Recaps

Gu Yuena learned that Xuan Ming had successfully merged the Dragon God Bloodline and Dragon God's Heart, though she grieved that he had taken on the burden for her sake. After inheriting the Asura God Position and controlling Rakshasa power, Bibi Dong returned to Spirit City, condemned Qian Renxue’s conciliatory rule, and took charge of restoring the empire’s new order.

• The Goddess of Life told Gu Yuena that Xuan Ming was safely transforming inside a stable nine-colored dragon cocoon after merging the Dragon God Bloodline with the Dragon God's Heart.
• Gu Yuena blamed herself for Xuan Ming taking on the Dragon God’s burdens and mourned the freedom he had sacrificed to protect her.
• Bibi Dong completed the inheritance of the Asura God Position and brought Rakshasa power under her control, while the Asura God warned her that turmoil in the Divine Realm lay ahead.
• Bibi Dong returned to Spirit City, sensed that old nobles and Soul Masters were using Qian Renxue’s rule to challenge the empire’s reforms, and confronted her daughter.
• Bibi Dong accused Qian Renxue of weakening the new order through compromises and declared that she would take over the empire and eliminate its festering problems.

Bo Saixi learned that Xuan Ming was undergoing an unprecedented fusion with the Dragon God's power and chose to visit Bibi Dong before ascending to the Divine Realm. There, the God Kings confirmed that Xuan Ming’s power had stabilized at the Supreme God King level, but he remained asleep as the Godess of Kindness and the Goddess of Life went to question Gu Yuena.

• Poseidon told Bo Saixi that Xuan Ming’s own Godhead might be merging with the Dragon God's power, and advised her to meet Bibi Dong before ascending.
• Bo Saixi decided to visit the Spirit Hall Empire and discuss Xuan Ming and the mortal world’s future with Bibi Dong.
• The five God Kings examined Xuan Ming’s dragon cocoon and confirmed that it held Supreme God King-level power, but he still had not awakened.
• The God of Evil suggested asking Gu Yuena about Xuan Ming’s prolonged slumber, and the Godess of Kindness and the Goddess of Life entered God's Forbidden Land.
• The Godess of Kindness and the Goddess of Life approached Gu Yuena, who had spent years watching over Xuan Ming’s cocoon.

Gu Yuena learned that Xuan Ming was reconstructing the Dragon God's Power and waited years for him to awaken. After he woke, Xuan Ming revealed that his own Godhead had stabilized at the God King level and began transferring the Dragon God's origin power to Gu Yuena.

• Gu Yuena explained to the Goddess of Life and the Goddess of Kindness that Xuan Ming was using his Godhead to digest and reconstruct the Dragon God's Power, and they left him to continue the transformation.
• Bibi Dong launched a merciless purge of people she considered threats to the new order, and she threatened Qian Renxue when Qian Renxue objected.
• Bo Saixi heard Bibi Dong explain that Qian Renxue's leniency had encouraged further challenges to the empire's authority.
• After several more years, the dragon cocoon shone, drew Gu Yuena inside, and revealed that Xuan Ming had awakened.
• Xuan Ming told Gu Yuena that his Godhead had reconstructed the Dragon God's Power and stabilized at the God King level, then began transferring the power to her.

Xuan Ming and Gu Yuena completed their transformations, resurrected the sacrificed Dragon Kings as God Kings and three other beings as First-Level Gods, then joined their powers to upgrade the Divine Realm. The expansion began blessing its dependent planes, with the Douluo Plane responding first as Di Tian sensed the world changing.

• Gu Yuena emerged as the Dragon God, while the five God Kings watched Xuan Ming and her powers surge beyond the ordinary God King Realm.
• Xuan Ming and Gu Yuena used their combined powers to resurrect the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King as God Kings.
• Xuan Ming and Gu Yuena revived the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and Evil Emperor as First-Level Gods.
• Xuan Ming and Gu Yuena poured their powers into the Divine Realm Core, expanding the Divine Realm and advancing the entire plane.
• The Divine Realm's transformation spread blessings to its dependent planes, and Di Tian sensed the Douluo Plane changing from the Lake of Life.

