Recaps

Ling Yu attended the end-of-term assembly, discovered he had placed first in the Heavenly Subtle Level, and received his awards. After accepting Qin Nian’s invitation to a class dinner, he went to a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect shop to commission diamond engraving knives.

• Ling Yu saw the year-end rankings and found himself first in the Heavenly Subtle Level, with Ye Lingling first in the Heavenly Supreme Level and Dugu Yan seventh in the Heaven Dou Grade.
• Lin Qing told Ling Yu about the awards and benefits for the top ten, and Meng Shenji praised him as he received a Heaven Dou Badge and prize money.
• Qin Nian invited Ling Yu to the Class One year-end dinner at Clear Breeze Pavilion, and Ling Yu agreed to attend.
• Ling Yu removed three intact Soul Tool cores in the research room and asked Su Yao to arrange a carriage to Heaven Dou City.
• Ling Yu used Ning Fengzhi’s VIP card at a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect shop and asked Steward Liu to commission diamond engraving knives based on the core patterns.

Ling Yu commissioned a Soul Tool-related service at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s jewelry shop and arranged to study jewelry carving with Chen Ying. He then visited the auction house with Su Yao, where his imperial token secured them entry.

• Ling Yu surprised Manager Liu and Chen Ying by asking whether the shop accepted jewelry-carving apprentices, and Chen Ying welcomed his interest.
• After Manager Liu returned and apologized for failing to recognize Ling Yu’s VIP card, Ling Yu arranged to study with Chen Ying each morning, with a carriage sent to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ling Yu and Su Yao rode through the city, and Ling Yu asked to visit the round-the-clock auction house after spotting its domed building.
• At the entrance, Ling Yu presented the token bestowed by His Majesty, and the hostess recognized it and escorted Ling Yu and Su Yao inside.

Ling Yu attended an auction with Su Yao, where he studied a catgirl’s Martial Soul mutation rather than bidding on her, then left for a banquet at Clear Breeze Pavilion. Meanwhile, Ning Fengzhi learned of Ling Yu’s jewelry-design purchases and suspected he was researching Soul Tools.

• Ailin welcomed Ling Yu and Su Yao, gave Ling Yu a VIP card, and led them to the auction’s red seating area.
• Ling Yu asked Ailin to notify him about future Soul Tool lots, and she promised to send him illustrated catalogs of rare treasures.
• The auctioneer presented a catgirl whose Martial Soul Awakening had left her with cat ears and a tail, prompting Ling Yu to consider possible causes of Martial Soul mutations.
• Ailin offered Ling Yu credit to buy the catgirl, but he declined, and another buyer purchased her for one hundred and sixty thousand gold coins.
• Ling Yu left the auction and headed to Clear Breeze Pavilion for a banquet.
• Ning Fengzhi received word about Ling Yu’s jewelry-design apprenticeship and purchases, then suspected Ling Yu was researching Soul Tools.

Ling Yu began learning gemstone carving from Master Chen Ying at the jewelry shop, quickly impressing him with his steady hands and focused technique. After returning to the academy, Ling Yu organized discarded Soul Tool models in the laboratory and researched them in the library while Su Yao watched.

• Qian Renxue told Su Yao not to act rashly and ordered her to keep the laboratory guards in place while they watched the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ling Yu gave Chen Ying a bottle of Jade Spring Wine as an apprentice’s gift and began learning basic relief carving in the workshop.
• Ling Yu used his enhanced perception to carve practice blocks with exceptional speed and focus, impressing Chen Ying.
• Chen Ying agreed to teach Ling Yu about different materials and toolmaking over the coming days, while he and Steward Liu discussed Ling Yu after he left.
• Ling Yu returned to the academy, organized discarded Soul Tool models in the laboratory, and then went to the library to consult reference materials.

Ling Yu researched mental-type Soul Beasts and organized his Soul Tool findings into notes for a first-edition textbook. Qian Renxue agreed to help him obtain ten-thousand-year whale glue and keep his theories within Spirit Hall’s higher-ups, while warning that Ning Fengzhi might discover his research.

