Recaps

Half a month later in Spirit City, Soul Masters discussed the Peerless Dragon and Snake's retirement and the rumors surrounding Xu Huxiao's power. At a tavern, seven youths from Bashu formed the Element Team and toasted their hopes of entering Spirit Hall Advanced Soul Master Academy.

• At a tavern, Brother Weak Kidneys told his companions that the Peerless Dragon and Snake had withdrawn from the Soul Master world and Qingcheng Mountain was sealed for ten years.
• Brother Weak Kidneys revealed that Xu Huxiao was ten years old, possessed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as his third ring, had defeated a Soul King, and had been acknowledged as Ghost Elder's godson.
• Brother Weak Kidneys offered to recommend his companions for openings in the Soul Hunting Forest patrol, and they toasted their hopes for Spirit Hall's future.
• Huo Wu objected to the tavern patrons dismissing Bashu Soul Masters' accounts of Xu Huxiao, while Huo Wushuang reminded her not to reveal the battle's true circumstances.
• Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, Xiaotian, Yue'er, Bing'er, Yiran, and Shi Meng raised their cups together and formed the Element Team, hoping to enter Spirit Hall Advanced Soul Master Academy.

Green Crystal Demon Jiao absorbed the Snake Pool’s ancestral artifact, transformed into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with a human form, and became Green Goblin. After his master sent him to learn how to live among humans, the chapter ended with Xu Huxiao revealing a red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring in Monster Shrek Martial Soul Possession.

• Green Crystal Demon Jiao emerged from its shell in the Love Goddess’s underground palace as a green-haired human, and the Snake Demons accepted him as their new king.
• His master named him Green Goblin and explained that he could switch between human and Soul Beast forms after reaching the Hundred-Thousand-Year level.
• Green Goblin transformed into a Green Crystal Demon Dragon, absorbed his discarded shell, and summoned the damaged divine artifact Cupid’s Bow from his body.
• Golden-Eyed Green Goblin discovered that he could command the Snake Demons, then stored Cupid’s Bow within himself at his master’s instruction.
• Green Goblin left the underground palace to enter human society, practicing the words “Ah” and “Oh” until a Soul Master adventuring party found him.
• In Spirit City, Xu Huxiao examined the solid red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring he had gained in Monster Shrek Martial Soul Possession.

Xu Huxiao explained how the Green Crystal Demon Snake became Green Goblin, a hundred-thousand-year Weird Envoy, and deduced how Weird Soul Masters and Soul Beasts grew stronger. He planned his next training, while the returning Spirit Hall team entered a two-versus-two match against Hu Liena and Orleans.

• Xu Huxiao traced Green Goblin’s evolution to its slaughter-based talent and its absorption of the Death God Skull and Cupid’s Bow, which made it the Love Goddess’s Weird Envoy with the Evolutionary Slaughter talent.
• Xu Huxiao concluded that Weird Soul Masters could evolve by devouring things of the same origin and suspected they cultivated believers as future prey for a powerful entity in the God Realm.
• Xu Huxiao resolved to strengthen himself, planned Diamond Body training and lessons in the Burning Ring Secret Technique, and ordered a servant to summon four Elephant Armor Sect disciples to assist him.
• Gale’s Spirit Hall team returned to Spirit City after completing brutal training in the Death Desert, with all seven having improved their Soul Power.
• Hu Liena and Orleans entered the Great Soul Arena as the Fox-Leopard Combination and faced the Ice-Fire Combination in a two-versus-two match.

Yan left the VIP room to train after comparing himself to the team’s exceptional members, while Yun Ji watched Orleans and Hu Liena prepare to battle Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu. The match began with the Spirit Hall pair planning to use Hu Liena’s Red Fox Illusion Demon for a rapid victory, but the Ice-Fire Combination’s response remained unknown.

