Chapter Summaries

Chu Ming investigated the Prince of North Snow’s hidden weapons and the suspected plot against the Emperor, then consulted Xiang Yue about the threat. After painting a snowy map of Qi Capital, Chu Ming merged his reading and painting abilities into the [Book Intent Painting Realm], and prepared to return to the East Suburb Hunting Ground.

• Chu Ming discovered that Yan Zhong and Yan Tai had buried nearly a hundred Mountain Shaking Beads and Surging Wave Beads across the hunting ground, but his search found no trace of the four fifth-rank beasts.
• Chu Ming visited Xiang Yue, who explained that the beads could kill Marrow Cleansing Realm experts and agreed that the Prince of North Snow likely planned to attack the Emperor during the hunt.
• Chu Ming showed Xiang Yue the Gold Jade Box’s mingled auras, and they deduced that Pei Yan was tied to the Blood Fiend Cult, Pei Qing had dealings with it, and the Emperor had likely arranged the hunt as a trap.
• Chu Ming studied the Crown Prince’s painting of Qi Capital and created a snowy version called Snow Desolation, triggering the fusion of [Reading] and [Calligraphy and Painting] into the [Book Intent Painting Realm].
• Chu Ming tested the new realm’s ability to control nearby objects and enhance his abilities, then told Su Xin and Fang Xiao that he was going out again that night.

Chu Ming uncovered the North Snow faction’s hidden weapons at the East Suburb Hunting Ground and secretly took thirty-three beads and four Exotic Beast Puppet Fragments. As the Qi Emperor planned to use the discovered weapons to pursue his political suspicions, Prince of North Snow agreed to a poison plot, while Pei Qing’s household grew anxious about possible exposure.

• Chu Ming followed Yan Zhong, Yan Tai, and Pei Yan, discovered the concealed beads and stone fragments, and learned from the master of Justice Villa how the treasures could be activated.
• Chu Ming lured Tang Guang and Hong Xiao to some buried Mountain Shaking Beads, then used the [Book Intent Painting Realm] to sever the treasures’ qi-and-blood connections and collect thirty-three beads and four fragments.
• Tang Guang and Hong Xiao presented forty-six recovered Mountain Shaking Beads to the Qi Emperor, who suspected several court figures and ordered the East Suburb Hunt to proceed as planned.
• A man in black told Prince of North Snow that the Qi Emperor planned to seize control of the Southern Sikong Army through a plot involving leeches, and Prince of North Snow agreed to use the poison in exchange for the Star Golden List.
• Yan Yang reported that the buried weapons and fragments had been discovered, and Prince of North Snow decided to proceed with the leech plot.
• Pei Qing and Pei Fu heard Elder Song’s report that the East Suburb Hunting Ground showed no signs of an investigation, but Elder Song urged them to prepare for trouble.

During the East Suburb Hunt, Blood Leeches hidden among Jingyue Kingdom captives caused a massacre and left the Qi Emperor apparently infected. Sikong Hen was arrested, while the princes and ministers suspected the attack was part of a scheme to seize control of the Sikong Army.

• The princes hunted Auspicious Beasts, and the Crown Prince and Second Prince tied for first while Princess Qiyang hunted twelve.
• Sikong Hen presented ten Jingyue nobles for a blood sacrifice, but the captives' Blood Leeches erupted, killing five princes, officials, and Imperial Forbidden Army soldiers and apparently infecting the Qi Emperor.
• Tang Guang and Hong Xiao contained the leech attack, Sikong Hen surrendered and was arrested, and Tang Guang ordered those present to keep the incident secret.
• Pei Qing and Pei Fu suspected the Qi Emperor had been infected and sent word to Prince Shuo, while Zuo Yuan wondered whether the disaster was a plot against Sikong Hen.
• The Crown Prince learned the Qi Emperor might be infected and debated the strange attack with the Fifth and Seventh Princes, then ordered caution as the Imperial Observatory barred access to the emperor.
• The Second Prince told the Third Prince that he had arranged the Blood Leech affair on the Qi Emperor's orders to take control of the Sikong Army.

The leech-poisoning attack left Qi Emperor’s condition uncertain, stirring princes, rival powers, and the North Snow Army to probe the throne’s vulnerability. As Chu Ming uncovered new weapons and suspected an impostor sat on the Dragon Chair, Qi Emperor used a stand-in and rumors of his impending death to draw out his enemies.

