Recaps

Toji and his companions looted Li Erpang’s fortune and prepared to ambush a Shrek disciple, planning to poison him before attacking. The disciple arrived at the Soul Fighting Arena the following night, unaware of their plan.

• Toji, Father Zhang, and Liang Wu found Li Erpang’s wealth, including rare treasures and Invincible Shields, and divided some of the Soul Tools among themselves.
• Toji offered Liang Wu a chance to join him in pursuing greater ambitions, and Liang Wu agreed to follow him if it meant earning more money.
• The three counted Li Erpang’s fortune at roughly nine million Gold Soul Coins, packed the valuables, and carried them back to the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Toji suspected the Body Sect might have been behind Li Erpang’s death, but decided to proceed with the banquet and use it to target a Shrek disciple.
• Toji, Father Zhang, and Liang Wu planned to get the Shrek disciple drunk, poison his final bottle, and attack together; Liang Wu said the man was a level-sixty-one Soul Emperor with a Flame Lion King Martial Soul and a left-leg Soul Bone.
• The next night, a subordinate escorted the Shrek disciple into the Soul Fighting Arena, where he arrogantly remarked that Liang Wu had given him another share of profits.

Toji strengthened his Bloodline Power by absorbing Whale Rubber, but remained stuck at the Soul Elder realm because his Martial Soul required a life-or-death breakthrough to advance. Meanwhile, Liang Wu paid Luo Tian for his share in the child-selling business, leaving Toji and Zhang's father preparing to face him at the Soul Fighting Arena.

• Luo Tian arrived to collect his share of the profits from Liang Wu, who credited the success of his business to the child Luo Tian had sold him five years earlier.
• Toji absorbed nourishing treasures and dramatically strengthened his body, blood, and Qi, though he said he could not advance beyond the Soul Elder realm without a life-or-death breakthrough.
• Zhang's father witnessed Toji's immense Bloodline Power and waited until Toji finished his training before telling him Luo Tian was at the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Toji put away the remaining Whale Rubber and left with Zhang's father, hoping his improvement would help them win their battle.
• Liang Wu gave Luo Tian several hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Luo Tian accepted the money before agreeing to help him again if needed.

Liang Wu poisoned Luo Tian’s wine to weaken him before Toji launched a surprise attack. Luo Tian was badly injured and trapped beneath a crescent-moon strike, leaving his attackers with the advantage.

• Liang Wu got Luo Tian to reveal that he had recently reached level sixty-one, then secretly mixed Toji’s poison into his wine.
• Liang Wu kept Luo Tian drinking and distracted him with tales of his hardships until the poison took effect.
• Luo Tian discovered that the poison was making his flesh come away, then forced some of it from his body with Soul Power.
• Toji sprang from the shadows and struck Luo Tian’s left shoulder with a greatsword, but Luo Tian’s counterattack missed.
• A crescent moon appeared above Luo Tian and slammed him into the floor, leaving him bleeding and badly wounded.

Toji, Zhang's father, and Liang Wu attacked Luo Tian, a Shrek Inner Court disciple whose poison had not yet weakened him enough to defeat. As Luo Tian hurled a deadly flame spear at Liang Wu, Toji struck him from behind and made him bleed.

• Luo Tian recognized Toji as the boy who had survived the Soul Fighting Arena and admitted that the three attackers had come for revenge.
• Luo Tian fought off Toji and Zhang's father with his flame abilities while Liang Wu joined them, and they tried to stall until the poison took effect.
• Luo Tian overpowered Liang Wu and smashed him into a wall, then formed a spear of flame to finish him.
• Liang Wu activated an Invincible Shield as Toji attacked Luo Tian from behind, drawing blood.

Toji fought Luo Tian in a desperate battle at the Soul Fighting Arena, despite suffering severe injuries. Just as Luo Tian tried to self-destruct, a man stopped him and told the blood-soaked Toji that he had finally found him.

• Toji stabbed Luo Tian in the back with the Heaven-Breaking Sword, but Luo Tian blasted him away and attacked him.
• Toji fought Luo Tian at close quarters while Unyielding Fortitude increased his combat power, and Father Zhang searched for a chance to help.
• Luo Tian broke Toji's left hand, but Toji knocked him out of the room and continued fighting him in the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Luo Tian unleashed his Soul Skills and prepared to self-destruct after Toji struck toward his heart, while Father Zhang rushed to pull Toji away.
• A man descended beside Luo Tian, stopped his self-destruction, and told Toji that he had finally found him.

