Recaps

Yang Podi and his companions completed a year of Tidal Body Tempering, during which he reached Titled Douluo, awakened his Body Martial Soul to gold grade, and advanced his spiritual power to the Peerless Douluo level. After resting and learning their fifth trials, Yang Podi absorbed his final God-Given Soul Ring, leaving him at level ninety-three with a five-hundred-thousand-year ring and two new domains.

• Bo Saixi began the Tidal Body Tempering trial, and the six participants endured the waves on the Deep Sea Sunken Silver Pillars as their daily endurance gradually improved.
• Yang Podi spent thirty days enduring the waves without food, achieved a gold-grade awakening of his Body Martial Soul, and entered the Titled Douluo realm with Peerless Douluo-level spiritual power.
• The group passed the year-long trial and received their rewards, while Niu Meng gained a God-Given Soul Ring and Yang Podi reached level ninety.
• The group rested in Seahorse City, learned the requirements of their fifth trials, and prepared for Yang Podi and Niu Meng to absorb their God-Given Soul Rings.
• Yang Podi absorbed a five-hundred-thousand-year God-Given Soul Ring, reached level ninety-three, awakened the Soul Breaking Domain and Gravity Domain, and raised his Soul Breaking Spear to Ultimate Metal with a weight of thirty-two thousand jin.

Yang Ping'an, Dugu Yan, and Yang Tianyue completed the Fifth Trial by defeating their Titled Douluo opponents, with Yang Tianyue overcoming Sea Dragon Douluo in the final battle. Ye Lingling healed both fighters, and the group passed the trial.

• Yang Ping'an defeated Sea Star Douluo after combining Ring Fusion, his Tool Soul Avatar, and his right-arm Soul Bone Skill.
• Dugu Yan defeated Sea Horse Douluo by wearing him down with her poison and Eight Spider Lances.
• Yang Tianyue defeated six Titled Douluos in succession with Ye Lingling's healing support, then faced Sea Dragon Douluo.
• Yang Tianyue and Sea Dragon Douluo fought evenly until both used their strongest attacks, and Yang Tianyue pierced through his sea dragon with her hundred-thousand-year Soul Skill.
• Ye Lingling treated Yang Tianyue and Sea Dragon Douluo, and the group learned that everyone had passed the Fifth Trial.

After Dugu Yan completed her fifth trial and absorbed a God-Given Soul Ring, the group began the sixth trial: surviving against the Seven Sacred Pillars. Yang Podi led an all-out attack, quickly knocking Sea Horse Douluo from the arena and forcing Sea Dragon Douluo to abandon the front line to defend the rear.

• Dugu Yan completed the Sea God's Black Level Five Trials, absorbed a God-Given Soul Ring, and reached level eighty-two.
• The group rested for half a month before beginning the trial against the Seven Sacred Pillars, with Bo Saixi presiding and Yang Podi joining Yang Tianyue, Yang Ping'an, and Ye Lingling in the arena.
• Yang Podi's vastly strengthened Soul Rings astonished the Seven Sacred Pillars, and his group charged instead of trying to last out the incense stick.
• Yang Podi struck Sea Horse Douluo through his defense and knocked him off the platform, then used his Gravity Domain and Soul Skills against Sea Star Douluo, Sea Delusion Douluo, and Sea Witch Douluo.
• Sea Dragon Douluo countered Yang Podi's attack on Sea Witch Douluo and came to protect the rear, while Yang Tianyue and Yang Ping'an remained engaged with Sea Spear Douluo and Sea Ghost Douluo.
• Yang Podi prepared to attack Sea Dragon Douluo and the other three at once.

Yang Podi defeated Sea God Island’s Seven Sacred Pillars, earning the group passage through the sixth trial and new rewards. As Yang Tianyue, Yang Podi, and Ye Lingling began the seventh trial, Bo Saixi asked Yang Tianyue to explain her attitude toward the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Chen, leaving her facing a delicate choice.

