Recaps

Jiang Jingnian used his Greater Yin Divine Ability to transfer calamity onto the Zeng Family, killing its direct-line juniors and two elders before leading the Mountain Cloud School in an assault that destroyed the clan. After the battle, he gave the Qian Household ten percent of the spoils; meanwhile, Qian Ningning and Duan Xiaodie waited anxiously in Peace City for news of him.

• A phantom Moon Palace attacked the Zeng Family estate, and Zeng Qiuqing joined forces with Zeng Sheng and Zeng Huan to form the fused momentum [Jade-Blazing Prairie].
• Jiang Jingnian's concealed calamity transfer killed Zeng Feng, Zeng Mingyu, and other Zeng Family juniors, while his Moonlight Humanoid ambushed Zeng Qiuqing and fought the four Zeng Family Grandmasters.
• Jiang Jingnian used [Life-Shortening Age-Stealing (Fleeting Splendor)] to incapacitate Zeng Sheng and Zeng Huan, then destroyed [Jade-Blazing Prairie] and opened the estate to the Mountain Cloud School's fighters.
• The Mountain Cloud School defeated the Zeng Family, and Jiang Jingnian awarded the Qian Household ten percent of the Zeng Family's businesses after Qian Youcai pressed him for a larger share.
• Qian Ningning and Duan Xiaodie waited at the Qian Household in Peace City, where Qian Xinyu taunted Qian Ningning for still trusting that Jiang Jingnian would resolve the school's crisis.

Jiang Jingnian secured the Qian Household’s alliance by revealing his Grandmaster status and winning their deference, while the Southern Martial Gathering continued in Lin'an. Hong Yufang defeated Zhuge Xin, but an elder arrived with urgent news of disaster at Cloudpool Cliff.

• Jiang Jingnian told Song Susu to recover so she could guard the Mountain Cloud School against the Lu Family and other potential enemies, then urged Song Qianqian to prepare for advancement and promised opportunities for young martial artists.
• At the Qian Household banquet, Qian Youcai elevated Qian Ningning’s status and declared the household allied with Jiang Jingnian and the Mountain Cloud School; he crippled Qian Xinyu and assigned Qian Ling'er to serve Jiang Jingnian.
• Qian Youcai and Qian Duoyin explained that Jiang Jingnian could wield the Gou Wu Treasure Sword without backlash, leading Qian Kai to accept that Jiang Jingnian had a noble bloodline.
• At the Southern Martial Gathering, Hong Yufang used her spear technique to defeat Zhuge Xin, while spectators debated Jiang Jingnian’s reputation as a prodigy.
• An elder of Burning Cloud rushed to Liu Qingzhi and reported that disaster had struck at Cloudpool Cliff and that an elder had come to Lin'an seeking help.

Jiang Jingnian recovered and strengthened his Grandmaster abilities with a medicinal bath, then learned possible ways to obtain Dragon Vein Fragments after his simplification required them. At the Southern Martial Gathering, Cui Lin defeated Hong Yufang and challenged Liu Qingzhi, only for Liu Qingzhi to suggest the draw had been rigged.

• Jiang Jingnian told Liu Qingzhi that the crisis at Cloudpool Cliff had ended and invited the scattered sect members to return.
• Jiang Jingnian used Song Susu's medicinal pool to recover from his battles and strengthen his [Frost Palace Gold] momentum and Essence Flower.
• Jiang Jingnian consumed his collected trait-bearing items, and his archetype required Dragon Vein Fragments to complete his spirituality and gather the flower of qi.
• Jiang Jingnian asked Song Susu how to obtain Dragon Vein Fragments, and she described gaining them through a Celestial Person Martial Saint's authority, a bargain with a hegemonic power, or intact ancient kingdom ruins.
• Cui Lin defeated Hong Yufang at Venue C and declared Liu Qingzhi her next opponent.
• Liu Qingzhi questioned how Cui Lin knew they would face each other and suggested the Lin Mingxin Sect had rigged the draw, provoking Cui Lin to angrily deny it.

