Recaps

Tang Shan absorbed a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, broke through his bottleneck, and gained a Soul Skill that gave him exceptional control over his body. After testing its power, he rested with the others and considered how the skill might aid his future cultivation.

• Tang Shan calmly absorbed the Thousand-Year Soul Ring, endured its energy, and broke through his Soul Power bottleneck.
• Su Yuan, Su Haichao, and Su Yuntao watched Tang Shan finish absorbing the ring and marveled at his composure and growth.
• Tang Shan demonstrated Muscle Enhancement, strengthening his hands enough to crack trees and explaining that he could protect vital areas by enhancing muscles throughout his body.
• Tang Shan changed into larger clothes, and Su Haichao set up a new tent so the group could rest until morning.
• Tang Shan reflected that his First Soul Skill, Self-Control, raised his bodily control to 20% and considered whether it could eventually let him control his Soul Rings.

Tang Shan refined his Martial Arts training after gaining precise control from his First Soul Skill, and his Soul Power naturally opened the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian. After a week of battles in the Soul Hunting Forest, he and Su Yuntao confronted a thousand-year Bloodthirsty Wolf, leaving it defeated and helpless.

• Tang Shan used his Soul Skill's bodily control to correct flaws in his techniques, circulate Qi and Blood, and develop a natural Soul Power route through the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian.
• Tang Shan reasoned out a complete path of body tempering and believed it could help him reach Embracing the Elixir and perhaps trigger a Martial Soul Second Awakening.
• Tang Shan and Su Yuntao joined Su Yuan and Su Haichao in searching the forest, where Tang Shan chose a thousand-year Bloodthirsty Wolf as their target.
• Tang Shan and Su Yuntao activated Martial Soul Possession and attacked the wolf, while Su Yuan and Su Haichao watched and discussed Tang Shan's control of his Soul Skill.
• The Bloodthirsty Wolf unleashed Bloodthirst and lunged at Tang Shan, who evaded it, pinned its forelegs, and crushed the flesh of one hind leg, leaving it unable to resist.

Tang Shan, Su Yuntao, and Su Haichao prepared to leave Nuoding City for Heaven Dou City, while Tang Shan helped his big brother confront Sisi’s uncertain feelings. The carriage set off, taking Tang Shan away from Holy Soul Village and toward a larger stage.

• Tang Shan crippled the Bloodthirsty Wolf, and Su Yuntao killed it to secure the Soul Ring.
• Su Yuntao asked to travel the continent, and Tang Shan supported him; Su Haichao planned to transfer to Heaven Dou City and offered to help arrange Su Yuntao’s Travel Pass.
• Xue Qinghe reached level thirty-five, while two Titled Douluo praised the Young Master’s cultivation and Soul Rings.
• Su Yuntao told Tang Shan he had encountered a drunken blacksmith with a baby in Holy Soul Village, leading Tang Shan to suspect the child was connected to Tang Hao.
• Tang Shan questioned Su Yuntao about Sisi’s vague response to his plans, and Su Yuntao realized she had not sincerely committed to him.
• Su Haichao, Tang Shan, and Su Yuntao boarded the carriage and departed for Heaven Dou City.

Tang Shan and Su Yuntao traveled toward Heaven Dou City while discussing Wolf Bandits and Tang Shan’s cultivation research. At their camp, they decided to visit Star City’s Great Soul Arena, and Tang Shan continued cultivating at twice his previous rate.

• Tang Shan and Su Yuntao discussed the poor roads and the possibility of encountering Wolf Bandits on their journey.
• Tang Shan practiced explosive bursts of movement and reflected on his progress researching the meridians and controlling Soul Power.
• Su Yuntao caught Tang Shan before he ran into the carriage, and Su Haichao warned him not to rush his cultivation or research.
• At their nighttime camp, Su Yuntao checked their route and learned they would reach Star City the next day, where Tang Shan suggested visiting the Great Soul Arena.
• Su Haichao agreed to visit the arena with them, and Su Yuntao went to cultivate before his potential match.
• Tang Shan cultivated by circulating Soul Power through three meridians, advancing at twice his previous rate.

