Xia Liang

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Xia Liang (夏凉)
Alias(es)	World Douluo; Lord World
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Huo Yuhao's Sea of Spirit; Spirit Pagoda
Occupation/Role	Huo Yuhao's guardian; creator and backer of the Soul Spirit Method and Twilight-dungeon plan
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Projection comparable to Mu En	4	His initial projected strength on Douluo Continent is stated to be roughly equal to Mu En's; it grows as Huo Yuhao grows.
Surpasses the mortal limit	17	Huo Yuhao's fusion with the Ice Empress causes a qualitative increase in Xia Liang's strength, allowing his Minecraft Authority to affect Douluo Continent more deeply.
Limit Douluo-level presence	23 24	Shrek identifies him as a level-99 Limit Douluo-level threat; the Star Luo Empire yields major compensation rather than risk conflict.
Acknowledged as a “master of a world”	26	The Ice God judges Xia Liang to be beyond ordinary gods and comparable to the master of a world.
Acting plane lord	43	He operates through authority borrowed from Douluo Continent as an acting plane lord, though this position can be revoked.
Enhanced projection via sealing array	49	Plans and draws arrays on his projection body in Minecraft's Overworld to access and utilize higher tiers of power.
Connected to the Sky-Based Dragon-Slaying Cannon	56 58	Discovers the immense weapon in The End, senses a unique connection with it, and has it charged as a deterrent against a possible divine descent.
Divine Realm-recognized plane master	106 107	The God of Destruction identifies him as the master of the Twilight Forest plane and formally provides divine power and other gifts, accepting him within the Divine Realm's recognized order.
Divine-power-assisted soul-beast ascension	108	Develops a method to use verified divine power to let certain Hard-difficulty Twilight Forest soul beasts bypass their Hundred-Thousand-Year Tribulation Lightning.
Resurrects the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings	142 143 144	Stabilizes their souls, provides god-grade bodies, and binds their divine souls to those bodies as a safeguard before assigning them to the Heavenly Soul Branch Pagoda.
Creates the Ice and Fire Continent	145	The Ice and Fire Legend fuses with the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and evolves into an independent continent governed by Douluo Continent's rules.

Background / History

Xia Liang arrives in the Douluo Continent from elsewhere and appears in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Spirit through a blackish-purple gate. Armed with a Netherite Sword, he introduces himself as Huo Yuhao's guardian and demands “rent” from Tianmeng Iceworm. He accepts Tianmeng's offer to grant Huo Yuhao a second martial soul and restores life force to the awakening Electrolux. 1

He supports Huo Yuhao with Minecraft-derived supplies, including food, Golden Apples, a storage treasure, gold blocks, training weapons, and enchanted equipment. He also creates spiritual training opponents so Huo Yuhao can repeatedly fight, revive, and improve his cultivation. 1 2 4

After defending Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong from Ma Xiaotao, Xia Liang forces Shrek Academy to compensate them with two ten-thousand-year soul bones and seventh-grade defensive soul tools. He adopts the title World Douluo when confronted by Xuan Zi, then defeats and seriously injures the rank-98 powerhouse without killing him. 7 8 9

Xia Liang later takes Huo Yuhao to the Extreme North, suppresses the Titan Snow Demon King, and facilitates Huo Yuhao's fusion with the Ice Empress. The fusion significantly expands his ability to influence Douluo Continent through Minecraft Authority. 17

He investigates the Golden Tree, exposes Tang Hao and the Blue Silver Emperor's control over Douluo Continent's origin and consciousness, sends them to the God Realm, and releases the sealed plane origin. The awakening world consciousness subsequently recognizes and assists him. 18 25 26

After discovering the Twilight Forest, Xia Liang begins gathering authority by defeating its bosses. He later uses spatial authority and the Spirit Pagoda to make Twilight portals available as dungeons across Douluo Continent, intending to collect boss rewards and power of faith through local participants. 19 27 30

He intervenes directly when the White Tiger Duke's Estate targets Huo Yuhao, demanding the God-Sealing Platform, the Soul-Devouring Blade, and five ten-thousand-year soul bones from the Star Luo Empire. The platform contains the Snow Empress, whose rescue ultimately leads Xia Liang's group to the Ice God's Palace and her inheritance of the Ice God's divine position. 23 24 25 26

