Recaps

Jun Yi and Dugu Yan flirted on their way back to the academy and again the next morning before heading to the finals. At the venue, Qin Ming announced the team would get a week off after the competition, then advised Osler and Yu Feng to show restraint after guessing how they had spent the night.

• Jun Yi complimented Dugu Yan beneath the moon and suggested they stay at an inn, but she hurried him back to the academy.
• Dugu Yan entered Jun Yi's room the next morning and teased him about his cultivation and his interest in her stockings.
• Jun Yi and Dugu Yan went to the competition venue, where Qin Ming and the others were waiting.
• Qin Ming told the team they would receive a week off after the finals as a reward for their performance.
• Osler and Yu Feng arrived late, and Qin Ming inferred what they had done the night before and urged them to focus on cultivation.

Jun Yi and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team prepared for the tournament final after Blazing Fire Academy forfeited the third-place match, giving third place to Godwind Academy. Jun Yi exchanged teasing greetings with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, prompting Dugu Yan's jealousy, before both teams took the stage for the championship match.

• Qin Ming warned Yu Feng and Osler to perform well, then led the team toward the waiting area.
• Qin Ming explained that Blazing Fire Academy had withdrawn after negotiations, and the referee announced Godwind Academy as the third-place winner.
• Osler admitted he had spent the night cultivating, and Jun Yi teased him before the team prepared for the final.
• Jun Yi waved to Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, and Dugu Yan pinched his waist and accused him of flirting with the opposing team.
• Yu Feng and Osler speculated that Jun Yi had won Dugu Yan over, but Ye Lingling stopped their talk and the team entered the arena.
• The referee welcomed both teams and began introducing the championship and runner-up match.

Jun Yi’s team overwhelmed Skywater Academy as Dugu Yan’s poison incapacitated five opponents, but Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu combined their powers to summon a giant Ice Phoenix. Dugu Yan began to unleash her Soul King-level power as the clash continued.

• Both teams summoned their Martial Souls, and Shui Bing’er opened the match with ice attacks against Jun Yi’s formation.
• Jun Yi sliced through Shui Bing’er’s ice attacks, while Xue Wu summoned rain that Shui Bing’er froze into a massive ice pillar aimed at Jun Yi.
• Dugu Yan used her Seven Poison Dragon Dance to shatter the ice pillar and spread poison across the arena, knocking out five Skywater Academy students, including Shui Yue'er.
• Jun Yi transferred the unconscious students to Ye Lingling’s side, while Shui Bing’er prepared to continue fighting despite the widening gap in strength.
• Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu fused their powers to create a giant Ice Phoenix, and Dugu Yan released Soul King-level Soul Power as dragon scales spread across her hands.

Dugu Yan defeated Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu, securing Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s team championship. The teams received their prizes, and Xue Qinghe urged the competitors to prepare for the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament.

• Dugu Yan used her Dragon Transformation and poison to overcome the Ice Phoenix and defeat Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu.
• Shui Bing’er conceded the match, and Dugu Yan withdrew the poison from her and the unconscious students while Jun Yi covered Shui Bing’er with a robe.
• The referee announced Heaven Dou Royal Academy as the team competition champion, drawing cheers from the audience.
• Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi presented Heaven Dou Royal Academy with a Man Faced Demon Spider Torso Bone and eight Soul Tool rings, then gave Skywater Academy its runner-up prize.
• Xue Qinghe encouraged the academies to cultivate diligently for the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament in two and a half years.

After Heaven Dou Royal Academy celebrated its victory, Ye Lingling explained to Dugu Yan that she was learning to handle family affairs related to the Undying Sect’s cooperation with Spirit Hall. Jun Yi then took Dugu Yan to a blacksmith’s shop, leaving her frustrated when she realized he had not planned a romantic outing.

• Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi departed after the competition, and the crowd cheered for Jun Yi, Dugu Yan, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• At a celebratory feast, Ye Lingling told Dugu Yan that she was going home to learn about family affairs and could only reveal that the Undying Sect’s cooperation with Spirit Hall concerned Soul Tools.
• Jun Yi told Dugu Yan that Qin Ming, Shi Mo, and Shi Mo had left, then persuaded her to go somewhere with him.
• Dugu Yan wondered whether she had fallen for Jun Yi as she followed him through Heaven Dou City.
• Jun Yi brought Dugu Yan to a blacksmith’s shop, and she grew angry when she realized where they were.
• Jun Yi asked Dugu Yan why she was angry.

