Recaps

Bei Bei joined Shrek Academy’s delegation to the Ming Capital, hoping to see Tang Ya, while Gu Mingyuan arranged to experiment with purified souls as a way to cultivate his second martial soul. The chapter ended with Gu Mingyuan agreeing to let the imprisoned souls go free regardless of whether they left behind power.

• Bei Bei asked Xuan Zi and Zhang Lexuan to take him to the Ming Capital, and Xuan Zi allowed him to join on the condition that he followed the group’s orders.
• Zhang Lexuan added Bei Bei to the accompanying disciples’ roster, and Shrek Academy’s delegation departed for the Ming Capital several days later.
• Feng Ling warned Gu Mingyuan that members of the Cult were scrutinizing him before the Sect Assembly and offered to arrange a soul beast for his second martial soul.
• At Electrolux’s suggestion, Gu Mingyuan asked Feng Ling for the imprisoned souls held at three branch altars instead of a soul beast, and she agreed to provide them.
• Electrolux proposed purifying the souls and allowing any willing essence to help Gu Mingyuan condense a soul ring, and Gu Mingyuan agreed to the experiment.

The Seven Great Sects reselection tournament began in the Ming Capital, where Xu Tianran outlined the scoring system and rules for the peak combat trial. Yan Shaozhe questioned how the arena format would prevent sects from ganging up on one holder, leaving the rules unsettled.

• The sect representatives gathered at the Imperial Training Grounds, while Lu Li attended for the Myriad Manifestations Sect under orders from Feng Ling.
• Xu Tianran announced that the selection would have peak combat, young disciples, and soul tools trials, with peak combat worth twice as many points as either other trial.
• Xu Tianran explained that the top seven sects in each trial would earn points toward the Upper Three and Lower Four Sects rankings.
• Xu Tianran said the peak combat trial would use seven arenas, where registered representatives could challenge repeatedly and each sect could hold only one arena.
• Yan Shaozhe asked how the rules would handle several sects deliberately exhausting one arena holder with successive challengers.

Xu Tianran and Jing Hongchen announced the three competition events and their rules, while the Myriad Manifestations Sect chose the Seventh Arena and clashed with the Heavenly Armor Sect over its registration. Meanwhile, Gu Mingyuan began freeing souls delivered to the sect, guided by Electrolux, and succeeded with the first batch.

• Xu Tianran explained the strongest combatant and youth disciple competitions, and Jing Hongchen laid out the Soul Tool Assessment rules.
• Du Busi claimed the First Arena for the Body Sect, prompting other sects to choose different arenas.
• Lu Li chose the Seventh Arena, but Lin Yan and the Heavenly Armor Sect's elder both pressed their tokens into its registration slot and refused to yield.
• Gu Mingyuan inspected the souls from three branch altars and followed Electrolux's guidance to release a small number of them.
• Gu Mingyuan used the All-Seeing Heavenly Eye to remove the souls' restraints and resentment, while Electrolux stabilized damaged beast souls; the first batch regained their freedom.

Gu Mingyuan learned to capture the pure source power released by departing souls under Electrolux's guidance. Meanwhile, Lu Li used custom soul tools to defeat the Heavenly Armor Sect Master in the Seventh Arena, leaving the Myriad Manifestations Sect to secure its ranking while awaiting its sect master.

• Gu Mingyuan accidentally let a strand of source power dissipate, then gently caught another and sensed its compatibility with the Demon's Contract.
• Lu Li fought the Heavenly Armor Sect Master in the Seventh Arena, but his Four-Armed Dragon Ape could not break through the opponent's shield by strength alone.
• Lu Li activated Wu Zhu's custom soul tools and used their thrusters to drive the Heavenly Armor Sect Master toward the arena boundary.
• Lu Li gripped the shield and shoved the Heavenly Armor Sect Master out of bounds, winning the match for the Myriad Manifestations Sect.
• Wu Zhu told Lin Yan to record the match points and secure the sect's ranking while they waited for the sect master to return.

Gu Mingyuan completed his second soul ring and manifested the demonic artifact Asmodeus's Dance. Meanwhile, Shrek Academy investigated the newly emerged Myriad Manifestations Sect after Lu Li won a match at the assembly.

