Recaps

Sikong Jing captured Lan Zhuanghe and the Ninety-Six Legion by using the Ninety-Nine Legion’s reserve camp to divert them into a trap at Ninety-Six Castle. Lan Zhuanghe remained confident that Yan Shun would protect him, while Sikong Jing turned to the captured deputy generals and questioned their loyalty.

• Sui Yu stopped trying to persuade the prisoners to surrender, believing Brother Sikong was about to make his name in battle.
• Su Zhenglong and the Ninety-Nine Legion reserve camp, with Su Yuexian imitating a female soldier’s voice, frightened Lan Zhuanghe into diverting his fifty thousand men while three thousand cavalrymen pursued them.
• Sikong Jing and more than twenty thousand cavalrymen took the nearly empty Ninety-Six Castle and prepared an ambush for Lan Zhuanghe’s return.
• Lan Zhuanghe entered the command hall and discovered Sikong Jing waiting there; the Ninety-Nine Legion subdued him, his generals, and the rest of his troops.
• Lan Zhuanghe claimed Yan Shun would rescue him and that Sikong Jing could not kill him, while the captured Ninety-Six Legion deputy generals rejected Sikong Jing’s attempt to turn them against Lan Zhuanghe.

Sikong Jing forced the Ninety-Sixth Legion’s commanders into submission by threatening their families and making them stab Lan Zhuanghe. After taking control of the legion, he ordered the Ninety-Nine Legion to rest for an hour before attacking the Ninety-Eighth Legion.

• Sikong Jing ordered disguised Black Armor Warriors to prepare attacks on the family towns of other legions in the Ninety-Sixth commanders’ names.
• A deputy commander surrendered, and Sikong Jing made him stab Lan Zhuanghe before ordering the other commanders to wound him as well.
• Sikong Jing told the Ninety-Sixth Legion’s leaders to take Lan Zhuanghe away and threatened to bring Lan Family members in for the soldiers to kill.
• Sikong Jing brought the Ninety-Sixth Legion’s soldiers under his control and ordered the Ninety-Nine Legion to rest for one hour, then attack the Ninety-Eighth Legion.

Sikong Jing led Lan Zhuanghe’s forces to seize five castles overnight to draw Yan Shun and the Long Night Black Burn Army’s commander-in-chief to Ninety-Six Castle. Beigong Xianfeng arrived to reward Lan Zhuanghe, while Sikong Jing prepared to confront him and ignored Yan Shun’s summons.

• Sikong Jing’s eighty thousand troops captured the Ninety-Eighth Legion’s castle and took its general’s command token before seizing four more castles that night.
• Yan Shun learned that Lan Zhuanghe had taken five cities and went to seek credit for him from commander-in-chief Beigong Xianfeng.
• Beigong Xianfeng praised Lan Zhuanghe and promised to promote him, while several deputy marshals grew suspicious after hearing that no one had seen Lan Zhuanghe during the attacks.
• Sikong Jing learned that Yan Shun and Beigong Xianfeng had arrived at Ninety-Six Castle and explained that the night’s attacks had drawn out a powerful figure.
• Yan Shun called for Lan Zhuanghe to welcome Beigong Xianfeng, but Sikong Jing told everyone in the hall to ignore him.

Sikong Jing revealed that the Ninety-Nine Legion had captured five cities and castles under Lan Zhuanghe’s name to lure Beigong Xianfeng to Ninety-Six Castle. Yan Shun discovered the deception and threatened Sikong Jing’s people, while Beigong Xianfeng watched from outside.

• Yan Shun found Ninety-Six Castle silent and went inside to fetch Lan Zhuanghe, while Beigong Xianfeng realized Ning Jingjing had staged the deception and warned Adviser Niu to stay quiet.
• Yan Shun entered the command hall and discovered Sikong Jing surrounded by deputy generals and core figures of the Ninety-Nine Legion.
• Sikong Jing displayed five command tokens, confirming that the Ninety-Nine Legion had captured the cities and castles under Lan Zhuanghe’s name.
• Lan Zhuanghe was dragged into the hall, badly wounded, and Yan Shun erupted in fury before Sikong Jing warned him that Beigong Xianfeng was nearby.
• Sikong Jing admitted he had lured the commander to the castle, and Yan Shun ordered him and his people to hide inside or die.

