Recaps

Su Qing faced the famed Fist Emperor Wang Ba Tian in the Heroic Gathering’s fist-path elimination round and defeated him with a single punch, stunning spectators and intelligence agents across the Myriad Worlds. Afterward, Su Qing promoted his Boxing Coach puppets and announced that his group was buying fist manuals and divine abilities.

• Su Qing’s publicity team hyped his match against Wang Ba Tian, drawing a huge audience while fist cultivators and gamblers expected him to lose.
• Intelligence agents watched Su Qing’s match closely because his abilities could affect how the Myriad Worlds treated Heavenly Origin’s local powers.
• Wang Ba Tian interrupted Su Qing’s attempted advertisement and charged him with a powerful punch.
• Su Qing countered with a plain punch that overwhelmed Wang Ba Tian’s senses and knocked him out of the arena.
• A Primordial Beginning Sect intelligence agent recommended befriending and recruiting Su Qing, raising his combat rating and potential assessment.
• Su Qing advertised his Boxing Coach puppets and invited people to sell fist manuals and fist-path divine abilities to Su’s Group.

Su Qing explained to Liu Yun'er why he planned to keep Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom a first-rate power rather than force its way into the super first-rate ranks, then left for his battle-array match. He faced the four Lingbao Sword Cultivators and their Minor Immortal Slaying Sword Array, the same formation that had defeated his puppet A-San.

• Liu Yun'er questioned whether she should leave the struggling Desiring Demon Immortal Kingdom, and Su Qing said he would help Sect Master Shi by sharing points once the final rankings approached.
• Su Qing argued that Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom should avoid claiming a super first-rate position it could not secure recognition for, and instead support friendly powers to strengthen its influence.
• Su Qing and Liu Yun'er continued their intimate encounter until the arena matches began, and he left for the top ten battle-array arena.
• Su Qing arrived to face four Lingbao Sword Cultivators, whose Minor Immortal Slaying Sword Array filled the arena with lethal sword qi.
• The chapter ended with Su Qing preparing to face the formation that had eliminated A-San, despite his limited Array Dao experience.

Su Qing faced four Lingbao Sword Cultivators in the Array Dao event, whose Minor Immortal Slaying Sword Array wounded him and trapped his first wave of Sword Puppets. He revealed that he had many more puppets and assessed how the opponents' formation worked, preparing to overwhelm it with numbers.

• Cultivators watched replays of Su Qing's autonomous Sword Puppets defeating the Penglai Sect's divine spirits and debated whether he could overcome the Spirit Treasure Sect's Minor Immortal Slaying Sword Array.
• Su Qing arrived late and was cut by the four Lingbao Sword Cultivators' invisible sword qi, but Spider Doctors and his powerful recovery healed his wounds.
• The Lingbao Sword Cultivators intensified their assault with the Wind of Extinction, while Su Qing protected himself with his Azure Dragon and a mountains-and-seas barrier.
• Su Qing released numerous Sword Puppets, whose Disintegration Body-Guarding Sword Formation neutralized the incoming sword qi as thirty-three Three Talents formations charged Qu Wudao.
• Qu Wudao's Immortal Trapping Sword momentum slowed and destroyed the attacking Three Talents Sword Puppets, but Su Qing revealed that he had seventy-two sets of Tier 4 Sword Puppets in reserve.
• Su Qing concluded that the Minor Immortal Slaying Sword Array relied on the four cultivators' Dao Patterns and could be broken by overwhelming it with numbers.

Su Qing defeated four Lingbao Sword Cultivators with his Sea Surge Tide Sword Formation, then entered the Dao Enlightenment event and faced Great Evolution Divine Lord. As they began studying a mysterious Dao Pattern fragment, Su Qing secretly struggled to understand it and let the Divine Lord guide their discussion.

• Su Qing overwhelmed the four Lingbao Sword Cultivators with his Sword Puppets, and the referee declared him the winner.
• Su Qing hurried to the Dao Enlightenment arena, where he was matched against Great Evolution Divine Lord as one of the event’s final ten contestants.
• Great Evolution Divine Lord offered Su Qing a uniquely created divine art if Su Qing defeated him, and the two exchanged respectful greetings before their match began.
• A Penglai referee explained that the contestants would study a fragment of the Dao Heaven Talisman Wall for one hour and be judged on what they comprehended.
• Great Evolution Divine Lord classified the fragment’s Dao Pattern as neither bloodline-type nor Dao Enlightenment-type, while Su Qing agreed along despite being unable to decipher its script.
• Great Evolution Divine Lord concluded that the fragment held a divine ability-type Dao Pattern and described how divine abilities could inspire arts that rarely surpassed their source.