Tang Shan, Su Haichao, and Su Yuntao arrived in Star City and visited the Great Soul Arena, where Tang Shan mistook an old carver named Xuan for a powerful senior. The chapter ended with Su Yuntao registering as Lone Wolf and drawing a crowd's attention by revealing his yellow first ring and thousand-year purple second ring.

• Su Haichao used a Spirit Hall token to lead Tang Shan and Su Yuntao into Star City, then paid their coachman and dismissed him.
• Su Haichao led his sons to a monument commemorating Soul Masters who died in Soul Fighting, where Xuan introduced himself as an old carver.
• Tang Shan treated Xuan as an extraordinary senior, but Su Haichao explained that he had only brought the brothers past the monument to keep them alert and had never met Xuan before.
• Tang Shan suggested Su Yuntao challenge a Soul Elder, and Su Yuntao rejected the idea before registering for Soul Fighting under the alias Lone Wolf.
• Su Yuntao revealed his Martial Soul and yellow first Soul Ring alongside a purple thousand-year second ring, prompting someone in the crowd to shout that he had proven Grandmaster's theory.

Su Yuntao entered a Soul Grandmaster match at the Great Soul Arena, where his Thousand-Year Second Ring drew a huge crowd and made him proof of the Grandmaster's theories. He defeated Dao Long with ease, earned a large reward, and asked Tang Shan why his opponent had seemed so weak.

• Tang Shan reassured Su Haichao that the attention around Su Yuntao would help him, and told him to let Su Yuntao fight as planned.
• Su Yuntao registered for a Soul Grandmaster match as Tang Shan and Su Haichao went to watch.
• The host introduced Su Yuntao, fighting as Lone Wolf, as the possessor of a Thousand-Year Second Ring and paired him against the experienced Dao Long.
• Dao Long attacked with Blade Qi, but Su Yuntao dodged, closed in, and knocked him off the stage with several powerful strikes.
• The Great Soul Arena awarded Su Yuntao a hundred Gold Soul Coins, and he asked Tang Shan why Dao Long had seemed especially weak.

Tang Shan explained Su Yuntao’s combat weaknesses and proposed ways to develop burst damage, including creating Self-Created Soul Skills. He then identified a promising child named Xuan Ji and outlined a four-level theory of Self-Created Soul Skills, leaving him pondering the power of the continent’s Peerless Douluo.

• Tang Shan and Su Haichao explained that Su Yuntao needed more combat experience and decisive action, and warned that his enhancement skills left him without burst damage against control-type Soul Masters.
• Tang Shan advised Su Yuntao to choose an attack-type skill for his Third Soul Ring or develop a Self-Created Soul Skill, and Su Haichao agreed to demonstrate his second Soul Skill.
• Tang Shan spoke with an old man and his grandson Xuan Ji, suspected the boy had strong potential, and declined Su Yuntao’s suggestion to bring him into Spirit Hall before his Martial Soul awakened.
• Tang Shan told Su Yuntao that using Soul Power, Qi and Blood, or Mental Power without a Soul Ring could count as a Self-Created Soul Skill, then described three levels based on combining those forces.
• Tang Shan privately reasoned that a fourth level involved applying rules and wondered whether the two Peerless Douluo who served as high priests could wield power approaching that of demigods or quasi-gods.

Tang Shan planned to study forging in Star City as a possible path toward creating Battle Armor, while he and Su Yuntao continued their training. He entered Iron Bell Blacksmith Shop to seek an apprenticeship, and manager Tie Qian went to consult someone after seeing Tang Shan's strength.

• Tang Shan reflected on Soul Cores, Battle Armor, and Star City's black gold before deciding to visit a blacksmith shop.
• Su Yuntao broke through to Level 23, and he and Tang Shan trained on the inn roof using their different methods.
• Tang Shan, Su Yuntao, and Su Haichao discussed their plans for the next ten days; Su Yuntao chose the Great Soul Arena, Su Haichao planned to visit Spirit Hall, and Tang Shan chose to learn forging.
• Tang Shan visited Iron Bell Blacksmith Shop and told manager Tie Qian that he wanted to learn forging and was a Soul Scholar close to a breakthrough.
• Tie Qian saw Tang Shan's powerful physique, told him to wait, and went to the back of the shop.

