Recaps

Dai Mobai recognized that Star Luo Empire’s intelligence network lagged behind its military strength and considered recruiting the Speed Clan to build one. He asked Yang Wudi to negotiate with the clan, but Yang Wudi could only promise he would get a chance to speak with its patriarch, Bai He.

• Dai Mobai reviewed government affairs and concluded that Star Luo Empire needed better intelligence gathering and transmission.
• Dai Mobai recalled the Speed Clan’s speed and experience serving as the Clear Sky Sect’s intelligence division.
• Dai Mobai summoned Yang Wudi and asked about his relationship with the Speed Clan.
• Yang Wudi explained that his Breaking Clan had close ties with the Speed Clan and that he could meet its patriarch, Bai He.
• Dai Mobai asked Yang Wudi to negotiate for the Speed Clan’s allegiance, and Yang Wudi said he could not guarantee the outcome.

Dai Mobai told Yang Wudi that he could give the Speed Clan powerful offensive abilities without sacrificing its speed, and Yang Wudi set out to persuade Bai He to join Star Luo Empire. Less than three days later, Yang Wudi arrived at the Speed Clan’s residence and was greeted by its guards.

• Yang Wudi warned Dai Mobai that Bai He would need a worthwhile future for the Speed Clan, not merely an appeal to friendship.
• Dai Mobai promised a way to strengthen the Speed Clan’s attacks without reducing its speed, convincing Yang Wudi he could persuade Bai He.
• Yang Wudi left to visit Bai He, while Dai Mobai considered how bringing the Speed Clan and Star Crown Sect into play could help Star Luo Empire.
• Yang Wudi reached the Speed Clan’s remote residence in less than three days, and the guards greeted him with respect.

Yang Wudi visited Bai He and learned that the struggling Speed Clan had sold its training equipment to afford food. He told Bai He that he had come to find the clan a way out.

• Yang Wudi arrived at the Speed Clan compound and asked to see Bai He.
• Yang Wudi and Bai He greeted each other warmly and joked about Bai He's Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.
• Bai He served Yang Wudi tea, and Yang Wudi noticed that the clan's training grounds lacked equipment.
• Bai He explained that the Speed Clan had sold equipment because its dwindling reconnaissance work left it short of money for food.
• Yang Wudi saw through Bai He's attempt to hide his distress and said he had come to find the Speed Clan a way out.

Yang Wudi told Bai He that His Highness could give the Speed Clan powerful offensive strength without costing them their speed. Bai He reacted with disbelief and excitement, leaving Yang Wudi to urge him to calm down.

• Bai He told Yang Wudi that he could not risk his clansmen's lives on an unreliable promise.
• Yang Wudi explained that he had brought a message, not a promise, from someone with a way to strengthen the Speed Clan's offense.
• Bai He interrupted, assuming the plan involved sacrificing speed to absorb offensive-type Soul Rings and pointing out that it had failed before.
• Yang Wudi clarified that His Highness could give the Speed Clan powerful offensive strength without sacrificing speed.
• Bai He demanded that Yang Wudi repeat the message, then stood in shock and excitement as Yang Wudi repeated it.
• Yang Wudi told Bai He to sit down and calm himself.

Yang Wudi persuaded Bai He to trust Dai Mobai by showing him the Aromatic Silk Beauty, which Dai Mobai had given him freely. Bai He agreed to meet Dai Mobai and pledged to bring the Speed Clan after settling its affairs in three days.

• Yang Wudi told Bai He that Dai Mobai had invited him and the Speed Clan to join him, promising rewards no sect could surpass.
• Yang Wudi showed Bai He the Aromatic Silk Beauty and explained that Dai Mobai had given him the Immortal Herb without hesitation.
• Bai He asked whether Yang Wudi trusted Dai Mobai because he kept his word, and Yang Wudi confirmed that he did.
• Bai He agreed to meet Dai Mobai and pledged his life to him if he fulfilled his promise to the Speed Clan.
• Bai He said he would settle the clan's affairs in three days and then leave with Yang Wudi.

Bai He agreed to take the Speed Clan to Star Luo City with Yang Wudi and seek hope from Dai Mobai. As they arrived at the capital, Bai He resolved to give his granddaughter and clan a better life.

