Recaps

After learning that Murong Ying’s arm could not be healed, Murong Qianqiu and his allies planned to eliminate Yun Fan before he exposed the Murong Family’s dealings with Xu Lu. Xu Lu agreed to join the attack at midnight, and Murong Qianqiu demanded compensation for the added risk.

• The physician told Murong Qianqiu and the others that Murong Ying’s severed arm could not be reattached because Sword Qi had destroyed its vitality.
• Murong Wanli warned that Yun Fan’s discovery of the Hidden Edge Scabbards could expose the Murong Family’s connection to Xu Lu and bring Xue Ne against them.
• Murong Qianqiu decided they had to remove Yun Fan before he could report them, while Cui Wuying cautioned that attacking him in Youzhou City would be difficult.
• Eight masked men carrying Flood Shark Hidden Edge Scabbards arrived, and their leader agreed to act with the Murong Family against Yun Fan at midnight.
• Murong Qianqiu demanded compensation from Xu Lu because Yun Fan’s interference had created unexpected risks for the Murong Family.

Xu Lu enlisted the Murong Family to ambush Yun Fan at the Changlong Workshop that night, while Lu Changfeng and Wang Jingxian independently identified the workshop as the likely site of the next massacre. The chapter ended with both sides converging on the same location.

• Xu Lu promised Murong Qianqiu the Thunderclap Sword’s core tempering method in exchange for helping kill Yun Fan and ordered the ambush at the Changlong Workshop.
• Murong Qianqiu ordered the Iron Guard to assemble under Attendants Chu and Cui for a midnight attack on the workshop.
• Lu Changfeng told Wang Jingxian how he had traced the Murong Family’s Scabbard-Making Workshop, while Snow Robe silently took credit for helping him.
• Wang Jingxian showed Lu Changfeng that several massacre sites aligned with ancient battlefield burial grounds where killing intent had accumulated.
• Wang Jingxian marked the Changlong Workshop as the most likely site of another massacre, and Lu Changfeng said they needed to plan carefully.

Lu Changfeng fought off a coordinated assassination attempt by Chu Zhenyue, Cui Wuying, and eight swordsmen, using Opening-and-Closing Hands and his Origin-Returning Qi Barrier. After an unknown swordsman wounded the attackers outside, Lu Changfeng injured both Grandmasters, but Murong Wanli arrived with the Thunderclap Sword.

• Chu Zhenyue and Cui Wuying ambushed Lu Changfeng in his room, but he deflected their attacks with Opening-and-Closing Hands.
• Eight black-clad swordsmen controlled flying swords from outside and joined the assault, forcing Lu Changfeng to defend himself with his Origin-Returning Qi Barrier.
• A dark-red Army-Breaker Sword-Sweeping the Six Directions struck the eight swordsmen, grievously injuring them and dropping their flying swords.
• Lu Changfeng used the opening to wound Chu Zhenyue and Cui Wuying with Opening-and-Closing Hands.
• Murong Wanli arrived at the ruined room with the sixth-tier Divine Weapon, the Thunderclap Sword.

Murong Wanli unleashed the Heavenly Thunder Draw against Wang Jingxian, but Lu Changfeng struck him down before he could win the clash. He fled to Changlong Workshop, found his ambush gone, and was cornered by Lu Changfeng and Wang Jingxian before launching a final, life-draining attack.

• Murong Wanli used the Heavenly Thunder Draw to attack Wang Jingxian, whose Army-Breaker Sword met his lightning strike head-on.
• Lu Changfeng exploited Murong Wanli's distraction to wound him with a swift sword-qi strike, and Murong Wanli fled toward Changlong Workshop.
• Murong Wanli found the workshop empty of the Murong Iron Guards, Xu Lu's men, and its residents, while Lu Changfeng explained that the planned ambush had failed.
• Wang Jingxian deduced that Lu Changfeng had used the Plum Blossom Guards to evacuate and replace the workshop's inhabitants, and she suspected he was Yun Fan.
• Murong Wanli refused to surrender, ignited his essence blood, and unleashed a massive pillar of lightning at Lu Changfeng and Wang Jingxian.

Lu Changfeng and Wang Jingxian survived Murong Wanli’s final lightning strike, but Xu Lu appeared and revealed that his Blood Soul Sub-Swords had consumed the blood of slaughtered households to awaken the ancient battlefield’s killing intent. The eight swordsmen sacrificed their wounded companions and then turned their blood swords on themselves as the ritual began.

