Recaps

Xuan Ming traveled into Sunset Forest with Dugu Bo to find a powerful lightning-attribute Soul Beast for his second Soul Ring. Dugu Bo warned him about the deadly risks of absorbing a limit Soul Ring, and the chapter ended as they spotted a creature watching them from the darkness.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin discussed Xue Qinghe, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s future, and whether Xuan Ming might be worth considering as an ally.
• After another year of cultivation, Xuan Ming reached rank twenty, and Dugu Bo examined his unusual physical and spiritual strength before agreeing to help him hunt for a Soul Ring.
• Xuan Ming asked for a fierce lightning-attribute Soul Beast, preferably a dragon or lesser dragon with dragon blood, and Dugu Bo took him into Sunset Forest without Dugu Yan and the others.
• Dugu Bo explained that Xuan Ming could safely attempt a Soul Ring under two thousand years, while a limit Soul Ring could cause death or lasting damage; he also recounted surviving a fifty-thousand-year Soul Ring himself.
• Xuan Ming said he needed strength because his bad luck could put his life at risk, and Dugu Bo criticized his sharp tongue.
• Dugu Bo noticed a pair of glowing slit pupils watching them from about a hundred meters away in the forest.

Xuan Ming risked absorbing a nearly three-thousand-year Startling Wing Thunder Python Soul Ring, then faced Dugu Bo's suspicions about his distance from Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling. Dugu Bo questioned whether Xuan Ming would seek revenge, and Xuan Ming ended their confrontation by insulting him.

• Dugu Bo stopped the Startling Wing Thunder Python's ambush and poisoned it, but Xuan Ming killed it and began absorbing its Soul Ring despite the danger.
• Xue Qinghe learned that Dugu Bo had taken Xuan Ming to hunt for a Soul Ring and reflected on Xuan Ming's extraordinary cultivation and risky control of his two streams of thought.
• After Xuan Ming woke in a treehouse, Dugu Bo confronted him about keeping emotional distance from Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling and asked whether he planned to take revenge.
• Xuan Ming pointed out that Dugu Bo could have killed him while he absorbed the Soul Ring and asked why he had not acted.
• Xuan Ming told Dugu Bo that he must have poisoned his own brains, leaving Dugu Bo asking what he meant.

Xuan Ming persuaded Dugu Bo to let him inspect the dangerous Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then used his Startling Thunder Soul Skill to descend into the valley. After explaining how he controlled the spear’s flight and protected himself with his domain, Xuan Ming approached the well, hoping to find two immortal herbs.

• Dugu Bo refused to let Xuan Ming enter his herb garden at first, but agreed to let him test the valley’s dangers from the edge.
• Xuan Ming summoned his Blood Spear and used Startling Thunder to fly down into the valley, alarming Dugu Bo.
• Xuan Ming used his domain to slow his landing and reached the valley floor safely.
• Xuan Ming explained that Startling Thunder made the Blood Spear launch forward at high speed and could carry him when he held on.
• Xuan Ming checked that his domain could withstand the energy assault and walked toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well despite Dugu Bo’s warning.

Xuan Ming ate the octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot, then plunged into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to transform their poisons. At the bottom, the Ice Dragon King and a fiery-red dragon phantom considered choosing him as a vessel, while Dugu Bo returned to find the spring calm and its bloodline suppression gone.

• Xuan Ming refused to promise Dugu Bo that he would pursue a relationship with Dugu Yan, but agreed to protect her if she was in danger.
• Xuan Ming harvested the octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot, ate them, and dove into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo waited through a day and night before bubbles and violent tremors emerged from the spring, accompanied by bloodline suppression that overwhelmed his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor.
• At the bottom of the well, the Ice Dragon King and a fiery-red phantom discussed choosing Xuan Ming, whose mutated bloodline made him akin to a dragon, as a vessel.
• The tremors stopped, and Dugu Bo returned to the calm spring, realizing the bloodline suppression had vanished.

Xuan Ming left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Bo after the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King revealed their power and chose him as their inheritor. On the way toward the Star Dou Great Forest, Xuan Ming explained his misgivings by recounting his difficult past, then said he trusted the Ice Dragon King with it because she was not human.

