Recaps

Xu Zi revealed the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon’s true form and overwhelmed Feng Ji and Feng Xiao, leaving Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wushuang as the Wind Fire Squad’s remaining fighters. Huo Wushuang, despite being suppressed by Xu Zi’s dragon aura and fire-countering power, forced himself to activate his fourth Soul Ring.

• Feng Xiaotian’s fiery tornado blocked the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon’s bite, but Xu Zi ordered his teammates to hold Feng Xiaotian while he faced Huo Wushuang, Feng Ji, and Feng Xiao.
• Feng Ji and Feng Xiao attacked Xu Zi with their Wind-Chasing Swords, and he caught both blades before transforming into the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon.
• Xu Zi shattered Feng Ji’s sword and punched him away, then blocked Feng Xiao’s two Soul Skills and knocked him down with a rising punch.
• Feng Xiaotian broke free from the Spirit Hall Second Team’s encirclement and saw that Xu Zi had defeated both Wind-Chasing Sword Soul Masters.
• Huo Wushuang struggled against the dragon’s suppression and Xu Zi’s counter to fire Soul Power, but he forced himself to activate his fourth Soul Ring.

Xu Zi’s Spirit Hall Second Team defeated most of the Wind Fire Team and forced Feng Xiaotian to land for a duel. Feng Xiaotian unleashed his self-created Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, while Xu Zi focused on studying the technique.

• Xu Zi knocked Huo Wushuang out with his Purple Sun and drained his fire-attribute Soul Power to replenish himself.
• Xu Zi pointed out that Feng Xiaotian’s flight depended on Soul Power, then offered to count the match as a draw if Feng Xiaotian landed and defeated him.
• Feng Xiaotian accepted after Xu Zi’s Purple Sun began drawing fire-attribute Soul Power from him, and Xu Zi sent his five teammates to the arena’s edge.
• Feng Xiaotian used Twin Wolf Possession and launched his Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes against Xu Zi.
• Xu Zi endured Feng Xiaotian’s rapid attacks while studying the self-created technique and its movements.

Xu Zi studied Feng Xiaotian’s Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes by enduring the attack, then withstood its final blow with his Purple Gold Dragon Body. He urged Feng Xiaotian to surpass his limit, and Feng Xiaotian began a new attack: Gale Demon Wolf-Forty-Five Consecutive Slashes.

• Xu Zi let Feng Xiaotian’s thirty-six slashes hit him so he could learn the technique’s method of accelerating without resistance.
• Feng Xiaotian’s first thirty-five slashes stripped away Xu Zi’s amethyst scales, but Xu Zi challenged him to hurt him within twenty breaths or concede victory to the Wind Fire Team.
• Xu Zi activated his third Soul Skill, Purple Gold Dragon Body, and stopped Feng Xiaotian’s thirty-sixth slash with his dragon horns.
• Feng Xiaotian conceded defeat, but Xu Zi said the attack was not his limit and urged him to surpass himself.
• Feng Xiaotian drew strength from Huo Wu and launched Gale Demon Wolf-Forty-Five Consecutive Slashes.

Xu Zi defeated Feng Xiaotian in a fierce one-on-one match, securing the Spirit Hall Second Battle Team’s place in the grand final. After the victory, Xu Zi looked ahead to facing Shrek and Tang San.

• Feng Xiaotian unleashed his fourth Soul Skill and attacked Xu Zi with the Gale Demon Wolf Forty-Five Consecutive Slashes.
• Xu Zi endured the first forty-four strikes with his Purple Gold Dragon Body, then materialized the Purple Sun and hurled it at Feng Xiaotian’s final slash.
• Feng Xiaotian admitted defeat, and Xu Zi supported him while explaining how his Self-Created Soul Skill had faltered.
• The referee announced the Spirit Hall Second Battle Team’s victory and advancement to the grand final, prompting the crowd and teammates to celebrate.
• Xu Zi handed Feng Xiaotian to a healing-type Soul Master and looked toward Ning Fengzhi, anticipating his meeting with Shrek and Tang San.

