Recaps

Xiao Yan unleashed Venerable Feng’s sword strike at the Pope’s Palace to force Bibi Dong and the other Titled Douluo to defend Spirit Hall’s center, then fled. Bibi Dong and the two Douluo survived the attack, but the palace was devastated and they were injured.

• Xiao Yan sent Venerable Feng’s enormous cyan sword ray toward the Pope’s Palace, aiming to distract Spirit Hall’s defenders and damage its prestige.
• As the sword descended, Xiao Yan flew away from Spirit City while its residents watched the attack.
• Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei joined forces to resist the sword, while Spirit Hall’s bishops raised a barrier that protected the city from the shockwave.
• The collision destroyed most of the Pope’s Palace and shattered Yue Guan’s and Gui Mei’s Martial Soul Avatars, injuring both Douluo.
• Bibi Dong’s Spider Spears broke under the sword Qi, but her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring dispersed the remaining attack, leaving her standing amid the ruins.

After Xiao Yan injured Bibi Dong and escaped Spirit City, she sent Yue Guan and Gui Mei to capture him while she stayed behind to stabilize Spirit Hall. Qian Daoliu chose not to intervene, and news of the battle began spreading across the continent.

• Bibi Dong recovered from her injuries enough to order Yue Guan and Gui Mei to pursue Xiao Yan and bring him back alive if possible.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei accepted Bibi Dong's order and raced after Xiao Yan, driven by the desire to obtain the secrets behind his power.
• Envoys, spies, and sect representatives in Spirit City witnessed the aftermath and sent word of the battle across the continent.
• Qian Daoliu reflected on Xiao Yan's otherworldly power and questioned whether Yue Guan and Gui Mei could catch him, but decided the pursuit was not his concern.
• Qian Daoliu returned to meditation beneath the Six-Winged Angel statue as Spirit City remained in turmoil.

Xiao Yan fled Spirit City while Yue Guan and Gui Mei pursued him, waiting for Venerable Feng’s remaining power to fade. As his speed dwindled, Xiao Yan weighed the danger of being caught against the possibility of fighting the injured Titled Douluo.

• Xiao Yan raced across the plain on flaming wings, using Venerable Feng’s origin power to escape Spirit City after his devastating sword strike.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei chased Xiao Yan, relieved they had survived his attack but determined to capture him alive for the secrets he possessed.
• The pursuers watched Xiao Yan’s wind-attribute power weaken and maintained their distance while they waited for it to run out.
• Xiao Yan recognized that Yue Guan and Gui Mei had locked onto him and could not be shaken by flight alone as his wings shrank and his speed fell.
• Xiao Yan considered fighting the two injured Titled Douluo, who could bring only about sixty percent of their full strength to bear.

Xiao Yan fled into the Star Dou Great Forest, hoping its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts would distract Yue Guan and Gui Mei. The two Spirit Hall elders pursued him into the forest despite the danger, and all three neared its core region.

• Xiao Yan changed course and entered the Star Dou Great Forest to use its dangerous terrain and powerful Soul Beasts against his pursuers.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei hesitated at the forest's edge, knowing the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape could threaten even Titled Douluo.
• Gui Mei ordered them to pursue Xiao Yan quickly, fearing Bibi Dong's punishment if they failed and hoping to claim the secrets he carried.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei entered the forest, with Yue Guan flying ahead and Gui Mei slipping through the shadows.
• Xiao Yan raced toward the core region while the two elders followed, and after half an hour all three approached the heart of the forest.

Xiao Yan, fleeing Yue Guan and Gui Mei, encountered the Titan Giant Ape at the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest’s core region. He tried to turn the beast’s hostility toward his pursuers, and the Titan Giant Ape recognized him and was surprised by how much stronger he had become.

• The Titan Giant Ape charged out of the forest, scattering trees and forcing Xiao Yan to dodge its impact.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei stopped to face the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, shaken by its overwhelming strength.
• The Titan Giant Ape warned the humans to leave its territory.
• Xiao Yan told the Titan Giant Ape that Yue Guan and Gui Mei had chased him into the forest and refused to stop.
• The Titan Giant Ape recognized Xiao Yan from their past encounter and was surprised that he had advanced so much in only a few years.

The Titan Giant Ape rejected Yue Guan and Gui Mei’s request to take Xiao Yan and attacked them instead. Xiao Yan stayed out of the battle, waiting for the clash to leave him a chance to escape.