• Dugu Bo saw Xuan Ming emerge from the spring alive and learned that he had not been possessed by an ancient dragon soul.
• The Ice Dragon King attacked Dugu Bo with freezing dragon breath after he suggested Xuan Ming might have picked up something unclean.
• Xuan Ming told Dugu Bo that he needed to leave, and Dugu Bo arranged a carriage for him after they left the Sunset Forest.
• On the journey toward the Star Dou Great Forest, the Ice Dragon King promised not to abandon Xuan Ming and asked why he distrusted the inheritance offer.
• Xuan Ming described his hardships and explained how he stayed optimistic, then said he shared his story because the Ice Dragon King was not human.

Xuan Ming reached the Star Dou Great Forest after cultivating relentlessly, and the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King tempered his strained soul with their powers. After waking with a clearer mind, he struggled with the Ice Dragon King’s demands for an affectionate form of address and finally agreed to call her Big Sister.

• Xuan Ming traveled for seven days toward the Star Dou Great Forest while alternating his thoughts to cultivate without rest.
• The Ice Dragon King warned Xuan Ming that his relentless cultivation could damage his developing mind and soul, but he insisted he knew his limits.
• The Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King used their dragon soul powers to temper Xuan Ming’s soul with ice and fire, while his annihilation power resisted them.
• Xuan Ming passed out during the painful process and later woke with his mind feeling clear and replenished.
• The Ice Dragon King asked Xuan Ming to call her Mom, then settled for Big Sister after he resisted, and declared him her little brother.

Xuan Ming entered the Star Dou Great Forest with the Ice Dragon King guiding him, and she took possession of his body after sensing a nearby clash. She intervened to protect Ah Rou and Xiao Wu from Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei, leaving the Ice Dragon King facing the three Titled Douluo.

• Xuan Ming traveled into the Star Dou Great Forest, where the Ice Dragon King guided him through the dense terrain and drove off Soul Beasts.
• Xuan Ming cooked his jerky over a fire from his Black Dragon and shared a bite with the Ice Dragon King.
• The Ice Dragon King sensed trouble nearby and possessed Xuan Ming's body, forming an ice-crystal dragon before taking a humanoid shape.
• The Ice Dragon King arrived as Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei pursued Ah Rou and Xiao Wu, then blocked Bibi Dong's attack with an ice wall.
• Bibi Dong and her companions released their nine Soul Rings and surrounded the Ice Dragon King, who answered by firing countless icicles at them.

Xuan Ming and the Ice Dragon King escaped Bibi Dong’s attack, and the Ice Dragon King revealed that the Silver Dragon King was sleeping in the Star Dou Great Forest. After Xuan Ming got lost while trying to leave, his distrust of the Dragon Kings surfaced, leaving the Ice Dragon King demanding to know why he was angry.

• The Ice Dragon King defeated Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei long enough for Ah Rou and Xiao Wu to escape, then withdrew after the Spirit Hall group fled.
• Xuan Ming learned that the Ice Dragon King had intervened to save the transformed Soul Beasts and warned him that Bibi Dong carried a dangerous divine presence.
• The Ice Dragon King sensed the Silver Dragon King and a young dragon descendant in the forest, so she told Xuan Ming to turn back instead of traveling deeper.
• Xuan Ming lost his way while trying to leave the Star Dou Great Forest and became increasingly withdrawn as he slowly found his direction.
• Xuan Ming reflected on the Ice Dragon King’s unexplained kindness and suspected that she and the Fire Dragon King had an ulterior purpose.
• The Ice Dragon King confronted Xuan Ming, irritated by his silence, and demanded to know why he was giving her a sour face.

Xuan Ming confronted the Ice Dragon King about her deception and learned why she had brought him to the Star Dou Great Forest and wanted him to become a god. After agreeing to help her as long as she stopped lying, Xuan Ming left the forest and wondered whether Xiao Wu would still go to Nuoding City.

