Chapter Summaries

Zhou Qing revealed that a hidden Four-Colored Restriction threatened to kill everyone inside the Demon Sealing Extermination Array, and he helped the Taiqing Sect leaders consider how to survive Azure Flame Dao Palace’s scheme. As the sects mobilized for battle at Azure Mist Mountain, Cao Zhengyang led the Taiqing Sect toward the array while Mo Xingjian tried to keep Zhou Qing and the others safe.

• Zhou Qing told Duanmu Shu and Cao Zhengyang that a hidden Four-Colored Restriction would erase everyone inside the Demon Sealing Extermination Array, then revealed that he was a Level One Array Master.
• Zhou Qing suggested that Tianji Gate might possess something capable of countering Azure Flame Dao Palace, and Duanmu Shu and Cao Zhengyang saw a possible way to escape the array.
• Zhou Qing suspected Tianji Gate might also be part of the scheme and gave Cao Zhengyang a jade slip that could unleash a full-force Severing Spirit Realm strike.
• Mo Xingjian emerged from seclusion, and Cao Zhengyang ordered the Taiqing Sect disciples to assemble and march on Azure Mist Mountain after Demonic Beasts began attacking them.
• Mo Xingjian led Zhou Qing, Lu Yaoyao, and Yan Xiaohu to Azure Mist Mountain, where the Demon Sealing Extermination Array shrouded the mountain as humans and beasts fought within.

Mo Xingjian entered the Demon Sealing Extermination Array while Zhou Qing, Yan Xiaohu, and Lu Yaoyao waited outside as the slaughter inside continued. After Taiqing Sect disciples burst through a breach and Zhou Qing helped hold it open, Cao Zhengyang revealed that Zhou Qing’s preparations had saved the sect, while the other sects suffered devastating losses.

• Mo Xingjian warned Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu to stay outside the array, then entered to fight, while Zhou Qing promised not to follow.
• As months of fighting continued, opportunists entered the array to loot, and Zhou Qing, Yan Xiaohu, and Lu Yaoyao waited without seeing anyone return.
• A burst of spiritual power tore open the array, and Taiqing Sect disciples poured out, cheering when they saw Zhou Qing; Zhou Qing, Lu Yaoyao, Yan Xiaohu, and the disciples combined their strength to keep the breach open.
• Cao Zhengyang, Mo Xingjian, and the other Taiqing Sect leaders held back the Four-Colored Killing Array so their remaining disciples could escape, and Cao Zhengyang credited Zhou Qing’s preparations with saving them.
• Cao Zhengyang explained that the array had devastated the other sects and that Azure Flame Dao Palace’s leaders had withdrawn; Mo Xingjian urged him not to burden himself with guilt and went to summon the surviving Golden Thunder Sect and Azure Feather Immortal Sect members.

The surviving sects escaped Azure Mist Mountain after Si Kong Yan opened ten brief exits and then destroyed the mountain, leaving the Eastern Region devastated. The Taiqing Sect received eight Nine Netherworld Demon Lotus Seeds, ended the sect war, and returned home, where Bai He waited outside for Luo Lingling.

• Xuanji Zi demanded that the Golden Thunder Sect and Azure Feather Immortal Sect let Tianji Gate pass, so Lei Wuji and Profound Abyss Immortal led an attack on his people.
• Si Kong Yan opened ten exits for ten breaths, closed Zhou Qing's original opening, and threatened to detonate Azure Mist Mountain when the countdown ended.
• The survivors fled as Si Kong Yan destroyed Azure Mist Mountain, killing everyone left behind and leaving a vast abyss.
• Duanmu Shu and the other Grand Elders returned with the Nine Netherworld Demon Lotus Seeds, and Cao Zhengyang announced that the sect war was over.
• Zhou Qing refused a seed reserved for him, and the Taiqing Sect began its return journey after warning its members to keep the lotus seeds secret.
• Bai He waited at the foot of Taiqing Sect with a gift for Luo Lingling, while Mo Xingjian asked Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu to handle him.

Luo Lingling broke through to the Spirit Transformation Realm and left Taiqing Sect with Bai He, while Zhou Qing completed a new array and reunited with Second Uncle, who returned to explore the coffins with him. The chapter ended with Second Uncle reacting in shock when Zhou Qing mentioned a Corpse Wax Crow had appeared at Azure Mist Mountain.

