Chapter Summaries

Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu returned to the Taiqing Sect after rescuing Shi Zhen and exposed the Azure Flame Dao Palace’s horrific puppet-making scheme. When the palace issued a Must-Kill List naming Zhou Qing tenth and listing several Little Spirit Peak disciples among the top ten, Yan Xiaohu felt slighted and resolved to make a name for himself.

• Zhou Qing, Yan Xiaohu, and Shi Zhen returned safely to the sect, where Tong Min and Pei Yan welcomed Shi Zhen and learned that Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu had rescued her.
• Zhou Qing showed Mo Xingjian an Image Stone revealing how the Azure Flame Dao Palace made puppets, and he reported that he had killed Song Yuan and Meng Xing with Yan Xiaohu’s help.
• The Image Stone spread across the Eastern Region, prompting sects to seek alliances and the Azure Feather Immortal Sect, Golden Thunder Sect, and Taiqing Sect to connect themselves with small Teleportation Arrays.
• Fu Kui installed the arrays and warned Cao Zhengyang to keep the five-sect war going; afterward, Zhou Qing wondered what Fu Kui knew and continued training while Yan Xiaohu fretted about being overlooked.
• Yan Xiaohu showed Zhou Qing the Azure Flame Dao Palace’s Must-Kill List, which ranked Gui Ao first, Luo Lingling second, Zhou Qing tenth, and omitted Yan Xiaohu; Zhou Qing realized the list could put its targets in danger.
• Mo Xingjian took Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu to Jade Cuisine Hall to celebrate, where others praised Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu quietly began forming a bold plan to earn fame.

Zhou Qing learned that the Must-Kill List had exposed his abilities, received the fourth form of the Azure Thunder Swordplay from Gao Xuan, and heard that Luo Xue had been killed and Du Kui left devastated. He traveled with Mo Xingjian and Yan Xiaohu to the Golden Thunder Sect, where they were about to use its Thunder Pool to cultivate the technique.

• Yan Xiaohu eagerly ate the Jade Cuisine Hall’s free meal after Zhou Qing signed an advertising banner, and Mo Xingjian warned Zhou Qing to be careful now that he was on the Must-Kill List.
• Yuan Ya realized that Li Si was alive and that Zhou Qing had fought Meng Xing, then went with the Profound Abyss Immortal to report to the Grand Elders.
• Gao Xuan showed Zhou Qing a recording of his fight with Song Yuan, warned him to hide his abilities, and gave him a jade slip containing the fourth form of the Azure Thunder Swordplay.
• Mo Xingjian told Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu that Sima Yaoji had killed Luo Xue and severely wounded Du Kui, who had since lost his Dao Heart.
• Zhou Qing found only a sea of lightning in Gao Xuan’s jade slip, and Mo Xingjian told him they would visit the Golden Thunder Sect to use its Thunder Pool.
• Lei Lie welcomed Mo Xingjian, Zhou Qing, and Yan Xiaohu at the Golden Thunder Sect and led them toward the Thunder Pool.

Zhou Qing cultivated the fourth form of the Azure Thunder Swordplay on Thunder Mountain, while Yan Xiaohu secretly harvested lightning energy to make talismans. After returning to the Taiqing Sect, Zhou Qing reunited with Lu Yaoyao, who praised him for making the Azure Flame Dao Palace’s Must-Kill List.

• Lei Lie explained Thunder Mountain’s levels and restrictions, and Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu went to cultivate while Mo Xingjian stayed nearby.
• Zhou Qing advanced through the seventh level, mastered the fourth form’s mnemonics in the eighth and ninth levels with Gong Zhen’s help, and chose not to enter the Golden Thunder Sect’s tenth level.
• Yan Xiaohu used a Purple Gold Gourd to collect lightning energy for making Lightning Attraction Talismans, while Mo Xingjian watched him warily.
• At the Azure Flame Dao Palace, Si Kong Yan rejected the golden-robed prince’s attempt to order him to clean up the Humanoid Puppet scandal and assured him the situation remained under control.
• Lei Wuji and Mo Xingjian discussed the Humanoid Puppet threat, then Mo Xingjian brought Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu back to the Taiqing Sect.
• Lu Yaoyao welcomed Zhou Qing at Little Spirit Peak and praised him for reaching the top ten of the Azure Flame Dao Palace’s Must-Kill List.

