Recaps

After Qi Lei attacked him, Qin Hao fought back until Mu Ziqing and Jiang Ni arrived and alerted the Myriad Phenomena Hall’s leaders. Mu Changfeng pursued Bu Yunfeng and clashed with a Northern Yan Dynasty grandmaster, but the Ancient Sword Venerable intervened and stopped their battle.

• Qin Hao traded powerful blows with Qi Lei, growing stronger as the fight continued, until Mu Ziqing and Jiang Ni arrived and Mu Ziqing sent a message for help.
• Qi Lei withdrew with Bu Yunfeng when he saw Mu Changfeng and other powerful experts overhead, while Qin Hao stopped the Cloudwing Beast from chasing them.
• Mu Ziqing told Mu Changfeng and Bai Ze that Bu Yunfeng and Fang Wenlong had been responsible for the incident, and both leaders rushed after them.
• Mu Changfeng confronted Qi Heng at the Northern Yan Dynasty’s encampment and suppressed him in a fierce battle between Saint Martial Grandmasters.
• The Ancient Sword Venerable intervened, forcibly separating Mu Changfeng and Qi Heng.

After Mu Changfeng and Qi Heng were forced to stop fighting, Qi Lei kept Bu Yunfeng under Northern Yan Dynasty protection while Qin Hao vowed to kill them both. As the factions gathered around the sealed Three Tribulations Secret Realm, the rift began to stir.

• A Venerable and the Sea Ancestor separated Mu Changfeng and Qi Heng, ending their fight before the secret realm entrance was damaged.
• Qi Lei brought Bu Yunfeng to the Northern Yan Dynasty camp, where Bu Yunfeng pledged his life to the Crown Prince and realized he could never return to the Myriad Phenomena Hall.
• Qin Hao vowed to kill Qi Lei and Bu Yunfeng, then learned from Mu Changfeng and Bai Ze that the secret realm might soon open and that the Eight Great Venerables were trying to break its seal.
• Lingxiaozi explained that the Three Tribulations Secret Realm was a world of its own and beyond the Venerables' ability to force open.
• The Circular Rift trembled and blazed with light as mysterious inscriptions swirled around it, prompting Mu Changfeng and Bai Ze to fly toward it.

A Circular Rift revealed a Three Tribulations Secret Realm containing heaven soul grass and six powerful Black Swords, drawing the attention of the warriors gathered in the Ink Forest Mountains. The swords broke through the rift and appeared outside, leaving Lingxiaozi warning Qin Hao that something was wrong as the entrance vanished.

• Lingxiaozi explained that the changing realm was a Three Tribulations Secret Realm and spotted heaven soul grass inside.
• The warriors learned that heaven soul grass could be used to make Heaven Soul Pills that raised a martial soul’s grade, while Lingxiaozi told Qin Hao he could consume the grass directly because of his cultivation technique.
• The Circular Rift showed a Palace, where six mysterious Black Swords appeared and were identified as Spirit Artifacts.
• The six Black Swords attacked and shattered the Circular Rift, then emerged above the Ink Forest Mountains.
• Lingxiaozi warned Qin Hao that the swords were likely not controlled by the secret realm’s master and told him not to act rashly before the entrance disappeared.

As six spirit artifact Black Swords raced through the Ink Forest Mountains, the Cloudwing Beast left Qin Hao to pursue an opportunity of its own. The swords killed two True Martial experts who seized them, making the warriors realize they would need overwhelming strength to suppress their artifact spirits.

• The Cloudwing Beast told Qin Hao it had an important opportunity to pursue, and Qin Hao let it leave after promising to help if it faced danger.
• The Cloudwing Beast bid farewell to Qin Hao, Mu Ziqing, and Jiang Ni, then flew away as Qin Hao suspected it had discovered the mysterious secret realm.
• A Black Sword pierced a mountain and landed within reach of Qiu Linfeng, an Outer Sect Elder of Imperial Extremity Valley, who seized it.
• The Profound Spirit Poison Venerable demanded that Qiu Linfeng hand over the sword, but the Black Sword's sword qi erupted and killed Qiu Linfeng.
• A second True Martial expert caught another Black Sword and was also blasted apart, prompting onlookers to conclude that only Saint Martial Grandmasters or Venerables could suppress the swords' artifact spirits.

