Recaps

Duanmu Chun considered suppressing Sikong Jing’s rewards, but Ying Lutu’s praise of Sikong Jing’s talent in military formations made him reconsider. He sent Sikong Jing a Black Jade Fragmentary Diagram as a reward and secretly resolved to support his growth while others underestimated him.

• Di Geng urged Duanmu Chun to deny Sikong Jing a promotion, and Duanmu Chun said Sikong Jing’s merits and faults canceled each other out.
• Ying Lutu arrived after failing to pass the Tyrant Soul Endgame’s eighth stage and praised Sikong Jing for completing its fifteenth stage.
• Duanmu Chun told Ying Lutu that Sikong Jing was at the Heavenly Wolf Courtyard, then decided to let him study the second Black Jade Fragmentary Diagram.
• Di Geng warned Li Feng and Yang Zhi not to act against Sikong Jing while Duanmu Chun reconsidered his potential.
• Duanmu Chun decided to suppress Sikong Jing openly while secretly giving him time and space to grow.

Duanmu Chun recommended Sikong Jing to Tyrant Lotus Venerable after learning of his achievements, while Sikong Jing studied military formations with Ying Lutu as news of his exploits spread through the Eastern Tyrant Branch. The chapter ended with Di Geng arriving at Heavenly Wolf Courtyard to announce Sikong Jing’s reward.

• Duanmu Chun wrote to Tyrant Lotus Venerable, describing Sikong Jing’s talent and the events at the Yang Residence.
• Sikong Jing recounted his victory to the Heavenly Wolf team, then concealed how he had truly cracked the Tyrant Soul Endgame.
• Ying Lutu questioned Sikong Jing and spent the night studying battle formations with him.
• News of Sikong Jing’s deeds at the Yang Residence and his defeat of Pei Fenqing spread throughout the Eastern Tyrant Branch.
• Di Geng arrived at Heavenly Wolf Courtyard and called for Sikong Jing to come receive his reward.

Di Geng denied Sikong Jing and the Heavenly Wolf Team any reward, claiming Sikong Jing’s merits were canceled out by killing Captain Dream Snatcher, and gave him a Black Jade Fragmentary Diagram instead. Though junior members turned hostile, the core members rallied around Sikong Jing and renewed their fighting spirit.

• Di Geng recounted Sikong Jing’s accomplishments, then declared that killing Captain Dream Snatcher canceled out his merits and spared the team from punishment instead of granting rewards.
• Heavenly Wolf members protested that Dream Snatcher had tried to kill Sikong Jing first, but Di Geng dismissed them and told Sikong Jing to be grateful.
• Di Geng gave Sikong Jing Xiu Hanzhi’s second Black Jade Fragmentary Diagram and left after blaming the lack of rewards on Sikong Jing.
• Some junior members turned against Sikong Jing, while Fan Kui asked whether he had expected the outcome and Sikong Jing said he was getting used to it.
• Fan Kui and the core members laughed through their tears, rejected the need for rewards, and proclaimed their pride in the Heavenly Wolf Team’s victories.

After the Eastern Tyrant Branch denied the Heavenly Wolf Team its rewards, Sikong Jing shared spoils taken from Wan San and Pei Fenqing with the team. Yao Yulou learned that Sikong Jing's true strength came from spirit-martial fusion and carried Duanmu Chun's secret gift into the courtyard.

• Fan Kui and the Heavenly Wolf core members celebrated their victories while ordinary team members left or stayed behind, quietly committing themselves to Sikong Jing.
• Sikong Jing brought out the treasures taken from Wan San and Pei Fenqing and told the team to take its rewards for itself.
• Sikong Jing put Fan Kui in charge of dividing the spoils, then returned to studying the battle situation with Ying Lutu.
• Duanmu Chun and Yao Yulou watched the team and revealed that they had both planned to bring gifts for its members.
• Duanmu Chun told Yao Yulou that Sikong Jing's strength came from spirit-martial fusion and asked him to deliver a storage ring to Sikong Jing.
• Yao Yulou entered the Heavenly Wolf Courtyard with Duanmu Chun's gift.

Sikong Jing considered how to help Hua Meixi, continued advancing his formation studies, and watched the fallout from Pei Fenqing’s death and the Yang Family incident. After Yang Yi emerged from seclusion and learned what had happened, Sikong Jing challenged him to a fight.

