Recaps

Pei Zongyue delivered the Chief Inspector’s order giving Yi Yang full authority over the purge of the Wu Family, and Yi Yang began arresting its members and confiscating its wealth. The search uncovered a rare finger technique, which Yi Yang examined as his Heavenly Mandate panel recorded it as unpracticed.

• Pei Zongyue announced the Chief Inspector’s order, forcing Xiao Zhengyan and the Evil Punishment Office to withdraw and leaving Yi Yang in sole command of the Wu Family operation.
• Yi Yang ordered Xu Min to take Wu Rong into custody and detain every member of the Wu Family.
• Xu Min presented an inventory of the first four courtyards’ riches, including an Astral Condensation Pill, spirit crystals, Treasure Artifacts, and martial manuals.
• Xu Min showed Yi Yang the Profound Intent Calamity-Extinguishing Finger, a dangerous technique found in a hidden compartment in Wu Jiu’s study.
• Yi Yang ordered the search of the remaining courtyards and secret rooms and directed his men to seize the Wu Family’s branches, businesses, and people outside the compound.
• Yi Yang studied the technique’s circulation diagram as his Heavenly Mandate panel recorded it as not practiced.

After confiscating the Wu Family’s property, Yi Yang studied the Profound Intent Calamity-Extinguishing Finger and planned to use it as a decisive attack. News of the Wu Family’s destruction spread through Suining Prefecture, and Liu Peilin ordered lavish gifts for Yi Yang.

• Yi Yang returned to the Pacification Guard camp with his spoils and studied the first two stages of the Profound Intent Calamity-Extinguishing Finger.
• Yi Yang decided the finger technique could break an opponent’s protective astral energy and serve as a hidden attack in critical fights.
• News spread that the Pacification Guard had destroyed the Wu Family, that Wu Jiu had belonged to the Nine Evil Sect, and that Wu Rong had been arrested.
• Liu Peilin weighed his relief at the Wu Family’s fall against his fear of Yi Yang and the possibility that the Liu Family’s own dealings could be exposed.
• Liu Peilin ordered the head steward to prepare lavish gifts for Yi Yang and the Pacification Guard.

Ji Yunzhang and Wen Shiheng learned of Yi Yang’s role in destroying the Nine Evil Sect stronghold while Donglai County’s beast tide continued to threaten the city. Meanwhile, Yi Yang began cultivating the Profound Intent Calamity-Extinguishing Finger and planned to seek resources to speed his progress.

• Ji Yunzhang and Wen Shiheng read Pei Zongyue’s letters reporting the destruction of the Nine Evil Sect stronghold, the deaths of five Incense Masters, and Yi Yang’s authority over the remaining Wu Family matters.
• Ji Yunzhang and Wen Shiheng suspected that Yi Yang had hidden some of his strength, while the three Demon Beasts continued leading attacks against Donglai County.
• Ji Yunzhang decided to hold the defenses for three more days and then request reinforcements if they had not killed a Demon Beast.
• Yi Yang compressed his True Astral Force into his fingertips while practicing the first level of the Profound Intent Calamity-Extinguishing Finger, earning 60 progress points.
• Yi Yang decided that he needed resources to cultivate faster and began another practice session.

After mastering the first layer of the Profound Intent Calamity-Extinguishing Finger, Yi Yang honored the fallen Pacification Guards and reported the Clearwind Ridge battle and Wu Family assets to Chief Inspector Lu Quanan. Lu Quanan offered him a choice between seeking formal rewards from Qing Province or claiming one personal favor from the Chief Inspector.

• Yi Yang completed the first layer of the Profound Intent Calamity-Extinguishing Finger after seven days of training.
• Yi Yang promised the Pacification Guards that he would report every contribution from the Clearwind Ridge battle and considered whom to promote as Deputy Commander.
• Yi Yang learned from Liu Qing that Yan Wuyuan had left for Qing Province City and had placed the battle report entirely in his hands.
• Yi Yang gave Lu Quanan his account of the battle, emphasizing the Pacification Guards and Mysterious Abyss while concealing how he had countered Ding Xiang's Soul Attack.
• Yi Yang submitted the inventory of the confiscated Wu Family assets, and Lu Quanan praised his role in the victory.
• Lu Quanan offered Yi Yang a choice between submitting his achievements to Qing Province for assessment or receiving one favor that Lu Quanan would fulfill within his principles.