Zhou Qing entered the Grotto-Heaven to help the Grand Elders, then stayed behind as the Five Sects War escalated and Yan Xiaohu drew the Azure Flame Dao Palace’s wrath by digging up its ancestral graves. After Yan Xiaohu returned safely, a bloodied Tan Qiang arrived at the Taiqing Sect’s gate and died before he could be saved.

• Lu Yaoyao warned Zhou Qing that Sima Yaoji had vowed to kill him, and Zhou Qing told her that Luo Xue had died and Shi Zhen had been injured.
• Grand Elder Duanmu Shu asked Zhou Qing to enter the Grotto-Heaven with the Grand Elders, and he used the Golden Crow Sky Burning Scripture to fend off twenty Nascent Soul Realm Wandering Souls before escaping.
• Zhou Qing decided not to reveal the dangerous passage and Five-Colored Altar to the Grand Elders, while the Azure Flame Dao Palace’s Humanoid Puppets attacked mining veins and the five sects’ war intensified.
• Yan Xiaohu secretly dug up the Azure Flame Dao Palace’s ancestral graves and exposed the Palace’s crimes with Image Stones, earning eighth place on its Must-Kill List and drawing Mo Xingjian out to search for him.
• Yan Xiaohu returned to the Taiqing Sect a month later, and Zhou Qing joined him at Jade Cuisine Hall as they celebrated his safe return.
• Tan Qiang reached the sect gate without his Storage Bag or Identity Token, then died in front of Elder Wuzhu before Cao Zhengyang and Gao Xuan arrived.

After Tan Qiang’s death, Zhou Qing sought a chance to advance his cultivation and agreed to travel with Lu Yaoyao to Spirit Skull Mountain, where she claimed an opportunity awaited. As they camped beneath the moon, Lu Yaoyao asked Zhou Qing what kind of Dao Companion and daughter he might have someday.

• Gao Xuan crushed the Gu worm that burst from Tan Qiang’s body, then saw the child’s finger inside the box and carried Tan Qiang’s corpse back to Golden Sun Peak.
• Zhou Qing mastered the fourth form of his technique and decided to seek an opportunity outside the sect to advance his cultivation and farm Ignorance Points.
• Lu Yaoyao urged Zhou Qing to visit Spirit Skull Mountain, claiming it held a restriction master’s inheritance and Suanni treasure bones, and he agreed to leave with her.
• Zhou Qing left the mountain gate, followed an hour later by Lu Yaoyao, while Elder Wuzhu later watched Mo Xingjian, Yan Xiaohu, and He Han react to their disciples leaving.
• Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao camped in a mountain range, where Lu Yaoyao asked whether Zhou Qing would favor a son over a daughter he might have in the future.

Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao secretly followed Li Hong’s group to Spirit Skull Mountain, where they tracked the apparently dying Thunder Sound Toad in search of the Suanni Remains. The toad revealed that its death was a ruse and attacked Li Hong’s group, while Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao stayed hidden nearby.

• Lu Yaoyao asked Zhou Qing if she could call him Dad, and he fell from the tree before she laughed and admitted she was joking.
• Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao spotted Li Hong and the Azure Flame Dao Palace disciples waiting for the Thunder Sound Toad, then hid and watched them.
• Zhou Qing used Daily Appraisal on the toad and learned it sought the Suanni Remains at Spirit Skull Mountain, but only had a chance to find them on a full-moon night.
• Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao followed the toad and Li Hong through the mountain’s mist, avoiding warning talismans and waiting as the toad searched through the night.
• The Thunder Sound Toad appeared to die, but Zhou Qing led Lu Yaoyao away before Li Hong’s disciples approached its body.
• The Thunder Sound Toad ambushed the disciples with poison, killed them, and attacked the retreating Li Hong with a sonic blast as he summoned a fire serpent.

Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao waited for the Thunder Sound Toad to die, then killed the surviving Azure Flame Dao Palace Nascent Souls and searched for the Suanni Remains. Zhou Qing discovered that a natural Thunder Pool was hidden beneath Spirit Skull Mountain and could only be reached during a full moon with lightning, while news broke that the Azure Flame Dao Palace’s ancestral graves had been dug up again.