• Yao Yulou secretly gave Sikong Jing Duanmu Chun’s storage ring and said Hua Meixi was unconscious as her battle body advanced again.
• Sikong Jing told Yao Yulou he had helped suppress Hua Meixi’s strange aura and asked to examine her condition, while keeping his suspicions about Yao Yulou to himself.
• The Eastern Tyrant Branch mocked Sikong Jing for receiving no rewards, while Chaos-Shaking City ridiculed the Jade Appraisal Chamber of Commerce and Yang Zhi over Pei Fenqing’s death and the Yang Family incident.
• Sikong Jing studied formations with Ying Lutu, then examined Old Xiu’s Black Jade Fragmentary Diagram and began preparing to develop beast skills from the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger meridians.
• Yang Yi emerged from seclusion, learned about Jiang Wanyou’s kidnapping, and angrily beat Fan Kui for keeping him uninformed.
• Yang Yi praised Sikong Jing’s strength, and Sikong Jing asked him to fight.

Yang Yi left to challenge the Tyrant Soul Secret Realm after learning Sikong Jing's Shadow Moon Step, while Weng Ting sought reinforcements for her clan's Spirit Seizing Battle. Duanmu Chun urged her to recruit Sikong Jing, revealing that he had killed Wan Tonghui and reached the Fifth Reverse Soul Realm, and Weng Ting set out to find him and Hua Meixi.

• Yang Yi learned Shadow Moon Step from Sikong Jing, then entered the Tyrant Soul Secret Realm to challenge it.
• Weng Ting told Duanmu Chun she had reached the Spirit Martial Stage and needed two more War Martial Realm reinforcements for her clan's Spirit Seizing Battle.
• Weng Ting considered Hua Meixi and Yang Yi, but Duanmu Chun told her Yang Yi had entered the secret realm and Wan Tonghui was dead.
• Duanmu Chun recommended Sikong Jing and revealed that he had killed Wan Tonghui and reached the Fifth Reverse Soul Realm.
• Weng Ting accepted Duanmu Chun's recommendation and left to find Sikong Jing and Hua Meixi.

Weng Ting invited Sikong Jing to join her family's Spirit-Seizing Battle squad, and he accepted after learning the battlefield held demon-beast spirit shadows. He prepared to leave Chaos-Shaking City for Elder Spirit Manor, planning to cultivate with the Iron-Wing Divine Vulture's inner core on the way.

• Duanmu Chun hoped Sikong Jing would use Weng Ting's invitation to leave Chaos-Shaking City, grow stronger, and avoid its enemies.
• Weng Ting visited Sikong Jing at the Heavenly Wolf Courtyard and invited him to join her family's squad in the Spirit-Seizing Battle.
• Weng Ting explained that the battle offered spirit shadows left by Emperor Martial Stage experts but could cost participants their lives.
• Sikong Jing accepted after asking whether the battlefield contained demon-beast spirit shadows.
• Weng Ting gave Sikong Jing a map to Elder Spirit Manor and told him to gather there in three days.
• Sikong Jing ordered Steel Bone to prepare for departure and planned to consume the Iron-Wing Divine Vulture's inner core along the way.

Sikong Jing left East Tyrant Courtyard for Elder Spirit Manor, but Pei Feishan learned of his route and sent two peak Spirit Martial Stage assassins to capture him. The assassins attacked him outside Chaos-Shaking City, and Sikong Jing invoked the Ten Dragon Codex as the confrontation began.

• Sikong Jing said goodbye to Fan Kui, Chou Zhan, and Gongyang Ying, then set out for Elder Spirit Manor on the Steel Bone Flying Vulture.
• Duanmu Chun ordered his confidant to keep Sikong Jing's destination secret, but the confidant secretly passed it to Pei Feishan.
• Pei Feishan sent two peak Spirit Martial Stage assassins to intercept Sikong Jing and bring him back alive.
• On the way, Sikong Jing cultivated with the Iron-Wing Divine Vulture's inner core, strengthening himself and evolving the Steel Bone Flying Vulture.
• The two assassins appeared and revealed they served Young Master Pei; Sikong Jing recognized the Jade Appraisal Chamber of Commerce's involvement and shouted, "Ten Dragon Codex!"

Sikong Jing escaped two Shi Yu assassins by hiding inside the Steel Bone Flying Vulture, then sent Duanmu Chun an urgent message. Duanmu Chun received a reassuring report about the others, but his subordinate did not know Sikong Jing had already left the Eastern Tyrant Branch.

