Recaps

Lu Yuan fused Gray Silver Ore and the remaining Origin of Destiny into his Piercing Spear, evolving it into the Mountain-Shaking Spear. After testing its heavier, more forceful attacks, he faced Deacon Zhao, who challenged him to try shaking his grip off the spear.

• Lu Yuan brought the Gray Silver Ore close to the Piercing Spear, and the ore dissolved into it as the spear absorbed the Origin of Destiny.
• The Martial Soul evolved into the Mountain-Shaking Spear, with dark silver patterns and a heavier, steadier feel.
• Lu Yuan tested Shock Edge on a bluestone and shattered its interior with a concentrated tremor.
• Deacon Zhao returned, saw the transformed spear and shattered stone, and learned Lu Yuan had used only part of Shock Edge.
• Deacon Zhao gripped the Mountain-Shaking Spear and challenged Lu Yuan to shake his hand off without using a Soul Skill.

Lu Yuan tested the evolved Mountain-Shaking Spear and discovered that a second Shock Edge could build on lingering vibrations to free his weapon from a stronger opponent’s grip. Deacon Zhao told him Tiangou Spirit Hall would review his access to local resources the next day, leaving Lu Yuan to find out what privileges he would receive.

• Lu Yuan used Shock Edge twice in succession and numbed Deacon Zhao’s fingers enough to pull the Mountain-Shaking Spear from his grasp.
• Deacon Zhao learned that Lu Yuan could use lingering vibrations to follow up with a second strike, though the effect faded quickly and strained Lu Yuan’s arm.
• Deacon Zhao said the new technique gave Lu Yuan another way to reclaim his spear when an opponent pinned it down.
• Deacon Zhao stopped Lu Yuan’s testing to prevent further damage to the room and told him his Martial Soul evolution would be registered the next day.
• Deacon Zhao explained that Tiangou Spirit Hall planned to raise Lu Yuan’s access to training grounds, records, and cultivation resources in recognition of his recent merits.

Lu Yuan received updated Spirit Hall privileges after his hunting-grounds achievements were verified, then was summoned to the First Prince’s Residence. There, he met Ning Fengzhi, who had come to see him after hearing about his strength and actions.

• Lu Yuan confirmed his level and showed the middle-aged deacon his evolved Mountain-Shaking Spear, which was entered into the registry.
• The Deacon Hall gave Lu Yuan an updated identity badge with improved access to sparring arenas, Spirit Beast records, treasury materials, and cultivation resources.
• A messenger from the First Prince’s Residence summoned Lu Yuan, and Deacon Zhao offered to accompany him, but Lu Yuan declined.
• At the residence, Lu Yuan recognized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect emblem on the guards and guessed that Ning Fengzhi was present.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Lu Yuan’s accomplishments at the hunting grounds and said he had wanted to meet him in person.

Ning Fengzhi questioned Lu Yuan about the hunting-grounds incident and his transformed Mountain-Shaking Spear, then turned his attention to Xue Qinghe’s conduct and cultivation. He ended by suggesting that Xue Qinghe’s lack of a fixed teacher was regrettable.

• Ning Fengzhi asked why Lu Yuan had stayed to confront the nearly nine-hundred-year-old Rift-Toothed Tiger, and Lu Yuan explained that waiting or fleeing would not have been safer.
• Lu Yuan displayed the Mountain-Shaking Spear and described its increased weight and concentrated shock force, while Ning Fengzhi chose not to probe how his Martial Soul had changed.
• Xue Qinghe confirmed that Lu Yuan had noticed the traces in the western Beast-Taming Passage and helped uncover Han Song’s matter.
• Ning Fengzhi questioned Xue Qinghe about the investigation, and Xue Qinghe said the imperial family would handle it and that curiosity did not require interference.
• Ning Fengzhi asked whether Lu Yuan had been sent to protect Xue Qinghe, and Xue Qinghe explained that Lu Yuan had come to Tiangou for training and that they looked after each other.
• Ning Fengzhi learned that Xue Qinghe had no fixed teacher for Spirit Master cultivation and remarked that this was regrettable.

Xue Qinghe accepted Ning Fengzhi as his teacher after he explained why he believed the prince was worth teaching. The new teacher-student bond deepened Lu Yuan’s Fate Deviation and activated the Mountain-Shaking Spear’s third evolution opportunity, pointing toward the Unknown Spear Core in Spirit City.

