Recaps

Qi Ling tried to escape Qian Daoliu, but the Limit Douluo overcame his defenses and pursued him relentlessly. As Qi Ling reached the room, Qian Daoliu pierced his chest with a sword, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Qi Ling escaped Qian Daoliu’s initial strike, summoned the Divine Dragon Emperor Martial Soul, and tried to slow his pursuer with the Immortal-Binding Rope, but Qian Daoliu caught it easily.
• Qi Ling used the Xuanyuan Sword Realm and One Hundred and Eight Thousand Swords, but Qian Daoliu’s Angel Domain overwhelmed the attacks.
• Qi Ling threw a high-energy compressed time bomb toward the temple to force Qian Daoliu to choose between pursuit and protecting the building, but Qian Daoliu continued chasing him.
• As Qi Ling reached the room, he activated Holy Dragon Guardian, but Qian Daoliu’s golden sword melted his Soul Power and split the solidified space.
• Qian Daoliu thrust his sword into Qi Ling’s chest and unleashed a surge of Soul Power inside him.

Qi Ling escaped Qian Daoliu by unleashing a mysterious force and destroying the temple, then returned to his companions gravely wounded. Learning it was the seventh day since his sister died, he brought out Bibi Dong’s crystal coffin and vowed to restore everything she had lost and give her his own life if necessary.

• Qian Daoliu overpowered Qi Ling, but Qi Ling seized his sword, pulled it from his chest, and forced it aside with the strength of his Soul Bone.
• Qi Ling’s presence manifested as a Divine Dragon that drove Qian Daoliu back, allowing Qi Ling to escape through a teleportation array after taunting him and mentioning a gift.
• Qi Ling’s explosives destroyed the temple, and Qian Daoliu vowed revenge as Spirit City’s people mistook the blast for divine punishment.
• Qi Ling arrived at a hidden cave outside Spirit City, where Xiao Ye and Uncle Li discovered he was badly wounded and learned that healing him would be difficult.
• Qi Ling asked how many days had passed since his sister died, then brought out Bibi Dong’s crystal coffin when Xiao Ye said it was the seventh day.
• Qi Ling vowed to give Bibi Dong a new God Level Martial Soul, top-grade Soul Bones, a Godhood, and even his own life to save her.

Qi Ling used the Yin Yang Harmony Life and Death Lotus to bind his life to Bibi Dong’s and revive her, leaving them unconscious with one shared heartbeat. Xiao Ye and Uncle Li took them toward Heaven Dou City, where Qi Ling’s trusted companions could protect them.

• Qi Ling revealed the Yin Yang Harmony Life and Death Lotus and explained that its seeds would let him and Bibi Dong share one life.
• Qi Ling fed the white seed to Bibi Dong and swallowed the black one, then collapsed as their bodies formed a shared life cycle.
• Xiao Ye and Uncle Li discovered that Bibi Dong had regained vitality and that she and Qi Ling shared one heartbeat and breathing rhythm.
• Uncle Li advised taking the unconscious pair to Heaven Dou City, and Xiao Ye placed them in the crystal coffin and stored it in her Soul Tool.
• Xiao Ye and Uncle Li set out with their companions from Sleepless City for Heaven Dou City, and Xiao Ye asked Uncle Li to bring other people along too.

Xiao Ye arrived in Heaven Dou City with Ye Mingzhu and Ye Mingyue, then reunited with Qian Renxue at Shrek Academy and revealed that she had come to bring Qi Ling back. She gathered Tang San and the others in the bamboo grove and showed them a cloth-covered crystal coffin containing Qi Ling.

• Xiao Ye sent Uncle Li toward the Star Luo Empire to bring Xiao Ming and others, while she traveled to Heaven Dou City with Ye Mingzhu and Ye Mingyue.
• A student guarding Shrek Academy tried to stop the three, but Qian Renxue recognized Xiao Ye and escorted them inside.
• Xiao Ye learned that Qian Renxue had lost her Soul Power and Martial Soul during the Divine Court's attack.
• Xiao Ye told Qian Renxue she had come to bring Qi Ling back and asked her to gather the people he trusted most.
• Xiao Ye showed Tang San and the others a crystal coffin and revealed that Qi Ling was inside.