• Luo Lingling broke through to the Spirit Transformation Realm, and Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu celebrated with Mo Xingjian.
• Luo Lingling heard what had happened during her seclusion, then left for Vast Expanse Prefecture with Bai He.
• After the Five Sects War devastated the Eastern Region, Taiqing Sect hung six Transformation Spirit Realm cultivators' corpses outside its gate to deter spies.
• Zhou Qing completed the Itchy Heart Scratching Array and discovered that Yan Xiaohu was actually Second Uncle in disguise.
• Second Uncle revealed that he had condensed thirty-seven spirit seals, then took Zhou Qing to the Five-Colored Altar to enter the coffin passage again.
• Zhou Qing told Second Uncle that a Corpse Wax Crow had appeared at Azure Mist Mountain, and Second Uncle reacted with shock.

Zhou Qing and Second Uncle entered the First Coffin and discovered that it contained the Soul Realm, where Wandering Souls ignored Zhou Qing and Second Uncle's talismans concealed them. After Zhou Qing revealed his array skills and Second Uncle warned him to protect the inheritance, Second Uncle invited him to White Jade Grand Ruins Academy in Vast Expanse Prefecture.

• Second Uncle urged Zhou Qing to help him open a coffin, and Zhou Qing chose the First Coffin because it had given rise to the Yin Yang Art.
• Zhou Qing and Second Uncle opened the coffin, escaped the Corpse Wax Crows by dropping inside, and descended into the Soul Realm.
• Wandering Souls repeatedly ignored Zhou Qing, leading Second Uncle to suspect he had once guarded the tomb; Second Uncle later gave Zhou Qing a Stealth Talisman so they could move safely through the realm.
• Zhou Qing proposed that a being in the First Coffin might be behind the changes to the Gravity Zone, then detected a nearby restriction and told Second Uncle about his array inheritance from Spirit Skull Mountain.
• Second Uncle warned Zhou Qing to keep the array inheritance secret and invited him to join White Jade Grand Ruins Academy in Vast Expanse Prefecture, where Second Uncle would recommend him.

Zhou Qing and Second Uncle explored the dangerous ruins but failed to find any treasures, then visited Spirit Skull Mountain and confirmed they could not safely claim the Suanni skeleton. Second Uncle decided to take Zhou Qing to White Jade Grand Ruins Academy to study arrays, and Yan Xiaohu insisted on going with him.

• Zhou Qing told Second Uncle about the events at Azure Mist Mountain, and Second Uncle explained that the Nine Netherworld Demon Lotus alone gave the Five Sects' experts only a five-percent chance of entering the Severing Spirit Realm.
• Zhou Qing and Second Uncle found Red Pagoda Mountain, but its Three-Colored Restriction and their failing Stealth Talismans forced them to leave without entering.
• They escaped a disguised coffin and swarms of Wandering Souls, then admitted they lacked the array skills needed to claim opportunities in the ruins.
• Second Uncle learned that Zhou Qing had obtained Suanni, Golden Crow, and Golden Winged Great Peng divine abilities, as well as Golden Crow essence blood.
• Second Uncle took Zhou Qing to Spirit Skull Mountain, where they found the Suanni skeleton but confirmed its killing restriction made it too dangerous to touch.
• Second Uncle arranged to take Zhou Qing to White Jade Grand Ruins Academy, Mo Xingjian approved the plan, and Yan Xiaohu insisted on joining the journey.

Zhou Qing prepared to leave Taiqing Sect for White Jade Grand Ruins Academy, but Yan Xiaohu and Lu Yaoyao insisted on joining him. After meeting Second Uncle and Zhang Wanbao at the teleportation array, the group reached Vast Expanse Prefecture and learned more about the academy and its powerful dean.

