Arc 16A Balance Between Beasts and Men

Mo Lin met Gu Yuena, healed her and the Star Dou Great Forest’s beasts, then returned to Gengxin City and began training children alongside soul beasts. As he worked to change relations between humans and soul beasts, Yang Luo maneuvered among the clans while Tang San reconsidered the Tang Sect’s alliance plans.

  • Mo Lin entered the Star Dou Great Forest with his companions, met Gu Yuena, and proposed balancing the interests of humans and soul beasts instead of joining her campaign for their domination.
  • Mo Lin used his Winged Dragon divine power to repair part of Gu Yuena’s soul, then helped her drive off divine officials and healed the injured beasts while concealing the officials’ souls from the God Realm.
  • Mo Lin freed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, secured Gu Yuena’s trust, and left the forest with his companions after agreeing to compensate for the damage caused by the divine officials.
  • Mo Lin returned to Gengxin City, explained to the soul beasts why humans had gained an advantage, and began training Dai Weisi and five children in body cultivation and cooperation with soul beasts.
  • Mo Lin introduced Snow Empress and the five children to each other, taught the children to exchange Soul Power with their companions, and persuaded Snow Empress to continue helping them despite her discomfort among humans.
  • Mo Lin refused the children’s request to bring their families to Grace Hall and explained that their support came in exchange for helping test his Soul Master theories.
  • Yang Luo killed the travelers accompanying him and Yang Wenguang, then gained Yang Wudi’s trust as the clans discussed their conflict with Spirit Hall and awaited Bai He.
  • Tang San arrived with Titan and the Tang Sect at the Defense Clan’s residence, where Titan advised changing their alliance target from the Plant Clan to the Speed Clan.
Chapters 376–400 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 376Unexpected "Harvest"

Mo Lin’s group entered the Star Dou Great Forest and rescued the Three-Eyed Golden Lion from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. After Da Ming and Er Ming arrived to thank them, Mo Lin asked them to help his group reach the forest’s ruler, leaving them to decide how to escort the powerful visitors toward the central region.

  • Da Ming and Er Ming rushed through the forest after learning that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was pursuing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
  • Mo Lin led his subordinates into the Star Dou Great Forest and told them to stop concealing their auras.
  • The Three-Eyed Golden Lion fled behind Mo Lin, and Snow Empress froze the pursuing Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
  • Mo Lin rested with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion beside him and waited for someone from the forest to approach.
  • Da Ming and Er Ming found Mo Lin’s group, thanked them for protecting the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and asked their purpose.
  • Mo Lin told Da Ming and Er Ming that he wanted to meet the forest’s ruler and asked them to help him enter the central region.

Ch. 377Core Circle

Mo Lin brought Snow Empress and the others into the Star Dou Great Forest’s core circle to meet its Soul Beast Co-Lord, after taking the restrained Dark Demon Evil God Tiger for himself. Di Tian sensed their powerful auras and prepared to welcome them at Lake of Life, where the visitors arrived and felt the region’s abundant life energy.

  • Mo Lin asked Da Ming to leave the frozen Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to him, then stored the unconscious beast in his storage bracelet.
  • Di Tian sensed the newcomers’ formidable spiritual power and Soul Power while cultivating at Lake of Life, and told Bi Ji that guests had arrived.
  • Er Ming reported that Da Ming had encountered powerful soul beasts seeking the Star Dou Great Forest’s Co-Lord, and Di Tian ordered him to accompany the reception.
  • Da Ming guided Mo Lin, Snow Empress, and the others through a safe passage into the core circle.
  • Snow Empress admired the core circle’s steady cultivation environment, Ice Empress sensed a faintly familiar aura, and Mo Lin considered the benefits of Lake of Life while knowing he could not yet stay there.

Ch. 378Starting a Fight, Mediation

Mo Lin confronted Di Tian in the Star Dou Great Forest, insisting that he had come to meet the true sovereign of all soul beasts. The Silver Dragon King intervened before the two sides could fight, and Mo Lin entered the spatial passage while giving his companions permission to brawl without killing anyone.

  • Three-Eyed Golden Lion stayed close to Mo Lin as he and his group entered the core area, where Di Tian greeted them.
  • Mo Lin told Di Tian that he had come to meet the sovereign of all soul beasts, provoking Di Tian and the other fierce beasts.
  • Mo Lin's companions and Di Tian's side clashed with their auras and Soul Powers until Mo Lin stepped forward and overwhelmed them.
  • Di Tian unleashed his full strength, but the Silver Dragon King commanded him to stop and opened a spatial passage between the groups.
  • Mo Lin told his companions they could fight as long as no beast died, warned Qilin and Phoenix not to ask him to help them win, and entered the passage.

