Recaps

As the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament approached, Skywater Academy’s team earned its Gold Soul Fighting Badge and learned that their revealing new uniforms would help fund the academy. Shui Xinrou gave the girls another task: they rehearsed a dance for Yu Tianshuang, who watched and praised their performance.

• The Skywater Academy Team won a match and earned enough points to receive a team Gold Soul Fighting Badge.
• Shui Xinrou praised the team for completing their training tasks and presented new uniforms designed to raise money for the academy.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er agreed that the team would wear the uniforms to support Skywater Academy.
• The next morning, the girls asked Yu Tianshuang to watch their dance rehearsal as part of Shui Xinrou’s task.
• Yu Tianshuang watched the girls dance and said their performance was really good, making them burst into laughter.

Skywater Academy prepared for and entered the tournament’s opening preliminary match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team 2, with Shui Bing’er determined to make a strong impression. After the team performed its opening dance, the fighters took their places as the match was about to begin.

• Shui Bing’er faced off with Huo Wu of Blazing Fire Academy, and Yu Tianshuang learned that Huo Wu repeatedly challenged her but always lost.
• Shui Xinrou told Skywater Academy that it had drawn Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team 2 for the first preliminary match and urged the team to win quickly and impress the crowd.
• Shui Bing’er chose the main fighters for the match and left Ye Lingling out because they would not need healing.
• Skywater Academy entered the arena, danced during the introductions, and drew praise from the spectators while Huo Wu watched enviously.
• Ye Lingling left the stage, and the host announced that both teams had one minute to release their Martial Souls before the match began.

Skywater Academy Team crushed Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team 2 in under a minute, showcasing Shui Bing'er’s powerful Ice Seal and Yu Tianshuang’s strength. After the victory, Ning Fengzhi explained that Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul had evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and the teams turned to watch Shrek Academy face Blue Sunshine Academy.

• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi confirmed Shui Bing'er’s fourth Soul Ring was Ten Thousand Years old and Yu Tianshuang had a purple-black-black Soul Ring Configuration, while Salas ordered Yu Tianshuang investigated.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Skywater Academy Team as the match began, and Zhu Zhuqing and Shui Yue'er quickly knocked down the opposing team’s flank members.
• Shui Bing'er froze all seven opponents, Xue Wu injured their captain, and Yu Tianshuang knocked down two Power Attack System Soul Masters.
• Skywater Academy Team defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team 2 in less than a minute, prompting cheers from the spectators.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Ye that Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul had evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and the teams went to watch Shrek Academy face Blue Sunshine Academy.

Yu Tianshuang and the Skywater Team watched Shrek Academy face Blue Sunshine Academy, then Ning Fengzhi took Yu Tianshuang to meet a man who might know something about his parents. The chapter ended as the young-looking man in white turned to greet them.

• Shui Bing'er analyzed the matchup, while Yu Tianshuang reassured Zhu Zhuqing about Dai Mubai's progress and reminded her she still owed him.
• Blue Sunshine Academy trapped Shrek Team in an illusion with a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, but Shrek ultimately won the match.
• Shui Bing'er warned the Skywater Team not to underestimate their opponents, and the group prepared to review Shrek Academy's abilities.
• Ning Rongrong reunited with Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, who praised Yu Tianshuang and discussed taking the team to Spirit City after the preliminaries.
• Ning Fengzhi took Yu Tianshuang to meet someone who might know about his parents, and a golden-haired young man in white turned toward them.

Yu Tianshuang learned from Xue Qinghe that Spirit Hall had hunted the Lower Three Sects to obtain a secret method for creating compatible Soul Rings and guaranteeing Soul Bones. He concluded that his parents were caught up in the affair and that he needed to uncover why Spirit Hall had pursued Clear Sky Douluo and his wife, but the trail had gone cold.

• Ning Fengzhi introduced Yu Tianshuang to his disciple, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, then left them alone.
• Xue Qinghe explained that Spirit Hall had targeted the Nine Heavens Rainbow Wind Clan for a method that could refine living Soul Beasts into compatible Soul Rings and guaranteed Soul Bones.
• Xue Qinghe said the method required the Undying Sect's vitality and that Yu Tianshuang's parents had been caught up in Spirit Hall's hunt for the Lower Three Sects.
• Yu Tianshuang reasoned that his mother would have fought to protect her close ties to the other sects and rejected Xue Qinghe's subtle efforts to recruit him.
• On his way back to the academy, Yu Tianshuang resolved to find out why Spirit Hall had hunted Clear Sky Douluo and his wife, but realized the trail had gone cold.

