Recaps

Yang Wenxiu’s victory over Skywater Academy sparked discussion of the Yang Family’s improved techniques, while Chen Xiaojun and his team assessed Five Mountains Academy’s apparent good fortune and the tournament’s qualification standings. The chapter ended with the final Heaven Dou–Moonlight match set to decide whether the championship and Top Three rankings would require further playoffs.

• Xuan Qingya praised Yang Wenxiu’s arrow and asked Yang Jingxue about the Yang Family’s refined Great Five Elements Wheel, while Han Yiyu teased them about acquiring secret arts.
• The Chang'an Team discussed Five Mountains Academy’s win over Skywater Academy and debated whether its run of favorable circumstances came from luck, strategy, or strength.
• Chen Xiaojun wondered whether Five Mountains Academy’s supernatural-seeming fortune was connected to its status as the Seed Land and the deity Lesser Siming.
• Dugu Fu explained that Yuesi Academy could still secure a qualification place, while Zhu Wuneng, He Qiang, and Chen Mu discussed how injuries had weakened Infinite Academy and Heaven Dou Academy.
• Chu Youwei explained that Heaven Dou’s final match against Moonlight would determine whether Moonlight claimed the title outright or a three-way playoff decided the Top Three rankings.
• Chen Mu predicted Moonlight would defeat Heaven Dou because Yanwu still had hidden trump cards, while Heaven Dou had already used its strongest options.

The Golden Generation members recognized Xiao Che as their former junior and debated his departure from Elder Zhuo’s academy before the final match began. Xiao Che faced the Moonlight Team, leaving his former companions watching to see how he would fight.

• He Qiang recognized Xiao Che, and the others learned he was their former junior who had joined Heaven Dou Academy four years earlier.
• Chen Mu, Chu Youwei, and Dugu Fu criticized Xiao Che for leaving after Heaven Dou offered him soul bones and generous resources.
• Ji Boda explained that Xiao Che had already fought in earlier matches, while He Qiang urged the others to accept his choice and allegiance.
• Chen Xiaojun and Chen Mu discussed Moonlight’s lineup, noting that Tantai Mingxin had replaced Zi Han to provide ranged suppression.
• Xiao Che lowered into a fighting stance against the Moonlight Team, and the referee began the match.

The Moonlight Team and Heaven Dou Team battled fiercely in the championship match, with their fighters and healers trading attacks and support. The contest remained unresolved as Chen Yanwu and Zhu Wuxin faced powerful opponents, and Zhu Wuxin summoned a second Nine-Toothed Rake.

• Xiao Qing attacked Yun Yingluo with wind-and-thunder claws, but she evaded him and stopped his charge with precise kicks.
• Tantai Mingxin pierced Yu Tianya’s wind-blade barrage with moonlight arrows, forcing him to dodge in the air.
• Yan Zaiyang and Bai Yanshan traded fire and ice attacks, while Bai Yanshan’s cold miasma slowed Yan Zaiyang before his Flame Resonance restored his flames.
• Ye Zijun and Hua Xiyan healed and supported their respective teams as the battle continued.
• Chen Yanwu pressed into the fighting with her Illusory Heart Seven Kill Sword, while Zhu Wuxin used her Martial Soul Clone skill to summon a second Nine-Toothed Rake.

Zhu Wuxin and Yue Qingsi displayed their formidable fighting strength against Tang Chen and Ning Zhongtian, while spectators discussed the tournament’s other matches and the Moonlight Team’s underestimated members. The chapter left Xiao Qing struggling against Yun Yingluo as she prepared to counterattack.

• Zhu Wuxin used her twin Nine-Toothed Rakes to suppress the injured Tang Chen with a fierce water-and-fire assault.
• Yue Qingsi unleashed a storm of moon-blade petals, forcing Ning Zhongtian to destroy them with a spear volley and defend himself with his Holy Light Barrier.
• Zhu Wuneng, Dugu Fu, Chu Youwei, He Qiang, Chen Mu, and others watched Xiao Qing and Yun Yingluo, noting that Yun Yingluo was evading his attacks and preparing to counter.
• Chen Mu praised Zhu Wuxin’s strength, and Zhu Wuneng admitted that his sister had beaten him since childhood.
• Dugu Fu and Chen Ze remarked that Yue Qingsi’s combat strength was far greater than her ranking suggested.

