Recaps

Xu Yan disguised himself and entered the Black Market through the Qingyun Pill Workshop, where he learned that an important trading gathering might soon take place. He arrived in the underground plaza and began looking over its shops.

• Xu Yan paid a broker for directions, bought a disguise mask, and headed to the Black Market entrance at the Qingyun Pill Workshop.
• Elder Yu sold Xu Yan a Black Jade Token and told him about an upcoming trading gathering featuring precious Spirit Treasures.
• Elder Yu opened a hidden gateway, and Xu Yan passed through it to reach the Black Market's guarded stone gate.
• The guards inspected Xu Yan's token and let him enter the underground plaza, where he noticed disguised visitors and major faction cultivators.
• Xu Yan surveyed the plaza and headed toward one of its shops.

Xu Yan, posing as Du Fei, visited the Easy Spirit Hall to sell Spirit Treasures and corpses from cultivators he had killed. Gu Santong offered him five thousand low-grade spirit stones for the corpses and thirty-seven thousand for his low-tier treasures, and Xu Yan pressed him for a better price as he prepared to leave.

• Xu Yan entered the Easy Spirit Hall and told its shopkeeper, Gu Santong, that he had Spirit Treasures to sell.
• Xu Yan handed Gu Santong a Storage Bag containing a dozen or so cultivators' corpses, and Gu Santong offered five thousand low-grade spirit stones for them.
• Xu Yan gave Gu Santong another Storage Bag of low-tier Spirit Treasures, but rejected the offer of thirty-seven thousand low-grade spirit stones as too low.
• Xu Yan threatened to take his goods, including valuable Spirit Artifacts, to other shops, so Gu Santong apologized and said he would seek approval from the Hall Master.

Xu Yan negotiated with Gu Santong to sell spirit treasures and artifacts, securing a total offer of seventy thousand low-grade spirit stones. The deal left Xu Yan with funds for costly cultivation materials and a suitable flying sword.

• Gu Santong reported Xu Yan's spirit treasures to the Hall Master and offered forty thousand eight hundred low-grade spirit stones for them.
• Xu Yan presented four Spirit Artifacts, and Gu Santong appraised them at twenty-three thousand low-grade spirit stones in total.
• Gu Santong raised his combined offer for the treasures, artifacts, and cultivator corpses to seventy thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• Xu Yan accepted the offer, and Gu Santong placed a Storage Bag of spirit stones before him.

After selling Spirit Treasures at Easy Spirit Hall, Xu Yan received an invitation to its Private Trade Fair and became wary when a black-cloaked cultivator seemed to recognize him. He decided to look for a formation that could protect him from Golden Core divine sense and discovered a concealed Formation Pavilion.

• Xu Yan collected seventy thousand low-grade spirit stones from Gu Santong and learned that his sales made him an honored guest of Easy Spirit Hall.
• Gu Santong gave Xu Yan a Purple Jade Token and invited him to the Hall Master’s Private Trade Fair on the following day.
• After leaving Easy Spirit Hall, Xu Yan noticed a black-cloaked cultivator watching him and suspected the figure might be Shang Fang.
• Xu Yan considered leaving the Ancient Market and staying longer in the Crimson Sun Sect, but decided he needed a formation capable of blocking a Golden Core cultivator’s divine sense.
• Xu Yan entered a seemingly dilapidated Formation Pavilion and watched it transform into a magnificent golden hall.

Shang Fang discovered that Xu Yan, disguised as Du, had entered the Fire Prosperity Kingdom and sent word to the Spirit Sword Sect and Ascension Gate. At the Formation Pavilion, Xu Yan learned about ancient remnant formations and considered buying one before Qin Changqing showed him the Two-Yi Mystic Circle Formation, which could block a Golden Core cultivator’s divine sense.

• Shang Fang used his Spirit-Communicating Gu Silkworm to recognize Xu Yan and sent messages to the Spirit Sword Sect and Ascension Gate.
• Xu Yan searched the Formation Pavilion for a third-tier formation, but Qin Changqing said none were available.
• Qin Changqing explained that ancient remnant formations retained limited functions but consumed spirit stones as if they were still at their original grade.
• Xu Yan decided he could afford the costly formation and told Qin Changqing he needed one to block a Golden Core cultivator’s divine sense.
• Qin Changqing brought out the Two-Yi Mystic Circle Formation and recommended it as an ancient peak third-tier formation.

