Recaps

Xu Ning reported her findings about the evil ghosts, and Li Qingqiu organized Qingxiao Sect’s preparations while planning to leave her behind to defend the sect. As the sect trained its disciples to detect ghosts, Liu Jing received news that the Northern Court’s Son of Heaven had been possessed and that Ghost Soldiers were moving south toward Cangzhou.

• Xu Ning told Li Qingqiu and the sect leaders that the ghosts worshiped a powerful source of Ghost Soldiers, and Li Qingqiu explained Da Moluo’s plan before assigning preparations for a joint attack.
• Li Qingqiu told Xu Ning to remain at Qingxiao Sect during the northern operation because he trusted her to defend it, and she agreed.
• Li Qingqiu and Chu Jing developed a ghost-detecting spell, which Qingxiao Sect required its inner disciples to learn.
• Qin Yucheng returned from his undercover mission and learned of Hu Yan’s rapid cultivation before reporting to Mo Jiuhong, who said Baiyuan Valley might have to be destroyed if it refused to submit to Qingxiao Sect.
• Liu Jing received an urgent message that the Northern Court’s Son of Heaven had been possessed by an evil entity and that Ghost Soldiers were moving south toward Cangzhou, prompting officials to debate whether they could send reinforcements.

Li Qingqiu prepared the Qingxiao Sect for a campaign against Da Moluo, whose corpse ghosts threatened the northern frontier. He led hundreds of elite disciples from Qingxiao Mountain toward Cangzhou as the year-end battle approached.

• Liu Jing ordered troops to advance on Cangzhou, while Li Qingqiu cultivated and the Qingxiao Sect searched the northern frontier for Da Moluo.
• Chu Jing suggested Da Moluo might target Liu Jing's elite army, and Li Qingqiu learned the troops were expected to reach Cangzhou before year's end.
• Hu Yan and Duan Xiaojuan discussed the coming operation and their cultivation, while Hu Yan reminded himself to hold on to hope.
• By mid-December, Li Qingqiu had reached the Spiritual Sense Realm Fourth Layer and announced the operation's goal, leaving Xu Ning and Zhang Yuchun to oversee the sect in his absence.
• Li Qingqiu led hundreds of elite disciples, including Jiang Zhaoxia, Zhao Zhen, and Ji Ya, down Qingxiao Mountain as the assembled force prepared to march north.

Li Qingqiu led more than a thousand Qingxiao Sect disciples to Cangzhou, where they tracked Liu Jing’s army and investigated corpse ghouls. After Jiang Zhaoxia reported that the prefectural seat might be a trap for the army, the chapter had already shown Qin Ye and Li Yuzhong encountering a corpse ghoul on the march.

• Li Qingqiu led the Qingxiao Sect’s disciples toward Cangzhou and ordered the Commanding Disciples to share what they knew about the evil spirits.
• Qin Ye, Li Yuzhong, and strategist Jia Guang marched into Cangzhou with three hundred thousand soldiers, where a corpse ghoul attacked Qin Ye and Li Yuzhong.
• Li Qingqiu’s group reached Cangzhou, followed Liu Jing’s army, and found more corpse ghoul bodies.
• Yun Cai identified a strange force surging from corpse ghouls’ hearts, and Li Qingqiu told Xiao Wuqing to pass along the possible weakness.
• Jiang Zhaoxia reported that the prefectural seat was probably a trap laid for Liu Jing’s army.

Jiang Zhaoxia reported signs of a demonic threat in Cangzhou, while Qin Ye led his army into Cloud Emperor City despite sensing danger. The army entered a city controlled by Da Moluo, and Qin Ye realized a fierce battle was imminent.

