Recaps

Huo Yuhao told Fan Yu that Tang Ya was hiding in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, but Fan Yu urged caution while they sought a chance to speak with her alone. When Huo Yuhao failed to find her the next morning, Shen Heng redirected his attention to an upcoming Soul Tool competition and its prize, a teleportation ring made from a Soft Bone Rabbit Soul Bone.

• Huo Yuhao recounted seeing Tang Ya in disguise to Fan Yu, who told him to keep the discovery secret and learn her schedule before approaching her.
• Huo Yuhao waited near the corridor where he had seen Tang Ya, but he did not spot her again.
• Huo Yuhao asked Shen Heng to help identify Tang Ya, but Shen Heng told him to ask her directly if they met.
• Shen Heng showed Huo Yuhao a notice for next month's Soul Tool crafting competition, whose Level Three first-place prize was a Flash Space Ring.
• Shen Heng explained that the ring could teleport its user three feet and warned Huo Yuhao about Xuan Ziwen's new Level Three student.

Huo Yuhao began studying Shen Heng’s blueprints while preparing for the upcoming Soul Tool competition, and Gu Mingyuan entered the Level Three division after learning that a Flash Space Ring was among the prizes. Gu Mingyuan arranged to bring his trusted Soul Engineer and the Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone project from Star Luo City to Ming Capital, then decided to pursue the Snow Empress.

• Shen Heng told Huo Yuhao to take the competition seriously if he faced Gu Mingyuan, then gave him a month to learn a stack of blueprints.
• Xuan Ziwen told Gu Mingyuan about the competition and the Flash Space Ring prize, and Gu Mingyuan decided to enter.
• Tang Ya saw that only Level Three Soul Engineers and above could register, then returned to her failed Core Array work after Gu Mingyuan told her to focus on it.
• Gu Mingyuan decided to bring the Soul Engineer who had made his gauntlets, along with the commissioned weapon and all related materials and records, from Star Luo City to Ming Capital.
• Feng Ling agreed to arrange the transfer discreetly and warned Gu Mingyuan to keep his exchange-student identity and avoid suspicion.
• Gu Mingyuan decided it was time to put the Snow Empress on his agenda.

Gu Mingyuan arrived at Sun Moon Imperial Academy’s Mingde Hall and clashed with Ju Zi and Zimu after they objected to his interruption. He wounded Zimu and used a Blood Curse to keep the wound bleeding until Zimu admitted he had attacked first.

• Wu Zhu received orders to bring Gu Mingyuan’s remaining materials and belongings to Ming Capital, and learned that Gu Mingyuan was alive and had become the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Son.
• Gu Mingyuan delivered his notes to Xuan Ziwen and found Ju Zi and three unfamiliar students testing a Soul Tool in the work area.
• Ju Zi accidentally damaged her work when Gu Mingyuan spoke, then argued with him after he used his force field to stop her oranges from striking him.
• Zimu confronted Gu Mingyuan and attacked with a wrist-mounted Short Blade, but Gu Mingyuan dodged and cut his forearm with the Hand of the Kingkiller.
• Gu Mingyuan’s Blood Curse made Zimu’s wound bleed faster whenever he used Soul Power, and Zimu apologized and admitted that he had attacked first.

Gu Mingyuan wounded Zimu during a dispute at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where he recognized Nana as Ghost Nana. After Huo Yuhao reported that Tang Ya was in Ming Capital but avoiding him, Xuan Zi set out to investigate, while Bei Bei prepared clues to help find her; Huo Yuhao then encountered Ju Zi again.

• Ju Zi treated Zimu's wound, and Xuan Ziwen scolded her and Zimu before sending Zimu to the school hospital.
• Nana brought a short blade to Xuan Ziwen for repairs, and Gu Mingyuan recognized her as Ghost Nana.
• Qian Duoduo and Yan Shaozhe brought Fan Yu's report about Tang Ya to Mu En, who ordered Xuan Zi to investigate her in Ming Capital discreetly.
• Yan Shaozhe told Bei Bei that Tang Ya might be alive in Ming Capital, and Zhang Lexuan helped him list identifying traits and secret passcodes.
• Huo Yuhao saw Ju Zi with Zimu, Keke, and Wang Shaojie after they left the school hospital, and considered asking them to help him find Tang Ya.

Huo Yuhao joined Ju Zi and Keke's field test after demonstrating that his spirit-type detection ability could help them survey terrain and locate Soul Beasts. Ju Zi had not found the girl in his portrait, and the three set out for the Jingyang Mountain Range.

