Recaps

After Spirit Hall’s ambush devastated the Heaven Dou Empire’s forces, Xue Ye struggled to decide how to avert retaliation. Xue Qinghe proposed an idea to the court but had not yet revealed it.

• Xue Qinghe returned to Heaven Dou City and told Xue Ye that the ambush had failed, listing the deaths and injuries among their allies.
• Xue Ye fainted in shock, then asked his trusted officials and Xue Xing how the empire could face Spirit Hall’s retaliation.
• Xue Xing blamed Xue Qinghe for the empire’s losses, and Xue Qinghe defended his decision before Xue Ye stopped their argument.
• Xue Qinghe suggested that the empire follow the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s example, but Xue Ye realized that giving up the empire’s Spirit Bones and wealth would be ruinous.
• Xue Qinghe considered offering Spirit Hall territory and compensation, then told Xue Ye that he had an idea.

Xue Qinghe persuaded Xue Ye to cede a province to Spirit Hall to resolve the dispute and preserve the Heaven Dou Empire’s appearance of control. He presented the offer to Qian Daoliu, who accepted it, then left the Spirit Hall party to continue on to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

• Xue Xing objected to ceding land, but Xue Qinghe argued that the Heaven Dou Empire already controlled only six of its ten provinces and could frame the transfer as Spirit Hall managing the province on its behalf.
• Xue Ye agreed to Xue Qinghe’s plan and ordered him to receive Spirit Hall’s delegation, while Xue Xing fell silent under Xue Ye’s icy gaze.
• Xue Ye dismissed the court and later fell ill, while Xue Qinghe waited at the gates of Heaven Dou City for Qian Daoliu and his party.
• Xue Qinghe apologized to Qian Daoliu for the ambush and offered Spirit Hall full authority over the province closest to it.
• Qian Daoliu accepted the province and dropped the matter, and Xue Qinghe departed as the party prepared to go to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

After leaving Heaven Dou City, Qian Daoliu’s group discovered that Yu Yuanzhen had led the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect’s strongest members to seek refuge with the Clear Sky Sect. Qian Daoliu destroyed the abandoned sect grounds and later secured another province for Spirit Hall from the Star Luo Empire.

• Xue Xing watched Spirit Hall depart and mourned the Heaven Dou Empire’s likely downfall, while Tai Yi’s group encountered Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing on the road.
• Ma Hongjun vowed to avenge Flender and Zhao Wuji by killing Ning Rongrong, Qian Renxue, and Tai Yi, while Oscar argued that Ning Rongrong might have been coerced.
• At the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, Qian Daoliu’s men interrogated a survivor and learned that Yu Yuanzhen had led the sect’s powerful members to the Clear Sky Sect’s refuge.
• Qian Daoliu ordered the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect treated as an enemy and used his Six-Winged Angel to destroy its grounds and kill those left behind.
• Qian Daoliu visited Dai Feng, and the Star Luo Empire ceded the province nearest Spirit City to Spirit Hall.

Spirit Hall formed Spirit Province from two newly acquired provinces, while Bibi Dong discovered that the Worship Hall had taken control of them and that her authority as Pope had largely vanished. Tang San decided to return to the Clear Sky Sect, and Bibi Dong was left unable to challenge Qian Daoliu while pursuing her Divine Position.

• Qian Daoliu agreed to merge Spirit Hall’s two provinces into Spirit Province, prompting concern from the empires and Ning Fengzhi.
• Tang San told Tang Yuehua he wanted to return to the Clear Sky Sect to train, avenge his father, and prepare to protect her, and she agreed to take him the next day.
• Qian Daoliu appointed Yue Guan and Gui Mei as the Eighth and Ninth Worships after they surpassed level ninety-five in Soul Power.
• Bibi Dong learned that the Worship Hall had taken control of Spirit Province and realized her orders no longer carried authority beyond the Pope Palace.
• Bibi Dong sent Hu Liena and Shadow away after losing her temper, then reflected that she could not challenge Qian Daoliu while she was pursuing a Divine Position.