Xu Zi hunted a wounded five-thousand-year Golden Crocodile in the Golden Forest and absorbed it to form his third Soul Ring, breaking through to Soul Elder. After Blazing Fire Academy cut him from the tournament team, he prepared to leave the academy behind and continue toward Martial Soul Holy City and Spirit Hall.

• Xu Zi ambushed and devoured the wounded Golden Crocodile, which the Golden Crocodile Family's young master had been pursuing for his fourth Soul Ring.
• Huo Wushuang told Xu Zi that the merged Wind Fire Team had no place for him, and Xu Zi said he would leave the team.
• Xu Zi absorbed the Golden Crocodile's energy, formed a five-thousand-year third Soul Ring, and advanced six ranks beyond the rank-30 bottleneck.
• Xu Zi recalled that he had come from the Sun Moon Empire, mutated his Sun Martial Soul into the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon, and joined Blazing Fire Academy to reach Martial Soul Holy City and Spirit Hall.
• Dean Huo invited Xu Zi to stay at the academy for a future tournament, but Xu Zi refused and revealed that he had already obtained his third Soul Ring.

Xu Zi led the Spirit Hall Second Team into the finals, then was summoned by Bibi Dong, who praised his strength and gave him the secret technique Tool-Beast Conversion. He left with the technique and a gray ring containing the Tyrant Dragon, while Bibi Dong alluded to Snake Lance Douluo’s eventual return to Spirit Hall.

• Xu Zi’s team celebrated reaching the finals, and Huo Lie demanded his sister back before Xu Zi released Huo Yun from his Purple Sun Martial Soul.
• Huo Wu asked why Xu Zi had fought at the front of the team, and he explained that Soul Masters could cultivate beyond the system suggested by their Martial Souls.
• Xu Zi promised Huo Wu that he would defeat Shrek’s Control System Soul Master, then went to a feast with his teammates.
• Ling Yuan told Xu Zi that Bibi Dong had summoned him, and she escorted him to Pope Hall.
• Bibi Dong praised Xu Zi’s combat strength and gave him the secret technique Tool-Beast Conversion on behalf of an unnamed Spirit Hall elder.
• Bibi Dong said Gui Mei had returned with the Tyrant Dragon and gave Xu Zi a gray ring.

Bibi Dong gave Xu Zi the ring containing a ten-thousand-year Tyrant Dragon, which he had long sought as a powerful Soul Beast for his martial soul. That night, Xu Zi studied the Tool-Beast Conversion secret skill and prepared to absorb the Tyrant Dragon as his fourth Soul Ring before facing Shrek in the finals.

• Bibi Dong explained that Gui Mei had captured a male Tyrant Dragon with more than ten thousand years of cultivation and gave Xu Zi its ring.
• Xu Zi realized he could absorb the Tyrant Dragon without using Dragon Scale Fruit to increase its cultivation, and Bibi Dong told him to collect the fruit after the tournament.
• Xu Zi studied the Tool-Beast Conversion secret skill on the villa rooftop and devised a plan to counter Shrek's Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Xu Zi entered the ghost-faced storage ring with his spiritual power and saw the wounded, sleeping Tyrant Dragon inside.
• Xu Zi withdrew his spiritual power, stood, and raised a crimson-purple sun as he prepared to absorb his fourth Soul Ring.

Xu Zi refined a ten-thousand-year Tyrant Dragon, choosing to risk absorbing its soul ring despite the threat of its unyielding dragon soul. The Tyrant Dragon’s body was reduced to pure energy and its soul ring appeared, leaving Xu Zi to face the danger of absorption.

• Ling Yuan watched over Xu Zi as he used his martial souls and second soul skill to refine the Tyrant Dragon.
• Xu Zi considered the Tyrant Dragon’s exceptional strength, devouring ability, growth potential, and unyielding dragon soul, which could overwhelm him if it resisted.
• Xu Zi weighed taking an agility-attack ring for the next day’s tournament finals against absorbing the Tyrant Dragon ring to strengthen his future potential.
• Xu Zi declared his resolve to his Imperial Brother and focused on refining the Tyrant Dragon’s body.
• Xu Zi destroyed the Tyrant Dragon’s impurities and excess matter, leaving pure energy as a pale black soul ring rose from it.