Jiang Jingnian strengthened his traits, assessed the growing threat of the Joyous Blood Moon’s Four Holy Spirits, and prepared to travel to Lin'an for a Dragon Vein Fragment. There, Liu Qingzhi defeated Pei Min amid signs that the Lin Mingxin Sect was targeting the Mountain Cloud School, while Lin Ruohe and Cui Lin discussed Jiang Jingnian’s reputation and absence.

• Jiang Jingnian inspected the Joyous Blood Moon’s Four Holy Spirits, recognized Ren Wuqing as the most immediate threat, and upgraded his Water-Shadow Illusion Garment and Gold-Washed Sharp Armor traits.
• Jiang Jingnian decided to go to Lin'an to pursue a Dragon Vein Fragment and warned Song Susu to abandon Cloudpool Cliff if the Mountain Cloud School faced an overwhelming attack.
• Liu Qingzhi defeated Pei Min with her Merciless Water and Fire sword intent, but a Lin Mingxin Sect overseer stopped her from killing him.
• Liu Qingzhi realized the Lin Mingxin Sect was deliberately targeting the Mountain Cloud School as she left the arena after winning her second match.
• Lin Ruohe watched Liu Qingzhi’s great momentum, and Cui Lin told her that Liu Qingzhi had broken with her family over Jiang Jingnian and that Jiang was supposedly too afraid to attend the gathering.

Jiang Jingnian traveled toward Lin'an amid the demonic calamity, killing a band of Illusory Water Sect practitioners and reassuring Mountain Cloud School members that the threat at Cloudpool Cliff was gone. Meanwhile, Liu Qingzhi’s injury from Flamebane Manor’s hidden attack weakened her, and Lin Mingxin Sect forces pursued the Mountain Cloud School’s elders and protectors; as the attackers charged, Jiang Jingnian faced them with indifference.

• Jiang Jingnian killed more than a dozen Illusory Water Sect practitioners who ambushed him in the woods and reflected that Ren Wuqing was likely preparing something major.
• At River Leaping Tower in West Lu County, Jiang Jingnian met the Mountain Cloud School elders and protectors, told them he had killed the old fiend at Cloudpool Cliff, and said they could return safely.
• Liu Qingzhi suppressed Wind Baleful Intent concealed in Pei Min’s attack, but the resulting imbalance in her [Waterborne Fire] Martial Soul left her unable to fight at full strength for the time being.
• Zhu Wen and allies discussed targeting the Mountain Cloud School, while Sun Xiao revealed that the Black Shadow Sword Pavilion blamed Jiang Jingnian for Pei Dongyan’s death.
• Zhu Qing and Tian Xiangli led Lin Mingxin Sect forces to intercept the Mountain Cloud School party outside West Lu County and ordered an attack.
• As the Lin Mingxin Sect riders charged, Jiang Jingnian glanced at them with indifference.

Jiang Jingnian killed two Lin Mingxin Sect fighters and their followers after they challenged him, revealing himself as a First-Generation Grandmaster. At Southland Lake, Qu Lanlan followed Water Virtue Killing Intent to an island and killed two locals who threatened her, while Jiang Jingnian met Jiang Leer and agreed to cross the lake with her.

• Jiang Jingnian warned the Mountain Cloud School travelers about the dangers on the road, then killed most of Zhu Qing and Tian Xiangli’s party with his Yin-Pole Sword Flame.
• Tian Xiangli challenged Jiang Jingnian, but Jiang Jingnian revealed his Frost Palace Gold domain, killed Tian Xiangli and Zhu Qing, and rode on after gathering the spoils.
• Qu Lanlan detected nearby Water Virtue Killing Intent at Southland Lake and reached an island, where she encountered Fang Qi’s group and Zhu Zhen’s party.
• Two local martial artists tried to drive Qu Lanlan away, and she killed them with an unseen attack, alarming Zhu Zhen, Fang Qi, and the others.
• Jiang Jingnian arrived at Southland Lake and met Jiang Leer, who invited him to cross the lake with her and sent her guards to obtain a sturdy boat.

