Arc 19Chapters 451–475

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Ch. 451Mu Qinglan Wouldn't Play by the Rules

Mu Qinglan attacked Liu Qingyang at Cloudpeak Sacred Land, mistaking his demonic artifact for proof of demonic cultivation and claiming authority as an Emperor Pavilion Envoy. She demanded the sacred land hand over Liu Qingyang and evidence of collusion, while Lei Yantian and the others tried to understand what she wanted.

  • Liu Qingyang emerged from the hall, spotted the Demonic Sword, and crushed a warning jade pendant, but Mu Qinglan knocked it away and attacked him with her spear.
  • Liu Qingyang defended himself with the Demonic Sword and fled into the air as Cloudpeak Sacred Land's elders gathered to confront Mu Qinglan.
  • Chun Xiaobai signaled Zhang Xuanhe to accuse Cloudpeak Sacred Land of harboring demonic filth, and Mu Qinglan declared herself an Emperor Pavilion Envoy.
  • Liu Qingyang denied owning the Demonic Sword, but Mu Qinglan accused him of being caught red-handed as Lei Yantian and the elders panicked.
  • Zhao Wuji led more than two thousand black-armored fighters into the sky, and Mu Qinglan demanded Liu Qingyang and evidence of collusion with demon cultivators.
  • Lei Yantian's elders guessed that the visitors wanted to take Liu Qingyang back to the Emperor Pavilion for a reward.

Ch. 452So You Really Did Come to Extort Us?

Mu Qinglan and Chun Xiaobai’s group confronted Cloudpeak Sacred Land over Elder Liu’s Demonic Artifact, and Lei Yantian hastily offered up valuables to avoid blame. Chun Xiaobai ordered a retreat, and the group realized they had left Elder Liu behind and hurried back.

  • Lei Yantian ordered the Cloudpeak Sacred Land elders to seize Elder Liu, then they restrained him and presented his Demonic Artifact to Chun Xiaobai’s group.
  • Lei Yantian offered boxes of Heaven-Tier Magical Artifacts and then five Rare Treasures, which Bai Jin'er confiscated.
  • Lei Yantian suspected the visitors had come to extort the sacred land, while Chun Xiaobai became uncomfortable with how readily they surrendered their treasures.
  • Chun Xiaobai ordered his group to pull out, and the Black-Armored Army vanished, leaving Elder Liu behind.
  • Chun Xiaobai and Li Qingfeng realized they had forgotten Elder Liu and hurried back toward the mountain.

Ch. 453What Do You Mean, You Stepped In?

Chun Xiaobai's group left Cloudpeak Sacred Land with a haul of rare treasures after Lei Yantian convinced his elders not to pursue them. At the meeting point, Chun Xiaobai and Mu Qinglan argued over how to divide the treasure, while Bai Jin'er objected that it was not spirit stones.

  • Lei Yantian stopped the Cloudpeak Sacred Land elders from chasing Chun Xiaobai's group, claiming they might be Emperor Pavilion Envoys and that the extortion was a trap.
  • Lei Yantian apologized to Liu Qingyang and told him the sacred land had only pretended to hand him over as part of a counterespionage ploy.
  • Chun Xiaobai led his group out of Cloudpeak Sacred Land and decided he would demand even more next time, once he had established the proper expenses and procedures.
  • Mu Qinglan watched Bai Jin'er and Chun Xiaobai on the way back, guessing that they were a couple with Bai Jin'er handling money and Chun Xiaobai handling people.
  • At the meeting point, Chun Xiaobai hesitated over dividing the treasure, and Mu Qinglan proposed splitting it in half.
  • Mu Qinglan claimed she had helped secure the haul, but Bai Jin'er argued that the treasures were useless to her because she had arranged to earn her commission in spirit stones; Chun Xiaobai kicked Mu Qinglan aside.

Ch. 454Why Was This Girl Pitying Him?

