Recaps

Xia Bingbing and Yun'er were trapped and weakened by hunger when Pig Demon Venerable moved to assault them. Xia Bingbing claimed to be Li Qiming’s fiancée to frighten him, and the chapter ended as a clash of Blood Qi and demonic power erupted in the Ancient Temple’s front hall.

• Yun'er and Xia Bingbing found themselves too hungry and weak to escape as Pig Demon Venerable entered and threatened them.
• Pig Demon Venerable revealed his pig face and advanced on the helpless women, prompting Xia Bingbing to call for Li Qiming.
• Xia Bingbing claimed she was Li Qiming’s fiancée, and Pig Demon Venerable grew wary after recognizing Li Qiming as a powerful figure on the Prodigy Ranking.
• Xia Bingbing told Pig Demon Venerable that Li Qiming was nearby and would soon come looking for her, but he refused to believe her.
• Blood Qi and demonic power erupted in the Ancient Temple’s front hall, making Pig Demon Venerable fear that Li Qiming had arrived.

Jiang Lianyue and Shen Changsheng killed the Xu father and son and the other pig demons, then found Xia Bingbing and Yun'er unharmed. The Pig Demon Venerable had fled after hearing Xia Bingbing knew a prodigy named Li Qiming, leaving everyone wondering where he had gone.

• Xu Yun and Xu Zhu revealed their pig-demon forms and tried to force Jiang Lianyue to serve the Pig Demon Venerable.
• Jiang Lianyue badly wounded the Xu father and son, and Shen Changsheng killed them before they and Jiang Lianyue cut down the other pig demons.
• Jiang Lianyue sent Li Qiming a message and joined Shen Changsheng in searching the rear hall for Xia Bingbing and Yun'er.
• Xia Bingbing and Yun'er came out unharmed, apologized for their earlier behavior, and asked why Li Qiming had not come with the rescuers.
• Xia Bingbing explained that the Pig Demon Venerable fled through a window after learning she knew a prodigy named Li Qiming.

Xia Bingbing and Yun'er learned that Li Qiming was the prodigy ranked sixth, then discovered the plain noodles at Moon Gazing Restaurant were delicious. A storyteller called Bean Bun began revealing the latest Prodigy Ranking changes, leaving the crowd eager for more.

• Jiang Lianyue told Xia Bingbing and Yun'er that the Li Qiming ranked sixth on the Prodigy Ranking was the same Li Qiming they knew, while Pig Demon Venerable escaped.
• Jiang Lianyue ordered plain noodles for Xia Bingbing and Yun'er, and both girls eagerly ate them after tasting how good they were.
• Bean Bun took the stage at Moon Gazing Restaurant and announced that the Red Pavilion's rankings had recently changed.
• Bean Bun revealed that Lv Xiaoyi had replaced Chen Shuang at ninth place and had killed the Blade Saint, Wang Yidao, in a challenge.
• A martial wanderer asked the storyteller's name, and he introduced himself as Bean Bun.

The white fatty revealed that Li Qiming had risen to sixth on the Prodigy Ranking and recounted his extraordinary feats, prompting Xia Bingbing and Yun'er to realize the famed prodigy was the Li Qiming beside them. The story ended with the crowd demanding an explanation after the storyteller hinted that a great calamity awaited Li Qiming.

• The white fatty announced that Li Qiming was sixth on the Prodigy Ranking and repeated the Red Pavilion's praise of him as the greatest person of all ages.
• The white fatty listed Li Qiming's victories and rapid cultivation, leaving the martial artists stunned and confirming to Jiang Lianyue and Shen Changsheng that he was their companion.
• Xia Bingbing and Yun'er realized that the renowned prodigy was the Li Qiming who had been traveling beside them, and Yun'er regretted how she had treated him.
• The white fatty embellished Li Qiming's past exploits, then hinted that a great calamity might soon befall him.
• The wandering heroes threatened the white fatty until he agreed to explain the danger after taking a drink of water.

Bean Bun revealed that Li Qiming faced threats from a great master, Lv Xiaoyi, and Meng Hailong, then identified himself as a Wind Listening Tower agent. Lv Xiaoyi arrived seeking Li Qiming’s whereabouts, but Bean Bun could only say that Li Qiming had left Dragon Spring City that morning.

