Recaps

Zhu Ziyang chose spirit medicines for Zhu Changhe and Liang Ying before leaving Sea God Island, where he met Inner Court disciple Ma Xiaotao. After she flew him across the lake, Ma Xiaotao found that being near him calmed her Martial Soul, and Yan Shaozhe encouraged her to spend more time with him.

• Zhu Ziyang selected a Thousand-Year Snow Lotus and an Earth Essence Fruit, then stored them in his Soul Guidance Ring, Star Flame.
• Yan Shaozhe told Zhu Ziyang that he could freely return to Sea God Island, and Zhu Ziyang headed for Sea God Square to go back to the Outer Court.
• Ma Xiaotao introduced herself to Zhu Ziyang and offered to carry him across the lake despite his refusal.
• Ma Xiaotao flew Zhu Ziyang to the opposite shore with her Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, then left with a flushed face.
• Ma Xiaotao told Yan Shaozhe that contact with Zhu Ziyang had calmed her Martial Soul, and Yan Shaozhe advised her to spend more time with him.

After returning from Sea God Island, Zhu Ziyang reunited with Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya, who had fused with their Soul Bones. Jiang Nannan worried that another woman’s scent on him meant a rival, then learned he had met a master on Sea God Island without realizing he had become Dean Yan’s junior brother rather than his disciple.

• Zhu Ziyang returned to Du Weilun’s office, where Tang Ya reported rising to level 23 and Jiang Nannan said her First Soul Skill had strengthened without raising her level.
• Jiang Nannan smelled an unfamiliar fragrance on Zhu Ziyang and worried he had been intimate with another woman, but he explained that an Inner Court senior sister had helped him leave Sea God Island.
• Tang Ya told Beibei that she and Jiang Nannan had received Soul Ascension Pills and Soul Bones, while keeping Jiang Nannan’s Soul Bone a secret.
• After dinner, Jiang Nannan privately embraced Zhu Ziyang and reassured herself that he would not leave her.
• Zhu Ziyang told Jiang Nannan that he had taken a teacher as his master, and she mistakenly believed he had become Dean Yan’s disciple instead of his junior brother.

Zhu Ziyang studied Mu En’s notes on applying the light attribute, then attended the Nine Treasures Merchant Association’s exchange meeting with Beibei, Tang Ya, and Jiang Nannan. At the herb stalls, he found a rare Clear Heart Flower that could strengthen Spiritual Power and decided to choose it.

• Zhu Ziyang read Mu En’s notes and practiced gathering light, reflecting on how his Ultimate Light made the techniques easy to perform.
• Tang Ya urged Zhu Ziyang, Beibei, and Jiang Nannan to hurry to the exchange meeting, while Jiang Nannan agreed they should go early.
• Beibei’s Wood Spirit Pill and Profound Water Pill helped Tang Ya advance from rank 23 to rank 26 and improved her aptitude.
• The four reached the Nine Treasures Merchant Association, where Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan split up to browse the stalls.
• Zhu Ziyang examined the spirit herbs and chose the high-grade Clear Heart Flower for its ability to enhance Spiritual Power and strengthen a Martial Soul.

Zhu Ziyang ran into Ma Xiaotao at the Nine Treasures Merchant Association, where she found that being near him calmed her unstable Martial Soul. Jiang Nannan showed him a Bright Flame Pill for her mother and a strange crystal, prompting Zhu Ziyang to hurry back to the academy with her.

• Zhu Ziyang bought a Clear Heart Flower and then met Ma Xiaotao at a nearby stall.
• Ma Xiaotao's Martial Soul settled when she approached Zhu Ziyang, but she grew flustered and hurried away after he woke her from a daze.
• Jiang Nannan showed Zhu Ziyang a Bright Flame Pill she had bought for her mother's heart illness using a merchandise allowance and fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Jiang Nannan also showed Zhu Ziyang a faintly glowing, warm crystal that resembled a Moonlight Crystal, and he suspected it might be something unusual.
• Zhu Ziyang stored the crystal in his Starflame Ring and took Jiang Nannan back to the academy without waiting for Xiaoya and Beibei.

Zhu Ziyang discovered that Jiang Nannan’s supposed Moonlight Rock Crystal was actually a rare Moonlight Spirit Diamond, a treasure that could evolve her Martial Soul. He told her to wait until the next full moon to absorb it.

