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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNing Rong Rong is up next, taking over from Ou Si Ke after he withdrew. To help her out, Ou Si Ke\u2019s left a bit of gunpowder in a spot in the arena which, once exploded, will stun her opponent enough to allow her to knock him out of the arena. So, with her small round balls of firecrackers, she leads her opponent to that spot, throwing them and having them explode.<\/p>\n
The tactic almost works when impatience hit her opponent and he is seen rushing into the area, setting off the gunpowder and creating the cloud of smoke needed for Ning Rong Rong to launch into a kick to send him out of the arena. Her kick isn\u2019t strong enough or fast enough as her leg and foot is caught by her opponent. Ning Rong Rong is told to surrender just before she\u2019s sent flying by a painful punch to the stomach. She lands fine, but there\u2019s nothing more in her bag of tactics to defeat her opponent except to charge at him after diverting his focus away with a shot of energy from her Jiubao Amber Pagoda. The action sees her opponent landing outside the arena with her following suit.<\/p>\n
Ning Rong Rong tries her luck by saying that her opponent touched the ground first, but she\u2019s told by the Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master that the order which opponents left the arena doesn\u2019t matter. They both lost. Ning Rong Rong is still pleased since she still managed to contribute to her team by making them fight one less opponent.<\/p>\n
Her opponent isn\u2019t so pleased. He refusing to accept the result and attempts to attack Ning Rong Rong and then later Zhu Zhu Qing for preventing him from landing an attack on Ning Rong Rong. Neither attempts to attack goes through as the attempt to attack Zhu Zhu Qing is stopped by the Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master. He warns that the entire Tian Dou Imperial Second Team would be disqualified if the attack was made.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThis tactic of leaving a hole in the arena with gunpowder sees Xue Xing call it cheating. It\u2019s a complaint the Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master disagrees. He tells Xue Xing it\u2019s no different to someone who fell down and twisted their ankle because of a hole left from a previous match.<\/p>\n
Xue Xing still disagrees it being the same. The Grand Soul Land Master\u2019s response to that is more or less that since Martial Soul Hall organised the competition, they make the rules. If Xue Xing disagrees with the rules then he should organise his own competition.<\/p>\n
(How Xue Xing must be thinking that if Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master was on his side, he might not have found such a reason to justify such tactic and overlook it so easily.)<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWith Shi Lan Ke School down to their last Soul Master and still three opponents to face, Fei Lan De and Yu Xiao Gang are worried. Although Zhu Zhu Qing is now at Quadruple Soul Rings and strong, this is still a team from Tian Dou Imperial School. Liu Er Long stays optimistic. She\u2019s left them all a note and believes there\u2019s still time for the others to rush over once they wake.<\/p>\n
Just as she says this, back in one of the rooms at the school, Ma Hong Jun wakes. He sees the note, but doesn\u2019t make a move to head for the arena. It\u2019s later revealed he actually can\u2019t read.
\nTang San is also seen to wake. Tang San, who\u2019s with Xiao Wu, should definitely be heading straight for the arena, but the question is has Tang San woken at a time where he can still make it to the arena.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nZhu Zhu Qing does well taking out the next two opponents. The first one, a Triple Soul Rings Support Branch Soul Master, took her no effort. With one hit to the chest, the third opponent was knocked out. The fourth opponent was stronger, but only because the third opponent had left a Soul Skill called Heavy Armour that allows the fourth opponent to sense Zhu Zhu Qing\u2019s movement no matter how fast she was. <\/p>\n
She\u2019s told to surrender, believing Zhu Zhu Qing had no chance of winning. She doesn\u2019t surrender as early on it seemed she had suspected this Heavy Armour doesn\u2019t last forever. So, as she waited for the time when the armour\u2019s \u201cprotection\u201d wore off, Zhu Zhu Qing continues her attempts to attack to see when one of her strikes would catch her opponent out<\/p>\n
It would take the suffering of over half a dozen or so hits of her opponent\u2019s rocks and club before her opponent needed to block Zhu Zhu Qing\u2019s Nether Claws. His ability to sense the armour apparently not as strong. The armour was wearing off.<\/p>\n
Suffering just one more hit, she is finally free from the Heavy Armour. Attacking at close range, she strikes with her Nether Claws repeatedly before grabbing him by the neck to throw him out of the arena. <\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nOnly one opponent is left to beat, but with Zhu Zhu Qing having suffered quite a beating from her fourth opponent, not a lot is left in her. She\u2019s also suffered an injury to her leg, hindering her ability to launch into attacks. Her attempt to carry out an attack from high up on Tai Long (the final team member in the Tian Dou Imperial School Second Team), it sees her fall to the floor before she even reaches him.<\/p>\n
Yu Xiao Gang calls for Zhu Zhu Qing to surrender from his position in the team area. He tells her she\u2019s done her best. Zhu Zhu Qing being not one to give up until she can fight no more, she attempts her Nether Claws from her low position below Tai Long. The attack is waved away. She tries leaping into the air to try attack him there, but she\u2019s hit by a force which sends her back to the ground.<\/p>\n
Tai Long uses this time to admit that Speed Type Soul Masters like Zhu Zhu Qing is usually his greatest headache because his Martial Soul, King Kong, has no Soul Skills. He also honestly admit that had her leg not been injured he probably is no match for her. But since she is injured, Tai Long doesn\u2019t see any hope of her winning the match and seeks the Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master to call the match over.<\/p>\n
This time, Tai Long\u2019s words are correct about Zhu Zhu Qing not having a chance of winning this match. Although the match isn\u2019t called when Tai Long suggested it, it is called after Zhu Zhu Qing\u2019s next and final attempt to use her new Soul Skill, Ghost Shadow Doppelg\u00e4nger, to create two images of herself. Hoping to confuse Tai Long sees her easily exposed by a barrage of rocks that knock out her two images leaving the real her in the air for him to kick out of the arena.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWith Zhu Zhu Qing out, Shi Lan Ke School\u2019s got no one left to go into the arena. It\u2019s down to Tang San and Xiao Wu or Dai Mu Bai and Ma Hong Jun to make it to the match before Tian Dou Imperial School is declared the winners. Dai Mu Bai is seen to finally wake at this point and are running towards the arena with Ma Hong Jun after telling him the contents of the letter. How far way Tang San and Xiao Wu are from the arena isn\u2019t seen, but it\u2019s Tang San and Xiao Wu who makes it into the arena just before the last count to appear.<\/p>\n
Somersaulting into the arena, Tang San announces himself as fighting for Shi Lan Ke School. He brings out his Quadruple Soul Rings with the black Decade Millennium Soul Ring shocking everyone. The match called to begin, it takes Tang San less than a minute to defeat Tai Long. Like spitting out a list of his Soul Skills (minus the fourth Soul Skill)\u2014Interwine, Constraint of Spider Web and Blue Silver Cage\u2014Tang San restrains, binds and encases Tai Long before he kicks Tai Long out of the arena, giving Shi Lan Ke School their first win in the tournament.<\/p>\n
The speed at which Tang San defeated Tai Long had Tai Long not even know how he had landed out of the arena. Ye Zhi Qiu is seen baffled, too. In his eyes, Tang San\u2019s Soul Skills aren\u2019t so strong to be able to do that. Shi Nian passes it off as Tang San having found his own combat rhythm, but another possibility is the fact that Tang San\u2019s Xuan Tian Strike has fused with his Martial Soul which Tang San reveals to Xiao Wu later in the night after they return to Shi Lan Ke School. It sees Tang San quite troubled. His mother had told him that Xuan Tian Records was an alternative power and way to fight, but seeing Xuan Tian Strike strengthen his Blue Silver Plant, the power is acting more like a supportive Soul Skill than the new power his mother was said was possible.<\/p>\n
After seeing Tang San\u2019s match, Shi Nian decides Shi Lan Ke School\u2019s Team is strong enough to be his pawn and plan to give them a visit later in the night. Before seeing Tang San\u2019s match, Shi Nian had worried Shi Lan Ke School was going up disappoint him. The opening match where Ou Si Ke fought, he had found the school interesting for having Support Branch Soul Masters who can fight, but after watching Ning Rong Rong use a similar kind of tactic using clouds of smoke to try defeat the opponent Shi Nian begun doubting the school\u2019s abilities. Brains can only go so far in his opinion. He needed power as well, which he seems to see does exists after Tang San\u2019s match.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nDai Mu Bai and Ma Hong Jun finally make it to join the rest not long after Tang San steps off the arena stage and join the rest in the team area. Dai Mu Bai is told the good news about the match being over and having been won. His attention, which Ou Si Ke later points out, would normally go straight to the match, the results, the strategies and analysing every detail about it all. However, he\u2019s seen worrying about everyone\u2019s injuries, particularly Zhu Zhu Qing\u2019s when Ning Rong Rong disagrees with Zhu Zhu Qing\u2019s claim that they\u2019re all fine. Ning Rong Rong\u2019s report that Zhu Zhu Qing had suffered the most sees Dai Mu Bai rush over to her to see if she was able to walk. Discovering that she couldn\u2019t, he picked her up bridal style so he could rush her off to get treated.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nFor losing, Tai Long is given the order from Xue Xing to let his grandfather know that he wishes to cash in on the favour he and the Tai Tribe owes him for saving them when they were cornered by Martial Soul Hall. The incident which Xue Xing is referring to is the same one which saw Martial Hall go after Tang San\u2019s father which saw him defeated and disappear from the Soul Masters world. The favour Xue Xing wants is for Tai Long\u2019s grandfather to kill Tang San. It\u2019s a favour which Tai Long doesn\u2019t want to request from his grandfather, but he\u2019s made to do it when he\u2019s reminded of this favour.<\/p>\n
As per Xue Xing\u2019s request, Tai Long and his grandfather, Titan, show up at Tang San\u2019s place to carry out the killing. At the same time, Shi Nian and Ye Zhi Qiu show up. However, Shi Nian and Ye Zhi Qiu don\u2019t stay around after seeing Tai Long and his grandfather to kill Tang San. Shi Nian reveals that having Tang San as his pawn is not all that important to his plans. Tang San can be replaced and it\u2019s would seem meddling in matters related to Xue Xing isn\u2019t something he wants to be doing.<\/p>\n
The lack of concern over whether Tang San lives or dies raises questions whether Tang San\u2019s father really is being Shi Nian. If Tang San\u2019s father was behind Shi Nian, it\u2019s expected that Shi Nian should care. Instead, Shi Nian decides to leave Tang San to his fate, which is a clue to Tang Hao being possibly not the Grand Soul Land Master behind Cang Hui.<\/p>\n
Before Shi Nian leaves, he is seen giving Ye Zhi Qiu the order to go see Du Gu Bo regarding passing on his request, still under the impression Du Gu Bo is still poisoned.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nTold by Titan to step outside, Tang San does so without a fight. It surprises Titan that Tang San obeys so well and that he\u2019s so calm when told the reason they were before him was to kill him because of a favour they owed. Seeing Tang San bring out his Martial Soul despite knowing he can\u2019t win against the Grand Soul Land Master with Eight Soul Rings (Tang San rather die in battle than just be killed), it sees Titan offer Tang San a chance to live. Titan tells Tang San that if he can make it past him and enter through the entrance a short distance away on Tang San\u2019s right, Tang San can consider himself safe.<\/p>\n
Accepting the challenge, Tang San opts to try wrapping the Grand Soul Land Master\u2019s ankles with his Intertwine to restrict his movements before attempting to run to the door. Tang San seems to have thought he could dash past the lofty and bulky frame of Titan, but he\u2019s easily stopped by a strong draft created by the simple snap of Titan\u2019s fingers. Tang San tries his Blue Silver Cage next to encase Titan before attempting a horizontal twist overhead in an attempt to get to the entrance, but he is sent flying with a fist that breaks through the Blue Silver Cage.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nDeciding to bring out his stronger Martial Soul in his left hand, Tang San flings the Hao Tian Hammer at Titan. The Hao Tian Hammer saves Tang San, but it\u2019s not because it successfully hit the Grand Soul Land Master and that allowed him to pass through the entrance. Titan had in fact blocked the hammer. It was the fact that Tang San is the son of Tang Hao and Tang Hao being Titan\u2019s master that had saved Tang San.<\/p>\n
Tang San had refused to reveal his father\u2019s name when Titan demanded to know following Tang San\u2019s use of the Hao Tian Hammer, but the appearance of Yu Xiao Gang (who had come after finding only Xiao Wu in Tang San\u2019s room, knocked out) and him telling Tang San it was okay to reveal the name, Tang San reveals the name. Immediately following this revelation, Tang San was free to pass through the entrance as Titan erupts into laughter.<\/p>\n
