Recaps

The rescue party found Yueran and the other trapped True Venerables in the Silent Zone, where the Crystal Race had besieged them for years. As the group struggled to find a way out, they learned that Xiaoyou also knew the Years Divine Ability, prompting Song Yue'er to insist on joining her private conversation with Han Li.

• The five rescued True Venerables explained that they had been trapped in the Silent Zone for years after clashing with the Crystal Race, which had surrounded them in hopes of obtaining materials.
• The Crystal Race withdrew when the Human Race reinforcements arrived, and the group learned that the Crystal Race had entered the Silent Zone after a new world collapsed.
• Yueran asked whether the reinforcements knew how to escape, but Ke Lin admitted that they did not and revealed that True Venerable Houde had demanded to inspect the rescued Abodes and share their gains.
• Xiaoyou confirmed that True Venerable Qu had come with the rescue party and asked Han Li whether he knew a way out; Han Li said he did not.
• Qingkong revealed that Xiaoyou was the Wanwu True Venerable who also knew the Years Divine Ability, and Song Yue'er insisted that she would listen when Xiaoyou asked to speak privately with Han Li.

Trapped in the Silent Zone, Qu Jianlei and Wen Xian led the True Venerables in an extended discussion of array Dao and other possible escape methods. Qu Jianlei ended the seminar and urged the group to test their plans, while leaving Xiaoyou's question about Houde's urgency unanswered.

• True Venerable Xiaoyou agreed to let Han Li inspect her abode alone, and Han Li said he was willing to wait for Qu Jianlei to recover.
• After recovering for half a month, Qu Jianlei joined Wen Xian in discussing whether array Dao could help them escape the Silent Zone.
• Social Butterfly True Venerable and then the other True Venerables joined the discussion, turning it into a month-and-a-half-long seminar on array Dao and other methods.
• Qu Jianlei called the seminar to a halt and proposed that they begin testing the plans they had developed.
• Xiaoyou offered to help with Houde's urgent matter, but Qu Jianlei said she would understand someday.

Qu Jianlei pursued a risky way to escape the Silent Zone, spending years developing a grand array while Han Li kept others away from him. Wen Xian judged the array complete but said it still needed assistance and an opportunity, leaving Han Li uncertain what that opportunity could be.

• After the cultivators' escape plans failed, Qu Jianlei proposed a risky solo deduction, and Xiaoyou and the others agreed to keep the Crystal Race away from him.
• Yueran tried to continue the Dao Discussion, but Wen Xian declined to join, and Song Yue'er told the Wanwu cultivators their discussion lacked sincerity.
• A year and a half later, Qu Jianlei emerged from seclusion, tested a complex array, failed, and returned to his Abode.
• Two and a half years later, Qu Jianlei set up a smaller array but left it inactive before retreating into seclusion again.
• Wen Xian studied the array and privately told Han Li it seemed perfected but needed assistance and an opportunity.

Qu Jianlei used Creation aura and Years Divine Abilities to open a passage out of the Silent Zone while the Crystal Race tried to stop them. The group escaped into ordinary space in the Maiden Star Region, leaving the passage to vanish behind them.

• Wen Xian explained that an outside aura could draw them out of the Silent Zone, and Han Li agreed to help guard Qu Jianlei's phantom and the formation.
• After half a year, Qu Jianlei transformed into his true body and empowered the formation base with Creation aura, forming a Domain Passage.
• True Venerable Xiaoyou and Qu Jianlei used their Years Divine Abilities to strengthen the passage as Crystal Race bodies converged on them.
• Qu Jianlei ordered everyone through the passage, and the group escaped the Silent Zone and chaotic Energy Mass into ordinary space in the Maiden Star Region.
• Qu Jianlei said he had left supplies for the Crystal Race as a gesture of goodwill, and True Venerable Yueran promised to explain why they had not brought the Crystal Race along.

Qu Jianlei and the others rescued a missing True Venerable from the chaotic Energy Mass, then discussed whether to continue exploring the Maiden Star Region. True Venerable Xiaoyou challenged Qu Jianlei to a contest of Years Divine Abilities, while he resisted revealing the truth about his right eye.

