Recaps

Wang Yan, the Zhang Qiulin Sisters, and Card Fairy found Ye Shisan fighting three Stonefire Spirit Beasts in a magma cavern. They helped him kill one beast, but more Stonefire Spirit Beasts roared and charged toward them from throughout the cavern.

• Wang Yan entered the Mountain Cave after Card Fairy sensed a presence connected to the Immortal Card Artifact, and the Zhang Qiulin Sisters followed to help Ye Shisan.
• Wang Yan and the Zhang Qiulin Sisters descended through the magma-filled cavern and found Ye Shisan struggling against three Stonefire Spirit Beasts.
• The Zhang Qiulin Sisters drew one beast away with the Mandarin Duck Scissors while Wang Yan attacked another with the Fire Fist Spell.
• Wang Yan's blows drove the Stonefire Spirit Beast back, giving Ye Shisan an opening to smash its head and kill it with the Earth Spirit Gold Staff.
• More Stonefire Spirit Beasts roared from around the cavern as heavy footsteps approached the group.

Wang Yan and the others escaped the Stonefire Spirit Beasts’ lair after a Four-Armed Stonefire Spirit Beast attacked them, but Card Fairy revealed that a valuable treasure was inside it. Although the beasts retreated from sunlight, Wang Yan decided to recover their magic power and return to face the Core Condensation Realm beast.

• Wang Yan ordered the group to retreat as more Stonefire Spirit Beasts approached, but a Four-Armed Stonefire Spirit Beast broke through the wall and joined the pursuit with more than a dozen ordinary beasts.
• Wang Yan blasted rocks down to slow the pursuers while Card Fairy told him that a treasure inside the Four-Armed Stonefire Spirit Beast could strengthen the Card Fairy Divine Artifact.
• The Four-Armed Stonefire Spirit Beast launched four fiery orbs at Wang Yan and Ye Shisan, but Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang pulled them to safety with pink ribbons.
• The beasts recoiled from sunlight shining through the blasted-open wall and retreated into the cave, allowing Wang Yan, Ye Shisan, Zhang Qiulin, and Zhang Qiulang to escape.
• Wang Yan announced that he intended to deal with the Core Condensation Realm Stonefire Spirit Beast after the group recovered their magic power.

Wang Yan and his companions prepared a trap to kill the Four-Armed Stone Fire Spirit Beast and obtain the Fire Spirit Liquid needed to repair the Immortal Card Artifact. The beast entered their ambush and was struck by Wang Yan’s hidden spells and the Explosive Fire Talismans.

• Wang Yan replenished the Fire Fist Spell Card and learned from Card Fairy that the Four-Armed Stone Fire Spirit Beast contained Fire Spirit Liquid that could repair the Immortal Card Artifact.
• Wang Yan explained his plan to Card Fairy, then told Ye Shisan, Zhang Qiulin, and Zhang Qiulang to rest before preparing the ambush that night.
• Wang Yan and Ye Shisan entered the concealed passage while Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang hid halfway down the cliff, ready to use their Mandarin Duck Scissors.
• Wang Yan activated the Water-Fire Blast Card and Fire Trap Fire Blast Technique Card as Ye Shisan went into the cavern to lure out the beast.
• Ye Shisan fled toward the passage entrance with the Four-Armed Stone Fire Spirit Beast pursuing him, and Wang Yan planted two Fire Blast Techniques in its path.
• The beast stepped on Wang Yan’s hidden spells, then Wang Yan triggered dozens of Explosive Fire Talismans, causing blasts and falling rocks to strike it.

Wang Yan and Ye Shisan fought the Four-Armed Stonefire Spirit Beast, while the Zhang Qiulin Sisters helped bring it down. As the group celebrated, Wang Yan spotted cultivators approaching and warned Ye Shisan to hurry down the mountain.

• The Four-Armed Stonefire Spirit Beast escaped the collapsing cavern and attacked Ye Shisan, who drew its attention while Wang Yan detonated Explosive Fire Talismans to expose it to sunlight.
• Wang Yan struck the beast with the Water-Fire Blast Technique, blasting it from the mountainside but failing to kill it.
• Ai Wenjun and a group of cultivators approached through the woods, planning to ambush the exhausted fighters and take their belongings.
• Ye Shisan struck the beast with his Earth Spirit Gold Staff, knocking it from the cliff, and Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang used their ribbons and Mandarin Duck Scissors to immobilize and blind it.
• The Four-Armed Stonefire Spirit Beast crashed into the rocks below, and Wang Yan spotted the approaching cultivators and urged Ye Shisan to descend.

