Recaps

Qi Yuan represented the Shinguang Sect at the Foundation Establishment Tournament, where he warned Chu Tianxiong of a coming calamity after the Black Mountain Sect criminal mocked Jiang Ran and Zheng Jianghe. The tournament began, and Qi Yuan’s first opponent, Duan Tianjiao, was mysteriously sent flying before he even made a move and immediately conceded.

• The sect representatives arrived at the Shinguang Sect, including four Core Formation True Persons, and Changshan Prince exchanged greetings with Qi Yuan.
• Chu Tianxiong mocked Jiang Ran and Zheng Jianghe, prompting Qi Yuan to predict that Chu Tianxiong would soon face a Sign of Bloody Calamity.
• The Foundation Establishment Tournament began as Qi Refining disciples competed in spell contests, which Qi Yuan found dull.
• Qi Yuan faced Duan Tianjiao of the Demonic Desire Sect and watched her feet warily because of her foot-picking habit.
• Before Qi Yuan could circulate his spiritual power, Duan Tianjiao was sent flying, praised his Remote Acupoint Strike Technique, and conceded.

Qi Yuan advanced through the Foundation Establishment Tournament as opponents repeatedly conceded, while Changshan Prince explained how his powerful master had secured the Yellow Flower Fruit for him. In the final round, Chu Yundong challenged Qi Yuan with a Foundation Establishment magical artifact, raising suspicions about Black Mountain Sect’s ambitions.

• Qi Yuan won another match when a Sword Cultivator from Suspended Mountain suddenly conceded, and he suspected his master had arranged the convenient victories.
• Changshan Prince told Qi Yuan that his master had once taken an Ancient Qixun Camphor Tree from the Demonic Desire Sect, earning the great sects’ gratitude and their compliance over the Yellow Flower Fruit.
• Qi Yuan joked that his overbearing master had fallen for him, and Changshan Prince urgently told him to keep quiet.
• Qi Yuan’s opponents continued conceding until the final round, when Chu Yundong of Black Mountain Sect challenged him with a Foundation Establishment magical artifact.
• The sect elders suspected Black Chicken Old Demon was behind Black Mountain Sect’s move and considered whether his cultivation had advanced, while Changshan Prince could not warn Qi Yuan under the tournament rules.

Qi Yuan won the Foundation Establishment Tournament by vanishing and knocking out Chu Yundong with one punch, then claimed the Yellow Flower Fruit reward. As he returned to Seven Colors Peak, he warned Chu Tianxiong of his bad luck and reassured Jiang Ran, who remained worried about the Black Mountain Sect’s threat.

• Qi Yuan used the Minor Stealth Technique to disappear and struck Chu Yundong from behind, winning the tournament with a single punch.
• A sect elder awarded Qi Yuan the first-grade Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object, Yellow Flower Fruit, which he planned to save for Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.
• Changshan Prince praised Qi Yuan and left to drink with the Shinguang Sect master, while Chu Tianxiong glared at Qi Yuan with greed.
• Qi Yuan told Chu Tianxiong that his Sign of Bloody Calamity was worsening, then teased him by suggesting he kowtow to Jiang Ran for good fortune.
• Jiang Ran thanked Qi Yuan for helping her and warned him that Chu Tianxiong was dangerous and favored by Black Chicken Old Demon.
• Jiang Ran watched Qi Yuan leave and worried that the Black Mountain Sect’s continued stay in Rong City left her and the Shinguang Sect powerless.

Qi Yuan returned to Seven Colors Peak with a Yellow Flower Fruit and tried to present it to Ruan Yixi, but her restriction blocked him and strange phenomena followed. Meanwhile, Zheng Jianghe prepared to confront Black Mountain Sect in Rong City, where Chu Tianxiong and the sect’s disciples settled into a residence marked by a newlywed woman’s murder.

• Qi Yuan tried to pass Ruan Yixi’s restriction and offer her the Yellow Flower Fruit as a bride price, but the barrier remained closed and the sky stirred with strange phenomena.
• Jiang Lingsu asked Qi Yuan about the disturbance, and he said he would sharpen his blade because he wanted to eat fish.
• Zheng Jianghe insisted on going to Rong City despite his lingering injuries, while a physician warned him to be careful around Black Mountain Sect.
• Chu Tianxiong brought the Black Mountain Sect disciples to stay in an abandoned residence in Rong City to provoke Shinguang Sect.
• Chu Tianxiong recounted how he had killed a newlywed woman and her family, claiming he had done so to cultivate a Dao art.