• Huo Yuhao showed Ju Zi and the others the portrait of a girl he was searching for, and Ju Zi offered to ask around the dormitories.
• Huo Yuhao demonstrated Spiritual Detection Sharing, impressing Ju Zi with its range and ability to detect through obstacles.
• Ju Zi invited Huo Yuhao to join the next day's field test, and Keke agreed that his detection skill would be useful.
• Huo Yuhao told Shen Heng about the test, and Shen Heng instructed him to record the data and ask what Xuan Ziwen was working on.
• Huo Yuhao reported his plans to Fan Yu, then met Ju Zi and Keke at the academy gate the next morning.
• Ju Zi told Huo Yuhao that the girl had not been found yet, and the three left for the Jingyang Mountain Range.

The Imperial Inspection Team tried to investigate Gu Mingyuan after Wang Shaojie accused him of using a dangerous weapon, but Xuan Ziwen turned them away. Gu Mingyuan discovered he could touch Nana even while she was ghostly, learned that the Holy Spirit Cult was holding her parents’ souls, and agreed to inspect their seal before deciding whether he could help.

• Wang Shaojie persuaded Xu Mochén to pursue an investigation into Gu Mingyuan’s glove soul tool, and the Imperial Inspection Team demanded Gu Mingyuan’s records.
• Xuan Ziwen blocked the Imperial Inspection Team from entering the Advanced Experimental Zone and warned Gu Mingyuan to be careful outside.
• Gu Mingyuan sparred with Nana and caught her wrist despite her ghostly state, explaining that he could touch spirit forms.
• Nana told Gu Mingyuan that the Holy Spirit Cult had sealed her parents’ souls in an evil vessel and used them to force her to gather intelligence.
• Gu Mingyuan asked Nana to take him to see the seal, and they arranged to meet outside the academy that evening.
• Gu Mingyuan went to Tang Ya’s room and told her to pack her things and bring her hidden weapons.

Gu Mingyuan took Tang Ya and Nana to the Holy Spirit Cult's Ming Capital Sub-altar, where he defeated the Second Saint Spirit and refined his Soulfire. He turned the Second Saint Spirit into an obedient Soul Emperor-level skeleton, leaving the Great Saint Spirit frozen in fear.

• Gu Mingyuan received leave from Xuan Ziwen and met Nana with Tang Ya, then followed her to the Ming Capital Sub-altar.
• Gu Mingyuan entered the altar openly with his Saint Son Token, but the Second Saint Spirit challenged his claim and attacked him.
• Gu Mingyuan seized the Second Saint Spirit's Soulfire, severed his skull from his body, and purified the Soulfire with Electrolux's guidance.
• Gu Mingyuan placed his spiritual power in the purified Soulfire and returned it to the skeleton, making the Second Saint Spirit obey his commands.
• The Great Saint Spirit watched his brother rise as Gu Mingyuan's servant and froze when the skeleton turned toward him.

Gu Mingyuan purified the Holy Spirit Cult’s altar, allowing Nana and the other Holy Servants to say farewell to their loved ones. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao helped test a detection Soul Tool and asked Ju Zi to investigate a portrait, while Yu Xiaogang criticized his concern for Tang Ya.

• Gu Mingyuan opened the Holy Altar and, with Electrolux’s guidance, purified the trapped souls without destroying them.
• Nana recognized her parents, said goodbye to them, and pledged her life to Gu Mingyuan after their souls vanished.
• Gu Mingyuan ordered the Great Saint Spirit to report Nana’s service and the Second Saint Spirit’s execution to the Main Altar.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection Sharing to help Ju Zi and Keke test the All-Terrain Detection Soul Tool in the Jingyang Mountain Range.
• Huo Yuhao asked Ju Zi to inquire about the person in his portrait, and Yu Xiaogang questioned why he cared about Tang Ya.

Huo Yuhao focused on repairing the soul tool with Ju Zi and Keke until Elder Xuan arrived and demanded to hear everything about Tang Ya. Meanwhile, Gu Mingyuan took control of the Ming Capital Sub-altar’s assets and ordered Tang Ya to leave the underground hall.