Xu Yan bought an Ancient Remnant Formation and several cultivation materials before attending the Easy Spirit Hall’s Private Trade Fair. The gathering grew tense when the Blood Monster clashed verbally with the Blue-Faced Ghost.

• Xu Yan bought the Ancient Remnant Formation for twelve thousand low-grade spirit stones and purchased two portions of Spirit Beast Essence Blood and six jin of Cave-Mystery Iron Essence in the Black Market.
• Xu Yan received a signal from his Purple Jade Token and went to the Easy Spirit Hall’s Private Trade Fair, where Gu Santong welcomed him.
• Xu Yan entered the private hall, chose an inconspicuous seat, and cultivated while waiting for the trade fair to begin.
• A red-robed old man called the Blood Monster arrived with a violent Blood Jade Spirit Python and warned the other cultivators not to stare at it.
• The Blue-Faced Ghost entered and mocked the Blood Monster, who threatened him as the python prepared to attack.

Xu Yan observed the rival cultivators Hong Shan and Yang Ren at the Easy Spirit Hall’s Private Trade Fair, then listened as Gu Xuanji opened the gathering. The fair began with Gu Santong selling a damaged cauldron, and another cultivator offered the Thousand Illusions Mirage Art in exchange for Cave-Mystery Iron Essence.

• Hong Shan and Yang Ren taunted each other in the hall but refrained from fighting inside Divine Peak City.
• Xu Yan learned that the two men had been rivals for nearly a hundred years and became interested in Hong Shan’s Blood Jade Spirit Python.
• Gu Xuanji introduced himself as the Easy Spirit Hall’s Hall Master and explained how the attendees could trade treasures.
• Gu Santong presented the Purple-Gold Patterned Cauldron, negotiated its price, and exchanged it with a cultivator for third-tier ores.
• An aged cultivator offered to trade the Thousand Illusions Mirage Art for Cave-Mystery Iron Essence.

Xu Yan traded for the Thousand Illusions Mirage Art while Gu Xuanji auctioned Foundation Establishment Pills at the private fair. Gu Xuanji then offered an eight-hundred-year-old Jade Zhi Golden Ginseng, and the chapter ended as bidding was about to begin.

• Xu Yan bought the six-level Thousand Illusions Mirage Art from a gaunt old man for five thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• Gu Xuanji presented three Foundation Establishment Pills, which cultivators bought for increasingly high prices.
• Gu Xuanji revealed a spirit medicine that could repair damaged foundations and extend lifespans, drawing intense interest from the cultivators.
• Gu Xuanji identified the medicine as an eight-hundred-year-old Jade Zhi Golden Ginseng and set its starting price at twenty thousand low-grade spirit stones.

Xu Yan won the Jade Zhi Golden Ginseng after outbidding Blood Monster Hong Shan, who threatened him during the auction. Gu Xuanji then presented the essence blood of a male and female Yin-Yang Twin Flood Dragon, exciting Hong Shan because he believed it could help his Blood Jade Spirit Python advance.

• Cultivators bid fiercely for the Jade Zhi Golden Ginseng, and Yang Ren drove Hong Shan's offer higher before Xu Yan bid forty-four thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• Hong Shan threatened Xu Yan, while Yang Ren offered to protect him; Gu Santong suppressed the quarrel with his powerful aura and warned Hong Shan.
• Xu Yan secured the Jade Zhi Golden Ginseng for forty-eight thousand low-grade spirit stones and put the jade box into his Storage Ring.
• Gu Xuanji presented two bottles of Yin-Yang Twin Flood Dragon essence blood, and Gu Santong announced a starting price of twenty thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• Hong Shan recognized the essence blood's potential to strengthen his Blood Jade Spirit Python, which struggled wildly toward the bottles.

Xu Yan watched Old Monster Xue win the spirit flood dragon essence blood, then followed him and Yang Ren out of Divine Peak City. He discovered the two had faked their feud to trap him, but remained confident he could defeat them.

