Recaps

After Daoist Hongyun took the Primordial Dao Scripture, Lu Yang reflected on the Sacred Sect’s hidden power, then cultivated until he reached Qi Refining Late Stage. He visited Zhao Xuhe seeking a way to improve his true qi grade, and Zhao Xuhe offered him the incomplete Nine Transformations Dragon Art to settle his debts.

• Lu Yang realized Daoist Hongyun might have used Xiao Shiye to catch the Colorful Merit Fish, and suspected the Sacred Sect’s higher-ups treated disciples like fish in a pond.
• Lu Yang returned to his cave abode, memorized cultivation methods, studied Fairy Qingchen's Secret Explanation of Array Treasures, and spent half a month repairing his Sword Pellet.
• Lu Yang visited Zhao Xuhe and learned that Zhao Xuhe was deep in debt after losing his fortune speculating on Death Substitute Puppets.
• Lu Yang told Zhao Xuhe he regretted not learning about true qi grades earlier and offered one or two thousand Contribution Points for a superior cultivation method.
• Zhao Xuhe gave Lu Yang the incomplete Nine Transformations Dragon Art, hoping to put the otherwise useless method toward repaying his debts.

Unable to cultivate as a blood shadow, Lu Yang spent decades mastering arrays and inscribing one around a Sword Pellet. He succeeded just as his lifespan ran out, then called for the Hundred Lives Book.

• Lu Yang bought the Nine Transformations Dragon Art from Zhao Xuhe and began studying Fairy Qingchen’s Secret Explanation of Array Treasures instead of ending his life.
• Lu Yang spent two months deciphering the book’s deliberately difficult example and identified it as an Illumination Array.
• Lu Yang continued studying simpler arrays, regained confidence, and mastered the book’s contents over twenty years while keeping his distance from the outer sect’s rising Sons of Destiny.
• Zhao Xuhe became a famous true disciple but died after failing to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• As his lifespan neared its end, Lu Yang inscribed array patterns around a Sword Pellet and successfully made them operate.
• Lu Yang laughed as he died and called out to the Hundred Lives Book.

Lu Yang retained the Array Treasure from his previous life, named it Blood Sun, and used his accumulated gains to cultivate the Nine Transformations Dragon Art. After three years of progress, Zhao Xuhe confronted him, accusing him of taking Coiling Dragon True Person’s inheritance.

• Lu Yang chose to keep his Sword Pellet, named its blood-shadow avatar Blood Sun, and began repeating his previous life’s plans.
• He profited from trading Death Substitute Puppets, amassed twenty puppets and 60,000 Contribution Points, then bought supplies and began cultivating the Nine Transformations Dragon Art.
• Lu Yang dispersed his cultivation and fed the scattered true qi to his Primordial Breath Avatar before entering seclusion.
• After three years, Lu Yang reached the Qi Refining Sixth Layer and resolved to save the Flying Fish Transformation’s breakthrough ability for Qi Refining Great Perfection.
• Zhao Xuhe arrived with several cultivators, accusing Lu Yang of stealing Coiling Dragon True Person’s inheritance after Coiling Dragon Island vanished.

Lu Yang confronted Zhao Xuhe and the Sacred Sect disciples, learning that Zhao Xuhe’s master had engineered their meeting to manipulate Karma. Though the disciples trapped him with carefully prepared counters, Lu Yang unleashed a formation hidden in his Blood Sun Sword Pellet.

• Lu Yang realized that cultivating the Nine Transformations Dragon Art had disrupted Zhao Xuhe’s destined opportunity and caused Coiling Dragon Island to disappear.
• Lu Yang killed Zhao Xuhe’s senior brother with the Blood-Transforming Divine Light, and the dying disciple revealed that his sacrifice had established Karma for Zhao Xuhe to aid his reincarnation.
• Zhao Xuhe and the Sacred Sect disciples demanded that Lu Yang surrender his opportunity, while Lu Yuanchun trapped him with a Golden Light Treasure Mirror.
• Zhao Xuhe tried to suppress Lu Yang’s Blood Sun Sword Pellet with the Primordial Magnetic Golden Seal, but Lu Yang redirected it and attacked with Blood-Transforming Divine Light.
• Several disciples sacrificed themselves to restrain Lu Yang’s divine light, allowing Lu Yuanchun to bombard him with golden radiance.
• Lu Yang activated the Blood Sun Sword Pellet’s formation patterns, sealing Heaven and Earth and enclosing everyone in the formation he had developed in his previous life.

