Recaps

Ning Yingxue tried to recruit Tian Chen into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, offering him generous support and even proposing to be his girlfriend. Tian Chen enjoyed being courted but left the offer undecided.

• Ning Yingxue apologized after Tian Chen reacted strongly to her calling him an orphan, and she resumed explaining her purpose.
• Ning Yingxue asked Tian Chen to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Tian Chen asked what he would receive and cautioned that he had not agreed.
• Ning Yingxue promised Tian Chen inner-sect status, a monthly stipend, and help obtaining Soul Rings, explaining that her father was the sect's grand elder.
• Ning Yingxue offered to be Tian Chen's girlfriend because she valued his talent and believed he could become a Titled Douluo.
• Tian Chen remarked that being fawned over felt good, then told Ning Yingxue he needed time to consider her offer.

After leaving Ning Yingxue without giving her an answer, Tian Chen encountered Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, who confronted him over Ning Yingxue’s offer to recruit him. Ye Lingling asked to speak with him alone after learning he had neither accepted nor rejected the offer.

• Tian Chen left Ning Yingxue and decided to gather information about her father before choosing whether to approach him.
• Dugu Yan confronted Tian Chen in his Ao Tuo disguise, accusing him of getting involved with Ning Yingxue despite his connection to Ye Lingling.
• Ye Lingling told Dugu Yan that Tian Chen was free to do as he pleased, though Dugu Yan defended her and scolded him.
• Tian Chen explained that Ning Yingxue had offered to recruit him, and he said he had not agreed.
• Ye Lingling pointed out that Tian Chen had not refused either, then asked Dugu Yan to leave so she could speak with him alone.

Tian Chen revealed his true identity and Spirit Hall background to Ye Lingling, then reassured her that his feelings were sincere. They reconciled at the cliff, and Ye Lingling asked him to visit when he returned.

• Ye Lingling asked Tian Chen to reveal his real name and identity.
• Tian Chen told Ye Lingling that his real name was Tian Chen and that his grandfather was Spirit Hall's Second Worship.
• Ye Lingling felt overwhelmed by the disparity between their backgrounds and tried to leave, but Tian Chen pulled her into his embrace.
• Tian Chen reassured Ye Lingling that his feelings were unrelated to his background and removed his human-skin mask.
• Tian Chen and Ye Lingling shared an intimate moment, and she asked him to find her when he returned.

Tian Chen left Heaven Dou Royal Academy and traveled with his grandfather, Tian E, to Eastsea City. The chapter ended with them entering the coastal city after Tian Chen showed the gate captain his token.

• Ye Lingling watched Tian Chen leave, then took his envelope toward the academy's main campus to carry out his request.
• Tian Chen returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Tian E served him roasted Black-Horned Mountain Boar piglets.
• Tian E told Tian Chen to save his two Soul Bones and promised to help him obtain powerful Soul Bones in the future.
• Tian Chen and Tian E departed for Eastsea City with the Man Faced Spider Emperor and arrived early on the third morning.
• Tian Chen showed his token to the gate captain, who let them pass into Eastsea City.

Tian Chen and Tian E followed the Man Faced Spider Emperor to the Demon Spider Sect in Eastsea City, where they discovered its Sect Master was a rank-eighty-plus Soul Douluo. The Sect Master revealed that she knew Yuxuan was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Tian E recognized her Cave Demon Spider Martial Soul and asked whether her surname was Xia.

• Tian Chen and Tian E followed the Man Faced Spider Emperor through Eastsea City to the Demon Spider Sect.
• Two sect members greeted the Man Faced Spider Emperor as the Young Sect Master, and she asked whether the Sect Master was present.
• The Sect Master appeared and greeted Yuxuan, then asked her to introduce Tian Chen and Tian E.
• Tian E identified the Sect Master as a rank-eighty-plus Soul Douluo, prompting Yuxuan to realize that the woman had known her identity all along.
• The Sect Master released her Cave Demon Spider Martial Soul and eight Soul Rings, while Tian E protected Tian Chen and Yuxuan from her Soul Power pressure.
• Tian E asked the Sect Master whether her surname was Xia.

Tian Chen and Tian E confronted a Man Faced Spider Emperor who offered a strange Soul Bone and a method for increasing the chance of Soul Beasts producing Soul Bones in exchange for her life. Tian Chen suspected the bone was a Secret Method Soul Bone and recognized that learning how to create them could be valuable.