• The Titan Giant Ape sensed that Xiao Yan’s wind-attribute power came from a temporary external trump card and was weakening.
• Yue Guan tried to persuade the Titan Giant Ape to let him and Gui Mei take Xiao Yan away, promising they would leave the Star Dou Great Forest at once.
• The Titan Giant Ape leapt onto the tree where Yue Guan and Gui Mei stood, forcing them to dodge and injuring them further with the shockwave.
• The Titan Giant Ape declared that it would fight the two injured Titled Douluo itself and began preparing to attack them again.
• Xiao Yan recognized that the Titan Giant Ape had tied down his pursuers, retreated several hundred feet, and waited for a safer moment to escape.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei struggled against the Titan Giant Ape, whose overwhelming strength badly injured them both. They unleashed the Two Extremes Stillness Domain to freeze it, surprising Xiao Yan with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• The Titan Giant Ape battered Yue Guan with a single punch, sending him crashing through trees and leaving him bleeding.
• Gui Mei bound the Titan Giant Ape with Ghost Qi tentacles, but it snapped them and sent him flying with a sweeping kick.
• The Titan Giant Ape mocked the injured Yue Guan and Gui Mei, who realized they had to stop fighting defensively.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei unleashed the Two Extremes Stillness Domain, halting the Titan Giant Ape as it entered the domain.
• Xiao Yan watched the Titan Giant Ape freeze and was surprised that Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo could use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Xiao Yan watched Yue Guan and Gui Mei’s fight against the Titan Giant Ape turn against them when the Sky Azure Bull Python joined in. After the two injured Titled Douluo fled, Xiao Yan faced the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and cautiously introduced himself.

• The Titan Giant Ape began breaking free of Yue Guan and Gui Mei’s Two Extremes Stillness Domain through brute strength.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python appeared and attacked Yue Guan and Gui Mei with a stream of extreme cold, forcing Gui Mei to abandon the domain.
• The freed Titan Giant Ape struck Yue Guan and Gui Mei, and they used a secret method to suppress their injuries and flee.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python, whom the Titan Giant Ape called Da Ming, warned that humans who trespassed in the core region would face this consequence.
• Xiao Yan chose not to pursue Yue Guan and Gui Mei, then descended and thanked the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python while secretly preparing to escape if they attacked.

Xiao Yan prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest after the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python drove Yue Guan and Gui Mei away, but he sensed someone familiar approaching. Xiao Wu reunited with him and told Er Ming that Xiao Yan had once defended her in Spirit City.

• The Sky Azure Bull Python ordered Xiao Yan to leave the forest, and Xiao Yan prepared to fly away and search for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xiao Yan sensed a familiar presence approaching and heard Xiao Wu ask Da Ming and Er Ming about the fight.
• Er Ming gently caught Xiao Wu on his palm, and Xiao Yan recognized her as she recognized him in return.
• Er Ming warned Xiao Wu as she moved toward Xiao Yan, revealing that the Soul Beasts had treated Xiao Yan differently because of her.
• Xiao Wu reassured Er Ming and told him that Xiao Yan was not a bad person because he had stood up for her when Bibi Dong tried to attack her in Spirit City.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Great Forest and explained how he had escaped Spirit Hall, while she told him that Tang San had been taken away to cultivate. After discussing their ties to Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, Xiao Yan said goodbye to Xiao Wu and resumed searching for Zhu Zhuqing.

• Xiao Wu recognized Xiao Yan and explained that he had once helped her when she was helpless, easing Da Ming and Er Ming's suspicion of him.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Wu that a senior's stored power had saved his life, but the power was now spent and Spirit Hall was hunting him.
• Xiao Wu explained that Tang Hao had taken Tang San away to cultivate and sent her back to the Star Dou Great Forest for her safety.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Wu discussed Yu Xiaogang's betrayal and the possibility that Xiao Yan and Tang San would eventually oppose each other.
• Xiao Yan said he needed to find Zhu Zhuqing, then said goodbye to Xiao Wu and flew toward the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Xiao Yan returned to the Star Luo Empire to search for signs of Zhu Zhuqing and the hidden Dark Hall, while discovering that the Hundred Herbs Pavilion had copied his Blood Coagulation Powder formula. He reached Star Chasing City, where powerful Soul Masters were watching the area, and disguised himself to enter.

