Recaps

Tang Wulin and Gu Yue waited outside for Ji Fengyu, who invited them to celebrate his completed One-Word Battle Armor at Proud Bamboo Grove. There, the group enjoyed the restaurant’s bamboo-tube rice, and Tang Wulin ended up forcing Xie Xie to wear a panda headpiece for a discount.

• Ji Fengyu found Tang Wulin and Gu Yue squatting by the entrance and invited them to join the Dragon Clan Squad for a meal.
• Lan Xuanyu led the group to Proud Bamboo Grove, where Tang Wulin eagerly ordered bamboo-tube rice.
• The group spotted Yang Nianxia eating in a panda headpiece and learned it earned a twenty percent discount.
• Tang Wulin grabbed panda headpieces for himself and the others, then forced one onto Xie Xie when he refused to wear it.

Tang Wulin and the others wore panda mascot heads while eating bamboo-tube rice, and Ji Fengyu drew everyone’s attention with how well he looked in one. When Na’er went to get water, Yue Zhengyu approached her and tried to start a conversation, prompting Tang Wulin to intervene.

• Tang Wulin forced Xie Xie and Wang Jinxi to wear panda heads, then the rest of the group put theirs on as well.
• Ji Fengyu reluctantly wore a panda head, impressing everyone, while Lan Xuanyu and Gu Yue were pleased that they had gotten to see him in one.
• Yang Nianxia asked to join the table, but Tang Wulin told him he would have to pay, so Yang Nianxia sat nearby instead.
• Gu Yue teased Tang Wulin about Yang Nianxia, and Ji Fengyu scolded both her and Tang Wulin into settling down for the meal.
• Tang Wulin sent Na’er to get water, and Yue Zhengyu noticed her and nervously introduced himself as a member of the Angel Clan.
• Tang Wulin saw Yue Zhengyu talking to Na’er and approached with a frown, asking what he was doing.

Tang Wulin drove Yue Zhengyu away after the Holy Angel approached Na'er, while Ji Fengyu and the Dragon Clan Squad enjoyed tea and bamboo-tube rice. At the restaurant, Ji Fengyu recognized Gu Zhu, his former entrance-exam opponent, and learned that Gu Zhu helped run his family’s restaurant.

• Tang Wulin threatened Yue Zhengyu for approaching Na'er, and Na'er pulled him away before he could hurt him.
• Yue Zhengyu realized Tang Wulin was Na'er's brother and decided to earn his approval, but Yang Nianxia told him to change his pants after smelling that he had been frightened.
• Na'er served Ji Fengyu tea brewed from Ten-Year Lone Bamboo leaves, which the group enjoyed.
• Gu Zhu delivered the group’s bamboo-tube rice, and Ji Fengyu recognized him from the entrance examination.
• Gu Zhu explained that the restaurant belonged to his family, then hurried back to serve customers while Ji Fengyu and the others began eating.

Ji Fengyu and the others discussed popular historical novels that portrayed Gu Yue in insulting ways, while she vowed to ban them. Ji Fengyu accepted lucrative endorsements for Ten-Year Lone Bamboo and agreed to prepare “Guardianship” as the second Luo Sanpao Festival’s opening song.

• Ji Fengyu asked Gu Zhu when Ten-Year Lone Bamboo would update, and Xie Xie and Tang Wulin joined him in discussing their favorite novels.
• Na'er praised Good Son-in-Law, while Gu Yue complained that all three novels smeared her and vowed to ban them.
• Qiangu Zhangting offered Ji Fengyu endorsement deals with the Spirit Soul Novel Platform and Forest Tobacco Company, along with a role at the second Luo Sanpao Festival.
• Ji Fengyu accepted the collaborations after checking that their schedule would not conflict with the grade competition.
• Ji Fengyu told Qiangu Zhangting that he had already prepared “Guardianship” as the festival’s opening song.

After the Dragon Clan Squad split up, Yue Zhengyu sought Xie Xie’s help in pursuing Na’er, but Xie Xie warned him to give up. Yuan'en Yehui dragged Yue Zhengyu away to prepare for the grade tournament, where he learned the first-years were the squad’s opponents and their chances of winning were slim.

• Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan left to prepare, while Xie Xie went back and Wang Jinxi joined Ji Fengyu’s shadow as the remaining group continued to the next round.
• Yue Zhengyu found Xie Xie and offered him 5,000 contribution points for Na’er’s name, then added him as a friend to transfer the points.
• After accepting the points, Xie Xie advised Yue Zhengyu to give up pursuing Na’er, leaving Yue Zhengyu suspicious that Xie Xie might also like her.
• Yuan'en Yehui arrived, dragged Yue Zhengyu away to study tactics, and told him the Dragon Clan Squad would face them in the grade tournament.
• Yue Zhengyu realized the Dragon Clan Squad were first-years, and Yuan'en Yehui warned that the second-years had little chance of winning.

The Shrek grade tournament began, with the Dragon Clan Squad facing the second years. Gu Yue launched a sudden attack that disrupted their formation, and Tang Wulin retaliated after she sent a student crashing into him.

• Yue Zhengyu grew excited at the prospect of facing Na'er, while Yuan'en Yehui worried about the second years' chances against the Dragon Clan Squad.
• Yun Ming brought Long Yeyue to watch the tournament after she broke through to Rank 30.
• The first-year Dragon Clan Squad entered the arena, and Ji Fengyu revealed his Rank 48 Rainbow Dragon Martial Soul, intimidating the second years.
• Zhuo Shi started the match, and Ji Fengyu used his rainbow buffs as Gu Yue teleported into the second-year formation and unleashed Elemental Storm.
• Gu Yue's attack swept up several second-year students, and one crashed into Tang Wulin, who caught the student and charged at Yue Zhengyu to retaliate.

Tang Wulin and Gu Yue overwhelmed the second-years, turning Yue Zhengyu into a projectile while Yuan'en Yehui stubbornly resisted Gu Yue's Elemental Storm. After Xie Xie caught Yue Zhengyu, their light-element auras touched, and Yue Zhengyu suddenly found Na'er less stunning.

• Gu Yue's Elemental Storm pinned Yue Zhengyu and Yuan'en Yehui while Tang Wulin prepared to strike, and Zhuo Shi let the fight continue.
• Yue Zhengyu tried to escape by flying, but Tang Wulin used Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to yank him back and kick him toward Gu Yue.
• Gu Yue redirected Yue Zhengyu back toward Tang Wulin, while the spectators watched in shock and Yuan'en Yehui used her soul skills to anchor herself against the storm.
• Tang Wulin dodged Yue Zhengyu and focused on taking Yuan'en Yehui's point, while Xie Xie caught Yue Zhengyu as he flew toward the Dragon Clan Squad.
• Yue Zhengyu felt warmth when his aura touched Xie Xie's and suddenly thought Na'er was not quite so stunning.

Yue Zhengyu escaped Gu Yue and Tang Wulin with Xie Xie's help and discovered an unexpected bond that could let them use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Meanwhile, Gu Yue and Tang Wulin fought over defeating Yuan'en Yehui, and the first-years won the grade tournament match.

• Yue Zhengyu thanked Xie Xie and felt safe in his light aura, while Xie Xie realized Yue Zhengyu completely accepted him and could be his Martial Soul Fusion Skill partner.
• Gu Yue attacked Yuan'en Yehui to keep Tang Wulin from claiming the finishing blow, but Tang Wulin also charged in to defeat her.
• Yuan'en Yehui unleashed Air Cannon against Tang Wulin and Gu Yue, but Gu Yue dispersed the attacks and Tang Wulin ignored them.
• Tang Wulin and Gu Yue each struck Yuan'en Yehui with Dragon Shocking Heaven, directing most of their power at each other instead.
• Ji Fengyu withdrew his buffs from Tang Wulin and Gu Yue and enhanced Yuan'en Yehui, then referee Zhuo Shi stopped the clash and threw Yuan'en Yehui from the arena.
• Zhuo Shi declared the first-years the winners, and Yun Ming accepted praise for Shrek's talented new generation.

The Dragon Clan Squad chose to skip the safer profession competition and challenge the third-years, while Lan Xuanyu left to absorb Shrek’s inherited Spirit Soul. The team replaced her with Xu Xiaoyan and charged into the match, with Tang Wulin and Gu Yue racing to strike first.

