Recaps

Qu Jianlei’s group displayed overpriced talismans at the exchange meeting while observing the market, then bought a Heart Sword manual for Qi Ya and the team. After leaving the meeting, they headed toward the bustling outskirts, unaware that the manual’s former owner had just revealed their description to a Deng Family member.

• Qu Jianlei’s group set up an inconspicuous booth with poorly drawn, exorbitantly priced talismans, and You You offered to sell the ideas behind two improved designs under strict conditions.
• Qu Jianlei, Jing Yuexin, and True Immortal Qi Ya explored the exchange meeting but struggled to buy restricted materials because their false identities prevented notarization.
• Qu Jianlei used divination to approve the purchase of an eight-thousand-High-Grade-Spirit-Stone Heart Sword manual, which Qi Ya accepted as a team resource.
• The booth owner told a Deng Family member that the manual had already been sold, then described the three Nascent Soul Realm buyers when challenged.
• Qu Jianlei, Jing Yuexin, and Qi Ya reached the outskirts of the exchange meeting on its third day as businesses and vendors crowded the area.

Qu Jianlei and his companions spent two days bargain hunting in the sprawling market outside the exchange fair. After spotting a suspiciously valuable Petrified Dragon Fetus and leaving to avoid attracting attention, they saw other buyers drawn into a bidding war over it.

• Qu Jianlei, Jing Yuexin, and Qi Ya browsed the outdoor market and bought supplies the team needed.
• Qu Jianlei asked the stallkeeper the price of a strange stone, which the seller identified as a Petrified Dragon Fetus worth four thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones.
• When a cultivator called out that the stone carried Suiyue's aura, Qu Jianlei suspected he was a plant and led his companions away to avoid trouble.
• Qu Jianlei told Jing Yuexin and Qi Ya that he had memorized the auras of the stallkeeper and the plant, and would act if they cheated others.
• A second group began bargaining over the stone, then another group joined in, driving the price above the seller's asking price.

Qu Jianlei and his companions watched two Nascent Soul forces bid against each other for a Stone, then quietly intervened when the contest risked exposing its value. After the buyers secured it and slipped away, their leader Jun Wuji met Qu Jianlei and apologized for driving up the price.

• Xinhua City Lord's Mansion and the group that arrived first raised their bids for the Stone, while Jing Yuexin noticed the first group was losing confidence.
• When the first group began to concede, a Nascent Soul cultivator sensed a new force nearby, and the group abruptly increased its bid before Xinhua City's people withdrew.
• The winning group bought the Stone, left in a Flying Shuttle as a decoy, switched vehicles, and returned toward the exchange fair.
• The group's Nascent Soul cultivator said the unseen newcomers had also wanted the Stone, but chose not to pursue them because the group had little money left.
• Jun Wuji introduced himself to Qu Jianlei and apologized for causing extra expense; Qu Jianlei said they had intended to act because they disliked the seller's shills.

Qu Jianlei and his companions tracked a Golden Core Realm stall owner who had cheated buyers, but an armed group claiming to be from Xinhua City suddenly captured him before they could act. They watched the arrest from a distance, unsure whether the captors truly represented Xinhua City.

• Qu Jianlei paid Jun Wuji six thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones and explained that the Stone called Suiyue contained baleful energy and was needed to repair a damaged magic treasure.
• Jun Wuji warned Qu Jianlei about the risks of confronting the stall owner, but Qu Jianlei said the man would have to answer for his actions.
• Qu Jianlei, Jing Yuexin, and True Immortal Qi Ya followed the Golden Core Realm stall owner as he discreetly left the exchange gathering.
• Qu Jianlei decided to wait until the stall owner returned toward the city, though Jing Yuexin worried he might escape through a Teleportation Array.
• A huge net suddenly captured the stall owner's Flying Shuttle, and a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator announced that Xinhua City was arresting a suspect.
• Qu Jianlei, Jing Yuexin, and Qi Ya held back and watched, with Qi Ya questioning whether the captors really came from Xinhua City.

A Xinhua City cultivator arrested a Golden Core cultivator who had sold the Stone and questioned him about its origins, while Qu Jianlei and his companions watched from hiding. When a masked Nascent Soul cultivator intervened, Xinhua’s cultivators revealed his identity as Dwarf Three and captured what turned out to be a Flesh Puppet before it self-destructed.