The Masked Man entered the Black Mountain Sect courtyard claiming he had come to kill a fish, then slaughtered the disciples and killed Chicken Worshipping Ancestor with a single slash. He caught a black fish and left the courtyard covered in corpses.

• Liu Wei invited Chu Tianxiong to join the Black Mountain Sect disciples in a night of violence and abuse, and Chu Tianxiong complained about Qi Yuan.
• The Masked Man arrived at the sect courtyard with a Kitchen Knife and said he had come to kill a fish.
• After Chu Tianxiong demanded that he remove his mask, the Masked Man decapitated him and killed more than half the disciples with Summer Eight Slashes.
• Chicken Worshipping Ancestor attacked the Masked Man with core light, but the Masked Man killed him with the Heaven Severing Sword Drawing Technique.
• The Masked Man killed the remaining disciples, washed his Kitchen Knife by the pond, and caught a black fish.

Qi Yuan left the Chen Residence after killing Chu Tianxiong and the other Black Mountain Sect disciples, while Zheng Jianghe discovered the massacre and burned the scene to protect him. Qi Yuan then comforted Qianqian’s grieving parents outside the Shinguang Sect, saying the sect knew of their case and urging them to rest.

• The Masked Man caught a black fish at the pond, put it in a bamboo tube, and left the corpse behind while wondering whether to loot it.
• Zheng Jianghe learned that Black Mountain Sect disciples were staying at the Chen Residence and led Shinguang Sect disciples there to investigate.
• Qi Yuan emerged from the Chen Residence and told Zheng Jianghe that the Black Mountain Sect disciples had let him catch fish before vanishing in a puff of smoke.
• Zheng Jianghe and his group found Chu Tianxiong, the Chicken Worshipping Ancestor, and more than a dozen others dead, then set the Chen Residence ablaze to hide the scene.
• Qi Yuan brought fish soup to Qianqian’s parents as they knelt outside the Shinguang Sect and told them the sect knew about their case and they should rest.

Qi Yuan learned that the Black Mountain Sect disciples he had killed were being investigated, then panicked that the sect might trace the killings to him. He disguised himself and secretly went to Shinguang Sect’s Library Pavilion to research Black Mountain Sect’s strength.

• Jiang Ran told Qi Yuan that a mysterious Masked Man had killed Chu Tianxiong, Chicken Worshipping Ancestor, and the other Black Mountain Sect disciples in Rong City.
• Jiang Lingsu said investigators believed the Masked Man was likely a Sword Cultivator who had used a saber to conceal his Dao techniques, and Qi Yuan worried his Kitchen Knife might draw suspicion.
• Qi Yuan asked Jiang Lingsu and Jiang Ran to testify that he had stayed on Seven Colors Peak, then fretted that Black Mountain Sect might come after him.
• After Jiang Lingsu and Jiang Ran left, Qi Yuan disguised himself with a hat and pot soot, took his Kitchen Knife, and slipped away from Seven Colors Peak.
• Jiang Lingsu visited Qi Yuan’s empty courtyard, noticed the black fish in his tank, and left without investigating further.
• Qi Yuan climbed to the third floor of Shinguang Sect’s Library Pavilion and secretly searched for information about Black Mountain Sect’s strength.

Qi Yuan learned that Black Mountain Sect was weaker than he had feared and began planning to attack it while Black Chicken Old Demon was away. Meanwhile, Dong Xian’s Old Artifact noticed Qi Yuan’s Kitchen Knife and urged him to buy it.

• Qi Yuan studied Black Mountain Sect’s strength and learned it had only seven Core Formation True Persons, with its middle-stage Origin Core sect master as its strongest member.
• Qi Yuan confirmed with Zheng Jianghe that Black Chicken Old Demon lived at Ten Thousand Demons Ridge and was likely in seclusion, then decided he needed an excuse to leave Shinguang Sect.
• Dong Xian spoke with Old Artifact about Black Chicken Old Demon and the struggle for the Great Shang throne as he carried bamboo slips through Shinguang Sect.
• Old Artifact spotted Qi Yuan’s Kitchen Knife and urgently told Dong Xian to buy it, so Dong Xian forced himself to approach Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan left Seven Colors Peak to avoid suspicion over the deaths of Chu Tianxiong and the others, then traveled to Bloodless City disguised as a Rogue Cultivator. There, he learned how Black Mountain Sect extorted blood-crystal miners and left without staying with Liu Piao, while her daughter prepared to meet the sect over the mines.