• Bean Bun explained that Li Qiming had killed Zhan Yue, attracted a great master’s vengeance, and faced challenges from Lv Xiaoyi and the threat of Meng Hailong.
• Bean Bun revealed that he belonged to Wind Listening Tower and admitted he did not know Li Qiming’s exact whereabouts.
• Lv Xiaoyi entered the tavern and asked Bean Bun where he could find Li Qiming.
• Lv Xiaoyi said he had found Bean Bun through Wind Listening Tower and explained that Blade Saint Wang Yidao had died after losing hope when he witnessed Lv Xiaoyi’s Blade Dao talent.
• Lv Xiaoyi revealed that he had come to challenge Li Qiming after learning of his reputation, but Bean Bun could only report that Li Qiming had left Dragon Spring City that morning.

Lv Xiaoyi sought Li Qiming so he could challenge him, and Bean Bun used divination to locate the elusive saber prodigy. After Mumu drove off Bean Bun’s probing intent, Li Qiming learned why Lv Xiaoyi was looking for him and decided to meet him.

• Lv Xiaoyi threatened Bean Bun until the fat man divined that Li Qiming was nearby, while Shen Changsheng recognized that Li Qiming was upstairs.
• Lv Xiaoyi called for Li Qiming to appear and fight, but when no one answered, Bean Bun attempted a second divination and was struck by a gray giant hand.
• Bean Bun refused to reveal what he had learned, fearing Li Qiming’s power, and Lv Xiaoyi helped him up.
• Mumu told Li Qiming that it had repelled Bean Bun’s probing intent, then explained Lv Xiaoyi’s vow to spread the Frenzied Thunder Blade Art by challenging blade prodigies.
• Li Qiming decided to go downstairs and accept Lv Xiaoyi’s challenge, hoping to see his blade skill and Frenzied Thunder Blade Intent.

Li Qiming descended to face Lv Xiaoyi, who had sought him out to issue a blade challenge. Despite Lv Xiaoyi's insistence that he draw his sword, Li Qiming remained certain he could win without it, leaving Lv Xiaoyi defiant and confused.

• Li Qiming came downstairs after learning that Lv Xiaoyi was looking for him, while Bean Bun prepared to leave the wine house.
• Bean Bun recognized Li Qiming and bowed respectfully, then apologized for trying to calculate him.
• Lv Xiaoyi recognized Li Qiming as the prodigy he had been seeking and challenged him to a duel.
• Li Qiming told Lv Xiaoyi to attack without drawing his blade, prompting the onlookers to call him arrogant.
• Lv Xiaoyi explained the power of his Frenzied Thunder Blade Art and Blade Intent, but Li Qiming again refused to draw his blade and said he would not lose.

Lv Xiaoyi challenged Li Qiming to a duel, unleashing his Frenzied Thunder Blade Intent and striking with the Thunder Wyrm technique. Li Qiming remained unmoved and stopped the attack without drawing his blade, leaving Lv Xiaoyi unable to understand the power that blocked him.

• Li Qiming warned Lv Xiaoyi that provoking masters was dangerous, but Lv Xiaoyi entered Absolute Focus and prepared to draw his blade.
• Lv Xiaoyi's Blade Intent filled the tavern, sending the martial artists' hair flying while Li Qiming remained unaffected.
• Lv Xiaoyi drew his blade, and the force of his Blade Intent injured the watching martial artists.
• Lv Xiaoyi attacked Li Qiming with the Frenzied Thunder Blade Art's Thunder Wyrm technique.
• Li Qiming blocked the Thunder Wyrm with an invisible force, leaving Lv Xiaoyi unable to make his blade descend.

Li Qiming overwhelmed Lv Xiaoyi by controlling and fusing Blade Intents, then explained the Blade Domain and sparred with him. Lv Xiaoyi gained insight into his blade art, while Li Qiming mastered Frenzied Thunder Blade Intent.

• Li Qiming caught and compressed Lv Xiaoyi's Frenzied Thunder Blade Intent, then shaped it into a thunder dragon with his Dragon Roar Blade Intent.
• Li Qiming dispersed the thunder dragon before it struck Lv Xiaoyi and tapped his head with a hand strike, prompting Lv Xiaoyi to concede.
• The watching martial artists were astonished by Li Qiming's strength, and Lv Xiaoyi asked how Li Qiming controlled Blade Intent without drawing a blade.
• Li Qiming explained that mastering and fusing several Blade Intents formed a Blade Domain, then invited Lv Xiaoyi to attack again.
• Lv Xiaoyi sparred with Li Qiming until his Blood Qi nearly ran out and gained new insight into his Frenzied Thunder Blade Art.
• Li Qiming mastered Frenzied Thunder Blade Intent during the exchange.