• Yun Ming praised Shrek’s students while Long Yeyue endured the team’s teasing and forced herself to agree with him.
• Ji Fengyu asked the Dragon Clan Squad to choose between the second-years’ profession competition and a direct team challenge to the third-years, and the team chose to press the attack.
• Ya Li took Lan Xuanyu away to absorb Shrek’s inherited Spirit Soul, and Xu Xiaoyan filled her place in the lineup.
• Tang Wulin and Gu Yue traded warnings about accidentally hurting each other before Zhuo Shi declared the match started.
• The third-years activated their soul rings, Ji Fengyu boosted the Dragon Clan Squad, and Tang Wulin and Gu Yue charged forward to claim the first kills.

Tang Wulin won the third-grade match quickly, then entered the Shrek Inheritance Grounds to challenge a ten-thousand-year Bloodthirsty Seal for an Indomitable Soul Spirit. The chapter ended as he revealed his Sea God aura before the sleeping seal, unaware that it would not fear the pressure and might become enraged.

• Tang Wulin and Gu Yue led the Dragon Clan Squad to defeat the third grade, and Zhuo Shi announced their victory.
• Gu Yue continued the grade matches by challenging the fourth grade, while Tang Wulin hurried to obtain a Spirit Soul.
• Tang Wulin chose an Indomitable Soul Spirit and selected the ten-thousand-year Bloodthirsty Seal as his challenge.
• Tang Wulin arrived on a beach and found the enormous Bloodthirsty Seal sleeping among other seals.
• Tang San's Divine Sense told Tang Wulin to reveal his aura, but the aura would not intimidate the Angry Seal and might enrage it.

Tang Wulin tried to earn the Bloodthirsty Seal’s recognition but instead provoked its rage and became trapped in its Beach Domain. After Tang San’s illusion sparked Tang Wulin’s anger, the seal calmed down, recognized his potent anger, and spoke to him.

• Tang Wulin revealed his aura to attract the Bloodthirsty Seal, which approached and examined him before suddenly flying into a rage.
• Tang Wulin fled into the sea, but the Bloodthirsty Seal and more than a thousand other seals pursued him.
• The Bloodthirsty Seal transformed and spread its Beach Domain, trapping Tang Wulin and preventing him from escaping.
• Tang San created an illusion of Gu Yue, whose taunts made Tang Wulin furious and stirred the Bloodthirsty Seal’s interest.
• The Bloodthirsty Seal calmed down, praised Tang Wulin’s pure anger, and spoke to him in human language.

Tang Wulin passed the Bloodthirsty Seal’s appetite test and gained it as a Spirit Soul, earning a ten-thousand-year soul ring and new abilities. Meanwhile, Ji Fengyu, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan faced the sixth grade’s One-Word Battle Armor Masters.

• The Bloodthirsty Seal tested Tang Wulin by summoning fish for an eating contest, and Tang Wulin outate it.
• The Bloodthirsty Seal accepted Tang Wulin as its host and fused with him, granting him a ten-thousand-year soul ring, Seal Beach Domain, Dragon Blood Berserk, and Seal Drumbeat.
• Tang Wulin celebrated his new soul skill and called out to Gu Yue.
• Ji Fengyu, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan fought their way to the sixth grade as the rest of their squad remained behind to absorb soul rings.
• The sixth grade’s leader confronted the three survivors and demanded they surrender, boasting that they were all One-Word Battle Armor Masters.

With only Ji Fengyu, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan left, the Dragon Clan Squad faced seven sixth-year Battle Armor Masters, but Ji Fengyu and Gu Yue prepared their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Tang Wulin returned after advancing to Soul Ancestor and saw them holding hands, then was stopped from interfering as the match began.

• The sixth-year class monitor and his six teammates revealed their Soul Emperor cultivation and One-Word Battle Armor, while Ji Fengyu and Gu Yue refused to surrender.
• Yun Ming reassured Guan Yue that the Dragon Clan Squad still had trump cards and silently punished Long Yeyue when she tried to get Guan Yue's attention.
• Ji Fengyu and Gu Yue joined hands and began their increasingly powerful Silver Wind Power Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Tang Wulin returned after absorbing the Bloodthirsty Seal and advancing to Soul Ancestor, then saw Ji Fengyu and Gu Yue performing their fusion skill together.
• Tang Wulin charged toward the arena, but referee Zhuo Shi stopped him from entering the match.
• The Bloodthirsty Seal urged Tang Wulin to control his anger, and he tried to restrain himself as he watched helplessly.