• Zhou Qing explained how he had recognized the Thunder Sound Toad’s trap, then waited with Lu Yaoyao until it returned and the Azure Flame Dao Palace group arrived.
• Chu Yu led the group to the summit, where the Thunder Sound Toad killed the Golden Core disciples and Humanoid Puppets before dying itself; Chu Yu and Li Hong were left as Nascent Souls.
• Zhou Qing burned, soul-searched, and destroyed Li Hong and Chu Yu, then buried the Thunder Sound Toad and had Lu Yaoyao check and sort their Storage Bags.
• During the full moon, Zhou Qing used the Azure Thunder Swordplay and sensed a Thunder Pool beneath Spirit Skull Mountain, realizing the full moon and lightning were needed to access its hidden space.
• Zhou Qing rested with Lu Yaoyao while worrying that the Azure Flame Dao Palace would investigate the deaths, as news spread that its ancestral graves had been dug up again.

Yan Xiaohu provoked Azure Flame Dao Palace again while Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao discovered a hidden cavern containing a Suanni skeleton, a Thunder Pool, and the remnant soul of Xuan Qingzi. Xuan Qingzi passed on his array inheritance and Suanni essence blood before his lingering obsession finally vanished, leaving Zhou Qing cautious about claiming the treasures.

• Yan Xiaohu sent Azure Flame Dao Palace a mocking message and replay of the karst cave, prompting the sect to dispatch two Transformation Spirit Realm elders after him and raising him to fifth on the Must-Kill List.
• Zhou Qing broke through a thunder barrier and brought Lu Yaoyao into a vast cavern, where they found a half-pureblood Suanni skeleton protected by a deadly killing restriction.
• Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao discovered a Thunder Pool with two drops of Thunder Liquid, but Zhou Qing held them back from taking anything until he could inspect it safely.
• Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao met Xuan Qingzi, who explained that he had been a Ninth-Level Array Master under General Zhongli Bo and offered them his Restriction Technique inheritance.
• Xuan Qingzi revealed that he had killed the Suanni, purified a drop of its essence blood, and warned them not to touch its remains; Zhou Qing continued to avoid taking the scroll, bottle, or Thunder Liquid rashly.
• After entrusting his inheritance and Suanni essence blood to the visitors, Xuan Qingzi said his farewells and his lingering obsession dissipated.

Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao investigated Xuan Qingzi’s treasures at Spirit Skull Mountain, where Zhou Qing refined Suanni blood and inherited the Thunderstorm Starfall Kill while Lu Yaoyao advanced her cultivation. Elsewhere, Yan Xiaohu and Lei Luo raided the Azure Flame Dao Palace’s ancestral mausoleum for a third time, prompting the palace to launch a major hunt as Zhou Qing prepared to break through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Zhou Qing appraised the inheritance scroll and Suanni blood, accepted Lu Yaoyao’s explanation for how she found Spirit Skull Mountain, and agreed to repay her for leading him there.
• Zhou Qing confirmed the Thunder Liquid was safe, gave it to Lu Yaoyao, and refined the Suanni blood; the Four-Colored Flower suppressed its violent power and helped him receive the Thunderstorm Starfall Kill inheritance.
• Yan Xiaohu and Lei Luo decided to raid the Azure Flame Dao Palace’s ancestral mausoleum a third time, and Yan Xiaohu agreed to bring Lei Luo along after seeing his treasures.
• Lu Yaoyao used the Thunder Liquid to advance to the late Golden Core Realm and continued absorbing the remaining drop as Zhou Qing cultivated.
• Zhou Qing mastered the Suanni inheritance and prepared to break through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul Realm.
• The Azure Flame Dao Palace discovered Yan Xiaohu and Lei Luo’s third raid, formed a Tiger-Hunting Squad led by two Transformation Spirit Realm elders, and threatened war against anyone who helped the fugitives.

Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao left Spirit Skull Mountain after paying their respects at Luo Xue’s remains, then headed to the Blood Rock Mine to investigate its new manager and claim Blood Rock Crystals. Zhou Qing used his Reduce Presence skill to enter openly and approach Tian Xiong, while a disciple recognized him too late and panicked.

