Recaps

The Sun Moon Empire confronted Shrek over Xuan Zi and demanded an enormous payment, while Shrek’s leaders weighed whether to comply. Mu En ordered them to accept the demands in installments, leaving Yan Shaozhe to look toward the Sea God Pavilion for guidance.

• Airships carrying the Sun Moon Empire’s leaders and representatives from other empires gathered outside Shrek to watch the confrontation over Xuan Zi.
• Du Busi told Long Aotian that Lin Xiao could unleash a Limit Douluo’s strike, and he said Ling'er had gone home to train.
• Yan Shaozhe and the Sea God Pavilion members faced Jing Hongchen, who demanded compensation and threatened Xuan Zi with a Fixed Soul Cannon.
• Cai Meier and the other Elders read Jing Hongchen’s massive list of demands and condemned it as robbery.
• Mu En instructed the Sea God Pavilion members to agree to the demands and pay in installments, and Yan Shaozhe looked toward the depths of the pavilion.

Shrek agreed to compensate the Sun Moon Empire and surrender Xuan Zi, but Lin Xiao secretly set events in motion to prevent the confrontation from ending peacefully. The Snow Empress revealed to Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui that Yan Shaozhe was their descendant, prompting Long Xiaoyao to rush toward Shrek.

• Mu En ordered Yan Shaozhe to accept the Sun Moon Empire's terms, and Jing Hongchen rejected Yan Shaozhe's attempt to reclaim Xuan Zi.
• Yan Shaozhe agreed to hand over Xuan Zi and provide compensation within three months after Kong Deming warned Jing Hongchen against pushing Shrek too far.
• Lin Xiao arrived with Du Busi, learned that Shrek had compromised, and told Old Medicine to have the Snow Empress make her move.
• The Snow Empress appeared above the Holy Spirit Cult and declared that Yan Shaozhe was the descendant of Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui.
• Long Xiaoyao recognized Ye Xishui's reaction as confirmation and rushed away, while Ye Xishui cursed the Snow Empress and followed.

Lin Xiao and Du Busi waited beneath Shrek as the Sun Moon Empire prepared to execute Xuan Zi, while Lin Xiao urged Long Aotian to recruit Ji Juechen into the Body Sect. After Xuan Zi died, the Holy Spirit Cult seized his soul, and Long Xiaoyao arrived at Shrek and recognized Yan Shaozhe as his descendant.

• Lin Xiao told Du Busi they needed to stall for Long Xiaoyao, then discussed Ji Juechen with Long Aotian and encouraged him to recruit him into the Body Sect.
• Jing Hongchen denounced Xuan Zi and ordered the Sun Moon Empire forces to fire their Fixed Soul Cannons at him.
• Xuan Zi died under the cannon fire, and his soul was pulled through a black portal before the Golden Ancient Tree could claim it.
• Mu En cursed when he sensed the Holy Spirit Cult had taken Xuan Zi's soul.
• Long Xiaoyao arrived above Shrek, recognized Yan Shaozhe as his descendant, and wished to take him away.

Long Xiaoyao arrived to take Yan Shaozhe away, but Lin Xiao and Du Busi turned his appearance into a trap that exposed Yan Shaozhe’s ancestry and tied him to the Holy Spirit Cult. Mu En appeared as a Soul Body to stop Long Xiaoyao, while Jing Hongchen challenged Shrek’s claim that Yan Shaozhe was not an Evil Soul Master.

• Long Xiaoyao revealed his Limit Douluo strength but initially held back from taking Yan Shaozhe away.
• At Lin Xiao’s prompting, Du Busi left with the Evil Emperor, who used a black portal to announce that Yan Shaozhe was descended from Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao.
• Du Busi publicly identified Long Xiaoyao as the Black Dragon and accused him of having been involved with Ye Xishui.
• Long Xiaoyao realized he had been drawn into a trap, then openly claimed Yan Shaozhe as his descendant and offered to help him reach the Limit.
• Mu En appeared as a golden Soul Body and tried to keep Yan Shaozhe with Shrek, while Jing Hongchen argued that Yan Shaozhe’s ancestry made him an Evil Soul Master.

