Chapter Summaries

Liu Xianyang confronted Chen Ping'an over his willingness to die in the Sword Qi Great Wall's war and urged him to ask Ning Yao, Zuo You, and Chen Qingdu whether he should prioritize surviving. Chen Ping'an admitted he had not planned to leave alive, and Ning Yao arrived to say she would kill anyone who tried to kill him and beat him half to death if he chose to die himself.

• Liu Xianyang found Chen Ping'an at the wine shop and scolded him for carrying guilt over Gu Can and taking on others' suffering.
• Chen Ping'an explained that memories of his and Liu Xianyang's childhood hardships made him want to help Book Scroll Lake's victims.
• Liu Xianyang warned Chen Ping'an that his friends and loved ones did not want him to die in the war, then asked whether he had planned to survive.
• Chen Ping'an admitted he did not know what he should do, and Liu Xianyang urged him to ask Ning Yao, Zuo You, and Chen Qingdu what they wanted.
• Ning Yao arrived and said she would kill anyone who wanted Chen Ping'an dead, but would only beat him half to death if he wanted to die himself.

Ning Yao reassured Chen Ping'an that he did not need to die to prove himself, and Liu Xianyang’s visit helped him understand his doubts about scholars and cultivators. As Chen Ping'an and Liu Xianyang parted, the chapter shifted to Inverted Mountain and Yulong Sect, where rivalries and hidden dangers continued to gather.

• Ning Yao told Chen Ping'an that she wanted him to live and that he did not need to prove himself through death; she then left to return to the city wall.
• Liu Xianyang told Chen Ping'an about his peaceful studies at the refined scholar Chen Clan, discussed their friends and cultivation, and urged him to delay confronting Zhengyang Mountain until he was stronger.
• Chen Ping'an warned Liu Xianyang about Zhengyang Mountain's alliances and urged him to study its factions and weaknesses before seeking revenge; Liu Xianyang relayed the Literary Sage's explanation of differing human motives.
• Liu Xianyang left with Chen Ping'an for part of the way, promising to visit often and joking about their future trip to Zhengyang Mountain.
• At Inverted Mountain, Shao Yunyan gave Lu Sui the Gourd Vine and entrusted her with its Sword Nurturing Gourds, while one of his departing disciples plotted against her and Liu Jinglong.
• At Yulong Sect, Fu Ke reflected on his rise and secretly hoped Chen Ping'an would die at the Sword Qi Great Wall.

Chen Ping'an guarded a stretch of the Sword Qi Great Wall as bait, conserving his depleted strength while fighting off the Demon Race Army. After Liu Xianyang erased the demons in Chen Ping'an’s sector and helped repel a hidden Demon Race Sword Immortal, he took over from Xie Songhua and told Chen Ping'an to watch and learn.

• Chen Ping'an and newly promoted Nascent Soul sword cultivator Qi Shou guarded neighboring sectors, while Xie Songhua stood ready to help Chen Ping'an lure out a Great Demon.
• Chen Ping'an fought with four flying swords while carefully managing his damaged cultivation and depleted Spiritual Energy, and Qi Shou offered to assist if demons got too close.
• As the battle raged, Lu Zhi struck a Great Demon who used a Landscape Painting Scroll to block the Daoist Sage’s rain, and Chen Chunan attempted to draw down one of the Savage World’s moons before a Throne Holder Great Demon intervened.
• Chen Ping'an recalled his flying swords to rest, and Xie Songhua and Qi Shou cleared the demons from his sector before he resumed defending it.
• At Liu Xianyang’s urging, Chen Ping'an withdrew his swords and let the demons advance, but Liu Xianyang killed every demon in the sector without any visible Sword Qi.
• A hidden Demon Race Sword Immortal attacked Chen Ping'an from a corpse; Liu Xianyang’s golden divine person knocked its strike down, and Xie Songhua destroyed its Natal Flying Sword before Liu Xianyang took her place and told Chen Ping'an to watch and learn.

Xie Songhua crippled a Demon Race Sword Immortal, while Chen Ping'an and Liu Xianyang continued to defend their section of the wall and Liu Xianyang taught Chen Ping'an the Liu family's ancestral Sword Scripture. In the Jiashen Tent, Clogs ordered a cautious response to their battlefield, while Li Zhen and Bei Qie set their sights on Chen Ping'an.

