Recaps

Su Tianyu searched for a useful map in Heaven Dou City and bought a map showing routes into Sunset Forest and known Soul Beast areas. He left the shop with the map and spent the evening enjoying the city streets.

• Su Tianyu entered a map shop and rejected a map that only covered Heaven Dou City.
• Su Tianyu asked for a map of Soul Beast distributions in Sunset Forest, and the shopkeeper explained that he only had a rough map of routes into the forest.
• Su Tianyu inspected the Sunset Forest map, which marked routes, discovered Soul Beast areas, and paths to avoid them.
• Su Tianyu paid twenty Gold Soul Coins for the map and stored it in his Soul Tool.
• Su Tianyu bought candied hawthorns from a peddler and watched Heaven Dou City's streets grow busy as night fell.

Su Tianyu traveled through the Sunset Forest and found the poisonous valley containing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He reached the summit overlooking the well, where Immortal Herbs grew around its divided ice-and-fire lake.

• Su Tianyu left Heaven Dou City and headed for the Sunset Forest, racing to find the well before his five-day deadline.
• Su Tianyu entered the forest, killed a Soft Boned Charm Rabbit, and stored its body in his Soul Tool.
• Su Tianyu followed his map through the mixed Soul Beast zone and searched the mountain range for Dugu Bo’s poisonous mist.
• Su Tianyu found the bone-strewn valley, used his Spatial Wind Tunnel Soul Skill to clear a path through the poisonous mist, and entered.
• Su Tianyu teleported to the summit and looked down at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and the Immortal Herbs growing around it.

At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Su Tianyu absorbed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, enduring their opposing powers as they balanced in his body. By morning, the herbs had triggered a Silver-Level Second Awakening of his eye Martial Soul, granting him immense strength and the Spatial Reordering Domain.

• Su Tianyu admired the Immortal Herbs in Dugu Bo’s valley, cleared his thoughts, and broke through to Soul Power level thirty-three.
• Su Tianyu stripped off his clothes and Soul Tool, then braved the well’s ice and fire energies to cut and combine the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Su Tianyu ate the combined Immortal Herb and spent the night soaking in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as its spring water helped balance the medicinal power in his body.
• At dawn, Su Tianyu emerged from the well and discovered that his eye Martial Soul had undergone a Silver-Level Second Awakening, gaining Innate Full Soul Power and greater physical strength.
• Su Tianyu released his Spatial Reordering Domain, which sealed space within three hundred meters and suppressed enemies with spatial pressure and gravity.

Su Tianyu harvested the Immortal Herbs growing around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, filling his Hundred Treasure Purse while leaving Dugu Bo’s own cultivated medicinal and poisonous herbs. He then consumed the dewdrops from the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, which could increase spiritual power.

• Su Tianyu collected the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and joked that Chrysanthemum Douluo and Dugu Bo would never discover he had taken it.
• Su Tianyu harvested the Aromatic Silk Beauty and identified other Immortal Herbs he intended to keep for himself or potentially give to future companions.
• Su Tianyu took every other Immortal Herb and spirit herb in the basin, leaving only the herbs Dugu Bo had cultivated himself.
• Su Tianyu drank the dewdrops from the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, causing the herb to wither into ash.

After refining Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, Su Tianyu advanced his Purple Demon Eye to the Mustard Seed Realm and collected the Lovesick Heartbreak Red. He escaped Dugu Bo’s poison barrier, planning to cure the old poison and rely on him for help hunting Soul Rings.

• Su Tianyu refined the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, advancing his Purple Demon Eye to the Mustard Seed Realm.
• Su Tianyu collected the Lovesick Heartbreak Red from the cliff and stored it in his Hundred Treasure Purse.
• Su Tianyu left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after concluding his theft of the Immortal Herbs.
• Su Tianyu passed through Dugu Bo’s poison barrier unharmed and flew away, intending to cure Dugu Bo’s poison and enlist his help.

