Recaps

Chu Qing and Cui Moyang led the Fortified Village Disciples in a desperate fight against Qin Ming while Chu Qing cultivated Golden Sinews. Chu Qing’s Dragon Subduing Stake badly wounded Qin Ming, who fled before Chu Qing could finish him.

• Chu Qing completed Dragon Subduing Stake and cultivated more Golden Sinews while Cui Moyang assembled the Fortified Village Disciples to face Qin Ming.
• Qin Ming returned and tore through the disciples, so Cui Moyang and her allies killed those who tried to flee and forced them back into the fight.
• Nangong directed the disciples and the twins coordinated their attacks, but Qin Ming gradually wore down the group and injured many of them.
• Chu Qing joined the battle with his Chain Spear, then used Dragon Subduing Stake to smash Qin Ming’s breastbone despite being struck by Qin Ming’s Great Hand Seal.
• Qin Ming prepared to unleash his ultimate move, but abruptly turned and fled after Chu Qing challenged him to keep fighting.

Chu Qing and the other students pursued Qin Ming into Stone Ridge Mountain and killed him, completing the Qin Family’s destruction. Stone Rock County’s leaders chose to protect Chu Qing, and the Martial Academy’s principal decided to support his cultivation.

• Chu Qing led Cui Moyang and the others after Qin Ming into Stone Ridge Mountain, where the wounded Qin Ming stopped fleeing and prepared to fight.
• Chu Qing and the other students attacked Qin Ming and killed him, with Mingyue severing his head after the Chain Spear pierced his heart.
• Lan Yichen warned the Fortified Village Disciples not to seek revenge on Chu Qing, arguing that he had accomplished what their villages had failed to do for years.
• Chief Constable Shi refused the great clans’ demands to punish Chu Qing, citing the greater good and his wife’s advice; the clan leaders backed down.
• The Vice Principal told the Martial Academy principal that Chu Qing had exterminated the Qin Family, and the principal praised him and promised to select a Bone Refining Cultivation Method for him.

Chu Qing completed all 365 Golden Sinews and reached Perfection after leading a brutal purge of the Rebel Army across Stone Rock County. As Madam Shi learned of his breakthrough and set out to visit him, Chu Qing prepared to meet the Principal about bone tempering.

• The Vice Principal gave Chu Qing ten portions of Nourishing Paste and a token granting him access to the Library Pavilion’s fifth floor to meet the Principal.
• Chu Qing led the Fortified Village Disciples through Stone Rock County, wiping out every Rebel Army stronghold and killing more than half the group during the purge.
• Chu Qing swallowed his last secretly refined pearl, formed his 365th Golden Sinew, and used thirty-six portions of Nourishing Paste to complete his Golden Sinews.
• Chu Qing discovered his Golden Sinews greatly increased his strength, repaired themselves, and replenished his Spirit and Energy, while his Profession Slot began flashing as if something might form within it.
• Madam Jin invited Chu Qing to stay for lunch and began cooking to celebrate his breakthrough; she sent Xiao Taohong to inform Madam Shi.
• Madam Shi realized Chu Qing’s 365 Golden Sinews had likely reached Perfection and ordered Wind Flower Snow Moon to bring opera costumes so they could visit Madam Jin’s Residence.

Chu Qing demonstrated his perfected 365 Golden Sinews to Madam Shi, who explained the path toward Golden Bone Perfection and secretly considered his potential as an ally. He then returned to the Martial Academy, where the principal gave him a Bone Refining Cultivation Method, though he seemed to think Chu Qing had come too soon.

• Madam Shi had Chu Qing exert his strength and confirmed that golden patterns appeared after he perfected all 365 Golden Sinews.
• Madam Shi advised Chu Qing to cultivate 365 Golden Bones, promised to protect him from Zheng Zhixiang, and said perfection in four realms would let him kill Zheng easily.
• Madam Shi privately revealed that she had opened one Heaven-Connecting Path and saw Chu Qing as a possible future support.
• Chu Qing told Madam Jin he would protect her and asked her to reduce, but continue making, his special Bright Pearls.
• Chu Qing used the principal's token to reach the fifth floor of the Library Pavilion, endured the principal's aura, and received a Bone Refining Cultivation Method.