Titan\u2019s laughter seemed to have come from being confused by how Tang San could have the Blue Silver Plant as well as the Hao Tian Hammer and being enlightened after discovering he is his master\u2019s son. He also seems pleased he\u2019s finally found Tang San because apparently he\u2019s been searching for him.<\/p>\n
Following his revelation that he is Tang Hao\u2019s disciple, Titan goes down on his knees to kneel before Tang San. He then moves to tell Tang San that he\u2019ll tell him all he knows about his father and the matters regarding the time he was chased down by Qian Xun Ji and Martial Soul Hall. Just as Titan is about to tell him, though, Du Gu Bo shows up and knocks out both Titan and Tai Long with poison. (Ye Zhi Qiu\u2019s visit is suggested to have been what alerted Du Gu Bo to visit Tang San This unexpectedly.)<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nAfter Tang San clears up to Du Gu Bo that Titan and Tai Long aren\u2019t enemies but friends, Du Gu Bo revives them both, allowing them to resume discussing the mentioned matters between them. No specific details are revealed yet, but it\u2019s a matter Titan feels a great sense of guilt. It leads Tang San to think Titan had somehow betrayed his father. It\u2019s not what he means. Tang San\u2019s father was the one who intervened and helped his Tai Tribe from being wiped out. He would never betray Tang San\u2019s father by being part of Martial Soul Hall\u2019s hunt of Tang San\u2019s father.<\/p>\n
Episode 32<\/h2>\n
Titan tells Tang San about Tang Hao\u2019s attempt to keep him far away from an impending battle on Douluo Continent between him and Martial Soul Hall to explain how he had come to fail his master. He had been sent on a journey to look for this Island of the God of Sea, a place said to be within the ocean away from Douluo Continent which is believed to be a myth, only to discover the real intention of his master was so he was nowhere near the battle when it took place. Discovering this only when he had travelled all the way to the border of Douluo Continent (which was no short jourrney), his attempt to return to Martial Soul City to try help Tang Hao saw him arrive too late. By then, Tang San\u2019s mother had been killed and his master was seriously injured and nowhere to be found when he tried searching.<\/p>\n
Deciding to take revenge on Martial Soul Hall, he had angered them. However, he was spared all because at the time Qian Xun Ji was going after Tang Hao. Although he was spared, it wasn\u2019t permanent. So, with no other choice, he took his tribe and fled to Tian Dou City where Xue Xing took them in because of the abilities of his Tai tribe.<\/p>\n
And so, it is in this way he failed Tang Hao and it is this way he came to owe Xue Xing this one unconditional favour. Titan of course didn\u2019t know at the time that the favour would lead to a request to kill his master\u2019s son, which he now won\u2019t go through with.<\/p>\n
Their conversation moves to the whereabouts of Tang Hao. Titan had wanted to look for his master to receive punishment for his past failing towards him. This leads Tang San to telling Titan about this own search for his father and the rumour that he could be the Hao Tian Master behind Cang Hui School and the pain and suffering the Hao Tian Master caused to Soul Masters and normal innocent people. Hearing that this Hao Tian Master had hurt people, particularly innocent people, has Titan doubt this person could be Tang San\u2019s father. He tell Tang San that his father is a righteous man and wouldn\u2019t involve innocent people just to take revenge.<\/p>\n
Everything said, Titan ends their conversation with letting Tang San know that no matter who wishes to hurt him or his father for that matter, they will have to pass through him first. Titan\u2019s new loyalties to him sees Tang San request Titan keep their relationship a secret. <\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nTang San moves to see Du Gu Bo who Yu Xiao Gang was waiting with. The visit sees him learn about the visit Ye Zhi Qiu had paid him to pass on Shi Nian\u2019s request\u2014this request being, for Du Gu Bo to show up with Du Gu Yan in Martial Soul City during the finals of the Soul Master School Contest. As Yu Xiao Gang had remarked, Shi Nian is wanting to gather Grand Soul Land Masters there to fight.<\/p>\n
As a way to show some sincerity with what is a deal Shi Nian is making with Du Gu Bo, Shi Nian had Ye Zhi Qiu give one dose of antidote for the poison in Du Gu Yan. The antidote for Du Gu Bo was promised to be given after Du Gu Bo fulfills his end of the deal. As Du Gu Bo had promised Tang San to continue to act as if he and Du Gu Yan were still poisoned, he put on an act of anger before agreeing to Shi Nian\u2019s request.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nDu Gu Bo also reveals his discovery that Ye Zhi Qiu is being controlled. Curious as to why, Du Gu Bo used the power of his Nine Soul Rings to suppress the spirit control which Shi Nian had on Ye Zhi Qiu and found Ye Zhi Qiu acting strange. He had wanted to see Tang San.<\/p>\n
So, Du Gu Bo taking Tang San and Xiao Wu to his cave, the three meet with Ye Zhi Qiu. Woken by Du Gu Bo, Ye Zhi Qiu reveals his desire to go rebel against Shi Nian. He reveals that like Tang San, he is also Shi Nian\u2019s pawn. Tang San asking Ye Zhi Qiu what Shi Nian\u2019s motives are, Ye Zhi Qiu isn\u2019t able to provide too much details as he\u2019s actually not sure what they are. All he knows is that he Cang Hui School must enter the final.<\/p>\n
When asked why he\u2019s telling him all of this, Ye Zhi Qiu tells Tang San it\u2019s because of the memories that came back after he broke through the spirit control and his realisation he was being controlled. Without Du Gu Bo\u2019s powers suppressing the spirit control, it\u2019s through sheer willpower his mind remains his own.<\/p>\n
Tang San asking what Ye Zhi Qiu wants him to do, Ye Zhi Qiu tells him that it\u2019s just a heads up and that right now, he doesn\u2019t need Tang San to do anything. When he fails in taking on Shi Nian on his own then he will look to ask Tang San for his help.<\/p>\n
Tang San doesn\u2019t think Ye Zhi Qiu know him well enough for them to be working with each other in such a manner. Ye Zhi Qiu\u2019s notes his lack of people his his circle of people he knows as his explanation, and that of those few he knows, Tang San is the only one who he feels he can make a deal with. Tang San getting him to elaborate, Ye Zhi Qiu first notes Tang San\u2019s principles as a reason to why he feels this way. He uses the fact that Tang San didn\u2019t kill the Fiend Battle Team despite their tyranny as an example of having these principles. Ye Zhi Qiu then mentions Tang San\u2019s desire to see the Hao Tian Soul Master behind Cang Hui School. Ye Zhi Qiu admits he doesn\u2019t know where the Hao Tian Soul Master is when Tang San asks, but he believes that if they team up, he can help Tang San track him down. This is why he thinks they can work together in such a manner. <\/p>\n
Du Gu Bo not trusting Ye Zhi Qiu advises Tang San to just kill him and put his death on him as an explanation. Xiao Wu, though, her instincts tell her Ye Zhi Qiu is genuinely wanting to rebel against Shi Nian. Trusting her instincts, Tang San decides to trust Ye Zhi Qiu and gives Du Gu Bo the go to remove the suppression he\u2019s got on the spirit control to let him return to Cang Hui.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhat Ye Zhi Qiu plans to do regarding taking on Shi Nian Ye Zhi Qiu doesn\u2019t say. Ye Zhi Qiu\u2019s plan is to think on this until after his match against the second team of Tian Dou Imperial School. It\u2019s a match which Ye Zhi Qiu suggests Tang San and Xiao Wu go watch. It\u2019s a suggestion which they both take as they are seen in the spectator stands with Yu Xiao Gang the next day.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s the only participant for Cang Hui School. Despite being the sole participant going up against the team of six, Ye Zhi Qiu had no trouble taking down Tai Long or the rest down all on his own. His Martial Soul is never seen, but as Ye Zhi Qiu had assured when Tai Long questioned him about it, there is a Martial Soul and it had appeared.<\/p>\n
The match between Tai Long\u2019s Gorilla against what appeared to be Ye Zhi Qiu\u2019s invisible Martial Soul saw no attacking from Ye Zhi Qiu, just all dodging. Tai Long did all the attacking. Throwing not even a handful of punches he started breathing heavily. Tai Long\u2019s third attempt to strike saw him feeling dizzy. There was a drastic drop off power Yu Xiao Gang had remarked while Tang San thought Tai Long looked as if he had fallen sick.<\/p>\n
Not long after the match started, the match was over for Tai Long. With a ripple of energy from Ye Zhi Qiu\u2019s palm, Tai Long is blasted out of the arena.<\/p>\n
The defeat sees Yu Xiao Gang down in the arena with Tang San and Xiao Wu looking for any traces of Ye Zhi Qiu\u2019s Soul Skill. He\u2019s not sure what he\u2019s searching for exactly, but he tells Tang San every Soul Skill will leave some traces. Scooping a bit of dark brown matter from possibly the same hole Ou Si Ke left in the arena, Yu Xiao Gang believes he\u2019s found that trace left by Ye Zhi Qiu\u2019s Soul Skill.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nBack at Shi Lan Ke School, Dai Mu Bai is fussing over Zhu Zhu Qing\u2019s injuries, insisting on feeding her medicine and putting it on for her, while Zhu Zhu Qing is trying hard to not let him. He seems not to understand her meaning when she tells him that it was not appropriate for him to help her put medication on her shoulder. It\u2019s inappropriate for a man to touch a woman she had told him. Dai Mu Bai\u2019s response to that is to use times where Tang San helped Xiao Wu do the same thing and noting how Xiao Wu had no objections.<\/p>\n
Dai Mu Bai didn\u2019t see that their situation (as Zhu Zhu Qing remarks) is different. Tang San and Xiao Wu still seem to regard each other as non-blood-related brother and sister. Tang San is still pretty clueless about any feelings he might have while Xiao Wu is more or less clueless with how she\u2019s yet to confirm the type of feelings she has for her non-blood-related-brother.<\/p>\n
Dai Mu Bai dismisses Zhu Zhu Qing\u2019s objections and just applies the medicine. Although Dai Mu Bai doesn\u2019t get why Zhu Zhu Qing is against him helping her, her concern for him regarding the battle between him and his brother (which she\u2019s seen bringing up) sees Dai Mu Bai very interested in her admitting to him that she\u2019s worried about him.<\/p>\n
Luckily for Zhu Zhu Qing, she never had to admit anything to him as Yu Xiao Gang had interrupted with wanting to see Dai Mu Bai to tell him he wanted Dai Mu Bai to sit out the next two rounds of the Soul Master School Contest. Not just Dai Mu Bai, but Ma Hong Jun as well. He wanted to keep them sitting out until they face Cang Hui School as he sees them as their greatest enemy and was going to hold back from letting Shi Nian all their cards too early.<\/p>\n
When Ma Hong Jun is given this message from Tang San, he worried about the injuries Zhu Zhu Qing, Ning Rong Rong and Ou Si Ke sustained during their opening match and were still recovering from. He didn\u2019t need to be worried, though, as their next match with Elephant Armoured School, a school which is part of the Seven Clans, sees Shi Lan Ke School take out their second victory.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nEntering the arena in a strong armour Tang San had forged for everyone for added protection, Ning Rong Rong starts with providing Zhu Zhu Qing and Xiao Wu a Strength Boost and a Speed Boost. Ou Si Ke then provides Xiao Wu and anyone who needs one a Full Recovery Big Sausage and a Rocketing Kiwi to Tang San who requested one to begin their attacks.<\/p>\n
Tang San was going to act as the team\u2019s eyes and command from the air as the plan was to have Ou Si Ke smoke out the entire arena and penetrate their defenses by making visibility low and have Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhu Qing try penetrate the erected armour of their opponents. Their sparkling blue tessellated conjoined shields proves to be tough and rather impenetrable as, for the most part, it sees them do no more than move a tessellation of this conjoined shields before it bounced back. When a hit finally broke through a piece of the shield and connected with one of the opponent\u2019s head, the opponents joined forces and blasted Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhu Qing away.<\/p>\n
Strong and as impenetrable their armour is at defending external attacks, they couldn\u2019t stop an internal attack via explosives which Tang San had Ning Rong Rong throw to land right at the opponents\u2019 feet. The explosion saw their impenetrable formation break and their shields dispel, allowing Tang San to bind two opponents and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhu Qing to follow with taking an opponent each, striking and kicking their respective opponents out of the arena.<\/p>\n
Tang San binds another two opponents and takes two more out with a blast of energy himself.<\/p>\n
This then leaves only one more opponent in the arena. The last opponent they didn\u2019t even have to kick out of the arena as he surrendered with his own admission of his team having lost.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a match which see Shi Nian already predict Shi Lan Ke School\u2019s victory even before any of the Soul Masters from Elephant Armour School was kicked out of the arena. He knew from the moment Tang San had his Blue Silver Plant bind the first two opponents that the match was over for the Elephant Armour School. There was no chance seeing the other two members of Shi Lan Ke School come out (that is, Dai Mu Bai and Ma Hong Jun). He admits he had underestimated Shi Lan Ke School as he tells Ye Zhi Qiu the school was more powerful that he had thought before leaving.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nTang San returns to Shi Lan Ke School to tell Yu Xiao Gang the great news about taking out Elephant Armour School. Yu Xiao Gang congratulates him and tells him to keep it up while being quite focused on his findings regarding Ye Zhi Qiu\u2019s Martial Soul. Yu Xiao Gang has Tang San sit to look at a tub of moulding fruit and bread which he had rot. It had caused Tang San to hold his nose upon smelling the decaying food.<\/p>\n