Xiao Ye brought Qi Ling and Bibi Dong back in a crystal coffin and explained that both were alive but had not awakened. Their friends kept their whereabouts secret and waited in the bamboo house, while Qian Renxue and Hu Liena reconciled over Bibi Dong’s affection.

• Xiao Ye revealed that Qi Ling was alive and showed everyone that Bibi Dong was with him in the crystal coffin.
• Xiao Ye explained what had happened, and Qian Renxue wept with joy when she learned that Bibi Dong had returned to life.
• Xiao Wu reflected on her complicated feelings toward Bibi Dong and wished that her own mother could return as well.
• The group decided to watch over Qi Ling and Bibi Dong and keep their whereabouts secret, telling only Flender and the others.
• Hu Liena and Qian Renxue waited together in the bamboo house, and Qian Renxue thanked Hu Liena for caring for Bibi Dong.

Qi Ling woke after seven days and learned that Emperor Xue Ye had died while he was unconscious. Suspecting that Xue Qinghe’s actions surrounding the death concealed something, Qi Ling hurried to the imperial palace.

• Luna welcomed Qi Ling when he woke, and he found Bibi Dong alive but still asleep beside him.
• Xiao Wu and the others gathered around Qi Ling, who reassured Hu Liena that Bibi Dong was out of danger and moved her into his space.
• Grandmaster told Qi Ling that Emperor Xue Ye had died seven days earlier and that Xue Qinghe had summoned Princess Xue Ke to the palace for the funeral.
• Qi Ling learned that Xue Ke had arrived in Heaven Dou City the previous day and was now in the imperial palace.
• Suspecting Xue Qinghe, Qi Ling set off for the palace and asked Tang San to manage matters in his absence.

Qi Ling learned from the badly wounded Dugu Bo that Xue Qinghe had murdered Emperor Xue Ye, his brothers, and loyal imperial troops to seize the throne. Despite learning that the palace was a trap, Qi Ling decided to go because Xue Ke was still there.

• Dugu Bo staggered to Shrek Academy and warned Qi Ling not to go to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
• Qi Ling treated Dugu Bo while Flender stayed to hear his account of the crisis.
• Dugu Bo revealed that Xue Qinghe had murdered Emperor Xue Ye and Prince Xue Beng, eliminated other heirs, and sent loyal troops to their deaths.
• Dugu Bo explained that Prince Xue Xing had escaped with Emperor Xue Ye's secret edict, disrupting Xue Qinghe's plans to claim the throne.
• Qi Ling insisted that he would go to the palace to protect his student, Xue Ke.

Qi Ling went to the imperial palace of Heaven Dou City to rescue Xue Ke after Xue Qinghe seized control of the palace. Xue Qinghe asked Qi Ling to serve him, and Qi Ling refused, leaving their confrontation poised to turn violent.

• Qi Ling told Flender to secretly gather their forces while he went alone to the palace, and Dugu Bo warned him that a woman beside Xue Qinghe had overwhelmed him and might rival Qian Daoliu.
• Qi Ling reached the palace and learned that Xue Qinghe's newly installed soldiers had taken control of its defenses.
• A soldier escorted Qi Ling to a hall where Xue Qinghe was waiting.
• Qi Ling demanded to know where Xue Ke was, and Xue Qinghe asked him to serve under him in exchange for glory and wealth.
• Qi Ling refused Xue Qinghe's offer, and Xue Qinghe threatened to make the palace Qi Ling's grave.

Qi Ling pretended to accept Xue Qinghe’s offer so he could reach Xue Ke, then rescued her and rejected the prince. He left Xue Qinghe facing an uncertain confrontation.

