Recaps

Tang San treated Xiao Yan’s poison by forcing the venom from his meridians and using medicinal herbs to draw out the poison hidden in his body. He left Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to watch over Xiao Yan for four hours while the treatment continued.

• Tang San asked Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to prepare tubs of water and firewood, then began treating Xiao Yan alone.
• Tang San used the Mysterious Heaven Skill and a silver needle to drive the poison in Xiao Yan’s dantian into a vial.
• Tang San placed Xiao Yan in a heated medicinal bath, which drew more poison from his body through his pores.
• Tang San told Flender and Zhu Zhuqing that the water temperature needed to stay constant for four hours while the remaining poison was expelled.
• Tang San left with the vial of venom, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong stayed with Xiao Yan.

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong washed and dressed the unconscious Xiao Yan after Tang San confirmed his toxins had been purged. Oscar later watched over him until Grandmaster arrived at night and took his place, leaving the reason for his examination of Xiao Yan unclear.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong realized Xiao Yan needed to be moved into clean water and, despite their embarrassment, washed him and put his clothes back on.
• Oscar relieved Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong before dinner, and the others found Xiao Yan breathing more steadily though he remained unconscious.
• Tang San explained that Xiao Yan still needed to rest because medicinal power remained in his body.
• Grandmaster returned at night and persuaded Oscar to leave and rest before training began again.
• Grandmaster examined Xiao Yan at the bedside and gently touched his chest.

Grandmaster investigated Xiao Yan’s unconscious state and concluded that his Second Martial Soul was using Mental Power rather than Soul Power to remain fused with him. As Grandmaster began separating it, a severed portion fused into his own body and broke the level-thirty limit that had confined him.

• Grandmaster examined Xiao Yan and realized that his Second Martial Soul had stayed fused while Xiao Yan was unconscious without consuming his Soul Power.
• Grandmaster concluded that Xiao Yan’s Mental Power was sustaining the fusion and that separating the Second Martial Soul could wake him.
• Grandmaster applied spirit liquid and used Soul Power to separate the Martial Soul from Xiao Yan’s right arm.
• A pitch-black severed arm rose above Xiao Yan’s arm, and Grandmaster touched it.
• The black arm fused into Grandmaster, invigorating his Soul Power and breaking through his level-thirty limit.

Grandmaster used the spirit liquid from Xiao Yan’s Second Martial Soul to break through his level-thirty limit, then hid his conflicted actions while treating Xiao Yan. After Xiao Yan’s toxins were cleared, Tang San encountered Dugu Bo, who confirmed the cure and demanded to know how it was done.

• Grandmaster discovered that the spirit liquid had broken his cultivation limit, but struggled with the temptation to claim Xiao Yan’s Second Martial Soul for himself.
• Grandmaster kept Xiao Yan unconscious while balancing his Soul Power, then told Shrek’s members that Xiao Yan’s toxins were gone and announced training would resume the next day.
• Tang San went into Heaven Dou City to find a blacksmith, while Xiao Wu stayed behind to cultivate.
• Dugu Bo confronted Tang San and challenged his claim that he had cured Xiao Yan.
• Dugu Bo checked Xiao Yan at Shrek Academy, confirmed the toxins had been cleared, and asked Tang San how he had done it.

Tang San challenged Dugu Bo over the poison afflicting him and Dugu Yan, then agreed to help in exchange for Dugu Bo’s protection of Shrek Academy and a favor. Dugu Bo took Tang San to his base in Sunset Forest, where Tang San discovered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and its Immortal Herbs.

• Tang San described Dugu Bo’s symptoms and warned that the poison would eventually kill him and spread to Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo offered to owe Tang San a favor and leave Shrek Academy alone if Tang San treated his granddaughter, and Tang San accepted.
• Tang San returned to Shrek Academy to tell Grandmaster he was safe, then left with Dugu Bo; Xiao Wu did not come to see him off.
• At Grandmaster’s request, the six remaining Shrek Eight Monsters began the next stage of their training while Xiao Yan remained unconscious.
• Dugu Bo brought Tang San to his Sunset Forest base, where Tang San recognized the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and the Immortal Herbs growing around it.
• Dugu Bo warned Tang San not to approach the pool, then asked him to demonstrate his abilities.

