Recaps

Lu Yu sent Qian Renxue two short stories meant to make her reconsider her undercover operation, but she recognized a striking resemblance between one story and her own conflict with Xue Beng. She began to fear that Xue Beng’s apparent foolishness concealed a plan to overthrow her.

• Lu Yu wrote stories about a palace coup and a threatened prince, then sent them to Qian Renxue through Great Sage.
• Qian Renxue mistook Great Sage for a cute Soul Beast, but the monkey vanished after delivering the papers, revealing that someone had sent him on purpose.
• Qian Renxue read the stories and dismissed their plots as absurd and spineless.
• Qian Renxue reconsidered the story of the fourth brother feigning madness after his brothers were killed and recognized parallels to her own actions as Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue recalled sparing Xue Beng after he became a wastrel and worried that he might eventually rebel and take the throne.

Xue Qinghe interpreted two stories as a warning about Xue Beng and ordered Pufferfish to watch him while hoping to recruit the unknown sender. Meanwhile, Lu Yu brought Zhu Zhuqing and Yue Li to enroll at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Yue Li shocked Director Li Ming by claiming to be a Titled Douluo.

• Xue Qinghe suspected Xue Beng was pretending to be a wastrel and ordered Pufferfish to monitor his every move.
• Xue Qinghe refused Snake Lance Douluo's offer to investigate the sender, believing the sender might approach him after seeing how he responded to the stories.
• Lu Yu learned that Dugu Bo was away from Dugu Manor, so he took Zhu Zhuqing and Yue Li to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to enroll.
• Director Li Ming began recording their details and was stunned when Lu Yu revealed he was thirteen and level forty-one despite having four white Soul Rings.
• Yue Li claimed to be a level ninety-four Titled Douluo and used her spiritual force to overwhelm Li Ming, who ran to the education committee's office.

Lu Yu toured Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Yue Li and the three education committee members, then met the Heaven Dou Team One students. He focused on Dugu Yan, but Yu Tianheng confronted him, and the chapter ended with Yu Tianheng questioning why Lu Yu was an honored guest.

• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin arrived at the office and learned that Lu Yu had come to visit the academy.
• Meng Shenji showed Lu Yu around Heaven Dou Academy, and Destruction urged him to approach Ye Lingling, a talented Soul Master with the life attribute.
• At Heaven Dou Team One's training grounds, Qin Ming introduced Lu Yu to the students while Yu Tianheng, Oselo, and Yu Feng wondered who he was.
• Lu Yu watched Dugu Yan and considered how to contact Dugu Bo through her, drawing Yu Tianheng's hostile attention.
• Yu Tianheng threatened to gouge out Lu Yu's eyes, and when Meng Shenji called Lu Yu an honored guest, Yu Tianheng challenged the reason for his status.

Lu Yu exposed Yu Tianheng’s arrogance by revealing Yue Li was a Titled Douluo and displaying ten Soul Bones, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. He then challenged the seven students to fight him for seven Soul Bones, and Yue Li silenced Meng Shenji when he objected.

• Yu Tianheng mocked Lu Yu and claimed his grandfather’s status made him more important, while Meng Shenji and the other elders tried to stop him.
• Yue Li released her Soul Power and revealed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, frightening Yu Tianheng and everyone on the training ground.
• Lu Yu displayed ten Soul Bones, including Ah Yin’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and taunted Yu Tianheng about who was more important.
• Yu Tianheng challenged Lu Yu to a one-on-one fight, but Lu Yu refused and offered seven Soul Bones if all seven students could defeat him together.
• Meng Shenji tried to end the confrontation, but Yue Li warned him not to interfere with Lu Yu’s decision.

Lu Yu challenged Heaven Dou Team One to fight all seven at once, then revealed that his External Beast Martial Soul could possess him and raise his power to the Soul Emperor level. Yu Tianheng ordered the team to attack, and Lu Yu formed two Rasengan as they charged.

• Yue Li silenced Meng Shenji, and Lu Yu offered seven Soul Bones as a wager while daring Heaven Dou Team One to concede.
• Yu Tianheng and his teammates agreed to fight without claiming the Soul Bones, and Qin Ming led them onto the field.
• Lu Yu revealed his Lingming Stone Monkey Martial Soul and four White Soul Rings, stunning the team and spectators.
• Yu Tianheng tried to end the match by claiming External Beast Martial Souls could not possess their users, but Lu Yu activated Equal to Heaven Dharma Body and transformed.
• Lu Yu mocked Yu Xiaogang's theory, prompting Yu Tianheng to order the team to attack as Lu Yu formed two Rasengan.

Lu Yu defeated Yu Tianheng and Oselo at Heaven Dou Academy, then secured accommodations while the academy’s elders reported him to the emperor. At the Eastern Palace, Xue Qinghe connected Ning Rongrong’s story about Lu Yu with a mysterious golden-haired monkey and asked whether she had met him.

