Recaps

Lu Ye learned the basics of artifact refining from Kongkong and began practicing in the Sword Artifact Sect’s underground workshop, while Nian Yuexian climbed Sword Mountain to inherit its sword Dao legacy. Lu Ye aimed to finish Kongkong’s trial within half a year so he could leave the Secret Realm.

• Lu Ye realized that Kongkong had sent Nian Yuexian to Sword Mountain to inherit the Sword Artifact Sect’s sword Dao, while he and Ying Wuji were meant to study artifact refining.
• Kongkong took Lu Ye to the underground Artifact Refining Workshop, explained its tools and Underground Fire, and demonstrated forging a Dharma Artifact-grade flying sword.
• Lu Ye tried refining artifacts under Kongkong’s guidance and, after three days, forged a Low-Grade Spiritual Artifact with five restrictions.
• Kongkong praised Lu Ye’s talent in Spiritual Patterns and set a routine of morning lessons and afternoon practice, estimating that he could meet the flying sword requirements within three years.
• Lu Ye returned to his hut, rested, and continued his lessons and practice, setting himself a limit of half a year to complete the trial and leave the Secret Realm.

Lu Ye rapidly advanced in artifact refining while drawing energy from the Underground Fire, until an eruption and disturbances across the Secret Realm prompted Kongkong to reveal that he was an obsession of the long-dead sect master. Kongkong explained that the Secret Realm’s foundation was failing, but Lu Ye’s question about what sustained it remained unanswered.

• Lu Ye used the Talent Tree’s roots to absorb energy from the Underground Fire and stored it as fuel while refining artifacts and studying under Kongkong.
• Over two months, Lu Ye progressed from refining Low-Grade Spiritual Artifacts to producing a Peak-Grade Spiritual Artifact, while Ying Wuji entered the workshop and lagged behind.
• After Lu Ye tossed aside his newly refined longsword, the workshop shook and the Underground Fire erupted, forcing Lu Ye to flee as the Secret Realm trembled and black fissures appeared.
• Kongkong summoned Lu Ye alone to the Thatched Cottage, where he revealed that he was an obsession formed from the true Kongkong’s Divine Sense and that no one before Lu Ye had passed the trial.
• Kongkong told Lu Ye that the Secret Realm’s sustaining foundation had become unstable and that the realm would soon fail, leaving Lu Ye to ask what that foundation was.

Lu Ye learned that the Sword Artifact Sect Secret Realm was collapsing because its Underground Fire foundation had been drained, and Kongkong gave him the sect’s inheritance before sending him and his companions out. After the escape, Nian Yuexian drew Myriad Demon Ridge’s attention away from Lu Ye, who hid near Liyuan and waited as cultivators converged on the area.

• Kongkong gave Lu Ye a Jade Slip containing the Sword Artifact Sect’s artifact-refining essentials and Sword Dao True Understanding, along with the sect master’s Sword Gourd.
• Kongkong split open a rift with ten thousand Flying Swords and sent Lu Ye, Nian Yuexian, and Ying Wuji out as the Secret Realm collapsed around him.
• The Underground Fire erupted after them, and Nian Yuexian shielded Lu Ye and Ying Wuji from the flames with her sword.
• Nian Yuexian took Ying Wuji and fled openly to draw Myriad Demon Ridge’s Divine Sea Realm cultivators away, while Lu Ye hid in another direction.
• Lu Ye concealed himself after flying thirty li, then sensed cultivators gathering around Liyuan and waited without contacting Nian Yuexian.

Lu Ye disguised himself as a handsome Sword Cultivator and traveled openly through Liyuan, hoping to leave without being recognized. A Myriad Demon Ridge group led by a Divine Sea Realm woman stopped him and invited him to travel with them for safety, leaving him forced to continue under his fabricated identity.

• Lu Ye changed his appearance with the Thousand Faces Spirit Pattern, dressed in white, and posed as a Sword Cultivator carrying a longsword and Sword Gourd.
• He flew openly through Liyuan, passing Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators without incident as he made his way toward Cangyan Mountain Pass.
• A Divine Sea Realm woman and her group approached, and Lu Ye lowered his head to let them pass after sensing her divine perception sweep over him.
• One of the group’s women urged her Martial Uncle to bring Lu Ye along, and the Divine Sea Realm woman agreed after noticing him.
• Lu Ye claimed he had recently arrived from Peerless Continent and was traveling to seek Flying Swords before joining the Province Guard.
• The Divine Sea Realm woman warned Lu Ye about the dangerous Vast Sky Alliance cultivator in Liyuan, and the group offered to let him travel with them.

