Recaps

Su Haichao, Su Yuntao, and Tang Shan arrived at Iron Arm City and headed toward an inn and its Soul Fighting Arena. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue contacted Qian Daoliu, convinced him to stop Bibi Dong’s plan against Grandmaster, and proposed luring Grandmaster to Spirit Hall while using Yu Xiaogang as a pawn or scapegoat.

• Su Haichao brought Su Yuntao and Tang Shan through Iron Arm City’s formidable gates and drove them toward an inn before their planned visit to the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Qian Renxue shed her disguise and used the Angel Pendant to contact Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu that Grandmaster’s theories had greatly aided her cultivation and argued that protecting him would benefit her God Trial.
• Qian Daoliu agreed to stop Bibi Dong’s plan and have the Worshippers stand with Grandmaster.
• Qian Renxue suggested inviting Grandmaster to Spirit Hall as her teacher and proposed sacrificing Yu Xiaogang if Grandmaster refused.

Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue that Yu Xiaogang had once been the Pope’s lover, and she calmly reinterpreted the Pope’s plans in light of that revelation. She canceled the recruitment scheme and said she would find the Grandmaster herself, while Qian Daoliu tried to persuade her to return.

• Qian Renxue proposed recruiting the Grandmaster with a Soul Bone and suggested the Pope should give up Yu Xiaogang to win his loyalty.
• Qian Daoliu tried to cancel the plan, but Qian Renxue noticed his evasions and asked about Yu Xiaogang’s relationship with the Pope.
• Qian Daoliu revealed that Yu Xiaogang and the Pope had planned to elope before Qian Renxue’s father separated them.
• Qian Renxue condemned the Pope’s past and concluded that her recruitment plan was meant to preserve Yu Xiaogang’s claim to the title of Grandmaster.
• Qian Renxue canceled the plan and said she would find the Grandmaster herself, while Qian Daoliu urged her to return and keep cultivating.

Qian Renxue reaffirmed her plan to take Spirit Hall from the Pope and ruin Yu Xiaogang, then briefly met Tang Shan’s eyes as her carriage passed through Ironwall City. Tang Shan and Su Yuntao discussed their travels, while Su Haichao considered whether the Heaven Dou royal might become a useful ally for Tang Shan.

• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu she would continue her plan and make the Heaven Dou Empire eclipse Spirit Hall, and Qian Daoliu agreed not to stop her.
• Qian Renxue vowed to expose Yu Xiaogang’s deeds and disgrace him before the Soul Master World, then disguised herself as Xue Qinghe upon reaching Ironwall City.
• Tang Shan, Su Yuntao, and Su Haichao watched a Heaven Dou royal carriage pass through Ironwall City, and Tang Shan unexpectedly met Xue Qinghe’s eyes.
• Su Haichao wondered whether the royal could be an ally for Tang Shan, while Tang Shan reflected that his lack of reverence came from his values and knowledge of the original story.
• Su Yuntao said he wanted a travel token from Bishop Salas so he could visit Soul Fighting Arenas, and Tang Shan warned him to stay alive, use a disguise, and keep their family out of trouble.

Su Yuntao fought in Ironwall City's arena while Tang Shan trained his body and forging skills in a smithy. Tang Shan opened his sixth meridian and reached Level 19, leaving him one level short of his Second Soul Ring as he planned to contact Xue Qinghe.

• Su Yuntao registered at the arena, refused a scarred attendant's invitation to join the army, and defeated his two-ring opponent with his thousand-year Second Soul Ring on display.
• A spectator noticed Su Yuntao's talent and decided to report him to the First Prince, while Tang Shan left the arena to pursue his own training.
• Tang Shan rented a forge room, tested his progress with Martial Soul Possession, and began forging with a heavier hammer technique modeled on the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Tang Shan's strikes briefly resonated with the metal, but the material shattered before he could control the force and refine it further.
• After replenishing his Qi and Blood with Soul Beast meat, Tang Shan opened the Hand Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian, his sixth of the Twelve Regular Meridians.
• Tang Shan reached Level 19 and decided he needed to contact Xue Qinghe soon so he could find a Soul Beast and temper his body before absorbing his Second Soul Ring.