Yi Yang chose Lu Quanan’s personal intervention over reporting his achievements to Qing Province, then received permission to take another true art from the Armory and was gifted a Century Blood Lotus. He left for the Armory with the treasure, while Lu Quanan reflected on Yi Yang’s choice and put away an ancient Bronze Seal.

• Yi Yang weighed the uncertain rewards from Qing Province against Lu Quanan’s intervention and chose the second option, partly because he suspected Lu Quanan was connected to Pineclear Daoist.
• Lu Quanan promised Yi Yang could call on his intervention, praised his achievements, and allowed him to choose another true art from the Armory’s fifth floor.
• Lu Quanan gave Yi Yang a Century Blood Lotus, whose petals could aid body tempering and whose seeds could strengthen the soul.
• Yi Yang considered asking Lu Quanan about Pineclear Daoist but decided the time was not right and left the office.
• Lu Quanan remarked that Yi Yang had chosen the second option, examined an ancient Bronze Seal, then put it away.
• Yi Yang headed toward the Armory with the Century Blood Lotus tucked into his robes.

After celebrating the Pacification Guards’ victory at Clearwind Ridge, Yi Yang planned his cultivation and used Century Blood Lotus petals to strengthen his body. By the fourth day, he had brought Martial Extreme Dragon Elephant Body to the limit of minor attainment.

• Yi Yang joined the Pacification Guards’ victory feast, honored their fallen comrades, and promised that their contributions would be rewarded.
• Yi Yang told the guards that the Chief Inspector had confirmed their merits, and they pledged to follow him.
• Back in his room, Yi Yang studied Cloud-Leaping Crane and set priorities for cultivating it, Martial Extreme Dragon Elephant Body, and Heart Ape Mind Guarding Art.
• Yi Yang began tempering his body with Century Blood Lotus petals, gaining eight thousand cultivation points from the first petal.
• Over the next several days, Yi Yang practiced Cloud-Leaping Crane by day and consumed petals while training his body at night.
• By the fourth day, after using eight petals, Yi Yang’s Martial Extreme Dragon Elephant Body reached 80,000/80,000 at minor attainment.

Yi Yang broke through in the Martial Extreme Dragon Elephant Body and tested its immense strength and resilience, then used three lotus seeds to raise the Heart Ape Mind Guarding Art to major accomplishment. His expanded mental field and defenses made him wonder whether he could fight a True Astral Realm perfection expert on equal footing, while the Runic Bronze Ring at his chest began to glow faintly.

• Yi Yang found his newly strengthened body could heal rapidly, shatter training stones and an essencewood post, and withstand mid True Astral attacks.
• After giving his body time to adjust, Yi Yang used the first lotus seed to advance the Heart Ape Mind Guarding Art by fifty thousand points.
• Yi Yang consumed the second and third lotus seeds, then broke through to major accomplishment as the Golden-Furred Ape in his Sea of Consciousness grew to nearly ten feet tall.
• Yi Yang discovered that his mental perception formed a thousand-foot field and that a golden curtain protected his Sea of Consciousness.
• Yi Yang tested his mental power on a patrolling Pacification Guard and realized it could disrupt an opponent's consciousness, potentially creating an opening in battle.
• As Yi Yang rested with his eyes closed, the Runic Bronze Ring beneath his clothes began to glow faintly.

Abbot Xuanyi investigated a disturbance in the Demon-Sealing Cavern beneath the Golden Sun Temple and found that the seals on its entrance were weakening. He sent Kongyue to fetch Kongwu, then remained alone with the sealed cavern.

• Kongyue interrupted Xuanyi's meditation to report movement inside the Demon-Sealing Cavern.
• Xuanyi told Kongyue not to panic and went with him to inspect the cavern.
• Xuanyi examined the boulder sealing the fissure and found its golden ropes and runes deteriorating.
• Xuanyi ordered Kongyue to fetch Kongwu, who knew what to do.
• Xuanyi stayed behind, pressed his hand to the boulder, and murmured words no one could hear.

Kongyue learned that Abbot Xuanyi had sent Kongwu to gather eighteen devotees for the Demon-Sealing Cavern, where the missing Elder Xuanding was supposedly subduing a demon. After Xuanyi led the devotees below, Kongwu heard a laugh and smelled blood, while a strange distortion appeared in Xuanyi’s shadow underground.