Beigong Xianfeng arrived in time to stop Yan Shun from killing Sikong Jing, then condemned Yan Shun for abusing his authority and trying to steal the Ninety-Nine Legion’s achievements. He offered Sikong Jing a place in the Long Night Black Burn Army in exchange for Lan Zhuanghe, but Sikong Jing revealed his zero martial root, leaving everyone stunned by his innate eighth-level Martial Scripture Realm.

• Yan Shun attacked Sikong Jing, but Beigong Xianfeng deflected the strike and slapped Yan Shun for abusing his authority.
• Yan Shun claimed Sikong Jing was not a member of the Long Night Black Burn Army, and Sikong Jing explained that Yan Shun had rejected him despite General Ning recruiting him.
• Beigong Xianfeng accused Yan Shun of trying to erase the Ninety-Nine Legion’s five-city victory and give the credit to Lan Zhuanghe, then threatened to have Yan Shun beheaded.
• Sikong Jing credited General Ning as the overall commander and explained why he had left Lan Zhuanghe badly injured.
• Beigong Xianfeng agreed to let Sikong Jing dispose of Lan Zhuanghe if he joined the Long Night Black Burn Army, but Sikong Jing declined because he had a zero martial root.
• Beigong Xianfeng examined Sikong Jing and discovered that he had an innate eighth-level Martial Scripture Realm despite his zero martial root.

Sikong Jing refused Beigong Xianfeng’s offer to join the Long Night Black Burn Army, while Beigong condemned Yan Shun and ordered Lan Zhuanghe handed over to the Ninety-Nine Legion. Cao Yi delivered Beigong’s orders to the fortress, where Ning Jingjing was promoted to general of the Sixty-Sixth Legion.

• Sikong Jing declined to join the Long Night Black Burn Army, and Beigong Xianfeng let him take Lan Zhuanghe and return with the Ninety-Nine Legion.
• Beigong Xianfeng ordered Yan Shun imprisoned and scheduled for execution after learning that he had tried to seize the Ninety-Nine Legion’s battle achievements.
• Beigong Xianfeng heard accounts of the Ninety-Nine Legion’s victory and sent Cao Yi to deliver orders to its fortress.
• Sikong Jing returned to the fortress with nearly thirty thousand troops and ordered the prisoners released, except for Pan Zha.
• Cao Yi announced that Lan Zhuanghe would be handed over to the Ninety-Nine Legion, Pan Zha shared his guilt, and Yan Shun would be executed.
• Cao Yi announced that Ning Jingjing had been promoted to general of the Sixty-Sixth Legion for conquering five cities in one night.

Sikong Jing learned that Beigong Xianfeng had appointed Ning Jingjing to command the Sixty-Sixth Legion and suspected the promotion was a test of his abilities. After Sikong Jing dealt with the opposition in Ninety-Nine Town, fifty thousand warriors from the Ninety-Sixth Legion arrived seeking him.

• Cao Yi delivered Beigong Xianfeng’s appointment promoting Ning Jingjing to lead the Sixty-Sixth Legion and gave Sikong Jing ten days to decide whether to bring the Ninety-Ninth and Ninety-Sixth Legion troops with him.
• Pan Zha challenged Ning Jingjing’s promotion, and Sikong Jing concluded Beigong Xianfeng was testing him before ordering the arrests of Yan Ruyu and Yuwen Guan.
• Beigong Xianfeng told Cao Yi he had promoted Ning Jingjing to test Sikong Jing and see whether he could prove himself worthy of an even higher position.
• Sikong Jing brought thirty thousand warriors to Ninety-Nine Town, where Lan Zhuanghe and Pan Zha were executed and the town’s families learned they would move to Sixty-Six Town.
• The warriors punished hooligans who had harassed Sikong Jing’s family, and the town celebrated as its residents welcomed Sikong Jing’s family with gifts.
• Fifty thousand warriors from the Ninety-Sixth Legion arrived and asked to see Sikong Jing.

After learning that the Ning Family was forcing Ning Jingjing to leave the army and apologize to the Qian Family, Sikong Jing led eighty thousand Black Armor Warriors to the Long Night Imperial Capital, saying they would reason with the family. At the Ning Family gates, the Qian Family staged a public plea for justice, and Dowager Lady Ning emerged to face them.

