Recaps

Li Qingqiu refused to back either claimant in the realm’s struggle for power and continued guiding the Qingxiao Sect’s disciples as the sect expanded. After Li Yang left to investigate the Immortal Trace Forest, Li Qingqiu received a successful ten-year evaluation that ranked the sect as a first-rate secular sect and unlocked Fate selection and mystical ability inheritance.

• Li Qingqiu told Zhang Yuchun that the Qingxiao Sect would judge potential rulers by their ability to bring peace and devotion to the sect, and ordered the sect to avoid involvement in the succession struggle.
• Li Qingqiu guided the Xiao Clan Three Brothers’ cultivation and urged Xiao Wuqing to build ties with fellow disciples and seek out talent within the sect.
• Gu Changping killed Jiang Yu in the Yuzhou provincial governor’s residence and returned to Qingxiao Mountain carrying Jiang Yu’s head; Li Qingqiu praised him, while Chai Yunshang insisted that Enforcement Hall positions be awarded through fair competition.
• Li Yang reported reaching the fifth layer of the Nourishing Yuan Realm, and Li Qingqiu sent him to investigate the Immortal Trace Forest in Southern Chu Province.
• Li Qingqiu received the Qingxiao Sect’s ten-year evaluation: the sect ranked as a first-rate secular sect, and Fate selection and mystical ability inheritance were unlocked.

Li Qingqiu welcomed Bo Zhao and eight girls into the Qingxiao Sect after hearing about their hardships, and he promised to avenge a girl harmed by Fang Manor. While searching their panels for a promising disciple, he discovered that Yun Cai had two exceptional Fates and decided to keep her close and select one for himself.

• Li Qingqiu learned that the Qingxiao Sect had become a first-rate mortal-world sect, then searched his disciples' panels for a Fate to select.
• Bo Zhao arrived with two constables and eight girls, explaining that four girls had died on the journey to the Qingxiao Sect.
• A constable told Li Qingqiu that Fang Manor had abused one of the girls and driven the group away after they sought justice.
• Li Qingqiu accepted Bo Zhao and the others as outer disciples, vowed to make Fang Manor pay, and rewarded Ding Xuan for protecting them.
• Li Qingqiu examined the newcomers' panels and found that Yun Cai possessed the Fates [Myriad Laws Spiritual Eye] and [Thousand Hammer Hundred Refinements].
• Li Qingqiu decided to select one of Yun Cai's Fates and keep her close so he could cultivate her for the next Daoist Convention.

Yun Cai and the other seven girls settled into Qingxiao Sect, where Li Qingqiu began teaching them the Primordial Scripture. Yun Cai surprised everyone by cultivating Origin Energy in a single morning.

• Yun Cai lay awake thinking about Li Qingqiu and worried she might rarely see him at Qingxiao Sect.
• The eight girls joined the outer disciples for breakfast, where a young disciple told them about Gu Changping and Xu Ning.
• Yuan Qi brought the girls to meet Li Qingqiu, who promised to teach them the first layer of the Primordial Scripture before they completed their labor.
• Li Qingqiu patiently taught the girls alongside Yuan Li, and Yuan Qi later brought them food.
• Yun Cai announced that she had already cultivated Origin Energy, leaving the other girls, Yuan Qi, and Yuan Li stunned.

Yun Cai revealed her exceptional talent, but declined Li Qingqiu’s offer to become his disciple while asking to train under him. During the New Spring festivities, Li Qingqiu backed Chai Yunshang’s plan to publicly warn the sect about Qin Yue’s harassment of female disciples and advised her to balance rules with compassion.

• Yun Cai demonstrated that she had cultivated Origin Energy in half a day, and Li Qingqiu praised her talent before promising to speak with her privately.
• Li Qingqiu offered to teach Yun Cai as his disciple, but Yun Cai declined and asked to keep training under him while staying with the other girls.
• Yun Cai returned to the courtyard without telling the other girls she had refused Li Qingqiu’s offer, and the group felt reassured by his concern for them.
• During the New Spring festivities, Li Qingqiu visited the Enforcement Hall, where Chai Yunshang reported that Bo Zhao and his companions were proving useful.
• Chai Yunshang told Li Qingqiu that Qin Yue had harassed female disciples, and Li Qingqiu approved her plan to post a warning notice despite the reputational consequences.
• Li Qingqiu heard Chai Yunshang’s other concerns and cautioned her to weigh human feelings alongside sect rules.