The badly wounded Four-Armed Stonefire Spirit Beast broke free and was killed by more than twenty cultivators who emerged from the woods. Their leader, Ai Wenjun, then tried to seize the twin sisters’ spirit artifacts and Ye Shisan’s treasures, and the chapter ended as he thrust a trident at Ye Shisan’s throat.

• The Four-Armed Stonefire Spirit Beast tore apart the Ribbon Magic Artifact and tried to flee, but Wang Yan urged Ye Shisan and the two women to pursue it with Explosive Fire Talismans.
• The wounded beast caught Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang’s Mandarin Duck Scissors with its spiritual sense, then fled after their talismans struck it.
• Ai Wenjun led more than twenty cultivators out of the woods, and they bombarded the gravely wounded beast until it fell motionless.
• Ai Wenjun’s cultivators took the Mandarin Duck Scissors and demanded Ye Shisan’s spirit artifacts as payment, threatening Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang.
• Ye Shisan fought Ai Wenjun and the other cultivators, but his strength had dwindled; Ai Wenjun drove his trident toward Ye Shisan’s throat.

Wang Yan ambushed Ai Wenjun’s group with the Infinite Fire God Needles and returned the Mandarin Duck Scissors to Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang. With Ye Shisan and the two women joining the attack, their outnumbered group gained the upper hand, leaving Ai Wenjun under a combined assault.

• Ye Shisan recognized that Ai Wenjun’s black-and-red tridents reflected magic power, then fought off the cultivators attacking Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang.
• Wang Yan attacked from the woods with the Infinite Fire God Needles, wounding several cultivators and recovering the Mandarin Duck Scissors for the two women.
• Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang used the returned scissors to strike down cultivators while Wang Yan blocked Ai Wenjun’s tridents with the Ironwood Shield.
• Ai Wenjun asked if Wang Yan’s group belonged to the Firecloud Sect, and Wang Yan, Ye Shisan, and the two women pressed their attack until more than half their enemies were killed or wounded.

Wang Yan and Ye Shisan worked together to kill Ai Wenjun, then drove off most of the remaining Five Sects cultivators. As Stonefire Spirit Beasts poured from the cliff passage, Wang Yan stored their leader’s corpse and hurried his companions to flee.

• Ye Shisan knocked Ai Wenjun into the air with an Earth Spirit Gold Staff attack, allowing Wang Yan to trap and wound him with the Infinite Fire God Needles.
• Ye Shisan smashed Ai Wenjun’s black-and-red shard and killed him with a blow to the head, prompting the surviving Five Sects cultivators to flee.
• Wang Yan and his companions chased the fleeing cultivators but let several escape, then regrouped and treated Zhang Qiulin’s shoulder wound.
• Wang Yan collected the Four-Armed Stonefire Spirit Beast’s corpse while Ye Shisan searched the fallen cultivators, and the group prepared to leave when Stonefire Spirit Beasts broke through the cliff passage.
• Wang Yan stored the beast’s corpse as the other Stonefire Spirit Beasts spotted the group and scrambled down the cliff toward them.

After escaping the enraged Stonefire Spirit Beasts, Wang Yan and his companions recovered in a cave, then agreed to stay hidden while the Card Fairy extracted Fire Spirit Liquid from the slain Four-Armed Stonefire Spirit Beast. Wang Yan set an Illusion Formation to conceal their shelter and began the extraction, which was expected to take seven or eight days.

• Wang Yan, Ye Shisan, Zhang Qiulin, and Zhang Qiulang hid in a sealed cave overnight while the Stonefire Spirit Beasts burned through the valley.
• After the beasts returned to their cave at daybreak, Wang Yan and the others emerged and saw that the valley had become a scorched wasteland.
• Wang Yan explained that he had hunted the Four-Armed Stonefire Spirit Beast for its Fire Spirit Liquid and offered the other spoils to Ye Shisan and the two women.
• Wang Yan led the group to a spacious cave, placed an Illusion Formation at its entrance, and told the others to recover in separate cave abodes.
• Wang Yan distributed the cultivators' loot, keeping Ai Wenjun's black-and-red tridents, then asked his companions not to disturb him for seven or eight days.
• After Ye Shisan, Zhang Qiulin, and Zhang Qiulang entered their cave abodes, Wang Yan told the Card Fairy to begin extracting the Fire Spirit Liquid.

