Recaps

Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue overwhelmed Gongliang Yi, destroying his Soul-Calling Bell and leaving him battered in a pit. Meanwhile, the Fire-Winged Monkey broke through Gongliang Tang’s defenses and gravely injured him, leaving both opponents near defeat.

• Jiang Liu devoured part of the soul in Gongliang Yi’s Soul-Calling Bell and used Saintly Sky Strike to send him crashing into a pit.
• Gongsun Haoyue joined Jiang Liu’s attack, and the Soul-Calling Bell shattered as its soul dispersed into blue smoke.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue prepared to deliver Gongliang Yi a fatal blow while he remained dazed in the pit.
• Gongliang Tang tried to bind the Sea Turtle with his Soul-Locking Whip, but the Sea Turtle dodged and rammed him toward the Fire-Winged Monkey.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey struck Gongliang Tang with its staff, breaking his defenses and leaving him badly injured and half-conscious.

Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue exploited damage to the Gongliang brothers’ spiritual seas to defeat them. Gongliang Tang exploded, and Jiang Liu caught the Soul-Locking Whip, sensing a faint Divine Soul forming within it.

• The Sea Turtle sucked Gongliang Tang into the Fire-Winged Monkey, letting him strike the monkey’s head with the Soul-Locking Whip and destabilize its aura.
• Jiang Liu rushed to protect the Fire-Winged Monkey from Gongliang Tang while Gongsun Haoyue used Skyfire and star power to attack Gongliang Yi’s spiritual sea.
• The Sea Turtle’s corrosive water weakened Gongliang Tang, and Jiang Liu invaded his spiritual sea with Saintly Sky Strike.
• Jiang Liu shot three Ice Blades into Gongliang Tang and intensified Saintly Sky Strike until Gongliang Tang’s body exploded.
• Jiang Liu caught the intact Soul-Locking Whip and sensed a faint Divine Soul forming inside it as chaotic origin energy spread through the air.

Jiang Liu cornered Gongliang Yi and questioned him about the Chu Jiang King Hall and its mission in Medicine King Valley. Gongliang Yi revealed they sought a Blood Attraction Flower before attempting to escape, and the chapter left him battered and trapped in The Pit.

• Gongliang Tang exploded, startling Gongliang Yi awake as Jiang Liu and the two Beast Emperors closed in around him.
• Gongliang Yi asked Jiang Liu to spare his life, and Jiang Liu demanded an explanation for the visit and the locations of the Chu Jiang King Hall's secret bases.
• Gongliang Yi claimed the hall master, Gongliang Bo, had sent them, then admitted they had come to Medicine King Valley for a Blood Attraction Flower to accelerate their cultivation of the Blood Saint Art.
• Jiang Liu asked Gongliang Yi to disperse his origin energy, but Gongliang Yi suddenly tried to escape.
• Jiang Liu's Nebula Extinction struck first, and Gongsun Haoyue, the Fire-Winged Monkey, and the Sea Turtle followed with attacks that left Gongliang Yi sprawled in The Pit.

Jiang Liu interrogated Gongliang Yi and learned how King Chujiang Hall had withdrawn into the desert, secretly infiltrated the mainland, and remained divided by internal conflict. He decided against attacking its stronghold directly and planned to lure out the faction’s remaining Peak Grandmasters to keep the mainland safe for now.

• Jiang Liu suppressed Gongliang Yi, sealed his dantian, severed his meridians, and interrogated him after his state of mind nearly collapsed.
• Gongliang Yi revealed that King Chujiang Hall had retreated from the Great Qin Empire after its Yama King vanished and later split over whether to return to the mainland.
• Gongliang Yi explained that King Chujiang Hall secretly buried statues, drained martial artists’ blood essence, and abducted people while waiting for a chance to invade.
• Jiang Liu learned that King Chujiang Hall’s internal strife had delayed its plans, though the faction still had six Peak Grandmasters divided between two sides.
• Jiang Liu decided not to enter the desert stronghold and instead planned to lure out the remaining Peak Grandmasters who wanted to invade the mainland.

Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue wiped out King Chujiang Hall's forces around Medicine King Valley, then entered the eerily quiet valley to investigate. They found several herb apprentices, who recognized Jiang Liu as Qiu Hai's disciple and led him toward their master.

