Recaps

Li Qingqiu defeated Shen Yue with a single strike, then announced he would go to Zhenyang alone to kill the Demon Emperor and left Qingxiao Sect. In Ganwu Hall, Xuan Gong learned Li Qingqiu would attack at dawn, while a mysterious boy appeared behind Master Jiang.

• Li Qingqiu broke Shen Yue’s Myriad Swords Returning to Origin with a swift strike, leaving the Sword God reconsidering his path.
• Li Qingqiu told Qingxiao Sect’s disciples he would go to Zhenyang, kill the Demon Emperor, and return within three days, then flew away on the Heavenly Rainbow Sword.
• Zhao Zhi endured treatment in a cauldron as Master Jiang told Xuan Gong that his injured Primordial Spirit needed more time to recover.
• A Forbidden Martial Guard delivered a letter announcing Li Qingqiu would attack Zhenyang Imperial City at dawn and kill His Majesty, and Xuan Gong left to make preparations.
• Master Jiang mocked Li Qingqiu’s threat without noticing a young boy had appeared atop a pillar and was watching him coldly.

Chai Yunshang reassured Yu Lan that Li Qingqiu would return, while Li Qingqiu prepared his ghost slaves for the coming battle. As Emperor Zhao Zhi began the Sky Mending Plan in Zhenyang Imperial City, Li Qingqiu arrived at the South Gate to honor his appointment to kill the emperor.

• Yu Lan worried that Li Qingqiu faced too many dangers, and Chai Yunshang told her to trust him and wait three days.
• Li Qingqiu discussed the consequences of killing Zhao Zhi with Nangong E, then said the ghost slaves would join the battle.
• Lin Chuan reported what he had seen in the city, and Li Qingqiu responded with a cold laugh.
• Zhao Zhi ordered Qingxiao True Person boiled alive, but Master Jiang and Xuan Gong urged him to begin the Sky Mending Plan instead.
• Martial artists hiding near the South Gate debated how to enter the city, then watched a blue-robed man announce that he had come to kill the emperor.

Li Qingqiu stormed into Zhenyang Imperial City alone and cut through its defenders as he advanced toward Zhao Zhi. The prisoners learned that the Number One Under Heaven had come, while Zhao Zhi sent Xuan Gong to stop him and prepared to take more inner cores.

• Li Qingqiu evaded the archers at the southern gate, killed the Forbidden Martial Guards there, and smashed the city gate apart.
• Li Qingqiu fought his way down Changle Street, killing hundreds of soldiers and Forbidden Martial Guards with his Heavenly Rainbow Sword.
• A Forbidden Martial Guard reported Li Qingqiu's advance to Zhao Zhi, and the prisoners recognized him as the Number One Under Heaven and began hoping for rescue.
• Zhao Zhi ordered Xuan Gong to seize Li Qingqiu, then demanded more inner cores from Master Jiang, who handed him a white jade bottle.
• Li Qingqiu cut down a Divine Martial Soldier with one sword, while Lin Xiao watched from a building and feared confronting him.

Li Qingqiu fought his way through the Imperial City and confronted Zhao Zhi, whose thousand years of cultivation and ghostly power failed to protect him. Li Qingqiu beheaded the emperor and then turned his attention to Master Jiang, who suspected that he was an immortal cultivator.

• Xuan Gong watched Li Qingqiu advance through Changle Street, then left rather than oppose him or defend Zhao Zhi.
• Martial artists gathered outside the South City Gate saw the corpses inside and waited for a chance to enter the city.
• Zhao Zhi summoned a giant ghost in the Imperial City square, but Li Qingqiu arrived with a silver Mountain Lord and challenged him.
• Zhao Zhi used his ghostly power to destroy the Mountain Lord and hurl stones at Li Qingqiu, who cut through the attack and wounded him.
• Li Qingqiu pinned Zhao Zhi to the platform, pierced his throat, and chopped off his head despite the Forbidden Martial Guards' approach.
• Li Qingqiu challenged Master Jiang about his claim to immortality, and Master Jiang asked whether Li Qingqiu was an immortal cultivator.

