Recaps

After Tang San harmed Wei Lin’s people, Wei Lin sent Hyacine to confront him in the Divine Realm. Hyacine devastated the realm, warned its gods not to attack Wei Lin’s people again, and returned to Wei Lin, while Silver Wolf questioned whether Hyacine and Lingbao were unusual versions of themselves.

• Wei Lin sent Hyacine a message telling her to go all out after deciding to retaliate against the person who had harmed his people.
• Hyacine entered the Divine Realm and confronted the Destruction God King and Sea God Tang San, declaring that she had come for Tang San.
• Hyacine unleashed Ashen Silence: Slaughter of the Gods, devastating the Divine Realm and leaving its inhabitants unable to recover beyond one point of health.
• Hyacine spared Life from the black tide’s corruption, warned Destruction that she would destroy them if they attacked Wei Lin’s people again, and left.
• At Tianshu Tower, Silver Wolf offered Hyacine help, and Hyacine questioned whether Lingbao might be an IF version because the normal story had no Finality.
• Wei Lin welcomed Hyacine back and gave her a lollipop as a reward.

Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er rushed to Class One, where Zhou Yi's harsh disciplinary demands led Qingyu and Qingfeng to confront her. After Zhou Yi stormed out, Qingfeng announced that she would train Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er herself.

• Huo Yutong woke late, dragged Wang Dong'er out of bed, and Wang Dong'er flew them to class just in time.
• Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er joined Qingfeng and Qingyu in Class One, where Zhou Yi introduced herself as their homeroom teacher and ordered students who had fought to stand up.
• Zhou Yi ordered students to run punishment laps, but Qingyu refused and used her dragon might to make Zhou Yi stagger.
• Qingfeng challenged Zhou Yi's authority and claimed their admission invitations came from Dragon God Douluo Mu En, prompting Zhou Yi to leave while threatening expulsion.
• Qingfeng admitted she did not actually know Mu En, then said she would train Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er herself.

Qingfeng and Qingyu used Dragon Tiger Pills and weight rings to turn the students’ running punishment into an exhausting, chaotic training session. Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er eventually stopped and returned to the dormitory, while Qingfeng left after taunting Zhou Yi.

• Qingfeng gave Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er weight rings and Dragon Tiger Pills, then told them to run to burn off the pills’ effects.
• Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er began running with the weights, and the pill’s effects spread through the class until everyone was running uncontrollably.
• Qingfeng coached the students while Qingyu watched and ate watermelon, and the spectacle drew a crowd that mocked the boys’ visible reactions.
• Mu En asked whether the pills were for sale, then lost a chess game to Qingfeng despite thinking he had gained an advantage.
• Near sunset, Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er finally stopped; Qingfeng told them to take Concentrated Heart Pills and bathe.
• Qingfeng gave the still-running students instructions, then taunted Zhou Yi about not knowing the Dragon Tiger Pill before leaving.

Huo Yutong prepared grilled fish with Tang Ya while Wei Lin and Fione joined her and Wang Dong'er. When Xu Sanshi tried to show off, Fione nearly attacked him, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Wei Lin carried the sleepy Fione away from the old man and joined Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er at the girls' dormitory.
• Tang Ya brought Huo Yutong the grilled fish setup, and Wei Lin encouraged her to make dinner for everyone.
• Wang Dong'er asked about Fione, and Wei Lin explained that she was a level sixty-two Soul Emperor with terrible luck.
• Jiang Nannan tried to bargain for grilled fish, but Xu Sanshi arrived and drew Fione's attention.
• Fione revealed her four black and two red Soul Rings and stabbed her scissors into the ground between Xu Sanshi's legs before returning to Wei Lin.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei arrived, heard what had happened, and Tang Ya reacted with surprise.

Wei Lin took Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er shopping, gave them powerful Soul Bones, and helped them rapidly improve their Soul Power. Back at Shrek, Zhou Yi complained to Fan Yu about Xu Qingfeng taking over Class One, while Huo Yutong, Wang Dong'er, and Fione spotted something flying toward them.

