Recaps

Yu Xiaogang returned to the day his sect expelled him, remembering how Tang San had abandoned him instead of taking him to the Divine Realm. He planned to manipulate Tang San’s public reputation into forcing him to bring Yu Xiaogang along, while heading to Spirit City to win over Bibi Dong as a backup.

• Yu Xiaogang recalled Tang San insulting him and leaving him behind when he ascended to the Divine Realm.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to cling to Tang San again and use his reputation for honoring teachers to pressure him into taking Yu Xiaogang to the Divine Realm.
• Yu Xiaogang planned to present himself publicly as the devoted teacher who had sacrificed everything for Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang chose to go straight to Spirit City, hoping to win over Bibi Dong, study Spirit Hall’s research, and secure another path to godhood.
• Yu Xiaogang set off for Spirit City, confident that Bibi Dong could become his backup if Tang San refused to take him.

Yu Xiaogang and the reborn Bibi Dong kept their feelings restrained while Qian Xunji watched them and suspected Bibi Dong had also returned from the future. He invited Yu Xiaogang to a banquet to test them, leaving Bibi Dong uneasy and Yu Xiaogang convinced the Pope valued his theories.

• Yu Xiaogang prepared his work on Martial Soul theory in Spirit Hall's library, while Bibi Dong concealed her affection for him and vowed to protect him.
• Qian Xunji watched the pair and suspected Bibi Dong was hiding knowledge of her previous life.
• Qian Xunji ordered a banquet for Yu Xiaogang, prompting Bibi Dong to worry that he had discovered her feelings and Yu Xiaogang to wonder why the Pope had invited him.
• At the banquet, Qian Xunji praised Yu Xiaogang's dedication while privately judging his abilities, and Bibi Dong watched him suspiciously.

Qian Xunji exposed Yu Xiaogang’s inability to answer Bibi Dong’s cultivation questions and suspected both of them had memories of their previous lives, but Gu Yue’s warning stopped him from killing them. Bibi Dong questioned how Yu Xiaogang had compiled his theories, while Yu Xiaogang left vowing to destroy Spirit Hall.

• Qian Xunji challenged Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul theories and mocked him for remaining at level twenty-nine despite claiming there were no useless Martial Souls.
• Bibi Dong defended Yu Xiaogang, but Qian Xunji questioned whether she had taken a fancy to him and then asked Yu Xiaogang to advise her on cultivation.
• Yu Xiaogang failed to answer Bibi Dong’s questions, pretended to be ill, and fled while Bibi Dong stayed behind under Qian Xunji’s stare.
• Qian Xunji recognized Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang as reincarnators and considered killing them, but Gu Yue’s voice transmission made him spare them for the time being.
• Bibi Dong wondered how Yu Xiaogang had assembled his theories without her help, while Yu Xiaogang blamed Qian Xunji and vowed to destroy Spirit Hall before hiding from patrolling knights.

Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang discovered that they had both been reborn and planned to escape together after she reached Soul Saint. When they tried to touch, an unknown force repeatedly hurled Yu Xiaogang across the room, leaving them unable to figure out why.

• Bibi Dong asked Yu Xiaogang about the Teacher of Gods, and they realized they both remembered their previous lives.
• Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang agreed to keep their relationship secret until she became a Soul Saint, then flee together.
• Yu Xiaogang imagined using future knowledge and powerful allies to challenge Spirit Hall, unaware of the flaws in his assumptions.
• Yu Xiaogang was blasted away when he touched Bibi Dong, and each attempt by her to help sent him crashing around the room.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed Qian Xunji, but Bibi Dong rejected the idea, and the hidden cause remained unknown.
• When Bibi Dong stepped toward him again, Yu Xiaogang groaned that he was tired, then was blasted away once more.

After humiliating physical mishaps kept Bibi Dong away from him, Yu Xiaogang submitted his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul to Spirit Hall, where scholars dismissed it. Qian Xunji publicly praised Yu Xiaogang and made him an honorary elder, while secretly arranging for Brother Jie to take an interest in him.