Lu Ye traveled with a Myriad Demon Ridge search party under the alias Li Taibai, then helped defend it from a masked Sword Cultivator who imitated Nian Yuexian’s techniques. The attacker escaped, leaving Lu Ye and Tong Shuyao to bury the dead while the Myriad Demon Ridge suspected someone was exploiting the hunt to sow discord.

• Lu Ye pretended to be a cultivator from the Peerless Continent and joined a search party led by a Divine Sea Realm woman, where Tong Shuyao grew close to him.
• Lu Ye gave Tong Shuyao the alias Li Taibai as the group searched Liyuan for Nian Yuexian and later camped for the night.
• A masked Sword Cultivator attacked the camp with sword energy, killing the other True Lake Realm cultivators and injuring Lu Ye.
• Lu Ye and Tong Shuyao joined the Divine Sea Realm woman in fighting the attacker, who soon withdrew.
• A middle-aged Divine Sea Realm cultivator arrived, and the woman concluded that the attacker had been fishing in troubled waters rather than being Nian Yuexian.
• The woman ordered the dead to be cleared, and Lu Ye agreed to help Tong Shuyao collect the bodies.

After Lu Ye impressed a Divine Sea Realm woman during a battle, she tried to recruit him into Myriad Demon Ridge and brought him to Myriad Demon City. He passed the city's faction inspection by activating his temporary Myriad Demon Ridge Battlefield Mark, but he remained trapped in her company until he chose a side.

• The woman asked Lu Ye about his origins, and he claimed to be a Rogue Cultivator from Peerless Continent who had advanced quickly after building a deep foundation.
• The woman asked whether Lu Ye would join Myriad Demon Ridge's Province Guard, but he hesitated, prompting her to pressure him to decide which faction to serve.
• At dawn, Tong Shuyao identified the city ahead as Myriad Demon City, and the woman told Lu Ye to stay with her until he made his decision.
• Lu Ye worried that the city's faction restriction would expose his temporary mark, then activated his Myriad Demon Ridge Battlefield Mark as he entered.
• The restriction swept over Lu Ye, and red light appeared on the back of his hand, confirming that he had passed the inspection.

Lu Ye accepted Tong Shuyao’s offer to join Myriad Demon Ridge’s Province Guard and registered as Li Taibai, a Rogue Cultivator from the Peerless Continent. Lin Yue assigned him to Dark Moon Forest Pass as her Attendant Before the Seat, where Tong Shuyao was told to arrange his accommodations.

• Tong Shuyao guided Lu Ye around Myriad Demon City and encouraged him to join the Province Guard under Lin Yue.
• Lu Ye exchanged for a replacement Myriad Demon Ridge Battlefield Mark, then told Tong Shuyao he was willing to serve under Lin Yue.
• After Lin Yue emerged from seclusion, she brought Lu Ye to register as Li Taibai, who received the Military Rank of Fruit Guard despite having no Battle Merit.
• Lu Ye learned that his Battlefield Mark now recorded his identity, cultivation, location, and zero Merit and Battle Merit.
• Lin Yue took Lu Ye and Tong Shuyao to Dark Moon Forest Pass, named herself its Pass Master, and appointed Lu Ye as Attendant Before the Seat.
• Lin Yue ordered Tong Shuyao to take Lu Ye and arrange accommodations for him.

Lu Ye settled into Dark Moon Forest Pass with Yiyi and Amber, then began studying the Sword Gourd Kongkong had given him. He discovered it surpassed Spiritual Treasures in quality and learned that it could turn swallowed swords into stored Sword Qi.

• Tong Shuyao brought Lu Ye to his residence at Dark Moon Forest Pass, where he set up protective formations and released Yiyi and Amber.
• Lu Ye told Yiyi and Amber how he had joined the Myriad Demon Ridge Province Guard, and assured them he could leave when he chose.
• Lu Ye began cultivating and examined the Sword Gourd, sensing that its countless restrictions made it more powerful than a Spiritual Treasure.
• After refining the Sword Gourd for two days, Lu Ye fed it a High-Grade Spiritual Artifact longsword and discovered the gourd had transformed it into stored Sword Qi.

