Recaps

Lin Bai tracked Dao Child Yao Qian and Chu Qin to Flower Fairy Garden, where they met a powerful Nine Underworlds Demon Palace figure known as the Goddess. He confronted them about the group’s plots and the treasure key, while the Goddess sought to negotiate.

• The Goddess warned Yao Qian and Chu Qin that Lin Bai had followed them and urged them to withdraw, saying the three of them could not withstand him.
• The Goddess revealed that Lin Bai was already approaching Flower Fairy Garden, and Yao Qian and Chu Qin questioned whether they should join forces to capture him.
• Lin Bai used the Devouring Heaven Dao Method and Void Evasion Art to bypass Flower Fairy Garden’s defenses and find the group in its sea of flowers.
• Lin Bai identified Chu Qin as a Dao Child of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and tried to see through the Goddess’s concealment with his Asura Dharma Eyes.
• The Goddess asked whether the matter could be settled peacefully and demanded the treasure key, while Lin Bai asked whether she had orchestrated several attacks and the prince’s abduction.

Lin Bai confronted the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace group in Flower Fairy Garden, defeating Dao Child Chu Qin and badly injuring Dao Child Yao Qian. Yao Qian fled and took the Goddess and two other women hostage, leaving Lin Bai face-to-face with Li Guxian and He Qiyun.

• Dao Child Chu Qin and Dao Child Yao Qian attacked Lin Bai while the Goddess retreated, but Lin Bai used his weapons to defeat Chu Qin and pin him to the ground with a flying sword.
• Lin Bai pursued the Goddess, but Yao Qian struck at him with the Great Underworld Hand.
• Lin Bai used the Mount Tai Sword and Overlord Sky Halberd to shatter Yao Qian's defenses and injure him, forcing him to flee Flower Fairy Garden.
• Yao Qian reached a carriage, where the Goddess told him to take her hostage so she could help him escape.
• Yao Qian seized the Goddess and another woman in the carriage, then threatened Lin Bai and demanded that he spare his life.
• Lin Bai recognized the two hostages as Li Guxian and He Qiyun.

Lin Bai rescued Li Guxian and He Qiyun from Dao Child Yao Qian, who revealed where the Twenty-First Prince was being held before escaping. After learning the prince's location, Lin Bai was warned that destroying Grand Princess Qingyue's residence could bring serious trouble.

• Dao Child Yao Qian held Li Guxian and He Qiyun hostage, and Lin Bai agreed to let him escape in exchange for the Twenty-First Prince's whereabouts.
• Dao Child Yao Qian sent the two women toward Lin Bai and vanished after he caught them.
• Li Guxian explained that she and He Qiyun had come to visit Grand Princess Qingyue at her secondary residence, Flower Fairy Garden.
• Li Guxian told Lin Bai that the Twenty-First Prince was at 98 Nine-Tail Alley, Heavenly Fragrance District, East City.
• Zhu Mo arrived with Zhao Xing Office martial artists and warned Lin Bai that Grand Princess Qingyue was ruthless and would not overlook the destruction of her residence.

Lin Bai captured Daoist Chu Qin and handed him over to Zhu Mo for interrogation at the Zhao Xing Office's Inferno. Following information from the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, Lin Bai and Zhu Mo found the Twenty-First Prince’s hideout at No. 98 in Nine-Tail Alley, where they were shocked by the woman who emerged.

• Lin Bai brought the captured Daoist Chu Qin to Zhu Mo, who sealed him and sent him to the Zhao Xing Office's Inferno.
• Lin Bai asked Zhu Mo to bring Zhao Xing Office martial artists with him, then led them to Tianxiang Street District.
• Lin Bai told Zhu Mo that the Twenty-First Prince was in Nine-Tail Alley, and Zhu Mo ordered his men to locate the alley and avoid acting without orders.
• Zhao Xing Office martial artists surrounded No. 98 in Nine-Tail Alley while Lin Bai and Zhu Mo approached the entrance.
• A heavily obese, heavily made-up woman came out of No. 98, leaving Lin Bai and Zhu Mo horrified and wondering why the Twenty-First Prince was staying there.

Lin Bai and Zhu Mo searched Rouge Alley for the missing Twenty-First Prince and learned he had been kept in a room by a fat woman. They opened the door and found him bound naked to a bed, his mouth gagged and his eyes full of terror.