• Xue Qinghe told Ning Fengzhi he wanted to learn judgment and insight beyond what books and royal tutors could teach.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Xue Qinghe’s restraint after Han Song’s capture and offered to teach him, while warning that the formal arrangement still needed the Emperor’s approval.
• Xue Qinghe bowed to Ning Fengzhi and greeted him as Teacher.
• Lu Yuan saw Xue Qinghe’s Fate Deviation greatly deepen, and a dense Origin of Destiny entered his body.
• The Mountain-Shaking Spear absorbed the Origin of Destiny and activated a third evolution opportunity targeting the Unknown Spear Core.
• Lu Yuan connected the spear’s awakening to the sealed broken spear behind the Iron Door in the Worship Hall’s Outer Treasury.

After the Mountain-Shaking Spear reacted to the sealed broken spear in Spirit City, Lu Yuan learned that the spear there had changed in the same way. Qian Daoliu ordered him to return, saying the Black Gate would be opened when he arrived.

• Lu Yuan showed Qian Renxue a new dark pattern on the Mountain-Shaking Spear and confirmed it had reacted to the broken spear behind the Black Gate.
• Lu Yuan asked Deacon Zhao to send an urgent message to Spirit City, then tested the evolved spear and found its vibration force could briefly overlap between rapid attacks.
• Deacon Zhao delivered a letter from Spirit City dated the day Lu Yuan sensed the broken spear; it reported that the spear had struck the Black Gate and formed a matching dark pattern.
• Lu Yuan read Qian Daoliu's order to return immediately and learned that the Black Gate would be opened once he arrived.

Lu Yuan returned to Spirit City and opened the Black Gate with Qian Daoliu, revealing a broken spear compatible with the Mountain-Shaking Spear. Gray Text showed that the spear's dormant core could be awakened with Origin of Destiny, leaving Lu Yuan poised to revive it.

• Lu Yuan left Tiangou with the Worship Hall's envoy and sensed the Mountain-Shaking Spear pulling him toward the Black Gate as they neared Spirit City.
• Qian Daoliu examined the Mountain-Shaking Spear and confirmed its dark pattern matched one on the object behind the Black Gate.
• Lu Yuan sensed a resonance between the spear and the object, and Qian Daoliu opened the Golden Lock Seal.
• Lu Yuan and Qian Daoliu found a broken spear on a stone platform, and Gray Text identified it as a compatible Unknown Spear Core while reporting that fusion conditions were insufficient.
• The broken spear tugged at Lu Yuan's remaining Origin of Destiny, and Gray Text revealed that the dormant core could be awakened with it.

Lu Yuan used the Origin of Destiny to awaken the broken spear in the Worship Hall, and it fused with his Mountain-Shaking Spear to complete its third evolution into the Abyss-Sinking Spear. Qian Daoliu tested the new weapon and found that it could drive force into targets and shed part of the impact pressing down on Lu Yuan.

• Lu Yuan channeled the remaining Origin of Destiny into the broken spear, awakening its silver-gray body and causing it to float toward his Mountain-Shaking Spear.
• The broken spear dissolved into silver light and fused with Lu Yuan's weapon, exhausting his Origin of Destiny as his Martial Soul evolved into the Abyss-Sinking Spear.
• Lu Yuan tapped the Abyss-Sinking Spear against a stone platform, and its force spread through the stone until the platform collapsed.
• Lu Yuan asked Qian Daoliu to press down on the spear, and its dark patterns dispersed part of the force before it reached Lu Yuan.
• Qian Daoliu concluded that the Abyss-Sinking Spear itself had begun to shed force for Lu Yuan without using a Soul Skill.

Lu Yuan tested the Abyss-Sinking Spear’s third evolution against Du Heng and confirmed that it dispersed incoming force and drove its own impact inward. Qian Daoliu sent Lu Yuan back to Tiangou after two more days of training and told him that Xue Ye had agreed to Ning Fengzhi’s request to take a disciple, with the formal apprenticeship date set.

