Recaps

Xiao Hua visited the Zhong Family to exchange Qian Mo secret stones for two pieces of gold foil, but Zhong Tianyao and Zhong Peiyuan refused to trade unless he revealed the foil’s use. The meeting turned hostile, and the Zhong Family threatened Xiao Hua and Xue Xue as he stood his ground.

• Zhong Peifu led Xiao Hua and Xue Xue into Zhongling Mountain Villa through a side entrance to meet Zhong Tianyao.
• Zhong Yejing recounted the events at White Bamboo Mountain, and Zhong Peiyuan dismissed her before she could explain further.
• Xiao Hua explained that he had obtained the Qian Mo secret stone by coincidence and revealed that he wanted to exchange it for the Zhong Family’s two pieces of gold foil.
• Zhong Tianyao refused the exchange because Xiao Hua would not disclose the gold foil’s use, while Zhong Peiyuan and Zhong Peifu accused him of threatening the family and mocked the Thunder Control Sect.
• Xiao Hua challenged the Zhong Family, and Zhong Tianyao and Zhong Peiyuan threatened to kill him and Xue Xue.

Xiao Hua threatened the Zhong Family after Zhong Peiyuan and Zhong Peifu attacked him and Xue Xue. He broke through the hall’s defenses and escaped with her, leaving the Zhong Family vowing to retaliate.

• Xiao Hua warned Zhong Tianyao that he would kill the Zhong Family’s disciples if they harmed him or Xue Xue.
• Zhong Peiyuan released his pressure at Xiao Hua while Zhong Peifu attacked Xue Xue, and Xiao Hua pulled her close and told her not to circulate her spiritual power.
• Xiao Hua resisted the two late Foundation Establishment cultivators’ pressure and used the Soaring Flood Dragon Scissors to smash through the hall’s sealed doorway.
• Xiao Hua hurled Fireball Talismans and Samadhi True Fire to block the Zhong Family elders, then escaped the hall with Xue Xue.
• Xiao Hua threatened to slaughter the Zhong Family’s disciples as he and Xue Xue fled, while Zhong Peiyuan pursued them and Zhong Tianyao ordered everyone back.

After clashing with the Zhong Family over the gold foil, Xiao Hua flew away with Xue Xue and planned to steal it later, once the family let down its guard. He left Xue Xue to prepare for taking the Ling Lei Pill while he went to help mortals near Yuncheng.

• Zhong Tianyao scolded Zhong Peiyuan for provoking Xiao Hua and warned that the Thunder Control Sect disciple’s flying speed and strength made him dangerous.
• Zhong Peifu and Zhong Peiyuan discussed protecting the Zhong Family and finding another way to repair their ancestral magical artifact, which required the Qian Mo secret stone Xiao Hua had taken.
• Xiao Hua reassured Xue Xue that he had only threatened the Zhong Family, then said he would return later to secretly take the gold foil.
• Xiao Hua flew away with Xue Xue and told her to meditate and prepare to take the Ling Lei Pill while he went to deliver seeds to mortals near Yuncheng.

Xiao Hua left Xue Xue in seclusion inside the Rabbit Formation and went to distribute seeds near Yuncheng. Meanwhile, Fellow Daoist Dongshan prepared a vast hidden formation with Fairy Yingzhuo and the Xunyan Sect, leaving its purpose undisclosed as it awaited completion and concealment.

• Xue Xue urged Xiao Hua to continue alone, and he established the Rabbit Formation for her seclusion before flying toward Yuncheng to distribute seeds.
• Fellow Daoist Dongshan tested a method for disguising the hills’ thorns, then flew toward the region covered by black mist.
• Fairy Yingzhuo questioned whether the Xunyan Sect’s contributions justified the help Dongshan had promised, and he assured her he would help her split her spirit.
• Fairy Yingzhuo asked what powerful being Dongshan intended to confront, but he refused to reveal the matter and warned her that knowing could bring harm.
• Dongshan explained that the Eight Desolations Spirit Seizing Formation needed months to absorb spiritual energy and blend into its surroundings before it could conceal itself from divine sense.

Fellow Daoist Dongshan completed and concealed the Eight Desolations Spirit Seizing Formation after warning Fairy Yingzhuo that he had to act before his mysterious target found something. The story then shifted to Zhongling Mountain Villa, where four disciples were discovered dead in a locked room, their bodies showing signs of terror.

