Recaps

Lu Yu entered the Soul Hunting Forest and discovered that Jin Erhu and his four underlings had followed him inside to rob him. Recognizing Jin Erhu as a notorious bandit, Lu Yu decided to attack and prepared a coordinated ambush with Great Sage.

• Lu Yu covered himself with Hundred-Year Soul Beast dung powder before searching the forest, while Jin Erhu widened the gap and led his men inside.
• Tu Ka used his Martial Soul to locate Lu Yu, and Jin Erhu's group followed the trail of dung powder toward him.
• Great Sage warned Lu Yu that someone was approaching, and Lu Yu hid in a tree to observe five men moving through the woods.
• Lu Yu recognized Jin Erhu as a local bully and bandit and resolved to eliminate the group so they could not threaten him again.
• Lu Yu explained his battle plan to Great Sage, then summoned the Ruyi Staff and placed it in his hands.

Lu Yu killed Jin Erhu and his four men after they tried to rob him, then decided to earn money and train at the Soul Fighting Arena rather than keep hunting Soul Beasts. He told Su Yuntao he planned to leave Nuoding City for Suotuo City, and Su Yuntao agreed to help him with a letter of recommendation.

• Lu Yu and Great Sage ambushed Jin Erhu, Tu Ka, and the tall, thin lackey, then killed the other two lackeys before fleeing the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Lu Yu searched the five men and found twenty-two Silver Soul Coins and fifteen Copper Soul Coins, then decided the Soul Fighting Arena would be a safer way to earn money and improve his skills.
• Lu Yu returned to Nuoding City and told Su Yuntao over dinner that he planned to travel to Suotuo City for more opportunities.
• Su Yuntao worried about Lu Yu's safety but agreed to let him go and promised to write him a letter of recommendation for the Spirit Hall in Suotuo City.

Xiao Chenyu and his underlings went to Lu Fei’s dormitory to make him join their group, but changed their attitude after learning he had level-five Innate Soul Power. Xiao Chenyu welcomed Lu Fei as a new boss, leaving the underlings bewildered.

• Lu Fei cautiously opened his dormitory door after Liu Long and the others kept knocking and teasing him.
• Xiao Chenyu entered with his underlings and tried to recruit Lu Fei as one of his followers.
• Lu Fei said he had a Fire Monkey Martial Soul and level-five Innate Soul Power, shocking Xiao Chenyu and the others.
• Xiao Chenyu offered to protect and help Lu Fei, then told his underlings to treat him as a boss.
• The underlings greeted Lu Fei as Boss Lu after Xiao Chenyu ordered them to.

Yu Xiaogang brought Tang San to his office after Mo Hen introduced him as a theory grandmaster and academy teacher. When Yu Xiaogang revealed that he knew Tang San had a second Martial Soul, Tang San prepared to kill him if he sensed danger.

• Xiao Wu became Dorm Seven's boss after Tang San's trial as boss ended.
• Mo Hen summoned Tang San from the dormitory and introduced him to Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang sought Tang San out after finding his enrollment record and suspecting he had Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang San recognized Yu Xiaogang as the man he had suspected of being a human trafficker, but followed him to his office while staying alert.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San whether he had another Martial Soul, and Tang San readied his Sleeve Arrow.

Yu Xiaogang deduced that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and accepted him as his disciple. After arriving in Suotuo City, Lu Yu rented a room and ordered a heavy iron staff before falling asleep.

• Yu Xiaogang explained that Tang San’s Innate Full Soul Power meant he must have a second Martial Soul and offered to guide his cultivation.
• Tang San knelt and kowtowed to Yu Xiaogang, asking him to accept him as his teacher.
• Five days later, Lu Yu arrived in Suotuo City with Great Sage and decided to rest before doing anything else.
• Lu Yu paid for a superior room and asked the innkeeper to arrange a 1.2-meter iron staff weighing one hundred jin by the next morning.
• Lu Yu and Great Sage fell asleep in the room, and Lu Yu later woke after night had fallen.

Lu Yu collected his iron staff, explored Suotuo City, and registered for Soul Fighting under the name Great Sage Equal to Heaven. He watched a junior arena match and questioned the risks of strict Soul Ring limits.

• Lu Yu collected his hundred-jin iron staff from the innkeeper and left to explore the city with the Great Sage.
• Lu Yu ate snacks with the Great Sage, then recalled and resummoned him to clear the effects of spicy food.
• Lu Yu entered the Soto Great Soul Arena and showed a Ten-Year Soul Ring to make two guards let him pass.
• Lu Yu registered a Soul Fighting identity with level 13 Soul Power and chose the codename Great Sage Equal to Heaven.
• Lu Yu watched two Soul Masters with white Ten-Year Soul Rings fight and reflected on the dangers of rigid Soul Ring limits.

