Recaps

Electrolux helped Zhang Lexuan obtain nine Soul Rings and restore the Scarlet King as her Soul Spirit, and she absorbed its Head Soul Bone, gaining the Three-Headed Exquisiteness skill. After spending about three days with Qian Chen in the Undead Demiplane, she prepared to return to the Douluo Continent, while Electrolux gave Qian Chen the completed Soul Spirit Method to present as a family secret art.

• Electrolux warned Zhang Lexuan and the Scarlet King to keep his presence secret, then Qian Chen returned him to Zhang Lexuan's Sea of Consciousness.
• Zhang Lexuan revealed her nine Soul Rings, and the Scarlet King returned as a Soul Power body bound to her by a Soul Contract.
• Qian Chen extracted the Scarlet King's Mental Attribute Head Soul Bone, and Zhang Lexuan absorbed it.
• Zhang Lexuan discovered that Three-Headed Exquisiteness tripled her mental defense and made focused tasks three times as efficient.
• After spending roughly three days together in the Undead Demiplane, Qian Chen asked Electrolux about returning, and Electrolux gave him the completed Soul Spirit Method to pass off as a family secret art.

Electrolux passed the Soul Spirit Method to Qian Chen and warned him that the Tang Sect cultivation methods had been deliberately damaged. After returning to the Star Dou Great Forest, Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan met Di Tian, who thanked them for saving the Auspicious Beast and asked where the Scarlet King had gone.

• Electrolux gave Qian Chen the Soul Spirit Method and said he planned to return to Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness once he finished refining the Tang Sect methods.
• Electrolux pointed out serious flaws in the Tang Sect cultivation methods, and Qian Chen suspected Tang San had sabotaged them.
• Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan escaped through the Gate of the Undead, found the Evil Soul Masters dead, and collected their Storage Soul Tools.
• Qian Chen invited Zhang Lexuan to return home with him so he could prepare his clan's emergence and arrange their wedding.
• The Myriad Demon King asked Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan to wait for Di Tian, who thanked them for saving the Auspicious Beast and gave Qian Chen a Soul Bone.
• Di Tian asked Qian Chen where the Scarlet King had gone.

Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan convinced Di Tian that the Scarlet King had become a Soul Spirit rather than being killed, earning the Star Dou Great Forest’s friendship and a Soul Bone. After escaping Di Tian’s pressure, they examined the cyan Soul Bone and asked the Scarlet King to identify it.

• Di Tian became enraged by Zhang Lexuan’s three red Soul Rings, but Qian Chen and the Scarlet King explained that all three came from the Scarlet King as Soul Spirit Soul Rings.
• Qian Chen described the Angel Clan’s Soul Spirit secret art, and Di Tian accepted his explanation and promised the Star Dou Great Forest would assist Qian Chen’s family when possible.
• Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan departed with the Soul Bone Di Tian had given them, then stopped in the thousand-year Soul Beast zone to rest.
• Qian Chen identified the cyan Soul Bone as likely a wind-attribute Head Soul Bone, and Zhang Lexuan summoned the Scarlet King to ask what Soul Beast it came from and how old it was.

Qian Chen brought Zhang Lexuan to Watch Valley and revealed that he was descended from Spirit Hall’s Angel Clan and intended to restore Spirit Hall. Zhang Lexuan agreed to stay with him if he accepted her three demands, then learned that Tang San had destroyed Slaughter City.

• The Scarlet King identified the Gale Twin-Headed Wolf King’s head soul bone as a 200,000-year-old dual-attribute bone, and Qian Chen decided to give it to Feng Luan.
• Qian Chen took Zhang Lexuan to Watch Valley and told her about Angel Mountain Manor and Angel Hall.
• Qian Chen entered Zhang Lexuan’s Sea of Consciousness and admitted that he was from Spirit Hall’s Qian Family and wanted to restore Spirit Hall.
• Zhang Lexuan demanded that Qian Chen survive if his restoration effort failed, preserve Spirit Hall’s original purpose, and deal decisively with evil soul masters; Qian Chen agreed.
• Qian Chen revealed that Tang San had destroyed Slaughter City, and Zhang Lexuan reacted with fury because evil soul masters had killed her family.

After Qian Chen revealed Tang San’s role in unleashing Evil Soul Masters, Zhang Lexuan accepted his account, joined his cause, and learned about his hidden Divine Realm Soul Rings and healing abilities. The two flew to Angel Mountain Manor, where an alarm prompted Feng Luan to prepare defenses against the unidentified Titled Douluos approaching overhead.

