Chapter Summaries

Xu Qingxiao arrived in Chen Kingdom with Wu Ming as a million demons attacked the Second City, and his Righteous Haoran Qi and Song of Righteousness overwhelmed them. The Sage Artifact flew from the Great Wei Literary Palace toward Chen Kingdom, leaving Wu Ming stunned.

• Demons preyed on Chen Kingdom’s people while the Great Wei Literary Palace refused to send Heaven-and-Earth Grand Confucians, and the Marquis of Guangyang and Marquis of Linyang struggled to contain the crisis with help from two immortal sects.
• A million demons gathered at the Second City after Heart Demons seized the soldiers, prompting Sun Xin, the two marquises, and their forces to rush to defend it.
• Xu Qingxiao and Wu Ming appeared above the city, and Wu Ming suspected the Great Wei Literary Palace had helped the demons target Xu Qingxiao.
• Xu Qingxiao released his Righteous Haoran Qi, destroying evil spirits in the city and breaking the Heart Demons’ hold on the soldiers.
• Xu Qingxiao recited the Song of Righteousness, clearing the gloom across Chen Kingdom and filling the sky with Righteous Haoran Qi as the demons cried out that a Half-Saint had come.
• The Haoran Literary Bell flew from the Great Wei Literary Palace toward Chen Kingdom, and Wu Ming was left profoundly shaken.

Xu Qingxiao used the Song of Righteousness and the Haoran Literary Bell to destroy the demons attacking Chen Kingdom, suppress his three Unorthodox Art Demonic Seeds, and secretly advance to the King Realm. After he condemned the Great Wei Literary Palace for abandoning Chen Kingdom, Wu Ming defended him, cursed Sage Zhu’s Lineage, and revealed himself as a First Rank martial artist, leaving Central Province silent.

• Xu Qingxiao’s Song of Righteousness wounded demons across Chen Kingdom, and the Haoran Literary Bell arrived and destroyed the fleeing demons.
• Xu Qingxiao used the Haoran Literary Bell to suppress the Great Sun Golden Crow, the Lunar True Dragon, and the Great Luo Ancient Demon, gaining their powers but learning the Demonic Seeds would recover within a year.
• Xu Qingxiao converted the vital energy from the demons’ resentment and secretly advanced to the King Realm beneath the Haoran Literary Bell’s protection.
• Xu Qingxiao denounced the Great Wei Literary Palace for refusing to aid Chen Kingdom, while Confucian Cao blamed him and claimed credit for the Haoran Literary Bell’s intervention.
• Wu Ming defended Xu Qingxiao, insulted Sage Zhu’s Lineage, and revealed that he was a First Rank martial artist of Great Wei, silencing Central Province.

Wu Ming revealed himself as a First Rank Martial Cultivator and silenced the Great Wei Literary Palace by killing its scholars and demanding public repentance for abandoning the Chen Kingdom. He left Sage Zhu’s Lineage facing three days of kneeling and ten-thousand-word letters of repentance, while Xu Qingxiao became eager to reach the First Rank himself.

• Wu Ming revealed that he was a First Rank Martial Cultivator and made the Great Wei Literary Palace fall silent.
• Wu Ming killed a Confucian Student and dozens of scholars, including a Grand Confucian, after they challenged him.
• Wu Ming condemned Sage Zhu’s Lineage for neglecting the Chen Kingdom and shifting blame onto Xu Qingxiao, while the Literary Palace’s Half-Saint tried to negotiate.
• Wu Ming killed Jiang Ru and many Confucian Students after the Half-Saint refused his demands, then threatened the Half-Saint into silence.
• Wu Ming demanded that everyone in Sage Zhu’s Lineage in Great Wei kneel outside the Capital for three days and write a ten-thousand-word letter of repentance, or be killed.
• Xu Qingxiao, shaken by Wu Ming’s power, resolved to pursue the First Rank Martial Dao.

Wu Ming forced the Great Wei Literary Palace to let Xu Qingxiao read Sage Zhu’s twelve sacred volumes for three months, then punished the Northern Barbarians for interfering in Great Wei’s affairs. Back in the Capital, Xu Qingxiao accepted Wu Ming as his master, and Wu Ming began teaching him about the Seven Great Systems.