Ancestor Yan Yun tried to capture a Black Sword Spirit Artifact but was forced to sever his arm and retreat, leaving the Venerables unable to seize the swords. He then sent a message to the Northern Yan Dynasty encampment, whose warriors rushed toward the artifacts.

• The Black Sword Spirit Artifacts slowed to the speed of a True Martial Realm First Layer Warrior, and Qin Hao sensed a mysterious familiarity with them.
• Ancestor Yan Yun confronted a Black Sword Spirit Artifact with a law-infused true essence palm, but the palm exploded and the sword struck back.
• Ancestor Yan Yun severed his right arm to escape the Black Sword Spirit Artifact and retreated beyond the Ink Forest Mountains.
• The Venerables and other onlookers realized that even a Venerable could not safely seize a Black Sword Spirit Artifact.
• Ancestor Yan Yun sent a message to the Northern Yan Dynasty encampment, and Qi Heng led several hundred Meridian Opening Realm Warriors toward the swords.

Qin Hao learned that only Meridian Opening Realm warriors could seize the six Black Sword Spirit Artifacts, then discovered that black iron fragments shared their aura and were valuable starfall iron. As he and Mu Ziqing and Jiang Ni raced toward a Black Sword, Ji Fenglan and Guo Tao had already claimed two of them.

• The Venerables announced that warriors above the Meridian Opening Realm would die if they tried to seize a Black Sword Spirit Artifact, prompting Meridian Opening Realm warriors to rush for them.
• A Northern Yan Dynasty officer grabbed a Black Sword but was blasted away and gravely injured, showing that the swords could still repel weaker challengers.
• Qin Hao recognized a familiar aura in the Black Swords and compared it with his black iron fragment; Jiang Ni revealed that she had found a smaller fragment in the Ink Forest Mountains.
• Lingxiaozi identified Qin Hao's fragment as precious starfall iron and warned that the Black Swords were unusual and that a powerful expert might be inside the Three Tribulations Secret Realm.
• Qin Hao, Mu Ziqing, and Jiang Ni headed for a Black Sword as Ji Fenglan and Guo Tao seized two others, and Qin Hao recognized Ji Fenglan as a half-step True Martial Realm prodigy.

Ji Fenglan and Guo Tao seized black spirit artifact swords while warriors from rival factions fought to claim them. Qi Lei and Di Yuannan both grabbed another sword, and their clashing true qi snapped it in two.

• Ji Fenglan seized a black spirit artifact sword and drove back hundreds of high-rank Meridian Opening Realm warriors with one strike.
• Guo Tao claimed another sword as Myriad Phenomena Hall disciples, including Jian Changfeng, fought to defend him.
• Stone Ancestor and Sea Ancestor celebrated their disciples’ unity while Ancestor Yan Yun watched the struggle for the remaining swords.
• Qi Lei overtook other warriors and grabbed a sword, but Di Yuannan seized its tip and challenged him.
• Qi Lei and Di Yuannan clashed their true qi through the sword, breaking it.

The struggle for the Black Sword spirit artifacts intensified when one broke during Qi Lei and Di Yuannan’s fight, revealing a mysterious Azure Flame Sect aura that drew Qin Hao’s attention. With four artifacts already claimed, Qi Lei and Di Yuannan raced toward the sixth and final one.

• Qi Lei and Di Yuannan fought over a Black Sword spirit artifact until it broke, startling the nearby warriors and drawing Qin Hao’s attention to its dense Azure Flame Sect aura.
• Lingxiaozi told Qin Hao that an artifact spirit could have broken the weapon itself and urged him to seize at least one of the remaining artifacts.
• Ancestor Yan Yun blamed Di Yuannan for the broken artifact, but the Profound Spirit Poison Venerable defended him and challenged Yan Yun.
• Ancestor Yan Yun promised Qi Lei the Northern Yan Dynasty’s throne if he seized another artifact, and Qi Lei spotted Chu Xu holding the fourth one.
• Yan Wei of the Red Feather Sword Sect seized the fifth artifact, leaving Qi Lei and Di Yuannan to race for the sixth.

Lei Zhen used the Lei family's Heavenly Thunder Thirty-Six Sword Formation to fight for the sixth Black Sword spirit artifact, after Yan Wei had cost him his chance at the fifth. He blocked Qi Lei's attack and reached for the artifact as the factions watched.

