Recaps

Chen Changming and the others learned that people in the Land of No Delusion grew younger as their lifespans neared their ends, then chose not to sacrifice their divine souls. After Chen handed over his Spirit Stones, the Earth Kingdom’s ruler awarded him its only Purple-Gold Token, and the yellow-robed man led him to his residence.

• The yellow-robed man explained that people who did not sacrifice their divine souls gradually grew younger, revealing the danger behind the youths and children Chen Changming had seen.
• Chen Changming, Ninth Young Master, and the woman from Myriad Demon Island chose not to sacrifice their divine souls.
• The yellow-robed man ordered them to surrender all their Spirit Stones, and Ninth Young Master handed over only three thousand.
• When Chen Changming hesitated, the ruler sent a powerful aura through the communication jade plaque, so Chen handed over all his Spirit Stones.
• The ruler rewarded Chen with the Earth Kingdom’s only Purple-Gold Token, and the yellow-robed man explained that the ruler relied on Spirit Stones because spiritual energy was scarce.
• The yellow-robed man took Chen to his residence while Ninth Young Master worried about getting by with so few Spirit Stones.

Chen Changming settled into his estate in the Earth Kingdom with Ninth Young Master and the woman, learning that outsiders were trapped in a dangerous land ruled by the Five Direction Gods. He discovered that Ninth Young Master's missing father, a Nine-Headed Snake, was likely the Metal Kingdom ruler's mount, while Gu Huaibei remained missing.

• Chen Changming reassured Ninth Young Master and the woman, then accepted a residence and communication jade tablets from the yellow-robed man.
• The yellow-robed man explained that the two Demon Race members lacked enough donations for Identity Tokens and that the Five Direction Kingdoms fought over scarce Spirit Stones.
• Ninth Young Master revealed that his true form was a Nine-Headed Snake, and the yellow-robed man said a Nine-Headed Snake that entered a thousand years ago served as the Metal Kingdom ruler's mount.
• Chen Changming showed the yellow-robed man an image of Gu Huaibei, but the man had not seen her and warned that outsiders could die in the kingdoms' wars.
• The yellow-robed man explained that an out-of-control great array drew outsiders into the Land of No Delusion, and Chen Changming suspected the Five Direction Gods were members of the Ancient God race or demigods.

Chen Changming explored the Earth Kingdom after becoming trapped in the Land of No Delusion and discovered that Little Chun was the time-reversed True Person Spring Return. Though Little Chun had forgotten the Spring Return Immortal Art, he suddenly remembered carving it into a bedboard.

• The yellow-robed man left after arranging accommodations, and Ninth Young Master and the woman settled into rooms in the manor.
• Chen Changming explored the Earth Kingdom and found children beating a boy called Little Chun for stealing.
• Chen Changming healed Little Chun and learned he was True Person Spring Return, whose age, memories, and cultivation had diminished through the reversal of time.
• Little Chun told Chen Changming he had forgotten the Spring Return Immortal Art, disappointing Chen Changming's hope of learning it.
• After Chen Changming gave him candied hawthorns, Little Chun remembered that he had carved the Spring Return Immortal Art into a bedboard.

Chen Changming found True Person Spring Return’s incomplete Spring Return Immortal Art through Xiao Chunzi and promised to protect him. Later, he spotted Gu Huaibei in the Water Kingdom’s procession as she entered the Earth Kingdom to discuss an alliance.

• Xiao Chunzi led Chen Changming to his home and showed him the writings preserving his past as True Person Spring Return.
• Chen Changming recorded the Spring Return Immortal Art from Xiao Chunzi’s bedboard, but discovered rats had eaten more than a dozen characters.
• Xiao Chunzi refused Chen Changming’s offer to move into his estate and asked him to protect his place as boss of the street.
• Chen Changming warned the children in the courtyard not to disrespect Xiao Chunzi, then left.
• A soldier told Chen Changming that the Divine Maiden of the Water Kingdom had arrived to discuss an alliance.
• Chen Changming recognized Gu Huaibei as the Divine Maiden when her phoenix carriage passed.

