Recaps

The River City Team arrived in Demon-Suppressing City and planned how to earn Demon-Suppressing Coins while minimizing risk. At the Government Office, Shi Miaozhen claimed the Red Bamboo Forest task for the Azurefall Profound Gate, and the Four Wood Team announced its own claim on Ancient Wood Mountain.

• Yue Wen proposed that Liu Yuanjun stay in the city to gather information while the others investigated outside, and Liu Yuanjun accepted.
• A citywide announcement reported that Liang Baitong had been punished for harassing a competitor and was tied up outside the Government Office.
• Yue Wen and his teammates reached the Government Office, where they learned how public and exclusive tasks worked and decided public tasks seemed safer for their first day.
• Shi Miaozhen took the Red Bamboo Forest task for the Azurefall Profound Gate and warned other teams against competing for it.
• The Four Wood Team accepted the Ancient Wood Mountain task and warned that weaker teams would not be a match for them there.

Yue Wen’s team accepted a low-paying mission after Xing’er confronted the Four Wood Team over its attempt to monopolize a public mission. Though Yue Wen appeared to back down, he secretly marked Sha Mujin’s metal ring with his Dao rhythm and left the Four Wood Team in danger as they began gathering Flowing Cloud Fruit at Ancient Wood Mountain.

• Xing’er insulted the Four Wood Team’s claim, and its members mocked the River City Team for being from Northern Sky.
• Yue Wen apologized and accepted a mission worth two strings of coins, while Sha Mujin knocked away his offered hand.
• Xing'er and Qi Dian told Liu Yuanjun that Yue Wen’s calm response meant he had already planned to retaliate against the Four Wood Team.
• Yue Wen, Xing'er, and Qi Dian flew to Cloudflame Valley to gather Cloudscorched Charred Wood while Liu Yuanjun stayed in the city to investigate.
• Yue Wen revealed that he had used contact with Sha Mujin’s white iron ring to apply his Insight Dao Rhythm, then watched the Four Wood Team reach Ancient Wood Mountain and urged them to gather Flowing Cloud Fruit.

The Four Wood Team harvested Flowing Cloud Fruit on Ancient Wood Mountain while Song Muyang watched for trouble. Yue Wen led Qi Dian and Xing'er there to ambush them, using fire and rain as a distraction before slipping past Song Muyang’s plant surveillance; the chapter ended as Yue Wen appeared behind Duan Muhe.

• Song Muyang used his Azure-Silver Grass Dharma Form to monitor the forest while Mei Muling, Sha Mujin, and Duan Muhe searched for Flowing Cloud Fruit.
• Mei Muling subdued an Azure Sky Green snake with her poisonous fumes and collected it after crushing its head.
• Song Muyang warned his team that rivals might sabotage their harvest, while Sha Mujin and Mei Muling joked about people from Northern Sky.
• Yue Wen, Qi Dian, and Xing'er left Cloudflame Valley for Ancient Wood Mountain, planning to draw out the Four Wood Team with fire and a thunder-laced rainstorm.
• Yue Wen concealed himself among the plants with his Vitality Dao Rhythm and Trace-Hiding Art, bypassing Song Muyang's surveillance.
• The Four Wood Team descended together to investigate Xing'er's flames, and Yue Wen appeared beside their formation behind Duan Muhe.

Yue Wen ambushed and eliminated the Four Wood Team in Ancient Wood Mountain, using the forest and his hidden senses to defeat them before they could identify him. After he and his companions collected the team’s supplies, the Secret Realm announced that a rare Heavenly Feather Black-Gold Eagle had appeared near First Copper Mountain.

• Yue Wen killed Duan Muhe with a surprise sword strike and fist before teleporting away as the Four Wood Team turned to investigate.
• As Xing'er's fire drove spirit beasts uphill, Yue Wen blinded Mei Muling, suppressed her powers, and killed her while Song Muyang and Sha Mujin watched helplessly.
• Song Muyang and Sha Mujin concealed themselves with wood escape arts, but Yue Wen located them through the Yin Metal Dao Rhythm and killed them with lightning, a mental attack, and sword strikes.
• Yue Wen, Xing'er, and Qi Dian searched the battlefield and collected the Four Wood Team's Flowing Cloud Fruit and Azure-Sky Green Snake corpses.
• The Secret Realm announced that a Heavenly Feather Black-Gold Eagle had been sighted near First Copper Mountain, promising a large reward to whoever killed it.

