Recaps

Qi WuHuo healed the old village chief and discovered that the crippled commandant had been poisoned by the Hidden Dragon Guard. He set out for the Ming Zhen Dao Alliance, and a fortune teller appeared to recognize the danger posed by Qi WuHuo and Little Peacock.

• Qi WuHuo healed the old village chief, who told him about the attack and pleaded for justice.
• The monk praised Qi WuHuo's Primordial Prenatal Qi and helped care for the old village chief.
• Qi WuHuo identified the attackers as members of the Hidden Dragon Guard and discovered that the commandant's wine had been poisoned.
• Qi WuHuo considered the Crown Prince's role in the affair and decided to go to the Ming Zhen Dao Alliance.
• Qi WuHuo told Little Peacock that justice lay in people's hearts or on the edge of a sword, then encountered a fortune teller who recoiled at the sight of them.

Qi Wuhuo met the fortune teller, who taught him the principles of divination, concealing his innate spirit, and treating Heaven’s Mandate with caution. After the fortune teller discovered someone had altered his memories to make him befriend Qi Wuhuo, Yun Qin sent Qi Wuhuo a message asking about sesame cakes.

• The fortune teller recognized Qi Wuhuo, tried to flee, and joined him for noodles after Qi Wuhuo caught up with him.
• The fortune teller warned Qi Wuhuo that his murderous intent could be detected and explained how divination could expose or attack his innate spirit.
• The fortune teller described Heaven’s secrets as a changing river and advised Qi Wuhuo to conceal his innate spirit and seek ways to stabilize his fate.
• The fortune teller told Qi Wuhuo to know Heaven’s Mandate without believing divinations completely, then vanished from the noodle shop.
• The fortune teller discovered that someone had sealed his memories and planted a suggestion to befriend Qi Wuhuo, then later knelt and burned incense while the great monk watched.
• Qi Wuhuo sensed a change in his mirror and received a message from Yun Qin asking whether he had made sesame cakes.

Qi WuHuo studied Human Dao Destiny and concluded that the Human Emperor’s power came from gathering the qi and spirit of the people for himself. He infused the Kill the Bandits Sword with the Jinzhou victims’ will to protect the people, then sensed the Crown Prince and a Hidden Dragon Guard nearby.

• Qi WuHuo brought hot sesame cakes for Yun Qin and visited the Ming Zhen Dao Alliance after breaking through to Primordial Prenatal Qi.
• The alliance manager welcomed Qi WuHuo, gave him free access to books on Human Dao Destiny, and invited him to dinner, but Qi WuHuo declined because he had other plans.
• After studying the books, Qi WuHuo judged the Human Emperor’s destiny to be a form of plunder that gathered the people’s power without restraint.
• Qi WuHuo tried to shape the Kill the Bandits Sword with the Jinzhou victims’ unwillingness and desire to protect all living beings, and the blade formed a fierce blood-light.
• Holding the sword, Qi WuHuo sensed Human Dao Destiny from nearby officials, the Crown Prince, and a yin presence he suspected was the Hidden Dragon Guard, then swung toward them.

The Crown Prince secretly purged decorated soldiers and planned to control his cousins, but Qi WuHuo struck at him with the Kill the Bandits Sword. The attack broke through the Crown Prince’s Human Dao Destiny and wounded him as the erased soldiers’ names and cries filled the air.

• The Crown Prince crossed out Cen Yungui’s name and learned that twenty-seven soldiers remained, while their families had been eliminated.
• The Crown Prince discussed bringing his cousin back to the capital and arranging a marriage for his clever younger cousin, then comforted his frightened little brother after the child described a dream of a bird and dragon being cut down.
• Qi WuHuo tested the Kill the Bandits Sword against the Crown Prince’s destiny, found it too weak, then chose to strike anyway because he could not accept the soldiers’ fate.
• Qi WuHuo unleashed the sword’s destiny from afar, shattering the Crown Prince’s Human Dao Destiny and wounding his shoulder.
• The Crown Prince heard the soldiers’ cries to kill the traitors as their names scattered through the bloody sunset and a sword of destiny descended toward him.