Li Qingqiu let Master Jiang complete the Soul Refining Banner, then defeated him and took the banner. Zhao Zhi’s soul was swallowed by Nangong E, while Qingxiao True Person reunited with Li Qingqiu and survived the confrontation.

• Zhao Zhi watched Master Jiang summon ghosts with the Soul Refining Banner and mocked Li Qingqiu, but Nangong E appeared and swallowed Zhao Zhi’s soul.
• Master Jiang revealed that the banner extracted souls from the Forbidden Martial Guards, Divine Martial Soldiers, and people across the imperial city.
• Qingxiao True Person tried to attack Master Jiang, but Li Qingqiu stopped him and pulled him back, promising to take him to Qingxiao Mountain to recover.
• Master Jiang unleashed the banner’s ghostly energy against Li Qingqiu, but Li Qingqiu walked through it and made the ghosts disintegrate.
• Li Qingqiu criticized Master Jiang’s cultivation and killed him with a sword strike, then seized the Soul Refining Banner.

After killing Master Jiang and Zhao Zhi, Li Qingqiu tracked down Xuan Gong, whose identity was Chu Jing, and learned why he had plotted to restore the Great Wei Dynasty. Before Li Qingqiu executed him, Xuan Gong revealed the Sky Mending Great Array and asked him to protect the young descendant of the Great Wei Imperial Family.

• Li Qingqiu seized Master Jiang's soul, took his warded pouch, and sent Qingxiao True Person away with money and needles to aid his recovery.
• The prisoners surrounded the fleeing ministers as Li Qingqiu left the imperial city with Lin Chuan.
• Xuan Gong revealed that he was Chu Jing and explained his efforts to restore the Great Wei Dynasty and his role in founding the Demonic Sect.
• Li Qingqiu confronted Xuan Gong over his complicity in Zhao Zhi's crimes, and Xuan Gong learned that Qingxiao Sect practiced cultivation rather than martial arts.
• Xuan Gong gave Li Qingqiu the secret manual for the Sky Mending Great Array and asked him to protect the young Great Wei heir on Qingxiao Mountain.
• Li Qingqiu agreed to protect the heir according to his character and beheaded Xuan Gong.

After killing Xuan Gong, Li Qingqiu watched Chu Jing emerge as an unusual ghost and become the sword soul of the Heavenly Rainbow Sword. He collected Chu Jing’s hidden treasures and set out to plunder Master Jiang’s inheritance before returning to Qingxiao Sect.

• Li Qingqiu saw Chu Jing’s pure soul emerge, and Chu Jing recognized Nangong E as Princess Yuanxi, sister of Emperor Wen Nangong Yuan.
• Chu Jing asked to become Li Qingqiu’s ghost servant, but when Li Qingqiu refused, he entered the Heavenly Rainbow Sword and became its sword soul.
• Li Qingqiu bonded with Chu Jing and learned that Chu Jing had found an immortal pill and three manuals in a cave.
• Li Qingqiu used Master Jiang’s storage bag to collect Chu Jing’s hidden money, manuals, and pills.
• Li Qingqiu absorbed Master Jiang’s memories and traveled to a mountain in Jiangzhou to search the cave mansion of the cultivator who had taught Master Jiang.

Li Qingqiu returned to Qingxiao Sect after killing Emperor Zhao Zhi, Master Jiang, Xuan Gong, and the imperial forces, then announced plans to expand the sect’s power. Half a month later, his fame earned him an opportunity to select a Fate.