Xia Liang promotes the Soul Spirit Method as a means for humans and soul beasts to cooperate. He oversees Xiao Xiao's equal Soul Spirit Contract with the Golden Dragon Ao and negotiates with Di Tian regarding soul spirits and the Spirit Pagoda. 28 37 38 39

During Tang San's divine-sense assault, Xia Liang relocates the battle to a spatial gap, injures the divine sense with Black Hand: Heart Snatch, refines it, and seizes three strands of Asura sword qi. 33

Following the tournament phases, Xia Liang expands the Spirit Pagoda's influence by introducing the Soul Ring Lifespan Enhancement system, using grand banquets to bait powerful factions into seeking his technology and volunteering for high-risk ring upgrades. He thwarts plots by the Holy Spirit Cult and Rakshasa-backed forces targeting the Extreme North, forcing figures like Ye Xishui into heavy backlashes. 51 78 79 95 97

He explores Minecraft's Nether and The End after Tianmeng discovers an End portal. There, Xia Liang finds the Sky-Based Dragon-Slaying Cannon, recognizes an affinity with it, and produces a Dragon Egg. He subsequently plans an End Island dungeon centered on the Ender Dragon and Soul Ascension Tokens. 56 57

At the Star Luo banquet, Xia Liang publicly establishes Spirit Pagoda dominance through a simulated configuration of five black and four red Spirit Rings. He presents Soul Ring enhancement as a risky, resource-intensive process, then guides Xuan Zi and other factions into Twilight Forest to obtain experience for their Soul Ascension Rings. 97 98 99 101

The God of Destruction later recognizes Xia Liang as the master of the Twilight Forest plane and grants him divine power, stabilizing power for his plane, and a life-infused branch intended for Snow Empress. Xia Liang uses the branch to stabilize the Ice God's Inheritance Space and researches applications for the divine power. 106 107

He subsequently discovers that divine power can raise select Hard-difficulty Twilight Forest soul beasts directly to the hundred-thousand-year level without a tribulation. Because the process consumes enormous amounts of divine power, he treats it as a limited strategic resource rather than a mass-production method. 108

While expanding the Spirit Pagoda, Xia Liang organizes a Star Dou district with Di Tian and recruits the Zhou Family to mediate between humans and hidden soul-beast factions. He also agrees to establish a Sun Moon Empire branch partly to relocate foreign spies embedded within the Spirit Pagoda, while requiring protection and compensation for genuine personnel. 121 125 118

Xia Liang later enters the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, conceals his actions from Tang San, and discovers the souls and remains of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King. Using a god-grade Soul Crystal and the Ice and Fire Legend module, he restores the Dragon Kings with god-grade bodies, places safeguards on their souls, and appoints them as tower masters of the Heavenly Soul Branch Pagoda. 142 143 144

The Ice and Fire Legend eventually fuses with the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and becomes an independent Ice and Fire Continent. Xia Liang determines that it developed under Douluo Continent's laws and can be released without a conflict of world rules, although doing so would create a third continent above Douluo Continent. 145

Appearance

Xia Liang commonly manifests as a young man in purple-black armor, wielding a longsword. His appearance varies with his projection and circumstances. 1

• Purple-black armor and a longsword during his first appearance. 1
• Black-robed figure while confronting the Star Luo Empire. 24
• Uses elytra for flight on Douluo Continent. 8
• When Tang San's seal destabilizes his projection, his pupils become blank white squares and nearby people and terrain begin transforming into Minecraft-like blocks. 44
• His projection body can be covered in runes and physically pierced by a sealing technique without preventing him from increasing the projection's intensity. 44
• Publicly simulates five black and four red Spirit Rings to intimidate the gathered factions at the Star Luo banquet. 97

Personality

Xia Liang is casual and blunt despite his overwhelming strength. He treats Tianmeng's second martial soul offer as “rent,” calls compensation negotiations directly after Ma Xiaotao endangers Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, and considers killing a god “for fun” after realizing he has arrived in Douluo Continent. 1 7

He is consistently protective of Huo Yuhao, providing supplies, training, intervention, and retaliation against those who threaten him. However, he does not frame his actions around human or soul-beast loyalty; during negotiations with Di Tian, he states through his conduct that he favors neither side and pursues his own goals. 4 23 39