Jiang Jingnian went to the lake, took the Wushui Ember Lord’s core during a battle over the Stone Demon Body, and struck the demonic grandmaster Du Wuxing before returning to Jiang Leer’s boat. He left with Jiang Leer for Qiantang District to meet her mother.

• Jiang Jingnian declined to discuss the Peace City upheaval with Jiang Leer, then a surge of black water and strange fish appeared in the lake.
• Qu Lanlan fought Fang Qi and his Five Poisons Sect disciples on the island, then abandoned the battle and plunged into the water after sensing someone had arrived.
• Fang Qi uncovered the Stone Demon Body, but Gu Lin and Li Dong arrived with reinforcements and defeated his remaining men.
• Du Wuxing appeared, rescued Fang Qi, and trapped the island in his Blackfire Prison until Chen Junyou intervened.
• The Stone Demon Body vanished, and an unseen attacker struck Du Wuxing into the lake; Jiang Jingnian returned to Jiang Leer’s boat with the Wushui Ember Lord’s core.
• Jiang Jingnian told Jiang Leer the disturbance was just a little clash and asked her to take him to her mother in Qiantang District.

Jiang Jingnian reflected on the foreign conspiracies surrounding the Stone Demon while Jiang Nianci celebrated becoming a Grandmaster and received an unexpected marriage proposal from Shen Huaitian. Jiang Leer brought Jiang Jingnian into the gathering, and Shen Huaitian reacted angrily when she grabbed his sleeve to leave with him.

• Jiang Jingnian learned that the Barlo Lineage had supplied the Demon Sect with the Stone Demon's three subsidiary bodies and considered how foreign factions might be involved in the Southern Martial Gathering.
• Jiang Nianci welcomed guests congratulating her on becoming a First-Generation Grandmaster, then received Shen Huaitian and his two disciples from the Hanging Mountain Sword Sect.
• Shen Huaitian offered Jiang Nianci three treasures and proposed that his nephew, Shen Lianyi, marry Jiang Leer, while suggesting an alliance between their families to contend with the Lu Family.
• Jiang Nianci declined to decide on the marriage without consulting Jiang Leer, while Shen Huaitian criticized her for involving her daughter in the decision.
• Jiang Leer arrived with San Huan and brought Jiang Jingnian into the hall, where Jiang Nianci greeted him warmly and Shen Huaitian treated him dismissively.
• Jiang Leer grabbed Jiang Jingnian's sleeve to leave with him, prompting Shen Huaitian to release oppressive water baleful qi and angrily rebuke them.

Jiang Jingnian discussed the Two-East Region and a Dragon Vein Fragment with Jiang Nianci, who offered her family’s remnant in exchange for a marriage alliance. At the Southern Martial Gathering, Liu Qingzhi narrowly lost to Lin Ruohe after revealing lunar phase momentum, then rushed to find Hong Yufang poisoned by a demonic Gu and confronted the man who admitted ambushing her.

• Shen Huaitian pressured the Jiang Family to accept a marriage alliance, but Jiang Nianci refused, and he left behind gifts containing a hidden contingency.
• Jiang Jingnian revealed that he had become a Grandmaster, identified the danger in the Bright Jade Coral, and took the gifts for safekeeping.
• Jiang Jingnian told Jiang Nianci he wanted a Dragon Vein Fragment, and she offered her family’s damaged remnant in exchange for the same marriage alliance she had proposed in Jinling.
• At Venue B, Liu Qingzhi fought Lin Ruohe and used lunar phase momentum to break through her willow swordsmanship, but ultimately lost the prolonged battle.
• After an elder warned her of trouble, Liu Qingzhi found Hong Yufang suffering from Gu Poison at Venue C and confronted a blue-clad man who confessed to ambushing her.

Liu Qingzhi attacked Xue Bushan after accusing him of using Demon Sect methods against Hong Yufang, prompting Yu Changfeng to threaten the Mountain Cloud School’s standing at the Southern Martial Gathering. Jiang Jingnian arrived, overwhelmed Yu Changfeng, and publicly accused the Lin Mingxin Sect of colluding with foreigners and the Demon Sect; Zhu Wuxia demanded evidence.

