Recaps

After mourning Daoist Qi, Li Moqing received the Disciple-Recruiting Fabrications into Reality System and gained ten-star spiritual wisdom and a hidden Void Realm. The system sent him to recruit a destined individual, and Li Moqing set out to establish his own sect and cultivation paradise.

• Li Moqing visited Daoist Qi’s grave and regretted that he had failed to find Qi’s sect or deliver his dying message.
• The system revealed it had been with Li Moqing since his arrival three years earlier and granted him ten-star spiritual wisdom and the Void Realm.
• Li Moqing absorbed Source Qi and reached the Qi Refinement stage, but worried that the region’s thin Source Qi would limit his cultivation.
• The system explained that recruiting disciples and making believed fabrications could bring those fabrications into reality.
• After the system identified a destined individual approaching the Seeking Dao Mountains, Li Moqing decided to found a sect and flew out of Hidden Dragon Valley.

Li Moqing met Zhang Qingping and Zhang Xingfeng on their way to the Cloud Offering Sect’s recruitment gathering and convinced them that he led the secluded Heavenly Mist Sect. After making Zhang Xingfeng his disciple, Li Moqing took him and Zhang Qingping toward Misttrace Valley.

• Zhang Qingping and Zhang Xingfeng traveled toward the Seeking Dao Mountains so Zhang Xingfeng could attend the Cloud Offering Sect’s recruitment gathering.
• Li Moqing returned to them and identified Zhang Qingping and Zhang Xingfeng as members of the Zhang Household.
• Li Moqing claimed to be the sect master of the secluded Heavenly Mist Sect and demonstrated his power by hovering in the air.
• The system confirmed that Zhang Qingping and Zhang Xingfeng believed Li Moqing’s fabrication, making the Heavenly Mist Sect real.
• Li Moqing asked to take Zhang Xingfeng as his disciple, and Zhang Xingfeng knelt and bowed three times.
• Li Moqing took Zhang Xingfeng and Zhang Qingping toward Misttrace Valley to see the sect.

Li Moqing brought Zhang Qingping and Zhang Xingfeng to the newly revealed Heavenly Mist Sect, where Zhang Xingfeng formally became his disciple. After Li Moqing returned from Clearwind Town, he found Xingfeng sitting alone in the empty Sect and asked what was wrong.

• Li Moqing led Zhang Qingping and Zhang Xingfeng into the immense Heavenly Mist Sect, which astonished them both.
• Li Moqing explained that the Sect had few members and warned them to keep its existence secret.
• Zhang Xingfeng presented Li Moqing with thirty Gold Yuan as his apprenticeship gift and received a pavilion and a Communication Talisman from his father.
• Li Moqing left for Clearwind Town with Zhang Qingping, telling Xingfeng to explore the Sect.
• At dusk, Li Moqing returned and found Zhang Xingfeng sitting alone in the Sect square; Xingfeng asked what Li Moqing had gone to Clearwind Town to do.

After Zhang Xingfeng lamented that the Trial Stele had revealed no Spiritual Wisdom, Li Moqing fabricated a story about a Spirit-Awakening Tree and Dao-Enlightenment Stone, which became real when Zhang believed him. Zhang Xingfeng successfully awakened his spirit and sensed Source Qi, then prepared to test his Spiritual Wisdom.

• Zhang Xingfeng told Li Moqing that the Trial Stele had shown no Spiritual Wisdom, and Li Moqing reassured him that he could still become a cultivator.
• Li Moqing claimed that a nearby Spirit-Awakening Tree and Dao-Enlightenment Stone could help a mortal awaken and comprehend the Dao, and Zhang Xingfeng believed him.
• Li Moqing’s fabrication became real, and Zhang Xingfeng hurried to meditate on the Dao-Enlightenment Stone.
• During the night, Zhang Xingfeng absorbed the tree’s light and the stone’s warmth until spiritual perception surged in his mind and he sensed Source Qi.
• Zhang Xingfeng completed Spirit Awakening and Enlightenment, and Li Moqing congratulated him and gave him food.
• After eating, Zhang Xingfeng told Li Moqing he wanted to test his Spiritual Wisdom, and Li Moqing followed him.

