Recaps

Peacock, Chen Chen, and Yan emerged from the Inheritance Palace after receiving the Incense-Passing Cult’s inheritance and went to notify their elders. Meanwhile, Abbess Jingyi confronted Zixia over her accusations and urged her to choose Xi Mujun, leaving Zixia’s decision unresolved.

• Peacock, Chen Chen, and Yan thanked Peacock for helping them understand Primordial Qi and discussed their shared inheritance.
• Peacock led Chen Chen and Yan out of the Inheritance Palace, and the three headed toward Zixia after sending word to their masters.
• Abbess Jingyi arrived as Zixia and Xi Mujun discussed the Cult Master, then accused Zixia of speaking against the cult.
• Zixia defended her wish to avenge her master, and Abbess Jingyi challenged her for disregarding the feelings of the man she had left behind and doubting the cult’s efforts.
• Abbess Jingyi said Xi Mujun was a better match for Zixia and urged her to choose her own path without regret, while Xi Mujun waited eagerly for her answer.

Meng accepted the Purple Phoenix Hairpin, but Ren Xiaoyao stormed Yi Xiang Peak to find her and was badly injured. As Meng begged for his life, Abbess Jingyi told her to put down the hairpin, then heard Peacock, Chen Chen, and Rain Swallow arrive after receiving the inheritance.

• Meng reached for the Purple Phoenix Hairpin after thanking Abbess Jingyi for respecting her choice.
• A disciple reported that Ren Xiaoyao had fought his way up Yi Xiang Peak and was facing Uncle Hu near Ruijin Hall.
• The disciple relayed Ren Xiaoyao's message to Meng, who learned that Ren was badly injured and begged Abbess Jingyi and Xi Mujun to stop the fighting.
• Abbess Jingyi told Meng to put down the Purple Phoenix Hairpin and wait until she had calmed down before taking it again.
• Abbess Jingyi heard footsteps outside and called out to Peacock, Chen Chen, and Rain Swallow, asking whether they had received the inheritance.

Abbess Jingyi learned that Ren Xiaoyao had forced his way onto Yi Xiang Peak to see Meng and stop her from accepting Xi Mujun’s betrothal token. As Peacock and Chen Chen recognized Ren Xiaoyao as Zhang Xiaohua, the Cult Master ordered his records and went to meet him, while Ren faced Huben on the mountain path.

• Chen Chen arrived with Peacock and Rain Swallow, and Abbess Jingyi welcomed them after realizing Peacock had obtained an inheritance.
• Abbess Jingyi revealed that Ren Xiaoyao had stormed Yi Xiang Peak to stop Meng from accepting Xi Mujun’s betrothal token.
• Peacock and Chen Chen recognized Ren Xiaoyao as the medicine boy they knew, and Meng denied that he had ever told her of a betrothal.
• Abbess Jingyi ordered a disciple to fetch Ren Xiaoyao’s records and headed to meet him after learning he had reached Ruijin Hall.
• Ren Xiaoyao faced Huben on the main mountain path, refused to surrender, and prepared to fight.

Zhang Xiaohua fought Huben at Yi Xiang Peak while concealing his Immortal cultivation, and Meng watched anxiously from above. As Zhang Xiaohua began to fall behind, Meng declared that she understood why he had come and would not live if he died.

• Huben attacked Zhang Xiaohua with his Blunt Copper Rod, and their first clash worsened Zhang Xiaohua’s earlier injuries.
• Zhang Xiaohua used the Nameless Sword Technique to fight Huben, who countered his moves with powerful strikes.
• Zhang Xiaohua sensed Abbess Jingyi’s divine sense and spotted Meng among the masked women watching the battle.
• Huben and Zhang Xiaohua traded blows, revealing that Huben had a body-tempering art and was holding back with the Magic Wave Staff Technique.
• Peacock observed that Huben was yielding to Zhang Xiaohua, while Meng grew pale as Zhang Xiaohua began to lose ground.
• Meng told Zhang Xiaohua that she understood his intentions and would never live alone if he died.

Zhang Xiaohua defeated Huben with three brutal blows, but Abbess Jingyi ordered Meng to go to the Cliff of Mutual Devotion and then sent Xi Mujun to stop Zhang Xiaohua. As Xi Mujun’s deadly sword thrust closed in, Zhang Xiaohua suspected Abbess Jingyi was testing him and chose to keep his hidden powers concealed.

