Recaps

Li Huixi, the Eastern Bian Li Clan’s [Dark-Heaven World-Annihilating True Lord], annihilated the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm and confronted Liu Zezheng, who had just become a True Lord. She summoned the other True Lords and revealed that her decree had forbidden anyone from attaining the rank for five hundred years.

• Zhang Yuan divined that [Dark-Bright Heaven-Favored Filthy-World Annihilation] had destroyed the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm.
• Xiao Yuanjun recognized the figure in the void as Li Huixi, the Eastern Bian Li Clan’s [Dark-Heaven World-Annihilating True Lord].
• Liu Zezheng questioned Li Huixi, hoping to stall until his Dao Domain could secure his new True Lord status.
• Li Huixi ignored Liu Zezheng and ordered the True Lords hiding in the Great Void to emerge.
• The gathered True Lords denied responsibility for Liu Zezheng’s ascension, while Li Huixi declared that she had barred new True Lords for five hundred years after attaining the Dao.

Li Huixi confronted Liu Zezheng and used her Sun-Moon Turning Wheel and Annihilation profound mysteries to overwhelm him. As Liu Zezheng tried to ascend to the Golden Position, his progress stopped and the sun-moon attack appeared again, leaving him facing another strike.

• Li Huixi explained that she had attained the Dao with six profound mysteries and one divine ability, then nullified Liu Zezheng’s [Enlightenment] with [Sun-Moon Turning Wheel].
• Liu Zezheng fled, but Li Huixi struck him with sun-moon profound light that pierced his shield and tore open his Dharma body through [Annihilation].
• The True Lords discussed how many divine abilities Liu Zezheng could survive, while [True Lord Rainbow-Haloed Rosy Clouds] recalled the deadly persistence of [Annihilation].
• Liu Zezheng claimed he had survived and was about to ascend, but discovered that his Dao Domain’s progress had stopped.
• The sun-moon profound light manifested again without Li Huixi moving, and Liu Zezheng was stunned by its return.

Li Huixi annihilated Liu Zezheng, punished True Lord Imperial Balance Myriad Turns, and restored the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm before issuing a ban on fighting in the mortal world. Zhang Yuan considered fleeing the realm, but Xiao Yuanjun asked whether Li Huixi might be able to bring Chen Xinqiao back.

• Li Huixi killed Liu Zezheng with the profound light of the sun and moon after the True Lords confirmed he had fallen in two strikes.
• Li Huixi annihilated True Lord Imperial Balance Myriad Turns, then allowed him to revive through his Golden Position and warned him not to repeat his offense.
• Li Huixi reversed time to restore the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm and decreed that Golden Core True Lords could not interfere in mortal affairs until the spring of the five-hundredth year.
• After the True Lords departed, Zhang Yuan told Xiao Yuanjun that he wanted to leave the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm because he had lost hope of avenging himself on Li Houcheng.
• Xiao Yuanjun suggested that Li Huixi might restore Chen Xinqiao, but Zhang Yuan doubted the True Lord would help him.

After Mount Junya’s battle, Cui Yuanxi safely returned to the Aohai Cui Clan and announced her Celestial Person status. Her father gave her a Pre-Heaven Supreme Treasure Jade Armor, which she immediately planned to give Zhang Yuan, but he forbade her from doing so.

• Xiao Yuanjun and Zhang Yuan agreed to return after matters at Mount Junya were settled, while Zhang Yuan planned to refine the Cinnabar Yang Fire Qi.
• He Yang passed the ruined Mount Junya, where True Lord Ceased Light Punishes Thoughts secretly collected golden palace sand and the Windy Reed Fruit and reflected on Liu Zezheng’s success.
• Cui Yuanxi crossed the Great Void safely and reached the Three Immortal Isles of the Inverted Sea, where Cui Wenshan welcomed her.
• Cui Yuanxi met her father, True Lord Jianmu Dinghai, and Cloud Ao Bearing the Mountain True Lord, announcing her Celestial Person status and her seven-day Dharma Assembly.
• True Lord Jianmu Dinghai gave Cui Yuanxi a Pre-Heaven Supreme Treasure Jade Armor, but sternly told her not to give it to Zhang Yuan.

