Recaps

Xu Huxiao concealed the extent of his spiritual power while revealing that his Yang Origin Soul Power could ease Gui Mei’s condition. After Gui Mei became enraged and restrained him, Xu Huxiao’s power erupted from the black cocoon.

• Xu Huxiao explained his vision as a Mimic Epiphany, and Ghost Douluo noticed that he could cultivate amid the deathly energy.
• Xu Huxiao showed Gui Mei his golden Yang Origin Soul Power, which Gui Mei swallowed and found eased the cold deathly energy in his body.
• Gui Mei offered to trade for more golden spheres, and Xu Huxiao asked whether he was alive and whether he could eat normally.
• Gui Mei learned that Xu Huxiao knew about his living-corpse condition, blamed Xu Bayan for revealing it, and angrily lifted Xu Huxiao with deathly Soul Power.
• As Gui Mei prepared to release him, a golden pattern split the black cocoon around Xu Huxiao, and a roar of golden light burst out.

Xu Huxiao broke Ghost Douluo Gui Mei’s soul-power confinement with his Golden Flame Silver Body transformation, then agreed to keep their secrets in exchange for Gui Mei revealing his condition. After learning that Gui Mei suffered from death energy fused with his soul power, Xu Huxiao proposed separating it into a Soul Bone, and Gui Mei demanded to hear the method before deciding whether to try.

• Xu Huxiao unleashed his Golden Flame Silver Body and broke through Gui Mei’s Title-level soul-power confinement.
• Xu Huxiao told Gui Mei that his father had taught him the secret technique, and the two agreed to keep what happened between them private.
• Gui Mei revealed that his Ghost Martial Soul had made him a living dead man and accepted three of Xu Huxiao’s Soul Power Golden Spheres.
• Xu Huxiao offered to help Gui Mei become normal by separating his death energy from his soul power and storing it in a Soul Bone.
• Gui Mei agreed to consider the attempt but insisted that Xu Huxiao explain his method first.

Xu Huxiao explained a five-step method to help Ghost Douluo remove the death qi sustaining his living-dead body and become normal again. Gui Mei weighed the risks, agreed the required techniques seemed workable, and asked what Xu Huxiao wanted in return.

• Xu Huxiao explained that Ghost Douluo’s death qi and collapsed Yin-Yang Balance were causing his body to deteriorate.
• Xu Huxiao outlined five steps: seal Ghost Douluo’s Martial Soul and Soul Power, gather yang qi, rebuild his Yin-Yang Balance, and gradually store the death qi in a Soul Bone.
• Gui Mei noted that controlling and releasing Soul Power precisely would be difficult, so Xu Huxiao offered to teach him the Tortoise Breath Skill.
• Xu Huxiao offered the Bone Shrinking Skill to help Ghost Douluo condense essence and gather yang qi, while promising to reconstruct his Yin-Yang Balance himself.
• Gui Mei questioned Xu Huxiao’s motives and offered to give him whatever he wanted, looking at him with unexpected kindness.

After reaching level thirty, Xu Huxiao received a prophecy about Evil Weirdness corrupting the God Realm and confirmed its truth when a green ring appeared around the moon at midnight. Yun Ji received the same prophecy, while the God Realm’s dark green force harvested the Sea God’s remains and prepared to continue spreading.

• Gui Mei insisted that Xu Huxiao name a reward, then asked him to become his godson in exchange for future help obtaining Soul Bones; Xu Huxiao agreed and began calling him Ghost Dad.
• Xu Huxiao taught Gui Mei the Tortoise Breath Skill and Bone Shrinking Skill, and Gui Mei mastered the Tortoise Breath Skill within two days.
• Xu Huxiao absorbed the Brown-Eyed Giant Demon Ape’s incomplete Left Arm Soul Bone, reached level thirty, and received a prophecy warning that Evil Weirdness had corrupted the God Realm and that Weird Soul Masters could not be killed.
• Xu Huxiao concealed his breakthrough and waited for midnight to test the prophecy, then saw the moon surrounded by an evil green ring with Hu Liena.
• Yun Ji also reached level thirty, received the prophecy, and resolved to use her inherited Soul Tool knowledge to help Xu Huxiao.
• In the God Realm, a dark green energy line extracted the Sea God’s remaining divine substance, and a mechanical voice announced that absorption was complete and ordered further slaughter, spreading, and harvesting.

