Recaps

After obtaining the Six-Qi True Formula and the Clear-Mystery Pivot-Qi Formation, Chen Lingxi studied both in the Total Perception Divine Chamber and learned to observe the qi of the world. He left unsure which qi to gather first, then decided to investigate whether Lin Zhongming’s Demon Banner was a Cauldron Artifact Fragment.

• The Credit Peddler watched Chen Lingxi enter Ancestral Mountain, declared that he no longer owed Immortal Capital, and glimpsed a ruined complex beyond the clouds before disappearing into the rocks.
• Chen Lingxi returned to his cave on Inlaid Gold Mountain and absorbed the Six-Qi True Formula from the jade pendant.
• Chen Lingxi memorized the cultivation method and used its Qi Observation technique to perceive the qi in the cave, mountains, clouds, and morning sun.
• Chen Lingxi considered which qi to gather first but decided to wait until he returned to the real world.
• Chen Lingxi studied the Clear-Mystery Pivot-Qi Formation from the bamboo slip and resolved to check whether Lin Zhongming’s Demon Banner was a Cauldron Artifact Fragment.

Chen Lingxi infiltrated Mysterious Unity Temple and discovered a blood-devouring demonic banner, but its caretaker, a terrifyingly powerful old man, drove him away. After escaping to Inlaid Gold Mountain and treating his injuries, Chen Lingxi sensed intense spiritual qi fluctuations two days later.

• Chen Lingxi secretly entered Mysterious Unity Temple and saw foul qi leaking from a massive black banner covered in living talismans.
• An old man fed a basin of flesh and blood to the banner, whose tendrils devoured it along with a young woman's severed finger.
• The old man sensed Chen Lingxi and attacked; Chen Lingxi used the Dragon Roar Technique, Purple True Treasure Aura, and his saber to escape with injuries.
• Chen Lingxi fled through the Yuan River to Inlaid Gold Mountain and concluded that the old man had reached major accomplishment in the Jade-Qi Realm.
• Chen Lingxi wondered why he had not seen Lin Zhongming and decided he would need Zhao Yong's help to pursue the banner.
• Two days later, Chen Lingxi sensed intense spiritual qi fluctuations and wondered whether someone was fighting with spells again.

Chen Lingxi witnessed a powerful woman battle several cultivators in the distant clouds and suspected she was Consort Chun. Back in his cave, an injured young cultivator ambushed him, then asked him for something to heal his wounds.

• Chen Lingxi climbed Inlaid Gold Mountain and used Qi Observation to witness a woman on a flying boat destroy one spiritual qi aura and drive off others with her spells.
• Chen Lingxi judged that the woman had reached the Upper Three Floors and suspected she was Consort Chun, then returned to his cave to study the formation and cultivate.
• Chen Lingxi sensed danger near his cave and dodged an almost invisible ice blade that narrowly missed his throat.
• An injured young man emerged from the mist, and Chen Lingxi recognized him as a likely participant in the attack on the woman.
• The young man said he cultivated the Whale-Swallowing Method and asked Chen Lingxi for something to heal his wounds; Chen Lingxi asked what he wanted.

Chen Lingxi fought a severely wounded Qi Circulation Sixth Floor cultivator, who eventually escaped, then watched Consort Chun’s procession arrive in Yuan River Prefecture. Using the Qi-Observation Technique, Chen Lingxi discovered a mysterious reserve of Treasure Qi within Lin Longyue and resolved to make it the foundation of his first qi.