After Yue Wen’s team returned from eliminating the Four Wood Team, they discussed their spoils and the city’s costly supplies while other sect teams searched for the Heavenly Feather Black-Gold Eagle. The searchers began to locate the beast, while Liang Baitong urged his teammates to delay rival teams until he escaped jail.

• Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian returned to Demon-Suppressing City after killing the Four Wood Team and collecting Flowing Cloud Fruit and azure sky green.
• Liu Yuanjun briefed Yue Wen on the city’s shops, prices, and missions, and Yue Wen decided to inspect the poison selection before pursuing the exotic beast.
• Shi Miaozhen’s team searched First Copper Mountain, but Meng Yuheng and Lin Youqing could not pinpoint the Heavenly Feather Black-Gold Eagle; Shi Miaozhen proposed watching for a chance to strike.
• Xu Lingchan guarded Meng Youjun while Fang Qingyuan listened through the ground, and Meng Youjun entered a dream and reported that he had found the beast.
• Liang Baitong told his three teammates to hold off the other sect teams for half a day, then suggested they seek an alliance while he remained tied up in jail.

Yue Wen and his teammates earned over ten thousand Demon-Suppressing Coins, spent nearly all of them on pills for self-defense, then restored their cultivation before Yue Wen sought guidance on killing the Heavenly Feather Black-Gold Eagle. His vision revealed a huge black dragon, leaving him with a possible clue to the beast’s defeat.

• Yue Wen, Xing'er, and Qi Dian discussed leaving Liu Yuanjun in the city to guard their money and joked about kidnapping rival contestants to force them to hand over their coins.
• Yue Wen and his teammates collected more Cloudscorched Charred Wood, turned in their task, then sold Flowing Cloud Fruit and earned over ten thousand Demon-Suppressing Coins.
• Yue Wen spent nearly all the team’s earnings at Lei Zhenzi Pill Shop on healing and restorative pills, Phantom Mist Pills, Azure Nether Liquid, and Dust Aphid Powder.
• Yue Wen rented a room at Many Dharma Inn, and he, Xing'er, and Qi Dian restored their cultivation while Liu Yuanjun kept watch.
• Yue Wen entered the Black-Gold Great Hall, paid Da Long the venue fee, and used his Insight Dao Rhythm to seek a way to kill the Heavenly Feather Black-Gold Eagle.
• Yue Wen’s vision showed black scales, a winding body, and blazing Golden Eyes, which he recognized as belonging to a huge black dragon.

Yue Wen bought Da Long’s Dragon King's Edict: Dragonflame Slash to help him claim the killing blow against the Heavenly Feather Black-Gold Eagle. Meanwhile, Meng Youjun’s group exposed the disguised beast, and powerful contestants began attacking it as rival factions claimed the fight.

• Yue Wen asked Da Long how to secure the reward for killing the Heavenly Feather Black-Gold Eagle, and Da Long offered him Dragon King's Edict: Dragonflame Slash for eight ninety-nine.
• Yue Wen agreed to buy the divine ability, while Da Long questioned whether Yue Wen was compatible with Yang Metal Dao Rhythm.
• Meng Youjun placed a Dream Immortal Seal on the mountain peak, revealing that it was the disguised Heavenly Feather Black-Gold Eagle.
• Dongfang Jianqi struck the eagle with sword light, and Shi Miaozhen followed by smashing its head with her Moon Disc Dharma Form.
• Wu Jiguang appeared in his golden-armored Heavenly Manifestation and ordered the other contestants to stand down on behalf of the Taiji Eight Desolations Sect.