Li Qingqiu discovered more about Yun Cai’s Myriad Laws Spiritual Eye and began personally teaching her, while Yun Cai set her sights on surpassing Xu Ning. At Lingxiao Courtyard, the sect discussed rising disciples and looming conflicts, and Zhao Zhen insisted he still wanted to compete in the Daoist Convention.

• Li Qingqiu asked Yun Cai about her cultivation, learned that her Myriad Laws Spiritual Eye could see meridians and compare Origin Energy, and told her to keep its abilities secret.
• Li Qingqiu introduced Yun Cai to Xu Ning, who revealed she had reached the Nourishing Yuan Realm Eighth Layer before leaving to continue training.
• Inspired by Xu Ning, Yun Cai resolved to become stronger than her, and Li Qingqiu taught Yun Cai the Mountain Lord Divine Incantation.
• Li Dongyue and Li Qingqiu discussed Yun Cai’s talent and the sect’s next generation while Zhao Zhen worked on martial arts manuals.
• Zhang Yuchun reported that Dongling Prefecture had declared war on Guzhou and that Cangzhou had a new Prefect from the Qi Clan; Li Qingqiu said he would send Xu Ning to look for Xue Jin if Xue Jin had not returned by early summer.
• After Zhang Yuchun learned Xu Ning had reached the Nourishing Yuan Realm Eighth Layer and advised keeping disciples out of the Daoist Convention, Zhao Zhen protested that he still wanted to win first place.

During New Year at Qingxiao Sect, Li Qingqiu settled a dispute over Zhao Zhen entering the Daoist Convention and warned Zhang Yuchun that the Enforcement Hall would deal with Qin Yue. Months later, Zhang Yuchun reported that Lingtian Sect had massacred the Jiang Clan and threatened to wipe out the Li Clan before June.

• Zhang Yuchun suggested Zhao Zhen should skip the Daoist Convention, but Li Qingqiu defended the disciples’ right to compete and reminded Zhang Yuchun that the Enforcement Hall would deal with Qin Yue.
• Li Sijin proposed annual competitions for outer, inner, and true disciples, and Qingxiao True Person arrived to celebrate the New Year with the sect leaders.
• After the winter snow melted, Li Qingqiu practiced refining his Soul Seizing Flying Sword into a signature technique.
• Zhang Yuchun told Li Qingqiu that Lingtian Sect had slaughtered the Jiang Clan, leaving only Jiang Nian alive, and had threatened to kill every member of the Li Clan before June.

Li Qingqiu organized a Qingxiao Sect expedition against Lingtian Sect after it threatened the Li Clan, while reassuring the Xiao Clan Three Brothers that he would not blame them for their father Xiao Wuhui’s allegiance. The expedition set out, and the chapter ended with injured Xue Jin telling a boy he had rescued that Qingxiao Sect’s Sect Master might find him useful.

• Li Qingqiu ordered Jiang Zhaoxia, Xu Ning, Li Yang, and fifty True Disciples to prepare to attack Lingtian Sect after learning it had threatened the Li Clan.
• Jiang Zhaoxia agreed to meet his younger brother Jiang Nian before leaving, and Xu Ning and Li Yang prepared for the mission.
• Li Qingqiu told the Xiao Clan Three Brothers that Lingtian Sect’s Second Protector was their father, Xiao Wuhui, and warned that he might be killed if he fought Qingxiao Sect.
• Xiao Wuqing, Xiao Wudi, and Xiao Wuming pledged to stand with Qingxiao Sect and not let Xiao Wuhui or Lingtian Sect use them against it.
• Jiang Zhaoxia, Xu Ning, Li Yang, and fifty True Disciples left Qingxiao Mountain the next morning, while Li Qingqiu continued training the Xiao brothers as before.
• In a forest at night, injured Xue Jin told the boy he had rescued that Qingxiao Sect’s Sect Master might have a use for him.