• Tian Chen wondered whether the woman with a Cave Demon Spider Martial Soul was descended from Xia Hong, the Third Offering who had once offered him a Soul Bone.
• Tian E's question about her lineage unsettled the woman, while the Man Faced Spider Emperor realized she was trapped between Tian Chen, Tian E, and the Demon Spider Sect's sect master.
• The Man Faced Spider Emperor offered to trade a method for increasing Soul Bone production for her life.
• Tian Chen dismissed the known methods, and the Man Faced Spider Emperor spat out a strange, incomplete-looking Soul Bone.
• Tian Chen examined the bone and suspected it might be a Secret Method Soul Bone, making its acquisition method potentially valuable to him.

Tian Chen and Tian E kept the Man Faced Demon Spider’s secret-method Soul Bone acquisition method quiet, then secured a private place to question her. The Spider Emperor handed over a sapphire ring that Tian Chen recognized as Starlight Sapphire, and he discovered a blue-green crystal inside it.

• Tian Chen stored the incomplete Soul Bone and signaled Tian E to keep the Man Faced Demon Spider’s method secret.
• Tian E severed the sect master’s connection to her Martial Soul and had her lead them to a secluded pavilion on the coast.
• The sect master left, while the Man Faced Spider Emperor remained wary of her former caretaker and had no safe route to escape.
• Tian Chen urged the Spider Emperor to hand over the crystal, and she spat out a sapphire ring with six star lines.
• Tian Chen recognized the stone as Starlight Sapphire, and Tian E asked where she had obtained the ring.
• Tian Chen infused the ring with Soul Power and took out a blue-green crystal.

Tian Chen and Tian E tested the Gold of Life, which greatly strengthened Tian Chen’s body and healed Tian E’s old injuries. The Man Faced Spider Emperor revealed how she had obtained a Secret Method Soul Bone, and Tian Chen let her go under his protection while keeping her ring.

• Tian Chen touched the Gold of Life and felt its vitality cleanse and strengthen his body, while Tian E’s hidden injuries healed.
• Tian Chen and Tian E swore on their Martial Souls not to attack the Man Faced Spider Emperor again, and Tian Chen promised to protect her from the Demon Spider Sect’s sect master if she explained how she obtained her Soul Bone.
• The Man Faced Spider Emperor claimed she had fused the Soul Rings of roughly a hundred Shadow Leopards using soul power left behind after their deaths.
• Tian E confirmed that Soul Beasts left behind soul power when they died and explained the dangers of absorbing powerful Soul Rings without sufficient Mental Power.
• Tian Chen told the Man Faced Spider Emperor she could leave under Tian E’s protection, but said they would keep her ring.

Tian E revealed that the family’s origins likely lay on an undiscovered continent across the sea and gave Tian Chen an old nautical chart. He urged Tian Chen to visit Sea God Island someday and asked him to investigate a matching ruby ring in Eastsea City.

• Tian E told Tian Chen that their lineage did not originate on the Douluo Continent and explained that he had ruled out Sea God Island.
• Tian E encouraged Tian Chen to seek the Sea God’s inheritance and recounted seeing a distant coastline after fleeing a powerful Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Tian E gave Tian Chen his nautical chart and said they would return to sea after Tian Chen became a Titled Douluo, so Tian E could settle the score with the Soul Beast.
• Tian E left for the Spirit Hall Main Hall in Eastsea City and instructed Tian Chen to investigate a matching ring at the underground auction house without leaving the city.
• Tian Chen examined a drawing of a ruby ring that matched his Starlight Sapphire ring.

Tian Chen watched a group of Soul Masters battle a powerful Sea Soul Beast and recognized the young woman’s Flying Fish Martial Soul. When the beast injured her, he teleported her to safety aboard the ship.

• Tian Chen heard a clash below the cliff and spotted a group of Soul Masters fighting a Thousand-Year Sea Soul Beast from their ship.
• Tian Chen saw that the group was outmatched and recognized the young woman’s rare Flying Fish Martial Soul.
• The young woman dove into the inland sea, where the beast’s attack blasted her back into the air and injured her.
• Tian Chen used his Fourth Soul Ring to teleport himself and the young woman onto the ship’s deck, then asked if she was all right.