• Qian Daoliu took Lu Yuan to the training grounds and arranged a fight against Du Heng, forbidding him from using his Third Soul Skill.
• Lu Yuan used the Abyss-Sinking Spear to absorb part of Du Heng’s attacks and reconnect his spear momentum more quickly, then drove a thrust toward Du Heng’s chest.
• Du Heng used his Third Soul Skill to knock the spear aside, and Qian Daoliu confirmed that Lu Yuan would have won if the thrust had landed.
• Qian Daoliu told Lu Yuan to spend two more days familiarizing himself with the Abyss-Sinking Spear before returning to Tiangou.
• Qian Daoliu told Lu Yuan that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had entered the palace, Xue Ye had agreed to Ning Fengzhi taking a disciple, and the formal apprenticeship date had been set.

Lu Yuan attended Xue Qinghe’s formal apprenticeship ceremony with Ning Fengzhi and met Ning Rongrong, Ning Fengzhi’s daughter. When Lu Yuan revealed his evolved Abyss-Sinking Spear, the Eye of Destiny showed Ning Rongrong’s destiny node: “Beyond the Sect.”

• Lu Yuan accepted an invitation to Xue Qinghe’s apprenticeship ceremony and entered the imperial palace the next morning.
• Xue Qinghe completed the apprenticeship rites with Ning Fengzhi, who accepted him as his student and began calling him by name.
• Ning Rongrong arrived to meet Ning Fengzhi and was introduced to Xue Qinghe and Lu Yuan.
• Ning Rongrong asked about Lu Yuan’s Martial Soul, and Lu Yuan summoned the Abyss-Sinking Spear and displayed his two Spirit Rings.
• Lu Yuan saw the Eye of Destiny mark Ning Rongrong with the destiny node “Beyond the Sect.”

Lu Yuan received the imperial reply about hunting grounds for the Spirit Sanctuary while Xue Qinghe impressed Xue Ye with her proposal for allocating Royal Academy resources. Xue Qinghe was tasked with redrafting the academy’s resource plan, and that evening its roster and quarterly review arrived at her residence.

• Ning Rongrong asked to try Lu Yuan’s newly heavier Abyss-Sinking Spear, but he refused.
• An attendant summoned Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi to the Imperial Study and told Lu Yuan that the sealed reply about the Spirit Sanctuary’s hunting grounds would be delivered to him.
• Xue Qinghe proposed keeping noble recommendations while allocating academy resources according to assessments, and Ning Fengzhi supported her plan.
• Xue Ye ordered Xue Qinghe to redraft the Royal Academy’s resource plan within three days and arranged for her to receive its quarterly resource reviews.
• Lu Yuan received the imperial reply, and he and Xue Qinghe exchanged formal farewells with Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong at the palace gates.
• That evening, the Royal Academy’s roster and next quarter’s resource review arrived at Xue Qinghe’s residence.

Xue Qinghe investigated unequal resource allocations at the Royal Academy and won Xue Ye’s approval for a new merit-based policy for recommended students. The chapter ends with Xue Qinghe spotting a familiar name on the preliminary list for the upcoming young Spirit Master exchange.

• Xue Qinghe compared Luo Wei’s and Lin Qi’s records and learned that Luo Wei received extra training time after his family contacted the Academy.
• Xue Qinghe drafted rules giving recommended students basic resources for their first three months, followed by allocations based on their assessments.
• Xue Qinghe watched Lu Yuan defeat a stronger opponent but did not speak to him.
• Xue Ye approved Xue Qinghe’s new resource regulations and told him to attend next month’s young Spirit Master exchange.
• Xue Qinghe reviewed the exchange list and recognized a name at the bottom of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect section.

At a mixed sparring session, Lu Yuan eliminated Ning Rongrong first and explained that auxiliary Spirit Masters were prime targets in a real battle. Ning Rongrong chose to fight again without special protection, and her decision awakened her Destiny Node, Beyond the Sect.

• Ning Rongrong was matched against Lu Yuan and two Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples, who formed a protective wall around her.
• Lu Yuan broke through the disciples’ defense and eliminated Ning Rongrong before her first enhancement could take effect.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed with Lu Yuan’s criticism, and Ning Rongrong requested a rematch without her companions shielding her.
• Ning Rongrong repositioned and evaded Lu Yuan longer in the second match, though he eventually eliminated her again.
• Ning Fengzhi ended the special protection for Ning Rongrong’s combat training, and Ning Rongrong agreed to follow the rules for ordinary Auxiliary Type disciples.
• Ning Rongrong’s Destiny Node, Beyond the Sect, awakened, sending a wisp of Origin of Destiny into Lu Yuan.

