Recaps

Lu Xuan ordered He Yan and Su An to capture the people investigating Huang Yangping’s death, suspecting they had uncovered something tied to Lu Family Pharmacy. Meanwhile, Luo Jinghe chose the pharmacy as a target to assert his authority, while Wu Yong and his companions celebrated their expected revenge against it.

• Lu Xuan ordered He Yan and Su An to secretly capture everyone investigating Huang Yangping’s death and bring them to him that day.
• Luo Jinghe agreed to pay Misty Rain Pavilion three thousand taels and selected Lu Family Pharmacy as the target he would use to intimidate other forces.
• Luo Jinghe lamented that Du Ma’s death had wasted his efforts to secure the Fenglin County magistrate post and prepared to attend a meeting about replacing Fenglin County’s officials.
• Wu Yong and four companions boasted at Hundred Flowers Pavilion about extorting people in Azure Cloud County City and mistreating women from local forces.
• Wu Yong recalled being beaten and thrown out of Lu Family Pharmacy, then celebrated Luo Jinghe’s plan to punish the pharmacy.

Lu Xuan ordered the Blackbird Guard to seize Wu Yong and his companions, who had been sent by Luo Jinghe to investigate Huang Yangping’s death. After Lu Xuan sent them for interrogation, He Yan warned him that Luo Jinghe’s father served Prince An as his teacher.

• The owner of Hundred Flowers Pavilion identified Wu Yong and his companions to the Blackbird Guard, who arrested them despite Wu Yong invoking Vice Prefect Luo Jinghe.
• A Blood Refinement Realm martial artist overwhelmed Wu Yong and the others, and the Blackbird Guard took them to its residence.
• He Yan told Lu Xuan that the captured men had been sent to Azure Cloud County City to investigate Huang Yangping’s death.
• Lu Xuan ordered He Yan and Su An to separate the five men and interrogate them for the truth.
• He Yan warned Lu Xuan that Luo Jinghe’s father, Luo Wen, was one of Prince An’s men and served as An Prince’s teacher.

Lu Xuan learned that Prince An was Tianqi Emperor’s tenth son, then ordered the men who extorted Lu Family Pharmacy dealt with and told He Yan to watch Luo Jinghe. He traveled to Lanshan County, where a mysterious massacre at the Ren Family residence had left the town’s central street deserted.

• He Yan explained that Prince An was Xia Mingqing, Tianqi Emperor’s tenth son, while Lu Xuan waited to learn whether Luo Jinghe had targeted his family.
• Su An brought Lu Xuan the confessions of five men, who admitted their crimes in Azure Cloud County but knew nothing about Luo Jinghe’s plans for Lu Family Pharmacy.
• Lu Xuan burned the confession sheet and ordered Su An to deal with the five men discreetly.
• Lu Xuan instructed He Yan to secretly monitor Luo Jinghe and report any mention of Lu Family Pharmacy, then departed as He Yan went to watch Luo Jinghe’s residence.
• Lu Xuan arrived in Lanshan County Town, where the Ren Family’s entire household had died overnight and fear had emptied the central avenue.

Lu Xuan arrived in Lanshan County Town and learned that its frightened residents knew about the Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend. After searching the town through the night without finding it, he decided to stay another day.

• Lu Xuan saw the town’s guards and residents hurrying indoors and learned that Filthy Things had appeared and killed Steward Ren’s family.
• Lu Xuan recalled that fear drew the Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend and realized the county magistrate had failed to keep its existence secret.
• Lu Xuan rode to an inn, where the innkeeper confirmed that the town feared a creature that had drained the blood from Master Ren and his family.
• Lu Xuan searched the silent county town throughout the night but found no trace of Yin Energy or the Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend.
• Lu Xuan decided to remain in Lanshan County Town for another day.

After learning of Su Tianqi’s death, Su Quanchuan resented the Blackbird Guard and accepted a mysterious person’s offer of a Blood-Red Lotus in exchange for delaying the report about the Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend. Zhang Qi arrived as rumors about the creature spread through Lanshan County Town, leaving Su Quanchuan to answer whether he would suppress them.

