Recaps

After learning that his mother, Princess Orchid Moon, was imprisoned in the Northern Yan Dynasty and destined for the Crimson Blood Sect, Qin Hao rode toward the Imperial City despite warnings about its dangers. On the way, he saw the Shadow Guard attack refugees and a caravan, and charged at them.

• Tuoba Hong told Qin Hao that his mother was a Northern Yan princess imprisoned in the Imperial City, where a Saint Martial Grandmaster was stationed.
• Qin Hao refused Tuoba Xin's offer to accompany him and left for the Northern Yan Dynasty's Imperial City.
• Lingxiaozi warned Qin Hao not to act rashly, but Qin Hao insisted he could not ignore his mother's imprisonment.
• After entering Northern Yan territory, Qin Hao saw refugees fleeing as the Shadow Guard approached.
• The Shadow Guard attacked refugees and surrounded a caravan, claiming they were searching for wanted criminals.
• Qin Hao used the Nine Transformations of the Profound Dragon and leaped toward the Shadow Guard.

Qin Hao slaughtered the Shadow Guards who attacked refugees, then reached the Northern Yan Dynasty’s imperial city and entered to investigate how to rescue his mother. Nearby, Shi Yongbo spotted him and wondered whether the newcomer was Qin Hao.

• Qin Hao used sword intent to kill the Shadow Guards who had attacked the caravan and refugees, including their leader.
• The refugees cheered Qin Hao, while the caravan guards turned back rather than continue toward the imperial city.
• Qin Hao traveled on foot to the Northern Yan Dynasty’s imperial city, regained his composure, and entered through the east gate to investigate.
• At a tea stall near the east gate, Shi Yongbo saw Qin Hao’s retreating figure and wondered if it belonged to his old enemy.

Qin Hao entered the Northern Yan Dynasty's Imperial City to search for his mother, but discovered that the Shadow Guard was hunting Liu Wei. He rescued Liu Wei from capture, and the chapter ended with the Shadow Guard turning on Qin Hao.

• Shi Yongbo suspected that the disguised Qin Hao was the man he hated and decided to watch him.
• Qin Hao learned that the Imperial City held powerful defenders and that Lingxiaozi could not locate his mother, so he planned to search the palace that night.
• The Shadow Guard chased a ragged man through the streets, and Qin Hao recognized him as Liu Wei, his father's former guard.
• Cornered in a dead-end alley and injured, Liu Wei tried to kill himself rather than be captured by the Shadow Guard, whose Crown Prince had ordered them to take him alive.
• Qin Hao rushed into the alley and killed two Shadow Guard members with a flash of sword light, drawing the captain's attention.

Qin Hao rescued Liu Wei from the Shadow Guard in the Northern Yan Dynasty’s Imperial City and learned that his father, Qin Yuntian, had been captured. The chapter ended with Qin Hao clutching a map of the Shadow Guard dungeon as Liu Wei warned him against attempting a rescue.

• Qin Hao killed more than a dozen Shadow Guards who were attacking Liu Wei, though three escaped to report what happened.
• Qin Hao revealed his identity to Liu Wei, and they fled to an abandoned courtyard, where Qin Hao gave Liu Wei healing pills.
• Liu Wei confirmed that Qin Hao’s mother was Princess Orchid Moon of the Northern Yan Dynasty, then explained that Qin Yuntian had come to the Imperial City to find her.
• Liu Wei said Shadow Guards had ambushed Qin Yuntian and taken him prisoner half a month earlier, while Liu Wei escaped and remained in hiding.
• Liu Wei gave Qin Hao a partial map of the dungeon beneath Shadow Guard Headquarters and warned that a True Martial Realm expert guarded it.

Qin Hao arrived in the Northern Yan Dynasty to rescue his imprisoned parents and learned that his mother was likely in the Imperial Palace. He infiltrated the Shadow Guard Headquarters to free his father, while Bu Yunfeng arrived there on the Crown Prince’s orders to interrogate Qin Yuntian.

• Qin Hao reassured Liu Wei that he could handle the danger, learned Qi Yuelan was probably in the Imperial Palace, and declared he would rescue his father before his mother.
• Qin Hao concealed his aura and entered the Shadow Guard Headquarters alone, telling Liu Wei to wait and escape with Qin Yuntian once he was freed.
• Commander Sun reviewed reports linking a disguised youth to attacks on the Shadow Guard, then discussed the Ink Forest Mountains secret realm with two squad captains.
• Bu Yunfeng slapped the captains after they insulted him and announced that he had come on Crown Prince Qi Lei’s orders to interrogate Qin Yuntian.

