Recaps

After Zhou Yi dismissed Lin Xi from running, he took Huo Yutong to the field to resume swordsmanship training with Artoria. Wang Dong and Zhou Yi watched the extraordinary sparring, leaving Wang Dong shaken and Zhou Yi astonished by the swordsmen’s skill.

• Lin Xi assured Zhou Yi that he had held back against Wang Dong, and Zhou Yi ordered Wang Dong to join the students’ run while letting Lin Xi leave.
• Lin Xi met Huo Yutong on the field, reassured her, and led her away from the runners to train.
• Lin Xi summoned Artoria and began a two-against-one sword fight with Huo Yutong, while Melusine reminded him about their missed dates.
• Wang Dong watched the sparring in shock, and Zhou Yi urged her to stop being complacent and go run.
• Zhou Yi judged Lin Xi’s swordsmanship nearly impossible to counter and believed Artoria could defeat her instantly.

Lin Xi and Huo Yutong used Spiritual Detection Sharing to improve their training against Artoria, while Zhou Yi expelled nine students for cutting corners on their run. Lin Xi then asked Melusine to follow the expelled students, and Wang Dong’s encounter with him left her more convinced of the gap between their strength.

• Lin Xi and Huo Yutong trained with Artoria, and Huo Yutong’s Spiritual Detection Sharing helped them last much longer against her.
• Zhou Yi dismissed Cheng Cheng, Qiu Jianrao, Tang Dao, Shangguan Chentian, Lin Zeyu, Zhuge Yun, Tai Long, Tang Ling, and Yun Xiaopiao for failing to complete the hundred laps.
• When Tai Long protested that Lin Xi had not run either, Zhou Yi revealed Lin Xi was a rank thirty-seven Soul Elder and said his training entitled him to privileges.
• Lin Xi asked Melusine to follow the dismissed students because he wanted to speak with them later.
• Wang Dong met Lin Xi outside their dorm and, after seeing his strength in practice, realized she likely could not last half a second against him.

Lin Xi challenged Zhou Yi’s lesson on Soul Master attack and defense, exposing that her conclusion matched Wang Dong’s answer. After class, Huo Yutong grew jealous of Wang Dong’s closeness to Lin Xi, who said they needed to meet some people before lunch.

• Zhou Yi began class by asking Wang Dong which Soul Master systems favored attack and which favored defense, then called her answer foolish.
• Lin Xi gave the same answer and pointed out that Zhou Yi’s intended lesson about Soul Tools still led to the same conclusion, leaving Zhou Yi unable to refute him.
• Zhou Yi announced that the next three months would focus on physical training and dismissed the class before leaving in embarrassment.
• Wang Dong thanked Lin Xi for standing up for her, while Huo Yutong introduced herself to Wang Dong and felt jealous of her being Lin Xi’s roommate.
• Lin Xi told Huo Yutong they needed to meet a few people before deciding what to have for lunch.

After confirming that Zhou Yi had expelled them, Tai Long and the others accepted Lin Xi’s offer to join Unlimited Blade Works, where a Mystic Water Pill could be earned as a benefit for core members. Lin Xi then checked Huo Yutong’s progress in sensing emotions and walked with her to lunch.

• Tai Long and the other expelled students confronted Lin Xi, who offered them a place at Unlimited Blade Works.
• Yun Xiaopiao explained the merchant association’s rise, and Tai Long asked what benefits Lin Xi could provide.
• Lin Xi revealed a Mystic Water Pill and said core members could earn one after working diligently for at least six months.
• Yun Xiaopiao, Tai Long, and the others agreed to join Unlimited Blade Works, and Lin Xi promised to discuss whether Yun Xiaopiao’s family could join too.
• Lin Xi met Huo Yutong in the shade and learned that she had sensed genuine happiness in the students.
• Lin Xi praised Huo Yutong’s progress and walked with her into the sun after she asked him to make lunch.

Zhou Yi made Lin Xi class monitor and forced Freshman Class One to run in weighted iron vests, expelling twenty students. Lin Xi welcomed the expulsions as a chance to recruit students into Unlimited Blade Works, and Wang Dong was startled to see his offer included Mystic Water Pills.

• Zhou Yi named Lin Xi class monitor and ordered the students to run laps in iron vests or face expulsion.
• Lin Xi criticized Zhou Yi's training policies inwardly, then trained with Huo Yutong and Artoria.
• When class ended, Zhou Yi expelled twenty students who had lasted the shortest time.
• Wang Dong confronted Lin Xi about his cheerful mood, and he explained that the expelled students could join Unlimited Blade Works.
• Wang Dong read Lin Xi's draft recruitment notice and cried out in surprise when she saw it offered Mystic Water Pills.