• Lu Changfeng pulled Wang Jingxian out of the path of Murong Wanli’s lightning strike, and Murong Wanli died as the Thunderclap Sword fell from his hand.
• Wang Jingxian thanked Lu Changfeng, who warned that the stirred killing intent remained dangerous and needed to be channeled and dispelled.
• Xu Lu appeared with eight masked swordsmen carrying the eight gravely wounded men Wang Jingxian had defeated.
• Xu Lu explained that sixteen Blood Soul Sub-Swords had consumed the blood of six slaughtered households and used their grievance qi to awaken the ancient battlefield’s killing intent.
• The eight swordsmen drained their wounded companions with their blood swords, then turned the blades on their own throats as Wang Jingxian prepared to attack.

Xu Lu activated the Blood Soul formation to unleash the ancient battlefield’s killing intent, but Lu Changfeng and Wang Jingxian were joined by Xue Ne and his soldiers to contain it. As the battle turned against Xu Lu, the legendary swords Gan Jiang and Mo Xie descended toward the sealed formation.

• Xu Lu activated the sixteen Blood Soul subsidiary swords and triggered the underground killing intent, while Lu Changfeng used the [Eight Formations Diagram] to try to seal it.
• Wang Jingxian supported Lu Changfeng with her true qi, but their barrier struggled against the ancient battlefield’s force.
• Xue Ne arrived with [Wu-Swallowing], combined his martial energy with Lu Changfeng’s barrier, and ordered his soldiers to form the Heavenly Moon Formation around Changlong Ward.
• Two thousand soldiers joined Xue Ne and Lu Changfeng in sealing the blood-red formation and suppressing Xu Lu’s killing intent.
• Two ancient swords, one crimson and one deep blue, descended toward the battlefield, and Lu Changfeng recognized them as Gan Jiang and Mo Xie.

Gan Jiang and Mo Xie awakened and unleashed the ancient battlefield’s killing intent, threatening the Black-Armored Cavalry’s barrier. Xu Lu used the chaos to temper his Blood Soul Mother Sword, while the twin swords intercepted Xue Ne and left him unable to reach him.

• Gan Jiang and Mo Xie struck the center of the formation, drawing power from the sixteen Blood Soul Child Swords and erupting with the battlefield’s killing intent.
• The killing-intent pillar battered the barrier, injuring the soldiers maintaining it and forcing Xue Ne and Lu Changfeng to struggle to hold the formation.
• Xu Lu revealed himself and opened the Heaven-and-Earth Great Furnace formation, using its flames to temper the Blood Soul Mother Sword.
• Xue Ne charged Xu Lu to stop him, but Gan Jiang and Mo Xie rose and attacked, countering his spear techniques and blocking his advance.

Lu Changfeng used the Four Symbols Sun-Shooting Arrows to kill Xu Lu and help the Black Armor Army contain the Killing Intent. Gan Jiang and Mo Xie escaped with the Blood Soul mother sword toward Swordforging City, and Lu Changfeng recognized their destination.

• Lu Changfeng took Qing Dai’s bow and fired three arrows in succession, breaking through Xu Lu’s Killing Intent defenses and wounding him.
• Lu Changfeng’s Wind and Thunder Formation Disks disrupted the Heaven-Covering Formation as he fired the Black Tortoise Arrow, killing Xu Lu.
• The Killing Intent pillar lost its guiding core and began to fall under the Black Armor Army Formation’s control.
• Gan Jiang and Mo Xie escaped Xue Ne and carried off the Blood Soul mother sword toward the northwest without being pursued.
• Wang Jingxian checked on Lu Changfeng, who looked toward the direction of Swordforging City.

After Xu Lu’s defeat, Xue Ne thanked Lu Changfeng and Wang Jingxian, appointed them to help secure Youzhou, and ordered the troops to contain the killing intent and investigate the Murong family. Lu Changfeng found Xu Lu’s Heaven-Covering Formation Disk, which resonated with his Wind-and-Thunder Formation Disk and revealed new formation knowledge to him.

