Recaps

Liu Rengui’s reinforcements helped the allied army defeat the Sailfish and remaining Sea Soul Beasts, while the Disaster Fish Saint King fled toward the Far Sea and was pursued by nine Soul Douluos. Inside the Big Dipper Heaven and Earth Formation, Chen Cong overwhelmed Omari Bender with the Big Dipper Seven Kill-Nine Heavens Thunder, leaving him severely wounded and nearly out of Soul Power.

• Liu Rengui led the Military Reserve Force and the City Lord’s Residence Soul Masters into battle, helping the allied army defeat the Sailfish and remaining Sea Soul Beasts.
• The Disaster Fish Saint King fled toward the Far Sea after seeing the Disaster Fish Saint Queen fall, and Xue Bentao and the other Soul Douluos pursued him.
• Chen Cong revealed that he had been testing the Big Dipper Seven Star Formation’s moves while fighting Omari Bender.
• Omari Bender unleashed Giant Waves Soaring to the Sky, but Chen Cong countered with Big Dipper Seven Kill-Nine Heavens Thunder.
• Chen Cong’s lightning sword swept away Omari Bender’s wave and left him severely injured with almost no Soul Power remaining.

Chen Cong defeated Omari Bender with his Big Dipper Seven Kill Heroic Sword Army Breaker, while Leonard Rhodes tried to escape Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang. Leonard used his Dark Water Sky Curtain to resist Long Ma’s waterspout and rushed toward a powerful suction, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Chen Cong struck Omari Bender’s Heart of the Ocean with his Big Dipper Seven Kill Heroic Sword Army Breaker, and his sword radiance overpowered the attack.
• Omari Bender’s body collapsed and dissipated, while Chen Cong withdrew his formation and stood exhausted over the devastated sea.
• Leonard Rhodes’s Darkness Domain failed against Long Ma’s Demon-Breaking Domain, and he turned to flee from Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang.
• Long Ma trapped Leonard inside his Thunderclap Sea Waterspout Technique, whose lightning drained his strength and vitality.
• Leonard raised his Dark Water Sky Curtain to shield himself, then charged toward a powerful suction as his barrier neared collapse.

Leonard Rhodes tried to flee the battlefield but was pursued by Sea Dragon Douluo Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang. They trapped him in a Water Prison as Long Ma launched his Thunder Sea Annihilation, leaving Leonard’s fate uncertain.

• Leonard Rhodes escaped the thunderous sea tornado and struggled toward the Banner Tribe’s backup forces while Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang pursued him.
• Leonard Rhodes discovered that his backup forces were also engaged in a battle between Titled Douluo.
• Long Ma attacked Leonard Rhodes with Sea Dragon Spirit-Breaker while Zuo Tinggang unleashed Heavenly Teal Feather-Shattering Slash.
• Leonard Rhodes activated his Martial Soul Avatar and resisted the attacks, but Zuo Tinggang’s wind blades wounded him and left him severely weakened.
• Zuo Tinggang trapped Leonard Rhodes in a Water Prison as Long Ma prepared and unleashed his ninth soul skill, Thunder Sea Annihilation.
• An opening appeared in the Water Prison as Long Ma’s enormous sea dragon struck toward Leonard Rhodes.

Bo Xian'er intervened to save Leonard Rhodes from Long Ma's attack, then questioned him about the mastermind behind the Banner Tribe's assault on the Heaven Dou Empire. After securing Zuo Tinggang's agreement that she could speak for the empire, she got Leonard to reveal that the Crimson Church was behind the attack.

• Leonard Rhodes was nearly killed by Long Ma's Thunder Sea Annihilation until Bo Xian'er arrived and erased the attack.
• Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang greeted Bo Xian'er, and Zuo Tinggang asked why she had saved Leonard Rhodes.
• Bo Xian'er demanded to know who had masterminded the Banner Tribe's attack, then threatened Leonard's tribe when he refused to answer.
• Leonard asked whether Bo Xian'er could speak for the Heaven Dou Empire, and Zuo Tinggang confirmed that she could.
• Leonard Rhodes revealed that the Crimson Church was behind the attack.

