Recaps

Ling Bai exposed the Golden Tortoise’s theft of the Gold of Life, made it swear to protect him and his faction for ten thousand years, and removed the metal. On the eve of leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, Ling Bai shared a farewell meal with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who tried to pounce on him but was stopped by his quick reflexes.

• The Golden Tortoise pretended its life force was failing, but Ling Bai used his power to reveal the Gold of Life it had swallowed.
• Ling Bai offered to remove the Gold of Life in exchange for the Golden Tortoise protecting him, his faction, and his descendants for ten thousand years, and the Golden Tortoise signed a soul contract.
• Ling Bai removed the Gold of Life, reclaimed the piece the Golden Tortoise had bitten off, and absorbed most of its life energy after the Snow Empress and Electrolux declined their shares.
• Ling Bai told the Golden Tortoise to say goodbye to its clan and returned to his cabin, where he and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion shared a farewell meal.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion stayed close to Ling Bai as he cultivated, then tried to pounce at his forehead, but Ling Bai flicked her and asked what she had been plotting.

Ling Bai said goodbye to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and left the Star Dou Great Forest with the Golden Tortoise after receiving her Ultimate Fire bloodline. Ten Thousand Demons King hired him to kill the Demon Eye Evil Tree on the Sun Moon Continent, while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion began transforming in a cocoon and resolved to bind herself to Ling Bai’s fate.

• Ling Bai refused the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s offer to share her fate, and they spent their last night together talking before she returned to the forest’s depths.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion gave Ling Bai her Ultimate Fire bloodline through Ten Thousand Demons King, hoping it would help him resolve his martial soul problem.
• Ten Thousand Demons King offered Ling Bai a Hundred-Thousand-Year soul bone to kill the Demon Eye Evil Tree, his corrupted offspring, and gave Ling Bai a root to help locate it.
• Ling Bai accepted the bounty and left the Star Dou Great Forest with the Golden Tortoise.
• At the Lake of Life, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion entered a cocoon and vowed to force her way into Ling Bai’s fate and become his bond partner.

Mu En faced his final moments and entrusted Shrek Academy’s future to Xuan Zi and the other elders while bidding farewell to his students. He gave Ling Bai the three-hundred-thousand-year Radiance Lightning Hell Dragon Right Leg Soul Bone, then rose in golden light to meet his end.

• Xuan Zi carried Mu En outside the Sea God Pavilion, where the inner courtyard disciples gathered to say goodbye, and Ling Bai returned to Shrek.
• Mu En named Xuan Zi his successor as Sea God Pavilion master and gave the academy’s leaders instructions about its departments and future.
• Mu En stabilized Bei Bei’s bloodline and advised Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong before unleashing his Ultimate Douluo power.
• Mu En privately gave Ling Bai the Radiance Lightning Hell Dragon Right Leg Soul Bone and asked him never to harm the Douluo Continent.
• Mu En rose in golden light and called to Shrek’s ancestors as he prepared to die.

After Mu En sacrificed himself to strengthen Shrek Academy, Ling Bai absorbed the Radiance Lightning Hell Dragon soul bone and destroyed the Death Prison Spider Emperor in his Sea of Consciousness. His evolved Six-Winged Angel left him with dangerously solid Soul Power, so Snow Empress began guiding him in condensing a three-attribute Angel Soul Core.

• Mu En transformed into a Light Sacred Dragon, scattered his power over Sea God Island, and died as disciples meditated under its influence.
• Ling Bai fused the three-hundred-thousand-year Radiance Lightning Hell Dragon right leg soul bone while Electrolux urged him to confront the Death Prison Spider Emperor.
• Snow Empress froze Ling Bai's rampaging Soul Power, and Electrolux empowered his Six-Winged Angel with Ultimate Light, Ultimate Fire, and the Radiance Lightning Hell Dragon's and Heavenly Profound Holy Flame Tiger's power.
• Ling Bai rejected the Death Prison Spider Emperor's offer to cooperate and destroyed it, ending its threat to his control over his second Martial Soul.
• Ling Bai discovered that his evolved Soul Power was becoming solid, and Snow Empress explained that he needed a Soul Core to control it.
• Snow Empress guided Ling Bai as he began condensing a Soul Core combining ultimate holiness, Ultimate Light, and Ultimate Fire.