Ning Rongrong chose to earn the reserve training spot herself and won it through her performance in the supplementary selection. Her decision led Ning Fengzhi to change her training arrangements, while Lu Yuan saw her destiny deviation deepen and the Abyss-Sinking Spear unlock a fourth evolution opportunity.

• After learning she had not been selected for the main training group, Ning Rongrong refused to use the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's resources to claim another place and chose the supplementary selection instead.
• During the reserve assessment, Ning Rongrong used her support and movement to help her unfamiliar teammates, though their team ultimately lost.
• Ning Rongrong was named the sole reserve selection and told Ning Fengzhi she had earned the spot herself.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to end Ning Rongrong's specially arranged sparring and have her train in randomly formed teams and external exchanges.
• Lu Yuan saw Ning Rongrong's destiny deviation deepen, gained Origin of Destiny, and discovered that the Abyss-Sinking Spear had unlocked its fourth evolution opportunity but needed a compatible material.

Lu Yuan searched for a material to evolve the Abyss-Sinking Spear and obtained Tide-Sealing Stone Marrow from Ning Fengzhi. He used it to complete the spear’s fourth evolution into the Sea-Sealing Spear, which could briefly delay a target’s movement after its tip struck.

• Lu Yuan tested numerous materials at the Royal Academy but found none compatible with his Abyss-Sinking Spear.
• Ning Fengzhi told Lu Yuan about Tide-Sealing Stone Marrow in the Seven Treasure Trading Association’s Heaven Dou City warehouse and arranged for it to be delivered.
• The Abyss-Sinking Spear reacted to the Tide-Sealing Stone Marrow, confirming it as an extremely compatible material.
• Lu Yuan used Origin of Destiny to evolve the Abyss-Sinking Spear into the Sea-Sealing Spear and gained the Position-Sealing trait.
• Lu Yuan tested the new trait on a falling leaf and saw that the spear could briefly slow its movement after contact.

Three years after Xue Qinghe began taking on imperial responsibilities, a court official raised the question of appointing an heir, and a forged military supply order threatened to implicate her before the next session. Lu Yuan recovered the supplies and rescued the witnesses, then told Qian Renxue to let her opponents impeach her the following day.

• A senior official urged Xue Ye to appoint Xue Qinghe heir apparent, and Xue Ye said the matter would be discussed again tomorrow.
• Lu Yuan saw Xue Qinghe's Destiny Node change to Heir Apparent and detected a Destiny Disturbance as news arrived that military supplies had vanished under a forged order bearing her residence's seal.
• Qian Renxue stayed at the residence while Lu Yuan followed the carts to an abandoned quarry, where he defeated the attackers and saved the surviving escort supervisor.
• The supervisor revealed the attackers planned to leave the supplies and bodies as evidence for the next day's court session, and Lu Yuan learned the name of one conspirator.
• Lu Yuan arranged for the supplies and surviving witnesses to be taken into Tiangou Spirit Hall custody, then told Qian Renxue not to stop her opponents from impeaching her.

Xue Qinghe allowed Earl Morris to accuse her over the missing military supplies, then exposed the plot with the recovered wagons, a surviving convoy supervisor, and men caught searching the quarry. Xue Ye named Xue Qinghe worthy of becoming heir, while Lu Yuan learned that the Second Prince would return to the palace that night with an unexpected companion.

• Earl Morris accused Xue Qinghe of using her residence's seal to divert seven wagons of military supplies and urged Xue Ye to delay naming an heir.
• Xue Qinghe agreed to search the Old Quarry, where the Royal Knights found only wagon tracks and signs of fighting; West Camp then confirmed that all seven wagons had already been returned.
• Xue Qinghe summoned the wounded convoy supervisor, who described the fake release document, the ambush, and the plot to frame the First Prince's Residence.
• Royal Knights brought in three men caught searching the quarry, including a West Camp inspector, and Xue Ye ordered Earl Morris and others connected to the transfer detained.
• Xue Ye asked Ning Fengzhi whether Xue Qinghe was worthy of becoming heir, and Ning Fengzhi declared that he was.
• Lu Yuan saw Qian Renxue's destiny deviation deepen and received a note saying the Second Prince would enter the palace that night with someone unexpected.

