Recaps

Li Qing improved his cultivation with a Peiyuan Pill while Rice Bucket’s strength began growing again after its transformation. News from the Black Sand River revealed heavy casualties, a precious Core Formation spirit item, and a mysterious stone egg that escaped with much of the treasure, leaving Li Qing to inform Daoist Qingyang.

• Li Qing found that Beast Raising Pills could once again improve Rice Bucket’s strength and estimated it might reach Late First-tier in three to five years.
• Li Qing swallowed a Peiyuan Pill, refined its medicinal power for six hours, and spent the night clearing the resulting pill toxin.
• Over two peaceful months, Li Qing cultivated and visited Daoist Qingyang while awaiting news from the Black Sand River.
• A Tianhe Sect disciple told Li Qing that Tianhe Sect had won seven of ten arena contests, with Jiu Xiao and Shi Nantian reaching Great Perfection of Qi Refining.
• Li Qing and the disciple learned that the grotto-heaven contained Yin-Yang Spirit Condensing Liquid and a Mysterious Stone Egg that devoured cultivators’ essence blood and escaped with much of the liquid.
• Li Qing left to share the intelligence with Daoist Qingyang as tensions in the Black Sand River region rose again.

The Core Formation Ancestors of the Tianhe Sect and Shangqing Sect joined forces to open the underwater grotto-heaven beneath the Black Sand River, but a stone egg protected by dense demonic qi escaped their grasp. A hundred li away, True Person Linglong revealed that she had spent more than ten years planting a seed for her revenge against the Tianhe Sect.

• Ancestor Wanshan and Old Woman Wen renewed their old grievances before the Core Formation Ancestors agreed to open the grotto-heaven together.
• The five openly present Core Formation cultivators diverted the Black Sand River and blasted open the grotto-heaven, uncovering a third-rank Demonic Python's remains and a damaged slab written in ancient Demonic Script.
• The Core Formation Ancestors broke through the grotto-heaven's floor, releasing a wave of demonic qi and a stone egg that resisted their attacks and fled beyond the horizon.
• The five Ancestors searched the grotto-heaven for more clues, found only ordinary spiritual herbs, and then turned to discussing matters between their sects.
• True Person Linglong watched from a hundred li away and said that the seed she had planted through more than ten years of planning was ready to sprout as she pursued revenge for her master's death.

After the Black Sand River grotto-heaven disaster, Tianhe Sect and Shangqing Sect ended their seven-year war on humiliating terms for Tianhe Sect. As young cultivators rose through Foundation Establishment, Li Qing reflected on the changing era and Jiuxiao invited him to celebrate his breakthrough.

• News of the grotto-heaven’s destruction spread, and the Black Sand River became a ruined wasteland after Core Formation cultivators and Rogue Cultivators ransacked it.
• Tianhe Sect and Shangqing Sect made peace, with Tianhe Sect agreeing to surrender portions of its mine and marketplace profits to Shangqing Sect.
• Chu Tiankuo showed Li Qing the confidential peace terms, and Li Qing judged that Tianhe Sect’s losses in the grotto-heaven had forced it to accept them.
• After the terms leaked, Li Qing realized they would burden Tianhe Sect’s laborers and Cultivation Families, while the sect relied on its own strength to keep them in line.
• Liu Huai'an, Shi Nantian, and Jiuxiao achieved Foundation Establishment, and Jiuxiao invited Li Qing and Daoist Qingyang to his celebration.
• Li Qing accepted Jiuxiao’s invitation, lamented that he had yet to achieve Foundation Establishment, and swallowed a Peiyuan Pill.

Li Qing traveled with Daoist Qingyang to Tianhe Sect for Jiuxiao’s Foundation Establishment celebration, where the sect’s spectacular mountain gate and Jiuxiao’s new status impressed him. At the gathering, Daoist Qingyang mingled with Foundation Establishment elders while Li Qing was relieved to find fellow Qi Refining cultivator Ye Feng.

