Chapter Summaries

Zhou Qing, Second Uncle, and Xuan Yuan Shuo infiltrated Black Feather Peak to reach the Peng Emperor’s hidden residence, while the surrounding demon factions fought over Great Demon Mountain. They hid as the Flood Dragon Emperor and Spider Emperor offered Old Ape support in exchange for access to the cave, and Old Ape refused.

• Zhou Qing confirmed that the curse mark had been removed, and he, Second Uncle, and Xuan Yuan Shuo set out for Great Demon Mountain.
• The three crossed Great Demon Mountain, where Demon Kings fought amid the power vacuum left by the Peng Emperor’s death.
• Zhou Qing used the Great Demon Token to enter the restriction around Black Feather Peak, where Old Ape and the Peng Emperor’s direct subordinates guarded the cave residence.
• Xuan Yuan Shuo learned that the Flood Dragon Emperor and Spider Emperor were approaching, so the three hid while Old Ape went to meet them.
• The Flood Dragon Emperor and Spider Emperor offered to help Old Ape rule Great Demon Mountain if he let them enter the Peng Emperor’s cave, but Old Ape firmly refused.

Zhou Qing impersonated the supposedly dead Feng Xuanling to stop the Flood Dragon Emperor and Spider Emperor from taking Black Feather Peak, then entered Feng Xuanling’s cave abode with Second Uncle and Xuan Yuan Shuo to search its treasures. The two Demon Emperors withdrew, Great Demon Mountain rallied around its returned king, and the search of the cave began.

• Xuan Yuan Shuo proposed that Zhou Qing impersonate Feng Xuanling and use a borrowed Severing Spirit Realm attack to protect Great Demon Mountain, and Zhou Qing agreed in exchange for Five Elements Spirit Stones.
• The Spider Emperor attacked Black Feather Peak, but Zhou Qing appeared as Feng Xuanling and struck her back, convincing the Demon Kings that their king had returned.
• Zhou Qing intimidated the Flood Dragon Emperor and Spider Emperor into leaving, then demanded compensation for the damage to Black Feather Peak and received fifty Top-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Zhou Qing entered secluded cultivation in Feng Xuanling’s cave abode, while Old Ape ordered Great Demon Mountain’s demons to resume their duties and strengthen Black Feather Peak’s defenses.
• Second Uncle and Xuan Yuan Shuo joined Zhou Qing inside the cave abode, and the three began searching its furnishings, medicines, weapons, and hidden stores.

Zhou Qing activated the Corpse Touching Post on Si Tu Jiu Yao and fulfilled his wish for revenge, gaining an extraordinary array enlightenment that rapidly raised his Spirit Seal count to one thousand. Xuan Yuan Shuo then tried to imitate him, hoping to receive a similar reward.

• Second Uncle and Xuan Yuan Shuo found the living Ten Thousand Year Blood Ginseng, and Zhou Qing gave up his share so Second Uncle could claim it while Xuan Yuan Shuo took the Earth Fire Crystal Stones and Five-Colored Restriction.
• The three discovered a hidden chamber containing array texts and the corpse of Si Tu Jiu Yao, a Fourth-Level Array Master, and Xuan Yuan Shuo began copying his notes.
• Zhou Qing used the Corpse Touching Post on Si Tu Jiu Yao and learned that his final wishes included avenging his death by killing Peng Emperor.
• Zhou Qing fulfilled the revenge wish with the Great Demon Token and experienced Si Tu Jiu Yao's past, gaining an array enlightenment that brought his Spirit Seals to one thousand.
• After Zhou Qing's breakthrough shocked Second Uncle and Xuan Yuan Shuo, Xuan Yuan Shuo placed the Great Demon Token on Si Tu Jiu Yao's corpse and tried to claim an enlightenment for himself.

After escaping the Peng Emperor’s cave, Zhou Qing discovered that the dead branch he had secretly taken was a dormant Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree and learned what rare materials it needed to awaken. He returned to the academy, gathered his gains, and went to Zhang Wanbao to appraise the treasures he had collected.