• Lin Bai and Zhu Mo confronted the fat woman, and Zhu Mo revealed his Zhao Xing Office Commander token.
• The fat woman told Lin Bai and Zhu Mo that a friend had brought an unconscious man to her and ordered her to keep him for half a month.
• Lin Bai and Zhu Mo searched the residence with their divine senses and followed the fat woman to a locked room.
• Lin Bai blasted open the door after he and Zhu Mo hesitated over who should enter first.
• Lin Bai and Zhu Mo found the naked Twenty-First Prince tied to a bed with a gag in his mouth.

Lin Bai and Zhu Mo rescued the Twenty-First Prince, who had been held captive by a fat woman, and Zhu Mo killed her to keep the royal scandal secret. The Twenty-First Prince learned that Lin Bai had found him through the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and was shocked by Lin Bai’s methods.

• Lin Bai and Zhu Mo found the bound Twenty-First Prince, and Lin Bai freed him and gave him robes.
• The Twenty-First Prince ordered Zhu Mo to kill the fat woman, and Zhu Mo struck her dead to conceal the scandal.
• Lin Bai left the residence, while Zhu Mo promised to keep the incident out of the Zhao Xing Office’s archives and report it to Prince Chen and the Chu Emperor.
• The Twenty-First Prince asked who had brought him robes and learned that the man was Lin Bai, the Sword-Bearer Envoy, Tianshui Sect Holy Son, and Wolf Marquis.
• The Twenty-First Prince berated Zhu Mo for failing to follow clues he had left, and Zhu Mo explained that Lin Bai had found him through a captured Nine Underworlds Demon Palace Daoist.

After rescuing the Twenty-First Prince, Lin Bai worried that Li Guxian might be a Nine Underworlds Demon Palace operative whose position in the imperial family and influence in Ke Province could serve a larger scheme. He decided to avoid investigating and focus on helping Prince Chen ascend the throne so he could search for his family in the Tianquan Great World.

• Lin Bai left Tianxiang Street District after ensuring the Twenty-First Prince was protected by Zhu Mo and Zhao Xing Office experts.
• The Crow questioned Lin Bai about Li Guxian and He Qiyun appearing just as Lin Bai was about to capture Dao Child Yao Qian.
• Lin Bai explained that Li Guxian was Princess Leping, the daughter of the Chu Emperor's daughter, and could command the support of most of Ke Province's forces.
• Lin Bai feared that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace might have sacrificed the Blood God Sect to place Li Guxian inside the imperial family as part of a broader plan.
• Lin Bai stopped speculating about Li Guxian and resolved to stay out of Chu's power struggles while waiting for Prince Chen to ascend the throne.

Lin Bai decided to withdraw from the conflict between Chu and the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace after recognizing that Chu could defend itself without him. He told Prince Chen he wanted to discuss the aftermath of the Flower Fairy Garden incident and the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s leaders.

• Lin Bai worried that withdrawing from Chu’s affairs would be ungrateful, but the Crow reminded him that Chu was an ancient power capable of standing against the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• Lin Bai resolved to inform Prince Chen that he would no longer involve himself in Chu’s affairs and hoped to help Prince Chen secure the throne before traveling to the Tianquan Great World.
• Lin Bai visited Prince Chen’s Residence, where Prince Chen praised him for rescuing the Twenty-First Prince and offered to request a reward.
• Lin Bai explained that the rescue had damaged Flower Fairy Garden, Grand Princess Qingyue’s residence, and Prince Chen said he expected his aunt would not pursue the matter too seriously.
• Lin Bai told Prince Chen that Dao Child Chu Qin had been handed to the Zhao Xing Office, while Dao Child Yao Qian and a mysterious woman claiming to be a Goddess had escaped.
• Prince Chen explained that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had nine divine halls, each led by a chief disciple called a Goddess, and that such a figure was comparable to an Imperial Son.

Prince Chen explained how the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s hierarchy inspired the Devil Realm Eastern Region’s Thousand Provinces System and described the Demon Palace’s former power. Lin Bai concluded that the Goddess he had encountered was Princess Leping, Li Guxian, leaving Prince Chen shocked.