• Old Monster Xue won the male and female spirit flood dragon essence blood at auction for forty-three thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• After the trade fair, Old Monster Xue threatened Xu Yan, while Yang Ren stepped in and challenged him to fight outside Divine Peak City.
• Xu Yan followed Yang Ren and Old Monster Xue beyond the city, where they appeared to battle fiercely.
• Old Monster Xue and Yang Ren suddenly surrounded Xu Yan and revealed they had teamed up to murder and rob their targets.
• Xu Yan recognized their scheme and challenged their confidence, believing himself far stronger than an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Xu Yan fought Blue-Faced Ghost Yang Ren and Blood Monster, using his divine sense and demonic techniques to turn their empowered Blood Jade Spirit Python against them. After disrupting Blood Monster’s flute and weakening the python, Xu Yan killed both opponents.

• Yang Ren attacked Xu Yan with the Green-Pupil Divine Light while Blood Monster empowered the Blood Jade Spirit Python with his jade flute.
• Xu Yan shattered Yang Ren’s eye beam with the Soul-Annihilating Demon Needle and chased him as he fled.
• The Blood Jade Spirit Python killed and devoured Yang Ren, reaching the second-tier perfection realm.
• Xu Yan threatened Blood Monster with the Great Sun Golden Blade Talisman, then used his divine sense to disrupt the jade flute and weaken the python.
• Xu Yan pierced the Blood Jade Spirit Python’s vital spot with a Demon Finger and smashed Blood Monster’s head with a punch.

Xu Yan returned to the Crimson Sun Sect after killing Blood Monster and Blue-Faced Ghost, then inventoried their spoils in his Cave Abode. He found valuable blood, spirit stones, medicines, and a Sword-Comprehension Stone, and began examining six bottles of blood energy for a technique that could become a life-saving trump card.

• Xu Yan killed Blood Monster and Blue-Faced Ghost, collected their Storage Rings and the Blood Jade Spirit Python's essence blood, then burned Blood Monster's corpse.
• Gu Santong and Gu Xuanji arrived and discussed Xu Yan's strength and a possible connection to an ancient bloodline, but Gu Xuanji noted that Xu Yan had discarded the marked Purple Jade Token.
• Xu Yan hurried back to the Crimson Sun Sect and installed the Ancient Remnant Formation around his Cave Abode to block Danyangzi's divine sense.
• Xu Yan inventoried Blood Monster's Storage Ring and found Yin-Yang Spirit Flood Dragon essence blood, spirit stones, and a disturbing blood-colored Jade Effigy.
• Xu Yan found cave-mystery iron essence, spirit stones, and a second-realm Sword-Comprehension Stone in Yang Ren's belongings, along with two ingredients for the Five-Phase Essence-Consolidating Pill.
• Xu Yan opened six Jade Bottles containing crimson blood energy, hoping to master the Ancient Demon Slave Talisman technique.

Xu Yan emerged from half a year of seclusion after successfully condensing the Ancient Demon Slave Talisman and learned that Shang Fang was searching for him and that Danyangzi planned to refine the Golden Marrow Jade Dew Pill ahead of schedule. Xu Yan ignored Li Changfeng’s request to meet and returned to cultivating, while Li Changfeng resolved to obtain a divine object said to be located nearby.

• Xu Yan successfully condensed his first Ancient Demon Slave Talisman and decided to reserve it for a crucial target.
• Xu Yan read Li Changfeng’s messages and learned that a Golden Core cultivator from the Jade Radiance Kingdom had searched near the Crimson Sun Sect, while the Gu Household investigated visitors to the Ancient Market.
• Xu Yan suspected Shang Fang could track his approximate whereabouts and decided he needed to eliminate him.
• Xu Yan learned that Danyangzi would refine the Golden Marrow Jade Dew Pill ahead of schedule, but he ignored Li Changfeng’s request to meet and resumed cultivating.
• Li Changfeng resented Xu Yan for not visiting and vowed to make rogue cultivators submit once he attained the Golden Core.
• Li Changfeng recalled Danyangzi’s report of a divine object’s whereabouts and resolved to obtain it.

Xu Yan met with Li Changfeng after completing his cultivation and learned that the Crimson Sun Sect planned to send its Foundation Establishment elders into the Great Evolution Ancient Mine to seize a rare spiritual material. The sect offered Guest Elders pills and contribution points, while Xu Yan suspected they would be used as sacrificial pawns.