• Lu Li secured a victory for the Myriad Manifestations Sect at the Seventh Arena, while Wu Zhu told Jiang Wenzhou that their position was nearly secured.
• Du Busi, Zhongli Wu, and a guardian retainer of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect held the first three arenas as other sects fought fiercely for the remaining positions.
• Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe watched Zhongli Wu, while Qian Duoduo pointed out the Myriad Manifestations Sect's Titled Douluo and Level Seven Soul Engineer on the roster.
• Yan Shaozhe ordered an attendant to investigate the Myriad Manifestations Sect's origins, recruitment, and finances, and Xuan Zi warned him to watch the sect closely.
• Gu Mingyuan let the final damaged beast soul disperse and its essence complete his gray-gold second soul ring.
• Gu Mingyuan activated the ring and formed Asmodeus's Dance, a pair of demonic boots whose Mental Interference could distort an enemy's perception of his movements.

After gaining the Demon Boots and the Soul Tether skill, Gu Mingyuan drew the red talent Reborn God King and sent its occupant, Tang San, to Huo Yuhao by replacing the Ice Empress. The transfer left the Ice Empress’s powers intact but moved her soul into Gu Mingyuan’s sea of spirit, where Electrolux examined her.

• Gu Mingyuan tested the Demon Boots’ improved movement and learned that his new Soul Skill, Soul Tether, could tear a soul shadow from an enemy and damage its soul.
• The system awarded Gu Mingyuan the red talent Reborn God King, whose description warned that the reborn God King had already chosen his path.
• Gu Mingyuan ordered the system to give the talent to Huo Yuhao, choosing the Ice Empress as the spiritual entity to replace.
• Tang San’s confused consciousness was transferred into Huo Yuhao’s sea of spirit, where Huo Yuhao and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm discovered that the Ice Empress was missing.
• The Ice Empress appeared in Gu Mingyuan’s sea of spirit, and Electrolux examined her and identified her as another Soul Beast.

Electrolux stabilized the injured Ice Empress while Tang San appeared in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness and reunited with Yu Xiaogang. Gu Mingyuan disguised himself before the supreme fighting contest ended, as Shrek investigated the Myriad Manifestations Sect’s carefully fabricated history.

• Electrolux found that the Ice Empress’s soul had been damaged and placed her in a Soul-Nourishing Formation to recover.
• Tang San arrived in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness, where Yu Xiaogang recognized him and the two reunited in shock.
• Gu Mingyuan altered his appearance and aura, then returned to the assembly venue planning to avoid revealing his strongest abilities.
• Lu Li won the sixth arena for the Myriad Manifestations Sect despite suffering a serious arm injury, and the supreme fighting contest ended with the Body Sect first and the Myriad Manifestations Sect sixth.
• Yan Shaozhe reported the Myriad Manifestations Sect’s history to Xuan Zi, who ordered a deeper investigation into its sect master, Wan Zhanghan.
• The Holy Spirit Cult’s Shadow Network had fabricated the sect’s records and Gu Mingyuan’s public identity, leaving Shrek with a spotless but false history.

Gu Mingyuan returned to the Myriad Manifestations Sect’s seats and registered Wan Zhanghan for the youth matches. In Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Spirit, Tang San appeared as a weakened divine consciousness, leaving Tian Meng and Yu Xiaogang unsettled as he tried to understand his circumstances.

• Gu Mingyuan reunited with Lin Yan, Lu Li, and Wu Zhu, then signed Wan Zhanghan into the young disciples’ matches.
• Tang San appeared in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Spirit, where Yu Xiaogang recognized him and Huo Yuhao tentatively identified him as Ancestor Sea God Tang San.
• Tian Meng demanded that Tang San reveal where he had put Bingbing, but Tang San’s divine pressure stopped him from advancing.
• Huo Yuhao told Tang San that he was in the Ming Capital during the assembly to reselect the Seven Great Sects, prompting Tang San to suspect a distortion in space and time.
• Yu Xiaogang fawned over Tang San, while Tian Meng mocked him; Tang San then discovered that he had exhausted nearly all his power and might not even subdue a Million-Year Soul Beast.