• Yan Wei's Sword Qi forced Lei Zhen to dodge, costing him the fifth Black Sword spirit artifact.
• Lei Yunkui instructed Lei Zhen to use the thirty-six treasure swords he had given him to form the Heavenly Thunder Sword Formation.
• Lei Zhen unleashed the swords, attacked Yan Wei and the other martial artists, and raced toward the sixth Black Sword spirit artifact.
• Lei Zhen formed a protective sphere around the artifact, and Qi Lei's spear strike failed to break through it.
• Lei Zhen reached out to claim the sixth Black Sword spirit artifact while the other factions reacted to his sword formation.

Qin Hao used the Azure Flame Sect Inner Disciple Token, causing the last black spirit artifact sword to break free from Lei Zhen’s formation. The sword flew toward Qin Hao, leaving Mu Ziqing and the others stunned.

• Lei Zhen trapped the last black spirit artifact sword in his Heavenly Thunder Sword Formation and reached for its hilt while the other warriors failed to break through.
• Qin Hao took out the Azure Flame Sect Inner Disciple Token, which resonated with the black spirit artifact sword and the other swords.
• The black spirit artifact sword burst through Lei Zhen’s formation, shattering several treasure swords and shocking Lei Zhen and Lei Yunkui.
• The sword flew past Qi Lei, who dodged it, then continued straight toward Qin Hao as Mu Ziqing watched in surprise.

Qin Hao’s Azure Flame Sect Inner Disciple Token drew a spirit artifact Black Sword away from Lei Zhen and toward him. Qin Hao put the token away just in time to stop the sword, leaving a crowd of warriors rushing to claim it and Lei Zhen vowing to kill him.

• The spirit artifact Black Sword shattered the Heavenly Thunder Sword Formation and flew toward Qin Hao, enraging Lei Zhen and alarming Liu Ruoxue.
• Lei Zhen saw Qin Hao holding a pale Golden Token and concluded that Qin Hao had used it to draw the sword.
• Qin Hao sensed that his Azure Flame Sect Inner Disciple Token and the Black Sword shared an origin, while Lingxiaozi warned him to put the token away before the sword struck him.
• Qin Hao put away the token, and the Black Sword stopped motionless less than a meter in front of him.
• Warriors rushed toward Qin Hao to seize the sword, while Lei Zhen blamed him for the disruption and swore to kill him.

Qin Hao claimed a Black Sword spirit artifact, then defeated the warriors who attacked him and drew the attention of the great forces. The six swords had all found owners, and the Myriad Phenomena Hall began withdrawing its disciples to investigate the secret realm.

• Lingxiaozi told Qin Hao that the six Black Swords could combine into a high-grade spirit artifact and might open the Three Tribulations Secret Realm from within.
• Qin Hao took a Black Sword into his Storage Spirit Ring, prompting nearby warriors to attack him.
• Qin Hao used his speed and strength to blast away four sixth-layer and three seventh-layer meridian opening warriors, leaving them gravely injured.
• Ji Fenglan, Guo Tao, Chu Xu, Di Yuannan, Yan Wei, and Lei Zhen reacted to Qin Hao’s power, while Lei Zhen wondered whether Qin Hao had slain Tian Zhongtian.
• The Venerables ordered everyone to stop fighting, and the Sea Ancestor directed Bai Ze to lead the Myriad Phenomena Hall disciples away for further investigation.
• Lei Yunkui seethed with killing intent toward Qin Hao but held back in the presence of the Sea Ancestor and Stone Ancestor.

After the Ink Forest Mountains contest ended, Qin Hao returned toward the Myriad Phenomena Hall with a spirit artifact Black Sword and drew admiration, envy, and Lei Zhen’s hatred. As the Sky-Rising Boat traveled, Qin Hao sensed the secret realm through the sword and learned its name might be the Nether Demon World.

• The factions departed the Ink Forest Mountains after the Venerables ended the fight for spirit artifacts, while people discussed Qin Hao’s victory and the mysterious black iron fragments.
• Bai Ze took Qin Hao, Mu Ziqing, Jiang Ni, and other Myriad Phenomena Hall Disciples aboard the Sky-Rising Boat, while Qi Lei regretted not killing Qin Hao and Bu Yunfeng realized he could not return to the hall.
• Aboard the Sky-Rising Boat, Jian Changfeng and other disciples congratulated Qin Hao, and Guo Tao praised his swordsmanship and body refinement.
• Guo Tao learned that the Myriad Phenomena Hall was hunting Bu Yunfeng and that Qin Hao had killed Fang Wenlong, leading him to regard Qin Hao as a peer-level genius.
• Lei Zhen blamed Qin Hao for taking the spirit artifact and vowed to kill him, while Liu Ruoxue worried about her missing companions and was unable to ask Qin Hao about Liu Ruojie.
• Qin Hao focused on the spirit artifact Black Sword and sensed the secret realm, with the name “Nether Demon World” surfacing in his mind.