• Fellow Daoist Dongshan told Fairy Yingzhuo to scatter the Xunyan Sect disciples and continue tracking the person he feared might find something.
• Fairy Yingzhuo and the Xunyan Sect disciples departed, and Fellow Daoist Dongshan completed the formation with a powerful ritual that divided him into four selves before they reunited.
• Fellow Daoist Dongshan vanished, leaving the hills north of Xi Kingdom indistinguishable from the surrounding landscape.
• A disciple at Zhongling Mountain Villa cried out that the four Senior Brothers who shared his room were dead.
• A guarding disciple entered the small house and found four corpses with blue-black faces, terrified expressions, and bloodied lips.

Zhong Yu investigated the deaths of disciples in the medicinal gardens and learned that nineteen had been killed without visible wounds. As the villa’s restrictions sounded an alarm, Xiao Hua confronted Zhong Peiyuan in the ancestral hall.

• Zhong Yu examined the four dead disciples and questioned a surviving disciple, who recalled seeing a fast-moving black shadow.
• The survivor pointed toward another row of rooms, and Zhong Yu ordered the medicinal-garden disciples gathered.
• Zhong Huan reported that fifteen more disciples in three rooms had died in the same manner.
• The villa’s restrictions sounded, and Zhong Yu flew toward the disturbance as Zhong Peiyuan challenged an intruder at the ancestral hall.
• Xiao Hua announced himself, and a flash of golden light struck as Zhong Peiyuan shouted his name.

Zhong Tianyao and Zhong Peiyuan blamed Xiao Hua for the deaths of nineteen Zhong Family disciples and began searching for him and Xue Xue, despite Zhong Yejing's insistence that Xiao Hua was not the killer. After a brief lull, a new disturbance erupted inside Zhongling Mountain Villa, where Xiao Hua's voice revealed a hidden tool-refining site.

• Zhong Yu told Zhong Tianyao and Zhong Peiyuan that a shadow resembling Xiao Hua had appeared near the dead disciples, and they ordered an investigation and a search for Xiao Hua and Xue Xue.
• Zhong Peiyuan and Zhong Peifu questioned Zhong Yejing, who defended Xiao Hua and described his concern for ordinary people, but they dismissed her account.
• Zhong Peiyuan ordered Foundation Establishment disciples to gather and maintain strict vigilance until Xiao Hua was captured, while the searchers found no trace of him or Xue Xue.
• After a dozen days without further incidents, a cry for help sounded from the villa's inner household during a moonless night.
• Zhong Yu and the watch disciples rushed toward the disturbance, then heard clashes of magic tools from the southwest as Xiao Hua taunted Zhong Tianyao about the family's hidden tool-refining site.

Xiao Hua raided Zhongling Mountain Villa again but failed to obtain the gold foil, then discussed the Zhong family's troubles and his plans with Xue Xue. He left determined to keep pressuring Zhong Tianyao, while Xue Xue continued preparing for Foundation Establishment.

• Xiao Hua evaded Zhongling Mountain Villa's guards, found a hidden artifact-refining facility, and stole some materials before escaping.
• A black shape disguised as a stone watched Xiao Hua and shot away after he had left.
• Xiao Hua told Xue Xue he had failed to steal the gold foil and planned to keep harassing the Zhong family until they traded it to him.
• Xiao Hua explained that a Golden Core cultivator from the Changbai Sect had likely threatened Zhong Tianyao and taken materials he needed.
• Xue Xue said she expected to meet the requirements for Foundation Establishment within a year, and Xiao Hua praised her progress.

After thirty-four Zhong family women were found dead, Zhong Peiyuan blamed Xiao Hua and ordered Zhong Yejing to report to Spirit Hall. Elsewhere, Zhong Peihan resisted Zhong Haoran’s offer to seek Xiao Hua’s help for her injuries, then wondered why he remained devoted to her.

• Zhong Yejing reported that thirty-four female family members had been killed in the same manner as the medicinal garden disciples, and Zhong Peiyuan accused Xiao Hua.
• Zhong Yu suggested seeking help from the Taiqing Sect and Changbai Sect, but Zhong Peiyuan rejected the idea and ordered Zhong Yejing to redeem herself by helping slay Xiao Hua.
• A duty disciple reported that someone had dug up several medicinal fields, and Zhong Peiyuan then ordered Zhong Yejing to summon Zhong Yedong and report to Spirit Hall.
• Zhong Yu reflected on the growing unrest and the departure of tenant workers as grief and commotion spread through Zhongling Mountain Villa.
• At Lily Courtyard, Zhong Haoran urged Zhong Peihan to let him ask Martial Aunt Yejing to take her to Xiao Hua for medicine, but Zhong Peihan resisted because she was ashamed of her injuries.
• Zhong Peihan told Zhong Haoran to return to his cultivation, then asked why he was willing to put her recovery ahead of his own future.