• Chen Lingxi traded spells and weapons with the injured cultivator, broke through his defenses with a Spiritual Arrow, and watched him retreat into the mist.
• Chen Lingxi decided he could prepare for another encounter and hoped to capture the cultivator to learn the secrets of the Great World.
• Chen Lingxi hid in Riverwatch Tower as Consort Chun’s procession entered Yuan River Prefecture, and he recognized her from Inlaid Gold Mountain.
• Chen Lingxi used the Qi-Observation Technique to spot numerous powerful figures in the procession and saw Yunhe Commandery Princess board Consort Chun’s carriage.
• Chen Lingxi observed that filthy qi was carving a formation into Lin Longyue while mysterious Treasure Qi lay dormant within her body.
• Chen Lingxi suspected Crown Prince Ying Chi and Lin Suri knew Lin Longyue’s secret, and he resolved to cultivate her Treasure Qi as his first qi.

Chen Lingxi met Lin Longyue at Salt Shoal, where she had brought three Silver Peace Court retainers while a fourth hid in the river. He killed all four Golden Bodies and knocked Lin Longyue unconscious to investigate her Treasure Qi.

• Consort Chun arrived at the Baosu Marquis Residence, and Chen Lingxi secretly followed Liu Que before leaving the city.
• After receiving Chen Lingxi's letter, Lin Longyue decided to meet him at Salt Shoal while Consort Chun was away.
• Lin Longyue met Chen Lingxi and showed him the pills Consort Chun had given her, while three retainers emerged from the pine forest and another hid in the river.
• Chen Lingxi exposed the hidden enemy with a flick of purple light, then killed two Golden Body retainers with his Spiritual Arrow.
• Chen Lingxi defeated Zhao Qinglou with his saber, killing the fourth Golden Body, then knocked Lin Longyue unconscious to examine her Treasure Qi.

Chen Lingxi explored Lin Longyue’s hidden Treasure Qi in Total Perception, then returned to the cave and prepared to ambush the injured Qi Circulation Sixth Floor cultivator. As faint spiritual fluctuations came from the sea of clouds, Chen Lingxi concealed his aura and began his plan to capture the man alive.

• Chen Lingxi discovered that Lin Longyue’s body contained dormant Mysterious Qi far more valuable than the spiritual energy the Crown Prince’s formation had been draining.
• Chen Lingxi ended Total Perception and returned with the bamboo slip recording the Clear-Mystery Pivot-Qi Formation, then noticed its aura seemed slightly altered.
• Chen Lingxi resisted the Soul-Severing Pill’s alluring fragrance and prepared it as a possible trap while disguising its scent with ordinary medicinal herbs.
• Chen Lingxi readied the Spiritual Arrow and relied on the Undying Willow Branch to absorb one potentially fatal blow if he could not defeat his opponent directly.
• When faint spiritual fluctuations came from the sea of clouds, Chen Lingxi stood and concealed his aura to draw the injured cultivator into his ambush.

Chen Lingxi used his knowledge of the young man's ambush to capture him alive and cripple him. He learned that the captive was Xi Mu, a disciple of the Xi Family of Que Ten Stars, and began questioning him about how he had found the cave.

• Chen Lingxi hid a spirit arrow in an old pine and baited the young man into repeating his previous ambush.
• When the young man emerged from the fog, Chen Lingxi's arrow pierced his heart, and Chen Lingxi severed an arm and a leg before knocking him down with Shattered Jade.
• Chen Lingxi sealed the young man's wounds, took his belongings, and carried him into the cave alive.
• Chen Lingxi damaged the young man's qi sea and threatened his heart until he revealed that he was Xi Mu of the Xi Family of Que Ten Stars.
• Xi Mu explained that his Whale-Swallowing Method had detected lingering spiritual qi and led him to the cave, and Chen Lingxi ordered him to answer further questions.

Chen Lingxi questioned Xi Mu about the Cave Heaven, the Cauldron Vessel, and the Great World, then learned that Xi Yu had entered the Cave Heaven and become a powerful cultivator. He resolved to survive the coming disaster by reaching the Heavenward Third Floor, while putting aside his complicated memories of Xi Yu.