Bibi Dong withdrew to the Pope Palace to inherit her divine position and plan revenge on Qian Renxue, while Ning Rongrong settled into life beside Qian Renxue and Tai Yi at Spirit Hall. Tang Yuehua brought Tang San to the Clear Sky Sect village to reclaim his place in the clan, where the villagers greeted him with hostility.

• Qian Daoliu warned Bibi Dong to remain in the Pope Palace, help Qian Renxue until she could become Pope, and stop causing trouble.
• After learning that Qian Renxue had killed Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong decided to inherit her divine position and take revenge on her.
• Qian Daoliu suppressed Xiao Wu beneath the Angel God Statue, while Ning Rongrong chose to stay near Qian Renxue and Tai Yi.
• Ning Rongrong trained alongside Qian Renxue and Tai Yi, learned how powerful Spirit Hall was, and gained two Soul Power levels in one month.
• Tang Yuehua brought Tang San to the Clear Sky Sect village so he could acknowledge his ancestry and return to the clan.
• The Clear Sky Sect villagers recognized Tang San as Tang Hao's son and greeted him with hostility, blaming his father for the clan's troubles.

Tang Yuehua brought Tang San to the Clear Sky Sect, where its members resented his father Tang Hao for the sect’s decline. After Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul, the guards agreed to take them up to meet the sect master, though the elders might still reject him.

• Tang Yuehua defended Tang San by explaining that Tang Hao had died protecting him from Spirit Hall and that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power.
• The sect members reacted with anger and shock, then told Tang Yuehua to take Tang San to the sect master while warning that the elders might make trouble for him.
• Tang Yuehua explained that the elders blamed Tang Hao for the Clear Sky Sect’s losses, and Tang San resolved to work to earn their acceptance.
• At the mountain’s iron-chain entrance, guards refused to let Tang San pass because the sect was locked down after Yu Yuanzhen and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect sought refuge there.
• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul, and two Clear Sky Sect disciples agreed to escort him and Tang Yuehua up the mountain.

Tang Yuehua brought Tang San to the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Xiao welcomed him as Tang Hao’s son and promised to care for him. The Second and Third Elders opposed Tang San’s return over Tang Hao’s past, and Tang San offered to take responsibility for the harm his father had caused.

• Tang Xiao recognized Tang San as Tang Hao’s son and promised to search for a way to restore his severed arm.
• The Second and Third Elders arrived with Yu Yuanzhen and declared that Tang San could not return to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Xiao defended Tang San, but the elders blamed Tang Hao for the sect’s losses and the loss of its inherited Spirit Bones.
• Tang San stepped forward and promised the elders he would take responsibility for his father’s damage and find a way to make it right.

Tang San offered his Hidden Weapon designs to the Clear Sky Sect as a way to make amends for his father’s actions and help the sect grow stronger. After demonstrating the weapons and revealing his Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, he won over the Second Elder and Third Elder.

• The Second Elder and Third Elder questioned how Tang San could make amends, and he decided to offer the Hidden Weapon designs he had learned.
• Tang San demonstrated his Hidden Weapons, impressing those present, though the elders doubted the weapons could threaten Spirit Hall’s high-level Soul Masters.
• Tang San told the elders that some designs could threaten even a Titled Douluo if the Clear Sky Sect’s craftsmen made them.
• Yu Yuanzhen urged the elders to accept Tang San, and Tang Yuehua praised his talent and urged him to reveal his Martial Souls.
• Tang San displayed his Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer Martial Souls, and the elders were won over by his Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power.

Tang San joined the Clear Sky Sect and moved into Tang Xiao’s quarters, while Tai Yi reached level sixty-six and decided to travel alone to the Far North to investigate the stirring Donghuang Taiyi’s Origin and seek powerful Soul Beasts. He told Qian Daoliu, Qian Renxue, and Ning Rongrong that the God of Destruction had instructed him to go before beginning his God Trial, and Qian Daoliu agreed.