Bo Xian'er learned that the Crimson Church had pushed the Sailfish to attack the Heaven Dou Empire, and she sent Zuo Tinggang and Long Ma to investigate a possible Church observer in Vast Sea City. Leonard Rhodes revealed the Crimson Church planned to destabilize both empires and join other powers in attacking them, before Bo Xian'er turned to how the Sailfish had tamed Disaster Fish.

• Leonard Rhodes told Bo Xian'er and Zuo Tinggang that the Crimson Church had urged the Sailfish to attack the Heaven Dou Empire and threatened to cut off trade if they refused.
• Leonard Rhodes explained that the Sailfish had already planned to expand into the Northwestern Sea Region because resources in their home waters were dwindling.
• Bo Xian'er told Zuo Tinggang to report the Crimson Church's involvement and suggested it might have sent a powerful observer to Vast Sea City; she sent Long Ma with him to investigate.
• Bo Xian'er offered to reduce the Sailfish's losses if Leonard Rhodes revealed the Crimson Church's plans, and he said it intended to sow chaos and join other powers in attacking the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires.
• Bo Xian'er began questioning Leonard Rhodes about how the Sailfish had tamed Disaster Fish.

Leonard Rhodes explained to Bo Xian'er that taming Disaster Fish over ten thousand years old required a Sacred Relic in his clan’s Ancestral Land. After the allied army defeated the Disaster Fish, the survivors celebrated before confronting the battle’s immense casualties and destruction, while Chen Xiaojun and his companions reflected on what they had learned.

• Leonard Rhodes refused Bo Xian'er’s request and explained that a Sacred Relic Statue was needed to tame Disaster Fish over ten thousand years old.
• Xue Bentao, Long Zhenrang, and the others returned with the Disaster Fish Saint King's corpse, and the Vast Sea Allied Army cheered their victory.
• Liu Rengui learned that tens of thousands of soldiers had died and that the coastline, cities, farmland, and boats had been devastated.
• Xixi, Xiao Yi, Chen Xiaojun, and their companions mourned the fallen and acknowledged how exhausting the battle had been.
• Chen Xiaojun and Xixi reflected on the battle’s lessons, while Xiao Yi and Zhu Wuneng considered how their combat skills had improved.

Dongfang Long and Li Lingfeng assessed the Chen Clan’s strength and the shifting balance of power after the battle, deciding that the Crimson Church needed better intelligence before the coming holy war. Meanwhile, Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang headed for Cape Mountain to find the Crimson Church’s spies.

• Dongfang Long and Li Lingfeng discussed Chen Cong’s strength, the Chen Clan’s recovery, and their losses in the holy war fifty years earlier.
• Dongfang Long dismissed the possibility that Chen Zixiu had survived the forbidden divine skill that struck him.
• Dongfang Long and Li Lingfeng agreed to report the operation and assess the continent’s major powers before the coming holy war.
• Long Ma asked Zuo Tinggang where the Crimson Church’s spies were likely watching from, and Zuo Tinggang identified Cape Mountain’s highest peak.
• Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang decided to inspect the peak first.

Dongfang Long and Li Lingfeng were discovered by Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang, forcing them to flee separately. Dongfang Long lured his pursuers into a forest and ambushed Long Ma, but the two Titled Douluos resumed their pursuit and cornered him from both sides.

• Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang returned to Vast Sea City, and Dongfang Long and Li Lingfeng realized they had been exposed and split up to escape.
• Zuo Tinggang used Void Insight to detect both fugitives, while Chen Cong went after Li Lingfeng and Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang pursued Dongfang Long.
• Dongfang Long tried to evade the two Titled Douluos by using Soul Skills and fled into a dense forest.
• Dongfang Long hid in the bushes and struck Long Ma with an ice-attribute attack, but Long Ma protected himself and quickly recovered.
• Dongfang Long concealed himself again as Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang resumed the chase and closed in from both sides.

Dongfang Long fought Zuo Tinggang through the forest after Zuo Tinggang accused him of being a Crimson Church spy. Zuo Tinggang knocked Dongfang Long back, but Dongfang Long gathered his frost power and prepared a decisive attack as the battle reached a critical moment.