• Prince Chen explained that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace organized territory through minor and grand branch helms, a structure that inspired the Thousand Provinces System used by the Eastern Region’s major powers.
• Prince Chen described the Nine Great Palaces and the Demon Palace’s ruling hierarchy, noting that Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm cultivation had once been the minimum threshold for joining a palace.
• Lin Bai asked whether the Goddess he had encountered belonged to one of the Nine Great Palaces, and Prince Chen agreed that she likely did and that her presence suggested a major scheme in the imperial capital.
• Prince Chen asked Lin Bai about the Goddess’s identity, and Lin Bai named Princess Leping, Li Guxian.
• Prince Chen stared at Lin Bai in disbelief after hearing his identification.

Lin Bai told Prince Chen he suspected Li Guxian and He Qiyun of being agents of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, and urged him to question Grand Princess Qingyue. Prince Chen vowed to investigate, while he and Zhou Wang discussed Lin Bai’s plan to reach the Tianquan Great World and the ancient powers who might stop him.

• Lin Bai explained why Li Guxian and He Qiyun’s sudden appearance at Flower Fairy Garden seemed suspicious and suggested Prince Chen ask Grand Princess Qingyue whether she had invited them.
• Prince Chen agreed that even an invitation from Grand Princess Qingyue would not fully clear the two women, and vowed to investigate them and his aunt.
• Lin Bai reminded Prince Chen that he wanted help reaching the Tianquan Great World and protection for the Tianshui Sect if Prince Chen ascended the throne.
• Prince Chen thanked Lin Bai and watched him leave before discussing his abilities with Zhou Wang.
• Prince Chen told Zhou Wang that other Demon Realm powers would interfere with Lin Bai’s journey, and Zhou Wang wondered whether he meant the ancient powers.

After Emperor Chu offered only verbal praise for rescuing the Twenty-First Prince, Lin Bai prepared to attend the Northern Region’s challenges and answer invitations from the prince and Grand Princess Qingyue. He visited the prince first, warned him he would not spread the kidnapping story, and left to meet Qingyue, leaving the prince speechless.

• Emperor Chu promised to discuss Lin Bai’s reward after the birthday celebrations, while Lin Bai and Chen Yule and Yi Song planned to watch the Northern Region’s challenges at Moon Peak Pavilion.
• Lin Bai accepted invitations from the Twenty-First Prince and Grand Princess Qingyue, whose summons he knew he could not refuse.
• Lin Bai arrived at the Twenty-First Prince’s residence and found him drinking while Lady Yuewu danced for him.
• The Twenty-First Prince warned Lin Bai not to reveal his capture, and Lin Bai agreed but said he had no interest in the prince or his affairs.
• When the Twenty-First Prince tried to stop him from leaving, Lin Bai asked whether he was more important than Grand Princess Qingyue, leaving the prince furious and speechless.

Lin Bai refused the Twenty-First Prince’s demand to return the mysterious sword and urged him to stay out of the conflict between the Chu Kingdom and the Devil Realm. He then visited Grand Princess Qingyue, whose tragic past he had learned from Ancestor Pan Qing, and was introduced to her by the pool.

• Lin Bai told the Twenty-First Prince that the sword was safer with him and advised the prince to live quietly and avoid the imperial capital’s troubles.
• The Twenty-First Prince accepted that he would not get the sword back, forgave Lady Yuewu, and resumed the music and dancing at his residence.
• Lin Bai left for Grand Princess Qingyue’s estate and recalled that she had severed ties with Emperor Chu after he had her beloved, a man from the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, executed.
• A maid led Lin Bai to Grand Princess Qingyue, who sat beside a cold pool, and he introduced himself and paid his respects.

Lin Bai visited Grand Princess Qingyue at her secluded residence to explain the incident at Flower Fairy Garden. Their conversation ended with Lin Bai asking whether Qingyue had invited Li Guxian and He Qiyun, as the cold pool suddenly froze around them.

• Lin Bai met Grand Princess Qingyue at her mountain residence and accepted tea brewed from the Heavenly Fate Enlightenment Tree.
• Qingyue demanded an explanation for what happened at Flower Fairy Garden, which she owned as a secondary residence.
• Lin Bai recounted finding a Nine Underworlds Demon Palace Goddess and two Dao Children there, then sparing Yao Qian when he used Li Guxian and He Qiyun as leverage.
• Lin Bai asked Qingyue whether she had invited Li Guxian and He Qiyun to Flower Fairy Garden, and the cold around the pool suddenly intensified and formed ice crystals.

