Arc 10Tang San’s Fall and Yu Yuhao’s Rise
Tang San’s attempt to defeat the Eternal Church ended in betrayal and death, after which Yu Mingxiao reshaped the empires and the story moved ten thousand years ahead. Yu Yuhao began seeking strength and revenge, then gained Xiao Xiu as his first Soul Ring.
- Ma Hongjun joined Godwind Academy, while Yu Mingxiao planted Blood Ginseng disguised as Immortal Herbs and altered the herbs Xue Qinghe sent Tang San.
- Tang San gave the herbs to Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, and all four developed grotesque new Martial Souls that left their old abilities weakened or gone.
- Godwind Academy won its qualifying place under Yu Xiaogang, but Thunder Academy defeated Godwind Academy in the advancement tournament and later won the finals.
- Tang San’s team lost to Thunder Academy, and Zhu Zhuqing castrated Dai Mubai, and afterward, Tang San brought Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun to serve Xue Qinghe.
- Tang San used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to claim the Sea God had chosen him, recruited nobles to oppose the Eternal Church, and gathered them at a banquet where Yu Mingxiao exposed and captured him.
- Yu Mingxiao revealed that he knew Tang San’s true identity, while Ah Bin and Xiao Wu rejected him and Ah Bin killed him, and the Church then destroyed the Heaven Dou imperial family and Yu Mingxiao remade the empires.
- Ten thousand years later, Yu Yuhao fled Viscount Clear Sky’s manor after learning of his mother’s murder, and Yu Que arranged for Bei Bei to take him to the Star Dou Great Forest.
- Xiao Xiu, a 190,000-year Demon Maggot, sacrificed himself to become Yu Yuhao’s first Soul Ring, then fell asleep to recover as Yu Yuhao woke beside a stream.