Recaps

Li Zhengyi faced opposition from the Li family elders over allowing Lin Bai to comprehend the Great Sun-Chasing Art, so he announced a martial competition whose winners could earn the same privilege. He then urged Li Buzheng to claim first place and become Kunxu's World Walker.

• The Grand Elder argued that Lin Bai was unqualified to cultivate the Kunxu Seventy-Two Arts, and the other elders supported him.
• Li Zhengyi acknowledged the elders' objections but said he would not send Lin Bai away after allowing him to enter.
• Li Zhengyi announced a competition for Li family disciples under thirty, with the top ten earning a chance to comprehend the Kunxu Seventy-Two Arts and being cultivated as candidates for Lord of Kunxu.
• Li Zhengyi declared that the first-place winner would become Kunxu's World Walker and tasked the Grand Elder with arranging the competition for three months later.
• Li Zhengyi told Li Buzheng that he had created the competition to pressure him and ordered him to win first place; Li Buzheng promised to give it everything he had.

Li Buzheng resolved to win the martial competition after Li Zhengyi urged him to become Kunxu’s Walker of the World, while Li Zhengyi was left alone with sorrowful memories. Lin Bai comprehended the Great Sun-Chasing Art in the Kunxu Pagoda, then emerged and learned from Li Fugui that Li Daoyuan had studied the Grand Extinction Art.

• Li Buzheng left to prepare for the martial competition, determined to take first place and become Kunxu’s Walker of the World.
• After the elders departed, Li Zhengyi sat alone in the Dark Hall and mournfully recited a list of names.
• Lin Bai interpreted the Great Sun-Chasing Art as a pursuit guided by the heart, and the scroll revealed its incantation after he grasped its essence.
• Lin Bai memorized the art, meditated on its insights, and was teleported out of the Kunxu Pagoda when his month there ended.
• Li Fugui met Lin Bai outside the pagoda and told him that Li Daoyuan had comprehended the surface of the Grand Extinction Art.

Lin Bai questioned Li Fugui about Li Daoyuan’s access to the Kunxu Seventy-Two Arts, then probed him about Lin Duo and Li Subai. After Li Fugui paid Lin Bai ten thousand Contribution Points rather than reveal more, Lin Bai noticed a gaunt young man following them and went into the forest to confront him.

• Li Fugui explained that Li Daoyuan had received permission to practice the Kunxu Seventy-Two Arts after Li Buzheng chose the Dragon Slayer Swordplay instead.
• Lin Bai asked Li Fugui who Lin Duo had become involved with in Kunxu, and Li Fugui said the woman was Li Subai.
• Li Fugui refused to say whether Li Subai belonged to the main or collateral branch and paid Lin Bai ten thousand Contribution Points.
• Lin Bai stopped Li Fugui from leaving and pointed out a gaunt young man who had been following them from the Kunxu Pagoda.
• Lin Bai pulled Li Fugui into the forest to find out who was targeting him, and the gaunt young man followed.

Lin Bai and Li Fugui were intercepted in the forest by a weakened sword cultivator who demanded that Lin Bai come with him. After the man revealed his Death Reversal Realm strength and attacked with a blood-powered flying sword, Lin Bai defended himself with his own flying swords, and the stranger revealed that he wanted to take Lin Bai to the Broken Sword Tribe to learn his technique.

• Lin Bai told Li Fugui that the lean young man had followed them since they left Kunxu Pagoda and remained calm as they continued through the forest.
• The lean young man blocked their path and demanded that Lin Bai come with him, threatening to leave him with only one breath if he refused.
• Lin Bai sent Li Fugui to contact the Li Lineage experts while he stayed behind to face the lean man, who revealed his Death Reversal Realm cultivation.
• Lin Bai and the lean man exchanged hundreds of blows before the man wounded Lin Bai with a blood-powered flying sword technique.
• Lin Bai summoned two flying swords to block the attack, and the lean man revealed that he intended to take Lin Bai to the Broken Sword Tribe and learn his complete Flying Sword Technique.

Lin Bai fought a gaunt third-level Death Reversal Realm swordsman who wielded a blood-powered Flying Sword Technique and sought to capture him. Lin Bai shattered the man’s sword with the Heaven Measuring Ruler, forcing him to retreat and leaving the fight at a standoff.

