Recaps

Haotian used the Thunder Seal to crush the Jie Sect Disciples’ attack and arrest them, then suppressed the Chan Sect’s Twelve Golden Immortals. When Zhen Yuanzi tried to take the Thunder Seal, Haotian struck him down and sent him flying.

• Daoist Duobao attacked Haotian with more than a hundred Houtian Spiritual Treasures, but Haotian destroyed them with the Thunder Seal and injured Duobao.
• The Jie Sect Disciples attacked Haotian, who bound them with lightning and ordered Taibai Golden Star to send them to the Heavenly Prison for ransom.
• Guangchengzi challenged Haotian’s authority, and Haotian restrained the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Heavenly Origin Sect and ordered their confinement.
• Great Immortal Zhenyuan demanded separate rules for Loose Immortals, then tried to seize the Thunder Seal with Universe in a Sleeve.
• Haotian let Zhen Yuanzi take the Thunder Seal, then its lightning shattered Zhen Yuanzi’s robe and sent him flying in a spray of blood.

Haotian established the Heavenly Court’s authority by subduing the gathered Primordial powers and imposing fines or imprisonment. He singled out the Chan Sect Immortals for detention, prompting Venerable Yuanshi to sense the incident and fly into a rage.

• Haotian seriously injured Zhen Yuanzi, ordered him sent to the Heavenly Prison, and made the departing powers pay one billion Immortal Crystals each to leave.
• Haotian released Yun Zhongzi and the other Jie Sect Immortals without a fine, then settled the dispute with Daoist Duobao’s group for two hundred billion Immortal Crystals and a written guarantee.
• Haotian fined Great Master Xuandu and the other groups, while the Western Teachings left with an interest-free repayment plan.
• Haotian ordered the Chan Sect Immortals imprisoned after Guangchengzi addressed him by name and accused him of targeting their sect.
• Venerable Yuanshi deduced that Haotian had detained his disciples and flew into a rage.

Haotian defied Venerable Yuanshi after the Chan Sect immortals taunted him and Yuanshi threatened to seize him. The chapter ended as Haotian invoked the Thunder Seal and prepared to confront Yuanshi’s colossal hand.

• Venerable Yuanshi flew into a rage after learning Haotian had imprisoned his disciple, and he demanded an explanation.
• The Twelve Golden Immortals of the Heavenly Origin Sect taunted Haotian and demanded that he release them, apologize, and surrender authority to their sect.
• Haotian openly admitted that he was retaliating against the Chan Sect and condemned Saints for plotting against him while treating others as Ants.
• Venerable Yuanshi reached toward the Heavenly Realm with an enormous hand and threatened to imprison Haotian in Kunlun Mountains.
• Haotian invoked the Thunder Seal, appeared above the Primordial Wilderness, and pointed toward Yuanshi’s hand as he vowed to teach him a lesson.

Haotian clashed with Venerable Yuanshi, defending his authority as Heavenly Emperor and claiming his actions followed the greater trend. Haotian withstood Yuanshi’s attacks and appeared to gain the upper hand, leaving Yuanshi to accuse him of betraying the Dao Ancestor.

• Haotian challenged Venerable Yuanshi and blocked his palm with the Thunder Seal, breaking through Yuanshi’s attack.
• Yuanshi asked where Haotian had obtained his heretical technique, and Haotian accused Yuanshi of obstructing Heaven’s will and coveting the Heavenly Emperor’s authority.
• Yuanshi declared that he would teach Haotian a lesson, then launched the Immortal Slaying God Punishing Treasure Blade.
• Haotian’s Thunder Seal collided with Yuanshi’s treasure blade, after which Haotian remained standing and the blade vanished.
• Yuanshi stared at Haotian and asked whether he had betrayed the Dao Ancestor.

The Heavenly Emperor challenged Venerable Yuanshi’s accusation of betrayal, arguing that Yuanshi was targeting him to seize authority over Heavenly Punishment. Venerable Yuanshi attacked with the Purple-black Chaotic Gourd, and the Heavenly Emperor activated the Thunder Seal as the confrontation continued.