• Yan Xiaohu and Lei Luo disguised themselves as coffin-bearing disciples and entered Azure Flame Dao Palace among the returning ancestral remains.
• Zhou Qing broke through to mid-stage Nascent Soul Realm, while Lu Yaoyao reached Golden Core Realm Perfection, and Zhou Qing absorbed Senior Xuan Qingzi’s knowledge of arrays and restrictions.
• Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao found Luo Xue’s battle site, offered incense, and vowed to kill Sima Yaoji before heading to the Blood Rock Mine.
• Zhou Qing used Reduce Presence to walk into the mine unnoticed, learned that Tian Xiong was refining the Thunder Sound Toad, and had a disciple lead him there.
• A disciple noticed Zhou Qing’s rusty broken sword, recognized him from a jade slip, and trembled in terror.

Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao defeated Tian Xiong, rescued Yuan Ya from a Tianji Gate cultivator, and encountered Bai He, who said Zhou Qing’s Second Senior Sister had disappeared. They reached Bei Mang Mine to gather formation materials, but found Blood Bone Old Ghost stationed there and decided to investigate after dark.

• Zhou Qing killed Tian Xiong at Blood Rock Mine, where soul-searching revealed that Sima Yaoji had been there and threatened to kill him.
• Lu Yaoyao returned from battle with the mine’s attackers and freed the enslaved miners, while she and Zhou Qing learned that Yan Xiaohu had risen to fifth on Azure Flame Dao Palace’s Must-Kill List.
• Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao helped Yuan Ya defeat a Tianji Gate cultivator and his puppets, then accepted his Storage Bag and parted from her.
• Bai He told Zhou Qing that Luo Xue had dumped him after he discovered he had been following a paper effigy instead of her, and Zhou Qing’s Mind Mirror Vision showed that Bai He meant him no harm.
• At Bei Mang Mine, Zhou Qing recognized Blood Bone Old Ghost and withdrew with Lu Yaoyao, then planned to sneak in after nightfall and question someone.

Zhou Qing discovered that Blood Bone Old Ghost had rebuilt a puppet-making stronghold at Bei Mang Mine and began preparing to kill Sima Yaoji, while Yan Xiaohu and Lei Luo escaped Azure Flame Dao Palace after defacing its ceremonial square. After months of training, Zhou Qing mastered a new combat technique and learned to set up an array, then returned to Ninth Mine and found more captives awaiting the next stage of the operation.

• Zhou Qing learned through a soul search that Sima Yaoji had supplied the array for Blood Bone Old Ghost’s new stronghold, and he told Lu Yaoyao that he intended to kill her.
• Lu Yaoyao gave Zhou Qing supplies and stood guard while he practiced the Suan Ni’s Thunderstorm Starfall Kill and studied restriction barriers.
• Yan Xiaohu and Lei Luo used a World Breaking Bead to escape Azure Flame Dao Palace after scrawling insults on its jade pillars and urinating beneath them; Si Kong Yan ordered his people to capture them alive.
• Yan Xiaohu reunited with Bai He, who was searching for Luo Lingling, and agreed to help him look for her.
• Zhou Qing achieved minor mastery of Thunderstorm Starfall Kill and learned to set up the Thunder Flame Spirit Devouring Array after three months of training.
• Zhou Qing returned to Ninth Mine and saw more than a hundred terrified captives, including two Nascent Soul cultivators, but withdrew without alerting Blood Bone Old Ghost.

Zhou Qing lured Sima Yaoji into the Thunder Flame Spirit Devouring Array and revealed his true strength in a fierce fight. He and Lu Yaoyao wounded her, but Sima Yaoji remained alive and Zhou Qing was left with a cut throat.

• Zhou Qing finished preparing the Thunder Flame Spirit Devouring Array with Lu Yaoyao’s help, then waited near the Bei Mang Mine for Sima Yaoji to emerge.
• After Sima Yaoji left the mine with more than a hundred Black Robes, Zhou Qing lured her away by pretending to flee and led her toward the formation.
• Sima Yaoji pursued and attacked Zhou Qing, who feigned severe injuries before drawing her into the array and revealing his strength and divine abilities.
• Lu Yaoyao distracted Sima Yaoji with a fake Transformation Spirit Realm talisman, allowing Zhou Qing to stab her abdomen with his broken sword.
• Sima Yaoji counterattacked and cut Zhou Qing’s throat before he escaped; Lu Yaoyao admitted she had thrown the wrong talisman and produced another one.

