Recaps

Bibi Dong investigated Xuan Ming’s tragic past and ordered him sent to Spirit Hall Academy, where Hu Liena and two other students would keep him safe. Qian Daoliu considered Qian Renxue’s request to retrieve Xuan Ming, while Bibi Dong tried to give the wary boy time to settle in.

• Qian Renxue returned to Heaven Dou City after the third prince’s death and wrote to Qian Daoliu asking him to help retrieve Xuan Ming.
• Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo discussed Xuan Ming’s twin martial souls and innate domain, agreeing to try to bring him to Qian Renxue and considering destroying him if they could not obtain him.
• Gui Mei reported that Xuan Ming’s father had disappeared, his mother had died, and a patrol deacon had sold him after his martial soul awakening.
• Gui Mei confirmed Xuan Ming’s account by finding two Soul Masters’ bodies and said the patrol deacon was being held in the Punishment Hall.
• Bibi Dong ordered Xuan Ming sent to Spirit Hall Academy and told Gui Mei to have Hu Liena and two others watch over him.
• Yue Guan joked with Gui Mei about Xuan Ming’s misfortunes, and Gui Mei replied that he had never been sold.

Yue Guan brought Xuan Ming to Spirit Hall Academy, where Hu Liena enrolled him and took him into her private dorm. As Xuan Ming struggled with the danger of his Blood Spear devouring his Black Dragon Martial Soul, he began life at the academy under Hu Liena’s care and met Xie Yue.

• Yue Guan warned Hu Liena not to touch the dragons on Xuan Ming’s back, then left her to enroll him at Spirit Hall Academy.
• Hu Liena brought Xuan Ming to her private dorm and tried to comfort him, but he remained detached and admitted he had not listened to her.
• Hu Liena showed Xuan Ming around the academy and took him to the cafeteria, where he ate nearly five people’s portions and worried her about the cost.
• Xie Yue and another boy approached Hu Liena and asked whether Xuan Ming was the Pope’s newly accepted disciple; Hu Liena said he was not yet.

Hu Liena showed Xuan Ming around Spirit Hall Academy as Yan and Xie Yue examined his unusual black dragon martial soul and its night vision. Xie Yue defeated Yan in a spar, and Hu Liena explained the boys’ strengths and her own mental-control abilities.

• Hu Liena asked Xie Yue to lend her money for Xuan Ming’s cafeteria meal, while Yan discovered that Xuan Ming’s black dragons could eat.
• Xuan Ming explained that he could see through the dragons, whose vision was black and white but equally clear at night, and Hu Liena discussed how martial souls could affect their users’ senses.
• Yan learned that Xuan Ming was six years old and asked about his innate soul power, but Hu Liena took Xuan Ming away and told Yan to use her full name.
• Yan challenged Xie Yue at the training grounds, and the two announced their martial souls and levels before fighting as Soul Grandmasters.
• Xie Yue defeated Yan and sent him off the platform, after which Hu Liena explained Yan’s Flame Lord martial soul and teased him for repeatedly falling to her Fox Charm.

Xuan Ming fought Yan in his first Soul Fighting match, revealing his Blood Spear and unusually powerful first Soul Skill. Headmaster Aola explained that Xuan Ming’s Soul Ring and Martial Soul were exceptional and warned that its killing aura could backfire.

• Xie Yue persuaded Yan and Xuan Ming to fight, and Hu Liena warned Yan not to hurt the six-year-old.
• Xuan Ming revealed his Blood Spear, announced that he was rank thirteen, and shocked Yan and the spectators.
• Xuan Ming’s Thunderstorm shattered Yan’s Granite Rock and left Yan’s arms numb as the lightning drained his Soul Power and stamina.
• Headmaster Aola judged that Xuan Ming’s first Soul Ring was at least eight hundred years old and his Blood Spear had destructive power comparable to the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Headmaster Aola explained that the Blood Spear could accumulate killing aura, which could strengthen its presence but might cause a dangerous backlash.

