Chapter Summaries

Si Kong Yan revealed his past to Zhou Qing and asked him to help steal and publicize the Severing Spirit formula, while Zhou Qing weighed the risks and entered secluded cultivation. Five years later, Lu Yaoyao broke through to the Transformation Spirit Realm, and Cao Zhengyang prepared to receive three Azure Flame Dao Palace elders who planned to surrender.

• Si Kong Yan told Zhou Qing how Xuan Yuan Chong stole the formula, how he pursued the Nine Netherworld Demon Lotus as Lin Jin, and how a dangerous technique split his Nascent Soul into two independent selves.
• Si Kong Yan explained his revenge against the Xuan Yuan Family and Gao Xianzong, then urged Zhou Qing to help steal the formula and make it public so their elders could attempt to reach Severing Spirit.
• Si Kong Yan gave Zhou Qing a communication talisman and offered to help if the Nangong Family threatened him; Zhou Qing decided to consider the proposal and later told Gui Ao and Luo Lingling he would enter secluded cultivation.
• Zhou Qing began secluded cultivation with Wood Attribute Spirit Stones, while five years later Lu Yaoyao successfully reached the Transformation Spirit Realm at Taiqing Sect.
• Lu Yaoyao was taken away after emerging from seclusion, and Cao Zhengyang told the peak masters that three Azure Flame Dao Palace Grand Elders would secretly arrive to surrender.

Lu Yaoyao demonstrated her Filial Piety Conception to the Lu Sisters, then secretly left Taiqing Sect with Shen Han Yi and Shen Yunzhou to head toward the Imperial Capital. Meanwhile, Zhou Qing condensed nine thousand Spirit Seals and sought Wood Attribute Spirit Stones, ending the chapter at a secret meeting with Si Kong Yan.

• Lu Yaoyao showed Lu Yuanzhi and Lu Yuanjiu her conception, which formed Dharma figures based on Zhou Qing and included additional, indistinct silhouettes.
• Lu Yaoyao prepared to leave Taiqing Sect, and Shen Han Yi and Shen Yunzhou arrived; after hearing Lu Yaoyao’s account of the Yan family incident, Shen Han Yi agreed to take her along after visiting Kun Peng Palace.
• Shen Han Yi drove back Lu Yuanzhi and Lu Yuanjiu, then opened a Spatial Rift; Lu Yaoyao and Shen Yunzhou followed her through it.
• Zhou Qing completed nine thousand Spirit Seals after a year of cultivation, but Mo Tianheng told him the Myriad Treasures Chamber of Commerce had found no Wood Attribute Spirit Stones and warned him about a dangerous man.
• Zhou Qing activated Si Kong Yan’s Communication Jade Slip, and Si Kong Yan appeared in his private room, insisting that their meeting remain secret.

Zhou Qing agreed to join Si Kong Yan in raiding the Nangong Family’s Inner Treasury for Wood Attribute Spirit Stones and materials, and the two traveled toward Shaking Light Prefecture. Meanwhile, the Old Hen returned alone to Taiqing Sect after entering a strange Blood River vision, and Yan Xiaohu found it asleep outside Zhou Qing’s empty courtyard.

• Zhou Qing asked Si Kong Yan for Wood Attribute Spirit Stones, and Si Kong Yan proposed robbing the Nangong Family’s Inner Treasury to meet their needs and disrupt its plans.
• Zhou Qing agreed to accompany Si Kong Yan, and they crossed a Spatial Rift before continuing toward Shaking Light Prefecture aboard Zhou Qing’s flying boat.
• A Blood River vision appeared in Gui Ao and Luo Lingling’s cave, and the Old Hen entered it, devoured Dead Crows, and absorbed black vapor from a chained Black Heart.
• Yan Xiaohu found the Old Hen asleep outside Zhou Qing’s deserted courtyard and discovered that it was stained with blood and would not wake.
• Yan Xiaohu took the Old Hen with him to wash it, then turned back toward the mountaintop to claim lucrative work for the Taiqing Sect’s planned attack on the Azure Flame Dao Palace.

