Recaps

Bao Liang, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen fought a pack of Hell Wolves in the Star Dou Great Forest, then reviewed their mistakes and refined their teamwork. Jing Hongchen watched from the shadows and quietly withdrew, leaving the children to continue toward fiercer battles deeper in the forest.

• Bao Liang detected a pack of Hell Wolves approaching, and Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen took their positions for the planned fight.
• Bao Liang charged the wolves while Xiao Hongchen covered the rear with Soul Guidance Ray Guns and Meng Hongchen guarded the flank with poison.
• Bao Liang killed the wolf king by planting a bomb on its face, and the surviving wolves fled or fell to Meng Hongchen's poison.
• Bao Liang, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen examined the wolf king's corpse and discussed how to judge a Soul Beast's age.
• The three reviewed their combat mistakes and discussed how to improve their coordination, while Jing Hongchen watched from the shadows before quietly leaving.

Bao Liang and Xiao Hongchen used Bao Liang’s talents to lure a Soul Beast, drawing out a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. Xiao Hongchen chose to claim its two-thousand-year Soul Ring and began absorbing it, while Bao Liang silently considered the effects of his attack.

• Bao Liang proposed making Xiao Hongchen bait by spreading the metal-element scent of his Martial Soul, and Xiao agreed after Jing Hongchen gave him the Level 9 Soul Tool Red Dust Protection.
• Jing Hongchen and Meng Hongchen hid in the canopy while Bao Liang injected Hot Core and Deflagration into Xiao Hongchen, but a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear soon appeared and attacked them.
• Bao Liang struck the bear with a Destruction Bomb, and Xiao Hongchen pulled him clear of its claws before Jing Hongchen intervened and pinned the injured beast down.
• Xiao Hongchen stopped Jing Hongchen from killing the bear and insisted on taking its Soul Ring as his Third Soul Ring; Jing Hongchen broke its bones, and Xiao killed it.
• Xiao Hongchen began absorbing the two-thousand-year Soul Ring and suffered intense pain, while Bao Liang silently examined his right hand and recalled his attack's feedback.

Bao Liang and Jing Hongchen found an External Soul Bone in the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and gave it to Xiao Hongchen, who gained powerful new abilities. As Jing Hongchen led the group to find a Fire Sylph for Bao Liang’s Second Soul Ring, Meng Hongchen asked whether something was wrong with Bao Liang’s Martial Soul.

• Bao Liang suggested searching the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s corpse, and Jing Hongchen found an External Soul Bone in its right paw.
• Bao Liang and Meng Hongchen declined the bone, so Jing Hongchen gave it to Xiao Hongchen, who absorbed it after finishing his Soul Ring.
• Bao Liang told Jing Hongchen he wanted an elementalization Soul Skill, and Jing Hongchen promised to take him to find a Fire Sylph.
• Xiao Hongchen revealed his Gold Condensation Soul Skill and Dark Gold Dreadclaw abilities after absorbing the bone.
• Jing Hongchen led the group toward the Fire Sylph habitat, where Meng Hongchen asked Bao Liang if something was wrong with his Martial Soul.

Bao Liang tested the limits of his First Martial Soul and learned that its explosive power depended on how closely his strength matched his target’s. Jing Hongchen then brought the group to a Scarlet Flame Dragon Crystal Vein, where Meng Hongchen suggested Bao Liang use his Ultimate Flame to deal with the Fire Sylphs hidden inside the ore.

• Bao Liang asked Jing Hongchen to find Soul Beasts of different ages and bloodlines so he could test his Martial Soul.
• After testing more than a dozen Soul Beasts, Bao Liang concluded that his bomb’s effectiveness depended on his Soul Power, Martial Soul strength, physical stats, and spiritual strength.
• Jing Hongchen reassured Bao Liang that his Martial Soul’s limits were reasonable, since being able to kill a Titled Douluo with one blast would attract dangerous attention.
• Jing Hongchen took Bao Liang, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen to a Scarlet Flame Dragon Crystal Vein and explained that Fire Sylphs nested inside its indistinguishable ore and marrow.
• Meng Hongchen suggested that Bao Liang use his Ultimate Flame to overcome the difficulty of obtaining a suitable Soul Ring, and the others agreed.