The Azurefall Profound Gate used Shi Miaozhen and Shen Yaoguang’s formation to force the pursuing teams into fighting the Heavenly Feather Black-Gold Eagle. After Dongfang Jianqi wounded the weakened beast, the Five Great Immortal Sects moved to seize control of the battlefield, while an unnoticed mist spread through the valley.

• Shi Miaozhen fought the Heavenly Feather Black-Gold Eagle, then fled to draw it after her as the other teams gave chase.
• Shen Yaoguang activated a Qiankun formation that transported Shi Miaozhen and the eagle into the pursuing contestants, forcing them to fight it together.
• The eagle unleashed a storm of golden feathers that killed and injured many contestants, then Dongfang Jianqi struck its weakened back and inflicted its first serious wound.
• As the contestants pressed their attack, Shi Miaozhen, Wu Jiguang, and the other Five Great Immortal Sects leaders unleashed attacks across the battlefield to clear the field.
• Xu Lingchan said it was time for their team to act, while an unnoticed mist began spreading through the valley.

The Five Great Immortal Sects and other contestants clashed over the weakened Heavenly Feather Black-Gold Eagle as Yue Wen’s poisonous mist began to incapacitate fighters. The battle took a sudden turn when a Three-Eyed Divine Dragon burst into the arena and revealed a young man wielding an Azure-Purple Dragon-Pattern Sword.

• Shi Miaozhen, Dongfang Jianqi, Wu Jiguang, and Meng Youjun joined the fight, using their domains and supernatural powers to contest the Heavenly Feather Black-Gold Eagle.
• Meng Youjun’s divine-light phantom calmed the beast while his teammates defended his sleeping physical body from attacks by the other contestants.
• Yue Wen’s poisonous mist spread through the battlefield, leaving many fighters dizzy or unconscious as the remaining sect disciples struggled to reach the beast.
• Meng Yuheng withdrew after noticing the poison, while Xue Hanyang, Dongfang Jianqi, and Shen Yaoguang pressed toward the Heavenly Feather Black-Gold Eagle.
• A Three-Eyed Divine Dragon swept through the poisoned fighters and sent them flying before dispersing to reveal a young man holding an Azure-Purple Dragon-Pattern Sword.

Yue Wen used poison to weaken the battlefield, then appeared at the last moment and killed the Heavenly Feather Black-Gold Eagle with Dragonflame Slash. He escaped toward Demon-Suppressing City with Xing'er and Qi Dian, but the other contestants pursued them after learning he had to claim the reward in person.

• Yue Wen had Xing'er and Qi Dian spread poisonous mist across the battlefield, driving most ordinary contestants to withdraw while the Five Great Immortal Sects continued fighting.
• Yue Wen unleashed his Three-Eyed Divine Dragon Dharma Form and swept the Heavenly Prodigies aside, leaving himself a chance to face the dying Heavenly Feather Black-Gold Eagle.
• Yue Wen used Dragon King's Edict: Dragonflame Slash to cut off the beast's head and earn the first-beast reward.
• Yue Wen escaped with Xing'er and Qi Dian using a Shadow Talisman, and Xing'er created a fire curtain before they fled toward Demon-Suppressing City with Combined Supernatural Powers.
• Meng Yuheng urged the contestants to stop Yue Wen after the Light Curtain announced that he had to collect his reward in person, and Dongfang Jianqi sent a sword strike after the fleeing team.

Yue Wen’s team escaped after he stole the kill on the Heavenly Feather Black-Gold Eagle, earning a large reward and a powerful concealed weapon. The Azurefall Profound Gate’s cultivators watched the feat and Perfected One Nagiko rebuked Perfected One Qinghua for mocking him.

• Yue Wen used a poisoned battlefield, a sudden slash, and a swift escape to kill the Heavenly Feather Black-Gold Eagle before the other contestants could claim it.
• The River City Team returned to Demon-Suppressing City, where Yue Wen received fifty taels of Demon-Suppressing Silver and the Golden Eagle Crossbow.
• Perfected One Nagiko, Perfected One Feiguang, Perfected One Qinghua, and Perfected One Delong watched the tournament from the Azurefall Profound Gate’s lounge.
• Perfected One Qinghua mocked Yue Wen’s use of poison, but the Dao Realm cultivators recognized that he had poisoned the other contestants to create an opening for his killing blow.
• Perfected One Nagiko shouted, “Laugh again!” as Yue Wen’s slash killed the rare beast.

