Recaps

Jiang Ping'an secretly traded Youth Preserving Pills with Dongfang Jintang, then learned from Bai Ruoxue that Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang had joined the Azure Origin Sect. He found them and brought them under his protection, arranging for them to rent a cave abode and cultivate near him.

• Jiang Ping'an sold ten Youth Preserving Pills at Jadeite Street, then delivered five bottles to Dongfang Jintang in exchange for 1,900 spirit stones.
• Jiang Ping'an read Bai Ruoxue's note and learned that Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang had joined Azure Gu Peak of the Azure Origin Sect.
• Jiang Ping'an went to Liuying Mountain the next morning, where Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang joyfully welcomed him into their courtyard.
• Jiang Ping'an told Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang to stay by his side, warned them to be careful in the Azure Origin Sect, and promised to rent them a cave abode so they could cultivate safely.

Jiang Ping'an settled Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang in a cave abode, provided them with Gu insects and cultivation resources, and told Yu Lianhua about his former companions. He then mastered the Myriad Gu Azure Origin Scripture’s Spirit Aperture Realm technique and prepared written guides to teach them.

• Jiang Ping'an rented a cave abode for Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang on Zhangping Mountain and bought them high-grade Ascension Gu and other supplies.
• Jiang Ping'an warned Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang to stay inside for now and promised to visit their neighbors to help keep them safe.
• Jiang Ping'an told Yu Lianhua that Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang were his former dual-cultivation companions, and Yu Lianhua agreed to accept them.
• Jiang Ping'an exchanged for the Spirit Aperture Realm technique of the Myriad Gu Azure Origin Scripture and used his Proficiency Points to master it.
• Jiang Ping'an recorded his understanding of the technique on two jade slips for Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang to study.

Jiang Ping'an took Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang to meet their neighbors on Pingzhang Mountain and gave them insights that helped them understand the Myriad Gu Azure Origin Scripture. After visiting the households, he reassured them that his Master’s protection offered some safety and agreed to stay the night.

• Jiang Ping'an gave Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang jade slips explaining the Myriad Gu Azure Origin Scripture, and both women understood its teachings.
• Jiang Ping'an introduced Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang to Wang Congwen and Song Siling, who treated him with great respect because he was a disciple of True Lord Xuan Luo.
• Jiang Ping'an and the women visited the remaining neighbors, finding four households at home and two absent during the day.
• Xiu Yun asked whether Jiang Ping'an was safe in the Azure Origin Sect, and he said True Lord Xuan Luo’s protection should deter others from harming him.
• Jiang Ping'an learned that Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang had taken Youth Preserving Pills, then visited the neighbors who had been away during the day.
• Xiu Yun asked Jiang Ping'an to stay the night, and he agreed, delighting both women.

Jiang Ping'an sold Youth Preserving Pills, bought Xuan Shuang a Six-winged Golden Dragonfly, and visited Dongfang Jintang to collect spirit stones. After deciding to pause their pill arrangement, he stayed the night with her.

• Jiang Ping'an returned to Feiquan Cave Mansion after spending the night with Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang, then gave the women a month to focus on cultivation.
• Jiang Ping'an sold ten Youth Preserving Pills at Fulong Daping Valley Market for nearly five hundred spirit stones.
• Jiang Ping'an visited Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang, learned their cultivation had improved, and took Xuan Shuang to buy a juvenile Six-winged Golden Dragonfly for one hundred spirit stones.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Xiu Yun a small gift, spent an hour and a half with her and Xuan Shuang, then left to meet Dongfang Jintang.
• Jiang Ping'an collected nineteen hundred spirit stones from Dongfang Jintang and said he was pausing their Youth Preserving Pill business so she could rest.
• Dongfang Jintang challenged Jiang Ping'an to prove himself, and he carried her toward the bedroom.

Jiang Ping'an won the Mystic Nether Spirit Controlling Banner at auction and studied its accompanying incantation while delaying its refinement until he could do so safely. He later visited Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang, finding that Xiu Yun had advanced and Xuan Shuang could fly with her Flying Gu.

• Jiang Ping'an bid 4,700 spirit stones for the empty Mystic Nether Spirit Controlling Banner and won it.
• After paying for the banner, Jiang Ping'an left the auction early, returned to Feiquan Cave Mansion, and mastered its incantation using Proficiency Points.
• Jiang Ping'an postponed refining the banner because Yu Lianhua and Wang Zhongyou were nearby, and he spent the following weeks studying array manuals.
• Jiang Ping'an visited Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang on Pingzhang Mountain, where Xiu Yun reported reaching the fourth level of the Spirit Aperture Realm.
• Xuan Shuang demonstrated that she could fly swiftly and nimbly with her Flying Gu, pleasing Jiang Ping'an.

