Recaps

Qu Jianlei and Han Li entered the Small World of Jieyi, where Qu Jianlei discovered that Yi He's descendants belonged to a struggling clan facing a fight against the powerful Wang Family. As the Yi family prepared to defend its spirit vein, a handsome youth suddenly appeared before its elders.

• Qu Jianlei and Han Li followed Xiaoyou's passage into Jieyi, and Qu Jianlei divined that Yi He had descendants there.
• Qu Jianlei found that the Yi family's main branch held only a small share of a Tier 3 Spirit Vein and was threatened by the Wang Family's plan to buy out the other shares.
• Yi Wentian prepared to defend the clan's spirit vein against the Wang Family, which had seven Golden Core True Persons, while the elders debated how long they could hold out.
• A handsome youth appeared inside the Yi family's room without disturbing the Mind-Stabilizing Incense and asked whether it was the main branch.

Qu Jianlei and Yi He reunited with the Yi Family, learned how Yi He's descendants had survived, and prepared to address their threat from the Wang Family. Yi He called on the Kong Family's True Immortal to repay old debts, while Jiao Daoren went to inspect the enemy; the Kong Family's True Immortal arrived four days later.

• Qu Jianlei awakened Yi He, whose descendants in the Yi Family were surprised to learn their Origin Ancestor had returned as a Remnant Soul.
• Yi He heard how Yi Kong-shi and the Yi Family had fared after he left, and decided to protect his descendants without reclaiming her grave from the Kong Family.
• Yi Wentian explained that the Wang Family threatened the Yi Family and had ties to the Murong and Cui families, so Yi He summoned the Kong Family's True Immortal to come meet him.
• Yi He revealed that Qu Jianlei and another companion were True Venerables, and Jiao Daoren volunteered to inspect the Wang Family.
• The Kong Family's True Immortal arrived at the Yi Family on the evening of the fourth day.

Yi He summoned the Kong Family and ordered them to tell the Murong Family to appear before him within five days, backed by the presence of Qu Jianlei and Han Li, whom the Kong cultivators recognized as Great Venerables. The Kong Family delivered the demand, but the Murong Family’s Second Elder rejected it outright.

• A Kong Family Nascent Soul cultivator visited Yi He, who ordered the Murong Family’s four blood-related Nascent Soul cultivators to come within five days or face destruction.
• After realizing Qu Jianlei and Han Li were Great Venerables, the Kong cultivator withdrew and asked the Kong Family’s Thirteenth Grand-Uncle to visit Yi He.
• The Kong Family’s old True Immortal arrived, confirmed Yi He’s identity, and agreed to carry Yi He’s five-day summons to the Murong Family.
• Two days later, the Kong Family’s two True Immortals delivered Yi He’s demand to the Murong Family.
• The Murong Family’s Second Elder refused the demand as unreasonable.

The Murong Family and Wang Family grew wary as Yi He’s return transformed the Yi Family’s response to outside pressure, while clansmen flocked to pay their respects. On the fifth day, five True Immortals entered the Yi Family’s hall to meet the Origin Ancestor, then froze at what they saw.

• The Kong Family’s two True Immortals gave the Murong Family a five-day deadline, and the Murong Family’s second elder considered how to respond.
• A Wang Family guest elder who infiltrated the Yi Family’s territory was killed, and his body was displayed at the gate; the Wang Family mobilized for war but the Yi Family made no demands.
• Yi He’s return was announced as clansmen gathered at the third branch, leaving the Yi Family too busy to receive petitioners seeking information.
• The Murong Family sent two Nascent Souls, and a True Immortal from the Cui Family arrived as the five-day deadline approached.
• Yi Wentian and a one-eyed man led five True Immortals into the hall to meet the Yi Family’s Origin Ancestor, and they all froze upon entering.

The Yi Family’s Origin Ancestor and two Out-of-Body Great Venerables confronted the Murong Family over its failure to answer the Yi Family’s summons and its involvement in a plot against the Yi Family’s Spirit Vein. Han Li seized Murong cultivators and broke through the clan’s protective formation, leaving Jieyi Realm’s onlookers shocked by the True Venerables’ power.

