Recaps

Su Qing prepared his companions for the dangerous Abyssal Secret Realm expedition while his four women insisted on joining him. He summoned Brother 17 and Brother 260 back to Kaiyuan and watched Tong Chang sell ominous fortune readings, leaving True Lord Taoyuan warned to prepare for a near-fatal journey.

• Liu Yun'er questioned whether Su Qing was ready to reveal the secret realm, and he said he would try to break through to fifth-tier body cultivation before entering.
• Liu Yun'er, Ling Ying, Tang Wanqing, and Guo Qiao Lian all insisted on joining the expedition despite Su Qing's objections.
• Su Qing heard his old companions discuss their plans and persuaded Li Hai Lang to summon Brother 17 and Brother 260 from the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom.
• Tong Chang charged Li Kuishan for a fortune reading and predicted he would gain wealth that could quickly disappear.
• Tong Chang told True Lord Taoyuan that the secret realm held nine chances of death and one of survival, urging him to spend his fortune on preparations.

Su Qing gathered allies for a trip to the Abyssal Secret Realm and defused fears that the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom would attack the Eastern King Sect. Back at Su Mansion, Tiger Egg returned wounded but ready to train under Li Sanyang, then revealed that Flowing Silver had dumped him.

• Su Qing secured the cultivators’ agreement to explore the Abyssal Secret Realm and urged them to prepare supplies for its dangers.
• Su Qing calmed True Lord Guangxian and True Monarch Zhong Ze, accepted spirit notes from Zhong Ze, and agreed that the Primordial Beginning Sect would announce the Anti-Demon Alliance.
• Su Qing reminded Zhong Ze of his invitation to visit the Eastern King Sect, giving himself a reason to travel to Penglai Immortal Island.
• Tiger Egg returned to Su Mansion badly injured and told Su Qing that Li Sanyang had defeated him in the swordsmanship competition.
• Tiger Egg accepted Li Sanyang as his master and agreed to train at the Spirit Treasure Sect, then told Su Qing that Flowing Silver had dumped him.

Su Qing comforted Tiger Egg after Flowing Silver chose the Two-Headed Dragon God, then prepared Tiger Egg for advanced study at the Spirit Treasure Sect. The breakup led Su Qing to decide that newly self-aware Puppets would need ideological training before joining his ranks.

• Tiger Egg told Su Qing that Flowing Silver had rejected him and chosen to live with the Two-Headed Dragon God.
• Su Qing accepted that Flowing Silver had made her own choice and urged Tiger Egg to focus on his career and future as Grand Marshal of the Three Armies.
• Su Qing arranged lavish supplies and transport for Tiger Egg's studies at the Spirit Treasure Sect, and promised him a Beauty Tiger Guard.
• After Tiger Egg departed, Su Qing recognized that self-aware Puppets could cause internal conflicts and decided to send future ones to Bad Egg and Bear Two for ideological reform.

At the Heroic Gathering’s closing ceremony, Su Qing announced the forces chosen to lead the Anti-Demon Alliance and the plan to distribute resources according to rank and contributions. After the Primordial Beginning Sect silenced protests, the gathering concluded and Su Qing yielded the stage to True Lord Guangxian.

• Su Qing announced the rankings of the forces, including the Primordial Beginning Sect and Spirit Treasure Sect as super first-rate forces and the Supreme Sect as a first-rate force.
• Cultivators protested the rankings and demanded a rematch, but True Lord Guangxian struck the Primordial Beginning Sect’s yellow bell and silenced them.
• Su Qing explained that secret realms and treasures would be distributed according to each force’s Alliance rank and contributions against demons.
• Su Qing’s atmosphere team encouraged support for the plan, and the audience gradually accepted it.
• Su Qing declared the First Myriad Races Heroic Gathering concluded and invited True Lord Guangxian to speak for the Anti-Demon Alliance.

