Recaps

Li Qingqiu taught Li Yang Heavenly Thunder Steps and encouraged Chai Yunshang to believe in her hidden potential. Meanwhile, Crown Prince Yan Lan launched an assault on the Imperial Palace and confronted the emperor in Ganwu Hall, where the emperor revealed that he had prepared an ambush.

• Li Qingqiu discovered that Li Yang's dragon soul greatly strengthened him and taught him Heavenly Thunder Steps.
• Li Qingqiu told Chai Yunshang that her talent had yet to awaken and continued teaching her Spring Return Ghost Immortal Needle.
• Yan Lan ordered his forces to attack the Imperial Palace, and his officials and soldiers stormed the palace while searching for imprisoned children and martial artists.
• Jiang Zhaoxia and Xu Ning watched the assault and then entered the Imperial Palace.
• Yan Lan reached Ganwu Hall and told the emperor he had come to take the throne; the emperor welcomed him and revealed that he had set up ambushes, as members of the Forbidden Martial Guard emerged from the darkness.

Yan Lan faced the emperor’s Forbidden Martial Guards at Ganwu Hall until Jiang Zhaoxia and Xu Ning intervened, while Li Qingqiu traveled to Thousand Spirit Blessed Land and considered helping Yuan Li awaken his Indestructible Hegemon Body. The chapter left Yan Lan and his rescuers surrounded by Xuan Gong’s forces as Xuan Gong prepared a powerful attack.

• The emperor ordered Xuan Gong to kill everyone except the Crown Prince, and the Forbidden Martial Guards attacked Yan Lan’s allies inside Ganwu Hall.
• Yan Lan drew his sword against his father, but Xuan Gong moved to break his knees before Jiang Zhaoxia and Xu Ning blocked him.
• Jiang Zhaoxia carried Yan Lan out of the hall while Xu Ning held off the Forbidden Martial Guards, but Xuan Gong confronted the three outside and gathered energy for an attack.
• Xue Jin urged Li Qingqiu to destroy the Pei Clan of Zhenyang, but Li Qingqiu refused to send him and said he would assign someone else.
• Li Qingqiu flew to Thousand Spirit Blessed Land using the Sword Control Technique and began meditating beneath the Thousand Spirit Tree.
• Zhao Zhen and Ji Ya sparred, and Li Qingqiu considered using a soul illusion to help Yuan Li awaken the Indestructible Hegemon Body.

Li Qingqiu learned that Yan Lan had died after Jiang Zhaoxia and Xu Ning rescued him from the Imperial Palace, and the Crown Prince’s death triggered a bloody purge across the Nine Provinces. As the Qingxiao Sect prepared for the political upheaval, Zhao Zhen vowed to train hard, while Li Qingqiu wondered whether the Emperor would target his own grandson.

• Li Qingqiu told Li Sifeng to reach the fifth layer of the Nourishing Yuan Realm and destroy the Pei Clan, urging him to consider the consequences of his actions.
• Jiang Zhaoxia and Xu Ning reported that Yan Lan had died from poison after refusing to flee the imperial city and risk Zhao Zhen and the Qingxiao Sect.
• News of the Crown Prince’s death spread across the Nine Provinces, and the Son of Heaven ordered a sweeping investigation and executions in Zhenyang Imperial City.
• Li Qingqiu ordered the hall masters to keep Zhao Zhen’s identity secret, while Zhu Yan chose to remain at the Qingxiao Sect despite concerns for her family.
• Zhao Zhen told Li Qingqiu that Yan Lan had accepted his fate and wanted his death to have meaning, then vowed to train hard and honor his father.

Li Qingqiu broke through to the Eighth Layer of the Nourishing Yuan Realm and subdued the ghost in a copper mirror, making Nangong E his second ghost servant. Meanwhile, unrest spread across Great Li, and Zhao Zhi ordered Xuan Gong to keep hunting martial artists for the Elixir of Immortality.