Yan Shaozhe chose to leave Shrek with Long Xiaoyao, despite Mu En’s warning that the departure would cement his reputation as an Evil Soul Master. Long Xiaoyao took him away after a brief confrontation, while Jing Hongchen reminded Mu En that Shrek owed the Sun Moon Empire compensation within three months.

• Long Xiaoyao urged Yan Shaozhe to join him and promised to help him become a Limit Douluo, while Mu En struggled to persuade him to stay at Shrek.
• Yan Shaozhe agreed to leave, though he privately told Mu En that he would not become an Evil Soul Master and would always consider Shrek his home.
• Jing Hongchen demanded compensation from Mu En within three months and warned him to expel Yan Shaozhe, prompting Long Xiaoyao to confront him before Du Busi intervened.
• Long Xiaoyao held back from fighting Du Busi and left with Yan Shaozhe, who bowed to Shrek before departing.
• The other powers prepared to report the events, while Jing Hongchen’s actions left them doubting Shrek and fearing the Evil Soul Masters it had produced.

After Shrek’s losses, Mu En explained that he had held back because Shrek could not defeat its enemies and urged the remaining elders to cultivate a successor. He chose Huo Yuhao as Shrek’s best hope and proposed helping him recover his lost leg to secure his loyalty.

• Mu En demanded that Shrek pay compensation within three months, then led the Sea God Pavilion members away.
• Jing Hongchen gave Xuan Zi’s Soul Bone to Du Busi, and the two left without fighting Mu En.
• Lin Xiao, Du Busi, Long Aotian, and Weina split up and departed for their respective destinations.
• Mu En told Shrek’s elders that he had held back because Shrek could not overcome the Body Sect, the Sun Moon Empire, or the unknown user of the strange Soul Skill.
• Mu En rejected the elders’ suggestions of He Caitou, Xu Sanshi, and Wang Dong, and named Huo Yuhao as Shrek’s best successor.
• Mu En proposed finding the Blue Silver Emperor to restore Huo Yuhao’s leg, believing the help would make him grateful to Shrek.

Mu En chose Huo Yuhao as Shrek’s hope and promised him full support, while Huo Yuhao accepted the offer for his own benefit. When Mu En asked to see his second Martial Soul, Huo Yuhao revealed it was a Titan Snow Demon, not the Ice Empress.

• Mu En ordered Qian Duoduo to prioritize Huo Yuhao’s cultivation and provide him with whatever resources he needed.
• Qian Duoduo brought Huo Yuhao to the Sea God Pavilion, where Mu En offered him Shrek’s full support and a Soul Ring after his seclusion.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to the offer, recognizing that he still needed Shrek’s backing.
• Mu En asked Huo Yuhao to release his second Martial Soul, and Huo Yuhao revealed a gigantic Titan Snow Demon.
• The chapter recounted how Huo Yuhao had encountered the Titan Snow Demon King and Ice Bear King clans fighting in the Extreme North, and how he had refused Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s plan to find someone from its own clan.

Huo Yuhao gained a second Martial Soul and began cultivating in a special room at Shrek, while Mu En arranged for him to train at the Clear Sky Sect. Wang Dong agreed to help but then asked Mu En for help with a problem of her own.

• An injured Titan Snow Demon became Huo Yuhao's second Martial Soul, and Mu En praised its potential before guiding him to a cultivation room.
• Huo Yuhao hid his resentment toward Shrek's higher-ups and entered the room to cultivate, while Mu En watched approvingly.
• Mu En found Wang Dong and revealed that he knew she was a girl disguised as a boy.
• Mu En asked Wang Dong to help Huo Yuhao cultivate at the Clear Sky Sect, and Wang Dong reluctantly agreed.
• Wang Dong asked Mu En to help her uncover the truth behind the seal in her mind.

Wang Dong asked Mu En to break the seal in her mind, but Tang San mistook his attempt for an attack and killed him inside her Sea of Consciousness. Tang San discovered he had killed Shrek’s Sea God Pavilion Master and was shocked by how badly events had gone at Shrek before his brief descent ended.