Chun Xiaobai rewarded the elders with treasures after their raid, while Cangshan Daoist arranged for the displaced Liu Qingyang to join the Azure Cloud Sect. The next day, Chun Xiaobai’s group raided the Mystic Heaven Sacred Land, but Bai Jin'er was frustrated that Mu Qinglan once again handled the negotiations and they earned no spirit stones.

  • Chun Xiaobai gave the elders three Heaven-Tier Magical Treasures and let them choose two Rare Treasures, then sent Zhang Xuanhe to pay Cangshan Daoist.
  • Liu Qingyang told Cangshan Daoist he had left the Cloudpeak Sacred Land, and Cangshan offered him a place at the Azure Cloud Sect.
  • Yun Huoyue worried that Liu Qingyang might recognize the Azure Cloud Sect’s leader as the person who had treated him as a demon cultivator, but Cangshan misunderstood her concern.
  • Chun Xiaobai sent Bai Yutang to ask Cangshan Daoist to choose their next destination, and the group traveled to raid the Mystic Heaven Sacred Land.
  • Mu Qinglan negotiated another haul of five Heaven-Tier Magical Treasures and five Rare Treasures, while Bai Jin'er complained that they had earned no spirit stones.

Ch. 455Am I Not Pretty?

Chun Xiaobai and Mu Qinglan spent a month collecting treasures from Sacred Lands, then Chun Xiaobai led his companions on a massive spending spree across the Northern Twelve Provinces. After they regrouped, Bai Jin'er was the only one missing.

  • Mu Qinglan killed a Sacred Land elder, split the spoils with Chun Xiaobai, and continued visiting Sacred Lands with him for a month.
  • Chun Xiaobai and his group collected one hundred Heaven-Tier Magical Treasures and fifty damaged Rare Treasures while sweeping through more than a dozen Sacred Lands and several Top-Tier Sects.
  • Bai Jin'er suggested spending their vast fortune on treasures, and Chun Xiaobai agreed to take her, Fang Yuan, and Bai Yutang to Soaring Heavens City.
  • Chun Xiaobai's group emptied the Treasure Pavilion and other trading houses, then outbid other buyers at the city's auction houses.
  • The group swept through trading houses across three provinces, evaded people targeting them, and gathered at their meeting place three days later, where Bai Jin'er had not yet arrived.

Ch. 456How Far Has Your Investigation Gotten Lately?

Mu Qinglan continued buying treasures and studying books on how to win over the Great King, while Ling Tianchen tried to spend the Ten Thousand Sects Alliance’s trillion spirit stones and found that prices had skyrocketed. He gathered more funds by claiming anomalies were preparing a major attack, and Mu Qinglan asked him how far the alliance’s investigation had gotten.

  • Mu Qinglan returned late after buying treasures and books about beauty, bearing, and attracting men, then resumed working overtime with Chun Xiaobai the next day.
  • Ling Tianchen went to the Northern Twelve Provinces to buy treasures but found that prices had risen dramatically, so he left without spending his trillion spirit stones.
  • Ling Tianchen called a Ten Thousand Sects Alliance meeting, claimed anomalies were preparing a major move, and demanded that sects provide more people or money for an investigation.
  • The alliance traced the anomalies’ footprints to the Northern Twelve Provinces, prompting members to pay fees for protection.
  • Mu Qinglan paid ten billion spirit stones from the Azure Cloud Sect’s account, and Ling Tianchen contacted her to ask what she had been doing.
  • Mu Qinglan asked Ling Tianchen how far his investigation had gotten.

Ch. 457The Female Bandit Chief

Mu Qinglan and Chun Xiaobai continued robbing sacred lands, while Ling Tianchen tried to catch up with the mysterious entity and contact the same lands. The chapter left Mu Qinglan urging Chun Xiaobai to keep working after he stopped following their latest raid.

