Recaps

Xu Jiujiu warned Dai Youheng that the Zhu Family would oppose his bid to inherit the White Tiger Duke title, then pledged her support and laid out a two-year plan for him. Dai Youheng agreed to cultivate and learn governance beside her before entering the military, promising not to disappoint her.

• Xu Jiujiu explained that Dai Youheng’s birth and lack of allies left him vulnerable to opposition from Duchess Zhu Man and the Zhu Family.
• Dai Youheng declared that Xu Jiujiu was his strongest backing, and she promised to help him secure the right to inherit the White Tiger Duke title.
• Xu Jiujiu rejected sending Dai Youheng to the Western Army Group for now, citing Zhu Family influence and the risk of distracting him from cultivation.
• Xu Jiujiu arranged for Dai Youheng to spend two years cultivating with her support while learning politics and building contacts.
• Xu Jiujiu said she would seek a military posting for Dai Youheng once he was stronger and better established, and he promised to follow her plan.

Over the year, Dai Youheng advanced to level fifty-six and earned Xu Jiujiu’s trust by helping govern the Star Luo Empire, especially through a devastating snow disaster. After his success raised his standing and brought him closer to Xu Jiujiu, he survived Duchess Zhu Man’s assassination attempts, and Ling Ya’s warning finally forced her to back down.

• Dai Youheng used Xu Jiujiu’s resources and compatible mimicry cultivation grounds to advance four levels, reaching level fifty-six.
• When a snow disaster struck northern cities, Dai Youheng proposed work relief, local production, infrastructure projects, Soul Master assistance, and support for spring planting.
• With Xu Jiujiu’s backing, Dai Youheng helped officials carry out the relief plan, which contained the disaster’s damage, sped recovery, and reduced costs.
• Dai Youheng’s success in governance raised his prestige, while he and Xu Jiujiu grew closer and public opinion increasingly praised them as a suitable match.
• Dai Youheng killed three Soul Emperor assassins sent by Zhu Man, and Ling Ya later killed the two Soul Saints she hired next.
• Ling Ya left the Soul Saints’ severed heads beside Zhu Man’s bed; she fainted in terror and stopped making such extreme attempts against Dai Youheng.

Dai Youheng rejected Zhu Man and Dai Yueheng’s demand for his Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade and defeated Dai Yueheng in a left-handed duel. Zhu Man was left furious as Dai Youheng walked away, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Dai Yueheng received a soul-powered prosthetic hand, and Zhu Man decided to obtain Dai Youheng’s Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade for him.
• Zhu Man persuaded Dai Hao to order Dai Youheng to give up the blade, then presented his letter when Dai Youheng returned to the mansion.
• Dai Youheng refused and challenged Dai Yueheng to fight using only their left hands, promising the blade if he lost.
• Dai Yueheng accepted, but Dai Youheng defeated him with two palm strikes without using his Martial Soul or weapon.
• Dai Youheng left after mocking Dai Yueheng, while Zhu Man trembled with fury and resolved not to let the matter rest.

Zhu Man persuaded Dai Yueheng to accept a scheme to pressure Dai Youheng and seize his Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, while an unseen recorder captured their plot. Dai Youheng pretended to obey Dai Hao’s order to go to the Western Army Group, then secretly left Star Luo City northward toward the Sun Moon Empire, setting his own plan in motion.

• Zhu Man urged Dai Yueheng to use a false order to summon Dai Youheng away and then coerce Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli into surrendering the blade, and Dai Yueheng reluctantly agreed.
• A hidden figure recorded Zhu Man and Dai Yueheng plotting in her room.
• Zhu Man presented Dai Youheng with a letter ordering him to report to the Western Army Group, and Dai Youheng accepted without protest.
• Dai Youheng told Xu Jiujiu about the order, declined her offer to intervene, and reassured her that he would handle the matter himself.
• Dai Youheng instructed Ling Ya to protect Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli while making their planned kidnapping frightening but harmless and leaving evidence behind.
• Dai Youheng publicly claimed he was going to the Western Army Group but secretly traveled north toward the Sun Moon Empire by way of Heaven Soul.