As Douluo Star evolved, Gu Yuena abolished the Soul Beasts’ ancient restrictions, allowing Di Tian and other powerful beasts to ascend to godhood with help from Xuan Ming and Gu Yuena. Bibi Dong, Bo Saixi, and others also ascended as the world’s limits broke, and Xuan Ming’s divine origin raised several of them to God King while Qian Renxue was forcibly brought to the Divine Realm and empowered.

• Gu Yuena removed the Soul Beast Clan’s tribulation shackles as Douluo Star began evolving, and Di Tian, the Snow Empress, the Ice Empress, and the Demon Empress ascended to become First-Level Gods with Xuan Ming and Gu Yuena’s aid.
• Bibi Dong sensed Douluo Star’s ascension, opened her divine gate, and left for the Divine Realm, while Qian Renxue stayed behind in the Angel Temple, uncertain how to face Xuan Ming.
• Bo Saixi and the women gathered at Sea God Island activated their inherited Godheads and entered their gates of ascension to reach the Divine Realm.
• Xuan Ming and Gu Yuena infused the newly ascended gods with God King origin, raising Bo Saixi, Xiao Wu, and Hu Liena to God King.
• Xuan Ming’s power forcibly drew Qian Renxue through the planar barrier and raised her to God King, while Shui Bing’er, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others reached peak First-Level God.

The Ice Dragon King took Xuan Ming away from the newly ascended goddesses and gave him a chance to rest, then discussed his complicated relationship with Qian Renxue. Left to face the situation herself, Qian Renxue retreated to the former Angel Temple, where the Ice Dragon King came to speak with her about Xuan Ming.

• The Ice Dragon King whisked Xuan Ming away before Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, Bo Saixi, Xiao Wu, and the other goddesses arrived, leaving Gu Yuena to face them.
• Gu Yuena gathered the goddesses in a palace, but Qian Renxue left alone without joining their discussion.
• The Ice Dragon King brought Xuan Ming to her former territory and comforted him as he rested beside a waterfall.
• Xuan Ming told the Ice Dragon King he hoped Qian Renxue could let go of her obsession, though he believed her feelings were deeply tangled with resentment and jealousy.
• The Ice Dragon King suggested that Xuan Ming and Qian Renxue could be like the two of them, then went to find Qian Renxue at the former Angel Temple.
• Qian Renxue questioned what to do with her life, and the Ice Dragon King began a conversation with her about Xuan Ming.

The Ice Dragon King urged Qian Renxue to let go of Xuan Ming and find her own purpose, while the goddesses discussed the Divine Realm’s future and Xuan Ming gave the Goddess of Life a power that could overturn a fundamental rule. After Xuan Ming finally rested, the Ice Dragon King surprised him by asking when he planned to have a child.

• The Ice Dragon King explained that Xuan Ming pushed Qian Renxue away because he could not reconcile his gratitude to her with his grievances against her family, and urged her to move on.
• Gu Yuena, Bibi Dong, Bo Saixi, and the others debated how to resolve their relationships with Xuan Ming, until Bibi Dong used evil-thought divine power to declare that he would be hers that night.
• The Goddess of Kindness and the Goddess of Life asked Xuan Ming to help manage the changed Divine Realm, but he refused and said he only wanted to rest.
• Xuan Ming gave the Goddess of Life a white mark that could negate the rule preventing her and the God of Destruction from having children.
• The Ice Dragon King asked Xuan Ming when he planned to have a child, leaving him stunned.

After the Ice Dragon King helped Xuan Ming face his fears about having children, Qian Renxue asked what kind of relationship he wanted with her. Xuan Ming admitted he wanted her to be happy and could not bear to lose her, but Qian Renxue chose to stay and vowed never to give up on him before leaving.

• The Ice Dragon King explained that Xuan Ming feared children would create painful divisions among the women around him, then comforted him and urged him not to rush.
• Xuan Ming woke to find Qian Renxue waiting for him, and she asked whether he wanted them to be friends, siblings, strangers, or something else.
• Xuan Ming described how betrayal had changed him and said he wanted Qian Renxue to be happy, but could not bear for her to leave.
• Qian Renxue embraced Xuan Ming, said she would stay with him for now, and insisted they could continue as they had before.
• Qian Renxue vowed never to give up, bit Xuan Ming's shoulder, and vanished in a streak of golden light.