  • After Ling Tianchen told Mu Qinglan that he was tracking them in Tianhe Province, she persuaded Chun Xiaobai to take a detour to avoid him.
  • Mu Qinglan led the group through more raids, taking sect treasures while Chun Xiaobai accumulated enough wealth to attempt a golden core breakthrough.
  • Ling Tianchen asked Xue Daoxuan to find Cangshan Daoist, who supplied coordinates and instructions for contacting the Nine Profound Sacred Land.
  • Ling Tianchen established contact with the Nine Profound Sacred Land, but its people told him to scram.
  • After the group swept the Nine Profound Sacred Land, Chun Xiaobai stopped working, and Mu Qinglan tried to make him resume their raids.

Ch. 458Keep a Close Eye on the Wildflowers Around Your Man

Chun Xiaobai left the Sacred Lands to cultivate, while Bai Jin'er kept watch over Mu Qinglan and Yun Huoyue as romantic rivals. In seclusion, he used Rare Treasures to open his divine treasury and gained a tremendous increase in power.

  • Chun Xiaobai silenced Mu Qinglan, then left to find a place for secluded cultivation.
  • Bai Jin'er watched Mu Qinglan and Yun Huoyue after Chun Xiaobai refused to tell her where he was going.
  • Chun Xiaobai examined his Rare Treasures and concluded that the Black Flame Blade surpassed the Supreme Treasure level.
  • Chun Xiaobai activated the Martial God Art, drawing origin breath from the Rare Treasures as immense pain battered his body.
  • Chun Xiaobai opened his divine treasury and felt enough power to flatten the thousand-foot mountain before him.

Ch. 459You Can't Snare a Wolf Without Sacrificing a Child!

Chun Xiaobai used his collected treasures to complete the Treasure-Building Realm and push toward the Divine-Opening Realm. After sacrificing sixteen supreme treasures, he triggered a violent breakthrough in his cave.

  • Chun Xiaobai absorbed the origin spirit from his rare treasures and formed a strange dragon-like silhouette in his Dantian, but ran out of fuel before breaking through.
  • He consumed his remaining spirit herbs and treasures, gradually solidifying the silhouette but still failing to complete it.
  • Chun Xiaobai reluctantly fed sixteen supreme treasures into the Martial God Art, sending a tremendous surge of origin power into his body.
  • The silhouette in Chun Xiaobai's Dantian took shape under the pressure, then a ringing sound marked its opening as golden light and a vast vortex erupted.

Ch. 460How Could It Compare to Her Azure Cloud Sect?

Chun Xiaobai completed a mysterious breakthrough and reached what he called the Divine-Opening Realm, while tribulation clouds gathered over the valley where Mu Qinglan and the Azure Cloud Sect elders were staying. Mu Qinglan realized Chun Xiaobai was behind the clouds and accused him of ambushing her, but the elders carried her away as they feared heavenly retribution.

  • Chun Xiaobai discovered a golden, person-shaped figure in his dantian, sensed his immense new strength, and declared that he had achieved the Divine-Opening Realm.
  • Mu Qinglan admired how Chun Xiaobai had transformed the Azure Cloud Sect elders but wondered why he devoted himself to Black Wind Stronghold instead of her sect.
  • Dark clouds gathered over the valley, and Zhang Xuan identified them as heavenly retribution.
  • Mu Qinglan recognized the clouds from the earlier tribulation and deduced that Chun Xiaobai had survived and was nearby.
  • Yun Huoyue confirmed that Chun Xiaobai had drawn the clouds, and Mu Qinglan accused him of ambushing her.
  • The elders seized Mu Qinglan and carried her away, shouting that heavenly retribution was coming.

Ch. 461Everyone, withdraw beyond a hundred thousand miles!

Mu Qinglan concealed Chun Xiaobai’s identity and ordered everyone to withdraw as the heavenly tribulation clouds dispersed. Inside the Martial God Tower’s Second Layer, Chun Xiaobai fought bronze men armed with broadswords and began using his blade techniques to face their trial.