Bu Yunfeng tortured Qin Yuntian in the Shadow Guard dungeon to torment Qin Hao and extract a confession about the Black Sword. Qin Hao infiltrated the headquarters to rescue his father, but Shadow Guards discovered him as he reached the Heaven-Class Dungeon.

• Commander Sun swore to make Bu Yunfeng pay when an opportunity arose, while Bu Yunfeng headed for the dungeon and blamed Qin Hao for his exile to the Northern Yan Dynasty.
• Bu Yunfeng ordered the jailers to torture Qin Yuntian, falsely claiming he wanted to learn where Qin Hao had hidden the Black Sword.
• Qin Yuntian learned that Qin Hao had obtained a Spirit Artifact and grew worried when Bu Yunfeng threatened his son and family.
• Qin Hao sneaked into the Shadow Guard headquarters, avoided hidden agents, and searched the dungeon for his father.
• Qin Hao heard Bu Yunfeng beating Qin Yuntian in the Heaven-Class Dungeon, drew the Blazing Sky Sword, and was spotted by the Shadow Guards.

Qin Hao stormed the Shadow Guard Headquarters to rescue his father, Qin Yuntian, and overwhelmed Bu Yunfeng in the Heaven-Class Dungeon. As Qin Hao continued beating Bu Yunfeng, Commander Sun called for a true martial realm expert, whose attention had already been drawn by the commotion.

• Seven meridian opening sixth layer Shadow Guards attacked Qin Hao, but he killed them before Commander Sun could stop him.
• Qin Hao broke into the Heaven-Class Dungeon, severed Bu Yunfeng’s right hand, and struck him through a wall.
• Qin Hao killed two jailers and pursued Bu Yunfeng as he tried to flee and begged for his life.
• Bu Yunfeng’s roar alerted the Shadow Guards, who recognized Qin Hao, while Commander Sun realized he needed a true martial realm expert to intervene.
• Qin Hao repeatedly struck Bu Yunfeng, leaving him gravely weakened as Bu Yunfeng regretted making an enemy of him.

Qin Hao killed Bu Yunfeng and rescued his father, Qin Yuntian, from the Heaven-Class Dungeon, then fought his way through the Shadow Guards as True Martial Realm experts approached. At the Imperial Palace, Qi Lei and Mo Heyue saw Qin Hao battling at the Shadow Guard Headquarters and hurried toward him.

• Qin Hao killed Bu Yunfeng, shocking the Shadow Guards and Commander Sun.
• Qin Hao reunited with his wounded father, Qin Yuntian, and Lingxiaozi warned that True Martial Realm experts were coming.
• Qin Hao carried Qin Yuntian out of the dungeon and attacked the surrounding Shadow Guards, overwhelming Commander Sun and the others.
• Three True Martial Realm experts rushed from nearby mansions toward the Shadow Guard Headquarters, drawn by the fighting and the chance to seize Qin Hao's Black Sword.
• Mo Heyue told Qi Lei that Ancestor Yan Yun had agreed to give the Crimson Blood Sect fifteen of the Northern Yan Dynasty's twenty-five Nether Demon World places.
• Qi Lei recognized Qin Hao at the Shadow Guard Headquarters and hurried there, while Mo Heyue followed him.

Qin Hao rescued his father from the Shadow Guard Headquarters after killing Bu Yunfeng and defeating Commander Sun, but Northern Yan Dynasty experts were closing in. As Qin Yuntian and Liu Wei fled, Shi Yongbo followed them, hoping to use Qin Hao’s family to seize the Black Sword spirit artifact.

• Qi Lei recognized Qin Hao and hurried toward the Shadow Guard Headquarters, while Mo Heyue stayed back to watch.
• Qi Lei found Bu Yunfeng dead and Commander Sun wounded among the Shadow Guards’ many casualties, and resolved to kill Qin Hao.
• Lingxiaozi warned Qin Hao that True Martial Realm experts were approaching, so Qin Hao took his injured father and escaped the headquarters.
• Qin Hao gave Liu Wei a Storage Spirit Ring of healing pills and sent him to lead Qin Yuntian out of the city while Qin Hao stayed behind to hold off their pursuers.
• Shi Yongbo recognized Qin Hao, saw that Bu Yunfeng had died by his hand, and decided to follow Qin Yuntian and Liu Wei to capture them and force Qin Hao to surrender the spirit artifact.

