Recaps

Xiao Hua gave Chang Feiyan his two-thousand-year Ling Yi Grass, which Chang needed for a friend’s descendant preparing to form a core. Chang offered Xiao Hua a token and a promise from a peak Golden Core cultivator, leaving Xiao Hua with a powerful favor to claim.

• Chang Feiyan asked whether Xiao Hua still had the Ling Yi Grass, and Xiao Hua confirmed he had kept it since the last secret bidding gathering.
• Xiao Hua handed Chang Feiyan the Ling Yi Grass without first asking for an exchange, surprising Chang Feiyan with his trust.
• Chang Feiyan explained that a friend of Fairy Weeping Moon needed Ling Yi Grass for a descendant who was about to form a core.
• Chang Feiyan gave Xiao Hua the jade token of a senior and told him it represented a promise from a peak Golden Core cultivator.

Xiao Hua learned from Chang Feiyan about the sword cultivators’ movements and the location of the pill formula he sought, then left Weeping Moon City for the Thunder Control Sect. On the way, he spotted someone who might have been Fu He and encountered disciples heading to the Foundation Establishment trial.

• Chang Feiyan gave Xiao Hua a jade pendant representing a Golden Core cultivator’s favor and said the pill formula he sought could be found in Myriad Flowers Valley, where access required Foundation Establishment or higher.
• Chang Feiyan told Xiao Hua that Duan Yuming had obtained the flying sword and that a female sword cultivator, possibly Zhang Yutong or Zhang Yuhe, had been seen heading toward the Sword Tomb.
• Xiao Hua left Weeping Moon City and spotted a familiar face he thought might be Fu He entering a Teleportation Array, but the array’s destination was uncertain.
• Xiao Hua traveled toward the Thunder Control Sect while thinking about finding Fu He and helping him with his family’s inherited spirit talismans.
• Xiao Hua met Gen Yu and other Thunder Control Sect disciples on their way to the Foundation Establishment trial and wished them success while urging them to value their lives.

Xiao Hua received a sound transmission talisman and sent a reply toward the Thunder Control Sect, revealing that he was alive and returning. At the sect, Qian Diheng, Xun Shu, and Xue Xue learned of his return, but were interrupted by visits from Wang Yunxiao, Yuan Bo, and Min Ge, who then offered to join them in welcoming him.

• Gen Yu and the other disciples left Xiao Hua after discussing his failed foundation establishment, while Gen Yu wondered about the sound transmission talismans Xiao Hua had used.
• Qian Diheng's Lightning Bolt Sound Transmission Talisman reached Xun Lei Palace, and Qian Diheng and Xun Shu realized Xiao Hua was alive; Xue Xue's ordinary talisman failed to reach him.
• Qian Diheng, Xun Shu, and Xue Xue set out to welcome Xiao Hua but were summoned to meet Wang Yunxiao, Yuan Bo, and Min Ge.
• Xue Xue rebuffed Min Ge's visit, and Qian Diheng told the three Foundation Establishment cultivators that Xiao Hua was returning.
• Wang Yunxiao, Yuan Bo, and Min Ge reacted with delight and said they would join the others in welcoming Xiao Hua.

After nearly five years apart, Xiao Hua returned to the Thunder Control Sect and reunited with Qian Diheng, Xun Shu, and Xue Xue. Xue Xue embraced him, overwhelmed by joy and sorrow, and bit his neck as he cried out in pain.

• Xue Xue calmly refused to treat Xiao Hua as a Foundation Establishment senior, while Min Ge and Yuan Bo waited with Wang Yunxiao to see whether Xiao Hua had advanced.
• Qian Diheng received a transmission confirming Xiao Hua was alive and returning, and Wang Yunxiao and the others left before he arrived.
• Xiao Hua reached the Lei Mo Mountain Range at dusk, where Qian Diheng, Xun Shu, and Xue Xue had waited anxiously.
• Qian Diheng embraced Xiao Hua, and the two joked that neither had established a foundation; Xun Shu welcomed Xiao Hua through tears.
• Xue Xue threw herself into Xiao Hua's arms, wept over their long separation, and bit his neck hard.

Xiao Hua reunited with Xue Xue after five years and reassured her about his relationship with Fairy Hongxia. He then learned that Xun Shu and Qian Diheng had kept his share of the spoils from their last trial, and he offered to divide them among the three of them.