Lu Yang used the Blood-Washing Heavenly River Sword Formation Map to trap Lu Yuanchun and his group, killing Zhao Xuhe and the other cultivators. Lu Yuanchun’s jade pendant summoned the Peak Master of Heaven Mending, whose rebuke shattered Lu Yang’s formation and left him under immense pressure.

• Lu Yang activated his Array Treasure, trapping Lu Yuanchun, Zhao Xuhe, and their companions in a Heavenly River of Sword Qi.
• Lu Yang infused the formation with Heavenly Demon Blood-Dissolving Divine Light, killing several of Lu Yuanchun’s junior brothers.
• Lu Yuanchun tried to detonate the Golden Light Treasure Mirror, but Lu Yang dispersed the blast through the formation and killed Zhao Xuhe.
• Lu Yuanchun’s jade pendant shattered and released the Peak Master of Heaven Mending, who broke Lu Yang’s formation with a rebuke.
• Lu Yang learned that the figure was a Foundation Establishment True Person and watched his formation collapse beneath the Peak Master’s pressure.

Peak Master of Heaven Mending learned that Lu Yang had seized Coiling Dragon True Person’s opportunity and sent Lu Yuanchun to take it back, but Lu Yang defied him when he appeared to kill him. Lu Yang unleashed the Life-Killing Curse and struck at the descending finger before darkness consumed his consciousness.

• Peak Master of Heaven Mending told a middle-aged man that he had sent Lu Yuanchun to deal with the talented Lu Yang and reclaim Coiling Dragon True Person’s opportunity.
• Liu Xin hid in his cave abode, clutching a Divine Talisman and fearing that Peak Master of Heaven Mending would discover him.
• Lu Yuanchun apologized to his master after losing his Divine Sense jade pendant and failing to save Junior Brother Zhao.
• Lu Yang gathered the Blood River into his Sword Pellet and challenged Peak Master of Heaven Mending beneath his gaze.
• Peak Master of Heaven Mending sent a gigantic finger down toward Lu Yang, who activated the Life-Killing Curse and unleashed a sword strike that cleaved through Changkong.

After awakening the A Bit Capable talent, Lu Yang suspected Liu Xin was hiding a treasure that concealed Karma and set a trap for him. He killed Liu Xin and turned him into a loyal Banner Spirit with the Ten Thousand Spirit Banner.

• Lu Yang chose to awaken a talent and gained A Bit Capable, which let him handle attacks within his ability with effortless flair for two moves.
• After Liu Xin assigned him to Joyous Union Hall, Lu Yang suspected Liu Xin had a treasure that concealed Karma because he had survived killing a Sacred Sect True Disciple.
• Lu Yang reenacted his earlier actions to draw Liu Xin’s attention, obtained half of the Primordial Dao Scripture, and waited for Liu Xin to come to his cave dwelling.
• Liu Xin broke into Lu Yang’s cave dwelling and was caught by the Blood-Washing Heavenly River Sword Formation Map.
• Lu Yang drained Liu Xin with the Blood-Transforming Divine Light and used the Primordial Breath Ten Thousand Spirit Banner to make him a Banner Spirit loyal to his new master.

Lu Yang tested the Primordial Primordial-Breath Divine Talisman by killing Chen Xin'an and evading the Peak Master of Heaven Mending’s karmic deduction. Ten years later, he broke through to the Qi Refining Late Stage and prepared to seek support from a Foundation Establishment master.