• Zhu Ziyang suspected Jiang Nannan’s Moonlight Rock Crystal was not what it appeared to be and reassured her that she had not been cheated.
• Zhu Ziyang showed Jiang Nannan the ore’s unusual warmth and glow, then asked her to pour Soul Power into it.
• The ore shed its Solidified Lunar Essence and transformed into a radiant Moonlight Spirit Diamond.
• Zhu Ziyang identified the diamond as a Peerless Immortal Grade treasure whose value rivaled a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Zhu Ziyang explained that the Moonlight Spirit Diamond could evolve Jiang Nannan’s Martial Soul, but she had to wait until the full moon to absorb it.

Jiang Nannan absorbed the Moonlight Spirit Diamond under the full moon, reaching rank 30 and beginning a transformation of her Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul. Zhu Ziyang arranged to take her to hunt for a third Soul Ring, and Mu En offered to have someone escort them to the distant Mingdou Mountain Range.

• Zhu Ziyang took Jiang Nannan to a secluded clearing, where she absorbed the Moonlight Spirit Diamond through the night as her Martial Soul formed a silver-white cocoon.
• Zhang Lexuan noticed the moonlit disturbance from Sea God Island but could not identify its source and stopped paying attention.
• At dawn, Jiang Nannan emerged with changed features, rank 30 Soul Power, and a Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul on the verge of transformation.
• Zhu Ziyang told Jiang Nannan that her third Soul Ring might trigger the transformation, and she eagerly agreed to seek a Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Mu En noticed Jiang Nannan's sudden advancement, learned about the Moonlight Spirit Diamond, and offered to arrange an escort for their trip to hunt a Silver Moon Golden Armored Beast in the Mingdou Mountain Range.

Zhu Ziyang accompanied Jiang Nannan on a trip to find her third Soul Ring, led by Sea God Pavilion Elder Song. In Giant Forest Province, Elder Song revealed that she intended to teach them how to awaken children’s Martial Souls.

• In class, Jiang Nannan explained that a treasure she bought had raised her Soul Power to rank 30, and Zhu Ziyang said they would set out that afternoon to find her third Soul Ring.
• At Sea God Lake, Elder Song arrived and introduced herself to Jiang Nannan as a rank 97 Super Douluo before taking the pair on the journey.
• Elder Song led Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan south toward the Star Luo Empire, saying she would handle her own business before taking them to the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• Three days later, the group reached Giant Forest Province, where Elder Song left the main road and headed toward a remote village.
• Elder Song told Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan she would teach them how to perform Martial Soul awakenings for the village children.

Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan traveled with Elder Song toward the Mingdou Mountain Range, where they searched for a Silver Moon Golden Armored Beast as Jiang Nannan’s target Soul Beast. After finding signs of one in a valley, they waited for nightfall, when it would emerge.

• Zhu Ziyang reflected on how few commoner children received a chance to awaken their Martial Souls and began to consider overturning the world.
• Elder Song led Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan west, holding awakening ceremonies in villages along their route toward the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• The trio reached Yuming City, then flew toward the mountain range as Elder Song warned the youths to stay close and avoid acting alone.
• Elder Song consulted a confidential Myriad Beast Map and found a Soul Beast in the southern mountains that Jiang Nannan wanted.
• After two days of searching, Zhu Ziyang, Jiang Nannan, and Elder Song found burrows indicating a Silver Moon Golden Armored Beast lived in a nearby valley.
• Zhu Ziyang explained that the nocturnal beast would appear after nightfall, and the group decided to wait.

Jiang Nannan absorbed a powerful third Soul Ring from a Silver Moon Golden Armored Beast, triggering an evolution of her Martial Soul as she transformed into a cocoon. While she began her transformation, Elder Song questioned Zhu Ziyang’s view of the empires, and he declared that he would overthrow their corrupt order and create equal access to Martial Soul awakening.