• Xue Ne thanked Lu Changfeng and Wang Jingxian for stopping Xu Lu, and Wang Jingxian presented her appointment as Youzhou Governor’s Office Marching Sima.
• Lu Changfeng revealed his identity as a secret investigator for Princess Taiping, and Xue Ne explained Xu Lu’s ties to Swordforging City and the continuing threat from the Göktürks.
• Xue Ne ordered Lin Xiong to contain the killing intent and reinforce the western wall, then sent Shen Bao to arrest Murong Qianqiu and his core clansmen.
• Xue Ne invited Lu Changfeng and Wang Jingxian to rest at the Governor’s Office, while Lu Changfeng searched Xu Lu’s corpse and found the Xu Clan Forging Arts and Heaven-Covering Formation Disk.
• Lu Changfeng brought the Heaven-Covering Formation Disk into contact with his Wind-and-Thunder Formation Disk, and their resonance poured knowledge of the formation and its links to the other seven formations into his mind.

Lu Changfeng treated Wang Jingxian’s backlash from the Army-Breaker Sword and uncovered more about the threat posed by Swordforging City. After receiving the Medical Canon’s reward, he underwent a major physical and spiritual transformation and advanced to the peak of the fourth realm.

• Lu Changfeng claimed the Heaven-Covering Formation disk, and Xue Ne gave him the Thunderclap Sword and sixteen Blood Soul Sub-Swords as spoils.
• Lu Changfeng noticed Wang Jingxian’s injuries from the Army-Breaker Sword and promised to treat her at the Governor’s Office.
• Lu Changfeng prescribed medicine and used acupuncture to ease Wang Jingxian’s backlash as they discussed her resolve to guard Youzhou and the likely schemes involving Gan Jiang and Mo Xie.
• Lu Changfeng completed Wang Jingxian’s treatment and accepted the reward of a max-level Indestructible Golden Body.
• Lu Changfeng’s body and divine sense transformed, driving his cultivation from the fourth realm mid-stage to its peak.

Lu Changfeng explained why the Inner Guard should gather intelligence discreetly rather than openly threaten Swordforging City, then planned to infiltrate it. Xue Ne revealed that Xiao Zhu wielded a different demonic weapon, City Incinerator, leaving the identity of Gan Jiang and Mo Xie's master unresolved.

• Lu Changfeng told Qing Dai that the Inner Guard had dispersed to avoid alerting Swordforging City and to gather intelligence across the region.
• Lu Changfeng reasoned that Swordforging City might be divided, and that threatening it openly could unite its members against the court.
• Xue Ne and Wang Jingxian heard Lu Changfeng's strategy, and Xue Ne praised his judgment before agreeing that they should investigate the city discreetly.
• Lu Changfeng said he intended to infiltrate Swordforging City, and Xue Ne warned him about the city's leaders, Xiao Jueyan and Xiao Juelan.
• Lu Changfeng suspected Xiao Zhu might have wielded Gan Jiang and Mo Xie, but Xue Ne said Xiao Zhu's sword was named City Incinerator.

Lu Changfeng used the Heaven-and-Earth Great Furnace at Cold Crow Valley to nourish the Wind-Raising Sword with the essences of the Blood Soul Sub-Swords and Thunderclap Sword. The blade returned to the ranks of divine weapons and gained the power of wind and thunder, drawing Swordforging City's attention as Lu Changfeng prepared to continue his journey with it.

• Xue Ne, Wang Jingxian, and Lu Changfeng suspected that Xiao Zhu could wield the City Incinerator Sword because the Xiao family might share Dong Zhuo's bloodline, and Lu Changfeng left Youzhou City with Qing Dai, Snow Robe, and Mo Li.
• At Cold Crow Valley, Lu Changfeng explained that he would use the noon sun, the Profound Yin Cold Pool, and the Heaven-and-Earth Great Furnace to nourish the Wind-Raising Sword with the seized swords.
• Lu Changfeng refined the essences of the sixteen Blood Soul Sub-Swords and the Thunderclap Sword, and the Wind-Raising Sword absorbed them and returned to the ranks of sixth-tier divine weapons.
• The Wind-Raising Sword unleashed a devastating gale that fused with purple lightning, forming a vast thunderstorm over Cold Crow Valley while Lu Changfeng remained unharmed at its center.
• Xiao Juelan ordered Sword Guards to investigate the disturbance from afar, and Lu Changfeng called the transformed Wind-Raising Sword back into his hand.

Lu Changfeng completed the Wind-Raising Sword’s advancement in Cold Crow Valley, where Xiao Zhu of Swordforging City arrived and offered him a Silver Sword Token while distancing the city from the Changlong Workshop incident. After Xiao Zhu left, Lu Changfeng agreed to visit Han Zhou, his Medicine King Valley martial nephew, to learn more about the city and its people.