• Yan Xiaohu packed his belongings and persuaded Zhou Qing’s master to let him travel along, while Lu Yaoyao also insisted on joining Zhou Qing.
• Zhou Qing, Yan Xiaohu, and Lu Yaoyao left Taiqing Sect and traveled to Soaring Cloud Prefecture, where Yan Xiaohu gathered information about White Jade Grand Ruins Academy and the war in Vast Expanse Prefecture.
• Zhang Wanbao met the group at the teleportation array, explained that he was going to Vast Expanse Prefecture to oversee the Myriad Phenomena Auction’s Treasures Pavilion, and gave Second Uncle a High-Grade Spirit Stone to look after his friends.
• Second Uncle introduced himself as Si Yunyai, arranged for the group to teleport to Vast Expanse Prefecture, and advised Zhou Qing to suppress his cultivation to the Nascent Soul Early Stage.
• After arriving in Vast Expanse Prefecture, the group learned from Second Uncle that White Jade Grand Ruins Academy’s dean was a Severing Spirit Realm Expert and that the academy was divided into the Outer Courtyard and inner courtyard.

Second Uncle brought Zhou Qing, Lu Yaoyao, and Yan Xiaohu to White Jade Grand Ruins Academy, where Zhou Qing sought an Inner Courtyard recommendation and Lu Yaoyao attracted instructor Lu Yuanzhi’s interest. The chapter ended as Second Uncle and Zhou Qing entered Lin Daochen’s courtyard after waiting for him to finish his array work.

• Second Uncle, now known as Si Yunyai, explained how he had become an Inner Courtyard student and brought the others through White Jade Grand Ruins Academy’s entrance.
• Zhou Qing and his companions unexpectedly reunited with Li Daoxuan, who had joined the academy to study his artistic conception.
• Second Uncle led Zhou Qing toward Lin Daochen and told him to conceal his cultivation and display only one mark, while Lu Yaoyao and Yan Xiaohu waited behind.
• Instructor Lu Yuanzhi sensed Lu Yaoyao’s Ice Lotus, offered to teach her, and went to check on Zhou Qing’s introduction to Lin Daochen after Lu Yaoyao said she would wait for her senior brother’s result.
• Second Uncle and Zhou Qing waited outside Lin Daochen’s courtyard for about two hours before Lin Daochen noticed them and invited them inside.

Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao entered the Inner Courtyard, while Yan Xiaohu stayed in the Outer Courtyard after a mysterious white-robed disciple repeatedly provoked him and led him into trouble with the Enforcement Officers. The chapter ended with Zhou Qing bribing the officers to smooth over Yan Xiaohu’s latest detention as they continued wondering who had targeted him.

• Second Uncle introduced Zhou Qing to Lin Daochen, who recognized Zhou Qing’s talent in arrays and accepted him as a disciple after seeing his spirit seal.
• Lu Yuanzhi accepted Lu Yaoyao as her disciple, while Yan Xiaohu stayed behind and was provoked into chasing a white-robed disciple.
• Second Uncle and Zhou Qing secured Yan Xiaohu’s release after Enforcement Officers detained him, and Yan Xiaohu chose to enroll in the Outer Courtyard so he could find the man who had insulted him.
• Zhou Qing settled into a cave dwelling and studied Lin Daochen’s notes, while Yan Xiaohu encountered the white-robed disciple again that night and chased him through the Outer Courtyard.
• Enforcement Officers detained Yan Xiaohu again, and Zhou Qing freed him before intimidating the officers with his Emperor’s Majesty; after hearing what happened, Zhou Qing quietly gave them High-Grade Spirit Stones to resolve the matter.

Zhou Qing received a warning from Gao Xuan that Si Kong Yan had been at White Jade Grand Ruins Academy all along, then attended Lin Daochen’s lecture on arrays. The chapter left Zhou Qing about to share his ideas on the Lodging Star Array before a curious audience.

• After Zhou Qing paid the Enforcement Hall elders, Yan Xiaohu left with Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao, and Li Daoxuan arrived to hear their account of the Eastern Region war.
• Li Daoxuan gave Zhou Qing a note delivered by arrow that read “Yellow Maple Valley. Chiling Pill,” and Zhou Qing recognized it as a message from Gao Xuan.
• At Yellow Maple Valley, Gao Xuan warned Zhou Qing to watch Si Kong Yan, who had secretly been at the academy, and told him to focus on studying arrays.
• Zhou Qing returned to the academy and attended Lin Daochen’s lecture, where his Ignorance Points increased as he sat unnoticed.
• When Lin Daochen invited Zhou Qing to ask a question, Zhou Qing offered to add his thoughts on the Lodging Star Array, drawing the students’ attention.