Bao Liang used his Ultimate Flame to lure the Fire Sylphs from the earth vein and encountered a Blueflame Dragon Fire Sylph. After giving up its Blue Flame Dragon Crystal Earth Vein Pith, the Sylph plunged into Bao Liang’s right eye, and its sacrifice began.

• Jing Hongchen agreed with Meng Hongchen’s suggestion that Bao Liang could use his Ultimate Flame to draw out the Fire Sylphs, and Xiao Hongchen gave Bao Liang Red Dust Protection.
• Bao Liang released his Ultimate Flame at the earth vein, awakening its scarlet flames and drawing dozens of Fire Sylphs around him.
• Bao Liang noticed that some Fire Sylphs resembled dragon skulls and followed the group’s opened passage toward the brightest flames.
• A Blueflame Dragon Fire Sylph approached Bao Liang, examined his flames, and returned carrying a piece of Blue Flame Dragon Crystal Earth Vein Pith.
• The Blueflame Dragon Fire Sylph absorbed the pith’s energy and plunged into Bao Liang’s right eye, sending red and blue light through the earth vein as its sacrifice began.

Bao Liang completed the Sacrifice and gained a twenty-three-thousand-year Second Soul Ring from the mutated Fear Blue Flame Sylph, along with a dragon-patterned eye and a boost to level twenty-eight. After the Fire Sylphs gave him valuable ore, they recognized Jing Hongchen as the one who had killed their patriarch’s son and daughter-in-law, forcing the group to flee.

• Jing Hongchen explained that intelligent soul beasts could perform a Sacrifice, while he and the Hongchen siblings waited for Bao Liang’s ritual to finish.
• Bao Liang absorbed the mutated Fear Blue Flame Sylph’s twenty-three-thousand-year Soul Ring, reached level twenty-eight, and gained a blue dragon pattern in his right eye.
• Meng Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Jing Hongchen checked on Bao Liang, and the Fire Sylphs gave him scarlet flame dragon crystal ore and earth vein marrow ore.
• A Fire Sylph recognized Jing Hongchen and alerted the others, who attacked him and the group.
• Bao Liang told Jing Hongchen that he had previously killed the patriarch’s son and daughter-in-law while they were mating, and Jing Hongchen fled with the others under the clan’s bombardment.

After escaping the Fire Sylphs, Bao Liang revealed his second Soul Skill and learned that the surviving Blueflame Dragon Fire Sylph could fight beside him as a Fear Demon Dragon-like companion. He named it Dragon Fang, and after a week of intense training in the Star Dou Great Forest, Bao Liang, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen returned to the Sun Moon troops greatly improved.

• Bao Liang explained that Molten Fire Thousandfold Forging let him become elemental, reshape objects and Soul Power, and conceal the age of his Soul Rings, then revealed that the Blueflame Dragon Fire Sylph had survived inside his right eye.
• Jing Hongchen recognized the skeletal dragon head as resembling a Fear Demon Dragon and reasoned that dragon blood had mutated the Fire Sylph, giving Bao Liang a living companion with spiritual intimidation abilities.
• Bao Liang named the creature Dragon Fang, and he, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen chose to remain in the Star Dou Great Forest for training.
• Over the next week, Xiao Hongchen refined Gold Condensation, Meng Hongchen developed her Poison Repelling Ring, and Bao Liang and Dragon Fang experimented with their combined abilities while the trio improved their teamwork.
• A week later, Bao Liang, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen reached the Sun Moon troops in the Ming Dou Mountain Range and celebrated that their training was over.

After returning from wilderness training, Jing Hongchen realized that Wang Yiheng had reported his trip and his suspicious handling of Bao Liang’s information to Crown Prince Xu Tianran and Kong Deming. Wang Yiheng told him that Kong Deming wanted to see his granddisciples, leaving Jing Hongchen convinced he was doomed.

• Bao Liang, Meng Hongchen, and Xiao Hongchen returned to the military camp exhausted and eager for hot food, baths, and beds.
• Jing Hongchen reassured himself that Mingde Hall was safe and celebrated the group’s gains from their trip.
• Jing Hongchen saw Wang Yiheng waiting at the camp and remembered that he had reported Jing’s departure from the Sun Moon border.
• Wang Yiheng told Jing Hongchen that Crown Prince Xu Tianran and Kong Deming already knew about the trip, and that Kong Deming had summoned his granddisciples.
• Jing Hongchen panicked over Kong Deming learning about his concealment of information concerning Bao Liang.