The Crown Prince lost his Human Dao Destiny after Qi WuHuo struck with the Kill the Bandits Sword, while the Hundun Observatory identified the brief red star as Ying Huo and warned of danger to the Emperor Star. Qi WuHuo reflected on his reasons for intervening, decided to go to Jinzhou, and reunited through a mirror with Yun Qin.

• The Crown Prince ordered a search for rebels and the Ode to the Great Roc, then discovered his jade seal had cracked and collapsed after realizing his destiny no longer marked him as Crown Prince.
• The Hundun Observatory observed a red star, divined its name as Ying Huo, and destroyed the tortoiseshell after a diviner feared that revealing the rest of the prophecy would kill them.
• The Human Emperor received the observatory's report and declared that he feared no decree of Heaven.
• Qi WuHuo bandaged his wounded hand, admitted he had drawn his sword because injustice unsettled him, and decided to go to Jinzhou before drawing it again.
• Qi WuHuo shared sesame cakes with Ming Xin, then used the Method of Manifesting Light Circles to speak with Yun Qin, who asked whether he had prepared a sesame cake altar.

Qi WuHuo reunited with Yun Qin, heard about a celestial star showing signs of revival, and received a letter whose teachings helped him rethink his sword. As the Old Yellow Ox suffered a backlash from setting up the Mystic Altar, Qi WuHuo’s sword intent transformed.

• Yun Qin told Qi WuHuo about the hardships of her cultivation, and he gave her pastries as a reward for working hard.
• The Old Yellow Ox explained that the Fire Virtue Star Lord’s vacant celestial office had briefly shown signs of revival.
• After Yun Qin asked him what fire virtue meant, Qi WuHuo answered that it was a spark or faint flame and reflected on how a small flame could spread.
• The Old Yellow Ox began setting up the Mystic Altar but was overwhelmed as his Star God power and true spirit were drained.
• Qi WuHuo read the Great Dao Lord’s letter, which taught that a sword could kill or protect according to the wielder’s choice.
• Qi WuHuo grasped the sword’s intent, and the sword in his case rang out as he declared that one thought could kill or protect.

Qi WuHuo studied the mysterious Dao Lord’s scroll while Yun Qin passed on the stranger’s methods for avoiding detection, which proved to be a profound inheritance. As Yun Qin and Qi WuHuo spoke through the mirror, Little Peacock met her and called out to her as A Qi.

• Qi WuHuo recognized that the scroll’s words pointed beyond divine abilities toward a broader path to the Dao, then chose not to dwell on the Dao Lord’s identity.
• Yun Qin described the Dao Lord’s methods for concealment and evasion, while Uncle Niu pretended not to hear and knocked himself unconscious against a Jianmu pillar.
• Qi WuHuo realized Yun Qin’s practical tips were profound methods for divining Heaven’s secrets, and Yun Qin happily offered to teach them to him.
• Yun Qin admitted she was glad it was finally her turn to teach Qi WuHuo, and he listened as she explained how to hide from her teacher.
• Little Peacock flew onto Qi WuHuo’s shoulder, saw Yun Qin in the bronze mirror, and called her A Qi as she called it by the same name.

Yun Qin and Qi WuHuo named Little Peacock Qi Yuntun while Old Yellow Ox explained the Demon Race's divisions and agreed to investigate the three Demon Kingdoms. After Yun Qin decided to learn celestial weaving to help Qi WuHuo, the mirror activated and an ancient voice began identifying those gathered for the Northern Pole Exorcism.