Chu Qing convinced the headmaster to give him the top-tier Blackwater Bone Refining Method after revealing that he had cultivated all 365 Golden Sinews. He learned the method’s demanding promotion requirements and began practicing, discovering that his Golden Sinews could nourish and eventually refine his bones.

• Chu Qing rejected lesser bone-refining methods, and the headmaster offered increasingly powerful methods based on how many Golden Sinews Chu Qing had cultivated.
• Chu Qing revealed all 365 of his Golden Sinews, astonishing the headmaster, who said only Madam Shi and Yu Ji had achieved the same in the past thirty years.
• The headmaster offered Chu Qing an ordinary or top-tier secret legacy and required an oath in exchange for the top-tier method; Chu Qing chose the Blackwater Bone Refining Method.
• Chu Qing learned that the method could create 365 stronger Black Gold Bones, but his Profession Slot showed that promotion required black gold, a thousand portions of Nourishing Paste, and three tons of ink.
• Chu Qing tried the method and found that he could mobilize fifty Golden Sinews to shake and nourish his bones, reinforcing the importance of having all 365 Golden Sinews.

Chu Qing learned the Blackwater Bone Refining Method quickly, and the headmaster tasked him with capturing Imperial Consort Ying Hongzhuang during the empire’s future turmoil. Back at the dormitory, Chu Qing turned down Cui Moyang’s offer of a top-tier secret transmission and urged her to use her Lineage’s forces against the Rebel Army; he then discovered that inked water granted him Black Water.

• Chu Qing mobilized fifty golden sinews while cultivating, impressing the headmaster, who gave him the Blackwater Bone Refining Method and asked him to capture Ying Hongzhuang in the future.
• The headmaster explained that Ying Hongzhuang wanted to escape the Imperial Palace and possessed a complete Acupoint Chart, so Chu Qing agreed to the task.
• Cui Moyang asked Chu Qing to obtain premium specially made pearls for her in exchange for her Ice Soul Bone Refining Technique, but Chu Qing told her the headmaster had already given him a top-tier method.
• Worried that the Rebel Army could disrupt the supply of pearls before she reached golden sinew Perfection, Cui Moyang accepted Chu Qing’s suggestion to mobilize her Lineage against them.
• Chu Qing drank water mixed with ink and gained Black Water +1.

Chu Qing advanced his preparation for the Blackwater Bone Refining Method and learned that reinforcements from his companions’ lineages were on the way. As the Rebel Army sent over ten thousand non-elite troops toward Stone Rock County, Zheng Zhisheng secretly took his elites to attack the prefectural city, leaving the rest behind.

• Chu Qing practiced the Blackwater Bone Refining Method, secured Nourishing Paste and Golden Incense from Cui Moyang and the others, and asked them to obtain black gold.
• Cui Moyang told Chu Qing that their lineages had sent people to support them, and Chu Qing ordered the reinforcements to wait outside the city before joining the fight.
• At the Rebel Army camp, Zheng Zhisheng’s underlings complained about their losses in Stone Rock County, so he ordered more than ten thousand non-elite troops to attack it.
• After receiving urgent orders to join the attack on the prefectural city, Zheng Zhisheng gathered his iron-armored guards and elites and left overnight, dismissing the remaining troops as cannon fodder.

Chu Qing studied intelligence on Qinghe County and set fire to the Rebel Army’s main camp, devastating its forces. The Vice Principal and dean recognized Chu Qing’s potential and hoped to help him advance to the prefectural city or beyond if he forged Black Gold Bones within three years.

• Chu Qing learned that Qinghe County was nearly defenseless and that the Rebel Army’s camp was hidden in thick woods, then ordered Fire Oil gathered and waited for an east wind.
• When the east wind arrived, Chu Qing led Cui Moyang and the others to the camp and had their servants ignite the supplies, sending flames through the rebel ranks.
• The county magistrate feared the Armored Soldier Sect and Zheng Zhixiang would blame him for the fire, but the wealthy families persuaded him to live and accept responsibility.
• Chu Qing returned with his companions, whose household servants were shaken by how a single fire had destroyed the Rebel Army camp and killed thousands.
• The Vice Principal resolved to protect Chu Qing and send him to the prefectural city, while the dean hoped Chu Qing would forge his Black Gold Bones within three years and earn a chance to reach the Imperial Capital.