• Chen Lingxi learned from Xi Mu that the Xi Family True Lord planned to refine the Cave Heaven and forge a Great, Mysterious Golden Grotto for Xi Hengsu.
• Chen Lingxi threatened Xi Mu's Qi Sea, prompting him to reveal that a talisman found at Heaven Gate Sea might lead to the Cauldron Vessel.
• Xi Mu explained that Great World cultivators entered through the Rebirth Pool and that natives could leave by reaching the Heavenward Third Floor.
• Chen Lingxi made Xi Mu open his Hongdong Bag and took the sealed treasures inside.
• Xi Mu revealed that Xi Yu, a disciple of the Luyang Xi Family and Chen Lingxi's childhood companion, had reached the eighth floor of Qi Circulation and was nearing the Ninth Floor.
• Chen Lingxi recalled his past with Xi Yu, then buried those memories and returned to considering how to survive.

Chen Lingxi detected Xi Mu's attempt to send a message, killed him, and used an Undying Willow Branch to turn his corpse into a powerful puppet. After relocating to Bridge Mechanism Mountain, he began examining the treasures he had taken from Xi Mu.

• Chen Lingxi noticed spiritual qi leaking from Xi Mu's finger and suspected Xi Mu had sent a message, but killed him despite Xi Mu's pleas.
• Chen Lingxi placed an Undying Willow Branch in Xi Mu's mouth, and the branch restored Xi Mu's body and cultivation as an Undying Willow Puppet.
• Chen Lingxi tested the puppet's spell and saw it condense mist into a powerful ice saber, giving him combat strength comparable to a Qi Circulation Sixth Floor cultivator.
• Worried Xi Mu's message might bring pursuers, Chen Lingxi left Inlaid Gold Mountain and settled in a cave on Bridge Mechanism Mountain.
• Chen Lingxi arranged Xi Mu's three jade boxes, two stone caskets, and one wooden case to inspect his accumulated treasures.

Chen Lingxi examined Xi Mu’s belongings and acquired Spirit Stones, talismans, and a mysterious ring, including a blood talisman that sealed Xi Yu’s palm strike. He followed Lin Longyue from the Baosu Marquis Residence to an estate where Chu Linzi and Yunhe Commandery Princess were gathered.

• Chen Lingxi found three Spirit Stones and two powerful talismans in Xi Mu’s belongings, but he lacked the cultivation to activate the first two.
• Chen Lingxi discovered that a mysterious ring increased his Total Perception, though its intricate formation was beyond his ability to refine.
• Chen Lingxi triggered a vision from a blood talisman and learned that it sealed the remaining power of Xi Yu’s palm strike.
• Chen Lingxi put away Xi Mu’s treasures and turned his attention to the hidden Treasure Qi within Lin Longyue.
• Chen Lingxi followed Lin Longyue’s carriage to an estate outside Yuan River Prefecture and watched her enter.
• Chen Lingxi secretly entered the estate and saw Chu Linzi and Yunhe Commandery Princess seated in the main hall.

Chen Lingxi discovered that the Yunhe Commandery Princess, Chu Linzi, Jiang Runian, and Liu Yuqing were draining vital essence from their companions while youths were bled to death in the rear courtyard. He awakened Lin Longyue, confronted the four as the Spirit-Wielding General, and accused them of holding a demonic feast.

• At Chu Linzi's garden banquet, Chen Lingxi saw the four guests secretly devouring vital essence from Lin Longyue and their companions.
• Chen Lingxi followed a spiritual-energy fluctuation to the rear courtyard, where he found youths' corpses and their blood flowing into a pool.
• Chen Lingxi used a sound like a dragon's roar to awaken Lin Longyue and reveal the others' sinister activity to her.
• A masked Chen Lingxi entered the hall, introduced himself as the Spirit-Wielding General, and ignored Chu Linzi's warning about the Eastern King.
• Chen Lingxi pointed at the Yunhe Commandery Princess, Chu Linzi, Jiang Runian, and Liu Yuqing and condemned them for harming their friends and taking the youths' blood.