Xue Qinghe visited Ironwall City and found that its officers favored the Second Prince, prompting her to consider eliminating rivals to secure the Crown Prince position. She then learned of a Soul Master with a thousand-year Second Soul Ring and a powerful Self-Created Soul Skill, and decided to investigate him at the Great Soul Arena.

• Tang Shan resumed cultivating Soul Power and continued forging after deciding to harmonize Hidden Force with his body before condensing his Second Soul Ring.
• Xue Qinghe visited General Hong Zhen in Ironwall City, where Hong Zhen restrained his officers from taking sides in the succession struggle.
• Hong Zhen privately concluded that he would serve whoever became Crown Prince and warned his officers against challenging the emperor's authority.
• Xue Qinghe recognized that Ironwall City's officers supported Xue Shan and began considering a plan to eliminate rivals so Xue Ye would have no alternative but to choose her.
• Snake Lance Douluo told Xue Qinghe about an eighteen-year-old Wolf Beast Soul Master with a thousand-year Second Soul Ring and a powerful Self-Created Soul Skill, and she decided to visit him at the Great Soul Arena.

Xue Qinghe watched Su Yuntao fight two Soul Grandmasters and decided to recruit him after witnessing his unusual self-created soul skill. At the Great Soul Arena, Xue Qinghe and Tang Shan recognized each other and began their first formal conversation.

• Xue Qinghe learned that Su Yuntao, known as Lone Wolf, could challenge opponents at the arena whenever he wished, then sent Jili to test his strength.
• Su Yuntao defeated Ape and Venomous Tongue in a two-on-one match using his enhancement skills and a distinctive combat state.
• Xue Qinghe suspected Su Yuntao had used a self-created soul skill and decided to recruit him personally.
• Tang Shan arrived, recognized Xue Qinghe, and worried that the prince might try to recruit his big brother.
• Tang Shan greeted Xue Qinghe, who asked how he had identified him as a prince.

Tang Shan met Xue Qinghe in Ironwall City, where she tried to recruit him and uncovered his extraordinary age, soul power, and body martial soul. Believing he might be the Grandmaster’s Disciple, Xue Qinghe sent Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo to search carefully for the Grandmaster nearby.

• Xue Qinghe introduced herself as the First Prince, and Tang Shan greeted her respectfully while hoping to secure her support.
• Xue Qinghe questioned Tang Shan about his older brother, father, and the brother’s abilities, but Tang Shan’s answers left her doubtful.
• Tang Shan said his father belonged to Spirit Hall, so Xue Qinghe abandoned her recruitment attempt and asked about Tang Shan’s age and soul power.
• Tang Shan revealed he was seven years old with level 19 soul power, astonishing Xue Qinghe and the two hidden Titled Douluos.
• After Tang Shan identified his martial soul as his own body, Xue Qinghe suspected he was the Grandmaster’s Disciple and asked Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo to search for the Grandmaster.

Tang Shan and Su Yuntao drew Xue Qinghe into recruiting them, while Tang Shan revealed his Self-Deity Martial Soul and Thousand-Year First Ring. Xue Qinghe accepted that he was seven and grew more convinced that the brothers were connected to the mysterious Grandmaster.

• Tang Shan named his full-body Body Martial Soul the Self-Deity Martial Soul and told Xue Qinghe he was seven with Innate Full Soul Power.
• Xue Qinghe’s hidden Titled Douluo guards found no sign of the Grandmaster, and she ordered them to continue the plan rather than withdraw.
• Tang Shan and Su Yuntao met Xue Qinghe, then accepted her invitation to continue their conversation at her residence in Ironwall City.
• In the carriage, Xue Qinghe examined Tang Shan’s bones and confirmed that he really was seven.
• Tang Shan revealed his Thousand-Year First Ring, astonishing Xue Qinghe and the hidden guards and strengthening their belief that he was connected to the Grandmaster.

Tang Shan explained his master's theory that cultivating a martial soul was like raising a person, and that a Martial Soul Avatar reflected how well it had been nurtured. Xue Qinghe recognized how the idea connected to Titled Douluo cultivation, while Tang Shan kept his more dangerous theories secret.