• Lu Changfeng finished refining the Wind-Raising Sword into a sixth-tier divine weapon using the essence of seventeen treasured swords.
• Xiao Zhu arrived, praised the sword, and discussed the killing intent and sword lights seen after the events at Changlong Workshop.
• Xiao Zhu gave Lu Changfeng a Silver Sword Token, said Swordforging City would not interfere with his investigation, and withdrew his Sword Guards.
• Han Zhou introduced himself as Lu Changfeng’s registered disciple nephew from Medicine King Valley and invited him to his clinic.
• Lu Changfeng accepted Han Zhou’s invitation, intending to learn more about Swordforging City, Xiao Zhu, and Xu Lu.

Lu Changfeng and his group reached Swordforging City, where Han Zhou explained the Xiao family’s succession tensions and the events surrounding Xu Lu’s betrayal. Lu Changfeng suspected Xiao Juelou might be the mysterious sword master and concluded that he may have expected Xiao Zhu to obtain the ancient sword.

• Lu Changfeng and his group entered Swordforging City with the Silver Sword Token and went to Han Zhou’s clinic.
• Han Zhou described Xu Lu’s rise as a master swordsmith and explained that he had studied alongside Xiao Juelou and Xiao Jueyan.
• Han Zhou recounted how Xiao Zhu’s late birth secured Xiao Juelou’s succession, while Xiao Xuan later became a favored candidate to succeed him.
• Han Zhou said Xiao Zhu changed after obtaining an ancient sword about half a year earlier, Xiao Juelou entered seclusion, and Xu Lu betrayed the city before the massacres in Youzhou began.
• Lu Changfeng reasoned that Xiao Juelou might be the mysterious sword master, then suggested he may have anticipated Xiao Zhu’s acquisition of the sword.

Lu Changfeng deduced that Xiao Juelou might be maneuvering to put Xiao Zhu in power, but remained suspicious of Xiao Zhu. When Pei Zhennan ambushed him at the clinic, Lu Changfeng defeated and captured him, then used Blazing Wind Gu to force him to answer questions.

• Lu Changfeng reasoned that Xiao Juelou might be secretly arranging events to strengthen Xiao Zhu's position, though he could not explain why a Fifth Realm Great Grandmaster would need such schemes.
• A disguised Sword Guard arrived to summon Lu Changfeng to the Sword Lodge, then attacked him with a saber as soon as the clinic door opened.
• Lu Changfeng disarmed and overpowered the attacker, identifying him as Pei Zhennan, the Great Vehicle Sect's Blade Hero, and asking whether Pei Shuang was his son.
• Lu Changfeng asked Pei Zhennan who had revealed Wild Fox Ravine and who was sheltering Great Vehicle Sect remnants in Swordforging City.
• When Pei Zhennan refused to answer, Lu Changfeng activated Blazing Wind Gu and left him screaming in agony until he demanded to be killed.

Lu Changfeng stopped an assassin from killing Pei Zhennan and learned that Shen Bao was tied to the first mystery, while the Golden Tent Shaman Yan Qiya knew the answer to the second. After Pei revealed that Great Vehicle Sect remnants and Göktürk fighters were hiding beneath the Xiao Family Ancestral Tombs, Xiao Jueyan and Xiao Juelan arrived, and Lu began telling them what he had uncovered.

• A ghostly blue arrow fired by Daxi targeted Pei Zhennan, but Lu Changfeng deflected it with his sleeve and saved him.
• Pei Zhennan identified Shen Bao as the answer to Lu Changfeng's first question and said the black-robed Golden Tent Shaman Yan Qiya knew the answer to the second.
• Pei revealed that Yang Kaitian, Daxi, and other Great Vehicle Sect members and Göktürks were hiding in tunnels and secret chambers beneath the Xiao Family Ancestral Tombs.
• Xiao Zhu, Xiao Jueyan, and Xiao Juelan arrived with Sword Guards to investigate the damage at Jisheng Hall.
• Lu Changfeng told the three city officials that Wild Fox Ravine had been a Göktürk base and identified Pei Zhennan as a Great Vehicle Sect protector who had fled it.

Lu Changfeng exposed the possibility that Göktürk fighters and Great Vehicle Sect remnants were hiding in the Xiao Family Ancestral Tombs, prompting Xiao Jueyan to lead an assault on the forbidden grounds. Lu arranged to secure Pei Zhennan and monitor escape routes before setting out with Xiao Zhu, whose loyalty he still distrusted.