• Xuan Ming accused the Ice Dragon King of hiding her motives and using their bond to manipulate him.
• The Ice Dragon King explained the Divine Realm’s laws, the danger facing the dragons and Soul Beast Clan, and why she had tested the Divine Realm’s response and sought the Silver Dragon King.
• The Ice Dragon King admitted she had saved the two little rabbits as potential Soul Rings for Xuan Ming and hoped he would help the dragons in return for her aid.
• Xuan Ming agreed to help the Ice Dragon King if she stopped lying, and the Fire Dragon King revealed that her supposedly seamless excuses were the best plan she could devise.
• Two days later, Xuan Ming left the Star Dou Great Forest and considered whether Xiao Wu would still leave for Nuoding City.

Xuan Ming traveled toward Nuoding City to seek the Blue Silver Emperor's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, getting lost and robbed along the way. After reaching the city, he learned that Ah Rou and Xiao Wu were nearby and decided to meet them, while they remained wary of the powerful dragon presence that had saved them.

• Xuan Ming learned that the Ice Dragon King could not recover quickly, but she agreed that the Fire Dragon King could help if he encountered the Titled Douluo guarding the Soul Bone.
• Xuan Ming traveled toward Fasinuo Province, and the Ice Dragon King warned him that the Spirit Hall Pope was inheriting an evil god's legacy.
• After two months of getting lost, being robbed, and losing his carriage, Xuan Ming reached Nuoding City and learned that Ah Rou and Xiao Wu were approaching.
• The Ice Dragon King revealed that she had marked Ah Rou and Xiao Wu and had concealed their presence, while Xuan Ming said he wanted to see them.
• Ah Rou and Xiao Wu hid near the hotel, and Xiao Wu asked whether the powerful dragon that had saved them was a Soul Beast.

Xuan Ming asked Ah Rou and Xiao Wu to sacrifice themselves for two hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings, then threatened to hunt Da Ming and Er Ming if they refused. After Ah Rou agreed, he promised to spare the two beast kings if she honored their agreement.

• The Ice Dragon King tried to persuade Ah Rou and Xiao Wu to sacrifice themselves, but Ah Rou threatened to self-detonate and Xiao Wu stood by her.
• Xuan Ming took control and calmly told them he would hunt Da Ming and Er Ming if they refused, then left without demanding an immediate answer.
• Xuan Ming explained to the Ice Dragon King that he treated strangers politely unless they showed him malice.
• Xuan Ming visited Nuoding City's Spirit Hall, learned Tang San had awakened Blue Silver Grass and would likely arrive within a month, and planned to wait for Tang San's trip to the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Xuan Ming asked Ah Rou whether she had decided, and she agreed to sacrifice herself if he spared Da Ming and Er Ming; he promised to keep his word.

Xuan Ming explained why he valued Ah Rou and Xiao Wu’s sacrifices, then began training with Xiao Wu outside Nuoding City. After repeatedly sparring with him, Xiao Wu became more comfortable around him and continued following him to cultivate.

• Xuan Ming told Ah Rou that he would let her and Xiao Wu decide who sacrificed first, and said he did not need their sacrifices yet.
• Xiao Wu followed Xuan Ming outside Nuoding City, asked him about his personality and appearance, and then agreed to fight him.
• Xiao Wu used her Waist Bow Soul Skill to throw Xuan Ming, but he fought back and left her bruised and battered.
• Ah Rou worried over Xiao Wu’s injuries, and Xiao Wu claimed she had fallen before admitting that it hurt.
• In the following days, Xiao Wu followed Xuan Ming to cultivate and sparred with him regularly.

Xuan Ming returned to Nuoding City with Ah Rou and Xiao Wu, helped Xiao Wu enroll as a day student, and encountered Yu Xiaogang and Tang San at the academy. He left Ah Rou and Xiao Wu settled in a courtyard with money, while his plans to return to Heaven Dou City remained ahead.

