Recaps

Ji Lin killed Zhao Yang, ending the rebellion, then left Ju Zi and Ke Ke behind as they discussed Ju Zi’s fleeting feelings for him and her determination to live for revenge. Ji Lin reunited with Chi Yuan and reached Dongyang City before nightfall.

• Ji Lin cleaved Zhao Yang in half, and the Sun Moon Empire forces slaughtered the defeated rebels without accepting surrender.
• Ji Lin refused to give Ju Zi his name and flew away, while Ju Zi admitted to Ke Ke that her heart had stirred but insisted she had no place for affection.
• Ke Ke urged Ju Zi to pursue Ji Lin and escape Xu Tianran, but Ju Zi ordered her to drop the matter and reaffirmed her focus on revenge.
• Ju Zi wondered whether her feelings for Ji Lin came from affection or from how his protective figure reminded her of her father.
• Ji Lin reunited with Chi Yuan, and they traveled north to Dongyang City, arriving before its gates closed for the night.

Ji Lin and Chi Yuan traveled from Dongyang City into the Northern Extreme Ice Sea to search for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Sea Soul Beast and the Sea Princess Clan. Guided by Snow Empress, they flew farther over the frozen waters, where the sea grew colder and land disappeared from view.

• Ji Lin and Chi Yuan ate roasted snow pig meat, stayed overnight in Dongyang City, and headed north after breakfast.
• Ji Lin and Chi Yuan reached the ice sea and flew over its waters while he searched with Spirit Detection for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Sea Soul Beast.
• After finding nothing, Ji Lin summoned Snow Empress, who said the Sea Princess Clan and other Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts lived deeper in the sea and offered to help call out the Sea Princess.
• Snow Empress returned to the Sacred Mark Space, and Ji Lin and Chi Yuan flew farther out while avoiding attacks so they could negotiate peacefully.
• After half an hour, Ji Lin and Chi Yuan could no longer sense land, and the sea ahead had become a vast white expanse of icebergs and freezing water.

Ji Lin and Chi Yuan encountered a Demon Soul Great White Shark being hunted by a Giant Head Demon Whale, and Ji Lin froze the whale to save her. Ji Lin recognized the shark as Bai Xiuxiu, who called herself a weak, baby princess and offered to transform into human form.

• Ji Lin and Chi Yuan spotted a huge gathering of Sea Demon Elephants as they traveled deeper into the Ice Sea.
• Ji Lin heard a Demon Soul Great White Shark crying for help while an eighty-thousand-year Giant Head Demon Whale chased her.
• The Giant Head Demon Whale trapped the shark with its suction attack, and Ji Lin froze it inside an iceberg with Ice Emperor's Wrath.
• The Demon Soul Great White Shark thanked Ji Lin, then explained that she trusted him because he had saved her and because a human had once helped her clan.
• Ji Lin confirmed the shark was Bai Xiuxiu, the Demon Soul Great White Shark Princess, and she described herself as trash tier despite her eighty thousand years of cultivation.

Ji Lin told Bai Xiuxiu about Sacred Marks and considered making her his, but he abandoned the plan because he feared drawing the attention of Sea God Tang. He parted from Bai Xiuxiu after they exchanged names, leaving open the chance that they might meet again.

• Bai Xiuxiu asked Ji Lin about becoming human, and he explained the dangers soul beasts faced after transforming.
• Ji Lin told Bai Xiuxiu that Sacred Marks let humans gain soul rings without hunting soul beasts, then considered using her mutated ice attribute for a Perfect Sacred Mark.
• Bai Xiuxiu wondered whether becoming Ji Lin's Sacred Mark would let her visit the human world, but worried that her mother would be angry and concerned.
• Ji Lin decided not to approach Xiao Bai or risk triggering Sea God Tang's contingencies, so he gave up on making Bai Xiuxiu his Sacred Mark.
• Ji Lin told Bai Xiuxiu he had to leave, and they exchanged names before parting on friendly terms.

Ji Lin and Chi Yuan accompanied the Snow Empress to meet the Sea Princess, who was worried about the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s return and the Sea God’s silence. The Snow Empress began explaining that her visit concerned her current condition, but the discussion had not yet begun.