• Zuo Tinggang blocked Dongfang Long's path and demanded to know whether he was a spy from the Crimson Church.
• Dongfang Long attacked with Frost Blade, and Zuo Tinggang countered with Heavenly Teal Feather-Shattering Slash.
• Dongfang Long raised Walls of Sighs while Zuo Tinggang boosted his strength and speed with Blue Teal Might, then pressed him into a fierce fight.
• Zuo Tinggang used Wingbeat to shatter Dongfang Long's ice wall and send him flying backward.
• Dongfang Long stood up wounded, gathered frost power around himself, and prepared a powerful attack that startled Zuo Tinggang.

Dongfang Long activated his Ice and Snow spell domain and used its enhanced frost power to pressure Zuo Tinggang. After their fierce clash, Dongfang Long fled through the woods again, with Zuo Tinggang pursuing him.

• Dongfang Long unleashed his Ice and Snow spell domain, filling the area with freezing storms that forced Zuo Tinggang to take the battle seriously.
• Dongfang Long used Dance of Frozen Ice to encircle Zuo Tinggang, then struck from behind with Frozen Dragon's Fury.
• Zuo Tinggang blocked most of Dongfang Long's blow with Water Prison, but Dongfang Long's other fist broke through and sent him flying.
• Zuo Tinggang recovered and pursued Dongfang Long through the woods as they continued exchanging attacks.

Long Ma joined Zuo Tinggang against Dongfang Long, and the two pressured him until he unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill, Great Blizzard. Long Ma met the storm with Thunder Sea Annihilation while Zuo Tinggang used Void Insight to find an opening, then transformed with Heavenly Teal Vast Form and attacked; Dongfang Long gathered Soul Power to counter as the battle reached its decisive moment.

• Long Ma arrived beside Zuo Tinggang and helped him drive Dongfang Long onto the defensive.
• Dongfang Long unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill, Great Blizzard, enveloping Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang in a massive ice storm.
• Long Ma used his Ninth Soul Skill, Thunder Sea Annihilation, to collide with Dongfang Long's storm while Zuo Tinggang searched for an opening with Void Insight.
• Zuo Tinggang activated his Ninth Soul Skill, Heavenly Teal Vast Form, and grew into a 250-meter avatar.
• Zuo Tinggang stirred up a huge tornado with his wings and sent it toward Dongfang Long, who gathered Soul Power to counter.

Dongfang Long battled Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang until Chen Cong arrived and severed his left arm with a powerful sword strike. Cornered by the three Titled Douluo, Dongfang Long detonated his severed arm with Ice Burst Starshatter, unleashing a massive explosion whose outcome remained unknown.

• Dongfang Long and Zuo Tinggang's ninth soul skills collided in a blast as Long Ma joined the fierce battle.
• Chen Cong arrived and struck Dongfang Long with Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Origin, Heaven and Earth Throw, severing his left arm.
• Chen Cong recognized Dongfang Long's Frost Wyvern martial soul as one connected to the ambush of the Chen Clan, while Long Ma and Zuo Tinggang prepared to finish him.
• Dongfang Long activated Ice Burst Starshatter through his right arm soul bone and detonated his severed left arm.
• The resulting chain of explosions swept across the Ice and Snow Domain and Great Blizzard, engulfing Long Ma, Zuo Tinggang, and Chen Cong in a thousand-meter blast.

Dongfang Long used Blood-Burning Burst Escape to flee after Chen Cong, Long Ma, and Zuo Tinggang overwhelmed him, and the three decided not to pursue. The Allied Army then handled the battle’s aftermath and began dividing the enormous spoils of war.

• Dongfang Long activated Blood-Burning Burst Escape and vanished beyond the horizon, leaving a blood-red trail.
• Chen Cong, Long Ma, and Zuo Tinggang discussed the Soul Bone’s power and chose to return rather than chase Dongfang Long.
• The Allied Army treated the wounded, repaired damage, reorganized its troops, and distributed rewards and compensation.
• The factions gathered to negotiate over more than a hundred thousand Sea Soul Beast carcasses, rare Soul Bones, and the Sailfish army’s armor and weapons.

After the factions divided the spoils from the battle, Chen Cong visited the recovering Chen Xiaojun and brought him the seventy-thousand-year-old Disaster Fish Ancient King’s left arm Soul Bone. Chen Xiaojun offered it to Chen Cong, but his granduncle refused to take his spoils.