Jiang Ping'an refined the Mystic Nether Spirit Controlling Banner, then heard He Zudao’s proposal to join a group contracting a Cloud Pattern Steel Mine. He agreed to meet Zhu Junchen and the others to discuss the venture.

• Jiang Ping'an praised Xuan Shuang’s Flight Technique and took Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang to Fulong Daping Valley Market, where Xiu Yun bought a Six-winged Golden Dragonfly gu.
• Jiang Ping'an refined the Mystic Nether Spirit Controlling Banner using three mouthfuls of essence blood, then recovered his strength and returned to Feiquan Cave Mansion.
• He Zudao visited Jiang Ping'an and explained that Zhu Junchen had invited them to jointly contract a Cloud Pattern Steel Mine.
• He Zudao described the mine’s contract terms, expected output, security plan, and potential profits, noting that Jiang Ping'an’s status could deter thieves.
• Jiang Ping'an expressed interest and agreed to meet He Zudao and Zhu Junchen at Tianxiang Immortal Building the next day.

Jiang Ping'an joined Zhu Junchen, He Zudao, Wei An, and Jiang Feng in negotiating shares for the Cloud Pattern Steel Mine, securing nearly half the ownership with Yu Lianhua. He and Yu Lianhua agreed to invest together, but Jiang Ping'an still needed to inspect the mine before making his final decision.

• Yu Lianhua asked to join Jiang Ping'an's proposed Cloud Pattern Steel Mine venture, and he agreed they should inspect the site before committing.
• Jiang Ping'an met Zhu Junchen, He Zudao, Wei An, and Jiang Feng at the Tianxiang Immortal Building to discuss the mine's costs, operations, and security.
• Zhu Junchen offered Jiang Ping'an an unconditional five percent share, with the rest allocated according to investment; Jiang Ping'an agreed to invest 3,100 spirit stones.
• The group discussed the partnership until nightfall, but Jiang Ping'an reserved his final decision until he inspected the mine.
• Jiang Ping'an told Yu Lianhua the proposed share arrangement, and she agreed to contribute 1,600 spirit stones and split their profits equally.

Jiang Ping'an and his companions established and began operating a Cloud Pattern Steel Mine, but Wang Zhongyou ordered Yu Lianhua to stop guarding it so she could focus on cultivation. Jiang Ping'an agreed to stop guarding the mine as well and left Wang Zhongyou’s cave mansion after accepting his offer to request a larger monthly allowance.

• Jiang Ping'an, Yu Lianhua, He Zudao, and Jiang Feng surveyed the Cloud Pattern Steel Mine, then leased it from the sect and began hiring workers and building formations.
• After more than three months of work, the mine began production, and Jiang Ping'an, Yu Lianhua, and Wei An took the first guard rotation; the mine later refined over fourteen hundred jin of Cloud Pattern Steel.
• Wang Zhongyou rebuked Yu Lianhua for spending time guarding the mine and forbade her from doing so again, then asked her to report on Jiang Ping'an.
• Yu Lianhua told Jiang Ping'an about Wang Zhongyou’s order, and Jiang Ping'an said they would hire others to guard the mine while they focused on cultivation.
• Wang Zhongyou advised Jiang Ping'an not to guard the mine personally, and Jiang Ping'an agreed and thanked him when he offered to request a larger monthly allowance from their master.

Jiang Ping'an and Yu Lianhua arranged to stop taking turns guarding the Cloud Pattern Steel Mine and persuaded He Zudao, Zhu Junchen, and the others to take over. After leaving the mine, Jiang Ping'an, Yu Lianhua, and Ziling continued toward Vengeful Sword Valley to cultivate.

• Jiang Ping'an told Yu Lianhua he planned to cultivate at Vengeful Sword Valley, and she agreed to accompany him.
• Jiang Ping'an visited Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang at Pingzhang Mountain, bought them supplies, and stayed the night with them.
• Jiang Ping'an and Yu Lianhua discussed how the mine would be supervised and decided to revisit the question of dividends and inspections in a year.
• Jiang Ping'an, Yu Lianhua, and Ziling traveled to the Cloud Pattern Steel Mine and told He Zudao, Zhu Junchen, Jiang Feng, and Yun Weixia they planned to stop guarding it in turns.
• He Zudao, Zhu Junchen, Jiang Feng, and Yun Weixia volunteered to guard the mine in their place, and Jiang Ping'an accepted their offer.
• Jiang Ping'an and Yu Lianhua stayed overnight at the mine, then left the next morning for Vengeful Sword Valley.

