Recaps

Lin Bai fought the black-robed elder until a crow interrupted their battle, and the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace forces retreated after the World Sealing Formation was breached. With Clearwater Bay restored, Lin Bai explained the attack to the Tianshui Sect and Prince Chen, who thanked him for saving his life.

• The black-robed elder unleashed the World Extinction Demon Flame, but Lin Bai struck him with One Sword Slays Immortals before a fire dragon gravely wounded Lin Bai.
• As the black-robed elder moved to kill Lin Bai, a crow arrived and called him its son, prompting the elder to mistake the bird for the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace's Holy Ancestor.
• A woman from the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace warned that the Tianshui Sect had breached the World Sealing Formation, so the black-robed elder and the woman fled into the mist.
• The World Sealing Formation vanished, and Lin Bai told the arriving Tianshui Sect elders and other leaders that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants had attacked Prince Chen and the Cloud Heaven Sword Sect.
• Prince Chen said the Tianshui Sect was not to blame and thanked Lin Bai for saving him.

After recovering from the Yellow Springs Demon Bone's backlash, Lin Bai learned that the Tianshui Sect had swept the Water Mirror Sea for the missing Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants without finding them. He suspected the remnants had never left the sect and were hiding in plain sight.

• The Tianshui Sect sealed the Water Mirror Sea and searched for the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants, who disappeared after fleeing Clearwater Bay.
• Lin Bai suffered a painful backlash after fusing with the Yellow Springs Demon Bone, and Qiao Mo and Qin Yao helped him return to Bright Moon Island to recover.
• Over half a month, the Tianshui Sect and allied forces destroyed the Three Great Pirates, eliminated seven Storm City clans, and suppressed demon clans while failing to find the remnants.
• After recovering, Lin Bai listened as Bai Yifei recounted the search and the sect's actions.
• Lin Bai suggested that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants might still be hiding within the Tianshui Sect, possibly aided by an informant.

Lin Bai and the others discussed how difficult it would be to find the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants among the Tianshui Sect and its guests, while growing pressure mounted to lift the Water Mirror Sea blockade. Later, Lin Bai questioned the crow about its lost memories and the title of Sacred Ancestor, but the crow admitted it had no interest in recovering them.

• Lin Bai asked whether the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants or their spies could be hiding in the Tianshui Sect or among its guests, and Yi Song explained that investigating them would be difficult and politically risky.
• Yi Song and Bai Yifei said that guests were growing dissatisfied with the Water Mirror Sea blockade and that the Tianshui Sect might have to let them leave within half a month.
• After the gathering dispersed, Lin Bai stayed on Bright Moon Island and asked the crow why a Grand Yi Elder had called it the Sacred Ancestor and whether it could recover its memories.
• The crow joked that eating immortal jade could restore its memories, tricking Lin Bai into biting one before explaining that only it could digest immortal jade.
• Lin Bai learned that the crow had immortal jade in its Storage Bag but refused to use it because it did not want to recover its memories.

Lin Bai learned from the Raven that a suspicious black-clothed old man and two siblings had arrived with the White Bone Sect, then brought Qin Yao, Qiao Mo, and Yi Gu to the Overturned Water Hall to report his lead. The chapter left Lin Bai asking the sect elders whether the White Bone Sect belonged to the Twenty-Seven Sects of Chu.

• The Raven refused to recover his memories, and Lin Bai realized he was too stingy to spend immortal jades on it.
• Lin Bai offered to cancel his debt to the Raven in exchange for helping him recover his memories, and asked the Raven to return his bones to Kunxu of Dongzhou if the Giant God Race killed him.
• The Raven agreed to the deal and revealed that a black-clothed old man and two siblings had come to the Tianshui Sect among the White Bone Sect's disciples.
• Lin Bai summoned Qin Yao, Qiao Mo, and Yi Gu and went to the Overturned Water Hall to meet Sect Master Chu Xi and the elders.
• After the elders said they had found no trace of the escaped Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants, Lin Bai asked whether the White Bone Sect was among the Twenty-Seven Sects of Chu.

