Recaps

Jin Li ordered the construction of the God Sacrifice Platform while Duke Yu and Aunt Qin doubted it could summon help, and the Demon Race prepared to trap her and forge the Supreme Emperor Scepter. Meanwhile, Qi Yuan recovered from the mental strain of his game battle and returned to Seven Colors Peak, still curious about the extraordinary grass.

• Aunt Qin told Duke Yu that the blueprint showed the God Sacrifice Platform, but both doubted its legendary divine army could still be summoned.
• The Demon Race emperor and the emperor from the Heavenly Fortune Holy Gate dismissed Jin Li’s plan and focused on forging the Supreme Emperor Scepter, while Sima Ting assured them she could not escape the surrounded city.
• Qi Yuan woke drained after suppressing Ugly Clothing Monster Emperor and realized his game progress had greatly improved his cultivation, though the mental strain remained severe.
• Qi Yuan went down the mountain for a massage and spirit broth, then rested for a day to recover.
• Qi Yuan returned to Seven Colors Peak and wondered whether the extraordinary grass could detect his aura the next day.

Aunt Qin returned to the palace gravely wounded and reported that demons had surrounded the imperial city with a Soul Burial Banner Array. Jin Li continued with the God Sacrifice ceremony, unaware that the Demon Race Sovereign planned to use the gathering to unleash a slaughter and empower the Bloodless Emperor Staff.

• Aunt Qin told Jin Li, Duke Yu, and Kong Qi that demons had intercepted her outside the city and that the Soul Burial Banner Array encircled the imperial city.
• Jin Li ordered everyone to finish the God Sacrifice Platform despite the threat, then wondered what Qi Yuan would do in her place.
• At the Prime Minister's Residence, Sima Ting worried that the array might be exposed, while the Demon Race Sovereign revealed his plan to exploit the ceremony's fear and bloodshed to strengthen the Bloodless Emperor Staff.
• Sima Ting and the Demon Race Sovereign attended the God Sacrifice ceremony as the officials gathered and Jin Li arrived in imperial dress.
• Sima Riyue mocked Jin Li, and Kong Qi announced that the auspicious hour had arrived for the sacrifice to Heaven.

Jin Li performed the God Sacrifice Platform ritual and summoned the Divine Court’s Attire Division Imperial Guards, just as the Demon Race emperor attacked the officials and threatened Aunt Qin. The Guards appeared around Jin Li, and one brought messages from Qi Yuan as she looked toward the Ancient Qixun Camphor Tree.

• Jin Li climbed the God Sacrifice Platform and performed the ritual Qi Yuan had taught her, then questioned Sima Ting about the Soul Burial Banner Array outside the city.
• The Demon Race emperor confirmed that the array existed, and Sima Ting admitted it was real.
• The Demon Race emperor attacked and killed hundreds of officials, then moved to attack Aunt Qin beside the platform.
• Jin Li summoned the Attire Division Imperial Guards, who appeared in the sky around the God Sacrifice Platform.
• An Imperial Guard in Bridal Gown Red Armor delivered Qi Yuan’s messages to Jin Li, who looked toward the Ancient Qixun Camphor Tree.

Jin Li used the Attire Division Imperial Guards to defeat the Demon Race emperor and punish the traitors, then resolved to meet Qi Yuan. Qi Yuan and Little Bride entered the Five Elements Forbidden Ground, where an old man was waiting for him.

• Jin Li watched an Attire Division Grand Commander kill the fleeing Demon Race emperor with one arrow.
• Sima Ting revealed that the Heavenly Fortune Holy Gate had plotted against Jin Li, and a Grand Commander killed Sima Ting and the skinny emperor.
• Jin Li ordered the imperial guards to clear the enemies and decided to meet Qi Yuan beneath the Ancient Qixun Camphor Tree.
• Qi Yuan found Little Bride recovering, then took her by the hand and entered the Five Elements Forbidden Ground.
• An old man greeted Qi Yuan as the Attire Department Head and said he had been waiting for him.

Qi Yuan met Gold Ancestor in the Five Elements Forbidden Ground and secured a chance to enter its training ground, where he hoped to gain control of the entire forbidden ground. He learned that powerful figures were waiting for a Demon Subjugation Assembly three hundred years away, then was welcomed by a dormant cultivator who had burned his origin to open the training ground.

