Recaps

The Demon-Cleansing Bureau destroyed twenty-four Blood Fiend Alliance Branch Altars in half a month and traced the alliance’s headquarters to one of two possible strongholds. As Lu Xuanling prepared to lead an assault, Cui Shaoying revealed that Daoist Xuanji might be connected to Jiang Fan.

• With Jiang Fan’s help, the Demon-Cleansing Bureau destroyed the Blood Fiend Alliance’s Branch Altars at Eastern Lan Marsh, Blackwind Hollow, and Luoyan Mountain, then continued its campaigns against other targets.
• Over the next half month, the Bureau captured or destroyed twenty-four Branch Altars, rescued more than ten thousand captives, and gathered intelligence pointing to the Far Western Mountains and Pingding Pass as possible locations of the General Alliance.
• At a council meeting, Lu Xuanling announced that the Blood Fiend Alliance’s strategist might be Ji Wuyue and that Daoist Xuanji may have helped design its core formations.
• Jiang Fan realized that Ji Wuyue seemed to be the woman connected to his master, Daoist Xuanji, and grew troubled as Lu Xuanling ordered an assault on both suspected strongholds.
• Cui Shaoying interrupted the meeting and told Lu Xuanling that Daoist Xuanji might also have a connection to Jiang Fan.