Recaps

Xiao Fan failed to kill the fleeing Mu Gu and left the Pill Realm with Zi Yan and Xiong Zhan. After Mo Shang overheard the Hall of Souls plotting to target Xiao Fan over the suspected Tou She Ancient God Jade, Xiao Fan learned of the threat and prepared to face their forces.

• Xiao Fan reflected on Mu Gu's escape, then escorted Xiao Yan to the Pill Realm exit after Mu Gu's defeat.
• Xiao Fan invited Xiong Zhan to leave the Pill Realm with him and Zi Yan, and Xiong Zhan accepted.
• Mo Shang secretly infiltrated the Hall of Souls' inner courtyard and found Mu Gu recovering alongside two other Venerable Elders.
• Mo Shang overheard the Venerable Elders conclude that Xiao Fan's rapid advancement suggested he held the Xiao Clan's item, and they agreed to act after the Pill Gathering.
• Xiao Fan received Mo Shang's information and resolved that he did not fear the Hall of Souls' three Venerable Elders and several Dou Zun.

After Xiao Fan and Zi Yan looted much of the Pill Realm’s medicinal ingredients, the second trial ended and the Pill Gathering’s final round began. Xiao Yan, Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and the other finalists prepared to compete for the championship.

• Xiao Fan, Zi Yan, and Xiong Zhan arrived near the Pill Gathering venue, where Xiao Fan spotted Xiao Yan among the contestants.
• Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Bai Ying blamed one another for the missing medicinal ingredients in the Pill Realm, then realized none of them had caused the shortage.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen noticed Xiao Yan among the contestants and regarded him as a potential rival.
• The second trial ended, eliminating contestants who had failed to gather all their required materials and leaving just over a hundred Floating Stone Platforms.
• The Pill Tower Elder announced that the final round would be decided by who refined the strongest pill, and the contestants began refining.

The Pill Gathering final began as the alchemists selected their pills and started refining, while Xiao Yan waited until he was composed before revealing the Black Demon Cauldron and a heavenly flame. After twenty days, a contestant became the first to refine a seventh-grade pill, and the story left his pill facing the trial of pill lightning.

• Xiao Fan explained to Zi Yan that alchemists who began refining while caught up in the crowd’s excitement had harmed their chances, and most contestants took time to prepare before starting.
• Cao Ying revealed her powerful blood demon flame, while Dan Chen and the other favored contenders also displayed their flames.
• Xiao Yan waited an hour before producing the Black Demon Cauldron, then used a heavenly flame to begin refining ingredients as the crowd questioned his identity.
• Over five days, some contestants completed lower-grade pills while others’ cauldrons exploded; by the twentieth day, only about fifty alchemists remained.
• A young contestant became the first to refine a seventh-grade pill, summoning pill lightning that he still had to withstand.

Xiao Yan and the remaining alchemists continued the Pill Gathering’s final competition as Dan Chen and Cao Ying each refined an eighth-tier pill that summoned a two-colored thundercloud. Xiao Yan then began condensing his own pill, and a third color appeared in its thundercloud, suggesting his pill could surpass theirs.

• After another three days of refining, only ten contestants remained on the Floating Stone Platform, and Dan Chen began completing an eighth-tier pill.
• Dan Chen sacrificed a mouthful of blood to finish her pill, which shattered her cauldron and summoned an azure-and-silver two-colored thundercloud.
• Cao Ying completed another eighth-tier pill and summoned a matching two-colored thundercloud before turning a provocative gaze toward Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan declared that he was aiming for the championship and poured his soul power into the Black Demon Cauldron to condense his pill.
• A third color began spreading through the silver-and-azure thundercloud above Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan faced Old Monster Qing Hua for the Pill Gathering championship, but hesitated to reveal more of his strength until Xiao Fan urged him to stop holding back. Xiao Yan began displaying his Heavenly Flames as Xiao Fan introduced himself to the Pill Tower’s leaders as a disciple of Venerable Yao Chen.