Xue Jin returned to Qingxiao Sect badly wounded after rescuing a Divine Child from the Qi Clan, and told Li Qingqiu about the clan’s worship of a powerful Ancient God. Li Qingqiu accepted the child as a disciple and resolved to learn more about the Qi Clan and its ties to Lingtian Sect.

• Xue Jin described Qingxiao Sect as a home where disciples were treated with dignity, and the rescued boy asked about the sect as they traveled.
• Li Qingqiu sent seven hall masters to select Nourishing Yuan Realm Fourth Layer disciples to cultivate at Thousand Spirit Blessed Land, then continued training with the Soul Seizing Flying Sword.
• After news of Lingtian Sect’s declaration of war reached Qingxiao Sect, Li Qingqiu received the injured Xue Jin and asked what he had discovered about the Qi Clan.
• Xue Jin reported that the Qi Clan worshiped an Ancient God in the form of a massive demon tree, allied with Northern Barbarians, and had used its power to create ten Divine Attendants and prepare nine Divine Children as vessels.
• Xue Jin said someone had killed seven of the Divine Children before he rescued the remaining boy, and he confirmed that the Qi Clan was close to Lingtian Sect.
• Li Qingqiu ordered Yuan Qi to register the boy as a disciple, trusted Xue Jin’s judgment, and promised him access to the spirit mine so he could grow stronger.

Qingxiao Sect disciples led by Jiang Zhaoxia and Xu Ning attacked Lingtian Mansion, while Yuan Li urged Jiang Nian to channel his grief into rebuilding the Jiang Clan. The chapter left Jiang Nian considering his future and Yuan Li declaring his ambitions to protect Qingxiao Sect and become Number One Under Heaven.

• Tian Jiang discussed Lingtian Sect’s expansion and its coming conflict with Qingxiao Sect before Jiang Zhaoxia and Xu Ning’s disciples appeared on Lingtian Mansion’s walls.
• Jiang Zhaoxia killed Tian Jiang with a flying sword and ordered his group to target Lingtian Sect members while sparing those absorbed into it if they surrendered quickly.
• Jiang Nian bloodied his fists punching a tree as he dwelled on his family’s slaughter and his hatred of Lingtian Sect.
• Yuan Li told Jiang Nian that self-punishment would not bring revenge and urged him to calm himself, trust Jiang Zhaoxia, and work toward rebuilding the Jiang Clan.
• Yuan Li said he wanted to cultivate, protect Qingxiao Sect, become his master’s greatest pride, and reach Number One Under Heaven.

Li Qingqiu perfected the Soul Seizing Flying Sword while Jiang Zhaoxia and Xu Ning led the Qingxiao Sect’s assault on the Lingtian Sect in Luo City. Back at the sect, Li Qingqiu considered Jing Ziling’s dangerous fate and received an inheritance reward after a disciple established a port.

• Li Qingqiu demonstrated his improved Soul Seizing Flying Sword and wondered whether he could now defeat the Qi Clan’s Ancient God.
• Jiang Zhaoxia and the Qingxiao Sect disciples killed Lingtian Sect warriors and freed captives in Luo City, then prepared to head to Cangzhou.
• A disheveled black-clad man approached the Qingxiao Sect group, and Jiang Zhaoxia stepped forward to face him.
• Li Qingqiu finished copying the Heart Devouring Bee Refining Method and told Li Sijin to place it on the Scripture Pavilion’s fourth floor.
• Li Qingqiu checked Jing Ziling’s profile and considered the danger of the demonic soul planted within him.
• A notification informed Li Qingqiu that a Qingxiao Sect disciple had established a port and earned an inheritance reward.

Li Qingqiu investigated a mysterious sea whirlpool and organized Qingxiao Sect to explore the coast and develop its resources while the sect battled the Lingtian Sect. As reports emerged of the Qi Clan’s ambitions and a northern general riding a Suanni, Li Qingqiu learned that Hell Kirin had also grown restless.