Xu Zi absorbed the ten-thousand-year Tyrant Dragon’s refined essence, reaching level 40 and condensing a Strength Attribute Dragon Core. He then entered his Purple Sun Martial Soul to prepare the Tyrant Dragon’s Soul Ring for his next configuration.

• Xu Zi abandoned thoughts of tomorrow’s match and used his two divine-grade Martial Souls to refine the Tyrant Dragon’s body into pure essence.
• Xu Zi absorbed the essence, strengthening his body and reaching level 40 after four hours.
• Xu Zi discovered that he had condensed a Strength Attribute Dragon Core, storing more than half the Tyrant Dragon’s Soul Power inside it.
• Xu Zi kept the Dragon Core unabsorbed because he had another use for it.
• Xu Zi cast his spiritual consciousness into the Purple Sun Martial Soul and found the Tyrant Dragon’s pale black Soul Ring sheltered from the surrounding will of destruction.

Xu Zi confronted the Ten-Thousand-Year Tyrant Dragon Soul Ring and persuaded its soul to dwell in the Tyrant Dragon’s inner core, while the dragon offered loyalty to the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon Martial Soul. The Tyrant Dragon accepted its only viable refuge, becoming Xu Zi’s first pseudo Soul Spirit.

• Xu Zi summoned the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon Martial Soul to pressure the unyielding Tyrant Dragon Soul Ring into revealing its soul.
• The Tyrant Dragon soul formed from the Soul Ring’s resentment and told Xu Zi it would not submit to a human, but would offer loyalty to the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon.
• The Tyrant Dragon explained that it recognized the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon as an original source of the dragon race, while Xu Zi suspected its lingering consciousness was the source of the Will of Destruction.
• Xu Zi left the Purple Sun Martial Soul and offered the Tyrant Dragon its strength-attribute Dragon Core as a temporary dwelling until he could cultivate a Sea of Consciousness.
• Xu Zi explained his plans for his remaining Soul Rings, and the Tyrant Dragon realized it had no choice but to accept the Dragon Core or be destroyed by the Purple Sun.

Xu Zi absorbed the ten-thousand-year Tyrant Dragon Soul Ring, advancing to Soul Elder and then reaching level 43 as his strength, spiritual power, and physique improved. Ling Yuan Douluo watched in amazement, and Xu Zi prepared to test his new abilities in the tournament final at Pope Hall.

• The Tyrant Dragon soul joined with the strength-attribute Dragon Core and helped Xu Zi absorb its ten-thousand-year Soul Ring while preserving the Dragon Core for his future Soul Core.
• Xu Zi broke through to the Soul Elder realm and gained six levels in half a day, reaching level 43 with a yellow, purple, purple, black Soul Ring configuration.
• Ling Yuan Douluo witnessed Xu Zi's growth, marveled at his aptitude, and resolved to make her descendants as outstanding as he was.
• Xu Zi felt the Tyrant Dragon Soul Ring strengthen his spiritual power, physique, and control over the Will of Destruction before the tournament final.
• Ling Yuan Douluo descended before Xu Zi and asked whether he had finished absorbing the Soul Ring; Xu Zi said his Soul Power had risen six levels and was unstable.

Xu Zi returned to the Spirit Hall tournament after explaining his absence as cultivation, then asked Ning Fengzhi to meet Bone Douluo Gu. The space before Pope Hall rippled as Gu's arrival began.

• The Holy City Platinum Bishop explained that Xu Zi had missed the match because he was advancing his cultivation, and Shrek entered the losers' bracket.
• Xu Zi and Ling Yuan finished dual cultivating, and Ling Yuan predicted she would soon advance to level 92.
• Gui Mei found Xu Zi with Ling Yuan, accepted his explanation for missing the match, and took him to Pope Hall.
• Xu Zi greeted Ning Fengzhi and asked to meet Bone Douluo Gu, using dragon Martial Soul resonance to explain how he sensed Gu nearby.
• Ning Fengzhi called for Uncle Gu, and the space before Pope Hall rippled.