• Xiao Yan’s three-colored pill lightning was matched by Old Monster Qing Hua, whose pill’s quality seemed slightly higher and whose lightning nearly formed a fourth color.
• Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi expected Old Monster Qing Hua to win, but Xuan Yi insisted Xiao Yan could still prevail.
• Xiao Fan appeared above the arena and told Xiao Yan not to hold back, prompting Xiao Yan to declare that the championship was his.
• Xiao Yan removed his finished pill from the Black Demon Cauldron and let it hover in the pillar of light as he prepared to use more of his power.
• Xiao Yan revealed five Heavenly Flames, including the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and Xiao Fan introduced himself to Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Yi as a disciple of Venerable Yao Chen.

Xiao Yan used three Heavenly Flames and Yao Chen’s Spirit Elevation technique to improve his eighth-tier pill, producing five-colored pill lightning and securing the Pill Gathering victory. As the lightning struck, the Heavenly Demon Puppet appeared to shield the pill.

• Xiao Fan revealed himself as Yao Chen’s disciple and deterred the watching factions from attacking Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan combined three Heavenly Flames and used his blood and soul power to refine the pill further with Spirit Elevation.
• The pill’s lightning advanced from three colors to five, confirming Xiao Yan’s victory over Old Monster Qing Hua.
• Xiao Yan prepared for the pill lightning while Xiao Fan remained confident that the Heavenly Demon Puppet would protect him.
• A bolt of pill lightning descended, and the enormous Heavenly Demon Puppet appeared above Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan won the Pill Gathering after his Heavenly Demon Puppet absorbed the five-colored pill lightning, but revealing it drew the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s hostility. As the group prepared to enter the Star Domain in two days, Xuan Yi asked Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan about their master, Yao Chen.

• Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Demon Puppet blocked the five-colored pill lightning and grew stronger, while the crowd recognized it as a refined Heaven Demon Phoenix expert.
• Xuan Kongzi announced Xiao Yan as the Pill Gathering champion, and Xiao Yan and the other nine top alchemists earned places to enter the Star Domain and pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xuan Kongzi warned Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan would seek revenge, and Xuan Yi advised them that a formal challenge might limit the clan to sending Dou Zun experts.
• Xiao Fan said he could escape opponents within the Dou Zun realm, and Xuan Yi asked him and Xiao Yan how they had become Yao Chen’s disciples and where he was.

Xiao Yan entered the Star Domain with the Pill Gathering’s top ten to face the Three Thousand Burning Flame, while Xiao Fan stayed behind to draw the Hall of Souls’ attention. Xiao Fan left Zi Yan in Xiong Zhan’s care and prepared to face the danger alone, thinking Xiao Yan would have to grow without him.

• Xiao Yan told Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi about Yao Lao and Han Feng, and they praised Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan as exceptional disciples.
• Xiao Fan spent two days trying to learn the Hall of Souls’ plans through Mo Shang, but Mo Shang could not get useful information from Brother Jie.
• Xiao Yan joined the Pill Gathering’s top ten, and Xuan Kongzi led them through a Spatial Passage into the Star Domain to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Yan and the others saw the immense Three Thousand Burning Flame, whose star-powered strength made it difficult to subdue.
• Xiao Fan warned Zi Yan to remain inside the Pill Tower, knocked her unconscious, and entrusted her to Xiong Zhan before preparing to face the Hall of Souls.

Xiao Fan revealed six Heavenly Flames above Sacred Pill City and challenged the Hall of Souls members hiding there. The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan joined the Hall of Souls to surround him, and Xiao Fan prepared to face fifteen Dou Zun alone.

• Xiao Fan entrusted Zi Yan to Xiong Zhan, then left the Pill Tower and unleashed six Heavenly Flames above Sacred Pill City.
• Xiao Fan called out the Hall of Souls, and Yin Gu, Mu Gu, and their allies appeared to confront him.
• Xiao Fan told Xuan Yi and Tian Leizi that the conflict was a private grudge and urged the Pill Tower not to interfere.
• Xiao Fan taunted the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and flew upward, prompting five clan experts to reveal themselves and trap him with the Demon Emperor Bell.
• Xiao Fan drew the Thousand-Flame Spear and declared that he would prove himself the greatest prodigy of the age by fighting the fifteen Dou Zun.