Ling Bai emerged from three months of seclusion with a Three Ultimate Angel Soul Core and a six-winged form that overwhelmed Shrek Academy. After reuniting with Ning Tian and Wu Feng, he gave Ning Tian a soul bone and entrusted Wu Feng with a fire dragon soul bone before she accompanied Ning Tian to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

• Ling Bai emerged from seclusion, and his Angel Domain suppressed powerful martial souls throughout Shrek Academy as the elders recognized his unprecedented strength.
• Ling Bai completed his Three Ultimate Angel Soul Core between his brows, and Snow Empress collapsed from exhaustion before he carried her into the ice house.
• Ling Bai reunited with Ning Tian and Wu Feng, heard that Tang Ya had disappeared, and faced Wu Feng's accusations about his close relationships with several senior sisters.
• Ling Bai gave Ning Tian a ninety-thousand-year Mystic Moon Yao Deer Right Leg Soul Bone, which she began absorbing while he and Wu Feng kept watch.
• Wu Feng told Ling Bai she would accompany Ning Tian to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and he gave her a seventy-thousand-year Sun Scorching Fire Dragon torso soul bone after she vowed to protect Ning Tian.

Ning Tian and Wu Feng gained powerful Soul Bone abilities and received Ninth-Tier fixed-installation Soul Tools and the Golden Tortoise as protection before leaving for the Sun Moon Empire. Ling Bai reunited with Ma Xiaotao, reassured her he would not leave her, gave her a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and learned that Zhang Lexuan had called a meeting about the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's arrival.

• Ning Tian and Wu Feng awakened the Mystic Moon Clear Shadow and Sun Scorching Dragon Body Soul Skills after absorbing their Soul Bones.
• Ling Bai gave Ning Tian and Wu Feng Ninth-Tier fixed-installation Soul Tools and assigned the Golden Tortoise to protect them during their exchange in the Sun Moon Empire.
• The Golden Tortoise agreed to guard Ning Tian after Ling Bai said she was half its mother-in-law, and it called her mother-in-law after she promised to find it a turtle concubine.
• Ling Bai visited Ma Xiaotao, told her he could not bring himself to say goodbye, and explained how his Six-Winged Angel had gained Ultimate Light and Ultimate Fire.
• Ling Bai gave Ma Xiaotao a Hundred Thousand Year Saint Sun Heavenly Spirit Tiger torso Soul Bone.
• Ma Xiaotao told Ling Bai that Zhang Lexuan had summoned her, Han Ruoruo, Wu Ming, Hua Yao, and Gu Fan to discuss the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's arrival.

Ling Bai chose Yin-Yang Complementarity for his future second Soul Core, learning that he must evolve the Death Prison Spider Emperor with Ultimate Evil and Ultimate Poison. At Shrek Academy, Zhang Lexuan assigned him to face Xiao Hongchen in the upcoming entrance examination for the Sun Moon exchange students.

• Snow Empress explained the two methods of forming a second Soul Core, and Ling Bai chose Yin-Yang Complementarity.
• Snow Empress said Ling Bai needed to evolve the Death Prison Spider Emperor with Ultimate Evil and Ultimate Poison before reaching Rank 90; Ling Bai identified the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger as a possible source of Ultimate Evil.
• Ma Xiaotao complained to Zhang Lexuan and the other Inner Academy seniors about problems among Outer Academy teachers before Zhang Lexuan discussed the arriving Sun Moon exchange students.
• Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo selected Inner Academy Soul Kings to face the exchange students and chose an unnamed female disciple to fight Meng Hongchen.
• Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo asked Ling Bai to face Xiao Hongchen, and Ling Bai agreed to use the match to test his new soul skill.