• Liu Qingzhi fought Xue Bushan and unleashed her [Purifying Golden Haze], but Yu Changfeng intervened and stopped the attack.
• Yu Changfeng announced that he would seek to freeze the Mountain Cloud School’s points and suspend its draws while the council reviewed its great-sect status.
• Jiang Jingnian appeared, embraced Liu Qingzhi, subdued Xue Bushan, and attacked Yu Changfeng.
• Jiang Jingnian drove Yu Changfeng out of Venue C and pursued him through the streets as the crowd watched in shock.
• Zhu Wuxia and the Huju Cave Lord blocked Jiang Jingnian, who accused the Lin Mingxin Sect of colluding with foreigners and the Demon Sect.
• Zhu Wuxia suppressed her anger and demanded that Jiang Jingnian provide evidence for his accusation.

Jiang Jingnian exposed Xue Bushan’s use of Five Poisons Sect pestilence gu at the Southern Martial Gathering, but Xue died before he could be questioned, leaving the inquiry unresolved. Meanwhile, Jiang Nianci arranged for Jiang Leer to marry Jiang Jingnian, and news of the scandal and Jiang’s strength spread through Lin’an.

• Jiang Jingnian challenged Zhu Wuxia and the Huju Cave Lord over their accusations, and five Martial Gathering Arbitration Council Grandmasters arrived to investigate.
• At Venue C, Liaoxing identified a pestilence gu talisman hidden on Xue Bushan and used his Dharma to link it to the gu insects poisoning Hong Yufang and to Xue.
• Liaoxing woke Xue Bushan to question him, but Xue admitted he had done something to Hong Yufang before suddenly dying; Yuan Xinhe suspected Zhu Wuxia’s faction had silenced him.
• Jiang Nianci told Jiang Leer that the Jiang Family would form an alliance with the Mountain Cloud School through Jiang Leer’s marriage to Jiang Jingnian, and Leer protested that no one had asked her.
• That night, people across Lin’an discussed Jiang Jingnian’s fight with Yu Changfeng, the evidence against Xue Bushan, and the tournament’s two-day postponement.

At a banquet, Jiang Jingnian recounted the turmoil in Peace City and secured an alliance with the Jinling Jiang Family as the regional power struggle intensified. After refining a Bright Jade Crown fragment and strengthening his moonlit abilities, he resolved to stop concealing his strength, while Zhu Wuxia’s group plotted to use underhanded tactics against him.

• Jiang Jingnian briefed the Mountain Cloud School leaders on the destruction of the Stockade, the Xu Family’s defeat, and the Lu Family’s plans to advance east.
• Jiang Nianci announced that the Jinling Jiang Family would ally with the Mountain Cloud School and send ships, experts, and a Dragon Vein Fragment to the region.
• Liu Qingzhi realized Jiang Jingnian and Jiang Nianci had an understanding, then flew into a rage over their apparent arrangement.
• Jiang Jingnian refined the Bright Jade Coral, saw a vision of a wounded dragon maiden losing her crown, and gained the Inexpressible Nobility (Moon Crown) trait.
• Jiang Jingnian concluded that he had hidden most of his strength at the gathering and decided it was time to act.
• Zhu Wuxia’s group blamed Jiang Jingnian for their losses and planned to return his underhanded methods against him.

Jiang Jingnian prepared himself and secretly assassinated Yu Changfeng in Lin'an, then returned before the killing was discovered. By morning, the Adjudication Council was investigating the murder and questioning who could have killed a veteran Grandmaster so quickly.