• Ling Yu and Ye Lingling exchanged greetings outside the library, then Ling Yu studied mental-type Soul Beasts and considered how whale glue related to spiritual power.
• Ling Yu organized his Soul Tool notes in the research room, and Qian Renxue arrived and asked whether he planned to teach others with a textbook.
• Ling Yu asked Qian Renxue to obtain ten-thousand-year whale glue so he could improve his physical fitness, and she agreed to send some.
• Ling Yu gave Qian Renxue his theories about mental-type Soul Beasts and asked her to keep verified information from spreading beyond Spirit Hall’s higher-ups; she agreed.
• Qian Renxue warned that Ning Fengzhi might realize Ling Yu was researching Soul Tools, but reassured him that she could keep him at bay.

Ling Yu and Qian Renxue discussed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the limits of food-type Soul Masters before Qian Renxue revealed that Xue Ye wanted to arrange her engagement to Dugu Yan. She told Ling Yu that her undercover mission would likely last many more years, and he reassured her that he would always be there for her.

• Ling Yu asked why Spirit Hall had not tried to win over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Qian Renxue explained why the sect would not accept another faction’s overtures.
• Ling Yu asked about food-type Soul Masters, and Qian Renxue described their slow cultivation, limited abilities, and use by armies and Soul Hunting groups.
• Ling Yu wondered whether a mushroom Martial Soul counted as a plant or food type, making Qian Renxue laugh.
• Ling Yu asked why Qian Renxue had been angry, and she revealed that Xue Ye had proposed an engagement between her and Dugu Yan.
• Qian Renxue said her undercover mission would last many more years because Xue Ye controlled the military and remained healthy.
• Ling Yu told Qian Renxue he would always be there for her, and she hurried away after quietly acknowledging him.

Ling Yu successfully recreated the first Soul Tool in generations: a working Soul Guidance Lamp. After Su Yao and Qian Renxue tested it, he named it the Snowlight Lamp, and began documenting its manufacturing process.

• Ling Yu thanked Chen Ying for teaching him jewelry carving and gave him Jade Spring Wine and a gold coin card before returning to school.
• Ling Yu etched and assembled a clearlight gemstone into a Soul Guidance Lamp, then activated it with his Soul Power.
• Su Yao tested the lamp and hurried to notify Qian Renxue at Ling Yu's request.
• Qian Renxue arrived, tested the lamp herself, and urged Ling Yu to give the historic Soul Tool a name.
• Ling Yu named it the Snowlight Lamp, and Qian Renxue softly accepted the name.

Ling Yu explained his Soul Tool classification system to Qian Renxue and agreed to send Spirit Hall his draft, drawings, and a finished lamp in exchange for support and materials. After making two more Soul Guidance Lamps, he considered upgrading their light source and asked Su Yao to notify Qian Renxue.

• Ling Yu showed Qian Renxue his draft’s scalar-based Soul Tool classification, and she questioned its Blue Silver Grass measurement standard.
• Qian Renxue asked how Ling Yu planned to handle Ning Fengzhi’s interest, and he proposed sending Spirit Hall his draft, drawings, and a finished lamp as a progress report.
• Ling Yu planned to request discarded Soul Tools from Spirit Hall and to tell Xue Ye about the situation with Ning Fengzhi a few days later.
• Qian Renxue took the draft and drawings, agreed to send them with the lamp, and left; Ling Yu went to bed after seeing her off.
• Over the next two days, Ling Yu made two more Soul Guidance Lamps and considered whether a higher-grade light source could create a laser or high-temperature effect.
• Ling Yu called Su Yao over to ask her to notify Qian Renxue, then rested his head on the desk for a nap.

Ling Yu completed a Soul Tool, and Qian Renxue presented it and its blueprints to Xue Ye, who decided to reward him and entrusted Qinghe with handling the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s interest. At the imperial banquet, Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo arrived, unaware of the surprise Xue Qinghe had prepared.

• Qian Renxue found Ling Yu asleep in the laboratory, waited for him to wake, and then returned to the palace with his textbook and completed Soul Tool.
• Qian Renxue sent She Long to deliver a letter, blueprints, and the Soul Tool to her grandfather.
• Xue Qinghe showed Xue Ye the Soul Guidance Lamp and its blueprints, and Xue Ye resolved to reward Viscount Nuoding for completing it.
• Xue Qinghe warned Xue Ye that Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had taken an interest in Ling Yu, and Xue Ye left the response to him.
• Ning Fengzhi reviewed intelligence about Ling Yu and accepted Xue Ye’s invitation to a palace banquet.
• Xue Qinghe welcomed Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo to the palace, but kept the banquet’s purpose secret.

