Recaps

Li Qiming investigated the massacre at Squire Li’s manor, discovered evidence that a demon had controlled a martial artist, and absorbed Entries from the dead. He broke through to the Late Bone Refining Stage and perfected his Blade Momentum, leaving the others stunned.

• Clerk Wang and the Arcanist Apprentice asked Li Qiming how he had identified the demons, and he claimed he had been born with Divine Pupils.
• Jiang Lianyue suspected a stronger demon was behind the manor’s massacre, so Li Qiming examined the corpses and identified their causes of death, including a guard killed by a possessed martial artist.
• Li Qiming gathered and merged Entries from the corpses, gaining an Innate Dragon Bone, Blood Qi, and blade, sword, and spear talents.
• Li Qiming used the Entries to reach the Late Bone Refining Stage and comprehend Blade Momentum, Sword Momentum, and Spear Momentum.
• Li Qiming’s Blade Momentum reached perfection, and he vowed to avenge the dead as everyone watched his breakthrough in shock.

Li Qiming identified the culprits behind the massacre, but Cao Ghost Hand ambushed him before he could explain further. Li Qiming survived the assassination and killed the infamous Gold Badge assassin, leaving Jiang Lianyue and the others stunned by his strength.

• Li Qiming’s Blade Momentum overwhelmed the people at the crime scene, and he told Jiang Lianyue he had found the real culprits: a group of martial artists controlled by Soul-Devouring Rats.
• Cao Ghost Hand approached Li Qiming in secret, hoping to claim the bounty placed by Chen Shuang and use the Primordial Demon Dragon Pill to advance his cultivation.
• Cao Ghost Hand struck with Ghost Blade, but Li Qiming sensed the attack, resisted the assassin’s illusion, and countered with Blade Momentum: World-Destroying.
• Cao Ghost Hand died beneath Li Qiming’s blade, while Li Qiming suffered a ragged wound on his neck and Shen Changsheng treated it with Hemostatic Powder.
• Jiang Lianyue found Cao Ghost Hand’s Shadow token and recognized him as the infamous assassin, then realized Li Qiming’s power had saved them.

Li Qiming survived a near-fatal attack by a hidden assassin and acquired the Divine Breath Concealment Art from the corpse. He then traced the true culprits at Squire Li’s residence and led his group after a phantom, warning them that at least two enemies had Organ Refining cultivation.

• Li Qiming counterkilled the concealed assassin after his Discarded Blade warned him, while Jiang Lianyue and Clerk Wang debated whether the attacker had been Cao Ghost Hand.
• Jiang Lianyue promised to identify the corpse, and Li Qiming obtained the Divine Breath Concealment Art from it.
• Li Qiming chose to continue the investigation despite his neck wound and used his sight to distinguish the figures behind the overlapping footprints.
• Li Qiming identified a bald, broad-backed figure as one of the true culprits and warned the group that at least two enemies had Organ Refining cultivation.
• Shen Changsheng arranged to notify Elder Huang, Jiang Lianyue assured Li Qiming of the Demon Suppression Division’s support, and Yan Wu demonstrated a talisman that raised his aura to Organ Refining.
• Li Qiming followed the phantom of a fat monk toward the gate, with the others following him.

At Great Ruins Temple, Master Wu Hui revealed that Madam Chen was carrying a hundred boys and a hundred girls, then exposed the truth: her swollen belly contained demonic rats. The rats attacked the worshippers, leaving them vacant and obedient as they joined the monks in chanting.

• Squire Chen and Madam Chen prayed at Great Ruins Temple for the birth of a son, and Master Wu Hui approached them.
• Master Wu Hui claimed Madam Chen was carrying two hundred children, prompting Squire Chen to accuse him of insulting them.
• Master Wu Hui struck Madam Chen's belly with black light, making it swell until the shapes of rats showed through her skin.
• Madam Chen's belly burst, and a swarm of white-haired rats attacked the worshippers as the temple doors slammed shut.
• The rats left the worshippers vacant and chanting with Master Wu Hui and the monks beneath the golden Buddha.

Li Qiming led Jiang Lianyue, Shi Beibei, and the others to Great Ruins Temple after identifying it as the source of the demon that slaughtered Squire Li’s estate. Inside, Master Wu Hui revealed himself as the culprit and unleashed a swarm of white-haired rats, trapping everyone in the hall.

