Chapter Summaries

The group planned a heist in Chang’an’s hidden dungeon secret realm, where Dragon Locking True Person imprisoned Bunny Heroine and guarded a valuable ore. As the operation took shape, Yaoshi Yuan agreed to follow Yan Qing’s orders and use a different weapon, leaving her less able to compete for the mission’s custom Legendary reward.

• Shang Xin Lei and Ying Ru Shi questioned why Dragon Locking True Person had imprisoned Bunny Heroine in the dungeon, and Yan Qing reasoned that its hidden location kept her safe.
• Ying Ru Shi explained that the hammered ore was likely a fourth-rank secret-realm treasure, while Shang Xin Lei anticipated that the mission reward would be a custom-made third-rank Legendary Relic.
• Yaoshi Yuan revealed that she would hate herself even more if Yellow Dog had refused to help her rescue Bunny Heroine.
• With Yaoshi Yuan providing insider knowledge, the group created three operation plans and eighteen backup plans for the heist.
• After Ying Ru Shi left, Yan Qing warned Yaoshi Yuan that rescuing Bunny Heroine could expose her to Dragon Locking True Person’s suspicion.
• Yan Qing gave Yaoshi Yuan a Seven Stars Sword and ordered her to avoid using her distinctive fighting style, admitting that he also wanted to keep her from competing for the reward; Yaoshi Yuan agreed.

Yan Qing gave Yaoshi Yuan Long You's finger to strengthen her armor for the magma crossing, and she returned the favor with a Secret Technique Research Book. Yan Qing passed the book to Shang Xin Lei, who exchanged it for the one he had bought and repaid him with ice cream before their playful teasing ended in a food fight.

• Yan Qing gave Yaoshi Yuan Long You's finger to Yaoshi Yuan so she could strengthen her armor for the magma crossing, and they argued about his delayed gift and rendezvous with Red Snake.
• Yaoshi Yuan returned with the Secret Technique Research Book and gave it to Yan Qing, saying she did not owe him anything.
• Yan Qing gave the book to Shang Xin Lei, who exchanged it for the one he had bought and invited him to her room for lunch the next day.
• Shang Xin Lei brought Yan Qing ice cream as repayment, and they teased each other while he kept his bandaged face covered.
• Shang Xin Lei offered to let Yan Qing change her stockings, but he flicked her forehead instead, so she shoved melted ice cream into his mouth.

Chief Planner Tingri had his days and nights mixed up and had to attend a banquet, leaving him exhausted. The entire company took the day off.

• Chief Planner Tingri was out of it after mixing up his days and nights.
• Chief Planner Tingri had to attend a banquet.
• The entire company took a day off.

Yaoshi Yuan reflected on her father’s legacy and resolved to live for herself before joining the infiltration mission with Yan Qing and the others. After learning the Divine Marquis Constables would reach their target soon after the group entered Chang'an, they revised their plan around a Xijiangyue carriage and prepared disguises.

• Yaoshi Yuan bowed to the broken blades in Broken Blade Hall, affirmed she had upheld the Ba River Medicine Master family’s glory, and left determined to live for herself.
• Shang Xin Lei demanded that Yan Qing cover his face with bandages and threatened to disfigure him, but Thieves' Den interrupted their argument with a mission briefing.
• Thieves' Den warned that the Divine Marquis Constables would arrive near Exotic Iron ten minutes after the group descended into Chang'an, threatening to expose their infiltration.
• Yan Qing proposed using the Xijiangyue carriage carrying a girl for Li Long, and Yaoshi Yuan identified it on the Sand Table.
• Yaoshi Yuan volunteered to disguise herself as the coachman, Shang Xin Lei chose to be the maid, and Ying Ru Shi asked Yan Qing how he would disguise himself.
• Yaoshi Yuan and Shang Xin Lei both rushed off to find Yan Qing clothes, each determined to choose his disguise.