Jiang Ping'an brought Yu Lianhua and Ziling to Vengeful Sword Valley, where he cultivated through the nights while they suffered from the black mist and its disturbing sounds. After arranging for Ziling to feign illness so Yu Lianhua would stop accompanying him, Jiang Ping'an finally entered the valley alone.

• Jiang Ping'an, Yu Lianhua, and Ziling built a temporary cave abode near Vengeful Sword Valley and entered the valley together after dark.
• Jiang Ping'an dug an underground cave with Yu Lianhua and used the Illusory Prison Poison Heart Array to protect them from Sword Wraiths while he cultivated through the night.
• After two nights in the valley, Yu Lianhua and Ziling emerged exhausted, so Jiang Ping'an secretly told Ziling to pretend to be ill to keep Yu Lianhua from bringing her along.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Ziling a Yang He Pill and told Yu Lianhua that Ziling was sick from the valley’s yin energy and frightened Divine Soul.
• Yu Lianhua agreed not to enter the valley that evening, and Jiang Ping'an flew into Vengeful Sword Valley alone.

Jiang Ping'an hunted Sword Wraiths in Vengeful Sword Valley, capturing five before a failed attempt to use them against a larger group forced him to flee. After changing locations, he encountered Yin Suhun in the valley, where she kept her distance from him.

• Jiang Ping'an used the Mystic Nether Spirit Controlling Banner to capture and refine two Sword Wraiths, then caught five over the course of the night.
• Jiang Ping'an returned to Yu Lianhua, who had waited for him, and spent the day with her before going back to hunt.
• Jiang Ping'an sent his five captured Sword Wraiths to fight three wild ones, but the fighting attracted a huge swarm that devoured his five and drove him back into the Illusory Prison Poison Heart Array.
• Jiang Ping'an waited until dawn for the wild Sword Wraiths to disperse, then left the valley and returned to Yu Lianhua.
• Jiang Ping'an moved his hunting site closer to the valley entrance and began digging a new earthen cave, where he encountered Yin Suhun descending with a rope tied to a boulder.
• Yin Suhun approached Jiang Ping'an, but retreated when he tried to put an arm around her waist because she feared he might attack her.

Jiang Ping'an and Yin Suhun spent the night in a burrow in Vengeful Sword Valley, where Yin Suhun hunted Sword Wraiths while trying to coax him into helping and seduce him. At dawn, Jiang Ping'an escaped her embrace and left, while Yin Suhun was left furious and hoping to find him again.

• Jiang Ping'an refused to help Yin Suhun catch Sword Wraiths unless she paid him spirit stones, and they dug a burrow together before the black mist arrived.
• Yin Suhun entered the mist to hunt Sword Wraiths, lured two into her Bewildering Trail Array, and caught one before asking Jiang Ping'an for help.
• Yin Suhun rested and refined her captured Sword Wraith while Jiang Ping'an cultivated; he told her Yu Lianhua was waiting outside the valley, making Yin Suhun worry she could not follow him the next night.
• Yin Suhun caught more Sword Wraiths while Jiang Ping'an continued to refuse her advances and declined to help without payment.
• As dawn approached, Yin Suhun clung to Jiang Ping'an and asked him to meet her again that night, but he used his Golden Fiend Body Protection Shield to free himself and left.

Jiang Ping'an's growing capture of Sword Wraiths drew a massive force of them, including Ghost Generals, into Vengeful Sword Valley. He rescued Yin Suhun from the attack and ended the chapter accompanying her to her temporary cave abode, where she continued calling him Jiang Lang despite his protests.

• Jiang Ping'an avoided meeting Yin Suhun for several days, then captured Sword Wraiths until he had more than twelve hundred and used them to capture others.
• Jiang Ping'an searched Vengeful Sword Valley with fifty Sword Wraiths but found none, then sensed Yin Suhun fleeing from countless Sword Wraiths and four Ghost Generals.
• Jiang Ping'an used Shadow Escape to carry Yin Suhun out of the valley, and she treated the injuries caused by her escape technique.
• Yin Suhun asked Jiang Ping'an to stay with her for the night, and he agreed after demanding five hundred spirit stones for saving her.
• Jiang Ping'an took Yin Suhun by spirit boat to her temporary cave abode, where she offered him Spirit Tea and insisted on calling him Jiang Lang.

