Recaps

After defeating a Jia Lie Family fighter, Xiao Yan recovered from his injuries and drew attention across Wutan City. He went to the council hall to join Xiao Zhan and the three elders as they argued over a clan decision.

• Xun'er gave Xiao Yan a healing pill and asked him not to overexert himself.
• Xiao Yan took the pill, healed his injury, and noticed his Soul Power had become unusually active.
• News spread that Xiao Yan had killed a Three-Star Dou Zhe, making the Xiao Clan and its young master the focus of Wutan City’s factions.
• Xiao Yan decided to involve himself in the clan’s affairs and learned that Xiao Zhan and the three elders were arguing in the council hall.
• Xiao Yan entered the council hall after Xiao Zhan granted him permission, and the patriarch asked why he had come.

Xiao Yan confronted the three elders over the Xiao Clan’s response to the Jia Lie Family and argued that Xiao Zhan’s decision to fight was for the clan’s future, not just for him. He left the elders considering who could lead the clan after Xiao Zhan and what would become of a clan that failed to support its younger members.

• Xiao Zhan declared that the Xiao Clan should fight the Jia Lie Family after it attacked Xiao Yan, but the third elder objected and blamed Xiao Yan for starting the conflict.
• Xiao Yan mocked the elders’ narrow thinking and argued that elders should protect the younger generation rather than rely on age to command respect.
• Xiao Yan said that blaming him after he stood up to the Jia Lie Family would discourage other young clan members from defending the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan asked who could succeed Xiao Zhan as patriarch and established that no one in the younger generation matched his talent or Xiao Zhan’s strength and prestige.
• Xiao Yan explained that Xiao Zhan had argued with the elders out of respect for them and had chosen to act against the Jia Lie Family for the clan’s sake.
• Xiao Yan warned that a clan that failed to support its younger members would lose their loyalty and unity.

Douluo Xiao Yan confronted the Xiao Clan elders and discovered that a strange ring was absorbing his Soul Power, likely causing Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan's Dou Qi Vortex to disappear. The two Xiao Yans reunited in the mysterious space, where Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan revealed he had restored his Dou Qi Vortex in the Douluo World and was stunned by Douluo Xiao Yan's actions against the Jia Lie Family and the elders.

• Xiao Yan promised Xiao Zhan and the three elders that he would lead the Xiao Clan in a fight against the Jia Lie Family, apologized for offending the elders, and returned to his courtyard.
• While cultivating, Xiao Yan noticed Soul Power flowing toward a grayish-brown ring and confirmed that the ring absorbed it, so he sealed the ring in a wooden box.
• Xiao Yan withdrew the Soul Division Martial Soul and reunited with Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan in the mysterious space.
• Douluo Xiao Yan told Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan that the ring had likely drained his Dou Qi and that it might contain a powerful expert's inheritance.
• Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan said he had restored his Dou Qi Vortex in the Douluo World, then reacted with disbelief when Douluo Xiao Yan described provoking conflict with the Jia Lie Family and scolding the elders.

After a year apart, the two Xiao Yans reunited and discussed their progress, including the growing conflict between the Xiao Clan and the Jia Lie Family. They decided to use the Soul Division Martial Soul to bring Douluo Xiao Yan into the Battle Through the Heavens World, where he awoke near the Xiao Clan.

• Douluo Xiao Yan returned to Holy Soul Village and discovered that the Soul Division Martial Soul had weakened after connecting the two worlds.
• Over the following year, Douluo Xiao Yan advanced to rank twenty-six while studying Martial Souls and practicing Dou Techniques.
• Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan told Douluo Xiao Yan that he had reached Three-Star Dou Zhe and that the Xiao Clan's conflict with the Jia Lie Family had intensified.
• Douluo Xiao Yan warned Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan to beware of the Jia Lie Family's possible counterattack and the Ao Ba Family's motives.
• Douluo Xiao Yan and Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan used the Soul Division Martial Soul to send Douluo Xiao Yan into the Battle Through the Heavens World.
• Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan woke on a rock in the hills behind the Xiao Clan and asked whether his brother was there.