Cui Yuanxi returned home as a newly ascended celestial, then learned that Chen Xinqiao had died after sacrificing herself to protect Zhang Yuan. Meanwhile, Zhang Yuan and Xiao Yuanjun discovered that refining the cinnabar yang fire qi required them to remain together until it was fully refined.

• Cui Yuanxi received a Pre-Heaven Supreme Treasure Jade Armor from [True Lord Jianmu Dinghai] and promised not to give it to anyone else.
• [Cloud Ao Bearing the Mountain True Lord] told [True Lord Jianmu Dinghai] that the Deputy Sovereign had killed Deng La Er and barred Golden Core True Lords from descending to the mortal realm for a year and ten months.
• Cui Yuanxi returned to her courtyard, told Xiao Shi she had attained celestial status, and learned that Chen Xinqiao had died after choosing to take her own life rather than put Zhang Yuan in a difficult position.
• Xiao Yuanjun told Zhang Yuan that cinnabar yang fire qi could only be refined during the chou-yin hours, forcing them to stay physically close until it was fully refined.

Zhang Yuan began refining Xiao Yuanjun’s cinnabar yang fire qi and considered his next cultivation direction, while Xiao Yuanjun stayed close to help. The next morning, Cui Zhaowei arrived with invitations and accidentally collided with Zhang Yuan, who had concealed himself and was wrapped in a quilt.

• At Chou Hour, Xiao Yuanjun loosened her grip so Zhang Yuan could refine a wisp of cinnabar yang fire qi.
• Zhang Yuan refined the wisp in fifteen minutes and estimated that he could finish refining the remaining qi in about four days.
• Zhang Yuan observed the changes in his immortal domain and realized he needed to choose a golden position before developing mystic wonders.
• Cui Zhaowei came to Brightheart Residence with invitations to a Dharma Assembly and found that no one answered the gate.
• Cui Zhaowei opened the gate and collided with Zhang Yuan, who had concealed his aura and was draped in a quilt.

Zhang Yuan accepted the Aohai Cui Clan’s invitation to Cui Yuanxi’s Celestial Assembly and agreed to bring Cui Zhaowei. Li Huixi also decided to attend, planning to use the gathering to meet Zhang Yuan, while ordering Dongfang Caibai to stay behind.

• Cui Zhaowei found Xiao Yuanjun hiding under Zhang Yuan’s quilt and grew suspicious, though Zhang Yuan explained that his master was helping him suppress the Cinnabar Yang Fire Qi.
• Cui Zhaowei gave Zhang Yuan and Xiao Yuanjun invitations to Cui Yuanxi’s Celestial Assembly on Life Continent Island, and Zhang Yuan agreed to attend.
• Cui Zhaowei asked Zhang Yuan to take her along, and he agreed to meet her in seven days.
• Dongfang Caibai showed Li Huixi the Aohai Cui Clan’s invitations to the Eastern Bian Li Clan.
• Li Huixi decided to attend the assembly because Zhang Yuan would likely be there, ordered Li Zhongshuang to meet her at Sun-Moon Cliff, and forbade Dongfang Caibai from going.

Cui Zhaowei’s mother urged her to choose a husband she liked before the Eastern Ya Cui Clan’s True Lord arranged her marriage. During another night of refinement, Xiao Yuanjun explained the grades of golden positions and named the few known attainable options, leaving Zhang Yuan to ask about lower-grade positions.