Yan Qing, Shang Xin Lei, Ying Ru Shi, and Yaoshi Yuan disguised themselves to infiltrate Chang'an Military Mansion and reach Commander Li Long. Li Long sensed the deception and rang the Alarm Bell, exposing their break-in.

• Han Ya and Li Bao stopped Master Quan's carriage at the west gate, and Yan Qing passed their inspection while disguised as a seductive young woman.
• The group reached the commander's courtyard, where Ying Ru Shi and Yaoshi Yuan ambushed two guards and helped the others tie them up.
• Yan Qing, Ying Ru Shi, and Shang Xin Lei approached Li Long's room while Yaoshi Yuan hung back, and Yan Qing announced Master Quan's arrival.
• Li Long noticed that no guard had announced the visitor and turned away from the door.
• Yaoshi Yuan kicked in the door and Ying Ru Shi charged inside, but Li Long reached the Alarm Bell and rang it.

Yan Qing and the others broke into the Chang'an Military Mansion’s secret realm under cover of Ying Ru Shi’s Barrier Token, while Ying Ru Shi kept Li Long from pursuing them. Li Long recognized Ying Ru Shi as one of Ying Le’s people and confronted her with his hatred as she prepared to kill him.

• Li Long rang the alarm and threatened the masked thieves, but Yan Qing and the others attacked him before the military guards could arrive.
• Ying Ru Shi’s Barrier Token contained the noise, and she realized Li Long was deliberately holding them back because he had alerted people inside the dungeon.
• Yaoshi Yuan kicked through the wall beside the bookcase while Ying Ru Shi used her Gui Cang Secret Sword to stop Li Long from reaching the others.
• Li Long identified Ying Ru Shi as one of Ying Le’s people after recognizing her swordsmanship and Conch Ring.
• Li Long revealed that Ying Le had left the scar on his face, and Ying Ru Shi drew her sword and threatened to kill him.

Yan Qing, Yaoshi Yuan, and Shang Xin Lei entered the prison secret realm, where they fought to reach the dungeon’s lowest level before its gates closed. They found Divine Marquis Manor constables waiting beside the earthfire, and a white-haired prisoner named Chu Luoyan broke out of his cell and joined the confrontation.

• A ceiling mechanism flung an object into the secret realm after Li Long sounded the Alarm Bell, exposing the thieves’ plan.
• Yaoshi Yuan entered first and killed a jailer, while Yan Qing and the others killed eight more as the disorganized jailers scattered.
• Yaoshi Yuan and Yan Qing jumped through the closing ebony gates toward the dungeon’s lower level, while Shang Xin Lei stayed behind to face the regrouped jailers.
• Yan Qing and Yaoshi Yuan found four Divine Marquis Manor constables waiting beside the earthfire, including a Silver Badge Constable who ordered them captured.
• A white-haired prisoner named Chu Luoyan broke out of his cell, armed himself, and declared that he would capture Yan Qing and Yaoshi Yuan to regain the Dragon-Locking Bodhisattva’s favor.

Yan Qing activated Bingzi Jiaolin’s Overturning the Heavens mode and fought the Divine Marquis Constables while Yaoshi Yuan faced Chu Luoyan. After the demons grew stronger by absorbing a fallen comrade’s blood qi, Yan Qing glanced toward Yaoshi Yuan and saw her draw her Fine Steel Spear.

• Yaoshi Yuan recognized the white-haired prisoner as Chu Luoyan, the former Duke of Wei and a key figure in the coup against Yaoshi Mo Ke.
• Yan Qing deployed eight White Iron Straight Blades and activated Bingzi Jiaolin’s Overturning the Heavens mode, forcing back the approaching Divine Marquis Constables.
• Yan Qing used Naraku Curse to damage the constables’ joints and slow them, eventually breaking the Bronze Badge Constables’ feet.
• A Bronze Badge Constable died and declared he would protect his comrades under the Yellow Springs, while his blood qi healed and empowered the other demons.
• The strengthened demons charged Yan Qing, who saw Yaoshi Yuan draw her Fine Steel Spear as she faced Chu Luoyan.