• Lin Bai identified that the gaunt man's Flying Sword Technique consumed blood essence and could not be sustained for long.
• The gaunt man revealed that he needed Lin Bai and planned to take him away before the Li family's experts arrived, then attacked with his sword.
• The gaunt man's flying sword broke through Lin Bai's defenses and struck him, but Lin Bai countered with Buddha's Wrath.
• Lin Bai struck with Mountain Cleaver using the Heaven Measuring Ruler, destroying the gaunt man's blood-red sword and forcing him to retreat.
• The gaunt man recognized Lin Bai's skill in the Spirit Sword Dao, Overlord Sword Dao, and Flying Sword Technique, while Lin Bai warned that he could not be killed and challenged him to continue fighting.

Lin Bai survived an attack by a gaunt swordsman from the Broken Sword Tribe, though his injuries left him unable to stop the man from escaping. After Li Fugui’s father reported the ambush, Li Zhengyi mobilized the Kunxu Li Family to search for the attacker, but they found no trace of him.

• Li Fugui’s arrival drove the injured Lin Bai’s attacker to flee before he could be captured.
• Lin Bai told Li Fugui and his father that the attacker used a sword technique marked by blood light, and they identified him as a likely member of the Broken Sword Tribe who coveted Lin Bai’s Flying Sword Technique.
• Li Fugui’s father promised to report the attack to the Elders Council and sent Li Fugui to escort Lin Bai back to recover.
• Li Fugui’s father reported the ambush to the Grand Elder, who informed Li Zhengyi.
• Li Zhengyi flew into a rage and ordered the Kunxu Li Family to search for the attacker, but their efforts over more than ten days uncovered no trace.

The Broken Sword Tribe’s High Priest learned that Lin Bai wielded the Flying Sword Technique and ordered the Black Sword Hall to bring him back alive or obtain the technique. After recovering from his injuries, Lin Bai worried that the tribe had targeted him and pondered how to reach the Death Reversal Realm; Li Fugui arrived with news he had not yet revealed.

• A black-robed messenger told the High Priest that Qian Mo had failed but confirmed Lin Bai could use swordsmanship without blood.
• The High Priest ordered the Black Sword Hall to bring Lin Bai back alive or return with the Flying Sword Technique, even if it meant opposing the Kunxu Li Family.
• Lin Bai deduced that the Broken Sword Tribe’s Blood Sword Art was a flawed imitation of the Flying Sword Technique and feared the tribe would target him.
• Lin Bai healed his injuries while Li Buzheng visited, and he learned that Li Buxian remained in seclusion under Li Zhengyi’s orders.
• Li Fugui visited Lin Bai after his injuries healed, and Lin Bai asked what good news had made him so excited.

Li Fugui told Lin Bai about the Bone Wasteland Secret Realm and the upcoming Ten Sons Contest, and Lin Bai joined him to seek a breakthrough. After the teleportation array scattered them, they reunited and flew toward Ten Thousand Bones City, which faced an advancing Bone Tide.

• Li Fugui explained that bone spirits and rare spirit medicines filled the Bone Wasteland Secret Realm, and that the Ten Sons Contest would grant its top ten entrants access to the Kunxu Seventy-Two Arts.
• Lin Bai learned that Li Buzheng and Li Daoyuan were preparing for the contest and decided to enter the secret realm in hopes of reaching the Death Reversal Realm.
• Lin Bai and Li Fugui traveled through a teleportation array beside the Kunxu Pagoda, which sent them to separate locations when the Bone Tide disrupted it.
• Li Fugui found Lin Bai and explained that the Bone Tide was heading for Ten Thousand Bones City, whose destruction could let bone spirits escape into Kunxu.
• Lin Bai and Li Fugui flew toward Ten Thousand Bones City alongside other Li family martial artists.

Lin Bai and Li Fugui arrived at Ten Thousand Bones City and learned that a hundred thousand bone spirits had attacked it in the first Bone Tide, far exceeding previous attacks. They registered with the city's military service office and were assigned to the Ninth Legion's Wolf Banner Camp.

• Lin Bai and Li Fugui reached Ten Thousand Bones City and saw the aftermath of a bloody battle outside its walls.
• An armored Li family disciple told them that a hundred thousand bone spirits had attacked the city the previous evening and warned the next Bone Tide might be larger.
• Li Fugui explained that previous Bone Tides had consisted of only a few waves, with the largest reaching around thirty thousand bone spirits.
• Lin Bai and Li Fugui registered at the military service office and received assignments to the Ninth Legion.
• Lin Bai and Li Fugui reported to the Ninth Legion and were assigned to its Wolf Banner Camp.