Eight months after leaving, Zhou Qing and Si Kong Yan reached Shaking Light Prefecture and infiltrated the Nangong Family to target its Inner Treasury. While they worked to break into it, Xuan Yuan Yi Chen secretly identified Zhou Qing to Nangong Xiong Ba and offered him access to the imperial Space Teleportation Array, leaving the ancestor intent on traveling to Soaring Cloud Prefecture.

• Zhou Qing and Si Kong Yan surveyed the Nangong Family’s defenses and found that its Inner Treasury lay beneath a side hall protected by the Three-Colored Restriction.
• Zhou Qing used his Double Pupils and Nine Thousand Spirit Seals to open a concealed entrance, and the pair slipped inside after evading the Flame Guards and the Qilin Statue’s beam.
• Zhou Qing recognized Xuan Yuan Yi Chen as he entered the main hall with a Nangong Family Elder, while Si Kong Yan urged them to take advantage of Nangong Xiong Ba receiving a guest.
• Xuan Yuan Yi Chen told Nangong Xiong Ba that Gui Ao and Zhou Qing came from the Taiqing Sect, revealed Zhou Qing’s identity as Chicken Young Master, and offered the use of the imperial Space Teleportation Array.
• Nangong Xiong Ba accepted the offer of aid in his Crown Prince Succession Struggle and decided to travel to Soaring Cloud Prefecture to investigate Zhou Qing and Gui Ao.

Xuan Yuan Yi Chen revealed his plan to use the Nangong Family to destroy the Taiqing Sect and then recruit Zhou Qing, while strengthening his claim to the Crown Prince position. Meanwhile, Zhou Qing and Si Kong Yan looted the Nangong Family’s Inner Treasury, and Si Kong Yan stayed behind to fight Nangong Xiong Ba as Zhou Qing fled toward the Imperial Capital.

• Xuan Yuan Yi Chen told Chen Xuanming and Wu Yuanshan that he planned to use the Old Ancestor Nangong to attack the Taiqing Sect, then rescue Zhou Qing and win his loyalty.
• Zhou Qing and Si Kong Yan entered the Nangong Family’s Inner Treasury, broke its restrictions, and looted its treasures, including more than two hundred Five Elements Top-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Si Kong Yan planted a Mysterious Fiend Thunder Burst Bead in the emptied treasury and urged Zhou Qing to escape while he stayed behind to face the Nangong Family.
• The explosion devastated the Inner Treasury, and Si Kong Yan confronted Nangong Xiong Ba while displaying the stolen Sky Burning Blood Jade.
• Si Kong Yan attacked Nangong Xiong Ba, and Zhou Qing watched their clash from a distant mountaintop before flying toward the Imperial Capital.

After returning to the cave dwelling, Zhou Qing learned that the Old Hen had been missing for over two years, and he joined Gui Ao and Luo Lingling in searching for it. Meanwhile, Nangong Xiong Ba attacked Taiqing Sect, and as its defenders faced defeat, Xuan Yuan Shuo prepared to intervene before something unexpected caught his attention.

• Zhou Qing returned to the cave dwelling and told Gui Ao and Luo Lingling that he was close to becoming a Fourth-Level Array Master.
• Zhou Qing, Gui Ao, and Luo Lingling discovered that the Old Hen had been missing since shortly after Zhou Qing left, then split up to search for it.
• Nangong Xiong Ba attacked Taiqing Sect with a Spirit Energy Giant Palm, but Zhou Qing's Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array blocked the strike.
• Cao Zhengyang and Taiqing Sect's cultivators fought to hold the array against Nangong Xiong Ba's Death Spirit Tribulation Fingers as reinforcements from allied sects arrived.
• Xuan Yuan Shuo recorded the battle and decided to let most of Taiqing Sect fall before rescuing Zhou Qing's master, but he suddenly noticed something that shocked him.