The Xiao Clan prepared to destroy the Jia Lie Family, while Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan and Douluo Xiao Yan investigated the mysterious ring and sensed a link between it and Douluo Xiao Yan’s Martial Soul. That night, the Jia Lie Family walked into the Xiao Clan’s trap, and Xiao Zhan confronted Jia Lie Bi as the ambush began.

• Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan attended the Xiao Clan meeting, where Xiao Zhan ordered the clan to attack the Jia Lie Family that night.
• Xun'er joined Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan and reassured him that Xiao Zhan could handle the Jia Lie Family.
• Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan showed Douluo Xiao Yan the ring that had absorbed his Dou Qi Vortex, and Douluo Xiao Yan sensed something inside it shared his Martial Soul’s lineage.
• Battle Through the Xiao Clan waited for the night battle, but Jia Lie Family fighters attacked before nightfall and were drawn toward the clan’s outer grounds.
• Xiao Zhan and the three elders surrounded the front hall while Xiao Clan disciples protected the core area, revealing that the daytime mobilization had been bait for Jia Lie Bi.
• Jia Lie Bi warned Oba Pa that the Ao Ba Family would not escape disaster after helping the Xiao Clan.

The Xiao Clan and Ao Ba Family joined forces to destroy the Jia Lie Family, while Xiao Yan watched from the roof. Xiao Zhan later told Xiao Yan that his alliance with the Ao Ba Family was connected to Xiao Yan’s childhood betrothal to a Nalan Family girl, who had recently become the Misty Cloud Sect Master's final disciple.

• Xiao Zhan and Oba Pa surrounded Jia Lie Bi and attacked him as their clans fought the Jia Lie Family.
• Oba Pa helped the Xiao Clan because he believed Xiao Yan’s connection to the Nalan Family and Nalan Yanran could bring the Xiao Clan powerful support.
• Xiao Zhan and Oba Pa defeated Jia Lie Bi, and Xiao Clan forces took over the Jia Lie Family’s territory and resources.
• Xiao Zhan confronted Xiao Yan for watching from the roof and explained that Xiao Yan’s childhood betrothal had helped bring Oba Pa to their side.
• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Yan that his grandfather had arranged his betrothal to a Nalan Family girl who had recently become the Misty Cloud Sect Master's final disciple.

Xiao Yan learned that his Battle Through the Heavens counterpart had a fiancée and returned to the Douluo World, where he and Tang San graduated as level twenty-nine Soul Grandmasters. The three arrived in Suotuo City to seek Shrek Academy and found that the Rose Hotel had only one room left.

• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Yan that Xiao Xun'er was his fiancée and that the Ao Ba Family had supported the Xiao Clan after learning of the engagement.
• Douluo Xiao Yan teased Xiao Yan about his fiancée before returning to the Douluo World, where no time had passed.
• Over the next two years, Xiao Yan and Tang San became Nuoding Academy legends and graduated at level twenty-nine, while the Xiao Clan became Wutan City's leading family.
• Xiao Yan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu arrived in Suotuo City and decided to find lodging before visiting Shrek Academy the next day.
• Xiao Wu chose the Rose Hotel, but its attendant told Tang San that only one room remained, and Xiao Yan spoke up.

Tang San and Dai Mubai competed for the hotel’s last room, first fighting without Soul Power and then agreeing to continue after Tang San narrowly won. Dai Mubai revealed his White Tiger Martial Soul and level thirty-seven Soul Elder rank as Xiao Yan stepped beside Tang San for the looming battle.