• Sikong Jing learned that Yan Ruyu and Yuwen Guan had fled, and he ordered a deserter warrant issued for them.
• Elder Wei told Sikong Jing that the Ning Family was forcing Ning Jingjing to withdraw from the army and apologize to the Qian Family over Qian Jingsui's death.
• Sikong Jing ordered the Ninety-Nine Legion and Ninety-Sixth Legion to march to the Ning Family, and eighty thousand Black Armor Warriors set out with him.
• Elder Wei joined the march and led Sikong Jing's forces toward the Ning Family estate in the Long Night Imperial Capital.
• Qian Yinzhu and more than a thousand Qian Family members mourned outside the gates beside Qian Jingsui's corpse and demanded justice from Dowager Lady Ning.
• Dowager Lady Ning emerged from the Ning Family gates with its core members, and Qian Yinzhu began pleading for justice.

Ning Jingjing admitted to killing Qian Jingsui and refused to apologize, despite Dowager Lady Ning ordering her punishment. As the Ning Family prepared to beat her, Sikong Jing arrived and challenged them.

• Qian Yinzhu showed the Soul-Returning Mirror, which proved Ning Jingjing had killed Qian Jingsui.
• Ning Jingjing said she killed Qian Jingsui because he had threatened the family of one of her subordinates.
• Dowager Lady Ning ordered Ning Jingjing to receive three hundred strokes and apologize to the Qian Family.
• Ning Jingjing refused to apologize, so Dowager Lady Ning ordered the men to beat her until she did.
• As the punishment rods were about to fall, Sikong Jing called out, demanding to know who dared strike Ning Jingjing.

Sikong Jing led eighty thousand Black Burn Army warriors to the Ning Family residence and threatened the Qian Family after Dowager Lady Ning refused to release General Ning. The chapter ended with Dowager Lady Ning facing pressure to decide whether Ning Jingjing would remain in the army.

• Sikong Jing arrived with eighty thousand Black Burn Army warriors and ordered them to attack the Qian Family.
• The Black Armor Warriors overwhelmed Qian Yinzhu with their combined strike and forced Dowager Lady Ning's experts to retreat.
• Ning Jingjing told Dowager Lady Ning that she had never chosen to leave the Long Night Black Burn Army.
• Sikong Jing resumed the attack when Dowager Lady Ning refused to release Ning Jingjing, killing several Qian Family members before she called for a stop.
• Sikong Jing demanded that Dowager Lady Ning say whether Ning Jingjing would withdraw, leaving her torn between saving the Qian Family and preserving her standing.

Old Madam Ning agreed to release Ning Jingjing after Sikong Jing revealed that she commanded the Sixty-Sixth Legion, but then ordered the Ning Family to kill him. As Ning Jingjing threatened to take her own life to protect him, Sikong Jing produced a token bearing the character “Qin,” leaving the Ning Family facing an unknown consequence.

• Old Madam Ning claimed Ning Jingjing needed to rise above the Eightieth Legion to earn her protection, and Sikong Jing revealed that Ning Jingjing already commanded the Sixty-Sixth Legion.
• Sikong Jing showed the Sixty-Sixth Legion token and Commander Beigong’s order, forcing Old Madam Ning to release Ning Jingjing and honor her promise to shield her from the Qian Family.
• After Ning Jingjing rejoined Sikong Jing’s group, Old Madam Ning ordered the Ning Family to kill Sikong Jing while keeping Ning Jingjing safe.
• Ning Jingjing drew her sword and threatened to kill herself if the Ning Family attacked Sikong Jing, but Sikong Jing flicked the weapon away and stepped forward.
• Sikong Jing gave Old Madam Ning a token marked with the character “Qin” and warned that the Ning Family might not be able to afford the price of killing him.

Sikong Jing forced the Ning Family to release his people by invoking Qin Heng’s authority, then left with Ning Jingjing and the Long Night Black Burn Army. He announced an auction for Many-Boned Beast blood, but as the army departed the capital, experts from Long Night Star Luo Palace arrived to confront him.

• Dowager Lady Ning recognized Qin Heng’s token and ordered Ning Shouye to let Sikong Jing and his people go.
• Sikong Jing claimed responsibility for Qian Jingsui’s death and challenged the Qian Family to pursue him at Long Night Holy Dragon Palace.
• Dowager Lady Ning sent word to Long Night Star Luo Palace about Sikong Jing and Qin Heng’s token.
• Sikong Jing persuaded Ning Jingjing to accept her command of the Sixty-Sixth Legion and face the challenges herself.
• Sikong Jing announced that Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion would auction Many-Boned Beast blood in three days, and Ning Jingjing explained how difficult it would be to afford.
• After the army left the capital, Long Night Star Luo Palace experts appeared, while Ning Shouye watched and expected Sikong Jing to be killed.