  • Mu Qinglan drove the surrounding elders back, withheld her explanation about Chun Xiaobai, and ordered everyone to withdraw beyond a hundred thousand miles.
  • The tribulation clouds dispersed, while the Martial God Tower pulled Chun Xiaobai inside and revealed that the Second Layer’s door was open.
  • The bronze men attacked Chun Xiaobai with golden broadswords, broke his Golden Staff, and chased him around the sealed room.
  • Chun Xiaobai drew his Black Flame Blade, realized he had to overcome the bronze men’s blade techniques, and knocked down the leading attackers with One Blade, One.
  • When the remaining bronze men caught up, Chun Xiaobai blocked their swords, surged into close range, and prepared another One Blade, One.

Ch. 462Find Someone to Try It On

Chun Xiaobai defeated the bronze men in the Martial God Tower, learned the Dragon-Slaying Saber Technique, and was expelled from the tower. Back in the Cave, he faced Mu Qinglan, whose spear thrust his Golden Bell Shield repelled at the cost of most of his strength.

  • Chun Xiaobai defeated more than forty bronze men with two strikes but failed to take their golden saber or move them.
  • A bronze stele rose, and Chun Xiaobai memorized its images to inherit the nine-strike Dragon-Slaying Saber Technique.
  • Chun Xiaobai learned that mastering the first strike, Slay Humans, would reveal the later strikes and make his attacks inflict true damage.
  • The Martial God Tower expelled Chun Xiaobai, and he escaped the collapsing Cave after returning from three days of seclusion.
  • Mu Qinglan attacked Chun Xiaobai with her spear, and his Golden Bell Shield reflected much of the force but drained two-thirds of his strength.

Ch. 463Are You Trying to Rebel?

Mu Qinglan tried to attack Chun Xiaobai, but Yun Huoyue and Bai Jin'er protected him, and the elders calmed Mu Qinglan by reminding her of the sect’s wealth. Chun Xiaobai set out to collect the stronghold’s Fourth Boss, Xiao Zhang, while the group debated their boss rankings.

  • Yun Huoyue and Bai Jin'er stepped between Mu Qinglan and Chun Xiaobai, and Chun Xiaobai ordered Mu Qinglan to stop.
  • Li Qingfeng and the elders showed Mu Qinglan over a hundred Rare Treasures and persuaded her to prioritize the sect’s fortune.
  • Mu Qinglan calmed down and told the elders to hurry Chun Xiaobai back to work.
  • Yun Huoyue checked on Chun Xiaobai, but Bai Jin'er pulled him away before he could ask whether Yun Huoyue had feelings for him.
  • Chun Xiaobai gathered everyone and chose to travel to the Heavenly Baleful Valley to pick up Xiao Zhang, the Fourth Boss.
  • Fang Yuan and Bai Yutang explained the stronghold’s boss rankings, and Zhang Xuanhe asked who the Sixth Boss was.

Ch. 464What Was There to Loot in Heavenly Baleful Valley?

Chun Xiaobai led his group to Heavenly Baleful Valley to retrieve his brother, but Mu Qinglan and the others raced ahead to loot the rear mountain. They targeted Zheng Tianyuan by throwing a Demonic Sword into his hands, setting him up to take the blame for what came next.

  • Chun Xiaobai ordered the procession toward Heavenly Baleful Valley, while Bai Yutang persuaded Cangshan Daoist to join them with the promise of a forged departure pass.
  • The group traveled through the Valley of Ten Thousand Spirits, and Mu Qinglan realized they were heading to the supposedly poor Heavenly Baleful Valley.
  • Chun Xiaobai tore open the sect's protective formation and led everyone inside, intending to surprise his brother.
  • Mu Qinglan led a group of old fellows toward the rear mountain, ignoring Chun Xiaobai's calls to return.
  • Mu Qinglan threw a Demonic Sword at Zheng Tianyuan, and he instinctively caught it.

Ch. 465These People Might Be Impostors

Zheng Tianyuan was accused of being a demon after the Emperor Pavilion’s Black-Armored Army found him holding a Demonic Sword, while Ye Liuli suspected the supposed envoys were impostors. The confrontation remained unresolved as Ye Liuli acknowledged the sword was genuine but Zheng Tianyuan insisted he had only just picked it up.