Lin Bai suspected the White Bone Sect of harboring an informant for the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and persuaded Chu Xi to order a search of its residence. The White Bone Sect refused to cooperate, and Lin Bai confronted its elders as Tianshui Sect prepared to force the issue.

• Lin Bai told the assembled martial artists that he recognized a possible Nine Underworlds Demon Palace informant among the White Bone Sect disciples.
• Elder Qin described the White Bone Sect as a weak sect whose disciples practiced the sinister White Bone Divine Art.
• Chu Xi ordered the Grand Elder, Fifth Elder, and Seventh Elder to search the White Bone Sect's residence on Azure Wave Island, and Lin Bai joined them.
• The Grand Elder told the White Bone Sect elders that Tianshui Sect had come to search for the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants.
• A White Bone Sect elder accused Tianshui Sect of targeting the weaker sect and demanded that it search the Five Great Families and Seven Sects first.
• Lin Bai insisted that the White Bone Sect cooperate and warned that Tianshui Sect would search it regardless.

Lin Bai led Tianshui Sect’s search of White Bone Sect’s island despite its elders’ resistance. He found the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnants hiding in a palace, and the Fifth Elder attacked them.

• Lin Bai stopped the Goatee Old Man from summoning White Bone Sect’s disciples and ordered Tianshui Sect to search the island.
• Crow guided Lin Bai and the Fifth Elder to a palace where the White Bone Sect holy son and other disciples were gathered.
• Lin Bai noticed the disciples’ panic, warned the Fifth Elder to prepare for a fight, and charged toward the palace.
• Crow warned Lin Bai to dodge as a force burst from the palace, and the Fifth Elder shielded him from the impact.
• The palace collapsed, revealing the black-robed old man, the woman, and remnants of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, and the Fifth Elder charged at the black-robed old man.

Lin Bai and the Tianshui Sect’s allies fought the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace on Azure Wave Island, where the attackers were overwhelmed and captured. The chapter left the woman surrounded by four Holy Sons and terrified of being sent to the Zhao Xing Office.

• The Fifth Elder confronted the black-robed old man, and Lin Bai urged him to hold out until reinforcements arrived.
• More than twenty Great Purity Dao Fruit cultivators arrived, and Elder Qin recognized the black-robed old man as the one who had attacked the Cloud Heaven Sword Sect and joined the fight.
• The black-robed old man ordered the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s cultivators to flee, but Lin Bai wounded them with his flying swords, and the Grand Elder ordered their capture.
• Lin Bai struck the fleeing woman, whose Dragon Phoenix Jade Pendant carried her away, but Chen Yule, Yi Song, and Huang Qingyun joined Lin Bai to surround her.
• Lin Bai ordered the woman captured and sent to the Zhao Xing Office, and she panicked and begged the elder to save her.

Lin Bai, Chen Yule, and the Tianshui Sect’s allies overwhelmed the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace warriors, while the black-robed old man tried to kill Young Master Blood Spirit to keep the Devil Palace’s plan secret. Lin Bai’s flying swords stopped him, and five Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm experts surrounded him.

• Lin Bai’s flying swords killed the fleeing Nine Underworlds Demon Palace warriors as he and other martial artists trapped the woman.
• The black-robed old man broke away from Elder Qin and the Fifth Elder and charged toward the woman, but Lin Bai and Chen Yule wounded him with their sword intents.
• The black-robed old man broke their attacks and reached the woman, explaining that the Tianshui Sect’s reinforcements had sealed off every escape route.
• The black-robed old man revealed that he intended to kill Young Master Blood Spirit rather than let her fall into the Zhao Xing Office’s Inferno and expose the Devil Palace’s grand plan.
• Lin Bai’s four flying swords struck the black-robed old man and made his attack miss Young Master Blood Spirit.
• Elder Qin, the Fifth Elder, and elders from the Chen Family, Sacred Lotus Palace, and Celestial Immortal Sect surrounded the black-robed old man.

Lin Bai and the others subdued a wounded woman while five Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm elders cornered the black-robed elder. The elder revealed that Liu Mian had willingly joined the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, then self-detonated, leaving the rescuing elders injured and the region around Azure Wave Island devastated.