Xue Qinghe chose the longer supply route after warning that disputes between two noble estates would obstruct the shorter one, while Lu Yuan recovered an intercepted military report. Ge Long backed Xue Qinghe as Crown Prince, and the chapter ended with an imperial decree ordering Xue Qinghe to accompany the royal ancestral sacrifice in three days.

• Xue Qinghe and the Second Prince argued over the Northern Border supply routes, and Xue Qinghe chose the longer route because the noble estates along the shorter one were likely to delay the grain.
• After learning the second urgent report had not arrived, Lu Yuan pursued the attackers, fought off their leader, and recovered the sealed bronze tube before the Royal Knights arrived.
• Xue Ye read the report, which confirmed the short route had been blocked while the relay stations on Xue Qinghe’s chosen route were ready to send supplies.
• Ge Long declared that he chose Xue Qinghe for Crown Prince, and the Second Prince offered no further objection, though Xue Ye postponed announcing a decision.
• Xue Qinghe told Lu Yuan that Ge Long had chosen her, and Lu Yuan showed her the Destiny Deviation had reached critical.
• A palace attendant delivered an imperial decree ordering Xue Qinghe to accompany the emperor’s procession to the royal ancestral sacrifice in three days.

Xue Qinghe was formally appointed Crown Prince of Tiangou and received new authority, while Lu Yuan was rewarded for recovering military equipment and a Northern Border report. At Qian Renxue’s residence, Lu Yuan’s spear evolved after absorbing Vein-Severing Dark Gold, gaining the ability to disrupt Soul Power circulation and interrupt forming Soul Skills.

• Xue Ye appointed Xue Qinghe Crown Prince, and the officials and Second Prince bowed to her.
• Xue Ye expanded the authority of the Crown Prince’s Residence and summoned Lu Yuan to reward him for recovering the military equipment and intercepted report.
• Lu Yuan chose Vein-Severing Dark Gold from the Royal Treasury after the Sea-Sealing Spear reacted to it.
• Qian Renxue’s Heir Position destiny node was rewritten after Lu Yuan met her at the Crown Prince’s Residence.
• Lu Yuan fused the Vein-Severing Dark Gold into the Sea-Sealing Spear, evolving it into the Tidebreaker Spear with the Flow Interception trait.

Two years after beginning her training, Ning Rongrong encountered Shrek Academy but declined to enroll, believing she had already found her own path outside the sect. Back in Tiangou, she told Lu Yuan about the academy and Tang San as her destiny changed from entering Shrek to being rewritten.

• Ning Rongrong watched Shrek Academy's admissions test and demonstrated her Soul Power and quick judgment when she helped rescue a child from a falling wooden frame.
• Flender invited Ning Rongrong to stay at Shrek, but she declined and continued traveling with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect group.
• Half a month later, Ning Rongrong returned to Tiangou and told Lu Yuan about Shrek and why she had chosen not to enroll.
• Lu Yuan saw Ning Rongrong's destiny change from entering Shrek Academy to being rewritten.
• Ning Rongrong told Lu Yuan that one of the impressive Spirit Masters she had seen at Shrek was named Tang San.

Lu Yuan learned that the Tidebreaker Spear’s sixth evolution required the convergence of ice and fire, leading him to seek the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest. With Qian Renxue’s help, he met Dugu Yan at the Royal Academy and warned her that the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison harming her would be even more dangerous for her grandfather, Dugu Bo.

• The Origin of Destiny unlocked the Tidebreaker Spear’s sixth evolution and revealed that it required a convergence of ice and fire.
• Lu Yuan decided to travel to Sunset Forest, then asked Qian Renxue to help him locate Dugu Bo’s residence.
• Qian Renxue found Dugu Yan’s name on a Royal Academy roster and brought Lu Yuan to meet her.
• Lu Yuan told Dugu Yan that her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison was accumulating in her body and causing occasional numbness.
• Lu Yuan warned Dugu Yan that Dugu Bo had accumulated poison for a lifetime and should already be in pain.