• Lu Changfeng asked the Xiao family leaders to help root out the enemies allegedly hiding in the ancestral tombs, and Xiao Jueyan ordered his guards to seal the Yan Mountains and raid the forbidden grounds.
• Xiao Zhu volunteered to lead the charge, but Lu Changfeng asked him to remain behind briefly, making his suspicion plain.
• Lu Changfeng sent the Plum Blossom Guards to take Pei Zhennan to General Xue Ne for interrogation and instructed Qing Dai to report the confession.
• Lu Changfeng sent Snow Robe to watch the Yan Mountains' exits and remember the routes of anyone who escaped.
• Xiao Zhu challenged Lu Changfeng's distrust, then agreed to prove himself through his actions, and the two hurried toward the Yan Mountains.

Yan Qiya used her divine arts to teleport herself, Daxi, Yang Kaitian, and their followers out of the Xiao family ancestral tombs before Xiao Jueyan’s forces arrived. Xiao Jueyan, Xiao Juelan, and Lu Changfeng searched the chamber with formations but found no trace of how the fugitives escaped.

• Yan Qiya berated Daxi and Yang Kaitian over Pei Zhennan’s reckless actions, which exposed their hiding place.
• Yang Kaitian urged Yan Qiya to help them escape before Xiao Jueyan and Xiao Juelan’s forces surrounded the chamber.
• Yan Qiya invoked her Purple-Winged Rat arts, enveloped the group with spectral wings, and vanished with them.
• Xiao Jueyan and Xiao Juelan stormed into the chamber and found signs that a group had recently been hiding there, but no people or escape route.
• Xiao Juelan used the Five-Element Spell Formation, and it detected no one else in the chamber.
• Lu Changfeng activated his Eight Formations Diagram, but it also revealed no trace of the fugitives or their escape.

Lu Changfeng exposed Yan Qiya and her accomplices hiding inside the ancestral tombs, but the confrontation revealed that Xiao Zhu was actually wielding the disguised sword Gan Jiang. Xiao Zhu’s power surged as Mo Xie joined him, leaving Lu Changfeng facing the united sinister swords.

• Lu Changfeng divined that the missing people were still inside the ancestral tombs and found their concealment by detecting a distortion in the airflow.
• Lu Changfeng shattered Yan Qiya’s concealment and identified her use of the Witch God Cult’s Ten Thousand Spirits Harmonization Art.
• Yan Qiya and her accomplices tried to escape, and the Xiao brothers and Xiao Zhu joined the fight against them.
• Lu Changfeng recognized that Xiao Zhu’s City-Burning Sword was disguised and confronted him about its familiar sword qi.
• Xiao Zhu revealed his true appearance and the sword Gan Jiang, then summoned Mo Xie from underground as the two swords joined.

Lu Changfeng questioned Xiao Zhu and the sword spirits Gan Jiang and Mo Xie, uncovering their plan to exploit war and killing intent to grow stronger. He then trapped them inside the Purple Tenuity Scroll’s sealed domain, cutting off their access to the world’s origin qi, and prepared to test his strength against them.

• Lu Changfeng learned that Gan Jiang and Mo Xie had awakened, shared Xiao Zhu’s body, and were using Xu Lu and the Blood Soul Sword to feed on killing intent.
• Xiao Zhu revealed that she had been raised as a boy by Xiao Juelou, who later favored Xiao Xuan, and Lu Changfeng rejected her justification for seeking revenge.
• Lu Changfeng pieced together how Xiao Zhu, the sword spirits, and Xu Lu had conspired to weaken Swordforging City and draw the Göktürks into war.
• Lu Changfeng explained that Fifth Realm strength relied on resonance with heaven and earth, then used the Purple Tenuity Scroll to seal off that connection.
• Lu Changfeng raised the Wind-Raising Sword and challenged Xiao Zhu, Gan Jiang, and Mo Xie to face the power of the Primordial Evil Sword.

Lu Changfeng defeated Xiao Zhu inside the Violet Star Sealing Boundary and treated her to claim the Supreme Sword Dao, gaining a first glimpse of its four paths. When he emerged from the ancestral tomb’s secret chamber, the battle outside had ended, but Yan Qiya and Yang Kaitian were missing.