• Li Qiming identified Great Ruins Temple as the demon’s hiding place, but Clerk Wang tried to stop the group from entering.
• Jiang Lianyue ordered Clerk Wang aside, and Shi Beibei arrived and put Li Qiming in charge of the operation.
• Shen Changsheng explained that Shi Beibei served in the Great Yan War God Hall and relied on her formidable physical strength.
• Li Qiming led the group into Great Ruins Temple, where the doors slammed shut behind them.
• Master Wu Hui stepped forward beneath the Buddha statue, and Li Qiming recognized him as the demon behind the massacre at Squire Li’s estate.
• Master Wu Hui called the worshippers fortunate and unleashed countless white-haired rats upon the trapped group.

Shi Beibei and Li Qiming uncovered the Soul-Devouring Rats controlling the monks at Great Ruins Temple, but the Rat King trapped them and their companions inside the Universe Scroll. Li Qiming found himself alone in the Painted World, where his vision let him see everyone in separate spaces.

• Shi Beibei killed the swarming white rats and sent the pilgrims safely down the mountain with her control of force.
• Master Wu Hui revealed that he had lured Li Qiming and the others to the temple, then transformed into the Rat King, a Demon General, alongside a dozen Demon Soldiers.
• The Rat King opened the Great Ruins Temple's Universe Scroll and sucked Shi Beibei, Li Qiming, and the others inside.
• The Rat Demons entered the Painted World and suppressed its occupants, stabilizing the Universe Scroll.
• Li Qiming found himself alone in darkness and used his Demon Subduing Eye to see his companions in separate spaces.

Li Qiming tried to escape the Painted World, but two peak Organ Refining Rat Soldiers attacked him before he could break through its darkness. After using stealth and a feint to land a strike, he unleashed ten World-Destroying strikes in succession and killed the younger Rat Demon.

• Li Qiming used his World-Destroying Blade Momentum to tear a small fissure in the Painted World, but it healed before he could escape.
• Two peak Organ Refining Rat Soldiers appeared, and Li Qiming hid in the darkness with the Divine Breath Concealment Art.
• The elder Rat Demon tracked Li Qiming by scent, but Li Qiming used his Demon Subduing Eye to stun it and vanished again.
• Li Qiming baited the elder Rat Demon with his Ink Robe, then struck the younger Rat Demon with his Blade Momentum.
• The younger Rat Demon survived the first strike and taunted Li Qiming, who answered with ten World-Destroying strikes and killed it.

Li Qiming gained Greater Mastery of the Vajra Demon-Subduing Art and used it to kill the Rat Demon, then fused three Intermediate Root Bone talents into a Superior Root Bone. He activated all of his bone essence and began nourishing his five organs as he prepared to enter Organ Refining.

• Li Qiming chose the Vajra Demon-Subduing Art entry and gained Greater Mastery, doubling his strength and perfecting his Bone Refining realm.
• The big rat attacked Li Qiming, but he surged with Blood Qi and beat the peak Organ Refining Rat Demon to death.
• Li Qiming chose the Rat Demon's Intermediate Vajra Root Bone entry, bringing his activated bone essence to nine-tenths.
• Li Qiming fused Vajra Root Bone, Tiger Back Bear Waist, and Innate Dragon Bone into the Superior Indestructible Golden Light Dragon Bone, breaking the shackle that limited his bone essence and activating it all.
• Li Qiming began using his perfected essence to nourish his five organs in preparation for entering Organ Refining.

Li Qiming broke out of his dark space and rescued Shen Changsheng from four Rat Demons. As Shen Changsheng began advancing to Organ Refining, Li Qiming found a Superior Root Bone Entry and a Supreme-Grade Pill Entry among the demons’ remains.

• Li Qiming shattered his dark space with a single slash and entered the great hall, where he saw Shen Changsheng fighting four Rat Demons.
• Li Qiming secretly killed the four Rat Demons with his fists and discovered that Shen Changsheng was barely conscious but still defending himself by instinct.
• When Li Qiming approached Shen Changsheng, a sword strike knocked him back, and Shen Changsheng’s five organs roared as he began advancing to Organ Refining.
• Li Qiming sensed that Shen Changsheng’s Root Bone might have become Superior Root Bone and realized he was undergoing a breakthrough.
• Li Qiming searched the Rat Demons’ corpses and found a Superior Root Bone—Buddha Bone Entry and a Supreme-Grade Pill—Buddha Light Relic Pill Entry.