• Dai Mubai arrived at the hotel and demanded the room, while Manager Wang confirmed that one was always reserved for him.
• Xiao Wu challenged Dai Mubai, and Tang San stepped forward to fight him without Soul Power.
• Tang San narrowly defeated Dai Mubai in their hand-to-hand match, but Dai Mubai asked to continue fighting and said the room would be theirs either way.
• Dai Mubai activated his White Tiger Martial Soul and revealed three Soul Rings, identifying himself as a level thirty-seven Battle Soul Elder.
• Xiao Yan moved beside Tang San as Dai Mubai formally challenged them.

Xiao Yan and Tang San teamed up to fight Dai Mubai, using coordinated attacks to test his defenses. Dai Mubai escaped Tang San’s Blue Silver Cage and countered Xiao Yan with a White Tiger Fierce Light Wave that sent him flying.

• Xiao Yan and Tang San revealed their Martial Souls and agreed to fight Dai Mubai together.
• Tang San trapped Dai Mubai in a Blue Silver Cage while Xiao Yan attacked with Soul-Concentrating Pierce ice crystals.
• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Protection Barrier to withstand the ice crystals, then tore open the cage and escaped.
• Dai Mubai charged Tang San, but Xiao Yan intercepted him with an ice-crystal spear.
• Dai Mubai unleashed White Tiger Fierce Light Wave; Xiao Yan’s Soul Armor and spear failed to stop it, and the blast sent him flying.

Xiao Yan and Tang San defeated Dai Mubai in a sparring match, then went sightseeing in Suotuo City with Xiao Wu. At a shop marked with Spirit Hall’s emblem, Tang San became captivated by a crystal near the entrance.

• Tang San trapped Dai Mubai with Blue Silver Entanglement and Parasite while Xiao Yan attacked alongside him, prompting Dai Mubai to admit defeat before demonstrating his White Tiger Vajra Transformation.
• Dai Mubai told Xiao Yan and Tang San to use his name if anyone caused trouble at Shrek Academy, then left the Rose Hotel with the twins.
• Xiao Yan persuaded Tang San to join Xiao Wu on an outing around Suotuo City, and the three went shopping together.
• Tang San noticed a Spirit Hall emblem above an ordinary shop, and Xiao Yan recognized its symbols as the Seven Kill Sword, Clear Sky Hammer, and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
• Xiao Yan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu entered the shop and found shelves of unusual objects; Tang San became absorbed by a crystal near the entrance.

Tang San bought a rare crystal from a shopkeeper who recognized the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges, then turned it into Dragon Whisker Needles and demonstrated their power to Xiao Yan and Xiao Wu. The next day, the three left Suotuo City to find Shrek Academy, but the road grew increasingly remote.

• Tang San agreed to pay five hundred Gold Soul Coins for the crystal, but the shopkeeper recognized the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges and gave it to him for free; Tang San still left two hundred Gold Soul Coins behind.
• The shopkeeper noticed the Black Dragon on Xiao Yan's hand and wondered whether Xiao Yan's companion had taken on two new disciples.
• Tang San explained Hair Gold and Plate Crystal to Xiao Yan and Xiao Wu, then used the crystal to make Dragon Whisker Needles.
• Tang San demonstrated how a Dragon Whisker Needle pierced and crushed the bedding, explained its effect on a victim's body, and stored the needles in the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges.
• The next day, Tang San, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Wu left through Suotuo City's south gate and followed the increasingly remote road toward Shrek Academy.

Xiao Yan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu found Shrek Academy and learned that its strict entrance requirements demanded applicants be no older than twelve and have at least level twenty-one Soul Power. After watching an overage applicant get rejected and a mysterious girl in white be admitted, Xiao Yan joined the line for testing, where Dai Mubai reacted with shock to someone behind them.