He is also pragmatic and willing to use intimidation, bargaining, experimentation, and force interchangeably. He avoids unnecessarily killing Xuan Zi, uses food to negotiate with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and declines to destabilize Douluo Continent's economy merely to acquire funding. 9 32 38

Xia Liang is an opportunistic institution-builder who treats the Spirit Pagoda, dungeon access, Soul Ring enhancement, and branch towers as tools for gathering faith, resources, influence, and capable personnel. He prefers making factions seek his services voluntarily, but is prepared to resolve political opposition through overwhelming force. 27 97 98 128

Although he can cooperate sincerely with powerful allies, he does not rely on goodwill alone. He binds the resurrected Dragon Kings' souls to bodies under his control, allowing him to eliminate them immediately if they become disloyal. 142 144

Abilities & Skills

Minecraft Authority

Xia Liang wields authority connected to Minecraft and, as Huo Yuhao develops, can exert that authority more deeply over Douluo Continent. 17

• Creates Minecraft creatures and spiritual training spaces. 4
• Conjures materials, food, gold, weapons, armor, enchanted items, and potions. 1 2 4 19
• Can alter an environment into block-like Minecraft structures when a sealed projection malfunctions. 44
• Can recover leaked Minecraft power and reverse the block transformation, though affected victims remain severely injured. 44
• His authority is stronger in Minecraft and the Twilight Forest than through a Douluo Continent projection. 19
• Possesses access to Minecraft's Overworld, Nether, and The End, including their native resources and creatures. 56
• Can create and deploy a Dragon Egg and intends to use the Ender Dragon as the core boss of an End Island dungeon. 56 57
• Uses Minecraft assets to create god-grade Ice and Fire Dragon bodies, which serve as the vessels for the resurrected Dragon Kings. 142 144

Projection and Possession

Xia Liang generally acts on Douluo Continent through a projection connected to Huo Yuhao's growth. 4

• His projected power increases alongside Huo Yuhao's cultivation. 4
• Can enter and control Huo Yuhao's body to access more of Douluo Continent's local Authorities. 17
• A projection can be physically sealed, but the seal may increase its capacity and allow a more intense manifestation. 44
• Electrolux, Tianmeng, and the Ice Empress identify his true strength in Minecraft as far beyond god-tier combat. 19
• Electrolux draws a specialized sealing array onto his projection body to enable a greater output of Xia Liang's power in the outside world. 49
• Can simulate a nine-ring Spirit Ring configuration and its oppressive aura without possessing actual conventional Spirit Rings. 97

Spatial Authority

Xia Liang possesses extensive spatial movement and containment abilities. 5 26

• Teleports targets using Ender Pearls placed at prepared coordinates. 5
• Opens spatial passages and tears open space for travel or retreat. 26 33
• Can transport battles into a spatial gap to prevent detection by outside gods. 33
• Uses a spatial authority granted by the plane consciousness to sustain portals even when he is absent. 27
• Cannot initially teleport to unvisited locations without positioning them through Ender Pearls. 26
• Opens long-distance gates linking the Extreme North, Star Dou Forest, Shrek City, and other major locations. 107 121 124

Combat Authority

Xia Liang can overwhelm high-level soul masters and soul beasts through direct force and specialized authority techniques. 9 17

• Authority of Strength — Possessing Huo Yuhao, he punches the Titan Snow Demon King into the ground. 17
• Words as law — Disperses an ice-and-snow assault with a spoken command. 17
• Ender Pearl Fist — Tested against Xuan Zi. 9
• Soul Campfire Flame — Tested against Xuan Zi. 9
• Obsidian Mountain Suppression — Tested against Xuan Zi. 9
• Black Hand: Heart Snatch — Pierces and refines Tang San's divine sense, taking three strands of Asura sword qi. 33
• Death curse — Condenses a curse within Dai Huabin as future leverage for Huo Yuhao's revenge. 13
• Sky-Based Dragon-Slaying Cannon — Possesses a special connection to the weapon discovered in The End and prepares it as a possible countermeasure against Tang San's true-body descent. 56 58