Skywater Academy Team chose to face Elephant Armor Academy Team despite their history of losses, and the match began with both teams revealing their opening moves. The Elephant Armor Team broke through Shui Bing'er’s Ice Seal and kept advancing, leaving Yu Tianshuang and his teammates to find a way to disrupt their formation.

• Shui Bing'er and the other Skywater Academy members chose to fight Elephant Armor Academy Team to avenge their injured senior sisters and the academy’s past defeats.
• Shui Xinrou supported the team’s decision, while Ning Fengzhi and Huyan Zhen argued over which team would prevail and Huyan Zhen ordered his grandson to crush Skywater Academy.
• Doudou introduced both teams, and the Skywater Academy Team entered the arena to loud cheers before Elephant Armor Academy Team followed with a shaking entrance.
• Elephant Armor Academy Team mocked the girls, prompting Yu Tianshuang to release his Martial Soul and pressure them into silence.
• Huyan Li and the other six Elephant Armor Academy members used First Soul Skill, Bronze Wall and Iron Bastion, and advanced together in formation.
• Shui Bing'er cast First Soul Skill, Ice Seal, but Huyan Li shattered his ice and the other Elephant Armor members soon broke free, prompting Shui Bing'er to warn Yu Tianshuang that they needed to break the formation.

Yu Tianshuang and the Tianshui team battled the Elephant Armor Academy team, whose human-cannon attack seriously injured Shui Bing'er. Enraged, Yu Tianshuang revealed his second martial soul and unleashed a devastating sword skill, leaving the opposing team frozen and badly wounded.

• Yu Tianshuang froze Huyan Li and then the rest of the Elephant Armor Academy team with his ice skills, while Shui Yue'er and Zhu Zhuqing attacked their frozen opponents.
• Huyan Li broke free and blocked Yu Tianshuang's ice swords as Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed the Extreme Freezing Ray.
• Huyan Li's team fired a human cannonball at Shui Bing'er, striking her and forcing the Ice Phoenix to disappear.
• Yu Tianshuang blamed himself for Shui Bing'er's injury, revealed his second martial soul, and severed an Elephant Armor team member's arm with a sword strike.
• Yu Tianshuang used Ice Chill Storm Slash to freeze the remaining Elephant Armor Academy members, covering them with small wounds.

After Yu Tianshuang badly wounded the Elephant Armor Academy Team, Huyan Zhen demanded an explanation, but Ning Fengzhi defended the match and Spirit Hall summoned Yu Tianshuang to question him. Bishop Salas treated him warmly after receiving the Pope’s instruction not to suppress him, and began explaining that the questioning was only a formality.

• Huyan Zhen thawed the Elephant Armor Academy Team, saw their wounds gush blood, and charged at Yu Tianshuang until Gu Rong pinned him with Soul Power.
• Ning Fengzhi argued that Yu Tianshuang had followed the match rules, and Huyan Zhen carried his injured disciples away while threatening to seek an impartial judgment.
• Salas considered whether to support Huyan Zhen or win over Yu Tianshuang, then read the Pope’s order to recruit Yu Tianshuang and not suppress him.
• Shui Xinrou reassured Yu Tianshuang and Shui Bing'er that she would handle the consequences before a Spirit Hall messenger summoned Yu Tianshuang for questioning.
• Salas welcomed Yu Tianshuang, praised his abilities, and said the questioning over the injuries was merely a formality.

Yu Tianshuang considered Salas’s offer to join Spirit Hall after learning it could help uncover what happened to his parents, but agreed to a temporary suspension from the tournament instead. He then accompanied Dugu Bo to the ravaged Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where they discovered its energy could recover in three to five years.