• Jiang Jingnian sensed Yue Xiaoque and Shen Huaitian watching his hotel, then waited until their surveillance ended before leaving a moonlight double behind.
• Yue Xiaoque and Shen Huaitian found no evidence linking the Mountain Cloud School or Jiang Jingnian to demonic methods or Xue Bushan's death.
• Jiang Jingnian used a surprise attack and the Dao Armament [Phantomless Flood Dragon Eye] to overpower and kill Yu Changfeng in his residence.
• Zhu Wuxia and Zhu Wen rushed to Yu Changfeng's wrecked chamber, where they found his remains and learned that the guards had seen no killer.
• News of Yu Changfeng's assassination spread through Lin'an, and Liaoxing, Yue Xiaoque, and Shen Huaitian debated who had the strength to kill him so swiftly.

After the Five Hegemons of the South blamed the Mountain Cloud School for the Lin'an upheaval and imposed severe penalties, Jiang Jingnian accepted the threat to the school’s status while uncovering the Lin Mingxin Sect elders’ plot and strengthening his lifespan-draining trait. The Southern Martial Gathering resumed, and Liu Qingzhi faced a taunting opponent as Jiang Jingnian watched from the stands.

• Yue Xiaoque concluded that a hidden Demonic Path assassin had killed Yu Changfeng, but Shen Huaitian persuaded the Arbitration Council to continue the gathering and heavily punish the Mountain Cloud School.
• Yuan Xinhe and Fei Yanxin reported that Fang Mo had ambushed Tang Xu, whose crown-top three flowers had been tainted by the Pestilence Moon phantom.
• Jiang Jingnian refined the yin wood fragment, learned of the Lin Mingxin Sect elders’ alliance with the Lu Family, and upgraded his Life-Shortening Age-Stealing trait.
• Li Qiu told Jiang Jingnian that the Mountain Cloud School faced a heavy points deduction and that Jiang Jingnian was forbidden from fighting in Lin'an; Jiang accepted the ruling and reassured the school’s disciples.
• The Southern Martial Gathering resumed, and Liu Qingzhi entered a match against a saber-wielding man in a bamboo hat who mocked the Mountain Cloud School before she drew her Frost-Snow Sword.

Liu Qingzhi fought Song Xun to a draw at the Southern Martial Gathering, prompting Jiang Jingnian to confront Song Xun for insulting him and the Mountain Cloud School. Hidden Artifact Cliff’s deputy cliff master apologized, while Tong Shaoxuan and other young martial artists reflected on Jiang Jingnian’s rise and growing notoriety.

• Liu Qingzhi and Song Xun unleashed their strongest techniques and both fell from the platform, ending their match in a draw.
• Jiang Jingnian challenged Song Xun and overwhelmed him with his Grandmaster aura, then demanded that Hidden Artifact Cliff’s leaders face him instead.
• Yi Yue and other Grandmasters intervened, and Zhou Feng apologized on Song Xun’s behalf with two fire virtue dao blossoms.
• At Venue A, Tong Shaoxuan told Zhuge Xin that Jiang Jingnian’s recklessness would eventually bring him trouble, while reflecting on the Life-Severing Sword Lineage’s decline.
• Young martial artists walking beside the Qiantang River criticized Jiang Jingnian’s conduct and predicted that his arrogance would bring him into conflict with powerful factions.

Jiang Jingnian received the Blue Water Orb from Jiang Chenglin, learned that demonic forces and rival sects were moving against the Two-East Region, and began nurturing the Dragon Vein Fragment. Meanwhile, Xu Shangqing emerged from seclusion, mastered the Taihua Sword Canon, and crushed Tong Shaoxuan at the Southern Martial Gathering, shifting the attention of Lin'an toward him.

• Li Qiu reported that Jiang Jingnian and the Mountain Cloud School had become targets of hostility, while Jiang Jingnian dismissed the criticism and asked Hong Yufang about Hidden Artifact Cliff’s ties to Heavenly Jade Mountain.
• Jiang Nianci and Jiang Chenglin visited Jiang Jingnian, gave him the Jiang Family’s Blue Water Orb, and warned him about a Demon Sect blood sacrifice and the Lu Family’s military preparations.
• Jiang Jingnian learned that the Lin Mingxin Sect’s Grand Elder faction supported the Lu Family’s bid for the Two-East Region, then discovered that the Blue Water Orb was a Dragon Vein Fragment absorbing Dongjiang Prefecture’s momentum.
• Yuan Xinhe urged the Lin Mingxin Sect to focus on the demonic threat, but Xu Shangqing arrived and revealed that he had mastered the Taihua Sword Canon and reached the Second Heaven of True Astral Force.
• Xu Shangqing defeated Tong Shaoxuan in fewer than ten moves, and his victory made him the talk of Lin'an and overshadowed Jiang Jingnian at the Southern Martial Gathering.

