Recaps

Qian Renxue and Tang San fought until nightfall reversed their advantage, allowing Tang San to strike back. Qian Renxue then withdrew to protect Shui Bing’er and Yu Tianshuang, but returned to harass Tang San and draw him away from the battlefield.

• Qian Renxue overwhelmed Tang San in a direct clash, and Tang San offered to join her against the Holy Spirit Cult to save himself.
• Qian Renxue rejected Tang San’s offer and continued pressing him until night weakened her power and he knocked her back.
• Tang San gloated over the change in their strength, but Qian Renxue threw her Sun Holy Sword at him and flew to Shui Bing’er and her companion.
• Qian Renxue ordered Shui Bing’er to take Yu Tianshuang to Bibi Dong and retreat toward Spirit City while she stayed behind to hold off Tang San.
• Tang San assumed Qian Renxue had returned to submit, but she circled and harassed him before luring him away with her speed.
• Tang San unleashed seawater from his trident, and Qian Renxue flew off without looking back.

Tang San saw through Qian Renxue’s plan and turned toward the battlefield, where Bibi Dong began absorbing the dead through a black vortex to complete her path to godhood. Bibi Dong rejected Qian Renxue’s pleas and insisted she would not wait any longer.

• Tang San realized Qian Renxue was trying to wear him down and headed toward Shui Bing’er and the others.
• Huo Wu brought Yu Tianshuang to Bibi Dong’s battlefield and urged Bibi Dong to retreat, but Bibi Dong opened a black vortex that drew in the battlefield’s souls.
• Sword Douluo warned the survivors that Bibi Dong had betrayed them, while Qian Renxue’s holy sword Qi failed to affect the vortex.
• Qian Renxue ordered Hu Liena to lead the Spirit Hall Empire’s people away and confronted Bibi Dong about sacrificing lives to become a god.
• Bibi Dong declared that the dead had given everything for their empress and said she had no time left to endure the Rakshasa God’s nightmare.

Bibi Dong used the souls gathered by her Death Spiral Magic Array to bypass the Rakshasa God’s trial and begin inheriting her godhood, while Qian Renxue fought Tang San and protected the retreating Spirit Hall Empire army. The chapter left Qian Renxue trying to divert Tang San’s attack from the fleeing soldiers as Bibi Dong’s inheritance proceeded.

• Bibi Dong absorbed the purified souls and used her Death Spiral Magic Array to swallow Qian Renxue’s Angel Radiant Sun attack.
• The Rakshasa God opened the Gate of Inheritance and agreed to give Bibi Dong her godhood after recognizing that she had forcibly bypassed the trial.
• Tang San arrived and knocked Qian Renxue to the ground, while Bibi Dong entered the Gate of Inheritance.
• Ye Yuxuan ordered Zhong Meng to pursue and slaughter the retreating Spirit Hall Empire army, but Qian Renxue raised a vast Divine Barrier that stopped the dark forces and ordinary soldiers.
• Qian Renxue challenged Tang San to fight while Shui Bing’er led the retreat, and Ye Lingling regretted not having Tianshuang kill the Holy Spirit Cult members earlier.
• Tang San aimed his Sun of the Sea at the fleeing army, forcing Qian Renxue to intercept the water sphere and struggle to divert it.

Qian Renxue spent her divine power and destroyed her holy sword to kill Tang San, but Bibi Dong quickly emerged as a god and left her gravely wounded with an ultimatum to kill Shui Bing'er. Meanwhile, Shui Bing'er brought the army back to Spirit City and waited for Qian Renxue, unaware of Bibi Dong's attack.

• Qian Renxue rejected Tang San's demand for her loyalty, sacrificed her divine power and holy sword, and killed him with a Sun Holy Sword formed from solar flames.
• Qian Renxue planned to return to Spirit City and recover before Bibi Dong emerged, but Bibi Dong suddenly pierced her chest with a purple scythe.
• Bibi Dong revealed that she had bypassed the Rakshasa God trials, then ordered Qian Renxue to kill Shui Bing'er within one day in exchange for possibly handing her Spirit City.
• Shui Bing'er reached Spirit City with the army, while Ye Lingling treated the wounded and Hu Liena activated the barrier at the Angel Statue.
• Shui Bing'er waited for Qian Renxue to return, relying on the golden stone that would break if Qian Renxue died.

