Recaps

Bai Jin, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue worked together through a dangerous bout of Rakshasa backlash, keeping Rakshasa Divine Power and Angel Holy Light apart until Bibi Dong refined the last of the power. As dawn broke, a report of deaths and alleged treaty-breaking at Cold Pine Pass sent Bai Jin and Qian Renxue toward the northern border.

• Bai Jin explained how he would redirect the escaping Rakshasa power through shifting Interface Layers, while Qian Renxue protected herself with her Ninth Soul Skill and Bibi Dong refined the power within her body.
• Bai Jin guided successive waves toward Qian Renxue as Bibi Dong absorbed them; when a spatial layer collapsed, Bai Jin used Azure to pull the forces apart and Qian Renxue weakened the nearby holy light.
• Bibi Dong forced the remaining Rakshasa power back into her body, and the three continued until she refined the final trace and the backlash ended.
• Bibi Dong ordered that the incident remain secret, and Bai Jin healed the wounds left by the backlash as Qian Renxue brought Bibi Dong water.
• A messenger reported dead people and flags from both sides at Cold Pine Pass, where the pass accused the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan of breaking the treaty and requested permission to mobilize troops.
• Bibi Dong ordered the pass to hold off on mobilizing, while Bai Jin took the report and Qian Renxue said she would go with him to the northern line.

Ning Rongrong absorbed a God-Given Soul Ring, gained her seventh Soul Skill, and broke through to Soul Power Level Seventy-One. The Second Assessment then sealed Tang San’s Soul Ring skills and Ning Rongrong’s new skill, sending the group to cross the Ring Sea without killing any Sea Soul Beasts, where the Demon Soul Great White Shark King blocked their way.

• Ning Rongrong absorbed the God-Given Soul Ring and gained the Nine Treasures True Body, reaching Soul Power Level Seventy-One.
• Tang San and the others received the Second Assessment to cross the Ring Sea within a year without killing any Sea Soul Beasts; his Soul Ring skills and Ning Rongrong’s new skill were sealed.
• Tang San’s group tested their remaining abilities and found that the sea suppressed flight, speed, fire, and ranged support skills.
• Tang San proposed that the group spend three days preparing by practicing underwater combat, breathing, and formations.
• The Demon Soul Great White Shark King emerged from the Ring Sea and challenged the group to get past her.

Tang San and the others made their first attempt to cross the Ring Sea, where they had to withstand the currents and avoid harming any Sea Soul Beasts. After Xiao Bai scattered them and forced them back to shore, Tang San planned a new formation and training routine for their next attempt.

• Tang San checked on Xiao Wu, whose revival still depended on two missing materials, then entered the Ring Sea with his companions.
• The group used Ning Rongrong's boosts and their abilities to advance through the currents while avoiding the arrowfish.
• Xiao Bai reversed the current and broke their formation, forcing Tang San and the others to retreat without seriously injuring any Sea Soul Beasts.
• Oscar protected Ning Rongrong from an arrowfish, and the group escaped to shore with several scrapes and minor injuries.
• Tang San marked changing currents in the sand and assigned a new formation and training plan focused on regrouping after Xiao Bai scattered them.

Bai Jin and Qian Renxue investigated the deaths of six imperial soldiers and six Blue Lightning disciples at Cold Pine Pass before the staged evidence could provoke a battle. Their clues pointed to weapons and supplies taken from the pass itself, and Hu Liena found fresh ballista grooves in an abandoned beacon tower.

• Bai Jin stopped the garrison from firing on the Blue Lightning disciples, while Qian Renxue ordered both sides to hold their positions and secured the scene.
• Qian Renxue and Bai Jin examined the bodies and forged orders, finding wounds and signs of tampering that showed the two groups had not simply killed each other.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan found arrows, a ballista bolt, and other traces connecting the killings to Cold Pine Pass's Third Armory.
• Qian Renxue ordered the armory records checked and arranged for both sides to guard the evidence together, while Bai Jin urged the Blue Lightning disciples to hold their line.
• Hu Liena signaled that she had found twelve fresh ballista grooves inside the abandoned beacon tower, aimed at the road where the victims had died.

Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, Bai Jin, and Qian Renxue reconstructed the ambush at the Abandoned Beacon Tower and traced its weapons, seal, and forged orders to Cold Pine Pass. The investigation narrowed to pass officials with access to the Patrol Seal and troops, and Qian Renxue called a council for the following morning.

• Hu Liena and Xie Yue reconstructed how twelve crossbowmen had ambushed both groups from the tower after forged orders turned their backs to it.
• Qian Renxue ordered the investigation to begin at Cold Pine Pass, where Yan and Xie Yue found that twelve bolts had been removed from the armory and replaced with iron bars.
• Qian Renxue discovered that the Patrol Seal was missing and learned that only the commander, deputy commanders, quartermaster, and rotating seal officers could access its key.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan found that twelve off-duty crossbowmen were absent, the armory crossbows had been used, and a wagon driver connected to the transport had been murdered.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue linked the scene's flag and seal evidence to Cold Pine Pass, while Qian Renxue recalled an unlisted supply route and older accounts from her time as Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue ordered a council for the next morning, summoning everyone at Cold Pine Pass who could access the seal or move troops.

Qian Renxue exposed Deputy Commander Luo Jun’s forged accounts, stolen weapons, and role in provoking a clash, but he attacked the witnesses and fled toward the Signal Fire Platform. Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan pursued him as he tried to trigger a false alarm that could ignite a wider conflict.

• Qian Renxue used relay-station records and a seal keeper’s confession to connect Luo Jun to stolen crossbows, falsified accounts, and the deaths of twelve drivers.
• Luo Jun transformed into his Iron Thorn War Rhino form and attacked the witnesses, but Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena protected them and fought back.
• The three Soul Saints coordinated their attacks, exploited a weakness in Luo Jun’s right foreleg, and broke through his armor, forcing him out of the council hall.
• Luo Jun charged toward the Signal Fire Platform, activating buried trigger lines connected to the Armaments Tower, where a raised signal could be mistaken for a Blue Lightning attack.
• Hu Liena ordered Yan and Xie Yue to pursue Luo Jun and finish the battle.

Bai Jin and the Golden Generation stopped Luo Jun from provoking war with Blue Lightning and captured him alive. After a public accounting of his crimes, Luo Jun was sent to Spirit City for a Military Tribunal, and Qian Renxue received a sealed summons to the Papal Hall.

• Xie Yue, Yan, Hu Liena, and Bai Jin prevented Luo Jun's false signal, crossbow volley, and explosion from harming Cold Pine Pass or Blue Lightning territory, then subdued and captured him alive.
• Qian Renxue publicly presented evidence of Luo Jun's crimes, including forging orders, stealing supplies, killing soldiers and disciples, and sabotaging the Five-Year Agreement.
• Bai Jin ordered Luo Jun escorted to Spirit City for a Military Tribunal, while the garrison detained his guards and documented compensation for the dead.
• Bai Jin reaffirmed the boundary agreement to Blue Lightning, and both sides withdrew to their patrol lines after exchanging the bodies of their dead.
• Qian Renxue received a letter bearing the Angel Wings seal that ordered her to visit the Papal Hall upon returning to Spirit City.

Qian Renxue began the Angel Divine Outfit trial, but its left-leg imprint clashed with her 260,000-year-old Rift-Splitting Silverwing Beast Soul Bone. After the first attempt failed and injured her, she chose to keep the Soul Bone and continue trying to make the two forces coexist.

• Qian Renxue and Bai Jin reviewed the Cold Pine Pass investigation with Bibi Dong, who approved the appointments and arrangements for the border inspection.
• A Golden Fragment from the Angel Temple reacted to Qian Renxue’s Soul Bone, and Qian Daoliu explained that she could remove the bone, delay the trial, or try to make the two powers coexist.
• Qian Renxue began the left-leg trial while Bai Jin used Void Anchors to contain the spatial fractures, but the Angel imprint and Silverwing Power violently collided.
• The failed attempt injured Qian Renxue and shattered one of Bai Jin’s Void Anchors; he healed her while Qian Daoliu confirmed the trial had not advanced.
• Qian Renxue decided to try a different Soul Power route the next day, and she and Bai Jin left the temple together.