• Venerable Yuanshi accused the Heavenly Emperor of betraying the Dao Ancestor, prompting many onlookers to suspect Haotian had gained help from a mysterious power.
• The Heavenly Emperor mocked Yuanshi and defended his record, claiming he had protected the Primordial Wilderness and improved its rules.
• The Heavenly Emperor accused Yuanshi of selfishly seeking authority over Heavenly Punishment and condemned the Chan Sect for interfering in the Heavenly Realm.
• Venerable Yuanshi flew into a rage, manifested his Saint Dharma Aspect, and sent the Purple-black Chaotic Gourd’s sea of Chaos surging toward the Heavenly Emperor.
• The Heavenly Emperor dismissed the attack as a paltry trick and activated the Thunder Seal.

Haotian used the Thunder Seal to withstand Venerable Yuanshi’s many treasures, then faced the Saint after he brought out the Pangu Banner. The chapter ended with Venerable Yuanshi unleashing countless cutting threads to trap Haotian, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Haotian used the Thunder Seal to repel Venerable Yuanshi’s Wind-Thunder Shears and more than a hundred Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Haotian taunted Venerable Yuanshi for failing to harm him, while observers wondered who had empowered the Heavenly Emperor.
• Venerable Yuanshi recalled his treasures and revealed the Pangu Banner, alarming cultivators across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Haotian warned Venerable Yuanshi not to obstruct his promotion of Heavenly Punishment and urged him to leave.
• Venerable Yuanshi’s Pangu Banner cut through Haotian’s lightning beasts, though Haotian’s lightning army eventually wore away one attack.
• Venerable Yuanshi demanded that Haotian surrender Heavenly Punishment and apologize to the Dao Ancestor, then swung the Pangu Banner to cut off Haotian’s escape routes.

Haotian used the Thunder Seal and Chaos Divine Thunder to repel Venerable Yuanshi’s Pangu Banner attack, then confronted him before the gathered Saints. Venerable Yuanshi left for Kunlun Mountains without apologizing, while Haotian kept his disciples in custody.

• Venerable Yuanshi attacked Haotian with the Pangu Banner, and Haotian shattered its white blades with a thunder sword strike.
• The Saints and Hunyuan Saints gathered as Venerable Yuanshi accused Haotian of betraying the Dao Ancestor and endangering the Primordial Wilderness.
• Haotian challenged Venerable Yuanshi to name his violations and demanded an apology, while the other Saints tried to mediate.
• Haotian refused to release Venerable Yuanshi’s disciples, accusing them of insulting the Heavenly Emperor and challenging his authority.
• Venerable Yuanshi charged at Haotian but Saint Taiqing and Sect Master Tongtian stopped him, and he returned to Kunlun Mountains.

Haotian secured the Saints’ public endorsement of his impartial Heavenly Punishment and saw his prestige rise across the Primordial Wilderness. After reflecting on his new power, he returned to Qingyuan, reported his actions, and received several treasures as a reward.

• Haotian asked the Saints to witness that Heavenly Punishment served the laws of the Primordial Wilderness rather than his personal interests.
• The Heavenly Dao Saints agreed to Haotian’s request, and the Saints departed after offering brief remarks about Heavenly Punishment.
• News of Haotian forcing back Venerable Yuanshi spread, raising his prestige and alarming factions that had offended him.
• Haotian laughed and wept alone in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall before using a bronze bell to summon Qingyuan.
• Haotian told Qingyuan that he had slain Yaoji and bound the Thunder Seal to the Heavenly Court’s Fortune Aura and the grand course of the Primordial Wilderness.
• Qingyuan praised Haotian’s work and pushed several treasures toward him as a reward.

Qingyuan bestowed Haotian with three Heavenly Dao Exotic Treasures that could strengthen the Heavenly Court and its ruler. Haotian tested their powers, enrolled himself and Taibai Golden Star in the Myriad Immortals Scroll, and prepared a new proclamation against traitors.

• Qingyuan gave Haotian a Jade Seal, a brush, and a scroll, and told him to show respect without constantly kneeling.
• Haotian returned to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall and discovered that the Heavenly Emperor Infinite Seal could bind the Heavenly Court's Fortune Aura and command its authority.
• Haotian learned that the Qiankun Brush empowered written commands and that the Myriad Immortals Scroll granted cultivators strength corresponding to their immortal offices.
• Haotian enrolled himself as Immortal Emperor and gained the strength of a Peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Haotian granted Taibai Golden Star a first-rank immortal office, then wrote a new proclamation with the Qiankun Brush and sent Taibai Golden Star to distribute it.