Jing Hongchen brought Bao Liang and the Hongchen siblings to meet Crown Prince Xu Tianran, who questioned him about hiding Bao Liang’s rare talent. Jing Hongchen concealed the true nature of Bao Liang’s Martial Soul, and Xu Tianran let them leave while privately ordering Ju Zi to explain Jing Hongchen’s motives.

• Jing Hongchen led Bao Liang, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen to the palace, where they met Xu Tianran and Ju Zi.
• Xu Tianran praised the children and confronted Jing Hongchen for failing to report Bao Liang’s Innate Full Soul Power.
• Jing Hongchen claimed Bao Liang had a volatile Explosion Martial Soul and described his talent as comparable to Xiao Hongchen’s.
• Xu Tianran offered resources to help Bao Liang, and Jing Hongchen thanked him before departing for the Imperial Worship Hall.
• After they left, Xu Tianran accused Jing Hongchen of deceiving him, but Ju Zi argued that he was protecting Bao Liang as a prospective grandson-in-law.
• Xu Tianran accepted Ju Zi’s explanation for now and resolved to settle accounts with Jing Hongchen after ascending the throne.

Jing Hongchen brought Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Bao Liang to meet Kong Deming, who scolded him for concealing Bao Liang and then warmly questioned the children. When Kong Deming demanded to know Bao Liang’s background, Jing Hongchen asked him to secure the hall, and Kong Deming sealed it against intrusion and detection.

• Kong Deming seized Jing Hongchen by both ears and berated him for hiding Bao Liang from his teacher and the imperial family.
• Kong Deming praised Xiao Hongchen and Bao Liang for their Magnetic Attraction Array idea and offered to review their design plans.
• Xiao Hongchen told Kong Deming about his new Third Soul Ring and Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear External Soul Bone, while Kong Deming checked on Meng Hongchen’s health.
• Kong Deming questioned Bao Liang about his talent and Soul Tool studies, then demanded that Jing Hongchen reveal the boy’s background.
• Jing Hongchen asked Kong Deming to secure the hall, so Kong Deming activated layers of barriers and demanded that he speak.

Jing Hongchen revealed Bao Liang’s extraordinary Martial Souls and abilities to Kong Deming, who scolded him for hiding the truth before considering how Bao Liang should be trained. The chapter ended with Kong Deming proposing Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao as Bao Liang’s Martial Soul teacher, despite his ties to Evil Soul Masters.

• Jing Hongchen told Kong Deming everything he knew about Bao Liang’s Twin Ultimate Martial Souls, talents, Soul Ring, and rescued Soul Beast.
• Kong Deming twisted Jing Hongchen’s ear and berated him for hiding Bao Liang’s potential and risking his cultivation.
• Kong Deming decided he could oversee Bao Liang’s Soul Tool training but needed another expert to teach him about his Martial Souls.
• Kong Deming offered to seek out a teacher with ties to Evil Soul Masters, and Bao Liang agreed to hear the proposal.
• Kong Deming named Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao, a Level 99 Limit Douluo with the Dark Holy Dragon Martial Soul, as Bao Liang’s potential teacher.

Bao Liang learned that the teacher Kong Deming had chosen for him was Long Xiaoyao, a powerful figure in the Holy Spirit Cult whom Jing Hongchen respected. Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen agreed to seek Long Xiaoyao’s permission, but after nearly half a month of teaching the children at the Worship Hall, they still had no idea where he had gone.

• Bao Liang recognized Long Xiaoyao’s name and worried that his prospective teacher was the Holy Spirit Cult’s grand elder.
• Jing Hongchen explained that Long Xiaoyao had helped him counter Evil Soul Masters and supported Bao Liang becoming his disciple.
• Kong Deming warned Bao Liang to keep his twin Ultimate Martial Souls secret and offered to teach the children Soul Tool knowledge while searching for Long Xiaoyao.
• Kong Deming taught Bao Liang, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen at the Worship Hall, while Jing Hongchen returned to Mingde Hall to manage its affairs.
• Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming searched through their contacts and intelligence networks, but Long Xiaoyao remained missing.
• Jing Hongchen looked out into the night and regretted not searching the barbecue restaurant first.