• Qi Yuan recognized Gold Ancestor as a human-skin vessel carrying metal-element rules, and Gold Ancestor invited him to train in the Five Elements Training Ground before the Demon Subjugation Assembly.
• Qi Yuan asked to take complete control of the Five Elements Forbidden Ground, and Gold Ancestor said it would depend on Qi Yuan displaying unparalleled talent.
• Gold Ancestor led Qi Yuan and the others through dangerous natural disasters to a valley containing more than seventy coffins, where the continent's powerful figures lay dormant.
• Gold Ancestor knocked on the wrong coffin, waking a rough-featured man who praised Qi Yuan and said he had burned his origin to open the Five Elements Training Ground for him.

Qi Yuan entered the Five Elements Training Ground to collect the five elemental powers needed to earn the Five Ancestors’ recognition and eventually control the forbidden ground. As he surveyed its monsters, he considered using their Five Elements Power to strengthen his cultivation foundation.

• The awakened inhabitants of the Five Elements Forbidden Ground discussed Qi Yuan’s Divine Domain realm and the green-clad girl warned them that he intended to take control of the forbidden ground.
• Yu forbade infighting, and the others dismissed the threat, believing Qi Yuan could not win the Five Ancestors’ recognition.
• Gold Ancestor explained that Qi Yuan needed to complete each element and earn all five ancestors’ recognition to become master of the forbidden ground.
• Qi Yuan entered the Five Elements Training Ground with Little Bride after Gold Ancestor advised him to look out for the other prodigies inside.
• Water Ancestor, Fire Ancestor, and Wood Ancestor joined Gold Ancestor and discussed their hopes that Qi Yuan would become powerful enough to improve their chances against the Extraterrestrial Demons.
• Qi Yuan inspected the monsters and wondered whether their Five Elements Power could reshape and strengthen his Qi Refinement foundation.

Qi Yuan slaughtered Five Elements Souls to gather essence qi, then emerged from the ground and confronted Tang Yan and two Divine Realm experts after overhearing them mock his ambition to control the Five Elements Forbidden Ground. He demanded that the Red-Clad Man answer a question as payment for disturbing his sleep.

• Qi Yuan hunted Five Elements Souls with Little Bride, reached Level 92, and gathered essence qi while estimating how much more he needed for Five Elements Perfection.
• After logging out, Qi Yuan discovered that the Five Elements Qi had fed back into reality and allowed him to sense control over several elements.
• For three days, Qi Yuan trained and studied, but his essence qi collection advanced slowly and he found no other prodigies in the training ground.
• Tang Yan obtained a wisp of Water Essence Qi after a year of cultivation, while the Red-Clad Man and the Bun-Head Woman discussed Qi Yuan's boast that he would control the Five Elements Forbidden Ground.
• Qi Yuan emerged from the soil while holding Little Bride, caught the Red-Clad Man speaking ill of him, and demanded an answer to one question as compensation for the disturbance.

Qi Yuan discovered that killing Water Souls gave him Water Essence Qi with every strike, astonishing Tang Yan and the others as he headed for the Five Elements Training Ground’s Core Land. He arrived after the others had accidentally drawn more than ten thousand Five Souls away, and sensed a strange reaction in his body as something flickered deep in the abyss.

• Qi Yuan asked Tang Yan where he could find the most Five Souls, learned the route to the Core Land, and killed a trapped Water Soul to gain a wisp of Water Essence Qi.
• Qi Yuan killed three more Water Souls, gaining three more wisps, and left for the Core Land while Tang Yan, the Bun-Head Woman, and the red-robed man watched in disbelief.
• Tang Yan and the others followed Qi Yuan and transmitted news of his astonishing talent, but they arrived at the Core Land before him.
• The red-robed man attracted over ten thousand Five Souls, and he, Tang Yan, and the Bun-Head Woman fled as the creatures charged after them.
• Qi Yuan arrived at the now-empty Core Land, wondered where the Five Souls had gone, and entered the abyss as his body and Five Essences Qi began to grow hot and restless.

Qi Yuan explored the Five Elements Core Land, obtained the incomplete Daydream Fantasy Skill, and learned that it might help him pursue a technique compatible with the Qi Yuan Sutra. After returning to the game, he slaughtered the Five Souls and demonstrated that he could comprehend all five elements, leaving Tang Yan and the others hopeful that he could master the Five Elements Forbidden Ground and challenge the Extraterrestrial Demon.

