Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang was exposed as a plagiarist and mocked for failing to defend his theory that there were no useless Martial Souls, leaving his reputation and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disgraced. After the conference boosted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s standing, Bibi Dong redirected Spirit Hall’s plans toward the Clear Sky Sect.

• Chen Lei and Ke Jie questioned Yu Xiaogang about Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings, and scholars condemned him for not knowing about Soul Shock or for plagiarizing most of his theories.
• Yu Xiaogang cited Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass to defend his theory, but the scholars argued that Tang San’s talent—not Yu Xiaogang’s guidance—accounted for his strength and that Yu Xiaogang had chosen the wrong cultivation path and Spirit Rings for him.
• Qin Tian and the other scholars pointed to Yu Xiaogang’s stalled cultivation, and Chen Lei joked that his theory amounted to calling himself useless; the audience laughed and Yu Xiaogang fainted.
• Liu Erlong took Yu Xiaogang away as news of his disgrace spread across the continent, while Yu Yuanzhen refused to expel his son from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Ke Jie announced that the Academic Exchange Conference would recur every five years, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect later used the venue for the Academy Exchange Competition.
• Bibi Dong complained that Qin Tian had attended the conference, then ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to find the Clear Sky Sect after deciding she could no longer move against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Yu Xiaogang regained his will to live after Liu Erlong read him Tang San’s letter, while Ning Tianchen advised Xue Qinghe on searching for the Clear Sky Sect and helped Feng Xiaotian and the Huo siblings plan around stolen soul bones. The chapter ended with Tang Xiao visiting Tang Yuehua to ask about missing sect members and Tang San’s return.

• Liu Erlong received Tang San’s letter, and its promise to clear Yu Xiaogang’s name gave him hope and persuaded him to eat again.
• Xue Qinghe invited Ning Tianchen to Moonlight Pavilion, where they discussed Bibi Dong’s search for the Clear Sky Sect and agreed not to risk following Tang San.
• After the graduation ceremony, Ning Tianchen met Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, and Huo Wu, who told him that a group of powerful strangers had taken soul bones they found in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ning Tianchen suggested the thieves might sell the soul bones at the Heaven Dou Auction House and invited the trio to attend its upcoming auction.
• Ning Fengzhi planned to prioritize the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones and the mysterious Final Auction Item at the auction.
• Tang Xiao visited Tang Yuehua, worried about Tang Yue and his team missing in the Frozen Forest, and learned that Tang San had already left and would soon return to acknowledge his ancestry.

Ning Tianchen attended the Heaven Number Auction with Ning Rongrong, Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang, where he bought items for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and drew Yu Luomian’s attention. The chapter ended with Yu Luomian bidding against Ning Tianchen’s proxy for a defensive Soul Tool intended for Ning Rongrong.

• Ning Tianchen and his companions entered the auction house through the exclusive passage and took seats in the Yellow VIP section.
• Yu Luomian arrived with Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin, recognized Ning Tianchen and Feng Xiaotian’s strength, and glared at Ning Tianchen with Killing Intent.
• Ning Tianchen suspected Yu Luomian had masterminded the attack in Thunderclap Canyon and resolved that he no longer needed to avoid confronting him.
• Ning Tianchen bid two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for Soul Guidance Lamps that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect needed.
• After Ning Tianchen bought several items, he arranged for Xue Fei to bid on item number one hundred and three, a defensive Soul Tool he planned to give Ning Rongrong.
• Yu Luomian raised the bid on the defensive Soul Tool to nine hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins after Xue Fei offered seven hundred and fifty thousand.