• Bai He and Yang Wudi shared wine and memories, and Bai He decided to risk trusting Dai Mobai’s promise.
• Three days later, Bai He led more than two hundred Speed Clan Soul Masters toward Star Luo City with Yang Wudi.
• Bai Chenxiang eagerly questioned Yang Wudi about Dai Mobai and the capital during the journey.
• Yang Wudi and Bai He led the Speed Clan to Star Luo City’s gates, where Bai He silently vowed to improve his clan’s life.

Yang Wudi brought Bai He and the Speed Clan to the prosperous Breaking Clan compound in Star Luo City, where Bai He saw how well the clan had been provided for. Convinced that following His Highness could secure a better life for his people, Bai He prepared to meet him without delay.

• Yang Wudi reassured Bai Chenxiang and led Bai He and the Speed Clan into Star Luo City.
• Yang Wudi showed Bai He the Breaking Clan’s impressive compound and training grounds.
• Bai He compared the well-equipped compound with the Speed Clan’s hardships and asked whether His Highness had provided it.
• Yang Wudi confirmed that His Highness had provided the compound and promised the Speed Clan would receive the same support.
• Bai He ordered his clansmen to settle in and then urged Yang Wudi to take him to meet His Highness.

Yang Wudi brought Bai He and Bai Chenxiang into the Star Luo Imperial Palace to meet Dai Mobai. Bai He bowed to the Crown Prince, while Bai Chenxiang remained captivated by the palace and its pavilion.

• Bai He warned Bai Chenxiang to behave carefully in the palace, but she impatiently agreed while eagerly looking around.
• Yang Wudi reassured Bai He that Dai Mobai was approachable and led him and Bai Chenxiang through the palace.
• Bai Chenxiang admired the lake, waterfall, and pavilion where Dai Mobai sat relaxing with a young woman fanning him.
• Yang Wudi introduced Bai He and Bai Chenxiang to Dai Mobai, and Bai He bowed to the Crown Prince.

Bai Chenxiang and Bai He met Dai Mobai, who promised to solve the Speed Clan’s generations-old problem and asked Bai He to test a bamboo leaf against a stone table. Bai He launched his fastest attack, and the leaf began slicing into the table.

• Bai Chenxiang became captivated by Dai Mobai’s appearance and blurted out that he was handsome, prompting Bai He to pull her back and apologize.
• Dai Mobai reassured Bai He, who pledged that the Speed Clan would serve as his sharpest ears if he solved their longstanding problem.
• Dai Mobai handed Bai He a bamboo leaf and told him to wrap it in Soul Power and slice through the stone table at full speed.
• Bai He activated his Sharp-tailed Swift Martial Soul and three Soul Skills, filling the pavilion with afterimages as he charged the table.
• Bai He’s Soul Power-coated bamboo leaf struck the stone table with a soft slicing sound.

Dai Mobai demonstrated how extreme speed could let a bamboo leaf cut stone, revealing a new path for the Speed Clan. Bai He knelt and asked Dai Mobai to teach him, then received a set of blade techniques.

• Bai He found the stone table apparently unharmed after his slash, but Dai Mobai tapped it and revealed it had been cut cleanly in two.
• Bai He realized the bamboo leaf had cut through the stone without damage and asked Dai Mobai how such a feat was possible.
• Dai Mobai explained how speed could turn fragile objects into cutting weapons and urged the Speed Clan to use blades with their speed.
• Bai He knelt before Dai Mobai and begged him to teach him.
• Dai Mobai had Li Yue give Bai He a booklet of blade techniques.

Bai He swore the Speed Clan’s loyalty to Dai Mobai after receiving the Eight-Slash Blade manual, then discovered Bai Chenxiang was missing. He found that she had returned to Dai Mobai and declared that she wanted to follow him.

• Bai He studied the Eight-Slash Blade manual and swore that the Speed Clan would serve Dai Mobai.
• Bai He and Yang Wudi left the East Palace, praising Dai Mobai as Bai He clutched the manual.
• Bai He realized Bai Chenxiang was missing and hurried back toward the East Palace with Yang Wudi.
• Bai Chenxiang waited beneath a plum tree in the courtyard and told Dai Mobai that she wanted to follow him.

Bai Chenxiang asked Dai Mobai for a chance to prove she was more than a pretty face, and he agreed to let her attempt a test. After she left, she told Bai He and Yang Wudi that she hoped to earn a place by Dai Mobai’s side.