• Ji Lin and Chi Yuan continued through the Northern Extreme Ice Sea after Bai Xiuxiu left, and the Snow Empress appeared when they reached the right waters.
• The Snow Empress released her imposing aura and called for the Sea Princess to meet her.
• Beneath the sea, the Sea Princess discussed with Lijing and Liya the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s reappearance and their inability to contact the Sea God or unite the other Sea Soul Beasts.
• The Sea Princess and her daughters rose to meet the Snow Empress, who arrived with Ji Lin and Chi Yuan.
• The Sea Princess noticed that the Snow Empress had become an energy body and questioned why she had come with humans.
• The Snow Empress said she had come to discuss a matter related to her current condition.

Snow Empress explained to Sea Princess how she became Ji Lin’s Perfect Sacred Mark, and Ji Lin revealed his other Sacred Marks as he sought another ice-attributed Sea Soul Beast. Sea Princess considered offering the opportunity to her daughter Liya, but the news that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had returned threatened the Merfolk Clan and left the family unwilling to part.

• Snow Empress told Sea Princess and her daughters about Sacred Marks and her choice to become Ji Lin’s Perfect Sacred Mark.
• Ji Lin showed his Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul and introduced Ice Empress, Snow Bear Queen Xiaobai, and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass as his other Perfect Sacred Marks.
• Sea Princess considered becoming Ji Lin’s Sacred Mark, then looked to Liya as a possible heir who could preserve the Sea Princess Clan’s bloodline.
• Liya refused to leave her mother, sister, and the Merfolk Clan, while Lijing urged her to accept the chance to visit the human world and pursue godhood.
• Sea Princess revealed that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s aura had been detected and that the ancient threat might return to the ocean.

Ji Lin offered the Sea Princess protection from the Deep Sea Demonic Whale and persuaded Liya to become his Sacred Mark. Elsewhere, the current Sea God Douluo Chen Tianyu led a fleet into battle against a colossal Deep Sea Demonic Whale, which overwhelmed the ships with corrosive attacks and violent currents.

• Ji Lin recognized the newly appeared Deep Sea Demonic Whale as likely the Demon Empress and offered the Sea Princess Chi Yuan's protection.
• Liya agreed to become Ji Lin's Sacred Mark, and they went to a coral room to begin their fusion.
• Chen Tianyu's fleet attacked a colossal Deep Sea Demonic Whale with torpedoes, but the whale's ocean current destroyed them.
• The whale surfaced and bombarded the fleet with a giant water sphere and corrosive purple-black rain, while its vengeful spirits disrupted the crews.
• The whale dived and stirred the ocean into violent waves that disabled detection devices, scattered smaller ships, and caused explosions across the fleet.

Sea God Douluo Chen Tianyu fought a Deep Sea Demonic Whale that overwhelmed his warship fleet and rivaled a Quasi-God at sea. The whale took human form and revealed that she was the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's wife, setting the stage for their battle.

• A second, smaller Deep Sea Demonic Whale watched as the enormous whale attacked the Soul Tool Warship fleet, sinking dozens of ships and draining their energy with poisonous rain.
• Chen Tianyu used his power to shield the fleet, then confronted the whale as their clashing auras shattered his waterspouts and the clouds.
• Chen Tianyu ordered the fleet to retreat and realized the whale's affinity with the sea suppressed his Ocean martial soul.
• The whale transformed into a woman and advanced across the dark-purple sea as Chen Tianyu asked who she was and how she was connected to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• The woman said the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had been her husband and that she would have stopped humans from killing him if she had not been cultivating elsewhere.

The Demon Empress revealed that she sought revenge for her husband, whom she said Tang San had killed, and planned to destroy humanity after learning the God Realm could no longer interfere. Sea God Douluo Chen Tianyu revealed his family’s ancient duty and used the Sea God Helmet to fight her, leaving their battle raging above the sea.