Bean Bun divined that Gan Chen, the Second Prince of Great Yan, had orchestrated Zhan Yue’s actions and sent an assassin after Li Qiming. His second divination revealed that the approaching killer was a Yang Refining expert, leaving Li Qiming facing an imminent threat.

• Li Qiming asked Bean Bun about the three crises ahead and who had masterminded Zhan Yue’s actions.
• Bean Bun divined that the mastermind was Gan Chen, the Second Prince of Great Yan, but the nation’s fortune struck him and left him injured.
• Li Qiming asked Bean Bun about the assassin’s strength and arrival, and Bean Bun divined that the killer was approaching at great speed.
• Bai Yu, a half-masked expert, sensed Bean Bun’s divination and destroyed his consciousness with a sword, injuring him again.
• Bean Bun told Li Qiming that Bai Yu was a Yang Refining expert.

Li Qiming learned that Yang Refining expert Bai Yu was pursuing him and decided to seek Kunlun’s protection by becoming a True Disciple. He then asked Bean Bun to explain the crisis involving Kunlun’s traitor Meng Hailong, which he considered even more dangerous.

• Bean Bun explained that Yang Refining came after Spirit Refining and described how a Yang Refining prince had killed over a thousand Spirit Refining rebels before a Grandmaster stopped him.
• Li Qiming considered seeking help in Danzhou or joining Kunlun and decided to report for duty before pursuing Kunlun’s disciple examination.
• Bean Bun agreed to answer Li Qiming’s final question, hoping that helping him would build a valuable connection.
• Li Qiming asked what the crisis involving Meng Hailong was, wondering why Kunlun’s former foremost True Disciple had become a threat.

Bean Bun used his divination to investigate the danger Meng Hailong posed to Li Qiming, only to witness a future in which Meng Hailong killed Li Qiming and others in Dragon Spring City. Meng Hailong reached back through time to attack Bean Bun, and Li Qiming sought Mumu’s help as Bean Bun began choking himself.

• Bean Bun failed to calculate Meng Hailong or Li Qiming directly, so he used Shen Changsheng to trace their shared danger to Meng Hailong.
• Bean Bun viewed Dragon Spring City as a ruined city and reversed its timeline until he saw Meng Hailong kill Li Qiming and the others.
• Meng Hailong sensed Bean Bun watching and used an immense force to choke him across time.
• Li Qiming tried to free Bean Bun but could not move his hand as black qi spread across it.
• Mumu explained that a future Meng Hailong had reversed through the algorithm world to influence Bean Bun, and Li Qiming asked how to save him.

Li Qiming saved Bean Bun by knocking him unconscious, then learned that Ghost Dread had issued a Dragon-Level Order. The warning said Dragon Roar Martial Hall, Dragon Spring City, and Long Wuhui were in danger, so Li Qiming, Shen Changsheng, and Jiang Lianyue hurried back while Xia Bingbing and Yun'er prepared to follow.

• Mumu told Li Qiming that making Bean Bun lose consciousness would stop Meng Hailong's counterattack, and Li Qiming knocked Bean Bun out.
• Lv Xiaoyi, Shen Changsheng, Jiang Lianyue, Xia Bingbing, and Yun'er offered to help Li Qiming as he waited for Bean Bun to wake.
• Li Qiming's silver badge pulsed with a message, and Jiang Lianyue recognized it as Ghost Dread's Dragon-Level Order calling Demon Catchers to gather.
• Jiang Lianyue interpreted Ghost Dread's warning that Dragon Roar Martial Hall, Dragon Spring City, and Long Wuhui were in danger.
• Li Qiming and Shen Changsheng left with Jiang Lianyue to return, while Li Qiming asked Lv Xiaoyi to escort Xia Bingbing and Yun'er to Danzhou.
• Xia Bingbing and Yun'er decided to set out as well, hoping they could help.

Ghost Dread fought Meng Hailong’s many Yin Spirit Avatars and learned that Meng Hailong planned to steal Dragon Roar Martial Hall’s Incense Power through Long Wuhui. At Dragon Roar Martial Hall, Qin Yu announced that Li Qiming had ranked sixth on the Prodigy Ranking, just as Meng Hailong arrived.