• Second Uncle and Xuan Yuan Shuo divided the cave’s spoils, while Zhou Qing used Daily Appraisal to identify the potted branch as an Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree and secretly stored it.
• Second Uncle and Xuan Yuan Shuo erased the four Demon Kings’ memories, then left Great Demon Mountain with Zhou Qing and returned to their companions.
• Second Uncle gave Lin Daochen copied jade slips, and Lu Yuanzhi reunited with Lu Yaoyao before the group traveled back to White Jade Grand Ruins Academy.
• A month later, Zhou Qing appraised the tea-tree branch and learned it needed Spirit Soil, Mystic Ice Marrow, ten Wood Attribute Spirit Stones, and medicinal liquid from three Flame Spirit Flowers to revive.
• Zhou Qing went to the Treasures Pavilion and asked Zhang Wanbao to value his collected items, including the Old Peng King’s golden feathers.

Zhou Qing traded for ten Top-Grade Wood Attribute Spirit Stones and used a catalog from Zhang Wanbao to research the materials needed to revive the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree. He discovered that the Gravity Zone's guardian could kill him instantly, identified it as the founding Sect Leader Guo Guiqi, and ended the chapter fleeing the mysterious man in white after their pursuit.

• Zhang Wanbao helped Zhou Qing exchange his goods and Spirit Stones for ten Top-Grade Wood Attribute Spirit Stones, then gave him a jade-slip catalog of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
• Zhou Qing searched the catalog and learned where Spirit Soil, Mystic Ice Marrow, and Flame Spirit Flower could be found, linking the Flame Spirit Flower to the lava world in the Third Coffin.
• Zhou Qing entered the Divine Ruins Heavenly Palace to investigate the soil beneath the Giant Tree, but a skeletal guardian killed him before he could cross the Gravity Zone.
• Zhou Qing recognized the dried corpse inside the guardian as Taiqing Sect's founding Sect Leader Guo Guiqi, who had become part of the sect's final defense.
• Zhou Qing confronted the mysterious man in white, chased him with his Golden Peng speed, and left after the man said he wanted to understand Zhou Qing better.

Zhou Qing was summoned by Xuan Yuan Mu Qian to meet Imperial Concubine Chen, who secretly passed him a jade box meant for Lu Yuanzhi. After discovering that the box contained a forged breakthrough formula and Imperial Concubine Chen’s Divine Sense, Zhou Qing decided to deliver it and considered the dangers of the imperial family’s schemes.

• A paper figure delivered Second Uncle’s message that Zhou Qing should study Restriction Barriers while he handled personal matters before their return to the Grotto-Heaven.
• Yan Xiaohu and Li Daoxuan returned, and Yan Xiaohu told Zhou Qing that Li Daoxuan planned to return to the Taiqing Sect to enter seclusion.
• Xuan Yuan Mu Qian invited Zhou Qing to meet Imperial Concubine Chen, and Yan Xiaohu teased her about Zhou Qing being her future husband.
• Imperial Concubine Chen secretly placed a jade box in Zhou Qing’s robes and asked him to deliver it to Lu Yuanzhi, then asked what he thought of Xuan Yuan Mu Qian; Zhou Qing said he was focused on cultivation.
• Zhou Qing appraised the jade box and learned that its supposed Severing Spirit Realm breakthrough formula was mostly fake, though it contained Imperial Concubine Chen’s Divine Sense and information about the Nine Netherworld Demon Lotus.
• Zhou Qing decided to give the box to Lu Shi and took out Second Uncle’s jade slip about the Demon Race to study why Lu Shi had suppressed her cultivation.

Zhou Qing and Lin Daochen entered White Jade Grand Ruins Academy’s secret realm to investigate the unstable Great Yin Spirit Nurturing Array and discovered Lu Yuanzhi was trying to keep her injured eldest sister alive. Imperial Concubine Chen’s appearance revealed why the three sisters had become estranged, and the chapter ended with the sisters grieving as their misunderstandings cleared.

