead them to victory.
• Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan resolved to defeat Shrek and carry out the Pope's order to kill Tang San.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue immediately combined into their Demon Charm fusion form as the match began.
• Shrek's seven members channeled their Soul Power into Yu Tianheng, transforming him into a fifteen-meter Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
• Yu Tianheng's dragon form fired a massive beam of lightning toward Spirit Hall's team.

Yu Tianheng led Shrek to defeat Spirit Hall, prompting Bibi Dong to punish Xie Yue and Yan while Hu Liena asked to go to Slaughter City. In the final, Lin Yang was absent, and Xiao Wu effortlessly stopped Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer before Heaven Dou defeated Shrek and claimed the championship.

• Yu Tianheng blasted Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan out of the arena, and Shrek defeated the remaining Spirit Hall members to win their match.
• Bibi Dong ordered Xie Yue and Yan to train in the Misty Grand Canyon, while Hu Liena asked to go to Slaughter City.
• At the final against Heaven Dou, Tang San formed Shrek’s fusion skill and attacked with the Clear Sky Hammer, but Xiao Wu blocked the blow.
• Xiao Wu kicked Tang San away, and Heaven Dou overwhelmed Shrek; Dugu Yan defeated Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were spared.

After the tournament, Lin Yang distributed an extra Soul Bone among his teammates and gave Ye Lingling a championship reward, while Shrek dealt with its loss. Ning Fengzhi invited Tang San to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Tang San chose to wait for his father, and Ning Fengzhi turned the conversation to Tang San’s hidden weapons.

• Lin Yang gave the Shi Brothers a Rock-Solid Defense Left Arm Bone and told them to compensate Osler and Yu Feng with part of their rewards.
• Lin Yang gave Ye Lingling the Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull and discussed keeping or trading the other Soul Bones with Xiao Wu and Yanzi.
• Ning Fengzhi and Jian Chen arrived at Shrek’s lodgings, where Ning Fengzhi praised Ning Rongrong and invited the students to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Tang San about his plans and offered to help him contact the Clear Sky Sect, but Tang San said he would wait for his father.
• Ning Fengzhi steered his conversation with Tang San toward the hidden weapons he had come to discuss.

Lin Yang declined Bibi Dong’s request for his over-limit Soul Ring method but began selling potions to her and Ning Fengzhi. He then assigned tasks to his followers and waited at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng to become a ninth-grade ginseng king.

• Lin Yang refused to share his potion formula with Bibi Dong but sold her Body-Tempering Potions, then agreed to prepare a potion for Ning Rongrong when she reached her level-forty bottleneck.
• Lin Yang left the returning party with Xiao Wu and the others, then met Keynes and Katherine in Infinite Space and told them to strengthen the Butterfly Mansion and Sun Cult while prioritizing quality.
• Lin Yang tasked A-Da with taking the Wind Falcons overseas to search for other continents, including the Sun Moon Continent.
• Lin Yang returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, learned from Lan Qin that the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng would reach ninth grade within days, and stayed to guard it.

Lin Yang captured the Ninth-Grade Ginseng King after it tried to escape and discovered that its vital essence had accelerated the Glazed Soul-Cleansing Flower’s growth. After completing preparations for using the treasures, he returned to the Butterfly Mansion and prepared to attend Xue Ye’s victory banquet.

• The Ninth-Grade Ginseng King released vital essence that briefly dazed Lan Qin and the surrounding plants before it fled underground, but Lin Yang’s Bone Clones drove it out and Lan Qin bound it with vines.
• Lin Yang restrained the Ginseng King and sealed it in a jade box, then learned that the Glazed Soul-Cleansing Flower had begun to mature and that the vital essence had improved the quality of the other herbs.
• Lin Yang tended the herb garden for two days, returned to the Butterfly Mansion, and spent more than ten days preparing the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and Glazed Soul-Cleansing Flower in the laboratory.
• Lin Yang decided to handle his academy graduation, his Potion deal with Ning Fengzhi, and Xue Ye’s victory banquet, which was scheduled for the next day.
• Xiao Wu and the other two took Lin Yang shopping for formal dresses, relying on him to compliment each of them without provoking rivalry.

At the victory banquet, Lin Yang received a marquisate, an honorary court title, and a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, while cultivating a connection with Xue Ke. He revealed that he sought the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, graduated from the academy, and arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with more Body-Tempering Potion.

• Xue Ye honored Lin Yang with the title of Heaven Dou Royal Honorary Guest Minister, the rank of Marquis, and a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Xue Ke introduced herself to Lin Yang, and he agreed to call her his little sister; Dugu Yan and Xiao Wu later teased him about it.
• Lin Yang told Dugu Yan and the others that he needed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud for his future cultivation plans.
• Lin Yang and his teammates completed their graduation formalities, and he encountered Qin Ming, who planned to return to Shrek.
• Lin Yang prepared ten more vials of Body-Tempering Potion and personally traveled to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi learned of his arrival.