Recaps

Jun Yi traded flirtatious remarks with Shui Yue'er before returning to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy group, where Dugu Yan teased him about admiring Skywater Academy's sisters. The exchange tournament was about to begin, but Xue Ye was absent, so Xue Qinghe announced that his father was unwell and promised each contestant five hundred Gold Soul Coins, which Jun Yi privately considered stingy.

• Shui Yue'er teased Jun Yi for staring at her legs, and Jun Yi openly praised how her white stockings looked on them.
• Shui Yue'er headed back to Skywater Academy, and Jun Yi returned to his academy group and sat beside Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan challenged Jun Yi about visiting Skywater Academy, and he praised her and Ye Lingling before claiming he admired beauty in all its forms.
• Dugu Yan threatened to repeat Jun Yi's compliments to Ning Rongrong, and Jun Yi changed the subject by asking about the tournament's dignitaries.
• Qin Ming said Emperor Xue Ye was expected to attend, but Jun Yi noticed that only Xue Qinghe had appeared on the platform.
• Xue Qinghe announced that Xue Ye was unwell and promised each contestant five hundred Gold Soul Coins, while Jun Yi grumbled that the reward was too small.

Ning Fengzhi opened the tournament by offering rewards, including a Soul Bone, and the academies drew their team groups. Jun Yi learned that the individual competition would be a timed arena challenge with only one winner, and realized he had been set up again.

• Xue Qinghe introduced Ning Fengzhi, who addressed the contestants and offered each participant 500 Gold Soul Coins and a Soul Bone for first place.
• Jun Yi recognized the Soul Bone as one Ning Rongrong had given Ning Fengzhi.
• Jun Yi's academy entered the arena with Qin Ming, followed by the other teams, and Dugu Yan drew Canghui Academy and Thunder Academy as their group opponents.
• Skywater Academy received a bye, and the teams returned to the rest area after the group draw.
• Qin Ming warned Jun Yi that the individual competition had changed, and Xue Qinghe announced a two-and-a-half-double-hour arena challenge with one winner.
• Jun Yi suspected he would have to defend the arena alone and realized Xue Qinghe had set him up again.

Xue Qinghe announced an individual competition where contestants chose when to fight and the last person standing would win a generous prize. Jun Yi entered as the first arena defender, determined to help Qian Renxue’s plan by winning spectacularly, while Feng Xiaotian signed up to challenge him.

• Xue Qinghe explained the competition rules and offered ten thousand Gold Soul Coins and one promise to the champion.
• Xue Qinghe invited additional students to register, and Qin Ming told Jun Yi he would be the first arena defender because he was Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s only entrant.
• Dugu Yan teased Jun Yi about enduring the five-hour competition, and Jun Yi agreed to compete and claim the championship.
• Jun Yi entered the arena, recognized that Qian Renxue intended to use his talent to strengthen her position, and resolved to show off and win.
• Jun Yi declared that he would take the championship, then taunted the other contestants for not challenging him.
• Feng Xiaotian recognized Jun Yi as the one who had defeated Huo Wu and told Feng Yu to register him for the individual competition.

Jun Yi dominated the Soul Fighting arena, defeating two Elephant Armor Sect disciples with overwhelming physical strength and no apparent effort. He then unleashed his Conqueror's Haki, leaving the spectators shaken as he declared his supremacy.

• Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er watched Jun Yi and remarked on his handsome appearance in the arena.
• An Elephant Armor Academy disciple challenged Jun Yi, but Jun Yi caught his Soul Skill-enhanced punch and threw him out of the arena in one move.
• A second Elephant Armor Sect disciple attacked with his Giant Mammoth Martial Soul and armored Soul Skills, but Jun Yi knocked him unconscious with a single punch.
• The referee caught the defeated disciple and praised Jun Yi's strength, while Jun Yi said he could fight all day.
• Jun Yi released his Conqueror's Haki, frightening the spectators, and declared that heaven stood where he stood.

Jun Yi dominated the academy tournament stage, drawing admiration from Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er and impressing Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi. Feng Xiaotian challenged him over Huo Wu, but Jun Yi blocked Feng Xiaotian's first Soul Skill without injury and provoked him to attack with something stronger.