Chen Changming reunited with Gu Huaibei, now the Water Kingdom’s divine maiden, and joined her procession to meet the Earth Kingdom’s ruler as the kingdoms discussed an alliance. Gu Huaibei promised to ask the Water God to bless him against the Land of No Delusion’s time-reversing power, but Chen Changming’s smile froze as the chapter ended.

• Chen Changming secretly contacted Gu Huaibei, who left her phoenix carriage and embraced him tearfully.
• Water Kingdom guards surrounded Chen Changming, but Gu Huaibei ordered them to stand down and revealed that he was her Dao companion.
• Gu Huaibei invited Chen Changming to accompany her to meet the Earth Kingdom’s ruler, and he joined her procession in the phoenix carriage.
• Gu Huaibei explained that the Water God had made her divine maiden and blessed her after recognizing her Nine-Turn Cold Ice Art.
• Chen Changming asked why the Five Direction Gods were called gods, and Gu Huaibei promised to seek a blessing for him before appearing to fall asleep.
• Chen Changming agreed that a blessing would be best, but his expression froze as he smiled.

Chen Changming and Gu Huaibei secured a verbal alliance between the Water and Earth Kingdoms, learning that the Earth God remained injured and asleep. Before Gu Huaibei returned to report to the Water God, Chen Changming obtained Ninth Young Master's essence blood to treat the poison in her body, while Ninth Young Master urged him not to forget him if he escaped their predicament.

• Gu Huaibei and Chen Changming met the Earth Kingdom's ruler, who agreed to a verbal alliance because the Earth God was still asleep after being injured by the Fire God.
• Chen Changming reflected on the kingdoms' wars, the gods' power, and the danger of drawing the attention of Spirit Transformation cultivators.
• After the banquet, Gu Huaibei told Chen Changming she had to return to the Water Kingdom and report to the Water God.
• Chen Changming told Gu Huaibei that Ninth Young Master's essence blood could purge the lingering poison from her Seven Absolutes Poison Needle wound.
• Ninth Young Master gave Chen Changming a bottle of essence blood and asked him not to forget him if he ever escaped their predicament.

Chen Changming learned that Ninth Young Master and Ji Hong had recognized his unusual body and believed he could escape the Land of No Delusion, while Gu Huaibei returned to the Water Kingdom after receiving Nine-Headed Snake essence blood. The Water God defended Gu Huaibei from the ruler’s accusations and revealed that she had a special use for the Divine Maiden as the Five Direction Gods sought a way out.

• Ninth Young Master told Chen Changming that he and Ji Hong had long believed Chen could leave the Land of No Delusion, and Chen promised to help Ninth Young Master and his father escape if he could.
• Chen Changming gave Gu Huaibei the Nine-Headed Snake essence blood, and she left after an emotional farewell.
• Back in his room, Chen Changming worried about escaping the Land of No Delusion, then began cultivating the Heavenly Furnace Body-Forging Art while considering whether it could offset the cultivation lost through reversing time.
• Gu Huaibei reported to the Water God that the Earth God remained asleep and that she had formed a verbal alliance with the ruler of the Earth Kingdom.
• Lancang complained to the Water God that Gu Huaibei had embraced her Dao companion and demanded that she be stripped of her position, but the Water God rebuked him and ordered him to leave.
• The Water God, Gu Linglong, privately admitted that Gu Huaibei was too useful to dismiss because she cultivated the Nine Revolutions Frost Art and the grand formation was deteriorating.

The Water God erased Gu Huaibei’s memories of her Dao companion to remove distractions from her cultivation, but she noticed clues in a jade bottle and Spring Return Pills. A month later, the Fire Kingdom attacked the Earth Kingdom, leaving Chen Changming concerned that the Metal Kingdom might join the assault.

