Recaps

Jiang Liu tested the Dark Cloud Pill on a Minor Grandmaster and discovered it could not preserve the consciousness of someone at that level. Meanwhile, Huyan Yi and Chen Xia finished producing Dark Cloud Pills under coercion and returned to Phosphorus City, where Wind Hall noticed them and informed Jiang Liu.

• Jiang Liu exposed a Halls of Yama Minor Grandmaster to Dark Primal Qi, watched him become corrupted, then killed him and purified the area.
• Jiang Liu concluded that the Dark Cloud Pill only protected martial practitioners below the Minor Grandmaster level and decided to find the Physician Pavilion's two pavilion masters.
• Huyan Yi and Chen Xia secretly turned ordinary Spirit Consolidation Pills into Dark Cloud Pills while the physicians they had summoned remained unaware.
• Huyan Yi wondered whether they could turn back, and Chen Xia suggested that Jiang Liu would notice the widespread corruption, implying his earlier proposal to involve more people in experiments had been deliberate.
• Three days later, Huyan Yi and Chen Xia left the valley for Phosphorus City, where Wind Hall spotted them and sent Jiang Liu a message.

Jiang Liu secretly followed Huyan Yi and Chen Xia to a meeting with a Man in Black, then tracked him to a mountain valley that appeared to be the Physician Pavilion’s Dark Cloud Pill workshop. The Man in Black’s orders revealed a plan to blacken Saint Realm martial practitioners in Qian Province and seize Jiang Liu’s wives.

• Jiang Liu learned from Dongling Rui’s letter that Huyan Yi and Chen Xia bore Darkness Substance, but decided to keep them under surveillance while he investigated the Physician Pavilion himself.
• Jiang Liu disguised himself and watched the Physician Pavilion from a nearby inn in Phosphorus City.
• Jiang Liu followed Huyan Yi and Chen Xia into a forest, where they met a Man in Black who ordered them to return to Qian Province and collect the refined Dark Cloud Pills.
• The Man in Black’s thoughts revealed that his master planned to blacken Saint Realm martial practitioners in Qian Province and capture Jiang Liu’s wives.
• Jiang Liu tracked the Man in Black to a medicinal-herb valley, where another black shadow followed him inside.

Jiang Liu extracted Ye Bolun’s testimony about his escape from the Celestial Prison and the hidden force directing him, then decided to return to Qian Province to protect his people and pursue the mastermind. He left Dongling Rui to take Ye Bolun to Qin Bailian while he flew toward Qian Province with the Fire-Winged Monkey and three Battle Puppets.

• Jiang Liu entered the valley after Dongling Rui subdued the corrupted Man in Black and found Physician Pavilion guards dead nearby.
• Jiang Liu invaded the Man in Black’s consciousness and learned that he was Ye Bolun, a prisoner released from the Celestial Prison and forced to take the Dark Cloud Pill.
• Ye Bolun revealed how to contact his superiors and said their next plan involved targeting Jiang Liu’s women, though he did not know the mastermind’s identity.
• Jiang Liu suspected that other Grandmasters had also been released and considered whether the hidden leader had reached the Saint Realm through corruption.
• Jiang Liu sealed Ye Bolun’s acupoints, ordered Dongling Rui to hand him over to Qin Bailian, and flew toward Qian Province with the Fire-Winged Monkey and three Battle Puppets.
• Dongling Rui carried Ye Bolun away and continued searching for the Dark Cloud Pill and its refining site.

Tianming, Ye Junsheng, Yun Qi, and the Celestial Doctor plotted to attack Jiang Liu after he left Silent Valley, with Tianming hoping the Celestial Doctor would cure Ye Junsheng. Back in hiding, Tianming treated Ye Junsheng’s recurring illness and remained trapped in the Celestial Doctor’s control.

• Tianming confirmed that Jiang Liu, Gongsun Haoyue, and the Sea Turtle had left, leaving Flowing Cloud Matriarch in Silent Valley.
• The Celestial Doctor, Yun Qi, Tianming, and Ye Junsheng refined their plan to deal with Jiang Liu, while the Celestial Doctor promised to cure Ye Junsheng only afterward.
• Tianming and Ye Junsheng left the Star Cloud Saint Sect’s mountain range and hid in a cave in the former Haotian Sect’s territory.
• Ye Junsheng’s illness flared up, and Tianming gave him one of the Celestial Doctor’s pills to suppress it.
• Tianming resented the Celestial Doctor for using Ye Junsheng’s illness and the pills to control them, but still planned to complete the mission in hopes of securing a cure.

