Recaps

Bibi Dong confronted Qian Xunji over his devotion while Xu Huxiao completed his martial training and unlocked the second layer of his gift pack. After concealing his new abilities at his awakening, Xu returned to cultivation as three figures gathered to plan an attack on his family.

• Bibi Dong asked Qian Xunji whether he would give her his heart, and he pledged even his life to her.
• Xu Huxiao mastered the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms and fulfilled the conditions to unlock his second gift pack.
• The gift pack gave Xu the Hulk and Monster Shrek Martial Souls and the Eye of Omniscience, while replacing his Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda Martial Soul and preserving his Twin Arms Martial Soul.
• Xu decided to hide his additional Martial Souls and reveal only his mutated body-arms Martial Soul and innate full soul power at his awakening.
• Xu completed his martial soul awakening without attracting much attention and continued his body-tempering herbal baths.
• Lei Dao and two others met in an underground chamber and began discussing their Bear-Hunting plan, noting that Chrysanthemum and Ghost had left Spirit City.

Lei Dao, Ci Xue, and Lin Xie plotted to use Xu Bayan’s son to block Demon Bear’s rise, while Xu Huxiao was kidnapped and faced a brutal executioner. After Sors killed Luo Ming, Xu Huxiao’s rage triggered his Hulk transformation, leaving him poised to attack Sors.

• Lei Dao told Ci Xue and Lin Xie that Demon Bear had faked his injuries, reached the peak of Rank 95, and secretly contacted the Holy Maiden.
• Lin Xie proposed using Demon Bear’s son as leverage, and Lei Dao and Ci Xue agreed to help him in exchange for a larger share of the family assets.
• Xu Huxiao woke bound in a dark cave, where the wounded Luo Ming tried to protect him from Sors, a Soul Ancestor wielding a Black Venom Thorn Vine Martial Soul.
• Sors revealed his collection of preserved eyeballs and prepared to kill Xu Huxiao, while the poisoned vines tightened around the boy.
• Luo Ming briefly restrained Sors but was pierced through the chest and died while trying to protect Xu Huxiao.
• Overwhelmed by rage, Xu Huxiao broke free of the vines and transformed into a green, muscular monster, then fixed his attention on Sors.

Xu Huxiao defeated Sors but collapsed from his injuries, and Xu Bayan rescued him and Luo Ming from the cave. After both survivors were saved, Xu Bayan learned that the Lin Family had orchestrated the kidnapping and earlier poisoning plot, then set out for the Great Soul Arena to confront them.

• Xu Huxiao endured Sors's venom spikes, killed him in a berserk transformation, and passed out after declaring that he had won.
• Xu Bayan and the Blizzard Squad found Xu Huxiao and Luo Ming gravely wounded in the cave, and Xu Bayan carried his son back to the Xu Residence for treatment.
• After three days of treatment, the healers reported that Xu Huxiao and Luo Ming would survive, and Ning Fengyu collapsed from exhaustion upon hearing the news.
• Lin Mengmeng told Xu Bayan that Lin Yanli and Lin Xie had arranged the kidnapping, while Lin Yanli and Lin Yuyang had planned the poisoning of Xu Family women three years earlier.
• Xu Bayan learned that Lin Xie, Lin Yanli, and Lin Yuyang were attending the Martial Soul Celebration, then ordered a carriage to the Great Soul Arena.

Xu Huxiao recovered from near death and transformed his Yang Origin Soul Power, gaining the ability to refine toxins and foreign energies while his Eight Extraordinary Meridians opened. At Spirit Hall’s Martial Soul Celebration, Bibi Dong announced a surprise demonstration by Elder Demon Bear, drawing Xu Bayan’s attention.

• Ning Fengyu heard Xu Huxiao briefly wake and called for healers, but he soon fell unconscious again.
• As Xu Huxiao recovered, his Yang Origin Soul Power absorbed Prismatic Origin Soul Power and transformed, gaining the trait Refine Poison into Nourishment.
• Xu Huxiao’s new power consumed lingering toxins, strengthened his Soul Power, and left his Eight Extraordinary Meridians completely open.
• Xu Huxiao woke and vowed to become stronger and repay those who had harmed him and whoever was behind them.
• At the Martial Soul Celebration, Bibi Dong announced that Elder Demon Bear would demonstrate his self-created Soul Skill, Burning Ring, while Xu Bayan watched from the elders’ seating.