Soul Spirit Method and Formations

Xia Liang supports the development and dissemination of a contract system that lets soul masters and soul beasts become Soul Spirit partners. 17 28

• Proposes the method to the Ice Empress as an alternative to conventional soul-ring hunting. 17
• Creates the Soul Spirit Contract formation used by Xiao Xiao and the Golden Dragon Ao. 39
• The formation is verified by Di Tian as equal to both human and soul beast. 39
• Plans to publicize soul spirits through the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament and the Spirit Pagoda. 28
• Sets formations around Shrek City using power drawn from the strengthened Golden Tree. 40
• Supports Di Tian's effort to use Soul Spirits as a foundation for cooperation between humans and soul beasts in Star Dou Forest. 121
• Facilitates Zhou Sichen's examination after a Twilight Forest item mutates his Tome Martial Soul, though Electrolux performs the decisive research and creates Zhou Sichen's Contract soul skill. 124 125

Soul Ring Lifespan Enhancement

Xia Liang develops and commercializes a system that allows Soul Rings to accumulate Twilight Forest experience and increase in lifespan. 50 51

• Publicly presents the Spirit Pagoda's enhancement research while falsely attributing its scarcity to the consumption of rare materials. 51 97
• Uses a red Soul Ascension Ring as an additional container that merges into an existing Spirit Ring and permits it to accumulate experience. 99
• Requires users to personally hunt Twilight Forest soul beasts; experience is divided among all contributors to a kill. 99 101
• Controls dungeon monster ages, item drops, access conditions, and safety restrictions for enhancement participants. 99 100 101
• Treats the danger of advancing a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring to the Hundred Thousand Year threshold as deliberate bait for powerful volunteers. 97 98
• Uses verified divine power to allow a limited number of Hard-difficulty Twilight Forest soul beasts to bypass their Hundred-Thousand-Year Tribulation Lightning. 108

Twilight Forest Authority

Defeating Twilight Forest bosses gives Xia Liang fragments of authority over that world. 19

• Defeats a million-year Naga on Evil God difficulty. 19
• Gains a trace of Twilight Forest authority by crushing the Naga Trophy. 19
• Can establish multiple Twilight portals, including portals on Douluo Continent. 19 27
• Twilight Forest participants may permanently die if they enter through a Douluo Continent portal rather than within Minecraft's revival rules. 19
• Configures special large-scale Twilight Forest instances for visiting factions, including areas limited to twenty- to thirty-thousand-year monsters. 99
• Conceals or redirects item drops in public dungeon instances, ensuring that visitors initially believe the realms offer only experience. 101
• Oversees the emergence of Mutant Monsters after the Asura sword qi is assimilated by Minecraft and generates the Mutant Mod. 36

Divine and World-Creation Authority

Xia Liang's standing as a plane master and his growing access to divine power allow him to stabilize inheritances, restore divine beings, and create or manage independent world structures. 106 107

• Receives divine power equivalent to a Second-Level God as a welcome gift from the God of Destruction, along with additional power intended to stabilize his plane. 107
• Uses the Goddess of Life's life-infused branch to create a sacred tree that stabilizes the Ice God's Inheritance Space. 107
• Stabilizes the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King's souls with a god-grade Soul Crystal before restoring them in god-grade bodies. 142 143
• Binds the Dragon Kings' divine souls to their bodies, allowing him to destroy them immediately in the event of disloyalty. 144
• Causes the Ice and Fire Legend module and Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to evolve into the independent Ice and Fire Continent. 145