  • Zhang Xuanhe arrived with the Black-Armored Army and accused Heavenly Baleful Valley of being a demon's den.
  • Ye Xiaotian recognized the sword in Zheng Tianyuan's hand as a Demonic Artifact and feared the sect was doomed.
  • Zheng Tianyuan claimed he had just picked up the sword, while Mu Qinglan challenged him to find another one.
  • Ye Liuli accused the black-armored group of impersonating Emperor Pavilion Envoys and argued that the sword might not belong to Zheng Tianyuan.
  • Zheng Tianyuan threw down the sword, and Ye Liuli recognized it as a genuine Demonic Artifact despite suspecting the envoys were impostors.

Ch. 466This Man Seemed to Be That Bandit!

Ye Liuli recognized Chun Xiaobai as the bandit who had kidnapped her, but Chun Xiaobai used Xiao Zhang’s confession to accuse the Heavenly Baleful Valley of harboring a demon. As Ye Liuli weighed whether she could stop the impostors, Mu Qinglan began listing their investigation expenses.

  • Ye Liuli used her void insight true eye on Chun Xiaobai and accused him of being the bandit from the Mountain of Ten Thousand Spirits.
  • Chun Xiaobai secretly instructed Xiao Zhang, who knelt and declared that he was a demon seeking to join the Righteous Path.
  • Ye Xiaotian denied that the Heavenly Baleful Valley sheltered demons, while Xiao Zhang insisted he had not been sent to frame the valley.
  • Ye Liuli realized that her sect could not detain Chun Xiaobai’s powerful group and tried to find a way through the crisis.
  • Li Qingfeng suggested there might be a misunderstanding, and Mu Qinglan began itemizing the group’s travel and investigation costs.

Ch. 467Great King, Waiting for You Has Been Agony!

Chun Xiaobai's group extorted Heavenly Baleful Valley, took Xiao Zhang with them, and escaped to their base. There, they learned Ye Liuli had recognized Chun Xiaobai because of her Void Insight True Eye, while the group met Xiao Zhang as the Black Wind Stronghold's Fourth Boss.

  • Ye Xiaotian agreed to pay Chun Xiaobai's group to prove Heavenly Baleful Valley's innocence, and Bai Jin'er snatched the Storage Ring before they left.
  • Chun Xiaobai ordered the group to take Xiao Zhang, and Fang Yuan carried him away as the group withdrew from Heavenly Baleful Valley.
  • After the group reached their base, Xiao Zhang clung to Chun Xiaobai and declared how much he had missed him.
  • Zhang Xuanhe explained that Ye Liuli's Void Insight True Eye could see through falsehoods and trace the paths of laws.
  • Chun Xiaobai introduced Xiao Zhang as the Fourth Boss of Black Wind Stronghold, prompting the others to question his appearance.

Ch. 468Strange Incidents?

Mu Qinglan encountered Lu Qingshan and the bandits prepared to target the Sacred Land, while Ye Liuli used Chun Xiaobai’s Demonic Sword to explain Heavenly Baleful Valley’s predicament to her father. The chapter ended with Ye Liuli revealing that Chun Xiaobai’s group had extorted thirty billion spirit stones from the sect.

  • Mu Qinglan learned that Lu Qingshan had been blamed for the Mountain of Ten Thousand Spirits kidnappings and asked why he wore a mask.
  • Chun Xiaobai announced that the bandits would set out the next day to extort the Sacred Land, exciting Xiao Zhang and alarming the other elders.
  • Ye Liuli found Ye Xiaotian watching Heavenly Baleful Valley descend into chaos after the demonic artifact incident.
  • Ye Liuli proposed that the sect relocate and change its name to escape suspicion of ties to demon cultivators.
  • Ye Xiaotian mistook Ye Liuli’s explanation of the strange incidents for proof that the missing sects had been extorted and ordered an immediate move.
  • Ye Liuli stopped Ye Xiaotian and revealed that Chun Xiaobai’s group had extorted thirty billion spirit stones from Heavenly Baleful Valley.