Xu Bayan demonstrated his Self-Created Soul Skill, Burning Ring, revealing how it fused blood qi with his Soul Rings in three stages. The final stage restored his Soul Power to level ninety-five, shocking Lin Xie and the other observers.

• Xu Bayan introduced Burning Ring as a three-stage explosive Soul Skill and revealed that he had lost his left leg to save his son.
• Xu Bayan used Qi-Blood Ring Fusion to raise his Soul Power from level eighty-six to level eighty-nine.
• Xu Bayan activated Blood-Soul Double-Cycle Circulation, reached level ninety, and released a Force that disturbed the blood qi of Soul Masters throughout the arena.
• Chen Xin explained to Ning Fengzhi that Xu Bayan's effect was Force, a domain's advanced derivative, and suggested Xu Bayan might briefly have surpassed level ninety-six.
• Xu Bayan invoked his Demon Bear Avatar and completed Martial Soul Burning Ring, raising his Soul Power to level ninety-five as his Soul Rings turned to flames.
• Lin Xie stood in shock as the other observers realized Xu Bayan had restored his peak strength through Burning Ring.

Xu Bayan revealed recordings exposing the Lin Family’s schemes against his family and Demon Bear Douluo’s son, then attacked the Lin siblings despite their allies’ protests. He killed Lin Yanli with an instantly repeated Blood Demon Annihilation Cannon and turned toward Lin Xie to continue settling the debt.

• Xu Bayan demonstrated that Burning Ring greatly enhanced his abilities and let him use Soul Skills without cooldown, then played recordings implicating Lin Yanli, Lin Yuyang, and Flash Mongoose Douluo in conspiracies.
• Lin Xie and Ci Xue dismissed the recordings as fabricated, while Snake Lance Douluo She Long and Lei Dao supported the Lin Family.
• Xu Bayan declared that the Lin Family’s attempt to poison his family had to be repaid in blood and used his sixth Soul Skill to appear before Lin Yanli and Lin Yuyang.
• Lin Xie attacked Xu Bayan with Twin Claw Shadow Assault and Flash Mongoose Shadow Clone, but Xu Bayan fired his fifth Soul Skill, Blood Demon Annihilation Cannon.
• Xu Bayan fired a second Blood Demon Annihilation Cannon from his other palm, killing Lin Yanli, then asked Lin Xie whether he had recorded the first debt.

Xu Bayan fought off Lin Xie and Lei Dao while seeking revenge on the Lin siblings. He destroyed Lin Xie's domain and killed Lin Yuyang, then turned his attention to Lin Xie.

• Lin Xie unleashed his Lightning and Thunder Domain and pursued Xu Bayan, while Xu Bayan shattered the lightning net with Elephant Shakes the Heavens.
• Ghost Leopard stopped Ci Xue from joining the battle, She Long held back, and Bibi Dong persuaded Qian Xunji to let her handle the matter.
• Xu Bayan used Flame God Stomp to crush Lin Xie's domain, forcing Lin Xie to flee with Lin Yuyang.
• Xu Bayan caught the Lin brothers and struck Lin Xie, causing him to lose his grip on Lin Yuyang.
• Lei Dao tried to stop Xu Bayan with Fierce Thunder Gale Slash, but Xu Bayan destroyed the attack and burned Lin Yuyang to ashes before threatening Lin Xie.

Xu Bayan overwhelmed Lin Xie and Lei Dao with a Demon Bear celestial phenomenon, but Burning Ring’s backlash left him unable to finish them. Bibi Dong stopped the fight on the Pope’s orders and ended the Martial Soul Celebration, leaving Xu Bayan alive but weakened as she turned her attention to the Rakshasa Inheritance Secret Realm.

• Lin Xie and Lei Dao combined their attacks against Xu Bayan, who shattered their Heavenly Punishment Slash with his Demon Bear celestial phenomenon.
• Burning Ring’s effects ended before Xu Bayan could strike, and he sealed his acupoints to stop his bleeding and endure the pain.
• Lin Xie tried to kill the weakened Xu Bayan, but Bibi Dong struck him down and ordered both elders to withdraw.
• Bibi Dong ended the Martial Soul Celebration and left to pursue the Rakshasa Inheritance Secret Realm.