After receiving medicine and a letter from Chu Qing, Tang Wuming resolved to find the Mysterious Fish Tendon and prepare to assassinate Zheng Zhixiang. When a shipment of black gold meant for Chu Qing was stolen, he set out with his companions to recover it, leaving others to guard Stone Rock County and Madam Jin.

• After Qinghe County became peaceful, Chu Qing received Nourishing Paste from the Vice Principal and his companions, helping him gather enough for the Blackwater Bone Refining Method.
• Chu Qing read Tang Wuming’s letter about the Dragon Slaying Technique and the search for the Mysterious Fish Tendon, then sent back advice, news of his victory over the rebels, and medicine for Tang’s forces.
• Tang Wuming learned that Chu Qing had destroyed Zheng Zhixiang’s army and resolved to intensify the search for the tendon and train warriors to assassinate Zheng Zhixiang.
• Chu Qing learned that more than twenty taels of black gold had been stolen from his servants on their return from the provincial city and declared that he would recover it.
• Chu Qing asked Cui Moyang, Wang Yinyang, Mingyue, and another companion to join him in searching for the black gold, while Ximen stayed to protect Madam Jin and Zhao Hongxiu prepared to accompany Chu Qing.

Chu Qing prepared to travel to Shangrao to recover the lost black gold, which he needed to advance his secret legacy, and set out with his companions. Meanwhile, Sky-Piercing Vajra, the bandit chief responsible for attacking the group earlier, went to the city's Prosperous Land, where he learned someone was seeking him.

• Cui Moyang briefed Chu Qing on the black gold's disappearance and the bandits and blade-wielders involved, and Chu Qing ordered preparations for a dawn departure.
• Madam Jin worried about Chu Qing's journey, while Shi Tiezhu lamented that he lagged far behind Chu Qing and feared for Zhao Hongxiu, who was traveling with him.
• Chu Qing left Madam Jin's Residence with his companions and vowed to obtain the black gold on their journey to Shangrao.
• Sky-Piercing Vajra rode with his bandits to the Prosperous Land, where he swaggered through the Black Market and abused a woman.
• A man told Sky-Piercing Vajra that mysterious people were waiting for him at Plum Blossom Tower, and Sky-Piercing Vajra said he would face them without fear.

Chu Qing sought information about Scarface at Plum Blossom Tower, where Sky-Piercing Vajra arrived and killed one of his servants. Chu Qing ignored the death and confronted Sky-Piercing Vajra, leaving the room stunned as he demanded to know whether the bandit was human.

• Chu Qing had his servants investigate Scarface and learned that Scarface belonged to the Thirty-Sixth Grass Head Mountain, whose boss was Sky-Piercing Vajra.
• Sky-Piercing Vajra entered Plum Blossom Tower, killed a black-robed servant, and challenged whoever had sent the man to find him.
• Chu Qing told his companions to keep drinking and approached Sky-Piercing Vajra to ask about Scarface.
• Sky-Piercing Vajra questioned why Chu Qing wanted information after he had killed Chu Qing's servant, and Chu Qing called him an information peddler.
• Chu Qing patted Sky-Piercing Vajra's head and shoulder and asked whether he was human.

Chu Qing killed Sky-Piercing Vajra at Plum Blossom Tower, then ordered Mingyue to slaughter the bandits at the entrance. After the group left, the tower learned they might have come from Stone Cauldron Prefecture to investigate black gold taken from a group Sky-Piercing Vajra’s subordinate had attacked.

• Chu Qing overpowered Sky-Piercing Vajra, tore out his kidneys, and smashed him to death with his golden melon hammer.
• Chu Qing made the music and dancing resume, and the frightened bookmaker paid out the gambling winnings.
• Mingyue killed the bandits at the entrance after Chu Qing told her to deal with them directly.
• The master of Plum Blossom Tower ordered an investigation and learned that Sky-Piercing Vajra’s subordinate Scarface had attacked people from Stone Cauldron Prefecture and taken their black gold.
• The master and others suspected Chu Qing’s group had come for the black gold and set out to discover their intentions.

Chu Qing and his companions slaughtered Sky-Piercing Vajra’s bandits at Grass Head Mountain, then wiped out Miracle Blade Hands and took its black gold. As they headed back toward the countryside to focus on advancing their cultivation, Mad Monkey tracked them down, and Chu Qing’s group prepared to face him.