• Wang Dong asked Mu En to break the seal in her mind and claimed her fathers could not help her.
• Mu En used the Golden Ancient Tree to enter Wang Dong’s Sea of Consciousness and began breaking the blue-gold seal.
• Tang San sensed the seal being touched, descended into Wang Dong’s Sea of Consciousness, and killed Mu En with one palm strike.
• Wang Dong passed out, and Ah Yin gently rebuked Tang San for acting rashly.
• Tang San searched Wang Dong’s memories, learned Mu En had led Shrek, and complained to Ah Yin about Shrek and Huo Yuhao.

Tang San and Ah Yin planned to accelerate Huo Yuhao’s growth to protect Shrek and advance Tang San’s scheme. Ah Yin empowered Huo Yuhao and gave him Tang San’s Hidden Weapon manual, while Tang Hao manipulated the Plane Consciousness to grant Huo Yuhao more destiny.

• Tang San blamed Shrek’s weakness on the Sun Moon Empire and Body Sect, then asked Ah Yin to help Huo Yuhao grow faster.
• Ah Yin agreed to aid Huo Yuhao, and she and Tang San discussed Tang Hao’s progress devouring the Plane Consciousness and ways to use that process to strengthen Huo Yuhao.
• Tang San gave Ah Yin a Hidden Weapon crafting manual for Huo Yuhao, ordered her to tell him about the Blue Silver Emperor, and asked Tang Hao to guide him toward the Auspicious Beast.
• Tang San erased Wang Dong’s memories, reinforced her seal, and said Da Ming and Er Ming would take Wu Tong to the Clear Sky Sect; he then returned to the God Realm and considered investigating Lin Xiao.
• Ah Yin poured life energy into Huo Yuhao, helping him break through to level forty, and left Tang San’s Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record beside him.
• After receiving Ah Yin’s message, Tang Hao eased his assault on the Plane Consciousness, which investigated Huo Yuhao and was shocked by the Son of the Plane’s miserable condition.

The Plane Consciousness and Tang Hao struggled over control of the Douluo Continent while Tang Hao secretly gave Huo Yuhao some destiny. After finding a message about the Blue Silver Emperor, Huo Yuhao concluded Shrek was trying to buy his loyalty and regretted not leaving with Lin Xiao.

• The Plane Consciousness noticed Huo Yuhao’s declining destiny but focused on resisting Tang Hao, who secretly transferred destiny to him.
• Huo Yuhao woke from cultivation stronger than expected, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm estimated his next Soul Ring could raise him to at least level forty-eight.
• Huo Yuhao found a copy of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record stating that the Blue Silver Emperor was in a valley in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Huo Yuhao suspected Shrek had withheld the Blue Silver Emperor’s location to buy his loyalty and regretted not leaving with Lin Xiao.
• Huo Yuhao asked whether he could join the Body Sect, but Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned that the sect might humiliate them.

Huo Yuhao reached level 40 and asked Cai Meier for a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring as Shrek discussed compensation to the Sun Moon Empire. In the Sun Moon Empire, Lin Xiao learned that Beibei's soul had survived inside Xuan Zi's Martial Soul, and Beibei asked to see Tang Ya.

• Huo Yuhao left his room beneath the Golden Ancient Tree, met Cai Meier at the Sea God Pavilion, and requested a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring.
• Cai Meier and the others discussed compensating the Sun Moon Empire while Huo Yuhao listened.
• Lin Xiao asked Old Medicine about Xuan Zi's soul and went with the Evil Emperor to the Undead Demiplane.
• Electrolux explained that Xuan Zi had hidden Beibei's soul inside his Martial Soul, and that it emerged when the Martial Soul shattered.
• Beibei asked Lin Xiao to let him see Xiao Ya.

Lin Xiao promised Bei Bei one last chance to see Tang Ya, then had Old Medicine annihilate Progenitor Xuan. After two months of consolidating his position in the Sun Moon Empire, Lin Xiao set out with Du Busi and the Snow Empress to hunt the Demon Empress, but they could not find her and turned to the Mermaid Clan for help.