Xu Zi broke through to a physique beyond his rank and spent the morning helping Ling Yuan cultivate while skipping the one-on-one finals. At the Pope Hall, the matches neared their end, and Bibi Dong discreetly sent Gui Mei to find out why Xu Zi had not competed.

• Xu Zi unleashed a dragon roar after his breakthrough, revealing a powerful physique and a domain on the verge of emerging.
• Xu Zi took Ling Yuan to his room to stabilize his Soul Power, and he dismissed the people sent to hurry him to the finals.
• Yu Xiaogang conceded the one-on-one points matches, sending the Shrek Team into the afternoon team matches through the losers' bracket.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Bibi Dong why Xu Zi had not competed, and Bibi Dong covertly signaled Gui Mei to leave and investigate.

Xu Zi returned from an intimate cultivation session with Ling Yuan and was brought before Bibi Dong, who accepted his explanation for missing the matches. After greeting Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin, Xu Zi asked to meet Bone Douluo, who appeared from the space beside Ning Fengzhi.

• The Holy City bishop explained that Xu Zi had missed the match because he was advancing in cultivation, and Bibi Dong accepted the explanation as Shrek entered the losers’ bracket.
• Xu Zi and Ling Yuan finished cultivating together, and Ling Yuan said she expected to reach level 92 soon.
• Gui Mei arrived at Xu Zi’s room, accepted his account of cultivating, and took him to the Pope Hall.
• Bibi Dong confirmed Xu Zi’s increased Soul Power and let the matter go, while Xu Zi greeted Ning Fengzhi and praised Chen Xin’s keen edge.
• Xu Zi asked to meet Bone Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi summoned Gu, who emerged from space beside him.

Xu Zi sought Bone Douluo Gu Rong’s knowledge about space-attribute dragon Soul Beasts, and Gu Rong revealed that he knew of a hidden place where such beasts might exist. Meanwhile, Shi Xing was about to surrender his match against Sun Chuantao until Xu Zi arrived, rekindling the Second Team’s fighting spirit.

• Xu Zi praised Bibi Dong’s generosity and asked Gu Rong whether space-attribute dragon Soul Beasts existed; Gu Rong said he knew of a hidden place where space-attribute Soul Beasts lived, though he had never found any bone dragons there.
• Bibi Dong offered to exchange compensation for useful information or a suitable Soul Beast, and Xu Zi left for the arena as the one-on-one matches neared their end.
• Sun Chuantao overwhelmed the wounded Shi Xing, who doubted his reasons for continuing as the Second Team faced a fifth straight defeat.
• Shi Xing spotted Xu Zi rushing down from Pope Hall, rallied the Second Team, and challenged Sun Chuantao to continue fighting.

Xu Zi arrived as captain of the Spirit Hall Second Battle Team, conceded the fifth match, then entered the sixth and defeated Sun Chuantao bare-handed in two moves. The match gave his team its first point, while Bibi Dong postponed revealing Xu Zi’s background until the afternoon.

• Xu Zi arrived at the arena, took over from Shi Xing, and conceded the fifth match for the Spirit Hall Second Battle Team.
• Despite the five-to-zero score, Xu Zi chose to continue and challenged Sun Chuantao without using his Martial Soul or Soul Skills.
• Bibi Dong told Ning Fengzhi that Xu Zi was her subordinate and said she would wait until the afternoon to announce more about him.
• Xu Zi caught Sun Chuantao’s blade, broke his right arm, and cracked his skull with his second move.
• The referee awarded the sixth match to the Spirit Hall Second Battle Team, and Xu Zi’s teammates celebrated their first point.

Xu Zi defeated Yan in the finals team battle after blocking his attack, stunning him with a mental Soul Skill, and draining the fire energy from his Flame Lord Martial Soul. Yan fell unconscious in three moves, leaving Xu Zi's growing strength on display.