• Xiao Hua kissed Xue Xue, who confronted him about his years away and realized he had been with Fairy Hongxia.
• Xiao Hua told Xue Xue that Fairy Hongxia knew about her and had accepted her as a sister, then reassured her about their future together.
• Xiao Hua greeted Xun Shu and Qian Diheng on the mountain path and declined to discuss the dangerous events of his absence.
• Qian Diheng told Xiao Hua that the group had gained spoils from the disciples Xiao Hua defeated near Mingxi, and Xue Xue handed him his share.
• Xun Shu explained the sect's rules for keeping spoils from sect-related battles, and Xiao Hua offered to divide the stored goods equally among the three of them.

Xiao Hua reunited with Qian Diheng and Xun Shu, giving them Zhong Yaoru and secretly providing Xue Xue with another bottle. He then met his master Wu Nai and the arrogant new junior disciple Zhai Hongshen, whose contemptuous refusal of Xiao Hua’s gift left Xiao Hua facing renewed scorn over his failed Foundation Establishment.

• Xiao Hua gave Qian Diheng and Xun Shu Zhong Yaoru, and Xun Shu accepted her share after Xiao Hua revealed that he had another bottle for Xue Xue.
• Xiao Hua gave Xue Xue the bottle and told her to ask Xun Shu how to use it, and Xun Shu said it could help Xue Xue establish her foundation within five years.
• Xiangyang and Wu Nai arrived, and Wu Nai mocked Xiao Hua for returning without establishing his foundation while introducing Zhai Hongshen as his new disciple.
• Xiao Hua offered Zhai Hongshen a Foundation Establishment Pill, but Zhai Hongshen rejected it and implied Xiao Hua needed it more.
• Wu Nai criticized Xiao Hua for focusing on pills and spirit herbs, and Zhai Hongshen joined in by calling Xiao Hua’s path a cautionary example.

Xiao Hua returned to Myriad Thunder Valley after six years away and learned that Wunai had pinned his hopes on the rapidly advancing Zhai Hongshen. As Xiangyang brought him to visit his master's family, Xiao Hua began questioning why cultivation progress had changed so dramatically among the sect’s disciples.

• Xiangyang welcomed Xiao Hua back and took him toward Myriad Thunder Valley to see Master's wife and his senior sister-in-law.
• Xiangyang explained that Wunai had devoted himself to Zhai Hongshen after Xiao Hua was presumed dead, while the sect had focused its investigation on the Netherworld Lotus.
• Xiao Hua said he did not blame Zhai Hongshen and asked Xiangyang about the true spirit bloodlines of Cultivation families.
• Xiangyang told Xiao Hua that the Cui family had Lingque true blood and that Fairy Hongxia's family had Ice Phoenix true blood.
• Xiao Hua wondered whether bloodlines or other factors explained the sudden disparity in cultivation progress, then said he would return to East Ridge Medicine Garden to cultivate.
• Two streams of divine sense approached, and Xiangyang told Xiao Hua that Master's wife and his senior sister-in-law had arrived.

Xiao Hua returned to East Ridge Medicine Garden, found that only the Xiao Yan Grass had survived, and prepared the garden and his cave abode for further cultivation. After discovering that Xue Xue’s storage pouch contained the Leaf Sun Fan and Water Blue Bead, he refined both treasures, then examined the rapid growth of his Phoenix Dharma Body and found that it could no longer transform into the Great Vajra Dharma Body.

• Xiao Hua said farewell to Xiangyang and Yan Qinglian and flew back to East Ridge Medicine Garden, reflecting on Xun Shu’s feelings and his own plans for Foundation Establishment.
• Xiao Hua found that all the garden’s spiritual herbs except the Xiao Yan Grass had withered, and sent repaired puppets to tend the surviving fields.
• Xiao Hua checked the garden’s precautions, arranged its defenses, and prepared mature Xiao Yan Grass and Fire Marrow Blazing Crystals for cultivation.
• Xiao Hua found the Leaf Sun Fan and Water Blue Bead in Xue Xue’s storage pouch, refined them, and learned he could control either one but not both at once.
• Xiao Hua examined his Phoenix Dharma Body and saw that it had advanced, but it could no longer transform into the Great Vajra Dharma Body.

Xiao Hua practiced with his Phoenix Dharma Body and tried to cultivate the Soul Capturing Bells, but he could not master the technique. Elsewhere, a cultivator began crossing a heavenly tribulation and was shocked when unfamiliar red lightning broke through his defenses, making him suspect it resembled a Saint Tribulation.