Xuan Ming impressed Hu Liena at Spirit Hall Academy, while Golden Crocodile Douluo tried to claim him for Xiao Xue and Bibi Dong refused to stop him. Hu Liena then discovered Xuan Ming could read despite supposedly growing up an orphan, leaving him unable to explain how he knew the writing.

• Dean Aola warned Hu Liena that Xuan Ming’s accumulated killing intent came from killing people and could threaten his mind.
• Xuan Ming defeated Yan by repeatedly using Thunderstorm, and Hu Liena comforted Xuan Ming while dismissing Yan’s complaints.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Bibi Dong that Xuan Ming belonged to Xiao Xue, but Bibi Dong challenged his claim and allowed him to take Xuan Ming from Spirit Hall Academy.
• Hu Liena brought Xuan Ming to upper-grade lessons and found that he understood the material quickly.
• Hu Liena discovered Xuan Ming could read the academic textbooks, and Xuan Ming silently wondered why the writing on Douluo Continent was Chinese.

Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that Golden Crocodile Douluo had taken Xuan Ming and slapped her, prompting Bibi Dong to confront the Worships. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue returned to Spirit City determined to claim Xuan Ming, and Qian Daoliu warned that her impatience could make the God's Trial fatal.

• Hu Liena explained that Golden Crocodile Douluo had knocked her unconscious and taken Xuan Ming after she questioned his demand.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to have Hu Liena treated and left to confront Golden Crocodile Douluo.
• Qian Renxue returned from Heaven Dou City and told Qian Daoliu she intended to bring Xuan Ming back without revealing her identity as Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Daoliu criticized Qian Renxue's impulsiveness and warned that her current temperament meant she would face certain death in the God's Trial.
• Qian Renxue insisted that Xuan Ming's talent and special Innate Domain made him essential to her plans.

Xuan Ming was brought to the Worship Hall, where Qian Daoliu questioned him about his domain after Golden Crocodile admitted striking Hu Liena and forcibly taking him. Xuan Ming’s domain enveloped Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile, revealing its vivid illusion of approaching death, and Qian Daoliu was stunned when Xuan Ming described its effect as being about to die.

• Qian Daoliu decided to experience the domain himself, while Qian Renxue asked how Golden Crocodile had brought Xuan Ming there.
• Xuan Ming refused to show Qian Daoliu deference, and Golden Crocodile revealed that he had struck Hu Liena while fetching him.
• Golden Crocodile crushed Xuan Ming with Soul Power after Xuan Ming challenged his conduct, but Qian Daoliu stopped him and criticized his lack of composure.
• Xuan Ming accused the enshrined of abducting him to kill him, and Qian Daoliu clarified that he had brought him to the Worship Hall to ask about his domain.
• Xuan Ming’s white domain enveloped Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile with a powerful illusion of nearing death, and Qian Daoliu asked what Xuan Ming knew about it.
• Xuan Ming said the domain meant being about to die, leaving Qian Daoliu startled and asking how he knew.

Qian Daoliu discovered that Xuan Ming’s Twin Martial Souls were devouring each other and warned that continued cultivation could shorten his life. Qian Renxue asked whether one Martial Soul could be crippled, but Qian Daoliu said that would severely damage the other as well.

• Bibi Dong confronted Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo over their treatment of Xuan Ming and demanded that they return him.
• Bibi Dong warned that Xuan Ming might not have many years left, prompting Qian Daoliu to examine him.
• Qian Daoliu found that Xuan Ming’s two Martial Souls were devouring each other because their adhesion had been forcibly broken.
• Xuan Ming insulted Qian Daoliu, who knocked him unconscious with gravitational pressure.
• Qian Renxue explained how Spirit Hall members had repeatedly abducted and mistreated Xuan Ming, and Qian Daoliu acknowledged his restraint.
• Qian Renxue asked whether they could cripple Xuan Ming’s Tool Martial Soul, but Qian Daoliu said either Martial Soul’s removal would severely damage the other.

Qian Daoliu concluded that Xuan Ming's two dangerous Martial Souls left him with no safe path to cultivate, so Qian Renxue agreed to let Bibi Dong try to save him in exchange for his return to Heaven Dou City. After waking in Qian Renxue's former residence, Xuan Ming listened as she claimed Xue Qinghe had asked her to rescue him and began explaining why he had allied with Spirit Hall.

• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue that cultivating either of Xuan Ming's Martial Souls could kill him, and suggested Bibi Dong might understand his unusual condition.
• Qian Renxue agreed to let Bibi Dong take Xuan Ming if she would resolve his problem and send him back to Heaven Dou City; she threatened Hu Liena to secure Bibi Dong's agreement.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu she would address Xuan Ming's distrust while using her plans in Heaven Dou City, and he cautioned her against overconfidence.
• Xuan Ming woke in Qian Renxue's former residence and questioned why she had brought him there.
• Qian Renxue claimed that Xue Qinghe had asked her to rescue Xuan Ming and began explaining that he had pledged allegiance to Spirit Hall because of the empires' wars and Heaven Dou's weakening government.

Qian Renxue tried to persuade Xuan Ming to support her alliance between the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall, promising that the Pope would solve his Twin Martial Souls problem. Xuan Ming rejected her motives, and their confrontation ended with him unconscious after they clashed.

• Qian Renxue explained that uniting Heaven Dou and Spirit Hall would deter war and asked Xuan Ming to help secure Xue Qinghe's position.
• Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo watched from the courtyard and discussed how Qian Renxue's plan echoed Bibi Dong's earlier proposal.
• Xuan Ming said he did not trust Spirit Hall after its people had repeatedly kidnapped him for their own benefit.
• Qian Renxue warned Xuan Ming of the consequences of refusing, while he rejected the idea of submitting to her demands.
• Qian Renxue ignited sacred fire and clashed with Xuan Ming's Blood Spear; Xuan Ming passed out, and Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo she was unharmed.

After Xuan Ming returned to Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong questioned him about his clash with Qian Renxue and learned why he distrusted her offer. She helped tidy his hair, and Hu Liena arrived to discover that Xuan Ming could control the dragons on his back.

• Bibi Dong found Xuan Ming awake in an unfamiliar room and invited him to eat while asking about his fight with Qian Renxue.
• Xuan Ming told Bibi Dong that Qian Renxue had asked him to support her plan and claimed Bibi Dong had agreed to help with his Martial Soul, but he trusted neither claim.
• Xuan Ming explained that Bibi Dong had been more honest about the price of helping him, and Bibi Dong combed and tied his hair.
• Hu Liena arrived at Spirit Hall and noticed Xuan Ming's hair, then learned from Bibi Dong that she was responsible for tying it in the future.
• Hu Liena asked whether she could touch the dragons on Xuan Ming's back after he confirmed he could keep them from biting people.

Bibi Dong examined Xuan Ming’s unusual Black Dragon Martial Soul and Blood Spear, explaining how his split trains of thought weakened Hu Liena’s Fox Charm and warning him not to use both Martial Souls together. She then sought rare supplies from the Worship Hall to repair his Martial Soul, leaving Golden Crocodile Douluo suspicious of the costly list.

• Bibi Dong stopped Hu Liena from teasing Xuan Ming and had her test Fox Charm on him.
• Bibi Dong explained that Xuan Ming’s mutation gave him two trains of thought, allowing one to take over when the other was disrupted.
• Bibi Dong identified the Black Dragon’s apparent rebellion as its uncontrolled ferocity and examined Xuan Ming’s Blood Spear.
• Bibi Dong advised Xuan Ming to seek lightning-attribute Soul Beasts for future Soul Rings and to avoid cultivation and simultaneous use of both Martial Souls.
• Bibi Dong gave Golden Crocodile Douluo a list of rare supplies needed to repair Xuan Ming’s Martial Soul, and he accused her of trying to rob the Worship Hall.

Qian Daoliu agreed to give Bibi Dong everything she requested to repair Xuan Ming’s Martial Soul. At Spirit Hall Academy, Xuan Ming attended reflex training, where Teacher Lin Lin treated him gently while making the other students take hard hammer blows; the chapter ended with Bibi Dong preparing to begin the repair and asking Xuan Ming about his studies.