The Flowing Cloud Matriarch and Murong Yin realized that the silence from Wind Hall signaled an enemy threat and chose to remain inside the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation. After their plan to lure them out failed, the Celestial Doctor, Tianming, Yun Qi, and Ye Junsheng gathered to attack the formation by force.

• The Flowing Cloud Matriarch told Murong Yin that she sensed danger, and Murong Yin revealed that Wind Hall had sent no messages for two days.
• Murong Yin and the Flowing Cloud Matriarch suspected that their enemies were targeting them to threaten Jiang Liu, so they stayed inside the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation.
• Tianming waited outside the formation and detained Wind Hall couriers, but none could reveal how messages reached Murong Yin.
• Tianming summoned the Celestial Doctor, Yun Qi, and Ye Junsheng after concluding that their plan to lure Murong Yin out had failed.
• The Celestial Doctor argued that they had to attack before Jiang Liu returned, and Yun Qi agreed to join the assault.
• Tianming, the Celestial Doctor, Yun Qi, and Ye Junsheng gathered above Silent Valley to attack the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation by force.

Jiang Liu received a warning from Wind Hall in Qian City and disappeared, while his allies fought Haotian Sect remnants attacking Silent Valley and defended his wives. Yuchi Yue recognized the attackers as escaped prisoners from the Celestial Prison and joined the assault against them.

• Jiang Liu received a messenger eagle’s note warning of danger and bearing Qian City’s symbol, then ordered the Fire-Winged Monkey and three battle puppets to continue to Qian Province before vanishing.
• Tianming, the Celestial Doctor, Yun Qi, and Ye Junsheng attacked the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation while blackened martial artists and Haotian Sect members defended Silent Valley’s surroundings.
• Flowing Cloud Matriarch considered leaving the formation as the Ruyi Celestial Palace’s defenses weakened, but Murong Yin, Feng Yue, Cuier, Zheng Yunshang, and Xiao He persuaded her to wait for Jiang Liu.
• Nangong Yun and the Star Cloud Saint Sect’s allies battled black-clad attackers, whose two unstable Peak Grandmasters initially gave them the advantage.
• Yuchi Yue recognized the black-clad attackers as remnants of the Haotian Sect who had been imprisoned in the Celestial Prison, then attacked one of their Grandmasters.

Jiang Liu returned to find four Saint Realm experts attacking the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation around Silent Valley, where his wives were staying. He drove back Tianming, Ye Junsheng, and Yun Qi, but Celestial Doctor launched a concealed assault as Jiang Liu retreated.

• Jiang Liu found the imperial palace strangely quiet and hurried toward Silent Valley after sensing fighting and four Saint Realm auras there.
• Celestial Doctor sensed Jiang Liu approaching, warned Tianming, Ye Junsheng, and Yun Qi, and prepared them to fight.
• Jiang Liu recognized Tianming, who revealed a dark-corrupted scholar through the Tianming Codex, before Tianming, Ye Junsheng, and Yun Qi attacked him.
• Jiang Liu dodged their attacks and struck them back with Heaven and Earth One Blade Chop.
• Celestial Doctor attacked Jiang Liu with his medicine-pounding pestle, black needles, and Dark Primal Qi while concealing a phantom behind himself.

Jiang Liu returned to the battle and used the Soul-Seizing Tune and Soul-Seizing Lamp against Celestial Doctor and the other attackers. As he continued fighting Ye Junsheng, a huge face appeared on the horizon and glared at the lamp before vanishing without intervening.

• Jiang Liu blocked Celestial Doctor's corrosive Dark Primal Qi and evaded an attack from Celestial Doctor's hidden phantom.
• Tianming and the others surrounded Jiang Liu, who put away his broadsword and began fighting with Nebula Shrunken Earth.
• Jiang Liu played the Soul-Seizing Tune and activated the Soul-Seizing Lamp, while Murong Yin and Feng Yue stopped Flowing Cloud Matriarch from leaving the formation.
• Celestial Doctor was overwhelmed and fell from the sky, while Tianming and Yun Qi's auras grew chaotic; Ye Junsheng continued attacking Jiang Liu.
• Jiang Liu dodged Ye Junsheng and kept playing, as a huge face appeared on the horizon, glared at the Soul-Seizing Lamp, and disappeared without attacking.