• Li Qing boarded Daoist Qingyang’s Precious Lotus Vessel, and the two set out for Tianhe Sect; Li Qing realized he had forgotten to prepare a proper congratulatory gift and decided to give spirit stones.
• After six days, Li Qing and Daoist Qingyang passed the rebuilding Tianhe Marketplace and reached Tianhe Sect’s magnificent mountain gate two days later.
• Li Qing and Daoist Qingyang presented their invitations, then Jiuxiao welcomed them and led them through the sect after they gave him a porcelain bottle of pills and one hundred spirit stones.
• Jiuxiao brought the visitors to his cave residence, where more than ten Foundation Establishment cultivators had gathered for the celebration.
• The elders warmly welcomed Daoist Qingyang but largely ignored Li Qing, who was relieved to stay unnoticed until Ye Feng waved him over.

Li Qing attended Senior Brother Jiu Xiao’s Foundation Establishment celebration, where Lingying’s zither music calmed his anxiety about falling behind in cultivation. After returning to Qinghua Pond, he resumed cultivating and rejected Xu Sanniang’s plea to take her son Bu'er as a disciple.

• Senior Brother Jiu Xiao hosted an elaborate Foundation Establishment celebration, and Li Qing recognized Lingying, a former member of Daoist Qingyang’s secret trading gathering, among the guests.
• Lingying played the zither, calming Li Qing’s restless thoughts and helping him resolve to cultivate steadily rather than rush his Foundation Establishment.
• Ye Feng told Li Qing he planned to enter seclusion to advance his artifact refinement and then pursue Foundation Establishment.
• Senior Brother Jiu Xiao gave Li Qing Peiyuan Pills as repayment for repairing his spirit boat, and Daoist Qingyang explained that Jiu Xiao wanted to clear their favor before seeking a Law Enforcement Hall elder position.
• After returning to Qinghua Pond, Li Qing rejected Xu Sanniang’s request to teach her son Bu'er or ask Daoist Qingyang to accept him as a disciple.
• Xu Sanniang left with Bu'er and told him to kneel outside Li Qing’s gate each morning.

Li Qing completed an artifact-refining manual for a persistent boy, then received Daoist Qingyang’s summons to help co-refine Foundation Establishment Pills with Liu Hanyue. With all the ingredients assembled, Daoist Qingyang began refining the pills as Li Qing and Liu Hanyue stood guard.

• Li Qing finished annotating the artifact-refining manual and left it outside his gate for the boy who had knelt there for months; the boy thanked him and took it home.
• Daoist Qingyang sent Li Qing a letter summoning him, and Li Qing hurried to his cave abode.
• Li Qing discovered Liu Hanyue was there to co-refine Foundation Establishment Pills and agreed to her terms for sharing the results.
• Liu Hanyue supplied the Origin Melting Fruit and most of the ingredients, while Li Qing provided the three missing supplementary herbs.
• Daoist Qingyang began warming his cauldron, activated his Innate True Fire, and started refining the Foundation Establishment Pills as Li Qing and Liu Hanyue watched.

Daoist Qingyang refined three Foundation Establishment Pills, two of them flawless, and Liu Hanyue and Li Qing divided them according to their agreement. Liu Hanyue then revealed she suspected the Shi Family remnants were targeting her and asked Daoist Qingyang and Li Qing to protect her while she attempted Foundation Establishment at Qinghua Pond; both agreed.

• Daoist Qingyang completed the pill refinement, producing two proper Foundation Establishment Pills and one inferior pill after two portions turned to ash.
• Liu Hanyue took the two proper pills, while Li Qing accepted the inferior pill without asking her to compensate him for it.
• After thanking Daoist Qingyang, Liu Hanyue asked him to guard her while she attempted Foundation Establishment at Qinghua Pond.
• Liu Hanyue said she suspected remnants of the Shi Family were trying to stop her from advancing, and Daoist Qingyang agreed to protect her.
• Liu Hanyue also asked Li Qing to help guard her in exchange for compensation, and he agreed.

Liu Hanyue began establishing her foundation at Qinghua Pond, but Shi Tong and four Shi Family remnants attacked to stop her. Daoist Qingyang and Li Qing defeated the intruders, leaving Liu Hanyue’s breakthrough underway.

• Liu Hanyue began her Foundation Establishment, drawing spiritual energy and alerting the cultivators at Qinghua Pond.
• Shi Tong led four Shi Family remnants toward Liu Hanyue’s cave to disrupt her breakthrough, and Daoist Qingyang intercepted them.
• Daoist Qingyang used his bronze cauldron to suppress four attackers while Shi Bao escaped toward Liu Hanyue’s mountain.
• Li Qing sent Rice Bucket to fight Shi Bao’s white python and attacked Shi Bao with a series of magical artifacts.
• Li Qing trapped Shi Bao in the Water Entanglement Net and killed him with the Stormy Pear Blossom Nail.
• Rice Bucket badly wounded the white python, while Daoist Qingyang crushed the other four Shi Family remnants with his bronze cauldron.