• Li Qingqiu found the cultivator’s Cave Mansion empty and returned to Qingxiao Mountain with Chu Jing, Nangong E, and Lin Chuan.
• Li Sijin and Zhang Yuchun worried about Li Qingqiu until Xiao Ba brought him safely back to the sect.
• Li Qingqiu told the gathered hall masters that he had killed Emperor Zhao Zhi, Master Jiang, Xuan Gong, the Forbidden Martial Guard, and the demonic soldiers.
• Li Qingqiu ordered Qingxiao Sect to recruit more disciples while raising standards for True Disciples, and declared that the sect would stand above the dynasties.
• News of Li Qingqiu’s victory spread across the land, stunning Qin Jue and other listeners.
• Half a month later, Li Qingqiu received an opportunity to select a Fate for becoming famous throughout the world and advancing Qingxiao Sect’s rise.

Li Qingqiu strengthened the Qingxiao Sect after killing Zhao Zhi, while news of the emperor’s death spread and stirred others to prepare for the coming chaos. Feng Dai and Ma Yu headed toward Qingxiao Mountain and met the newly freed Qingxiao True Person, who claimed Li Qingqiu was his disciple’s disciple.

• Li Qingqiu gave Zhu Yan and Mingguang the Jade Purity Restriction Treasure Codex, recorded Chu Jing’s Sky Mending Great Array, and planned to expand the sect across the Tai Kun Mountain Range.
• Li Qingqiu showed Shen Yue that the Heavenly Rainbow Sword could float, attributing it to a mysterious bond formed during the battle in Zhenyang.
• Tang Ziqi told Yan Wujin that Li Qingqiu had killed the emperor, prompting them to prepare the Juesheng Sect to become a regional power and send a congratulatory gift to Qingxiao Sect.
• Feng Dai and Ma Yu discussed visiting Qingxiao Mountain and restoring peace amid the expected chaos.
• An old man introduced himself to Feng Dai and Ma Yu as Qingxiao True Person and said Li Qingqiu was his disciple’s disciple.

As the Qingxiao Sect prospered amid the land’s growing chaos, Li Qingqiu learned that Zhao Zhen had greatly improved the Great Sun Yang Gong and encouraged him to keep cultivating in the sect. The chapter ended with Qingxiao True Person trying unsuccessfully to use his status to recommend three applicants through Zhang Ping.

• Li Qingqiu told Chu Jing that he cultivated because he enjoyed growing stronger and hoped to transform himself into an immortal body through his own efforts.
• Zhao Zhen demonstrated his improved Great Sun Yang Gong, drawing spiritual energy into a growing fireball and astonishing Chu Jing and the others.
• Li Qingqiu praised Zhao Zhen’s technique, offered to record it in the Scripture Pavilion and raise a monument to him, and learned that Zhao Zhen wanted to remain in the sect rather than become emperor.
• Li Qingqiu offered to teach Zhao Zhen another peerless art, while Chu Jing questioned the meaning of restoring the Great Wei dynasty.
• Qingxiao True Person asked Zhang Ping to recommend three applicants for admission, but Zhang Ping declined and offered only to pass his message to a hall master.

Li Qingqiu discovered three talented brothers among the new disciples and summoned them to become his aides, offering to teach them techniques. As the Qingxiao True Person worried that they had done something wrong, Chu Jing recognized the brothers as descendants of the Martial Arts Myth, Xiao Xuanzun.

• Zhao Zhen's Great Sun True Yuan Technique earned a stele along the Forging Path, and disciples borrowed it to judge its worth.
• Li Qingqiu found the gifted Xiao Wudi, Xiao Wuqing, and Xiao Wuming among the new disciples and decided to develop them.
• Li Qingqiu promised Li Sijin a genius disciple, while Zhang Yuchun also asked for one and was ignored.
• Li Qingqiu inspected the sect, then summoned the three Xiao brothers and offered to teach them techniques as his aides.
• The Qingxiao True Person rushed in, fearing the brothers were in trouble, but Chu Jing recognized them as descendants of Xiao Xuanzun.

Li Qingqiu continued cultivating the Xiao brothers and rewarded Zhang Ping with a rare manual for his dedication. He appointed Cheng Canghai to lead the Monster Taming Hall and ordered a new sect mission to find spiritually unusual places and rare treasures.