After learning that Evil Weirdness had corrupted the God Realm and severed the path to godhood, Xu Huxiao resolved to grow strong enough to forge his own path and planned how to investigate Weird Soul Masters and develop his spiritual power. Gui Mei then emerged from a death-aura cocoon having mastered the Bone Shrinking Skill, bringing him one step closer to reconstructing his Yin-Yang Balance.

• Xu Huxiao analyzed the prophecy and identified Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, Bo Saixi, and Tang Chen as possible early Weird Soul Masters, while suspecting Qian Daoliu was already experiencing the effects of Evil Weirdness.
• Xu Huxiao rejected the idea that the severed path to godhood made him powerless and resolved to become strong enough to destroy Evil Weirdness and carve out his own path.
• Xu Huxiao planned to scan Black Prison's three purgatories for Weird Soul Masters and use Ghost Dad to investigate the connection between his Golden Suns and Dark Suns.
• Xu Huxiao suppressed his level-thirty Soul Power to appear level twenty-eight and looked forward to reconstructing Ghost Dad's Yin-Yang Balance after he completed the required techniques.
• Gui Mei emerged from the black cocoon after mastering the Bone Shrinking Skill, completing the first three steps toward restoring his Yin-Yang Balance.

Gui Mei’s attempt to release Xu Huxiao’s Bone Shrinking Skill left him trapped in a childlike body, which Xu Huxiao identified as a return to Gui Mei’s original state. Gui Mei agreed to begin reconstructing his Yin-Yang Balance, but Hu Liena’s arrival forced Xu Huxiao to invent the identity “Ghost Child” for him.

• Gui Mei repeatedly tried and failed to restore his adult body, then hurried to Xu Huxiao for help.
• Xu Huxiao examined Gui Mei and concluded that the Bone Shrinking Skill had removed burdens caused by his Martial Soul and Soul Power, returning him to the child he had once been.
• Xu Huxiao explained that Gui Mei’s smaller, more stable body could withstand reconstruction of Yin-Yang Balance, and Gui Mei agreed to proceed.
• Hu Liena knocked before the reconstruction began, so Xu Huxiao told Gui Mei to hide while he answered the door.
• Gui Mei emerged and startled Hu Liena, and Xu Huxiao introduced him as Ghost Fox’s nephew, Ghost Child.

Xu Huxiao restored Gui Mei’s Yin-Yang Balance and discovered that the blood-and-qi route linking Soul Power and spiritual power followed the Nine Yang Divine Skill in reverse. He returned to his room and began testing whether that reverse circulation could condense a third Dark Sun.

• Xu Huxiao introduced Gui Mei to Ghost Fox as his nephew and study companion, then took him to Silent Death Purgatory’s fourth level.
• Xu Huxiao guided Gui Mei through a lengthy Yin-Yang Balance restoration while using his spiritual power to study the process.
• Xu Huxiao realized that Gui Mei’s blood-and-qi circulation mirrored the Nine Yang Divine Skill’s reverse route and might reveal how to condense Dark Suns.
• Gui Mei felt revived after the treatment, and Xu Huxiao told him that three more sessions would be needed to stabilize the restoration.
• Xu Huxiao returned to his room, prepared carefully, and began his first attempt to circulate blood and qi through the reverse Nine Yang Divine Skill.