• Qian Chen told Zhang Lexuan that Tang San destroyed Slaughter City to keep others from obtaining its legacy, and Zhang Lexuan’s faith in Tang San collapsed.
• Zhang Lexuan believed Qian Chen’s oath, pledged to support him and avenge her family, and agreed with his plans for Shrek Academy.
• Qian Chen used the Eye of the Mind to confirm Zhang Lexuan’s hatred of Tang San and then revealed three new Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and the Divine Realm origins of his first two Soul Skills.
• Zhang Lexuan forgave Qian Chen for not saving Mu En, and the couple flew together toward Angel Mountain Manor.
• The manor’s alarm sounded as Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan entered Watch Valley, and Feng Luan ordered Bing Ling and Pan Long to ready the Giant Linked Soul Guidance Ray against the two unknown Titled Douluos.

Angel Mountain Manor prepared its enormous Soul Guidance Ray Turret to stop Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan, then stood down when it recognized Qian Chen. Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan revealed that they were both Titled Douluo and reassured the manor’s members before they returned to their duties.

• Pan Long ordered Angel Mountain Manor’s members and Qian Guyi’s commoner students to channel Soul Power into Linked Soul Tool Charging Terminals.
• Pan Long uncovered the enormous Soul Guidance Ray Turret, which locked onto Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan as they approached.
• Qian Chen identified himself, and Feng Luan returned the stored Soul Power; Pan Long announced that the chief manor lord had returned.
• Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan arrived above the square, where the members recognized them as Titled Douluo.
• Qian Chen displayed his Soul Rings and introduced Zhang Lexuan as his beloved and the future mistress of Angel Mountain Manor; Zhang Lexuan revealed her own Soul Rings.
• Qian Chen reassured the members about Angel Mountain Manor’s future and sent them back to their posts, while Qian Guyi’s students wondered what to call him.

Qian Chen welcomed the commoner students and accepted Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochеn into Angel Mountain Manor alongside Bing Ling. He warned Feng Luan about the danger of bringing a powerful Soul Guidance Ray Turret to the manor, then rewarded Feng Luan for his hard work with a rare Soul Bone.

• Qian Chen encouraged the commoner students, and Qian Guyi took them to settle in at Angel Mountain Manor.
• Bing Ling told Qian Chen that Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochеn had joined the manor, and Ma Xiaotao confirmed she wanted to stay with Bing Ling.
• Qian Chen greeted Feng Luan and Pan Long, who had helped keep Angel Mountain Manor running.
• Qian Chen warned Feng Luan that the enormous Soul Guidance Ray Turret could put him in danger if the Sun Moon Empire discovered it, but Feng Luan explained that he had built it from publicly available materials.
• At Angel Hall, Qian Chen gave Feng Luan a superb-quality Gale Twin-Headed Wolf King Head Soul Bone aged over two hundred thousand years.

Qian Chen rewarded Feng Luan and Pan Long for their service, helping them absorb a Head Soul Bone and a Dragon Core. After Feng Luan advanced to Soul Douluo, he revealed his new Soul Bone Skills and proposed hunting a hundred-thousand-year Evil Eye Tyrant for his Eighth Soul Ring.

• Qian Chen gave Feng Luan the Gale Twin-Headed Wolf King's Head Soul Bone, and Feng Luan accepted it after the others urged him to.
• Qian Chen wounded Pan Long so he could absorb the Dragon Core, which began healing his injuries and could transform his body.
• Feng Luan absorbed the Head Soul Bone while Bing Ling, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochеn guarded him and Pan Long; Qian Chen took Zhang Lexuan to tour Angel Mountain Manor and Watch Valley.
• The next day, Feng Luan announced that he had broken through to Soul Douluo and described his Gale Control and Mental Doubling Soul Bone Skills.
• Feng Luan asked Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan to help him hunt a hundred-thousand-year Evil Eye Tyrant in Evil Demon Forest for his Eighth Soul Ring and Soul Bone.

Qian Chen and his companions killed a hundred-thousand-year Evil Eye Tyrant and Feng Luan absorbed its Soul Ring, reaching rank eighty-five. As Feng Luan, Bing Ling, and Pan Long pledged to help rebuild Spirit Hall, Qian Chen gave the Evil Eye Tyrant's Head Soul Bone to Ma Xiaotao to help her control her Evil Fire.