Xu Huxiao continued training his Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms and unknowingly displayed the beginnings of Palm Force, astonishing Chen Xin. Chen Xin decided to take him as a disciple, and Xu Bayan called Xu Huxiao over to meet his prospective master.

• Pope Qian Xunji left the city with Flash Mongoose and Lei Dao to hunt the Blue Silver Emperor, a journey Xu Huxiao knew would end in disaster for them.
• Xu Huxiao practiced the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, whose power and dragon-like aura deepened as he trained.
• Chen Xin recalled discovering Xu Huxiao's Palm Force and resolved to take the boy as his disciple.
• Chen Xin confronted Xu Bayan about Xu Huxiao's talent, but Xu Bayan casually dismissed the practical value of the boy's Palm Force.
• Xu Bayan agreed to Chen Xin's request and called Xu Huxiao over to speak with his Grandpa Sword.

Xu Huxiao refused Chen Xin’s offer to become his disciple because he planned to seek Bibi Dong’s tutelage and pursue the Asura and Sea God inheritances. After persuading Chen Xin to guide him without taking him as a formal disciple, he realized his Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms might let him develop the power and domain he needs to pursue godhood.

• Xu Huxiao rejected Chen Xin’s offer to take him as a disciple, despite Xu Bayan threatening him with a bamboo strip.
• Xu Huxiao considered the paths to the Asura and Sea God inheritances and decided he needed Bibi Dong’s support to enter Slaughter City while seeking the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Xu Huxiao flattered Chen Xin and argued that remaining his grandson instead of becoming his disciple would let him receive guidance while also taking another master.
• Chen Xin accepted Xu Huxiao’s reasoning and promised to teach him whenever he had questions.
• Xu Huxiao connected Chen Xin’s explanation of force to the Essence Intent Realm of his Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms and realized he might cultivate a domain of his own.

Xu Huxiao asked Chen Xin to let him experience Sword Force, and the pressure unexpectedly helped him fuse the Nine Yang Divine Skill with the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms. He reached perfected Essence Intent and thanked Chen Xin, who praised Xu Bayan for raising such an exceptional son.

• Xu Huxiao asked Chen Xin to release his Sword Force so he could experience it, while Xu Bayan worried about the danger.
• Chen Xin gradually increased his Sword Force, and Xu Huxiao endured pressure that was eventually raised to the Soul Elder level.
• Xu Huxiao entered the Martial Dao Essence Realm and practiced the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms under the pressure, using its force to move with the Sword Force.
• Xu Huxiao adjusted the Nine Yang Divine Skill and the palm technique until they fused seamlessly, then mastered their combined force and reached perfected Essence Intent.
• Xu Huxiao thanked Chen Xin and kowtowed to him for helping him comprehend the palm technique, and Chen Xin praised Xu Bayan for his son.

Xu Huxiao kept his breakthrough and martial arts secrets hidden while his family learned that Spirit Hall’s mission had ended in disaster. After Chen Xin left for Seven Treasure City, Xu Huxiao set out with his father and Bao Dexian’s family to hunt for his first Soul Ring.

• Xu Huxiao ate with his family and kept his new abilities secret from them.
• Xu Bayan told the family that Tang Hao had severely injured Qian Xunji, killed Flash Mongoose, and wounded Lei Dao during the battle with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Chen Xin announced that he would return to Seven Treasure City to see Ning Fengzhi’s newborn daughter, Rongrong, and help with the sect’s affairs.
• Xu Huxiao and Xu Bayan left for the Soul Hunting Forest with Bao Dexian and Bao Jingjing, who had also reached level ten.
• Xu Huxiao learned through the Eye of Omniscience that Bao Jingjing had a Crystal Abalone Martial Soul and was shy because she thought he was staring at her.

Xu Huxiao heard Xu Bayan’s story about the legendary Stone Emperor and chose a first Soul Skill focused on strengthening and defending his arms. At the Soul Hunting Forest, Wang Zhong broke through to level sixty with Xu Bayan’s help and revealed a valley stocked with sub-dragon Soul Beasts for Xu Huxiao’s first Soul Ring.