Xiao Fan fought the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and Hall of Souls experts trapped inside the Demon Emperor Bell's sealed space. He drew Yin Gu, Mu Gu, and Tian Gu away from the weaker Hall of Souls fighters, then launched a deadly attack among their ranks.

• Xiao Fan mocked Yin Gu, and Yin Gu's attempt to move through space failed because the Demon Emperor Bell had sealed it.
• Xiao Fan attacked Yin Gu with the Thousand-Flame Spear and sent his five Fire Spirits after him.
• Yin Gu called Mu Gu and Tian Gu to help, and the two rushed to fend off the Fire Spirits.
• Xiao Fan used Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body to reach the Hall of Souls fighters while the three leaders were occupied.
• Xiao Fan killed a One-Star Dou Zun, blasted two more Dou Zun with a Three-Colored Fire Lotus, and raised his spear to strike another.

Xiao Fan killed four Hall of Souls Dou Zun experts at the start of the battle, alarming both the Hall of Souls and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. After the system rewarded him with Dou Qi Points, he attacked Yao Gui, while Yin Gu and Mu Gu weighed a dangerous gamble against him.

• Xiao Fan killed three Hall of Souls Dou Zun experts with his spear and Fire Lotus, then the Bear Spirit killed a fourth, whose Soul Form escaped.
• The experts watching from Sacred Pill City were stunned by Xiao Fan's strength, while Yin Gu protected the surviving Soul Form and assessed the losses.
• Yao Gui ordered Yin Gu to join forces against Xiao Fan, and the system credited Xiao Fan with 60 Dou Qi Points for his kills.
• Xiao Fan and his illusory clone charged Yao Gui, while Yin Gu let the attack proceed and Hundred Ghosts sensed a terrifying aura hidden within Xiao Fan.
• Yin Gu asked Mu Gu to decide whether to take a gamble, and Mu Gu agreed despite the risk of the Hall Master punishing them if they failed.

Xiao Fan used a sea of flames, his illusory body, and a Four-Colored Fire Lotus to kill three Hall of Souls Dou Zun while keeping Yao Gui and Yin Gu’s group occupied. Seven Dou Zun had fallen to him, and he faced the eight still standing as the battle continued.

• Xiao Fan clashed with Yao Gui, then used a two-colored Fire Lotus to fill the sealed space with flames and conceal the battlefield.
• Xiao Fan’s Fire Spirits attacked Yao Gui and drew Yin Gu, Mu Gu, and Hundred Ghosts into combat, while Yao Gui realized the flames hid a trick and shouted a warning.
• Xiao Fan used Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body to keep Yao Gui occupied, then appeared before three Hall of Souls Dou Zun and trapped them inside the flames.
• Xiao Fan burned through the trio’s defensive shield with chaos flame and killed all three with a Four-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Fan’s illusory body merged back into him as the surviving fighters regrouped, and he faced the eight remaining Dou Zun.

Xiao Fan fought eight Dou Zun after breaking through to late-stage Five-Star Dou Zun, but the Demon Phoenix Bell and their coordinated attacks left him cornered. As Yin Gu sent him flying, a Pill Tower force tried to break the bell, only for a terrifying old man to appear and crush it.

• Yin Gu persuaded Yao Gui to gather the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s fighters and surround Xiao Fan alongside the remaining Hall of Souls experts.
• Xiao Fan claimed his mission reward, raising his strength from Four-Star to late-stage Five-Star Dou Zun, and the eight opponents immediately attacked.
• Xiao Fan targeted Mu Gu, but Mu Gu held the Thousand-Flame Spear in place while Yao Gui and four others struck Xiao Fan’s back.
• Xiao Fan endured the blow and used the three thousand burning flame to heal as the eight Dou Zun repeatedly surrounded and wounded him.
• Yin Gu struck the tottering Xiao Fan and sent him flying, while a streak of light from the Pill Tower attempted to shatter the Demon Phoenix Bell.
• A powerful old man crushed the Pill Tower’s attack and challenged its interference in the Heavenly Demon Phoenixes’ private feud.