• Jiang Liu killed Gongliang Yi and arranged for Hao Zhuang to let some King Chujiang Hall members escape and carry news of their losses back.
• Jiang Liu reunited with Gongsun Haoyue, and they went to the King Chujiang Hall camp near Medicine King Valley.
• Jiang Liu, Gongsun Haoyue, and the Fire-Winged Monkey destroyed the camp, while the Sea Turtle stayed out of the fight.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue searched the mountain range and eliminated the remaining King Chujiang Hall forces before dawn.
• Jiang Liu entered Medicine King Valley and found it strangely silent, then sensed faint auras deeper inside.
• Jiang Liu asked several herb apprentices to take him to Qiu Hai, and they eagerly led him away after he said he was Qiu Hai's disciple.

Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue reached Medicine King Valley and learned that the people of King Chujiang Hall had been killed, ending the valley’s long oppression. In the council hall, Uncle Hai and the elders heard about the changes in the outside world and Jiang Liu’s rise to Peak Grandmaster, while Jiang Liu reaffirmed his gratitude to Uncle Hai.

• Medicine apprentices led Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue through Medicine King Valley’s neglected alchemy plaza to find Uncle Hai.
• Jiang Liu told the gathered physicians that the vicious men outside were dead, and the people of Medicine King Valley celebrated and wept with relief.
• Uncle Hai and the senior figures welcomed Jiang Liu, while Qiu Tian thanked him and Gongsun Haoyue for their aid.
• Qiu Tian received confirmation that the attackers had been killed and sent the people to rest and tend their neglected medicinal herbs.
• In the council hall, Jiang Liu told Uncle Hai and the elders about the Vast Heaven Sect’s destruction, the sect merger, his marriage to Gongsun Haoyue, and his advancement to Peak Grandmaster.

Jiang Liu and the elders traced Medicine King Valley’s attack to a Blood Attraction Flower that Qiu Su had unknowingly cultivated. After identifying it in her medicinal field, Jiang Liu told her it had caused the crisis, and she moved to destroy it.

• Jiang Liu explained that King Chujiang Hall had attacked Medicine King Valley because of the Blood Attraction Flower, but the elders initially did not know who had grown one.
• Qiu Lin realized that the strange medicinal herb Qiu Su had brought back and cultivated was likely the flower, while Qiu Tian said she would not be punished for an innocent mistake.
• Qiu Tian led Jiang Liu and the others to Qiu Su’s medicinal field, where Jiang Liu sensed the flower’s influence on his primordial energy.
• Jiang Liu identified the herb as the Blood Attraction Flower and told Qiu Su it had caused Medicine King Valley’s crisis.
• Qiu Su raised her medicinal hoe and approached the Blood Attraction Flower, intending to dig it up and destroy it.

Jiang Liu claimed the Blood Attraction Flower as payment for resolving Medicine King Valley’s crisis and proposed moving it to Qian Province to cultivate it safely. Qiu Tian decided to inspect the valley in Shan County as a possible new home for Medicine King Valley, and the others accepted that relocation might be necessary to escape King Chujiang Hall.

• Jiang Liu stopped Qiu Su from destroying the Blood Attraction Flower and said he wanted it as payment for helping Medicine King Valley.
• Jiang Liu revealed his Peak Grandmaster aura, and Qiu Su agreed to let him take the flower.
• Jiang Liu asked whether the Blood Attraction Flower could be transplanted, and Qiu Su said she had found it in a valley in Shan County, Qian Province.
• Jiang Liu invited Qiu Su to help cultivate the flower, but she protested that she could not leave her herbs and home.
• Qiu Tian proposed inspecting the valley and possibly moving Medicine King Valley there, warning that King Chujiang Hall might attack again.
• Qiu Su, Qiu Lin, and the other elders stopped objecting after realizing Medicine King Hall might be exterminated if it stayed, and Jiang Liu supported the proposal.

After returning to Gu City, Jiang Liu learned that Hao Zhuang had lost the King Chujiang Hall martial practitioners in the Hengduan Mountains. A report revealed that the Tang Family had taken them, leaving Jiang Liu to investigate the family and watch for more hidden agents.

• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue left Medicine King Valley and returned to Gu City, where Cheng Qianyue briefed them on Hao Zhuang’s operation against King Chujiang Hall.
• Jiang Liu ordered Cheng Qianyue to take over Medicine King Valley’s shops and asked whether the Physician Pavilion had responded to the valley’s ordeal.
• After resting, Jiang Liu heard Hao Zhuang report that his men had lost the King Chujiang Hall practitioners in the Hengduan Mountains.
• Jiang Liu told Hao Zhuang to monitor the Physician Pavilion and deal with any missing subordinates who returned.
• That night, Yun Hao reported that the Tang Family had carried off the King Chujiang Hall practitioners, and Jiang Liu ordered him to watch the family for other hidden agents.

Jiang Liu cultivated with Gongsun Haoyue while investigating King Chujiang Hall’s agents in Gu Prefecture and considering how to delegate his growing administrative duties. After news arrived that Gongliang Yi and Gongliang Tang had died with their forces, Gongliang Bo struggled to determine who had destroyed them and how to explain the loss to his hall.

• Jiang Liu set aside news that the Tang Family had taken the bait and cultivated with four Cultivation Pearls while Gongsun Haoyue reflected on her conflicting reactions to him and her essence energy.
• Jiang Liu considered moving the Mystic Gate people to Qian City and handing miscellaneous duties to the Hall of Governmental Affairs so he could focus on cultivation.
• Medicine King Valley took over shops in Gu City, and Yun Hao reported that the Tang Family was sheltering the escaped King Chujiang Hall personnel without any link to the Physician Pavilion.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue secretly entered the Thousand Leaf Mountain Range to cultivate and await reports and King Chujiang Hall’s response.
• Gongliang Bo learned that Gongliang Yi, Gongliang Tang, and eight Grandmasters had been killed in Gu Prefecture, but he did not know who had killed them.
• Gongliang Bo wondered whether hidden forces or another Yama Hall had intervened and decided to wait for more information before explaining the disaster to his hall.

Dongling Rui and the other Dongling Peak Grandmasters agreed to reclaim the Hall Master's position after Gongliang Yi and Gongliang Tang died on the mainland. At Gongliang Bo's meeting, he announced that the mission to seize the Blood Attraction Flower had failed, leaving the gathered Grandmasters waiting for an explanation.

• Dongling Rui warned Dongling Heng and Dongling Qing that the mainland was too dangerous for a large-scale invasion, and they agreed that Gongliang Yi's death showed the risk.
• Dongling Rui proposed taking the Hall Master's position back from Gongliang Bo, and Dongling Heng and Dongling Qing pledged their support.
• Dongling Rui and his allies planned to wait for Gongliang Bo to call a meeting, then challenge his position.
• Gongliang Bo called a meeting for the Grandmasters and Peak Grandmasters, and Dongling Rui objected that some people were missing before taking his seat.
• Gongliang Bo announced that the mission to enter the mainland and seize the Blood Attraction Flower had failed, shocking the attendees.

Gongliang Bo announced that the mission party had been killed, and King Chujiang Hall's members turned on him over the deaths and the mission's delays. Dongling Qing called for Gongliang Bo's removal as Hall Master, leaving Gongliang Bo to demand that Dongling Rui state what he wanted.

• Gongliang Bo told the hall that everyone sent to the continent had died, including Gongliang Yi and Gongliang Tang.
• Dongling Rui, Dongling Heng, and Dongling Qing blamed Gongliang Bo for delaying the mission, while Gongliang Chu defended him.
• Gongliang Bo released his aura to silence the hall, but three equally powerful auras countered him.
• Dongling Qing proposed removing Gongliang Bo as Hall Master, and nearly everyone outside the Gongliang family agreed.
• Gongliang Chu and Dongling Rui clashed with their auras, nearly bringing down the hall, before both withdrew to protect the Grandmasters.
• Gongliang Bo asked Dongling Rui what he wanted.

Dongling Rui forced Gongliang Bo to step down as King Chujiang Hall’s master, then took the position himself and moved to punish Bo. Gongliang Che proposed sending Bo to the perilous Ancestral Tomb, while Che felt relieved that his father’s death no longer left him fearing the Grandmasters.