Jun Yi brought Dugu Yan to a blacksmith shop to give her a present, but instead borrowed a forging room to make something. He and Dugu Yan teased each other as he started the furnace.

• Jun Yi told Dugu Yan he had brought her to the blacksmith shop to give her a present.
• Jun Yi reunited with Uncle Tie, who recognized him and welcomed him inside.
• Jun Yi asked to borrow a forging room, and Dugu Yan questioned whether he knew how to forge.
• Uncle Tie led Jun Yi and Dugu Yan to a well-equipped room stocked with metal materials and forging tools.
• Jun Yi lit the furnace and joked that Dugu Yan could take off her clothes if the room became too hot.
• Dugu Yan pinched Jun Yi's waist when he asked to see her undress, then Jun Yi stared at her legs.

Jun Yi brought Dugu Yan to his workshop to forge her a soul tool, while teasing her about her legs and using an icy thigh ring to cool her down. The chapter ended with Dugu Yan misunderstanding his intentions as he took off his jacket, leaving Jun Yi about to explain what he meant by getting started.

• Jun Yi told Dugu Yan that the metal ball he had given her was a Level 1 Soul Tool and said he would forge her another soul tool as a gift.
• As the furnace heated the room, Dugu Yan refused to remove her clothes but pretended she might take off her stockings because of the heat.
• Jun Yi formed an icy thigh ring and put it around Dugu Yan's leg, cooling her down while briefly stroking her leg and making her blush.
• Jun Yi said they could get started and began taking off his jacket, causing Dugu Yan to shut her eyes and ask him to be gentle because it was her first time.

Jun Yi forged a powerful Level 4 Soul Tool necklace while Dugu Yan watched in astonishment. He offered it to her, and she agreed to let him put it on after making him promise not to touch her inappropriately.

• Dugu Yan feared Jun Yi’s intentions, then watched him forge a seven-colored Soul Tool from metal.
• Jun Yi engraved an array into the metal and demonstrated armor that could withstand at least five full-force strikes from a low-ranking Soul Emperor.
• Jun Yi mounted the Soul Tool in a necklace and offered it to Dugu Yan as a gift.
• Dugu Yan admired the necklace and cautiously agreed to let Jun Yi put it on, warning him not to let his hands wander.
• Jun Yi asked Dugu Yan to change her curled-up position because it was difficult to put on the necklace.

Jun Yi gave Dugu Yan a powerful defensive Soul Tool in the form of a necklace that could manifest seven-colored armor. After Dugu Yan kissed his cheek as thanks, Jun Yi asked her to reward him with a kiss on the mouth.

• Jun Yi fastened the necklace around Dugu Yan’s neck, and it formed elegant dragon-headed armor when he activated it with Soul Power.
• Jun Yi explained that the armor could withstand attacks from Soul Emperors and showed Dugu Yan how to dismiss it by releasing the Soul Power sustaining its Core Array.
• Dugu Yan repeatedly activated and dismissed the armor, then thanked Jun Yi and told him how much she loved it.
• Jun Yi joked by asking what gift she would give him, but Dugu Yan kissed him on the cheek as her reward.
• Jun Yi pointed to his mouth and asked Dugu Yan for another reward there.

Jun Yi gave Dugu Yan a necklace he had made into a Soul Tool from one Ning Rongrong had discarded, and Dugu Yan accepted it happily. He told Dugu Yan he planned to leave Heaven Dou City to travel the continent, promising to return before the next All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament.

• Dugu Yan questioned Jun Yi about the necklace, and he explained that Ning Rongrong had bought it and later discarded it.
• Dugu Yan said she liked the necklace and jokingly asked Jun Yi for an apology gift, but declined when he offered her a kiss.
• Jun Yi and Dugu Yan left the smithy, and he explained that his work ordering metal for Soul Tools had made him familiar with its blacksmiths.
• Dugu Yan asked about Jun Yi's plans for the break, and he told her he intended to travel the continent.
• Jun Yi said he would return before the next All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, and Dugu Yan accepted his decision.

Jun Yi and Dugu Yan returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Xue Qinghe explained that the academy would begin admitting exceptionally talented commoner Soul Masters under new reforms. The committee members invited Dugu Yan to become a trainee teacher, and she hesitated as she weighed the offer against her connection with Jun Yi.