Xu Huxiao formed a third Dark Sun, greatly strengthening his spiritual power, then searched Black Prison and identified Yan Feng as a Weird Soul Master with a mutated Martial Soul and corrosive Soul Power. He brought Yan Feng to the Dead Silence Spirit Fighting Platform to investigate the prophesied seven-times-undying trait, and the chapter ended as Yan Feng’s Martial Soul was unsealed.

• Xu Huxiao used the Reverse Nine Yang Skill and the cycle of yin-yang replenishment to form a third Dark Sun, then tested his new spiritual power by lifting and destroying a sofa chair.
• Xu Huxiao searched Black Prison for Weird Soul Masters while Gui Mei reconstructed his Yin-Yang Balance and began transferring death qi into his Right Leg Soul Bone.
• Xu Huxiao found Yan Feng, whose records listed an ordinary hyena Martial Soul, but whose current Martial Soul had mutated into a Zombie Hell Three-Headed Hound and whose Soul Power was corrosive and adhesive.
• Xu Huxiao ordered Ghost Fox to isolate Yan Feng and later arranged a spirit fight to test Yan Feng’s seven-times-undying trait, with Ghost Dad present as a safeguard.
• Ghost Fox brought Yan Feng to the Dead Silence Spirit Fighting Platform and fed him Black-Bellied Corpse Flies to counteract Snot Jelly; Yan Feng’s Martial Soul was unsealed and black corrosive Soul Power erupted from him.

Xu Huxiao repeatedly killed Yan Feng, whose bizarre ability revived him stronger each time. By Yan Feng’s fifth revival, his Soul Power had reached level forty-seven and his mind had deteriorated, so Xu Huxiao drew the Bloodshadow Broadsword to try decapitation.

• Yan Feng used Shadow Devouring Bite, but Xu Huxiao dodged with White-Ring Flash Shift and crushed his heart with Elephant Shakes the Heavens.
• Yan Feng revived with his wounds healed and his Soul Power increased from level forty-two to forty-three, then Xu Huxiao killed him again with Divine Dragon Wags Its Tail.
• Yan Feng continued reviving after each death as Xu Huxiao learned that his strength rose while his intelligence declined.
• After Yan Feng revived for the fifth time at level forty-seven, Xu Huxiao drew the Bloodshadow Broadsword and planned to try decapitation.

Xu Huxiao fought Weird Soul Master Yan Feng through his seventh death and discovered that Yan Feng vanished into ashes after being killed. The unexplained disappearance left Xu Huxiao uncertain about the nature of Weird Soul Masters, while Gui Mei decided to investigate them.

• Xu Huxiao repeatedly wounded Yan Feng, who regenerated until his intelligence disappeared and his Soul Power rose to level forty-nine.
• Yan Feng attacked Xu Huxiao with Black Light Hurricane Claw, but Xu Huxiao's Shadow Counter-Spike Light Armor absorbed the energy and formed a Purple Light Bullet.
• Xu Huxiao compressed the Purple Light Bullet and shot Yan Feng through the chest, killing him for the seventh time.
• Yan Feng crumbled into black smoke and dust, leaving nothing behind, and Xu Huxiao realized the effect had not come from his attack.
• Ghost Fox questioned Xu Huxiao about Yan Feng's disappearance, while Gui Mei followed Xu Huxiao away and resolved to investigate the Weird Soul Masters.

Xu Huxiao decided to risk absorbing the Green Crystal Demon Snake as his Shrek Martial Soul’s first Soul Ring to learn about the Weird Soul Masters and Evil Weirdness. He successfully controlled the snake and prepared to search its mind for information.

• Xu Huxiao considered the threat of the future Divine Servants and concluded he needed information, time to grow, and allies.
• The Green Crystal Staff transformed into a two-hundred-year-old Green Crystal Demon Snake that attacked Xu Huxiao.
• Xu Huxiao restrained the snake with Yang Origin Soul Power and used his Monster Shrek Martial Soul to bestow a Blank Soul Ring on it.
• The control succeeded, giving Xu Huxiao half the snake’s Soul Power and a mental connection; he refined the corrosive Soul Power and subdued the snake.
• The Green Crystal Demon Snake acknowledged Xu Huxiao as its master, and he connected to its mind to uncover information about Weird Soul Masters.