• Xinhua City’s warning kept onlookers from investigating as Sunset Glow carried Qu Jianlei, Jing Yuexin, and Qi Ya away with the flying shuttle.
• A Nascent Soul cultivator confronted the Golden Core cultivator who had sold the Stone, questioned him about its origins, and ordered him taken away.
• The Golden Core cultivator split into eight figures to flee, but the Nascent Soul cultivator struck him down and had him dragged back.
• A masked Nascent Soul cultivator appeared to defend the Golden Core cultivator, and Xinhua’s cultivators identified him as Dwarf Three the True Immortal.
• Xinhua’s cultivators attacked Dwarf Three, who transformed into red light and self-destructed; they then realized he had been using a Flesh Puppet.

Qu Jianlei, Jing Yuexin, and Qi Ya fled after Xiangyuan City’s Warships detected them near two Nascent Soul cultivators. The cultivators told law enforcement that the injured stall owner was an abandoned pawn, while Qu Jianlei likewise warned his companions that the stall owner might know little.

• Qu Jianlei and Qi Ya discussed Dwarf Three True Immortal’s Flesh Puppet and the lost Substituting a Plum for a Peach technique as Xiangyuan City Warships approached.
• The Warships formed an attack formation, so Qu Jianlei, Jing Yuexin, and Qi Ya used Instant Flash to flee before they were detected.
• The two Nascent Soul cultivators expanded their spiritual sense, but the three companions escaped tens of thousands of kilometers away.
• Xiangyuan City law enforcement surrounded the two cultivators and asked them to reveal their identities; one showed a Talisman Plate and told them not to publicize it.
• The two cultivators said they had received advance warning of a robbery and called the injured stall owner an abandoned pawn.
• Qu Jianlei told Jing Yuexin and Qi Ya that the stall owner might know little.

Qu Jianlei and his companions reviewed the exchange meet incident, then faced probing questions from its organizers and a Nascent Soul Realm buyer about their talismans and their origins. The group left before the buyer returned the next morning, leaving him and another Nascent Soul Realm cultivator to realize they had let their suspicious sellers escape.

• Qu Jianlei explained why the masked Nascent Soul Realm cultivator probably had not silenced the injured Golden Core Realm cultivator, and the others accepted that they had found no clues about Stone.
• Minghe visited the Mobile Palace with other organizers, asked about the group’s qualifications, and joined the bidding Nascent Soul Realm cultivator in inspecting their goods.
• You You sold the bidding cultivator two improved talismans and both improvement concepts, while Jing Yuexin rejected his requests for notarization and a way to contact them.
• After the bidding cultivator left, Jing Yuexin told Qu Jianlei she suspected he would not let the matter go, and Qu Jianlei decided they should leave after eating.
• The bidding cultivator returned the next morning and found the Mobile Palace and stall gone; another Nascent Soul Realm cultivator reproached him for failing to watch the suspicious group.

Qu Jianlei returned to the manor with the Swordplay Manual and a mysterious Stone, then entrusted the manual’s transcription to Qi Ya, who deferred to Fourth Boss instead. After learning that Fourth Boss had repeatedly experienced a Great Venerable’s Sword Intent, Qi Ya asked Qu Jianlei how she could observe it.

• Two Nascent Soul Realm cultivators discussed how to find out how Qu Jianlei’s group obtained its exchange qualifications, while the group escaped by Flying Shuttle without using teleportation.
• Qu Jianlei returned to the manor and asked Qi Ya to copy the one-use Swordplay Manual, but she refused because she feared making a transcription error and did not want to overstep her role as a servant.
• Qu Jianlei called Fourth Boss over, and Fourth Boss demonstrated his Sword Intent, prompting Qi Ya to acknowledge his talent while criticizing his control and heavy Geng Metal Qi.
• Fourth Boss told Qi Ya that he had repeatedly comprehended Out-of-Body Sword Intent, and she was shocked to learn it was a Great Venerable’s Sword Intent that the team could access.
• Qi Ya asked Qu Jianlei what she must pay to observe the Sword Intent, and the chapter ended as Qu Jianlei turned his attention away from the Stone.

Qu Jianlei warned Qi Ya that the Great Venerable’s opportunity might take centuries to pursue and could only become possible in the upper realm. He then weighed using a Stone to repair one of his weapons, but a warning around the Broken Axe and the Trial Cave Dwelling’s Artifact Spirit’s request complicated his decision.