• Elder Song captured the 3,500-year-old leader of the Silver Moon Golden Armored Beasts for Jiang Nannan to use as her third Soul Ring.
• Jiang Nannan killed the beast and began absorbing its Soul Ring, then transformed into a giant cocoon as her Martial Soul evolved.
• Zhu Ziyang waited beside Elder Song while Jiang Nannan’s transformation continued and read a book about the Sun Moon Empire.
• Elder Song asked Zhu Ziyang what he thought of the Three Great Empires’ rulers.
• Zhu Ziyang called the rulers foolish and said he would overthrow their corrupt order to create equal opportunities for everyone to awaken a Martial Soul.
• Elder Song praised Zhu Ziyang’s ambition and said the Douluo Continent needed change.

Elder Song explained how the Sun Moon Empire’s reforms had expanded its soul master ranks and warned that the Three Douluo Kingdoms were falling behind. She asked Zhu Ziyang to unite the kingdoms and reform martial soul awakenings when he grew powerful, and the chapter ended as Jiang Nannan’s cocoon stirred.

• Elder Song told Zhu Ziyang that the Sun Moon Empire had adopted Spirit Hall’s free, nationwide martial soul awakenings, while the Three Douluo Kingdoms neglected soul master development and Soul Tool research.
• Elder Song described how nobles had obstructed Cloud Heaven Douluo’s reforms and explained that Shrek Academy lacked high-level soul engineers despite having comparable research knowledge.
• Elder Song said Zhu Ziyang might become powerful enough to change the continent and asked him to unite the Three Douluo Kingdoms and let everyone awaken their martial souls.
• Zhu Ziyang agreed that success depended on human effort, and Elder Song promised to help him while warning him to keep their conversation secret except from Mu En.
• Five or six hours after their conversation, Jiang Nannan’s cocoon began to move, and Zhu Ziyang watched with anticipation.

Jiang Nannan emerged from her transformation with an evolved Lunar Jade Rabbit Martial Soul and powerful new abilities. After learning her new skills and Soul Power level, Elder Song asked Jiang Nannan to become her disciple.

• After nearly ten hours, Jiang Nannan emerged from her cocoon with silver hair, crimson eyes, and a Lunar Jade Rabbit Martial Soul.
• Jiang Nannan explained that her Martial Soul had evolved into an elite Lunar Jade Rabbit with a pure Lunar Yin Bloodline.
• Jiang Nannan revealed her upgraded Soul Skills, including Silver Moon Golden Body Armor, which granted physical and control immunity before boosting her abilities.
• Jiang Nannan described how moonlight doubled the effectiveness of her Soul Skills and revealed that her Soul Power had reached Level 34.
• After Elder Song teased Jiang Nannan and Zhu Ziyang about their closeness, she asked Jiang Nannan to take her as her master.

Zhu Ziyang, Jiang Nannan, and Elder Song traveled through Bright Dou Great Forest, where Jiang Nannan’s evolved Martial Soul helped her find spiritual herbs. At the border, they discovered Star Luo Empire soldiers massacring civilians, and Zhu Ziyang intervened to save a girl named Juzi.

• Jiang Nannan sensed a Glazed Lily, but Zhu Ziyang found it would not mature for at least half a year, so the three left it untouched.
• Three days later, Zhu Ziyang, Jiang Nannan, and Elder Song reached a border town engulfed in flames and slaughter.
• Elder Song recognized the attackers as Star Luo Empire soldiers and agreed to investigate, warning Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan not to act without permission.
• Zhu Ziyang saw a soldier threaten Juzi and rushed down from the cliff, killing him with a strike from the World-Pacifying Death Scythe.
• Elder Song arrived with Jiang Nannan as the other soldiers charged Zhu Ziyang, who turned to check whether Juzi was safe.

Zhu Ziyang and Elder Song rescued Juzi from Star Luo Empire soldiers, and Juzi vowed to repay Zhu Ziyang. As the group continued into Star Luo Empire territory, Elder Song reminded Zhu Ziyang to control his emotions and encouraged Jiang Nannan to face the violence she had witnessed.

• Elder Song used her Titled Douluo power to suppress the Star Luo Empire soldiers and their general, then ordered them to warn Dai Hao and leave.
• Juzi asked Zhu Ziyang for his name and promised to repay him, and Zhu Ziyang told her his name before departing with Elder Song and Jiang Nannan.
• Zhu Ziyang suspected Juzi might be the future Sun Moon Empire Empress War God, but dismissed the thought as a coincidence.
• Elder Song warned Zhu Ziyang that he must control the emotions influenced by his Ultimate Light Martial Soul, and he accepted her reminder.
• Zhu Ziyang checked on Jiang Nannan, while Elder Song urged her to steel herself for confronting Evil Soul Masters and promised to help her.
• The group entered Star Luo Empire territory and continued holding Martial Soul awakening ceremonies in villages along the way.