• The Water God summoned Gu Huaibei, erased her memories of her Dao companion, and ordered her to focus on reaching Spirit Transformation.
• Gu Huaibei discovered the jade bottle and Spring Return Pills, realized someone had given them to her, and used the Nine-Headed Snake’s essence blood to purge her residual poison.
• After a month of cultivation, Chen Changming noticed his cultivation was regressing, then heard the Fire Kingdom had attacked.
• The Fire Kingdom’s ruler, Master Red Flame, demanded one billion Spirit Stones from Master Kun Yue, who refused and followed him into the void to fight.
• The Fire Kingdom’s Nascent Soul cultivators attacked the Earth Kingdom’s Defense Array, while Chen Changming and Ninth Young Master used their communication jade tokens to move within it.
• Ninth Young Master warned Chen Changming that his large donation had drawn envy, and Chen Changming worried the Metal Kingdom might also attack.

Chen Changming fought as the Metal and Fire Kingdoms attacked the Earth Kingdom, until Water Kingdom reinforcements arrived and their rulers clashed. Ninth Young Master reunited with his father, the old Nine-Headed Snake, but discovered that his father had sacrificed his divine soul and no longer recognized him, leaving the Earth Kingdom threatened by a devastating torrent.

• A Spirit Transformation expert broke the Earth Kingdom's formation, and Chen Changming and Ninth Young Master joined the fighting as Metal and Fire Kingdom cultivators captured civilians.
• Metal Kingdom reinforcements arrived and overwhelmed the Earth Kingdom's Nascent Soul Realm cultivators until Lancang and Water Kingdom reinforcements intervened.
• Golden Spirit confronted Lancang, and the two rulers began fighting in the void while Golden Spirit's nine-headed monster arrived.
• Ninth Young Master recognized the old Nine-Headed Snake as his father, but his father stared blankly and then attacked him after Ninth Young Master called out to him.
• Ninth Young Master vanished as the old Nine-Headed Snake unleashed a towering torrent toward the Earth Kingdom city, and Chen Changming feared it would destroy the city.

Chen Changming watched the four kingdoms end their battle and exchange captives and Spirit Stones. As the Wood Kingdom arrived to take advantage of the weakened kingdoms, he spotted Xu Jianjiu and the Nine Heavens Sword Sect elders among its forces.

• The Old Nine-Headed Snake attacked the city, and Ninth Young Master transformed into his true form and drove his father away from the battle.
• Nascent Soul cultivators from the four kingdoms fought for three days until the four Spirit Transformation rulers called a halt.
• Kun Yue returned the captured citizens and paid the Fire and Metal Kingdoms Spirit Stones, prompting both kingdoms to withdraw.
• Ninth Young Master returned exhausted and lamented to Chen Changming that his father had sacrificed his divine soul and no longer recognized his kin.
• The Wood Kingdom ruler arrived with his forces, and Chen Changming recognized Xu Jianjiu, Sword Martial Elder, and Sword Edge Elder among them.

Xu Jianjiu and two fellow Nine Heavens Sword Sect elders entered the Wood Kingdom and hoped the Undying Demon Heart Art might protect them from the Land of No Delusion’s reversed time. Meanwhile, Qingmu used the Water Kingdom’s resentment over unpaid aid to pressure Kun Yue into giving both kingdoms Spirit Stones, then left with the Wood Kingdom’s forces while watching Chen Changming.