• Qi Yuan entered the abyss in the Core Land, gathered Five Elements Quicksand, and received fragments of the Daydream Fantasy Skill from a wisp of Grand Sun Radiance.
• Qi Yuan left the game, decided to seek references to complete the technique, and asked Jiang Lingsu about similar cultivation arts; she mentioned the extinct Ju Jin race of the East Sea.
• Jiang Lingsu concealed the pain caused by wielding the Universe Mirror, while Qi Yuan offered to help her with any problems.
• Qi Yuan returned to the game, merged with Little Bride, and attacked the returned Five Souls, killing many and rapidly comprehending all five Essences.
• Li Qin lost his bet with the Red-Clad Man, while Tang Yan and the others realized Qi Yuan might achieve five-element perfection and give them hope against the Extraterrestrial Demon.

Tang Yan reported that the Attire Department Head had extraordinary talent in all five elements, prompting Yu and the Divine Domain experts to resolve to aid his growth. Dragon Arbiter secured the Yin Yang Forbidden Ground’s agreement to perform Shen Ying if Qi Yuan defeated Burying Flower, while Qi Yuan continued killing Five Souls to advance his Five Elements completion.

• Tang Yan reported to Yu that the Attire Department Head could comprehend Water Essence Qi with one Water Soul and had equally supreme talent in all five elements.
• Yu proposed that the Divine Domain experts use Shen Ying to share their cultivation insights with the Attire Department Head, and they agreed.
• Dragon Arbiter returned injured from the Yin Yang Forbidden Ground and said its experts would perform Shen Ying if the Attire Department Head defeated Burying Flower.
• Water Ancestor comforted a green-clad girl who feared that the Attire Department Head’s Five Elements completion would bring the Five Elements Forbidden Ground under his control.
• Qi Yuan killed the Five Souls that Tang Yan and the others had captured, then complained that reaching Five Elements completion would take half a month.
• Qi Yuan gave Tang Yan, the Bun-Head Woman, Li Qin, and the Red-Clad Man Five Elements Quicksand.

Qi Yuan used the Grand Sun aura to overpower and slaughter the Five Souls, completing the Five Elements and clearing the Core Land. After leaving the Five Elements Forbidden Ground with Tang Yan and the others, he encountered the green-clad young woman, who vowed to pursue him until he killed the Extraterrestrial Demon.

• Qi Yuan imitated the Grand Sun's aura from the Daydream Fantasy Skill, grew cold, and saw Jiang Lingsu suffering from a similar chill.
• Qi Yuan entered the Core Land and used the Grand Sun aura to weaken the Five Souls, then slaughtered them for experience and Five Essences Qi.
• After killing the Water Soul, Qi Yuan completed the Five Elements, but told Tang Yan he would stay to finish off the remaining Five Souls.
• Qi Yuan continued killing until he had slain the Gold Soul, reached nearly level 96, and cleared the Core Land.
• Qi Yuan left the Five Elements Forbidden Ground with Tang Yan and the others, then heard the green-clad young woman vow to keep pursuing him until he killed the Extraterrestrial Demon.

Qi Yuan received the Five Elements power from the five ancestors, who disappeared after fulfilling their promise, and returned to the real world as the power began changing his surroundings. At the Shinguang Sect, Dong Xian gained the sect master’s support for the Dragon Seizing Competition, but his magical artifact unexpectedly came alive.

• The five ancestors warned Qi Yuan about the Extraterrestrial Demon’s Flesh Fishing Line, undying body, and possibility of being multiple people, then poured their Five Elements power into him and vanished.
• Qi Yuan logged off with Little Bride, reflected on the ancestors’ sacrifice, and fell asleep as Five Elements Qi spread through his body and altered the Shinguang Sect.
• Withered Wood True Lord told Dong Xian that the Shinguang Sect would support him in the Dragon Seizing Competition and let him choose two Foundation Establishment disciples to accompany him.
• Dong Xian showed Withered Wood True Lord his Profound Heaven Treasure Ruler, but it broke into three pieces that formed a stick figure and ran out of the hall.

Qi Yuan’s newly completed Metal Element caused a sect-wide riot among metal objects, and he stopped it by taking back the Kitchen Knife. Dong Xian learned that the Kitchen Knife might be a Supreme Treasure and began planning to win Qi Yuan’s help in the Dragon Seizing Competition.

• Metal objects across Shinguang Sect flew into the sky, prompting Withered Wood True Lord and the elders to suspect that a metal-element Supreme Treasure had appeared.
• Jiang Lingsu told Qi Yuan that the Kitchen Knife had joined the airborne magical artifacts, and Qi Yuan realized his Five Elements transformation had triggered the chaos.
• Qi Yuan discovered that he could damage metal magical artifacts and walked up to the Kitchen Knife despite the others’ doubts.
• Qi Yuan grabbed the Kitchen Knife, causing the flying treasures to return to their owners, whereupon cultivators found many had grown stronger.
• Old Artifact told Dong Xian that the Kitchen Knife might be a Supreme Treasure, and Dong Xian decided to offer Qi Yuan a rare banned game to seek his help in the Dragon Seizing Competition.

