Recaps

Yan Qing explored Wandering Star Forest, discovered a Spirit Gathering Stone Seat that permanently upgraded Jiang Shi’s Guardian Jade Pendant into a rare token, and gathered resources for the team. The group upgraded their shelter into a fortress, built a Study and Narcissus Mermaid Statue, easily survived the first wave, and learned that Qian Gongyu had completed her Second Class Advancement.

• Yan Qing inspected the dungeon milestones and found that Forest Lord granted True Damage when enough trees surrounded the player.
• Yan Qing explored the forest’s richer terrain, collected resources, and discovered a Spirit Gathering Stone Seat that upgraded Jiang Shi’s Guardian Jade Pendant into a rare Yugong Jade Pendant.
• Yan Qing returned to the shelter with resources and helped the team upgrade it from a Stone House to a Level 3 Fortress.
• Yan Qing and her teammates built a Study and Narcissus Mermaid Statue before the first wave arrived.
• The Blade Warrior and Narcissus Mermaid defeated the first wave without the team needing to fight.
• Qian Gongyu announced that she had completed her Second Class Advancement.

Jiang Shi revealed that the Spirit Gathering Stone Seat could create Advancement Manuals and enhance relics, drawing warnings about the danger of that knowledge. After upgrading the shelter to Level Four, she built a facility that supplied Blood Weapons and explained how killing demons could transform them into personal relics or materials for enhancing relics.

• Qian Gongyu described how a talking tree gave her a cultivation manual, allowing her to master advanced boxing techniques and advance to Second Rank before she chopped the tree down.
• Jiang Shi showed the Spirit Gathering Stone Seat's jade pendant, and Shang Xin Lei and Jie Yuanshao agreed to keep its abilities secret from the other families.
• Shang Xin Lei explained the deadly cost of obtaining Advancement Manuals, and Jiang Shi teased Qian Gongyu into negotiating a period of service to repay the trouble she had caused.
• After the demon tide ended, Jiang Shi convinced the others to upgrade their Level Four shelter, then used most of their resources to build a new facility.
• Jiang Shi gave everyone Blood Weapons and explained that killing over one hundred enemies could turn them into personal relics, while killing one thousand could yield materials that enhanced relics up to Legendary Relics.

Shang Xin Lei, Jie Yuanshao, and Qian Gongyu discussed the secret of enhancing relics while Yan Qing used Jiang Shi to evolve a Blood Weapon and hunt demons. After the party prepared for the third wave, two Demon Kings appeared, and the Pearl Tear Alliance linked the mermaid statues in a coordinated attack.

• Shang Xin Lei and Jie Yuanshao agreed to keep the enhancement secret for a year, while Qian Gongyu demanded a suitable Legendary Relic in exchange for hers.
• Yan Qing evolved Jiang Shi's Blood Weapon into the Iron Blood Long Blade and used it to kill demons, reaching level 11 and comprehending Advanced Footwork.
• Yan Qing explained that Blood Weapons could become enhancement materials, then gathered resources while the others found opportunities that improved their abilities or supplies.
• The party built a Teleportation Gate, a Hall of Valor, and three statues before the third wave arrived with the White Bat and Venomous Viper Demon Kings.
• The Narcissus Mermaid and Funeral Mermaid coordinated their attacks under the Pearl Tear Alliance effect, freezing and killing dozens of monsters.

Qun Yushu, Chen Lincuan, and Jie Zilong waited outside Wandering Star Forest as the women inside survived successive demon tides, culminating in the appearance of a Fourth Rank Thunder Maned Lion. Yan Qing and Shang Xin Lei faced the lion with six summoned statues and twelve Silver Warriors, while Yan Qing relied on the Comrade Society bond to strengthen three of the statues.

• Qun Yushu, Chen Lincuan, and Jie Zilong heard the warriors survive the third demon tide, then waited as the fourth tide brought five Third Rank Demon Kings.
• After the fifth tide's roars faded, Jie Zilong and the others felt a Fourth Rank Demon enter Wandering Star Forest, and Chen Lincuan identified it as the Thunder Maned Lion.
• Jie Yuanshao explained that the Thunder Maned Lion was a fast, lightning-wreathed Fourth Rank Demon whose attacks could paralyze its enemies.
• The Thunder Maned Lion crossed the distance to the castle and shattered its outer wall with a leap, while Yan Qing deployed six statues and twelve Silver Warriors to fight it.
• Yan Qing could not afford to upgrade his statues, so he used the Reincarnation Hall of Valor to find a bond between Blade Warrior, Chaos Warrior, and Dragon Breaking Warrior.