• Cui Zhaowei returned home after delivering the invitation, and Jiang Peilan asked why she had not stayed longer at Brightheart Residence.
• Jiang Peilan warned Cui Zhaowei that the clan’s True Lord might arrange her marriage, and urged her to wise up and find someone she liked.
• Zhang Yuan resumed refining the cinnabar yang fire qi with Xiao Yuanjun, reducing its conceptual image by sixteen strands in four hours.
• Xiao Yuanjun told Zhang Yuan that the thirty-six golden positions were divided into upper, middle, and lower grades, and that only [Golden Palace Sand] and possibly [Ketu Thorn] were known middle-grade prospects.
• Zhang Yuan asked Xiao Yuanjun whether any lower-grade golden positions had manifested.

Xiao Yuanjun advised Zhang Yuan on which golden positions to pursue and gave him cultivation methods to study before he and Cui Zhaowei headed to the Aohai Cui Clan’s Dharma Assembly. As Zhang Yuan arrived at the Inverted Sea, Qin Tianyi appeared while fleeing a Nether Bureau Inspector who had mistaken him for Deng Qiuzhi, and spotted Zhang Yuan as a possible source of help.

• Xiao Yuanjun recommended [Golden Palace Sand] and [Rain Master Coin], warned Zhang Yuan that [Firefly Marsh Flame] could damage his mind, and gave him three cultivation methods to examine.
• After seven days, Zhang Yuan and Cui Zhaowei traveled through the Great Void to the Inverted Sea to attend the Aohai Cui Clan’s Dharma Assembly.
• The Hengyang Lu Clan’s [Void-Piercing Cloudship] emerged from the Great Void, drawing the attention of the cultivators gathered there.
• Qin Tianyi arrived pursued by a Nether Bureau Inspector who mistook him for Deng Qiuzhi and demanded that he undergo reincarnation.
• Qin Tianyi looked over the gathered Celestial Persons and fixed his gaze on Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan and Qin Tianyi escaped a Nether Bureau inspector after Zhang Yuan severed its arm and took it for its yin and death qi. They reached Life Continent Island, where Qin Tianyi mistook Zhang Yuan’s retreat into the Inverted Sea for a display of deep understanding of yin and yang, while Zhang Yuan planned to test the arm for cultivation.

• Qin Tianyi called out to Zhang Yuan while fleeing a Nether Bureau inspector, and Zhang Yuan decided to strike the inspector and seize its pure yin and death qi.
• Zhang Yuan’s three-colored attack passed through Qin Tianyi in lightning form but severed the inspector’s arm, which Qin Tianyi grabbed and tossed to Zhang Yuan.
• The inspector restored its arm and grew more substantial, so Zhang Yuan carried Cui Zhaowei toward Life Continent Island while Qin Tianyi followed.
• The Nether Bureau inspector hesitated at the Inverted Sea, then abandoned its pursuit and left the watching Celestial Persons unharmed.
• Qin Tianyi praised Zhang Yuan for using the Inverted Sea’s yin-yang transformations to drive off the inspector, while Zhang Yuan concealed that he had entered Life Continent Island for safety and intended to test the stolen arm.

Zhang Yuan discovered he could not refine the Nether Bureau Inspector’s yin essences, then reunited with Qin Tianyi and gave him the Radiant Thunder Pivot Immortal-Quelling Scripture. At the Aohai Cui Clan’s Celestial Assembly, Zhang Yuan learned that someone from the Eastern Bian Li Clan was asking to see him.

• Zhang Yuan separated the Nether Bureau Inspector’s Great Yin Spirit Qi and Mysterious Yin Death Qi, but found that the Nether Bureau owned them and he could not refine them.
• Qin Tianyi told Zhang Yuan that Deng had likely made him draw the Nether Bureau’s attention, and Zhang Yuan gave him the Radiant Thunder Pivot Immortal-Quelling Scripture.
• Qin Tianyi gifted Zhang Yuan a Pre-Heaven True Treasure hairpin, which Zhang Yuan planned to offer as a congratulatory gift at the Aohai Cui Clan’s assembly.
• Qin Tianyi invited Zhang Yuan to the assembly, and an Aohai Cui Clan disciple admitted Zhang Yuan and Cui Zhaowei to the inner venue while directing Qin Tianyi to the outer venue.
• The Aohai Cui Clan disciple told Zhang Yuan that a senior from the Eastern Bian Li Clan had asked to meet him, making Zhang Yuan wary.