Liu Hanyue successfully established her foundation and compensated Li Qing and Daoist Qingyang for protecting her. After they declined her offer to become Liu Family Guest Elders, she returned to her family while Li Qing prepared to move into her cave dwelling.

• Liu Hanyue completed her breakthrough, and Daoist Qingyang and Li Qing congratulated her on reaching Foundation Establishment.
• Liu Hanyue compensated Daoist Qingyang with Purple Jade Grass and gave Li Qing a five-year cave-dwelling lease and a piece of Moonflow Gold from the Great Desolation Region.
• Several Foundation Establishment Rogue Cultivators arrived to congratulate Liu Hanyue, who then invited Daoist Qingyang and Li Qing to become honorary Guest Elders of the Liu Family.
• Daoist Qingyang and Li Qing declined Liu Hanyue's invitation, and she returned to the Liu Family after assuring them the family would remain their friend.
• Li Qing returned to his courtyard and began sorting his belongings so he could move into the cave dwelling on a Second-order Spirit Vein.

Li Qing inventoried the Storage Bag taken from a Shi Family remnant and discovered several valuable inheritances. He planned to focus on cultivation and begin testing whether his powerful Spiritual Sense allowed him to practice Soul Condensing Slash.

• Li Qing opened the Storage Bag and found spirit stones, cultivation pills, ordinary Magic Tools, and a versatile leaf-shaped flying tool.
• Li Qing discovered the Shi Family’s Spirit Plant Record and learned how to tend his Jade Locust Tree.
• Li Qing obtained the Wood Spirit Puppet secret art and considered refining spirit wood into a concealed puppet.
• Li Qing found Soul Condensing Slash, a Spiritual Sense attack art requiring a Foundation Establishment-level divine soul, and decided to attempt cultivating it.
• Li Qing examined a complete alchemy inheritance, then resolved to continue his cultivation, practice the Essence Augmentation Secret Art, and work on Soul Condensing Slash.

After four years of cultivation at Qinghua Pond, Li Qing broke through to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining and began planning a trip south to investigate the Lingyun Sect and his token. He left the cave abode in good spirits, with a possible auction approaching in ten days.

• Li Qing continued practicing the Soul Condensing Slash, using the Soul Nurturing Bell to ease the pain and nourish his soul.
• Cao Xiu delivered Beast Raising Pills and Beast Feeding Pills, and told Li Qing that Senior Qingyang planned to hold an auction at Qinghua Pond in ten days.
• Rice Bucket's transformation had made him a Late First-tier beast, and his killing intent frightened Cao Xiu as he delivered the pills.
• Li Qing sensed a breakthrough, swallowed a Peiyuan Pill, and advanced to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining.
• Li Qing decided to gather information on Mu Kingdom and the Lingyun Sect, verify whether his token was an Ascension Token, and seek another Foundation Establishment Pill.

Li Qing attended Daoist Qingyang’s auction at Qinghua Pond, where he sold pills and magic tools and bought auxiliary ingredients for Foundation Establishment Pills. When Daoist Qingyang presented a nearly five-hundred-year-old Bao Yuan Tree trunk, Li Qing’s interest sharpened as the auction continued.

• Li Qing disguised his appearance, prepared pills and Low-grade Magic Tools to consign, and went to the auction beside Qinghua Pond.
• Li Qing recognized several Tianhe Sect elders among the Foundation Establishment Realm guests and kept a low profile as Daoist Qingyang opened the auction.
• The three bottles of Guangling Pills and Qi Condensing Pills sold for more than eight hundred spirit stones, while Xu Sanniang and Cao Xiu could not afford them.
• A four-hundred-year Earth Yellow Essence sparked fierce bidding among Tianhe Sect elders and sold for one thousand eight hundred spirit stones.
• Li Qing’s consigned Low-grade Magic Tools sold for nearly four hundred spirit stones, and he bought several auxiliary ingredients for Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Daoist Qingyang presented a nearly five-hundred-year-old Bao Yuan Tree trunk, and Li Qing reacted with keen interest.