• Salas offered Yu Tianshuang a place in Spirit Hall and said it could help investigate the past deeds of the previous Pope and the Worship Hall.
• Yu Tianshuang agreed to be suspended for one tournament round to appease the Elephant Armor Sect while he considered Salas’s offer.
• Dugu Bo met Yu Tianshuang at Skywater Academy and asked whether he had taken all the Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Yu Tianshuang denied visiting the well, and he and Dugu Bo went there to inspect the damage.
• Yu Tianshuang found the Immortal Herbs and seedlings devastated but determined that the well’s foundation remained intact and could recover in three to five years.
• Yu Tianshuang urged Dugu Bo to gather the surviving herbs and seedlings, while Dugu Bo vowed vengeance on the thief.

Yu Tianshuang discovered that the Purple Ultimate Big Dipper Seven Origins Seal had bonded with the ice and fire Immortal Herbs, transforming his cultivation and prompting him to begin seclusion at the depleted Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Meanwhile, Tang San distributed Immortal Herbs at Shrek Academy, and Shui Yue'er’s feelings for Tianshuang were revealed to her companions.

• Yu Tianshuang found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well mostly drained and wondered how its thief had taken the Immortal Herbs without damaging Dugu Bo’s poison array.
• The Purple Ultimate Big Dipper Seven Origins Seal drew the ice-blue and crimson dragon silhouettes from the remaining Immortal Herbs, and their energy strengthened Yu Tianshuang’s body, Soul Power, ice enhancement, and fire resistance.
• Yu Tianshuang asked Dugu Bo to tell his teacher that he would cultivate in seclusion, and Dugu Bo agreed before leaving to deliver the message.
• Tang San handed Immortal Herbs to his companions at Shrek Academy and resolved to restore the Tang Sect and make Spirit Hall pay.
• At Skywater Academy, Shui Yue'er protested Salas’s suspension of Tianshuang, but Shui Xinrou told Dugu Bo to reassure him and teased Yue'er about her feelings for him.

The Skywater Academy Team prepared to face Shrek, expecting an easy match until the Shrek players were revealed to have all reached Soul Ancestor. The match began with Xue Wu blocking Dai Mubai’s attack, while Shui Bing’er’s team followed its plan to confront Shrek.

• Shui Yue'er and the other Skywater girls discussed Zhu Zhuqing’s history with Dai Mubai, but Zhu Zhuqing said she and Dai Mubai had nothing to do with each other now.
• Shui Xinrou warned the Skywater Academy Team not to underestimate Shrek, while Shui Bing'er remained confident in her team’s advantage.
• Doudou announced that Shrek’s updated roster had every member at Soul Ancestor, surprising Shui Yue'er and making Shui Bing'er’s team take the match seriously.
• Dai Mubai activated his Martial Soul and glared at Zhu Zhuqing, while Shui Bing’er assigned Xue Wu to occupy him and gave the other girls their roles.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced the Skywater team, and Xue Wu charged Dai Mubai before blocking his White Tiger Light Wave with her Snow Satin Body Entanglement.

The Shrek Team struggled against Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu’s coordinated ice attacks, as Tang San repeatedly spent his Soul Power protecting his teammates. The chapter ended with his Blue Silver Cage shielding the clustered Shrek members from Xue Wu’s Snow Ribbon barrage.

• Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Fire Line failed to harm Xue Wu, while Shui Yue’er’s attack struck Jiang Zhu and Tang San warned her to stay close to him.
• Ma Hongjun flew toward Shui Bing’er and provoked her, prompting her to trap him, Dai Mubai, and Tai Long in her Extreme Cold Vortex.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Cage to protect Ma Hongjun, who melted the ice around himself and escaped the vortex.
• Shui Bing’er expanded the vortex to drive the Shrek Team together, then signaled Xue Wu to attack them.
• Xue Wu unleashed her Fourth Soul Skill, and Tang San raised another Blue Silver Cage as the Snow Ribbons struck.

The Shrek Team and Skywater Academy Team fought to a stalemate until Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er’s coordinated tactics turned the battle. After Dai Mubai defeated Shui Yue'er, Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu began preparing a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving Tang San to lead an attempt to stop them.