• Xie Songhua destroyed a Jade Pu Realm Demon Race Sword Immortal’s Natal Flying Sword, disrupting the Demon Race assault near Chen Ping'an, Liu Xianyang, and Qi Shou.
• Qi Shou and Chen Ping'an fought off waves of demons as Liu Xianyang secretly recited his family’s Sword Scripture to Chen Ping'an.
• Tun Tan reported on the battlefield to Clogs and the other young sword cultivators in the Jiashen Tent, where they discussed the scholar Liu Xianyang and their losses.
• Clogs ordered Yu Si to disguise himself, strike once at Chen Ping'an’s battlefield, and retreat immediately, while he offered to pool resources to acquire a Magic Treasure for Tun Tan.
• Li Zhen left the Jiashen Tent to obtain treasures for the others, and a bearded man told Bei Qie to kill Chen Ping'an for his master.

During a ceasefire at the Sword Qi Great Wall, Chen Ping'an reflected on his path and agreed to have Chen Qingdu refine the final element needed for his five-element cultivation. As another battle began, Chen Ping'an returned to the wall with his cultivation advanced, while Chen Qingdu revealed that the process had made him a sword box or sheath rather than guaranteeing him a Natal Flying Sword.

• The Demon Race withdrew after the opening battle, and Chen Ping'an spent the lull with Liu Xianyang, Guo Zhujiu, and the sword cultivators around Ning Yao before returning to the wall to seek Zuo's advice.
• At Jingjian Pavilion, Chen Ping'an retrieved the Sword Immortal portraits for Chen Qingdu, then sat alone and resolved to complete his five-element cultivation even without a suitable Destiny Item.
• Chen Qingdu told Zuo that he could refine the Fire Dragon True Person's hidden spark into Chen Ping'an's fifth Destiny Item, though it would require a painful transformation; Zuo agreed to guard the process, and Chen Qingdu assured him Chen Ping'an would succeed.
• When the battle resumed, Chen Ping'an had refined the Destiny Item and reached the third realm of Qi cultivation, teasing Qi Shou as they fought beside each other.
• Zuo asked whether Chen Ping'an could now nurture a Natal Flying Sword, and Chen Qingdu clarified that he had only made Chen Ping'an into a sword box or sheath; the excerpt ended before he explained what might follow.

During the second battle, Chen Ping'an tried to sell talismans to Qi Shou and bonded with Cheng Quan, eventually persuading Qi Shou to consider a sword-and-talisman formation. The chapter ended with Chen Qingdu revealing that Chen Ping'an had unknowingly possessed a Natal Flying Sword, Cage Sparrow, and asking where his second Natal Flying Sword was as countless swords filled Chen Ping'an's world.

• Chen Ping'an pitched his talismans to Qi Shou while they fought, then shared wine and conversation with Cheng Quan and carved him a seal recalling Song Yuncai.
• Chen Ping'an and Cheng Quan spent ten days trading insults while fighting, and Cheng Quan later advised Qi Shou on refining his Tiao Zhu Flying Sword and encouraged him to consider Chen Ping'an's talismans.
• Qi Shou questioned Chen Ping'an's proposed formation, then agreed to discuss buying talismans and returned to the wall with 732 Tiao Zhu Flying Swords.
• Chen Ping'an woke unharmed in the Ning residence and found the place deserted before meeting Chen Qingdu at the Martial Arts Field.
• Chen Qingdu identified Cage Sparrow as Chen Ping'an's unrecognized Natal Flying Sword and asked where his second Natal Flying Sword was as countless Flying Swords filled the world around them.

Chen Ping'an awakened his Natal Flying Sword under Chen Qingdu’s guidance, then endured a grueling sword-intent refinement as the Savage World brought five mountains and rivers to the Sword Qi Great Wall. The siege erupted into a desperate battle, ending with Lord Yin Guan striking Zuo and defecting with Zhu An and Luo Shan while Chen Ping'an watched from the wall.

• Chen Qingdu explained why he had withheld help from Chen Ping'an and praised the potential of his two Natal Flying Swords before trapping him in a Small World to refine his body with sword intent.
• Great Demon Chongguang moved five mountains onto the battlefield, and Yang Zhi surrounded them with rivers and protective formations that pinned and shattered more than a hundred sword cultivators’ Natal Flying Swords.
• Li Tuimi sacrificed himself against the central mountain, and Zuo split Yang Zhi’s dharma form before attacking the mountain as Yang Zhi and other Great Demons moved to surround him.
• Lord Yin Guan punched through Zuo’s abdomen, and Dong Sangeng carried the wounded Zuo away while the Savage World’s hidden Great Demons emerged.
• Lord Yin Guan led Zhu An and Luo Shan away from the Sword Qi Great Wall toward the Savage World, while Chen Ping'an finally regained his freedom and said they could still fight.