• Lin Xiao told Bei Bei that Tang Ya was the Holy Spirit Cult's Saintess and promised to let him see her before he died.
• Old Medicine annihilated Progenitor Xuan at Lin Xiao's command, and Lin Xiao bound the grieving Bei Bei.
• Old Medicine urged Lin Xiao to capture the Demon Empress because his cultivation had stalled; Lin Xiao waited until the Sun Moon Empire was secure.
• Lin Xiao returned to the Body Sect and asked Du Busi and the Snow Empress to help hunt the Demon Empress, an Abyssal Demon Whale.
• Lin Xiao, Du Busi, and the Snow Empress searched the ocean for a month without finding the Demon Empress, so they decided to seek help from the Mermaid Clan.

Lin Xiao and his allies searched for the Demon Empress for three months before finding her in the northern seabed. They launched a coordinated attack, and the chapter left the Demon Empress’s attack interrupted by the Sea Princess’s Spirit Power.

• Lin Xiao asked Qing You to lead him, Du Busi, and the Snow Empress to the Mermaid Clan, where the Sea Princess agreed to help them search for the Demon Empress.
• The Sea Princess gathered merfolk to search, and Lin Xiao brought out the Abyssal Demon Manta to join the hunt.
• After three months without success, the group learned that merfolk searching north had been killed and hurried to investigate.
• Old Medicine sensed the Demon Empress nearby, and she recognized Lin Xiao before surging toward him.
• Du Busi, the Snow Empress, the Sea Princess, and Lin Xiao’s Divine Sense Puppet attacked the Demon Empress while Lin Xiao stayed back.
• The Demon Empress revealed her true form and began charging an attack, but the Sea Princess struck her with Spirit Power and stopped her.

Lin Xiao and his allies overwhelmed the Demon Empress, and Lin Xiao killed her with his Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus before absorbing her Soul Ring. After Old Medicine exposed and stopped her attempt to survive inside her Soul Bone, Lin Xiao began condensing his first Soul Core while the others guarded him.

• Du Busi, the Snow Empress, and the Sea Princess cornered the Demon Empress, while Lin Xiao unleashed his Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus and killed her.
• Lin Xiao began absorbing the Demon Empress's Soul Ring as Old Medicine pulled her hidden Soul from her Right Leg Bone.
• The Demon Empress self-destructed, but Old Medicine shielded Lin Xiao and the others, leaving them unharmed.
• Old Medicine urged Lin Xiao to condense his first Soul Core and sent him an improved method based on Di Tian's instructions.

Lin Xiao condensed a Dark Attribute Soul Core over six months, then absorbed the Demon Empress's Soul Bone and advanced to two-star Dou Wang. He tested his Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, which Old Medicine judged to have the power of a full-strength One-Star Dou Zong strike.

• Lin Xiao followed Old Medicine's method to compress his Soul Power and formed a Dark Attribute Soul Core, completing the Demon Empress's Soul Ring absorption and reaching Soul Power level 74.
• Lin Xiao learned that Du Busi and Sea Princess had left during the six months he spent condensing the Soul Core.
• Lin Xiao absorbed the Abyssal Demon Whale's Right Leg Bone over a week and advanced to two-star Dou Wang, with his Soul Power rising to level 76.
• Lin Xiao released his Four Types of Flames to unleash Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, blasting away the surrounding seawater and alarming Snow Empress.
• Old Medicine assessed Lin Xiao's attack as roughly equal to a full-power strike from a One-Star Dou Zong.

Lin Xiao left the Mermaid Clan and headed toward the Sun Moon Empire, where Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong were searching for the Blue Silver Emperor. The two groups crossed paths, and Huo Yuhao challenged Lin Xiao, unaware of how powerful he had become.