• The Demon Empress accused Tang San of killing her husband for his soul ring and soul bone, then explained that she had avoided the Douluo Continent until she discovered it had lost contact with the God Realm.
• Chen Tianyu summoned the Sea God Helmet and revealed that he was the current patriarch of the Sea God Family, whose inheritance and duty to guard the sea predated Tang San.
• Chen Tianyu explained that Tang San had preserved the family’s inheritance after claiming the Sea God Trident, while the Demon Empress vowed to kill him and destroy humanity.
• The Demon Empress attacked Chen Tianyu with a vacuum-like tearing force, but the Sea God Helmet protected him and helped him break free.
• Chen Tianyu used Boundless Sea to crush the Demon Empress with the ocean’s power, but she escaped the attack and charged at him as a purple-black meteor.
• Chen Tianyu answered with a massive pillar of light, and their collision sent towering waves toward the distant Soul Tool Warship fleet.

Sea God Douluo Chen Tianyu fought the Demon Empress in a battle that tore open the sky, but the Rakshasa Demon Scythe helped her prevail. The Demon Empress survived the clash and explained how she joined the Holy Spirit Cult and obtained the Divine Artifact while pursuing revenge for her husband.

• Chen Tianyu wielded the Sea God Helmet against the Demon Empress, sacrificing his life force as they fought over the sea.
• Chi Yuan sensed the battle from the Northern Extreme Ice Sea but stayed beside Ji Lin while Ji Lin fused with Liya.
• The Demon Empress and Chen Tianyu's clash split the sky and unleashed a storm that battered the distant Soul Tool Warship fleet.
• Chen Tianyu remained standing on the waves with his armor shattered and the Sea God Helmet nearly broken, while the injured Demon Empress held the Rakshasa Demon Scythe.
• The Demon Empress told Chen Tianyu she would remember him as a worthy opponent and recalled joining the Holy Spirit Cult and finding the scythe at Jialing Pass as she prepared to avenge her husband.

Sea God Douluo Chen Tianyu and the Sea God Family’s warship regiment fought the Demon Empress and were annihilated. The Deep Sea Demon Whale girl pleaded with her mother to stop, while Xiao Bai arrived after the battle had ended.

• Chen Tianyu admitted his defeat to the Demon Empress and warned that others would eventually stop her.
• Chen Tianyu’s descendants returned in their Soul Tool warships and chose to fight beside him rather than abandon their grandfather.
• Moved by their loyalty to family, the Demon Empress hesitated, but Chen Tianyu died and the Sea God Family’s fleet charged her.
• A descendant put on the Sea God Helmet and sacrificed his life trying to reach the Demon Empress, but the helmet shattered and he turned to ash.
• The Deep Sea Demon Whale girl begged her mother to abandon revenge, but the Demon Empress vowed to sacrifice all life on Douluo Continent for godhood.
• Xiao Bai arrived with several hundred Demon Soul Great White Sharks and transformed into human form after finding the battle over.

Xiao Bai arrived too late to help the Sea God and found the Demon Empress slaughtering the sea’s inhabitants. After recognizing Xiao Bai’s Demon Soul Great White Shark clan, the Demon Empress attacked them, forcing Xiao Bai to flee toward her clan’s homeland and the divine power left there by the Sea God.

• Xiao Bai recognized the Demon Empress as a second Deep Sea Demonic Whale, and the Demon Empress revealed that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had been her husband.
• The Demon Empress attacked Xiao Bai and her clan with the Rakshasa Demon Scythe, killing dozens of Demon Soul Great White Sharks.
• Xiao Bai struck back with Demon Shark's Tooth and Despair Light Wave, briefly interrupting the Demon Empress’s Dark Tide.
• Xiao Bai led her clan toward their homeland, planning to lure the Demon Empress into the Sea God’s divine power left there.
• The Demon Empress broke free of the Despair Light Waves and pursued the fleeing sharks, while the Blue-haired Girl remained behind sorrowfully.

Bai Xiuxiu returned to the Demon Shark territory and discovered that the Deep Sea Demon Whale had killed her mother and wiped out her clan. Meanwhile, Ji Lin completed his fusion with Liya and prepared to add a seventh soul ring in the Ice Sea.