Qian Renxue tested how the Golden Fragment had disrupted her Silverwing Soul Bone and began adapting her movement to avoid worsening the injury. She left the temple with a measured practice plan, intending to master a new route before touching the fragment again.

• Qian Renxue found that her injured knee and ankle disrupted her Silverwing techniques, and Qian Daoliu stopped the spatial tremor caused by her failed test.
• Qian Renxue practiced sword movements and tracked how Silverwing Power cut paper along the damaged route while Bai Jin counted her steps.
• Qian Renxue separated her Angel Soul Power from the silver power near her ankle, but the Golden Fragment still triggered a reaction in her Soul Bone from a distance.
• Qian Renxue practiced redirecting her footwork with Bai Jin and walked down the Mountain Road while he counted her steps.
• Qian Renxue and Bai Jin recorded the damaged power routes, and she laid cracked tiles at their lodgings to mark where she would begin training the next day.

Tang San led the team through a second attempt to cross the Ring Sea, using a looser formation and a ten-breath limit for regrouping. They retreated after Xiao Bai reversed the current, but reached farther than before and began planning a safer route for their next attempt.

• Tang San reorganized the team and led them into the sea, where Zhu Zhuqing cleared a school of fish and Ning Rongrong adjusted her boosts to the crosscurrents.
• Xiao Bai disrupted the formation with a cold current, and Dai Mubai rescued Oscar while Zhu Zhuqing returned to the group within ten breaths.
• Zhu Zhuqing freed an arrow-shaped fish tangled in Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor, injuring her hand in the process.
• Tang San ordered the team to retreat when Xiao Bai reversed the undertow and loosened their footholds; the team withdrew together across the golden curtain.
• On shore, Tang San and the others reviewed their mistakes and planned a route and support positions for the next attempt, while Xiao Bai restored a reef stone and dove away.

Qian Renxue trained with her injured leg and learned to use Silverwing Skystep through a new path over her ankle rather than forcing the damaged route through her knee. She chose to delay the Golden Fragment until she could walk more steadily, and planned to continue testing the new path the next day.

• Bai Jin challenged Qian Renxue with a Bamboo Branch, and she avoided straining her injured knee by using Silverwing Power along her ankle.
• Qian Renxue used gravel, her sword, and the Holy Light Wings to counter Bai Jin’s attacks and retreat before the Repulsive Force reached her.
• Qian Daoliu explained that the old path through Qian Renxue’s knee remained blocked while the new ankle path could carry one shift in position.
• Qian Renxue decided she would make her own choices when the Golden Fragment entered and told Bai Jin to pull the anchor if she asked.
• Qian Renxue postponed returning to the Wooden Box until her knee was steadier, then practiced her footwork on a strip of cloth Bai Jin laid on the Mountain Road.

Qian Renxue visited Bibi Dong after finishing her medicine and worked with her to review compensation records and military orders. Bibi Dong gave Qian Renxue a pass to enter the Papal Hall’s side door, while both accepted that they would face their Divine Trials separately.

• Qian Renxue entered the Papal Hall and learned Bibi Dong had postponed a military council to correct a Northern Front map that exceeded agreed borders.
• Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong reviewed compensation records, holding back a payment sheet until a Blue Lightning witness signed it.
• Qian Renxue rejected an order that would expand searches onto Seven Treasure trade routes and into the Blue Lightning Mountain Gate, and Bibi Dong issued narrower border-review instructions.
• Bibi Dong restrained a Rakshasa mark beneath her sleeve, and Qian Renxue stayed to review documents rather than intervene with Angel Soul Power.
• Qian Renxue refused to remove her injured leg’s Soul Bone despite the risks to her Divine Trial, and Bibi Dong told her to learn what the trial required.
• Bibi Dong gave Qian Renxue a side-door pass and refilled her medicine box, while Qian Renxue told Bai Jin to guard the breach outside the next day.