Yan Qing and the Comrade Society defeated the Thunder Maned Lion, earning Jiang Shi a milestone and unlocking his Blood Weapon. After they left the Wandering Star Forest, Lu Wangji attacked Jiang Shi but Qian Gongyu wounded him with a power he identified as Calamity Force.

• The Comrade Society warriors and the mermaids joined the battle, and Yan Qing controlled Jiang Shi as they gradually wore down the Thunder Maned Lion.
• The Thunder Maned Lion fell after half an hour, and the system awarded Yan Qing a milestone, unlocked Jiang Shi's Iron Blood Long Blade, and announced the next monster wave.
• The group planned to recover and aim for the tenth stage the next day, then left the Wandering Star Forest without the other members' Blood Weapons.
• Jie Zilong and the others surrounded the returning group, but Shang Xin Lei avoided revealing how they had defeated the Thunder Maned Lion.
• Lu Wangji suddenly struck at Jiang Shi, and Qian Gongyu intercepted him and left bloody scratches on his palm.
• Lu Wangji said Qian Gongyu's attack had bypassed his token's defenses and healing, and identified its power as Calamity Force.

Jie Yuanshao demonstrated her swordsmanship and discussed her newly acquired Calamity Force with Jie Zilong, who warned that its appearance often signaled an approaching calamity tied to secret realms. Yan Qing recognized “Calamity” as the theme of a future Herald game version, then received a notification that Qian Gongyu was coming.

• Jie Yuanshao used her silent sword draw and three strikes to wound Jie Zilong, who praised her skill while noting her accuracy still needed work.
• Jie Yuanshao said she had accepted that another person surpassed her and wanted to see who would reach Foundation Establishment first.
• Jie Yuanshao described feeling a helpful wind in the forest when using her Calamity Force, and Jie Zilong inferred it had appeared after the fifth trial and the defeat of a Fourth Rank Demon.
• Jie Zilong explained that the Calamity Force was feared because its appearance often meant a calamity was coming, and he said the secret realms were the underlying taboo.
• Yan Qing remembered that Calamity was the theme of the second-next version of Herald and reasoned that Liang’s people were nowhere near the level needed to experience it.
• The Nesser Game Console notified Yan Qing that Qian Gongyu was approaching.

Qian Gongyu told Jiang Shi about her family and refused the imperial court’s offer to promote the Qian Family in exchange for persuading Jiang Shi to serve Liang. After Qian Gongyu asked to travel with her, Jiang Shi agreed only if she sparred with her using their heirlooms; meanwhile, Lu Wangji proposed a plan to make Jiang Shi endure hardship so the Qun and Chen Families could rebuild their relationship with her.

• Qian Gongyu tied Jiang Shi’s hair ribbon and explained how her father’s death and pressure to marry had left her responsible for preserving the Qian Family.
• Qian Gongyu revealed that Lu Wangji had offered to raise her family’s rank and give her a home in Jiangnan City if she persuaded Jiang Shi to serve the imperial court, but she had refused.
• Jiang Shi said she did not mind serving Liang and would kill anyone who offended her, then told Qian Gongyu she planned to accept patronage from the Jie Family or the Shang Family.
• Qian Gongyu pleaded to travel with Jiang Shi, and Jiang Shi told her to spar using their heirlooms.
• Lu Wangji told Qun Yushu and Chen Lincuan that Liang wanted to cultivate Jiang Shi’s loyalty by making her suffer, and suggested they help create a chance to restore their relationship with her.

Yan Qing dismissed An Wu as useless when Shang Xin Lei confronted him about the dead soldier, then realized his words had made her suspect the truth about him. At the Wandering Star Forest, Shang Xin Lei warned Jiang Shi that his leader would abandon him, and Yan Qing recognized her as the Red Snake who had visited his room that morning.

• Shang Xin Lei asked Yan Qing why he had not saved An Wu, and Yan Qing said An Wu was useless and would have been discarded even if he had survived.
• Yan Qing remembered the names of the soldiers who died at Anguo Temple and wondered if he had sounded like a cold-blooded leader.
• Jie Yuanshao, Qian Gongyu, Jiang Shi, and Shang Xin Lei discussed the distinguished families gathered at the Wandering Star Forest and the coming treasure chest settlement.
• The gathered clan leaders and elders discussed Jiang Shi's allegiance as the young people entered the Wandering Star Forest.
• Shang Xin Lei found Jiang Shi in the forest and warned him not to give his treasure chest to his heartless leader.
• Yan Qing recognized Shang Xin Lei as the Red Snake who had disturbed him that morning.