Qi Yuan received the Five Elements Forbidden Ground’s rewards and the memories and cultivation insights of its experts, then traveled to the Yin Yang Forbidden Ground. There, Burying Flower attacked him, with control of the forbidden ground at stake.

• Qi Yuan claimed ten uncontaminated Fragments of Heavenly Dao and a Five Elements Heart after clearing the Five Elements Forbidden Ground.
• Fifty-three people performed Shen Ying on Qi Yuan, passing on their memories, cultivation insights, and experience after he swore to slay the Extraterrestrial Demon.
• Yu and Dragon Arbiter reminded Qi Yuan about the Demon Subjugation Assembly and revealed that defeating Burying Flower would give him control of the Yin Yang Forbidden Ground.
• Qi Yuan learned that Jin Li had seized control of Southern Qian and planned to relinquish her throne to meet him beneath the Ancient Qixun Camphor Tree.
• Qi Yuan entered the Yin Yang Forbidden Ground, where Burying Flower attacked him and declared that defeating her would put the forbidden ground under his control.

Qi Yuan defeated Burying Flower in the Yin Yang Forbidden Ground by drawing on Qing Ping Zi’s sword experience, then met Dong Xian, who sought his guidance. Qi Yuan proposed that a Qi Refining cultivator could turn qi into a sword and began demonstrating it.

• Burying Flower challenged Qi Yuan and attacked him with her Endless Sea of Flowers, but he identified her true body and was injured by her counterattack.
• Qi Yuan drew on Qing Ping Zi’s sword experience, fought Burying Flower again, and defeated her, gaining the Shen Ying of many powerhouses in the Yin Yang Forbidden Ground.
• After leaving the game, Qi Yuan received a visiting letter from Dong Xian and agreed to meet him on Seven Colors Peak.
• Dong Xian offered Qi Yuan collector’s edition Game Jade Slips and asked him for swordsmanship guidance at Old Artifact’s urging.
• Qi Yuan explained that a Qi Refining cultivator could transform qi into a sword and began demonstrating by extending a sword-finger gesture as golden light burst from his fingertips.

Qi Yuan repeatedly created golden swords that drew heavenly lightning, then obtained the Yin Yang Boundary Stone and was transported to Heaven's End before mastering the Yin Yang Forbidden Ground. There, a one-armed Golden Armor Divine General told him he had to climb the Daytime Ascension Platform and defeat him to become Heaven's End's master.

• Qi Yuan demonstrated transforming qi into a sword, and heavenly lightning destroyed the sword while Dong Xian and Old Artifact mistook the technique for a forbidden art.
• Qi Yuan repeatedly summoned lightning by throwing away golden swords and named the effect a secret art, amused that the lightning chased each sword like a dog chasing a bone.
• Tong told Qi Yuan that he needed to comprehend life and death to control the Yin Yang Forbidden Ground, so Qi Yuan stabbed himself and Little Bride healed him by fusing with him.
• Qi Yuan was transported to Heaven's End with Little Bride, and he warned Jin Li that the game had moved him there before they discussed the dangers of the Ascension Platform.
• Qi Yuan arrived in Heaven's End and met the one-armed Golden Armor Divine General, who said Qi Yuan had to win 129,600 battles on the Daytime Ascension Platform and kill him to take control of the forbidden ground.

Qi Yuan began climbing the Daylight Ascension Platform, using its battles to hone his combat skills with Little Bride. After seven days in the game, he learned that his killing intent had become noticeable and that the Light Palace had sent an envoy to Great Shang, leaving him anxious about a possible encounter.

• Qi Yuan accepted the Golden Armor Divine General’s challenge and learned that he could leave the platform for up to one day between battles.
• Qi Yuan entered the arena with Little Bride and defeated his first opponent by fighting as Dragon Arbiter, then continued climbing the stairs.
• Qi Yuan encountered Jiang Lingsu, whose body had sprouted wood-element essence, and asked her to give him some of it.
• Jiang Lingsu warned Qi Yuan that his heavy killing intent could attract the Light Palace, an organization that claimed to uphold justice.
• Qi Yuan declared that he would take over the Light Palace, then learned one of its Foundation Establishment cultivators had arrived in Great Shang for the Dragon Seizing Competition.
• Qi Yuan returned to his room worried about the Light Palace, but decided to focus on clearing the game and assumed he would not run into its envoy.