• Zhang Xiaohua struck Huben three times with the Prajna Heavy Sword, destroying Huben’s weapon and winning the match despite suffering severe injuries.
• Huben praised Zhang Xiaohua and Meng, declared Zhang Xiaohua the winner, and limped away.
• Abbess Jingyi ordered Meng to go to the Cliff of Mutual Devotion, promising to spare Zhang Xiaohua if Meng died; Meng accepted and left.
• Abbess Jingyi sent Xi Mujun to take the final pass, and Xi Mujun confronted Zhang Xiaohua with a sword strike that seemed impossible to evade.
• Zhang Xiaohua considered using his divine sense or the Dragon Binding Ring, but Abbess Jingyi’s attention shifted toward him, so he suspected she was testing him and braced for Xi Mujun’s strike without revealing his powers.

Zhang Xiaohua survived Xi Mujun’s attack when Abbess Jingyi stopped the sword with her divine sense, then was brought before the Cult Master in Mocu Palace. He learned that Meng had jumped from the Cliff of Mutual Devotion to protect him, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Abbess Jingyi used her divine sense to halt Xi Mujun’s sword and ordered him to spare Zhang Xiaohua.
• Abbess Jingyi summoned Zhang Xiaohua and the others to Mocu Palace and ordered disciples to check whether Zixia had survived her leap.
• Abbess Jingyi questioned Zhang Xiaohua about his identity and why he had entered the Incense-Passing Cult under false pretenses.
• Zhang Xiaohua offered to explain himself but asked to see Zixia first, insisting he had stormed Yi Xiang Peak to clear up her misunderstanding.
• Abbess Jingyi revealed that Zixia had jumped from the Cliff of Mutual Devotion to prevent the cult from punishing Zhang Xiaohua, and he realized why his life had been spared.

Zhang Xiaohua believed Meng had died and nearly attacked Abbess Jingyi, but Meng appeared alive and reunited with him. After he explained his search for her and their mutual feelings, Abbess Jingyi accepted their story and hinted that she had understood what Meng’s jump from the Cliff of Mutual Devotion meant.

• Zhang Xiaohua, despairing over Meng’s supposed death, struck himself and advanced toward Abbess Jingyi to challenge her.
• Meng appeared at the hall doors, and Zhang Xiaohua ran to her and clasped her hand despite Abbess Jingyi’s disapproval.
• Zhang Xiaohua explained that he had fought his way onto Yi Xiang Peak to clear up the misunderstanding about Nie Qianyu, and Meng said she had never doubted his feelings.
• Abbess Jingyi asked about Zhang Xiaohua’s journey, prompting him to recount how he had searched for Meng and eventually entered the Incense-Passing Cult.
• Meng confirmed that she had missed Zhang Xiaohua, and Abbess Jingyi believed their story despite Abbess Jinggang’s doubts.

Zhang Xiaohua learned that he and Meng had passed the first two Trials of Affection, but he still had to survive a deadly test in the Trial Forest to marry her. Despite his injuries and the danger, he agreed to enter immediately, leaving Meng anxiously behind.

• Abbess Jingyi accepted Zhang Xiaohua without investigating his background, but Peacock explained that he had to pass three trials to marry Meng.
• Peacock revealed that Zhang Xiaohua had passed the first trial by storming Yi Xiang Peak, while Meng had passed the second by leaping from the Cliff of Mutual Devotion.
• Chen Chen explained that the third trial required Zhang Xiaohua to kill one hundred Blood Wolves in the Trial Forest within three incense sticks, though the beasts there had recently been hunted nearly to extinction.
• Abbess Jingyi insisted that Zhang Xiaohua take the trial at once, and Meng urged him not to risk his life; he reassured her and was led away to the Trial Forest.
• After Zhang Xiaohua left, Chen Chen teased Meng about whether he had held or kissed her before.

Abbess Jingyi explained why kindness had to stay within the Incense-Passing Cult’s rules, while Meng anxiously awaited Zhang Xiaohua’s return. Zhang Xiaohua passed the final Trial of Affection, and Abbess Jingyi permitted him and Zixia to be together, though his next steps remained uncertain.