• Yu Xiaogang told Bibi Dong to keep her distance until they discovered what was causing their mishaps, then decided to submit his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul immediately.
• Spirit Hall scholars ridiculed Yu Xiaogang's treatise as incoherent and made from old common knowledge.
• Qian Xunji ordered Yue Guan to bring Brother Jie, Brother Wei, Billy, and Brother Jiao from prison and assigned them to work at the research hall, instructing them to take care of Yu Xiaogang.
• Qian Xunji visited the theoretical research hall, praised Yu Xiaogang's treatise, and appointed him an honorary elder with an Elder Token and stipend.
• Yu Xiaogang mistook the scholars' silence and disdain for jealousy, while Brother Jie watched him with growing interest.

Yu Xiaogang received lavish praise from Brother Jie and Brother Wei, which spurred him to publish a string of theories. Qian Xunji and the scholars of Spirit Hall honored and flattered him, leaving Yu Xiaogang intoxicated by his newfound acclaim.

• Brother Jie and Brother Wei found Yu Xiaogang hungry in the seminar room, offered him bread, and praised his manuscript.
• Brother Jie and Brother Wei repeatedly encouraged Yu Xiaogang, who published several new theories over the next two months.
• Qian Xunji awarded Yu Xiaogang the Continent Theory Trailblazing Pioneer Gold Medal and promised Spirit Hall's continued support.
• The Martial Soul Theory Research Hall scholars and Yue Guan showered Yu Xiaogang with praise, and he reveled in being admired.

Yu Xiaogang rejected Bibi Dong’s warnings about Spirit Hall and defended his work, his colleagues, and his ambitions for Xiao San. He left her behind and returned to the Theory Research Hall, where the scholars welcomed him warmly.

• Yu Xiaogang returned to the seminar room after the commendation and embraced his honored place in Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong waited for Yu Xiaogang, explained her distress over being unable to touch him, and tried to reach for him, but he backed away.
• Bibi Dong questioned Yu Xiaogang’s work for Qian Xunji and warned that Spirit Hall’s praise and his colleagues’ friendship might conceal ulterior motives.
• Yu Xiaogang angrily defended his work and his plans to build a reputation for Xiao San, then told Bibi Dong to reflect and left for the Theory Research Hall.
• Brother Jie and Brother Wei welcomed Yu Xiaogang with hot milk and a comfortable chair, and he basked in their admiration.

Yu Xiaogang rejected Bibi Dong’s attempt to reconcile, insisting that his rising career in Spirit Hall mattered more than their plan to leave together. After Bibi Dong’s attempt to stop him triggered another strange repulsion, he left believing she would eventually return to him as a devoted admirer.

• Qian Xunji read a dossier about Yu Xiaogang’s growing fame and scorned how easily he had been won over by Spirit Hall’s praise.
• Bibi Dong, unable to bear their month-long separation, stopped Yu Xiaogang and apologized, then suggested they leave together once she became a Soul Saint.
• Yu Xiaogang proudly praised His Holiness the Pope and his own honors, lectures, and fifth-place finish at a philosophy conference, then accused Bibi Dong of undermining his career.
• Bibi Dong challenged Yu Xiaogang over his changed loyalties and the promise they had made, but he condemned her and tried to leave.
• Bibi Dong reached for Yu Xiaogang, and a strange force hurled him into a stone wall; he blamed her, left, and considered keeping her as a backup while thinking of Liu Erlong.

Liu Erlong and Flender arrived at Spirit Hall, where Liu Erlong reunited with Yu Xiaogang and revealed that she had memories of their previous lives. Yu Xiaogang kept her at arm’s length while showing off a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Bibi Dong watched the reunion with growing alarm.

• Liu Erlong reunited with Yu Xiaogang in the Theory Seminar Hall, and the two privately confirmed that they had both been reborn.
• Liu Erlong tried to embrace Yu Xiaogang, but he rejected her in public to protect his reputation; Flender watched with a broken heart.
• Liu Erlong, Flender, and Yu Xiaogang became sworn siblings, then Yu Xiaogang demonstrated a Trinity Fusion Skill that transformed Luo Sanpao into a Golden Sacred Dragon.
• Qian Xunji praised Yu Xiaogang, granted Liu Erlong a position as his academic assistant, and awarded Yu Xiaogang a lifetime achievement trophy.
• Bibi Dong saw Liu Erlong beside Yu Xiaogang and realized that her rival from their previous lives had appeared years early.
• Gu Yue revealed that she had steered Liu Erlong toward Yu Xiaogang to unsettle Bibi Dong and advance her own plans.

After Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong fought over Yu Xiaogang, Qian Xunji intervened and proposed that Yu decide their dispute. He then diverted Yu from choosing between them by promising to make him famous through a continent-wide theory competition.

• Bibi Dong confronted Liu Erlong, and they traded insults about their past lives and their love for Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong fought with their Martial Souls until Qian Xunji blasted them apart.
• Liu Erlong accused Bibi Dong of pursuing Yu Xiaogang and plotting to elope with him, but Qian Xunji reacted with approval rather than anger.
• Qian Xunji brought Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong to a side hall and summoned Yu Xiaogang to settle the matter.
• When Yu Xiaogang prepared to claim both women, Qian Xunji promised him a continent-wide theory competition and warned that taking several wives would damage his reputation.

Yu Xiaogang avoided choosing between Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong by claiming he would focus on his career, then drove them away when they confronted him. As Qian Xunji arranged for four men to assist him, Yu Xiaogang grew more enamored with his status and decided he might take over Spirit Hall rather than destroy it.

• Yu Xiaogang told Qian Xunji that romance could wait until his name shook the world, earning Qian Xunji's exaggerated praise and leaving Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong thinking they would have to keep their distance.
• Yu Xiaogang scolded Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong in his room, rejected Liu Erlong's appeal to their past-life marriage, and ordered them both out.
• Qian Xunji watched the women leave and instructed Brother Jie, Brother Wei, Brother Billy, and Brother Jiao to give Yu Xiaogang round-the-clock assistance.
• Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong continued competing for Yu Xiaogang's attention while he basked in his medals and reconsidered his oath to destroy Spirit Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang recalled how the four men had rushed to help him pick up soap during a bath and felt deeply moved by their consideration.

Yu Xiaogang joined Brother Jie and the others for a night of drinking and was lured into a room under the pretense of examining rare Martial Soul Theory books. The chapter ended with the men beginning a forced practical demonstration of his theories, followed by the author's note that the chapter still would not pass review.

• Yu Xiaogang dismissed Flender and Liu Erlong and agreed to spend the night with Brother Jie, Brother Wei, Brother Billy, and Brother Jiao.
• Liu Erlong followed Yu Xiaogang to Brother Jie's mansion and passed out after drinking several bowls of liquor.
• Brother Jie and the others mocked Yu Xiaogang's drinking and challenged his claims about his mastery of Martial Soul Theory.
• The four men led Yu Xiaogang into a room, changed into unusual outfits, and blocked his attempt to leave.
• Brother Jie removed his glasses, and the men began forcing Yu Xiaogang to test his theories in a practical demonstration.

Liu Erlong caught Yu Xiaogang conducting an overnight theoretical discussion with four men, but Qian Xunji persuaded her not to interrupt. By morning, the men had blackmailed Yu Xiaogang with recordings and left him humiliated and despairing.

• Liu Erlong woke thirsty, heard activity behind a door, and saw Yu Xiaogang researching theory with four men.
• Qian Xunji stopped Liu Erlong from barging in and convinced her that interrupting would damage Yu Xiaogang's pride and make him avoid her.
• Liu Erlong listened outside through the night, then lowered her hand from the door and stumbled away at dawn.
• The four men threatened Yu Xiaogang with an Image Recording Stone, and he smashed several copies before Brother Jie revealed they had prepared dozens more.
• Yu Xiaogang submitted to the humiliation as Brother Jie suggested changing his name, while Brother Wei promised the men would soon take him to meet Brother Scar and Brother Long.

Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong grew suspicious of Yu Xiaogang’s nightly absences, each believing he might be secretly involved with the other woman. They followed him to Brother Jie’s mansion and discovered him studying theory with Brother Jie and three other men, though they did not understand the coercion behind it.