Chu Luoyan fought Yaoshi Yuan, whom he recognized as Black Wolf Thief, and revealed how Dragon Subduing Tiger Taming Rope strengthened his phantom attacks. After their battle turned into a deadly spear clash, Yan Qing was also locked in close combat with the Divine Marquis Constable.

• Chu Luoyan used his Blood War Messenger combat system and Dragon Subduing Tiger Taming Rope to overwhelm Yaoshi Yuan with tracking phantom attacks.
• Yaoshi Yuan endured Chu Luoyan's blows, then used Whirlwind Lantern to absorb his phantom attacks and smash his Liquan Spear.
• Chu Luoyan recognized Yaoshi Yuan and told her that Dragon Locking True Person had sent him to the dungeon as a reward for her, ruining his years of plans.
• Yaoshi Yuan and Chu Luoyan resumed their spear fight with killing intent, while Yan Qing fought the Divine Marquis Constable at close range.

Li Long battled Ying Ru Shi in the sealed room, using his ultimate Extreme Ascending Dragon to break through her defenses. The chapter ended with Ying Ru Shi revealing that Li Long had struck an illusion and stabbing him through the chest with the Mortal World Eye.

• Two Masked Soldiers noticed that the guards on the commander's courtyard shift had not returned, but chose not to investigate before their own shift change.
• Li Long used continuous violet-flame attacks to suppress Ying Ru Shi while she evaded him with the Shadow Spider Boots and attacked with Relying on Heaven Sword.
• Li Long unleashed Extreme Ascending Dragon, blasting Ying Ru Shi through a wall and believing he had broken her Defense Barrier.
• Ying Ru Shi returned to fight at close range, but Li Long used killing intent attacks to force her into the air and slammed her into the floor.
• Li Long celebrated after striking Ying Ru Shi with Dragon Subduing, but her apparent corpse vanished and he realized she had stabbed him through the chest.
• Li Long recognized the white fox thief's Divine Martial Demonic Blood and Mortal World Eye.

Ying Ru Shi killed Li Long after revealing that her Mortal World Eye had trapped him in an illusion, and Li Long warned her that Divine Martial True Blood awakeners were fated to kill one another. After an unseen voice challenged her belief that Ying Le would not discover or kill her, Ying Ru Shi was left alone in the ruined room, shaken.

• Li Long recalled how Ying Le had used the Mortal World Eye to make him and his companions see illusions in the Divine Marquis Manor.
• Ying Ru Shi explained the Mortal World Eye’s power and killed Li Long after he recognized the illusion.
• Li Long laughed that Ying Le and Ying Ru Shi would repeat the Ying Clan’s history of bloodline awakeners killing one another.
• Ying Ru Shi searched Li Long’s body and resolved that Ying Le would not discover her Mortal World Eye.
• An unseen voice warned Ying Ru Shi that Ying Le might kill her even if she stayed hidden, and Ying Ru Shi swung at the empty room.

Yan Qing and Yaoshi Yuan survived their battles against the Divine Marquis Constables and Chu Luoyan, though both suffered serious injuries. As they gathered themselves, Yan Qing realized he could not see the loot he expected to find on the demons.

• Yan Qing killed the Divine Marquis Constables almost simultaneously, enduring a severe shoulder wound to prevent the survivors from powering up.
• Yan Qing searched the constables' corpses for treasure while Yaoshi Yuan recovered nearby.
• Yaoshi Yuan reflected on Chu Luoyan's death and how the Star Shifting Disk and enhanced Vidyaraja Armor had helped her defeat him.
• Yaoshi Yuan retrieved her spears and found Yan Qing still searching the corpses.
• Yan Qing realized that, like Yaoshi Yuan and Shang Xin Lei, he could not see the miracles or loot that locals could not perceive.