Jiang Jingnian gathered water-nature treasures to restore the Jiangshui Dragon Vein Fragment, whose modified ability began stealing momentum from the Southern Martial World gathering in Lin'an. As the Five Poisons Sect prepared a mass-sacrifice ritual outside the city, Fang Mo and Du Wuxing noticed the momentum’s flow had changed.

• Jiang Jingnian studied his enhanced traits and steeped the Dragon Vein Fragment in his Life Essence, then learned it required 33 points of water nature to nurture.
• Jiang Jingnian borrowed Liu Qingzhi’s Waterlight Treasure Bag and traded with elders and protectors, raising the fragment’s water-nature count to 27.
• Jiang Jingnian spent several days shopping for water-related items while rumors spread that Xu Shangqing’s victories had frightened him into hiding.
• Jiang Jingnian reached 33 points of water nature, unlocking a method for the fragment to intercept the Southern Martial World’s momentum converging on Lin'an.
• Fang Mo and Du Wuxing prepared a ritual to sacrifice everyone within a hundred miles, then noticed that some of the momentum gathering around Lin'an had vanished.

Jiang Jingnian rebuffed Six Doors’ questions about Yu Changfeng’s death while realizing Zhu Wuxia was building a case to isolate and attack the Mountain Cloud School. The chapter ends with Divine Constable Chen and Divine Constable Ding discovering a Five Poisons Sect Phantom Gu Ritual Array at a suspected mole’s residence in the Clearwater Workshop.

• Jiang Jingnian refused Liu Qingzhi’s suggestion to summon Daoist Master Song to the Southern Martial Gathering and reassured Liu Qingzhi that the school could flee overseas if necessary.
• Jiang Jingnian denied Six Doors’ investigators useful answers about Yu Changfeng’s death, while Divine Constable Chen and Divine Constable Ding found no evidence that he was a hidden Demonic Path fiend.
• Jiang Jingnian concluded that Zhu Wuxia intended to blame the Mountain Cloud School for Yu Changfeng’s murder and use the accusation to rally an attack on Cloudpool Cliff.
• Divine Constable Chen and Divine Constable Ding went to investigate a suspected mole among Tang Xu’s trusted aides at the Clearwater Workshop.
• The young constables entering the courtyard were ensnared by Phantom Gu energy, and Chen freed them before identifying a Five Poisons Sect Phantom Gu Ritual Array around a black Bone Flute.

Jiang Jingnian investigated a Demon Wraith attack in Lin'an while the Adjudication Council debated the spreading demonic threat and the Five Poisons Sect's plans. The chapter ended with Fang Mo awaiting the Phantom Venom Sect's arrival at a wharf outside the city.

• Jiang Jingnian browsed a bookshop and heard locals discuss Xu Shangqing's victories, his own conflict with the Lin Mingxin Sect, and Demon Wraith attacks in Lin'an.
• Jiang Jingnian entered a pastry shop during a Demon Wraith attack, identified a Black Resentment Hand, and destroyed an underground Ritual Array before taking its core and vanishing.
• Liaoxing reported that the martial world's momentum was dwindling, while Yue Xiaoque and Shen Huaitian warned that the Demon Sect could soon force a major battle in Dongjiang Prefecture.
• Yuan Xinhe said she would do her best to restrain the Lin Mingxin Sect, leaving the Adjudication Council Grandmasters concerned about divisions within the sect.
• Fang Mo and Du Wuxing discussed the Phantom Venom Sect's arrival and possible challenge for the Five Poisons Sect's orthodoxy.
• Fang Mo watched the Phantom Venom Sect's illusion-shrouded ship approach the wharf and said that its people had arrived.