• Dongling Rui secured the Grandmasters’ support for Gongliang Bo to relinquish the hall master position, and Bo left the meeting hall with his faction and Gongliang Chu.
• Dongling Heng proposed Dongling Rui as the new hall master, and the Grandmasters present backed the proposal.
• Dongling Rui took the seat and asked how Gongliang Bo should be held accountable for the losses he caused.
• Gongliang Hong proposed cutting Bo’s resources in half, while Gongliang Che proposed sending him to guard the Ancestral Tomb in the deadly Lisha Illusionary Realm.
• The Grandmasters regarded Gongliang Che warily, and Che felt relieved that he no longer feared them joining forces against him.

Dongling Rui secured support for his ascension and devised a plan to pressure Gongliang Bo into guarding the Ancestral Tomb. After Gongliang Bo’s relatives urged him to accept, he agreed on the condition that Dongling Rui keep his word.

• Dongling Rui won the Grandmasters’ agreement to punish Gongliang Bo by sending him to guard the Ancestral Tomb and arranged a banquet celebrating his ascension.
• Dongling Rui privately ordered Gongliang Che to invite Gongliang Bo and Gongliang Chu’s faction to the banquet, promising their punishments would be canceled if they attended.
• Gongliang Bo and Gongliang Chu’s Grandmasters attended the banquet, but Dongling Rui canceled only their punishments and kept Gongliang Bo’s in place.
• Gongliang He and the other Grandmasters urged Gongliang Bo to accept the Ancestral Tomb punishment, leaving him feeling betrayed.
• Gongliang Bo agreed to go to the Ancestral Tomb but warned that he would fight Dongling Rui to the bitter end if Dongling Rui broke his word.

Gongliang Bo accepted exile to the Lisha Illusionary Realm, while Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue went to Medicine King Valley to witness the Blood Attraction Flower’s harvest. After the flower was safely collected, Jiang Liu reflected on how its attraction had led King Chujiang Hall to Medicine King Valley.

• Gongliang Bo agreed to accept punishment in the Ancestral Tomb, and Gongliang Chu secretly learned something from him that made him rejoice.
• Gongliang He and the others reported to Dongling Rui, who ordered Gongliang Bo to leave for the Lisha Illusionary Realm that night while Dongling Rui and Dongling Heng kept him under surveillance.
• Gongliang Chu secretly left King Chujiang Hall several days later to meet Gongliang Bo in the Lisha Illusionary Realm.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue received word from Medicine King Valley that the Blood Attraction Flower was nearly mature, and Jiang Liu ordered the Martial Division to assist with the valley’s relocation to Shan County.
• Jiang Liu found that the Blood Attraction Flower could not pierce his skin, then watched Qiu Su harvest its barbs, petals, bud, and stalk after it fully matured.

Jiang Liu tested the Blood Attraction Flower pills, then gave one to Gongsun Haoyue to help her cultivate. After Yun Hao uncovered King Chujiang Hall’s plans and learned Gongliang Bo had been sent to the Lisha Illusionary Realm, Jiang Liu decided to enter the desert and kill him.

• Qiu Su finished processing the Blood Attraction Flowers, gave Jiang Liu three bottles of pills, and left with Medicine King Valley for Qian Province.
• Jiang Liu tested a pill and found it accelerated primal qi cultivation, while Gongsun Haoyue expelled its bloody primal qi and benefited from its effects.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue shared an intimate moment after her cultivation session.
• Yun Hao reported that she had uncovered King Chujiang Hall’s forces in Gu Prefecture, and Jiang Liu ordered her to close the net.
• Yun Hao brought Jiang Liu confession papers revealing that Gongliang Bo had been demoted to guard the Ancestral Tomb in the Lisha Illusionary Realm.
• Jiang Liu ordered Yun Hao to handle the remaining informants and prepared to enter the desert to kill Gongliang Bo.

Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue traveled toward the Lisha Illusionary Realm while Gongliang Bo waited in the desert, hoping to enter it again and break through to the Saint Realm. When a horde of Sand Devouring Serpents attacked, the Fire-Winged Monkey pursued the source of their shrill cry.

• Gongsun Haoyue packed their necessities, and Jiang Liu set off with her on the Sea Turtle toward the desert, followed by the Fire-Winged Monkey.
• Gongliang Bo told Gongliang Chu that he had found a hidden realm near his elder brother's grave, where his cultivation bottleneck had loosened, and planned to return on the anniversary of his brother's death.
• Gongliang Bo and Gongliang Chu cultivated with the Blood Saint Art beside a statue of King Chujiang, drawing essence blood from Sand Devouring Serpents attracted by its blood-colored origin qi.
• Jiang Liu directed the Fire-Winged Monkey toward the Lisha Illusionary Realm as the Sea Turtle carried him and Gongsun Haoyue into the desert.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey fought off a swarm of Sand Devouring Serpents while the Sea Turtle swallowed those that neared Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue.
• After a shrill scream sent the Sand Devouring Serpents retreating, the Fire-Winged Monkey flew toward its source to pursue them.

Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue traveled through the desert, destroying King Chujiang Hall outposts that preyed on passersby. As they neared the Lisha Illusionary Realm, Jiang Liu warned the Fire-Winged Monkey and Sea Turtle to stay alert for Gongliang Bo and the realm’s unknown illusions.

• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue rested together after eating roasted Sand Devouring Serpent, and Gongsun Haoyue watched over Jiang Liu through the night.
• Jiang Liu spotted an oasis observation post belonging to King Chujiang Hall and found corpses and bones there before replenishing their water and leaving.
• Jiang Liu questioned a King Chujiang Hall man at a sand-walled settlement, then the Fire-Winged Monkey destroyed the houses and killed the people inside.
• Jiang Liu took the settlement’s stored food and water, and the Fire-Winged Monkey gathered more supplies before they headed toward the Lisha Illusionary Realm.
• Jiang Liu sensed the Primal Qi growing scarce near the realm and told the Fire-Winged Monkey and Sea Turtle to remain alert for Gongliang Bo and possible illusions.

Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue confronted Gongliang Bo and Gongliang Chu near King Chujiang’s statue in the central Lisha Illusionary Realm. Jiang Liu wounded Gongliang Bo while Gongsun Haoyue and her beasts pressed Gongliang Chu with a coordinated attack.

• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue spotted King Chujiang’s statue and detected Gongliang Bo and Gongliang Chu hiding nearby.
• Jiang Liu attacked Gongliang Bo while Gongsun Haoyue, the Fire-Winged Monkey, and the Sea Turtle engaged Gongliang Chu.
• Gongliang Chu shattered the Fire-Winged Monkey’s staff, but Gongsun Haoyue and the Sea Turtle trapped him between skyfire and rain attacks.
• Gongsun Haoyue’s skyfire burned through Gongliang Chu’s vital-energy barrier, and he cried out in pain.
• Gongliang Bo faltered after hearing Gongliang Chu’s cries, allowing Jiang Liu to wound him with his great saber and Ice Blade.
• Jiang Liu used the Five Elements Yin-Yang Steps to suppress Gongliang Bo.

Jiang Liu kept Gongliang Bo pinned down with relentless attacks while Gongsun Haoyue and the Fire-Winged Monkey battered Gongliang Chu. Gongliang Chu strengthened himself with a blood-essence technique, while Jiang Liu discovered his spiritual attacks could drain Gongliang Bo’s treasure pagoda and began exploiting that advantage.

• Jiang Liu used his aura and rapid attacks to keep Gongliang Bo entangled as chaotic essence qi continued to ravage Gongliang Bo’s body.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey smashed Gongliang Chu into the sand, extinguishing Gongsun Haoyue’s heavenly flames but severely injuring him.
• Gongliang Chu summoned an illusory figure that absorbed bloody essence qi, but Sea Turtle siphoned the energy away until Gongliang Chu fused the figure into himself.
• Gongliang Bo brought out a treasure pagoda to protect himself and prepare a technique, but Jiang Liu’s Star Godfall damaged the pagoda’s radiance and Gongliang Bo’s spiritual Sea of Consciousness.
• Jiang Liu used Nebula Extinction and Nebula Shrunken Earth to pursue Gongliang Bo, who relied on the pagoda to detect the spiritual attacks and dodged cautiously.

Gongsun Haoyue, the Fire-Winged Monkey, and the Sea Turtle drove Gongliang Chu to the brink while Jiang Liu kept Gongliang Bo occupied. As Gongliang Chu prepared to self-detonate, he was suddenly transported to an unfamiliar place filled with abundant Heaven and Earth Essence.

