Recaps

Gongxi Chou returned and learned how Gongxi Lai had managed his private army and prepared to marry Xun Ding. After beating Xun Ding, he accepted their marriage on the condition that Xun Ding support Gongxi Lai through childbirth, leaving Xun Ding wondering how easily he had gained Gongxi Chou’s approval.

• Gongxi Chou visited Yang Ying and learned that Gongxi Lai had reassigned his former soldiers to give them better prospects.
• Yang Ying explained that Gongxi Lai had planned to marry Xun Ding before becoming pregnant, and Gongxi Chou realized she had acted from her own wishes.
• Gongxi Chou summoned Xun Ding outside the city and beat him inside a formation, while Xun Ding insisted he was ready to face him.
• Gongxi Chou told Xun Ding that Gongxi Lai would decide where they lived and warned him not to expect her to serve his family.
• Gongxi Chou agreed to the marriage and asked Xun Ding to use a clan secret art to share some of Gongxi Lai’s pain during childbirth.

Gongxi Chou learned that Jimò Qiu might not be his nephew but his older brother, whose death he had never witnessed. Jimò Qiu suggested checking the Gongxi clan’s Life Lamps to prove their relationship, while Xun Ding took him to breakfast and a commotion erupted in the capital.

• Gongxi Chou warned Xun Ding to treat Gongxi Lai well and explained that the Gongxi Clan had ways to enforce its marriage rules.
• Xun Ding told Gongxi Chou that Big Brother’s Life Lamp had still been burning a month earlier, despite Gongxi Chou believing he had died two months ago.
• Jimò Qiu revealed that the Soul-Perching Tree Gongxi Chou found belonged to his teacher, Jimò Yu, and that he had been raised by him.
• Jimò Qiu explained that his age and sealed growth could mean he was Gongxi Chou’s older brother rather than his nephew, and suggested checking the Life Lamps to confirm their relationship.
• Xun Ding took Jimò Qiu to a breakfast shop, where a commotion broke out on the capital’s main road.

Jimò Qiu met Xun Ding in Fengluo and watched Shen Tang return to the capital, where he recognized her as someone who had once given him candy. After seeing Shen Tang, the red flower on Jimò Qiu’s staff grew hot and excited, signaling that something connected to it had begun with her.

• Xun Ding fussed over Jimò Qiu at a porridge shop and insisted on treating him as his future brother-in-law.
• Xun Ding took Jimò Qiu to a rooftop to watch Shen Tang’s procession pass through Fengluo.
• Shen Tang noticed Jimò Qiu’s resemblance to Gongxi Chou, while Jimò Qiu recognized her as the kind person who had given him three malt candies years earlier.
• Xun Ding took Jimò Qiu to a candy shop, but Jimò Qiu remained distracted by the procession.
• Jimò Qiu felt the red flower on his staff grow hot and told Xun Ding that it indicated everything had started with Shen Tang.

Xun Ding explained to Jimò Qiu why Gongxi Lai had to transfer her businesses before marrying him, then learned from Xun Zhen that Kang might soon face war with the Northern Desert and Gao Country. At court, Shen Tang received reports about Gao Country that would determine whether she fought one enemy at a time or faced a war on two fronts.

• Xun Ding took Jimò Qiu around Fengluo and explained that Gongxi Lai was arranging to transfer her businesses because laws barred officials’ family members from commerce.
• Xun Ding returned home and learned that Xun Zhen had come back from an inspection with troubling news.
• Xun Zhen told Xun Ding that war with the Northern Desert, and possibly Gao Country, was likely.
• Shen Tang read Wu Xian’s reply with anger, then received Luan Xin and his reports from Gao Country.
• Luan Xin’s reports would help Shen Tang decide whether to attack the Northern Desert first or prepare for war on two fronts.

Shen Tang learned that Wu Xian’s indecision over his heirs had helped cause the theft and destruction of her shipment, while Gao Country’s court remained mired in conflict. She also accepted displaced eunuchs into Kang Country’s inner court and visited Gongxi Lai and Gongxi Chou on the eve of Gongxi Lai’s wedding.