• Qian Chen, Zhang Lexuan, and Feng Luan borrowed a Soul Ring Storage Soul Tool, killed the Evil Eye Tyrant, and stored its Soul Ring and corpse before its father could catch them.
• Back at Angel Mountain Manor, Feng Luan absorbed the Soul Ring and rose to rank eighty-five, while Pan Long recovered from his injuries and reached rank eighty-six.
• Feng Luan, Bing Ling, and Pan Long knelt before Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan, promising to reach Limit Douluo and help rebuild Spirit Hall.
• Qian Chen chose Ma Xiaotao to receive the Evil Eye Tyrant's mental Head Soul Bone, hoping it would help her stay clearheaded when her Evil Fire flared.
• Bing Ling placed the Soul Bone in Ma Xiaotao's hands and asked whether she would stand with them as they rebuilt Spirit Hall.

Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan planned Angel Mountain Manor’s emergence as a sect, renaming it Watch Valley to avoid the Holy Spirit Cult’s attention. After assigning preparations for its founding, they flew to Star Luo City to seek an audience with Emperor Xu Jiawei.

• Ma Xiaotao declared she would stand by Bing Ling, and Qian Chen sent her with Ling Luochen to absorb the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Qian Chen asked the others for their plans to establish a sect, and Zhang Lexuan warned that the Holy Spirit Cult would target a group using the Angel Mountain Manor name.
• Qian Chen agreed to rename Angel Mountain Manor and Angel Hall as Watch Mountain Manor and Watch Hall, and to establish the sect under the name Watch Valley.
• Zhang Lexuan arranged an afternoon audience with Xu Jiawei and assigned Feng Luan, Bing Ling, and Pan Long to invite nearby powers and prepare the founding ceremony.
• When afternoon arrived, Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan flew to Star Luo City to meet Xu Jiawei.

Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan visited Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei to announce the founding of Watch Valley, a sect dedicated to helping commoners and fighting Evil Soul Masters. After demonstrating their strength and securing his decree, they left Xu Jiawei wondering how to deal with the new force.

• Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan arrived at Star Luo City and drew attention by revealing that two young Titled Douluo had come to the city.
• Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan met Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu at the imperial palace and explained that they planned to establish Watch Valley as a personal undertaking.
• Zhang Lexuan gave Xu Jiawei an invitation to Watch Valley’s founding ceremony in seven days and insisted that nobles who objected could confront them directly.
• Zhang Lexuan and Qian Chen revealed their powerful Soul Rings, convincing Xu Jiawei that Watch Valley could defend itself.
• Qian Chen promised that Watch Valley would aid the Star Luo Empire if it faced difficulties, and Xu Jiawei agreed to decree that officials and the military must not obstruct the sect.
• After Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan left, Xu Jiawei asked Xu Jiujiu what they should do about Watch Valley.

Xu Jiujiu persuaded Xu Jiawei not to treat Watch Valley as an immediate threat, and he assigned her to oversee matters concerning it. At Watch Valley’s sect-founding ceremony, she met Pan Long, a twenty-year-old Soul Douluo, before the ceremony officially began.

• Xu Jiujiu told Xu Jiawei that Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan were powerful and suggested Shrek Academy might object to their founding a sect, while urging him to focus on other threats to the empire.
• Xu Jiawei gave Xu Jiujiu Watch Valley’s invitation and ordered her to attend its ceremony and handle matters concerning the valley.
• After seven days, powers and families gathered at Watch Valley, and Xu Jiujiu arrived at the lush Watch Mountain Manor as its guests took notice of her presence.
• Zhang Lexuan sent Pan Long to receive Xu Jiujiu, and he escorted her into the manor.
• Xu Jiujiu learned that Pan Long was a twenty-year-old Soul Douluo and invited him to watch her compete as captain of the Star Luo Team; he agreed.
• A Watch Valley disciple announced that the sect-founding ceremony had officially begun.

Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan negotiated Star Luo Empire support for Watch Valley’s free Martial Soul awakenings and medical aid, then watched the new service provoke nobles and factions. After Watch Valley’s leaders crushed several open attackers, Qian Chen refused to retaliate against those secretly targeting commoners, leaving his reasons unexplained.