• Yu Xiaogang urged Huo Yuhao to focus on cultivation and the upcoming Soul Engineer Practical Competition, leaving Tang Ya’s investigation to Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao repaired the vehicle with Ju Zi and Keke, then cooked dinner for them at their camp.
• Elder Xuan tracked Huo Yuhao down, interrupted their meal, and demanded information about Tang Ya.
• The Great Saint Spirit gave Gu Mingyuan the sub-altar’s accounts, operative register, and stored treasures, then left with orders to clean up outside.
• Gu Mingyuan sent Tang Ya out of the underground hall, leaving himself and Nana with the black skeleton.

Gu Mingyuan ordered Nana to watch Tang Ya and Mingde Hall while he learned to control an undead skeleton. Electrolux opened a passage to his Undead Half-Plane, where Gu Mingyuan encountered a horde of low-level undead.

• Gu Mingyuan gave Nana a Communication Soul Tool and ordered her to monitor Tang Ya and report anything unusual at the academy.
• Gu Mingyuan practiced controlling the black skeleton with Electrolux's guidance and made it obey his commands.
• Electrolux revealed that he had created an Undead Half-Plane and taught Gu Mingyuan to open a passage into it.
• Gu Mingyuan entered the Half-Plane with the skeleton and saw its barren landscape beneath a black sun.
• Hundreds of skeletons and several dozen zombies approached, and Electrolux explained that they were weak, low-level undead.

Gu Mingyuan learned how his undead half-plane replenished its energy, then returned to the Ming Capital Branch Altar and waited for Wu Zhu and Shrek’s response. Meanwhile, Xuan Zi found Tang Ya at the academy, leaving her torn between escaping the Holy Spirit Cult and facing the consequences of her actions.

• Electrolux explained that the half-plane replaced fallen undead, but rebuilding high-ranking undead consumed its origin energy, which outside light and living visitors could replenish.
• Gu Mingyuan ordered the Second Saint Spirit to guard the portal, tested his mental control across the passage, and returned to the Ming Capital Branch Altar.
• Wu Zhu contacted Gu Mingyuan after arriving in Ming Capital with the Holy Spirit Cult’s transport convoy, and Gu Mingyuan arranged a discreet meeting to inspect the spear.
• Gu Mingyuan decided to stay at the Branch Altar and watch for Shrek’s response after Huo Yuhao recognized Tang Ya.
• Xuan Zi intercepted Tang Ya near the academy’s Senior Dormitory Area, and Nana stepped away to give them privacy.
• Tang Ya considered leaving Ming Capital with Xuan Zi but feared the brand near her heart and wondered how she could answer for the Ironblood Sect massacre and her cultivation method.

Tang Ya asked Xuan Zi to remove the dangerous Brand on her Heart Meridian but resisted returning to Shrek, wanting more time to cultivate through the Holy Spirit Cult’s methods. Nana reported Tang Ya’s capture to Gu Mingyuan, who was then approached by the newly arrived Wu Zhu.

• Xuan Zi found Tang Ya and urged her to return to Shrek, explaining that Bei Bei was still searching for her.
• Xuan Zi discovered the Holy Spirit Cult’s Brand had grown into Tang Ya’s Heart Meridian and said he could remove it only somewhere safe.
• Tang Ya asked to stay after the Brand was removed and admitted she had advanced by devouring the life force of plants and Soul Beasts.
• Xuan Zi condemned Tang Ya’s cultivation methods, but she pleaded for him to remove the Brand before deciding whether to return to the academy.
• Nana withdrew from the academy and told Gu Mingyuan that Tang Ya had been caught by an old drunkard.
• The Great Saint Spirit brought Wu Zhu to Gu Mingyuan, and Wu Zhu knelt and pledged his loyalty to the Holy Son.

Gu Mingyuan received the Level Seven close-combat soul-tool spear Golden Radiance and tested its Light Flame against an alloy ingot. After learning that Xuan Zi had confronted Tang Ya in Ming Capital, the Holy Spirit Cult moved to protect Gu Mingyuan and face Shrek’s Taotie Douluo.

• Gu Mingyuan reported Xuan Zi’s arrival and his encounter with Tang Ya to Feng Ling, who ordered him to remain hidden at the Branch Altar.
• Gu Mingyuan activated Wu Zhu’s Mother Seal, and Electrolux reinforced its control while Wu Zhu presented the finished Golden Radiance spear.
• Gu Mingyuan tested Golden Radiance’s Light Flame by piercing a Level Five alloy ingot, then ordered Wu Zhu to leave the blueprints and operating notes.
• Feng Ling told Zhongli Wu that Xuan Zi had cornered Tang Ya, and Zhongli Wu sent her to guard Gu Mingyuan while he and Zhang Peng went to meet Xuan Zi.
• Tang Ya pleaded with Xuan Zi to remove her Brand and give her a few more months before she returned to the academy.