• Meng Hailong’s Yin Spirit Avatar fought Ghost Dread in a remote forest, then dozens of Meng Hailong avatars joined the battle and overwhelmed him.
• Meng Hailong admitted he intended to make Long Wuhui practice the Grafting Evil Technique so he could absorb Dragon Roar Martial Hall’s Incense Power.
• Ghost Dread sent a highest Dragon-Level Order for help and fought on, fearing Meng Hailong’s avatars were attacking Dragon Spring City as well.
• Long Wuhui and Elder Huang discussed his plans to retire and invite his childhood sweetheart out, until Qin Yu rushed in with news about Li Qiming.
• Qin Yu announced that Li Qiming ranked sixth on the Prodigy Ranking and shared the Red Pavilion’s praise of his talent.
• Meng Hailong appeared at Dragon Roar Martial Hall, and Long Wuhui recognized him as a dangerous intruder.

Meng Hailong attacked the Martial Hall with several Yin Spirit Avatars, clashing with Elder Huang and attempting to use Long Wuhui to perfect the Flower-Shifting Grafting Divine Skill and seize the hall’s Incense Power. Long Wuhui resisted swallowing a False Immortal Pill, and Meng Hailong threatened to kill one of his disciples to force him to comply.

• Meng Hailong’s Yin Spirit Avatar fought Elder Huang, matched his blade strike, and invited him to join the Four Demon Clans.
• Elder Huang accused Meng Hailong of betraying Kunlun for a woman and poisoning their master with Withered Bone Soul-Devouring Powder; Meng Hailong questioned how their master had survived.
• Two of Meng Hailong’s avatars attacked Long Wuhui, possessed his body, and used him to cultivate the Grafting Evil Technique in order to absorb the Martial Hall’s Incense Power.
• Meng Hailong tried to force Long Wuhui to swallow a False Immortal Pill, which would make the Flower-Shifting Grafting Divine Skill reach Perfection, but Long Wuhui resisted.
• Meng Hailong seized a Registered Disciple and threatened to kill him unless Long Wuhui opened his mouth and took the pill.

Meng Hailong forced Long Wuhui to choose between his disciples and the Dragon Roar Martial Hall’s legacy, then revealed he had no intention of sparing them. Murong Canghai intervened to protect Qi Weiwei and clashed with Meng Hailong, leaving his strange condition and the reason for his power unclear.

• The disciples of Dragon Roar Martial Hall charged Meng Hailong, but he knocked them all back and badly wounded them.
• Long Wuhui pleaded for his disciples’ lives, and Meng Hailong fed him a False Immortal Pill that transformed him into a pig demon.
• Meng Hailong killed a disciple despite his promise and kicked a blade toward Qi Weiwei.
• Murong Canghai appeared and blocked the blade with a wooden saber, surprising Meng Hailong and Qi Weiwei.
• Murong Canghai asked about Li Qiming, then exchanged a powerful strike with Meng Hailong that wounded them both.

Murong Canghai asked whether the dead could be revived, and Qi Weiwei told him they could, triggering his breakthrough to Yang Refining and the return of his clarity. After killing Meng Hailong’s avatars, Murong faced Long Wuhui, whose body Meng Hailong had taken over and empowered to Yang Refining.

• Murong Canghai repeatedly asked Qi Weiwei whether the dead could be revived while blocking Meng Hailong’s attacks.
• Qi Weiwei told Murong Canghai that people could be revived, and his cultivation surged from Blood Refining to Yang Refining as he regained his clarity.
• Murong Canghai killed Meng Hailong with a point, then killed another Yin Spirit avatar when it appeared.
• Meng Hailong summoned hundreds or thousands of avatars, and Murong Canghai cut down more than half with one blade strike.
• Long Wuhui, transformed into a pig demon and controlled by Meng Hailong, blocked Murong Canghai’s next slash with Yang Refining-level demonic power.

Li Qiming, Shen Changsheng, and Jiang Lianyue interrupted Meng Hailong’s attempt to absorb the Martial Hall’s incense power, while Long Wuhui sacrificed his martial arts to escape Meng Hailong’s control. Long Wuhui shared the remaining incense power with Li Qiming and Shen Changsheng, and Meng Hailong’s furious avatars prepared to attack.