This tub of food was the effect of Ye Zhi Qiu\u2019s Martial Soul. She taking back the trace of the Martial Soul Yu Xiao Gang found in the arena, he\u2019s discovered it has the ability to control microorganisms and suppress an opponent\u2019s own resistance to invading microorganisms such as Ye Zhi Qiu Martial Soul. <\/p>\n
It has Yu Xiao Gang suggesting casting Soul Power onto the outside of the body as a way to resist the attack from the microorganisms. It\u2019s a defense which Tang San tests then and there and note its high consumption of Soul Power. It\u2019s a point which sees Yu Xiao Gang advise he therefore must work quickly to finish the battle. Otherwise, the chances of winning becomes slimmer the longer the battle draws out. Yu Xiao Gang also has Tang San know that once the microorganisms attack, it\u2019d be difficult to get rid of and so they must look to use Martial Soul Shield before this happens.<\/p>\n
Episode 33<\/h2>\n\n![\"Douluo](\"blogimgs\/douluocontinent\/ep31_35\/50.jpg\")
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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe list of participants set for the Soul Master School Contest, Ye Zhi Qiu makes his move on Shi Nian with having his Martial Soul attack Shi Nian\u2019s wrist. It doesn\u2019t go unnoticed, exposing the fact that he had broken through Shi Nian\u2019s spirit control. This doesn\u2019t worry Ye Zhi Qiu. As he had told Tang San last episode, once the qualifying list of schools were set (which it is now), his life is at least temporarily safe.<\/p>\n
Shi Nian had threatened to kill him, had threatened to use a bit more effort to control Ye Zhi Qiu, but the threat of losing Ye Zhi Qiu either through his death or through him going insane should the stronger spirit control fail had Shi Nian do nothing more than have him in a hold at the neck for a short time.<\/p>\n
With Ye Zhi Qiu\u2019s microorganisms working on Shi Nian, Ye Zhi Qiu was able to negotiate his safety as well as his teammates: after he gets into the final, Shi Nian gives Ye Zhi Qiu his word to set him as well as his teammates free as well.<\/p>\n
In his attempt to find out what the plan is once they get into the final Ye Zhi Qiu fails learn, though. He also isn\u2019t able to find out where the Hao Tian Master is. Ye Zhi Qiu had tried to demand to see the Hao Tian Master to get his word that his life is safe as only his words can be taken and believed. (Possibly, his reason for asking about the Hao Tian Master could be related to his deal with Tang San as well.) However, Ye Zhi Qiu is told that the Hao Tian Master isn\u2019t in Tian Dou City. Ye Zhi Qiu persists with asking for the Hao Tian Master\u2019s location, but he is only told that he\u2019ll find the Hao Tian Master in Martial Soul City once they get into the final.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nOver at Shi Lan Ke School, Tang San discovers his Blue Silver Plant is impervious to fire. With Chi Huo School being their next opponent, Yu Xiao Gang thought to have Tang San\u2019s Blue Silver Plant try build up some resistance by having Ma Hong Jun use his flame on it. It saw Ma Hong Jun\u2019s flame have no effect on the vine. Not only did Ma Hong Jun\u2019s flame not burn it to ashes like before, but neither does Liu Er Long\u2019s super hot blue flames burn it.<\/p>\n
With this discovery plus Shi Lan Ke School\u2019s winning streak, the atmosphere is rather relaxed heading into their match with Chi Huo School. No one was really worried about dealing with a team consisting of Flame Branch Soul Masters now that they discovered Tang San\u2019s Blue Silver Plant was immune to fire. Their minds had even shifted to how they should get ready for the more concerning Cang Hui School. Their attitude towards Chi Huo School showed a belief that it was a match that was theirs to win but once in the arena it was anything but.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nChi Huo School surrounding Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhu Qing, Ou Si Ke and Ning Rong Rong, Tang San had called his Blue Silver Cage to protect them all from the inferno of flames their five opponents directed at them. As the fire grew in height and the area inside the Blue Silver Cage was getting hotter, Xiao Wu had suggested she use Teleport to carry out a sneak attack, but Tang San thought they could wait. He thought he had the time to wait for their opponents to see that their flames had no effect on his Blue Silver Plant. Once they realised this, he thought it could shock them all and then make their attacks.<\/p>\n
What Tang San didn\u2019t understand is the effects of being trapped inside a burning space like his Blue Silver Plant. As the fire burned, oxygen was being depleted. Not long, Tang San\u2019s team began passing out one by one, resulting in defeat before an attack could be made.<\/p>\n
Tang San had thought that maybe this was some kind of Soul Skill his opponents had used on them. Before he succumbed to the lack of oxygen in the Blue Silver Cage, he had asked the captain of Chi Huo School team what Soul Skill they used on them only to learn it was not a Soul Skill. It was just fire burning and they were simply fanning the the flames.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nReturning to Shi Lan Ke School, Tang San and the team are made to see that their loss was the result of their overconfidence, their arrogance, their ignorance, their lack of observation and their lack of respect for their opponents. Yu Xiao Gang had Tang San see that it was his overconfidence in his own strategy that saw the team lose the match. He had Tang San and the others see that their overconfidence, arrogance, ignorance and lack of respect is what made them all useless Soul Masters.<\/p>\n
The team is silent and deflated after Yu Xiao Gang leaves them to reflect. It\u2019s Xiao Wu who speaks first to bring them back to a fighting spirit by getting them to see that losing this match doesn\u2019t mean they can\u2019t try again. She seems to try cheer them up first by mentioning how this isn\u2019t the first time they\u2019ve lost as back in Suo Tuo City (the city Shi Lan Ke School was located originally) they\u2019ve all lost before. To try get them all to see that a loss doesn\u2019t mean a loss forever, she mentions herself as someone who loves to fight with the suggestion of wanting to win every fight, but she knows she can\u2019t expect to win every fight. She may lose like how she had lost against Chi Huo School, but she tells even she can just try again.<\/p>\n
These words sees Tang San agree. A loss doesn\u2019t mean they will lose forever. Xiao Wu is right. They can try again, but with the respect and seriousness their opponents deserve. Tang San shows this respect and seriousness by acknowledging Yu Xiao Gang\u2019s evaluation of them having become overconfident and arrogant before he rallies the team to pick themselves back up to not accept the loss.<\/p>\n
Not accepting this loss while also not looking down on their opponents is what they do. Ou Si Ke acknowledges Chi Huo School\u2019s strength of knowing how to use the power of the flame to full effect (which effectively acknowledges their own failing). Zhu Zhu Qing simply expresses her respect, while Ning Rong Rong expresses needing to use everything they have in their next battle (which is a form of showing respect to their opponents). If they lose still, they will train harder to become stronger so that they can defeat them.<\/p>\n
The team now understanding the errors which led to their defeat, they vow to become stronger whilst not underestimating them so they can better face off against their next opponent, Cang Hui School, who is stronger and even more dangerous than Chi Huo School.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nAs everyone makes this vow together, they\u2019re visited by Ning Feng Zhi who had come not to take Ning Rong Rong back with him, but to tell them a story about the time he was defeated. Not only had Ning Feng Zhi experience defeat, but the Sword Grand Soul Land Master as well. This defeat was a recent one and one which saw Ning Feng Zhi being restrained at the neck while the Sword Grand Soul Land Master lay unconscious after having been ambushed. The person behind Ning Feng Zhi and the Sword Grand Soul Land Master\u2019s defeat is the Black Smoke Figure who Yu Xiao Gang had encountered at Star Forest and the Mutant Soul case (Episode 15).<\/p>\n
This story has Ning Feng Zhi reveal the Black Smoke Figure as being a Grand Soul Land Master as only a Grand Soul Land Master could ambush and knock out another Grand Soul Land Master which the Sword Grand Soul Land Master is. By telling this story, he also reveals that it was the Black Smoke Figure who had wanted the Sword Grand Soul Land Master to carry out the sabotaging of the finalist at the Soul Master School Contest and the mission for Jian Doulou to kill someone at the final. <\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWith the dangers of the Soul Master School Contest final told, Ning Feng Zhi advise everyone to think carefully about whether they really want to continue advancing towards the final. Tang San confirms as still wanting to for personal reasons. He tells everyone that they don\u2019t need to risk themselves with him and are free to quit. Dai Mu Bai tells everyone he isn\u2019t quitting: he has his brother waiting for him to get into the final. Xiao Wu won\u2019t be quitting because wherever Tang San is she will be. Ma Hong Jun won\u2019t abandon Tang San, either, because of the help he gave previously and so he will help Tang San get into the final. Zhu Zhu Qing is not a quitter so she won\u2019t quit.<\/p>\n
Ning Rong Rong won\u2019t either. It was because of Tang San\u2019s premium herb that had help her Martial Soul mutate. To quit now will bring shame to the Ning family. Ning Feng Zhi had cautioned Ning Rong Rong to think carefully, but her reason had him see that she was sure.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThis leaves Ou Si Ke and his decision. Where once he used to try his best to skip out on Soul Hunts and missions, now he appears to be finding reasons why he shouldn\u2019t abandon them, reasons such as his usefulness as a Support Branch Soul Master on their team and Fei Lan De\u2019s wishes for him to be a Soul Master. They give him their support to pursue this dream, though. Ning Rong Rong tells him she can support the team. Dai Mu Bai tells him he will deal with Fei Lan De. Tang San tells him that he\u2019s supported them long enough and it\u2019s time they supported him. <\/p>\n
Ou Si Ke was finally free to pursue his dream in the Arts, but appears not too excited about pursuing it now. Excusing himself from the team, he goes off to a store in a preoccupied state. His aimless browsing sees him look at flint powder for the metal rod which he uses in Soul Battles.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s approached by the shopkeeper there who Ou Si Ke sparks up a conversation about Ou Si Ke having joined the Soul Master School Contest and how the metal rod was a gadget he used in the arena. It leads him to telling the shopkeeper how the gadget is now useless to him, though, because being a Soul Master isn\u2019t his dream. He says this in a contemplative, not very convincing tone. He appears as if he\u2019s trying to work through his thoughts about what his dream is now.<\/p>\n
Xue Xing\u2019s sudden appearance might look to give him that answer. The prince shows up at the store with a transfer of ownership letter to the Starry Theatrical Club. It\u2019s one of three famous theatrical clubs in Tian Dou City and is needing a president. Xue Xing\u2019s not given up on targeting Shi Lan Ke School. His motive is suggested to be the same one as when he had visited Ning Feng Zhi earlier in the episode with hopes the Chief of Qibao Amber Clan will bring Ning Rong Rong back home: he wants break up the Shi Lan Ke School team and is using all kinds of ways to make it happen.<\/p>\n
Xue Xing had failed in convincing Ning Feng Zhi. Whether Xue Xing succeeds with Ou Si Ke is still to be seen, but whether Xue Xing succeeds or not with enticing Ou Si Ke is of no consequence since everyone on the team is supportive of Ou Si Ke pursuing his dream.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nOu Si Ke was excited and had that ink feather hovering over the Transfer of Ownership, looking like he was going to take up Xue Xing\u2019s offer, but in the end, Ou Si Ke turned the prince down. Returning to Shi Lan Ke School, Ou Si Ke reveals that in his heart he still wanted very much to be a Soul Master but had put his hopes in the Arts after losing hope in becoming a Soul Master. Because of the teasing he received after revealing his Martial Soul, he slowly started not wanting to show his Martial Soul. It got to the point of hating his it. But every time he went into the arena with his teammates, the cold feeling he had towards being a Soul Master warmed up a little more. He liked the feeling he got when fighting alongside of them; and so, Ou Si Ke makes his choice to remain a Soul Master to continue with the rest in their next fight with Cang Hui School.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe battle which everyone had been most wary about ends before even an attack is even made. Right after everyone was ready to fight, revealing their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, Ye Zhi Qiu raises his hand to tell everyone he\u2019s surrendering.<\/p>\n
It confuses everyone as they watch him walk off the arena. Ning Rong Rong thought maybe Ye Zhi Qiu surrendered because he was alone and afraid. Maybe Ye Zhi Qiu thought he was going to lose with how they had found out about his Martial Soul. Ou Si Ke doubted those could be the reasons: Ou Si Ke believes that Ye Zhi Qiu still had a chance even if it was seven against one. As for the fact that they discovered Ye Zhi Qiu\u2019s Martial Soul, he argues that Ye Zhi Qiu can\u2019t have known about the fact they\u2019ve figured out what good Martial Soul to see this as being the reason he surrendered.<\/p>\n