• Yun Qin heard Little Peacock's spiritual speech, and she and Qi WuHuo named him Qi Yuntun, a name he happily accepted.
• Old Yellow Ox explained that the Demon Race consisted of rival tribes gathered into six factions and described how the dragons had divided after leaving the Demon Realm.
• Old Yellow Ox agreed to contact his old friends and investigate which Great Sage was behind the three Demon Kingdoms wreaking havoc in the Human World.
• Yun Qin decided to study star-and-cloud weaving to help heal Qi WuHuo's wound, while Old Yellow Ox collapsed and pretended he wanted to rest.
• Qi WuHuo's mirror activated and an ancient voice recited the groups involved in the Northern Pole Exorcism before noticing one additional person.

Qi WuHuo listened as the North Pole Exorcism Institute prepared to purge demons and punish officials responsible for the formation’s failure, then received a temporary appointment as its Five Thunder Judge. Using the seal, he learned to channel thunder through his Primordial Prenatal Qi and saw a list of Central Province’s accused, beginning with the Jing River Dragon King.

• Qi WuHuo’s Primordial Spirit entered the mirror’s vision and encountered battle generals of the North Pole Exorcism Institute, who tested his allegiance before allowing him to listen.
• The Institute’s officers announced a campaign to eliminate demonic energy, slay demons that harmed innocents, and execute officials who had failed their duties.
• The Institute appointed Qi WuHuo temporary Five Thunder Judge and gave him the North Pole Exorcism Institute Five Thunder Seal, recognizing his role in bringing rain to Central Province.
• Qi WuHuo used the seal to learn how his Primordial Prenatal Qi could form blazing white thunder, though he could only control it close to his body.
• The seal displayed a list of accused people in Central Province, naming the Jing River Dragon King as the first target and marking his punishment as flaying.

Qi WuHuo refined the Kill the Bandits Sword by realizing that the people were supreme and the sovereign secondary, then encountered the Great Dao Lord emerging from the scroll. Elsewhere, a disciple asked the sleeping Martial Uncle whether he had chosen fighters for the battle five hundred years away.

• Qi WuHuo reflected on the Jing River Dragon King's execution and wrote that the people should restrain the Human Emperor.
• Qi WuHuo repeatedly tried to unite human fortune with the Kill the Bandits Sword, but the crimson fortune kept dispersing.
• Qi WuHuo realized the Human Emperor merely borrowed the people's fortune and concluded that the people were supreme and the sovereign secondary.
• Qi WuHuo successfully gathered crimson fortune on the sword, then heard a voice criticize his limited understanding.
• The Great Dao Lord manifested from the scroll and revealed his identity to Qi WuHuo.
• In the Shangqing Library, a battle-robed disciple asked the reclining Martial Uncle whether he had chosen combatants for the battle five hundred years away, but the Martial Uncle did not respond.

Qi WuHuo discussed the Dao and swordsmanship with a black-robed Great Dao Lord formed from a divided thought, then broke free of inherited sword forms to discover his own path. The Great Dao Lord recognized Qi WuHuo’s heart and asked whether he had a master.

• A battle-robed visitor waited for the Shangqing Spirit Treasure Great Celestial Venerable, who pretended to nap rather than meet his disciple.
• Qi WuHuo inferred how the Great Dao Lord’s written words formed a living manifestation, impressing the black-robed Daoist with his insight.
• The black-robed Daoist discussed the Dao with Qi WuHuo and summoned Lü Chunyang’s dangerous immortal sword for him to demonstrate his skill.
• Qi WuHuo practiced with the immortal sword, gradually discarding the forms and methods he had learned until his swordsmanship became entirely his own.
• Qi WuHuo named his realization “Not Dao, Only Me,” delighting the Great Dao Lord, who asked whether he had a master.

Qi WuHuo impressed the Shangqing Great Dao Lord with his swordsmanship and comprehension, and the Great Dao Lord chose him as his champion for a contest against Supreme Xuanwei five hundred years later. The Jade Talisman was sealed with both names, and the Heavenly Court began preparing to witness their battle in Great Luo Heaven.