• Xiao Hua practiced controlling his Phoenix Dharma Body and felt free to reveal it because it carried a true spirit bloodline.
• Xiao Hua attempted to control the Soul Capturing Bells with a basic soul cultivation technique, but the black threads snapped and he returned to studying the technique.
• A tribulation-crossing cultivator used the Demon Subduing Starly Cycle Array and a golden brick spirit treasure to defend against the opening lightning.
• Red lightning pierced the array and shattered the golden brick’s phantasmal images, then left a deep pit in the brick itself.
• The cultivator recognized the red bolt as resembling Saint Tribulation lightning, though he could not understand why it was targeting a human cultivator.

A human tribulation-transcending cultivator was destroyed when an unexpected demonic-beast Saint Tribulation struck, then Xunyunzi and True Person Shenyan discussed how changes in Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi were reshaping cultivation on Xiaoyu Continent. The chapter ended with Xunyunzi revealing that he had considered joining other sects to exterminate the cultivation families.

• Red lightning destroyed the tribulation-transcending cultivator’s protective treasures, Nascent Soul, and fleshly body before the heavenly tribulation faded.
• Xunyunzi asked True Person Shenyan for advice about the Shanghua Sect’s development and described an aberration in Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
• Xunyunzi explained that qi-refining disciples from cultivation families had split into extremes, with some advancing rapidly and awakening their bloodlines while others struggled to cultivate.
• True Person Shenyan reasoned that the changes were linked to the Spiritual Qi aberration and noted that sect techniques still worked for family disciples who lacked their own Foundation Establishment techniques.
• Xunyunzi admitted that he had considered summoning other sects to discuss exterminating the cultivation families.

Xiao Hua finished tempering the Fire Marrow Blazing Crystal in his meridians and prepared to advance to the eighteenth layer of Qi Cultivation while experimenting with the Soul Capturing Bells. Xun Shu and Qian Diheng sent word that they had both established their foundations, and Xun Shu’s message left Xiao Hua with mixed feelings.

• True Person Shenyan advised Xunyunzi to recruit more disciples and compare their cultivation progress, then gave him a method for ordinary disciples to refine Life Spirit Tablets.
• Xiao Hua finished tempering the Fire Marrow Blazing Crystal in his meridians and prepared to use the final piece to break through to the eighteenth layer of Qi Cultivation.
• Xiao Hua controlled the Soul Capturing Bells with black threads of soul power and wondered how soul cultivators cultivated their souls and spirits.
• Xiao Hua opened the formation after sensing a disturbance and received simultaneous messages from Xun Shu and Qian Diheng announcing their Foundation Establishment.
• Xun Shu told Xiao Hua she had begun practicing Zhe Lei Evasion and expressed her gratitude, but stopped short of saying what she truly wanted.

Xiao Hua rejected the invitation to Qian Diheng’s Foundation Establishment celebration and resumed tempering his body with a Fire Marrow Blazing Crystal while pursuing clues to his origins. As the black collapse beneath East Ridge rose toward him, Qian Yuhua left Dry Thunder Palace and arrived outside East Ridge Medicine Garden carrying a token like Xiao Hua’s.

• Qian Yuhua and Qian Diheng invited Xiao Hua to their Foundation Establishment celebration, and Qian Diheng sent him a magic treasure as a gift.
• Xiao Hua declined to attend, sent replies to the other communication talismans, and vowed to uncover his origins through cultivation.
• Xiao Hua used his final Fire Marrow Blazing Crystal to temper his body, but the red threads in his bones stopped spreading at ninety-nine percent.
• The black collapse beneath East Ridge passed through the formation surrounding the medicine garden and continued rising toward Xiao Hua.
• Qian Yuhua grew anxious during a Golden Core lecture because he was refining Lingli Pills, then left to check on them.
• Qian Yuhua used Zhe Lei Evasion to reach East Ridge Medicine Garden, carrying a token identical to Xiao Hua’s.

Xiao Hua broke through to the eighteenth layer of Qi Cultivation while absorbing Fire Marrow Blazing Crystal, but his cultivation was interrupted by the arrival of the Origin of Fire and Qian Yuhua. The chapter ended with Xiao Hua offering to let Qian Yuhua take it while keeping his own distance.

