Recaps

Qian Daoliu fought Du Busi, whose Gold-Grade Awakening let him match the level 99 Limit Douluo, while Golden Crocodile Douluo battled ten Body Sect Titled Douluo. Du Busi discovered that neither opponent used Soul Cores and grew confident he could defeat Qian Daoliu.

• Qian Daoliu activated his Angel True Body, but Du Busi answered with his Martial Soul Avatar and Gold-Grade Awakening, then fought him evenly for over a hundred rounds.
• Qian Daoliu sensed that Du Busi could absorb and rapidly recover Soul Power during battle, while Du Busi noticed Qian Daoliu did not seem to use a Soul Core.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo charged the Body Sect, where Golden Body Douluo and nine other Titled Douluo surrounded him.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo fought off the ten opponents and used Fierce Golden Crocodile to knock eight of them to the ground, leaving the two level 96 experts standing.
• Du Busi asked why Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo did not use Soul Cores, learned they had none, and declared that he would defeat a level 99 Limit Douluo.

Qian Daoliu overwhelmed Du Busi by using Angel Domain to dissolve his Soul Power, forcing the Body Sect to retreat behind its defensive formation. He threatened to destroy the formation, and Du Busi agreed to release Guang Ling as Qian Daoliu demanded.

• Du Busi attacked Qian Daoliu, confident that his Soul Core would give him the advantage in a battle of attrition.
• Qian Daoliu activated Angel Domain, strengthening himself and rapidly dissolving Du Busi's Soul Power with his domain and Sacred Sword.
• Qian Daoliu repeatedly slashed Du Busi, prompting Long Aotian to rally the Body Sect's Soul Saint-level disciples to join the fight.
• Du Busi escaped Qian Daoliu's assault and retreated into the sect with the ten Titled Douluo, then activated the defensive formation.
• Qian Daoliu revealed his hundred-thousand-year Ninth Soul Ring and summoned Angel God's Punishment, forcing Du Busi to agree to release Guang Ling.
• Qian Daoliu paused his attack and demanded that the Body Sect bring Guang Ling out unharmed.

Qian Daoliu negotiated the release of Guang Ling by offering the Body Sect three conditions, then asked Du Busi to affiliate with Spirit Hall. Jin Yu warned Du Busi that the Sun Moon Empire would soon invade and the Body Sect would face devastation, leaving Du Busi to decide whether to believe him.

• Du Busi released Guang Ling, and Qian Daoliu agreed to spare the Body Sect if it helped search for something, taught Jin Yu to condense a Soul Core, and provided rare resources.
• Du Busi accepted the conditions and asked Qian Renxue, Jin Yu, and Ye Guyi to remain under the sect’s supervision while the search continued; they agreed.
• Du Busi privately confronted Qian Daoliu about the group’s identities, realized they were Spirit Hall enshrined figures and elders from ten thousand years earlier, and heard Qian Daoliu propose that the Body Sect affiliate with Spirit Hall.
• Du Busi refused to join Spirit Hall, but Jin Yu warned him that the Sun Moon Empire would invade and that Du Busi and Long Aotian would die in the war, leaving the Body Sect nearly destroyed.

Du Busi offered to make the Body Sect subordinate to Spirit Hall if Jin Yu could defeat Long Aotian in a duel one year later, and Jin Yu accepted the challenge. Du Busi then taught the group how to condense a Soul Core and provided some of the requested supplies.

• Jin Yu warned Du Busi that the Body Sect faced future danger and offered Spirit Hall's protection in exchange for its submission.
• Du Busi called in Long Aotian, who proposed that he would submit only if someone of his generation defeated him, adding that he would not fight women.
• Du Busi made the Body Sect's submission depend on Jin Yu defeating Long Aotian; if Jin Yu lost, Spirit Hall would leave the Body Sect alone for ten years.
• Jin Yu agreed to fight Long Aotian in one year, and the two exchanged confident challenges before Long Aotian left to train.
• Du Busi explained the process of condensing a Soul Core and arranged for the group to receive three pieces of ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber, three Mystic Water Pills, and Soul Ascension Pills, with the remaining pills promised within a month.

Jin Yu, Qian Renxue, and Ye Guyi took Mystic Water Pills, Soul Ascension Pills, and ten-thousand-year whale glue at the Body Sect, gaining breakthroughs and stronger physiques. Jin Yu then entered seclusion to cultivate the second layer of the Crocodile Emperor Art, while Qian Daoliu and the others prepared to condense Soul Cores and search the mountains for a divine artifact and the Angel Inheritance Soul Bone.