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy exchange students arrived at Shrek, where Yan Shaozhe set them up for an Inner Academy assessment against Shrek disciples. Meng Hongchen challenged Du Gu Lin, and their clash between poisonous martial souls became the first match.

• Yan Shaozhe brought the Sun Moon exchange students to Sea God Island, where Zhang Lexuan explained their rules and the Inner Academy assessment.
• Xiao Hongchen agreed to the test and recognized Ling Bai among the Shrek examiners, while Meng Hongchen rushed toward him.
• Du Gu Lin’s Nine-Section Emerald struck at Meng Hongchen, and Du Gu Lin teased her by acting intimate with Ling Bai.
• Yan Shaozhe told the exchange students they could qualify as true Inner Academy disciples by holding out against their examiners for an incense stick’s burn, while secretly planning to keep them from Shrek’s secrets.
• Meng Hongchen challenged Du Gu Lin, and the exchange students and Shrek disciples settled into their matchups.

Du Gu Lin defeated Meng Hongchen in the opening assessment match by combining her five poisons into Jade Phosphorous Absolute Poison and freezing time. Shrek won nine matches in a row, leaving Xiao Hongchen to face Ling Bai in the tenth as he vowed to reclaim Sun Moon's dignity.

• Yan Shaozhe refereed the first assessment match between Meng Hongchen and Du Gu Lin.
• Du Gu Lin overwhelmed Meng Hongchen with Heavenly Poison Nether Pool, Jade Phosphorous Absolute Poison, and Time Freeze, then won by knocking her unconscious.
• Meng Hongchen mistook Du Gu Lin's poison-resistant clothes for a sign of intimacy with Ling Bai, but Ling Bai explained he had only coated them with his Angel Soul Power.
• Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Chu Qingtian, and other Shrek contestants won the next eight matches, giving Shrek nine consecutive victories.
• Xiao Hongchen entered the tenth match against Ling Bai and promised the dispirited Sun Moon exchange students he would reclaim their lost dignity.

Ling Bai defeated Xiao Hongchen in the Soul Arena with Radiance Lightning Worldfall, while protecting him from serious injury. Xiao Hongchen rallied the Sun Moon exchange students to stay at Shrek, learn, and grow strong enough to defeat their rivals.

• Xiao Hongchen challenged Ling Bai and unleashed 256 Rank Six soul cannons, but Ling Bai’s Angel Domain destroyed the barrage and began melting the weapons.
• Ling Bai used Radiance Convergence to gather light across Shrek City, then unleashed Radiance Lightning Worldfall against Xiao Hongchen’s Thunder Colossus Cannon.
• Ling Bai’s attack overwhelmed the cannon, and the Angel Domain shielded Xiao Hongchen so he suffered only superficial injuries.
• Xiao Hongchen thanked Ling Bai, then endured the Inner Academy disciples’ jeers as he returned to the Sun Moon exchange students with Meng Hongchen.
• Xiao Hongchen urged the exchange students to raise their heads, remain at Shrek, and learn so they could defeat their rivals; Meng Hongchen and the others pledged to stay and fight.

Ling Bai comforted Meng Hongchen after she cried over losing a serving of Earth Dragon Tendon, while Ning Tian and Wu Feng forced Liu Yao to help them reach a smuggling network connected to Mingde Hall. Meng Hongchen left determined to pursue Ling Bai, and Ning Tian awaited Liu Yao’s introduction to the hidden line.