• Qi Ling challenged Xue Qinghe over murdering his family, and Xue Qinghe revealed he sought power beyond the mortal world and invited Qi Ling to join him.
• Qi Ling agreed to Xue Qinghe’s demands in order to see Xue Ke, and Xue Qinghe led him to her.
• Qi Ling found Xue Ke unharmed beside the mysterious woman, and Xue Ke told him Emperor Xue Ye was dead.
• Qi Ling comforted Xue Ke and placed her in his Soul Tool, then told Xue Qinghe he had changed his mind and would not join him.

Qi Ling fought Xue Qinghe’s Demon Envoy but was released after she recognized him as another candidate chosen by the lords. He escaped the palace while Xue Qinghe learned he would receive no further help, and the Demon Envoy wondered whether Qi Ling had been chosen personally by the lord.

• Xue Qinghe ordered the Demon Envoy to kill Qi Ling after realizing Qi Ling had deceived him.
• The Demon Envoy bypassed Qi Ling’s Holy Dragon Guardian and Tyrant Dragon Fist, then held a dagger to his throat.
• After tasting Qi Ling’s blood, the Demon Envoy released him and said she could not kill another candidate chosen by the lords.
• Qi Ling escaped the palace, while the Demon Envoy told Xue Qinghe that he would have to defeat his opponents without further help.
• After leaving, the Demon Envoy wondered whether the lord had personally chosen Qi Ling and whether the prophecy was coming to pass.

Qi Ling escaped Xue Qinghe’s palace coup with Xue Ke and learned that Xue Qinghe had killed Emperor Xue Ye and was moving to eliminate Prince Xue Xing. Qi Ling led Shrek Academy toward Dragon's Glory City for safety, leaving Feng Xiaotian to decide whether to join them.

• Qi Ling flew over the palace wall and escaped Xue Qinghe’s soldiers, while Xue Qinghe ordered his shadow guards to find Prince Xue Xing and bring back his head.
• Qi Ling rescued Xue Ke, learned more about Xue Qinghe’s plans, and promised to protect her by taking her to Dragon's Glory City.
• Qi Ling returned to Shrek Academy and told Flender and the others that Xue Qinghe had killed Emperor Xue Ye and Heaven Dou City was no longer safe.
• Qi Ling led the group out of Heaven Dou City and invited Feng Xiaotian to join them, warning that his choice could determine the future of the Four Elements Academy.
• Feng Xiaotian considered whether to remain in Heaven Dou City and serve Xue Qinghe or leave with Qi Ling.

Qi Ling returned to Dragon's Glory City with the students of Shrek Academy, Four Elements Academy, and Heaven Dou Academy, then learned that Prince Xue Xing had arrived carrying Xue Ye's secret edict. The edict stripped Xue Qinghe of the crown prince title and named Xue Ke as successor, leaving Qi Ling entrusted with helping her reclaim the throne.

• Meng Shenji explained that Heaven Dou Academy had chosen to trust Qi Ling after joining him to rescue the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Feng Xiaotian said he trusted Qi Ling more than Xue Qinghe.
• Qi Ling arrived at Dragon's Glory City, where Ning Rongrong and the officials welcomed him, and he learned that the Defense Clan and Strength Clan were helping rebuild the city and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's grounds.
• Ning Rongrong told Qi Ling that Ning Fengzhi had collapsed from shock and anger over Xue Qinghe's actions, and that Prince Xue Xing had arrived three days earlier insisting on meeting Qi Ling alone.
• Qi Ling met the battered Prince Xue Xing, who begged him to save the Heaven Dou Empire and explained that Xue Ye had secretly sent him away with an edict.
• Prince Xue Xing gave Qi Ling Xue Ye's edict, which deposed Xue Qinghe and named Xue Ke as successor, charging Qi Ling with helping her reclaim the throne.