• Xuan Ming let Xiao Wu win their spar and explained that he was leaving for Heaven Dou City, not asking her to sacrifice herself.
• Xuan Ming accompanied Ah Rou and Xiao Wu to Nuoding Academy, where Yu Xiaogang approached him to ask about his dragon-type mutated Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang explained berserk transformation to Tang San after Xuan Ming refused to reveal his Martial Soul.
• Xuan Ming warned Xiao Wu to stay cautious around Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, then used his Heaven Dou Royal Academy student badge to arrange for Xiao Wu to attend as a day student.
• Xuan Ming returned with Ah Rou and Xiao Wu to their courtyard and gave them over two thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Xuan Ming left Xiao Wu and Ah Rou after teaching Xiao Wu how to tie hair, then traveled to the hidden chamber behind a waterfall and retrieved the Blue Silver Emperor's Soul Bone. He also took the Blue Silver Emperor plant to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Xue Qinghe ordered a search party to bring Xuan Ming back alive or dead.

• Xuan Ming gave Xiao Wu and Ah Rou gold, taught Xiao Wu his hairstyles, and left after sharing a meal with them.
• Xuan Ming traveled to a hidden chamber behind a waterfall and found the Blue Silver Emperor's Soul Bone in a concealed box.
• Xuan Ming put the Soul Bone in his Soul Tool and dug up the Blue Silver Emperor plant to take her to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Snake Lance Douluo told Xue Qinghe that someone resembling Xuan Ming had been seen inside Star Luo territory.
• Xue Qinghe ordered two Titled Douluo to find Xuan Ming and bring him back, alive or dead.

Xuan Ming returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after months away and reunited with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Xue Qinghe. Dugu Yan arranged a fight between him and Yu Tianheng so they could see his powerful second soul ring, leaving the students stunned before the battle began.

• Xue Qinghe learned Xuan Ming had returned voluntarily and found him at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Xuan Ming ate with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, then revealed that he had visited Aolai City while traveling back.
• Dugu Yan asked Xuan Ming to demonstrate his second soul ring and challenged Yu Tianheng to fight him.
• Xuan Ming and Yu Tianheng introduced themselves on the Soul Fighting platform, and Xuan Ming revealed a thousand-year second soul ring.
• The students were shocked by Xuan Ming's purple soul ring, while Yu Tianheng tried to steady himself before the fight.

Xuan Ming defeated Yu Tianheng in a spar, then clashed with Qian Renxue over his loyalty and her plan to use him to bind the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to Xue Qinghe. The chapter ended with Xuan Ming rejecting her request to win over Ning Rongrong and bluntly challenging her feelings and motives.

• Xuan Ming overwhelmed Yu Tianheng with his Blood Spear until Meng Shenji stopped the spar, and Yu Tianheng admitted defeat.
• Xuan Ming demonstrated the destructive power of his Thousand-Year Soul Skill by blasting a crater into the training-ground wall.
• Zhi Lin remarked on Xuan Ming's combat training, and Xue Qinghe credited his own efforts while noting Snake Lance Douluo had instructed him.
• Qian Renxue confronted Xuan Ming for leaving without telling her, but he accused her of distrusting him and treating him as a tool.
• Qian Renxue asked Xuan Ming to gain Ning Rongrong's favor so the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would remain aligned with Xue Qinghe.
• Xuan Ming challenged Qian Renxue's sincerity and rejected her attempt to direct his conduct.

Xuan Ming absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone, then clashed with Xue Qinghe over his disappearance and the Crown Prince’s attempts to control how he behaved. As they headed to meet Ning, Xuan Ming accused Xue Qinghe of disguising self-interest as concern and rejected the idea that enduring mistreatment would benefit him.

• After leaving Qian Renxue’s residence, Xuan Ming planted the Blue Silver Emperor and spent four days absorbing her Soul Bone in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The Ice Dragon King explained that the Soul Bone strengthened Xuan Ming and let him sense the Blue Silver Emperor, and offered to help conceal their connection using dragon bones’ power.
• Xuan Ming returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Xue Qinghe reprimanded him for leaving without notice; Xuan Ming answered with deliberate, dismissive remarks.
• On the way to meet Ning at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Xuan Ming defended his resentment over Ning’s earlier test and challenged Xue Qinghe for defending him.
• Xuan Ming accused Xue Qinghe of pretending that hardship and mistreatment were for his own good, insisting that yielding would only invite others to push him further.