• Hua R ubi negotiated rewards for the Great Soul Arena, including the Disaster Fish Saint Queen’s corpse and two Soul Bones over fifty thousand years old.
• After several days of talks, the factions agreed to divide the spoils according to their contributions, strength, and future cooperation.
• Chen Xiaojun continued recovering from severe meridian damage while Chen Cong checked on his condition.
• Chen Cong showed Chen Xiaojun the Disaster Fish Ancient King’s left arm Soul Bone and said it was his to keep.
• Chen Xiaojun offered the Soul Bone to Chen Cong, who refused because it belonged to Chen Xiaojun as his spoils.

Chen Xiaojun chose the Disaster Fish Ancient King Left Arm Soul Bone after weighing its compatibility and suitability, and Chen Cong praised his judgment while correcting his assessment of the other bone. Chen Cong recognized Chen Xiaojun’s theoretical talent and intended to make him the heir to his teachings.

• Chen Cong presented Chen Xiaojun with a nearly seventy-thousand-year-old Sailfish Titled Douluo Left Arm Soul Bone and asked him to choose between it and the Disaster Fish Ancient King Left Arm Soul Bone.
• Chen Xiaojun chose the Disaster Fish Soul Bone, explaining that its attributes and compatibility suited him better while the other bone was more appropriate for Chen Cong.
• Chen Xiaojun realized Chen Cong had also been testing whether he could make an objective choice rather than defer out of politeness, and Chen Cong confirmed that he had passed.
• Chen Cong explained that the Sailfish Soul Bone had equal water and mental attributes, and Chen Xiaojun acknowledged his mistake after examining it more carefully.
• Chen Cong decided that Chen Xiaojun’s unusual insight made him a rare talent and intended to pass on his theoretical teachings to him.

Chen Xiaojun absorbed the Disaster Fish Ancient King's seventy-thousand-year Left Arm Soul Bone while recovering from his injuries. He emerged healed and at the upper end of rank thirty-seven, with his third Soul Ring strengthened but not advanced to ten thousand years.

• Chen Cong urged Chen Xiaojun to absorb the Soul Bone immediately, explaining that its power could heal him and reshape his meridians.
• Chen Xiaojun endured the Soul Bone's energy as it merged with his Soul Power, Nine Yang Divine Skill, Fish Intestine Sword, and third Soul Ring.
• Chen Cong saw Chen Xiaojun's third Soul Ring mutate toward ten thousand years, while Chen Xiaojun redirected the excess power and stopped it from turning black.
• Chen Xiaojun completed the absorption and discovered that his injuries had healed and his Soul Power had risen to the upper end of rank thirty-seven.
• Chen Cong marveled at the Soul Bone's effects and said they had found a treasure.

Chen Cong explained how Chen Xiaojun’s Sword God Pearls and left arm soul bone had caused his third soul ring and skills to evolve. Chen Xiaojun revealed a powerful burst attack that could rival the Tang Family’s Ring Detonation, and promised to raise his third soul ring to ten thousand years when he was stronger.

• Chen Cong reasoned that the Sword God Pearls absorbed the soul bone’s Dao resonance, causing Chen Xiaojun’s third soul ring to mutate and its age to increase.
• Chen Cong explained that objects with Dao resonance, including immortal herbs and soul bones, could help the Sword God Pearls evolve toward becoming a super martial soul.
• Chen Xiaojun described how his third soul skill gained fire and water damage, while his left arm bone skill gained a powerful burst mode called Water and Fire Merciless.
• Chen Xiaojun calculated that his combined skills could raise his three-hit attack to 450%, 500%, and 600% power before accounting for attribute damage.
• Chen Cong said the Chen Clan’s five inherited techniques and a domain could further amplify Chen Xiaojun’s attacks beyond tenfold, potentially rivaling or surpassing Ring Detonation.
• Chen Cong urged Chen Xiaojun to raise his third soul ring to ten thousand years, and Chen Xiaojun solemnly agreed to try.

Chen Xiaojun asked Chen Cong how many Soul Masters lived on the continent, and Chen Cong explained the continent’s population, the distribution of Soul Masters, and how their numbers changed over time. He left Chen Xiaojun with a clearer sense of the scale of the Soul Master population and the heavy losses caused by conflict and calamities.