Dai Youheng waited in Maple Leaf City for Ling Ya while Zhu Man framed Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli and arranged to imprison them. Ling Ya secretly rescued mother and son during a staged explosion, leaving Zhu Man to believe they had died as Dai Youheng traveled toward the Sun Moon Empire.

• Dai Youheng left Star Luo City alone and waited in Maple Leaf City for Ling Ya while preparing to investigate the Sun Moon Empire’s soul tool technology.
• Zhu Man accused Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli of misconduct and ordered her guards to take them to the Zhu Family Ancestral Shrine.
• Zhu Man’s guards transported Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli in a carriage, which Ling Ya destroyed with an explosive soul tool while secretly shielding and rescuing them.
• The guards found charred remains and reported that Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli had died, prompting Zhu Man to order the story covered up as a mountain bandit attack.
• Ling Ya escaped with the unconscious Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli, leaving Zhu Man unaware that they had survived.

Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli awoke in a hidden refuge after Dai Youheng faked their deaths to protect them from Zhu Man. Ling Ya revealed that he was a Titled Douluo serving Dai Youheng, while a storm began brewing in Star Luo City ahead of Youheng’s return.

• Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli woke unharmed in a secluded cottage, where Ling Ya explained that Dai Youheng had arranged their escape and made the world believe they were dead.
• Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli agreed to remain hidden and wait for Dai Youheng, with Dai Luoli vowing to protect his mother and improve his cultivation.
• Ling Ya revealed that he was the Ice Sky Douluo, a Titled Douluo who served Dai Youheng, shocking Bai Wanning and filling Dai Luoli with admiration for his brother.
• Ling Ya left to report to Dai Youheng, while Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli settled in to await his return.
• The reported deaths of Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli stirred a storm in Star Luo City as Dai Youheng remained away.

Dai Youheng’s recording exposed Zhu Man’s scheme and turned Star Luo City against her, while Xu Jiujiu worried about the personal cost of her political alliance with him. Ling Ya later confirmed that Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli were safe and that Dai Youheng’s plan had succeeded, and Dai Youheng prepared to leave for the Sun Moon Empire.

• A recording of Zhu Man plotting against Dai Youheng, Bai Wanning, and Dai Luoli spread through Star Luo City, destroying Zhu Man’s public image and damaging the reputations of the Dai and Zhu Families.
• Emperor Xu Jiawei welcomed the scandal as a chance to make Dai Youheng more dependent on the imperial family.
• Princess Xu Jiujiu worried that Dai Youheng would be devastated by the apparent deaths of Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli, and feared he might suspect the imperial family of manipulating events.
• Ling Ya arrived at Dai Youheng’s inn and reported that Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli were safe in a secluded village, while the recording and other evidence had been spread through Star Luo City.
• Dai Youheng predicted that Zhu Man would blame the Xu Family for the evidence and planned to let the families turn against each other before departing for the Sun Moon Empire.

Dai Youheng and Ling Ya entered Mingdu in disguise and watched the heavily guarded Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy from across the street. Dai Youheng planned to recruit Nana by freeing her parents from the Holy Spirit Cult and using a Yin-Yang Fate-Reversing Lotus Seed Pill to secure her immediate power, leaving Ling Ya aware of her value and vulnerability.

• Dai Youheng and Ling Ya entered Mingdu with a caravan, disguising themselves as a curious young merchant and his servant.
• Dai Youheng and Ling Ya observed the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy from a restaurant after deciding its defenses made entry too risky.
• Dai Youheng told Ling Ya that Nana was controlled by the Holy Spirit Cult through her parents’ captive souls and could be recruited by freeing them.
• Dai Youheng revealed his second Yin-Yang Fate-Reversing Lotus Seed Pill and planned to use it to gain Nana’s allegiance and immediate combat strength.
• Dai Youheng dismissed Ji Juechen as a potential follower because his devotion to the sword would make him impossible to control.

Dai Youheng and Ling Ya abducted Nana after confirming she secretly visited a Holy Spirit Cult branch, then Dai Youheng revealed that he knew her tragic past and offered to free her from the cult's control. Nana doubted they could help her, and Dai Youheng explained that her parents were held by a single branch whose strongest member was only a Soul Saint.