Tang San being approached by Ye Zhi Qiu to speak privately, Ye Zhi Qiu reveals it was because Shi Nian wanted Shi Lan Ke School in the final. With Shi Lan Ke School having lost to Chi Huo School, it meant that Shi Lan Ke School had to win all four of their matches next in order to make it there. Ye Zhi Qiu surrendering allowed them to make it there just a little bit easier.<\/p>\n
The helping hand sees Tang San ask Ye Zhi Qiu whether Cang Hui School worried about not making it to the finals. Ye Zhi Qiu doesn\u2019t answer. He leaves, but not before inconspicuously passing a note into Tang San\u2019s hand. It\u2019s note which is later revealed to be a request for Tang San to meet him later at night to show Tang San the reason he\u2019s wanting to work with him.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhile Tang San was approached by Ye Zhi Qiu, Dai Mu Bai was approached by the Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master. He\u2019s wanting Dai Mu Bai to be his disciple after seeing Dai Mu Bai\u2019s unique way of bringing out his Soul Rings during Shi Lan Ke School\u2019s match against Cang Hui School.<\/p>\n
Dai Mu Bai had drew a hand across in front of his face to bring out his Soul Rings. This is different to the way Tang San reveals his Soul Rings: he draws his arms wide at the sides with palms open and facing the sky. This appears to be the more common way.<\/p>\n
The sight saw the Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master make the assumption Dai Mu Bai must have consumed the Rare Powerful Chrysanthemum\u2014which the Grand Soul Land Master is correct. This fact seems to be important to becoming a disciple of the Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master as those who have consumed it means they have a special compatibility, and therefore, is qualified to be his disciple. <\/p>\n
Dai Mu Bai isn\u2019t interested. He wasn\u2019t when the Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master made the offer before announcing the start of the match with Cang Hui School. He is again not interested during this second attempt to have Dai Mu Bai become his disciple as Dai Mu Bai is heard telling Tang San after they both are done with their meetings.<\/p>\n
The Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master is persistent, though. He approaches Dai Mu Bai a third time later during the night. To try convince Dai Mu Bai that being his disciple is better than staying at Shi Lan Ke School, he shows his power by knocking out everyone at the school (save Tang San and Xiao Wu who\u2019s left to see Ye Zhi Qiu as requested by the note he passed into Tang San\u2019s hand). He offers help with defeating Dai Wei Shi and making him Emperor as incentives. Dai Mu Bai is yet again not interested. <\/p>\n
When the Grand Soul Land Master explains the special compatibility as the reason to why his disciple can only be Dai Mu Bai, Dai Mu Bai is willing to find time to receive guidance from the Grand Soul Land Master so that the principle of his Martial Soul can be passed down. However, hearing that he insists on Dai Mu Bai becoming a member of Martial Soul Hall, Dai Mu Bai rejects him again. This sees Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master offer his help to cheat through the upcoming battles of the Soul Master School Contest. Cheating isn\u2019t a way Dai Mu Bai wants to advance to the final; and so, for the fifth time, Dai Mu Bai rejects the Grand Soul Land Master\u2019s offer. This rejection only sees the Grand Soul Land Master see Dai Mu Bai as even more suitable. He leaves Dai Mu Bai at this point, though.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nOver in Tian Dou City, Hu Lie Na\u2019s motives in taking over Xue Qing He\u2019s identity show to be one targeting Xue Xing. Ever since Hu Lie Na pretended to be Xue Qing He, she\u2019s had it so that Xue Qing He is made to reject seeing anyone and refuse to concern himself over matters which he\u2019s expected to concern himself with\u2014namely, Shi Lan Ke School and the fact that Xue Xing was going around targeting Shi Lan Ke School.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s this unusual behaviour which sees Xue Xing walk himself into a trap Hu Lie Na apparently set for him. This lack of concern over the fact that Xue Xing was going around targeting Shi Lan Ke School and Xue Qing He doing nothing to stop him is what had Xue Xing strongly believe the Tian Dou Crown Prince was being controlled by Martial Soul Hall. Xue Qing He\u2014or rather, Hu Lie Na\u2014had denied being under any control. But Xue Xing was insistent in heading into the Crown Prince\u2019s room to see if there was someone with Spirit Control abilities controlling him.<\/p>\n
Hu Lie Na doesn\u2019t stop Xue Xing from going in there since this is what she wants. She wanted Xue Xing to discover that the real Xue Qing He is under her control and that the Crown Prince is being confined to his room with pressure point needles. She wanted Xue Xing to shout out to his guards as well as the Crown Prince\u2019s guards who had arrived to surround Xue Xing\u2019s guards that the real Crown Prince is in the house and the same one is before them all. In this way, she could accuse Xue Xing of trying to harm the Crown Prince and have him taken away and under surveillance.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nTang San and Xiao Wu meeting with Ye Zhi Qiu sees the Cang Hui School captain wanting to show Tang San the four other members of Cang Hui School to have him understand why he\u2019s wanting to work with Tang San. Before taking Tang San and Xiao Wu there, he first shows his sincerity in this deal between them by providing Tang San a bottle of medicine which delays the poison he believes is still in Du Gu Bo. Figuring out how to get the rest of the antidote is promised provided Tang San and Du Gu Bo helps him with what he wants to do which is to escape from Shi Nian\u2019s control and save his teammates as well.<\/p>\n
As Ye Zhi Qiu has them follow to see the four people he also consider his friends, Tang San and Xiao Wu are told about the excitement and hope he and his teammates once had when they first came to Cang Hui School. They thought it could change their lives only to be controlled by Shi Nian in the end, the four of them confined in a shed, forced into their dreams, unable to escape and unable to communicate. The control isn\u2019t simply the power of Spirit Control which controls the mind, but the power of Shi Nian\u2019s Martial Soul, Broken Dreams, which causes hallucinations.<\/p>\n
In their unconscious, unaware state, the four Cang Hui Soul Masters are still able to carry out attacks. Xiao Wu personally experiences the attacks of two of them as Tang San and Xiao Wu neared the shed they were kept. The first attack is from glowing blue arrows which start off as illusory weapons but soon become real. They fly out from the room where the Soul Master whose Mutant Martial Soul is the Spear of Void is.<\/p>\n
Xiao Wu manages to flip away from being hit by what begins off as just one arrow, but becomes two after Tang San shoots his Blue Silver Plant at it, causing it to split into two arrows which then moves to target Xiao Wu again. The arrows split again after Xiao Wu dodges the two by flipping backwards to let the arrows pass above her split legs.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a battle which Xiao Wu is enjoying, seemingly finding the challenge of dodging the multiplying arrows interesting. Her appetite for what more these arrows can throw at her sees the attacks from the first Soul Master\u2019s Spear of Void coordinate with attacks of the second Soul Master\u2019s Martial Soul, Returning Mirror. A black void with a blue glow at its edge appear before this void also multiplies to surround Xiao Wu. Half a dozen arrows shoot out from these voids.<\/p>\n
Xiao Wu has no trouble avoiding them all and challenges it to keep coming at her. Dozens more appear from each void with these arrows splitting and multiplying into even more arrows. They continue up multiple until there are so many that dodging is impossible. For someone like Xiao Wu being surrounded by countless arrows is nothing to her. She\u2019s got Teleport as a Soul Skill, and it\u2019s the use of this Soul Skill she takes herself out of the ball of arrows with her as its core.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe arrows turn to direct themselves at Xiao Wu to continue the battle, but Ye Zhi Qiu puts a stop to the attacks by standing in front of Xiao Wu and Tang San and telling them to stop. He then takes Tang San and Xiao Wu to his four teammates to show them their unresponsive, trancelike state. He tells Tang San and Xiao Wu that had it not been for the rules of the contest which required the captain to speak to their opponents in the arena, he himself would have ended up like them.<\/p>\n
But because of this contest rule, only Ye Zhi Qiu\u2019s memories were sealed; and fortunately for him, he regained his memories through the help of Du Gu Bo. But for him to escape Shi Nian\u2019s control as well as save his teammates, he can\u2019t do it without outside help. He mentions the Hao Tian Grand Soul Land Master being behind Shi Nian and that in order to truly free themselves from Cang Hui School\u2019s control, he suggests it\u2019s not Shi Nian he has to take on in the end. The person they must take on in the end is this Hao Tian Grand Soul Land Master who Shi Nian says will appear at Martial Soul City once they get to the final. This is why Ye Zhi Qiu is seeking to work with Tang San.<\/p>\n
Episode 35<\/h2>\n
The fact that the Hao Tian Soul Master is behind Cang Hui School is still unconfirmed. Even Ye Zhi Qiu\u2019s not physically met with this Hao Tian Soul Master that\u2019s behind Shi Nian. When Tang San asks whether he was sure the Hao Tian Soul Master is behind Cang Hui School, Ye Zhi Qiu tells Tang San that he only recalls seeing Shi Nian speak to a black smoke figure once.<\/p>\n
In Episode 15, Yu Xiao Gang had witnessed a black smoke figure kill Martial Soul Officer and Bi Bi Dong\u2019s disciple, Su Yun Tao, before it was seen proposing an alliance with one of the kings of Star Forest, the Azure Bull Python. The black smoke figure was later suspected by Hu Lie Na to be someone from Martial Soul Hall after Yu Xiao Gang spoke to Hu Lie Na about Su Yun Tao\u2019s death. The reason she had come to this conclusion was because Su Yun Tao had no family members and only ever lived at Martial Soul Hall, yet, the black smoke figure killed Su Yun Tao because (as Hu Lie Na and Yu Xiao Gang suspects) they knew each other and Su Yun Tao posed a threat to exposing the secret meeting with the Azure Bull Python (Episode 18).<\/p>\n
This small piece of information to who might be behind Cang Hui School then points to someone from Martial Soul Hall, but at this point doesn\u2019t completely clear Tang Hao from being behind Cang Hui School with his past affiliation to Martial Soul Hall. He still fits into the suspicion of being someone from Martial Soul Hall who could possibly know Su Yun Tao. The black smoke figure also had a strong hatred towards Martial Soul Hall, as before killing Su Yun Tao, he had told the Su Yun Tao that his teacher will go to hell just like Su Yun Tao was about to.<\/p>\n
However, Shi Lan Ke School\u2019s journey to Martial Soul City for the next stage of the Soul Master School Contest sees one of Martial Soul Hall\u2019s Grand Soul Land Masters match the visual characteristics of the black smoke figure, putting into question yet again whether Tang Hao is really behind Cang Hui School. Shi Lan Ke School\u2019s arrival at Martial Soul Hall also sees Tang San get the chance to get a little closer to learning about his mother and what had happened during the siege which saw former Chief of Martial Soul Hall, Qian Xun Ji, go after Tang Hao and Tang San\u2019s mother killed.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nBefore Shi Lan Ke School arrives in Martial Soul City, though, an ever so subtle confession of Dai Mu Bai\u2019s feelings for Zhu Zhu Qing is expressed during a stop for the day. While collecting branches for firewood, Dai Mu Bai is seen standing behind Zhu Zhu Qing, clearly wanting to say something, but hesitates until Zhu Zhu Qing turns around to see him there. It\u2019s at this point he admits to kissing her when they were little. In Episode 10, he had denied this when Zhu Zhu Qing brought it up. Now though, he tells her that with how much they\u2019ve gone through together, he not only admits to remembering the kiss but he thinks he was right to kiss her (which is just short of telling Zhu Zhu Qing he likes her)!<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Ou Si Ke is seen sending Ma Hong Jun off looking for wild vegetables so he has the chance to give Ning Rong Rong earrings he personally made for her last episode. With Ning Rong Rong coming off as someone who likes fine quality items, her move to put them on straight away has Ou Si Ke smiling. It\u2019s yet another unspoken example that Ning Rong Rong likes Ou Si Ke.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWith Tang San, he seems to want to make sure Xiao Wu is still wanting to be by his side after the final. Asking Xiao Wu what she planned to do after the contest, she tells him she wants to travel across Douluo Continent, sightsee and find more Soul Masters to fight. It\u2019s different to her usual \u201cI will be wherever Tang San will be\u201d. This time around, it\u2019s Tang San who appears to be saying (but without actually saying) he will be wherever Xiao Wu will be by stating that they should do what she plans together.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nOver by the river, Liu Er Long wonders if Yu Xiao Gang was going to see Bi Bi Dong once they get to Martial Soul City. Yu Xiao Gang has Liu Er Long know he has no intention. There was no point meeting with her. By this he seems to mean there was no reason to meet with her because she is now the Chief of Martial Soul Hall. Liu Er Long had thought maybe Yu Xiao Gang didn\u2019t feel he could visit her because of their different statuses. Yu Xiao Gang explains that it wasn\u2019t so much that but simply that they had chosen and wanted different things because (as he suggests) their capabilities were quite different.<\/p>\n