Jiang Ping'an reunited with Yin Suhun, then returned to Vengeful Sword Valley to let the Sword Wraiths in his banner recover. The valley remained dangerous, but he found a way to release and recall a controlled group of Sword Wraiths before escaping the native ones.

• Yin Suhun thanked Jiang Ping'an by serving him and spending the night with him, then promised to meet him secretly in the future.
• Jiang Ping'an returned to Vengeful Sword Valley at dawn and reassured Yu Lianhua and Ziling that he had survived the disturbance.
• Jiang Ping'an moved Yu Lianhua and Ziling to a new cave dwelling farther from the valley in case the black mist spread.
• At night, Jiang Ping'an released the Sword Wraiths from his Mystic Nether Spirit Controlling Banner into the black mist so they could recover.
• Jiang Ping'an recalled seven hundred Sword Wraiths, ordered the remaining five hundred to absorb the mist, and fled when native Sword Wraiths approached.

Jiang Ping'an helped the Sword Wraiths recover, returned to Azure Origin Sect, and later met Dongfang Jintang after she asked him for five thousand spirit stones to fund her Foundation Establishment. He left her cave abode after spending two days with her, still uncertain whether her willingness to be with him reflected genuine affection.

• Jiang Ping'an repeatedly released the Sword Wraiths into Vengeful Sword Valley's black mist until they recovered, then returned to Azure Origin Sect with Yu Lianhua and Ziling.
• Jiang Ping'an resumed his routine and fed a chosen Sword Wraith Black Mist Vengeful Soul Pearls to help it grow into a Ghost General-level Sword Envoy Spirit.
• After receiving Dongfang Jintang's invitation, Jiang Ping'an visited Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang before traveling to Mirror Lake Mountain.
• Dongfang Jintang asked Jiang Ping'an for five thousand spirit stones to buy Foundation Establishment treasures, but he refused to give them without better terms.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Dongfang Jintang six bottles of Youth Preserving Pills to sell, then stayed with her until before dawn on the third day.
• As he left, Jiang Ping'an wondered whether Dongfang Jintang had genuine feelings for him despite refusing to ask for a loan or promise repayment.

Jiang Ping'an sought information on how yin spirits advanced after his Sword Wraith could no longer absorb Black Mist Vengeful Soul Beads. Yin Suhun explained the rare yin objects needed for advancement, leaving Jiang Ping'an with knowledge to consider how he might use his panel and Proficiency Points to develop a method of raising yin spirits.

• Jiang Ping'an found the Record of Raising Yin Gods in the Skill Repository Hall but avoided exchanging for it, fearing True Lord Xuan Luo would discover his intentions.
• Jiang Ping'an contacted Yin Suhun with a communication paper crane and traveled to Yinyun Mountain to meet her.
• Jiang Ping'an asked Yin Suhun how Fierce Spirits advanced into Ghost Generals, and she named Profound Yin Jade Bone, the Sha Gathering Ghost Mask, and Netherworld Black Water.
• Yin Suhun explained that Ghost Generals needed three rare yin objects to become Ghost Kings, while each Ghost King required different things to become a Yin God.
• Yin Suhun kissed Jiang Ping'an, and he left Yinyun Mountain two hours later refreshed and invigorated.

Jiang Ping'an used Proficiency Points to create a working art for advancing Sword Wraiths and mastered sword techniques powerful enough to produce sword qi. He obtained Mysterious Yin Bone Jade through Dongfang Jintang, but had to maintain the appearance of visiting her for intimacy.

• Jiang Ping'an refined the false Vengeful Sword Spirit Soul Art until it became a real method requiring Mysterious Yin Bone Jade and sword qi, or a slaughtered sword and Netherworld Black Water.
• Jiang Ping'an exchanged for the Heart-Slaying Sword Art, then used Proficiency Points to comprehend the stronger Profound Firmament Sword Art, though his cultivation limited what he could use.
• Jiang Ping'an met Dongfang Jintang to settle spirit stones and asked her to buy Mysterious Yin Bone Jade, but declined to search for it with her because Yu Lianhua might report his movements to Wang Zhongyou.
• Dongfang Jintang gave Jiang Ping'an a black jade box containing Mysterious Yin Bone Jade three days later and insisted he accompany her to the bedroom so others would not suspect his true reason for visiting.

