Twin Rings Advance, the Snow Blade's First Cry

In Wenying Pavilion's private training grounds, Soul Power surged and light and shadow intertwined.

Nearly half a month had passed since Li Mengchen completed her evolution and returned with the power of a level seventy-four Soul Sage. Only three and a half months remained before the competition. During that time, all fifteen members of the Heavenly Phoenix team had cast aside every distraction and thrown themselves into grueling coordination training.

Their early awkwardness and clashes had gradually faded, replaced by the beginnings of an understanding. Before releasing his Golden Toad Domain, Li Xiaochen had taken to glancing at Li Xuanqing's position. When Li Longyue charged forward, Li Huayu's light of life always landed precisely along his path. When Li Tianyin's Bewitching Demon Bell rang, Li Huajun's Profound Phoenix Shield shielded her from threats at close range. After many attempts, Li Bing'er and Li Mengchen had found a peculiar resonance between their ice abilities. The bitter cold and ice poison did not merely overlap; they formed a more layered zone of control and destruction.

As captain and tactical core, Li Xuansheng was always the busiest. He had to train, but he also had to observe, analyze, and adjust at every moment. Each person's strengths, the possible reactions between pairs of Martial Souls, the merits and flaws of every tactic... countless pieces of information circled through his mind as he tested one possibility after another.

That day, a simulated battle had just ended. Li Xuansheng, Li Bing'er, Li Xuanyin, Li Yuanran, and Li Huajun had faced a team of Li Xiaochen, Li Mengchen, Li Longyue, Li Tianyin, and Li Huayu. The fight had been fierce. In the end, a sudden burst from Li Xuansheng's Divine Phoenix Domain and a deft ambush by Li Xuanyin using Void Snowmoon Blade: Moonshadow Instant Kill had