• Wu Ming rejected the Literary Palace Half-Saint’s refusal to kneel by demanding that Xu Qingxiao be allowed to read Sage Zhu’s twelve sacred volumes, and the Half-Saint agreed to a three-month reading period.
• Wu Ming warned the Literary Palace that Great Wei had a third First Rank, then left with Xu Qingxiao and threatened the Northern Barbarians over their interference in Great Wei’s affairs.
• Wu Ming struck down a Northern Barbarian Second Rank and threatened to destroy their territory if they meddled again, then left after a senior figure pledged they would stay out of Great Wei’s affairs.
• Wu Ming urged Xu Qingxiao to combine the Confucian and Martial Daos, and Xu Qingxiao accepted him as his master after realizing Wu Ming would not immediately discover his Unorthodox Arts.
• Wu Ming told Xu Qingxiao about his nominal disciple, Huo Ji, and taught him the ranks and characteristics of the Seven Great Systems.

Wu Ming taught Xu Qingxiao about the martial Dao, discovered that Xu had already reached the Fourth Rank, and gave him combat training and divine abilities. He also revealed that the Great Wei Literary Palace sought to create a Sage by seceding, and warned Xu about the palace’s schemes and the danger of the long-buried secret surrounding Sage Zhu.

• Wu Ming explained the final martial Dao ranks and warned Xu Qingxiao that Second Rank experts risked damaging their fortune by killing those who carried the power of Heaven and Earth.
• Xu Qingxiao revealed that he had reached the Fourth Rank, and Wu Ming sparred with him, criticized his weak combat skills, and taught him the Ultimate Martial Demon-Suppressing Force and Ultimate Martial Three Forms.
• Wu Ming demonstrated the three forms by destroying mountains and demons, then advised Xu Qingxiao to build Great Wei beyond relying on a single person.
• Wu Ming revealed that the Great Wei Literary Palace sought to secede, gather popular will and merit, and create a Sage, and that Sage Zhu had proposed the plan before dying amid a demonic upheaval that killed most of the palace’s Grand Confucians.
• Wu Ming warned Xu Qingxiao not to trust the Great Wei Literary Palace, urged him to pursue both literary and martial First Rank, gave him a jade pendant, and departed as Chen Zhengru arrived at the Marquis Residence.

Xu Qingxiao discussed the Imperial Examination, a promising farming device, and the Great Wei Literary Palace’s imminent separation with Chen Zhengru. The Literary Palace set its departure for the Tenth Day of Mao, while the chapter ended with Great Wei’s officials gathered to discuss the crisis and Sage Hong claiming Wu Ming would soon be removed.

• Chen Zhengru asked Xu Qingxiao about the Imperial Examination questions, and Xu Qingxiao insisted he would prepare them before the examination.
• Chen Zhengru showed Xu Qingxiao a gear-driven farming implement; Xu Qingxiao improved its design and recommended rewarding its inventor.
• Chen Zhengru warned Xu Qingxiao that the Great Wei Literary Palace planned to separate soon, explained the scholars’ power, and urged him to pursue sainthood and avoid killing Confucians.
• Chen Xinghe invited Xu Qingxiao to return to Ping'an County after the examination, and Xu Qingxiao agreed to leave quietly on the twentieth day of the first month.
• Sage Hong confirmed that the Literary Palace would separate on the Tenth Day of Mao, ordered scholars to blame the Great Wei Dynasty, and said someone would move against Wu Ming.
• The ministers and dukes gathered in Yangxin Hall late at night to discuss the situation.

The Female Emperor and her ministers prepared for the Great Wei Literary Palace’s departure, while Wu Ming revealed that a new First Rank expert might emerge and warned of danger surrounding the Demon Domain’s First Rank Realm-Breaking Immortal Pill. At the Imperial Examination, Xu Qingxiao praised Yu Yi’s essay on strengthening the nation, then saw Zhou Renming’s paper and reacted with surprise.

• The Female Emperor reviewed measures to stabilize Great Wei and approved preparations to host the seven great Immortal Sects, despite her ministers’ warnings about their influence.
• Wu Ming told the Female Emperor that Great Wei had a potential third First Rank expert, gave a ninety-eight percent chance of success, and warned that the First Rank Realm-Breaking Immortal Pill could provoke bloodshed when it formed in a year.
• The Imperial Examination began, and several hundred students from Sage Zhu’s Lineage refused to bow to Xu Qingxiao, but he let them enter rather than give them grounds to accuse him of suppression.
• Xu Qingxiao set the examination question as “Strengthening the nation,” and Yu Yi submitted an essay after four hours that earned Xu Qingxiao’s enthusiastic praise.
• Zhou Renming submitted his paper for Xu Qingxiao’s appraisal, and Xu Qingxiao’s expression changed as he read it.