Qian Renxue endured another Golden Fragment trial and found a narrow route for its imprint alongside her Silverwing Soul Bone, advancing the mark only partway down her leg. She left the temple with her original Soul Bone Skills intact and a faint golden line that still changed with her movements.

• Qian Renxue asked Qian Daoliu to stand back while Bai Jin placed Void Anchors around the temple, then guided the Golden Fragment past her knee alongside the Silverwing Soul Bone.
• Qian Renxue let the imprint advance toward her ankle before withdrawing it, while Bai Jin contained a Space Rift and Qian Daoliu intercepted a golden aftershock.
• Qian Renxue kept the Golden Fragment’s trial mark as a faint line below her knee, and Bai Jin observed that it shifted when she walked.
• Qian Renxue tested her Rift-Splitting Feather Blades and Silverwing Skystep without losing their original function, then recorded her own landing point for the next attempt.

Xiao Bai drove the Arrowfish shoal against the six, forcing them to coordinate their attacks and Ning Rongrong to direct her support without relying on her seventh ring. They reached a reef farther than before but were swept back to shore, where Tang San planned to use two moving markers on their next attempt.

• Xiao Bai herded the Arrowfish toward Ning Rongrong while Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar worked to hold the shoal back without harming it.
• Ning Rongrong used Oscar's secured supply bag as a fixed marker and split her support between Zhu Zhuqing above the shoal and Dai Mubai below it.
• Tang San redirected his Blue Silver Emperor, and the six used the currents Xiao Bai created to pass the wall of fish and reach a reef beyond their previous limit.
• Xiao Bai opened a crack beneath Oscar, who tossed the supply bag to Ning Rongrong before climbing out with Tang San's help; Ning Rongrong was then dragged down by a backflow.
• Dai Mubai shielded the others as Xiao Bai's tail fin swept them back to shore, where Zhu Zhuqing marked their new distance and Tang San added two routes to the sand map.

Qian Renxue sparred with Bai Jin to test whether her Silverwing Skystep could still function alongside the golden markings from her Divine Trial. She reached the outer edge of his Limitless and preserved her old Bone Technique, then left to remember the path she had taken as the next stages of her trial approached.

• Qian Renxue and Bai Jin began a training match on the cleared grounds, where Limitless stretched the distance between them and strained her left leg.
• Qian Renxue used Silverwing Skystep and her sword to pressure Bai Jin, then combined the silver route with her Bone Technique to reach the outer edge of his layered defense and tear his robe.
• Bai Jin used his other hand to remove her foothold, and Qian Renxue defended herself from falling stones with Rift-Splitting Feather Blades rather than attempting another Skystep.
• Qian Daoliu warned Qian Renxue not to try a third Skystep because the golden markings on her leg had turned red, and Bai Jin draped his robe over her shoulders.
• Qian Renxue said she would pay for the torn robe, then left without taking Bai Jin's hand so she could remember her movements; Qian Daoliu and Bai Jin discussed her next attempt.

Bibi Dong endured another Rakshasa Divine Trial in the Papal Hall, with Qian Renxue and Bai Jin containing its effects while she resisted the power herself. Afterward, she preserved an old account of erased names and ordered an investigation into its records.

• Yue Guan brought Qian Renxue and Bai Jin into the Papal Hall after Bibi Dong's Divine Trial began.
• Bai Jin sealed the hall's outer boundary and Qian Renxue shielded herself and a damaged window while Bibi Dong suppressed the Rakshasa power.
• Bibi Dong resisted the urge to destroy an old account and contained the trial's power without erasing its evidence.
• Bibi Dong ordered the account stored in the inner archive and directed handlers to verify its crossed-out names against old receipts.
• Bibi Dong chose Hu Liena to check the receipts when she returned, then ordered the bronze latch replaced and official documents kept away for the day.

Qian Renxue tested the Golden Fragment’s imprint on her left leg with one fewer Void Anchor, guiding the golden pattern toward her ankle while preserving the Silverwing Soul Bone’s power. She stopped after three breaths with both patterns intact, leaving her a little closer to the distant Leg Armor.