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Netherite Sword — Carries the Undead Slayer V enchantment, which suppresses undead spirits; Tianmeng is judged as undead and reacts fearfully to it. 1
• Elytra — Used for flight; requires fireworks rather than soul power. 8 17
• Ender Pearls — Used to establish teleportation coordinates. 5 26
• Enchanted Golden Apples — Restore Tianmeng and the Ice Empress after Huo Yuhao's fusion with the Ice Empress. 17
• Golden Apples — Given to Huo Yuhao and later to Mu En as a meeting gift. 1 16
• Infinity Bow — Fully enchanted bow loaned to Tianmeng in the Twilight Forest. 19
• Magic Map — Crafted to locate Twilight Forest bosses. 19
• Ice Swords — Gives dozens to Snow Empress; when empowered by her true body, each can release god-level combat power. 33
• Phantom Helmet and Phantom Armor — Given to Huo Yuhao; possess spatial-distortion properties. 32
• Life Gold — Acquired from the Soul-Devouring Blade; enables Electrolux to remain active without borrowing Xia Liang's power. 25
• Sky-Based Dragon-Slaying Cannon — A colossal weapon suspended above the bedrock in The End; Xia Liang senses a connection to it and has it prepared as a divine deterrent. 56 58
• Dragon Egg — Produced by Xia Liang after discovering the Sky-Based Dragon-Slaying Cannon. 56
• Soul Ascension Rings and Tokens — Devices and credentials used to enable Twilight Forest experience to enhance Soul Ring lifespans. 99 100
• Seven-Curse Ring — A dangerous cursed artifact recovered by Electrolux; it absorbs curses placed on others, stores their energy, and can release them, though Xia Liang forbids Electrolux from wearing it. 108
• Aether Ore — An azure mineral recognized by Xia Liang; he intends to test whether it can be cultivated in Twilight Forest as the foundation for a new ore deposit. 108
• Name Tags — Modified with simulated human auras to conceal the immortal herbs' soul-beast identities while they enter human society. 144
• Ice and Fire Legend — A red-and-blue module recovered from beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well; it later fuses with the well and evolves into the Ice and Fire Continent. 142 145

Relationships

• Huo Yuhao — Guardian and mentor; supplies resources, organizes training, protects him from external threats, and supports his soul-ring and Soul Spirit development. Xia Liang later provides him with Ice Dragon King origin essence for a God-Level Soul Ring and divine Ice Dragon King and fire-attribute Soul Bones. 1 4 17 23 143 144
• Tianmeng Iceworm — Initially coerced into paying “rent” through Huo Yuhao's second martial soul; later collaborates with Xia Liang on Huo Yuhao's cultivation and the Soul Spirit Method. 1 16 17
• Electrolux — Restored with life force by Xia Liang; serves as a collaborator in research, formations, and study of Twilight Forest and Asura-related materials. 1 19 33 36
• Ice Empress — Ally after Huo Yuhao's fusion; receives Xia Liang's support and participates in the Soul Spirit plan. 17 25
• Snow Empress — Rescued from the God-Sealing Platform and entrusted to Xia Liang by the Ice God after inheriting the Ice God's divine position. She serves as a principal Spirit Pagoda enforcer and receives Xia Liang's support in stabilizing her inheritance space. 25 26 51 107
• Mu En — Recognizes Xia Liang as World Douluo; the two agree not to act against each other's interests. 16
• Xuan Zi — Challenges Xia Liang after the Shrek compensation dispute; Xia Liang seriously injures but does not kill him. Xia Liang later uses him as the first public high-level test subject for Soul Ring ascension. 8 9 98 99
• Di Tian — Discusses equal Soul Spirit Contracts and potential cooperation between humans and soul beasts. Xia Liang later works with him on the Star Dou Spirit Pagoda district and human–soul beast relations. 38 39 121
• Tang San — Hostile adversary; Xia Liang releases Douluo Continent's origin from Tang San's faction, defeats his divine sense, and later faces Tang San's seal through Niu Tian and Titan. Tang San subsequently becomes suspicious of Xia Liang's actions at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and of his alliance with the Dragon Kings. 18 33 43 44 140 143
• Niu Tian and Titan — Attempt to capture Xia Liang with Tang San's spatial method and sealing technique; their Clear Sky Sect is damaged when his projection leaks Minecraft power. 43 44
• God of Destruction — Initially approaches Xia Liang to assess the Twilight Forest plane, then formally recognizes him within the Divine Realm's accepted order and supplies divine resources. 106 107
• Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King — Restored divine allies and appointed tower masters of the Heavenly Soul Branch Pagoda; Xia Liang retains absolute safeguards over their revived bodies and souls. 142 143 144
• Zhou Family — Recruited through Zhou Sichen and Zhou Lian to serve as human intermediaries between the Spirit Pagoda, soul beasts, and hidden ancient factions. 124 125
• Dugu Family — Selected by Xia Liang as the prospective human family to manage the Heavenly Soul Branch Pagoda after he encounters Dugu Sheng at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. 144
• Jing Hongchen — Negotiates with Xia Liang to establish a Sun Moon Empire Spirit Pagoda branch; both recognize that the branch will also function as a managed hub for spies. 118