• Xiao Hua's Phoenix Dharma Body and meridians absorbed Fire Marrow Blazing Crystal, and he broke through to the eighteenth layer of Qi Cultivation.
• An unseen attack shattered Xiao Hua's formations, so he flew out of his cave and used the Eye of Delusion Breaking to identify a moving black dot as the Origin of Fire.
• Qian Yuhua appeared behind Xiao Hua, called the Origin of Fire Fire Essence, and revealed that he had entered East Ridge Medicine Garden with another token.
• Qian Yuhua destroyed his token with Samadhi True Fire and questioned Xiao Hua about the flames around his body.
• The Origin of Fire changed direction to follow Xiao Hua, who offered to let Qian Yuhua take it and flew farther away.

Qian Yuhua failed to capture the Origin of Fire and revealed that he intended to possess Xiao Hua’s body to claim it. Xiao Hua resisted with his Phoenix Dharma Body and Town Cloud Seal, but Qian Yuhua began countering his attacks.

• Qian Yuhua tried to collect the Origin of Fire with a blue sphere and a lightning ruler, but both artifacts failed to contain it.
• Qian Yuhua used a cauldron and Leaf Sun Fan to halt the Origin of Fire briefly, then realized it kept returning to Xiao Hua.
• Qian Yuhua revealed his plan to possess Xiao Hua and admitted he wanted the Fire Essence to advance his cultivation.
• Xiao Hua summoned his Phoenix Dharma Body, which blocked Qian Yuhua’s pressure, and attacked him alongside the Town Cloud Seal.
• Qian Yuhua repelled the Phoenix Dharma Body with his robe, dissolved the Town Cloud Seal’s karmic obstacles, and sent a fire dragon against its clouds.

Xiao Hua fought Qian Yuhua with the Town Cloud Seal, a puppet, a demonic hammer, and Zhu Meng, managing to injure him despite Qian Yuhua’s powerful fire techniques. The battle paused when Qian Yuhua withdrew to treat his wounds, and Xiao Hua dodged as the pursuing Origin of Fire threatened him from behind.

• Qian Yuhua burned away the Town Cloud Seal’s clouds with the Leaf Sun Fan, but the seal struck his arm and damaged his daoist robe.
• Xiao Hua flew at Qian Yuhua with his snake-shaped puppet and demonic hammer, breaking through several scarlet defenses.
• Zhu Meng emerged from the puppet and split into eight sword lights, piercing Qian Yuhua’s daoist robe and forcing him upward.
• Qian Yuhua abandoned his plan to preserve Xiao Hua for possession, then sent fire dragons at Xiao Hua and Zhu Meng before retreating to tend his wounds.
• Xiao Hua smashed the fire dragons but did not pursue, then dodged left when he sensed the Origin of Fire approaching from behind.

Xiao Hua and Qian Yuhua fought for a day and night over the Fire Essence, with Xiao Hua using multiple treasures and his endless flame-derived magic power to hold off the stronger cultivator. When Qian Yuhua trapped him with a giant-hand talisman, Xiao Hua finally unleashed Bright Thunder Evasion and reached him before he could escape.

• Qian Yuhua used his sword artifact and Leaf Sun Fan to overwhelm Xiao Hua, who relied on his demonic hammer, Phoenix Dharma Body, and allies to survive.
• Xiao Hua brought out his own Leaf Sun Fan and accelerated the refinement of the Fire Marrow Blazing Crystal to keep its power from dwindling.
• Xiao Hua and Qian Yuhua battled across East Ridge for a day and night, while Zhu Meng wore down Qian Yuhua's defenses and the Origin of Fire pursued Xiao Hua.
• Xiao Hua's Leaf Sun Fan caught fire and failed, so he used the Water Blue Bead and spirit armor to withstand Qian Yuhua's sword attack.
• Qian Yuhua hurled his sword artifact and used a spirit talisman to summon a giant hand that pinned Xiao Hua beneath its pressure.
• Xiao Hua blocked the sword with his demonic hammer, unleashed Bright Thunder Evasion, and shot toward the astonished Qian Yuhua.

Xiao Hua killed Qian Yuhua with a concealed magic artifact, but Qian Yuhua’s giant-hand spirit talisman struck him into the mountain. As the Origin of Fire pursued him relentlessly, Xiao Hua searched Qian Yuhua’s jade slips for a way to deal with it and learned that Qian Yuhua had mistaken it for a Fire Marrow Blazing Crystal.