Wang Yan absorbed the Four-Armed Stonefire Spirit Beast’s power while the Cloud Mountain Treasure Land’s battles intensified. Wang Ziling wiped out the Twin Joy Sect’s elite cultivators, stole their treasure, and headed toward Cloud Mountain, while a sect leader outside the trial discovered her disciples were dead.

• Wang Yan let the Card Fairy use his body to drain power from the Four-Armed Stonefire Spirit Beast through the Immortal Card Artifact.
• Cultivators across the Cloud Mountain Treasure Land hid, hunted one another, or pushed toward its center to fight stronger Demon Beasts and claim treasures.
• Ma Yan and the Twin Joy Sect cultivators killed a powerful Demon Beast, opened a treasure pagoda, and entered while Wang Ziling watched.
• Three days later, Wang Ziling had killed the Twin Joy Sect cultivators, drained the female cultivator with the beauty mark, taken the Heavy Silver Brick, and set off toward Cloud Mountain.
• A female cultivator in a city outside the Cloud Mountain Treasure Land found her crystal balls empty and realized the Twin Joy Sect’s disciples had been killed.

Wang Yan absorbed the Four-Armed Stonefire Spirit Beast’s Fire Spirit Liquid, bringing his cultivation close to the core condensation realm and repairing most of the Immortal Card Artifact. After preparing to continue through the Cloud Mountain Treasure Land with his companions, he encountered a new development as Fairy Purple Smoke questioned a reduced group of Purple Flame Sect cultivators and sensed someone nearby.

• Wang Yan awoke with his magic power at the peak of the cultivation realm and learned from Card Fairy that the Immortal Card Artifact had been repaired enough to refine fire-attribute Immortal Cards inside his body.
• Wang Yan replenished his Immortal Cards, refined the ones that matched the artifact’s fire attribute, and prepared his Ironwood Shield Card, Fireball Spell Card, and Mother-and-Son Flying Rings for combat.
• Wang Yan stored the Four-Armed Stonefire Spirit Beast’s corpse, and Card Fairy assured him she could conceal the Immortal Card Artifact and black mother iron ore from searches after they left the Cloud Mountain Treasure Land.
• Wang Yan brought Ye Shisan and the two women out of the cave after nearly ten days, then led them onward through the Cloud Mountain Treasure Land.
• Fairy Purple Smoke met seven or eight Purple Flame Sect cultivators, questioned why so few had arrived, and suddenly called out to someone she sensed nearby.

Wang Ziling encountered Fairy Purple Smoke and the Purple Flame Sect as they headed toward Cloud Mountain, then chose to approach the mountain from another route. Elsewhere, the sects clashed with demon beasts and one another, while Wang Yan, Ye Shisan, Zhang Qiulin, and Zhang Qiulang were trapped by rogue cultivators demanding their valuables.

• Fairy Purple Smoke found Wang Ziling spying on the Purple Flame Sect, let him go, and questioned Xiao Han about the ancient treasure and books his group had discovered.
• Wang Ziling discussed the Core Condensation Realm cultivator and Cloud Mountain’s treasures with a mysterious voice, then set off alone along a different route.
• Yue Yang led the Firecloud Sect cultivators into battle against a gigantic Core Condensation Realm demon beast.
• The White Spirit Sect attacked the Pale Moon Sect with white spirit demon beasts, killing one cultivator before Sword Moon led the survivors in a retreat.
• A group of rogue cultivators surrounded Wang Yan, Ye Shisan, Zhang Qiulin, and Zhang Qiulang in a gorge and demanded their valuables.

Wang Yan and his companions were blocked in a gorge on their way to Cloud Mountain, but the Double-Sword Daoist recognized them and warned Boss Blade that they were too strong to fight. After the group passed safely, Boss Blade learned they had likely killed Young Master Lei and the Hengshan Four Fiends and began plotting against them.