• True Venerable Xiaoyou offered the group an extravagant Warship and asked Qu Jianlei where he needed to go, but he said the timing had passed and turned attention to their missing companion.
• Ke Lin confirmed that the missing old True Venerable was alive, and the group used their divinations to locate him in the chaotic Energy Mass.
• The group found the old True Venerable after half a month; he had been trapped for more than four years, was severely drained, and had lost an avatar.
• Xiaoyou considered whether to continue exploring despite Houde's ultimatum, then asked Qu Jianlei what would happen if his right eye opened.
• Xiaoyou accused Qu Jianlei of lying about his right eye and proposed that they compete with their divine abilities to earn permission to explore the locations.

True Venerable Ke Lin offered Qu Jianlei a Tier 6 Spirit Vein in Wanwu in exchange for cultivating there and distancing himself from Houde, but Qu Jianlei refused because he felt unworthy and would not abandon his team. Han Li also declined to go without him, while Xiaoyou appeared in person and revealed her interest in Qu Jianlei, leaving Han Li wary of her motives.

• True Venerable Ke Lin offered Qu Jianlei a Tier 6 Spirit Vein in Wanwu, with cultivation there and distance from Houde as the conditions.
• Han Li questioned the offer and its hidden motives, while Song Yue'er warned that Wanwu Realm was exclusionary and Qu Jianlei refused the deal.
• Qu Jianlei admitted he felt unworthy of the offer and said he would not betray his teammates; Han Li said he would stay in Houde and visit Wanwu with Qu Jianlei later.
• Xiaoyou appeared in her true body and said she wanted Qu Jianlei to study Suiyue with her, while Han Li objected to her interest in him.
• Han Li warned Xiaoyou not to covet Qu Jianlei's karma, and Xiaoyou challenged Han Li over his jealousy.

Qu Jianlei returned from the Maiden Star Region and joined Qingning as Azure Dragon neared the end of her Out-of-Body breakthrough. When Qu Jianlei, Han Li, and Qingkong sensed a disturbance and left, they confronted a giant Spider Phantom that demanded food and offered to trade.

• Qu Jianlei and the others completed their rescue mission, returned the rescued people to the camp, and departed with three Time Rules and four Creation Rules in total.
• True Venerable Xiaoyou learned that Azure Dragon was attempting an Out-of-Body breakthrough and questioned True Venerable Han Wei about the situation and Qu Jianlei.
• Qu Jianlei and his companions reached Azure Dragon's breakthrough site, where Qingning welcomed them and Qu Jianlei judged that she had a strong chance of succeeding.
• Six months later, the breakthrough's spatial phenomena had grown beyond ten million kilometers, and nearby cultivators withdrew under the True Venerables' pressure.
• Qu Jianlei and Han Li sensed something and left with Qingkong; tens of billions of kilometers away, they met a giant Spider Phantom that wanted to eat, while a shuttle on its forelimb offered to trade.

Qu Jianlei gave the Spider a Tree Root Core, and it returned a length of valuable Three-Life Silk before departing. Half a year later, as Azure Dragon’s breakthrough neared its end, Baiqiao warned Qu Jianlei that others might exploit the promised Tier 6 Spirit Vein to sow suspicion, but Qu Jianlei demanded he speak plainly.

• Qu Jianlei offered the Spider a Tree Root Core because he admired its sense of fairness, and the Spider gave him a length of spider silk in return.
• Han Li recognized the silk as quasi Three-Life Silk, while a divine presence warned him to guard Qu Jianlei’s Compass and threatened to confiscate the Primordial Purple Qi.
• Half a year later, Baiqiao arrived near Azure Dragon’s Star Cluster with another Lingyun True Venerable and asked Qu Jianlei about the Spider’s attitude toward Azure Dragon.
• Baiqiao questioned whether Xiaoyou could secure a Tier 6 Spirit Vein and warned that she might be planting suspicion among Houde Cultivators.
• Qu Jianlei rejected Baiqiao’s indirect approach and said he would face any trouble as it came.

Baiqiao tried to reassure Qu Jianlei about their cooperation, while Qu remained indifferent to Houde Realm’s attempts to keep him close. After Azure Dragon’s advancement stabilized, Qu Jianlei and Han Li prepared to leave with several True Venerables, promising to return for the waiting Cangwu cultivators.