Li Qing passed on bidding for a five-hundred-year-old Bao Yuan Tree trunk, but realized he might still obtain the worm-eaten remainder for his body-tempering art. Daoist Qingyang then offered three rare inheritances for confidential exchanges as the auction neared its end.

• Li Qing decided not to bid against Foundation Establishment cultivators for the Bao Yuan Tree trunk, which sold for just over sixteen hundred spirit stones.
• The buyer noticed the trunk had a fresh cut, and Daoist Qingyang explained that he had removed a worm-eaten section to study its spirit worm eggs.
• Li Qing realized the discarded section still contained Spirit Wood Essence and planned to ask Daoist Qingyang about buying it after the auction.
• Daoist Qingyang offered an Azure Steel Flying Cloud Shield, a Second-grade Low-tier Talisman inheritance, and the Shi Family's Prajna Water Scripture with Heavy Water Transformation in exchange for items rather than spirit stones.
• After a bidder questioned whether the inheritances might be sold to multiple people, Daoist Qingyang swore he would not duplicate any sale.

Li Qing negotiated with Daoist Qingyang to exchange a five-hundred-year-old Sky Star Grass for the remaining Bao Yuan Tree spirit wood, then set out for the secret realm. After nearly a month of careful travel, he reached its entrance, intending to investigate the Medicine Field Mountain Peaks and check on the Jade Locust Tree.

• After the auction, Li Qing visited Daoist Qingyang and asked to trade for the spirit-worm-damaged Bao Yuan Tree spirit wood.
• Daoist Qingyang rejected Li Qing's spirit stones and second-tier alchemy inheritance, but agreed to reserve the wood in exchange for a Sky Star Grass over five hundred years old.
• Li Qing returned to his cave abode and planned to enter the secret realm to break restrictions on a Medicine Field Mountain Peak and inspect the Jade Locust Tree.
• Three days later, Li Qing put Rice Bucket in his Beast Taming Pouch and left Qinghua Pond, traveling cautiously through remote routes.
• After nearly a month, Li Qing reached the small hillock at the secret realm's entrance.

Li Qing returned to the Eternal Night World after decades had passed there and encountered a restless mushroom forest whose crimson spores fed on blood and vitality. After escaping the forest and avoiding a search by black-feathered fliers, he was confronted by a Black Feather Person who demanded to taste his blood, leaving Li Qing ready to fight.

• Li Qing entered the Eternal Night World with Rice Bucket and discovered that Rice Bucket could safely absorb the Red Moon Secret Power.
• The mushroom trees began moving and scattering crimson spores, forcing Li Qing to flee while using the Crimson Shadow Umbrella to shield himself.
• Crimson spores rooted in Li Qing's hand and drained his vitality until he stopped their growth with the Limitless Golden Body and scraped them off with the Dragon-like Dagger.
• Li Qing hid from four black-feathered fliers, who blamed the forest's disturbance on a martial arts expert from Giant Rock City.
• A Black Feather Person confronted Li Qing and demanded a taste of his blood, prompting Li Qing to respond with killing intent.

Li Qing overpowered a Black Feather Outsider, learned how Giant Rock City and martial arts had changed, and killed four Heavenly Measure Mountain disciples who witnessed his cultivation spells. He avoided the mutated mushroom forest and continued luring exotic beasts with crimson moonlight, while planning to explore Heavenly Measure Mountain after reaching Foundation Establishment.

• Li Qing seized the Black Feather Outsider, broke one of his wings, and resisted his iron-feather attack with the Limitless Golden Body.
• Li Qing questioned the captive, who explained that the mushroom forest had turned bloodthirsty twelve years earlier and that Giant Rock City’s martial arts had changed after Zhao Kou became a Grandmaster and suppressed a Red Moon Secret Power outbreak.
• Three more Black Feather Outsiders arrived, and Li Qing killed them with Fireball Spells before killing their captive companion with his Dragon-like Dagger.
• Li Qing decided to avoid the mushroom forest and postpone exploring Heavenly Measure Mountain until he reached Foundation Establishment.
• Li Qing released Rice Bucket to continue transforming under the red moon, then used the Jade Pendant to lure exotic beasts from the Eternal Night World.

Li Qing used the jade pendant to draw red moonlight and accelerate Rice Bucket’s transformation, but the concentrated power attracted a terrifying One-Eyed Giant Deer. As the beast charged toward them, Li Qing prepared to escape with Rice Bucket before it arrived.

