Recaps

Qing Mo pressured Yun Zhiyi to choose between abandoning her plan to make him fall for her and accepting his demand for a guarantee of safety. Yun Zhiyi finally agreed to give herself to him and secured the Recording Stone, leaving her poised to act on her decision.

• Qing Mo welcomed Yun Zhiyi back and teased her about delaying her return after completing her mission.
• Yun Zhiyi admitted she wanted Qing Mo to develop feelings for her but asked to avoid the intimate terms he had previously demanded.
• Qing Mo refused to pursue her, warning that she expected him to risk his life while giving up nothing herself.
• After considering his objections, Yun Zhiyi decided to proceed and ordered Xiao Yayun to leave them alone.
• Qing Mo sealed Xiao Yayun's cultivation, and Yun Zhiyi restricted the Recording Stone and threatened anyone who exposed it.
• Yun Zhiyi promised to devote herself to Qing Mo if he truly developed feelings for her, then removed her clothes.

Yun Zhiyi gave Qing Mo a Recording Stone and a wisp of her divine soul imprint as guarantees for their agreement, while Qing Mo learned that she intended to use the emotions she developed for him to pursue the Emotionless Dao. More than a month later, Yun Zhiyi confronted him for not visiting her, then joined Qing Mo and Xiao Yayun for a meal as Qing Mo decided to keep acting along with her plan.

• Yun Zhiyi exposed herself for the Recording Stone, then handed Qing Mo a wisp of her divine soul imprint in exchange for his promise to fall in love with her.
• After Yun Zhiyi left, Qing Mo restored Xiao Yayun's cultivation and told her that Yun Zhiyi planned to sever her feelings for him as part of her pursuit of the Emotionless Dao.
• More than a month later, Yun Zhiyi barged into Qing Mo's courtyard and demanded to know why he had not visited or contacted her.
• Qing Mo explained that sect rules and the risk of Jun Zile's people seeing him had kept him away, and Yun Zhiyi admitted she had come discreetly.
• Yun Zhiyi joined Qing Mo and Xiao Yayun at the grill and asked Qing Mo to cook meat for her, while Qing Mo planned to play along with her scheme.

Qing Mo deepened Yun Zhiyi’s affection by reciting poems and invited her on a date in Righteous Sun City, where he sought a rare Divine Origin Purple Star Ore. When an arrogant young master challenged him to compete in array inscription to win the ore, Qing Mo confidently prepared to show his skill.

• Yun Zhiyi gave Qing Mo a token and communication jade talisman, then grew flustered as he teased her about her feelings for him.
• Qing Mo recited poems for Yun Zhiyi, who became more enamored and agreed to meet him for a date outside the sect’s territory.
• Qing Mo gave Xiao Yayun a book called An Actor's Self-Cultivation and warned her to keep playing her part in his scheme.
• Qing Mo brought Xiao Yayun to Righteous Sun City, where Yun Zhiyi joined them and the three searched the shops for rare goods.
• Qing Mo found the Divine Origin Purple Star Ore, which its owner would trade only for an array disk meeting strict requirements and beating any competing entry.
• A richly dressed young master challenged for the ore, and Qing Mo confidently said he would demonstrate his array-inscription ability.

Qing Mo outperformed a lavishly dressed young master by inscribing two hundred compatible formations onto an array disk, winning the rare divine ore and leaving his rival enraged. As Qing Mo walked with Yun Zhiyi and Xiao Yayun, Yun Zhiyi asked which side of him was real, and he answered that both were.

• Qing Mo and the lavishly dressed young master competed to inscribe array disks, and Qing Mo used both hands to create formations while his rival struggled and made a damaging mistake.
• Qing Mo finished an array disk containing two hundred formations, demonstrated their compatibility, and won the major client's rare divine ore.
• Qing Mo refused the client's additional reward and mocked the defeated young master, who reacted with jealousy and killing intent.
• Qing Mo walked with Yun Zhiyi and Xiao Yayun, bought them matching divine jade hairpins, and showed affection toward both women.
• Yun Zhiyi asked Qing Mo which of his contrasting personalities was real, and he said that both were.

Qing Mo admitted to Yun Zhiyi that the talents and flaws she had seen in “Han Wei” all belonged to him, then helped her defeat the ambushers outside Righteous Sun City. After returning to the sect, he grew closer to Yun Zhiyi, who welcomed his visits but asked him to wait before taking their relationship further.

