Recaps

Spirit Hall declared war on the Clear Sky Sect and began moving against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Zhao Su sent Shadow to protect the Blue Lightning clan’s heirs and set out to help the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while confronting the consequences of his mission involving Bibi Dong.

• Zhao Su gave the Second Elder pills to treat his hidden injuries after Tang Xiao thanked him for helping Yuehua.
• Four Spirit Hall Titled Douluos broke through the Clear Sky Sect’s formation, suppressed Tang Xiao with a chain formation, and demanded the sect submit within a month or face annihilation.
• Tang Xiao decided the Clear Sky Sect had to end its seclusion, while Tang Yuehua questioned whether the sect should get involved in a conflict with Spirit Hall.
• Zhao Su’s informant revealed that Bibi Dong had attacked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, with nine additional Titled Douluos serving her.
• Zhao Su ordered Shadow to protect an heir of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and resolved to go to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect himself.
• Zhao Su reflected that his system required him to help Bibi Dong replace the Rakshasa God, which meant making her strong enough to kill the deity.

Zhao Su left to protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after Spirit Hall launched a devastating attack, while Chen Xin faced six Titled Douluo to buy Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong time to defend the sect. Chen Xin severely wounded several attackers but lost his right arm, and the battle continued.

• Zhao Su gave Tang Yuehua a Pope Token and told her to stay away from Heaven Dou City before flying toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Chen Xin, Ning Fengzhi, and Gu Rong confronted Spirit Hall’s four Titled Douluo, but two more soon arrived as Spirit Hall’s forces resumed attacking the sect’s disciples.
• Ning Fengzhi’s Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda supported Chen Xin and Gu Rong, while Chen Xin ordered the other two to leave and protect the sect outside.
• Chen Xin unleashed his ninth Soul Skill, God-Demon Dual Slash, and severely wounded Demon Bear Douluo and several others.
• Snake Lance Douluo severed Chen Xin’s right arm, and Spirit Hall’s six Titled Douluo resolved to kill him.

Spirit Hall attacked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, leaving both devastated. Zhao Su returned to Shrek Academy, where Ning Rongrong learned of her clan’s losses and rushed to see her father.

• Zhao Su arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and helped Ning Fengzhi save Chen Xin, while the Spirit Hall Titled Douluo retreated.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong decided to seek refuge in Heaven Dou City as the sect prepared to evacuate.
• Shadow, revealed as Zhang Ying, watched Spirit Hall destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then stole three Soul Bones from a Titled Douluo and used the Pope Token to explain her actions.
• Tang San left Shrek Academy for the Star Dou Great Forest, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong talked about their experiences.
• Zhao Su reunited with Zhu Zhuqing and apologized to Ning Rongrong, then told her that Spirit Hall had attacked her clan and Chen Xin had lost an arm.
• Ning Rongrong hurried to the dean’s office after learning her father was at Shrek Academy.

After Spirit Hall destroyed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Zhao Su warned Bibi Dong against provoking a wider war. He then helped her pursue Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Bibi Dong interrupted Xiao Wu’s sacrifice to Tang San and began absorbing her Soul Ring.

• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong that six Titled Douluos and ten thousand Soul Masters had attacked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and that Sword Douluo had lost an arm defending it.
• Grandmaster and Liu Erlong returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and found it destroyed, deepening their resolve to oppose Spirit Hall.
• Zhao Su challenged Bibi Dong over her attacks, but she dismissed the risk of the Two Great Empires and Upper Three Sects uniting against Spirit Hall.
• After Ghost Elder and Elder Ju found Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Great Forest, Bibi Dong asked Zhao Su to help hunt her and promised to heed his advice.
• Tang San rescued Xiao Wu from Spirit Hall’s pursuit, but after he was trapped and injured, Xiao Wu began sacrificing herself to save him.
• A divine sense separated Xiao Wu from Tang San, and Bibi Dong used Zhao Su’s method to draw Xiao Wu to herself and begin absorbing her Soul Ring.

Bibi Dong absorbed Xiao Wu’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, then hunted and killed Da Ming and Er Ming in the Star Dou Great Forest. Zhao Su healed Tang San and left him with Xiao Wu’s remnant form before putting him to sleep, while the chapter ended with Bibi Dong returning to Spirit Hall and Ning Fengzhi and Grandmaster agreeing with Xue Ye to unite against it.