Xuan Ming returned from the Divine Realm to Moonlight Pavilion and reunited with Tang Yuehua after more than ten years apart. Seeing her fear that time had left them unequal, he restored her youth and made her a deity, leaving her stunned by his decision.

• The Ice Dragon King explained that Qian Renxue needed Xuan Ming to ask her to stay, and urged him to return to the mortal realm to see Tang Yuehua.
• Xuan Ming and the Ice Dragon King descended to Douluo Continent and found Heaven Dou City peacefully integrated into the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Xuan Ming entered Moonlight Pavilion and embraced Tang Yuehua, who had spent more than ten years longing for and worrying about him.
• Tang Yuehua pulled away, distressed by her aging appearance beside Xuan Ming's unchanged youth.
• Xuan Ming used Divine Power to restore Tang Yuehua to her prime and elevate her into a deity, telling her she could not refuse.

Tang Yuehua told Xuan Ming how the Clear Sky Sect’s remnants fled overseas, and how Yu Xiaogang’s schemes led to his execution in the Sun Moon Empire. Tang San remained confined after Yu Xiaogang’s death, while Tang Yuehua asked Xuan Ming for help with the sect.

• Tang Yuehua explained that the weakened Clear Sky Sect fled to Sea God Island, where Yu Xiaogang’s demands angered Bo Saixi and got him expelled; Tang San left with him.
• Tang Yuehua said Liu Erlong found Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect at sea and brought them to the Sun Moon Empire, where Tang San joined the Royal Soul Guidance Institute and became engaged to Xu Hong’s granddaughter.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to persuade the Sun Moon Emperor to attack the Spirit Hall Empire, but Tang San refused and said he wanted a peaceful life.
• Xu Hong had Tang San confined and ordered Yu Xiaogang and the surviving Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan agitators imprisoned; he later secretly ordered Yu Xiaogang executed.
• Tang Yuehua told Xuan Ming that Yu Xiaogang had been like a father to Tang San.

Tang Yuehua asked Xuan Ming to spare the innocent relatives and clanspeople imprisoned after Tang San’s failed assassination attempt, and he agreed to intervene. At the imperial assembly hall, Xuan Ming overruled calls for mass executions and announced he would take the prisoners away.

• Tang Yuehua told Xuan Ming that Tang San had attempted to assassinate Xu Hong, prompting the Sun Moon Empire to arrest the Clear Sky Sect and the Four Single-Attribute Clans.
• Tang Yuehua explained that Bai Chenxiang had shared the prisoners’ suffering with her and pleaded for Xuan Ming to spare the innocent.
• Xuan Ming brought Tang Yuehua to Spirit City, where Ning Fengzhi argued against executing the prisoners and warned that indiscriminate killing would breed madness and hatred.
• Xuan Ming entered the assembly hall, stopped the officials’ debate, and agreed with Ning Fengzhi that the empire did not need more bloodshed.
• Xuan Ming announced that he would take Tang San, the Clear Sky Sect prisoners, and the Four Single-Attribute Clans with him.

Xuan Ming ordered the Spirit Hall Empire to unite with the Sun Moon Empire and establish the Douluo Federation, then accompanied Tang Yuehua to the prison holding the Clear Sky Sect. While Tang Yuehua reunited with her relatives, Xuan Ming learned that Shrek Academy had dissolved and asked Ning Fengzhi about its former students.

• Xuan Ming announced the creation of the Douluo Federation and a general amnesty, and the officials accepted his decree.
• Ning Fengzhi led Xuan Ming and Tang Yuehua to the abandoned prison where the Clear Sky Sect members were held under threat of collective punishment.
• Tang Yuehua went to the Clear Sky Sect cell, where her relatives recognized her and cried out for help.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xuan Ming that Shrek Academy had disbanded after the Heaven Dou Imperial Family merged with the Spirit Hall Empire, and that Flender and Liu Erlong had gone to the Sun Moon Continent.
• Ning Fengzhi reported that Oscar had become a Soul Saint in Vast Sea City, Ma Hongjun had gone to the Sun Moon Continent after improving his cultivation, and Dai Mubai had died during the Star Luo succession struggle.