• Tang San directed Dai Mubai, Jing Ling, and Huang Yuan to attack the separated Xue Wu, but Shui Bing'er froze and pulled her back to safety before Tang San could ensnare her.
• Shui Bing'er sent repeated Ice Seals at Shrek while both teams’ healers and supporters kept the fight going, and she later used an Ice and Snow Vortex to pressure them.
• Shui Yue'er slipped into the Blue Silver Cage and knocked Jiang Zhu off the stage, then targeted Oscar; Dai Mubai charged through the vortex and grievously wounded her.
• Shui Bing'er ended the vortex and ordered Xue Wu to prepare their Martial Soul Fusion Skill while Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and Yu Hairou left the stage and Zhu Zhuqing held Shrek off.
• Tang San recognized the fusion skill’s rising frost energy and rushed to stop Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu from completing it.

Zhu Zhuqing held off the Shrek Team while Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu prepared their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. As the arena froze from its gathering power, Tang San ordered the team to attack the women before they could complete it.

• Ning Rongrong boosted Zhu Zhuqing, who used her clones and evolved Hell Nine-Lived Spirit Cat abilities to withstand attacks from Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.
• Dai Mubai revealed that he had absorbed a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and urged Zhu Zhuqing to return to him, but she rejected him and attacked.
• Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai coordinated their Soul Skills to defeat Zhu Zhuqing's clones and strike her with a combined assault, but she emerged seemingly unharmed.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized her nine-lived cat trait had run out of uses as Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's fusion power froze the arena.
• Tang San ordered the Shrek Team to attack Zhu Zhuqing, the healing Soul Masters, and Shui Bing'er before the Martial Soul Fusion Skill was completed.

Shrek overwhelmed Skywater Academy’s defenders as Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong were gravely wounded and knocked out of the fight. Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu held off their Martial Soul Fusion Skill until it was ready, while Yu Hairou and Ye Lingling formed the final barriers against Shrek.

• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun attacked Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai beat her unconscious before kicking her off the stage.
• Ning Rongrong protected herself with her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and endured attacks from Tang San and Tai Long while Gu Rong and Ning Fengzhi watched from the stands.
• Tang San pierced Ning Rongrong with his Blue Silver Thorn Array after her pagoda shattered, leaving her gravely wounded.
• Ye Lingling used her remaining Soul Power to raise a giant crabapple flower as a barrier, while Yu Hairou confronted Tang San and Tai Long behind a wall of coral.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun joined Jing Ling and Huang Yuan in attacking Skywater Academy’s last defensive lines as Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu waited for their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to be ready.

Shui Bing'er unleashed the nearly complete Ice and Snow Drifting, but Tang San countered it with the Clear Sky Hammer and won the match. Shui Bing'er was carried away unconscious, while Yu Tianshuang felt an unexplained unease as he cultivated.

• Shui Bing'er ended the Martial Soul Fusion Skill's buildup, sent Ye Lingling and Yu Hairou off the stage, and faced the Shrek Team with Xue Wu leaving as well.
• Shui Bing'er warned Tang San to surrender, then dived at the Shrek Team with Ice and Snow Drifting.
• Tang San ordered his teammates off the stage, summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and Eight Spider Soul Bone, and struck the Ice Phoenix.
• Tang San shattered the Ice Phoenix, but the hammer's momentum struck Shui Bing'er and left her unconscious as the arena broke apart.
• Doudou declared the Shrek Academy Team the winner, and Shui Xinrou carried Shui Bing'er away.
• Yu Tianshuang felt an inexplicable unease while cultivating inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then tried to calm himself and continue.

Yu Tianshuang learned that Tang San had stolen Dugu Bo’s Immortal Herbs and injured Skywater Academy’s team, ending any chance that he would ally with Tang San. After seeing the injured women and blaming himself and Huyan Zhen for what happened, Yu Tianshuang resolved to settle his debts, as blood red appeared in his eyes.

• Dugu Bo told Yu Tianshuang that Tang San had stolen the Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and that Tang Hao had driven him off after he confronted Shrek.
• Yu Tianshuang rejected the idea of joining Tang San because Tang San had harmed Dugu Bo and seriously injured Shui Bing’er and the others.
• Yu Tianshuang arrived at Skywater Academy’s hotel and saw that Granny Ye had treated the injured team members, while Shui Xinrou explained their conditions and the upcoming match against Blazing Fire Academy.
• Yu Tianshuang blamed Tang San and Huyan Zhen for the injuries and his absence from the match, then vowed to settle accounts with them as blood red surfaced in his eyes.