• Dai Youheng and Ling Ya watched the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy for more than half a month and confirmed that Nana left alone at night.
• Ling Ya knocked Nana unconscious in a deserted alley and carried her to a hotel room.
• Nana woke in the hotel, demanded to know who had abducted her, and heard Dai Youheng offer to help her escape the Holy Spirit Cult and avenge her parents.
• Dai Youheng recounted Nana's parents' deaths and the Holy Spirit Cult's control over her, causing her to break down in tears.
• Nana questioned how Dai Youheng could help when the Virtue Hall and Sun Moon Empire colluded with the cult, and Dai Youheng said her parents were held by a branch led by no one stronger than a Soul Saint.

Dai Youheng offered Nana a way to gain Titled Douluo-level Soul Power so she could save her parents’ souls and destroy the Holy Spirit Cult branch. Nana accepted the Yin-Yang Fate-Reversing Lotus Seed Pill despite the cost of losing most of her future potential and becoming bound to Dai Youheng’s Martial Soul.

• Ling Ya revealed his nine Soul Rings, and Nana realized he was a Titled Douluo who could defeat the Holy Spirit Cult branch.
• Nana explained that killing the cultists could cause her parents’ souls to scatter, and Dai Youheng said she might eventually gain a soul-purifying skill through her ghost Martial Soul.
• Dai Youheng showed Nana records about the Prayer Spirit Demon Firefly, whose Soul Ring could grant soul-related abilities.
• Dai Youheng offered Nana the Yin-Yang Fate-Reversing Lotus Seed Pill, warning that it would grant her Level 90 Soul Power while consuming her potential and binding her soul to his Martial Soul.
• Nana agreed to Dai Youheng’s conditions and took the pill, determined to save her parents and take revenge on the Holy Spirit Cult.

Nana consumed the Yin-Yang Fate-Reversing Lotus Seed Pill and condensed a Ghost Soul Core under Dai Youheng’s guidance, accepting the bond that gave him power over her. She left the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to join Dai Youheng and Ling Ya on a journey to hunt for soul rings.

• Nana took the Yin-Yang Fate-Reversing Lotus Seed Pill, and Dai Youheng guided her through its surging energy.
• Nana condensed a Ghost Soul Core and sensed an indelible brand linking her to Dai Youheng.
• Nana thanked Dai Youheng and accepted his order to seek leave from the academy before hunting for soul rings with him and Ling Ya.
• Nana obtained leave from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and left Mingdu for the secluded meeting point Dai Youheng had arranged.

Nana traveled with Dai Youheng and Ling Ya to the Evil Demon Forest to find a Prayer Spirit Demon Firefly soul ring that could help free her parents’ souls. She gained the Soul Liberation skill and wept with joy as she realized her goal was within reach.

• Dai Youheng led Nana and Ling Ya into the Evil Demon Forest to search for a spiritual-type soul beast.
• Nana insisted on seeking a Prayer Spirit Demon Firefly despite the sacrifice to her combat strength, and Dai Youheng allowed her to proceed.
• The group found a colony and chose a Prayer Spirit Demon Firefly with roughly eighteen thousand years of cultivation.
• Ling Ya restrained the other fireflies while Nana killed the chosen one with her Crimson Flame Blade and absorbed its soul ring.
• Nana gained Soul Liberation, which could release and guide fragmented souls and use stored soul energy, giving her hope of freeing her parents.

Dai Youheng, Ling Ya, and Nana hunted powerful spiritual-type soul beasts in the Evil Demon Forest so Nana could advance toward becoming a Titled Douluo. Nana obtained her seventh and eighth soul skills and reached Soul Douluo, while the three prepared to seek a ninth-ring target in the forest’s most dangerous region.