Lin Xi and Artoria stopped Ma Xiaotao after she attacked outer court students, leaving her gravely injured but alive. When Shrek’s elders arrived, Lin Xi demonstrated Artoria’s power and refused a Titled Douluo’s offer to become his disciple.

• Lin Xi sent Melusine to rescue the injured students and ordered Artoria to stop Ma Xiaotao.
• Artoria defeated Ma Xiaotao with Excalibur, leaving her unconscious in a crater by Sea God Lake.
• A white-clad elder questioned Lin Xi, who had Artoria demonstrate her abilities and reveal his three black Soul Rings.
• The elders learned Lin Xi was a first-year student and the white-clad elder offered to take him as his disciple.
• Lin Xi declined the elder’s offer.

Lin Xi rejected the Sea God Pavilion elder’s recruitment and condemned Shrek’s officials for caring more about Ma Xiaotao than the students she injured. He admitted his anger came from his own carelessness, asked Huo Yutong to keep him in check, and Yan Shaozhe soon set out to recruit him for the Martial Soul Department.

• Lin Xi mocked the elder’s assumptions about his talent and questioned the officials’ response to Ma Xiaotao’s attack, noting that injured students had already been taken to the infirmary.
• After an elder accused him of acting without permission, Lin Xi left with Huo Yutong, convinced Shrek’s officials had prioritized Ma Xiaotao over her victims.
• Lin Xi told Huo Yutong he was angry at himself for forgetting Ma Xiaotao would go berserk and asked her to warn him if success made him careless again.
• Huo Yutong resolved to grow stronger so she could help carry Lin Xi’s burden.
• Within two hours, Lin Xi’s information reached Yan Shaozhe, who headed to the Soul Tool Department determined to bring Lin Xi into the Martial Soul Department.

After learning that Lin Xi had defeated Ma Xiaotao, Yan Shaozhe tried to claim him for the Martial Soul Department, but Qian Duoduo refused to give up the Soul Tool Department’s new core disciple. The dispute left the two deans preparing to fight over Lin Xi at a hastily convened Sea God Pavilion Meeting.

• Yan Shaozhe learned that Lin Xi had defeated Ma Xiaotao and rushed to confront Qian Duoduo about recruiting him.
• Qian Duoduo said Lin Xi had chosen the Soul Tool Department himself and denied offering him benefits.
• Yan Shaozhe argued that the Martial Soul Department could provide Lin Xi with far greater resources, including hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings and Soul Bones.
• Qian Duoduo refused to transfer Lin Xi, and Yan Shaozhe announced that they would settle the matter at a Sea God Pavilion Meeting.
• A Sea God Pavilion Meeting was convened on the semester’s second day to decide which department would claim Lin Xi.

Yan Shaozhe convened a Sea God Pavilion Meeting after freshman Lin Xi stopped Ma Xiaotao from going berserk, revealing that Lin Xi had Soul Saint-level offensive power and had already become a core disciple of the Soul Tool Department. The elders debated which department should teach him, and Xuan Zi began to raise a point they had overlooked.

• Yan Shaozhe told the elders that Ma Xiaotao had lost control and injured two students, but freshman Lin Xi had stopped her.
• Elder Zhang confirmed that Lin Xi's offensive power was at the Soul Saint level and that he had suppressed Ma Xiaotao.
• Yan Shaozhe revealed that the Soul Tool Department had already made Lin Xi a core disciple, prompting a dispute over whether that violated academy rules.
• Qian Duoduo argued that Lin Xi belonged in the Soul Tool Department because it could strengthen his personal combat ability as a summoner.
• Yan Shaozhe countered that the Soul Tool Department might waste Lin Xi's time if he lacked talent for Soul Tools.
• Xuan Zi said both deans had overlooked an important point, but had not yet explained what it was.

At the Sea God Pavilion meeting, the Martial Soul Department and Soul Tool Department argued over who should train Lin Xi. Mu En settled the dispute by allowing Lin Xi to study with both departments, while Huo Yutong and He Caitou remained with the Soul Tool Department.