Li Qiming chose the Buddha Bone and Buddha Light Relic Pill Entries, gaining two Superior Root Bones and strengthening his body before entering the battle in the neighboring dark space. He watched Jiang Lianyue defeat three Rat Demons and leave the two resentful Silver Badge Demon Catchers ashamed.

• Li Qiming chose the Buddha Bone Entry, doubling his essence and Blood Qi and bringing the Vajra Demon-Subduing Art to perfection.
• Li Qiming chose and swallowed the Buddha Light Relic Pill, then concealed its golden glow with the Divine Breath Concealment Art.
• Li Qiming left Shen Changsheng in the dark space and entered the neighboring space where Jiang Lianyue and two Silver Badge Demon Catchers fought three Rat Demons.
• The two Silver Badge Demon Catchers accused Jiang Lianyue of pursuing merit and leaving locals to suffer, while Jiang Lianyue said she intended to solve the demon problem for good.
• Jiang Lianyue broke through to the middle stage of Organ Refining and used the basic third-rate Demon-Slaying Sword Art to kill all three Rat Demons.
• Jiang Lianyue explained that her sword technique was not a top-tier martial art, leaving the two Silver Badge Demon Catchers ashamed of their earlier complaints.

After the Demon Catchers escaped the unstable dark spaces, Li Qiming secretly gathered Blood Qi from the fallen rats while Shi Beibei defeated Rat General Master Wu Hui. A Great Demon appeared at Great Ruins Temple and immobilized everyone nearby, while Li Qiming watched from a thousand miles away until the Dog Demon spotted him.

• Jiang Lianyue tore open the dark space and escaped with the two Silver Badge Demon Catchers, leaving Li Qiming unseen to loot the corpses.
• Li Qiming absorbed Blood Qi Entries from the dead rats, bringing his total to four hundred years of Blood Qi power.
• Jiang Lianyue reached the middle stage of Organ Refining, defeated the remaining giant rats, and freed those trapped in the dark spaces.
• Shi Beibei battered Master Wu Hui, discarded her spear, and knocked him down with a bare-fisted punch.
• Master Wu Hui called for Brother Dog, and the Dog Demon appeared at Great Ruins Temple, whose pressure immobilized Shi Beibei and the others.
• Li Qiming watched from the foot of the mountain using the Demon Subduing Eye, but the Dog Demon looked directly at him from a thousand miles away.

Li Qiming faced the Dog Demon’s Yin Spirit Avatar while Elder Huang confronted its true body near the temple. Li Qiming unleashed the first form of the Demon Extermination Blade Technique and destroyed the avatar, while Elder Huang remained locked in battle with the Great Demon.

• The Dog Demon appeared before Li Qiming and revealed that he had eaten its Buddha Light Relic Pill, then threatened to eat him.
• The Dog Demon’s true body approached Shen Changsheng at the temple, but Shen awakened into the early Organ Refining stage and struck at it.
• The Dog Demon grabbed Shen Changsheng, and Elder Huang emerged from hiding to knock it away and save him.
• The Dog Demon distracted Elder Huang by revealing that its avatar was attacking Li Qiming, then enlarged its body and swung a Bronze Axe at the elder.
• Li Qiming burned his Blood Qi and drew on his blade’s Dragon Roar Blade Intent to unleash the first form of the Demon Extermination Blade Technique, destroying the Dog Demon’s avatar.

Li Qiming exhausted himself striking the Dog Demon’s Yin Spirit Avatars while Elder Huang fought its true body, until Demoness A-Lian intervened and destroyed one Avatar. A-Lian offered to take Li Qiming with her, but he questioned whether following her was safe, and she promised she would get him out of there.

• The Dog Demon sent two Yin Spirit Avatars after Li Qiming while its true body kept Elder Huang occupied.
• Li Qiming used his Flood Dragon Bloodline and struck both Avatars with the Demon Extermination Blade Technique, but they merged and reformed.
• The Dog Demon attacked Li Qiming, but Demoness A-Lian appeared and blocked its blow.
• A-Lian pursued and destroyed the Dog Demon’s Avatar, absorbing its Yin Spirit energy through her mask.
• A-Lian asked if Li Qiming was all right and suggested he come with her; after he questioned whether it was safe, she promised to get him out of there.