• Shui Yue'er admired Jun Yi's presence, while Shui Bing'er realized how much strength he had held back when they sparred.
• Xue Qinghe praised Jun Yi to Ning Fengzhi, who revealed that Jun Yi had once defeated a Soul Ancestor while he was still a Soul Grandmaster.
• After Jun Yi easily defeated two Elephant Armor Academy students, Feng Xiaotian entered the stage to challenge him.
• Feng Xiaotian accused Jun Yi of bullying Huo Wu, and Jun Yi dismissed Huo Wu as too weak to bully.
• Feng Xiaotian attacked with his first Soul Skill, Wind Blade Array, but Jun Yi's blackened palm repelled all ten blades unharmed.
• Jun Yi mocked Feng Xiaotian's attack, and Feng Xiaotian grew furious and vowed to show him his strength.

Jun Yi defeated Feng Xiaotian by stopping his strongest wind-blade attack with his bare hand, then kicked him out of the arena after he failed to admit defeat. Feng Xiaotian conceded, while his injuries left him unlikely to compete in the team event.

• Feng Xiaotian used Twin Wolf Possession and unleashed his self-created Soul Skill, Gale Demon Wolf Twenty-One Consecutive Slashes, against Jun Yi.
• Jun Yi blocked Feng Xiaotian's first twenty slashes with a frost blade, which broke under the final attack.
• Jun Yi covered his right hand in black and caught Feng Xiaotian's twenty-first slash, sending Feng Xiaotian flying with the backlash.
• Jun Yi asked Feng Xiaotian to admit defeat, then kicked him out of the arena when he hesitated.
• Feng Xiaotian conceded defeat, and the referee found that he would recover with treatment but would likely miss the team competition.

Jun Yi defeated Feng Xiaotian without using a Martial Soul or Soul Skill, then challenged the watching students to fight him together. With no one willing to face him alone, he released an overwhelming pressure and invited seven opponents onto the stage.

• Jun Yi’s easy victory over Feng Xiaotian drew cheers, while Ning Fengzhi explained that Jun Yi’s strength came from six years of relentless physical training.
• Xue Qinghe and Qian Renxue were impressed by Jun Yi’s perseverance, while Dugu Yan admitted she would likely lose if she challenged him.
• No one stepped forward to challenge Jun Yi after he had won three consecutive matches against opponents of different levels.
• Jun Yi offered to fight with opponents’ teammates joining them, provoking angry objections from students in the stands.
• Jun Yi released a powerful pressure across the area and challenged the students to fight seven against him alone.

Jun Yi faced Huyan Li and six other Elephant Armor Academy contestants, then used his ROOM ability to lift them, freeze their Soul Power, and spin them helplessly through the air. He dropped them outside the arena, where Huyan Li accepted his complete defeat without understanding how Jun Yi had overcome them.

• Huyan Li led six Elephant Armor Academy contestants onto the arena to challenge Jun Yi.
• The seven contestants summoned their Martial Souls and advanced together, while Jun Yi expanded his ice-blue ROOM across the arena.
• Jun Yi used ROOM to lift all seven into the air and prevent them from summoning Soul Power.
• Jun Yi spun the helpless contestants, then sent them flying out of the arena and dropped them to the ground.
• Huyan Li regained the ability to summon Soul Power and stood up, recognizing that he had lost utterly.

Jun Yi defeated the Elephant Armor Academy and won the individual championship after no one else dared to challenge him. As the academies prepared for tomorrow’s team competition, Huyan Li vowed to study Jun Yi’s abilities and defeat him, while Qin Ming approached Jun Yi to speak.

• Jun Yi sent Huyan Li and the Elephant Armor Academy students away, then waited for another academy to challenge him, but no one stepped forward.
• After Xue Qinghe nodded, the referee declared Jun Yi the individual champion, and the spectators erupted in cheers.
• The host ended the individual competition and announced that the team competition would take place the next day at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Huyan Li said the group would study Jun Yi’s abilities and vowed to trample him in the team competition.
• Dugu Yan praised Jun Yi and flirted with him, but Qin Ming interrupted to ask Jun Yi to speak with him.

Jun Yi discussed his hidden abilities with Qin Ming, then treated his teammates to a meal after winning ten thousand Gold Soul Coins. At the restaurant, an excited young woman recognized Jun Yi and embraced him, leaving him to face his first fangirl.

• Qin Ming asked whether Jun Yi had held back in their spar, and Jun Yi said Grandpa Sword had taught him to keep some of his strength secret.
• Jun Yi invited Qin Ming to join the team for a meal, but Qin Ming declined so he could study their opponents and prepare the team for training.
• Dugu Yan led Jun Yi and the others to a luxurious restaurant, where Jun Yi offered to pay and the team ordered food.
• A young woman recognized Jun Yi from the arena, rushed over, and hugged him around the neck.
• The woman told Jun Yi she admired him, while Dugu Yan, the other teammates, and the waitress watched to see how he would respond.