Su Qing copied a Dao Pattern fragment and received the Spiritual Avatar divine ability, while Great Evolution Divine Lord derived and demonstrated a new avatar technique. Su Qing revealed a far more powerful mastery of the pattern, and Great Evolution Divine Lord conceded defeat.

• Great Evolution Divine Lord began studying the talisman fragment while Su Qing copied its bird-script Daoist talismans onto his palm.
• The pattern transmitted a vision of the Great Sage fighting the heavenly army, then revealed itself as the Spiritual Avatar divine ability to Su Qing.
• Great Evolution Divine Lord identified the fragment as an avatar-type Dao Pattern and derived the Tier 3 Spirit-Hosting Avatar Technique in three quarters of an hour.
• The judges awarded Great Evolution Divine Lord ninety-eight points, and the audience assumed he had beaten Su Qing.
• Su Qing’s sweat transformed into convincing avatars of the judges and spectators, including one that reproduced Great Evolution Divine Lord’s new technique.
• Great Evolution Divine Lord recognized that Su Qing had replicated the Dao Pattern itself and bowed to concede defeat.

Su Qing tried to recruit the Great Evolution Divine Lord to the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, whose growing strength and talent needs he described. The Divine Lord remained reluctant, determined to honor the ancient gods’ duty to guard against the Thirteen Demonic Realms.

• Su Qing invited the Great Evolution Divine Lord to stay in Kaiyuan, offering him a temple, incense, and a team to spread his faith.
• The chapter surveyed how the Immortal Kingdoms attracted sects and talent from the Myriad Worlds, while Kaiyuan drew support through its imperial-dynasty claim, arts industry, major sects, demon gods, and Witch people.
• Su Qing explained that he wanted the Great Evolution Divine Lord’s divination skills and hoped to use him to attract gods from the closed Ancient God Realm.
• The Great Evolution Divine Lord rejected Su Qing’s offer, as he had other Immortal Kingdoms’ generous proposals.
• The Great Evolution Divine Lord chose to remain committed to the Ancient God Realm’s mission of guarding against the Thirteen Demonic Realms and protecting all beings.

Great Evolution Divine Lord gave Su Qing a divine art and puppet blueprints before leaving the competition, while True Lord Taoyuan struggled to earn points for his sect. Taoyuan won a Spirit Robe Making match against Little Immortal Biyun, then wondered whether she had deliberately let him win.

• Great Evolution Divine Lord gave Su Qing a divine art and Ancient Heavenly Court puppet blueprints, then departed with the other eliminated Ancient Gods.
• True Lord Taoyuan's sect brothers stopped him from entering the dance competition in makeup and women's clothing, so he withdrew and prepared for other events.
• True Lord Taoyuan heard that Su Qing had reached the top five in combat, then endured spectators' curses for withdrawing from the dance event.
• True Lord Taoyuan challenged Little Immortal Biyun to compete in Spirit Robe Making without using cultivation or her divine ability.
• True Lord Taoyuan defeated Little Immortal Biyun and entered the top five, then suspected she had intentionally conceded to gain sympathy.

Little Immortal Biyun’s livestream sale made Su’s Robe Shop a sensation, while Qianxuzi confronted Su Qing over Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s expansion into the Myriad Worlds’ markets. Su Qing rejected Qianxuzi’s demands before a packed arena, and the gathering reached its real confrontation.

• Little Immortal Biyun used sympathy from her match with True Lord Taoyuan to sell ten thousand spirit garments through Su’s Robe Shop, drawing a flood of customers.
• Qing He oversaw the shop’s successful opening and considered how Su’s Group could recruit more specialists and expand through agency businesses.
• Qianxuzi lectured Su Qing about abandoning commerce and accused Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom of threatening established merchants across the Myriad Worlds.
• Qianxuzi offered Su Qing a vice presidency in the Puppet Merchant Association if he limited his puppet business, and dangled the presidency in exchange for the Spirit Explosion Puppet runes.
• Su Qing rejected the offer and insulted Qianxuzi, then noticed powerful figures from both the Myriad Worlds and Heavenly Origin gathered around the arena.

Su Qing answered Qianxuzi’s challenge in the Puppet Dao contest by attacking him with the Kirin Arm Puppet, only for Qianxuzi’s borrowed Ancient God Armor Puppet to block the blow. Su Qing then unleashed his own Ancient God-type Puppets, and the contest began amid accusations that the Eastern King Sect had secretly helped him.