Zhong Haoran urged Zhong Peihan to seek Xiao Hua’s help after learning that only a legendary Sky Mending Pill might restore her severed meridians. The chapter left Zhong Haoran secretly praying at sunrise, offering his own meridians in exchange for hers.

• Zhong Peihan told Zhong Haoran that her meridians were completely severed and that only a Sky Mending Pill could restore them.
• Zhong Haoran promised to ask Xiao Hua for help, and Zhong Peihan agreed to let him seek the pill.
• Zhong Haoran suggested contacting Martial Aunt Yejing because Xiao Hua had already left.
• Zhong Haoran refused to reveal his morning ritual to Zhong Peihan, then flew to a nearby mountain summit.
• Zhong Haoran knelt before the sunrise, bowed nine times, and prayed to exchange his meridians for Zhong Peihan’s.

Zhong Haoran prayed for Xiao Hua to heal Zhong Peihan’s damaged meridians, and Xiao Hua sensed the prayers through his Buddhist heart. After meeting Zhong Haoran, Xiao Hua went with him to Lily Courtyard to examine Zhong Peihan, leaving the possibility of a cure unresolved.

• Zhong Haoran prayed at a mountaintop shrine for Xiao Hua to return with a way to repair Zhong Peihan’s meridians.
• A faint crack appeared among the golden threads in Xiao Hua’s Buddhist flame, and he sensed a strange resonance from Zhongling Mountain Villa.
• Xiao Hua discussed the premonition with Xue Xue and set out toward Zhongling Mountain Villa, then encountered Zhong Haoran.
• Zhong Haoran told Xiao Hua about his prayers and asked whether he could heal Zhong Peihan, so Xiao Hua agreed to assess her condition.
• Xiao Hua and Zhong Haoran arrived at Lily Courtyard, where Zhong Peihan greeted Xiao Hua with respect.

Xiao Hua examined Zhong Peihan’s damaged meridians and recalled the Meridian Nourishing Pill formula, which he believed could heal her within a month. He found the necessary ancient spirit herbs in his space and considered the pill useful for Xue Xue’s future foundation establishment as well.

• Xiao Hua told Zhong Peihan he had no Sky Mending Pills but agreed to examine her injuries.
• Xiao Hua used the Yellow Qi Technique and true essence to examine Zhong Peihan, triggering memories of the Meridian Nourishing Pill and other formulas.
• Xiao Hua told Zhong Haoran he had confidence in treating Zhong Peihan but needed to gather some things first.
• Xiao Hua privately explained his requirements to Zhong Haoran, who reassured Zhong Peihan that Xiao Hua could heal her meridians within a month.
• Xiao Hua realized his space held the herbs needed to refine the Meridian Nourishing Pill, which he thought might also help Xue Xue if problems arose during foundation establishment.

Xiao Hua moved with Xue Xue to a new cave and began refining a Meridian Nourishing Pill while continuing to prepare the Sky Mending Pill. Meanwhile, Zhong Yejing and Zhong Yedong sought the Fei Family’s help against Xiao Hua and were admitted to its Reception Hall.

• Xiao Hua reassured Xue Xue that accompanying her mattered more than advancing his cultivation, then moved them to a new cave and set up the Rabbit Formation.
• Xiao Hua began refining the Meridian Nourishing Pill, whose unfamiliar techniques stirred changes in the spiritual energy around him.
• Zhong Tianyao sent Zhong Yejing and Zhong Yedong to Red Crane Mountain to seek aid from the Fei Family against Xiao Hua.
• Zhong Yedong nearly attacked the Fei Family’s gate guards, but Zhong Yejing stopped him by presenting Zhong Tianyao’s command token.
• Fei Ming and Fei Yulian received Zhong Yejing and Zhong Yedong and escorted them to the Fei Family’s Reception Hall.

Zhong Yejing and Zhong Yedong waited at Feihe Mountain for Fei Siqing and Qin Kai, hoping to enlist their help against Xiao Hua’s attacks on Zhongling Mountain Villa. The two Golden Core family heads arrived after discussing artifact refinement, and Fei Siqing asked what had brought the Zhong Family to them.