Lu Yu watched a Soul Fighting match, then entered the arena to face Mad Bear, a stronger and larger opponent. He struck Mad Bear with his iron staff and Flowing Cloud Seven Tremors, sending him crashing to the ground.

• Lu Yu realized he could use his previous life's martial arts by channeling Soul Power, including the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms.
• After Blood Blade won his match, Lu Yu recalled the Great Sage and entered the arena as a level 13 Battle Soul Master.
• The host announced that Lu Yu would fight Mad Bear, a level 17 Battle Soul Master, prompting the crowd to protest the mismatch.
• Mad Bear charged at Lu Yu, who dodged his attempt to grab his leg and smashed the iron staff into Mad Bear's hand and head.
• Mad Bear activated Savage Bear Charge, but Lu Yu rushed in and hit his side with Flowing Cloud Seven Tremors, sending him flying and spitting blood.

Lu Yu built a winning streak at the Soto Great Soul Arena and earned a fortune, prompting Manager Huang to summon him and offer him a partnership. Lu Yu accepted a deal to keep fighting at the arena for 300,000 Gold Soul Coins, leaving with the payment and instructions to await future matches.

• Lu Yu defeated level-seventeen Mad Bear in less than a minute, then collected his prize and winnings from a bet he had placed on himself.
• Lu Yu continued winning at the Soto Great Soul Arena, defeated a level-nineteen Soul Master, and became famous as Great Sage Equal to Heaven.
• After Lu Yu won his thirtieth consecutive match, two arena attendants escorted him to meet Manager Huang.
• Manager Huang offered Lu Yu either 200,000 Gold Soul Coins to compete in other cities or 300,000 Gold Soul Coins to keep fighting at the Soto arena.
• Lu Yu chose the second offer, took the Soul Coin card, and gave Manager Huang his address so the arena could contact him about future matches.

Lu Yu spent his Soul Fighting Arena windfall on Whale Rubber, cultivation medicines, and a storage ring at the Seven Treasure Chamber of Commerce. He arranged for supplies to be delivered to Su Yuntao and planned to add a letter for Lu Fei before the caravan departed.

• Lu Yu visited the Seven Treasure Chamber of Commerce and requested Whale Rubber, body-tempering medicines, and a storage ring.
• Lu Yu bought two pieces of thousand-year Whale Rubber, one piece of hundred-year Whale Rubber, a hundred-year Fire Ganoderma, a storage ring, and cultivation pills for 187,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• Lu Yu tested the storage ring and packed most of his purchases inside, setting aside items and pills for Su Yuntao.
• Lu Yu arranged for the chamber to deliver supplies and 1,000 Gold Soul Coins to Su Yuntao's home within three days.
• Lu Yu asked to add items to the shipment before the caravan left, intending to send Lu Fei a letter explaining the Whale Rubber, then resolved to stay ahead of Tang San.

Su Yuntao delivered Lu Yu’s shipment from the Seven Treasure Chamber of Commerce to Lu Fei, revealing that Lu Fei had connections Xiao Chenyu had not known about. Lu Fei discovered the letter was written in garlic juice, but the message had not yet been revealed.

• A guard from the Seven Treasure Chamber of Commerce delivered three jade boxes, a sealed letter, and a cloth bag to Su Yuntao, who hurried to find Lu Fei.
• Xiao Chenyu reconsidered his plan to control Lu Fei after Su Yuntao arrived at Nuoding Academy and called for him.
• Su Yuntao told Lu Fei that his brother had sent him the package, surprising the students and prompting Xiao Chenyu to leave to consult his father.
• Lu Fei returned to Su Yuntao’s home and opened the boxes and blank-looking letter.
• Lu Fei smelled garlic on the paper and remembered Lu Yu saying that warming garlic-juice writing over a low flame would reveal it.

Lu Fei discovered Lu Yu’s hidden letter and followed his instructions to share cultivation resources with Su Yuntao and strengthen himself. After reaching rank 6, he returned to Nuoding Academy, where Tang San came to his dormitory door.