• Chen Xiaojun asked Chen Cong how many Soul Masters lived across the continent.
• Chen Cong said the Douluo Continent covered roughly 55 million square kilometers and had more than 1.5 billion people, according to the Spring and Autumn Pavilion.
• Chen Cong estimated that Soul Masters made up about one person in a thousand, for a total exceeding 1.5 million, and outlined how they were distributed among Spirit Hall, the empires, organizations, academies, and other groups.
• Chen Cong warned that gray-area Soul Masters and at least 20,000 to 30,000 Evil Soul Masters posed serious dangers.
• Chen Cong explained that about 20,000 people became Soul Masters each year, while at least 10,000 died, with wars and calamities causing especially heavy losses.
• Chen Cong concluded that the Soul Master population grew slowly overall, with new arrivals generally balancing losses across a century.

Chen Xiaojun identified the whale-brain substances as whale rubber and whale glue, while Sea God Island and the Heaven Dou Empire established diplomatic ties. In the aftermath of the minor beast tide, the Chen Clan and its allies profited from a booming trade in soul beast corpses and expanded commerce with Sea God Island.

• Chen Cong delivered three gelatinous substances recovered from whale-type sea soul beasts, and Chen Xiaojun identified two as thousand-year whale rubber and one as ten-thousand-year whale glue.
• Sea God Island absorbed the remaining Banner Tribe members and decided to send a delegation to the Heaven Dou Empire for talks.
• Sea God Island and the Heaven Dou Empire agreed to exchange envoys and cooperate in trade, information sharing, maritime rescue, anti-piracy operations, and other matters.
• Trading companies, auction houses, and independent merchants rushed to buy and sell the more than a hundred thousand soul beast corpses in Vast Sea City.
• The Chen Clan, the Glazed Tile Trading Company, and the Turtle Alliance amassed resources, earned substantial profits, and expanded trade with organizations under Sea God Island.
• The Great Soul Arena profited from competitions and ventures involving high-level soul beast corpses, while Long Zhenrang, Ning Chi, Hua R ubi, Gui Mingyun, and Luo Zongyan celebrated their achievements.

Xue Tianming and Chief Priest Coi Russell finalized major terms for Sea God Island to bring in the Great Soul Arena. The Crimson Church Leader learned of Sea God Island’s growing involvement in continental affairs and planned to use its tensions with the Banner Tribe and Sailfish Holy Land to the Church’s advantage.

• Xue Tianming outlined the partnership terms, including Sea God Island receiving thirty percent of proceeds, supervising the Great Soul Arena, and cooperating on security and commerce; Chief Priest Coi Russell accepted them.
• Soul Fighting City’s leadership approved the partnership, and the negotiations established a foundation for future cooperation between Soul Fighting City and Sea God Island.
• Li Lingfeng reported that Elder Dongfang was unconscious, badly injured, and had lost his left arm after Long Ma and Zuo Ting forced him and Li Lingfeng to flee.
• The Crimson Church Leader concluded that Leonard Rhodes had exposed their position and learned that Sea God Island had established formal ties with the Heaven Dou Empire.
• The Crimson Church Leader ordered the Church to deepen ties with the Sailfish Holy Land, exploit its conflict with the Banner Tribe, and intensify intelligence gathering on the continent’s powers.

Bo Saixi recounted her privileged upbringing as Sea God's heir and her journey from Sea God Island to Vast Sea City. After meeting Xiao Yi at a Soul Fighting match, she challenged her and lost, leaving her eager to understand the girl who had defeated her.

• Bo Saixi awakened the Sea God Martial Soul at six and received intensive training from her grandmother, High Priest Bo Xian'er.
• Bo Saixi persuaded Bo Xian'er to let her travel with Rhea, Long Ma, and Ou Ya, then sailed from Sea God Island to the continent.
• Bo Saixi and Rhea explored Vast Sea City and entered a Soul Fighting match, where Bo Saixi noticed Xiao Yi and Xiao Hongchen.
• Bo Saixi challenged Xiao Yi, but Xiao Yi's Immortal Evergreen Vine, refined martial arts, and steady Soul Power overcame Bo Saixi's attacks.
• Bo Saixi lost her first match against someone her own age and felt both humbled and glad to have met Xiao Yi.