As Spirit City prepared for Bibi Dong’s threatened attack, Ye Lingling used the life power of the Goddess of Life to heal Qian Renxue, sacrificing herself. Qian Renxue vowed to protect Yu Tianshuang, while Bibi Dong explained to the Holy Spirit Cult’s leader why the cult could not gain the faith needed to create a Godhood.

• In Spirit City’s war room, Shui Bing’er and the others considered how to face Bibi Dong, but Qian Renxue warned that neither healing nor the Angel Statue’s Power of Faith would be enough to stop her.
• Shui Bing’er gave Qian Renxue a golden stone as a backup plan, then flew toward the Far North, having privately decided to become the Ice God and kill Bibi Dong if necessary.
• Ye Lingling told Qian Renxue about her love for Yu Tianshuang and her regret at refusing the Goddess of Life’s inheritance, then used the Goddess’s life power to heal Qian Renxue completely.
• Ye Lingling rapidly aged and vanished into green starlight after healing Qian Renxue, who vowed to keep Yu Tianshuang safe.
• In the Heaven Dou Empire’s main camp, Bibi Dong told the Holy Spirit Cult’s leader that the cult’s lack of sincere believers made it impossible to gather the faith needed to condense a Godhood.

Bibi Dong threatened the Holy Spirit Cult after becoming a god but agreed to visit Spirit City, while Ye Yuxuan hid her anger and kept her own plans secret. In Spirit City, Qian Renxue comforted Shui Xinrou beside the comatose Yu Tianshuang, then waited outside the city for Bibi Dong at dawn.

• Bibi Dong used divine pressure to force the Holy Spirit Cult members to kneel, then accused Ye Yuxuan of using her to study divine power and said she would visit Spirit City the next day.
• After Bibi Dong left, Ye Yuxuan reassured Zhong Meng and privately resolved to make Bibi Dong regret her actions once she found a way to harness the Power of Faith.
• Qian Renxue found Shui Xinrou watching over Yu Tianshuang, and Shui Xinrou recalled how he had changed the lives of those around him.
• Qian Renxue wondered how she would explain Ye Lingling's death and Shui Yue'er's sacrifice to Yu Tianshuang when he woke, then noticed Snow Empress leaving Spirit City.
• At dawn, Qian Renxue waited in the air outside Spirit City as golden threads from the Angel Statue flowed into her.

Ye Yuxuan reflected on her recurring dream of her mother and the Holy Spirit Cult’s purpose while Bibi Dong confronted Qian Renxue outside Spirit City. Qian Renxue fought Bibi Dong with the Power of Faith as Spirit City’s defenders prepared to intervene if she faltered before Shui Bing’er returned.

• Ye Yuxuan woke from a dream about her mother collecting a dead Soul Master’s soul and reaffirming her belief in the Holy Spirit.
• Ye Yuxuan decided to wait and see what Bibi Dong intended to do, while Xiao Wu mournfully studied a flower nearby.
• Bibi Dong challenged Qian Renxue for sparing Shui Bing’er, then attacked her with the Rakshasa Demon Scythe.
• Qian Renxue used the Power of Faith to hold Bibi Dong off, believing Shui Bing’er would return as a god before it ran out.
• Sword Douluo, Golden Crocodile Douluo, and Huo Wu prepared to support Qian Renxue if she began to falter.

Shui Bing'er visited Shui Yue'er in the Ice and Snow Divine Hall and tried to comfort her while hiding the pain of what she had come to tell her. The chapter ended with Shui Yue'er opening an ice-blue doorway and asking her sister to take care of Yu Tianshuang for her.

• Shui Bing'er arrived at the Ice and Snow Divine Hall and embraced Shui Yue'er, who eagerly asked whether the war was over and Yu Tianshuang had sent her favorite sweets.
• Shui Bing'er reminisced about Shui Yue'er’s childhood and teased her for denying her feelings for Yu Tianshuang, then revealed that Huo Wu had also been forward with him.
• Shui Yue'er asked Shui Bing'er about her intimate experience, and Shui Bing'er reassured her that she might someday have a chance with Yu Tianshuang.
• Shui Bing'er urged Shui Yue'er to be honest with Yu Tianshuang after the war, but Shui Yue'er refused to compete with the other women and asked Shui Bing'er to care for him in her place.