• Lin Xiao told Snow Empress that he would visit Sea Princess before returning to the Sun Moon Empire, then checked in with Sea Princess and left.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong traveled toward the Sun Moon Empire to find the Blue Silver Emperor, with Huo Yuhao hoping it could restore his body.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that he had reached Level 53 and teased Wang Dong about protecting her, while Wang Dong remained below Soul King.
• Lin Xiao heard that Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong were nearby, stopped to wait for them, and approached them when they arrived.
• Huo Yuhao became wary of Lin Xiao and boasted that his Soul King strength meant he no longer feared him, despite Snow Empress standing beside Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao learned that Tang San had helped Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, then accepted Huo Yuhao’s challenge to fight to the death in two years. After discovering they planned to find the Blue Silver Emperor in the Sun Moon Empire, Lin Xiao set off to interfere and reunited with Evil Emperor.

• Huo Yuhao challenged Lin Xiao to a duel at the Soul Master Competition in Mingdu two years later, and Lin Xiao vowed to kill him.
• After Lin Xiao and Snow Empress flew away, they secretly listened as Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong decided to search for the Blue Silver Emperor so Huo Yuhao could recover and train.
• Lin Xiao concluded that Tang San had told Huo Yuhao where to find the Blue Silver Emperor and decided to use Bei Bei to complicate Huo Yuhao’s search.
• Before entering the Sun Moon Empire’s imperial capital, Snow Empress entered the Undead Demiplane and Lin Xiao resumed his Holy Spirit Cult disguise.
• Evil Emperor greeted Lin Xiao with a scolding and a pat on the head after he returned from half a year away.

After returning from six months of cultivation, Lin Xiao learned about the Holy Spirit Cult’s plans and Xu Tianran’s coming attack on Shrek, then set out with the Evil Emperor to find the Blue Silver Emperor. Lin Xiao reached its hidden valley ahead of Huo Yuhao, intending to recruit the Blue Silver Emperor and move its clan into his Undead Demiplane.

• The Evil Emperor told Lin Xiao that Ye Xishui was training Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiaotao, and that he had secretly taken resources from the Holy Spirit Cult for Lin Xiao.
• The Evil Emperor warned Lin Xiao that Xu Tianran planned to trap Shrek and other factions during the Soul Master Competition in two years.
• Lin Xiao said he wanted to find the Blue Silver Emperor and relocate its clan to his Undead Demiplane, and the Evil Emperor said he knew where it was.
• Lin Xiao and the Evil Emperor left the Sun Moon Imperial Palace and hurried to the Blue Silver Emperor’s valley before Huo Yuhao could find it.
• Lin Xiao reached the valley, while Ah Yin sensed the presence of another Blue Silver Emperor.

Lin Xiao forced the Blue Silver Emperor to join him and moved its clan into the Undead Demiplane to help transform it. He then brought Tang Ya to the Demonic Forest and waited with the Snow Empress and Blue Silver Emperor for Huo Yuhao and the others to arrive.

• Lin Xiao, the Snow Empress, and the Evil Emperor found the Blue Silver Emperor and gave it the choice to join them or die.
• After learning that Di Tian, the Snow Empress, and the Evil Emperor had joined Lin Xiao, the Blue Silver Emperor agreed and gathered its clan.
• Old Medicine and Electrolux moved the Blue Silver Grass Clan and part of its valley into the Undead Demiplane, settling them by the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Lin Xiao asked the Blue Silver Emperor to deal with his enemies, then took it and the Snow Empress to the Demonic Forest while the Evil Emperor went to bring Tang Ya.
• The Evil Emperor knocked Tang Ya unconscious and left her beside the Blue Silver Emperor as Lin Xiao began cultivating and waited for Huo Yuhao.
• The Snow Empress told the Blue Silver Emperor that Lin Xiao could kill her with one move, astonishing the Blue Silver Emperor and the Evil Emperor.

Lin Xiao arranged for Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya to find the Blue Silver Emperor in Demonic Forest, where both sought its help for different reasons. With neither willing to yield, Huo Yuhao proposed letting Bei Bei decide who would receive it.