Xuan Ming empowered Bai Chenxiang and Ning Fengzhi as Divine Officers, tasking them with helping build a united Douluo Federation within one hundred years. He returned to the Divine Realm, where Bibi Dong questioned him about his sudden departure.

• Xuan Ming offered Bai Chenxiang a chance to save the Clear Sky Sect, and she accepted.
• Xuan Ming raised Bai Chenxiang to Divine Officer and made her the Angel God's apostle, ordering her to gather the Clear Sky Sect's remaining members and other forces.
• Xuan Ming evolved Ning Fengzhi's Martial Soul into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and raised him to Divine Officer.
• Xuan Ming gave Ning Fengzhi one hundred years to establish a united, prosperous Douluo Federation, and Ning Fengzhi vowed to succeed.
• Xuan Ming returned to the Divine Realm, and Bibi Dong asked where he had gone after sensing the Divine Realm's power fluctuate.

After Xuan Ming returned to the Divine Realm, Bibi Dong carried him to her residence and acted on the feelings she had suppressed for years. Their divine power shook the realm until the Goddess of Life helped contain it, while she and the God of Destruction realized the Negation Rule might resolve their inability to have children.

• Xuan Ming offered to promote Yue Guan and Gui Mei to Divine Officers, but Bibi Dong said it could wait and carried him to her divine residence.
• Bibi Dong tore Xuan Ming's robe and kissed him, and their intertwined divine powers shook the Asura divine residence.
• Qian Renxue sensed the commotion, angrily accused Bibi Dong of being shameless, then returned to the Angel Temple without confronting them.
• The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life felt the divine-power disturbance, and the Goddess of Life sent a Leaf of Life to quiet it.
• The Goddess of Life wondered whether the Negation Rule mark could let them have children, and she and the God of Destruction sealed off the Forest of Life to begin trying.

Xuan Ming discussed the Divine Realm’s future and his guilt over the women who loved him with Bibi Dong, who urged him to stop hiding and face them. After reassuring him about her reconciliation with Xue'er, Bibi Dong sent him to visit the Angel God, whose temple he found wrecked.

• Bibi Dong told Xuan Ming that the former Asura God and Sea God Poseidon had left the Divine Realm, while Destruction proposed a Great Domain Plan and the God Kings wanted Xuan Ming to approve new rules.
• Xuan Ming agreed to attend the committee meeting and leave the details to the others, while reflecting on his guilt over accepting the affection of several women.
• Bibi Dong told Xuan Ming that the women stayed because they loved him, not because of the power he had granted them, and encouraged him to repay his emotional debts.
• Bibi Dong warned Xuan Ming that the Angel God had noticed his return and was likely angry, then reassured him that Xue'er had let go of the past and had sent Qian Daoliu's soul to be reincarnated.
• Xuan Ming went to the Angel Temple and found its hall wrecked, with shattered vases, torn curtains, overturned furniture, and sword marks across the floor.

Xuan Ming reconciled with Qian Renxue after she confronted him over borrowing her Divine Power, then explained his plans for the Douluo Federation and the women in his life. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue demanding to know why he would not sleep with her yet.

• Qian Renxue confronted Xuan Ming with the Angel Holy Sword, but lowered it and clung to him after he apologized.
• Xuan Ming explained that he had lent her Divine Power to Bai Chenxiang and Ning Fengzhi to support the Douluo Federation and spread faith in the Angel God.
• Xuan Ming explained Bai Chenxiang's connection to Tang Yuehua and teased Qian Renxue about how her past arrangements had introduced him to several women.
• Qian Renxue agreed to help the federation and then pressed Xuan Ming to reveal which woman he planned to sleep with next.
• Xuan Ming said he could not sleep with Qian Renxue for now, leaving her furious and demanding to know why.

Xuan Ming refused Qian Renxue’s advances because he had just been with Bibi Dong, sparking an argument over why he had accepted Bibi Dong but rejected her. They turned to the future of the Douluo Federation, where Xuan Ming proposed placing the Angel God and Sea God beneath him to unite their followers under one faith while preserving healthy competition.

