Chapter Summaries

The Retired Emperor survived an assassination attempt in Daming Palace, and the Imperial Court blamed Dowager Consort Shen and the Shen Clan. Emperor Yongchang prepared to strike at the Shen Clan the next day, while Shen Hegui realized his family was in danger and suspected the Demon Cult had deceived him.

• The Left Chancellor warned the Right Chancellor to keep his faction out of the crisis, then revealed that she supported Xie Tianxia because Xie had saved her life.
• The Retired Emperor survived an attempted strangling by three assassins, and the Empress Dowager blamed Dowager Consort Shen and ordered an investigation of the Shen Clan.
• News spread that the Shen Clan had colluded with the Demon Cult, prompting both chancellors to demand a strict investigation and the clan’s allies to send warnings.
• The Heavenly Queen explained that Xie Guanhai would let Emperor Yongchang destroy the Shen Clan, while a golden eagle carrying news reached the Shen estate in the Western Capital.
• Emperor Yongchang ordered his forces to watch the Shen Clan and planned to arrest its members the next day, on Shen Hegui’s sixtieth birthday.
• After collapsing at the news, Shen Hegui asked Bone-Scraping Blade whether the Demon Cult was trying to trick him into joining them.

Bone-Scraping Blade explained that Emperor Yongchang had likely framed the Shen Clan to destroy it, then negotiated with Shen Hegui and revealed her identity as the contemporary Su Nü. Meanwhile, Shen Hegui told the disguised Thousand Faces about the Shen Clan’s ancient ties and planned to use its treasures and Mu Ran’s connection to the Di Hong Clan to save the lineage.

• Bone-Scraping Blade told Shen Hegui that Emperor Yongchang had probably arranged the trap against the Shen Clan and offered to shelter him in the Demon Cult, though it could not protect the clan itself.
• Shen Hegui revealed that the Shen Clan held part of the Su Nü Way’s legacy and said its hopes might rest on Mu Ran, while Bone-Scraping Blade probed him about the clan’s reserves.
• Jiang Buping detected Bone-Scraping Blade’s hidden presence, and she identified herself as the contemporary Su Nü of the Su Nü Way and asked permission to pass on her tradition through the Unjust Way.
• Shen Hegui told the disguised Thousand Faces that the Shen Clan descended from a disciple of the Su Nü Way and served as the Di Hong Clan’s foothold in the Human Realm.
• Shen Hegui asked Thousand Faces to meet the Di Hong Clan’s representatives at the birthday banquet, then promised to use the Shen Clan’s treasures, including Dao Enlightenment Tea, to strengthen him.
• Thousand Faces agreed to help the Shen Clan, resolved to claim its treasures, and grew excited to learn that the Di Hong Clan carried a powerful human-dragon bloodline.

Thousand Faces entered the Shen Clan’s secret treasury, learned of the clan’s dependence on the Di Hong Clan, and used its treasures to rapidly recover and grow stronger. Lianshan Xin gained strength through their Dragon Subduers Immortal Art bond, while Tian Ji also began a major breakthrough, and the group prepared to face the Shen Clan.

• Qi Shiyun refused to recruit more Chosen Ones of Heaven because she already had ninety-one and feared the karmic burden of reaching a hundred.
• Lianshan Xin realized Thousand Faces’s recovery had boosted his own cultivation and brought him close to the Late-Stage Astral Transformation Realm.
• Shen Hegui led Thousand Faces into the Shen Clan’s treasury, showed him its ancient treasures, and explained the clan’s dependence on the Di Hong Clan’s bloodline and help.
• Thousand Faces took Dragon Blood Pills and began enduring intense pain as the pills reshaped his body and raised his strength.
• Lin Ruoshui arrived while Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun were making a baby, then noticed Lianshan Xin’s rapid improvement.
• Lianshan Xin explained that Tian Ji was advancing after receiving the Celestial Pole Sacred Dragon Bloodline Scripture and imperial family blood essence.

