Recaps

Yu Yan cultivated his Ice and Fire Twin Fish, discovered how to refine Purple Qi and Moon Essence, and brought Xiao Wu to Balak Junior Soul Master Academy. After reaching level ten, he left to seek his first Soul Ring while Xiao Wu stayed behind and planned a surprise of her own.

• Yu Yan awakened the Ice and Fire Twin Fish with innate Soul Power level seven and a half, then began cultivating and testing its opposing powers.
• Yu Yan learned to refine Purple Qi at sunrise, advanced to level eight, and met Xiao Wu, who followed him back to Fish Village.
• Yu Yan helped Xiao Wu awaken a Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul, secured her a work-study quota, and traveled with her to Balaque City.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu cultivated and trained together, and Yu Yan helped Xiao Wu reconsider her reluctance to hunt Soul Beasts.
• Yu Yan absorbed Moon Essence on a full-moon night and fused it with Purple Qi into Sun and Moon Essence, while Xiao Wu cultivated beside him.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu entered Balak Junior Soul Master Academy, where Yu Yan helped her plan an all-attribute spirit skill and they promised to visit places from her travel journal.
• Yu Yan fused Moon Essence and Purple Qi during a full-moon cultivation session and broke through to level ten, then told Xiao Wu he would hunt for a Soul Ring without her.
• Yu Yan met Yu Qingfeng, who agreed to help him hunt, and named an Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard from the outskirts of Sunset Forest as his desired first Soul Ring.

Yu Yan gained his first Soul Ring, grew closer to Xiao Wu, and built a reputation through Guild tasks and Soul Fighting Arena matches. As major powers began seeking him, he created the Ice and Fire Vortex and used it with Xiao Wu against poachers near the Soul Hunting Forest.

• Yu Qingfeng, Li Rong, and Ma Zhiyu helped Yu Yan hunt an Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard, and Yu Yan absorbed its Soul Ring to gain Frost Scale Armor and Scorching Breath.
• Yu Yan visited Spirit Hall, earned his Soul Master badge, reunited with Xiao Wu, and sparred with her as they compared their new abilities.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu joined Balaque Academy’s Team Reserve Member Program, completed Guild tasks, and earned money through Soul Fighting Arena matches.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu defeated the Cat-Mouse Duo and other opponents, while Yu Yan qualified for the Main Soul Fighting Arena by beating Lu Tianyu.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu left Balaque City for the coast, as the Balak king and other major powers began seeking to recruit Yu Yan.
• While traveling toward Vast Sea City, Yu Yan fused his Ice and Fire Twin Fish into the Ice and Fire Vortex, which tore through the forest before exhausting his Soul Power.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu discovered four poachers carrying an unconscious Spirit Cat, and the poachers attacked after finding them in hiding.
• Yu Yan killed the sturdy young poacher and the old man with the Ice and Fire Vortex while Xiao Wu fought the masked leader and stopped the fat middle-aged man from escaping.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu strengthened their abilities, avoided committing to the factions seeking to recruit Yu Yan, and each obtained a powerful second spirit ring. The arc ended with them reunited in Balaque City and discussing Xiao Wu’s new moonlight-based skill.

• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu reached Vast Sea City, where they bought and consumed Whale Glue to strengthen their bodies and raise their Soul Power.
• Yu Yan won twenty-three-thousand-year Whale Glue at auction, then traveled with Xiao Wu toward Balaque City and learned the Hidden Edge Secret Technique with her.
• Yu Yan returned to Balak Junior Soul Master Academy and declined recruitment offers from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Xue Qinghe’s envoy, Spirit Hall, Balaque Academy, and Exotic Beast Academy.
• Yu Yan reached level 20, and he and Xiao Wu prepared to obtain their second spirit rings while Xiao Wu planned to condense her own ring.
• Yu Yan hired the Blue Bird Soul Hunting Squad to find a Frost Ash Remnant Dragon, then killed a roughly 4,500-year-old dragon and absorbed its purple Soul Ring.
• Xiao Wu condensed her second spirit ring as Yu Yan absorbed the dragon’s ring, gained two soul skills, and rose to level 23.
• Yu Yan returned to Balaque City and reunited with Xiao Wu, who showed him Moonlight Possession and explained how moonlight had changed her Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu traveled from Balaque City to Exotic Beast Academy, where they secured Ice Soul Flowers and arranged a visit to the Speed Clan. Yu Yan traded the Millennium Second Soul Ring Method for Crystal Dragon Blood Ginseng and secured the clan’s promise to keep the method exclusive.

• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu demonstrated their strengthened Spirit Skills before graduating and leaving Balaque City with Wu Xue, then helped Yu Qingfeng’s caravan defeat a group of Fallen Soul Masters.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu recovered a storage necklace, books, a dagger, and other items from the defeated bandit, and Yu Yan recognized the Crystal Dragon Blood Ginseng as part of a plan involving Dugu Bo.
• In Suotuo City, Yu Yan bought Crystal Dragon Gold from Flender, revealed its Crystal Hair could form a controllable weapon, and then defended Xiao Wu from Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun before leaving town.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu cultivated at the Sword Mountain Range, then joined Exotic Beast Academy after Jiang Jing accepted their requests for library access, contact with the Speed Clan, and Ice Soul Flowers.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu refined Ice Soul Flowers and reached rank 26 before traveling with Jiang Jing to Dragon City to meet the Speed Clan.
• Yu Yan offered Bai He five hundred Gold Soul Coins for the Crystal Dragon Blood Ginseng, then revealed his purple second Soul Ring and offered the Millennium Second Soul Ring Method instead.
• Bai He accepted the exchange, and Yu Yan required the Speed Clan to keep the method exclusive, demonstrating that he could conceal his purple Soul Ring by making it appear yellow.