• A scholar denounced Zhao Zhi in public, and the Qingxiao Seven Sons decided to return to their sect as resentment against the emperor spread.
• Zhao Zhi ordered Xuan Gong to continue searching for two escaped people and to have the Demonic Sect gather martial arts masters as ingredients for an Elixir of Immortality.
• Li Qingqiu broke through to the Eighth Layer of the Nourishing Yuan Realm and began to sense Spiritual Sense.
• Li Qingqiu used the Soul Seizing Curse to subdue the female ghost in the copper mirror and learned that she was Nangong E, a princess of the Wei Dynasty.
• Li Qingqiu made Nangong E his second ghost servant, named the copper mirror Nangong Mirror, and discovered that she could move trees even in daylight.

After Li Qingqiu kept watch on the mysterious Chu Jing while Qingxiao Sect prospered amid growing turmoil, Cai Liang of the powerful Cai Clan arrived with a startling question. The chapter ended with him asking Li Qingqiu whether he was willing to rebel.

• Li Qingqiu approved renovations to Lingxiao Courtyard and wrote down insights from his breakthrough to help the disciples cultivate.
• Li Sifeng defeated a renowned swordsman using the Overlord Sword, while Chu Jing gave Li Sijin a manual for the secret Profound Yin Art.
• Li Qingqiu warned Li Sijin that Chu Jing was far more powerful and older than he appeared, then decided to have Lin Chuan monitor him.
• The Nine Provinces descended further into chaos as the Son of Heaven punished Aristocratic Clans, the Demonic Sect massacred martial sects, and Northern Barbarians invaded Cangzhou.
• After Lingxiao Courtyard was rebuilt, Cai Liang visited Li Qingqiu and asked whether he was willing to rebel.

Li Qingqiu refused the Cai Clan’s invitation to join its rebellion and declared that Qingxiao Sect would keep growing until it could rule in its own right. After Jiang Zhaoxia reached the Yangyuan Realm Seventh Layer, he rallied the sect’s leaders and set out plans for further cultivation and control of the Tai Kun Mountain Range.

• Cai Liang asked Li Qingqiu to help the Cai Clan place a Zhao heir on the throne in return for greater influence and Qingxiao Sect’s rise as the martial arts world’s leading authority, but Li Qingqiu decided to refuse.
• Li Qingqiu discovered that new disciple Zhang Ping had the Fates Ordinary Person, Seek Fortune and Avoid Disaster, and Defy Fate and Change Destiny, and resolved to cultivate him carefully.
• Li Qingqiu told Zhang Yuchun that Qingxiao Sect needed to become the power in charge, invoking the Mandate of Heaven bestowed by the immortals.
• Cai Liang left after Qingxiao Sect rejected the Cai Clan’s proposal, while Jiang Zhaoxia broke through to the Yangyuan Realm Seventh Layer.
• Li Qingqiu informed the sect leaders of Jiang Zhaoxia’s breakthrough and announced Spirit Stone rewards for the first ten True Disciples to reach the Yangyuan Realm Fifth Layer.
• Li Qingqiu told the leaders that chaos was coming and that Qingxiao Sect would claim everything in the Tai Kun Mountain Range and protect its people.

The Qingxiao Sect strengthened its disciples and public reputation as the realm descended into turmoil, while Li Qingqiu sent Li Sifeng to pursue revenge against the Pei Clan. The chapter left Chu Jing’s group facing a mysterious swordsman and Li Yang eager to learn Zhao Zhen’s Divine Dragon Transformation.

• Li Qingqiu’s policies encouraged cultivation and service to common people, and Zhang Yuchun helped the sect earn renown by promoting it and defeating two bandit groups.
• King Wei Zhao Qi raised troops, several great clans seized the Imperial City, and the Son of Heaven retook it and executed members of the Pei Clan, Wang Clan, and Lu Clan.
• Li Sifeng asked to avenge the Qingxiao Sect disciples killed by the Pei Clan, and Li Qingqiu ordered Zhang Yuchun to send seven True Disciples with him.
• Chu Jing told Zhang Ping that King Wei could not win and explained that he was only a pawn in the conflict between the clans and imperial authority.
• A mysterious swordsman confronted Chu Jing and the Spirit Control Hall disciples on their journey to promote the Qingxiao Sect.
• Zhao Zhen demonstrated his golden-dragon Divine Dragon Transformation to Li Yang, who became eager to learn it.