Qin Hao learned more about the Nether Demon World and the vast Great Worlds, then returned to the Myriad Phenomena Hall and focused on improving his cultivation and sword arts. After several days of training, he prepared to enter the Time Hall and accept the Time Inheritance.

• Lingxiaozi told Qin Hao that the Azure Flame Sect token came from a sect in a Great World and urged him to cultivate diligently.
• Qin Hao and Lingxiaozi discussed the Nether Demon World, its possible treasures, and the six Black Sword spirit artifacts that might open it.
• Qin Hao returned to the Myriad Phenomena Hall with Mu Ziqing and Jiang Ni, while Lei Zhen and Liu Ruoxue watched him leave.
• Qin Hao planned to strengthen his glazed body, refine the Wind-Rain Sword Domain, and pursue the Sword Heart Realm as he resumed his training.
• After several days of cultivation, Qin Hao prepared under Lingxiaozi's guidance to enter the Time Hall and accept the Time Inheritance.

Qin Hao perfected his low-grade glazed body and sword intent, then entered the Time Dao Arena to seek the Time Sword Dao legacy. Inside the Time Hall, he witnessed a white-robed swordsman shatter a river of spacetime with one strike, while Tian Zhongtian’s seal was weakening back in the Supreme Sword Tower.

• Qin Hao completed his low-grade glazed body, perfected his sword intent, and refined thirty percent of the Wind-Rain Sword Domain.
• Lingxiaozi warned Qin Hao that Tian Zhongtian had fully transformed and could break through the seal within a month.
• Lingxiaozi brought Qin Hao to the Time Dao Arena, where time flowed ten times faster than outside, and explained the value of the Time Sword Dao legacy.
• Qin Hao entered the Time Hall and saw a white-robed man wield the Lingxiao Divine Sword.
• The white-robed man struck once, shattering the ten-thousand-zhang river of stars and the river of spacetime.

Qin Hao began studying the Time Sword Lord’s inheritance, but a Time Beast drove him out of the River of Time before he could defend himself. Meanwhile, the Southern Reach Venerables investigated the sealed Nether Demon World, and Ancient Sword Venerable proposed using a Six-Ray Sword Formation to break in.

• Lingxiaozi explained that the Time Sword Lord divided his inheritance into the present, past, and future, and told Qin Hao to master One Sword Settles Heaven and Earth before pursuing the later stages.
• Qin Hao entered the River of Time to comprehend the time sword dao, but a Time Beast struck him out before his Wind-Rain Sword Domain could fully form.
• Lingxiaozi explained that Qin Hao would have to kill the Time Beast to receive the next part of the inheritance, and that it reappeared every three days.
• Qin Hao returned to the River of Time and sat cross-legged to comprehend the passage of time.
• The eight Venerables of the Southern Reach concluded that the sealed Nether Demon World was beyond their reach through ordinary means.
• Ancient Sword Venerable proposed that six supreme experts use the Six-Ray Sword Formation and six spirit artifacts to break through the spatial barriers into the Star Sea.

The Southern Reach Venerables discussed using the Six-Ray Sword Formation and Sea Ancestor’s Voidrealm-Breaking Formation to enter a secret realm, depending on its tribulation grade. They learned that at most two hundred meridian opening realm warriors could enter for one month, and the Venerables began fighting over how to allocate the places.

• The Ancient Sword Venerable explained that the Six-Ray Sword Formation needed six spirit artifacts and might breach a secret realm’s barrier if it was no higher than the third tribulation.
• The Venerables weighed the risks of the secret realm’s grade and rejected inviting experts from other regions, fearing they would lose access to its treasures.
• Sea Ancestor proposed the Voidrealm-Breaking Formation, which could support the Six-Ray Sword Formation and might let them enter a third-tribulation secret realm.
• Sea Ancestor said he could admit at most two hundred meridian opening realm warriors, and they would have to leave within a month.
• Ancestor Yan Yun claimed fifty places for the Northern Yan Dynasty, drawing Ancestor Chu’s rebuke.
• The smaller factions asked for places, and the Venerables argued over the allocation as Ancestor Yan Yun prepared to use force.