• Qian Daoliu ordered Golden Crocodile Douluo to give Bibi Dong all the items she had requested, reasoning that she was confident she could repair Xuan Ming’s Martial Soul.
• Xuan Ming spent nearly half a month at Spirit Hall Academy learning basic Martial Soul use and attending safe combat training classes with Xie Yue and the others.
• Teacher Lin Lin paired with Xuan Ming for reflex training and explained a game where students used wooden hammers and hats instead of water and shields.
• Teacher Lin Lin urged the students to hit harder, but she only tapped Xuan Ming gently whenever he lost, leaving him unharmed while the others developed bumps on their heads.
• After Golden Crocodile Douluo delivered the requested items, Bibi Dong prepared to repair Xuan Ming’s Martial Soul and asked whether he had settled into his studies at Spirit Hall Academy.

Bibi Dong completed the first stage of repairing Xuan Ming’s tangled Martial Souls after a painful half-month, leaving him to recover while warning him not to use both at once. Qian Daoliu arrived to check on Xuan Ming, but Bibi Dong blocked him from entering the secret chamber.

• Bibi Dong brought Xuan Ming to a secret chamber and began separating the tangled parts of his two Martial Souls.
• Xuan Ming endured the agonizing repair without losing consciousness, while Bibi Dong struggled to control his unusually fused Beast Martial Soul.
• After half a month, Bibi Dong finished untangling the adhesions and told Xuan Ming to let his Martial Souls recover before using them together.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Xuan Ming had been abused, and Xuan Ming said he endured pain because he did not want to die.
• Bibi Dong left the chamber and met Qian Daoliu, who had come to check on Xuan Ming; she refused to let him enter because Xuan Ming needed rest.

Bibi Dong finished repairing the conflict between Xuan Ming’s Martial Souls, though their inherent dangers remained, and helped him recover. Golden Crocodile Douluo gave her another half month before taking Xuan Ming for the Heaven Dou Empire plan, and she demanded supplies in return.

• Qian Daoliu forced his way into Xuan Ming’s chamber and injured Bibi Dong, prompting Xuan Ming’s two black dragons to threaten him.
• After several more days of medicinal baths, Xuan Ming regained his mobility, and Bibi Dong teased him into smiling before taking him out of the chamber.
• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena that Xuan Ming’s Martial Soul conflict had been repaired but warned that the Black Dragon could still lose control and the Blood Spear could devour him.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo demanded that Xuan Ming be ready for the Heaven Dou Empire plan, and Bibi Dong secured another half month for his recovery.
• Bibi Dong handed Golden Crocodile Douluo a list of supplies to deliver within three days, and he accused her of going too far.

Bibi Dong helped Xuan Ming restore his damaged Martial Soul and taught him a method for controlling both of his Martial Souls, while admitting she wanted to win his favor before he returned to Heaven Dou City. As his departure approached, Yue Guan found Xuan Ming wandering the Pope's Palace in search of food.

• Bibi Dong explained that Xuan Ming's chaotic Soul Power came from weak spiritual power and taught him a method for training and controlling both Martial Souls.
• Xuan Ming asked why Bibi Dong was helping him, and she admitted she was trying to win his heart before he left.
• Xuan Ming sensed someone watching him, while Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo observed him from above.
• Bibi Dong told Qian Daoliu that Xuan Ming could leave Spirit City even though his recovery would take several more months, and Qian Daoliu decided to have Qian Renxue collect him.
• Xuan Ming wandered through the Pope's Palace looking for food, and Yue Guan found him and said he would soon return to Heaven Dou City.

Bibi Dong took Xuan Ming out of Spirit City and gave him a Storage Soul Tool, but their conversation revealed his disgust with the compromises required to survive. The chapter ended with Bibi Dong asking whether he wanted to live.

