Recaps

Xiao Yi used Whale Rubber and herbs to strengthen his body, helping Cang Ling and Zhao Lan evolve into the Frost Sacred Dragon and Bright Sacred Dragon and gaining four black Soul Rings. After absorbing Zhao Lan and beginning to absorb an External Soul Bone, he returned to the academy, where Tang Ya welcomed him and encouraged him to pursue Jiang Nannan.

• Xiao Yi refined Whale Rubber with herbs into a medicinal lump, consumed it, and gained four black Soul Rings as Cang Ling and Zhao Lan transformed.
• Cang Ling became the Frost Sacred Dragon, and Zhao Lan became the Bright Sacred Dragon; both entered the space within Xiao Yi's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Yi let Zhao Lan possess him, discovered that it had gained the Evil-Suppressing Domain, and began absorbing an External Soul Bone.
• The next day, Tang Ya asked Jiang Nannan when Xiao Yi would return, then hurried to embrace him when he appeared at the classroom doorway.
• Xiao Yi told Tang Ya that he had missed her, while Jiang Nannan stood awkwardly nearby; Tang Ya whispered to Xiao Yi and urged him toward her friend.

Xiao Yi comforted Jiang Nannan and revealed that all his Soul Rings had become Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings. Dai Yueheng then came to offer compensation and distance the White Tiger Duke Mansion from Dai Huabin, leaving Xiao Yi willing to spare the mansion but still determined to settle things with Dai Huabin.

• Xiao Yi held Jiang Nannan and promised to help get her aunt treated, while Tang Ya watched with a knowing smile.
• Xiao Yi told Tang Ya that all his Soul Rings had become Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, and Jiang Nannan was astonished.
• Dai Yueheng approached Xiao Yi and said the White Tiger Duke Mansion would not interfere and that Dai Huabin was at Xiao Yi's disposal.
• Dai Yueheng gave Xiao Yi a Storage Soul Tool containing a large amount of Gold Soul Coins and cultivation resources as compensation.
• Xiao Yi accepted the mansion's apology but planned to let Huo Yutong take revenge on Dai Huabin before killing him, then left for the dormitory with Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan.

Xiao Yi revealed that his fourth Soul Beast had evolved into a Bright Sacred Dragon, prompting Mu En to take him as his disciple. Mu En gave him a powerful battle technique, then announced Xiao Yi’s abilities to the Sea God Pavilion elders, who reacted with shock.

• Mu En sensed a familiar dragon aura from Xiao Yi and asked him to show his fourth Soul Ring.
• Xiao Yi summoned Zhao Lan, now a gigantic Bright Sacred Dragon, and explained how his Martial Soul could evolve Soul Beasts into dragons.
• Mu En introduced himself as Shrek Academy’s Sea God Pavilion Master and invited Xiao Yi to become his disciple; Xiao Yi accepted.
• Mu En gave Xiao Yi a booklet containing Dominating the World, and Xiao Yi began practicing the technique with Zhao Lan.
• Mu En told the Sea God Pavilion elders that Xiao Yi was his disciple and revealed that Xiao Yi’s fourth Soul Beast had evolved into a Bright Sacred Dragon.
• Yan Shaozhe considered how to strengthen the connection between Xiao Yi and Xiaotao.

Xiao Yi struggled to adapt Dominating the World, so he developed the ice skill Myriad Flower Ice Mirror into a powerful counterattack called Mystic Ice Spin Kill. After demonstrating his progress to Mu En, Yan Shaozhe, and Xian Lin'er, he received a welcome gift and was assigned to continue studying in the Outer Academy until his cultivation improved.

• Xiao Yi realized he needed a physical attack capable of carrying spiritual power before he could use Dominating the World, so he began creating his own soul skills.
• Xiao Yi practiced Myriad Flower Ice Mirror, recording how Soul Power moved through his body as he formed the ice shield.
• Mu En, Yan Shaozhe, and Xian Lin'er watched as Xiao Yi's control over ice improved and his skill began to resonate with the surrounding world.
• Xiao Yi asked Zhao Lan to attack at full strength, absorbed her beam with Myriad Flower Ice Mirror, and released the energy as Mystic Ice Spin Kill.
• Xian Lin'er gave Xiao Yi a seventh-grade triggered Defensive Soul Tool, and Mu En arranged for him to remain in the Outer Academy until he was ready for the Inner Academy.