• Bai Xiuxiu swam home, ignoring the fleeing Sea Soul Beasts, and received her mother's warning that the Demon Shark clan had lost and she must never return.
• Bai Xiuxiu found the clan's territory devastated and discovered her mother's Shark Pearl among the remains.
• Bai Xiuxiu sensed the memories in the Shark Pearl and learned that the Deep Sea Demon Whale had killed her mother and clansmen before fleeing wounded.
• Ji Lin emerged after successfully fusing with Liya, who retained her complete consciousness and origin as his Sacred Mark.
• Ji Lin asked the Sea Princess to find him a secluded place in the Ice Sea so he could add a seventh soul ring to Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment.

Ji Lin absorbed the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s Million-Year Soul Ring and awakened Heavenly Fire Tribulation Annihilation, whose power devastated a vast stretch of seabed. As Ji Lin prepared to leave the Sea Princess Clan, Bai Xiuxiu arrived in grief and revealed that her mother and clansmen were dead.

• Ji Lin absorbed the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s Million-Year Soul Ring as the seventh Soul Ring for Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment.
• Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment transformed and unleashed destructive flames that vaporized seawater, devastated the seabed, and forced Ji Lin’s allies to protect him.
• Ji Lin restrained the weapon’s power and explained that his seventh Soul Skill, Heavenly Fire Tribulation Annihilation, greatly increased his strength but could last for less than five minutes.
• Ji Lin and Chi Yuan prepared to leave the Sea Princess Clan after returning to its palace complex.
• Bai Xiuxiu rushed into the palace in tears and told Lijing that her mother and clansmen were gone.
• Chi Yuan connected Bai Xiuxiu’s news to a battle between two Quasi-Gods and the victor’s later display of divine power.

Bai Xiuxiu revealed that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had slaughtered her mother and the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan, leaving the Sea Princess and Lijing terrified of its return. Ji Lin offered to help if it attacked them, and Chi Yuan identified the injured whale as a Quasi-God.

• Bai Xiuxiu told the Sea Princess and Lijing that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had returned and killed her mother and clan.
• Bai Xiuxiu recounted how Xiao Bai had followed a battle involving someone with the Sea God's aura, then fought the Demon Empress and died after severely wounding her.
• The Sea Princess and Lijing feared the Demon Empress would target their clan, and looked to Ji Lin and Chi Yuan for help.
• Ji Lin said the Demon Empress was injured and that they would support the Sea Princess Clan if she attacked.
• Chi Yuan declared that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was a Quasi-God.

Bai Xiuxiu consumed Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow and her mother's Shark Pearl to reach the Hundred-Thousand-Year level, then faced a Lightning Tribulation. She resisted the first strikes, but the storm continued to grow stronger.

• Ji Lin offered Bai Xiuxiu the resources to break through and promised to take her down the Path to Godhood so she could seek revenge and revive her family.
• Bai Xiuxiu spent more than a month refining the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow and her mother's Shark Pearl, reaching the Hundred-Thousand-Year level.
• Dark clouds gathered above the Coral Palace, and Bai Xiuxiu rose from the sea to face her Heavenly Tribulation.
• Sea Princess identified the Lightning Tribulation as especially dangerous, while Chi Yuan promised to intervene if Bai Xiuxiu could not endure it.
• Bai Xiuxiu blocked several lightning strikes with her ice powers and Deep Blue Ray, but her aura weakened as the storm intensified.

Bai Xiuxiu endured her hundred-thousand-year Lightning Tribulation until Ji Lin saved her, and she transformed into human form before completing her fusion with him as his eighth Perfect Sacred Mark. Ji Lin and Chi Yuan then left the Sea Princess and Mermaid Eldest Princess Lijing, while Ji Lin left a communication device in case the Demon Empress returned.

• Bai Xiuxiu counterattacked the Lightning Tribulation, but after her Soul Core weakened, she called for Ji Lin to save her from its final strike.
• Ji Lin destroyed the lightning and tribulation clouds with a pillar of crimson flame, then teased and reassured Bai Xiuxiu as she recovered.
• Bai Xiuxiu transformed into a beautiful girl and eagerly learned to create Sacred Mark Space so she could complete her fusion and visit the human world.
• Bai Xiuxiu became Ji Lin's eighth Perfect Sacred Mark and provided the sixth soul ring for his Heavenly Snow Woman martial soul.
• Ji Lin and Chi Yuan bid farewell to the Sea Princess and Mermaid Eldest Princess Lijing, and Ji Lin left a communication device in case the injured Demon Empress returned.

