Recaps

Bai Jin defended his ceasefire agreements with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan before Bibi Dong, who approved five years of monitoring and new rules for battlefield orders. Bai Jin and Qian Renxue left the Papal Hall together as her next Divine Trial began.

• Bai Jin explained that the agreements left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan weakened and under Spirit Hall’s economic and military supervision.
• Bibi Dong tested Bai Jin’s loyalty with Rakshasa Aura, and Bai Jin said he would defend Spirit Hall while stopping anyone who harmed innocents.
• Qian Renxue stood beside Bai Jin and accepted responsibility for the changes to the Soul Hunting Operation, after which Bibi Dong ended the confrontation.
• Bibi Dong ordered five years of monitoring for both sects and required future operations to specify surrender, withdrawal, and prisoner procedures.
• Bibi Dong began preparations to rerank the Seven Great Sects and said Qian Renxue had to remain, but Qian Renxue left with Bai Jin as her next Divine Trial began.

Qian Renxue rejected the Angel God’s demand that she sever her attachments, accepted the burdens of her feelings, and passed the trial’s first test. Bai Jin was then pulled into the trial space, where he could only stabilize the realm as Qian Renxue faced a divine incarnation of herself.

• Qian Renxue shattered visions of Xue Qinghe, Bibi Dong, and Bai Jin rather than abandon her judgment or responsibilities.
• Qian Renxue rejected the claim that angels must be heartless, accepted the weight of her attachments, and split the golden trial world with her Holy Sword.
• Outside the Worship Hall, Qian Daoliu realized that Qian Renxue had changed her answer, and the Angel God did not reject her.
• The Hall Gate opened and pulled Bai Jin into the trial space, where golden chains bound him and prevented him from fighting for Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue charged at a flawless divine-power incarnation of herself while Bai Jin could only stabilize the space and offer moral support.

Qian Renxue defeated the Angel Shadow and completed her Divine Trial while Bai Jin broke through to Rank 97. After they emerged, Spirit Hall prepared to step into the open, and Qian Renxue took Bai Jin to meet her mother.

• Qian Renxue fought the Angel Shadow, used Angel's Holy Judgment to destroy it, and earned a new Divine Trial mark as her Soul Power rose to Rank 88.
• Bai Jin endured the trial's Divine Power pressure, broke through from Rank 96 to Rank 97, and caught Qian Renxue as she fell.
• Qian Renxue healed Bai Jin's wounded wrists, and the two acknowledged their feelings before leaving the trial space together.
• Qian Daoliu noticed Qian Renxue's new mark and Bai Jin's Rank 97 aura when they returned to Spirit City.
• Tang San began his first trial at Sea God Island as invitations went out for the reselection of the Seven Great Sects and Spirit Hall prepared to step into the open.
• Qian Renxue took Bai Jin by the hand and led him to meet her mother.

Bibi Dong discovered that Gu Changye had revived a revoked order to hunt Xiao Wu and sent teams to intercept him and investigate his accomplices. As the Spirit Hall group and Tang San’s party raced toward Star Dou, Bai He reported that the hunters had entered the Mixed Zone and planted thirty-six Beast-Locking Stakes.

• Bibi Dong confirmed that Gu Changye was using a five-year-old order to hunt Xiao Wu, despite its cancellation, and learned that Platinum Bishop Salas was also under suspicion.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to secure Salas’s records and sent Hu Liena, Qian Renxue, Yuan Yu, and Azure Luan to identify and detain the Soul Hunting Team with a newly sealed revocation order.
• Bibi Dong’s roster identified forty-seven hunters who had witnessed the ceasefire order, and she instructed the team to investigate individuals rather than punish their families without evidence.
• Azure Luan carried Yuan Yu, Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, and twelve Enforcement Team Soul Masters toward Star Dou while Qian Renxue reviewed Gu Changye’s records.
• Tang San led Shrek out of Heaven Dou City, and Bai He reported that the Soul Hunting Team had entered the Mixed Zone and planted thirty-six Beast-Locking Stakes.

Tang San’s party tracked Gu Changye’s Soul Hunting Team through the forest, uncovered its forged orders and methods for luring Soul Beasts, and pushed toward Core Lake. The Blue Silver Grass began withering in wide swaths near the lake, revealing a growing threat ahead.