Tang Shan persuaded Tie Zhong to teach him blacksmithing and quickly mastered the basic forging work. He proposed purifying metal more thoroughly before folding and forging it, leaving Tie Zhong convinced the method could transform the craft.

• Tang Shan inspected the weapons in Tie Zhong’s shop, then introduced himself and asked to learn blacksmithing.
• Tang Shan offered ten Gold Soul Coins for an intensive ten-day apprenticeship, and Tie Zhong agreed to teach him.
• After three days, Tang Shan had mastered the bellows and quenching and was forging iron with remarkable skill.
• Tang Shan asked Tie Zhong about blacksmiths’ low standing and suggested they improve it by pursuing metal purification rather than focusing on shaping or Soul Tools.
• Tang Shan argued that metal should be purified as far as possible before it was folded and forged, and Tie Zhong realized this could explain the limits of fold-forging.

Tang Shan observed Tie Zhong’s forging and reflected on the extraordinary power and commercial potential of the Tang Sect’s mechanical hidden weapons, wondering why the sect had declined. He reached the Great Soul Arena, learned that Su Yuntao had gone to eat, and found him at a shop.

• Tie Zhong forged iron until it cracked, then began another attempt after Tang Shan encouraged him to keep experimenting.
• Tang Shan considered how Douluo I forging differed from later metal-refinement methods and assessed Tie Zhong’s skills.
• Tang Shan recalled the Buddha’s Fury Tang Lotus and Peacock Plume’s devastating attacks and questioned why the Tang Sect had failed to capitalize on its strongest weapons.
• Tang Shan met Xuan Zi outside the Great Soul Arena, and Xuan Zi pointed him toward the shop where Su Yuntao had gone for a meal.
• Tang Shan followed the smell of roasted meat and spotted Su Yuntao in a shop.

Tang Shan met Su Yuntao for dinner and urged him to seek tougher fights at the Soul Fighting Arena. At Forest Roast Lamb, Tang Shan recognized Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo Gu Rong, then listened as they hinted at why they had come to Star City.

• Tang Shan joined Su Yuntao at Forest Roast Lamb and heard that Su Yuntao had won every Soul Fighting match so far.
• Su Yuntao described a dangerous control-type Soul Master with a venomous snake Martial Soul who had nearly defeated him.
• Tang Shan suggested Su Yuntao fight two opponents alone, and Su Yuntao decided to sign up for a two-person match immediately.
• Tang Shan and Su Yuntao discussed the restaurant's Soul Beast lamb as Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong arrived and ordered food.
• Tang Shan recognized Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo Gu Rong after overhearing their conversation about Ning Rongrong's impending birth and their fellow Titled Douluo, Chen Xin.

Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong visited a lamb shop to discuss improving support-type Soul Masters' defenses, then went to the Great Soul Arena to watch Su Yuntao fight two opponents alone. As the match began, they considered recruiting Lone Wolf into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Gu Rong judged that Su Yuntao had a developing but unexceptional fighting style.

• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong discussed ways to protect support-type Soul Masters and decided to consider stronger Black Gold armor.
• After eating with Tang Shan, Su Yuntao decided to enter a one-against-two Soul Grandmaster match, and Tang Shan went to watch.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong followed them to the Great Soul Arena, where they considered recruiting Su Yuntao and discussed Grandmaster's theories.
• The announcer revealed that Su Yuntao would face Dao Long and Sword Qi alone, exciting the crowd.
• Gu Rong observed Su Yuntao's fighting style and concluded that his growing ease came from experience rather than exceptional genius.
• A female attendant brought Ning Fengzhi information about Su Yuntao as the match began.

Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong dismissed Su Yuntao as a minor threat while watching him win a Soul Fighting match through an uncanny wolf-like combat state. Tang Shan suspected Su Yuntao had unlocked Gene Lock, but the two returned safely to the inn, leaving the state’s true explanation unresolved.