• The Kong Family’s True Immortals greeted the Yi Family’s Origin Ancestor and the two Great Venerables, terrifying the Murong and Cui Family representatives.
• Yi He questioned the Murong True Immortal about why his family had not responded, while the Origin Ancestor and Qu Jianlei exposed the Second Elder’s approach and had him brought into the hall.
• The Second Elder blamed the Wang Family for plotting to seize the Yi Family’s Spirit Vein, but Qu Jianlei dismissed his excuses and Han Li went to seize the remaining Murong cultivators.
• Han Li froze the Murong Family residence and shattered its protective formation without damaging the Spirit Vein, then seized its Grand Elder.
• Two distant True Immortals recognized the attack as the work of a True Venerable and wondered who had provoked one.

Yi He and Han Li confronted the Murong Family after its attack on the Yi Family, while Qu Jianlei killed the Second Elder with his Years Divine Ability. The Murong Family’s fate remained uncertain as one of its True Immortals prepared to defend himself by claiming the attack was his idea alone.

• Yi He asked Yi Wentian and the Kong Family’s True Immortals to identify which Murong Family members deserved death, then declared that the clan should be exterminated when no one named anyone to spare.
• The Murong Family’s Second Elder died after Qu Jianlei used his Years Divine Ability, and Han Li explained the method to those present.
• Yi Wentian accused a Murong Family True Immortal of exterminating the Yi Family’s Seventh Branch, and Han Li gave him one sentence to defend himself.
• After hesitating for five minutes, the accused True Immortal said that attacking the Yi Family had been his idea and that the other clansmen had not participated.

Han Li and Qu Jianlei crushed the Murong Family’s resistance and made the surviving True Immortals negotiate for their lives. Yi He and Yi Wentian began securing allies for the Yi Family, and the chapter ended with True Immortal Liuyin heading off to attack the Wang Family.

• Han Li killed a Murong Family cultivator by turning him into bloody ice shards, while Qu Jianlei questioned Yi Wentian about the Seventh Branch’s destruction.
• Yi Wentian admitted the Yi Family had been wrong, and Qu Jianlei told him to consider how to deal with the other Murong Family survivors.
• The Murong Family Great Elder offered vassalage and a Tier 4 Spirit Vein, but Qu Jianlei insisted that the vein already belonged to the Yi Family.
• Yi He confronted True Immortal Liuyin for secretly watching the conflict, and Liuyin offered one Five Elements Source and lifelong service as a Yi Family protector to save his life.
• The other two True Immortals accepted the same terms, and Liuyin volunteered to attack the Wang Family in exchange for release from his protector duty.

After the Yi Family’s victory, Yi He negotiated with the Cui Family over its married-out daughters and learned that the Murong Family might be tied to the Heartless Dao in another world. He left the question of that outside threat unresolved, while the Cui Family sought to maintain relations with the Yi Family.

• The Murong Family’s surviving True Immortals returned to find their formation broken and a clan branch dead, then ordered the family to prepare to move.
• Yi He rejected the Cui Family True Immortal’s demand to reclaim its married-out daughters and challenged the Cui Family to explain its real purpose.
• True Immortal Cui revealed that the Murong Family might have migrated from the world of the Heartless Dao and warned that outside forces could retaliate if the conflict escalated.
• Yi He summoned the Kong Family’s two True Immortals, who agreed that the outside-world danger was possible but said the Murong Family’s destruction would not remove it.
• Yi He said the two Great Venerables would not remain, and True Immortal Cui accepted the outcome while proposing closer relations between their families.

Yi He agreed to stay and guide the Yi Family as it prepared to move to a Tier 4 Spirit Vein, while Qu Jianlei and Han Li waited for the relocation and ceremony to finish before leaving Jieyi. After a rushed half-month of preparations, Yi Wentian began the transfer ceremony with three True Immortals protecting him, though the two Great Venerables stayed out of sight.

• Yi He agreed to remain with the Yi Family, and Yi Wentian took charge of arranging a marriage alliance with the Kong Family.
• Qu Jianlei explained that Jieyi was an independent Small World with a Teleportation Array, then set a deadline of half a month for the Yi Family's move and ceremony.
• The Yi Family gathered its branches and moved its important people and possessions to the Tier 4 Spirit Vein with help from the Kong Family, Cui Family, and other allies.
• The Murong Family relocated in a rush, leaving behind some spirit plants that the Yi Family offered to compensate them for after harvest.
• More than a dozen True Immortals attended the transfer ceremony, where Yi Wentian presided with three True Immortals as protectors while Yi He, Qu Jianlei, and Han Li remained unseen.