Back then, Bi Bi Dong was already a genius in Martial Soul Hall while he was a \u201cuseless guy who couldn’t get past Triple Soul Rings\u201d. She had chosen to marry Qian Xun Ji as he and Martial Soul Hall offered a brighter future. Back then, she wouldn\u2019t see him when Yu Xiao Gang tried to talk things through after seemingly learning about the marriage through secondary means. Yu Xiao Gang\u2019s belief that there was no point seeing her now seems to touch on the fact that the situation with him hasn\u2019t changed. His wants, her wants, the path he wishes to travel and the path which she wishes to travel remains different.<\/p>\n
Still, the matter still seems to affect Yu Xiao Gang as he appears to internalise the pain by expressing how he understood her choice. Because she chose Qian Xun Ji and Martial Soul Hall, she had gotten herself to the top position of Chief of Martial Soul Hall and becoming the Greatest Soul Master.<\/p>\n
In what appears to be an attempt to console or side with Yu Xiao Gang, Liu Er Long express that she believes Bi Bi Dong made the wrong choice.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nLiu Er Long might not be wrong on that thought. Arriving into Martial Soul City sees Yu Xiao Gang made to give Bi Bi Dong a visit after the Chief of Martial Soul Hall makes an unexpected request to see Tang San. Yu Xiao Gang let in this time round, she reveals a bit of regret over their separation as she expresses having wondered what could have been. Not only does she wonder what could have been, she attempts to mend her regrets by wanting Yu Xiao Gang to think about joining her in ascending Martial Soul Hall to even greater heights of power.<\/p>\n
She has him know that she believes in his capabilities. Although he may not be powerful in a fighting sense, his mind is the best in all of Douluo Continent. So, the fact that Yu Xiao Gang had thought himself as useless because he couldn\u2019t advance past Triple Soul Rings seems to be a view Bi Bi Dong doesn\u2019t share\u2014at least not now anyway. <\/p>\n
Yu Xiao Gang has no interest in joining her. He also didn\u2019t care for the fame which she had also suggested she ensured to get him. He tells her that their paths and wants are different. Because of this, their paths will never cross.<\/p>\n
As he had told Liu Er Long, he saw no reason to meet with Bi Bi Dong. Had it not been because he was worried and Tang San being called away by Bi Bi Dong, they never would have met again. It was a fact which Bi Bi Dong did know when Yu Xiao Gang showed up wanting to see her.<\/p>\n
Despite understanding that her relationship is no longer like before, Bi Bi Dong still seemed surprised to discover Yu Xiao Gang knew about Tang Hao being Tang San\u2019s father but didn\u2019t think to tell her this fact.<\/p>\n
Yu Xiao Gang leaves her then. Yu Xiao Gang appeared as if he had gotten over their past whilst facing her. He appeared as if he didn\u2019t care about her. But his face seemed to show pain as he walked away.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe matter about Tang Hao being Tang San\u2019s father is the reason Bi Bi Dong had sought Tang San out and had him brought to her by the Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master (who was initially waiting at the city gate entrance as a favour for Fei Lan De so he could complete the paperwork for Shi Lan Ke School\u2019s participation in the contest). Before Tang San was brought to her, she seems to only have suspected Tang San as being Tang Hao\u2019s son. However, after raising him off the ground and forcing out of his right palm his Blue Silver Plant and his left palm the Hao Tian Hammer, she confirmed her suspicions.<\/p>\n
With Bi Bi Dong before him, Tang San gets his chance to ask her directly whether she had gone after his parents, whether she was related to his mother\u2019s death and who else was involved. She delays answering his questions. Instead she ponders aloud whether she should kill Tang San on the spot for the heavy injuries his father inflicted on her late husband, Qian Xun Ji, which caused his death.<\/p>\n
She doesn\u2019t kill him. She looks to have asked the question to warn him against showing his Hao Tian Hammer during the contest. For what reason isn\u2019t revealed.<\/p>\n
Going back to his questions, she tells him she wasn\u2019t involved in pursuing his mother, but who else was she doesn\u2019t tell him. Similar to the answer Tang San\u2019s father has given him when he wanted to know the matters relating to his mother, she tells him he doesn\u2019t have the right to know.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe list of participants set for the Soul Master School Contest, Ye Zhi Qiu makes his move on Shi Nian with having his Martial Soul attack Shi Nian\u2019s wrist. It doesn\u2019t go unnoticed, exposing the fact that he had broken through Shi Nian\u2019s spirit control. This doesn\u2019t worry Ye Zhi Qiu. As he had told Tang San last episode, once the qualifying list of schools were set (which it is now), his life is at least temporarily safe.<\/p>\n
Shi Nian had threatened to kill him, had threatened to use a bit more effort to control Ye Zhi Qiu, but the threat of losing Ye Zhi Qiu either through his death or through him going insane should the stronger spirit control fail had Shi Nian do nothing more than have him in a hold at the neck for a short time.<\/p>\n
With Ye Zhi Qiu\u2019s microorganisms working on Shi Nian, Ye Zhi Qiu was able to negotiate his safety as well as his teammates: after he gets into the final, Shi Nian gives Ye Zhi Qiu his word to set him as well as his teammates free as well.<\/p>\n
In his attempt to find out what the plan is once they get into the final Ye Zhi Qiu fails learn, though. He also isn\u2019t able to find out where the Hao Tian Master is. Ye Zhi Qiu had tried to demand to see the Hao Tian Master to get his word that his life is safe as only his words can be taken and believed. (Possibly, his reason for asking about the Hao Tian Master could be related to his deal with Tang San as well.) However, Ye Zhi Qiu is told that the Hao Tian Master isn\u2019t in Tian Dou City. Ye Zhi Qiu persists with asking for the Hao Tian Master\u2019s location, but he is only told that he\u2019ll find the Hao Tian Master in Martial Soul City once they get into the final.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nOver at Shi Lan Ke School, Tang San discovers his Blue Silver Plant is impervious to fire. With Chi Huo School being their next opponent, Yu Xiao Gang thought to have Tang San\u2019s Blue Silver Plant try build up some resistance by having Ma Hong Jun use his flame on it. It saw Ma Hong Jun\u2019s flame have no effect on the vine. Not only did Ma Hong Jun\u2019s flame not burn it to ashes like before, but neither does Liu Er Long\u2019s super hot blue flames burn it.<\/p>\n
With this discovery plus Shi Lan Ke School\u2019s winning streak, the atmosphere is rather relaxed heading into their match with Chi Huo School. No one was really worried about dealing with a team consisting of Flame Branch Soul Masters now that they discovered Tang San\u2019s Blue Silver Plant was immune to fire. Their minds had even shifted to how they should get ready for the more concerning Cang Hui School. Their attitude towards Chi Huo School showed a belief that it was a match that was theirs to win but once in the arena it was anything but.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nChi Huo School surrounding Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhu Qing, Ou Si Ke and Ning Rong Rong, Tang San had called his Blue Silver Cage to protect them all from the inferno of flames their five opponents directed at them. As the fire grew in height and the area inside the Blue Silver Cage was getting hotter, Xiao Wu had suggested she use Teleport to carry out a sneak attack, but Tang San thought they could wait. He thought he had the time to wait for their opponents to see that their flames had no effect on his Blue Silver Plant. Once they realised this, he thought it could shock them all and then make their attacks.<\/p>\n
What Tang San didn\u2019t understand is the effects of being trapped inside a burning space like his Blue Silver Plant. As the fire burned, oxygen was being depleted. Not long, Tang San\u2019s team began passing out one by one, resulting in defeat before an attack could be made.<\/p>\n
Tang San had thought that maybe this was some kind of Soul Skill his opponents had used on them. Before he succumbed to the lack of oxygen in the Blue Silver Cage, he had asked the captain of Chi Huo School team what Soul Skill they used on them only to learn it was not a Soul Skill. It was just fire burning and they were simply fanning the the flames.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nReturning to Shi Lan Ke School, Tang San and the team are made to see that their loss was the result of their overconfidence, their arrogance, their ignorance, their lack of observation and their lack of respect for their opponents. Yu Xiao Gang had Tang San see that it was his overconfidence in his own strategy that saw the team lose the match. He had Tang San and the others see that their overconfidence, arrogance, ignorance and lack of respect is what made them all useless Soul Masters.<\/p>\n
The team is silent and deflated after Yu Xiao Gang leaves them to reflect. It\u2019s Xiao Wu who speaks first to bring them back to a fighting spirit by getting them to see that losing this match doesn\u2019t mean they can\u2019t try again. She seems to try cheer them up first by mentioning how this isn\u2019t the first time they\u2019ve lost as back in Suo Tuo City (the city Shi Lan Ke School was located originally) they\u2019ve all lost before. To try get them all to see that a loss doesn\u2019t mean a loss forever, she mentions herself as someone who loves to fight with the suggestion of wanting to win every fight, but she knows she can\u2019t expect to win every fight. She may lose like how she had lost against Chi Huo School, but she tells even she can just try again.<\/p>\n
These words sees Tang San agree. A loss doesn\u2019t mean they will lose forever. Xiao Wu is right. They can try again, but with the respect and seriousness their opponents deserve. Tang San shows this respect and seriousness by acknowledging Yu Xiao Gang\u2019s evaluation of them having become overconfident and arrogant before he rallies the team to pick themselves back up to not accept the loss.<\/p>\n
Not accepting this loss while also not looking down on their opponents is what they do. Ou Si Ke acknowledges Chi Huo School\u2019s strength of knowing how to use the power of the flame to full effect (which effectively acknowledges their own failing). Zhu Zhu Qing simply expresses her respect, while Ning Rong Rong expresses needing to use everything they have in their next battle (which is a form of showing respect to their opponents). If they lose still, they will train harder to become stronger so that they can defeat them.<\/p>\n
The team now understanding the errors which led to their defeat, they vow to become stronger whilst not underestimating them so they can better face off against their next opponent, Cang Hui School, who is stronger and even more dangerous than Chi Huo School.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nAs everyone makes this vow together, they\u2019re visited by Ning Feng Zhi who had come not to take Ning Rong Rong back with him, but to tell them a story about the time he was defeated. Not only had Ning Feng Zhi experience defeat, but the Sword Grand Soul Land Master as well. This defeat was a recent one and one which saw Ning Feng Zhi being restrained at the neck while the Sword Grand Soul Land Master lay unconscious after having been ambushed. The person behind Ning Feng Zhi and the Sword Grand Soul Land Master\u2019s defeat is the Black Smoke Figure who Yu Xiao Gang had encountered at Star Forest and the Mutant Soul case (Episode 15).<\/p>\n
This story has Ning Feng Zhi reveal the Black Smoke Figure as being a Grand Soul Land Master as only a Grand Soul Land Master could ambush and knock out another Grand Soul Land Master which the Sword Grand Soul Land Master is. By telling this story, he also reveals that it was the Black Smoke Figure who had wanted the Sword Grand Soul Land Master to carry out the sabotaging of the finalist at the Soul Master School Contest and the mission for Jian Doulou to kill someone at the final. <\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWith the dangers of the Soul Master School Contest final told, Ning Feng Zhi advise everyone to think carefully about whether they really want to continue advancing towards the final. Tang San confirms as still wanting to for personal reasons. He tells everyone that they don\u2019t need to risk themselves with him and are free to quit. Dai Mu Bai tells everyone he isn\u2019t quitting: he has his brother waiting for him to get into the final. Xiao Wu won\u2019t be quitting because wherever Tang San is she will be. Ma Hong Jun won\u2019t abandon Tang San, either, because of the help he gave previously and so he will help Tang San get into the final. Zhu Zhu Qing is not a quitter so she won\u2019t quit.<\/p>\n
Ning Rong Rong won\u2019t either. It was because of Tang San\u2019s premium herb that had help her Martial Soul mutate. To quit now will bring shame to the Ning family. Ning Feng Zhi had cautioned Ning Rong Rong to think carefully, but her reason had him see that she was sure.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThis leaves Ou Si Ke and his decision. Where once he used to try his best to skip out on Soul Hunts and missions, now he appears to be finding reasons why he shouldn\u2019t abandon them, reasons such as his usefulness as a Support Branch Soul Master on their team and Fei Lan De\u2019s wishes for him to be a Soul Master. They give him their support to pursue this dream, though. Ning Rong Rong tells him she can support the team. Dai Mu Bai tells him he will deal with Fei Lan De. Tang San tells him that he\u2019s supported them long enough and it\u2019s time they supported him. <\/p>\n