• Xuan Ming stopped Qian Renxue from kissing him and said he could not be with her so soon after being with Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue accused Xuan Ming of treating her feelings unfairly, especially after he claimed he had been passive with Bibi Dong.
• Xuan Ming redirected the discussion to the Douluo Federation, and Qian Renxue identified the competing influence of the Death God, Angel God, Asura God, and Sea God on Douluo Star.
• Xuan Ming proposed establishing himself as the supreme source of faith, with the Angel God and Sea God serving as subordinate deities whose followers could coexist and compete within the federation.
• Qian Renxue accepted the responsibility of managing the Angel God Church and cooperating with the Sea God’s faction.

Xuan Ming chose the title Heaven and brought Qian Renxue to the Sea God's residence before the group planned to address Douluo Star's faith and federal restructuring. There, he discovered the goddesses were playing cards to decide the order in which they would sleep with him, leaving him stunned when Ice Empress explained she had lost and would have to wait until last.

• Qian Renxue proposed that Xuan Ming take the title God of Creation and Order, but he chose Heaven because mortals could understand and revere it.
• Xuan Ming told Qian Renxue to prepare to meet the others, and she insisted on accompanying him despite their awkward relationships.
• Xuan Ming and Qian Renxue arrived at the Sea God's residence and found the goddesses playing cards, with the Ice Dragon King dealing.
• Xiao Wu demanded a card inspection after suspecting Zi JI of winning too often, but the Ice Dragon King found nothing wrong.
• Ice Empress told Xuan Ming that the group was gambling to determine the order in which they would sleep with him, and that she had lost all her chips and would go last.

Xuan Ming returned to Douluo Star with Qian Renxue and Bo Saixi after discussing the Douluo Federation and the promotion of Sea God Island’s guardians. He found Ning Fengzhi and the gathered officials ready to welcome them, as the federation’s formation had transformed the continent over the past year.

• Xuan Ming fled the Sea God's hall, where the goddesses had been jokingly arguing over him, and Bo Saixi explained that the game was meant to ease his guilt and distance from them.
• Xuan Ming told Bo Saixi that Douluo Star would unite under Heaven, with Bo Saixi and Qian Renxue overseeing the oceans and land; Bo Saixi agreed to cooperate.
• Bo Saixi explained that Gu Yuena had gone to the Dragon Tomb with Di Tian and the Fire Dragon King to use dragon bones and souls to create a new generation of dragons.
• Bo Saixi asked Xuan Ming for permission to raise Xiao Bai to the Divine Beast realm, and Xuan Ming also authorized her to promote the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians into Divine Officers.
• Xuan Ming returned to Douluo Star with Qian Renxue and Bo Saixi, where Ning Fengzhi and the officials welcomed them at the Federal Parliament Building after a year of federation reforms.

Xuan Ming established the Douluo Federation under Heaven’s authority, then convened the Divine Realm’s leaders to discuss new operating rules. The God of Destruction proposed merging weaker Divine Realms, while Xuan Ming challenged the old rule that gods should stay out of mortal affairs.

• Ning Fengzhi and the old powers cooperated with Xuan Ming’s reforms, and the industry representative system was implemented with limited privileged seats for nobles and sects.
• Xuan Ming declared the Douluo Federation established and placed its laws under Heaven, with Qian Renxue governing the sky and light and Bo Saixi overseeing the seas and storms.
• The people across both continents submitted to Xuan Ming’s decree, and their faith converged as Qian Renxue and Bo Saixi displayed their divine power.
• Xuan Ming returned to the Divine Realm and invited its gods to establish rules for its new order.
• The God of Destruction proposed the Great God Realm Plan to connect and merge weaker Divine Realms, while the Godess of Kindness and the God of Evil argued for preserving the ban on divine interference in mortal realms.
• Xuan Ming called the noninterference doctrine outdated, arguing that stronger mortal planes could withstand divine power and asking whether the gods were bored with their idle lives.

Xuan Ming reorganized the Divine Realm by assigning gods to guide and protect mortal planes, giving them work and helping them remain independent. As the Ice Dragon King praised his motives and raised the need for a new name, Xuan Ming left the Divine Realm’s title undecided while warning that its expansion could bring encounters or conflicts with other divine civilizations.