Tian Chen saved Lin Xi from a Sea Wolf Eel and learned that a group of the beasts inhabited the inland sea. The thousand-year Sea Wolf Eel resurfaced and attacked the ship as the group prepared to flee.

• Tian Chen saved Lin Xi from the Sea Wolf Eel, and Uncle Liu thanked him for intervening.
• Uncle Liu warned Lin Xi against acting recklessly and explained that the Sea Wolf Eels left the inland sea to hunt every three days.
• Tian Chen learned that the group of Sea Wolf Eels would return soon, making it unlikely that Lin Xi could obtain the thousand-year beast as her third Soul Ring.
• The thousand-year Sea Wolf Eel resurfaced, and Uncle Liu ordered the crew to raise anchor and escape.
• The Sea Wolf Eel sent a huge wave against the ship, and Lin Xi anxiously asked Uncle Liu what to do while looking to Tian Chen for help.

Tian Chen rescued Lin Xi and the ship’s Soul Masters from a thousand-year Sea Wolf Eel, allowing Lin Xi to absorb its Soul Ring. He later asked the burly man about the Eastsea City underground auction house and the Starlight Sapphire ring, and Lin Xi revealed that her father had supervised its auction.

• The burly man and two Soul Elders fought the Sea Wolf Eel while the remaining Soul Grandmasters prepared the ship to leave.
• Tian Chen joined the underwater fight and swiftly overpowered the Sea Wolf Eel, bringing it onto the deck alive.
• Lin Xi killed the wounded Sea Wolf Eel and began absorbing its Soul Ring as the ship sailed away.
• The burly man told Tian Chen that he was a steward at Eastsea City's underground auction house and asked whether Tian Chen planned to attend an auction in three days.
• Tian Chen showed the burly man his Starlight Sapphire ring and asked where it came from, and Lin Xi said her father had supervised its auction.

Tian Chen reached Eastsea City with Zheng Linxi, who offered to help him trace the seller of his Starlight Sapphire ring through her father at the underground auction house. At the harbor, Zheng Linxi’s father confronted her about a trip to hunt Soul Beasts, but Chairman Nige arrived and took responsibility for bringing them away.

• Zheng Linxi introduced herself to Tian Chen and explained that her father could help identify the seller of the Starlight Sapphire ring.
• Tian Chen accepted Zheng Linxi’s offer to guide him to the underground auction house and agreed to call her Lin Xi.
• Tian Chen and the others arrived at Eastsea City’s harbor, where Zheng Linxi asked Liu Feng not to tell her father what had happened.
• Steward Zheng appeared, questioned Zheng Linxi about taking Liu Feng and the others to hunt Soul Beasts, and began reprimanding her.
• Chairman Nige arrived aboard a huge ship and told Steward Zheng that he was responsible for taking Zheng Linxi and the others away for nearly half a month.

Tian Chen learned that Zheng Han had brought a ten-thousand-year Evil Spirit Orca ashore and received his thanks for saving Zheng Linxi. Ni Ge grew jealous when Linxi hid behind Tian Chen and attacked him with an electric eel Martial Soul, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• The crowd spotted a ten-thousand-year Evil Spirit Orca on Zheng Han’s ship, and Zheng Han’s son ordered the crew to move it ashore.
• Liu Feng told Zheng Han how Tian Chen had saved Zheng Linxi, and Zheng Han thanked Tian Chen for his help.
• Zheng Linxi explained that she had gone seeking a Soul Ring because her father had been away, and Zheng Han reassured her.
• Ni Ge approached Zheng Linxi and offered to explain how the orca had been hunted, but she hid behind Tian Chen.
• Ni Ge insulted Tian Chen and attacked him with his four-ring electric eel Martial Soul, releasing orange-yellow lightning from his palm.

Tian Chen fought off Ni Ge when Ni Ge attacked him, revealing his powerful Martial Soul and four Soul Rings. After Zheng Han separated them, Tian Chen asked whether Zheng Han could take control of Eastsea City's underground auction house if Ni Ge and his father were killed, and Zheng Han agreed he could.