True Lord Guangxian proposed a campaign against Mount No Buddha, a Secret Realm Administration Office, and a Hundred Arts Merchant Association to organize the Anti-Demon Alliance’s resources. The first two proposals gained approval after concessions, but Tianyuan’s local powers united to oppose the merchant association.

• True Lord Guangxian won the alliance’s support for gathering forces to attack Mount No Buddha in thirty years, with West Sea kingdoms preparing to contain the Demonic Buddha.
• Su Qing, Gao Erqiang, Shi Li Jing, the Fire Phoenix Princess, and Master Liaode agreed to coordinate their kingdoms so they would not be exploited by stronger alliance members.
• True Lord Guangxian proposed a Secret Realm Administration Office to grade secret realms and distribute their rewards, prompting cultivators to protest that it would deny them opportunities.
• True Lord Guangxian added that first discoverers could request permission to explore a secret realm themselves, and the cultivators accepted the revised plan.
• True Lord Guangxian proposed a Hundred Arts Merchant Association to enable trade between the Myriad Worlds and the Celestial Origin Realm, but Tianyuan local powers rose together to oppose it.

After the Heroic Gathering, Su Qing helped establish the Hundred Arts Merchant Association and celebrated Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s rise before announcing secluded cultivation. He planned to refine more puppets for the Abyssal Secret Realm expedition, using newly acquired blueprints and rare materials from the heavens.

• True Lord Guangxian announced the agreed establishment of the Hundred Arts Merchant Association despite public protests, and Su Qing later closed the Heroic Gathering with a display of Kaiyuan puppets and Hundred Arts creations.
• Su Qing celebrated Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s success with its people, then spent the night at Su Mansion with Demoness, Ling Ying, Tang Wanqing, and Guo Qiao Lian.
• Su Qing entered secluded cultivation, leaving Wei De Bao, Li Kuishan, and the other expedition members waiting outside his door.
• Hongshang explained that Su Qing’s cultivation would improve the expedition’s safety and that he would compensate the group for any losses caused by the delay.
• Su Qing prepared to refine more puppets, including the North Sea Giant Kun, using a drop of sixth-tier Kunpeng Essence Blood and new puppet blueprints exchanged with sects of the heavens.

Su Qing began refining the Tier 5 North Sea Giant Kun Puppet after acquiring a drop of Kunpeng Essence Blood, relying on its Blueprint rather than trying to decipher the ancient beast’s power himself. As his workshop prepared the materials and he expanded his business plans, he finalized the Giant Kun’s extensive weapons and living quarters and started making the Tier 6 Creation Talisman Water it required.

• Su Qing recalled Kunpeng’s ancient power and his failed attempts to create a Kunpeng Treasure Ship, then studied the Essence Blood without gaining any insight.
• Su Qing had his Puppet Factory process Tianpeng Feathers into sharp, plated feather swords and considered opening a material-processing factory to meet demand from the Myriad Worlds.
• Su Qing instructed Qing He to have Bear Two arrange a factory while he turned his attention to refining the North Sea Giant Kun.
• Su Qing’s revised Giant Kun Blueprint included feather-sword weapons, cannons, missile launchers, barracks, and rooms for himself and its crew.
• Su Qing began preparing Tier 6 Creation Talisman Water from Jianmu branches, Seven-tailed Fox brain fluid, and Tier 5 spirit body parts, to be tempered with Heavenly Thunder and Earthly Fire.

Su Qing prepared the Talisman Waters and inspected the enormous North Sea Giant Kun, a Fifth-tier puppet he had built to compensate for its imperfect materials with runes and heavy weaponry. After securing a rare Tier 5 Void Flame Fire Seed Source, he began the final step of giving the puppet Kunpeng abilities by dissolving Kunpeng Blood into its body.

• Su Qing refined Creation Talisman Water and Tier 6 Divine Beast Talisman Water while the Heavenly Thunder Sword and Earth Fire Furnace processed the materials.
• Su Qing examined the North Sea Giant Kun's assembled body and accepted its improvised beast-bone skeleton, planning to strengthen it with runes.
• Su Qing inspected the puppet's rooms, weapons, hidden feather arrows, and Fire Seed Source, which he had exchanged for over six million Merit Points.
• Su Qing placed Kunpeng Blood over the North Sea Giant Kun, and the essence blood spread through its body to begin the final refinement.