After a month studying the Way of Time in the Time Hall, Qin Hao left to meet Tuoba Xin and learned that the Shadow Guard belonged to the Northern Yan Dynasty. He concluded that the dynasty had taken his mother and asked where its chief was, leaving him poised to seek her out.

• Qin Hao spent a month in the River of Time, enduring the Time Beast’s attacks and sensing the passage of time, while Lingxiaozi decided to stop his meditation before he became obsessed.
• Lingxiaozi told Qin Hao that Tuoba Xin had come looking for him, and Qin Hao left the Time Hall to meet him.
• Tuoba Xin noticed Qin Hao’s cultivation breakthrough and changed bearing, then reported that his lineage had identified the Shadow Guard as the Northern Yan Dynasty’s intelligence organization.
• Qin Hao connected the Northern Yan Dynasty to Qi Lei and concluded that it had taken his mother, then demanded to know where the Shadow Guard Chief was.
• Tuoba Xin told Qin Hao that the Shadow Guard’s lair was in the Northern Yan Dynasty’s Imperial City and asked if he intended to go there.

After learning that his mother was being held by the Shadow Guard in the Northern Yan Dynasty, Qin Hao resolved to go after her despite the danger surrounding his newly acquired Spirit Artifact. At the Council of Elders meeting, Lei Yunkui accused Qin Hao of stealing Lei Zhen’s Black Sword and demanded he surrender it.

• Qin Hao told Tuoba Xin he would visit the Shadow Guard’s lair soon, and Tuoba Xin warned that Qin Hao could be ambushed because he had won the Black Sword.
• Hou Kai summoned Qin Hao to the Council of Elders meeting, and Tuoba Xin asked to accompany him when he set out for his lineage.
• As Qin Hao and Hou Kai traveled to the Main Peak, disciples debated whether Qin Hao would be forced to give up his Spirit Artifact.
• At the meeting, the elders sensed a striking change in Qin Hao’s bearing, while Lei Yunkui felt threatened and fixed him with a hostile gaze.
• Lei Yunkui pressured Qin Hao, accused him of taking Lei Zhen’s Black Sword, and demanded that he hand it over; Bai Ze intervened to shield Qin Hao.

Qin Hao refused Lei Yunkui’s attempt to take the Black Sword, and Bai Ze and Mu Changfeng backed him. The elders then began discussing entry into the Nether Demon World, asking Qin Hao and Guo Tao to lend their Black Swords for a formation in exchange for compensation.

• Lei Yunkui demanded that Qin Hao surrender the Black Sword, but Qin Hao rejected him and accused the Lei family of shamelessly trying to seize it.
• Lei Zhen challenged Qin Hao to a life-and-death battle for the sword, but Qin Hao refused, and Bai Ze rebuked Lei Zhen and defended Qin Hao’s ownership.
• Mu Changfeng forced Lei Zhen out of the hall with his pressure, revealing that he had reached the half-step venerable level.
• Bai Ze explained that the Nether Demon World was a secret realm in the Ink Forest Mountains and that two formations could protect two hundred Meridian Opening Realm warriors entering it.
• Bai Ze asked Qin Hao and Guo Tao to temporarily lend their Black Swords to set up the Six-Ray Sword Formation, offering compensation in return.

The Myriad Phenomena Hall learned that the Southern Reach would send two hundred Meridian Opening Realm warriors into the Nether Demon World, a Three Tribulations Secret Realm, and discussed the treasures and limited entry slots. Bai Ze confirmed the Hall’s allocation and offered Guo Tao training before the opening, while Qin Hao considered the opportunity.

• The elders reacted eagerly to the Nether Demon World’s treasures, especially the chance to obtain Heaven Soul Grass and Heaven Soul Pills.
• Lingxiaozi told Qin Hao that the Nether Demon World was a Three Tribulations Secret Realm and urged him to seize its treasures because stronger warriors could not enter.
• Bai Ze explained that only warriors at the Meridian Opening ninth layer or below could pass through the Voidrealm-Breaking Formation.
• Bai Ze announced that the Myriad Phenomena Hall had secured thirty-five of the two hundred entry slots, reserved for the Hall’s top thirty-five on the Myriad Phenomena Ranking.
• Guo Tao offered to hand over his Black Sword spirit artifact in exchange for a slot, and Bai Ze confirmed he already qualified and granted him access to a martial skill below Heaven Grade.
• Bai Ze turned to Qin Hao and asked what he wanted.

