Recaps

Xu Xing explained to the Big Boss Group and Yuanjun that becoming the true Dao Source would not erase his sense of self, and that anyone could reach the same state. He and Yuanjun talked about Xuan and her veiled eyes before Charm Ancestor arrived and Xu Xing welcomed her into their private moment.

• Pill Ancestor and Tyrant Sovereign complained that the Big Boss Group had grown quiet, and Sword Ancestor explained that the true Dao Source could remain omniscient and omnipotent without losing its sense of self.
• Xu Xing told Yuanjun that he had become the Dao Source while remaining himself, and that she and anyone else could also reach that state.
• Yuanjun asked Xu Xing when he had met Xuan, and he said it was after Yuanjun had begun living with him and Senior Sister.
• Yuanjun asked why Xu Xing still had her veil over her eyes, and he said it looked good.
• Charm Ancestor appeared and teased Xu Xing and Yuanjun, and Xu Xing said she had arrived at just the right time.

After the Cang Race matter ended, Xu Xing discussed his plans with Charm Ancestor while Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu visited Bie Xuening and Yuanjun. The chapter ended with Charm Ancestor asking Chi Jiuyu to help with something involving her Master, Spirit Ancestor, and Yuanjun.

• Charm Ancestor asked whether Xu Xing and Yuanjun had become intimate, then tested Xu Xing's Dao Source power and spent time with him.
• Xu Xing said he planned to straighten out the chaotic past, invite Saint Venerable to the Great Profound Realm, and eventually return to his hometown with everyone.
• Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu visited Bie Xuening and Yuanjun, and Chi Jiuyu dropped her mature act to receive gifts from both elders.
• Yuanjun told Chi Jiuyu to ask Xu Xing directly about his free time, prompting Chi Jiuyu to message him.
• Charm Ancestor told Chi Jiuyu she had been keeping Xu Xing company and asked for her help with a matter involving Bie Xuening, Spirit Ancestor, and Yuanjun.

Charm Ancestor recruited Chi Jiuyu to help influence the chaotic past so she could witness events from her master and seniors’ childhoods, and Chi Jiuyu accepted for a generous payment. The next morning, Lin Xuanxuan, Ye Zhiwei, and Zhao Ruohan visited, and the group discussed whether Lin Xuanxuan could become Sect Master and how the Immortal Net might help them cultivate.

• Charm Ancestor explained that the chaotic past would soon be set straight and promised Chi Jiuyu a chance to witness her master, Yuanjun, and Spirit Ancestor as children.
• Charm Ancestor secretly sent spiritual light into Chi Jiuyu, then paid her and told her to accept similar requests from Yuanjun, Spirit Ancestor, and possibly her master.
• Chi Jiuyu accepted the deal, resolved to earn a fortune from it, and heard that she should wait until the following afternoon or later to see her Martial Uncle.
• The next morning, Lin Xuanxuan, Ye Zhiwei, and Zhao Ruohan visited Chi Jiuyu, and Lin Xuanxuan discussed her year as acting Sect Master.
• Zhao Ruohan suggested the Sect Master's cultivation requirement might ease now that the Cang Race was gone, while Ye Zhiwei argued that Spirit Transformation cultivators still had little chance.
• Chi Jiuyu said the Immortal Net's mission-world time differences could speed up cultivation and hinted that an opportunity was coming soon.

Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu visited Xu Xing’s treasure trove and were allowed to choose a treasure for their work in the Time Branch. Bie Xuening discovered that the Charm Ancestor had impersonated her in Xu Xing’s messages, but Yuanjun recognized Bie Xuening when she tried to return the prank.

• Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu entered a hidden room in the Sword Ancestor Hall and were startled to see Bie Xuening feeding Xu Xing grapes.
• Xu Xing praised their work in the Time Branch and sent them to a vast treasure trove to choose one item each.
• Bie Xuening learned that the Charm Ancestor had used Xu Xing’s phone and deleted chat records, then restored the messages.
• Bie Xuening discovered that the Charm Ancestor had also fooled Spirit Ancestor and Yuanjun, though Spirit Ancestor had seen through the trick.
• Bie Xuening tried to tease Yuanjun by impersonating the Charm Ancestor, but Yuanjun recognized her, and Bie Xuening crushed the phone in frustration.