Qi Yuan continued slaughtering opponents on the Heaven Ascension Ladder, absorbing their combat experience while questioning whether the world’s supposed peak of the Divine Domain concealed a greater realm. After reaching Level 99 and finding that he could not level up further, he withdrew from the ladder, discovered that his transformed energies had caused terrifying dreams across the Shinguang Sect, and told Jin Li he expected to clear Heaven's End soon.

• Qi Yuan used Burying Flower’s insights to kill a Giant Beetle on the Heaven Ascension Ladder, then wondered whether Dragon Arbiter, Tong, and Yu were mistaken about the limits of the Divine Domain.
• Dragon Arbiter and Yu discussed the ancient camphor tree, the coming Demon Subjugation Assembly, and the Attire Department Head’s need to temper his experience.
• After waking from a nightmare, Qi Yuan modified the Concealment Word Art so it could hide his killing intent and secretly inflict it on others.
• Qi Yuan reached Level 99 on the Ascension Platform and defeated increasingly powerful Divine Domain opponents, but an invisible restraint kept him from leveling up.
• Qi Yuan’s converted water energy brought blood-red rain to the Shinguang Sect, giving cultivators terrifying dreams for several days.
• Qi Yuan chatted with Jin Li, complained about Heaven's End’s endless enemies, and said he expected to clear it in another half month.

Jin Li prepared to leave Southern Qian after completing her mission, while Qi Yuan received a haughty calling card from Zhu Lianhua of the Light Palace. When Zhu Lianhua arrived at the Shinguang Sect's Market seeking a rumored Supreme Treasure, Wang Shuang found the discarded calling card and presented it to him as a bargain.

• Jin Li reflected that she would leave Southern Qian once she had finished handling its affairs.
• Jiang Lingsu gave Qi Yuan a calling card announcing that Zhu Lianhua of the Light Palace would visit the Shinguang Sect.
• Qi Yuan showed the calling card to his Master, who replied that she would not receive Zhu Lianhua.
• Zhu Lianhua arrived at the Market with Wang Shuang and revealed that he intended to claim the rumored Five Elements Supreme Treasure.
• Wang Shuang used the Heavenly Treasure Seeking Art and returned with an item he had bought for one Spirit Stone.
• Zhu Lianhua recognized the item as the calling card he had sent to the Shinguang Sect and angrily threw it down.

Zhu Lianhua and Wang Shuang plotted against the Shinguang Sect, while Qi Yuan mistook their private conversation for a conspiracy to destroy the sect. Jiang Lingsu followed them with Qi Yuan, but he unexpectedly killed both men before she could use her treasure.

• Zhu Lianhua vowed to take revenge on the Shinguang Sect after his calling card was torn up and sold, while Wang Shuang offered to abduct Qi Yuan later.
• Qi Yuan overheard Zhu Lianhua and Wang Shuang and concluded they were plotting to overthrow the Shinguang Sect, so Jiang Lingsu agreed to follow them and gave him talismans.
• Jiang Lingsu and Qi Yuan tracked Zhu Lianhua and Wang Shuang into a forest, where Jiang Lingsu prepared to use her treasure.
• Qi Yuan charged the two Foundation Establishment cultivators with his kitchen knife, and Zhu Lianhua and Wang Shuang fled in alarm.
• Qi Yuan caught and killed Zhu Lianhua and Wang Shuang with a single slash, then called Jiang Lingsu over.

Qi Yuan and Jiang Lingsu killed two Foundation Establishment cultivators, uncovered the Light Palace’s plans for Great Shang, and gained a powerful technique that Qi Yuan adapted into a blood-red Magnificent Sword. Qi Yuan then entered Heaven’s End with Little Bride to face the final trial: three thousand peak Divine Realm cultivators.

• Qi Yuan killed two Foundation Establishment cultivators with a single Kitchen Knife strike, and Jiang Lingsu confirmed that he had not been possessed.
• Jiang Lingsu explained that the Light Palace had sent Zhu Lianhua to bring Great Shang under its control, marked his corpse with the God Flower Society’s symbol, and gave Qi Yuan the Mystic Heaven Light Art.
• Qi Yuan studied the Magnificent Sword and successfully adapted it to form a blood-red sword fueled by his killing intent.
• Qi Yuan entered Heaven’s End with Little Bride, stepped onto its final stair, and appeared before three thousand peak Divine Realm cultivators.