• Su Quanchuan mourned Su Tianqi and angrily condemned the Blackbird Guard for his son’s death.
• Su Quanchuan recalled that a Blood Refinement Realm stranger had asked him to spread word of the Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend and delay notifying the prefectural city.
• The stranger gave Su Quanchuan a Blood-Red Lotus that could help him break through to the Blood Refinement Realm, and Su Quanchuan agreed to the request.
• Su Quanchuan tested the lotus on prisoners, saw their martial auras rise without apparent side effects, and kept it for his own breakthrough.
• Zhang Qi entered the hall and asked Su Quanchuan whether he should send people to suppress the rumors about the Ghostly Thing.

Su Quanchuan and Zhang Qi waited for the Blackbird Guard to deal with the Ghostly Thing while trying to contain the panic in Lanshan County. A letter from the prefect revealed that a Blackbird Envoy was coming, leaving Zhang Qi terrified that the county officials would be punished for their failures.

• Su Quanchuan agreed with Zhang Qi that the county office should suppress rumors by claiming Steward Ren's household had died from poison.
• Zhang Qi asked when the Blackbird Guard would arrive, and Su Quanchuan said he was waiting for the prefect's reply.
• Chief Constable Lao Feng returned from White Path Prefecture Capital and reported that the prefect had personally notified the Blackbird Guard and sent Su Quanchuan a letter.
• Su Quanchuan read the letter and announced that a Blackbird Envoy was likely coming to Lanshan County, warning the officials not to make mistakes.
• Zhang Qi panicked at the news and blamed Su Quanchuan for letting the rumors spread and dragging everyone into danger.

Su Quanchuan and Zhang Qi argued over how to conceal the Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend’s attacks while panic spread through Lanshan County Town. That night, the Fiend appeared at Zhang Qi’s residence, killed two servants, and pierced Zhang Qi’s abdomen.

• Su Quanchuan urged Zhang Qi to help cover up the county office’s failure, but Zhang Qi refused and threatened to tell the Blackbird Envoy the truth.
• Su Quanchuan resolved to gather the remaining officials and privately hoped the Fiend’s attacks would help him reach the Blood Refinement Realm.
• Lu Xuan learned that residents were fleeing Lanshan County Town and that the county office had blamed Steward Ren’s family’s deaths on poison.
• Zhang Qi returned home, blamed Su Quanchuan for the crisis, and decided he would not help him share the blame.
• The Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend appeared when Zhang Qi’s servants tried to light a candle, drained both servants into corpses, and stabbed Zhang Qi through the abdomen.

Lu Xuan rescued Zhang Qi from the mutated Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend and destroyed the ghost, earning System Points. After learning that Zhang Qi was Lanshan County’s County Magistrate Assistant, Lu Xuan questioned him about the leaked news, and Zhang Qi recognized him as a Blackbird Envoy and blamed Su Quanchuan.

• Lu Xuan arrived as the Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend attacked Zhang Qi, burning away the ghost’s icy aura and severing its bizarre arm.
• The Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend fired Yin Energy at Lu Xuan and fled, but Lu Xuan caught it in a blazing crimson hand and destroyed it.
• Lu Xuan gained 650 System Points, while Zhang Qi stood stunned by his supernatural strength.
• Zhang Qi’s servants and guards rushed into the courtyard, and Zhang Qi angrily sent them away after one called Lu Xuan an assassin.
• Lu Xuan questioned Zhang Qi about who had leaked news of the Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend, and Zhang Qi recognized him as a Blackbird Envoy.
• Zhang Qi knelt and begged Lu Xuan for forgiveness, blaming Su Quanchuan for letting the news spread.

Zhang Qi told Lu Xuan that Su Quanchuan had secretly tested an unknown substance on prisoners, leaving them empowered before crippling them and cutting out their tongues. Lu Xuan took Zhang Qi to the county office, where Su Quanchuan's guards blocked their way, and Zhang Qi challenged them to stop handling the matter.