• Dai Mobai judged Bai Chenxiang’s ambition and agreed to give her a chance, assigning Li Yue to take her along while investigating the Star Crown Sect.
• Dai Mobai told Bai Chenxiang she would have to pass a test before she could stay by his side, and said Li Yue would find her that night.
• Bai He and Yang Wudi found Bai Chenxiang in the corridor, and Bai He scolded her for wandering through the imperial palace.
• Bai Chenxiang explained that she had asked Dai Mobai to let her stay by his side, and Yang Wudi encouraged her to work hard and pass the test.

Li Yue recruited Bai Chenxiang to help investigate the Star Crown Sect's purpose for visiting and took her to the Star Luo Guesthouse. They watched a lit room where two figures were talking, but had not yet uncovered the sect's intentions.

• Yang Wudi told Bai Chenxiang that Li Yue was His Highness's woman and encouraged her to pass the test to stay by his side.
• Li Yue visited Bai Chenxiang and tasked her with discovering why the Star Crown Sect had come to meet His Highness.
• Li Yue and Bai Chenxiang flew to the Star Luo Guesthouse, where Li Yue revealed her Illusory Dream Phoenix martial soul had suppressed Bai Chenxiang's martial soul.
• Bai He worried about his granddaughter's mission, while Yang Wudi reassured him that she would give it her best.
• Li Yue and Bai Chenxiang landed on a roof above the Star Crown Sect's quarters and spotted two figures in a brightly lit room.

Li Yue guided Bai Chenxiang on a covert mission to gather information about Star Crown Sect Master Xu Lan and his heir, Xu Xing Tong. Bai Chenxiang approached their room to make them open the door, but Xu Lan sensed someone outside and shouted a challenge.

• Li Yue told Bai Chenxiang that the figures in the lit room were Xu Lan and his only daughter, Xu Xing Tong.
• Li Yue led Bai Chenxiang through gaps in the patrols to a tree seventy or eighty feet from the room, explaining that Xu Lan was a level eighty-five Soul Douluo.
• Bai Chenxiang realized their distance made it difficult to gather information, and Li Yue praised her judgment.
• Li Yue instructed Bai Chenxiang to make the room's occupants open the door without revealing her identity, then return after half an hour to make them open it again.
• Bai Chenxiang moved silently toward the room, but Xu Lan stood and shouted, "Who goes there?!"

Li Yue secretly overheard Xu Lan and Xu Xing Tong discuss the Star Crown Sect’s prophecy and its plans in the Star Luo Empire. She learned that the Star Crown must “enter the White Tiger” if the sect’s legacy is to endure.

• Bai Chenxiang fled when Xu Lan opened the door, and Xu Lan mistook her for a spy sent by a prince.
• Li Yue remained concealed in Xu Lan’s room with her evolved mimicry soul skill as Xu Lan and Xu Xing Tong spoke.
• Xu Xing Tong said she did not resent being brought to the Star Luo Empire, since she was acting for the Star Crown Sect’s future.
• Xu Lan explained that the Star Crown Martial Soul’s power was fading and revealed the ancestor’s prophecy: the Star Crown must enter the White Tiger to endure.

Li Yue overheard Xu Lan and Xu Xing Tong explain that a prophecy and the Star Crown Sect’s declining bloodline had tied their future to the Dai Imperial House. Xu Xing Tong wondered what kind of person Dai Mobai was as the group prepared to meet him the next day.

• Li Yue pieced together that the Star Crown Sect’s visit to the Star Luo Empire concerned the sect’s survival and an ancestral prophecy.
• Xu Lan described the Star Crown Martial Soul’s decline and said the celestial signs convinced him the prophecy about Star Luo was likely true.
• Xu Lan said he would test whether Dai Mobai could find the prophesied Immortal Herb, but refused to let Xing Tong become a bargaining chip.
• Xu Xing Tong accepted the possibility of a match with Dai Mobai and said she was curious about him.
• A brief Soul Power fluctuation appeared outside the room, and Xu Lan ended the discussion before Xu Xing Tong went to bed and wondered what Dai Mobai was like.

Li Yue reported what she had learned about Xu Lan and Xu Xing Tong to Dai Mobai, who asked her to write it all down before distracting her. The report remained unfinished as the night continued, while Bai Chenxiang celebrated passing Li Yue’s test and prepared to train as a shadow guard.