Xuan Ming traveled with Xue Qinghe to Seven Treasure City, where Ning Fengzhi welcomed them and hosted a meal. He reluctantly soothed Ning Rongrong when she nearly cried over his refusal to share his food, and she began asking him about his meal.

• Xuan Ming challenged Xue Qinghe's demand for obedience, and Xue Qinghe fell silent when he explained that feigned compliance would make him less trustworthy.
• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Xue Qinghe and Xuan Ming to Seven Treasure City and led them to a restaurant after learning Xuan Ming had not eaten for several days.
• Gu Rong and Chen Xin argued over who was more handsome while Ning Rongrong tried to avoid choosing between them.
• Ning Fengzhi introduced Ning Rongrong to Xuan Ming, but Xuan Ming told her to go play elsewhere and continued eating.
• Ning Rongrong pointed to Xuan Ming's shrimp and said she was hungry, so Xuan Ming gave her unpeeled shrimp and kept eating.
• When Ning Rongrong looked ready to cry, Xue Qinghe stopped Xuan Ming, who peeled a shrimp and fed it to her before returning to his meal.

Xuan Ming stayed with Xue Qinghe at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Rongrong grew close to him while the adults learned about his unusual two streams of thought. On a nighttime walk, Xuan Ming told Rongrong that he cultivated because he had no choice and might not survive otherwise, leaving her unable to help him.

• Ning Rongrong peeled shrimp for Xuan Ming and fed him, then shared food with Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Xue Qinghe so the meal ended peacefully.
• Xue Qinghe explained that Xuan Ming’s Martial Soul mutation had given him two fully focused streams of thought, and Gu Rong learned that threatening him could make him risk his life.
• Xue Qinghe stayed overnight at the sect, and Xuan Ming accompanied Ning Rongrong on a walk through Seven Treasure City before she led him to the quiet rear mountain.
• Ning Rongrong asked about Xuan Ming’s life at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and he said he spent his time cultivating and controlling his Martial Souls.
• Xuan Ming told Ning Rongrong that he cultivated because he might not live to see the next day without it, rejected her offer of help, and resumed cultivating as she leaned against him.

Xuan Ming spent several days training Ning Rongrong, who grew attached to him and gave him valuable gifts before he left. Back at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he resumed cultivation as a full-fledged student and stopped attending the basic academic classes.

• Ning Rongrong tried to kiss Xuan Ming, but he stopped her and told her to cultivate.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong watched over Ning Rongrong and discussed her interest in Xuan Ming and the possible benefits to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xuan Ming trained Ning Rongrong from morning until evening for several days, and Ning Fengzhi considered what his talent and connections could mean for the sect.
• Ning Rongrong said goodbye to Xuan Ming and asked when she could visit him, then admitted she had followed him because she wanted to play with him.
• Xuan Ming told Xue Qinghe that Ning Rongrong had given him expensive gifts, and explained that he had complained about Xue Qinghe to bond with her as a fellow sufferer.
• Xuan Ming returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where his rank and completed coursework meant he no longer attended his previous academic classes.

Xue Qinghe took Xuan Ming to the Moonlight Pavilion so Tang Yuehua could teach him etiquette and help him manage his dangerous Martial Soul and emotional strain. After examining Xuan Ming, Tang Yuehua judged his distrust and psychological pressure to be far more severe than Xue Qinghe had realized, and began by ordering him to stop cultivating.

• Xue Qinghe ended Xuan Ming's sparring lesson and insisted on taking him to the Moonlight Pavilion for monthly instruction.
• Xue Qinghe explained that Xuan Ming's Black Dragon Martial Soul and accumulated pressure had caused increasingly dangerous Berserk Transformations.
• Tang Yuehua tested her calming domain on Xuan Ming, found that it had no effect, and told Xue Qinghe that his condition was worse than described.
• Tang Yuehua concluded that Xuan Ming distrusted others and resisted their approaches, and warned Xue Qinghe to reduce whatever was provoking him.
• Tang Yuehua took Xuan Ming to a private room and told him his first requirement was to stop cultivating.

