Recaps

Luo Chen sold a Flying Swallow Sword at Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion to raise money after spending most of his Spirit Stones on alchemy materials. Old Chu bought it cheaply, then revealed the sword was in good condition and prepared it for resale.

• Luo Chen bought alchemy materials at Hundred Herbs Hall, leaving himself with twenty-five Spirit Stones after setting aside money for necessities.
• Luo Chen went to Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion and asked Old Chu to appraise his Flying Swallow Sword.
• Old Chu cited the sword’s damage and repair costs to offer Luo Chen one thousand Spirit Stones, then raised the offer to one thousand one hundred after Luo Chen tried to leave.
• Luo Chen accepted the offer, left the pavilion, and cursed the merchants as shady.
• Old Chu handed the sword to a burly man and told him to remove the carved words, add metal essence, and put it up for sale.

After killing several cultivators, Luo Chen spent much of his Spirit Stones on Qi Nourishing Pills to strengthen himself against possible revenge, then sought affordable spells in Great River Market. He found no spells he could afford, but ran into Wang Yuan selling a bloody heap of goods, leaving Luo Chen under his brother’s protection as their next gang clash approached.

• Luo Chen bought five bottles of Qi Nourishing Pills for five hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones because he feared retaliation from powerful cultivators.
• Luo Chen visited Spirit Source Studio to browse spells, but rejected the costly selections and bought only Spirit Rice.
• Luo Chen searched the Southern City Rogue Cultivator Market for cheap spells but found none.
• Luo Chen encountered Wang Yuan leaving the market and eagerly followed him to his stall.
• Wang Yuan displayed a large collection of bloody Magic Tools, books, Bamboo Slips, and a yellowed Jade Slip, explaining that some of the goods were not his.
• Wang Yuan told Luo Chen that the fighting had stopped for now and would resume in a few days.

Luo Chen bought a spellbook from Wang Yuan, who gave him Chaos Spirit Powder and advice for using the Soul Severing Nail. After meeting his powerful neighbors and learning that the area’s yin-aspected spiritual qi might affect his cultivation, Luo Chen told Gu Cai Yi he was refining Grain Avoidance Pills, and she later asked Yu Xiang about their value.

• Luo Chen bought Five Essential Spells for the Qi Refining Stage from Wang Yuan and learned that Chen Xiao had found a Senior’s Cave Residence before Luo Chen killed him.
• Wang Yuan gave Luo Chen Chaos Spirit Powder to coat his Soul Severing Nail and warned him to finish a fight quickly after using it.
• Luo Chen met Gu Cai Yi and learned that most of their courtyard’s other residents were high-level female cultivators, including Fu Xiu Xiu, Qin Liangchen, Bai Mei Ling, and Feng Xia.
• Gu Cai Yi explained that a Ghost King suppressed north of the city had caused the local spiritual qi to lean toward yin, and she offered to ask Yu Xiang whether it could harm Luo Chen’s cultivation.
• Luo Chen told Gu Cai Yi that he was refining Grain Avoidance Pills, and Gu Cai Yi later asked Yu Xiang whether Mid Qi Refining Stage cultivators earned much from making them.

Luo Chen studied Attraction Art and began training his control over spiritual power, while reviewing his progress toward earning a living from All Wonders Pills. He saw a chance to escape his financial constraints, then drew an angry complaint from a neighbor after celebrating with Fireball Spells.

• Luo Chen checked the quality of the herbs he had bought from Hundred Herbs Hall and began reading the spellbook he had purchased from Wang Yuan.
• Luo Chen learned how Attraction Art trained spiritual-power control and practiced lifting and retrieving a pebble.
• Luo Chen checked his Attribute Panel, saw that Attraction Art had reached Entry Level, and noted his progress in spells and All Wonders Pill proficiency.
• Luo Chen celebrated his hopes of earning more from All Wonders Pills by firing four Fireball Spells into the sky.
• A woman next door shouted at Luo Chen for making noise, and he hurried back inside.

Luo Chen prepared Fire Hound Whips for refining an All Wonders Pill, but the stench disturbed his neighbors and led him to activate the Faint Smoke Sparse Rain Pavilion. After Bai Mei Ling questioned him about the pill, he kept its identity secret and returned to work.