Shui Yue'er realized Shui Bing'er was hiding the truth about Tianshuang and accepted that he might be suffering alone. Outside Spirit City, Qian Renxue fought Bibi Dong but was outmatched and driven into the ground.

• Shui Yue'er recalled how Tianshuang always brought her strange snacks, and Shui Bing'er faltered under her sister's guilt and concern.
• Shui Yue'er sensed the war had become more dangerous and chose not to ask Shui Bing'er what had happened, fearing she would want to see Tianshuang one last time.
• Bibi Dong urged Qian Renxue to kill Shui Bing'er, arguing that doing so would protect the majority and free Qian Renxue from personal attachments.
• Qian Renxue invoked Angel Judgment and declared that she willingly carried the sacrifices and responsibilities of others.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue exchanged divine attacks, but Bibi Dong used her greater combat experience to break the Angel Phantom and wound Qian Renxue.
• Bibi Dong struck Qian Renxue in the abdomen with her scythe's tail and knocked her from the sky into the ground.

Qian Renxue unleashed the Angel God Domain to resist Bibi Dong, overpowering her at first despite the heavy cost in Power of Faith. Bibi Dong turned the fight around with her combat skill, and Qian Renxue was left struggling to defend herself.

• Bibi Dong urged Qian Renxue to abandon the battle and leave with Yu Tianshuang, but Qian Renxue said she wanted to end the war and would not live beneath Bibi Dong’s rule.
• Bibi Dong used Calamity Curse Annihilation to force the already-wounded Qian Renxue to her knees.
• Qian Renxue unleashed the Angel God Domain, broke the curse seal, and attacked Bibi Dong with Holy Light Shines and the angels in her domain.
• Hu Liena noticed the Power of Faith draining rapidly from the Angel Statue and told Ning Rongrong to prepare to support the others.
• Bibi Dong used Barrier of Forbidden Destruction to stop Qian Renxue’s attacks, then struck her with the Demon Scythe and sent her flying despite her Angel Holy Shield.

Ice Empress and Snow Empress chose to stay and fight rather than retreat, trusting that Yu Tianshuang might still find a way to save the world. Yu Tianshuang then woke in a familiar room with his cultivation apparently reset and was summoned to the main hall.

• Ice Empress told Snow Empress that her years with Yu Tianshuang and his companions had made them her family, and she refused to abandon them.
• Snow Empress agreed that their life with the companions had given them something worth protecting and decided to use her life to buy time until Bing'er returned as a god.
• Snow Empress said she would return and wake Yu Tianshuang, then vanished in a streak of white light.
• Yu Tianshuang woke in a familiar room, found that the Purple Seal remained but could not be reached, and discovered his cultivation had returned to its former level.
• A Taoist attendant told Yu Tianshuang that his Master had summoned him to the main hall, and Yu Tianshuang went to answer the summons.

Yu Tianshuang woke in the Cold Jade Ice Heart Pavilion after what he believed had been a dream and discovered that he had already learned the Frozen Sky Condensing Sea Art. His master sent him to the Moke Ice Realm to train in the Ice Heaven Sword Scripture, leaving him to enter despite Tian Meng’s warnings about its dangers.

• Yu Tianshuang told his master that he had switched techniques and completed a full circulation overnight, earning the elder’s praise.
• His master assigned martial uncle Mingde to take him to the Moke Ice Realm, and Mingde’s casual manner made Yu Tianshuang feel that something about the situation was strange.
• Mingde introduced Yu Tianshuang to Tian Meng, the previous generation’s chief disciple, who warned him against growing complacent.
• Tian Meng explained the ice realm’s three levels and cautioned Yu Tianshuang to master the divine abilities before entering the third level.
• Tian Meng activated the formation and reminded Yu Tianshuang to learn at least two sword moves before proceeding.

Yu Tianshuang trained in the Moke Ice Realm while Snow Empress sacrificed her origin to help him. After a year, he reached the third level and encountered a woman who would serve as his trial opponent.

