Recaps

Di Yao secured his place in Spirit Hall, proved himself in the Newcomer Ranking, and investigated the diversion of Spirit Hall resources to Yu Xiaogang. His inquiry exposed Tang San’s concealed Twin Martial Souls and Xiao Wu’s identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, while Yu Xiaogang prepared to move his evidence and allies.

• Di Yao awakened the Demon Emperor, Di Jun, with Innate Level Twenty Soul Power and negotiated resources, training, and protection from Bibi Dong.
• Di Yao absorbed the Mutated Sun Crow King and Red Gold Sun-Swallowing Python’s soul rings, then defeated Yan and became a direct disciple of the Pope Palace.
• Di Yao uncovered resource transfers from Fasnuo Province to Yu Xiaogang and began an investigation with Hu Liena.
• Di Yao won eleven consecutive Newcomer Ranking matches and survived Qin Lie’s lethal attack, prompting Bibi Dong to end the trial and halt the ranking.
• Di Yao led a Law Enforcement Team to Fasnuo, traced missing supplies to Yu Xiaogang and Notting Academy, and found evidence of diverted resources and altered records.
• Di Yao confronted Yu Xiaogang and Tang San at Notting Academy, exposed Tang San’s Hidden Weapons, and identified him as a Twin Martial Soul bearer.
• Di Yao traced a Black Market Soul Hunting Group’s interest in Xiao Wu, captured its attackers, and revealed that she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form.
• Di Yao spared Xiao Wu and ordered an investigation into the Black Market’s academy contact, while Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to move everything that night.

Di Yao uncovered Spirit Hall’s enemies in Nuoding City, negotiated for resources in Heaven Dou City, and entered Sunset Forest to strengthen his martial soul and obtain a third Soul Ring. After killing the Corona Golden Eagle King and awakening a Domain prototype, he faced Tang Hao’s arrival at Broken Cliff.

• Di Yao trapped Tang San’s group at the abandoned manor, recovered the Account Ledger, exposed Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, and escaped Tang Hao’s confrontation with them in the forest.
• Bibi Dong approved Di Yao’s requests and sent him to Heaven Dou City, where he negotiated compensation from Seven Treasures for stolen Spirit Hall goods and obtained information about Dugu Bo’s Herb Garden.
• Di Yao entered the Herb Garden and chose three Immortal Herbs, then survived Dugu Bo’s attack, reached Level Thirty, and negotiated continued access to the spring and help for Dugu Yan.
• Di Yao consumed the Fusang Red Heart Lotus and Great Sun Blazing Grass to strengthen his martial soul and body, while Dugu Bo agreed to help him find a suitable Third Soul Ring.
• Di Yao uncovered a Black Market Soul Hunting Group scouting the valley and found a damaged hammer emblem, but continued his plans to seek a Golden Crow Vine and a fire-attributed soul beast.
• Di Yao and Hu Liena fought the Corona Golden Eagle King at Broken Cliff, wounded it, and pursued it as a Beast Tide approached.
• Di Yao learned that the Iron Hammer Order had hired the Black Market group to collect his corpse, then killed the Corona Golden Eagle King and began absorbing its soul ring.
• Di Yao absorbed the soul ring with help from the Immortal Herbs and awakened the Corona Emperor Domain prototype, just as Tang Hao’s Hammer Intent reached Broken Cliff.

Di Yao used a united investigation and public audits to expose the Black Market Soul Hunting Group, drawing Tang Hao and Tang San into a trap while asserting his authority. After confronting Qian Daoliu and the Angel Statue, he secured access to Worship Hall records and returned to Spirit City with new leads and a secret about Xue Qinghe.

• Di Yao survived Tang Hao’s attack at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then warned Dugu Bo and Hu Liena that the well and Sunset Forest were at risk.
• Di Yao secured cooperation from Xue Qinghe, Seven Treasures, and Dugu Bo, established the Heaven Dou Soul Hunting United Decree, and began investigating Black Market routes and suspected allies.
• Hu Liena’s escort was attacked, and evidence linked Black Crow Hall’s weapons and operations to Tang San and the Black Market Soul Hunting Group.
• Di Yao held a public audit that revealed Black Market accounts, Black Crow Hall testimony, and evidence implicating Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, then defended his authority before nobles and the Grey-Robed Elder.
• Di Yao used fake ledgers to bait Tang Hao and set a trap at the South City Old Beast Pen, where Tang San arrived to obtain hidden-weapon materials before Tang Hao helped him escape.
• Tang Hao silenced the Black Crow Hall Vice Hall Master, but the dying man named Tie Shan as a lead to the Clear Sky Remnants, and Di Yao received his Inspector appointment and Worship Hall summons.
• Di Yao confronted Qian Daoliu and the Angel Statue, secured temporary access to selected records, and agreed to pursue Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Remnants in exchange for more information.
• Di Yao inferred that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue in disguise, agreed to keep the secret, and stayed in Spirit City to recover while planning his next investigations.

Di Yao and Hu Liena uncovered the Tie Shan Faction’s role in supplying Tang San’s hidden weapons, then followed the trail through White Stone Warehouse and implicated allies in Heaven Dou and Spirit Hall. The investigation led Di Yao to Dugu Bo’s Medicine Manor, where he entered alone as an unusual ice-and-fire aura rose within.

• Di Yao and Hu Liena traced the Tie Shan Faction’s weapons supply line, while Tang San began training with an ordinary iron hammer and Tang Hao followed the trail toward Iron Furnace Town.
• Hu Liena investigated Iron Furnace Town and Gray Stone Post, then learned that Tie Shankui had named Black Stone Valley as the meeting place of Tang Hao and Iron Sect Master Tie Wumen.
• Di Yao confronted Tie Wumen in Black Stone Valley, survived an attack by death soldiers, and obtained records linking Tang San’s weapons and an Elder Palace intermediary to the Tie Shan Faction.
• Di Yao and Hu Liena seized Iron Furnace Town’s weapons materials and records, then uncovered the Master Ledger’s location at White Stone Warehouse and made the case an official Spirit Hall investigation.
• After Tang San planted a trail toward White Stone Warehouse, Di Yao intercepted messages connecting him, Heaven Dou merchants, and Spirit Hall agents, then secured Xue Qinghe’s writ to search the warehouse.
• Di Yao exposed hidden weapon components beneath ordinary minerals at White Stone Warehouse, detained Ning Guang over a fake Seven Treasure merchant seal, and learned that the trail led to Soul-Falling Slope and Dugu Bo’s Medicine Manor.
• Di Yao reached Soul-Falling Slope, warned Dugu Bo that Dugu Yan’s inherited poison threatened her life, and entered the Medicine Manor alone as an unusual ice-and-fire aura rose within.