• Liu Xin told Lu Yang that the Primordial Primordial-Breath Divine Talisman could evade karmic deductions, and Lu Yang summoned Chen Xin'an from the Ten Thousand Spirit Banner.
• Chen Xin'an offered Lu Yang a hidden treasure trove and a Foundation Establishment opportunity, but Lu Yang scattered Chen Xin'an’s true spirit instead.
• The Peak Master of Heaven Mending tried to deduce who had killed Chen Xin'an, but the talisman concealed Lu Yang from detection.
• Lu Yang repeated his methods from previous lives, earned Contribution Points, concealed his techniques, bought spirit pills, and cultivated in seclusion.
• After ten years, Lu Yang broke through to the Qi Refining Late Stage and decided he would accept an offer of patronage from any Foundation Establishment master.

After reaching Qi Refining Late Stage, Lu Yang attracted several factions seeking to recruit him and joined the Three Rivers Society for access to its authority and resources. Fairy Feixia’s connection to Zhao Xuhe made Lu Yang suspect that she and Zhao Xuhe had once obtained a Foundation Establishment opportunity.

• Fairy Feixia and a fellow cultivator reviewed Lu Yang’s background and decided that the Three Rivers Society should recruit him.
• Lu Yang examined recruitment offers from various Sacred Sect factions and concluded that he wanted authority more than money.
• Fairy Feixia introduced the Three Rivers Society and offered Lu Yang a True Disciple-grade divine ability, annual Contribution Points, and access to restricted purchases and cultivation guidance.
• Lu Yang signed the society’s Contract, and Fairy Feixia added a talisman seal to his disciple token.
• Recognizing Feixia as Zhao Xuhe’s future Dao companion, Lu Yang recalled that they had both attempted Foundation Establishment and suspected they had obtained a Foundation Establishment opportunity.

Lu Yang obtained the complete Yin Corpse-Dissolution Transformation True Method and agreed to accompany Fairy Feixia to Skull Mountain Market, where he hoped to find a Foundation Establishment opportunity. On the flying boat, he reunited with the despondent Zhao Xuhe and offered him a spiritual pill, leaving Zhao Xuhe wondering whether they were truly fated.

• Fairy Feixia summoned Lu Yang and gave him a list of divine abilities from which he chose the Yin Corpse-Dissolution Transformation True Method.
• Fairy Feixia invited Lu Yang to join her posting at Skull Mountain Market, and he accepted in hopes of finding a Foundation Establishment opportunity.
• Ten days later, Lu Yang boarded the flying boat to Skull Mountain and spotted Lu Yuanchun among the cultivators.
• Lu Yang found Zhao Xuhe drinking spiritual wine alone and greeted him as a fated senior brother.
• Lu Yang gave Zhao Xuhe a spiritual pill, and Zhao Xuhe began to feel close to him and wonder if they had met in a past life.

Lu Yang arrived at Skull Mountain Market, where he took responsibility for a formation eye and established himself as Pavilion Master of Blood Garment Pavilion. After setting up hidden defensive measures and dismissing the disciples assigned to him, he prepared to cultivate in seclusion.

• Lu Yang and Zhao Xuhe arrived at Skull Mountain, where Fairy Feixia explained the Marketplace’s Corpse Tide and assigned Lu Yang a formation eye.
• Zhao Xuhe realized Lu Yang held greater status and strength than he had shown, addressed him as “my lord,” and privately decided Lu Yang was wary of him.
• Lu Yang entered the Marketplace and installed the Blood-Washing Heavenly River Sword Formation within his formation eye, concealing it as a backup inside the existing formation.
• Lu Yang named the pavilion Blood Garment Pavilion and received more than a dozen Sacred Sect Disciples assigned to his territory.
• Lu Yang dismissed the disciples, sealed Blood Garment Pavilion, and prepared to cultivate until an opportunity for Foundation Establishment arose.