• The Second Elder accepted Tang San into the Clear Sky Sect, and the Third Elder asked him to compile his Hidden Weapons methods for the sect.
• The Second Elder arranged for Tang San to live near Tang Xiao so he could be protected from the resentment of other disciples, and Tang Xiao agreed to guide him.
• Tai Yi broke through to level sixty-six and sensed Donghuang Taiyi’s Origin stirring within him as his Soul Power passed level sixty.
• Tai Yi decided to travel to the Far North to seek the Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and possibly Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, hoping to reach level seventy sooner.
• Tai Yi told Qian Daoliu, Qian Renxue, and Ning Rongrong that the God of Destruction had sent him to the Far North, and Qian Daoliu agreed to let him go.

Tai Yi traveled toward the Far North after refusing Qian Renxue’s offer to accompany him, and learned that Xue Qinghe had carried out his orders against Dai Mubai and his companions. In Far North City, a local gang blocked Tai Yi’s path to rob him, leaving him ready to confront them.

• Tai Yi refused Qian Renxue’s request to join him, citing her Angel God Trial, and declined Qian Daoliu’s offer to send protection.
• In Heaven Dou City, Tai Yi heard that Xue Qinghe had purged Blue Tyrant Academy, killing Oscar and Ma Hongjun and crippling Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing before sending them back to the Star Luo Empire.
• Tai Yi continued to Far North City and bought a detailed map of the Far North.
• Leng Qianji and his men blocked Tai Yi on the street, and the bystanders identified Leng Qianji as a habitual robber.
• Tai Yi challenged Leng Qianji, confident that he could easily defeat him and his guards.

Tai Yi was confronted by Leng Qianji in Far North City, but Leng Qianqiu intervened and made him retreat. After Tai Yi secretly affected Leng Qianji and his followers with his Soul Power, Leng Qianqiu asked him to spare her cousin and explained why the Leng Clan called her a bastard.

• Leng Qianji ordered his men to attack Tai Yi, but Leng Qianqiu arrived and threatened to report him to their grandfather and uncle.
• Leng Qianji left after insulting Leng Qianqiu, and Tai Yi secretly sent his Soul Power into him and his followers.
• Leng Qianqiu stopped Tai Yi and asked him to spare Leng Qianji, so Tai Yi offered to explain how to solve their problem if she told him why she was called a bastard.
• Leng Qianqiu explained that she had awakened an ice-attributed snake Martial Soul instead of the Leng Clan's Frost Ice Flood Dragon, and that her parents had died shortly before her awakening.

Leng Qianqiu explained her unusual Martial Soul and family history to Tai Yi, who suspected her incomplete evolution resembled Yu Xiaogang’s condition. Tai Yi left for the Far North after telling her that Leng Qianji could survive for two months, but only she could ease his pain in the meantime.

• Leng Qianqiu told Tai Yi that Leng Feng had always accepted her as family and believed her blue hair and snake Martial Soul came from an incomplete evolution.
• Tai Yi compared Leng Qianqiu’s low Innate Soul Power and unusual Martial Soul to Yu Xiaogang’s, and considered recruiting her to help with his plans.
• Tai Yi revealed that his yang Soul Power was harming Leng Qianji and that he alone could remove it.
• Tai Yi told Leng Qianqiu to have her family prepare something satisfying before he returned from the Far North, promising only to consider saving Leng Qianji.
• Tai Yi said Leng Feng could keep Leng Qianji alive for two months, while Leng Qianqiu could suppress his pain at the cost of exhausting herself and potentially harming her Martial Soul.
• Tai Yi headed for the Far North, leaving Leng Qianqiu standing in a daze.

Leng Qianqiu returned to the Leng Mansion and told her family that Tai Yi would remove the Soul Power tormenting Leng Qianji after returning from the Far North. She eased Leng Qianji’s pain by giving him her own Soul Power, but exhausted herself and fainted.

• Leng Qianqiu hurried home and found Leng Qianji screaming in pain as Leng Feng and Leng Baizhan discussed how to save him.
• Leng Qianqiu told Leng Feng that Tai Yi would return in two months to remove the Soul Power and demanded that the Leng Clan prepare an apology gift.
• Leng Qianqiu began channeling her pure ice-attributed Soul Power into Leng Qianji to ease his pain, despite Leng Feng warning that it could damage her foundation.
• Leng Baizhan left to prepare tonics for Leng Qianqiu, while she continued transferring Soul Power until Leng Qianji’s pain disappeared.
• Leng Qianqiu exhausted her Soul Power and fainted.