Xu Qingxiao served as chief examiner, confronted Sage Zhu's Lineage's influence, and set the next examination topic as “The Harm of the Literary Palace.” After reading Sage Zhu's Twelve Sacred Books, he triggered a capital-wide phenomenon suggesting he had comprehended the Sage Dao, but a voice declared that those who scorn the Sages could not become Sages.

• Xu Qingxiao graded Zhou Renming's essay as poor and gave Chen Xinghe's policy essay a middle second-class grade.
• After examining the candidates' papers, Xu Qingxiao concluded that Sage Zhu's Lineage used the Imperial Examination and reverence for the Sage to preserve its influence.
• Xu Qingxiao set “The Harm of the Literary Palace” as the second examination topic and ordered Zhou Renming arrested and sentenced to public execution after he disrupted the hall.
• Wang Xinzhi urged Xu Qingxiao to study Sage Zhu's twelve volumes, and Xu Qingxiao completed the third examination before visiting the Great Wei Literary Palace.
• Xu Qingxiao read Sage Zhu's Twelve Sacred Books, setting off vast manifestations of righteous haoran qi and a phantom image of himself across the capital.
• After Xu Qingxiao finished the twelfth volume, a majestic voice proclaimed that those who scorned the Sages could not become Sages.

Xu Qingxiao rejected Sage Zhu’s path and chose to forge his own Sage Dao after learning that Sage Zhu’s Lineage may have been corrupted by a hidden enemy. He left the Literary Palace to seek insight among ordinary people, while Hong Zhengtian announced that the Great Wei Literary Palace would break away within ten days.

• Sage Hong tried to stop Xu Qingxiao’s enlightenment, and Wu Ming threatened to destroy the Literary Palace if anyone obstructed his disciple.
• Zhaoge’s warning helped Xu Qingxiao realize that Sage Zhu’s dao was not his own, so he declined to take the final step toward becoming a Half-Saint.
• Sage Zhu supported Xu Qingxiao’s choice and revealed that a hidden figure may have infiltrated the Literary Palace to corrupt the Confucian Dao.
• Sage Zhu told Xu Qingxiao to find his former residence for a strand of sage qi source and to investigate the person behind the corruption without killing the Confucians indiscriminately.
• Xu Qingxiao ended his enlightenment, told Wu Ming he had voluntarily rejected Sage Zhu’s Dao, and asked his master to protect him while he traveled among ordinary people.
• Xu Qingxiao went to inform the Female Emperor, while Hong Zhengtian declared that the Great Wei Literary Palace would break away in ten days.

Sage Hong ordered the Great Wei Literary Palace to break away in ten days because Xu Qingxiao could still become a Sage, while Xu Qingxiao left the Capital to seek his own Sage Dao. In Jiangnan Commandery, the diary of a poor scholar named Li Ping stirred something in Xu Qingxiao, leaving him on the verge of a new understanding.

• Sage Hong told the Grand Confucians that Xu Qingxiao had stopped his own ascension and ordered the Literary Palace to depart in ten days.
• Xu Qingxiao told the Female Emperor he intended to become a Sage, accepted her protective gifts, and set out with Wu Ming after bidding farewell to Chen Xinghe and Miss White Robe.
• Prince Huaining urged the masked man to act against Xu Qingxiao, but the masked man told him to wait while the Literary Palace's departure and rival faiths plunged Great Wei into turmoil.
• Xu Qingxiao traveled through Desert North, Huai West, and Turbid River Commandery, reflecting on his Sage Dao and helping a poor herb gatherer send his son to school.
• In Jiangnan Commandery, Xu Qingxiao read the diary of the deceased scholar Li Ping and gained a sudden insight into his Sage Dao.

Xu Qingxiao attained sudden enlightenment in the Sage Dao after witnessing Li Ping’s life of selfless scholarship, then declared the principles of a gentleman to All Under Heaven. As the Great Wei Literary Palace’s secession threatened Great Wei’s national fortune, Xu’s Gentleman's Swords cut down the ranks and righteous Haoran qi of scholars across the world, and he announced a second strike of sword punishment.