Zhou Qing defeated Sima Yaoji by exposing her hidden Nascent Soul Amplification, then fled with Lu Yaoyao while Blood Bone pursued them. With Zhou Qing still weakened, they used Sima Yaoji as a hostage and Lu Yaoyao’s talismans to hold Blood Bone off.

• Sima Yaoji called Blood Bone for help as Zhou Qing attacked her inside the Thunder Flame Spirit Devouring Array and drove her close to defeat.
• Zhou Qing realized Sima Yaoji had secretly switched places with Lu Yaoyao, then struck down Sima Yaoji’s body and imprisoned her Nascent Soul.
• Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao escaped after he destroyed the array’s foundation stones, but Blood Bone arrived and tracked them with a black dog.
• Blood Bone caught up and attacked, so Zhou Qing used Sima Yaoji’s Nascent Soul as a hostage and ordered Lu Yaoyao to flee toward Spirit Skull Mountain.
• Lu Yaoyao revealed she had one genuine Transformation Spirit Realm talisman among several decoys, and Zhou Qing used the talismans to make Blood Bone repeatedly retreat during the pursuit.

Zhou Qing escaped Blood Bone with Yan Xiaohu and Lei Luo’s help, then returned to Taiqing Sect with Sima Yaoji’s Nascent Soul and Luo Xue’s corpse. As Du Kui rushed to meet him, Gao Xuan received a secret order to protect Yaoji’s Nascent Soul, while Zhou Qing’s victory shocked the sect.

• Yan Xiaohu and Lei Luo used the Retreat Drum to slow Blood Bone, giving Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao time to reach Bai He’s Teleportation Array and escape beneath a cedar tree.
• Zhou Qing reunited with Yan Xiaohu and Lei Luo, revealed that he had captured Sima Yaoji’s Nascent Soul, and led the group toward Taiqing Sect territory.
• Yan Xiaohu frightened Sima Yaoji into removing the soul imprint on her Storage Bag, where Zhou Qing found Luo Xue’s corpse, three Top-Grade Five Elements Spirit Stones, and a tracking seal.
• Cao Zhengyang met the group and brought them back to Taiqing Sect, where Du Kui learned Zhou Qing had returned with Luo Xue’s corpse and hurried down the mountain.
• Gao Xuan received an order to protect Sima Yaoji’s Nascent Soul and meet at the usual place in three days, while Zhou Qing’s feat caused an uproar at Divine Peak.

Taiqing Sect exchanged Sima Yaoji for four captured disciples after Zhou Qing chose to save his fellow sect members, then he returned to cultivation. Gao Xuan later met Wu Sha, who noted that Gao Xuan had received a mysterious finger.

• Cao Zhengyang searched Sima Yaoji's Nascent Soul but learned little about Tianji Gate's puppet secrets, while Du Kui arrived grieving Luo Xue and was subdued by Gao Xuan.
• Zhou Qing returned to Little Spirit Peak, where he found his Old Hen had eaten most of his room, and the next day he learned that Azure Flame Dao Palace's envoy was Blood Bone Old Ghost.
• Blood Bone offered to exchange Sima Yaoji for four captive Taiqing Sect disciples and threatened to kill them if the sect delayed, so Zhou Qing agreed to the exchange.
• Cao Zhengyang traded Sima Yaoji's Nascent Soul for the captives' location, and Zhou Qing taunted Sima Yaoji by claiming her body had been fed to dogs.
• Zhou Qing and Yan Xiaohu returned to Little Spirit Peak, where Zhou Qing gave Mo Xingjian five Top-Grade Spirit Stones and Yan Xiaohu offered him a stolen iron coffin.
• Zhou Qing devoted himself to cultivation as his Must-Kill List ranking rose, while Gao Xuan met Wu Sha at Azure Ox Ridge and reacted with killing intent when Wu Sha mentioned a finger he had received.

Gao Xuan confronted Wu Sha and Xuanji Zi over their suspicions, while Zhou Qing learned why the Five Sects War remained deadlocked and heard that his Eldest Brother had reached Spirit Transformation. The chapter ended with Zhou Qing reuniting with Li Daoxuan and He Han at Jade Cuisine Hall.