• Xu Jiujiu told Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan that the Star Luo Emperor had ordered officials and troops not to obstruct Watch Valley’s work, and Qian Chen promised to offer gifted children the choice of joining Watch Valley or the empire.
• Xu Jiujiu offered to help Watch Valley with imperial matters and showed interest in Pan Long, prompting Zhang Lexuan to warn Qian Chen that the princess might try to win him over.
• Watch Valley opened free Martial Soul Awakening Halls across Star Luo City and nearby cities, while healing Soul Masters began treating commoners without charge.
• Bing Ling, Feng Luan, and Pan Long destroyed several noble families and factions that attacked Watch Valley members or blocked commoners from seeking help.
• When nobles and factions secretly threatened and harmed commoners, Pan Long, Feng Luan, and Bing Ling offered to retaliate, but Qian Chen said they should not interfere as long as Watch Valley’s people were left alone, leaving them and Zhang Lexuan asking why.

Qian Chen established strict rules for Watch Valley’s Awakening Hall and left Pan Long in charge with an improved hammer technique. After returning to Shrek, he learned Huo Yuhao’s visit to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had gone smoothly, but Wang Dong’s unexpected appearance left Zhang Lexuan stunned.

• Qian Chen ordered Pan Long to build an Awakening Hall that served commoners for free and to kill anyone who attacked Watch Valley’s people or endangered visitors within ten kilometers of the hall.
• After several days of conflict, the nobles and factions gradually adapted to Watch Valley’s rules, while the students returned to their academies as term approached.
• Before leaving, Qian Chen gave Pan Long an improved Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer manual and reminded him to balance training with managing Watch Valley.
• Zhang Lexuan warned Pan Long that Xu Jiujiu might use her beauty to influence him, but Pan Long said he would not become a love-brain.
• Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan returned to Shrek and heard Huo Yuhao describe his successful trip to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, though his expression remained uneasy.
• Wang Dong appeared on the stairs and greeted Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan, who were shocked by how she looked.

Wang Dong'er returned to Shrek Academy as a girl with waist-length hair and unexpectedly reached Soul Elder rank, disrupting Qian Chen's plans for her. After Huo Yuhao praised Ning Tian and Wu Feng, Wang Dong'er angrily snapped at him and left, while Qian Chen resolved to reconsider how to deal with her.

• Wang Dong'er revealed that her full name was Wang Dong'er and explained that her fathers had let her resume dressing as a girl because she was safe on Sea God Island.
• Qian Chen examined Wang Dong'er and discovered she had reached Soul Elder rank, then questioned her about her rapid progress and whether she had taken pills.
• Wang Dong'er said she had barely cultivated, had taken no pills, and had reached rank thirty-one after her Eldest Dad brought her a Soul Beast.
• Wang Dong'er told Huo Yuhao she was no longer afraid of Ning Tian and Wu Feng, and Huo Yuhao defended them as nice people.
• Wang Dong'er angrily snapped at Huo Yuhao, apologized to Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan, and went to cultivate; Qian Chen decided to rethink how to remove her.

Xiao Xiao returned to Shrek Academy upset after her clan seized her family’s money, so Qian Chen invited her and her parents to join Watch Valley and arranged to have them brought there. At the new student registration, Qian Chen discovered a golden-haired girl with a Golden Dragon Martial Soul who recognized him, and he took her to his office to talk.

• Xiao Xiao returned to her lodgings and cried in Qian Chen’s arms after her clan demanded her money and ostracized her parents.
• Qian Chen invited Xiao Xiao and her parents to join Watch Valley, and Xiao Xiao agreed while giving him her home address and a letter for her parents.
• Qian Chen wrote to Watch Valley and arranged for the sect to fetch Xiao Xiao’s parents and settle them safely.
• Zhang Lexuan finished the opening-day duties with her Three-Headed Exquisiteness skill, then left to cultivate with her Head Soul Bone.
• A teacher reported that an over-age new student had Soul Ancestor cultivation and a Golden Dragon Martial Soul, and Qian Chen rushed to the registration office.
• The golden-haired, golden-eyed girl recognized Qian Chen, and he took her to his office to speak privately.

Qian Chen recognized the blonde girl as the Emperor Auspicious Beast and agreed to protect her in the human world for ten years in exchange for Immortal Herbs and Soul Bones. After enrolling Wang Qiu'er at Shrek Academy, he took her toward Sea God Island when she refused to stay apart from him.