• Yang Podi overwhelmed the Seven Sacred Pillars with his Soul Breaking Spear, and Ye Lingling treated the defeated Douluos after the battle.
• Bo Saixi confirmed that Yang Podi, Yang Tianyue, and Ye Lingling had passed the sixth stage, while Yang Ping'an completed his trials and received a God-Given Soul Ring.
• After Yang Ping'an began absorbing his new ring, Yang Podi, Yang Tianyue, and Ye Lingling went to the Sea God Hall to undertake the seventh stage.
• Bo Saixi described the Sea God’s conquest of the ocean and explained the power and lifespans of the three current Limit Douluos.
• Bo Saixi asked Yang Tianyue how she regarded the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Chen, and Yang Podi recognized that her answer could affect their standing with Bo Saixi.

Yang Tianyue passed the Sea God’s Seventh Trial by pulling out the Sea God Trident, while Ye Lingling completed her trials. Yang Podi privately offered Bo Saixi information about Tang Chen in exchange for helping Yang Tianyue with her final trials, and Bo Saixi agreed after learning Tang Chen was trapped and had lost his sanity.

• Yang Tianyue and Yang Podi told Bo Saixi that the Breaking Clan had no desire to renew ties with the Clear Sky Sect, and Yang Podi promised they would not provoke it.
• Yang Tianyue struggled to lift the Sea God Trident until Yang Podi reminded her of her Sea God Affinity and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, allowing her to pull it free and pass the Seventh Trial.
• Yang Tianyue gained the right to use the Sea God Trident and raised her Sea God Affinity to ninety percent, while Ye Lingling completed her Red Level Seven Trials and received her rewards.
• Bo Saixi revealed Yang Tianyue’s Eighth Trial: kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, obtain a full set of Soul Bones, and reach rank ninety-nine within twenty years.
• Yang Podi privately offered to help Bo Saixi meet Tang Chen in return for her helping Yang Tianyue complete her final trials, and Bo Saixi agreed after hearing Tang Chen was trapped and had lost his sanity.

After returning from Sea God Island, Yang Podi and the others reunited with their families at Heavenly Pursuit Academy and learned that the continent had remained quiet, though rumors and signs hinted at coming upheaval. Yang Podi planned to investigate Spirit Hall’s intentions, while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo unexpectedly arrived at the academy.

• Yang Ping'an and Ye Lingling completed their God-Given Soul Rings, reaching ranks eighty-eight and eighty-nine with hundred-thousand-year eighth Soul Rings; the group then used their island privileges to return to the continent.
• After a twenty-day voyage and a rapid journey home, Yang Podi and the others found Heavenly Pursuit Academy intact, reunited with their families, and revealed their greatly increased strength and privileges.
• Yang Wudi told Yang Podi that the continent had been peaceful, Xue Beng had died under unclear circumstances, the Clear Sky Sect might emerge from seclusion, and the Soul Master Tournament had been canceled.
• Yang Podi warned the others to keep Yang Tianyue’s Sea God inheritance secret and planned to investigate Spirit Hall’s possible Soul Hunting Operation.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Yu Xiaogang learned the Soul Master Tournament was canceled despite Heaven Dou Team One having trained seven Soul Kings; meanwhile, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo visited Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo.

Yang Podi realized Spirit Hall was preparing to attack the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and hid nearby until its forces invaded. While Yu Yuanzhen fought three Titled Douluos, Yang Podi broke into the clan’s treasury, seized its treasures, and moved on to search for more.

• Yang Podi inferred that Bibi Dong was preparing the Soul Hunting Operation and warned Yang Zhentian to evacuate the clan if it was attacked.
• Yang Podi found Spirit Hall spies around the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and hid among them until an invasion force arrived.
• Spirit Hall’s forces attacked the clan, and Yu Yuanzhen emerged to confront three Titled Douluos.
• Yang Podi slipped into the clan’s grounds, killed the two Soul Douluo treasury guards, and smashed through the treasury doors.
• Yang Podi looted the treasure chamber, including its Soul Bones and other valuables, then continued toward the clan’s remaining treasuries.

Spirit Hall wiped out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan after a brutal siege, and Yang Podi secretly looted its treasuries and Yu Yuanzhen’s Soul Bones. He escaped the collapsing battlefield and flew toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to assess the fighting there.

