Recaps

After realizing that ordinary people were excluded from cultivation, Zhang Qingxuan began creating a method to let them generate Soul Power, but Snow Empress warned that spreading it would devastate Soul Beasts. He abandoned the idea and considered alternatives, leaving the chapter determined to find a way to cultivate without hunting Soul Beasts.

• After a month of purges, Zhang Qingxuan observed Yun Lingyue's growth and reflected on how few people could awaken Soul Power.
• Zhang Qingxuan began using his knowledge and the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram to deduce a cultivation method for ordinary people.
• Snow Empress warned Zhang Qingxuan that mass cultivation would lead to widespread Soul Beast hunting and threaten both Soul Beasts and human Soul Master civilization.
• Zhang Qingxuan rejected the idea of relying on a Spirit Pagoda, believing human greed would turn it into another means of exploiting Soul Beasts.
• Zhang Qingxuan considered equal contracts that would let Soul Beasts willingly become Soul Spirits, or creating a new path to obtain Soul Rings without hunting them.

Zhang Qingxuan left the surviving Fallen Soul Masters sealed inside the City of Slaughter to avoid drawing the gods’ attention and preserve them as useful pawns. Meanwhile, Victini forced Yun Qingyang to resume training despite his despair over being unable to advance without a martial soul.

• Zhang Qingxuan stopped outside the City of Slaughter after sensing the Rakshasa God and Asura God inheritance sites, then chose not to enter because he wanted to avoid attracting the God Realm’s attention.
• Ice Empress urged Zhang Qingxuan to wipe out the Fallen Soul Masters, but he explained that driving them into desperation could backfire and that they still had uses as hidden weapons and scapegoats.
• Snow Empress understood Zhang Qingxuan’s plan, while Ice Empress defended their intelligence after he appeared surprised that Snow Empress had seen through it.
• Yun Qingyang finished cultivating the Innate Skill and celebrated its benefits before lamenting that his lack of a martial soul kept his Soul Power capped at the Soul Grandmaster realm.
• Victini struck Yun Qingyang with an orange and ordered him to train, so he obediently resumed cultivation under the Victory Sprite’s watch.

Zhang Qingxuan established Dragon Tiger Mountain as a cultivation sanctuary and founded the Celestial Master Mansion, leaving Spirit Hall to form his own faction. Reports of his move prompted mixed reactions from leaders across the continent.

• Zhang Qingxuan used a Spirit-Gathering Formation to transform a mountain into a blessed grotto-heaven, which he named Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Zhang Qingxuan founded the Celestial Master Mansion, and news of his new faction spread across the continent.
• Qian Xunji read reports of Zhang Qingxuan's actions and accepted that he had left Spirit Hall.
• Tang Chen welcomed Zhang Qingxuan's departure from Spirit Hall, while Tang Li warned that the Li Family remained within Spirit Hall.
• Ning Tianguang felt relieved that Zhang Qingxuan and Qian Daoliu had separated, while Chen Jianjun resolved to challenge Zhang Qingxuan.
• Yu Jingtian took comfort in Zhang Qingxuan founding his own faction and hoped to keep the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect intact until his son could lead it.

Zhang Qingxuan visited the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, gave the White Dragon a map to a great opportunity, and promised the two immortal herbs future fortunes. At the Lake of Life, Bi Ji could not remove the power in Di Tian’s wounds, and a majestic voice called his name.

• Zhang Qingxuan caught the White Dragon sleeping and explained that his appearance was a manifestation of his Yang Spirit.
• Zhang Qingxuan sent a mysterious map into the White Dragon and told it to follow the map to a great opportunity.
• Zhang Qingxuan reassured the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot that he would remember them if suitable fortunes arose.
• Bi Ji healed Di Tian’s superficial wounds but could not dispel the higher-level power lingering in them.
• Di Tian feared his injuries and the Tribulation Lightning Aura would make his next Heavenly Tribulation fatal.
• A majestic voice resounded through the Star Dou Great Forest and called out to Di Tian.

Di Tian reported his defeat by Zhang Qingxuan to the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena, who healed him and questioned how a mortal could wield such power. At Dragon Tiger Mountain, Zhang Qingxuan enfeoffed the Five-Clawed White Dragon and Ice Soul White Tiger as guardian sacred beasts, and the Heavenly Dao answered his rite.