Jiang Liu subdued the Saint Realm attackers with the Soul-Seizing Tune, then sent the Flowing Cloud Matriarch to defeat the invading Grandmasters. As Jiang Liu questioned the survivors, Ye Junsheng suddenly became encased in ice.

• Jiang Liu's Soul-Seizing Tune knocked Tianming, Yun Qi, and the Celestial Doctor out of the fight, and Ye Junsheng caught Tianming as he fell.
• Jiang Liu released the Flowing Cloud Matriarch, who rushed to the Grandmaster battlefield and crippled the black-clad invaders.
• Tianming awoke and, believing Jiang Liu would execute them, told him to kill him and Ye Junsheng.
• The Flowing Cloud Matriarch recognized Yun Qi, so Jiang Liu decided to wait for Gongsun Haoyue before questioning her and turned to the Celestial Doctor instead.
• A powerful chill erupted from Ye Junsheng, and a thick layer of ice formed around him.

Jiang Liu learned that the Celestial Doctor had orchestrated the turmoil and worsened Ye Junsheng’s illness to control Tianming. He offered a chance to cure Ye Junsheng in exchange for Tianming’s cooperation, then began to suspect the Physician Pavilion had concealed its true strength.

• Tianming gave Ye Junsheng a pill that suppressed the cold qi from his Yin-Shrouded Ice Meridian and the Darkness Substance.
• Jiang Liu offered a thirty-to-forty percent chance of curing Ye Junsheng, and Tianming pledged to serve him if he succeeded.
• Tianming identified the Celestial Doctor as the one who organized the turmoil and said the man had previously appeared as an Azure Dragon.
• Jiang Liu pieced together how the Celestial Doctor had used Yun Qi to release prisoners and enlist allies in the plot.
• Jiang Liu questioned whether the Physician Pavilion had known about the Celestial Doctor’s actions and suspected it had hidden its strength.

Jiang Liu stripped the Celestial Doctor of his true energy, had Lin Chi interrogate him, and punished officials for failing to prevent the upheaval. After ordering the Celestial Doctor’s execution, Jiang Liu secretly changed his mind and kept him alive as bait for the forces behind the attack.

• Jiang Liu used the Saintly Sky Art to drain the Celestial Doctor’s true energy, but the Celestial Doctor denied any wrongdoing.
• Jiang Liu summoned Lin Chi to take the Celestial Doctor away for interrogation, while officials reported to Jiang Liu and received punishments for their negligence.
• Lin Chi returned with the Celestial Doctor’s confession, and Jiang Liu ordered him killed.
• The Celestial Doctor protested that no one dared touch the Physician Pavilion, so Jiang Liu secretly told Lin Chi to keep him alive as bait.

Jiang Liu exposed the Physician Pavilion’s role in a rebellion and ordered its members arrested after dealing with the Celestial Doctor and Yun Qi. The pavilion’s elders confronted him as the roundup began.

• Jiang Liu sent Lin Chi away with the Celestial Doctor and had Yun Qi’s Dark Primal Qi purified before sending her to the Star Cloud Saint Sect for imprisonment.
• Jiang Liu returned to the Imperial Palace, then ordered Yun Yue and Yun Kong to surround the Physician Pavilion while he went there himself.
• Jiang Liu confronted Zhang Tianqi about the pavilion’s masters and the Celestial Doctor, then displayed the captured Celestial Doctor as evidence of the events in Silent Valley.
• Yun Yue announced that the Physician Pavilion had organized a rebellion and ordered its members sent to the Celestial Prison for investigation and sentencing.
• An elder tried to seize the Celestial Doctor from Lin Chi, but Jiang Liu kicked him away, prompting three elders and several others to emerge and face him.

Jiang Liu confronted the Physician Pavilion’s three old masters and forced Celestial Doctor to confess their role in the failed scheme. He subdued Li Tangyi, then escorted the pavilion masters to the Celestial Prison, where Gongliang Qi secretly hoped to use a hidden contingency to escape.

• Jiang Liu questioned Gongliang Qi and the other two old pavilion masters, while Zhang Tianqi withdrew at Gongliang Qi’s order.
• Jiang Liu used Divine Sense to make Celestial Doctor confess that the three pavilion masters had ordered the scheme, enraging Li Tangyi and He Baicao.
• Li Tangyi challenged Jiang Liu’s accusations, but Jiang Liu’s aura suppressed him so completely that he could not move or use his elemental energy.
• Jiang Liu told the three pavilion masters to accompany him for an investigation and promised to clear their names if they were innocent.
• Gongliang Qi accepted the elemental energy Jiang Liu implanted in him and led the pavilion masters toward the Celestial Prison, relying on a secret escape contingency.