Zhang Xingfeng lit one star on the Trial Stele, then received Li Moqing’s supposedly Heaven-Tier High-Grade Divine Breath Pure Heart Scripture and began cultivating. After Zhang Xingfeng believed Li Moqing’s claim about an ancient source vein, it became real and raised the Sect’s Source Qi concentration to eight hundred times the highest level in Search Province.

• Zhang Xingfeng lit one star on the Trial Stele, and Li Moqing reassured him that something on the Sect’s North Mountain could improve his Spiritual Wisdom.
• Li Moqing claimed the Sect’s Divine Breath Pure Heart Scripture was a Heaven-Tier High-Grade Cultivation Method, and Zhang Xingfeng eagerly asked to learn it.
• Li Moqing wrote the scripture and gave it to Zhang Xingfeng, who understood it at a glance and began cultivating by absorbing Source Qi.
• Li Moqing told Zhang Xingfeng that the Sect possessed the Divine Dragon Piercing Cosmos Source Vein, with Source Qi concentration eight hundred times the highest level in Search Province.
• Zhang Xingfeng believed Li Moqing, making the source vein real and raising the Sect’s Source Qi concentration; Li Moqing used up his final opportunity to make a fabrication about Zhang Xingfeng real.

Li Moqing awakened three Source Aspects and resolved to become a Supreme, while Zhang Xingfeng quickly entered the Qi Refinement Realm. After the system directed Li Moqing to recruit a destined disciple at the Cloud Offering Sect, two young women arrived at the sect’s recruitment gathering.

• The sect’s Source Qi surged after a dragon’s cry, and Li Moqing urged Zhang Xingfeng to cultivate toward the third stage of the Qi Refinement Realm.
• Li Moqing visited Daoist Qi’s grave and broke through to the third stage, awakening sword, lightning, and dragon Source Aspects.
• Li Moqing vowed to become a Supreme despite the rarity of such beings after the Calamity of Mixed Extremes.
• Zhang Xingfeng told Li Moqing he had reached the first stage of the Qi Refinement Realm in four days.
• The system told Li Moqing to attend the Cloud Offering Sect’s recruitment gathering and take a destined person as his personal disciple.
• Huang Yanyu and another Cloud Offering Sect disciple waited in vain until a white-clad seventeen-year-old girl and her green-robed companion arrived, with the companion urging the girl to reconsider joining.

Li Moqing met Dongfang Muxue and her maid Lü Liu outside the Cloud Offering Sect and recruited them into the Heavenly Mist Sect. The Cloud Offering Sect disciples witnessed Li Moqing flying away with the women, and Huang Yanyu reported the incident to Sect Master Lin Shanghai.

• Dongfang Muxue insisted on seeking a remote sect to hide from her family and hurried toward the Cloud Offering Sect with Lü Liu.
• Qin Tingjian and Huang Yanyu spotted Dongfang Muxue and Lü Liu on the mountain path, but Li Moqing stopped them before they reached the sect.
• Li Moqing introduced himself as master of the hidden Heavenly Mist Sect and invited Dongfang Muxue and Lü Liu to join.
• Dongfang Muxue accepted Li Moqing as her master, while Lü Liu joined as a menial disciple.
• Li Moqing carried Dongfang Muxue and Lü Liu down the mountain through the air, astonishing Qin Tingjian and Huang Yanyu.
• Huang Yanyu reported to Lin Shanghai that a powerful cultivator had taken two candidates away from the Cloud Offering Sect.

Li Moqing brought Dongfang Muxue and Lü Liu to the Heavenly Mist Sect, where Muxue joined as his personal disciple and was stunned by the Sect’s abundant Source Qi and powerful teachings. After receiving the Heaven-Tier Upper Grade art Snowfall Through the Ages and the Divine Breath Pure Heart Scripture, she began studying her new inheritance.