• The Second Prince learned that Prince Shuo’s masked poisoners may have combined leech venom with Blood Leech venom, while Ming Huo ordered him to investigate who had conspired with Prince Shuo and warned him not to act rashly.
• Yan Huan and Ming Huo agreed to wait until the Prince of North Snow sent his troops away from North Snow Prefecture before moving against the Imperial Mausoleum, while Yan Huan vowed revenge on his enemies.
• The Prince of North Snow sent Yan Zhong to Qi Capital to verify Qi Emperor’s condition, then learned from Blood Fiend that remnants of the Yan Dynasty had appeared in Insect Tail Valley.
• Qi Emperor revealed that he was unharmed and using a dying stand-in to test who would move against the throne, while keeping Sikong Hen imprisoned as he worked to take control of the Sikong Army.
• Chu Ming examined his haul from the hunt, discovering four Puppet Beast treasures and three living leeches, then deduced that the figure on the Dragon Chair lacked royal presence and might be an impostor.
• Officials and royal heirs were barred from seeing Qi Emperor as rumors spread that the poison had reached his marrow, while Xie Yue ordered Blood Fiend Cult agents to keep investigating.

Chu Ming placed seventh in the Poetry Golden Competition, securing entry to the Heavenly Book Garden, while the Golden List’s light unexpectedly descended upon Qinxue Hall. The chapter ended as princes, ministers, and powerful figures rushed to discover whose name had been inscribed.

• Hong Ying told Chu Ming that his painting had passed, and he gave her an advanced Artifact Refining booklet before leaving her shop.
• The Seventh Prince told Chu Ming he had passed the poetry selection and explained that the top ten could enter the Heavenly Book Garden.
• Chu Ming competed in the snow-themed poetry contest and placed seventh, behind Lu Xi, Lu Zhen, Huangfu Cheng, Liao Huai, Shangguan Jinxiao, and Zhuge Chen.
• The Golden List illuminated Qinxue Hall, and a pillar of golden light descended after the officials and spectators had nearly given up hope.
• The princes, Qi Emperor’s attendants, Changqin Jiuyan, and Ji Wujiang hurried toward Qinxue Hall to see whose name had made the Golden List.

After Lu Xi died trying to enter the Golden Pillar, Chu Ming used the Star Golden List’s enlightenment to comprehend a Marrow Cleansing technique and transform his body. Ji Wujiang gave him treasures and offered to take him under his protection, but Chu Ming insisted on pursuing his own path and staying to fulfill his plans.

• Lu Xi entered the Golden Pillar despite warnings and vanished, while officials and princes gathered to see Chu Ming beneath its light.
• Ji Wujiang arrived, ordered everyone away from Qinxue Hall, and guarded Chu Ming as he studied the connection between the Star Golden List and his Painting Scroll Firmament.
• Chu Ming’s insights evolved the Seven-Colored Fish Beasts in his Technique Lake into Seven-Colored Fish Dragons, helping him comprehend the Mountain-Sea Origin Body Technique’s Marrow Cleansing method and form a golden body.
• The Golden Pillar disappeared after a few hours, and Chu Ming told Ji Wujiang that he had comprehended a method for marrow cleansing.
• Ji Wujiang gave Chu Ming the Purple-Clad Golden Armor, Dragon-Slaying Golden Light Blade, and Hidden Nether Pendant, then offered to announce him as his disciple and keep him close.
• Chu Ming refused to leave with Ji Wujiang because he had obligations and wanted to make his own way in martial arts, and Ji Wujiang agreed with his reasoning.

After Chu Ming appeared on the Star Golden List, Ji Wujiang protected him and claimed Lu Xi had disrupted his brief enlightenment, angering Changqin Jiuyan and the Qi Emperor. As rumors spread through Qi Capital, the Qi Emperor ordered the Lu and Zuo families exterminated and granted Chu Ming noble titles and honors.

• Ji Wujiang gave Chu Ming an Ice Glaze Jade Slip and a Water Mirror Orb, then persuaded Changqin Jiuyan that Lu Xi had disrupted Chu Ming’s enlightenment.
• Changqin Jiuyan beat the Qi Emperor for failing to prevent the interruption, but Changqin Nianqi intervened and Ji Wujiang proposed protecting Chu Ming without overwhelming him with attention.
• Ji Wujiang told Chu Ming to cultivate and study poetry, and arranged for Luo Yujin to guard him in secret.
• The Crown Prince, princes, officials, and other groups investigated the vanished Golden Pillar as reports spread that Lu Xi had disrupted Chu Ming’s enlightenment and died.
• The Qi Emperor ordered the Lu Family and Zuo Yuan’s clan exterminated, then bestowed titles and the Three Bestowals on Chu Ming.