After five years of cultivation, Lu Yang reached Qi Refining Eighth Layer but still could not master Taiwei Imperial Pardon Treasure Repository. When an early Corpse Tide threatened the Marketplace, he refused Fairy Feixia’s invitation to investigate its cause and chose to hold the fort.

• Lu Yang studied the True Method of Yin-Transformation Corpse-Dissolution, abandoned the elusive Mysterious Yin Form-Capturing Great Art, and struggled to comprehend Taiwei Imperial Pardon Treasure Repository.
• After five years of cultivation, Lu Yang broke through to Qi Refining Eighth Layer and concealed his improved cultivation with the Breath Concealment Art.
• Lu Yang learned that Divine Martial Sect disciples had recently provoked the Sacred Sect near Skull Mountain and that no one had found Mysterious Female Yin Jade.
• Fairy Feixia told Lu Yang that the Corpse Tide had erupted fifteen years early, with over ten thousand zombies heading toward the Marketplace, and suspected the Divine Martial Sect was behind it.
• Fairy Feixia invited Lu Yang to investigate the Corpse Tide and seize the treasure causing it, but Lu Yang refused and agreed to remain behind to hold the fort.

Lu Yang learned that Divine Martial Sect disciples had used a Mysterious Female Yin Jade to trigger the Corpse Tide, but suspected the discovery was a trap and chose to stay in Skull Mountain Market. When Fairy Feixia and Lu Yuanchun returned under pursuit, Lu Yuanchun opened the Marketplace’s formation for an ambush, leaving Lu Yang and the other Sacred Sect disciples exposed.

• Yun Miaoqing delivered intelligence about the Corpse Tide and invited Lu Yang to leave the Primordial Saint Demon Sect for the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion.
• Lu Yang learned that Divine Martial Sect disciples had used a Mysterious Female Yin Jade to trigger the Corpse Tide and considered seeking the jade, but suspected Daoist Hongyun was manipulating events and decided not to leave the Marketplace.
• The next day, Fairy Feixia and Lu Yuanchun approached the Marketplace while being pursued, and Lu Yang ordered the Hundred-Skeleton Return-to-Truth Formation raised.
• Lu Yuanchun used a token to open the formation, allowing the Divine Martial Sect to lock the gap with a miniature formation.
• Lu Yuanchun fled in the opposite direction, abandoning the Marketplace and its Sacred Sect disciples to the Divine Martial Sect.

Lu Yang and Fairy Feixia defended the Marketplace as Divine Martial Sect forces attacked, while Lu Yuanchun tried to escape with the Mysterious Female Yin Jade. The chapter ended with Lu Yang restoring the Marketplace’s grand formation, trapping Lu Yuanchun inside and prompting him to beg for help.

• Fairy Feixia stayed to defend the breach and told Lu Yang that Lu Yuanchun had seized the Mysterious Female Yin Jade and abandoned the others.
• Wu Zhichong attacked, and Fairy Feixia used her Rosy Mist Veil to block his punch while warning Lu Yang that Wu had killed Senior Brother Chen.
• Lu Yuanchun returned with Mountain-Moving Daoist Duanmu Yuan pursuing him, then burned his blood essence and pretended to join the fight.
• Lu Yuanchun used the Blood Shadow Heaven-Escaping Technique to flee, but a Qi Refining Great Perfection cultivator struck him down and forced him back into Skull Mountain.
• Lu Yang scattered formation patterns, broke the Divine Martial Sect’s lock on the breach, and restored the Marketplace’s grand formation.
• Lu Yuanchun saw the formation close and shouted for Lu Yang to save him.

Lu Yang used the restored Hundred-Skeleton Return-to-Truth Formation to protect Skull Mountain Market and recovered the Mysterious Female Yin Jade from Lu Yuanchun. Ouyang Haoze attacked from outside the formation, but Lu Yang repeatedly emerged unharmed, leaving the Divine Martial Sect True Disciple wary of the formation.