Zhang Yuan went to Immortal-Honoring City to meet two Eastern Bian Li Clan disciples who had requested him, while Cui Zhaowei repeatedly assumed his ties to the clan involved a woman. He entered the Bright Moon Pavilion prepared for danger and heard an impatient voice order him to brew tea.

• Zhang Yuan decided the meeting was probably safe, left Qin Tianyi behind, and traveled to Immortal-Honoring City with Cui Zhaowei.
• Cui Zhaowei asked whether Zhang Yuan's deep ties to the Eastern Bian Li Clan involved a woman, and Zhang Yuan told her she had misunderstood.
• At the Bright Moon Pavilion, maid Xiao Si said two pretty women from the Eastern Bian Li Clan were waiting for Zhang Yuan.
• Cui Zhaowei insisted she had been right about a woman, and Zhang Yuan entered the private room with a Golden Carriage ready and divine power gathered.
• An ill-mannered voice inside the room called Zhang Yuan a slowpoke and ordered him to brew tea.

Zhang Yuan met Li Huixi, the Daughter of the Eastern Bian Li Clan, who revealed that the clan might be able to revive Chen Xinqiao if Zhang Yuan returned to Cloud Prefecture City and married her. The chapter ended with Zhang Yuan weighing whether saving Chen Xinqiao was worth returning to the clan he intended to avenge.

• Zhang Yuan found Li Huixi waiting alone in a private room on Life Continent Island in the East Sea, and she assured him no one would ambush him.
• Li Huixi noticed that an unknown ability made Zhang Yuan increasingly pleasing to her and asked when he would return to Li Manor in Cloud Prefecture City to marry her.
• Zhang Yuan rejected the marriage, accusing the Eastern Bian Li Clan of taking his Outer Dao Immortal Spirit Root and declaring that he would seek revenge once he became a Golden Core True Lord.
• Li Huixi asked whether Zhang Yuan would return and marry her if the Eastern Bian Li Clan's True Lord offered compensation, then suggested the True Lord could bring Chen Xinqiao back to life.
• Zhang Yuan questioned how Li Huixi knew about Chen Xinqiao and fell silent as he considered whether saving her justified returning to Cloud Prefecture City.

Zhang Yuan discussed revenge against the Eastern Bian Li Clan with Li Huixi, who told him to seek out Sun-Moon Cliff and its True Lord. After Li Huixi killed Wu Yubai and his guards for attacking Li Zhongshuang, an angry voice demanded to know who had killed the Wu Kingdom’s second prince.

• Zhang Yuan said he would spare the Eastern Bian Li Clan’s innocent members if its True Lord brought Chen Xinqiao back, and proposed killing only Li Houcheng’s line.
• Li Huixi told Zhang Yuan that he had to find Sun-Moon Cliff, the True Lord’s cultivation grounds, on his own.
• Zhang Yuan and Li Huixi saw Wu Yubai accuse Li Zhongshuang of being a monster and order his guards to attack her.
• Li Huixi killed Wu Yubai and his guards with a glance before they could release their Slaughter Divine Abilities.
• An angry voice shouted from afar, demanding to know who had killed the Wu Kingdom’s second prince.

Zhang Yuan intervened when a Wu Kingdom eunuch attacked Li Zhongshuang, then killed the eunuch after he threatened him. The Third Prince of Wu arrived too late to stop the killing, and Zhang Yuan confronted him.

• A Wu Kingdom eunuch arrived at the spot where Wu Yubai had died, found no trace of his soul, and attacked Li Zhongshuang in anger.
• Zhang Yuan severed the eunuch's arm with a three-colored qi strike and suspected the Wu Kingdom royal family had been manipulated into provoking the Eastern Bian Li Clan.
• Li Huixi ordered Zhang Yuan to kill the eunuch, but he flicked her forehead and went down to Li Zhongshuang with the Cold-Faced Young Girl of the Eastern Ya Cui Clan.
• The eunuch accused Zhang Yuan of killing the Second Prince and threatened to kill him, while Zhang Yuan prepared to strike back.
• The Third Prince of Wu arrived and pleaded for the eunuch's life, but Zhang Yuan killed the eunuch and asked the prince if he objected.