• Jun Yi and Dugu Yan returned to the academy, where an imperial guard escorted them to meet Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Qinghe told Jun Yi and the committee members that Heaven Dou Royal Academy would admit commoner Soul Masters beginning the next year, though they would face stricter requirements than nobles.
• Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and Bai Baoshan invited Dugu Yan to teach at the academy because she had reached Soul King and shown remarkable talent.
• Dugu Yan hesitated over the offer, and Xue Qinghe reassured her that she had plenty of time to decide.

Jun Yi and Dugu Yan discussed her staying at the academy as a teacher, and she decided to take the job. The next morning, Jun Yi helped remove the thigh ring he had given her while Dugu Yan prepared to bathe, leaving him to wait in her room.

• Jun Yi teased Dugu Yan about being upset that he would leave, and she explained that she was considering a teaching position at the academy.
• Jun Yi encouraged Dugu Yan to stay as a teacher, and she agreed to take the job.
• Dugu Yan asked Jun Yi to meet her at her dormitory the next morning so they could spend time together before he left.
• Jun Yi arrived at Dugu Yan's dormitory and found her struggling to remove the thigh ring he had given her.
• Jun Yi made the ring vanish, and Dugu Yan scolded him for forgetting to remove it before she went to bed.
• Dugu Yan put her stockings away, told Jun Yi to wait while she bathed, and went into the bathroom.

Jun Yi accompanied Dugu Yan shopping in Heaven Dou City, then followed her to the Heaven Dou Auction House. His Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect token earned them honored-guest treatment and a luxurious private room, where they waited to see the auction.

• Jun Yi complained about shopping until Dugu Yan said she would skip buying stockings, prompting him to praise shopping with her.
• Jun Yi and Dugu Yan spent a long time choosing and bought ten pairs of stockings, then teased each other about who had prolonged the shopping trip.
• Dugu Yan suggested they visit the auction house, and Jun Yi agreed to look for treasures.
• A staff member explained the auction house’s bidding qualification requirements, while another recognized Jun Yi’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect token and welcomed them as honored guests with a thirty-percent discount.
• Jun Yi and Dugu Yan entered a luxurious private room overlooking the auction hall, and Dugu Yan admired its furnishings.

Jun Yi and Dugu Yan teased each other about marriage while attending the Heaven Dou Auction House. The auction introduced battle-ready Soul Tools from Spirit Hall, and Jun Yi recognized the first item as one made from his blueprints.

• Dugu Yan questioned Jun Yi about his connection to the Seven Treasure Chamber of Commerce, and he teased her about marrying him.
• Jun Yi seriously told Dugu Yan he would marry her if she was willing, then joked about deciding her place among his future wives.
• The host announced an auction of five rare items and claimed they came from Spirit Hall, which had mastered Soul Tool technology.
• Jun Yi recognized the first item, a defensive Soul Tool, as one made from blueprints he had provided and wondered how they reached Spirit Hall.
• The host demonstrated the Soul Tool's protective barrier and announced a starting price of ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Jun Yi watched Soul Tools sell for enormous sums at auction and realized Ning Fengzhi had likely traded his blueprints to Spirit Hall without telling him. Feeling betrayed and without a home, he was comforted by Dugu Yan and resolved to rely on his own strength.

• Bidders paid 147,000 Gold Soul Coins for a Level 1 Defensive-Type Soul Tool, and Dugu Yan realized how valuable Jun Yi's gift to her was.
• Jun Yi sensed that the auction's Soul Tools came from his blueprints and suspected Ning Fengzhi had struck a deal with Spirit Hall.
• After the auction, Jun Yi told Dugu Yan he felt as though he no longer had a home, and she promised she would always be his sister.
• Jun Yi thanked Dugu Yan, then teased her by asking to see her jade feet.
• Jun Yi decided to stop relying on other powers and focus on becoming strong by himself.

Jun Yi defended Dugu Yan when Yu Tianheng insulted her, then warned him to stay away. In Spirit City, Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that five Level 1 Soul Tools had sold for over a million Gold Soul Coins, and asked when they would begin making Level 2 Soul Tools.