Yu Tianshuang accompanied the weakened Xue Wu to Skywater Academy’s rest room before going alone to face Blazing Fire Academy. After hearing Ma Hongjun insult Skywater Academy and make a lewd remark about Shui Bing'er, Yu Tianshuang abandoned his plan to merely concede and challenged the opposing team.

• Xue Wu comforted Yu Tianshuang and teased him about his relationships with Zhu Zhuqing, Shui Yue'er, and Lingling while they waited in the rest room.
• Yu Tianshuang left Xue Wu behind and entered the arena as Skywater Academy’s sole representative against Blazing Fire Academy.
• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu realized Yu Tianshuang had appeared alone and speculated that Skywater Academy’s other members were still injured.
• Ma Hongjun mocked Skywater Academy and made a lewd remark about Shui Bing'er from Shrek’s nearby spectator seats.
• Yu Tianshuang released his Martial Soul, glared at Ma Hongjun and Shrek, and introduced himself before challenging Blazing Fire Academy.

Yu Tianshuang fought Blazing Fire Academy alone, defeating several teammates with his ice techniques. Huo Wu prepared her strongest attack and acknowledged Yu Tianshuang as her strongest opponent as the battle continued.

• Huo Wu grew angry at Yu Tianshuang's formal introduction and told him to surrender, but he continued attacking Huo Wushuang with sword Qi.
• Huo Wushuang charged Yu Tianshuang, who defeated him with Ice Heaven Concentrated Spirit-Army Breaker and froze him before sending him off the arena.
• Huo Wu used Repelling Fire Ring to break Yu Tianshuang's ice walls, and Blazing Fire Academy's fighters surrounded him with Soul Skills.
• Yu Tianshuang dodged the attacks with Ice Shadow Seven Star Steps, froze one fighter, and sent another off the arena with Ice Heaven Concentrated Spirit.
• Huo Wu gathered power for Huo Wu's Radiant Sun while Yu Tianshuang drove the remaining Battle Soul Masters off the arena with Frost Sword Tooth Rain and Prismatic Barrier Ice Array.
• Huo Wu admitted Yu Tianshuang was the strongest opponent she had faced and said she would give him the respect he had sought.

Yu Tianshuang defeated Blazing Fire Academy and secured Skywater Team a place in the tournament finals, but an awkward misunderstanding with Huo Wu followed his victory. As he left the stage, he worried that she now thought he was a lecher.

• Huo Wu urged Yu Tianshuang to surrender, but he refused and unleashed Frost Raging Dragon Strike against her Radiant Sun.
• Yu Tianshuang pierced Huo Wu’s fireball and accidentally touched her after his ice attack had run out of energy; Huo Wu knocked him away with Repelling Fire Ring and fled the stage.
• Huo Wu’s two teammates teased Yu Tianshuang before leaving, while the announcer declared Skywater Team the second finalist.
• Xue Ye considered recruiting Yu Tianshuang, Salas recognized his potential, and Gu Rong and Ning Fengzhi praised his strength.
• Yu Tianshuang walked toward the lounge, regretting the misunderstanding and worrying that Huo Wu thought he was a lecher.

Yu Tianshuang met Xue Qinghe to learn more about Spirit Hall and decided he would join it to uncover the truth about his parents. Xue Qinghe gave him a letter for Pope Bibi Dong, then revealed her disguise and flew into a rage after Yu Tianshuang left.

• Xue Qinghe congratulated Yu Tianshuang for defeating Blazing Fire Academy and said he expected him to join Spirit Hall after graduation.
• Xue Qinghe argued that Spirit Hall would accept Yu Tianshuang regardless of his background and was his best path to learning what happened to his parents.
• Yu Tianshuang said he had already decided to join Spirit Hall and demanded the information Xue Qinghe had promised.
• Xue Qinghe offered to reveal Spirit Hall's secrets if Yu Tianshuang agreed to deliver a letter to Pope Bibi Dong, and Yu Tianshuang accepted the letter.
• After Yu Tianshuang left, Xue Qinghe shed her disguise and angrily smashed objects, vowing to make him regret his look of disdain.