Su Qing completed the North Sea Giant Kun Puppet’s refinement and received the final four Sea Calming Pearls from the Azure Dragon King, freeing him to leave the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom. The Kunpeng Daoist interrupted the Puppet’s inheritance, but it still gained powerful abilities, leaving Su Qing both impressed and resentful.

• Su Qing considered the ancient dragon souls’ need for bodily vessels and agreed to make shells for all five hundred and sixty-two after the Azure Dragon King gifted him the final four Sea Calming Pearls.
• Su Qing inscribed Tier 6 Creation Runes on the North Sea Giant Kun and activated them to awaken its bloodline inheritance.
• The Kunpeng Daoist appeared within the inheritance imagery, but the Azure Dragon Dao Pattern and Heavenly Emperor’s phantom shielded Su Qing; the Kunpeng then ended the visions.
• Su Qing checked the completed Puppet’s abilities and found it had gained Kun Absorption, Extreme Speed, Transformation, and three moves and two stances of the Northern Darkness Divine Fist.
• Su Qing praised the Kunpeng for granting the Puppet useful abilities but cursed him for limiting its Dao Lord-level inheritance.

Su Qing completed a powerful Fifth-tier North Sea Giant Kun Puppet and kept refining in seclusion, leaving his allies waiting to enter the Abyssal Secret Realm. Meanwhile, True Lord Taoyuan confronted Ying Jue Shen over Shao Delong’s faked injury and stolen armor, and the gathered cultivators urged compensation to avoid angering the Eastern King Sect.

• Su Qing finished inscribing the North Sea Giant Kun Puppet, whose Fifth-tier Divine Beast pressure shook Su Mansion and Far West.
• Liu Qianpiao and other cultivators investigated the commotion, while Ying Jue Shen, Liang Hai Shun, Wei De Bao, and their allies recognized the Puppet’s value for the Abyssal Secret Realm.
• The secret-realm team waited for Su Qing to summon them, but after another half month they realized he had continued his seclusion instead of preparing to depart.
• True Lord Taoyuan told Ying Jue Shen that the Eastern King Sect suspected Shao Delong had faked his arena injuries to take Qiu Jing’s Life-Seeking Armor.
• Ying Jue Shen denied the accusation, but True Lord Taoyuan reported that True Monarch Zhong Ze demanded an explanation and compensation for Delong’s gains.
• Liang Hai Shun, Wei De Bao, and the others urged Ying Jue Shen to compensate the Eastern King Sect so the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom would not lose its support in Penglai.

Ying Jue Shen learned that the Eastern King Sect wanted compensation from Su Qing as well as from him and Delong. In seclusion, Su Qing chose to refine a Tier 5 Law Eye puppet from the defiant Spiritual Eye Law Monster, leaving the creature dead and the refinement underway.

• True Lord Taoyuan told Ying Jue Shen that he and Delong owed the Eastern King Sect a Life-Seeking Armor or equivalent armor and Ten Million Spirit Stones, while Su Qing would face separate demands.
• True Lord Taoyuan estimated that Su Qing might need to pay thirty to fifty million Spirit Stones and urged Ying Jue Shen to prepare for the cost.
• After refining the North Sea Giant Kun, Su Qing chose the Tier 5 Law Eye puppet blueprint over the Punching Doll and Azure Bird Martial Saint.
• Su Qing recognized that the captive Spiritual Eye Law Monster met the Law Eye's material requirements and decided to refine it for the Abyssal Secret Realm.
• The Spiritual Eye Law Monster tried to negotiate a salary, but Su Qing killed it and began inscribing runes for the puppet.