• Luan Xin explained that Wu Xian had grown complacent and was wavering over his Crown Prince, while his sons and courtiers competed for influence.
• Shen Tang learned that Gao Country had intercepted her shipment but lost its provisions and gold and silver amid a struggle involving Wu Xian’s sons, and she angrily blamed Wu Xian.
• Luan Xin told Shen Tang that the Crown Prince appeared to have found a capable adviser, and she later finished her memorials and left the palace to visit friends.
• Ning Yan explained that a displaced eunuch had once helped preserve Xingning’s remains, so Shen Tang accepted him and other vetted eunuchs into Kang Country’s inner court.
• Shen Tang visited Gongxi Lai and Gongxi Chou before Gongxi Lai’s wedding, and Gongxi Chou showed her the ceremonial clothes their parents had worn for their marriage pact.

Shen Tang reunited with Gongxi Chou, who complained about Gongxi Lai’s fiancé and tried to negotiate a commission for fighting Shen Tang’s coming war. Their joking turned serious when Gongxi Chou revealed that Shaobai might actually be his elder brother, Jimò Qiu, and warned Shen Tang not to endanger the Gongxi Clan’s High Priest; the chapter ended as a moonlit figure appeared before Shen Tang.

• Gongxi Chou warned Gongxi Lai about trusting Xun Yong'an, then sent her to try on her wedding dress before Shen Tang joined him for drinks.
• Shen Tang explained that she was selling spirit wine to cover the costs of her government and an approaching war, while Gongxi Chou bargained for a commission that Shen Tang cut to ten percent.
• Gongxi Chou told Shen Tang that Shaobai might be his elder brother, Jimò Qiu, and Shen Tang teased him about mistaking his nephew for his brother.
• Shen Tang asked whether Jimò Qiu could help her as High Priest, and Gongxi Chou warned that the High Priest must not be put in danger.
• After Shen Tang sobered herself while Gongxi Chou got drunk, moonlight formed into a person before her.

Shen Tang escorted the drunken Gongxi Chou back to Gongxi Lai’s residence, where he and Jimò Qiu confirmed they were brothers. On Gongxi Lai’s wedding day, Jimò Qiu activated a formation that made flowers bloom across the royal capital.

• Shen Tang walked Jimò Qiu and the sleeping Gongxi Chou back to Gongxi Lai’s residence and recalled giving Jimò Qiu maltose when he was young.
• Gongxi Chou revealed that his childhood name was A Nian and that his brother’s name should be A Yan, confirming that Jimò Qiu was his biological elder brother.
• Gongxi Lai prepared for her wedding while Yang Ying and the other guests delayed Xun Ding’s wedding party at the estate’s entrance.
• Jimò Qiu activated the Hundred Flowers Blooming formation as Xun Ding finally reached Gongxi Lai, and flowers began blooming across the royal capital.

Xun Ding and Gongxi Lai’s wedding procession dazzled the Capital, and Jimò Qiu sealed their marriage with a binding oath that linked their lives. The chapter left Xun Ding asking what would happen if he died first, while Shen Tang watched Jimò Qiu lie that it would not happen.

• Xun Zhen learned that the flowers and lanterns filling the Capital were a Word Spirit spectacle rather than an omen, then hurried to prepare for Xun Ding and Gongxi Lai’s arrival.
• Gongxi Chou’s elaborate wedding procession reached the Xun residence, scattering pearls and gold as masked performers danced beneath falling flower petals.
• Jimò Qiu and Shen Tang joined the wedding guests, and Jimò Qiu explained that he had once staged similar performances to earn money.
• Jimò Qiu had Xun Ding and Gongxi Lai swear an oath that marked their palms and bound them to loyalty, shared protection, and a life-linked contract.
• Xun Ding asked what would happen if he died before Gongxi Lai, and Shen Tang observed that Jimò Qiu’s reassuring answer was a lie.

At Xun Ding and Gongxi Lai’s wedding, the guests forced Xun Ding and Gongxi Chou into a long drinking contest while Shen Tang intervened in a tense exchange between Gu Chi and Xun Zhen. Qi Shan later told Qi Miao that Supervising Censor Zheng Yu had been killed by a Northern Desert sleeper agent, then returned home to find comfort in his elderly cat Su Shang and her kitten.