• Qing Mo told Yun Zhiyi that his apparent laziness, womanizing, and hidden skills were all genuine, and the three spent a carefree day sightseeing in Righteous Sun City.
• Xiao Yayun warned that their pursuers had followed them, and Qing Mo and Yun Zhiyi went to confront the flamboyant young master and his servants outside the city.
• Qing Mo secretly killed the young master's God King Realm protector, crippled and killed the young master, while Yun Zhiyi cut down the servants with her sword.
• After several more days of sightseeing, Qing Mo and Yun Zhiyi returned to the Flame Universe Divine Sect, where Yun Zhiyi kissed his cheek before leaving for Goddess Peak.
• When Qing Mo visited Yun Zhiyi again, he kissed her and held her on his lap, and she asked him to refrain from going further until she was ready.

Yun Zhiyi prompted Jun Zile to seek new poems from Qing Mo, and Jun Zile eagerly passed off Qing Mo’s work as his own for her approval. Qing Mo charged him five hundred thousand high-grade divine stones, leaving Jun Zile unaware that Yun Zhiyi and Qing Mo had both used him to obtain what they wanted.

• Yun Zhiyi praised Jun Zile’s calligraphy and asked him to bring her more poems and lyrics, prompting him to visit Qing Mo for help.
• Xiao Yayun welcomed Jun Zile to Qing Mo’s courtyard, where Qing Mo agreed to provide him with new works.
• Qing Mo recited two celebrated poems, and Jun Zile copied them down, delighted at the prospect of impressing Yun Zhiyi.
• Qing Mo requested five hundred thousand high-grade divine stones for the poems, and Jun Zile reluctantly agreed to send the resources the next day.
• After Jun Zile left, Xiao Yayun questioned Qing Mo’s profiteering, and Qing Mo reasoned that Yun Zhiyi had deliberately arranged the visit to obtain his poetry.

Qing Mo, posing as Han Wei, met Yun Zhiyi on Goddess Peak and charmed her with a sword dance and famous poems. After they wrote the poems together, Yun Zhiyi asked him to carry her to bed, and Qing Mo agreed.

• Yun Zhiyi invited Han Wei to Goddess Peak and promised to dance her sword for him beneath the moon.
• Qing Mo accepted the invitation, then arrived at the palace garden and watched Yun Zhiyi perform her sword dance.
• Qing Mo praised Yun Zhiyi and recited Song of Pure Peace and another poem, deepening her admiration for him.
• Yun Zhiyi and Qing Mo embraced and kissed, then wrote the poems together at the stone table.
• Yun Zhiyi told Qing Mo to carry her to bed, and he carried her into her room.

After more than twenty years of secretly living as husband and wife, Qing Mo and Yun Zhiyi had grown genuinely attached while Yun Zhiyi still planned to kill him to advance her Emotionless Dao. Qing Mo joined her in a secret realm and let her approach with her sword, leaving her attack underway.

• Over two decades, Qing Mo and Yun Zhiyi traveled together and became emotionally close while keeping their relationship secret from the sect.
• Angel Leng and the other women returned, learned that Yun Zhiyi was nearing the moment to attack Qing Mo, and spent several days with him before leaving to destroy the Kong Family.
• Yun Zhiyi invited Qing Mo to enter an upcoming secret realm with her alone, and he agreed while concealing that he knew her intentions.
• Qing Mo and Yun Zhiyi shared a moonlit evening in the Goddess Palace garden before entering the secret realm together.
• At a cliff inside the secret realm, Yun Zhiyi moved behind Qing Mo and thrust her divine sword toward his back.

Yun Zhiyi abandoned the final strike against Qing Mo, losing her cultivation and nearing death, but he restored her and she confessed her love. She gave up the Unfeeling Dao, chose to be with him, and later welcomed him to the Goddess Palace for a private evening.

• Yun Zhiyi dropped her sword instead of stabbing Qing Mo, and her Dao Heart shattered as her cultivation and life force rapidly declined.
• Qing Mo revealed he had known about Yun Zhiyi's original plan and listened as she admitted that she truly loved him and did not regret giving up the strike.
• Qing Mo restored Yun Zhiyi's cultivation, vitality, and Dao Heart, and she embraced him and vowed to stop cultivating the Unfeeling Dao.
• Qing Mo told Xiao Yayun that Yun Zhiyi had sincerely chosen him, then went to the Goddess Palace garden that night.
• Yun Zhiyi danced for Qing Mo, shared pastries with him, and accompanied him to the rear hall.