Tang San realized the Sea God in the Divine Realm might discover him inside Huo Yuhao’s consciousness and decided he had to flee. The next morning, Gu Mingyuan defeated Wang Yanfeng in the young disciples’ tournament, giving the Myriad Manifestations Sect its first victory.

• Tang San found a faint connection to the Sea God Trident but feared that the Sea God would uncover and erase him if he remained in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Tang San decided to flee Huo Yuhao’s mind before the Divine Realm discovered him.
• At the Imperial Training Grounds, Gu Mingyuan entered the tournament as Wan Zhanghan and faced Wang Yanfeng of the Body Sect.
• Gu Mingyuan used his Demon Boots and Hand of the Kingkiller to wound Wang Yanfeng, whose bleeding would not stop.
• Wang Yanfeng activated his bronze-level second awakening, but Gu Mingyuan used Soul Tether and a strike to the soul to daze him before placing his scythe at Wang Yanfeng’s neck.
• The referee declared the Myriad Manifestations Sect the winner of the match.

Gu Mingyuan defeated two Body Sect fighters in succession, prompting Long Aotian to enter the arena. In Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Spirit, Tang San decided to secure Yu Xiaogang a new body, and Huo Yuhao went to ask the academy’s senior officials for help.

• Gu Mingyuan dispelled Wang Yanfeng’s Blood Curse and defeated him, while the Body Sect elders scrutinized Gu Mingyuan’s unusual equipment and abilities.
• Gu Mingyuan used [Golden Radiance] and the [Sin Mark] to defeat Chen Lü, whose Light Flame left him badly burned after Lang Ya helped extinguish it.
• Du Busi sent Long Aotian into the arena to represent the Body Sect after its two consecutive losses.
• Tang San decided to leave Huo Yuhao’s mind and asked Yu Xiaogang to have the academy rebuild his body with outstanding aptitude.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to Tang San’s request and went to speak with Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe.

Gu Mingyuan defeated Long Aotian by striking his spiritual defenses with the All-Seeing Heavenly Eye, giving the Myriad Manifestations Sect another victory. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao defended his teacher’s request for a body, but Sea God Tang San took control of him and warned Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe that they had chosen certain death.

• Huo Yuhao told Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe that Yu Xiaogang wanted the academy to reconstruct a body with outstanding potential, prompting Yan Shaozhe to suspect possession.
• Long Aotian activated his silver-rank second awakening and charged Gu Mingyuan, who used the All-Seeing Heavenly Eye to overwhelm him with a spiritual attack.
• The referee declared the unconscious Long Aotian defeated and awarded the match to the Myriad Manifestations Sect.
• Du Busi ordered his disciples to take Aotian back while he watched Gu Mingyuan.
• Huo Yuhao refused to back down when Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe accused Yu Xiaogang of seeking to possess another person's body.
• Sea God Tang San took control of Huo Yuhao and told Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe they had chosen the way of certain death.

Tang San used Huo Yuhao’s body to command Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe to find a talented body for Yu Xiaogang, then secretly planned how to regain power. Xuan Zi agreed to carry out the morally troubling task himself, accepting that Shrek’s reputation might suffer.

• Tang San took control of Huo Yuhao and frightened Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe into believing he was the Sea God, then ordered them to find Yu Xiaogang a suitable body.
• Huo Yuhao regained control and returned to the students, unaware of what Tang San had done.
• Tang San recovered in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Spirit and considered using his knowledge of the future to claim powerful opportunities, while Yu Xiaogang thanked him emotionally.
• Xuan Zi told Yan Shaozhe he would handle finding a body for Yu Xiaogang and take responsibility if Shrek’s actions were exposed.
• Yan Shaozhe lamented how much Xuan Zi had sacrificed for Shrek.

After Long Aotian was knocked unconscious by Wan Zhanghan’s mental attack, Du Busi recognized the Body Sect’s vulnerability and reconsidered its contempt for soul tools. He ordered his elders not to seize Wan Zhanghan, instead planning to investigate whether his third eye was a body martial soul, while warning them to focus on the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo.