• Ao Li'ao hosted Xie Yue, Yan, Bao Jingjing, and Yun Ji in a VIP room to watch the Soul Battle.
• Yan learned that Orleans was level twenty-eight and Hu Liena had reached level thirty, then left to train after reflecting on the extraordinary talents of Xu Huxiao and Yun Ji.
• Yun Ji watched the battle preparations and discussed the Ice-Fire Combination’s four consecutive wins with Ao Li'ao and Xie Yue.
• Orleans and Hu Liena planned to defeat Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu quickly, relying on Hu Liena’s Red Fox Illusion Demon to control an opponent into jumping off the platform.
• The battle began, leaving open whether Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu could counter the Spirit Hall pair’s strategy.

The Fox-Leopard Combination battled Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu, countering their ice-and-fire teamwork with Hu Liena's mental control and Orleans's speed and flames. Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu fought back with coordinated attacks, but Orleans stopped Huo Wu's final assault and secured the victory for her team.

• Shui Bing'er froze Orleans and Hu Liena, but Hu Liena's Red Fox Illusion Demons possessed Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu as they froze themselves to limit the control.
• Orleans broke free with her white flames and freed Hu Liena, who used the Red Fox Illusion Demons to control Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er and turn their Soul Skills against each other.
• Shui Bing'er blocked Orleans's claws and Huo Wu's fireballs with Ice Phoenix Frost Wings, then released a second-stage barrage of ice feathers that Orleans and Hu Liena evaded.
• Huo Wu broke free and launched Huo Wu Whirlwind Kick while Shui Bing'er used Freeze on the Fox-Leopard Combination, but Orleans slipped through the ice and interrupted Huo Wu with a flaming kick.
• Orleans knocked Huo Wu to the edge of the arena and held her at clawpoint, and the referee declared the Fox-Leopard Combination the winner.

After Hu Liena and her partner defeated Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er, the chapter explained the strengths and hidden weaknesses of Hu Liena’s Red Fox Illusion Demon. Meng Yiran trained through the night, but her determination to defeat Xu Huxiao had begun turning into hatred as she confronted how far she was from her goal.

• Spectators praised the battle, while Xiao Yunhao and a girl from Spirit Hall Academy teased each other and discussed Hu Liena’s control ability.
• The chapter detailed how Red Fox Illusion Demon could be countered and explained how Hu Liena concealed its weaknesses to gain an advantage.
• Huo Wushuang comforted Huo Wu and Shui Bing’er after their loss, while Meng Yiran mocked their defeat and left the VIP room to train.
• Huo Wushuang persuaded Huo Wu not to escalate the argument, explaining that Meng Yiran was under pressure after her family’s decline.
• Meng Yiran trained until late at night, then lay awake recognizing how formidable Xu Huxiao was and how her resolve to defeat him was hardening into hatred.

Xiao Xue dreamed of her childhood, when her grandfather shaped her ambition and sent her to Heaven Dou City, then arrived blind at the Xu Residence to treat Xu Huxiao. Hu Liena sensed Angel Mist-like Soul Power in Xiao Xue and questioned her, leaving Xiao Xue to explain that she had come as agreed.

• Xiao Xue dreamed of her grandfather teaching her that ordinary people were beneath her and urging her to become Emperor and ascend to godhood.
• Xiao Xue woke as her carriage reached Spirit City and went to the Xu Residence, where the guards refused to announce her arrival.
• Xiao Xue considered killing a guard to attract the residence's attention, but Hu Liena and Orleans arrived before she acted.
• Hu Liena sensed Soul Power like the Angel Mist from Xiao Xue and stopped the guards from driving her away.
• Hu Liena asked Xiao Xue who she was and why she had come, and Xiao Xue introduced herself and said she had come as agreed.

Xu Huxiao began cultivating the Diamond Body, enduring two hours of blows from four Elephant Armor Sect Soul Ancestors before recovering with costly medicines and rest. Meanwhile, Hu Liena, Orleans, and Xiao Xue were sent to visit Ning Fengyu while he trained, leaving his new cultivation underway.