Jiang Ping'an traveled to Vengeful Sword Valley and advanced his Sword Wraith into a Ghost General-level Sword Envoy Spirit named Xiao Duanyu. After Xiao Duanyu subdued the spirits in his banner, Jiang Ping'an unleashed his forces against the wild Sword Wraiths that had been drawn to him.

• Jiang Ping'an, Yu Lianhua, and Ziling inspected the Cloud Pattern Steel Mine, where Yu Lianhua reviewed its accounts while Jiang Ping'an kept the mine guards company.
• After they left, He Zudao told Yun Weixia to have Jiang Feng return one hundred jin of Cloud Pattern Steel or pay for it in spirit stones.
• Jiang Ping'an reached Vengeful Sword Valley, concealed himself from its patrols, and used Mysterious Yin Bone Jade and sealed sword qi to advance his Sword Wraith into a Sword Envoy Spirit.
• The Sword Envoy Spirit recalled that he had been a disciple of the Profound Firmament Sword Sect named Xiao Duanyu, and Jiang Ping'an made him the banner's secondary master soul.
• When wild Sword Wraiths swarmed toward Jiang Ping'an, Xiao Duanyu led more than twelve hundred spirits from the banner to attack them.

Jiang Ping'an captured hundreds of Sword Wraiths through ambushes in Vengeful Sword Valley, then used his growing forces to capture a wild Sword Envoy Spirit. After refining the spirit as a deputy soul and naming him Zhang Kaifeng, Jiang Ping'an began building his loyalty by giving him Nether True Qi.

• Jiang Ping'an routed the wild Sword Wraiths in Vengeful Sword Valley, captured more than a hundred, and escaped to refine them.
• Jiang Ping'an ambushed patrols over the next several days and captured more than eight hundred Sword Wraiths, then refined them and let them recover their strength.
• Jiang Ping'an attacked a thousand-strong patrol with Xiao Duanyu and more than two thousand Sword Wraiths, capturing the wild Sword Envoy Spirit after defeating it.
• Jiang Ping'an fled the valley, refined the captured Sword Envoy Spirit into a deputy soul, and learned that his name was Zhang Kaifeng.
• Jiang Ping'an threatened Zhang Kaifeng into pledging loyalty, then gave him Nether True Qi, which Zhang Kaifeng eagerly absorbed.

Jiang Ping'an left Vengeful Sword Valley after its black fog vanished, then gave Dongfang Jintang Youth Preserving Pills to support her Foundation Establishment. More than a year later, he tried to exchange high-grade True Qi for Xuan Shuang and Xiu Yun, but learned that sect rules barred him from doing so for his two companions.

• Jiang Ping'an refined the captured Sword Wraiths and let his injured spirits recover in Vengeful Sword Valley while the black fog remained absent.
• Jiang Ping'an and Yu Lianhua returned to the Azure Origin Sect after more than ten nights, and he later gave Dongfang Jintang eleven bottles of Youth Preserving Pills.
• Dongfang Jintang said she expected to complete Foundation Establishment in two or three years and asked Jiang Ping'an not to visit until then.
• More than a year later, Jiang Ping'an learned that Xuan Shuang had reached perfection in the Spirit Aperture Realm and promised her High-grade True Qi of Water Virtue; he also promised Xiu Yun Fire Virtue True Qi.
• At the Hall of Creation, an Outer Sect Disciple told Jiang Ping'an that he could not exchange for high-grade True Qi for Xuan Shuang and Xiu Yun because they were Menial Disciples and could not receive it from him.

Jiang Ping'an helped Xuan Shuang earn enough merit points to exchange for high-grade Xuan Yuan Cang Ming True Qi, then protected her while she prepared to refine it. More than a month later, Xuan Shuang successfully entered the Qi Refining Realm.

• Jiang Ping'an explained that Xuan Shuang and Xiu Yun would need to earn merit points for Path to Power True Qi and promised to help them do so quickly.
• Jiang Ping'an used spirit stones to secure missions for Xuan Shuang and Xiu Yun, and Xuan Shuang earned twelve thousand merit points in just over half a year.
• At the Hall of Creation, Xuan Shuang chose Xuan Yuan Cang Ming True Qi, and Deputy Hall Master Chen Haoshui helped her exchange for it.
• Jiang Ping'an warned Xuan Shuang and Xiu Yun to remain inside the cave mansion's Defense Array and stocked the mansion with their necessities.
• Jiang Ping'an patrolled Pingzhang Mountain to protect Xuan Shuang, who successfully entered the Qi Refining Realm more than a month later.