• Flender brought Liu Erlong hot soup, but she angrily left to look for Yu Xiaogang.
• Liu Erlong secretly watched Yu Xiaogang and saw him spend his days with four scholars and his nights returning with them to Brother Jie’s mansion.
• Yu Xiaogang endured the men’s threats, which included exposing recordings of him, and had no choice but to comply with them.
• Bibi Dong noticed Yu Xiaogang’s absences and suspected he was secretly seeing Liu Erlong.
• Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong independently sneaked into Brother Jie’s mansion and met outside a window.
• Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong saw Yu Xiaogang surrounded by Brother Jie and the other men, apparently studying theory, and Liu Erlong admitted she had already known.

Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong confronted Yu Xiaogang’s four research partners, believing they had coerced him into studying Martial Soul Theory. Yu Xiaogang defended the scholars, rejected the women, and went back into the research room with them, leaving Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong stunned in the corridor.

• Bibi Dong prepared to attack the four scholars, but Liu Erlong stopped her and warned that Yu Xiaogang might be studying with them willingly.
• Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong waited outside the research room the next day and confronted Yu Xiaogang as he emerged, exhausted and muttering theories.
• Brother Jie arrived and teased Yu Xiaogang about continuing their research, while Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong accused him of threatening and mistreating Xiao Gang.
• Brother Jie threatened to spread Image Recording Stones around Spirit City if Yu Xiaogang failed to defend him, and Yu Xiaogang angrily told the women he was studying by choice.
• Yu Xiaogang scolded Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong, called them a hindrance to his academic work, and threatened to cut ties with them.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to the research room with Brother Jie and the other scholars, and they locked the door, leaving Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong alone in the corridor.

Bibi Dong nearly ordered four scholars killed because she believed they were coercing Yu Xiaogang, but Qian Xunji stopped her and persuaded her to join a Soul Ring hunt with Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang welcomed the trip as a chance to escape the scholars and planned to enlist Qian Xunji or Bibi Dong against them.

• Bibi Dong ordered hall guardian knights to quietly kill the four scholars she thought were troubling Yu Xiaogang.
• Qian Xunji dismissed the knights and warned Bibi Dong that killing the scholars could damage Spirit Hall and make Yu Xiaogang hate her.
• Qian Xunji offered to take Bibi Dong to the Star Dou Great Forest for her Sixth Soul Ring, with Yu Xiaogang accompanying them.
• Bibi Dong changed her mind and agreed to set out the next day after learning she could spend time alone with Yu Xiaogang.
• A guard told Yu Xiaogang to accompany Bibi Dong on the hunt, and Yu Xiaogang secretly planned to ask Qian Xunji or Bibi Dong to eliminate the four scholars and destroy their Image Recording Stones.

Yu Xiaogang convinced Bibi Dong that Lone Bamboo would strengthen her Death Spider Emperor, while Gu Yue secretly created a ten-thousand-year dark-attribute specimen to fulfill his theory. Bibi Dong began absorbing its Soul Ring, and Qian Xunji left Yu Xiaogang alone with her as several unseen watchers fixed their attention on him.

• Qian Xunji asked Yu Xiaogang which Soul Beast Bibi Dong should hunt for her Sixth Soul Ring, and Yu Xiaogang declared that Lone Bamboo could strengthen her spider legs.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed that Bibi Dong use Lone Bamboo for all thirteen of her remaining Soul Ring slots, and Bibi Dong trusted his advice.
• Gu Yue heard Yu Xiaogang's plan, used the Goddess of Life's divine power to age a Lone Bamboo into a ten-thousand-year dark-attribute Soul Beast, and placed it in the group's path.
• Yu Xiaogang identified the mutated Lone Bamboo as a perfect Soul Beast for Bibi Dong, and Qian Xunji subdued it so she could kill it.
• Bibi Dong began absorbing the black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, while Qian Xunji left Yu Xiaogang to guard her and unseen figures watched him.