• Zhong Yedong grew impatient with Fei Ming and Fei Yulian’s delay, and Fei Yulian rebuked him for his rudeness.
• Zhong Yejing restrained Zhong Yedong, explained that the Zhong Family faced grave difficulties, and offered Fei Ming a storage pouch to hasten their meeting with the seniors.
• Fei Ming and Fei Yulian left the Reception Hall, and Zhong Yejing urged Zhong Yedong to remain calm while they waited.
• Fei Siqing and Qin Kai entered the hall and praised each other’s contributions to a new artifact-refining method.
• Fei Siqing asked Zhong Yejing why the Zhong Family had come, and she explained their predicament and offered the two seniors a storage pouch.

Zhong Yejing and Zhong Yedong failed to persuade Fei Siqing and Qin Kai to help the Zhong Family capture Xiao Hua, and Zhong Tianyao weighed whether the two families had hidden motives. He decided their joint artifact-refinement work meant they were likely uninvolved and planned to invite them, though Zhong Peiyuan remained worried about the Zhong Family’s long-hidden secret.

• Fei Siqing and Qin Kai rejected Zhong Yejing and Zhong Yedong’s request for help, and Fei Siqing slapped Zhong Yedong when he spoke out of turn.
• Zhong Yejing and Zhong Yedong returned to Zhongling Mountain Villa, where Zhong Tianyao sent Zhong Yejing to rest and Zhong Yedong went to wait for Xiao Hua at the villa gate.
• Zhong Peiyuan admitted he could no longer judge people’s intentions after years of travel, and Zhong Tianyao acknowledged that he could not tell whether Fei Siqing and Qin Kai harbored ill intentions.
• Zhong Peifu questioned why Zhong Tianyao had sent Zhong Yedong along to test the Fei and Qin families, and Zhong Tianyao explained that their cautious refusal did not rule out hidden motives.
• Zhong Tianyao noted that Qin Kai and Fei Siqing had unusually joined forces to refine an artifact, concluded they were likely occupied with that work, and decided to invite them to help.
• Zhong Peiyuan remained uneasy and began to raise the Zhong Family’s long-concealed secret.

Xiao Hua gave Zhong Haoran the Sky Mending Pill for Zhong Peihan, but the price was that Zhong Haoran could no longer speak or transmit his voice. Zhong Haoran delivered the pill to Zhong Peihan, who began to realize something was wrong with him.

• Zhong Tianyao ordered stronger patrols at Zhongling Mountain Villa and decided Zhong Jing'er would not go to Feihe Mountain for now.
• Zhong Haoran agreed to pay the price for using the Sky Mending Pill so Zhong Peihan could continue cultivating.
• Xiao Hua made Zhong Haoran unable to speak or transmit his voice, then gave him the Sky Mending Pill.
• Zhong Haoran brought the pill to Zhong Peihan, who accepted it but questioned its strange appearance and lack of medicinal fragrance.
• Zhong Peihan noticed Zhong Haoran had not spoken and asked whether he had become mute.

Zhong Peihan took the Sky Mending Pill, restored her meridians, and successfully established her foundation with Xiao Hua's guidance. Meanwhile, Xiao Hua evaded the Zhong family's search after attacks left more than fifty people dead, and Zhong Peihan celebrated with Zhong Haoran, who still would not speak.

• Zhong Peihan swallowed the Sky Mending Pill while Zhong Haoran stood guard, and the pill restored her damaged meridians.
• Xiao Hua's attacks caused chaos throughout Zhongling Mountain Villa, but Zhong Tianyao could not find him, and Zhong Yedong lost sight of a fast-moving black shadow.
• Zhong Yu reported that more than fifty people had been killed or injured, and Zhong Tianyao told the family to count their losses before discussing how to invite Qin Kai and Fei Siqing.
• Zhong Peihan's true qi began condensing, and Zhong Haoran gave her two Foundation Establishment Pills when she had none.
• Xiao Hua carried Zhong Peihan to the mountain peak where Zhong Haoran prayed, and she completed her Foundation Establishment there.
• Zhong Peihan embraced Zhong Haoran and thanked him for helping her meet Xiao Hua and establish her foundation, but she noticed that he still would not speak.