• Bai He and Bai Chenxiang identified the convoy’s false trails and poison-laced iron spikes, while Tang San used the Blue Silver Domain to choose the wagon route.
• Tang San brought a small group into the forest, assigned Bai Chenxiang to carry messages, and avoided taking the Tang Sect’s lower-ranked disciples into the core region.
• The party freed four chained Deacons at an overturned Spirit Hall outpost and learned that Gu Changye’s order was canceled, Salas was certifying it, and the wagons carried Beast-Locking Stakes, Blood Troughs, and live Soul Beasts.
• The Deacons warned Tang San about an ambush along the northern sentry path, so he led the party through the forest’s intact roots and sent Bai Chenxiang to report their coordinates.
• Tang San sensed chaotic tracks and a vast bloody scent near Core Lake, then felt nearby Blue Silver Grass rapidly blacken and wither.

Tang San reunited with Xiao Wu at Core Lake, but the reunion ended when the Soul Hunting Team activated the Beast-Locking Stakes and attacked the lake’s defenders. Tang San discovered the stakes formed a poison-linked encirclement as Gu Changye arrived with hundreds of Soul Masters to hunt the three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

• Xiao Wu sensed Tang San approaching and reunited with him at Core Lake, where the Shrek group exchanged news about the past five years.
• Tang San told Da Ming that Spirit Hall’s forces had injured people on the outskirts, and he planned to protect Xiao Wu while challenging any renewed order against her.
• Da Ming detected the Beast-Locking Stakes activating beneath the lake, and Tang San traced their connections through his Blue Silver Domain.
• Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing defended Er Ming from three poisoned spikes, but Er Ming’s wound began darkening as poison flowed through the chains.
• Tang San restrained Er Ming from tearing out his poisoned flesh and urged the group to break the chains and locate the formation’s center.
• Gu Changye arrived with Salas and hundreds of Soul Hunting Soul Masters, identified Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming, and raised his stringless bow.

Tang San exposed the cancellation of Gu Changye’s old hunt order, but Gu Changye and Salas launched the attack anyway. As the Shrek group fought to break the Beast-Locking formation, Tang San discovered Rakshasa Corruption inside its stakes and was trapped with Xiao Wu in a chain net.

• Tang San revealed that Gu Changye’s Pope Token bore a Cancellation Seal, while Salas defended the hunt and Gu Changye began attacking Da Ming.
• The Shrek members split to fight the Soul Hunting Team as Gu Changye’s Beast-Locking Stakes chained Da Ming and Er Ming and wounded Da Ming with a Shadow Arrow.
• Ma Hongjun and Bai Chenxiang disrupted the enemy’s right flank, while Tang San and Xiao Wu fought through guards toward a Beast-Locking Stake.
• Tang San broke the stake’s outer shell and discovered Rakshasa Corruption inside it, prompting Gu Changye to shoot an arrow at him.
• Tang San blocked the Shadow Arrow with the Clear Sky Hammer, but Salas ordered eighteen Soul Masters to trap him and Xiao Wu in a chain net.

Tang San and Xiao Wu broke Salas’s Soul-Locking Net and defeated the Soul Saints guarding it, while their allies dismantled the formation and cornered Salas. As the battle turned against him, the Beast-Locking Stakes activated at the Core Lake, Da Ming was dragged underwater, and Xiao Wu ran toward the lake as Gu Changye aimed an arrow at her.

• Tang San used Xiao Wu’s help, Blue Silver Emperor Seeds, and the Clear Sky Hammer to tear open the Soul-Locking Net and send Xiao Wu through.
• Xiao Wu disabled the net’s supports while Tang San used the Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Orb to widen a gap and split the formation apart.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu defeated three Soul Saints, and Bai He and Ning Rongrong helped bring down the rest of the Soul-Locking Net.
• Salas attacked Tang San with his Eighth Soul Ring, but Tang San resisted with the Clear Sky Hammer as Bai Chenxiang exposed Gu Changye’s order and Ma Hongjun blocked Salas’s retreat.
• The Beast-Locking Stakes activated, six chains pulled Da Ming beneath the Core Lake, and Xiao Wu rushed toward him as Gu Changye aimed his arrow at her.

