Recaps

Zhao De revealed himself as Yang Ling’s master, subdued the Star Gazing Academy Head, and ordered the Rong Tribe delegation detained. After Yang Ling apparently reduced Ying Taisui to ash, he realized the Second Rank Human Immortal had escaped, leaving everyone stunned.

• Zhao De appeared behind the Star Gazing Academy Head, forced him to sit, and identified himself as Yang Ling’s master.
• Zhao De ordered Hua Jinsong to disarm and detain the visitors and prepare ships to take them back to Zhao State.
• Ying Taisui’s body turned to ash, but Yang Ling noticed he had received no experience and suspected the Second Rank Human Immortal was still alive.
• Yang Ling returned to the Negotiation Site and told Zhao De that Ying Taisui had escaped.
• The onlookers questioned how Ying Taisui could have survived after apparently turning to ash.

Yang Ling and Zhao De confronted the Star Gazing Academy Head and the Rong State delegation, learning more about Second Rank Human Immortals and the immortal deity domain. The confrontation ended with the Heavenly Wolf Guard Wei Lord revealing that he was Pei Zhiyan, Master of the First Branch of the Iron Clothes Department's Strategy Division.

• Yang Ling learned that Ying Taisui had survived turning to ash, and Zhao De explained that Second Rank Human Immortals could use the immortal deity domain's immortality only two or three times.
• The Star Gazing Academy Head, Zheng Hai, defended his disciples and turned himself into mangled flesh and ash to avoid capture; Zhao De explained that he had chosen suicide.
• Chen Quan and the Heavenly Wolf Guard Wei Lord argued that the Rong State and Zhao State were not at war, while Zhao Zheng insisted the Rong delegation return to the Capital.
• The Heavenly Wolf Guard Wei Lord warned that the Rong Tribe might launch a full-scale offensive within six months to a year and suggested that the Rong Tribe had planned to provoke Zhao State into internal strife.
• The Wei Lord identified himself as Pei Zhiyan, Master of the First Branch of the Iron Clothes Department's Strategy Division, shocking Yang Ling, Zhao Zheng, and the Heavenly Wolf Guards.

Pei Zhiyan revealed that he was Zhao State’s spy inside the Rong Tribe’s Heavenly Wolf Guards, while Yang Ling helped uncover connections between Luo Kai and the missing Li Fengxian. After Yang Ling pledged to support Zhao Zheng’s bid for the throne, a new Divine Domain main quest forced Zhao State players to choose which prince to help.

• Zhao De confirmed that Pei Zhiyan was telling the truth, and Pei Zhiyan urged Zhao Zheng to capture Chen Quan and the other conspirators.
• Zhao Zheng ordered Zhang Xuanshui and the Star Gazing Academy disciples to return to the Capital, while Pei Zhiyan agreed to search Rong Tribe territory for Luo Kai and Immortal God Cult members.
• Xie Jinjia, Pei Zhiyan, and Hua Jinsong escorted the academy disciples and Rong Tribe prisoners onto a ship bound for the Capital.
• Yang Ling reassured Zhao Zheng and Xu Wuji that he would help them, then urged Zhao Zheng to become the Zhao Emperor and promised to support his bid.
• The Zhao State Divine Realm Chat Channel announced four throne-related main quest choices and gave players one day to choose.

Yang Ling assessed the Zhao State's new Main Quest and urged players to support Fourth Prince Zhao Zheng despite the SSS difficulty. After Zhao De agreed to let Zhao Zheng pursue the throne, Yang Ling publicly declared that Zhao Zheng would ascend.

• A Main Quest appeared, offering players a choice of which prince to help claim the Zhao State throne, with Zhao Zheng's route rated SSS and failure carrying severe penalties.
• Yang Ling studied the quest and concluded that Zhao Zheng's route was difficult because Land Immortals might intervene, but his own support could change the odds.
• Players debated which prince to support, while Yang Ling announced that they should choose Zhao Zheng and promised Spirit Deer Sets to those who did.
• Lin Caiyi and Yang Ling's other allies accepted Zhao Zheng's quest, while many players distrusted Yang Ling and opted for the Crown Prince instead.
• Zhao De arrived and told Yang Ling that Zhao Zheng could take the throne, prompting Yang Ling to announce that the Fourth Prince would ascend.