• Li Qing captured three Mid First-tier strange beasts and then found Rice Bucket undergoing a transformation beneath the red moon.
• Li Qing used the jade pendant to gather red moonlight around Rice Bucket, accelerating his transformation while watching for changes to his consciousness.
• Li Qing realized Rice Bucket seemed resistant to Red Moon Secret Power and worried that ancient demonic beasts in the Eternal Night World might have become immensely powerful.
• The red moonlight attracted a violent One-Eyed Giant Deer, which charged toward Li Qing and the cocooned Rice Bucket.
• With the giant deer almost upon them, Li Qing began preparing Two Realms Travel and waited for Rice Bucket’s transformation to finish.

Li Qing escaped the Eternal Night World with Rice Bucket, which reached the peak of Late First-tier after absorbing the crimson moonlight. He then began breaking the restriction around the Medicine Field Mountain Peak, discovering that his Black Furnace could withstand its powerful attacks.

• Li Qing and Rice Bucket vanished just before the One-Eyed Giant Deer crushed them, and a powerful Black Feather Person later collected the corpses of the four fallen Black Feather People.
• Back in the Soul Nurturing Secret Realm, Rice Bucket emerged from its cocoon and absorbed World Spiritual Energy until it reached Peak Late First-tier, gaining dark crimson fur and mismatched black and red eyes.
• Li Qing surveyed the restriction around the Medicine Field Mountain Peak and chose a weak point to attack with demonic beasts attracted by his blood and red crystal.
• Li Qing released three demonic beasts in succession, and their attacks tore a small gap in the restriction before all three died.
• Li Qing tested the Black Furnace against the restriction's attack and found it undamaged, then used it to block the killing lights as he approached the gap.

Li Qing harvested Sky Star Grass from Medicine Field Mountain Peak and successfully cultivated the Soul Condensing Slash. After using a thousand-year Sky Star Grass to recover and strengthen his soul, he prepared to leave the secret realm with Rice Bucket.

• Li Qing harvested an eight-hundred-year Sky Star Grass for his trade with Daoist Qingyang and picked several younger plants for himself.
• Li Qing endured severe soul pain and successfully formed and unleashed the Soul Condensing Slash.
• Li Qing swallowed a thousand-year Sky Star Grass, which relieved the strain on his soul and strengthened his Spiritual Sense.
• Li Qing tested the Soul Condensing Slash and noticed the world appeared more vivid before calling Rice Bucket to accompany him back.

Li Qing exchanged an eight-hundred-year-old Sky Star Grass with Daoist Qingyang for the Bao Yuan Tree trunk and an offer of Foundation Establishment Pill ingredients. He used the trunk to complete the third layer of the Precious Wood Body Tempering Art, leaving his physical strength just below that of a Foundation Establishment Early Stage Body Cultivator.

• Li Qing gave Daoist Qingyang an eight-hundred-year-old Sky Star Grass and received the Bao Yuan Tree trunk, while Daoist Qingyang offered to bring him supplementary Foundation Establishment Pill ingredients from Tianhe Marketplace.
• Li Qing returned to his cave abode, found that Cao Xiu had kept it clean, and decided to cultivate there until its lease was nearly over.
• Li Qing absorbed the Spirit Wood Essence from the Bao Yuan Tree trunk to temper his body, and the trunk crumbled into powder once its vitality was exhausted.
• Li Qing completed the third layer of the Precious Wood Body Tempering Art and tested his strength, blasting a crater into the stone floor with a restrained punch.
• Li Qing judged his body to be far stronger than that of a Late Qi Refining Body Cultivator but slightly weaker than that of a Foundation Establishment Early Stage Body Cultivator.

After months of cultivation, Li Qing left Qinghua Pond and gave Cao Xiu pills, temporary access to his cave dwelling, and advice to keep advancing. He met Ye Feng in Tianhe Marketplace to collect intelligence about Mu Kingdom and the Lingyun Sect, but after drinking with him, Li Qing suddenly collapsed.

• Li Qing ended his seclusion, left Guangling Pills and a carved message for Cao Xiu, and departed from Qinghua Pond.
• Cao Xiu found Li Qing’s gifts and message, then knelt to thank him and resolved to remember his advice.
• Li Qing entered Tianhe Marketplace and met Ye Feng, who had gathered intelligence about Mu Kingdom and the Lingyun Sect.
• Ye Feng hosted Li Qing with aged Hundred Flower Spirit Brew, and Li Qing read the intelligence while drinking.
• Li Qing drank a bowl with Ye Feng, then dropped his wine bowl and appeared to collapse.