Yun Yingluo, Tantai Mingxin, and Bai Yanshan exploited openings in Heaven Dou’s formation, leaving Xiao Qing wounded, Yu Tianya falling, and Yan Zaiyang slowed by cold poison. Chen Yanwu then disrupted the central fighters with an illusion, allowing Zhu Wuxin to strike at Tang Chen as Yue Qingsi unleashed her power.

• Yun Yingluo marked Xiao Qing with her Moon Mark, teleported behind him, and tore open his back with her Heart-Piercing Moon-Rending Claw.
• Tantai Mingxin hit Yu Tianya’s wing with her Soul-Binding arrow, making him lose control and plummet.
• Bai Yanshan released Cold Marrow Guicang through his Moon-Eroding Cold Miasma, freezing and slowing Yan Zaiyang despite Ye Zijun’s healing.
• Chen Yanwu’s Seven Emotions Bewildering Barrier briefly disrupted Xue Shiming, Tang Chen, and Ning Zhongtian.
• Zhu Wuxin used the opening to swing her rake at Tang Chen’s Clear Sky Hammer as Yue Qingsi unleashed a torrent of moonlight.

Yue Qingsi’s domain and Chen Yanwu’s illusions trapped the Three Heroes of Heaven Dou as Zhu Wuxin battered their defenses. Xue Shiming and Ning Zhongtian restored their team’s clarity and raised a barrier, but Yue Qingsi’s Moon Blade storm enclosed it and threatened to break through.

• Yue Qingsi unleashed her moonlight chrysanthemum domain, combining its restraints with Chen Yanwu’s illusions to suppress Xue Shiming, Tang Chen, and Ning Zhongtian.
• Yang Jingxue, Xuan Qingya, and Han Yiyu assessed the battle and noted that Ye Zijun’s healing support was wearing down while Moonlight Academy gained an advantage.
• Xue Shiming used Phoenix Grace to clear much of the mental confusion, and Ning Zhongtian combined Holy Light’s Blessing with Holy Light Barrier to shield his teammates.
• Zhu Wuxin struck Ning Zhongtian’s barrier twice with her Rage Wheel rakes, making the barrier buckle and weakening its light.
• Yue Qingsi combined her Moon Blade Flower with her domain to form a towering storm that surrounded and relentlessly battered the barrier.

Tang Chen used his Soul Bone Skill to break the Moonlight Chrysanthemum Domain’s assault, but his old injuries flared as Xue Shiming activated the Three Extremes Formation. Chen Yanwu then ordered Moonlight Team to change formation and launched a coordinated attack on Ye Zijun, Yan Zaiyang, and Xiao Che.

• Ning Zhongtian struggled to maintain his barrier against Zhu Wuxin and Yue Qingsi’s attacks, while Xue Shiming reinforced it with Still Water.
• Tang Chen unleashed Thunderclap Stomp, driving Zhu Wuxin back and disrupting Yue Qingsi’s domain, but the exertion aggravated his old injuries.
• Chen Mu noticed Chen Yanwu’s unusual silence, and Xue Shiming called for the Three Extremes Formation as Tang Chen and Ning Zhongtian joined him.
• Chen Yanwu ordered Moonlight Team to change formation, and Bai Yanshan and Yun Yingluo withdrew from their opponents.
• Yue Qingsi sent Moon Blade Flower toward Ye Zijun, Yan Zaiyang, and Xiao Che, prompting Yan Zaiyang and Xiao Che to protect Ye Zijun with their fourth soul skills.

Bai Yanshan, Yun Yingluo, and Hua Xiyan unleashed the Heavenly Moon Palace fusion skill to withstand Xue Shiming’s Thunderfall Heavenly Punishment. After their Jade Toad True Body neutralized most of the lightning, Xue Shiming changed tactics and sent the Swan Goose True Body diving at them with a massive lightning-wreathed claw.

• Bai Yanshan, Yun Yingluo, and Hua Xiyan combined their Soul Power to summon the Heavenly Moon Palace, the Moon Palace’s renowned fusion skill.
• Xue Shiming called down Thunderfall Heavenly Punishment, covering the arena in sacred lightning plasma.
• Bai Yanshan and the others summoned the Moon Palace Jade Toad True Body and used Ninefold Freezing Qi to destroy or deflect most of the lightning.
• Bai Yanshan recognized that the Three Extremes Formation appeared to borrow from the Heavenly Moon Palace’s workings, and Xue Shiming acknowledged his insight.
• Xue Shiming repeated the lightning attack as a feint, then drove the Swan Goose True Body downward with an enormous lightning-wreathed claw.