• Ning Fengzhi told Gu Rong that Su Yuntao had low innate Soul Power and was unlikely to threaten the balance between the major factions.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that his son’s Thousand-Year Second Ring had reduced his Soul Skill’s Soul Power cost, and he planned to send him to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Su Yuntao evaded Sword Qi’s attacks with wolf-like instincts, wounded Dao Long, knocked him out of the arena, and dodged Sword Qi’s final Charged Slash until his opponent surrendered.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong left after the match, and Gu Rong guessed that Su Yuntao’s sudden improvement came from his Martial Soul.
• Tang Shan questioned Su Yuntao about his combat state and privately suspected it matched the first stage of Gene Lock.
• Su Yuntao and Tang Shan collected their Gold Soul Coins and returned safely to the inn without meeting anyone suspicious.

Tang Shan theorized that Su Yuntao’s strange combat state came from Bloodthirst suppressing subconscious interference while Lone Wolf merged more deeply with his body. He concluded that the state might be an unusual, incomplete Martial Soul Avatar, and the chapter left Su Yuntao preparing to test the theory in a spar.

• Tang Shan questioned Su Yuntao about his strange state and learned that his Soul Power had followed a different path while wolf-like combat instincts surged within him.
• Tang Shan had Su Yuntao activate only Bloodthirst and try to recreate the state, then suggested imagining Lone Wolf merging into his body instead of recalling wolf-type Soul Beasts.
• Su Yuntao briefly sensed a change when he followed Tang Shan’s suggestion, leading Tang Shan to suspect that the Martial Soul was affecting his subconscious.
• Tang Shan demonstrated that Bloodthirst let Su Yuntao resist instinctive reactions, then explained that the skill suppressed subconscious interference while boosting his attributes.
• Tang Shan proposed that Su Yuntao’s state combined human composure with fighting instincts from his Martial Soul and bloodline, making it an unusual form of Martial Soul Avatar.

Tang Shan tested Su Yuntao’s dangerous combat state and used it to explain his theory that a soul master’s first stage of cultivation was achieving harmony with their martial soul. The chapter left Tang Shan believing Su Yuntao had uncovered a hidden gift of beast martial souls: inherited instincts and combat experience that could accelerate that harmony.

• Tang Shan fought Su Yuntao, demonstrating his growing physical strength and defenses before his controlled attacks pushed Su Yuntao back into his special state.
• Su Yuntao entered the state again, gaining the instincts and fighting experience of his Lone Wolf martial soul while remaining conscious, but he found it exhausting to sustain.
• Tang Shan questioned Su Yuntao about the state and learned that his soul power flowed more smoothly than usual and that reentering it was becoming easier.
• Tang Shan explained that the first stage of cultivation involved harmonizing a soul master with their martial soul, leading to beast soul true bodies, tool soul true bodies, or the transformation of a body into its martial soul.
• Tang Shan concluded that Su Yuntao’s state was an alternative martial soul avatar and a hidden source of inherited combat experience that most beast martial soul masters had never unlocked.

Su Yuntao learned that his unconventional Martial Soul Avatar state granted improved combat instincts and a faster, Soul Power-compressing cultivation method, then practiced fighting with Tang Shan. Tang Shan praised Tie Zhong’s forging breakthrough and agreed to let him share the method before preparing to leave Star City, where he learned Tie Zhong’s senior brother was Iron Dragon, owner of the rival Iron Dragon Blacksmith Shop.

• Tang Shan explained the benefits of Su Yuntao’s unconventional Martial Soul Avatar state, and Su Yuntao tested its cultivation route, finding that it accelerated cultivation while compressing his Soul Power.
• Su Yuntao asked Tang Shan how to develop the ability, and Tang Shan advised him to practice entering the state until he could activate it at will.
• Tang Shan and Su Yuntao transformed and fought at full strength to test Su Yuntao’s improved combat instincts and experience.
• Tie Zhong completed another advance in metal purification, and Tang Shan praised his progress and talent for forging.
• Tang Shan told Tie Zhong he planned to leave Star City the next day, then gave permission for Tie Zhong to share the forging method with his senior brother in exchange for future research insights.
• Tie Zhong revealed that his senior brother was Iron Dragon, owner of the Iron Dragon Blacksmith Shop, and Tang Shan recalled the shop’s reputation and rivalry with the Iron Bell Blacksmith Shop.

Tang Shan learned how the Iron Bell Blacksmith Shop gained powerful backing before leaving with Su Haichao for Su Yuntao’s final Soul Fighting match in Star City. Su Yuntao faced the Soul Elder Feng Lang, and their fight began with Feng Lang using cautious tactics to hinder him.