Li Qing survived Ye Feng’s attempt to poison and kill him, then killed Ye Feng and fled Tianhe Marketplace before the sect could seal it. The Tianhe Sect discovered Ye Feng’s death and began investigating as Li Qing escaped into the forest on Rice Bucket.

• Ye Feng confessed that he had drugged Li Qing to steal his Foundation Establishment Pill and inherit the Soul Nurturing Temple secret realm, then tried to kill him.
• Li Qing used Soul Condensing Slash to grievously wound Ye Feng’s soul, exposed the poison on the bowl, and killed him with the broken sword.
• Li Qing took Ye Feng’s Storage Bag and intelligence, then hurried to leave Tianhe Marketplace, reflecting on how Ye Feng’s treatment in the sect had changed him.
• Li Qing passed through the marketplace exit, heard disciples disparage Ye Feng and his visitors, and withdrew his spiritual sense as he fled into the forest.
• Tianhe Sect disciples sealed Tianhe Marketplace, so Li Qing mounted Rice Bucket and raced away.
• A guardian in the Tianhe Sect’s Soul Lantern Hall discovered Ye Feng’s broken Soul Lantern and ordered an investigation into the law enforcement disciple’s death.

After Li Qing killed Ye Feng in self-defense, the Tianhe Sect branded him a demon and launched a region-wide hunt. Liu Hanyue and Jiu Xiao recognized that the sect had broader motives but could not intervene, while Li Qing struggled to escape through Little Cui Ridge.

• Tianhe Sect elders used disciples’ memories to sketch Li Qing’s portrait, declared him a wanted criminal, and ordered his capture.
• The Tianhe Sect spread Li Qing’s wanted posters, warned Cultivation Families not to shelter him, and sealed routes toward Mu Kingdom and Liang Kingdom.
• Liu Hanyue visited Jiu Xiao to ask about Li Qing, and Jiu Xiao explained that the sect was using the case to assert authority and train its disciples.
• Jiu Xiao and Liu Hanyue understood that Li Qing was in danger but did not risk opposing the sect’s decision.
• Li Qing hid in Little Cui Ridge, found his wanted posters throughout the region, and decided he needed another way to reach Mu Kingdom.

Li Qing decided to evade the Tianhe Sect blockade by detouring north through Wangyuan City and into Shangqing Sect territory. Meanwhile, Senior Brother Yang used a Divination Instrument to track the Storage Bag Li Qing had taken, and his squad rushed north after him.

• Li Qing judged the wilderness too heavily patrolled to cross and chose to travel north through Wangyuan City, Liang Kingdom, and Shangqing Sect territory before heading to Mu Kingdom.
• A Tianhe Sect squad discussed the bounty on Li Qing and the Origin Melting Fruit offered for capturing him alive.
• Senior Brother Yang recognized Li Qing from a Liu Family Clan Sacrifice and believed Li Qing’s rapid cultivation and hidden fate pointed to a valuable secret.
• Senior Brother Yang explained that his uncle had used the law enforcement disciple’s Storage Bag to determine Li Qing’s general direction.
• Senior Brother Yang activated a bronze Divination Instrument, which pointed north, and led the squad in pursuit of Li Qing.

Li Qing tried to evade the Tianhe Sect by hiding in the wilderness, but Yang Xi and four disciples tracked him with a Divination Instrument. After Li Qing killed Lin Ya, he continued north while the remaining disciples pursued him.

• Li Qing concealed his aura with a Breath Concealing Talisman and the Jade Ruyi, then headed toward a mortal city and a route north to Liang Kingdom.
• Yang Xi and four Tianhe Sect disciples tracked Li Qing with a Divination Instrument and attacked the forest with their Serpent-headed Spirit Boat.
• Yang Xi sent the disciples to search the forest, promising a Foundation Establishment Pill to whoever found Li Qing.
• Li Qing ambushed and killed Lin Ya, took his Storage Bag, and left without alerting the other searchers immediately.
• Yang Xi saw the Divination Instrument point north and led the remaining disciples after Li Qing, who raced north through the forest under cover of night.