Su Qing completed the fifth-tier Dharma Eye Puppet, chose the Pure World White Lotus blueprint for a future refinement, and tested the puppet’s abilities. After using it with his True Eye of Delusion Breaking to glimpse the Eye of the Void’s past and uncertain future, he turned his attention to advancing from Tier 4 to Tier 5.

• Su Qing spent three months refining the Dharma Eye Puppet and completed it with help from the Spiritual Eye Law Monster, the Tool Puppet, and the Small and Large Wood Spirits.
• After reaching the required Puppet Master Proficiency, Su Qing chose the Pure World White Lotus blueprint because its materials seemed easier to obtain than those for the other Tier 6 puppets.
• Su Qing tested the Dharma Eye Puppet’s ability to shrink, merge into his body, conceal itself, and observe West City, where it overheard Ying family members plotting and Rao Tingshan trying to enlist Yao Guangquan in tax evasion.
• Su Qing combined the puppet’s vision with his Golden Eyes of Insight and saw the Eye of the Void’s present state, its past as part of the Six Paths of Samsara Disk, and only scattered scenes of its future.
• Satisfied with his two fifth-tier puppets, Su Qing decided to focus on cultivation and declared that the time was right to advance from Tier 4 to Tier 5.

Su Qing advanced to fifth-tier Body Cultivation by opening a vast Fearless Grotto-Heaven, then used the Azure Dragon and Xingtian Blood Axes to open additional grotto-heavens for the people of Kaiyuan and the Witch Clan. The chapter ended as he began opening the Xingtian Grotto-Heaven in the Far West.

• Su Qing used his deep Fearless Dao Pattern imprint to open an enormous Inner World and moved several lesser Dao Patterns into it.
• Su Qing decided to open external grotto-heavens with the Azure Dragon, Nine Li, and Xingtian Dao Patterns.
• Su Qing opened the Azure Dragon Grotto-Heaven above West City and offered it as a sanctuary for meritorious Kaiyuan Immortal Citizens.
• Su Qing opened the Nine Li Grotto-Heaven at Kaiyuan Coastal City for Witch Clan descendants, and Yao Fei and the other Nine Li Tribe Members knelt in gratitude.
• Su Qing turned north to open the Xingtian Grotto-Heaven for Witch Clan descendants, and the Xingtian Blood Axe split the sky as spiritual energy poured into it.

Su Qing opened three External Grotto-Heavens and made them available to the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s citizens and the Witch Person Tribes, then returned to secluded cultivation. As the grotto-heavens stirred envy across the Myriad Worlds, Liu Gandang tried to rally Penglai’s visiting sects to help his kingdom open one too, but they quickly made excuses to leave.

• Su Qing opened the Azure Dragon, Xingtian, and Nine Li Grotto-Heavens, intending to reserve their benefits for the Kaiyuan Immortal Citizens and Witch Person Tribes, then returned to stabilize his cultivation.
• The Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s citizens celebrated the new grotto-heavens, while He Lian Xian pressured Liang Hai Shun to help him secure a place in the Azure Dragon Grotto-Heaven.
• Liang Hai Shun saw the Far West’s Immortal Citizens rejoicing and lamented that he had become the Peach Deer Longevity God before he could pursue higher cultivation.
• Liu Gandang gathered visiting sect leaders and heirs at the Liu Family Residence, where they denounced Su Qing’s three grotto-heavens out of envy.
• Liu Gandang asked the gathered leaders to help Penglai complete its Yaoguang Dao Pattern and open a grotto-heaven, but they seized on excuses to leave.

At a banquet, Liu Gandang tried to rally the gathered factions to pressure Su Qing into sharing the benefits of Azure Dragon Grotto-Heaven, but none wanted to take the lead. Liu Gandang then threatened Third Prince Yun with the Cloud Dragon Clan’s expulsion from Penglai, and Third Prince Yun agreed to denounce Su Qing.