Ou Si Ke was finally free to pursue his dream in the Arts, but appears not too excited about pursuing it now. Excusing himself from the team, he goes off to a store in a preoccupied state. His aimless browsing sees him look at flint powder for the metal rod which he uses in Soul Battles.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s approached by the shopkeeper there who Ou Si Ke sparks up a conversation about Ou Si Ke having joined the Soul Master School Contest and how the metal rod was a gadget he used in the arena. It leads him to telling the shopkeeper how the gadget is now useless to him, though, because being a Soul Master isn\u2019t his dream. He says this in a contemplative, not very convincing tone. He appears as if he\u2019s trying to work through his thoughts about what his dream is now.<\/p>\n
Xue Xing\u2019s sudden appearance might look to give him that answer. The prince shows up at the store with a transfer of ownership letter to the Starry Theatrical Club. It\u2019s one of three famous theatrical clubs in Tian Dou City and is needing a president. Xue Xing\u2019s not given up on targeting Shi Lan Ke School. His motive is suggested to be the same one as when he had visited Ning Feng Zhi earlier in the episode with hopes the Chief of Qibao Amber Clan will bring Ning Rong Rong back home: he wants break up the Shi Lan Ke School team and is using all kinds of ways to make it happen.<\/p>\n
Xue Xing had failed in convincing Ning Feng Zhi. Whether Xue Xing succeeds with Ou Si Ke is still to be seen, but whether Xue Xing succeeds or not with enticing Ou Si Ke is of no consequence since everyone on the team is supportive of Ou Si Ke pursuing his dream.<\/p>\n
Episode 34<\/h2>\n\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nOu Si Ke was excited and had that ink feather hovering over the Transfer of Ownership, looking like he was going to take up Xue Xing\u2019s offer, but in the end, Ou Si Ke turned the prince down. Returning to Shi Lan Ke School, Ou Si Ke reveals that in his heart he still wanted very much to be a Soul Master but had put his hopes in the Arts after losing hope in becoming a Soul Master. Because of the teasing he received after revealing his Martial Soul, he slowly started not wanting to show his Martial Soul. It got to the point of hating his it. But every time he went into the arena with his teammates, the cold feeling he had towards being a Soul Master warmed up a little more. He liked the feeling he got when fighting alongside of them; and so, Ou Si Ke makes his choice to remain a Soul Master to continue with the rest in their next fight with Cang Hui School.<\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe battle which everyone had been most wary about ends before even an attack is even made. Right after everyone was ready to fight, revealing their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, Ye Zhi Qiu raises his hand to tell everyone he\u2019s surrendering.<\/p>\n
It confuses everyone as they watch him walk off the arena. Ning Rong Rong thought maybe Ye Zhi Qiu surrendered because he was alone and afraid. Maybe Ye Zhi Qiu thought he was going to lose with how they had found out about his Martial Soul. Ou Si Ke doubted those could be the reasons: Ou Si Ke believes that Ye Zhi Qiu still had a chance even if it was seven against one. As for the fact that they discovered Ye Zhi Qiu\u2019s Martial Soul, he argues that Ye Zhi Qiu can\u2019t have known about the fact they\u2019ve figured out what good Martial Soul to see this as being the reason he surrendered.<\/p>\n
Tang San being approached by Ye Zhi Qiu to speak privately, Ye Zhi Qiu reveals it was because Shi Nian wanted Shi Lan Ke School in the final. With Shi Lan Ke School having lost to Chi Huo School, it meant that Shi Lan Ke School had to win all four of their matches next in order to make it there. Ye Zhi Qiu surrendering allowed them to make it there just a little bit easier.<\/p>\n
The helping hand sees Tang San ask Ye Zhi Qiu whether Cang Hui School worried about not making it to the finals. Ye Zhi Qiu doesn\u2019t answer. He leaves, but not before inconspicuously passing a note into Tang San\u2019s hand. It\u2019s note which is later revealed to be a request for Tang San to meet him later at night to show Tang San the reason he\u2019s wanting to work with him.<\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhile Tang San was approached by Ye Zhi Qiu, Dai Mu Bai was approached by the Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master. He\u2019s wanting Dai Mu Bai to be his disciple after seeing Dai Mu Bai\u2019s unique way of bringing out his Soul Rings during Shi Lan Ke School\u2019s match against Cang Hui School.<\/p>\n
Dai Mu Bai had drew a hand across in front of his face to bring out his Soul Rings. This is different to the way Tang San reveals his Soul Rings: he draws his arms wide at the sides with palms open and facing the sky. This appears to be the more common way.<\/p>\n
The sight saw the Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master make the assumption Dai Mu Bai must have consumed the Rare Powerful Chrysanthemum\u2014which the Grand Soul Land Master is correct. This fact seems to be important to becoming a disciple of the Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master as those who have consumed it means they have a special compatibility, and therefore, is qualified to be his disciple. <\/p>\n
Dai Mu Bai isn\u2019t interested. He wasn\u2019t when the Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master made the offer before announcing the start of the match with Cang Hui School. He is again not interested during this second attempt to have Dai Mu Bai become his disciple as Dai Mu Bai is heard telling Tang San after they both are done with their meetings.<\/p>\n
The Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master is persistent, though. He approaches Dai Mu Bai a third time later during the night. To try convince Dai Mu Bai that being his disciple is better than staying at Shi Lan Ke School, he shows his power by knocking out everyone at the school (save Tang San and Xiao Wu who\u2019s left to see Ye Zhi Qiu as requested by the note he passed into Tang San\u2019s hand). He offers help with defeating Dai Wei Shi and making him Emperor as incentives. Dai Mu Bai is yet again not interested. <\/p>\n
When the Grand Soul Land Master explains the special compatibility as the reason to why his disciple can only be Dai Mu Bai, Dai Mu Bai is willing to find time to receive guidance from the Grand Soul Land Master so that the principle of his Martial Soul can be passed down. However, hearing that he insists on Dai Mu Bai becoming a member of Martial Soul Hall, Dai Mu Bai rejects him again. This sees Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master offer his help to cheat through the upcoming battles of the Soul Master School Contest. Cheating isn\u2019t a way Dai Mu Bai wants to advance to the final; and so, for the fifth time, Dai Mu Bai rejects the Grand Soul Land Master\u2019s offer. This rejection only sees the Grand Soul Land Master see Dai Mu Bai as even more suitable. He leaves Dai Mu Bai at this point, though.<\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nOver in Tian Dou City, Hu Lie Na\u2019s motives in taking over Xue Qing He\u2019s identity show to be one targeting Xue Xing. Ever since Hu Lie Na pretended to be Xue Qing He, she\u2019s had it so that Xue Qing He is made to reject seeing anyone and refuse to concern himself over matters which he\u2019s expected to concern himself with\u2014namely, Shi Lan Ke School and the fact that Xue Xing was going around targeting Shi Lan Ke School.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s this unusual behaviour which sees Xue Xing walk himself into a trap Hu Lie Na apparently set for him. This lack of concern over the fact that Xue Xing was going around targeting Shi Lan Ke School and Xue Qing He doing nothing to stop him is what had Xue Xing strongly believe the Tian Dou Crown Prince was being controlled by Martial Soul Hall. Xue Qing He\u2014or rather, Hu Lie Na\u2014had denied being under any control. But Xue Xing was insistent in heading into the Crown Prince\u2019s room to see if there was someone with Spirit Control abilities controlling him.<\/p>\n
Hu Lie Na doesn\u2019t stop Xue Xing from going in there since this is what she wants. She wanted Xue Xing to discover that the real Xue Qing He is under her control and that the Crown Prince is being confined to his room with pressure point needles. She wanted Xue Xing to shout out to his guards as well as the Crown Prince\u2019s guards who had arrived to surround Xue Xing\u2019s guards that the real Crown Prince is in the house and the same one is before them all. In this way, she could accuse Xue Xing of trying to harm the Crown Prince and have him taken away and under surveillance.<\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nTang San and Xiao Wu meeting with Ye Zhi Qiu sees the Cang Hui School captain wanting to show Tang San the four other members of Cang Hui School to have him understand why he\u2019s wanting to work with Tang San. Before taking Tang San and Xiao Wu there, he first shows his sincerity in this deal between them by providing Tang San a bottle of medicine which delays the poison he believes is still in Du Gu Bo. Figuring out how to get the rest of the antidote is promised provided Tang San and Du Gu Bo helps him with what he wants to do which is to escape from Shi Nian\u2019s control and save his teammates as well.<\/p>\n
As Ye Zhi Qiu has them follow to see the four people he also consider his friends, Tang San and Xiao Wu are told about the excitement and hope he and his teammates once had when they first came to Cang Hui School. They thought it could change their lives only to be controlled by Shi Nian in the end, the four of them confined in a shed, forced into their dreams, unable to escape and unable to communicate. The control isn\u2019t simply the power of Spirit Control which controls the mind, but the power of Shi Nian\u2019s Martial Soul, Broken Dreams, which causes hallucinations.<\/p>\n
In their unconscious, unaware state, the four Cang Hui Soul Masters are still able to carry out attacks. Xiao Wu personally experiences the attacks of two of them as Tang San and Xiao Wu neared the shed they were kept. The first attack is from glowing blue arrows which start off as illusory weapons but soon become real. They fly out from the room where the Soul Master whose Mutant Martial Soul is the Spear of Void is.<\/p>\n
Xiao Wu manages to flip away from being hit by what begins off as just one arrow, but becomes two after Tang San shoots his Blue Silver Plant at it, causing it to split into two arrows which then moves to target Xiao Wu again. The arrows split again after Xiao Wu dodges the two by flipping backwards to let the arrows pass above her split legs.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a battle which Xiao Wu is enjoying, seemingly finding the challenge of dodging the multiplying arrows interesting. Her appetite for what more these arrows can throw at her sees the attacks from the first Soul Master\u2019s Spear of Void coordinate with attacks of the second Soul Master\u2019s Martial Soul, Returning Mirror. A black void with a blue glow at its edge appear before this void also multiplies to surround Xiao Wu. Half a dozen arrows shoot out from these voids.<\/p>\n
Xiao Wu has no trouble avoiding them all and challenges it to keep coming at her. Dozens more appear from each void with these arrows splitting and multiplying into even more arrows. They continue up multiple until there are so many that dodging is impossible. For someone like Xiao Wu being surrounded by countless arrows is nothing to her. She\u2019s got Teleport as a Soul Skill, and it\u2019s the use of this Soul Skill she takes herself out of the ball of arrows with her as its core.<\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe arrows turn to direct themselves at Xiao Wu to continue the battle, but Ye Zhi Qiu puts a stop to the attacks by standing in front of Xiao Wu and Tang San and telling them to stop. He then takes Tang San and Xiao Wu to his four teammates to show them their unresponsive, trancelike state. He tells Tang San and Xiao Wu that had it not been for the rules of the contest which required the captain to speak to their opponents in the arena, he himself would have ended up like them.<\/p>\n
But because of this contest rule, only Ye Zhi Qiu\u2019s memories were sealed; and fortunately for him, he regained his memories through the help of Du Gu Bo. But for him to escape Shi Nian\u2019s control as well as save his teammates, he can\u2019t do it without outside help. He mentions the Hao Tian Grand Soul Land Master being behind Shi Nian and that in order to truly free themselves from Cang Hui School\u2019s control, he suggests it\u2019s not Shi Nian he has to take on in the end. The person they must take on in the end is this Hao Tian Grand Soul Land Master who Shi Nian says will appear at Martial Soul City once they get to the final. This is why Ye Zhi Qiu is seeking to work with Tang San.<\/p>\n
Episode 35<\/h2>\n
The fact that the Hao Tian Soul Master is behind Cang Hui School is still unconfirmed. Even Ye Zhi Qiu\u2019s not physically met with this Hao Tian Soul Master that\u2019s behind Shi Nian. When Tang San asks whether he was sure the Hao Tian Soul Master is behind Cang Hui School, Ye Zhi Qiu tells Tang San that he only recalls seeing Shi Nian speak to a black smoke figure once.<\/p>\n
In Episode 15, Yu Xiao Gang had witnessed a black smoke figure kill Martial Soul Officer and Bi Bi Dong\u2019s disciple, Su Yun Tao, before it was seen proposing an alliance with one of the kings of Star Forest, the Azure Bull Python. The black smoke figure was later suspected by Hu Lie Na to be someone from Martial Soul Hall after Yu Xiao Gang spoke to Hu Lie Na about Su Yun Tao\u2019s death. The reason she had come to this conclusion was because Su Yun Tao had no family members and only ever lived at Martial Soul Hall, yet, the black smoke figure killed Su Yun Tao because (as Hu Lie Na and Yu Xiao Gang suspects) they knew each other and Su Yun Tao posed a threat to exposing the secret meeting with the Azure Bull Python (Episode 18).<\/p>\n
This small piece of information to who might be behind Cang Hui School then points to someone from Martial Soul Hall, but at this point doesn\u2019t completely clear Tang Hao from being behind Cang Hui School with his past affiliation to Martial Soul Hall. He still fits into the suspicion of being someone from Martial Soul Hall who could possibly know Su Yun Tao. The black smoke figure also had a strong hatred towards Martial Soul Hall, as before killing Su Yun Tao, he had told the Su Yun Tao that his teacher will go to hell just like Su Yun Tao was about to.<\/p>\n