• Su Qing rejected Qianxuzi’s claims of seniority and struck first with the Kirin Arm Puppet.
• Qianxuzi’s Ancient God Armor Puppet transformed around him and blocked Su Qing’s punch.
• Su Qing released several Tier 4 Ancient God-type Puppets, shocking the cultivators from the heavens.
• Cultivators accused the Eastern King Sect of secretly supplying or assisting Su Qing, while Gu Tiansi denied the charge.
• Su Qing’s Puppets surrounded Qianxuzi and attacked as the Armor Puppet took control of his body.
• Qianxuzi analyzed Su Qing’s fighters while relying on intelligence that had not accounted for the hidden Ancient God-type Puppets.

Su Qing battled Qianxuzi in a puppet match, using his advanced creations to overwhelm Qianxuzi’s forces. Qianxuzi revealed a Dao Law Heavenly Monarch made from his father, but Su Qing countered it with Creation Rune puppets and an egg-shaped Fifth-tier Puppet, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Su Qing’s Flowing Silver and Two-Headed Dragon God damaged Qianxuzi’s puppets while four Giant God Soldiers pinned down the Strength God Puppet and helped the dragon and tiger prepare a combined attack.
• Qianxuzi released a Red Fire Horned Sheep, a Jar Ghost Puppet, and his Dao Law Heavenly Monarch, which freed the Strength God Puppet and advanced on Su Qing.
• Su Qing recognized the Dao Law Heavenly Monarch as an evil Puppet made from Qianxuzi’s father and sent more than a million Creation Rune Exorcism Dolls to attack it.
• The Dao Law Heavenly Monarch tried to sweep the little yellow men away, but Su Qing’s egg-shaped Fifth-tier Puppet swallowed its wind attack and protected them.

Su Qing’s Xing Xiu Chaos defeated Qianxuzi’s puppet attacks, while Qianxuzi’s Dao Law Heavenly Monarch became an Evil Entity and turned on its master. With Bad Egg controlling the referee to prevent the match from ending, Su Qing waited for the Evil Lord to strip Qianxuzi of his treasures before he intervened.

• Su Qing sent Xing Xiu Chaos against the Dao Law Heavenly Monarch, which failed to harm it with three Heaven-grade Daoist Arts and surrendered.
• The Dao Law Heavenly Monarch became the Dao Law Evil Lord after Qianxuzi briefly opened its bodily permissions, then attacked Qianxuzi and disrupted his calls for help.
• Qianxuzi released more puppets and fled while the Evil Lord smashed them, and Su Qing collected their remains to study their runes.
• Cultivators from All Heavens urged the Deity Judge to end the match, but Bad Egg controlled him and forced him to declare that the fight must continue.
• Qianxuzi used forbidden treasures, spirit beasts, and insects against the Evil Lord, while Su Qing mocked him and waited for the battle to leave Qianxuzi’s belongings ownerless.

Qianxuzi’s Strength God Puppet was overwhelmed by the Dao Law Evil Lord and Su Qing’s Exorcism Army Group, while the hidden strength of Su Qing’s forces stunned the watching cultivators. Qianxuzi fled and surrendered, but the referee refused to stop the match and the other cultivators would not intervene, leaving him pursued and in mortal danger.

• The Dao Law Evil Lord battered Qianxuzi’s weakened Strength God Puppet, prompting Qianxuzi to send it fleeing toward Su Qing.
• Su Qing’s Exorcism Army Group opened fire on both puppets as the watching cultivators realized how many puppets he could control and how powerful his forces were.
• The army’s exorcism attacks badly damaged the Dao Law Evil Lord, but it continued pursuing the Strength God Puppet because it was fixated on killing Qianxuzi.
• Qianxuzi fled beyond the army’s firing range, put his arena puppets on standby, and ran to the Deity Judge to surrender.
• The Deity Judge refused to end the match while the Dao Law Evil Lord continued its pursuit, and the watching cultivators rejected Qianxuzi’s pleas for help.

Su Qing killed Qianxuzi and pursued the escaped Dao Law Evil Lord with his puppet forces, revealing the power of his new weapons to cultivators across the realms. After Dao Law Evil Lord was destroyed, Su Qing prepared to collect its remains, while Mingxia Dao Sect’s new leader, True Person Liu Shang, demanded justice and was urged to thank him instead.