Qi Yuan cleared Heaven’s End by defeating its three thousand Divine Realm experts and the Golden Armor divine general, then left for the mortal world to meet Jin Li. Jin Li waited for him in July Town beneath the Ancient Qixun Camphor Tree, while Qi Yuan set out with a handmade Wooden Hairpin; upon leaving Heaven’s End, he found himself in a desert and his game interface had disappeared.

• Qi Yuan slaughtered the three thousand Divine Realm experts, defeated the Golden Armor divine general, and received Heavenly Dao fragments and an opportunity to enter level 100.
• Qi Yuan told Jin Li he could leave Heaven’s End for a month, and they arranged to meet at Half Moon Lake in July Town.
• Jin Li told Aunt Qin she was excited to meet Qi Yuan, and they discussed attending the town’s temple fair together.
• Qi Yuan made Jin Li a Wooden Hairpin, left Heaven’s End, and discovered that he was in a desert without his game interface.

After losing the game interface, Qi Yuan traveled toward the Ancient Qixun Camphor Tree and discovered that Kunwu City oppressed everyone under fifty in the name of filial piety. He learned that the Moon Imperial Clan was resisting the Hundred Cities Alliance near Seventh Moon Lake, while Jin Li waited by the lake and Aunt Qin recognized the arriving High Priest.

• Qi Yuan left Heaven's End, concealed his power with the Faceless Mask, and flew toward the Ancient Qixun Camphor Tree, where he buried the remains of murdered children in the desert.
• At Kunwu City's gate, Qi Yuan learned from a fat man that residents over fifty enjoyed extensive privileges while younger people faced deadly punishment under the city's filial-piety laws.
• Qi Yuan entered Kunwu City, bought a map from Kunwu Wind Whispers, and learned that the Moon Imperial Clan near Seventh Moon Lake was at war with the Hundred Cities Alliance over the Filial Piety Decree.
• Qi Yuan gave the woman in black gauze a cultivation technique before departing, and she and an old woman decided to travel to the Moon Imperial Clan to investigate him.
• Jin Li waited by the lakeshore under the moon, and Aunt Qin stiffened when the High Priest greeted her.

Qi Yuan waited at Seventh Moon Lake for Jin Li, then flew around the Ancient Qixun Camphor Tree and found countless corpses hanging from its branches. As he mourned two familiar dead, a girl named July appeared and introduced herself as one of the Moon Emperor Clan’s Twelve Sacrifices.

• Qi Yuan found Seventh Moon Lake but could not locate July Town, and he killed nine Hundred Cities Alliance martial artists after their leader lied about its location.
• A green-haired Moon Imperial Clan man invited Qi Yuan to wait by the lake, and Qi Yuan gave him Jin Li’s name and description.
• Leng Yue ordered the Moon Imperial Clan to search for Jin Li and considered recruiting Qi Yuan, whom she believed to be a Supreme Emperor.
• Qi Yuan waited at the lake for days, speaking with A Qiao and Xiao Ping, while the Hundred Cities Alliance threatened to attack.
• Qi Yuan flew around the Ancient Qixun Camphor Tree and saw countless corpses, including a woman and child he recognized from Kunwu City.
• July appeared beneath the moonlight and identified herself as one of the Moon Emperor Clan’s Twelve Sacrifices.

Jin Li learned that her mother had been the Moon Imperial Kingdom’s Saintess but refused to give up waiting for Qi Yuan. Qi Yuan agreed to protect the seven-year-old Moon Girl for twenty-six days, and as the Hundred Cities Alliance’s seven Emperors approached, he killed them with a single sword strike.

• July told Jin Li that Qing Luo was her younger sister and Jin Li’s mother, and urged Jin Li to stop waiting for the person who had not come.
• Jin Li insisted she would wait for Qi Yuan, then wondered whether another forbidden land existed and recalled the message he had sent her.
• July told Qi Yuan that the Hundred Cities Alliance was using Black Robe Guards to crush resistance, and explained that the Moon Gazing Continent had once been called the White Sun Continent.
• Qi Yuan agreed to protect the Moon Imperial Clan’s seven-year-old Saintess, Moon Girl, for twenty-six days and asked the clan to establish the Moon Dynasty and July Town.
• July left Moon Girl with Qi Yuan beside Seventh Moon Lake, where the girl brought him fish soup as snow fell.
• Seven Emperors from the Hundred Cities Alliance advanced on Qi Yuan while he ate, and he killed all seven with one sword strike.