• Xiao Yan crossed into the Star Luo Empire after avoiding Spirit Hall's border outposts and found that the Hundred Herbs Pavilion was selling inferior imitations of his Blood Coagulation Powder.
• Xiao Yan secretly surveyed several cities, learned that Blood Coagulation Powder had disappeared and that the Hundred Herbs Pavilion could not reproduce his Qi Gathering Pill, and searched for traces of the Dark Hall.
• Xiao Yan returned to Star Chasing City, the Dark Hall's first foothold, and sensed Soul Ancestors near the gates and a Soul Douluo-level expert within the city.
• Xiao Yan concealed his Soul Power, disguised himself as a country Soul Master carrying medicinal ingredients, and approached Star Chasing City.

Xiao Yan disguised himself to enter Star Chasing City and found Spirit Hall had reinforced its search for him, including stationing a Soul Douluo near its main hall. At the Clouds Come Inn, he learned that Spirit Hall was repeatedly searching the city and questioning the city lord, leaving him to consider how to exploit the guards’ growing complacency.

• Xiao Yan disguised his appearance and suppressed his Soul Power, slipping past Spirit Hall’s inspection at Star Chasing City’s gates.
• Xiao Yan surveyed the city and discovered two Soul Saints guarding the Spirit Hall Main Hall and a Soul Douluo-level presence inside.
• Xiao Yan chose the shabby Clouds Come Inn as a discreet place to stay and rented room 306 from its elderly innkeeper.
• The innkeeper told Xiao Yan that repeated Spirit Hall inspections had driven away customers and that the searches targeted a powerful young man.
• The innkeeper revealed that Spirit Hall officials also visited the city lord’s residence, and Xiao Yan analyzed the search patterns and their possible laxity.

Xiao Yan watched Star Chasing City's Spirit Hall Main Hall and recognized the Dark Hall's symbol on Dai Wusi's carriage, realizing the city lord was likely connected to Zhu Zhuqing and could lead him to her. He ended the chapter in his inn room, quietly preparing to pursue that clue.

• Xiao Yan assessed the danger from Spirit Hall and decided to find Zhu Zhuqing's clues and leave Star Chasing City quickly.
• Xiao Yan watched the Spirit Hall Main Hall from his inn window and memorized the patrols' routes and shift changes.
• Xiao Yan recognized Dai Wusi's imperial carriage as it passed and spotted the Dark Hall's seven-story pagoda symbol carved into its frame.
• Xiao Yan concluded that Dai Wusi was likely cooperating with Zhu Zhuqing and that the symbol was a clue she had left for him.
• Xiao Yan closed the curtains, sat cross-legged on the bed, and began regulating his breathing and circulating his Soul Power.

Xiao Yan used his Soul Division Martial Soul to infiltrate Dai Wusi’s residence and found the city lord struggling with meridian damage that kept him from advancing to Soul King. When Xiao Yan revealed his green lotus core flame, Dai Wusi recognized him and spoke his name with suppressed excitement.

• Xiao Yan sent his Soul Division Martial Soul out from the inn while his original body remained behind, using its concealed soul power to evade detection.
• The Soul Division Martial Soul crossed Star Chasing City and entered the poorly guarded city lord’s residence.
• Xiao Yan observed Dai Wusi in his study and sensed that damaged meridians had trapped him at Level forty-nine.
• Dai Wusi stayed composed when the shadowy visitor appeared, asking what had brought him there.
• Xiao Yan revealed the green lotus core flame, and Dai Wusi reacted with fear, surprise, and anticipation before saying, “Xiao Yan...”

Xiao Yan confirmed that Dai Wusi had helped the Dark Hall evade Spirit Hall and learned that Dai Wusi’s damaged meridians kept him from advancing to Soul King. Dai Wusi gave Xiao Yan a coded letter from Zhu Zhuqing, revealing that she and the others were hiding in Heaven Dou City.

• Xiao Yan revealed his identity to Dai Wusi, who recognized him from the Green Lotus Core Flame and the Qi Gathering Pills supplied by the Dark Hall.
• Dai Wusi explained that he had partnered with Zhu Zhuqing’s Dark Hall for pills but remained unable to break through to Soul King because his meridians were damaged.
• Dai Wusi described how he had misdirected Han Jiang’s Spirit Hall search and hidden Dark Hall members in a secret room before helping them escape the city.
• Dai Wusi gave Xiao Yan a coded letter left by a Dark Hall messenger, and Xiao Yan deciphered Zhu Zhuqing’s location as Heaven Dou City.