Nangong Xiong Ba attacked the Taiqing Sect over Zhou Qing and Gui Ao’s killings, but Lu Yuanzhi and Lu Yuanjiu revealed themselves as Severing Spirit Realm Experts and stopped his assault. After Nangong Xiong Ba vowed to destroy the sect, the Lu Sisters fought him while Cao Zhengyang evacuated the disciples, and Xuan Yuan Shuo watched from afar.

• Lu Yuanzhi and Lu Yuanjiu froze and shattered Nangong Xiong Ba’s three Death Spirit Tribulation Fingers, revealing that the Taiqing Sect had two Severing Spirit Realm Experts.
• Nangong Xiong Ba showed portraits of Gui Ao and Chicken Young Master, then explained that Zhou Qing had killed twenty-six members of the Nangong Family, including his direct disciple Nangong Lu.
• Mo Xingjian learned that Zhou Qing had condensed Eight Thousand Spirit Seals, while Cao Zhengyang offered compensation to prevent Nangong Xiong Ba from taking revenge on the sect.
• Nangong Xiong Ba rejected the offer and threatened to kill twenty-six Taiqing Sect members; Cao Zhengyang led the disciples toward the Teleportation Array as the Lu Sisters prepared to fight.
• Nangong Xiong Ba summoned his Demon Bear Dharma Form and attacked, but Lu Yuanjiu froze it and Lu Yuanzhi wounded him with an ice sword before they exchanged further attacks.
• Nangong Xiong Ba unleashed the Nine Li Forbidden Art, Black Sun Incinerates the Heavens, while Lu Yuanzhi shielded the Taiqing Sect’s core region and Xuan Yuan Shuo watched.

Taiqing Sect's Previous Sect Leader, Canglong Zhenren, emerged from his coffin and helped the Lu Sisters defeat Nangong Xiong Ba, who escaped when the Xuanyuan Imperial Clan seized his Primordial Spirit. The battle revealed Taiqing Sect's three Severing Spirit Realm experts, prompting it to absorb Azure Flame Dao Palace and unify the Eastern Region, while Zhou Qing remained away searching for chickens.

• The Lu Sisters battled Nangong Xiong Ba and struggled to protect Taiqing Sect's grand array as he attacked it.
• Canglong Zhenren emerged from the forbidden zone, overwhelmed Nangong Xiong Ba, and drove him to burn his source in a desperate attack.
• Canglong Zhenren and the Lu Sisters defeated Nangong Xiong Ba, but a Dragon Capturing Hand from the Xuanyuan Imperial Clan rescued his Primordial Spirit.
• Canglong Zhenren returned to his coffin after calling this his final time protecting the sect, and the battle's aftermath devastated the surrounding territory.
• News that Taiqing Sect possessed three Severing Spirit Realm experts spread, and Azure Flame Dao Palace submitted before Taiqing Sect absorbed it and unified the Eastern Region.
• Cao Zhengyang received visitors from neighboring powers as Taiqing Sect consolidated its new position, while Zhou Qing continued searching for chickens near the Imperial Capital.

Zhou Qing returned to his cave dwelling after an unsuccessful search for Old Hen and prepared to break through as a Fourth-Level Array Master. In the Imperial Capital, Lu Yaoyao learned that Chicken Young Master was Zhou Qing, suspected Shen Han Yi might be her mother, and led her and Shen Yunzhou toward the Seventh Prince and Ninth Princess, while Si Kong Yan watched them from a ruined mansion.