Yuan Yu and Qian Renxue arrived at the lake, exposed Gu Changye’s canceled Token, and began taking control of the unauthorized Soul Hunting Team. As Salas was captured and Gu Changye was left with only his diehards, he activated the Blood Nails, driving wounded Soul Beasts into a frenzy and sending herds toward the Core Lake.

• Yuan Yu arrived with Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, Azure Luan Douluo, and Enforcement Soul Masters, then Xiao Wu gave Er Ming Tang San’s second Antidote Pill.
• Qian Renxue presented the withdrawal order and canceled Token, prompting most Soul Hunting Team members to surrender while Hu Liena separated and recorded the groups for verification.
• Bai Chenxiang spotted Salas trying to flee, and Qian Renxue defeated and captured him with Hu Liena’s help.
• Tang San and Yuan Yu regrouped as Gu Changye faced the remaining diehards and threatened to keep the formation running.
• Gu Changye crushed a Beast-Locking Stake, activating the Blood Nails and sending frenzied Soul Beasts charging toward the Core Lake.

Tang San, Yuan Yu, and their allies dismantled all thirty-six Beast-Locking Stakes and opened a safe southern route for the frenzied Soul Beasts. The Blood Array’s living heart absorbed the severed markings and erupted as a powerful Ghost Vine that covered half the forest.

• Xiao Wu and the others tried to divert the charging Soul Beasts while Tang San used the Blue Silver Domain to locate the thirty-six Beast-Locking Stakes.
• Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, Bai Chenxiang, Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, and the others attacked the stakes and protected the herd as Yuan Yu’s nine aspects cleared a path south.
• Yuan Yu used the Water-Aspect Mystic Bottle, Flame-Aspect Treasure Furnace, and Emptiness Boundary Gates to contain poison and help Er Ming move injured beasts to safety.
• Tang San and the others destroyed the final stakes, freeing Da Ming and stopping the poison from spreading on Er Ming.
• The severed Blood Array markings gathered north, where black roots consumed trapped Soul Beasts and Gu Changye’s Rakshasa Blood Nails before a powerful Ghost Vine erupted.

Yuan Yu completed the Mystic Origin Vast Sea Bottle while fighting Gu Changye and containing the poisoned lake water. After Gu Changye fell, the Hollow Ghost Vine broke free, and Tang San sensed its last plea to be killed.

• Yuan Yu kept the Water-Aspect Mystic Bottle beneath the lake to draw in the poisonous bloodwater while Qian Renxue shielded him from the Ghost Vine.
• Gu Changye shot a Shadow Arrow at Qian Renxue, but Yuan Yu redirected it through an Emptiness Boundary Gate and wounded Gu Changye with his own attack.
• Gu Changye threatened to detonate the Blood Nails, but Yuan Yu disarmed him and killed him with the Myriad Phenomena Calamity Blade.
• The Water-Aspect Mystic Bottle became the Mystic Origin Vast Sea Bottle, separated the poison from the lake, and helped Yuan Yu reach level ninety-four.
• After Gu Changye died, the Hollow Ghost Vine broke free, and Tang San sensed its remaining consciousness pleading for death.

Tang San and his companions destroyed the Hollow Ghost Vine and Tang San absorbed its sixty-three-thousand-year Soul Ring, gaining a new skill and reaching level sixty-three. After testing his power, he received a thank-you gift from Xue Ye.

• Xiao Wu decided the Hollow Ghost Vine had to be killed, and Yuan Yu stripped away the Blood Array’s power while Tang San and the others fought it.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu destroyed the Ghost Vine’s main root and core, ending its suffering and producing a black Soul Ring.
• Tang San absorbed the Soul Ring by guiding its power through his meridians while his companions stood guard, and his Eight Spider Lances were restored.
• Tang San gained the Sixth Soul Skill, Blue Silver Void Realm, broke through to level sixty-three, and demonstrated that his Blue Silver Emperor could pass through one solid barrier for three breaths.
• A Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect messenger arrived with a Triangular Blue Shield, which Xue Ye had sent Tang San as thanks for saving his life.

After the Star Dou Great Forest hunt was stopped, Qian Renxue documented the crimes and arranged for those responsible to face review. Tang San and Xiao Wu set out for Sea God Island, while Yuan Yu’s Divine Trial marks drew a warning from the Sea God.