The Martial Division arrested the Physician Pavilion’s members, while Jiang Liu investigated a hidden courtyard and the news spread across the realm. Huyan Yi and Chen Xia were captured as Qin Bailian and Dongling Rui pursued separate duties tied to the wider crisis.

• Gongliang Qi agreed to submit to Jiang Liu’s control, and the Physician Pavilion’s members and Zhang Tianqi were taken to the Celestial Prison.
• Jiang Liu ordered the Physician Pavilion sealed and its members across the realm to report for investigation, then entered the headquarters’ rear courtyard.
• News of the arrests spread, and Huyan Yi and Chen Xia felt relieved before Qin Bailian captured them while they traveled toward Qian Province.
• Dongling Rui left to join Dongling Heng and Dongling Qing in Star Cloud City, where Ji Mo Ya and King Biancheng Hall’s people were headed toward the Nether King Palace’s stronghold.
• Qin Bailian flew to Qian Province with Huyan Yi and Chen Xia, after finding the sites where Darkness Substance had appeared and Dark Cloud Pills had been refined.

Jiang Liu discovered a concealed ancient door in the Physician Pavilion and entered the Boundless Space beyond it, where he found the Source of the Netherworld and a vast source of pure Heaven and Earth Essence. Gongliang Qi sensed the secret chamber opening from the Celestial Prison as a black shadow began to darken his aura, while Jiang Liu ventured deeper into the space.

• Jiang Liu used the Soul-Seizing Lamp to reveal a hidden door and followed its guidance to open it.
• Gongliang Qi sensed that the Boundless Secret Chamber had opened and recalled how he and the Physician Pavilion’s leaders had gained power there and become involved in a plan against the Star Cloud Holy Dynasty.
• A black shadow appeared on Gongliang Qi, and his upright aura began turning sinister.
• Jiang Liu entered the Boundless Space and found the Source of the Netherworld and a gigantic white circle radiating pure Heaven and Earth Essence.
• Jiang Liu sensed that the space’s power explained the Physician Pavilion’s supply of Darkness Substance and its many powerful experts.
• Jiang Liu’s Divine Sense was repelled by the Source of the Netherworld and the white circle, so he avoided them and walked deeper into the space.

Jiang Liu witnessed a vision of an ancient battle between a black figure, a white figure, and a black exotic beast near The Pit and the Source of the Netherworld. The vision revealed that the Source of the Netherworld was the exotic beast’s eyeball and that the two figures had trapped it, but Jiang Liu still did not know who they were.

• Jiang Liu resisted the pull toward the Source of the Netherworld and approached The Pit, where two overwhelming pressures triggered a vision in his Divine Sea.
• Jiang Liu watched a black figure and a white figure fight amid devastating destruction, protected from their pressure by what he suspected was the Data Panel.
• A black exotic beast joined the battle, and Jiang Liu recognized its sheep-like head, wolf-like hooves, and surging Dark Primal Qi.
• The white figure stabbed the exotic beast while the black figure struck its forehead with his axe, knocking out one of its eyeballs.
• Jiang Liu realized the exotic beast’s eyeball had become the Source of the Netherworld and concluded that the black and white figures had joined forces to trap and kill it.

Jiang Liu watched two mysterious figures battle after they killed a black beast, then fainted as the blood lake stirred. While he was unconscious, Heaven and Earth Essence and purified Dark Primal Qi transformed his body and raised him to the Third-Order Saint Realm; he awoke as the energy stopped flowing.

• The black and white figures trapped the black beast, severed its limbs and eyes, and killed it.
• The white figure stabbed the black figure, but the black figure had anticipated the betrayal and fought back.
• The two figures continued fighting, both bleeding into the lake of blood as the black figure gradually fell behind.
• Jiang Liu saw a ripple in the blood lake, felt his Divine Sea grow dizzy, and fainted.
• The Data Panel protected Jiang Liu as Heaven and Earth Essence and purified Dark Primal Qi flooded his body, forging his Saint Body and advancing him to the Third-Order Saint Realm.
• Jiang Liu woke several hours later as the golden light faded and his realm proficiency stopped increasing.

