Recaps

Ding Songyan and Zheng Zhuxi suspected Chen Jindong was the mysterious person behind Yan Peng’s theft, then considered whether he was also causing people to fall ill and die through dreams. That night, Zheng Zhuxi fought her way out of a nightmare involving the Devil Lord, while Chen Jindong encountered an unknown swordsman at the Night Market.

• Chen Jindong greeted Zheng Zhuxi and thanked her and Ding Songyan for protecting his Mount Fuyu elixir herb before heading to the Hundred Treasures Hall.
• Ding Songyan told Zheng Zhuxi that Chen Jindong likely was the mysterious person, but they lacked evidence to report him to the authorities.
• Ding Songyan shared the Lü Siblings’ father’s remnant soul account and his suspicions about dream-induced illness, and Zheng Zhuxi agreed to wait for County Captain Zhong’s investigation.
• Zheng Zhuxi bought masks at the Night Market with Ding Songyan, then dreamed that the Devil Lord Qin Guanchan attacked him and turned on her.
• Zheng Zhuxi’s Candlelight Sword Intent broke the nightmare, and she realized Chen Jindong had entered her dream.
• Chen Jindong opened his eyes at a noodle stall and saw a swordsman in a Carefree Headwrap sitting opposite him.

Ding Songyan identified Chen Jindong as the one who entered Zheng Zhuxi’s nightmare, but could not confront him without evidence. When Chen later appeared in their linked dream, he asked them for help against another self that had been acting through his body while he slept.

• Ding Songyan confronted Chen Jindong at a Night Market noodle stall, but Chen denied wrongdoing and Ding let him go for lack of proof.
• Ding Songyan told Zheng Zhuxi how he had traced Chen through her dream, and warned that Chen might retaliate after being humiliated.
• Ding Songyan entered Zheng Zhuxi’s dream again, where the two realized their dreams had become linked.
• Chen Jindong appeared in the dream and asked Ding Songyan and Zheng Zhuxi to save him from the fiend inside him.
• Chen Jindong explained that another version of himself had been active while he slept and had caused a girl to become obsessed with him as her Dream Lover.

Ding Songyan and Zheng Zhuxi uncovered Chen Jindong’s murderous second personality and brought the deaths he caused to County Captain Zhong’s attention. Chen returned to his sect with He Yuanzhi to pursue a breakthrough, leaving Zheng Zhuxi suspicious after she noticed his reaction to the Lü siblings’ grief.

• Chen Jindong explained that his other personality had killed several people through dreams and asked Ding Songyan and Zheng Zhuxi to help suppress it during his breakthrough, but Ding refused to agree without further thought.
• Ding Songyan and Zheng Zhuxi decided to wait for County Captain Zhong’s investigation before choosing whether to enter Chen Jindong’s dream.
• Zhong Pinglan confirmed four suspected dream-related deaths, including the Shao Residence’s fourth daughter, and said he would report Chen Jindong to the Martial Prohibition Bureau and the Ministry of Justice.
• Zheng Zhuxi and Ding Songyan encountered the Lü siblings at an inn, where Yu Jinhong offered to arrange a courtyard for them while they waited to travel home with their father’s ashes.
• Chen Jindong returned with his master He Yuanzhi, announced that he was going back to the Yellow Millet Sect to enter seclusion, and smiled faintly while hearing about the Lü siblings’ loss; Zheng Zhuxi noticed and gripped her sword.

Ding Songyan persuaded Zheng Zhuxi to seek justice for Chen Jindong through official channels, then claimed Chen suffered from Different Soul Syndrome to persuade County Captain Zhong and Divine Physician Zeng to examine him. They caught up with Chen and He Yuanzhi on the road, where Chen resisted the proposed examination.