• Xuan Ming abolished the rule against gods interfering in mortal affairs and established a system for gods to guide civilizations and intervene in severe crises.
• Xuan Ming assigned Destruction, Life, Bibi Dong, Gu Yuena, Kindness, and Evil responsibilities for building the Great God Realm, assessing planes, enforcing divine conduct, supporting Soul Beasts, and training gods.
• The gods accepted their assignments and left to prepare for the plan to descend to mortal realms.
• The Ice Dragon King confronted Xuan Ming about using the plan partly to ease tensions in his harem, and he explained that he wanted his partners to have independent lives and pursuits.
• The Ice Dragon King asked Xuan Ming to name the expanded Divine Realm, but he left the decision to others; she warned that expansion could lead to encounters and clashes with other divine civilizations.

After discussing whether to claim a Godhood, Xuan Ming went beyond the Divine Realm to draw power directly from the universe and forge his own authority. The Divine Realm’s God Kings detected his explosive power outside the barrier and realized it was Xuan Ming.

• The Ice Dragon King warned Xuan Ming that without a Godhood, he lacked the Divine Realm’s support, but he resisted taking on its responsibilities and restraints.
• The Ice Dragon King reminded Xuan Ming that he already led and protected the Divine Realm, and he agreed to condense a Godhood later.
• Xuan Ming left the Divine Realm and concluded that forging a Godhood from its reserves could drain its origin, so he sought power directly from the universe.
• Xuan Ming unleashed his power of Negation and Reconstruction, carving out a white domain in the chaotic void.
• Kindness, Evil, Destruction, and Life detected an immense energy reaction beyond the Divine Realm’s barrier, and the Goddess of Life identified it as Xuan Ming.

After ten thousand years in the void, Xuan Ming awakened with his Primordial Beginning Godhood and returned to the Divine Realm, where Gu Yuena explained the scale and danger of his achievement. He learned that Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue had descended to other mortal realms to fight atrocities, and the chapter left him asking where they had gone.

• Xuan Ming emerged from his cocoon after ten thousand years and discovered he had completed the Primordial Beginning Godhood.
• Xuan Ming returned to the Divine Realm, where Gu Yuena and the God Kings welcomed him and Gu Yuena explained that his new authority had mastered the universe's rules.
• Xuan Ming asked where Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and the others were, and the Goddess of Life said they had descended to the lower realms.
• The God of Destruction explained that Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue had spent more than ten years punishing evil and protecting people from atrocities in other mortal realms.

Xuan Ming learned that Huo Yuhao was trying to replace the Soul Ring Cycle System with Soul Spirits and decided to visit Douluo Star to assess him. Before leaving, he met Yan Ling'er, the child of the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction, and discovered she possessed a nascent Creation Godhead.

• Gu Yuena told Xuan Ming that Huo Yuhao had created the Soul Spirit System and that the Angel God Church and Sea God Church were trying to suppress and put him on trial.
• Xuan Ming decided to visit Douluo Star and see whether Huo Yuhao could withstand Heaven's gaze.
• Yan Ling'er rushed into the God Realm Committee and called Xuan Ming her uncle.
• Xuan Ming recognized Yan Ling'er's Creation Godhead and gave her an amulet made from Primordial Beginning Divine Power.
• Xuan Ming agreed to take Yan Ling'er and Gu Yuena to Douluo Star.

Xuan Ming appeared at the Lake of Life with Gu Yuena and Yan Ling'er, confronting Huo Yuhao about his soul spirit system. After Huo Yuhao defended it as a more respectful future for soul beasts and soul masters, Xuan Ming praised his courage.

• Huo Yuhao questioned why the Federation had become corrupt after Ning Fengzhi and the first councilors retired, and Tian Meng explained that their successors no longer feared Heaven.
• Tian Meng sensed Heaven's arrival as an invisible ripple silenced the Lake of Life and stopped Huo Yuhao from using his soul power.
• Xuan Ming appeared with Gu Yuena and Yan Ling'er, and Tian Meng recognized them and eagerly kowtowed to Xuan Ming and the Dragon God.
• Xuan Ming revealed himself as the God of Primordial Beginning and asked Huo Yuhao whether he meant to replace the soul ring system with his soul spirit system.
• Huo Yuhao argued that soul spirits offered a symbiotic contract between equals, and Xuan Ming praised his backbone while criticizing the churches.