After Chu Ming made the Golden List, the Qi Emperor granted him the unprecedented titles of Duke Gongbo and the Three Bestowals, while powerful factions moved to court, test, or capture him. As Chu Ming received visitors at his estate, Master Tang of the Imperial Observatory arrived and left the princes and officials stunned.

• The Qi Emperor told Tang Guang and Hong Xiao that the Old Ancestor had ordered Chu Ming to receive the title of Duke Gongbo and the Three Bestowals, and said Chu Ming could compete in the Golden List Hundred Knowledge Competition again next year.
• Chang Baiba and two Shadow Tower assassins killed Left Prime Minister Zuo Yuan, but Imperial Forbidden Army soldiers interrupted them; Kong Shang then ordered Chang Baiba to deliver Zuo Yuan’s head and a Dark Blade Token to Chu Ming as gifts and a test.
• Old Ji of the Heaven-Asking Pavilion prepared two fifth-grade treasures for Chu Ming, while Lord of North Snow Changqin Wenshuo ordered Yan Yang to approach him courteously and told Blood Fiend to capture him alive.
• Chu Ming cultivated his understanding of the Marrow Cleansing Realm, then welcomed Xiao Wen, Xiao Jianxin, the Fifth Prince, and the Seventh Prince, who brought him calming pills after his interrupted Golden List enlightenment.
• The Third Prince arrived and offered to help Chu Ming, but Chu Ming coldly excluded him from the banquet; just as the Third Prince prepared to leave, guard Gu Jin announced that Master Tang of the Imperial Observatory was waiting outside the estate.

Chu Ming received the title of Duke Xirong and prepared to help Hong Ying at the Painting Golden Competition, while the princes and rival powers speculated that he might make the Golden List next year. At the competitions, Hong Ying faced hostility from her clan, and Chu Ming decided to use his control over the Golden Pillar’s baptism to give her an unexpected advantage.

• Tang Guang delivered the Emperor’s decree naming Chu Ming Duke Xirong, awarding him the Three Bestowals, and assigning Nie Ting and a hundred Imperial Forbidden Army soldiers to serve him.
• The Second Prince, Crown Prince, and leaders of Heaven-Asking Pavilion and Liao Capital reacted to Chu Ming’s new honors, with the Crown Prince concluding that Chu Ming might make the Golden List next year.
• Chu Ming gave Hong Ying the Red Flame Smelting and Casting Method, and she resolved to compete in the Artifact Refining Golden Competition to improve her prospects of freeing her family’s memorial tablets from the Red Flame Tribe.
• Hong Dan insulted Hong Ying’s mother, Hong Ying struck her, and Hong Xiao stopped Hong Bin from retaliating before Hong Ying left in anger.
• Chu Ming entered the Floating Painting Hall under the name Hong Jun, learned that Hong Zhuo was judging Hong Ying’s competition, and decided to help her by arranging for her to make the Golden List.
• The Painting and Artifact Refining Golden Competitions began with snow as their theme, and Chu Ming finished his painting while watching Tang Zhe and the other competitors.

Chu Ming won first place in the Golden Competition’s painting contest under the false name Hong Jun, while Hong Ying earned a Golden List epiphany after being unfairly ranked in the artifact-refining contest. As nobles and princes flocked to Chu Ming’s estate with gifts, he learned that the missing parts of the Sea Classic might be hidden in another Yan Dynasty imperial mausoleum and began studying the treasures he had received.

• Tang Bai recognized the uncanny skill in Hong Jun’s painting, and the imperial decree named Hong Jun first in the painting contest while Tang Zhe placed second and Qi Chen third.
• After Hong Dan mocked Hong Ying’s seventy-seventh-place ranking, Hong Ying raised her sword to demand justice, but Hong Zhuo disarmed and accused her before a golden pillar descended and granted her an epiphany.
• Chu Ming dispersed the golden pillar that appeared over Floating Painting Hall and escaped the Imperial City, while officials and factions across the Qi Dynasty learned that Hong Ying had made the Golden List.
• The next morning, powerful visitors and several princes came to Chu Ming’s estate with gifts; Chu Ming accepted an Origin Artifact robe from the Second Prince and Five Yang True Pills from the Crown Prince.
• The Seventh Prince told Chu Ming that the missing Sea Classic fragments might be in another Yan Dynasty imperial mausoleum, and Chu Ming considered using the Yan Han Order to explore the ruins in North Snow Prefecture.
• Chu Ming studied the Black Patterned Robe and received Black Spirit Water and True Mother Green Copper, leaving him one more material—Six Harmonies Profound Gold—needed to forge a powerful weapon.