• Kongyue told Kongwu that the abbot had summoned him to the Demon-Sealing Cavern, and Kongwu gathered eighteen devotees.
• At the cavern, Xuanyi said his junior brother Xuanding was close to subduing the demon and opened the sealed entrance.
• Xuanyi ordered Kongwu to take Kongyue to Donglai County to fight the beast tide and collect monster cores for the cavern.
• Xuanyi led the eighteen devotees into the fissure, and Kongwu heard a laugh and smelled blood just before the boulder sealed shut.
• Kongwu left for the temple, unaware that Xuanyi’s shadow briefly twisted as he led the devotees deeper underground.

After emerging from half a month of secluded cultivation, Yi Yang learned that a beast tide had breached Donglai County and was ordered to join Lu Quanan's counterattack. Before departing, he secured approval to execute Zhou Yang, Meng Qiming, and Zhao Hongyuan for selling his whereabouts to bandits, then ordered Xu Min to assemble the troops.

• Yi Yang finished cultivating, and Xu Min told him that Lu Quanan had summoned all officers at the True Astral Realm or above.
• Lu Quanan announced that a growing beast tide had breached Donglai County's northern wall and ordered a counterattack, taking Yi Yang, Xiao Zhengyan, and Pei Zongyue with him.
• Yi Yang raised the case against Zhou Yang, Meng Qiming, and Zhao Hongyuan, and Pei Zongyue confirmed that the evidence of their betrayal was conclusive.
• Pei Zongyue and several other officers supported resolving the case, while Xiao Zhengyan left without objecting.
• Yi Yang ordered the three prisoners executed publicly alongside the Wu Family members, and Pei Zongyue agreed to arrange it.
• Yi Yang returned to the Pacification Guard camp and ordered Xu Min to assemble the troops.

Yi Yang rescued Wan Liuyue and her injured junior brother from a Black-Maned Leopard in the Beast Ridge Mountains. After learning they claimed to be Profound Sword Pavilion disciples, he invited them to travel with his Pacification Guards toward Donglai County, and Wan Liuyue accepted.

• Yi Yang detected Wan Liuyue and her junior brother fleeing a Black-Maned Leopard and six Gray-Furred Badger Hounds.
• The Black-Maned Leopard struck Wan Liuyue, but Yi Yang arrived with the Pacification Guards and wounded the beast with a saber strike.
• The Black-Maned Leopard lunged at Yi Yang, who killed it with one slash of Mysterious Abyss, sending the six Gray-Furred Badger Hounds fleeing.
• Wan Liuyue thanked Yi Yang and said she and her junior brother were Profound Sword Pavilion disciples training in the mountains.
• Yi Yang introduced himself as the Pacification Guard Commander in Suining Prefecture City and invited the injured pair to travel with his group toward Donglai County.
• Wan Liuyue considered the offer, then accepted it.

Yi Yang exposed Wan Liuyue and her junior brother as impostors, then learned they belonged to the Heavenly Heart Sect of Qing Province and accepted Heart-Knocking Pills as compensation. As the party resumed its journey, he overheard Wan Liuyue admit that the pills had been given in exchange for her junior brother’s life.

• Yi Yang disarmed and restrained Wan Liuyue after noticing clues that she was not a Profound Sword Pavilion disciple, while Xu Min’s guards subdued her junior brother.
• Yi Yang confronted Wan Liuyue with the fact that neither of them appeared on the Profound Sword Pavilion’s roster.
• Wan Liuyue admitted that she and her junior brother were disciples of the Heavenly Heart Sect of Qing Province and offered three Heart-Knocking Pills as compensation.
• Yi Yang accepted the pills and told Wan Liuyue that his suspicion came from the Nine Evil Sect’s use of disguises, while expressing interest in getting to know her sect.
• As the party continued onward, Yi Yang overheard Wan Liuyue tell her junior brother that three Heart-Knocking Pills had been a small price to save his life.

Yi Yang returned to Donglai County after killing the Black-Maned Leopard and reported his findings to Lu Quanan. He revealed that two supposed Profound Sword Pavilion disciples were actually from the Heavenly Heart Sect.

• Yi Yang led his team into Donglai County carrying the slain Black-Maned Leopard, and residents celebrated the beast’s death.
• Ji Yunzhang and Wen Shiheng thanked Yi Yang for killing the leopard and declared their support in dealing with Zhou Yang and the other betrayers.
• Yi Yang entered the camp and told Lu Quanan about killing the Black-Maned Leopard during his trip up the mountain.
• Yi Yang revealed to Lu Quanan that two martial artists claiming to be Profound Sword Pavilion disciples had admitted they were from the Heavenly Heart Sect.