• Yan Shaozhe offered to help Lin Xi obtain Soul Rings and a full set of Soul Bones, including one hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone.
• Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er proposed using Lin Xi for the Ultimate Individual Soldier Plan and pledged the Soul Tool Department's full support.
• Xuan Zi disparaged the Soul Tool Department, and Mu En ordered him to apologize to Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo.
• Mu En warned the elders that Soul Tools had advanced enough to threaten even him and urged them to stop dismissing the Soul Tool Department.
• Mu En proposed that Lin Xi study with both departments, and Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er agreed that Huo Yutong and He Caitou would stay with the Soul Tool Department.

Lin Xi was summoned by Martial Soul Department Dean Yan Shaozhe, who explained that Shrek had made him a dual core disciple of both the Martial Soul Department and the Soul Tool Department. Lin Xi accepted the decision politely while privately judging the academy’s offer insufficient, leaving his future allegiance unresolved.

• Wang Dong peppered Lin Xi with questions about his trading company and its recruitment, while Huo Yutong grew annoyed at her attention toward him.
• Lin Xi sensed that a powerful visitor had come for him, and Director of Studies Du Weilun escorted him and Huo Yutong to the Martial Soul Department office.
• Yan Shaozhe met Lin Xi, and Lin Xi accurately deduced how his defeat of Ma Xiaotao had led to a Sea God Pavilion Meeting and the academy’s decision.
• Yan Shaozhe announced that Lin Xi would become a dual core disciple with core-disciple benefits and resources equal to those of inner court disciples.
• Lin Xi thanked Yan Shaozhe aloud but privately considered the offer petty and insufficient.

Over three months, Lin Xi grew stronger while Huo Yutong made remarkable advances in cultivation and Soul Tool knowledge. As the freshman assessment approached, Zhou Yi assigned Lin Xi, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong to the same group and asked the three to stay behind.

• Lin Xi's Soul Power rose to level 38, his Soul Rings grew stronger, and his relationships with He Caitou, Xu Sanshi, and others improved.
• Lin Xi supplied Huo Yutong with Mystic Water Pills, helping her rise from Soul Power level 16 to level 20 and approach the threshold of a Level 2 Soul Engineer.
• Fewer than a third of Zhou Yi's Freshman Class One students remained by the assessment, including Wang Dong, who had become the class's third-strongest student.
• Zhou Yi explained the freshman assessment and told Lin Xi to distribute papers about students' future cultivation directions.
• Zhou Yi assigned Lin Xi, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong to one group, then dismissed the other students and told the three to remain.

Lin Xi, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong discussed their cultivation preferences with Zhou Yi, who asked Lin Xi not to dominate the freshman assessment. Back in the dorm, Lin Xi confronted Wang Dong about whether she liked him, and her flustered denials left him convinced she had feelings for him.

• Zhou Yi discovered that Lin Xi, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong had all chosen the control system, and Lin Xi made Wang Dong change her choice to power attack.
• Huo Yutong explained that she preferred the control system because she wanted to fight alongside Lin Xi, and Zhou Yi approved her choice.
• Zhou Yi told Lin Xi to help win the freshman assessment without stealing the spotlight, and Lin Xi agreed to let Huo Yutong gain experience.
• Lin Xi asked Wang Dong in their dorm whether she had chosen control to stay near him and whether she had a crush on him.
• Wang Dong denied liking Lin Xi, but her reactions made him suspect that she had developed feelings for him.

Wang Dong struggled with her doubts about Shrek and her fear of Zhou Yi’s tests until Lin Xi arranged a sparring match that showed her how Huo Yutong’s emotion-based Soul Skills could overcome a gap in rank. Encouraged by Lin Xi’s advice, Wang Dong left to cultivate with renewed confidence.

• Wang Dong found Lin Xi training with Huo Yutong and asked whether their daily practice had made them so strong.
• Lin Xi told Wang Dong that talent could not always be overcome through hard work, then asked Huo Yutong to fight her.
• Huo Yutong used Spiritual Sharing and Mental Interference to disrupt Wang Dong’s emotions and defeat her in the sparring match.
• Lin Xi explained that effort could still help Wang Dong improve and said he was trying to keep Zhou Yi from expelling her.
• Wang Dong asked Huo Yutong to inspire her through emotion interference, then ran off to cultivate with renewed confidence.

Lin Xi, Wang Dong, and Huo Yutong crushed their first freshman assessment match, with Huo Yutong’s Soul Shock and Wang Dong’s attacks securing an easy victory. Lin Xi noticed a pair of twins who would pose a tougher challenge, while he remained more concerned with matters beyond the competition.