• Yu Tianshuang entered the first level of the Moke Ice Realm and met its formation spirit, who noticed his powerful divine soul and instructed him to cultivate.
• Yu Tianshuang practiced the Frozen Sky Condensing Sea Art and used the formation to strengthen his cultivation.
• Snow Empress entered Yu Tianshuang's room on the Douluo Continent, passed through the purple screen, and sacrificed her origin to enter his body.
• Yu Tianshuang spent a year training in the first and second levels, reaching the Golden Core Stage and mastering most of the divine abilities in the Ice Heaven Sword Scripture.
• Yu Tianshuang entered the third level and saw a familiar-looking woman curled up in the center of its arena.

Yu Tianshuang encountered the Snow Empress in the third trial and awakened her when the Purple Seal reacted to his touch. After explaining how he had arrived in this world, he learned she remembered events from the Douluo Continent, where Qian Renxue had killed Tang San and Bibi Dong had allied with the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Yu Tianshuang's attacks vanished into the Snow Empress, and he discovered the opponent was a soul body resembling the real Snow Empress.
• Yu Tianshuang touched the Snow Empress while preparing to give her a soul-nourishing pill, awakening both her and the dormant Purple Seal.
• The Snow Empress mistook Yu Tianshuang's weakened cultivation for the cost of restoring her consciousness, and Yu Tianshuang explained the Purple Seal and his journey to this world.
• The Snow Empress concluded that Yu Tianshuang's world was a realm comparable to the Divine Realm and that its cultivation stages corresponded to those of Douluo.
• Yu Tianshuang told the Snow Empress that Qian Renxue had killed Tang San, while Bibi Dong had allied with the Holy Spirit Cult and gained the Rakshasa Godhood.

Yu Tianshuang passed the third trial when the Snow Empress vanished into the Purple Seal, then discovered his Heavenly Frost Cold Qi had become trapped inside a mysterious scabbard. Mingde revealed that he and his own predecessor had also traveled to other worlds through the Purple Seal, and admitted he had known its secrets before Yu Tianshuang went; he compensated Yu Tianshuang with treasures and promised to help him pursue Tian Meng.

• The Snow Empress urged Yu Tianshuang to return to the Douluo Continent, then entered the Purple Seal as the ice realm's third trial began to shake.
• A scabbard and teleportation array appeared, and Yu Tianshuang realized the realm had counted the Snow Empress's disappearance as his victory.
• Yu Tianshuang absorbed the scabbard, but the Purple Seal drew Heavenly Frost Cold Qi into it and left him unable to unsheathe his Martial Soul.
• Mingde welcomed Yu Tianshuang back and disclosed that previous Purple Seal owners had traveled to other worlds to refine them, while explaining that Purple Qi represented fortune.
• Yu Tianshuang learned Mingde had known about the Purple Seal's purpose before activating it, and Mingde apologized by giving him treasures and pills.
• Mingde compared Yu Tianshuang's Golden Core cultivation to Tian Meng's and offered to help him become her Dao companion once his cultivation was high enough.

Yu Tianshuang learned that the Purple Seal had become active again after he passed the Moke Ice Realm trial, possibly because of Senior Snow Empress, and realized he could return to the Douluo Continent. There, Bibi Dong revealed her Rakshasa Divine Domain and countered Qian Renxue’s decisive attack, leaving Qian Renxue injured.

• Mingde told Yu Tianshuang that the Purple Seal normally went dormant after returning its bearer’s soul, but discovered that Yu Tianshuang’s seal was active again.
• Yu Tianshuang explained that the seal had reactivated after he passed the third level of the Moke Ice Realm trial, and Mingde suspected that the Moon White Sword Scabbard or Senior Snow Empress had provided Purple Qi.
• Yu Tianshuang realized he could enter the Douluo Continent by sending his divine sense into the Purple Seal.
• Outside Spirit City, Qian Renxue used the Angel Statue’s Power of Faith and unleashed Holy sword! Judgment of Sin and Punishment against Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong revealed her Rakshasa Divine Domain, used A Luosha Suo to disrupt Qian Renxue, and severed her control over the holy sword.
• Bibi Dong struck Qian Renxue in the abdomen and sent her crashing backward, causing her to spit blood.