Su Tianyu hid in a mountain cave for three months to refine the medicinal power of the Immortal Herbs, reaching rank thirty-four and gaining a Silver-Level Awakening for his eye Martial Soul. He left the cave and headed toward Sunset Forest, planning to attract Qian Renxue’s attention by building an undefeated Soul Fighting record in Heaven Dou City.

• Su Tianyu found a cave and killed the black bear Soul Beast sleeping inside, then continued deeper into the cave.
• Su Tianyu began refining part of the Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass to suppress the Immortal Herbs’ presence.
• After three months, Su Tianyu completed a breakthrough to rank thirty-four and discovered that his eye Martial Soul had received a Silver-Level Awakening.
• Su Tianyu left the cave, grateful that the black bear’s meat had sustained him, and flew toward the entrance of Sunset Forest.
• Su Tianyu planned to fight in the Great Soul Arena in Heaven Dou City and earn an undefeated record to draw the attention of Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe.

Su Tianyu entered the Heaven Dou City Great Soul Arena to gain practical fighting experience and registered for a same-level sparring match under the name Cloud Heavenly Emperor. He reached the waiting area for Platform Six, where other Soul Masters watched him with curiosity.

• Su Tianyu settled into a hotel in Heaven Dou City, then visited the Great Soul Arena after dark.
• He considered the Arena’s sparring and life-or-death matches and chose sparring as a way to face varied Soul Skills without risking his life.
• Su Tianyu paid the ten-Gold-Soul-Coin registration fee and registered as Cloud Heavenly Emperor, reporting that he wanted an opponent at his level.
• The receptionist gave Su Tianyu an iron medal and directed him to the waiting area for Platform Six.
• Su Tianyu entered the waiting area, and the Soul Masters there looked at him curiously because of his young age.

Su Tianyu entered his first Great Soul Arena match against Zhao Hu, a level-thirty-two Soul Master with the Iron Horn Rhinoceros Martial Soul. He caught Zhao Hu’s charge and used Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to throw him off the arena.

• Su Tianyu reviewed the Soul Fighting medal points system and planned to win enough consecutive matches to advance to Silver Soul Fighter and attract Qian Renxue’s attention.
• The arena displayed Zhao Hu’s record and abilities while Su Tianyu’s record showed that he was a newcomer.
• Zhao Hu taunted Su Tianyu before both fighters released their Martial Souls and the match began.
• Zhao Hu used his Second Soul Skill, Rhinoceros Wild Charge, and charged at Su Tianyu.
• Su Tianyu caught Zhao Hu’s horn with Mysterious Jade Hand, redirected his force with Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, and threw him off the arena.

Su Tianyu won eighteen consecutive matches at the Great Soul Arena, drawing the attention of Heaven Dou City's factions and Qian Renxue, who was disguised as Xue Qinghe. He entered a private arena for a match before elite spectators, and a robed man asked Qinghe to assess his chances against his opponent.

• Su Tianyu defeated Zhao Hu, won his next match, collected his prize money, and resolved to build his power in Heaven Dou City.
• Over the next nine days, Su Tianyu won two matches each day and noticed spies from Heaven Dou City's factions watching him.
• Su Tianyu spotted lavish carriages outside the Great Soul Arena and entered a private arena where powerful guests watched from rooms above.
• Su Tianyu and the arranged Soul Master took their places on the platform as the host prepared to begin their match.
• A robed man asked Qinghe whether Cloud Heavenly Emperor or the arranged Soul Master was more likely to win.

Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi watched Su Tianyu compete against Wang Jie at the Great Soul Arena, each taking an interest in the talented Soul Master. Su Tianyu countered Wang Jie’s attacks with powerful defenses and abilities, leaving Wang Jie astonished as the match continued.

• Qian Renxue grew suspicious and irritated that Spirit Hall had not reported Su Tianyu, while Ning Fengzhi watched him with interest.
• Wang Jie opened the match with Wind-Tearing Claw, but Su Tianyu shattered it with his Mysterious Jade Hand.
• Su Tianyu activated Golden Pupil Illusory Realm, spreading his domain across a five-hundred-meter radius.
• Wang Jie attacked with Demon Wolf Light Blade and Wind Demon Wolf Tornado, and Su Tianyu dodged the blades before using his protective dome to withstand the tornado.
• Su Tianyu teleported out of the tornado’s range, leaving Wang Jie stunned by his ability.