• Lu Yu knocked Oselo and Yu Tianheng out of the arena, then agreed to stop fighting after Meng Shenji intervened.
• Lu Yu reclaimed the Soul Bones and asked Bai Baoshan and Zhi Lin to find him a place to stay in Heaven Dou City.
• Zhi Lin and Meng Shenji decided to report Lu Yu’s arrival to His Majesty.
• Ning Rongrong asked Xue Qinghe for protection from the powerful man who had bullied her.
• After receiving a secret letter about a female Titled Douluo at Heaven Dou Academy, Xue Qinghe ordered an investigation and questioned Ning Rongrong about the man’s Martial Soul.
• Ning Rongrong described Lu Yu’s unusual Beast Martial Soul, and Xue Qinghe asked whether she had met Lu Yu.

Ning Rongrong reunited with Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong at the Eastern Palace but refused to return to the sect, fearing Lu Yu would retaliate if she left him. Xue Qinghe told Ning Fengzhi about Lu Yu, and Ning Fengzhi realized his daughter’s reluctance was connected to him.

• Xue Qinghe learned from Ning Rongrong about Lu Yu and his terrifying strength, while she concealed Yue Li’s identity as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong arrived at the Eastern Palace, and Ning Rongrong happily greeted them.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Ning Rongrong to return to the sect, but she refused because she feared Lu Yu would pursue her or attack the sect.
• Xue Qinghe privately told Ning Fengzhi what Ning Rongrong had said about Lu Yu and revealed that Lu Yu was at Heaven Dou Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Ning Rongrong if Lu Yu was why she would not return, and she nodded.

Ning Fengzhi learned that Ning Rongrong wanted to stay because she had fallen for Lu Yu, then left her in Xue Qinghe’s care. Xue Qinghe connected Lu Yu’s younger brother to Spirit Hall member Lu Fei and began considering how to recruit Lu Yu.

• Ning Rongrong admitted that she did not want to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect because of Lu Yu, and Xue Qinghe persuaded Ning Fengzhi to let her stay.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Qinghe what he had learned about Lu Yu and his younger brother, including their Martial Souls and innate Soul Power.
• Qian Renxue realized Lu Yu’s brother might be Lu Fei, a talented Spirit Hall member, and resolved to remember Nuoding City and Su Yuntao for recognition.
• Ning Fengzhi left Ning Rongrong in Xue Qinghe’s care and departed with Gu Rong through a spatial rift.
• After Ning Fengzhi left, Xue Qinghe searched the area with her spiritual power and called for Uncle Snake Lance.

Qian Renxue arranged to bring Su Yuntao to Heaven Dou City, hoping to use him to connect with Lu Yu, while Lu Yu told Zhu Zhuqing that Dugu Bo’s treasures could help her become a god. As interest in Lu Yu grew and news of his Soul Bones spread, powerful figures and sinister outsiders began converging on Heaven Dou City.

• Xue Qinghe ordered Snake Lance to transfer Su Yuntao to Heaven Dou City, reward him, and help him obtain a high-quality Soul Ring.
• Lu Yu told Zhu Zhuqing that Dugu Bo possessed treasures that could help her become a god, then comforted her by promising he would never abandon her.
• A Soul Emperor delivered the transfer order to Su Yuntao in Nuoding City, and Su Yuntao agreed to leave for Heaven Dou City the next morning.
• Qian Renxue concealed information about Lu Yu, warned Salas not to tell Bibi Dong, and had Lu Fei, Lin Tian, and Oscar watched in Spirit City.
• Lu Yu brushed off a visitor sent by Emperor Xue Ye, while Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong secretly gathered information about him from a hotel.
• News of Lu Yu’s Soul Bones spread beyond Heaven Dou City, drawing people with sinister intentions into the city.

Su Yuntao accompanied Crown Prince Xue Qinghe to Heaven Dou Academy, where rival factions converged to recruit Lu Yu. As the three sides followed the academy committee toward Lu Yu’s residence, each plotted to use him to strengthen its position.

• Salas ordered Su Yuntao to follow Xue Qinghe’s instructions and keep silent during the crown prince’s errand.
• Xue Qinghe brought Su Yuntao to Heaven Dou Academy, where Xue Xing and Xue Beng arrived with Dugu Bo and challenged the crown prince over Lu Yu.
• Xue Qinghe and Xue Xing traded accusations about their motives for seeking Lu Yu.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong arrived, completing the gathering of three factions, each hoping to recruit Lu Yu.
• The academy education committee greeted the assembled group and led them toward Lu Yu’s residence, while Su Yuntao stood terrified behind Xue Qinghe.