• Meng Hailong used the Flower-Shifting Grafting Divine Skill on Long Wuhui and absorbed the Martial Hall’s incense power until his avatar reached Yang Refining.
• Murong Canghai clashed with Meng Hailong’s avatars as Li Qiming, Shen Changsheng, and Jiang Lianyue arrived under Li Qiming’s Hidden Domain and struck the incense-absorbing avatar.
• Long Wuhui transferred the remaining incense power to Li Qiming and Shen Changsheng, and Li Qiming advanced to Perfected Aperture Refining.
• Long Wuhui severed his extraordinary meridians and destroyed his Sea of Consciousness to break Meng Hailong’s control, forcing the two Yin Spirit Avatars out of his body.
• Meng Hailong’s two Yin Spirit Avatars fused with his other avatars, and he roared that he would kill everyone for ruining his chance to become a Grandmaster.

Meng Hailong overwhelmed the defenders of Dragon Roar Martial Hall and tried to seize Long Wuhui’s remaining Incense Power, but Long Wuhui sacrificed himself to deny him. Li Qiming and the others continued fighting despite their injuries, and the chapter ended as Lv Xiaoyi, Xia Bingbing, and Yun'er joined the arena.

• Meng Hailong merged his two forms, reached Yang Refining, Early Second Grade, and severely wounded Murong Canghai before killing a Silver Badge Demon Catcher.
• Meng Hailong sent Yin Spirit Avatars into Li Qiming and Shen Changsheng, but the White Lotus destroyed one while Shen Changsheng destroyed the other.
• Li Qiming used three strands of Supreme Blade Domain power to repel Meng Hailong, interrupting the incense inheritance and sending Long Wuhui and the others flying.
• Meng Hailong fed Long Wuhui a False Immortal Pill and threatened to make the disciples submit, but Long Wuhui detonated himself and erased his remaining Hundred-Year Incense Power.
• Li Qiming, Shen Changsheng, Jiang Lianyue, and Murong Canghai attacked Meng Hailong, but he blasted them back despite taking injuries himself.
• Lv Xiaoyi, Xia Bingbing, and Yun'er leaped into the arena while Li Qiming and the others were still struggling against Meng Hailong.

Xia Bingbing united the fighters and people of Dragon Spring City through her power-sharing ultimate move to resist Meng Hailong's demonized lotus. Li Qiming took control of the fused power and cracked the lotus, but Meng Hailong struck back, leaving the city's defenders pierced by demonic rays.

• Xia Bingbing revealed that her Gods and Devils Inheritance could fuse and share the power of everyone who recited her incantation, though using it could ruin her cultivation.
• Li Qiming, Shen Changsheng, the Martial Hall disciples, Demon Catchers, Murong Canghai, and people across Dragon Spring City joined Xia Bingbing's power fusion as Meng Hailong summoned a demonized golden lotus.
• The fused fighters formed a hundred-zhang azure saber and clashed with Meng Hailong's lotus, but the lotus gradually crushed their saber.
• As the growing power overwhelmed Xia Bingbing, Murong Canghai disappeared, and Li Qiming took control of the city's fused strength.
• Li Qiming used the two remaining strands of Blade Domain power to strike the lotus and shatter its nine petals, wounding Meng Hailong before demonic power blasted Li Qiming and the others backward.
• Meng Hailong unleashed countless black demonic rays across Dragon Spring City, piercing its people and silencing them.

Li Qiming watched Dragon Spring City’s people fall to Meng Hailong’s attack, and Meng Hailong tore out his heart after Mumu’s last defense failed. Luo Mengling’s power saved Li Qiming, destroyed Meng Hailong’s avatar, and revived most of the city, while his true body remained a threat.

• Meng Hailong killed the people of Dragon Spring City with demonic power, leaving Li Qiming as the sole survivor.
• Meng Hailong offered Li Qiming a place at his side, but Li Qiming cursed him and refused.
• Mumu struck Meng Hailong to protect Li Qiming, but Meng Hailong shattered Mumu and tore out Li Qiming’s heart.
• Luo Mengling appeared through the strand of hair she had left with Li Qiming, restored his heart, and destroyed Meng Hailong’s avatar with a fireball.
• Luo Mengling used the Spirit-Healing Art to revive most of Dragon Spring City’s people, though a tenth could not be saved.
• Luo Mengling warned Li Qiming that Meng Hailong’s true body was still alive, then vanished; Shen Changsheng, Jiang Lianyue, Xia Bingbing, and the others recovered and asked where Meng Hailong was.