• Spirit Hall’s forces besieged the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Yang Podi emptied its three treasuries and watched the battle from a mountain.
• Yu Yuanzhen fought Spirit Hall’s three Titled Douluos as the clan suffered overwhelming casualties and its surviving Soul Masters resorted to self-detonation.
• Yu Yuanzhen and the Ninth Elder killed each other in a clash of Ninth Soul Skills, while Yang Podi caused a mountain collapse to cover his approach.
• Yang Podi took three Soul Bones and Yu Yuanzhen’s Soul Tool from the corpse, concealed it beneath a boulder, and escaped through a black hole.
• Spirit Hall found the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan destroyed and its treasuries empty, while Yang Podi flew toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Yang Podi reached the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, looted three of its treasure vaults, and watched Sword Douluo break through to rank ninety-seven before driving off Spirit Hall’s attackers. The sect suffered devastating losses, and Ning Fengzhi ordered its survivors to evacuate to Heaven Dou City while the identity of the hidden looter remained unknown.

• Yang Podi arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, interrogated two disciples, and emptied three of its five treasure vaults.
• Sword Douluo fought Spirit Hall’s four Titled Douluos, broke through to rank ninety-seven after Snake Lance Douluo severed his arm, and gravely wounded Demon Bear Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo.
• Flame Eagle Douluo carried the wounded Titled Douluos away and ordered Spirit Hall’s Soul Masters to withdraw, while Bone Douluo and Ning Fengzhi returned to support Sword Douluo.
• Sword Douluo sensed a hidden expert before Yang Podi departed, and Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and Sword Douluo found three vaults emptied and learned that roughly 2,500 of their 3,000 disciples had been lost.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to abandon its grounds and evacuate to Heaven Dou City, and told the others to keep the hidden expert’s presence secret.

Yang Podi returned to Heavenly Pursuit Academy after secretly looting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan treasure vaults, while Spirit Hall’s assault left both sects devastated. As the continent braced for Spirit Hall’s next moves, Yang Podi urged his family to remain on Mount Aermo and avoid the conflict.

• Yang Podi decided against killing Sword Douluo and returned alone to Heavenly Pursuit Academy, where Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo were visiting.
• After Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo returned to Spirit Hall, Yang Podi inventoried his haul and found forty-five Soul Bones, vast sums of money, and numerous rare treasures.
• A cardinal reported to Bibi Dong that Spirit Hall had suffered heavy casualties attacking the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while the Blue Lightning clan’s three vaults had been emptied.
• Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong returned to Thunder Canyon, found the clan slaughtered and Yu Yuanzhen’s remains shattered, and Yu Xiaogang resolved to seek revenge against Spirit Hall.
• News of the sects’ destruction spread, and Yang Podi told his family Spirit Hall would likely target the two empires next and advised them to remain at Heavenly Pursuit Academy.

Yang Podi warned the four clans that Spirit Hall remained far stronger and urged them to keep Yang Tianyue’s Sea God inheritance secret. He then distributed the Soul Bones he had taken from the defeated Upper Three Sects, leaving seven powerful Soul Bones in his possession.

• Yang Podi assessed Spirit Hall’s strength, explained that Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo had likely come to monitor Heavenly Pursuit Academy, and warned everyone to conceal Yang Tianyue’s Sea God inheritance.
• Yang Podi revealed thirty-seven Soul Bones taken from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, including thirty-one that were at least ten thousand years old.
• Yang Podi and the others divided the Soul Bones, with Dugu Bo taking the poison-attribute bones and Yang Podi reserving the plant-type bones for Ye Lingling.
• Yang Podi gave Dugu Bo a seventy-thousand-year Mandala Snake Right Arm Soul Bone to pass to Dugu Yan as an inheritance treasure for the Jade Phosphorous Clan.
• Yang Podi reflected on how to use his remaining high-grade Soul Bones, including three matching eighty-thousand-year lightning-attribute bones, and ended with seven Soul Bones still undistributed.

Yang Podi distributed powerful Soul Bones and ordered his allies to grow stronger as unrest spread through the Soul Master World. The Clear Sky Sect emerged near Heaven Dou City, leaving Heavenly Pursuit Academy preparing for a possible confrontation.