• Qu Jianlei told Qi Ya that the opportunity would involve more than danger and might require waiting centuries until they reached the upper realm, and Qi Ya accepted the delay.
• Qu Jianlei considered using the Stone to repair either the Broken Blade or the Broken Axe, then divined that the Stone would barely improve the Broken Blade’s combat power.
• Qu Jianlei sensed a faint pressure when he was about to use the Stone on the Broken Axe and moved the axe into the Trial Cave Dwelling.
• The Trial Cave Dwelling’s Artifact Spirit recognized the Stone’s Slaughter Rule and asked Qu Jianlei to use it to benefit the abode.
• Qu Jianlei, frustrated by the competing demands on his resources, decided to give the Stone to High-Fidelity Replica, but the Artifact Spirit questioned how the Portable Abode would help against the Heavenly Demon invasion.

Qu Jianlei discovered that the Broken Axe was a Ritual Artifact whose lingering Heroic Spirits drove the Broken Blade away after it challenged the axe. He tried to redirect their demand for punishment toward an Asura Sub-Nest and learned the damaged artifact could sense larger Alien Race spoils, leaving him to ask whether those spoils could repair it.

• Qu Jianlei refused to keep feeding the Broken Blade and put away the resources it demanded.
• The Broken Axe confronted the Broken Blade with a heavy aura, forcing it to retreat as its fragmented thoughts surfaced.
• The Artifact Spirit identified the Broken Axe as a Ritual Artifact sustained by the Obsessions of powerful Human Race cultivators.
• Qu Jianlei offered an intact Asura Sub-Nest as a sacrifice to persuade the Broken Axe to spare the Broken Blade, but the Heroic Spirits disagreed over whether it qualified.
• The Heroic Spirits revealed that they could sense the larger Alien Race spoils, and Qu Jianlei asked whether using them as sacrifices could repair the Ritual Artifact.

Qu Jianlei sacrificed the flesh of a Tiger-Human Great Venerable and other Alien Race remains to awaken and sustain the Broken Axe’s Obsessions. The Obsessions learned that the Human Race had successors, and the Broken Axe showed a slight improvement as the sacrifices were consumed.

• Qu Jianlei offered the Tiger-Human Great Venerable’s flesh to the Ritual Artifact, allowing a fading Obsession to depart contentedly.
• The Broken Axe consumed half the Great Venerable’s leg, and a new Obsession emerged to ask Qu Jianlei about Cangwu and the Human Race.
• Qu Jianlei told the Obsession that the Human Race remained powerful and said he wanted the forebears to witness its descendants rise.
• The Obsession asked Qu Jianlei to sacrifice the largest nest and other Alien Race remains so the Obsessions could endure longer.
• Qu Jianlei offered Tiger-Human flesh, Nascent Soul Realm remains, Heavenly Demon Qi, and an Asura Brood Mother, and the Broken Axe became slightly more complete.

Qu Jianlei asked the Broken Axe’s guardian Obsession for an Out-of-Body cultivation method and advice on fighting Heavenly Demons, then discussed the Broken Blade, sacrifices, and his own unusual way of killing a Great Venerable. The Obsession agreed to consult with the others and left Qu Jianlei’s origins and inheritance under quiet scrutiny.

• Qu Jianlei asked the guardian Obsession to help his team obtain an Out-of-Body cultivation method, and the Obsession agreed to confer with the others before providing one.
• Qu Jianlei described his methods for fighting Heavenly Demons, including Light Arts, talismans, formations, Laser Weapons, and scanners, and the Obsessions offered differing opinions.
• The Obsession identified the Broken Blade as a damaged Out-of-Body Divine Weapon suited to suppressing evil entities and said the Slaughter Rule Stone would be of limited help to either artifact.
• Qu Jianlei asked about the Obsessions’ titles and his Xuan Qing World connection, but the Violent Obsession interrupted the questions and the discussion shifted to the Tiger-Human Great Venerable’s death.
• Qu Jianlei showed the Obsessions his Flawed Portable Abode and explained that it had helped him kill the Great Venerable; the Obsessions praised its potential while warning about its instability.

Qu Jianlei learned that Broken Axe was an Out-of-Body Realm Ritual Artifact containing the Obsessions of honored Human Race seniors, and he brought his team together to pay their respects. Just as he prepared a ceremony, Hypocrite warned that sacrificing to the artifact inside the Abode could create karmic entanglements.