After Lord Yin Guan defected to the Savage World, the Sword Qi Great Wall mourned its dead and prepared for another assault. Lu Zhi appointed Chen Ping'an as the new Lord Yin Guan, placing him in charge as the next battle began.

• Cheng Quan and Zhao Gexi went to refine a ruined mountain while the Sword Qi Great Wall struggled with Yin Guan's betrayal and Zuo's grave wounds.
• Chen Ping'an joined Ning Yao and the others as they grieved Li Tuimi, while Pang Yuanji sank into despair until Guo Zhujiu declared she would carry on the Yin Guan lineage.
• Lord Yin Guan arrived at the Jiazi command tent with Luo Shan and Zhu An, then went to the rat's nest to hunt Great Demons and advance her cultivation.
• Huang Luan launched a great river of treasures against the Sword Qi Great Wall's flying swords as Yang Zhi sent her forces into battle.
• Lin Junbi organized the new Yin Guan lineage's sword cultivators to track the battle, and Lu Zhi named Chen Ping'an the Sword Qi Great Wall's new Lord Yin Guan.

Chen Ping'an organized the twelve-member Yin Guan lineage into a battlefield command and intelligence unit, assigning duties, records, and strict rules for coordinating the Sword Qi Great Wall's forces. His tactics began targeting Savage World Earth Immortals, prompting Yang Zhi and Huang Luan to consider attacking the wall as Chen Ping'an taunted them.

• Chen Ping'an established the Yin Guan lineage's responsibilities, warned its members to prioritize sword cultivators' lives, and had them study the battlefield before issuing new orders.
• Chen Ping'an assigned the twelve sword cultivators duties and created ledgers to track Sword Immortals, demons, battle strategies, casualties, resources, and the lineage's own conduct.
• Chen Ping'an directed the lineage to identify Savage World Earth Immortals and send tactical messages to Sword Immortals, including warnings that led Yue Qing to adjust his swordplay.
• Chen Ping'an imposed a forbidden zone around the lineage's command post, rejected Old Deafy as its guard, and appointed Lu Zhi to protect the sword cultivators.
• Yang Zhi grew furious as Sword Immortals repeatedly killed Earth Immortal demons with precise strikes, and Huang Luan proposed that they attack together.
• Chen Ping'an appeared beside Lu Zhi, looked toward Yang Zhi and Huang Luan, and taunted them with an obscene gesture.

Chen Ping'an coordinated the Yin Guan lineage’s battlefield tactics, turning a failed attempt to provoke Yang Zhi and Huang Luan into plans to counter the Demon Race’s next sword formation. The chapter ended with Chen Ping'an’s true body arriving at the northern wall and reuniting with the sword cultivators who had worked with his Yin God.

• Yang Zhi declined to attack Chen Ping'an after he taunted her, and Huang Luan rejected her offer of an alliance and a reward for capturing him.
• Lu Zhi destroyed Huang Luan’s palace and Taoist temple, while Wei Jin eliminated the attacking mountain and its stone stele.
• Chen Ping'an explained his gamble against Yang Zhi and Huang Luan to the Yin Guan lineage, then warned that the enemy’s next sword formation would require new countermeasures.
• Deng Liang and Lin Junbi proposed using Earth Immortal sword cultivators as bait to trap enemy Sword Immortals, and Chen Ping'an assigned plans for coordination, records, and wall positions.
• Chen Ping'an cautioned the group about the cost of mistakes and urged them to keep working despite the risk of losing the Sword Immortals’ trust.
• Chen Ping'an’s true body arrived at the northern wall, merged with his Yin God, and greeted the Yin Guan lineage.

Chen Ping'an explained his costly strategy for the Yin Guan lineage, assigned its sword cultivators further work, and left to discuss the Cross-Continent Ferries with Nalan Shaowei and Yan Ming. Meanwhile, Shao Yunyan learned of hidden dangers and secrets surrounding Inverted Mountain, while Bian Jing watched the ferries and spoke with an unnamed Savage World ally about their plans.