Yi Wentian’s ceremony to transfer the Spirit Vein stalled when the territory failed to acknowledge it, prompting Qu Jianlei to challenge the Territory Consciousness while Han Li protected him. After a confrontation with a towering figure from the Outer Regions, the transfer was approved, and Yi Wentian received the Spirit Vein Holding Token.

• Yi Wentian completed the ceremony, but the territory did not respond with the expected pillar of light.
• Qu Jianlei seized at the sky to force a response from the territory, while Han Li appeared to guard him.
• The territory sent a pillar of light that met Qu Jianlei’s palm in a prolonged stalemate.
• A towering figure from the Outer Regions confronted Han Li, who demanded approval of the Spirit Vein transfer and revealed that the offerings had gone to outsiders.
• The figure agreed to approve the transfer, and Han Li took the offerings before the pillar of light descended onto the Dharma Altar.
• The ceremony produced the Spirit Vein Holding Token, confirming the transfer of ownership.

Qu Jianlei, Han Li, and their allies confronted three True Venerable Realm experts who demanded to know their origins and purpose in Jieyi Realm. Spider revealed her Grand Lord power by devouring one expert’s mount, and the standoff ended with Han Li urging that the remaining enemy be killed.

• Han Li and Qu Jianlei discussed the approaching battle as Cultivators gathered to watch the expected clash in Jieyi Realm.
• Three True Venerable Realm experts arrived and questioned Han Li and Qu Jianlei about their origins, while the pair challenged their authority to interrogate them.
• Five more True Venerable Realm experts appeared, surrounding the newcomers and turning the confrontation into a seven-against-three standoff.
• Spider transformed into a colossal spider, bound and swallowed the dog beneath one True Venerable’s mount, revealing her Grand Lord cultivation and prompting the rider to flee.
• The fleeing expert demanded that Spider spare the guardian beast, while Qu Jianlei threatened him and Xiaoyou proposed sparing him to trace and destroy his lineage.
• Han Li rejected Xiaoyou’s proposal and called for the remaining enemy to be killed before his lineage was exterminated.

Han Li and Qu Jianlei confronted True Venerable Qigou after Spider killed the Kui Ox, and Qigou invoked the Jingyu Pact to prevent the conflict from escalating. The chapter ended with Xiaoyou’s group learning that the Heartless Dao of Lianxing managed the strange Jieyi Realm, while Yi He prepared to leave his homeland.

• True Venerable Qigou invoked the Jingyu Pact and apologized after Spider killed the Kui Ox, while Han Li and Qu Jianlei challenged his appeal to the pact.
• True Venerable Xiaoyou asked Qigou to explain his family’s Grand Lord and discuss compensation, and Han Li agreed to let Qigou and the other True Venerable talk privately.
• The Yi Family ceremony ended, and cultivators crowded around Yi He as he said he would soon leave Jieyi because he could no longer return to his homeland.
• Yi He faced pleas from his descendants and others to stay or take them along, but worried that bringing disciples would add to the True Venerables’ karma.
• Xiaoyou and the others learned that the Heartless Dao came from Lianxing, had three Human Race True Venerables, and alone managed Jieyi because the realm caused trouble for outside powers.

After the Heartless Dao explained Lianxing World’s decline and Jieyi Realm’s strange influence, Qu Jianlei and his companions considered taking Jieyi to the Forgotten Peninsula. They planned to inspect Lianxing, while Qu Jianlei remained unsure whether Jieyi could safely be moved or how it would affect Cangwu.

• The Heartless Dao’s True Venerables explained that Lianxing World had entered terminal decline, its Spirit Veins had gone into seclusion, and it could no longer support True Monarchs.
• Han Li and Qu Jianlei appeared, and Spider eagerly agreed to visit Lianxing for its delicious food.
• Xiaoyou warned that Jieyi Realm’s karma and name made absorbing it into Lianxing dangerous, while a mysterious female voice offered to take it to the Forgotten Peninsula.
• Qu Jianlei learned that the female voice was not the Island Master and asked what the Forgotten Peninsula was for, but she proposed keeping the answer a secret between them.
• Qu Jianlei decided to visit Lianxing and asked whether the whole world could be moved; the female voice said destroying it would be easier than taking it away.
• Qu Jianlei told Yi He that they would assess whether Jieyi could be moved, then worried about how adding it to Cangwu might affect the Forgotten Peninsula and Red Leaf Ridge.