• Li Qingqiu learned that a whirlpool near the Source Iron Blessed Lands might conceal a spatial formation and ordered the disciples there not to investigate it recklessly.
• Li Qingqiu arranged for Heavenly Works Hall disciples to help develop the port, while Zhu Yan planned ships and maps and Zhang Yuchun proposed exploring the coast by river.
• Zhu Yan reported that the Lingtian Sect was working with the Qi Clan, whose army was attacking Weizhou, and Li Qingqiu told her to monitor the Qi Clan without intervening.
• Zhang Yuchun reported that a fierce general in Cangzhou rode a legendary Suanni, then said Hell Kirin had become irritable and was keeping ordinary disciples away.

Li Qingqiu received the Heavenly Gang Golden Body Art inheritance and taught it to four disciples while confirming Li Sifeng was safe. After Jiang Zhaoxia and Xu Ning returned with their group, they introduced Mo Jiuhong, a lone cultivator who had fought the Qi Clan over its Demonic Creatures.

• Li Qingqiu sent a True Disciple to check on Li Sifeng, and Xiao Ba later reported that Li Sifeng was safe in a military camp with ten True Disciples guarding him.
• Li Qingqiu obtained the Heavenly Gang Golden Body Art inheritance and taught the secret body-tempering technique to Yuan Li, Zhao Zhen, Ji Ya, and Xiao Wudi.
• The four disciples began training the five-layer technique, and Yuan Li and Xiao Wudi sensed that it suited them especially well.
• Jiang Zhaoxia and Xu Ning returned to Qingxiao Sect with fifty True Disciples and introduced Mo Jiuhong to Li Qingqiu.
• Mo Jiuhong explained that he had fought the Qi Clan because it was raising Demonic Creatures, and said he had recently left northern-border seclusion after an earthquake alerted him.

Li Qingqiu learned from Mo Jiuhong about the Ancient God’s true nature as a ravenous demonic tree and accepted him into Qingxiao Sect. The chapter ended with Li Qingqiu considering how to restrain the Qi Clan and discovering that Mo Jiuhong had high loyalty and a talent for stealth.

• Chu Jing revealed that he had wounded Mo Jiuhong ten years earlier when Mo Jiuhong tried to kill Zhao Zhi in the Imperial Palace.
• Mo Jiuhong explained that the Ancient God was a demonic tree that fed on flesh and blood, manipulated the Qi Clan, and planned to possess a Divine Child so it could move through avatars.
• Li Qingqiu agreed to let Mo Jiuhong join Qingxiao Sect as an inner sect disciple after hearing his warning and information about the tree.
• Jiang Zhaoxia and Xu Ning reported that they had destroyed Lingtian Mansions and killed three protectors but had failed to find Lingtian Sect’s sect master; Li Qingqiu ended their mission without giving them a reward.
• Chu Jing urged Li Qingqiu to build Qingxiao Sect’s strength and hinder the tree’s recovery, while Li Qingqiu worried about the innocent people who would suffer in the meantime.
• Li Qingqiu checked the Legacy System and found that Mo Jiuhong had loyalty scores of 67 and 82, along with the fates Bends Without Breaking and Way of Stealth.

Mo Jiuhong settled into the Qingxiao Sect and became devoted to the Qingxiao True Person, while Li Qingqiu oversaw his disciples and ordered an underground palace built. The chapter left Li Qingqiu offering to teach Yun Cai a secret art for controlling demon bees.

• Mo Jiuhong learned about the Qingxiao Sect’s strength and charitable conduct, then began taking inner sect missions to earn Dao Yuan and put down roots there.
• Mo Jiuhong recognized the Qingxiao True Person as the man who had saved him years earlier, knelt to thank him, and began following him around.
• Li Qingqiu watched his disciples train as Zhang Yuchun reported that Mo Jiuhong was serving the Qingxiao True Person and that preparations for the underground palace were complete.
• Li Qingqiu agreed to name the town at the mountain’s foot Seeking Immortals Town, and Zhang Yuchun left with funding and the sect master’s token.
• Yun Cai asked Li Qingqiu for permission to take missions for Dao Yuan, and Li Qingqiu offered to teach her a secret art for controlling demon bees instead.