Bao Liang obtained the Soul Devourer carving knife and recognized that it was actually Gold of Life, though he chose not to risk using it recklessly. Later, his suggestion that metal could be purified through forging gave Kong Deming a breakthrough, and Kong summoned Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin to the Worship Hall.

• Bao Liang asked Jing Hongchen for the Soul Devourer carving knife, and Jing reluctantly had it brought to him.
• Bao Liang recognized that Soul Devourer was a piece of Gold of Life and decided to nurture it cautiously with his Ultimate Flame rather than use it recklessly.
• Kong Deming explained Life-Bound Soul Tools, and Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen's questions gave him new ideas about their materials and growth.
• Bao Liang suggested that Ultimate Flame might purify metal and proposed forging as a way to remove impurities.
• Kong Deming realized repeated forging could strengthen Soul Tool metals and excitedly summoned Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin to the Worship Hall.

Kong Deming summoned Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin after Bao Liang, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen proposed new ideas for Soul Tool Technology. Xiao Hongchen became Kong Deming’s disciple, while Meng Hongchen asked Ye Yulin to teach her, leaving both children with masters.

• Kong Deming told Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin that the children had suggested using space as a carrier, letting Life-Bound Soul Tools grow, and forging metal to remove impurities.
• Jing Hongchen connected the forging idea to the Tang Sect Hidden Weapons Sun Moon had seized and proposed studying the techniques behind their quality.
• Bao Liang suggested that Xiao Hongchen’s metal-controlling Three-Legged Golden Toad Martial Soul made him an ideal forging student, and Kong Deming asked Xiao to become his disciple.
• Xiao Hongchen accepted Kong Deming’s offer, and Kong Deming told him there was no need to kneel.
• Meng Hongchen asked Ye Yulin to teach her, and he agreed after Jing Hongchen gave his approval.

Bao Liang joked with Jing Hongchen during the discipleship arrangements, then the group turned to Kong Deming’s plans to investigate forging. Xiao Hongchen proved uniquely able to sense metal’s inner structure, and Kong decided to keep the forging research secret as the chapter ended with the Worship Hall lit through the night.

• Bao Liang teased Jing Hongchen by offering to become his master, then kowtowed and accepted Jing Hongchen as his own master after Jing chased him around the hall.
• Kong Deming assigned the forging workshop to be set up within three days, arranged Meng Hongchen’s apprenticeship with Ye Yulin, and told Xiao Hongchen to visit the Worship Hall often.
• Kong Deming told Bao Liang to leave the Soul Devourer alone while Long Xiaoyao remained missing and warned him that he had other arrangements for Bao Liang’s Martial Soul cultivation.
• Kong Deming, Jing Hongchen, Ye Yulin, and the three children revisited Bao Liang’s idea of forging, but only Xiao Hongchen could sense metal’s microscopic structure clearly enough to guide the process.
• Kong Deming connected forging to old blacksmithing and Tang Sect materials the Sun Moon Empire had overlooked, then decided to conceal the research from the imperial family and the outside world.

Kong Deming gathered forging knowledge and blacksmiths from across the Douluo Three Kingdoms to help Xiao Hongchen develop forging skills. After two months of training in a new workshop, Xiao Hongchen could complete basic forging, while Bao Liang, Jing Hongchen, and Ye Yulin supported the work in their own ways.

• Kong Deming collected Sun Moon Empire materials and secretly bought forging manuals and recruited blacksmiths from the Douluo Three Kingdoms for Xiao Hongchen.
• Kong Deming helped Xiao Hongchen interpret the blacksmiths’ cryptic forging advice, while Bao Liang was brought in as a control experiment.
• Kong Deming scolded Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin for blowing up another laboratory while testing their own ideas.
• Kong Deming led everyone to a newly built forging workshop, where Xiao Hongchen and Bao Liang began training under the group’s guidance.
• Over two months, Xiao Hongchen learned to complete basic forging, Bao Liang applied his Ultimate Flame to precise temperature control, and Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin managed operations and technical support.

Xiao Hongchen began forging Heavy Silver into Hundred Refined metal, marking the start of the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Guidance Forging efforts. Meanwhile, the Holy Spirit Cult met in secret to discuss its alliance with Xu Tianran and its conflict with Shrek, and Zhongli Wu warned Long Xiaoyao that people in the Sun Moon Empire were searching for him.