Lu Ye discovered that the Sword Gourd transformed Spiritual Artifacts into controllable Sword Qi, with stronger artifacts producing more powerful strands. Tong Shuyao took him to watch a duel between cultivators from opposing camps at the front line, where he recognized the saber fighter’s techniques as strangely familiar.

• Lu Ye tested the Sword Gourd’s nine strands of Sword Qi and found each could strike with the force of one of his attacks.
• Lu Ye fed the Sword Gourd many Spiritual Artifacts and discovered that the resulting Sword Qi varied in strength according to each artifact’s grade.
• Tong Shuyao visited Lu Ye and took him to watch a battle between cultivators from Dark Moon Forest Pass and Startled Waves Lake Pass.
• Tong Shuyao explained that the duelists fought for Battle Merit rewards, and Lu Ye studied the saber-wielding fighter’s familiar-looking techniques.

Lu Ye recognized the saber-wielding combatant as his Third Senior Brother, Xiao Xinghe, and watched him defeat Mu Tianxing despite suffering from earlier injuries. After a Vast Sky Alliance cultivator secretly disrupted Xiao Xinghe during the fight, Xiao killed Mu Tianxing and turned on the man who had interfered, leaving Lu Ye questioning the apparent hostility within their own side.

• Tong Shuyao identified the spear-wielding combatant as Mu Tianxing and learned that his opponent was Xiao Xinghe of Azure Emperor City.
• Lu Ye recognized Xiao Xinghe as his Third Senior Brother and recalled how Xiao's saber insights had shaped Lu Ye's early techniques.
• Xiao Xinghe fought Mu Tianxing while bearing injuries from earlier battles, and Lu Ye judged that he had the advantage.
• A high-ranking Vast Sky Alliance cultivator secretly struck Xiao Xinghe as he retreated, disrupting his Spiritual Power and exposing him to Mu Tianxing's spear.
• Xiao Xinghe dodged the killing thrust, took a wound to his shoulder blade, and killed Mu Tianxing with a saber strike.
• Xiao Xinghe stared down the interfering cultivator as Lu Ye asked what had happened, and a Myriad Demon Ridge cultivator said Xiao seemed unpopular and was frequently fighting for Battle Merit.

Lu Ye entered the arena as Li Taibai and defeated the exhausted Xiao Xinghe without harming him, forcing his Third Senior Brother to withdraw and rest. He then challenged the Vast Sky Alliance, quickly defeating another Tier Three True Lake Cultivator.

• Xiao Xinghe continued fighting despite his injuries, defeated a Myriad Demon Ridge Spell Cultivator, and demanded another opponent.
• Lu Ye rushed into the arena and introduced himself to Xiao Xinghe as Rogue Cultivator Li Taibai, greeting him as Senior Brother.
• Lu Ye countered Xiao Xinghe’s saber style with skillful swordsmanship and forced him to retreat without inflicting serious harm.
• Xiao Xinghe recognized that Lu Ye had intended to make him withdraw safely, saluted him, and left to treat his injuries.
• Lu Ye challenged the Vast Sky Alliance, and a new opponent entered the arena.
• Lu Ye swiftly defeated the new Tier Three True Lake Cultivator, surprising both camps.

Lu Ye, fighting as Li Taibai, defeated a succession of Vast Sky Alliance cultivators, culminating in a victory over Zhang Youlin, a Tier Six Sword Cultivator. Despite pleas to withdraw, he challenged the camp’s sole Tier Seven cultivator—the man who had made things difficult for Xiao Xinghe.

• Lu Ye defeated a Tier Four opponent and then a Tier Five opponent, winning his first four battles without killing anyone.
• Zhang Youlin of the Northern Profound Sword Sect entered the arena and challenged Lu Ye to a Flying Sword duel.
• Lu Ye and Zhang Youlin unleashed their swords in a fierce clash, and Lu Ye broke Zhang Youlin’s Sword Formation and won.
• Lu Ye pointed his sword toward the Vast Sky Alliance’s Tier Seven cultivator and called for another opponent.
• Tong Shuyao and other Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators urged Lu Ye to stop, but he continued because the Tier Seven cultivator was his target.

Lu Ye challenged Tan Shu after seeing him attempt to kill Xiao Xinghe with a borrowed blade, then revealed his full strength and killed the True Lake Tier Seven cultivator. The victory left both camps stunned, but Tan Shu’s followers rushed forward and chaos erupted.