Lu Yuan revealed Dugu Bo’s accumulated poison and proposed using Soul Bones to contain it, then bargained for access to Dugu Bo’s Herb Garden. Dugu Bo brought him to the Ice-Fire Convergence, where Lu Yuan’s Tidebreaker Spear reacted and matched its sixth evolution condition.

• Lu Yuan told Dugu Yan that Dugu Bo’s poison was worsening, and she left to ask her grandfather about it.
• Dugu Bo came to meet Lu Yuan, who explained how the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor poison had accumulated and warned that Dugu Yan was developing symptoms too.
• Lu Yuan advised Dugu Bo to guide small amounts of poison into Soul Bones, then offered to explain more in exchange for entering his Herb Garden.
• Dugu Bo agreed to let Lu Yuan inspect the Herb Garden, and Qian Renxue asked Lu Yuan to return to the Crown Prince’s Residence afterward.
• Dugu Bo took Lu Yuan to a valley in Sunset Forest, where the Ice-Fire Convergence triggered the Tidebreaker Spear’s sixth evolution condition.

Lu Yuan consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, completing his body tempering and evolving the Tidebreaker Spear into the Return-to-Ruin Spear. He demonstrated its ability to reverse an opponent’s Soul Power flow to Dugu Bo, and the chapter ended with one evolution remaining before the spear’s final evolution.

• Lu Yuan identified the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot and persuaded Dugu Bo to let him take them in exchange for helping Dugu Yan avoid poison buildup.
• Lu Yuan consumed both herbs and entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to balance their extreme medicinal powers.
• The Tidebreaker Spear connected Position-Sealing and Flow Interception, while the spring tempered Lu Yuan’s body and meridians.
• The Tidebreaker Spear evolved into the Return-to-Ruin Spear, whose Yin-Yang Return to Ruin trait could reverse part of an opponent’s Soul Power flow on a second strike.
• Lu Yuan tested the spear on Dugu Bo, who confirmed that its backlash grew more dangerous when an opponent urgently activated a Soul Skill.
• Gray light revealed that the Return-to-Ruin Spear had one evolution remaining before its final evolution.

Lu Yuan completed his deal with Dugu Bo and chose an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid for Qian Renxue. As she absorbed it in a hidden cultivation chamber, the herb refined her body and meridians, and her suppressed Soul Power barrier began to loosen further.

• Lu Yuan explained how Dugu Bo could gradually transfer poison into Soul Bones and advised him on herbs for treating Dugu Yan.
• Lu Yuan selected the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid for Qian Renxue because it could strengthen her foundation and replenish her vitality.
• Dugu Bo escorted Lu Yuan out of the poison formation after Lu Yuan marked useful herbs and answered questions about Dugu Yan's cultivation.
• Lu Yuan brought the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid to Qian Renxue at the Crown Prince's Residence and explained its effects.
• Qian Renxue absorbed the herb in her hidden cultivation chamber, refining her body and meridians while suppressing the urge to advance her Soul Power.
• The Six-Winged Angel's aura grew purer as Qian Renxue's Soul Power barrier loosened again.

Qian Renxue and Lu Yuan decided to move against the imperial court before Spirit Hall’s planned timetable, preparing a palace coup as Xue Ye’s health declined. Qian Renxue would handle the palace while Lu Yuan prepared to confront the forces outside it.

• Qian Renxue absorbed the remaining power of the eight-petal immortal orchid while Lu Yuan kept watch, then spent the following year adjusting to her gains.
• Tang San visited Dugu Bo’s Herb Garden and discovered that several rare plants had been taken years earlier, but Dugu Bo would not tell him who had received them.
• Five years later, Qian Renxue reviewed the affairs of the Crown Prince’s Residence with Lu Yuan and read Spirit Hall’s instruction to keep waiting until Xue Ye could no longer govern.
• Lu Yuan saw Qian Renxue’s destiny as remaining undercover for twenty years, and Qian Renxue declared that she would no longer wait that long.
• Qian Renxue and Lu Yuan marked out a palace-coup plan, identifying Ning Fengzhi and Dugu Bo as people to negotiate with and the eastern knights’ camp and imperial enshrined elders as obstacles.
• Lu Yuan agreed to handle the forces outside the palace while Qian Renxue handled the palace, and the destiny node for the palace coup began to glow gold.