• Sikong Jing used the Blood Devour Dragon Pearl to bind the two assassins, then hid inside the Steel Bone Flying Vulture while they chased the decoy away.
• The Steel Bone Flying Vulture told the assassins that Sikong Jing had jumped off, and they hurried after him, eager to seize the Imperial artifact.
• Sikong Jing emerged from the Steel Bone Flying Vulture, healed its wounds with the Iron-Wing Divine Vulture's meridians, and explained his risky plan.
• Sikong Jing sent a mechanical message bird to Duanmu Chun and continued toward Elder Spirit Manor using a different acceleration treasure.
• Duanmu Chun asked his subordinate about Weng Ting and Sikong Jing, and the subordinate reported that Weng Ting and the others were safe and that nobody knew Sikong Jing had left the Eastern Tyrant Branch.

Sikong Jing’s message exposed a Jade Appraisal Chamber of Commerce spy inside the Eastern Tyrant Branch, prompting Duanmu Chun to kill him and hurry toward Elder Spirit Manor. Meanwhile, Sikong Jing hid inside the Steel Bone Flying Vulture as the two assassins caught up and stopped it.

• Duanmu Chun received Sikong Jing’s message and realized the trusted subordinate had leaked Sikong Jing’s secret journey to Elder Spirit Manor.
• Duanmu Chun ordered messages sent to Yao Bajue and Pei Feishan, then exposed the subordinate and killed him after finding evidence linking him to the Jade Appraisal Chamber of Commerce.
• Duanmu Chun sent Yao Yulou to help Sikong Jing, ordered Di Geng to send the traitor’s head to Pei Feishan, and secretly set out for Elder Spirit Manor.
• Sikong Jing detected the two pursuing assassins through his demon beasts, hid inside the Steel Bone Flying Vulture, and gave it the acceleration treasure.
• The two assassins caught up with the Steel Bone Flying Vulture, blocked its path, and questioned it after failing to find Sikong Jing.

Sikong Jing used the Steel Bone Flying Vulture to lure in and kill two Shi Yu assassins searching for him. After the perilous ambush, he emerged from the vulture’s back, leaving the Steel Bone Flying Vulture shaken by the ordeal.

• An assassin sliced open the Steel Bone Flying Vulture’s belly, but found no one inside, and the vulture claimed it had fled because it feared them.
• The assassins threatened to kill the vulture, then agreed to follow it when it offered to lead them to its master, Sikong Jing.
• The Steel Bone Flying Vulture swallowed one assassin, and Sikong Jing secretly stabbed him through the skull from inside its body.
• The second assassin approached, was swallowed too, and Sikong Jing stabbed him through the head before the vulture spat out both corpses.
• Sikong Jing emerged through a cut in the Steel Bone Flying Vulture’s back, and the vulture begged him not to risk its life in such a frightening assassination again.

After Sikong Jing killed two peak Spirit Martial Stage assassins, Yao Yulou and Hua Meixi arrived and realized he had escaped without needing rescue. Hua Meixi continued toward Elder Spirit Manor while Yao Yulou waited for the Grand Overlord Commander, and he urged her to tell Sikong Jing about her unstable Demonic Charm Battle Body.

• Sikong Jing searched the assassins’ bodies, took their two upper-grade spirit artifacts, scattered the spatial energy, and flew toward Elder Spirit Manor.
• Yao Yulou and Hua Meixi arrived and used the Soul-Returning Mirror, finding only blurred traces of Sikong Jing and his Steel Bone Flying Vulture.
• Yao Yulou determined that the two peak Spirit Martial Stage assassins had been killed by Sikong Jing and the Steel Bone Flying Vulture, though he suspected poison might have helped.
• Yao Yulou reminded Hua Meixi that Sikong Jing’s presence made him confident in her safety during the Spirit-Seizing Battle.
• Yao Yulou sent Hua Meixi ahead to Elder Spirit Manor and stayed behind to await the Grand Overlord Commander.
• Hua Meixi asked why her Demonic Charm Battle Body had risen three grades, and Yao Yulou told her to have Sikong Jing examine her condition.