• Wang Yan and his companions approached the gorge, a crucial route to Cloud Mountain, and found dozens of rogue cultivators blocking their way.
• The Double-Sword Daoist recognized Wang Yan’s group and told Boss Blade to let them pass, warning that they were no match for them.
• Wang Yan challenged Boss Blade’s confidence, then ordered Ye Shisan to charge as the group’s enemies attacked from both sides.
• Boss Blade called off the attack, and Wang Yan led his companions through the gorge after secretly transmitting a message to the Double-Sword Daoist.
• The Double-Sword Daoist told Boss Blade that Wang Yan’s group had likely killed Young Master Lei and the Hengshan Four Fiends, prompting Boss Blade to plot against them.

Wang Yan and his companions reached Cloud Mountain, gathered spirit medicine while avoiding dangerous Demon Beasts, and settled in a tree hollow for the night. As Wang Yan comforted a troubled Ye Shisan about his hope of reviving his uncle, Card Fairy warned that someone was approaching their hiding place.

• Wang Yan led Ye Shisan, Zhang Qiulang, and Linlang toward Cloud Mountain, urging them to avoid its dangerous ruins and focus on gathering spirit medicine.
• After three or four days, the group reached Cloud Mountain and cautiously climbed in formation, collecting ingredients for Qi Condensation Pills while avoiding powerful Demon Beasts.
• At night, Wang Yan sorted the spirit medicine and worried that the pills might not be enough to help him advance, especially since his dantian had been destroyed.
• Ye Shisan told Wang Yan that he kept seeing the cultivators he had killed and asked whether a divine ability could bring his uncle back to life; Wang Yan urged him to stay alive and keep cultivating.
• Card Fairy warned Wang Yan that someone was approaching, and Wang Yan and Ye Shisan concealed their auras as heavy breathing and rustling leaves drew near.

Wang Yan and his companions watched as Sword Moon of the Pale Moon Sect ambushed two White Spirit Sect cultivators, turning the forest into a deadly battle. After one White Spirit Sect cultivator killed his wounded companion to claim the credit, an orange staff streaked toward him from a distant tree.

• Wang Yan spotted Sword Moon hiding near his group as two White Spirit Sect cultivators and their Demon Beasts pursued him through the trees.
• Sword Moon ambushed the pursuers with an ice attack and blue longswords, wounding both cultivators and killing one with a sword strike.
• A wounded White Spirit Sect cultivator detonated his Demon Beast, killing Sword Moon but leaving his fellow cultivator alive and badly injured.
• The surviving White Spirit Sect cultivator killed his wounded companion to take the credit for the fight.
• Someone on a distant tree trunk shouted angrily and sent an orange staff flying toward the surviving White Spirit Sect cultivator.

Ye Shisan killed a White Spirit Sect cultivator who had murdered his fellow disciple, and Wang Yan’s group fled with the fallen men’s belongings as White Spirit Sect pursuers closed in. Guided around Demon Beasts by Card Fairy, they reached a cave and provoked its resident beast as it emerged.

• Ye Shisan hurled the Earth Spirit Gold Staff into the White Spirit Sect cultivator who had killed his fellow disciple, pinning him to a tree.
• Wang Yan, Ye Shisan, Zhang Qiulin, and Zhang Qiulang searched the dead cultivators’ belongings, took their items, and fled when Card Fairy warned them that others were approaching.
• Luo Yan and Luo Bai led White Spirit Sect cultivators in pursuit, while Card Fairy helped Wang Yan’s group avoid Demon Beasts along the way.
• When Core Condensation Realm Demon Beasts blocked their route, Card Fairy directed Wang Yan’s group toward a resting beast in a mountain cave so it might impede their pursuers.
• Wang Yan’s group passed the cave, then Wang Yan threw a fireball inside, enraging the Demon Beast and drawing it out.

Wang Yan and his companions escaped the White Spirit Sect cultivators by drawing a Black-Armored White-Headed Bear after them, then turned and attacked it. They fled when more Demon Beasts arrived, leaving the injured bear surrounded by its rivals.