• Liu Gandang called back the departing guests and argued that Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom should share its Grotto-Heavens with other factions.
• True Monarch Zhong Ze and the other guests recognized that Liu Gandang wanted them to pressure Su Qing, but each tried to make Penglai take responsibility instead.
• Liu Gandang singled out Third Prince Yun and urged him to lead the denunciation of Su Qing and Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.
• Liu Gandang threatened to expel the Cloud Dragon Clan from Penglai unless Third Prince Yun cooperated, citing pressure from the ancient dragon souls of Dragon Fall Sea.
• Third Prince Yun accepted Liu Gandang’s demand and agreed to lead the denunciation of Su Qing and Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.

Third Prince Yun publicly denounced Su Qing and Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom for opening three Grotto-Heavens, prompting fierce arguments across the Myriad Worlds and Tianyuan. At the Anti-Demon Alliance vote, major factions backed Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom, and even the Ten Thousand Monster Country opposed taking action against it.

• Third Prince Yun released a denunciation accusing Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom of violating the alliance, excluding other races, and hindering Tianyuan’s Spirit Qi resurgence.
• Citizens of Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom and other Tianyuan kingdoms cursed the signatories, while Penglai Immortal Kingdom and Pingxi Wuguo stayed silent under criticism.
• True Lord Taoyuan and several Tianyuan powers voted against holding Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom accountable for opening the Grotto-Heavens.
• True Lord Guangxian, True Lord Gu Le, and True Monarch Sanyang also opposed taking action, with the Three Daoist Sects indicating they might open Grotto-Heavens themselves.
• Most remaining factions followed the Three Daoist Sects, and even True Monarch Zhong Ze and the Ten Thousand Monster Country voted against action against Su Qing.

Su Qing hosted the Demon Race to secure their support, then prepared a show of force at Penglai that would let his group enter the Abyssal Secret Realm. He left the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom’s defenses intact while assembling an expedition, wary that an unknown threat inside the realm could decide the fate of the Celestial Origin Realm and beyond.

• Su Qing persuaded the Demon Race True Monarchs to support him by offering cooperation, supplies, and help opening a future Grotto-Heaven, then declined their offer to attack Penglai on his behalf.
• Su Qing told his closest companions to prepare to go to Penglai, explaining that they would stage a spectacle to gain access to the Abyssal Secret Realm rather than wage war.
• Su Qing gave Liu Yun'er, Ling Ying, Tang Wanqing, and Guo Qiao Lian puppets and talismans for their protection, and warned them that the secret realm’s dangers were unpredictable.
• Su Qing left A-San and other forces to defend the Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom while gathering a large puppet army for the expedition.
• Su Qing considered several possible threats within the Abyssal Secret Realm, including an escaped ancient criminal, surviving Evil Demons, or a corrupted Dao Pattern.

Liu Gandang hosted a lavish banquet to strengthen Penglai’s ties with the sects, but Su Qing arrived with a vast army and attacked Penglai Immortal Island. As Liu Gandang rushed to face him and the guests fled, Third Prince Yun tried to escape through the Heavenly Gate, where the Azure Dragon King was waiting.

• Liu Gandang used the banquet to celebrate Penglai’s coalition and planned to have Liu Feng marry Princess Shui Hua as his concubine.
• A panicked Zifeng reported that Su Qing had destroyed Penglai weapons, captured its gods, and surrounded the island with troops and cannons, demanding Third Prince Yun.
• Liu Gandang hurried outside, while the banquet guests decided to flee rather than fight for Penglai.
• Third Prince Yun escaped with several dozen Tier 4 Cloud Dragons and more than a hundred younger dragons, leaving behind the Cloud Dragons it had promised Liu Gandang.
• As Third Prince Yun’s group neared the Heavenly Gate, the Azure Dragon King appeared and blocked their escape.

Su Qing confronted Liu Gandang at the Penglai Immortal Kingdom, exposed the Cloud Dragon Realm’s collusion with demons, and gained public support to investigate Penglai. While Liu Gandang searched for Third Prince Yun, Su Qing befriended Zhao Zhengquan’s daughter Zhao Qian and began courting her.