• Xue Qinghe questioned Tang Shan about his master, and Tang Shan said the master had entered closed-door cultivation after teaching him and his older brother.
• Xue Qinghe asked Tang Shan to explain his master's martial soul research, and Tang Shan proposed discussing the Martial Soul Avatar.
• Tang Shan described soul power as a martial soul's ordinary nourishment, soul rings as premium nourishment, and compatibility as a form of exercise.
• Xue Qinghe realized that a Martial Soul Avatar's strength could depend on how the martial soul had been cultivated before the seventh soul ring.
• Xue Qinghe connected Tang Shan's explanation to Qian Daoliu's teachings about developing a martial soul's limits and improving soul power quality for Titled Douluo cultivation.

Tang Shan explained the Grandmaster’s theory that most beast Soul Masters’ Martial Soul Avatars were incomplete and that they could awaken their martial souls’ dormant instincts through Martial Soul Fusion. Xue Qinghe and Porcupinefish Douluo recognized the theory’s implications, while Xue Qinghe wondered whether it also applied to the powerful beast-martial-soul users in the Worship Hall.

• Xue Qinghe reflected on whether attunement to a martial soul was necessary before a Soul Master could understand it, then praised the Grandmaster’s research to Tang Shan.
• Tang Shan warned Xue Qinghe that the Grandmaster’s research on beast soul true bodies was unconventional and said most beast Soul Masters’ Martial Soul Avatars were incomplete.
• Tang Shan explained that Su Yuntao had entered a special state in which his fighting instincts and timing resembled those of a soul beast, and Xue Qinghe realized Su Yuntao had potential to achieve it.
• Porcupinefish Douluo told Xue Qinghe that he had recognized Su Yuntao’s exceptional combat state and believed mastering his own martial soul’s instincts could let him challenge a rank ninety-three Titled Douluo.
• Xue Qinghe asked Tang Shan for a way to develop the state, and Tang Shan said Soul Masters could imitate their martial souls’ corresponding soul beasts and fuse their forms, combat experience, and instincts through Martial Soul Fusion.

Tang Shan and Su Yuntao pledged their service to Xue Qinghe, who promised them generous cultivation support and arranged to assess Tang Shan’s soul-ring limits. After they left, Xue Qinghe asked two hidden Titled Douluo for their opinion of the pair.

• Snake Lance Douluo tried to reassure Porcupinefish Douluo about Grandmaster’s theories while Xue Qinghe worried about her own potential.
• Xue Qinghe offered Tang Shan resources, soul bones, and help hunting a hundred-thousand-year soul beast if he eventually reached his ninth ring; Tang Shan accepted her patronage, and Su Yuntao followed.
• Xue Qinghe told Tang Shan to focus on cultivation and invited him to return the next day so her guards could test his physical abilities and maximum soul-ring age.
• Tang Shan requested a strength-focused soul beast with possible mental attributes for his second ring, while Su Yuntao asked for sparring opponents; Xue Qinghe agreed to arrange both kinds of support.
• Xue Qinghe sent Tang Shan and Su Yuntao back to their inn in her carriage, then asked two Titled Douluo what they thought of them.

Tang Shan and Su Yuntao secured Xue Qinghe’s support and discussed what serving her might mean for their ties to Spirit Hall. While cultivating the next morning, Tang Shan tempered his organs, expelled stagnant blood, and devised a new combat trick.

• Xue Qinghe wrote to inform her grandfather about the day’s events and share her thoughts on Martial Soul Fusion and Beast Soul True Body.
• Su Yuntao and Tang Shan returned to the Inn, where Tang Shan told Su Haichao that he had met Xue Qinghe and entered her service.
• Su Haichao discussed the uncertainty of Xue Qinghe’s succession prospects with Tang Shan and Su Yuntao.
• Tang Shan cultivated overnight, then practiced his Soul Skill and used Qi and Blood to strengthen his bones and organs.
• Tang Shan coughed up black blood as his organ tempering reached a threshold, then reassured Su Yuntao that the expelled blood was waste.
• Tang Shan told Su Yuntao he had figured out a new combat trick based on his strengthened organs.

Tang Shan demonstrated his powerful roar to Su Yuntao, then taught him how to use the technique as they traveled to Xue Qinghe’s residence. There, Snake Lance Douluo began testing Tang Shan’s physical strength, and the pressure had just reached Level 31.