• Lu Ye decided to avenge Xiao Xinghe after witnessing Tan Shu’s attempt to kill him.
• Lu Ye challenged Tan Shu, who identified himself as a cultivator from Heavenly Origin Sect.
• Lu Ye unleashed his full strength and struck Tan Shu with a Divine Sense attack, leaving him unable to defend himself.
• Lu Ye killed Tan Shu with a storm of sword light, winning his sixth consecutive battle.
• Tan Shu’s followers cried out and charged toward Lu Ye or Tan Shu’s corpse, plunging the field into chaos.

Lu Ye defeated Tan Shu and prevented the Vast Sky Alliance from disrupting the long-standing battles between the camps, then returned to Dark Moon Forest Pass to recover and reflect. Tong Shuyao reported his feats to Lin Yue, who saw him as a potential successor for their sect.

• Lu Ye killed the Tier Seven Tan Shu, and Tong Shuyao stopped the ensuing confrontation by warning that a larger fight would end the battles and Battle Merit opportunities.
• The Vast Sky Alliance cultivators withdrew with Tan Shu's body, while Myriad Demon Ridge celebrated Lu Ye's victory across four minor realms.
• Tong Shuyao carried the exhausted Lu Ye back to Dark Moon Forest Pass, where he used Soul Cleansing Water to recover and considered the day's battles and the motives behind Xiao Xinghe's troubles.
• Tong Shuyao told Lin Yue how Lu Ye had performed, and Lin Yue concluded that their sect had found a promising successor.

Lin Yue decided to recruit Li Taibai into Myriad Demon Ridge’s Main Sect after he killed Tan Shu, and she instructed Tong Shuyao to keep close to him. Two days later, Grand Pass Master Zhang Kun returned with troubling news and ordered Dark Moon Forest Pass to prepare for battle.

• Lin Yue concluded that Li Taibai had killed Tan Shu to establish his reputation and told Tong Shuyao to sound him out about joining the Main Sect.
• Tong Shuyao hurried to find Li Taibai but remembered he was recuperating in seclusion after the battles.
• The usual battles between the two camps stopped for several days after Li Taibai’s victory.
• Zhang Kun returned to Dark Moon Forest Pass and asked Lin Yue whether Li Taibai had killed a Vast Sky Alliance cultivator named Tan Shu.
• After Lin Yue confirmed the report, Zhang Kun urgently ordered the pass to prepare for battle.

After Lu Ye killed Tan Shu, Zhang Kun and Lin Yue learned that Tan Shu was Yu Huajin’s grandson and that Liu Yuemei was his mother, prompting the Vast Sky Alliance to attack Dark Moon Forest Pass. Lu Ye stayed out of the battle, while Liu Yuemei demanded that the pass hand over Li Taibai and publicly called him out.

• Zhang Kun explained that Tan Shu’s death had enraged Yu Huajin because Tan Shu was the last descendant of her son, whom Feng Wujiang had beheaded.
• Zhang Kun ordered Dark Moon Forest Pass to prepare for battle after the Guard Tokens signaled the approaching attack.
• Lu Ye pretended to be too weak from using a forbidden technique to fight, and Tong Shuyao let him return to his room.
• Lin Yue and Zhang Kun activated the pass’s protective array as Liu Yuemei led the Vast Sky Alliance army toward Dark Moon Forest Pass.
• Liu Yuemei demanded that Zhang Kun hand over Li Taibai, threatened to ravage the pass, and shouted for Li Taibai to come out.

Liu Yuemei led a Vast Sky Alliance assault on Dark Moon Forest Pass to demand Li Taibai, while Lu Ye watched from the sidelines. The Alliance detonated twenty thousand Explosive Fire Spirit Stones against the pass’s Protective Spirit Array, revealing that Lu Ye’s own handiwork was being used against him.

• Liu Yuemei failed to find Li Taibai and returned to her camp, prompting Zhang Kun to prepare Dark Moon Forest Pass for battle.
• The Vast Sky Alliance advanced under the protection of Ironclad Warships as the pass’s defenses damaged the ships and inflicted casualties.
• Lin Yue and Zhang Kun grew suspicious when the attackers advanced without retaliating, and Lin Yue realized they intended to break the Protective Grand Array by force.
• Liu Yuemei ordered the Vast Sky Alliance cultivators to hurl what appeared to be Fire Spirit Stones at the pass.
• Zhang Kun identified the stones as Explosive Fire Spirit Stones, and their combined blast dimmed the Protective Spirit Array.
• Lu Ye recognized the Explosive Fire Spirit Stones as ones he had refined for Qian Wudang and realized they were being used against him.