• Baiqiao warned Qu Jianlei that others might covet his knowledge of other worlds, and Han Li rebuked Baiqiao for worrying over their cooperation.
• Three months later, Azure Dragon’s aura drew inward as she consolidated her advancement, and True Venerable Qingkong asked Wen Xian to prepare an array to prevent the world’s feedback from benefiting another world.
• Qu Jianlei told Qingning that Azure Dragon’s advancement would bring little feedback and announced that he and Han Li were leaving; Qingkong, Jin Ge, Min Ning, and Song Yue'er joined them.
• Jade Forest Matron and the Cangwu cultivators asked Qu Jianlei how long they would have to wait, and he promised to take them back within three to five years.
• A Lingyun disciple offered Jade Forest Matron a place to rest with Lingyun, but she politely declined while remaining loyal to Cangwu.

Qu Jianlei returned from the Maiden Star Region with his companions and learned that Azure Dragon’s breakthrough into the Out-of-Body Realm had drawn attention from Shangshan Realm. Back in Houde, he divined the prospects of Duo Gan and Jing Yuexin’s breakthroughs, finding their odds low and learning that Jing Yuexin refused to use the Tree Root Core because she was determined to pursue Soul Division with him.

• Qu Jianlei and the other six left the Maiden Star Region after Qingkong divined that further exploration was unwise, and they returned safely as Azure Dragon continued her seclusion after entering the Out-of-Body Realm.
• Shangshan Realm investigated Azure Dragon’s breakthrough, while Baiqiao blamed Qingning for arranging Lingyun’s protection and Qingning accepted the resulting burden.
• Min Ning and Jin Ge stayed behind to support Lingyun Sect’s campaign, while Wen Xian told Qu Jianlei and his companion that he planned to prepare for Soul Division and asked them to oversee his debts.
• Qu Jianlei returned to Houde, brought some Cangwu cultivators to Yanfeng Three, and then visited Duo Gan and divined that her chance of reaching the Out-of-Body Realm was sixteen percent by the normal path and lower by the new path.
• Qu Jianlei divined Jing Yuexin’s chance at seventeen percent, including the benefits of external items, and learned that she refused the Tree Root Core because she intended to pursue Soul Division alongside him.

Qu Jianlei searched for a Tier 5 Spirit Vein where Jing Yuexin could safely enter seclusion, but True Venerable Qianhuan had no immediate lead. He considered upgrading the Tier 4 vein beneath Yanfeng Three and continued searching, then discovered that his reputation had made Houde’s old True Venerables unusually restrained.

• Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin agreed that she needed a separate Tier 5 Spirit Vein for seclusion, since Duo Gan’s advancement attempt could endanger her at Jiuyou Island.
• Qu Jianlei asked True Venerable Qianhuan for a low-dispute Tier 5 Spirit Vein, and Qianhuan suggested rapidly upgrading the Tier 4 vein beneath Yanfeng Three.
• Qu Jianlei decided to have Feihong buy nearby spirit veins before considering the upgrade, while Qianhuan hoped the purchases would soften resistance.
• Qu Jianlei left an avatar on Yanfeng Three and set out to find Wen Xian, intending to discuss formations and possible Tier 5 Spirit Veins.
• After searching for more than four months, Qu Jianlei found that Years Divine Ability and his reputation had made old True Venerables curb their behavior, leaving few obvious targets.

Qu Jianlei investigated the ambush on True Venerable Bucai, then fell into a layered spatial trap laced with soul poison. He emerged before three figures, two of whom seemed to be Great Venerable Puppets, and released the Dao Stele.

• Qu Jianlei learned that True Venerable Bucai had survived a spatial-trap ambush and that people suspected Qu Jianlei of attacking him.
• Qu Jianlei observed Yuefeng No. 5, confirmed the ambush's details, and left without revealing that he had been there.
• A second spatial trap caught Qu Jianlei as he prepared to leave, and his Mountain-Felling Array Plate triggered another layer containing hallucinogenic Soul Poison Agent.
• Qu Jianlei resisted the poison with Creation aura, summoned Wind Forgotten, and endured the trap's spatial displacement.
• Qu Jianlei emerged before three concealed figures, sensed Great Venerable auras and two Great Venerable Puppets, then released the Dao Stele.

Qu Jianlei fought off an ambush by using the Dao Stele to suppress a bluish-purple human face and two puppets while Broken Blade pursued their leader. He discovered the Ritual Artifact could move freely within the Dao Stele’s aura and sent it to strike the human face.