Xuan Zi abducted Tang Ya to take her back to Shrek, but Zhongli Wu and Zhang Peng intercepted him and overwhelmed him with a two-on-one attack. At the Holy Spirit Cult's branch altar, Feng Ling kept Gu Mingyuan under guard while the Cult Master and Zhang Peng went after Tang Ya.

• Xuan Zi knocked Tang Ya unconscious, suppressed her Brand, and carried her out of Ming Capital toward Shrek.
• Zhongli Wu and Zhang Peng caught up with Xuan Zi outside the city, and Zhongli Wu demanded that he surrender Tang Ya.
• Xuan Zi confronted Zhongli Wu about Gu Mingyuan's disappearance, then fought him while shielding Tang Ya from Zhang Peng's attacks.
• Zhang Peng repeatedly targeted Tang Ya, forcing Xuan Zi to divide his strength as Zhongli Wu pressed the attack and left him in grave danger.
• Feng Ling ordered the Branch Altar sealed and placed under alert, then told Gu Mingyuan to remain with her while the Cult Master and Zhang Peng retrieved Tang Ya.

Xuan Zi fought Zhongli Wu and Zhang Peng to rescue Tang Ya, but Zhongli Wu used the threat of erasing her memories to force him into a one-year truce. Xuan Zi left with Tang Ya alive but unconscious, wondering what his concession would mean for Shrek.

• Xuan Zi set Tang Ya down behind a protective barrier and told Zhongli Wu he admitted defeat but would return for her.
• Zhongli Wu and Zhang Peng trapped Xuan Zi, and Zhongli Wu demanded that Shrek's Supervisory Group stop hunting the Holy Spirit Cult for three years.
• When Xuan Zi refused, Zhongli Wu seized Tang Ya and threatened to erase her memories of Shrek and Bei Bei.
• Zhongli Wu began forcing Soul Power into Tang Ya's mind, and Xuan Zi agreed to suspend the Supervisory Group's active missions against the cult for one year.
• Zhongli Wu withdrew the Soul Power and handed the unconscious Tang Ya to Zhang Peng, allowing Xuan Zi to leave.

Xuan Zi left Tang Ya in the Holy Spirit Cult’s hands, where Zhongli Wu imposed a deadly restriction and placed her under Gu Mingyuan’s watch. Unaware that the rescue had failed, Huo Yuhao gained his Third Soul Ring and found a thousand-year Soul Bone he chose to save for a possible trade.

• Xuan Zi returned to Shrek Academy after leaving the unconscious Tang Ya with Zhang Peng.
• Zhongli Wu had Zhang Peng wake Tang Ya, then imposed a restriction that would tear apart her Sea of Spirit if she left the Sun Moon Empire without permission.
• Zhongli Wu assigned Gu Mingyuan to watch Tang Ya and secretly told him to use her as a shield if danger arose.
• Huo Yuhao, Ju Zi, and Keke found and defeated a five-thousand-year Gray-Eyed Bei, allowing Huo Yuhao to absorb his Third Soul Ring and gain Weakening Light.
• Huo Yuhao found a thousand-year left leg Soul Bone in the Gray-Eyed Bei and decided to keep it for trading rather than absorb it.

Yu Xiaogang told Huo Yuhao about immortal herbs and claimed credit for finding and distributing the treasures that helped the Shrek Seven Devils grow stronger. Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng became eager to seek herbs suited to him.

• Huo Yuhao sealed the five-thousand-year left leg Soul Bone after Tian Meng explained the standards for his future Soul Bone configuration.
• Yu Xiaogang interrupted Tian Meng and promised to take Huo Yuhao to find immortal herbs, explaining that they could improve cultivation and evolve Martial Souls.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed that he had selected the herbs consumed by the Shrek Seven Devils and described their effects on Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, himself, and Xiao Wu.
• Yu Xiaogang recounted confronting Dugu Bo with the Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill, presenting himself as the one who led the battle to protect the herbs.
• Huo Yuhao was impressed by Yu Xiaogang's story, and Tian Meng agreed that searching for suitable immortal herbs was worthwhile.