• The Cloth-Clad Blade Master learned that Chu Qing’s group had destroyed Grass Head Mountain, while the Miracle Blade Hands’ leaders fled and left their subordinates at the base.
• Second Miss Wang ordered the Cloth-Clad Blade Master to kill Chu Qing’s group and send her their heads, assigning Mad Monkey to help him.
• The Cloth-Clad Blade Master and Mad Monkey returned to find more than a hundred blade hands dead, so Mad Monkey tracked Chu Qing’s group while the Cloth-Clad Blade Master went to report to Second Miss Wang.
• Chu Qing explained that he wanted to use the black gold taken from Miracle Blade Hands to advance his cultivation, and he led Cui Moyang and the others back toward the countryside.
• Chu Qing sensed killing intent behind them, dropped his belongings, and faced the pursuer as Cui Moyang drew the Hairpin Sword and declared they would kill him.

Chu Qing and his companions returned to Stone Rock County after killing Mad Monkey and taking a large haul of wealth, including enough black gold to satisfy one requirement of the Blackwater Bone Refining Method. As Chu Qing prepared for intensive cultivation, his companions weighed the likely consequences of their clash with the provincial city, while Zhao Hongxiu struggled with her weakness and Shi Tiezhu resolved to grow stronger.

• Cui Moyang, Nangong, Mingyue, and the others attacked Mad Monkey, killed him swiftly, and left before the Cloth-Clad Saber Master arrived.
• Second Miss Wang told the Cloth-Clad Saber Master to stop pursuing Chu Qing’s group, judging them formidable and deciding to give them a chance to struggle amid the approaching Millennial Tribulation.
• Chu Qing and his companions returned to Stone Rock County with a large haul, and Chu Qing learned that consuming their black gold had fulfilled the first requirement of the Blackwater Bone Refining Method.
• Chu Qing decided to apply secret medicine repeatedly to speed up his cultivation, while Cui Moyang and the others discussed how to respond if the provincial city targeted them or their Lineages.
• Zhao Hongxiu brooded over the gap between her strength and Chu Qing’s, while Shi Tiezhu told her he had forged five Iron Sinews and vowed to keep improving.
• Zhao Hongxiu returned to Chu Qing’s room to find him gone, then traded barbs with the maidservants who claimed Chu Qing for themselves.

Chu Qing reunited with Madam Jin and learned that she planned to introduce him to a prospective bride. Madam Shi came to warn him about the Wang family, sparred with him, and left after he caught her wrist when she threatened to strike him; Chu Qing stayed to study acupoints.

• Madam Jin fed Chu Qing grapes, told him she had found a suitable girl for him to meet, and read him martial and acupoint knowledge.
• Madam Shi arrived and questioned Chu Qing's boldness in provoking the Wang family, warning him to avoid going out while the danger remained.
• Madam Shi tested Chu Qing in a sparring match, holding back while he managed to land several blows.
• Madam Shi asked Chu Qing for Bright Pearls to prepare for him, but he said his golden sinews had reached Perfection and teased that she wanted the pearls for herself.
• When Madam Shi raised her hand to strike him, Chu Qing caught her wrist, and she left after warning him he would regret treating her that way.
• Chu Qing resumed studying acupoint knowledge while Fatty Jin waited outside the room.

Chu Qing secluded himself to cultivate the Blackwater Bone Refining Method while Zhao Hongxiu, Lan Lan, and the maidservants helped him. After completing the method’s promotion conditions, he prepared to advance it further before refining his bones.

• Chu Qing told Madam Jin he was entering seclusion and left her pearls to prepare with Madam Shi’s secret method.
• Back at the Martial Academy, Chu Qing let Zhao Hongxiu and the maidservants bathe and tend to him, but he did not return Zhao Hongxiu’s feelings.
• Chu Qing began cultivating the Blackwater Bone Refining Method while the women applied Nourishing Paste and helped him read; Lan Lan returned from the quarry and joined them.
• Madam Shi learned that the Wang family had made no move because Second Miss Wang was frightened, and that Grass Head Mountain had been mostly burned down.
• After ten days, Chu Qing completed the conditions to promote the Blackwater Bone Refining Method and decided to seek proficiency before refining his bones.
• Chu Qing told the maidservants to fetch white bone beads so he could handle them, leaving Zhao Hongxiu and the others surprised by his new request.

Chu Qing used a hand-cranked drill to accelerate his Bead Rolling progress and discovered that Nangong’s alluring presence advanced his Observing Beauties cultivation. He persuaded her to help him practice, just as she revealed that the group would climb the stone tower’s third floor the next day.