Ch. 379Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena

Mo Lin met Gu Yuena and rejected her request to help restore the glory of soul beasts, arguing that he wanted to change the order of the God Realm and seek balance between humans and soul beasts. After Gu Yuena dismissed his ideas as naive, Mo Lin asked what humans’ situation on Douluo Continent had been before the Dragon God fell.

  • Mo Lin studied the spatial barrier around Gu Yuena’s cave and decided not to test his spatial soul bone against it.
  • Mo Lin met the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena, who was surprised that he remained calm and unaffected by her bloodline suppression.
  • Gu Yuena told Mo Lin about the Dragon God’s defeat and asked him to join her in counterattacking the God Realm and restoring the glory of soul beasts.
  • Mo Lin said he would fight the God Realm but would not favor humans or soul beasts, and instead intended to establish a balance between them.
  • Gu Yuena rejected Mo Lin’s hopes for peaceful coexistence, and Mo Lin asked about the state of humans before the Dragon God fell.

Ch. 380Gu Yuena's Wavering and Mo Lin's Confidence

Mo Lin argued that wiping out humanity would only perpetuate conflict between humans and soul beasts, and Gu Yuena agreed to reconsider his proposal. After using a Silver Dragon King scale to earn her trust, Mo Lin examined her injuries and attempted to repair her shattered soul, but his first effort failed.

  • Mo Lin warned Gu Yuena that humans could not be wiped out across all worlds and that endless domination would deepen the cycle of hatred.
  • Gu Yuena said she needed time to consider Mo Lin's proposal and revealed that her natural recovery would take about twenty thousand years.
  • Mo Lin showed Gu Yuena a scale bearing traces of the Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King, and she trusted him after sensing their residual information.
  • Gu Yuena changed into human form and let Mo Lin examine her body and soul, which he found severely damaged.
  • Mo Lin used Double Full Hands to try to piece together Gu Yuena's soul, but he could not affect its fragments.

Ch. 381Earnestness, Focus, Perseverance

Mo Lin realized that Double Full Hands could not heal Gu Yuena’s soul unless he infused it with divine power, so he transformed with his Winged Dragon Martial Soul and spent hours refining the mixture. He achieved a half-hour of stability, enough to try repairing a small piece of Gu Yuena’s soul, and she lay down for the treatment.

  • After repeated failures with Double Full Hands, Mo Lin decided to keep trying to heal Gu Yuena rather than give up.
  • Mo Lin transformed with his Winged Dragon Martial Soul and used its divine power to make Double Full Hands affect Gu Yuena’s soul.
  • When the blue Soul Power and golden divine power repeatedly collapsed, Mo Lin adjusted their ratio while Gu Yuena watched and waited.
  • After countless attempts, Mo Lin made the mixture stable for half an hour and judged it sufficient to repair a small piece of Gu Yuena’s soul.
  • Gu Yuena lay down and prepared for Mo Lin to begin the treatment.

Ch. 382Beyond the Barrier

Mo Lin’s treatment helped Gu Yuena’s soul fragments move toward her main soul while his companions sparred and cultivated in the Star Dou Great Forest. Ice Empress identified Tian Meng’s aura nearby, and Snow Empress told the dragon sons that a soul beast was releasing primordial energy.

  • Mo Lin used his modified Double Full Hands to draw Gu Yuena’s soul fragment toward her main soul, and the other fragments began drifting toward it as well.
  • Qilin and Phoenix fought Zi Ji and Scarlet King, while Yazi defeated Bear Lord and then lost to Di Tian.
  • Suanni looked after Three-Eyed Golden Lion, while Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Ice Bear Xiao Bai cultivated near the Lake of Life.
  • Ice Empress told Snow Empress that she recognized Tian Meng’s aura in the Star Dou Great Forest and suggested they should not leave him there for the forest’s Soul Beasts to exploit.
  • Snow Empress approached Mock Wind and Yazi and explained that a soul beast nearby was releasing primordial energy of heaven and earth.

Ch. 383Outside and Inside the Barrier

Snow Empress planned to secretly free Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, while Di Tian and Myriad Demon King considered whether the Far North soul beasts had come to retrieve him. Inside Gu Yuena’s barrier, Mo Lin helped heal part of her soul and received a Silver Dragon King scale that attached to his chest.