• Qi WuHuo subdued the sentient fierce sword, refused the Shangqing Great Dao Lord's offer to take him as a disciple, and called himself a Dao Lord.
• The Shangqing Great Dao Lord decided Qi WuHuo would represent him against Supreme Xuanwei in their wager five hundred years later.
• A battle-robed man brought the Jade Talisman to the Shangqing Great Dao Lord, who wrote [Profound Mystery Wu Huo Dao Lord] opposite [Supreme Xuanwei True Person].
• The battle-robed man instructed a Heavenly Court official to reserve a day five hundred years later and announced that Qi WuHuo and Supreme Xuanwei would fight in Great Luo Heaven.

Qi WuHuo wrote the first two sections of his sword scripture after discussing the sword with the Great Dao Lord, who praised the work and respected Qi WuHuo’s loyalty to his Teacher. The scripture appeared in the Shangqing Library as a newly recognized Daoist Canon, where Azure Sun Marvelous Dao Celestial Lord discovered and read its title.

• Qi WuHuo wrote a sword manual on a Bamboo Slip, and the Great Dao Lord judged its first two sections promising but immature.
• Qi WuHuo credited the Great Dao Lord’s guidance and refused both an offer of discipleship and a gift, saying they were only discussing the Dao and the sword.
• The Great Dao Lord praised Qi WuHuo’s character, promised to save a meeting gift for another time, and advised him to follow his heart and nature.
• The Great Dao Lord vanished, and Qi WuHuo returned the killing sword to its sheath above Ancestor Lu Tower before Mingxin greeted him.
• The Great Dao Lord named Qi WuHuo’s work the Supreme Dongxuan Dao Lord Wu Huo Sword Scripture and placed it in the Shangqing Library.
• Azure Sun Marvelous Dao Celestial Lord discovered the scripture and read its title aloud.

Azure Sun Marvelous Dao Celestial Lord recognized Dao Lord Wu Huo’s handwriting in a Sword Scripture, established a Wu Huo Daojun Lineage in the Shangqing Library, and sparked widespread curiosity about its founder. Meanwhile, Qi WuHuo continued studying sword arts and was summoned to meet the Crown Prince, who had come in disguise to find a New Year’s gift for the Sage.

• Azure Sun Marvelous Dao Celestial Lord compared Dao Lord Wu Huo’s Sword Scripture with his other writings and concluded they shared the same handwriting.
• Azure Sun Marvelous Dao Celestial Lord created a grotto-heaven for Wu Huo’s two Daoist canons and registered the Sword Scripture as a True Scripture.
• The Sword Scripture’s appearance in the library’s catalogue drew crowds, but Shangqing disciples and even their elders could not identify Dao Lord Wu Huo.
• Primordial Lady Danhua Fuying proposed asking Old Yellow Ox about Dao Lord Wu Huo.
• Qi WuHuo studied sword techniques at the Ming Zhen Dao Alliance until the middle-aged Daoist told him the disguised Crown Prince wanted to meet him; the Daoist warned him not to act rashly.

The Crown Prince, Fourth Prince, Seventh Prince, and Prince Qin discussed court etiquette, the Demon Race, and the Crown Prince’s concealed destiny while waiting for a Daoist. When Qi arrived, his presence unsettled the princes and silenced the room.

• The Fourth Prince rebuked the Seventh Prince for trying to bring foxfolk and snakefolk beauties from the Demon Kingdom, warning that it could damage the Saint Emperor’s reputation.
• The Crown Prince reacted angrily to the suggestion that the Saint Emperor might strip him of his destiny, then regained his composure and urged Prince Qin to bring Qiong Yu back to the palace.
• The Fourth Prince defended Qiong Yu’s wish to keep traveling, while the Seventh Prince explained that his duty as a node in the Destiny Great Formation kept him at the border.
• The Fourth Prince noticed the Crown Prince concealing his destiny and questioned the listless child in his arms, but the Crown Prince avoided explaining the child’s condition.
• Qi entered wearing an old man’s mask, and his bearing made the princes and the Alliance attendant grow solemn before he introduced himself.