Xu Xing invited Saint Venerable to the Great Profound Realm and explained the treasures Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu chose from his vault. He then sent Chi Jiuyu to face Senior Sister’s punishment and Zhang Yunlu to witness events from the battle more than seventy thousand years ago.

• Xu Xing contacted Saint Venerable, offered to treat his Dao injury, and invited him to the Great Profound Realm to learn about Dao Source; Saint Venerable accepted.
• Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu chose treasures from Xu Xing’s vault and returned to the Sword Ancestor Hall.
• Xu Xing identified Zhang Yunlu’s treasure as a segment of True History and Chi Jiuyu’s as a Lunar Fragment, then promised to refine Zhang Yunlu’s treasure and explained the fragment’s uses.
• Chi Jiuyu suddenly found herself bound and hanging from a bamboo rack after Xu Xing revealed she had spoken ill of Senior Sister, who was in a foul mood.
• Xu Xing told Zhang Yunlu that the moon’s phases were connected to a battle from more than seventy thousand years ago, then sent her to a mountain to witness the past firsthand.

Zhang Yunlu learned how to use the sword tassel that could manifest a fraction of Chi Jiuyu’s strength, while Chi Jiuyu escaped her master’s punishment and secretly weighed whether to confide in Ning Ruo. Ning Ruo reported that the Taixuan Immortal Network was restored, but spiritual essence was fading across the worlds and the stabilized Heavenly Demon Realm threatened cultivators.

• Zhang Yunlu examined the seven-colored sword tassel and learned it could manifest one ten-thousandth of Chi Jiuyu’s strength for one second.
• Bie Xuening released Chi Jiuyu from the bamboo rack, and Chi Jiuyu hurried away before she could be caught in the others’ conflict.
• Chi Jiuyu met Ning Ruo, concealed why she was flustered, and considered whether to tell her about the Mystic Candle Fruit tree.
• Ning Ruo reported that the Taixuan Immortal Network and its connection nodes across the Three Great Realms had been restored.
• Ning Ruo warned Xu Xing and the others that spiritual essence would vanish from every world within five years and that the Heavenly Demon Realm would continue threatening cultivators.

Xu Xing proposed having the Ascension Envoys build blessed lands to shelter beings from the fading of spiritual vitality, then discussed meeting Saint Venerable with Ning Ruo. Later, Spirit Ancestor contacted Chi Jiuyu about a matter involving her master and Charm Ancestor.

• Ning Ruo explained that heavenly demons would eventually fall dormant as spiritual vitality faded, and Xu Xing proposed building blessed lands to protect people.
• Charm Ancestor urged Ning Ruo to help Xu Xing relax, and Ning Ruo surprised her by accepting her suggestion.
• Xu Xing told Ning Ruo he wanted to meet Saint Venerable, and Ning Ruo said she could accept Charm Ancestor's proposal if Charm Ancestor was willing.
• Chi Jiuyu returned to her cave dwelling after drinking with Zhao Ruohan, Ye Zhiwei, Lin Xuanxuan, and Zhang Yunlu, then received a message from Spirit Ancestor.
• Spirit Ancestor asked Chi Jiuyu whether she remembered their earlier discussion and said it involved her master, then asked if she had already agreed to Charm Ancestor.

Chi Jiuyu accepted Spirit Ancestor’s offer to investigate the past, while Zhang Yunlu became interested in the history of the Cang Race. Bie Xuening then assigned them to find out how her Martial Uncle, Spirit Ancestor, and Charm Ancestor first met when they traveled to the past.

• Chi Jiuyu told Spirit Ancestor that Charm Ancestor had asked her to investigate the seniors’ childhoods, and Spirit Ancestor offered to increase her payment by thirty percent.
• A week later, the Taixuan Immortal Network resumed operations, Blessed Land Construction missions became available, and interest in the Cang Race spread across the Spirit Net.
• Zhang Yunlu watched a Charm Cultivator’s history livestream and questioned Chi Jiuyu about her Lunar Fragment, but refused to reveal what she had learned.
• Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu visited Bie Xuening, who instructed them to learn how her Martial Uncle, Spirit Ancestor, and Charm Ancestor came to know one another.