Qi Ling used Xue Ye’s secret edict to establish Xue Ke as the rightful heir and planned a nationwide campaign to expose Xue Qinghe before he could claim the throne. As city leaders and generals began contacting Dragon’s Glory, Xue Qinghe delayed his coronation for three months, leaving both sides to prepare for a decisive struggle.

• Prince Xue Xing offered to support Qi Ling’s claim to the throne, but Qi Ling rejected the offer and pledged to support Xue Ke.
• Qi Ling announced Xue Ye’s secret edict to the gathered allies, and Xue Ke reluctantly accepted that she must prepare to rule.
• Qi Ling proposed exposing Xue Qinghe’s crimes across the country and using Tianhua Bank’s branches to spread the news within three days.
• After the reports spread, city lords and generals began secretly contacting Dragon’s Glory, while Xue Qinghe declared himself the rightful heir.
• Xue Qinghe announced that he would ascend the throne after mourning his father for three months, and Dragon’s Glory used the delay to gather more support.

Qi Ling watched the Yin-Yang Harmony Life and Death Lotus rebirth Bibi Dong into a little girl who remembered only a few cherished people and little else. Qian Renxue asked whether Bibi Dong still remembered her father, and Bibi Dong did not.

• Hu Liena rushed to Qi Ling after a white lotus enveloped Bibi Dong, and Qi Ling recognized it as the Life and Death Lotus beginning its work.
• Three days later, the lotus opened to reveal Bibi Dong reborn as a little girl.
• Bibi Dong woke and recognized Qi Ling, Qian Renxue, and Hu Liena, but could not recall most of her past.
• Qi Ling concluded the rebirth had filtered away Bibi Dong's painful memories along with much of her past.
• Qian Renxue asked Bibi Dong whether she remembered her father, and Bibi Dong said she did not remember having one.

Qi Ling kept the resurrected Bibi Dong's return secret and helped her awaken a new Martial Soul, the moon-like Yue Shen. Beneath the full moon, a Soul Ring formed around her and turned red.

• Qian Renxue reconciled with the childlike Bibi Dong, while Qi Ling awkwardly offered to be her father and then left.
• Qi Ling kept Bibi Dong's resurrection secret, dressed her in children's clothes, and explained that her body would grow as her cultivation advanced.
• Qi Ling privately helped Bibi Dong awaken Yue Shen, an exceptionally powerful Martial Soul shaped like a moon.
• Bibi Dong eagerly waited for the full moon, then entered its light with Qi Ling and Qian Renxue as a Soul Ring formed around her and changed from moon-white to red.

Bibi Dong obtained a hundred-thousand-year first Soul Ring beneath the moonlight and demonstrated its mental-affecting skill. Afterward, she grew from a very young child to around seven or eight years old overnight, leaving Qi Ling and Xiao Wu astonished.

• Bibi Dong’s first Soul Ring formed automatically beneath the moonlight, and she used Moonlight Fragment to attack Qi Ling with sword Qi that weakened his fighting spirit.
• Bibi Dong revealed that her Soul Power had reached level twenty but that she could absorb only one Soul Ring per full moon.
• The next morning, Bibi Dong appeared several years older, and Qi Ling remarked on how quickly she was growing.
• Xiao Wu saw Bibi Dong beside Qi Ling and was amazed to learn that she had grown so much overnight.

Qi Ling explained why the Divine Court had gone quiet and warned that they could not yet defeat Qian Daoliu, a level-99 Limit Douluo. To prepare for Xue Qinghe’s coronation in three months, he announced special training meant to rapidly strengthen Dragon’s Glory’s Soul Emperors and above.