Huo Yuhao asked Yu Xiaogang where the immortal herbs grew, but Yu Xiaogang could only vaguely name the Sunset Forest and muddle through their descriptions. Meanwhile, Gu Mingyuan consolidated his position at the Holy Spirit Cult’s branch altar before returning to the academy, where the Level Three Soul Engineer Tournament began.

• Huo Yuhao pressed Yu Xiaogang for the location of the immortal herbs, and Yu Xiaogang could only recall that they grew in the Sunset Forest.
• Tian Meng mocked Yu Xiaogang for forgetting the exact location and for being left behind by Tang San, then urged him to describe the herbs instead.
• Yu Xiaogang reluctantly recited the herbs’ appearances and effects, though his memories were too muddled to be useful.
• At the Holy Spirit Cult’s branch altar, Zhongli Wu, Feng Ling, and Zhang Peng left to plan their next moves after confirming Tang Ya was confined within the Sun Moon Empire.
• Gu Mingyuan ordered the branch altar’s rare metals sent to Wu Zhu’s room and told the Great Saint Spirit to clean up traces before he returned to the academy.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the academy after troublemakers who attacked Gu Mingyuan were injured and later disappeared, and the Level Three Soul Engineer Tournament began a week afterward.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Mingyuan competed to craft level three ranged Soul Tools, and Gu Mingyuan won after his Armor-Piercing Cannon proved more stable and efficient during continuous firing. As Huo Yuhao examined the flaw in his Core Magic Array, Wang Shaojie waited for the Royal Inspection Team he had summoned to arrive.

• Shen Heng urged Huo Yuhao to follow his practiced Energy-Gathering Ray design and beat Xuan Ziwen's student, while Gu Mingyuan quietly assessed the materials at Workbench No. 4.
• Wang Shaojie arranged for the Royal Inspection Team to investigate Gu Mingyuan over the disappearances of students he had secretly sent to attack him.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Mingyuan finished their Soul Tools before the three-double-hour limit expired.
• The judges tested both Soul Tools and found that Gu Mingyuan's Armor-Piercing Cannon maintained its power through ten shots while using fifteen percent less Soul Power.
• The head judge awarded first place to Gu Mingyuan and explained that pressure-relief grooves made his Core Magic Array more stable than Huo Yuhao's.

After Wang Shaojie tried to have Gu Mingyuan arrested, Feng Ling’s intervention turned the Imperial Inspection Team against Wang. Gu Mingyuan then proposed that the Holy Spirit Cult support an openly operating sect by holding a new selection for the Seven Great Sects.

• The Imperial Inspection Team arrived to question Gu Mingyuan about missing students, but Wu Zhu stopped the captain from putting Soul-Sealing Handcuffs on him.
• After receiving an urgent order, the captain took Wang Shaojie away instead of Gu Mingyuan.
• Xuan Ziwen questioned Gu Mingyuan about the incident and told him to report similar trouble in advance.
• Wu Zhu asked whether to deal with Wang Shaojie, but Gu Mingyuan sent him back to the Branch Altar to work on a Soul Tool.
• Gu Mingyuan contacted Feng Ling, thanked her for intervening, and suggested that the Cult hold a new selection for the Seven Great Sects.

Gu Mingyuan proposed using Shrek’s one-year truce to establish the Holy Cult publicly through a Sun Moon Empire-backed selection of the Seven Great Sects, while planning to build a separate sect of his own. At Shrek, Xuan Zi reported the truce and the elders considered how to honor it while secretly continuing some operations against Evil Soul Masters.

• Gu Mingyuan urged Feng Ling to use the truce to form a public sect alliance, with the Sun Moon Imperial Family organizing a new selection of the Seven Great Sects and the Holy Cult claiming a seat.
• Gu Mingyuan confirmed that he intended to establish his own sect, and Feng Ling said she would report his proposal to the Cult Master and possibly the Supreme Cult Master.
• Xuan Zi returned to Shrek Academy and told the Sea God Pavilion that Zhongli Wu and Zhang Peng had forced him to promise a one-year halt to active operations in exchange for preserving Tang Ya’s mind.
• Mu En said Bei Bei would have to face his own challenges, and the elders examined the exact terms of Xuan Zi’s promise.
• Xuan Zi proposed stopping conspicuous operations and withdrawing younger students while allowing experienced Inner Court disciples to secretly target isolated Evil Soul Masters they could defeat without leaving evidence.