• Zhang Qi reported that Su Quanchuan had experimented on prisoners, who grew stronger after taking an unknown substance but were later crippled and silenced.
• Lu Xuan ordered Zhang Qi to lead him to Su Quanchuan, then carried him through the air to the county office.
• Zhang Qi arrived at the office with Lu Xuan and scolded the gate guards for drawing their blades before they recognized him.
• Zhang Qi learned that Su Quanchuan was inside the rear courtyard and that three guards had orders to let no one in.
• The three guards refused to let Zhang Qi and Lu Xuan pass, and Zhang Qi sneered, telling them not to handle the matter.

Lu Xuan discovered traces of the Pure World White Lotus Sect in Su Quanchuan’s courtyard and confronted the county magistrate after he consumed a Blood Lotus and reached the Blood Refinement Realm. The chapter ended with Lu Xuan demanding that Su Quanchuan reveal the sect’s whereabouts.

• Zhang Qi wounded three of Su Quanchuan’s Yamen Runners, then went looking for Lu Xuan.
• Lu Xuan sensed the Pure World White Lotus Sect’s aura in Su Quanchuan’s courtyard and found that Su Quanchuan had consumed a Blood Lotus.
• Su Quanchuan celebrated reaching the Blood Refinement Realm and vowed to punish Zhang Qi, but Lu Xuan tore open the roof with a crimson giant hand and flung him outside.
• Zhang Qi arrived and identified Lu Xuan as the Blackbird Envoy, while Su Quanchuan demanded to know who had attacked him.
• Lu Xuan demanded to know where the people of the Pure World White Lotus Sect were, and Zhang Qi realized Su Quanchuan was implicated with the sect.

Lu Xuan struck down Su Quanchuan and ordered Zhang Qi to learn the whereabouts of the Pure World White Lotus Sect within half an hour. In the county prison, Su Quanchuan pretended to confess to Zhang Qi, who leaned closer to hear him.

• Lu Xuan asked Su Quanchuan about the Pure World White Lotus Sect, then knocked him into a ruined room and left Zhang Qi to question him.
• Zhang Qi realized Su Quanchuan had reached the Blood Refinement Realm and coveted the treasure behind his breakthrough.
• Zhang Qi chained and tortured Su Quanchuan in the county prison, demanding information about the sect and the treasure.
• Su Quanchuan explained that his greed for the Blood Refinement Realm had led him to trust a Pure World White Lotus Sect member, but he feared Zhang Qi would betray him.
• Su Quanchuan pretended to agree to confess and asked Zhang Qi to come closer, while Zhang Qi leaned in and promised to remove his chains afterward.

Su Quanchuan died after forcing his suppressed Qi and Blood to collide with a mysterious force, leaving Zhang Qi alive to answer to Lu Xuan. Zhang Qi then ordered Su Quanchuan’s household surrounded, while Su Tianming learned his father was dead.

• Su Quanchuan blasted shattered teeth at Zhang Qi, then exploded when he forcibly stirred his suppressed Qi and Blood.
• Lu Xuan spared the badly injured Zhang Qi after he failed to extract information from Su Quanchuan and resolved to hunt the Pure World White Lotus Sect in White Path Prefecture.
• After Lu Xuan left, Zhang Qi ordered the county office staff to surround the Su Residence and let no one escape.
• Su Tianming drank with three young masters and recalled that a young woman he had abducted had taken her own life.
• A messenger burst into the room and told Su Tianming to flee because Su Quanchuan was dead.

Zhang Qi captured the Su Family after announcing that Su Quanchuan had been killed for colluding with enemies of the imperial court. In White Path Prefecture, He Yan confronted Luo Jinghe after overhearing his plot against the Lu Family Pharmacy and ordered him to come to the Blackbird Guard Residence.

• Zhang Qi announced that Su Quanchuan had been shot dead and captured the members of the Su Family, including Su Tianming.
• Luo Jinghe recalled that he had secretly killed the Blackbird Guard Huang Shi and was relieved that the guards searching for Huang Shi had found no traces.
• A Luo Residence steward told Luo Jinghe that Misty Rain Pavilion had accepted three thousand taels of silver to destroy the Lu Family Pharmacy in Azure Cloud County.
• He Yan appeared at the pavilion and killed the steward with a pebble before the man could summon the guards.
• He Yan identified himself as White Path Prefecture's Vice Blackbird Envoy and ordered Luo Jinghe to come with him by the Blackbird Envoy Sir's authority.