Lin Bai questioned Grand Princess Qingyue about Li Guxian and He Qiyun’s visit to Flower Fairy Garden, hoping to clarify the mystery without becoming further involved in the imperial capital’s affairs. Qingyue explained that she had once invited Li Guxian to seek her there, but as Lin Bai prepared to leave, she asked him to help with a matter of her own.

• Lin Bai told Grand Princess Qingyue he wanted to avoid the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace investigation, but asked about Li Guxian and He Qiyun because he felt indebted to Prince Chen and Chu Emperor.
• Grand Princess Qingyue said she had known Li Guxian’s parents for years and had told Li Guxian she could come to Flower Fairy Garden if she needed help.
• Qingyue explained that she moved back to her government office about half a year earlier and had not told Li Guxian or He Qiyun; only her maid Qingniao knew.
• Lin Bai concluded that Li Guxian and He Qiyun might genuinely have gone to Flower Fairy Garden believing Qingyue was still there, though the circumstances remained unresolved.
• As Lin Bai prepared to leave, Grand Princess Qingyue said she had a matter she wanted him to help with.

Grand Princess Qingyue asked Lin Bai to investigate whether Huang Xuan, her first friend, had truly belonged to the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace. She suspected Emperor Chu had deliberately arranged his execution, and Lin Bai was left questioning why the emperor would target him.

• Grand Princess Qingyue stopped Lin Bai and offered to help him against the Third Prince and prepare for his journey to the Tianquan Great World if he investigated Huang Xuan.
• Grand Princess Qingyue told Lin Bai that Huang Xuan had been executed ten thousand years earlier after being accused of belonging to the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• Grand Princess Qingyue explained that she had befriended Huang Xuan at the Moon Sacrifice Gathering because she longed to hear about the world beyond the palace, not because she loved him.
• Grand Princess Qingyue said Huang Xuan had been her first friend and that she wanted to know whether he had truly been a martial artist of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• Grand Princess Qingyue revealed that she suspected Emperor Chu had deliberately wanted Huang Xuan killed, leaving Lin Bai astonished and asking why.

Grand Princess Qingyue explained why Emperor Chu may have killed Huang Xuan and asked Lin Bai to uncover the truth. She offered to help Lin Bai against the Third Prince and in the Tianquan Great World, leaving Lin Bai to question how she knew of his plans.

• Grand Princess Qingyue explained that imperial marriages were political and that Emperor Chu had once planned to marry her to the Celestial Immortal Sect's Holy Son.
• Lin Bai pieced together that Emperor Chu may have targeted Huang Xuan, a suspected Nine Underworlds Demon Palace remnant, to force Qingyue into the marriage.
• Qingyue said she wanted to know the truth about Huang Xuan's identity and death, and vowed to smash the Dragon Throne and slap Emperor Chu if he had been at fault.
• Qingyue offered to help Lin Bai deal with the Third Prince and support him in the Tianquan Great World.
• Qingyue revealed that Chu Junyou had told her about Lin Bai's plans when he returned to the Imperial City.

Grand Princess Qingyue offered Lin Bai intelligence about the Seven Realms of the Heavens in exchange for investigating Huang Xuan, and Lin Bai agreed. After he left, a watcher reported their meeting to Emperor Chu, who reacted with displeasure.

• Grand Princess Qingyue told Lin Bai that the Seven Realms of the Heavens held the secrets of the Heaven Swallowing Race and the Giant God Race, and offered him intelligence if he investigated Huang Xuan.
• Lin Bai weighed the danger of investigating a ten-thousand-year-old case that might implicate Emperor Chu, then agreed to do his best in exchange for payment even if he found nothing.
• Grand Princess Qingyue told Lin Bai that Chu Kingdom had executed Huang Xuan and the Zhao Xing Office had uprooted his entire family, leaving few people who remembered him.
• Lin Bai left Grand Princess Qingyue's office and returned to Tianshui Sect's palace, while a watcher carried news of the meeting to the imperial palace.
• Emperor Chu heard that Grand Princess Qingyue had secretly met Lin Bai for three hours and showed displeasure.