Bo Saixi recounted how she grew close to Xiao Yi and Chen Xiaojun, discovered their ties to the Chen Clan, and witnessed Chen Xiaojun lead their group through battles during the Minor Beast Tide. The chapter ended with her explaining that god-level Martial Souls sealed their power until their owners reached the rank of Titled Douluo.

• Bo Saixi grew familiar with Xiao Yi and Chen Xiaojun, and Chen Xiaojun told her that Xiao Yi had the greatest Soul Power reserves among her peers.
• After Ou Ya reported that the Banner Tribe was attacking the city, Bo Saixi revealed their identities, and Chen Xiaojun disclosed that he had already recognized them as members of Sea God Island.
• Chen Xiaojun advised the group to send word to Sea God Island, then shared extensive knowledge about the island that impressed Bo Saixi and the others.
• During the Minor Beast Tide, Chen Xiaojun commanded a seven-person team and killed a nearly ten-thousand-year-old Disaster Fish, then absorbed its Soul Ring and reached level 34.
• Chen Xiaojun smashed open a ten-thousand-year-old turtle Soul Beast's shell with three Spiral Sword God Pearls after stopping Bo Saixi from using Crushing Pressure.
• Bo Saixi explained that god-level Martial Souls sealed their power during their owners' youth and would awaken fully only when they reached the rank of Titled Douluo.

Bo Saixi recounted Chen Xiaojun’s lightning-fast sword strike and his later battle against the Disaster Fish Ancient King. After Chen Xiaojun killed the beast but collapsed from his injuries, Xiao Yi treated him, and his victory helped turn the battle in the defenders’ favor.

• Chen Xiaojun used his self-created Sword-Drawing Technique to strike the Disaster Fish Ancient King with a lightning-fast charge, leaving Bo Saixi convinced he could win.
• Bo Saixi later learned that Chen Xiaojun’s attack used the first form of the Thunder Breathing Method, a new practice developed with help from the Chen Clan.
• Chen Xiaojun unleashed repeated attacks with Soul Saint-level power and killed the Disaster Fish Ancient King.
• Chen Xiaojun fell unconscious after the battle, and Uncle Luo carried him to the Watchtower while Xiao Yi channeled life energy into him to stabilize his injuries.
• The soul beast horde fell into chaos after the Disaster Fish Ancient King’s death, and a Soul Saint with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda killed the Disaster Fish Saint Queen, settling the battle.

Bo Saixi reflected on the beast tide and Chen Xiaojun’s ideas about Sea God Island’s weaknesses, prompting the island to pursue closer ties with the continent and consider reform. Later, Chen Xiaojun recovered stronger, and the group’s newly named Sea Sword team began winning recognition in the arena.

• Bo Saixi recalled witnessing the beast tide and hearing Chen Xiaojun urge Sea God Island to face change and improve its institutions.
• Grandma Coi brought Grandma Bo Xian'er's instructions to Vast Sea City, where Chen Xiaojun discussed the continent’s strategic landscape and Sea God Island’s outdated systems.
• Bo Saixi discussed Chen Xiaojun’s ideas with Grandma Coi and Uncle Long Ma, and Sea God Island established diplomatic relations with the Heaven Dou Empire and strengthened outside exchanges.
• Chen Xiaojun absorbed a seventy-thousand-year Soul Bone while recovering, raised his soul power to level 37, and teased Bo Saixi.
• Chen Xiaojun named the seven-member team the Sea Sword team, which fought through Soul Elder team matches and grew famous across the arena.

Chen Xiaojun and his companions reached historic Chang'an City and visited Huaqing Palace, where Xixi and Xiao Yi asked him if they looked pretty. The journey left them sightseeing together, with Xixi angrily eating an apple after Chen Xiaojun teased her.

• Chen Xiaojun reflected on Chang'an City's history and the possible connection between the Douluo Continent and his previous life.
• Chen Xiaojun and his companions left Vast Sea City with Xixi and traveled southeast through the Haagen-Dazs Kingdom and the Xieluo Mountains.
• The group arrived at Chang'an City and visited Huaqing Palace, where Xixi and Chen Xiaojun lamented its faded splendor.
• Xixi asked Chen Xiaojun whether she and Xiao Yi looked pretty, and he teased them with a backhanded compliment.
• Xixi glared at Chen Xiaojun, complained to Xiao Yi, and kept eating an apple after Chen Xiaojun pretended to apologize.