He Yan captured Luo Jinghe, and Lu Xuan ordered him executed without a trial for the Huang Shi case. Lu Xuan then showed Prefect Hong Zhi evidence from Luo Jinghe’s residence and told him to take the corpse and establish Luo Jinghe’s crimes.

• He Yan overpowered Luo Jinghe as he tried to flee across the lake and brought him to the Blackbird Guard dungeon.
• He Yan told Luo Jinghe that Lu Xuan had ordered his immediate execution without a trial.
• He Yan beheaded Luo Jinghe in the dungeon.
• Lu Xuan showed Prefect Hong Zhi letters linking Luo Jinghe to local officials, including Huang Yangping and Huang Shi.
• Lu Xuan told Hong Zhi to take Luo Jinghe’s corpse and establish his crimes, and Hong Zhi accepted the decision.

Lu Xuan ordered the execution of the Misty Rain Pavilion assassins and a search for the Pure World White Lotus Sect, then awaited spiritual supplies from the Imperial Capital. At Blackbird Guard Headquarters, a young guard was shocked by Lu Xuan’s enormous request and hurried to alert Yellow Envoy Sir.

• Hong Zhi took the letters documenting Luo Jinghe’s crimes to deliver to the governor, while Blackbird Guards carried away a cloth-wrapped object.
• He Yan told Lu Xuan that Luo Jinghe had hired four Misty Rain Pavilion assassins, and Lu Xuan ordered them killed.
• Lu Xuan told the Blackbird Guards to patrol White Path Prefecture for signs of the Pure World White Lotus Sect and asked He Yan when the Imperial Capital would send his requested spiritual objects.
• At Blackbird Guard Headquarters, a young guard read White Path Prefecture’s request for three High Grade, twenty Mid Grade, and one hundred Low Grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects.
• The young guard took the letter to inform Yellow Envoy Sir, who was gathered with others in the Blackbird Guard discussion hall.

Yun Feng questioned Lu Xuan’s identity and extravagant request for spiritual objects, but Vice Director Li Chengxing confirmed that Lu Xuan was a legitimate Blackbird Guard and urged Yun Feng to fulfill the request. Shangguan Yunlan grew curious about Lu Xuan as Li Chengxing led the Black Feather Guard toward the archive warehouse.

• Yun Feng read Lu Xuan’s letter requesting three High Grade, twenty Mid Grade, and one hundred Low Grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects, and suspected he was an impostor.
• Li Chengxing welcomed Shangguan Yunlan, who had arrived on the Black Feather Director’s orders to inspect the Blackbird Guard warehouse records.
• Yun Feng told Li Chengxing that Lu Xuan claimed to be the Blackbird Envoy of White Path Prefecture and had demanded the spiritual objects.
• Li Chengxing stopped Yun Feng from calling Lu Xuan an impostor and confirmed that Lu Xuan was a Blackbird Guard.
• Li Chengxing told Yun Feng to deliver Lu Xuan’s requested items, then led Shangguan Yunlan and the Black Feather Guard toward the archive warehouse.

The Blackbird Guard arrived at Hidden Dragon Inn and uncovered five Misty Rain Pavilion assassins hired to target Lu Family Pharmacy. The leader escaped through the wall, while four assassins were surrounded as powerful Blackbird Guard members unleashed their auras.

• Mo Yongcheng learned that the Blackbird Guard had come to Hidden Dragon Inn and hurried to alert his father, Mo Songshi.
• Mo Songshi obeyed his Gang Leader's warning and revealed that five suspicious strangers had stayed at the inn for several days.
• The Misty Rain Pavilion assassins discussed their mission to attack Lu Family Pharmacy and decided to investigate the pharmacy in Azure Cloud County first.
• When Mo Songshi led the Blackbird Guard to their room, the assassins realized their cover was blown and split up to escape.
• The leading assassin broke through the wall and fled, while the Blackbird Guard pursued him and surrounded the other four assassins.
• Two perfected Marrow Refining Realm auras and four Great Accomplishment of Marrow Refining Realm auras swept over the four trapped assassins.

