Recaps

Wang Hao destroyed nearly the entire interstellar fleet, broke through to Daluo, and returned to find the precious herbs and Ah Yin missing. He tracked the theft to Dugu Bo and confronted Tang Hao at Shrek Academy, where Ah Yin shielded Tang Hao and Dugu Bo rallied the hidden Titled Douluo to attack him.

• Wang Hao used his Nineleaf Sword Grass to destroy over ninety-nine percent of the interstellar fleet and fed its remains to himself and Douluo Star.
• Tang San and Dugu Bo fled toward Shrek Academy after realizing the stolen herbs had angered a being far stronger than they could fight.
• Wang Hao returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, found the precious herbs gone, and traced the theft to Dugu Bo's poison.
• Wang Hao found Dugu Bo at Shrek Academy and attacked him, but Tang Hao deflected his Sword Qi and fought back with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Ah Yin transformed her Blue Silver Grass into a shield to protect Tang Hao, and Tang Hao struck Wang Hao with his World-Destroying Strike.
• Dugu Bo urged the hidden Titled Douluo to attack Wang Hao and seize his Spirit Bone, and they joined the assault.

Wang Hao used Immolation to restore Ah Yin to human form and gave her a chaos-colored Spirit Ring and nine Spirit Bone swords before dying. As Ah Yin reunited with Tang Hao and learned that Little Nine had awakened his Blue Silver Grass Martial Spirit, Gu Yuena and Di Tian set out to welcome her back to the Spirit Beasts.

• Titled Douluo attacked the Nineleaf Sword Grass for its Spirit Bone, but Wang Hao used Immolation to pour his power into Ah Yin and restore her human form.
• Wang Hao scattered Douluo Planet's forming lightning tribulation, turned the nine sword leaves into lightning-wreathed Spirit Bone swords for Ah Yin, and then died as his true spirit escaped inside the Haotian Mirror Fragment.
• Several Titled Douluo tried to seize Ah Yin's swords, but a sword's Sword Qi killed the attackers, prompting the other powerhouses to abandon their attempts.
• Gu Yuena concluded that the Nineleaf Sword Grass had been a Spirit Beast and ordered Di Tian to accompany her to the human world to welcome Ah Yin back.
• Ah Yin asked Tang Hao about Little Nine, and Tang Yuehua explained that he had awakened his Blue Silver Grass Martial Spirit so he could protect himself; Ah Yin accepted his choice.

Ah Yin left Shrek Academy without meeting Little Nine, while Tang Hao warned Tang Yuehua not to cross his limits. Little Nine secretly learned that his parents might explain the Clear Sky Clan’s hostility, and Wang Hao arranged to travel to Shrek Academy to discreetly upgrade Yu Xiaogang’s Spirit Bone eye.

• Ah Yin gave Tang Yuehua a Blue Silver Grass blade for emergencies and flew south on a Spirit Bone sword without speaking to Little Nine.
• Tang Hao emerged to see Ah Yin off, then warned Tang Yuehua against going too far before leaving her.
• Little Nine used Haki to eavesdrop, concealed his awareness, and wondered whether Wang Hao was his father and whether he should find another path.
• Wang Hao told Bibi Dong he needed to visit Shrek Academy to upgrade the Spirit Bone eye influencing Yu Xiaogang, whose Luo Sanpao was evolving.
• Bibi Dong ordered Ghost Douluo, Qianjun, and Jiangmo to accompany and protect the Grandmaster on a four-day academic exchange, threatening Ghost Douluo if anything went wrong.

Wang Hao arrived at Shrek Academy with Demon Subduing Douluo, Thousand Ton Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Hu Liena to conduct an academic exchange and meet Yu Xiaogang. Tang Hao nearly attacked the visitors, but Wang Hao stopped him, and the group entered the academy to talk.