Tang Wulin watched Gu Yue and Ji Fengyu perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while the fusion strengthened under his anger and left him numb. As seven sixth-year One-Word Battle Armor Masters attacked, Ji Fengyu revealed his own One-Word Battle Armor.

• Tang Wulin restrained his anger as the Bloodthirsty Seal absorbed it, but the siphoning left him numb and distracted.
• Gu Yue and Ji Fengyu performed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill in front of Tang Wulin, producing an eight-colored halo and greatly amplifying their power.
• Ye Xinglan felt overwhelmed by the Dragon Clan Squad's strength, and an evil thought began to grow in her heart.
• The sixth-year class monitor and six other students activated their One-Word Battle Armor and surrounded Ji Fengyu.
• Ji Fengyu told Xu Xiaoyan to leave the arena, then revealed his glass-like One-Word Battle Armor.

Ji Fengyu stunned the arena by revealing a One-Word Battle Armor forged by Tang Wulin, while Yun Ming concluded that Ji Fengyu was the only one who could become a god and planned to appoint him the next Sea God Pavilion Master. The sixth-year team then charged into the match, relying on their numerical advantage.

• Ji Fengyu revealed his One-Word Battle Armor, shocking Zhuo Shi, the sixth-year students, and the spectators.
• Tang Wulin proudly announced that he had personally forged Ji Fengyu's Battle Armor, leaving Ye Xinglan and the others stunned.
• Yun Ming told Guan Yue that the God Realm had disappeared and that Ji Fengyu was the era's only hope of becoming a god.
• Yun Ming said he intended to appoint Ji Fengyu the next Sea God Pavilion Master and help prepare him for the path to godhood.
• The sixth-year class monitor rallied his team and led them to charge Ji Fengyu and his companion, trusting in their seven-to-two advantage.

Ji Fengyu endured the sixth-year class monitor’s strongest sonic attack without harm, then prepared to strike the gathered opponents with Buddha’s Fury Rainbow Lotus. Tang San urged Tang Wulin to recruit Ji Fengyu into the Tang Sect, and Tang Wulin eagerly agreed.

• The sixth-year class monitor unleashed Sea Lion Roar, but Ji Fengyu stood unharmed thanks to his resistance to sonic attacks.
• Tang Yinmeng confirmed that her own sonic attacks would likely be ineffective against Ji Fengyu, while Wu Zhangkong attributed his resistance to his Skin Martial Soul and Body Sect cultivation.
• Ji Fengyu mocked the Sea Lion class monitor and formed an eight-colored Buddha’s Fury Rainbow Lotus after the sixth-years surrounded him.
• Tang San’s Divine Sense praised Ji Fengyu’s technique and told Tang Wulin to recruit him into the Tang Sect.
• Tang Wulin agreed enthusiastically, and Tang San planned to tempt Ji Fengyu with the Tang Sect’s techniques.

Ji Fengyu and Gu Yue defeated the sixth-year team with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, helping the first-years win all five matches and break through Shrek's entire Outer Court. The academy celebrated the Dragon Clan Squad's unprecedented victory while Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi struggled to accept it.

• Tang San's Divine Sense fantasized about using the Valley of Emotions to turn Ji Fengyu into a girl and make him Wulin's daughter-in-law, but he held back because Ji Fengyu's background was too powerful.
• Ji Fengyu launched the Buddha's Fury Rainbow Lotus at the sixth-years, and Zhuo Shi intercepted it, absorbing its energy before it could hit them.
• Zhuo Shi declared the first-years the winners, and the crowd reacted with shock as Ji Fengyu and Gu Yue's victory completed their sweep of all five matches.
• Ye Xinglan doubted she could ever defeat Ji Fengyu, while Luo Guixing rebuked Xu Lizhi for suggesting the match had been rigged.
• Wu Sidu led the other students to celebrate the Dragon Clan Squad's triumph, leaving Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi stunned.
• Guan Yue congratulated Yun Ming, and Ya Li closed the event as the academy's leaders and students continued to process the first-years' historic victory.