Qian Renxue was left badly wounded and powerless after Bibi Dong defeated her, but Shui Bing'er returned from completing her godhood inheritance and confronted Bibi Dong. Their battle began with Shui Bing'er stopping Bibi Dong's attack by freezing and shattering its energy.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo, Huo Wu, and Sword Douluo rescued Qian Renxue as the Angel Statue turned ashen, and Ning Rongrong supported them with her Soul Skills.
• Bibi Dong mocked Qian Renxue for wasting her Power of Faith, while Sword Douluo comforted her and Huo Wu offered to face Bibi Dong in her place.
• Shui Bing'er returned atop an Ice Phoenix after completing her inheritance, told Huo Wu to take Qian Renxue to rest, and challenged Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong dismissed Shui Bing'er as a weak Second-Class Elemental God, while Shui Bing'er rejected the idea that she had come to join forces with Qian Renxue.
• Shui Bing'er sent an Ice Phoenix at Bibi Dong, then froze and shattered the purple energy blade from Bibi Dong's scythe.

Shui Bing'er trapped Bibi Dong in her Ice Mirror Cold Abyss and attacked her from every direction, while Bibi Dong struggled to escape and conserve her Rakshasa Divine Power. Shui Bing'er revealed that she was not merely a Second-Class Elemental God and began her Great Cold Mirror Burial.

• Bibi Dong advanced on Shui Bing'er, but ice fragments slowed her and forced her to spend Rakshasa Divine Power driving off the chill.
• Bibi Dong rushed into close range and struck at Shui Bing'er, but Shui Bing'er used her Repelling Ice Ring to stall her before escaping as ice mist.
• Shui Bing'er trapped Bibi Dong inside thirty-six ice mirrors and attacked her with real-moving clones, declaring that she had come to kill her.
• Bibi Dong tried to break a mirror, but it was replaced before it could shatter, and she accused Shui Bing'er of wasting Divine Power to keep her trapped.
• Shui Bing'er rebuked Bibi Dong for underestimating her and revealed that she was more than a Second-Class Elemental God.
• Thirty-six Shui Bing'ers emerged from the mirrors and pointed their Ice and Snow Sigh Divine Staffs at Bibi Dong as Shui Bing'er invoked Great Cold Mirror Burial.

Shui Bing'er trapped Bibi Dong in thirty-six ice mirrors and detonated them, badly wounding her and revealing divine power at the level of a First-Class Deity. Shui Bing'er explained that her extreme ice and years of cultivation had earned her the Ice God’s favor, then declared that Bibi Dong’s era was over.

• Shui Bing'er enclosed Bibi Dong in thirty-six ice mirrors, and the two struggled to a stalemate as Bibi Dong tried to break free.
• Shui Bing'er detonated all the mirrors, blasting the land outside Spirit City into ice and snow while the defenders shielded the city from the aftershock.
• The onlookers marveled at Shui Bing'er's strength, and Qian Renxue awkwardly tried to explain why Shui Bing'er seemed stronger than a First-Class Deity.
• Bibi Dong emerged bloodied and depleted, then demanded to know how Shui Bing'er had become a First-Class Deity.
• Shui Bing'er said her extreme ice, cultivation, and god-level ice-type Martial Soul had earned the Ice God’s choice, and reminded Bibi Dong that her era had ended.

Shui Bing'er unleashed her Ice Age divine skill and froze Bibi Dong and the surrounding landscape, but Tang San suddenly appeared and rescued Bibi Dong. His changed appearance and killing aura left Qian Renxue questioning how he had survived.

• Shui Bing'er expanded her Ice God Divine Domain, freezing Bibi Dong's Rakshasa power and Demon Scythe as she prepared a divine skill.
• Bibi Dong shattered the ice around her Demon Scythe and hurled it at Shui Bing'er with Giant Scythe Sweep.
• Shui Bing'er fired Ice Age, freezing Bibi Dong, the Demon Scythe, and a thousand-meter area in a blast that reached Spirit City.
• Shui Bing'er shattered the frozen Demon Scythe, but a blood-red figure rescued Bibi Dong just before her ice ball struck.
• Shui Bing'er recognized the rescuer as Tang San, whose hair, armor, and blood-red eyes had changed, while Qian Renxue wondered how he had survived.

Tang San returned with the Asura Divine Power and drove Bibi Dong away from Shui Bing'er, then threatened to kill Yu Tianshuang and destroy Spirit City. While Shui Bing'er tried to stall him, Yu Tianshuang awoke in Spirit City and prepared to break through.