Jiang Liu woke in the mysterious space to discover he had advanced to the Third-Order Saint Realm and began exploring the ancient battlefield for clues about its creatures and the Source of the Netherworld. His breakthrough stirred the Source of the Netherworld and alarmed the Azurefall Beast, while Nether Yao resolved to grow stronger after sensing the danger.

• Jiang Liu discovered that he had reached the Third-Order Saint Realm and that the Darkness Substance’s whispers no longer affected him.
• Jiang Liu tested his increased strength with Ice Blades, then crossed the deep pit and began exploring the barren battlefield.
• Jiang Liu wondered about the battle’s outcome, the blood pool’s mutation, the two figures, and the connection between the strange beast and the Azurefall Beast.
• The Source of the Netherworld trembled and seemed to turn toward something, prompting the Azurefall Beast to rise and shake the Abyssal Hell.
• Nether Yao sensed the Azurefall Beast’s attention and feared the Abyssal Hell would be destroyed, then resolved to increase her strength after the pressure subsided.

Han Yi and Gongsun Haoyue investigated the area near the Source of the Netherworld and found pure Icy Primal Qi that could suit the Frost Race, but its proximity to the danger ruled it out. Heaven's Dao attempted to purify the Source of the Netherworld, only for the Azurefall Beast's roar to injure Nether Yao and halt the effort.

• Han Yue worried that worsening Dark Primal Qi and the disturbance at the Source of the Netherworld could endanger the Frost Race's stronghold.
• Han Yi and Gongsun Haoyue found corrupted sea beasts near Yao Guang Island, and Han Yi sensed pure Icy Primal Qi beneath the seabed but judged the area too close to the Source of the Netherworld.
• After the women left, Heaven's Dao sent lightning into the sea to cleanse Dark Primal Qi, but the bolts were consumed before reaching the Source of the Netherworld.
• Heaven's Dao sent two beams through the black passage into Abyssal Hell, drawing the attention of the Nether Race, the Frost Race, and the Azurefall Beast.
• The Azurefall Beast roared at the Source of the Netherworld, injuring Nether Yao and other cultivators in the Nether Race Temple, which Nether Yao moved away from danger.
• The Azurefall Beast's roar dispersed Heaven's Dao's beams, and its gigantic face appeared astonished by the beast guarding the Source of the Netherworld.

The Heavenly Dao attacked the Source of the Netherworld, but the Azurefall Beast guarded the black passage and fought back. The Heavenly Dao’s face eventually vanished after the Azurefall Beast swallowed two rays of its spiritual light, while hidden blood-red threads traveled toward the continent.

• The Heavenly Dao gathered Heaven and Earth Essence and lightning into vortices and sent them toward the Source of the Netherworld.
• The Azurefall Beast sensed the attack, blocked the black passage, and roared, forcing the vortices to turn back toward the Heavenly Dao.
• The Heavenly Dao combined the returning vortices with more essence and fiery serpents, while the Azurefall Beast filled the passage with Dark Primal Qi to counter the attack.
• The Source of the Netherworld exhaled Dark Primal Qi containing hidden blood-red threads, which slipped into the passage as the attacks collided.
• The Heavenly Dao concealed two rays of light in the fiery serpents, but the Azurefall Beast swallowed them and counterattacked with two black giants.
• Blood-red threads escaped into the seabed and headed toward the continent as the Heavenly Dao’s face faded; the Azurefall Beast returned to Azurefall Cliff and resumed sleeping.

Gongsun Haoyue and Han Yi fled the waters near the Source of the Netherworld after sensing Heaven's Dao attack it, and Han Yi worried about the Frost Race in Abyssal Hell. Jiang Liu found no answers in Boundless Space, returned to his companions after several missing days, and took Qin Bailian with him to the imperial palace.

• The Sea Turtle fled from the Source of the Netherworld after Gongsun Haoyue and Han Yi sensed Heaven's Dao attacking it, and Han Yi worried that the attack would worsen conditions for the Frost Race.
• Gongsun Haoyue reassured Han Yi that the Frost Race settlement was far from the Source, then urged the Sea Turtle to speed up toward Abyssal Canyon.
• Jiang Liu searched Boundless Space but found only traces of old battles and concluded it had been made to imprison the Source of the Netherworld.
• Jiang Liu left the secret space and found Murong Yin, Flowing Cloud Matriarch, Feng Yue, Qin Bailian, and Hall of Governmental Affairs members searching for him after his disappearance.
• Jiang Liu lifted the group from their bows with a gesture, told most of them to return to their duties, and flew with Murong Yin and Feng Yue toward the imperial palace while Qin Bailian and Flowing Cloud Matriarch followed.