• Dao Law Evil Lord devoured Qianxuzi as cultivators across the realms watched, prompting them to question the All-Heavens Merchant Association and consider trading through Su's Group.
• Su Qing sent the Exorcism Army Group after Dao Law Evil Lord as it fled, while the sect True Monarchs waited for him to handle the threat.
• The Peng Tian Armor Puppet and its Aerospace Fleet intercepted Dao Law Evil Lord, and the Silver Giant Tiger and Two-Headed Dragon Puppet formed a Lethal Storm that trapped and destroyed it.
• Su Qing descended to collect Old Father Evil's remains, and True Person Liu Shang protested that he was taking the Mingxia Dao Sect patriarch's remnant.
• The other True Monarchs refused to support Liu Shang and told him that Su Qing had saved the Mingxia Dao Sect and deserved his thanks.

After his victory over Qianxuzi, Su Qing attracted sects from across the heavens seeking business and cooperation in the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom. He secured valuable terms from the Primordial Beginning Sect and learned that the heavens now treated him as a Tier 6 Void Refinement expert, then headed with True Lord Taoyuan to meet the Spirit Treasure Sect.

• After Su Qing's ring-match victory, small sects sought his help establishing businesses in the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, while his team handled the growing number of partnership proposals.
• Su Qing visited the Primordial Beginning Sect and agreed to refine Puppets in exchange for access to its restricted goods and received ancient Daoist scriptures from True Lord Guangxian.
• Su Qing reflected that cooperation with the great sects could bring him rare high-end goods, though their industries might threaten the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom's developing businesses.
• True Lord Taoyuan explained that sects treated Su Qing like a Tier 6 Void Refinement expert because of his divine-office authority and his performance against Qianxuzi.
• Su Qing praised True Lord Taoyuan's work and jokingly offered him a permanent attendant position, prompting the offended Taoyuan disciple to hurry toward the Spirit Treasure Sect's lodgings.

Su Qing met with Li Sanyang, who exposed that Su Qing’s sword skills came from the Tiger Egg and asked to take the Tiger Egg as his disciple. Li Sanyang revealed that he wanted the Tiger Egg to retrieve the Azure Pine Sword, but his explanation for why he could not retrieve it himself left Su Qing suspicious.

• Su Qing defended his reputation as a sword cultivator, but Li Sanyang revealed that his sword-path cultivation came from the Tiger Egg.
• Li Sanyang explained that he had invited the Tiger Egg and wanted to accept it as a direct disciple of the Shangqing lineage, and Su Qing asked whether its origins would prevent it from joining.
• Li Sanyang described how high-tier spirit treasures could destroy High-ranking Demonic Evil and said the Spirit Treasure Sect needed a successor to retrieve a revived Sword Artifact.
• Su Qing asked whether Li Sanyang meant the Immortal Punishing Four Swords, but Li Sanyang said he wanted the Tiger Egg to retrieve the Azure Pine Sword instead.
• Li Sanyang claimed the Azure Pine Sword had rejected him for being too accomplished and wanted a rising talent, so Su Qing demanded that he speak honestly.

Li Sanyang tried to recruit Tiger Egg into the Upper Clarity Sect so it could seek Azure Pine Sword, while Su Qing bargained over the Puppet’s departure and future place in the sect. Li Sanyang offered Tiger Egg a privileged position on Vertical Sword Peak as he tried to secure it for his lineage.

• Li Sanyang explained that Azure Pine Sword rejected Upper Clarity disciples for relying on inherited sword arts, and he believed Tiger Egg’s original techniques might earn the sword’s recognition.
• Su Qing agreed to let Tiger Egg enter the Upper Clarity Sect, but objected when Li Sanyang said it would have to remain on the mountain as the sect’s sword guardian.
• Li Sanyang offered to compensate Su Qing for the resources used to create Tiger Egg, and Su Qing presented a bill exceeding ten million Spirit Stones along with a list of rare materials.
• Su Qing revealed that Tiger Egg’s mastership still needed to be settled, arguing that Tiger Egg deserved a Void Refinement elder or Dao Lord as its mentor rather than Li Sanyang.
• Li Sanyang defended his claim by offering Tiger Egg authority and privileges on Vertical Sword Peak, including freedom from duties and the chance to visit Su Qing.

Su Qing brought True Lord Taoyuan to the Hall of Martial Arts, where its training program and students’ achievements changed Taoyuan’s view of the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom. The chapter ended with Black Tyrant asking why the students could not compete for points and contribute to the Immortal Kingdom.