Zhu Ziyang used the Clear Heart Flower to break through to the tangible yet formless realm of Spiritual Power, and Electrolux’s Soul Spirit Bead later released a mysterious power that strengthened his first Soul Ring and brought his Light Element and Power of Death closer together. As he wondered whether Electrolux had awakened, Mu En called him to come upstairs.

• Zhu Ziyang meditated in Mu En’s hut and absorbed the Clear Heart Flower to strengthen his Spiritual Power.
• Zhu Ziyang broke through to the tangible yet formless realm, forming a Spiritual Island and raising his Soul Power from rank 37 to rank 38.
• Zhu Ziyang discovered that his Silver Right Eye’s Time Stop ability lasted three seconds and could affect Soul Emperors.
• Electrolux’s Soul Spirit Bead trembled and released gray airflow that flowed into Zhu Ziyang’s body and Martial Soul.
• Zhu Ziyang woke to find his first Soul Ring had changed from pale yellow to deep yellow, and his Light Element and Power of Death had grown closer.
• Mu En called Zhu Ziyang to come upstairs.

After breaking through during his seclusion, Zhu Ziyang reunited with Jiang Nannan and learned that Zhang Lexuan possessed the Lunar Martial Soul, possibly linking her to the Sun Moon Empire’s imperial family. He returned to the Outer Court with Jiang Nannan and heard how their classmates had progressed while he was away.

• Mu En praised Zhu Ziyang’s level thirty-eight Soul Power and Spiritual Power, then told him to rest for three days before meeting again.
• Zhu Ziyang reunited with Jiang Nannan, who had grown close to Zhang Lexuan while he was in seclusion.
• Jiang Nannan revealed that Zhang Lexuan’s Martial Soul was the moon, and Zhu Ziyang realized it was the Lunar Martial Soul, a Super Martial Soul associated with the Sun Moon Empire’s imperial family.
• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan returned to the Outer Court, where he explained that their Lunar Martial Souls likely helped them feel close to each other.
• Jiang Nannan told Zhu Ziyang that Beibei had reached level thirty and gone to hunt for his third Soul Ring, while Xiaoya had reached level twenty-seven and Jiang Nannan remained at level thirty-four.

Zhu Ziyang reunited with Jiang Nannan and returned to class, where his classmates noticed the change in his bearing after a month of secluded cultivation. That night, Electrolux awakened in Zhu Ziyang’s Spiritual Sea and explained that his soul had stabilized but his former strength had not returned.

• Zhu Ziyang told Jiang Nannan to consolidate her Soul Power, and she explained that she had declined Elder Song’s invitation to the Inner Court until she reached Soul Ancestor.
• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan discussed her dormitory and her decision to keep the details of taking Elder Song as her master from Tang Ya for now.
• Zhu Ziyang returned to Grade 1 Class 1, where his classmates welcomed him as their Class Monitor and Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan remarked on his changed aura.
• That night, Zhu Ziyang entered his Spiritual Sea and discovered that Electrolux had awakened after half a year of slumber.
• Electrolux explained that Zhu Ziyang’s Spiritual Power had helped stabilize his divine soul, and he compared the cultivation systems of their worlds while withholding further details about reaching godhood.

Electrolux explained his understanding of Soul Rings to Zhu Ziyang, revealing that their Life Force could be refined to fuse them more completely with a Soul Master. He promised to help Zhu Ziyang refine future Soul Rings after he mastered the Power of Death, and began planning to teach him magic.

• Electrolux encouraged Zhu Ziyang and compared a sixth-rank Archmage to a six-ring Soul Emperor.
• Electrolux described Soul Rings as both part of the world's order and a limit on Soul Masters, while Zhu Ziyang explained Soul Beast age ranks and the abilities of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Electrolux theorized that Soul Rings contain a Soul Beast's Soul Power and Life Force, while their attached Soul Skills come from remnants of the beast's soul.
• Electrolux explained that most Soul Masters only refine a Soul Ring's Soul Power, and that refining its Life Force could fuse it with the Soul Master and make its Soul Skill instinctive.
• Electrolux told Zhu Ziyang to develop his Power of Death before attempting to refine his three Soul Rings, and promised to help with his fourth Soul Ring.
• Electrolux agreed to teach Zhu Ziyang Light Magic and Necromantic Magic so he could later learn to combine them.