• Wang Yan led Ye Shisan and the two women away as the Black-Armored White-Headed Bear charged after them, and the White Spirit Sect cultivators abandoned pursuit to complete their mission.
• Wang Yan learned from Card Fairy that the cultivators had turned back and led his companions downhill, where they prepared to ambush the bear.
• Wang Yan tripped the bear with an Explosive Fire Talisman and attacked with Infinite Fire God Needles while Ye Shisan and Zhang Qiulin and Zhang Qiulang struck it with their weapons.
• Ye Shisan broke the bear's leg, and Wang Yan's group fled as other Demon Beasts closed in.
• The wounded bear rose but could not pursue them, and the arriving Demon Beasts surrounded it.

Wang Yan and his companions escaped the rampaging Demon Beasts and hid in a concealed cave, where they began dividing their spoils. As they uncovered a huge haul from a Pale Moon Sect Storage Bag, Card Fairy revealed it included ancient treasures, Magic Treasure materials, and old cultivation methods.

• Wang Yan told Ye Shisan he had left the wounded Black-Armored White-Headed Bear alive so the Demon Beasts would turn on it, then led the group to seek shelter.
• After Sword Moon died, a Pale Moon Sect cultivator discovered that his crystal sword had shattered and realized the disciples had all been wiped out in the Cloud Mountain Treasure Land.
• Wang Ziling heard the distant Demon Beast roars, but dismissed a warning to avoid complications and insisted on pursuing an unfinished plan involving a woman.
• Wang Yan concealed the group in a hidden cave with Formation Flags, then began dividing the spoils with Ye Shisan and the two women.
• Wang Yan opened the Storage Bag taken from a Pale Moon Sect cultivator, revealing a mountain of treasure; Card Fairy told him some items were ancient treasures, Magic Treasure materials, and old cultivation methods.

Fairy Purple Smoke and the Purple Flame Sect fought a powerful Bull Demon to claim a Legacy Treasure Chest, but the battle left several cultivators badly injured and cost her a Silver Lightning Pearl. After leaving her companions to recover, she scouted the ruins alone, unaware that greedy cultivators were following her.

• Fairy Purple Smoke held off a four-armed, six-legged Bull Demon while Purple Flame Sect cultivators supported her with a formation.
• The Bull Demon’s ground-shaking attack injured the supporting cultivators, so Fairy Purple Smoke used a Silver Lightning Pearl to blast it nearly apart.
• Fairy Purple Smoke collected the Legacy Treasure Chest and led the injured Purple Flame Sect cultivators out of the collapsing ruin.
• She sent the others to recover and went alone to scout other Legacy Ruins despite Xiao Han’s concerns.
• Several cultivators spotted Fairy Purple Smoke in the mist and began following her, plotting to ambush her.

Wang Yan hid the group’s treasures inside his Immortal Card Artifact and concealed the gem within his body. While the group cultivated in the ruins, a powerful demon beast approached, and Wang Yan set out to lure it away as the others stayed behind.

• Wang Yan offered to hide the group’s treasures from the Firecloud Sect, and Ye Shisan and the Zhang sisters entrusted their belongings to him.
• Card Fairy drew the Storage Bags into the Immortal Card Artifact, and Wang Yan used his magic power to sink the triangular gem beneath his flesh.
• Wang Yan told the group to stop exploring and cultivate in the ruins for the remaining days of the trial.
• Card Fairy sensed a demon beast at least at great completion of the Core Condensation Realm approaching the ruins.
• Wang Yan ordered Ye Shisan and the Zhang sisters to remain hidden, then headed toward the Illusion Formation to lure the demon beast away.

Wang Yan was chased through the ruins by a powerful Twin-Headed Lion Beast and used talismans and traps to reach a hidden passage. He escaped inside as the beast’s golden beams struck the entrance and brought rubble crashing down.

• Card Fairy identified the Twin-Headed Lion Beast as Wang Yan fled from it using a Wind-Riding Talisman.
• The Twin-Headed Lion Beast pursued Wang Yan and fired golden attacks that narrowly missed him and grazed his limbs.
• Card Fairy spotted a narrow entrance to the ruins, and Wang Yan ran toward it while other Demon Beasts gathered nearby.
• Wang Yan laid a Fire Trap that blasted the Twin-Headed Lion Beast into the air, then used the opening to reach the passage.
• Wang Yan plunged into the entrance as the Twin-Headed Lion Beast fired two golden beams, which struck above it and dislodged rubble.