After the Dragon Clan Squad won, Ji Fengyu collected his award and dismissed Shrek Academy’s offer of a Hundred-Thousand-Year sea Soul Beast soul ring as unnecessary for Tang Wulin. He examined Tang Wulin’s newly acquired Bloodthirsty Seal, Little Leopard.

• Tang Wulin and the others celebrated the Dragon Clan Squad’s victory, and Ji Fengyu went to receive his award.
• Ji Fengyu learned that he could choose another Spirit Soul or accept Shrek Academy’s promise to help hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year sea Soul Beast.
• Ji Fengyu told Tang Wulin that the promised soul ring was unnecessary because the Bloodthirsty Seal’s soul rings could support his cultivation until Soul Douluo.
• Tang Wulin realized the academy’s offer was of little use and summoned Little Leopard for Ji Fengyu to inspect.
• Ji Fengyu poked Little Leopard’s belly as the Bloodthirsty Seal cautiously greeted him.

Ji Fengyu helped Tang Wulin rename his transformed Spirit Soul Golden Light to Golden Scale before A Ruheng brought him to Mu Ye and Zhen Hua. Mu Ye fretted over Ji Fengyu’s safety, while Zhen Hua praised his forging progress and learned that Tang Wulin was also a level-five blacksmith.

• The Bloodthirsty Seal asked Tang Wulin to call it Little Leopard, and Ji Fengyu agreed.
• Tang Wulin summoned Golden Light, and Ji Fengyu suggested renaming it Golden Scale; Tang Wulin accepted the name.
• A Ruheng praised Ji Fengyu and hurried him to meet Mu Ye and Zhen Hua.
• Mu Ye checked Ji Fengyu for injuries, complained about Shrek Academy making him fight older opponents, and asked Zhen Hua to forge him a defensive visor.
• Ji Fengyu told Zhen Hua that he had mastered Spirit Forging and become a level-five blacksmith, then revealed that Tang Wulin was one too.

Tang Wulin met Mu Ye and Zhen Hua, who both tried to recruit him after recognizing his exceptional bloodline and forging talent. He proposed joining the Body Sect while bringing Ji Fengyu into the Tang Sect, and Mu Ye agreed to consider it if the Tang Sect approved.

• Ji Fengyu introduced Tang Wulin to Mu Ye and Zhen Hua, who were astonished by Tang Wulin's powerful bloodline.
• Mu Ye tried to recruit Tang Wulin into the Body Sect, while Zhen Hua asked whether he had a forging teacher and learned that Mu Chen was his master.
• Tang Wulin proposed joining the Body Sect if Ji Fengyu joined the Tang Sect, and Mu Ye agreed provided the Tang Sect approved and Ji Fengyu consented.
• Ji Fengyu said he would join if Tang Wulin persuaded the Tang Sect, and Tang Wulin hurried off to ask.
• Ji Fengyu left to check on Lan Xuanyu and the other Dragon Clan Squad members, while Mu Ye urged him to lure Tang Wulin into the Body Sect.

Ji Fengyu met Lan Xuanyu after she absorbed a ten-thousand-year Golden Tortoiseshell Spirit Soul that gave her a team-wide defensive skill. Xie Xie then arrived with the news that he had gained Bei Bei’s Heavenly Dragon Horse, while Tang Wulin remained away discussing plans with the Tang Sect.

• Ji Fengyu escaped Mu Ye after Mu Ye suggested selling him, and Zhen Hua mocked Mu Ye for trying to profit from his disciples.
• Lan Xuanyu told Ji Fengyu that her ten-thousand-year Golden Tortoiseshell Spirit Soul gave her the fourth soul skill Sturdy Ascending Dragon Pillar, which raised the team's physical and spiritual defenses by 200%.
• Ji Fengyu said Tang Wulin had already finished absorbing the Bloodthirsty Seal but was busy discussing with the Tang Sect how he and Ji Fengyu might carry on two family lines.
• Xie Xie excitedly announced that he had gained Bei Bei's twenty-thousand-year Heavenly Dragon Horse Spirit Soul and bragged that it had chosen him for his personal charm.

Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi, and Na'er revealed the powerful Spirit Souls and soul skills they had gained, while Tang Wulin reported that the Tang Sect had agreed to Ji Fengyu’s conditions. Gu Yue arrived with a supposedly ten-thousand-year Black Dragon Spirit Soul, and Ji Fengyu realized it appeared to be the Beast God Di Tian.

• Lan Xuanyu told Xie Xie that he had obtained a Golden Tortoiseshell Spirit Soul, startling Xie Xie after he had bragged about his Heavenly Dragon Horse.
• Xie Xie reported that his fourth soul skill was Light Meteor Shower, while Wang Jinxi revealed a ten-thousand-year Bone Dragon Spirit Soul and his Rending Claw skill.
• Na'er arrived with a ten-thousand-year Rouge Dragon Spirit Soul, and she joined Ji Fengyu, Lan Xuanyu, and the others for a meal.
• Tang Wulin told Ji Fengyu that the Tang Sect had agreed to let Ji Fengyu join, while Tang Wulin would enter the Body Sect.
• Gu Yue introduced her ten-thousand-year Black Dragon Spirit Soul, Little Black, and Ji Fengyu sensed that it was actually the Beast God Di Tian.

Gu Yue revealed that her supposedly ordinary Spirit Soul was Di Tian, the nearly nine-hundred-thousand-year Beast God, and tried to provoke Tang Wulin into a duel. Tang Wulin refused after learning the truth and threatened to expose her secret.

• Gu Yue introduced Di Tian as a ten-thousand-year black dragon Spirit Soul called Little Black, while Di Tian obediently played along.
• Tang Wulin challenged Gu Yue to a Spirit Soul showdown, confident that his Bloodthirsty Seal could win.
• The Bloodthirsty Seal recognized Di Tian and warned Tang Wulin that the Beast God was nearly nine hundred thousand years old.
• Tang San confirmed Di Tian's identity, and Tang Wulin backed out of the duel.
• Gu Yue taunted Tang Wulin to admit defeat and call her Mom, while he threatened to reveal Di Tian's identity.

Tang Wulin and Gu Yue clashed until Ji Fengyu ended their argument by inviting Tang Wulin to eat. Afterward, Ji Fengyu reviewed the Dragon Clan Squad’s new abilities and teamwork, leaving them with plans to keep practicing together.

• Tang Wulin threatened to expose Gu Yue’s secret connection to Di Tian, so Gu Yue backed down rather than risk Ji Fengyu learning her identity.
• Gu Yue and Tang Wulin continued trading insults while Di Tian trembled between the two Dragon Kings and then moved closer to Lan Xuanyu to cultivate by the Ascending Dragon Pillar.
• Ji Fengyu called an end to the confrontation and invited Tang Wulin to eat, and Gu Yue joined them while considering sacrificing Bi Ji to grant Ji Fengyu her soul ring.
• After the meal, Ji Fengyu reviewed the squad’s fourth soul skills and assigned their combat roles, emphasizing that they should keep practicing their coordination.
• Tang Wulin praised how Lan Xuanyu’s new skill and Ji Fengyu’s defense boost could enhance his group taunt, and Lan Xuanyu agreed that the skill would protect the team.

Tang Wulin and the Dragon Clan Squad prepared to test their new skills in a sparring match against A Ruheng, while Yun Ming and Guan Yue followed to watch. Yun Ming also led the humiliated but strangely excited Long Yeyue along on a leash.

• Gu Yue recruited Xu Xiaoyan as an ally and planned to help her develop dragon attributes, while Lan Xuanyu proposed coordinating her skill with Tang Wulin's taunt.
• Ji Fengyu declined Tang Wulin's idea of sparring with Wu Zhangkong and called A Ruheng instead; A Ruheng eagerly agreed to meet them at the Martial Arts Arena.
• Ji Fengyu led the Dragon Clan Squad to the Martial Arts Arena, and Yun Ming invited Guan Yue to follow and watch their practice match.
• Guan Yue questioned how Di Tian had become Gu Yue's Spirit Soul, and Yun Ming explained that Di Tian had volunteered and seemed harmless.
• Yun Ming walked toward the arena with Long Yeyue crawling behind him on a leash while Guan Yue followed in concealment.