Liu Yuemei used the World-Shattering Thunder Spear to shatter Dark Moon Forest Pass’s Protective Grand Array and stormed the pass in pursuit of Lu Ye. She cornered him and attacked repeatedly, but he resisted with his Red Dragon Battle Robe and Sword Gourd as she tried to capture him alive.

• Liu Yuemei unleashed the World-Shattering Thunder Spear, breaking the weakened Protective Grand Array as Zhang Kun and Lin Yue were held off by Vast Sky Alliance cultivators.
• The Vast Sky Alliance charged into Dark Moon Forest Pass, while Liu Yuemei searched for Lu Ye, who had hidden himself with concealment techniques.
• Liu Yuemei’s spells destroyed the surrounding houses and forced Lu Ye to flee; she struck him twice but intended to take him alive rather than kill him.
• Lu Ye blocked Liu Yuemei’s third attack with the Red Dragon Battle Robe and crashed into a house.
• Liu Yuemei pressed down on Lu Ye with a hand of Spiritual Power, and he sent the Sword Gourd’s sword-light dragon against it to slow her attack.

Liu Yuemei attacked Lu Ye at Dark Moon Forest Pass to avenge Tan Shu, but he survived her Divine Sense strike by feigning a mortal wound. After Liu Yuemei led the Vast Sky Alliance forces in a retreat, Lu Ye recovered and reflected on how he had deceived her.

• Liu Yuemei pressed Lu Ye to capture him for Tan Shu’s grave, but another Divine Sea Realm cultivator urged her to end the fight quickly as the battle turned against the Vast Sky Alliance.
• Liu Yuemei launched a powerful Divine Sense attack at Lu Ye, which broke through Twin Dragons Guarding the Sea but was stopped by the Soul Suppressing Tower in his Divine Pool.
• Lu Ye pretended the attack had gravely injured him, and Liu Yuemei believed his life was nearly over before she turned to slaughter Myriad Demon Ridge soldiers.
• Liu Yuemei ordered the Vast Sky Alliance forces to retreat, and Lin Yue and Zhang Kun could only watch them leave Dark Moon Forest Pass.
• After the rain began, Lu Ye secretly stored his Golden Body Token and revealed that his apparent injuries and weakened Spiritual Power had been a disguise.

After the battle at Dark Moon Forest Pass, Lu Ye stayed disguised as Li Taibai while Old Man You treated his severe injuries. Lin Yue and Old Man You believed his soul was damaged beyond repair, leaving his future uncertain as Tong Shuyao recovered nearby.

• Myriad Demon Ridge reinforcements arrived after the Vast Sky Alliance had withdrawn, and the survivors cleared the battlefield and treated the wounded.
• Lu Ye was taken to the injured cultivators and pretended to remain unconscious while Old Man You treated his body.
• Lin Yue learned that Old Man You suspected Liu Yuemei's divine sense attack had damaged Lu Ye's soul and feared he might never recover normally.
• Lu Ye woke several days later, acted confused, and appeared to suffer painful aftereffects from his supposed soul injury.
• Old Man You told Lin Yue that Li Taibai was unlikely to cultivate normally or reach the Divine Sea, while Tong Shuyao remained asleep as she recovered.

Lu Ye left Dark Moon Forest Pass after Lin Yue approved his request and gave him supplies, then secretly returned toward Cangyan Mountain Pass. Just as he reunited with Yiyi and Amber, he spotted an acquaintance fleeing pursuers and attacked her.

• Lu Ye told Lin Yue he planned to leave Dark Moon Forest Pass, and she agreed while asking him to sever contact with Tong Shuyao and accept a Storage Bag.
• Lu Ye departed the pass, then contacted Ying Wuji, who said he was grievously injured after Nian Yuexian took him away from the Sword Artifact Sect Secret Realm.
• Unable to rely on Ying Wuji, Lu Ye traveled in disguise toward Cangyan Mountain Pass and reached its vicinity after nearly two days.
• Lu Ye revealed his true identity, brought out Amber and Yiyi, and told them what had happened during his absence.
• Lu Ye saw an acquaintance fleeing several pursuers, drew his blade, and charged at her with a slash.

Lu Ye rescued Shen Xiaomao from a group of Vast Sky Alliance cultivators who meant to take her prisoner, then brought her to Cangyan Mountain Pass under the pretense that she was his captive. There, she revealed her real name, Shen Chudan, and Nian Yuexian learned how she had been mistreated.