• Xu Yan completed three Ginseng Essence-Restoring Pills and cultivated the Thousand Illusions Mirage Art to its sixth level, allowing him to imitate cultivators even Golden Core experts could not see through.
• Xu Yan disguised himself as Li Changfeng and flew to the Crimson Sun Sect's Main Peak, where he found its defensive formations fully activated.
• Li Changfeng told Xu Yan that the sect had discovered signs of a rare spiritual material forming in the heart of the Great Evolution Ancient Mine and that the Patriarch had ordered all Foundation Establishment elders to enter and secure it.
• Xu Yan asked whether the treasure was connected to Danyangzi's Golden Marrow Jade Dew Pills, and Li Changfeng confirmed that the pills were compensation for the expedition.
• Li Changfeng announced that each Guest Elder would receive a Golden Marrow Jade Dew Pill and ten thousand contribution points, and that the sect's Treasure Pavilion would open for exchanges.

Xu Yan learned that he would be forced to enter the Great Yan Ancient Mine and met with Ye Yun and Zhou Li to discuss the dangers there. The chapter left him facing an expedition threatened by powerful demon beasts and formidable rival factions.

• Xu Yan pretended to submit to Li Changfeng’s orders and offered him two thousand low-grade spirit stones, but Li Changfeng refused the gift and warned him not to leave the sect before the expedition.
• Xu Yan returned to Sitting Forgetfulness Peak and found Ye Yun and Zhou Li waiting outside his cave abode to discuss the mine.
• Ye Yun told Xu Yan that Lin Ye had disappeared after openly arguing with Li Changfeng, leading Xu Yan to suspect the Crimson Sun Sect had killed him as a warning.
• Zhou Li explained that the mine’s Inner Region held at least a thousand Second-Tier Supreme-Grade demon beasts and was where the Spirit Treasure had formed.
• Zhou Li warned Xu Yan that the Gu Household, Ten Thousand Fire Sect, and Dark Moon Sect would also send exceptionally powerful cultivators into the mine.

Xu Yan rejected Zhou Li and Ye Yun’s attempt to obtain his Golden Marrow Jade Dew Pill, then agreed to attend a gathering of Crimson Sun Sect Guest Elders. After acquiring most of the ingredients for the Five-Phase Essence-Consolidating Pill, he set out for the gathering to seek the remaining treasures.

• Zhou Li and Ye Yun urged Xu Yan to give Ye Yun his Golden Marrow Jade Dew Pill and travel with them to the Great Yan Ancient Mine, but Xu Yan refused and dismissed them.
• Zhou Li invited Xu Yan to a Guest Elders gathering at Shen Changyun’s cave abode on Sky Pillar Peak, and Ye Yun gave him a Jade Talisman with the details.
• Xu Yan inventoried the ingredients for the Five-Phase Essence-Consolidating Pill and found he still needed seven supplementary herbs.
• Xu Yan traded at the Crimson Sun Sect’s Treasure Pavilion, obtaining the supplementary herbs and a Seven-Winged Fire Spirit Cicada, but he still lacked the metal- and earth-aspect ingredients.
• Three days later, Xu Yan headed toward Sky Pillar Peak to attend the gathering and look for the remaining ingredients.

Xu Yan, posing as Lin Dao, attended Shen Changyun’s gathering of Crimson Sun Sect Guest Elders and traded for the Earth-Spirit Blood Ganoderma he needed. After the cultivators exchanged treasures, Xu Yan had gathered all the ingredients for the Five-Phase Essence-Consolidating Pill, but nine deep bell chimes interrupted the gathering.

• Shen Changyun’s disciple led Xu Yan to the cave abode, where Xu Yan met Shen Changyun, Ye Yun, Zhou Li, and Zhou Qi.
• Shen Changyun offered several treasures for trade, including an Earth-Spirit Blood Ganoderma, and Zhou Li tried to obtain it.
• Xu Yan offered five jin of Cave-Mystery Iron Essence and took the Earth-Spirit Blood Ganoderma, outbidding Zhou Li.
• Xu Yan traded the Blood Jade Spirit Python’s corpse to Ye Yun for Golden-Eyed Spirit Deer antlers and spirit stones, completing his ingredients for the Five-Phase Essence-Consolidating Pill.
• Nine deep bell chimes rang through the cave abode, startling the gathered cultivators.