Emperor Chu learned that Grand Princess Qingyue had asked Lin Bai to investigate Huang Xuan’s fate ten thousand years ago, and ordered a secret investigation into Nine Underworlds Demon Palace agents within the imperial clan. Lin Bai returned to the Tianshui Sect’s traveling palace, but was summoned to hear a new imperial decree.

• Emperor Chu’s shadowy informant reported Lin Bai’s encounter with the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace in Flower Fairy Garden and his meeting with Grand Princess Qingyue.
• Emperor Chu concluded that Qingyue had asked Lin Bai to investigate Huang Xuan’s disappearance and ordered a secret warning for Lin Bai, Yi Song, and Chen Yule about the coming Northern Region challenge.
• Emperor Chu ordered a thorough investigation of the imperial clan for agents connected to the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, including Li Guxian and He Qiyun.
• Lin Bai returned to the Tianshui Sect’s traveling palace and planned to wait for the Southern Border Insect Valley delegation and capture Xia Jingzhi.
• A maid summoned Lin Bai to the main hall to receive Emperor Chu’s decree, which Eunuch Gui delivered with an unusually solemn expression.

Eunuch Gui delivered the Chu Emperor’s warning to Lin Bai after Lin Bai met Grand Princess Qingyue. Lin Bai learned that Qingyue had asked him to investigate Huang Xuan, whose death was rumored to have been ordered by the Chu Emperor, and faced Ancestor Pan Qing’s urging to stop.

• Eunuch Gui warned Lin Bai that the Chu Emperor would punish him if he lost and advised him to keep a low profile.
• Lin Bai realized the Chu Emperor’s anger likely stemmed from his meeting with Grand Princess Qingyue and her request to investigate Huang Xuan.
• Ancestor Pan Qing confirmed that Qingyue had asked Lin Bai to investigate Huang Xuan and warned him not to pursue the matter.
• Ancestor Pan Qing recounted rumors that the Chu Emperor had framed Huang Xuan as a remnant of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and executed him and his family and friends.
• Ancestor Pan Qing urged Lin Bai to stop investigating so Tianshui Sect would not face renewed suppression from the Chu imperial clan.

Lin Bai joined the Eastern Domain’s martial artists to watch the Northland’s second challenge at Moon Peak Pavilion, while keeping his own edict from Chu Emperor in mind. When three masked figures finally answered Zhou Han’s taunts, their attire made Lin Bai, Chen Yule, and Yi Song suspect the Northland had staged a new trick.

• Lin Bai agreed to attend the second battle at Moon Peak Pavilion with Bai Yifei, Zhou Xinjin, Qiao Mo, Qin Yao, and the other Tianshui Sect disciples.
• At Chen Yule’s restaurant, Chen Yule and Yi Song asked Lin Bai about Chu Emperor’s edict, and Lin Bai apologized, saying the matter had begun because of him.
• Zhou Han arrived at Moon Peak Pavilion and repeatedly challenged the Eastern Domain’s Golden Martial Warriors, then mocked them when they did not appear.
• Lin Bai, Chen Yule, and Yi Song held back because they feared falling into the Northland martial artists’ scheme.
• Three black-robed figures wearing Golden Masks carved with sweet briar, rose, and narcissus patterns appeared atop Moon Peak Pavilion, prompting Chen Yule to suspect a new Northland trick.

The Northern Domain warriors used three masked South Mountain Clan members to impersonate Eastern Domain Golden Martial Warriors and challenge Zhou Han. Zhou Han defeated them decisively atop Moon Peak Pavilion, while the gathered Eastern Domain warriors believed the defeated fighters were their own.

• Bald Elder praised Dao Child Yao Qian's plan to disguise South Mountain Clan members as Eastern Domain Golden Martial Warriors, while Yao Qian warned that the Devil Palace's assistance was the clan's last chance.
• Lin Bai, Chen Yule, and Yi Song recognized the masked warriors as the Northern Domain's latest scheme, though they could not identify who was beneath the masks.
• Zhou Han challenged the three Golden Masked Warriors and declared that he would seek justice for the Northern Domain.
• The Rose Masked Warrior attacked Zhou Han, but Zhou Han struck him back with a single punch.
• The three masked warriors attacked together, but Zhou Han overwhelmed them, pinned them beneath his feet, and heard them beg for mercy.