• Xiao Wu hugged Bibi Dong, then Qi Ling brought them to a meeting with Dragon’s Glory’s leaders.
• Qi Ling said Qian Xunji was likely spending months absorbing Bibi Dong’s Martial Soul and Divine Spark, leaving the Divine Court without its leader.
• Qi Ling warned that Qian Daoliu was probably guarding Qian Xunji and that Dragon’s Glory could not defeat the Limit Douluo.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin explained that level-99 Limit Douluos far surpassed other Titled Douluos, and Qi Ling revealed the Life and Death Lotus had healed him after Qian Daoliu’s strike nearly killed him.
• Qi Ling announced harmless special training for everyone at Soul Emperor level or above, aiming to raise them to Soul Saint level before Xue Qinghe proclaimed himself emperor in three months.

Qi Ling explained that his Starry Sky Barrier could accelerate cultivation enough to help qualified Soul Emperors reach Soul Saint, then began choosing participants. He left Ma Hongjun with a seven-day deadline to reach Soul Emperor and challenged him to take his feelings for Bai Chenxiang seriously.

• Qi Ling described the Starry Sky Barrier’s extreme cultivation benefits and restrictions, and limited the training to Soul Emperors and above.
• Qi Ling ordered Ma Hongjun to reach level 60 and obtain his Sixth Soul Ring within seven days, then asked everyone to identify eligible candidates.
• Bai He and Yang Wudi asked Qi Ling to include Bai Chenxiang and Yang Tiexin; Qi Ling postponed Bai Chenxiang’s training until she reached Soul Emperor and invited Yang Tiexin to discuss her case.
• Ma Hongjun asked Qi Ling to let him skip the training because he doubted he could gain a level in seven days.
• Qi Ling asked how serious Ma Hongjun was about Bai Chenxiang, then warned him that his laziness could eventually leave them separated by life and death.

Qi Ling used his Nightmare Descends Soul Skill to spur Ma Hongjun into pursuing his sixth Soul Ring, then helped Dugu Bo find a suitable Soul Ring for Dugu Yan. Xiao Ye arrived with news of a special visitor whom Qi Ling needed to meet.

• Qi Ling made Ma Hongjun experience the anguish of losing a loved one, and Ma Hongjun vowed to obtain his sixth Soul Ring within seven days.
• Dugu Bo told Qi Ling that Dugu Yan had reached level sixty and was waiting to obtain a Soul Ring before returning.
• Qi Ling wrote Dugu Bo a list of suitable poisonous Soul Beasts and their likely locations for Dugu Yan's sixth Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo rushed off to find a Soul Ring for Dugu Yan, promising to bring her back within seven days.
• Xiao Ye told Qi Ling that a very special person had arrived and needed to meet him.

Qi Ling met Yu Tianyi, a survivor of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, who asked him to take her as his disciple so she could seek revenge on the Divine Court. He offered to accept her if she passed his test.

• Xiao Ye led Qi Ling to the rear courtyard to meet Yu Tianyi, who knelt and kowtowed to him.
• Xiao Ye explained that Sleepless City had secretly rescued fewer than a hundred members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan after the Divine Court attacked them, leaving the clan with only a little over three hundred people.
• Yu Tianyi thanked Qi Ling for killing forty thousand Divine Court Soul Masters and begged him to take her as his disciple, pledging the clan's service in exchange for his help with their revenge.
• Qi Ling said he would not accept someone as a disciple without consideration, but offered to take Yu Tianyi if she passed his test.

Qi Ling met Yu Tianyi and learned that she led the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, whose members had come to join Dragon's Glory and seek revenge on the Divine Court. He gathered them and began his first lesson by declaring he would teach them how to fear death.

• Yu Tianyi accepted Qi Ling's strict test for becoming his disciple, and Xiao Ye told Qi Ling that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had arrived in Dragon's Glory City.
• Xiao Ye explained that Yu Tianyi had become clan leader because she had the greatest aptitude in the clan, while Yu Tianba, Yu Tianheng, and Yu Tianxin supported her leadership.
• Qi Ling visited the clan's camp, where he found its members consumed by the desire for revenge and discovered that Zhu Zhuqing had returned with Xiao Ye and the others.
• Qi Ling introduced himself to the clan members and asked whether they feared death; they shouted that they did not.
• Qi Ling told the clan members that his first lesson would teach them how to fear death.

