Recaps

Lin Sheng tested the Heart Ape talent with Star Worms and discovered that its vertical eye could see a Phantom Demon Beast approaching from far away. The creature turned back after sensing him, leaving Lin Sheng wondering why it had appeared when the Prefecture City was supposed to have destroyed its demon seed.

• Lin Sheng left venomous snakes to compete in a pit as he prepared to use one as the foundation for the Blood Beast Spirit Nurturing Method.
• Lin Sheng collected Star Worms and a Star Dew Grass from Tianxiang Tower, then went to the low mountain to study the Heart Ape talent.
• Lin Sheng activated the Heart Ape talent and ate Star Worms, which eased the pain and let him keep the vertical eye open for ten breaths.
• Lin Sheng's vertical eye spotted a Phantom Demon Beast moving through the forest more than ten miles away.
• The Phantom Demon Beast sensed Lin Sheng, watched him with greed, then retreated, and Lin Sheng deactivated the talent and questioned its presence.

Lin Sheng continued cultivating in Wanhua City, growing stronger while worrying about the Phantom Demon Beast and his dwindling funds. Cao Ying sent him most of her shop’s first-month profits, betting that his future achievements would justify her investment.

• Lin Sheng concluded that the Phantom Demon Beast’s injured demonic seed had fled because it could not defeat him, and he resolved to grow stronger while spreading word of its survival.
• Over the next half month, Lin Sheng advanced the Qingniao Chasing Star Finger to its second level, neared a breakthrough into Blood Circulation, and extended his Heart Ape talent to thirteen breaths with Star Worms.
• After spending heavily on cultivation supplies, Lin Sheng considered earning money through Dark Star or Seven Forms Sect missions, or by hunting government-list fugitives.
• Wang Dehai delivered 2,100 taels from Cao Ying’s shop, explaining that it had earned roughly 3,000 taels in its first month and that Cao Ying had given Lin Sheng seventy percent of the profits.
• Lin Sheng accepted the money, told Wang Dehai to inform Cao Ying to seek his help if problems arose, and gave Wang Dehai a hundred-tael banknote.
• Cao Luan questioned why Cao Ying had sent Lin Sheng so much, but Cao Ying said she believed his achievements would surpass what his low bloodline evaluation suggested.

Cao Ying insisted on paying Lin Sheng generously as the Cao family’s Attendant, while Cao Luan questioned whether he was worth the expense. Elsewhere, White Dragon Gang leaders Fat Dragon and A'gou learned that the Cao family had reopened Tingyue Pavilion and decided to target its Daiyu Powder formula, dismissing Lin Sheng as no threat.

• Cao Luan argued that Lin Sheng’s Muscle Forging realm limited his potential, but Cao Ying told him to follow her orders and continue cultivating.
• Fat Dragon and A'gou discussed how the White Dragon Gang had stolen Crimson Whale Hall goods and planted clues to implicate the Seven Forms Sect.
• A bearded White Dragon Gang member reported that the Cao family’s Tingyue Pavilion was earning thousands of taels from its shipments.
• A'gou suggested seizing the Cao family’s Daiyu Powder formula, and the bearded man added that Cao Ying was a beauty.
• The bearded man revealed that the Cao siblings relied on Lin Sheng, a newly arrived Seven Forms Sect direct disciple at great completion of Muscle Forging, and Fat Dragon and A'gou laughed before Fat Dragon showed interest in Lin Sheng.

A'gou and his accomplice ambushed a Black Tiger Escort Agency convoy carrying goods for Tingyue Pavilion, prompting Cao Ying and Cao Luan to seek Lin Sheng's help after three shipments were lost. Lin Sheng continued testing the Mind Ape talent and returned home to find Wang Dehai waiting anxiously.

• A'gou and his accomplice killed Yan Kuan, Xiao Tong, and the other escorts, then took the convoy's goods.
• Cao Luan told Cao Ying that three Tingyue Pavilion convoys had been robbed in ten days, and Cao Ying agreed they needed Lin Sheng's help.
• Lin Sheng tested his Mind Ape talent, enduring it for twenty-five breaths with Star Worms and discovering that his vertical eye could overwhelm a beast's consciousness.
• Lin Sheng returned to his residence and found Wang Dehai waiting anxiously in the courtyard.

Lin Sheng delayed investigating the attacks on Tingyue Pavilion while he focused on cultivation, and Cao Ying halted its caravans as Cao Luan objected. Lin Sheng finally broke through to the Blood Circulation realm and began assessing his newfound strength, wondering whether the breakthrough had brought another surprise.