• Luo Chen checked his cultivation progress and began soaking forty Fire Hound Whips in medicinal liquid for three days and nights.
• The odor prompted Bai Mei Ling to knock on Luo Chen’s door and tell him to activate the Faint Smoke Sparse Rain Pavilion.
• Luo Chen activated the magic tool, which removed the odors, and apologized to Bai Mei Ling for disturbing the courtyard.
• Bai Mei Ling asked what pill Luo Chen was refining and warned she would report him if it was a devil-path pill.
• Bai Mei Ling left for work with Feng Xia, and Luo Chen returned to processing the medicinal ingredients.

Luo Chen shared his homemade beef and Spirit Rice with Gu Cai Yi, who reassured him that Great River Market’s Yin Qi posed little danger during short stays. Their conversation turned to her work, his cultivation goals, and ways to practice powerful spells in the crowded Inner City, leaving Luo Chen with a discreet place to train in the courtyard.

• Gu Cai Yi tasted Luo Chen’s beef, praised his cooking, and told him the Yin Qi seeping into Great River Market would only be harmful after at least a month of uninterrupted secluded cultivation.
• Gu Cai Yi described her loneliness and explained that clients crowded Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion at the start of each month, while Luo Chen silently connected their visits to the monthly cycle.
• Gu Cai Yi advised Luo Chen to preserve his Primordial Yang if he still wanted to establish his foundation.
• Luo Chen asked how Inner City cultivators practiced powerful spells, and Gu Cai Yi said they could train outside the city or pay to use the Combat Platform at the Jade Cauldron Sword Pavilion.
• Gu Cai Yi told Luo Chen he could practice spells in an empty corner of the courtyard during the day, as long as he replenished the soil and kept Senior Sun from noticing.

Gao Tingyuan traced his missing brother Gao Ting'e to Luo Chen’s ruined home, then ordered an investigation when the trail led into the mountains. Meanwhile, Luo Chen refined All Wonders Pills, advanced his proficiency, and left Gu Cai Yi astonished by his unusual pill-making method.

• Gao Tingyuan followed the Qi Seeking Plate to Luo Chen’s ruined home and learned that Luo Chen was a Qi Refining Third Layer loose cultivator who had disappeared.
• Gao Tingyuan’s group tracked Gao Ting'e’s aura into the mountains, but the Qi Seeking Plate became chaotic, so they turned back and planned to investigate Luo Chen and nearby cultivators.
• Luo Chen, unaware of Gao Tingyuan’s search, continued refining All Wonders Pills and reached All Wonders Pill Proficient after a successful batch.
• Luo Chen celebrated his success by offering incense to Lord Guan, then Gu Cai Yi arrived with Spirit Fruits and asked what he was making.
• Luo Chen told Gu Cai Yi that the gelatinous substance in his iron pot was a pill, leaving her to wonder whether the pot could refine pills.

Yu Xiang explained why Luo Chen’s iron pot was a dangerous, inadequate pill-refining tool and offered Gu Cai Yi a warning to pass along. Luo Chen improved his spells and planned to sell All Wonders Pills more regularly, but his plans shifted when he learned of a Purple Cloud Copper Furnace.

• Yu Xiang told Gu Cai Yi that Luo Chen’s skill with a poor Spirit Iron Pot suggested exceptional talent or strong foundations, and warned that the pot could explode.
• Luo Chen advanced his Attraction Art, learned the Wind Riding Art and Spirit Eye Art, and found the Spirit Eye Art difficult and uncomfortable to use.
• After producing three batches of All Wonders Pills and reaching Proficient Level in pill refining, Luo Chen decided to set up a stall three times a month.
• The next morning, Luo Chen heard about a Tier 1 Lower-Grade Dharma Artifact called the Purple Cloud Copper Furnace.

Luo Chen learned that Gu Cai Yi could arrange a discounted alchemy furnace for him, then continued refining pills and training until his All Wonders Pill success rate improved. He headed to the Southern City Rogue Cultivator Market at dawn, hopeful about the profits ahead.