• Lin Shanghai learned that a cultivator stronger than him had appeared near Clearwind Town and the Sect, while Tingjian went to investigate.
• Li Moqing brought Dongfang Muxue and Lü Liu into the Heavenly Mist Sect, where Muxue sensed its exceptionally dense Source Qi.
• Li Moqing introduced Dongfang Muxue and Lü Liu to Zhang Xingfeng as his new personal disciple and a menial disciple.
• Dongfang Muxue offered Li Moqing three Low-Grade Source Stones for her apprenticeship, performed the ceremony, and received a pavilion; Lü Liu was assigned a pavilion and duties serving the Sect.
• Dongfang Muxue revealed her Ice Source Aspect, and Li Moqing gave her the Heaven-Tier Upper Grade Cultivation Art Snowfall Through the Ages.
• Li Moqing handed Dongfang Muxue the Divine Breath Pure Heart Scripture, which Zhang Xingfeng said was also Heaven-Tier Upper Grade, and she eagerly began reading it.

Li Moqing’s fabrications made the Heavenly Mist Sect’s Scripture Repository real, and he gave Dongfang Muxue the Heaven-Tier cultivation art he had written for her. As Lü Liu began trying to awaken her cultivation, Qin Tingjian discovered the Sect, and Li Moqing announced that Reception Elder Mo Lingyuan would return the next day.

• Dongfang Muxue felt the Divine Breath Pure Heart Scripture drawing in Source Qi and expected to break through the Qi Refinement Third Layer within two days.
• Li Moqing’s claim about the Scripture Repository became real, and the system revealed that it contained Yellow, Mystic, and Earth Grade Cultivation Arts.
• Li Moqing sent Zhang Xingfeng to take Lü Liu to the Dao-Enlightenment Stone, and Lü Liu eagerly hurried off to try to become a cultivator.
• Qin Tingjian discovered the Heavenly Mist Sect near the Burial Sky Green Plains and rushed to report it to his Sect Master.
• Li Moqing gave Dongfang Muxue the handwritten Snowfall Through the Ages and told her that Reception Elder Mo Lingyuan would return the next day, astonishing Zhang Xingfeng.

Li Moqing’s fabrication made Mo Lingyuan leave the Azure Feather Sect to seek an opportunity at the Heavenly Mist Sect, while news of the hidden sect and Dongfang Muxue’s disappearance stirred concern across several factions. The Starwave Sect considered exploiting Mo Lingyuan’s absence but decided to wait.

• Zhang Xingfeng accepted Li Moqing’s claim that Mo Lingyuan was the Heavenly Mist Sect’s reception elder, and the fabrication became real.
• Mo Lingyuan heard an unexplained voice promising an opportunity, left the Azure Feather Sect to travel, and told its leaders not to summon him unless it was urgent.
• Qin Tingjian reported the Heavenly Mist Sect near the Burial Sky Green Plains to Lin Shanghai, who planned to investigate the next day.
• Dongfang Huayu learned that Dongfang Muxue had been missing for half a month and ordered a discreet search to find her within three months.
• Feng Yangu told Shen Xinghu that Mo Lingyuan had left the Azure Feather Sect, but Shen Xinghu ordered him to keep the Starwave Sect’s informant from acting rashly.

Dongfang Muxue perfected the Divine Breath Pure Heart Scripture and broke through to the Fourth Stage of Qi Refinement, while Lü Liu continued meditating on the Dao-Enlightenment Stone. The next morning, Li Moqing urged Zhang Xingfeng and Dongfang Muxue to drink the rare Sourceheart Tea he had prepared for them.

• Shen Xinghu celebrated Feng Yangu's departure and vowed to destroy Azure Feather Sect after reaching the Fourth Layer of the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Dongfang Muxue perfected the Divine Breath Pure Heart Scripture, used two Low-Grade Source Stones, and broke through to the Fourth Stage of Qi Refinement.
• Dongfang Muxue saw Lü Liu meditating on the Dao-Enlightenment Stone and worried that she had gone without food or water.
• Li Moqing told Dongfang Muxue that Lü Liu had to endure hardship to become a cultivator, then recognized Dongfang Muxue's breakthrough.
• Li Moqing offered Dongfang Muxue and Zhang Xingfeng cups of Sourceheart Tea, astonishing them with its rarity and the two leaves in each cup.