Qi WuHuo discovered that the Crown Prince was devouring the sleeping Young Prince’s destiny after his own fate had been cut, and used his memories from the Yellow Millet Dream to command the Human Dao Destiny leaking from him. The Crown Prince left shaken, while the Kill the Bandits Sword absorbed half his destiny and completed its momentum.

• The Fourth Prince introduced himself, while the Seventh Prince volunteered to ask Qi WuHuo questions before the Crown Prince claimed the first turn.
• Qi WuHuo recognized that the Crown Prince was swallowing the Young Prince’s destiny to sustain his damaged fate, leaving the boy in a deep coma and threatening his future cultivation.
• While speaking with the Crown Prince, Qi WuHuo observed the Human Dao Destiny leaking from him and used the memories of Master WuHuo to draw that power under his command.
• Qi WuHuo sent the gathered Human Dao Destiny into the Kill the Bandits Sword, and the Crown Prince grew tired as his backlash returned.
• The Crown Prince asked whether he could become Human Emperor, and Qi WuHuo answered that only benevolence and virtue could make one emperor over all under Heaven.
• The Crown Prince left with cold sweat soaking his clothes, and Qi WuHuo found that the Kill the Bandits Sword had absorbed half the Crown Prince’s destiny.

Qi WuHuo met the Fourth Prince, the Seventh Prince, and young Prince Qin, learning their approaches to ruling and recalling their fates in the Yellow Millet Dream. He challenged Prince Qin’s beliefs about imperial authority and taught him that rulers should serve the people, leaving Prince Qin to suspect that he was Master WuHuo.

• The Fourth Prince Li Hui spoke with Qi WuHuo about cultivation and literature, then gave him a token and invited him to visit Capital City.
• The Seventh Prince arrived, discussed the frontier and his war against the Demon Race, then gave Qi WuHuo a token before leaving.
• Qi WuHuo recalled the princes’ divergent fates in the Yellow Millet Dream and judged that neither was suited to lead the dynasty.
• Prince Qin asked whether the realm was truly at peace and deduced that Qi WuHuo had investigated the events in Jinzhou.
• Qi WuHuo rejected the claim that people were guilty for disobeying a ruler and taught Prince Qin that the people were paramount and the ruler should serve them.
• Prince Qin asked whether Qi WuHuo was Master WuHuo.

Prince Qin asked Qi WuHuo to become his teacher so he could avenge his father and Jinzhou, and Qi WuHuo accepted while secretly strengthening his sword with Human Dao Destiny. After Qiong Yu and Qi WuHuo exchanged matching messages about why he chose Prince Qin, Qi WuHuo set out to intercept the Crown Prince’s Hidden Dragon Guard and claim a head.

• Prince Qin asked Qi WuHuo to teach him, and Qi WuHuo accepted after Prince Qin admitted that he wanted to avenge his father and was willing to kill a tyrant.
• Qi WuHuo used Prince Qin’s appointment seal to draw Human Dao Destiny and temper the Kill the Bandits Sword.
• Qi WuHuo dodged the Teacher’s notice by disrupting the fate-energy around himself, then reflected on the princes’ differing strengths.
• Prince Qin secretly studied with Qi WuHuo until Qiong Yu discovered the arrangement and sent a sealed message asking Qi WuHuo why he had chosen her brother.
• Qi WuHuo and Qiong Yu exchanged matching replies that Qi WuHuo was worth hoarding, while Prince Qin joked about having a pigeon feast.
• Qi WuHuo received the Ming Zhen Dao Alliance’s report on the Hidden Dragon Guard’s route and left to intercept them with the Kill the Bandits Sword.