• Luo Chen eagerly agreed to buy Courtesan Xiang Xiang’s unused Purple Cloud Copper Furnace from Gu Cai Yi for three hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones, but planned to wait until he finished his current ingredients.
• Luo Chen adjusted his spell practice and learned from Gu Cai Yi that tenants like him received only the spiritual energy left after the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion’s Spirit Gathering Array drew from the First-Order Spirit Vein.
• Gu Cai Yi told Luo Chen that Fu Xiu Xiu managed the Divine Talisman Pavilion and might enter the Divine Talisman Sect, making Luo Chen envy her prospects of joining a sect.
• Luo Chen used up his ingredients and successfully refined five batches from his final twenty-five portions, raising his All Wonders Pill success rate to two in ten.
• Luo Chen rushed to the Southern City Rogue Cultivator Market at dawn, expecting a profitable day.

Luo Chen sold All Wonders Pills and Grain Avoidance Pills at a crowded street stall, drawing customers with bold claims while Old Taoist Chen promoted talismans. The Great River Gang confronted Luo Chen over Gao Ting'e’s disappearance, but Luo Chen refused to go with them and pointed out that Wang Yuan was his big brother.

• Luo Chen loudly advertised his All Wonders Pills, and Old Taoist Chen joined in by promoting his talismans.
• Zeng Wen bought several bottles, and other cultivators followed, buying Grain Avoidance Pills and receiving All Wonders Pills as gifts.
• Luo Chen sold most of his pills before Duan Sanfu and another Great River Gang cultivator questioned him about Gao Ting'e, who had disappeared in the Outer City Southwest Wasteland.
• Duan Sanfu ordered Luo Chen to meet the gang's second-in-command, but Luo Chen refused and said Wang Yuan was his big brother.
• Wang Yuan stood at a nearby stall and watched the confrontation.

After Wang Yuan warned Luo Chen that Gao Tingyuan could kill him without attracting the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect’s attention, Luo Chen resolved to strengthen himself and carefully managed his growing business funds. He finished buying supplies and went to Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion to visit Gu Cai Yi, where the spiritual energy impressed him.

• Wang Yuan questioned Luo Chen about Gao Ting'e, warned him that Gao Tingyuan might target him, and offered him refuge at the Mountain Shattering Gang Headquarters.
• Luo Chen calmed himself, decided to earn Spirit Stones and improve his cultivation and combat skills, then went out disguised in black.
• Luo Chen calculated how to divide his 845 Spirit Stones among a Purple Cloud Copper Furnace, pill ingredients, operating funds, and Grain Avoidance Pills.
• Luo Chen bought supplies, arranged for firewood delivery, and headed to Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion to visit Gu Cai Yi.
• A servant directed Luo Chen to the Feather Robe Pavilion, where Gu Cai Yi was usually found.

Luo Chen watched the dancers at Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion, then sold Yu Xiang a bottle of All Wonders Pills in exchange for a Purple Cloud Copper Furnace. He left the pavilion without his disguise and ran into Zeng Wen, who mistakenly believed he had come to test the pills himself.

• Luo Chen admired the performances at Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion and asked Gu Cai Yi if he could accompany her to work and watch her dance, but recoiled when she mentioned the five-spirit-stone admission fee.
• Yu Xiang questioned Luo Chen about his pill refining, offered fifty spirit stones for an All Wonders Pill, and presented him with a Purple Cloud Copper Furnace.
• Luo Chen sold Yu Xiang a bottle of All Wonders Pills and carefully explained their effects and risks before leaving with the furnace.
• Yu Xiang and Gu Cai Yi reacted with surprise after realizing the pills were aphrodisiacs primarily intended for male cultivators.
• Luo Chen forgot to put on his black gauze conical hat before leaving and was recognized by Zeng Wen, who praised his dedication to improving All Wonders Pill.
• Luo Chen fled after telling Zeng Wen that better All Wonders Pills would be available in the future, while Zeng Wen praised him as a responsible pill refiner.

After confirming no one had followed him home, Luo Chen ran into his neighbor Fu Xiu Xiu and accepted her dinner invitation while planning how to prepare for refining pills with his new Purple Cloud Copper Furnace. Bai Mei Ling examined his Grain Avoidance Powder and revealed that genuine Grain Avoidance Pills required a recipe controlled by the great sects, leaving Luo Chen frustrated by their monopoly.