• Lu Ye knocked down Shen Xiaomao and stopped her pursuers from taking her, claiming she was his prisoner and driving them away by invoking Cangyan Mountain Pass’s jurisdiction.
• Shen Xiaomao explained that her patrol companions had been killed and that her pursuers had spared her for vile reasons; Lu Ye covered her with a garment and took her back to Cangyan Mountain Pass.
• Lu Ye insisted Shen Xiaomao board his Spirit Boat as his prisoner, and she reluctantly went with him.
• Nian Yuexian welcomed Lu Ye back and questioned the woman accompanying him; Shen Xiaomao gave her real name as Shen Chudan.
• Lu Ye recounted Shen Chudan’s ordeal, and Nian Yuexian grew grim as she considered the harm the pursuers might have inflicted on other women.

Lu Ye returned to Cangyan Mountain Pass, handed over two months’ worth of Explosive Fire Spirit Stones, and learned that Nian Yuexian would leave to enter prolonged seclusion. With a replacement garrison coming, she offered him three possible postings, and Lu Ye considered going to Startled Waves Lake Pass to support his Third Senior Brother despite the danger his sect affiliation posed.

• Nian Yuexian assigned Shen Chudan to serve as her maid, and Lu Ye later ignored Shen Chudan until she realized he could not openly acknowledge her.
• Lu Ye arranged a handover with Cheng Xiu and delivered sixty thousand Explosive Fire Spirit Stones for three hundred thousand Battle Merit.
• Nian Yuexian told Lu Ye that Shen Chudan had returned safely to Lone Mountain Pass and announced she would enter prolonged seclusion after gaining insights in the Sword Artifact Sect Secret Realm and refining Willow Catkin.
• Nian Yuexian explained that another Divine Sea Realm cultivator and Province Guards would take over Cangyan Mountain Pass, then offered Lu Ye the choices of staying, transferring to another pass, or joining Qian Wudang’s Law Enforcement Division.
• Lu Ye gave Nian Yuexian a copy of the Sword Dao True Understanding and received three days to decide where he would go.
• Lu Ye told Yiyi he wanted to go to Startled Waves Lake Pass to support his Third Senior Brother, though his Crimson Blood Sect identity would invite hostility.

Lu Ye chose to leave Cangyan Mountain Pass and join Qian Wudang’s Law Enforcement Division, where he asked to take missions rather than focus solely on refining Explosive Fire Spirit Stones. Qian Wudang accepted that his request was reasonable but warned that field missions would put him in danger.

• Lu Ye decided that joining the Law Enforcement Division was safer than going to Startled Waves Lake Pass or remaining at Cangyan Mountain Pass, then received three hundred thousand battle merits for refining Explosive Fire Spirit Stones.
• Lu Ye exchanged battle merits for twenty Golden Spirit Signs and spent several days cultivating before telling Nian Yuexian he would join the Law Enforcement Division.
• Nian Yuexian wished Lu Ye well and urged him to protect himself as he departed for Vast Sky City, while she remained at Cangyan Mountain Pass awaiting the necessary procedures to leave.
• Lu Ye reported to Qian Wudang at the Law Enforcement Division, where Qian assigned him to refine Explosive Fire Spirit Stones.
• Lu Ye asked to join the Law Enforcement Hall and take missions so he could see more of the Nine Provinces, and Qian Wudang warned him that such work carried danger.

Lu Ye joined the Law Enforcement Hall after convincing Qian Wudang that his aptitude was peerless and revealing his rapid cultivation progress. The Sect Master arrived in Vast Sky City to take the Crimson Blood Sect’s seat on the Bing Province Guard’s Council of Elders, while Pang Huanyin came to join the Guard.

• Lu Ye told Qian Wudang he possessed peerless talent and showed that he had advanced from True Lake Tier One to Tier Three in three months.
• Qian Wudang assigned Lu Ye to Squad A3, and a woman who had been hiding in the hall demanded to join the Law Enforcement Hall; he refused, so she ran to Fan Xiangyi and accused him of bullying her.
• Lu Ye messaged Geng Wuwang and learned that Squad A3 was away on a mission, then received a message from the Sect Master asking where he was.
• The Sect Master and Pang Huanyin arrived to meet Lu Ye in Vast Sky City.
• The Sect Master explained that he had come to take the Crimson Blood Sect’s reserved seat on the Bing Province Guard’s Council of Elders, while Pang Huanyin planned to join the Guard.