Recaps

Ren Ye learned that his guesses about the five people accompanying him into Immortality Mountain were wrong, but he could not find the mistake and questioned Rat Lord about the Second Prince instead. Meanwhile, Han Chan continued his alliance with Guan Feng despite the Southern Border’s coming counterattack, determined to preserve a path for the Feather-Scale Party’s successors.

• The Heavenly Dao told Ren Ye that all five of his identity guesses were wrong, leaving him unable to identify which clues he had misunderstood.
• Ren Ye asked Xu Qingzhao to help review his deductions, but she found no flaw in them and instead admitted she had been thinking about what color bra would look best.
• As the convoy traveled toward the Capital, Ren Ye questioned Rat Lord about the Second Prince, learning that he was the leading contender for the throne and had once been unconscious for over a year after a grave illness.
• Rat Lord told Ren Ye that the Second Prince’s mother died soon after her son recovered.
• On a carriage in Lingnan, Han Chan rejected his subordinate’s suggestion to abandon Guan Feng and return to Great Qian, saying he intended to honor their alliance and protect the Feather-Scale Party’s successors.

On the way to the Southern Border capital, Ren Ye learned the palace rumors surrounding the Second Prince’s illness and Consort Jing’s death, then began investigating the mystery. After arriving in Wuyao City, he waited to meet the Second Prince, while the Third Prince confronted Rat Lord outside Huitong Hall.

• Rat Lord told Ren Ye that Consort Jing had been suspected of using Witchcraft and Gu Arts to cause the Second Prince’s illness, but Ren Ye questioned her motive and suspected she had been sacrificed to conceal something else.
• Ren Ye wrote down the timeline of Consort Jing’s pregnancy, the Second Prince’s illness, her confinement and death, and the prince’s recovery, believing the case might connect to the Southern Border turmoil.
• The convoy arrived in Wuyao City, and Ren Ye and his party settled at Huitong Hall while Rat Lord went to report to the emperor and notify the Second Prince.
• The Third Prince arrived outside Huitong Hall, teased Rat Lord about having been shaved by the Second Prince, and left Rat Lord speechless.

Ren Ye met Third Prince Shuo, accepted an invitation to dine at his mansion, and traveled through the magnificent Wuyao City with his companions. Meanwhile, Big Fat Dragon arranged to provide Ren Ye with a residence in the Capital, though he ordered Rat Lord to pay for it himself.

• Third Prince Shuo invited Ren Ye to a banquet, and Rat Lord reminded Ren Ye that the Emperor had summoned him at the Second Prince’s advice.
• Ren Ye met Third Prince Shuo at Huitong Lodge, accepted the invitation, and gathered Fenglin, Li Yan, Xu Bangzi, and the Four Child Attendants to accompany him.
• Ba Wu prepared gifts to visit Third Master at the minister of personnel’s mansion.
• Ren Ye and his companions traveled by carriage to Prince Shuo’s mansion, and Ren Ye admired Wuyao City’s grandeur.
• Rat Lord reported to Big Fat Dragon that he had promised Ren Ye a residence, and Big Fat Dragon ordered him to buy a three-courtyard house at his own expense.

Ren Ye attended a private banquet hosted by the Third Prince, who offered him a fortune in future northern profits and gave him five chests of valuable gifts. Ren Ye accepted the gifts while remaining unsure of the Third Prince’s motives, and Ba Wu left the Ministry of Personnel Minister’s residence after learning his host would not return that night.

• The Third Prince dismissed the dancing girls and told Ren Ye he had invited him because he wanted to meet someone reputed to be vulgar, greedy, and lustful.
• Ren Ye and the Third Prince discovered they considered themselves kindred spirits and drank together.
• The Third Prince offered to fund Qingliang Prefecture with thirty million star source after making money in the North, where he believed war might break out.
• The Third Prince presented Ren Ye with five chests of valuables, and Ren Ye accepted them into his consciousness space despite protesting.
• Ba Wu waited nearly four hours for the Third Master at the Ministry of Personnel Minister’s residence, then left after a servant said the master might not return that day.

Ren Ye learned that Emperor Wanwu had summoned him to investigate the forces behind the border crisis, and the Second Prince revealed that the emperor needed him to act as a sharp blade. The chapter ended with Ren Ye asking what he would gain from the dangerous assignment.