• Tie Zhong explained that he and Iron Dragon had staged a price war, which led powerful factions to support the Iron Bell Blacksmith Shop and curb the Iron Dragon Blacksmith Shop’s price gouging.
• Tang Shan discussed forging with Tie Zhong, then left the shop and prepared to travel with Su Haichao.
• Tang Shan recalled Su Yuntao’s recent losses to a twin pair’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill and a string of opponents with Yellow Soul Rings.
• Tang Shan and Su Haichao arrived at the Great Soul Arena, where the host announced Su Yuntao’s match against a Soul Elder.
• Su Yuntao activated Martial Soul Fusion and clashed with Feng Lang, who used his Wind Blade defensively to disrupt Su Yuntao’s attacks.
• Feng Lang relied on patience and harassment, but Su Yuntao stayed calm and circled him while searching for an opening.

Su Yuntao defeated Feng Lang with a newly improvised claw attack, then entered Deep Meditation during the journey. Tang Shan reflected on his brother’s exceptional talent while continuing to advance his own martial arts.

• Su Yuntao dodged Feng Lang’s Wind Blade and used a powerful claw-shadow strike to knock him off the platform, winning the match.
• Tang Shan and Su Haichao recognized Su Yuntao’s finishing move as a likely Self-Created Soul Skill, and Su Yuntao began cultivating in Deep Meditation.
• During the carriage ride, Tang Shan wondered whether Su Yuntao was the story’s true protagonist and reassured Su Haichao that the meditation was safe.
• Su Haichao asked whether Su Yuntao could become a Titled Douluo, and Tang Shan said he had a strong chance.
• At a midday rest stop, Tang Shan practiced his martial arts, demonstrated Hidden Force, and planned to refine his inner body after completing his current tempering.

After Su Yuntao finished Deep Meditation and strengthened his cultivation and Self-Created Soul Skill, the group found a pile of dried-out Wolf Bandit corpses and suspected an Evil Soul Master was nearby. As they tried to leave, Tang Shan heard someone calling for help and stepped out to investigate, with the others ready to strike.

• Su Yuntao awoke from Deep Meditation, reported mastering his cultivation method, and advanced from Soul Power Level twenty-three to twenty-four.
• Su Yuntao demonstrated a powerful Self-Created Soul Skill that Su Haichao judged stronger than his second Soul Skill.
• The group found at least a dozen desiccated Wolf Bandit corpses, and Tang Shan learned from the driver that previous Wolf Bandits had been muscular and well-preserved.
• Tang Shan suspected an Evil Soul Master had drained the corpses, so Su Haichao ordered the group to avoid the area and prepared them to flee.
• Tang Shan heard a cry for help after the carriage had passed the corpses, and the three secretly agreed to attack if the caller seemed dangerous.
• Tang Shan activated Martial Soul Possession without revealing it and stepped out of the carriage to investigate.

Dela tried to use a carriage for escape and prey, but Tang Shan, Su Yuntao, and Su Haichao ambushed and killed him. Spirit Hall's Judgment Squad arrived after the fight and recognized Dela's corpse, leaving the squad on alert for possible ambushers.

• Dela fled through the forest with three Wolf Bandits behind him while Spirit Hall's Judgment Squad pursued them.
• Dela pleaded with Su Haichao for a ride, and the carriage group pretended to let him approach while preparing an attack.
• Tang Shan struck Dela with a series of blows, Su Haichao slowed him with Wolf Howl, and Su Yuntao and Su Haichao delivered the final attacks that killed him.
• A burst of sacred light sent the three Wolf Bandits flying beside Dela's body, and Su Haichao stopped the carriage.
• The Judgment Squad emerged from the forest, identified Dela's corpse, and its captain ordered everyone to stay alert.

Su Haichao and Tang Shan met Spirit Hall’s Judgment Squad after Su Haichao killed an Evil Soul Master, and Tang Shan learned about the squad’s methods and the brutal skills used by Evil Soul Masters. After Qian Lei gave Su Haichao a reward token and led his squad away, Tang Shan reflected on the Angel Clan’s legacy.