• Tang Ya watched Huo Yutong leave with Wei Lin and accepted the grilled fish, reflecting on how she had relied on Huo Yutong for help.
• Wei Lin took Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er to Tianshu Department Store, where they browsed goods and ate before viewing the Soul Bone collection.
• Wei Lin gave Huo Yutong two Sky Dream Ice Silkworm Soul Bones and found Wang Dong'er a ten-thousand-year Radiant Sacred Dragon right arm bone.
• Zhou Yi complained to Fan Yu that Xu Qingfeng had taken charge of Class One, and Fan Yu considered asking Taotie Douluo to investigate her claim to the Pavilion Master's title.
• Xu Qingfeng noticed Xiao Xiao's talent and considered recruiting her, while Xiao Xiao privately wondered if Xu Qingfeng was interested in her.
• Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er returned to Shrek with their Soul Power greatly increased, then noticed something flying toward them beside Sea God Lake.

Fione rescued Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er from Ma Xiaotao, then clashed with Yan Shaozhe when he attacked them and threatened to expel them. Fione’s corrosive flames weakened him as their battle escalated, and Yan Shaozhe unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar and eighth Soul Skill to kill her.

• Ma Xiaotao charged at Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er, but Fione knocked her unconscious with a fiery scissors strike.
• Huo Yutong pulled Ma Xiaotao from Sea God Lake, and Fione considered killing her before Yan Shaozhe attacked the group and wounded Fione.
• Yan Shaozhe accused the three of injuring his disciple and threatened to expel Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er, so Fione challenged him.
• Fione revealed her Soul Rings and fought Yan Shaozhe, stacking corrosive effects that steadily weakened his defenses.
• Fione closed in on Yan Shaozhe and attacked with her spinning blade, forcing him to use his Martial Soul Avatar and eighth Soul Skill as he resolved to kill her.

Fione defeated Yan Shaozhe, but Xuan Zi attacked her and the two girls, prompting her to unleash a second Martial Soul and fight him in a series of self-destructive blasts. Wei Lin arrived to protect Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er as Fione’s renewed explosions battered Xuan Zi.

• Fione used her Judgment skills to break Yan Shaozhe’s Martial Soul Avatar and struck him down beside Sea God Lake.
• Xuan Zi appeared and attacked Fione, but she shielded Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er from his palm; the girls resolved to escape and tell Wei Lin.
• Fione emerged from the smoke alive, revealed her second Martial Soul, and transformed into a Divine Chongming Bird to attack Xuan Zi.
• Wang Dong'er flew away with Huo Yutong, and Wei Lin appeared to shield them with the Wu Ji Apricot Yellow Flag.
• Fione’s first explosive attack badly damaged Xuan Zi’s Martial Soul Avatar, but she renewed her assault by burning another Soul Ring and detonating against him again.

After Xuan Zi attacked Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er, Wei Lin confronted Shrek Academy and forced Mu En to negotiate compensation. Mu En agreed to pay a hundred million Gold Soul Coins per person over time and provide three top-quality ten-thousand-year Soul Bones, then explained that Shrek could not afford a conflict with Wei Lin's power.

• Fione attacked Xuan Zi repeatedly until Mu En arrived and stopped her.
• Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er described Xuan Zi's attack, and Wei Lin burned Shrek's higher-ups with the Off-Ground Flame Light Flag after they insulted him.
• Wei Lin revealed his five Martial Souls, thirty-five Soul Rings, and five god-level Soul Spirits, prompting Mu En to accept responsibility and invite him to the Sea God Pavilion.
• Wei Lin demanded one hundred million Gold Soul Coins per person, payable at ten million a year, plus three top-quality ten-thousand-year Soul Bones for the youngsters.
• After Wei Lin left, Mu En scolded Shrek's leaders and explained that Shrek could not survive a fight against Wei Lin without him.

Mu En disciplined Shrek’s leaders after the failed Soul Ring hunt, then revealed to Wei Lin that the confrontation had been staged to secure compensation and force Shrek to confront its problems. Meanwhile, Huo Yutong and Wang Dong’er resolved to grow stronger, discovered they had formed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and rushed to class after Fione woke them late.