Ji Lin returned to Freedom Gate after breaking through to Soul Saint, reuniting with the women who had spent the past month training for the tournament. As the team prepared to compete, Gu Yuena unexpectedly asked to join them.

• Wang Qiuer and Ye Guyi sparred at Freedom Gate while the other disciples watched, and Nan Qiu Qiu teased Xu Jiujiu about her relationship with Ji Lin.
• Ji Lin returned and told Xu Jiujiu that he had reached Soul Saint and obtained his seventh soul ring, then learned that Wang Qiuer and Ye Guyi had been giving the others intense combat training.
• Xu Jiujiu announced that the tournament's new format and rules had been approved by all four nations, and Ji Lin named the seven members who would represent Freedom Gate without substitutes.
• Gu Yuena entered the council hall and asked Ji Lin to let her join the tournament team, saying the decision was hers to make.

Ji Lin agreed to let Gu Yuena join Freedom Gate’s tournament team as a substitute, and the delegations set out for the Sun Moon Empire under a new, more individual-focused competition format. In Mingdu, Xu Tianran prepared for his father’s death and discussed Sacred Marks with Ju Zi, hinting that he would not allow them time to reshape the balance of power.

• Ji Lin agreed to Gu Yuena joining the team as a substitute, and Xu Jiujiu explained the tournament’s new format of individual elimination matches followed by team battles.
• Three days before the tournament, Ji Lin, Chi Yuan, Gu Yuena, and the others departed for Mingdu alongside Star Luo Royal Academy’s delegation; Shrek Academy also set out with Zhang Lexuan and a large team, secretly protected by Xuan Zi and other elders.
• The tournament reopened registration to sects and drew 167 teams, offering Soul Tools as prizes, including a Level 9 Soul Tool for the champion.
• In Mingdu’s imperial garden, Ju Zi told Xu Tianran that the Emperor was frequently losing consciousness and that the military was divided over the succession.
• Xu Tianran told Ju Zi to deal with commanders who resisted after he took the throne, then agreed that Sacred Marks posed no immediate threat and said they would not be given time to change the empire’s position.

Xu Tianran discussed the Sun Moon Empire’s tournament preparations with Ju Zi while secretly plotting to conquer the continent with soul tools. Near Mingdu, Ji Lin’s group met Zhang Lexuan and the Shrek Team, traveled with them to the capital, and marveled at the immense city as they arrived.

• Xu Tianran promised to support Ju Zi’s revenge, discussed the tournament and Jing Hongchen with her, and ordered her to invite Mister Zhongli.
• After Ju Zi left, Xu Tianran privately vowed to conquer the continent with soul tools despite the Sacred Marks.
• Ji Lin’s group descended outside Mingdu’s air defenses and rested, then encountered Zhang Lexuan and the Shrek Team.
• Ji Lin shared lunch with the Shrek Team, and Xu Sanshi teased him about Freedom Gate being an all-girl team; Ji Lin warned him to watch his words.
• The three teams traveled on foot to Mingdu and were astonished by its towering buildings and lack of city walls.

Ji Lin and the Freedom Gate team arrived in Mingdu to register for the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, where they encountered the long-missing Tang Ya accompanied by Evil Soul Masters. The chapter left Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao realizing Tang Ya might have fallen into their hands.

• Nana led the group through Mingdu to the Mingyue Grand Hotel, where Shrek Academy and Star Luo Royal Academy received priority registration over Freedom Gate.
• Ji Lin took Freedom Gate to wait in the lounge while Nan Qiu Qiu complained about the delay and the team watched other contestants arrive.
• After waiting more than an hour, Ji Lin and his team completed their forms, image recordings, and age checks.
• Ji Lin spotted Tang Ya in the testing room, and Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao recognized her and called out to her.
• Ye Guyi stopped Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao from approaching and warned them that Tang Ya's black-clothed companions were Evil Soul Masters led by a Titled Douluo-level figure.