• Zhou Qing refused Imperial Concubine Chen’s implied matchmaking, then saw her chase the white-clad man while calling him Brother Lin Jin.
• Xuan Yuan Mu Qian returned to the Imperial Capital, and Lu Yuanzhi and Lin Daochen asked Zhou Qing to help repair the unstable array in the academy’s secret realm.
• Weng Yunqi warned that Lu Yuanzhi’s eldest sister had damaged the array, and Zhou Qing and Lin Daochen entered to find her trapped in the Great Yin Spirit Nurturing Array.
• Lu Yuanzhi’s eight-tailed fox elder sister refused to explain what she had damaged, while Zhou Qing and Lin Daochen searched for the array’s fault.
• Imperial Concubine Chen emerged from Zhou Qing’s jade box and confessed she had taken the Nine Netherworld Lotus Seeds to obtain what her sisters needed to help their eldest sister break through.
• Lu Yuanzhi and her eldest sister understood Imperial Concubine Chen’s sacrifice, their resentment faded, and the sisters wept together.

Zhou Qing and Lin Daochen repaired Lu Yuanjiu’s array, and Zhou Qing discovered that Daily Appraisal could identify a way to ease the fox’s suffering. Lu Yuanzhi failed to catch up with Imperial Concubine Chen, and the chapter ended with Zhou Qing asking Lu Yuanzhi to hear something he was unsure whether he should say.

• Dean Weng Yunqi revealed that Imperial Concubine Chen’s note contained only a First-Grade Bone Growing Pill formula besides the Nine Netherworld Demon Lotus, and Imperial Concubine Chen vanished after realizing she had been deceived.
• Lu Yuanzhi learned that Imperial Concubine Chen had left the academy, then asked Zhou Qing and Lin Daochen to help; Eight Tails showed them Mystic Ice Marrow and identified her as Lu Yuanjiu.
• Zhou Qing appraised the damaged array, and he and Lin Daochen repaired its four spiritual patterns, easing Lu Yuanjiu’s pain.
• Zhou Qing used Daily Appraisal on Lu Yuanjiu and, after it refreshed, learned that a Nine-Leaf Soul Concentrating Flower could help her recover from the backlash of her failed breakthroughs.
• Lu Yuanzhi returned without catching Imperial Concubine Chen, and she and Lin Daochen comforted Lu Yuanjiu before escorting Zhou Qing and Lin Daochen out of the secret realm.
• Outside, Zhou Qing stopped Lu Yuanzhi as she prepared to return to the secret realm and said he had something to tell her.

Zhou Qing shared a possible cure for Lu Yuanjiu’s failed Severing Spirit breakthrough, then prepared to return to the Taiqing Sect with his companions after Second Uncle said he could not come back yet. Three months later, they reached Spirit Skull Mountain and reunited with the Taiqing Sect amid the dangerous crowds and Gravekeepers gathering at the abyss.

• Zhou Qing told Lu Yuanzhi that a Nine-Leaf Soul Concentrating Flower might treat Lu Yuanjiu’s backlash, and she left to search for it in Azure Nether Prefecture.
• Lu Yaoyao emerged from seclusion, and Li Daoxuan announced that he would return to the Taiqing Sect to attempt a breakthrough into the Transformation Spirit Realm.
• Second Uncle sent Zhou Qing a paper figure saying he was still being hunted, so Zhou Qing and his companions decided to return home without him.
• Ke Shu arranged a Teleportation Array for Zhou Qing, Lu Yaoyao, Yan Xiaohu, and Li Daoxuan to leave Vast Expanse Prefecture.
• Three months later, the group reached Spirit Skull Mountain, saw the Gravekeepers crawling from the abyss, and recognized Lei Lie and Zhu He among the rival sects.
• Zhou Qing and his companions reunited with He Han and the Taiqing Sect disciples, and Li Daoxuan asked why so many of them had gathered there.

Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu returned to Taiqing Sect, where Zhou Qing’s Spirit Transformation breakthrough led the sect to designate him as Little Sect Leader despite his reluctance. Meanwhile, Si Kong Yan cared for NanNan and learned that Zhou Qing had returned and reached Spirit Transformation.

• He Han told Zhou Qing, Yan Xiaohu, and Li Daoxuan about strange discoveries beneath Spirit Skull Mountain, and Zhou Qing warned him not to descend.
• He Han learned that Zhou Qing had reached Spirit Transformation and that Yan Xiaohu had advanced to Nascent Soul Middle Stage, then the group returned safely to Taiqing Sect.
• Mo Xingjian welcomed Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu home, and Cao Zhengyang led them to a gathering of the sect’s leaders and disciples.
• Cao Zhengyang proposed Zhou Qing as Little Sect Leader; Zhou Qing declined the full Sect Leader position but accepted the provisional title after the gathering agreed.
• At the banquet, Zhou Qing noticed several people’s opinions of him had changed and saw that his Mind Mirror Vision had gained six binding slots.
• Si Kong Yan told NanNan that her father had undergone Body Seizing, then Wu Sha reported that Zhou Qing had returned and reached Spirit Transformation and that Li Daoxuan had begun comprehending an artistic conception.

Zhou Qing returned to Taiqing Sect, shared knowledge and discussed sect affairs with Cao Zhengyang, then met Gao Xuan to speak about the mysterious man in white and Si Kong Yan. Gao Xuan recounted how he had been recruited to replace the original Gao Xuan after NanNan died, leaving Zhou Qing troubled by the stranger’s motives.

• Si Kong Yan learned that Zhou Qing had reached Spirit Transformation, dismissed Wu Sha, and spoke with the returning man in white before leaving with NanNan and a thousand black-clad followers.
• Zhou Qing tried to train the Old Hen, memorized Zhang Wanbao’s jade slip, and gave copies to Cao Zhengyang, his master, Lu Yaoyao, and the Sect Master Martial Uncle.
• Cao Zhengyang told Zhou Qing that a Grand Elder had failed to use the Nine Netherworld Lotus Seed and explained his investigation into Profound Abyss Immortal’s injuries and her mistaken belief that Gui Ao possessed Three Flowers Gather on the Crown.
• Profound Abyss Immortal arrived at Taiqing Sect, while Qi Sheng escorted Zhou Qing to meet Gao Xuan.
• Zhou Qing told Gao Xuan about the man in white and asked why Gao Xuan had warned him about Si Kong Yan.
• Gao Xuan said the original Gao Xuan had served as an Azure Flame Dao Palace infiltrator, that NanNan had died from battle aftereffects, and that a mysterious man had recruited him to take revenge by replacing the original Gao Xuan.

Gao Xuan told Zhou Qing about his suspicions surrounding NanNan’s death and Tianji Gate’s leverage over the Azure Flame Dao Palace. In the Divine Ruins Heavenly Palace, Zhou Qing met the newly arrived Seventh Purple Ball, whose familiarity with the forbidden zones raised fears that he came from Zhou Qing’s hometown; the chapter ended with Cao Zhengyang announcing a marriage alliance.

• Gao Xuan told Zhou Qing that he suspected Si Kong Yan was connected to NanNan’s death, and he confirmed his involvement with the Four Flowers Gathered on the Crown Array Disk at Tianji Gate.
• Gao Xuan said Tianji Gate might possess leverage that forced the Azure Flame Dao Palace to compromise, then left after the Sect Leader summoned him to meet Profound Abyss Immortal.
• Zhou Qing encountered the Seventh Purple Ball in the Divine Ruins Heavenly Palace, where Number Seven mocked the Fourth Green Ball and claimed he had visited the other balls’ forbidden zones.
• Number Seven recognized Zhou Qing’s forbidden zone and called them fellow townsmen, leaving Zhou Qing worried that he might expose the Divine Ruins Heavenly Palace’s secret.
• Number Six confronted Zhou Qing about how much he knew of her, and he asked about her past visit to Si Tu Jiu Yao; she concluded she knew who he was and withdrew.
• Cao Zhengyang told Zhou Qing that Profound Abyss Immortal and the others had come to discuss a marriage alliance, and Zhou Qing asked who it involved.