  • Snow Empress told Yazi and Mock Wind about Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and planned to free him without telling Mo Lin.
  • Mock Wind warned Snow Empress that Mo Lin would react seriously if secret actions interfered with his goals.
  • Myriad Demon King told Di Tian that Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Ice Bear Xiao Bai likely came from the Far North and might be searching for Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
  • Mo Lin exhausted both of his Martial Souls while fusing a fragment of Gu Yuena’s soul into her main soul, healing part of her injuries.
  • Gu Yuena gave Mo Lin one of her scales so she could travel from her barrier to his side, then attached it directly to his chest.

Ch. 384Sudden Emergency

Mo Lin and Gu Yuena returned to the Star Dou Great Forest and found Di Tian, the Ice Empress, the Snow Empress, and the other soul beasts gravely injured by two divine officials searching for the one who absorbed heavenly lightning. Gu Yuena intervened to save Di Tian from a killing blow and prepared to face the divine officials while the wounded beasts withdrew.

  • Gu Yuena explained that the dragon scale fused into Mo Lin's chest let her travel to him and monitor his physical condition, and Mo Lin accepted the arrangement.
  • Mo Lin and Gu Yuena emerged in the Star Dou Great Forest's core region and saw that two white-armored divine officials had devastated the area and wounded the soul beasts.
  • Gu Yuena identified the attackers as divine officials from the God Realm, and Mo Lin learned that their divine power gave them an advantage over soul beasts using Soul Power.
  • The divine officials said they had come to find the being who absorbed heavenly lightning and planned to destroy the area when they could not locate it.
  • The black-haired divine official sent a giant wind sphere toward the wounded Di Tian, but Gu Yuena appeared and dispelled it.
  • Gu Yuena asked Di Tian about the soul beasts' condition, then told him to move the injured farther away before the fight began.

Ch. 385Divine Officials

Gu Yuena fought two divine officials with restrained spatial attacks while Mo Lin restored his power and prepared a counterattack. He knocked the officials unconscious, then summoned Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and demanded that he separate his soul from his body.

  • Gu Yuena attacked the two divine officials and kept them occupied with spatial distortions, while Di Tian realized she was delaying for Mo Lin.
  • Bi Ji treated the injured Bear Lord as Yazi reflected on his lost claw and his own weakness.
  • Mo Lin drank from the Lake of Life, used Wind Queen's Arcane Gate to find Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and summoned him aboveground.
  • A streak of golden light struck the divine officials, leaving them unconscious with their souls partly detached from their bodies.
  • Mo Lin urgently asked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm if he could make his soul leave his body, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm asked who he was.

Ch. 386Crisis Resolved

Mo Lin forced Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to lend him his spiritual power, then used it to prepare an attack that incapacitated two divine officials and removed their souls before the God Realm could detect their deaths. He and Gu Yuena then returned to the wounded soul beasts, where Mo Lin healed them, while Di Tian began to recognize Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's presence.

  • Mo Lin subdued Sky Dream Ice Silkworm with his Hell Domain and used Spirit Binding and General Dispatch to make him possess his body.
  • Mo Lin used Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual power to fuse Winged Dragon divine power into Primordial Qi and Non-Aggression, then struck the two divine officials with a talisman-enhanced Ghost-Dispelling Spirit Arrow.
  • Mo Lin pulled the divine officials' souls from their bodies and stored them in his spiritual space after explaining to Gu Yuena that killing them would alert the God Realm.
  • Mo Lin and Gu Yuena found Di Tian, Snow Empress, Bi Ji, and the other ferocious soul beasts badly injured, and Mo Lin healed them with Double Full Hands.
  • Di Tian sensed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm within Mo Lin, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm asked Mo Lin what they should do.

Ch. 387"Staircase"

After healing the Star Dou Great Forest’s ferocious beasts, Mo Lin revealed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and negotiated his release, giving Di Tian a face-saving way to let him go. Gu Yuena then called in the terms of their cooperation, and Mo Lin ordered three dragon sons to teach Di Tian their aura-concealment and cultivation methods, provoking Yazi’s resistance.

  • Mo Lin healed the ferocious beasts and comforted the frightened Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
  • Mo Lin brought Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and his body out, then claimed they had worked together against the divine envoy.
  • Gu Yuena agreed to Mo Lin’s plan to release Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Di Tian accepted after being promised compensation.
  • Mo Lin teased Sky Dream Ice Silkworm about his feelings for Ice Empress but refused to reveal how she felt in return.
  • Mo Lin told Yazi, Mock Wind, and Suanni to teach Di Tian their techniques, and Yazi nearly attacked before Mock Wind restrained him and Suanni volunteered.