• Lin Xi, Wang Dong, and Huo Yutong entered the arena to face Wang Ke, Li Pan, and Zhang Xiaoya in the first match of the assessment.
• Wang Dong flew forward with Huo Yutong’s Spiritual Detection Sharing guiding her, while Huo Yutong used Soul Shock to knock out Li Pan.
• Wang Dong defeated the other two opponents with her Butterfly Wing Guillotine in under ten seconds, winning the match for her team.
• Wang Dong praised Huo Yutong’s support, and Lin Xi praised Huo Yutong’s timing before she smiled happily.
• Lin Xi identified two twin girls in the stands and told Huo Yutong their hair-based Martial Souls could combine into the binding skill Heavenly Net.
• Lin Xi led Wang Dong and Huo Yutong away, saying he had something else to do.

Lin Xi met Xu Sanshi to discuss their Soul Tool deal, but Ma Xiaotao arrived and demanded Xu Sanshi’s attention. When she tried to attack Lin Xi after he challenged her, Huo Yutong stopped her with a mental assault, and Ma Xiaotao began to suspect Lin Xi was the person who had once stopped her.

• Lin Xi took Huo Yutong to meet Xu Sanshi, who reported that the Mysterious Nether Sect had accepted their Soul Tool business partnership.
• Ma Xiaotao arrived to have Xu Sanshi suppress her Evil Fire, but Xu Sanshi asked her to wait because he had important business with Lin Xi.
• Ma Xiaotao offered to cover Xu Sanshi’s money needs and questioned Lin Xi, who told her their business was none of her concern.
• Lin Xi criticized Ma Xiaotao for ignoring Xu Sanshi’s request and invoked her teacher, Yan Shaozhe, which angered her.
• Ma Xiaotao reached for Lin Xi, but Huo Yutong inflicted sharp pain on her mind, allowing Lin Xi to seize her hand and accuse her of attacking a first-year student.
• Ma Xiaotao broke free with a burst of flame and asked whether Lin Xi was the person who had stopped her before.

Lin Xi confronted Ma Xiaotao over injuring two students and challenged her to stop cultivating until she could control her Martial Soul’s flaw. Ma Xiaotao fled after he compared her conduct to that of an Evil Soul Master, and Lin Xi returned to discussing business with Xu Sanshi.

• Ma Xiaotao realized Lin Xi was the freshman who had defeated her and apologized for their past encounter.
• Lin Xi refused Ma Xiaotao’s apology because she had not apologized to the two students she injured.
• Ma Xiaotao argued that she was not responsible because she had been out of her mind, but Lin Xi pointed out that she knew about her Martial Soul’s flaw.
• Lin Xi urged Ma Xiaotao to stop cultivating and accused her of endangering others for power, calling such behavior that of an Evil Soul Master.
• Ma Xiaotao ran out of the restaurant, and Xu Sanshi praised Lin Xi before calling for the menu so they could continue their discussion.

Lin Xi’s team faced Huang Chutian’s team, and Huo Yutong used her mental abilities to turn the fight around. She defeated Huang Chutian and stopped the Lan sisters’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill, sweeping all three opponents.

• Huang Chutian charged at Wang Dong, whose careless clash with his strength sent her flying before Huo Yutong disrupted him with Emotion Control.
• Huo Yutong drew Huang Chutian into fighting her, weakening him with mental interference while Wang Dong broke through the Lan sisters’ hair nets.
• Huang Chutian’s Cannon Hammer of Strength missed after Huo Yutong’s Mental Interference, and she knocked him out of the arena.
• The Lan sisters began preparing their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Huo Yutong stopped them and left both unconscious.
• Huo Yutong’s team won after she defeated all three opponents herself.

After Lin Xi’s team secured ten consecutive wins, he received the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade and used it to awaken Electrolux. Lin Xi explained his circumstances to the elder, who was left astonished by the story.

• Zhou Yi warned her class that the teams advancing to the top sixty-four still had more matches to fight.
• Lin Xi collected the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade from the dorm supervisor and asked Wang Dong to leave while he purified it.
• Lin Xi summoned Emiya Alter, who agreed that his All-Things-Breaking Talisman could counter the blade’s curse if needed.
• Lin Xi touched the blade, and Electrolux awakened in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Lin Xi told Electrolux about the Douluo Continent, the Heroic Spirit Summoning System, and Tang San, leaving Electrolux shocked.

Lin Xi let Electrolux take control of his body and purify the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade, revealing the gold of life’s true power. Electrolux fused the gold into Lin Xi, whose Sea of Consciousness expanded, and brought Artoria and Melusine into it as he began studying Lin Xi’s summoning system.