• Su Qing demanded that Liu Gandang hand over Third Prince Yun, but Liu defended Penglai and accused Su Qing of violating the Anti-Demon Alliance’s rules.
• Su Qing detailed the Cloud Dragon Realm’s crimes and presented recorded evidence of its dealings with the demonic realms, turning the watching cultivators against Liu Gandang and Penglai.
• Liu Gandang abandoned his defiance, promised to seek punishment from the Anti-Demon Alliance, and went to search for Third Prince Yun, whom the Azure Dragon King had already taken beneath Dragon Fall Sea.
• Su Qing greeted Zhao Zhengquan and charmed his daughter, Zhao Qian, while Liu Feng watched angrily.
• Su Qing told Zhao Zhengquan that his failure as a Heavenly Official had allowed enemies to infiltrate Penglai.

Su Qing secured permission to enter Penglai and investigate the Liu Family and Third Prince Yun after the dragon escaped, while promising not to punish Penglai’s innocent citizens. The chapter left Su Qing’s group entering Penglai Immortal Island, where Liu Yun'er and others prepared to confront the Liu Family’s past.

• Zhao Zhengquan asked Su Qing to protect Penglai’s innocent citizens, and Su Qing agreed to investigate the Liu Family and Third Prince Yun without reopening Penglai’s old cases.
• Zhao Zhengquan welcomed Su Qing’s group into the Zhao Family, while the He Family Twin Beauties embraced Su Qing and he pushed them away to appease his companions.
• Liu Gandang admitted that Third Prince Yun had escaped through a Spatial Formation, and Su Qing insisted on investigating Penglai despite Liu Gandang’s explanation.
• Liu Gandang opened Penglai’s formations and invited Su Qing’s group onto the island, where the visitors celebrated their entry.
• Su Qing promised Liu Yun'er that she could confront the Liu Family and rebuild her family in Penglai, and Ying Jue Shen, Liang Hai Shun, and Monkey Wang reflected on their ancestors’ lost fortunes there.

Su Qing toured Penglai Immortal City while Liu Gandang and the other leaders tried to contain the scandal over Penglai sheltering Third Prince Yun and the Cloud Dragons’ confirmed collusion with Evil Demons. As they escorted Su Qing to the Zhao Residence, the leaders reluctantly accepted that Liu Yun’er might rebuild the Liu Family in Penglai, and Liu Gandang discovered that Su Qing was holding Zhao Qian’s hand.

• Liu Gandang carefully answered Su Qing’s questions while Zhao Zhengquan’s Heaven Officials guarded the group, Zhao Qian showed them around, and the He Family Twin Beauties arranged attendants for their guests.
• After Su Qing challenged Penglai’s complaints of humiliation, Liu Feng’s men killed an old cultivator who had called for Penglai to resist, then branded him a demonic person.
• Penglai disciples speculated that Liu Yun’er would use Su Qing’s support to rebuild the Liu Family, and that Liu Gandang and the other leaders would have little choice but to allow it.
• Liu Gandang, Zhao Zhengquan, and He Li Zhi secretly argued over Penglai’s past decisions and the Cloud Dragons’ betrayal, then discussed helping fund the Liu Family’s return to appease Su Qing.
• Liu Gandang asked Zhao Zhengquan to have Zhao Qian raise the matter with Su Qing, and Zhao Zhengquan revealed that Su Qing was holding her hand.

Su Qing gained the Dark Moon Dao Pattern through his relationship with Zhao Qian, then heard Penglai's proposed concessions to settle the Cloud Dragon matter. He agreed to let the investigation go while demanding that the Liang, Ying, and Wang families also return to Penglai and join its decision-making.