• Wang Dehai told Lin Sheng that Tingyue Pavilion's caravans had been attacked and their crews killed, so Lin Sheng told him to suspend deliveries until he emerged from seclusion.
• Cao Luan angrily protested Lin Sheng's delay, but Cao Ying agreed to notify their clients and urged her brother to cultivate while they waited.
• Tingyue Pavilion stopped sending out caravans for ten days, while Lin Sheng continued training and struggled to cross the Blood Circulation bottleneck.
• Lin Sheng activated the Heart Ape talent and cultivated the Ape Fetus Technique, letting his frenzied qi and blood smash through the bottleneck and carry him into the Blood Circulation realm.
• After resting, Lin Sheng tested his improved strength, speed, endurance, and physique, then looked at his chest to see whether the breakthrough had brought another surprise.

After reaching the Blood Circulation realm, Lin Sheng discovered that activating his Third Imprint required far more beast blood than expected and tested the recovering Three-eyed Spirit Monkey for more. He then traveled with a Cao family caravan under the Broken Blade Escort Agency's protection, unaware that Fat Dragon and A'gou were preparing an ambush, while he experimented with Star Dew Grass poison in his palm technique.

• Lin Sheng saw a Third Imprint appear after his breakthrough, but spending his remaining silver on high-grade Mortal Beast blood raised its activation progress to only 1.7%.
• Lin Sheng drained a small amount of blood from the still-recovering Three-eyed Spirit Monkey, increasing the Third Imprint's progress to 3.2%, and concluded that he needed more money and Spirit Beast Blood.
• Fat Dragon and A'gou learned that the Cao family was preparing a caravan and that Lin Sheng had taken leave from the Seven Forms Sect, then decided to ambush the convoy together and killed the women in the room to prevent leaks.
• A Cao family caravan carrying the Broken Blade Escort Agency and Qingniao Institute flags traveled toward the Prefecture City with Lin Sheng inside one of its carriages.
• Lin Sheng practiced incorporating Star Dew Grass's cold poison into the Three Corpses Soul Severing Palm and wondered whether refining it could let the technique affect a person's mind.

Cao Ying and Cao Luan traveled with a guarded convoy toward the Prefecture City, hoping to draw out the people targeting the Cao family. After A'gou and his fighters attacked, Wu Hai confronted him, but A'gou wounded Wu Hai and the battle was still underway.

• Cao Ying explained that she had joined the convoy to meet business contacts and draw out the people targeting the Cao family, while Cao Luan insisted on accompanying her.
• Wu Hai, a deputy chief escort of the Broken Blade Escort Agency, joined the convoy and promised to protect the siblings.
• Three Great Strength Savage Bears attacked the convoy, and Wu Hai killed the strongest bear with a single blow from his heavy hammer.
• After the convoy passed the halfway point without being attacked, Cao Luan's Jade Moth glowed red, warning of danger ahead.
• A'gou appeared with armed followers, and Wu Hai attacked him with his heavy hammer before the two clashed.
• A'gou dodged Wu Hai's attacks and cut his shoulder with his iron claws, then lunged at him again as Wu Hai prepared his Meteoric Hammer.

Lin Sheng revealed his overwhelming strength when the White Dragon Gang ambushed the convoy, killing A'gou in a single blow. Fat Dragon fled after realizing Lin Sheng was far more powerful than the intelligence reports suggested.

• Cao Ying pulled Cao Luan into the carriage as the black-clad attackers struck, and Cao Luan killed one assailant with poisonous black mist before Lin Sheng rescued them from another.
• Lin Sheng crushed the attackers surrounding him while Fat Dragon watched from a distant carriage and identified him as the convoy's true target.
• A'gou poisoned and wounded Wu Hai, but Fat Dragon intercepted Wu Hai's hammer, broke his arms, and struck him down.
• Cao Ying recognized Fat Dragon as a member of the White Dragon Gang, and Fat Dragon confirmed that his group had targeted Lin Sheng and the Cao siblings.
• Lin Sheng asked whether the attackers had a Bone Alteration expert, then instantly killed A'gou when they mocked him.
• Fat Dragon activated Taotie Devours Yin but fled instead of fighting Lin Sheng, who pursued him.

Lin Sheng killed Fat Dragon and the other White Dragon Gang attackers, then returned to the Seven Forms Sect with evidence that they carried Crimson Flame Stones. Xie Qingyun presented the evidence to Ouyang Bing and urged the sect to confront the White Dragon Gang, while Yuan Zhongfei questioned whether the matter warranted sect action.