• Mu En dismissed Xuan Zi as head of Shrek's Inspection Corps and Yan Shaozhe as dean of the Martial Soul Faculty, confined them for three months, and ordered Lao Zhuang to deliver a Soul Bone and thirty million Gold Soul Coins.
• After the others left, Mu En laughed with Wei Lin, who criticized Shrek’s decay and urged him to act before the academy’s problems worsened.
• Huo Yutong and Wang Dong’er talked about their weakness and began cultivating together, while Tian Meng realized they had achieved a complete Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The next morning, Huo Yutong and Wang Dong’er discussed naming their fusion skill, but Fione woke up and reminded them they were late for class again.

Xu Qingfeng taught her class about Soul Master roles and assigned teams for the freshman assessment, while Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er joined forces through a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. After class, Xu Qingfeng encouraged Xu Annuo to explore her Snow Condensation Flower Martial Soul with a book from the Hundred Flowers Palace.

• Zhou Yi scolded Huo Yutong and Xu Qingfeng for arriving late, but Xu Qingfeng defended their experiment with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and Zhou Yi stormed out.
• Xu Qingfeng taught the students about Soul Master roles and explained how Tianshu offered affordable books, free library access, and free Martial Soul awakenings.
• Mu Jin and his students came to listen to Xu Qingfeng's lesson, and she welcomed them to learn from it.
• Xu Qingfeng assigned Huo Yutong, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao to one assessment team and placed Xu Annuo on her own team.
• Xu Qingfeng discussed the assessment with Huo Yutong, then recommended that Xu Annuo read the Hundred Flowers Compendium to learn more about her Snow Condensation Flower Martial Soul.

Wei Lin watched the freshman assessment and encouraged Huo Yutong, Xu Qingfeng, Xu Qingyu, Xu Annuo, and Xiao Xiao as their teams won every match. On the third day, Wang Dong'er defeated Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo, while Xiao Xiao overwhelmed Huang Chutian.

• Jiang Nannan recognized the symbol on a Tianshu book and wondered whether Wei Lin had once saved her mother with medicine bearing the same mark.
• Wei Lin joined Huo Yutong and the others at Shrek's freshman assessment, praised Xu Annuo and Xiao Xiao, and promised they might earn positions at Tianshu.
• Over three days, both teams won all their matches, giving Xiao Xiao and Xu Annuo chances to demonstrate their abilities.
• Wang Dong'er used Holy Light Dragon Roar to shatter Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo's Heavenly Net and knock the sisters unconscious.
• Xiao Xiao controlled Huang Chutian with her cauldron and flute, then struck him with Three Cauldrons Become One so powerfully that a Shrek teacher had to pull him free.

Huo Yutong’s team crushed Dai Huabin’s team, but Shrek left her off the core disciple list, prompting Wei Lin to attack the academy’s leaders. The chapter ended with Shrek’s reforms underway and Mu En considering whether to eliminate the old elders.

• Huo Yutong broke down in Wei Lin’s arms after seeing Dai Huabin, and he promised to stand behind her.
• Wang Dong’er and Xiao Xiao helped Huo Yutong’s team overwhelm Dai Huabin’s team, and the team surrendered the championship match to Xu Qingfeng.
• Wei Lin learned Huo Yutong had been excluded from the core disciples, beat Du Weilun, and attacked the Sea God Pavilion elders.
• Xu Qingyu knocked Dai Huabin out after he objected to Xu Qingfeng becoming class monitor, while the class accepted Xu Qingfeng’s appointment.
• Wei Lin brought in teachers to train Huo Yutong and the others, then spent his days beating the elders as Mu En began reforms and considered killing the old guard.

Wei Xi led the Holy Light Knight Army in a campaign against Evil Soul Masters, slaughtering those who attacked villages and urging survivors to fight back. After the villagers took up arms, the Dawn Army was unlocked, and Wei Xi wondered when dawn would come.