• Bibi Dong overcame Xiao Wu’s resistance with Zhao Su’s help and absorbed her hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, while Tang San watched helplessly.
• Zhao Su gathered Xiao Wu’s remnant soul into a little white rabbit, healed Tang San, kept the Blue Silver Emperor’s Soul Bone, and put Tang San into a deep sleep.
• Bibi Dong killed the Sky Azure Bull Python and absorbed his Soul Ring, then gave his Torso Soul Bone to Ghost Douluo.
• Bibi Dong killed the Titan Giant Ape, gave his Torso Soul Bone to Hu Liena, and absorbed his Soul Ring.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to keep searching for hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts, then returned to Spirit Hall with Hu Liena.
• Ning Fengzhi and Grandmaster reached an agreement with Xue Ye to unite against Spirit Hall.

As Spirit Hall and its opponents prepared for conflict, Zhao Su investigated the remaining divine dragons and learned that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family might possess a Nine-Winged Yinglong Remnant Bone. After confirming Yu Luomian’s mutation was not a divine dragon, Zhao Su set out to find the dragons and advance his cultivation, with Ning Rongrong joining him.

• Xue Ye entrusted Grandmaster with training the Heaven Dou Empire’s Soul Masters and sent envoys to the Star Luo Empire to seek a ceasefire and alliance.
• Shadow told Zhao Su that a Nine-Winged Yinglong Remnant Bone’s aura had been detected within the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and that Yu Luomian had become a level-eighty Soul Douluo with a Purple Lightning Demon Dragon Martial Soul.
• Zhao Su tested Yu Luomian with the Emperor Seven Kill Sword but detected no World-Guarding Divine Dragon aura, then resolved to search for the Nine Divine Dragons and reach level ninety-nine.
• Zhao Su visited Tang Yuehua and Zhu Zhuqing before leaving Heaven Dou City alone to pursue cultivation and his search.
• Ning Rongrong stopped Zhao Su at the city gates and asked to train with him, and he agreed on the condition that she follow him wherever he went and ask few questions.

Zhao Su disguised himself as a Clear Sky Sect member and attacked Tang Hao near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then stole Ah Yin in her Blue Silver Emperor form. He escaped Sunset Forest with Ning Rongrong and revealed Ah Yin to her in a hotel room.

• Zhao Su brought Ning Rongrong to Sunset Forest, told her to hide, and went alone to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Zhao Su used a Soul-Conversion Pill to turn his Emperor Seven Kill Sword into a Clear Sky Hammer and provoked Tang Hao into a fight.
• Zhao Su defeated Tang Hao and claimed that the Clear Sky Sect had ordered him to uproot Ah Yin.
• Zhao Su pulled Ah Yin, still a Blue Silver Emperor, from the ground and stored her away before escaping as Tang Hao chased him.
• Zhao Su reunited with Ning Rongrong, left Sunset Forest with her, and showed her Ah Yin in a hotel room.

Zhao Su brought Ah Yin to the north and later helped Ning Rongrong obtain a soul ring from a powerful Mirror Image Beast. Ning Rongrong gained the ability to copy other people’s martial souls through her Martial Soul Avatar.

• Zhao Su transplanted Ah Yin into specially prepared soil in a Storage Bracelet and refused to tell Ning Rongrong what he intended to do with her.
• Zhao Su and Ning Rongrong traveled north toward the Ice Seal Land, where Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin were training, and later searched the Frozen Forest for Ning Rongrong’s seventh soul ring.
• Ning Rongrong pursued attackers in the Frozen Forest, but Zhao Su warned her that her growing killing intent could turn against her.
• Zhao Su and Ning Rongrong found Oscar’s group fighting an injured Mirror Image Beast, and Zhao Su killed Oscar’s companions while sparing Oscar.
• Oscar offered the Mirror Image Beast to Ning Rongrong, and she killed it and absorbed its soul ring.
• Ning Rongrong gained Martial Soul Avatar and the ability to copy the martial souls of anyone enveloped in its nine-colored light, including enemies.