Wang Yan escaped the Two-Headed Lion Beast and entered a ruined passage, where he discovered fresh footprints and signs of a Divine Sense Restriction. After spotting a familiar woman and recognizing an enemy among the people pursuing her, he followed them toward a distant commotion.

• Wang Yan lured the Two-Headed Lion Beast away from the others, escaped into a passage, and treated his wounds.
• Wang Yan found fresh footprints and a Divine Sense Restriction, then decided with Card Fairy to explore what he suspected was an inheritance site.
• Wang Yan hid as a woman he recognized passed by and headed into the right passage.
• Wang Yan recognized a familiar voice among two pursuers and followed them, intent on taking revenge.
• Wang Yan heard a crash and rumbling from farther down the passage as he cautiously advanced.

Wang Yan followed the lit passage and found White Spirit Sect cultivators trying to break a golden barrier. Luo Bai and Luo Yan sacrificed their disciples to empower a two-headed giant wolf White Spirit, which eventually shattered the barrier and revealed churning air beyond it.

• Wang Yan cautiously followed the curving passage toward its summit, where he found White Spirit Sect cultivators attacking a golden barrier with their demon beasts.
• Luo Yan persuaded Luo Bai to use a forbidden technique, and the White Spirit Sect cultivators swallowed blood-red pills that greatly increased their power.
• Luo Bai and Luo Yan fused their demon beasts into a two-headed giant wolf White Spirit by feeding it the other cultivators’ beasts and blood essence.
• Luo Bai ordered the weakened cultivators killed, and the two-headed giant wolf devoured them to strengthen itself further.
• The two-headed giant wolf repeatedly struck the golden barrier until it broke, exposing churning air beyond it.

Luo Yan and Luo Bai led White Spirit into a hall, where it fought and destroyed a powerful One-Horned Giant Serpent. As they went to claim three Treasure Chests, two Flying Swords attacked them, but they revealed they had expected the ambush.

• White Spirit charged into the passage and fought the One-Horned Giant Serpent while Luo Yan and Luo Bai replenished and controlled it.
• Wang Yan followed a hidden figure toward the hall, hoping to kill an enemy ahead.
• The One-Horned Giant Serpent overwhelmed White Spirit, so Luo Yan and Luo Bai made the wolf self-detonate, killing the serpent and knocking the Treasure Chests down.
• Luo Bai and Luo Yan headed toward the fallen Treasure Chests, discussing the rewards they would earn.
• Two blackish-purple-flamed Flying Swords shot from the passage, but Luo Yan and Luo Bai countered them with gray-light longswords, revealing they had anticipated an attacker.

Fairy Purple Smoke confronted Luo Yan and Luo Bai, but Wang Ziling interrupted and launched a surprise attack against her. After she overcame his demonic arts and gave chase, Wang Ziling trapped her with a spell that left her unable to use her magic power.

• Fairy Purple Smoke revealed herself to Luo Yan and Luo Bai and demanded that they surrender.
• Wang Ziling arrived, giving Luo Yan and Luo Bai an opening to attack Fairy Purple Smoke, who killed them with her flaming swords.
• Wang Ziling attacked Fairy Purple Smoke with black-red mist, ghost heads, and flaming spheres, but she used her Red-Light Flame to break free.
• Wang Ziling fled down the passage, and Fairy Purple Smoke pursued him and sent her swords after him.
• Wang Ziling activated a rune-covered trap beneath Fairy Purple Smoke, preventing her from mobilizing magic power as thorny vines wrapped around her.

Wang Yan ambushed Wang Ziling while he was using a black-red formation and demonic energy to subdue Fairy Purple Smoke. Wang Ziling recognized Wang Yan after defending against the attack, and the two faced off with Fairy Purple Smoke still nearby.

• Wang Ziling used black-red thorny vines and a formation to restrain Fairy Purple Smoke, then released her while the Passion-Inducing Mist affected her.
• Wang Yan attacked Wang Ziling from behind with Red-Light Steel Needles and Red-Light Fireballs, interrupting his assault on Fairy Purple Smoke.
• Wang Ziling deflected most of the needles with Black-Red Claws and summoned a Metal Skull to block the fireballs.
• Wang Ziling saw Wang Yan and cried out in disbelief that he was still alive.