Bai Yanshan and Yun Yingluo revealed a Moon Rabbit True-Body Mystic Aspect alongside the Jade Toad to stop Xue Shiming’s attack on the Moon Palace. The two beasts regrouped on the palace terrace, where moonlight rapidly replenished their energy.

• Xue Shiming sent a Sky-Rending Swan Claw toward the Moon Palace, but Bai Yanshan called on Yun Yingluo to bring out the Moon Rabbit True-Body Mystic Aspect.
• The Moon Rabbit intercepted the Sky-Rending Swan Claw and shattered it with its purifying moonlight and spatial power.
• The Moon Rabbit used Void to evade the Swan Goose True Body’s Divinity Cross Slash, then attacked Xue Shiming, Ning Zhongtian, and Tang Chen.
• Ning Zhongtian raised a Glazed Water Screen, and the Swan Goose True Body crashed into it to force the Moon Rabbit back.
• The Moon Rabbit landed beside the Jade Toad on the Moon Palace terrace, where moonlight replenished both beasts’ energy.

Chen Yanwu awakened the Moon Breathing Method mark and received Hua Xiyan’s Moonlight Heavenly Bath, temporarily rising to Soul Saint strength. She revealed the Jinse Sword Art, defeated Yu Tianya with one strike, and then attacked Xiao Che, who caught her moonlight wheel with both soul bones.

• Chen Yanwu’s Moon mark awakened, raising her soul power to level 65 before Moonlight Heavenly Bath boosted her past the Soul Saint threshold.
• Chen Yanwu used the Jinse Sword Art’s first form to slash Yu Tianya from the sky, leaving his fate unknown.
• The Chen Clan recognized Chen Yanwu’s technique as the Jinse Sword Art, a mental-system sword art created by Chen Mingxiu.
• Chen Yanwu used the art’s second form to cut through Xiao Che’s Wind-Thunder Vortex as he shielded Ye Zijun.
• Xiao Che unleashed both arm-bone soul skills and caught Chen Yanwu’s moonlight wheel with his combined wind-thunder defenses.

Chen Yanwu defeated four opponents in a rapid assault with the Chen Clan's Ancestral Sword Art. The arena fell silent as she stood victorious after eliminating Xiao Che, Ye Zijun, Yu Tianya, and Yan Zaiyang.

• Chen Yanwu's spinning moon-wheel sword aura overwhelmed Xiao Che and blasted him out of the arena, leaving him unconscious and gravely injured.
• With Xiao Che's barrier gone, Chen Yanwu's Falling Moon illusion and sword strike incapacitated Ye Zijun as she tried to heal Yu Tianya.
• Chen Yanwu used Dream Butterfly to cut apart Yan Zaiyang's One-Horned Fire Tyrannosaur energy form.
• Yan Zaiyang attacked with his Tyrant Dragon Heaven-Burning Fist, but Chen Yanwu teleported behind him and inflicted eighteen sword wounds with Emperor's Heart.
• Yan Zaiyang collapsed, and the Soul Fighting Arena fell silent as Chen Yanwu's assault left four opponents defeated in two minutes.

The Three Heroes of Heaven Dou launched a sweeping meteor attack to scatter the Moonlight Team before Tang Chen struck the Heavenly Moon Palace with a Soul Douluo-level hammer blow. Yun Yingluo’s Moon Rabbit Avatar leapt to meet the hammer with a kick, leaving the battle at the moment of impact.

• Chen Mu, Chen Shurui, and Chen Xiaojun praised Chen Yanwu’s swordsmanship and predicted her performance would reshape the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking.
• Ning Zhongtian assessed the Moon Palace’s defenses, and Xue Shiming ordered Tang Chen to break through them with a focused attack.
• Tang Chen unleashed Holy Meteor Hammer Starfall, forcing the Moonlight Team to defend across the arena; Tantai Mingxin was struck unconscious.
• Xue Shiming called for the Three Heroes of Heaven Dou to press their advantage, and Tang Chen brought down Radiant World Mountain Suppressor Strike on the Heavenly Moon Palace.
• Yun Yingluo’s Moon Rabbit Avatar leapt from the platform and used Cute Rabbit Shakes Clear Sky against Tang Chen’s descending hammer.