Yi Yang prepared to advance his cultivation while the Nine Evil Sect’s remaining Incense Masters activated the Ten Thousand Blood Demon-Transformation Ritual in the Beast Ridge Mountains. The ritual’s pulse reached the Demon-Sealing Cavern, where the seals began to weaken and a voice sounded from within.

• Lu Quanan told Yi Yang to leave the Heavenly Heart Sect alone and said he had its affairs in hand.
• Yi Yang checked that he was fifty thousand progress points from the late True Astral Realm, then swallowed two True Pills to cultivate.
• Two black-robed Nine Evil Sect Incense Masters discussed the elder’s order and began the Ten Thousand Blood Demon-Transformation Ritual at a Blood Pool.
• The ritual sent an invisible pulse through the Beast Ridge Mountains toward the Golden Sun Temple.
• The golden ropes sealing the Demon-Sealing Cavern trembled and dimmed, a crack formed in a rune, and a voice came from within.

Yi Yang broke through to late True Astral and joined a meeting after the sect teams returned from killing the True Astral demon beasts in the Beast Ridge Mountains. The meeting was interrupted by news that the Golden Sun Temple had attacked the Profound Sword Pavilion, leaving the elders to prepare to return.

• Yi Yang completed his breakthrough to late True Astral and demonstrated his external projection of astral energy.
• Xu Min reported that the three sects had returned after killing their assigned demon beasts, clearing five True Astral Realm threats from the Beast Ridge Mountains.
• Lu Quanan announced that the beast tide crisis in Donglai County had largely been resolved, then received an urgent dispatch from the Nether Spring Office in Suining Prefecture.
• Two Profound Sword Pavilion disciples reported that the Golden Sun Temple had breached their gates, killed Elder Zhao, and forced the Pavilion Master and stewards to defend the rear mountain.
• Lu Song verified the Pavilion Master's Green Jade Token as genuine while Han Zhengqing and the Golden Sun Temple disciples reacted to the accusation.

Lu Quanan led a party toward the Profound Sword Pavilion after learning that the Golden Sun Temple had attacked it, but their journey through the Beast Ridge Mountains was ambushed by a blood mist and a demon beast tide. As Lu Quanan went to confront a stronger beast, Yi Yang and the others prepared to defend themselves while Mo Huairen and Xu Yan waited to attack them.

• Lu Song left the tent with Han Zhengqing after learning that the Golden Sun Temple had attacked the Profound Sword Pavilion and Zhao Huairen had died.
• Lu Quanan ordered a party to investigate the attack, then led them through the forest toward the Profound Sword Pavilion.
• Yi Yang detected blood in the air and shouted a warning, but a corrosive blood mist engulfed the middle of the party before Lu Quanan dispersed it with a wave of Qi Force.
• Three late True Astral demon beasts and a horde of mutant beasts surrounded the party as an even stronger presence approached from the forest.
• Lu Quanan went to confront the True Astral Perfection presence while Yi Yang, Xiao Zhengyan, Kongwu, and the others formed up against the beasts.
• Mo Huairen and Xu Yan hid nearby and waited for the beast tide to scatter the party so they could attack Yi Yang and the others.

Yi Yang killed Mo Huairen and the Armored Giant Lizard after luring them into the forest, then defeated Mo Huairen’s transformed Blood Demon Body. As Yi Yang looked toward Xiao Zhengyan’s fight, a piercing scream sounded.

• The demon beasts attacked the Heaven Patrol Office party, and Yi Yang found a weak spot in the Armored Giant Lizard’s scales but failed to wound it deeply.
• Mo Huairen ambushed Yi Yang, but Yi Yang sensed and repelled him before leading him and the giant lizard into a dense forest.
• Yi Yang used his mental power to stun Mo Huairen and wounded him with Azure Dragon Emerges from the Abyss, then split the giant lizard’s head with another strike.
• Mo Huairen activated the Blood Demon Body and transformed into a monster, but Yi Yang dodged its attacks and decapitated it with a final saber strike.
• Yi Yang searched Mo Huairen’s remains and looked toward Xiao Zhengyan’s battle when he heard a piercing scream.