Sikong Jing confronted Mentor Wang and more than twenty Star Luo Palace students who sought to kill him for a chance at becoming inner palace students. After Sikong Jing killed one Martial Soul Realm student with a single punch, the others attacked more cautiously, and he unleashed his demonic skill.

• Mentor Wang recognized Sikong Jing and ordered the Star Luo Palace students to kill him, threatening the Long Night Black Burn Army against intervening.
• Ning Shouye threatened Ning Jingjing with consequences for her family, while Sikong Jing told her and the soldiers not to help him.
• Sikong Jing dismounted and challenged Mentor Wang, who dismissed him as a zero martial root at the Innate Realm.
• Sikong Jing killed a charging Martial Soul Realm student with one punch, shocking the onlookers and revealing his ability to defeat powerful opponents.
• Mentor Wang warned the remaining students that Sikong Jing had reached the eighth level of the Martial Scripture Realm and urged them to attack.
• Sikong Jing unleashed towering demonic intent and began using Blackforged Darkhook Claw.

Sikong Jing slaughtered the Star Luo Palace students and forced Mentor Wang to surrender his Bright Crystals and token by threatening to summon the ancient demon dragon. Still short of the one hundred thousand Bright King Crystals he needed, Sikong Jing sought a loan from Wen Hu, who could offer only one thousand.

• Sikong Jing killed more than twenty Star Luo Palace students while Mentor Wang watched without daring to intervene.
• Sikong Jing threatened to make Mentor Wang appear to injure him unless he surrendered his mentor token and Bright Crystals, and Mentor Wang handed them over before leaving.
• Sikong Jing collected the dead students' tokens and storage rings, then told the onlookers that he and Long Night Star Luo Palace were enemies.
• Sikong Jing returned to Ninety-Nine Town, ate with Su Yuexi and the others, and then went to Long Night Holy Dragon Palace to borrow money.
• Wen Hu explained that he could lend Sikong Jing only one thousand Bright King Crystals, far short of the one hundred thousand he needed.

Sikong Jing sought Bright King Crystals from Lang Yisuo, only to find him ostracized by Gold Dragon Mountain students after their successful challenge of the mountain road. As Sikong Jing proposed challenging another road together, Yan Hedan and his companions barged in to demand money from Lang Yisuo.

• Unable to borrow Bright King Crystals from Yu Yan or anyone else, Sikong Jing went to Gold Dragon Mountain to seek Lang Yisuo.
• Lang Yisuo angrily confronted Sikong Jing, blaming him for ruining his reputation by making others believe he was hiding a secret breakthrough method.
• Sikong Jing comforted Lang Yisuo with wine, listened to his complaints, and later refused to explain the mountain-road challenge to the other students.
• Sikong Jing invited Lang Yisuo to challenge the second mountain road with him again.
• Yan Hedan and several golden-robed students kicked open Lang Yisuo's courtyard gate and demanded tens of thousands of Mingming, then called him selfish when he refused.

Sikong Jing exposed Yan Hedan and his companions for manipulating Lang Yisuo into giving them Bright Crystals. When Yan Hedan attacked, Sikong Jing dodged behind Lang Yisuo, who struck Yan Hedan unconscious with a slap.

• Yan Hedan and his companions shamed Lang Yisuo into giving them one hundred thousand Bright Crystals.
• Sikong Jing took Lang Yisuo to overhear Yan Hedan and the others bragging about deceiving him.
• Lang Yisuo demanded his Bright Crystals back, but Yan Hedan mocked him and threatened to ruin his reputation.
• Sikong Jing struck Yan Hedan's companions and fought back when Yan Hedan attacked him.
• Sikong Jing dodged behind Lang Yisuo, whose slap sent Yan Hedan flying and knocked him unconscious.

After Lang Yisuo knocked Yan Hedan unconscious, Sikong Jing helped him embrace fighting back and offered to guide him through the remaining mountain roads in exchange for Bright King Crystals. They began climbing Dark Dragon Mountain Road, where someone called out Lang Yisuo’s name from behind.