• Tang Shan’s roar overwhelmed Su Yuntao, and the noise woke angry guests at the Inn, forcing the brothers to flee before Su Haichao could confront them.
• Tang Shan explained the roar technique and its uses to Su Yuntao on their way to Xue Qinghe’s residence.
• Xue Qinghe assigned Snake Lance Douluo to test Tang Shan and Porcupinefish Douluo to test Su Yuntao.
• Snake Lance Douluo summoned his lance and increased his Soul Power pressure while Tang Shan endured it with steady breathing and flowing Soul Power.
• Xue Qinghe announced that the pressure had reached Level 31 as Tang Shan’s real test began.

Tang Shan endured Snake Lance Douluo’s escalating Soul Power pressure, relying on his unusually active Qi and Blood until his meridians opened and eased the strain. He stopped before reaching his absolute limit, leaving his Soul Ring choice for his next breakthrough.

• Tang Shan’s Qi and Blood became active under pressure, and Porcupinefish Douluo explained their unusual vitality to Xue Qinghe and Su Yuntao.
• Su Yuntao demonstrated Bright Force, prompting Porcupinefish Douluo to recognize it as a technique the Second Worship had once used.
• Tang Shan endured Snake Lance Douluo’s pressure up to Level 39, circulating both Qi and Blood and Soul Power to withstand it.
• When Snake Lance Douluo raised the pressure to Level 40, Tang Shan’s Soul Power forced open two new meridians, easing the pressure without raising his Soul Power Level.
• Tang Shan declined to continue, chose a prudent limit for his future Soul Ring, and collapsed from exhaustion after Snake Lance Douluo withdrew the pressure.

Tang Shan recovered from training and sparred with Snake Lance Douluo, using his strength, adaptability, and unusual Soul Skill to challenge the veteran's Spear Techniques. The chapter ended as Tang Shan launched a powerful overhead strike at Snake Lance Douluo.

• Tang Shan recovered his Soul Power and discovered that the earlier pressure had opened two meridians, bringing him closer to Level 20.
• Su Yuntao lost his spar with Porcupinefish Douluo, who was shaken by Su Yuntao's combat abilities and Martial Soul Fusion potential.
• Tang Shan began sparring with Snake Lance Douluo, dodging his lance and using his enhanced body to press the attack.
• Tang Shan seized Snake Lance Douluo's lance and disrupted his timing with a strange force, then landed a coordinated fist-and-leg attack that made him retreat.
• Tang Shan unleashed a barrage of punches, then gathered his remaining Soul Power and Qi and Blood into a heavy strike aimed at Snake Lance Douluo's head.

Tang Shan fought Snake Lance Douluo in a test of skill, showcasing his precise control and a powerful self-created attack before conceding. After the group returned to the hall, Xue Qinghe received unexpected news and said she would ask Tang Shan and Su Yuntao for help after lunch.

• Tang Shan and Snake Lance Douluo exchanged attacks, and Tang Shan used his control over his body to withstand a strike and counter.
• Porcupinefish Douluo explained to Xue Qinghe that Titled Douluo relied on Soul Power, Martial Soul mastery, and self-created techniques rather than weaker Soul Skills.
• Tang Shan unleashed a compressed-air sound attack that shook Snake Lance Douluo's barrier, shattered windows, and damaged the Training Ground before Tang Shan conceded.
• Snake Lance Douluo praised Tang Shan's power and control, while he and Porcupinefish Douluo discussed the boy's extraordinary Qi and Blood and the Grandmaster's achievement.
• After a servant whispered news to Xue Qinghe, she left to handle an unexpected matter and told Tang Shan and Su Yuntao she would ask them for help later.

Qian Daoliu read Qian Renxue’s letter about Tang Shan’s theories and sought Golden Crocodile Douluo’s insight into the Beast Soul True Body. Golden Crocodile Douluo’s explanation convinced him that the theory could give Beast Soul Titled Douluo the combat abilities of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