Qin Hao released the demonized Tian Zhongtian to distract the Shadow Guard experts pursuing him, hoping to escape and eventually rescue his mother. Tian Zhongtian appeared with overwhelming strength and struck down the pursuing eighth-layer expert.

• Qin Hao confirmed that Qin Yuntian and Liu Wei were escaping safely and told Lingxiaozi he had no regrets about risking his life to protect his family.
• Lingxiaozi revealed that demonized Tian Zhongtian was imprisoned on the Supreme Sword Tower’s Second Floor and suggested releasing him to disrupt the pursuit.
• As the eighth-layer expert attacked and two fourth-layer experts closed in, Qin Hao shattered Tian Zhongtian’s seal and continued fleeing.
• Tian Zhongtian appeared before Qin Hao and stopped the eighth-layer expert’s true essence fist, drawing the attention of the other pursuers and Qi Lei.
• Tian Zhongtian charged the burly expert, smashed through his true essence wall, and sent him flying while badly wounding him.

Qin Hao abandoned his attempt to enter the Imperial Palace to rescue his mother after Tian Zhongtian’s demonic transformation brought overwhelming danger, and he fled the Imperial City. Tian Zhongtian’s rampage drew Saint Martial Grandmaster Huang Haiwei, while Mo Heyue claimed the transformed warrior for his own purposes.

• Qin Hao recognized Tian Zhongtian’s demonic transformation as the source of his immense strength and decided to retreat rather than risk dying before he could rescue his mother.
• Qin Hao’s resolve to become stronger sharpened his willpower swordlet, bringing his state of mind close to the sword heart realm, and he escaped beyond the Imperial City.
• Tian Zhongtian badly injured a True Martial Realm eighth-layer man and killed two fourth-layer experts who attacked him.
• Huang Haiwei arrived from the Imperial Palace, and Qi Lei told him that Qin Hao had been at the scene; Mo Heyue also recognized Qin Hao as the Myriad Phenomena Hall disciple who possessed Black Sword.
• Tian Zhongtian leaped to attack Huang Haiwei, while Mo Heyue asked him to leave Tian Zhongtian’s corpse intact, prompting Huang Haiwei to weaken his palm strike.

Huang Haiwei killed Tian Zhongtian and pursued Qin Hao, while Qin Hao discovered Shi Yongbo attacking Liu Wei and Qin Yuntian. As Qin Hao rushed to protect them, Lingxiaozi revealed that a powerful Saint Martial Grandmaster was closing in, and the Lingxiao Divine Sword appeared, seemingly at great cost to Lingxiaozi.

• Huang Haiwei struck Tian Zhongtian down with a palm, killing him, and Mo Heyue collected the corpse.
• Huang Haiwei left to capture Qin Hao, while Qi Lei considered how the Northern Yan Dynasty might exploit its alliance with the Crimson Blood Sect.
• Lingxiaozi warned Qin Hao that Shi Yongbo was following Qin Yuntian and Liu Wei; Qin Hao saw Shi Yongbo injure Liu Wei and rush toward Qin Yuntian.
• Qin Hao turned toward Shi Yongbo as Lingxiaozi told him that Tian Zhongtian had died and Huang Haiwei, a Saint Martial Grandmaster at the third layer peak, was pursuing him.
• The Lingxiao Divine Sword appeared over the Imperial City, drawing the attention of Qi Lei, Mo Heyue, and the approaching experts; Huang Haiwei stopped when he sensed mortal danger.
• Qin Hao recognized the sword as Lingxiaozi’s true body and realized that releasing it would likely exact a heavy price.

The Lingxiao Divine Sword appeared behind Qin Hao, drawing Huang Haiwei and the other cultivators toward it as they assumed it was a treasure from the Nether Demon World. Lingxiaozi used the sword to strike at their pursuers, while warning Qin Hao that the intervention would leave him vulnerable afterward.