Six months after Tang San left with Dugu Bo, Shrek’s students and Grandmaster had advanced in cultivation, but Xiao Yan remained unconscious from severe damage to his Martial Soul. Tang San returned at level thirty-seven and learned of Xiao Yan’s condition, then offered medicinal herbs he had selected to help the others cultivate.

• Zhu Zhuqing visited Xiao Yan and reflected on her advancement to level thirty-two and his continued unconsciousness.
• Ning Rongrong told Zhu Zhuqing that Tang San had returned and wanted everyone to gather at the training field.
• Tang San reunited with Grandmaster and Xiao Wu, revealed that he had reached level thirty-seven, and learned that Dai Mubai was nearing level forty.
• Oscar told Tang San that Xiao Yan had not awakened, and Grandmaster explained that Dugu Bo’s attack had severely damaged Xiao Yan’s Martial Soul.
• Tang San said he would visit Xiao Yan and offered to give the others medicinal herbs he had chosen for them; Grandmaster sent Ma Hongjun to fetch Dai Mubai.

Tang San gathered the Shrek group at Liu Erlong’s old residence and distributed Immortal Herbs suited to each of them. Zhu Zhuqing tried to claim the Lovesick Heartbreak Red by thinking of Xiao Yan and spitting blood onto its petals, and the flower trembled.

• Tang San led the group to Liu Erlong’s old residence so they could absorb the Immortal Herbs without disturbance.
• Tang San gave Dai Mubai the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Oscar the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid to help their cultivation.
• Tang San handed Ma Hongjun the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and Ning Rongrong the Aromatic Silk Beauty, explaining how each herb worked.
• Tang San gave Zhu Zhuqing the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and explained that she had to focus sincerely on her beloved to pick it.
• Zhu Zhuqing remembered Xiao Yan’s past actions and his six-month sleep, then spat blood onto the flower, which trembled gently.

Tang San distributed Immortal Herbs to Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Grandmaster, and himself, and the Shrek group cultivated for three hours as their bodies and strength changed. They awoke to major breakthroughs, while Xiao Yan remained unconscious and Zhu Zhuqing still had medicinal power left for further growth.

• Zhu Zhuqing accepted and consumed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, Xiao Wu took Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, and Grandmaster accepted Tang San's Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma.
• Tang San consumed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and the group cultivated as their Immortal Herbs caused dramatic changes.
• Oscar awoke at rank thirty-eight, and Ning Rongrong reached rank thirty-seven as her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda grew from seven levels to nine.
• Tang San awoke with golden and purple light in his eyes and reacted strangely when he looked at Xiao Wu; Grandmaster then woke and left to wash.
• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai awakened amid fiery and bestial transformations, and Zhu Zhuqing reached rank forty with more medicinal power remaining.
• The group assessed their gains: Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai were rank forty, Zhu Zhuqing rank forty, Oscar rank thirty-eight, Tang San and Ning Rongrong rank thirty-seven, Ma Hongjun and Grandmaster rank thirty-six, while Xiao Yan remained unconscious.

Tang San discovered that Xiao Yan's prolonged sleep came from dormant medicinal power sealing his Soul Power, and gave Zhu Zhuqing a Nine-Heart Soul-Cleansing Glazed Lotus to help him. As Zhu Zhuqing administered the herb, the Grandmaster finished consolidating his breakthrough and resolved not to be humiliated again.