• Qian Jun Douluo delivered Qian Renxue’s letter to Qian Daoliu, who grew suspicious of Tang Shan and his Master as he read it.
• Qian Daoliu studied Tang Shan’s theories about Martial Soul Fusion and the Beast Soul True Body, then reconsidered them after realizing the Angel Martial Soul might have once been a Beast Martial Soul.
• Qian Daoliu flew to Death Canyon, while the woman in the Papal Hall watched him go and vowed to destroy Spirit Hall and the Angel Clan’s legacy.
• Qian Daoliu asked Golden Crocodile Douluo whether a Beast Soul Master’s instincts and ability to seize openings improved when using the Beast Soul True Body.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo explained that the Beast Soul True Body was a brief transformation into a Soul Beast and that gaining a beast’s honed combat skills could make a Beast Soul Titled Douluo as powerful as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Golden Crocodile Douluo learned from Qian Renxue’s letter that martial soul combat instincts could help him break through his cultivation limit, and he entered Death Canyon to investigate a mysterious soul beast. Meanwhile, Xue Qinghe told Tang Shan and Su Yuntao that someone connected to General Hong Zhen had come to harass her, and Tang Shan recognized the incident as deliberate provocation.

• Qian Daoliu gave Golden Crocodile Douluo Qian Renxue’s letter describing theories about Beast Soul True Body and martial soul fusion.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo concluded that martial soul instincts and combat experience could provide a foundation for reaching the cultivation limit, though he still believed qi and blood might offer another path.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo asked to leave the Worship Hall, then transformed into a giant golden crocodile and entered Death Canyon to seek the mysterious soul beast.
• Qian Daoliu arranged for Qian Jun and Jiang Mo to guard Death Canyon while Spirit Hall personnel warned young visitors to avoid the area.
• Xue Qinghe told Tang Shan and Su Yuntao that a subordinate connected to General Hong Zhen had threatened to make her pay for damage to her residence.
• Su Yuntao offered to pay for the repairs, but Tang Shan pointed out that the visit was deliberate harassment of Xue Qinghe.

Xue Qinghe explained how the Second Prince had gained the army’s favor in Ironwall City and asked Tang Shan and Su Yuntao to challenge its soul masters. Tang Shan proposed preparing a different plan, while Xue Qinghe considered Tang Shan a promising ally; Tang Shan began devising a strategy to break the political deadlock.

• Xue Qinghe told Tang Shan that the Second Prince had won the support of Ironwall City’s army and that Emperor Xue Ye seemed to favor him.
• Xue Qinghe asked Tang Shan and Su Yuntao to challenge the army’s Soul Masters and Soul Grandmasters to weaken the Second Prince’s influence.
• Tang Shan questioned Xue Qinghe about the princes and the emperor, then asked to postpone the challenges while he prepared an alternative plan.
• Xue Qinghe agreed to give Tang Shan until that afternoon to present his plan, and he arranged lodgings for Tang Shan and Su Yuntao.
• Porcupinefish Douluo questioned Xue Qinghe about how much he had revealed, and Xue Qinghe said he was testing whether Tang Shan and Su Yuntao would work for him.
• Tang Shan began planning how to strengthen Xue Qinghe’s existing reputation and break the deadlock in Ironwall City.

Tang Shan trained with Porcupinefish Douluo before Xue Qinghe summoned him and revealed a plan to impress Ironwall City's soldiers by having him challenge their junior officers. Meanwhile, Hong Zhen confronted his subordinates over rumors favoring the Second Prince and suspected the First Prince was behind them.

• Tang Shan fought Porcupinefish Douluo, deflected a venomous spine, and suffered a brief burn from the poison.
• A servant summoned Tang Shan and Porcupinefish Douluo to Xue Qinghe, who dismissed the Douluos to speak with Tang Shan privately.
• Xue Qinghe told Tang Shan her plan was ready: he would challenge the army's junior officers to make an impression, while aiming to win their loyalty rather than merely defeat them.
• Tang Shan and Xue Qinghe traveled by carriage to the military camp under Imperial Guard escort.
• Hong Zhen demanded to know who had spread rumors that the Second Prince was the best heir, but his subordinates denied responsibility.
• A subordinate suggested the First Prince had spread the rumors to retaliate, and Hong Zhen angrily questioned how he could have organized it across the entire city.

Xue Qinghe confronted General Hong Zhen over the unrest in Ironwall City and used his report to the emperor as leverage. He asked Hong Zhen to let Tang Shan spar with the army’s Soul Masters, making the outcome a test of whether the dispute could be settled.