• Wei Xi destroyed an Evil Soul Master who had burned a village and accepted the village’s remaining souls into the Human Emperor Banner.
• Wei Xi summoned three hundred Holy Light Knights and marched with them toward a village marked by the Tianshu Satellite.
• Wei Xi and the Holy Light Knight Army attacked an Evil Soul Master gathering, killing its members and defeating an eight-ring Soul Douluo with Spear of Judgment.
• Wei Xi told the surviving villagers that Evil Soul Masters deserved to die and urged them to keep living or take up weapons.
• The villagers picked up stones, sticks, and knives and called for revenge, while the Dawn Army was unlocked.

Wei Xi led the Holy Light Knight Army in an assault on a Holy Spirit Cult branch, wiping out its defenders with her powerful armor and overwhelming attacks. She then teleported toward another branch in the Star Luo Empire, where Zhang Peng admitted he was scared.

• Wei Xi learned that the Holy Light Knight Army had nearly exterminated the Evil Soul Masters in the area and prepared to attack a guarded Holy Spirit Cult branch.
• Wei Xi confronted the branch's defenders, including eight Titled Douluo, five thousand Soul Douluo, and two Level 9 Soul Engineers, and activated her angel form and battle armor.
• Wei Xi's knights charged the Soul Douluo while she killed a Level 9 Soul Engineer and bombarded the remaining defenders with millions of radiant feathers.
• Wei Xi destroyed the entire branch and ordered her army to move to the next target in the Star Luo Empire.
• At the Star Luo Empire border, Zhang Peng paced anxiously among the gathered Holy Spirit Cult Titled Douluo and told Crow Douluo Wu Yun that he was scared.

Wei Xi fought her way through the Holy Spirit Cult’s forces, killing nearly all its elders before collapsing from exhaustion. As Long Xiaoyao confronted the knights protecting her, Huang Tianyi arrived and drove him off, while Wei Xi remained asleep under their protection.

• Wei Xi finished killing the Evil Soul Masters outside the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters, then marched toward the Sun Moon Empire with the Holy Light Knight Army.
• Nine Holy Spirit Cult elders attacked Wei Xi, while the knights trapped them inside the Holy Domain Arena; after three days, Wei Xi killed five and defeated four who tried to self-destruct.
• Wei Xi collapsed after the battle and reverted to her eight-year-old form, while the legion commander and knights gathered around to protect her.
• Long Xiaoyao confronted the knights, but Huang Tianyi arrived and challenged him to protect Wei Xi.
• Huang Tianyi fought Long Xiaoyao, tore off his arm, and forced him to flee; she then stopped pursuing him and returned to the sleeping Wei Xi.

Wei Lin left Douluo II and traveled to the Dragon King Era, where he arrived six years before Tang Wuling’s awakening. At Red Mountain Academy, he personally began awakening the children’s Martial Souls and discovered that Tang Wuling’s ritual caused her pain.

• Wei Lin said goodbye to Huo Yutong as she left to obtain her Second Martial Soul, then learned Xu Qingfeng was returning to Douluo I.
• Wei Lin left alone through a passage in time to visit the Dragon King Era.
• Wei Lin arrived in Aolai City six years before Tang Wuling’s arrival on Douluo Continent and went to Red Mountain Academy’s Awakening Building.
• Wei Lin personally began the children’s Martial Soul awakenings, lighting every rune in the building and awakening them one by one.
• Tang Wuling suffered pain during her awakening, and the accompanying teacher insisted that the ritual had not been mishandled.

Wei Lin restrained Tang Wuling’s dangerous bloodline and explained that an azure collar would protect her until she grew stronger. The next day, he visited her parents, revealed he was a special-grade Tianshu teacher, and asked to take her as his personal disciple.

• Wei Lin used the Xuanyuan Water Control Flag to suppress Tang Wuling’s bloodline and bind it with an azure collar, resisting attempts by the Golden Dragon King and Sea God Tang San to break the seal.
• Wei Lin told Tang Wuling that her Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and powerful unknown dragon bloodline made her talented, and that the collar would unlock when she became a Titled Douluo.
• Wei Lin caught Tang Wuling’s accompanying teacher reading a novel at work and docked two years of the teacher’s performance bonuses.
• Tang Wuling’s parents worried about her collar and growing appetite, while azure chains appeared around her as her body temperature rose that evening.
• Wei Lin visited Tang Wuling’s home, where Tang Ziran and Lang Yue discovered his special-grade teaching certificate and heard that Tang Wuling’s condition put her at risk.
• Wei Lin asked Tang Ziran and Lang Yue to let him take Tang Wuling as his personal disciple.