• Ghost Douluo brought the group to Shrek Academy with a costly spatial Spirit Skill, then hid in Wang Hao's shadow to recover.
• Hu Liena was astonished by the students' high cultivation, while Demon Subduing Douluo and Thousand Ton Douluo praised her strength under Spirit Hall's new cultivation system.
• Tang Hao confronted Demon Subduing Douluo and Thousand Ton Douluo with murderous intent, but Wang Hao stopped him and explained that he had come for an academic exchange and to visit an old acquaintance's descendant.
• Zhao Tiancheng arrived to welcome the visitors, and Wang Hao learned that his Dragon Courage Spear came from a mutation of his mother's Martial Spirit and asked him to bring his children for guidance.
• Wang Hao greeted Yu Xiaogang and praised the meaning of Shrek Academy's name, winning Flender's favor.
• Flender invited the visitors inside after Tang Hao gave his consent.

Wang Hao found Jing Ling at Shrek Academy and recognized him as the reincarnation of Qian Sha, offering to pass on his father’s Sword Dao inheritance and invite him to Spirit Hall. After arranging to teach at the academy and delaying the academic exchange until the next day, Wang Hao left with Hu Liena while Tang Hao agreed to remain but rejected his former title.

• Flender and Liu Erlong sent for Jing Ling after Wang Hao named him as the descendant he had come to meet.
• Wang Hao recognized Jing Ling’s true spirit as Qian Sha’s and showed him a projection of Qian Sha, convincing Jing Ling and the others that Qian Sha was his father.
• Wang Hao offered Jing Ling his father’s Sword Dao inheritance and an opportunity to join Spirit Hall, but said he would not force him to go.
• Wang Hao asked Flender for a place to teach Sword Dao and postponed the academic exchange with Yu Xiaogang until the following day.
• After Wang Hao left with Hu Liena and Jing Ling’s companions, Flender asked Tang Hao to guard the academy, and Tang Hao rejected the title Haotian until he defeated the man who had humiliated the Clear Sky Clan.

At Shrek Academy, Wang Hao offered guidance to Jing Ling, Jiang Zhu, and Huang Yuan after hearing about their backgrounds and abilities. He watched Huang Yuan and Jing Ling demonstrate their Spirit Skills, then began assessing Jiang Zhu’s healing-focused Martial Spirit.

• Wang Hao reassured the three students that appearances could be misleading and invited them to introduce themselves and their Martial Spirits.
• Jing Ling, Jiang Zhu, and Huang Yuan explained their levels, abilities, and plans to form a team after graduation.
• Wang Hao praised Huang Yuan’s hard work, joked about his Lone Wolf Martial Spirit, and asked him to demonstrate his Spirit Skills.
• Huang Yuan demonstrated Bone Claw, Wind-Rending Sharp Claws, and Self-Healing.
• Jing Ling demonstrated Bone Blade, Skeleton Clone, and Shift and Swap, and Wang Hao considered a plan for his development.
• Wang Hao asked Jiang Zhu to demonstrate her Spirit Skills and recognized that her Healing Scepter specialized in healing.

Wang Hao examined Jiang Zhu’s healing Spirit Skills and taught her, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling the value of Spirit Power control. He outlined ways Jiang Zhu could develop her Healing Scepter Auras, leaving the three eager to begin his instruction.

• Jiang Zhu demonstrated her healing and meditation-enhancing Spirit Skills, and Wang Hao praised their lasting effects.
• Jiang Zhu explained that she, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling were orphans who had hunted for their own Spirit Rings, with her brothers sacrificing their chances to help her.
• Wang Hao stabilized Jiang Zhu’s Healing Scepter outside her body and said Spirit Power control would be the main subject of his training.
• Demon Subduing Douluo assured the three that Wang Hao’s personalized instruction could lead them to become Titled Douluos.
• Wang Hao named the Healing Scepter’s ring-shaped core an Aura and advised Jiang Zhu to master control and study her abilities so she could support large armies and gain military resources.