Li Moqing convinced Zhang Xingfeng and Dongfang Muxue that five Sourceheart Tea Trees grew on the Sect's North Mountain, then welcomed Mo Lingyuan as a new Reception Elder. Mo Lingyuan entered the Heavenly Mist Sect and began absorbing its dense Source Qi, where he noticed Lü Liu on the Dao-Enlightenment Stone.

• Li Moqing made Zhang Xingfeng and Dongfang Muxue believe the Sect had five Sourceheart Tea Trees, though he had served them ordinary tea leaves.
• Lin Shanghai arrived to confirm that the Heavenly Mist Sect existed, then met Mo Lingyuan and learned he was the Sect's Reception Elder.
• Zhang Xingfeng and Dongfang Muxue welcomed Mo Lingyuan, while Lin Shanghai left after confirming Qin Tingjian's account.
• Mo Lingyuan entered the Sect, was struck by its dense Source Qi, and absorbed it before Zhang Xingfeng led him toward the Discussion Hall.
• Mo Lingyuan saw Lü Liu sitting on the Dao-Enlightenment Stone and asked what she was doing.

After Lü Liu fainted from her day-long enlightenment, Mo Lingyuan discovered Li Moqing’s sect had a Heaven-Tier Upper Grade cultivation method and abundant resources. He broke through to the Fifth Layer of the Nascent Soul Realm and accepted a position as the sect’s Reception Elder, then learned he could choose an Earth-Tier Upper Grade Cultivation Art.

• Lü Liu fainted after gaining enlightenment, and Mo Lingyuan used Source Qi to revive her.
• Mo Lingyuan saw the Divine Breath Pure Heart Scripture, mastered it, and absorbed five hundred Supreme Source Stones.
• Mo Lingyuan strengthened his Nascent Soul and broke through to the Fifth Layer of the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Li Moqing appointed Mo Lingyuan Reception Elder and promised him a stipend that included Sourceheart Tea.
• Li Moqing told Mo Lingyuan he could also choose an Earth-Tier Upper Grade Cultivation Art from the Scripture Repository.

Mo Lingyuan joined Heavenly Mist Sect as an elder, chose the Earth-Tier Upper Grade Cultivation Art Lingtian Qiuyuan, and was sent to arrange a partnership with Cloud Offering Sect. He proposed that Cloud Offering Sect and the Zhang Household share ten percent each of the Gold Yuan earned by selling Heavenly Mist Sect’s Communication Talismans, and Lin Shanghai heard the offer.

• Mo Lingyuan received permission to choose an Earth-Tier Upper Grade Cultivation Art, while Lü Liu memorized the Divine Breath Pure Heart Scripture and began training as a menial disciple.
• Li Moqing promised Zhang Xingfeng and Dongfang Muxue five leaves of Sourceheart Tea each month.
• Mo Lingyuan chose Lingtian Qiuyuan, which he believed would let him fight opponents at the sixth or seventh level of the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Li Moqing sent Mo Lingyuan to Cloud Offering Sect to propose cooperation and asked Zhang Xingfeng to inform Zhang Qingping of the plan.
• Mo Lingyuan arrived at Cloud Offering Sect and met with Lin Shanghai in the Reception Hall.
• Mo Lingyuan proposed that Heavenly Mist Sect supply Communication Talismans for sale under Cloud Offering Sect’s name, with Cloud Offering Sect and the Zhang Household each receiving ten percent of the Gold Yuan earned.

The Heavenly Mist Sect partnered with the Cloud Offering Sect to sell its Communication Talismans for thirty Gold Yuan, aiming to spread them across Search Province. After Li Moqing broke through to the Fourth Stage of Qi Refinement, the first batch of three hundred talismans sold out in Clearwind Town, leaving buyers to wait for the next delivery.