• Di Tian brought the Ferocious Beasts before Gu Yuena and described his battle with Zhang Qingxuan, including the human's extraordinary abilities.
• Gu Yuena asked whether Zhang Qingxuan carried a Deity's aura, and Di Tian insisted that he did not.
• Gu Yuena discovered her protective scale on Di Tian, removed the lingering powers from his body, and sent the Ferocious Beasts away.
• Several days later, Zhang Qingxuan performed an enfeoffment rite at Dragon Tiger Mountain, naming the Five-Clawed White Dragon and Ice Soul White Tiger its Guardian Sacred Beasts.
• The Heavenly Dao sent golden light into both beasts, granting them divine ranks, protection from Heavenly Tribulation, and faster cultivation.

After the Five-Clawed White Dragon and Ice Soul White Tiger received a heavenly bestowal and transformed, Zhang Qingxuan named them Long Shuyu and Hu Xiaobing. That night, an ancient voice pulled Zhang Qingxuan into a consciousness space and welcomed him as a guest from another world.

• The Five-Clawed White Dragon and Ice Soul White Tiger underwent dramatic transformations as the continent's powers and the beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest sensed the bestowal.
• Zhang Qingxuan named the transformed dragon Long Shuyu and the tiger Hu Xiaobing, who gained reforged bones, freedom from tribulation shackles, earth-vein power, and ancestral bloodlines.
• Zhang Qingxuan wondered whether the will that had helped him had fallen asleep again, then asked Snow Empress to arrange a celebration at the Celestial Master Mansion.
• Zhang Qingxuan cultivated the Sutra of Innate Qi and Mortal Shedding, and his hair returned to its natural silver-white color.
• An ancient voice addressed Zhang Qingxuan as a friend from another world and pulled his consciousness into a boundless white space, where it welcomed him.

Zhang Qingxuan met the Heavenly Dao of Douluo Planet, which asked him to refine the violent cosmic energy streams so it could awaken completely. He agreed in exchange for access to its laws and a Heaven-Seeking Disk, then returned to his body with his cultivation bottleneck slightly loosened.

• The Heavenly Dao revealed that Zhang Qingxuan's arrival had awakened it and that it needed his help to fully awaken.
• The Heavenly Dao asked Zhang Qingxuan to refine the violent energy streams outside Douluo Planet, and he considered using a grand formation that required rare treasures.
• The Heavenly Dao offered him access to its laws and promised guidance in supreme cosmic laws if he helped it awaken.
• Zhang Qingxuan agreed on the condition that he receive a treasure to locate Innate Spiritual Objects, and the Heavenly Dao gave him the Heaven-Seeking Disk.
• After returning to his body, Zhang Qingxuan found that comprehending Heavenly Dao laws had loosened his cultivation bottleneck by about half a step.

After three years of cultivation, Zhang Qingxuan gave Yun Qingyang the Zhang surname and the Golden Light Incantation, hinting that he would become Dragon Tiger Mountain’s next-generation Celestial Master. Yun Qingyang realized the role would bring a difficult burden, especially because his water-and-metal Soul Power made mastering the Thunder Method unlikely.

• Zhang Qingxuan asked Yun Qingyang to take the surname Zhang, and Yun Lingyue forced her brother to kowtow in thanks.
• Zhang Qingxuan bestowed the Golden Light Incantation on Yun Qingyang, who eagerly accepted the cultivation manual.
• After leaving the instruction hall, Yun Lingyue told Yun Qingyang that the surname ceremony suggested Zhang Qingxuan was preparing him to become the next-generation Celestial Master.
• Yun Lingyue explained that she and Lu Xueqi were unsuitable to succeed Zhang Qingxuan, leaving Yun Qingyang as the only candidate.
• Yun Qingyang learned that his water-and-metal Soul Power made mastering the Thunder Method extremely difficult, but he continued to hold tightly to the Golden Light Incantation.

Yun Lingyue suspected Zhang Qingyang had secretly entered the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, while Zhang Qingxuan discussed his plans for Qingyang and tried to persuade Lu Xueqi to ease up on her relentless cultivation. The chapter ended with Xueqi declaring she aimed to match Zhang Qingxuan’s youthful cultivation achievements, leaving him unable to dissuade her.