• Lin Bai rescued the wounded woman from the black-robed elder, and Huang Qingyun asked whether they should kill her before Lin Bai said she was still useful.
• The Fifth Elder and four other powerhouses surrounded the black-robed elder and demanded that he surrender.
• The black-robed elder told Elder Qin that Liu Mian had chosen to join the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and had already left the Water Mirror Sea.
• The black-robed elder declared that he had never intended to leave alive and began self-detonating his Dao Fruit.
• The Fifth Elder carried Lin Bai to safety while the other elders evacuated their allies, and the blast razed the land around Azure Wave Island and wounded the elders who shielded them.

After the Azure Wave Island explosion, the Tianshui Sect captured three survivors from the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and handed them over to Prince Chen, strengthening his position. The Third Prince responded by ordering the Heaven and Earth Gate to kill Lin Bai at their upcoming competition with the Tianshui Sect.

• The Tianshui Sect confirmed that the black-robed old man's self-detonation had killed everyone on Azure Wave Island except two White Bone Sect elders and a woman, whom its elders had captured.
• Lin Bai thanked the wounded Fifth Elder for saving him, while the Grand Elder said the three captives would provide Prince Chen with an explanation for the assassination attempt.
• After seven days of searching the sect for further remnants of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, the Tianshui Sect lifted its restrictions over the Water Mirror Sea.
• The Third Prince learned that the Tianshui Sect had refused to hand the captives over to him and realized Prince Chen could gain influence from their capture.
• The Third Prince ordered the Heaven and Earth Gate to kill Lin Bai during its debate and martial competition with the Tianshui Sect one month later.

Prince Chen reflected on the State of Chu’s approaching upheaval before Chu Xi told him to take three captured Nine Underworlds Demon Palace members when he left. Meanwhile, Lin Bai’s friends warned him that Heaven and Earth Gate had set a deadly trap for him, though he remained committed to attending its martial contest and Dao discussion.

• Prince Chen told the silent Di Wuyan that he feared a great upheaval was coming to the State of Chu and recalled their shared past.
• Chu Xi reported that Tianshui Sect had captured two White Bone Sect elders and Young Master Blood Spirit, and said Prince Chen could take them when he left.
• Prince Chen told Di Wuyan he planned to leave the next day and asked if he would see him off, but Di Wuyan remained silent.
• Lin Bai’s visitors said they were leaving Tianshui Sect and reminded him that Heaven and Earth Gate’s contest and Dao discussion was little over two months away.
• Chen Yule, Yi Song, and the others warned Lin Bai that Heaven and Earth Gate intended to kill him, citing Li Lingtian’s death there, but Lin Bai questioned whether he should withdraw after agreeing to go.

Lin Bai reassured his friends that he would accept the Heaven and Earth Gate’s challenge, explaining that the Tianshui Sect needed a victory to break its long-standing blockade and restore its disciples’ confidence. After drinking together until dawn, he said farewell to his friends and prepared to see Prince Chen off.

• Chen Yule, Huang Qingyun, Yi Song, and Shui Mo Dan warned Lin Bai that the Heaven and Earth Gate might kill him, but Lin Bai insisted he would return safely.
• Lin Bai explained that defeating the Heaven and Earth Gate was crucial to inspiring the Tianshui Sect and proving it had risen again.
• Chen Yule promised to host a victory banquet if Lin Bai returned, and the group drank and talked together until dawn.
• Lin Bai saw his friends off from Bright Moon Island and agreed to bring Shui Mo Dan spirit fruits from the Tianshui Sect.
• Lin Bai said he would represent the Tianshui Sect in seeing Prince Chen off, then bid his friends farewell.

Lin Bai saw off the guests from his Saint Son succession ceremony and spoke privately with Prince Chen about the Tianshui Sect’s support. Before Prince Chen departed for the imperial capital, Lin Bai explained why he had no choice but to accept the Heaven and Earth Gate’s Dao debate challenge.