Lin Bai and Li Fugui joined Wolf Banner Camp, where commander Li Tianba briefed the recruits on their duty to guard the southern city during the Bone Tide. After Lin Bai accidentally disturbed a woman cultivating in a secret chamber, her demand for his arm led them into a sword fight.

• Lin Bai and Li Fugui found Wolf Banner Camp and joined its ranks as Li Tianba announced that the camp belonged to the Ninth Legion of the Life Extinction Realm and would guard the southern city.
• Li Tianba warned the recruits that they must fight if the Bone Tide entered the city, then dismissed them to their houses.
• Li Fugui left to gather information, while Lin Bai discovered a sealed secret chamber in his house.
• A cold woman emerged from the chamber and demanded Lin Bai leave one arm behind for interrupting her cultivation, rejecting his offer of Contribution Points.
• Lin Bai refused and drew the Demon Sword to block her freezing sword strike, drawing nearby martial artists out to watch.

Lin Bai and Li Qianqian fought in Wolf Banner Camp, drawing thousands of martial artists to the southern city. The clash ended when Li Guai intervened, and Li Qianqian accused Lin Bai of provoking her.

• Lin Bai blocked Li Qianqian's sword and answered her attack with Buddha's Wrath.
• The battle's shockwaves alarmed Ten Thousand Bones City, and several thousand experts gathered at Wolf Banner Camp.
• The crowd recognized Li Qianqian as the Li family's prodigy and watched as she unleashed the Kunxu Seventy-Two Art, Great Sky Breaking Art, against Lin Bai.
• Li Guai shattered Li Qianqian's attack, sent her flying, and ordered her to stop acting recklessly.
• Li Qianqian challenged Li Guai's assumption that she had started the fight and directed everyone to ask Lin Bai what he had done to her.

After Lin Bai apologized for intruding on Li Qianqian’s cultivation chamber, he learned why the Li Family called her a witch and recalled being condemned himself. Li Fugui then described Ten Thousand Bones City’s military organization and revealed that three of the Seven Prodigy Disciples had arrived as reinforcements.

• Li Qianqian accused Lin Bai of provoking her, but Lin Bai explained that he had entered her secluded cultivation chamber by mistake and offered five thousand Contribution Points as compensation.
• Li Qianqian accepted his apology and spared his arm before leaving, while Li Guai ordered the gathered martial artists to return to their posts.
• Li Fugui told Lin Bai that Li Qianqian was the Second Elder’s daughter, had earned a chance to learn the Kunxu Seventy-Two Arts, and was known as one of the Seven Prodigy Disciples.
• Lin Bai explained that he had spoken up because he remembered being condemned and mocked himself, then asked Li Fugui what he had learned about Ten Thousand Bones City.
• Li Fugui reported that Li Guai commanded the Alliance Army, the city’s forces had been divided into four districts and fifteen legions, and Li Zhaoxing and Li Yu had joined Li Qianqian as prodigy disciples in the city.
• Lin Bai concluded that Ten Thousand Bones City faced a dire situation, judging by the powerful reinforcements assembled there.

After learning that the Bone Spirits were besieging Ten Thousand Bones City, Lin Bai joined Wolf Banner Camp on the southern wall as the defenders prepared for battle. The Death Reversal Realm legions charged into the Bone Spirits, and Lin Bai spotted a powerful Bone Spirit bearing a Seven-Colored Divine Spirit Flower.

• Li Tianba confronted Lin Bai about his fight with Li Qianqian, then learned Lin Bai was the Holy Son of Eastern Continent Academy.
• An enemy alert announced that the Bone Spirits were besieging Ten Thousand Bones City, and Li Tianba ordered Wolf Banner Camp to assemble.
• Lin Bai and Li Fugui joined the Life Extinction Realm defenders on the southern wall, where tens of thousands of Bone Spirits emerged from the forest.
• The Fifth and Sixth Death Reversal Realm Legions charged from the city to engage the Bone Spirits while the Life Extinction Realm martial artists guarded the wall.
• Lin Bai spotted a Bone Spirit bearing a Seven-Colored Divine Spirit Flower, then watched it tear a Death Reversal Realm martial artist apart.