After the Crimson Sun Sect’s spirit bell summoned its Foundation Establishment elders, Danyangzi paid five Guest Elders to help Li Changfeng secure a spirit treasure in the Great Yan Ancient Mine. Danyangzi revealed that he had spent his essence blood preparing a powerful trump card, and the expedition was set to depart that day.

• Xu Yan and the other elders hurried to the Main Peak after the spirit bell chimed nine times, where Li Changfeng summoned them into the Council Hall.
• Xu Yan sensed that Danyangzi had less than a year to live and resolved to find a chance to leave the sect after the expedition.
• Danyangzi gave Xu Yan and the four other Guest Elders Golden Marrow Jade Dew Pills and ordered them to help Li Changfeng obtain the spirit treasure.
• Danyangzi named Li Changfeng leader of the expedition and handed him an expendable magic treasure capable of unleashing three attacks at Danyangzi’s full strength.
• Danyangzi ordered everyone to prepare and gather again in two hours before departing for the Great Yan Ancient Mine.

Xu Yan and the Crimson Sun Sect cultivators traveled to the Great Yan Ancient Mine on Danyangzi’s enormous spirit turtle, Qingxuan. They reached the ancient formation’s blood-colored barrier, where another group arrived on a Flood Dragon.

• Xu Yan returned to his cave abode, packed his Spirit Treasures, and suspected Danyangzi had called everyone to depart early because something had changed.
• Xu Yan saw a mountain-sized turtle emerge from its disguise as a low peak, and the Crimson Sun Sect cultivators greeted it as Martial Uncle Qingxuan.
• Xu Yan recognized Qingxuan as a Mountain-Bearing turtle with a powerful heavenly demon bloodline and judged its strength and potential to be extraordinary.
• Danyangzi arrived on Qingxuan’s head, ordered the cultivators onto its back, and led them toward the Great Yan Ancient Mine.
• Danyangzi explained that the blood-colored barrier contained the Great Evolution Sect’s Slaughter Formation, which would annihilate cultivators above Foundation Establishment.
• Xu Yan and the others dismounted before the barrier as a middle-aged man in yellow robes arrived riding an enormous Flood Dragon.

Danyangzi and the other sect leaders gathered with Gu Tianrong’s forces to enter the Inner Region and claim a rare Spirit Treasure. After the four leaders agreed to face the dangers ahead, they used their Formation Banners to begin breaking the blood-colored barrier.

• Danyangzi angrily rejected the Ten Thousand Fire Sect’s offer to absorb the Crimson Sun Sect, while the Yellow-Robed Middle-Aged Man warned that his sect would not be intimidated.
• A hunched elder from the Dark Moon Sect arrived and taunted Danyangzi, who suspected the two sects might join forces against his sect.
• Gu Tianrong’s Eighteen Black-Scaled Riders arrived, followed by Gu Tianrong and Gu Xuanji; Danyangzi and the other sect leaders greeted Gu Tianrong as a senior.
• Gu Tianrong reminded Danyangzi, the Yellow-Robed Middle-Aged Man, and the Dark Moon Sect’s elder that the agreement allowed for deaths and injuries while seizing the Spirit Treasure.
• Gu Tianrong and the three sect leaders produced their Formation Banners and sent four streaks of azure light toward the blood-colored barrier.

Xu Yan and the other cultivators prepared to enter the Great Yan Ancient Mine, whose opening would last three months. A drawing of lots set the factions' entry order, and Gu Tianrong sent the Gu Household in first.

• Gu Tianrong warned that the cultivators had to leave the Great Yan Ancient Mine within three months, or the entrance would close for three years.
• Gu Tianrong had one Foundation Establishment disciple from each of the three sects draw a lot to determine the entry order.
• Danyangzi chose Elder Qi, while the Ten Thousand Fire Sect chose Zhuang Wuya and the Dark Moon Sect chose Xuan Wuchang.
• The lots placed the Gu Household first, the Ten Thousand Fire Sect second, the Crimson Sun Sect third, and the Dark Moon Sect fourth.
• Gu Tianrong ordered Gu Xuanji to lead the Gu Household cultivators into the Great Yan Ancient Mine.

Xu Yan entered the Great Yan Ancient Mine with the Crimson Sun Sect and learned that its deadly Slaughter Formations could be triggered by his Ancient Demon Nine Prohibitions. After the group reached the sect’s valuable mining area, Fang Shan demanded Xu Yan’s Golden Marrow Jade Dew Pill under the pretense of an exchange, and Xu Yan challenged him.