Li Qingqiu used an arcane soul art to identify an attacker from Taiwu Sect and entrusted Zhang Yuchun with handling threats to the Primordial Scripture. As rebellion spread across the realm, Jia Yi sought refuge at Qingxiao Sect, but Ma Yu refused to stay without Feng Dai.

• Li Qingqiu used the Soul Seizing Curse on a dead attacker, identified him as a Taiwu Sect agent after the Primordial Scripture, and asked two Spirit Control Hall disciples to keep his arcane art secret.
• Li Qingqiu left Zhang Yuchun to prevent the Primordial Scripture from leaking and told him to reward the six disciples who captured the attacker.
• Qin Meng seized the provincial capital and had Prefect Fan Xi killed, while the masked Xuan Gong watched from a rooftop.
• Jia Yi arrived at Lingxiao Courtyard with Ma Yu and begged Li Qingqiu for protection from the Forbidden Martial Guard.
• Li Qingqiu approved Jia Yi's plan to fetch his family and sent silver needles into his forehead, then invited Ma Yu to remain at Qingxiao Sect.
• Ma Yu declined Li Qingqiu's offer because he would not abandon Feng Dai and hurried away.

Li Qingqiu investigated whether Chu Jing was the mysterious imperial operative Xuan Gong while making arrangements for the Zhu family and Qingxiao Sect disciples. After Li Sifeng returned from his journey, he arrived at Lingxiao Courtyard with news about the Pei Clan, leaving Li Qingqiu ready to hear his report.

• Zhu Yan told Li Qingqiu that Xuan Gong had served Zhao Zhi for years, trained Forbidden Martial Guard experts, and helped defeat the Northern Barbarians; she also reported that he had clashed with the Son of Heaven over the Elixir of Immortality.
• Li Qingqiu suspected Xuan Gong was Chu Jing and asked Zhu Yan to investigate Xuan Gong’s ties to the Demonic Sect, while agreeing to admit thirty Zhu family disciples to the Qingxiao Sect.
• Li Qingqiu and Zhang Yuchun agreed that Chu Jing might be Xuan Gong, discussed Zhang Ping, and arranged for Ji Ya to assist Zhang Yuchun; Li Qingqiu also predicted that Yuan Li would become the sect’s greatest pride.
• News arrived that the Prefect of Guzhou had been murdered and that seven provinces were preparing to rebel against the Son of Heaven.
• Li Sifeng returned safely with the seven True Disciples who had accompanied him, then waited for Li Qingqiu and announced that he had a report about the Pei Clan.

Li Sifeng returned from confronting the Pei Clan with a proposed marriage to Pei Miao, hoping the alliance would settle their feud. Li Qingqiu discovered Pei Miao’s extraordinary fate and worried the marriage could draw Li Sifeng toward imperial power, leaving him conflicted as Li Sifeng awaited his approval.

• Li Sifeng told Li Qingqiu and Li Dongyue that he killed thirty-four Pei Clan members involved in the earlier attack after the clan leader helped identify them.
• Li Sifeng explained that the Pei Clan leader offered his daughter Pei Miao’s hand in marriage to settle the feud, and asked whether the marriage could proceed.
• Li Qingqiu said Pei Miao should first be invited to join the Qingxiao Sect, while he and Li Dongyue agreed they should meet her and verify the situation.
• Li Qingqiu told the other disciples about the proposal; Li Sijin objected, Zhang Yuchun approved cautiously, and Jiang Zhaoxia offered to investigate the Pei Clan.
• Li Qingqiu checked Pei Miao’s Legacy System profile and saw her high loyalty, Extreme Love Extreme Hate fate, and destiny to bear two Heaven-Ordained Emperors.
• Li Sifeng noticed Li Qingqiu’s troubled expression and fell silent, unwilling to marry Pei Miao if his eldest senior brother disapproved.