Bie Xuening sent Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu to investigate Xu Xing’s past with Spirit Ancestor and Charm Ancestor, while Hong Qingchen prepared to travel to the past and asked Hong Sovereign about her aunts. At the Joyous Union Sect, Charm Ancestor met Xu Xing, discussed the coming journey, and drew close to him.

• Bie Xuening gave Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu sword traces and instructed them to investigate Xu Xing’s history with Spirit Ancestor and Charm Ancestor, then answered their cultivation questions.
• Chi Jiuyu hurried Zhang Yunlu out after their meeting, while Bie Xuening told Yuanjun she would let the investigation proceed and deal with Chi Jiuyu’s secret agreement later.
• Chen Huan prepared Hong Qingchen for the journey to the past, and Hong Qingchen accepted a red packet from Hong Sovereign before asking why he had not mentioned her aunts.
• Charm Ancestor told Xu Xing that the younger generation would leave for the past in five days and asked whether he knew about her agreement with Chi Jiuyu.
• Xu Xing said he had discovered Charm Ancestor’s method when Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu visited him, and Charm Ancestor sat on his lap and leaned toward him.

Xu Xing cared for Charm Ancestor at the Joyous Union Sect while she questioned him about the others’ pasts and clashed with Ning Ruo. On the eve of the journey to the “past,” Chi Jiuyu prepared to seek battles there, then accepted Yuanjun’s request to investigate the pasts of her master, Martial Uncle, Charm Ancestor, and Spirit Ancestor for an increased reward.

• Xu Xing fed Charm Ancestor porridge, and she asked about his cooking and what Yuanjun and Spirit Ancestor had been like as children.
• Ning Ruo appeared, traded accusations with Charm Ancestor, and squeezed her before Xu Xing continued feeding her.
• Xu Xing stayed at the Joyous Union Sect for several days, then returned to the Sword Sect with Charm Ancestor the night before the younger generation’s departure.
• Chi Jiuyu studied the Extreme Sword and looked forward to fighting the Cang Race and Sword Lord Ji in the past.
• Yuanjun visited Chi Jiuyu and offered thirty percent more than Spirit Ancestor’s reward for investigating what happened in the past to her master, Martial Uncle, Charm Ancestor, and Spirit Ancestor.
• Chi Jiuyu accepted Yuanjun’s request, and Yuanjun left her with a warning to watch herself.

After the Cang Race’s defeat, Yuan asked Xu Xing about returning to their homeland, but Xu Xing said it was not ready and told him to wait. Chi Jiuyu traveled into the chaotic past, witnessed Xu Xing’s ascension, and arrived in a past era where Bie Xuening said her junior brother would soon emerge from seclusion.

• Yuan asked Xu Xing whether he could return to his homeland, and Xu Xing said its condition made returning pointless for now.
• Ye Zhiwei asked Chi Jiuyu whether she had received special tasks to investigate Xu Xing’s past, and Chi Jiuyu admitted that several others had hired her too.
• Li Ke bound Chi Jiuyu with a red light and sent her through the Taixuan Immortal Network’s time traversal program.
• During the journey, Chi Jiuyu witnessed Xu Xing’s sword shadow rise alongside four towering figures as he attained the Dao and ascended to immortality.
• Chi Jiuyu arrived in the Sword Venerable Hall and found Bie Xuening meditating; Bie Xuening said her junior brother would soon emerge from seclusion.
• Chi Jiuyu followed Bie Xuening to a bamboo clearing with a fish pond and nine-tailed Spirit Fish, but no bamboo frame.

Chi Jiuyu witnessed the moment Bie Xuening first found her as an infant and saw visions of her childhood and rise as a prodigy. Bie Xuening recognized Chi Jiuyu as a visitor from the future and asked what the future was like.

• Chi Jiuyu followed Bie Xuening around the Sword Sect and realized she was retracing events from before Chi Jiuyu became her disciple.
• A teleportation talisman sent an infant crashing outside the Sword Sect, but Bie Xuening brought the baby safely before her.
• Li Ke arrived, and Bie Xuening ordered her to look after the infant, who was Chi Jiuyu.
• Chi Jiuyu watched the years pass and saw Bie Xuening name her, raise her, and eventually take her as a disciple.
• Bie Xuening noticed Chi Jiuyu and confirmed that she had come from the future.
• Chi Jiuyu admitted she was from the future, and Bie Xuening asked what the future was like.