Xiao Yi returned to Dorm 108 and found Tang Wutong missing him so badly that she had fallen asleep in his bed and spent the night talking to him in her natural feminine voice. At class, Xiao Yi learned that Tang Wutong, Huo Yutong, and Xiao Xiao had formed a team and that Huo Yutong and Tang Wutong could perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Huo Yutong realized Tang Wutong’s secret.

• Xiao Yi found Tang Wutong asleep in his bed, and she accidentally spoke to him all night in her natural feminine voice.
• Tang Wutong realized the next morning that she had exposed her gender to Xiao Yi, but he showed no reaction.
• Xiao Yi greeted Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao in class, while Huo Yutong quietly drew closer to him and took encouragement from Tian Meng.
• Xiao Xiao told Xiao Yi that she, Huo Yutong, and Tang Wutong had formed a team for the Freshman Grand Competition and that Huo Yutong and Tang Wutong had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Huo Yutong and Tang Wutong exchanged glances, and Huo Yutong understood that their fusion had revealed each other’s gender.

Xiao Yi met with Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan to give them Child Flames that would accelerate their cultivation and protect them. Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi decided to try to win Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan back, while Xiao Yi prepared to plant the flames inside the two women.

• Xiao Yi went to find Tang Ya and embraced her, while Bei Bei watched heartbroken from a distance.
• Xu Sanshi returned to Shrek Academy as a level-forty Soul Ancestor and caught sight of Tang Ya with Xiao Yi; Bei Bei stopped him from confronting them.
• Bei Bei admitted Tang Ya had chosen Xiao Yi, but Xu Sanshi urged him to win her back, and Bei Bei resolved to try.
• Xiao Yi took Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan to a quiet place and showed them his transparent Fallen Heart Flame, which increased their cultivation speed.
• Xiao Yi offered Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan Child Flames, and prepared to plant them inside the two women as protective Fire Seals.

Xiao Yi planted Fire Seals on Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya, and Jiang Nannan accepted his relationship with her. When Xu Sanshi confronted Xiao Yi over Jiang Nannan, Xiao Yi challenged him and Bei Bei to fight, with Tang Ya adding Mystic Water Pills to the stakes.

• Xiao Yi planted Fire Seals on Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya, and Jiang Nannan agreed to be with him.
• Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan playfully wrestled while Xiao Yi watched, then the three went downstairs together.
• Xu Sanshi confronted Xiao Yi for holding Jiang Nannan's hand, and Jiang Nannan told Xu Sanshi to stop interfering.
• Xu Sanshi attacked Xiao Yi, who countered with a spiritual-power strike and accused Xu Sanshi of having no right to claim he loved Jiang Nannan.
• Xiao Yi challenged Xu Sanshi to a fight, and Tang Ya accepted on Xiao Yi's behalf while demanding two Mystic Water Pills if Xu Sanshi lost.
• Xiao Yi invited Bei Bei to join Xu Sanshi, and Bei Bei agreed.

Xiao Yi faced the Outer Court Twin Stars, Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, in a duel at the Soul Fighting Arena. He revealed four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and possessed the Frost Sacred Dragon, leaving the crowd stunned as the battle began.

• News of Xiao Yi's duel with Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi spread through Shrek, drawing Tang Wutong, Huo Yutong, and Xiao Xiao to the arena.
• Tang Wutong grew jealous after hearing rumors that Xiao Yi was close to Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya, while Tian Meng reassured Huo Yutong that Xiao Yi was destined to stand beside her.
• Xiao Yi assured Tang Ya that he was stronger than she thought, then entered the arena to face Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi.
• Xiao Yi revealed four black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, shocking the spectators and drawing Ning Tian's interest.
• Xiao Yi summoned Cang Ling and transformed through Frost Sacred Dragon Martial Soul Possession as the crowd erupted in cheers.