• Yun Lingyue questioned Zhang Qingyang about secretly entering the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, but he denied it and hurried away.
• Yun Lingyue decided to return and refine the immortal pill her Master had given her.
• Lu Xueqi explained that Zhang Qingxuan had healed Zhang Qingyang with an immortal pill and planned to use the tournament to build his reputation before he inherited the position of Heavenly Master.
• Zhang Qingxuan urged Lu Xueqi to rest more, but she insisted that she needed to make the most of her prime cultivation years.
• Lu Xueqi said she hoped to reach the Soul Douluo realm before eighteen, like Zhang Qingxuan had, and he silently worried that she was pushing herself too hard.

Zhang Qingxuan opened Dragon Tiger Mountain’s gates to children under ten, requiring them to climb to the Celestial Master Mansion without help. The severe trials tested their strength and character, and only a few candidates remained as the selection continued.

• News spread that Zhang Qingxuan would accept children under ten who could reach the Celestial Master Mansion on their own, drawing candidates from across the continent.
• Yun Lingyue began the ascent and stopped powerful escorts from helping the children, ordering those under ten to climb alone.
• A hidden restriction automatically eliminated children judged too weak, while the remaining candidates entered mist that tested their courage, perseverance, and character.
• Zhang Qingyang questioned whether the trials were too harsh, but Lu Xueqi argued that they were needed to prevent people of vile character from gaining power.
• Zhang Qingxuan said the children’s success depended on their own fate and steadfast Dao hearts as only a few continued toward the summit.

Xu Lanxing, Ye Qinghuan, Li Qingfeng, and Bai Ziyao reached the Celestial Master Mansion and faced Zhang Qingyang in a trial, where he defeated them without using his Martial Soul. After the four youths recovered, Zhang Qingyang led them toward the library, while Li Qingfeng noticed a strange shadow that looked like a diagram.

• Xu Lanxing, Ye Qinghuan, Li Qingfeng, and Bai Ziyao passed the mountain trials and entered the Celestial Master Mansion.
• Zhang Qingxuan ordered Zhang Qingyang to test the four newcomers, and Zhang Qingyang challenged them to attack together.
• Xu Lanxing and Ye Qinghuan tried to concede because they believed Zhang Qingyang's Martial Soul had been damaged, but he insisted they fight.
• The four youths combined their Martial Souls and attacked Zhang Qingyang, who quickly defeated them with an ordinary wooden spear and no Martial Soul.
• A pillar of white light restored the four youths, and Zhang Qingyang offered to take them to meet his Master and visit the library.
• Li Qingfeng noticed a shadow on the ground that seemed to resemble a diagram as the group prepared to leave.

Zhang Qingxuan accepted Xu Lanxing, Ye Qinghuan, Li Qingfeng, and Bai Ziyao as registered disciples, assigning them cultivation arts or foundational study suited to their abilities. Yun Lingyue announced the end of the selection, and the Xu and Ye families concluded that their young ladies had been chosen.

• Xu Lanxing and Ye Qinghuan greeted Zhang Qingxuan as former students of his lectures in Spirit City.
• Zhang Qingxuan gave Xu Lanxing the Stellar Art for her mutated Star Sword martial soul and Ye Qinghuan the dangerous Threefold Reverse Life art, whose risks Ye Qinghuan's Nine Star Begonia could counter.
• Zhang Qingxuan assigned Zhang Qingyang to teach Li Qingfeng and Bai Ziyao acupoints and Soul Power circulation before he chose cultivation arts for them.
• Zhang Qingxuan declared all four registered disciples, and they knelt to thank him.
• Yun Lingyue announced that disciple selection had concluded and dismissed the waiting crowd.
• The Xu and Ye families celebrated, believing their young ladies had been selected as Celestial Master's disciples.

Zhang Qingyang recovered his martial soul, joined the Martial Soul Hall Academy team after defeating its challengers, and revealed his renewed strength. At Dragon Tiger Mountain, Li Qingfeng chose the dangerous path of Qimen, and Zhang Qingxuan agreed to teach him.