• Xu Jianjiu, Sword Martial Elder, and Sword Edge Elder entered the Land of No Delusion and decided to wait for a national war while seeking a way to resist its reversed time.
• Green Wood Adept arrived after the fighting between the Metal, Fire, Water, and Earth Kingdoms and tried to persuade Lancang to ally with the Wood Kingdom against Kun Yue.
• Chen Changming worried that Xu Jianjiu and the other elders still wanted the Demon Abyss Island inheritance, while Ninth Young Master promised that he and Ji Hong would protect him.
• Kun Yue gave Lancang a Storage Ring to secure the Water Kingdom’s withdrawal, and Lancang left with his cultivators.
• Qingmu demanded from Kun Yue the same amount of Spirit Stones Red Flame had taken, and Kun Yue reluctantly handed over another Storage Ring.
• Qingmu withdrew with the Wood Kingdom’s cultivators after noticing Chen Changming’s Purple-Gold Token, while Sword Martial Elder and Xu Jianjiu resented how easily the kingdoms had been bought off.

Chen Changming avoided an assassination attempt by Xu Jianjiu’s group when Kun Yue intervened to protect him. Back in the Wood Kingdom, Xu Jianjiu told Green Wood he had another purpose, leaving the ruler suspicious of his intentions.

• The Guide assured Chen Changming that Kun Yue would protect him from the Wood Kingdom sword cultivators, while Ninth Young Master explained that his father had likely sacrificed his divine soul.
• Xu Jianjiu led Wood Kingdom cultivators into the Earth Kingdom and surrounded Chen Changming’s estate to capture him.
• Ji Hong’s warning attack drew Kun Yue’s attention, and he drove Xu Jianjiu and his group out of the city.
• Ninth Young Master explained that he had arranged for Ji Hong to alert them so Kun Yue would intervene, and Chen Changming thanked him.
• Xu Jianjiu told Green Wood he did not intend to kill Chen Changming, prompting Green Wood to ask what he was after.

Xu Jianjiu told Green Wood that a body cultivator in the Earth Kingdom had obtained the Ancient Demon Clan’s Undying Demon Heart Art, and Green Wood sought the Wood God’s guidance. The Wood God urged him to cooperate with the Water Kingdom, whose ruler was shocked to hear of the inheritance.

• Xu Jianjiu told Green Wood that a body cultivator had obtained the Undying Demon Heart Art from Demon Abyss Island, and said it could grant immortality and resist reversed time.
• Green Wood reported the inheritance to the Wood God, who identified it as one of the Ancient Demon Clan’s three great inheritances and said Green Wood could cultivate it.
• The Wood God asked Green Wood to cooperate with the Water Kingdom and said he would speak with the Water God, Linglong.
• Gu Xingzhou visited Linglong and told her that someone in the Land of No Delusion possessed the Undying Demon Heart Art, startling her.

Gu Xingzhou and the Water God arranged to capture Chen Changming, using an attack on the Earth Kingdom as cover. During the invasion, Gu Huaibei recognized that Chen Changming was the person erased from her memories, and Golden Spirit intervened when Lacang tried to seize him.

• Gu Xingzhou persuaded the Water God to use the Water and Earth Kingdoms' alliance to capture Chen Changming, and she considered sending Gu Huaibei to test whether her memories returned.
• Green Wood attacked the Earth Kingdom, lured Kun Yue into battle, and led Wood Kingdom cultivators in breaking through the Defense Array.
• Chen Changming fought alongside Ninth Young Master and Ji Hong while Xu Jianjiu and the other Nine Heavens Sword Sect cultivators plundered Earth Kingdom citizens.
• Gu Huaibei arrived with Water Kingdom reinforcements, and Chen Changming realized she treated him like a stranger.
• Lancang appeared and tried to grab Chen Changming, but Golden Spirit shattered his attack and demanded to know why the Water Kingdom had mobilized against a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.

Lancang’s attempt to capture Chen Changming was stopped when Golden Spirit and the Metal Kingdom intervened, forcing the Water Kingdom to withdraw. Back at his manor, Chen Changming suspected the Water and Wood Kingdoms had joined forces against him and decided to seek Senior Bi Cang’s help.