Chu Ming discovered that the Shadow Tower had killed Zuo Yuan and offered him an assassination token, then prepared for an attack on his estate while deciding to use the chaos to investigate the Yan Imperial Mausoleum. After Yan Zhong abducted him, He Xing and Wen Hang intercepted them, and two Yan Rong Branch experts waited nearby as the confrontation escalated.

• Fang Xiao brought Chu Ming Zuo Yuan’s head and a letter explaining that the Shadow Tower had killed him and offered Chu Ming one free assassination through its Dark Blade Token.
• Chu Ming detected Pei Yan and Yan Zhong’s planned assault, as well as two suspected Yan Rong Branch experts approaching from the west.
• Pei Yan and Yan Zhong attacked Chu Estate; Luo Yujin engaged Pei Yan while Yan Zhong seized Chu Ming and escaped, and Kuang Jue used Mountain Shaking Beads to cover Pei Yan’s retreat.
• He Xing and Wen Hang intercepted Yan Zhong outside Qi Capital, while Yan Sijun and Yan Wujun hid nearby and planned to attack after the fight weakened their opponents.
• He Xing and Wen Hang unleashed the Primordial Technique Ghost Moon Silver Radiance against Yan Zhong.

Chu Ming killed the attackers who ambushed him, then disguised himself and staged his own abduction by the Yan Rong Branch to conceal his identity. Ji Wujiang understood the plan and helped spread the story, leaving Qi Capital convinced that Duke Xirong had been taken to the Nine Rong Kingdom.

• Chu Ming killed He Xing, Wen Hang, and Yan Zhong, then defeated the Jian Rong Branch brothers Yan Sijun and Yan Wujun after they tried to blackmail him with the Water Moon Floating Light Mirror.
• Chu Ming disguised himself as Yan Sijun, changed Yan Wujun's corpse to resemble himself, and used the mirror's recording to make his staged escape more convincing.
• Chu Ming disguised himself as a Yan Rong Branch expert, fought Luo Yujin to let Pei Yan flee, then pursued and killed Pei Yan in the snowy mountains.
• Luo Yujin reported the night’s events to Ji Wujiang, who deduced Chu Ming’s cicada-shedding escape and ordered the story that the Jian Rong Branch had abducted Duke Xirong to be spread.
• The Qi Emperor ordered Chu Ming rescued at any cost, while officials, princes, and families across Qi Capital reacted to the abduction report.
• The story of Chu Ming's abduction spread through Qi Capital, and Ming Huo received Yan Huan's message to come to the Imperial Mausoleum.

Chu Ming deduced a Seedless Realm cultivation method, broke through to the Fifth Realm, and searched Yan Mountain for the Yan Dynasty’s hidden legacy. He discovered that Yan Huan and several allies were gathering near the Yan Imperial Mausoleum while the Prince of North Snow prepared to move against the Qi Emperor.

• The Prince of North Snow learned that Yan Zhong had died, ordered his generals promoted, and sent people to watch the Yan Imperial Mausoleum as Yan Dynasty remnants became active.
• Chu Ming sorted the spoils from his recent battles, deduced the Seedless Realm method, broke through to the Fifth Realm, and set out for North Snow Prefecture.
• The Qi Emperor staged a false final audience using an impostor, then revealed his deception and learned from Hong Xiao that the Prince of North Snow might attempt a coup.
• Chu Ming searched Yan Mountain for the hidden legacy, stayed overnight with Old Shi and his wife in Yanyin Village, and realized they were concealing unusual abilities.
• Chu Ming detected North Snow Army patrols and followed two Marrow Cleansing Realm experts toward the Yan Imperial Mausoleum.
• Yan Huan met Black Ember and Ice Bone in Yanyin Village, and the two agreed to wait until nightfall before acting.

Chu Ming entered the Yan Imperial Mausoleum behind Yan Huan and the pursuing North Snow Army, then fought Black Ember and Ice Bone as they raced through its traps. He killed both Black and White Divine Palace disciples and continued into the mausoleum, while their superior awaited Ming Huo in Qi Capital.