Huang Luo, a peak Nine-Star Dou Zun of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, halted the battle and revealed that Xiao Fan reminded him of Han Ning, the Moon Clan warrior who had once shattered his pride. He gave Xiao Fan one chance to prove his strength, and the chapter ended as Xiao Fan prepared his strongest attack and Huang Luo reacted with manic excitement.

• Huang Luo appeared, stopped the Pill Tower intervention from escalating, and entered the Demon Emperor Bell while the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and Hall of Souls fighters watched.
• Huang Luo told Xiao Fan that his talent ranked second only to Han Ning, who had fought powerful opponents as a Three-Star Dou Zun and killed Huang Luo's father.
• Huang Luo revealed that Han Ning had defeated him when he was a Nine-Star Dou Zun, leaving him obsessed with finding someone who could match her.
• Huang Luo confined Yin Gu and the other Hall of Souls members, ordered Yao Gui and the other Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan fighters to stay, and promised to give Xiao Fan four hours if he survived.
• Huang Luo challenged Xiao Fan to strike him once with his strongest attack, and Xiao Fan's changing aura sent Huang Luo into delighted laughter.

Xiao Fan faced Huang Luo above Sacred Pill City and used the Nine Solar Transformations to raise his strength before unleashing the Five-Wheel Flame Disk. Their collision tore open a vast spatial void, and Xiao Fan's fate remained unclear as the figure at the battle's center emerged.

• Xiao Fan's Nine Solar Transformations manifested nine golden suns, healed his injuries, and raised his strength to the peak of Seven-Star Dou Zun after six transformations.
• Xiao Fan summoned five heavenly flame spirits and formed the Five-Wheel Flame Disk instead of risking a Five-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Huang Luo transformed into a massive demonic beast, recalled the Demon Emperor Bell, and charged at the incoming disk while Yin Gu and his companions fled.
• The Five-Wheel Flame Disk and Huang Luo's attack collided above Sacred Pill City, creating a huge spatial black hole as the Pill Tower's soul power shielded the city.
• After the chaos subsided, the figure at the center of the battle finally came into view.

Xiao Fan survived his battle with Huang Luo, who honored his promise to let him leave and broke through beyond the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zun. Before escaping, Xiao Fan injured Yin Gu and the other Hall of Souls elders with a Three-Colored Fire Lotus, while Mo Shang watched the Hall of Souls group depart.

• Xiao Fan and Huang Luo emerged from the explosion, and Huang Luo declared that Xiao Fan had survived and could leave.
• Huang Luo broke through beyond the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zun after his heart and cultivation shackles awakened.
• Huang Luo stopped Xiao Fan from attacking the Hall of Souls elders, and Xiao Fan vowed to rescue Venerable Yao and oppose the Hall of Souls.
• Xiao Fan entered a spatial rift, then hurled a Three-Colored Fire Lotus at Yin Gu and the other two elders, badly injuring them before escaping.
• Yin Gu left Sacred Pill City with Mu Gu and the others, while Mo Shang watched them depart.

After the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan left Sacred Pill City, news of Xiao Fan’s battle spread across the continent, shocking factions and worrying Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun. Xiao Fan secretly followed the injured Hall of Souls party and reached the cave where Mu Gu and two others were recovering, preparing to attack them.

• Pill Tower’s elder forced Huang Luo and Yao Gui to leave Sacred Pill City and barred the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan from its territory.
• Reports of Xiao Fan fighting fifteen Dou Zun and killing seven Hall of Souls experts spread across the continent, prompting Gu Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian’s group to react to the news.
• Xiao Fan followed the Hall of Souls party through Mo Shang’s eyes as Mu Gu ordered the group to rest in a cave for the night.
• Mo Shang sent the Hall of Souls experts to search the surrounding area, while Xiao Fan used their blind spots to approach the cave undetected.
• Xiao Fan bypassed the cave’s barrier and confronted the recovering Mu Gu and two other men, declaring that he had come to collect interest.

Xiao Fan killed Yin Gu, drove Mu Gu and Hundred Ghosts into retreat, and left Sacred Pill City as Zi Yan learned of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s division and decided to go to Ancient Dragon Island with Xiong Zhan. In the Star Domain, Xiao Yan subdued the three thousand burning flame and rose to Peak Nine-Star Dou Zong before Xuan Kongzi led everyone back to the Pill Tower.