Yu Tianshuang absorbed the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone and Sword Mist Jasper Bamboo to strengthen himself for the finals against Tang San, then pushed himself through a week of training. Ye Lingling found him exhausted at the Mimicry Training Ground and comforted him before he fell asleep in her lap.

• Yu Tianshuang decided he needed the Immortal Herbs to counter Tang San and absorbed them at the Mimicry Training Ground.
• The Immortal Herbs raised Yu Tianshuang's Soul Power to level 39, strengthened his body, and evolved Heavenly Frost Cold Qi to near-ultimate ice power.
• Yu Tianshuang tested his new Great Hong Lian Heavenly Frost Cold Qi state with a powerful sword strike that carved a scar into the training ground wall.
• Yu Tianshuang spent the next week cultivating and fighting simulated Soul Beasts as he worked toward Soul Ancestor and a Soul Ring.
• Ye Lingling returned to the academy with Senior Sister Hairou, urged Yu Tianshuang to rest, and he fell asleep while they talked.
• Ye Lingling gently placed Yu Tianshuang's head on her lap and stroked it as he slept.

Yu Tianshuang recovered from a week of exhausting cultivation, grew closer to Ye Lingling, and broke through to level 40. As he set out with Shui Xinrou to hunt for a Soul Ring, memories of the injured girls renewed his determination to make Tang San and Shrek pay.

• Yu Tianshuang woke with his head on Ye Lingling's thighs, then carried her to his dorm when her legs went numb and she was afraid to sleep alone.
• Ye Lingling covered the sleeping Yu Tianshuang with a quilt and kissed his forehead, while he slept on the sofa.
• The next morning, Yu Tianshuang discovered he had reached level 40, and Ye Lingling, Xue Wu, and Yu Hairou congratulated him.
• Shui Xinrou praised Yu Tianshuang's effort and led him and the others toward Spirit City to hunt for his Soul Ring.
• In Ice Seal Town, Yu Tianshuang passed the notice board and remembered the injured girl before vowing to make Tang San and Shrek pay.

Yu Tianshuang and Shui Xinrou traveled from Ice Peak Forest into the Far North to find a suitable Soul Beast for his Fourth Soul Skill, while Yu Tianshuang told his teacher he intended to join Spirit Hall after graduation. As they camped for the night, his First Soul Ring reacted to distant Soul Power fluctuations, pointing them toward a connected Soul Beast.

• Shui Xinrou drove off a 50,000-year Frost Giant Ape and admitted that they had not found a suitable Soul Beast for Yu Tianshuang in Ice Peak Forest.
• Yu Tianshuang suggested searching the Far North, and Shui Xinrou agreed that an Ice Jade Scorpion there could strengthen his First Soul Skill as well as grant him a powerful new skill.
• Shui Xinrou took Yu Tianshuang to the Far North, where they set up camp and discussed his plans after graduation.
• Yu Tianshuang told Shui Xinrou he planned to join Spirit Hall, explaining that he could not bear to see Tang San after Senior Sister Bing'er fell in the arena and wanted to know why Spirit Hall would aid him.
• Shui Xinrou accepted his choice and promised that Skywater Academy would always be his home and that she would protect him if he was wronged.
• Soul Power fluctuations sounded in the distance, and Yu Tianshuang felt his First Soul Ring respond to a Soul Beast connected to it.

Shui Xinrou fought an Ice Jade Scorpion to secure a suitable Soul Beast for Yu Tianshuang, nearly killing it with her powerful attacks. After she brought the barely living scorpion to Yu Tianshuang, she sensed something approaching and turned toward the horizon.

• Shui Xinrou and Yu Tianshuang watched an Ice Jade Scorpion defeat a Frost Giant Ape and waited for their chance to claim it.
• Shui Xinrou attacked the feasting Ice Jade Scorpion, but it broke free of her ice prison and protected itself with frost armor.
• Shui Xinrou pierced the scorpion’s armor with Diamond Icicle Thrust and struck it with her Eighth Soul Skill, freezing it into an ice sculpture.
• Shui Xinrou discovered that the Ice Jade Scorpion still had a faint trace of life and carried it toward Yu Tianshuang.
• Shui Xinrou sensed something in the distance, set down the frozen scorpion, and turned to face the horizon.