Li Qingqiu oversaw Qingxiao Sect’s expansion and cultivation efforts as Cheng Xiu and Cheng San considered buying land, while Li Sifeng’s army faced a supply fire. A prompt then rewarded Li Qingqiu because a disciple had established a sect branch, leaving him wondering who had done it.

• Li Qingqiu taught Yun Cai the Heart Devouring Bee Refining Method and continued cultivating as Qingxiao Sect announced that half the disciples on Qingxiao Mountain would move to Ziyang Peak.
• Cheng San urged Cheng Xiu to help him buy land, and she agreed to give him her savings after learning he cared for an Inner Sect Disciple.
• Li Sifeng refused to use the ten Qingxiao Sect True Disciples in battle because he wanted to develop his own military command skills.
• A soldier reported that the Pei Clan army’s provisions had been set ablaze, and Yang Dong led the True Disciples out to follow Li Sifeng.
• Li Qingqiu began preparing body-tempering medicinal water with Li Sijin and received a Divine Ability Inheritance reward after a disciple established a sect branch, but he did not know who had done so.

Li Qingqiu received the Extreme Movement Technique, sent Han Lang to investigate a disciple who had secretly founded a sect, and began practicing his new divine ability. The chapter ended with Jiang Zhaoxia challenging Xu Ning after breaking through to the Nourishing Yuan Realm Eighth Layer.

• Li Qingqiu soaked in medicinal soup and accepted the Legacy System's inheritance of the Extreme Movement Technique.
• In a vision, Li Sifeng and ten True Disciples fought ten masked figures who demanded to know where Li Sifeng's qilin was, while Pei Zhangzhi watched.
• Li Qingqiu praised Han Lang's cultivation and ordered him to take ten Sword Sect disciples to find and bring in the disciple who had secretly established a sect.
• Li Qingqiu practiced the Extreme Movement Technique, learning that he could move instantly within a hundred zhang.
• Jiang Zhaoxia challenged Xu Ning, and news spread that Jiang Zhaoxia had reached the Nourishing Yuan Realm Eighth Layer.

Xu Ning and Jiang Zhaoxia fought before a crowd on Qingxiao Mountain, revealing Xu Ning’s lightning-infused Origin Energy and leaving their duel unresolved. Elsewhere, Zhou Ya warned his young Qingxia Sect disciples that he would soon have to leave, while Qiu Dahu offered to help him confront his enemies.

• Jiang Zhaoxia challenged Xu Ning, revealed that he had formed a sword soul, and agreed with her that they should avoid taking missions together.
• Xu Ning and Jiang Zhaoxia clashed in a fierce sword battle, and the watching disciples saw Xu Ning wield lightning through her Origin Energy.
• Xu Ning scattered Jiang Zhaoxia’s Myriad Swords Returning to Origin and sent him flying, but he later drove her onto the cracked Martial Arts Stage, leaving the outcome uncertain.
• Yuan Li told Jiang Nian that Xu Ning’s constitution made her Origin Energy naturally carry lightning, prompting Yuan Li to consider developing a special kind of Origin Energy for himself.
• Zhou Ya welcomed fourteen young disciples back to the Qingxia Sect courtyard and scolded Qiu Dahu for bringing them near a fight in the village.
• Zhou Ya explained that he could not stay with the children and that remaining would bring them trouble; Qiu Dahu asked whether they could help him take revenge on an enemy.

As Qingxiao Sect expanded and Zhang Yuchun managed its growing affairs, Zhang Ping warned him that Bai Ninger seemed unusually lucky and handed over a mysterious manual. The manual’s legend alarmed Zhang Yuchun, while Qi Tianquan learned that Qingxiao Sect cultivated immortals and began preparing an assault.