Chi Jiuyu was swept through the chaotic past by the Immortal Net, but an inexplicable force diverted her from her intended destination. She arrived in a bamboo house where she recognized a young Bie Xuening and an unconscious boy who looked like her Martial Uncle, just as an old man entered and was greeted as Master.

• Bie Xuening recalled Chi Jiuyu’s early cultivation, her principle of Defiance, and how she and Xiao Yunlu had earned her respect as disciples.
• The Immortal Net carried Chi Jiuyu through the ruined past toward the Cang Race’s strongest Nurturing Self cultivator, but an unseen connection pulled it off course.
• Chi Jiuyu landed painfully in a bamboo house beside an unconscious boy and a young girl leaning on an iron rod.
• Chi Jiuyu recognized the girl as a young Bie Xuening and the boy as her Martial Uncle, then saw an old man enter carrying a glowing bowl.
• Bie Xuening greeted the old man as Master, and Chi Jiuyu realized he was her Grandmaster.

Chi Jiuyu watched Wu Shi rescue Xu Xing and take him as a disciple, then observed Xu Xing’s first days of cultivation and sword practice with Bie Xuening. The chapter ended when Wu Shi returned to the bamboo grove with a gigantic golden beast he had killed.

• Wu Shi revived the unconscious Xu Xing with spiritual medicine and offered to teach him cultivation, and Xu Xing accepted.
• Chi Jiuyu watched time rush forward within the bamboo grove as Xu Xing recovered, entered Wu Shi’s tutelage, and began crude qi refinement.
• Xu Xing struggled through painful cultivation and sword practice while Bie Xuening encouraged him and explained that the Human Race had to grow stronger to survive.
• Wu Shi descended into the bamboo grove with the dead body of a gigantic golden beast, while Xu Xing stopped practicing and Bie Xuening greeted her master.

Chi Jiuyu observed Xu Xing, Bie Xuening, and Wu Shi in the past and discovered that Xu Xing could hear fragments of her speech. After her fake system announcement made him kneel, she revealed that she was his future martial niece, and Xu Xing asked her to help him cultivate.

• Xu Xing completed Wu Shi's sword-training assignment and joined the others for roasted meat while Chi Jiuyu reflected on how ordinary they seemed in the past.
• Xu Xing briefly sensed Chi Jiuyu speaking, and she tested whether he could hear her before following him to his room.
• Chi Jiuyu pretended to bind a system, startling Xu Xing into standing too quickly and dropping to his knees; she knelt too and apologized.
• Xu Xing asked about the system, and Chi Jiuyu identified herself as a visitor from the future, though he heard only fragments of her explanation.
• Xu Xing asked Chi Jiuyu to help him cultivate, leaving her wondering how she could teach him when he could barely hear her.

Chi Jiuyu discovered she could touch Bie Xuening’s roasted bamboo shoot, but a sudden shift in time interrupted her attempt to pass on the Great Void Sword Canon. More than three months later, Xu Xing had grown close to Wu Shi and Bie Xuening, and Wu Shi announced he would venture into the Moon-Crowned Bears’ territory to collect a different kind of bamboo.

• Chi Jiuyu failed to communicate with Xu Xing, then visited Bie Xuening and found she could touch and eat a piece of her roasted bamboo shoot before time shifted again.
• Over three months, Xu Xing advanced to the second layer of Qi Refinement and became close to Wu Shi and Bie Xuening, while struggling with whether to reveal his secret.
• Bie Xuening and Xu Xing practiced Wu Shi’s new swordsmanship, and Wu Shi used a bamboo switch to make Xu Xing resume training when he tried to rest.
• Wu Shi, Xu Xing, and Bie Xuening collected and roasted bamboo for its sweet, cultivation-aiding sap.
• Wu Shi said he would enter the Moon-Crowned Bears’ territory to gather bamboo, and Xu Xing warned him about the dangers of the powerful clans connected to the bears.

Xu Xing confessed to Wu Shi that he had come from another world, and Wu Shi accepted his explanation without blame. Wu Shi then began revealing his own past, saying his original name was Fifty.