• Lin Xi agreed to let Electrolux take control of his body and purify the gold of life.
• Electrolux used his power of purification to remove the blade’s evil thoughts and curses, restoring its azure glow.
• Lin Xi prepared himself, and Electrolux drove the purified gold of life into his forehead.
• The gold of life flooded Lin Xi’s Sea of Consciousness with vitality and expanded it.
• Electrolux transferred Artoria and Melusine from their Soul Rings into Lin Xi’s Sea of Consciousness and explained that he had analyzed part of the Heroic Spirit Summoning Formula.

Lin Xi asked Electrolux about the power of fate and why his was so strong. After dismissing two explanations, Electrolux proposed that they might be inside a large-scale Singularity.

• Electrolux placed the souls attached to Lin Xi’s Soul Rings in his Sea of Consciousness, allowing Melusine to appear beside him and suggesting they might eventually gain physical bodies.
• Lin Xi asked Electrolux what the power of fate was and why his was unusually strong.
• Electrolux explained that the power of fate could let people resist the world’s course and draw major events toward themselves.
• Lin Xi rejected the idea that coincidence explained his memories of a previous life, his Martial Soul, and his connection to Fate.
• Electrolux proposed that they were inside a large-scale Singularity.

Lin Xi and Electrolux concluded their alliance to help Electrolux become a god and oppose Tang San, while considering whether Lin Xi had been drawn into the world by the Counter Force. Lin Xi returned from his Sea of Consciousness and accidentally sent Wang Dong flying when she startled him.

• Electrolux argued that Huo Yutong’s gender change had altered the Douluo Continent’s history enough to draw Lin Xi, a powerful transmigrator, into the world.
• Lin Xi confirmed that he would help Electrolux become a god and that Electrolux would help him oppose Tang San.
• Electrolux reassured Lin Xi that Tang San might no longer control their story and accepted that Lin Xi had deliberately secured his help by acting first.
• Lin Xi resolved to protect the people important to him, then left his Sea of Consciousness to avoid worrying those outside.
• Lin Xi opened his eyes to find Wang Dong staring at him, and his startled reflex sent her flying backward.

After finishing his absorption, Lin Xi sought out Huo Yutong to confirm Electrolux’s theory about how her changed childhood had altered her life. Huo Yutong reassured him and stood by him, and Lin Xi vowed to keep her safe.

• Wang Dong barged into Lin Xi’s dorm room after waiting for hours, and Lin Xi’s instincts knocked her to the floor.
• Lin Xi rushed to find Huo Yutong and asked her to describe her childhood before they met.
• Huo Yutong recounted her memories, and Lin Xi concluded that her life had diverged greatly from Huo Yuhao’s even before he intervened.
• Huo Yutong took Lin Xi’s hand and promised to stand by him, reminding him that he had saved her.
• Lin Xi embraced Huo Yutong and vowed to protect her no matter what happened.

Lin Xi’s team faced Ning Tian’s seeded team in the tournament, and his revealed level thirty-nine shocked their opponents. The match began with Wang Dong driving Wu Feng back while Lin Xi watched Ning Tian prepare to act.

• Lin Xi’s team encountered Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun’er before their tournament match.
• Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun’er, and Ning Tian introduced themselves, and Wang Dong and Huo Yutong followed for Lin Xi’s team.
• Lin Xi revealed that he was a level thirty-nine Battle Soul Elder, stunning the opposing team.
• After the proctor started the match, Wu Feng charged at Wang Dong, who countered with Butterfly Wing Guillotine and Crimson Dragon Flame.
• Lin Xi reassured Melusine that Wu Feng’s Red Dragon Martial Soul was unimpressive and focused his attention on Ning Tian as she prepared her Martial Soul.

Huo Yutong used Soul Shock to knock out Ning Tian and Nanmen Yun'er, then defeated Wu Feng after her emotions spiraled out of control. Lin Xi's team won another overwhelming victory, though Huo Yutong was left nearly drained from the fight.

• Ning Tian prepared to amplify Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er, but Huo Yutong struck her with Soul Shock while her attention was on Lin Xi.
• Wu Feng activated Dragon's Wrath and rushed toward Ning Tian, but Huo Yutong blocked her and Nanmen Yun'er collapsed after another Soul Shock.
• Huo Yutong used Spiritual Sharing to magnify Wu Feng's emotions, then knocked her out with her sword's pommel.
• Huo Yutong's team won the battle, and Wang Dong reflected on how formidable she was.