• Qian Xunji discovered that Zhang Qingyang’s martial soul had recovered, and Zhang Qingyang said his master had healed him with an ancient secret method.
• Bibi Dong accepted Zhang Qingyang’s request to join the team, and he defeated the challengers to claim a spot.
• Zhang Qingxuan told Li Qingfeng and Bai Ziyao to choose their paths from the Library Pavilion’s collection.
• Li Qingfeng drew the Qimen Bagua Diagram he had glimpsed while sparring with Zhang Qingyang, and Zhang Qingxuan recognized it.
• Zhang Qingxuan warned Li Qingfeng that Qimen could cause madness or death, but Li Qingfeng insisted on learning it.
• Zhang Qingxuan agreed to teach Li Qingfeng the path of Qimen.

After Spirit Hall Academy won the tournament, Yu Yuanzhen learned that Zhang Qingyang’s Martial Soul Origin had been restored by his master and decided to visit the Celestial Master Mansion for help with Yu Xiaogang. Qian Xunji then sent Bibi Dong with Zhang Qingyang so Zhang Qingxuan could examine the dangers of her Twin Martial Souls, while Qian Xunji addressed someone hiding in the Pope Palace.

• Yu Yuanzhen rushed to Zhang Qingyang after the tournament and offered a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and a favor to learn how his Martial Soul Origin had been restored.
• Zhang Qingyang said his master, Zhang Qingxuan, had treated him but had not explained the method, so Yu Yuanzhen decided to visit the Celestial Master Mansion for Yu Xiaogang’s sake.
• Dugu Bo told Zhang Qingyang that Yu Xiaogang had awakened a pig Martial Soul, had only half a level of Innate Soul Power, and remained a Soul Master.
• Qian Xunji asked Zhang Qingyang to take Bibi Dong to the Celestial Master Mansion so Zhang Qingxuan could examine the dangers of her Twin Martial Souls.
• After Zhang Qingyang and Bibi Dong left, Qian Xunji addressed his hidden father and teased him for eavesdropping like Guang Ling.

Qian Xunji’s political strategy impressed Qian Daoliu, while Sword Lord Chen Jianjun arrived at the Celestial Master Mansion and witnessed Lu Xueqi demonstrate a deadly sword technique. Chen Jianjun learned that her Heaven-Slaying sword-drawing technique had been taught by the young master.

• Qian Daoliu told Qian Xunji that his political skill surpassed his own and praised his calculated decision to send Bibi Dong away with Zhang Qingyang.
• Qian Xunji reflected on how sending Bibi Dong to Dragon Tiger Mountain would secure a favor, test Zhang Qingxuan, strengthen Spirit Hall if her condition was cured, and deter rival factions.
• Chen Jianjun arrived at the Celestial Master Mansion, where Yun Lingyue said Zhang Qingxuan had foreseen his visit.
• Chen Jianjun watched Lu Xueqi repeatedly practice drawing and sheathing her sword, then saw her cut a wooden stake with a swift, precise strike.
• Chen Jianjun asked Lu Xueqi about her sword technique, and she said the young master had taught her Heaven-Slaying.

Chen Jianjun sought Zhang Qingxuan’s guidance to overcome his swordsmanship bottleneck after learning the name and meaning of Lu Xueqi’s Heaven-Sundering Draw Sword Technique. Zhang agreed to discuss the sword with him in the Orange Grove, where Chen explained why he believed Zhang could take his swordsmanship further.

• Lu Xueqi identified her sword technique as the Heaven-Sundering Draw Sword Technique, and Chen Jianjun recognized the resolve behind its power.
• Lu Xueqi called Zhang Qingxuan, who appeared unnoticed behind Chen and explained that he had concealed his presence with a minor trick.
• Chen Jianjun asked Zhang to guide him through his swordsmanship bottleneck, and Zhang agreed, inviting Lu Xueqi to bring Yue'er to the Orange Grove.
• Zhang and Chen sat in the Orange Grove, where Zhang said he planted orange trees in memory of an old friend who had saved his life.
• Chen told Zhang that he lived only for the sword and had come because he believed Zhang was one of the world's two strongest sword wielders, perhaps even surpassing Qian Daoliu.

Zhang Qingxuan and Chen Jianjun held a daylong sword debate using withered branches, and Zhang Qingxuan demonstrated his mastery of the power of heaven and earth. Chen Jianjun left with a branch containing a strand of sword qi and one year to study it.