• Tang San learned that the Grandmaster had broken through level thirty, while the Shrek Eight Monsters continued cultivating to absorb their Immortal Herbs.
• Troubled by a secret he could not share, Tang San visited the sleeping Xiao Yan and used his Purple Demon Eye to find dormant medicinal power locking down Xiao Yan's Soul Power.
• Zhu Zhuqing joined Tang San and explained that she could not progress further until she obtained her fourth Soul Ring.
• Tang San gave Zhu Zhuqing the Nine-Heart Soul-Cleansing Glazed Lotus and explained how its petals and Soul Purifying Pearl could cleanse Xiao Yan and repair soul injuries.
• Zhu Zhuqing fed Xiao Yan the Nine-Heart Soul-Cleansing Glazed Lotus and guided his Soul Power as he began to absorb it.
• The Grandmaster completed his cultivation with the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma, noticed Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing were gone, and vowed never to be reduced to dust again.

After taking the Nine-Heart Soul-Cleansing Glazed Lotus, Xiao Yan awakened and urged Zhu Zhuqing to flee Shrek with him. He revealed that the Grandmaster had imprisoned his consciousness and spent six months devouring his Second Martial Soul, while the Grandmaster left the academy to carry out an undisclosed plan.

• Tang San explained that the Nine-Heart Soul-Cleansing Glazed Lotus would protect Xiao Yan from poison and leave him weak for two days, and Zhu Zhuqing stayed to watch over him.
• The Grandmaster arranged for Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to seek their fourth Soul Rings, while Ning Rongrong left to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Liu Erlong found the Grandmaster's letter and rushed out of Shrek, with Flender following; the Grandmaster watched them leave, put on a black hood, and departed as well.
• Xiao Yan awakened and told Zhu Zhuqing to leave Shrek immediately, so she carried him out of the academy and toward the outskirts of Heaven Dou City.
• Xiao Yan recalled that the Grandmaster had used spiritual liquid to confine his consciousness and had spent six months devouring his Second Martial Soul.

After waking from his half-year sleep, Xiao Yan realized Yu Xiaogang had stolen his Soul Division and was trying to kill him, so Zhu Zhuqing carried him out of Shrek Academy. As they escaped Heaven Dou City, an attacker with a Zhuge Repeating Crossbow ambushed them, and Zhu Zhuqing suspected Yu Xiaogang.

• Xiao Yan woke and resolved to flee before Yu Xiaogang could kill him, while Yu Xiaogang found his bed empty and chased after him with Luo Sanpao.
• A spy told Xue Qinghe that Liu Erlong and Flender had left Shrek, Zhu Zhuqing had carried Xiao Yan out, and Yu Xiaogang was pursuing them; Xue Qinghe decided to watch what happened.
• Zhu Zhuqing carried Xiao Yan through Heaven Dou City's south gate as he suffered severe pain from the division of his soul.
• Dai Mubai spotted a black-robed figure at the south gate and followed it out of the city.
• An attacker fired a Zhuge Repeating Crossbow at Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Yan, forcing Zhu Zhuqing to escape into the woods, where she suspected the Grandmaster.

Zhu Zhuqing confronted the Grandmaster after he tried to kill Xiao Yan, and fought him while trying to protect her unconscious companion. The Grandmaster revealed that he had stolen Xiao Yan’s Second Martial Soul and used it to break through his own limits, while hidden observers learned that Xiao Yan possessed Twin Martial Souls.

• Zhu Zhuqing left Xiao Yan hidden by a tree and charged the Grandmaster, but he dodged her Hell Stab and countered with Luo Sanpao’s poisonous mist.
• The Grandmaster told Zhu Zhuqing that Xiao Yan’s Twin Martial Souls had transformed him over the past six months.
• Xue Qinghe and his concealed companion watched from the shadows, while Dai Mubai hid nearby.
• The Grandmaster revealed a dismembered-looking black Martial Soul behind him and admitted he had taken Xiao Yan’s Second Martial Soul.
• The Grandmaster tearfully claimed he had no choice, but Zhu Zhuqing recognized his words as an excuse.

Xiao Yan confronted Grandmaster and reclaimed the Martial Soul Grandmaster had stolen, while Zhu Zhuqing helped him defeat him. Xiao Yan collapsed from the injuries caused by using Soul Power before the two-day restriction had passed.