Wang Hao taught Huang Yuan and Jing Ling how to develop their Spirit Skills through Shape Transformation and Nature Transformation, then promised Jing Ling his father’s Sword Dao inheritance. Jing Ling recognized the bone swords as his father’s and let go of his resentment, while Wang Hao privately congratulated himself on fooling another kid.

• Wang Hao explained how Huang Yuan could transform and strengthen his bone spikes, and urged him to experiment with his first three Spirit Skills.
• Huang Yuan vowed to follow Wang Hao’s advice and develop his abilities toward an indestructible, self-healing body.
• Wang Hao praised Jiang Zhu for guiding the group’s Spirit Skill choices and told the three that knowledge could help commoner Spirit Masters rise.
• Wang Hao revealed that he had been born a commoner with a poor Martial Spirit and low Innate Spirit Power, surprising the nearby Spirit Hall experts.
• Wang Hao shaped nine bone swords and promised Jing Ling his father’s Sword Dao inheritance once Jing Ling could transform his bones into the eight required swords.
• Jing Ling recognized Black and White Xuan Jian as his father’s swords and stopped resenting his parents for abandoning him.

Wang Hao encountered Hu Liena after she defeated the Shrek Seven Devils with an illusion, then questioned the academy’s discipline after hearing why the fight began. The chapter left Flender and the others facing Wang Hao’s criticism while Liu Erlong considered harsher training for the defeated students.

• Jiang Zhu healed Little Nine’s training injuries and told him her schedule would become uncertain after receiving guidance from a powerful figure.
• Wang Hao, Demon Subduing Douluo, and another companion went to a training ground after sensing Hu Liena’s activity and found the Shrek Seven Devils beaten.
• Hu Liena explained that Dai Mubai had harassed her, then his group attacked her, so she used an illusion that made them fight one another; Tang San had partly resisted with his Purple Demon Eye.
• Tang San and Hu Liena exchanged names and shook hands, while Flender apologized to Wang Hao for the spectacle.
• Wang Hao questioned Hu Liena about starting the fight, then criticized Flender and the academy after hearing her account.

Wang Hao reprimanded Hu Liena for fighting alone, then gave Oscar and Ma Hongjun guidance on their Martial Spirits. After Hu Liena accepted her punishment, Oscar asked Wang Hao what her Martial Spirit was, leaving Flender and the others waiting for an answer.

• Ma Hongjun and the Shrek students apologized to Hu Liena, and Wang Hao healed their injuries before agreeing to guide Oscar and Ma Hongjun, the two commoners.
• Wang Hao examined Oscar and Ma Hongjun's Spirit Skills, advised Oscar to study cooking and understand his sausage Martial Spirit, and assigned Hu Liena to copy sausage recipes as punishment.
• Wang Hao reprimanded Hu Liena for fighting alone and warned her about the dangers facing a beautiful female Spirit Master; she acknowledged her mistake.
• Oscar asked Wang Hao what Hu Liena's Martial Spirit was after she had defeated the Shrek team without releasing it.

Hu Liena explained how her spiritual power had helped her defeat Shrek Academy’s students, and Wang Hao advised Oscar and Ma Hongjun about their prospects and inherited bloodlines. Yu Xiaogang began explaining the history of the Earth Three Sects, leaving the disadvantage of their inherited Martial Spirits unrevealed.

• Hu Liena told Oscar that her fox Martial Spirit and strong spiritual power had let her exploit the Shrek students’ weak defenses.
• Wang Hao praised Oscar’s manners, then asked Flender to tell Ning Fengzhi about the divine inheritances that could help Oscar and Ning Rongrong overcome their family’s objections.
• Wang Hao advised Ma Hongjun to seek Phoenix bloodlines and a fire huang partner, revealing that Ma Hongjun might descend from the Nine Heavens Rainbow Phoenix Clan.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that the Spirit Master world had once had the Heaven Three Sects and Earth Three Sects, but stopped just as he began describing the Earth Three Sects’ disadvantage.