• Zheng Zhuxi agreed with Ding Songyan that Chen Jindong was guilty and resolved to pursue justice, while reaffirming that she would follow proper procedures in other cases.
• Ding Songyan told Zheng Zhuxi they should return to County Captain Zhong and give their accusations official authority.
• At the Xuande County Yamen, Ding Songyan claimed Chen had Different Soul Syndrome and convinced Zhong Pinglan to summon Divine Physician Zeng to examine him.
• Ding Songyan, Zheng Zhuxi, Zhong Pinglan, and Divine Physician Zeng caught up with Chen Jindong and He Yuanzhi on the road to the Yellow Millet Sect's Mountain Gate.
• Ding Songyan urged He Yuanzhi to let Divine Physician Zeng examine Chen, but Chen angrily denied being ill and resisted.

Chen Jindong refused an examination for foreign-soul syndrome and triggered the dream tribulation on the spot, where his other self began confessing crimes aloud. Ding Songyan entered the dream and revealed that Chen Jindong’s other self had fallen asleep, then declared himself Chen Jindong’s dream tribulation.

• Chen Jindong rejected Divine Physician Zeng’s examination and swallowed the Mount Fuyu elixir herb to begin the dream tribulation immediately.
• Ding Songyan used the heavenly heart imprint to conceal his changing appearance and divide his awareness.
• Inside the dream, Chen Jindong confronted his other self while, in the real world, he spoke about the crimes they had committed.
• Divine Physician Zeng recognized signs of foreign-soul syndrome, and Zhong Pinglan realized Chen Jindong’s words could expose his crimes.
• Chen Jindong found Ding Songyan in a prison cell, where Ding Songyan told him his other self had fallen asleep and said he was Chen Jindong’s dream tribulation.

Ding Songyan used Chen Jindong’s divided soul and hidden sword intent to undermine his confidence during the Dream Tribulation, exposing his crimes and killing him. He Yuanzhi rushed to Chen Jindong’s body as the others watched in shock.

• Chen Jindong’s dream revealed his crimes, and He Yuanzhi realized that the Shao family’s Fourth Miss and others had been murdered.
• He Yuanzhi used Three Thousand Years of Great Dreaming to guide Chen Jindong through a lifetime of success, but a lash from his dead master awakened him to the dream.
• Ding Songyan’s hidden sword intent wounded Chen Jindong inside the dream, making him doubt that his Calamity Ward could protect him.
• Ding Songyan pierced Chen Jindong’s throat in the dream, and Chen Jindong died beside the official road.
• He Yuanzhi rushed to Chen Jindong’s corpse while County Captain Zhong and the others stared in shock.

After Chen Jindong died during his Dream Tribulation, Ding Songyan questioned his Yin Soul and uncovered how he committed his crimes and concealed them. He Yuanzhi took Chen Jindong’s body back to the Yellow Millet Sect as Zhong Pinglan prepared to report the case, while Ding Songyan told Zheng Zhuxi that he had gained a great deal.

• Divine Physician Zeng reflected that Chen Jindong might have survived if he had treated his Different Soul Syndrome before attempting a breakthrough, and He Yuanzhi accepted that the illness had doomed his disciple.
• Ding Songyan used his Yin Eye and Qingmengmeng’s Seed to question Chen Jindong’s Yin Soul, who admitted to seeking the Mount Fuyu Elixir Herb, planning around his divided selves, and wearing a Lady Meng Mask to escape his past.
• Chen Jindong’s Yin Soul explained how he entered an Imperial Court inspector’s dream and made the inspector believe he had already assessed Chen’s good and evil.
• When asked for his last words, Chen Jindong’s Remnant Soul cursed He Yuanzhi before breaking apart, and Ding Songyan told He Yuanzhi that the different souls had clashed and perished together.
• He Yuanzhi took Chen Jindong’s body to the Yellow Millet Sect, while Zhong Pinglan said he would report the case and arrange public notices about recurring dreams.
• Zheng Zhuxi asked Ding Songyan whether he had experienced anything, and he smiled and said he had gained a great deal.