• Tang San, Qian Renxue, and the others recorded the hunt’s casualties, evidence, and participants, while the wounded Soul Beasts received treatment and the survivors were sorted by their roles.
• Qian Renxue confronted Salas with his letter to Gu Changye and told him he would face a Joint Verification panel; she also told Xiao Wu that future hunts would require joint review, though Xiao Wu said she still did not trust Spirit Hall.
• An envoy from Xue Ye gave Tang San the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, which revealed a sea chart leading to Sea God Island; Qian Renxue and Hu Liena connected it to Gu Changye’s old charts and Spirit Hall’s failed expedition.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu decided to travel to Sea God Island, and Da Ming and Er Ming reluctantly agreed to let Xiao Wu go after warning her to return safely.
• Yuan Yu told Qian Renxue he would go with Tang San and exchanged a Boundary Gate mark with her before she prepared to begin the Angel God Divine Trial.
• The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud revealed a trident, Yuan Yu’s Divine Trial marks lit up, and a divine voice warned that he must not touch the Sea God’s Nine Trials.

Bai Jin and Qian Renxue told Bibi Dong they were together, then discussed their roles in Spirit Hall’s plans for the allied sects and the upcoming reelection. They left with new assignments, and Bai Jin went to meet the Second Worship after hearing he could test his Rank 97 strength.

• Qian Renxue told Bibi Dong that she and Bai Jin were together, while Bai Jin signed an appointment letter to help manage Spirit Hall’s forces and the sect reelection.
• Bai Jin said he would judge future conflicts by the circumstances, uphold the agreement with the allied sects, and stop Tang San if he attacked Spirit Hall’s Deacons.
• Bibi Dong stamped Bai Jin’s appointment and gave Qian Renxue a list of disputed compensation cases to resolve.
• Qian Renxue took responsibility for drafting rules for the allied sects and clarifying checkpoints, then asked Bibi Dong to speak directly to her if she opposed their plans.
• Bai Jin and Qian Renxue left the Papal Hall joking together, and Hu Liena told Bai Jin that the Second Worship wanted to see him.
• Bai Jin handed Qian Renxue his chestnuts and headed off to meet the Second Worship, who wanted to test what Bai Jin could do at Rank 97.

Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan defended the Team Flag against Huyan Zhen’s three attacks, winning the Elephant Armor Sect’s support for their leadership of the Joint Patrol. Hu Liena broke through to Level 70, and Golden Crocodile Douluo challenged Bai Jin to show what he had learned during the past three months.

• Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena faced Huyan Zhen’s three-move test to prove they could lead the Elephant Armor Sect disciples.
• Yan and Xie Yue redirected Huyan Zhen’s first two attacks while Hu Liena disrupted his footing, keeping the Team Flag upright.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue used Demon Charm to cut a stone slab around the flag, and Yan held it aloft against Huyan Zhen’s final attack.
• Huyan Zhen accepted the three as leaders, while Hu Liena’s Soul Power broke through to Level 70.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo challenged Bai Jin to show what he had learned, and Bai Jin warned that the field might not be large enough.

Bai Jin faced Level 98 Golden Crocodile Douluo in a public battle at the Old Quarry, trading close-range blows and Soul Skills as they tested each other’s strength. The fight escalated when Golden Crocodile unleashed his true form and charged a powerful Ninth Soul Skill, leaving Bai Jin suspended in midair with his escape routes threatened.

• Qian Renxue secured the Old Quarry, where Huyan Zhen, Yan, and Xie Yue watched Bai Jin face Golden Crocodile.
• Golden Crocodile attacked with overwhelming force, but Bai Jin used Limitless, Azure, and He to block, evade, and counter him.
• Bai Jin slipped inside Golden Crocodile’s claws and landed an elbow and a knee, briefly lifting the elder off the ground.
• Golden Crocodile activated his Seventh Soul Ring and transformed into an enormous Golden Crocodile King.
• Bai Jin used Worldless Sky-Sealing to stop the beast’s tail and struck its armor with a crimson shockwave.
• Golden Crocodile began charging his Ninth Soul Skill, warning Bai Jin that dodging could shatter the outer Void Anchors.