• Xiao Xue showed Hu Liena and Orleans a Dragon-Patterned Jade Pendant, and they brought her into Xu Residence to meet Xu Huxiao.
• Luo Ming told the women that Xu Huxiao would be training for three hours and redirected them to visit Ning Fengyu and taste her pastries.
• Xu Huxiao began Diamond Body training by enduring repeated strikes from four Elephant Armor Sect Soul Ancestors while balancing upside down on one finger.
• Xu Huxiao concealed his Silver Body and used only his flesh and blood to withstand the blows, studying the pain and adjusting his cultivation technique.
• After two hours, the exhausted Soul Ancestors finished assisting Xu Huxiao, who then began an hour of recovery using medicinal food, baths, and Absolute Sleep.
• Ning Fengyu arranged the expensive medicinal ingredients Xu Huxiao needed and accepted the cost because she believed in her son's exceptional talent.

Xu Huxiao examined Xiao Xue’s weakened Martial Soul and discovered a seal of Angel Soul Power, while she traded him a rare Soul Bone. Their investigation ended in shock when they realized they had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Ning Fengyu welcomed Xiao Xue and offered her a place to stay while Xu Huxiao prepared her treatment.
• Xu Bayan examined Xiao Xue, found her Soul Power unusually weak and chaotic, then left for his study as Ning Fengyu suspected he was hiding a secret.
• Xu Huxiao accepted Xiao Xue’s Fifty Thousand Year Crimson Lotus Shadow Leopard left leg Soul Bone in exchange for treating her Martial Soul.
• Xiao Xue admitted she had concealed Brother Xue’s involvement from Xu Bayan and Ning Fengyu, and Xu Huxiao told her she could make amends through good deeds.
• Xu Huxiao guided Yang Origin Soul Power through Xiao Xue’s body, found an Angel Soul Power seal, and he and Xiao Xue recognized that they had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Xu Huxiao discovered that his Martial Soul could resonate with Qian Renxue’s Angel Martial Soul, allowing them to cultivate together and treat her broken-winged Martial Soul. After Qian Renxue left, he summoned his fiancées Orleans and Hu Liena to his courtyard.

• The chapter recounted how Master’s Golden Sacred Dragon fusion skill challenged accepted theories about Martial Soul compatibility and became one of the Soul Master world’s great unsolved mysteries.
• Xu Huxiao sensed that his Four Extremes Golden Dragon Claw and Qian Renxue’s Angel Martial Soul could fuse, but decided not to rely on their fusion skill because he did not trust her completely.
• Xu Huxiao realized their compatibility would let him use dual cultivation to nourish Qian Renxue’s damaged Martial Soul and gradually unseal her Angel Soul Power.
• Xu Huxiao and Qian Renxue tested their intertwined Soul Power for half an hour, after which he told her he could treat her Martial Soul and arranged to begin the next day.
• After Qian Renxue left, Xu Huxiao meditated in his courtyard, where Orleans and Hu Liena arrived under a servant’s guidance.

Xu Huxiao gave Orleans and Hu Liena perfectly suited Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, guarded them through the four-hour absorption, and was kissed by both girls. Afterward, Hu Liena warned him that Xiao Xue had displayed Angel-like Soul Power, leaving Xu Huxiao to suspect she had deliberately drawn attention to herself.

• Xu Huxiao presented Orleans with an agility-attack left leg bone and Hu Liena with an illusion-type skull bone, but the two initially refused them because they wanted him to advance further.
• Xu Huxiao explained that his Self-Created Soul Skill prevented him from absorbing Soul Bones, so Orleans and Hu Liena accepted the gifts and kissed him together before beginning absorption.
• Xu Huxiao stood guard while the girls absorbed their Soul Bones for four hours, and he confirmed that each had gained a matching Soul Bone Skill.
• Xu Huxiao resumed cultivating after the girls left, but Hu Liena returned to warn him that Xiao Xue had briefly displayed Soul Power resembling the Angel Mist.
• After hearing how Hu Liena had brought Xiao Xue inside, Xu Huxiao realized he had forgotten to notify the guards and suspected Xiao Xue had intentionally revealed a clue to gain entry.