• Ren Ye left the Third Prince’s banquet after allowing his companions to stay and enjoy themselves, then discussed the Third Prince’s intentions with Li Yan and Fenglin.
• Emperor Wanwu received Yin Guang’s report that Monk Peng was gathering men and might be returning to meet Guan Feng, then ordered the Second Prince to bring Ren Ye to the palace.
• The Second Prince arrived at Huitong Hall, reunited with Ren Ye from the Immortality Mountain Secret Realm, and escorted him to meet the emperor.
• On the carriage ride, the Second Prince said the emperor wanted the loss of the sealing stone slab and the Qingliang Prefecture plague investigated, including who supported Guan Feng and Han Chan.
• The Second Prince told Ren Ye that the emperor needed an exceptionally sharp blade, and Ren Ye asked what he would get in return.

Ren Ye bargained with Big Fat Dragon over whether to investigate the Border Case, securing the First Prince’s protection and the right to stop if the danger became too great. He then met Emperor Wanwu at the Witch God Palace, where the emperor questioned whether Ren Ye was still the wastrel he had once been, while Ba Wu continued waiting at the Minister of Personnel’s residence.

• Ren Ye resisted Big Fat Dragon’s offers of Qingliang Prefecture tax revenue and demanded protection and the option to end the investigation when he judged it too dangerous.
• Big Fat Dragon warned Ren Ye to speak honestly about his ambitions to Emperor Wanwu, since the emperor’s judgment could determine whether Ren Ye survived the Court’s scrutiny.
• Ren Ye entered the Witch God Palace and formally greeted Emperor Wanwu at Moon-Reflecting Lake.
• Emperor Wanwu recalled his past with Ren Ye’s father, then observed that Ren Ye had several powerful experts accompanying him and asked whether he was still the wastrel Zhu Zigui of old.
• Ba Wu waited at the Minister of Personnel’s residence, irritated by the dark, muggy weather.

Ren Ye met with the old emperor, professed loyalty to the Wuyao Kingdom, and was later appointed Imperial Commissioner to investigate the conspiracy involving Guan Feng and Han Chan. The Third Prince stunned the court by demanding Ren Ye’s immediate execution.

• Ren Ye told the old emperor that he would never reconcile with Great Qian and offered to submit Qingliang Prefecture to the Wuyao Kingdom.
• Ren Ye claimed Earth Dragon Six Jia was safely back in Qingliang Prefecture, and the old emperor laughed at his evasive answer.
• At the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the old emperor appointed Ren Ye Imperial Commissioner to investigate Guan Feng and Han Chan.
• After the ministers stayed silent, the Third Prince called for Ren Ye to be beheaded and his head displayed at the northern city gate.

The Third Prince accused Ren Ye of conspiring to annex Southern Border territory and urged Emperor Wanwu to have him beheaded, while ministers split over the charges. Emperor Wanwu ordered Ren Ye taken into custody and confined in the Dungeon.

• The Third Prince presented three charges against Ren Ye, including evidence that he had tried to secure Thousand-Mile Green Battalion territory through Ba Wu.
• Ren Ye denied seeking to expand his territory and asked Emperor Wanwu to investigate, while the Second Prince remained silent.
• Jin Guoting and Wu Zhengying backed the accusations, and other ministers joined them in demanding Ren Ye's execution.
• The First Prince argued that the evidence was insufficient and warned that executing Ren Ye without proof could harm Southern Border's relations with other states; Yao Qingshan seconded his motion.
• The Third Prince proposed arresting Ba Wu to obtain proof and renewed his plea for Ren Ye's execution.
• Emperor Wanwu ordered Ren Ye taken into custody and confined in the Dungeon.

After the Third Prince accused Little Prince Huai of conspiring to seize Southern Border territory, Ba Wu was arrested and tortured until Jin Guoting arrived and urged him to confess in exchange for a chance to live. The Ministry of Justice then moved against Little Prince Huai’s retinue, ordering them seized while Huai remained away.

• The old emperor ordered Ren Ye confined and tasked Song Wenzhang with investigating the accusations against Little Prince Huai.
• Ba Wu was turned away after three days seeking Jin Guoting’s advice, and he resolved to leave the Capital and abandon the Golden Wolf Tribe.
• A Ministry of Justice officer arrested Ba Wu, who was tortured but denied taking money or conspiring with Little Prince Huai.
• Jin Guoting arrived, explained why he had avoided Ba Wu, and urged him to confess so he might survive with his life spared.
• Soldiers burst into Huitong Hall and announced that Little Prince Huai’s retinue would be imprisoned as accomplices and executed after autumn.