Bai Jin fought Golden Crocodile King in the basin and forced him to concede after striking him with Maximum Technique: Purple. After healing Golden Crocodile, Bai Jin rested with Qian Renxue, reflecting on the barrier between his Rank 97 Soul Power and the next level.

• Bai Jin redirected Golden Crocodile King's Ninth Soul Skill, then charged in and struck his head with Red.
• Golden Crocodile King lunged at Bai Jin, but Bai Jin used Infinite Void to disrupt him and prepared Maximum Technique: Purple.
• Bai Jin aimed Purple at Golden Crocodile King's foreclaws, broke through his defenses, and pinned him in the basin until Golden Crocodile conceded.
• Bai Jin healed Golden Crocodile King's shoulder, while Huyan Zhen and the others watched from the mountain.
• Qian Renxue gave Bai Jin water and told him to stop training for the night, and he agreed.

Ning Rongrong received news that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had survived the Soul Hunting Operation, while Tang San reached the Seventy-Level Threshold during his Sea God trial and absorbed a God-Given Soul Ring. He became a Level 72 Soul Saint and ended by writing home that his agreement with Bai Jin still stood.

• Ning Rongrong read Ning Fengzhi’s letter about the battle, the sect’s casualties, and Bai Jin’s clash with Chen Xin and Gu Rong.
• Tang San reached the Seventy-Level Threshold on the Stone Steps and received a God-Given Soul Ring from Bo Saixi.
• Tang San checked on the resting Xiao Wu before beginning the ring’s absorption as his companions guarded him.
• Tang San endured the God-Given Soul Ring for a day and a night, gaining his Seventh Soul Ring and reaching Level 72.
• Tang San wrote home that everyone was safe, told his family he had become a Soul Saint, and asked them to tell Bai Jin their agreement still stood.

Hu Liena, Yan, and Qian Renxue advanced through hunts, training, and Spirit Hall’s expanding work, while Bai Jin supported them and refined his control of Azure. Qian Renxue reached Level 90 and received a God-Given Soul Ring, but still had to resolve how her existing leg Soul Bone would fit with the future Angel Inheritance.

• Hu Liena hunted a sixty-thousand-year Demon Fox with Xie Yue and Yan, then absorbed its Soul Ring and reached Level 72.
• Qian Renxue managed disputes between Spirit Hall staff and former Heaven Dou subordinates, while Joint Patrol teams began reporting incidents and enforcing rules.
• Bai Jin trained Yan after he absorbed a Seventh Soul Ring and gained his Flame Lord Martial Soul Avatar, then helped him test its limits.
• Bai Jin identified a flaw in Qian Renxue’s sword technique as she struggled to advance through the Angel trial.
• Qian Renxue adjusted her stance and rhythm, crossed the platform, and reached Level 90 as a Golden Pearl containing a God-Given Soul Ring appeared.
• Qian Renxue accepted the pearl despite uncertainty about her fused leg Soul Bone, then told Bai Jin she would fight him after obtaining her Ninth Soul Ring.

Qian Renxue absorbed her Hundred-Thousand-Year Ninth Soul Ring, reaching Level ninety-two and gaining offensive and defensive abilities linked to her Angel Domain. Three days later, after she tested the ring, Qian Daoliu challenged Bai Jin to take his turn.

• Bai Jin prepared food and supplies while Qian Renxue left documents and her wrist ornament outside the chamber before beginning the absorption.
• Qian Renxue endured the Soul Ring's pressure, suppressed the Soul Bone's uneven protection, and used practiced movements to manage her strained meridians.
• Qian Renxue completed the absorption with a red Ninth Soul Ring, coughed up blood, and learned she had reached Level ninety-two as Bai Jin healed her.
• Three days later, Qian Renxue tested her ring's golden sword attack and defensive holy light in a Valley, impressing Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu revealed that he had noticed Bai Jin watching the temple for four months, then spread his wings and challenged Bai Jin to fight.

Bai Jin faced Qian Daoliu in a mountain battle to learn three sword forms, using his spatial abilities to counter the Angel Domain and its soul-power-burning flames. He survived the first two forms and stood ready to face the concentrated third sword.