Xu Huxiao stopped Hu Liena from revealing her suspicions about Xiao Xue’s hidden Angel heritage, then reassured her when she confessed her fears of being unable to stand beside him. After Hu Liena resolved to grow stronger and broke through her self-doubt, Xu Huxiao agreed to help her obtain a third Soul Ring and set out with her to hunt a Three-Eyed White Fox.

• Hu Liena reasoned that Xiao Xue’s Soul Power had Angel purification power and might indicate an Angel Martial Soul, but Xu Huxiao stopped her before she could finish.
• Xu Huxiao asked Hu Liena to keep her suspicions about Xiao Xue secret, and she promised she had told no one but him.
• Hu Liena asked Xu Huxiao to train her so she could fight beside him, then admitted she feared becoming his burden and felt she had nothing to offer him.
• Xu Huxiao embraced Hu Liena, reassured her that he needed her as a future helper, and agreed to help her grow stronger; her spiritual power improved after she overcame her self-doubt.
• Hu Liena chose a Three-Eyed White Fox in the Tianshan Mountains as the source of her third Soul Ring, and Xu Huxiao immediately set out with her to hunt it.

Zhu Zhengpeng was killed while trying to protect his daughter Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai used her as bait to escape the Star Luo generals. Meanwhile, Xu Huxiao and Hu Liena flew toward Heavenly Mountain, leaving the fighting behind them.

• Qin Shou’s demon sword overwhelmed Zhu Zhengpeng’s attack, and Zhu Zhengpeng sent Zhuqing away with Elder He before dying.
• Dai Mubai attacked Zhuqing in the carriage and ordered Elder He to tie her to a horse and send her down a separate path as bait.
• Qin Shou pursued Zhuqing while Li Long followed the carriage to a cliff, where he demanded that He Chun surrender the Third Prince.
• Xu Huxiao and Hu Liena heard fighting in the mountains, but Xu Huxiao chose to continue toward Heavenly Mountain instead of investigating.

Li Long killed He Chun and nearly killed Dai Mubai, but a masked Spirit Hall Soul Master rescued the prince and escaped. Elsewhere, Qin Shou caught up with another bound captive, whom he regarded as food.

• He Chun trapped Li Long in his Magic Cube Lock long enough for Dai Mubai to flee on horseback, but Li Long broke free, killed He Chun, and pursued the prince.
• Li Long caught Dai Mubai, but a masked man intervened and tried to carry him away; Li Long’s spear grazed Dai Mubai before the rescuer flew off with him.
• The masked man identified himself as Ghost Roc of Spirit Hall, and Li Long stored a piece of Dai Mubai’s flesh as proof before leaving.
• Qin Shou caught up with a bound captive elsewhere and eyed the captive hungrily.

Xu Huxiao rescued Zhu Zhuqing from Qin Shou, a newly transformed Weird Soul Master who had killed her father. He took Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena toward Heavenly Mountain to hunt the Three-Eyed White Fox, promising to protect and settle the girl afterward.

• Qin Shou cut Zhu Zhuqing free and pursued her, taunting her about her father's death and blaming her father and Xu Huxiao for what had happened.
• Zhu Zhuqing stopped running, defended her father and the golden-haired big brother, and challenged Qin Shou to kill her.
• Xu Huxiao appeared and killed Qin Shou, who resurrected with immortal traits before Xu Huxiao killed him again and turned him to ash.
• Hu Liena comforted Zhu Zhuqing, who recognized Xu Huxiao and introduced herself; Hu Liena gave her food and water.
• Xu Huxiao carried Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing away toward Heavenly Mountain, telling Zhu Zhuqing he would protect her and help settle her after their hunt.

