Recaps

Sikong Jing accompanied the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce as it inspected the Beiheng Sword Formation, then realized its interest could threaten the Azure Dragon Small Domain’s people. The group reached North Dance City to investigate, while Sikong Jing resolved to protect the domain before he left.

• Guo Zixia persuaded Old Mo and the others to enter the Azure Dragon Small Domain and scout Su Old Devil’s sword formation.
• The Divine Void Shuttle Ship entered the domain, where the group found civilians living safely as Fu Jiaoxing struggled to defend his claims about witnessing the sword formation’s creation.
• Sikong Jing recognized that the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce and other factions might send martial artists to settle in the domain and disrupt its peace.
• Near the sword formation’s core, the group saw its sword-filled landscape and a tombstone bearing the names Su Beiheng and Ye Wuyan.
• Old Mo declined to approach the embracing figures on Little Su Mountain and ordered the group to investigate North Dance City instead.
• The group landed outside North Dance City, where the locals remained steadfast in their faith that Beiheng and Wuyan would protect them.

Sikong Jing warned Hua Meixi against teaching Fu Jiaoxing, but she rebuffed him as Fu used bought witnesses to bolster his claims about the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Diagram. The crowd then recognized Sikong Jing as Divine Marshal Sikong.

• Lang Zhengzhi and the others learned that Azure Dragon Small Domain residents revered Su Beiheng and Ye Wuyan as guardian deities, and heard Sikong Jing's embellished version of their story.
• Hua Meixi said she would rather someone be like Su Old Devil than abandon loved ones, while Tian Budian dismissed the story as fabricated.
• Fu Jiaoxing presented paid-off civilians who greeted him as Young Master Fu, convincing Hua Meixi to ask about the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Diagram.
• Fu Jiaoxing asked Hua Meixi to teach him the basics of Army-Slaying Formations, and she agreed despite Guo Zixia's anger.
• Sikong Jing told Hua Meixi not to waste her time on Fu Jiaoxing, but she rebuked him, and Fu mocked him for being a nobody.
• After Fu Jiaoxing boasted that he had taken part in the encirclement of Su Old Devil, a civilian recognized Sikong Jing and asked if he was Divine Marshal Sikong.

Sikong Jing exposed Fu Jiaoxing’s bribery and false claims about the Beiheng Sword Formation before the people of North Dance City. After Fu Jiaoxing attacked the crowd in rage, Sikong Jing intercepted him and moved to kill him.

• The civilians recognized Sikong Jing, paid him respects, and admitted they had accepted Bright Crystals to honor Fu Jiaoxing.
• Sikong Jing had the civilians discard the Bright Crystals and distribute them again, then challenged Fu Jiaoxing to deny the bribery.
• Fu Jiaoxing claimed he had witnessed the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Diagram, but residents of Yunye City confirmed Sikong Jing had been at the center of the Beiheng Sword Formation while Fu Jiaoxing had not.
• The crowd mocked Fu Jiaoxing for boasting to Sikong Jing, and Fu Jiaoxing spat blood before threatening to kill the civilians.
• Fu Jiaoxing attacked the crowd, but Sikong Jing blocked his strike and reached for him with a colossal black claw.

Sikong Jing defended the people of his hometown after Fu Jiaoxing attacked, while Guo Zixia and the other geniuses threatened to target the Azure Dragon Small Domain. He declared he could handle the threat himself, then had Sui Yu demonstrate the Army-Slaying Formation with the Yun Province army.

• Tian Budian attacked Sikong Jing, but the Steel Bone Flying Vulture smashed his strike apart and carried him away from the crowd.
• Sikong Jing threatened Fu Jiaoxing with the Ink Su Sword and told Old Mo that he would not overlook harm to his hometown.
• Guo Zixia, Shang Fu, and Ling Feiyan implied they could attack the Azure Dragon Small Domain, while Chou Zhan offered to summon the Northern Vengeance Sword Sect's elders.
• Sui Yu arrived with the Yun Province army, and Sikong Jing asked him to demonstrate his mastery of the Army-Slaying Formation.
• Sui Yu spread his Mystic Heaven Realm true qi over the soldiers and horses, greatly amplifying the army's power and astonishing Hua Meixi and the Fury Flower Squad.