• Lu Yang opened the formation long enough for Lu Yuanchun to enter, then revealed that he had restored it as a Ninth Grade Formation Master.
• Lu Yuanchun handed Lu Yang the Mysterious Female Yin Jade, hoping to avoid trouble and redirect the Divine Martial Sect's attention.
• Ouyang Haoze arrived with Wu Zhichong and Duanmu Yuan, then declared that he intended to eliminate the demonic cultivators in Skull Mountain Market.
• Lu Yang confronted Ouyang Haoze across the formation, but Ouyang Haoze refused to negotiate and attacked with the Arrow Barrage Strike.
• Ouyang Haoze smashed Lu Yang twice, but Lu Yang reappeared unharmed from the formation each time, and Ouyang Haoze recognized that attacking from outside would be futile.

Lu Yang trapped Ouyang Haoze in the Blood-Washing Heavenly River Sword Formation and brought him close to defeat, but Ouyang Haoze destroyed his Heavenly Light Cuirass to escape. Outside the Marketplace, Ouyang Haoze prepared to sacrifice the Taixiao Mirror and challenge Lu Yang again.

• Ouyang Haoze used the Thousand-Mile Space-Shattering Divine Sound and the Taixiao Mirror to break through the Hundred-Skeleton Return-to-Truth Formation.
• Lu Yang revealed the Blood-Washing Heavenly River Sword Formation Map, trapping Ouyang Haoze and using the Heavenly Demon Blood-Dissolving Divine Light against him.
• Ouyang Haoze relied on the Heavenly Light Cuirass to withstand the blood-devouring force and charged at Lu Yang's Primordial Breath Ten Thousand Spirit Banner.
• Lu Yang summoned Liu Xin, whose Life-Killing Curse detonated and stopped Ouyang Haoze's attack.
• Ouyang Haoze self-destructed the Heavenly Light Cuirass, shattered Lu Yang's sword formation, and escaped after losing much of his vitality and blood.
• Ouyang Haoze poured his remaining dharma power into the Taixiao Mirror and vowed to sacrifice his Spiritual Treasures to defeat Lu Yang.

Lu Yang used the Mysterious Yin Form-Capturing Great Art and Nail-Head Life-Snatching to kill Ouyang Haoze, then took control of the Taixiao Mirror. The Divine Martial Sect discovered Ouyang Haoze’s death and traced his final vision to Lu Yang, who sensed that someone was investigating his Karma.

• Ouyang Haoze rejected Wu Zhichong’s warning and resolved to kill Lu Yang, even at the cost of the Taixiao Mirror.
• Lu Yang told Fairy Feixia and Lu Yuanchun that he intended to kill Ouyang Haoze, then used the Mysterious Female Yin Jade to locate Ouyang Haoze’s remnant aura.
• Lu Yang split Ouyang Haoze’s reflected figure with Nail-Head Life-Snatching, and Ouyang Haoze was cut in half as he tried to detonate the Taixiao Mirror.
• Lu Yang beckoned the Taixiao Mirror to him after Ouyang Haoze died, while the Divine Martial Sect’s Soul Lamp Hall discovered that Ouyang Haoze’s lamp had gone out.
• A middle-aged Daoist rekindled Ouyang Haoze’s Soul Lamp to see his final vision and recognized Lu Yang as the killer.
• Lu Yang sensed that an outside force was disturbing his Karma and wondered whether a Foundation Establishment True Person was plotting against him.

After killing Ouyang Haoze, Lu Yang uncovered the Divine Martial Sect’s plan to seize an ancient Witch Ghost Sect secret realm and gained control of the Taixiao Mirror. He returned to the marketplace, where his reputation grew as Skull Mountain braced for conflict between the sects.

• Lu Yang examined Ouyang Haoze’s Banner Spirit and learned that the Divine Martial Sect had attacked Skull Mountain to monopolize the Witch Ghost Secret Realm.
• Lu Yang decided to report the secret realm to the First Saint Sect for Contribution Points rather than pursue it himself.
• The Taixiao Mirror defected to Lu Yang, who used Ouyang Haoze’s Primordial Breath to bypass its restrictions and wield its power.
• Lu Yang opened Ouyang Haoze’s Storage Pouch, found a trove of valuables, and returned to the marketplace atop the Blood Garment Pavilion.
• As both sects sent forces to Skull Mountain, Lu Yang’s rise and victory became widely known, earning him the title Blood Garment Pavilion Master.