Ning Rongrong copied Zhao Su’s Twelve-Winged Holy Angel with her new Soul Skill, then absorbed a powerful Head Soul Bone that contained chaos white fire. Zhao Su saved her from the fire’s trial, and after she awakened, she asked him to protect her as he protected Zhuqing, but he avoided answering and set off to leave.

• Ning Rongrong used her Seventh Soul Skill to copy Zhao Su’s Twelve-Winged Holy Angel and demonstrated its offensive power, while Oscar rejected Zhao Su’s offer of help and left.
• Zhao Su discovered a powerful Head Soul Bone in the Mirror Image Beast’s skull and urged Ning Rongrong to absorb it.
• Chaos white fire appeared in Ning Rongrong’s mind and burned her soul, so Zhao Su used his Divine Sense to restore her consciousness and help her endure the trial.
• After about two hours, Ning Rongrong awakened with her impurities purged and thanked Zhao Su for saving her.
• Ning Rongrong asked Zhao Su to protect her as he protected Zhuqing, but he avoided the question and said they should leave.

Zhao Su and Ning Rongrong waited at a border checkpoint for Tang San, then met him and the Strength Clan’s Tai Tan. When Bu Le and two companions attacked Ma Hongjun, Ma Hongjun revealed his powerful, purified Fire Phoenix Martial Soul and six Soul Rings.

• Ning Rongrong followed Zhao Su and declared that she wanted him, while Zhao Su waited with her in a border town for Tang San to arrive.
• Zhao Su learned that Tang Hao had attacked the Clear Sky Sect after it took Ah Yin, and the Seventh Elder had expelled him from the sect.
• Ning Rongrong greeted Tang San and Ma Hongjun at the checkpoint, and Tang San introduced Zhao Su to Tai Tan as a Shrek Academy teacher.
• Tai Tan tested Zhao Su with his oppressive aura, but Zhao Su overwhelmed him and forced him to retreat several steps.
• Bu Le and two companions attacked Ma Hongjun after the soldiers inspected the group’s carriage, and Ma Hongjun summoned his Fire Phoenix and revealed six Soul Rings.

Ning Rongrong tested her copied Clear Sky Hammer by beating Bu Le and his companions, then traveled with Zhao Su, Tang San, and Tai Tan to Longxing City. At the Defense Clan’s residence, Tai Tan reunited with its chief, Niu Gao, as the gathering of the four clans began.

• Ning Rongrong copied Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer with her Seventh Soul Skill and used it to overpower Bu Le and his two companions.
• Ning Rongrong spared the defeated men, and the soldiers blocking the group fled when Zhao Su confronted them.
• Zhao Su and Ning Rongrong joined Tang San and Tai Tan in traveling to Longxing City, despite Tai Tan’s attempt to part ways with them.
• Tai Tan brought the group to the Defense Clan’s residence, where Niu Gao greeted him with a forceful chest-bumping contest.

Tai Tan brought Tang San and the others to meet Niu Gao, hoping to persuade the Defense Clan to join the Tang Sect. After Niu Gao challenged Tang San to prove his strength, Zhao Su insulted the clan’s defenses and wagered that he could break through them, setting the two against each other.

• Tai Tan introduced Tang San, Zhao Su, Ning Rongrong, and Fatty to Niu Gao at the Defense Clan residence.
• Niu Gao learned that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and challenged him to break through the Defense Clan’s defenses before he would consider submitting.
• Zhao Su stepped in, declared that defenses were useless before absolute strength, and taunted Niu Gao about the clan’s reliance on construction work.
• Zhao Su wagered that he could defeat Niu Gao’s defense, offering to kowtow and apologize if he lost.
• Niu Gao wagered his life and agreed to the contest despite Tai Tan’s warnings, while Zhao Su smiled because the wager served his aim of stopping the Tang Sect’s expansion.

Zhao Su had Ning Rongrong defeat Niu Gao in a test of defense, proving his point and winning the Defense Clan's allegiance. After Niu Gao recovered from his injuries, he and Zhao Su celebrated their new bond over a lavish meal and heavy drinking.