• Jiang Zhaoxia told Li Qingqiu that Cangzhou's prefectural capital seemed deserted and might be threatened by the same demonic force that possessed the Northern Court Son of Heaven.
• Qin Ye brought his three-hundred-thousand-strong army to Cloud Emperor City, ordered scouts to investigate, then entered the city after one scout reported that it was safe.
• Jiang Zhaoxia watched the army enter Cloud Emperor City and left to report what he had seen.
• Da Moluo told Li Changjie he would leave Li Changjie's father's body after assimilating the army, then sent an evil spirit to check for other cultivators.
• As the army advanced through the dark, freezing streets, Qin Ye stopped Li Yuzhong from rushing into an alley and ordered the soldiers to seal off nearby streets, houses, and courtyards.

Qin Ye’s forces and the Qingxiao Sect fought an invasion of corpse ghosts in Cloud Emperor City as Jiang Zhaoxia confronted a serpent-bodied demon. Shen Yue reached the Prefect’s residence, where Da Moluo spoke to him and a powerful four-armed ghost sent him flying.

• A general ordered the soldiers outside the city to wait, and their anger erupted into a chaotic rush at the gate.
• Qin Ye’s group encountered a chained figure and a serpent-bodied woman, who attacked Qin Ye before Jiang Zhaoxia arrived and wounded her.
• Corpse ghosts flooded Cloud Emperor City and attacked the soldiers, while Qingxiao Sect disciples entered the city and began fighting them.
• Zhao Zhen and Li Yang transformed into golden dragons and charged into the city to battle the ghosts as Qin Ye’s group fought to survive.
• Shen Yue arrived at the Prefect’s residence and exchanged words with Da Moluo before a four-armed old ghost struck him back across a rooftop.

Shen Yue fought the four-armed Sword God while Qingxiao Sect disciples battled ghosts throughout the city. Li Qingqiu arrived at the Prefect's residence, saved Shen Yue from Ghost Bei's surprise attack, and launched a sword strike against him.

• Shen Yue clashed with the four-armed Sword God of the Northern Court, trading fierce sword techniques as both fighters became exhausted.
• Da Moluo warned Ghost Bei not to underestimate Li Qingqiu, while Ghost Bei prepared to defend the great hall.
• Xiao Wudi and Xiao Wuming helped Yun Cai fight Corpse Ghosts, and Li Qingqiu killed a white-haired evil ghost that threatened Yun Cai.
• Ghost Bei attacked Shen Yue from behind, but Li Qingqiu blocked the strike and drove him back with the Heavenly Rainbow Sword.
• Li Qingqiu charged Ghost Bei with an Immortal Absolute Three Swords technique and pierced through his ghostly energy.

Li Qingqiu defeated Gui Bei’s clones and entered the palace to confront Da Moluo, who revealed why he had led the ghost dynasty south and demanded Qingxiao Sect withdraw. Li Qingqiu refused, and their battle erupted across the city, leaving its outcome unresolved.

• Li Qingqiu cut down Gui Bei’s thirty-six clones, but Da Moluo pulled Gui Bei’s wounded soul into the palace before Li Qingqiu could capture it.
• Shen Yue immobilized the four-armed old man and insisted on finishing the fight himself while Li Qingqiu went into the palace.
• Da Moluo said he had moved south because the lands north, west, and east were more dangerous, and offered to let Qingxiao Sect share the Nine Provinces if it withdrew.
• Li Qingqiu summoned Chu Jing’s Sword Soul and destroyed Da Moluo’s four ghostly generals with a single slash, prompting Da Moluo to unleash his power and shatter the palace.
• Li Qingqiu and Da Moluo clashed in the sky and crashed through buildings before continuing their fight along a city street, where their attacks also struck nearby soldiers and corpse ghosts.

Li Qingqiu used heavenly lightning and his Soul Seizing Flying Swords to defeat Da Moluo’s clone, then confronted Da Moluo’s true body east of Cloud Emperor City. Da Moluo revealed that he had been pursuing a baby and warned that Li Qingqiu’s Origin Energy would eventually run dry, but Li Qingqiu’s power kept growing as Da Moluo attacked the child.