• Lin Bai saw Chen Yule, Huang Qingyun, Yi Song, and Shui Mo Dan depart, then greeted two Kushan Sect monks, including Di Wuyan, as they crossed the Water Mirror Sea on foot.
• Prince Chen arrived with Tianshui Sect elders, and he and Lin Bai stepped aside to speak privately.
• Prince Chen confirmed that he understood and accepted the Tianshui Sect’s intentions, promising not to mistreat the sect if his great undertaking succeeded.
• Lin Bai offered to have the Second Elder and Third Elder accompany Prince Chen to the imperial capital, and Prince Chen welcomed their help.
• Prince Chen warned Lin Bai that the Heaven and Earth Gate’s Dao debate challenge was almost certainly deadly, and Lin Bai said he had no choice but to accept without bringing shame on the Tianshui Sect.

After Prince Chen returned to the imperial capital, Zhao Xing Office annihilated White Bone Sect in retaliation for the attack on him. Tianshui Sect then gathered to plan its heavily guarded delegation to Heaven and Earth Gate for the Dao debate martial competition.

• Prince Chen left Tianshui Sect with the Second Elder, the Third Elder, two White Bone Sect martial artists, and a woman from the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• Emperor Chu sent the two White Bone Sect martial artists and the woman to Zhao Xing Office for interrogation, while Zhao Xing Office destroyed White Bone Sect and its dependent territories.
• Lin Bai and his companions learned of White Bone Sect's destruction, and Lin Bai received a summons to Overturned Water Hall.
• The Grand Elder announced that Lin Bai would lead fifteen Tianshui Sect disciples to Heaven and Earth Gate, with eight elders assigned to protect them and additional Dao God Realm martial artists prepared to support them.

Lin Bai challenged the Tianshui Sect’s plan to send fifteen disciples and eight Elders to Heaven and Earth Gate, warning that they could all be killed. He proposed going alone, but the Grand Elder firmly refused to let him go by himself.

• Bai Yifei, Li Juenian, Zhou Xinjin, Elder Liang, Li Yuanzong, and others agreed to attend the debate and martial competition at Heaven and Earth Gate.
• Lin Bai objected to the Grand Elder’s arrangements and warned that Heaven and Earth Gate could kill the entire delegation, devastating Tianshui Sect.
• Lin Bai proposed that he go alone as the Holy Son to represent Tianshui Sect and spare its other elite disciples and Elders from the danger.
• Lin Bai recommended Bai Yifei as a possible next Holy Son if he died, leaving Bai Yifei shocked and humbled.
• The Grand Elder refused to let Lin Bai go alone, saying Tianshui Sect would rather risk losing face than send him into danger without the others.

Lin Bai agreed to attend the Heaven and Earth Gate’s Dao discussion and martial competition, while Sect Master Chu Xi arranged for a mysterious expert to protect him. Back on Bright Moon Island, Lin Bai gave Yi Gu the Soul Nurturing Technique of Tianshui.

• Sect Master Chu Xi decided Lin Bai alone would represent the Tianshui Sect and promised to invite an expert to accompany him to the Heaven and Earth Gate.
• Chu Xi set the group’s departure for the fifteenth of the next month and left to write to the unnamed expert.
• Lin Bai reassured Qiao Mo that traveling with fewer people would make it easier for him to escape danger, though she remained worried about the Heaven and Earth Gate.
• Yi Gu asked Lin Bai for advice on winning a woman’s affection, and Lin Bai told him to look within himself.
• Lin Bai gave Yi Gu the Soul Nurturing Technique of Tianshui and warned him that it was extremely difficult to cultivate; Yi Gu vowed not to give up.

Lin Bai gave Yi Gu the Soul Nurturing Technique of Tianshui, then persuaded the crow to accompany him to the Heaven and Earth Gate. The crow agreed to help keep Lin Bai safe in exchange for a Green Jade Fragment if it remembered how to use one, and Lin Bai set off with it.

• Lin Bai gave Yi Gu the Soul Nurturing Technique of Tianshui, and Yi Gu promised to remember the Tianshui Sect's and Lin Bai's favors.
• Yi Gu decided to remain at the Tianshui Sect until the Chu Emperor's ten-thousand-year birthday celebration, then return to the Seven Nights Divine Sect with an elder.
• Lin Bai told the crow he was going to the Heaven and Earth Gate and insisted that it accompany him.
• The crow offered to protect Lin Bai in exchange for a Green Jade Fragment, but Lin Bai refused to hand one over until the crow remembered how to use it.
• The crow agreed to help Lin Bai survive the Heaven and Earth Gate, and Lin Bai walked away pleased with the bargain.