Zhang Yuan discovered that the Wu Kingdom's royal family used a demonic cultivation method that let Parent Scripture cultivators devour their dependents, then left with Cui Zhaowei. At Bright Moon Pavilion, Li Huixi told Li Zhongshuang that Zhang Yuan would marry her if she let him destroy Li Houcheng's branch and resurrect Chen Xinqiao, and asked what she thought.

• Wu Yu Chi explained that the old eunuch had served him because the Wu Family Secret Art tied the eunuch's cultivation to the royal family.
• Zhang Yuan examined Wu Yu Chi's Qi Refining manual and learned that the Spirit Whale Swallowing Sea Parent-Child Scripture let Parent Scripture cultivators devour Child Scripture practitioners.
• Zhang Yuan obscured his traces, told Li Zhongshuang he was leaving, and departed with Cui Zhaowei.
• Li Zhongshuang returned to Bright Moon Pavilion and reported to Li Huixi that Zhang Yuan had left.
• Li Huixi told Li Zhongshuang that Zhang Yuan would return to Cloud Prefecture City and marry her if she let him kill Li Houcheng's branch and resurrect Chen Xinqiao, then asked what she thought.

Li Zhongshuang worried that marrying Zhang Yuan would make her an unworthy burden, while Li Huixi insisted he would come to Sun-Moon Cliff regardless. At the Aohai Cui Clan’s residence, Zhang Yuan intercepted Deng Lingwei’s attack and launched a deadly counterstrike, leaving Deng Lingwei to beg his ancestor for help.

• Li Zhongshuang asked whether Li Huixi would resurrect Chen Xinqiao if she did not marry Zhang Yuan, but Li Huixi said Zhang Yuan had not agreed and would come to Sun-Moon Cliff eventually.
• Zhang Yuan and Cui Zhaowei arrived at the Aohai Cui Clan’s residence for the Dharma Assembly and met Xiao Shi, who welcomed them and offered Zhang Yuan pastries.
• Deng Lingwei attacked Zhang Yuan with a black slaughter divine ability, which Zhang Yuan caught with [Three Calamities Returning to Origin Divine Radiance] and dispersed with [Fivefold Body-Rending Qi].
• Xiao Shi defended Zhang Yuan and condemned the Wen River Deng Clan, while Zhang Yuan drew the [Flying Light Sword] and unleashed his divine abilities and stored sword qi at Deng Lingwei.
• Deng Lingwei realized he could not withstand Zhang Yuan’s attack and cried out for his ancestor to save him.

After Deng Lingwei died, Deng Fufeng offered Zhang Yuan’s group gifts of apology, while Deng Yici and Cui Zhaowei competed to give Zhang Yuan a handkerchief. Meanwhile, Xiao Yuanjun encountered a Nether Bureau Ghost Soldier near the East Sea, severed its arm, and heard it mistake her for Deng Qiuzhi.

• Deng Lingwei died after Deng Fufeng had encouraged him to attack Zhang Yuan, and Deng Fufeng explained that the clan had sent him and Deng Yici to make amends to the Aohai Cui Clan.
• Deng Fufeng gave Xiao Shi a Pre-Heaven True Treasure containing a Pre-Heaven Supreme Treasure and promised two more Pre-Heaven Supreme Treasures as a congratulatory gift.
• Deng Yici offered Zhang Yuan a handkerchief, but Cui Zhaowei offered hers and warned him that Deng Yici might have poisoned hers.
• Xiao Yuanjun repeatedly emerged far from Life Continent Island while trying to reach the Inverted Sea through the Great Void.
• Xiao Yuanjun recognized Zhang Yuan’s traces on a Nether Bureau Ghost Soldier, empowered her Fivefold Body-Rending Qi into sword Qi, and severed the ghost soldier’s arm.
• The Nether Bureau Ghost Soldier mistook Xiao Yuanjun for Deng Qiuzhi and condemned her for refusing to repent.