Yang Ling waited with Zhao De as Ji Tianming absorbed the Magma Sea, while Zhao De explained how Second Rank Human Immortals could return from death through an Upper Realm. Three days later, Ji Tianming shed his flood-dragon body and announced that he had discovered who he truly was.

• Yang Ling watched registration for the main quest close, with 1.2 million players choosing the Crown Prince.
• Zhao De told Yang Ling that Second Rank Human Immortals could be reborn in a powerful Upper Realm after death, and admitted he had killed himself once to verify the rumor.
• Yang Ling suspected the Upper Realm was the Immortal Network and that Zhao De and other natives might be descendants of players, but kept his theory to himself.
• Three days later, Ji Tianming absorbed the Magma Sea and regained the appearance he had worn when Yang Ling first met him.
• Ji Tianming opened his eyes, laughed, and declared that he had finally learned who he truly was.

Yang Ling, Zhao De, and Ji Tianming set out for the White Bone Dao Palace after Ji was freed from his confinement and agreed to stay in the Zhao State's Capital. They reached the palace, where Zhu Xiu met them, and Yang Ling asked whether he was human or a ghost.

• Yang Ling suffered a backlash after probing Ji Tianming's cultivation, and Ji warned him against recklessly examining powerful cultivators.
• Ji Tianming thanked Yang Ling for the Immortal Spirit Pill and agreed to stay at Yang's courtyard in the Capital, with Zhao De's permission.
• Ji Tianming agreed to help investigate the ambush on Yang Ling and asked whether he could act in the Capital without revealing his identity.
• Zhao De proposed visiting the White Bone Dao Palace, and Ji Tianming agreed to accompany him and Yang Ling.
• The three arrived at the White Bone Dao Palace, where Zhu Xiu led them toward the Divine Lord; Yang Ling asked Zhu whether he was human or a ghost.

Yang Ling arrived at the White Bone Dao Palace with Ji Tianming and Zhao De and learned that the White Bone Divine Lord had passed him the White Bone Origin Spirit Method, making him the Young Cave Lord. The Divine Lord revealed that the method was only a fragment of a super first-rate art, and Yang Ling began to suspect he knew why she had suffered a backlash.

• Yang Ling confronted Zhu Xiu, who led him and his companions through the White Bone Dao Palace to meet the White Bone Divine Lord.
• Yang Ling recognized the statue of the White Bone Emperor and bowed to the Divine Lord when she appeared.
• Zhu Xiu and Luo Wendao accused Yang Ling of burning the White Bone Origin Spirit Method out of them, and the Divine Lord confirmed she had passed the method to him, making him the Young Cave Lord.
• The White Bone Divine Lord asked to speak with Yang Ling alone, but Zhao De and Ji Tianming insisted on staying.
• The Divine Lord said the White Bone Origin Spirit Method was an incomplete fragment and revealed that cultivating its complete form had caused her a backlash.
• Yang Ling wondered whether he could safely cultivate the complete method and recalled a possible clue.

Yang Ling entered White Bone Cave’s inner hall with the White Bone Divine Lord to help her seek the Great Luo Saint Ancestor’s recognition and remove the backlash afflicting her cultivation. He summoned the White Bone Loose Immortal, but the White Bone Divine Lord vanished as her plan began.

• Zhao De explained that super first-rate cultivation methods required their founding patriarch’s approval, or cultivators could suffer a backlash.
• The White Bone Divine Lord revealed that she wanted Yang Ling to gain the Great Luo Saint Ancestor’s recognition for her so she could remove the backlash’s last trace.
• Yang Ling agreed, and the White Bone Divine Lord led him into the inner hall while Zhao De and Ji Tianming waited outside.
• Zhao De sensed an incomplete primordial spirit sleeping inside the White Bone Emperor’s statue, and Ji Tianming said his sect had been destroyed when he was at the fourth rank.
• The White Bone Divine Lord explained the Great Luo Saint Ancestor’s history and told Yang Ling to circulate the White Bone Origin Spirit Method so she could attempt God Descent.
• Yang Ling activated the White Bone Loose Immortal, and the White Bone Divine Lord vanished.

Yang Ling and the White Bone Divine Lord received inheritances from the Great Luo Saint Ancestor, strengthening their cultivation and granting Yang Ling the Hongmeng White Bone Origin Spirit Method. After the White Bone Divine Lord recovered and advanced her cultivation, she announced her intention to attack the Great Dream Dynasty and demanded that Zhao De and Ji Tianming choose a side.