• Su Haichao identified himself to Qian Lei’s Judgment Squad and confirmed that he had killed the Evil Soul Master they were pursuing.
• White Armor and Qian Ying carefully inspected the corpse before Qian Lei stored it in a Storage Soul Tool.
• Qian Lei explained the ten most brutal Evil Soul Master skills, including the Soul Explosion Technique, and described the Judgment Squad’s three-step hunting procedure.
• Qian Lei said the squad’s work was a family promise and handed Su Haichao a reward token before leading the squad away.
• Tang Shan watched the squad depart and thought their dedication offered a glimpse of the first Angel God’s legacy.

Tang Shan learned how Spirit Hall's merit tokens were awarded and continued honing his combat skills through sparring with Su Yuntao. The group planned to resupply in Ironwall City before heading to Heaven Dou City, while Su Yuntao eagerly anticipated another Great Soul Arena.

• Su Haichao explained that Evil Soul Master merit tokens came in bronze, silver, and gold grades, with a gold token exchangeable for a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Tang Shan reviewed the group's fight against the Evil Soul Master and recognized that his close-range role had carried the greatest risk from the Blood Explosion Technique.
• Tang Shan used Hidden Force to strike Su Yuntao's thigh during sparring and explained that Hidden Force and Soul Power could not yet be combined.
• Tang Shan realized that battle-induced changes in his Qi and Blood had helped him finish tempering his Sinew, then sparred with Su Yuntao to improve their skills.
• Su Yuntao used Bright Force to defend and counter Tang Shan's attacks before fatigue forced him to stop.
• Su Haichao said the group would reach Ironwall City before Heaven Dou City, and Su Yuntao eagerly asked whether it had a Great Soul Arena.

Xue Ye sent three of his princes to inspect major cities as a test of their potential, while Xue Beng chose to remain at the palace. Later, Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi discussed Spirit Hall’s new Pope and wondered why she favored Yu Xiaogang.

• Xue Ye ordered Xue Qinghe, Xue Shanxing, and Xue Linsen to visit different cities and report what they learned, while Xue Beng declined to participate.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi discussed the princes’ strengths and the reasoning behind their assigned destinations.
• Xue Ye asked Ning Fengzhi about Spirit Hall’s new Pope, and Ning Fengzhi described her as ruthless but not especially threatening.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that the Pope had once loved Yu Xiaogang, prompting Xue Ye to question how the low-level, controversial researcher had earned her affection.

Xue Qinghe learned of the Pope’s plan to use Yu Xiaogang as a false Grandmaster to draw out the real one, and chose to oppose the plan and support recruiting the real Grandmaster. Qian Daoliu left the final decision to Qian Renxue, hoping she would choose a path free of attachments.

• Salas told Xue Qinghe that the Pope planned to announce a substitute Grandmaster and use the title to draw out the real Grandmaster.
• Xue Qinghe erupted in anger when Salas explained that the Pope would recruit the real Grandmaster if he cooperated and kill him if he refused.
• Xue Qinghe declared that she supported the Grandmaster and would consult the Worship Hall about stopping the Pope’s approach.
• Salas revealed that Yu Xiaogang would be the substitute, then hurried away without explaining his connection to the Pope.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Jun and Jiang Mo Douluo that Qian Renxue would decide whether to stop the plan, and he would support her choice.

Tang Shan explained to Su Haichao why he needed a major power’s resources and why the Heaven Dou Empire suited him better than Spirit Hall or the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He settled on serving Xue Qinghe, the Heaven Dou Empire’s First Prince, as the best way to secure protection and support.

• Tang Shan trained at dawn by using hidden force to temper his bones, while Su Yuntao practiced nearby.
• Su Haichao asked whether Tang Shan planned to train in Heaven Dou City, and Tang Shan said he needed greater resources to advance and eventually hunt stronger soul beasts.
• Tang Shan explained that Spirit Hall’s leadership struggle made it dangerous for him, while the Heaven Dou Empire could connect him to both imperial resources and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang Shan told Su Haichao that joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect alone would offer fewer advantages than serving the Heaven Dou imperial family.
• Tang Shan decided that Xue Qinghe was the most suitable patron because the prince could provide protection through his powerful allies and ties to Spirit Hall’s Worship Hall.