• Xu Xing struggled with whether to reveal his origins and finally left his room to speak with Wu Shi.
• Xu Xing told Wu Shi he came from another world, and Wu Shi asked him to explain what that meant.
• Xu Xing said he had confessed because Wu Shi and Bie Xuening had treated him well.
• Wu Shi reassured Xu Xing that his wariness in an unfamiliar place was understandable and said he would share his own origins.
• Wu Shi revealed that his original name was Fifty, marking him as the fiftieth edible member of the Human Race to survive the scouring of spiritual energy.

Wu Shi revealed that the Cang treated the Human Race as food, then traveled to a Moon Crown Bamboo forest and took bamboo while avoiding a conflict with the Moon-Crowned Bear clan. He returned to find Xu Xing and Bie Xuening training, while Chi Jiuyu watched them.

• Wu Shi told Xu Xing that he had survived the Cang's efforts to develop new dishes and warned him that Condensing One cultivators were only fit to be served at the table.
• Wu Shi asked Xu Xing to keep the truth from Bie Xuening, and Xu Xing resolved to work harder before leaving for the night.
• The next morning, Bie Xuening dragged Xu Xing into sword practice while Chi Jiuyu watched and wondered what had changed Xu Xing in the future.
• Wu Shi secretly cut down several stalks of Moon Crown Bamboo, and the Moon-Crowned Bear King ordered its clan to pretend the theft had not happened rather than report it to the Moon-Slaying Dragons.
• After checking that no bears pursued him, Wu Shi returned to the bamboo forest, where Xu Xing and Bie Xuening hurried to greet him.

Xu Xing and Bie Xuening helped Wu Shi process Moon Crown Bamboo, while Xu Xing endured strict training and reached the sixth level of Qi Refinement over the next two years. Chi Jiuyu watched Wu Shi develop a method to refine the bamboo with true fire, and the chapter ended with Bie Xuening nearing a perilous breakthrough to Embryonic Breath.

• Wu Shi brought Moon Crown Bamboo to Xu Xing and Bie Xuening, who gathered the stalks after he crushed them.
• Xu Xing drank bitter medicinal bamboo sap after training, then persuaded Wu Shi to give Bie Xuening portions without the medicine.
• Chi Jiuyu watched Wu Shi struggle to refine the bamboo before he learned to stimulate true fire with mana, inspired by Xu Xing's remark.
• Over two years, Xu Xing reached the sixth level of Qi Refinement while Bie Xuening advanced to the ninth level and prepared for Embryonic Breath.
• Xu Xing complained that he was unsuited to cultivation, while Bie Xuening hesitated to attempt the dangerous Heaven-Forged Dao Foundation method.

After Xu Xing admitted that he doubted he could live up to Wu Shi’s expectations, Wu Shi decided to take Xu Xing and Bie Xuening on a trip to visit old friends. Chi Jiuyu followed them as the ancient landscape came into view, while Charm Ancestor revealed that the chaotic past had been set right.

• Xu Xing collapsed after telling Wu Shi that he was lazy, fearful, and likely to run from hard choices, while Chi Jiuyu reassured him that Ancestor had chosen well.
• Wu Shi decided to take Xu Xing and Bie Xuening to visit Shi Jiu and San Shi and their two children.
• The next morning, Wu Shi canceled practice and had Xu Xing and Bie Xuening gather bamboo essence and processed Spirit-Nourishing Grass as gifts before they departed.
• Chi Jiuyu followed the three as the fog lifted and wondered whether Wu Shi and Xu Xing had known Senior Yuanjun and Senior Hong Sovereign from early on.
• Charm Ancestor contacted Chi Jiuyu and explained that the chaotic past had been straightened out, then urged her to keep watch and threatened to tell Sword Venerable about her complaints.

Chi Jiuyu arrived at a new chaotic time node in the Eastern Wasteland Region and searched for Wu Shi, Xu Xing, and Bie Xuening. Meanwhile, the three traveled to a mountain settlement, where Wu Shi reunited with San Shi and Shi Jiu and met their daughter Yuan.

• Chi Jiuyu emerged into the Eastern Wasteland Region and looked for traces of Wu Shi, Xu Xing, and Bie Xuening.
• Wu Shi led Xu Xing and Bie Xuening through the mountains, prepared diluted Moon Crown Bamboo essence for them, and continued their journey.
• The three reached a settlement halfway up a mountain and approached its guarded entrance.
• San Shi and Shi Jiu came out to greet Wu Shi, accompanied by their daughter Yuan.