A-Lian warned Li Qiming that the Gods and Devils Secret Realm was about to appear, while a captured big rat revealed that it lay near Great Mang Mountain and recounted A-Lian’s origins. The chapter left the group confronting the possibility that A-Lian had once been trapped inside a divine temple and become bound to an evil mask.

• A-Lian warned Li Qiming to stay in the city because the Gods and Devils Secret Realm was nearing its appearance, then left as the Dog Demon prepared to flee.
• The Dog Demon escaped Elder Huang and abandoned the battered big rat, which Shi Beibei knocked from its slow-moving Auspicious Cloud.
• The big rat offered information about the Gods and Devils Secret Realm to avoid being killed and said its barrier near Great Mang Mountain would open within two or three months.
• The big rat said Cao Xiaohu had found an ancient mask that empowered him before its evil influence drove him to commit atrocities.
• The big rat claimed A-Lian was an ancient white lotus from the Secret Realm who had become trapped in a divine temple and attached herself to the mask to escape.

At the Great Ruins Temple, Elder Huang killed the giant rat after it revealed that Great Demons expected a Divine Weapon to emerge from the Gods and Devils Secret Realm. As the group prepared to leave, Elder Huang warned that a Rat Queen was still missing, and everyone turned suspiciously toward Clerk Wang.

• The giant rat told Li Qiming and the others that Great Demons predicted a Divine Weapon might emerge from the Gods and Devils Secret Realm, alarming Elder Huang about the danger to Dragon Spring City.
• The giant rat claimed Brother Dog had brought it to the Great Ruins Temple to control pilgrims and obtain food, but Elder Huang saw through its pretense and killed it when Clerk Wang tried to claim custody.
• Clerk Wang invoked his authority as a Great Yan Dynasty official and clashed with Elder Huang, while Yan Wu, Jiang Lianyue, and Shi Beibei defended the elder.
• Li Qiming secretly touched the giant rat's corpse and obtained the Auspicious Cloud, a flying treasure that could calm the mind.
• Shi Beibei prepared to leave with the group, but Elder Huang pointed out that a Rat Queen was likely still alive, and everyone eyed Clerk Wang suspiciously.

Li Qiming and Elder Huang explained how the Rat Queen could assimilate into a human, and Li Qiming argued that Clerk Wang was suspicious. Yan Wu questioned Clerk Wang about an old case, leaving the group waiting for an answer that could reveal whether he was the Rat Queen.

• Elder Huang said the Rat Queen could assimilate into a human so completely that ordinary detection could not expose her, and named a Divine Weapon or scrutiny of human habits as ways to identify her.
• Li Qiming accused Clerk Wang of protecting the demonic women at Squire Li's estate and blocking the group from entering Great Ruins Temple.
• Clerk Wang denied being the Rat Queen and warned that killing him would bring the Great Yan Dynasty's wrath.
• Li Qiming asked Yan Wu and Luo Wen whether Clerk Wang's behavior had changed, and Luo Wen said he had always been rigid and principled.
• Yan Wu recalled a butcher's family massacre and asked Clerk Wang whether he had agreed to take in the surviving woman's child; Clerk Wang fell silent before answering.

Yan Wu exposed the Rat Queen hiding in Clerk Wang’s body, and Luo Wen killed it to avenge his savior. Li Qiming obtained an Epic-grade Blade Intent cultivation art from the corpse, but the entry had no details.

• The Rat Queen recalled Clerk Wang refusing to hire Luo Wen but mistakenly believed that this proved its disguise was secure.
• Yan Wu revealed that Clerk Wang had later hinted Luo Wen should be admitted to the yamen, exposing the Rat Queen’s failure to understand his conflicting feelings.
• Yan Wu identified Luo Wen as the boy Clerk Wang had helped, and Luo Wen confronted the demon that had taken his savior’s body.
• Elder Huang restrained the Rat Queen while Luo Wen beheaded it, clearing Clerk Wang’s name.
• Li Qiming obtained the Supreme Despair Blade Intent entry from the corpse and discovered that it showed only blank details.

After Li Qiming learned why Spirit Refining techniques were controlled by the great powers, he returned to the Martial Hall and found it facing a challenge from Kunlun Mountain. The visitors had badly injured several True Disciples and promised to return in a month, while the master remained in seclusion.