• Lancang told Golden Spirit that Water God wanted Chen Changming captured and his memories erased, but Golden Spirit refused to let him be taken.
• Lancang and Golden Spirit fought in the sky as Water Kingdom Nascent Soul cultivators moved to seize Chen Changming, only for Metal Kingdom cultivators to arrive and block them.
• Water God ordered Gu Huaibei to withdraw, and Lancang returned to the Water Kingdom while Jin Ling let him go.
• Green Wood ended his fight with Kun Yue after handing back Earth Kingdom captives and collecting Spirit Stones, and Jin Ling warned Kun Yue about the Water Kingdom’s plans.
• Kun Yue told Chen Changming that Water God had likely erased Gu Huaibei’s memories and promised to protect him.
• Chen Changming suspected Xu Jianjiu and the other Nine Heavens Sword Sect members had helped arrange the capture attempt, then decided to ask Senior Bi Cang for help escaping the Land of No Delusion.

After the Water and Wood Kingdoms’ plan failed, Chen Changming consulted Bi Cang about the Five Direction Gods and summoned Gu Tianxie, who revealed that he had designed the formation behind the Land of No Delusion. Gu Tianxie agreed to accompany Chen Changming to the Water Kingdom to confront Gu Linglong.

• Gu Xingzhou and the Water God, Gu Linglong, agreed to lie low after Golden Spirit disrupted their plan to capture Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming explained his predicament in the Land of No Delusion to Bi Cang, who suggested summoning Gu Tianxie.
• Gu Tianxie recognized the five gods as demigods and revealed that he had designed the initial Five Elements Reversal Grand Formation to help them restore their bloodlines.
• Bi Cang told Gu Tianxie that Gu Linglong had erased Chen Changming’s Dao companion’s memories and was trying to capture him.
• Gu Tianxie asked to meet Gu Linglong, and Chen Changming agreed before quietly leaving the manor.

Chen Changming escaped Earth Kingdom and brought Gu Tianxie's frozen body to Water God Gu Linglong, reuniting the two old acquaintances. Gu Tianxie planned to use a contingency in the Five Elements Reversal Grand Formation to find a way out, while Gu Linglong agreed to restore the memories she had erased from Gu Huaibei.

• Chen Changming disguised himself as a Water Kingdom man, left Earth Kingdom, and slipped into the Divine Temple in Water Kingdom.
• Chen Changming summoned Gu Tianxie's frozen body, and Gu Tianxie reunited with Water God Gu Linglong.
• Gu Tianxie called Chen Changming his benefactor and said Chen Changming would take him to the Spirit Realm.
• Gu Linglong told Gu Tianxie that the five demigods planned to devour one another to survive the coming calamity, and Gu Tianxie proposed using a contingency in the formation to seek a way out.
• Chen Changming confronted Gu Linglong about Gu Huaibei's erased memories, and she promised to restore the memories she had seen.

Chen Changming and Gu Tianxie prepared to escape the Land of No Delusion through the altered water formation, while choosing to rescue Chen Changming’s two Demon Race friends and leave the Nine-Headed Snake behind. Their plan drew the other demigods’ attention, and the five gathered at the Water Kingdom’s Divine Temple in a tense standoff.

• Gu Linglong restored Gu Huaibei’s missing memories, and Chen Changming explained what had happened and introduced her to Gu Tianxie.
• Gu Tianxie spent three days adjusting the water formation and told Chen Changming that an illusory image would soon let them enter the Star Tracing Backflow and escape.
• Gu Linglong said she could rescue people from only one kingdom without alerting the other demigods, so Chen Changming chose his two Demon Race friends over the Nine-Headed Snake.
• Kun Yue noticed Chen Bai was missing, while the Earth God and Metal God sensed the water formation weakening.
• The Fire God and Metal God went to the Water Kingdom’s Divine Temple, where Gu Xingzhou joined them and the five demigods faced off around the temple.