Toji killed Luo Tian after learning the identities of the two men who had sold him to the Soul Fighting Arena, then faced Du Busi, the Body Sect master. Du Busi attacked, but Toji dodged his grab, leaving the watching Body Sect members stunned.

• Du Busi arrived and told Toji to settle his business with Luo Tian before they dealt with each other.
• Luo Tian revealed that one of the men who sold Toji was connected to the White Tiger Duke and the other was a disciple of a Sea God Pavilion elder.
• Toji vowed to kill both men in Shrek and beheaded Luo Tian.
• Du Busi identified himself and confirmed Toji had killed a squad of Body Sect disciples; Toji admitted it without hesitation.
• Du Busi suddenly attacked, but Toji evaded his grab as the Heaven-Breaking Sword melted against an invisible barrier.
• The Body Sect disciples and elders watching from the shadows were astonished that Toji had dodged their master's attack.

Du Busi captured Toji after a brutal pursuit, recognized his Body Martial Soul, and decided to bring him into the Body Sect. Toji later woke in a hot spring, revealing he had acted as though he might die because he knew Du Busi would keep him alive.

• Toji repeatedly dodged Du Busi's attacks until a Soul Power strike wounded his shoulder and Du Busi seized him.
• Toji used the Invincible Shield and short blades to escape Du Busi's grip, but Du Busi recognized his Body Martial Soul and became eager to recruit him.
• Toji fought Du Busi with punches, kicks, and poisoned blades, but Du Busi knocked him unconscious and caught him.
• Du Busi freed Father Zhang and told him he had come to bring Toji back to the Body Sect; Liang Wu offered to explain Toji's past.
• Toji woke in a hot spring and realized Du Busi had taken a liking to him, while revealing he had known the Body Sect would want him alive.

Toji recovered in the Body Sect’s medicinal pool while Du Busi offered him a chance to join the sect by proving his worth in an arena tournament. The tournament would determine whether the resentful disciples accepted Toji, and Du Busi revealed that their Body Martial Souls shared a deeper connection.

• Du Busi told Toji that his Body Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power made him a worthy recruit, but demanded compensation for the Body Sect disciples Toji had killed.
• Toji offered to repay the sect by devoting himself to it and argued that his future value could outweigh the loss of the dead disciples.
• Du Busi announced that, seven days later, disciples under twenty and below level sixty could enter a month-long tournament to defeat Toji or accept him into the sect.
• Toji recognized that the tournament would let him establish his place in the sect, and Du Busi praised his insight.
• Du Busi said he hoped Toji would become his student because both of their Body Martial Souls were themselves.

Du Busi explained that Toji’s vanished Soul Power had strengthened his body and revealed the immense potential of their shared Self Body Martial Soul, then accepted Toji as his personal disciple. Seven days later, Toji prepared to face the Body Sect’s young challengers and asked Du Busi to charge his Soul Tools.

• Du Busi explained that Toji’s Soul Power had been consumed to strengthen his body and that training through physical hardship would cultivate his Self Body Martial Soul.
• Du Busi gave Toji a custom crystal, which measured his cultivation at Level 39, and Toji knelt to become Du Busi’s personal disciple.
• Du Busi encouraged Toji to forge his own path and asked him to put on clothes after noticing he was naked.
• News of Du Busi’s competition spread through the Body Sect, and disciples under twenty and below Level 60 eagerly prepared to challenge Toji.
• After seven days of recovery and training, Toji told Du Busi he was ready, then asked him to charge the Soul Tools he could not replenish with Milk Bottles.

Toji argued with Du Busi that he needed Soul Tools to defeat Soul Emperors, then received a ten-thousand-year Soul Bone and went to the Body Sect’s challenge match. He defeated Li Dong in the opening bout, leaving the assembled disciples stunned as the month-long trial began.

• Toji insisted that Soul Tools were necessary for him to kill a Soul Emperor, and Du Busi charged the tools and Milk Bottles he carried.
• Du Busi gave Toji the ten-thousand-year left leg Soul Bone taken from Luo Tian and promised to teach him how to absorb it that night.
• Toji followed a map to the competition platform, where the Body Sect announced that he would become a core disciple if no eligible disciple defeated him within a month.
• Li Dong challenged Toji, but Toji dodged his attack, seized his face, and punched him off the platform.