Chen Lingxi confronted Yunhe Commandery Princess and her companions, revealed their cultivation came from devouring Lin Longyue’s treasured body, and unleashed a powerful figure from the mist to overwhelm them. He unmasked himself to the gravely wounded princess, who recognized the slave she had abused, and prepared to kill her.

• Chen Lingxi said he had killed Yang Zhuri and arrived at the feast with killing intent, while Yunhe Commandery Princess, Chu Linzi, Jiang Runian, Liu Yuqing, and the zither player revealed their formidable Golden Body cultivation.
• Chen Lingxi told Lin Longyue that the group had devoured her treasured body to cultivate, then used the Dragon Roar Technique to silence Yunhe Commandery Princess and suppress everyone in the courtyard.
• Chen Lingxi summoned a man from the mist, who countered the five experts’ attacks and killed Jiang Runian, Liu Yuqing, and the zither player while gravely wounding Yunhe Commandery Princess and Chu Linzi.
• Chen Lingxi stomped Chu Linzi to death, carried the wounded Yunhe Commandery Princess to the rear courtyard, and removed his ghost mask.
• Yunhe Commandery Princess recognized Chen Lingxi as the slave she had abused and begged for her life, but Chen Lingxi said she would die and raised his hand to use the Azure Edge Method.

Chen Lingxi settled at Bridge Mechanism Mountain, cultivated with a Spirit Stone, and built the first layer of the Clear-Mystery Pivot-Qi Formation while planning to avoid Consort Chun. In Yuan River Prefecture, Lin Longyue faced questioning over the massacre, concealed Chen Lingxi’s whereabouts, and learned that the Eastern King would come in person to investigate his daughter’s death.

• The masked killer told Lin Longyue to blame the Spirit-Wielding General and warned her that Consort Chun and Yunhe Commandery Princess had coveted her Treasure Body.
• Chen Lingxi used the Spirit Stone to cultivate through the night, studied the Clear-Mystery Pivot-Qi Formation, and assembled its first layer in the cavern on Bridge Mechanism Mountain.
• Chen Lingxi decided to hide at the cavern until Consort Chun left, then wondered about her real name and looked toward Yuan River Prefecture.
• Lin Longyue endured questioning by local officials and Metropolitan Inspectorate investigators, maintaining that she did not know why the Spirit-Wielding General had spared her.
• Lin Longyue told a Crown Prince’s eunuch that Chen Lingxi had gone outside the city to gather wild flowers for Consort Chun.
• The investigators announced that the Eastern King would come to Yuan River Prefecture, and Chu Jizhe allowed Lin Longyue to return because her testimony was consistent and the Noble Consort was due to arrive.

Chen Lingxi used Wandering Sight to follow Lin Suri into the Great World, where Lin Suri received orders to search for an Immortal Husk and was promised a Dao Path if he succeeded. Back in Yuan River Prefecture, Chen Lingxi watched Consort Chun arrive at the meeting of the Yuan River and Candlelight River, where she appeared to have found her quarry.

• Chen Lingxi returned to Yuan River Prefecture and used Wandering Sight to observe the injured Lin Suri recovering with a jade lamp and examining a jade slip.
• Lin Suri's consciousness entered a vast immortal realm, where his Martial Aunt ordered him to search for an Immortal Husk in a Qi-Less Grotto-Heaven and promised to petition for a Cultivation of Myriad Laws Dao Path if he found it.
• Lin Suri watched a woman in blue on a distant mountain before his consciousness returned to his room at the Riverside Immortal Inn.
• The cultivator surnamed Chao warned Lin Suri that Consort Chun's arrival could disrupt their plans to find a fragment of the Slaying-Force Cauldron.
• Lin Suri used his Golden Light Art to locate Consort Chun's carriage at the junction of the Yuan River and Candlelight River, where Consort Chun smiled at the darkened water as if she had found her prey.