Tang Chen’s Clear Sky Hammer broke through the Moon Palace team’s defenses, but Yun Yingluo, Bai Yanshan, and Hua Xiyan successively slowed and blocked its attack. The Moon Palace was left in ruins, yet Bai Yanshan’s power kept its foundations stable and the Heavenly Moon Palace fusion skill intact.

• Tang Chen shattered Yun Yingluo’s invincible golden defense and drove the Moon Rabbit true body into the Moon Palace platform, injuring her.
• Bai Yanshan used his sixth-turn Lunar Eclipse Cold Abyss to hold back the Clear Sky Hammer, but the jade toad true body cracked and he was injured.
• Hua Xiyan raised the Moonlight Heavenly Barrier, which absorbed the weakened hammer’s remaining force and protected the Moon Palace’s core while much of the building collapsed.
• Bai Yanshan used the jade toad true body to devour vital essence and scattered cold qi, stabilizing the shattered foundations and supporting the Heavenly Moon Palace.
• Yang Jingxue praised the fusion skill’s layered defenses and versatility, while Xuan Qingya explained how difficult it was to assemble a team capable of using it.

Tang Chen and the other Three Heroes of Heaven Dou launched a final strike at the Moon Palace, but Zhu Wuxin weakened the hammer and Chen Yanwu and Yue Qingsi stopped it with White Moonlight. The Heavenly Emperor's Hammer remained suspended above the fused martial soul as the chapter ended.

• Tang Chen, Xue Shiming, and Ning Zhongtian poured their remaining soul power into the Heavenly Emperor's Hammer and sent it crashing toward the Moon Palace.
• Yun Yingluo, Bai Yanshan, and Hua Xiyan drew on the Moon Palace's remaining source power to form Lunar Soul in Same Radiance, but the moon shattered under the hammer's pressure.
• Zhu Wuxin detonated her water-and-fire Annihilation Wheels against the hammer's side, knocking it off course and weakening its force, though the blast severely injured her.
• Hua Xiyan used Moonlight Heavenly Bath to raise Yue Qingsi's power, allowing her and Chen Yanwu to form the White Moonlight martial soul fusion skill.
• Chen Yanwu and Yue Qingsi's enormous white moon chrysanthemum caught the weakened Heavenly Emperor's Hammer and held it aloft.

Chen Yanwu and Yue Qingsi used their White Moonlight Martial Soul Fusion Skill to defeat the Heaven Dou Team and claim the championship for the Moonlight Team. As the Chang'an Team reflected on the loss, Chen Xiaojun recognized Yue Qingsi’s king martial soul and began wondering whether fortune had shaped the recent rise of Martial Soul Fusion Skills.

• Chen Yanwu and Yue Qingsi broke the Heaven Dou Team’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, wounded its fighters, and forced Xue Shiming to concede.
• Zhu Wuneng celebrated the Moonlight Team’s victory before realizing his cheer was awkward among the defeated Chang'an Team.
• Chu Youwei mourned missing the chance to win the championship, while her teammates looked ahead to the Continental Finals.
• Chen Xiaojun concluded that Yue Qingsi’s reaching-for-the-moon-from-the-ninth-heaven chrysanthemum was a king martial soul capable of balancing Chen Yanwu’s sword to form White Moonlight.
• Chen Xiaojun compared their fusion to Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo’s and wondered whether fortune explained why several people around him now had Martial Soul Fusion Skills.

Moonlight Academy won the Soul Master Tournament, and the elders in Room 78 discussed the team’s strength and Yue Qingsi’s second-tier metal attribute. Their conversation was interrupted when Tang Yue smashed through the arena’s protective barrier and confronted Chen Yanwu and Yue Qingsi beside the unconscious Tang Chen.