• Luo Chen returned home in disguise, found Fu Xiu Xiu tending a patch where his spell practice had destroyed her Ziyang Flower seeds, and accepted her invitation to dinner.
• While waiting for Fu Xiu Xiu to cook, Luo Chen planned to learn his Purple Cloud Copper Furnace, process ingredients differently, and build a ventilated pill-refining room.
• Bai Mei Ling inspected Luo Chen's Grain Avoidance Powder and told him that a genuine Grain Avoidance Pill recipe could make him a living.
• Luo Chen asked Bai Mei Ling for the recipe, but she said the great sects controlled it, prompting him to curse their monopoly.
• Fu Xiu Xiu called Luo Chen and Bai Mei Ling to dinner, and Bai Mei Ling wondered whether a Fire Hound Whip could refine Grain Avoidance Powder.

Luo Chen joined Fu Xiu Xiu, Bai Mei Ling, and Feng Xia for a warm meal and learned about their difficult lives as rogue cultivators. The next day, he began building a pill room in his Rear Room and offered to care for Fu Xiu Xiu’s sun-loving plants while she stayed at Divine Talisman Pavilion.

• Fu Xiu Xiu hosted Luo Chen, Bai Mei Ling, and Feng Xia for dinner, and they agreed to help one another as family.
• Bai Mei Ling and Feng Xia discussed the danger of Feng Xia’s former medicine-testing work at Hundred Herbs Hall.
• The group talked about Qin Yuanjiang’s prospects at Fallen Cloud Sect and Fu Xiu Xiu’s chance to join Divine Talisman Sect’s outer sect.
• Luo Chen received building materials from Manager Liu and began constructing a pill room in his Rear Room.
• Fu Xiu Xiu answered Luo Chen’s cultivation questions over lunch and told him she had once failed to reach Foundation Establishment.
• Luo Chen offered to watch Fu Xiu Xiu’s sun-loving plants, and she agreed to place them outside.

Luo Chen built and began testing a Pill Room, while Bai Mei Ling explained Ailao Mountain’s construction business and Fu Xiu Xiu’s troubled past with her former Dao companion. After sharing his furnace-fried Immortal Beans with Gu Cai Yi, Luo Chen learned that she had reached the Qi Refining Ninth Layer.

• Bai Mei Ling told Luo Chen about Ailao Mountain’s building expertise and explained that Fu Xiu Xiu disliked Gu Cai Yi because her former Dao companion had died at Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion.
• Luo Chen heated the Purple Cloud Copper Furnace in his new Pill Room and prepared to test it, but the work left him covered in soot.
• Luo Chen offered Gu Cai Yi furnace-fried Immortal Beans, and she enjoyed them enough to take the whole plate.
• Luo Chen watered Fu Xiu Xiu’s plants and discovered that the Moonlight Grass by his bed had helped his cultivation and spell practice.
• Gu Cai Yi told Luo Chen that she had reached the Qi Refining Ninth Layer.

Luo Chen learned that Gu Cai Yi had reached Qi Refining Ninth Layer after receiving Dust Transformation Pills, then threw himself into refining pills despite the strain. The chapter left him exhausted and wondering why Fei Bai Wen had given Gu Cai Yi a valuable defensive Magic Tool.

• Gu Cai Yi told Luo Chen that a visiting Foundation Establishment Cultivator had rewarded her dance troupe with Dust Transformation Pills, helping her break through to Qi Refining Ninth Layer.
• Gu Cai Yi warned Luo Chen that Great River Market might become dangerous because many unfamiliar cultivators had arrived.
• Luo Chen resolved to work harder, then began refining pills in his new Pill Room with the Purple Cloud Copper Furnace, but his first batch failed.
• Over the following ten days, Luo Chen refined two batches a day, while the Spirit Eye Art and heat left him exhausted and red-eyed.
• Gu Cai Yi showed Luo Chen the High-Grade Defensive Magic Tool Fei Bai Wen had given her and said Fei Bai Wen was different from ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Luo Chen nearly succumbed to a Heart Tribulation brought on by exhaustion, anxiety, and self-doubt, but Moonlight Grass awakened him before his cultivation went astray. The next day, he successfully refined a batch of All Wonders Pills and found his spiritual power and mental stamina had improved.