Yi Yang returned to the battlefield, where Xiao Zhengyan had been killed by Xu Yan, and killed Xu Yan before helping Kongwu and Kongyue defeat the One-Horned Savage Bull. As the mutant beasts retreated, Lu Quanan displayed power beyond True Astral Perfection in the forest, and a figure emerged from the trees.

• Yi Yang retrieved a Monster Core from the giant lizard and stored it in his Bronze Ring.
• Xiao Zhengyan killed the White-Browed Giant Tiger with his Mountain-Quenching Form, but Xu Yan pierced his heart with a hidden short sword.
• Yi Yang killed Xu Yan with a Wood-Nurturing Astral Force slash, then joined Kongwu and Kongyue in killing the One-Horned Savage Bull.
• With the leading beasts dead, the mutant beasts retreated, and Xu Min led the Pacification Guards in pursuit.
• A towering astral phantom resembling Lu Quanan smashed the forest, revealing power beyond True Astral Perfection, before a figure walked out of the woods.

Lu Quanan revealed overwhelming strength by bringing back the slain serpent’s head, then ordered Yi Yang to command the Evil Punishment Office as the survivors set out for the Profound Sword Pavilion. Meanwhile, the Golden Sun Temple’s surprise assault forced Xu Yuhu and the remaining defenders to retreat to the rear mountain, where they faced Abbot Xuanyi and at least five True Astral experts.

• Lu Quanan dropped the enormous severed serpent head into the clearing and announced that the Beast Tide’s leading Demon Beast had been eliminated.
• Lu Quanan appointed Yi Yang to command the Evil Punishment Office, and Yi Yang organized the wounded, the dead, and the surviving guards.
• Yi Yang wondered about Lu Quanan’s realm and the Golden Sun Temple’s attack as the group rode toward the Profound Sword Pavilion.
• Xu Yuhu emerged from secluded cultivation and found the Golden Sun Temple breaching the Profound Sword Pavilion’s front mountain formations.
• Xu Yuhu ordered the defenders to abandon the front mountain and retreat to the rear mountain’s core hall after Elder Zhao Huairen was killed.
• Xu Yuhu recognized the Golden Sun Temple’s Abbot Xuanyi among the attackers and realized the remaining defenders faced at least five True Astral experts.

Xu Yuhu was betrayed by He Dingbo and left gravely wounded as the Golden Sun Temple attacked the Profound Sword Pavilion. Lu Song and Han Zhengqing tried to save the survivors, while Yi Yang’s group reached the burning mountain and found fleeing disciples under pursuit.

• Xu Yuhu fought Xuanyi, but He Dingbo stabbed him from behind and Xuanyi struck him down.
• Lu Song and Han Zhengqing arrived at the burning Profound Sword Pavilion and learned that He Dingbo had betrayed Xu Yuhu.
• Lu Song ran to the rear mountain while Han Zhengqing led the young disciples toward the northern forest and turned to hold off their pursuers.
• Yi Yang detected the attack while riding with Lu Quanan, who rushed ahead to reinforce the sect and ordered Yi Yang to rescue people on the outskirts.
• Yi Yang found a group of injured people fleeing through the forest with Golden Sun Temple warriors chasing them and rode to intervene.

Yi Yang defeated Golden Sun Temple elder Xuanjue and helped Kongwu and Kongyue restrain Xuanyu, who appeared to be under a spell. After learning that He Dingbo had betrayed Profound Sword Pavilion and that Xu Yuhu was battling the abbot at the mountain gate, Yi Yang rushed to intervene as Xu Yuhu began to lose ground.

• Yi Yang and Kongwu identified Golden Sun Temple elders Xuanyu and Xuanjue, then attacked to rescue Han Zhengqing and the Profound Sword Pavilion disciples.
• Yi Yang overwhelmed Xuanjue with Mysterious Abyss and Profound Intent Calamity-Extinguishing Finger, then pinned him alive.
• Kongwu and Kongyue subdued Xuanyu and noticed his bloodshot, unfocused eyes and frenzied behavior, suggesting someone had put him under a spell.
• A wounded disciple told Yi Yang that He Dingbo had betrayed the pavilion master and that the abbot had trapped him in the rear mountain hall; Yi Yang said Chief Inspector Lu Quanan had gone ahead.
• Yi Yang saw Xu Yuhu's Phantom Flying Sword falter against Xuanyi's golden Buddha phantom, left Kongwu and Kongyue to guard the wounded and prisoners, and hurried toward the mountain gate.