Ren Ye tried to understand why the Third Prince had denounced him, then learned the prince had used the Court’s accusations to distinguish genuine threats from political opportunists and gave him protective armor. The emperor sentenced Ren Ye to exile and forced labor in the Nether River Realm, where the journey would take him through Zhangzhou as Monk Peng was expected to arrive there.

• Ren Ye weighed his leverage and his chances in prison before the Third Prince secretly visited his cell.
• The Third Prince admitted he had attacked Ren Ye to profit with the emperor’s favor, while arguing that the Court’s collective accusations exposed who truly wanted Ren Ye dead.
• The Third Prince gave Ren Ye Exquisite Armor, which could withstand three full-force blows from a fourth-grade peak supernatural ability user, and left the jailers to deny that he had visited.
• The minister of justice presented Ba Wu’s testimony that Ren Ye had tried to bribe him, and the emperor sentenced Ren Ye to exile in the Nether River Realm to work as a laborer until his destiny dissipated.
• The emperor learned Monk Peng was heading to Zhangzhou, a route Ren Ye would have to pass through, then asked for an Imperial Commissioner to investigate the Destiny-Sealing Stone Slab theft and Guan Feng’s case; Yao Qingshan recommended the First Prince.

Ren Ye’s prison convoy was stopped by Princess Jun’an’s procession before Big Fat Dragon arrived with an imperial proclamation appointing Ren Ye and Prince Ren to investigate the Borderland Turmoil case. As they prepared to leave for Zhangzhou, Ren Ye asked Big Fat Dragon which prince could still inherit the throne.

• Ren Ye and the others endured a public send-off as they were escorted from the Capital toward exile in the Nether River Realm.
• Princess Jun’an’s procession passed the convoy, and Ren Ye briefly met her gaze through the carriage curtain.
• Big Fat Dragon arrived and announced that the emperor had entrusted Ren Ye with investigating the Borderland Turmoil case and appointed Prince Ren to assist him.
• Ren Ye complained that Big Fat Dragon had failed to protect him, but agreed to leave for Zhangzhou after hearing that Yin Guang had uncovered Guan Feng and the others’ movements.
• Big Fat Dragon said they would disguise people as Ren Ye to misdirect the convoy, and Ren Ye asked which prince remained a possible heir to the throne.

Ren Ye and Big Fat Dragon arrived in Huang Jushi County to investigate Monk Peng, while Yin Guang went ahead to Anfeng Township to track him. As Ren Ye heard the county’s founding story, he learned that Consort Jing was buried nearby and reacted with surprise.

• Ren Ye’s party and Big Fat Dragon’s guards traveled to Huang Jushi County, where Yin Guang’s scout reported that Monk Peng had gone to Anfeng Township and two of his subordinates were staying nearby.
• Big Fat Dragon agreed to wait for Yin Guang’s Spirit Pigeon message before arresting Monk Peng’s subordinates and moving to Anfeng Township.
• Ren Ye described his brutal revenge plan for Guan Feng, and Big Fat Dragon recoiled at the details.
• A waiter told Ren Ye how Huang Jushi had invented the Little Bright King and frightened Liu Batian into fleeing, allowing starving refugees to seize the hoarded grain.
• The waiter revealed that Consort Jing had been buried on nearby Feng Mountain, and Ren Ye asked in surprise whether she was buried there.

Ren Ye split his forces between pursuing Monk Peng and tracking Monk Peng’s two subordinates, then followed the latter to Feng Mountain. He arrived as the grave robbers opened Consort Jing’s coffin and discovered something shocking inside.

• Ren Ye learned that Consort Jing was buried on Feng Mountain, then agreed to stay behind and watch Monk Peng’s two subordinates while Big Fat Dragon went to Anfeng Township to reinforce Yin Guang.
• Ren Ye persuaded Li Yan to accompany Big Fat Dragon by promising him a chance to inspect the Nether River Treasure Vase and Nine-Curve Azure Cloud Bamboo.
• Ren Ye and his companions secretly left the inn and learned that He Lao Si and A-Da had taken six Supernatural Ability Users to Phoenix-Perching Mountain.
• Ren Ye recognized Feng Mountain as Consort Jing’s burial place and led his group up the mountain to investigate.
• He Lao Si and the other grave robbers opened Consort Jing’s coffin, and He Lao Si was stunned by what he saw inside.