• Li Qingqiu personally trained Xiao Wudi, Xiao Wuqing, and Xiao Wuming, whose loyalty to him reached 95 in less than half a month.
• Li Qingqiu introduced the Xiao brothers to the sect’s hall masters and disciples, and their rapid progress and special treatment made them famous within the sect.
• Xiao Wudi, Xiao Wuqing, and Xiao Wuming delivered Zhang Ping the Spring Return Ghost Immortal Needle manual as Li Qingqiu’s reward for his sense of duty.
• Li Qingqiu appointed Cheng Canghai hall master of the Monster Taming Hall, reserving the deputy position and most disciple slots for his own choices.
• Li Qingqiu told Xue Jin to add a long-term Training Hall mission to search for places with unusual spiritual energy and rare treasures.

Li Qingqiu inspected the sect, brought Jiang Zhaoxia, Li Dongyue, and Yang Xuan back from Tianji Mountain, and appointed Qingxiao True Person deputy hall master of the Enforcement Hall. He then checked Qingxiao True Person’s portrait in the Legacy System, still suspecting the old man had a special Fate.

• Li Qingqiu authorized the Training Hall to accept carefully vetted missions from disciples and praised Xue Jin for his work.
• Li Sifeng left the sect with more than a dozen disciples to seek glory, after Li Qingqiu forbade him from acting in Qingxiao Sect’s name.
• Li Qingqiu visited Tianji Mountain, heard about Jiang Zhaoxia’s discovery of a cave inheritance, and learned that the Heavenly Rainbow Sword had become a spirit sword with its own will.
• Li Qingqiu claimed the storage bag from the cave and ordered Jiang Zhaoxia, Li Dongyue, and Yang Xuan to copy the three manuals for the Scripture Pavilion.
• Li Qingqiu brought Jiang Zhaoxia, Li Dongyue, Yang Xuan, and the Xiao Clan Three Brothers back to Qingxiao Sect, while Cheng Canghai stayed to help guard the low-tier demon realm.
• Li Qingqiu invited Qingxiao True Person to formally join the sect and appointed him deputy hall master of the Enforcement Hall.

Li Qingqiu learned that Qingxiao True Person had rescued the Xiao Clan Three Brothers, descendants of the Martial Arts Myth, and ordered their origins kept secret. As Qingxiao Sect prepared for the New Spring festivities, Zhu Yan reported that Lingtian Sect had risen in Cangzhou under Ji Wuye, prompting Li Qingqiu to order a discreet investigation after recognizing its guardian Xiao Wuhui as the brothers’ missing father.

• Li Qingqiu read Qingxiao True Person’s Fate and learned that the grandmaster had brought the Xiao Clan Three Brothers to Qingxiao Sect after their grandfather died.
• Qingxiao True Person revealed that the brothers descended from Xiao Xuanzun and urged Li Qingqiu and the others to keep their lineage secret and avoid seeking the Martial Arts Myth’s legacy.
• Qingxiao True Person visited Shen Yue, who had spent months brooding over the spirit in Jiang Zhaoxia’s Heavenly Rainbow Sword, but left without speaking to him.
• Shen Yue reflected on the insight he had nearly grasped and resolved to challenge Li Qingqiu again without losing in a single move.
• Zhu Yan told Li Qingqiu that Lingtian Sect had appeared in Cangzhou, claimed the Martial Arts Myth’s true teachings, and was expanding south under Ji Wuye.
• Li Qingqiu recognized Lingtian Sect guardian Xiao Wuhui as the Xiao Clan Three Brothers’ missing father and instructed Zhu Yan to investigate the sect quietly.

The Qingxiao Sect’s leaders planned a Daoist Convention and new ways to teach its growing ranks of disciples as war spread across the Nine Provinces. In February, Li Qingqiu reached the Nourishing Yuan Realm Ninth Layer, and the surge of spiritual qi alarmed Chu Jing.