• Xuan Ming told Yue Guan that he had met Ye Lan through Dugu Yan, and Yue Guan explained that Ye Lan's son and daughter-in-law had died fighting Spirit Hall's war with the Clear Sky Sect.
• Xuan Ming asked Yue Guan for flower and plant reference books, but Yue Guan teased him about his feelings for several girls before offering to consider it.
• Two days later, Bibi Dong took Xuan Ming out of the Pope's Palace without telling Nana where they were going.
• Bibi Dong offered Xuan Ming a purple Storage Soul Tool, but he questioned why they should pretend not to understand the truth between them.
• Bibi Dong urged Xuan Ming to endure the world's ugliness and live so he could destroy it, while Xuan Ming feared becoming like the things he hated.
• Bibi Dong cupped Xuan Ming's face and asked him whether he wanted to live.

Bibi Dong counseled Xuan Ming to focus first on surviving and gaining the power to choose, then sent him away with Qian Renxue. In the carriage, Xuan Ming challenged Qian Renxue’s earlier treatment of him and explained why he had fought back despite fearing death.

• Bibi Dong told Xuan Ming to prioritize staying alive and gaining the right to make choices, then struck him repeatedly when he agreed to remember.
• Bibi Dong arrived late to meet Qian Daoliu, Golden Crocodile Douluo, Qian Renxue, and Snake Lance Douluo, and traded sharp insults with the elders.
• Qian Renxue noticed the lump on Xuan Ming’s forehead, and he said a spider had bitten him.
• After Qian Renxue’s party left, Qian Daoliu told Golden Crocodile Douluo that controlling Xuan Ming would be impossible, though other methods might work.
• During the carriage ride, Xuan Ming told Qian Renxue he had fought back because she had pushed him too far and treated him like an animal while demanding concern for the masses.

Xuan Ming confronted Qian Renxue over her distrust and her demand that he believe her, leaving her unsettled by how badly she had treated him. Near Heaven Dou City, they began planning a believable explanation for his months-long disappearance before Xue Qinghe arrived to collect him.

• Qian Renxue tried to explain the earlier events, but Xuan Ming challenged her demand for trust and accused her of treating him like someone who only had to obey.
• Xuan Ming complained that Qian Renxue's suspicion and lack of concern made him feel as if she wanted to drive him to his death.
• Qian Renxue tried to comfort Xuan Ming by offering to blow on the lump on his forehead, but he asked her to let him calm down.
• After reaching the area near Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue asked Xuan Ming how he would explain his months missing in Sunset Forest.
• Xuan Ming proposed several implausible accounts, and Qian Renxue warned that a careless explanation could connect him to Baers's disappearance.

Xuan Ming rebuffed Qian Renxue’s attempts to question and persuade him, explaining that Bibi Dong had given him practical help while Qian Renxue had offered support that did not meet his needs. By morning, Qian Renxue had left, and Xue Qinghe arrived to take over their dealings in Heaven Dou City.

• Xuan Ming dismissed Qian Renxue’s suspicions about his survival, and Snake Lance Douluo advised her that she was pushing him too hard because of her anxiety over Bibi Dong.
• That night, Qian Renxue told Xuan Ming that Xue Qinghe would explain what came next in Heaven Dou City and that Snake Lance Douluo would remain nearby.
• Qian Renxue discovered that Xuan Ming could meditate while talking because his mutated Beast Martial Soul gave him two trains of thought.
• Xuan Ming defended Bibi Dong’s practical help and told Qian Renxue that her well-meaning support was like a beautiful flower crown that did not help him survive.
• After a silent night, Xuan Ming woke at dawn and saw Xue Qinghe arrive in a carriage and call out to him.

Xuan Ming returned to Heaven Dou City with Xue Qinghe, who explained why he could attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy despite not being a noble. After reuniting with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, he declined to discuss what had happened during his disappearance.

• Xue Qinghe told Xuan Ming that Dugu Bo had searched Sunset Forest and Barak Royal City for him, suspecting the Barak Royal Family before finding no evidence against them.
• Xue Qinghe brought Xuan Ming to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and explained its admission rules, special admission for gifted students, and the political reasons the nobility restriction remained.
• Xuan Ming ate several portions in the academy cafeteria, and Xue Qinghe asked about his money and Storage Soul Tool.
• Xue Qinghe sent for Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, who came to the cafeteria after class.
• Dugu Yan started to hug Xuan Ming but stopped when his dragons showed resistance, then asked about his disappearance; Xuan Ming said he did not want to discuss it, and Ye Lingling remarked on his hair.