• Qian Renxue asked Bai Jin to leave one anchor gap for the spatial backlash and planned a route to vent it toward the temple dome.
• Qian Renxue pressed the Golden Fragment to her knee and used Silverwing Skystep to guide its golden light toward her ankle.
• Qian Renxue let the imprint advance for three breaths as Bai Jin contained the escaping spatial rift, then lifted the fragment herself before the silver patterns in her leg broke.
• Bai Jin removed the anchors in their agreed order, and Qian Daoliu opened the temple seal after the backlash had been safely vented.
• Qian Renxue recorded where the golden line retreated and where the silver pattern held, then healed Bai Jin’s wounded hand with Reverse Cursed Technique.

Tang San and the others tested a shortcut across the Ring Sea, but he turned back when the group was scattered by Xiao Bai’s currents. They returned to shore safely and planned to widen the shifting passage so all six could cross together next time.

• Tang San probed the lower current alone, but Oscar’s supply bag was swept away and Ning Rongrong lost her foothold, forcing him to return for the team.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar worked with Tang San to form a triangle and withstand Xiao Bai’s attacks without harming the fish.
• The team advanced nearly a third of the way across the Ring Sea, with Tang San taking over while Ning Rongrong recovered her support power.
• Xiao Bai’s backflow washed away the marked footholds, so Tang San led everyone back to the shallows through the upper route.
• On shore, Tang San explained that Xiao Bai’s turns briefly created the shortcut and proposed widening it by holding three points of water pressure.

Bai Jin tested Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue on whether they could coordinate against a much stronger opponent and retreat together. After they passed, Hu Liena assigned their next Northern Front patrol roles, and the three finally went to eat.

• Bai Jin brought Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue to the Training Grounds and had them explain how their defense at the Armaments Tower had nearly failed.
• Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena coordinated their attacks and forced Bai Jin to shift his feet, but they failed to seize the flag.
• Hu Liena directed the three to withdraw together, and they protected one another from falling fragments and Bai Jin's final attack as they crossed the boundary line.
• Bai Jin gave the three the next Northern Front patrol, and Hu Liena assigned Yan to the armaments pass, Xie Yue to the Patrol Cavalry, and herself to auditing accounts and witnessing proceedings.
• Hu Liena took the patrol map and led the others to eat before checking personnel that afternoon.

Qian Renxue completed seven steps under Qian Daoliu’s assault without damaging her Silverwing Soul Bone or the golden brand on her leg. She postponed the next attempt to spread the brand across the Soul Bone until her leg stopped burning.

• Qian Daoliu tested Qian Renxue’s injured leg with seven consecutive strikes while she tracked her own steps.
• Qian Renxue adjusted her footwork to keep the golden brand and Silverwing Power from tearing against each other, and completed her sixth step on crumbling stone.
• Qian Renxue used her scabbard and a rebounding practice sword to land her seventh step, though the final strike split the sword in two.
• Qian Daoliu said the golden and silver traces were beginning to follow Qian Renxue’s steps, and warned that the next attempt would press the brand across the Soul Bone’s outer surface.
• Qian Renxue decided to wait two days before the next attempt and placed the marked scabbard on the closed Wooden Box to remember how she had completed the seventh step.

Tang San and his companions reached the reef belt, studied its shifting tides and undertow, and endured Xiao Bai’s assault without harming the Sea Soul Beasts. They returned safely to shore with a route mapped for their next attempt across the channel.

• Tang San’s group reached the reef belt and marked the tide’s direction while Xiao Bai waited nearby.
• Ning Rongrong spotted an undertow channel, and Zhu Zhuqing found fragile stones sheltering a tiny Sea Soul Beast, forcing the team to plan a route above the creatures.
• Tang San mapped the obstacles as Ning Rongrong identified a higher ridge, and Oscar marked individual retreat routes.
• Xiao Bai sent three layers of tidal pressure at the team, but they split into groups and held their positions on the reef.
• Tang San decided they would wait for the next tide before crossing the undertow channel, then led everyone back by alternate routes.
• The six reached shore safely, recorded the route and tide timing, and prepared to try the crossing again.