• Ling Ya, Dai Youheng, and Nana defeated a forty-thousand-year Netherworld Ghost Mother, and Nana absorbed its soul ring to gain her Martial Soul Avatar.
• The trio found a seventy-thousand-year Void Dreamweaver Beast, and Ling Ya used the Snow Soul Condensing Ice Pill to freeze it so Nana could kill it with her Blink Sword.
• Nana absorbed the Void Dreamweaver Beast’s soul ring, advanced to Soul Douluo, and gained the Soul Threads skill.
• Dai Youheng, Ling Ya, and Nana headed toward the deepest region of the Evil Demon Forest to seek a ninth-ring soul beast from the Evil-Eyed Tyrant clan.

Dai Youheng told Nana he intended to find an Evil-Eyed Tyrant for her ninth soul ring, and she agreed to continue searching despite the danger. As they prepared to leave the Evil Demon Forest, the group discovered a strange Fire Evil Tyrant nearby.

• Nana asked Dai Youheng why he had not let her choose a spiritual-type soul beast for her ninth ring, and he said he wanted the best possible target for her rare ghost martial soul.
• Dai Youheng named an Evil-Eyed Tyrant as his target, and Nana warned him about the danger of hunting the powerful race.
• Nana reassured Dai Youheng that the Holy Spirit Cult branch expected her to spend a month in secluded cultivation, and they agreed to search for ten more days before returning.
• During their continued search, Dai Youheng and Nana encountered Evil-Eyed Tyrants, including a Fire Evil Tyrant whose thirty thousand years of cultivation made it unsuitable.
• As Dai Youheng, Nana, and Ling Ya turned to leave the forest, they heard something dragging through the woods and found a lone Fire Evil Tyrant with six green and red tentacles.

Dai Youheng followed a thirty-thousand-year Fire Evil Tyrant into the forest and discovered it with a hundred-thousand-year pure mental-type Evil-Eyed Tyrant. He planned to capture the powerful beast using a sealing soul tool and ultimate ice, but the Tyrant detected the group before they could act.

• Dai Youheng recognized the Fire Evil Tyrant and decided to follow it, hoping it would lead them to a hundred-thousand-year Evil-Eyed Tyrant.
• Dai Youheng, Nana, and Ling Ya concealed their auras and tracked the Fire Evil Tyrant deep into the Evil Demon Forest.
• The group found the Fire Evil Tyrant with a massive silver-white Evil-Eyed Tyrant, which the Snow Empress identified as a hundred-thousand-year beast.
• The Snow Empress warned Dai Youheng that the beast could alert the immensely powerful Evil Emperor, but Dai Youheng proposed trapping it in a Level 8 soul tool reinforced with Ling Ya's ultimate ice.
• The hundred-thousand-year Evil-Eyed Tyrant opened its eye and discovered the group.

Dai Youheng, Nana, and Ling Ya trapped the hundred-thousand-year Evil-Eyed Tyrant in an ice coffin and sealed it with ultimate ice. They fled the Evil Demon Forest carrying the coffin while its Fire Evil Tyrant mate remained frozen behind.

• The hundred-thousand-year Evil-Eyed Tyrant detected Dai Youheng and his companions and attacked them with its tentacles.
• Dai Youheng drew the Tyrant’s attacks while Ling Ya used ultimate ice to slow it and Nana bound its soul with her Soul Threads.
• Dai Youheng activated the Extreme Abyss Eternal Ice Coffin, and the trio dragged the restrained Tyrant inside before Ling Ya reinforced the coffin with ice.
• Ling Ya froze the thirty-thousand-year Fire Evil Tyrant when she tried to rescue her mate.
• Dai Youheng carried the sealed coffin as he, Nana, and Ling Ya fled toward the outskirts of the Evil Demon Forest.

Dai Youheng, Nana, and Ling Ya fled to a remote valley, where Nana killed the captive Evil-Eyed Tyrant and absorbed its hundred-thousand-year soul ring. Dai Youheng claimed its head soul bone while Nana absorbed a different skull, and both completed their absorption as the Evil Emperor blamed the Sun Moon Empire for his son’s death.