• Xu Qingxiao honored Li Ping, recognized his true righteous Haoran qi, and thanked him for his instruction before leaving as purple qi gathered behind him.
• The Great Wei Literary Palace, led by Hong Zhengtian and Confucian Cao, announced its secession and denounced Great Wei, while the Female Emperor ordered an attack and used the National Fortune Cauldron to resist the scholars’ Literary Sword.
• The Literary Sword struck Great Wei’s National Fortune Cauldron, injuring the Female Emperor, and Chen Zhengru offered his Grand Confucian rank and righteous Haoran qi to protect the dynasty.
• Xu Qingxiao announced that he had attained sudden enlightenment in the Sage Dao, proclaimed the principles of a gentleman, and summoned the Gentleman's Sword across All Under Heaven.
• The Gentleman's Swords cut scholars’ righteous Haoran qi and lowered their Confucian ranks, including Confucian Cao’s, before Xu Qingxiao announced the gentleman’s second strike: sword punishment.

Xu Qingxiao established his words, wrote the Book of Changes, and comprehended his true Core Principle as the Great Wei Literary Palace tried to kill him. As the world's scholars resisted lending him their strength, ordinary people began offering their own faint beams of light to help him become a Sage.

• Xu Qingxiao's Gentleman's Second Sword inflicted spiritual pain on scholars who were not gentlemen, while Sage Hong rallied the scholars of the world to attack him with the Literary Sword.
• As the Literary Sword struck, Xu Qingxiao established four declarations for Heaven, the people, past sages, and all ages, earning the recognition of the five sage phantoms and many scholars.
• The Haoran Literary Bell flew from the Great Wei Literary Palace to protect Xu Qingxiao, and Sage Hong invoked Sage Zhu's Edict to empower the Literary Sword against him.
• Xu Qingxiao recited the Book of Changes and declared that it would help future scholars become like dragons, producing golden dragons and a Dragon Gate in the sky.
• Xu Qingxiao comprehended his Core Principle as Man Can Conquer Heaven, while Confucian Xun and other Grand Confucians offered him their righteous Haoran qi; Chen Xin renounced Sage Zhu's Lineage, and Zhou Min died after destroying his Confucian Rank.
• After Hong Zhengtian persuaded most of Sage Zhu's Lineage to withhold their strength, a child and other common people declared their support for Xu Qingxiao, sending beams of light toward him.

Xu Qingxiao drew on the people’s popular will, but it was not enough to attain sainthood until Ji Ling offered Great Wei’s national fortune to him. He became a Sage, transformed Great Wei’s national fortune into the Great Wei Dragon Cauldron, and turned his Heart-Questioning Sword against the Literary Palace as it tried to flee.

• Sage Hong tried to recruit Xu Qingxiao into Sage Zhu’s Lineage, then attacked him with the Literary Sword and denounced him for accepting the Haoran Literary Bell’s protection.
• Ji Ling offered Great Wei’s national fortune to help Xu Shouren attain sainthood, and the National Fortune Cauldron poured its power into him.
• Xu Qingxiao climbed the nine Sainthood Steps and became a Sage, silencing Sage Zhu’s Lineage and the scholars who had cursed him.
• Xu Qingxiao’s sacred light raised Chen Zhengru, Wang Xinzhi, Gu Yan, Li Yanlong, Zhou Yan, and Zhang Jing to Grand Confucian rank, while his proclamation transformed Great Wei’s national fortune into the Great Wei Dragon Cauldron.
• As the Literary Palace tried to flee, Xu Qingxiao vowed to slay every false gentleman under heaven and summoned the Gentleman's Third Sword, the Heart-Questioning Sword.

Xu Qingxiao punished Sage Zhu’s Lineage after becoming a Half-Saint and prevented the Great Wei Literary Palace from seceding. He forced the palace’s hidden powers to awaken its Second Sage, whose cough dispelled Xu Qingxiao’s manifestations and left only his Dharma Form standing.

• Xu Qingxiao unleashed the Heart-Questioning Sword against scholars across the world, and the guilty scholars suffered agony while Hong Zhengtian condemned him.
• Xu Qingxiao rang the Haoran Literary Bell and suppressed the Literary Palace with the Great Wei Dragon Cauldron when Hong Zhengtian tried to make it break away from Great Wei.
• Xu Qingxiao entered the Literary Palace, beat Hong Zhengtian, Confucian Cao, and Confucian Fang, then lashed the scholars with Discipline Rulers.
• Xu Qingxiao vowed to sacrifice his sagehood to strip Sage Zhu’s Lineage and the world’s hypocrites of their foundations, prompting two more Half-Saints to appear and plead with him.
• Xu Qingxiao demanded the Literary Palace’s true ruler; the two Half-Saints summoned its Second Sage, and the Haoran Literary Bell’s toll awakened him.
• A faint cough rang out, dispersing the dark clouds, black dragons, and the two Half-Saints’ Dharma Forms, while Xu Qingxiao’s Dharma Form remained.