The Five Direction Gods turned against the Water Kingdom’s Divine Temple as Gu Linglong’s water formation weakened, while Gu Tianxie prepared to rescue Ninth Young Master and Ji Hong. The two were brought into the temple, where they found Chen Changming and Gu Linglong.

• Earth God, Metal God, and Fire God formed a temporary alliance to attack the water formation, while Wood God tried to defend the Divine Temple.
• Gu Tianxie warned Chen Changming that taking any Great Five Elements Divine Mountain fragments would collapse the grand formation, then promised him the fragments in exchange for bringing Gu Tianxie and Gu Linglong to the Spirit Realm.
• Metal God, Fire God, and Earth God attacked the Divine Temple with golden blades, flames, and falling boulders as Gu Linglong used the water formation to block them.
• Gu Tianxie ordered Gu Linglong to save Ninth Young Master and Ji Hong, and she used a huge hand of water to seize them from a manor in the Earth Kingdom.
• Ninth Young Master and Ji Hong appeared inside the Divine Temple, where Ninth Young Master saw Gu Linglong and Chen Changming and stared at them in shock.

Chen Changming, Ninth Young Master, and Ji Hong escaped with Gu Linglong and Gu Tianxie from the Land of No Delusion as the Water God’s temple came under attack. Gu Xingzhou stayed behind and used Gu Linglong’s formation chant to threaten the other demigods, while the mystery of the outsiders’ knowledge remained unresolved.

• Chen Changming brought Ninth Young Master and Ji Hong to the Water God Temple while Gu Linglong and Gu Xingzhou fought off the Metal, Fire, and Earth Gods.
• As Gu Xingzhou began to doubt Gu Linglong’s plan, Gu Tianxie gave her a formation chant that she secretly passed to him as a way to save his life.
• A hazy phantom appeared, enveloped Gu Tianxie and the others, and carried them away, leaving the Divine Temple empty.
• The Metal, Fire, and Earth Gods discovered that the Water God had escaped with four people and accused Gu Xingzhou of helping her.
• Gu Xingzhou activated the chant to make the Wood Formation threaten to lose control, forcing the three demigods to withdraw.
• Left alone in the temple, Gu Xingzhou wondered how one of the outsiders knew the Five Elements Reversal Grand Formation before a trembling voice asked where the Water God had gone.

Gu Xingzhou suspected Gu Tianxie had escaped the Five Elements Reversal Grand Formation and resolved to find a way out himself. After Chen Changming and his companions escaped the Land of No Delusion, he returned with Gu Huaibei to White Cloud Island, where they planned to restore her strength and confront Jiang Lingyin.

• Gu Xingzhou learned that Water God had left the Land of No Delusion and concluded that Gu Tianxie had entered it to find Gu Linglong.
• Gu Xingzhou decided to study the flaw in the Water Formation so he could escape and reunite with Gu Linglong.
• Water God, Chen Changming, Gu Linglong, Xiangliu Qianhuan, and Ji Hong emerged from the Star Tracing Backflow vortex, and Chen Changming stored Gu Tianxie's body in the Universe Pagoda.
• Chen Changming promised Xiangliu Qianhuan he would return to the Land of No Delusion to rescue his father, and Xiangliu Qianhuan and Ji Hong pledged their gratitude.
• Chen Changming brought Gu Huaibei to the abandoned Black Dragon Temple on White Cloud Island, where she said she would return to the Ice and Snow Palace after recovering her cultivation to save Ning Bingyue from Jiang Lingyin.

After escaping the Land of No Delusion, Chen Changming had Gu Tianxie restore the missing portions of the Spring Return Immortal Art and spent a year cultivating it to Great Perfection. Gu Huaibei also recovered her peak strength, and the two set out for the Ice and Snow Palace to kill Jiang Lingyin and save her master.