• Chen Ping'an told Lu Zhi that risking his Yin God would help secure military merit and protect the Yin Guan lineage from criticism, while keeping some personal motives to himself.
• Chen Ping'an advised the Yin Guan sword cultivators to study the Savage World's feelings and provoke its forces into overreaching, then assigned them additional battlefield records and notes.
• Chen Ping'an invited Mi Yu to join him and went to speak with Nalan Shaowei and Yan Ming about the Cross-Continent Ferries at Inverted Mountain.
• Shao Yunyan visited the wine shop, arranged for Xu Jia to collect a Sword Nurturing Gourd, and learned from the shopkeeper about Confucian Sages battling ancient Deities beyond the Sky Curtain.
• Shao Yunyan returned to his residence, where he sensed killing intent throughout Inverted Mountain.
• Bian Jing watched the Cross-Continent Ferries and discussed the Savage World's schemes and the Second Shopkeeper with an unnamed ally.

Chen Ping'an negotiated with the Yan and Nalan families, then staged his apparent assassination to expose the traitor Lie Ji and test the Yin Guan lineage. After revealing he had survived through a talisman puppet, he secured the Summer Palace, reunited with Guo Zhujiu, and left after deciding to undertake an unspecified course of action.

• Chen Ping'an negotiated financial support with Yan Ming, then persuaded Nalan Caihuan to discuss the Nalan family's resources by claiming Nalan Shaowei had agreed to help.
• Chen Ping'an refused to move the Yin Guan lineage to the Summer Palace immediately, despite objections from Pang Yuanji, Dong Budé, and Deng Liang, and accepted Yue Qing's apology and thanks.
• Lie Ji attacked Chen Ping'an with his Natal Flying Sword, while Mi Yu tried to protect him; Lie Ji and the apparent Chen Ping'an died, and Lu Zhi detained Mi Yu and ordered the lineage to the Summer Palace.
• Chou Miao led the Sword Cultivators to the Summer Palace, where Chen Ping'an revealed he had used a talisman puppet and part of his soul to fake his death and expose Lie Ji as a traitor.
• Chen Ping'an restricted contact with outsiders, reunited with the relieved Guo Zhujiu, and asked Chen Qingdu to kill any Sword Immortal who tried to spy on the Summer Palace.
• Chen Ping'an went to the Winter Resort Palace and, before returning, told himself that he had decided to do it.

Dao Lord Jiang Yun Sheng and Zhang Lu passed a quiet night reading and talking near the old gate, while merchants maneuvered to profit from the Sword Qi Great Wall’s looming battle. Fu Ke killed his old friend Yu Fujing to protect his reputation, and Jiang Shangzhen returned to Jade Guizong, where he confronted his son Jiang Heng before heading to the Patriarch Hall.

• Dao Lord Jiang Yun Sheng and Zhang Lu read martial tales together, discussed the Sword Qi Great Wall, and shared a conversation beneath the moon.
• A Shanshui Cave steward planned to coordinate ferry prices and supplies, while explaining that the sect would exploit the Sword Qi Great Wall’s need for goods and might refuse it credit.
• Fu Ke visited Yu Fujing on Jade Island, killed him after Yu Fujing alluded to Fu Ke’s former wife, and returned toward the Yulong Sect dreaming of greater power.
• Song Sui noticed an unsettling presence near Creation Cave but found no disturbance in Reed Flower Island’s Mountain Protecting Formation.
• Wei Ying and Jiang Heng discussed Jade Guizong’s growing influence, Sui Youbian, and the possibility of strengthening Tongye Continent’s Sword Dao fortune.
• Jiang Shangzhen returned to Jade Guizong, overheard Jiang Heng’s private resentment, warned him to be dutiful and get along with his brother, then went to the Patriarch Hall on Shenzhuan Peak.

Chen Ping'an watched the Savage World’s sword challenge and urged Chen Qingdu not to lose hope before discussing the coming war and his own limits. After Liu Xianyang challenged him to stop striving for perfection, Chen Ping'an organized the Yin Guan lineage’s battlefield rotations and considered the Savage World’s larger strategy.