Jiang Jingnian refined a new Water-Shadow Gu Garment and noticed that the Joyous Blood Moon’s unsealing progress had risen sharply. Meanwhile, the Phantom Venom Sect arrived in Lin'an, helped the Five Poisons Sect activate a blood-moon ritual, and launched an invasion that brought demonic corruption into the city as the Southern Martial Gathering was underway.

• Jiang Jingnian refined the Water-Shadow Gu Garment, then saw the Joyous Blood Moon’s unsealing progress reach 16%.
• Great Might Martial Saint Son and Sacred Fire Elder Zhou Feng arrived in Lin'an with Phantom Venom Sect followers and met Fang Mo and Du Wuxing at the docks.
• Great Might Martial Saint Son revealed his Moon-Veiled Illusion Gu and chose Xu Shangqing as his intended opponent, while Fang Mo and Zhou Feng activated a ritual that erased the docks and turned the river dark red.
• Great Might Martial Saint Son attacked Zheng Yuan and Meng Lin as the Phantom Venom Sect and Demonic Path experts emerged from the blood-red river, and Fang Mo raised a curtain of bloody water to pursue them.
• Tang Xu awoke under the blood moon, his young disciple was killed, and Tang Xu became a giant demon wraith that devastated Clearwater Workshop.
• After Xu Shangqing defeated Intent-in-Motion Sword at the Southern Martial Gathering, black demonic qi and red river water appeared outside Venue A, alarming the gathered martial artists.

Jiang Jingnian sensed danger in Lin'an and withdrew the Mountain Cloud School from the martial gathering, but the Demon Sect attacked before they could leave. Fang Mo used the Pestilence Moon and Blood Moon to trap the righteous Grandmasters in a blood-colored domain, where he demanded one-on-one fights as the Great Might Martial Holy Son called out Xu Shangqing.

• Jiang Jingnian concluded that anyone allied with Joyous Blood Moon, the hero, or the state preceptor could be an enemy and decided to seize the advantage in the present.
• Jiang Jingnian told Liu Qingzhi to stop competing and summoned the Mountain Cloud School, where Hong Yufang reported on events abroad and Jiang Jingnian warned of a possible Demon Sect attack.
• Demonic qi engulfed Lin'an, Demon Wraiths rampaged through the city, and Fang Mo arrived by ship on the blood-red Qiantang River.
• Liaoxing struck Fang Mo with [Vajra Wrath], but Fang Mo blocked the blow with a phantom formed from gu insects; Shen Huaitian and Yue Xiaoque then confronted him.
• Fang Mo used the [Pestilence Moon] phantom to absorb Yue Xiaoque's sword attack, severely wound her, and raise his cultivation to the Third Heaven of True Astral Force.
• Fang Mo trapped the Grandmasters in a blood-colored domain that forced them to fight one-on-one, and the Great Might Martial Holy Son challenged Xu Shangqing.

Jiang Jingnian and the Mountain Cloud School were caught in a Blood Domain, where he destroyed a Grade-A Greater Demon Wraith that immediately began to regenerate. Elsewhere, Xu Shangqing was wounded by the Great Might Martial Saint Son’s Moon-Veiled Illusion Gu, but the Withering-and-Flourishing Martial Saint intervened, prompting Ren Wuqing to reveal himself and fight him.

• Jiang Jingnian concealed himself from the phantom Blood Moon as the Mountain Cloud School appeared in a region where reality and the Void had been exchanged.
• A Grade-A Lotus Person Demon Wraith attacked Jiang Jingnian, who smashed it apart with a single strike, but its remains quickly reassembled into a larger monster.
• Xu Shangqing took the Great Might Martial Saint Son’s challenge and gained the advantage with the Taihua Sword Canon before the opponent used Moon-Veiled Illusion Gu to inflict a seemingly unavoidable wound.
• The Withering-and-Flourishing Martial Saint empowered Xu Shangqing’s forest manifestation, healed him, and began breaking apart the Blood Domain.
• Fang Mo swallowed the Pestilence Moon phantom and transformed into Ren Wuqing, the Pestilence Moon Martial Saint, who confronted the Withering-and-Flourishing Martial Saint.
• Ren Wuqing’s plague mist withered the ancient forest as the two Martial Saints clashed their powers.