• Xu Bayan told Xu Huxiao and Bao Jingjing the story of the Stone Emperor, whose famous motivational quote Xu Huxiao suspected had been stolen from his world.
• Bao Jingjing told Bao Dexian she would work hard to become a powerful Soul Master and buy him a house.
• Xu Bayan brought Xu Huxiao to the Soul Hunting Forest, where guards welcomed him and he asked Commander Wang Zhong to meet them.
• Xu Huxiao told Xu Bayan and Wang Zhong that he wanted a strength- and defense-enhancing first Soul Skill and needed a sub-dragon Soul Beast.
• Xu Bayan helped Wang Zhong break through from level fifty-nine to level sixty, and Wang Zhong offered to guide them to Dragon-Seeking Valley.

Xu Huxiao compared Soul Beasts for his first Soul Ring and chose an eight-hundred-sixty-year Black-Patterned Dread Lizard, despite his father's concerns. After discovering Xu Huxiao's Eight Extraordinary Meridians were innately connected, Xu Bayan agreed to let him try—if he could first hunt the lizard himself.

• Xu Bayan captured a Long-Armed Dragon Ape and explained its age, abilities, and suitability, but Xu Huxiao hesitated over its Berserk skill and asked to inspect another Soul Beast.
• Xu Huxiao's group found an eight-hundred-sixty-year Black-Patterned Dread Lizard, and Xu Huxiao chose it as his first Soul Ring.
• Xu Bayan warned Xu Huxiao about absorbing a Soul Ring beyond the usual limit, but discovered that Xu Huxiao's Eight Extraordinary Meridians were innately connected.
• Xu Bayan agreed that Xu Huxiao could attempt to absorb the lizard's Soul Ring, but set a test: Xu Huxiao had to hunt the Black-Patterned Dread Lizard himself.

Xu Huxiao accepted Xu Bayan’s test and fought an 860-year-old Black-Patterned Dread Lizard, using its vulnerability to land a killing blow with the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms. After winning his first real battle, he gained confidence in his martial arts and began developing his own approach to the technique.

• Xu Bayan asked Xu Huxiao to test his combat strength against the Black-Patterned Dread Lizard, and Xu Huxiao accepted.
• Xu Huxiao ate a Speed-Boosting Fresh Abalone from Bao Dexian, then approached the Dread Lizard and provoked it into attacking.
• Xu Huxiao dodged the Dread Lizard’s charge and tail, then struck its vital spot with Dragon Claw Hand, slowing it with pain.
• The Dread Lizard enlarged its claws with Gluttonous Grip, but Xu Huxiao evaded its attacks and struck its head with a barrage of palms.
• Xu Huxiao killed the Dread Lizard with Double Dragons Fetch Water and reflected that his palm technique was beginning to develop its own profundities.

Six-year-old Xu Huxiao defeated an eight-hundred-and-sixty-year Black-Patterned Dread Lizard and absorbed its Soul Ring, becoming a Soul Master. He gained the Soul Skill Multiplication: Gluttonous Grip and ended the chapter preparing to test its power against Xu Bayan.

• Xu Huxiao killed the Black-Patterned Dread Lizard in under five minutes, astonishing Xu Bayan, Bao Dexian, and Bao Jingjing.
• Xu Huxiao chose to absorb the eight-hundred-and-sixty-year Soul Ring, and Xu Bayan promised to protect him if the process became dangerous.
• Xu Huxiao absorbed the Soul Ring as his Twin Arms Martial Soul devoured its energy and the lizard's blood qi strengthened his body.
• Xu Huxiao reached level thirteen and gained Multiplication: Gluttonous Grip, which enlarged his arms fivefold and tripled their strength and defense at the cost of greater Soul Power consumption and reduced speed.
• Xu Huxiao demonstrated his enlarged arms, and Xu Bayan asked him to test their power by striking him with a Golden Dragon Palm.

Xu Huxiao found a four-hundred-year Savage-Horned Black Boar suited to Bao Jingjing’s first Soul Ring and demonstrated his strength by defeating it. The boar lay barely alive, ready for Bao Jingjing to deliver the final blow and absorb its Soul Ring.

• Xu Bayan rewarded Xu Huxiao with the Twin Dragon Rings Storage Soul Tools after he passed the test, then asked him to help find a Soul Ring for Bao Jingjing.
• After searching Dragon-Seeking Valley and the surrounding forest, Xu Huxiao identified a four-hundred-year Savage-Horned Black Boar whose stamina suited Bao Jingjing’s Food-type Soul Master abilities.
• Bao Dexian and Bao Jingjing agreed to choose the Savage-Horned Black Boar, and Xu Huxiao approached the two boars while they were mating.
• The boars charged Xu Huxiao, who used Size Multiplication and his martial arts to grab them, lift them, and repeatedly smash them into the ground.
• Xu Huxiao killed one boar and left the four-hundred-year one barely alive, while Bao Dexian and Bao Jingjing watched in shock.