• Qu Jianlei activated the Dao Stele and attacked a surviving silhouette with Broken Blade after an ambush involving an Out-of-Body corpse puppet threatened him.
• The Dao Stele’s Coercive Pressure stopped the bluish-purple human face and suppressed it and the two puppets, exposing blue lights that Qu Jianlei suspected were clone divine thoughts.
• The surviving silhouette used Instant Flash to escape Qu Jianlei’s first attacks, but Broken Blade pursued it with blade radiances as the Dao Stele’s aura weakened it.
• Qu Jianlei tried to bring out the Ritual Artifact, but Senior Violent warned that it was inconvenient to act while the Dao Stele was active.
• Qu Jianlei tested the Ritual Artifact inside the Dao Stele’s aura, found that it could move freely, and sent the Giant Axe slashing at the Cyan-Purple Human Face.

Qu Jianlei defeated an ambush in the Houde Realm with the help of the Dao Stele and Ritual Artifact, but learned the attacker’s true body and Split Soul remained alive. After cleaning up the battlefield, he sought to track the hidden true body and was advised to use his Compass.

• The Giant Axe shattered the bluish-purple face while the Dao Stele’s pressure cracked the two puppets, and Qu Jianlei used Years to leave Black Shadow vulnerable to the Black Long Blade.
• Black Shadow self-destructed to avoid capture, and the two puppets exploded soon afterward.
• Qu Jianlei let the Black Long Blade erase the face fragments, then learned from Violent Obsession that the ambusher’s true body survived with a hidden Split Soul.
• Qu Jianlei put away the Dao Stele and Ritual Artifact, cleaned the battle’s aura, and failed to locate the true body through divination.
• The Giant Axe hesitated to break the concealment around the true body because doing so could bring worldly karma, and Violent Obsession suggested that Qu Jianlei use his Compass for guidance.

Qu Jianlei tried to get the Creation Compass to help restrain Giant Axe without exposing the Dao Stele or forcing the Ritual Artifact to break the heavenly secrets. After discovering the compass would accept Creation aura through him as a bridge, he began channeling a Creation Rule from his left hand to the compass in his right.

• Qu Jianlei tried to communicate with the Creation Compass using a Creation Rule, but his first attempt broke their faint resonance.
• Qu Jianlei reestablished the resonance and used divination and karmic verification to learn that the compass had been traumatized after the Chaos Wood Spirit plundered its Creation aura for tens of thousands of years.
• Qu Jianlei deduced that the compass wanted him to absorb the Creation Rule before passing its aura along, but he could not absorb it himself.
• Violent Obsession advised Qu Jianlei to hold the Creation Rule in his left hand and the compass in his right, using his body as a bridge.
• Qu Jianlei followed Violent Obsession's advice, and the compass began drawing Creation aura through him, forcing him to spread his arms wide to keep the channel straight.

Qu Jianlei coaxed the Compass into using Creation to divine a direction, enduring its painful suction and bargaining over how much of his remaining rule it could absorb. After the Compass found the answer, Giant Axe carried Qu Jianlei into the Space Sub-layer to pursue it.

• Qu Jianlei opened a crack in the sealed Creation rule and let the Compass absorb through him, then released the Tree Root Turtle Shell and Chess Piece to calm its excessive suction.
• Qu Jianlei used Chess Piece to divine, but the Compass initially absorbed without moving its needle, so he narrowed the crack and threatened to cut off its supply.
• The Compass reacted when Qu Jianlei began sealing the rule, and its needle finally moved as he allowed it to absorb more Creation.
• Qu Jianlei capped the Compass's share at half, and the Compass resumed suction after he warned that three more Creation rules were owed to him.
• Qu Jianlei directed Giant Axe toward the indicated destination, and Giant Axe wrapped around him and entered the Space Sub-layer.

Qu Jianlei tracked the surviving attacker to a market town in the Jieran Sector and chose to strike from afar with Giant Axe rather than risk confronting him personally. The attack caught the disguised Golden Core cultivator by surprise, forcing him to reveal his Out-of-Body Realm aura as he tried to escape.