• Gu Cai Yi told Luo Chen that Fei Bai Wen was a wealthy Ailao Mountain cultivator who had a Dao companion, then left after deciding she could not afford to provoke him.
• Luo Chen failed another afternoon pill-refining batch and, while cultivating, became consumed by doubts about his aptitude, prospects, and unfulfilled desires.
• Luo Chen recognized that negative emotions were causing his spiritual energy to boil, and Moonlight Grass’s fragrance jolted him out of the Heart Tribulation before it could destroy him.
• Luo Chen calmed himself beneath the stars and resolved to keep striving despite his Five Spirit Roots.
• The next day, Luo Chen successfully refined ten All Wonders Pills and noticed that his afternoon mental fatigue had disappeared and his spiritual power had roughly doubled.

Luo Chen reviewed his rapid gains in cultivation, spells, and alchemy after using his last Qi Nourishing Pill. He resolved to save his Achievement Points and focus on building capital before refining more pills.

• Luo Chen cleaned the Pill Room, put away Fu Xiu Xiu's potted plants, and swallowed his last Qi Nourishing Pill before cultivating.
• Luo Chen checked his Attribute Panel and found that his cultivation had reached 61 progress toward the Fifth Layer of Qi Refining, while his Evergreen Art neared Grandmaster Level.
• Luo Chen demonstrated his Grandmaster-Level Fireball Spell, which let him summon ten fireballs at once, and named the move Flying Firefly.
• Luo Chen noted that his All Wonders Pill skill had reached Mastery Level after he refined thirty batches and succeeded six times.
• Luo Chen decided to keep his eleven Achievement Points for later and gather capital before resuming pill refining.

Luo Chen learned that the Mountain Shattering Gang and Great River Gang would settle their dispute over mountain routes through eighteen death matches on the Jade Cauldron Sword Pavilion’s Dao Discussion Stage. He realized the Sword Pavilion had publicized the contest to profit from the crowds, and the chapter ended with him wondering whether to support Wang Yuan, the Mountain Shattering Gang’s leading fighter.

• Luo Chen arrived early at the market to sell pills and asked Old Taoist Chen where Wang Yuan was.
• Old Taoist Chen explained that the Mountain Shattering Gang and Great River Gang would each send nine fighters to compete to the death, with the winner claiming routes and business concessions.
• Old Taoist Chen told Luo Chen that the Jade Cauldron Sword Pavilion had spread news of the matches to attract visitors and earn money from the event.
• Luo Chen learned that the Sword Sect relied on rent, marketplace businesses, and first access to treasures from the Million Mountains, while other sects also held interests in the Jade Cauldron Domain.
• Luo Chen realized Wang Yuan would lead the Mountain Shattering Gang’s fighters and wondered whether to go support him.

Luo Chen sold pills, restocked materials, and met Kang Dongyue, a Foundation Establishment cultivator who ran Mount Tai Market’s Gold and Stone Pavilion. After Kang assessed an All Wonders Pill and asked how many Luo Chen could make, Luo Chen asked whether he wanted to buy stock.

• Luo Chen sold his remaining All Wonders Pills and Grain Avoidance Pills, bringing his savings to five hundred and fifty Spirit Stones.
• Luo Chen spent three hundred Spirit Stones on Qi Nourishing Pills and bought fifty Spirit Stones’ worth of Grain Avoidance Pill ingredients at Hundred Herbs Hall.
• At Hundred Herbs Hall, Luo Chen met Kang Dongyue, the pavilion master of Gold and Stone Pavilion, who asked about the Fire Hound Whip he used in pill refining.
• Luo Chen showed Kang an All Wonders Pill, and Kang identified its effects, noted its drawbacks, and bought it for five Spirit Stones.
• Kang asked how many All Wonders Pills Luo Chen could refine each month, and Luo Chen asked whether Kang wanted to purchase stock.

Luo Chen declined a pill-supply deal with Kang Dongyue and learned that the Dao Discussion Stage would host a deadly Two-Gang Conflict featuring Wang Yuan. After buying a ticket, he suspected the Great River Gang's victory might be fixed.

• Kang Dongyue refused to cooperate with Luo Chen because All Wonders Pills had severe aftereffects, then left with Shopkeeper Liu for a banquet at Zhong Ding Restaurant.
• Luo Chen turned down Bai Mei Ling's potential business opportunity because he feared revealing his ability to improve the pill grade and attracting unwanted attention.
• Luo Chen asked Sun Shou about the newly opened Dao Discussion Stage and learned it was being built on Fallen Phoenix Mountain.
• Sun Shou told Luo Chen that the main event would be a fight to the death between the two gangs, prompting Luo Chen to buy a ticket so he could watch Wang Yuan.
• Sun Shou advised Luo Chen to bet on the Great River Gang, and Luo Chen suspected the match was being fixed.