Ch. 388Talkative Gu Yuena

Mo Lin extracted heavenly lightning from a fallen divine official and realized it had helped the God Realm locate the area. Gu Yuena explained that the battle had caused no lasting losses, while revealing that she was studying humans to prepare for future dealings with them.

  • Gu Yuena returned with Mo Lin to the fallen divine officials and pointed out a strange power on the blue-haired official's body.
  • Mo Lin drew heavenly lightning from the official with Gray Qi, absorbed it, and showed Gu Yuena how he could turn special elemental forces into his own.
  • Gu Yuena concluded that the divine officials had come because Mo Lin was there, and Mo Lin offered to take responsibility for the damage.
  • Gu Yuena said she was not angry because the God Realm had not discovered her, the injured soul beasts had healed, and the core area would recover.
  • Gu Yuena explained that she was learning how humans thought and acted so she could deal with them in the future.

Ch. 389The True Number of Soul Masters

Mo Lin returned to Gengxin City with his companions after settling matters with Gu Yuena and bringing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm away peacefully. He entered the newly completed city in disguise, where Snow Empress and Ice Empress drew stares from onlookers.

  • Mo Lin left the Star Dou Great Forest with his companions after his final exchange with Gu Yuena, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm attached himself to Ice Empress.
  • Yazi became furious with Mo Lin over his actions, but Mock Wind stopped him from starting a fight.
  • Mo Lin and his group returned to Gengxin City and found its new outer wall completed, though the city had an unusually high proportion of soul masters.
  • Mo Lin disguised himself as a Grace Hall higher-up and entered through the new gate with his companions.
  • Ice Empress asked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm why people were staring at them, and he told her it was because of her beauty.

Ch. 390The Cause of Decline

Mo Lin returned to Grace Hall, reunited with its members, and explained to the Soul Beasts why humanity had surpassed them. The discussion ended with Mo Lin arguing that slow cultivation, unequal species potential, and deadly tribulations had weakened the Soul Beasts, while hinting that outside factors also mattered.

  • Mo Lin entered Grace Hall's new main hall with the Snow Empress and the others, where Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan greeted him.
  • Mo Lin praised Yu Tianheng's progress and told him and Yu Tianxin to prepare for training in twenty days.
  • Mo Lin assigned the newcomers rooms and invited the Soul Beasts to hear his explanation of humanity's rise and the Soul Beasts' decline.
  • Mo Lin argued that human population and talent, faster cultivation, and differences in species potential gave humans an advantage over Soul Beasts.
  • Mo Lin pointed out that heavenly tribulations killed many powerful Soul Beasts and concluded that factors beyond this world also had to be considered.

Ch. 391"Reunion After a Long Separation"

After returning to Gengxin City, Mo Lin turned his attention to Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi, who had been staying there in secret. Dai Mubai finally learned that Grace Hall’s master had returned, but a clash with Yu Tianxin left him badly defeated and revealed how much stronger his rival had become.

  • Mo Lin arranged accommodations for the soul beast elders and decided to meet with Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi, who had hidden their identities in inns while carrying out their mission.
  • Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing visited Grace Hall again, where a guard told them the master had returned, then stopped answering questions when he remembered the rules.
  • Yu Tianxin confronted Dai Mubai, and their argument turned into a fight in which Yu Tianxin’s second soul skill pierced Dai Mubai’s attack and blasted him through the gate.
  • Yu Tianxin mocked Dai Mubai, who spat blood, while Yu Yuanzhen appeared and ordered his grandson to accept punishment for fighting inside Grace Hall.
  • Yu Yuanzhen apologized to Dai Mubai, but he had deliberately waited for Yu Tianxin to win and resented Dai Mubai for repeatedly visiting Grace Hall without paying courtesy calls.

Ch. 392Upgrade of a Tool

Dai Mubai left Grace Hall believing Dai Weisi had made no progress, while Mo Lin revealed that Dai Weisi was secretly following his orders. Mo Lin began training Dai Weisi’s body tempering with Fu Li, leaving their month-long regimen underway.