After his tournament performance made him famous, Jun Yi struggled with crowds of fans and joked with Dugu Yan about dating. When he returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, royal guards told him that His Highness Qinghe was waiting for him.

• A young woman recognized Jun Yi at the restaurant, asked for his autograph, and promised to support him.
• After the meal, a crowd surrounded Jun Yi for autographs until Dugu Yan used her pressure to make them clear a path.
• On the carriage ride back, Dugu Yan suggested Jun Yi get a girlfriend, but he said he would wait until he was an adult.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, a guard told Jun Yi that His Highness Qinghe was waiting for him in the education committee's office.

Jun Yi declined Xue Qinghe’s invitation to join the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, while Xue Qinghe gave the academy committee members hope that Heaven Dou Imperial Academy would change its rules to admit commoners. After learning about Jun Yi’s arena performance, Bibi Dong urged Qian Renxue to recruit him into Spirit Hall.

• Jun Yi met Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and the academy committee members at the education committee’s office.
• Xue Qinghe invited Jun Yi to join the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, but Jun Yi said he would consider his future after coming of age and promised their brotherhood would remain unchanged.
• Xue Qinghe told the committee members that the emperor was reconsidering the proposal to let Heaven Dou Imperial Academy admit commoners, lifting their hopes for reform.
• Qin Ming declined the committee members’ invitation to celebrate and explained to Jun Yi that the academy’s privileged students lacked drive, contributing to its poor results.
• Bibi Dong read a report detailing Jun Yi’s arena victories and told Qian Renxue to bring him into Spirit Hall.

Bibi Dong investigated Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing’s extraordinary gains and suspected Jun Yi was responsible, while considering how Spirit Hall could recruit him and develop Soul Tools. The team matches began the next morning, with Jun Yi’s group waiting to face the winner of Thunder Academy and Canghui Academy.

• Hu Liena gave Bibi Dong a report confirming that Ning Rongrong had reached rank 43 and evolved her Martial Soul into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, while Zhu Zhuqing had reached rank 42.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that Ning Rongrong’s remark about Jun Yi giving them the best things suggested he had caused their rapid improvements.
• Bibi Dong ruled out a God Trial, discussed Spirit Hall’s difficulties manufacturing Soul Tools, and hoped Jun Yi would eventually join Spirit Hall.
• Jun Yi promised to support his teammates from the rear and let Osler, Yu Feng, and the others attack freely in the team matches.
• The team matches began across three sections of the platform, and Thunder Academy and Canghui Academy took the stage first in Jun Yi’s group.

Canghui Academy revealed a powerful seven-person Soul Power fusion skill against the stronger Thunder Academy, and Jun Yi predicted that it would win. After the rainbow light enveloped the platform, Jun Yi sensed that Thunder Academy's fighters had fallen into an illusion, leaving Dugu Yan's bet unresolved.

• Jun Yi told Dugu Yan that Canghui Academy would defeat Thunder Academy, and they bet on the outcome, with Dugu Yan promising to do whatever he asked if she lost.
• Canghui Academy's team formed a precise formation while Thunder Academy's Yu Tianxin and Lei Dong launched lightning attacks.
• Canghui Academy's seven members joined their gemstones' light and unleashed a multicolored skill that engulfed both teams.
• Xue Qinghe asked Ning Fengzhi whether the display was a seven-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Ning Fengzhi said it appeared to be a Soul Power fusion skill.
• Jun Yi used Observation Haki to sense that Yu Tianxin and Lei Dong had fallen into an illusion and concluded Thunder Academy could no longer fight.
• Jun Yi considered what to ask Dugu Yan to do and looked at her legs.

Canghui Academy defeated Thunder Academy with its Seven Asura Illusion Realm, but Jun Yi identified its weakness and prepared to stop it. In their match, Jun Yi's team disrupted Canghui Academy's formation and launched a counterattack, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Canghui Academy used its seven-gem Soul Power Fusion Skill to knock out Thunder Academy without injuring them.
• Jun Yi explained that the fusion skill was a mental attack and could be countered by disrupting the team or using strong mental power.
• Qin Ming told Jun Yi to break Canghui Academy's formation when their match began.
• Jun Yi's team faced Canghui Academy, and Osler struck a student who appeared in front of him after Jun Yi used his ice-blue space.
• Yu Feng formed a tornado while Shi Mo and Shi Mo sent stone fragments into the air, and Jun Yi brought the remaining six Canghui Academy students into its path.