• Lin Shanghai agreed that the Cloud Offering Sect would sell the Heavenly Mist Sect's Communication Talismans for thirty Gold Yuan and keep their source and Mo Lingyuan's affiliation secret.
• Li Moqing explained that the partnership would let the talismans spread faster, then asked Mo Lingyuan to make the first batch.
• Li Moqing used three Low-Grade Source Stones to reach the Fourth Stage of Qi Refinement.
• Mo Lingyuan reported that he had made three hundred talismans, and Lin Shanghai arrived to collect them.
• The Zhang Household sold the talismans in Clearwind Town, where customers bought all three hundred and were told the next batch would arrive in three days.

Zhang Xingfeng reached Qi Refinement Third Layer, received the Heaven-Tier Upper Grade Cultivation Art Sword's Initial Ultimate Intent, and joined the others at North Mountain. Li Moqing's claim about a waterfall that improved Spiritual Wisdom became real, leaving the disciples able to bathe in its water each day.

• Zhang Xingfeng announced that he had reached Qi Refinement Third Layer and revealed his Swords Source Aspect.
• Li Moqing gave Zhang Xingfeng the Heaven-Tier Upper Grade Cultivation Art Sword's Initial Ultimate Intent.
• Li Moqing took Zhang Xingfeng, Dongfang Muxue, Lü Liu, and Mo Lingyuan to North Mountain, where they collected their allotted Sourceheart Tea leaves.
• Li Moqing brought them to the eastern waterfall and said its water washed away impurities and improved Spiritual Wisdom.
• The four believed Li Moqing, causing the Sacred Cleansing Waterfall to become real and its water to begin cleansing them.
• Li Moqing told them they could draw a bucket of waterfall water each day and bathe in it.

Li Moqing completed Blood Refinement, broke through to the fifth layer of Qi Refinement, and learned that Dongfang Muxue had also advanced while Lü Liu awakened as a cultivator. Meanwhile, Chen Guyu was cornered by the Black-and-White Twin Tyrants, who demanded the Star Lodging Scripture of Enlightenment before moving to kill him.

• Li Moqing absorbed his remaining Low-Grade Source Stones, completed Blood Refinement, and instantly advanced to the fifth layer of Qi Refinement.
• Mo Lingyuan reported that the sect had earned seven thousand two hundred Gold Yuan from Communication Talismans, and Li Moqing told him to prioritize cultivation over making more.
• Dongfang Muxue reached the fifth layer of Qi Refinement after refining sixty percent of her blood, while Lü Liu entered Qi Refinement with Three-Star Spiritual Aptitude.
• Li Moqing revealed that he had refined all of his blood, astonishing Dongfang Muxue, Mo Lingyuan, Zhang Xingfeng, and Lü Liu.
• Tian Guihu and Di Hualong cornered the wounded Chen Guyu, accused him of stealing the Star Lodging Scripture of Enlightenment, and decided to kill him.

After Chen Guyu fled the Overlord Tiger Sect with the Star Lodging Scripture of Enlightenment, Li Moqing rescued him and accepted him as a direct disciple. The system made the Sect's Armory real, but Li Moqing first had to hang an Armory plaque on a pavilion.

• Tian Guihu and Di Hualong pursued the wounded Chen Guyu and caught up with him near the Heavenly Mist Sect.
• Li Moqing ordered Mo Lingyuan to save Chen Guyu, and an unseen force killed Tian Guihu and Di Hualong as they tried to take the Star Lodging Scripture of Enlightenment.
• Mo Lingyuan brought Chen Guyu and the scripture to the Sect, treated his injuries, and waited with Li Moqing for him to wake.
• Chen Guyu told Li Moqing that the Overlord Tiger Sect had slaughtered his family and raised him after stealing the Chen Household's cultivation method, and that he had fled after uncovering the truth.
• Li Moqing accepted Chen Guyu as his direct disciple, gave him Healing Pills, and told him to recover before choosing a weapon at the Sect's Armory.
• The system made the Sect's Armory real and told Li Moqing to hang an Armory plaque on a pavilion before using it.