Sikong Jing revealed that Army-Slaying Formations had spread throughout the Azure Dragon Small Domain and warned the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce not to seize his homeland. He then confronted Fu Jiaoxing and ordered him to apologize to North Dance City’s people and slap himself ten times.

• Hua Meixi recognized Sui Yu’s formation as an Army-Slaying Formation, and Sikong Jing explained that he had trained formation specialists across the Azure Dragon Small Domain.
• Sikong Jing warned Old Mo that the domain’s forces would resist any attempt by the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce to control it, and pointed out that other powerful forces also stood ready.
• Tian Budian challenged Sikong Jing, but Old Mo slapped him and ordered Elder Ge to silence him.
• Sikong Jing demanded that Fu Jiaoxing kneel before North Dance City’s people, apologize, and slap himself ten times in exchange for being spared.
• Lang Zhengzhi stopped Old Mo from intervening as Sikong Jing struck Fu Jiaoxing repeatedly, leaving him unable to resist.

Sikong Jing defeated Fu Jiaoxing, warned the outsiders to stay away from the Azure Dragon Small Domain, and prepared to leave with Old Mo. When asked about his army-slaying formation, he concealed the truth behind a story about Su Beiheng's illusion realm, while Gongyang Ying's taunt sent Fu Jiaoxing unconscious again.

• Sikong Jing forced Fu Jiaoxing to kneel, struck him repeatedly, and warned Guo Zixia and the others that anyone entering the Azure Dragon Small Domain would die.
• Sikong Jing told Old Mo it was time to leave, ordered Sui Yu to withdraw the army-slaying formation, and received farewells from the Yun Province army and civilians.
• Hua Meixi asked why Sui Yu's formation was not the Bloodforged Army-Slaying Formation, and Sikong Jing claimed Azure Dragon Small Domain's war-talented people had witnessed an illusion realm manifested by Su Beiheng.
• Tian Budian, Ling Feiyan, and Shang Fu challenged Sikong Jing's explanation, but Gongyang Ying suggested he had seen a fragment of the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Diagram.
• Gongyang Ying mocked Fu Jiaoxing by saying Sikong Jing was the strongest genius of the Holy Dragon Academy, and Fu Jiaoxing collapsed unconscious after spitting blood.

After leaving the Azure Dragon Small Domain, Sikong Jing worried that it could not withstand the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce and tried to find a way to defend it. A member of the Fury Flower Squad then apologized on Hua Meixi’s behalf and secretly asked Sikong Jing for help with an Army-Slaying Diagram.

• Sui Yu left for the Long Night Empire to request troops and powerful experts to guard the Azure Dragon Small Domain.
• Aboard the Divine Void Shuttle Ship, Sikong Jing realized he would have to create a force capable of resisting attacks below the Spirit Martial Stage, but the Steel Bone Flying Vulture failed to learn battle-killing formations.
• Lang Zhengzhi asked Sikong Jing about the Beiheng Sword Formation, and Hua Lidian came to discuss Hua Meixi’s attitude; Sikong Jing said he would not keep pursuing her approval.
• A member of the Fury Flower Squad apologized for Hua Meixi and explained that Sikong Jing had not failed the Army-Slaying assessment but had blown up its diagram.
• The squad member secretly asked Sikong Jing to explain an Army-Slaying Diagram, and Sikong Jing agreed to keep the visit from Hua Meixi.

Sikong Jing began secretly teaching the Fury Flower Squad about Army-Slaying Formations, while using their knowledge to improve his own study of the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Diagram. Half a month later, he sensed that the demonic beast auras in the Bright Dragon Mountain Range had weakened.

• A Fury Flower Squad member asked Sikong Jing for guidance on the Army-Slaying Assessment Diagram, and Sikong Jing agreed to help.
• Three more Fury Flower Squad members came seeking instruction and hid in Sikong Jing's wardrobe as they feared Captain Hua Meixi would discover them.
• Sikong Jing invited the hidden members and the rest of the squad to study Army-Slaying Formations together, then secretly taught all twenty members at midnight each day.
• During the peaceful voyage, Sikong Jing trained, studied the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Diagram, and sensed demonic beast auras, while Chou Zhan and Gongyang Ying focused on cultivation for the quota battle.
• Half a month later, Sikong Jing told Hua Lidian that the demonic beast auras had clearly weakened.