• Xiao Fan killed Yin Gu, while Mu Gu and Hundred Ghosts escaped in separate directions and Xiao Fan failed to catch them before abandoning the chase.
• Mo Shang led the remaining Hall of Souls experts back to report the operation, and Xiao Fan gained 20 Dou Qi points, bringing his total to 140 and raising his strength to peak Five-Star Dou Zun.
• Zi Yan read Xiao Fan’s message about Ancient Dragon Island and ordered Xiong Zhan to accompany her there.
• Xiao Yan subdued the three thousand burning flame after two days in the Star Domain, advancing from Four-Star Dou Zong to Peak Nine-Star Dou Zong.
• Xuan Kongzi led Xiao Yan and the others out of the Star Domain after the heavenly flame had been subdued.

Xiao Yan joined the Pill Tower as a candidate for one of its Three Giants and set out for Starfall Pavilion to reunite with Yao Chen. Meanwhile, Xiao Fan reached Yellowstone City, where the Heavenly Underworld Sect was threatening the locals, and its leader tried to rob him.

• Xuan Kongzi offered Xiao Yan a Pill Tower position, and Xiao Yan agreed to join as a candidate for Pill Tower Giant.
• Xiao Kongzi gave Xiao Yan an identity ring, while Xuan Yi questioned his way of recruiting Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan met Xin Lan, declined to return with her to Ye City, and said he was heading to Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Fan arrived in Yellowstone City, mistook the locals' situation for a conspiracy, and gave a dying old man a pill to ease his suffering.
• The Heavenly Underworld Sect surrounded the city, and its leader let Xiao Fan leave only if he paid something for the trouble.

Xiao Fan defeated the Heavenly Underworld Sect members hunting a father and son, then learned that the sect was responsible for Yellowstone City's disappearances. Mu Ran died before Xiao Fan could fully uncover his memories, but a vision suggested the sect was using ordinary people's blood essence to create blood ring stone.

• Xiao Fan subdued the Heavenly Underworld Sect group and killed two members who tried to secretly send for help.
• Mu Ran warned Xiao Fan that the sect master had personally ordered the father and son hunted, but Xiao Fan demanded to know the reason.
• The elder explained that residents of Yellowstone City had vanished and said the Heavenly Underworld Sect used captives to mine blood ring stone, whose killing intent corrupted them.
• Xiao Fan doubted the elder's account, forced his way into Mu Ran's mind, and accidentally killed him while searching his memories.
• Xiao Fan glimpsed blood essence gathering in a mountain range and suspected the sect was using ordinary people's blood essence to cultivate blood ring stone.

Xiao Fan searched the Dead Soul Mountain Range and secretly entered a Hall of Souls branch hall to find Yao Lao, while Xiao Yan arrived at Starfall Pavilion and prepared to help rescue him. Xiao Fan found Yao Lao alive but trapped in a powerful formation, and began manipulating the wisp of Chaos Flame hidden on his robe.

• Xiao Fan questioned the father and son, learned nothing more about the Heavenly Underworld Sect, and received directions to the Dead Soul Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan arrived at Starfall Pavilion, where Venerable Feng told him that Yao Lao was being held in the Dead Soul Mountain Range and introduced Iron Sword Venerable.
• Xiao Fan searched the vast mountain range for days before locating the Hall of Souls branch hall and silently opening a passage through its spatial barrier.
• Xiao Fan used his knowledge of the Hall of Souls' layout and the Chaos Flame to evade detection as he approached Yao Lao.
• Xiao Fan found Yao Lao imprisoned but no longer having his soul origin extracted, then began manipulating the wisp of Chaos Flame on Yao Lao's robe.

Xiao Fan secretly freed Yao Lao while Xiao Yan arrived at the Hall of Souls with Starfall Pavilion reinforcements to rescue his teacher. Xiao Yan fought his way into the Main Hall but was badly wounded by the hidden Star-Picking Old Ghost, and the chapter ended as Xiao Yan challenged him to a deadly fight.