Tai Yi reached the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion clan’s territory and called for the Ice Empress, promising to help her and the Snow Empress survive their coming hundred-thousand-year tribulations. The Ice Empress met him in human form and demanded that he reveal his method, threatening to kill him if he was deceiving her.

• Leng Qianqiu fainted after sacrificing her origin to help Leng Qianji, and Leng Feng carried her away while Leng Qianji realized what she had done.
• Tai Yi used his map to find the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion clan and traveled there while avoiding unnecessary fights.
• Tai Yi revealed his Three-Legged Golden Crow aura on high ground, causing the nearby Ice Jade Empress Scorpions to retreat and the older ones to surround him.
• Tai Yi called for the Ice Empress and said he had come to help her and the Snow Empress survive their upcoming tribulations.
• The Ice Empress arrived with two hundred-thousand-year Empress Scorpions, sent them away, transformed into a little girl, and demanded Tai Yi explain his method.

Tai Yi explained that his Divine Position inheritance could let the Ice Empress and Snow Empress become Divine Beasts after sacrificing themselves, avoiding future Tribulation Lightning. The Ice Empress brought him to the Snow Empress, who questioned him about the offer and its benefits.

• Tai Yi revealed his Divine Position marks and explained that he wanted the Ice Empress and Snow Empress to sacrifice themselves so they could be resurrected as Divine Beasts.
• The Ice Empress doubted Tai Yi but agreed to take him to the Snow Empress so they could decide together.
• The Ice Empress led Tai Yi to the Snow Empress's castle in the Far North, where the Snow Empress questioned why he had come.
• After hearing the Ice Empress's account, the Snow Empress asked Tai Yi whether he could truly resurrect them as Divine Beasts.
• Tai Yi confirmed that their resurrection would benefit him too, then gave the two Soul Beasts time to consider his proposal.

Snow Empress and Ice Empress agreed to sacrifice themselves to Tai Yi, while Tai Yi asked about making Snow Empress a seven-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast and sought Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. The chapter ended with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm hurrying toward them after Ice Empress lured him with an offer to accept him.

• Snow Empress agreed to sacrifice herself and explained that she had been searching for a way to survive her coming tribulation.
• Ice Empress agreed to sacrifice herself first so Snow Empress could avoid danger if anything went wrong.
• Tai Yi asked whether Snow Empress could use her ninety-thousand-year Snow Lotus to reach seven hundred thousand years without transforming, and Snow Empress confirmed she could.
• Tai Yi asked about Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Ice Empress offered to lure him out for Tai Yi.
• Ice Empress called to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and said she would accept him if he came within two hours.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm heard Ice Empress's call and set off toward her, trusting his spiritual power to protect him.

Tai Yi persuaded Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to sacrifice himself, promising to revive him as a Divine Beast in the God Realm alongside Ice Empress and Snow Empress. After revealing that he could use his two Martial Souls simultaneously, Tai Yi prepared to accept Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s sacrifice, which was about to begin.

• Snow Empress returned with a ninety-thousand-year Snow Lotus, and Ice Empress summoned Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to meet Tai Yi.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm probed Tai Yi with his spiritual power, suffered a painful backlash, and sensed a frightening pressure within Tai Yi.
• Tai Yi asked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to sacrifice himself and promised to revive him in the God Realm after becoming a god.
• Ice Empress explained why she and Snow Empress had agreed, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm accepted so he could stay with Ice Empress forever.
• Tai Yi revealed that he could use his Three-Legged Golden Crow Martial Soul and Donghuang Bell Martial Soul together, then prepared to receive Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s sacrifice.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm asked Tai Yi whether they would fuse the Spirit Ring or Spirit Bone first.