Ren Ye and his companions investigated the tomb robbers searching around Consort Jing Tomb and captured A-Da. Fenglin discovered and broke a concealed formation on Heaven-Reaching Peak, revealing a tunnel that the group prepared to explore.

• He Laosi found Consort Jing’s coffin empty and sent his men to search Phoenix-Perching Mountain for hidden chambers or passages.
• Ren Ye’s group observed the tomb robbers, decided to capture them, and split up to watch for an opportunity.
• Ren Ye and Ai Fei lured A-Da with a vision of Consort Jing, then defeated and captured him.
• A burst of rainbow light alerted Ren Ye and Ai Fei that Fenglin had broken a formation on Heaven-Reaching Peak.
• Fenglin revealed a concealed tunnel, and Ren Ye told Ding Jun to gather the others before they went inside.

Ren Ye, Fenglin, and Ai Fei entered a hidden cave on Heaven-Reaching Peak and found evidence that Consort Jing had cultivated there. A mural about “Three Origins Returning to One” led Ren Ye to suspect Consort Jing tried to use Big Fat Dragon as a Dao Body, though he questioned whether the method could work on a man.

• Fenglin used Ai Fei’s Formation Flags and copper coins to get himself, Ren Ye, and Ai Fei through the formation, while the others waited outside.
• Inside the cave, Ren Ye and Ai Fei found women’s belongings and concluded that the retreat had belonged to Consort Jing before she entered the palace.
• Ai Fei discovered two stone carvings: one showed a crowned ruler surrounded by auspicious beasts, and the other depicted a woman becoming three, with the inscription “Three Origins Returning to One grants entry into Divine Prohibition” and the name Wanqing.
• Ren Ye connected the cultivation method to Big Fat Dragon’s unexplained year-long illness and proposed that Consort Jing had tried to refine him into her Dao Body.
• Ren Ye then wondered whether the method could create a male Dao Body and let a woman become self-sufficient.

Ren Ye and Ai Fei examined the murals and discussed whether Big Fat Dragon had been involved in a dangerous Dharma Body technique. After Fenglin pointed out that the first mural depicted destiny, Ren Ye pieced together a theory about Consort Jing’s plans and left the others confronting a disturbing possibility about the Eldest Princess.

• Ai Fei explained the difference between temporary spell bodies and enduring Dharma Bodies, and said a Dharma Body could not cross between male and female.
• Ren Ye and Ai Fei considered whether someone had tried to refine Big Fat Dragon into a Dharma Body, but concluded that his age made the process unlikely and dangerous.
• Fenglin drew attention to the beasts bowing to the emperor in the first mural, prompting Ren Ye to recognize the image as a sign of destiny.
• Ren Ye theorized that Consort Jing entered Emperor Wanwu’s palace to obtain destiny through a secret cultivation method, then turned her attention to the Second Prince when she could not act against the emperor.
• Ren Ye suggested that Emperor Wanwu discovered Consort Jing’s scheme and confined her, and wondered whether her pregnancy with the Eldest Princess had been part of an attempt to steal destiny.

Ren Ye and Ai Fei concluded that Consort Jing may have survived after fleeing the palace and could be plotting to steal the Wuyao Kingdom's destiny. After investigating her tomb and questioning He Lao Si, Ren Ye headed to Anfeng Township, while Monk Peng escaped pursuit and continued north alone.

• Ren Ye, Ai Fei, and Fenglin reasoned that Consort Jing may have tried to turn her unborn daughter into a Dao Body using Big Fat Dragon's destiny, but that Emperor Wanwu saved the children and Consort Jing escaped.
• Ren Ye and his companions recorded the cave abode's clues, looted its belongings, erased its murals, and searched Consort Jing's tomb before setting out for Anfeng Township.
• Ding Jun and Ren Ye questioned He Lao Si, who said Monk Peng had ordered them to search Consort Jing's tomb for burial goods and hidden passages while investigating her past.
• At Anfeng Township, Big Fat Dragon told Ren Ye that Monk Peng had escaped, though they had captured others.
• On the road back to Lingnan, Monk Peng admitted to his companion that He Lao Si and A-Da had gone to Consort Jing's tomb on their private business, then emerged from a forest alone and headed north.

Ren Ye learned that Consort Jing had likely tried to seize Big Fat Dragon’s destiny, then received news that the Qingliang Prefecture plague was over and sent Wu Pangzi to investigate Monk Peng’s network. At a hidden temple, Guan Feng and Han Chan learned from a court letter that the Second Prince had entered the martial world to seize the dragon’s destiny.