• Grandmaster transformed Luo Sanpao and attacked Zhu Zhuqing, but she avoided its blast with her Flying God Claw.
• Xiao Yan emerged in cold white flames and declared that his bond with Grandmaster was severed.
• Xiao Yan used Cold Fire: Netherworld Lock to separate Grandmaster's Martial Soul from him and draw it back into himself.
• Xiao Yan restrained Grandmaster, allowing Zhu Zhuqing to strike with Netherworld Slash and sever his right arm and right leg.
• Xiao Yan collapsed after his meridians ruptured, and Zhu Zhuqing ran to help him as an unseen attacker launched White Tiger Fierce Light Wave.

Qian Renxue arrived with a Titled Douluo and took control of the fight, rescuing Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing after Dai Mubai attacked them. She claimed both as her people and left Grandmaster alive, saying she wanted to see another woman's reaction.

• Dai Mubai ambushed Zhu Zhuqing, then stomped on her hand and threatened to kill her while taunting Xiao Yan about her engagement to him.
• A Titled Douluo's pressure immobilized Dai Mubai and Xiao Yan as Qian Renxue entered with Elder She.
• Qian Renxue kicked Dai Mubai away and offered to save Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Yan agreed to any condition.
• Qian Renxue gave Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing potent spirit liquid, stabilizing Zhu Zhuqing's breathing, and declared them her people.
• Qian Renxue pulverized Grandmaster's severed limbs, treated his wounds, and told Elder She to leave with her.

Dai Mubai and the Grandmaster plotted to pass themselves off as victims after Qian Renxue left them behind. Flender and Liu Erlong found the mutilated Grandmaster and brought him to Shrek Academy, where Dai Mubai began recounting a deceptive version of events.

• After Qian Renxue departed with Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai considered killing the injured Grandmaster to conceal what had happened.
• The Grandmaster warned Dai Mubai that Liu Erlong and Flender would return and urged him to make them appear to be victims.
• Liu Erlong and Flender realized a letter had lured them away, then turned back toward Shrek Academy after seeing a signal firework.
• Flender and Liu Erlong found Dai Mubai carrying the mutilated Grandmaster, and Liu Erlong nearly attacked Dai Mubai before Flender stopped her.
• At Shrek Academy, Tang San stabilized the Grandmaster's injuries, and Dai Mubai began claiming that he had followed Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Yan out of the city.

Dai Mubai accused Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing of attacking him and Grandmaster, and Flender and Oscar found evidence supporting his account. Grandmaster privately told Tang San that an unknown presence had taken over Xiao Yan, concealing the truth to protect his own reputation and Dai Mubai’s position.

• Dai Mubai told the Shrek group that Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Yan had attacked him and that Zhu Zhuqing’s Netherworld Slash had grievously injured Grandmaster.
• Flender and Oscar inspected the forest and found Zhuge Repeating Crossbow bolts and traces of Xiao Yan’s Martial Soul, confirming that the battle had taken place.
• Tang San rejected Dai Mubai’s account, but Grandmaster asked everyone else to leave so he could speak with Tang San alone.
• Grandmaster told Tang San that Xiao Yan had seemed like a different person and claimed that an unknown presence had gradually taken over his body.
• Grandmaster concealed the truth about Xiao Yan’s Martial Soul and blamed the attacks on the person he said was occupying Xiao Yan’s body.

Tang San suspected Xiao Yan’s Martial Soul connected to another world but concealed his thoughts, while Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing recovered in Qian Renxue’s residence. After absorbing accumulated medicinal power, Xiao Yan broke through to level forty, and Qian Renxue returned, leaving Xiao Yan to anticipate the terms for her help.

• Tang San wondered whether Xiao Yan’s Martial Soul connected to another world and hid his suspicions from Grandmaster.
• Qian Renxue sheltered Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing in Heaven Dou City and warned them not to go out.
• Zhu Zhuqing recovered, told Xiao Yan she had chosen to leave with him, and acknowledged her feelings for him.
• Xiao Yan resolved to kill Grandmaster and Dai Mubai if they met again, while he and Zhu Zhuqing stayed inside and recovered.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the medicinal power in his body, healed his injuries, and advanced from level thirty-two to level forty in three days.
• Qian Renxue returned to the courtyard, and Xiao Yan prepared to hear what she wanted in return for saving them.