• Jun Yi and Dugu Yan walked through Heaven Dou City together as Jun Yi prepared to leave the next day.
• Yu Tianheng confronted Dugu Yan and accused her of pursuing Jun Yi, prompting Jun Yi to knock him down with Conqueror's Haki.
• Jun Yi warned Yu Tianheng that he would kill him if he insulted Dugu Yan again, then let him go.
• Dugu Yan recalled how Yu Tianheng had attacked her and tried to pressure her into apologizing, and she decided she was finished with him.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that five Level 1 Soul Tools had sold for 1,039,000 Gold Soul Coins, netting them 934,000 after the auction house's cut.
• Hu Liena asked Bibi Dong when they would begin forging Level 2 Soul Tools.

Jun Yi left Heaven Dou City to travel the continent and grow strong enough to resist being used as a pawn, promising Dugu Yan he would return and marry her. His farewell letters left Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi wondering whether he had discovered their dealings with Spirit Hall.

• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena to master Level 1 Soul Tool techniques before attempting Level 2 ones, and said the blueprints came from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, likely through Jun Yi.
• Bibi Dong learned that Jun Yi planned to travel the continent and regarded his departure as an opportunity for Spirit Hall.
• Jun Yi left Heaven Dou Royal Academy after telling Dugu Yan he would return safely and marry her; he put on a purple spider mask and set off.
• Xue Qinghe suspected Jun Yi might have noticed something but decided not to pursue him, then burned his farewell letter and returned to his original appearance.
• Ning Fengzhi told Sword Douluo he thought Jun Yi had guessed about his deal with Spirit Hall, and wondered how he would face Jun Yi again.

Jun Yi left Heaven Dou Imperial City and headed to Sunset Forest to awaken the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ remnant souls. After the system explained how to activate the true dragon power in his soul, Jun Yi reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and began diving toward the dragon bones.

• Jun Yi left Heaven Dou Imperial City and resolved to travel to Sunset Forest to awaken the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ remnant souls.
• Jun Yi consulted the system, which said it could activate the true dragon power in his soul so he could awaken the remnant souls.
• Jun Yi used his ROOM space to travel to Sunset Forest and entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well through its poisonous miasma.
• Jun Yi greeted Dugu Bo, then leaped into the Extreme Cold Yin Spring to reach the dragon bones below.
• Jun Yi sensed the Ice Dragon King’s remaining divine power in the spring’s bitter cold and continued diving toward the bottom.

Jun Yi found the Ice Dragon King's remains beneath the pool and used the power of his genuine Five-Clawed Golden Dragon to awaken the king's remnant soul. After agreeing to help restore the Soul Beast Clan and confirming that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well would remain intact, Jun Yi began absorbing the soul.

• Jun Yi swam through the freezing pool and discovered the Ice Dragon King's skeleton and the white stone resting atop it.
• The system manifested the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon's power, warming Jun Yi and allowing the Ice Dragon King's remnant soul to enter his Sea of Consciousness.
• Jun Yi revealed his Five-Clawed Golden Dragon bloodline, suppressing the Ice Dragon King and persuading him to offer his remnant soul.
• The Ice Dragon King asked Jun Yi to lead the Soul Beast Clan back to glory, and Jun Yi agreed.
• Jun Yi confirmed that absorbing the remnant soul would not damage the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then endured the painful process of merging with the Ice Dragon King's soul.

Jun Yi absorbed the Ice Dragon King’s remnant soul and inherited his memories and Soul Skills, learning how the Dragon God’s forces had been defeated in the Divine Realm. He discovered that his Ice-Ice Fruit had awakened, then froze the entire Extreme Cold Yin Spring with a gesture.

• Jun Yi refined the Ice Dragon King’s remnant soul, greatly strengthening his own soul and inheriting the dragon king’s memories.
• Jun Yi witnessed memories of the Divine Realm war, in which the Five Great God Kings attacked the Dragon God and the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings later died after fleeing to Douluo Star.
• Jun Yi questioned why the Ice Dragon King had merged with him so readily, and the system explained that the dragon king had left a wisp of his soul within Jun Yi to preserve a chance of revival.
• Jun Yi inherited the Ice Dragon King’s memories and Soul Skills, and his Observation Haki advanced to top-tier.
• Jun Yi discovered that his Ice-Ice Fruit Martial Soul had awakened after absorbing the remnant soul.
• Jun Yi pointed at the pool, and the Extreme Cold Yin Spring froze over completely.