• Gongxi Lai stayed beside Xun Ding to toast the wedding guests, who kept inventing excuses to make him drink spirit wine.
• Gongxi Chou challenged Xun Ding to drink until they buried their past grievances, and Xun Ding accepted despite Gongxi Lai’s concern.
• Xun Zhen argued with Gu Chi about the Censorate’s scrutiny and their colleagues’ wedding revelry, while Gu Chi teased him about Bai Su; Shen Tang came over to ask what they were discussing.
• Qi Shan told Qi Miao that Zheng Yu had been killed by a Northern Desert sleeper agent, then warned her that good people did not live long in a world divided by conflict.
• Qi Shan returned home and found comfort in Su Shang, whose declining health worried him; the next morning, she brought a blue-eyed kitten to his bedside.

Qi Shan sent his Literary Qi Incarnation to Court Session while his true self took the elderly Su Shang to the Xinglin Physicians for treatment. At court, Shen Tang rallied Kang’s officials to prepare for war against the Northern Desert and ordered troops to assemble in Kunzhou.

• Qi Shan hurriedly prepared for court, then left his true self at home with Su Shang and sent his Literary Qi Incarnation in his place.
• Qin Li asked why Qi Shan had sent an incarnation, and Qi’s explanation that Su Shang was ill led officials to mistake the cat for a woman hidden in his household.
• Qi Shan’s incarnation explained that his true self had taken Su Shang to the Xinglin Physicians, while Qin Li and the other officials feared the cat might be near the end of its life.
• Shen Tang condemned the Northern Desert for attacking Zheng Yu and harming households in Jinli Commandery, then asked her officials where their courage was.
• Bai Su, Gongshu Wu, Xianyu Jian, and Wei Shou pledged their guards to the campaign, while Qian Yong was repeatedly beaten to the call to arms.
• Shen Tang ordered the Zhechong Mansions to conscript garrison troops and send them to Kunzhou to prepare for war.

Qi Shan took the aging Su Shang to Dong Dao, who found that her vomiting and poor appetite came from being fed stale ingredients by the Qi residence’s kitchen staff. Qi Shan ordered the embezzlers sent to the authorities, and the scandal sparked public debate and led censors to criticize his household and lavish spending on cats.

• Qi Shan brought Su Shang and a kitten to the Medical Office, where Dong Dao examined Su Shang and found no parasites or other illness beyond old age.
• Dong Dao visited the Qi residence and discovered that kitchen staff had kept the fresh ingredients meant for the cats and substituted stale food; Qi Shan ordered an investigation and sent the staff to the authorities.
• Dong Dao found parasites in several other cats but no way to extend Su Shang’s lifespan, while news of the embezzlement spread through the Royal Capital and divided public opinion.
• A censor impeached Qi Shan for failing to manage his household, and another accused him of extravagant spending on cats; Qi Shan defended his choices before the officials.

Qi Shan defended his cat-raising and the Charity Hall, then used the law to deter parents from abandoning children for profit. As Kang’s troops prepared to march on Kunzhou, Fang Yan and Chao Lian considered how to serve without drawing Gu Ren’s former subordinates into suspicion of factionalism.

• Qi Shan countered the Censorate’s criticism by pointing out that he supported one hundred and eighteen abandoned infants as well as his cats.
• Shen Tang spread news of the Charity Hall, and more parents abandoned baby girls there, prompting Qi Miao and the attendants to care for them.
• Qi Shan had people who abandoned children despite being able to raise them punished under Kang law, and the number of new cases fell.
• Qi Miao told Kang Nian she would keep rescuing infants because she could not risk leaving them to neglectful parents.
• As troops set out for Kunzhou, Fang Yan told a former subordinate that he planned to join the medical office while Chao Lian would enlist from the ranks, avoiding reliance on Gu Ren’s former comrades.

Fang Yan declined his former subordinate’s offer of protection, while he and Chao Lian invited Lin Chao to join their plans for the Northern Desert campaign. Meanwhile, Qi Shan sought Jimò Qiu’s help to extend Su Shang’s life, then recruited Jimò Qiu for the campaign by mentioning a dangerous enemy, prompting Gongxi Chou to rush home.

• Fang Yan tactfully refused his former subordinate’s offer to shelter him and warned him to be cautious about their past connection.
• Fang Yan and Chao Lian contacted Lin Chao, who agreed to discuss joining their plans, while they chose not to involve Jimò Qiu because of the risks to his identity.
• Qi Shan brought Su Shang to Jimò Qiu and asked whether the cat’s life could be extended; Jimò Qiu explained that a Gu Worm could do so, with the risk that Su Shang would starve if Qi Shan died.
• Qi Shan told Jimò Qiu that his younger brother was heading to the Northern Desert and mentioned a powerful enemy there; Jimò Qiu pledged the Jimò Clan’s support and asked whether the enemy was a young man.
• Gongxi Chou hurried back after hearing the news and called out to Jimò Qiu.

