Fengyang Commandery City, a residence in the southern district.
The sound of weaving stopped. Hearing the news brought back by the young man with a mole, the Thorn-Pin Woman said, "The higher the climb, the harder the fall; joy at its height turns to sorrow. The Underworld Lord attained Spirit Refining a century ago. After so long living in comfort, she was bound to lose her vigilance. It seems her defeat with the Nail-Head Three-Arrows Book last time taught her nothing."
Changing tack, she continued, "This heavy setback brings her benefits and drawbacks in equal measure. A stumble teaches wisdom. The Underworld Lord is clever; I trust she will act cautiously from now on, rather than puff herself up and underestimate everyone beneath Heaven. With the True Dragon helping her, one has wisdom and the other strength. Together, they should be able to buy us some time."
After a moment's thought, the Thorn-Pin Woman instructed, "The Young Lord will arrive within half a month at most. The uprising is imminent, and we will still need the Underworld Lord to hold True Lord Chaoguang down. Take a Wondrous Radiance Divine Pill and deliver it to her, so she can recover as soon as possible."
After the young man with a mole cupped his hands and assented, the Thorn-Pin Woman thought of the Taiyi Savior God and sighed. "Tigers and leopards hide in deep mountains; qilin lie buried in the fields. I thought I already held Xuanming in sufficiently high regard, yet in the end, I still underestimated him. He actually condensed a Divine Path Dharma Body. He was also the one who broke the Nail-Head Three-Arrows Book back then. This Daoist has given me far too many surprises."
The young man with a mole said, "Guardian, should I take action and