Story Role / Major Arcs

Huo Yuhao's Guardian

Xia Liang enters Huo Yuhao's Sea of Spirit, secures Tianmeng's contribution, revives Electrolux, and becomes the source of Huo Yuhao's Minecraft-derived resources and spiritual training. 1 4

Shrek Academy Intervention

He protects Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong after Ma Xiaotao's attack, obtains compensation from Shrek, declares himself World Douluo, and repels Xuan Zi. 7 8 9

Extreme North and the Ice God

Xia Liang brings Huo Yuhao to the Extreme North, aids the Ice Empress fusion, rescues Snow Empress from the God-Sealing Platform, and escorts the group to the Ice God's Palace. 17 25 26

Liberation of Douluo Continent

He breaks the Golden Tree's restrictions, removes Tang Hao and the Blue Silver Emperor from Douluo Continent, and frees the plane origin and consciousness. 18

Twilight Forest and Spirit Pagoda

Xia Liang discovers the Twilight Forest, defeats the Naga, gains authority fragments, and creates a plan to use Twilight dungeons and soul spirits to spread the Spirit Pagoda's influence. 19 27 28 30

Soul Spirit Expansion

He develops and promotes equal Soul Spirit Contracts, oversees Xiao Xiao's contract with the Golden Dragon Ao, and opens dialogue with Di Tian and the fierce beasts of Star Dou Forest. 37 38 39

Conflict with Tang San's Faction

Xia Liang defeats Tang San's divine sense, takes Asura sword qi, and later allows Niu Tian and Titan to seal a projection in order to observe Tang San's method. The seal destabilizes the projection and devastates the Clear Sky Sect. 33 43 44

Soul Ring Ascension System

Xia Liang turns Twilight Forest experience into a Spirit Pagoda service capable of increasing Soul Ring lifespans. He publicly uses his simulated Spirit Rings and claims of fatal risk to entice powerful factions into providing their own test subjects and entering controlled dungeon instances. 50 51 97 98 99 101

Divine Realm Recognition

After the God of Destruction identifies him as the master of the Twilight Forest plane, Xia Liang accepts divine resources and applies them to stabilize Snow Empress's inheritance space and strengthen selected Twilight Forest soul beasts. 106 107 108

Star Dou and Institutional Expansion

Xia Liang coordinates the Star Dou Spirit Pagoda district with Di Tian, recruits human intermediaries through the Zhou Family, and expands the Spirit Pagoda's operations into the Sun Moon Empire while using the new branch to manage embedded spies. 118 121 125

Ice and Fire Continent

At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Xia Liang restores the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King, integrates them into the Heavenly Soul Branch Pagoda, and triggers the evolution of the Ice and Fire Legend into an independent Ice and Fire Continent. 142 143 144 145

Notable Quotes

“Huo Yuhao's guardian. Now, pay me rent.” 1

“Then let's discuss compensation.” 7

“World.” 8

“No need to run. Just beat this one half to death, then lure out the other two.” 17

“Seal? What a good thing!” 44

“Good products did not need to be sold.” 97

Trivia

• Xia Liang teaches Huo Yuhao broadcast calisthenics because Electrolux has not yet recovered physical-training methods and Tianmeng is not useful as a trainer. 4
• He considers the phrase “foodies are easier to deal with” accurate after using Nine-Headed Serpent steak and Scorching Blood to negotiate with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. 38
• The Asura sword qi he takes from Tang San causes the Mutant Mod to load, introducing mutant creatures into Minecraft, Twilight Forest, and the Extreme North dungeon. 36
• Tianmeng's unpaid diamond-mining debt becomes a recurring source of labor for Xia Liang, including mining in both the Overworld and Twilight Forest. 18 56
• Xia Liang initially reacts to the Seven-Curse Ring by calling it a “filthy thing,” before recognizing it as an artifact from Mysterious Relics. 107 108
• The Ice and Fire Continent does not initially reveal an identifiable connection to Xia Liang despite originating from the Ice and Fire Legend and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. 145