Yan Qing discovered three unique wonders in a snowy resource zone and chose the Hero Painting, which let the shelter’s members share the bonds of their statues. When the next demon wave began, the new enhancement empowered Shang Xin Lei, Jie Yuanshao, and Qian Gongyu to join Jiang Shi in fighting the thief lizards.

• Shang Xin Lei tried to recruit Jiang Shi away from Yan Qing’s organization, but Jiang Shi refused and went to gather resources.
• In the snowy second resource zone, Yan Qing activated a lighthouse and found a temple containing scrolls that described the Fighter Monument, Rainbow Bridge, and Hero Painting wonders.
• After returning to the shelter, Jiang Shi spent most of the resources to build the Hero Painting, depicting the group together by the fireplace.
• As the demonic tide began, the group felt the statues’ bond enhancements strengthen them, and Qian Gongyu accidentally smashed part of the battlement.
• Jiang Shi charged the thief lizards, and Shang Xin Lei, Jie Yuanshao, and Qian Gongyu followed her into the battle.

Jiang Shi and her companions fought off the fourth demon wave, where Shang Xin Lei mastered her Flying Ring secret art and Jiang Shi repeatedly rescued her allies. They began the fifth wave early, while outside the forest, Jie Zilong and Qun Yushu discussed Jiang Shi before the young master of the Luo Family was found dead.

• The fifth wave brought thousands of red apes led by five Red Ape Kings, and Jiang Shi, Shang Xin Lei, Jie Yuanshao, and Qian Gongyu charged into the horde with the Comrade Society bond strengthening them.
• Shang Xin Lei successfully used the Flying Ring Secret Art: Blood Wheel, but the red apes nearly overwhelmed her before Jiang Shi cut through the horde to save her.
• After the fourth wave ended, Jiang Shi proposed starting the fifth wave early so the group could carry their rest time into the next round, then went outside to fight the Fourth Rank Demon.
• Jieyuanshao and Shang Xin Lei persuaded the exhausted Qian Gongyu to join the fight, while Jiang Shi's companions prepared to face the fifth wave.
• At the forest entrance, Jie Zilong and Qun Yushu discussed Jiang Shi and whether she could become part of the mundane world, then heard that the young master of the Luo Family had been killed.
• Qun Yushu told Jie Zilong he knew something would happen and said he would stand on the side of the mundane world; Jie Zilong agreed that he would too.

Yan Qing and his companions cleared the fifth wave and learned that later stages allowed little time to gather resources, while the monsters rapidly grew stronger. Outside the Wandering Star Forest, the watching families speculated about the rewards and the group’s prospects as the tenth wave began with a Fourth Rank Demon King.

• Yan Qing’s advanced Blade Warrior and Tear Crown Mermaid helped defeat the Roaring Tooth Beast, revealing the strength of Fourth Rank Foundation Establishment statues.
• Yan Qing checked the dungeon rules and discovered that waves after the fifth granted only five minutes of basic rest, so Jie Yuanshao, Shang Xin Lei, Qian Gongyu, and Jiang Shi hurried to gather resources.
• Zhou Ye, Chen Lincuan, Qun Yushu, Jie Zilong, and Shang Yue watched from outside and discussed the group’s scores, possible rewards, and the interests of their families.
• Jiang Shi and her companions cleared the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth waves as the demons grew stronger, including four Foundation Establishment Demons in the ninth.
• The tenth wave began with a Fourth Rank Demon King and three Foundation Establishment Demons, leaving the watchers eager to see how far the four young people could go.

Jiang Shi and the statues struggled against the Swift Claw Tribe Leader and its three Swift Claw Beasts during the tenth demon tide, while the group raced to turn the battle around. Qian Gongyu, Shang Xin Lei, and Jie Yuanshao joined Jiang Shi’s fight, leaving the battle unresolved as Qian Gongyu began to beastify.

• The Swift Claw Tribe Leader used its chains to overpower the Blade Warrior and Dragon Breaking Warrior, while Jie Yuanshao identified its weakness at close range.
• Jiang Shi and Tear Crown Mermaid engaged the Tribe Leader, but it held off three advanced statues as the others attacked a Swift Claw Beast.
• Jiang Shi drew two Swift Claw Beasts toward the group, then narrowly escaped their combined attack after Qian Gongyu knocked one away.
• Qian Gongyu transformed and told Jiang Shi she would help her break through the tenth level, but warned she could hold out for only one incense stick before losing her humanity.
• Shang Xin Lei and Jie Yuanshao joined Qian Gongyu, pledging to fight alongside her.

