Fang Shuwen and the master of the Hundred Ghost Hall paused their devastating clash. The Eyeless Venerable then brought Gui Yuandao and Gui Donglai to the two combatants.
Fang Shuwen returned to the first floor of the city lord's residence alone, where Chen Yan and Ye Hongluan were waiting. Ye Hongluan asked where Young Master Gui was.
Fang Shuwen recalled someone spying on them in Wrongful Death City and said Chen Yan would not know who it was. The chapter ended before he identified the watcher.
Ouyang Jun sincerely treated the killing of his son and the destruction of his family as trivial matters. Fang Shuwen could detect no deceit in his words.
Ye Hongluan died as Fang Shuwen watched, and he turned his attention to Nangong Lin. Nangong Lin had planned to keep Leng Yueqing alive to make use of her transcendent cultivation.
Fang Shuwen examined the Jingmu clan's totem and wondered whether it depicted an ouroboros or a flood dragon. The chapter left the creature's identity uncertain.
After two practitioners of the [Nine-Turn Blood Demon Art] died in the same place, Fang Shuwen decided to be cautious and gathered the remains into one place. The chapter ended with the corpse fragments collected.
Zhang Xiaoyu had just crossed the city gate when a group rushed toward him. A burly middle-aged man recognized him but hesitated, and Zhang Xiaoyu called out to him as Uncle.
At Skyhawk Wharf, Fang Shuwen wondered why Brother Dao had decided to rob him despite his conspicuous Blood-Sweating Dragon Steed.
Daoist Bai Yang suddenly ordered all the disciples to assemble before White Cloud Hall in the middle of the night, threatening to execute anyone who failed to arrive within half an hour. The sleeping disciples scrambled to wake and get dressed.
The people involved believed the trouble would end after the fourteen elders died, but their schemes continued. After they captured Daoist Shouye, someone else arrived to silence him.
The revelation that the Astonished-Eye Clan had lived for a thousand years left the Mountain Hermit Hall solemn. The people wondered whether the clan was immortal.
Fang Shuwen prepared to set off after breakfast when Zhang Zhiyang visited him the next morning. Zhang Zhiyang looked haggard but seemed more at ease.
Fang Shuwen was surprised that his questioner acted like a host instead of asking to be released. She waved her hand, and a series of bangs rang out.
The manor lord's wife was overwhelmed by terror after Fang Shuwen lightly pressed down on her with True Qi. She remained kneeling, unable to raise her head.
Fang Shuwen was surprised when the eleven dwarves decisively left something behind and immediately ran away. Their haste made him wonder where they had come from and why they feared he would confront them.
Fang Shuwen surveyed the group after the fall and found that three people had survived while four were dead. He could not wake the unconscious survivor.
At Tianzhao Pavilion, Yan Guhong called for Shen Wuji and Gao Jianfei to lead the God-Severing Palace disciples into formation as Fang Shuwen addressed those who had yet to appear.
Fang Shuwen recalled Yu Yaoguang’s account of the legends surrounding the Seven-String Ancient Text and the uproar it caused when the Fang Clan brought it to the Eastern Region.
The young man of the Astonished-Eye Clan asked Fang Shuwen whether he had hidden his abilities to lure him out, and Fang Shuwen admitted that was partly true. The chapter ended without revealing Fang Shuwen's other reasons.