Xiao Yan obtained Zhu Zhuqing’s letter and promised Dai Wusi he would help him reach Soul King within half a year. As Xiao Yan’s Soul Division Martial Soul tried to escape the City Lord’s Mansion, Han Jiang arrived and confronted Dai Wusi.

• Xiao Yan realized Zhu Zhuqing had hidden the Dark Hall in Heaven Dou City, where tensions between the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and Spirit Hall offered it cover.
• Xiao Yan promised to repair Dai Wusi’s meridians and help him become a genuine Soul King within half a year, and Dai Wusi pledged his loyalty in return.
• A powerful Soul Douluo-level pressure descended on the City Lord’s Mansion, and Han Jiang announced his arrival from above.
• Dai Wusi identified Han Jiang as Spirit Hall’s watcher and urged Xiao Yan’s Soul Division Martial Soul to flee through a secret passage while he distracted him.
• Han Jiang landed in the courtyard and accused Dai Wusi of lying about having a visitor.

Dai Wusi tried to keep Han Jiang from discovering Xiao Yan, but the Soul Division Martial Soul emerged and fought the Spirit Hall Soul Douluo. Its Cold Heart Lotus Explosion blasted Han Jiang back, though the fight continued with Han Jiang still standing.

• Han Jiang's detection water serpent tracked the Soul Division Martial Soul to the hidden study door, and Dai Wusi resolved to protect Xiao Yan.
• The Soul Division Martial Soul appeared, and Han Jiang failed to sense its strength or identify what it was.
• The Soul Division Martial Soul unleashed Everfrost Mausoleum, freezing Han Jiang's water serpent, but Han Jiang pushed the frost back with his Soul Power.
• Han Jiang attacked with Raging Waves and Startling Billows, while the Soul Division Martial Soul dodged the water wall and circled behind him.
• The Soul Division Martial Soul struck Han Jiang with Cold Heart Lotus Explosion, destroying most of his water shields and blasting him across the courtyard.

Xiao Yan’s Soul Division Martial Soul held off Han Jiang long enough for Xiao Yan’s true body to escape, injuring Han Jiang with the Heavenly Flames before being destroyed. Han Jiang realized he had failed to stop Xiao Yan, while Dai Wusi hid his relief behind a show of fear.

• Han Jiang trapped the Soul Division Martial Soul with water whips and stabbed it with a water sword, but it seized his wrist and burned him with Green Lotus Core Flame and Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Furious, Han Jiang unleashed his Sixth Soul Skill, Water Dragon Buries the Heavens, and summoned a gigantic water dragon to attack the clone.
• The Soul Division Martial Soul told Han Jiang to report its taunts and threats to Bibi Dong, then crumbled into black smoke as the water dragon prepared to strike.
• Han Jiang watched the water dragon fall as rain across Star Chasing City and acknowledged that Xiao Yan had escaped after injuring him through a clone.
• Dai Wusi hid behind the covered walkway, suppressed his relieved smile, and resumed pretending to be frightened.

Xiao Yan rested in a hidden cave and broke through to Soul Power Level 66 before continuing toward Heaven Dou City. There, news of his attack on Spirit City reached the emperor, who ordered the empire to find him and recruit him against Spirit Hall.

• Xiao Yan avoided Spirit Hall patrols and hid in a cave, where he set up a warning formation.
• Xiao Yan guided a violent surge of Soul Power through his meridians and broke through the level-sixty-five bottleneck to reach level sixty-six.
• Xiao Yan stabilized his new realm for half a day, then resumed his journey to Heaven Dou City.
• Heaven Dou City's intelligence network reported that a mysterious expert had damaged the Pope's Palace, injured Bibi Dong, and escaped Spirit Hall's Titled Douluo.
• The Heaven Dou emperor and his ministers discussed recruiting the expert, and the emperor ordered a search while preparing gifts for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the expert.

Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong concluded that Xiao Yan was likely the expert who destroyed the Pope's Palace and discussed keeping the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's distance while monitoring the Dark Hall. Ning Rongrong learned of Xiao Yan's return, while Qian Renxue burned her report and sent a message to Zhu Zhuqing.

• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong identified the mysterious Spirit City expert as likely Xiao Yan and discussed how his strength made him an independent force.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to observe the Dark Hall from a distance and avoid alarming Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong overheard the conversation, learned Xiao Yan had likely returned, and said Zhu Zhuqing's long wait was over.
• Qian Renxue read the report about Xiao Yan, reflected on his rise and the destruction of the Pope's Palace, then burned the document.
• Qian Renxue summoned a black-clad messenger and ordered him to take a message to Zhu Zhuqing in the north of the city.