• Su Qing and Zhao Qian slept together, and he gained the Dark Moon Dao Pattern, whose powers included purging evil, healing, commanding stars, and potentially opening the Great Profound Heaven.
• Zhao Qian told Su Qing that Penglai offered to fund the Liu family's return, yield Western Sea hegemony to Kaiyuan, and open its markets and some Heavenly Court inheritances to exchange.
• Su Qing judged Penglai's offers acceptable and decided not to press a thorough investigation, believing Penglai had been greedy and reckless rather than allied with evil demons.
• Su Qing accepted the second and third matters and required the Liu family to rebuild on the former Huang family site.
• Su Qing also demanded that the Liang, Ying, and Wang families rebuild in Penglai, enter Penglai Sect's decision-making, and regain their former standing.

Su Qing arranged for the Liu, Liang, Wang, and Ying Families to rebuild in Penglai and join forces under Liu Yun'er, then went to meet True Monarch Zhong Ze and the All Heavens Sects stationed there. He intended to smooth over the Eastern King Sect dispute while giving the sects an opportunity to offer him tribute.

• Su Qing told Liang Hai Shun, Monkey Wang, and Ying Jue Shen that he would help rebuild their families in Penglai, but they initially refused because the favor seemed too great or risky.
• Su Qing explained that Penglai Sect would reimburse thirty percent of their reconstruction costs and instructed the four families to follow Liu Yun'er and cooperate with the Zhao Family.
• Su Qing sent the three men to begin preparations and said the Liu Family's construction at the former Huang Family site would help them enter the Abyssal Secret Realm unnoticed.
• True Monarch Zhong Ze invited Su Qing to meet with several sects stationed in Penglai, and Su Qing went to address the matter of the Eastern King Sect's stolen battle armor and cultivate ties with the sects.
• True Monarch Zhong Ze and the sect representatives welcomed Su Qing with praise, and the gathering began formal rituals before they could discuss business.

Su Qing met with True Monarch Zhong Ze and representatives of several All Heavens Sects, who sought the same freedom and status Liu Gandang had granted them while they awaited their sects’ Void Refining Great Powers. Su Qing instead demanded cultivation taxes and open trade and exchange, making clear that Penglai must prioritize its own cultivators and that he intended to take charge of the Immortal Kingdom.

• True Monarch Zhong Ze told Su Qing that the All Heavens Sects intended to compete for authority once their Void Refining Great Powers arrived, but wanted to develop undisturbed in Penglai until then.
• Su Qing considered the sects’ request reasonable in principle, while planning to make Penglai a secondary base supporting his Kaiyuan Immortal Kingdom.
• Su Qing rejected the agreements the sects had made with Liu Gandang and said Penglai must belong first to its own people.
• Su Qing proposed annual cultivation taxes based on each sect’s cultivator levels and headcounts.
• Su Qing challenged the sects to open shops and share their Hundred Arts techniques, warning that refusal to exchange or cooperate would not be tolerated.

Su Qing imposed strict taxes, cooperation, residency, and conduct rules on the Eastern King Sect and other All Heavens sects in Penglai, backed by Celestial Origin Realm’s reputation-score system and Anti-Demon Alliance authority. True Monarch Zhong Ze and the other sect leaders resisted but recognized that leaving Penglai would cost them their Blessed Land and a century of investment, and Zhong Ze began considering whether Liu Gandang could block Su Qing’s plans.

• Su Qing laid out strict terms for the All Heavens sects in Penglai, including back taxes, shared technologies, local employment, travel restrictions, and equal enforcement of Penglai law.
• Su Qing explained that sect reputation scores could bring rewards or expulsion, while a parallel system protected All Heavens sects from Tianyuan Local Powers.
• True Monarch Zhong Ze and the other sect representatives protested Su Qing’s terms and threatened to fight or relocate, but Su Qing warned that an attack on him would bring Anti-Demon Alliance forces to Penglai.
• True Monarch Zhong Ze invoked Su Qing’s debt over the fifth-tier armor, but Su Qing accepted responsibility and dared Zhong Ze to act, leaving the threat without leverage.
• True Monarch Zhong Ze concluded that the Eastern King Sect could not afford to abandon Penglai’s Blessed Land and its century of investment, and he thought Liu Gandang might be able to stop Su Qing if given enough support.