After recovering, Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing learned that Qian Renxue had investigated their backgrounds and offered them protection and resources if they joined her. Xiao Yan accepted her offer, and Qian Renxue invited them to obtain their Fourth Soul Rings.

• Qian Renxue revealed that she had investigated Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing and was impressed by Zhu Zhuqing reaching level forty at twelve and Xiao Yan possessing Twin Martial Souls.
• Qian Renxue explained that Shrek Academy, the Star Luo Imperial Family, and the Heaven Dou Empire could all pose problems for Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xiao Yan asked what Qian Renxue thought of Spirit Hall, and she warned that the Pope might target him because he had crippled Yu Xiaogang.
• Qian Renxue offered Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing protection, resources, and time to grow if they followed her.
• After Zhu Zhuqing left the decision to Xiao Yan, he accepted Qian Renxue's offer as long as her requests did not cross his bottom line.
• Qian Renxue welcomed Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing to her side and offered to take them to obtain their Fourth Soul Rings.

Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing followed Qian Renxue from Heaven Dou City into Sunset Forest to hunt Soul Beasts, where they found a Ghost Tiger suited to Zhu Zhuqing’s fourth Soul Ring. They launched a coordinated surprise attack, and the Ghost Tiger was restrained as Zhu Zhuqing’s strike hit its back.

• Qian Renxue revealed that she belonged to Spirit Hall and assured Xiao Yan that she would protect him and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Qian Renxue led Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing into Sunset Forest, driving away approaching Soul Beasts without revealing her Martial Soul.
• Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing tracked huge tiger-like footprints and spotted a Ghost Tiger that Xiao Yan estimated to be about four thousand years old.
• Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing planned a surprise attack, with Xiao Yan using Cold Fire: Netherworld Lock and Zhu Zhuqing using Netherworld Slash.
• The Ghost Tiger leaped away when attacked, but the chains caught and restrained it as Zhu Zhuqing’s black energy struck its back.

Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing killed the Ghost Tiger through coordinated attacks, and Zhu Zhuqing began absorbing its Purple Soul Ring. As Qian Renxue watched, Xiao Yan stood guard and started harvesting the beast’s corpse.

• Zhu Zhuqing wounded the Ghost Tiger with Netherworld Slash while Xiao Yan’s Netherworld Lock restrained it, but the beast broke free and sent Shadow Clones after them.
• Xiao Yan killed one Shadow Clone with an ice-crystal spear and endured the original Ghost Tiger’s attack with his Soul Armor.
• Zhu Zhuqing struck the Ghost Tiger’s exposed back wound with Netherworld Slash while Xiao Yan’s chains restrained it, killing the beast and making its remaining Shadow Clones vanish.
• Xiao Yan told Zhu Zhuqing to absorb the Ghost Tiger’s Purple Soul Ring, and she sat down to begin.
• Qian Renxue watched their victory and recognized Xiao Yan’s control as key to their success.
• Xiao Yan examined the Ghost Tiger’s corpse and began dismembering it with a dagger.

Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Ghost Tiger’s Soul Ring, broke through to level forty-three, and gained a powerful clone-based Soul Skill. As Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing searched the Sunset Forest for a suitable Soul Beast for him, Qian Renxue stopped them near an Eternal Frost Mourning Demon and warned them about the creature.