Qian Renxue’s report confirmed that Xiao Yan had returned and defeated Spirit Hall’s forces, while Zhu Zhuqing prepared the Dark Hall for his arrival. As Xiao Yan traveled toward Heaven Dou City, he sensed a familiar poison-laced Soul Power fluctuation nearby.

• Qian Renxue sent a report identifying Xiao Yan as the expert who destroyed the Pope’s Palace and fought three Titled Douluo.
• Zhu Zhuqing read Qian Renxue’s letter, ordered You Ying to increase security and replenish supplies, and prepared for Xiao Yan’s arrival.
• Flender learned that Xiao Yan was the mysterious expert in Spirit City and reflected on how the Shrek Seven Devils and the Golden Iron Triangle had scattered.
• Xiao Yan flew toward Heaven Dou City and sensed concentrated, poison-laced Soul Power coming from a nearby valley.

Xiao Yan secretly watched Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Yu Tianheng while Dugu Yan absorbed her fifth Soul Ring, then entered Heaven Dou City in disguise. He left Dugu Bo with a lingering suspicion about the faint soul fluctuation he had sensed.

• Xiao Yan sent his Soul Division Martial Soul to investigate a powerful poison-attribute Soul Power fluctuation and found Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Yu Tianheng beside a dying Soul Beast.
• Dugu Yan absorbed the twenty-thousand-year Soul Ring, purged of her poison and strong enough to withstand it, and gained the Fifth Soul Skill Jade Phosphorous Sky Curtain.
• Dugu Bo sensed a faint, unfamiliar soul fluctuation near the forest, but it disappeared before he could investigate.
• Dugu Yan shared her breakthrough with Yu Tianheng while Dugu Bo concealed his concern about the presence he had sensed.
• Xiao Yan arrived at Heaven Dou City, disguised his appearance and Soul Power, and passed through the gates with a merchant caravan.

Xiao Yan searched Heaven Dou City for the Dark Hall’s hidden marks and intervened when Xue Beng tried to abduct a vendor’s granddaughter. He followed the marks to an inconspicuous house in the north of the city.

• Xiao Yan spotted Xue Beng tormenting an old street vendor and trying to take the vendor’s granddaughter.
• Xiao Yan secretly used cold Qi to make Xue Beng and his attendants fall into the pickle juice, then left without revealing himself.
• Xue Beng cursed the crowd and departed with his guards while onlookers helped the vendor and his granddaughter.
• Xiao Yan followed the Dark Hall’s signals through the city and found the final mark on a loose brick outside a shabby house in a northern alley.

Xiao Yan found the concealed Dark Hall residence in Heaven Dou City and entered despite a guard's attempt to stop him. The courtyard's Soul Masters prepared for a possible fight, while Xiao Yan searched for Zhu Zhuqing.

• Xiao Yan detected a carefully concealed formation around the residence and sensed several Soul Masters inside.
• Xiao Yan knocked on the gate, alerting the hidden sentries and drawing a guarded response from the residents.
• A middle-aged Dark Hall member opened the gate a crack and asked Xiao Yan who he was looking for.
• Xiao Yan pushed the gate open and entered, while the guard signaled that an unexpected visitor had arrived.
• The middle-aged man claimed the person Xiao Yan sought was not there and demanded that he leave, as Xiao Yan observed a battle-ready Soul Emperor beneath the locust tree.

Xiao Yan confronted three Dark Hall guards after revealing that he had come to find Zhu Zhuqing, and they attacked him with coordinated Soul Skills. He countered with Bone Spirit Cold Flame and Netherworld Lock, evading the fire feathers and freezing the snake constructs as his chains reached the defenders.

• Xiao Yan told the three Dark Hall guards that he had come to find Zhu Zhuqing, prompting them to treat him as an enemy with ties to Spirit Hall.
• The two Soul Kings and the Soul Emperor revealed their Soul Rings and launched a coordinated assault that sealed Xiao Yan's escape routes.
• Xiao Yan summoned Bone Spirit Cold Flame and sent three Netherworld Lock chains toward the attackers.
• Xiao Yan revealed six Soul Rings, including a black fourth ring, startling the guards with the strength of his Martial Soul.
• Xiao Yan froze the Control System Soul King's snake images and evaded the Crimson Feather Waves without being struck.
• Xiao Yan's chain collided with the Vajra Ape Soul Emperor's fist.