• Li Qingqiu and Chu Jing drove Da Moluo into the clouds, where Da Moluo transformed into a ghost jiao and threatened the Qingxiao Sect disciples.
• Li Qingqiu revealed heavenly lightning Origin Energy and unleashed twelve Soul Seizing Flying Swords, which overwhelmed and killed Da Moluo’s clone.
• Li Qingqiu helped clear the city of evil ghosts until Lin Chuan summoned him with news that they had found Da Moluo’s true body.
• Two hundred miles east of Cloud Emperor City, Da Moluo emerged from a ruined Daoist temple holding a baby, and Li Qingqiu realized the Ghost Dynasty had been a smokescreen.
• Da Moluo warned that Li Qingqiu’s Origin Energy would run dry, but Li Qingqiu’s lightning-charged sword continued to grow as Da Moluo bit the baby’s arm.

Li Qingqiu unleashed the third sword of the Immortal Absolute Three Swords and killed Da Moluo, then recovered while Lin Chuan took over the ghost infant’s body. He hurried toward Cloud Emperor City as Da Moluo’s death caused the corpse ghosts there to collapse and the Qingxiao Sect disciples to press their attack.

• Da Moluo absorbed the ghost infant’s power, grew stronger, and blasted Li Qingqiu back with blood-red ghostly energy.
• Da Moluo attacked Li Qingqiu, but a burst of white vapor repelled him, and Li Qingqiu prepared to use a powerful sword technique.
• Jiang Zhaoxia sensed Li Qingqiu’s third sword of the Immortal Absolute Three Swords and unleashed his own third sword against the snake-bodied woman.
• Li Qingqiu’s third sword overwhelmed Da Moluo’s black Sword Qi and reduced him to ashes, while the clash carved a vast fissure through the land.
• Chu Jing found the soulless ghost infant, and Li Qingqiu let Lin Chuan occupy its body while he recovered with the Spring Return Ghost Immortal Needle.
• Li Qingqiu headed for Cloud Emperor City, where Da Moluo’s death caused the corpse ghosts to collapse and Qingxiao Sect disciples to attack the remaining enemies.

Shen Yue defeated the Northern Court Sword God and the Qingxiao Sect helped drive back the Ghost Path forces in Cloud Emperor City. Li Qingqiu claimed the wounded ghost wyrm as a Spiritual Sense Realm ghost slave, then ordered the disciples to rest and discussed Qin Ye's return to cultivation.

• Shen Yue killed the four-armed old man after breaking through during their duel, then learned that Qingxiao Sect disciples were still fighting across the city.
• Li Qingqiu returned to Cloud Emperor City, received a report of twelve disciples dead and 134 wounded, and found the lightning-struck ghost wyrm.
• Li Qingqiu spared the ghost wyrm and branded it with a Yin Soul mark, making it his new ghost slave; Lin Chuan also awakened inside the ghost infant's body.
• Li Qingqiu gathered the disciples at the Prefect's residence and heard Jiang Zhaoxia report that nine of the sixteen evil ghosts, including Da Moluo, had been slain.
• Li Qingqiu left the Li family man's fate to Liu Jing and asked Qin Ye when he would return to Qingxiao Mountain; Qin Ye said he would come back to cultivate after the realm was unified.

After Li Qingqiu returned from defeating Da Moluo and securing the Northern Court’s submission, he welcomed the New Year with Qingxiao Sect and received a new divine art inheritance. He then inspected Wu Xingyue’s flying spirit boat and suggested she develop a flying spirit tower or spirit city for future expeditions.

• Hu Yan told Li Shouzheng he trusted Li Qingqiu to win, while Li Shouzheng observed Hu Yan’s focused state of mind and encouraged his ambition.
• Li Qingqiu returned to Qingxiao Sect with the True Disciples, and Xiao Wuqing rang the Lingxiao Bell to announce their arrival.
• Xiao Wuqing recounted the expedition, and Li Qingqiu told the hall leaders that Da Moluo was dead and the Northern Court would become a vassal dynasty of Qingxiao Sect.
• Li Qingqiu described Da Moluo’s abilities and resolved to document the evil ghosts’ powers and weaknesses for the disciples.
• Li Qingqiu accepted the Legacy System’s divine art inheritance and obtained the Magpie Transformation Technique.
• Wu Xingyue showed Li Qingqiu her flying spirit boat, and he suggested she build a flying spirit tower or spirit city.