• Qian Daoliu challenged Bai Jin to break through three sword forms while Qian Renxue and Golden Crocodile guarded the perimeter.
• Bai Jin used Limitless, He, and Shrinking Earth to evade Qian Daoliu’s first sword form, but the Angel Domain burned through his defenses and left him bleeding.
• Qian Daoliu unleashed dozens of sword phantoms, using the Angel Domain to anticipate Bai Jin’s movements and attack his landing points.
• Bai Jin adapted by changing his spatial boundaries and using tiny spheres of Azure to alter his movement, while his Six Eyes studied the golden flame.
• Bai Jin passed through the final sword phantoms and stopped before Qian Daoliu, who gathered the Angel Domain’s power into his third sword form.

Bai Jin adapted to Qian Daoliu’s sword force, broke through to Level 98, and completed the trial with a final clash. He left the mountain exhausted but alive, with Qian Renxue tending to his injured hand.

• Bai Jin changed the layers of space around the golden sword, found a way to redirect its force, and broke through to Level 98.
• Bai Jin steadied his new Soul Power, then combined Azure and He into Maximum Technique: Purple to break through Qian Daoliu’s sword defenses.
• Bai Jin and Qian Daoliu stopped their attacks with their hands at each other’s chest and shoulder, and Qian Daoliu declared that Bai Jin had passed the three waves of sword force.
• Qian Renxue led the exhausted Bai Jin to a mountaintop, where Qian Daoliu forbade long-distance transfers for three days.
• Qian Renxue kissed Bai Jin, then bandaged his injured hand as he rested.

The Spirit Hall Empire was formally founded as Bai Jin and Qian Renxue settled into their shared life, while Tang San completed the Sea God's First Trial and reached Level 76. In Spirit City, Bai Jin sensed a purple-black aura inside the Papal Hall and went with Qian Renxue to confront her mother.

• Bai Jin and Qian Renxue gradually filled their quarters with each other's belongings during his recovery.
• Bibi Dong proclaimed the Spirit Hall Empire's founding, accepted pledges of allegiance, and assigned Bai Jin to inspect the northern forces.
• Bai Jin reaffirmed the empire's treaty with Seven Treasure and promised to visit the mountain with Ning Rongrong when she returned.
• Tang San climbed the Stone Steps, completed the Sea God's First Trial, and broke through to Level 76 as his companions celebrated below.
• Bai Jin sensed a purple-black aura forced back inside the Papal Hall and told Qian Renxue they might have to knock the doors open.

Qian Renxue and Bai Jin discovered that Bibi Dong was suppressing a dangerous purplish-black force inside the Papal Hall. After Qian Renxue insisted on entering, Bai Jin examined the force while warning that her angelic power could worsen it, and the chapter ended with Bibi Dong asking how much he could see.

• Bai Jin told Qian Renxue he had seen purplish-black energy near the Hall Gate, and they went to investigate despite the guards' orders.
• Qian Renxue knocked and demanded entry, while Bai Jin restrained a thread of energy that reacted to her angelic power.
• Qian Renxue and Bai Jin entered after Bibi Dong opened the barrier and found her injured, with blood on her hand and signs of a struggle in the hall.
• Purplish-black energy surged from beneath Bibi Dong's sleeve, and Bai Jin stopped Qian Renxue from using her Soul Power because it could accelerate the force.
• Bai Jin used the Six Eyes to examine the interwoven energy and set Void Anchors to protect Qian Renxue, while Bibi Dong demanded to know how much he could see.

Bai Jin identified the Rakshasa Divine Power tormenting Bibi Dong and found that the early Divine Trial drew strength from the turmoil in the city. He cut off its external source and offered to contain the power until dawn, but the streams kept adapting and waiting for Bibi Dong to lower her guard.

• Bai Jin saw thirty-seven visible streams of Rakshasa Divine Power in Bibi Dong and learned that her Divine Trial had begun early, with a deadline before dawn.
• Bibi Dong explained that the Rakshasa divine mark absorbed the fear and ambition lingering in the city after the founding ceremony.
• Bai Jin found that the power had invaded Bibi Dong's Soul Power circulation, so healing or extracting it could worsen the damage.
• Bai Jin sealed the hall against the outside turmoil and offered to divide the divine power into sections while Bibi Dong refined it herself.
• Bai Jin observed the streams shifting their attacks and concluded that they were waiting for Bibi Dong to let her guard down.