Ji Lin and his companions saw Tang Ya arrive with the Holy Spirit Cult, confirming she had become an Evil Soul Master, and decided Bei Bei should be told before they met again. After completing registration and the age examination, Freedom Gate received modest hotel rooms while Shrek Academy was assigned the tournament’s most luxurious villa.

• Ye Guyi stopped Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao from approaching Tang Ya as Tang Ya left with the Holy Spirit Cult group.
• Ye Guyi and Ji Lin confirmed that Tang Ya had become an Evil Soul Master, and Ji Lin said the group should inform Bei Bei before he encountered her.
• Nan Qiu Qiu redirected the group to their age examination, which they completed without incident.
• The tournament organizers assigned Freedom Gate ordinary rooms because they did not recognize its members or know its standing as previous champions.
• Shrek Academy moved into Sky Villa Number One at the Mingyue Grand Hotel, where its team admired the luxurious accommodations.

Ji Lin told the Shrek delegation that Tang Ya had joined the Holy Spirit Cult, leaving Bei Bei distraught and desperate to save her. The group learned that the Cult had many Titled Douluo and likely worked closely with the Sun Moon Empire, while Zhang Lexuan reassured them that Elder Xuan and other powerful Shrek figures were present.

• Ji Lin brought Xiao Xiao, Wang Qiuer, Wang Dong'er, and Xu Jiujiu to Shrek's top-floor villa, where Xu Jiujiu complained that Star Luo Royal Academy had been assigned to the seventh floor.
• Ji Lin explained that he had encountered the Holy Spirit Cult and described seeing Tang Ya at the physical testing room.
• Bei Bei reacted to the news of Tang Ya, then calmed down after Xu Sanshi and Zhang Lexuan stopped him from rushing off to find her.
• Zhang Lexuan reported that the Holy Spirit Cult had gathered many Evil Soul Masters and might have a way to help them reach the Titled Douluo level.
• Bei Bei warned that the Sun Moon Empire's close ties with the Holy Spirit Cult could threaten the tournament, while Xu Jiujiu and Zhang Lexuan said their forces were prepared.

Ji Lin urged Shrek and the Star Luo Empire to warn the Heaven Dou Empire about the Sun Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult. After Princess Vina arrived, Zhang Lexuan revealed that the cult might have several Super Douluo-level Evil Soul Masters, leaving Vina gravely concerned.

• Ji Lin proposed telling the Heaven Dou Empire about the threat, and Xu Jiujiu agreed to contact Princess Vina.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi left to investigate the Holy Spirit Cult, while Wang Dong'er and the others went to explore Mingdu.
• Ji Lin flirted with Zhang Lexuan and persuaded her to spend the evening alone with him.
• Xu Jiujiu brought Vina, Mu Xue, and a middle-aged escort to meet Ji Lin and Zhang Lexuan at Shrek's Villa No. 1.
• Zhang Lexuan warned Vina that the Holy Spirit Cult had Titled Douluo and might have several Super Douluo-level Evil Soul Masters behind it, alarming the princess.

Ji Lin and Zhang Lexuan warned Vina and Mu Xue that the Holy Spirit Cult had two Limit Douluo, prompting Vina to leave and prepare. After Ji Lin spent the night with Zhang Lexuan, the Sun Moon Empire announced tournament rules that removed the height limit on matches.

• Zhang Lexuan told Vina and Mu Xue that the Holy Spirit Cult had two Limit Douluo and had become a grave threat alongside the Sun Moon Empire.
• Vina thanked Zhang Lexuan and Ji Lin, then left with Mu Xue to prepare for the danger and promised to repay the favor.
• At the pool, Ji Lin teased Xu Jiujiu and Zhang Lexuan about spending the night together, but both rejected his suggestion that Xu join them.
• Ji Lin and Zhang Lexuan spent the night together, and she fulfilled his requests until she fainted.
• The next morning, Ji Lin and Zhang Lexuan returned to the hotel separately, and the Sun Moon Empire announced tournament rules that removed the height limit on matches.