• Violent Obsession found the attacker's hiding place in the Jieran Sector, near a Lingyun Sect branch abode.
• Qu Jianlei secretly entered the sector, spent two days locating the attacker, and withdrew after sensing the area's strong security.
• Qu Jianlei moved far from the sector and sent a short-arrow phantom from Giant Axe toward the attacker's courtyard before dawn.
• The attacker realized the arrow had targeted him and tried to flee using Instant Flash.
• The attacker's escape exposed his Out-of-Body Realm aura in the impoverished district.

Qu Jianlei arranged for Wen Xian to upgrade a spirit vein while hiding after killing the assassin, and identified the Baiyou Merchant Alliance as the force behind the attack. He planned to prepare the two women for their breakthroughs and investigate the alliance and True Venerable Bucai before retaliating.

• The assassin died from Causality Kill, and Lingyun's disciples sealed off the market while a True Venerable sensed the death from afar.
• Qu Jianlei hid his whereabouts, arranged with Wen Xian's avatar to upgrade a spirit vein, and confirmed the Baiyou Merchant Alliance had sent the assassin.
• Qu Jianlei postponed revenge until he had handled the two women's breakthroughs, while investigating True Venerable Bucai's possible connection to the alliance.
• Qu Jianlei asked Wen Xian whether he had chosen a Tier 6 Spirit Vein for his Soul-Splitting Realm attempt, and Wen Xian said he planned to absorb a Tier 5 Spirit Vein.

Qu Jianlei learned that Han Li had identified Youyang and Linhe as likely masterminds behind the ambush on him, and agreed to strike back. Han Li recommended targeting the elusive Linhe first, while Lingyun’s investigation into Faceless and the attack remained cautious and incomplete.

• Qu Jianlei regretted failing to obtain an Abode and refused to involve Han Li in the risky grudge, while Wen Xian suggested True Venerable Xiaoyou as another possible helper.
• Han Li visited Qu Jianlei, discussed the bounty once placed on Faceless, and promised not to interfere with Qu Jianlei’s retaliation against the people behind the ambush.
• Qu Jianlei agreed to spare Bucai after Han Li said Bucai had been used, but Han Li insisted that the ambush also insulted him and the Lingyun Sect.
• Han Li explained that Lingyun had quietly investigated Faceless’s death and had not rushed to act because Faceless had secretly sought to use Lingyun as a shield.
• Han Li named Youyang and Linhe as likely masterminds, and he and Qu Jianlei chose to target Linhe first because he was harder to locate and could otherwise escape after Youyang was attacked.

Qu Jianlei and Han Li planned a strike against the Baiyou Merchant Alliance, recruiting True Venerable Xiwu to help conceal their actions. Their attacks on five supply convoys alarmed the alliance, which suspected Qu Jianlei but hesitated to retaliate against his subordinates.

• Han Li agreed to investigate Linhe and collect the promised Creation Rules for Qu Jianlei, who gave him a wisp of his aura.
• Qu Jianlei examined the Baiyou Merchant Alliance’s expansion and its conflict with the Jinlan Association, then prepared a battle plan.
• Han Li reported that Linhe guarded the void entrance cautiously alongside the other True Venerables, so Qu Jianlei proposed contacting Qianhuan or Xiwu for help.
• Han Li brought True Venerable Xiwu to meet Qu Jianlei, and they chose to begin by attacking the Baiyou Merchant Alliance’s material transports.
• The Baiyou Merchant Alliance discovered that five transport teams had vanished within seven days, and its leaders suspected Qu Jianlei and debated whether to retaliate against his subordinates.

The Baiyou Merchant Alliance concluded that True Venerable Qu was attacking its Houde business and halted supply transports, while True Venerable Linhe refused escort duty but set out to make a public show of support. Qu Jianlei and Han Li abandoned their planned ambush when Linhe left the Channel Entrance, but Linhe soon sensed a hostile divination targeting him as he traveled.

• The Baiyou Merchant Alliance decided True Venerable Qu's attacks were meant to destroy its Houde business and reputation, so it suspended supply transports.
• The Merchant Alliance asked True Venerable Linhe to escort its people, but he ignored the request and revealed himself to the other Wanwu Realm True Venerables.
• True Venerable Linhe announced that he was going to Houde, while the other True Venerable phantoms questioned him about the Merchant Alliance's troubles.
• Qu Jianlei, Han Li, and True Venerable Xiwu realized Linhe had left the Channel Entrance, so Xiwu began withdrawing her Illusion Arrays prepared for an ambush.
• True Venerable Linhe traveled to a Merchant Alliance contact point to denounce the attackers publicly, then sensed a powerful hostile divination and suspected an ambush.