After recovering from his battles, Yue Wen met Meng Yuheng, who offered protection in exchange for twenty strings of Demon-Suppressing Coins. Yue Wen rejected the offer and proposed a larger joint operation instead, then left Demon-Suppressing City with Xing'er and Qi Dian as hostile teams watched them.

• Yue Wen slept until noon while Liu Yuanjun marveled at how often Yue Wen had accomplished the seemingly impossible.
• Meng Yuheng visited Yue Wen and warned that teams were likely to ambush the River City Team for its wealth and to block its progress.
• Meng Yuheng offered Azurefall Profound Gate's protection and a shared mission in exchange for twenty strings of Demon-Suppressing Coins, but Yue Wen declined and proposed another plan.
• After a long discussion, Meng Yuheng left for Red Bamboo Forest pleased with Yue Wen, telling Shi Miaozhen and Shen Yaoguang that he had found a kindred spirit.
• Yue Wen assured Xing'er and Qi Dian that Meng Yuheng would not betray them, then led them out of the city toward Ancient Wood Mountain while unseen watchers followed.

Zhan Ying led the Water Ghost Alliance to ambush Yue Wen's group in Ancient Wood Mountain, hoping to seize their Demon-Suppressing Coins and end River City's run. Yue Wen revealed he had anticipated the attack and trapped the alliance with help from the Azurefall Profound Gate, then offered its members a choice between paying a ransom and working it off.

• After losing many members in the battle for the exotic beast, Zhan Ying recruited depleted teams into the Water Ghost Alliance and chose River City as their first target.
• Zhan Ying tracked Yue Wen, Qi Dian, and Xing'er to Ancient Wood Mountain and gathered dozens of allies to surround them.
• Yue Wen noticed and snapped a hidden golden thread, blocking an ambush of azure force with his Dharma Form's extraordinary ability.
• Zhan Ying demanded fifty strings of Demon-Suppressing Coins and threatened to eliminate the River City group if they refused.
• Shen Yaoguang and Meng Yuheng activated formations while Shi Miaozhen attacked, trapping and weakening the Water Ghost Alliance.
• Yue Wen revealed he had baited the alliance and demanded ten strings of Demon-Suppressing Coins from each member or for them to work until they earned that amount.

Yue Wen and the Azurefall Profound Gate turned the Water Ghost Alliance into laborers at Azurefall Park, while the contestants faced growing dangers inside and outside Demon-Suppressing City. The chapter ended with the Azure Sky Azure Dragon Python appearing near Ancient Wood Mountain.

• Shi Miaozhen stopped Zhan Ying from resisting, and the Water Ghost Alliance surrendered after its members chose to remain in the secret realm rather than be eliminated.
• Lin Youqing gave each Water Ghost a poisonous Blood Epiphyllum Fruit, and Shen Yaoguang led them to pick Flowing Cloud Fruit and gather Bamboo Heart Jade until they could earn their freedom.
• Yue Wen and Meng Yuheng agreed to split the profits and argued over naming their labor camp Azurefall Park or River City Park.
• Perfected One Qinghua watched the Azurefall Profound Gate disciples cooperate with Yue Wen to capture and poison the Water Ghosts, then blamed Yue Wen for corrupting them.
• Contestants discovered that thefts and robberies made both the city and the surrounding areas dangerous, while the number of eliminated teams remained unexpectedly low.
• The Light Curtain announced that the Azure Sky Azure Dragon Python had been sighted near Ancient Wood Mountain.

Zhan Ying left Ancient Wood Mountain after persuading the Water Ghost Alliance to fund his ransom, then sought shelter with the Li Family siblings and Liang Baitong by inventing a story about fighting the Azurefall Profound Gate. When the Azure Sky Azure Dragon Python appeared on Ancient Wood Mountain, the new alliance agreed to go there, leaving Zhan Ying terrified as teams streamed toward the mountain.