• Li Yue told Bai Chenxiang that she had passed the test and should report to the East Palace the next morning to learn a shadow guard’s duties.
• Bai Chenxiang returned to her courtyard and told Bai He and Yang Wudi that she had passed.
• Li Yue returned to the East Palace and relayed all the details she had gathered about Xu Lan and Xu Xing Tong to Dai Mobai.
• Dai Mobai asked Li Yue to write down every word of her report, then interrupted her as she worked.
• Li Yue’s writing grew crooked, and she eventually dropped her brush while Dai Mobai left the intelligence report unfinished for later.

Li Yue recorded Xu Lan and Xu Xing Tong’s private conversation, and Dai Mobai used the account to make them speak plainly. Xu Lan revealed that the Star Crown Sect had come to seek the aid of a heroic ruler because of an ancestral prophecy.

• Li Yue finished writing down everything she had heard and collapsed from exhaustion, so Dai Mobai carried her to bed.
• The next morning, Li Yue stayed behind to prepare to train Bai Chenxiang while Dai Mobai received Xu Lan and Xu Xing Tong in the Imperial Study.
• Dai Mobai showed Xu Lan a detailed account of the private conversation he and Xu Xing Tong had held the previous day, revealing that someone had secretly recorded it.
• Xu Lan realized Dai Mobai’s people had lured him away from the room to enter and leave unnoticed, while Xu Xing Tong calmly asked him to state their purpose.
• Xu Lan explained that an ancestral prophecy foretold the Star Crown Sect’s decline and said its restoration depended on seeking help from a heroic ruler of the Star Luo Empire.

Dai Mobai revealed that he had found the Immortal Herb Aromatic Silk Beauty, which the Star Crown Sect had sought for ten thousand years. After it resonated with Xu Lan and Xu Xing Tong's Star Crown Martial Souls, Dai Mobai asked what the sect would offer in exchange for it.

• Xu Lan explained that the Star Crown Sect's prophecy named the future Heroic Lord of Star Luo as the one who could save the sect, and Xu Xing Tong clarified that the title referred to someone in the future, not the current ruler.
• Dai Mobai asked what the Immortal Herb looked like, and Xu Lan admitted the sect had lost its portrait but would recognize it through its resonance with their Martial Souls.
• Xu Xing Tong named the herb Aromatic Silk Beauty, prompting Dai Mobai to reveal an ice-blue jade box containing it.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty's fragrance caused Xu Lan and Xu Xing Tong's Star Crown Martial Souls to emerge and resonate with the herb's golden radiance.
• Dai Mobai put the herb away and asked Xu Lan to offer terms worthy of its value.

Dai Mobai demanded that the Star Crown Sect submit to the Star Luo Empire in exchange for the Aromatic Silk Beauty, rejecting Xu Lan’s offer of an alliance and his daughter’s marriage. Xu Lan refused to accept the demand immediately and tried to bargain by claiming the herb was useless to anyone else, but Dai Mobai laughed at his bluff.

• Xu Lan suppressed his impatience as Dai Mobai put away the Aromatic Silk Beauty and recalled the prince’s precise intelligence and dangerous methods.
• Xu Lan offered his daughter’s marriage and a marriage alliance between the Star Crown Sect and Star Luo, but Dai Mobai demanded that the sect enter court as subjects.
• Xu Lan argued that his eighteen-year-old daughter was a Five-Ring Soul King destined to become a Titled Douluo, but Dai Mobai said he preferred an established Soul Douluo and wanted subjects, not allies.
• Unable to accept the loss of his sect’s independence, Xu Lan said he needed time to consider and prepared to leave with his daughter.
• Dai Mobai warned that other people coveted the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Xu Lan claimed the herb was useful only to his sect.
• Dai Mobai laughed at Xu Lan’s claim, leaving Xu Lan alarmed but outwardly composed.

Dai Mobai exposed Xu Lan’s attempt to withhold the value of Aromatic Silk Beauty and gave the Star Crown Sect one day to decide whether to cooperate. He warned that he could tell Ning Fengzhi the herb might evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, leaving Xu Lan to depart defeated and Xu Xing Tong to glance back at him.