• The White Bone Divine Lord gained the founding master's recognition, mastered the Golden Immortal White Bone Origin Spirit Method, and cleared the backlash from her body.
• Yang Ling received the Hongmeng White Bone Origin Spirit Method, which stored the experience needed to reach the Divine Dao Realm until he advanced to Second Rank.
• Yang Ling inspected the method's skills, including Rebirth, Invite Immortal, and Divine Descent, and wondered about their powers.
• The White Bone Divine Lord finished her inheritance, returned to her peak cultivation, advanced further, and forgave Yang Ling over the Bone-Burning Inheritance.
• The White Bone Divine Lord told Zhao De and Ji Tianming that she intended to attack the Great Dream Dynasty and asked whose side they would take.

Zhao De persuaded the White Bone Divine Lord to delay attacking the Great Dream Dynasty until the coming conflict with the Shura Path's Third Dao Court revealed the situation. The group prepared to leave the White Bone Dao Palace for the Capital, with Yang Ling chosen as the likely candidate to confront the Dao Lord in Youluo City.

• Zhao De argued that conquering the Great Dream Dynasty without legitimate grounds for war would unite its people and make the territory impossible to govern.
• Zhao De revealed that the Dao Lord of the Shura Path's Third Dao Court was expected to attack, and Yang Ling explained that the Dao Lord was trying to advance using the Grand Ancestor and the Purple Mansion Space.
• Zhao De said Yang Ling should enter Youluo City to stop the Dao Lord because Yang Ling's Transcendent Grade Martial Way Kindling would help him resist Primordial Spirit techniques.
• The White Bone Divine Lord shrank the White Bone Dao Palace into his palm and agreed to stay temporarily at Yang Ling's courtyard in the Capital.
• The White Bone Divine Lord told Zhu Xiu, Zhu Wudi, and Luo Wendao that the time had not come to fight the Great Dream Dynasty and that they would stay in the Zhao State while their physical bodies were formed anew.

Yang Ling reopened the unresolved Wangzhi Medicine Guild case and ordered a second investigation into how Ying Taisui entered the Capital and attacked him. He appointed Xu Wenjun and Yun Buchuan as deputy leaders, then looked to Zhao De, who realized Yang Ling might know his identity.

• Yang Ling arrived at the Iron Clothes Department with Zhao De, White Bone Divine Lord, Ji Tianming, Zhu Wudi, and the others, where Xu Wenjun and other officials greeted him.
• Yang Ling reopened the Xiangfeng Prefecture case involving Xu Wenjun's father-in-law's Wangzhi Medicine Guild and appointed Xu Wenjun deputy leader of the special case team.
• Yang Ling ordered a separate investigation into Ying Taisui's attack in the Capital and appointed Xu Wenjun and Yun Buchuan as deputy leaders.
• Yang Ling said resistance to the investigations would serve as a lead and told the officials to bring obstructors in for questioning.
• Yang Ling looked at Zhao De, whose expression changed as he suspected Yang Ling knew who he was.

Yang Ling brought his powerful companions to meet Zhao Chongxu at the Iron Clothes Department, where their introductions revealed unexpected ties and a startling age gap. When Zhao Chongxu learned Yang Ling had been his father’s disciple since before he could walk, he accused the group of being fiends and unleashed his aura.

• Zhao Chongxu wondered whether Yang Ling could reopen the Xiangfeng Prefecture case, while Li Zhong warned that investigating a case involving the Third Prince could anger the Palace and civil officials.
• Li Zhong escorted Yang Ling and his companions into the courtyard and was shocked to find he could not see through their cultivation.
• Yang Ling introduced Zhao De and the White Bone Divine Lord as his masters, and Zhao Chongxu recognized the latter and asked Li Zhong to oversee the Xu Wenjun and Yun Buchuan cases.
• Ji Tianming told Zhao Chongxu that an immortal spirit pill had restored him, and Zhao Chongxu congratulated him on his chance to reach first rank in the flesh.
• Zhao De revealed that Yang Ling was his personal disciple, and Ji Tianming explained that Yang Ling had been his sworn brother before Zhao Chongxu could walk.
• Zhao Chongxu accused the group of using illusions to toy with him and released a terrifying aura that went unnoticed by the rest of the Iron Clothes Department.