• The blonde girl revealed that she was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and Qian Chen warned her that the human world was dangerous for Soul Beasts.
• Wang Qiu'er offered two Immortal Herbs in exchange for Qian Chen's protection, and they agreed that he would protect her for ten years in return for the herbs and three Soul Bones.
• Qian Chen took Wang Qiu'er to Shrek Academy, where she enrolled in the second-year Class One as a level-forty-five Soul Ancestor with a Golden Dragon Martial Soul.
• Qian Chen paid Wang Qiu'er's tuition and arranged a dormitory room, but she insisted on staying with him because he had promised to protect her.
• Qian Chen agreed to take Wang Qiu'er to stay on Sea God Island, and his Seven Kill Sword flew beneath her feet.

Qian Chen brought Wang Qiu'er back to the Star Dou Great Forest after Zhang Lexuan insisted Di Tian should decide whether she could stay in the human world. Di Tian welcomed her return but grew furious when she asked to leave again for a few years.

• Qian Chen took Wang Qiu'er to his home, where Zhang Lexuan recognized her as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and urged Qian Chen to return her to Di Tian.
• Wang Qiu'er said she wanted to remain in the human world and offered immortal herbs and Soul Bones, but Zhang Lexuan sent Qian Chen with a Soul Tool to collect the herbs and bring her back.
• Qian Chen flew Wang Qiu'er to the Star Dou Great Forest as its Soul Beasts ran rampant while searching for her.
• The Myriad Demon King told Di Tian that Wang Qiu'er was heading toward the forest's core, and Di Tian went to meet her.
• Qian Chen explained that he had brought Wang Qiu'er back for Di Tian to decide her fate; Wang Qiu'er then asked Di Tian to let her explore the human world for a few years.

Qian Chen brought Wang Qiu'er to Shrek Academy after Di Tian let her live in the human world and gave her a protective reverse scale. As Wang Qiu'er began her new life and met Huo Yuhao, Tang San revealed that he had engineered her arrival to influence Huo Yuhao's future.

• Di Tian gave Wang Qiu'er his reverse scale and entrusted her everyday safety to Qian Chen before allowing her to live in the human world for ten years.
• Qian Chen persuaded Wang Qiu'er to pay for her living expenses with another Soul Bone and promised better meals for a better-quality payment.
• Qian Chen returned to Sea God Island with Wang Qiu'er, where she met Huo Yuhao and felt a conflict between the consciousness within her soul and her Auspicious Beast instincts.
• Qian Chen introduced Wang Qiu'er to Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao and gave her a Flying Soul Tool so they could show her around Shrek Academy.
• Tang San revealed that he had caused Wang Qiu'er's transformation and Wang Dong'er's return to female form to bring either girl closer to Huo Yuhao.
• Qian Chen told Zhang Lexuan that Di Tian's reverse scale would protect Wang Qiu'er, and she asked whether he had brought back the Immortal Herbs.

Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan decided to save two immortal herbs for Ma Xiaotao and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. Meanwhile, Niu Tian forced his way into the Holy Spirit Cult to find Ye Xishui, then offered her and Long Xiaoyao a vast opportunity on behalf of his master.

• Qian Chen identified the cockscomb phoenix sunflower and aromatic silk beauty, deciding to give the first to Ma Xiaotao after Shrek Academy was taken and use the second to recruit the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Niu Tian entered the Evil Demon Forest, where two Evil Soul Masters who revealed information about the Holy Spirit Cult's location died from their forbidden control art.
• Niu Tian found the Holy Spirit Cult's headquarters, brushed aside its defenders, and knocked Netherworld Douluo down with one punch.
• Zhongli Wu confronted Niu Tian and was slapped unconscious, prompting Ye Xishui to go meet the intruder with Long Xiaoyao.
• Niu Tian told Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao that he had come to ask them to do something and that his master could grant them an opportunity as vast as the heavens.

Niu Tian pressured Ye Xishui into attacking the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and killing Ning Tian by offering her a false promise of Rakshasa Godhood. Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao agreed to prepare the massacre, while Tang San watched from the Divine Realm, pleased that his scheme was underway.