Venerable Yuanshi reassured his humiliated disciples and warned Daoist Randeng against pursuing his own plans, while Randeng returned to the grieving Yang family without a way to save their mother. In Zixiao Palace, Hongjun asked Great Immortal Yang Mei whether he was ready, and Yang Mei said they only needed their target to take the bait.

• The Twelve Golden Immortals of the Heavenly Origin Sect complained to Venerable Yuanshi that Haotian had humiliated them with borrowed power.
• Venerable Yuanshi claimed he could have defeated Haotian if he had used his full strength, then dismissed the disciples to recover.
• Venerable Yuanshi accused Daoist Randeng of taking Yuding's opportunity and warned him not to let distractions jeopardize his chance at the Great Dao.
• Daoist Randeng returned to Spirit Vulture Mountain and comforted Yang Chan, Yang Jian, Yang Jiao, and their father by saying their mother could still be saved.
• Hongjun asked Great Immortal Yang Mei if he was ready, and Yang Mei said they only had to wait for their target to take the bait.

Hongjun summoned the Heavenly Dao Saints and Great Love Heavenly Venerate to Zixiao Palace to begin their plan to ambush Great Immortal Yang Mei. After Hongjun showed that he had divined Yang Mei’s location, the Saints pressured Great Love Heavenly Venerate to trust them and join the operation.

• Hongjun rang the Heaven Bell, summoning the Heavenly Dao Saints to Zixiao Palace as Yang Mei vanished into hidden space-time.
• The six Saints gathered, believing the trap against Great Love Heavenly Venerate was about to begin, but Great Love Heavenly Venerate arrived and teased Zhunti about being a thief.
• Taiqing displayed his treasures, and the Saints confirmed they had prepared for the confrontation with Yang Mei.
• Hongjun used the Creation Jade Disk to show Yang Mei gathering stars around a hollow willow tree in a Chaos Star Domain, then warned that watching too long might alert him.
• Zhunti and the other Saints urged Great Love Heavenly Venerate to trust them, and he laughed that he had mistaken their serious expressions for a plot against him.

Qingyuan joined Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao Saints in a plan to surround and kill Great Immortal Yang Mei in his Cosmic Spacetime. They sealed the realm and confronted Yang Mei, and the chapter ended as Qingyuan attacked first.

• Hongjun gave Qingyuan and the Heavenly Dao Saints concealed-aura bracelets, and they agreed to set out for Yang Mei’s Cosmic Spacetime.
• Hongjun led the group through a passage into the star-filled realm where Yang Mei’s Hollow Willow Tree stretched across Chaos.
• The Saints planted Hongjun’s Formation Flags within ten breaths, sealing the Cosmic Spacetime and waking Yang Mei.
• Yang Mei confronted Hongjun and the Saints, accusing them of plotting against him and offering Qingyuan a greater reward to switch sides.
• Qingyuan refused Yang Mei’s offer, broke through his spatial attack with sword light, and charged at him as he urged the others to strike.

Qingyuan fought Great Immortal Yang Mei in Chaos, and Yang Mei trapped the Heavenly Dao Saints in his Myriad Stars Slaughtering Space Formation. The formation isolated Qingyuan from the others, leaving him to withstand Yang Mei’s attacks alone while Hongjun and the Saints watched.

• Qingyuan’s Sword Great Dao clashed with Great Immortal Yang Mei’s spatial attacks, and their battle shattered vast stretches of Chaos.
• Hongjun ordered the Heavenly Dao Saints to help Qingyuan, and they attacked Yang Mei with their spirit treasures.
• Yang Mei unleashed the Myriad Stars Slaughtering Space Formation, separating the Saints and Qingyuan into different layers of space-time.
• Yang Mei attacked Qingyuan inside his isolated realm, but Qingyuan’s sword qi resisted the collapsing and folding space.
• Hongjun and the Saints watched from outside the realm, realizing Qingyuan was difficult to handle.