Xu Huxiao and Hu Liena reached Heavenly Lake on Heavenly Mountain to hunt Three-Eyed White Foxes, while Xu Huxiao wrestled with whether he was responsible for changing Zhu Zhuqing’s fate. Hu Liena’s bait and spiritual lure drew a large group of foxes, and Xu Huxiao began selecting a target.

• Xu Huxiao decided that changing fate was an ordinary consequence of growing stronger, rather than a reason to blame himself for Zhu Zhuqing’s altered life.
• Xu Huxiao, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Heavenly Lake, where Xu Huxiao protected the trembling Zhu Zhuqing inside a Soul Power barrier.
• Hu Liena explained how Moonlight Fruits could lure Three-Eyed White Foxes and used her Red Fox Illusion Demon skill to release spiritual fluctuations.
• Hu Liena used her intense love for Xu Huxiao to strengthen the lure, and thirty or forty Three-Eyed White Foxes gathered around them.
• Xu Huxiao examined the foxes with his Eye of Omniscience and identified a Three-Eyed White Fox that had lived for three thousand two hundred years.

Xu Huxiao captured a Three-Eyed White Fox for Hu Liena’s third Soul Ring, then drove off the rest with the Golden Dragon’s might. The white foxes bestowed a mysterious blessing on the Soul Ring before Hu Liena began absorbing it, while Xu Huxiao guarded her and little Zhu Zhuqing quietly grieved for her father.

• Xu Huxiao caught a 3,200-year-old Three-Eyed White Fox and handed it to Hu Liena, who killed it to form her third Soul Ring.
• Xu Huxiao summoned the Golden Dragon’s terrifying presence, forcing the surrounding Three-Eyed White Foxes to abandon their attack.
• The four leading white foxes pleaded for mercy through a spiritual message, and the clan poured seven-colored energy into Hu Liena’s Soul Ring as a blessing.
• Xu Huxiao checked that the brighter Soul Ring remained safe to absorb, then Hu Liena began absorbing it while he created barriers and stood guard.
• Xu Huxiao gave little Zhu Zhuqing food and a bed, then meditated nearby as she pretended to sleep.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched Xu Huxiao and Hu Liena in silence and thought that she had survived but missed her father.

Hu Liena broke through to Soul Elder, and her Martial Soul evolved into the Three-Tailed Moon Fox. After discovering that her lingering fox tails were an External Soul Bone, she returned to Spirit City with Xu Huxiao and Zhu Zhuqing, while a presence in Heavenly Lake watched the moon disappear.

• Hu Liena awakened at Soul Power Level thirty-three with an evolved Three-Tailed Moon Fox Martial Soul and the White Fox Moon Blade Dance Soul Skill.
• Hu Liena tested her Moon Crystal Blades, flew on a blade disc, and fell after exhausting her spiritual power, but Xu Huxiao caught her.
• Hu Liena discovered that her three snow-white fox tails remained after she dispelled Martial Soul Possession, and Xu Huxiao identified them as an External Soul Bone.
• Xu Huxiao explained the Fox Tail's abilities, and Hu Liena learned to retract it into a moon-white mark at the base of her spine.
• Xu Huxiao carried Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing away from Heavenly Mountain toward Spirit City, while a presence in Heavenly Lake wondered about the missing moon and the three tails.

Gui Mei gathered Yue Guan, Xu Bayan, Zi Xing, and Ao Miao to discuss Huxiao’s future, explaining that Huxiao’s power and potential could reshape the continent. The group concluded that Huxiao was poorly suited to inherit the Pope’s position, and Yue Guan proposed that he become the Sect Master of one of the Upper Three Sects and protector of the Pope’s heir.