Xu Huxiao learned that Weird Soul Master transformation was irreversible and discovered that Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, Tang Chen, and Bo Saixi had begun transforming. He focused on building his strength, then intervened at Black Prison to save a little girl he recognized as Zhu Zhuqing.

• Xu Huxiao learned the five stages of Weird Soul Master transformation, its seven layers of immortality, and that the process could not be reversed.
• Xu Huxiao discovered that Weird Soul Masters were scattered across the continent and that Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, Tang Chen, and Bo Saixi were all in the Weird Meditation stage.
• Xu Huxiao decided to prioritize strengthening himself, stored the Green Crystal Demon Snake in his Soul Ring, and planned to hunt a Golden Rock Giant Elephant King for his third Soul Ring.
• Xu Huxiao chose the vibration ability Shocking a Hundred Miles for his third Soul Skill and identified a herd near the Lost Grand Canyon as his target.
• At Black Prison, Xu Huxiao stopped a guard from striking a little girl and ordered that the prisoner her mother had come to visit be brought out.
• Xu Huxiao comforted the girl and recognized her as Zhu Zhuqing, the future owner of the Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul.

Xu Huxiao used his authority at Black Prison to overturn wrongful sentences and free Zhu Zhengpeng and Xue Bingyue after recognizing their daughters, Zhu Zhuqing and Shui Bing'er. The chapter ended with Zhu Zhuqing’s family returning to Star Luo City and Shui Bing’er planning to reclaim her family’s place in Water Origin Sect.

• Xu Huxiao reviewed Zhu Zhengpeng’s case, overturned the sentence, and ordered the Ghost-Masked Warriors to release him.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er offered Xu Huxiao the Crystal Blue Dolphin in exchange for help, and he accepted after learning it could support virtual soul battles.
• Xu Huxiao discovered that Xue Bingyue had also been imprisoned on a wrongful judgment and ordered her release.
• Zhu Zhengpeng took his family toward Star Luo City and vowed to protect Zhu Zhuqing, while she wondered whether she would see Xu Huxiao again.
• Shui Bing'er kept the Crystal Blue Dolphin’s vault-key secret and resolved to grow stronger, reclaim Water Origin Sect, and restore her family’s glory.

Xu Huxiao and Hu Liena tested the Crystal Blue Dolphin’s virtual soul-battle space, where Xu discovered he could observe how her Soul Skills used spiritual power and began considering how to adapt those methods. The next day, Bibi Dong released her disciples from special training and rewarded them for their performance.

• Xu Huxiao and Hu Liena entered the Crystal Blue Dolphin’s simulated arena and tested their Soul Skills.
• Xu Huxiao observed the spiritual-power techniques in Hu Liena’s Soul Skills and realized they might help him fuse spiritual attacks with his Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.
• Xu Huxiao repeatedly asked Hu Liena to cast her Soul Skills until she was exhausted, then stopped her and carried her to bed to rest.
• The next day, Bibi Dong released Xu Huxiao and Hu Liena from Black Prison and awarded them one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and five Merit Points.
• Bibi Dong praised her disciples for their performance, and Xu Huxiao and Hu Liena credited her guidance.

After Bibi Dong ended Xu Huxiao and Hu Liena’s slaughter training without lasting harm, Xu Huxiao returned to Spirit City and prepared to master his dangerous Hulk Martial Soul before seeking his third Soul Ring. He enlisted his father to guard him, leaving the story just as Xu Bayan learned what Xu Huxiao intended to cultivate.