• Snow Empress and Evil Emperor discussed the overwhelming power of Lin Xiao’s Fire Lotus, while Blue Silver Emperor learned that Lin Xiao had condensed a Soul Core.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong searched the Sun Moon Empire for Blue Silver Emperor, then agreed to look in Demonic Forest for one week before returning to Shrek.
• Lin Xiao learned that Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong had entered Demonic Forest, told Blue Silver Emperor not to reveal their plan, and hid with Snow Empress while Tang Ya waited nearby.
• Guided by Evil Emperor, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong found Blue Silver Emperor, where Tang Ya was already seeking its help to evolve her Martial Soul and escape the Evil Soul Master’s control.
• Huo Yuhao asked Blue Silver Emperor to restore his crippled leg, but Tang Ya refused to give up the opportunity; Huo Yuhao then proposed letting Bei Bei decide who got it.

Lin Xiao brought Bei Bei to meet Tang Ya and claimed the Blue Silver Emperor could restore her from being an Evil Soul Master. Bei Bei rejected Huo Yuhao's plea for the Blue Silver Emperor, and Huo Yuhao revealed the defect he needed it to fix, only for Bei Bei to accuse him of lying.

• Lin Xiao arrived with Snow Empress and revealed Bei Bei's Soul Body, shocking Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Tang Ya.
• Lin Xiao and the Blue Silver Emperor said the plant could restore Tang Ya and evolve her Martial Soul, while the Blue Silver Emperor noted that only one of it existed.
• Bei Bei confessed his love to Tang Ya and insisted that she needed the Blue Silver Emperor more urgently than Huo Yuhao did.
• Huo Yuhao pleaded for the Blue Silver Emperor and promised to help and protect Tang Ya, but Bei Bei refused to trust him.
• Huo Yuhao told Bei Bei that he needed the Blue Silver Emperor because he no longer had a third leg, and Bei Bei accused him of making it up.

Bei Bei chose Tang Ya over Huo Yuhao, who attacked and incapacitated her to claim the Blue Silver Emperor. Lin Xiao refused to intervene, and Bei Bei expelled Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong from the Tang Sect.

• Bei Bei decided to give the Blue Silver Emperor to Tang Ya, despite Huo Yuhao insisting he needed it.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to freeze Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao then knocked her unconscious.
• Bei Bei begged Lin Xiao to kill Huo Yuhao, but Lin Xiao refused and said he would do it himself in two years.
• Bei Bei stayed beside Tang Ya and expelled Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong from the Tang Sect.

Huo Yuhao tried to persuade the Blue Silver Emperor to help him obtain her Soul Bone, but she rejected him and beat him severely. She threw Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong hundreds of meters away, leaving them both unconscious or badly injured.

• Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei argued over Huo Yuhao's expulsion from the Tang Sect, and Bei Bei revealed that Huo Yuhao was a eunuch.
• Wang Dong realized Bei Bei was telling the truth and decided she would help Huo Yuhao obtain the Blue Silver Emperor's Soul Bone.
• Huo Yuhao begged the Blue Silver Emperor for help, but she called him ungrateful and struck him with her vines.
• Huo Yuhao charged at Bei Bei and Tang Ya, but the Blue Silver Emperor stopped him and repeatedly whipped him while Bei Bei thanked her.
• The Blue Silver Emperor sent Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong flying into a tree, and Wang Dong's attempt to carry him down ended with both crashing to the ground.

Wang Dong discovered that Huo Yuhao was a eunuch and decided to help him obtain the Blue Silver Emperor while carrying him to treatment. Lin Xiao killed Bei Bei, arranged Tang Ya’s memories, secured the Blue Silver Emperor, and left for Dragon Valley with Snow Empress.

• Wang Dong checked Huo Yuhao while he was unconscious, realized he was a eunuch, and resolved to help him obtain the Blue Silver Emperor.
• After resting for a day, Wang Dong carried Huo Yuhao to a city for treatment while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm kept her discovery secret from him.
• Bei Bei asked Lin Xiao to kill Huo Yuhao and let his soul become energy inside Tang Ya; Lin Xiao killed him and infused the energy into Tang Ya.
• Lin Xiao had Electrolux and Old Medicine erase Tang Ya’s memories of the events, then moved the Blue Silver Emperor into the Undead Demiplane.
• Lin Xiao taught Evil Emperor how to open the Undead Demiplane and left with Snow Empress for Dragon Valley, while Evil Emperor prepared to plunder the Holy Spirit Cult’s resources.