Qing Mo learned that the System would send him to the Tang Dynasty in the second year of Zhenguan and arranged for He Xi and Little Qingluan to accompany him. After saying goodbye to Yun Zhiyi and Xiao Yayun, he entered the passage to the new world with his companions.

• Qing Mo’s System told him they would travel to a parallel Tang Dynasty during the second year of Zhenguan.
• Qing Mo drew Mo Yanyu’s name to visit him and split off essence-energy clones to spend time with the girls in other domains.
• Qing Mo persuaded He Xi to lend him Little Qingluan, agreeing that He Xi could come along to care for it.
• Qing Mo visited Yun Zhiyi and Xiao Yayun, told them he would be leaving soon, and asked them to wait for his return.
• Qing Mo welcomed Mo Yanyu and He Xi, then rode with them and Little Qingluan through the System’s passage toward the Tang Dynasty.

Qing Mo and his companions arrived in Zhenguan-era Chang'an, where Li Shimin and his court mistook their arrival with divine beasts for a heavenly sign. Qing Mo revealed that they came from the future and warned of a locust plague, then praised Li Shimin as an emperor for the ages before an old minister challenged his praise of Qin Shi Huang.

• A rift opened over Chang'an, and Da Bai and Little Qingluan emerged as the people and Li Shimin watched in fear.
• Qing Mo, Mo Yanyu, and He Xi descended into the palace square, where Li Shimin welcomed them and asked their names and origins.
• Qing Mo explained that they were transmigrators from nearly 1,400 years in the future and warned that a severe locust plague would strike Guanzhong in the second year of Zhenguan.
• Qing Mo told Li Shimin that later generations regarded him as an emperor for the ages, alongside Ying Zheng and Liu Che.
• An old minister angrily disputed Qing Mo's praise of the First Emperor of Qin and challenged his ranking.

Qing Mo praised Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun, then gave her a divine gown and cured her inherited illness, changing her fate. He refined pills for the court and restored Qin Qiong to his peak condition, leaving Li Shimin and his ministers eager for the immortal's gifts.

• Qing Mo defended the First Emperor of Qin and Emperor Wu of Han as emperors for the ages, then praised Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun.
• Qing Mo had Little Qingluan give Empress Zhangsun a divine feather gown and cured her chronic illness, rewriting her fate.
• Da Bai threatened Cheng Yaojin for calling him a big bug, while Qing Mo reassured Cheng Yaojin about his future blessings.
• Li Shimin asked Qing Mo for a gift, and Qing Mo refined nearly a hundred pills in a golden flame cauldron.
• Qing Mo gave Qin Qiong a pill that healed his old injuries and restored his body to its peak condition.

Qing Mo gave Li Shimin Snow-Fragrance Jade Dew Pills and spirit horses, then revealed Yinzi as a dragon and used two of his scales to make imperial robes and armor. At the banquet, Mo Yanyu told Du Ruhui that history recorded his death from illness in two years, leaving him terrified.

• Qing Mo gave Li Shimin ninety-nine Snow-Fragrance Jade Dew Pills and explained how medicinal dregs could also be used.
• Qing Mo presented Li Shimin with spirit horses, and the Horse King challenged him to stay on its back for three shichen before accepting him as master.
• Li Shimin invited Qing Mo, Mo Yanyu, and He Xi to serve as the Tang Dynasty's Imperial Masters Protecting the Nation, then asked about Li Chengqian's future.
• Qing Mo revealed Yinzi as a silver dragon and gave Li Shimin two dragon scales, which became a powerful dragon robe and silver armor.
• Mo Yanyu praised Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui's future reputations, then revealed that Du Ruhui would die of illness in the fourth year of Zhenguan, causing him to nearly collapse.

Qing Mo helped Li Shimin secure Du Ruhui’s recovery and praised the emperor with later generations’ assessments, then privately revealed the grim fate awaiting Crown Prince Li Chengqian. The chapter ended with Li Shimin, Empress Zhangsun, and Li Chengqian reeling from the news that Chengqian would rebel, lose his position, and die young.