• Lu Fei heated the garlic-water letter with his Fire Monkey Martial Soul and read Lu Yu’s instructions about the Whale Rubber, a rented courtyard, and the cultivation resources.
• Lu Fei gave Su Yuntao the cultivation pills and Gold Soul Coins Lu Yu had sent, easing Su Yuntao’s hurt over Lu Yu’s month-long silence.
• Lu Fei went to Lu Yu’s rented courtyard, consumed half the Whale Rubber, and then refined a piece of Fire Ganoderma.
• Lu Fei discovered that his Soul Power had reached rank 6 and returned to Nuoding Academy with the remaining resources.
• Tang San knocked at Lu Fei’s dormitory door and introduced himself as a first-year work-study student.

Tang San failed to persuade Lu Fei to let Yu Xiaogang guide Lu Yu, who was still missing. In Suotuo City, Manager Huang recruited Lu Yu to face a powerful rival, and was shocked to discover Lu Yu had reached level twenty.

• Tang San visited Lu Fei to ask whether Lu Yu had returned and argued that Yu Xiaogang could help train him.
• Lu Fei challenged Tang San's faith in Yu Xiaogang and shut the door without answering when Lu Yu would return.
• Tang San reported his failure to Yu Xiaogang, who wondered where Lu Yu had gone.
• An employee summoned Lu Yu to Manager Huang, who asked him to fight Lin Tian, a level-twenty-eight Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster with a 48–7 record.
• Lu Yu pretended the request was difficult and waited for Manager Huang to offer more money.
• Manager Huang offered Lu Yu fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins and was astonished to learn he had reached level twenty.

Manager Huang offered Lu Yu a match against Lin Tian, and Lu Yu accepted after discovering Lin Tian had chosen the alias Great Sage Who Surpasses Heaven. Their Soul Fight began with Lin Tian attacking first, but Lu Yu’s staff technique caught him off guard and left him taking his opponent seriously.

• Manager Huang offered Lu Yu fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins to fight Lin Tian and discovered Lu Yu had reached level twenty.
• Manager Huang showed Lu Yu Lin Tian’s contestant information, revealing his alias was Great Sage Who Surpasses Heaven, so Lu Yu agreed to fight him.
• The arena host introduced Lin Tian and Lu Yu, whose aliases drew an excited crowd as they entered the match.
• Lin Tian charged Lu Yu with his Thunder Pattern Staff, while Lu Yu spun his staff to secretly build power for a strike.
• Lu Yu’s charged tremor collided with Lin Tian’s staff, numbing Lin Tian’s hands and making him realize Lu Yu’s staff technique was formidable.

Lu Yu fought Lin Tian in the Soul Fighting Arena, relying on his staff technique until Lin Tian’s Thunderclap Break shattered his weapon and knocked him down. Lu Yu then used Proud Dragon Repents from the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms to defeat Lin Tian, who ended the fight unconscious.

• Lu Yu and Lin Tian exchanged staff blows, and Lin Tian grew alarmed at Lu Yu’s superior technique.
• Lin Tian used his first Soul Skill, Thunderclap Break, shattering Lu Yu’s iron staff and hurling him to the ground.
• Lu Yu stood back up despite his injuries and refused to summon his Martial Soul.
• Lu Yu gathered a force beyond the conventional Soul Skill system and prepared the palm strike Proud Dragon Repents.
• Lu Yu struck Lin Tian with Proud Dragon Repents, leaving Lin Tian unconscious on the platform.

Lu Yu defeated Lin Tian in the Soto Soul Fighting Arena, then proposed that they join forces so Lu Yu could use Lin Tian’s Thunder Pattern Staff Martial Soul while teaching him staff techniques. Lin Tian agreed, and the two began their partnership at the arena.

• Lu Yu won the match by knocking Lin Tian unconscious with a barehanded palm strike, exposing how his lack of a usable weapon limited his fighting ability.
• Lin Tian woke in the private lounge and learned that Lu Yu’s finishing move was a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Lu Yu explained that his Lingming Stone Monkey Martial Soul could not possess him for combat and proposed that he and Lin Tian fight as partners.
• Lin Tian agreed to join Lu Yu on the condition that Lu Yu teach him all of his staff techniques.
• Lu Yu agreed to teach Lin Tian while borrowing his Thunder Pattern Staff, and they declared their partnership at the Soto Soul Fighting Arena.

Lu Yu and Lin Tian named their new faction Flower-Fruit Mountain, then Lu Yu traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain the Sky-Flying Centipede for his Second Soul Ring. He confirmed the Soul Beast was the one he wanted and prepared to absorb it at the Wild Wolf Soul Hunting Team’s base.