• Chen Changming asked Gu Tianxie to deduce the missing characters in the Spring Return Immortal Art, and Gu Tianxie completed the Jade Slip after more than ten days.
• Chen Changming devoted a year to cultivating the Spring Return Immortal Art and enhanced it to Great Perfection, giving it enough power to counter the Seven Absolutes Poison Needle.
• Gu Huaibei broke through to the tenth level of the Nascent Soul Realm and returned to her peak strength.
• Chen Changming told Gu Huaibei that his Spring Return Immortal Art could detoxify the Seven Absolutes Poison Needle, then embraced her.
• Chen Changming and Gu Huaibei set out for the Ice and Snow Palace to kill Jiang Lingyin and save Gu Huaibei's master.

Chen Changming and Gu Huaibei returned to Mystic Ice Island as Gu Huaibei prepared to confront Jiang Lingyin, while Xiao Jiumei’s breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm brought her into conflict with Ninth Peak’s new master, Qin Zhu. Qin Zhu refused to grant Xiao Jiumei the elder status required by the rules, and Xiao Jiumei stood her ground against the accusations.

• Chen Changming warned Gu Huaibei to beware of Jiang Lingyin’s hidden trump cards and suggested she seek advice from Gu Tianxie about advancing to Spirit Transformation.
• Gu Huaibei hurried with Chen Changming toward Ninth Peak, worried that her disciples had been mistreated during her absence.
• Xiao Jiumei broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm, and Guo Lingyun and the other disciples celebrated her achievement.
• Xiao Jiumei went to Qin Zhu to claim her elder Identity Token, but Qin Zhu stalled and accused her of sharing responsibility for her master’s attack on the Palace Master.
• Xiao Jiumei argued that she had committed no offense and demanded the status required by Ice and Snow Palace rules, while Qin Zhu’s elders accused her of disrespect.

Gu Huaibei returned to Ninth Peak and rescued her disciples after Qin Zhu crippled Xiao Jiumei and an elder severely injured Guo Lingyun. After punishing the elders who had bullied her disciples, Gu Huaibei left with Chen Changming for First Peak to find Jiang Lingyin.

• Qin Zhu denied Xiao Jiumei an elder's Identity Token, and an elder struck Guo Lingyun unconscious when she defended her senior sister.
• Qin Zhu crippled Xiao Jiumei with a sword strike, but Gu Huaibei suddenly appeared and crippled Qin Zhu and the elder in return.
• Chen Changming healed Xiao Jiumei's Dantian with the Spring Return Immortal Art and treated Guo Lingyun's injuries with the Sweet Dew Art.
• Gu Huaibei reunited with her disciples, learned who had bullied them, and crippled the cultivation of the remaining elders who begged for mercy.
• Gu Huaibei and Chen Changming left for First Peak to ask whether Jiang Lingyin was in secluded cultivation, while Xiao Jiumei wondered if Chen Changming was the man she had seen before.

Gu Huaibei learned that Jiang Lingyin had gone to the Seven Absolutes Poison Sect three years earlier, and she and Chen Changming returned to Ninth Peak determined to find her. Gu Huaibei gave Xiao Jiumei pills to restore her cultivation and acknowledged Chen Changming as her Dao companion, while warning her disciples to keep the truth about Jiang Lingyin’s ambush secret.

• Guo Lingyun and Xiao Jiumei discussed how Chen Changming had healed their injuries, including Xiao Jiumei’s destroyed Dantian.
• The First Peak Master told Gu Huaibei that Jiang Lingyin had gone to the Seven Absolutes Poison Sect three years ago and had not returned.
• Gu Huaibei and Chen Changming considered why Jiang Lingyin had gone there and resolved to capture her despite the sect’s possible hidden experts.
• Back at Ninth Peak, Gu Huaibei gave Xiao Jiumei Spring Return Pills to help her regain her Nascent Soul cultivation.
• Gu Huaibei openly introduced Chen Changming as her Dao companion, then told her disciples that Jiang Lingyin had used the Seven Absolutes Poison Needle to ambush her and ordered them to keep the matter secret.