• Niu Tian ordered Ye Xishui to destroy the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and Nine Treasures City and arrange Ning Tian's death.
• Niu Tian tempted Ye Xishui with the promise of Rakshasa Godhood and the sect's wealth, and she agreed to his demands.
• Ye Xishui told Long Xiaoyao about the supposed godhood opportunity and persuaded him that the attack was worth the risk.
• Long Xiaoyao agreed to support Ye Xishui, and they decided to begin preparations while keeping the godhood secret.
• Tang San watched from the Divine Realm and celebrated his plan to eliminate the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and take the son of destiny for himself.

Qian Chen decided to absorb the ancient Demonic Eye Devil Tree head soul bone Wang Qiu'er had given him, despite its drained Soul Power. The fusion succeeded but cost him a Soul Power rank, and he discovered the bone's first skill, Spiritual Web.

• Wang Qiu'er explained that the soul bone came from the Myriad Demon King, a four-hundred-thousand-year Demonic Eye Devil Tree capable of controlling plants and processing their information.
• Qian Chen chose to absorb the soul bone, and Zhang Lexuan agreed to stand guard while he fused with it.
• The soul bone consumed Qian Chen's Soul Power until his rank fell from ninety-four to the early stage of ninety-three.
• Qian Chen told Zhang Lexuan that the soul bone increased his spiritual power and granted him two skills, then demonstrated Spiritual Web by sending her a Soul Tool construction blueprint.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Qian Chen what the soul bone's second skill was.

Qian Chen explained the perfect-recall Soul Bone Skill Infinite Memory to Zhang Lexuan while the Holy Spirit Cult prepared to destroy the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and Nine Treasures City. The sect and city were overrun, and Zhongli Wu sought permission to capture Yan Feng, a gifted young fighter with a Bone Dragon Martial Soul.

• Qian Chen explained that Infinite Memory gave him perfect recall, and he told Zhang Lexuan he could rebuild the Soul Power he had lost.
• Ye Xishui revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult would attack the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and Nine Treasures City to seize their wealth and kill their residents.
• Ye Xishui sent Feng Ling to deliver a letter to Xuan Zi and ordered the cult to attack that night.
• Led by Dark Cloud Douluo, the Holy Spirit Cult seized Nine Treasures City's walls, killed its guards, and stormed the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ye Xishui killed Ning Yuan and Red Dragon Douluo with Death God's Light, and the cult continued slaughtering the sect's disciples.
• Zhongli Wu asked Ye Xishui for permission to capture Yan Feng, whose Bone Dragon Martial Soul and combat ability had impressed him, and Ye Xishui agreed.

Zhongli Wu captured Yan Feng while Tang Ya and the Holy Spirit Cult destroyed Nine Treasures City and slaughtered its people. At Shrek, Xuan Zi led Inner Court students into the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Rings, where Feng Ling approached their camp on a black phoenix.

• Zhongli Wu overwhelmed Yan Feng, sealed his Soul Power, and declared him his direct disciple, while Tang Ya bound him with Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang Ya devoured Soul Masters and killed ordinary people as the Holy Spirit Cult slaughtered everyone in the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and looted and burned its grounds.
• Ye Xishui ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to turn Nine Treasures City into cultivation nourishment, and Long Xiaoyao stopped objecting when she invoked the order from her superior.
• The next morning, Huo Yuhao brought breakfast to Ning Tian, while Xuan Zi told Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan he would take Inner Court students to hunt Soul Rings.
• Xuan Zi led a dozen Inner Court students to the Star Dou Great Forest and camped there for the night as Feng Ling spotted them from atop a black phoenix and swooped toward the camp.

Feng Ling reminded Xuan Zi that the Holy Spirit Cult had coerced him for generations and delivered Ye Xishui’s order to assassinate Ning Tian. Xuan Zi accepted the assignment, completed the students’ soul hunt, and returned to Shrek just as news arrived that Ning Tian’s family had been destroyed.

• Feng Ling confronted Xuan Zi with Ye Xishui’s letter and reminded him that the Holy Spirit Cult had discovered his devouring ability and forced him to kill Shrek students.
• Xuan Zi read Ye Xishui’s order to kill Ning Tian with minimal cost and impact, then reluctantly accepted the task.
• Xuan Zi took over the soul hunt, found and crippled the Soul Beasts the students needed, and returned to Shrek Academy with them four days later.
• News reached Shrek City that Evil Soul Masters had annihilated the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• A teacher told Bing Ling that Ning Tian’s family was waiting for her at the academy gates, and Bing Ling sent her to meet them.