Ning Tianchen helped Xue Fei win an auction item, then advised the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect on bidding for an ancient Soul Tool crafting handbook. After the auction, Ning Tianchen found its blueprints too advanced to use, while Tang Hao sent Tang San to the Clear Sky Sect and urged him to seek an alliance with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Ning Tianchen gave Xue Fei a Black Gold Spirit Coin card, allowing him to outbid Yu Luomian and win an item for one million Gold Spirit Coins.
• Feng Xiaotian recognized a damaged thousand-year soul bone as the one stolen from his group, and Yu Luomian bought it for 560,000 Gold Spirit Coins.
• After Xue Fei pointed out that the Soul Tool crafting handbook might be incomplete, Ning Rongrong warned Ning Fengzhi, who bought it for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Tianchen recruited Xue Fei for a possible Shadow Guard role, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect later won both Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones and received the final vault-type Soul Tool.
• Ning Tianchen examined the handbook’s complex level-six Soul Tool blueprint and concluded that its designs were too advanced to craft without systematic study.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to take his soul bones to the Clear Sky Sect and later bring Xiao Wu back, while Tang San considered using an alliance with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to weaken it and Spirit Hall.

Bibi Dong abandoned her plan to attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after Qian Daoliu opposed it, and instead targeted the Clear Sky Sect. As the Five Year Agreement approached, Tang San reached the former Shrek Academy site while Ning Tianchen reunited with several former teammates at Seven Treasures Academy.

• Bibi Dong displayed divine power in the Worship Hall, rejected Qian Daoliu's objections, and chose the Clear Sky Sect as her target instead of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xue Qinghe showed Ning Tianchen Spirit Hall's secret report and proposed obtaining Clear Sky Sect intelligence through a land survey; Ning Tianchen also outlined a possible assault plan.
• Tang San left the Clear Sky Sect after enduring its elders' harassment and hurried toward the former Shrek Academy site for the Five Year Agreement.
• Ning Tianchen, Ning Rongrong, Feng Xiaotian, Oscar, Chen Huayu, and Zhu Zhuqing gathered at Seven Treasures Academy, where Ning Tianchen tested Oscar and Chen Huayu with his dragon-like Weapon Spirit Beast Soul Transformation.
• Ke Jie welcomed the returning former teammates and led them past their statues in the academy plaza, while students gathered to see them.
• Tang San found the former Shrek Academy replaced by the Seven Treasures Department Store and climbed to the mountain house, where Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong waited for the others.

The Seven Treasures Battle Team learned how Huang Wu and Bao Zhen were crippled by evil Spirit Masters, and Ning Tianchen resolved to seek revenge after agreeing to prepare first. Tang San reunited with Yu Tianheng, Yu Tianxin, and Yu Xiaogang, learned what had happened to Shrek Academy and Dai Mubai, and heard the conditions he must meet for the Clear Sky Sect; the chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang urgently asking him for help.

• Ke Jie explained that evil Spirit Masters had crippled Huang Wu and Bao Zhen during an investigation, and Ning Tianchen called for revenge before agreeing to prepare under Ke Jie's guidance.
• Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin mistook the disguised Tang San for an intruder until he revealed his Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer spirits.
• Yu Tianheng told Tang San that Shrek Academy had been auctioned off and that Spirit Hall had canceled its competition ranking, while the three discussed which former teammates might attend their Five Year Agreement.
• Tang San reunited with Yu Xiaogang and learned that Dai Mubai had become increasingly feminine after losing his male hormones; Tang San still had no cure for him.
• Yu Xiaogang discussed the Clear Sky Sect's three conditions with Tang San, then pulled him aside and asked for help over the accusations that had ruined his reputation.

Tang San enlisted Titan and the Strength Clan to make hidden weapons as he planned to found the Tang Sect, then left for the Star Dou Great Forest to meet Xiao Wu. At Seven Treasures Academy, former students demonstrated their abilities in sparring matches, and the chapter ended as Ning Tianchen's group prepared to face three teachers.