• Lang Yisuo struck Yan Hedan unconscious while protecting Sikong Jing, frightening the Gold Dragon Mountain students who had mocked him.
• Sikong Jing urged Lang Yisuo to stop holding back, then asked to borrow one hundred thousand Bright King Crystals for an auction item that could cure his wife.
• Lang Yisuo offered the crystals for free if Sikong Jing helped him successfully challenge another mountain road, and Sikong Jing insisted on taking him through all six.
• Sikong Jing led Lang Yisuo onto Dark Dragon Mountain Road despite Lang Yisuo’s warning that Dark Dragon Mountain and Gold Dragon Mountain were rivals.
• As Sikong Jing and Lang Yisuo advanced into the second stage, a voice behind them called, “Gold Dragon Mountain, Lang Yisuo.”

Sikong Jing and Lang Yisuo continued challenging Dark Dragon Mountain Road, dragging Dark Dragon Mountain students into its punishing stages as they advanced. Sikong Jing entered the third stage to comprehend a second dragon vein, while Lang Yisuo followed behind him.

• Sikong Jing provoked Shi Nu and the Dark Dragon Mountain students into attacking, and the mountain road challenge dragged them into its crushing pressure.
• Sikong Jing and Lang Yisuo left Shi Nu's group struggling behind them as they continued along the dragon's body.
• Sikong Jing and Lang Yisuo passed the second stage and entered the third, where Sikong Jing began comprehending the second dragon vein.
• Sikong Jing told Lang Yisuo to lure three fifth-year Dark Dragon Mountain students into the challenge, and the dragon vein charge quickly crushed them unconscious.

Sikong Jing completed the Dark Dragon Mountain Road challenge with Lang Yisuo and reached the peak of the Martial Scripture Realm. Mistaken for challengers, they faced Dark Dragon Mountain students, and Sikong Jing defeated Senior Brother Hu before charging into the crowd to spur his cultivation toward another breakthrough.

• Sikong Jing formed his second dragon vein, completed Dark Dragon Fist, and broke through to the peak of the Martial Scripture Realm while blocking the mountain road’s draconic force.
• Sikong Jing and Lang Yisuo reached the top of Dark Dragon Mountain, where the exhausted Lang Yisuo showed signs of an impending breakthrough.
• Dark Dragon Mountain students mistook the pair for challengers, and Sikong Jing declared that he alone would face them.
• Sikong Jing crushed Senior Brother Hu’s finger beam and defeated him with the Blackforged Darkhook Claw’s fourth move.
• Sikong Jing charged into the remaining Dark Dragon Mountain students to draw out his growing power and pursue a breakthrough.

Sikong Jing defeated dozens of Dark Dragon Mountain students, broke through to the Martial Body Realm, and left with Lang Yisuo. Baili Que revealed that Sikong Jing was a student of Drunken Dragon Mountain, while the defeated students and instructors struggled to accept how easily he had beaten them.

• Sikong Jing knocked down the Dark Dragon Mountain students, perfected the fifth move of the Blackforged Darkhook Claw, and broke through to the Martial Body Realm.
• Sikong Jing thanked the students for helping him break through, then left with Lang Yisuo before more powerful students arrived.
• Dark Dragon Mountain instructors learned that Sikong Jing, a Martial Scripture Realm student, had beaten Senior Brother Hu and dozens of others in less than a quarter-hour.
• Baili Que told the gathered students that Sikong Jing belonged to Drunken Dragon Mountain and had been personally recruited by President Tan Yue.
• Baili Que headed to the Mission Hall to earn points for information about the Blackforged Darkhook Dragon, while an instructor advised the defeated students to hide from monsters like Sikong Jing.

Sikong Jing returned to Holy Dragon Town to exchange more than twenty Star Luo Palace tokens for points, but Tao Yue and her followers confronted him outside the Mission Hall. After Sikong Jing effortlessly trampled a Thunder Dragon Mountain trainee, he considered challenging Tao Yue for points, then decided the reward was too small.