Li Qingqiu chose to respect Li Sifeng’s wishes about Pei Miao and let him pursue his own path. As Qingxiao Sect’s young disciples competed to grow stronger, Li Sifeng declared that he wanted to test himself in the troubled world rather than pursue eternal life.

• Li Qingqiu decided to observe Pei Miao for a year, then reconsidered after hearing Li Sifeng defend his love for her and resolved to support his wishes.
• Xue Jin reached the Nourishing Yuan Realm Fifth Layer, became deputy hall master of the Training Hall, and welcomed Thirteen Sword Li to the hall.
• Zhao Zhen reached the Nourishing Yuan Realm Fifth Layer at age nine, while Yuan Li struggled with doubts about his slow cultivation and resolved to prove himself.
• Li Qingqiu observed Shen Yue’s Sword Sect disciples refining Sword Qi and recognized the depth of Shen Yue’s swordsmanship.
• Li Sifeng told Li Qingqiu that he intended to marry Pei Miao, confront the Pei Clan’s ambitions, and pursue heroism rather than eternal life.
• Li Qingqiu supported Li Sifeng’s choice, promised that Qingxiao Sect would remain his home, and warned him not to harm the innocent or betray his principles.

Li Qingqiu agreed to send Qingxiao Sect disciples to Martial God Pass after Qin Jue and two allies asked for help against the formidable Yao General Changwu. He chose Li Sifeng and Wu Man'er, with Zhang Yu accompanying them, and they prepared to depart the next morning.

• Li Sifeng cultivated diligently, helping revive the Training Hall, while Li Qingqiu opened recruitment for ten more disciples in each of the Seven Halls.
• Li Qingqiu watched Zhao Zhen and Li Yang spar with Divine Dragon Transformation, then joined them for a spar of his own.
• Qin Jue, Pei Xuantang, and Lu Yi asked Li Qingqiu to send an expert to defeat Changwu and help the coalition break through Martial God Pass.
• Li Qingqiu agreed to send someone the next day and selected Li Sifeng and Wu Man'er, with Zhang Yu joining them for his judgment and resourcefulness.
• At dinner, Li Sifeng and Wu Man'er confidently welcomed the journey, while Jiang Zhaoxia offered to protect them in secret and Li Qingqiu reassured him privately.

Li Qingqiu prepared the Qingxiao Sword Sect Token, sent disciples toward Martial God Pass, and learned that Chu Jing had ties to the Demonic Sect. He then rode Xiao Ba to Central Heaven Continent and reached Pan City, where people continued to call Changwu a Yao General.

• Li Qingqiu taught Jiang Zhaoxia sound transmission, and Jiang learned the technique quickly.
• Li Sifeng, Wu Man'er, and Zhang Yu left Qingxiao Sect for Martial God Pass to fight a Yao General, while Qin Ye agreed to go to war and received a warning about the Qingxiao Sword Sect Token.
• Li Qingqiu had the token shown to every disciple, and Zhang Yuchun told Zhang Ping that Chu Jing had ties to the Demonic Sect and warned him not to leave Qingxiao Sect.
• Li Qingqiu rode Xiao Ba toward Martial God Pass, then flew to Pan City after seeing that the allied army was not moving to battle.
• Li Qingqiu explored Pan City and heard its residents call Changwu a Yao General.

Li Qingqiu followed Bo Zhao to Cui Manor and slaughtered the Cui Family members who had been terrorizing Pan City, rescuing the captive girls. As he searched the estate, he discovered a hidden red Lingzhi beneath a pile of dried herbs.

• Bo Zhao defied his fellow constables and promised a woman and her son justice against the Cui Family, then led them to Cui Manor.
• Cui Yong kicked Bo Zhao aside, but Li Qingqiu intervened and killed Cui Yong with a single kick.
• Li Qingqiu defeated the guards and entered Cui Manor, killing its powerful members and knocking out servants as he searched for the captive girls.
• Li Qingqiu reassured a captive girl that her family was safe, then continued freeing girls held in the estate.
• Li Qingqiu sensed unusual spiritual energy in a courtyard and found a bright red Lingzhi hidden in a chest of dried herbs.