Li Qiming learned that Meng Hailong had cursed his luck and set out for Golden Sun Temple to find a way to break the curse. Meanwhile, Meng Hailong opened an Immortal’s Abode on Myriad Demon Island but was blocked by Earth Vein Fire, then vowed revenge after discovering his Yin Spirit Avatar had been destroyed.

• Li Qiming found Mumu alive but gravely injured, and the system revealed that Meng Hailong’s curse had left him plagued by misfortune and could be dispelled by Golden Sun Temple’s Supreme Buddhist Dharma.
• The martial arts pavilion buried Long Wuhui and chose Feng Yuan as its new Pavilion Master after he won a contest and broke through to Organ Refining.
• On Myriad Demon Island, Meng Hailong opened an Immortal’s Abode with five Demon Cores but was driven back by Earth Vein Fire and began studying the formations carved on its doors.
• Meng Hailong learned that his Yin Spirit Avatar had been destroyed after it attacked Dragon Spring City, blamed Li Qiming, and cast the Gods-and-Devils Curse Art against him.
• Li Qiming, Shen Changsheng, and their companions left Dragon Spring City for Golden Sun Temple, and Lv Xiaoyi asked Li Qiming about the blade power he had used against Meng Hailong.

Li Qiming explained Blade Domain to Lv Xiaoyi, who then left to fulfill a promise to the descendants of the Frenzied Thunder Blade Art’s inheritor. At Golden Sun Temple, Bai Changfeng and Xiao Shiyilang sought to challenge Jing Yi; after Xiao Shiyilang defeated Bai Changfeng, Jing Yi emerged from seclusion and said he had failed to comprehend the Buddhist Dharma.

• Li Qiming taught Lv Xiaoyi about Blade Domain, and Lv Xiaoyi thanked him before riding off to find the descendants he had promised to protect.
• Bai Changfeng arrived at Golden Sun Temple and demanded a fight with Jing Yi, but the monks told him Jing Yi was in seclusion.
• Xiao Shiyilang arrived and also insisted on challenging Jing Yi, so Martial Uncle Jie Se arranged for him and Bai Changfeng to fight outside the temple.
• Bai Changfeng unleashed Sword Feathers Fill the Heavens, but Xiao Shiyilang blocked the attack with one palm and swiftly defeated him.
• Jing Yi emerged from seclusion and told the monks that he had failed to comprehend the Buddhist Dharma.

At Golden Sun Temple, Xiao Shiyilang challenged Jing Yi and was decisively defeated before Master Kongxin guided Jing Yi to restrain his anger. As Xiao Shiyilang and Bai Changfeng agreed to help the temple, Dharma Master Wuxiang and his disciple Hongming arrived from Magadha and demanded access to its Supreme Buddhist Dharma through a contest.

• Xiao Shiyilang offered Jing Yi three moves, but Jing Yi struck him with hidden strength and defeated him with five simultaneous punches.
• Jing Yi declined to fight Bai Changfeng, and Master Kongxin instructed him to stop giving rise to anger as a test of his cultivation.
• Master Kongxin warned Xiao Shiyilang and Bai Changfeng that danger awaited at the main gate, and both offered to stay and help.
• Dharma Master Wuxiang and Hongming reached the temple after Wuxiang drove back its martial monks with his Vajra Pestle.
• Wuxiang demanded that Golden Sun Temple share its Supreme Buddhist Dharma and proposed a contest to determine who was worthy of it.

Li Qiming arrived at Golden Sun Temple as Dharma Master Wuxiang tried to force the temple to surrender its Supreme Buddhist Dharma. After Hongming challenged him, Li Qiming defeated him with one palm and faced Wuxiang’s threat.

• Master Kongxin refused to let Golden Sun Temple’s seven Spirit Refining monks gang up on Wuxiang, so Wuxiang proposed a duel between Jing Yi and Hongming instead.
• Li Qiming and his companions reached Golden Sun Temple, where he learned that Ghost Dread was safe and Murong Canghai remained missing.
• Jing Yi lost to Hongming, and Wuxiang attacked the temple monks after Kongxin refused to hand over the Supreme Buddhist Dharma.
• Li Qiming offered to help, identified himself, and accepted Hongming’s challenge.
• Li Qiming caught Hongming’s punch and defeated him with a single palm strike.
• Wuxiang threatened Li Qiming, who pointed out that Hongming had challenged him first.