Yu Xiaogang was cornered by Brother Jie, Brother Wei, Brother Billy, and Brother Jiao while Bibi Dong absorbed a Soul Ring, then faced a horde of Yin-Yang Mating Apes. Gu Yue had secretly arranged the encounter, and the chapter ended with the scholars forcing Yu Xiaogang to summon Luo Sanpao.

• Brother Jie and the other three scholars found Yu Xiaogang beside Bibi Dong and threatened to expose his secret Martial Soul Theory recordings if he called for help.
• Gu Yue watched the scholars' antics, decided to involve Soul Beasts in their theoretical research, and secretly influenced Qian Xunji before directing Yin-Yang Mating Apes toward them.
• More than a dozen Yin-Yang Mating Apes charged at Yu Xiaogang and the four scholars, who prepared to fight them.
• Brother Jie ordered Yu Xiaogang to summon Luo Sanpao, but Yu Xiaogang protested that his martial soul could not handle the Soul Beasts.
• Brother Jie and Brother Wei pressured Yu Xiaogang until he summoned Luo Sanpao.

Bibi Dong completed her breakthrough to Soul Emperor and demonstrated the strange Sixth Soul Skill Yu Xiaogang had chosen for her, which he defended as a mobility technique. Meanwhile, Gu Yue watched from the Great Ferocious Land and ordered the Goddess of Life back to work.

• Luo Sanpao startled the Yin-Yang Mating Apes with his foul gas, and the apes and scholars began a seminar on Martial Soul Theory.
• After Bibi Dong finished absorbing her Soul Ring, she asked Yu Xiaogang whether the scholars had forced him to research, but he denied it to protect himself.
• Bibi Dong threatened to kill the scholars, and Yu Xiaogang retched from the strange smell before Qian Xunji appeared and congratulated her on reaching Soul Emperor.
• At Qian Xunji's request, Bibi Dong demonstrated her Sixth Soul Skill, bouncing through eight consecutive launches before she could stop.
• Yu Xiaogang named the skill Eight Extremes Bounce and explained it as a powerful mobility technique, while Bibi Dong accepted his reasoning.
• Gu Yue wondered why Bibi Dong's Soul Skill differed from Haozi's, then scolded the Goddess of Life for slacking and ordered her to continue stabilizing the spatial barrier.

After returning to Spirit City, Qian Xunji prevented Yu Xiaogang from revealing the scholars’ threats and kept him under their watch. Qian Xunji then announced a Continental Soul Master Theory Competition and assigned Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and the four scholars to invite the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Bibi Dong was left to organize the event.

• On the return journey, Yu Xiaogang nearly told Qian Xunji about the Image Recording Stones, but the four scholars threatened to spread them, so he claimed he had only wanted to comment on the wind.
• After the group reached Spirit City, Brother Jie, Brother Wei, Billy, and Brother Jiao carried Yu Xiaogang away to the Theory Discussion Hall, and Yu Xiaogang shouted that they were discussing academic matters to stop Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong from intervening.
• Qian Xunji asked Bibi Dong about an expedition to Sea God Island, but postponed it after she urged him to lead the attack.
• Qian Xunji announced the first Continental Soul Master Theory Competition and said Yu Xiaogang would serve as chief envoy, with Liu Erlong as deputy, to invite the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• When Bibi Dong objected to Liu Erlong accompanying Yu Xiaogang, Qian Xunji assigned the four scholars to go with them and ordered Bibi Dong to help prepare the competition.

Spirit Hall's theory competition drew mixed reactions from the major clans, and Yu Xiaogang delivered its invitation to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. After Yu Yuanzhen refused to participate, Yu Xiaogang insulted him and was beaten with a belt, leaving the clan meeting in chaos.

• The Clear Sky Sect rejected Spirit Hall's theory competition, while Ning Fengzhi decided to attend with a team to investigate.
• Liu Erlong endured days of hearing Yu Xiaogang and the four scholars discuss Martial Soul Theory during their journey to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Xiaogang entered the clan council hall as Spirit Hall's envoy and announced the competition invitation, boasting of his status and theories.
• Yu Yuanzhen refused to let the clan participate, and Yu Xiaogang angrily insulted him and demanded that the clan attend.
• Yu Luomian restrained Liu Erlong as Yu Yuanzhen seized Yu Xiaogang and beat him with his belt; Yu Xiaogang cried out for help.