Zhou Qing synthesized the Random Talisman talent skill, used a Misfortune Post on the mysterious man tormenting Yan Xiaohu, and watched misfortune befall him through strange updates. After a Good Fortune Post refreshed, Zhou Qing used it on himself and found three Mid-Grade Spirit Stones on his way to class.

• Zhou Qing impressed Lin Daochen with his insights into the Lodging Star Array and earned Ignorance Points by attending lectures around the academy.
• Zhou Qing synthesized three Skill Shards into the Random Talisman skill and discovered a Misfortune Post in the Strange Post Record.
• Yan Xiaohu asked Zhou Qing to help catch the white-clad man who had been visiting his residence, and Zhou Qing pursued the man through the night.
• Zhou Qing struck the fleeing man with the Misfortune Post, then arranged for Yan Xiaohu to stay at his cave residence for safety.
• Zhou Qing received updates describing the target’s mounting misfortunes, including injuries and an attack by a Transformation Spirit Realm Demonic Beast.
• A Good Fortune Post refreshed, and Zhou Qing fused it into himself before finding three Mid-Grade Spirit Stones on his way to Lin Daochen’s lecture.

Zhou Qing used the Good Fortune Post and an Enlightenment Talisman to rapidly master the Emperor Radiance Scripture and increase his spirit seals to sixty-six, while his Reduce Presence skill continued to grow. After the post expired, he sought new ways to earn points at the Dao Inquiry Stage, and Zhang Wanbao returned to reunite with him and Yan Xiaohu.

• Zhou Qing gained Ignorance Points during class and raised Reduce Presence to Level Five, then learned that the talisman bearer was injured and pursued by rival sects.
• Zhou Qing obtained an Enlightenment Talisman and used it to master the Emperor Radiance Scripture and condense forty-three spirit seals, bringing his total to sixty-six.
• Zhou Qing took Yan Xiaohu and the Old Hen on a nighttime walk, where they found spirit stones and the hen laid two Spirit Eggs.
• Zhou Qing learned that the talisman bearer had slain the Spirit Transformation pursuers with a secret treasure, then wondered whether the mysterious figure could be Si Kong Yan.
• Zhou Qing attended classes and visited the Dao Inquiry Stage to earn points, and Zhang Wanbao arrived nearly three months after their last meeting.

Zhou Qing confronted the white-clad Transformation Spirit Realm expert, then tested a strengthened array on a coffin in the Divine Ruins Heavenly Palace before agreeing to help Sixth Blue Ball explore her forbidden zone. They entered an Ancient Mine filled with dangerous shafts, and Sixth Blue Ball led Zhou Qing toward one where she needed his help.

• Zhang Wanbao hosted Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu at an inn, and Fu Kui warned them to be careful around the person who had brought them to the academy.
• Li Daoxuan showed Zhou Qing, Yan Xiaohu, and Lu Yaoyao around the academy for three days, while Zhou Qing avoided explaining Martial Uncle Gao Xuan's message.
• A white-clad Transformation Spirit Realm expert confronted Zhou Qing, but left when Zhou Qing demanded that he apologize to Yan Xiaohu.
• Zhou Qing used a Great Strength Amplification Array to crack open a coffin in the Divine Ruins Heavenly Palace, but the Corpse Wax Crow killed him before he could open it further.
• Zhou Qing agreed to accompany Sixth Blue Ball, and they sang beneath a jujube tree to reveal a path to an Ancient Ship that carried them into an Ancient Mine.
• Sixth Blue Ball declined Zhou Qing's suggestion to follow two other explorers and led him toward a mine shaft where she needed his help.

Zhou Qing and Number Six discovered a hidden cavern in the Ancient Mine, where a divine medicine and an ancient scroll were guarded by a Blood Phoenix projection and the Human Emperor Shroud. Zhou Qing copied the scroll’s contents but could not read them, then he and Number Six were trapped together by the shroud; after the simulation ended, Zhou Qing recalled the strange closeness and checked his Sea of Consciousness.

