Then Let Him Dispel It

At Cloud Top, Immortal Mist curled and drifted.

The table was covered in chess pieces, while six years had already passed in the world below.

Over six years, changes in the world had swept through. Yu Kingdom and Northern Yue Kingdom fell one after another, and the realm entered an age of warlords carving up the land, with Grass Head Kings everywhere. Powerful jianghu sects placed their pieces across the board and entered the game. It was not only the open battlefields—hidden beneath the surface, the jianghu too was awash in blood rain and slaughter.

Assassinations and betrayals were everywhere.

In order to survive in these turbulent times, the Chen siblings also pledged themselves to a Grass Head King.

The Grass Head King they joined was the jianghu wanderer they had once met at the post station. His leader was King Han, the greatest Grass Head King in the south. He had headed north to seize a divine weapon, though they did not know what became of that matter. They only knew that not long afterward, King Han led his people back south.

The Chen siblings followed him south as well.

Several months later, the Chen siblings encountered Black Heart Elder once more at Han King's Residence.

Through his scheming, the poison inside the body of Chen Hen was drawn out, leaving him gravely injured and paralyzed. Black Heart Elder fell out with King Han and departed in grand fashion after injuring several people. King Han, having failed to win over the Demonic Sect, was deeply dissatisfied with the Chen siblings. Fortunately, his foremost fierce general, Fang Tianchou, stepped forward and protected them.

Fang Tianchou was the expert who had followed King Han north back then, and also the jianghu wanderer who had spoken with Chen Hen.

Night.

Farmhouse courtyard.