Hongjun and the Saints planned to kill Great Love Heavenly Venerate, but his skill with the Sword Dao and hidden methods made them wary. Yang Mei intensified his Killing Formation and forced him out of the Great Dao Hall, calling on the others to attack.

• Yang Mei and Hongjun discussed Great Love Heavenly Venerate’s unexpected Sword Dao skill and the methods he might still be hiding.
• Tongtian admitted he might not be Great Love Heavenly Venerate’s match without the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, while Zhunti tried to rally the Saints.
• Yang Mei warned Hongjun that he would not serve as the vanguard and would withdraw the Killing Formation if the Saints did not use their own methods.
• Hongjun ordered the Saints to inspect the sealing formation, and they reported that it had no flaws before preparing their Supreme Treasures.
• Yang Mei crushed the power of tens of millions of Great Thousand Worlds into a spatial attack, forcing Great Love Heavenly Venerate out of the Great Dao Hall and urging the Saints to strike.

Qingyuan endured Great Immortal Yang Mei’s Spatial Killing Formation with his Sword Dao, even after the Great Dao Hall was taken. Hongjun convinced Yang Mei and the Heavenly Dao Saints to join the attack, and Yang Mei intensified the formation as they prepared to kill Qingyuan and claim his secrets.

• The Hollow Willow Tree took away the Great Dao Hall, but Qingyuan used the Hongmeng Nine-Nine Profound Life-Killing Formation to withstand Yang Mei’s spatial assault.
• The Heavenly Dao Saints watched in disbelief as Qingyuan parried the formation’s attacks with his Sword Dao despite losing his defensive treasure.
• Yang Mei demanded that Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao Saints join the fight, warning that he would abandon the plan if left to face Qingyuan alone.
• Hongjun persuaded the Saints to enter the formation and told Yang Mei that Qingyuan could reverse space-time and disregard the Hongmeng Laws.
• Yang Mei agreed to help kill Qingyuan in exchange for first pick of the spoils, then multiplied the formation’s power until collapsing masses of space bore down on him.

Qingyuan fought through Hongjun and Yang Mei’s layered Killing Formations while concealing most of his abilities. The chapter left Hongjun and the Saints stunned by Qingyuan’s ability to catch Nuwa’s Red Embroidered Ball barehanded without injury, and Hongjun began to regret his plan.

• Qingyuan wielded his Innate Spiritual Treasures and Sword Dao against the Killing Formations while withholding his other Great Dao Laws and hidden treasures.
• Yang Mei intensified the formation, shattered several of Qingyuan’s treasures, and buried him beneath star-like Great Thousand Worlds.
• Yang Mei forced Qingyuan out of concealment, and Saint Taiqing urged Saint Nuwa to attack with the Red Embroidered Ball.
• Saint Nuwa hurled the Red Embroidered Ball at Qingyuan’s head, but he caught it in one hand and showed no injury.
• Yang Mei challenged Hongjun for failing to mention Qingyuan’s physical strength, and Hongjun admitted he had not known and felt a trace of regret.

Qingyuan caught Nuwa’s Red Embroidered Ball and instantly shattered all thirty-nine restrictions she had refined, leaving her severely injured and revealing his mastery of the Causal Dao. As Yang Mei struggled to attack him inside the Killing Formation, Hongjun gave Yang Mei a gray bracelet that could track Qingyuan and claimed they still had a better chance to kill him.

• Qingyuan caught the Red Embroidered Ball and asked the silent Saints whether anyone would claim it.
• When no one answered, Qingyuan took the ball and crushed all thirty-nine restrictions Nuwa had refined, causing her to spit blood.
• Nuwa told Zhunti and the other Saints that Qingyuan had destroyed every restriction she controlled, shocking them with the speed and depth of his power.
• Qingyuan used the Causal Dao to anticipate the Killing Formation’s trajectories and evade Yang Mei’s attacks.
• Yang Mei questioned Hongjun about Qingyuan’s growing abilities, and Hongjun gave him a gray bracelet that could sense Qingyuan’s whereabouts.

Qingyuan survived Great Immortal Yang Mei’s devastating attack inside a Mysterious Yellow Treasure Pagoda and challenged the Heavenly Dao Saints as they surrounded him. He revealed that he had expected the ambush and come anyway, leaving the reason unexplained.