After Bao Jingjing absorbed her first Soul Ring, Xu Huxiao learned about his Spirit Elite Reserve Team selection and the Spirit Hall talent rankings. He told Xu Bayan that he wanted to become Bibi Dong’s disciple, leaving his father stunned.

• Bao Jingjing absorbed a Black Crystal Abalone Soul Ring, gained a stamina-restoring Soul Skill, and shyly offered Xu Huxiao and Bao Dexian abalones.
• Xu Bayan brought home Phoenix-Tailed Flower-Bone Chickens, and the Xu family enjoyed a large rabbit dinner.
• Xu Huxiao practiced the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms and reviewed his reserve-team notice and Spirit Hall’s Martial Soul Talent Ranking.
• Xu Huxiao found himself ranked twenty-first and noted the high rankings of Hu Liena, Xiao Ji, Xie Yue, and his cousins.
• Xu Huxiao told Xu Bayan he wanted to take Bibi Dong as his master, and Xu Bayan sprayed tea in surprise.

Xu Huxiao revealed his Twin Martial Souls to Xu Bayan and persuaded him to arrange for Bibi Dong to become his master. Xu Bayan secured Yue Guan’s help, and he and Xu Huxiao set off to meet him, bringing Xu Huxiao closer to his plan to enter Slaughter City.

• Xu Huxiao revealed his Hulk Martial Soul and claimed he needed Bibi Dong’s guidance to handle the risks of cultivating Twin Martial Souls.
• Xu Bayan warned Xu Huxiao to keep his Twin Martial Souls secret and not add Soul Rings to the second Martial Soul.
• Xu Huxiao privately intended to become Bibi Dong’s disciple so she would later escort him to Slaughter City and help him obtain the Slaughter Domain.
• Xu Bayan decided to ask Yue Guan to arrange the apprenticeship and offered him a thousand-year Seven-Colored Snow Lotus.
• Yue Guan invited Xu Bayan to his residence, and Xu Bayan took Xu Huxiao to meet him.

Xu Huxiao became Bibi Dong’s disciple just before she killed Qian Xunji and took over as Pope, while Qian Daoliu resolved to protect Qian Renxue. After learning the news, Xu Huxiao planned his training around reaching Level 20 and evolving his Martial Soul.

• Xu Huxiao completed his apprenticeship ceremony with Bibi Dong at Chrysanthemum Douluo’s residence.
• Qian Daoliu heard the Angel’s mournful cry announcing Qian Xunji’s death and decided to focus on protecting Qian Renxue.
• Spirit Hall announced that Qian Xunji had died of his injuries and that Bibi Dong would become Pope.
• Xu Huxiao reviewed Bibi Dong’s information, accepted Qian Xunji’s death, and recommitted himself to becoming stronger.
• Xu Huxiao adjusted his training schedule to build qi and blood, cultivate Soul Power, and practice his Size Multiplication Soul Skill.
• Xu Huxiao looked forward to evolving his Platinum Dragon-Patterned Arms Martial Soul into a body-wide form that could amplify his entire body.

Xu Huxiao accompanied Ning Fengyu to the Seven-Star Auction House, where he used the Eye of Omniscience to identify a mysterious Bronze Giant Clam as an immeasurably valuable Demon Clam. He had Ning Fengyu buy it for one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and the clam’s description hinted that its long-awaited mission was nearly complete.

• Ning Fengyu brought Xu Huxiao and Xiao Kong to the Seven-Star Auction House and promised Xu Huxiao one item of his choosing.
• Xu Huxiao found no worthwhile treasures among the early auction items while Ning Fengyu and Xiao Kong made several purchases.
• Shi Qi presented a sealed Bronze Giant Clam from the Netherworld Abyss as the final auction item, and the crowd showed little interest.
• Xu Huxiao used the Eye of Omniscience to identify the clam as a Demon Clam with an immeasurable value and a sealing effect.
• Xu Huxiao asked Ning Fengyu to bid, and she bought the Demon Clam for one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Xu Huxiao joined Orleans in a wager to see whose blind box held the more valuable treasure, trusting his Eye of Omniscience against the treasure-hunting ability of her Soul Sage bodyguard. After Orleans chose a box worth five Copper Soul Coins, Xu Huxiao picked an adjacent box worth five Gold Soul Coins, and attendant Liu Qingqing prepared to open them.