• Li Qingqiu heard reports on the sect’s growing disciples and successful halls, then explained the low-level demon realm and the Monster Taming Hall.
• The leaders agreed to let Hell Kirin roam openly and planned a Daoist Convention to mark the tenth anniversary of Li Qingqiu becoming sect master.
• Li Qingqiu set a schedule for the Daoist Convention and proposed group cultivation classes, sword-flight lessons, and cultivation grounds on other mountains.
• After winter ended, news of the Daoist Convention excited the disciples, while Menial Disciples and craftsmen began building on neighboring mountains and war spread across the Nine Provinces.
• Li Qingqiu broke through to the Nourishing Yuan Realm Ninth Layer, drawing the Spirit Lake’s spiritual qi toward himself and preventing Chu Jing, Nangong E, and Lin Chuan from cultivating.

Li Qingqiu reached the Nourishing Yuan Realm Ninth Layer and recognized that Qingxiao Sect would need more spiritual energy to support its growth. As the sect prepared for the Daoist Convention, King Wei Zhao Qi visited and watched Xiao Wudi spar, learning that the sect master had personally cultivated him and his two talented brothers.

• Li Qingqiu completed his breakthrough after five days, draining much of the underground Spirit Lake and deciding the Sky Mending Great Array was essential for Qingxiao Sect.
• Li Qingqiu spotted Zhang Ping practicing and predicted that his future achievements might surpass Nangong Yu’s, while Chu Jing asked when Li Qingqiu would cultivate Nangong Yu.
• Broad Affinity Hall opened registration for the Daoist Convention, and disciples and influential figures across Guzhou took notice of Qingxiao Sect.
• King Wei Zhao Qi and Pei Zhangzhi visited Qingxiao Mountain and admired the sect’s active training and growing strength.
• Zhao Qi watched Xiao Wudi spar with a True Disciple and learned that Xiao Wudi and his two younger brothers were prodigies personally cultivated by Li Qingqiu.

Bai Ninger told Zhao Qi about Qingxiao Sect’s Daoist Convention as the sect’s disciples prepared to compete. Shen Yue became Qingxiao Sect’s first sword cultivator, then challenged Li Qingqiu again and was stopped by his Soul Seizing Flying Sword.

• Bai Ninger identified Xiao Wudi to Zhao Qi and Pei Zhangzhi, then explained the Daoist Convention to Zhao Qi as Pei Zhangzhi took an interest in him.
• Qingxiao Sect disciples discussed the Daoist Convention, while Han Lang urged the Sword Sect disciples to practice their formation.
• Shen Yue mastered sword flight, flew to meet Li Qingqiu, and revealed a wooden sword containing a sword soul.
• Li Qingqiu received a Fortune Inheritance opportunity after a Qingxiao Sect disciple became a sword cultivator, and he recognized Shen Yue’s achievement.
• Shen Yue agreed to teach the disciples his method and challenged Li Qingqiu, who restrained him with the Soul Seizing Flying Sword.

Li Qingqiu encouraged Shen Yue to embrace sword cultivation, while Qingxiao Sect navigated the realm’s political turmoil and began the Daoist Convention. The chapter ended with Shen Yue reporting that he had found a spirit mine containing valuable ore, though something dangerous seemed to watch him there.

• Li Qingqiu taught Shen Yue the Soul Seizing Flying Sword, and Shen Yue struggled to understand its principles despite having created a sword soul.
• A stele recorded Shen Yue’s entry into the Dao and the opening of the sword-cultivator path; Jiang Zhaoxia resolved to become a sword cultivator after speaking with Shen Yue.
• Zhao Qi left Qingxiao Sect as the Cui Clan challenged him, while Pei Zhangzhi stayed behind and asked Zhang Yuchun about the sect’s stance on the struggle for the realm.
• The Daoist Convention began at Qingxiao Sect, while Li Qingqiu stayed in Lingxiao Courtyard awaiting Shen Yue.
• Shen Yue told Li Qingqiu that he had found a spirit mine containing Spirit Stones and ancient Gengjin Source Iron, but had sensed something watching him.