• Zhang Qingxuan teased Chen Jianjun for arriving empty-handed, then proposed that they use withered branches as swords.
• Chen Jianjun and Zhang Qingxuan fought without Soul Power while Lu Xueqi and Yun Lingyue watched and learned from their swordsmanship.
• After the daylong debate, Chen Jianjun admitted defeat and asked Zhang Qingxuan about the power that had suppressed his attacks and movements.
• Zhang Qingxuan explained that the power came from heaven and earth, then demonstrated how it could suppress an opponent.
• Chen Jianjun asked to be taught the power, but Zhang Qingxuan said it had to be comprehended independently and gave him a branch containing sword qi to study for one year.

Zhang Qingxuan sensed the arrival of Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Xiaogang from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect and confronted them at the Celestial Master Mansion. Yu Xiaogang declared himself Zhang Qingxuan’s future disciple, leaving Yu Yuanzhen terrified that his son’s presumptuousness would get them killed.

• Zhang Qingxuan sensed that two people from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect had arrived and went to meet them with Chen Jianjun, Lu Xueqi, and the others.
• Yu Yuanzhen warned Yu Xiaogang to behave respectfully and explained how his weak Martial Soul and cruel behavior had made him a laughingstock in the sect.
• When the mansion gates opened, Yu Xiaogang rushed inside, believing Zhang Qingxuan had welcomed him, and Yu Yuanzhen hurried after him.
• Yu Xiaogang slid across the courtyard on his knees and loudly declared himself Zhang Qingxuan’s disciple, startling the others.
• Zhang Qingxuan rebuked Yu Yuanzhen for letting his son impersonate a disciple and overwhelmed him with heavenly pressure.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted that the opened gates proved Zhang Qingxuan had accepted him, while Yu Yuanzhen feared his son would get them killed.

Zhang Qingxuan rejected Yu Xiaogang as a disciple and forbade him from claiming association with his sect. When Yu Xiaogang blamed his failed potential on his mutated Martial Soul and Yu Yuanzhen offered Soul Bones to win Zhang Qingxuan over, Zhang Qingxuan challenged Yu Xiaogang’s self-deception.

• Yu Xiaogang treated Lu Xueqi and Yun Lingyue’s silence as approval, but Zhang Qingxuan silenced him and declared he would never become his disciple.
• Zhang Qingxuan warned Yu Xiaogang not to claim his sect and gave Yu Yuanzhen a threatening look.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted his Martial Soul had once been the Golden Saint Dragon and blamed its mutation for his shortcomings.
• Yu Yuanzhen offered Zhang Qingxuan two Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones in exchange for restoring his son’s Martial Soul, but Zhang Qingxuan ignored the gifts.
• Zhang Qingxuan told Yu Xiaogang that his own inadequacy, not his Martial Soul, might be what held it back.

Zhang Qingxuan revealed that Luo Sanpao had sacrificed its power to save Yu Xiaogang’s frail life, and that it once had the potential to become a peerless martial soul. He said he could have restored it if Yu Xiaogang had sought help when it first awakened, but now it was too late.

• Yu Xiaogang rejected Zhang Qingxuan’s explanation and blamed his mutated martial soul for ruining his prospects, pleading to become Zhang Qingxuan’s disciple.
• Zhang Qingxuan explained that Luo Sanpao was an intelligent, detached martial soul that had sacrificed its origin to protect Yu Xiaogang when he was born frail with little Innate Soul Power.
• Zhang Qingxuan said Luo Sanpao could have become a Title Douluo-level martial soul, leaving Yu Xiaogang and the others stunned as Luo Sanpao affectionately rubbed against Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked whether Yu Xiaogang’s martial soul could be restored, and Zhang Qingxuan admitted he knew how to reforge its origin but said it was already too late.
• When Yu Xiaogang demanded to know why, Yu Yuanzhen ordered him to kneel, while Lu Xueqi and Yun Lingyue reacted with hostility.
• Zhang Qingxuan said he could have restored Luo Sanpao when it first awakened if Yu Xiaogang had approached him with humility and sincerity.

Zhang Qingxuan told Yu Xiaogang that his choices had permanently capped his cultivation, then returned Bibi Dong to Dragon Tiger Mountain, where a mysterious figure suddenly rushed down from the peak. The chapter left the newcomer unidentified as Zhang Qingxuan and Bibi Dong watched the blur approach.