Xu Qingxiao fought Master Lü after the Second Sage refused to abandon the Literary Palace, while a terrifying roar from the Demon Domain threatened the world. Xu Qingxiao killed Master Lü despite warnings of heavenly punishment, and the chapter ended as light erupted from the Literary Palace.

• Master Lü appeared in the Great Wei Literary Palace and offered to let Xu Qingxiao lead it in the future if he joined its departure from Great Wei, but Xu Qingxiao refused.
• Master Lü attacked Xu Qingxiao as Zhao Yuan and Wu Ming struck the Literary Palace, and a world-shaking roar from the Demon Domain interrupted the battle.
• Xu Qingxiao revealed his Kingly cultivation and used Demon-Subduing Force to spear Master Lü, Confucian Cao, and Confucian Fang, while pinning Hong Zhengtian to the wall.
• Master Lü tried to bargain and claimed that killing him would bring disaster, but Xu Qingxiao continued questioning him as Zhao Yuan rushed to the Demon Domain and Wu Ming went to meet him.
• After the Eight-Jade Sage Ruler failed to stop Xu Qingxiao, Master Lü began to reveal a secret about Chang- before Xu Qingxiao blew his head apart.
• Master Lü's blood seeped into the Literary Palace, and boundless light erupted as all under heaven reeled at Xu Qingxiao's killing of a Second Sage.

Xu Qingxiao killed Master Lü, triggering the Great Wei Literary Palace to break away and Heavenly Retribution to strike him. He survived the tribulation, entered the third rank of the Martial Dao, forged eight Half-Saint Literary Artifacts, and ended by vowing to make education free in Great Wei.

• Xu Qingxiao killed Master Lü, and Sage Blood activated the Great Wei Literary Palace’s departure while Master Lü’s lingering will threatened him.
• The Great Wei Literary Palace flew away, and the Haoran Literary Bell broke free from it and protected Xu Qingxiao from the first bolts of Tribulation Lightning.
• Xu Qingxiao endured the tribulation, was reborn through nirvana, and advanced to the third-rank Martial Dao realm.
• Xu Qingxiao tempered five existing Literary Artifacts and forged three more, creating eight Half-Saint artifacts as he completed the tribulation.
• Master Lü announced the founding of the Haoran Kingdom, and Xu Qingxiao vowed that Great Wei would waive private-school fees for nine years within five years.

After becoming Great Wei’s New Sage, Xu Qingxiao secured sweeping imperial honors and learned that three rare treasures could remove his Unorthodox Art. Meanwhile, the Haoran Kingdom prepared to spread Sage Zhu’s Lineage across the world, and Master Lü discovered that his supposed allies had manipulated events to force the Literary Palace’s secession.

• Xu Qingxiao vowed to provide nine years of free schooling across Great Wei, and heaven’s auspicious clouds enriched the dynasty’s land.
• The Female Emperor ordered the Xu Sage Literary Palace built, named Xu Qingxiao Great Wei King of Pacification, and entrusted him with two military tallies.
• Xu Qingxiao met Zhaoge, Evil-Breaker, and three newly awakened figures, and learned about the Painting Dao and Zither Dao.
• Zhaoge told Xu Qingxiao that the Demon-Suppressing Divine Stone, Dragon-Blood Yang Jade, and Eight-Treasure Buddhist Lotus could remove his Unorthodox Art, so Xu Qingxiao went to research them.
• Master Lü explained the Haoran Kingdom’s plan to gather national fortune and spread Sage Zhu’s Lineage throughout the world.
• Master Lü accused two shadowy figures of manipulating him into forcing the Literary Palace to secede, and bitterly regretted conspiring with them.

Master Lü demanded that his conspirators restore his body, then plotted to seize the National Fortune Cauldron with Sage Zhu’s True Spirit. Meanwhile, Wu Ming warned Xu Qingxiao that hidden enemies were targeting the Demon Domain, then set the Six Ministries and Dukes on arranging Xu Qingxiao’s marriage to the Female Emperor; the chapter ended with her asking Li Guangxiao to stay and talk.