• Xiao Fan used a black flame to erode Yao Lao's restraints and secretly told him to wait, while Yao Lao recognized his disciple's arrival outside.
• Xiao Yan led Venerable Feng, Iron Sword Venerable, Heavenly Fire Venerable, Sun Xiang, Er Huang, and other Starfall Pavilion experts to confront five Hall of Souls Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan entered the Main Hall after his allies engaged the five Dou Zun, but Star-Picking Old Ghost ambushed him and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations to face Star-Picking Old Ghost, who overwhelmed and battered him with the Zhai Xing Hand.
• Xiao Yan rose to one knee and asked Star-Picking Old Ghost whether he was ready to die.

Xiao Yan unleashed a Four-Colored Fire Lotus against Star-Picking Old Ghost, while Xiao Fan ambushed the Black and White Heavenly Venerables and rescued Yao Chen. Venerable Feng and the others escaped with Xiao Yan and Yao Chen as Xiao Fan stayed behind to hold off the enraged White Heavenly Venerate and the Hall of Souls.

• Xiao Yan launched a Four-Colored Fire Lotus at Star-Picking Old Ghost, who escaped its worst effects through a Spatial Rift and the arrival of the Black and White Heavenly Venerables.
• The Black and White Heavenly Venerables suppressed the Fire Lotus, but Xiao Fan ambushed them; the Black Heavenly Venerate shielded the White Heavenly Venerate and was impaled by Xiao Fan's Thousand-Flame Spear.
• Xiao Fan broke the formation imprisoning Yao Chen and rescued him, while the White Heavenly Venerate attacked in a frenzy after the Black Heavenly Venerate was devoured by heavenly flames.
• Xiao Fan brought Yao Chen and Xiao Yan to Venerable Feng's group, then stayed behind to battle the White Heavenly Venerate and block the Hall of Souls' pursuit.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable and the others fled with Xiao Yan and Yao Chen as Xiao Fan continued fighting the White Heavenly Venerate and held back the Hall of Souls' experts.

Xiao Fan escaped White Heavenly Venerate after rescuing Yao Lao and reunited with him alongside Xiao Yan. As they continued their escape, Xiao Fan revealed his connection to Mo Shang and warned them to trust anyone bearing his black flame, while a familiar figure arrived at Mo Shang’s hall.

• White Heavenly Venerate used a secret technique to strengthen himself, but Xiao Fan fled into the void, leaving him gravely injured after his rage and internal wounds overwhelmed him.
• Star-Picking Old Ghost carried White Heavenly Venerate away for treatment and ordered the remaining Hall of Souls members to erase the evidence at the collapsed Main Hall.
• Xiao Fan caught up with Xiao Yan, Venerable Feng, and their companions, and they fled toward Starfall Pavilion before reaching the border between the Western and Southern Regions.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan knelt before Yao Lao, who rejoiced at seeing his disciples again and told Xiao Yan about Xiao Fan’s plan involving Mo Shang.
• Xiao Fan showed Yao Lao and Xiao Yan a wisp of black flame and told them they could completely trust anyone who possessed it.
• A terrifying presence entered Mo Shang’s hall and asked for its master, while Mo Shang recognized the arriving figure and saw a white figure in his arms.

Mo Shang secretly killed Star-Picking Old Ghost and the unconscious White Heavenly Venerate while they recovered in the Hall of Souls branch, then staged a breakthrough to Dou Zun. The chapter left him pointing the other experts toward a missing guard team and the faint smell of blood.

• Mo Shang welcomed Star-Picking Old Ghost and White Heavenly Venerate into the branch hall and led them to its Ice Crystal Cold Pool to heal.
• After Star-Picking Old Ghost praised Mo Shang's guard arrangements, Mo Shang decided to break through to Dou Zun before the hall's experts arrived.
• Mo Shang used the Chaos Flame to kill three guards, conceal the evidence, and slip into the hall unnoticed.
• Mo Shang stabbed Star-Picking Old Ghost and White Heavenly Venerate in the cold pool, killing both and storing their bodies in his Storage Ring.
• Mo Shang staged a breakthrough on the Main Hall roof, then led the guards to the missing team's post, where one expert detected the smell of blood.