Ch. 469His Conscience Would Trouble Him Again

Ye Liuli persuaded Ye Xiaotian to imitate the Emperor Pavilion’s extortion scheme and use a Demonic Artifact to force sects to pay. Ye Xiaotian approved her plan, and she began recruiting Zheng Tianyuan as an assistant.

  • Ye Liuli proposed that Heavenly Baleful Valley impersonate Emperor Pavilion Envoys and extort other sects with the Demonic Artifact.
  • Ye Liuli argued that the sect could earn trillions of spirit stones and build saint-tier puppets, while Ye Xiaotian worried about the risks and his reputation.
  • Ye Xiaotian gave Ye Liuli permission to handle the plan after she promised to bring back one trillion spirit stones in a month.
  • Ye Liuli summoned Zheng Tianyuan and asked about the Demonic Sword, and he explained that it had flown toward him and he had caught it.
  • Ye Xiaotian concluded that Ye Liuli needed an assistant with good throwing accuracy.

Ch. 470We Absolutely Cannot Drop the Ball

Ye Liuli and Ye Xiaotian planned to disguise their people in gold armor to impersonate Emperor Pavilion Envoys, while Chun Xiaobai’s group discovered a hidden sacred land above the clouds. After breaking through its barrier, Chun Xiaobai learned the upper realm contained spirit crystals, which he believed could meet his needs.

  • Ye Liuli told Ye Xiaotian to make gold battle armor so their group could impersonate Emperor Pavilion Envoys without copying the real ones exactly.
  • Ye Xiaotian ordered Zheng Tianyuan to summon the elders for a secret meeting.
  • Mu Qinglan and Chun Xiaobai’s group searched the sacred land’s grotto heaven for a day and a night without finding its buildings.
  • Xiao Zhang suggested the sect might be hidden above them, and Chun Xiaobai used his Treasure-Seeing Divine Eye to spot a golden beam in the sky.
  • Mu Qinglan identified the hidden place as a Mayfly Grotto Heaven, and Li Qingfeng explained that its Immortal Realm lay above the Mortal Realm.
  • Chun Xiaobai tore open the barrier, felt the dense spiritual qi, and asked Li Qingfeng where he could find spirit crystals.

Ch. 471This Still Wasn't Quite Good Enough?

Chun Xiaobai led his group into a sacred land, where they extorted a disciple for rare treasures and spirit stones. After the successful haul, Xiao Zhang won Chun Xiaobai’s favor with extravagant flattery and received a ten-billion-spirit-stone bonus.

  • Yun Huoyue told Chun Xiaobai that spirit crystals could only be found in the Eastern Region, and the group entered the barrier to find a golden floating island.
  • Chun Xiaobai said the island was not impressive enough to seize, then led everyone through its protective formation using the Thirty-Six Forms of Heaven-Splitting Hand.
  • Mu Qinglan planted a Demonic Sword near a sacred land disciple, and Zhang Xuanhe accused him of being a demon to draw the island’s disciples over.
  • Xiao Zhang nearly implicated the group by suggesting the island had once been a Demon Sect stronghold, but Li Qingfeng stopped him before the disciples heard.
  • The group extorted twenty rare treasures and one hundred billion spirit stones from the frightened disciple.
  • Xiao Zhang praised Chun Xiaobai extravagantly, earned a ten-billion-spirit-stone bonus, and celebrated with a Thomas Flair.

Ch. 472Not Even Qualified

Ye Liuli turned the Heavenly Baleful Valley’s elders into a force and began extorting sects under the guise of Emperor Pavilion Envoys. After a successful raid on the Great Yu Sect, Ye Xiaotian led the next operation, but his overly threatening approach provoked the target sect to fight back.