After reliving Lin Suri’s memories, Chen Lingxi considered the Immortal Husk and noticed Crown Prince Ying Chi’s Spirit-Qi Treasure Orb had been drained. When Ying Chi’s powerful eunuch summoned him to Mangyang Mountain, Chen Lingxi refused and used the Xi Yu Talisman’s aura to drive the envoy away, then decided he could no longer remain at the inn.

• Chen Lingxi recalled Lin Suri’s apparent feelings for a blue-clad woman and considered the value of the Immortal Husk and Lin Suri’s rapid cultivation.
• The Spirit-Qi Treasure Orb belonging to Crown Prince Ying Chi rapidly lost its remaining spiritual qi, and an elderly eunuch arrived to summon Chen Lingxi to Mangyang Mountain.
• Chen Lingxi recognized the eunuch’s blood qi as Nine Revolutions cultivation and decided the Crown Prince’s invitation was likely a trap connected to the deaths of his followers.
• Chen Lingxi refused to go, told the eunuch to have Ying Chi visit Inlaid Gold Mountain in three months, and released a sliver of the Xi Yu Talisman’s power.
• The eunuch bowed more respectfully and left, while Chen Lingxi concluded that Ying Chi could no longer track him through the orb but that he needed to leave the inn.

Ying Chi used his agreement with Lu Baizhong to send him after Chen Lingxi, then left Yuan River Prefecture for the capital. Chen Lingxi headed toward Bridge Mechanism Mountain but was struck by Lu Baizhong’s lightning and faced him with Xi Mu as Lu Baizhong prepared to attack.

• Ying Chi sensed Chen Lingxi’s spiritual qi, used the Jade Law Document to summon Lu Baizhong, and departed for the capital with a woman and the old eunuch.
• Lu Baizhong received the Jade Law Document’s order to kill Chen Lingxi and set out, curious about his target.
• Chen Lingxi crushed the spiritual qi pearl, judged Ying Chi suspicious, and left for Bridge Mechanism Mountain.
• Lu Baizhong’s lightning struck Chen Lingxi near the mountain, and Chen Lingxi narrowly dodged the bolt’s full force.
• Xi Mu’s willow puppet appeared to shield Chen Lingxi, while Lu Baizhong announced that he had been hired to kill him and demanded he face the sword.

Lu Baizhong overwhelmed Chen Lingxi and Xi Mu with his lightning sword arts, but Chen Lingxi activated a hidden Xi Yu Talisman after realizing Lu had been holding back. As the talisman altered heaven and earth and forced Lu to reveal his reserves, a terrifying surge of blood qi emerged in the distance.

• Lu Baizhong attacked Chen Lingxi with rapid lightning sword strikes, and Xi Mu blocked them with mist and ice arts.
• Lu Baizhong unleashed a powerful thunderbolt that blasted Xi Mu into a cliff, allowing Chen Lingxi to counterattack with Fatal Strike.
• Lu Baizhong easily repelled Chen Lingxi's saber strike, then attacked again with the Thunder-Hiding Sword Light as Xi Mu formed the Mist-Refining Ice Palace around Chen Lingxi.
• The ice palace absorbed most of Lu Baizhong's blow, but Chen Lingxi was blasted into rocks while Xi Mu emerged charred from the cliff.
• Chen Lingxi realized Lu Baizhong had been toying with them and activated the Xi Yu Talisman, changing heaven and earth and prompting Lu to reveal his hidden reserves.
• A terrifying surge of blood qi appeared in the distance as the scene shifted again.

Chen Lingxi and Lu Baizhong fled after an overwhelmingly powerful martial artist’s attack nearly crushed them, then watched Xiao Changlü confront Consort Chun and the masked Yuan Yuan in the sky. Xiao Changlü and Yuan Yuan began a battle of extraordinary force while Chen Lingxi and Xi Mu continued escaping.