• Sikong Jing left Lang Yisuo to rest and headed to the Mission Hall with Xu He and Ge Rong to exchange more Star Luo Palace tokens.
• Tao Yue and Tao Huai confronted Sikong Jing outside the Mission Hall and demanded that he and his companions kneel and kowtow.
• Sikong Jing called Tao Yue and the Thunder Dragon Mountain trainees idiots, then continued into the Mission Hall.
• A Thunder Dragon Mountain trainee attacked Sikong Jing from behind, but Sikong Jing dodged and stomped him beneath his foot.
• Sikong Jing asked how many points he would earn for defeating Tao Yue, then abandoned the idea after learning she was worth fewer than one hundred thousand points at most.

Sikong Jing defeated Tao Yue with his Dark Dragon Fist, prompting Thunder Dragon Mountain's chief Inner Palace student, Lei Zizhen, to confront him in the Mission Hall. Lei rejected Sikong Jing's challenge to settle the matter in the Combat Hall and demanded that he kneel and cripple himself or be forced to his knees.

• Sikong Jing struck Tao Yue with the Dark Dragon Fist, sending her crashing into a wall.
• Tao Yue asked Tao Huai to summon the Tao Family's experts, and Lei Zizhen arrived and promised to punish the apprentice who had supposedly ambushed her with an innate treasure.
• Sikong Jing went to the Mission Hall to exchange Star Luo Palace tokens for points, but Xu He and Ge Rong warned him that Lei Zizhen was coming for him.
• Yu Yan urged Sikong Jing to escape and offered to deal with Lei Zizhen, but Lei entered the hall with Tao Yue and dismissed her authority.
• Sikong Jing challenged Tao Yue to settle the dispute in the Combat Hall, but Lei refused and ordered him to kneel, sever his meridians, and leave the Sacred Dragon Palace.

Baili Que intervened when Lei Zizhen bullied Sikong Jing and the apprentices in the Mission Hall, then slapped Lei Zizhen and forced him to leave. She revealed that she had acted because she knew Sikong Jing and demanded that he repay her favor.

• Lei Zizhen threatened the apprentices, and Xu He stepped forward to challenge his cruelty.
• Baili Que emerged from the crowd and insulted Lei Zizhen and Thunder Dragon Mountain, while Tao Yue provoked her.
• Lei Zizhen slapped Tao Yue after Baili Que ordered him to punish her for calling her a little bitch.
• Baili Que attacked Lei Zizhen, broke his defensive barrier, and slapped him before warning him to stop undermining the palace's unity.
• Lei Zizhen left with Tao Yue, and Yu Yan thanked Baili Que, who explained to Sikong Jing that he owed her a favor.

Sikong Jing collected points in the Mission Hall by exchanging Star Luo Palace badges, bringing him closer to the ten million he needed for his mission. He left to check on Lang Yisuo and prepare to challenge another mountain path, while Baili Que noticed the mission reward had risen to 6.4 million points.

• Baili Que exchanged more than a dozen Star Luo Palace student badges for 1.2 million points and transferred them to Sikong Jing.
• Sikong Jing exchanged more than twenty student badges for 600,000 points, then presented a four-star mentor badge worth 1.6 million points.
• Sikong Jing asked Baili Que what she had said about waiving the remaining 8.5 million points, and she admitted she still owed him that amount.
• Sikong Jing had Yu Yan add 3.4 million points to his mission, then left to check on Lang Yisuo and consider challenging another mountain path.
• Baili Que dismissed Sikong Jing's mission as too difficult, but the Bright Crystal panel raised its reward from three million to 6.4 million points.

After reaching the second level of the Martial Body Realm, Sikong Jing met Baili Que, who had accepted his mission to obtain information about the Blackforged Darkhook Dragon. They agreed that he would share the information and she would retrieve the Thousand Cold Red Lotus Core, leaving Baili Que listening as he explained how demonic beasts could become possessed.

• Sikong Jing gained a third dragon vein, completed the sixth move of the Blackforged Darkhook Claw, and reached the second level of the Martial Body Realm.
• Instructor Wen Hu told Sikong Jing that someone had accepted his mission and wanted to meet, so Sikong Jing agreed.
• Sikong Jing and Baili Que recognized each other in the Mission Hall, and Baili Que asked Wen Hu to leave them alone to discuss the mission.
• Baili Que explained that she knew where to find the Thousand Cold Red Lotus Core and wanted Sikong Jing's information on the Blackforged Darkhook Dragon to help her make a breakthrough.
• Sikong Jing agreed to share everything he knew in exchange for Baili Que retrieving the Thousand Cold Red Lotus Core, then explained how the Blackforged Darkhook Dragon had become demonic.