• Chu Qing had a hand-cranked drill made and used it to increase his Bead Rolling progress a hundredfold.
• Chu Qing found that observing the maidservants, Zhao Hongxiu, and Lan Lan did not advance his Observing Beauties progress.
• Nangong’s appearance and alluring poses caused Chu Qing’s Observing Beauties progress to increase.
• Nangong told Chu Qing that they would climb the stone tower’s third floor the next day and that powerful young heirs were eager to defeat them.
• Chu Qing promised Nangong top-grade pearls in exchange for helping him cultivate by seducing him, and Nangong agreed on the conditions that others leave and Ximen and the Mingyue sisters not hear about it.

Chu Qing climbed to the stone tower’s third floor and examined the resources it provided with Cui Moyang and the others. Outside, students who resented his rise abducted a man for insulting him, and a Martial Master let them leave with his sword to kill the captive.

• Nangong helped Chu Qing cultivate for hours in exchange for a top-grade pearl, then wondered whether she had helped him for more than the reward.
• On Tower-Climbing Day, Chu Qing challenged a student who knelt before him, then kicked him up to the second floor as the crowd praised him.
• Cui Moyang, Wang Yinyang, and the others reached the third floor, where Chu Qing led them into rooms as servants brought up supplies.
• Students mocked the man who had resented Chu Qing’s status, and he cried that he refused to accept Chu Qing’s rise.
• Masked students abducted the man for cursing Chu Qing, and a Martial Master gave them his sword and ordered them never to return to the Martial Academy.
• Chu Qing examined the third floor’s daily academic credit, nourishing paste, golden incense, secret medicine, and follower resources with Cui Moyang and the others.

Chu Qing hosted a banquet after his group settled into their new home, then resumed cultivating with Nangong and the others. Nangong reached Golden Sinew Perfection before Cui Moyang and went to tell Chu Qing, but Cui Moyang stopped her and questioned how she had advanced so quickly.

• Chu Qing held a banquet to celebrate the group’s recent progress and warned that they still needed to build their reputation by defeating anyone who provoked them.
• Chu Qing spent the night beside Madam Jin, who decided she should begin practicing martial arts to help him after returning to the prefectural city.
• Chu Qing and Nangong cultivated together, completing the Bead Rolling condition and rapidly advancing their respective methods through their unusual training arrangements.
• Nangong reached Golden Sinew Perfection and perfected the first volume of the Heavenly Demon Strategy before Cui Moyang did.
• Nangong set out to tell Chu Qing her news, but Cui Moyang stopped her and asked whether she had traded sleeping with him for top-grade Bright Pearls.

Chu Qing helped Cui Moyang reach Golden Tendons Perfection through his cultivation method, while his progress accelerated with both Cui Moyang and Nangong assisting him. Meanwhile, Zheng Zhixiang returned with plans to recruit reinforcements and destroy Stone Rock County, confident that his message by carrier pigeon would bring the troops he needed.

• Cui Moyang paid Chu Qing with top-grade Bright Pearls and danced in his palm to help cultivate, then agreed to assist him alongside Nangong.
• The next day, Cui Moyang reached Golden Tendons Perfection, and Chu Qing asked her and Nangong to help him cultivate together.
• Zhao Hongxiu and Lan Lan watched from outside and joked that they could only help Chu Qing by reading.
• Zheng Zhixiang returned near Qinghe County after losing his army and vowed to destroy Chu Qing and Stone Rock County.
• Zheng Zhixiang ordered his men to gather refugees as cannon fodder, contact Qinghe County and Stone Rock County's fortified villages, and request elite reinforcements.
• The Chief Subordinate sent a plea for aid by carrier pigeon, and Zheng Zhixiang declared that his great undertaking would succeed.

Chu Qing mastered the Blackwater Bone Refining Method at the Proficient Level and began refining bones alongside Nangong and Cui Moyang. After their first bone refinements, Lan Yichen arrived with Lan Lan and Zhao Hongxiu, anxious to report a serious matter.