• A powerful stranger’s jade-white blood and qi extinguished Chen Lingxi’s nearly activated Xi Yu talisman and forced him and Lu Baizhong to flee.
• Chen Lingxi escaped along an ice-crystal path created by Xi Mu as Lu Baizhong and the old eunuch fled in different directions.
• Chen Lingxi recognized Consort Chun’s spiritual-qi presence and learned that Xiao Changlü had entered Capital Prefecture to kill her.
• Yuan Yuan appeared in the sky and struck at Xiao Changlü, who drew a greatsword and countered with a devastating slash.
• Xiao Changlü and Yuan Yuan exchanged fierce attacks, and Chen Lingxi sensed the power of the Mystic Entry realm before fleeing with Xi Mu.

After more than forty days of secluded cultivation, Chen Lingxi returned to Yuan River Prefecture and discovered that Lin Longyue was still being drained by a formation maintained by Ying Chi. The chapter ended with Lin Longyue kneeling before him and asking him to save her.

• Chen Lingxi fled Yuan River Prefecture for the Nanju Twelve Mountains, where he hid in a cave and cultivated while healing his wounds.
• After more than forty days, Chen Lingxi advanced his cultivation and reached Golden Body Great Accomplishment before returning to Yuan River Prefecture.
• Chen Lingxi learned that Consort Chun had survived the assassination attempts and used Sight-Roaming to observe Lin Suri in seclusion at the Baosu Marquis Residence.
• Chen Lingxi secretly entered Lin Longyue's residence and saw that her condition had worsened despite Yunhe Commandery Princess's death.
• Chen Lingxi used Qi Observation and discovered that Ying Chi was maintaining a formation that drained Lin Longyue's essence and spiritual qi.
• Lin Longyue admitted her strength and blood qi had declined, then knelt before Chen Lingxi and asked him to save her.

Chen Lingxi discovered that Lin Longyue’s Treasure Qi responded to his Spirit Qi and could break down the formations draining her life, while also nourishing his cultivation. After aiding her through the night, he refined the first faint strand of Treasure Qi into his natal qi and left the story delighted by its power.

• Chen Lingxi examined Lin Longyue’s body and found that her Treasure Qi became active when his Spirit Qi entered it.
• Lin Longyue asked Chen Lingxi to continue aiding her, explaining that the treatment could save her and benefit them both.
• Chen Lingxi agreed, and his Spirit Qi and Lin Longyue’s Treasure Qi worked together to break apart the Crown Prince’s formations.
• Lin Longyue’s qi and blood recovered as Chen Lingxi refined the Treasure Qi and formed the first trace of his Six-Qi True Method’s natal qi.
• The next morning, Lin Longyue found her Silver Bones restored and wondered whether Chen Lingxi would return.
• Chen Lingxi examined the faint golden strand in his sea of qi and recognized it as Treasure Qi.

Chen Lingxi discovered that the Treasure Qi he drew from Lin Longyue enhanced his cultivation and techniques, and he named it Mysterious Qi. After a month of cultivating with it, he broke through to the Qi Circulation Fifth Floor and began preparing to reach the Sixth Floor.

• Chen Lingxi used the Treasure Qi to increase his cultivation speed and elevate the Dragon Roar Technique, Azure Edge Method, and Concealed Edge Method to Subtle Insight.
• Chen Lingxi named the Treasure Qi Mysterious Qi and wondered why Lin Suri had failed to notice it, considering whether his own Six-Qi True Method differed from Lin Suri's.
• Chen Lingxi resolved to strengthen the Mysterious Qi through Lin Longyue and predicted he would reach the Qi Circulation Fifth Floor within a month.
• After a month of cultivation, Chen Lingxi broke through to the Qi Circulation Fifth Floor and gained the Leakless, Qi-Sea Vortex, and Qi-Flow Eruption mysteries.
• Chen Lingxi used Qi-Flow Eruption to hover five zhang above the ground and estimated that he could reach the Qi Circulation Sixth Floor in half a year.