Toji defeated Li Dong, a level forty-two Soul Ancestor, with one punch, then beat Wang Meng despite his Second Awakening and Soul Skills. After Wang Meng surrendered, Toji invited another disciple to challenge him.

• Toji knocked Li Dong unconscious with one punch, shocking the Body Sect disciples watching.
• The elder quieted the angry crowd and called the challengers in signup order.
• Wang Meng introduced himself as a level forty-eight Soul Ancestor and fought Toji using his Bronze Grade Second Awakening and Soul Skills.
• Toji dodged Wang Meng’s attacks, struck through his defenses, and pinned him to the ground by the neck.
• Wang Meng surrendered, praised Toji’s strength, and Toji called for the next challenger.

Toji defeated five Soul Ancestor disciples before facing Lin Xuan, a level fifty-three Soul King. He won with precise combat skills and Soul Tools, then challenged the Body Sect disciples who objected to his methods.

• Toji defeated Wang Meng and several more Soul Ancestor disciples, earning five consecutive victories.
• Lin Xuan introduced himself as a level fifty-three Soul King and challenged Toji.
• Lin Xuan attacked with poisoned bone blades and frost, but Toji blocked him with a dagger and used his silver chain to slam him into the arena floor.
• Lin Xuan unleashed his strongest Soul Skill, but Toji used a Soul Tool shield to break through the attack and put a great saber to Lin Xuan's throat.
• Lin Xuan admitted defeat, and the elder declared Toji the winner of his sixth consecutive match.
• When Body Sect disciples protested Toji's use of Soul Tools, Toji argued that their own abilities gave them an advantage and said he was stronger despite having no Soul Power.

Toji defeated dozens of Body Sect disciples in the arena, earning Du Busi’s respect and a lavish meal that helped him recover and grow stronger. Du Busi then agreed to exchange Toji’s fire-attribute Soul Bone for a more suitable Gale Demon Leopard Soul Bone.

• Du Busi silenced the angry disciples, rebuked them for making excuses, and ordered the competition to continue.
• Toji won thirty-seven consecutive matches, including fights against three Level 55 Soul Kings, setting a record for the Body Sect.
• Du Busi took the wounded Toji to the cafeteria, where Toji ate every dish and left nearly a hundred late-arriving disciples without dinner.
• Du Busi offered to pay for Toji’s meals and then brought him to the hot spring room to teach him how to absorb a Soul Bone.
• Toji asked to trade his fire-attribute left leg Soul Bone for one better suited to him, and Du Busi exchanged it for a Ten-Thousand-Year Gale Demon Leopard Soul Bone.

Toji absorbed a ten-thousand-year Soul Bone that granted him Teleportation, then showed Du Busi his powerful Dark Gold Dreadclaw Soul Bone. Du Busi advised him to wait until level forty before absorbing it and promised to help him obtain a Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Du Busi gave Toji a ten-thousand-year left leg Soul Bone and taught him to absorb it using his Qi and blood.
• Toji quickly absorbed the Soul Bone, resisting the Gale Demon Leopard's presence and strengthening his body.
• Toji discovered that the Soul Bone gave him Teleportation, which could reach up to a hundred meters at the cost of one fifth of his Qi and blood.
• Toji showed Du Busi his Ten Thousand Year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Right Palm Bone, which he had bought at an auction in Heaven Dou City.
• Du Busi advised Toji to wait until level forty to absorb the powerful Soul Bone and said he would take Toji to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain at least a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Toji learned from Du Busi that his Martial Soul could absorb Soul Rings and that its advancement required repeated awakenings at the limits of life and death. After winning a brutal challenge and achieving a Gold Grade Martial Soul Second Awakening, Toji broke through to rank forty; Du Busi prepared to teach him how to absorb a Soul Ring.

• Du Busi explained that Toji's Martial Soul could absorb Soul Rings and that its unusual cultivation required awakenings between realms.
• Toji won ninety-seven consecutive arena matches over a month, including a crushing victory over a rank fifty-nine Soul King.
• Toji accepted a challenge from a rank sixty-one Soul Emperor and, after sustaining severe injuries, triggered Unyielding Fortitude and achieved a Gold Grade Martial Soul Second Awakening.
• The sect recognized Toji as its foremost young disciple and made him a core disciple; Du Busi treated his injuries in the medicinal pool.
• After seven days, Toji woke with his injuries partly healed and broke through to rank forty.
• Du Busi congratulated Toji and told him to prepare to hunt Soul Beasts the next day so he could learn to absorb a Soul Ring.