• Bibi Dong questioned Xu Huxiao about slaughter, praised his loyalty, and ended the special training for him and Hu Liena.
• Xu Huxiao learned that Spirit Hall’s Sect Re-selection Conference would begin in fifteen days and considered his plans to obtain a third Soul Ring and master his Hulk Martial Soul.
• Xu Huxiao recalled the danger of losing control during Hulk possession and decided Xu Bayan should prevent him from leaving the Martial Arena courtyard.
• Yun Ji told Xu Huxiao about the prophecy and her Soul Tool knowledge, and he gave her a Twin Dragon Ring to modify.
• Xu Huxiao found Xu Bayan asleep in the study and asked him to stand guard while he cultivated his Second Martial Soul.

Xu Huxiao tested Hulk Martial Soul Possession with his father, Xu Bayan, and found he could retain his awareness despite its overwhelming rage and power. Their fight escalated as Xu Bayan used his Four Heaven-Treading Forms, and Xu Huxiao emerged from a devastating strike ready to continue.

• Xu Huxiao asked Xu Bayan to guard him while he practiced possessing his second martial soul, Hulk, and warned that its rage could make him lose control.
• Xu Huxiao transformed into a towering green Hulk but kept his mind clear, then asked Xu Bayan to fight him so he could vent the martial soul's surging power.
• Xu Huxiao struck Xu Bayan hard enough to send him flying, and the two traded a series of powerful blows in the Martial Arena.
• Xu Bayan gradually felt pressure from Xu Huxiao's relentless attacks and decided to use his Four Heaven-Treading Forms.
• Xu Bayan launched Xu Huxiao into the air with Flame God Stomp and struck him into the ground with Blood Shadow Earth-Splitting Slash.
• Xu Huxiao burst from the dust unharmed, his chest's silver sheen fading as he roared again.

Xu Huxiao’s Hulk Martial Soul erupted into a two-hour battle with Xu Bayan, revealing that his Twin Arms Soul Skills could still activate during Hulk possession. Xu Bayan eventually knocked him out of the berserk state, and father and son left the ruined Martial Arena just as Ning Fengyu arrived and ordered them to clean up before her brother came.

• Xu Huxiao’s Silver Body and other defenses activated automatically, and he discovered that his Twin Arms Soul Skills could appear while he was possessed by the Hulk Martial Soul.
• Xu Huxiao distracted Xu Bayan with a Purple Light Bullet, then landed a punch and unleashed a barrage of attacks while Xu Bayan’s eyes watered.
• Xu Bayan summoned the Blood Demon Raging Bear King in a half-possession state and repeatedly struck Xu Huxiao across the Martial Arena as the fight continued for two hours.
• Xu Bayan used Elephant Shakes the Heavens to knock Xu Huxiao out of Hulk possession and into a deep pit, where Xu Huxiao recovered and reflected on the power he was beginning to understand.
• Xu Huxiao climbed out of the pit, and he and Xu Bayan exchanged pleased smiles over their battle before Ning Fengyu arrived and scolded them for wrecking the arena.

Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong visited the Xu Residence, where Xu Huxiao received a precious Bone-Winged Dragon Ring as a gift from Gu Rong. The gathering ended with Gu Rong voicing his desire for revenge against those who crippled Xu Bayan, while Ning Fengzhi warned that the powerful Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan made retaliation dangerous.

• Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Ning Rongrong arrived at the Xu Residence, where Xu Bayan welcomed them and won Ning Rongrong over with a Seven-Treasure Peace Lock.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Xu Huxiao’s apparent level twenty-eight cultivation, while Xu Huxiao concealed that he had already reached level thirty.
• Gu Rong recognized Xu Huxiao’s exceptional vitality and discipline, then gave him a Bone-Winged Dragon Ring that could block a Soul Emperor-level attack and provide high-speed flight.
• Xu Huxiao accepted Gu Rong’s gift and resolved to remember the care behind it, while Gu Rong’s oath to protect the sect gave Xu Huxiao an idea about their future alliance.
• Gu Rong condemned Flash Mongoose, Lei Dao, Thorn Blood, and She Long for Xu Bayan’s lost leg and threatened the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but Ning Fengzhi warned that open conflict with the powerful clan would be dangerous.