Li Qingqiu managed the Daoist Convention, named the sect’s contribution currency Dao Yuan, and inspected Qingxiao Sect’s first Cave Mansion. He left the chapter preparing more Cave Mansions for the convention’s top disciples and promising Chu Jing, Nangong E, and Lin Chuan that they could eventually interact openly with the sect’s disciples.

• Li Qingqiu assigned Shen Yue to establish rules for the Source Iron Blessed Lands while the Daoist Convention’s preliminary rounds continued.
• Zhang Yuchun and Li Dongyue reported the convention’s profits, and Li Qingqiu rejected turning the disciples’ matches into paid entertainment.
• Li Qingqiu named the contribution currency Dao Yuan and asked Zhang Yuchun and Li Dongyue to prepare monthly stipends by disciple rank.
• Mingguang showed Li Qingqiu the sect’s first Cave Mansion, and Li Qingqiu ordered three more built as rewards for the Daoist Convention’s top three.
• Li Qingqiu told Chu Jing, Nangong E, and Lin Chuan to cultivate in the Cave Mansion and said they could eventually interact openly with the disciples.

The Qingxiao Sect expanded its Dao Yuan system and sent thirty True Disciples to guard the Source Iron Blessed Land while Li Qingqiu entrusted Yu Lin with overseeing its resources. When refugees blamed Li Qingqiu for the chaos and demanded to meet him, Xue Jin killed their leader and threatened the rest.

• The Qingxiao Sect announced Dao Yuan stipends and rules as fighting spread through Guzhou and refugees gathered near Qingxiao Mountain.
• Li Qingqiu assigned thirty True Disciples to guard the Source Iron Blessed Land and asked Yu Lin to oversee its Spirit Stones and Gengjin Source Iron.
• Li Sijin asked Li Qingqiu to address refugees stealing from the medicinal gardens, and he sent her to fetch Xue Jin and the Training Hall disciples.
• Li Sijin and Xue Jin confronted the refugees, whose leader blamed Li Qingqiu for the disorder and demanded to meet him.
• Xue Jin killed the hunched old man and warned the remaining refugees that he would cut them down if they did not leave.

Xue Jin massacred the refugees, but news of the killing spread and sparked accusations against the Qingxiao Sect, prompting Li Qingqiu to prepare for a wider conflict. The Daoist Convention concluded with Xu Ning, Xue Jin, and Zhao Zhen taking the top three places, strengthening the sect’s reputation and its disciples’ loyalty.

• Xue Jin pursued and killed all the refugees after warning them, while Li Sijin arranged for the bodies to be buried.
• Li Qingqiu told Li Sijin he expected consequences from the refugee incident, then reminded her not to neglect her cultivation.
• The Qingxiao Sect selected its Daoist Convention top ten, and Li Qingqiu decided the event would be held once every ten years.
• Zhang Yuchun and Zhu Yan reported that people in the martial world and Aristocratic Clans were spreading news of Xue Jin’s massacre, and they suspected the Lingtian Sect and a powerful warlord.
• Li Qingqiu ordered the sect to investigate, warn disciples traveling on missions, and prepare for conflict while continuing the Daoist Convention.
• Xu Ning won the convention, Xue Jin placed second, and Zhao Zhen placed third, while the disciples’ loyalty to Li Qingqiu rose.

After the Daoist Convention, Li Qingqiu rallied Qingxiao Sect against growing hostility in the martial world and expanded the sect’s plans for training and recruitment. He sent disciples after the Golden Snake Cult and declared that Qingxiao Sect would pursue overwhelming might, deliberately making its move public.