After two months of cultivation, Chen Lingxi reached the Jade-Qi Realm and discovered through Sight-Roaming that Lin Suri had entered the Qi Circulation Seventh Floor. He learned that a fragment of a Slaying-Force Cauldron lay beneath Candlelight River and would become accessible in a year, then began preparing for the coming contest while wondering whether it could kill Consort Chun.

• Chen Lingxi advanced from Golden Body Perfection to the Jade-Qi Realm after months of bitter cultivation.
• Chen Lingxi used Sight-Roaming to see Lin Suri emerge from seclusion and display the divine consciousness of a Qi Circulation Seventh Floor cultivator.
• Lin Suri and Chao Feiye discussed a Slaying-Force Cauldron fragment beneath Candlelight River, which would draw contenders after the surrounding chaotic void currents dispersed in about a year.
• Chen Lingxi resolved to cultivate toward the Qi Circulation Sixth Floor and considered using the Thorough Awakening Divine Ability to compete for the cauldron.
• Chen Lingxi examined the Fated Star Stone and the cup once used by Consort Chun, then wondered whether the cauldron could kill her.

Chen Lingxi used the Fated Star Stone to name Rong Chun as his fated enemy and saw into her palace, where she recovered from Xiao Changlü’s attack and dreamed of a shadow seeking to kill her. After Rong Chun dismissed the threat as concern for ants, Chen Lingxi remembered his parents’ deaths and reaffirmed his resolve against her.

• Chen Lingxi engraved [Rong Chun] on the Fated Star Stone and used it to glimpse Consort Chun’s Mirror Palace.
• Chen Lingxi saw Consort Chun recovering from Xiao Changlü’s lingering vital blood while a radiant light healed her.
• Chen Lingxi entered Consort Chun’s dream and saw her confronted by a star-borne shadow whose killing intent targeted her.
• Consort Chun awoke, used Mirror Listening to see ants being trampled, and concluded the threat was anger over their deaths.
• Chen Lingxi returned to the cave, remembered his parents’ executions, and said that a calamity of ants could cause a deadly disaster.

Chen Lingxi followed a coffin procession from Bridge Mechanism Mountain to the Summer River and discovered that the coffin and a eunuch’s compass were involved in a formation. Observing the river and surrounding terrain, he suspected Emperor Daye had been reshaping the realm’s mountains and waterways into one vast formation.

• Chen Lingxi spotted two Golden Body figures escorting a coffin carried by eight Silver Bone martial artists and used Qi Observation to see two cultivators sealed inside it.
• Chen Lingxi secretly followed the procession from Bridge Mechanism Mountain to the Summer River, where a Jade Qi eunuch ordered the coffin sunk in a deep river bend.
• The eunuch used a compass to send formation seals into the river before the escort departed.
• Chen Lingxi examined the river bend with Qi Observation and saw spiritual qi churning above the submerged coffin.
• Chen Lingxi sensed that canals, rivers, and mountains across the region formed a vast formation and wondered what Emperor Daye was trying to accomplish.

Chen Lingxi rescued Jiang Xing and Xu Qingru from a sealed coffin at the bottom of the river and removed the talismans suppressing their spiritual qi. After they revealed their predatory intent, he killed Jiang Xing and severed Xu Qingru’s arm, leaving her defeated on the riverbank.

• Chen Lingxi dragged the coffin from the river, broke its sealing formation, and found Jiang Xing and Xu Qingru with talismans suppressing their spiritual qi.
• Chen Lingxi took a formation compass from the coffin and waited while Jiang Xing and Xu Qingru woke.
• Jiang Xing and Xu Qingru asked Chen Lingxi to remove their talismans, and he freed their spiritual qi.
• Xu Qingru confessed that she and Jiang Xing planned to kill Chen Lingxi and devour his qi, then used a mind-disturbing technique as Jiang Xing attacked.
• Chen Lingxi used his Dragon Roar Technique and saber to kill Jiang Xing, then repelled Xu Qingru’s attacks and severed her right arm.