After Chen Jindong’s crimes were exposed and he died, Zheng Zhuxi and Ding Songyan informed Lü Huaijin of the truth and discussed how Ding could adapt dream techniques into his Dream Sword. After a month of practice, Ding completed a preliminary refinement and invited Zheng to test it.

• Divine Physician Zeng praised Zheng Zhuxi and Ding Songyan for their supposed heroic warning to Chen Jindong, while Zhong Pinglan thanked them and went to report the case.
• Zheng Zhuxi and Ding Songyan told Lü Huaijin that Chen Jindong had caused her father’s death through repeated dreams, and that the authorities would compensate the victims with his possessions.
• Ding Songyan explained the true Three Thousand Years of Great Dreaming and described his plan to adapt Transforming the Self into a Nightmare using a target’s memories.
• Zheng Zhuxi sparred with martial artists and toured Qisong Prefecture with Ding Songyan, while he worked on improving his Dream Sword.
• After a month of refinement, Ding Songyan drew Cold Shadow at the Dipper Martial Training Ground and asked Zheng Zhuxi to test his latest Dream Sword.

Ding Songyan completed the initial form of the Dream Sword by immersing Zheng Zhuxi in an imagined history of the Xiaoming Sect, then discussed its limits and her upcoming cultivation. He visited the recovering Wan Guhong, encouraged him to spend the New Year at home, and left with the steamed buns he had brought.

• Ding Songyan used the Dream Sword to make Zheng Zhuxi experience moving imagined past lives connected to the Xiaoming Sect, and she confirmed that the technique's initial form was complete.
• Ding Songyan explained that he had shaped the visions from Zheng Zhuxi's memories and discussed how the Heavenly Heart Imprint could help him fight multiple opponents.
• Zheng Zhuxi told Ding Songyan that Wan Guhong was recovering from organ dressing with the Black Tortoise and that she would soon undergo organ dressing with the Vermilion Bird.
• Ding Songyan brought steamed buns to Wan Guhong, who explained that he would rest before returning to the martial world and hoped to get through the New Year festivities first.
• Ding Songyan encouraged Wan Guhong to stay in Jiangping County as long as he wanted, then left with the buns before Wan Guhong could share them with his servants.

Ding Songyan derived seven improvements to the Illuminating the Long Night Scripture’s Opening Orifices and Organ Dressing methods and presented them to the Xiaoming Sect elders. As Zheng Zhuxi began Organ Dressing with the revised method, Ding Songyan conceived a simplified cultivation method he called the Lesser Limitless Method.

• Ding Songyan practiced the Illuminating the Long Night Scripture’s Great Expansion Chapters, formed its prescribed organs and apertures, and identified seven errors in its methods for Opening Orifices and Organ Dressing.
• Ding Songyan gave his findings to Hu Chengzong, who reported them to Tao Wenshu, Wang Zhou, and Yan Jingxian.
• Tao Wenshu proposed that Zheng Zhuxi test the revised Organ Dressing method, and Hu Chengzong warned that it needed verification.
• When Zheng Zhuxi entered the Organ Dressing area, Ding Songyan reassured her and waited anxiously outside.
• While waiting, Ding Songyan considered a focused, simplified version of deriving Dao and De for Zheng Zhuxi and named it the Lesser Limitless Method.

After Zheng Zhuxi underwent Vermilion Bird Organ Dressing, Ding Songyan developed a Lesser Limitless Method to give her another path toward the Celestial-Human Realm. He brought her the method and New Year treats as snow began falling over the Xiaoming Sect.

• Zheng Zhuxi recovered from Organ Dressing and repeatedly circulated her Illuminating Candle True Qi to stabilize the Vermilion Bird organs.
• Ding Songyan used the Heavenly Mind Formula and Hundun power to devise and refine the Lesser Limitless Method over the following days.
• Wan Guhong watched Ding Songyan practice the Seven Night-Illuminating Swords and was astonished by his flawless technique.
• Ding Songyan gave Zheng Zhuxi the Lesser Limitless Method, explaining that it could serve as a safeguard against hidden dangers in her current scripture.
• Ding Songyan brought Zheng Zhuxi ice cream and lamb white sausage from Flat Lake Town and described the town’s New Year preparations.
• Zheng Zhuxi and Ding Songyan watched heavy snow fall outside her window.