• Ren Ye told Big Fat Dragon that Monk Peng’s men had opened Consort Jing’s tomb and searched a hidden chamber, while Big Fat Dragon confirmed rumors that Consort Jing had tried to seize his destiny.
• Ren Ye received Old Liu’s letter reporting the plague’s resolution, and Wu Pangzi offered to search the Three Lands of Lingnan with Old Liu and Er Leng.
• Ren Ye agreed to Wu Pangzi’s plan and gave him jewelry for his wives before Wu Pangzi left Anfeng Township.
• Monk Peng returned to Guan Feng and Han Chan with the materials for a Soul Banner and reported that Yin Guang and likely Prince Ren had pursued him.
• Guan Feng read a secret letter from their court contact and told Han Chan that the Second Prince had entered the martial world to slay the dragon and seize its destiny.

Han Chan told Guan Feng how his martial uncle had revealed the Witch God Altar's secrets and helped inspire their scheme, then showed him the stolen Destiny-Sealing Stone Slab. Later, Ren Ye and Big Fat Dragon received a new lead on Guan Feng's recruitment, while an injured old man left a prison in the Wuyao Kingdom's capital.

• Han Chan and Guan Feng agreed to pursue their plans, with Han Chan arranging the Soul Banner at Sunset Town and Guan Feng preparing to seize the dragons' destiny.
• Han Chan recounted how his martial uncle had guided him toward Qingliang Prefecture and disclosed the Heavenly Dao debt and the Destiny-Sealing Stone Slab's purpose.
• Han Chan revealed that he had stolen the Destiny-Sealing Stone Slab from Immortality Peak, opening part of the underground tomb chamber where the stone embryo evil sui was suppressed.
• Ren Ye learned from Big Fat Dragon that their prisoners knew nothing about Guan Feng, and the two joked about digging up Wu Shuai's grave before deciding against it.
• Yin Guang reported that an informant had been invited to join a major scheme, possibly Guan Feng's recruitment effort, and Big Fat Dragon ordered him to monitor the lead.
• An injured old man with a vacant gaze rode away from a prison in the capital of the Wuyao Kingdom.

Ba Wu left the Capital stripped of office but grateful to Jin Guoting for helping him avoid a worse punishment. Meanwhile, the First Prince secretly ordered troops and supplies mobilized, and Zou Qing confronted Ba Wu at an inn with the severed head of Wangcai.

• Jin Guoting escorted Ba Wu out of the Capital and urged him to keep in touch with his clan, and Ba Wu thanked him for saving his life before riding toward Lingnan Prefecture.
• The First Prince arrived at Tianxiong Pass and issued secret orders to gather fifty thousand troops, prepare provisions for two hundred thousand soldiers, and keep Hezhou’s officers at their posts.
• The First Prince told Zhang Hong that the military preparations might target Qingliang Prefecture because Emperor Wanwu was furious over the theft of the Destiny-Sealing Stone Slab.
• Ba Wu stopped at an inn and began writing to his family about the difficulties caused by his dismissal.
• Zou Qing appeared at Ba Wu’s window and accused him of wanting to kill him, then revealed the severed head of Wangcai, whom Ba Wu had sent to find him.

Zou Qing revealed that Ba Wu had been kept alive as a pawn and used evidence of corruption to force him into a business discussion. Meanwhile, Ren Ye’s party pursued a lead to Sunset Town, while Wu Pangzi returned to Lingnan Prefecture and saw urgent military riders storm through the city.

• Zou Qing showed Ba Wu account books and secret memorials documenting his corruption, and Ba Wu realized Jin Guoting had spared him to use him as a disposable pawn.
• Ren Ye studied the Earth Dragon Six Jia and considered using its troop-training secrets as leverage in dealings with the Southern Border.
• Big Fat Dragon told Ren Ye that Yin Guang had found a lead involving a gathering of Supernatural Ability Users near Sunset Town, and the party set out for Lingnan Prefecture.
• Yin Guang reported that the group had grown to more than forty people and included two peak third-grade experts, while Big Fat Dragon arranged for a Haizhou guard unit to stand by.
• Wu Pangzi returned to Lingnan Prefecture, sent Owl to seek information about Guan Feng’s associates, and watched cavalry injure civilians as they raced through the city with urgent military intelligence.

