Arc 29The Ruins and Ma Liang’s Return
Chu Xinghe rescued the trapped prodigies from the ruins, gained the Azure Shadow Flame, and helped Gu Mingchao destroy the sealed evil presence. Later, Ma Liang reunited with his aunt and helped the Bai Clan secure a partnership with the Vast Heaven Sect, while Chu Xinghe’s demand to root out wrongdoing triggered investigations across the sects.
- Ma Liang and Feng Fei sold the Vast Heaven Sect’s poison pills at a huge profit, while Chu Xinghe refused to let anyone from the sect enter the dangerous ruins.
- Blue flames trapped the prodigies in the ruins, and Chu Xinghe entered with the Bright Gold Divine Fire to rescue them and defeat the flames’ power.
- Chu Xinghe absorbed the Blue Demon Shadow Fire and gained the Azure Shadow Flame, but a stone statue animated by the Gu God’s Malicious Thought attacked him.
- Gu Mingchao rescued Chu Xinghe, destroyed the statue and its escaping Malicious Thought, and carried the survivors out of the collapsing ruins.
- Ma Liang learned that the Bai Clan was being threatened over its Spirit Pattern Cloth formula and went with Chu Xinghe to Star City to help his aunt Liu Ying.
- Ma Liang defeated Zhang Zekui and drove off the Heroic Martial Ancestor disciples, then reunited with Liu Ying as Chu Xinghe arranged a formula-purchase deal that protected the Bai Clan and paid it for each robe.
- Liu Yuanhong gave Liu Manor to Liu Ying, and Ma Liang demanded that the Heroic Martial Ancestor fully punish those who had persecuted the Bai Clan.
- Guo Qizhen expelled the Heroic Martial Ancestor from the Star Moon Sect, and Chu Xinghe urged the sects to investigate their subordinate groups for wrongdoing.