• Violent Obsession and Hypocrite offered to guide Qu Jianlei, and Violent Obsession said frequent lessons might require Alien Race Nascent Soul flesh and blood.
• Qu Jianlei learned that Broken Axe was a Ritual Artifact, stored Broken Blade, and told Jing Yuexin what he had discovered.
• Sunset Glow feared becoming a sacrifice, while Qi Ya and others learned that Broken Axe was an Out-of-Body Realm artifact.
• Qu Jianlei consulted Jiao Daoren and Yi He about Ritual Artifacts, and the team regretted collecting too little Tiger-Human flesh and blood.
• Qu Jianlei set up an altar and invited the Nascent Soul cultivators at Red Leaf Ridge to pay respects to the Heroic Spirits.
• Hypocrite emerged and stopped Qu Jianlei from holding a formal ceremony, warning that it could create karmic entanglements.

Qu Jianlei sought the Heroic Spirits’ help identifying the Small Tripod, but they could not comment on it and urged him to learn to use Human Race treasures himself. He tried to part ways with the Broken Blade, but it chose to cooperate and began communicating through images and movements.

• Qu Jianlei presented the Small Tripod to the Broken Axe, and Hypocrite’s Obsession called it extraordinary but said it was inconvenient to comment on it.
• Hypocrite explained that the Small Tripod was not seriously damaged and that Qu Jianlei would need to figure out how to use it; Qu Jianlei gave the Heroic Spirits Tiger-Man flesh and put away their altar.
• Qu Jianlei offered the Broken Blade the Stone, but when it stayed silent, he decided to send it away rather than keep an uncontrollable weapon that had offended the Ritual Artifact.
• The Broken Blade resisted Qu Jianlei’s attempt to remove it and showed him an image of itself sparing Wind Forgotten and a group of Asuras, including Great Hammer.
• Qu Jianlei asked whether the Broken Blade had spared them for his sake and whether it wanted freedom; it answered with a few deliberate shakes and then trembled wildly to affirm its desire for freedom.

Qu Jianlei secured Broken Blade’s cooperation against the Heavenly Demons and learned that it still wanted to regain its dignity after Broken Axe’s humiliation. He then helped Fourth Boss preserve the Forget Sorrow Sword manual and sought the Heroic Spirits’ help understanding its Heart Sword, meeting the Soldier Cultivator Glass Cannon.

• Qu Jianlei questioned Broken Blade, agreed to work with it against the Heavenly Demons, and secured its promise to obey his reasonable commands.
• Qu Jianlei returned to Central Province, where Fourth Boss emerged from seclusion with the Forget Sorrow Sword manual, and Qi Ya found several passages difficult to understand.
• Qu Jianlei took the manual to the Trial Cave Dwelling and asked the Heroic Spirits to check it for omissions.
• Glass Cannon examined the Heart Sword manual and asked Qu Jianlei to provide flesh and blood from the Primordial Hundred Races to support the analysis.

Qu Jianlei obtained Out-of-Body Realm guidance on the Swordplay Manual and let Broken Blade absorb the Slaughter Rule, but its slow progress was interrupted by news of a newly discovered Heavenly Devil Domain near Ji Family territory. He and Jing Yuexin joined Ji Xiaohua to investigate the wetlands where it had appeared.

• Fragile Obsession annotated the Swordplay Manual, and Hypocrite and Soldier Cultivator agreed to complete an Out of Body Cultivation Method within ten days if they received more Tiger-Man flesh and blood.
• Qu Jianlei studied the annotations, then gave copies to Qi Ya and Fourth Boss; Qi Ya recognized that the guidance came from a Great Expert.
• Qu Jianlei let Broken Blade absorb the Slaughter Rule outside the Abode, and its slow progress continued for five days before divination showed it needed at least another half month.
• Xiang Xue brought word that the Ji Family had discovered a Heavenly Devil Domain near Seven Colors Marsh, where multiple Nascent Soul Realm Heavenly Demons were stationed.
• Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin returned to Red Leaf Ridge, agreed to accompany Ji Xiaohua, and reached the wetlands the next day to inspect the newly formed domain.

Qu Jianlei investigated the expanding Heavenly Devil Domain and prepared Red Leaf Ridge’s warships to destroy it. As the nearby cultivators retreated, the warships charged their cannons for the coming attack.

• Qu Jianlei and Ji Xiaohua reached the Ji Family’s encampment, where He Jiuling and cultivators from other factions greeted Qu Jianlei.
• Ji Xiaohua explained that the Heavenly Devil Domain covered more than three hundred square kilometers, resisted their attacks, and had revealed a Nascent Soul Realm Heavenly Demon.
• Qu Jianlei sensed the domain, divined its condition, and agreed to act without holding back.
• Qu Jianlei released four Company-level Warships and Ji Xiaohua warned everyone to retreat.
• The nearby cultivators withdrew as the warships’ oversized Laser Cannons began charging.