• Ma Xiaotao complained to Ling Bai about taking charge of the outer courtyard, then sent him to investigate crying near her cabin.
• Ling Bai found Meng Hongchen crying over losing the last serving of Earth Dragon Tendon to Xie Huanyue, promised to keep her distress from her brother, and learned she intended to pursue him.
• Meng Hongchen left for her cabin and privately checked off the first step of her plan to win Ling Bai’s affection.
• At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Wu Feng and Ning Tian defeated Liu Yao and her group after they tried to extort the exchange students.
• Ning Tian offered Liu Yao two million Gold Soul Coins to connect her with the academy’s smuggling line for Mingde Hall soul guided devices, and Liu Yao agreed to make contact.

Three months after Ling Bai’s rise in the Inner Academy, he accepted a red-level inspection mission to investigate an Evil Soul Emperor in Jialing City, taking the Hongchen siblings along. The team set off for the city, where Soul Reaper was suspected of killing women to harvest their souls.

• Ling Bai met Han Ruoruo at dawn, and she warned him that Meng Hongchen’s repeated visits and breakfasts might conceal a clever plan.
• Han Ruoruo told Ling Bai that the Jialing City mission would complete his inspection requirement for graduation, then assigned Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to join him.
• The Hongchen siblings eagerly accepted the mission, and Meng Hongchen hurried to meet Ling Bai while Xiao Hongchen tried to keep her from getting too close to him.
• Ling Bai explained that Soul Reaper was an Evil Soul Emperor with a hidden base in Jialing City who had killed seventy-eight women and taken their souls.
• Ling Bai gave the Hongchen siblings Shrek Inspector’s Rings and began the two-day flight to Jialing City with them.

Ling Bai, Meng Hongchen, and Xiao Hongchen traveled to Jialing City to hunt the Evil Soul Master Soul Reaper, and Ling Bai planned to use Meng as bait at Night Bar. After four nights of surveillance, a neatly dressed man approached Meng and left the bar with her.

• Ling Bai and the Hongchen siblings checked into Rose Hotel, where Meng tried to get a room alone with Ling Bai before Xiao insisted they focus on the mission.
• Ling Bai identified the three latest victims' shared visits to Night Bar and proposed using Meng's appearance to lure Soul Reaper out.
• Meng entered Night Bar alone as bait while Ling Bai and Xiao watched; Xiao beat up local delinquents who followed her through the streets.
• For several nights, Meng drew attention at the bar and left with Ling Bai or Xiao in disguise, while they watched for suspicious regulars.
• On the fourth night, Ling Bai explained that the repeated surveillance was meant to make the target feel safe, then spotted a familiar man approach Meng.
• After talking with Meng, the neatly dressed man left Night Bar with her.

Meng Hongchen and Ling Bai exposed and killed the Evil Soul Master Soul Reaper in Jialing City, but two resurrected Spirit Hall consecrated elders confronted them soon afterward. Ling Bai protected Xiao Hongchen from Demon Subduing Douluo and learned that Thousand Catties and Demon Subduing had been ordered by the Rakshasa God to capture him alive.

• Meng Hongchen lured Soul Reaper into revealing that he had murdered women and planned to sacrifice their sinful souls, then defeated him with the Zhu Qing Ice Toad's power.
• Xiao Hongchen blasted Soul Reaper apart with a Rank Seven Soul Guidance Cannon while Ling Bai warned him not to leave the Evil Soul Master's corpse intact.
• Thousand Catties and Demon Subduing, resurrected Spirit Hall consecrated elders, sensed the loss of the souls they needed and went to Jialing City.
• Demon Subduing attacked Xiao Hongchen, but Ling Bai intervened with the Angel Holy Sword and the Angel Domain.
• Thousand Catties recognized Ling Bai's resemblance to Xue Er and revealed that the brothers had been ordered by the Rakshasa God to capture him alive.

Ling Bai fought Qianjun and Jiangmo in Jialing City until the Snow Empress arrived and turned the battle against the two Spirit Hall Consecrators. As Ling Bai began questioning them, four more Consecrators appeared, bringing all six together against him.