• Du Ruhui swallowed an elixir from Li Shimin, recovered his health, and pledged to serve the Tang Dynasty for decades.
• Qing Mo advised Li Shimin to make officials earn elixirs through merit, and Li Shimin agreed.
• Qing Mo showed the court later generations’ praise of Li Shimin and foretold Li Jing’s defeat of the Eastern Turks and Jieli Khagan’s capture.
• After the banquet, Qing Mo discussed his plans with Mo Yanyu and He Xi, then agreed to tell Li Shimin about the Tang Dynasty’s future.
• Li Shimin summoned Empress Zhangsun and Li Chengqian, and Qing Mo told them that Chengqian would never become emperor.
• Qing Mo said Li Chengqian would rebel in the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, be stripped of his title and exiled, then die at twenty-six; Li Shimin’s family was left in shock.

Qing Mo showed Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun how their favoritism and treatment of Li Chengqian led to the Crown Prince’s rebellion in the original history. After watching Li Chengqian confront and condemn his father, Li Shimin was left devastated, while his wife and son looked at him with fear and distance.

• Qing Mo explained that Li Chengqian’s leg injury, Li Shimin’s indulgence of Li Tai, and officials’ constant criticism had helped drive the Crown Prince toward rebellion.
• Qing Mo showed the family a scene from the original history in which Li Chengqian challenged Li Shimin over his preference for Li Tai and his own insecurity as Crown Prince.
• Li Chengqian accused Li Shimin of betraying his family and mother, then endured a whipping before confronting his father over the violence at Black Tortoise Gate.
• Li Chengqian threatened to die before his mother’s grave and condemn Li Shimin before their ancestors, then limped out of the hall.
• Li Shimin coughed up blood after watching Li Chengqian leave, and Qing Mo restored him with tea.
• Li Shimin turned to Empress Zhangsun and Li Chengqian, saw their fear and distance, and burst into tears.

Li Shimin’s fear that his favoritism toward Li Tai could destroy his relationship with Li Chengqian led Empress Zhangsun to ask Qing Mo to take the Crown Prince as his student. Qing Mo accepted, and his first lesson pushed Li Shimin to promise his son more affection, leaving Li Chengqian eager to learn and his father wary of Qing Mo’s advice.

• Qing Mo explained how Li Shimin’s later favoritism toward Li Tai and the weakening of the Eastern Palace had endangered Li Chengqian, prompting Li Shimin to admit his mistakes and promise that Chengqian alone would remain Crown Prince.
• Empress Zhangsun asked Qing Mo to teach Li Chengqian, and Qing Mo agreed after the Crown Prince pledged to study hard and become a capable emperor.
• Li Chengqian bowed to Qing Mo and became his student; Qing Mo told Li Shimin and Li Chengqian that later generations freely learned the arts of rulership, which he also called dragon-slaying arts.
• Qing Mo’s first lesson advised Li Chengqian to appeal to his imperial grandfather if Li Shimin mistreated him and joked that he could honor his father with the temple name Chengzu.
• Alarmed, Li Shimin apologized for neglecting Chengqian and promised to cherish him, while asking Qing Mo to teach his son proper learning rather than crooked ideas.

Li Shimin learned how Li Tai lost the succession, how Wu Zetian seized power, and how the Tang Dynasty later fell, while Qing Mo advised him not to kill Wu Zetian but to keep her under watch. The chapter ended with Li Shimin horrified to learn that the An Lushan Rebellion caused thirty-six million casualties over eight years.

• Qing Mo told Li Shimin that Li Tai had proposed killing his sons to pass the throne to his brothers, so Li Shimin instead made Li Zhi Crown Prince and demoted Li Tai.
• Qing Mo praised Li Zhi’s rule, then revealed that Li Zhi married Li Shimin’s Talented Lady, who became Wu Zetian and took the throne; Li Shimin vomited blood and fainted.
• After Li Chengqian helped him drink Qing Mo’s enchanted tea, Li Shimin woke and learned that Wu Zetian was Wu Shiyue’s young daughter.
• Qing Mo warned Li Shimin not to kill Wu Zetian because her imperial destiny would pass to another woman, and advised him to keep her confined in the palace when she arrived.
• Qing Mo described Wu Zetian’s mixed legacy and the Tang Dynasty’s later restoration, Kaiyuan Golden Age, and decline after the An Lushan Rebellion.
• Li Shimin learned that the Tang Dynasty lasted 289 years under twenty-one emperors and that the An Lushan Rebellion caused thirty-six million casualties over eight years.