Lin Bai recuperated on Bright Moon Island while Chu Xi brought Xiao Cangsheng, the legendary dean of White Deer Academy, to Tianshui Sect for help. After hearing that Lin Bai faced danger at Heaven and Earth Gate, Xiao Cangsheng agreed to assist.

• Lin Bai spent his remaining month on Bright Moon Island recovering and strengthening himself as Qin Yao and Qiao Mo prepared healing pills for him.
• Xiao Cangsheng arrived at Tianshui Sect in his White Deer Carriage, where Chu Xi and the elders welcomed him.
• Chu Xi initially claimed she had invited Xiao Cangsheng to admire Tianshui Sect's Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Flower, but he saw through her excuse.
• Chu Xi explained Lin Bai's importance to Tianshui Sect and pleaded with Xiao Cangsheng to protect him.
• Xiao Cangsheng agreed to help Chu Xi, and she happily thanked him.

Lin Bai learned that Xiao Cangsheng would accompany him to the Heaven and Earth Gate, easing his companions’ fears. Three days later, they departed from the Tianshui Sect in Xiao Cangsheng’s spatial carriage, while Xiao Cangsheng exchanged a knowing smile with Yi Gu before leaving.

• The Grand Elder informed Lin Bai that Xiao Cangsheng had arrived and that they would depart for the Heaven and Earth Gate in three days.
• Lin Bai told Qiao Mo, Qin Yao, and Yi Gu that Xiao Cangsheng would accompany him, and they discussed the renowned scholar’s status and power.
• Three days later, Chu Xi summoned Lin Bai and his companions to Flower Valley, where Xiao Cangsheng greeted Lin Bai and praised him.
• Xiao Cangsheng brought Lin Bai into a carriage that contained another space, then exchanged a smile with Yi Gu before departing with Lin Bai in the white deer’s carriage.

Lin Bai traveled with Xiao Cangsheng toward Heaven and Earth Gate and learned that Chu Xi had ties to the imperial family, though Xiao Cangsheng refused to explain them. As they shared tea, Xiao Cangsheng’s words led Lin Bai to question his imitation of the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal, and Lin Bai’s Azure Lotus transformed into a blood-red lotus.

• Lin Bai boarded Xiao Cangsheng’s flying carriage and entered the Grotto-Heaven Treasure hidden within it.
• Xiao Cangsheng told Lin Bai that the journey to Heaven and Earth Gate would take seven or eight days and confirmed that Chu Xi had once made a mistake that brought her to Tianshui Sect.
• Xiao Cangsheng served Lin Bai ordinary jasmine tea and warned him that copying another person’s way would cost him his own flavor.
• Lin Bai realized that he was not the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal and needed to walk his own path.
• Lin Bai saw his Azure Lotus transform into a red lotus that looked as if it had been watered with blood.

Lin Bai comprehended the third stage of the Azure Lotus Swordplay and developed the Crimson Lotus Sword Intent after Xiao Cangsheng’s guidance. As Lin Bai’s strength approached the level of a Dao Child, Xiao Cangsheng and a crow discussed the threat posed by the Demon Suppression Cave’s restless demon remnants.

• Lin Bai transformed his Azure Lotus Sword Intent into the sharp, domineering Crimson Lotus Sword Intent, while Xiao Cangsheng wondered whether his guidance would help or harm him and the world.
• A crow watched Lin Bai’s breakthrough, then searched for treasures in Xiao Cangsheng’s Grotto-Heaven Treasure; Xiao Cangsheng told it he had only jasmine tea left.
• Xiao Cangsheng asked whether the crow had once guided him out of the Demon Suppression Cave and given him a cultivation technique, but the crow denied remembering the place clearly.
• Xiao Cangsheng explained that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had risen and the Demon Suppression Cave’s demon remnants had grown restless, while the crow dismissed his worries.
• After five days, Lin Bai drew in the red light and completed the third stage of the Azure Lotus Swordplay, bringing his strength close to the Dao Child level.