Jun Yi’s team defeated Canghui Academy, and Jun Yi confronted its teacher Shi Nian after sensing killing intent. After the competition continued and Thunder Academy forfeited, Jun Yi reminded Dugu Yan of their wager and led her backstage to hear his request.

• Yu Feng’s attack and Jun Yi’s tactic with Shi Mo’s shields left all six Canghui Academy fighters defeated.
• Jun Yi mocked Canghui Academy’s captain, then used Observation Haki and Conqueror’s Haki against the students in its rest area after sensing killing intent.
• Shi Nian resisted Jun Yi’s accusation, but Xue Qinghe intervened and told Jun Yi to leave the matter for later; Jun Yi walked away while resolving to kill Shi Nian.
• Thunder Academy forfeited because its members remained weakened, allowing Jun Yi’s team to continue the competition without another match.
• Jun Yi reminded Dugu Yan that she had lost their wager, and she followed him backstage as he prepared to reveal his request.

Jun Yi spoke privately with Dugu Yan backstage, then joined his companions and Qin Ming in Heaven Dou City while wearing a mask to avoid attention. They witnessed a dispute between Blazing Fire Academy and Godwind Academy, where Huo Lie mocked Godwind's absent captain after Jun Yi's victory, and the chapter ended with Jun Yi watching a battered Godwind student limp away.

• Jun Yi whispered his request to Dugu Yan backstage, and she agreed to discuss it later while teasing him about his preferences.
• Jun Yi's group and Qin Ming went looking for food in Heaven Dou City, where Dugu Yan explained that Jun Yi wore a mask because fans had crowded him for autographs.
• Jun Yi led the group toward an argument between students from Godwind Academy and Blazing Fire Academy.
• Huo Lie pinned a Godwind student down and mocked his academy's captain for withdrawing after Jun Yi defeated him.
• City guards broke up the fight and warned the students against fighting in the street.
• Huo Lie and the Blazing Fire Academy students left, while the injured Godwind student limped away and Jun Yi watched him sympathetically.

Jun Yi had Ye Lingling heal the Godwind Academy student injured in the conflict with Blazing Fire Academy, then explained that he felt responsible for what had happened. After discussing Feng Xiaotian’s withdrawal and the expectations athletes carried, the group ate together and considered their afternoon opponents.

• Jun Yi brought Ye Lingling to the injured Godwind Academy student, and she healed his wounds with her Nine Heart Begonia.
• Jun Yi told Dugu Yan that he had helped because he felt partly responsible for the student’s conflict with Blazing Fire Academy.
• Jun Yi and the others discussed Feng Xiaotian’s withdrawal, and Jun Yi said he would not abandon a match because others depended on him.
• Jun Yi changed the somber mood by taking the group to a restaurant for a meal.
• Over dinner, Yu Feng said Godwind Academy could still advance without Feng Xiaotian, while Dugu Yan hoped he would recover before the finals.

Jun Yi met with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, who tried to learn his abilities before their afternoon match. He revealed only limited information about his Martial Soul and declined the exchange-student arrangement, leaving Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er surprised.

• Shui Yue'er admitted she wanted to learn about Jun Yi before the afternoon match and led him and Shui Bing'er to a private room.
• Shui Yue'er threatened to expose Jun Yi for sneaking glances at her legs, so Jun Yi agreed to share some information.
• Jun Yi described his blue ROOM Martial Soul and its ability to swap people’s positions and control objects, but concealed the Ice-Ice Fruit’s abilities.
• Shui Yue'er asked what Jun Yi thought about becoming an exchange student, and Jun Yi declined because he planned to leave Heaven Dou City after the tournament.
• Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er questioned Jun Yi’s decision, pointing out that their academy had many beautiful girls.

Jun Yi declined Shui Bing'er’s exchange-student offer so he could travel the continent, then joined his teammates to prepare for the semifinals. After the draw matched Heaven Dou Royal Academy against Blazing Fire Academy, Dugu Yan teased Jun Yi and promised to wear stockings for him after the matches.

• Jun Yi told Shui Bing'er he wanted to spend the next two years traveling, and Shui Yue'er said she would wear her stockings for him when he visited as an exchange student.
• Jun Yi returned to the lounge and explained that Shui Bing'er had only asked about his Soul Skills.
• Qin Ming reviewed Skywater Academy’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Blazing Fire Academy’s Ring Fusion, and Godwind Academy’s flying ability with the team.
• Dugu Yan drew Number 2 for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, matching them against Blazing Fire Academy in the semifinals.
• Skywater Academy and Godwind Academy took the arena for the first semifinal, and Dugu Yan teased Jun Yi before promising to wear stockings for him after the matches.