• Wu Sha and Xuanji Zi questioned Gao Xuan about the deaths of Qu Shen, Gu Tao, and Yan Chuan, and Xuanji Zi confirmed that Gao Xuan's account was true.
• Gao Xuan returned to Golden Sun Peak, where Cao Zhengyang told him that Junior Brother Gao Xuan had never died, and Gao Xuan thanked him.
• Zhou Qing welcomed four senior brothers and sisters he had helped rescue, then spent a year improving his cultivation, combat skills, and array mastery.
• Mo Xingjian explained that the war stayed limited because conflicts were spreading across other regions and the sects feared escalating into broader wars; he also told Zhou Qing that his Eldest Brother had achieved Spirit Transformation and gone to the Imperial Capital.
• Zhou Qing received an invitation from Lu Yaoyao and met Li Daoxuan and He Han at Jade Cuisine Hall.

Zhou Qing refined and tested the Stupa Array, then declined Elder Jiang Pu’s offer to leave a Soul Fire for emergency rescue. He joined Yan Xiaohu and Lei Luo on a trip to help Pei Yan and Shi Zhen hunt Blood Bone Old Ghost.

• Li Daoxuan warned Zhou Qing and He Han about dangers in the Five Sects War, then left the sect three days later.
• Zhou Qing refined a Stupa Array and used it to hold off a Corpse Wax Crow for ten breaths, but still failed to reach the Black Heart in the Divine Ruins Heavenly Palace.
• Elder Jiang Pu urged Zhou Qing to leave a wisp of Soul Fire in the lamp tower, but Zhou Qing refused because he preferred facing danger without a safety net.
• Yan Xiaohu told Zhou Qing to prepare for a major operation, and they joined Lei Luo at Golden Thunder Sect before traveling through Azure Feather Immortal Sect.
• Zhou Qing, Yan Xiaohu, and Lei Luo learned that Pei Yan and Shi Zhen had found Blood Bone Old Ghost, and they set out to help kill him.

Zhou Qing recognized that Pei Yan was partly possessed by Sima Yaoji and tried to expose her while protecting Pei Yan’s body and the others. The group began setting up a Stupa Array, but Sima Yaoji had not yet dropped her disguise.

• Yan Xiaohu brought Zhou Qing and Lei Luo to meet Shi Zhen and Pei Yan near Bei Mang Mine, where they gathered around a campfire.
• Zhou Qing saw a blurry headline above Pei Yan and realized Sima Yaoji was partly possessing her while Pei Yan remained alive.
• Zhou Qing checked the roasted rabbit for poison, then secretly cut Pei Yan with Tetanus to test whether her wound would keep bleeding.
• Yan Xiaohu recognized Zhou Qing’s suspicious behavior and helped him prepare to trap Pei Yan and Sima Yaoji without alerting them.
• Zhou Qing persuaded the group to move to open ground and began assembling the Stupa Array, placing eight Array Flags and sixty High-Grade Spirit Stones.

Zhou Qing exposed Sima Yaoji’s possession of Pei Yan, defeated and sealed her with the help of Yan Xiaohu and Shi Zhen, then separated her from Pei Yan’s Nascent Soul using his Four Flowers Gathered on the Crown. After Sima Yaoji was destroyed and Pei Yan recovered, the Taiqing Sect retaliated against the Azure Flame Dao Palace, and Zhou Qing’s fame spread across the region.

• Zhou Qing lured Pei Yan into position, stabbed her with Tetanus, and activated the Stupa Array to reveal Sima Yaoji controlling her body.
• Zhou Qing, Yan Xiaohu, and Shi Zhen battled Sima Yaoji, while Zhou Qing used his Four-Colored Flower to restrain her Nascent Soul and pull it away from Pei Yan’s.
• Zhou Qing sealed Sima Yaoji’s Nascent Soul and escaped with Pei Yan as Yu Ziqi arrived too late to find them.
• Zhou Qing destroyed Sima Yaoji at the Azure Feather Immortal Sect, then returned with his companions to the Taiqing Sect, where Tong Min and a Grand Elder removed the mark from Pei Yan’s Nascent Soul.
• After Pei Yan awoke, Sect Leader Cao Zhengyang sent Tong Min and two other Peak Lords to retaliate against the Azure Flame Dao Palace, and news of Zhou Qing’s victory spread across the Soaring Cloud Prefecture Eastern Region.