Li Moqing established the Sect Armory and sent Zhang Xingfeng and Dongfang Muxue to choose weapons. Meanwhile, Mo Lingyuan attacked the Overlord Tiger Sect, killing its disciples and lower-ranked elders before confronting its Core Formation elders.

• Li Moqing created the Armory beside the Scripture Repository, filling it with tens of thousands of Spirit Weapons.
• Li Moqing told Zhang Xingfeng and Dongfang Muxue to choose weapons and assigned Lü Liu to look after Chen Guyu.
• Zhang Xingfeng chose the spirit sword Ink Edge, while Dongfang Muxue chose the spirit bead Ice Soul.
• Mo Lingyuan arrived above the Overlord Tiger Sect and declared that he would destroy it.
• Mo Lingyuan's pressure killed the Sect's thirty thousand disciples and elders below Core Formation, while Ba Cangtu and three Core Formation elders survived behind a shield.
• Linghu Ying and two other Core Formation elders launched the Tiger Overlords Nine Plains attack against Mo Lingyuan.

Mo Lingyuan destroyed the Overlord Tiger Sect and brought its resources back to the Heavenly Mist Sect, where Li Moqing rewarded him and offered support to his disciples. After Chen Guyu recovered, Li Moqing gave him a technique that became real through the system, then led the group to an unfamiliar tower behind the sect buildings.

• Mo Lingyuan overwhelmed and killed Ba Cangtu, Linghu Ying, and the other two Overlord Tiger Sect leaders, then swept through the sect and took its resources.
• Mo Lingyuan delivered the spoils to Li Moqing, who rewarded him with a Spirit Weapon and gave Zhang Xingfeng, Dongfang Muxue, and Lü Liu Storage Bags.
• People across Search Province celebrated the Overlord Tiger Sect's destruction and lamented that it had killed disciples meant for other powers.
• Chen Guyu thanked Mo Lingyuan and the others for avenging his family and caring for him, and Li Moqing gave him Thunder Shatters Eternity, which the system made real when Chen Guyu believed the claim.
• Li Moqing led the group to a tower behind the buildings east of the Sect square and directed them to read its stone tablet.

Li Moqing made the Time Tower real, letting the sect cultivate ten times faster at the cost of accelerated depletion of lifespan, souls, and mental energy. After six hours inside, his disciples discussed their gains and Lü Liu’s unusual Source Aspect, while Mo Lingyuan returned close to the peak of the fifth Nascent Soul Realm and reported that Li Moqing seemed to be on the verge of a breakthrough.

• The system made the Time Tower real after Mo Lingyuan and the others believed Li Moqing’s description, using up the chance gained from taking Dongfang Muxue as a disciple.
• Mo Lingyuan entered the tower first, followed by Dongfang Muxue and Li Moqing; Zhang Xingfeng, Chen Guyu, and Lü Liu changed their minds and went in as well.
• After six hours, Dongfang Muxue had advanced to the seventh level of the Qi Refinement Realm, and Lü Liu revealed her chain Source Aspect and worried that she lacked a cultivation art.
• Mo Lingyuan returned from the tower close to the peak of the fifth Nascent Soul Realm and said Li Moqing appeared to be at a critical point in a breakthrough.
• Zhang Xingfeng and the others were shocked that Mo Lingyuan could not see through Li Moqing’s cultivation and suspected their Sect Master had reached the Spirit Transformation Realm or higher.

Li Moqing reached the first level of the Foundation Establishment Realm in the Time Tower and arranged cultivation techniques and weapons for his disciples. As rumors of the Qigu Secret Realm spread and factions prepared to compete for its treasures, Li Moqing confirmed to Zhang Xingfeng that he believed the rumors.