Jun Yi teased Dugu Yan about the stockings she owed him after losing their bet, then watched Skywater Academy face Godwind Academy in the semifinal. Skywater Academy won after Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice and Snow Drifting, and forced Godwind Academy to surrender.

• Dugu Yan accepted that she would wear stockings as the condition of her lost bet with Jun Yi.
• Godwind Academy’s students took to the air while Skywater Academy prepared its defense and Xue Wu began summoning rain.
• Shui Bing'er froze two opponents with water on their bodies, while Shui Yue'er shielded Xue Wu from the other attackers.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, turning the rain into a violent storm of ice and snow.
• Godwind Academy’s students surrendered, and the referee announced Skywater Academy as the winner of the semifinal match.

Jun Yi’s side faced Blazing Fire Academy in the second semifinal, while Huo Wu prepared her Ring Fusion attack against him. The chapter ended as her white orb expanded toward Jun Yi, its surface marked by faint golden patterns.

• After Skywater Academy defeated Godwind Academy, Jun Yi and his teammates prepared for their match against Blazing Fire Academy.
• Dugu Yan summoned her Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon, whose presence made Huo Wushuang’s Martial Soul tremble.
• Huo Wushuang attacked Jun Yi, but Shi Mo and Shi Mo blocked him with their Black Tortoise Shields.
• Osler intercepted a Fire Leopard Soul Master, and the two exchanged a series of rapid attacks.
• Yu Feng used whirlwinds to hinder Huo Yun and Huo Yu as Blazing Fire Academy’s auxiliary Soul Masters strengthened Huo Wu’s flames.
• Huo Wu completed her Ring Fusion and sent an expanding white orb toward Jun Yi.

Huo Wu unleashed her Ring Fusion skill, Blazing Sun, against Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Dugu Yan stepped forward to counter it. Dugu Yan revealed that she was a Soul King with a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring and transformed alongside her Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon as the crowd watched.

• Huo Wu used her Ring Fusion skill, Huo Wu's Blazing Sun, after her teammates bought her time, leaving her exhausted.
• Jun Yi asked Dugu Yan whether she wanted to act, and Dugu Yan chose to face the attack herself.
• Dugu Yan revealed five Soul Rings, including a ten-thousand-year fourth ring, astonishing the spectators and Xue Qinghe.
• Ning Fengzhi explained to Xue Qinghe that Dugu Yan's fourth ring was possible because Soul Ring absorption depended on physical constitution, though absorbing a ten-thousand-year ring caused Soul Shock.
• Dugu Yan used her fourth Soul Skill, Five Poisons Gather and Disperse, then merged with her Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon and charged toward the blazing sphere.
• Yu Tianxin questioned how Dugu Yan could use a Dragon Transformation despite possessing the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul.

Dugu Yan defeated Blazing Fire Academy in the second semifinal by overcoming Huo Wu’s Ring Fusion Soul Skill and forcing the team to surrender. After Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s victory, Jun Yi promised Dugu Yan that he would only watch during their next match against Skywater Academy.

• Dugu Yan broke Huo Wu’s Huo Wu’s Blazing Sun with her Seven-Colored Giant Python ability and captured Huo Wu.
• Huo Wushuang conceded, and Huo Wu surrendered after Dugu Yan’s toxins left her unable to fight.
• Jun Yi teleported Huo Wu to her teammates, and the referee declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the winner.
• Shui Bing’er wondered how Dugu Yan had risen to Soul King so quickly and suspected Jun Yi was involved.
• Jun Yi told Dugu Yan he would only watch and would not interfere in the next match.

After Yu Feng and Osler invited Jun Yi to visit a brothel, Dugu Yan scolded them and warned Jun Yi to avoid such places while he was young. Her awkward offer to help him when he grew older left Jun Yi flustered, and they prepared to return to the academy.

• After the meal, Yu Feng and Osler invited Jun Yi to go relax with them, but Dugu Yan rebuked them for involving a twelve-year-old.
• Yu Feng and Osler left, and Dugu Yan explained that they had meant a brothel in Heaven Dou City.
• Jun Yi admitted he was curious about visiting one, so Dugu Yan pinched his ear and warned him to focus on cultivation.
• Dugu Yan shyly told Jun Yi that if he could not hold back when he grew up, he could come to her for help, then clarified she meant in other ways.
• Jun Yi promised to remember her offer, and he and Dugu Yan prepared to return to the academy.