Li Qingqiu considered honoring Shen Yue and arranged for Hu Yan to join the Spirit Finance Hall while wondering whether Lin Xunfeng would ever return. Meanwhile, Lin Xunfeng and Lin Lingzhou reached the Tianqing Immortal Sect, and Qingxiao Sect’s campaign against evil spirits boosted Liu Jing’s drive to unify the world.

• Li Qingqiu heard that Shen Yue’s feat of slaying a Spiritual Sense Realm evil spirit had made him famous as the Sword God and considered creating a title to motivate disciples.
• Li Qingqiu told Li Dongyue that Hu Yan could work at the Spirit Finance Hall, then decided to post an assignment seeking Lin Xunfeng after discussing his long absence with her.
• Lin Xunfeng and Lin Lingzhou collapsed in the desert and were rescued by women from the Tianqing Immortal Sect.
• Lin Xunfeng woke in the sect, learned that he and Lin Lingzhou could have their Spiritual Root Aptitude tested, and resolved to cultivate immortality and return for his disciples and revenge against the Demonic Sect.
• News of Qingxiao Sect’s victory over evil spirits spread across the region, strengthening the sect’s reputation and encouraging people to support Liu Jing’s unification campaign.

Li Qingqiu established the Divine Power Disciple rank and announced that Qingxiao Sect would select its Ten True Lords in ten years, stirring competition throughout the sect. Meanwhile, Bai Yan and his young disciple Bai Yutian traveled to join Qingxiao Sect, unaware that a mysterious black hand was following them.

• Li Qingqiu told the hall masters that True Disciples who mastered a divine power could become Divine Power Disciples and receive greater resources and privileges.
• Li Qingqiu announced that he would select ten True Lords in ten years, subject to an anonymous sect-wide vote, and the disciples began competing for the future positions.
• Sword Solitary and other prodigies declared their ambitions, while Xiao Wudi and Xiao Wuming entered seclusion and the Cultivation Hall offered more exploration missions.
• True Person Bai Yan told Bai Yutian that Qingxiao Sect had a greater lineage than Fengxia Mountain and that Bai Yutian would study there for twenty years.
• A mysterious black hand followed Bai Yan and Bai Yutian, saying it would visit Qingxiao Sect and seek a chance to surpass Da Moluo.

Zhao Zhen survived his tribulation and became Qingxiao Sect’s youngest Spiritual Sense Realm disciple, while Li Qingqiu welcomed new recruits from Fengxia Mountain and the Murong Noble Family. After Bai Yutian and True Person Bai Yan joined, Bai Yutian heard a sinister voice claim that Li Qingqiu was concealing an ambition to swallow the world.

• Zhao Zhen endured forty-two bolts of heavenly lightning to reach the Spiritual Sense Realm, and Li Qingqiu concluded that tribulations could be prepared for with pills, formations, and talismans.
• Li Qingqiu discovered Bai Yan and Bai Yutian’s profiles in the Legacy System, then agreed to meet them after Zhang Yuchun said they had joined Qingxiao Sect.
• Murong Tiancheng and Murong Tianxuan joined Qingxiao Sect, where Zhang Ping and Murong Xi told them the sect was researching ways to help disciples with disabilities.
• Bai Yutian and True Person Bai Yan discussed their favorable first impressions of Qingxiao Sect, and Bai Yan said he preferred its path despite planning to return to Fengxia Mountain.
• After True Person Bai Yan left, Bai Yutian heard a cold voice accuse Li Qingqiu of hiding an ambition to swallow the world, and saw a red-haired black hand on his bed.

Bai Yutian considered the black hand’s offer to help him become one of the Qingxiao Sect’s Ten True Lords, while Liu Jing and Li Qingqiu prepared to establish the Xuan Dynasty. Lin Xunfeng continued cultivating at the Tianqing Immortal Sect, and Shen Yue’s growing independence left Li Qingqiu waiting for an explanation.