Wu Shi reunited with San Shi and introduced Xu Xing and Bie Xuening to the settlement, where Yuanjun's awkward exchanges with them stirred resentment among the local youths. At the campfire, Xu Xing shared Moon Crown Bamboo essence with Bie Xuening and Yuanjun, leaving Yuanjun regretful but too proud to thank him.

• San Shi welcomed Wu Shi and met Xu Xing and Bie Xuening, while Yuanjun greeted Wu Shi as her uncle.
• At the settlement's campfire, Yuanjun's clash with Bie Xuening led the local youths to view Xu Xing and Bie Xuening as bullies.
• Wu Shi gave Xu Xing three bowls of Moon Crown Bamboo essence and had Shi Jiu deliver another bowl to Hong Sovereign in seclusion.
• Xu Xing gave one bowl to Bie Xuening, then offered another to Yuanjun as an elder's goodwill gesture.
• Yuanjun accepted the essence but insisted she would not thank Xu Xing, while Chi Jiuyu was shocked by her behavior.

Xu Xing accepted a settlement youth’s challenge and defeated Zhen in a spar, then faced Yuan when she challenged him next. Their evenly matched fight continued as Yuan attacked aggressively and Xu Xing countered with a fiery sword technique.

• The settlement’s young men challenged Xu Xing, and Wu Shi encouraged him to spar with their strongest fighter, Zhen, while San Shi and Wu Shi wagered a Radiant Sun Fruit and Moon Crown Bamboo essence.
• Zhen charged Xu Xing with an iron staff, but Xu Xing overpowered him with his sword and struck him down, earning Zhen’s sincere admission of defeat.
• Yuan leaped onto the arena and challenged Xu Xing, then exchanged formal salutes with him before they began fighting.
• Yuan used a burst of spiritual power to stop herself and kick at Xu Xing, but he dodged and sprang aside before slashing his sword with a flaming stream of energy that drove her back.

Yuan defeated Xu Xing in a spar after learning his Swordsmanship in minutes and turning it against him. That night, Bie Xuening confronted Yuan about her taunt, while Yuan privately questioned whether she had misjudged Xu Xing.

• Yuan learned Xu Xing's flame-slicing technique during their exchange, forcing him to use Swordsmanship.
• Yuan quickly copied Xu Xing's Swordsmanship, overwhelmed him, and won the spar as the crowd cheered.
• Xu Xing remained stunned by his defeat while holding the Radiant Sun Fruit in his room beside the sleeping Zhen.
• Bie Xuening confronted Yuan over her insult to Xu Xing, and Yuan said he was fake but refused to explain.
• Yuan reflected that Xu Xing seemed polite on the surface but looked down on others, then wondered if she had been oversensitive.

Xu Xing reflected on his dismissive attitude toward the people of this world after Yuan defeated him, while Wu Shi argued with San Shi over San Shi’s dangerous plan and learned he had only three years to survive without reaching the God Forging Realm. Wu Shi left with Xu Xing and Bie Xuening, carrying a new cultivation method, as Baleful Hawks arrived at the settlement and revealed the threat surrounding San Shi’s plans.

• Xu Xing told Wu Shi that losing to Yuan had made him recognize how he had treated others as insignificant natives and question his imagined role as a destined savior.
• Wu Shi told Xu Xing that they would leave at noon, while San Shi prepared a gathering and Wu Shi remained wary of him.
• Wu Shi confronted San Shi about his plan to fight for the Moon-Slaying Dragon Race’s hoarded essence, and San Shi revealed that he had three years to reach the God Forging Realm or his divine soul would be destroyed.
• San Shi gave Wu Shi a beast-hide scroll containing an Embryonic Breath cultivation method deduced by Hong and asked Wu Shi to look after his daughter if anything happened to him.
• Wu Shi gave the scroll to Xu Xing and Bie Xuening, then said they would visit his other friends instead of returning home.
• Baleful Hawks led by a Condensing One cultivator flew toward the settlement, and Wu Shi explained that San Shi was planning to join forces with them against the Moon-Slaying Dragon Race.