• Du Busi examined Long Aotian and found that the mental shock had left his sea of spirit and soul origin unharmed.
• Du Busi reflected on how soul tools could defend against physical and spiritual attacks, then told the elders the Body Sect should reconsider using them.
• Yu Tao and Lang Ya suggested that Wan Zhanghan’s third eye might be a body martial soul and urged Du Busi to recruit him.
• Du Busi rejected taking Wan Zhanghan by force and ordered the elders to approach him privately after the assembly to investigate his eye.
• Du Busi directed the elders to keep close watch on the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo.

Xuan Zi chose Sea God Island as the place to abduct a suitable vessel for the Sea God's requirements, while the Sect Assembly concluded with the new Seven Great Sects ranked. Three days later, Xu Tianran ordered elite troops to reinforce Mingde Hall's warehouses after an alleged Body Sect break-in, giving the imperial forces a foothold there.

• Xuan Zi decided to seek a talented young person on Sea God Island, then set off overseas.
• Wu Zhu won first place among contestants from the original three nations in the soul tool competition with his Class 7 defensive shield.
• The Holy Spirit Sect, Body Sect, Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Myriad Manifestations Sect, Heavenly Dragon Sect, Dark Underworld Sect, and Earth Dragon Sect placed first through seventh, respectively.
• Jing Hongchen reported that two Titled Douluos had tried to infiltrate Mingde Hall's Underground Warehouse No. 4, and he blamed the Body Sect.
• Xu Tianran ordered two elite Royal Soul Engineer Corps squads to help reinforce Mingde Hall's warehouses, prompting Jing Hongchen to accept the imperial presence.

Jing Hongchen moved the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo to protect it, while Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe brought an unconscious Sea Dragon Island child to Ming Capital for Huo Yuhao. Du Busi prepared the Body Sect to attack Mingde Hall, and Gu Mingyuan left his compound amid the expected chaos.

• Jing Hongchen abandoned his original security plan and sent three decoy vehicles along separate routes to move the embryo to Mingde Hall's underground base.
• Xuan Zi returned with an unconscious eight-year-old Sea Dragon martial soul prodigy, and he and Yan Shaozhe set out to find Huo Yuhao at Mingde Hall.
• Du Busi ordered the Body Sect to steal the soul tools and rare metals they could not afford, while sending the young disciples away from Ming Capital.
• Feng Ling warned Gu Mingyuan that Du Busi had secretly returned to the city to attack Mingde Hall, and Gu Mingyuan ordered Wu Zhu to seal the compound.
• Gu Mingyuan left the compound and headed for Mingde Hall as the city prepared to descend into chaos.

Gu Mingyuan watched as the Body Sect ambushed Mingde Hall’s underground storage area and fought Jing Hongchen for control of the God-Sealing Platform. Meanwhile, Tang San prepared to let Yu Xiaogang take over the body of a talented sea-dragon boy.

• Gu Mingyuan infiltrated Mingde Hall’s underground storage area while its defenses were distracted by an attack in the outer city.
• The Body Sect burst through the storage floor, attacked Mingde Hall’s guards, and tried to seize rare metals and the God-Sealing Platform.
• Du Busi confronted Jing Hongchen and blasted him aside, forcing the God-Sealing Platform’s escort team to halt.
• Xuan Zi reported that the sleeping boy was eight years old, had a sea dragon Martial Soul, and possessed level eighteen Soul Power.
• Yu Xiaogang excitedly agreed to take over the boy’s body, and Tang San told Huo Yuhao to have Xuan Zi seal the room’s aura.

Tang San seized Sea Dragon’s body after the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm shattered the boy’s soul, leaving Yu Xiaogang’s attempt to return thwarted. Meanwhile, Gu Mingyuan reached the God-Sealing Platform during the raid on Mingde Hall and sensed the Snow Empress’s presence within it.

• Tang San persuaded the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to destroy the blue-haired boy’s soul and promised to help Huo Yuhao become a god in exchange for using the boy’s body.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm used his origin spiritual power to erase the boy’s soul, weakening himself in the process.
• Yu Xiaogang rushed toward the empty body, but Tang San knocked his remnant soul aside and entered Sea Dragon’s body first.
• Yu Xiaogang realized Tang San had taken the body and asked him what he was doing.
• During the attack on Mingde Hall, Gu Mingyuan slipped past the fighting and found the God-Sealing Platform after it fell into a blind spot.
• Gu Mingyuan touched the platform and sensed stellar power and a chilling presence connected to the Snow Empress.