Ding Songyan read Su Qingli’s letter, learning about the destruction of the Xiong, Qu, and Pan lineages, the danger posed by Qin Guanchan, and sects tied to the Netherworld. After deciding to answer her in spring, he welcomed Xie Fengchao and the others, and Xie said he had come to say farewell.

• Ding Songyan read Su Qingli’s account of her travels and the Three Bodies, Three Heads, and Quanrong tribes.
• Su Qingli explained that old monsters had slaughtered the Xiong, Qu, and Pan lineages seeking secrets that their martial manuals did not contain.
• Su Qingli warned Ding Songyan to avoid Qin Guanchan and described the Three Perils Sect and Impermanence Religion, prompting Ding to consider visiting their disciples.
• Su Qingli asked Ding Songyan to share more detailed stories of his adventures and said she had given up visiting south of the Great River because she would not see him.
• Ding Songyan decided to write back in spring, then greeted Xie Fengchao, Xing Chang, Pan Yunzhou, Yang Shiduo, and Xu Chang'an as they arrived.
• Xie Fengchao raised a wine jar and told Ding Songyan he had come to say farewell.

Xie Fengchao bid farewell to Ding Songyan and the others after sparring with Zheng Zhuxi, while Ding Songyan spent the evening teaching martial arts. On New Year’s Eve, as the sect emptied out, Zheng Zhuxi invited Ding Songyan to celebrate the New Year at her family’s home.

• Xie Fengchao announced he was returning to the Flame Capital, then challenged Zheng Zhuxi to a farewell spar and lost.
• Xie Fengchao left for the mountain gate with Xing Chang, while Yang Shiduo and Xu Chang'an stayed to receive martial arts guidance from Ding Songyan.
• Ding Songyan, Zheng Zhuxi, and Pan Yunzhou coached Xu Chang'an and Yang Shiduo as they practiced in the snow.
• A few days later, Xu Chang'an and Yang Shiduo left for their New Year visits, and Ding Songyan saw Wan Guhong heading home as the Xiaoming Sect grew quiet.
• Zheng Zhuxi approached Ding Songyan outside his courtyard and invited him to celebrate the New Year at her home because her father had arrived.

Ding Songyan visited Zheng Zhuxi’s family for New Year’s Eve and impressed Zheng Ziming with his manners and his interest in martial learning grounded in human knowledge. The family welcomed the new year together, leaving Ding and Zheng Ziming on warm, intellectually kindred terms.

• Ding Songyan accompanied Zheng Zhuxi to her family home and learned more about her father, Zheng Ziming, a high-ranking Menxia Chancellor and Martial Grandmaster.
• Ding Songyan and Zheng Zhuxi welcomed the God of Fortune and the Auspicious God at the Zheng family’s gates before joining Tao Wenshu and Zheng Ziming for dinner.
• Ding Songyan behaved with sincere respect and impeccable etiquette, impressing Zheng Ziming during their conversation at the table.
• Zheng Ziming taught Ding Songyan how the Zheng family’s Book of Utmost Sincerity combined the Perching Bird inheritance with the Way of Utmost Sincerity.
• Ding Songyan shared his insight that learning beyond martial arts could reveal the Dao and help create stronger martial techniques, and Zheng Ziming enthusiastically agreed.
• Ding Songyan, Zheng Zhuxi, Tao Wenshu, and Zheng Ziming listened to firecrackers and welcomed the new year together.