Zhou Nu Chang retrieved the Ode to the Great Roc for the Crown Prince and revealed the cruelty and political purpose behind his guards’ violence. As the procession traveled through sudden rain, Zhou Nu Chang realized they had been influenced and that their secrets had leaked, then sensed an attack closing in.

• Zhou Nu Chang politely collected the Ode to the Great Roc from a retired official and paid him with gold and silver.
• The retired official recalled Zhou Nu Chang’s rise from poverty, his harsh treatment of commoners, and his role in his friend’s execution.
• On the road, Zhou Nu Chang’s guards discussed abusing and killing people, while he explained that the Crown Prince needed reclusive scholars’ support and that the guards served as useful imperial blades.
• Zhou Nu Chang remembered giving his childhood neighbor his savings before she married, then withdrew from the guards’ cruel conversation.
• When sudden rain blurred the road, Zhou Nu Chang realized his subordinates had been influenced and shouted that they were under attack.
• A torrent of rain and killing intent engulfed Zhou Nu Chang and his guards, leaving none of them able to escape.

Qi WuHuo confronted Zhou Nu Chang and the Hidden Dragon Guards, then killed them in revenge for the massacre of Jinzhou’s people. Afterward, he found the Human Dao Destiny scroll the Crown Prince had been seeking inside their carriage.

• Zhou Nu Chang led the Hidden Dragon Guards against Qi WuHuo, but Qi WuHuo used rain and water illusions to wound him and reveal that he was a Daoist True Person.
• Zhou Nu Chang claimed his imperial authority and cursed the people of Jinzhou, so Qi WuHuo stepped forward and killed him with the Kill the Bandits Sword.
• Qi WuHuo slaughtered the remaining Hidden Dragon Guards, then used the rain formation to reveal their souls and the crimes they had committed.
• Qi WuHuo sent sword-like rain against the guards’ souls, and the souls collapsed beneath their guilt and the dead’s resentment.
• Qi WuHuo entered the carriage and discovered the Human Dao Destiny scroll the Crown Prince had sought.

Qi WuHuo uncovered Zhou Nu Chang’s hidden aid to poor children and the grief behind his killings, then killed him and replaced the Ode to the Great Roc with a copy that could challenge the imperial clan’s control of Human Dao Destiny. The Crown Prince fled for the Capital City with the ode, while Qi WuHuo detoured into the mountains to visit an old friend.

• Qi WuHuo found Zhou Nu Chang’s ledger and learned that he had secretly supported thousands of poor children while killing on the Emperor’s orders.
• Qi WuHuo explained to Little Peacock that the Ode to the Great Roc suggested Human Dao Destiny could come from the military, literary achievement, and the people’s livelihood, not only the imperial clan.
• Qi WuHuo copied the Ode to the Great Roc, using the iron-armored cavalry’s resentment to infuse the writing with sword intent, then returned it to the carriage.
• Qi WuHuo thanked Zhou Nu Chang for helping more than three thousand people, burned his ledger, and destroyed his soul with a sword.
• The Crown Prince learned that Zhou Nu Chang and the Hidden Dragon Guards had died, found the veterans’ names carved on a wall, and fled Zhongzhou for the Capital City with the ode.
• Qi WuHuo left the scene and made a detour into the mountains to visit an old friend.

The princes reacted to the Crown Prince’s abrupt departure by returning to the Capital and investigating the upheaval in Jinzhou, while Prince Qin wondered whether Qi WuHuo was behind it. In the mountains, Qi WuHuo rescued Yue Shiru from a mountain demon and destroyed it with a single thunder strike, leaving Yue Shiru to recognize him as a True Person.