Lin Bai realized that the first Bone Spirit assault had been a ploy to draw the Death Reversal Legion away from Ten Thousand Bones City. A much larger second wave attacked the city, leaving its Life Extinction Realm defenders to face the Bone Spirits alone as Lin Bai called for battle.

• Lin Bai spotted Bone Spirits bearing rare spirit herbs as the Death Reversal Legion drove back the first wave.
• The Death Reversal Legion pursued the retreating Bone Spirits despite Li Guai's order to regroup inside Ten Thousand Bones City.
• Lin Bai sensed danger, and nearly fifty thousand Bone Spirits—including more than twenty carrying spirit herbs—emerged from the forest.
• Lin Bai identified the first wave as bait meant to lure away the Death Reversal Legion, while Li Tianba and others ordered the city-wall camps to prepare for battle.
• The Bone Spirits climbed the city wall, and Lin Bai told Li Fugui there was no time to hesitate and only one battle remained.

Bone spirits overwhelmed Ten Thousand Bones City’s walls, forcing Lin Bai, Li Fugui, and the defenders into a desperate battle. Li Qianqian held a gap alone and neared a breakthrough, while Lin Bai and Li Fugui were driven down by the assault; Li Qianqian urged Lin Bai to fight with the strength befitting his identity.

• Lin Bai told Li Fugui that retreat was impossible as bone spirits climbed the walls, and the commanders ordered the defenders to fight.
• Lin Bai and Li Fugui fought ordinary bone spirits while Lin Bai warned that spirits carrying spirit medicines were far more powerful.
• Bone spirits overwhelmed the southern wall, and Li Tianba ordered Wolf Banner Camp to reinforce a gap.
• Li Qianqian used the Great Sky Breaking Art to destroy bone spirits at the gap, earning the defenders’ cheers and nearing a breakthrough.
• A group of bone spirits wounded Li Fugui and knocked him and Lin Bai to the ground as the defenders struggled to hold the walls.
• Li Qianqian mocked Lin Bai, then solemnly urged him to show the strength of the Holy Son of the Eastern Continent Academy and revealed she already knew his identity.

Lin Bai revealed his ninefold intent and used his two flying swords to defend Southern City while Li Qianqian and the commanders fought the Spirit Herb Bone Spirits. When a buzzing sound made the Bone Spirits retreat, Lin Bai concluded that someone was controlling the siege.

• Li Qianqian urged Lin Bai to show the strength of the Eastern Continent Academy's Holy Son, and Lin Bai unleashed nine intents that shocked the martial artists watching.
• Lin Bai used the Reaching Heaven Sword Art to break into the first level of the Death Reversal Realm, then sent his two flying swords to annihilate the Bone Spirits on the city wall.
• Li Qianqian took on the approaching Spirit Herb Bone Spirits while Lin Bai guarded the wall, and Li Tianba and the other commanders joined the battle.
• Lin Bai's flying swords kept the Bone Spirits off the wall as the fighting continued for more than an hour, but Li Qianqian and the commanders failed to kill any Spirit Herb Bone Spirits.
• A buzzing sound made the Bone Spirits retreat, and Lin Bai realized that someone was controlling the siege from behind the scenes.

After the bone spirits withdrew, Lin Bai worried that an unseen force was directing their attacks and stayed to help the Li Family. At a council in Ten Thousand Bones City, the commanders reported devastating losses and the disappearance of every Death Reversal Legion, leaving the city dangerously exposed.

• Lin Bai returned to the residence with the wounded Li Fugui, who refused to leave because the southern city’s Eighth and Ninth Legions had been nearly wiped out and the Death Reversal Legion had not returned.
• After half a day passed without news of the Death Reversal Legion, Li Qianqian told Lin Bai that Alliance Army leader Li Guai wanted to see him.
• At the council, the eastern and southern commanders reported severe casualties among their Life Extinction Realm legions and said their Death Reversal Legions had vanished; the western and northern cities faced the same situation.
• Li Tianba warned that the four cities might not withstand another attack, and Li Guai admitted their forces were depleted and the main Death Reversal Legion was missing.
• Li Zhaoxing backed Li Tianba’s assessment, and Li Qianqian identified him to Lin Bai as one of the Seven Prodigy Disciples.