• Zhao Su challenged Niu Gao to withstand Ning Rongrong's strongest attack and wagered that he would kneel and apologize if she failed.
• Ning Rongrong struck Niu Gao's defense with one punch, smashing through the hall wall and leaving him injured and stunned.
• Ning Rongrong revealed her rank-seven Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Niu Gao admitted defeat and pledged the Defense Clan's allegiance to Zhao Su.
• Zhao Su gave Niu Gao a pill that healed his injuries and restored his martial soul, strengthening Niu Gao's faith in him.
• Niu Gao hosted a feast, drank with Zhao Su until they called each other brothers, and eventually drank himself unconscious.

Zhao Su and Ning Rongrong confessed their feelings and spent the night together. The next morning, Zhao Su learned that Huyan Zhen had tried to pressure Niu Gao into bringing the Defense Clan into the Elephant Armor Sect, apparently to obtain its defensive secrets.

• Zhao Su missed his family as he gazed at the moon, then fell asleep by the window.
• Ning Rongrong visited Zhao Su, confessed that she loved him, and kissed him; Zhao Su eventually gave in.
• Afterward, Ning Rongrong demanded that Zhao Su choose between her and Zhu Zhuqing, but he said he loved them both and revealed there was another woman in his life.
• Niu Ben summoned Zhao Su to meet Huyan Zhen, who was arguing with Niu Gao when Zhao Su arrived with Ning Rongrong.
• Huyan Zhen left after threatening Niu Gao, and Niu Gao explained that the Elephant Armor Sect leader had tried to annex the Defense Clan and was after its secret defensive methods.

Zhao Su persuaded Niu Gao to establish a neutral sect with the Single-Attribute Clans, focused on business rather than factional conflict. They began seeking allies among the clans, and the chapter ended as Bai He arrived and Niu Gao invited him to join their plan.

• Zhao Su convinced Niu Gao that they could unite the Single-Attribute Clans and earn a living through their skills without joining Spirit Hall or Tang San's faction.
• Niu Gao explained the strengths and circumstances of the Strength, Speed, and Breaking Clans, and Zhao Su proposed trying to recruit Yang Wudi before Bai He.
• Tai Tan, Tang San, and their followers joined Niu Gao and Zhao Su in the reception hall, revealing that the group had split into rival camps.
• Bai He arrived with thirteen members of the Speed Clan, and Niu Gao welcomed him alongside Tai Tan.
• Niu Gao introduced Zhao Su to Bai He and proposed that their clans unite to establish a chamber of commerce.

Niu Gao proposed that the Four Single-Attribute Clans establish an independent chamber of commerce, but Tang San argued they should oppose Spirit Hall, leaving Bai He undecided. Zhao Su later explained his hidden reason for gathering allies to Ning Rongrong, who promised to stand by him and reconsider her sect’s alliance.

• Niu Gao proposed an independent chamber of commerce to Bai He, who worried that Spirit Hall would interfere.
• Tang San urged the clans to ally against Spirit Hall, while Zhao Su defended Spirit Hall’s benefits to commoners and Niu Gao rejected joining the conflict.
• Bai He remained undecided, and the gathering ended with Niu Gao and Tai Tan arguing while Tang San approached Bai He.
• Ning Rongrong asked Zhao Su why he had won Niu Gao over, and Zhao Su told her about the Demon-Eating God’s trial and the need to find the Nine Guardian Divine Dragons.
• Ning Rongrong promised to stand by Zhao Su and persuade her father not to ally with the Heaven Dou Empire and Tang San against Spirit Hall.
• Zhao Su promised to make amends to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then he and Ning Rongrong shared an intimate kiss.

Yang Wudi rejected the plan to join the Tang Sect and fought Tang San after refusing to forgive the Clear Sky Sect. Zhao Su secretly drove Yang Wudi into a frenzy, and when Tai Tan intervened, Yang Wudi turned on him; the two were still fighting as Yang Wudi unleashed One Spear Breaks All.

• Yang Wudi arrived and refused to join Tai Tan, Bai He, and Tang San in forming a sect to fight Spirit Hall, saying he would not serve any sect again.
• Tang San tried to defend the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Hao, but Yang Wudi attacked him with his Soul Breaking Spear.
• Tang San fought back with his Blue Silver Emperor vines, Eight Spider Lances, and Clear Sky Hammer while Zhao Su secretly shot Yang Wudi with a silver needle that drove him into a frenzy.
• Yang Wudi pressed his attack on Tang San until Tai Tan intervened and blocked his spear, then fought Yang Wudi himself.
• Yang Wudi accused Tai Tan of choosing Tang San over their friendship and unleashed One Spear Breaks All against him.