• Bao Liang encouraged Xiao Hongchen before Xiao began hammering the Heavy Silver, while Kong Deming, Ye Yulin, and Jing Hongchen watched.
• Xiao Hongchen’s precise blows drove impurities from the Heavy Silver, and Kong Deming and Ye Yulin observed its purity and structure improving.
• Bao Liang considered combining Ultimate Flame with physical forging to create the Sun Moon Empire’s own path of Soul Guidance Forging.
• Zhongli Wu convened the Holy Spirit Cult elders to discuss helping Xu Tianran seize the throne and dealing with Shrek Academy.
• Zhongli Wu ordered the Evil Soul Masters to keep a low profile and conceal the Holy Spirit Cult from Shrek.
• Zhongli Wu warned Long Xiaoyao that people in the Sun Moon Empire were looking for him, and Long Xiaoyao left without elaborating.

Xiao Hongchen completed the Hundred Refinement of Heavy Silver, proving that forging could produce stronger materials for Soul Tools. With Bao Liang and Kong Deming eager to advance the craft, the story left them preparing to pursue higher refinement and Battle Armor.

• Xiao Hongchen used his Three-Legged Golden Toad Martial Soul to sense Heavy Silver as he hammered out impurities and refined the metal.
• Kong Deming and the others moved closer to watch Xiao Hongchen forge, captivated by the metal's response to his blows.
• Xiao Hongchen finished the Hundred Refinement, shrinking the Heavy Silver by a third and producing a high-quality result despite a few flaws.
• Jing Hongchen praised his grandson, and Xiao Hongchen thanked Bao Liang for the theories and ideas behind the forging method.
• Kong Deming urged Bao Liang and Xiao Hongchen to develop methods for purer, tougher metals, while Bao Liang began planning to make Battle Armor.

Bao Liang, Xiao Hongchen, and their allies advanced forging research in secret, while Xu Tianran grew increasingly fearful and resentful as Kong Deming blocked his attempts to investigate the Worship Hall. The chapter left Xu Tianran threatening to punish those he believed were disloyal.

• Bao Liang assessed the limits of forging and recorded improvements to Xiao Hongchen’s first Hundred Refinement Heavy Silver.
• Kong Deming, Jing Hongchen, Ye Yulin, Bao Liang, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen pursued forging research, keeping their preliminary results secret.
• Bao Liang realized Xiao Hongchen had sensed metal’s grain and was close to Thousand Refinement, while Bao Liang sought to perceive metal’s life through forging.
• Bao Liang explained that forging could aid his cultivation and that Meng Hongchen was learning to sense metal’s breathing and resonance for the future Battle Armor plan.
• Xu Tianran tried to investigate the Worship Hall, but Kong Deming blocked him, prompting Xu Tianran to threaten those he considered disloyal.

On the first day at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, Bao Liang refused to settle for a substitute Soul Beast despite Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen’s worries. Jing Hongchen arrived with news that Bao Liang’s desired Soul Beast had been found, but it was in danger of being reduced to ashes.

• Two and a half years after Bao Liang’s forging breakthrough, he arrived at the academy with Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen and used their connections to complete registration.
• Bao Liang explained that he had delayed taking his next Soul Ring because he already knew which Soul Beasts he needed, while Xiao Hongchen urged him to reconsider a sixty-thousand-year-old Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen described their recent advances in cultivation, Soul Rings, and External Soul Bones as they discussed Bao Liang’s unstable Explosion Martial Soul and his restrictive gloves.
• The three settled into their separate floors of a detached academy villa, where Bao Liang praised the Sun Moon Empire’s accommodations.
• Jing Hongchen landed in front of them and urgently told Bao Liang that his desired Soul Beast had been found but would soon be reduced to ashes.

Bao Liang and Jing Hongchen reached a dying Star-Bearing Dragon Beast, and Bao Liang used Dragon Fang and Molten Fire Thousandfold Forging to prepare it for a Sacrifice. After the beast’s soul dissipated, Dragon Fang took control of its body, and the Sacrifice began.

• Jing Hongchen explained that he and Ye Yulin had found the destruction-attribute Star-Bearing Dragon Beast, which had swallowed a mutated Thundering Hell Vine and was close to death.
• Bao Liang arrived at the scorched clearing and sent Dragon Fang into the beast’s Spiritual Sea of Consciousness while forging its body from the outside.
• The Star-Bearing Dragon Beast defeated the Thundering Hell Vine’s soul, but Dragon Fang swallowed the vine’s remaining soul fragment and Bao Liang restrained the beast.
• The beast’s final burst of power faded, and its soul dissipated after it glanced at Bao Liang and Dragon Fang.
• Dragon Fang absorbed the remnants of the beast’s soul power, took control of its body, and began the Sacrifice to Bao Liang.