• After searching for Old Hen for over a month, Zhou Qing returned to his cave dwelling and waited, then recalled Gui Ao and Luo Lingling to guard him as he prepared to become a Fourth-Level Array Master.
• Zhou Qing set up the Mystic Armor Reversion Array, while Luo Lingling and Gui Ao laid defenses around the mountains to protect his seclusion.
• In the Imperial Capital, Shen Han Yi, Shen Yunzhou, and Lu Yaoyao ate at an inn, where Shen Yunzhou accidentally released a foul-smelling substance and Lu Yaoyao learned from nearby diners that Chicken Young Master had eight thousand spirit seals.
• Lu Yaoyao concluded that Chicken Young Master was her father, Zhou Qing, and privately shared her suspicions with Shen Han Yi and Shen Yunzhou; she also wondered whether Shen Han Yi was her mother.
• Lu Yaoyao led Shen Han Yi and Shen Yunzhou toward the Seventh Prince and Ninth Princess, while Si Kong Yan watched them leave from the abandoned Jintian Palace and then joined Nanny Su for a meal.

Lu Yaoyao visited Xuan Yuan Mu Qian and Xuan Yuan Yi Chen while searching for Zhou Qing, then Shen Han Yi discovered Master Si Tu’s body in the Array Hall and fought Xuan Yuan Shuo over his death. Xuan Yuan Shuo swore that Peng Emperor had killed Master Si Tu, and Shen Han Yi left to verify his claim.

• Lu Yaoyao met Xuan Yuan Mu Qian, who said she had last seen Zhou Qing at Xuan Yuan Yi Chen’s residence two or three years earlier.
• Xuan Yuan Yi Chen gave Lu Yaoyao Master Si Tu’s array notes and revealed that Zhou Qing had once helped him and Gui Ao.
• After Chen Xuanming and Wu Yuanshan followed them, Shen Han Yi drove them off and identified a tracking mark hidden in the jade slip.
• Shen Han Yi entered the Array Hall, found Master Si Tu’s body in a Cold Jade coffin, and took it after destroying the hall’s defenses.
• Xuan Yuan Shuo arrived and fought Shen Han Yi, who wounded him and nearly killed him before Old Emperor Xuan Yuan Chong intervened.
• Xuan Yuan Shuo swore that Peng Emperor had killed Master Si Tu and that he had recovered the body from Peng Emperor’s cave estate, so Shen Han Yi left to verify his account.

Lu Yaoyao and Shen Yunzhou learned that Zhou Qing’s Taiqing Sect had survived Nangong Xiong Ba’s attack, while Zhou Qing broke through to become a Fourth-Level Array Master and his identity was revealed across the Saint Martial Dynasty. After escaping the experts drawn by his breakthrough, Zhou Qing heard that a white-haired Severing Spirit Realm woman had attacked the royal Array Hall and wounded Xuan Yuan Shuo.

• Shen Han Yi left for the border, while Lu Yaoyao and Shen Yunzhou stayed in the Imperial Capital to search for Zhou Qing and clues about Lu Yaoyao’s father.
• News spread that Nangong Xiong Ba had attacked the Taiqing Sect, been grievously wounded by its three Severing Spirit Realm experts, and prompted the royal family to surround the Nangong Family.
• Zhou Qing formed his Ten Thousand Spirit Seals, reached the Fourth-Level Array Master threshold, and caused a Heaven and Earth Phenomenon that revealed his face and identity to the Imperial Capital.
• Gui Ao and Luo Lingling helped Zhou Qing leave his cave residence before the Severing Spirit Realm experts arrived, while Shen Yunzhou recorded the phenomenon and Lu Yaoyao recognized Zhou Qing as her father.
• Zhou Qing and his senior brothers learned that a white-haired Severing Spirit Realm woman had wrecked the Array Hall and gravely wounded Xuan Yuan Shuo.

Zhou Qing exchanged the Nangong Family’s treasures for a thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones and learned that the Seventh Prince had exposed the Taiqing Sect while the Xuan Yuan Family secretly protected Nangong Xiong Ba. After discovering Old Hen was back at the sect, Zhou Qing resolved to confront Xuan Yuan Yi Chen and warned Gui Ao and Luo Lingling that Jintian Palace’s true master had returned.