  • Dai Mubai withdrew from Grace Hall with Zhu Zhuqing, confident that Dai Weisi had not met the Hall Master either.
  • Dai Weisi told Zhu Zhuyun that Dai Mubai could not form an alliance with Grace Hall, then welcomed the disguised Mo Lin when Zhu Zhuyun collapsed.
  • Mo Lin praised Dai Weisi’s progress in Chai School Body Tempering and instructed him to restrain his Soul Power growth while focusing on body training.
  • Mo Lin disguised Dai Weisi and introduced him to Fu Li as a childhood friend who needed intensive training.
  • Mo Lin directed Fu Li to strike Dai Weisi’s weak points with carefully adjusted force, and Fu Li continued despite Dai Weisi being covered in bruises.

Ch. 393Another Method

Mo Lin brought Snow Empress to the Gengxin City Martial Soul Hall branch to show her another way to replace soul rings, selecting five children for his plan. The chapter ended with him asking the children what they knew about soul masters, and all five admitting they knew nothing.

  • Mo Lin confronted Snow Empress about isolating herself from humans and invited her to witness another method of replacing soul rings.
  • Mo Lin arrived at the Gengxin City Martial Soul Hall branch with Snow Empress concealed from view and met Platinum Bishop Myers.
  • Mo Lin reviewed Myers's list of seventy-seven children and selected five with Level Three or Level Four Innate Soul Power.
  • Mo Lin revealed Snow Empress in the hall, where she questioned why he had brought her and the children there.
  • Myers brought in Li Yanyan, Jessica, Ling Mu, Bei Chao, and Chen Lei, and Mo Lin asked what they knew about soul masters.

Ch. 394Resolving to Take the Path

Mo Lin warned five poor children about the risks of his unconventional cultivation method, then accepted them as disciples when they all chose it over a safe place at Martial Soul Hall Academy. He gave each child a soul beast companion and began teaching them to connect their Soul Power to their new partners at Grace Hall.

  • Mo Lin explained that his method could fail and bring severe consequences, but offered the children a safer alternative at Martial Soul Hall Academy.
  • Jessica chose Mo Lin's method because he did not want to be looked down upon, and the other four children followed his choice.
  • Mo Lin named the five children his disciples and gave each one a Devouring Pouch containing a soul beast cub or mutated plant.
  • Mo Lin introduced Snow Empress as their other teacher, responsible for teaching them about soul beasts and helping them with their companions.
  • Mo Lin teleported the group to a training ground at Grace Hall and began teaching them to form a Soul Power circulation with their partners; Ling Mu asked whether plants slept.

Ch. 395Mo Lin's Lessons and Snow Empress's Forced Contact

Mo Lin taught five children about soul beasts and guided them through their first Soul Power circulation before taking them to Grace Hall’s bathhouse. Snow Empress reluctantly accompanied the girls, and their admiration for her beauty left her wondering why other women reacted to her as men did.

  • Mo Lin explained that plants and soul beasts needed rest, then demonstrated Soul Power circulation between Li Yanyan and her Three-Headed Crimson Demon Hound pup.
  • Mo Lin helped all five children exchange Soul Power with their soul beasts and taught them the creatures’ habits and boundaries.
  • Mo Lin took the children to Grace Hall’s luxurious bathhouse, assigning the boys to himself and the girls to Snow Empress.
  • Snow Empress admitted she had never visited the bathhouse, and a receptionist explained its rules and services to her and the girls.
  • Snow Empress’s Soul Power clothing vanished in the women’s changing room, prompting Li Yanyan and Ling Mu to praise her beauty.
  • Snow Empress wondered why the girls reacted to her appearance the way male humans had.

Ch. 396A Prosperous Life

Mo Lin took Jessica, Bei Chao, and Chen Lei and three young soul beasts to the bathhouse, where he introduced the children to his nephews and declared that he wanted to change the relationship between humans and soul beasts. When Yu Tianxin’s remark about the boys’ talents made them fall silent, Snow Empress’s arrival plunged the restaurant into unnatural cold.

  • Mo Lin had the bath attendants scrub Jessica, Bei Chao, and Chen Lei while he steered the three young soul beasts toward them, then led everyone upstairs to eat.
  • Mo Lin encountered Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng at the restaurant, and they learned that he planned to spar with them and had brought children and an elder to the bathhouse.
  • Yu Tianxin asked whether Mo Lin meant to improve relations between soul masters and soul beasts, and Mo Lin said he wanted to change the relationship between humans and soul beasts.
  • Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng joined Mo Lin’s table, discovered that the three cubs were soul beasts, and learned that the three boys were Mo Lin’s students.
  • Yu Tianxin praised the children as likely heaven-gifted talents, causing the boys to fall silent as the temperature dropped and they began to shiver.
  • Mo Lin warned someone not to go too far around the children, and Snow Empress answered in an icy voice.