Bao Liang endured the Star-Bearing Dragon Beast’s Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring Sacrifice as Dragon Fang absorbed the beast’s legacy, but both were overwhelmed by destructive energy. Jing Hongchen realized Bao Liang was risking his life and wanted to intervene, while Ye Yulin stopped him; as Bao Liang felt himself growing weightless, a gaze from the Divine Realm settled upon him.

• Bao Liang received the Star-Bearing Dragon Beast’s Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring while Dragon Fang absorbed its dragon soul, blood, and Qi.
• After the Sacrifice ended, Bao Liang spat blood as his flames turned purple, and Dragon Fang suffered blood loss and destructive purple lightning.
• Jing Hongchen recognized clues that Bao Liang was gambling with his life and tried to interrupt the Soul Ring absorption.
• Ye Yulin blocked Jing Hongchen, warning that interrupting Bao Liang could kill him faster, and persuaded him to wait until Bao Liang woke.
• Bao Liang felt an invisible force pulling him upward as a gaze from the Divine Realm watched him and called him interesting.

The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life discovered that Bao Liang had resonated with both of their godhoods and agreed to support his trials while keeping Tang San from interfering. After Bao Liang and Dragon Fang recovered from the Sacrifice, Bao Liang received the first of nine Destruction trials and collapsed.

• The God of Destruction observed Bao Liang and decided to offer him a Divine Trial, while the Goddess of Life revealed that Bao Liang had also stirred her godhood.
• The God of Destruction asked the Goddess of Life to withhold her own Divine Trial so Tang San would not be provoked, and she pledged her support.
• The God of Destruction bestowed the Nine Divine Trials of Destruction on Bao Liang, requiring him to reach Five-Ring Soul King level by age twelve and hunt a 76,000-year-old Time Rift Dragon.
• Bao Liang awoke after the Sacrifice and told Jing Hongchen that there was hope for Sister Meng's poison before losing consciousness.
• Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin hurried to take Bao Liang back to Sun Moon.

Bao Liang woke after the healers warned Jing Hongchen that the changes in his body were destroying him faster than they could rebuild him, and Bao Liang revealed that he expected to die before sixteen. He explained that he had taken a step he could not abandon and described his fourth Soul Skill, Chain Explosion, leaving Jing Hongchen and the others stunned by its power.

• Sun Zhongyu told Jing Hongchen that Bao Liang’s body was being destroyed by violent energy changes and might not survive past twenty, then left him pills and advised that Bao Liang eat whatever he wanted.
• Jing Hongchen broke down in the corridor, while Xiao Hongchen and Ye Yulin reacted with dismay to the healer’s prognosis.
• Bao Liang woke and joked with Xiao Hongchen, then admitted that he knew he would die before sixteen.
• Bao Liang told Jing Hongchen he had no regrets about his choices and could not stop before taking one final step, while asking that Meng not be told.
• Bao Liang explained that his fourth Soul Skill, Chain Explosion, triggered a multiplying fission-like chain reaction and made him comparable to a human-shaped Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Bomb.

Bao Liang explained the dangerous costs and three release states of his fourth Soul Skill, then revealed he had received a Divine Trial. He argued that Tang San had blocked new candidates from becoming gods to retain control, and identified the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as the stolen treasure that had helped Tang San and his teammates ascend.

• Bao Liang described his fourth Soul Skill's subcritical, critical, and supercritical states, explaining that supercritical use burned through his limited lifespan.
• Xiao Hongchen realized Bao Liang could live to twenty-five after gaining a fifth ring, and Jing Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Ye Yulin beat Bao Liang for frightening them with his apparent doom.
• Bao Liang revealed he had received a Divine Trial, and Jing Hongchen explained that such trials were real means by which gods chose successors.
• Bao Liang said Tang San had prevented anyone from becoming a god for ten thousand years because he wanted to keep his power and control over the Douluo Continent.
• Bao Liang claimed Tang San had seized the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well from Dugu Bo and used its Immortal Herbs to help his teammates qualify for godhood.