Qu Jianlei used four company-level warships to bombard the Heavenly Devil Domain until Xiao Hu identified its breaking point, then joined the cultivators in fighting the demons released when it collapsed. The battle continued for a day and night, while Ji Xiaohua used the opportunity to train his clan's disciples.

• Qu Jianlei positioned four company-level warships and ordered them to fire on the Heavenly Devil Domain, drawing amazed reactions from the observing cultivators.
• Qu Jianlei set down the Broken Axe as an Ancestor's Item and told Ji Xiaohua that he had not brought the Broken Blade.
• After Xiao Hu warned that the domain's force field was near its critical point, Qu Jianlei told everyone to retreat, and two more salvos shattered the Heavenly Devil Domain.
• Ji Xiaohua, He Jiuling, Qu Jianlei's warships, and other cultivators attacked the unleashed demons and stubborn Demonic Qi, while Qu Jianlei waited for a Nascent Soul Realm Heavenly Demon to appear.
• After a day and night of fighting, Ji Xiaohua stopped attacking and guarded more than five thousand Ji Family disciples as they gained combat experience.

Qu Jianlei learned that the Heavenly Devil Domain concealed a spatial weak point and agreed to repair it after sealing it. The Ji Family and He Family searched the domain, while Qu Jianlei's seniors claimed rare demonic treasures and taught him an array; the chapter ended with Ji Xiaohua offering the Ji Family's help.

• Hypocrite told Qu Jianlei that the Nascent Soul Realm Heavenly Demons had fled and that the Heavenly Devil Domain concealed a spatial passage.
• After four days of clearing Heavenly Devil Qi, the Ji Family restricted access to the domain while other forces waited to investigate.
• Hypocrite asked to take the Nightmare Transformation Demon Liquid, then urged Qu Jianlei to reserve similar treasures for Yi He's Remnant Soul and taught him an array to seal the weak point.
• Qu Jianlei stayed outside while the Ji Family and He Family searched the domain, and their disciples told others he was divining its karma.
• Qu Jianlei told Ji Xiaohua and He Jiuling that the spatial weak point could be repaired in about a year, and Ji Xiaohua offered the Ji Family's assistance.

Qu Jianlei sealed and repaired the spatial weak point while Dongsheng cultivators watched, then left after accepting only part of Ji Xiaohua’s compensation. Back at Red Leaf Ridge, he prepared to communicate with Central Province, and Zhu Jiayi arrived hoping to learn more.

• Ji Xiaohua and He Jiuling gathered the materials Qu Jianlei needed, and word spread that he would seal the spatial weak point.
• Qu Jianlei set up the array and repaired the weak point as True Immortals and representatives of the Cultivator Alliance watched.
• Qu Jianlei indirectly acknowledged his connection to Central Province, unsettling some Dongsheng cultivators, then accepted half of Ji Xiaohua’s offered materials.
• True Immortal Yuan Yi announced that the Alliance would station people at the site, and Ji Xiaohua asked that details be kept quiet.
• After Qu Jianlei returned to Red Leaf Ridge, Zhu Jiayi came to learn about the materials list and speak with him before his planned communication with Central Province.

Qu Jianlei learned that Red Leaf Ridge was likely behind the Heavenly Devil Domain’s scarcity in Dongsheng and the Tiger-Human Clan’s inability to invade, then received an eight-path Out of Body cultivation system from the Heroic Spirits. After studying it in seclusion, he was interrupted by a Liuguang City inspection led by a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, which Qinghu challenged at the estate gate.

• Qu Jianlei hinted to Zhu Jiayi that Red Leaf Ridge had affected the Heavenly Devil Domain and the Tiger-Human Clan, and asked him to keep the matter quiet.
• Hua Zhenren turned away visitors who came to Red Leaf Ridge seeking information, saying the First One had entered seclusion.
• After five days of talking with the Heroic Spirits, Qu Jianlei received their Out of Body cultivation system, which contained eight paths and was designed for him to complete through deduction.
• Qu Jianlei studied the cultivation method alone for two days, finding it increasingly profound.
• Qinghu went to the estate entrance to handle a Liuguang City inspection, where she challenged a Nascent Soul Realm official’s authority to question her.