Zhong Haoran returned with Zhong Peihan to Zhongling Mountain Villa after sacrificing his voice so she could establish her foundation, while Xiao Hua reflected on his test of Zhong Peihan and continued cultivating. At the villa, they learned that Xiao Hua was blamed for poisoning more than a hundred people, and Zhong Peihan explained her foundation establishment while Zhong Haoran remained unable to speak.

• Zhong Haoran showed Zhong Peihan a jade slip explaining that he had lost his voice, and she swore a heart oath to keep Xiao Hua's secret.
• Zhong Peihan and Zhong Haoran agreed on explanations for her restored meridians and his silence, then flew back to Zhongling Mountain Villa.
• Xiao Hua appeared after they left, reflected on testing Zhong Peihan and using Earth Crystal Yao Ru on Zhong Haoran, then returned to his cave to cultivate.
• Zhong Peihan and Zhong Haoran learned that Xiao Hua was believed to have poisoned more than a hundred people at Zhongling Mountain Villa.
• Zhong Peihan told Zhong Qingbo that an extraordinary benefactor had restored her meridians and helped her establish her foundation, while explaining that Zhong Haoran could not speak because of Qi Deviation.
• Zhong Qingbo congratulated Zhong Peihan, advised her to stabilize her realm, and told her to leave a Life Spirit Tablet in the ancestral hall.

Zhong Haoran returned to Zhongling Mountain Villa mute and faced ridicule while believing Zhong Peihan would seek him out and that Xiao Hua was innocent. After reaching Foundation Establishment, Zhong Peihan visited him, but her new status and changed feelings made their reunion awkward and brief.

• Zhong Haoran returned to his house and endured other disciples mocking his muteness and his connection to Zhong Peihan.
• The elder who examined Zhong Haoran could not discover Xiao Hua's restrictive technique, and Zhong Haoran remained unable to defend Xiao Hua against the rumors.
• Zhong Peihan emerged from seclusion with a stable Foundation Establishment realm, but the disciples' praise distracted her from visiting Zhong Haoran until nightfall.
• When Zhong Peihan asked about Zhong Haoran, the disciples mocked his condition and warned her that associating with him could damage her standing.
• Zhong Peihan visited Zhong Haoran and told him the Sky Mending Pill had repaired and strengthened her meridians, while keeping her Heart Oath secret.
• Zhong Peihan briefly embraced Zhong Haoran, felt their closeness had changed, and left without setting a time for another visit.

Xiao Hua went to Zhongling Mountain Villa intending to negotiate with Zhong Tianyao, but Zhong Tianyao accused him of killing more than a hundred members of the Zhong family and prepared to fight. The chapter ended as Zhong Tianyao challenged Xiao Hua to stay and face his vengeance.

• Xiao Hua decided to visit Zhongling Mountain Villa again and told Xue Xue he hoped to make peace with Zhong Tianyao.
• Xue Xue said she might be nearing Foundation Establishment, and Xiao Hua gave her a Sky Mending Pill before leaving.
• Xiao Hua sensed unease near Zhongling Mountain Villa but flew over it and called out to Zhong Tianyao.
• Zhong Tianyao quieted the panicked Zhong family disciples and confronted Xiao Hua in the air.
• Xiao Hua tried to explain that he had come to negotiate, but Zhong Tianyao accused him of killing more than a hundred Zhong family members and summoned a deer-antler-shaped magic artifact.

Xiao Hua was ambushed by Zhong Tianyao, Qin Kai, and Fei Siqing, three Golden Core cultivators who tried to trap and kill him at Zhongling Mountain Villa. He resisted their combined attacks with his treasures, techniques, and Phoenix Dharma Body, but the fight continued as Fei Siqing joined the assault.

• Xiao Hua denied killing members of the Zhong family and countered Zhong Tianyao’s attack with the Sleeve Universe and Soaring Flood Dragon Scissors.
• Zhong Haoran tried to rise and defend Xiao Hua, but Zhong Peiyuan restrained him.
• Xiao Hua tried to flee and discovered that Qin Kai and Fei Siqing had joined Zhong Tianyao to block his escape with their Golden Core pressures.
• Xiao Hua used his Phoenix Dharma Body and Heaven Concealing Sea Crossing Technique to break through the pressure, then defended himself against Zhong Tianyao and Qin Kai’s Wind Fire Blades with an Earth Shield and Samadhi True Fire.
• Zhong Tianyao sent deer-antler phantoms at Xiao Hua, while Fei Siqing attacked him from behind with a blazing pearl.
• Xiao Hua’s Phoenix Dharma Body disrupted the three cultivators’ pressure and lunged at Zhong Tianyao with its claws.