Jiang Shi and the others defeated the tribe chieftain, and Jiang Shi reached Level 20 with three Second Class Advancement options to choose from. After they returned to camp, Lu Wangji accused Jiang Shi of murdering the Second Young Master of the Luo Family and demanded to inspect his blades.

• Jiang Shi embraced Jie Yuanshao, Qian Gongyu, and Shang Xin Lei after the battle, while Shang Xin Lei asked whether he would rely on her.
• Yan Qing of Thieves' Den reviewed Jiang Shi’s Level 20 advancement options: Dual Blade Herald, Blade Herald, and Wandering Herald.
• Jie Yuanshao and Shang Xin Lei agreed to conceal the Blood Weapon Flying Ring and tell outsiders it was a First Rank Token.
• Jiang Shi and the others returned to camp, where crossbowmen aimed their weapons at them and Shang Yue and Jie Zilong urged them to hear Lu Wangji out.
• Lu Wangji revealed the mutilated corpse of the Second Young Master of the Luo Family, said a servant had seen Jiang Shi near the victim’s carriage, and asked to inspect Jiang Shi’s blades.

After Luo Weijin was found murdered, Lu Wangji suspected Jiang Shi and demanded to inspect her saber with a Blood Reflection Mirror. The blade showed no trace of Luo Weijin’s blood, but Lu Wangji then noticed the group’s newly acquired weapons and demanded that Jiang Shi surrender her Storage Token for inspection.

• Qian Gongyu recognized Luo Weijin’s corpse and defended Jiang Shi when Lu Wangji linked her saber to the murder.
• Jie Yuanshao explained the Blood Reflection Mirror as Lu Wangji ordered Jiang Shi to hand over her weapon.
• Lu Wangji threatened the camp with his soldiers and Divine Crossbows, and Jiang Shi gave him her White Iron Straight Blade.
• The Blood Reflection Mirror showed no trace of Luo Weijin’s blood on Jiang Shi’s blade, clearing her of suspicion over that weapon.
• Lu Wangji noticed that Qian Gongyu, Jie Yuanshao, and Shang Xin Lei each carried a new weapon, then demanded Jiang Shi’s Storage Token for inspection.

Lu Wangji used the Blood Reflection Mirror to reveal the victim’s blood on Jiang Shi’s clothes and moved to arrest her for murder. As Jiang Shi faced execution and the others struggled to protect her, someone offered the Shang Family’s guarantee.

• Shang Xin Lei challenged Lu Wangji’s demand to inspect Storage Tokens, but Qun Yushu, Chen Lincuan, and Zhou Ye agreed to be searched, while Jie Zilong and Shang Yue remained silent.
• Jiang Shi refused to surrender her Storage Token, and Lu Wangji used the Blood Reflection Mirror to reveal a bloody trace leading from her clothes to Luo Weijin’s corpse.
• Shang Xin Lei and Jie Yuanshao questioned the evidence and accused someone of framing Jiang Shi, but Jie Zilong said the Jie Family could not shield a murder suspect.
• Qian Gongyu realized that Jiang Shi had worn her clothes only that day and broke down, apologizing and blaming the Qian Family after noticing Uncle Lin was missing.
• Lu Wangji declared that Jiang Shi faced death under the Twelve Jade Laws and ordered Divine Crossbows aimed at her, until someone asked whether the Shang Family could vouch for her.

Jie and Shang families tried to protect Jiang Shi from arrest as the court and rival clans accused her of murdering a Scholar Clan member. With soldiers surrounding the camp and the Jade Law invoked against them, Shang Yue offered the Huainan Underground Palace Secret Realm as collateral for five years to secure time to prove her innocence.

• Jie Zilong and Shang Yue guaranteed Jiang Shi, but Lu Wangji and Chen Lincuan argued that her alleged murder and Calamity Force made protecting her a threat to the law and social order.
• Qun Yushu recounted how abuses by Scholar Clans led to the Rebellion of the Five Clans and the founding of the Nine Ranks system.
• Qian Gongyu suggested that finding Lin Yao could prove Jiang Shi had been framed, but Shang Xin Lei doubted they could find him or establish that he was alive.
• Jie Yuanshao told Qian Gongyu that the rival clans were using the murder case to stop Jiang Shi from joining the Jie or Shang Family and from claiming her Personal Treasure Chest.
• Elite soldiers with Divine Crossbows surrounded the camp as Jie Zilong challenged Lu Wangji for using the law to block the Jie and Shang Families from intervening.
• Shang Yue offered the Huainan Underground Palace Secret Realm to the court for five years, promising to prove Jiang Shi's innocence or forfeit it.