• Qian Daoliu gave Jin Yu, Qian Renxue, and Ye Guyi Mystic Water Pills, Soul Ascension Pills, and ten-thousand-year whale glue.
• Jin Yu used the Crocodile Emperor Art to absorb his Mystic Water Pill and broke through to level 45; Qian Renxue and Ye Guyi also gained levels from their Soul Ascension Pills.
• The whale glue’s effects made Qian Renxue and Ye Guyi lose control and pounce on Jin Yu, but Qian Daoliu ordered Guang Ling to freeze and separate them.
• After the three recovered, they found their physiques greatly strengthened, and Jin Yu sensed progress toward the second layer of the Crocodile Emperor Art.
• Jin Yu entered seclusion to cultivate, while Qian Daoliu, Golden Crocodile, and the others prepared to condense Soul Cores and search for a divine artifact and the Angel Inheritance Soul Bone.

After failing to find the Angel God's divine weapon and inherited Soul Bones across the mountains, Qian Daoliu and the others condensed their First Soul Cores and searched the Body Sect's restricted core area. Qian Daoliu sensed the relics beneath it and split the ground open, revealing a vast underground space.

• Jin Yu emerged from a month of seclusion and learned that the search for the Angel God's divine weapon and six inherited Soul Bones had found nothing.
• Qian Daoliu, Golden Crocodile Douluo, Azure Luan, and Guang Ling each successfully condensed a First Soul Core.
• Du Busi explained how to condense a Second Soul Core and then let the four pursue the method themselves.
• Jin Yu realized the Body Sect's restricted core area had not been searched, so Qian Daoliu led everyone there despite Du Busi's objection.
• Qian Daoliu sensed the Angel Holy Sword and the six Soul Bones beneath the restricted area, then used Angel God's Punishment to open a deep fissure into a vast underground space.

Qian Daoliu and the others discovered Qian Renxue's remains, the Angel Holy Sword, and six inheritance Soul Bones beneath the Body Sect. After speaking with Qian Renxue's fading remnant consciousness, Qian Daoliu promised to take her home and absorbed the Soul Bones, gaining demigod-level combat strength.

• Qian Daoliu entered the hidden grave and found Qian Renxue's skeleton, the Angel Holy Sword, and six inheritance Soul Bones.
• Qian Daoliu broke down in grief as he held Qian Renxue's remains, while Qian Renxue and the others watched.
• A remnant consciousness of Qian Renxue appeared from the Angel Holy Sword and explained how she had preserved her remains and left the message.
• Qian Renxue urged her other self to lead Spirit Hall to victory and asked Qian Daoliu to take her remains home.
• Qian Daoliu promised to fulfill her wishes, and everyone else left the underground space to give him and Qian Renxue time alone.
• After standing guard through the night, Qian Daoliu absorbed all six Soul Bones, which fused into a complete set and raised his strength to demigod level.

Qian Daoliu recovered the Angel Holy Sword and Qian Family inherited Soul Bones from the Douluo II spacetime, then brought several people ten thousand years into the past. In Spirit City, Du Busi fought Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo and discovered that Ghost Douluo’s Martial Soul was his own soul.

• Qian Daoliu unsealed the Angel Holy Sword, collected Qian Renxue’s remains, and asked Jin Yu to open a spacetime gate.
• Du Busi and Long Aotian joined Qian Daoliu, Ye Guyi, and the others as they traveled to Spirit City ten thousand years in the past.
• Qian Daoliu buried Qian Renxue in the Qian Family cemetery and kept vigil for three days while the others explored Spirit City.
• Ghost Douluo grabbed Long Aotian after he bumped into him, and Du Busi intervened when Ghost Douluo used his soul pressure against the young man.
• Du Busi defeated Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo, then learned that Ghost Douluo’s Martial Soul was his own soul.

Jin Yu and Qian Renxue secured Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo’s loyalty while Spirit Hall grew stronger over the following year through Soul Cores and Jin Yu’s cultivation. On the eve of Jin Yu’s long-awaited battle with Long Aotian, Jin Yu still had not mastered the Crocodile Emperor Art’s second layer, and the two faced each other in the Body Sect’s arena.

• Du Busi stopped attacking Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo after Jin Yu asked him to release Spirit Hall’s elders.
• Qian Renxue questioned the two elders’ loyalty, and Jin Yu promised them an Immortal Herb for Chrysanthemum Douluo and a way to strengthen Ghost Douluo if they remained loyal to Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu taught Spirit Hall’s titled elders and peak Soul Douluo how to condense Soul Cores, while Jin Yu continued training and consumed Mystic Water Pills and Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue.
• Over the next year, Spirit Hall’s Soul Core cultivation helped three peak Soul Douluo reach the titled rank, while Qian Renxue, Ye Guyi, and Jin Yu advanced in strength.
• The day before his battle with Long Aotian, Jin Yu worried that he had not mastered the Crocodile Emperor Art’s second layer and expected a difficult fight.
• Jin Yu and Long Aotian assembled at the Body Sect’s Soul Fighting Arena for their final battle.