• Tang San refused Yu Xiaogang's request to reveal his identity and credit him for his theories, promising to do so once he was strong enough.
• Tang San gave Titan hidden-weapon blueprints, asked the Strength Clan to begin production, and announced his plan to establish the Tang Sect using weapon sales to fund it.
• Tang San left the Strength Clan and headed for the Star Dou Great Forest to welcome Xiao Wu.
• At Seven Treasures Academy, Chen Huayu sparred with Hong Xinyue, then Oscar used Ning Tianchen's copied Seven Kill Sword to defeat Zhang Hu and demonstrate that he could fight as a Battle Spirit Master.
• Ning Tianchen's group prepared to spar against three Soul Saint Directors of Teaching Affairs, and the students marveled at Ning Rongrong's first and second Thousand Year Spirit Rings.

Ning Tianchen used a 10,000 Year Grade 9 Ginseng King Leg and a soul bone to restore Bao Zhen’s eyes and regrow Huang Wu’s arm, while his group prepared to explore the secret realm and confront the Evil Spirit Masters. The chapter ended as Golden Crocodile Douluo began assigning Worship Hall’s forces to Spirit Hall’s Soul Hunting Operation.

• Ning Tianchen’s group sparred with the three Directors of Teaching Affairs, and his Divine Slaughter’s Domain broke Eastern Yang Branch’s control before the directors activated their Martial Soul Avatars.
• Ning Tianchen, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar met Huang Wu, learned about his and Bao Zhen’s injuries and the dangerous secret realm, and brought the group to see Bao Zhen at the sect sanatorium.
• Ning Tianchen gave Qin Yue the 10,000 Year Grade 9 Ginseng King Leg to treat Bao Zhen and provided Huang Wu with a thirty-thousand-year soul bone to regrow his arm.
• Ning Tianchen and his companions planned to prepare firearms and ammunition before entering the secret realm to avenge Bao Zhen and Huang Wu and search for its treasures.
• Qin Yue completed the treatments, and Huang Wu and Bao Zhen said they would return to sect missions after leaving the sanatorium discreetly.
• Worship Hall’s powerhouses met Xue Qinghe at the Crown Prince Residence, and Golden Crocodile Douluo began revealing their assignments for the Soul Hunting Operation.

Spirit Hall launched coordinated attacks on the Clear Sky Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan while a false alarm drew the Royal Third Knights away from Heaven Dou City. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was destroyed, the Clear Sky Sect was under assault, and Ning Fengzhi prepared the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the city for further danger.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo led Spirit Hall forces to attack the Clear Sky Sect as another force gathered to invade the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan through Yu Luomian.
• Ning Fengzhi feared an attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, ordered Ke Jie to keep Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong inside, and had his disciples stand watch.
• Yu Luomian secretly let Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo enter the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then Spirit Hall’s army crossed the lake and attacked.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo’s forces killed the Seventh Elder, overwhelmed the Clear Sky Sect, and trapped fleeing disciples after severing the chains.
• Ning Tianchen stopped the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect from attacking the Royal Third Knights, and Roxon realized a false letter had lured his troops away from Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Luomian realized Spirit Hall had used him to destroy his clan as Yu Yuanzhen fell to Qian Jun and Subduing Demon Douluo, and Snake Lance Douluo defeated Yu Luomian.

Tang Xiao escaped the destruction of the Clear Sky Sect and reached Tang Yuehua, who sought help from Yu Xiaogang and Ning Fengzhi. As Spirit Hall’s attack on two of the Upper Three Sects became known, Ning Fengzhi struggled to protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and its allies.

• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong brought Xue Qinghe to the palace, where the gravely ill Xue Ye fainted after entrusting him with the empire and warning him about his imperial uncles.
• The Second Elder sacrificed himself to help Tang Xiao escape the Clear Sky Sect, while Golden Crocodile Douluo let him go and ordered Spirit Hall to seize the sect’s treasures.
• Ning Tianchen warned Feng Xiaotian that the Elephant Armor Sect might target his families, then learned that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been annihilated and another major battle had occurred near Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Xiao reached Moonlight Pavilion and collapsed; Tang Yuehua treated him, summoned Yu Xiaogang, and learned that Ning Fengzhi had declined her invitation.
• Ning Fengzhi arranged for the Godwind, Blazing, and Tianshui academies to relocate to Seven Treasures Academy after hearing of trouble in Element City.
• Tang Xiao told Yu Xiaogang and Tang Yuehua that the Clear Sky Sect had been destroyed by Spirit Hall, and he asked to speak with Yu Xiaogang’s father.