• Chen Ping'an watched the Demon Race sword cultivators’ challenge with Chen Qingdu, who recalled the ancient sword cultivators’ battle alongside the founders of the Hundred Schools.
• Chen Ping'an urged Chen Qingdu to keep faith in Vast Heaven and Earth, and Chen Qingdu told him he could not unravel the Liu Ren Realm’s mystery or ascend to the Upper Five Realms in one leap.
• Chen Ping'an asked Chen Qingdu for permission for Yin Guan lineage sword cultivators to leave the wall and kill demons, then met Liu Xianyang aboard his Talisman Boat.
• Liu Xianyang told Chen Ping'an to stop demanding perfection, reminded him to look after himself, and departed after Chen Ping'an gave him a seal.
• Chen Ping'an assigned sword cultivators to take turns observing the battlefield from the wall and considered how the Savage World intended to use its armies to gain a foothold in Vast Heaven and Earth.
• Mi Yu asked whether Chen Ping'an had become a sword cultivator, and Chen Ping'an joked that Mi Yu should serve as a retainer on his home mountain.

Chen Ping'an gathered the cross-continent ferry merchants at Spring Banner Studio with Sword Immortals from Sword Qi Great Wall to discuss the merchants’ business there. After Zuo departed for Tongye Continent with Wang Shizi, Chen Ping'an took the seat of honor and revealed himself as Sword Qi Great Wall’s New Yin Guan.

• The Great Heavenly Monarch entered seclusion and ordered his chief disciple to handle nothing as merchants secretly arrived at Inverted Mountain.
• Sword Immortals including Xie Zhi, Song Pin, Pu He, Xie Songhua, Li Cai, and Wei Jin confronted ferry stewards across Spring Banner Studio’s courtyards, each applying pressure in a different way.
• Chen Ping'an reassured Shao Yunyan that an old agreement could be changed without putting any of the three parties in a difficult position, and Shao Yunyan agreed to join the business.
• Zuo left Sword Qi Great Wall with Wang Shizi to help Tongye Continent, warning him that people would blame Chen Ping'an for every fault if he survived the war.
• The merchants gathered in Spring Banner Studio’s central hall as the Sword Immortals sat opposite them, then Chen Ping'an took the seat of honor and introduced himself as the New Yin Guan.

At Spring Banner Studio on Inverted Mountain, Chen Ping'an used threats, personal secrets, and promises of fair profit to force the ferry stewards into a new business agreement with the Sword Qi Great Wall. The meeting ended with the stewards studying Chen Ping'an’s supply lists as he watched the snow, while Mi Yu realized Chen Ping'an had not finished dealing with them.

• Dai Minghao questioned the Sword Immortals’ presence, and Chen Ping'an calmly reminded him that Xie Songhua had already earned her battle merits and would return to Aiai Continent.
• Jiang Gaotai challenged Chen Ping'an, but Chen Ping'an shamed him over etiquette and exposed the business dealings behind his offer; when Jiang tried to leave, Xie Songhua and Shao Yunyan prepared to escort him.
• Bai Xi and several other ferry representatives rose in solidarity with Jiang, while Chen Ping'an revealed their secrets and threatened consequences for those who had stood; the Sword Immortals and allied figures backed his pressure.
• Chen Ping'an explained the Sword Qi Great Wall’s historic debt to the ferries, then ordered everyone to sit and presented detailed supply lists, prices, and terms for future trade.
• The ferry stewards examined the profitable proposals, and Chen Ping'an answered their private questions before reflecting on Liu Xianyang’s ferry; Mi Yu asked whether the meeting was truly over, and Chen Ping'an said it was not.

Chen Ping'an negotiated new trade terms between the Sword Qi Great Wall and the Eight Continents ferries, using threats and ledgers to bring the shipowners into prolonged bargaining. After arranging Sword Immortal departures and future plans, he returned to the main hall and studied the Four Immortals Table.

• Chen Ping'an used the ferry ledgers and the Sword Immortals’ presence to pressure the shipowners into discussing trade, while Gao Kui remained near Nalan Caihuan.
• Chen Ping'an saw Wei Jin off and explained that outsider Sword Immortals could take Sword Immortal Embryos from the Sword Qi Great Wall as compensation for their service.
• Chen Ping'an and Shao Yunyan discussed advancing half the required funds, dividing the shipowners, and recruiting Shao Yunyan’s former accounting disciple.
• Chen Ping'an led the shipowners through hours of price negotiations, and the ferry representatives agreed to return to their courtyards at noon to confer.
• Chen Ping'an thanked Gao Kui, sent Xie Songhua off, and entrusted her with training two girls from Stork Inn.
• Chen Ping'an considered future assignments for Sword Immortals, then returned to the main hall and examined the Four Immortals Table.