• Tang San revealed himself as the Asura God, and Bibi Dong recognized him despite believing Qian Renxue had killed him.
• Tang San blasted Bibi Dong away when she asked him to spare Qian Renxue, and she left after hearing his order to retreat.
• Shui Bing'er mocked Tang San, who threatened to kill the people in Spirit City and torment her with Yu Tianshuang's injuries.
• Shui Bing'er held back her anger and tried to stall Tang San to give Qian Renxue time to recover.
• Yu Tianshuang returned his soul to Douluo Continent, awoke in his room, and prepared to break through.

Yu Tianshuang began breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm, and the heavenly tribulation that formed over Spirit City moved away from the battlefield. Tang San revealed himself as the Asura God and unleashed his Divine Skill: Annihilation against Shui Bing'er, Sword Douluo, Huo Wu, and Qian Renxue.

• Yu Tianshuang shattered his Golden Core and began forming a Nascent Soul as a tribulation cloud gathered over Spirit City.
• The Ice Empress recognized the cloud as a heavenly tribulation far more powerful than a Ferocious Beast Heavenly Tribulation, and it moved away from the group.
• Shui Bing'er, Sword Douluo, Huo Wu, and Qian Renxue joined the battle against Tang San, who struck Golden Crocodile Douluo into the ground and wounded the others.
• Tang San summoned the Asura Demon Sword, and Shui Bing'er shielded the group from its killing presence with a dome of ice.
• Qian Renxue identified Tang San as the Asura God, and he launched Divine Skill: Annihilation at the four defenders, shattering Shui Bing'er's ice shield.

Asura God Tang San overwhelmed Qian Renxue, Shui Bing'er, Sword Douluo, and Huo Wu while a terrifying tribulation lightning bolt fell nearby. The chapter ended with Sword Douluo and Huo Wu gravely wounded and Qian Renxue and Shui Bing'er returning to face Tang San.

• Qian Renxue, Shui Bing'er, Sword Douluo, and Huo Wu attacked Tang San together, but he repelled the two women and easily neutralized the others' attacks.
• Tang San caught and crushed Sword Douluo's space-cutting Sword Qi, then noticed the deadly tribulation cloud a thousand meters away and guessed a Million-Year Ferocious Beast was undergoing tribulation.
• Tang San struck Huo Wu despite Sword Douluo's attempt to intercept him, leaving her near death in a crater.
• Tang San shattered Sword Douluo's Seven Kill Sword and ran the Asura God Sword through his chest, leaving him near death.
• Qian Renxue and Shui Bing'er returned from the shattered mountain and sensed the grave condition of Sword Douluo and Huo Wu.

Tang San attacked Shui Bing’er and Qian Renxue with Asura Judgment, leaving both gravely wounded. As Qian Renxue prepared a final Sun Holy Sword, she gave Shui Bing’er her last wishes, and Shui Bing’er realized she intended to sacrifice herself.

• Tang San mocked Shui Bing’er and Qian Renxue, then declared them guilty and sentenced them to death.
• Tang San unleashed Asura Judgment, piercing both women with blood-red threads that blocked their wounds from healing.
• Shui Bing’er and Qian Renxue survived the attack but were left badly injured and nearly out of Divine Power.
• Qian Renxue recalled her memories with Yu Tianshuang and asked Shui Bing’er to have several children and keep Huo Wu from raising them.
• Qian Renxue summoned a Sun Holy Sword and revealed the crown representing her Angel Godhood, prompting Shui Bing’er to realize what she planned to do.

Qian Renxue shattered her Angel Godhood and unleashed a devastating attack against Tang San to protect the continent, but Tang San ultimately defeated her. As Shui Bing'er faced Tang San's next attack, she was too weak to defend herself.

• Qian Renxue broke apart her Angel Godhood, restored her strength, and gained a final divine skill from its power.
• Qian Renxue attacked Tang San with Final Sun-Burn Away All Evil-Angel's Hymn, while Tang San answered with the Asura divine skill.
• Their attacks clashed and devastated the surrounding land as the people atop Spirit City watched Qian Renxue fight to protect them.
• Tang San overwhelmed Qian Renxue and shattered the Sun Holy Sword, leaving her bloodied and nearly out of Divine Power.
• Tang San turned to kill Shui Bing'er, who could barely raise her staff to defend herself.