Zhou Qing learned that the Secret Realm Entrance beneath Spirit Skull Mountain connected to the First Coffin, a dangerous world inside the Taiqing Sect’s Grotto-Heaven, and traveled there as powerful figures gathered. After Si Kong Yan arrived and Zhou Qing bound with him, Cao Zhengyang and the sect’s other leaders found Zhou Qing at the mountain and began discussing the threat in secret.

• Cao Zhengyang told Zhou Qing that he had refused Profound Abyss Immortal’s proposed marriage alliance with Zhu He, and Zhou Qing asked about Si Kong Yan.
• He Han brought an Image Stone showing Red Pagoda Mountain emerging in the mist beneath Spirit Skull Mountain, and Zhou Qing recognized the scene as part of the First Coffin.
• Zhou Qing explained that the coffins held dangerous worlds and Severing Spirit Realm beings, while Cao Zhengyang worried that outsiders might enter and disturb the Taiqing Sect’s inheritance.
• Cao Zhengyang went to inform the Grand Elders, while Zhou Qing headed to Spirit Skull Mountain to investigate the entrance and look for Si Kong Yan.
• Zhou Qing watched Wu Tiangang and Su Lishan arrive with several Prefects, then waited as sect leaders and other cultivators gathered at the mountain.
• Si Kong Yan arrived, and Zhou Qing bound with him, seeing the annotation “Fish” and discovering that Number Seven had gone offline; Cao Zhengyang and Mo Xingjian then found Zhou Qing and brought him into their tent.

Zhou Qing joined the Taiqing Sect elders at a newly reappeared entrance to the Soul Realm, where he recognized the danger of a Ghost Emperor and warned them not to enter. After learning Lu Yaoyao and Yan Xiaohu had opened the Gravity Zone’s key and cleared its Specters, he entered the Grotto-Heaven with the elders and secretly used his Divine Ruins Heavenly Palace token to revisit the First Coffin.

• Zhou Qing descended into the abyss with Cao Zhengyang and the others, where they found the crimson tower and a rippling entrance to the Soul Realm.
• Zhou Qing identified a Ghost Emperor inside the entrance and warned Cao Zhengyang that they could not safely enter, so the group waited for the entrance to solidify.
• Cao Zhengyang and the others returned to the Grotto-Heaven after Lan Dan reported that Lu Yaoyao and Yan Xiaohu had opened the Gravity Zone’s key and removed all the Wandering Souls.
• Lu Yaoyao and Yan Xiaohu greeted Zhou Qing outside the Bronze Gate, and Lu Yaoyao admired him as he hurried after the elders into the Gravity Zone.
• While the Taiqing Sect’s peak masters and Grand Elders gathered in the passageway, Zhou Qing secretly used his Divine Ruins Heavenly Palace token to enter a synchronized scene.
• Zhou Qing crossed the Blood River, collected three Dead Crows, transformed into his Golden Winged Great Peng Second Form, and began pushing the First Coffin.

Zhou Qing found Spirit Soil and Flame Spirit Flowers in the coffins, then witnessed the Secret Realm Entrance’s Ghost Emperor slaughter Xuanji Zi. He recognized the Ghost Emperor as Canglong Zhenren, the Taiqing Sect’s supposedly dead former Sect Leader, leaving his fate and identity a terrifying mystery.