Ding Songyan and Zheng Zhuxi celebrated the New Year together before paying homage to the Xiaoming Sect’s founding patriarchs. After returning to the Mountain Gate, Ding Songyan learned that Zheng Zhuxi would leave for half a month and that the sect had found leads about his origins, though none had yet panned out.

• Ding Songyan and Zheng Zhuxi set off firecrackers together, then Zheng Zhuxi showed him the New Year custom of illuminating the Void Waster and wished him good fortune.
• At dawn, Zheng Zhuxi greeted Ding Songyan in festive clothes before they went to pay homage to the founding patriarchs.
• Tao Wenshu told Zheng Ziming that her family should face no calamity in the next six months after he used the Way of Utmost Sincerity to seek foreknowledge.
• Tao Wenshu told Ding Songyan that Zheng Zhuxi had completed the White Tiger’s first unusual aperture and would travel with her and Zheng Ziming for about half a month.
• Tao Wenshu said the sect and the Martial Prohibition Bureau had verified Pan Yunzhou’s background and asked Ding Songyan to bring him over.
• Ding Songyan asked whether Tao Wenshu had found his relatives, and she said they had only discovered a few cold leads.

Tao Wenshu explained how the Sage-Slaying Path used the Liu Family in Yuejiang Prefecture to create false identities, and told Ding Songyan that an earlier sighting of him there might reveal secrets about his past. She agreed to support his investigation if he chose to travel, then set conditions for Pan Yunzhou to help complete the Great Canon of the Stars.

• Tao Wenshu told Ding Songyan that the Sage-Slaying Path had used the Liu Family as a cover to support its schemes and warned him about the sect's elaborate deceptions.
• Tao Wenshu revealed that Ding Songyan had been seen in Yuejiang Prefecture before the Nine-Evil Witch and the others arrived, including near Ge Family Village, and left further investigation to him.
• Ding Songyan said he wanted to visit Yuejiang Prefecture, and Tao Wenshu offered to arrange fast transport while advising him that he could also seek help from other elders.
• Tao Wenshu promised to seek life-extending items for Ding Songyan and then summoned Pan Yunzhou to discuss the Great Canon of the Stars.
• Tao Wenshu required Pan Yunzhou to rely on intermediaries rather than read the Celestial Stars Scripture directly and to join the sect only as an entry-level disciple; he accepted and planned to fetch his canon from Eastern Plain Prefecture.

Ding Songyan arranged to travel with Pan Yunzhou to retrieve martial arts from the Great Canon of the Stars, while planning to investigate Immortal Cave County in Yuejiang Prefecture. The chapter ended as the two boarded a Painted Airship bound for Eastern Plain Prefecture, with Ding Songyan confident he could fly if it malfunctioned.

• Ding Songyan volunteered to accompany Pan Yunzhou, and Tao Wenshu secured a Painted Airship for their journey.
• Ding Songyan told Pan Yunzhou that he also needed to visit Yuejiang Prefecture, and Pan agreed to go there first.
• Zheng Zhuxi warned Ding Songyan about the Devil Lord and the Nine-Evil Witch, advised him to seek help from powerful local forces, and urged him to return safely.
• Zheng Zhuxi departed with her parents, while Ding Songyan and Pan Yunzhou waited for their Painted Airship the next morning.
• The Painted Airship landed, and Ding Songyan led Pan Yunzhou aboard, reassuring him that he was not afraid to fly.

Ding Songyan and Pan Yunzhou boarded the Painted Airship and learned about its crew, flight, and dangers. Ding Songyan went onto the icy deck to seek insight from the sky and wind, and Pan Yunzhou followed him.

• Ding Songyan and Pan Yunzhou boarded the Painted Airship and met Ren Jiuyue of the Heavenly Lake School and Wei Ling of the Fish-Dragon Gate.
• Wei Ling explained that the airship could face attacks from flying martial artists and Qigu People, then helped the passengers secure themselves for takeoff.
• After the airship steadied, Ding Songyan studied the view from the window and reflected on the division between above and below.
• Ding Songyan went onto the windy, freezing deck to observe the sky and earth and seek insight, while Ren Jiuyue warned him of the danger.
• Pan Yunzhou left the cabin and joined Ding Songyan on the deck, prompting Ren Jiuyue and Wei Ling to wonder whether everyone in the Xiaoming Sect behaved this way.