Lin Ruoshui, Lianshan Xin, and Qi Shiyun discussed merit cultivation while Tian Ji broke through and they uncovered his imperial bloodline. Meanwhile, Thousand Faces assessed the Shen Clan’s prospects, and two figures from Mount Xuanyuan emerged from their secret realm and headed for Shen Hegui’s birthday banquet.

• Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun considered whether their past deeds could earn merit, while Lin Ruoshui questioned their reasoning.
• Lin Ruoshui concealed Tian Ji’s breakthrough aura, and Lianshan Xin revealed that Tian Ji was likely Emperor Yongchang’s illegitimate son.
• Lianshan Xin, Qi Shiyun, and Lin Ruoshui spent the night together before Thousand Faces emerged from seclusion with her injuries healed and cultivation strengthened.
• Thousand Faces learned that Shen Hegui had invited Ancestor Honglie to the Shen Clan’s birthday banquet and resolved to preserve her connection to the Di Hong Clan.
• Teacher Ji brought Jixia Academy students to Mount Xuanyuan, where a man and woman emerged from a secret realm and set off for the Shen Clan’s banquet.
• The man revealed that he had fathered Shen Muran with Shen Hegui’s wife and believed his lingering worldly ties had stalled his advance to the Immortal Realm.

Honglie and Hong Zhu traveled to Western Capital City to support the Shen Clan, while Emperor Yongchang discovered he had been poisoned and sought Jiang Buping’s help against the clan. The chapter ended as Shen Hegui introduced Shen Muran to Honglie and Hong Zhu, and Thousand Faces met Honglie’s gaze.

• Honglie told Hong Zhu that the Shen Clan’s crisis threatened his Dao heart and planned to assess the situation before deciding how to confront Emperor Yongchang.
• Emperor Yongchang learned from Mr. Gongsun that he had been poisoned in Western Capital City and discovered that Honglie had once been Mr. Gongsun’s fiancé and enemy.
• Emperor Yongchang promised to support Mr. Gongsun against Honglie, then sent Eunuch Wang to arrange cooperation with Jiang Buping through Lianshan Xin.
• Eunuch Wang found Lianshan Xin with Qi Shiyun and Lin Ruoshui, and Lin Ruoshui hurried away when she saw him.
• Shen Hegui welcomed Honglie and Hong Zhu at the Shen Clan and introduced Shen Muran to them, whereupon Thousand Faces met Honglie’s gaze.

Honglie and Hong Zhu discovered Xia Xunyang’s Di Hong Clan bloodline and began planning to use him to control Great Yu. At the Governor’s Residence, Hong Zhu met Emperor Yongchang, but after he learned she had been poisoned and Lianshan Xin and Jiang Buping arrived, he ordered Mr. Gongsun to kill her and offered to join Jiang Buping in the attack.

• Honglie examined Shen Muran, identified an ancient curse attributed to Xie Guanhai, and gave her a Di Hong Clan Jade Pendant for protection.
• Honglie and Hong Zhu sensed a bloodline resonance in Shen Muran’s child and found Xia Xunyang’s talent exceptional, so Honglie awakened his Di Hong Clan bloodline.
• Honglie proposed that Xia Xunyang could be placed on Great Yu’s imperial throne, while Hong Zhu went to the Governor’s Residence to speak with Emperor Yongchang.
• Hong Zhu reunited with Emperor Yongchang and slept with him, then suddenly discovered she had been poisoned.
• After Mr. Gongsun appeared and Eunuch Wang reported that Lianshan Xin and Jiang Buping had arrived, Emperor Yongchang ordered Hong Zhu killed and invited Jiang Buping to help him.

Emperor Yongchang confronted Hong Zhu over the Di Hong Clan’s interference and learned that Xia Xunyang supposedly carried their bloodline, while Jiang Buping subdued her to investigate it. After abandoning the idea of refining her into an External Incarnation, Jiang Buping killed Hong Zhu and broke through, leaving Maitreya astonished by his new path and wondering how Jiang Bufan had once defeated him from below his level.