• Huang Haiwei recognized the purple sword as a treasure beyond Spirit Artifact grade and raced toward Qin Hao to seize it before other powerful cultivators arrived.
• Qi Lei, Mo Heyue, and the other experts rushed after Huang Haiwei, believing the sword had emerged from the Nether Demon World.
• Lingxiaozi warned Qin Hao that using the Lingxiao Divine Sword would exhaust his strength and invite trouble, then gave him time power to help him escape with his father.
• Lingxiaozi commanded the Lingxiao Divine Sword to slash down at Huang Haiwei and the approaching experts.
• The sword strike annihilated Huang Haiwei and swept toward the three True Martial Realm ninth layer peak experts behind him.

Lingxiaozi used the Lingxiao Divine Sword to annihilate the Northern Yan Dynasty experts pursuing Qin Hao, then fell asleep after recalling the sword. Qin Hao killed Shi Yongbo, freed Qin Yuntian and Liu Wei, and escaped with them while vowing to return for his mother.

• Lingxiaozi’s violet sword light killed Huang Haiwei and the True Martial Realm experts in the Imperial City, then vanished before striking the city.
• Qin Hao found Lingxiaozi asleep in the Supreme Sword Tower and vowed to destroy the Northern Yan Dynasty and rescue his mother.
• Qin Hao charged at Shi Yongbo, whose sword intent broke through to grand perfection as he attacked.
• Qin Hao killed Shi Yongbo with one sword strike before he could kill Qin Yuntian or Liu Wei.
• Qin Hao cut his father and Liu Wei free, then used Lingxiaozi’s remaining power to escape with them as Northern Yan’s forces mobilized.

After Qin Hao escaped the Northern Yan Dynasty with Qin Yuntian and Liu Wei, Ancestor Yan Yun ordered a search for him and coveted the purple divine sword. Qin Hao vowed to return within three months to rescue his mother, and the chapter ended with word that he had reached Tianshui City safely.

• Ancestor Yan Yun and the Northern Yan Dynasty's Saint Martial Grandmasters found the ruined Shadow Guard Headquarters and a thousand-zhang trench, then heard Qi Lei's account of Huang Haiwei's death and the purple divine sword.
• The Saint Martial Grandmasters ordered the border armies to hunt Qin Hao, while Ancestor Yan Yun suspected Qin Hao controlled the demon-transformed warrior and the sword and resolved to seize it.
• Qin Hao used the power of time Lingxiaozi had left behind to bring Qin Yuntian and Liu Wei to the outskirts of the Ink Forest Mountains.
• After Qin Yuntian treated his injuries, Qin Hao promised to return to the Imperial City within three months to rescue Qi Yuelan, then set out with him and Liu Wei for Tianshui City.
• The Northern Yan Dynasty launched a widespread search, and Stone Ancestor and Sea Ancestor also failed to find Qin Hao before learning half a month later that he had reached Tianshui City safely.

After returning to Tianshui City, Qin Hao focused on reaching the sword heart realm while spies gathered around the Qin family. Commander Sun and two Shadow Guard death soldiers launched a plan to trap and kill him before the Nether Demon World opened.

• Stone Ancestor and Sea Ancestor discussed Qin Hao's return and arranged for a Saint Martial Grandmaster to secretly guard Tianshui City.
• Qin Hao returned to Tianshui City with Qin Yuntian and Liu Wei, where the Qin family welcomed them as its fortunes had risen.
• Qin Hao skipped the evening banquet and cultivated, resolving to reach the sword heart realm and grow stronger before entering the Nether Demon World.
• Spies from various forces watched the Qin Family Residence, while Commander Sun decided he had to kill Qin Hao to survive his impending punishment.
• Commander Sun and two Shadow Guard death soldiers activated the Dark Demon Formation around the Young Master's Residence, and Commander Sun charged at Qin Hao.

Qin Hao used his newly attained sword heart realm to defeat Sun Zixing and the two death soldiers who attacked him. He spared Sun Zixing as a potential guard for the Qin family, and the Fifth Elder bound him with the Soul-Locking Mark before Qin Hao prepared to leave for the Nether Demon World.