• Zhan Ying persuaded the Water Ghost Alliance to pool Flowing Cloud Fruit so he could pay ten strings of Demon-Suppressing Coins and leave first, promising to seek help for them.
• Lin Youqing gave Zhan Ying seven Blood Epiphyllum Fruits instead of an antidote, and he flew away from Ancient Wood Mountain, deciding not to risk offending the Azurefall Profound Gate.
• Zhan Ying met Li Guantang, Li Luoci, and Liang Baitong in Demon-Suppressing City and falsely claimed he had fought his way out of an ambush by the Azurefall Profound Gate.
• Zhan Ying proposed an alliance with the Li siblings and Liang Baitong, and Li Guantang agreed after the Azure Sky Azure Dragon Python appeared on Ancient Wood Mountain.
• Zhan Ying dreaded returning to the mountain as teams gathered and hurried toward it to hunt the exotic beast.

Yue Wen learned from Da Long that his dragon might and the Azure Dragon Seal could suppress the Azure Sky Azure Dragon Python, then used Meng Yuheng’s divination to find it at Ancient Wood Mountain. He subdued the beast and prepared to face the approaching contestants.

• After learning that the Azure Sky Azure Dragon Python would appear at Ancient Wood Mountain, Shi Miaozhen escorted the plantation workers to the Red Bamboo Forest while Yue Wen and the others stayed behind.
• Meng Yuheng’s divination showed only blue-green mist, so Yue Wen asked Da Long for advice and learned that dragon might and the Azure Dragon Seal could suppress the python’s bloodline.
• Yue Wen used the Insight Dao Rhythm to confirm that combining the Azure Dragon Seal with the Yang Wood Dao Rhythm would work, then asked Meng Yuheng to divine the python’s location.
• Meng Yuheng located the dormant python in a valley east and slightly south of the mountain, and Yue Wen flew there to confront it.
• Yue Wen activated the Azure Dragon Seal and his dragon might, frightened the python into submission, and persuaded it to fight for him in the Secret Realm.
• Yue Wen stood atop the subdued python as the others watched in astonishment, then noticed a hundred or so streaks of light approaching and welcomed the arriving guests.

Yue Wen and Meng Yuheng planned to use the subdued Azure Sky Azure Dragon Python to ambush teams entering Ancient Wood Mountain. As rival teams arrived, the python flooded the mountain with poison and joined Shi Miaozhen in attacking the Li Family team, leaving the other contestants caught in their trap.

• Yue Wen explained that he had subdued the Azure Sky Azure Dragon Python with the Azure Dragon Seal, and Meng Yuheng agreed to use it to extort compensation from rival teams.
• The Heavenly Nether Earth Mother Cult and Famous Sword Middle School allied and sent Meng Youjun’s divine body into Ancient Wood Mountain to investigate.
• The Hetu Team and Cicada-Chiming Ancient Temple arrived, and Zhan Ying reluctantly guided the Li Family team into the mountain while Liang Baitong stayed outside to provide support.
• The Azure Sky Azure Dragon Python spread poison mist across Ancient Wood Mountain, forcing the teams searching inside to defend themselves.
• Li Guantang’s group tried to escape the poison mist, but a great moon struck them and the python blasted them with venom; Zhan Ying realized that Shi Miaozhen and the python were working together.

Yue Wen and his allies used the poisonous mist and coordinated attacks to capture contestants on Ancient Wood Mountain, then defeated Liang Baitong when he tried to rescue Li Luoci. Yue Wen publicly claimed the Azure Sky Green Dragon Python as his Spirit Pet and ordered it to blanket the mountain in poison again, while his group gathered more captives.