Li Qingqiu destroyed Cui Manor, sent its medicinal herbs to Qingxiao Sect, and left the rescued girls in the care of the local people. Meanwhile, Wu Man'er rode out to duel Changwu at Martial God Pass, with the Seven Prefectures' army watching and hoping for a victory.

• Li Qingqiu killed everyone in Cui Manor and sent its herb crates to Qingxiao Sect on Xiao Ba.
• Li Qingqiu introduced himself to Bo Zhao, asked him to guide any homeless rescued girls to Qingxiao Mountain, and left the crowd to spread word of the Cui Family's crimes.
• Wu Man'er and Li Sifeng joined King Wei Zhao Qi's army as it advanced toward Martial God Pass, and Li Sifeng declared that Wu Man'er could defeat Changwu.
• Changwu rode out from Martial God Pass, mocked King Wei's forces, and challenged them to fight.
• Li Sifeng urged Wu Man'er to kill Changwu quickly, and Wu Man'er rode forward to meet him in a duel.

Wu Man'er killed Changwu and broke through Martial God Pass, while Li Qingqiu intercepted the Forbidden Martial Guards sent to capture him. As Li Qingqiu fought the guards, a prompt announced that someone in his lineage had created a Spirit Gathering Array and unlocked the Formation path.

• Wu Man'er defeated Changwu in three moves, killing him with a thrown halberd.
• Wu Man'er dodged the arrows and smashed through Martial God Pass's gates, rallying the Seven Prefectures army to storm the pass.
• The Director ordered the Forbidden Martial Guards to capture Wu Man'er alive, but Li Qingqiu arrived and blocked their way.
• Li Qingqiu fought the Martial God Pill-enhanced guards with swordsmanship, wounding them and forcing the Director to consider fleeing.
• A prompt informed Li Qingqiu that someone in his lineage had created a Spirit Gathering Array, unlocking the Formation path and granting him a Fortune Inheritance opportunity.

Li Qingqiu learned that Emperor Zhao Zhi was preparing an assault on the Qingxiao Sect with Martial God Pills and Yin Ghost Pills, then briefed the sect and organized preparations. The chapter ended with his Legacy System detecting a low-tier demon realm Fortune Inheritance.

• Li Qingqiu killed the black-clad men, extracted the division chief’s memories, and learned about Master Jiang, the Forbidden Martial Guard, and the emperor’s plans.
• After the battle at Martial God Pass ended, Li Qingqiu flew away on Xiao Ba and later briefed the Qingxiao Sect’s hall masters about the coming attack and the deadly pills.
• Shen Yue and Jiang Zhaoxia volunteered to patrol, while Zhu Yan reported that Mingguang had created a working Spirit Gathering Array.
• Li Qingqiu promoted Mingguang to True Disciple and ordered a stele honoring his contribution to be erected near Profound Heart Hall.
• Li Qingqiu told Li Dongyue that their junior brothers could handle the dangers in Zhenyang Imperial City, then invited her to join him the next morning.
• Li Qingqiu activated the Legacy System, which detected a low-tier demon realm and offered him Fortune Inheritance guidance.

Li Qingqiu followed a Fortune Inheritance to a hidden demon realm in Tianji Mountain and brought Li Dongyue to scout it. On the way, they met the orphan Yang Xuan, whose extraordinary talent and fate as a future Dao Ancestor led Li Qingqiu to invite him into Qingxiao Sect.

• Li Qingqiu learned in a dream that a low-tier demon realm lay in the mountains north of Guzhou and decided to scout it with Li Dongyue.
• Li Qingqiu inspected Mingguang's Spirit Gathering Array and praised its ability to speed up cultivation.
• Li Qingqiu and Li Dongyue traveled to Tianji Mountain, talked about their goals, and agreed that they both wanted to pursue immortality.
• A hunter boy warned Li Qingqiu and Li Dongyue that people had disappeared in Tianji Mountain and revealed that he was alone after his grandfather died.
• Li Qingqiu invited the boy, Yang Xuan, to join Qingxiao Sect, and Yang Xuan accepted after learning he could study martial arts there.
• Li Qingqiu checked Yang Xuan's Legacy System profile and discovered his excellent aptitude, unusual ability to sense living things, and fate as a future Human Dao Ancestor.