• Old Ji and Old Shi recognized that Black and White Divine Palace disciples had entered Cangxuan West Continent, but decided not to intervene.
• Yan Huan opened the mausoleum entrance with the Yan Han Order, and he, Yan Mu, Yan Qing, Black Ember, and Ice Bone fled inside as Pang Quan and Pang Xing pursued.
• Chu Ming navigated the suppressive formation and reached the Blue Stone Giant Gate, where Black Ember and Ice Bone caught up and proposed breaking it together.
• Black Ember and Ice Bone tried to ambush Chu Ming, but he shattered the gate, countered their attacks, and drove them onward through it.
• Chu Ming took control of Ice Bone’s fifth-tier ice blade, then killed Ice Bone and Black Ember with the Dragon-Slaying Golden Light Blade and Ten Polar Star Rings.
• Ming Huo knelt before a black-and-white-robed figure in Qi Capital, surrounded by several other Black and White Divine Palace members.

Yan Huan killed Yan Mu and Yan Qing after exposing their attempt to seize the Yan Dynasty’s inheritance, then entered the Yan Han Imperial Mausoleum and restored his arms with the Green Lotus Rebirth Pill. Chu Ming crossed the Cold Abyss by flying past its guardians, but Yan Huan sent the Bronze Soldier Figurines to attack him and fled while they held him up.

• Mo Chen learned that Black Ember and Ice Bone had died, appointed Ming Feng to take charge, and ordered Ming Meng to hunt the Nine Heavens Alliance in North Snow Prefecture.
• Yan Mu and Yan Qing crossed Yanhan Bridge with protective Mystic Treasures, but Yan Huan activated the Giant Spirit Yan Golden Guards and killed them after they tried to deceive and attack him.
• Yan Huan entered the underground palace, found the Green Lotus Rebirth Pill had restored his arms, and recognized Chu Ming flying through the mausoleum.
• Chu Ming avoided Yanhan Bridge and flew across the Cold Abyss, while Pang Quan and Pang Xing reached the bridge and fled from the Giant Spirit Yan Golden Guards.
• Yan Huan awakened thousands of Bronze Soldier Figurines to attack Chu Ming, then fled the palace when Chu Ming’s blade cut through their formation.

Chu Ming killed Yan Huan, looted his treasures, and pursued Pang Xing and Pang Quan into the Cold Abyss, where the shattered bridge unleashed the black mist and its hidden dangers. He discovered Yan Qianlang, the founding emperor of Great Yan, hiding in Black Soul Wood and began purifying him as the Giant Spirit Yan Golden Guards closed in.

• Chu Ming’s Mountain Shaking Beads blasted Yan Huan, Pang Xing, and Pang Quan; Chu Ming killed Yan Huan and took the Jade Ring containing a vast hoard of treasures.
• Chu Ming caught up with Pang Xing and Pang Quan on Yanhan Bridge, killed them, and collected their bodies, but the Giant Spirit Yan Golden Guards attacked and shattered the bridge.
• Chu Ming escaped the guards’ grasp, discovered that the black mist had spread beyond the Cold Abyss, and survived an ambush by a black entity using the Qi Rhyme White Radiance of [Book Intent Painting Realm].
• Chu Ming tracked the entity to Black Soul Wood and learned that it housed Yan Qianlang, the founding emperor of Great Yan, who had built the Imperial Mausoleum and forged the Yan Han Order.
• Yan Qianlang summoned the Giant Spirit Yan Golden Guards, but Chu Ming enveloped the Black Soul Wood in white light and began burning the remnant soul while dodging the giants.

Chu Ming refined the underground palace core, took control of the Giant Spirit Yan Golden Guards, and discovered that the Cold Abyss Nether Flame could transform high-tier artifact materials. After collecting Soldier Automata and finding more pages of the Sea Classic, he learned that Hei and Ice Bone had belonged to the powerful Black and White Divine Palace and worried that his strength was still insufficient.