• Xue Shiming conceded defeat, and Moonlight Academy’s supporters celebrated its championship while Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Chang'an Team supporters lamented their losses.
• Yang Jingxue and Han Yiyu discussed Moonlight Academy’s victory and speculated that Yue Qingsi possessed a second-tier metal attribute.
• Xuan Qingya reacted to a sudden threat, shattered the window, and rushed toward the arena.
• Tang Yue broke through the arena’s protective barrier and appeared beside the bloodied, unconscious Tang Chen.
• Tang Yue glared at Chen Yanwu and Yue Qingsi, making them retreat under his pressure.

Tang Yue took the gravely injured Tang Chen from the arena after Chen Hong and Xuan Qingya stopped his confrontation with Chen Yanwu and Yue Qingsi. In a passage, a powerful stranger demanded that Xiao Qing go with him, but Teacher Ying stood in his way.

• Chen Hong and Xuan Qingya countered Tang Yue's aura and stopped him from escalating the confrontation after Chen Yanwu defeated Tang Chen.
• Tang Yue examined Tang Chen, found him critically injured, sealed his wounds, and carried him away after Xuan Qingya warned him not to repeat his actions.
• Xiao Qing made his way through the passage with Teacher Ying and a medical assistant, suffering severe wounds from the battle.
• A weathered stranger blocked their path and demanded that Xiao Qing come with him, dismissing Teacher Ying's objections.
• Teacher Ying released his six soul rings and declared that the stranger would have to step over his corpse to take Xiao Qing.

Zhuo Qianren confronted his former disciple Xiao Qing after Xiao Qing was injured, painfully expelling the Sword Qi from his body and clearing his damaged meridians. He then questioned Xiao Qing about life at Heaven Dou Academy and made clear that Xiao Qing had never been expelled from his tutelage.

• Xiao Qing asked Teacher Ying to let him speak privately with the blue-robed man, and the man told Teacher Ying to ask Zhi Xing who he was.
• Xiao Qing followed the man to a private room and bowed to him as Elder Zhuo, revealing that he was Zhuo Qianren, his former Master.
• Zhuo Qianren forced Wind-Thunder Soul Power through Xiao Qing's damaged meridians, expelling Chen Yanwu's Sword Qi and removing the blockage in his arms.
• Zhuo Qianren told Xiao Qing to remember his pain and defeat, then asked how Heaven Dou Academy had treated him.
• Xiao Qing said the academy had provided for him but privately recalled feeling distant from its people because he had betrayed Chang'an.
• Zhuo Qianren reproached Xiao Qing for avoiding him and clarified that he had never ended their master-disciple relationship, then joked about taking resources from Heaven Dou.

Xiao Qing explained why he had left Zhuo Qianren’s tutelage, and Zhuo gave him wolf cultivation manuals and training support. The Heaven Dou Division tournament ended with Moonlight Academy as champion, Chang’an Academy as runner-up, and the ceremony began with Emperor Xue Yingtao arriving to present medals.

• Xiao Qing told Zhuo Qianren he had left because he wanted a free path of battle instead of the responsibility of becoming Chang’an Academy’s future leader.
• Zhuo Qianren gave Xiao Qing wolf cultivation manuals, rare supplies, and an invitation to train with him while he remained in Heaven Dou.
• The commentator announced Moonlight Academy, Chang’an Academy, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy as the top three, with five other teams completing the top eight.
• Jin Xin and Zhou Yi celebrated Fasinuo Province placing three academies in the top eight and discussed their wager about whether the Banished Immortal, Lesser Siming, would appear.
• The closing ceremony began, and the host announced that Emperor Xue Yingtao had arrived to present medals to the top eight teams.

Donghuang Xiuyi arrived at the closing ceremony in a spectacular aerial entrance, ending speculation about her disappearance. As the crowd and the Sea God Island team watched her, Bo Saixi remained quietly focused on her.

• Jin Xin and Zhou Yi discussed whether Donghuang Xiuyi would appear at the ceremony and dismiss the rumors about her injury.
• Donghuang Xiuyi rode a Golden-Crowned Eagle King into the arena as glowing vine leaves fell around her.
• Chen Xiaojun watched Xiuyi descend and privately celebrated her dramatic return.
• Bo Saixi observed Xiuyi from a private room while Rhea’s Vast Sea Book recorded and analyzed information.
• Xiya rushed to the window and excitedly praised Xiuyi’s entrance.