• Qingxiao Sect announced the Daoist Convention’s rewards and future rules, including Cave Mansions for the top ten and barring the top three from competing in the next convention.
• At a leadership meeting, Li Qingqiu told the sect’s senior leaders about rumors targeting him and ordered the Training Hall to issue more missions as Qingxiao Sect prepared to strike back.
• Li Qingqiu gave Yuan Qi portraits of twenty-three disciples whose loyalty had fallen to zero and ordered the Enforcement Hall to question them.
• Li Qingqiu promised to train the Xiao Clan Three Brothers for the next convention and assign them dangerous yearly missions, then agreed to teach Li Dongyue the Spring Return Ghost Immortal Needle.
• The Training Hall posted a mission for twenty-five disciples to destroy the Golden Snake Cult, and all the places filled almost immediately.
• When Zhang Yuchun worried the mission would attract attention, Li Qingqiu said he wanted Qingxiao Sect’s actions to be known so he could test how quickly its disciples carried them out.

Ye Nan learned of Qingxiao Sect’s good works while his blind master left him in Black Stone County to pursue a secret task. At Qingxiao Sect, Li Qingqiu learned of a plot to seize the Kirin, received news that a disciple had forged a magical artifact, and prepared to question Ye Nan’s captured master.

• Ye Nan’s master told him to stay behind in Black Stone County and leave if he did not return within a month, while Ye Nan heard townspeople praise Qingxiao Sect’s help for ordinary people.
• Zhu Yan reported that Yuzhou’s ruler, Jiang Yu, had colluded with Lingtian Sect and sought the Kirin’s blood, so Li Qingqiu ordered the Zhu Clan to verify the intelligence and warned the clans and officials against deceiving Qingxiao Sect.
• Li Qingqiu received a legacy reward after a Qingxiao Sect disciple forged the sect’s first magical artifact.
• Yuan Qi reported that an elderly blind man carrying a saber had infiltrated the sect, and Li Qingqiu ordered him brought in for questioning.
• Yuan Qi and Xiao Wuming brought the beaten captive before Li Qingqiu, who recognized him as a powerful martial artist.

Li Qingqiu learned that Mo Li had come for the Kirin blood on the Qi Clan’s behalf, then witnessed Wu Xingyue demonstrate a magical artifact she had forged. The chapter left Li Qingqiu wondering what the Qi Clan was raising, while Ye Nan was taken by Qingxiao Sect disciples.

• Chu Jing identified the blindfolded Mo Li as the Overlord Blade and suspected the Qi Clan had sent him to obtain Kirin blood.
• Mo Li bit through his tongue and damaged his meridians to avoid revealing the Qi Clan’s purpose, and Li Qingqiu prepared to use the Soul Seizing Curse.
• Ye Nan worried that Mo Li had gone to Qingxiao Sect, then Qingxiao Sect disciples found him and forced him to come up the mountain.
• Wu Xingyue demonstrated her Mysterious Fire Mirror, which sent a powerful wave of fire toward a nearby building.
• Li Qingqiu praised Wu Xingyue, appointed her an elder of Heavenly Works Hall, and promised to help her with questions.
• Li Qingqiu reflected on Mo Li and the Qi Clan and wondered what they were raising.

Li Qingqiu spared Mo Li’s disciple Ye Nan, who joined Qingxiao Sect and proved to have the fate of an Innate Hero with Sudden Enlightenment. As the sect dealt with spies and growing conflicts among powerful clans, Li Qingqiu assigned Ye Nan to Li Dongyue and considered which side Qingxiao Sect should support.

• Li Qingqiu told Ye Nan that Mo Li had died by suicide after being captured, and Ye Nan later asked to join Qingxiao Sect rather than seek revenge.
• Li Qingqiu sent Xue Jin to Cangzhou to investigate what the Qi Clan was raising, and the Legacy System revealed Ye Nan’s strong loyalty and unusual fate.
• Li Qingqiu accepted Ye Nan into the sect and decided to entrust him to Li Dongyue’s guidance.
• The Spirit Control Hall revealed that the Golden Snake Cult had planted spies in Qingxiao Sect, prompting disciples to become more wary of one another.
• Zhang Yuchun questioned Li Qingqiu’s decision to assign Ye Nan to the Spirit Finance Hall and asked which side Qingxiao Sect should support if the Pei Clan and Qin Clan came into conflict.