• Xiao Yan and his companions discovered that the run-down village was Shrek Academy, which the registration teacher called Monster Academy.
• The registration teacher revealed the academy's age and Soul Power requirements and displayed his strength as a Soul Emperor.
• The teacher rejected a boy with level twenty-one Soul Power because he had already turned thirteen, leaving Xiao Yan disapproving of the academy's cold rules.
• A girl in white challenged the academy's willingness to accept her, and the teacher allowed Dai Mubai to escort her inside.
• Dai Mubai greeted Xiao Yan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu, then looked behind them in shock, prompting Xiao Yan to turn around.

Xiao Yan, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the girl in black passed Shrek Academy’s first entrance test, and Dai Mubai explained the academy’s strict admissions and dire finances. The group was sent directly to the fourth round alongside a girl in white, where they might form the academy’s largest incoming class.

• Xiao Yan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu passed the first test, and Xiao Yan predicted the girl in black would pass as well; she revealed two yellow Soul Rings and qualified.
• Dai Mubai led the group into Shrek Academy and told them that it had only three students because its dean refused to lower admission standards.
• Dai Mubai explained that applicants with Soul Power above rank twenty-five could skip the second and third rounds, then got permission for the group to advance directly to the fourth.
• The girl in white joined them, and Dai Mubai led the group toward the fourth-round testing ground, saying their admission could make this the academy’s largest class.

Xiao Yan and the others reached Shrek Academy’s fourth trial and learned they had to withstand Zhao Wuji, a level seventy-six Battle Soul Saint, for one incense stick. After introducing themselves and sharing their abilities, Tang San proposed a team strategy, and the group prepared to face Zhao Wuji.

• Dai Mubai brought Xiao Yan and the others to the fourth trial, where Zhao Wuji announced they had to last against him for one incense stick to pass.
• Dai Mubai revealed that Zhao Wuji was a level seventy-six Battle Soul Saint with a powerful Great Strength Vajra Bear Martial Soul.
• The girl in the white dress identified Zhao Wuji as the Immovable Wisdom King and recalled his past escape from sixteen Spirit Hall bishops.
• Xiao Yan, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing introduced themselves and described their Martial Souls and abilities.
• Tang San assigned himself to control Zhao Wuji, Xiao Yan and Xiao Wu to attack, Zhu Zhuqing to harass him, and Ning Rongrong to provide support.

Xiao Yan and the others fought Zhao Wuji in their entrance test, using Ning Rongrong’s support and coordinated attacks to challenge him. After Zhao Wuji sent Xiao Yan flying, Xiao Yan realized his Cold Flame had weakened the powerful examiner, and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing charged again.

• Ning Rongrong used her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to boost Xiao Yan and the others as Zhao Wuji tried to disrupt them with a ground shockwave.
• Xiao Yan attacked Zhao Wuji with Bone Spirit Cold Flame while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing struck from close range, but Zhao Wuji repelled them.
• Tang San ensnared Zhao Wuji with Blue Silver Entanglement as Xiao Yan struck with Mountain-Bombarding Fist and Cold Flame · Soul Armor.
• Zhao Wuji sent Xiao Yan flying, but frost from the Cold Flame covered his arm and made him tremble.
• Xiao Yan said the Cold Flame had partly paralyzed Zhao Wuji, and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing charged him again.

Zhao Wuji eliminated Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong, leaving only Xiao Yan and Tang San in the assessment. Tang San unleashed his hidden weapons against Zhao Wuji while Xiao Yan supported him from the edge of the arena, and Zhao Wuji answered with a surge of Soul Power.

• Zhao Wuji seized Zhu Zhuqing and hurled her out of the arena, then used a punch to knock Xiao Wu out when she tried to charm him.
• Tang San was distracted by Xiao Wu’s fall, allowing Zhao Wuji to charge Ning Rongrong and eliminate her as well.
• With only Xiao Yan and Tang San left, Tang San apologized to Zhao Wuji and launched cold needles from his hands.
• Tang San drew more weapons from the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges and attacked Zhao Wuji from multiple angles while Xiao Yan slowed him with ice crystals.
• Irritated by the hidden weapons and the effects of Bone Spirit Cold Flame, Zhao Wuji roared and sent a wave of Soul Power outward.