• Xue Qinghe watched Xu Zi and sent a cloaked figure toward the Elder Hall after noting that Xu Zi had grown stronger.
• Xie Yue chose Yan to face Xu Zi next, while Hu Liena warned Yan not to lose.
• Yan used his Flame Lord Martial Soul and two Soul Skills to grow into a towering fighter, then attacked Xu Zi with both fists.
• Xu Zi blocked Yan's blow with Ever-Burning Body and stunned him with Will of Destruction.
• Xu Zi struck Yan with Devour the Sun, drained his fire energy, and defeated him in three moves.

Xu Zi defeated Yan in the individual match, then met Bibi Dong for a private meal and agreed to face the Shrek Team at full strength. He explained why he had fled the Sun Moon Empire, shocking Bibi Dong by revealing that his eldest brother possessed Twin Martial Souls.

• Xu Zi defeated Yan in three moves, and the Spirit Hall Second Team lost the individual competition five to zero before entering the losers' bracket.
• Xu Zi's teammates welcomed him, and Yue Guan summoned him to meet Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong asked Xu Zi to draw out the Shrek Team's full capabilities, especially Tang San, in the afternoon's deciding match, and Xu Zi agreed.
• Xu Zi told Bibi Dong he planned to stay at Spirit Hall because he lacked suitable Soul Ring resources at home and wanted to avoid his clan's power struggle.
• Xu Zi revealed that his eldest imperial brother had Twin Martial Souls, leaving Bibi Dong shocked.

Before the tournament final, Bibi Dong publicly introduced Xu Zi as an envoy from the Sun Moon Continent, and Xu Zi explained his origins and journey to the Douluo Continent. His speech won the crowd’s acceptance, and the chapter left the Shrek and Spirit Hall teams ready to begin their match.

• Bibi Dong brought Xu Zi before the Pope Hall and announced that other Soul Master civilizations existed beyond the Douluo Continent.
• Xu Zi introduced himself as a member of the Sun Clan of the Sun Moon Empire, drawing astonishment from the assembled Soul Masters.
• Tang San probed Xu Zi with the Purple Demon Eye, but Xu Zi countered the gaze with his spiritual power and Will of Destruction.
• Xu Zi described the Sun Moon Continent as a wandering child of the Douluo Continent and explained that he had traveled there seeking a way forward.
• Xu Zi praised the Douluo Continent’s young Soul Masters and called for both teams to compete in a spirit of friendship, earning loud applause.

Xu Zi and Bibi Dong used the public revelation of the Soul Core Method to strengthen Spirit Hall’s prestige and announce plans to distribute it across the continent. After the ceremony, Xu Zi prepared his team to face Shrek in the losers’ bracket final, ending as both teams stood ready to fight.

• Xu Zi’s announcement that he came from another continent dispelled the Soul Masters’ doubts and prompted the Blue Lightning Twin Stars to reaffirm their clan’s Beast Martial Soul supremacy.
• Bibi Dong presented the Soul Core Method, described its benefits, and pledged to make it available across the continent within five years, earning cheers for Spirit Hall.
• Xu Zi clasped Bibi Dong’s hand as cardinals and painters recorded their public appearance for history.
• The tournament resumed, and a cardinal announced the losers’ bracket final between Shrek Team and Spirit Hall Second Battle Team.
• Xu Zi selected Shi Xing, the three brothers, Tuoba Yu, and Huang Su for the match, then gathered them to explain his plan while Li Qin remained behind.

The Shrek Seven Devils and the Spirit Hall Second Team revealed powerful team techniques in their losers’ bracket match. As Tang San’s Dark Gold Clear Sky Hammer struck, Xu Zi and his teammates pulled a mysterious purple crystal weapon from his Purple Sun, and it turned out to be a great halberd rather than a spear.

• Shrek formed a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill that concentrated their Soul Power in Tang San, while Xu Zi’s team began a seven-in-one Absorption Skill that strengthened Xu Zi with their powers.
• Tang San received the fused Soul Power, manifested the Dark Gold Clear Sky Hammer, and swung it at the Spirit Hall Second Team.
• Xu Zi, Huang Su, and Tuoba Yu reached into Xu Zi’s Purple Sun and pulled out a heavy purple crystal object just in time to block the hammer.
• The three drew the object fully out of the sun, but its supposed spearhead plunged into the arena and carved a deep furrow.
• Xu Zi realized the weapon was a great halberd, not a spear.