• Zhou Qing visited Mo Tianheng to sell the Nangong Family’s treasures and ask for help finding Old Hen, while Mo revealed that his informants had followed the mysterious Severing Spirit Realm expert toward Soaring Cloud Prefecture.
• Mo Tianheng told Zhou Qing that the Seventh Prince had secretly met Nangong Xiong Ba, and that Xuan Yuan Shuo had used the imperial Dragon Capturing Hand to rescue him before the Xuanyuan Imperial Clan staged a public show of surrounding the Nangong Family.
• Mo Tianheng revealed that Lu Yaoyao had reached Spirit Transformation and come to the Imperial Capital with Shen Han Yi, and that Old Hen had returned to the Taiqing Sect on Yan Xiaohu’s shoulder.
• Mo Tianheng paid Zhou Qing a thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones for the treasures, bringing Zhou Qing’s savings to two thousand, and warned him that his divine power would consume immense resources.
• Zhou Qing told Gui Ao and Luo Lingling what Mo Tianheng had revealed, and Luo Lingling reasoned that the Xuan Yuan Family had arranged Nangong Xiong Ba’s rescue to manipulate Zhou Qing whichever way he responded.
• Zhou Qing decided to confront Xuan Yuan Yi Chen, refused Gui Ao’s offer to accompany him, and told Gui Ao and Luo Lingling that Jintian Palace’s true master had returned.

Zhou Qing confronted Si Kong Yan about Xuan Yuan Yi Chen’s betrayal and learned the Seventh Prince had fled to the border. Si Kong Yan gave him jade slips detailing the imperial Hidden Dragon Path, while Zhou Qing began studying them and Lu Yaoyao discussed Shen Han Yi’s feelings with Shen Yunzhou.

• Zhou Qing, Gui Ao, and Luo Lingling discussed Si Kong Yan’s request for the Xuanyuan Imperial Clan’s secret formula, and Zhou Qing chose to hear Si Kong Yan’s full plan before deciding whether to help him.
• Zhou Qing met Si Kong Yan at Jintian Palace and learned Xuan Yuan Yi Chen had betrayed Taiqing Sect and fled toward the border after Shen Han Yi attacked the Array Hall.
• Si Kong Yan revealed that Shen Han Yi had gone to the border to investigate the Peng Emperor’s alleged killing of Si Tu Jiu Yao, then offered Zhou Qing jade slips explaining the Hidden Dragon Path and suggested using it to reach the border quickly.
• Zhou Qing searched Xuan Yuan Yi Chen’s and the Ninth Princess’s residences, contacted Gui Ao and Luo Lingling to help find Lu Yaoyao, and began analyzing the four jade slips at an inn.
• Lu Yaoyao asked Shen Yunzhou whether Zhou Qing would suit Shen Han Yi, and Shen Yunzhou said he suspected his sister did not like men or want a Dao Companion.

Lu Yaoyao spoke with Shen Yunzhou about his sister and recalled the pastries her father had bought her when she was young. A month later, Zhou Qing and Si Kong Yan breached the Hidden Dragon Path, crafted tokens to enter and leave its teleportation network unnoticed, and turned their attention to the Royal Treasury’s underground connection to the array.

• Lu Yaoyao asked Shen Yunzhou whether she resembled his sister and learned that his sister had no master, then told him how her father had bought her pastries when she was little.
• Zhou Qing completed his reconstruction of the Hidden Dragon Path array and met Si Kong Yan to plan a secret route through it.
• Zhou Qing used his double pupils and array skills to locate a weak point, and he and Si Kong Yan broke through the Four-Colored Restriction into the passageway.
• Zhou Qing refined two tokens that let them exit the passageway and conceal their entry as Xuan Yuan Shuo returned.
• Si Kong Yan showed Zhou Qing the Imperial Capital projection and revealed that the Royal Treasury’s foundation was entwined with the Hidden Dragon Path’s western route.