Han Li and Qu Jianlei ambushed True Venerable Linhe and captured him alive, then set out with True Venerable Xiwu for their next target. Linhe’s allies arrived too late to find him, but divined that he was still alive and chose not to intervene.

• True Venerable Linhe tried to flee after sensing hostile divination, but Han Li and Qu Jianlei forced him out of the Sub-layer Space and trapped him with a formation.
• Han Li froze Linhe with his Cold Qi Domain while Qu Jianlei used Years, and together they sealed him and took him alive.
• Han Li, Qu Jianlei, and True Venerable Xiwu headed toward Zhanmeng No. 3 Plate, where True Venerable Youyang resided.
• Youyang hesitated to answer Linhe’s warning with a rescue, while three True Venerables of the Wanwu Realm immediately set out to help.
• The three rescuers found the battlefield traces erased, divined that Linhe remained alive, and decided to inform the others without intervening.

Qu Jianlei, Han Li, and True Venerable Xiwu attacked the Baiyou Merchant Alliance’s stronghold on a plate near Zhanmeng No. 3 after divining that True Venerable Youyang was inside. Their assault badly weakened the Mountain Protecting Grand Formation, and Youyang prepared to flee through a hidden Teleportation Array.

• Qu Jianlei and his companions reached the Baiyou Merchant Alliance’s rented plate and used a Warp Jammer to block spatial relocation.
• Qu Jianlei’s divinations confirmed that True Venerable Youyang was on the plate and shattered the Bagua Plate protecting him from divination.
• Qu Jianlei struck the Mountain Protecting Grand Formation with a Mountain-Felling Array, and Han Li followed with a stronger attack that left the formation close to breaking.
• Youyang ordered everyone to retreat into smaller Defense Arrays as he realized the attackers could break through before reinforcements arrived.
• Youyang entered a hidden one-way Teleportation Array in his Secret Chamber to escape the plate.

Qu Jianlei, Han Li, and Xiwu destroyed the Baiyou Merchant Alliance’s defenses and killed True Venerable Youyang after a failed teleportation brought him back to the plate. They searched the storehouse but found few materials and no Abode, while Qu Jianlei sensed another threat and summoned the Giant Axe to deal with it.

• Qu Jianlei broke the Mountain Protecting Grand Formation, then discovered Youyang’s teleportation had left a confusing trail of causality.
• Han Li and Xiwu attacked the plate’s remaining defenses while Qu Jianlei tried to lock onto Youyang.
• Warp Jammers forced Youyang out of his teleportation and back onto the plate, where Qu Jianlei cut him down and the Giant Axe erased his fleeing Remnant Soul.
• Xiwu opened the Merchant Alliance’s storehouse, and Qu Jianlei summoned the Giant Axe to hunt down an evil Split Soul that had performed Body Seizure.
• Han Li and Qu Jianlei searched for Youyang’s Abode but found no trace of it, and Xiwu reported that the storehouse held few useful materials.
• A clan True Venerable appeared and challenged the group, but Han Li told him to leave and warned that he could not meddle in their karma.

Han Li, Qu Jianlei, and True Venerable Xiwu finished looting the Baiyou Merchant Alliance’s landmass and set their sights on True Venerable Beiliu. Beiliu fled toward the Void Passage after realizing Youyang had fallen, while Han Li and Qu Jianlei discovered that pursuing him there could bring them up against other realms’ True Venerables.

• Qu Jianlei bluntly admitted to the Houde True Venerable that he had killed Faceless and Linhe and was looting the Baiyou Merchant Alliance, while Han Li defended his right to collect compensation.
• Han Li and Qu Jianlei decided to find Beiliu, who had not helped provoke the conflict but had known about the plot against Qu Jianlei.
• Beiliu reasoned that the Baiyou Merchant Alliance could have resolved its dispute with Qu Jianlei through patience and compensation, but fled after divining that Youyang had fallen.
• Beiliu activated a treasure to conceal the heavenly secrets and changed his route toward another Channel Entrance into the void.
• Han Li and Qu Jianlei learned Beiliu was heading for the Void Passage, and Xiwu warned that pursuing him there could leave the two of them outnumbered by allied Outer-Domain Cultivators.