• True Lord Taoyuan urged Su Qing to fight the Spirit Treasure Sect, but Su Qing explained that True Lord Li had taken Tiger Egg as a disciple and given him tens of millions of Spirit Stones.
• Su Qing scolded True Lord Taoyuan, then continued visiting the sects to pursue business while complaining that fulfilling the resulting orders would strain his Puppet Factory.
• Su Qing brought True Lord Taoyuan into the Hall of Martial Arts, where Taoyuan saw battle records, student rankings, and cultivators practicing combat and formation skills.
• After learning that many of the Hall’s promising students had trained there for less than a century, True Lord Taoyuan stopped dismissing Su Qing and the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.
• Su Qing greeted the Hall’s students and checked on Black Tyrant, who said he was bored with sparring and asked why the students could not compete for points for the Immortal Kingdom.

Su Qing’s Hall of Martial Arts impressed True Lord Taoyuan with its students, facilities, and generous lecturer benefits, and he discovered that powerful cultivators from major sects had joined its staff. After seeing them serve without shame, Taoyuan decided to become a lecturer himself and declared that his sect would support the academy.

• Su Qing told Black Tyrant that the students under fifty could not compete and invited him to eat a Void Golden Horn Beast at his residence.
• True Lord Taoyuan toured the Hall of Martial Arts and examined its student residences, guards, and grounds.
• True Lord Taoyuan learned from Wu Tianyang that lecturers received excellent pay and benefits, while several True Monarchs had also taken positions there.
• True Lord Taoyuan saw True Monarch Fengxia, Gu Le True Monarch, and other powerful cultivators arriving with Su Qing, and reconsidered his objections to lecturing.
• True Lord Taoyuan joined Su Qing’s group and announced that the Taoyuan Sect would sign an agreement with the Hall of Martial Arts.

Su Qing explained why Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom should prioritize lasting development over chasing the Heroic Gathering’s super first-rate ranking, even as Liu Yun'er urged him to keep competing. He went to face True Lord Taoyuan in the arena, leaving his opponent startled when Su Qing politely asked him for guidance.

• Liu Yun'er worried that Su Qing had exhausted himself the night before and urged him to keep earning points for Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.
• Su Qing said he would pursue victories in puppet events but concede or withdraw in other matches to avoid antagonizing powerful sects and to benefit Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s allies.
• Su Qing explained that Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom had already gained lasting benefits from the gathering through publicity, connections, and opportunities for cooperation.
• Su Qing discussed which contestants, including Ying Jue Shen and Shao Delong, could compete freely, then prepared to leave while Liu Yun'er stayed behind.
• At Arena 0098, Kaiyuan Citizens, Taoyuan Sect cultivators, and spectators gathered to watch Su Qing face True Lord Taoyuan.
• Su Qing greeted True Lord Taoyuan and praised his abilities, leaving True Lord Taoyuan bewildered when Su Qing asked him to offer guidance.

Su Qing and True Lord Taoyuan both tried to lose their combat match without making the fix obvious, but their clumsy exchange exposed them to the spectators before Taoyuan secured the win. Su Qing then entered the sword Dao event against Tiger Egg, intending to lose so his Puppet could improve its prospects with Spirit Treasure Sect.

• True Lord Taoyuan explained his Flower Thousand Bones technique and Stormy Pear Blossom Needles to Su Qing before attacking, baffling the spectators and his own sect.
• Su Qing tried to yield by relying on his Exorcism Army Group, while True Lord Taoyuan urged him to use stronger Puppets and struggled to find a way to lose convincingly.
• The spectators recognized the match as a blatant fix and cursed both fighters, so True Lord Taoyuan attacked and claimed victory after pretending his Spirit Artifact had exploded in its barrel.
• Su Qing praised True Lord Taoyuan and Taoyuan Sect after the match, then began the sword Dao event against Tiger Egg.
• Su Qing decided to lose to Tiger Egg because Tiger Egg used sword Dao better than he did and could benefit from a higher ranking with Spirit Treasure Sect.

Su Qing won the Heroic Gathering’s Puppet event against True Monarch Suying, securing the title of Puppet Master of All Heavens, while the other competitions reached their finals. The chapter ended with Shao Delong dying during the battle armor finals.