Qu Jianlei showed Great Leaf City Lord Huo Jiujian the Divine Weapon Broken Blade, which had slain over a hundred Nascent Soul Realm Heavenly Demons, and negotiated for a Star Palace treasure catalog in exchange for revealing it. Huo left awed by the weapon and curious about Red Leaf Ridge’s secrets, including its rapid travel between provinces.

• When Liuguang City officials conducted a routine inspection, Qinghu presented a residence token from Huo Jiujian, and the officials withdrew.
• Two days later, Huo Jiujian visited Qu Jianlei, who asked him to obtain a Star Palace treasure catalog in exchange for revealing a secret.
• Qu Jianlei led Huo Jiujian through a grand formation, where Huo saw Broken Blade and two people meditating nearby.
• Huo Jiujian recognized Broken Blade as the Divine Weapon that had defeated over a hundred Nascent Soul Realm Heavenly Demons and asked whether outsiders could share the chance to comprehend it.
• Huo Jiujian learned that Red Leaf Ridge had visited Seven Colors Marsh and asked whether Qu Jianlei had used ultra-long-distance teleportation to travel between provinces.

Qu Jianlei refused Huo Jiujian’s request to move Red Leaf Ridge to Central Province or accept its refugees while the Isolation Grand Array remained in place. After learning the Art Academy was pursuing him over a stone from the exchange gathering, he decided to confront them, and True Immortal San Shi arrived to meet him.

• Huo Jiujian asked whether Red Leaf Ridge would move to Central Province, but Qu Jianlei refused, citing the Heavenly Demons and the Isolation Grand Array.
• Huo Jiujian revealed that Star Palace had concealed multiple Heavenly Demon Domains in Central Province and asked Qu Jianlei to accept refugees from the province; Qu Jianlei refused unless the array was removed.
• Huo Jiujian warned Qu Jianlei that the Art Academy was interested in him because of the stone he bought at the exchange gathering.
• Qu Jianlei asked Claire to contact Duan Bowen and the Five Friends Alliance, deciding to seek out the Art Academy rather than tolerate its pursuit.
• True Immortal San Shi arrived the next day and asked Qu Jianlei if he had just destroyed a Heavenly Demon Domain.

Qu Jianlei learned why Tianyu True Immortal had placed a bounty on Red Leaf Ridge and asked True Immortal Yongheng to arrange a meeting. As they weighed the risks of dealing with Tianyu, the Broken Blade finished merging with the Slaughter Rule, and Qi Ya said its Blade Intent would help him understand the Forget Sorrow Sword.

• Qu Jianlei asked True Immortal San Shi to find out why the Art Academy had put a bounty on Red Leaf Ridge, and San Shi warned him that the bounty might signal a wish to talk rather than hostility.
• True Immortal Yongheng traced the bounty to Tianyu True Immortal, who had spread word about the stone and sought information about treasures stolen alongside it.
• Qu Jianlei asked whether Tianyu had been to Mangdang Mountain, and Yongheng divined that the matter involved Jun Wuji but stopped before pressing further.
• Qu Jianlei asked Yongheng to arrange a meeting with Tianyu somewhere Red Leaf Ridge could act freely, leaving Yongheng concerned about guaranteeing a meeting between two powerful sides.
• The Broken Blade finished fusing with the Slaughter Rule, and Qi Ya told Qu Jianlei that its Blade Intent aided his comprehension of the Forget Sorrow Sword.

Qu Jianlei gathered allies from Dongsheng and brought them through Red Leaf Ridge’s Teleportation Array to Central Province for a meeting that could lead to a confrontation with Four Sages Mountain. The group reached Yellow Earth Ridge near noon, where they were set to meet True Immortal Yongheng’s people.

• True Immortal Qi Ya said studying the Broken Blade had deepened her understanding of the Forget Sorrow Swordplay Manual, and Qu Jianlei told her there would be more opportunities.
• Claire reported that Duan Bowen was delayed while investigating a mysterious force’s connection to Jun Wuji’s disappearance and the theft of Wu Yao’s Stone Jar.
• After True Immortal Yongheng arranged a meeting at Yellow Earth Ridge, Qu Jianlei brought Jing Yuexin, Paranoid, and Duo Gan to Central Province and invited True Immortal Ke Liang to join them.
• Ke Liang arrived with Thousand Hands, Li Yuren, and He Jiuling, who agreed to accompany Red Leaf Ridge and keep its Teleportation Array confidential.
• Qu Jianlei teleported the group to Central Province, and they traveled by Flying Shuttle to Yellow Earth Ridge near noon.