Xiao Yi defeated Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi in the arena, then accepted their wager and reunited with Tang Ya. Afterward, Ning Tian asked to speak with him privately, while Xu Sanshi left after deciding to accept his family's arrangements.

• Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei coordinated their attacks, but Xiao Yi broke through their defenses and countered them with his Soul Power Armor and a second Bright Sacred Dragon.
• Xiao Yi overwhelmed both men and prepared Mystic Ice Spin Kill, but dispersed the attack before it could hit them and declared that they had lost.
• Xu Sanshi conceded and gave Xiao Yi two Mystic Water Pills before leaving the arena with Bei Bei.
• Tang Ya rushed to embrace Xiao Yi, while Jiang Nannan watched; Xu Sanshi saw her happiness and walked away, letting go of his feelings for her.
• Ning Tian asked Xiao Yi to speak privately, and he agreed before asking Huo Yutong and the others to wait for him.

Xiao Yi teased Ning Tian after she invited him to join the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and hinted that she wanted to get closer to him. When Xiao Yi returned to the others, their strange assumptions about him and Tang Wutong left Tang Wutong blushing as Xiao Yi silently reminded her that he knew her secret.

• Xiao Xiao watched Xiao Yi leave and imagined that he and the others had a wild private relationship.
• Ning Tian invited Xiao Yi to join the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect as an elder and shyly suggested they get to know each other.
• Xiao Yi twirled a lock of Ning Tian's hair and told her to come find him after she grew it long.
• Xiao Yi returned and offered to spar with Huo Yutong and Wulin, but Tang Ya asked whether he only liked girls.
• Xiao Xiao suggested that Xiao Yi and Wulin made a good match, and Tang Wutong blushed as the others mistook her reaction for a crush.
• Xiao Yi confirmed that he only liked girls and gave Tang Wutong a teasing look that acknowledged her secret.

Xiao Yi sparred with Tang Wutong, Huo Yutong, and Xiao Xiao, using his speed to evade their attacks and interrupting Tang Wutong and Huo Yutong's Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The session ended with Tang Wutong stunned on the ground after Xiao Yi struck her twice, while he comforted Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao.

• Xiao Yi sent Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan away so he could spar with Tang Wutong, Huo Yutong, and Xiao Xiao.
• Huo Yutong told Xiao Xiao that Tang Wutong was a girl disguised as a boy.
• Tang Wutong attacked Xiao Yi furiously with support from Huo Yutong's Spiritual Detection Sharing and Xiao Xiao's cauldrons.
• Xiao Yi used his speed and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to evade their attacks, then struck Tang Wutong from behind and embarrassed her.
• Tang Wutong called for Huo Yutong to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Xiao Yi interrupted it and struck Tang Wutong again before flicking Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao on the forehead.
• Xiao Yi ended the spar and ruffled Huo Yutong's and Xiao Xiao's hair while Tang Wutong remained stunned on the ground.

Xiao Yi gave Huo Yutong two Mystic Water Pills and confronted Tang Wutong about her disguise, learning her real name and seeing her return to girls’ clothes. Tang Wutong chose to keep living with him and nervously asked him for a favor.

• Xiao Yi reviewed Xiao Xiao, Huo Yutong, and Tang Wutong’s sparring and advised Xiao Xiao to vary her attacks and Huo Yutong and Wulin to practice their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xiao Yi gave Huo Yutong the Mystic Water Pills, and she accepted them with a promise to repay him someday.
• Xiao Yi confronted Tang Wutong about her identity, and she revealed that her real name was Tang Wutong and changed back into girls’ clothes.
• Tang Wutong agreed to keep living with Xiao Yi, then nervously asked him to do her a favor.

Tang Wutong asked Xiao Yi to repeat a sensation she had discovered during their sparring, and the two spent the night growing closer. The next morning, Xiao Yi left her to attend class while he went to see Dean Yan and planned to stay in the Inner Academy.