Jimò Qiu agreed to accompany Gongxi Chou to the Northern Desert front, insisting that protecting his younger brother and helping the people mattered more than payment. After learning that Gongxi Chou had charged the Sacred Object a commission, Jimò Qiu beat him, while Shen Tang learned that Jimò Qiu was already joining the campaign and asked about the military situation.

• Gongxi Chou warned Jimò Qiu against trusting Qi Zhongshu, but Jimò Qiu scolded him for his disrespect and demanded to know why he had hidden the danger in the Northern Desert.
• Gongxi Chou admitted he had taken a paid commission to fight, while Jimò Qiu said he would help the Sovereign without payment and wanted to protect his brother.
• Gongxi Chou agreed to let Jimò Qiu accompany him, provided Jimò Qiu stayed by his side rather than fighting on the front line.
• Gongxi Chou told Jimò Qiu that Shen Tang was the clan’s Sacred Object, and Jimò Qiu activated a formation and beat him for charging her a commission.
• Qi Shan told Shen Tang that Jimò Qiu had agreed to accompany the army after hearing the Northern Desert was restless, and Shen Tang asked about the military situation there.

Shen Tang learned that divisions in the Northern Desert court had delayed its plans to mobilize, thanks in part to Kang Country’s long-term infiltration through Tuocheng’s border market. She decided to lead an imperial expedition against Gong Cheng and asked who would accompany her.

• Jiang Sheng reported that the Northern Desert was assembling troops but its court was divided over whether to go to war.
• Shen Tang recalled how Kang Country had taken control of much of Tuocheng by disguising soldiers as craftsmen repairing the city.
• Shen Tang described how she recruited a shrewd female merchant to use money and commercial influence to infiltrate the Northern Desert.
• Jiang Sheng said the Northern Desert’s factions had delayed its response by several days, giving Kang Country time to prepare.
• Shen Tang asked who would join her on the imperial expedition, which was aimed at Gong Cheng.

In Kunzhou, a tea-house proprietress questioned Gong Cheng about Shen Tang’s past and learned that he saw her as exceptionally persevering. The proprietress explained that Shen Tang’s pacification of Kunzhou had saved her twice, then began recounting how her youthful choices led to exile in another person’s place.

• Tea-house patrons wondered why the usual pro-Royal Court voices and quarrels had vanished, unaware that Northern Desert agents and the Rebel Army’s forces in Kunzhou had been rooted out.
• Gong Cheng secretly met the tea-house proprietress, who scolded him for coming to Kunzhou during wartime while he admitted that he felt bored and depressed.
• The proprietress asked Gong Cheng what Shen Tang was like, and he said he could not judge her from their shallow acquaintance but believed she had tremendous perseverance.
• The proprietress said Shen Tang had saved her twice by taking her through exile in another person’s place and later pacifying Kunzhou, allowing her to settle and run the tea house.
• The proprietress began describing her former life as a protected daughter of a prominent family and her youthful relationship with a young man of comparable standing.

The madam recalled how she had fled her arranged marriage with her beloved, only to lose her family and endure years on the run before meeting Gong Cheng. After warning Gong Cheng about the Inner Assembly and incoming Northern Desert reinforcements, she disappeared when her tea house was robbed.

• The madam recounted how she fled her wedding with her beloved, then learned the Shen Clan had been exterminated and the Gong Clan exiled; she and her beloved survived years of hardship before he died.
• Gong Cheng visited the madam’s tea house, accompanied her to burn offerings at her dead husband’s grave, and questioned her about the National Seal and the missing Inner Assembly.
• The madam told Gong Cheng that the Inner Assembly had been unreachable for ten years and warned him to be more concerned about the Outer Assembly.
• The madam refused to explain her identity, told Gong Cheng to avoid her while a personal campaign was underway, and warned that the Northern Desert would soon receive difficult outside reinforcements.
• The next day, a regular customer found the tea house ransacked and the madam missing.