Wei Lin became Tang Wuling’s teacher and spoiled her and Na'er with nourishing food, while Tang Wuling trained and grew stronger. As Tang Wuling graduated, she chose to seek a Soul Spirit on her own, and Wei Lin warned Di Tian not to upset her.

• Tang Wuling brought Na'er home, and Wei Lin praised Tang Wuling for standing up to bullies while warning her to call the guards if danger arose again.
• Wei Lin brought nourishing food for Tang Wuling and Na'er, accepted Tang Wuling as his disciple, and promised to keep them well fed.
• After seven days of Wei Lin’s generous meals, Lang Yue suggested Tang Wuling help Mang Tian learn a trade, and Tang Wuling agreed.
• Three years later, Tang Wuling graduated from Hongshan Academy with rank twenty-nine Soul Power, two golden Soul Rings, and great physical strength; she chose to seek a Soul Spirit herself.
• Na'er asked Wei Lin to take her to see the sea, while Wei Lin watched them leave and threatened Di Tian with his thirteen Golden Scions if Tang Wuling became unhappy.

Wei Lin comforted Tang Wuling after she drew a defective Soul Spirit and let her absorb it, while assuring Na'er that he knew her identity and would not let anyone take her away. Na'er left with Gu Yue, and Wei Lin warned Gu Yue about the dangers of connecting with the universe before telling her to seek him at the Spirit Pagoda if she changed her mind.

• Wei Lin reassured Tang Wuling that she could absorb the defective Soul Spirit, and she later gained her first Soul Ring and showed him her altered Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Na'er told Wei Lin she was leaving, and he revealed that he already knew who she was and would protect her from being taken away.
• Na'er bit Wei Lin after learning he had watched her pretend not to know he understood her identity, then accepted that she could leave without secretly abandoning Tang Wuling.
• Wei Lin met Na'er and Gu Yue at the seaside, mocked Gu Yue's plan to split herself, and warned her that the universe followed the law of the strong preying on the weak.
• Wei Lin told Gu Yue to find him at the Spirit Pagoda if she reconsidered, and Na'er left with Gu Yue.

Tang Wuling learned that Na'er had gone home to study and was reassured that Wei Lin could take her to visit. Wei Lin then agreed to accompany Wuling to Eastsea Academy, where he met the frightened principal and said he had come to assess the academy.

• Tang Wuling cried that Na'er had left, and Wei Lin explained that Na'er had gone home to study and offered to take Wuling to see her.
• Wei Lin agreed to take Tang Wuling to Eastsea Academy, and she eagerly went to pack while Lang Yue entrusted her to him.
• Wei Lin and Tang Wuling traveled by Soul Guidance Train to Eastsea City, where he showed her around and she ate a variety of snacks.
• Tang Wuling went to find her dormitory at Eastsea Academy while Wei Lin met the principal in his office.
• Wei Lin told the principal he had come to assess Tang Wuling's talent and judge whether the academy deserved to keep its official status, leaving the principal terrified.

Wei Lin arranged for Wu Changkong to train Tang Wuling after she got into a cafeteria fight, then told her he would be leaving on a trip. Tang Wuling vowed to become strong enough to help him, while Wei Lin departed through a spacetime portal.

• Wei Lin congratulated Wu Changkong on Long Bing's pregnancy, gave him Credit Points for supplements, and asked him to mentor Tang Wuling.
• After a fight broke out among freshmen, Wei Lin heard Tang Wuling's account and ordered the students to pay for the damage and not fight again.
• Wei Lin teased Tang Wuling about her scuffle and put her training in Wu Changkong's hands, where he trained her alongside another student.
• Gu Yue brought Spirit Pagoda files to Wei Lin and told Tang Wuling that Na'er missed her; Wei Lin also warned the two girls not to fight when Gu Yue went to school in Tianhai.
• Wei Lin told Tang Wuling he would be away, and she promised to study hard and become his helper after he left.
• Wei Lin reflected on Tang Wuling's happiness, burned a script titled "How a BOSS Is Made," and entered a spacetime portal.