• Yang Podi revealed treasures from a Storage Soul Tool and told Yang Wudi to refine Soul Explosion Pills for the coming danger.
• Yang Podi arranged for Niu Meng to sever Yang Ping'an's right arm so Ye Lingling could replace it with a lightning-attribute Right Arm Soul Bone; Yang Ping'an also confessed his love for Yang Tianyue.
• Yang Podi distributed the remaining high-grade Soul Bones among Yang Ping'an, Niu Meng, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling, and urged everyone to pursue strength while keeping a Soul Bone slot open.
• Niu Meng decided to replace one of his Soul Bones, while Yang Podi planned for Yang Ping'an and Ye Lingling to reach level 90 and intended to absorb more Soul Rings himself.
• The Clear Sky Sect returned under Tang Xiao, established itself near Heaven Dou City, and called on its former subordinate clans to return, while Spirit Hall remained silent.
• Yang Podi told the others that Heavenly Pursuit Academy was stronger than the Clear Sky Sect and asked Yang Zhentian how soon he could reach level 97; Yang Zhentian said he would absorb his Soul Bones quickly and was ready to fight.

Spirit Hall attacked the Clear Sky Sect with six enshrined elders and three thousand Soul Masters, but Tang Hao and two elders’ sacrifices forced the attackers to retreat. The Clear Sky Sect survived at great cost, and Tang Xiao decided it would officially emerge from seclusion and establish a new headquarters near Heaven Dou City.

• Tang Hao warned Tang Xiao and the five elders that Spirit Hall was approaching with six Titled Douluos, and Tang Xiao ordered the Clear Sky Sect to prepare to fight.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo accused the Clear Sky Sect of conspiring against Spirit Hall, then led the six enshrined elders in an attack as Spirit Hall’s Soul Masters crossed the chasm.
• Tang Hao ambushed Golden Crocodile Douluo, but the Clear Sky Sect fell into a growing disadvantage as Spirit Hall’s forces overwhelmed its defenders.
• Tang Hao detonated five Soul Rings, while the Fourth and Fifth Elders detonated themselves to injure Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluos and force Golden Crocodile Douluo to retreat.
• Tang Hao collapsed from his injuries, and Tang Xiao decided that the Clear Sky Sect would emerge from seclusion and establish its headquarters near Heaven Dou City.

After Spirit Hall’s devastating attack left the Clear Sky Sect crippled, Tang Xiao moved the sect toward Heaven Dou City and sought help for Tang Hao. With Tang Hao stabilized and the Heaven Dou Empire agreeing to support the sect, the Clear Sky Sect emerged from seclusion and began rebuilding its alliances.

• Tang Xiao decided the Clear Sky Sect would leave its ancestral grounds and move near Heaven Dou City, then sent Tang Lie and Tang Yuehua to arrange the relocation.
• Tang Xiao and Tang San brought the unconscious Tang Hao to Ye Renxin, who used the remaining Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng King to stabilize him but warned that full recovery could take five to ten years.
• Tang Xiao told Tang San that the Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng King likely came from the Breaking Clan, but the clan might not help Tang Hao because of its relationship with them.
• Tang Xiao, Tang San, and Tang Yuehua met Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Bone Douluo, and the Heaven Dou Empire agreed to help rebuild the Clear Sky Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• After Tang Hao awoke, Bai He and Tai Tan agreed to lead their clans back into the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Xiao announced the sect’s return and called back its former affiliated clans.

Bibi Dong responded to Spirit Hall’s setbacks by announcing a new Seven Great Sects selection, while Yang Podi’s group traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain Soul Rings. Yang Ping'an gained a Thunder Dragon’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and Yang Podi ended the chapter at level 94 after defeating and absorbing a Godly Taotie Bull.