• Hong Zhen dismissed his officers’ theories about who had stirred up Ironwall City and ordered them to welcome Xue Qinghe.
• Hong Zhen greeted Xue Qinghe and led him and Tang Shan into the barracks reception room.
• Hong Zhen blamed Star Luo Empire spies for the rumors, but Tang Shan judged that the general had mishandled the situation.
• Xue Qinghe warned Hong Zhen that he would report everything to Xue Ye, then offered to adjust his report in exchange for a favor.
• Xue Qinghe introduced Tang Shan as a level 19 Soul Master and asked Hong Zhen to have him spar with the army’s Soul Masters and Soul Grandmasters.

Xue Qinghe arranged for Tang Shan to challenge every one- and two-ring Soul Master in the Rampart Army, offering a thousand Gold Soul Coins to each victor. The soldiers gathered to watch, and Tang Shan faced his first opponent, Captain Wang, as the chapter ended before their fight began.

• Hong Zhen agreed that Tang Shan could recover his Soul Power fully between fights and expected his soldiers to wear him down through repeated battles.
• Xue Qinghe persuaded Hong Zhen to let the soldiers watch, then addressed them and announced a thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin prize for every Soul Master who defeated Tang Shan.
• The soldiers filled the Training Ground, and Xue Qinghe bowed to them on behalf of the empire, winning their attention with her speech and generous offer.
• Tang Shan entered the fighting area and asked who would go first, and Captain Wang stepped forward.
• Tang Shan listened to the soldiers describe Captain Wang's Long Spear Martial Soul and Hundred-Year Soul Ring while assessing his opponent.

Tang Shan defeated a series of Fortress City soldiers while advising them on their fighting, impressing Xue Qinghe and Hong Zhen. He then faced the powerful Zhang San, and their first exchange ended with both attacks colliding as Zhang San followed up with a kick.

• Tang Shan defeated Wang Shuang, explained the flaws in his two-spear technique, and gave him advice on mastering one spear first.
• Tang Shan quickly beat the soldiers who challenged him, while Xue Qinghe praised his fighting and told Hong Zhen that Tang Shan had a Body Martial Soul.
• Hong Zhen wondered whether Tang Shan's Body Martial Soul was like his own.
• Zhang San introduced himself as the strongest One-Ring Soul Master in the army and said a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster would challenge Tang Shan if he won.
• Tang Shan and Zhang San activated their strength-enhancing abilities and exchanged a powerful punch, after which Zhang San swung in close and aimed a kick at Tang Shan's chest.

Tang Shan defeated Zhang San in a brutal contest of strength without using a Soul Skill, then challenged the Rampart Army to send another fighter. Gang Lie answered, and Tang Shan began testing the tracking effect of his charge as the fight started.

• Tang Shan evaded Zhang San's kick, battered him with a series of attacks, and knocked him unconscious after overpowering his Frenzy-enhanced strength.
• The soldiers realized Tang Shan had won without using a Soul Skill, while Hong Zhen worried that the army might lose and arranged for more challengers.
• Tang Shan taunted the silent soldiers until Gang Lie stepped forward and insulted him, prompting Tang Shan to decide to make an example of him.
• Gang Lie activated his Bristled Wild Boar Martial Soul and used his first Soul Skill, Collision, to charge at Tang Shan.
• Tang Shan dodged, noticed Gang Lie's charge tracked his movements, and began darting around the arena to test how far the tracking could reach.

Tang Shan ended his fight with Gang Lie by revealing his Thousand-Year First Soul Ring and using his Soul Skill to inflict severe injuries. Xue Qinghe defended Tang Shan against Hong Zhen’s complaint, while Hong Zhen began to suspect the prince had powerful protection.

• Gang Lie announced his Earth Spike Technique and tried to pin Tang Shan down while charging under the protection of his first Soul Skill.
• Tang Shan revealed his single Purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring, stunning Hong Zhen and the watching soldiers.
• Tang Shan activated Self-Control, threw Gang Lie into the air, and battered him until he suffered multiple fractures and could no longer move.
• Hong Zhen called for a healer, then accused Tang Shan of being too ruthless and unconsciously directed his Soul Saint pressure at Xue Qinghe.
• An unseen expert’s warning snort weakened Hong Zhen, who withdrew his pressure and apologized to Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Qinghe argued that Gang Lie’s insults and temperament had provoked Tang Shan, asking Hong Zhen how Gang Lie would have treated Tang Shan if he had won.