Yu Xiaogang and Hu Liena explained the history of the Earth Three Sects and the hidden Titled Douluo among the sects. Wang Hao discovered that Ma Hongjun’s evil fire could temper his bloodline and body, then gave him Secret Methods to prepare for its reawakening the next day; the chapter ended with everyone learning that Tang San had a Triple Martial Spirit.

• Yu Xiaogang explained that the Earth Three Sects had declined because their complete Martial Spirit legacies could pass to only one heir per generation, and described the current Lower Four Sects.
• Hu Liena corrected Yu Xiaogang, explaining that the sects did have elderly Titled Douluo, but kept them hidden because they were no longer suited for battle.
• Wang Hao examined Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix flame and revealed that its evil fire could temper his bloodline, body, Martial Spirit, and Spirit Power, giving him the potential to found a powerful clan or become a god.
• Ma Hongjun agreed to endure the pain of reawakening the evil fire, and Flender consented to let Wang Hao help him.
• Wang Hao transmitted Secret Methods for controlling and refining the evil fire to Ma Hongjun and said he would activate its origin the next day.
• Wang Hao compared Ma Hongjun’s potential to Tang San’s Triple Martial Spirit, shocking Ma Hongjun, Yu Xiaogang, and the others.

Wang Hao gave Ma Hongjun a method to remove the Evil Fire from his bloodline, then defused tensions over Xiao Wu and arranged for Hu Liena to face Tang San. As their spiritual contest began, Wang Hao offered Oscar a method to separate the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid from his body.

• Ma Hongjun begged Wang Hao to remove his Evil Fire, and Wang Hao gave him a crystal containing a transfer method and the Evil Fire cultivation inheritance.
• Wang Hao asked Xiao Wu why she seemed to hate him; Tang Hao and the Spirit Hall elders nearly clashed before Wang Hao calmed them and offered to resolve any misunderstanding.
• Yu Xiaogang chose Tang San to challenge Hu Liena, and Hu Liena accepted because she wanted to study his eye-training Secret Method.
• Hu Liena and Tang San began an invisible contest of spiritual power, staring into each other's eyes without moving.
• Wang Hao asked Oscar about the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid he had consumed and gave him a Secret Method to separate it from his body.

Wang Hao exposed Tang San’s use of the stolen immortal-grade herbs and challenged him for not treating his injured teachers, while Tang Hao repeatedly took offense. Wang Hao then claimed he had known Tang San’s mother before Tang Hao did, leaving Tang San and the others confused as a mistaken belief about his mother began to take shape.

• Wang Hao said the herbs Tang San took from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well belonged to a powerful owner, and warned that Tang Hao’s claim to have killed the Nineleaf Sword Grass would not keep its allies away.
• Tang Hao showed murderous intent toward Wang Hao, prompting Demon Subduing Douluo and his brother to prepare for a fight before Flender and the others intervened.
• Hu Liena returned from fighting Tang San and said she had learned the secrets of his Purple Demon Eye and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track footwork.
• Wang Hao learned that Flender, Liu Erlong, and Zhao Wuji had lingering injuries, then criticized Tang San for not using the herbs he had taken to help the teachers who had been hurt protecting him.
• Wang Hao advised Tang San not to let calculation cloud his true heart, and Tang San asked whether Wang Hao knew his mother.
• Wang Hao claimed he had known Tang San’s mother before Tang Hao, while the others suspected he had once pursued her; Wang Hao had actually mistaken Tang Yuehua for Ah Yin because Tang San carried Ah Yin’s origin power.

Wang Hao ended the academic exchange at Shrek Academy after Tang San apologized to Flender with a treasured herb, while Xiao Wu learned that many of the herbs were Spirit Beasts. Hu Liena left Oscar with an enormous book containing only a table of contents, and the others realized how vast her knowledge was.