Mo Songshi watched the Blackbird Guard kill the Misty Rain Pavilion assassins, prompting the Heavensea Gang to purge the sect’s contacts from White Path Prefecture. Meanwhile, a Pure World White Lotus Sect elder entered Azure Cloud County City, killed the gate guards, and revealed her Chen-Rank Ritual Artifact containing a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity.

• A Yellow Rank Blackbird Guard returned with the lead assassin’s corpse, ordered his companions to leave, and departed after the four Misty Rain Pavilion assassins were killed.
• Mo Songshi sent the assassins’ bodies to the Heavensea Gang and vowed to report the attack to the Gang Leader.
• The Heavensea Gang uprooted Misty Rain Pavilion contact points across White Path Prefecture and banned the sect’s activities in the prefectural capital.
• A Pure World White Lotus Sect elder arrived at Azure Cloud County’s gates with several Young Women and killed the City Gate Guards.
• The elder explained that she had strengthened the Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend in Lanshan County to draw Li Chengfeng away from Azure Cloud County City.
• The elder revealed an azure bronze Chen-Rank Ritual Artifact she had left in Willow Ditch Village, with a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity sealed inside.

The Old Woman unleashed a Chen-Rank Ritual Artifact to seal the Calamity-Level Eerie Entity, then fled as its Blue Flame consumed the artifact and spread an Eerie Domain toward Azure Cloud County City. Qian Hao sent a Mysterious Blackbird toward the White Path Prefecture Capital for help as Ye Qingshan realized the city faced a deadly threat.

• The Old Woman poured her inner qi into a damaged bronze bowl, then abandoned it beneath the city wall and fled with the women.
• Blue Flame emerged from the bowl, swallowed it, and spread underground toward Azure Cloud County City.
• Qian Hao and Li Daren sensed the immense yin energy covering the Lu Family Residence and feared a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity was approaching.
• Qian Hao rushed to send a Mysterious Blackbird to alert the Blackbird Envoy.
• Ye Qingshan recognized the blue blaze as a Calamity-Level Eerie Domain and despaired of escaping it.
• A Mysterious Blackbird flew toward the White Path Prefecture Capital.

Li Daren and Ye Qingshan discovered that Azure Cloud County was trapped inside a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity’s domain, while the county magistrate concealed the danger by closing the city gates. After receiving an urgent message from Azure Cloud County, Lu Xuan rushed out to investigate.

• Li Daren told Ye Qingshan that he had come to Azure Cloud County on another mission, and Ye revealed that a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity had trapped the county town inside its domain.
• Li Daren said a Mysterious Blackbird had been sent to alert Blackbird Envoy Sir, and Ye arranged to close the city gates under the pretext of a man-eating beast outside the city.
• Ye discovered that the City Gate Guards on night watch had been killed by someone who forced their way through the gates, deepening his concern about the crisis.
• The Mysterious Blackbird reached the prefecture capital with a note warning that Azure Cloud County was in danger.
• Lu Xuan caught the bird, read the message, and rushed toward Azure Cloud County after telling Vice Envoy He Yan he was leaving.

Officials and the Lu Family gathered at the Lu Family Hall to discuss a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity threatening Azure Cloud County, while Qian Hao reassured them that Lu Xuan was on his way. The entity began attacking the Lu Family, leaving Lu Jiaqing and his wife corrupted by Yin Energy as Li Daren discovered a Ghost Shadow in the courtyard.

• Lu Jiahe urged Liang Shanhai to bring Lu Yi to the Lu Family, and Liang Cheng volunteered to fetch his mother.
• Qian Hao told the gathered officials and family members that Blackbird Envoy Sir Lu Xuan would soon arrive to deal with the Calamity-Level Eerie Entity.
• Servants reported that Lu Jiaqing and his wife had met with misfortune, and Li Daren rushed to the South Courtyard while Qian Hao stayed to protect Lu Jiahe.
• Li Daren found Lu Jiaqing and his wife clawing at their chests, then used his Qi and Blood to slow the Yin Energy corroding them.
• Li Daren spotted a black Ghost Shadow in the courtyard and recognized it as a Hazard-Level fragment of the entity, realizing townsfolk were suffering the same attacks.