Hua Meixi agreed to let Sikong Jing examine her battle body, while Yao Yulou worried about the Thousand Kings Holy Tower’s control over him. Pei Feishan learned that Duanmu Chun had captured Pei Fenyi and that the assassins sent after Sikong Jing had died, leaving his plans in disarray.

• Hua Meixi agreed to let Sikong Jing examine her strange battle body, and Yao Yulou hoped Sikong Jing could suppress its growth.
• Yao Yulou wondered whether he would ever escape the Thousand Kings Holy Tower’s control and stood beside the two dead Spirit Martial Stage assassins.
• Pei Feishan learned that Duanmu Chun had exposed his sleeper agent and captured Pei Fenyi, then demanded that his assassins capture Sikong Jing so he could use him in negotiations.
• A Shi An Group leader reported that the life lamps of the two assassins pursuing Sikong Jing had shattered, and Pei Feishan raged over their deaths.

Pei Feishan and Duanmu Chun brought their hostages and allies to Elder Spirit Manor, where Weng Ting’s Spirit Shadow Formation was testing the arriving reinforcements. Sikong Jing arrived after killing two assassins, while Shi'an assassins had infiltrated the formation and Pei Feishan focused on him and Hua Meixi as targets.

• Pei Feishan agreed to send Shi'an assassins into the Spirit Shadow Formation disguised as spirit shadows, targeting Hua Meixi and Sikong Jing rather than the Zhang Duiyi siblings or Xiao Qibo.
• Duanmu Chun met Yao Yulou with Pei Fenyi as a hostage and learned that Sikong Jing, not Yao Yulou, had killed the two assassins.
• Duanmu Chun and Yao Yulou reached Elder Spirit Manor and watched the Zhang Duiyi siblings enter Weng Ting’s Spirit Shadow Formation to test their strength.
• Pei Feishan arrived with the Shi'an leader and postponed negotiations to watch the formation, while hidden assassins remained inside it.
• Sikong Jing arrived on a Steel Bone Flying Vulture, criticized the Shi'an Sword Technique, and revealed that he had killed two peak Spirit Martial Stage assassins, angering Pei Feishan and the Shi'an leader.

Sikong Jing accepted Weng Ting’s Spirit Shadow Formation challenge despite the old steward’s contempt, while Hua Meixi and Xiao Qibo arrived. Sikong Jing and Hua Meixi entered the formation, leaving Xiao Qibo outside with the steward.

• The old steward told Sikong Jing he had to pass the Spirit Shadow Formation within the time limit or return to Chaos-Shaking City, and offered him a message bird in case he needed rescuing.
• Sikong Jing crushed the message bird, rejected the steward’s condescension, and headed into the formation.
• Hua Meixi and Xiao Qibo arrived, and Sikong Jing recognized Hua Meixi’s sixth-grade Demonic Charm Battle Body.
• Hua Meixi tried to speak with Sikong Jing, but Xiao Qibo dismissed him as someone who would hold them back, so Sikong Jing entered the formation without replying.
• Hua Meixi ignored Xiao Qibo and entered the Spirit Shadow Formation after Sikong Jing.

Xiao Qibo followed Hua Meixi into the Spirit Shadow Formation, while Pei Feishan revealed that Shi An Group assassins were waiting inside to take a hostage. As the observers watched the formation, Sikong Jing calmly faced a ghostly phantom, prompting Pei Feishan to mock him.

• Xiao Qibo chased after Hua Meixi into the Spirit Shadow Formation, unaware that her Demonic Charm Battle Body had become a sixth-grade battle body.
• Duanmu Chun confronted Pei Feishan over Pei Fenyi, and Pei Feishan admitted that Shi An Group assassins were inside the formation to seize a hostage.
• Yao Yulou expressed confidence that Pei Feishan would have to admit defeat, and Duanmu Chun agreed to watch what happened inside.
• Pei Feishan, Duanmu Chun, Yao Yulou, and the others used their Spirit Platform Sea of Consciousness to observe the formation, where Sikong Jing walked through an eerie empty town.
• A ghostly phantom lunged at Sikong Jing, who remained still as Pei Feishan laughed and called him useless.

Sikong Jing let spirit shadows possess him to learn how they attacked, while concealing his true purpose of drawing out a hostile presence. Pei Feishan and the leader of Shi'an sent a Spirit Movement Realm assassin disguised as a spirit shadow, prompting Yao Yulou to identify the threat as the outsiders blocked him and Duanmu Chun.