After the tournament awards, Chang'an Academy’s team discussed their prizes and Xiao Yi’s achievements on the ride back through Heaven Dou City. The chapter ended with Chen Xiaojun teasing Chen Mu about how Xiao Yi’s feats had kept the Top-Ranked Student honor from going to their older sister.

• On Sea God Island, Bo Saixi and her team judged Xiao Yi’s condition and reminded the Sea God Island contestants to give their all in the finals.
• Zhu Wuneng complained that the Heaven Dou Emperor had awarded empty baronial titles, while Dugu Fu pointed out the team’s soul bones and prize money were substantial rewards.
• Chen Xiaojun offered Zhu Wuneng’s share of the prize money to treat the team, prompting Zhu Wuneng to panic and say he needed to save it to marry a wife.
• Chen Mu announced that Xiao Yi had won the Heaven Dou Division National Tournament Top-Ranked Student title, earning special access and privileges across the empire.
• Chen Xiaojun teased Chen Mu that their older sister would ordinarily have won the individual honor, and Chen Mu accused him of setting him up again.

After losing all her betting money on Heaven Dou Academy’s defeat, Dou Congtong returned home and considered ways to borrow money from Chu Wanyu. She joined her mother, Madam Lin, for dinner, while her father remained away on an unexplained trip.

• Dou Congtong cursed Yan Zaiyang, Xiao Qing, and Yu Tianya after their loss cost her all her winnings and allowance.
• Dou Congtong hurried home across the rooftops and learned from Wu Mingde that her father had left without saying when he would return.
• Aunt Fang suspected Dou Congtong had run out of money, but Dou Congtong denied it and claimed she was asking about a promised present.
• Dou Congtong washed her face and considered ways to get money from Chu Wanyu without asking outright.
• Dou Congtong entered the main hall, greeted Madam Lin, and sat down to dinner.

Dou Congtong tried to hide her disappointment over Heaven Dou Academy’s defeat from Madam Lin, who questioned her about the tournament and her spending. When unfamiliar young visitors arrived with gifts, Madam Lin decided to turn them away rather than risk trouble.

• Madam Lin questioned Dou Congtong about Heaven Dou Academy’s losses to Moonlight Academy and Chang’an Academy, and Dou Congtong blamed the team’s poor performance for her mood.
• Dou Congtong claimed she wanted jewelry from the Exquisite Pavilion, and Madam Lin asked her to explain how she planned to spend her next allowance.
• Wu Mingde reported that an unknown group of young visitors had arrived with valuable gifts, accompanied by an elderly expert and a capable driver.
• Madam Lin judged the visitors potentially troublesome and ordered Wu Mingde to tactfully ask them to leave.

Chen Xiaojun brought his companions to the D mansion and, after its steward refused them entry, ordered Zhu Changyun to force their way through. As his companions fought the household guards, Chen Xiaojun entered the courtyard, followed by Xiao Yi and the others.

• Chen Xiaojun arrived at the D mansion with his companions and said he had come to deliver messages and make things clear.
• Steward Wu Mingde claimed the master was away and the madam was unwell, refusing to receive the visitors.
• Chen Xiaojun declared that he had come to be an unwelcome guest, and Zhu Changyun attacked Wu Mingde at the gates.
• Chen Xiaojun walked into the mansion while Dugu Fu, Ma Wencai, and Chen Shurui engaged the guards led by Mu Jingming.
• Xiao Yi led Gao Cuilan and Su Ningxia through the battle and into the mansion.

Chen Xiaojun led Chang'an Academy’s team into the D mansion and asked Madam Lin about Senior Dou Jing. Dou Congtong attacked him, but Ma Liang intercepted her, and she gained the upper hand in their fight.

• Madam Lin and Dou Congtong heard fighting in the courtyard, and steward Xiao Dongxiang reported that intruders had forced their way in.
• Madam Lin went to the courtyard and saw the mansion’s retainers fighting Chen Xiaojun’s group, while Chen Xiaojun calmly watched from the center.
• Chen Xiaojun greeted Madam Lin and said he had come regarding Senior Dou Jing, causing Madam Lin to tense at the name Chen.
• Dou Congtong recognized the visitors as members of Chang'an Academy and charged Chen Xiaojun with her Gale Kick Assault.
• Ma Liang intercepted Dou Congtong and fought her, but she dodged his attacks and struck him repeatedly, ending the exchange by mocking his level and strength.