Ch. 397Snow Empress's Temperament

Mo Lin confronted Snow Empress over her anger at being pushed to interact with humans, then apologized for rushing her and asked whether she would teach the children. Snow Empress agreed to watch over the children, and they returned to the dining hall, where Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng began reading too much into Mo Lin pulling out a chair for her.

  • Snow Empress released a chill in the dining hall, and Mo Lin shielded the children and little soul beasts before sending Ling Mu and Li Yanyan to eat.
  • Mo Lin warned Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng not to mention talent or talk too much while he spoke privately with Snow Empress.
  • Snow Empress told Mo Lin she resented his handling of her introduction to humans, and Mo Lin challenged her about whether she had listened to his advice willingly.
  • Mo Lin admitted he had acted too hastily and offered to give Snow Empress more time to adapt, but she stopped him and insisted she would keep her oath.
  • Snow Empress agreed to watch over the children, and she and Mo Lin returned to the dining hall.
  • Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng exchanged knowing looks after Mo Lin pulled out a chair for Snow Empress, prompting Mo Lin to ask what they were doing.

Ch. 398First Lesson

Mo Lin refused his five young students’ request to bring their families to Grace Hall and explained that their training and support were an exchange, teaching them the adult world’s principle of reciprocity. The chapter ended with the children beginning their first lesson in equal exchange.

  • Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin discussed Mo Lin’s relationships and wondered whether his current companion was dangerous.
  • Mo Lin led the five children to their rooms, where they asked to bring their parents and relatives to Grace Hall.
  • Mo Lin refused and urged the children to mature early, explaining that they should earn respect through their own efforts.
  • Jessica asked Mo Lin to explain his refusal, and he stopped the children from kneeling before him.
  • Snow Empress accidentally blasted Mo Ning with cold air, and Mo Lin warmed him before warning him not to reveal anything about the children.
  • Mo Lin explained that supporting the children was an exchange for their work testing his Soul Master theories, teaching them that there was no such thing as a free lunch.

Ch. 399Professional Undercover Agent and the Cracks in the Tang Sect from the Start

Yang Luo’s fabricated rescue story elevated him to Yang Wudi’s trusted confidant, and the Breaking Clan arrived early for the four-clan gathering. On the road to Dragonrise City, Tang San continued avoiding questions about his father and the Clear Sky Sect, while Xiao Wu confronted him about his behavior.

  • Yang Luo killed the others who had traveled with him and Yang Wenguang, staged their escape from the Star Dou Great Forest, and gave Yang Wudi a convincing account of a soul-beast attack.
  • Yang Luo became a trusted adviser to Yang Wudi and Yang Wenguang, then exchanged a glance with Yang Wudi as they proposed waiting for Bai He before discussing clan affairs.
  • Yang Wudi and Niu Gao debated Spirit Hall’s claim that the Speed Clan had helped destroy the Clear Sky Sect, then set the issue aside until Bai He arrived.
  • Titan struggled to speak privately with Tang San during the carriage journey, as Tang San kept close to Xiao Wu and avoided discussing his father and the Clear Sky Sect.
  • Xiao Wu told Tang San that his behavior had been abnormal and urged him to share his grief, but Tang San insisted that the Clear Sky Sect’s destruction was not troubling him.

Ch. 400An Unfavorable Start

Tang San and the Tang Sect arrived at the Defense Clan’s residence in Dragonrise City, where they learned that Yang Wudi of the Breaking Clan had arrived before them. Titan explained that Yang Wudi’s presence made his original plan to negotiate with the Defense Clan impractical, so he proposed changing the Tang Sect’s primary target to the Speed Clan.

  • Tang San, Titan, and the Tang Sect reached the Defense Clan’s residence, where they were told that Niu Gao and Yang Wudi were waiting inside.
  • Titan took the group to the guest rooms instead of meeting Niu Gao, prompting Tang San to demand an explanation.
  • Titan said Yang Wudi’s early arrival changed the situation because Niu Gao might be swayed by Yang Wudi, whose hatred of the Clear Sky Sect was far deeper.
  • Titan explained that the clans had little reason to unite against Spirit Hall in the current circumstances, and Tang San lacked the Aromatic Silk Beauty that could have helped persuade Yang Wudi.
  • When Tang San asked what to do next, Titan recommended changing their primary target, and Tang San guessed that he meant the Speed Clan.
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