• Tang Wutong told Xiao Yi what she wanted and insisted he take responsibility for her, so he repeated the sensation until she fell asleep in his arms.
• Tang Wutong woke up still affected by the sensation, told Xiao Yi to call her Xiao Qi, and asked to go to class before he stopped teasing her.
• After changing back into women's clothes, Tang Wutong followed Xiao Yi closely and took his hand before he pulled away to see Dean Yan.
• Xiao Yi sent Tang Wutong to class alone, then headed to the Inner Academy and decided to keep some distance from her.

Xiao Yi secured permission to enter the Library Pavilion’s third floor and joined the freshman assessment alone, then searched for Douluo Continent’s Alchemy inheritance. Tang Wutong reunited with Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao, while Dai Huabin grew increasingly afraid as he waited for Dai Yueheng’s return; the chapter left Xiao Yi reading an ancient Alchemy text written by a former Sea God Pavilion Master.

• Yan Shaozhe allowed Xiao Yi to enter the Library Pavilion’s third floor and take part in the freshman assessment alone.
• Xiao Yi sought Mu En’s guidance on cultivating Dominating the World before heading to the Library Pavilion.
• Tang Wutong told Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao her original name and showed jealousy when they wondered where Xiao Yi was.
• Dai Huabin panicked after finding the White Tiger Duke Mansion residence deserted and learning Dai Yueheng was away on a mission.
• Xiao Yi searched the Library Pavilion’s books for Alchemy knowledge and found an ancient text written by a former wielder of Ultimate Fire and Sea God Pavilion Master.

Xiao Yi uncovered the method for making Soul Ascension Pills and used the Fallen Heart Flame to develop a more powerful alchemy process. After producing several grades of pills, he put away his latest creation and heard a knock at his courtyard gate.

• Xiao Yi read the records of a Limit Douluo and learned that the surviving Soul Ascension Pill method relied on fire control and spiritual power to combine medicinal liquids.
• After searching the Library Pavilion and consulting an academy elder, Xiao Yi learned the traditional process and why impurities limited the kinds of pills Soul Masters could make.
• Xiao Yi used the Fallen Heart Flame and his spiritual power to create an improved pill-condensing method and refined a High-Grade Soul Ascension Pill.
• Xiao Yi established three grades of Soul Ascension Pills, with his high-grade version raising the Soul Power of Soul Masters below Soul King without harming their potential.
• Xiao Yi stored the pill and went to rest, but someone knocked at his courtyard gate.

After a month apart, Tang Wutong found Xiao Yi and learned he had been busy with Alchemy rather than avoiding her. When Xiao Yi failed to return her feelings, Tang Wutong kissed him and claimed she would make him hers, and he turned the tables on her.

• Tang Wutong realized she had fallen for Xiao Yi and spent more than twenty days longing for him while failing to find him.
• Tang Wutong went to Xiao Yi's residence and asked why he had not come back to see her.
• Xiao Yi explained that he had been occupied with Alchemy and gave Tang Wutong Soul Ascension Pills that could help her reach Soul Elder.
• Tang Wutong embraced Xiao Yi and asked whether he liked her, but his silence made her fear that he did not return her feelings.
• Tang Wutong knocked Xiao Yi onto the bed, kissed him, and declared that he had to be hers before Xiao Yi turned the tables.

Xiao Yi revealed his upgraded Soul Ascension Pills to Mu En, Yan Shaozhe, and Elder Yao, astonishing them with their ability to raise cultivation without side effects. After they offered him academy resources, Xiao Yi prepared to ask for access to the Library Pavilion’s top floor and support for his research.