Zhao Su stopped Yang Wudi and Tai Tan from fighting, but the dispute ended with the Four Single-Attribute Clans divided and Yang Wudi departing. After drinking with Niu Gao, Zhao Su told Ning Rongrong that he had lost his faraway home, and she promised that he could consider her home his own.

• Bai He and Niu Gao tried to stop Yang Wudi and Tai Tan from fighting, but Zhao Su stepped between them and blasted them apart with his power.
• Yang Wudi rejected the Four Single-Attribute Clans gathering and left, while Tai Tan and Bai He departed together and Niu Gao stayed behind.
• Zhao Su apologized to Niu Gao, who invited him to drink, and the two drank until Niu Gao fell asleep.
• Ning Rongrong asked Zhao Su about his home, and he told her he had lost it and might never return.
• Ning Rongrong promised to stay by Zhao Su’s side, and he resolved to find a way home with the people he loved.

Niu Gao brought Yang Wudi to join Zhao Su’s chamber of commerce, and Zhao Su demonstrated his Holy Angel martial soul before removing the Breaking Clan’s inherited flaw. Yang Wudi became a Titled Douluo and pledged the Breaking Clan’s allegiance, leaving both clans ready to follow Zhao Su.

• Niu Gao told Zhao Su that Yang Wudi would join the chamber of commerce if the Breaking Clan was protected and Yang could focus on studying medicinal herbs, and Zhao Su agreed and gave him rare herbs.
• Niu Gao returned with Yang Wudi, and the three men agreed to name their organization the Holy Angel Chamber of Commerce.
• Zhao Su revealed his Twelve-Winged Holy Angel martial soul and its two black and six red soul rings, astonishing Niu Gao and Yang Wudi.
• Zhao Su used his power of destruction to transform the Soul Breaking Spear’s innate Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, allowing Yang Wudi to break through to Level 91 and become a Titled Douluo.
• Yang Wudi pledged his life to Zhao Su, and Niu Gao declared that the Defense Clan and Breaking Clan would follow Zhao Su’s lead.

Zhao Su organized the Holy Angel Chamber of Commerce with Yang Wudi and Niu Gao, then traveled with Ning Rongrong to the Holy Dragon Sect. There, he asked Tuoba Xi to release his Kui Dragon Martial Soul and activate his Martial Soul Avatar.

• Zhao Su named their joint business the Holy Angel Chamber of Commerce, appointed Yang Wudi and Niu Gao as vice presidents, and gave Niu Gao funds to establish the business and find smiths for Golden Silk Soft Armor.
• Yang Wudi agreed to gather his clansmen and move to Heaven Dou City, while Niu Gao planned to sell the Defense Clan's properties and relocate there in a month.
• Zhao Su learned that the Nine-Winged Yinglong Remnant Bone in Qian Renxue's possession was the only one still unsecured, then left Longxing City with Ning Rongrong for the Holy Dragon Sect.
• After three days of travel, Zhao Su arrived at the Holy Dragon Sect and privately asked Tuoba Xi to release his evolved Kui Dragon Martial Soul and activate his Martial Soul Avatar.

Zhao Su absorbed the complete Kui Dragon soul, raising his divine sense and Tuoba Xi’s strength before departing for Star Luo City with Ning Rongrong. There, Zhu Zhuqing’s succession to the Netherworld Clan leadership remained disputed as the elders opposed Zhu Youming’s plan.

• Zhao Su used the system to strip Tuoba Xi of the complete Kui Dragon soul, and Tuoba Xi’s Soul Power rose to rank ninety-four as his bones healed.
• The Kui Dragon’s soul strengthened Zhao Su’s divine sense to the pinnacle of the divine origin realm, and Tuoba Xi pledged to serve him.
• Zhao Su told Tuoba Xi to continue leading the Holy Dragon Sect and left by carriage with Ning Rongrong, who teased him about visiting Zhuqing.
• The Netherworld Clan’s elders opposed Zhu Youming’s attempt to make Zhu Zhuqing the clan leader, while Dai Weisi’s growing advantage over Dai Mubai fueled the dispute.
• The chief elder argued that Zhu Zhuqing had violated the family oath and that Dai Mubai might not become emperor.

