Recaps

Dong Jian and Li Man advanced their Soul Skills, tested their fusion, and joined the Imperial Fighting Team’s evolving tactics as Shrek arrived and the team prepared for the tournament. After Blazing Fire Academy exposed the dangers of overload and contaminated formation routes, Dong Jian narrowed his role to tracking breaks, handoffs, and threats that could change the battlefield.

• Dugu Yan fused with an eight-thousand-year Soul Bone and gained a way to store and release her poison, while Dong Jian and Li Man trained toward their next breakthroughs.
• Dong Jian and Li Man reached level forty, then Li Man gained her Fourth Soul Skill and Dong Jian absorbed a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, gaining Yin-Yang Mountain Domain and a concealed Dark Gold Spine Armor.
• Dong Jian and Li Man developed Mountain-Suppressing Dragon Bamboo, tested its limits, and lost a match to the other seven members of the Imperial Fighting Team, who prevailed through their complete formation.
• Shrek arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Prince Xue Xing refused them admission, and Qin Ming’s team began revising its tactics after learning Shrek would likely join Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Qin Ming reassigned Dong Jian to a possible central role in the team and led the Imperial Fighting Team to hunt Yu Tianheng’s Fourth Soul Ring, which gave him Thunder Dragon Body.
• Dong Jian developed continuous redirection and returned to the center of the formation, coordinating with Yu Tianheng and Li Man as the team improved its handoffs but struggled against a fire-based drill.
• Huo Wu’s fire spread through Li Man’s formation routes and divided the Imperial Fighting Team into three groups, so Dong Jian resolved to focus on formation breaks, teammate handoffs, and threats that could change the battlefield.

The Imperial Fighting Team adapted its tactics through academy exchanges, concealed its strongest techniques, and entered the tournament with rotating lineups. Dong Jian and Li Man helped defeat Elephant Armor Academy and Blazing Fire, while Li Man developed temporary sealing and reopening of her formation nodes.

• Dong Jian lost to Feng Xiaotian and then broke his consecutive slashes with Li Man’s temporary bamboo node during training.
• Dong Jian and Li Man abandoned their reliance on fixed ground tactics after losing to Skywater Academy and helped win the rematch without Dong Jian’s Fourth Soul Skill.
• Yu Tianheng led the Imperial Fighting Team to victory over Thunder Academy without Dong Jian or Li Man, and Qin Ming then ordered the team to conceal its strongest fusion skill.
• Dong Jian and Li Man developed a shortened fusion skill, guarded the Dark Gold Spine Armor during Xue Qinghe’s visit, and left their feelings unspoken when the Lovesick Heartbreak Red responded to them in Sunset Forest.
• Dong Jian discarded outdated Shrek battle models, and Qin Ming rotated tournament lineups while the Imperial Fighting Team defeated its early opponents.
• Dong Jian, Li Man, and their teammates staggered Elephant Armor Academy’s advances and broke its formation, securing victory despite injuries to Dong Jian and both Shi Brothers.
• Li Man countered Huo Wu’s attacks by sealing and reopening bamboo nodes, and Dong Jian redirected Yu Tianheng through a briefly restored route to help defeat Blazing Fire.

The Imperial Fighting Team won the qualifiers and Dong Jian tested his methods in individual matches, learning both their strengths and limits. As the team prepared to leave for Spirit City, Ye Lingling ordered rest for Dong Jian and Li Man, and Qin Ming told them to conceal the full version of their coordination technique.

• The Imperial Fighting Team defeated Godwind, Skywater, and Thunder Academy, with Li Man’s formations and the team’s changing tactics helping secure the victories.
• Dong Jian observed Shrek’s improved coordination and studied how Tang San and Yu Xiaogang analyzed his movement, while his own model of Tang San remained limited and unreliable.
• Dong Jian and Qin Ming began teaching adaptable physical principles rather than fixed moves, and the team practiced methods suited to each fighter’s role.
• After the qualifiers, Dong Jian recognized he would have to rely on himself in the individual round-robin and used his first matches to face his weaknesses without relying on teammates or the Divine Dragon Secret Realm.
• Dong Jian defeated several opponents by reading their attacks and controlling distance, but Lu Qing’s Mental Interference confused his senses and knocked him out of the arena.
• Dong Jian developed a limited two-phase circular movement, then adapted when Lin Yue and Zhou Jian targeted its return-to-receiving window, and he recorded that the cycle remained incomplete and could be interrupted.
• Yu Tianheng, Yu Feng, Dugu Yan, Shi Mo, and Osler helped the Imperial Fighting Team win its later rounds, and the final rankings sent the team and Shrek to Spirit City.
• Ye Lingling found fatigue in Dong Jian’s ankle, waist, and hips and ordered him to train lightly, while Qin Ming told Dong Jian and Li Man to keep the complete Mountain-Suppressing Dragon Bamboo technique secret before the team’s departure.

The Imperial Fighting Team concealed Dong Jian and Li Man’s fusion limits while adapting to increasingly prepared opponents. They defeated Shrek through disciplined teamwork and advanced to face Spirit Hall Academy, with Yu Tianheng ordering the team to treat their injuries first.

• Dong Jian registered his Dark Gold Earth Vein Bear Soul Ring in Spirit City as the team prepared to hide its secrets and study its rivals.
• The Imperial Fighting Team used Mountain-Suppressing Dragon Bamboo against Cloud Chain Academy, then won by exploiting the brief opening after their eight-breath fusion ended.
• Li Man ended the fusion early against Mist Rock Academy, and the team later adapted its routes to win against Cloud Mist Province despite opponents targeting Dong Jian’s post-fusion delay.
• The team defeated opponents without relying on the fusion as Dong Jian’s self-created fighting methods drew the attention of tournament recorders.
• Against Mystic Edge Academy, Yu Tianheng, Dong Jian, and Li Man fought while separated, then changed positions and reunited to break through the control barrier and win.
• Holy Radiance Academy forced the team to end its fusion in the third breath, but Yu Tianheng led a counterattack that secured victory without revealing the complete technique.
• Shrek disrupted the Imperial Fighting Team’s formation with Blue Silver Grass, while Dong Jian protected the back line and Li Man repeatedly adjusted her bamboo routes.
• Tang San conceded after Yu Tianheng knocked Dai Mubai out of bounds, and the Imperial Fighting Team advanced to face Spirit Hall Academy.