Yan Qing recruited Yaoshi Yuan into the Calamity Organization and revealed the authorities that could help rescue Bunny Heroine. Yaoshi Yuan dove into the Earth Flame Magma to retrieve the Exotic Iron, and Yan Qing activated Concentric Lock as her armor’s defenses failed.

• Yan Qing bandaged Yaoshi Yuan’s injured leg and insisted that Red Snake should not be blamed for their mission.
• Yan Qing used a calamity token to invite Yaoshi Yuan into the Calamity Organization, and she accepted after learning about the two authorities.
• Yan Qing told Yaoshi Yuan to retrieve the Exotic Iron from the platform in the magma, and she donned her Vajra Armor and wrapped herself in Chains.
• Yaoshi Yuan swam through the magma, retrieved the Exotic Iron, then descended deeper as her armor barrier and spiritual power gave out.
• Yan Qing activated the team skill Concentric Lock, creating a golden chain between himself and Yaoshi Yuan in the magma.

Yaoshi Yuan entered the lava prison and broke the rock anchoring Bunny Heroine’s Golden Locks, freeing her despite the danger and exhaustion. When Bunny Heroine seemed unconscious, Yaoshi Yuan feared the rescue had failed, but Bunny Heroine woke and teased her big sister.

• Yan Qing used the Concentric Lock and his barriers to hold out while Yaoshi Yuan crossed the lava and entered the prison.
• Yaoshi Yuan saw Bunny Heroine suspended in the Golden Locks and resolved to free her.
• Yaoshi Yuan hammered through the rock wall anchoring each lock until Bunny Heroine fell free.
• Yaoshi Yuan called to Bunny Heroine, then despaired when she appeared not to wake.
• Yaoshi Yuan picked Bunny Heroine up, and Bunny Heroine revealed she had been awake and complained that the armor was poking her.

Yaoshi Yuan rescued Bunny Heroine from the magma prison, and Bunny Heroine used Immortal Travel to reach Jiang Shi in Ping City. Yaoshi Yuan and Yan Qing escaped the magma afterward and waited for help, leaving them trapped until Shang Xin Lei and Ying Ru Shi broke open the Blackstone door.

• Yaoshi Yuan urged Bunny Heroine to escape as magma flooded the prison, and Bunny Heroine told her that she and Yan Qing both cared for her before activating Immortal Travel.
• Bunny Heroine appeared in the Ping City military camp beside Night Four and Jiang Shi, then began meditating.
• Yan Qing pulled Yaoshi Yuan out of the magma, and they discarded her damaged armor and Chu Luoyan's corpse to hide their traces.
• Yaoshi Yuan asked whether Yan Qing had formed his organization to support her rescue, but he denied that she was worth the effort.
• Shang Xin Lei and Ying Ru Shi broke open the Blackstone door, and Shang Xin Lei made Yaoshi Yuan and Yan Qing beg for help.

Yan Qing and Shang Xin Lei escaped the Cold Marrow Prison with their companions, but Yaoshi Yuan’s Storage Ring shattered as a dangerous ore appeared. Meanwhile, Yaoshi Yue left the Medicine King Valley secret realm and set out to stop the thieves who had taken her family’s Exotic Iron.

• Chang'an’s military constables discovered that the commander’s residence had been destroyed, but the thieves had already escaped.
• Shang Xin Lei scolded Yan Qing for jumping into danger, then gave him her grass bracelet and bit his hand after he tried to excuse himself.
• Ying Ru Shi reflected on how the group’s shared ordeal had brought them closer, though a mocking laugh unsettled her.
• Yaoshi Yuan’s Storage Ring shattered, releasing a long piece of golden ore and eight chains as Red Snake turned back at a warning.
• Yaoshi Yue emerged from the Medicine King Valley secret realm, learned the thieves had taken her second uncle’s Exotic Iron, and vowed to catch Yellow Dog.

Yan Qing and his companions were trapped when Dragon Locking True Person’s Golden Locks bound Yaoshi Yuan and Ying Ru Shi, while Chang’an’s soldiers closed in around them. As Yaoshi Yuan prepared to die rather than be captured, Yan Qing remained confident and reached toward the Exotic Iron.