• Master Lü threatened to expose his allies unless they helped rebuild his body, then ordered Half-Saints to retrieve Sage Zhu’s True Spirit within ten days.
• Wu Ming told Xu Qingxiao that someone had lured him and Zhao Yuan away by imitating the Immortal Corpse’s roar, possibly to discover the Demon Domain’s location.
• Xu Qingxiao told Wu Ming about meeting Sage Zhu, and Wu Ming suspected the Immortal Corpse’s roar came from the people behind Sage Zhu’s Lineage.
• Wu Ming told Xu Qingxiao that the Demon-Suppressing Divine Stone might be in the imperial palace, then asked whether he would marry Ji Ling and left after Xu Qingxiao said he would accept if she wanted to marry him.
• Wu Ming asked Chen Zhengru to arrange a match between Xu Qingxiao and the Female Emperor, and Chen Zhengru, Gu Yan, and Li Guangxiao began spreading the news among the ministers and to Ji Ling.
• Li Guangxiao told Ji Ling that Xu Qingxiao wanted to marry her, and she asked him to stay after he offered to tell Xu Qingxiao to give up his hopes.

Xu Qingxiao learned from Ji Ling that the Demon-Suppressing Divine Stone was hidden in the Martial Emperor's Legacy Treasure, tied to the missing crown prince and the Central Continent Immortal Treasury. After visiting Luo Baiyi, he left the capital for Sage Zhu's Former Residence while suspecting the treasure site he had found was a decoy; the White Robe Sect gathered at Autumn-Gazing Mountain as night fell.

• Li Guangxiao urged Ji Ling to pursue a relationship with Xu Qingxiao, and she agreed to try to grow closer without rushing into marriage.
• Xu Qingxiao asked Ji Ling about the Demon-Suppressing Divine Stone, and she revealed that it was hidden in the Martial Emperor's Legacy Treasure along with secrets about the missing crown prince and the Central Continent Immortal Treasury.
• Ji Ling told Xu Qingxiao that the Martial Emperor's later Northern Expeditions had sought the Immortal Treasury, and that a Vassal King had helped her ascend the throne, possibly Prince Huaining.
• Xu Qingxiao told Ji Ling he would visit Sage Zhu's Former Residence, then went to the Peach Blossom Nunnery to see Luo Baiyi before leaving the capital for Yangping County.
• Xu Qingxiao suspected that the treasure site where he had found the Pill Deity Ancient Scripture was a false location and questioned the scripture about it.
• Zhao Wan'er told Ji Ling that the immortal sects would soon send disciples to the capital, and the White Robe Sect gathered on Autumn-Gazing Mountain in Ping'an County under the full-moon sky.

The White Robe Sect’s five Heavenly Kings discovered evidence that the Martial Emperor’s heir had been hidden in Ping'an County and suspected Chen Xinghe might be the prince. Meanwhile, Xu Qingxiao learned from Sage Zhu about the Literary Palace’s betrayal, hidden demons beneath the capital, and the treasures he needed, then returned toward Ping'an County to question the Pill Deity Ancient Scripture about the Martial Emperor’s Ruins.

• The five Heavenly Kings entered the Martial Emperor’s Secret Realm and found an inscription confirming that the Martial Emperor’s orphaned heir had been hidden in Ping'an County and was destined for greatness.
• The Heavenly Kings considered whether Xu Qingxiao or his senior fellow disciple Chen Xinghe could be the heir, then split up so the Qilin and Vermilion Bird Heavenly Kings could investigate while the others reported to the Sect Master.
• Xu Qingxiao used the Haoran Literary Bell to meet Sage Zhu’s true spirit, who revealed that he had left a true spirit and true intent and explained the power of a first-rank Sage.
• Sage Zhu told Xu Qingxiao that the Dragon-Blood Yang Jade was in the Literary Palace, the Eight-Treasure Buddhist Lotus belonged to the Buddhist Order, and powerful evil demons remained sealed beneath the Literary Palace.
• Xu Qingxiao awoke with Sage Zhu’s true-intent token and set out for Ping'an County to search for the Demon-Suppressing Divine Stone.
• Xu Qingxiao asked the Pill Deity Ancient Scripture whether the Martial Emperor’s Ruins he had found were false, threatening to imprison it beneath the sea unless it answered.