Gong Cheng returned from Kunzhou and met the mysterious senior who had come to aid the Northern Desert against the Assembly of Gods. The senior questioned him about the Gongxi Clan, then ordered him to come along to attack Tuocheng despite the army not having orders to move.

• The authorities failed to find the missing teahouse proprietress, while Gong Cheng returned to his tent after searching for her.
• Liu Guan confronted Gong Cheng about his absence and his visit to Kunzhou, and he warned her to stay away from the proprietress and tell Weng Zhi to focus on the current priority.
• A silver-robed, white-haired stranger appeared before Gong Cheng and asked whether he was the successor of the man at Dragon Tomb Mountain.
• The stranger asked about the late senior’s final words and learned that Gong Cheng had fought the two remaining members of the Gongxi Clan, including Gongxi Chou and the clan’s High Priest.
• Gong Cheng told the stranger that Gongxi Chou served the Kingdom of Kang and would likely fight in the coming battle, and the stranger decided they could settle matters with the Gongxi Clan then.
• The stranger ordered Gong Cheng to accompany him to Tuocheng and said they should kill everyone there, even though the army had not received orders to strike camp.

Qi Shan and Tan Qu were trapped in the Gongxi Clan’s strange forest, then welcomed into the hidden settlement while Tan Qu recovered. After leaving, they found themselves lost again in the mountains and surrounded by wolves.

• Qi Shan and Tan Qu woke injured in a forest of living plants, failed to find a way out, and were led to the Gongxi Clan’s hidden settlement by A Nian.
• The High Priest confirmed that the clan’s ancestors had dragged them into the forest, gave them medicine, and asked A Nian to host them while Tan Qu recovered.
• Qi Shan and Tan Qu joined A Nian at the clan’s Singing Festival, where Tan Qu obtained meteorite iron and repaid a girl by offering to paint her portrait.
• Several Gongxi Clan youths visited Tan Qu and Qi Shan at night to court them, and A Nian later teased Tan Qu about the erotic poses in his paintings.
• After Tan Qu healed and his new sword was finished, A Nian escorted the pair out early to protect them from an insistent clan member.
• Qi Shan and Tan Qu became lost on the unfamiliar mountain path and found themselves in a wolf pack’s territory.

A Northern Desert master recounted how war had shaped his life and urged Gong Cheng to pursue his goal without concern for labels, then summoned him to meet. At the border fortress, Chu Jie and Bai Su learned that the sovereign was approaching and a formidable Yun-surnamed martial artist had joined the Northern Desert, possibly Yun Ce’s teacher.

• The newcomer told Gong Cheng about his wife’s captivity, killed her and the household she lived in, and took her daughter away before setting the estate ablaze.
• After his adopted granddaughter died and her child was entrusted to him, the newcomer recalled how the late Lord had persuaded him that living and ending war through force could atone for slaughter.
• The newcomer criticized Gong Cheng’s reluctance to serve the Northern Desert fully, and Gong Cheng said he only wanted to protect his remaining relatives.
• The newcomer ordered Gong Cheng to meet him at the third watch two days later, and Gong Cheng shattered ice that had covered his hand after the 20th Rank Che Hou departed.
• Bai Su told Chu Jie that Jiang Xiandeng had foreseen trouble for the main army, the sovereign was secretly heading to the border fortress, and a powerful Yun-surnamed martial artist had joined the Northern Desert.
• Chu Jie and Bai Su suspected the new martial artist was Yun Ce’s teacher, and Bai Su said they would have to fight him even if he was a 20th Rank Che Hou.

Lin Feng offered Su Shi Yilu a chance to seize a military achievement, then redirected his troops toward a Northern Desert supply route while revealing that Kang Country had covert surveillance in place. Shen Tang reached the pass before the main army and prepared to face Yun Ce, whose forces had begun advancing before their full mustering was complete.

• Su Shi Yilu whipped an exhausted Wuzhou soldier, and Lin Feng defended his discipline while refusing to be provoked by his taunts.
• Lin Feng received a military order and sent Su Shi Yilu with three thousand elite troops toward a lightly defended pass to intercept a Northern Desert supply shipment.
• Lin Feng explained that her intelligence came from Gu Worms planted on animals, with Kang Country using records and informants to anticipate Northern Desert movements.
• Shen Tang and her party reached the pass ahead of the main army, where Chu Jie reported that the Northern Desert had advanced toward Tuocheng and would likely attack within three days despite still gathering troops.
• Shen Tang sensed Yun Ce's ice-and-snow technique nearby, stopped Chu Jie from advancing, and prepared to meet the Northern Desert's trump card.