As Ten Thousand Bones City faced another Bone Spirit siege, Lin Bai reported hearing a buzzing sound that might indicate someone was controlling the monsters. Li Guai sent Lin Bai, Li Qianqian, Li Zhaoxing, and Li Le to search outside the city for the missing Death Reversal Legion.

• Li Le and Li Tianba urged Li Guai to bring back the missing Death Reversal Legion, but Li Guai said it had vanished and stopped responding to Voice Transmission Tokens.
• Lin Bai told the commanders that he had heard a strange buzzing sound before the Bone Spirits withdrew and suspected someone was directing the attacks.
• Li Zhaoxing and Li Le dismissed Lin Bai’s claim, but Li Qianqian defended him, and Li Guai ordered an investigation into the sound.
• Li Guai chose Li Qianqian, Li Zhaoxing, Li Le, and Lin Bai to search for the Death Reversal Legion while he reported the battle to the Li family head.
• The four agreed to the mission and left the hall to prepare to depart Ten Thousand Bones City.

Lin Bai, Li Qianqian, Li Zhaoxing, and Li Le left Ten Thousand Bones City to search for the Death Reversal Legion. When Lin Bai heard the strange buzzing again, he suspected it would direct bone spirits to attack them, but Li Zhaoxing and Li Le refused to believe him, so Lin Bai and Li Qianqian split off to investigate.

• Li Guai agreed to report Ten Thousand Bones City's battle situation to the Kunxu main family while Lin Bai, Li Qianqian, Li Zhaoxing, and Li Le set out to search for the Death Reversal Legion.
• After traveling tens of thousands of miles through the forest south of the city, Lin Bai heard the strange buzzing and identified its direction as south.
• Li Zhaoxing and Li Le dismissed Lin Bai's warning and mocked him when Li Qianqian urged them to investigate the sound.
• Lin Bai realized that whoever used the buzzing to control bone spirits could use it to make them attack, and he warned the group to leave.
• Li Zhaoxing and Li Le refused to go with Lin Bai, so Li Qianqian joined him to investigate the buzzing while the other two continued searching for the Death Reversal Legion.

Lin Bai and Li Qianqian tracked the strange flute music to a Golden Bone Spirit, who revealed that only the dead and martial artists with Demonic Martial Souls could hear it. The Golden Bone Spirit recognized that Lin Bai possessed a Demonic Martial Soul, while his flute summoned Bone Spirits toward Li Zhaoxing and Li Le.

• A Golden Bone Spirit played a black short flute, raising the Bone Spirits and sending them toward Li Zhaoxing and Li Le.
• Lin Bai headed south to find the source of the buzzing, and Li Qianqian followed him.
• Li Zhaoxing and Li Le encountered a massive army of Bone Spirits as Lin Bai and Li Qianqian approached the mountain.
• Lin Bai and Li Qianqian found the Golden Bone Spirit, who invited them to come closer and explained that his flute was meant for the dead.
• Lin Bai's Devouring Sword Soul reacted to the flute, and the Golden Bone Spirit concluded that Lin Bai possessed a Demonic Martial Soul.

Lin Bai and Li Qianqian confronted the Golden Bone Spirit, who revealed that he had sent the Death Reversal Legion into the deadly Bone Burial Grounds and demanded that Lin Bai join him. Lin Bai refused and attacked, but the Golden Bone Spirit struck him down as hordes of Bone Spirits closed in.

• The Golden Bone Spirit explained that only Lin Bai could hear their conversation and admitted he was attacking Ten Thousand Bones City to escape through the Formation Eye.
• The Golden Bone Spirit said he had sent the Death Reversal Legion into the Bone Burial Grounds, where fewer than one in ten might survive.
• The Golden Bone Spirit invited Lin Bai to join him and demanded that he kill Li Qianqian if he wanted to prove his loyalty.
• Lin Bai approached Li Qianqian but turned his sword on the Golden Bone Spirit instead.
• The Golden Bone Spirit played a black flute, summoned the Bone Spirits, and blasted Lin Bai away with a mysterious force.
• Lin Bai was left vomiting blood as more than ten thousand ordinary Bone Spirits and over a hundred Spirit Herb Bone Spirits charged toward him.