• Lu Yu encouraged Lin Tian to dream of becoming a Titled Douluo, and they agreed to name their faction Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Lu Yu hinted that he had a remarkable future base in mind, while Lin Tian offered to help choose one if it disappointed him.
• The next morning, Lu Yu traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest and asked the Wild Wolf Soul Hunting Team whether they had found a Sky-Flying Centipede.
• The team’s leader demanded an additional three hundred Gold Soul Coins and revealed that they had already captured the centipede.
• Lu Yu confirmed the nine-segment Sky-Flying Centipede was the Soul Beast he wanted and paid the team, whose leader suppressed his curiosity about Lu Yu’s Storage Soul Tool.
• Lu Yu decided to absorb the Soul Beast at the team’s base rather than carry it away.

Lu Yu absorbed a second Ten-Year Soul Ring and discovered it granted a powerful speed boost, then returned to Suotuo City and found Lin Tian waiting at his courtyard. Lu Yu revealed his two white Soul Rings, prompting Lin Tian to mistake him for an impostor and threaten him with his staff.

• Lu Yu thanked Captain Wild Wolf after absorbing his second Ten-Year Soul Ring and left for Suotuo City.
• Lu Yu tested his Second Soul Skill, named Nitrogen Acceleration, which boosted his movement speed and could be locked to sustain an even stronger increase.
• Lu Yu summoned the Ruyi Staff and considered its growing weight and Great Sage’s stored Soul Power.
• Lu Yu reached his brightly lit courtyard late at night, entered cautiously, and found Lin Tian waiting inside.
• Lu Yu showed Lin Tian his two white Ten-Year Soul Rings, and Lin Tian accused him of impersonating Lu Yu and pointed his Thunder Pattern Staff at him.

Lu Yu explained his Soul Skills to Lin Tian and blamed Great Sage for choosing his weak Soul Rings. The next day, Lu Yu and Lin Tian entered a two-person Soul Fight against the Wild Bull Duo, drawing a stunned reaction when Lu Yu revealed his two Ten-Year Soul Rings.

• Lu Yu proved his identity to Lin Tian with his First Soul Skill and embarrassing childhood memories.
• Lu Yu told Lin Tian that Great Sage had chosen his Soul Rings and described his Second Soul Skill, which doubled his speed for three seconds.
• Lin Tian left Lu Yu for the night, and Lu Yu went to sleep after he departed.
• The next day, Lu Yu and Lin Tian entered the arena as the Great Sage duo to fight the Wild Bull Duo.
• Niu Da and Niu Er activated their Martial Souls, and the crowd fell silent when Lu Yu revealed two white Ten-Year Soul Rings.

Lu Yu and Lin Tian faced Niu Da and Niu Er in the Soul Fighting Arena, where Lu Yu’s two Ten-Year Soul Rings shocked the crowd. Lu Yu defeated the pair, and the arena declared the Flower-Fruit Mountain Duo the winners.

• The crowd and Niu Da and Niu Er were stunned when Lu Yu revealed his two Ten-Year Soul Rings.
• Lin Tian handed Lu Yu the Thunder Pattern Staff and withdrew, while Niu Er charged and Niu Da attacked from behind.
• Lu Yu used Nitrogen Acceleration to dodge both attacks, then struck Niu Er with Flowing Cloud Seven Tremors and made him cough blood.
• Niu Da used Berserk Bull Ground Stomp to knock Lin Tian down, but Lu Yu struck Niu Da and Niu Er from behind with Twin Dragons Fetch Water, knocking them unconscious.
• The host announced the Flower-Fruit Mountain Duo as the winners, and Lin Tian complained to Lu Yu that he had put him through trouble.

After a grueling Soul Fighting Arena match, Lu Yu gave Lin Tian a reason to delay his Soul Ring hunt and went to buy Whale Rubber. On the way, he discovered that the young sausage seller was Oscar and began considering how to recruit him.

• Lu Yu and Lin Tian celebrated their thirtieth consecutive victory after defeating two stronger Soul Masters, and Lin Tian expected to break through to level 30 that night.
• Lu Yu promised to give Lin Tian something valuable after his breakthrough and told him not to hunt for a Soul Ring immediately.
• Lu Yu headed to the Seven Treasure Chamber of Commerce to buy Whale Rubber but followed an unusual fragrance to a sausage cart.
• Lu Yu offered Oscar a Gold Soul Coin for freshly made sausages, and Oscar used his Martial Soul to produce one.
• Lu Yu tasted Oscar's sausage, felt his injuries and fatigue ease, and left while planning to recruit Oscar.

After Lin Tian broke through to level thirty, Lu Yu helped him refine Whale Rubber to strengthen his body before they set out to hunt for his third Soul Ring. On the way, Lu Yu found Oscar again and offered him cultivation resources in exchange for providing healing sausages, leaving Oscar stunned by the proposal.