• Dai Youheng led Nana and Ling Ya to a secluded valley near Mingdu to evade pursuit and absorb the Evil-Eyed Tyrant’s soul ring.
• Nana shattered the ice coffin, killed the hundred-thousand-year Evil-Eyed Tyrant, and began absorbing its scarlet soul ring.
• The Evil Emperor sensed his son’s death and, tracing the psychic link toward Mingdu, blamed the Sun Moon Empire and vowed revenge.
• Nana completed her absorption and reached the peak of Level 91, while Dai Youheng obtained the Evil-Eyed Tyrant’s hundred-thousand-year head soul bone.
• Nana gave Dai Youheng the Evil-Eyed Tyrant skull and accepted his fifty-thousand-year Darkness-Commanding Head Soul Bone instead.
• Dai Youheng and Nana absorbed their soul bones as Ling Ya kept watch, and they opened their eyes about an hour later.

Nana and Dai Youheng gained powerful new soul skills and learned that the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters was hidden in the Evil Demon Forest. Nana returned to Mingdu and launched an assault on the branch that had tormented her, confronting its two Soul Saint leaders.

• Nana broke through to rank ninety-two and gained Illusory Domain, Netherworld End, and Shadow Assimilation, while Dai Youheng reached rank fifty-eight and gained two soul bone skills.
• Dai Youheng revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters was in the Evil Demon Forest, where the cult had bargained with the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler.
• Nana resolved to return to the forest someday to rescue her parents’ souls and take revenge on the Holy Spirit Cult.
• After returning to Mingdu, Nana asked Dai Youheng’s permission and went alone to attack the branch while Dai Youheng and Ling Ya returned to their hotel.
• Nana shattered the branch’s gate with her soul power, drawing out its leaders, the First Holy Spirit and the Second Holy Spirit, who confronted her.

Nana destroyed a Holy Spirit Cult Branch Altar, freed her parents’ souls, and pledged herself to Dai Youheng. He then sent her to secretly obtain Level 6 and Level 7 Soul Tool materials from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy before they returned to the Star Luo Empire.

• Nana revealed her Titled Douluo strength and used Soul Liberation to free the souls imprisoned at the Branch Altar.
• Nana and the liberated souls killed the Evil Soul Masters, and Nana found her parents’ souls and said goodbye as they departed in peace.
• Nana returned to Dai Youheng, thanked him, and pledged lifelong loyalty to him.
• Dai Youheng ordered Nana to gather Soul Tool materials from the academy library, and she explained the restrictions on access and borrowing.
• Dai Youheng told Nana to use her Soul Threads to control other students and have them borrow Level 6 and Level 7 materials, then leave Mingdu with him.
• Nana accepted the assignment and headed for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to begin the covert operation.

Nana used Soul Threads to make students steal over a hundred volumes of advanced soul tool materials from the academy Library, then left Mingdu with Dai Youheng and Ling Ya. After discovering the theft and the slaughter of the Holy Spirit Cult branch altar, Jing Hongchen named Nana the chief suspect and issued a wanted order, but she had already escaped.

• Nana controlled students with her eighth soul skill, Soul Threads, and collected more than a hundred Level 6 and Level 7 soul tool books.
• Nana packed her belongings and left Mingdu with Dai Youheng and Ling Ya.
• The Library system flagged the irregular borrowing records, and Jing Hongchen found that the students had no memory of borrowing the books.
• Jing Hongchen discovered that Nana was missing and found the Holy Spirit Cult branch altar slaughtered.
• Jing Hongchen suspected Nana and issued an emergency wanted order for treason, theft of imperial secrets, and murder.

Dai Youheng returned to the Star Luo Empire with Ling Ya and Nana and went to the mountain village where Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli were hiding. He found Dai Luoli happily surrounded by village children and followed him home to see their mother.

• Dai Youheng rejected Ling Ya’s suggestion to hurry to the Western Army Group, reasoning that Dai Hao had likely returned to Star Luo City after Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli’s reported deaths.
• Dai Youheng chose to visit Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli first, and Nana prepared to bring them gifts.
• Ling Ya led Dai Youheng and Nana to the secluded mountain village, where the villagers had welcomed Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli.
• Dai Youheng saw Dai Luoli entertain the village children by summoning his white tiger martial soul and realized he had settled in happily.
• Dai Luoli recognized Dai Youheng, ran to greet him, and offered to take him home to see Bai Wanning.