Tai Yi absorbed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Soul Ring, discovering that the Donghuang Bell preserved sacrificed Soul Beasts in a form that could fight with their memories and strength intact. With Ice Empress and Snow Empress eager to follow, Tai Yi proposed a plan to strengthen them before their sacrifices.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sacrificed himself, and Tai Yi absorbed his Soul Ring as Donghuang Taiyi's origin consumed most of its Soul Power.
• After three days, Tai Yi completed the absorption and reached level sixty-nine, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm remained physically summonable through the Donghuang Bell.
• Tai Yi explained that the Donghuang Bell could preserve sacrificed Soul Beasts and let them fight with their former strength, enhanced by the Martial Soul.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged Ice Empress to sacrifice herself, and Ice Empress and Snow Empress became eager to do so.
• Tai Yi asked Snow Empress to consume the Snow Lotus first and suggested that Ice Empress devour Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's body to raise her cultivation before sacrificing herself.

After Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sacrificed themselves, Tai Yi gained powerful new abilities when Donghuang Taiyi's Origin awakened. The God of Destruction and Goddess of Life then began their joint God Trial, tasking him with creating an original soul skill.

• Snow Empress refined a ninety-thousand-year Snow Lotus, reached seven hundred thousand years of cultivation, and sacrificed herself before Tribulation Lightning struck.
• Ice Empress finished refining Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's body, became a four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, and completed her sacrifice.
• Tai Yi stored the three Soul Bones and gained three scarlet Spirit Rings as his Soul Power reached rank seventy and Donghuang Taiyi's Origin awakened.
• Tai Yi gained the Great Sun Golden Crow Avatar, the Golden Crow Rainbow Transformation Technique, Ten Thousand Demons Submission, and Lord of the Celestial Stars, raising his Soul Power to rank seventy-five.
• The God of Destruction and Goddess of Life issued the first Joint Nine Trials of Destruction and Life: Tai Yi had to create his own soul skill, with no time limit.

After receiving a God Trial from the God of Destruction and Goddess of Life, Tai Yi learned he could forge divine artifacts from Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s Spirit Bones. As he left the Far North, Snow Empress’s adopted son Xiao Bai joined them as Tai Yi’s mount so she could accompany him to the God Realm.

• The God of Destruction and Goddess of Life confirmed that Tai Yi’s bloodline had awakened and that his strength would benefit them when he inherited their divine positions.
• Tai Yi told Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that he had reached Rank 70, begun a God Trial, and gained a way to forge divine artifacts from their Spirit Bones.
• Snow Empress gave Tai Yi the rare treasures from her castle, and he stored them in a Storage Ring before preparing to leave the Far North.
• Xiao Bai stopped Tai Yi and Snow Empress, pleaded to go with Snow Empress, and learned that Tai Yi would not accept her as a Spirit Ring.
• Tai Yi offered to take Xiao Bai to the God Realm as his mount, and Xiao Bai agreed so she could stay with Snow Empress.
• Tai Yi, Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm climbed onto Xiao Bai and set off for Far North City.

Tai Yi returned to Far North City and found Leng Qianqiu exhausting her Soul Power to relieve Leng Qianji’s pain. After accepting the Leng Clan’s apology and curing Leng Qianji, Tai Yi offered to help Leng Qianqiu evolve her Martial Soul if she came to work for him.

• Tai Yi and Xiao Bai entered Far North City in secret and found Leng Qianqiu helping Leng Qianji despite Leng Feng and Leng Qianji urging her to stop.
• Tai Yi revealed himself, and Leng Feng recognized Xiao Bai as the Ice Bear King and led the others out of the room.
• Leng Feng gave Tai Yi the Leng Clan’s apology gift, and Tai Yi accepted it and withdrew the pure Yang Soul Power from Leng Qianji.
• Tai Yi spared Leng Qianji for Leng Qianqiu’s sake and told Leng Feng he wanted Leng Qianqiu to come with him so he could help evolve her Martial Soul.
• Leng Feng confirmed that Tai Yi’s assessment of Leng Qianqiu’s Martial Soul was correct, leaving Leng Qianqiu surprised by the revelation.

Tai Yi offered to help Leng Qianqiu evolve her Martial Soul if she joined Spirit Hall, and Leng Feng agreed on behalf of the Leng Clan and Far North City. After consuming an Immortal Herb, Leng Qianqiu's Ice Snake evolved into the legendary Frost Saint Dragon, and she agreed to go with Tai Yi to Spirit Hall.