Zhu Ziyang rested after his long meditation, then learned that Beibei had returned as a rank 32 Soul Elder and accepted his challenge to a duel. A huge crowd gathered at the Soul Duelling Arena as the two prepared to fight.

• Electrolux discussed the preserved Silver Dragon Wolf's soul with Zhu Ziyang and said he had an idea he would explain after considering it further.
• Zhu Ziyang left the Spiritual Space, rested overnight, and slept in until Jiang Nannan brought him breakfast.
• Jiang Nannan told Zhu Ziyang that Beibei had returned after obtaining his third Soul Ring from a Soul Beast his family had already chosen.
• Beibei challenged Zhu Ziyang to a match after class, and Zhu Ziyang agreed to fight him in the Soul Duelling Zone.
• Tang Ya's news about the challenge spread through the school, drawing hundreds of students to the arena.
• Zhu Ziyang and Beibei faced each other before a referee as the soul duel was about to begin.

Zhu Ziyang defeated Beibei in the Soul Duelling Arena, then visited Mu En to begin learning King's Descent. Mu En explained how to fuse Spiritual Power with Soul Power and left Zhu Ziyang to practice on the island.

• Zhu Ziyang and Beibei released their Martial Souls and Soul Skills, then clashed in the arena.
• Zhu Ziyang overpowered Beibei and swept him aside with the World-Pacifying Death Scythe, winning the match.
• After resting for three days, Zhu Ziyang went to the Sea God Pavilion as Mu En had instructed.
• Mu En praised Zhu Ziyang's Spiritual Power progress and began teaching him the method behind King's Descent.
• Mu En explained that Zhu Ziyang needed to master King's Descent before studying his other techniques, then told him to practice fusing Spiritual Power and Soul Power on the island.

Mu En explained Soul Ring Secondary Refinement and taught Zhu Ziyang that he possessed a Life Force Cultivation Method, though it required six rings. On his way back, Zhu Ziyang discussed the method with Electrolux, who said he could refine Zhu Ziyang’s soul rings once he reached four rings.

• Mu En showed Zhu Ziyang the difference between ordinary soul rings and solidified rings that had undergone secondary refinement.
• Mu En explained that secondary refinement absorbed a soul ring’s life force, strengthening the soul master and embedding the attached Soul Skill into the Martial Soul’s origin.
• Mu En revealed that he had a Life Force Cultivation Method from an old friend and agreed to teach it to Zhu Ziyang, despite having been urged not to share it.
• Mu En told Zhu Ziyang he would need to reach six rings before cultivating the method, and Zhu Ziyang thanked him.
• Zhu Ziyang consulted Electrolux on his way back, and Electrolux said the life-force method was unnecessary for someone with the Death Attribute and offered to refine his soul rings at four rings.

Zhu Ziyang learned to drain life force with the Power of Death and began studying how to refine it. On Sea God Island, he encountered Ma Xiaotao in the middle of another loss of control and faced her as she charged at him.

• Zhu Ziyang practiced Necromantic Magic under Electrolux and successfully drained the life force from a flower using the Power of Death.
• Electrolux praised Zhu Ziyang and instructed him to try converting life force into Heaven and Earth Origin Power or Soul Ring age.
• Zhu Ziyang saw a blue-haired Inner Court disciple fleeing Ma Xiaotao across Sea God Lake and learned that Ma Xiaotao had lost control again.
• The blue-haired girl warned Zhu Ziyang to get help, but Ma Xiaotao noticed him and rushed toward him.
• Zhu Ziyang attacked Ma Xiaotao with his Blade of Death, while the blue-haired girl tried and failed to cool her with ice mist.
• Ma Xiaotao reached within three meters of Zhu Ziyang.

Zhu Ziyang suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire with his Ultimate Ice and rescued her, shocking Yan Shaozhe with his hidden Second Martial Soul and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. Mu En rejected Yan Shaozhe’s plan to pair Zhu Ziyang with Ma Xiaotao, then reassured Zhu Ziyang that he would handle the oath-bound Ice Demon Snow Soul King.