• Bibi Dong decided to hold a new Seven Great Sects selection in one year and publicly promised to punish those who attacked the sects.
• Yang Podi led five companions into the Star Dou Great Forest to search for powerful Soul Beasts and Soul Rings.
• The group used two Soul Explosion Pills to raise a ninety-four-thousand-year Thunder Dragon to the hundred-thousand-year level, then killed it for Yang Ping'an.
• Yang Ping'an absorbed the Thunder Dragon’s Soul Ring and torso Soul Bone, reached level 92, and awakened the Thunder Domain.
• Yang Podi’s group encountered a hundred-thousand-year Godly Taotie Bull, and Yang Podi killed it after a fierce battle.
• Yang Podi absorbed the Godly Taotie Bull’s Soul Ring and right arm Soul Bone, bringing his Soul Power to the peak of level 94.

Yang Podi and his companions hunted a hundred-thousand-year Hell Leopard, then found and killed a mutated Ghost Vine so Ye Lingling could absorb its Soul Ring. After absorbing the rewards, Yang Podi reached rank ninety-six and Ye Lingling reached rank ninety-two.

• Yang Podi and the others lured the cautious Hell Leopard with a trapped Gale Horse, then wounded and killed it using their Soul Skills.
• Yang Podi absorbed the Hell Leopard's Soul Ring and Left Leg Soul Bone, reaching rank ninety-six and gaining greatly increased speed.
• Yang Podi discovered a mutated, nearly hundred-thousand-year Ghost Vine inside a barren rocky mountain and split the mountain open to expose it.
• Yang Podi, Yang Tianyue, and Yang Ping'an attacked the Ghost Vine with their spears while the others supported them, and Ye Lingling delivered the final blow.
• Ye Lingling absorbed the Ghost Vine's Soul Ring and Torso Soul Bone over five days, reaching rank ninety-two.

Yang Podi lured a two-hundred-thousand-year Golden Scorpion Emperor out of its quicksand lair and killed it with help from his companions. He absorbed its Soul Ring and Left Arm Soul Bone, reaching the peak of Level 97 before the group continued searching for rare attribute Soul Beasts.

• Yang Podi tested the quicksand by throwing in a two-thousand-year wildebeest and a twenty-thousand-year Earth Demon Bear, and both quickly vanished beneath the sand.
• Yang Podi thrust his Soul Breaking Spear into the quicksand, then used Bone Dragon Tail Swing to force the Golden Scorpion Emperor to the surface and moved the fight two thousand meters away.
• Yang Podi and the other five surrounded the Golden Scorpion Emperor and attacked it until Yang Podi pinned it to the ground with Earth Behemoth Break and punched through its head.
• Yang Podi absorbed the Golden Scorpion Emperor’s red Soul Ring over ten days and its golden Left Arm Soul Bone over three more days.
• Yang Podi’s Soul Power reached the peak of Level 97, and he planned to search for water-, fire-, and mental-type Soul Beasts.

Yang Podi and his companions encountered Xiong Jun near the Lake of Life and fought the powerful Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. Yang Podi’s Sky Support was stopped by a mysterious dragon claw, forcing the group to flee the Star Dou Great Forest, where he explained ultimate attributes to Yang Tianyue.

• Yang Podi found signs of a battle near the Lake of Life, but he and his companions saw no sign of Xiao Wu or the forest’s great Soul Beasts.
• Xiong Jun ambushed the group and overpowered their attacks, while Yang Podi fought him with his Soul Breaking Spear and Golden Behemoth Slash.
• Yang Podi, Yang Ping'an, and Yang Tianyue combined their strongest attacks against Xiong Jun, but he transformed and met them with his Sky-Rending Claw.
• Yang Podi unleashed his ninth Soul Skill, Sky Support, but an enormous dragon claw seized the descending spear and overpowered it.
• Yang Podi escaped with the others through a black hole, then flew them hundreds of kilometers from the forest as a voice warned him never to return.
• After Ye Lingling healed the group, Yang Podi explained that ultimate metal made Xiong Jun’s wounds difficult to heal and that ultimate attributes were powerful but slow to cultivate.

Yang Podi explained the threat posed by Ferocious Beasts and identified Di Tian as the strongest Soul Beast, while Yang Tianyue revealed that the Sea God had taught her three Golden Thirteen Halberds moves. In Star Dou Great Forest, Di Tian reported to the silver dragon that the rescued rabbit and two other Soul Beasts were safe, as the silver dragon worried that changing fortune and an unknown variable threatened its plan.