Zhao Chongxu learned that Yang Ling was his senior brother and handed him the Iron Clothes Department token before asking him to recount recent events. The group discussed the threat posed by the Grand Secretary and decided to test his reaction by reopening two cases, while Yang Ling was told to proceed boldly.

• Zhao Chongxu questioned White Bone Divine Lord and learned that Yang Ling had become his disciple before Zhao State existed and before Zhao Chongxu learned martial arts.
• Zhao Chongxu gave Yang Ling the Iron Clothes Department token and announced he planned to retire, but Zhao De and Yang Ling explained that Yang Ling had once served as the department’s first master.
• Yang Ling recounted the Abyssal Beast Cavern, the Grand Ancestor’s imprisonment, Ying Taisui’s defeat, and the events involving White Bone Dao Palace.
• Zhao Chongxu realized that several powerful First Ranks could stand with Zhao State and accepted Yang Ling as his senior brother.
• Zhao Chongxu warned that reopening the Xiangfeng Prefecture and Ying Taisui cases might displease the Grand Secretary, but Zhao De said they would use the cases to test his response.
• Zhao De and Ji Tianming assured Yang Ling they would protect him, and Yang Ling decided to let Xu Wenjun, Yun Buchuan, and the others proceed without holding back.

Yang Ling visited Player Street and the Green Gang Headquarters, where he encouraged the players and prepared them for the Divine Domain's Martial Way Tournament. He promised each player a Spirit Deer Set so they could compete against players from other regions and claim rewards.

• Yang Ling toured Player Street with Qin Mo and learned that the Four Great Gangs had grown wealthy and influential under the Iron Clothes Department's protection.
• Qin Mo told Yang Ling that Lu Xiangdi had prepared seven giant ships to transport a hundred thousand Spirit Deer Sets.
• Yang Ling arrived at the Green Gang Headquarters, where over a thousand players gathered to welcome him.
• Yang Ling restrained the excited crowd, then told the players to focus on leveling up, cultivating, and getting stronger.
• Yang Ling announced the upcoming Martial Way Tournament and promised each player a Spirit Deer Set to use against players from other regions.

Yang Ling distributed Spirit Deer Sets to the Four Great Gangs’ core members, dramatically raising their attributes and urging them to prepare for the Martial Way Tournament. The gathering was interrupted when Ministry of Justice officers accused the Players of plotting rebellion and ordered them to surrender.

• Yang Ling decided that every core member of the Four Great Gangs would receive a Spirit Deer Set, regardless of rank, and began distributing the equipment.
• Players discovered that the sets boosted two attributes by 15 points each and immediately equipped them, with many reaching upper Ninth Rank combat strength.
• Yang Ling warned that equipment did not replace Internal Energy or Martial Skills, encouraged the Players to level up, and told them to seize the rewards at the Martial Way Tournament.
• Around twenty Ninth Rank-or-higher men in black forced their way into the Green Gang headquarters and demanded to see its leader.
• Yang Yi identified herself as the Green Gang leader, and the men accused everyone present of plotting rebellion and ordered them to surrender.

Qi Meng and his Ministry of Justice soldiers arrived at the Green Gang headquarters, accusing its members of rebellion, but Yang Ling recognized their visit as a suspicious attempt to intimidate the gang. After Yang Ling challenged Qi to justify the accusation, Qi realized Yang Ling was connected to the Iron Clothes Department.

• The players panicked when Qi Meng accused them of conspiring to rebel, though Yang Ling suspected the officials had come to extort them.
• Qi Meng mistakenly identified Yang Yi as the leader of the Heavenly Tiger Gang, then tried to leave after she corrected him.
• Yang Ling ordered the gates shut again, and Lin Caiyi and Zhang Shendao easily knocked aside Qi Meng's men.
• Yang Ling demanded to know why Qi Meng had accused the Green Gang of rebellion, and his players seized a soldier after he threatened them.
• Yang Ling invoked the Iron Clothes Department's authority and demanded an explanation, prompting Qi Meng to ask whether Yang Ling was one of his men.

Yang Ling exposed Officer Qi’s role in the Heaven Tiger Gang’s attack on the Green Gang and ordered an investigation, while his allies captured the gang’s deputy leader and several experts. The chapter ended with Officer Qi charging at Hou Dazhu in fury.