Xiao Yan withdrew from the trial, leaving Tang San to face Zhao Wuji alone until the incense burned out. After the battered students passed, Oscar arrived with his healing sausages.

• Zhao Wuji attacked Xiao Yan, who left the field after sending ice crystals to slow him down.
• Tang San poisoned Zhao Wuji with a hidden weapon and later struck him with a Dragon Whisker Needle, but Zhao Wuji beat him severely.
• Xiao Yan warned Zhao Wuji when the incense had burned out, and Zhao Wuji declared that the students had passed the test.
• Dai Mubai called Oscar over to treat the injured students, and Oscar arrived pushing a cart of sausages.
• Dai Mubai explained that Oscar was a fourteen-year-old food-type Soul Master whose sausages helped heal injuries.

Xiao Yan defended Oscar’s restorative sausages after the others recoiled at his incantations, helping Oscar feel accepted by his new classmates. The group passed the entrance test and settled into Shrek Academy’s residential area to rest.

• Oscar gave Xiao Yan and the injured students sausages, then Zhao Wuji asked him for a sausage and a cured sausage.
• Ning Rongrong and the others recoiled at Oscar’s incantations, but Xiao Yan defended him and accepted another sausage.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing apologized to Oscar, while Ning Rongrong remained reluctant.
• Dai Mubai congratulated Xiao Yan, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong on passing the entrance test.
• Dai Mubai assigned the students rooms in the academy’s residential area, and they went to rest.

Xiao Yan rested after his fight with Zhao Wuji while Zhao Wuji looked forward to training him and Tang San. That night, Clear Sky Douluo confronted Zhao Wuji, and Flender watched as the powerful visitor beat him under a challenge that would settle the matter if Zhao Wuji endured for an incense stick’s time.

• Xiao Yan returned to the dormitory and cultivated while Oscar tried not to disturb him.
• Zhao Wuji reviewed information about Xiao Yan and the others and looked forward to putting Xiao Yan and Tang San through more training.
• A mysterious masked man lured Zhao Wuji into the wilderness and revealed nine Soul Rings, including one close to a hundred thousand years old.
• Flender arrived, recognized the stranger as His Excellency Haotian, and confirmed that he had founded Shrek Academy.
• Clear Sky Douluo challenged Zhao Wuji to endure a beating for the time it took an incense stick to burn, and Flender watched as Zhao Wuji was pummeled.

Xiao Yan, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing encountered Ma Hongjun harassing Cuihua, and Tang San confronted him. Ma Hongjun revealed his Phoenix Martial Soul and burned away Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, so Xiao Wu charged in to fight him.

• Xiao Yan and Tang San retrieved Tang San’s hidden weapons from the grounds where they had fought Zhao Wuji.
• Xiao Yan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu invited Zhu Zhuqing to join them for food, and the four wandered into the village.
• They came across Ma Hongjun refusing to let Cuihua break up with him, and Xiao Wu intervened when he tried to force himself on her.
• Ma Hongjun turned his attention to Xiao Wu, but Tang San pulled her back and attacked him with Blue Silver Grass.
• Ma Hongjun revealed his Phoenix Martial Soul and burned Tang San’s vines to ashes, prompting Xiao Wu to charge at him.

Xiao Wu defeated Ma Hongjun after he attacked her with his Evil Fire Phoenix flames, and Dai Mubai explained that Ma Hongjun's mutated Martial Soul caused his strong desires. The group returned to the academy dining hall, where Ma Hongjun met Ning Rongrong and immediately took an interest in her.