• Yang Podi explained that Xiong Jun was a nearly five-hundred-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and warned Yang Tianyue that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King would be a formidable opponent for her Sea God's Eighth Trial.
• Yang Tianyue told Yang Podi that the Sea God had taught her three Golden Thirteen Halberds moves, and Yang Podi identified the dragon claw that stopped his attack as belonging to Di Tian.
• Yang Podi and the others rested for several days, then prepared to return to Heavenly Pursuit Academy without finding the Sky Azure Bull Python or Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• At the Lake of Life, Xiong Jun argued with Di Tian over attacking the group and rescuing Xiao Wu, while Di Tian warned him not to endanger their lord's plan.
• Di Tian entered a hidden space and told the silver dragon that the rescued rabbit and three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were safe.
• The silver dragon told Di Tian that fortune had shifted among five people and that an unknown variable threatened its plan to use a child of destiny to help the Soul Beast Clan reach the Divine Realm.

Yang Podi bargained with Spirit Hall for Ye Lingling to heal its injured members, then proposed a false alliance against the Star Dou Great Forest’s Soul Beasts. He left intending to manipulate Spirit Hall and Di Tian into fighting each other while considering how to protect Ye Renxin.

• Flame Eagle Douluo brought Yang Podi and his companions to a hidden cave, where Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Hu Liena, and others were wounded.
• Yang Podi demanded that Spirit Hall respect Heavenly Pursuit Academy’s independence and leave Ye Renxin alone in exchange for Ye Lingling treating the injured; Hu Liena agreed.
• Ye Lingling healed the eight injured Spirit Hall members, and Yang Podi revealed he knew their expedition had targeted the rabbit at the Lake of Life.
• Yang Podi invited Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to teach at Heavenly Pursuit Academy and defended Ye Renxin’s right to treat patients regardless of their faction.
• Yang Podi asked Hu Liena to propose cooperation against the three Soul Beasts, offering two Titled Douluos in exchange for the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• After leaving, Yang Podi explained that he wanted Spirit Hall to clash with the Soul Beasts and test Di Tian, ideally leaving both sides badly weakened.

After returning to Heavenly Pursuit Academy, Yang Podi ignored the powers seeking an alliance and secluded himself to form a second Soul Core. He successfully established Yin-Yang Balance Dual Soul Cores, broke through to level 98, and gained the strength to challenge a Limit Douluo.

• Yang Podi and his group returned to Heavenly Pursuit Academy after four months away, and Yang Zhentian had reached level 97.
• Yang Wudi told the group that the Heaven Dou Empire, Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the Clear Sky Sect had sent visitors seeking goodwill and cooperation.
• Yang Podi dismissed the proposed alliances and decided to focus on cultivating a second Soul Core.
• Yang Podi began forming a black ultimate strength Soul Core in his chest while his golden ultimate metal Soul Core remained in his dantian.
• Yang Podi used the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's inner core to sustain the two Soul Cores as they collided and gradually stabilized into balanced rotations.
• Yang Podi awoke with both Soul Cores formed, a strengthened physique, and a breakthrough to level 98.

After reaching level 98, Yang Podi rejected an alliance against Spirit Hall and confronted the visiting leaders over their demands. Yang Wudi and Niu Gao severed the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan’s ties with the Clear Sky Sect, and the visitors left with an Earth Essence Fruit to treat Tang Hao.

• Yang Podi emerged from seclusion at level 98 and told Yang Zhentian he had broken through through cultivation and insight.
• Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, the sect leaders, and their companions visited Heavenly Pursuit Academy to seek an alliance against Spirit Hall, but Yang Podi refused to involve the academy.
• Yang Podi rebuked Yu Xiaogang’s claims and unleashed killing intent on Tang San after he demanded respect for his teacher, prompting Tang Xiao to intervene.
• Yang Wudi and Tang Xiao argued over the Breaking Clan’s debts to the Clear Sky Sect, while Yang Wudi gave Tang Xiao an Earth Essence Fruit to heal Tang Hao.
• Yang Wudi and Niu Gao declared that the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan had severed their ties with the Clear Sky Sect, and Xue Qinghe led the visitors away.
• Yang Wudi asked whether he had acted wrongly, and Yang Podi assured him that he had done the right thing.