Zhang Yuan entered the Aohai Cui Clan’s immortal residence with Cui Zhaowei, while the clan’s True Lords prepared for a Celestial Assembly made unusually important by the arrival of an Eastern Bian Li Clan True Lord. The chapter left the assembly’s arrangements under discussion, with True Lords from several great clans expected to attend.

• Zhang Yuan accepted Cui Zhaowei’s handkerchief instead of Deng Yici’s, and Deng Yici left with Deng Fufeng after inviting him to discuss the Dao at tomorrow’s assembly.
• Cui Zhaowei reflected on Zhang Yuan’s feud with the Eastern Bian Li Clan and said her clan would not have stolen his Immortal Spirit Root.
• Xiao Shi arranged distant accommodations for Zhang Yuan and Cui Zhaowei in the Aohai Cui Clan’s immortal residence.
• Cloud Ao Bearing the Mountain True Lord, True Lord Jianmu Dinghai, and another Aohai Cui Clan True Lord gathered to plan the assembly.
• The Aohai Cui Clan took special care over the ceremony because the Eastern Bian Li Clan had sent a five-hundred-year-old True Lord, prompting True Lords from other great clans to attend.

The Aohai Cui Clan’s True Lords realized Zhang Yuan had used the Eastern Bian Li Clan True Lord’s real name and suspected he belonged to that possessive True Lord. They were pleased by the connection until Cloud Ao Bearing the Mountain True Lord warned that Cui Yuanxi had feelings for Zhang Yuan, leaving the clan facing a potential disaster.

• True Lord Qionghuan Yuanzong wondered whether the Eastern Bian Li Clan’s True Lord had come to beat them over an unknown offense.
• Cloud Ao Bearing the Mountain True Lord revealed that Zhang Yuan had given Cui Yuanxi that True Lord’s real name when they first met.
• True Lord Jianmu Dinghai and True Lord Qionghuan Yuanzong inferred that Zhang Yuan belonged to the True Lord and saw it as a useful connection.
• Cloud Ao Bearing the Mountain True Lord warned that Cui Yuanxi seemed to have feelings for Zhang Yuan.
• True Lord Jianmu Dinghai recalled that Cui Yuanxi had nearly given Zhang Yuan her Life-Saving Jade Armor and realized the situation could bring disaster upon the clan.

Zhang Yuan met [True Lord Jianmu Dinghai], who rewarded him for saving Cui Yuanxi with the [Western Duguang Bridge-Sky Banner] and promised the Aohai Cui Clan’s help. He then asked Zhang Yuan how to seat him at the next day’s Dharma Assembly, since the planned arrangement placed him beside the Eastern Bian Li Clan.

• Xiao Shi invited Zhang Yuan to meet [True Lord Jianmu Dinghai] at the reception hall.
• [True Lord Jianmu Dinghai] examined Biographies of the Lords after Zhang Yuan said he had learned his name from the book.
• [True Lord Jianmu Dinghai] gave Zhang Yuan the [Western Duguang Bridge-Sky Banner] and offered help against Deng La Er and other difficulties.
• Zhang Yuan accepted the banner and thanked [True Lord Jianmu Dinghai].
• [True Lord Jianmu Dinghai] asked whether Zhang Yuan was willing to sit beside the Eastern Bian Li Clan at the Dharma Assembly.

Zhang Yuan prepared for Xiao Yuanjun’s arrival by refining the [Flying Light Sword] and [Bright Yang Chengsheng Armor], discovering that [Basking in the Spring Breeze] improved the treasures’ favor toward him. As dawn neared, Xiao Yuanjun still had not reached Life Continent Island despite being close.