• Qin Hao killed the two death soldiers with sword qi and cornered Commander Sun, who revealed his name was Sun Zixing and begged for his life.
• Qin Hao sensed the Fifth Elder nearby and explained that he had only just entered the sword heart realm after half a month of cultivation.
• Qin Hao said he wanted to keep Sun Zixing to protect the Qin family while he went to the Nether Demon World.
• The Fifth Elder gave Qin Hao the Soul-Locking Art, then planted a Soul-Locking Mark on Sun Zixing herself.
• Sun Zixing accepted Qin Hao as his master and pledged his service.

After an assassination attempt, Qin Hao made Sun Zixing a loyal protector of the Qin family and entrusted Qin Yuntian with treasures for the family. Having spent half a month cultivating, Qin Hao left Tianshui City to enter the Nether Demon World and seek the strength to rescue his mother.

• The Fifth Elder left to slaughter the spies who had come to Tianshui City, while Qin Hao told Sun Zixing to protect the Qin family.
• Qin Hao introduced Sun Zixing to Qin Yuntian and explained the Soul-Locking Art, then Qin Yuntian assigned Sun Zixing to guard the residence and train the family disciples.
• Qin Hao told Qin Yuntian he planned to enter the Nether Demon World, gave him three Storage Spirit Rings containing supplies for the Qin family, and returned to cultivation.
• After half a month, Qin Hao ended his sword-qi training and left the city without saying goodbye.

Qin Hao returned to the Myriad Phenomena Hall and joined the disciples preparing to enter the Nether Demon World. As Zhuge Hong and Situ Nan urged the group to stay together inside, Lei Zhen secretly planned to make Qin Hao watch Mu Ziqing die.

• Qin Yuntian watched Qin Hao leave Tianshui City and entrusted his wife's fate to him.
• Qin Hao returned to the Main Peak, where disciples discussed his rapid cultivation and his killing of Bu Yunfeng; Liu Ruoxue left sorrowfully after seeing how far he had risen.
• Qin Hao greeted the thirty-five disciples qualified to enter the Nether Demon World and reunited with Guo Tao, Jiang Ni, and Mu Ziqing.
• Mu Ziqing asked to accompany Qin Hao if he returned to the Northern Yan Dynasty, and Qin Hao promised to bring her.
• Lei Zhen watched Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing and vowed to make Qin Hao witness her death in the Nether Demon World.
• Zhuge Hong and Situ Nan told the gathered disciples that they should stay together in the Nether Demon World because of its powerful demonic beasts.

Bai Ze led the Myriad Phenomena Hall’s elites to the Ink Forest Mountains, where the factions gathered to enter the dangerous Nether Demon World. As Ancient Sword Venerable and five other Venerables began forming the Six-Ray Sword Formation to open it, Qin Hao sensed their powers of laws.

• Bai Ze warned the group about the Nether Demon World’s dangers, urged anyone unwilling to risk death to withdraw, and promised rewards for treasures, especially heaven soul grass.
• Bai Ze led the Myriad Phenomena Hall’s group aboard the Sky-Rising Boat and brought them to the Ink Forest Mountains, where the major factions had gathered.
• Qin Hao and the others identified powerful rivals, including Chen Jianqing, Di Yuannan, Ji Fenglan, and Chu Xu, while Qin Hao noticed a sinister Black-Clothed Youth beside Qi Lei and suspected a connection to the Crimson Blood Sect.
• Ancient Sword Venerable and five other Venerables, including Stone Ancestor, began channeling their laws through six Spirit Artifact Black Swords to form the Six-Ray Sword Formation.
• Qin Hao sensed the Venerables’ distinct powers of laws as the gathered fighters watched and tried to comprehend them.

Qin Hao observed that the Ancient Sword Venerable’s sword law contained gold laws as the Venerables opened a passage into the Nether Demon World. Qin Hao and the other chosen martial artists entered the realm, while a Giant Eagle secretly watched from a nearby forest.

• Qin Hao noticed the Ancient Sword Venerable’s Law of the Sword was fused with gold laws and reasoned that a sword could serve as a vessel for law power.
• The Six-Ray Sword Formation cracked the spatial barrier, but the Sea Ancestor found his law power insufficient to activate the Voidrealm-Breaking Formation.
• The Sea Ancestor used a water laws talisman to supply the formation, opening a breach that revealed the Nether Demon World.
• The Sea Ancestor ordered the martial artists to enter and return within one month, and members of various factions rushed through the breach.
• Qin Hao, Jian Changfeng, Mu Ziqing, Zhuge Hong, and the others entered the Nether Demon World, while a Giant Eagle watched from a nearby forest.