• The leader of Shi'an and Pei Feishan mocked Sikong Jing as a spirit shadow possessed him, while Duanmu Chun and Yao Yulou could not tell what he was doing.
• After the fake spirit shadow vanished, Sikong Jing explained that it had tried to invade his spirit platform and that he had let it attack to understand its power.
• Sikong Jing allowed more spirit shadows to possess him after detecting a different aura nearby, hoping to lure out the hidden threat.
• Pei Feishan taunted Yao Yulou and signaled the leader of Shi'an, who ordered the assassin inside the formation to attack Sikong Jing.
• Yao Yulou recognized the approaching Spirit Movement Realm presence as a human assassin disguised as a spirit shadow, and Pei Feishan confirmed the plan to break Sikong Jing's limbs.
• Pei Feishan and the leader of Shi'an blocked Duanmu Chun and Yao Yulou as Yao Yulou roared at them to get lost.

Sikong Jing exposed and defeated a Jade Appraisal Chamber of Commerce assassin who had disguised himself as a spirit shadow in the formation. He left the assassin badly wounded and demanded to know how many others were hidden there and whether they had colluded with anyone from Elder Spirit Manor.

• Pei Feishan and the Shi An leader restrained Duanmu Chun and Yao Yulou with an imperial artifact as the disguised assassin closed in on Sikong Jing.
• Sikong Jing slapped the assassin, exposed his disguise, and crushed a nearby spirit shadow to reveal that he could detect them.
• Sikong Jing identified the attacker as a Jade Appraisal assassin and questioned him about hidden accomplices and possible ties to Elder Spirit Manor.
• The assassin charged Sikong Jing, who used the sword techniques he had learned from two dead assassins to break through his defenses.
• Sikong Jing overwhelmed the assassin in a second exchange, leaving him bloodied on the ground.

Sikong Jing defeated the assassin and used the Spirit Shadow Formation’s fake spirits to overcome his pain-numbing method. After enduring more than a dozen attacks, the assassin agreed to reveal everything.

• Sikong Jing revealed that he had anticipated the assassin and subdued him, while the observers outside realized they had been fooled.
• Duanmu Chun blocked Pei Feishan and the Dark Release leader from interrupting Sikong Jing’s interrogation.
• The assassin claimed his pain-numbing method was flawless, and the Dark Release leader boasted that it erased every sensation.
• Sikong Jing pressed fake spirit shadows against the assassin’s spiritual platform, making him scream despite his immunity to ordinary sensations.
• After enduring more than a dozen spirit-shadow attacks, the assassin gave in and agreed to talk.

Sikong Jing killed the assassin who revealed that Hua Meixi was the assassins’ target, while Shi An ordered them to switch their apparent target to Xiao Qibo. At Elder Spirit Manor, Weng Ting defended her decision to invite Sikong Jing and insisted they wait to see whether he could pass the Spirit Shadow Formation.

• Sikong Jing learned that four assassins remained and that Hua Meixi was their true target, then killed the captured assassin and went searching for her.
• Shi An ordered the assassins to shift their target to Xiao Qibo and make Sikong Jing believe Xiao Qibo was the only target.
• Zhang Duiyi reached Elder Spirit Manor and asked Weng Ting about his fast trial time; he expected Zhang Duiyin to emerge soon.
• Old Ling disparaged Sikong Jing and urged Weng Ting to replace him, but she reminded him that they had agreed to follow her if Sikong Jing passed the formation.
• Zhang Duiyi questioned Weng Ting’s choice to invite Sikong Jing, and she defended his movement technique before Old Ling insisted that someone in the Soul-Reversal Realm could not pass the formation.

Sikong Jing pursued a Shi Yu assassin through the Spirit Shadow Formation and discovered an assassin from the Jade Appraisal Chamber of Commerce attacking Xiao Qibo. The assassin claimed Xiao Qibo was the target, leaving Sikong Jing uncertain whether the killers had changed their plans.

• Weng Ting waited with Zhang Duiyi and Zhang Duiyin outside Elder Spirit Manor, with about a day remaining for Sikong Jing to reach them through the formation.
• Sikong Jing fought through increasingly powerful spirit shadows, dismissed the inaccurate beast shadows, and followed a Shi Yu assassin's aura.
• Sikong Jing found Xiao Qibo battling spirit shadows and watched a supposed spirit shadow reveal himself as a Jade Appraisal Chamber of Commerce assassin who intended to capture Xiao Qibo alive.
• The assassin wounded Xiao Qibo and attacked him, while Sikong Jing wondered whether the assassins had changed their target from Hua Meixi.
• Sikong Jing destroyed several Shadow Wielding Realm spirit shadows, and Xiao Qibo called for his help as Sikong Jing watched the assassin with a cold gaze.