Brother Jie, Brother Wei, Brother Billy, and Brother Jiao pressured the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to accept Spirit Hall’s theory tournament by provoking its pride and threatening Yu Xiaogang with an incriminating Image Recording Stone. Yu Yuanzhen accepted the tournament, then beat Yu Xiaogang unconscious and ordered the visitors to stay while his son recovered.

• Yu Yuanzhen stopped beating Yu Xiaogang and asked the Spirit Hall envoys about the theory tournament, whose date had not yet been decided.
• The clan elders debated whether to enter, fearing both public humiliation if Yu Xiaogang competed and ridicule if the clan stayed away.
• Brother Jie, Brother Wei, and Brother Jiao mocked the clan as cowards, angering the elders and Yu Yuanzhen.
• Brother Jie and Brother Billy threatened to expose recordings of Yu Xiaogang’s research, forcing him to confront his father and claim he knew hand-to-hand combat.
• Yu Yuanzhen beat Yu Xiaogang with his belt, then declared that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would enter the tournament.
• Yu Yuanzhen told the envoys that Yu Xiaogang had injured himself and invited them to remain at the clan while he recovered.

After Yu Xiaogang was whipped by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Liu Erlong tried to protect him from Brother Jie and his companions. They pressured her into letting them enter his room, where they approached the helpless Yu Xiaogang to “treat” his paronychia.

• Yu Xiaogang lay badly injured after receiving a hundred lashes and vowed to prove himself through theory at the Continental Theory Competition.
• Brother Jie, Brother Wei, Brother Billy, and Brother Jiao arrived, claiming they had come to check on Yu Xiaogang’s paronychia.
• Liu Erlong confronted the four, but Brother Jie and Brother Wei belittled her as incompetent and said she could not help Yu Xiaogang pursue his dream.
• Brother Jie reminded Liu Erlong that she lacked standing in the clan and threatened that Yu Xiaogang would have no theory to study if she resisted.
• Liu Erlong gave way, and the four entered Yu Xiaogang’s room and transformed into theory Grandwets.
• The four approached the frightened, immobile Yu Xiaogang and said they would treat his paronychia.

Qian Xunji plotted to unite Spirit Hall and the two empires in an expedition against Sea God Island, hoping its battles would provide negative emotions to strengthen him. After the empires agreed to join, he leaked the plan, drawing the Upper Three Sects into the contest and prompting Tang Chen to leave the Clear Sky Sect for the island.

• Qian Xunji planned an attack on Sea God Island and kept Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Bibi Dong too occupied to reveal what they knew.
• Qian Xunji persuaded the Star Luo and Heaven Dou representatives to consider a joint expedition by promising a share of Sea God Island’s wealth.
• Heaven Dou and Star Luo verified that Sea God Island existed, and Xue Ye and Dai Tianfeng approved the expedition.
• Qian Xunji leaked the plan, prompting Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen to seek involvement while the Clear Sky Sect debated what to do.
• Tang Chen declared that he would go alone to Sea God Island and appointed Tang Zhen to act as sect master in his absence.

Qian Xunji persuaded the continent’s powers to form an expedition alliance against Sea God Island by promising a chance to become a god. The alliance prepared its overseas campaign, while Gu Yue recognized Qian Xunji’s schemes and decided to take part.

• Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, and Tang Chen joined Emperor Xue Ye, Dai Tianfeng, and Spirit Hall at a council convened by Qian Xunji.
• Qian Xunji described Sea God Island’s powerful defenders and claimed it held a chance to advance from level ninety-nine to godhood at level one hundred.
• After the emperors confirmed the intelligence, Tang Chen demanded the lion’s share of the spoils in exchange for facing the island’s Titled Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi argued that the alliance needed a scout, and Qian Xunji volunteered Spirit Hall for the dangerous mission, concealing his plans to use Tang Chen and make enemies fight one another.
• The leaders established the Continent-wide Expedition Alliance, the empires began building warships, and Gu Yue decided to join the expedition.