Wu Pangzi learned that Ba Wu had been dismissed and heard rumors of unrest before government troops sealed Lingnan Prefecture. Outside the city, Old Liu and Er Leng found the roads blocked, while Monk Peng met two children in Sunset Town as Big Fat Dragon led troops there.

• Wu Pangzi met A San, who revealed that Ba Wu had been dismissed and that Ba Wu’s nephew was secretly gathering provisions and weapons.
• A San reported rumors that Ba Wu’s guards had stormed a county yamen, and Wu Pangzi saw government troops impose a curfew and seal Lingnan Prefecture.
• Old Liu and Er Leng found government troops blocking the road outside the city and withdrew to check other routes.
• A widow sent her daughter and son to gather firewood and Cinnabar Flowers near Sunset Town.
• Monk Peng appeared beside the children, gave the girl a Cinnabar Flower, and introduced himself as Monk Peng.
• Big Fat Dragon ordered his troops to ride quietly toward Sunset Town, with Ren Ye, Xu Bangzi, and Li Yan joining the march.

Big Fat Dragon and Ren Ye reached Sunset Town to find its people missing, then discovered tens of thousands of drained corpses in a dried-up lake. Han Chan revealed that he had used Big Fat Dragon’s subjects to refine his Soul Banner and Blood Pill, and prepared to attack as Supernatural Ability Users emerged from the mountains.

• Big Fat Dragon ordered his cavalry to seal off Sunset Town and search it for Guan Feng’s gathered followers.
• The soldiers found Sunset Town abandoned, with meals left unfinished and fires still burning in some houses.
• A Signal Arrow led Big Fat Dragon’s force to a dried-up lake, where they found the people of Sunset Town piled as shriveled corpses.
• Yin Guang fell to his knees and begged forgiveness for arriving too late to save the townspeople.
• Han Chan appeared on a cliff and claimed he had used Big Fat Dragon’s subjects to refine his Soul Banner and Blood Pill.
• Han Chan summoned a force of Supernatural Ability Users, and Big Fat Dragon swore to destroy Great Qian as purple energy erupted from his body.

Big Fat Dragon faced a rebel charge at Sunset Town while Wu Pangzi and his adopted sons escaped Lingnan Prefecture to warn Prince Huai. Wu Pangzi’s group broke through the pursuing soldiers, but Owl was lost in the forest as the survivors rode toward the Thousand-Mile Green Battalion’s Main Headquarters.

• Big Fat Dragon lost control as an old general led Southern Border troops toward Sunset Town and vowed revenge on the imperial clan.
• Wu Pangzi recognized signs of Ba Wu’s rebellion and decided to leave Lingnan Prefecture to warn Prince Huai and the Second Prince.
• Owl incapacitated the grain transport officer and two soldiers, and Crested Dog killed them before Wu Pangzi took their pass and armor.
• L an Asan returned to join Wu Pangzi and his seven adopted sons as they rode out of the city using the stolen pass.
• After soldiers pursued and surrounded them, Wu Pangzi led the group into a bloody fight, and six survivors escaped toward the Thousand-Mile Green Battalion’s Main Headquarters.
• Crested Dog told Wu Pangzi that Owl had flown away in the forest.

Ba Wu’s rebellion sparked a battle at Sunset Town, where Ren Ye and Big Fat Dragon faced Ba Wu’s troops and Han Chan’s experts. At the Thousand-Mile Green Battalion headquarters, the Dragon Head defied the Emperor’s secret decree and mobilized his forces to rescue Ren Ye and Prince Huai.

• Ba Wu rejected Zheng Ningshan and Big Fat Dragon’s accusations, rallied ten thousand soldiers to rebel, and declared his grievances against the Southern Border Court.
• Han Chan called on the Yulin Faction’s fourth-grade experts, while Li Baishou, Madam Chishui, and other fighters joined the forces arrayed against Ren Ye and Big Fat Dragon.
• The Heavenly Rhino Cave Master refused Han Chan’s invitation to join the attack, choosing to stay out of the slaughter and preserve virtue for his son.
• Li Yan charged Madam Chishui, and the Prince Huai Party and Second Prince Faction began fighting above Sunset Town’s lake and burial pit.
• At the Thousand-Mile Green Battalion headquarters, the Dragon Head rejected the Imperial Commissioner’s order to keep his forces inactive and ordered the Eight Transmitters to summon their masters.
• The Dragon Head ordered Yan Bo to mobilize fifty thousand bandit troops across Lingnan and lead them to rescue Ren Ye and Prince Huai.