Qin Hao joined the group chosen for the Nether Demon World and visited Sea Ancestor and Stone Ancestor, who recognized his insight into time and advised him on cultivation. He left with a clearer path forward but still sought guidance on how to reach the Sword Heart Realm.

• Qin Hao asked to enter the Nether Demon World, and Sea Ancestor approved his request and summoned him to the Back Mountain.
• Qin Hao and Guo Tao surrendered their Black Sword spirit artifacts to Bai Ze before Bai Ze escorted Qin Hao to the bamboo grove.
• Sea Ancestor and Stone Ancestor noticed Qin Hao's insight into the passage of time and praised his talent.
• Sea Ancestor explained the progression from sword intent through sword heart, sword soul, and sword domain to the Sword Dao, while he and Stone Ancestor described their own laws.
• Qin Hao decided that improving his Sword Dao was the best use of his limited time and asked how to break through to the Sword Heart Realm.

Qin Hao discovered that the Sword Heart Realm came from understanding his true heart, and he resolved to pursue the Martial Dao Peak. He prepared to leave for the Northern Yan Dynasty with Stone Ancestor’s Concealed Aura Art, while Sea Ancestor and Stone Ancestor kept the significance of his Azure Flame Sect Inner Disciple Token from him.

• Sea Ancestor explained that the Sword Heart Realm was the foundation of the Clear Sky Sword Art and came from seeing one’s true heart clearly.
• Qin Hao declared that his true heart was to reach the Martial Dao Peak, and his willpower swordlet grew sharper as his bearing changed.
• Qin Hao insisted on leaving for the Northern Yan Dynasty, and Sea Ancestor agreed that the journey could help temper him and promised the Clear Sky Sword Art if he mastered the Sword Heart Realm while still in the Meridian Opening Realm.
• Stone Ancestor gave Qin Hao a jade slip containing the Concealed Aura Art, which could hide his aura, alter his appearance, and mimic an expert’s pressure.
• After Qin Hao left, Stone Ancestor asked about telling him of the Azure Flame Sect Inner Disciple Token, and Sea Ancestor said it was too early while worrying that the sect’s recruitment was near.

Qin Hao mastered the second level of the Concealed Aura Art and traveled with Tuoba Xin to Hetai City. There, Tuoba Xin was welcomed home by the townspeople and met by Uncle Fu.

• After leaving through the Back Mountain, Qin Hao and Tuoba Xin traveled north and rested overnight in a dilapidated Ancient Temple.
• Qin Hao mastered the first level of the Concealed Aura Art that night, then changed his appearance and aura so completely that Tuoba Xin mistook him for a stranger in the morning.
• Qin Hao revealed his identity and demonstrated the art, while Tuoba Xin suggested buying horses to speed their journey.
• The two raced to a market town, bought ten-thousand-mile horses, and continued traveling until they reached Hetai City several days later.
• The townspeople warmly welcomed Tuoba Xin, and he told Qin Hao about his family's strength and good reputation in the city.
• Uncle Fu arrived with a group of servants and greeted Tuoba Xin as he returned home.

Qin Hao visited the Tuoba Family in Taihe City and asked about the Northern Yan Dynasty’s Shadow Guard, learning that the dynasty might ally with the Crimson Blood Sect. The news that Princess Orchid Moon, Qi Yuelan, was among the women promised to the sect master left Qin Hao shaken.

• Tuoba Xin introduced Qin Hao, using the assumed name Liu Wei, to his father Tuoba Hong and brother Tuoba Wen.
• Qin Hao asked Tuoba Hong about the Northern Yan Dynasty’s Shadow Guard, and Tuoba Hong described how it had seized the Tuoba Family’s goods and damaged its trade.
• Tuoba Hong revealed that Ancestor Yan Yun planned to ally with the Crimson Blood Sect as the Northern Yan Dynasty weakened.
• Tuoba Hong said the alliance included a promise to send three princesses as concubines to the sect master, who was known for cruelly abusing married women and their families.
• Tuoba Hong identified the unmarried princess as Princess Orchid Moon, whose real name was Qi Yuelan, and Qin Hao reacted with a surge of anger.