• Shen Yaoguang used the poisonous mist and his Jade Slip to knock out and capture a team, while Yue Wen’s group attacked other teams across Ancient Wood Mountain.
• Liang Baitong entered the mist to rescue the unconscious Li Family members and used his Altar-Cleansing Dharma Form to swallow much of the poison and smash through the mountain.
• Lin Youqing and Meng Yuheng tried to stop Liang Baitong, but he broke free of their attacks and attempted to escape with Li Luoci and Li Guantang.
• Yue Wen ambushed Liang Baitong with a venom-coated Golden Eagle Crossbow feather, poisoning him and forcing him to flee without Li Luoci.
• Yue Wen claimed that the Azure Sky Green Dragon Python had become his Spirit Pet, and Shi Miaozhen warned others not to attack River City or Azurefall Profound Gate.
• Yue Wen’s group moved more than forty poisoned contestants into a valley, where Lin Youqing bound them as captives.

Yue Wen’s group captured several contestants at Ancient Wood Mountain and ransomed the Li Family members while keeping Zhan Ying imprisoned. As the released contestants considered uniting against Yue Wen, Dongfang Jianqi recruited Liang Baitong into a broad alliance to attack him.

• Yue Wen and Lin Youqing held the captured contestants for ransom, and Zhan Ying persuaded the Water Ghost Alliance members that he had returned to rescue them.
• The Li siblings paid twenty thousand Demon-Suppressing Coins and left with the other Li Family members, while Yue Wen worried that the Immortal Sect teams would unite against him.
• Xing'er and Shi Miaozhen vowed to capture any attackers, while Shen Yaoguang asked Qi Dian about his hairstyle.
• Liang Baitong recovered from the azure sky azure dragon python's poison and set out to rescue Li Luoci.
• Dongfang Jianqi found Liang Baitong and proposed an alliance of several Immortal Sects to attack Yue Wen, and Liang agreed to meet Xu Lingchan and Fang Qingyuan first.

The River City Team returned to Demon-Suppressing City and told Liu Yuanjun about their compound and ransom operation before spending their earnings on magical artifacts. They left Old Fan's Magical Artifact Tower better equipped, though with much of their money gone.

• Liu Yuanjun explained that he had been hiding at the Many Dharma Inn because contestants were glaring at him over his association with the River City Team.
• Yue Wen, Xing'er, and Qi Dian told Liu Yuanjun about their alliance with the Azurefall Profound Gate, their plantation, and their ransom scheme.
• The River City Team decided to spend its Demon-Suppressing Coins on magical artifacts to prepare for the growing dangers outside the city.
• At Old Fan's Magical Artifact Tower, Master Fan offered the team a twenty-percent discount after mistaking them for contestants with little hope of advancing.
• Yue Wen bought the Sword-Thunder Spike and the Light-Fixing Pearl for the team, and they left the shop with over twenty thousand Demon-Suppressing Coins remaining.
• Qi Dian questioned whether spending so much was wise, and Yue Wen argued that strength mattered more than keeping their money.

The tournament organizers voted not to interfere after Yue Wen tamed the Azure Sky Azure Dragon Python, while the River City Team and Azurefall Profound Gate gained popularity. That night, six major factions allied against Yue Wen and planned to tame the next exotic beast, leaving their attempt set for the following night.

• Perfected One Delong reported that the organizers had voted five to four to let Yue Wen keep competing with the Azure Sky Azure Dragon Python.
• Perfected One Feiguang explained that the River City Team's popularity had surged and that the Azurefall Profound Gate had risen to first place in the support rankings.
• Xu Lingchan, Fang Qingyuan, and other Heavenly Prodigies gathered with representatives of four great immortal sects, Dragon Capital, and Sky Sea to discuss Yue Wen.
• Xu Lingchan proposed that the six factions try to tame the third exotic beast when it appeared the next night, then attack Ancient Wood Mountain whether they succeeded or failed.
• Xue Hanyang said he would watch Cloudflame Valley for the likely fire-attributed beast and try to tame it with his Immortal Body.

The Six Great Sects Alliance found the Netherfire Qilin Beast in a cave at Cloudflame Valley, where Xue Hanyang tried to subdue it and was killed. Yu Xiaobao fled from the beast and raced toward the others, cursing whoever had suggested it could be tamed.