• Dai Mobai recited Aromatic Silk Beauty’s abilities and accused Xu Lan of treating him like a child.
• Xu Xing Tong knelt and offered to accept punishment in her father’s place, then obeyed Dai Mobai’s order to remove her veil.
• Dai Mobai said he had given up on the Star Crown Sect but would give them one day to consider.
• Dai Mobai warned that Aromatic Silk Beauty could evolve the Star Crown into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and that he could tell Ning Fengzhi.
• Xu Lan left the Imperial Study with Xu Xing Tong, visibly defeated, and Xu Xing Tong glanced back at Dai Mobai as she departed.

Xu Lan agreed to bring the Star Crown Sect under Star Luo’s rule, and Dai Mobai rewarded him with the Aromatic Silk Beauty and an official post. That night, Xu Xing Tong invited Dai Mobai to her room and told him plainly that she wanted them to go to bed.

• Xu Lan returned to the Imperial Study with Xu Xing Tong and agreed to make the Star Crown Sect serve Dai Mobai and Star Luo.
• Dai Mobai gave Xu Lan the Aromatic Silk Beauty and appointed him Chief Astronomer of the Directorate of Astronomy.
• Xu Xing Tong secretly invited Dai Mobai to her room that night.
• Dai Mobai visited Xu Xing Tong, who welcomed him without her veil and served him tea.
• Xu Xing Tong looked Dai Mobai in the eyes and told him, “Your Highness, let’s go to bed.”

Xu Xing Tong offered Dai Mobai the Moonlight Essence drawn out by consuming the Aromatic Silk Beauty, explaining that she wanted to put her future husband first. She began eating the flower, and the chapter ended as her Star Crown Martial Soul appeared and a pillar of moonlight descended onto her.

• Xu Xing Tong told Dai Mobai that the Aromatic Silk Beauty could draw Moonlight Essence for others to absorb and said she wanted him to receive it because he was her future husband.
• Dai Mobai accepted her offer and followed her to the bed, where Xu Xing Tong removed his boots before taking off her own shoes.
• Xu Xing Tong explained that Dai Mobai needed only to focus on absorbing the Moonlight Essence while she consumed the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Xu Xing Tong opened the jade box, revealing the golden flower, then ate its petals and stamen.
• Xu Xing Tong's Star Crown Mark lit up and her Star Crown appeared as a pillar of silvery-white moonlight descended onto her.

Dai Mobai and Xu Xing Tong absorbed Moonlight Essence together, which strengthened their bodies and Soul Power while causing their clothes to freeze and break apart. The cultivation continued with both of them exposed, and Dai Mobai returned his attention to absorbing the energy as Xu Xing Tong calmed herself.

• Xu Xing Tong channeled Moonlight Essence through her Star Crown, and Dai Mobai felt it cleanse his meridians and strengthen his Soul Power.
• Dai Mobai’s Holy Light White Tiger martial soul possessed him, turning his hair silvery white as his body and martial soul began to change.
• Icy power spread over Dai Mobai’s robe and Xu Xing Tong’s cheongsam, shattering both garments while they cultivated.
• Dai Mobai noticed Xu Xing Tong’s blush and unsteady breathing, then closed his eyes to keep absorbing Moonlight Essence.
• Xu Xing Tong calmed after Dai Mobai stopped looking at her, and the two continued cultivating together beneath the moonlight.

Xu Xing Tong’s Star Crown transformed into a Moon Crown as Dai Mobai’s Holy Light White Tiger absorbed Moonlight Essence and manifested over Star Luo City. After the spectacle faded, Dai Mobai and Xu Xing Tong awoke with changed powers, and Dai Mobai teased her about being seen.

• Xu Xing Tong’s Star Crown turned silver-white, with its central star replaced by a crescent moon.
• Dai Mobai’s Soul Power mingled with Moonlight Essence, and his Holy Light White Tiger grew into a hundred-meter phantom above the East Palace.
• The tiger’s roar shook Star Luo City, while Yang Wudi and Bai He recognized Dai Mobai’s martial soul and noticed the crescent on its forehead.
• Dai Mobai awoke with Moonlight Essence lingering in his body and felt his Soul Power nearing a bottleneck.
• Xu Xing Tong awoke with silver light in her eyes as her Moon Crown dissolved into her Star Crown Mark, and Dai Mobai teased her about being seen.