• Tang San offered Flender a purple-veined blood ginseng, and Wang Hao assured Flender it was safe to accept.
• Xiao Wu learned that the treasured herbs were Spirit Beasts, and Wang Hao warned that the immortal-grade ones could rival hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts.
• Wang Hao departed Shrek Academy while planning how to get close to Yu Xiaogang for the final software upgrade.
• Hu Liena gave Oscar a giant recipe book and urged him to pursue becoming the Food God, then revealed that the actual recipes were at her villa.
• Oscar discovered the book contained only a table of contents, while Zhao Wuji explained that Hu Liena had copied it using Spirit Power.
• Tang San and the others recognized that Hu Liena’s knowledge far exceeded their own.

Wang Hao and Hu Liena bid farewell to Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, Jiang Zhu, and Zhao Zilong, offering them gifts and advice before Wang Hao spoke privately with Yu Xiaogang about Bibi Dong. The confrontation ended with Wang Hao revealing his bizarre two-dimensional appearance, leaving Yu Xiaogang stunned.

• Hu Liena gave Jiang Zhu and Zhao Zilong fur coats, secretly left Jiang Zhu a storage ring, and ordered Jing Ling and Huang Yuan to protect them.
• Jiang Zhu and her companions gave Wang Hao and the Spirit Hall elders woven safety charms, and Demon Subduing Douluo gave Jiang Zhu his personal token.
• Wang Hao encouraged Zhao Zilong to train with Tang Feng and advised Jiang Zhu on how her younger brother might investigate his disappearing Spirit Power.
• Wang Hao asked Tang Hao about Tang San's Blue Silver Ghost Vine Martial Spirit, but Tang Hao refused to answer.
• Wang Hao cleared the others away and privately challenged Yu Xiaogang for never asking after Bibi Dong; Yu Xiaogang insulted their relationship, and Wang Hao slapped and confronted him.
• Wang Hao explained that Bibi Dong was sincere about love and revealed his two-dimensional appearance, stunning Yu Xiaogang.

Wang Hao struck Yu Xiaogang and left with his allies, while Shrek Academy dealt with the aftermath. Oscar woke to find most of his recipe manuscripts ruined, and Tang San agreed to ask Little Nine whether he would accept Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire, hoping it would separate him from Xiao Wu.

• Wang Hao defended his slap against Yu Xiaogang, who chose not to retaliate, and Ghost Douluo teleported Wang Hao and the others away.
• Liu Erlong took the injured Yu Xiaogang to recover, while Tang Hao advised Flender to strengthen himself before leaving for seclusion.
• Flender tried to clear the collapsed villa with a gale, scattering and damaging Oscar’s recipe manuscripts as Tang San and the others searched for him.
• Oscar woke, learned that the recipes were ruined, and fainted again after Flender blamed a nonexistent flying Spirit Beast.
• Ma Hongjun asked Tang San to introduce him to Little Nine so he could offer him the Evil Fire, and Tang San agreed to speak with his younger brother, hoping the change would drive Xiao Wu away from him.

Little Nine agreed to take Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire in exchange for a place at Botanical Academy, hoping to become strong enough to protect Xiao Wu. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang ordered Flender to secretly obtain the Secret Method inheritances from Jiang Zhu and three other students, while Wang Hao and Bibi Dong arranged protection for them without knowing Yu Xiaogang had already made his move.

• Little Nine agreed to cooperate with Ma Hongjun and demanded an acceptance letter to Botanical Academy, which Tang San promised to provide in three days.
• Alone, Little Nine resolved to accept the Evil Fire and grow strong enough to protect Xiao Wu from Tang Yuehua’s hostility.
• Yu Xiaogang persuaded Flender to secretly take the Secret Method inheritances from Jiang Zhu and three other students, while sparing their lives if possible.
• Wang Hao returned to Spirit Hall, and Bibi Dong clung to him before he washed and groomed her.
• Wang Hao asked Bibi Dong to watch over Jiang Zhu and the other students, and she said Zhao Tiancheng had already sent people to protect them.
• Yu Xiaogang acted against Jiang Zhu and the others before Zhao Tiancheng could make arrangements.