Sikong Jing learned about the Saint Martial Stage experts and the many factions based in Bright Dragon Stronghold as he traveled there. Meanwhile, Ju Dan heard how Sikong Jing had defeated the Western Lands delegation and reacted with fury.

• Hua Lidian explained that Saint Martial Stage experts were rare in the Central Plains and that Bright Dragon Stronghold hosted many factions and adventurers.
• Sikong Jing learned that the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce controlled the Eastern Plains Four Lands because other major factions largely ignored them.
• Old Mo gathered the young geniuses and explained the situation at Bright Dragon Stronghold before their arrival.
• Elder Wind and Elder Music reached the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce manor and reported to Ju Dan what had happened in the Eastern Plains Northern Lands.
• Ju Dan learned that Sikong Jing had driven them back with the Bloodforged Army-Slaying Formation and seethed with rage.

Ju Dan planned to avenge her daughter Ren Dongmeng by killing Sikong Jing in the quota battle or targeting his family and friends. When Sikong Jing arrived at Bright Dragon Stronghold, Ju Dan confronted him, and he asked if she wanted to know how Ren Dongmeng died.

• Ju Dan struck the Wind and Music Elders for letting Sikong Jing join the mercenary corps, then discussed how to deal with him despite the Eastern Tyrant Heaven Branch’s support.
• Ju Hua proposed killing Sikong Jing during the quota battle, and Ju Dan threatened to target his loved ones if he did not participate.
• Sikong Jing arrived at Bright Dragon Stronghold aboard the Divine Void Shuttle Ship with Gongyang Ying, Chou Zhan, and the others.
• Ju Dan confronted the Eastern Plains Northern Lands group and singled out Sikong Jing.
• Sikong Jing smiled at Ju Dan and asked if she wanted to know how Ren Dongmeng died.

Sikong Jing provoked Ju Dan by calling Ren Dongmeng’s death cheap, and Ju Dan tried to kill him before Hua Meixi intervened. Ju Dan withdrew and threatened Hua Lidian, then left with Ju Hua, whose strength made the Northern Lands fear the coming quota battle.

• Sikong Jing called Ren Dongmeng’s death cheap, enraging Ju Dan.
• Ju Dan attacked Sikong Jing, but Hua Meixi blocked her strike and said Ren Dongmeng’s death still needed investigation.
• Ju Dan warned Hua Lidian against letting Hua Meixi interfere and threatened Sikong Jing through her grandson, Ju Hua.
• Ju Dan left with the Western Lands, while Lang Zhengzhi and Hua Meixi revealed that Ju Hua was at Golden Body Realm Fourth Stage and that the Western Lands had other strong geniuses.
• Hua Meixi told Sikong Jing that she had protected him because of her promise, then returned to the Fury Flower Squad.

The Northern Lands' geniuses learned that the Southern Lands had a powerful contender in Wang He and that they could not withdraw from the slot battle. As they scattered to seek protection, Sikong Jing remained in the North Courtyard with Gongyang Ying and Chou Zhan.

• Old Mo asked Old Yin to protect the Northern Lands' geniuses, but Old Yin refused to help Sikong Jing because of a message from Old Ju.
• Guo Zixia sought Wang He's protection, and Wang He agreed in exchange for a favor.
• Hua Meixi warned that Wang He was nearly as strong as Ju Hua and advised the Northern Lands' geniuses to give up the battle if they could.
• Old Mo told Nu Guang that the geniuses could not withdraw, and Elder Ge urged them to find protectors or fight.
• Guo Zixia's group went to find Wang He, while Shang Fu and Fu Jiaoxing went to seek Ju Hua's favor against Sikong Jing.
• Chou Zhan asked Sikong Jing whether he was confident against a fourth-level Golden Body Realm opponent.

Sikong Jing, Chou Zhan, and the other contenders prepared for a deadly selection battle while the Eastern Plains adjudicator, Yao Yuzhi, announced its rules and first reward. The contenders learned that only eighteen of the seventy-two would survive, and they were led to a palace where nine lower-grade spirit swords awaited.