• Ni Ge attacked Tian Chen with his electric eel Martial Soul, but Tian Chen revealed his golden scales and four Soul Rings, including a black fourth Soul Ring.
• Tian Chen used his first and second Soul Skills to strengthen himself, tore through Ni Ge's lightning, and wounded Ni Ge's palm.
• Ni Ge used a defensive Soul Skill and slippery mucus to pull free, and Zheng Han stepped between the two men.
• Zheng Linxi apologized to Tian Chen and wiped his hand while Ni Ge grew angrier.
• Tian Chen asked Zheng Han if he could take over Eastsea City's underground auction house if Ni Ge and his father died, and Zheng Han said he could.

Tian Chen’s grandfather Tian E intervened when Nige attacked Tian Chen and Zheng Han, and Tian Chen and Tian E killed Nige and Ni Ge. Tian Chen left Zheng Han in charge of what followed, while Zheng Linxi watched him with growing fascination.

• Zheng Han sided with Tian Chen against Ni Ge, prompting Nige to appear and confront them.
• Nige attacked Tian Chen and Zheng Han, but Tian E appeared and immobilized him.
• Tian Chen revealed Tian E was his grandfather and kicked Ni Ge’s head apart.
• Tian E killed Nige, and Tian Chen told Zheng Han to handle the aftermath within an hour.
• Zheng Han accepted Tian Chen’s order, and Zheng Linxi watched Tian Chen with admiration.

Tian Chen inspected the ten-thousand-year Evil Spirit Orca and had its golden whale brain extracted, then stored it to preserve its medicinal value. After finding no Soul Bone, he left Zheng Han to deal with the remaining people aboard the ship.

• Tian Chen questioned two of Nige's Soul King subordinates and learned they had found the wounded Evil Spirit Orca about seven days' sail from Eastsea City.
• Tian Chen ordered the men to extract the whale rubber from the Orca's head.
• The men opened the Orca's skull and revealed a fragrant, golden mass of whale brain.
• Tian Chen stored the whale brain in the Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse and found no Soul Bone in the Orca's carcass.
• Zheng Han reported that he had consolidated the auction house's forces in Eastsea City, leaving only the people aboard the ship.
• Tian Chen told Zheng Han to handle the remaining people as he saw fit and returned to the docks.

Ten days after arriving in Eastsea City, Tian Chen relaxed at the Spirit Hall’s seaside villa while discussing whether Xia Hong might be his grandfather’s descendant. When Zheng Linxi came to see him, Tian Chen took a surfboard out onto the water, and she followed.

• Tian Chen stayed in Eastsea City for ten days and learned that the fisherman who sold him the starlight sapphire ring had no connection to his family.
• Tian Chen asked Tian E whether Xia Hong was likely to be Third Grandpa’s descendant, and Tian E agreed that Xia Hong had been wild in his youth.
• Tian Chen went to the beach, where young women sent by the Spirit Hall and local families gathered around him.
• Zheng Linxi arrived at the beach, and the other young women left after seeing her with Tian Chen.
• Tian Chen reassured Zheng Linxi that he was happy she had come, then paddled out on a surfboard as she followed him into the water.

Tian E met with Xia Hong, the Third Offering of Spirit Hall, and told him about a female Cave Demon Spider Soul Douluo from his past. Tian Chen appeared before Xia Hong, who discovered the boy had reached Level 44 and tested his ability to withstand Soul Power pressure.

• Tian Chen and Zheng Linxi surfed in the inland sea, where Tian Chen felt his Soul Power circulate faster.
• Xia Hong visited Tian E and learned that Tian E had broken through to Level 99.
• Tian E told Xia Hong about the female Cave Demon Spider Soul Douluo and arranged for Xia Hong to meet her after seeing Tian Chen.
• Tian E summoned Tian Chen, and Xia Hong was astonished to learn he had reached Level 44 before turning thirteen.
• Xia Hong pressed Tian Chen with Soul Power, and Tian Chen resisted using his strength and the enhancements of his Soul Bones.

Tian Chen endured Xia Hong’s Soul Power pressure to test the limits of his physique, impressing both Xia Hong and Tian E. After his grandfather and Third Grandpa departed, Tian Chen was left to face his feelings about Zheng Linxi.