• Su Qing lost his boxing match to the Fire Phoenix Princess and was eliminated from Array Dao by a Fifth-tier Formation Master from the Primordial Beginning Sect.
• Gao Erqiang defeated Su Qing in the Daoist Arts event, though spectators accused Su Qing of deliberately yielding.
• Su Qing watched Li Sanyang defeat Tiger Egg and decided to prepare for Tiger Egg’s journey to acknowledge his master.
• After investigating match-fixing complaints, Su Qing faced True Monarch Suying in the Puppet event and overcame her spirit-beast Puppets with his own forces.
• Su Qing defeated True Monarch Suying, claimed the Puppet Master of All Heavens title, and received a Lecturer Appointment Letter from the Hall of Martial Arts.
• The champions of the Array Dao, artifact refinement, talisman, and pill events were decided, and Shao Delong died during the battle armor finals.

Shao Delong appeared to die during the armor event when his Undying Armor fused violently with Qiu Jing’s Life-Seeking Armor. Su Qing discovered Delong was secretly conscious and helped his family take him home, while Qiu Jing worried about recovering his armor.

• True Monarch Zhong Ze questioned Qiu Jing after Delong collapsed in the armor arena, and Qiu Jing denied killing him.
• Delong’s wife rushed onto the arena, slapped Qiu Jing, and blamed him and her father, Ying Jue Shen, for Delong’s apparent death.
• Su Qing arrived and heard Zhong Ze offer the Eastern King Sect’s cooperation and compensation, easing his suspicion that the sect had deliberately targeted Kaiyuan.
• The coroner explained that the life-and-death runes in the two armors had violently clashed and overwhelmed Delong’s body.
• Su Qing examined Delong, noticed him move, and told the others he was in a dangerous state between life and death.
• Ying Jue Shen prepared to take Delong and both armors home, but Qiu Jing protested that his Life-Seeking Armor was still attached to Delong.

Su Qing settled the dispute over Delong’s fused battle armor, then learned Delong had been feigning death to keep the fifth-tier armor and had gained insight into its use as spiritual material. Su Qing planned an expedition to the Abyssal Secret Realm after the gathering, but returned home to find his allies assembled and ready to fight the Eastern King Sect over Delong.

• Su Qing persuaded Qiu Jing to relinquish the Life-Seeking Armor, and Qiu Jing and True Monarch Zhong Ze accepted compensation and agreed to let the other competitions continue.
• At the Ying Residence, Su Qing claimed he had obtained a fifth-tier spiritual pill for Delong, and Sister-in-law agreed to pay for it through the Ying family’s armor contract.
• After Sister-in-law left, Delong revealed that he had been pretending to be dead and that the Undying Battle Armor and Life-Seeking Armor had fused into a valuable Nascent Soul Formation Spiritual Material.
• Su Qing and Delong agreed to keep the fusion secret and planned to enter the Abyssal Secret Realm through Penglai after the Heroic Gathering, bringing Delong’s father-in-law along.
• Su Qing failed to find Gao Erqiang and Tong Chang at their residences, then returned home and found his companions gathered, ready to confront Qiu Jing and the Eastern King Sect.

Su Qing calmed his allies after Delong’s arena accident and revealed that Delong was not seriously hurt. He then announced a high-grade secret realm under his exclusive control, secured everyone’s silence with Daoist oaths, and began explaining what he knew about it.

• Su Qing told his gathered allies that Delong’s injuries were not fatal and urged them not to seek revenge or compensation from the Eastern King Sect.
• Su Qing assessed the different factions among his old brothers, collaborators, elders, and newer allies, recognizing who would support him and under what circumstances.
• Su Qing activated Su Mansion’s formations and announced that a high-grade secret realm was available for his group to explore.
• The cultivators reacted with excitement and hesitation, weighing the secret realm’s promise against the danger of joining Su Qing’s expedition.
• Su Qing required everyone to swear not to reveal the secret realm’s existence, then began sharing the information he had learned about it.

Su Qing told the cultivators how the Huang Family was destroyed after entering the Abyssal Secret Realm and explained the dangers surrounding its Yama Palace. He revealed his cautious plan to explore the realm, leaving the decision to join the expedition to each cultivator.

• Su Qing recounted how the Huang Family unsealed the Abyssal Secret Realm, found its riches, and vanished after entering a Yama Palace.
• Su Qing explained that Huang Li escaped the palace’s million Underworld Soldiers, then served Su Qing after the Liu Family threatened him.
• The cultivators weighed the realm’s ancient treasures against the Huang Family’s fate and asked Su Qing whether they should go.
• Su Qing identified the palace as likely belonging to King Chujiang and estimated that its occupant might be as powerful as a Tier 6 Void Refinement cultivator.
• Su Qing proposed scouting the palace with Puppets, retreating or seeking the Major Sects of the Heavens if the danger proved too great, and told each cultivator to decide for themselves.