• Abbess Jingyi warned Abbess Xuezhen that granting exceptions to the Three Trials of Affection would undermine the cult’s rules and threaten the Incense-Passing Cult.
• Abbess Jingyi told the disciples to keep the secret of the inheritance Secret Chamber, lest others disrupt the cultivation opportunities there.
• Meng waited anxiously until Ruijin Hall disciples arrived with blood wolf tails, and Zhang Xiaohua entered Mocu Palace shortly afterward.
• Zhang Xiaohua reported that he had killed exactly one hundred blood wolves, completing the final trial ahead of time.
• Abbess Jingyi permitted Zhang Xiaohua and Zixia to be together, and Zhang Xiaohua prepared to leave for Lihuo Hall to recover.

Ren Xiaoyao became an honorary Protector disciple of Mocu Palace, and Peacock persuaded Abbess Jingyi to reduce Hui Chun Valley’s punishment for helping him enter the Incense-Passing Cult. The chapter ended with Xi Mujun telling Abbess Jinggang that he had seen Ren Xiaoyao acting intimately with Zhang Ping'er.

• Abbess Jingyi appointed Ren Xiaoyao a Protector disciple of Mocu Palace, with no authority over the other halls.
• Ren Xiaoyao admitted that he had misled Valley Master Nie, and Abbess Jingyi said Hui Chun Valley would be punished for breaking the rules.
• Peacock argued that Hui Chun Valley’s actions had led to Ren Xiaoyao and Zixia meeting, and Abbess Jingyi agreed to reduce the punishment while making Ren Xiaoyao bear part of it.
• Disciples arranged a secluded courtyard for Ren Xiaoyao near Meng’s residence as he recovered from his injuries.
• Abbess Jinggang urged Xi Mujun to accept that Zixia would be with Ren Xiaoyao, and Xi Mujun warned that Zhuo Qun might have caused trouble.
• Xi Mujun told Abbess Jinggang that he had seen Ren Xiaoyao walking intimately with Zhang Ping'er.

Xi Mujun persuaded Abbess Jinggang that Ren Xiaoyao had pursued Zhang Ping'er and Zixia for his own advantage, then left Yi Xiang Peak to look for Zhuo Qun. Beneath the moon, Zhang Xiaohua and Meng reunited and spoke of their love, Meng's grief over Master Jingxuan, and the strange dreams she asked whether he had experienced.

• Xi Mujun accused Ren Xiaoyao of manipulating Zhang Ping'er and Zixia, but Abbess Jinggang doubted his claims and reminded him that the Cult Master had approved Zixia's relationship with Ren Xiaoyao.
• Xi Mujun asked Abbess Jinggang for leave to leave Yi Xiang Peak, and she told him to find Zhuo Qun and urge him to return.
• Zhang Xiaohua and Meng shared a tender reunion beneath the full moon, teasing each other about Nie Qianyu and affirming their feelings.
• Zhang Xiaohua comforted Meng over Master Jingxuan's death and told her not to risk herself again to avenge her master.
• Meng asked Zhang Xiaohua whether he had ever experienced strange dreams, and he said he had not dreamed in a long time.

Zhang Xiaohua comforted Meng over her dreams and Master Jingxuan’s death, then learned why the Cult Master had let them pass through Mocu Palace so easily. Meng revealed the Cult Master’s old romance ended when her suitor failed the Three Trials of Affection, while Zhang Xiaohua wondered what became of him.

• Meng told Zhang Xiaohua that her vivid dreams had grown especially frequent after Master Jingxuan died, and Zhang Xiaohua vowed to kill the murderer.
• Zhang Xiaohua and Meng joked about his martial arts and discussed how strangely easily they had passed through Mocu Palace.
• Meng teased Zhang Xiaohua into giving her a massage, and he accidentally touched her beneath the arm before changing the subject.
• Meng explained that the Cult Master had once loved a Qingmu Hall disciple who challenged the Three Trials of Affection to reach her.
• The Qingmu Hall disciple killed ninety-nine Blood Wolves but failed to find the hundredth, then disappeared after leaving Yi Xiang Peak.
• Zhang Xiaohua suspected the Cult Master’s old regret had made her value marriage fate bestowed by Heaven and wonderously favor their passage.

Zhang Xiaohua left Mocu Palace for Huanxu after Meng saw him off and Chen Chen warned him to stay near the entrance and offered to help Hui Chun Valley. On the way, he apologized to Senior Brother Wei and encountered Zhang Ping'er, whose cold response left their misunderstanding unresolved.