• Tang Wutong woke in Xiao Yi’s arms, confessed that she liked him, and Xiao Yi returned her feelings by calling her Xiao Qi.
• Tang Wutong arrived late to Class One, where Huo Yutong noticed she seemed different and heard her claim she had overslept.
• Elder Yao tested Xiao Yi’s emerald pill and praised its purity and medicinal power.
• Xiao Yi explained that his high-, mid-, and low-grade Soul Ascension Pills could each raise Soul Power by one level at their respective cultivation stages, and Mu En warned him to keep their source secret.
• Yan Shaozhe offered to credit the pills to an academy elder, while Mu En promised Xiao Yi access to academy resources and Soul Bones.
• Xiao Yi welcomed Mu En’s offer, hoping to gain support for his Alchemy research and access to the Library Pavilion’s top floor.

Xiao Yi received permission to use the Academy’s medicinal ingredients and began exploring alchemy as a way to make rare herbs useful. He planned to refine an unusual Blue Silver Grass plant to help Tang Ya, while agreeing to train students once the Academy developed a suitable alchemy Soul Tool.

• Mu En approved Xiao Yi’s request for medicinal ingredients and access to the Library Pavilion’s highest floor, and Elder Yao accepted that he could use the herbs.
• Xiao Yi explored the medicinal storehouse and identified rare herbs whose potent properties made them dangerous or impossible for people to consume directly.
• Xiao Yi found an unusual Blue Silver Grass plant, and Elder Yao explained that it had gained cultivation without developing intelligence.
• Xiao Yi told Elder Yao he hoped to refine the plant into a pill to help Tang Ya transform her Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Elder Yao let Xiao Yi use the herbs and asked him to train students once an alchemy Soul Tool was developed; Xiao Yi agreed, and Elder Yao went to study Xiao Yi’s pill-condensing method.

Xiao Yi planned a pill to evolve Tang Ya's Blue Silver Grass into a Blue Silver Emperor, then gave Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao Soul Ascension Pills. He left the girls to train and went to refine pills.

• Xiao Yi studied the special Blue Silver Grass and drafted a formula combining it with ingredients that nourished life, strengthened wood attributes, and purified bloodlines.
• Xiao Yi gathered the rare ingredients and left the medicine storeroom to refine pills at his own place.
• Xiao Yi visited Freshman Class One and reunited with Tang Wutong, Huo Yutong, and Xiao Xiao.
• Xiao Yi gave Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao Soul Ascension Pills and warned them to wait until the right Soul Power level before taking them.
• Xiao Yi left to refine pills, while Tang Wutong, Huo Yutong, and Xiao Xiao stayed to train for the freshman assessment.

Xiao Yi refined a pill that strengthened his spiritual power and created the Blue Emperor Soul-Extracting Pill for Tang Ya. After Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan visited him for dinner, he revealed the pill’s purpose and asked to spend the night with Tang Ya, leaving her frightened that he had discovered her secret.

• Xiao Yi refined and swallowed a pill that raised his spiritual power, then found that his Soul Beast’s evolution had not changed.
• Xiao Yi reasoned that the Heavenly Flames could gradually strengthen his body and refined the Blue Emperor Soul-Extracting Pill for Tang Ya.
• Tang Wutong watched from the shadows as Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan arrived at Xiao Yi’s courtyard with dinner.
• Xiao Yi gave Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan Mid-Grade Soul Ascension Pills and explained how they could help their cultivation.
• Xiao Yi gave Tang Ya the Blue Emperor Soul-Extracting Pill and said it could awaken power within her Blue Silver Grass, making her fear that he knew her secret.
• Xiao Yi asked Jiang Nannan to leave Tang Ya with him for the night, and Jiang Nannan left the courtyard.

Xiao Yi reassured Tang Ya about the hidden power in her Martial Soul and helped her absorb a pill to evolve it. After a week, Tang Ya awakened with the Dark Blue Silver Emperor, while Tang Wutong recognized her as a rival for Xiao Yi’s affection.

• Tang Ya feared Xiao Yi had discovered the evil power in her Martial Soul, but he reassured her and listened as she revealed her secret.
• Xiao Yi explained that the pill would evolve Tang Ya’s Martial Soul, and she swallowed it and formed a cocoon as her Blue Silver Grass transformed.
• Xiao Yi found Tang Wutong waiting angrily outside, then spent the following days with her and Jiang Nannan while Tang Ya’s transformation continued.
• A week later, Tang Ya emerged from the cocoon with the Dark Blue Silver Emperor and embraced Xiao Yi.
• Tang Wutong saw Tang Ya naked in Xiao Yi’s arms and regarded her as a formidable rival.