• Yang Ling confronted Officer Qi for abusing his authority and ordered Qin Mo to summon Zhao Xun from the Iron Clothes Department.
• Officer Qi confessed that the Heaven Tiger Gang’s leader had asked him to suppress the Green Gang and admitted to using similar tactics against other gangs.
• Yang Ling sent Zhang Shendao and Lin Caiyi to seize the Heaven Tiger Gang’s deputy leader and three other experts as they tried to leave.
• Zhang Shendao and Lin Caiyi brought Hou Dazhu and the others to the Green Gang headquarters, where Hou recognized Yang Ling and praised his reputation.
• Officer Qi charged at Hou Dazhu, declaring that one of them had to die.

Yang Ling exposed the Heaven Tiger Gang’s plot to frame the Green Gang as rebellion and ordered Zhao Xun to help investigate the Third Prince. The Iron Clothes officers moved against the Heaven Tiger Gang, while Zhao Xun grew alarmed when he realized the case implicated the Star Gazing Academy Head.

• Hou Dazhu admitted that the Heaven Tiger Gang worked for the Palace, and Yang Ling had him beaten until he could barely speak.
• Yang Ling questioned the gang’s three eighth-rank experts, but they remained silent as Zhao Xun and Qin Mo arrived with Iron Clothes officers.
• Yang Ling told Zhao Xun that Hou Dazhu had framed the Green Gang on orders from the Third Prince and appointed Zhao Xun deputy leader of a special case team.
• Yang Ling ordered Zhao Xun to bring the Third Prince to the Iron Clothes Department for questioning and sent officers to seize the Heaven Tiger Gang’s leader and core members.
• Zhao Xun realized Yang Ling had said the case involved the Star Gazing Academy Head and reacted with alarm.

Yang Ling learned that Zheng Hai, the Star Gazing Academy Head, had defected to the Rong Tribe and led over two hundred Iron Clothes to the academy to summon its core members for questioning. The group arrived with the academy sealed by Yang Ling’s mental perception, while the Eldest Princess arrived by carriage.

• Yang Ling told Zhao Xun that Zheng Hai had admitted to betraying Zhao State and that Xu Wenjun’s investigation would help conclude the case.
• Yang Ling sent Zhao Xun to invite the Third Prince and ordered Investigator Qi, Hou Dazhu, and the others escorted to the Iron Clothes Department.
• Yang Ling gathered more than two hundred player Iron Clothes and said they were going to Star Gazing Academy to invite its core members for questioning.
• Yang Ling urged the players to speedrun their main quest for its potential rewards and told them to warn their Star Gazing Academy friends to lie low.
• Yang Ling’s group reached Star Gazing Academy, where he sealed the grounds with his Object Control skill, and the Eldest Princess arrived in a carriage.

Yang Ling led the Iron Clothes Department to detain the Star Gazing Academy’s scholars for questioning over the reopened Xiangfeng Prefecture case, while the Eldest Princess learned his plans and went to the department. Just as Yang Ling prepared to bring more than a thousand academy members back, Qi Tairan arrived and ordered him to withdraw.

• Yang Ling met the Eldest Princess, confirmed her strength, and told her he planned to bring Star Gazing Academy disciples and the Third Prince in for questioning.
• The Eldest Princess challenged Yang Ling’s reasons, then headed to the Iron Clothes Department after he whispered an explanation to her.
• Yang Ling confronted the Star Gazing Academy and ordered its scholars to accompany the Iron Clothes Department for questioning about the Xiangfeng Prefecture case.
• The academy’s scholars agreed to go without resisting, and Lin Caiyi and the others gathered more than a thousand people, but Yang Ling noticed Luo Kai was missing.
• Qi Tairan and a crowd of officials arrived, accused Yang Ling of acting without authorization, and ordered him to return to the Iron Clothes Department.

Yang Ling accused Star Gazing Academy Head Zheng Hai of treason and said he was reopening the case, shocking the officials and sect disciples gathered at the academy. When Qi Tairan tried to leave after backing down, Yang Ling ordered him to assist the investigation and beat him when he refused.

• Officials and Star Gazing Academy scholars confronted Yang Ling, while the Four Great Sects’ leaders noticed their disciples among his warriors and watched to learn his purpose.
• Yang Ling accused Zheng Hai of betraying Zhao State for the Rong Tribe and said he was reopening the investigation into Zheng Hai’s alleged attack on the Pacify the Rong King.
• Qi Tairan realized Yang Ling’s accusation was likely true and tried to withdraw from the confrontation.
• Yang Ling accused Qi Tairan of obstructing the investigation and ordered him to come to the Iron Clothes Department.
• Qi Tairan refused and turned to leave, so Yang Ling beat him until his skin split and his flesh tore.