• Leng Qianji tried to stop Tai Yi from taking Leng Qianqiu, but Leng Feng demanded proof that Tai Yi could help her.
• Tai Yi explained that he served Spirit Hall's Worship Hall and said Leng Qianqiu's near-Ultimate Ice talent could be saved; Leng Feng offered to bring the Leng Clan and Far North City into Spirit Hall if Tai Yi succeeded.
• Tai Yi gave Leng Qianqiu an Immortal Herb, and Leng Feng approved her taking it.
• After half a day, Leng Qianqiu finished refining the herb, reached level thirty Soul Power, and awakened a Frost Saint Dragon Martial Soul with Ultimate Ice.
• Leng Feng celebrated the return of the Leng Clan's legendary Martial Soul, while Leng Qianji realized why their grandfather had devoted the clan's resources to Leng Qianqiu.
• Tai Yi asked Leng Qianqiu to return to Spirit Hall with him, and she agreed.

Leng Qianqiu agreed to join Spirit Hall with the Leng Clan, and Tai Yi promised to help her obtain a third Spirit Ring. He also agreed to protect Far North City from powerful Soul Beasts, provided its people did not engage in large-scale slaughter.

• Leng Feng agreed to send Leng Qianqiu to Spirit City and offered to bring the Leng Clan into Spirit Hall, asking that she obtain her third Spirit Ring before leaving Far North City.
• Tai Yi accepted the Leng Clan and granted it control of the Far North City Spirit Hall Branch, then sent Xiao Bai to find a two-thousand-year Ultimate Ice Soul Beast for Leng Qianqiu's Spirit Ring.
• Tai Yi told Leng Qianqiu that five people in Spirit Hall had absorbed Immortal Herbs and resolved to give herbs to the Worship Hall elders to prepare them for future godhood.
• Leng Feng asked Tai Yi to keep Far North Soul Beasts from invading Far North City, and Ice Empress and Snow Empress proposed that Xiao Bai enlist the Far North's powerful Soul Beasts to restrain those over ten thousand years old.
• Tai Yi agreed to ask the Far North's lords to keep powerful Soul Beasts away, on the condition that Far North City avoid large-scale slaughter and drive off weaker Soul Beasts whenever possible.

Leng Qianqiu absorbed a two-thousand-five-hundred-year-old ice bear's Spirit Ring and prepared to leave Far North City with Tai Yi for Spirit City. Xiao Bai carried them south, while Tai Yi introduced Leng Qianqiu to his powerful Demon Marshals and gave them permission to explore the city.

• Xiao Bai brought an injured ice bear, and Leng Qianqiu killed it before safely absorbing its Spirit Ring.
• Tai Yi instructed Xiao Bai to tell the Far North's Soul Beasts and Far North City to avoid killing each other except when necessary, and Xiao Bai flew back to deliver the message.
• Leng Qianqiu completed the absorption, gained a powerful soul skill, and reached level thirty-five; she said farewell to Leng Feng and Leng Qianji.
• Xiao Bai returned, and Tai Yi, Leng Qianqiu, and his Demon Marshals set out for Spirit City on Xiao Bai's back.
• Tai Yi introduced the Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to Leng Qianqiu and told them they could explore Spirit City without casually killing Spirit Hall members.

Tai Yi returned to Spirit City with Snow Empress, Ice Empress, Tian Meng, Leng Qianqiu, and Xiao Bai, drawing Qian Renxue’s jealousy when she saw the women accompanying him. After Tai Yi explained their roles and introduced Leng Qianqiu, Qian Daoliu confronted Xiao Bai outside the Worship Hall, and Tai Yi began explaining why the hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast served as his mount.

• Tai Yi and his companions entered Spirit City, where Snow Empress, Ice Empress, Tian Meng, and Leng Qianqiu explored the streets before reaching the Worship Hall.
• Qian Renxue saw Tai Yi return with Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Leng Qianqiu, and she glared at them jealously.
• Tai Yi showed Qian Renxue how Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Tian Meng could enter and leave his sea of consciousness, then explained that Leng Qianqiu and her family had joined Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu spotted Xiao Bai outside the Worship Hall and prepared to attack, recognizing him as a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.
• Tai Yi stopped Qian Daoliu and said Xiao Bai was his mount, then led Qian Daoliu inside to explain.