  • Xiao Zhang proposed finding Chun Xiaobai a Stronghold Madam, but Bai Jin'er kicked him flying and Chun Xiaobai decided to wait before getting one.
  • Ye Liuli drilled the Heavenly Baleful Valley’s elders and led them to extort three hundred million spirit stones from a third-rate sect.
  • Ye Liuli used an Explosive Thunder Talisman to breach the Great Yu Sect’s Mountain-Guarding Grand Array and collected five billion spirit stones.
  • Ye Xiaotian volunteered to lead the next raid, but his forceful approach made the target sect attack them first.

Ch. 473You Just Had to Bring That Up!

Ye Liuli’s Heavenly Baleful Valley successfully extorted two top-tier sects, while Ling Tianchen’s investigation brought together several sacred lands that had also been robbed. The furious sacred lands pursued the bandits, but found only more victims and began to suspect something was wrong.

  • Ye Liuli took command of the Heavenly Baleful Valley’s team, extorted a hundred billion spirit stones from a sect, and led two more raids overnight.
  • Ling Tianchen contacted the Myriad Spirits Sacred Land, whose people realized they had been extorted and beat him for failing to report the strange events sooner.
  • The Myriad Spirits Sacred Land followed Ling Tianchen to the Heavenly Origin Sacred Land, where the two sides fought before realizing both had been robbed by the same bandits.
  • The Heavenly Origin Sacred Land joined the pursuit, and Ling Tianchen led the group to four or five more sacred lands that had also been extorted.
  • After discovering that one sacred land had lost half its Treasure Vault, its Holy Lord joined the pursuit, but the group found no trace of the bandits and began to suspect something was wrong.

Ch. 474No More Taking Crap from These Sacred Lands

After being beaten and driven away by the Sacred Lords, Ling Tianchen quit the investigation and told Mu Qinglan he was returning to Alliance headquarters, cutting off her source of intelligence. Mu Qinglan decided to have Chun Xiaobai lead the group as they pursued the remaining Sacred Lands to plunder.

  • The Sacred Lords accused Ling Tianchen of leaking their movements to the bandits and beat him when he insisted he had only been contacting a woman he was courting.
  • Ling Tianchen returned to the Alliance base, told Mu Qinglan he had left the Sacred Land group, and invited her to meet him.
  • Mu Qinglan angrily ended the transmission, while Ling Tianchen resolved to get rich and called an urgent Alliance meeting about the anomalies.
  • Mu Qinglan worried that losing Ling Tianchen's information would make it harder to raid the remaining Sacred Lands, but decided Chun Xiaobai should lead the group.
  • Chun Xiaobai discussed establishing the Black Wind Stronghold with Fang Yuan, Xiao Zhang, Bai Jin'er, and the others as Xiao Zhang chose an auspicious date.

Ch. 475With Perks This Good, How Was She Still Not Satisfied?

Chun Xiaobai offered Mu Qinglan the position of Sixth Boss in Black Wind Stronghold, but Bai Jin'er tried to stop him by listing Mu Qinglan’s faults. As Chun Xiaobai described the position’s generous perks, Mu Qinglan remained worried that their pursuers would catch up with them.

  • Bai Jin'er confronted Mu Qinglan when she approached Chun Xiaobai, but Chun Xiaobai pushed Bai Jin'er aside and led Mu Qinglan away to talk.
  • Chun Xiaobai offered Mu Qinglan the position of Sixth Boss, and Mu Qinglan hesitated over whether the title suited her status as a sect leader.
  • Bai Jin'er objected to the offer, criticizing Mu Qinglan’s extortion, schemes, and flattery, while Bai Yutang, Fang Yuan, and Xiao Zhang protested being dragged into the argument.
  • Mu Qinglan snapped back at Bai Jin'er, and Chun Xiaobai roared at both women before Fang Yuan dragged Bai Jin'er away.
  • Chun Xiaobai outlined the bosses’ shares of profits and treasures, access to the Mountain-Guarding Treasure, and a team of five hundred subordinates.
  • Mu Qinglan worried that the Vengeance Alliance was closing in and that their next job could leave them surrounded.
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