• Li Qiming dismissed the Supreme Despair Blade Intent because its cultivation required severed meridians and profound hardship.
• At the city gates, Jiang Lianyue and Elder Huang urged Li Qiming to consider joining the Demon Catchers to gain access to a path toward Spirit Refining.
• Elder Huang explained that the Great Yan Dynasty controlled the limited number of Spirit Refining positions and warned that unprotected outsiders with such techniques would face the orthodox powers.
• Li Qiming, Elder Huang, and Shen Changsheng returned to the Martial Hall and saw a white-browed elder and a young man leave with Killing Intent.
• Yang Mang told Shen Changsheng that the visitors from Kunlun Mountain had gravely injured several True Disciples and said they would return in a month.
• Elder Huang learned that Long Wuhui was still in seclusion, recovering from his previous injury.

Li Qiming entered Elder Huang’s Sea of Consciousness and tried to weaken the Kunlun Mountain blade scar with the Demon Extermination Blade Technique. The strike killed his Yin Spirit but gave him new insight, and he agreed to try again after recovering as Elder Huang began to explain the Kunlun visitors’ connection to the scar.

• Shen Changsheng learned that a Kunlun Mountain elder and his peak Organ Refining disciple had defeated seven Dragon Roar Martial Hall True Disciples, and vowed to face them when they returned next month.
• Elder Huang brought Li Qiming’s soul into his Sea of Consciousness and showed him a vast Blade Intent scar left by a Kunlun Mountain blade prodigy.
• Elder Huang asked Li Qiming to use the Demon Extermination Blade Technique General Principles to dispel the scar, explaining that a pill protected Li Qiming’s physical body.
• Li Qiming’s first-form slash was swallowed by the Blade Intent, destroying his Yin Spirit and forcing him back into his body, but the attempt slightly weakened the scar and gave him fresh insights.
• Elder Huang gave Li Qiming top-grade pills and asked him to try again after three or four days; Li Qiming agreed and asked about Kunlun Mountain’s challenge and the scar’s origin.

Elder Huang told Li Qiming about Dragon Roar Martial Hall Founder Long Yingtian’s ties to Kunlun Mountain and explained his own injury and the reasons White-Browed Elder had visited. After half a month of training and work at the Yamen, Li Qiming awaited Jiang Lianyue’s news about who had hired the assassin Cao Ghost Hand.

• Elder Huang revealed that Long Yingtian had been a Kunlun Mountain prodigy who disappeared two hundred years earlier, and that he himself had once been a Kunlun disciple injured by the traitor Meng Hailong.
• Elder Huang explained that White-Browed Elder likely wanted a Kunlun Mountain entrance-exam place and access to Long Yingtian’s martial intents in the True Martial Pagoda.
• Elder Huang urged Li Qiming to delay becoming a True Disciple until after the Gods and Devils Secret Realm but promised to vouch for his entry into the True Martial Pagoda.
• Over the next half month, Li Qiming trained, strengthened his Yin Spirit by cutting the blade-intent scar in Elder Huang’s Sea of Consciousness, and collected gains from the Yamen’s Corpse Inspection Room.
• Wang Jie announced that Jiang Lianyue had arrived, and Li Qiming expected her to reveal the identity of Cao Ghost Hand and the person who had hired him.

Jiang Lianyue told Li Qiming that Cao Ghost Hand had been the assassin he killed and explained that the Red Pavilion's rankings would soon draw attention to him. With Chen Shuang advancing and Dragon Roar Martial Hall in danger, Li Qiming resolved to grow stronger before deciding whether to join the Demon Suppression Division.

• Jiang Lianyue visited Li Qiming, noticed his improved strength, and asked him to call her Lianyue, though he still called her Senior Jiang.
• Jiang Lianyue revealed that Cao Ghost Hand, a famous Gold Badge assassin ranked fifty-sixth on the Villain Ranking, had tried to kill Li Qiming and died by his hand.
• Jiang Lianyue explained that the Red Pavilion maintained four rankings and warned that Li Qiming's name would likely appear on them next month, attracting the major forces.
• Jiang Lianyue urged Li Qiming to join Great Yan's Demon Suppression Division and revealed that Chen Shuang had hired Cao Ghost Hand and risen to ninth on the Prodigy Ranking.
• After Jiang Lianyue left, Li Qiming worried about the threats facing Dragon Spring City and Dragon Roar Martial Hall, postponed his decision about joining the division, and set out to loot corpses for a chance to grow stronger.