Shen Tang’s forces weathered a supernatural storm before a white-haired powerhouse and Gong Cheng arrived at the pass. The newcomer recognized Qin Shaoyou’s aura in Jimò Qiu and learned that Jimò Qiu had received Qin Shaoyou’s cultivation through a forced Anointing.

• Chu Jie warned Shen Tang that the approaching enemy’s might was already affecting the pass, while the soldiers raised alarms and took shelter from the freezing wind and icicles.
• Jimò Qiu used Divine Blessing—Winter Wood, Spring Splendor to grow a vast tree wall that shielded the pass from the storm.
• A white-haired figure arrived with Gong Cheng, and Shen Tang taunted them as they approached.
• The newcomer questioned why Jimò Qiu carried Qin Shaoyou’s aura, and Gongxi Chou explained that Qin Shaoyou was an enemy of the Gongxi Clan.
• Jimò Qiu said Qin Shaoyou had passed on his cultivation through Anointing unwillingly because the Gongxi Clan had raised him as a controllable Gu Worm.

Jimò Qiu and Shen Tang revealed that Yun Da was a Gongxi Clan Gu Worm, provoking him into attacking the pass with an army of ice dragons. Gongxi Chou and Shen Tang fought back with Jimò Qiu’s support, while Jimò Qiu said their side could outlast Yun Da by drawing power from the earth.

• Jimò Qiu told Yun Da that he was a living Gu Worm raised by the Gongxi Clan, and Yun Da summoned a crystalline spear in fury.
• Yun Da gathered snow into a hundred ice dragons, then awakened them by touching the eye of one dragon with his spear.
• Shen Tang and Gongxi Chou attacked the ice dragons, while Gong Cheng held back and Yun Da’s blizzard repeatedly restored the shattered dragons.
• Jimò Qiu called forth a woman-shaped phantom, and his vitality strengthened Shen Tang and Gongxi Chou as they joined forces against Yun Da.
• Gongxi Chou endured Yun Da’s spear strike and smashed his forehead into Yun Da’s head, while Shen Tang struck with the Kind Mother Sword and thunder.
• Jimò Qiu explained that Yun Da borrowed power from wind and snow while he drew on the earth, and said their clan’s god needed time to get serious.

Shen Tang and Gongxi Chou used Qi Shan’s support and a coordinated attack to force Yun Da out of the sky and into the trap below. As Gong Cheng intervened to protect Yun Da, he challenged Shen Tang to continue their unfinished fight.

• Qi Shan gave Shen Tang and Gongxi Chou the Five Virtues of the General, strengthening them against Yun Da.
• Shen Tang and Gongxi Chou attacked Yun Da together, while Shen Tang distracted him with taunts and Gongxi Chou drove him toward the ground.
• Shen Tang created a net of tears in the sky and used a powerful palm strike to send Yun Da plunging into the grasping plants below.
• Gong Cheng stopped Gongxi Chou from attacking Yun Da and challenged Shen Tang to resume their previous fight.

Gongxi Chou transformed into a giant python and battled Gong Cheng, while the defenders discussed his rapid rise and the Gongxi Clan’s divine favor. The fighting continued as Yun Da remained trapped in a growing mass of trees, and Qi Shan worried that Shen Tang had emerged from her battle without a scratch.

• Gongxi Chou’s strengthened halberd attack failed to get past Gong Cheng, and his Martial Gall Totem roared apart the surrounding ice dragons.
• Gongxi Chou transformed into a colossal horned python and blocked Gong Cheng’s attack, while Chu Jie and Qi Shan questioned how a Seventeenth Rank Chariot Officer could achieve such a transformation.
• Jimò Qiu explained that Gongxi Chou had received five portions of clan fortune and attributed his unusual strength to the gods’ favor, then offered Chu Jie a Divine Statue.
• Gong Cheng revealed an Eighteenth Rank Da Shuchang form as a horned eagle, and Chu Jie and Qi Shan judged him a formidable opponent who could become stronger if he survived.
• Chu Jie asked about Shen Tang, and Qi Shan said she was fine while observing that Yun Da was trapped inside a growing mass of trees and realizing that he himself was completely unharmed.