Toji entered the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a Soul Beast on his own and improve his cultivation. After driving off an eight-thousand-year Scarlet Flame Lion King, he encountered a powerful mantis whose attacks pierced his Soul Power barrier, and decided its ability would suit him.

• Toji traveled into the mixed zone, relying on his senses and moving cautiously as he searched for a suitable Soul Beast.
• Toji surprised a Scarlet Flame Lion King while it was relieving itself, then dodged its attacks and threw it to the ground.
• Toji cowed the Scarlet Flame Lion King with his killing intent, let it flee, and extinguished the surrounding fires.
• Toji searched until nightfall, then a huge emerald mantis ambushed him and wounded him through his Soul Power barrier.
• Toji realized the mantis could ignore defense and rejoiced at finding a Soul Beast whose ability he wanted.

Toji killed a Ten-Thousand-Year Jade Shadow Mantis and absorbed its Soul Ring, reaching level forty-one and becoming a Soul Ancestor. He prepared to demonstrate the Fourth Soul Skill to Du Busi.

• The camouflaged Jade Shadow Mantis wounded Toji with repeated ambushes, but Toji scattered stones to reveal its position.
• Toji used Teleportation and his broadsword to badly injure the mantis, then crushed its neck and killed it with one of its own scythes.
• Du Busi praised Toji for hunting the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and guided him through absorbing its black Soul Ring.
• Toji endured the Soul Ring’s violent energy until it merged with his body, then confirmed that he had reached level forty-one.
• Du Busi asked Toji to demonstrate his Fourth Soul Skill.

Toji returned to the Soul Fighting Arena, learned that Shrek was searching for its missing inner court disciple, and gathered the local nobles to demand their wealth and assets. After brutally attacking those who tried to resist, he asked who was in favor and who was against.

• Toji gained a passive Ignore Defense Soul Skill, then left the Star Dou Great Forest for the Heaven Dou Empire after Du Busi offered to protect him from Shrek.
• Liang Wu told Toji that Shrek was searching for the inner court disciple who had disappeared a month earlier and that the Evil Soul Masters from eight years ago had fled toward the Sun Moon Empire.
• Toji ordered Liang Wu to gather the local nobles at the Soul Fighting Arena, including those who had not come that day.
• Toji seized a noble, cut off his arm, and used Teleportation and powerful punches to stop Soul Kings from escaping.
• Toji demanded that the nobles hand over every Gold Soul Coin they had earned from him and all their assets, threatening to cripple anyone who refused and force them to fight Soul Beasts.

Toji forced the nobles who had profited from him to surrender their assets or face Soul Beasts in the arena, then made them watch as the beasts attacked. A Soul Douluo arrived with the Poison Soul Master and accused Toji of stealing his Soul Bone.

• Toji demanded that the nobles surrender their assets or fight Soul Beasts, and he threw one noble through a window when he objected.
• Toji crippled nobles who refused, sent them into the arena with a Hundred-Year Soul Beast, and taunted them while they fled.
• Toji ordered the nobles in the VIP room to bet on whether the arena fighters would survive, then confronted newly arrived nobles who challenged him.
• Toji forced a middle-aged noble to watch the Soul Beast devour the fleeing Soul Masters while the other nobles watched in horror.
• A Soul Douluo burst into the room with the Poison Soul Master and accused Toji of stealing his Soul Bone.

Toji faced the Heaven Dou City Lord after forcing the nobles to surrender their wealth, but Lang Ya and Yu Tao intervened and made the City Lord retreat. With the nobles left at his mercy, Toji proposed a business partnership backed by a threat of sending them into the Soul Fighting Arena.

• The City Lord arrived under pressure from his Soul Douluo strength and accused Toji of taking his Soul Bone and attacking his people.
• The City Lord attacked Toji, but Lang Ya and Yu Tao appeared and revealed that they were Body Sect Soul Douluo.
• The City Lord withdrew, offered Lang Ya a Storage Soul Tool as goodwill, and left with his people.
• Lang Ya and Yu Tao departed, while Toji reminded the nobles that their backer could not protect them.
• Toji demanded the nobles' assets and money in exchange for a business partnership, warning that refusal would mean they would be crippled and sent to fight Soul Beasts.