Li Qiming fused a Succubus Buddha Dragon Bone, gained overwhelming talent and charm, and advanced to early Organ Refining. After learning that the Three Swordsmen planned to challenge the Qi Family, he asked how powerful they were.

• Li Qiming collected Entries from corpses at the Corpse Inspection Room and fused them into a Superior Succubus Bone Physique Root Bone.
• Li Qiming fused the Succubus Bone Physique with his Indestructible Golden Light Dragon Bone and Buddha Bone, creating the Succubus Buddha Dragon Bone.
• The new Root Bone increased Li Qiming's essence tenfold and propelled him into early Organ Refining, briefly overwhelming everyone in the room with his aura.
• Old Yuan remarked that Li Qiming seemed more handsome, and Li Qiming asked about the Weiyuan Escort Agency corpses.
• Old Yuan reported that the Three Swordsmen had attacked the Qi Family after trying to abduct Qi Weiwei and planned to duel them that afternoon.
• Li Qiming recalled his connection to Qi Weiwei and asked Old Yuan whether the Three Swordsmen were powerful.

The Three Swordsmen attacked the Qi Family and demanded Qi Weiwei as their bride, while her relatives turned against her to save the family. After Qi Yuan was killed and the Three Swordsmen slaughtered the family, Qi Weiwei tried to take her own life but was stopped, leaving her at their mercy.

• The Three Swordsmen cornered the Qi Family and demanded that Qi Weiwei marry them.
• Qi Hu and the other relatives urged Qi Weiwei to surrender, but Qi Yuan tried to protect her and offered the onlookers his fortune for help.
• Qi Hu stabbed Qi Yuan from behind, and Qi Yuan died after apologizing to Qi Weiwei.
• Qi Weiwei agreed to marry the Three Swordsmen only if they killed every member of the Qi Family, and they began slaughtering her relatives.
• Qi Weiwei killed Qi Hu with the dagger he had used against her father, then tried to kill herself, but one of the Three Swordsmen knocked the dagger away and demanded they consummate the marriage.

Gan Qi used the Three Swordsmen to provoke the gathered jianghu experts, then sent Sixteen to kill them and rescue Qi Weiwei. Before Sixteen could act, the Three Swordsmen’s heads exploded and Qi Weiwei vanished without a trace.

• You Ahao tried to intervene for Qi Weiwei, but White-Browed Elder stopped him and warned that a hidden power was trying to stir conflict before the Gods and Devils Domain opened.
• Gan Qi learned that the Dragon Roar Martial Hall and the experts from the Five Sects and Four Clans had stayed out of the Three Swordsmen’s attack.
• Gan Qi told Elder Duanmu to handle the clan Spirit Refining experts and said he would deal with the Aperture Refining experts himself.
• Gan Qi ordered Sixteen to kill the Three Swordsmen and save Qi Weiwei, while Chen Shuang realized that Gan Qi regarded him as a disposable pawn.
• Sixteen entered the Qi Family courtyard, but the Three Swordsmen’s heads suddenly exploded and Qi Weiwei disappeared.

Li Qiming rescued Qi Weiwei by killing the Three Swordsmen, then defeated Sixteen, a Perfected Aperture Refiner, with a single strike. He fled with Qi Weiwei as the gathered experts tried to identify the mysterious Ink-Robed Dragon Roar Martial Hall disciple.

• Li Qiming concealed himself with his Hidden Domain, killed the Three Swordsmen with three punches, and carried Qi Weiwei to the Qi Family rooftop.
• Qi Weiwei recognized Li Qiming as her junior brother and was stunned by his strength and sudden rescue.
• Sixteen used his Divine Pupil to locate Li Qiming and attacked him with the full power of a Perfected Aperture Refiner.
• Qi Weiwei tried to shield Li Qiming, but he cut Sixteen down with a single strike, and Sixteen presented his severed head to the Seventh Master before dying.
• Li Qiming fled with Qi Weiwei while the experts debated who he was and suspected his robe belonged to a Dragon Roar Martial Hall disciple.