Xu Huxiao’s family gathered with the Ning family and his fiancées, while Xu Bayan spoke privately with his son about the dangers of the Soul Master world and his hopes for him. The chapter ended with Xu Bayan proposing Dragon-Seeking Valley for Xu Huxiao’s Martial Soul training.

• Ning Fengzhi invited Xu Bayan to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Xu Bayan said he planned to retire with his family to their northern ancestral lands once Xu Huxiao was older.
• Ning Fengyu introduced Orleans, Hu Liena, and her goddaughter Yun Ji to Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, and Ning Fengzhi gave the three girls precious gifts.
• After the family luncheon, Xu Bayan told Xu Huxiao to stay alert around Bibi Dong, learn how power and interests shaped the Soul Master world, and gradually get to know the Blizzard Squad.
• Xu Huxiao assured his father that he understood and said the Xu family would advance as long as father and son stood together.
• Xu Bayan agreed to help Xu Huxiao master his powerful second Martial Soul and suggested training outside Spirit City at Dragon-Seeking Valley in the Soul Hunting Forest.

Xu Huxiao spent five days fighting Xu Bayan to learn to control the Hulk Martial Soul, but Xu Bayan taught him that he needed to understand and accept it rather than dominate it. Xu Huxiao recognized his impatience and renewed his focus, then began to question what the Hulk’s rage meant.

• Xu Bayan and Xu Huxiao battled in Dragon-Seeking Valley for five days, and their clashes drove nearby Soul Beasts away.
• Xu Huxiao realized that the Hulk’s rage increased his strength but made him harder to control, and that his attempts to master the Martial Soul through combat had failed.
• Xu Huxiao asked Xu Bayan whether his training method was wrong, and Xu Bayan explained that he needed to understand, accept, and fuse with the Hulk Martial Soul.
• Xu Bayan told Xu Huxiao to reflect on the Hulk’s anger and his own anger before resuming training.
• Xu Huxiao recognized that fear of future threats had made him impatient, recalled Bruce Lee’s words about focus, and renewed his resolve to pursue strength with concentration.

Xu Huxiao realized that his anger came from his will to fight and chose defeating Xu Bayan as his goal for merging with the Hulk Martial Soul. Their prolonged training pushed him into combat enlightenment, while a team in the Soul Hunting Forest heard a powerful dragon roar and set out to investigate.

• Xu Huxiao concluded that his anger was his will to resist and fight, then told Xu Bayan he would make defeating him his sole objective.
• Xu Huxiao fought Xu Bayan over the following days, gradually bringing his basic fighting techniques into his Hulk-possessed attacks as they shared the goal of winning.
• Xu Huxiao's techniques and combat rhythm improved, but he still could not use the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms or defeat Xu Bayan's Four Heaven-Treading Forms.
• Xu Bayan recognized Xu Huxiao's prolonged, focused battle as combat enlightenment and kept up the pressure through a day and night of fighting.
• At dawn, Xu Bayan used Martial Soul Possession, and a domineering Golden Dragon Roar rang through Dragon-Seeking Valley.
• In the Soul Hunting Forest, Teacher Qin and his team heard the roar, and the youth on guard urged them to investigate a Soul Beast with a strong sub-dragon bloodline.

Xu Huxiao completed his fusion with the Hulk Martial Soul Heart after a day-long battle with Xu Bayan, gaining the Golden-Eyed Hulk form and a powerful new trump card. As they left Dragon-Seeking Valley, they encountered Qin Ming's young team hunting a Dragon Ape, and Xu Bayan recognized Ye Lingling's Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul.