Shang Yue and Jie Zilong secured Jiang Shi a year at the Huainan Underground Palace, but the court imposed restrictions and confiscated part of her treasure. Jiang Shi rejected their plans, admitted to killing Luo Weijin, and challenged the authorities to punish her.

• Shang Yue offered the Huainan Underground Palace as collateral to protect Jiang Shi, and the court approved the deal for one year while ordering Jiang Shi to serve with the Silver Spear Guard.
• Lu Wangji declared Jiang Shi unregistered and ordered her gains confiscated, but Shang Yue and Jie Zilong negotiated to let her keep sixty percent of her treasure chest.
• Jiang Shi refused to let others divide her treasure or send her to the Huainan Underground Palace, despite their warnings that the arrangement would protect and strengthen her.
• Jiang Shi approached Luo Weijin's corpse, opened his eyelids with her blade, and stated that she had killed him.
• Jiang Shi raised two White Iron Straight Blades and asked what the others were waiting for after Lu Wangji called killing a superior unforgivable.

Jiang Shi rejected the settlement over the frame-up, but Shang Yue, Jie Zilong, Jie Yuanshao, and Shang Xin Lei urged her to lower her blade and trust them to seek justice. She lowered it, while Shang Xin Lei wondered whether their ties had restrained Jiang Shi’s resolve to stand alone.

• Jiang Shi’s sudden actions stunned the camp after the others believed the dispute had been settled in her favor.
• Jie Zilong and Shang Yue tried to stop Jiang Shi, with Shang Yue urging her to endure the grievance and seek justice later with her friends’ help.
• Jie Yuanshao and Shang Xin Lei asked Jiang Shi to trust them, while Qian Gongyu watched with worry.
• Jiang Shi silently lowered her blade, and Shang Xin Lei wondered whether her family and friends had bound the independent fighter she had once said she was.

After settling the dispute over Luo Weijin’s death, the group opened their high-scoring treasure chests and chose valuable rewards. As Jiang Shi approached her own chest, Lu Wangji’s plans to evade her future revenge were interrupted when she attacked him.

• Lu Wangji confirmed that Jiang Shi had a year to search for evidence and ordered servants to handle Luo Weijin’s corpse.
• Qian Gongyu chose a pair of golden boots from her chest, while Jie Yuanshao took a Reward Good Punish Evil Token for Jie Zilong.
• Shang Xin Lei chose golden flying rings from her chest and left the secret method and Treasure Hunting Token behind.
• Lu Wangji and the Jie and Shang families urged Jiang Shi to share or trade for her chest’s rewards as she approached the rankings.
• Lu Wangji imagined escaping Jiang Shi’s future revenge, but Jiang Shi suddenly unleashed a moon ring toward his throat.

Jiang Shi fought Lu Wangji, overcame his defenses, and killed him despite the crowd’s attempts to intervene. Standing over his body, she gave Qun Yushu, Chen Lincuan, and Zhou Ye one chance to tell her who had killed Luo Weijin.

• Jiang Shi repeatedly struck Lu Wangji, evading his counterattacks and revealing strength that shocked him.
• Lu Wangji realized Jiang Shi’s Calamity Force was inflicting damage that bypassed his defenses and tried to arrange for the Divine Machine Camp to shoot her.
• Jie Zilong and others tried to stop Jiang Shi, while the Divine Machine Camp was ordered to fire.
• Jiang Shi cut through Lu Wangji’s Heart Protecting Mirror and beheaded him.
• Jiang Shi admitted killing Lu Wangji, then demanded that Qun Yushu, Chen Lincuan, and Zhou Ye identify Luo Weijin’s killer.

After Jiang Shi killed Lu Wangji, camp leaders declared her a criminal and vowed to capture and kill her. As Qian Gongyu tried to stand by Jiang Shi, the chapter ended with a sudden scream that stunned everyone.