• Lu Changfeng exploited a flaw in Xiao Zhu’s coordination with Gan Jiang and Mo Xie, wounded her with the Wind-Raising Sword, and struck her down with Tathagata Divine Palm.
• Lu Changfeng disabled Xiao Zhu’s cultivation, sealed her Governing Vessel, and treated her wounds, earning the Supreme Sword Dao from the Medical Canon.
• Lu Changfeng absorbed the four paths of the Supreme Sword Dao and gained his first glimpse of its power, causing Gan Jiang and Mo Xie to ring in response.
• Lu Changfeng sealed Gan Jiang and Mo Xie with Demon-Sealing Talismans and recalled the Purple Tenuity Scroll, lifting the boundary.
• Lu Changfeng emerged to find Xiao Jueyan and Xiao Juelan directing the cleanup, Daxi captured, and Yan Qiya and Yang Kaitian missing.

Lu Changfeng revealed Xiao Zhu’s betrayal, secured Gan Jiang and Mo Xie, and reassured the Xiao brothers that City Lord Xiao could recover from the swords’ control. Swordforging City vowed to defend Youzhou, but Yan Qiya and Yang Kaitian remained at large as a horn sounded from the city walls.

• Lu Changfeng explained that Xiao Zhu had conspired with ancient evils and foreign enemies, prompting the Xiao brothers to grieve over her betrayal and fear for their eldest brother.
• Xiao Jueyan and Xiao Juelan hurriedly sought their eldest brother, while Lu Changfeng took possession of Gan Jiang and Mo Xie and explained that sealing them would weaken their hold over City Lord Xiao.
• Xiao Juelan admitted that Yan Qiya had escaped after using the Wind Tribulation to evade capture, and Xiao Jueyan identified it as part of the Witch God Four Spirits Tribulation.
• Xiao Jueyan swore that Swordforging City would help defend Youzhou, and the Sword Guards joined his vow.
• A horn sounded from the direction of Youzhou City's walls.

The Göktürks launched a sudden assault on Youzhou while Swordforging City was still recovering from internal strife. Xiao Jueyan led its guards to reinforce the eastern gate, where the defenders were on the brink of collapse as a mysterious figure raced toward the battle.

• Lu Changfeng suspected the Göktürks' raid was meant to help Yan Qiya escape or exploit Youzhou's weakened defenses, and Xiao Jueyan ordered Swordforging City's forces to join the defense.
• Lu Changfeng, Xiao Jueyan, and Xiao Juelan led elite guards from the ancestral tomb toward the eastern wall.
• They saw the Eighteen Flying Horsemen overwhelm defenders with the powers of the Eagle, Mountain, and Wolf Calamities.
• Wang Jingxian and Lin Xiong were badly wounded and surrounded, while Geluo Lu kept Xue Ne pinned at the gate tower.
• Göktürk forces breached sections of the wall and battered the city gates as the defenders neared defeat.
• A blue-green figure tore through the night from Swordforging City toward the eastern gate.

Lu Changfeng unleashed Golden Crow Splits the Firmament against the Göktürk assault, then cut through enemy warriors to reach the besieged defenders. His arrival rallied the Tang forces as he advanced toward Wang Jingxian, Lin Xiong, and the battle between Xue Ne and Geluo Lu.

• Lu Changfeng descended into the Göktürk vanguard and used Golden Crow Splits the Firmament to incinerate more than three hundred warriors and destroy siege equipment.
• Göktürk fighters converged on Lu Changfeng, but he repelled them with Supreme Sword Dao and Four Symbols True Meaning sword techniques.
• Lu Changfeng strode through the enemy ranks toward Wang Jingxian and Lin Xiong, killing the warriors in his path.
• The defenders cheered at Lu Changfeng's arrival and launched a renewed counterattack.
• Lin Xiong marveled at Lu Changfeng's strength, while Wang Jingxian watched him and murmured his name.

Yan Qiya summoned the ancient Galloping Wolf spirit, transforming herself into a powerful half-wolf warrior at the cost of her vital essence. She attacked Lu Changfeng, whose Wind-Raising Sword met her claws in a fierce duel beneath the city walls.

• Yan Qiya and Yang Kaitian watched Lu Changfeng rout Göktürk forces and discussed his extraordinary strength and Ghost Valley inheritance.
• Yan Qiya began an ancient incantation to seek aid from the Galloping Wolf spirit, while Yang Kaitian guarded her.
• Yan Qiya borrowed the spirit's power, aged dramatically, and transformed into a half-human, half-wolf creature whose strength neared the Fifth Realm.
• Yan Qiya struck Lu Changfeng with three blood-red wind blades, but his Indestructible Golden Body endured the attack with only faint marks.
• Lu Changfeng drew the Wind-Raising Sword and charged Yan Qiya, beginning a destructive duel that neither army could safely enter.