• Dong Xian met Qi Yuan, whose knife Old Artifact recognized as bearing the recent blood of a Core Formation Cultivator, and Old Artifact warned him to treat Qi Yuan as a friend.
• Qi Yuan told Jiang Lingsu he was leaving the sect to avoid being cornered by Black Mountain Sect over Chu Tianxiong's death.
• On the Spirit Boat to Bloodless City, Qi Yuan met Liu Piao, who warned him that Black Mountain Sect took an excessive share of the blood crystals mined there.
• After arriving, Qi Yuan declined Liu Piao's invitation to stay and left to catch the last Spirit Boat.
• Liu Piao's daughter, Xiao Rou, arrived and said she had to meet Black Mountain Sect with the other mine owners about their blood-crystal operation.

Qi Yuan attacked the Black Mountain Sect, claiming its disciples had killed his family, and swiftly overwhelmed its defenders. After Whirlwind Elder recognized his connection to the Chicken Worshipping Ancestor's death, Qi Yuan flew to face two Core Formation elders.

• Liu Piao warned her daughter that confronting the Black Mountain Sect over the blood crystal mine would bring trouble, while her daughter questioned whether a frail-looking man could defend their interests.
• At the Black Mountain Sect, Yu Linglong learned that the sect planned to pressure Suspended Mountain over the Masked Man, whom disciples suspected of using swordsmanship.
• Qi Yuan crossed the White Bone Bridge, killed its five guards, and severed the bridge before confronting the Black Mountain Sect's deacons.
• Qi Yuan killed three Foundation Establishment deacons and dozens of disciples, then smashed open the sect's mountain gate.
• Whirlwind Elder recognized Qi Yuan as the likely killer of the Chicken Worshipping Ancestor, and two Core Formation elders noticed Qi Yuan had no Golden Core as he attacked them.

Qi Yuan destroyed the Black Mountain Sect’s defenders, killed its sect master and Yu Linglong, and learned that the Black Chicken Old Demon sought the Purple Mansion Realm through her Purple Bamboo Body. He prepared to kill the surviving disciples, seize the sect’s Library Pavilion, and leave before the Black Chicken Old Demon arrived.

• Qi Yuan killed two Core Formation elders after Whirlwind Elder realized Qi Yuan was not at Foundation Establishment.
• Black Wind Daoist offered to settle the feud, while Yu Linglong tried to tempt Qi Yuan into sparing the sect, but Qi Yuan attacked instead.
• Black Wind Daoist activated the sect’s grand array and used his Heavy Iron Golden Core, which Qi Yuan split with his kitchen knife.
• Qi Yuan killed one Yuan Dan elder, while Yu Linglong devoured another elder’s Yuan Dan to restore her cultivation.
• Yu Linglong revealed her Purple Bamboo Body and the Black Chicken Old Demon’s plan, but Qi Yuan killed her and destroyed her remains.
• Qi Yuan decided to eliminate the surviving disciples, take the Library Pavilion, and leave the Black Mountain Sect.

After destroying Black Mountain Sect, Qi Yuan left and learned that the sect’s fall would soon be discovered. He headed for Soaring Sky Pavilion to spread a rumor about Purple Bamboo Bodies in the sect, hoping other cultivators would strip it bare before Black Chicken Old Demon returned.

• Qi Yuan looted Black Mountain Sect, focusing on its Library Pavilion, then left and asked a Cloud Rabbit Carriage of Bloodless City mine owners for directions to Soaring Sky Pavilion.
• Duan Qianrou warned Qi Yuan that Black Mountain Sect was dangerous, and he hurried away after claiming he had come to look at the stars.
• Duan Qianrou and the other mine owners discovered Black Mountain Sect’s collapsed bridge, ruined gate, and scattered corpses, and realized the sect had been wiped out.
• Qi Yuan worried that Black Wind Daoist or others in Black Mountain Sect might also have Purple Bamboo Bodies, but decided not to return himself.
• Qi Yuan went to Sky Cloud Market to use Soaring Sky Pavilion’s jade slip channels to publicize the presence of Purple Bamboo Bodies in Black Mountain Sect.