Emperor Xue Ye hosted Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin to discuss cooperation with Ling Yu, whose Soul Tool research had drawn the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s interest. Ning Fengzhi reconsidered his plans after learning how difficult Soul Tool production was, and began weighing cooperation—and another way to bring Ling Yu closer to his sect.

• Emperor Xue Ye entered the banquet with Ling Yu and corrected Ning Fengzhi, announcing that Ling Yu was now the Earl of Nuoding.
• Emperor Xue Ye proposed that the imperial family and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect share resources and Soul Tool blueprints, while Ning Fengzhi asked whether the sect could send people to learn.
• Ling Yu explained the qualifications required for research Soul Engineers and described the roles of theoretical, research, and operational Soul Engineers.
• Ling Yu explained the difficulties of mass-producing Soul Tools and said ranked Soul Tools might take another two to three months.
• Ning Fengzhi examined Ling Yu’s blueprint, recognized the difficulty of finding qualified researchers, and considered winning Ling Yu over, even briefly contemplating abducting him.
• Ning Fengzhi decided cooperation might be the best option and began thinking of Rongrong.

After the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect agreed to support Ling Yu’s Soul Tool research, Xue Ye considered using a marriage alliance to secure him for the empire. Ling Yu returned to school, where he successfully assembled and tested a pale-cyan dagger Soul Tool.

• Ning Fengzhi promised to provide resources for Ling Yu and asked him to teach a future qualified disciple from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xue Ye told Xue Qinghe to find a suitable girl to become Ling Yu’s study companion and win his affection.
• Qian Renxue teased Ling Yu about marriage, and he denied having anyone in mind.
• Ning Fengzhi sent Ling Yu discarded Soul Tools and rare metals, including a complex sword-shaped Soul Tool that Ling Yu set aside to study later.
• Ling Yu engraved a Wind-Gathering Slash Array onto a wind marrow crystal, assembled it into a dagger, and tested its wind blade against a metal target.

Ling Yu explained the Wind Blade Dagger’s Soul Tool design and its limits to Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe, who recognized its potential for support-type Soul Masters. After Ning Rongrong took the dagger home, Qian Renxue returned to her true form and asked Ling Yu why he had not told her about the energy cannon sooner.

• Ning Rongrong demonstrated the Wind Blade Dagger’s attack, and Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo reacted with astonishment.
• Ling Yu explained that the dagger was a first-tier energy-discharge Soul Tool, described its production and durability issues, and outlined a possible ranged-weapon design.
• Ling Yu said he would study discarded Soul Tools, develop his knowledge of array patterns, and raise his cultivation; Ning Fengzhi promised the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support.
• Ning Rongrong declined to learn Soul Tool crafting but asked Ning Fengzhi to buy her the dagger, and Ling Yu agreed to let her keep it.
• After Ning Fengzhi and the others left, Qian Renxue returned to her true form and asked Ling Yu why he had not told her about the energy cannon sooner.

Ling Yu advanced to the Heavenly Supreme Level and joined Ye Lingling’s class, where their quiet encounters grew more familiar. At the library, he reasoned that Ring Fusion talent might allow Soul Masters to share Soul Power and help explain the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.

• Qian Renxue told Ling Yu to leave his theoretical Soul Tool Dagger idea alone for now and reminded him to stay guarded around everyone.
• Ning Fengzhi and the elders discussed whether Ning Rongrong should attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy and agreed to learn more about Ling Yu before making a decision.
• After breaking through to rank twenty-five, Ling Yu joined Heavenly Supreme Level Support Class One, where he and Ye Lingling exchanged a brief look.
• Ye Lingling demonstrated the healing speed of her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul during practical combat class, prompting Ling Yu to consider its potential.
• Ling Yu and Ye Lingling walked to the library and studied near one another, while Ling Yu developed a theory linking Ring Fusion talent to Soul Power sharing and the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.

Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan shared a brief, teasing moment before Qian Renxue visited Ling Yu in the research room and gave him a rare Storage Soul Tool containing an eighty-thousand-year Illusory Heart Whale’s remains. After explaining Spirit Hall’s approach to hunting Soul Beasts and the limits on preserving Soul Bones, Qian Renxue left Ling Yu with new insight into the rarity of Soul Bones.

• Dugu Yan noticed Ye Lingling sitting with Ling Yu, playfully tested her reaction, and then left with her for their meal.
• Qian Renxue visited Ling Yu and gave him a Storage Soul Tool capable of holding living things, which he named Spirit Ruins.
• Qian Renxue told Ling Yu that the pouch contained parts of an eighty-thousand-year Illusory Heart Whale and explained that its Whale Rubber could improve mental power and physical constitution.
• Ling Yu worried about the whale’s death, and Qian Renxue explained that Spirit Hall hunted only under controlled circumstances and had killed it after a Soul Saint’s breakthrough.
• Qian Renxue revealed that the whale had dropped an eighty-thousand-year Mental Attribute Head Soul Bone and explained how repeated refinement, damage, and aging made Soul Bones scarce.

Qian Renxue broke down over the loss of her father, and Ling Yu comforted her as she grieved. Days later, Ling Yu met Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling at the library, while Su Yao watched and reflected on Qian Renxue’s feelings for him.

• Qian Renxue became overwhelmed with grief while explaining how the Clear Sky Sect’s Soul Beast hunts had led her father to act.
• Ling Yu took Qian Renxue’s hand and comforted her; she cried silently before leaving, and she did not visit again for several days.
• Ling Yu studied the shared formation patterns of Soul Tool fans and cooling devices, then headed to the library.
• Dugu Yan asked Ling Yu to be friends, and he agreed; Ye Lingling greeted him before Dugu Yan led her away.
• Ye Lingling looked back at Ling Yu as she left, and Su Yao watched, connecting Qian Renxue’s tearful appearance to her suspicions.

Ling Yu demonstrated a belt-shaped Soul Tool Thruster to Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and Chen Xin, then discussed its potential and received Ning Fengzhi’s Heart Separation Control manual. He left the thruster with Ning Rongrong as a gift while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect agreed to seek levitation formation patterns.

• Xue Qinghe received Ling Yu and accepted his auxiliary Soul Tools, while both avoided discussing their recent tension.
• Ling Yu demonstrated that his Tier One Soul Tool Thruster could propel him forward in a burst of speed.
• Ning Rongrong tried the thruster under Chen Xin’s supervision, and Ling Yu gave it to her as a gift.
• Ling Yu and Ning Fengzhi discussed improving the thruster and finding formation patterns that could enable flight.
• Ning Fengzhi gave Ling Yu a handwritten Heart Separation Control manual after Ling Yu agreed to learn it.

Ling Yu tested his Ring Fusion talent by accepting Soul Power from Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan, then discovered that using Spiritual Appraisal on both at once overwhelmed him with information. The chapter left him recovering from the strain as he explained that his skill could reveal Soul Beast attributes and age.

• Dugu Yan interrupted Ling Yu and Ye Lingling while they studied and invited them to dinner.
• Ling Yu asked Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan to help him test his talent for accepting and transferring Soul Power, and they agreed.
• At the training grounds, Ye Lingling and then Dugu Yan transferred Soul Power to Ling Yu, and he successfully adapted to both of their energies.
• Ling Yu asked them to feed him Soul Power together, then used Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Appraisal to examine their traits and ages.
• The flood of information overwhelmed Ling Yu, so he cut off the connection and collapsed; Ye Lingling healed him while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling asked about his skill.
• Ling Yu explained that Spiritual Appraisal could reveal the attributes and ages of Soul Beasts, and Dugu Yan remarked that it could make hidden knowledge about them obsolete.

Ye Lingling asked Ling Yu to help her find a third Soul Ring that might break the Nine Heart Begonia’s inherited restrictions, and he agreed in exchange for access to her family’s books. As Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, Aunt Lan, and Senior Su Yao prepared to enter Sunset Forest, Ling Yu worried that her breakthrough would soon take her away from him as a Heaven Dou Grade student.