• The black hand offered to teach Bai Yutian a divine ability and help him become one of the Qingxiao Sect’s Ten True Lords.
• Liu Jing asked Li Qingqiu to name his dynasty, and Li Qingqiu chose Xuan; Lingxiao Courtyard approved holding the Heaven-Sacrificing Ceremony on Qingxiao Mountain.
• Lin Xunfeng received cultivation resources and a spell manual, while Lin Lingzhou remained unable to cultivate and hoped to earn a chance later.
• Xiao Wuqing told Li Qingqiu that Shen Yue had stepped onto the Tribulation Platform, and Shen Yue later reported that he had successfully weathered his tribulation.
• Shen Yue told Li Qingqiu he would create his own divine ability, then complained that Li Qingqiu had not asked how many bolts of heavenly lightning he had endured.

Shen Yue celebrated entering the Spiritual Sense Realm and volunteered to help the sect, while Li Qingqiu encouraged Yun Cai to study the Primordial Scripture. As Qingxiao Sect prepared for the next Daoist Convention and hosted the Son of Heaven’s ceremony, Bai Yutian watched Yun Cai take the stage and meet his gaze.

• Shen Yue told Li Qingqiu he had endured forty-three bolts of heavenly lightning, entered the Spiritual Sense Realm, and offered to teach the Sword Sect’s disciples.
• Li Qingqiu reflected on Shen Yue’s breakthrough and hoped the Ten True Lords would reach the Spiritual Sense Realm within ten years.
• Yun Cai asked to study the Primordial Scripture for Spells, and Li Qingqiu encouraged her to try.
• Shen Yue guided Sword Solitary in developing his sword intent as Qingxiao Sect’s disciples trained for the second Daoist Convention.
• Liu Jing prepared to establish a new era and state title with a ceremony at Qingxiao Mountain, while Zhang Yuchun coordinated with the court.
• Bai Yutian watched Yun Cai step onto the Martial Arts Stage, and she turned to meet his gaze.

Yun Cai warned Li Qingqiu about a powerful ghost presence hidden within Bai Yutian, and Li Qingqiu decided to investigate him. Later, he encountered Zhang Ping and Bai Ninger arguing over a lead to the ruins of the Tai Jue Sect, and offered to send help.

• Yun Cai sensed a ghostly presence in Bai Yutian that rivaled the evil ghost at Ghost King Ridge and reported it to Li Qingqiu.
• Li Qingqiu checked Bai Yutian's profile, noted his loyalty was at 91, and planned to approach him the next day to investigate.
• Li Qingqiu met Liu Fanzhou on Qingxiao Mountain and discussed the Liu family's plans, Liu Yan's future, and the sect's growth.
• Li Qingqiu found Zhang Ping and Bai Ninger arguing because Bai Ninger wanted Zhang Ping to accompany him to investigate an opportunity.
• Bai Ninger told Li Qingqiu that a note in a jade bottle pointed to the ancient Tai Jue Sect in Yuzhou, and Li Qingqiu offered to send someone to help.

Li Qingqiu encouraged Zhang Ping to pursue his full potential and checked on Bai Yutian, while Bai Ninger departed with Shen Yue and Yan Dao Sect to investigate the Tai Jue Sect. After the Xuan Dynasty was founded, Qingxiao Sect prepared for the upcoming Daoist Convention as Yun Cai asked permission to travel afterward.

• Li Qingqiu sent Bai Ninger to investigate the Tai Jue Sect with Shen Yue and told him not to force Zhang Ping to join.
• Li Qingqiu urged Zhang Ping to stop holding back and give his all at the next Daoist Convention, and Zhang Ping agreed.
• Li Qingqiu visited Bai Yutian and sensed that the ghost energy within him had no ill intent.
• Shen Yue and Yan Dao Sect joined Bai Ninger, and the three left Qingxiao Sect to investigate the Tai Jue Sect.
• Zhang Yuchun represented Qingxiao Sect at Liu Jing's Heaven-Worshiping Ceremony as the Xuan Dynasty was founded.
• At Lingxiao Courtyard, Yun Cai asked Li Qingqiu for permission to travel after the Daoist Convention, and he agreed; Zhang Yuchun then arrived with spirit fish meat.