Qing Mo recounted the An Lushan Rebellion and Li Longji’s disastrous rule, enraging Li Shimin, then reassured him that the tragedies would not be repeated in this altered Tang Dynasty. He taught Li Chengqian the way of a ruler and challenged Li Shimin to interpret a poem for a wager, then left to show Li Chengqian Black Tortoise Gate.

• Qing Mo described the An Lushan Rebellion, the fall of Chang’an, and Li Longji’s abuses, prompting Li Shimin to rage at the future emperor’s survival.
• Li Chengqian asked whether Qing Mo could take them to the Tianbao era, and Qing Mo promised to do so once his strength recovered.
• Qing Mo taught Li Chengqian to rule through a balance of benevolent governance at home and strength abroad, and Li Chengqian vowed to remember his instruction.
• Qing Mo proposed a wager with Li Shimin: he would write a poem for Li Shimin to interpret, while the loser would provide either a meal from Empress Zhangsun or a world map.
• Qing Mo wrote “Clouds are in the sky; clear water is in the bottle!” and left Li Shimin to ponder its hidden imperial strategies.
• Qing Mo asked Li Chengqian to show him Black Tortoise Gate, leaving Li Shimin displeased by the reminder of his past.

Qing Mo took Li Chengqian to Xuanwu Gate, explained its place in Tang history, and introduced him to photography with a Polaroid camera. Three days later, Qing Mo revealed five layers of imperial statecraft to Li Shimin, then presented a rolled sheet that promised to let the emperor see the world.

• Qing Mo explained to Li Chengqian that later generations judged Li Shimin by his achievements, while the Xuanwu Gate Incident inspired repeated struggles for power in the Tang Dynasty.
• Li Chengqian led Qing Mo to Xuanwu Gate, where Qing Mo took photographs and taught Li Chengqian and the soldiers how to use a Polaroid camera.
• Three days later, Li Chengqian complained that Li Shimin had taken his camera, and Qing Mo promised him two more before they went to hear Li Shimin's interpretation of the poem.
• Li Shimin presented three layers of statecraft he had discerned, and Qing Mo explained the poem's five layers for Li Shimin and Li Chengqian to study.
• Qing Mo produced a rolled sheet and asked Li Shimin whether he was ready to become the first person of his age to open his eyes and see the world.

Qing Mo showed Li Shimin and Li Chengqian a detailed world map and identified grassland gold mines, fertile Liaodong, and India as resources that could enrich the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin summoned his ministers to debate how to pursue these lands, and Wei Zheng unexpectedly urged him to send troops at once.

• Li Shimin sealed the Hall of Establishing Governance and studied Qing Mo’s world map with Li Chengqian, then asked where the Tang Dynasty should focus its efforts.
• Qing Mo pointed out gold mines in the grasslands and fertile black soil in Liaodong, and Li Shimin declared that the Tang Dynasty would claim and develop them.
• Qing Mo described India’s immense farmland and harvests, prompting Li Shimin and Li Chengqian to resolve to plan for its acquisition.
• Li Shimin ordered Li Chengqian to summon ministers including Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Li Jing, and Tang Jian for a strategy discussion.
• Li Chengqian briefed the assembled ministers on the map and its promised resources, and the officials debated the opportunities and risks.
• Wei Zheng unexpectedly demanded that Li Shimin dispatch troops immediately to claim the lands for the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin and his ministers debated reclaiming the Tang Dynasty’s resource-rich lands after Qing Mo revealed the gold and silver awaiting them abroad. Qing Mo urged them to build their strength first, then offered to take Li Chengqian to the Western Regions to trade goods for great profit.

• Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and the other ministers urged Li Shimin to send troops after learning about the Tang Dynasty’s gold mines and fertile lands beyond its borders.
• Qing Mo described enormous overseas silver and gold deposits, but advised Li Shimin to focus first on the grasslands, Liaodong, and India because the Tang Dynasty could not yet wage war across the sea.
• Qing Mo explained his conservative stance by saying conservatives considered radicals too conservative, prompting Li Shimin and the officials to embrace the label.
• Qing Mo noticed Zhangsun Wuji’s depleted kidney qi, promised to make him restorative pills, and told the other men that they also had varying degrees of deficiency.
• Qing Mo planned to take Li Chengqian to the Western Regions with porcelain and fabric to trade for gold and spices; Li Shimin and Wei Zheng changed their minds after hearing how profitable the venture could be.