• Zhou Ya complained that Qiu Dahu’s actions had brought him trouble and decided to stay only two more months before returning to Qingxiao Sect.
• Jiang Zhaoxia and Xu Ning ended their magical duel in a draw, inspiring the disciples, while Li Qingqiu continued cultivating the Extreme Movement Technique.
• Zhang Yuchun ordered rumors about the Qi Clan to spread and put off the defeated Qin Clan’s request for assistance.
• Zhang Ping gave Zhang Yuchun a blue-covered manual and warned him that Bai Ninger seemed strangely lucky and reckless.
• Zhang Yuchun read the manual’s account of the Ji Huang Dharma Aspect Spiritual Power and grew visibly shaken.
• Qi Tianquan’s hidden adviser revealed that Qingxiao Sect was an immortal-cultivation sect and promised to enter the Divine Child’s body, then ordered Qi Tianquan to gather one hundred experts within ten days.

Li Qingqiu’s group discussed a legend about the Great Yan Dynasty’s war against demons and prepared Qingxiao Sect for greater threats by expanding cultivation opportunities and patrols. During winter, Jia Yi traveled to Lone Crane Peak to secure his children’s future, but a powerful white-haired youth killed him and headed toward Qingxiao Mountain seeking Li Qingqiu.

• Zhu Yan, Shen Yue, Zhang Yu, and Li Dongyue discussed a legend that the Great Yan Dynasty had paid a terrible price to repel a demon invasion, and they wondered whether it was connected to the Qi Clan’s demon.
• Li Qingqiu announced that each of the seven halls and the Sword Sect would select twenty disciples for cultivation support, raised the True Disciple threshold to the Nourishing Yuan Realm Fourth Layer, and directed the sect to prepare for a Qi Clan attack.
• Jia Yi returned home with a deed to land at Lone Crane Peak and told Zhen he planned to develop medicinal fields and buy Spirit-Storing Grass for their children.
• Jia Yi left for Lone Crane Peak through the snow and met a white-haired youth who demanded to know whether Li Qingqiu was at Qingxiao Mountain.
• Jia Yi attacked the white-haired youth, but the youth beheaded him and continued toward Qingxiao Mountain, vowing to slaughter his way through and wait for Li Qingqiu.

A blood-covered white-haired youth attacked Qingxiao Sect territory, killing Liu Jie and fifteen Training Hall disciples before Xu Ning confronted him. Xu Ning wounded and outmatched, faced the youth as the Qingxiao Sect’s crisis continued.

• Liu Jie sent the children fleeing and challenged the approaching white-haired youth, who killed him with a single strike.
• The youth pursued the children, but Xue Jin and fifteen Training Hall disciples arrived; he defeated Xue Jin and killed all fifteen disciples.
• Xue Jin tried to avenge his fellow disciples, but Xu Ning arrived and engaged the white-haired youth.
• The youth wounded Xu Ning with a wooden vine, and she retreated while Xue Jin realized how dire the situation was.
• The white-haired youth’s hair lengthened as vines sprouted from his back, while Xu Ning watched him warily.

Xu Ning fought a powerful demonic clone until Li Qingqiu arrived and destroyed it, but the attack had killed fifteen Training Hall disciples, including Liu Jie. Li Qingqiu offered the dead disciples a choice about their souls and promised Liu Jie that many people would soon be buried with him.

• Xu Ning used her lightning secret art to battle the white-haired youth, eventually cutting his throat, while Xiao Ba tore apart the vines trapping her.
• Li Qingqiu arrived on Xiao Ba and used silver sword shadows to pin and kill the white-haired youth, then captured his soul in the Soul Refining Banner.
• Li Qingqiu treated Xu Ning and Xue Jin, then restored the awareness of the fifteen dead Training Hall disciples and offered them a choice between reincarnation and letting him use their souls.
• Li Qingqiu used the Pure Heart Incantation on Liu Jie, who awoke as a soul and apologized for disappointing him.
• Li Qingqiu reassured Liu Jie that he had done well and said many people would soon be buried with him.