Yang Podi confronted Ghost Douluo over Spirit Hall’s schemes and made clear that Heavenly Pursuit Academy would avoid taking sides while defending itself. After Ghost Douluo left, Yang Podi discussed the danger posed by the Clear Sky Sect with his family and Dugu Bo, then wondered why Yu Xiaogang had been allowed to speak for the other powers.

• Yang Podi revealed that Ghost Douluo had been hiding nearby and challenged Spirit Hall’s attempts to manipulate Heavenly Pursuit Academy into conflict with the Upper Three Sects.
• Ghost Douluo agreed to report the encounter and confirmed that Spirit Hall would stop interfering with Heavenly Pursuit Academy and harassing Ye Renxin, but said Bibi Dong would postpone cooperation over hunting Soul Beasts.
• Yang Podi warned Ghost Douluo not to let others discover his visit, and Ghost Douluo left while recalling Bibi Dong’s plan to provoke conflict between Heavenly Pursuit Academy and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yang Wudi admitted that he and Niu Gao still struggled to turn against the Clear Sky Sect, while Yang Podi warned that Tang Hao’s clan might retaliate; Dugu Bo said he would protect them if necessary.
• Yang Podi explained that he had let Ghost Douluo go to avoid making Spirit Hall an enemy and had quietly revealed enough strength to make others believe Heavenly Pursuit Academy had five Titled Douluo.
• Yang Podi concluded that the Clear Sky Sect remained a threat and suspected the other powers were using Yu Xiaogang as a pawn.

After the Clear Sky Sect, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Xue Qinghe assessed Heavenly Pursuit Academy’s growing strength, Tang Hao consumed the Earth Essence Fruit to heal his injuries. Xue Qinghe ordered Spirit Hall’s forces to prepare for his final plan, feeling pressured by Yang Podi’s strength and deciding he could no longer delay.

• Tang Xiao warned Tang San that Heavenly Pursuit Academy had five Titled Douluos, and Tang San reluctantly accepted that the Clear Sky Sect could not challenge them without risking disaster.
• Tang Hao ate the Earth Essence Fruit, which began healing his injuries, and estimated that he would recover completely in one or two months.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo concluded that Yang Podi and Yang Zhentian were Titled Douluos and advised Ning Rongrong to visit Heavenly Pursuit Academy’s members as a friend rather than discuss sect affairs.
• Ghost Douluo reported to Xue Qinghe that Yang Podi had discovered him and could likely stop him from escaping.
• Xue Qinghe ordered Ghost Douluo to summon the six recovered Enshrined and notify the woman and his grandfather, while allowing Spirit Hall’s dealings with Yang Podi to continue.
• Xue Qinghe learned that Yang Podi was at least level ninety-five and resolved to hurry his final plan because he felt increasingly outmatched.

Yang Podi assessed his level 98 strength and new soul skills, then explained to Ning Rongrong why he cultivated to protect his family and friends. After refusing to promise help to the devastated Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he warned Ye Lingling that Spirit Hall’s coming upheaval could kill more than half of all soul masters and countless ordinary people.

• Yang Podi reviewed his level 98 cultivation, renamed his thirty-two-thousand-jin Soul Breaking Spear the Atlas Spear, and considered how its Sun Shooting skill might grow stronger with all five elemental attributes.
• Yang Podi catalogued the skills from his new Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and Soul Bones, including powerful attacks, defenses, domains, and ways to move through darkness and obstacles.
• Yang Podi avoided meeting Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe, then received Ning Rongrong at the mountaintop and explained that he cultivated to protect the people of Heavenly Pursuit Academy.
• Ning Rongrong described her grief after the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was devastated and asked Yang Podi whether they could become true friends; he left her with the answer, “Perhaps.”
• Ye Lingling asked Yang Podi to help Ning Rongrong, but he warned that Spirit Hall was too powerful and that supporting the sect could endanger Heavenly Pursuit Academy.
• Yang Podi told Ye Lingling that the coming conflict could kill more than half of all soul masters and countless ordinary people, leaving her horrified.