Xiao Hua struggled against Zhong Tianyao, Qin Kai, and Fei Siqing, but their attacks and a fire blanket shut down his escape routes. As the chapter ended, Xiao Hua broke free and Little Yellow flew at Zhong Tianyao with poisoned claws.

• Xiao Hua used the Town Cloud Seal and Soaring Flood Dragon Scissors to counter the Blazing Pearl and Zhong Tianyao’s antlers, but the exchanges injured him and sent him falling.
• Qin Kai questioned whether Xiao Hua was truly a Foundation Establishment cultivator, while Zhong Tianyao insisted he would not let Xiao Hua leave the Zhong Family.
• Xiao Hua tried to escape with Earth Escape, but Fei Siqing spread a fire blanket beneath him that blocked his divine sense and resisted the Soaring Flood Dragon Scissors.
• Fei Siqing’s fire blanket engulfed Xiao Hua, but Xiao Hua surged out through the flames and released Little Yellow and the Divine Strength Centipede.
• Little Yellow flew toward Zhong Tianyao with poisonous claws, making Zhong Tianyao suspect it was tied to the deaths of his family’s disciples.

Xiao Hua realized that Qin Kai and Fei Siqing had been targeting Zhong Tianyao and the Zhong Family’s ancient artifact-refining art, not simply fighting him. After the Nether Bat poisoned Zhong Tianyao and Fei Siqing trapped Xiao Hua in a fire blanket, Xiao Hua used his spirit fire to break free and attack Fei Siqing.

• Xiao Hua recognized that Qin Kai’s Nether Bat was attacking Zhong Tianyao, while Fei Siqing kept trying to burn him with the fire blanket.
• The Nether Bat bit Zhong Tianyao, who realized Qin Kai and Fei Siqing had killed the Zhong Family members and plotted to steal the family’s ancient artifact-refining art.
• Qin Kai explained that he and Fei Siqing had lured Zhong Tianyao into a trap to obtain the art and establish their families as a cultivation sect.
• As Fei Siqing drew the fire blanket toward himself, Xiao Hua used spirit fire to burn through it and wrap Fei Siqing in flames.
• Fei Siqing’s protective radiance shattered, and he realized Xiao Hua’s spirit fire was not Samadhi True Fire.

Xiao Hua defeated Fei Siqing, forced Qin Kai to flee, and saved Zhongling Mountain Villa. After Zhong Tianyao gave him the gold foil, Xiao Hua returned the Qian Mo secret stones and flew away.

• Little Yellow swallowed Fei Siqing’s Golden Core, and Xiao Hua’s Phoenix Dharma Body, Little Yellow, and Soaring Flood Dragon Scissors drove Qin Kai into retreat.
• Qin Kai fled Zhongling Mountain Villa while Xiao Hua stayed behind, collected his treasures, and checked on Zhong Tianyao.
• Zhong Yejing thanked Xiao Hua, and Zhong Peiyuan and Zhong Peifu apologized for their earlier offense.
• Zhong Tianyao gave Xiao Hua two sheets of gold foil, but Xiao Hua returned the Qian Mo secret stones and left.

Xiao Hua weighed Zhong Haoran’s plea against his grudge with Zhong Tianyao, then agreed to treat the poisoned Family Head under two conditions. After giving Zhong Tianyao an antidote and learning how a misunderstanding had turned the Zhong Family against him, Xiao Hua offered to help repair their inherited magical artifact and heard how Hu Guanqiu had seized their materials.

• Zhong Haoran broke his silence to plead for Zhong Tianyao, and the Zhong Family members knelt and begged Xiao Hua to save their Family Head.
• Xiao Hua agreed to help if the Zhong Family accepted two conditions, gave Zhong Tianyao an antidote, and had him taken to an inner room.
• Xiao Hua listened as Zhong Yejing explained why Zhong Tianyao had suspected him, and he let go of his grudge after realizing their conflict had stemmed from a misunderstanding.
• Xiao Hua offered to use his own materials to help repair the Zhong Family’s inherited magical artifact.
• Zhong Peifu told Xiao Hua that Hu Guanqiu of Changbai Sect had threatened the Zhong Family and taken the rare materials they had spent generations gathering.