• Xiao Hua’s concealed magic artifact pierced Qian Yuhua’s defenses and killed him, but Qian Yuhua’s giant hand struck Xiao Hua into the mountain.
• The Origin of Fire followed Xiao Hua underground, melting and vaporizing rocks as he fled.
• Xiao Hua retrieved Qian Yuhua’s spirit talisman and storage pouch, then found a jade slip explaining Qian Yuhua’s preparations.
• Xiao Hua learned Qian Yuhua had mistaken the Origin of Fire for a Fire Marrow Blazing Crystal and concluded that Qian Yuhua would have been burned by it.
• Xiao Hua tried several ways to escape the Origin of Fire, but it continued following him without changing direction.

After killing Qian Yuhua, Xiao Hua discovered that performing the Big Dipper Divine Fist drew the Origin of Fire into his body and began tempering him. The Origin of Fire finished transforming his bones and Phoenix Dharma Body, then entered his meridians, where Xiao Hua began circulating the Dragon Transformation Art to endure the next stage.

• Xiao Hua collected Qian Yuhua's spirit armor, sword, Leaf Sun Fan, and used spirit talisman, then spent a day searching for a way to handle the Origin of Fire.
• Xiao Hua realized the Big Dipper Divine Fist might guide the Origin of Fire and began performing its opening stance as the Origin approached.
• The Origin of Fire entered Xiao Hua's left foot and painfully tempered his bones, so Xiao Hua continued the fist while summoning his Phoenix Dharma Body and circulating the Buddhist Sect cultivation method.
• After Xiao Hua repeated the Big Dipper Divine Fist 360 times, the Origin of Fire had turned his bones crimson and transparent, then passed through his flesh and solidified the Phoenix Dharma Body's points.
• The Origin of Fire entered Xiao Hua's meridians and began tearing them apart, so Xiao Hua kept his Phoenix Dharma Body outside his body and circulated the Dragon Transformation Art.

Xiao Hua absorbed the Origin of Fire, which merged with the Heavenly Dao Starry Sky in his space and greatly clarified its paths. He awoke with his cultivation advanced and the East Ridge Medicine Garden calm, then prepared to leave with Little Yellow and Little Silver.

• Xiao Hua tempered his meridians with the Origin of Fire and ignited the spirit fire from the Myriad Monster Realm.
• The Origin of Fire entered Xiao Hua's space through a Heavenly Dao ripple, and its power spread through the space.
• The Origin of Fire merged with the Heavenly Dao Starry Sky, setting it ablaze and deepening Xiao Hua's understanding of its paths.
• Xiao Hua awoke and found Little Yellow unharmed; Little Silver climbed onto Little Yellow's back.
• Xiao Hua left the space with Little Yellow and Little Silver as his cultivation reached the middle stage of the eighteenth layer of Qi Cultivation and the spiritual energy in the East Ridge Medicine Garden calmed.

Xiao Hua escaped East Ridge Medicine Garden after restoring its formation and learned that Cui Hongshen had established his foundation. He hurried to Zhai Hongshen’s celebration, where Helpless reluctantly ordered that he be admitted.

• Xiao Hua burned Qian Yuhua’s token and storage pouch after taking Qian Yuhua’s belongings, then discovered that his own space could hold storage pouches.
• Xiao Hua found that Qian Yuhua had altered the East Ridge Medicine Garden formation, and he spent more than ten days restoring it using Qian Yuhua’s formation jade slips.
• Xiao Hua received Xiangyang’s messages that Cui Hongshen had established his foundation and that Helpless expected him at the celebration.
• Xiao Hua rushed toward Myriad Thunder Valley by a shortcut through a forbidden area, inadvertently startling a small green-patterned creature hidden there.
• Xiao Hua found Helpless and Xiangyang absent from their cave dwellings and realized the celebration was at Zhai Hongshen’s new cave dwelling.
• Xiangyang welcomed Xiao Hua and asked about his seclusion, while Helpless ordered Xiangyang to let him in.

Xiao Hua arrived late at Zhai Hongshen’s residence-opening gathering and was scolded by Helpless for missing Cui’s return and Foundation Establishment ceremony. The gathering left Xiao Hua sidelined as Zhen Mo and Zhai Hongshen talked, while Zhuo reminded him to give Zhai Hongshen a gift.