Qu Jianlei and the others traveled to Lianxing Realm, where they sensed the realm was quietly declining and learned its cultivators had concealed that truth. Their arrival left the Heartless Dao True Venerables trying to placate the group while keeping its last Guardian Divine Beast safe from the hungry spider.

• Qu Jianlei told Yi He that the group would travel to Lianxing, and the Heartless Dao explained that realm teleportation was restricted by the Lianxing Convention.
• The mysterious voice offered to locate a Teleportation Array, and Qu Jianlei accepted after discussing the risks.
• Five days later, the nine True Venerables entered Lianxing Realm secretly and sensed its hidden decline.
• The mysterious voice described Lianxing’s condition as an old-person smell, while True Venerable Qigou said the realm’s decline had been concealed from cultivators below Nascent Soul.
• The spider wanted to eat the Heartless Dao’s last Guardian Divine Beast, but Qu Jianlei and the Heartless Dao True Venerables discouraged it.
• Han Li asked to visit interesting places, and Han Wei warned that the group might help the Heartless Dao’s enemies if it failed to honor its promises.

Han Li and Qu Jianlei investigated whether a powerful clan might be behind Lianxing World's decline, but Taiyuan Sea saw no reason to suspect it. The group then visited the Sea of Sighs, where they confronted a vast, despairing manifestation of decay and debated what it meant.

• Xiaoyou guessed that Han Li and Qu Jianlei suspected the reclusive clan of causing Lianxing World's decline, and they said they would investigate further.
• Han Li questioned Taiyuan Sea about the clan, but Taiyuan Sea said there was nothing worth investigating in that place.
• Qu Jianlei led the group to the Sea of Sighs after the Heartless Dao True Venerables recommended the perilous site.
• The group entered the guarded formation and saw a huge, depthless yellow-gray surface that radiated an overwhelming aura of decay.
• Han Li, Xiaoyou, and Jin Ge compared the sensation to foul odors, while Qu Jianlei considered whether the Sea of Sighs could offer insight into life and death.
• The two Heartless Dao True Venerables silently exchanged a glance as the others discussed the site.

Qu Jianlei investigated a newly forming Dead Silence Point with the other True Venerables, while Han Li and Qingkong debated whether its decaying aura could benefit cultivators. As the group prepared to leave Lianxing World, eight Heartless Dao True Venerables blocked their path and offered treasures to ask Qu Jianlei for help.

• Qu Jianlei and Jin Ge endured the decaying aura for three days, then Qu Jianlei asked True Venerable Qigou to take him to a new Dead Silence Point.
• Qu Jianlei divined a sixth location, and the group spent three days traveling to a tiny patch of faint, newly forming dead-silent space.
• Qu Jianlei observed the patch for nineteen days before deciding to stop, and Xiaoyou announced that the group would return.
• Eight Heartless Dao True Venerables blocked the route to the Void Passage and offered gifts while asking for help with Lianxing World's safety.
• An elder offered Qu Jianlei a strand of True Meaning of Creation, and another True Venerable offered Xiaoyou a Tian Yin Fish, which surprised her.

Qu Jianlei and his companions faced the True Venerables of Lianxing World, who asked them to help avert their world’s collapse. They learned that an old prophecy named Qu Jianlei as a possible savior, though he rejected the role as the chapter ended with the prophecy’s origins being explained.

• Xiaoyou agreed to buy the Tian Yin Fish, easing tensions with the visitors from Lianxing World.
• True Venerable Kugao said Lianxing World could not wait and asked the group to help; Qu Jianlei warned them not to force their will on his companions.
• Qu Jianlei called on Spider to hold the formation, and Spider revealed its enormous Great Monarch presence, prompting the eight True Venerables to show respect.
• True Venerable Kugao identified Qu Jianlei as the person prophesied to save the heavens from tilting, but Qu Jianlei denied he could save a world.
• Han Li questioned whether the prophecy proved anything, and True Venerable Kugao explained that a diviner had predicted Lianxing’s decline tens of thousands of years earlier.

True Venerable Kugao explained that Lianxing World's collapse could only be resisted by a fated person working with others, and Qu Jianlei was suspected to be that person. Qu Jianlei doubted the claim until Kugao connected Yi He's Remnant Soul to a Great Monarch's karma, leaving the group to question how the secret had reached them.