Qing Mo gathered the Tang court’s leaders to plan an inspection of the Western Regions, praised Li Jing’s future conquest of Wolf’s Lair, and described Zhu Di’s achievements to spur Li Shimin’s ambition. He then revealed Tang Jian’s future misfortune as an envoy and offered him a chance to become China’s first overseas pioneer instead.

• Qing Mo arranged for the officials to travel to the Western Regions in seven days and told Li Jing he would capture Jieli and achieve Sealing Wolf’s Lair.
• Qing Mo praised Zhu Di’s campaigns and accomplishments, prompting Li Shimin to vow to build a flourishing age worthy of the title Great Emperor.
• Qing Mo revealed that Zhu Di had regarded Li Shimin as his idol, delighting Li Shimin and lifting his jealousy.
• Qing Mo told Tang Jian that Li Jing’s attack during his future mission to the Eastern Turks would cost Tang Jian’s relatives their lives and leave him cursing Li Jing.
• Qing Mo showed Tang Jian the silver mountain on the Wa Islands and the gold mountain on Luzon, then invited him to become an envoy who would help China open overseas territories.

Tang Jian and the court ministers competed for chances to make their families famous through overseas expansion, while Qing Mo outlined plans for India and the northeastern kingdoms. Li Chengqian learned about trading glass in the Western Regions and delivered a full-length mirror to Empress Zhangsun, leaving her delighted by the gift.

• Qing Mo promised Tang Jian the title of the first man from China to pioneer lands overseas, and Tang Jian fought off Cheng Yaojin's attempt to take the honor.
• Tang Jian and other ministers volunteered their younger relatives as envoys to India, but Qing Mo said India had been Chinese territory since ancient times and suggested competing instead for Silla, Baekje, and Goguryeo.
• Li Chengqian examined glass goods and proposed creating a regular merchant caravan to trade them in the Western Regions; Qing Mo, Mo Yanyu, and He Xi advised him to plan carefully and delegate.
• Li Chengqian took Little Qingluan and a full-length glass mirror to Empress Zhangsun, who was astonished and pleased by the mirror.

Qing Mo showed Li Shimin and his court a steam train and explained its potential to transport people and supplies across the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin committed to building railways despite the enormous cost, and Qing Mo began outlining the preparations needed to make them.

• As Qing Mo and the others traveled through the Western Regions, he explained that he was planning routes for future railway stations and tracks.
• Qing Mo showed Li Shimin, Li Chengqian, and the officials a steam train on a light screen and described its speed and carrying capacity.
• Li Chengqian explained that trains could carry thousands of people and heavy cargo without tiring, persuading Li Shimin and the officials of their military and practical value.
• After Qing Mo warned that each kilometer of track required more than thirty tons of iron, Li Chengqian urged the court to overcome the cost by gathering resources from wealthy families and beyond Tang territory.
• Li Shimin resolved to build railways across Tang and outward to the Western Regions and Liaodong, and Qing Mo assigned preparations for iron, coal, workshops, craftsmen, routes, stations, and train operations.

Qing Mo and Li Shimin sold their porcelain, cloth, and Glaze wares to a Western Regions merchants' guild for gold and spices, opening a promising trade connection. Meanwhile, Empress Zhangsun received a fine-salt refining method from He Xi and prepared Western Regions food with Mo Yanyu; the story left Qing Mo planning future business in Chang'an.

• Qing Mo showed the goods to Maimaiti, also known as Zhao Youcai, and the guild agreed to buy the entire shipment at his quoted price.
• Li Shimin had Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Zhangsun Wuji oversee the exchange while he and the others dined with the guild leader.
• Mo Yanyu conjured grills and ingredients for Empress Zhangsun, and He Xi gave her a method for refining fine salt.
• Fang Xuanling reported that the transaction had brought more gold and spices than expected, so the party bought extra carriages to carry them.
• Qing Mo promised Maimaiti that he would provide more goods when the merchant visited him in Chang'an, and Maimaiti agreed to seek him out.