However, Shi Lan Ke School\u2019s journey to Martial Soul City for the next stage of the Soul Master School Contest sees one of Martial Soul Hall\u2019s Grand Soul Land Masters match the visual characteristics of the black smoke figure, putting into question yet again whether Tang Hao is really behind Cang Hui School. Shi Lan Ke School\u2019s arrival at Martial Soul Hall also sees Tang San get the chance to get a little closer to learning about his mother and what had happened during the siege which saw former Chief of Martial Soul Hall, Qian Xun Ji, go after Tang Hao and Tang San\u2019s mother killed.<\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nBefore Shi Lan Ke School arrives in Martial Soul City, though, an ever so subtle confession of Dai Mu Bai\u2019s feelings for Zhu Zhu Qing is expressed during a stop for the day. While collecting branches for firewood, Dai Mu Bai is seen standing behind Zhu Zhu Qing, clearly wanting to say something, but hesitates until Zhu Zhu Qing turns around to see him there. It\u2019s at this point he admits to kissing her when they were little. In Episode 10, he had denied this when Zhu Zhu Qing brought it up. Now though, he tells her that with how much they\u2019ve gone through together, he not only admits to remembering the kiss but he thinks he was right to kiss her (which is just short of telling Zhu Zhu Qing he likes her)!<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Ou Si Ke is seen sending Ma Hong Jun off looking for wild vegetables so he has the chance to give Ning Rong Rong earrings he personally made for her last episode. With Ning Rong Rong coming off as someone who likes fine quality items, her move to put them on straight away has Ou Si Ke smiling. It\u2019s yet another unspoken example that Ning Rong Rong likes Ou Si Ke.<\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWith Tang San, he seems to want to make sure Xiao Wu is still wanting to be by his side after the final. Asking Xiao Wu what she planned to do after the contest, she tells him she wants to travel across Douluo Continent, sightsee and find more Soul Masters to fight. It\u2019s different to her usual \u201cI will be wherever Tang San will be\u201d. This time around, it\u2019s Tang San who appears to be saying (but without actually saying) he will be wherever Xiao Wu will be by stating that they should do what she plans together.<\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nOver by the river, Liu Er Long wonders if Yu Xiao Gang was going to see Bi Bi Dong once they get to Martial Soul City. Yu Xiao Gang has Liu Er Long know he has no intention. There was no point meeting with her. By this he seems to mean there was no reason to meet with her because she is now the Chief of Martial Soul Hall. Liu Er Long had thought maybe Yu Xiao Gang didn\u2019t feel he could visit her because of their different statuses. Yu Xiao Gang explains that it wasn\u2019t so much that but simply that they had chosen and wanted different things because (as he suggests) their capabilities were quite different.<\/p>\n
Back then, Bi Bi Dong was already a genius in Martial Soul Hall while he was a \u201cuseless guy who couldn’t get past Triple Soul Rings\u201d. She had chosen to marry Qian Xun Ji as he and Martial Soul Hall offered a brighter future. Back then, she wouldn\u2019t see him when Yu Xiao Gang tried to talk things through after seemingly learning about the marriage through secondary means. Yu Xiao Gang\u2019s belief that there was no point seeing her now seems to touch on the fact that the situation with him hasn\u2019t changed. His wants, her wants, the path he wishes to travel and the path which she wishes to travel remains different.<\/p>\n
Still, the matter still seems to affect Yu Xiao Gang as he appears to internalise the pain by expressing how he understood her choice. Because she chose Qian Xun Ji and Martial Soul Hall, she had gotten herself to the top position of Chief of Martial Soul Hall and becoming the Greatest Soul Master.<\/p>\n
In what appears to be an attempt to console or side with Yu Xiao Gang, Liu Er Long express that she believes Bi Bi Dong made the wrong choice.<\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nLiu Er Long might not be wrong on that thought. Arriving into Martial Soul City sees Yu Xiao Gang made to give Bi Bi Dong a visit after the Chief of Martial Soul Hall makes an unexpected request to see Tang San. Yu Xiao Gang let in this time round, she reveals a bit of regret over their separation as she expresses having wondered what could have been. Not only does she wonder what could have been, she attempts to mend her regrets by wanting Yu Xiao Gang to think about joining her in ascending Martial Soul Hall to even greater heights of power.<\/p>\n
She has him know that she believes in his capabilities. Although he may not be powerful in a fighting sense, his mind is the best in all of Douluo Continent. So, the fact that Yu Xiao Gang had thought himself as useless because he couldn\u2019t advance past Triple Soul Rings seems to be a view Bi Bi Dong doesn\u2019t share\u2014at least not now anyway. <\/p>\n
Yu Xiao Gang has no interest in joining her. He also didn\u2019t care for the fame which she had also suggested she ensured to get him. He tells her that their paths and wants are different. Because of this, their paths will never cross.<\/p>\n
As he had told Liu Er Long, he saw no reason to meet with Bi Bi Dong. Had it not been because he was worried and Tang San being called away by Bi Bi Dong, they never would have met again. It was a fact which Bi Bi Dong did know when Yu Xiao Gang showed up wanting to see her.<\/p>\n
Despite understanding that her relationship is no longer like before, Bi Bi Dong still seemed surprised to discover Yu Xiao Gang knew about Tang Hao being Tang San\u2019s father but didn\u2019t think to tell her this fact.<\/p>\n
Yu Xiao Gang leaves her then. Yu Xiao Gang appeared as if he had gotten over their past whilst facing her. He appeared as if he didn\u2019t care about her. But his face seemed to show pain as he walked away.<\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe matter about Tang Hao being Tang San\u2019s father is the reason Bi Bi Dong had sought Tang San out and had him brought to her by the Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master (who was initially waiting at the city gate entrance as a favour for Fei Lan De so he could complete the paperwork for Shi Lan Ke School\u2019s participation in the contest). Before Tang San was brought to her, she seems to only have suspected Tang San as being Tang Hao\u2019s son. However, after raising him off the ground and forcing out of his right palm his Blue Silver Plant and his left palm the Hao Tian Hammer, she confirmed her suspicions.<\/p>\n
With Bi Bi Dong before him, Tang San gets his chance to ask her directly whether she had gone after his parents, whether she was related to his mother\u2019s death and who else was involved. She delays answering his questions. Instead she ponders aloud whether she should kill Tang San on the spot for the heavy injuries his father inflicted on her late husband, Qian Xun Ji, which caused his death.<\/p>\n
She doesn\u2019t kill him. She looks to have asked the question to warn him against showing his Hao Tian Hammer during the contest. For what reason isn\u2019t revealed.<\/p>\n
Going back to his questions, she tells him she wasn\u2019t involved in pursuing his mother, but who else was she doesn\u2019t tell him. Similar to the answer Tang San\u2019s father has given him when he wanted to know the matters relating to his mother, she tells him he doesn\u2019t have the right to know.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nOu Si Ke was excited and had that ink feather hovering over the Transfer of Ownership, looking like he was going to take up Xue Xing\u2019s offer, but in the end, Ou Si Ke turned the prince down. Returning to Shi Lan Ke School, Ou Si Ke reveals that in his heart he still wanted very much to be a Soul Master but had put his hopes in the Arts after losing hope in becoming a Soul Master. Because of the teasing he received after revealing his Martial Soul, he slowly started not wanting to show his Martial Soul. It got to the point of hating his it. But every time he went into the arena with his teammates, the cold feeling he had towards being a Soul Master warmed up a little more. He liked the feeling he got when fighting alongside of them; and so, Ou Si Ke makes his choice to remain a Soul Master to continue with the rest in their next fight with Cang Hui School.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe battle which everyone had been most wary about ends before even an attack is even made. Right after everyone was ready to fight, revealing their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, Ye Zhi Qiu raises his hand to tell everyone he\u2019s surrendering.<\/p>\n
It confuses everyone as they watch him walk off the arena. Ning Rong Rong thought maybe Ye Zhi Qiu surrendered because he was alone and afraid. Maybe Ye Zhi Qiu thought he was going to lose with how they had found out about his Martial Soul. Ou Si Ke doubted those could be the reasons: Ou Si Ke believes that Ye Zhi Qiu still had a chance even if it was seven against one. As for the fact that they discovered Ye Zhi Qiu\u2019s Martial Soul, he argues that Ye Zhi Qiu can\u2019t have known about the fact they\u2019ve figured out what good Martial Soul to see this as being the reason he surrendered.<\/p>\n
Tang San being approached by Ye Zhi Qiu to speak privately, Ye Zhi Qiu reveals it was because Shi Nian wanted Shi Lan Ke School in the final. With Shi Lan Ke School having lost to Chi Huo School, it meant that Shi Lan Ke School had to win all four of their matches next in order to make it there. Ye Zhi Qiu surrendering allowed them to make it there just a little bit easier.<\/p>\n
The helping hand sees Tang San ask Ye Zhi Qiu whether Cang Hui School worried about not making it to the finals. Ye Zhi Qiu doesn\u2019t answer. He leaves, but not before inconspicuously passing a note into Tang San\u2019s hand. It\u2019s note which is later revealed to be a request for Tang San to meet him later at night to show Tang San the reason he\u2019s wanting to work with him.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhile Tang San was approached by Ye Zhi Qiu, Dai Mu Bai was approached by the Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master. He\u2019s wanting Dai Mu Bai to be his disciple after seeing Dai Mu Bai\u2019s unique way of bringing out his Soul Rings during Shi Lan Ke School\u2019s match against Cang Hui School.<\/p>\n
Dai Mu Bai had drew a hand across in front of his face to bring out his Soul Rings. This is different to the way Tang San reveals his Soul Rings: he draws his arms wide at the sides with palms open and facing the sky. This appears to be the more common way.<\/p>\n
The sight saw the Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master make the assumption Dai Mu Bai must have consumed the Rare Powerful Chrysanthemum\u2014which the Grand Soul Land Master is correct. This fact seems to be important to becoming a disciple of the Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master as those who have consumed it means they have a special compatibility, and therefore, is qualified to be his disciple. <\/p>\n
Dai Mu Bai isn\u2019t interested. He wasn\u2019t when the Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master made the offer before announcing the start of the match with Cang Hui School. He is again not interested during this second attempt to have Dai Mu Bai become his disciple as Dai Mu Bai is heard telling Tang San after they both are done with their meetings.<\/p>\n
The Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master is persistent, though. He approaches Dai Mu Bai a third time later during the night. To try convince Dai Mu Bai that being his disciple is better than staying at Shi Lan Ke School, he shows his power by knocking out everyone at the school (save Tang San and Xiao Wu who\u2019s left to see Ye Zhi Qiu as requested by the note he passed into Tang San\u2019s hand). He offers help with defeating Dai Wei Shi and making him Emperor as incentives. Dai Mu Bai is yet again not interested. <\/p>\n
When the Grand Soul Land Master explains the special compatibility as the reason to why his disciple can only be Dai Mu Bai, Dai Mu Bai is willing to find time to receive guidance from the Grand Soul Land Master so that the principle of his Martial Soul can be passed down. However, hearing that he insists on Dai Mu Bai becoming a member of Martial Soul Hall, Dai Mu Bai rejects him again. This sees Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master offer his help to cheat through the upcoming battles of the Soul Master School Contest. Cheating isn\u2019t a way Dai Mu Bai wants to advance to the final; and so, for the fifth time, Dai Mu Bai rejects the Grand Soul Land Master\u2019s offer. This rejection only sees the Grand Soul Land Master see Dai Mu Bai as even more suitable. He leaves Dai Mu Bai at this point, though.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nOver in Tian Dou City, Hu Lie Na\u2019s motives in taking over Xue Qing He\u2019s identity show to be one targeting Xue Xing. Ever since Hu Lie Na pretended to be Xue Qing He, she\u2019s had it so that Xue Qing He is made to reject seeing anyone and refuse to concern himself over matters which he\u2019s expected to concern himself with\u2014namely, Shi Lan Ke School and the fact that Xue Xing was going around targeting Shi Lan Ke School.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s this unusual behaviour which sees Xue Xing walk himself into a trap Hu Lie Na apparently set for him. This lack of concern over the fact that Xue Xing was going around targeting Shi Lan Ke School and Xue Qing He doing nothing to stop him is what had Xue Xing strongly believe the Tian Dou Crown Prince was being controlled by Martial Soul Hall. Xue Qing He\u2014or rather, Hu Lie Na\u2014had denied being under any control. But Xue Xing was insistent in heading into the Crown Prince\u2019s room to see if there was someone with Spirit Control abilities controlling him.<\/p>\n