• True Venerable Kugao recounted how a Mysterious Venerable had predicted Lianxing World's collapse and said a chosen person might help the realm survive if everyone cooperated.
• Han Li challenged the claim that Qu Jianlei was a candidate, while Qu Jianlei objected to being expected to save the world.
• True Venerable Kugao inferred that Qu Jianlei's Nascent Soul companion, Yi He, had been involved in a Great Monarch's karma.
• Kugao explained that the Mysterious Venerable had described a visitor seeking to return a friend's Remnant Soul, confirming Qu Jianlei matched the prediction.
• True Venerable Qigou swore he had not revealed identifying details, but Han Li suggested that heaven-stealing methods might have uncovered the information.

True Venerable Kugao tried to persuade Qu Jianlei to help save the heavens from tilting, explaining that his lineage had inherited the Mysterious Venerable’s karma and offering substantial gifts. Qu Jianlei remained wary but began considering a limited contribution after Han Li asked whether merely offering ideas would count as making a move.

• Qu Jianlei refused to take on the tribulation, and Han Li and the other True Venerables supported his caution.
• True Venerable Kugao explained that he was responsible for verifying the person who would save the heavens and said success could bring immense benefits to everyone.
• Han Li demanded sincerity, and the Lianxing Realm presented valuable treasures, including a promised strand of the True Meaning of Creation.
• Qu Jianlei called the treasures greeting gifts and said they would accept them and leave, but True Venerable Kugao insisted the gifts carried no obligation and could be kept even if they failed.
• Xiaoyou urged Qu Jianlei not to consider the others, while Han Li asked whether offering a few ideas would count as making a move.
• Qu Jianlei warned that taking even this first step would make retreat difficult.

Qu Jianlei agreed to gamble on saving the declining Lianxing Realm after the other True Venerables said they would accept the risks. He proposed that the True Meaning of Fate might be key to the effort, then fell into deep thought while the others guarded him.

• Qu Jianlei asked the group whether they would accept the risks of pursuing the Soul-Splitting Realm, and they agreed to proceed despite possible negative consequences.
• A mysterious Great Monarch said the world's recompense would respond quickly and its lingering opportunity would last, while True Venerable Kugao warned Lianxing's True Venerables not to join the outsiders' effort blindly.
• Qu Jianlei began explaining his thoughts on the world's decline, and True Venerable Qigou said their attempts to repair it with World Cores had only delayed the damage.
• Qu Jianlei proposed that the True Meaning of Fate might matter if the World Core disappeared, prompting Han Li to recognize the connection and True Venerable Kugao to ask whether it could repair the world.
• Qu Jianlei sank into deep contemplation, and the others guarded him for several days without raising an array that might block his perception of the realm.
• True Venerable Kugao asked Han Li whether the True Meaning of Fate truly existed, but Han Li had refused to explain its inheritance.

Han Li and the Lianxing Realm True Venerables discussed Qu Jianlei’s extraordinary abilities and preparations for a looming tribulation. Qu Jianlei decided to leave for decades to guard two friends attempting breakthroughs, and the chapter ended with him asking Han Li to negotiate whether Lianxing would send True Venerables as bodyguards.

• Han Li revealed that Qu Jianlei might need the Essence of Creation and Destruction, while True Venerable Qigou added that Qu Jianlei controlled the Years Divine Ability and the Time Rule.
• After five days of reflection, Qu Jianlei thanked the Lianxing True Venerables and said he had gained some inspiration but needed to return home to handle other matters.
• Qu Jianlei refused to reveal his realm’s origins or accept general assistance, explaining that he would be away for eighty or a hundred years to protect two friends attempting breakthroughs.
• True Venerable Kugao warned that Qu Jianlei’s departure could leave Lianxing vulnerable to outsiders seeking profit amid its impending collapse.
• Qu Jianlei considered allowing Lianxing to send two True Venerables as bodyguards, then asked Han Li to negotiate the arrangement.

Han Li arranged for six True Venerables from Lianxing to accompany Qu Jianlei, who later decided to leave the Jieyi Realm where it was and returned toward Houde with the group. At Houde’s border, they discovered that the territory rejected the Lianxing True Venerables, forcing them to consider rotating their visits.