• Zhu Ziyang drove the out-of-control Ma Xiaotao into the lake, but she dragged him underwater and clung to him until he released his Heavenly Frost Holy White Dragon Martial Soul and cooled the water with Ultimate Ice.
• Zhu Ziyang brought the sleeping Ma Xiaotao ashore, where Yan Shaozhe confirmed that her Evil Fire had been suppressed and explained that she was his disciple and a descendant of Ma Hongjun.
• Yan Shaozhe learned that Zhu Ziyang had Twin Martial Souls, including Ultimate Ice and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, then urged him to visit Mu En.
• Yan Shaozhe proposed to Mu En that Zhu Ziyang’s abilities could help Ma Xiaotao overcome her martial-soul flaw, but Mu En rejected the idea and warned him not to force things.
• Mu En asked Zhu Ziyang to show his Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, heard how the Silver Dragon Wolf had sacrificed itself and bound him with an oath, and promised to deal with the Ice Demon Snow Soul King himself.

After recovering from her martial-soul rampage, Ma Xiaotao learned that Zhu Ziyang was her martial uncle and that Yan Shaozhe had hoped they would become a couple. The next day, Ma Xiaotao asked Zhu Ziyang to help suppress her Evil Fire in the future, then hurried away in embarrassment.

• Ma Xiaotao woke in her dormitory and recalled that she had lost control and encountered Zhu Ziyang, while Yan Shaozhe told her he had prevented a worse outcome.
• Yan Shaozhe revealed that Zhu Ziyang was Elder Mu's new disciple and Ma Xiaotao's martial uncle, and admitted he had hoped they would get together because Zhu Ziyang's Ultimate Light could resolve her Evil Fire problem.
• Ma Xiaotao insisted she could overcome the Evil Fire herself, but agreed to interact with Zhu Ziyang because they might become teammates.
• The next day, Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan met Ma Xiaotao on Sea God Island, where Jiang Nannan greeted her as a friend.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Zhu Ziyang to help her in the future, and he agreed; she then fled in embarrassment while Zhu Ziyang explained her martial-soul flaw to Jiang Nannan.

Six months of training left Zhu Ziyang at rank 40, and he spent his twelfth birthday surrounded by friends at a banquet. As he waited for Jiang Nannan, he studied the mysterious Body Sect and its powerful Body Martial Souls.

• Zhu Ziyang reached rank 40 with a Soul Ascension Pill after six months of intensive training in combat techniques, the Power of Death, and Necromantic Magic.
• Zhu Ziyang read about the Body Sect, learning about its Second Awakening and its strength, while wondering how it had developed a Life Force Cultivation Method.
• Zhu Ziyang recalled Mu En's lasting injury from his battle with Body Douluo Du Bisi and considered the Body Sect a major rival to Shrek Academy.
• Beibei and Xu Sanshi praised Zhu Ziyang's birthday banquet, where Xu Sanshi had been defeated by Beibei in a spar.
• Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya joined Zhu Ziyang and Beibei, while Xu Sanshi stayed behind to wait for Xue Weiwei.
• Jiang Nannan had reached rank 35 after consolidating her Martial Soul, and Tang Ya had reached rank 28.

After breaking through to rank forty, Zhu Ziyang joined an Inner Court soul-hunting party bound for the Star Dou Great Forest. His introduction stunned the Inner Court disciples when he revealed he was only twelve and needed a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

• Zhu Ziyang visited Mu En after breaking through, and Mu En sent him to find Yan Shaozhe for help choosing his fourth Soul Ring.
• Yan Shaozhe brought Zhu Ziyang to Sea God Square, where Xuan Zi agreed to take him with the Inner Court party heading to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhu Ziyang reunited with Ma Xiaotao and met Wu Ming as the Inner Court disciples gathered and chatted before the expedition.
• Zhang Lexuan outlined the operation’s rules and led the disciples in introducing their Martial Souls, cultivation, and Soul Ring requirements.
• Zhu Ziyang announced that he was a rank-forty first-year Outer Court student seeking a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and Han Ruoruo asked his age.
• Zhu Ziyang said he had just turned twelve, leaving the Inner Court disciples shocked.