• Zhou Qing opened the coffins, discovered Spirit Soil beneath the ancient tree and Flame Spirit Flowers in the Third Coffin, but was killed by the Flame Fire Crocodile King before he could retrieve them.
• Zhou Qing explored the First Coffin, saw Wandering Souls devour and grow stronger, and glimpsed a terrifying figure while fleeing cultivators ran from it.
• Mo Xingjian worried about his missing daughter and Second Senior Sister, while Zhou Qing questioned whether Gao Xuan had leaked secrets about the forbidden area.
• Reduce Presence reached Level Six, and news arrived that a Severing Spirit Realm Ghost Emperor had trapped and killed many cultivators inside the Secret Realm Entrance.
• Zhou Qing entered the First Coffin again and followed Xuanji Zi, who was captured and drained of his essence blood by the Ghost Emperor.
• Xuanji Zi recognized the Ghost Emperor as Canglong Zhenren, the former Sect Leader of the Taiqing Sect, and Zhou Qing realized the supposedly dead man was still alive.

Zhou Qing learned that the Ghost Emperor in the First Coffin was the Taiqing Sect’s former Sect Leader, while discovering that Number Seven was Si Kong Yan and confronting him about the Nine Netherworld Lotus Seeds. After the survivors returned from the secret realm and the sect faced new dangers, Xuan Yuan Shuo visited Taiqing Sect to meet Zhou Qing.

• Zhou Qing’s simulated self encountered the Ghost Emperor at Red Pagoda Mountain, was sent out of the secret realm, and confirmed that the Ghost Emperor resembled Canglong Zhenren.
• Zhou Qing recognized Number Seven as Si Kong Yan, challenged him over the Nine Netherworld Lotus Seeds, and warned him not to investigate Zhou Qing’s affairs.
• Zhou Qing investigated the cemetery and learned that Cao Zhengyang had returned while Xuanji Zi had died in the secret realm; Lu Yaoyao and Yan Xiaohu later escaped when Wandering Souls appeared again.
• Zhou Qing asked Mo Xingjian about his grandmaster’s death and promised to help the Taiqing Sect elders advance to Severing Spirit Realm.
• Xuan Yuan Shuo arrived at Taiqing Sect to meet Zhou Qing, then departed after speaking with him and saying he would visit Master Su.

Zhou Qing revealed that he had become a Level Two Array Master and planned to forge a Dual-Color Sect Protection Array for Taiqing Sect. Meanwhile, Azure Feather Immortal Sect’s elders suspected he might be a Three Flowers Gatherer who could save Profound Abyss Immortal, and Zhou Qing set out with Second Uncle to investigate the Ghost Emperor in the First Coffin, whom they believed might be Canglong Zhenren.

• Zhou Qing showed Cao Zhengyang and Mo Xingjian his thousand spirit seals, revealed he was the ninth Level Two Array Master in the cultivation kingdom, and asked Cao Zhengyang to gather materials for a Dual-Color Sect Protection Array.
• Profound Abyss Immortal woke from a nightmare and learned that Ming Hao had died fighting the Ghost Emperor; the Grand Elders also revealed that her lifespan was dwindling and resolved to seek a Three Flowers Gatherer’s help.
• Yun Jing and the other Grand Elders suspected Zhou Qing was the Three Flowers Gatherer after reconsidering his recovery from a shattered golden core and his rapid cultivation progress.
• Second Uncle returned with the Ten Thousand Year Blood Ginseng, and Zhou Qing told him that the Ghost Emperor in the First Coffin resembled Taiqing Sect’s former Sect Leader, Canglong Zhenren.
• Second Uncle agreed to take Zhou Qing to the First Coffin, and Zhou Qing persuaded him to collect Flame Spirit Flowers before they entered the forbidden zone and crossed the Blood River.

Zhou Qing and Second Uncle gathered Spirit Soil and Flame Spirit Flowers before exploring the Wandering Souls’ domain, where they discovered that Canglong Zhenren’s Ghost Emperor had left Zhou Qing a Storage Bag. Second Uncle recognized its fourteen Top-Grade Yin Spirit Jades as precious gifts that could help Taiqing Sect’s peak masters advance, while the coffin sealed behind them left the pair unable to return to its treasures.