• Lu Yu bought two pieces of high-quality Whale Rubber from the Seven Treasure Chamber of Commerce and waited while Lin Tian cultivated.
• Lin Tian broke through to level thirty, and Lu Yu explained that Whale Rubber could strengthen the body and raise the age of Soul Rings a person could absorb.
• Lu Yu gave Lin Tian Whale Rubber to refine, and Lin Tian resolved to follow him loyally.
• After refining the Whale Rubber, Lin Tian joined Lu Yu to head toward the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for a third Soul Ring.
• Lu Yu found Oscar at his sausage stall and offered him cultivation resources in exchange for supplying healing sausages, leaving Oscar shocked.

Lu Yu tried to recruit Oscar, then helped Lin Tian choose a Soul Beast for his third Soul Ring while they traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest. Lin Tian chose the Purple-Patterned Thunder Spirit Butterfly to strengthen his Martial Soul Origin.

• Lu Yu invited Oscar to join him, but Oscar said he needed to ask Flender for permission and learned where to find Lu Yu.
• Lu Yu explained to Lin Tian that Oscar was a food-type Soul Master with Innate Full Soul Power.
• Lu Yu presented four lightning-attribute Soul Beasts and explained the different Soul Skills and long-term benefits each could provide Lin Tian.
• Lin Tian chose the Purple-Patterned Thunder Spirit Butterfly to strengthen his Martial Soul Origin and potentially improve his future cultivation and Soul Skills.

Lu Yu and Lin Tian hired Captain Luo’s Soul Hunting team to find a Purple-Patterned Thunder Spirit Butterfly, intending to use one over two thousand five hundred years old for Lin Tian’s third Soul Ring. After the exhausted butterfly laid an egg, the team attacked it with a powder that left it staggering.

• Lu Yu hired Captain Luo’s team to hunt a Purple-Patterned Thunder Spirit Butterfly, concealing his plan to choose one older than two thousand years.
• The team found a butterfly laying eggs in a rocky thunder region, and Lu Yu identified it as over two thousand five hundred years old.
• Captain Luo warned Lu Yu and Lin Tian that the butterfly was too old for a third Soul Ring, but Lu Yu paid the remaining fee and insisted on proceeding.
• After about half an hour, the butterfly laid a purple-patterned egg and crawled to a ledge to rest.
• Captain Luo’s team surrounded the weakened butterfly and threw powder bombs that made it lose its balance.

Lu Yu revealed that the Purple-Patterned Thunder Spirit Butterfly was about 3,800 years old, far beyond Lin Tian’s safe limit, but Lin Tian chose to absorb its Soul Ring anyway. After the Soul Hunting team accepted Lu Yu’s compensation, they left to guard the area while Lin Tian began the attempt.

• Captain Luo and his companions battled the Purple-Patterned Thunder Spirit Butterfly and realized it was far stronger than a 2,500-year Soul Beast.
• Lu Yu pretended to be shocked by the beast’s age, then told Lin Tian privately that it was 3,800 years old and that Lin Tian could likely withstand only about 3,500 years.
• Lu Yu apologized to Captain Luo and paid the team 2,000 Gold Soul Coins, easing their anger over his misjudgment.
• Lin Tian killed the Purple-Patterned Thunder Spirit Butterfly and produced its purple Soul Ring despite Lu Yu’s warning.
• Lin Tian told Lu Yu he wanted to try absorbing the ring, and Lu Yu gave him a healing sausage before asking Captain Luo’s team to stand guard.

Lin Tian survived absorbing the Purple-Patterned Thunder Spirit Butterfly's Soul Ring, becoming a Soul Elder and purifying his Martial Soul Origin. He gained an External Soul Bone in the form of butterfly wings, which Lu Yu concealed as they left the Star Dou Great Forest with Captain Luo's group.

• Lin Tian endured the Soul Ring's violent power, using a Recovery Sausage to stay conscious as the lightning battered his body.
• Lin Tian's Thunder Pattern Staff drew the lightning away from him, and he eventually absorbed the Soul Ring before passing out in Lu Yu's arms.
• A pair of bluish-purple butterfly wings emerged from Lin Tian's back, revealing that he had obtained an External Soul Bone.
• Lu Yu caught Lin Tian when the wings vanished, covered the bulge on his back with a blanket, and carried him away.
• Lu Yu called Captain Luo and the others to follow, and the group left the forest after Lin Tian's successful breakthrough.