• Ye Lingling explained her plan to hunt Soul Beasts with special attributes, and Ling Yu agreed to help her find a third Soul Ring in exchange for access to the Ye Family’s book collection.
• Xue Qinghe agreed to the Seven Heart Begonia Family’s request to exchange for the Heaven Dou Secret Medicine, then watched Ye Lingling take it and left her with a cold farewell.
• Ling Yu broke through to rank twenty-six while continuing his Soul Tool research, and Ye Lingling later reached rank thirty.
• Ling Yu asked Su Yao whether Sister Xue had been busy, but Su Yao withheld what she knew about Xue Qinghe’s absence.
• Ling Yu met Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, Aunt Lan, and Senior Su Yao outside Heaven Dou City to set out for Sunset Forest, where Dugu Yan teased him about cooking dinner.

Ling Yu traveled with Ye Lingling and their companions to Sunset Forest while outlining his theories about how Soul Skills were acquired. After a lengthy search, he discovered a rare Soul Beast that appeared suitable for Ye Lingling's third Soul Ring.

• Ye Yilan and Su Yao introduced themselves to Ling Yu before the group set out by carriage.
• Ling Yu summarized patterns in Soul Skill acquisition, describing innate Soul Skill pools, compatibility, rejection, mutation, and the Limit Style.
• The group reached Sunset Forest and searched for more than ten days without finding a suitable Soul Beast for Ye Lingling.
• Ling Yu used his Soul Skill to prepare dinner, and Dugu Yan jokingly prayed to the moon for Ye Lingling to find a Soul Beast.
• Ling Yu detected a jade-green Soul Beast with healing and purification traits, assessed its age at 2,222 years, and announced that they had found Ye Lingling's Soul Beast.

Ling Yu led the others to capture a Glazed Deer, revealed as a Fortune Auspicious Beast, and helped Ye Lingling overcome its influence so she could kill it and absorb its Soul Ring. The group survived the enraged Soul Beasts while Ye Lingling absorbed the ring, and Ling Yu explained the creature’s extraordinary role in the forest.

• Ling Yu directed Su Yao, Ye Lingling, Ye Yilan, and Dugu Yan to the Glazed Deer, while approaching Soul Beasts forced the group to prepare for an attack.
• Ye Lingling could not approach the deer because its gaze clouded her mind, so Ling Yu used Dugu Yan’s Soul Power and his Ring Fusion talent to help her strike it down.
• After Ye Lingling killed the Glazed Deer, she began absorbing its Soul Ring while Su Yao and Ye Yilan defended the group, Dugu Yan spread her poison, and Ling Yu watched for threats.
• The group held off the surrounding Soul Beasts, including a Golden-Maned Spirit Horse and a Rock-Horned Giant Rhinoceros, until the attackers dispersed after eight hours.
• Ling Yu gave the exhausted women whale brain to restore their strength, then explained that the Glazed Deer was a Fortune Auspicious Beast that fostered growth and purified evil Qi.

Ye Lingling gained an eye-shaped External Soul Bone while absorbing the Glazed Deer's Soul Ring, and Ling Yu explained that it could evolve and might carry the Auspicious Beast's Power of Fortune. The group swore Martial Soul Oaths to protect the secret, and Ye Lingling woke as Dugu Yan pointed out the change on her forehead.

• Dugu Yan asked Ling Yu to find her future Soul Rings, then Ye Yilan noticed a vertical-pupil phantom appearing above Ye Lingling's brows.
• Ling Yu and Su Yao recognized the eye as a potentially priceless, evolvable External Soul Bone, and Ye Yilan feared that its discovery could endanger the Ye Family.
• Ye Yilan asked whether the Soul Bone could be removed, and Ling Yu warned that doing so could damage Ye Lingling's brain.
• Dugu Yan, Su Yao, Ye Yilan, and Ling Yu swore Martial Soul Oaths not to reveal what had happened, and Ling Yu advised Ye Yilan to help the Soul Bone fuse with suitable Soul Power pressure.
• Ye Lingling opened her eyes, and Dugu Yan pointed to her forehead and asked whether she felt something there.