• Chu Ming purified the remnant soul in the Black Soul Wood, then descended into the Cold Abyss and refined the Underground Palace Stele with his Qi and Blood White Bead and Book Intent Painting Realm.
• Chu Ming used the core to summon and control the Giant Spirit Yan Golden Guards, stored them in the Golden Sheet, and discovered the Cold Abyss Nether Flame beneath the Cold Pool.
• Chu Ming found that the Nether Flame could prepare high-tier materials for refining, but his furnace cracked while he attempted to make a fifth-tier Origin Artifact; unable to store the flame safely, he left it behind.
• Chu Ming used the core to collect three thousand Soldier Automata and searched the Yan Imperial Palace, where he found three hundred pages of the Sea Classic.
• Chu Ming deciphered the new Sea Classic pages and examined Hei and Ice Bone's belongings, learning that both Seedless Realm Qi Masters had been Outer Palace disciples of the Black and White Divine Palace; he then thought uneasily of Old Man Shi and Old Ji.

Chu Ming explored the Yan Imperial Mausoleum, discovered a clue suggesting Heaven and Earth might be a furnace for forging innate treasures, and comprehended the True Intent of Destruction in a hidden trial. After defeating Ming Meng of the Black and White Divine Palace and killing two North Snow Army generals, he escaped as Old Man Shi and Old Ji entered the mausoleum.

• Chu Ming read the Azure Cloud Secret Record, learned how fortune nourished treasures, and wondered whether recurring calamities served some force forging innate treasures.
• Chu Ming passed through the Golden Gate, used Book Intent Painting Realm to see through an illusion, and faced a swordsman whose attacks carried True Intent.
• Chu Ming struck back with the True Intent of Destruction, shaking the trial space, while Old Man Shi and Old Ji realized he had comprehended it in a single day.
• Ming Meng entered the mausoleum seeking the Nine Heavens Guidance and attacked the illusory space, but Chu Ming defeated and killed her after collapsing the palace around her.
• Chu Ming found the ring of the Nether Flame Lord, which contained Cold Pool Nether Flame and the mausoleum's third hidden treasure, then killed Liang You and Pang Pu when they pursued him.
• Chu Ming concealed himself and fled upward as Old Man Shi and Old Ji arrived and hurried deeper into the mausoleum.

While Chu Ming cultivated and inventoried the treasures he had taken from the Yan Imperial Mausoleum, Prince Wanxue survived a failed attempt to seize the throne and launched a rebellion across Great Qi. After learning that the war had reached several prefectures, Chu Ming flew toward the Qi Capital to find out what had happened.

• Chu Ming escaped the collapsing True Intent of Destruction space, reached Cloud Mist Villa, and examined the treasures and cultivation methods he had taken from the Yan Imperial Mausoleum.
• Chu Ming derived the Yin-Yang Treacherous Ardor Art to the perfected Seedless Realm in seven days, studied the surrounding lands, and continued refining his body.
• At the Golden Palace Hall, the Qi Emperor confronted Prince of North Snow, Changqin Wenshuo, over their struggle for the throne and the past assassination attempts against him.
• Pei Changkong betrayed the Qi Emperor's side, allowing Prince Wanxue and a remnant of his forces to escape to North Snow Prefecture.
• Prince Wanxue launched rebellions across Great Qi and seized four prefectures, while the Qi Emperor's forces fought to hold the western regions.
• After hearing that Prince Wanxue had taken four prefectures, Chu Ming left Cloud Mist Villa and flew toward the Qi Capital.

Chu Ming investigated the Imperial City dungeon, where the princes and other prisoners faced execution, and rescued the Seventh Prince after discovering the treasures and letter he had left in Jingran Palace. He reunited with Ji Wujiang, who revealed that the Great Tribulation of Ten Thousand Years might arrive within one to three years and began explaining the realms beyond Qi Sea.

• Disguised as an Imperial Forbidden Army soldier, Chu Ming offered Xiao Wen and the Seventh Prince a chance to escape, but both refused; he killed the Second Prince when he shouted.
• The Qi Emperor executed Pei Qing, Pei Fu, Pei Yi, and the other Pei family prisoners, then sent the Seventh Prince to be killed at the Longevity Platform after the Crown Prince blamed him for the Second Prince's death.
• Chu Ming found the Silver Moon Sword, the Nine Heavens Secret Canon, and the Seventh Prince's letter in a hidden compartment at Jingran Palace, then rescued the Seventh Prince from the Qi Emperor's ambush and defeated Tang Guang, Hong Xiao, and Luo Wei.
• Chu Ming gave the Seventh Prince supplies and directions to travel east and see the wider world, then returned to Qi Capital and met Ji Wujiang at the Green Fire Blacksmith Shop.
• Ji Wujiang confirmed that Hong Ying was safe and warned that the Great Tribulation of Ten Thousand Years could arrive within one to three years before explaining how cultivators advanced beyond the Qi Sea Realm.