• Chu Qing found that advancing the Blackwater Bone Refining Method further required resources and conditions he could not readily obtain, and proposed taking resources from neighboring places.
• Chu Qing, Nangong, and Cui Moyang agreed to refine their bones together so they could watch over one another.
• Cui Moyang and Nangong each shattered and rejoined the bone at the tip of a little finger, while Chu Qing took an hour to stitch his more badly shattered bone back together.
• Cui Moyang and Nangong repeated the process to match Chu Qing's seventy-two bone fragments, then teased him about looking at their soaked clothes.
• Lan Yichen arrived with Lan Lan and Zhao Hongxiu, and told Chu Qing that something terrible had happened.

Chu Qing learned that Zheng Zhixiang and the Rebel Army wanted to meet with the fortified village patriarchs to negotiate Stone Rock County, so he agreed to represent them. After revealing he had begun Bone Training and asking the old headmaster for help with a problem on the day of the meeting, he left the coming confrontation unresolved.

• Lan Yichen told Chu Qing that the Rebel Army had summoned the fortified village patriarchs to a meeting the day after tomorrow.
• Chu Qing met the thirty-three patriarchs at the Immortal Fate Tower, where Lord Lan explained that Zheng Zhixiang had returned and wanted to discuss who controlled Stone Rock County.
• Chu Qing agreed to meet the Rebel Army himself and asked the patriarchs to provide him with a large quantity of Bone Training medicine.
• After the patriarchs mocked Chu Qing for starting Bone Training too early, Lord Lan privately warned him of their true thoughts, and Chu Qing sent back his thanks.
• Chu Qing told the old headmaster that he needed help with a problem on the day of the meeting, and the headmaster agreed to assist.

Chu Qing pushed himself to heal his bones faster and set himself the goal of achieving Golden Bone Perfection within a year. Meanwhile, Zheng Zhixiang reacted to the fortified villages’ invitation by setting out with his Heavy Armor Guards, determined to confront Chu Qing and the village lords.

• Chu Qing gave the bone-refining secret medicine from the fortified villages and Lan Family to Zhao Hongxiu and Lan Lan, then entered seclusion to cultivate.
• Chu Qing tested Golden Incense, pearls, the Toad Skill, and the Blackwater Bone Refining Method, but remained dissatisfied with his bone-healing speed.
• Chu Qing asked Nangong and Cui Moyang about their progress, then declared he wanted Golden Bone Perfection within a year and demanded better resources from the fortified village lords.
• On the third day, Zheng Zhixiang received a letter from a fortified village, killed its messenger, and ordered his Heavy Armor Guards to march out.
• Zheng Zhixiang said the fortified villages had invited Chu Qing to negotiate and resolved to crush any show of force they made.

Chu Qing waited calmly for Zheng Zhisheng’s delayed arrival, then refused to obey the general’s demand that he come downstairs to welcome him. When a Heavy Armor Guard threatened him, Chu Qing attacked and drove him through the floors of Immortal Fate Tower.

• Chu Qing persuaded the fortress lords to dismiss their ambush and blade formation, then waited and cultivated while Zheng Zhisheng delayed the negotiations.
• After three hours, Zheng Zhisheng ordered his Heavy Armor Guards to go to Immortal Fate Tower and kill on command.
• Zheng Zhisheng sent a Heavy Armor Guard upstairs to order Chu Qing and the fortress lords to welcome him downstairs.
• Chu Qing ignored the order, drank tea, and told the guard to kneel and apologize.
• The Heavy Armor Guard drew his saber and threatened Chu Qing, who struck him repeatedly and smashed him through the floors.

Chu Qing confronted Zheng Zhixiang and the Rebel Army at Immortal Fate Tower, killing two Heavy Armor Guards while mocking the general’s attempt to make the fort masters submit. Zheng Zhixiang threatened them with death, and Chu Qing challenged him to try.

• Chu Qing crashed a Heavy Armor Guard through the floors of Immortal Fate Tower and returned upstairs after telling the waiter to charge the repairs to Madam Jin.
• Zheng Zhixiang interpreted Chu Qing’s actions and remarks about Madam Jin as proof that he was lawless and ruthless.
• Zheng Zhixiang ordered a Heavy Armor Guard to bring Chu Qing and the fort masters downstairs, but Zhao Hongxiu killed the guard as he leaped toward the top floor.
• Chu Qing mocked Zheng Zhixiang for refusing to come upstairs and questioned whether the general feared a show of force.
• Zheng Zhixiang threatened to kill anyone who refused to pledge themselves to him, and Chu Qing laughed and asked who dared kill him.