• Xia Hong steadily increased his Soul Power pressure, and Tian Chen held out without releasing his Martial Soul until the pressure reached Level 60.
• Tian Chen released his Martial Soul and revealed four soul rings, prompting Xia Hong to raise the pressure further.
• When Xia Hong’s pressure reached Level 70, Tian Chen’s body neared its limit, so Xia Hong stopped and praised his physique as comparable to a Soul Saint’s.
• Tian Chen complimented Xia Hong, who dismissed the praise and said he could not compare with Tian Chen and Tian E.
• Tian E told Tian Chen not to keep Zheng Linxi waiting, then tore open space and departed with Xia Hong.
• Tian Chen felt troubled at the thought of opening his heart to Zheng Linxi, since Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan already gave him enough to worry about.

Tian Chen left Eastsea City and returned to Heaven Dou City, where he secretly visited Dugu Yan at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After giving her the Starlight Sapphire ring, he was interrupted by Ye Lingling’s voice outside the door.

• Tian E and Xia Hong discussed Tian Chen and Zheng Linxi as they walked through Eastsea City.
• Tian Chen told Zheng Linxi he was leaving for Heaven Dou City, then departed by carriage while she watched him go.
• Tian Chen reached Heaven Dou City at dusk on the third day and infiltrated Heaven Dou Royal Academy using his Simulation Soul Skill.
• Tian Chen secretly appeared in Dugu Yan’s room, explained what had happened in Eastsea City, and gave her the Starlight Sapphire ring.
• Dugu Yan agreed to Tian Chen’s request, but Ye Lingling called from outside and startled them.

Tian Chen and Dugu Yan kept their relationship hidden at the academy, then returned together to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after Dugu Yan withdrew. They reunited with Dugu Bo, whose poison treatment was nearly complete and who had grown stronger while cultivating.

• Tian Chen used his Simulation Soul Skill to help Dugu Yan send Ye Lingling away, then spent the night with Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan told Tian Chen that Dugu Bo had approved her withdrawal and resigned as an imperial consecrator for the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Tian Chen secretly left the dormitory and met Ye Lingling, told her about his trip to Eastsea City, and agreed to see her during the academy break.
• Tian Chen waited for Dugu Yan, and they traveled together to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo sensed their arrival and welcomed them, showing his improved health and stronger presence.

Tian Chen began cultivating at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and planned to hone his combat skills against Soul Beasts south of the valley. Meanwhile, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger confronted the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python in the Star Dou Great Forest, where both beast kings unleashed their domains.

• Dugu Bo told Tian Chen that suppressing his toxins had helped his Soul Power break through to rank ninety-two.
• Dugu Yan prepared a nourishing dinner, then Tian Chen asked Dugu Bo where he could find Thousand-Year Soul Beasts to fight.
• Dugu Bo directed Tian Chen to the area south of the valley, and Tian Chen began cultivating in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• In the Star Dou Great Forest, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger emerged from the woods and faced the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape both activated their domains and attacked the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger resisted the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python’s domains and fought off their attacks. When the Sky Azure Bull Python prepared a powerful lightning strike, the tiger launched a barrage of blades and fled the Star Dou Great Forest to grow stronger elsewhere before returning for revenge.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger used its Supreme Evil Attribute to resist both beast kings’ domains, then withdrew its own domain to conserve strength.
• The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python attacked the tiger together, but it dodged the Titan Giant Ape’s powerful punches with its wind attribute.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python gathered lightning between its horns and urged the Titan Giant Ape to hold the tiger in place, fearing it might target Xiao Wu.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger fired black blades at the two beast kings and raced toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest to devour Soul Beasts and strengthen itself.

Three years after settling at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Tian Chen and Dugu Yan had grown stronger, and Dugu Yan began absorbing a Mandala Snake’s Soul Ring as her fourth. The chapter left her in the middle of the fusion, while Tian Chen still awaited a suitable Soul Beast for his own Soul Ring.

• Soul Masters avoided Sunset Forest’s deeper regions because powerful Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts had begun roaming its outskirts.
• Tian Chen told Dugu Yan that the roughly five-thousand-five-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake was suitable for her, and Dugu Bo agreed.
• The chapter described how Dugu Yan and Tian Chen had advanced their cultivation and absorbed the effects of their immortal herbs over the past three years.
• Dugu Yan killed the Mandala Snake with a dagger after Tian Chen’s Dark Gold Dreadclaw had broken the scales around its skull.
• Dugu Yan summoned her Martial Soul and began fusing with the Mandala Snake’s Purple Soul Ring.