Ouyang Feng planned to lure Lu Yang out of the marketplace to reclaim the Taixiao Mirror, but learned that Lu Yang had never left despite the Witch Ghost Secret Realm’s opportunities. Zhao Xuhe, desperate to seek his fortune there, asked Fairy Feixia for help and was rejected because she was discussing the Dao with Lu Yang.

• Ouyang Feng questioned Wu Zhichong and Duanmu Yuan about Lu Yang’s habits and revealed that Master Yang Yezi would help reclaim the Taixiao Mirror.
• Wu Zhichong and Duanmu Yuan told Ouyang Feng that Lu Yang had never left the marketplace, even after the Demon Sect reinforcements arrived and the Witch Ghost Secret Realm became known.
• Lu Yang declined Fairy Feixia’s invitation to leave the marketplace, and the two agreed to discuss formations and talismans instead.
• Zhao Xuhe, newly advanced to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, contacted Fairy Feixia and asked her to lend him resources for a final gamble in the secret realm.
• Fairy Feixia rejected Zhao Xuhe and told him not to contact her again because she was discussing the Dao with Junior Brother Lu; Zhao Xuhe roared in despair.

Lu Yang studied talismanic arts, made several talismans, and then met Zhao Xuhe, who sought his help with a Foundation Establishment opportunity. Lu Yang refused to enter the Witch Ghost Secret Realm but became interested when Zhao Xuhe offered a Foundation Establishment secret technique as collateral for a loan.

• Lu Yang mastered four talisman techniques from Fairy Feixia and crafted talismans, planning to teach the banner spirits to make common ones in bulk.
• Yun Miaoqing told Lu Yang that Zhao Xuhe had come to see him, and Lu Yang welcomed him into the Blood Garment Pavilion.
• Zhao Xuhe revealed that he had clues about the Witch Ghost Secret Realm and its possible Foundation Establishment opportunity, but Lu Yang refused to pursue it.
• Zhao Xuhe offered a Foundation Establishment secret technique as collateral for borrowing thirty thousand contribution points, and Lu Yang became eager to hear more.

Lu Yang accepted Zhao Xuhe’s loan offer only after securing the original Heaven-Stealing Secret under a long-lasting restriction, intending not to help Zhao Xuhe with future trouble. A month later, Fairy Feixia warned him that the Three Rivers Society’s Second Senior Brother, a Qi Refining Great Perfection true disciple, had come to deliver a message about the Witch Ghost Secret Realm.

• Zhao Xuhe showed Lu Yang the Heaven-Stealing Secret, a sinister art that gradually replaced a Dao companion’s Qi Seed and stole the benefits of her cultivation.
• Zhao Xuhe offered Lu Yang the secret art as collateral for a thirty-thousand-Contribution-Point loan, but Lu Yang recognized that the three-month term was meant to bind him to Zhao Xuhe’s future troubles.
• Lu Yang agreed to lend the points only if Zhao Xuhe handed over the original Jade Slip with a restriction that would last eighty years, and Zhao Xuhe accepted.
• After Zhao Xuhe left, Lu Yang decided he would not rescue him from trouble and focused on arranging the Marketplace and studying its formation.
• A month later, Fairy Feixia told Lu Yang that the Three Rivers Society’s Second Senior Brother had personally sent a message, making Lu Yang wary because the society’s founder was a Foundation Establishment True Person.

Lu Yang refused to leave the Marketplace despite growing signs that a Foundation Establishment cultivator was drawing him into a tribulation. When Zhao Xuhe was pursued by Divine Martial Sect disciples and begged for help, Lu Yang let him die rather than risk being lured outside.