Qi Ling began special training for the survivors of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and helped Yu Tianyi and Yang Tiexin prepare to reach level sixty within seven days. After they and Ma Hongjun succeeded, Dugu Yan returned, completing the group while Dai Mubai remained in the Star Luo Empire.

• Qi Ling told the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan survivors that they had to value their lives and survive if they wanted revenge, then brought representatives to meet Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong.
• Qi Ling learned that Yu Tianyi was nineteen and at level fifty-nine, then set her and Yang Tiexin the goal of reaching level sixty within seven days.
• Qi Ling planned to awaken Yu Tianyi's stored medicinal power and gave Yang Tiexin a Crimson Flame Blood Bodhi to help her break through.
• Qi Ling reflected on his new level seventy Soul Power and prepared to seek a Seventh Soul Ring after the training ended.
• After seven days, Ma Hongjun, Yang Tiexin, and Yu Tianyi all reached the Soul Emperor realm and obtained suitable Soul Rings.
• Dugu Yan returned excitedly to see Qi Ling, while Dai Mubai remained away to oversee the Star Luo Empire.

Qi Ling sent sixteen young Soul Emperors and above into the Starry Sky Barrier for special cultivation and gave Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo tickets in hopes its pressure and laws could help them break through. After the portal closed, he offered to spar with Yang Wudi using only martial arts, leaving the onlookers eager to see whether Yang could defeat him.

• Qi Ling selected sixteen talented cultivators for the Starry Sky Barrier and gave its two remaining admission tickets to Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo.
• Sword Douluo recognized that the barrier's immense pressure could spur breakthroughs, and Qi Ling explained that its laws might help the elders advance as well.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun discussed enduring the barrier until their limits, and the ticket holders entered separate cultivation spaces as time flowed at one hundredth its normal speed.
• After the portal vanished, Qi Ling reassured the worried Yang Wudi that the barrier was safe and invited him to spar without Martial Souls, Soul Skills, or Soul Power.
• Yang Wudi hesitated, while Xiao Ye urged him to accept and encouraged everyone to try to defeat Qi Ling.

Qi Ling sparred with Yang Wudi and discovered that, despite his mastery of the sword, it kept him from fighting freely. Bibi Dong suggested he search for a weapon that suited him even better, leaving him to consider what it might be.

• Qi Ling challenged Yang Wudi to a friendly weapon contest, and Yang Wudi attacked with his Soul Breaking Spear.
• Qi Ling dodged and blocked as Yang Wudi built his spear's momentum, while Bibi Dong noticed uncertainty in Qi Ling's swordsmanship.
• Yang Wudi unleashed his strongest thrust, and Qi Ling retreated beyond its range before ending the match.
• After the duel, Qi Ling told Bibi Dong that sword fighting felt stifling despite his confidence in his technique.
• Bibi Dong explained that Qi Ling needed a weapon better suited to him than a sword and urged him to find one that let him fight with exhilaration.

Qi Ling tested weapons at Bibi Dong’s suggestion but found none that suited him, then monitored everyone training inside the Starry Sky Barrier. After Feng Xiaotian became the first to withdraw, Qi Ling promised that everyone would have a chance to obtain a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

• Bibi Dong advised Qi Ling to try different weapons, but he tested many in Dragon's Glory's armory and found none that suited him.
• Qi Ling checked the Starry Sky Barrier and saw that everyone had endured seven days, with Yu Tianyi gaining six Soul Power levels.
• On the ninth day, Feng Xiaotian left the barrier after reaching level seventy and being unable to withstand the pressure.
• Qi Ling told Feng Xiaotian to wait and not acquire his seventh Soul Ring yet, since Qi Ling had other arrangements.
• Qi Ling revealed that he had prepared over-a-hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings that would choose their own masters and be easy to absorb.