After Spirit Hall destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Yu Xiaogang found his father dead and collapsed into a dream of a happier past. Meanwhile, Ning Tianchen secured support for a new sect as a refuge and began organizing its members and construction.

• Tang Xiao realized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had not been attacked and warned Yu Xiaogang that Spirit Hall might target his clan next.
• Yu Xiaogang and his companions learned from an imperial notice that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been destroyed, then found Yu Yuanzhen's mutilated corpse among the ruins.
• Ning Tianchen proposed a new sect with an interwoven partnership with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Fengzhi approved the plan and provided twenty million Gold Soul Coins.
• Ning Tianchen recruited Dugu Bo to guard the new sect, chose his fief as its site, and arranged for the Shadow Guard to join it.
• Chen Huayu, Oscar, Yu Die, and Cai Die agreed to join Ning Tianchen's sect, while Feng Xiaotian asked for time to decide and Zhu Zhuqing and Yu Die offered to help with construction preparations.

Ning Tianchen prepared his sect for the Seven Great Sects Re-election Tournament while Spirit Hall announced the event and launched a hunt for Xiao Wu. Xiao Wu sacrificed herself to save Tang San, and Ning Tianchen left with Chen Huayu and Oscar to recruit the Defense Clan, naming Chen Huayu vice sect master.

• Ning Tianchen arranged for the Defense Clan to build his sect and discussed preparations for the tournament after Spirit Hall announced that it would be held in a year.
• Tang Xiao and the survivors of the Clear Sky Sect lamented Spirit Hall's claims, then agreed to leave Moonlight Pavilion and regroup with Liu Erlong's help.
• Ning Fengzhi urged Ning Tianchen to enter the tournament, and Ning Tianchen planned to use Dugu Bo in the Sect Master Battle and Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and himself in the Elder Battle.
• Tang San encountered Hu Liena's Spirit Hall force in the Star Dou Great Forest and followed it after realizing it might be heading for Xiao Wu; he later rescued Xiao Wu, who sacrificed herself to save him.
• Ning Tianchen, Chen Huayu, and Oscar traveled toward the Defense Clan, and Ning Tianchen appointed Chen Huayu vice sect master in charge of the sect's defenses.

Tang San failed to sell his hidden weapons to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after learning that the Clear Sky Sect had been destroyed, leaving his plans to build a force against Spirit Hall in doubt. Meanwhile, Ning Tianchen reached the Defense Clan and received a warm welcome from Niu Gao after learning the clan was under pressure from the Elephant Armor Sect.

• Tang San learned from Titan that the Clear Sky Sect had fallen, then proposed founding a sect and recruiting the other former Clear Sky Sect-affiliated clans.
• Tang San offered hidden weapons to Ning Fengzhi, but Ning Fengzhi rejected his prices and ordered him and Titan escorted out.
• Tang San and Titan considered whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had already deciphered and mass-produced his hidden weapons, and Titan urged him to seek support from Tang Yuehua.
• Ning Tianchen learned that Hu Yanzhen was pressuring the Defense Clan, then went to its residence after Hu Yanzhen left.
• Niu Gao welcomed Ning Tianchen, Oscar, and Chen Huayu and invited them to drink before discussing Ning Tianchen's construction commission.

Ning Tianchen recruited the Defense Clan into his newly founded Heaven Sword Sect and arranged for the Speed and Breaking Clans to be invited. Meanwhile, Tang San and his allies discussed founding the Tang Sect, and Bai He arrived at the Defense Clan residence to meet Ning Tianchen.