• Emperor Yongchang threatened Hong Zhu and demanded that she explain the Di Hong Clan’s plans, so she offered to abandon the Shen Clan if Xia Xunyang were appointed Crown Prince.
• Hong Zhu claimed Xia Xunyang carried the Di Hong Clan’s bloodline, but Emperor Yongchang rejected her account and refused to appoint him Crown Prince.
• Jiang Buping agreed to help Emperor Yongchang against the Shen Clan, then subdued Hong Zhu and began investigating her bloodline.
• Jiang Buping possessed Hong Zhu with an External Incarnation, but reconsidered after concluding that the Di Hong Clan’s cultivation path merely sought to become a second Yellow Emperor.
• Jiang Buping killed Hong Zhu, and his aura rose as he forged a new path; Maitreya marveled at his achievement and wondered how Jiang Bufan had defeated him from below his level.

Lianshan Xin saw through Deng Xiaoxian’s disguise and learned that the Shen Clan was plotting revenge for the Crown Prince by recruiting old allies of the Retired Emperor. The Heavenly Queen confronted Old Man Heavenly Bird, who sacrificed himself to preserve his loyalty to the Retired Emperor and leave his strength to Madam Mo.

• Lianshan Xin and Maitreya discussed Jiang Buping’s Unjust Way, while Jiang Buping rejected ambushes as unfair and Lianshan Xin teased him about bathing in Hong Zhu’s remains.
• Emperor Yongchang summoned Shi Yuanlüe and Nine Heavens to prepare to attack the Shen Clan, and Lianshan Xin recognized the disguised Deng Xiaoxian among them.
• Lianshan Xin witnessed Deng Xiaoxian’s meeting with Shi Yuanlüe and Shen Fanhui, who urged him to avenge the Crown Prince by repaying his enemies in kind.
• The Heavenly Queen confronted Madam Mo over a hundred Thunderclap Bombs sent to the Western Capital, and Old Man Heavenly Bird revealed that he had deceived his wife and remained loyal to the Retired Emperor.
• Old Man Heavenly Bird merged his soul with the demonic beasts and the Soul-Merging Elixir, sacrificing himself to leave his perfected body to Madam Mo as the Heavenly Queen and Marquis Mo watched.

The Heavenly Queen and Xie Tianxia realized Emperor Yongchang had been lured into a hastily assembled assassination plot in Western Capital City, while the Crown Prince chose not to act against him. At the Governor’s Residence, Qi Shiyun exposed a suspected Demon Cult ambusher, and Lianshan Xin spotted Thunderclap Bombs underground just as enemies surrounded the residence and declared Yongchang would die.

• The Retired Emperor told the Empress Dowager he had not asked Heavenly Bird to act, prompting her to suspect someone had engineered Emperor Yongchang’s visit to Western Capital City.
• The Heavenly Queen confronted Xie Tianxia, who denied plotting against Yongchang and concluded that multiple enemies might have joined the trap; they placed their hopes in Lianshan Xin’s perception.
• The Crown Prince rejected the Right Chancellor’s suggestion to make a move and followed the Crown Prince’s Consort’s advice to wait rather than risk giving Yongchang cause to replace him.
• At the Governor’s Residence, Lianshan Xin recognized that Deng Xiaoxian seemed familiar, and Qi Shiyun suddenly attacked him, warning that he belonged to the Demon Cult.
• Emperor Yongchang’s guards moved to protect him as Lianshan Xin used the Box Weapon to spot Thunderclap Bombs buried underground and urged everyone to run.
• Figures emerged around the Governor’s Residence, trapping Yongchang as an enemy announced that he would die.

Lianshan Xin and the others were trapped in the Western Capital Governor's Residence with a hundred Thunderclap Bombs buried beneath them, while Emperor Yongchang's enemies closed in. As Lianshan Xin sought reinforcements and ways to survive, the chapter ended with him urging Qi Shiyun to have children in their desperate situation.