Qi Yuan paid Soaring Sky Pavilion to publicize that Black Mountain Sect possessed a Purple Bamboo Body, then returned to Shinguang Sect to sleep. The announcement brought Divine Infant experts to Black Mountain Sect, where they fought over the corpses while Qi Yuan woke up ready to play games.

• Qi Yuan paid Bu Chi Su three thousand Spirit Stones to publicize that Black Mountain Sect had a Purple Bamboo Body.
• Qi Yuan secretly returned to Shinguang Sect and fell asleep as news of Black Mountain Sect’s extermination and the Purple Bamboo Body spread.
• Five disguised cultivators, including several claiming to be Monk Wu Dian, arrived at Black Mountain Sect to search for the Purple Bamboo Body.
• The cultivators found Yu Linglong missing and identified the sect master’s corpse as a Blue Bamboo Body, then tore it apart to claim its benefits.
• The Divine Infant experts began fighting over Black Mountain Sect’s corpses, while Qi Yuan woke refreshed and called for the Little Clothing Monsters.

Qi Yuan returned after destroying the Black Mountain Sect, concealed his involvement from Jiang Lingsu, and claimed he wanted Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment. After she gave him a costly Essence Nurturing Pill, he decided to investigate the fallout from the sect’s destruction.

• Jiang Lingsu noticed Qi Yuan had returned because his Kitchen Knife was tied up in her courtyard, and she asked whether his foundation breakthrough had succeeded.
• Qi Yuan said his attempt with the first-grade Yellow Flower Fruit had failed, then declared that he wanted Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment instead.
• Jiang Lingsu gave Qi Yuan an Essence Nurturing Pill, and he realized its value and promised to protect her.
• Jiang Lingsu told Qi Yuan that the Black Mountain Sect had been wiped out and suspected he was involved, but he denied it.
• Jiang Lingsu used the Kunqian Mirror and saw that Qi Yuan’s cultivation was at Qi Refining Completion.
• Qi Yuan scolded his Kitchen Knife for rummaging through garbage and planned to go outside to learn what had happened after the Black Mountain Sect’s destruction.

Qi Yuan encountered the Level 95 Ugly Clothing Monster Emperor in the Attire Forbidden Area and fled to a mass grave, where he dug a pit and logged off. Half an hour later, a procession of Clothing Monsters appeared in the graveyard, dancing amid fire and music.

• Qi Yuan discussed Jin Li's plans to leave Nanqian Kingdom and encouraged her to join him in grinding monsters.
• Qi Yuan found signs of damage in the Attire Forbidden Area and searched for whoever had caused it.
• Qi Yuan dug a pit for shelter, encountered the Ugly Clothing Monster Emperor, and attacked it with Overlord Power.
• Qi Yuan fled until the monster stopped pursuing him, then dug a pit in a mass grave and logged off.
• A procession of Clothing Monsters entered the graveyard, set their clothes ablaze, and danced to the sound of gongs and firecrackers.

Qi Yuan discovered that the intelligent wedding-gown monster who had married him was Little Bride, and she could merge with him as powerful blood-red armor. Their temporary fusion raised him to Level 93 and granted him two new skills, leaving him eager to test his newfound strength.

• Qi Yuan questioned Little Bride about why she had married him, and she used a wooden plaque marked “husband” to answer.
• Little Bride produced eight wooden plaques that let Qi Yuan learn how she expressed herself, though she could not use any others.
• When Qi Yuan threatened to divorce her, Little Bride clung to his arm and indicated that she could help him.
• Little Bride merged with Qi Yuan, turning her wedding robes into blood-red armor and raising him five levels to Level 93.
• Qi Yuan gained the major skill With You in Arms and the minor skill Rending Clothes.

Qi Yuan used Little Bride’s authority to enter an Earth Palace and discovered that the Attire Division had once served the Divine Court before its Heavenly God vanished in an invasion by Enemies from Beyond the Territory. He believed the game’s true objective was to defeat those invaders and protect the world.

• Qi Yuan used With You in Arms to merge with Little Bride, gaining blood-red offensive armor, a five-level boost, and one-third control of the Attire Forbidden Area.
• Using Little Bride’s authority, Qi Yuan entered a grave’s Earth Palace, where he wondered why most Clothing Monsters were mindless and bloodthirsty.
• Qi Yuan found thousands of motionless armored soldiers and read a stele describing the Divine Court Four Divisions and the Attire Division’s history.
• Qi Yuan learned that Enemies from Beyond the Territory had invaded the Moon Gazing Continent and that the Heavenly God never returned, while the last Attire Division Imperial Guards awaited awakening.
• Qi Yuan concluded that he needed to defeat the invaders to earn Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment and resolved to give the task everything he had.