Black Ghost Shadows attacked County Town as a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity approached the Lu Family. Ye Qingshan saved Lu Jiahe and his family from a deadly strike but lost his arm, just as Lu Xuan arrived.

• Qian Hao killed a Ghost Shadow that attacked Lu Yi, then escorted her with Liang Shanhai and Liang Cheng to Lu Jiahe’s residence.
• Several Ghost Shadows appeared across County Town, while Qian Hao and Li Daren defended the Lu Family against repeated attacks.
• A Blue Flame carrying the main body of a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity approached Lu Estate and overwhelmed the defenders with its Yin Energy.
• Ye Qingshan pushed Lu Jiahe, Lu Yunqing, and the other Lu Family members out of the attack’s path, sacrificing his right arm to the blue Yin Energy.
• Lu Xuan’s enraged voice rang out above the Lu Family Residence.

Lu Xuan rescued Ye Qingshan and the others, then pursued and destroyed a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity that had trapped Azure Cloud County City in an Eerie Domain. After the domain vanished, he found a mysterious Bronze Bowl left behind by the entity.

• Lu Xuan arrived at the Lu Family Hall, cleared the Yin Energy from Ye Qingshan and the others, and restored Lu Jiaqing and his wife.
• Lu Xuan chased the Blue Flame Ghost Shadow and discovered it had deployed an Eerie Domain across Azure Cloud County City.
• The Ghost Shadow attacked Lu Xuan with Blue Yin Energy, but his Gang Essence Shield withstood the assault.
• Lu Xuan used the Crimson Flame Blade Art to burn the Blue Flame Ghost Shadow into nothingness, ending the Eerie Domain and erasing the roaming Ghost Shadows.
• A Bronze Bowl fell where the Ghost Shadow had died, and Lu Xuan examined it, finding no Yin Energy within.

After defeating the Calamity-Level Eerie Entity, Lu Xuan discovered that the Bronze Bowl contained sealed Heaven and Earth Origin that his system could not extract. He put the bowl away and continued clearing Yin Energy from the county town, while the injured Ye Qingshan was brought to the Lu Estate’s main hall.

• Lu Xuan seized the Bronze Bowl and found that it was extraordinarily durable and associated with sealed Heaven and Earth Origin.
• Lu Xuan noted that killing the Calamity-Level Eerie Entity had earned him 2,000 System Points, bringing his total to 4,500.
• Lu Xuan stored the Bronze Bowl without trying to break it, choosing to deal with the Yin Energy still afflicting the county town first.
• Lu Xuan reached the final area of the county town and unleashed his Gang Essence Power to purge the Yin Energy tormenting its residents.
• Lu Yunqing and Lu Yun'an helped Ye Qingshan into a chair at the Lu Estate, where he was recovering from the loss of his right arm and severe Yin Energy injuries.

Lu Xuan arrived in Azure Cloud County, reunited with his family, and thanked Ye Qingshan for saving them. Ye Qingshan, awed by Lu Xuan’s strength, refused his offer of a favor and asked him to look after Ye Qingxuan in the Blackbird Guard.

• Lu Xuan ordered Qian Hao and Li Daren to maintain order in the county town, and Liang Cheng volunteered to help.
• Lu Xuan praised Liang Cheng’s martial progress and invited him to join the Blackbird Guard in the prefectural city for guidance and training.
• Lu Xuan reunited with Lu Jiahe, who thanked Ye Qingshan for risking his life and losing his right arm to save the Lu Family.
• Lu Xuan bowed to Ye Qingshan and offered him a favor, but Ye Qingshan refused because he feared the power of an Outer Strength Grandmaster.
• Ye Qingshan asked Lu Xuan to look after his daughter, Ye Qingxuan, who served in the Blackbird Guard.