Xu Yuhu lost his battle with Xuanyi, but Lu Quanan arrived before the monk could kill him and forced Xuanyi to flee. Lu Quanan learned that a hidden Nine Evil Sect expert had orchestrated the attack to seize the Profound Sword Pavilion’s Xuannian Stone.

• Xu Yuhu summoned his flying-sword phantom to fight Xuanyi, but Xuanyi trapped and shattered it, leaving Xu Yuhu gravely injured.
• As Xuanyi prepared to finish Xu Yuhu, Lu Quanan arrived and struck at him; Xuanyi recognized that he could not win and fled north.
• Lu Quanan treated Xu Yuhu with two pills and heard his account of the Golden Sun Temple’s surprise attack, He Dingbo’s betrayal, and Zhao Huairen’s death.
• Xu Yuhu suspected that He Dingbo had been controlled by the Nine Evil Sect’s Heart-Control Technique, which required a Profound Connection Realm expert.
• Lu Quanan identified the likely mastermind as an old adversary who had survived and hidden for more than a decade.
• Lu Quanan asked about the Xuannian Stone, and Xu Yuhu realized the attack had been orchestrated to steal the sect’s treasure.

Yi Yang encountered the wounded Xuanyi, Abbot of the Golden Sun Temple, in the forest and tried to flee when Xuanyi demanded Mysterious Abyss. Unable to escape, Yi Yang fought back, and the chapter ended with Xuanyi launching a combined palm-and-fist attack.

• Yi Yang sensed a powerful presence and discovered that the wounded Xuanyi was approaching through the forest.
• Xuanyi began to leave, but recognized Mysterious Abyss on Yi Yang's back and demanded that he hand over the saber.
• Yi Yang tried to run toward Lu Quanan, but Xuanyi appeared in his path and threatened him into a confrontation.
• Yi Yang blocked Xuanyi's Demon-Subduing Vajra Fist with Mysterious Abyss, and the saber cut Xuanyi's knuckles through his Astral Energy.
• Xuanyi identified Mysterious Abyss as the Golden Sun Temple's lost Spirit Weapon and attacked Yi Yang with Great Compassion Barrier-Breaking Palm and another Demon-Subduing Vajra Fist.

Yi Yang awakened Mysterious Abyss and used its power, his martial arts, and a mental assault to defeat and behead Xuanyi. Before searching Xuanyi's corpse, he heard a voice from the severed head warn that someone would come for an item; Yi Yang found a rune-engraved golden prayer bead and headed toward the mountain behind the Profound Sword Pavilion.

• Yi Yang fought Xuanyi's attacks and endured repeated blows while using his saber technique and resilient physique to stay alive.
• Xuanyi summoned a weakened Buddha phantom, but Yi Yang awakened Mysterious Abyss and severed one of its arms with a powerful saber strike.
• Yi Yang withstood the phantom's palm, struck Xuanyi's shoulder with the Profound Intent Calamity-Extinguishing Finger, and unleashed an all-out mental attack that disrupted the monk's control.
• Yi Yang shattered the Buddha phantom, wounded Xuanyi through Xu Yuhu's old sword scar, and beheaded him with Mysterious Abyss.
• Xuanyi's severed head spoke in another voice, telling Yi Yang to keep an item safe and promising that someone would come for it.
• Yi Yang searched Xuanyi's corpse, found a rune-engraved golden prayer bead with a thread of scarlet light, and carried it toward the mountain behind the Profound Sword Pavilion.

Yi Yang returned to the Profound Sword Pavilion with Xuanyi’s head and learned that Yin Xi of the Nine Evil Sect had stolen the Profound Thought Stone. Lu Quanan assigned Yi Yang and Zhao Xunge to deal with the remaining Golden Sun Temple forces, leaving them to act under orders to subdue the monks when possible.

• Yi Yang showed Xu Yuhu and Lu Song Xuanyi’s severed head and explained that he had defeated the wounded abbot.
• Yi Yang told Xu Yuhu that the Pavilion’s disciples and Han Zhengqing were safe under the Pacification Guard’s protection.
• Lu Quanan revealed that Yin Xi of the Nine Evil Sect had stolen the Profound Thought Stone and escaped before he arrived.
• Zhao Xunge arrived, and Lu Quanan explained that Xuanyi had led the assault under the Nine Evil Sect elder’s influence.
• Lu Quanan asked Yi Yang and Zhao Xunge to handle the remaining Golden Sun Temple forces, ordering them to subdue the monks whenever possible.