• Meng saw Zhang Xiaohua off and urged him to earn merit in Huanxu to lessen Hui Chun Valley's punishment.
• Chen Chen advised Zhang Xiaohua not to venture deep into Huanxu and promised to ask Senior Sister Kong to speak to the Cult Master about Hui Chun Valley.
• Chen Chen told Zhang Xiaohua that Xia Qing was among the disciples already in Huanxu and joked that he should check for hidden marks before Little Fish caused trouble.
• Zhang Xiaohua apologized to Senior Brother Wei and returned the identity token he had taken from him.
• Zhang Xiaohua stopped after spotting Zhang Ping'er, apologized for any misunderstanding, and heard her coldly reject his apology.

Zhang Xiaohua left Yi Xiang Peak with the Guiyuan Grass Zhang Ping'er had given him and set out for the Ruined Basin, while Abbess Jingyi discussed his journey and other matters within the Incense-Passing Cult. Lost at a fork in the road, he encountered Ruijin Hall disciples who pointed out that he had been traveling the wrong way.

• Zhang Ping'er gave Zhang Xiaohua the Guiyuan Grass and told him to look after Senior Sister Zixia before leaving.
• Zhang Xiaohua descended Yi Xiang Peak, inspected the Xiubei Stele, and departed toward the Ruined Basin.
• Abbess Jingyi learned that Zhang Xiaohua had left and discussed his relationship with Zixia, missing disciples, and punishments for those involved in Hui Chun Valley.
• Zhang Xiaohua lost his way at a crossroads and encountered a group of Ruijin Hall disciples led by someone other than Yue Zhuoqun.
• A Ruijin Hall disciple gave Zhang Xiaohua directions and revealed that he had taken the wrong road to the Ruined Basin.

Xi Mujun returned to Ruijin Hall and learned that Ren Xiaoyao had taken the road toward Huanxu, then secretly followed him. Sensing danger, Zhang Xiaohua tried to refine his small shield and discovered that an incantation from the Eight Trigrams Purple Gold Furnace made it respond.

• Xi Mujun practiced his sword beneath a peach tree and achieved Invisible Sword Qi before setting off down the mountain.
• Ruijin Hall disciples discussed Ren Xiaoyao and speculated that he might have harmed the missing Yue the Third.
• Xi Mujun learned that Zhang Xiaohua had taken the wrong fork toward Huanxu, then secretly followed his trail.
• Zhang Xiaohua sensed an impending threat, traveled into a mountain forest, and hid in a hollow to work on his small shield.
• Zhang Xiaohua found that ordinary refining incantations failed, but an incantation from the Eight Trigrams Purple Gold Furnace caused the shield to tremble and glow red.

Zhang Xiaohua completed the simplest refinement of the Crimson Spirit Guard in a secluded swamp, but Xi Mujun appeared and threatened to kill him before he could reach Huanxu. The chapter left Zhang Xiaohua trying to placate the hostile Ruijin Hall chief disciple.

• Zhang Xiaohua learned that the Crimson Spirit Guard could only be refined in stages and put it away after discovering its basic defensive function.
• Zhang Xiaohua traveled cautiously for several days, then went alone into a swamp to refine the Crimson Spirit Guard.
• Zhang Xiaohua completed the shield’s simplest refinement and sensed that he could control it.
• Zhang Xiaohua sensed danger, climbed a tree, and discovered Xi Mujun waiting nearby.
• Xi Mujun rejected Zhang Xiaohua’s attempts at friendly address and threatened that he would not leave alive or reach Huanxu.

Xi Mujun confronted Zhang Xiaohua and revealed his plan to kill him, then attacked with formidable swordsmanship. Zhang Xiaohua survived the strike using his small sword and an unusual lightness skill, leaving Xi Mujun puzzled.

• Xi Mujun mocked Zhang Xiaohua over Meng and said Zhang Xiaohua’s arrival had ruined his hopes of winning Zixia.
• Xi Mujun admitted he had followed Zhang Xiaohua to kill him and planned to blame the deed on Yue the Third’s disappearance.
• Xi Mujun explained that Abbess Jinggang’s backing would let him evade punishment, then declared Zhang Xiaohua was no match for him.
• Xi Mujun launched a fierce sword attack, and Zhang Xiaohua drew Zhuimeng and charged into the strike.
• Zhang Xiaohua used the Floating Technique to shift aside and block Xi Mujun’s sword, surprising him with his lightness skill.