• Zhou Ye, Shang Yue, Jie Zilong, Chen Lincuan, and Qun Yushu each vowed to capture and kill Jiang Shi and face judgment for their part in the affair.
• Shang Xin Lei told Qian Gongyu that Jiang Shi had become an enemy of the court and that no one in Liang could save her.
• Jie Yuanshao and Shang Xin Lei restrained Qian Gongyu to keep her from interfering, while Qian insisted she could not let Jiang Shi fight alone.
• Shang Xin Lei considered the one person who might be able to help Jiang Shi, then dismissed the possibility.
• A scream suddenly rang through the camp, and everyone turned in shock.

Yan Qing used Jiang Shi to fight off Zhou Ye, Jie Zilong, Chen Lincuan, and Shang Yue, relying on the Wandering Herald class and game-like access to supplies. When their coordinated attack seemed to corner her, she unleashed Emperor Zhou’s longsword and left the Divine Machine Camp soldiers badly wounded.

• Yan Qing chose the Wandering Herald class for Jiang Shi and dodged the nobles’ attacks while building up Moon Ring Slash damage against Zhou Ye.
• Zhou Ye and the others intensified their assault, while Yan Qing used True Damage to shatter Zhou Ye’s spiritual jade and prevent him from replenishing his defenses.
• Qun Yushu joined the attack, and thirty-six Divine Crossbows pinned Jiang Shi in place until the group believed she had been defeated.
• Jiang Shi released a shock wave that broke the encirclement and stopped the crossbow bolts, then transformed four broken blades into Emperor Zhou’s ornate longsword.
• Jiang Shi swung the longsword and sent a thirty-meter arc of sword light through the camp, heavily injuring the Divine Machine Camp soldiers.

Yan Qing discovered how to transfer certain items through the public warehouse, then used Bingzi Jiaolin to empower Jiang Shi with Overturning the Heavens. Jiang Shi overwhelmed the four Heralds and killed Zhou Ye, while the battle in the Wandering Star Forest continued.

• Yan Qing learned that he could place items in the public warehouse only if he knew their complete descriptions, and he used the function to transfer Bingzi Jiaolin to his alternate characters.
• Jiang Shi activated Overturning the Heavens, which destroyed nearby conferred weapons, healed her injuries, and strengthened her attacks.
• Jiang Shi charged the group and rapidly wore down Zhou Ye and the others despite their Heart Protecting Mirror defenses.
• Qun Yushu linked the four Heralds to share damage, but Jiang Shi extended her blade light to strike all of them and worsen their losses.
• Jiang Shi shattered Zhou Ye's Defense Barrier and killed him with a sweeping strike.
• Jiang Shi continued her assault as the glow of Overturning the Heavens faded, leaving enough time for her to kill another opponent.

Jiang Shi defeated Chen Lincuan after awakening a saber secret skill, then severed Qun Yushu’s right hand. With his Legendary Relic’s power fading, he asked the camp who still wanted to oppose him, but no one answered.

• Chen Lincuan fought Jiang Shi aggressively, believing he could outlast the Legendary Relic, while Jie Zilong offered to create an opening.
• Jiang Shi’s swordsmanship transformed, and he used the Shadow Splitter Blade secret skill to shatter Chen Lincuan’s Heart Protecting Mirror barrier.
• Chen Lincuan comprehended the Mutual Destruction Slash and tried to counter Jiang Shi, but Jiang Shi dodged, stepped onto his greatsword, and killed him.
• Jiang Shi approached Qun Yushu and cut off his right hand after Qun Yushu asked to reconcile.
• Jiang Shi asked whether anyone else wanted to be his enemy, but no one in the camp dared answer.

After defeating the Great Noble Families’ champions, Jiang Shi claimed the highest score in the Wandering Star Forest and selected a Secret Skill Book as her reward. As the camp’s survivors reacted to her victory and Jie Yuanshao struggled with her feelings, the Foundation Establishment expert Chen Liexia arrived and attacked Jiang Shi.

• Jie Yuanshao struggled with her conflicted feelings toward Jiang Shi, while Qian Gongyu comforted her and Shang Xin Lei explained that Jiang Shi had stayed largely for Qian Gongyu’s sake.
• Jiang Shi looted Zhou Ye and Chen Lincuan’s Relics, then passed Shang Xin Lei, Qian Gongyu, and Jie Yuanshao without acknowledging them.
• Jiang Shi received a crystal chest for earning 11,200 points and chose the Secret Skill Book from its three rewards.
• Chen Liexia appeared and launched a devastating thunder blade at Jiang Shi, but she escaped the strike.
• Jie Zilong and the other survivors knelt to greet Chen Liexia, whom Shang Xin Lei identified as a Fourth Rank Herald and Foundation Establishment expert.