Lin Bai broke through to the third stage of Azure Lotus Swordplay with Xiao Cangsheng’s guidance and received a Peach Blossom Branch to protect him at a critical moment. Meanwhile, the Heaven and Earth Gate prepared for its contest with Tianshui Sect, but its plans to attack the sect had been weakened by the loss of allies and the Flood Dragon Clan’s changing attitude.

• Lin Bai comprehended Azure Lotus Sword Intent and Crimson Lotus Sword Intent, completing his breakthrough after Xiao Cangsheng’s guidance.
• Xiao Cangsheng gave Lin Bai a Peach Blossom Branch and said it could protect his life in a crisis.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate’s elders discussed Lin Bai’s rise and the threat he posed to their plans against Tianshui Sect.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate Master assured the elders that Lin Bai would have difficulty leaving the upcoming Dao discussion and martial contest alive.
• Ma Qiuming reported that the Water Mirror Sea’s support network had been devastated and that the Flood Dragon Clan no longer seemed willing to attack Tianshui Sect.

Heaven and Earth Gate Master and Ma Qiuming weighed the sect’s conflict with Tianshui Sect and decided to use the Dao Discussion Martial Contest to kill Lin Bai, despite the danger of provoking Xiao Cangsheng. As Ke Ling protested being excluded from the plan, seven figures arrived at the hall.

• Ma Qiuming told Heaven and Earth Gate Master that killing Lin Bai would weaken Tianshui Sect’s standing with Prince Chen and leave the sect leaderless.
• Ma Qiuming revealed that Xiao Cangsheng had accompanied Lin Bai, while the Third Prince had ordered Heaven and Earth Gate to eliminate him.
• Ma Qiuming said the Chu Emperor was likely to enter seclusion and pass the throne to an heir, and urged Heaven and Earth Gate to back the Third Prince by attacking Tianshui Sect.
• Heaven and Earth Gate Master decided to use the Dao Discussion Martial Contest to kill Lin Bai.
• Ke Ling vowed to kill Lin Bai, but the master dismissed him because his injuries had not healed; seven figures then entered the main hall.

Qin Mo and six other cultivators emerged from the Heaven and Earth Gate’s forbidden grounds, and Qin Mo killed Ke Ling to reclaim his place as Holy Son. The Heaven and Earth Gate planned to use Qin Mo to kill Lin Bai during the upcoming Dao discussion.

• Qin Mo and six companions entered the hall and revealed that they had cultivated the Earth Demon Ancestor’s secret canon in the forbidden grounds.
• Qin Mo identified himself as the Heaven and Earth Gate’s former Holy Son and challenged Ke Ling’s right to the position.
• Qin Mo blocked Ke Ling’s attack with black smoke, devoured him, and absorbed his flesh and cultivation.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate Master learned that Qin Mo had reached the Dao Child level and that the other six had reached peak Holy Son level.
• Qin Mo vowed to kill Lin Bai during the Dao discussion, which the Heaven and Earth Gate hoped would avoid a confrontation with Xiao Cangsheng.

Lin Bai and Xiao Cangsheng arrived at the Heaven and Earth Gate for the Dao debate and martial contest between the Heaven and Earth Gate and the Tianshui Sect. After Lin Bai announced himself at the mountain gate, Ma Qiuming welcomed Xiao Cangsheng and escorted them inside to rest until the contest in five days.

• Lin Bai and Xiao Cangsheng surveyed the Heaven and Earth Gate's mountain range, and Xiao Cangsheng explained that he would protect Lin Bai from unfair oppression but would not intervene if Lin Bai lost fairly.
• Lin Bai told Xiao Cangsheng that he could handle opponents at the Dao God realm, while Xiao Cangsheng recognized that Lin Bai was wary of Grand Luo Dao Fruit martial artists.
• Lin Bai announced at the mountain gate that he had come as promised to take part in the Dao debate and martial contest.
• Hundreds of Earth Gate and Heaven Gate martial artists came out in response, and Ma Qiuming greeted Xiao Cangsheng as the delegation's leader.
• Xiao Cangsheng chose to stay with Lin Bai, and Ma Qiuming escorted them into the sect after saying the contest was scheduled for five days later.