• Zhang Yuan agreed to [True Lord Jianmu Dinghai]’s seating arrangements, then returned to the Clear Radiance Courtyard with food and found it empty.
• Zhang Yuan chose to refine the [Flying Light Sword] and [Bright Yang Chengsheng Armor], setting aside his other four Pre-Heaven Artifact Treasures.
• Zhang Yuan refined the [Flying Light Sword] and discovered that [Basking in the Spring Breeze] had increased the sword’s favor toward him.
• Zhang Yuan refined the [Bright Yang Chengsheng Armor] and learned that [Abundant Yang] could protect him while [Radiant Silks] could change the armor’s appearance.
• Zhang Yuan dressed in a moon-white Feather Robe formed by [Radiant Silks] and wondered why Xiao Yuanjun had not arrived, though [Myriad Coexistence] sensed she was close to Life Continent Island.

Zhang Yuan visited Xiao Yuanjun in her [Heaven-Sundering Fourfold Immortal Domain] and learned that she had been mysteriously unable to reach Life Continent Island. He left for Cui Yuanxi’s Dharma assembly without her, then found Li Huixi and Li Zhongshuang waiting outside his courtyard with Cui Zhaowei.

• Zhang Yuan entered Xiao Yuanjun’s [Heaven-Sundering Fourfold Immortal Domain] in person, and she changed his temple statue’s Wedding Robe to match his moon-white feather robe.
• Xiao Yuanjun said she had been circling near the Inverted Sea and could not reach Life Continent Island, so she told Zhang Yuan to attend Cui Yuanxi’s Dharma assembly without her if she remained delayed.
• Zhang Yuan stayed until the Dharma assembly was about to begin, then left the Dao Domain and returned to Clear Radiance Courtyard.
• Cui Zhaowei came to summon Zhang Yuan to the Dharma assembly, accompanied by Li Huixi and Li Zhongshuang.

Zhang Yuan teased Li Huixi by pinching her cheek and calling her beautiful, then left with Cui Zhaowei for the Aohai Cui Clan assembly. The group reached the inner venue, where Zhang Yuan questioned the seating arrangements.

• Li Zhongshuang felt guilty that she was holding Zhang Yuan back, while Li Huixi sarcastically remarked on Cui Zhaowei's visit.
• Zhang Yuan pinched Li Huixi's cheek and praised her looks, leaving Li Huixi, Li Zhongshuang, and Cui Zhaowei silent.
• Li Huixi threatened Zhang Yuan, then told Li Zhongshuang to teach him a lesson at the assembly; Li Zhongshuang questioned whether that was appropriate.
• Zhang Yuan and Cui Zhaowei left the courtyard, and Li Huixi and Li Zhongshuang caught up to accompany them to the assembly.
• Zhang Yuan presented his invitation and led the group into the inner venue, where he criticized how the Eastern Bian Li Clan and Eastern Ya Cui Clan tables had been arranged.

Zhang Yuan attended Cui Yuanxi’s assembly and watched the invited guests arrive, including his enemy, [True Lord Imperial Balance Myriad Turns]. The True Lord noticed Zhang Yuan and Li Huixi, while both remained seated instead of paying their respects.

• Zhang Yuan sat between the Eastern Bian Li Clan and Eastern Ya Cui Clan, while Li Huixi teased him by threatening to kick him.
• [True Lord Jianmu Dinghai], Cui Wenshan, and Cui Yuanxi arrived, and Cui Yuanxi greeted Zhang Yuan before taking her place with the hosts.
• Guests from various aristocratic clans and kingdoms arrived, and Zhang Yuan grew bored as he waited for the assembly to begin.
• [True Lord Imperial Balance Myriad Turns] arrived with Deng Fufeng and Deng Yici, prompting the Celestial Persons in the hall to rise and pay their respects.
• Zhang Yuan refused to bow to his enemy and noticed that Li Huixi also stayed seated, barely acknowledging the True Lord.