Su Tianyu defeated Wang Jie and immediately faced Li Erguang in his next Great Soul Arena match. He dodged Li Erguang’s attacks and struck him with a mental Soul Skill, but Li Erguang retaliated with his Third Soul Skill as Su Tianyu vanished from its path.

• Su Tianyu knocked Wang Jie unconscious and won their match.
• Su Tianyu refused a rest and asked the host to arrange his next fight immediately.
• The host introduced Li Erguang, a scarred middle-aged Soul Master, as Su Tianyu’s next opponent.
• Li Erguang and Su Tianyu revealed their Martial Souls and three Soul Rings before the match began.
• Su Tianyu dodged Li Erguang’s Black Tiger Heart-Rending Claw and struck him with Mental Shock, leaving him dazed.
• Li Erguang launched Black Tiger Destruction Kill, and Su Tianyu vanished in a flash of silver light.

Su Tianyu defeated Li Erguang to earn his Silver Soul Fighter Medal, then met Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, and Yu Luomian in the lounge. After declining Ning Fengzhi’s offer to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Su Tianyu received Xue Qinghe’s token to apply to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Su Tianyu used Instant Snipe and the Mysterious Jade Hand to overwhelm Li Erguang and knock him unconscious.
• The host declared Su Tianyu the winner and announced that he had earned his Silver Soul Fighter Medal.
• Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, and Yu Luomian entered the lounge and introduced themselves to Su Tianyu.
• Su Tianyu politely declined Ning Fengzhi’s invitation to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Su Tianyu told Xue Qinghe he wanted to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Xue Qinghe gave him a token to apply.

Su Tianyu left the Great Soul Arena with a Silver Soul Fighter Medal and his prize money, then traveled to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to enroll using Xue Qinghe’s token. The chapter ended with him presenting the token to a guard at the academy entrance.

• Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe discussed Su Tianyu’s talent, while Yu Luomian privately dismissed his Martial Soul.
• Su Tianyu passed Sword Douluo Chen Xin outside the lounge, and Chen Xin remarked on his high Soul Power for his age.
• Su Tianyu exchanged his Bronze Soul Fighter Medal for a Silver Soul Fighter Medal and collected one thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• The next day, Su Tianyu traveled to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and considered its leadership as he approached the grounds.
• A soldier stopped Su Tianyu at the academy entrance, and he showed the guard Xue Qinghe’s token and stated that he had permission to enroll.

Su Tianyu arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, met its three chief education committee members, and joined the Heaven Dou Grade class. After his first lesson disappointed him, he brushed off classmates curious about his background.

• A soldier escorted Su Tianyu to a villa at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where he spent the night.
• Su Tianyu met Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin, who welcomed him and hoped he would help Heaven Dou win the tournament in four years.
• Zhang Yang took Su Tianyu to the Heaven Dou Grade class, where the teacher introduced him to the students.
• Su Tianyu recognized Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan, introduced himself, and took an empty seat at the back of the classroom.
• After a lesson on Martial Souls and Soul Beasts disappointed him, Su Tianyu briefly answered classmates' questions about his background and sent them away.

Su Tianyu met Ye Lingling in the Heaven Dou Royal Academy library and learned that she was searching for a way to solve her family’s Martial Soul problem. He suspected the Lovesick Heartbreak Red could help, but decided not to reveal what he knew, and Ye Lingling left upset.

• Su Tianyu went to the academy library to look for books about rare Soul Beasts and medicinal herbs.
• Su Tianyu encountered Ye Lingling reading about support-type Martial Souls and learned she was trying to resolve a problem affecting her family’s healing Martial Soul.
• Ye Lingling explained that her family’s powerful healing ability had left them few in number and that her research had found no solution.
• Su Tianyu concluded that the Lovesick Heartbreak Red might solve the problem but kept his knowledge to himself.
• Su Tianyu tried to comfort Ye Lingling, who held back tears, said goodbye, and left the library.