• Ling Bai used his evolved Sun Radiance Wheel and dragon Soul Bone skills to fight Qianjun and Jiangmo, but the two level-ninety-six brothers eventually wounded him.
• Ling Bai sent Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen away, then summoned the Death Prison Bone Dragon to occupy Thousand Catties Douluo.
• The Snow Empress appeared, froze Demon Subduing Douluo’s attack, and damaged both brothers’ Coiling Dragon Staffs with her techniques.
• Ling Bai asked Qianjun and Jiangmo who had ordered his capture, but they refused to answer and warned that the other Consecrators were coming.
• Golden Alligator Douluo, Azure Phoenix Douluo, Mighty Lion Douluo, and Light Feather Douluo arrived, joining Qianjun and Jiangmo as all six Spirit Hall Consecrators gathered.

Ling Bai met the revived Bibi Dong at Spirit Hall after learning that she wanted him to find the owner of the Sacred Angel martial soul. Bibi Dong revealed how Qian Renxue preserved the Angel bloodline and explained that she had arranged for Ling Bai to grow up with the Angel Holy Sword, but her reason for seeking the Sacred Angel remained unresolved.

• Golden Alligator Douluo apologized for Qianjun Jiangmo's attack and recognized Ling Bai as a descendant of Qian Renxue, promising that the worships would protect him.
• Ling Bai asked about his capture and the Angel and Rakshasa godhoods, then agreed to travel with Golden Alligator Douluo to meet the revived Rakshasa God.
• Golden Alligator Douluo led Ling Bai and Snow Empress through a domain at the Jialing Pass Ancient Battlefield to a conjured Spirit Hall, where Bibi Dong received Ling Bai alone.
• Bibi Dong asked Ling Bai to find the owner of the Sacred Angel martial soul, and Ling Bai demanded to know why.
• Bibi Dong recounted how Qian Renxue gave an abandoned infant the remaining Six-Winged Angel bloodline and how she later arranged for Ling Bai to find the Angel Holy Sword and grow up with the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

Ling Bai accepted Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa inheritance and learned that the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King had stolen the shattered Angel Godhood. After Ling Bai left Jialing Pass, Bibi Dong and Golden Alligator Douluo revealed that the resurrected consecrates and soldiers would become part of the Angel Godhood.

• Bibi Dong asked Ling Bai to find the Sacred Angel’s descendant and bring her to Jialing Pass, then made him the inheritor of the Rakshasa Godhood through its first trial.
• Bibi Dong explained that the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King had stolen the shattered Angel Godhood and was likely hiding in the ruins of Slaughter City.
• The six Spirit Hall consecrates escorted Ling Bai out of Jialing Pass, and Golden Alligator Douluo promised the elders would help him if he faced danger.
• Ling Bai and Snow Empress celebrated their progress toward godhood, but Ling Bai discovered that a paired soul tool had broken and recognized it as a signal from the Star Luo Empire.
• Golden Alligator Douluo gave Bibi Dong a Six-Winged Angel flame, and Bibi Dong revealed that the resurrected consecrates and soldiers would become part of the Angel Godhood.
• Golden Alligator Douluo declared that joining the Angel Godhood would be the greatest honor for the consecrates.

At the Star Luo noble banquet, Ling Bai disguised himself as Viscount Mo Xing and met Xu Jiujiu, who proposed a marriage alliance before recruiting him to steal Soul Guidance Device secrets from Mingde Hall. He refused to become her consort but heard her offer a major reward for the Ninth Level High-Altitude Detection Soul Guidance Device blueprints and information about a Humanoid Soul Guidance Device.