• Niu Gao rejected the idea of making the Defense Clan a vassal of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but agreed to join Ning Tianchen’s Heaven Sword Sect after hearing its plans and seeing Ning Tianchen’s spirit rings.
• Ning Tianchen entrusted the Defense Clan with building the sect’s headquarters and asked Niu Gao to summon the Speed and Breaking Clans; Niu Gao warned that the Strength Clan would likely refuse to join.
• Tang San recounted the Star Dou Great Forest events to Tang Xiao, Yu Xiaogang, and the others, then proposed establishing the Tang Sect with the Single Attribute Four Great Families.
• Tang Xiao, Tang Yuehua, Yu Xiaogang, and Titan discussed the Tang Sect’s prospects and advised Tang San to seek support in the Star Luo Empire and attend the families’ gathering.
• Bai He led the Speed Clan to the Defense Clan residence, where Niu Gao introduced Ning Tianchen as the Heaven Sword Sect Master.

Ning Tianchen demonstrated the Heaven Sword Sect’s strength to Bai He and persuaded the Speed Clan to join by offering them work delivering food, gathering intelligence, and staffing a planned Gourmet City. Bai Chenxiang was left reflecting on the gap between her cultivation and the young experts she had met.

• Ning Tianchen arranged a spar between Chen Huayu and Bai Chenxiang, and Chen Huayu revealed his Soul Emperor strength by repelling her with his Soul Power.
• Ning Tianchen accepted Bai He’s challenge and used the Asura Ice Domain and his Coiling Dragon True Body to suppress him until Bai He admitted defeat.
• Bai He recognized Ning Tianchen as the Seven Treasures Battle Team captain and agreed to join the Heaven Sword Sect after Ning Tianchen offered the Speed Clan useful work and a role in the sect’s planned Gourmet City.
• Niu Gao explained that the Strength Clan remained loyal to the Tang Family Father and Son, so the Defense and Speed Clans would ask them about joining only after reaching Heaven Dou City.
• Bai Chenxiang asked Oscar and Chen Huayu how they cultivated, and Chen Huayu advised her to train diligently as they walked away.

Bai He pledged the Speed Clan to the Heaven Sword Sect and gave Ning Tianchen the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng in exchange for a Wind Demon Wyvern soul bone. When Yang Wudi rejected the sect proposal, Ning Tianchen challenged him to prove his strength, and their battle began.

• Bai He told Ning Tianchen that the Speed Clan had severed its ties with the Clear Sky Sect and would devote itself to building the Heaven Sword Sect.
• Bai He asked Ning Tianchen to arrange training for his granddaughter Bai Xiang Xiang and presented him with the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng; Ning Tianchen exchanged it for a Ten Thousand Year Wind Demon Wyvern right arm bone.
• Ning Tianchen, Oscar, and Chen Huayu met Yang Wudi, who angrily rejected the idea of joining the Heaven Sword Sect after mistaking it for a new master-subordinate arrangement.
• Chen Huayu explained that the clans would help found and manage the sect, but Yang Wudi still challenged Ning Tianchen to prove he was capable of leading it.
• Ning Tianchen and Yang Wudi clashed with the Seven Kill Sword and Soul Breaking Spear, and Ning Tianchen countered Yang Wudi's attacks with sword techniques before defending against his fifth spirit ability.

Ning Tianchen defeated Yang Wudi’s final attack with his two domains and won the Breaking Clan’s allegiance, then gave Yang Wudi the Aromatic Silk Beauty. As Xue Ye neared death and Xue Qinghe carefully prepared to take the throne, Ning Tianchen returned to Heaven Dou City to organize the Heaven Sword Sect and proposed visiting Gengxin City.