Jiang Ping'an investigated the robbery of the Cloud Pattern Steel Mine and uncovered clues pointing to a Crimson Sun Lightning Technique user and a possible spy. The chapter ended with him asking Zhu Junchen who had vouched for the two missing workers.

• Jiang Ping'an registered Xuan Shuang as an Outer Sect Disciple and bought her the Abysswater flying sword and Cold Jade Mirror.
• Jiang Ping'an warned Xuan Shuang to leave the Azure Origin Sect with Xiu Yun once she was strong enough, but Xuan Shuang refused to abandon him.
• Yun Weixia reported that robbers led by a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator had stolen over three thousand jin of Cloud Pattern Steel and the workers' Storage Bags, killing four Menial Disciples and injuring Zhu Junchen and He Zudao.
• Jiang Ping'an brought Yu Lianhua, Wei An, and others to the mine, where Yu Lianhua identified the attackers' Thunder Art as the Crimson Sun Lightning Technique.
• Jiang Ping'an and the others questioned the mine workers and found that miner Jiang Yifan and ore refiner Ye Yongnan were missing.
• Jiang Ping'an asked Zhu Junchen who had guaranteed Jiang Yifan and Ye Yongnan when they were recruited.

Jiang Ping'an investigated the mine robbery, uncovered spies, and took Zhu Junchen to confront the Qin Cultivation Clan over its role in the theft. When the clan’s guards delayed them, Jiang Ping'an attacked, and Zhu Junchen struck back against the Qin cultivators.

• Jiang Ping'an ordered a thorough interrogation of everyone at the mine and compensated workers who were cleared of suspicion.
• Jiang Ping'an and the others discovered seven spies passing information about the profitable Cloud Pattern Steel Mine, and Zhu Junchen executed them publicly.
• Jiang Ping'an took Yu Lianhua and Zhu Junchen to the Qin Cultivation Clan while He Zudao and Jiang Feng stayed behind to guard the mine.
• At Da Hua Mountain, Zhu Junchen identified Jiang Ping'an as a Registered Disciple of True Lord Xuan Luo and asked to see the clan head.
• When the Qin Clan cultivator made them wait, Jiang Ping'an attacked him with the Nether Guide Flying Sword, and Zhu Junchen knocked several Qin Clan disciples from the air with a purple vine palm.

Jiang Ping'an and Zhu Junchen confronted the Qin Family over Jiang Yifan and Ye Yongnan, two suspected traitors recommended by the clan. After confirming the Qin Family had vouched for them, Jiang Ping'an demanded that the clan find them, then left with Zhu Junchen.

• The Qin Family elders challenged Jiang Ping'an and Zhu Junchen, but stepped aside after Zhu Junchen identified Jiang Ping'an as a Registered Disciple under True Lord Xuan Luo.
• At the Qin Family hall, Zhu Junchen told the Qin Family Head that Jiang Yifan and Ye Yongnan had betrayed the mine and escaped when it was attacked.
• The Qin Family Head summoned Sixth Elder, who initially claimed not to remember whether the clan had recommended the two Rogue Cultivators.
• Second Elder and Sixth Elder returned with case files and confirmed that the Qin Family had guaranteed and recommended Jiang Yifan and Ye Yongnan.
• Jiang Ping'an rejected the Qin Family's objections and ordered them to find the two traitors, then flew out of the hall with Zhu Junchen.

After the Qin Family began searching for the two suspected spies, Jiang Ping'an returned to the mine and arranged to repair its Defense Formation. Wang Zhongyou took over the investigation, recovered the stolen goods and compensation, and Jiang Ping'an returned to the Azure Origin Sect with the mine's Cloud Pattern Steel after the formation was repaired.

• The Qin Family Head ordered the search for Jiang Yifan and Ye Yongnan, and sent elders to investigate Jiang Ping'an's identity and interrogate everyone involved.
• Jiang Ping'an and Zhu Junchen returned to the mine, where Jiang Ping'an arranged to resume production and repair the Defense Formation.
• Jiang Ping'an returned to the Azure Origin Sect, and Wang Zhongyou promised to investigate the Robbing Cultivators so Jiang Ping'an could focus on cultivation.
• Wang Zhongyou found the Robbing Cultivators, killed more than half, recovered the stolen goods, and gave Jiang Ping'an two thousand spirit stones as compensation.
• Jiang Ping'an returned the Storage Bags to their owners and held the recovered Cloud Pattern Steel until the mine's Defense Formation was repaired.
• Jiang Ping'an and Yu Lianhua left the mine and returned to the Azure Origin Sect after the repairs were complete.