Zhou Qing agreed to help Si Kong Yan infiltrate the Royal Treasury to steal the secret formula that could improve the odds of reaching the Severing Spirit Realm. They entered through the spiritual vein passage and slipped into the treasury as its guards inspected the Glazed Tile Pagoda.

• Si Kong Yan explained how the Teleportation Array connected to the treasury and described the secret formula, the alliances that protected the Saint Martial Dynasty, and the Old Emperor’s precautions.
• Zhou Qing warned Si Kong Yan not to jeopardize their operation, and Si Kong Yan promised they would enter and leave quietly.
• Zhou Qing visited the abandoned Green Crane Courtyard, the residence of the absent Fourth Prince Xuan Yuanhe, then waited there for three days.
• Si Kong Yan revealed that his Soul-Tracking Mark showed Xuan Yuan Yi Chen was likely still at the border, and Zhou Qing decided to consider pursuing him later.
• Zhou Qing and Si Kong Yan used their Green Tokens to enter the spiritual passage, located the route to the treasury, and opened a gap into it.
• The treasury guards inspected the Glazed Tile Pagoda and reported that its restrictions and space were stable.

Zhou Qing and Si Kong Yan raided the Glazed Tile Pagoda, where Zhou Qing discovered a hidden recipe for a Severing Spirit breakthrough medicine made through horrifying sacrifices. He left the recipe concealed and escaped with Si Kong Yan, while Emperor Xuan Yuan Hao arrived to investigate the theft.

• Si Kong Yan warned Zhou Qing that the Nine Heavens Net would inspect the treasury after its replenishment window, then began breaking the restricted Star Beads on the seventh floor as Zhou Qing went to the sixth.
• Zhou Qing used his dual pupils and Ten Thousand Spirit Seals to break the restrictions on the Jade Boxes and take the Five Elements Spirit Stones.
• Zhou Qing found a hidden compartment containing the Old Emperor's Severing Spirit Realm Secret Recipe and learned that its ingredients required the deaths and suffering of infants and living souls.
• Zhou Qing decided to keep the recipe concealed, realizing that destroying the backup would not erase the original and that exposing it could make him a suspect.
• Si Kong Yan rejoined Zhou Qing, and the two escaped through a spatial rift with the stolen treasures.
• The Nine Heavens Net detected missing items, and Xuan Yuan Hao entered the tower, finding the sixth-floor shelves empty and three Star Beads missing.

Zhou Qing decided to head to the border after agreeing to help Si Kong Yan, then learned that seven Severing Spirit Realm cultivators had gathered at Azure Wave Heavenly Lake to meet him. He went to the crowded gathering with Gui Ao and Luo Lingling, where he spotted Lu Yaoyao across the lake.

• Zhou Qing agreed to help Si Kong Yan within a year and planned to use the trip to the border to temper his intent and eliminate Xuan Yuan Yi Chen.
• Zhou Qing met Gui Ao and Luo Lingling, who told him seven Severing Spirit Realm cultivators had waited three days for him at Azure Wave Heavenly Lake.
• Zhou Qing chose to attend the gathering despite Gui Ao's warning that the seven cultivators might be pressuring him, and Luo Lingling supported his decision.
• Shen Yunzhou and Lu Yaoyao watched the cultivators and discussed whether Shen Han Yi and Zhou Qing were suited to each other, while Shen Yunzhou warned that his family’s politics could endanger Taiqing Sect.
• The seven ancestors at the lake discussed the Spirit-Slaying cultivators and learned from Tuoba Family's Bearded Man that the silver-haired woman had killed Spider Emperor Ye Luo.
• Zhou Qing arrived at Azure Wave Heavenly Lake with Gui Ao and Luo Lingling, spotted Lu Yaoyao across the crowd, and quietly moved toward her.