Qi Yuan told Jin Li about marrying the wedding dress and asked about her struggle against Sima Ting, while he considered taking control of the Attire Forbidden Area’s Imperial Guards. Sima Ting questioned Wen Zhongyong about Aunt Qin’s sudden rise to the Imperial rank and whether Jin Li had a hidden backer.

• Qi Yuan told Jin Li that he had married a wedding dress and said Little Bride would help him clear the Attire Forbidden Area.
• Jin Li explained that Sima Ting controlled most of Nanqian Kingdom’s power, leaving her with few forces and little chance to challenge him directly.
• Qi Yuan and Jin Li exchanged concerns about their missions, and Jin Li urged Qi Yuan to stay safe until they could meet in person.
• Qi Yuan looked over the buried Attire Division Imperial Guards and wondered whether taking control of the Attire Forbidden Area would make them his forces.
• Sima Ting sent Sima Riyue away, then asked Wen Zhongyong whether someone had helped Aunt Qin reach the Imperial rank or was targeting him and the Heavenly Fortune Holy Gate.

Wen Zhongyong and Sima Ting learned that Qi Yuan was helping Empress Jin Li and prepared to curse him to death with a treasure bestowed by the Heavenly Fortune Holy Master. The Holy Master’s secret plan to sacrifice humanity and the demons was revealed, and he grew fearful after killing a crow.

• Wen Zhongyong told Sima Ting that Empress Jin Li had used Exquisite Jade Tide to communicate with someone who may have helped Old Madam Qin reach the Emperor level.
• Wen Zhongyong identified the person as Qi Yuan and said he would use Exquisite Jade Tide and the Kingdom Stabilizing Ruler to curse him to death.
• The Heavenly Fortune Holy Master left a pleasure house and revealed that he was a land turtle who had gained power from a drop of longevity blood.
• The Heavenly Fortune Holy Master revealed that he had secretly stirred up war between humans and demons and planned to sacrifice both peoples’ fortune and lives to become a Black Tortoise.
• After killing a crow, the Heavenly Fortune Holy Master felt afraid and decided to stop visiting pleasure houses.

Wen Zhongyong and the Heavenly Fortune Holy Master died when their curse-killing attempt and a Life Swapping Technique backfired, allowing the Holy Master's stand-in to take control of the Heavenly Fortune Holy Gate. At the Attire Forbidden Area, Qi Yuan leveled up with Little Bride's help, fought the Ugly Clothing Monster Emperor, and escaped after discovering how much stronger it was.

• Wen Zhongyong's curse-killing technique backfired, causing him to explode and destroying the Kingdom Stabilizing Ruler.
• The Heavenly Fortune Holy Master died from the Life Swapping Technique, and his stand-in entered the Earth Palace with a man in golden robes and celebrated his chance to become the real Holy Master.
• Qi Yuan took Little Bride to hunt Clothing Monsters in the Attire Forbidden Area and reached level eighty-nine.
• Qi Yuan activated With You in Arms and struck the Ugly Clothing Monster Emperor with his Heaven Severing Sword Drawing Technique, but its health barely dropped.
• Qi Yuan switched the Wedding Dress Armor to defensive form and escaped, resolving to level up before fighting the Ugly Clothing Monster Emperor again.

Qi Yuan prepared to sleep in a grave with Little Bride, while Divine Domain powerhouses in the Yin Yang Forbidden Ground learned that he was nearing the Divine Domain and invited him to their Demon Subjugation Assembly. Qi Yuan rejected the invitation, declaring that his daughter would rule the ages within three hundred years.

• Qi Yuan dug a pit to sleep in, helped Little Bride after she tripped, and carried her into the pit.
• Dozens of powerful beings awoke in the Yin Yang Forbidden Ground, where Tong said a new fellow traveler from the Attire Forbidden Area was nearing the Divine Domain.
• The group discussed the Extraterrestrial Demons and their plan to attack Earth Severing during the Heavenly Dog's lunar devouring three hundred years later.
• The powerhouses debated whether Qi Yuan deserved an invitation and whether the Bride Attire Imperial Daughter should have chosen a stronger partner.
• Tong ordered Mo Li to invite Qi Yuan to the Demon Subjugation Assembly, and Qi Yuan rejected the invitation, saying his daughter would rule across all ages in three hundred years.