After Flender’s attempt to force four youngsters to reveal the Grandmaster’s Secret Method left them with brain injuries, Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo confronted Shrek Academy and had the youngsters healed. Jiang Zhu and the others chose to continue gaining experience before joining Spirit Hall, then received inheritance crystals and became the Grandmaster’s nominal students.

• A healing soul master reported that Jiang Zhu and the other three had suffered brain and mental injuries, and Zhao Tiancheng ordered Flender and his companions taken away.
• Six Titled Douluo arrived, and the white-haired healer confirmed he could treat the four youngsters.
• Tang Hao confronted the Douluo, then refused to defend Shrek Academy and told Flender and the others to face the consequences themselves.
• Demon Subduing Douluo gave Shrek Academy six months to find the real culprit before the tournament ended or the academy would be destroyed.
• The white-haired healer restored Jiang Zhu and the other three, and Demon Subduing Douluo offered them a choice between joining Spirit Hall immediately or gaining experience first.
• Jiang Zhu and the others chose to gain experience, accepted inheritance crystals, and formally acknowledged the Grandmaster as their teacher.

Little Nine warned Jiang Zhu, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling that Flender and his associates might have arranged the attack on them, and urged them not to graduate under Shrek Academy’s name. He proposed that they transfer to Botanical Academy and compete in the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Tournament, while Botanical Academy’s dean decided to consider accepting them.

• Little Nine told Jiang Zhu, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling that he suspected Flender and the others had attacked them, and Zhao Zilong shared her father’s theory that pressure from Hu Liena’s victories had driven them to act.
• Jiang Zhu trusted Little Nine, while Huang Yuan tore up the graduation application and vowed to remember the attack.
• Little Nine invited Jiang Zhu, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling to transfer to Botanical Academy and compete against Shrek Academy in the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Tournament.
• Zhao Zilong explained that her Spirit Hall Advanced Academy lacked enough promising students and said she had also planned to compete elsewhere; Jiang Zhu, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling agreed to join Little Nine.
• Botanical Academy’s dean worried about accepting a request from a Spirit Hall cardinal, but decided to give the juniors a chance to help save his academy’s tournament prospects.

Flender and Yu Xiaogang decided to abandon Shrek Academy temporarily rather than risk provoking Spirit Hall, while planning to return after the coming war. At Botanical Academy, Zhao Zilong, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling demonstrated their unusual combat abilities, leaving Suosite impressed but horrified when Jing Ling cut off Huang Yuan’s arms.

• Flender and Yu Xiaogang judged that Spirit Hall’s attention made it too dangerous to kill the youngsters, and Yu Xiaogang told Flender to send Shrek’s students away while keeping the tournament team.
• Yu Xiaogang predicted that war between Spirit Hall and the clans, sects, and two great empires was near, and Flender understood they could rebuild Shrek after Spirit Hall fell.
• Zhao Yi brought Zhao Zilong and the others to Botanical Academy, where Suosite initially doubted they were exceptional talents.
• Zhao Zilong demonstrated the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear Technique, and Suosite recognized her self-created Spirit Skills as strong enough to give her Soul King-level combat strength.
• Huang Yuan showed his power by rapidly carving a cave into hard black iron rock, then helped Jing Ling demonstrate the Eight Exquisites Sword Formation while Jiang Zhu boosted his healing.
• Jing Ling’s formation left Huang Yuan badly wounded but rapidly healing, then severed both of his arms and shocked Suosite.

Little Nine revealed that his Blue Silver Ball could fuse with Suosite’s Black Jade Snow Lotus, producing a plant-growing domain that astonished the dean. After joining Botanical Academy with his companions, Little Nine learned that Suosite believed his power could create the continent’s strongest mimicry cultivation environment.