• The Fire-Winged Monkey knocked Gongliang Chu into the Sea Turtle’s corrosive rain, and Gongsun Haoyue trapped him in heavenly flames.
• Jiang Liu realized the statue suppressed his Essence while boosting Gongliang Bo’s speed, so he continued delaying Gongliang Bo as he waited for an opening.
• Gongliang Chu emerged from the flames gravely injured and unable to move, then decided to self-detonate to help Gongliang Bo escape.
• Gongliang Chu drew blood-colored Essence from the statue and began gathering it in his dantian, while Jiang Liu used five Ice Blades to prevent Gongliang Bo from intervening.
• Just as Gongliang Chu was about to detonate his Essence, he found himself in an unfamiliar realm with abundant Heaven and Earth Essence, and the others had disappeared.

Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue discovered a lush world inside the Lisha Illusionary Realm, where their power and cultivation recovered. They attacked the injured Gongliang Chu and Gongliang Bo, while blood Gongliang Chu had spilled slowly vanished into the ground.

• Gongliang Bo found Gongliang Chu and realized they had entered the secret realm where he had previously sensed his cultivation bottleneck loosening.
• Jiang Liu sensed that the realm restored his essence and Divine Sea, eased his mental-strength bottleneck, and ended the feeling of being watched.
• Gongsun Haoyue attacked Gongliang Bo with the Skyfire Staff, while Jiang Liu struck Gongliang Chu with Frost Nether Palm and Star Godfall.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey and Sea Turtle moved to help fight Gongliang Bo as the tranquil realm filled with battle.
• The blood Gongliang Chu had spat onto the ground slowly disappeared.

Jiang Liu overwhelmed Gongliang Chu while Gongsun Haoyue, Fire-Winged Monkey, and Sea Turtle cornered Gongliang Bo. Gongliang Bo rescued his unconscious brother from Jiang Liu’s finishing strike, but the allies surrounded both men.

• Jiang Liu used a spiritual attack and a barrage of blows to leave Gongliang Chu unable to control his chaotic primordial energy.
• Fire-Winged Monkey struck Gongliang Bo down, and Gongsun Haoyue’s heavenly fire and Sea Turtle’s Aqua Forte trapped him.
• Gongliang Chu briefly rallied and tried to fight Jiang Liu, but Jiang Liu shattered his hand bones and knocked him unconscious with his staff.
• Gongliang Bo broke through the fire and Aqua Forte to shield Gongliang Chu from Jiang Liu’s staff strike.
• Gongsun Haoyue, Fire-Winged Monkey, and Sea Turtle arrived and surrounded Gongliang Bo and Gongliang Chu.

Jiang Liu and his companions killed Gongliang Chu and cornered Gongliang Bo, who died in a self-detonation. Afterward, the mysterious space began erasing the damage, leaving Jiang Liu wondering whether it could heal itself.

• Jiang Liu gave his long staff to Fire-Winged Monkey and confronted Gongliang Bo, who asked why Jiang Liu wanted to kill them.
• Jiang Liu, Gongsun Haoyue, Fire-Winged Monkey, and Sea Turtle attacked Gongliang Bo and Gongliang Chu as Gongliang Bo tried to escape.
• Sea Turtle struck Gongliang Bo with poisonous Aqua Forte, and Fire-Winged Monkey smashed him down while Gongliang Chu's corpse was destroyed.
• Jiang Liu attacked Gongliang Bo with Ice Blades and Star Godfall, but Gongliang Bo's unstable aura surged and he detonated himself.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue returned to find the craters and remains vanishing, prompting Jiang Liu to wonder whether the space could heal itself.

Jiang Liu examined Gongliang Bo’s treasure pagoda and gave it to Gongsun Haoyue, who quickly subdued its soul and gained protection against Spirit Power attacks. Unable to find a way out of the realm, Jiang Liu began cultivating in its unusually dense Essence, hoping to advance into the Saint Realm and return to the continent.

• Jiang Liu examined Gongliang Bo’s short blades, then focused on the treasure pagoda and discovered a frightened soul inside it.
• Jiang Liu gave the treasure pagoda to Gongsun Haoyue so she could subdue its soul and defend against Spirit Power attacks.
• Gongsun Haoyue quickly mastered the pagoda’s protection and said she wanted to spar with Flowing Cloud after they returned.
• Jiang Liu found no other abnormalities in the space and suggested that he and Gongsun Haoyue cultivate there.
• Jiang Liu discovered the realm’s Essence could replenish both his Saintly Sky Art Essence and Spirit Power, then began cultivating in hopes of reaching the Saint Realm and finding a way out.