• Lin Sheng crushed Fat Dragon’s fist, killed him, and searched the bodies of the White Dragon Gang members, recovering about thirteen thousand taels and a bundle of Crimson Flame Stones.
• Lin Sheng canceled the caravan operation and ordered Cao Ying and Cao Luan to return with him, while Wu Hai and the surviving Broken Blade Escort Agency escorts left for Linjiang Prefecture City.
• After two days, Lin Sheng reached the Seven Forms Sect and brought Fat Dragon’s head and the red bundle to Xie Qingyun.
• Xie Qingyun presented the head to Ouyang Bing and said Fat Dragon had attacked Lin Sheng, prompting her to demand an explanation from the White Dragon Gang.
• Yuan Zhongfei warned that Fat Dragon had been valued by Shi Gu and suggested the death might stem from a private conflict, but Xie Qingyun revealed the Crimson Flame Stones and accused the White Dragon Gang of trying to provoke conflict among the major forces.

After the Seven Forms Sect decided to respond only with a warning to the White Dragon Gang, Lin Sheng rushed to Wanhua City to bring his family to safety. On the journey back, his Danger Sense repeatedly warned him, and he stopped the carriage when a mysterious figure appeared ahead.

• Xie Qingyun told Lin Sheng that the Seven Forms Sect would negotiate with the White Dragon Gang and warned him that Shi Gu might seek revenge for Fat Dragon.
• Lin Sheng persuaded Xie Qingyun to let him retrieve his family, and he and Wei Yun hurried to Wanhua City.
• Lin Sheng found Lin Hong and Xie Guilan safe, gathered Xiao Shi, Wang Dehai, and Old Zhou, and set off for the Seven Forms Sect with Wei Yun.
• Lin Sheng's speed surprised Wei Yun as they traveled, and he explained that his martial art specialized in speed and agility.
• After leaving Wanhua City, Lin Sheng felt Jade Moth's Danger Sense activate repeatedly and changed the carriage's route.
• Lin Sheng abruptly stopped the carriage when a mysterious figure appeared on the road ahead.

Shi Gu ambushed Lin Sheng, Wei Yun, and their companions, badly injuring the two disciples before Xie Qingyun arrived and fought him. As Xie Qingyun began to risk her life to match Shi Gu’s power, Ouyang Bing appeared nearby, startling Shi Gu.

• Wei Yun recognized Shi Gu of the White Dragon Gang, who revealed that he had lured Lin Sheng there and offered to spare him if he joined the gang and killed Wei Yun.
• Shi Gu struck Wei Yun with a branch and then blasted Lin Sheng into the forest with stones, but Xie Qingyun arrived and shielded Lin Sheng from a second attack.
• Wei Yun gave Lin Sheng a Scattering Jade Pill, and he used his Rapid Healing talent to weaken the force injuring him.
• Xie Qingyun and Shi Gu fought, with Xie Qingyun falling behind as Lin Sheng and Wei Yun watched from the forest.
• Xie Qingyun and Shi Gu both intensified their transformations, but Shi Gu noticed Ouyang Bing standing atop a distant tree and called his name.

Ouyang Bing stopped Xie Qingyun from pursuing Shi Gu, and the injured group returned to the Seven Forms Sect. Lin Sheng settled his companions at the mountain town but worried that Shi Gu had discovered his Three-eyed Spirit Monkey in Wanhua City, leaving him to consider how to retrieve it.

• Ouyang Bing let Shi Gu escape, then told Xie Qingyun to end the matter and return to the sect.
• Xie Qingyun treated Lin Sheng and Wei Yun, explained that Shi Gu's attacks carried Bone Force, and warned them not to confront Bone Transformation experts.
• Xie Qingyun suffered injuries from fighting Shi Gu but stabilized them with a pill and breathing adjustment.
• After reaching the Seven Forms Sect, Lin Sheng arranged lodging for his companions and kept Cao Ying and Cao Luan away from the White Dragon Gang.
• Lin Sheng worried that Shi Gu had discovered the Three-eyed Spirit Monkey in Wanhua City and weighed the risks of retrieving it before resolving to act.

Lin Sheng prepared to gather resources and secretly returned to Wanhua City to capture the Three-eyed Spirit Monkey, but Shi Gu had anticipated his interest and appeared in the courtyard. Shi Gu confronted Lin Sheng just as he was about to leave with the poisoned monkey.