• Sikong Jing warned Chou Zhan and Gongyang Ying to keep their distance from him, then went deeper into the northern courtyard to strengthen his cultivation.
• Chou Zhan told Lang Zhengzhi and the other elders that he had no confidence against Ju Hua but would fight anyway, while the elders lamented the four factions’ divisions.
• Guo Zixia returned from meeting Wang He and vowed to become the selection battle’s final victor, while Fu Jiaoxing and Shang Fu returned in grim moods.
• Yao Yuzhi summoned the four teams to Tyrant Dragon Hall and announced that the selection battle would offer eighteen places, with everyone else killed.
• Yao Yuzhi led the teams to a formation-filled palace and revealed nine lower-grade spirit swords as the first reward.

Yao Yuzhi explained that the first contest would award nine spirit swords to those who passed through the Tyrant Pattern Arrays, with the regions entering in order of their rankings from the previous quota battle. The Western Lands began the contest, and all eighteen of its geniuses advanced through the first stage as Sikong Jing watched.

• Yao Yuzhi announced that sword-seizing would be the first contest and that sword winners would receive an advantage in the next trial.
• Yao Yuzhi set the regional order according to the previous quota battle, placing the Western Lands first and the Northern Lands last.
• Ju Dan celebrated the Western Lands' first turn, while Ju Hua boasted that his group would take six swords.
• Yao Yuzhi briefly studied Sikong Jing, who noticed her attention before turning back to the arrays.
• Ju Hua led the eighteen Western Lands geniuses into the Tyrant Pattern Arrays, where they defeated the first conjured beasts and advanced together.
• Wang He said he only cared about Way of Heaven Academy members passing, while Tian Budian taunted the Northern Lands elders about Ju Hua's prospects and Hua Meixi.

The sword-seizing challenge in the Tyrant Pattern Array quickly reduced Ju Dan’s Western Lands group to five, while Sikong Jing judged that they could claim at most four swords. Elsewhere, Yao Yuzhi appraised Hua Meixi’s battle-slaying diagram, and Hua Meixi’s unexpected effort to help Sikong Jing left Yao Yuzhi questioning her motives.

• Several Western Lands geniuses were blasted out of the Tyrant Pattern Array, and Ju Dan’s group dwindled to five as the adjudicator declared each failure.
• The Eastern Lands’ highest decision-maker mocked Ju Dan, who blamed Sikong Jing and threatened him after Yao Yuzhi disappeared.
• Sikong Jing told Lang Zhengzhi that the array incorporated the Army-Slaying Formation and that the Western Lands could seize at most four swords.
• Lang Zhengzhi wondered whether Yao Yuzhi had arranged the challenge for Sikong Jing, but Sikong Jing said she was likely only acting fairly.
• Yao Yuzhi told Hua Meixi that her Blood-Refining Battle-Slaying Diagram was not enough to justify risking the Eastern Branch’s conflict with Tyrant Fierce Venerable.
• Hua Meixi cursed Sikong Jing despite trying to help him, and Yao Yuzhi asked why she would help someone she found so hateful.

Hua Meixi insisted on helping Sikong Jing, while the Western, Southern, and Eastern Lands finished their sword-seizing attempts and left two swords for the Northern Lands. Sikong Jing entered the Tyrant Pattern Array after trading taunts with Ju Hua, but the chapter ended with Nu Guang being eliminated immediately and the crowd laughing at the Northern Lands.

• Hua Meixi told Yao Yuzhi that she would keep her promise and help Sikong Jing, and Yao Yuzhi questioned why she cared about him.
• Ju Hua and the Western Lands seized four swords, the Southern Lands seized two, and the Eastern Lands seized one.
• An adjudicator told Old Yin that the sword-seizing battle could not be repeated if the Northern Lands failed to claim the remaining two swords.
• Ju Hua mocked Sikong Jing and offered him a sword if he cut off his remaining hand, but Sikong Jing answered that he would take Ju Hua's sword after killing him.
• Sikong Jing entered the Tyrant Pattern Array as the Northern Lands began its challenge.
• Nu Guang was blasted out of the array immediately, prompting the venue to laugh at him and Old Mo's group.

Sikong Jing continued through the Tyrant Pattern Array as the Eastern Plains Northern Lands suffered widespread eliminations, while Lang Zhengzhi insisted Sikong Jing would seize a sword despite the crowd’s mockery. Near the array’s end, only Sikong Jing and Chou Zhan remained, with both facing powerful conjured opponents and the audience convinced they would fail.