Hu Lie Na doesn\u2019t stop Xue Xing from going in there since this is what she wants. She wanted Xue Xing to discover that the real Xue Qing He is under her control and that the Crown Prince is being confined to his room with pressure point needles. She wanted Xue Xing to shout out to his guards as well as the Crown Prince\u2019s guards who had arrived to surround Xue Xing\u2019s guards that the real Crown Prince is in the house and the same one is before them all. In this way, she could accuse Xue Xing of trying to harm the Crown Prince and have him taken away and under surveillance.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nTang San and Xiao Wu meeting with Ye Zhi Qiu sees the Cang Hui School captain wanting to show Tang San the four other members of Cang Hui School to have him understand why he\u2019s wanting to work with Tang San. Before taking Tang San and Xiao Wu there, he first shows his sincerity in this deal between them by providing Tang San a bottle of medicine which delays the poison he believes is still in Du Gu Bo. Figuring out how to get the rest of the antidote is promised provided Tang San and Du Gu Bo helps him with what he wants to do which is to escape from Shi Nian\u2019s control and save his teammates as well.<\/p>\n
As Ye Zhi Qiu has them follow to see the four people he also consider his friends, Tang San and Xiao Wu are told about the excitement and hope he and his teammates once had when they first came to Cang Hui School. They thought it could change their lives only to be controlled by Shi Nian in the end, the four of them confined in a shed, forced into their dreams, unable to escape and unable to communicate. The control isn\u2019t simply the power of Spirit Control which controls the mind, but the power of Shi Nian\u2019s Martial Soul, Broken Dreams, which causes hallucinations.<\/p>\n
In their unconscious, unaware state, the four Cang Hui Soul Masters are still able to carry out attacks. Xiao Wu personally experiences the attacks of two of them as Tang San and Xiao Wu neared the shed they were kept. The first attack is from glowing blue arrows which start off as illusory weapons but soon become real. They fly out from the room where the Soul Master whose Mutant Martial Soul is the Spear of Void is.<\/p>\n
Xiao Wu manages to flip away from being hit by what begins off as just one arrow, but becomes two after Tang San shoots his Blue Silver Plant at it, causing it to split into two arrows which then moves to target Xiao Wu again. The arrows split again after Xiao Wu dodges the two by flipping backwards to let the arrows pass above her split legs.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a battle which Xiao Wu is enjoying, seemingly finding the challenge of dodging the multiplying arrows interesting. Her appetite for what more these arrows can throw at her sees the attacks from the first Soul Master\u2019s Spear of Void coordinate with attacks of the second Soul Master\u2019s Martial Soul, Returning Mirror. A black void with a blue glow at its edge appear before this void also multiplies to surround Xiao Wu. Half a dozen arrows shoot out from these voids.<\/p>\n
Xiao Wu has no trouble avoiding them all and challenges it to keep coming at her. Dozens more appear from each void with these arrows splitting and multiplying into even more arrows. They continue up multiple until there are so many that dodging is impossible. For someone like Xiao Wu being surrounded by countless arrows is nothing to her. She\u2019s got Teleport as a Soul Skill, and it\u2019s the use of this Soul Skill she takes herself out of the ball of arrows with her as its core.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe arrows turn to direct themselves at Xiao Wu to continue the battle, but Ye Zhi Qiu puts a stop to the attacks by standing in front of Xiao Wu and Tang San and telling them to stop. He then takes Tang San and Xiao Wu to his four teammates to show them their unresponsive, trancelike state. He tells Tang San and Xiao Wu that had it not been for the rules of the contest which required the captain to speak to their opponents in the arena, he himself would have ended up like them.<\/p>\n
But because of this contest rule, only Ye Zhi Qiu\u2019s memories were sealed; and fortunately for him, he regained his memories through the help of Du Gu Bo. But for him to escape Shi Nian\u2019s control as well as save his teammates, he can\u2019t do it without outside help. He mentions the Hao Tian Grand Soul Land Master being behind Shi Nian and that in order to truly free themselves from Cang Hui School\u2019s control, he suggests it\u2019s not Shi Nian he has to take on in the end. The person they must take on in the end is this Hao Tian Grand Soul Land Master who Shi Nian says will appear at Martial Soul City once they get to the final. This is why Ye Zhi Qiu is seeking to work with Tang San.<\/p>\n
Episode 35<\/h2>\n
The fact that the Hao Tian Soul Master is behind Cang Hui School is still unconfirmed. Even Ye Zhi Qiu\u2019s not physically met with this Hao Tian Soul Master that\u2019s behind Shi Nian. When Tang San asks whether he was sure the Hao Tian Soul Master is behind Cang Hui School, Ye Zhi Qiu tells Tang San that he only recalls seeing Shi Nian speak to a black smoke figure once.<\/p>\n
In Episode 15, Yu Xiao Gang had witnessed a black smoke figure kill Martial Soul Officer and Bi Bi Dong\u2019s disciple, Su Yun Tao, before it was seen proposing an alliance with one of the kings of Star Forest, the Azure Bull Python. The black smoke figure was later suspected by Hu Lie Na to be someone from Martial Soul Hall after Yu Xiao Gang spoke to Hu Lie Na about Su Yun Tao\u2019s death. The reason she had come to this conclusion was because Su Yun Tao had no family members and only ever lived at Martial Soul Hall, yet, the black smoke figure killed Su Yun Tao because (as Hu Lie Na and Yu Xiao Gang suspects) they knew each other and Su Yun Tao posed a threat to exposing the secret meeting with the Azure Bull Python (Episode 18).<\/p>\n
This small piece of information to who might be behind Cang Hui School then points to someone from Martial Soul Hall, but at this point doesn\u2019t completely clear Tang Hao from being behind Cang Hui School with his past affiliation to Martial Soul Hall. He still fits into the suspicion of being someone from Martial Soul Hall who could possibly know Su Yun Tao. The black smoke figure also had a strong hatred towards Martial Soul Hall, as before killing Su Yun Tao, he had told the Su Yun Tao that his teacher will go to hell just like Su Yun Tao was about to.<\/p>\n
However, Shi Lan Ke School\u2019s journey to Martial Soul City for the next stage of the Soul Master School Contest sees one of Martial Soul Hall\u2019s Grand Soul Land Masters match the visual characteristics of the black smoke figure, putting into question yet again whether Tang Hao is really behind Cang Hui School. Shi Lan Ke School\u2019s arrival at Martial Soul Hall also sees Tang San get the chance to get a little closer to learning about his mother and what had happened during the siege which saw former Chief of Martial Soul Hall, Qian Xun Ji, go after Tang Hao and Tang San\u2019s mother killed.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nBefore Shi Lan Ke School arrives in Martial Soul City, though, an ever so subtle confession of Dai Mu Bai\u2019s feelings for Zhu Zhu Qing is expressed during a stop for the day. While collecting branches for firewood, Dai Mu Bai is seen standing behind Zhu Zhu Qing, clearly wanting to say something, but hesitates until Zhu Zhu Qing turns around to see him there. It\u2019s at this point he admits to kissing her when they were little. In Episode 10, he had denied this when Zhu Zhu Qing brought it up. Now though, he tells her that with how much they\u2019ve gone through together, he not only admits to remembering the kiss but he thinks he was right to kiss her (which is just short of telling Zhu Zhu Qing he likes her)!<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Ou Si Ke is seen sending Ma Hong Jun off looking for wild vegetables so he has the chance to give Ning Rong Rong earrings he personally made for her last episode. With Ning Rong Rong coming off as someone who likes fine quality items, her move to put them on straight away has Ou Si Ke smiling. It\u2019s yet another unspoken example that Ning Rong Rong likes Ou Si Ke.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWith Tang San, he seems to want to make sure Xiao Wu is still wanting to be by his side after the final. Asking Xiao Wu what she planned to do after the contest, she tells him she wants to travel across Douluo Continent, sightsee and find more Soul Masters to fight. It\u2019s different to her usual \u201cI will be wherever Tang San will be\u201d. This time around, it\u2019s Tang San who appears to be saying (but without actually saying) he will be wherever Xiao Wu will be by stating that they should do what she plans together.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nOver by the river, Liu Er Long wonders if Yu Xiao Gang was going to see Bi Bi Dong once they get to Martial Soul City. Yu Xiao Gang has Liu Er Long know he has no intention. There was no point meeting with her. By this he seems to mean there was no reason to meet with her because she is now the Chief of Martial Soul Hall. Liu Er Long had thought maybe Yu Xiao Gang didn\u2019t feel he could visit her because of their different statuses. Yu Xiao Gang explains that it wasn\u2019t so much that but simply that they had chosen and wanted different things because (as he suggests) their capabilities were quite different.<\/p>\n
Back then, Bi Bi Dong was already a genius in Martial Soul Hall while he was a \u201cuseless guy who couldn’t get past Triple Soul Rings\u201d. She had chosen to marry Qian Xun Ji as he and Martial Soul Hall offered a brighter future. Back then, she wouldn\u2019t see him when Yu Xiao Gang tried to talk things through after seemingly learning about the marriage through secondary means. Yu Xiao Gang\u2019s belief that there was no point seeing her now seems to touch on the fact that the situation with him hasn\u2019t changed. His wants, her wants, the path he wishes to travel and the path which she wishes to travel remains different.<\/p>\n
Still, the matter still seems to affect Yu Xiao Gang as he appears to internalise the pain by expressing how he understood her choice. Because she chose Qian Xun Ji and Martial Soul Hall, she had gotten herself to the top position of Chief of Martial Soul Hall and becoming the Greatest Soul Master.<\/p>\n
In what appears to be an attempt to console or side with Yu Xiao Gang, Liu Er Long express that she believes Bi Bi Dong made the wrong choice.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nLiu Er Long might not be wrong on that thought. Arriving into Martial Soul City sees Yu Xiao Gang made to give Bi Bi Dong a visit after the Chief of Martial Soul Hall makes an unexpected request to see Tang San. Yu Xiao Gang let in this time round, she reveals a bit of regret over their separation as she expresses having wondered what could have been. Not only does she wonder what could have been, she attempts to mend her regrets by wanting Yu Xiao Gang to think about joining her in ascending Martial Soul Hall to even greater heights of power.<\/p>\n
She has him know that she believes in his capabilities. Although he may not be powerful in a fighting sense, his mind is the best in all of Douluo Continent. So, the fact that Yu Xiao Gang had thought himself as useless because he couldn\u2019t advance past Triple Soul Rings seems to be a view Bi Bi Dong doesn\u2019t share\u2014at least not now anyway. <\/p>\n
Yu Xiao Gang has no interest in joining her. He also didn\u2019t care for the fame which she had also suggested she ensured to get him. He tells her that their paths and wants are different. Because of this, their paths will never cross.<\/p>\n
As he had told Liu Er Long, he saw no reason to meet with Bi Bi Dong. Had it not been because he was worried and Tang San being called away by Bi Bi Dong, they never would have met again. It was a fact which Bi Bi Dong did know when Yu Xiao Gang showed up wanting to see her.<\/p>\n
Despite understanding that her relationship is no longer like before, Bi Bi Dong still seemed surprised to discover Yu Xiao Gang knew about Tang Hao being Tang San\u2019s father but didn\u2019t think to tell her this fact.<\/p>\n
Yu Xiao Gang leaves her then. Yu Xiao Gang appeared as if he had gotten over their past whilst facing her. He appeared as if he didn\u2019t care about her. But his face seemed to show pain as he walked away.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe matter about Tang Hao being Tang San\u2019s father is the reason Bi Bi Dong had sought Tang San out and had him brought to her by the Chrysanthemum Grand Soul Land Master (who was initially waiting at the city gate entrance as a favour for Fei Lan De so he could complete the paperwork for Shi Lan Ke School\u2019s participation in the contest). Before Tang San was brought to her, she seems to only have suspected Tang San as being Tang Hao\u2019s son. However, after raising him off the ground and forcing out of his right palm his Blue Silver Plant and his left palm the Hao Tian Hammer, she confirmed her suspicions.<\/p>\n
With Bi Bi Dong before him, Tang San gets his chance to ask her directly whether she had gone after his parents, whether she was related to his mother\u2019s death and who else was involved. She delays answering his questions. Instead she ponders aloud whether she should kill Tang San on the spot for the heavy injuries his father inflicted on her late husband, Qian Xun Ji, which caused his death.<\/p>\n
She doesn\u2019t kill him. She looks to have asked the question to warn him against showing his Hao Tian Hammer during the contest. For what reason isn\u2019t revealed.<\/p>\n
Going back to his questions, she tells him she wasn\u2019t involved in pursuing his mother, but who else was she doesn\u2019t tell him. Similar to the answer Tang San\u2019s father has given him when he wanted to know the matters relating to his mother, she tells him he doesn\u2019t have the right to know.<\/p>\n
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