Li Qingqiu and Li Dongyue entered a hidden cultivation realm in Tianji Mountain, while Shen Yue confronted the forces marching against Qingxiao Sect. Shen Yue and Xuan Gong clashed, and Shen Yue challenged him to settle an old defeat.

• Li Qingqiu sent Yang Xuan back to wait while he and Li Dongyue continued into Tianji Mountain.
• Li Qingqiu placed five Spirit Stones in hollows in a cliff, opening a passage into a sunlit realm filled with spiritual energy.
• Shen Yue confronted Song Kejian and the forces of Taiwu Sect, Li Yin Sect, Sword Extreme Sect, and the Forbidden Martial Guard, warning them that anyone who crossed his sword mark would die.
• Xuan Gong arrived and threatened Shen Yue on behalf of the Son of Heaven, Zhao Zhi, but Shen Yue refused to stand aside.
• Shen Yue recognized Xuan Gong as the qin player who had defeated him when he was young, and challenged him to erase that defeat.

Shen Yue fought Xuan Gong and was ambushed by the Three Dynastic Sects and the Forbidden Martial Guard, while Li Qingqiu returned to Qingxiao Sect and learned that Shen Yue had been injured. Shen Yue recovered and announced that his sword path had advanced and that he would challenge Li Qingqiu after undergoing Bone-Shedding and Marrow-Changing.

• Shen Yue and Xuan Gong clashed on a mountain ridge, and Xuan Gong displayed immense power and swordsmanship that made Song Kejian recognize a connection to Song Xuan.
• Shen Yue formed Myriad Swords Returning to Origin from Sword Qi, while Li Qingqiu and Li Dongyue left Yang Xuan to guard Tianji Mountain with Xiao Ba.
• Li Qingqiu and Li Dongyue returned to Lingxiao Courtyard, where Yuan Qi reported that Shen Yue had been attacked by the Three Dynastic Sects and the Forbidden Martial Guard.
• Li Qingqiu and Li Dongyue visited Shen Yue, who explained that he had wounded Xuan Gong before pill-enhanced attackers struck him while he was exhausted.
• Shen Yue told Li Qingqiu that his sword path had advanced and promised to challenge him after undergoing Bone-Shedding and Marrow-Changing.

Li Qingqiu planned the Qingxiao Sect’s retaliation against the Three Dynastic Sects and the Forbidden Martial Guard while Shen Yue recovered from battle. At the Xi River, Xuan Gong revealed his scheme to absorb Liu Dai’s cultivation and establish a new emperor.

• Shen Yue agreed to spar with Li Qingqiu after recovering, and Li Qingqiu arranged to publicize his contribution to the sect.
• Li Qingqiu asked Zhao Linglong about her ties to the Li Yin Sect, then offered to spare anyone she named; she named no one.
• Li Qingqiu assigned Xu Ning to lead an open campaign against the Three Dynastic Sects and planned a secret mission against the Forbidden Martial Guard.
• Li Qingqiu urged the hall masters to train more powerful disciples and said Jiang Zhaoxia would help develop a newly discovered Blessed Land.
• Xuan Gong told Liu Dai that the Son of Heaven feared the Qingxiao Sect and then attacked Liu Dai, absorbing his cultivation to pursue his plan to establish a new emperor.

Li Qingqiu continued strengthening the Qingxiao Sect, while Cheng Xiu and Cheng San were invited to help establish the Monster Taming Hall. In Zhenyang Imperial City, Zhao Zhi learned that the Qingxiao Sect had defeated his forces and attacked two allied sects, and Xuan Gong urged him to focus on the Seven Prefectures and begin the Sky Mending Plan.