• Tian Budian resigned as a steward of the Eastern Plains Northern Lands and joined Ju Dan’s Western Lands.
• Ju Dan mocked the Northern Lands after ten of their contenders failed the second round, and Lang Zhengzhi declared Sikong Jing would seize a sword.
• The audience laughed when Sikong Jing’s Dao Inquiry Realm was revealed, but he continued through the array at the same pace as the others.
• Ling Feiyan, Shang Fu, and Fu Jiaoxing were eliminated, leaving Sikong Jing, Chou Zhan, Guo Zixia, and Gongyang Ying among the Northern Lands contenders.
• Sikong Jing told Gongyang Ying not to reveal her Moon Soul Battle Body, and she withdrew before Guo Zixia was eliminated.
• Sikong Jing and Chou Zhan reached the final stretch and fought the penultimate conjured opponents as the crowd urged them to give up.

Sikong Jing used his understanding of the Army-Slaying Formation to break the Tyrant Pattern Array, claim a sword, and help Chou Zhan pass. Yao Yuzhi ruled that they had cheated but still passed because the array’s rules could be cracked.

• Sikong Jing told Chou Zhan to conserve his battle-body power while he handled the trial.
• Sikong Jing dispelled the final phantom warrior with a casual palm strike and took the lower-grade spirit sword.
• Sikong Jing stamped on the array and cleared Chou Zhan’s phantom beasts, allowing Chou Zhan to claim the final sword.
• Yao Yuzhi explained to Hua Meixi that Sikong Jing had found and broken the Army-Slaying Formation within the array.
• Yao Yuzhi declared that Sikong Jing and Chou Zhan had cheated but that their passage counted because she had never forbidden cracking the array’s rules.

Yao Yuzhi upheld the sword-seizers’ victory and explained that each would lead a team in the coming battle of slaughter. The chapter ended as the contestants prepared to choose which sword-seizer to follow.

• Ju Dan challenged Yao Yuzhi’s ruling, but Yao Yuzhi threatened her and silenced the other objectors.
• Yao Yuzhi called the nine sword-seizers forward, including Sikong Jing and Chou Zhan, and announced that the quota battle would end after the next battle.
• Lang Zhengzhi taunted the Eastern and Southern Lands over the Northern Lands’ two seized swords, provoking the Eastern Lands’ highest decision-maker.
• Yao Yuzhi gave each sword-seizer seven jade plaques and explained that each could recruit seven followers to form a team.
• Yao Yuzhi explained that the nine teams could fight one another and that killing a sword-seizer would let the victor take their sword and team members.
• Guo Zixia lined up behind Wang He, and Yao Yuzhi invited the others to choose which sword-seizer to follow.

Yao Yuzhi made Sikong Jing’s unchosen team members follow him and explained the advantages and dangers facing sword contenders in the quota battle. As the contenders chose their teams, Sikong Jing realized Ju Hua had selected Nu Guang as a disposable victim, while Wang He planned to kill rival contenders and take their teams.

• Gongyang Ying chose to follow Chou Zhan, leaving Sikong Jing with no followers until Yao Yuzhi ordered the remaining people to join his team.
• Yao Yuzhi explained that team members could kill sword contenders and take their spirit swords, while contenders could sense jade plaques, wield spirit swords, and use the plaques to strike untrustworthy members first.
• Ju Hua chose Nu Guang as a team member, and Sikong Jing recognized that Ju Hua could kill him to meet the quota of eighteen survivors.
• Wang He selected members from the Way of Heaven Academy and secretly told a junior brother that he planned to kill the other sword contenders and seize their team members.
• The Western Lands sword contenders distributed their remaining team places among people from several lands, leaving two Western Lands Golden Body cultivators unchosen.

The nine squads were formed for the battle in Bright Dragon Tyrant Heaven Valley, leaving Sikong Jing and Chou Zhan surrounded by Western Lands rivals intent on taking their swords. After the contestants were scattered across the valley, Sikong Jing arrived alone near a waterfall and sensed powerful monsters nearby.

• Western Lands Golden Body First Realm cultivators joined Sikong Jing's and Chou Zhan's squads, intending to kill them and seize their swords.
• Ju Hua and the Eastern Lands decision-maker mocked Lang Zhengzhi as the nine squads set out for Bright Dragon Tyrant Heaven Valley.
• Yao Yuzhi explained the valley's dangers and restrictions, and Sikong Jing equipped his claws and spirit sword before the contestants were scattered into the darkness.
• Yao Yuzhi displayed seventy-two jade plaques so the gathered officials could track the battle and learn when a contestant died.
• Sikong Jing arrived alone before a massive waterfall, sensed Spirit Martial Stage monsters, and considered how cautiously to use his ability to control lesser monsters.