Zhu Zhuqing reunited with Zhao Su and Ning Rongrong after clashing with the Netherworld Clan’s elders over her succession and her broken engagement. Zhao Su and Ning Rongrong accompanied her to the meeting hall, where the Grand Elder threatened Ning Rongrong.

• Zhu Youming defied the Grand Elder’s attempt to remove him as clan chief, and Zhao Su’s arrival strengthened his resolve to support Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing rushed to Zhao Su, cried in his arms, and then welcomed Ning Rongrong into her courtyard.
• Ning Rongrong explained that she and Zhao Su had traveled together after she reached Soul Saint level and needed a Soul Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing initially refused the Grand Elder’s summons, but Zhao Su reassured her and she went to the meeting hall with him and Ning Rongrong.
• Zhu Yousui condemned Zhu Zhuqing for breaking the Zhu Family and Dai Family marriage agreement, and Ning Rongrong defended her.
• The Grand Elder unleashed his Soul Douluo pressure on Ning Rongrong, but it had no effect.

Ning Rongrong killed the Zhu Family Grand Elder after he defended its forced-marriage rules, and Zhu Youming abolished those rules. Zhu Zhuqing chose to leave with Zhao Su, then she and Ning Rongrong confronted him about another woman and forbade him from pursuing anyone else.

• A Zhu Family man attacked Ning Rongrong, who killed him with the Emperor Seven Kill Sword.
• Zhu Youqing challenged the Grand Elder's defense of the Zhu Family's marriage customs, and Ning Rongrong killed the Grand Elder with her sword intent.
• Zhu Youming abolished the clan's forced-marriage rules and offered Zhu Zhuqing leadership, but she chose to leave with Zhao Su.
• The next morning, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing confronted Zhao Su about another woman and demanded he have no other partners.

After learning that Xue Ye had been poisoned and that Niu Gao had gone to Gengxin City, Zhao Su traveled there to recruit Divine Craftsman Lou Gao for the Holy Angel Chamber of Commerce. He offered Lou Gao complete hidden-weapon blueprints and asked him to lead the Blacksmith Association in making hidden weapons and Golden Silk Soft Armor.

• Dark Shadow reported that Xue Ye had been gravely poisoned and that Niu Gao had gone to Gengxin City to find skilled blacksmiths.
• Zhao Su left Zhu Youming hidden weapons for protection and traveled to Gengxin City with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Niu Gao told Zhao Su that Tai Tan had already persuaded Lou Gao to join the Tang Sect, and that all three Divine Craftsmen had joined it.
• At the Blacksmith Association, Zhao Su saw Tang San and Tai Tan leaving, then went with Niu Gao to meet Lou Gao.
• Zhao Su showed Lou Gao complete blueprints for the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles, Peacock Plume, and Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus.
• Zhao Su offered the blueprints in exchange for Lou Gao leading the Blacksmith Association into the Holy Angel Chamber of Commerce and forging hidden weapons and Golden Silk Soft Armor.

Zhao Su persuaded Lou Gao to join the Holy Angel Chamber of Commerce by offering him hidden-weapon blueprints and a chance to pursue forging without factional entanglements. The Blacksmith Association became a branch of the commerce, and Tai Tan and Tang San arrived in Gengxin City the next day to find Lou Gao gone.

• Niu Gao explained the Holy Angel Chamber of Commerce, and Zhao Su offered Lou Gao the vice presidency and unrestricted access to hidden-weapon designs.
• Zhao Su demonstrated the Peacock Plume, allowing its needles to hit him before revealing his Twelve-Winged Holy Angel martial soul and powerful soul rings.
• Impressed by the Peacock Plume and Zhao Su's strength, Lou Gao agreed to make the Blacksmith Association a branch of the Holy Angel Chamber of Commerce.
• Zhao Su and Lou Gao arranged for the association's headquarters to remain in Gengxin City while Lou Gao moved to Heaven Dou City with two disciples and master blacksmiths.
• Tai Tan and Tang San returned to the Blacksmith Association headquarters and learned from Si Long that Lou Gao had already left for Heaven Dou City.