As Qingxiao Sect prepared for the Daoist Convention, Qiu Dahu visited Zhou Ya and struggled with the gulf between Qingxia Sect and the powerful sect. Hu Yan told Duan Xiaojuan he would skip this convention, aim for first place in the next one, and leave the mountain with her for experience.

• Qiu Dahu visited Zhou Ya, who welcomed him and offered to host him through the Daoist Convention.
• Zhou Ya explained why he had founded Qingxia Sect, and Qiu Dahu insisted he would not abandon it despite resenting the distance between them.
• Duan Xiaojuan watched a battle between Nourishing Yuan Realm Fifth Layer cultivators and asked Hu Yan about his cultivation and plans for the convention.
• Hu Yan said he had reached the fifth layer but would observe this year and aim to take first place ten years later.
• Hu Yan promised to pursue longevity and immortality with Duan Xiaojuan and invited her to leave the mountain with him next year, accompanied by Uncle-Master Jiang.

Li Qingqiu oversaw new communication artifact research as the Daoist Convention showcased Qingxiao Sect’s strength and left rival sects shaken. Hu Yan began to recognize a path for his own battle style, while Yun Cai challenged Ji Ya to an Origin Energy contest that was still underway at the chapter’s end.

• Mingguang presented Li Qingqiu with a long-distance communication token, and Li Qingqiu asked him to test its range and explore a central artifact that could connect and locate tokens.
• The Daoist Convention drew crowds as Qingxiao Sect disciples impressed spectators, prompting some visitors to seek entry and leaving Qiu Dahu and representatives of other small sects discouraged by the gap in strength.
• Hu Yan watched Ji Ya train and wondered how he could develop a distinctive fighting style of his own.
• Yun Cai told Hu Yan that his Righteous Qi held exceptional potential, leading him to consider building his battle path around it.
• Yun Cai challenged Ji Ya to a contest of raw Origin Energy, and Ji Ya grew alarmed as her seemingly inexhaustible power kept matching his.

Yun Cai revealed that studying the Primordial Scripture had greatly increased her Origin Energy, prompting Li Qingqiu to study it as well while the Daoist Convention continued to showcase the sect’s rising talents. The chapter ended when Li Qingqiu received a system prompt that an infiltrator from another cultivation sect had entered his Daoist lineage.

• Yun Cai stopped her evenly matched Origin Energy contest with Ji Ya, leaving him suspecting she had held back, and Hu Yan worried over the sect’s growing number of talented disciples.
• Yun Cai told Li Qingqiu that studying the Primordial Scripture had helped her break through, then asked him to promise a reward if she won first place at the Daoist Convention; Li Qingqiu agreed to discuss it later and decided to study the scripture himself.
• Li Qingqiu considered how Ji Ya could use the [Hundred Refinements Demonic Body] to strengthen his physique, while Yun Cai left to practice and try to surpass Ji Ya.
• Pei Miao and Li Sifeng discussed Xue Jin’s strength and Li Sifeng’s plan to join his sister at the Cultivation Hall, then bickered about their sons, Li Shouzheng and Li Shoumin.
• In March, Xue Jin, Yuan Li, Li Yang, Han Lang, the Xiao Clan Three Brothers, and Lu Qing impressed the sect with their performances at the Daoist Convention.
• While Li Qingqiu taught Li Shouzheng and Li Shoumin, a prompt informed him that an infiltrator from another cultivation sect had entered his Daoist lineage and offered to show the infiltrator’s profile.

Li Qingqiu watched Sun Moxíng, a Ziyang Island spy, settle into Qingxiao Sect while considering how to recruit or restrain him. Meanwhile, Jiang Zhaoxia returned with news of a newly discovered Blessed Land and the slain toad that guarded it.