Lin Bai and Li Qianqian escaped the Golden Bone Spirit, who began leading an enormous army of bone spirits toward Ten Thousand Bones City. Lin Bai warned that the city could not withstand him and urged the Li family to evacuate and seal the Bone Wasteland Secret Realm, but Li Qianqian doubted anyone would believe them.

• Lin Bai used the Heaven Measuring Ruler and Great Sun-Chasing Art to break through the bone spirits surrounding him and Li Qianqian, then fled with her.
• The Golden Bone Spirit dismissed their escape as a delay and led a vast army of bone spirits toward Ten Thousand Bones City.
• Lin Bai and Li Qianqian headed back to Ten Thousand Bones City so they could warn the Li family and evacuate its martial artists.
• Lin Bai told Li Qianqian that the Golden Bone Spirit could escape the secret realm and destroy the city, and urged the Li family to evacuate and seal the realm.
• Li Qianqian said they lacked proof and might not convince Senior Li Guai, while Lin Bai explained that the Golden Bone Spirit was a king who could not be held by the secret realm's cage.

Lin Bai and Li Qianqian returned to Ten Thousand Bones City and reported that the Death Reversal Legion was trapped in the Bone Burial Grounds. Li Qianqian also revealed that a Golden Bone Spirit was controlling the bone spirits and trying to break out of the Bone Wasteland Secret Realm, leaving the hall stunned.

• Lin Bai and Li Qianqian returned to the council hall, where Li Zhaoxing and Li Le accused them of abandoning their posts and leaving the pair to be attacked by bone spirits.
• Li Qianqian and Li Zhaoxing argued over who was to blame until Li Guai ordered everyone to stop and told the injured men to rest.
• Li Qianqian announced that she and Lin Bai had found the Death Reversal Legion, and Lin Bai explained that the bone spirits had lured it into the Bone Burial Grounds.
• Li Guai said the Death Reversal Legion had little chance of escaping the Bone Burial Grounds without powerful rescuers.
• Li Qianqian told Li Guai that a Golden Bone Spirit with a mysterious short flute controlled the bone spirits and sought to tear apart Ten Thousand Bones City to escape the secret realm.
• The martial artists in the hall reacted in shock to the news that someone was controlling the bone spirits.

Lin Bai and Li Qianqian warned Li Guai that the Bone Spirits’ controller was too powerful to defeat and urged everyone to evacuate the Bone Wasteland Secret Realm. When the warriors doubted them, Lin Bai chose to leave, warning that staying would lead to everyone’s deaths.

• Li Qianqian told Li Guai that Lin Bai wanted the warriors to evacuate and have the Li Clan seal the Bone Wasteland Secret Realm.
• Lin Bai said that even the thousands of Death Reversal Realm experts and tens of thousands of Life Extinction Realm warriors could not defeat the Bone Spirits’ controller.
• Li Zhaoxing and Li Le questioned Lin Bai and Li Qianqian’s claims and argued that evacuation would abandon the trapped Death Reversal Legion.
• As the warriors began doubting them, Lin Bai said he would return to Kunxu and walked out of the council hall despite Li Zhaoxing and Li Le’s taunts.
• Li Guai asked whether an Apex Realm powerhouse could solve the crisis, and Lin Bai warned that staying would leave everyone in Ten Thousand Bones City with no way to escape before taking his leave.

Lin Bai tried to evacuate Li Fugui from Ten Thousand Bones City after warning that a Golden Bone Spirit could destroy it, but the city’s leaders had refused to listen. When Li Buzheng arrived seeking answers, Lin Bai revealed that the spirit controlled the bone spirits with the Demonic Martial Soul.

• Lin Bai told Li Fugui that Ten Thousand Bones City could not withstand the Golden Bone Spirit and persuaded him to leave for Kunxu.
• Li Fugui agreed to leave with Lin Bai after hearing that the Death Reversal Legion was trapped and the Life Extinction Realm Legion had suffered heavy losses.
• Li Buzheng and Li Qianqian arrived, and Li Buzheng asked whether Lin Bai knew the Golden Bone Spirit’s origins and whether the Li Family had any alternative to evacuating.
• Lin Bai asked Li Buzheng if he had heard of the Demonic Martial Soul, startling him, Li Qianqian, and Li Fugui.
• Lin Bai explained that the Golden Bone Spirit had formed a short flute from black smoke and used the Demonic Martial Soul to control the bone spirits.