Mu En ordered Shrek to halt public campaigns against the Holy Spirit Cult while continuing carefully vetted covert searches for Tang Ya. Gu Mingyuan and Feng Ling advanced plans to use the Sun Moon Imperial Family and a Continental Sect Tournament to establish the Holy Spirit Sect publicly, and the proposal reached Shrek, where Yan Shaozhe prepared to take it to the Sea God Pavilion.

• Mu En ordered Shrek to withdraw large-scale public missions against the Holy Spirit Cult and restrict covert operations while the Shadow Network searched for Tang Ya.
• Feng Ling told Gu Mingyuan that the Cult Master had agreed to approach the Sun Moon Imperial Family about reelecting the sects under the Holy Spirit Sect's public name.
• Feng Ling outlined plans to gain support from sects in the original Douluo Three Kingdoms through the Xishui Alliance's trade network and invite Shrek Academy to help set the tournament rules.
• The Cult approved startup funds, a Ming Capital workshop courtyard, and Wu Zhu's help for Gu Mingyuan's new sect.
• Within two weeks, sects across several kingdoms backed a public proposal to reelect the Seven Great Sects, and Shrek received an invitation to help formulate rules and supervise.
• Yan Shaozhe recognized that the proposal involved several sects' interests and headed to the Sea God Pavilion with the invitation.

Gu Mingyuan received funding and a workshop to begin recruiting for his sect, while Shrek Academy debated how to respond to the Sun Moon Empire’s proposed assembly of the Seven Great Sects. The Body Sect learned that the assembly might offer an opportunity related to the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo.

• The Great Saint Spirit sent Gu Mingyuan a savings card, a workshop deed, and Feng Ling’s note telling him to begin recruiting for his sect.
• Mu En and Yan Shaozhe discussed sects that had agreed to the Sun Moon Empire’s proposal, while Xuan Zi suspected the Holy Spirit Cult was behind the assembly and wanted to investigate in Ming Capital.
• Mu En instructed Yan Shaozhe to agree to Shrek’s participation in preliminary rule discussions only if the academy received sufficient authority.
• Gu Mingyuan inspected his new workshop, told Wu Zhu to recruit rough-processing workers while leaving administrative roles vacant, and asked Feng Ling to transfer Lin Yan and Jiang Wenzhou to Ming Capital.
• An elder brought Du Busi intelligence about the Sun Moon Empire’s planned Sect Assembly and said it presented an opportunity; the Body Sect had confirmed the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo was in Ming Capital.

Gu Mingyuan tested a modified Soul Tool on an undead skeleton, then arranged for Jiang Wenzhou and Lin Yan to come to Ming Capital. The chapter ended with Gu revealing himself to his old friends.

• Du Busi ordered the Body Sect to investigate Mingde Hall's defenses and planned to accompany an operation in Ming Capital.
• Gu Mingyuan tested Wu Zhu's modified Level Three Ray Soul Tool on the Second Saint Spirit, teaching the undead skeleton to aim and fire through detailed mental instructions.
• Gu Mingyuan considered using Soul Tools to equip his undead army, including a suicide squad carrying hidden bombs.
• A messenger told Jiang Wenzhou that Gu Mingyuan was alive in Ming Capital, and Lin Yan agreed to travel with him.
• After half a month on the road, Jiang Wenzhou and Lin Yan reached Ming Capital, where Gu Mingyuan removed his disguise and greeted them.

Gu Mingyuan reunited with Lin Yan and Jiang Wenzhou, then showed them the new Myriad Manifestations Sect and assigned them roles in its workshop. Meanwhile, the Sun Moon Empire’s leaders arranged their plans for the Sect Assembly, and Shrek Academy chose its delegation for negotiations in the Ming Capital.

• Lin Yan and Jiang Wenzhou told Gu Mingyuan about the rumors surrounding his disappearance and the academy’s order that they avoid asking questions.
• Gu Mingyuan led Lin Yan and Jiang Wenzhou to the Myriad Manifestations Sect and introduced them to Wu Zhu, assigning Lin Yan to manage accounts and Jiang Wenzhou to study inscription and track material waste.
• Xu Tianran, Zhongli Wu, and Jing Hongchen agreed on subsidies, participation conditions, and Soul Tool sales for the Sect Assembly, while each planned to recruit people for their own interests.
• Mu En assigned Yan Shaozhe, Qian Duoduo, and Zhang Lexuan to Shrek Academy’s delegation to the Ming Capital and warned Xuan Zi to consult the others before acting.