• Sun Moxíng joined the new disciples at the Daoist Convention and judged Qingxiao Sect’s growing strength a potential threat to Ziyang Island.
• Li Qingqiu spotted Sun Moxíng at the fighting platform, assessed his cultivation, and considered winning him over or restricting his movements.
• Sun Moxíng and the other new disciples were assigned to guard the Scripture Pavilion, giving him a chance to seek information about Qingxiao Sect’s legacy.
• Jiang Zhaoxia returned from Southern Chu Province and reported finding a Blessed Land filled with spirit plants and guarded by a giant toad.
• Jiang Zhaoxia gave Li Qingqiu a storage bag containing the toad’s severed limbs, which he had sealed with talisman paper.

Li Qingqiu urged Jiang Zhaoxia to take on more sect responsibilities and predicted Yun Cai would win the Daoist Convention. After Yun Cai defeated Han Lang, rumors spread that she wanted to become Li Qingqiu’s wife, and the disciples began speculating about the Sect Master’s romantic preferences.

• Jiang Zhaoxia agreed to help manage sect affairs and pay closer attention to the Daoist Convention after Li Qingqiu encouraged him to guide the younger generation.
• Li Qingqiu told Jiang Zhaoxia that Yun Cai was his pick to win the Daoist Convention and discussed the possibility that Lin Xunfeng might return from his search for immortals.
• Yun Cai defeated Han Lang, a top Sword Sect disciple at the Nourishing Yuan Realm Eighth Layer, and her reputation surged across the sect.
• Ji Ya told Yang Lin and his other friends that Yun Cai wanted to be the Sect Master's Wife rather than Li Qingqiu's disciple.
• Rumors about Yun Cai's feelings spread through the sect, and disciples shifted to speculating about what kind of woman Li Qingqiu liked.

Sun Moxíng, a spy hiding in Qingxiao Sect, planned to leave after growing suspicious of his assignment at the Scripture Pavilion. Yun Cai exposed his cultivation and defeated him in a spar, while Li Qingqiu and the sect leaders decided to keep watch over him rather than arrest him.

• Sun Moxíng decided to leave Qingxiao Sect and return later to gather information, but remained on guard at the Scripture Pavilion until his shift ended.
• Yun Cai stopped Sun Moxíng on the mountain path, recognized that he was at the Nourishing Yuan Realm Ninth Layer, and took him into the woods to ask about his background.
• Yun Cai challenged Sun Moxíng to a spar and severely injured him, revealing his true cultivation to the sect's disciples and higher-ups.
• Li Qingqiu heard what happened and agreed to honor Yun Cai's promise by keeping Sun Moxíng under watch instead of arresting him.
• Jiang Zhaoxia asked to spar with Yun Cai after she reached the Spiritual Sense Realm, while Zhang Yuchun predicted she would win first place at the Daoist Convention.
• Sun Moxíng lay awake in his room, grieving over his defeat.

Sun Moxing reconsidered Qingxiao Sect’s cultivation methods after Yun Cai defeated him, while Qingxiao Sect’s Daoist Convention advanced and Shen Yue, Yan Dao Sect, and Bai Ninger explored the ruins of the Tai Jue Sect. The chapter left them examining mysterious carvings of frightened people on stone pillars.

• Sun Moxing reflected on Yun Cai’s victory and decided to learn more about Qingxiao Sect’s cultivation methods while keeping his Ziyang Island identity secret.
• Sun Moxing learned more about Qingxiao Sect from the Spirit Control Hall’s hall master, and Li Qingqiu had Zhang Yuchun try to win him over.
• The Daoist Convention’s top sixty-four were decided, strengthening Qingxiao Sect’s reputation throughout the Nine Provinces.
• Shen Yue and Yan Dao Sect studied the Tai Jue Sect’s history and discussed its destruction by the northern yao and mo calamity.
• Bai Ninger found faint carvings of frightened figures on a stone pillar, and Shen Yue and Yan Dao Sect noticed similar markings on nearby pillars.