Zhang Xiaohua fought Xi Mujun, who countered his flying sword and talismans with Incense-Passing Cult methods and the Purple Phoenix Hairpin. The battle left Zhang Xiaohua struggling to keep the Dragon Binding Ring powered as Xi Mujun pressed his advantage.

• Xi Mujun was startled when Zhang Xiaohua dodged his sword, then recognized him as an Immortal Path Qi Practitioner and decided to capture him for the Cult Master.
• Zhang Xiaohua attacked with Dream, but Xi Mujun repeatedly struck the flying sword’s tip with his own sword and advanced toward him.
• Zhang Xiaohua threw fire talismans at Xi Mujun’s defensive shield until the last one destroyed it, while Xi Mujun accused him of killing Yue the Third.
• With no talismans left, Zhang Xiaohua sent the Dragon Binding Ring after Xi Mujun, who used the Purple Phoenix Hairpin and a yuan stone to knock it away with lightning.
• Xi Mujun repeatedly struck the Dragon Binding Ring with lightning while Zhang Xiaohua replenished his true qi, which was running out faster than he could restore it.

Zhang Xiaohua struggled to escape Xi Mujun while his true qi was depleted, using the Crimson Spirit Guard to hold off the Purple Phoenix Hairpin’s lightning until he could attempt Earth Escape. When Xi Mujun forced him back aboveground, Zhang Xiaohua’s small mirror reflected the lightning and killed Xi Mujun, leaving Zhang Xiaohua to recover in seclusion.

• Zhang Xiaohua fled Xi Mujun with the Misty Steps, dodging the Purple Phoenix Hairpin’s lightning while Old Hu’s robe softened its blows.
• Zhang Xiaohua used the Crimson Spirit Guard as a shield and drew primordial qi from yuan stones while Xi Mujun repeatedly attacked it.
• Zhang Xiaohua gathered enough true qi to use Earth Escape, but Xi Mujun’s lightning followed the lingering trace of his qi and forced him back aboveground.
• Zhang Xiaohua briefly revealed a second Purple Phoenix Hairpin, prompting Xi Mujun to realize Zhang Xiaohua had killed Yue Zhuoqun.
• Zhang Xiaohua raised his small mirror against Xi Mujun’s lightning, and the mirror reflected the strike back, killing Xi Mujun.
• Zhang Xiaohua found a secluded spot behind rocks and closed his eyes to regulate his breathing.

Zhang Xiaohua reflected on his perilous victory over Xi Mujun, collected Xi Mujun’s belongings, and hurried to find Huanhuan. While hiding by a stream, he overheard two Incense-Passing Cult disciples mention the Heavenly King and realized they belonged to the Heavenly Dragon Sect.

• Zhang Xiaohua recognized how close Xi Mujun had come to killing him and burned Xi Mujun’s corpse with a jade talisman.
• Zhang Xiaohua collected Xi Mujun’s triangular plaque, beast-head paperweight, Purple Phoenix Hairpin, and remaining Qi Stone.
• Zhang Xiaohua remembered Huanhuan might be in danger and rode off to search for her.
• Zhang Xiaohua sensed a warning, hid underground, and watched a green-clad man wait beside a stream.
• Junior Brother Cheng met Senior Brother Guan, complained about mining in Shu Yu Hall, and discussed serving the Heavenly King.
• Zhang Xiaohua overheard them and realized they were from the Heavenly Dragon Sect.

Zhang Xiaohua overheard two Heavenly Dragon Sect agents discuss Wuming Hall’s inner sect test and Junior Brother Cheng’s discovery of a hidden passage in a jade mine. He realized the passage might connect to the cult’s formation and offer a route outside, then reached Dragon Head Peak and set out to search for the Eight Trigrams Purple Gold Furnace.