• Lin Sheng sent a message from Qingniao Institute and resolved to deal with Shi Gu before pursuing his cultivation plans.
• Black Dragon told Shi Gu to halt actions against the Seven Forms Sect until after Shi Gu's expected breakthrough, and Shi Gu ordered his men to leave Lin Sheng's monkey untouched.
• Shi Gu revealed that Lin Sheng's unusual spiritual beast, poisonous insects, perception, and survival had aroused his curiosity.
• Lin Sheng traveled secretly to his Wanhua City residence after confirming he was not followed.
• Lin Sheng fed the Three-eyed Spirit Monkey, poisoned it with Three Corpses Severing Soul, and prepared to leave with it.
• Shi Gu appeared in the courtyard and told Lin Sheng that the monkey seemed important to him.

Lin Sheng lured Shi Gu into an ambush and had Qi Ning kill him, then returned to the Seven Forms Sect after cleaning up the courtyard. Shi Gu's death left the White Dragon Gang facing a major loss, while Lin Sheng stayed out of its expected response.

• Shi Gu caught Lin Sheng in the courtyard and attacked him, but Lin Sheng escaped through a window and drew him toward Qi Ning.
• Qi Ning appeared behind Shi Gu, disabled his Bone Force and communication jade, then froze him and shattered his body.
• Qi Ning took Shi Gu's belongings and warned Lin Sheng to keep the Dark Star organization and its activities discreet.
• Lin Sheng cleaned the courtyard, returned the Three-eyed Spirit Monkey to its cage with food, and left Wanhua City for the Seven Forms Sect.
• Lin Sheng reflected that Shi Gu's death would severely damage the White Dragon Gang and affect its struggle over the beast mines.

Lin Sheng trained with Bai Qing, learned that the White Dragon Gang was clashing with Crimson Whale Hall, and received Xie Qingyun’s permission to leave Qingniao Institute. He visited his family and Cao Ying with Zhao Kongfang before planning to return to Wanhua City the next day.

• Bai Qing praised Lin Sheng’s progress in the Samadhi realm after sparring with him.
• Lin Sheng gave Zhao Kongfang ten thousand taels from Fat Dragon, but Zhao Kongfang told him to keep the money until he was better off.
• Zhao Kongfang told Lin Sheng that the White Dragon Gang and Crimson Whale Hall had clashed outside Wanhua City, and Lin Sheng decided to return to the city.
• Lin Sheng and Zhao Kongfang visited Xie Qingyun, who allowed Lin Sheng to go down the mountain after warning him to be careful.
• Lin Sheng and Zhao Kongfang visited Lin Hong and Xie Guilan, where Zhao Kongfang mistook Cao Ying for Lin Sheng’s wife and praised her cooking.
• Lin Sheng told Cao Ying he would return to Wanhua City the next day, and Zhao Kongfang teased him about marrying her.

Lin Sheng returned to Wanhua City, checked his animals and poisonous-insect compound, and assimilated the mutated Black Fiend Snake to strengthen his venomous martial art. Meanwhile, Shi Yan and Shi Kai suspected Red Hair of causing Shi Gu's disappearance and prepared to investigate the Crimson Whale Hall.

• Shi Yan questioned his men about Shi Gu's disappearance, and Shi Kai killed a subordinate who suggested that something had happened to him.
• Shi Yan and Shi Kai considered Ouyang Bing, the Fang Family elder, and Red Hair as possible suspects, then decided to investigate the Crimson Whale Hall and keep Shi Kai close.
• Lin Sheng returned to Wanhua City with Cao Ying and Cao Luan, gave Cao Ying five thousand taels, and went ahead to check his residence.
• Lin Sheng found his Three-eyed Spirit Monkey safe, then discovered that beggars had died after entering his southern-district compound and encountering his poisonous insects.
• Lin Sheng caught the mutated Black Fiend Snake and found that its Poison Augmentation had risen to three points.
• Lin Sheng assimilated the Black Fiend Snake, strengthening his Three Corpses Soul Severing Palm, and decided to seek stronger poisonous herbs.

Lin Sheng worked to strengthen his cultivation and resolve his need for money, then arranged to buy an avian Spirit Beast and accepted a Dark Star commission. The chapter left him pursuing the wanted flower-plucking thief Jade-Faced Man Kong Qi, with the outpost woman offering information to help.