• Han Li selected six Lianxing True Venerables to accompany Qu Jianlei, while True Venerable Kugao stayed behind and True Venerable Qigou was later chosen to go.
• Qu Jianlei brought the group to Jieyi, where the Lianxing True Venerables said moving the realm might trigger trouble and advised waiting; Qu Jianlei decided to leave it in place.
• Jiao Daoren told Qu Jianlei that seeing Yi He in Jieyi had made him reluctant to return to his changed home, and Qu Jianlei understood his concern.
• After about a year, Qu Jianlei and the others reached a remote Channel Entrance near Houde, where a Shanshui True Venerable detected their arrival.
• The Lianxing True Venerables sensed that Houde rejected their auras and realized they could not stay there long enough to support True Venerable Buduo effectively.
• Social Butterfly True Venerable proposed that the Lianxing True Venerables take turns entering Houde in pairs every two years.

Qu Jianlei brought his companions back to Houde, leaving the Lianxing True Venerables at the Channel Entrance, where they learned of his extraordinary reputation and decided he was the one who could save their realm. Meanwhile, Qu Jianlei helped Jing Yuexin improve her chances of reaching the Out-of-Body Realm by sending her to temper herself in the void, then checked on Cangwu’s developing spirit vein.

• Qu Jianlei refused to let the six Lianxing True Venerables enter Houde and left them to camp at the Channel Entrance.
• The Lianxing cultivators learned about Qu Jianlei’s Dao discussion at Taiyuan Sea and his proposed path to the Out-of-Body Realm, convincing them he could save Lianxing.
• Qu Jianlei checked on Duo Gan, then visited Jing Yuexin and repeatedly divined her chances of breaking through.
• The Great Monarch advised Qu Jianlei that Jing Yuexin needed deeper experience of the void, and Han Li’s divination confirmed that void tempering could help her.
• Qu Jianlei sent Jing Yuexin to temper herself outside Cangwu, protecting her with an Illusion Array and an avatar.
• Qu Jianlei visited Cangwu and found its Tier 5 Spirit Vein still under development, with completion expected in about fifty years.

Qu Jianlei learned that Red Leaf Ridge was struggling to manage a surge of factions competing for spirit veins, then focused on protecting Jing Yuexin as she prepared to break through to the Out-of-Body Realm. His attempt to keep the breakthrough secret failed, and Cangwu cultivators and visiting True Venerables gathered around to guard her and seek his guidance.

• Qu Jianlei learned that Red Leaf Ridge was mediating disputes as more than fifty factions sought spirit veins in Cangwu, while concern grew over development near the Forgotten Peninsula.
• The mysterious voice told Qu Jianlei that the Forgotten Peninsula could not manage Jieyi Realm as Taiyuan Sea could.
• True Venerable Kunxiu and Social Butterfly True Venerable arrived after sensing Qu Jianlei, and Qu Jianlei told them Jing Yuexin was preparing to attempt the Out-of-Body Realm.
• Qu Jianlei barred the Lianxing World cultivators from approaching Jing Yuexin and arranged for Cangwu to make the area a restricted zone.
• Cangwu cultivators and visiting True Venerables arrived to help guard Jing Yuexin, while many True Venerables left Nascent Soul cultivators behind and sought Qu Jianlei's guidance.

Qu Jianlei discussed the Dao with visiting True Venerables for months before agreeing to assess a junior’s breakthrough prospects. Baiqiao then privately questioned him about Lianxing World’s looming collapse and the plans for its True Venerables, leaving Qu Jianlei frustrated by suspicion over his motives.

• Qu Jianlei spent more than two months discussing the Dao with visiting True Venerables, while Baiqiao’s Ascetic Cultivator avatar listened nearby.
• A third True Venerable asked Qu Jianlei to assess a junior’s chances of breaking through at the family’s Tier 5 Spirit Vein, and Qu Jianlei warned that he could only improve the odds somewhat.
• Baiqiao enclosed Qu Jianlei, Han Li, and Jin Ge in a protective shield and asked about Qu Jianlei’s ideas for resolving Lianxing World’s crisis.
• Qu Jianlei said Lianxing’s heavens tilting might spread, though it was unlikely, and agreed that precautions were needed.
• Baiqiao asked how Qu Jianlei would arrange for Lianxing’s True Venerables, and Qu Jianlei insisted that he was focused on saving the heavens rather than pursuing other plans.
• Qu Jianlei complained that others were worrying about his motives instead of considering the consequences he would face if he failed.