Tang Ya emerged from her Martial Soul evolution with the Dark Blue Silver Emperor and renewed control over its devouring power, while Xiao Yi and Tang Wutong competed for his attention. Tang Ya claimed Xiao Yi for herself and threw Tang Wutong out, leaving her furious outside the closed door.

• Tang Ya put on Xiao Yi's robe and teased Tang Wutong while she and Tang Wutong linked arms with Xiao Yi.
• Tang Ya told Xiao Yi that her Martial Soul had evolved into the Dark Blue Silver Emperor and that she could control its devouring power.
• Tang Ya revealed she had broken through rank forty with Xiao Yi's pills and Fallen Fire Seal, and Xiao Yi said he would arrange Soul Hunting for her and Nannan.
• Tang Wutong reminded Xiao Yi that he had promised to spend the night with her, but Tang Ya declared that he was hers for now.
• Tang Ya used Blue Silver Grass to toss Tang Wutong outside and shut the door, leaving Tang Wutong embarrassed and furious.

Tang Ya’s Blue Silver Emperor evolved, and after spending the night with Xiao Yi, Tang Wutong asked him for the Fire Seal she had been promised. Meanwhile, Tang San and Xiao Wu remained unable to contact Douluo Continent, unaware that Tang Wutong had no intention of reaching out to them.

• Tang Ya’s Blue Silver Emperor vines spread to hold Haji-Tong at bay, and she and Xiao Yi became intimate as he helped her channel her life force.
• Tang Wutong waited outside before joining Xiao Yi, and later asked why Tang Ya had a Fire Seal while she did not.
• Xiao Yi agreed to give Tang Wutong a Fire Seal, and she asked him to place it on her lower abdomen rather than her forehead.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu that the Divine Realm had lost its coordinates to Douluo Continent and that he could only reconnect if Tang Wutong activated her Sea God’s Trident.
• Tang Wutong fell asleep with Xiao Yi, forgetting about the trident and content to remain beyond Tang San’s reach.

Xiao Yi entered the freshman assessment after reaching level 45 and strengthening his Soul Beasts through Heavenly Flame body tempering. He faced Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er, and the match began when Wu Feng charged at him.

• Xiao Yi advanced to level 45, increased his Soul Rings’ years through Heavenly Flame tempering, and helped Zi Ling evolve into a Purple Lightning Flood Dragon.
• Xiao Yi entered the freshman assessment, hoping to earn Core Disciple qualification without drawing too much attention.
• Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er met Xiao Yi onstage, and he agreed to talk with Ning Tian after their match.
• Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er revealed their Martial Souls and Soul Rings as they prepared to fight Xiao Yi.
• Ning Tian boosted Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er with her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda, and Wu Feng charged at Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi effortlessly defeated Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er during the exam, then carried the unconscious Wu Feng from the arena after Ning Tian conceded. He left with Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng, while Nanmen Yun'er followed behind.

• Xiao Yi redirected Wu Feng's attack and blocked Nanmen Yun'er's Soul Skills, then carried Nanmen Yun'er out of Wu Feng's indiscriminate counterattack and tossed her off the arena.
• Mu Jin scolded Nanmen Yun'er for forgetting that she was taking part in a battle and dragged her to the spectator area.
• Tang Ya told Jiang Nannan she was fine with Xiao Yi flirting, while Jiang Nannan wondered why Tang Ya was not upset.
• Xiao Yi knocked Wu Feng unconscious with one strike, and Ning Tian conceded the match for their team.
• Xiao Yi carried Wu Feng off the arena, where she woke up, blushed, and darted behind Ning Tian.
• Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan each took one of Xiao Yi's arms, and the group left the testing arena with Nanmen Yun'er following behind.