• Hongjun urged Great Immortal Yang Mei to kill Qingyuan, and Yang Mei used his Space Great Dao to unleash countless Great Thousand Worlds against him.
• Yang Mei declared Qingyuan unharmed, then withdrew his formation and collected the White Day Beads as Qingyuan emerged intact inside a treasure pagoda.
• Qingyuan mocked the Saints for turning against him, while Yang Mei demanded that he surrender and Saint Zhunti accused him of endangering the Primordial Wilderness.
• Qingyuan denounced the Saints as selfish thieves, and Venerable Yuanshi, Saint Taiqing, Sect Master Tongtian, and the others closed in with their treasures.
• Qingyuan left the pagoda, released a monstrous aura, and said he had known of the ambush but come anyway, challenging the Saints to guess why.

The Great Love Heavenly Venerate, Qingyuan, faced Hongjun, Yang Mei, and the Heavenly Dao Saints after they surrounded him in chaos. As Yang Mei’s Great Thousand Worlds battered him, the saints discovered that Qingyuan was resisting with an exceptionally powerful physical body infused with Great Dao principles, leaving them uncertain how many laws he had fused.

• The Heavenly Dao Saints dismissed Qingyuan’s defiant laughter as arrogance and believed his past silence showed he could not oppose them.
• Yang Mei unleashed countless Great Thousand Worlds against Qingyuan and scolded the Heavenly Dao Saints for failing to attack when he left his Treasure Pagoda’s protection.
• Hongjun urged Yang Mei to stop concealing his strength and recalled their earlier battle against Luohou.
• Yang Mei saw that Qingyuan was enduring the bombardment with his body alone, which bore Great Dao laws and principles.
• Hongjun judged that Qingyuan’s physical body had likely reached the late stage of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and feared how many Great Daos he had fused into it.

Hongjun explained to the Heavenly Dao Saints why proving the Dao through the flesh was so difficult and warned them about Qingyuan’s many Great Dao Laws. Hongjun and Yang Mei joined the six Saints in attacking Qingyuan, who met their combined assault with his physical body alone.

• Hongjun told the Saints that entering the Source of the Hongmeng Laws was perilous and that Qingyuan’s body seemed to contain hundreds or thousands of powerful Great Dao Laws.
• Yang Mei attacked Qingyuan with a spatial blade, but Qingyuan caught it and destroyed the strike along with several hundred Great Thousand Worlds.
• Hongjun ordered the six Heavenly Dao Saints to attack, and they unleashed their treasures and powers against Qingyuan.
• Hongjun assured Yang Mei that he had prepared for the ambush, while Yang Mei sealed the realm to prevent Qingyuan from escaping.
• Qingyuan enlarged his body, seized the Pangu Banner, stomped on the Taiji Diagram, and punched toward the Two Sages of the West without defending against the other attacks.

Qingyuan fought the Six Heavenly Dao Saints in Chaos, withstanding their attacks while overpowering their treasures and wounding Zhunti with the Slaying Immortal Sword. As Laozi, Tongtian, Nuwa, and Jieyin attacked him together, Qingyuan seized the Pangu Banner from Yuanshi.

• Yuanshi infused the Pangu Banner with his power and slashed at Qingyuan, but Qingyuan crushed the Heaven-Opening Edge and caught the banner barehanded.
• Tongtian combined the Four Immortal Slaying Swords into one blade and attacked Qingyuan, who smashed the swords apart with a punch.
• Nuwa and the Two Sages of the West struck Qingyuan in the chest, blasting him backward without causing him much harm.
• Qingyuan seized the Slaying Immortal Sword and slashed Zhunti, severing several of his arms before Tongtian pulled the sword back.
• Zhunti used the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree to restrain Qingyuan's arm while Laozi, Tongtian, Nuwa, and Jieyin launched another coordinated assault.
• Qingyuan seized the Pangu Banner while resisting the Six Saints' attacks.

Qingyuan seized the Pangu Banner from Venerable Yuanshi and endured the Heavenly Dao Saints’ attacks before Sect Master Tongtian trapped him in the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation. As Tongtian’s four swords gathered into a devastating strike, the formation’s bloody light pinned Qingyuan in place.