A Cloudwing Beast entered the Nether Demon World by using its Space-Transposition Divine Ability, while the disciples arrived inside and discovered ancient battle scars, oppressive conditions, and a distant golden hall. The chapter left them staring at the hall and its enormous Phoenix-like stone statue as dread swept over them.

• A mutated Cloudwing Beast bypassed Ancestor Chu's defenses and entered the Nether Demon World through the Voidrealm-Breaking Formation.
• Ancient Sword Venerable identified the beast's divine-beast bloodline and Space-Transposition Divine Ability, alarming the people waiting outside.
• Chen Jianqing, Ji Fenglan, Chu Xu, Di Yuannan, Qin Hao, Mu Ziqing, and the other disciples appeared beside a vast lake in the Nether Demon World.
• The disciples observed ancient signs of a great battle, while Qin Hao sensed unusually dense spiritual energy, suppressed true qi, and stronger gravity.
• A distant mountain's mist receded to reveal a magnificent golden hall and a colossal Phoenix-like stone statue, filling the disciples with dread.

Qin Hao and the others approached the Palace in the Nether Demon World and were nearly trapped by its distant illusion before Chen Jianqing broke it. As Mo Heyue plotted to claim the Origin World Crystal and control the realm, Qin Hao suspected the Palace was deliberately luring them closer.

• Qin Hao resisted the Palace’s illusion when his willpower swordlet trembled, while Mu Ziqing and Jiang Yue remained trapped.
• Chen Jianqing used his unyielding sword heart to break the illusion and awaken everyone, and Qin Hao recognized the strength of Chen Jianqing’s sword heart.
• Qin Hao, Mu Ziqing, Jiang Yue, and Jian Changfeng discussed the Palace, which Qin Hao believed could contain treasures.
• Lei Zhen, Qi Lei, and Mo Heyue recalled the different treasures they had seen in their illusions; Mo Heyue recognized the crystalline stone as the Origin World Crystal.
• Mo Heyue revealed that the Origin World Crystal could control the Nether Demon World and planned to seize it for the Crimson Blood Sect.
• Qin Hao noticed that details in the illusion did not match reality and suspected the Palace was luring them toward something inside.

Qin Hao and the others discovered thirteen ancient red-bi phoenix lotuses beside a lake in the Nether Demon World and rushed to claim them. As Lei Zhen attacked Mu Ziqing over one of the last flowers, Qin Hao struck him back with a powerful Wind-Rain Sword Domain.

• Qin Hao realized that his Azure Flame Sect Inner Disciple Token was drawn toward the distant great hall and resolved to investigate it.
• Chen Jianqing, Qin Hao, Zhuge Hong, and Ji Fenglan reached the lakeside first and recognized thirteen red-bi phoenix lotuses as precious breakthrough aids.
• Qin Hao and the other three picked eight lotuses before Chu Xu, Di Yuannan, and the rest of the crowd arrived.
• The crowd scrambled for the five remaining flowers, while Mu Ziqing gained the advantage in the contest for one of them.
• Lei Zhen attacked Mu Ziqing, but Qin Hao's Wind-Rain Sword Domain struck Lei Zhen's Treasure Sword and sent him flying backward.

Qin Hao drove Lei Zhen back with one strike, revealing a strength that alarmed his rivals and impressed his allies. The Crimson Blood Sect’s Mo Heyue then confronted the Southern Reach geniuses and demanded all their red-bi phoenix lotuses, threatening to kill them if they refused.

• Chen Jianqing recognized that Qin Hao had fused wind force, rain force, and sword intent into a powerful Wind-Rain Sword Domain, while Yan Wei wanted to challenge him.
• Qin Hao’s strike sent Lei Zhen retreating, and Mu Ziqing harvested the red-bi phoenix lotus as Lei Zhen and Qin Hao secretly resolved to kill each other.
• Qi Lei grew wary of Qin Hao’s rapid progress and considered killing him before he could grow stronger.
• Mo Heyue of the Crimson Blood Sect mocked the Southern Reach and offered Lei Zhen two red-bi phoenix lotuses if he became Mo Heyue’s subordinate.
• Mo Heyue demanded that everyone hand over their red-bi phoenix lotuses or die.