• Xu Huxiao left the VIP room with Xiao Kong and learned about the auction house's lucky treasure draw district.
• Orleans challenged Xu Huxiao to a best-of-three box-betting contest, wagering that the loser would have to call the winner Boss and obey her.
• Xiao Kong warned Xu Huxiao that Orleans's bodyguard Jin Huan had a talent for finding treasure, and Xu Huxiao agreed to compete with neither Soul Sage interfering.
• Orleans chose Black Box 1-26, which Xu Huxiao's Eye of Omniscience valued at five Copper Soul Coins.
• Xu Huxiao chose Black Box 1-27, valued at five Gold Soul Coins, and attendant Liu Qingqing began opening the boxes.

Xu Huxiao used the Eye of Omniscience to win a black-box wager against Orleans and then bought every profitable box at the auction, triggering a buying frenzy. Back at the Xu Family home, he set aside his new items for a family dinner and noticed that his cousins Xu Luo and Xu Lin seemed hostile toward him.

• Liu Qingqing opened the first pair of boxes, and Xu Huxiao beat Orleans in the first round after her box contained a bowl worth five Copper Soul Coins and his contained jade wine cups worth five Gold Soul Coins.
• Xu Huxiao chose a Floating Tent worth twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins, beating Orleans's Blue-Pattern Black Iron Ore and winning their wager.
• Orleans challenged Xu Huxiao to another wager against her younger brother Ao Li'ao, but Xu Huxiao won again, and Jin Huan refused to keep competing.
• Xu Huxiao bought and opened all 160 high-value black boxes, prompting the auction hall's customers to buy boxes frantically.
• Xu Huxiao returned home with his mother, stored most of his winnings, and prepared to study the Bronze Giant Clam before his uncles' families arrived for dinner.
• At the family dinner, Xu Huxiao noticed that Xu Luo and Xu Lin seemed hostile and wanted to defeat him.

Xu Huxiao opened the Bronze Giant Clam and discovered Yun Ji, a six-year-old mermaid and Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast who called him her Holy Knight. After Yun Ji's mistaken Fate-Binding Ritual let Xu Huxiao hear her thoughts, he refused to complete it and openly challenged her, intending to eventually make her his Soul Ring.

• Xu Huxiao touched the Bronze Giant Clam, causing it to open and reveal the sleeping Yun Ji inside.
• Yun Ji introduced herself as the Seventh Princess of Atlantis and called Xu Huxiao her Holy Knight, while his Eye of Omniscience identified her as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast.
• Yun Ji sent Xu Huxiao a rainbow bubble as part of her Fate-Binding Ritual, and he began hearing her inner thoughts.
• Xu Huxiao refused to complete the ritual, realizing it would let Yun Ji hear his thoughts too.
• Xu Huxiao told Yun Ji he intended to turn her into his Soul Ring and challenged her to fight.

Xu Huxiao discovered a prophecy hidden in Yun Ji’s Martial Soul, warning of Weird Soul Masters and Weird Gods, but dismissed it as a fabricated story. After he grabbed Yun Ji and demanded her submission, Xu Bayan intervened, mistook the situation for his son bullying a girl, and prepared to punish him.

• Xu Huxiao seized Yun Ji, triggering messages from the Seed of Prophecy that identified him as her Holy Knight and warned of Weird Soul Masters and seven Weird Gods.
• Xu Huxiao read the prophecy’s first two messages through his Eye of Omniscience but dismissed them as nonsense when the final message did not appear.
• Xu Huxiao demanded that Yun Ji submit, but she refused and insisted that a princess and her Holy Knight were equals.
• Xu Bayan burst in, pried open Xu Huxiao’s hand, and accused him of bullying a little girl after seeing Yun Ji fall to the ground.
• Xu Huxiao told Xu Bayan that Yun Ji was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, but Xu Bayan could not detect anything unusual and insisted she was human.
• Xu Bayan suppressed Xu Huxiao’s Martial Soul, doubled his punishment to forty strikes, and hit him with a bamboo rod.