Luo Chen improved his All Wonders Pill business and kept a low profile as Great River Market grew crowded ahead of the Dao Discussion Stage opening. When Qin Liangchen and Murong Qinglian returned to their courtyard, Qin mistook Luo Chen for a thief, but the couple soon recognized him as their new neighbor and made peace.

• Luo Chen decided to keep selling his mid-grade All Wonders Pills at the current price until they reached high-grade, while he continued cultivating and refining pills.
• Great River Market grew busier as outside cultivators arrived for the Dao Discussion Stage, and Gu Cai Yi told Luo Chen that Fei Bai Wen was occupied with Ailao Mountain's responsibilities.
• Qin Liangchen and Murong Qinglian returned to their courtyard and Qin attacked Luo Chen, mistaking him for a thief.
• Luo Chen dodged Qin's Golden Mace with the Carefree Wander and Wind Riding Art until Murong Qinglian stopped her husband.
• Murong Qinglian explained that their son Qin Xiaohu had joined Fallen Cloud Sect, then offered Luo Chen a beast-shaped wooden puppet as an apology.

Luo Chen learned to control a Puppet Beast and discovered that his Spiritual Sense foundation was unusually strong. After chatting with Qin Liangchen, he learned Qin planned to fight for the Mountain Shattering Gang against the Great River Gang and warned him that the match would be dangerous, but Qin refused to back down.

• Murong Qinglian taught Luo Chen the Puppet Art, and he quickly controlled a Pangolin Puppet Beast to race around the courtyard.
• Qin Liangchen and Murong Qinglian praised Luo Chen's exceptional Spiritual Sense foundation and explained how puppet control could reveal and train it.
• Luo Chen admired the Fallen Cloud Sect's puppet racing and wondered whether his strong Spiritual Sense came from being a transmigrator or passing through a Heart Tribulation.
• Qin Liangchen gave Luo Chen the Pangolin Puppet Beast, and Murong Qinglian invited them to share dinner.
• Qin Liangchen told Luo Chen that he would fight for the Mountain Shattering Gang because he owed Old Man Mi, despite Luo Chen's warning about the Great River Gang.

Luo Chen shared a meal with Qin Liangchen and Murong Qinglian, learned about their Spirit Fish business, and witnessed the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect’s powerful arrival in Great River Market. The sect’s Golden Core sword cultivator and a procession of disciples arrived ahead of the Dao Discussion Stage, making the Marketplace’s true rulers impossible to ignore.

• Qin Liangchen explained the Eighteen Death Matches’ rules to Luo Chen, including the limit of ten talismans per fighter.
• Luo Chen shared his braised meat with Qin Liangchen and Murong Qinglian, who praised his cooking.
• Qin Liangchen told Luo Chen that he and Murong Qinglian had built their livelihood around Spirit Fish from Purple Moon Lake.
• A Golden Core sword cultivator from the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect streaked into Great River Market, and Qin Liangchen identified him as likely overseeing the Dao Discussion Stage’s opening.
• Seven cultivators escorted a flying vessel to Great River Market, and the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect’s disciples entered the Inner City.

Pang Renxiong and the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect officials finalized preparations for Great River Market’s Dao Discussion Stage opening, trade fair, and auction. The meeting ended with Pang ordering strict control of robber cultivators to protect the market’s reputation.

• Steward Miao reported that the five-market trade fair would begin the next day and that Luo Tianhong would host the sect’s auction after the Dao Discussion Stage opening.
• Steward Miao outlined the opening ceremony, including performances, a battle against three Second-Order Demon Beasts, and eighteen death matches between local gangs.
• The officials discussed how the Connecting Cloud Commerce Alliance backed the Great River Gang, while the Mountain Shattering Gang’s submitted fighters appeared much weaker.
• Pang Renxiong confirmed that the Heaven's Pride Ranking had been prepared and warned the officials that any mistake would carry serious consequences.
• Pang Renxiong ordered the officials to control independent cultivators in the Outer City Area and deal with robber cultivators who killed for treasure.