Xuan Ming met Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Education Committee and revealed the dangerous Blood Spear and his Black Dragon Martial Soul’s Berserk Transformation. The committee agreed to learn more about his unusual abilities while taking responsibility for him as a new student.

• Dugu Yan styled her hair after Xuan Ming demonstrated his practiced hair-tying, while Xue Qinghe grew unsettled about who had taught him.
• Xue Qinghe gave Dugu Yan Xuan Ming’s identity documents and asked her to take him to the Education Committee.
• Xue Qinghe introduced Xuan Ming to Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and the other committee member, and Xuan Ming showed them his Blood Spear and explained that it could devour its master.
• When Meng Shenji tested Xuan Ming’s Soul Power, Xuan Ming’s Black Dragon Martial Soul entered Berserk Transformation, but he remained lucid.
• Xuan Ming explained that his Berserk Transformation was triggered involuntarily by intense physical or mental stimulation, and Meng Shenji said the committee would investigate his Martial Soul further.

Xuan Ming settled into life at Heaven Dou Royal Academy while Dugu Yan explained why Soul Masters needed to cultivate in moderation. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong discussed her plans for Xuan Ming and learned that Dugu Bo was searching for him, then arranged for him to be told that Xuan Ming had returned to Heaven Dou City.

• Xuan Ming told Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling that his Berserk Transformation would only stop once it calmed down, then said he was hungry and ate again.
• Dugu Yan explained that prolonged cultivation caused fatigue, declining efficiency, and psychological strain, while Xue Qinghe noted that only rare talents could sustain near-constant training.
• Hu Liena asked Bibi Dong why Xuan Ming had left for Heaven Dou City, and Bibi Dong explained that she wanted to suppress his rebellious streak and foster resentment toward Qian Renxue's family.
• Yue Guan reported that Dugu Bo was searching Spirit City for Xuan Ming, and Bibi Dong ordered agents in Heaven Dou City to tell him that Xuan Ming had returned.
• Xuan Ming's academy life settled into a routine, and he returned to the Ye residence after classes.

Xuan Ming told Dugu Bo that Spirit Hall had sent him back to Heaven Dou City to work near Xue Qinghe and win Dugu Yan over, while making clear he had no loyalty to them. He asked Dugu Bo to help him appear to be making progress, and Dugu Bo suspected he also wanted protection.

• Dugu Bo confronted Xuan Ming about surviving his disappearance, and Xuan Ming alternated between joking and revealing that Spirit Hall had abducted him and assigned him to work beside Xue Qinghe.
• Xuan Ming said Spirit Hall wanted him to win Dugu Yan over and use her to control Dugu Bo, while Dugu Bo refused to get involved and warned Xuan Ming not to hurt her.
• Xuan Ming explained that he had no loyalty to Spirit Hall and was only pretending to cooperate because his talent made them reluctant to kill him.
• Xuan Ming said his defiance in Spirit City had been a calculated outburst that made him seem easier to understand and control than a silent schemer.
• Xuan Ming asked Dugu Bo to put on an act so Spirit Hall would think he was making progress, and Dugu Bo asked whether Xuan Ming also wanted him as a protective talisman.

After Xue Qinghe became crown prince, he brought Xuan Ming to meet Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Xuan Ming detected Chen Xin’s concealed sword intent, then stayed silent through the political discussion as Ning Fengzhi suggested introducing him to his daughter.

• Xue Qinghe moved into the Eastern Palace after his investiture and invited Xuan Ming to meet Ning Fengzhi.
• At Seven Treasure Pavilion, Xuan Ming noticed Chen Xin’s concealed sword intent and called him ruder than himself.
• Chen Xin admitted he had tested Xuan Ming and praised his vigilance.
• Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe discussed affairs of state while Xuan Ming meditated silently nearby.
• Ning Fengzhi suggested arranging a meeting between Xuan Ming and his daughter, and Xue Qinghe asked Xuan Ming what he thought.