After the Qi Clan’s demon killed seventeen Qingxiao Sect disciples, Li Qingqiu resolved to destroy the Qi Clan and the Ancient God. He uncovered a lead in the demon’s memories and ended the chapter confronting a giant serpent in the Source Iron Blessed Lands.

• Li Qingqiu announced that he would lead an attack on the Qi Clan, then asked Shen Yue to join him in saving the world.
• The Qingxiao Sect recalled its disciples and buried the seventeen slain; Li Qingqiu arranged for Zhen Clan and her son to enter the sect and discovered that Jia Ming had inherited the Fate of the Ancestor of Immortal Emperors.
• Li Qingqiu searched the white-haired youth’s divided soul, learned enough about its memories to locate its true self, and planned to travel to Cangzhou with Shen Yue after securing the Source Iron Blessed Lands.
• Li Qingqiu found the mysterious presence in the mountains and discovered it was a giant serpent capable of hiding its demonic aura.
• The serpent pleaded with Li Qingqiu to spare its life.

Li Qingqiu recruited the timid serpent demon Bai Zhi for Qingxiao Sect’s planned Monster Taming Hall, then prepared to strike the Qi Clan after confirming Xu Ning was out of danger. He departed with Shen Yue and Mo Jiuhong for the Northern Territory, intending to retaliate against the demon that attacked his disciples.

• Li Qingqiu questioned Bai Zhi about her origins and learned she had been taught cultivation by an immortal woman who once lived in the forest.
• Li Qingqiu invited Bai Zhi and the three monsters she raised to join Qingxiao Sect, and the Legacy System revealed her loyalty and talent for guiding monsters.
• Li Qingqiu tested Bai Zhi’s strength, treated her injuries, gave her Thousand Spirit Fruits, and left to find a place for her.
• Li Qingqiu confirmed Xu Ning was out of danger, then gathered the sect leaders and announced his plan to confront the Qi Clan with Shen Yue and Mo Jiuhong.
• Li Qingqiu, Shen Yue, and Mo Jiuhong rode Xiao Ba toward the Northern Territory as Li Qingqiu said he would attack the demon first in retaliation for its assault on his disciples.

Li Qingqiu and Shen Yue attacked Night Bright City, with Li Qingqiu drawing the Ancient God out while Shen Yue prepared to fight the Qi Clan’s forces. Li Qingqiu descended into the underground realm and confronted the Ancient God as Qi Tianquan watched in shock.

• Qi Tianquan challenged the Ancient God over its schemes and urged it to help the Qi Clan defeat the realm’s lords, but the Ancient God sensed Qingxiao Sect’s arrival.
• Li Qingqiu, Shen Yue, and Mo Jiuhong approached Night Bright City on Xiao Ba as four Mountain Lords rampaged through the city.
• Li Qingqiu sent Mo Jiuhong into the city and assigned Shen Yue to draw in the Qi Clan’s martial artists while he went after the Ancient God.
• Li Qingqiu set the forest within the inner walls ablaze, then followed it into the abyss beneath Night Bright City.
• Li Qingqiu landed in the underground realm before the Ancient God, and Qi Tianquan stared at him in disbelief.

Li Qingqiu confronted the Ancient God beneath the Qi Clan’s ancestral grounds, then fought it as it erupted into Night Bright City. He warned the city’s people to flee and, as the Ancient God’s attacks demolished the inner wall, prepared to show Chu Jing the power of immortal cultivation.

• Li Qingqiu pierced the Ancient God’s face with the Heavenly Rainbow Sword, but poisonous mist forced him to retreat as the creature began emerging from the pit.
• Li Qingqiu warned the soldiers that the Ancient God would devour the city’s people, and they spread his warning while evacuating the residents.
• The Ancient God rose beneath the moon and attacked Li Qingqiu, bringing down sections of the inner city wall and sending Night Bright City into chaos.
• Li Qingqiu kept dodging the Ancient God’s attacks to expose it, while Shen Yue fought the Qi Clan martial artists elsewhere in the city.
• The Ancient God claimed that people would keep its existence secret unless Li Qingqiu destroyed it, and Li Qingqiu told Chu Jing he would demonstrate what an immortal cultivator could do.