• Li Moqing used one high-grade Source Stone to break through to the first level of the Foundation Establishment Realm, forming a Source Mansion that filled half his torso.
• Li Moqing announced that the Time Tower's rules would take effect, sent Chen Guyu to choose a Spirit Weapon, and allowed Lü Liu to exchange six hundred points for an Earth-Tier Upper Grade cultivation technique.
• Yun Shengya and Jin Pingqi discussed rumors that a secret realm containing Supreme Qigu's treasures lay beneath Hope-for-Life Cliff, and Jin Pingqi ordered the Azure Feather Sect to prepare to enter it.
• Dongfang Huayu ordered the Dongfang Family to cultivate, compete for the secret realm's treasures, and continue secretly searching for Muxue.
• Zhang Xingfeng asked Li Moqing whether he believed the Qigu Secret Realm rumors, and Li Moqing said that he did.

Li Moqing’s rumor caused the Qigu Secret Realm to manifest, and his disciples’ belief brought the Trial Tower into existence. After the disciples tested its trials, Li Moqing pushed himself to the forty-fifth pavilion, where he encountered the illusion of the ancient Supreme Celestial Jitian and was defeated.

• Li Moqing learned that the Qigu Secret Realm would open in one month with age and cultivation restrictions after factions in two regions believed the rumor he had spread.
• Li Moqing led Zhang Xingfeng, Dongfang Muxue, and Chen Guyu to the Trial Tower and explained its simulated trials and entry rules.
• Zhang Xingfeng, Dongfang Muxue, and Chen Guyu entered the tower, and their belief caused the Trial Tower to become real.
• The three disciples exited after experiencing painful trials and compared how many pavilions they had cleared.
• Li Moqing struggled through the second floor to pavilion forty-five, where the voice of Jitian identified himself as a Supreme Celestial.
• Jitian’s overwhelming pressure reduced Li Moqing to powder and expelled him from the tower, but Li Moqing left with a smile.

The Qigu Secret Realm appeared at Hope-for-Life Cliff, prompting powers across the region to investigate. In Cloudmoor City, the Yang Household attacked rival talisman sellers, and Yang Piyuan led his forces into Clearwind Town to target the Zhang Household.

• Hope-for-Life Cliff disappeared as the Qigu Secret Realm rose from beneath it, and the Wave-Crossing Sect confirmed its appearance.
• Du Langsheng ordered news spread across Heaven-Opening and called on major powers' Diviners to determine when the realm would open and what rules it followed.
• Yang Piyuan told Yang Xiaosheng that the Zhang Household's Communication Talismans were cheaper and more effective than the Cangri Sect's, so Yang Xiaosheng ordered the Cloud Offering Sect and Zhang Household destroyed.
• Yang Piyuan and over a hundred Yang Household martial artists, accompanied by eleven Cangri Sect disciples, charged through Cloudmoor City toward Clearwind Town.
• Dong Haoqing refused Feng Lingyu's request to intervene, while Feng Lingyu worried that she had brought danger upon the Zhang Household by allowing them to sell talismans in the city.
• The next day, Yang Piyuan and his party galloped into Clearwind Town, whipping their way through the streets.

Yang Piyuan’s forces attacked the Zhang Household while Yan Qiuhua led an assault on the Cloud Offering Sect. Zhang Xingfeng and Heavenly Mist Sect reinforcements set out to help, but the chapter left the Cloud Offering Sect battle underway and Qin Tingjian and Huang Yanyu unconscious.

• Yan Qiuhua ordered Lü Qiaogu and Lin Xingqi to support Yang Piyuan, then flew with eight Cangri Sect disciples toward the Cloud Offering Sect.
• Yang Piyuan ordered his hundred Martial Warriors to plunder and kill inside the Zhang Household, prompting Zhang Qingping to seek help from the Heavenly Mist Sect and warn the Cloud Offering Sect.
• Li Moqing sent Mo Lingyuan to assist the Cloud Offering Sect and ordered Zhang Xingfeng to protect his family; Dongfang Muxue and Chen Guyu followed Zhang Xingfeng.
• Yan Qiuhua and his companions blasted through the Cloud Offering Sect gates, grievously wounding Qin Tingjian and Huang Yanyu.
• Yan Qiuhua attacked Lin Shanghai while his eight disciples fought the Cloud Offering Sect members, and Qin Tingjian and Huang Yanyu lost consciousness amid the battle.