Ding Songyan and Pan Yunzhou traveled by Painted Airship to Yuejiang Prefecture, where Ding reflected on his cultivation and learned about regional martial customs. After borrowing horses from the Hongxin Trading Company, Ding decided to test his sword on the road to Immortal Cave County.

• Ding Songyan reviewed the cultivation arts he had developed and contemplated the division of above and below while Pan Yunzhou tried to gain insights beside him.
• Ding Songyan and Pan Yunzhou chatted with Ren Jiuyue and Wei Ling during the uneventful Painted Airship journey, then landed outside Huachang County.
• Ding Songyan and Pan Yunzhou passed a martial contest to choose a spouse, and Pan Yunzhou explained the custom's purpose and popularity in Chu Province and Treasure Province.
• At the Hongxin Trading Company, the steward confirmed that the sect master had arranged support and provided two horses.
• Ding Songyan decided to test his sword before reaching Immortal Cave County and urged Pan Yunzhou to set off immediately.

At an inn during freezing rain, Ding Songyan used the Dream-Waking Block to give Wu Jiting a dream of the life he might have lived and awaken him to the value of his family. After refusing a merchant’s offer to buy the block, Ding Songyan hinted to Pan Yunzhou that he had staged the demonstration to draw out a worthy opponent.

• Ding Songyan persuaded Pan Yunzhou to share one room at the crowded relay-station inn and invited their troubled tablemate, Wu Jiting, to explain his worries.
• Wu Jiting described his failed attempts at martial and civil examinations, his business losses, and his desperate wish to rise above the crowd.
• Ding Songyan gave Wu Jiting the Dream-Waking Block, then secretly used it to send him into a dream of success, arrogance, and the ruin of his family.
• Wu Jiting woke in tears, resolved to stop trading, care for his parents, and build a family, then bowed to Ding Songyan in gratitude.
• A merchant caravan representative offered to buy the block, but Ding Songyan refused; he later told Pan Yunzhou that he wanted to use it to test his sword against someone.

Ding Songyan killed Tang Du, a wanted deserter who attacked him at the relay station, and questioned his ghost about the Overturned Boat Faction. He learned Tang Du had been promised further training in the Flame Capital but knew neither the faction’s plan nor any remaining wealth.

• Ding Songyan secretly infused the Golden Millet Dream-Waking Block with Great Dream Sword Intent while Pan Yunzhou worried about attracting dangerous enemies.
• After they returned to their room, Pan Yunzhou kept watch while Ding Songyan went to sleep.
• Tang Du entered the room and attacked Ding Songyan, who fought back with Cold Shadow and killed him using the embryonic form of Six Harmonies as One.
• Ding Songyan summoned Tang Du’s ghost and learned that his bounty was nineteen thousand taels and that he had deserted after an unsuccessful rebellion attempt for the Overturned Boat Faction.
• Tang Du revealed that the faction had helped him complete his final Organ Dressing and ordered him to enter the Flame Capital, but he knew nothing of their purpose and had given them his wealth.

Ding Songyan questioned Tang Du’s remnant soul about the Accumulated Waters Divine Art and considered merging its void-based power with Passing the Torch, but the soul vanished before explaining the crucial details. After Tang Du’s corpse appeared, Pan Yunzhou agreed to take credit for the kill so Ding Songyan could keep his identity hidden, and the Station Chief identified Tang Du as a wanted criminal with a nineteen-thousand-tael bounty.