• Yue Guan hosted Gui Mei, Xu Bayan, Zi Xing, and Ao Miao at his residence, where Gui Mei announced that he had gathered them to discuss Huxiao’s future.
• Gui Mei explained that Huxiao, though only a three-ring Soul Elder, could fight at Title Level and that knowledge of his strength was being restricted to shield him from disruption and manipulation.
• Xu Bayan asked what Gui Mei intended, and Yue Guan argued that Bibi Dong might not want Huxiao as her heir because of his ties to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ao Miao guessed that Huxiao could establish a sect and take one of the vacant Upper Three Sects seats.
• Yue Guan confirmed that Huxiao should become the Sect Master of one of the Upper Three Sects and serve as protector of the Pope’s heir.

Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Xu Bayan, Zi Xing, and Ao Miao discussed how to secure Xu Huxiao's future through a sect of his own and the Upper Three Sects title, while weighing Bibi Dong's growing power and ambitions. They settled on a proposal for Xu Bayan to establish a sect, backed by Bibi Dong's votes and a pledge to hunt the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and chose who would present it to her.

• Yue Guan said Bibi Dong might bind Xu Huxiao to Spirit Hall through Hu Liena and the Upper Three Sects, while Zi Xing worried that Xu Huxiao's strength would eventually make such control ineffective.
• Yue Guan warned that Bibi Dong might be pursuing a Divine Inheritance, and Gui Mei kept his suspicions about her transformation into a Weird Soul Master to himself.
• Ao Miao urged the group to focus on claiming an Upper Three Sects position, and Yue Guan proposed that Xu Bayan establish a sect so Xu Huxiao could become its young sect master.
• Gui Mei proposed presenting the sect's creation without demanding the Upper Three Sects title, while Yue Guan explained that Bibi Dong's two extra votes would give the proposal enough support in the Elder Council.
• Ao Miao said Bibi Dong needed a reason to support the plan, and Gui Mei offered Xu Bayan's military pledge to hunt the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as the bargaining chip.
• Xu Bayan revealed that Mengmeng had already begun the Dragon Hunting Plan, and the group agreed that Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Xu Bayan would speak to Bibi Dong.

Xu Huxiao entrusted Zhu Zhuqing to Ghost Fox so she could live safely under a new identity, then left her with his dagger and short sword. Zhu Zhuqing decided to become stronger and make Xu Huxiao the purpose that would keep her from being consumed by hatred.

• Xu Huxiao visited Ghost Fox at Ghost Mansion and praised him for his work as Black Prison's chief warden, while warning him to cooperate with his deputies.
• Xu Huxiao asked Ghost Fox to find Zhu Zhuqing a safe family and give her an ordinary life, and Ghost Fox promised to protect her and fulfill her requests.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked to stay with Xu Huxiao, but he refused and gave her Bloodshadow Dagger and Red Snow Thread of Heaven before leaving.
• Ghost Fox told Zhu Zhuqing he would arrange her father's burial and find her a home, and she asked for the best teachers and a demanding training plan so she could grow stronger.
• Alone that night, Zhu Zhuqing named the weapons Little Shadow and Little Red and vowed to become Xu Huxiao's shadow and sword in the darkness.

Xu Huxiao learned the Burning Ring Secret Method and planned a regimen to develop his blood-qi and Soul Power. After three afternoons of practice, he synchronized Soul Power with Xiao Xue, but their first session left her Angel Martial Soul threatened by his Golden Dragon’s overpowering aura.

• Xu Huxiao confirmed with Xu Bayan that he could safely cultivate the Burning Ring Secret Method and began studying its three stages.
• Xu Huxiao planned to practice Palm Force Fusion in the morning, temper his body at noon, cultivate Burning Ring at night, and spend afternoons in dual cultivation with Xiao Xue.
• After three afternoons of attempts, Xu Huxiao figured out how to guide Xiao Xue into synchronized Soul Power circulation.
• Xu Huxiao cautioned Xiao Xue against releasing her spiritual power and began Shallow Dual Cultivation with her in the cultivation chamber.
• Their Soul Powers synchronized, turning the feathered barrier golden as the Golden Dragon’s aura overwhelmed the Angel phantom and threatened to devour Xiao Xue’s Angel Martial Soul.