Tang Yuehua taught Xuan Ming to rest and recognized that Xue Qinghe was the source of his pressure, advising her to keep her distance and rebuild trust gradually. Five years later, Xuan Ming began absorbing a twenty-thousand-year Ghost Shadow Leopard’s Soul Ring as his fourth Soul Ring, alarming Snake Lance Douluo.

• Tang Yuehua let Xuan Ming sleep for two days and instructed him to rest and learn without cultivating during his visits.
• Tang Yuehua taught Xuan Ming posture and manners over several days each month, then concluded after half a year that Xue Qinghe was causing his pressure.
• Tang Yuehua urged Xue Qinghe to give Xuan Ming space, and Xue Qinghe reluctantly agreed that rushing to gain his trust would backfire.
• Tang Yuehua warned Xue Qinghe that Xuan Ming understood his circumstances and that apparent resistance might leave him no other choice.
• Five years later, Xuan Ming began absorbing the twenty-thousand-year Soul Ring of a Ghost Shadow Leopard, and Snake Lance Douluo returned to find him doing so.

After Xuan Ming absorbed a twenty-thousand-year Ghost Shadow Leopard Soul Ring, he demonstrated the destructive power of his fourth Soul Skill and traveled with Qian Renxue toward Suotuo City. They arrived in the city and began looking for lodging, ending up at the Rose Hotel.

• Qian Renxue and Snake Lance Douluo waited anxiously as Xuan Ming spent a full day absorbing the Ghost Shadow Leopard's Soul Ring.
• Xuan Ming emerged with his fourth Soul Skill, Blood Shadow Strangulation, and destroyed a hill with four Blood Spear phantoms.
• Xuan Ming said he wanted to travel, and he and Qian Renxue returned briefly to Aolai City before heading for Suotuo City.
• Xuan Ming and Qian Renxue explored Suotuo City, where he urged her to disguise herself because she was drawing attention.
• Snake Lance Douluo pointed out the Rose Hotel, and Qian Renxue grabbed Xuan Ming and led him inside.

Xuan Ming and Qian Renxue checked into the Rose Hotel, where Xuan Ming defeated Dai Mubai and revealed his extraordinary Soul Ring configuration. After Dai Mubai recognized him as the famous Blood-Devouring Nether Dragon, Qian Renxue discussed Xuan Ming’s reputation and status with him, and the chapter ended with her taking offense at his remark about exalted status not preventing someone from being killed.

• Qian Renxue pulled Xuan Ming into the Rose Hotel and insisted they stay together despite the clerk claiming only one room was available.
• Dai Mubai arrived with twin sisters, challenged Xuan Ming over the room, and failed to break through Xuan Ming’s invisible defense with his attacks and Soul Skill.
• Xuan Ming revealed four Soul Rings—yellow, purple, purple, and black—leaving Dai Mubai, the twins, and the hotel manager shocked.
• Dai Mubai recognized Xuan Ming as the Blood-Devouring Nether Dragon and left with the twins, while the manager offered Xuan Ming and Qian Renxue free lodging.
• Qian Renxue praised Xuan Ming’s reputation as the Nether Domain Dragon Emperor, and Xuan Ming dismissed status as no protection against being beaten or killed.

Xuan Ming left Qian Renxue to avoid her advances and planned to test his dangerous Ring Devouring technique on Tang Hao. While waiting for Tang San to reach Suotuo City, he consolidated his Soul Power, but Qian Renxue found him again at dinner.

• Xuan Ming left Qian Renxue after accusing her of putting him in an uncomfortable position, then checked with the Ice Dragon King that Xiao Wu and the others were heading toward Suotuo City.
• Xuan Ming explained that his Blood Spear devoured external blood Qi and Soul Power, and that its growing strength was becoming difficult to control.
• Xuan Ming described how he had developed Ring Devouring by consuming the power of his Soul Rings, and decided to seek Tang Hao to compare it with Ring Detonation.
• Xuan Ming waited in Suotuo City and consolidated his Soul Power while preparing to test his strength.
• Qian Renxue arrived at the Suotuo Grand Hotel with an icy little girl and confronted Xuan Ming for abandoning her, while he told her he showed manners only to people who deserved them.