Yang Ling beat Qi Tairan and Qi Baiyan outside the Star Gazing Academy, then brought the academy’s scholars and officials to the Iron Clothes Department for questioning over the reopened Xiangfeng Prefecture case. The chapter ended with Yang Ling beginning to question Qi Tairan about his ties to Zheng Hai.

• Qi Baiyan charged at Yang Ling to defend his father, but Yang Ling knocked him unconscious and continued beating Qi Tairan.
• Xu Wenjun arrived with the Iron Clothes and tried to stop Yang Ling, who accused Qi Tairan and several officials of obstructing the investigation and possibly aiding Zheng Hai.
• Yang Ling ordered Xu Wenjun to bring the officials in for questioning, and they agreed to cooperate.
• At the Iron Clothes Department, over a thousand Star Gazing Academy disciples, officials, and detained members of the Heaven Tiger Gang were questioned.
• Yang Ling approached the recovered Qi Tairan and asked how close he was to Zheng Hai.

Yang Ling questioned Qi Tairan and the Heaven Tiger Gang over their interference in the Zheng Hai investigation, then linked their actions to the Xiangfeng Prefecture arson case and accused the Third Prince of wanting the Pacify the Rong King dead. The Third Prince arrived with Zhao Xun and Cao Yunlong as Yang Ling prepared to question him.

• Yang Ling confronted Qi Tairan about obstructing the Special Case Team, and Qi admitted he had been at fault.
• Yang Ling questioned the officials brought back with him and had Investigator Qi recount his dealings with the Heaven Tiger Gang.
• Yang Ling accused Xu Heavenly Tiger of acting on the Third Prince's orders to frame him and said he had summoned the Third Prince for questioning.
• Yang Ling connected Zheng Hai, the Third Prince, and the Xiangfeng Prefecture arson case, arguing that the Third Prince had wanted the Pacify the Rong King dead.
• The Third Prince entered with Zhao Xun and Cao Yunlong, challenging Yang Ling to make his accusations to his face.

Yang Ling confronted the Third Prince over the Xiangfeng Prefecture arson case and linked Luo Kai, the Immortal God Cult, and Zheng Hai to the supply of explosives. He claimed that locating the explosives hidden in the capital would expose Luo Kai, while the Third Prince asked where they were.

• The Third Prince arrived at the Command Department, and Yang Ling’s pressure left Cao Yunlong terrified and drenched in sweat.
• Yang Ling used his Insight Technique to learn that Cao Yunlong had moved thirty thousand catties of explosives from the Third Prince’s palace toward Rong State.
• Yang Ling accused the Third Prince’s circle of supporting Luo Kai and explained that Immortal God Cult explosives had been used in the Xiangfeng Prefecture arson and at Water Qilin Cave.
• Yang Ling declared that Luo Kai was the Immortal God Cult Master and said Zheng Hai had traded the explosives formula for resources from the Rong Tribe.
• Yang Ling claimed several hundred thousand catties of explosives remained in the capital and said finding them would reveal Luo Kai’s identity.
• The Third Prince challenged Yang Ling to say where the explosives were.

Yang Ling accused the Third Prince and Cao Yunlong of moving explosives for the Immortal God Cult, then kept the Third Prince from leaving while the Iron Clothes Department pursued the shipment. Ning Xiu and the Eldest Princess arrived and agreed to wait for the evidence, as a giant ape stopped the boats carrying the explosives.

• Yang Ling accused Cao Yunlong of smelling of explosives and said three hundred thousand jin had been shipped from the Third Prince’s palace toward Rong State; he sent Xu Wenjun and Ji Tianming to recover it.
• Ji Tianming vanished at incredible speed, while Xu Wenjun led over a hundred Iron Clothes officers to pursue the shipment.
• The Third Prince tried to leave, but Zhao Xun and Qi Tairan insisted he wait for the investigation’s results; Cao Yunlong protested that the department had no authority to hold him.
• Ning Xiu arrived, condemned Yang Ling’s investigation, and attempted to take the Third Prince away, but the Eldest Princess blocked him and demanded they wait for the evidence.
• A giant ape rose from the sea near the docks and ordered the boats carrying the explosives to stop.