• Xu Jiawei asked Xu Jiujiu to speak with Dai Yueheng, but she encountered Ling Bai disguised as Viscount Mo Xing and secretly discussed the Body Sect’s planned attack on Mingde Hall with him.
• Xu Jiujiu escorted Ling Bai through the banquet, where Dai Yueheng challenged Viscount Mo Xing and was forced to retreat after sensing Ling Bai’s power.
• Xu Jiujiu explained that the royal family wanted her to marry Dai Yueheng, then offered Ling Bai the position of her consort and a path to influence Star Luo Empire.
• Ling Bai refused Xu Jiujiu’s marriage proposal, and she asked him to steal the Ninth Level High-Altitude Detection Soul Guidance Device blueprints from Mingde Hall.
• Xu Jiujiu offered Ling Bai the title of Duke Mo Xing and Star Luo’s protection if he brought back information about the Humanoid Soul Guidance Device.

After Shrek Academy learned that Ling Bai was safe, he traveled with the Snow Empress to Mingdu and visited Exquisite Pavilion. There, Pavilion Master Ning Feng Yu greeted him with an embarrassing embrace, reviving the childhood memories he had hoped to avoid.

• Meng Hongchen told Ma Xiaotao and the Shrek group that Qianjun and Jiangmo had captured Ling Bai, prompting Han Ruoruo and the others to prepare to go to Jialing City.
• Chu Qingtian reported that Ling Bai was safe and traveling, calming Han Ruoruo and the others before the group dispersed.
• Xiao Hongchen recovered from Ma Xiaotao's attack while Meng Hongchen mocked the Shrek women and vowed they would lose.
• Ling Bai and the Snow Empress explored Mingdu, and Ling Bai explained why he would not give Xu Jiujiu the High-Altitude Detection Soul Guidance Device or the humanoid Soul Guidance Device.
• Ling Bai presented the Angel Nine-Colored Token at Exquisite Pavilion and asked to see its Pavilion Master.
• Ning Feng Yu embraced Ling Bai when he entered her chamber, but Ling Bai escaped with his Sorrow Ink Stork Left Leg Soul Bone skill and warned her not to ambush him again.

Ling Bai visited Ning Feng Yu at Exquisite Pavilion, then headed toward the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and stopped to watch Ji Juechen fight. After Ji Juechen won nine arena bouts, he spotted Ling Bai in the crowd and challenged him to battle.

• Ling Bai and Ning Feng Yu discussed Exquisite Pavilion's growth and its new soul-tool supply pipeline after Xu Cong's downfall.
• A black-robed figure recognized the aura of the Thousand Charm Demon Visage as Ling Bai left Exquisite Pavilion.
• Ling Bai heard an announcement about the Sword Fanatic and watched Ji Juechen defeat his sixth-tier opponents with sword intent.
• Ji Juechen reflected on his search for stronger opponents and noticed Ling Bai in the crowd.
• Ji Juechen challenged Ling Bai to a battle.

Ji Juechen challenged Ling Bai after sensing his sword intent, and the two agreed to test their swordsmanship after Ji Juechen recovered. Ling Bai overwhelmed him and shattered his sword, but Ji Juechen accepted the loss and hoped to one day defeat Ling Bai with a sword intent of his own.

• Ji Juechen defeated a Rank Seven Soul Engineer, then repeatedly challenged Ling Bai to a duel.
• Ling Bai agreed to fight Ji Juechen after he had recovered, limiting their contest to sword intent.
• Ji Juechen meditated for nearly an hour before facing Ling Bai with his full strength.
• Ling Bai's Seven Kill Sword Intent overwhelmed Ji Juechen, and their clash shattered Ji Juechen's Extraterrestrial Meteorite Iron Sword.
• Ji Juechen accepted the sword's destruction as a chance to start anew and asked Ling Bai to create his own sword intent and defeat him someday.

Ling Bai visited the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy with Ji Juechen, where students recognized him as the rival who had inspired the Hongchen siblings. He watched Ning Tian and Wu Feng pass their Mingde Hall entrance examination, and they spotted him in the crowd.