• Ning Tianchen used the Divine Slaughter's Domain and Seven Kill Domain to suppress Yang Wudi’s Eighth Spirit Ability and defeat his attack, convincing Yang Wudi to join the Heaven Sword Sect with the Breaking Clan.
• Ning Tianchen gave Yang Wudi the Aromatic Silk Beauty, which Yang Wudi had sought for much of his life.
• Ning Tianchen departed with Oscar and Chen Huayu while Niu Gao, Bai He, and Yang Wudi prepared to move their clans to the Heaven Sword Sect.
• Xue Ye coughed up black blood and deteriorated further, while Xue Qinghe concealed his impatience and cautiously considered the threats to his path to the throne.
• Ning Tianchen returned to Heaven Dou City, organized the Heaven Sword Sect’s construction, and suggested visiting Gengxin City to consult the Blacksmith Association about the Hidden Weapon blueprints.

Tang San and Titan found that the Defense Clan, Breaking Clan, and Speed Clan had moved to Heaven Dou City to establish their own sect, frustrating Tang San’s attempt to recruit them. Meanwhile, Ning Tianchen and Qian Renxue planned to use Tang Yuehua and Tang San’s interest in selling hidden weapons to shift the risk of removing Xue Xing and Xue Beng.

• Tang San and Titan traveled to the Defense Clan residence, where they found the gates shut and the buildings locked from the outside.
• Titan found Niu Gao’s letter saying that the Defense Clan, Breaking Clan, and Speed Clan had gone to Heaven Dou City.
• A child delivered Yang Wudi’s message that the three families were founding their own sect and warned Titan not to become someone’s lapdog.
• Tang San decided to hurry to Heaven Dou City and try to persuade the three families before their sect was established.
• Ning Tianchen met with Qian Renxue, who explained that she needed to deal with Xue Xing and Xue Beng before placing her substitute on the throne.
• Ning Tianchen proposed using Tang Yuehua’s noble connections and Tang San’s need to sell hidden weapons as part of a plan to bring her into the palace and shift the risk of targeting the princes.

Ning Tianchen set a trap for Tang Yuehua and Tang San while preparing to leave Heaven Dou City with his companions and establish the Heaven Sword Sect. Tang San took the bait by deciding to cure Xue Ye, and Ning Tianchen's party reached a militarized Hongyang City, where guards stopped their carriage.

• Ning Tianchen warned Xue Qinghe that the poison could be cured, but they expected Tang San's medical skills to draw Tang Yuehua and the others into their trap.
• Ning Tianchen asked Dugu Bo to handle the sect's construction and cooperate with Xue Qinghe while keeping the matter from the rest of the sect.
• Ning Tianchen and his companions left Heaven Dou City, and Feng Xiaotian revealed that his grandfather wanted the Feng Shui Huo Three Families to join the Heaven Sword Sect.
• Tang Yuehua learned that Xue Ye was gravely ill and that the palace was searching for a physician, so Tang San offered to treat him and received money from Yu Xiaogang to buy herbs.
• Tang San and Yu Tianheng visited apothecaries to purchase medicinal herbs while Ning Tianchen's group traveled toward Hongyang City.
• Hongyang City guards surrounded Ning Tianchen's carriage and demanded travel documents before allowing anyone to enter.

Ning Tianchen and his group entered Hongyang City and settled into a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect outpost while preparing to investigate a dangerous secret realm. Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong received divine trials requiring them to reach the No Return Deep Cave and uncover its mysteries within six months, and the chapter ended as the group began cautiously seeking local information.

• Chen Huayu and Oscar tried to bribe Hongyang City's guards, who threatened to arrest them as enemy spies until Ning Tianchen showed the travel documents and secured their entry.
• Ning Tianchen led the group to a hidden Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect outpost, where they planned to gather information before heading toward the secret realm.
• Ning Tianchen received the Asura Second Trial, which required him to enter the No Return Deep Cave, survive there, and solve its mysteries within half a year or die.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that her Light God's Second Trial had also begun, and she and Ning Tianchen decided the whole group should accompany them despite the danger.
• The next morning, the group set out to ask locals about the No Return Deep Cave, but Ning Tianchen and Feng Xiaotian rejected Oscar's suggestion to split up while city guards watched them.