• Ding Songyan learned how Tang Du’s Forming an Abyss accumulated power in the surrounding void and pooled the strength of nearby practitioners.
• Ding Songyan planned to combine Forming an Abyss with Passing the Torch, but Tang Du’s remnant soul vanished before revealing the move’s orifices and techniques.
• Ding Songyan asked Pan Yunzhou to claim responsibility for killing Tang Du, offering him a share of the bounty silver.
• Pan Yunzhou agreed, beheaded Tang Du to support their account, and told himself Ding Songyan had killed the attacker in a swift ambush.
• The Station Chief identified the corpse as Tang Du, a wanted renegade, and announced a bounty of nineteen thousand taels, leaving Pan Yunzhou stunned that he was credited with the kill.

Ding Songyan left Pan Yunzhou to claim Tang Du’s bounty and went to Ge Family Village to investigate the mysterious events that had left him witless and Old Man Jiang dead. He confronted Ge Qi, who revealed that Old Man Jiang wanted to change into a younger body before suddenly recognizing Ding Songyan as possibly being the old man.

• Pan Yunzhou took responsibility for Tang Du’s death, and the Station Chief arranged for him and Ding Songyan to travel to Prefecture City to claim the bounty.
• Ding Songyan told the Station Chief about Tang Du’s mention of the Overturned Boat Faction and the Flame Capital, then reassured Wu Jiting that the bounty would cover the trouble caused by the Yellow Millet Dream-Waking Block.
• Ding Songyan left Pan Yunzhou and the Relay Station Attendants on the road to Huachang County and traveled alone to Ge Family Village.
• Ding Songyan registered as Pan Yunzhou, waited by an old willow, and followed Ge Qi home after Ge Qi recognized him and fled.
• Ding Songyan questioned Ge Qi about Old Man Jiang’s death, and Ge Qi said Old Man Jiang had wanted to change into a younger body before asking whether Ding Songyan was Old Man Jiang.

Ding Songyan investigated Old Man Jiang’s death and grew suspicious that Ge Qi was connected to the failed possession that had shaped his own return to life. At Old Man Jiang’s abandoned hollow, Ge Qi revealed strange powers and attacked, claiming that killing Ding Songyan would restore his memories.

• Ding Songyan questioned Ge Qi about Old Man Jiang, learning that the old man had lived near Ge Family Village for several years and was buried at his hollow.
• Ding Songyan used the Yellow Millet Dream-Waking Block to test Ge Qi, then delayed their trip to the grave so he could ask villagers about Ge Qi’s past.
• The bun-shop owner told Ding Songyan that Ge Qi had acted possessed and gone witless before recovering with a changed manner.
• Ding Songyan and Ge Qi reached Old Man Jiang’s hollow, where Ding Songyan noticed that someone still tended the land.
• Ge Qi attacked Ding Songyan with a flaming hoe, but Ding Songyan vanished from its path and confronted him about being Old Man Jiang.
• Ge Qi said he did not know who he was, but claimed his divine soul had told him that killing Ding Songyan would make him whole, then attacked again.

Ding Songyan fought Ge Qi, using the Hundun State and his swordsmanship to withstand the Law Realm master’s devastating flames. After Ding Songyan pierced Ge Qi with sword intent and Ge Qi fell, Ge Qi’s ghost tried to seize Ding Songyan’s body, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Ding Songyan analyzed Ge Qi’s fiery techniques and defended against his hoe strikes with Candlelight in the Dark Night.
• Ge Qi ignited the heated air into a sea of flames, but Ding Songyan absorbed the fire before Ge Qi disrupted it and caused an explosion.
• Ding Songyan pressed Ge Qi with a series of sword attacks, while Ge Qi detonated his shrinking sea of fire and blasted Ding Songyan backward.
• Ding Songyan transformed and pierced Ge Qi with a sword strike that awakened memories of Ge Qi’s past body-snatching attempts and his fear of heavenly punishment.
• Ge Qi collapsed, but his ghost rushed toward Ding Songyan’s brow in an attempt to possess him; Ding Songyan manifested the Hundun State and demanded to know who he was.