Qian Renxue stabilized the Divine Outfit imprint on her left leg without sacrificing the Silverwing Soul Bone or its techniques. She left the Angel Temple with both powers supporting her, while the other Divine Outfit positions remained unopened.

• Qian Renxue began another imprint attempt with Bai Jin’s five Void Anchors and guided the gold and silver powers to share her left leg.
• Qian Renxue used Silverwing Skystep and the soul bone’s pathways to keep the imprint from consuming the Silverwing core as Bai Jin contained the escaping Space Rifts.
• Qian Renxue told Bai Jin to withdraw the anchors, and she brought the two forces together beneath her foot until a faint Leg Armor outline formed.
• Qian Daoliu confirmed that the imprint had stabilized and that Qian Renxue could still use her original Silverwing techniques, though the armor could bear weight only briefly.
• Bai Jin healed Qian Renxue’s damaged flesh, and she left the temple carrying the Wooden Box as gold and silver supported her steps.

Bai Jin and Hu Liena uncovered irregularities in the Medicine Vault’s old accounts while ensuring medicine still reached the wounded. A receipt hinted that an Elder Spirit Beast Core might be near Slaughter City, and the group confronted the vault manager who had handled the records.

• Hu Liena presented deposit and payment records showing that Qiu Ren’s money had been used to buy ordinary medicinal materials without a required inspection record.
• Bibi Dong ordered the vault chief suspended and the old batches sealed for investigation, while Bai Jin kept current medicine distribution running and signed the orders.
• Qian Renxue arranged for missing medicine to be sent to the Northern Front and ordered investigators to trace goods already shipped.
• Hu Liena found a record of an uncompleted deal for an Elder Spirit Beast Core near Slaughter City, and Bai Jin asked for a copy so he could search for it.
• Hu Liena found a transfer record showing the vault manager had signed for a duplicate ledger hidden behind the shelves, and Bai Jin confronted him at the Medicine Vault.

Bai Jin and Hu Liena uncovered how the Old Steward had hidden payments and records tied to forbidden experiments, while Qian Renxue found an undelivered Inner Core purchase linked to a dangerous route near Slaughter City. They sent a patrol to verify the route and prepare a later expedition, leaving the core’s identity and location unresolved.

• Bai Jin confronted the Old Steward with the duplicate ledger, receipts, and seals, exposing how he had diverted gray-market deposits and concealed records of human trials.
• Hu Liena sealed the evidence and arranged for the Old Steward and storehouse workers to be examined separately, while Bai Jin sorted the trial lists for families and investigators.
• Qian Renxue found the unpaid-for Inner Core deposit and a rough map to a medicine cavern, and Hu Liena identified a crimson scale as coming from a Spirit Beast presence she had sensed on Hell Road.
• Bai Jin ordered Dugu Bo to identify the scale and told Hu Liena to map only the route she could confirm, while Qian Renxue sent a patrol to investigate and seal the cavern entrance.
• Bai Jin assigned Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to join him after the terrain was checked, and Bibi Dong revoked the old rule that let outlying sites price seized goods independently.

Tang San and his companions crossed the final reef belt by coordinating their boosts, towlines, and abilities against Xiao Bai’s currents. All six reached the opposite shore, and the Sea Soul Beasts survived the crossing.

• Tang San assigned Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and himself to lead while Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun followed through the return-current channel.
• Xiao Bai widened the channel with a tail strike, but the group recognized the false opening and used Zhu Zhuqing’s towline and their coordinated boosts to clear the first stage.
• Xiao Bai shifted the true exit to the right with a diagonal wave, and the six turned together as Ma Hongjun drove away fish and Oscar pulled Ning Rongrong toward shore.
• Tang San cleared a wounded young Sea Soul Beast from the vines, then used his Spider Lances and Divine Slaughter’s Domain to hold his position through the wave.
• The group pulled Tang San onto the shore, where they confirmed that all six had crossed and no Sea Soul Beast had died.