Xu Huxiao and Xiao Xue completed their first dual-cultivation session, which began healing her Broken-Wing Angel Martial Soul while slightly improving his Soul Power purity. As Xiao Xue grew more cheerful and close to Ning Fengyu, Ning Fengyu asked to make her a goddaughter, and Xiao Xue accepted, leaving Xu Huxiao stunned and objecting.

• Xu Huxiao guided Xiao Xue through three hours of dual cultivation and told her to continue each afternoon for two months to eliminate the hidden danger in her Martial Soul.
• Xiao Xue told Xu Huxiao she was happy living with Ning Fengyu and wanted to embroider a pouch to thank her.
• Xu Huxiao noticed Xiao Xue becoming more cheerful and worried that her innocent manner was another of Qian Renxue's disguises.
• Ning Fengyu told Xu Huxiao she wanted to take Xiao Xue as her goddaughter and asked Xiao Xue whether she agreed.
• Xiao Xue accepted Ning Fengyu's offer, and Xu Huxiao stood up in shock and objected.

Xu Huxiao’s parents made Xiao Xue part of their family, while he remained wary of her motives and continued their Soul Power Dual Cultivation. Xiao Xue recklessly tried to access his spiritual origin, but Xu Huxiao protected her from backlash; she woke afterward shaken by the experience and dreamed of him, even as she reminded herself that emotion was a weakness.

• Ning Fengyu and Xu Bayan told Xu Huxiao that they had made Xiao Xue their goddaughter, and Ning urged Xiao Xue to call him big brother.
• Xu Huxiao left the meal, concluded that Qian Renxue still sought information about his Nine Yang Divine Skill, and proceeded with their scheduled cultivation.
• Xiao Xue apologized to Xu Huxiao and asked whether he would choose her as his sister; he said her identity was hers to choose before they began cultivating.
• Qian Renxue sent her spiritual power into their Dominion Dual Cultivation, where the Golden Dragon’s pressure overwhelmed her until Xu Huxiao calmed the Soul Power and protected her from backlash.
• Xu Huxiao carried the unconscious Xiao Xue to her room, and she later woke with lingering memories of the spiritual intertwining.
• Xiao Xue dreamed of a golden-haired man who resembled Xu Huxiao, then reminded herself that emotions and desire were weaknesses she had to sever.

Bibi Dong assigned Xu Huxiao to train Spirit Hall Academy’s teams for three years while preparing him to lead a branch sect and help Spirit Hall conquer the continent. Afterward, Xu Huxiao assessed the approaching threats and resolved to reach at least Extreme Douluo-level combat strength before they arrived.

• Xiao Xue apologized to Xu Huxiao for the dangerous Deep Dual Cultivation, and he warned her there must not be a next time.
• Bibi Dong told Xu Huxiao that Demon Bear Douluo would lead a branch sect against Shadow Dragon Hall as part of Spirit Hall’s continental expansion, while Nana would become the Papal successor.
• Bibi Dong made Xu Huxiao the leader and trainer of Spirit Hall Academy’s teams, with the task of securing an overwhelming tournament championship in three years without competing himself.
• Bibi Dong promised a God-Level Meditation Method as the tournament reward and said it would help Xu Huxiao and Nana attain power beyond Soul Masters.
• Xu Huxiao used his knowledge of Bibi Dong’s transformation and the Little Mermaid’s prophecy to estimate that the continental upheaval was more than three years away.
• Xu Huxiao decided to pursue Deity Level strength, or at least combat strength equal to an Extreme Douluo, before the upheaval began.