Su Tianyu used Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison flare-up as a chance to get closer to her and offered her a medicinal liquid to ease her pain. As a thunderstorm triggered her symptoms, Dugu Yan fell from the sofa before deciding whether to take it.

• After a month at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Su Tianyu saw Dugu Yan trembling in pain after class and offered to help Ye Lingling support her back to their villa.
• With Dugu Yan’s consent, Su Tianyu checked her pulse and used the Purple Demon Eye to discover Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison circulating in her blood.
• Su Tianyu offered Dugu Yan a bottle of medicinal liquid he had prepared, but she hesitated to drink it.
• Thunder boomed and rain began to pour, causing Dugu Yan to twitch uncontrollably and fall from the sofa, and Ye Lingling hurried to help her up.

Su Tianyu eased Dugu Yan’s poison flare-up with his medicine, while Dugu Yan teased Ye Lingling about her feelings for him and planned to bring them together. The chapter ended with Dugu Yan returning home, where her grandfather Dugu Bo wondered why she had come back early.

• Su Tianyu poured his medicine into Dugu Yan’s mouth, and it eased the pain of her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison flare-up.
• Dugu Yan asked Su Tianyu how he made the medicine, then joked with Ye Lingling about her apparent feelings for him and promised to help bring them together.
• Dugu Yan invited Su Tianyu to a meal during the weekend break to thank him, then left the classroom with Ye Lingling.
• Dugu Yan returned home and complained to her grandfather about attending Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Dugu Bo wondered why Dugu Yan had come home early and whether her serpent poison had failed to flare up.

Dugu Bo learned that Su Tianyu’s medicinal liquid had alleviated Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison and went with her to meet him. The chapter ended with Dugu Yan apologizing to Su Tianyu for revealing how he treated her illness.

• Dugu Yan returned home and reunited affectionately with her grandfather, Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo worried about the inherited poison in Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul and felt hopeful after noticing her symptoms had eased.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that a junior at Heaven Dou Royal Academy had treated her with medicinal liquid, and he asked her to introduce them.
• Dugu Yan agreed to take Dugu Bo to meet Su Tianyu after warning him not to hurt the young man.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan arrived at Su Tianyu’s villa, where Dugu Yan apologized for telling her grandfather about the treatment.

Su Tianyu gave Dugu Bo a bottle of medicinal liquid after treating Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo could not decipher its complex ingredients. Half a year later, Su Tianyu reached Soul Power level thirty-seven at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and looked ahead to obtaining his fourth Soul Ring.

• Su Tianyu greeted Dugu Bo and explained that he had learned medicine from his family's medical book, then gave him a bottle of medicinal liquid in exchange for a favor.
• Dugu Bo thanked Su Tianyu, promised to fulfill a future request, and left with Dugu Yan for Dugu Manor.
• Dugu Bo tasted the medicinal liquid in a secret chamber but failed to identify several ingredients, then decided not to pressure Su Tianyu for the formula.
• Su Tianyu studied and cultivated at Heaven Dou Royal Academy for half a year, raising his Soul Power to level thirty-seven.
• Su Tianyu celebrated his progress and expected to reach level forty in another half year before seeking his fourth Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Yu Tianheng arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy determined to prove the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s strength and become the seed team captain. The academy’s education committee prepared to select a team for the tournament three years later, and Yu Tianheng entered the competition eager to win.

• Yu Tianheng arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy for enrollment, confident he would become its most gifted Soul Master.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin discussed the shortage of strong students for the tournament team and the promise of Su Tianyu and Dugu Yan.
• The three education committee members planned to select a seed team capable of competing for the championship in three years.
• Zhang Wei explained the selection to the assembled students and urged them to demonstrate their strength.
• Yu Tianheng clenched his fists and vowed to defeat the other Soul Masters, claim the captaincy, and raise his clan’s prestige.