Wooden Clogs explained the Savage World's strategy against the Sword Qi Great Wall while Chen Ping'an negotiated with the Eight Continents Ferry managers at Spring Banner Zhai and prepared to counter an unseen threat. The chapter ended with Chen Ping'an, Lu Zhi, and Chen Chunan confronting the Ascension Realm Great Demon Bian Jing aboard the Tile Basin ferry.

• Wooden Clogs, Liu Bai, Yu Si, Li Zhen, Bei Qie, and ? Tan discussed the costly battlefield strategy and the Savage World's plan to outlast the Sword Qi Great Wall's Spiritual Energy and Immortal Money.
• Chen Ping'an explained his restraint to Mi Yu, then gave the ferry managers unique jade plaques bearing Sword Qi and arranged gifts and negotiations to win their cooperation.
• Chen Ping'an worried that an infiltrator would sabotage the agreement by killing a shipowner, so he sent Sword Immortals to guard ferries and arranged for Lu Zhi to hold Inverted Mountain.
• Bian Jing revealed himself to Bai Xi as an Ascension Realm Great Demon, learned the details of the Spring Banner Zhai meeting, and planned to delay his attack until the ferries returned home.
• Chen Ping'an and Lu Zhi confronted Bian Jing aboard the Tile Basin, and Chen Chunan appeared in the cabin as Bian Jing was about to strike.

Chen Ping'an helped Lu Zhi and Chen Chunan expose and defeat the Ascension Realm Great Demon hiding aboard the Tile Basin, then seized Shanshui Cave’s wealth and secrets. Back at the Summer Palace, he reassured the Yin Guan lineage, shared a snowman with Guo Zhujiu, and reflected on the Sword Qi Great Wall’s children spreading across the world.

• Chen Chunan brought Chen Ping'an into a sun-and-moon realm to watch Lu Zhi battle the Great Demon, while Mi Yu, Shao Yunyan, and Xie Songhua joined them.
• Chen Ping'an explained how he traced the Great Demon to the Tile Basin, and Chen Chunan struck the demon back into Lu Zhi’s battle.
• Chen Ping'an confronted Bai Xi aboard the Tile Basin; Mi Yu killed him, and Chen Ping'an extracted Shanshui Cave’s secrets from his soul before destroying it.
• Lu Zhi and Shao Yunyan proceeded to Shanshui Cave to settle its affairs, while Chen Ping'an and Mi Yu returned to Inverted Mountain and then the Summer Palace.
• Chen Ping'an gave the recovered treasures to Guo Zhujiu, defended Lin Junbi from blame, and told the lineage they would not divide Shanshui Cave’s treasure.
• Chen Ping'an built Guo Zhujiu a little snowman and thought of the Sword Cultivator Embryos leaving the Sword Qi Great Wall for distant lands.

Chen Ping'an tried to steady Pang Yuanji and the Sword Qi Great Wall as Yang Zhi’s execution of a captured Sword Immortal deepened resentment over the Yin Guan lineage’s orders. He shared the credit for discovering the Ascension Realm Great Demon with Chou Miao, Lin Junbi, and Pang Yuanji, then visited Guihua Island before heading with Chou Miao to Plum Garden to meet Madam Tuoyan.

• Chen Ping'an drew a map of the Vast Heaven and Earth for Guo Zhujiu, then encouraged Pang Yuanji to face his grief over Xiao Yu and his conflicted feelings about the war.
• Yang Zhi publicly tortured and killed a captured Sword Immortal, while the Yin Guan lineage forbade challenges; her taunts and the order to hold back stirred anger among the Sword Qi Great Wall’s sword cultivators.
• Chen Ping'an sent Luo Zhenyi and two other local cultivators to fight despite the danger of isolation, then proposed sharing the credit for exposing Bian Jing as an Ascension Realm Great Demon with Chou Miao, Lin Junbi, and Pang Yuanji.
• At Spring Banner Zhai, Mi Yu examined the accounts while the ferry managers prepared to attend a business gathering; Ma Zhi and Hou Peng wondered whether Chen Ping'an was the same young Outsider who had once visited Guihua Island.
• Chen Ping'an visited Madam Gui, gave her letters for Cui Dongshan and Song Jixin, and spoke with Jin Su before leaving with Chou Miao for Plum Garden to meet Madam Tuoyan.