• Zhou Qing and Number Six watched two Severing Spirit Realm cultivators flee the Black Mist and take shelter beneath a jujube tree.
• Number Six led Zhou Qing into a mine tunnel and used a Blood Phoenix Bone to reveal a hidden cavern filled with cocoons, a divine medicine, and a red scroll.
• Zhou Qing identified the guardian as the Human Emperor Shroud and sent a Copy Post toward the scroll.
• The scroll summoned a Blood Phoenix projection, but the Copy Post copied its contents into Zhou Qing’s Sea of Consciousness before crumbling; Zhou Qing could not read the characters.
• The Human Emperor Shroud wrapped Zhou Qing and Number Six, draining their vitality before the simulation ended, and Number Six agreed to meet him the next day.
• After withdrawing from the simulation, Zhou Qing dwelled on being pressed against Number Six and then looked into his Sea of Consciousness.

Zhou Qing copied a mysterious scroll but could not open it, then repeatedly failed to work with Number Six because the Human Emperor Shroud attacked them. After Second Uncle's wine helped Zhou Qing advance his cultivation and his spiritual seals stunned Second Uncle, Zhou Qing reunited with Number Six and identified her divine medicine, learning she wanted it to break through and save someone.

• Zhou Qing copied the blood-red scroll into his Sea of Consciousness, failed to open it, and decided to honor his agreement to meet Number Six.
• The Human Emperor Shroud ambushed Zhou Qing and Number Six, forcing Number Six to self-destruct; Zhou Qing left, and Number Six failed to pass the Ancient Ships alone.
• Zhou Qing found the Taiyin Soul Refining Array in Senior Xuan Qingzi's inheritance, then went drinking with Second Uncle after class.
• Second Uncle showed Zhou Qing his forty-three spiritual seals, but Zhou Qing revealed sixty-six and shocked him before passing out.
• Zhou Qing slept for seven days and discovered that Second Uncle's wine had greatly advanced his cultivation.
• Zhou Qing met Number Six again, identified the Ice Glazed Spirit Sparrow Mushroom, and learned she wanted it to break through and save someone.

Zhou Qing helped Number Six learn the Taiyin Soul Refining Array and later discovered that the red scroll contained a powerful Blood Phoenix Clan inheritance requiring an Ultimate Weapon to unlock. After Second Uncle explained the ranks of cultivation arts and divine powers, Zhou Qing was left with a clearer sense of how extraordinary the scroll was.

• Zhou Qing told Number Six about the Human Emperor Shroud and passed the Taiyin Soul Refining Array to her through Spiritual Sense so she could try to control it.
• Zhou Qing returned to his cave abode, found a richer Spirit Egg from the Old Hen, and tried unsuccessfully to open the red scroll.
• Lu Yaoyao brought Zhou Qing stomach-nourishing soup, scolded him for drinking, and revealed that Lu Shi's cultivation method could help her reach the Nascent Soul Middle Stage within three years.
• Zhou Qing appraised the red scroll and learned it contained the Blood Phoenix Clan's Hundred Tribulations Blood Curtain, which required an Ultimate Weapon to unlock.
• Zhou Qing showed the scroll to Second Uncle, who hurried to search Zhou Qing's cave abode for its missing note before explaining the ranks of cultivation arts and divine powers.

Second Uncle used an Ultimate Weapon to open the Blood Phoenix scroll and discovered that the Hundred Tribulations Blood Curtain required a virgin body, so he gave it to Zhou Qing, who struggled to begin cultivating it. Zhou Qing later reunited with Xuan Yuan Yi Chen and Xuan Yuan Mu Qian at the academy, heard about their pursuit of Li Niang, and was asked to examine an ancient box.

• Second Uncle revealed the Nine Tribulations Thunder Talisman Scripture and used a black bell to suppress the Blood Phoenix inside the Hundred Tribulations Blood Curtain scroll.
• Second Uncle discovered that the Hundred Tribulations Blood Curtain required a virgin body, confirmed Zhou Qing qualified, and gave him the scroll while warning him to keep it secret.
• Zhou Qing studied the divine power for ten days without reaching its entry threshold, while Yan Xiaohu attempted a breakthrough into the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• Lu Yaoyao brought Zhou Qing to meet Seventh Prince Xuan Yuan Yi Chen and Ninth Princess Xuan Yuan Mu Qian, who had visited White Jade Grand Ruins Academy.
• Xuan Yuan Yi Chen recognized Li Niang in Zhou Qing's Image Stone and learned she had stolen the thousand-year spiritual herb before disappearing.
• Xuan Yuan Yi Chen asked Zhou Qing to examine an ancient box, then carefully opened it.

Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu returned to the Eastern Region and found its sects devastated by the aftermath of the battle at Azure Mist Mountain. At Bei Mang Mine, the injured Wind Elder captured them, implanted deadly spiritual marks, and ordered them to bring him Top-Grade Spirit Stones, leaving Zhou Qing to pretend that helping him was a stroke of good fortune.

• Xuan Yuan Yi Chen showed Zhou Qing a Soul-Seizing Lamp, but Zhou Qing declined to identify it, and Xuan Yuan Yi Chen later left with Xuan Yuan Mu Qian after visiting Lu Yuanzhi.
• After hearing from Lu Yaoyao that Xuan Yuan Yi Chen and Xuan Yuan Mu Qian had abruptly left Master Lu in a foul mood, Zhou Qing decided to return to the Taiqing Sect, and Yan Xiaohu joined him.
• Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu traveled back through the war-scarred Eastern Region, where they saw fleeing refugees and sects being destroyed by forces from the other regions.
• At the abandoned Bei Mang Mine, Zhou Qing wondered about the missing Black-Clad Puppets and a possible puppet mother body before Wind Elder emerged from the darkness and immobilized them.
• Wind Elder fed Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu pills, implanted spiritual marks, and threatened to kill them within seven days unless they brought him Top-Grade Spirit Stones.
• After they escaped the mine, Zhou Qing told Yan Xiaohu to act as though helping the injured Wind Elder was a fortunate opportunity, while Yan Xiaohu asked what they should do.

Zhou Qing lured the gravely wounded Wind Elder to the Suan Ni skeleton at Spirit Skull Mountain, where its killing restriction destroyed him. Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu escaped the poison and Spiritual Sense marks, but Wind Elder's final Blood Curse marked Zhou Qing, and Xuan Yuan Shuo arrived to investigate the explosion.

• Zhou Qing found two Detoxification Talismans in the Strange Post Record and decided to use Wind Elder's greed to escape instead of seeking Number Six.
• Zhou Qing brought Yan Xiaohu to Spirit Skull Mountain, told him to wait near the Blood Rock Mine, and persuaded Wind Elder that a Suan Ni skeleton lay inside the mountain.
• On a full-moon night, Zhou Qing opened the cavern and led Wind Elder to the Suan Ni remains, then fled as Wind Elder approached the skeleton and its restriction detonated.
• Zhou Qing used a Detoxification Talisman on himself and Yan Xiaohu, removing their poison and Wind Elder's Spiritual Sense marks, but Wind Elder's dying Blood Curse struck Zhou Qing and marked him for the Peng Bloodline to pursue.
• Zhou Qing took the injured Yan Xiaohu and fled, while Xuan Yuan Shuo arrived at Spirit Skull Mountain and sensed that Wind Elder had died.
• Yan Xiaohu stood guard in a cave as he anxiously waited and paced.

Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu returned to Taiqing Sect, where Zhou Qing reported the aftermath of Spirit Skull Mountain, provided the sect with array flags, and met privately with Gao Xuan about his past and NanNan. The chapter ended with Cao Zhengyang reporting that Spirit Skull Mountain had vanished into a vast abyss and Gao Xuan suspecting a Severing Spirit Realm expert had died there.

• Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu returned to Taiqing Sect, reunited with Mo Xingjian, and explained how Zhou Qing had tricked a Severing Spirit Realm expert to death at Spirit Skull Mountain.
• Zhou Qing met Cao Zhengyang, withheld details linking the disaster to the Demon Race and Xuan Yuan Shuo, and gave him four sets of One Color Array Flags.
• Zhou Qing visited Gao Xuan, described a suspicious white-robed figure, and asked about Gao Xuan's connection to Azure Flame Dao Palace.
• Gao Xuan admitted that the former Gao Xuan had been an informant who allowed him to seize his body, and Zhou Qing guessed that Si Kong Yan had used NanNan to control him.
• Cao Zhengyang and Gao Xuan urged Zhou Qing to focus on cultivation, then praised his insight after he left.
• Cao Zhengyang told Gao Xuan that Spirit Skull Mountain had disappeared, leaving a vast abyss where people went mad, and Gao Xuan asked whether a Severing Spirit Realm expert had fallen.