• Senior Brother Guan told Junior Brother Cheng that Wuming Hall had sent more than a thousand eliminated and selected disciples to Dragon Stream Valley, and that Ming Qing might become their Deputy Hall Master.
• Junior Brother Cheng described finding and then losing the entrance to a deep passage in an abandoned Mount Jiuhua jade mine, and speculated that jade veins powered the Incense-Passing Cult’s protective formation.
• Zhang Xiaohua emerged from hiding and considered using his divine sense and Earth Escape to locate the passage and contact his family outside the cult.
• Zhang Xiaohua followed Senior Brother Guan’s route, found Huanhuan, and continued toward Dragon Head Peak.
• Zhang Xiaohua decided to search Dragon Head Peak for the Eight Trigrams Purple Gold Furnace and urged Huanhuan onward.

Zhang Xiaohua reached Dragon Head Peak, learned that Ming Qing was staying in Dragon Stream Valley, and secretly went there to observe the Wuming Hall disciples gathered in the valley. He overheard them speculate about a coming mission before recognizing Ming Qing and several inner sect disciples he had encountered at Yi Xiang Peak.

• Zhang Xiaohua met Wuming Hall disciples Yang Li and Chang Hong at the foot of Dragon Head Peak, and they told him Ming Qing was in Dragon Stream Valley.
• Zhang Xiaohua declined their offer to escort him, then used Earth Escape to reach Dragon Stream Valley without being noticed.
• Zhang Xiaohua listened as gathered Wuming Hall disciples guessed that their assembly was preparation for a secret mission against another sect.
• Several Ruijin Hall inner sect disciples emerged from a tent, and Zhang Xiaohua recognized Ming Qing and others from his earlier fight at Yi Xiang Peak.

Ming Qing worried that the Incense-Passing Cult’s coming campaign would bring heavy casualties, while Zhang Xiaohua continued searching for pill furnaces and mastered a concealment method. He reached the vast ruins of Huanxu beneath a storm of lightning and saw a chance to replenish his depleted True Qi.

• Ming Qing dismissed his disciples’ suspicion that Senior Brother Xi resented him and said he feared the Cult Master’s coming operation would cause more casualties than the last one.
• After the disciples returned to their tents, Zhang Xiaohua left Dragon Head Peak to search for his pill furnace.
• Several days later, Zhang Xiaohua perfected the Flying Technique’s concealment method and noted that he had found five Eight Trigrams Purple Gold Furnaces across the peaks.
• Zhang Xiaohua traveled toward Huanxu with Huanhuan and spotted distant clouds and lightning, reaching the ruins two days later.
• Zhang Xiaohua saw that lightning covered the enormous ruins and hoped to use it to restore the True Qi absorbed by the Eye of Delusion Breaking.

Zhang Xiaohua reached Huaxu, where Ruijin Hall disciples mistook him for a powerful rescuer sent to aid Xia Qing and warned him about the forbidden ground’s dangerous beasts. As he prepared to enter, he saw a Sabertooth Tiger and was horrified by what appeared between the pillars.

• Zhang Xiaohua presented his Mocu Palace token to Ren Wufeng and explained that the Cult Master had sent him to meet Xia Qing.
• Ren Wufeng said Xia Qing and four others had entered Huaxu twenty days earlier to investigate a mysterious thing after five-colored light appeared there.
• Ren Wufeng explained that Huaxu contained powerful ferocious beasts, including Sabertooth Tigers, and that even Mocu Palace disciples had only a fifty-fifty chance when forced to fight them.
• Ren Wufeng pointed out a Sabertooth Tiger strolling between the pillars, and Zhang Xiaohua was horrified by what he saw.

Zhang Xiaohua entered the Ruined Basin after a mysterious five-colored glow stirred an intense desire in him, only to discover that its formation blocked escape techniques and attacked intruders. After absorbing Primordial Qi from the formation’s attacks, he attracted several Sabertooth Tigers and prepared to face them.

• Ren Wufeng explained that the Ruined Basin was a powerful formation where Sabertooth Tigers could not cross its boundary, and Zhang Xiaohua decided to enter after seeing a five-colored glow shoot southwest.
• Huanhuan refused to approach the ruins, so Zhang Xiaohua left it behind and entered through a collapsed gateway alone.
• Zhang Xiaohua found that the formation prevented him from flying or using earth escape, then defended himself against a sword-shaped strand of Primordial Qi.
• Zhang Xiaohua fought off several more Primordial Qi attacks and absorbed the energy they released.
• Several Sabertooth Tigers arrived to absorb the Primordial Qi, spotted Zhang Xiaohua hiding nearby, and charged at him as he drew his heavy sword.