Arc 1The Future’s Crimson Challenge
Qian Renxue entered Yin Hongye’s future and learned how Spirit Hall fell, while Yin Hongye fought the Holy Spirit Cult and challenged Shrek Academy. The arc ended with Yin Hongye using his Life-Bound Soul Tool against Yun Ming.
- Yin Hongye told Qian Renxue that she had died twenty thousand years earlier and showed her a future shaped by Soul Guidance technology and the Federation.
- Yin Hongye’s attack on a fleeing assassin destroyed a Tang Sect branch, and his account of the Defense Clan’s departure drove the four great clans away from Tang San.
- Ghost Emperor and the Holy Spirit Cult attacked Zhen Hua, but Yin Hongye killed three Titled Douluos, wounded Dark Hummingbird, and forced Ghost Emperor to flee.
- Yin Hongye took Qian Renxue and Mu Hongchen through the Soul Spirit Tower, where Mu Hongchen chose a Three-Legged Golden Toad and Qian Renxue bonded with a Heaven Dragon Horse.
- Yin Hongye challenged Shrek Academy and defeated its seven young Soul Sages with his killing intent, leaving several students in need of treatment.
- Yin Hongye fought Long Yeyue and then confronted Yun Ming, who stopped his spear and warned him against using his Blood Sea Domain.
- Yin Hongye summoned his level-ten Life-Bound Soul Tool, a giant bronze bell cover surrounded by nine Fire Dragons, and forced Yun Ming to resist its crushing weight.