• Lu Yang rejected Second Senior Brother's request for assistance and spent the next three months studying formations and discussing the Dao with Fairy Feixia.
• Fairy Feixia told Lu Yang that Zhao Xuhe had been using his name to seize opportunities, but Lu Yang chose not to pursue him.
• Lu Yang recognized the efforts to draw him from the Marketplace as a tribulation and resolved to remain in his cave rather than take the bait.
• A month later, Zhao Xuhe fled Divine Martial Sect pursuers and trusted that Lu Yang would rescue him because of the Heaven-Stealing Secret restriction.
• Lu Yang approached from the Marketplace but turned away, and Zhao Xuhe died after his pursuers surrounded him.
• Divine Martial Sect Elder Ouyang Feng wondered why Lu Yang had not saved Zhao Xuhe, while Lu Yang decided to wait for the restriction to fade and claim the secret technique later.

Lu Yang resisted Fairy Feixia’s attempt to draw him into an emotional bond, then went into seclusion to avoid being manipulated by Karma. True Person Yinshan revealed his plan to use someone to open the Witch Ghost Secret Realm and decided to target a Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion disciple instead.

• Fairy Feixia left the Marketplace after Lu Yang declined to be her old friend, and Lu Yang realized his feelings for her had been artificially influenced.
• Lu Yang suspected a Foundation Establishment True Person was trying to draw him out and announced that he would enter seclusion.
• True Person Yinshan explained to Luo Wuya that he wanted someone else to open the Witch Ghost Secret Realm and bear its Karma for him.
• Yinshan described how a Golden Core True Lord’s sword qi remained inside the secret realm and proposed luring a Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion disciple to claim it.
• As Yinshan departed, Lu Yang felt an immense burden lift while he remained in seclusion.

Lu Yang inspected the Banner Spirits’ talisman production and ordered them to work without rest, while Yun Miaoqing received a message from her sister Yun Miaozhen. Yun Miaozhen decided to go to the Demon Sect Marketplace and kill Lu Yang, believing he had beguiled Yun Miaoqing.

• Lu Yang entered the Ten Thousand Spirit Banner and found its Banner Spirits resting after producing hundreds of talismans.
• Liu Xin explained that overwork would exhaust the Banner Spirits’ spiritual wisdom, but Lu Yang ordered them to keep working and threatened to replace them.
• Yun Miaoqing received communication from her sister Yun Miaozhen, who told her to leave the Blood Garment Pavilion and return from her tribulation.
• Yun Miaoqing defended Lu Yang and urged Yun Miaozhen to persuade him to join the righteous path instead of killing him.
• Yun Miaozhen concluded that Yun Miaoqing had been beguiled and set out for the Demon Sect Marketplace to kill Lu Yang.

Yun Miaozhen revealed that she had arranged for Yun Miaoqing to suffer ten years in the Demon Sect as a tribulation, then attacked Lu Yang when her sister refused to return with her. Yun Miaozhen’s Heavenly Escape Sword pierced Lu Yang’s formations, leaving the marketplace empty except for the sword.

• Lu Yang recognized Yun Miaozhen of Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion and handed over Yun Miaoqing, explaining that she had remained untouched in his care.
• Yun Miaozhen explained that she had arranged Yun Miaoqing’s ten-year ordeal in the Demon Sect to help her overcome a great tribulation, and accused Lu Yang of ruining her cultivation.
• Yun Miaoqing rejected Yun Miaozhen after learning the truth, but Yun Miaozhen knocked her unconscious and tossed her aside.
• Yun Miaozhen demanded compensation from Lu Yang and attacked him after he refused, while he retreated into Blood Garment Pavilion and activated its formations.
• Yun Zhiqiu arrived outside the marketplace as Luo Wuya and Ouyang Feng recognized Yun Miaozhen’s Heavenly Escape Sword.
• Yun Miaozhen’s sword passed through both formations, and when its light faded, Lu Yang and the others were gone, leaving only the Glazed Dharma Sword in the sky.