• Yaoshi Yuan kicked Yan Qing out of danger but was caught by the Golden Locks, and the group’s Legendary Relics failed to break the chains.
• Ying Ru Shi stored the Exotic Iron in her Storage Ring, but the ring shattered and the returning chains bound her left hand.
• Yaoshi Yuan and Ying Ru Shi told Yellow Dog and Red Snake to hide and buy time as they considered waiting for the enemy to exhaust her spiritual power.
• Yan Qing saw government soldiers closing in from several directions while Yaoshi Yuan resolved to die rather than be captured.
• Yaoshi Yuan urged Yan Qing and Shang Xin Lei to leave, but Yan Qing told her to stop yelling and reached toward the Exotic Iron.

Yan Qing and the other thieves escaped Yaoshi Yue’s attempt to reclaim the Exotic Iron by using the Return Token’s barrier to block the Dragon Locking Seal. They returned to the Thieves’ Den, where the Exotic Iron was formally secured and everyone celebrated their survival.

• Yaoshi Yue repeatedly failed to activate the Exotic Iron’s Golden Locks while it was inside a Storage Ring, then raced toward Chang'an City.
• Yan Qing used the Return Token’s invincible barrier to prevent Yaoshi Yue from triggering the Dragon Locking Seal through the Exotic Iron.
• Yan Qing, Yaoshi Yuan, Ying Ru Shi, and Shang Xin Lei escaped toward Anguo Temple as palace guards pursued them.
• Shang Xin Lei and Ying Ru Shi pulled Yan Qing and Yaoshi Yuan to the top of the pagoda, and the four returned to the Thieves’ Den’s main hall.
• The Exotic Iron appeared above the stone table and was formally taken over by the Thieves’ Den, prompting the group to laugh in relief.

After escaping the Chang'an Military Mansion, the Thieves' Den debated who was responsible for attracting Dragon Locking True Person's attention and who should lead the group. The mission earned a Meritorious Service rating, and Yan Qing and Black Wolf tied for first in Thief Points.

• Chang'an's soldiers learned that Commander Li Long had died and the dungeon's treasures were gone, then tore through the city searching for the thieves.
• Ying Ru Shi suggested that Yan Qing and Yaoshi Yuan's actions had drawn Dragon Locking True Person's attention, while Yaoshi Yuan argued that the military mansion's agents might have alerted her.
• Ying Ru Shi and Yaoshi Yuan traded blame as they challenged each other's authority, while Yan Qing and Shang Xin Lei privately teased one another.
• The Thieves' Den rated the Exotic Iron theft Meritorious Service and awarded Yan Qing 40 additional Thief Points for his mission contributions.
• The settlement screen showed Yellow Dog and Black Wolf tied for first with 100 Thief Points each.

Thieves' Den began auctioning the rewards for the Relying on Heaven Sword theft, while Yan Qing and Yaoshi Yuan silently tried to yield the custom Legendary Relic to each other. Shang Xin Lei and Ying Ru Shi bid on the Exotic Iron instead, forcing Yaoshi Yuan to make a decisive move as the bidding continued.

• Thieves' Den revealed the mission rewards: Exotic Iron for a custom Legendary Relic, Earth Vein Malice, Red Furnace Fire Essence, a Peerless Secret Technique Mastery Book, and a Shore Flower.
• When the Exotic Iron auction began, Yan Qing and Yaoshi Yuan both waited for the other to bid, each intending to give the Relic to the other.
• Shang Xin Lei bid 50 points, saying she would take the Exotic Iron since neither Yan Qing nor Yaoshi Yuan had bid.
• Ying Ru Shi bid 56 points, arguing that she could bid for an exclusive Legendary Relic just as Shang Xin Lei could.
• As Thieves' Den called Ying Ru Shi's bid for the third time, someone bid 96 points.