• Lin Sheng refined the cold poison from Star Dew Grass, assessed his need for a third strange poison, and resolved to build his strength against Bone Transformation threats and the demon seed.
• Lin Sheng visited Myriad Beasts Hall, where Yang Niu promised to find him an avian Spirit Beast within a month for thirty percent above market price.
• Lin Sheng paid a deposit for the promised beast and bought Earthfire Rhinoceros blood, raising the Third Imprint's activation progress to six percent.
• Lin Sheng went to the Dark Star outpost, found no suitable Gray Star commission at first, and accepted the mission to kill Black List figure Jade-Faced Man Kong Qi for two hundred merit points.
• The middle-aged woman told Lin Sheng that Kong Qi was a notorious flower-plucking thief and offered him information, urging him to bring back Kong Qi's head.

The black mist took control of an Earth Rock Giant Lizard and swallowed the Three Tigers of Tiannan in the mountains outside Wanhua City. In Wanhua City, Lin Sheng learned that Jade-Faced Man Kong Qi was a deadly assassin and remained interested in tracking him down, while Zhao Kongfang also mentioned the Ground-Drilling Rat.

• The black mist overtook the Earth Rock Giant Lizard, turned its eyes black, and drove it downhill.
• The Three Tigers of Tiannan went into the forest to hunt the wounded Earth Rock Giant Lizard, but the beast and black mist trapped and swallowed them.
• Zhao Kongfang agreed to seek information about girls nearing marriage in Qingping, Zhoushan, and Wen County, and Lin Sheng explained that he was investigating Jade-Faced Man Kong Qi.
• Zhao Kongfang obtained records showing that Kong Qi specialized in disguise, movement, and assassination, and had killed four late Blood Circulation experts with single strikes.
• Lin Sheng said he would not confront Kong Qi head-on, and Zhao Kongfang warned him against taking risks.
• Zhao Kongfang mentioned that the Ground-Drilling Rat had recently caused a stir, prompting Lin Sheng to recall hearing the name during Liu Tianci and Ouyang Lengshui's confrontation.

Lin Sheng learned that Liu Tianci’s pursuit of Pei Er was connected to the missing Black List leader Wanyan Bei, while Pei Er escaped the constables tracking him. Two days later, Lin Sheng entered a strange state of calm in his courtyard and opened his eyes when Da Huang licked his face.

• Zhao Kongfang told Lin Sheng that Pei Er was a Black List fugitive who had assassinated two county magistrates, and explained that Liu Tianci’s search was connected to Wanyan Bei.
• Zhao Kongfang described Wanyan Bei as a Southern Qi sword genius who might carry the foundation of his destroyed sect, and Lin Sheng decided to stay focused on his own target, Kong Qi.
• Pei Er emerged from underground, treated his injuries, chose to flee toward Zhoushan County, and burrowed away as Liu Tianci’s constables found traces of his blood.
• The constables sent a signal to Liu Tianci, who ordered them to pursue Pei Er.
• Two days later, Lin Sheng entered a profound, still state while resting in his courtyard, and Da Huang licked his cheek until he opened his eyes.

Lin Sheng discovered that his increased mental attribute strengthened his control over the Heart Ape talent and improved his comprehension, then headed to Zhoushan County to search for Jade-Faced Man Kong Qi. The chapter ended with the Sun family’s Second Miss shopping in town shortly before her wedding, making her a possible target.

• Lin Sheng tested the Heart Ape talent after his mental attribute reached three points and endured it for twenty-five breaths with little exhaustion.
• Lin Sheng found that his improved mental attribute made Qingniao Chasing Star Finger easier to understand and practice, potentially speeding his progress to the third level.
• Le An delivered Zhao Kongfang’s intelligence to Lin Sheng, revealing that Kong Qi targeted wealthy unmarried women and that Zhoushan County had three women due to marry soon.
• Lin Sheng traveled toward Zhoushan County using the Heart Ape talent to increase his speed.
• The Sun family’s Second Miss shopped through Zhoushan County with her maid and guards as townspeople discussed her upcoming marriage.

Kong Qi selected Sun Yu as his target in Zhoushan County, while Lin Sheng arrived to investigate the three families and Pei Er hid in the Su Family manor. At Su Mei’s coming-of-age banquet, Sun Yu accepted a fragrant sachet that could help Kong Qi track her.

• Kong Qi killed two women at Hundred Fragrances Tower, used a pill to suppress his pain, and chose Sun Yu of the Sun Family as his target, avoiding Su Mei because of her father’s influence.
• Lin Sheng arrived in Zhoushan County to search for the Jade-Faced Man and planned to track Su Mei, Wang Hongli, and Sun Yu using specially made tracking powder.
• Pei Er disguised himself as a servant and hid in the Su Family manor, where he hoped to recover from his injuries and evade Liu Tianci’s pursuers.
• At Su Mei’s coming-of-age banquet in Wanke Tower, Su Mei gave Sun Yu a fragrant sachet she had bought from a vendor, and Sun Yu happily accepted it.