• Meng Youjun divined that the next exotic beast was fire-attributed, and the Six Great Sects Alliance traveled to Cloudflame Valley.
• After the light curtain announced the Netherfire Qilin Beast’s sighting, Meng Youjun located it in a cave, and Xue Hanyang and Yu Xiaobao headed there.
• Xue Hanyang entered the cave, used the Nine Nether Divine Fire to signal goodwill, and demanded that the beast become his spirit pet.
• The Netherfire Qilin Beast attacked Xue Hanyang, who escaped the flames but was swallowed and killed when the beast pursued him.
• Yu Xiaobao fled from the Netherfire Qilin Beast despite invoking his Qilin Immortal Body, shouting for help as he ran toward the others.

Yue Wen persuaded the Ancient Wood Mountain compound to strike the six-faction alliance, then used the Azure Sky Azure Dragon Python and its magical artifacts to disrupt their siege of the Netherfire Qilin Beast. The chapter ended with the python badly wounding the beast and Yue Wen appearing through the poison mist to join the surprise attack.

• Yue Wen argued that the allied factions would target the compound regardless, so the group agreed to compete for the new mutant beast and catch them off guard.
• Meng Yuheng reported that the four other Great Immortal Sects had joined the Dragon Capital Team and the Sky Sea Team in an alliance.
• The six factions surrounded the Netherfire Qilin Beast in Cloudflame Valley and battered it until it neared death.
• Shi Miaozhen broke through the alliance's formation, and the Azure Sky Azure Dragon Python entered the valley amid poison mist.
• The python used the Sword-Thunder Spike to smash Liang Baitong's dharma form and the Light-Fixing Pearl to freeze the alliance's attacks.
• The python struck the weakened Netherfire Qilin Beast with its hammer, and Yue Wen emerged from the mist with his sword as the alliance realized he had launched the surprise attack.

Yue Wen slew the Netherfire Qilin Beast, earned a new magical artifact, and returned to Demon-Suppressing City to collect his rewards. With enemies watching Liu Yuanjun, the two made a plan that ended with Liu Yuanjun deliberately getting arrested.

• Yue Wen used Dragon King's Edict: Dragonflame Slash to kill the Netherfire Qilin Beast and retreated with the Azure Sky Azure Dragon Python as the Six Great Sects Alliance held back.
• The Light Curtain announced that Yue Wen had slain the third mutant beast and earned seventy strings of Demon-Suppressing Coins.
• Yue Wen slipped past watchers into Demon-Suppressing City and collected his reward, including the Kirin Pouch, which could summon ghost souls formed from Nine Nether Divine Fire.
• Yue Wen returned to Liu Yuanjun, who said the inn no longer felt safe and proposed going to jail to protect the team's assets.
• Liu Yuanjun was detained for harassing a male contestant and sentenced to spend a day tied up outside the government office.

Zhan Ying was captured while attempting to rob a lone contestant, and Yang Xiezi revealed his plan to join Yue Wen’s Park District with the bandits as a pledge of allegiance. In the Viewing Room, Azurefall Profound Gate elders argued over Yue Wen’s conduct as Perfected One Nagiko and Perfected One Qinghua wagered on whether the River City Team would reach the top sixteen.

• Zhan Ying left the Red Bamboo Forest determined to avoid prison and set up an ambush near a mission location.
• Zhan Ying attacked a young contestant with his puppet, but the contestant trapped him in black ice with a controlling supernatural power.
• Yang Xiezi and his teammates revealed that they had lured and captured three bandits to offer Yue Wen as their pledge of allegiance to join the Park District.
• Yang Xiezi explained that he wanted to join Yue Wen because Yue had become the secret realm’s center of attention.
• Perfected One Nagiko refused to confront the elders protesting outside the Viewing Room, while Perfected One Qinghua criticized Yue Wen and predicted the River City Team would be eliminated.
• Perfected One Nagiko wagered her Jade Marrow Dragonheart Lotus seeds against Perfected One Qinghua’s Southern Heaven Palace-Suppressing Grass on whether the River City Team would make the top sixteen, and Qinghua accepted.