• Ling Bai and Ji Juechen ended their duel and traveled together to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where Ling Bai registered and revealed his name and rank of sixty-nine soul power.
• Teacher Xu recognized Ling Bai from the Soul Master Competition and told him that Xiao Hongchen had trained to defeat him while Meng Hongchen had declared she wanted to abduct him.
• Ling Bai learned that Ning Tian and Wu Feng were taking their Mingde Hall entrance examination and went to watch with Ji Juechen.
• Ning Tian boosted Wu Feng with her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda while Wu Feng broke through the two Fifth Level Soul Engineers' attacks; Ning Tian also pierced their Lightning Web with a Fifth Level Piercing Cannon.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng won the examination, then recognized Ling Bai and called out to him.

Ling Bai reunited with Ning Tian and Wu Feng at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, while Lin Jiaran secretly pursued her Blood-colored Dawn project through smuggling. The chapter ended as the Body Sect launched a surprise attack on Mingde Hall, trapping Ning Tian and Wu Feng amid the violence.

• Ling Bai met Ning Tian and Wu Feng, learned they were joining Mingde Hall, and agreed to remain at the academy after sparring with Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan.
• Lin Jiaran persuaded her brother Lin Jiayi to approve a list of smuggled soul devices so she could fund her rejected Blood-colored Dawn project.
• Lin Jiaran brought Ning Tian and Wu Feng into Mingde Hall, assigned them an experimental table, and set Wu Feng to assist Ning Tian with rare metals.
• A sudden explosion tore through Mingde Hall's underground production base, killing dozens of Soul Engineers and injuring many others.
• Masked Body Sect Soul Sages emerged and attacked the academy; Lin Jiaran charged at one while Ning Tian and Wu Feng sheltered beneath a table and prepared the Golden Tortoise.
• Soul Engineers rushed to defend Mingde Hall as a pitch-black Undead Gate began to open.

Ling Bai entered the battle at Mingde Hall aboard the newly advanced Rank Ninety-Six Death Prison Bone Dragon and turned the tide against the Body Sect. After pursuing a blood-scent deeper underground, he confronted Tiger Arm Douluo Chen Hu in the secret chamber corridors.

• Du Busi’s forces attacked Mingde Hall, and Jing Hongchen led the Soul Engineers in a desperate defense.
• Ling Bai arrived on the Death Prison Bone Dragon, killed a Rank Ninety-One Titled Douluo, and attacked the Body Sect while avoiding its Titled Douluo.
• Jing Hongchen ordered Mingde Hall’s forces to focus on the Body Sect, and Ling Bai found Ning Tian and Wu Feng safe beneath an experiment table.
• Ling Bai followed the Blood Sea Heart’s scent deeper underground as Jing Hongchen and Du Busi fought to keep each other from reaching the secret chambers.
• A Body Sect operative stole Mingde Hall’s Ninth Level blueprints from Geocentric Secret Chamber Number Three before Ling Bai confronted him as Tiger Arm Douluo Chen Hu.

Ling Bai killed Tiger Arm Douluo Chen Hu in Mingde Hall’s underground chambers and looted his soul bones, Soul Guidance Device blueprints, and other valuables. He continued searching the facility, where he caught Huo Yuhao sneaking toward the exit.

• Chen Hu used Tiger Form Fist and his ninth soul skill against Ling Bai’s Death Prison Bone Dragon, but Ling Bai’s Necromantic Demon Eyes exposed the fist art’s weakness and Eternal Creation wounded Chen Hu.
• Chen Hu used his soul-bone skills to create five copies and attack Ling Bai, but Ling Bai evaded him with Void and killed him with his Death Prison Spider Lances.
• Ling Bai collected Chen Hu’s arm soul bones, Soul Guidance Device blueprints, storage tool, and other valuables, and discovered a letter revealing Tianhun’s plan to appoint the Body Sect as its protector sect.
• Ling Bai hid the valuable items in the Undead Demiplane and headed toward Mingde Hall’s Underground Heart No. 2 Secret Chamber while the battle above continued.
• Huo Yuhao used a simulation skill to sneak toward the exit, but the Death Prison Bone Dragon knocked him down, and Ling Bai greeted him.