Ye Lingling discovered that absorbing the Glazed Deer had granted her new Soul Skills and an evolving External Soul Bone with the Light of Purification ability. She used it to lessen Dugu Yan’s congenital poison, while Ling Yu learned that Ye Lingling’s new Soul Ring could heal severe injuries and might transform the Nine Heart Begonia further.

• Ye Lingling thanked Ling Yu and Su Yao for helping her obtain the Glazed Deer, then learned that her eye Soul Bone was an exceptionally rare External Soul Bone.
• Ling Yu theorized how External Soul Bones could form and warned that Ye Lingling must keep hers secret until she had fully fused with it.
• Ye Lingling revealed that the Soul Bone’s Light of Purification could remove negative influences and had calmed her during the battle with the Glazed Deer.
• Dugu Yan asked whether the ability could purify poison, and Ye Lingling used it to reduce Dugu Yan’s congenital poisoning, though the effort left her weakened.
• Ye Lingling showed that her new Soul Ring granted a low-cost healing ability that could rapidly mend broken bones, and she sensed that another Soul Ring with the same attribute might transform her Nine Heart Begonia.

The group returned to Heaven Dou City after Ye Lingling described how her third Soul Skill could fully heal broken bones, and Ling Yu speculated about Soul Skill completeness and ways to increase a Soul Ring’s age. Dugu Yan reunited with Dugu Bo, who noticed that much of the innate poison in her body had been cleared, and she began telling him what had happened.

• Ye Yilan said she would take Ye Lingling home until her fusion was complete, while Dugu Yan planned to visit Dugu Bo and Ling Yu and Su Yao planned to return to school.
• Ye Lingling explained that her third Soul Skill fully healed fractures with little Soul Power, unlike the weaker healing described in past records.
• Ling Yu explained how Soul Ring age and Soul Beast bloodline affected Soul Skill completeness, then wrote down questions about Soul Ring age and Ring Detonation.
• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Ye Yilan, and Su Yao read Ling Yu’s notes and were shocked by the idea that a Soul Ring’s age could increase.
• Dugu Yan returned to the Dugu Family estate, where Dugu Bo noticed that much of her innate poison had been cleared and asked what had happened.

Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Ye Lingling’s purification ability had cleared much of her poison and explained Ling Yu’s Spiritual Appraisal, prompting Dugu Bo to consider seeking his help with a medicinal garden. Ling Yu returned to Heaven Dou City and visited Xue Qinghe, whose anxiety eased when he arrived and said he had come to see her first.

• Dugu Yan explained to Dugu Bo how Ye Lingling’s special Soul Skill had purified her poison and how Ling Yu’s Spiritual Appraisal identified Soul Beasts and unusual objects.
• Dugu Bo considered bringing Ling Yu to the medicinal garden in Sunset Forest, but decided against using force because of Ling Yu’s connections and Dugu Yan’s friendship with him.
• Dugu Bo invited Dugu Yan to stay for dinner and privately worried about his worsening poison and what would happen to her after his death.
• Ling Yu asked Su Yao to take him to Xue Qinghe’s residence, and she agreed despite fearing their reunion might bring difficult matters to a head.
• Xue Qinghe welcomed Ling Yu in the reception room, invited him to stay for dinner, and felt reassured when he said he had come to see her as soon as he returned.

Ling Yu stayed with Qian Renxue after helping Ye Lingling obtain an extraordinary Soul Beast, while Qian Renxue wrestled with her feelings for him. Dugu Bo investigated Ling Yu’s connections, then approached him for help appraising something in exchange for a reward.

• Qian Renxue warned Ling Yu to avoid danger and invited him to stay the night, then Su Yao urged her to fight for what she wanted.
• Dugu Bo asked Prince Xue Xing about Ling Yu and learned of his ties to the emperor, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Prince Xue Beng hoped Dugu Bo’s interest would hurt Xue Qinghe, but Prince Xue Xing cautioned him against acting rashly.
• Dugu Bo waited outside Ling Yu’s dormitory, and Ling Yu guessed he wanted his Soul Skill appraised.
• Dugu Bo offered Ling Yu a generous reward for appraising something and demanded that he swear a Martial Soul Oath of secrecy.