• Zhou Qing risked the Corpse Wax Crows to retrieve Spirit Soil for Second Uncle, then gathered twelve Flame Spirit Flowers while Second Uncle fought off the pursuing Flame Fire Ancestor Crocodile King.
• Zhou Qing and Second Uncle entered the Wandering Souls’ domain, where most souls ignored Zhou Qing and Second Uncle used a Stealth Talisman to hide; they recovered Xuanji Zi’s Storage Bag from a wandering soul.
• Zhou Qing failed to break the Three-Colored Restriction sealing Red Pagoda Mountain, and he and Second Uncle discovered the Wandering Souls organized around the city of Yin Ruins.
• A Wandering Soul delivered Zhou Qing a Storage Bag from the Ghost Emperor and ordered them to leave before the coffin entrance was sealed; Second Uncle concluded that Canglong Zhenren had arranged the gift.
• After the coffin sealed itself, Second Uncle examined the Storage Bag and found fourteen Top-Grade Yin Spirit Jades, which he said could help Taiqing Sect’s peak masters reach the Great Perfection of the Spirit Transformation Stage.

Zhou Qing received the Yin Spirit Jades and learned that Second Uncle would leave to pursue a long-awaited goal, then helped Taiqing Sect prepare for its members’ breakthroughs and refine a protective array. He also uncovered Tianji Gate’s scheme involving Si Kong Yan’s Heart Essence Blood, while Si Kong Yan destroyed the blood and wondered who Zhou Qing was; Zhou Qing ended by beginning work on the array.

• Second Uncle gave Zhou Qing a Storage Bag containing an extra Yin Spirit Jade, then departed to explore a place he had long dreamed of reaching.
• Zhou Qing tried to revive a branch of the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree, then found a Heavenly Mystery Box in Xuanji Zi’s Storage Bag containing Si Kong Yan’s Heart Essence Blood and decided to return it.
• Zhou Qing told Cao Zhengyang and the other peak masters about Canglong Zhenren and the thirteen Yin Spirit Jades; they swore to keep the secret and arranged for two groups to cultivate in seclusion.
• Zhou Qing met Number Six and later told Si Kong Yan to visit the Blood Rock Mine, where Si Kong Yan found the hidden box, burned the blood inside, and wondered who Zhou Qing was.
• Over the following months, Zhou Qing cultivated and tended the tea-tree branch while Cao Zhengyang obtained the materials for the Sect Protecting Array and gave Zhou Qing pills and Top-Grade Spirit Stones.
• After informing Lu Yaoyao and Yan Xiaohu, Zhou Qing turned off his Communication Token and began refining the array materials.

After a year in seclusion, Zhou Qing emerged with a completed dual-color array and reunited with his fellow disciples. Li Bin lured him away on the pretext that Second Senior Sister Luo Lingling was in danger, but four Azure Feather Immortal Sect elders ambushed Zhou Qing and knocked him unconscious with a Sleep Gu.

• Ji Xuan ordered Li Bin to lure Zhou Qing out so the Azure Feather Immortal Sect could secretly obtain his help and erase his related memories.
• Zhou Qing emerged from a year of seclusion with a dual-color array, reunited with Lu Yaoyao and Yan Xiaohu, and checked on the Old Hen and a growing plant.
• Li Bin told Zhou Qing that he had seen a woman resembling Second Senior Sister Luo Lingling, dressed like a beggar and apparently lame, near Flame Dragon City.
• As Li Bin led him toward the city, Zhou Qing grew suspicious and confronted him about his allegiance.
• Four Great Perfection Spirit Transformation elders from the Azure Feather Immortal Sect appeared, sealed the area, and demanded Zhou Qing accompany them.
• When Zhou Qing tried to flee, a Sleep Gu touched his neck and knocked him unconscious.