Xu Zi forged the Purple Gold Dragon Emperor Halberd by sacrificing Huang Su and Tuoba Yu’s Golden Bloodline and lesser dragon Martial Soul Origins, then clashed evenly with Tang San’s Dark Gold Clear Sky Hammer. The Shrek Seven Devils regained their footing while Xu Zi was left with two teammates unconscious, and Tang San prepared to change tactics.

• Xu Zi summoned the Purple Gold Dragon Emperor Halberd after Huang Su and Tuoba Yu’s bloodline and Martial Soul Origins were drained, leaving both unconscious.
• The halberd’s voice told Xu Zi to address it as “Emperor,” and he named it the Purple Gold Dragon Emperor Halberd.
• Xu Zi’s thrust and Tang San’s Dark Gold Clear Sky Hammer collided evenly, with both weapons rebounding and damaging the arena.
• Xu Zi swept the halberd into a second clash, nearly losing his grip while Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils were thrown back before landing.
• Oscar’s third Soul Skill expired, removing the Shrek Seven Devils’ wings as they noticed Xu Zi was the only opponent still able to fight.
• Tang San closed his eyes and began preparing a different approach to defeat Xu Zi.

As Tang San prepared the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer’s final strike, Xu Zi’s Purple Gold Dragon Emperor Halberd awakened a lingering will that took control and taught him a powerful halberd technique. Xu Zi advanced to meet Tang San’s eighty-first strike, ending the chapter at the moment their attacks were about to collide.

• Tang San resumed swinging the Dark Gold Clear Sky Hammer, building momentum for the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer’s eighty-one strikes.
• Xu Zi realized his exhausted teammates could not help him and sought a countermeasure from the consciousness within his halberd.
• After Xu Zi promised to offer a Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Scale Fruit, the lingering will took control of his body and demonstrated its halberd technique.
• Chen Xin recognized Xu Zi’s state as Unity of Man and Halberd, while Tang Hao was astonished that Xu Zi could advance while wielding a technique comparable to the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Tang San unleashed Eighty-One Returns to One as Xu Zi advanced with the halberd, and the voice in his mind named the move Karma Dance.

Tang San and Xu Zi’s devastating clash shattered the arena, but both survived and tried to continue fighting despite their injuries and depleted power. As Xu Zi prepared to attack with a materialized Purple Sun, Tang San’s father warned him to recall the Clear Sky Hammer, leaving Tang San with an overdrawn soul and Xu Zi poised to strike.

• Tang San’s eighty-first hammer strike collided with Xu Zi’s Purple Gold Dragon Emperor Halberd, blasting both teams from the arena and cracking the ground.
• Tang San knelt and coughed blood, while Xu Zi struggled up despite his wounds and the exhaustion of his dragon origin and Golden Bloodline.
• Xu Zi’s halberd reverted to the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon Martial Soul, so he seized the Purple Sun and began materializing it to continue the fight.
• Tang San nearly collapsed as his spiritual power waned, then heard his father urge him to recall the Clear Sky Hammer Avatar.
• Tang San withdrew the hammer and suffered soul exhaustion, while Xu Zi raised the materialized Purple Sun to hurl at him.

Xu Zi and Tang San fought to a draw after both exhausted themselves, leaving the rivalry unresolved and the next tiebreaker looming. Bibi Dong ordered Xu Zi taken to Pope Hall to recover, while Tang San was carried away by his companions.

• Xu Zi's Purple Sun attack failed to break through Tang San's Eight Spider Lances, and both fighters collapsed from exhaustion and their injuries.
• Bibi Dong declared the match a draw before either fighter could continue.
• Ning Fengzhi used the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to heal Xu Zi's and Tang San's physical injuries, though neither regained consciousness.
• Bibi Dong ordered the healers to take Xu Zi into Pope Hall, while Yu Xiaogang followed Flender and Liu Erlong as they carried Tang San away.