After absorbing the Ice Dragon King's remnant soul, Jun Yi discovered that his Martial Soul had evolved and demonstrated his new weather-controlling power to Dugu Bo. Jun Yi announced that he planned to travel the continent, and Dugu Bo warned him about several dangerous places to avoid.

• Jun Yi emerged from the Extreme Cold Yin Spring after freezing it and told Dugu Bo that he had found an opportunity beneath the pool and evolved his Martial Soul.
• Jun Yi summoned dark clouds and snow, explaining that anything touched by the snowflakes would come under his control, then made the weather return to normal.
• Jun Yi told Dugu Bo that he planned to leave the academy and travel across the Douluo Continent.
• Dugu Bo warned Jun Yi to avoid the Mist Grand Canyon, the Core Circle of the Star Dou Great Forest, the Far North, Slaughter City, and Demon Island.

Jun Yi said goodbye to Dugu Bo at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and promised to marry Dugu Yan, while keeping his plan to reunite with his mother before the wedding. After leaving the Sunset Forest, he resolved to rely on himself and the system as he continued his journey.

• Dugu Bo warned Jun Yi about dangerous places and asked how things were going with Dugu Yan, and Jun Yi showed off the clothes she had bought him.
• Dugu Bo asked when Jun Yi would marry Dugu Yan, and Jun Yi promised that he would become Dugu Bo's grandson-in-law after reaching the strength he needed.
• Before Jun Yi left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dugu Bo warned him to be wary of the people around him and said he would protect him from Ning Fengzhi.
• After leaving the Sunset Forest, Jun Yi reflected that Ning Fengzhi had treated him as a chess piece and decided he could rely only on himself.
• The system reassured Jun Yi that it would be his shield, and Jun Yi teased it until it fell silent before teleporting away.

Jun Yi, weakened after attempting an Ice Dragon King divine skill, sensed Liu Erlong and five students surrounded by Gale Demon Wolves in the Star Dou Great Forest. As Liu Erlong was injured and the group fell into danger, Jun Yi decided to intervene.

• Jun Yi learned that his Soul Power and physical strength were exhausted, and he planned to recover before entering the inner region of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Jun Yi used his Observation Haki to discover Liu Erlong and five students surrounded by twenty-three Gale Demon Wolves, including a ten-thousand-year-old wolf king.
• Liu Erlong prepared to protect her students and searched for a way to break through the wolves' encirclement.
• Liu Erlong and the students fought the pack, but they were overwhelmed; Liu Erlong killed six wolves and suffered a shoulder injury.
• Jun Yi decided to step in and help Liu Erlong and the students.

Jun Yi, disguised as a masked stranger, saved Liu Erlong and her students from a pack of Gale Demon Wolves in the Star Dou Great Forest. Before leaving, he challenged Liu Erlong to question whether the person she had waited for was worth her years of devotion, leaving her shaken and uncertain.

• Jun Yi found Liu Erlong wounded while she protected five students from the wolf king and its pack.
• The wolves fled in terror after Jun Yi appeared and glared at the wolf king.
• Liu Erlong and the students thanked the masked Jun Yi, and Jiang Zhu healed Liu Erlong's shoulder.
• Jun Yi said he had saved Liu Erlong because he found her pleasing to the eye, then prepared to leave.
• Jun Yi questioned whether Liu Erlong still loved the person she was waiting for or had made him an obsession.
• Liu Erlong wondered how Jun Yi knew about her painful past and whether she could let go of the man who had left without saying goodbye.

Jun Yi recovered his Soul Power and traveled to the heart of Star Dou Great Forest, expecting the Silver Dragon King to react to the Ice Dragon King's presence. He reached the Lake of Life but found no Soul Beasts nearby and wondered whether they were hiding underwater.

• Jun Yi discussed his advice to Liu Erlong with the system while recovering his Soul Power, and the system estimated that full recovery would take four hours.
• Jun Yi recalled reaching rank 43, with all his Soul Rings now over ten thousand years old, and decided to show them in future battles.
• After recovering, Jun Yi wondered why the Silver Dragon King had not reacted to his Ice Dragon King presence, then set off toward the heart of Star Dou Great Forest.
• Jun Yi reached the inner region and found no Soul Beasts, then continued to the Lake of Life.
• Jun Yi waited near the Lake of Life without sensing any Soul Beasts and wondered whether they were hiding at the bottom.