• Xiao Wu dodged Ma Hongjun's flames, used her Soul Skill to throw him, and kicked off her shoes when his sticky fire clung to them.
• Cuihua stopped the others from attacking Ma Hongjun, then ran off without explaining their relationship.
• Dai Mubai introduced Ma Hongjun as the academy's last student and explained the side effect of his Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Ma Hongjun exposed Dai Mubai's history of dating several women, prompting Zhu Zhuqing to call him disgusting.
• Dai Mubai led Xiao Yan and the others to the dining hall, where they met Oscar and Ning Rongrong and introduced themselves.
• Ma Hongjun noticed Ning Rongrong and became interested in her.

Dai Mubai explained Shrek Academy’s unusual rules, and Flender assigned Oscar and Ning Rongrong physical training while asking Xiao Yan and Tang San to prepare for their first class. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi reassured Sword Douluo Chen Xin that Ning Rongrong was safe at Shrek.

• Dai Mubai told the new students that Shrek encouraged fighting and gambling within limits, then led them to the training ground after the assembly bell rang.
• Flender welcomed the four new students, told Dai Mubai to explain the rules and collect their fees, and assigned Oscar and Ning Rongrong twenty laps around the village.
• Flender read a letter from Grandmaster that Xiao Yan delivered, then sent Xiao Yan and Tang San to prepare for their first class.
• Ning Rongrong left Oscar to run alone, and Oscar replenished his strength with sausages made by his Martial Soul.
• Ning Fengzhi stopped Sword Douluo Chen Xin from bringing Ning Rongrong back from Shrek Academy, assuring him that Flender would look after her.

Flender confronted Ning Rongrong over skipping her task and challenged her arrogance by comparing her with Shrek Academy’s students. Ning Rongrong learned Oscar had Innate Full Soul Power, leaving her stunned and unable to dismiss the others’ talent.

• Flender caught Oscar lying about completing the task and ordered him to run twenty laps with his Soul Power sealed.
• Ning Rongrong admitted she had abandoned her task to eat and shop in Suotuo City, then threatened Flender when he criticized her.
• Flender rejected Ning Rongrong’s arrogance and explained that a support Soul Master needed teammates she could trust.
• Flender compared Ning Rongrong’s abilities with Dai Mubai, Xiao Yan, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing, and she could not answer his challenge.
• Ning Rongrong claimed she was stronger than Oscar, but Flender revealed that Oscar had Innate Full Soul Power, shocking her and the other students.

After Ning Rongrong ran off in tears, Flender took the students to the Soto Great Soul Arena and explained its purpose, rules, and badge system. He led them inside, where they would begin their first special course.

• Ning Rongrong burst into tears and ran to the dormitory after Flender challenged her, and Flender excused Oscar’s punishment and sent him to comfort her.
• Flender led the students toward Suotuo City, where the group’s running speeds revealed Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Yan as the fastest after Dai Mubai.
• Ma Hongjun stared greedily at women as the group entered Suotuo City, and Flender brought them to a teahouse near the Great Soul Arena.
• Flender explained that the Soto Great Soul Arena offered Soul Masters combat experience, rewards, and renown, and required the students to earn Silver Soul Badges before graduation.
• After hearing Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun’s records, the students followed Flender into the Soto Great Soul Arena.

Xiao Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu registered for two-on-two matches at the Soto Great Soul Arena, ending up with the names “Little Pig Combination” and “Three-Five Combination.” Xiao Wu then stepped into her first singles match against Qing Bao, who underestimated her, and the fight was about to begin.

• Flender led the newcomers into the Soto Great Soul Arena, where Dai Mubai explained the match rules and registration process.
• Xiao Wu persuaded Tang San to enter a two-on-two match with her, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to partner with Xiao Yan.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu registered as the Three-Five Combination after the clerk misheard their chosen name as “Three-Five.”
• Zhu Zhuqing chose the name Xiao-Zhu Combination, but the clerk registered them as the Little Pig Combination, amusing Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu took the stage to fight Qing Bao, a Soul Grandmaster with an Iron Horn Bull Martial Soul, and told him to reveal his Martial Soul.