Zhou Han forced three Golden Masked Warriors to kneel and beg for mercy, inflaming the Eastern Region and angering Emperor Chu. Lin Bai, Yi Song, and Chen Yule then put on their Golden Masks and set out to confront Zhou Han.

• Zhou Han made the three Golden Masked Warriors kowtow and promise never to oppose Northern Region warriors again, while warriors from both regions shouted and taunted each other.
• Emperor Chu watched the scene in the Golden Hall and rejected intervention, declaring that someone needed to defeat Zhou Han outright.
• Emperor Chu and the hidden figures watched Lin Bai, Chen Yule, Yi Song, and the other Saint Sons and Holy Daughters gathered before Moon Peak Pavilion.
• Lin Bai put on a rose-patterned Golden Mask, Yi Song put on a daffodil-patterned mask, and Chen Yule also donned a rose-patterned mask before vanishing from the room.
• Yi Heze and the others realized the masked warriors were Lin Bai, Chen Yule, and Yi Song, while Meng Qinxian complained that they had left him out and resolved to ask Lin Bai for a Golden Mask.

Zhou Han humiliated three Golden Martial Warriors into kowtowing and pledging to retreat whenever they met Northern Region warriors. Three ornate-masked warriors then appeared, challenged the spectacle as a staged farce, and one stepped forward to attack the defeated trio.

• Zhou Han accepted the three Golden Martial Warriors’ hundred kowtows, spared them, and threatened them against offending the Northern Region again.
• The defeated warriors praised Zhou Han and promised to kneel and retreat from Northern Region warriors in the future, angering the Eastern Region crowd.
• Three warriors wearing ornate Golden Masks appeared above Moon Peak Pavilion, and Dao Child Yao Qian suspected they were the true Golden Martial Warriors.
• Dao Child Yao Qian questioned whether Zhou Han could defeat them, while Emperor Chu demanded that Lin Bai and the others win without disgracing the Eastern Region.
• The Rose Masked Warrior applauded Zhou Han’s performance, and the Daffodil Masked Warrior accused him of staging the farce with disguised Northern Region warriors.
• The three defeated warriors defended Zhou Han, and the Daffodil Masked Warrior stepped forward to grind them to dust as the other two stood aside.

Yi Song revealed himself as the Celestial Immortal Sect's Saint Son and used Purple Firmament Divine Lightning to kill three Northern Region warriors disguised as Golden Masked Warriors. Chen Yule stopped Yi Song from striking Zhou Han and claimed Zhou Han for himself.

• Yi Song summoned the Celestial Immortal Sect's Purple Firmament Divine Lightning against the three Golden Masked Warriors, revealing his identity as the sect's Saint Son.
• The three warriors unleashed Northern Region mystic arts and Dao arts, exposing their disguises as Northern Region warriors.
• Yi Song's lightning broke through their defenses, killed them, and devastated the area around Moon Peak Pavilion.
• Yi Song sent lightning toward Zhou Han, but Chen Yule shattered it and asked Yi Song to leave Zhou Han to him.
• Yi Song agreed after Chen Yule offered him one hundred jars of Dragon Blood Wine, and Chen Yule landed before Zhou Han while Lin Bai remained silent.

Chen Yule confronted Zhou Han atop Moon Peak Pavilion and promised to spare him if he could withstand one sword. Chen Yule unleashed his self-created sword art, Great River Eastward, leaving Zhou Han’s defenses and life-preserving talisman untested as the sword light closed in.

• After Yi Song accepted a hundred jars of Dragon Blood Wine from Chen Yule, he handed Zhou Han over to him.
• Chen Yule challenged Zhou Han to withstand one sword, while Zhou Han angrily prepared to fight with his ice-and-snow arts.
• Zhou Han sent nine ice dragons charging at Chen Yule, who vanished and cut them apart with a sword light.
• Zhou Han retreated and deployed defensive treasures, but judged the weakening sword light insufficient to require his life-preserving jade talisman.
• Emperor Chu and others watching through a jade mirror identified Chen Yule’s attack as Great River Eastward and noted that it had become nearly half a Dao Art.