Jiang Jingnian defeated the Lotus-Man Demon Wraith and found a Remnant Lotus Core, but its revealed entry left him stunned. Elsewhere in the Blood Domain, the Martial Saints’ struggle culminated in the Withering-and-Flourishing Martial Saint’s betrayal and Yuan Xinhe’s death.

• Jiang Jingnian battered the Lotus-Man Demon Wraith until it could no longer reassemble, then began searching its remains.
• Jiang Jingnian found a walnut-sized Remnant Lotus Core and froze when a translucent entry appeared beside it.
• Ren Wuqing defeated Xu Shangqing and unleashed the Pestilence Sea against the righteous Grandmasters until the Hanging Mountain Sword Saint intervened through [Suspended-End Mountain].
• Han Qingwu, possessing Xu Shangqing, ambushed the Hanging Mountain Sword Saint and gravely wounded Shen Huaitian, revealing himself as the traitor behind the crisis.
• Yuan Xinhe confronted Han Qingwu, but Zhu Wuxia and other Lin Mingxin Sect Grandmasters stabbed her from behind, and she died clutching a broken jade pendant.

Jiang Jingnian uncovered more of the Braveheart Family’s interference in the Chen State and refined a demon wraith core while the Blood Domain devastated Lin'an. At the center of the crisis, Liaoxing sacrificed himself to unleash the Great Sun Tathagata and summon Great Sun Origin Mountain, while Jiang Jingnian gained a new trait.

• Jiang Jingnian examined the Withered Lotus fragment and traced its listed collaborators to the Barlo Lineage, then began calcining the demon wraith core as Mountain Cloud School members stood guard.
• Across the Blood Domain, demon wraiths slaughtered civilians and constables, while Jiang Nianci gathered survivors and Lin Mingxin Sect members faced Zhu Wuxia’s betrayal and the fighting between righteous and demonic forces.
• Liaoxing confronted Han Qingwu, burned his life to manifest the Great Sun Tathagata, and struck Han Qingwu and Ren Wuqing with a golden palm.
• Liaoxing’s final sacrifice transformed his Fire Virtue momentum into the Great Sun Tathagata and drew Great Sun Origin Mountain into the Blood Domain.
• Jiang Jingnian finished refining the demon wraith core and acquired the Moon-Broken Lotus Eyes (Withered) trait.

Jiang Jingnian helped destroy the Blood Domain and used a withering lotus field to eliminate its Demon Wraiths, but the explosion scattered the survivors across Lin'an and unleashed more violence. As demonic corruption spread, Zhu Wuxia pursued Jiang Nianci and finally confronted Jiang Jingnian and the Mountain Cloud School.

• Jiang Jingnian's withering lotus field destroyed the charging Demon Wraiths, and [Great Sun Origin Mountain] then shattered the Blood Domain, scattering its inhabitants across Lin'an.
• The Great Might Martial Saint Son consumed a blood pool and attacked martial experts, while Zhu Wuxia and other corrupted Lin Mingxin Sect Grandmasters resumed their plans to kill and harvest people.
• Zhu Wuxia used the Demon Sect Ritual Core to pursue advancement, then attacked Jiang Nianci and the Jiang Family; Jiang Nianci's water barrier failed, and she fled wounded while the others were cut off.
• Jiang Jingnian stayed with the Mountain Cloud School while Greater Momentum Absorption reached 92%, and he told Hong Yufang to wait before deciding what to do.
• Jiang Jingnian caught the exhausted Jiang Nianci as Zhu Wuxia and two elders caught up, and Zhu Wuxia declared that she would kill everyone with him.