• Xu Huxiao and Xu Bayan recovered after their battle, and Xu Huxiao confirmed that he had fused with the Hulk Martial Soul Heart and used the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.
• Xu Huxiao explained that the Golden-Eyed Hulk gave him more than fifty thousand jin of strength, though his body could not yet withstand stacking it with the Golden Flame Silver Body's burst.
• Xu Huxiao and Xu Bayan feasted, then left Dragon-Seeking Valley as Xu Huxiao planned his next training and Soul Ring goals.
• Xu Bayan followed a familiar floral fragrance and led Xu Huxiao toward a group of young Soul Masters hunting a century-old Dragon Ape.
• Xu Huxiao used the Eye of Omniscience to identify Qin Ming and the Imperial Fighting Team, including Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling.
• Xu Bayan stared at Ye Lingling and wondered aloud how she possessed the Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul.

Xu Bayan discovered that Ye Lingling was Ye Hongmian’s daughter and suspected she was his child, but he left without revealing their connection because he still had a family. Xu Huxiao returned the escaped Long-Armed Dragon Ape to the Imperial Fighting Team, while Ye Lingling continued toward Spirit City hoping to find a cure for her ill mother.

• Xu Bayan approached Ye Lingling after seeing her Nine-Hearted Begonia Martial Soul and asked whether she knew Ye Hongmian.
• Ye Lingling told Xu Bayan that Ye Hongmian was her mother, and Xu Bayan suspected that he was Ye Lingling’s father.
• Dugu Yan complained that Xu Bayan’s appearance had let the team’s nearly seven-hundred-year Long-Armed Dragon Ape escape and demanded an apology.
• Xu Bayan offered to catch another dragon ape, but Xu Huxiao returned with the escaped beast and told his father it was time to go home.
• Dugu Yan grew curious about Xu Huxiao, while Ye Lingling resolved to seek help for her ill mother in Spirit City.

Xu Huxiao recovered from his training, discovered that his Green Crystal Demon Snake grew by absorbing the soul beasts he killed, and tested his physical strength before heading to Hu Liena’s courtyard. There, his former Thousand Islands Lake teammates gathered for dinner and discussed their training and rivalries.

• Xu Bayan withdrew to his study after learning he had another daughter, while Xu Huxiao left him alone and focused on his own training.
• Xu Huxiao checked the Green Crystal Demon Snake and found that its age had increased to 250 years because it absorbed the soul beasts he killed; he decided to keep it in his soul ring to grow.
• Xu Huxiao completed his daily martial arts practice and six hours of conditioning, tested his normal strength at 2,000 jin, and planned to practice combining spiritual power with his palm technique.
• Xu Huxiao went to Hu Liena’s courtyard, where his Thousand Islands Lake teammates had gathered for dinner, while Xiao Kong followed him in secret.
• Ao Li'ao complained that he still felt out of place among his unusually talented teammates, despite reaching level twenty-two and learning three of his father’s self-created soul skills.

At a courtyard gathering, Xu Huxiao returned from training and reunited with Hu Liena, Yun Ji, and the others. Yan challenged him to fight when school resumed, with the loser becoming the team’s substitute.

• Orleans scolded Ao Li'ao while Xie Yue asked Hu Liena where Xu Huxiao had gone, and Yun Ji said he had gone to the Soul Hunting Forest with their godfather.
• Yan worried Xu Huxiao might have reached level thirty, while the three young men secretly reaffirmed their Beyond Alliance goal of surpassing him.
• Yun Ji revealed she had reached level thirty but could not form her third Soul Ring until Xu Huxiao obtained his own, and the group then welcomed Xu Huxiao to their gathering.
• The four women fussed over Xu Huxiao, prompting envy from the Beyond Alliance members, and Xie Yue praised his dedication to cultivation.
• Yan declared that his special training had made him much stronger and challenged Xu Huxiao to a match when school started, with the loser becoming the team’s substitute.