• Danyangzi told Gu Tianrong that the Crimson Sun Sect had only glimpsed the Spirit Treasure deep in the Ancient Mine’s Inner Region.
• Xu Yan entered the Great Yan Ancient Mine with the other Crimson Sun Sect cultivators, and Li Changfeng warned them about its Slaughter Formations.
• Li Changfeng demonstrated the Two-Yi Silver Blade Formation, and Xu Yan discovered that circulating the Ancient Demon Nine Prohibitions caused a nearby formation to stir.
• Xu Yan considered using the formations to kill the four Rogue Cultivator Guest Elders and take their Golden Marrow Jade Dew Pills.
• The group reached the Crimson Sun Sect’s mining area, where Fang Shan demanded Xu Yan’s pill in exchange for a Spirit Treasure, and Xu Yan accused him of trying to seize it.

Xu Yan used Li Changfeng’s authority to deter the Crimson Sun Sect cultivators as the group set out for the Inner Region of the Great Yan Ancient Mine. They discovered that an ancient formation was steadily closing in on the mining areas, and Li Changfeng explained that a surviving Formation Spirit might be repairing it.

• Fang Shan accused Xu Yan of slandering him and demanded an apology, but Li Changfeng silenced him with his powerful aura and warned everyone against attacking fellow sect members for their Spirit Treasures.
• Shen Changyun offered Fang Shan a Golden Marrow Jade Dew Pill in exchange for a Spirit Treasure, but Fang Shan refused, and Xu Yan recognized Shen Changyun’s calculated attempt to signal goodwill.
• Elder Qi ordered the group to head into the Inner Region, and Xu Yan followed while looking for a chance to leave and refine his Five-Phase Essence-Consolidating Pill.
• The group carefully crossed the mining area, avoiding the Slaughter Formation’s shafts, until they spotted countless tiny swords of dark light sweeping through the space on either side of their passage.
• Li Changfeng explained that the sword-filled region had narrowed over the past century and that the ancient formation might eventually consume all four sects’ mining areas because a surviving Formation Spirit was repairing it.

Xu Yan and the others learned that a Spirit Treasure lay deep in the Great Yan Ancient Mine, then encountered a deadly Slaughter Formation in an area the Crimson Sun Sect believed safe. Elder Qi ordered Xu Yan and Zhou Li to lead the way through the dangers, leaving Zhou Li protesting.

• Li Changfeng explained that a Spirit Treasure had been found in the Inner Region after a mining cultivator triggered a Teleportation Formation and died.
• Xu Yan distrusted Li Changfeng’s account and worried that Danyangzi’s Jade Seal would obstruct his attempt to seize the Spirit Treasure.
• A Blood-Devouring Sword Lotus killed a Crimson Sun Sect Foundation Establishment cultivator, revealing that dangerous Slaughter Formations had appeared in the supposedly explored Mining Area.
• Li Changfeng warned the group that conditions in the Great Yan Ancient Mine had changed and that he could no longer guarantee their safety.
• Elder Qi pointed to Xu Yan and Zhou Li and ordered them to lead the way, prompting Zhou Li to protest.

Elder Qi killed Zhou Li after he refused to scout ahead, then forced Xu Yan to take his place. Xu Yan secretly welcomed the assignment, using the journey into the Great Yan Ancient Mine to study its hidden Slaughter Formations, until a group of Black-Scaled Riders and Ten Thousand Fire Sect cultivators appeared ahead.

• Shen Changyun and Ye Yun backed Elder Qi’s demand that Zhou Li lead the way, so Zhou Li fled toward the mine’s exit.
• Elder Qi pursued Zhou Li, killed him, and took his Storage Ring.
• Xu Yan agreed to lead in exchange for Zhou Li’s Golden Marrow Jade Dew Pill, which Elder Qi handed over.
• Xu Yan led the group deeper into the mine, secretly probing the void and learning to judge the strength of its Slaughter Formations.
• Over three days, the group traveled more than forty li into the Inner Region; a formation killed one Crimson Sun Sect elder and severed another’s arm, while Xu Yan faked an injury.
• Xu Yan stopped when he spotted the Eighteen Black-Scaled Riders ahead, with Ten Thousand Fire Sect cultivators following them.