Jiang Liu reunited with Zheng Yunshang and heard that Chujiang King Hall had defeated Biancheng King Hall in Zhen Province. Dongling Rui had lured Ji Mo Ya and his forces into an ambush on the grassland, where the chapter left them following a disguised Chujiang King Hall disciple.

• Jiang Liu comforted Zheng Yunshang, then summoned his allies and asked Lin Chi about Zhen Province.
• Qin Bailian reported that Dongling Heng and Dongling Qing had reached the Saint Realm and Chujiang King Hall had crushed Ji Mo Ya’s forces in battle.
• Dongling Rui learned Biancheng King Hall was heading toward Zhen Province and devised a plan to lure them into an encirclement.
• Dongling Rui disguised Chujiang King Hall disciples as members of Nether King Palace and stationed them in Star Cloud City.
• Ji Mo Ya accepted the disguised disciples’ invitation and followed them with Biancheng King Hall into the grassland.

Dongling Rui lured Ji Mo Ya and the people of King Biancheng Hall into a trap, where he and Dongling Heng and Dongling Qing defeated and captured them. Dongling Rui planned to seek Jiang Liu’s approval to attack King Biancheng Hall’s headquarters, while Wind Hall reported the battle to Zhen City.

• Dongling Rui welcomed Ji Mo Ya and revealed his identity as Dongling Rui of King Chujiang Hall.
• Dongling Heng and Dongling Qing arrived with their people and surrounded Ji Mo Ya and the people of King Biancheng Hall.
• Ji Mo Ya and his followers tried to flee, but Dongling Rui knocked down the two Peak Grandmasters and Dongling Qing intercepted Ji Mo Ya.
• Dongling Rui, Dongling Heng, and Dongling Qing defeated Ji Mo Ya, and King Chujiang Hall captured everyone from King Biancheng Hall who had entered the mainland.
• Dongling Rui planned to interrogate the captives and ask Jiang Liu for approval to attack King Biancheng Hall’s headquarters.
• Wind Hall told Star Cloud City to stay away from the fight and sent word of the battle to Zhen City.

Jiang Liu addressed the Physician Pavilion's defiance and the Star Cloud Saint Sect elders' role in the attack on Silent Valley. He ordered a reorganization and directed officials to release uninvolved physicians, while the fate of those implicated remained unresolved.

• Jiang Liu unintentionally released his newly advanced aura, overwhelming Qin Bailian, Murong Yin, Lin Chi, and Flowing Cloud Matriarch before he gathered himself and eased their strain.
• Qin Bailian reported that several provincial Physician Pavilions had defied the Hall of Governmental Affairs, and that officials had suppressed their protests.
• Jiang Liu learned that Star Cloud Saint Sect elders had joined the attack on Silent Valley and told Flowing Cloud Matriarch it was time to reorganize the sect.
• Jiang Liu summoned Yun Yue, who reported that more than twenty Physician Pavilion members had been implicated, including eight from headquarters.
• Jiang Liu ordered Yun Yue to release all physicians confirmed to have had no involvement, then asked Qin Bailian what else he had not reported.

Jiang Liu learned which court officials and factions had helped instigate the upheaval, and decided the court needed a thorough reform. He ordered a grand court assembly in three days and set plans in motion to deal with the conspirators and the Nether King Palace.

• Qin Bailian gave Jiang Liu a list of those involved, including the Ji and Liu Families, members of the Star Moon Sect, and two Ministry of Justice deputies; Jiang Liu was surprised to see Pan Duan, Pan Hou, and Wang Zhuang on it.
• Jiang Liu concluded that several forces had joined together to exploit his absence and ordered Qin Bailian to convene a grand court assembly in three days, with every provincial city lord returning.
• Lin Chi reported that Tianming had settled in but Ye Junsheng had suffered another attack; Jiang Liu ordered continued surveillance and said their daily needs should be met.
• Jiang Liu ordered Lin Chi to have Dongling Rui secretly monitor and eliminate the Jianghu forces involved, keep Yun Qian from escaping, and destroy the Nether King Palace’s stronghold once the other matters were handled.