Wei Lin reunited with Xu Qingfeng and Yunxiao in Suotuo City, where they discussed Yunxiao’s campaign against the slave trade and Tianshu’s ideals. Xiao Wu arrived in the city seeking safety and work at Tianshu Tower, where she met Ling Luo Qiu.

• Tang Wuling told Wei Lin she had passed the rank-four blacksmith test, then took out her frustration on Xie Xie after seeing Xu Qingfeng beside her master.
• Yunxiao arrived at Tianshu Tower with Noelle and Shi'er, and Wei Lin warned him that powerful nobles were growing angry over his rescue of enslaved children.
• Yunxiao explained to Noelle that Tianshu welcomed ambition and united against outsiders, unlike the infighting she associated with noble families.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu reached Suotuo City, and Xiao Wu went to Tianshu Tower to seek a job while Tang San planned to register for Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Wu reunited with Ling Luo Qiu, who had passed Tianshu Tower’s difficult examination and offered to help arrange Xiao Wu’s transfer.

Xiao Wu chose to build her future through her own abilities, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong arrived in Suotuo City with separate plans involving Tianshu. Wei Lin sensed that someone was scheming against him, but Qingque hid her fan-comic business and he dismissed the feeling as imagination.

• Xiao Wu told Luo Qiu she wanted to earn her future through her own abilities instead of relying on Tianshu, then finished arranging her transfer without returning to Tang San.
• Zhu Zhuqing arrived in Suotuo City with Guo Zhipeng, chose the Rose Hotel, and spotted Dai Mubai drinking with twins.
• Ning Rongrong admired her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and planned to contact Tianshu's mysterious crown prince, then secretly read Wei Lin fan works beneath her blanket.
• Wei Lin sneezed and suspected someone was scheming against him, while Qingque worried he might discover she was selling his fan comics.
• Xingbao reassured Wei Lin and secretly signaled Qingque to get her two new fan comics.

Yunxiao and the girls visited Shrek Academy, where their strength and their ties to Tianshu exposed the gap between them and Tang San. The chapter ended with Zhao Wuji confronting Xiao Wu after she mocked him, while Noelle shielded Yunxiao.

• Tang San arrived at Shrek Academy and encountered Yunxiao, who mocked his choice of school and reminded him of their grudge.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing bought Yunxiao’s unreleased fan illustrations, while the girls explained they were waiting for Tianshu’s academy to open.
• Yunxiao and her companions revealed their Soul Power levels, with Xiao Wu at level 42, while Tang San remained at level 29.
• Yunxiao criticized Tang San’s teacher and the group’s reliance on black-market pills, then walked past Tang San and Dai Mubai.
• Xiao Wu traded insults with Zhao Wuji, who summoned seven Soul Rings, and Noelle stepped in front of Yunxiao.

Yunxiao, Noelle, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong faced Zhao Wuji in an assessment, using their powerful Soul Skills to overwhelm him. Zhu Zhuqing brought Zhao Wuji down with a spear thrust to his exposed weak point, leaving the others shocked by her hunting technique.

• Yunxiao and the others revealed their powerful Soul Rings and Yunxiao marked the team with Blue Silver skills that protected and strengthened them.
• Zhao Wuji charged at Yunxiao, but Noelle blocked him and wounded him with her blood-forged saber.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing launched Zhao Wuji into the air and struck him with their Soul Skills, leaving bloody wounds across his chest.
• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Squeeze, but Yunxiao's Blue Silver Barrier protected the team from its crowd-control effect.
• Noelle and the others pressed their attack, and Zhu Zhuqing stabbed Zhao Wuji in the butt with her dark spear when he exposed his weak point.