Sikong Jing cultivated beneath a waterfall, using half of the Moon Swallowing Beast’s inner core to prepare to reach the Golden Body Realm and saving the other half for Gongyang Ying. He stopped when two teammates arrived and watched a Southern Lands genius fight a Western Lands genius, until a second Western Lands attacker appeared behind the Southern fighter.

• Sikong Jing entered the waterfall to cultivate and decided to keep half of the Moon Swallowing Beast’s inner core for Gongyang Ying.
• Sikong Jing sensed two teammates arrive and watched as a Western Lands genius demanded that a Southern Lands genius submit to Ju Hua.
• The Southern and Western Lands geniuses fought evenly while Yao Yuzhi’s Divine Shuttle Ship and the regional decision-makers watched from above.
• The Southern Lands genius mocked the Western fighters’ rapidly raised realms and insulted Ju Dan, drawing the ship’s attention to their exchange.
• Ju Dan pointed out a second Western Lands genius diving toward the fight, and he landed behind the Southern Lands genius with a sinister grin.

Sikong Jing secretly killed one of the two Western Lands geniuses who were attacking Nan Xiu, then emerged from the waterfall and confronted the remaining prodigy. He offered the battered Nan Xiu a chance to join forces, leaving the fight poised to continue.

• The two Western Lands geniuses attacked Nan Xiu after Ju Dan ordered them to kill him, while Yao Yuzhi declared that contestants could speak and warn others under the rules.
• Old Yin urged Nan Xiu to beg for mercy, but Nan Xiu refused to kneel or surrender.
• Sikong Jing secretly flicked a pebble from behind the waterfall, killing the Western Lands genius who was suppressing Nan Xiu.
• Sikong Jing emerged from the waterfall and revealed himself to the remaining Western Lands prodigy and the people aboard the Divine Shuttle Ship.
• Sikong Jing asked Nan Xiu to join forces against the surviving Western Lands prodigy.

Sikong Jing faced a Western Lands genius alone after Nan Xiu refused to ally with him, then swiftly defeated and killed his opponent. His display stunned everyone aboard the Divine Shuttle Ship and left Ju Dan furious.

• Ju Dan threatened the Southern Lands against joining forces with Sikong Jing, and Nan Xiu left rather than risk offending the Eastern Plains Western Lands.
• The Western Lands genius charged Sikong Jing, confident he could beat him, while Ju Dan ordered him to cut off Sikong Jing's remaining arm.
• Sikong Jing cut off the Western Lands genius's arm with a single sword stroke, shocking Ju Dan, Yao Yuzhi, and everyone aboard the Divine Shuttle Ship.
• Sikong Jing pursued the fleeing genius and killed him with one slash, then held up two fingers to show Ju Dan he had killed two Western Lands geniuses.
• Hua Lidian told Yao Yuzhi that people who looked down on Sikong Jing would find him hateful, and smiled proudly at Sikong Jing's victory.

Yao Yuzhi’s patrol found Chou Zhan and Gongyang Ying hiding in a thorn patch, and Ju Dan’s side launched an ambush against them. Chou Zhan fought back against three opponents while Gongyang Ying drew another pursuer away, and Yao Yuzhi silently recognized that Chou Zhan would survive.

• Yao Yuzhi crushed two jade plaques and ordered the Divine Shuttle Boat to continue patrolling as Sikong Jing returned to cultivating beneath the waterfall.
• Ju Dan spotted Chou Zhan and Gongyang Ying in a thorn patch and directed five fighters, including a First Golden Body Realm expert, to attack them.
• Lang Zhengzhi warned Chou Zhan about the approaching enemies, but the five attackers surrounded him and Gongyang Ying.
• Chou Zhan killed a Dao Inquiry Realm opponent with a surprise strike, while Gongyang Ying fled to draw her pursuer away.
• Chou Zhan met the First Golden Body Realm expert head-on and briefly gained the upper hand before two Fourth Dao Inquiry Realm fighters joined the assault.
• Yao Yuzhi stopped an adjudicator from offering Chou Zhan a reminder, while the observers saw that he would survive the battle.