Dai Youheng reunited with Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli, then stayed for three days while Nana and Ling Ya trained and studied. Bai Wanning was stunned to discover Nana was also a Titled Douluo, and took pride in her son’s authority over both powerful subordinates.

• Dai Luoli led Dai Youheng, Ling Ya, and Nana to the family’s village home, where Bai Wanning joyfully embraced her returning son.
• Bai Wanning welcomed Ling Ya and Nana, and Nana presented her with an Azure Light Mirror and Dai Luoli with a Nine Soul Rings Blade.
• Dai Youheng stayed for three days, taught Dai Luoli basic blade techniques, and arranged for Ling Ya and Nana to spar as they learned to control their increased soul power.
• Bai Wanning saw Nana’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and realized that both Nana and Ling Ya were Titled Douluos who obeyed Dai Youheng, filling her with shock and pride.
• Ling Ya studied Nana’s Level 6 and Level 7 Soul Tool materials and began to understand the advanced notes Dai Youheng had acquired.

Dai Youheng left his mother and brother in their mountain refuge and returned to Star Luo City, where he went to see Xu Jiujiu while pretending not to know they had been declared dead. Xu Jiujiu, relieved to find him safe, could not bring herself to tell him the news.

• Bai Wanning gave Dai Youheng a robe and asked him to tell Dai Hao that she was alive if he seemed saddened by her supposed death.
• Dai Youheng promised to watch Dai Hao, then left the village with Dai Luoli and told him they would return in grand style.
• Two days later, Dai Youheng reached Star Luo City, ordered Ling Ya and Nana to conceal themselves, and went to the Imperial Palace.
• Xu Jiujiu welcomed Dai Youheng with relief and anger, asking where he had been and why he had not gone to the Western Army Group.
• Dai Youheng claimed he had gone into hiding to protest Dai Hao’s demands and offered Xu Jiujiu a necklace.
• When Dai Youheng mentioned Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli, Xu Jiujiu could not bring herself to tell him they were believed dead.

Xu Jiujiu showed Dai Youheng evidence that Zhu Man had plotted to seize his mother and brother, who died when their carriage exploded. Dai Youheng attacked Zhu Man in the mourning hall, but Dai Hao stopped him, and Dai Youheng rejected him as his father.

• Xu Jiujiu told Dai Youheng that Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli had died after Zhu Man arranged to capture them, and he rushed to the Duke's Mansion.
• Dai Youheng confronted Dai Hao in the mourning hall, where Dai Hao claimed their deaths were an accident and suggested someone had framed Zhu Man.
• Dai Youheng accused Zhu Man of killing his mother and brother and attacked her after she denied responsibility.
• Dai Yueheng tried to shield Zhu Man, but Dai Youheng's strike sent him crashing into a wall.
• Dai Hao blocked Dai Youheng's second attack and rebuked him, but Dai Youheng said he would call him only Duke from then on.
• Dai Hao urged Dai Youheng to consider that a mastermind had manipulated him, while hinting that Xu Jiujiu was responsible.

Dai Youheng escaped the White Tiger Duke's Mansion with Nebula Douluo Manyi and persuaded Xu Jiujiu that he trusted her. Xu Jiujiu promised not to leave him, while Dai Youheng privately revealed that he had masterminded the deaths and framing that set the Dai and Xu Families against each other.

• Dai Youheng confronted Dai Hao over his accusations against Xu Jiujiu, and Zhu Shu arrived to urge that he be subdued and detained.
• Nebula Douluo Manyi intervened on Xu Jiujiu's orders and took Dai Youheng from the mourning hall to the palace.
• Manyi reported Dai Hao's insinuations to Xu Jiujiu, who angrily asked Dai Youheng whether he believed she had harmed Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli.
• Dai Youheng embraced Xu Jiujiu, claimed she was his only family, and asked her never to leave him; Xu Jiujiu comforted him and promised she would stay.
• Dai Youheng privately revealed that he had orchestrated the events and intended for the Xu and Dai Families to suspect one another.