• Xiao Hua entered Zhai Hongshen’s spacious cave residence with Xiangyang and was reprimanded by Xiangyang and Helpless for arriving late and neglecting Cui’s ceremony.
• Several of Zhai Hongshen’s companions mocked Xiao Hua’s failed Foundation Establishment, while Helpless explained his shortcomings to Zhen Mo.
• Zhen Mo encouraged Xiao Hua, then turned his attention to Zhai Hongshen after Zhai Hongshen praised him and invoked his ancestor’s ties to Zhen Mo.
• Xiao Hua went to Zhuo and Yan Qinglian after being left out of the conversation, and Zhuo offered him a gift for Zhai Hongshen.
• Xiao Hua told Zhuo that he had prepared a gift and would present it to Zhai Hongshen.

At Zhai Hongshen’s Foundation Establishment celebration, Xiao Hua bristled when Zhai demanded he address him as Senior Brother, and the gathering was interrupted by the arrival of Zhen Jie from Yan Lei Ridge. Zhen Jie praised Zhai and presented gifts while Zhen Qikui and the others exchanged courtesies, leaving Xiangyang to receive a mocking greeting from Zhen Weisheng.

• Zhai Hongshen insisted that Xiao Hua call him Senior Brother Cui, and Xiao Hua resisted the public humiliation.
• A disciple suggested sparring with Xiao Hua, who challenged him to meet at Thunder Competition Ground before Wu Nai stopped the exchange.
• Zhen Jie arrived with Zhen Weisheng, Zhen Qikui, and Yan Xuefeng, surprising Wu Nai and the other guests.
• Zhen Jie said he had come to celebrate Zhai Hongshen’s Foundation Establishment and let Zhen Weisheng give Zhai a Yilian Pill.
• Zhen Weisheng introduced Zhen Qikui and Yan Xuefeng to Zhai, then greeted Xiangyang with a mocking congratulations on his advancement.

Zhen Jie and his disciples visited Cui Hongshen’s cave abode, where Zhen Qikui apologized to Xiao Hua before Zhen Weisheng questioned Wu Nai about two missing disciples near East Ridge. Zhen Jie pressured Wu Nai to swear he had not seen them, leaving Wu Nai facing a humiliating demand.

• Xiao Hua exchanged barbed remarks with Zhen Qikui and Xiangyang before everyone entered the cave abode.
• Zhen Jie ordered Zhen Qikui to apologize to Xiao Hua, and Xiao Hua returned the courtesy.
• Zhen Jie warned that disciples must resolve disputes properly rather than secretly harm fellow disciples.
• Zhen Weisheng asked Wu Nai whether he had seen Zhen Mie and Zhen Hao near East Ridge, and Wu Nai said he had been on duty at Myriad Thunder Valley.
• Zhen Jie used his pressure on Wu Nai and demanded that he swear a blood oath, leaving Wu Nai and Zhuo alarmed.

Qian Tian silenced the gathered cultivators and asked Xiao Hua for the Zhong Yaoru, which he believed could help Qian Diheng. Xiao Hua confirmed he still had it but bargained to give only half a drop, leaving Qian Tian displeased.

• Qian Tian confronted Zhen Jie and Xun Ming about why they had come to question Xiao Hua, then ordered everyone except Xiao Hua and Qian Diheng to swear secrecy.
• Wu Nai, Zhuo, Xun Ming, and Zhen Jie made heart oaths under Qian Tian's threat.
• Qian Tian thanked Xiao Hua for protecting Qian Diheng during the Mingxi trial and asked whether Xiao Hua still had the Zhong Yaoru.
• Xiao Hua said the Zhong Yaoru was in his storage pouch and revealed he had considered giving it to Cui Hongshen, who had rejected it.
• Xiao Hua asked whether Qian Tian would accept half a drop, and Qian Tian refused to bargain.

Xiao Hua gave Qian Tian and Xun Ming the remaining Zhong Yaoru, and Qian Tian ended the dispute over it. When Yan Xuefeng challenged Xiao Hua, Xiao Hua accepted by proposing a match on the Thunder Competition Ground.

• Qian Tian accepted Xiao Hua’s jade box, examined its contents, and returned it to him.
• Xiao Hua gave Xun Ming another jade box containing Zhong Yaoru, and she accepted it and promised a return gift through Xue Xue.
• Xiao Hua presented his storage pouch to Qian Tian, who declared that no disciple could trouble Xiao Hua over the matter again.
• Yan Xuefeng asked to spar with Xiao Hua, and Qian Tian said they could fight if they wished.
• Xiao Hua agreed to face Yan Xuefeng and the other disciples on the Thunder Competition Ground.