• Li Qingqiu selected disciples to accompany Xu Ning to the Central Heaven Continent and Jiang Zhaoxia and Li Dongyue to Tianji Mountain, then devoted himself to cultivation.
• Cheng San told Cheng Xiu about Lu Qing’s rapid rise and urged her to confess her feelings to Li Sifeng, but Cheng Xiu refused.
• Yuan Qi invited Cheng Xiu and Cheng San to help establish the Monster Taming Hall, and they eagerly accepted.
• Xuan Gong reported to Zhao Zhi that the Qingxiao Sect had ambushed his force and that he alone had escaped.
• A Forbidden Martial Guard told Zhao Zhi that Xu Ning had led the Qingxiao Sect in destroying the Taiwu Sect and Li Yin Sect.
• Xuan Gong urged Zhao Zhi to suppress the Seven Prefectures and carry out the Sky Mending Plan before King Wei attacked Zhenyang Imperial City.

As Qingxiao Sect’s disciples returned from Zhenyang after the Seven Prefectures’ alliance was routed, Li Qingqiu sensed an ominous aura near the capital and sent Xiao Ba to find them. The disciples warned Daoist Baishu of Fengxia Mountain about the danger, but he continued toward Zhenyang, declaring that the Millennium Human Disaster had arrived.

• Li Qingqiu reassured Li Sijin about the value of her work, then sensed an evil aura from Zhenyang and sent Xiao Ba to locate Xu Ning, Li Sifeng, and Wu Man'er.
• Xu Ning and the dispirited disciples traveled away from Central Heaven Continent while Li Sifeng and Zhang Yu reflected on the battle and the world's uncertain future.
• Daoist Baishu of Fengxia Mountain approached the group and asked about conditions in Zhenyang Imperial City.
• Zhang Yu warned Daoist Baishu that the Emperor's demonic forces were rounding people up and that the Seven Prefectures' alliance had been routed.
• Daoist Baishu called the crisis the Millennium Human Disaster and continued toward Zhenyang despite Xu Ning's warning that he could not defeat the Emperor.
• Xiao Ba appeared overhead as Xu Ning and the disciples resumed their journey, while Daoist Baishu continued in the opposite direction.

Xu Ning and the others returned to Qingxiao Sect with news of the Emperor’s powerful demonic soldiers, prompting Li Qingqiu to strengthen the sect’s defenses rather than attack rashly. In Ganwu Hall, Zhao Zhi continued his brutal cultivation while Xuan Gong urged him to begin the Sky Mending Plan, and Daoist Baishu’s arrival ended with a mysterious double appearing.

• Xu Ning reported that Taiwu Sect and Li Yin Sect had been destroyed, while Sword Extreme Sect had disappeared.
• Zhang Yu, Li Sifeng, and Xu Ning described the Emperor’s strength and the demonic soldiers they had encountered at Zhenyang Imperial City.
• Li Qingqiu ordered increased patrols and told Qingxiao Sect’s disciples to limit their trips down the mountain.
• Zhao Zhi drained prisoners of their energy, and Xuan Gong told him the ritual platform would be ready within three days.
• Daoist Baishu arrived with a painting, and Xuan Gong saw a phantom resembling Baishu dart toward him while the real Baishu remained below.

Daoist Baishu’s attack nearly killed Zhao Zhi, but Xuan Gong saved the emperor, leaving the conspiracy intact. As news of the Seven Prefectures’ defeat spread, Qingxiao Sect gathered to watch Shen Yue’s match against Li Qingqiu, whose dramatic arrival ended the chapter.

• Daoist Baishu’s phantom used a sword from a scroll to strike Zhao Zhi, but Xuan Gong killed Baishu’s true body and shattered the sword before Zhao Zhi died.
• Zhao Zhi survived and ordered an attendant to summon the Celestial Master, while Li Qingqiu and Xu Ning sensed the strange aura disappear and then return.
• News of the allied armies’ defeat and the demonic soldiers spread through Qingxiao Sect, frightening its disciples and prompting people across the land to flee.
• Shen Yue waited at the Martial Arts Stage for his match with Li Qingqiu as disciples, elders, nobles, and other visitors gathered.
• Xu Ning asked Shen Yue to fight her first, but he said he had come to face her master; Li Sifeng and Cheng Xiu separately accepted that their relationship would not continue.
• Li Qingqiu descended onto the Martial Arts Stage on his sword, drawing cheers from the gathered crowd.