Sikong Jing refused Xiao Qibo’s demand for help after realizing the assassin’s apparent change of target was a trap, then continued searching for Hua Meixi. Pei Feishan and Leader Shi An moved to capture Hua Meixi before Sikong Jing could reach her, and the chapter ended as three hidden assassins wounded her.

• Xiao Qibo ordered Sikong Jing to help fight the assassin, but Sikong Jing ignored him and walked away.
• The assassin continued pursuing Xiao Qibo, while Sikong Jing reasoned that Pei Feishan was directing the attackers and that Hua Meixi remained their real target.
• Sikong Jing sensed an expert watching him and resumed searching for Hua Meixi, while Pei Feishan and Leader Shi An decided to act immediately.
• Three assassins ambushed Hua Meixi inside the Spirit Shadow Formation and slashed her before she recognized them as assassins.

Sikong Jing arrived just as Hua Meixi was on the verge of losing control and exposing her dangerous constitution. He sent her away and faced the three assassins alone, while she warned him that they could evade the Spirit Shadow Formation’s attacks.

• Hua Meixi fought three assassins but grew agitated as the Spirit Shadows disrupted her mind and threatened to trigger a dangerous power surge.
• Yao Yulou realized Hua Meixi was about to reveal her sixth-grade battle body and feared Pei Feishan would discover her secret.
• Sikong Jing hurled his spear into the fight, drove back the assassins, and shattered the Spirit Shadows surrounding Hua Meixi.
• Sikong Jing told Hua Meixi that he had killed one assassin and that only four remained in the formation, then urged her to leave because she was injured and at risk of qi deviation.
• Sikong Jing fought off all three assassins as Hua Meixi withdrew, and she warned him that they had broken part of the formation and would not be attacked by its Spirit Shadows.

Sikong Jing protected Hua Meixi while fighting the Shi'an assassins inside the Spirit Shadow Formation, killing one after the assassins split up. He and Hua Meixi later continued toward the pass with two assassins pursuing them as the formation’s spirit shadows grew stronger.

• Hua Meixi left Sikong Jing to fight the three assassins, then wondered why her body was changing and why she had obeyed him so readily.
• Yao Yulou explained that Hua Meixi risked cultivation deviation, while Pei Feishan and the Shi'an leader hoped Sikong Jing would be killed.
• Pei Feishan advised the assassins to retreat into hiding, and the Shi'an leader ordered them to keep pursuing Hua Meixi.
• Sikong Jing chased one fleeing assassin with Shadow Moon Step and his keen sense of smell, killed him, and mocked the order to split up.
• Sikong Jing caught up with Hua Meixi and fought the two remaining assassins while she continued onward through increasingly powerful spirit shadows.
• After nearly a day of pursuit and fighting, Sikong Jing, Hua Meixi, and the two assassins neared the pass amid Heavenly King Realm spirit shadows.

Xiao Qibo escaped the Spirit Shadow Formation wounded and revealed that Jade Appraisal assassins were inside, prompting Weng Ting and the Zhang siblings to suspect Steward Old Ling. A message from Duanmu Chun cleared Old Ling of collusion, while Xiao Qibo dismissed his injuries as the fault of an unnamed burden.

• Weng Ting, Zhang Duiyin, and Steward Old Ling questioned why none of the invited cultivators had broken through the Spirit Shadow Formation before Xiao Qibo burst out, badly wounded.
• Xiao Qibo accused Weng Ting of putting Jade Appraisal Chamber of Commerce assassins inside the formation and produced the corpse of one he had killed.
• Weng Ting confronted Steward Old Ling, who said he had set up the formation using a Spirit Shadow artifact lent by the family's Grand Elder and knew little about its contents.
• Weng Ting received Duanmu Chun's message explaining that he knew of the assassins and was using them in a game against Pei Feishan, clearing Old Ling of suspicion.
• Xiao Qibo bragged that he had easily defeated the assassin, then blamed his injuries on an unnamed burden holding him back.