Gu Mingyuan escaped with the God-Sealing Platform while Tang San seized the body prepared for Yu Xiaogang and entered the Blue-Haired Boy's body. Huo Yuhao and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm realized Tang San's return could threaten Huo Yuhao's access to resources and raised doubts about the Divine Realm.

• Gu Mingyuan opened an undead portal and dragged the God-Sealing Platform through it, leaving the Soul Engineer and Body Sect elder unable to stop him.
• Tang San's divine pressure moved from Huo Yuhao into the Blue-Haired Boy, and Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe watched without daring to interfere.
• Yu Xiaogang realized Tang San had used him to obtain a body, then raged at the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who pressed him down and called him weak until he fainted.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao that Tang San's connection might earn him favor from Shrek's leaders, but Huo Yuhao worried Tang San would compete with him for resources.
• Huo Yuhao questioned why the Sea God needed possession to descend and whether a Sea God remained in the Divine Realm, leaving the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm silent and uneasy.

Tang San took over the Blue-Haired Boy’s body and ordered Xuan Zi to bring him to Mingde Hall after hearing it was under attack. Huo Yuhao and Yan Shaozhe followed, hoping to recover valuable soul tools.

• Tang San awakened in the Blue-Haired Boy’s body, confirmed his identity to Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe, and demanded a soul bone from Shrek’s treasury.
• An explosion near Mingde Hall prompted Tang San to recall a sealed ferocious beast embryo and order Xuan Zi to take him there.
• Tang San warned Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe to keep his descent secret because the Divine Realm Committee had not approved it.
• Xuan Zi carried Tang San toward Mingde Hall, while Yan Shaozhe prepared to return to the academy.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged Huo Yuhao to pursue the attack, and Yan Shaozhe agreed to take him toward Mingde Hall to search for soul tools.

Gu Mingyuan and Electrolux devised a way to preserve the Snow Empress’s consciousness through a willing sacrifice, creating a new existence they called a Soul Spirit. They decided to wake the Ice Empress first to help persuade the Snow Empress, and began probing the God-Sealing Platform.

• Electrolux explained that forcibly taking the Snow Empress’s origin would be wrong and too dangerous, so Gu Mingyuan would need to win her willing cooperation.
• Electrolux proposed stabilizing her consciousness, joining it to her origin, and binding her equally to Gu Mingyuan so she could live as a Soul Spirit.
• Electrolux warned that the Snow Empress’s immense power would need to be sealed in stages and released as Gu Mingyuan’s cultivation advanced.
• Gu Mingyuan suggested waking the Ice Empress because she already knew the Snow Empress, and Electrolux agreed.
• Gu Mingyuan used the All-Seeing Heavenly Eye to inspect the God-Sealing Platform while Electrolux sent a thread of spiritual power through a gap, drawing back a surge of ultimate cold.

Gu Mingyuan and Electrolux awakened the Ice Empress, who recognized the Snow Empress’s aura inside the God-Sealing Platform and demanded answers. At the Mingde Hall warehouse, Xuan Zi arrived with Tang San during the Body Sect’s raid, while Tang San searched desperately for the seven-hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Beast.

• Electrolux drew the Snow Empress’s lingering chill into the nurturing formation and awakened the Ice Empress in Gu Mingyuan’s Sea of Consciousness.
• The Ice Empress realized the Snow Empress’s embryo was imprisoned in the God-Sealing Platform and demanded to know what Gu Mingyuan had done to her.
• The Body Sect fought Mingde Hall’s defenders in the warehouse while Du Busi ordered his people to seize fabrication stations and blueprints.
• Xuan Zi entered the warehouse carrying Tang San, but hesitated to help Jing Hongchen hold off Du Busi.
• Jing Hongchen appealed to Xuan Zi by reminding him that Huo Yuhao still needed to study at Mingde Hall.
• Tang San searched the ruined warehouse for the seven-hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Beast and could not find it.