• The Fourth Prince decided to return to the Capital with records of the Crown Prince’s actions and investigate the former general of the Black Armored Army.
• The Seventh Prince ordered an investigation into Jinzhou and prepared to return to the Capital, seeing the brothers’ sudden departures as a chance to gain advantage.
• Young Prince Qin speculated to Li Qiongyu that Qi WuHuo might be connected to the events in Jinzhou, and Li Qiongyu said their Teacher was somewhere relaxing.
• Qi WuHuo played his zither while Little Peacock and the little Medicine Spirit played nearby, then put them in his sleeve after sensing cries for help.
• Qi WuHuo intervened when Yue Shiru was pursued by a mountain demon and destroyed the creature with a single thunder strike.
• Yue Shiru introduced himself as a disciple of Luoxia Peak and paid his respects to Qi WuHuo as a True Person.

Qi WuHuo learned that a mountain ghoul had devastated a village and found its survivors grieving after Yue Shiru saved them. After discovering the local Mountain God had refused to help as demonic energy spread, Qi WuHuo confronted him directly.

• Yue Shiru told Qi WuHuo that a mountain ghoul had corrupted villagers, trapped their souls in their bodies, and forced him to burn their corpses before it shattered his ritual sword.
• Qi WuHuo traveled to the ruined village, where survivors mourned their dead and struggled to rebuild, and he dispelled the lingering demonic energy.
• Qi WuHuo vowed that the Jing River Dragon King must die and went to warn the local Mountain Gods about the spreading demonic energy.
• The local divine general demanded a gift, then reported that the Mountain God was in seclusion and refused to meet Qi WuHuo.
• Qi WuHuo unleashed thunder through the leyline and demanded that the Jade Festival Mountain God come out.

Qi WuHuo confronted the Jade Festival Mountain God for neglecting his duty while demonic energy spread and people died. After invoking the Five Thunder Judge Seal and passing its heart-questioning trial, he stripped the Mountain God and his followers of their divine stations and sent them to the Underworld, then introduced himself to Ling Miao Gong.

• Qi WuHuo’s thunder forced the guests at the Jade Festival Mountain God’s residence into their true forms, and the Mountain God hurried to meet him and returned his pill.
• Ling Miao Gong heard that a young Daoist in a Blue Daoist Robe with a sword case had come to Jade Festival Mountain and rushed to the scene.
• Qi WuHuo questioned the Jade Festival Mountain God about the leaking demonic energy, the deaths, and his neglect of his divine duty, using Buddhist mudras to expose his thoughts.
• Qi WuHuo invoked the Five Thunder Judge Seal, passed its heart-questioning trial, and judged the Mountain God and his officials for dereliction of duty.
• Qi WuHuo stripped the Jade Festival Mountain God and the other gods on the mountain of their stations, struck them with seven bolts of thunder, and sent them to the Underworld.
• Qi WuHuo greeted Ling Miao Gong and introduced himself as the Five Thunder Judge of the Central Pole of the North’s Exorcism Department.

Qi WuHuo exposed Jade Festival Mountain God's negligence, and Ling Miao Gong punished the offending divine general before explaining why the gods avoided mortal affairs. After Qi WuHuo defended his choice to confront calamity, he learned that the Jing River Dragon King he had been ordered to execute was Ao Liu, the dragon who had saved his life.

• Qi WuHuo told Ling Miao Gong how Jade Festival had ignored the spreading demonic qi and the deaths of the village Land Gods, and Ling Miao Gong stripped the divine general of his rank and sent him to the underworld.
• Ling Miao Gong agreed to monitor the earth veins and explained that gods and immortals avoided meddling in mortal conflicts, while Qi WuHuo insisted that he had chosen to confront the calamity himself.
• Ling Miao Gong mistook Qi WuHuo for a direct disciple of Great Celestial Venerable Yuqing and then Great Celestial Venerable Shangqing Spirit Treasure, but Qi WuHuo denied both guesses.
• Qi WuHuo asked whether the Jing River Dragon King who had saved his life was named Ao Liu, and Ling Miao Gong revealed that Ao Liu was the current Dragon King.
• Ling Miao Gong told Qi WuHuo that Ao Liu had carefully tested his son before entrusting him with the Jing River, then confirmed that Ao Liu was the Dragon King Qi WuHuo had to execute.