Lin Sheng waited outside Su Manor for Jade-Faced Man Kong Qi and chased a suspicious intruder beyond Zhoushan County, only to discover he had mistaken Earth-Drilling Rat Pei Er for his target. Lin Sheng recognized Pei Er as a wanted criminal and moved to capture him.

• Lin Sheng used sachets and medicinal powder to track Su Mei and waited near Su Manor for Kong Qi to appear.
• Lin Sheng spotted a figure leaving Su Manor and pursued him beyond Zhoushan County, where the figure’s tracks suddenly vanished.
• Pei Er burst from underground and attacked Lin Sheng, who transformed with the Three-eyed Spirit Monkey and fought back.
• Lin Sheng changed to the Silver-patterned Black Crocodile and used Earth Affinity to force Pei Er out of the ground as he tried to escape.
• Lin Sheng and Pei Er realized they had mistaken each other for someone else, and Lin Sheng identified Pei Er as the wanted Earth-Drilling Rat.

Lin Sheng pursued Pei Er after the Ground-Drilling Rat tricked him into confronting two Prefectural Office constables, then caught him outside Zhoushan County using his Heart Ape talent. As Lin Sheng prepared to kill Pei Er, an unseen attacker intervened and demanded that he spare him.

• Pei Er offered Lin Sheng fifty thousand taels to let him go, then used the arrival of two constables to create an opening and escape.
• The two constables mistook Lin Sheng for Pei Er's accomplice and attacked him, so Lin Sheng killed them and destroyed the evidence.
• Pei Er fled underground toward Zhoushan County, but Lin Sheng waited outside the town and caught him when he emerged.
• Lin Sheng used his Heart Ape talent to terrify Pei Er into helplessness, then grabbed him and prepared to kill him.
• A fast-moving leaf struck Lin Sheng's arm, and an unseen attacker told him to spare Pei Er.

Lin Sheng collected payment from a bamboo-hatted Bone Alteration expert after poisoning Pei Er, then returned to Zhoushan County to pursue the Jade-Faced Man Kong Qi. As Lin Sheng watched Sun Yu’s household, an old Blood Circulation expert and a boy arrived, apparently intending to hunt the Jade-Faced Man themselves.

• Lin Sheng accepted sixty thousand taels and two superior Bone Forging Pills from the bamboo-hatted man in exchange for releasing Pei Er, then left Pei Er infected with a lethal cold poison.
• The bamboo-hatted man treated Pei Er, learned about Lin Sheng’s earlier encounter with him, and decided to return to Zhoushan County to face Liu Tianci.
• Liu Tianci’s men concluded that Abi Xiu Er had been killed by an expert connected to Pei Er, and Liu Tianci went toward Zhoushan County to investigate.
• Three days later, Lin Sheng watched Su Mei’s wedding and, seeing no sign of the Jade-Faced Man Kong Qi, turned his attention to Wang Hongli and Sun Yu.
• Lin Sheng bought Spirit Beast Blood and poisonous ingredients, raised his Third Imprint activation progress to eight percent, and moved near Sun Yu’s residence to watch her.
• An old Blood Circulation expert and a ragged boy arrived near the Sun residence, and the old man claimed he had a plan to find the Jade-Faced Man.

Lin Sheng sensed danger outside Zhoushan County while Kong Qi planned to target Sun Yu, but Kong Qi noticed the Sun Residence’s precautions and fled before he could act. An old Daoist and his young companion pursued Kong Qi, and Lin Sheng followed after realizing something had happened.

• Lin Sheng sensed a lingering threat through the Jade Moth’s Danger Sense and suspected the demonic seed was waiting outside Zhoushan County.
• Kong Qi watched the busy Sun Residence, decided to act that night, and took a pill when he suffered a sudden bout of pain.
• An old Daoist’s Yang Stone reacted to Kong Qi, and he explained to the youth that Kong Qi’s Yin-Yang Union Skill complemented the youth’s Yang Extremity Skill.
• Kong Qi entered the Sun Residence but spotted its tracking preparations, grew suspicious, and abandoned his attempt to reach Sun Yu.
• The old Daoist and the youth chased Kong Qi out of the city, and Lin Sheng followed them after finding no response from the birds he had sent to watch the residence.