Toji persuaded the nobles to invest in a Soul Tool venture, using both threats and the promise of profit to secure their cooperation. After they agreed on a plan, he reflected on his growing power and resolved to pursue a grander future once he became strong enough.

• Toji proposed using the nobles’ wealth to develop Soul Tools, beginning with lower-quality tools and later seeking cooperation with the Illustrious Virtue Hall.
• The nobles embraced his plan to recruit spiritual-type Soul Masters and promising Soul Engineers, and agreed to invest.
• Toji and the nobles finalized their plan, giving the nobles thirty percent and Toji’s side seventy percent, with initial progress due in three days.
• After the nobles left, Liang Wu praised Toji’s mixture of threats and inducements, and Toji said keeping the nobles alive would make them useful workers and managers.
• Toji briefly savored his new influence, then decided he would seek power on a much grander scale.

Toji returned to the Body Sect after tending to his Soul Tools and faced criticism from Lang Ya and Yu Tao for relying on them. Du Busi prepared him to absorb the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Right Palm Bone, leaving Toji confident despite the near-death ordeal ahead.

• Toji asked Liang Wu about Shrek, learned he had not investigated it, and told him to cultivate and improve his combat ability.
• Toji asked Liang Wu to recharge his Soul Tools before leaving for the Body Sect with Lang Ya and Yu Tao.
• Lang Ya and Yu Tao criticized Toji for using and developing Soul Tools, but Toji defended the value of tools.
• Du Busi told Toji to prepare to absorb the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Right Palm Bone and warned him that the process would bring him close to death.
• Toji said he had already faced death four times and was confident he could endure one more.

Toji endured the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Right Palm Bone’s violent power and successfully absorbed it, though his cultivation only rose to level forty-two. Du Busi praised his strength and warned that his body-cultivation path would advance slowly, while declaring Toji nearly unbeatable among people under twenty-five.

• Toji returned to the sect’s old spot, where Du Busi stood ready to guard him as he absorbed the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Right Palm Bone.
• Toji endured the Soul Bone’s savage energy tearing through his right arm and body without giving up, while Du Busi watched for signs that he needed help.
• Toji suppressed the violent energy and completed the absorption, gaining five sharp dark gold claws across his right hand before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Toji checked his cultivation and discovered that he had advanced only to level forty-two, prompting him to rage over gaining just one level.
• Du Busi calmed Toji by explaining that his body-cultivation path advanced slowly and that his combat strength was already comparable to a level sixty-five Soul Emperor’s.
• Du Busi told Toji that his new loadout made him a formidable assassin who could likely defeat anyone under twenty-five.

After absorbing a Soul Bone, Toji learned from Du Busi and began developing a way to hide his presence, taking his first step toward creating his own combat techniques. At the Soul Fighting Arena, a Shrek Academy inspector confronted Liang Wu over the disappearance of inner-court disciple Luo Tian.

• Du Busi taught Toji about cultivating his Qi and blood and creating combat techniques suited to himself, then demonstrated his own techniques through the night.
• Toji returned to his room and, while reflecting on Du Busi's advice, learned to blend his presence into his surroundings.
• Du Busi watched Toji's breakthrough and concluded that he had taken his first step toward creating his own combat techniques.
• A Shrek Academy Inspection Corps member confronted Liang Wu at the Soul Fighting Arena and accused him of involvement in Luo Tian's disappearance.
• The inspector produced Liang Wu's injured subordinate as evidence and demanded to know where Luo Tian was.

Liang Wu deceived a Shrek investigator about Luo Tian’s death, and Toji returned to the Soul Fighting Arena after the investigation failed. There, Toji met the Soul Engineers and children Liang Wu had gathered, including an arrogant Level 6 Soul Engineer.

• Liang Wu claimed Luo Tian had collected his family’s share of the Soul Fighting Arena profits and said he did not know where Luo Tian had gone.
• The middle-aged Shrek investigator searched the arena for a day but found no clues, then threatened Liang Wu before leaving.
• Two days later, Toji returned from the Body Sect and learned that Liang Wu had kept his involvement in Luo Tian’s death from Shrek.
• Liang Wu told Toji that nobles had gathered children with spiritual-type Martial Souls and dozens of Soul Engineers as requested.
• Toji saw that most of the Soul Engineers were Level 3 or Level 4, while their leader was an arrogant Level 6 Soul Engineer.