• Qingyuan overpowered Venerable Yuanshi, took the Pangu Banner, and smashed apart the Wind-Thunder Shears.
• Saint Taiqing, Venerable Yuanshi, Saint Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti attacked Qingyuan with their treasures, but he repelled them with the Pangu Banner.
• Sect Master Tongtian activated the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and challenged Qingyuan to break it with strength alone.
• Qingyuan fought off the formation’s relentless sword strikes, suffering cuts while Sect Master Tongtian marveled at his resilience.
• Sect Master Tongtian combined the four swords into a massive destructive strike as the formation’s bloody light immobilized Qingyuan.

Qingyuan endured Sect Master Tongtian’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation while accusing the Heavenly Dao Saints of attacking him to preserve their control over the Primordial Wilderness. As the Saints entered and attacked him together, Qingyuan completed his refinement of the Pangu Banner and prepared to retaliate.

• Sect Master Tongtian pinned Qingyuan with the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and sent the Four Immortal Slaying Swords against him as Qingyuan worked to remove Venerable Yuanshi’s restrictions from the Pangu Banner.
• Qingyuan challenged Tongtian’s motives, arguing that he had helped the Primordial Wilderness and that the Heavenly Dao Saints were trying to protect their own rule.
• Qingyuan blocked Tongtian’s sword strike with the Primordial Chaos Auspicious Cloud, but withdrew it after the Four Immortal Slaying Swords began wearing it down.
• Venerable Yuanshi demanded that Tongtian open the formation after realizing Qingyuan was refining the Pangu Banner, and Tongtian allowed the other Heavenly Dao Saints to enter.
• The Heavenly Dao Saints attacked Qingyuan with their Innate Spiritual Treasures, while he sheltered inside the Mysterious Yellow Mother Qi Tower and completed the Pangu Banner’s refinement.
• Qingyuan announced that the refinement was complete and threatened to kill the Saints.

Qingyuan seized and refined Venerable Yuanshi’s Pangu Banner, then used it to break through Sect Master Tongtian’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation. As the Heavenly Dao Saints continued their assault, Venerable Yuanshi retrieved the Six Souls Banner and began using it to curse Qingyuan to death.

• Qingyuan erased Venerable Yuanshi’s restrictions on the Pangu Banner and claimed the treasure for himself.
• Sect Master Tongtian attacked Qingyuan with the Four Immortal Slaying Swords, but Qingyuan split the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation with the Pangu Banner.
• Venerable Yuanshi and Sect Master Tongtian argued over the loss of the Pangu Banner before Venerable Yuanshi demanded the Six Souls Banner.
• Qingyuan used a Nine Treasures Wonderful Tree to snatch the Six Souls Banner, and Great Immortal Yang Mei later retrieved it and returned it to Venerable Yuanshi.
• Venerable Yuanshi wrote Great Love Heavenly Venerate’s name on the Six Souls Banner and began worshipping it, sending a flood of baleful qi toward Qingyuan.

Venerable Yuanshi used the Six Souls Banner to subject Qingyuan to devastating karmic torment, allowing the Saints and Great Immortal Yang Mei to break through his defenses and shatter his body. As Yuanshi continued invoking the banner, its bloody chains wrapped around Qingyuan, leaving his fate uncertain and the other Saints newly wary of Sect Master Tongtian.

• Venerable Yuanshi worshipped the Six Souls Banner, unleashing its torrent of resentment upon Qingyuan and weakening himself in the process.
• Qingyuan endured the torrent without resisting, while Yuanshi and the other Saints attacked him with their magical treasures.
• Sect Master Tongtian, Saint Nuwa, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Saint Taiqing pinned Qingyuan and struck him, but his life force kept him from dying.
• Great Immortal Yang Mei sent Space Great Dao awls into Qingyuan, disrupting his regeneration and letting the Saints shatter his body.
• The Saints stopped attacking as a black tide of resentment surrounded Qingyuan, and Yuanshi continued invoking the Six Souls Banner.
• Bloody chains from the banner coiled around Qingyuan and pierced his flesh and Primordial Spirit, while the Saints feared Tongtian might use the banner against them.