• Suosite accepted Little Nine and the four other youngsters into Botanical Academy after Little Nine demonstrated his plant-type Martial Spirit fusion with Suosite’s Black Jade Snow Lotus.
• The fusion spread a vitality-filled domain that caused plants and broken tree fragments to grow rapidly, prompting Suosite to recognize it as a domain.
• Suosite arranged for Zhao Yi to leave and report back, then welcomed the five newcomers and provided them with villas in the academy’s forest.
• Jiang Zhu explained that the tree villas were part of Botanical Academy’s mimicry cultivation environment, which particularly benefited plant-type Soul Masters.
• Suosite arrived at Little Nine’s villa with Teacher Yamato and seven young women, then had Yamato reshape the villa as he hinted that Little Nine’s domain could form the continent’s strongest mimicry cultivation environment.

Little Nine and Botanical Academy’s seven girls unexpectedly formed an Eight-in-One Martial Spirit Fusion Skill that amplified his Blue Silver Domain, but the power triggered his Evil Fire and caused Suosite’s Black Jade Snow Lotus to change. Little Nine began to explain what he believed had happened.

• Suosite brought Little Nine together with Zijing and the other six girls so they could cultivate within his Blue Silver Domain, and instructed them to combine their Martial Spirits.
• Little Nine and the seven girls formed an Eight-in-One Martial Spirit Fusion Skill, creating a strange tree and expanding the Blue Silver Domain to a hundred zhang before the fusion collapsed and exhausted the girls.
• Suosite used his Martial Spirit Fusion Skill with Little Nine to restore the girls, but the exertion triggered Little Nine’s Evil Fire and caused both men intense pain until Zijing separated them.
• Little Nine explained that the fusion and domain had accelerated the merging of Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire origin, and Suosite noticed a black hair-like root growing from his Black Jade Snow Lotus.
• After Suosite assured Little Nine that the girls were trustworthy, Little Nine said he might know why the Black Jade Snow Lotus had changed.

Little Nine revealed that his Evil Fire could evolve Martial Spirits, though it intensified desire and caused extreme pain. His allies learned that he could use it through Martial Spirit Fusion Skills with different types of Martial Spirits, leaving them eager to improve their own powers.

• Little Nine explained that the Evil Fire had evolved his Martial Spirit and could potentially evolve others, and Suosite warned the seven women to stay close and keep the ability secret.
• Little Nine disclosed the Evil Fire’s severe side effects, while Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, Zhao Zilong, and Jiang Zhu worried that it would prevent him from fighting.
• Little Nine reassured everyone that he could resolve the side effects, and Suosite planned restraints for the women who wanted to try the Evil Fire.
• Huang Yuan asked Little Nine to help evolve his Lone Wolf Martial Spirit, but Jiang Zhu thought their Martial Spirits could not fuse.
• Little Nine revealed that his Blue Silver Ball could fuse with non-plant Martial Spirits, prompting Huang Yuan and Zhao Zilong to ask for his help.

Wang Hao and Bibi Dong prepared to use the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Tournament as an opening for Spirit Hall’s rise, while Little Nine arrived in Heaven Dou City and sought allies against Shrek Academy. The chapter ended with three Titled Douluo meeting Little Nine and welcoming his potential in Spirit Hall.

• Wang Hao and Bibi Dong discussed the growing conflict between Spirit Hall and the two great empires, sects, and nobles as the tournament began.
• Wang Hao withdrew his consciousness from the Spirit Guidance Device, leaving Bibi Dong longing for him to stand beside her in person.
• Little Nine reviewed recordings of Shrek Academy’s qualifier battles and asked Kalian to arrange meetings with Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and Meng Yiran.
• Demon Subduing Douluo, Qianjun, and Ghost Douluo appeared before Little Nine and praised the power he had developed from Evil Fire.
• Demon Subduing Douluo assured Little Nine that Spirit Hall had room for him, easing Little Nine’s concerns about joining the faction.