Qi Yuan spent his days studying techniques to create a Foundation Establishment technique and his nights leveling up in the Attire Forbidden Area. Meanwhile, Jin Li faced an impending crisis as Sima Ting agreed to help the Demon Race and Heavenly Fortune Holy Gate seize the Nanqian capital, leaving the city’s fate in danger.

• Qi Yuan read through books and Technique Jade Slips by day while leveling up in the Attire Forbidden Area with Little Bride at night.
• Qi Yuan reached level eighty-nine, then returned to the graveyard and chatted with Jin Li before going to sleep.
• Jin Li feared Sima Ting would move against the palace after an emperor-level expert died and Nanqian’s troop deployments increased.
• At the Prime Minister's Residence, Sima Ting met a Demon Race emperor and an emperor-level expert from the Heavenly Fortune Holy Gate, who ordered him to bring his army into the capital.
• The Demon Race and Heavenly Fortune Holy Gate planned to slaughter the capital and use its blood aura to forge the Bloodless Emperor Staff, while Sima Ting accepted the plan in exchange for a promised Hall Elder plaque.
• The Demon Race emperor demanded that the Empress’s head be given to him as a wine vessel, and Sima Ting reluctantly agreed.

Sima Ting sealed the capital under the pretense of hunting demons, while Jin Li learned that his plans involved powerful Demon Race figures. In the Attire Forbidden Area, Qi Yuan reached level ninety, gained Death Radiance, and charged into battle against the Ugly Clothing Monster Emperor.

• Sima Ting told the court that three armies had entered the capital to eradicate demons, then imposed a ban allowing people to enter but not leave.
• Jin Li told Aunt Qin and Hua Xian to flee to the Xuanyuan Forbidden Area, but Aunt Qin warned that Sima Ting’s residence held Demon Race members and that at least three emperor-level experts were outside the city.
• Qi Yuan reached level ninety by killing clothing monsters and gained the Stabilize Spirit and Death Radiance skills.
• Qi Yuan used his new strength and Death Radiance to charge toward the Ugly Clothing Monster Emperor, which rushed to meet him.
• Qi Yuan enlarged his Great Treasure Sword with crimson blood essence and attacked the Ugly Clothing Monster Emperor while killing nearby clothing monsters for experience and life force.

Qi Yuan defeated the Ugly Clothing Monster Emperor and cleared the Attire Forbidden Area, learning that its predecessor had been killed by a Heavenly Demon and that the area’s Heavenly Dao fragments were polluted. After telling Jin Li of his victory, he offered her a scheme to stabilize Southern Qian.

• Qi Yuan fought the Ugly Clothing Monster Emperor, using Rending Clothes and his strongest sword strike to kill it.
• Qi Yuan picked up the Faceless Mask and saw memories of the monster’s predecessor, who had concealed his identity before a fishing line from the heavens drained his life.
• Qi Yuan received ten Polluted Fragments of Heavenly Dao and control over the Attire Division Imperial Guards, then realized he would need to confront the Heavenly Demons at Land’s End to obtain complete fragments.
• Qi Yuan logged off to recover from mental exhaustion and lay down with Little Bride.
• Jin Li worried about her crisis in the imperial palace until Qi Yuan messaged that he had conquered the Attire Forbidden Area.
• Qi Yuan told Jin Li he had a brilliant scheme to help stabilize Southern Qian.

Qi Yuan told Jin Li how to summon the Attire Division Imperial Guards by building a God Sacrifice Platform, and Jin Li ordered its construction despite her officials urging her to flee the capital. Duke Yu pledged funds and craftsmen, then offered to stay behind as a decoy while Jin Li escaped.

• Qi Yuan offered to send the Attire Division Imperial Guards to help Jin Li and explained that building a God Sacrifice Platform would summon them in about three days.
• Jin Li summoned Kong Qi and Duke Yu, showed them the platform's blueprints, and ordered them to build it.
• Kong Qi warned Jin Li that Sima Ting controlled the Ministry of Rites and urged her to flee to Yanbei Pass to seek help from the Heavenly Revelation General.
• Jin Li insisted on building the platform, and Kong Qi offered three hundred and seventy taels of silver toward its construction.
• Duke Yu pledged eighty thousand taels of silver and eight hundred craftsmen, then offered to remain in the palace as a decoy while Jin Li escaped.