Tang San’s attempt to recover the Snow Empress Embryo ended with the God-Sealing Platform missing and Jing Hongchen threatening to stop Shrek’s group from leaving. In the Undead Half-Plane, Gu Mingyuan explained the situation to the Ice Empress, who sensed the Snow Empress’s life inside the platform.

• Xuan Zi interrupted Du Busi’s attack, and Tang San confirmed that he wanted the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo.
• An escort reported that the God-Sealing Platform had vanished, and Tang San found its transport tray cut open and empty.
• Du Busi’s forces retreated with their seized goods as the warehouse collapsed, while Jing Hongchen ordered the exits sealed.
• Jing Hongchen aimed his Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannons at Xuan Zi and the others, demanding an explanation before they could leave.
• Gu Mingyuan told the Ice Empress that he had taken the God-Sealing Platform and explained that Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng were alive in the Ming Capital.
• The God-Sealing Platform trembled, and the Ice Empress sensed the Snow Empress within it and rushed toward the edge of Gu Mingyuan’s sea of consciousness.

Gu Mingyuan convinced the Ice Empress to consider helping him save the Snow Empress, and she prepared to awaken her from the God-Sealing Platform. Meanwhile, Kong Deming arrived at the devastated Mingde Hall warehouse as Zhongli Wu confronted Du Busi and the others.

• Gu Mingyuan showed the Ice Empress Electrolux's Undead Half-Plane and promised to preserve the Snow Empress's soul and try to create her a new body.
• The Ice Empress agreed to speak with the Snow Empress herself and vowed to die with her if she refused to cooperate.
• Electrolux prepared to open the God-Sealing Platform's formation while the Ice Empress waited to awaken the Snow Empress.
• Kong Deming arrived at the ruined warehouse, ordered squads to pursue the thieves, and forbade the use of Fixed-Installation Soul Cannon Shells near Ming Capital's main street.
• Zhongli Wu arrived and offered to handle Du Busi and the Body Sect elders, then attacked an injured elder before Du Busi stopped him.

Tang San withdrew from the chaos beneath Mingdu while the Ice Empress entered the God-Sealing Platform and reunited with the imprisoned Snow Empress. The Snow Empress learned that the Ice Empress had sacrificed herself to a human boy, but the Ice Empress revealed that she had awakened in an unfamiliar body after the boy disappeared.

• Du Busi cracked the storehouse foundations, forcing Kong Deming to send people to protect the city and stop Jing Hongchen from firing.
• Tang San told Xuan Zi to abandon the confrontation and take him back to the academy, leaving Huo Yuhao and Yan Shaozhe to handle the aftermath.
• Electrolux opened a narrow passage through the God-Sealing Platform’s restrictions, and the Ice Empress entered to find the Snow Empress imprisoned inside.
• The Snow Empress explained that a human had captured her after she began cultivating anew and that she had been put up for auction.
• The Snow Empress recognized that the Ice Empress lacked a physical body and demanded to know why her soul was inside a human.
• The Ice Empress recounted Tian Meng’s plan for her sacrifice and said she had awakened in an unfamiliar body after the original human disappeared.

Inside the God-Sealing Platform, Snow Empress agreed to hear Gu Mingyuan's proposal after Ice Empress pleaded with her to preserve the possibility of survival. Outside, Xuan Zi and Du Busi were held back as Kong Deming ordered Soul Search for everyone below Titled Douluo, including Tang San and Huo Yuhao.

• Snow Empress revealed that she planned to detonate her origin source and the embryo when humans tried to claim her power, but Ice Empress begged her not to die.
• Ice Empress explained Gu Mingyuan and Electrolux's plan and persuaded Snow Empress to let Gu Mingyuan enter, though Snow Empress warned she would rather die than trust someone who harmed living beings.
• Zhongli Wu blocked Xuan Zi from reaching the warehouse exit, while Du Busi was cornered and injured by Jing Hongchen, Kong Deming, Ye Yulin, and three other Level 9 Soul Engineers.
• Soul Engineers forced Yan Shaozhe back into the ruins whenever he tried to escape with Tang San and Huo Yuhao.
• A quarter hour earlier, Kong Deming had ordered Soul Search for everyone below Titled Douluo who entered the Warehouse District, including the two boys.