• Zhu Zhuqing’s stored medicinal power surged after she absorbed the Ghost Tiger’s Soul Ring, raising her to level forty-three.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that her fourth Soul Skill, Netherworld Shadow Clone, let her summon three combat-ready clones.
• Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing searched the forest for two days without finding a suitable Soul Beast for Xiao Yan, and used Zhu Zhuqing’s clones to escape a ten-thousand-year snake Soul Beast.
• Qian Renxue watched Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing’s teamwork and changed her arrangements for them.
• As the forest grew colder, Qian Renxue warned Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing to avoid the Eternal Frost Mourning Demon, which Elder She said was over ten thousand years old at birth.
• Qian Renxue explained that the Eternal Frost Mourning Demon emerged from places marked by intense cold and accumulated death energy, and said the Sunset Forest might have once been a great battlefield.

Xiao Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Qian Renxue investigated an Eternal Frost Mourning Demon, a rare Soul Beast whose wail disrupted thoughts and slowed Soul Power. Xiao Yan’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame proved immune to its effects and destroyed it with ease, after which its black Soul Ring fused into the flames.

• Qian Renxue explained that Eternal Frost Mourning Demons formed in frozen lands or ancient battlefields and that even their weakest Soul Rings were ten thousand years old.
• Xiao Yan persuaded Qian Renxue to let them approach the demon’s territory, where its wail began affecting Soul Power and thoughts; Xiao Yan remained unaffected by the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Xiao Yan saw the demon’s pale core flame, ice crystals, and remnant-soul phantoms as Qian Renxue described its freezing field and attacks.
• Qian Renxue struck the demon, but her attack passed through it; Zhu Zhuqing recoiled from its wail while Xiao Yan’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame melted its outer defenses.
• Xiao Yan destroyed the exposed core flame, killing the Eternal Frost Mourning Demon, and its black Soul Ring rose and fused into his flames.

Xiao Yan absorbed the Eternal Frost Mourning Demon's Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and witnessed the ancient battlefield that had brought the creature into being. After the demon dropped a Head Soul Bone, he offered it to Qian Renxue in gratitude, but she refused and told him to absorb it himself.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the Eternal Frost Mourning Demon's Soul Ring and witnessed the ancient slaughter that had created the Soul Beast.
• Xiao Yan completed the absorption, gained a black fourth Soul Ring, and sensed his new Soul Skill.
• The Eternal Frost Mourning Demon left behind a Soul Bone, which Xiao Yan recognized as a Head Soul Bone.
• Xiao Yan offered the Soul Bone to Qian Renxue to repay her for saving Zhu Zhuqing.
• Qian Renxue refused the gift and told Xiao Yan to absorb the Soul Bone to strengthen himself.

Xiao Yan absorbed the Eternal Frost Mourning Demon's Head Soul Bone and learned how it enhanced his fourth Soul Skill. Qian Renxue sent Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing to Spirit City to join Spirit Hall's tournament team, offering a Soul Bone and information about Twin Martial Souls if Xiao Yan defeated the Golden Generation.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the Head Soul Bone, which strengthened his spiritual power and enhanced Soul Echo when combined with his fourth Soul Skill, Cold Flame: Everfrost Mausoleum.
• Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing officially reached the Soul Ancestor realm after absorbing their Soul Rings.
• Qian Renxue decided to send Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing to Spirit City to join Spirit Hall's team for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Qian Renxue promised Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing a Soul Bone and information about Twin Martial Souls if Xiao Yan became the number one member of Spirit Hall's younger generation.
• Qian Renxue explained that Xiao Yan would have to defeat Spirit Hall's Golden Generation, whose members had likely reached Soul King, including the Pope's disciple.

Bibi Dong learned that Qian Renxue had recruited the gifted Xiao Yan, then encouraged Hu Liena to win the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing arrived in Spirit City with Elder She, who was taking them to meet the Pope.

• Bibi Dong read intelligence about Xiao Yan and reflected on Qian Renxue’s recruitment of a Soul Master with twin Martial Souls.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that she had broken through to Soul King and received intelligence about Xiao Yan and the tournament.
• Bibi Dong promised three Soul Bones to Spirit Hall’s team if they won the tournament, and Hu Liena left determined not to lose.
• Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Spirit City and observed its grandeur, angel statues, and Soul Masters’ reverence.
• Elder She led Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing through Spirit City toward a meeting with the Pope.