• Zhang Qingxuan explained that Yu Xiaogang could once have awakened his Golden Saint Dragon bloodline, but that his soul path was now irreversibly capped at level thirty.
• Yu Xiaogang lost hope and fled, while Yu Yuanzhen collected the two soul bones Zhang Qingxuan returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Zhang Qingxuan used a secret art to bring Bibi Dong back to Dragon Tiger Mountain, and she marveled at its dense, pure Soul Power.
• Bibi Dong teased Zhang Qingyang for failing to learn Zhang Qingxuan's Daoist arts, and Zhang Qingyang recalled how his younger sister had mocked his failed attempts to study them.
• A black figure shot down from Dragon Tiger Mountain so quickly that Zhang Qingxuan and Bibi Dong could not identify it.

Zhang Qingyang and Bibi Dong met Yu Yuanzhen and Sword Douluo Chen Jianjun on Dragon Tiger Mountain before bringing oranges to Zhang Qingxuan. Zhang Qingxuan dismissed Zhang Qingyang and kept Bibi Dong in the hall to discuss something privately.

• Zhang Qingyang and Bibi Dong directed Yu Yuanzhen down the mountain after he asked whether they had seen someone fleeing.
• Bibi Dong showed Zhang Qingyang the oranges she had brought for Zhang Qingxuan, and Zhang Qingyang explained how much his master loved them.
• Chen Jianjun recognized Bibi Dong as a Saintess candidate and asked whether Zhang Qingyang had a sword Martial Soul; he lost interest when he learned Zhang Qingyang wielded a spear.
• Zhang Qingyang and Bibi Dong went to the Celestial Master Mansion and greeted Zhang Qingxuan, who interrupted Zhang Qingyang and told him to leave.
• Zhang Qingxuan asked Bibi Dong to stay and speak with him privately, while Zhang Qingyang wondered whether his master wanted the oranges.

Zhang Qingxuan examined Bibi Dong for outside interference, found no trace of it, and used his Yin-Yang true qi to suppress the conflict between her Twin Martial Souls. He gave her the Soul Core Condensation Method as a secret inheritance, then began to raise another matter.

• Zhang Qingxuan ordered Bibi Dong closer and put her to sleep with a tap between her brows.
• Zhang Qingxuan searched Bibi Dong's body and soul for outside interference but found nothing.
• Zhang Qingxuan placed a strand of Yin-Yang true qi in Bibi Dong's dantian to stabilize her Twin Martial Souls.
• Bibi Dong woke, and Zhang Qingxuan claimed her weakness had made her faint before explaining the true qi's purpose.
• Zhang Qingxuan gave Bibi Dong the Soul Core Condensation Method and warned her never to reveal it.
• Zhang Qingxuan said there was one more matter.

Zhang Qingxuan gave Bibi Dong a talisman and warned her to come to Dragon Tiger Mountain if it heated up, while explaining to Lu Xueqi that he viewed Bibi Dong as a long-term investment. At an inn, Yu Yuanzhen found Yu Xiaogang drowning in despair and suggested he pursue theoretical research instead of the soul master path.

• Zhang Qingxuan gave Bibi Dong a talisman and instructed her to seek him out if it began heating up.
• Bibi Dong promised to travel to Dragon Tiger Mountain immediately if the talisman reacted.
• Lu Xueqi questioned Zhang Qingxuan about giving Bibi Dong the Soul Core Condensation Method, and he said she was worth a long-term investment.
• Yu Yuanzhen found Yu Xiaogang drunk and devastated in an inn after learning he could not break through level thirty.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Yu Xiaogang to pursue the path of theory, and Yu Xiaogang showed a trace of hope.

Yu Yuanzhen encouraged Yu Xiaogang to pursue theoretical research after his cultivation path was cut off. Two years later, Zhang Qingxuan sent Zhang Qingyang down the mountain, while Li Yingxue grew increasingly resentful over her brother’s long absence.

• Yu Yuanzhen urged Yu Xiaogang to study Martial Soul theory, and Yu Xiaogang decided to try starting from the basics.
• Zhang Qingxuan ordered Zhang Qingyang down the mountain and hurled him toward the gate when he resisted.
• Zhang Qingyang revealed he was delighted to leave and ran toward a nearby town, while Zhang Qingxuan and Yun Lingyue watched him go.
• Zhang Qingxuan left Yun Lingyue behind and decided to take Xueqi out after finding the others occupied.
• Li Yingxue thought angrily about her absent brother, accidentally pinched Xiao Bai, and apologized while her longing and resentment deepened.