Zhou Qing reunited with Lu Yaoyao and met the powerful figures gathered at Azure Wave Heavenly Lake, then quietly left the Myriad Treasures Chamber of Commerce to travel to the border. He entered a Spatial Rift with a Boundary Breaking Jade Talisman, intending to pursue his plans there.

• Zhou Qing found Lu Yaoyao at Azure Wave Heavenly Lake, congratulated her on reaching Spirit Transformation, and reunited with Shen Yunzhou, Gui Ao, and Luo Lingling.
• Shen Yunzhou told Zhou Qing that the Yan family had investigated Lu Yaoyao after Yan Sen disappeared, but had eventually dropped the matter.
• Zhou Qing arrived at the lake and used Ten Thousand Spirit Seals to raise a platform, choosing none of the factions; Mo Tianheng and Xuan Yuan Hao then joined the gathering of Severing Spirit Realm Experts.
• After seven days, Zhou Qing and the experts disappeared from the lake, and Luo Lingling received his message that he would meet them later.
• In the Myriad Treasures Chamber of Commerce, Zhou Qing asked Mo Tianheng to locate Nangong Xiong Ba, discussed the danger he anticipated, and learned that the Royal Treasury had been robbed.
• Zhou Qing left for the border, activated a Boundary Breaking Jade Talisman at a Spatial Node, and entered the resulting Spatial Rift.

Zhou Qing returned to the border to confront Xuan Yuan Yi Chen over leaking the Taiqing Sect’s location to Old Ghost Nangong. After learning that Jiang Pojun had died, Zhou Qing accused the Seventh Prince and demanded he swear a Heavenly Dao oath, leaving Xuan Yuan Mu Qian stunned by her brother’s reaction.

• Zhou Qing returned to Mount Ten Thousand Demons, found Black Feather Peak destroyed, and suspected Shen Han Yi might still be searching for the Peng Emperor.
• Zhou Qing reached the border and learned from Town Mountain that Shen Han Yi had frozen Great Demon Mountain while seeking the Peng Emperor, then left after hearing Zhou Qing’s name.
• Town Mountain told Zhou Qing that Jiang Pojun had become a Gravekeeper and died peacefully with his sworn brothers beside him.
• Xuan Yuan Yi Chen and Xuan Yuan Mu Qian greeted Zhou Qing at the Dragon Soaring Army camp, but Zhou Qing accused the Seventh Prince of secretly meeting Old Ghost Nangong and exposing the Taiqing Sect.
• Xuan Yuan Yi Chen denied the accusation and refused to swear a Heavenly Dao oath; his words made Xuan Yuan Mu Qian realize he was guilty.

Zhou Qing confronted Xuan Yuan Yi Chen over his attack on Taiqing Sect and pursued him after breaking through the Dragon Soaring Army’s defenses. Xuan Yuan Yi Chen used the Yellow Official Paper against Zhou Qing, but the curse instead rapidly aged him and destroyed the evil artifacts.

• Zhou Qing accused Xuan Yuan Yi Chen of bringing Severing Spirit Realm cultivators to attack Taiqing Sect, while Town Mountain stepped in to protect the prince.
• Xuan Yuan Mu Qian pleaded for Zhou Qing to spare Xuan Yuan Yi Chen, and the prince threatened to expose the secrets Zhou Qing had brought back from the Fifth-Level Cultivation Country.
• Xuan Yuan Yi Chen fled with black bone wings as Zhou Qing defeated Town Mountain and the Dao Protectors, then broke through the Dragon Soaring Army’s combined attacks and pursued him.
• Xuan Yuan Yi Chen used blood blades to slow Zhou Qing and revealed the Yellow Official Paper and matching brush, threatening him with a curse tied to a chair Zhou Qing had once touched.
• Xuan Yuan Yi Chen wrote Zhou Qing’s name and burned the chair, but the curse struck him instead, rapidly aging him as the Yellow Official Paper and brush burned and broke apart.