• Shen Hegui and his allies confronted Emperor Yongchang at the Governor's Residence, where Lianshan Xin realized the Thunderclap Bombs beneath them could detonate if they fought at full strength.
• Shi Yuanlüe revealed his loyalty to the Retired Emperor, and Lianshan Xin held Deng Xiaoxian hostage as the group's enemies surrounded them.
• Lianshan Xin contacted He Miaojun and urged her to stop suppressing her cultivation and become a god to help save him.
• Lianshan Xin contacted Thousand Faces through Jiang Buping's Divine Feet Ability and told him to consume the Shen Clan's elixirs to restore his Great Grandmaster strength.
• Lianshan Xin told Emperor Yongchang to stall for time, then entered Qi Shiyun's body and urged her to keep having children; Qi Shiyun agreed to find somewhere private.

Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun used He Miaojun’s ascension as the Kuang Mountain Mountain God to strengthen themselves while Emperor Yongchang faced a rebel coalition at the Governor’s Residence. As the Thunderclap Bombs exploded, Lianshan Xin broke through again and urged the emperor to fight.

• Lianshan Xin sent Tian Ji to find the Heavenly Physician and prepared with Qi Shiyun to survive the encirclement.
• He Miaojun stopped suppressing her cultivation, ascended as the Kuang Mountain Mountain God, and became the first Divine Dao cultivator to appear in a thousand years.
• Xie Tianxia and Jiang Bufan recognized that He Miaojun’s ascension strengthened their respective lineages and offered Emperor Yongchang a chance of survival.
• Emperor Yongchang learned that the rebels did not know about the Thunderclap Bombs buried beneath the Governor’s Residence, while Honglie vowed to kill him for his fiancée.
• Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun absorbed the benefits of He Miaojun’s ascension through cultivation, and Lianshan Xin reached the Domain Realm before Thousand Faces’s breakthrough pushed him toward the Dharma Form Realm.
• Lianshan Xin cried out for Emperor Yongchang to kill as a hundred Thunderclap Bombs detonated and engulfed the Governor’s Residence in fire.

During the Thunderclap Bomb attack on Western Capital City, Lianshan Xin absorbed the explosive energy and unexpectedly broke into the Dharma Form Realm. With Maitreya’s guidance, he turned the flames into a chance to cultivate his Martial Dao Domain and began learning the Buddhist Divine Ability Golden Lotus Grown in a Sea of Fire.

• Qi Shiyun, Emperor Yongchang, and the other Great Grandmasters survived the initial blast, while many guards were killed and Yi Anle escaped the Governor's Residence.
• Lianshan Xin used the energy from the hundred Thunderclap Bombs to achieve the Dharma Form Realm as he refined the sea of fire.
• He Miaojun told Lianshan Jingcheng that she believed Heaven's Mandate would protect Lianshan Xin, and explained that she had named him for the possibility of stealing that mandate.
• Maitreya warned Lianshan Xin that his Dharma Form was unstable without a Martial Dao Domain and urged him to refine the explosive energy into one instead.
• Maitreya taught Lianshan Xin Golden Lotus Grown in a Sea of Fire, and Lianshan Xin formed a golden lotus throne amid the flames as his domain aura emerged.

Lianshan Xin completed his Nuclear-Peace Domain amid the Western Capital’s sea of fire, drawing Maitreya’s public support and the attention of Spirit Mountain and the Dao Court. After Emperor Yongchang secured a promise to protect Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun, the group prepared to move against the Shen Clan, while Lianshan Xin challenged the heroes of the Western Capital to face him.

• Lianshan Xin refined the Thunderclap Bombs’ energy into his domain as Maitreya manifested, confirming Lianshan Xin’s connection to him and causing turmoil at Spirit Mountain.
• The Buddha Head declared that Spirit Mountain would treat Maitreya’s appearance as a demonic deception and kill those involved, while Jiang Bufan decided to shoulder some of the pressure on Lianshan Xin.
• Lianshan Xin completed his Nuclear-Peace Domain and emerged with control over the flames and explosions; Emperor Yongchang praised him and promised protection for him and Qi Shiyun from Spirit Mountain.
• Emperor Yongchang ordered the Western Capital’s onlookers to withdraw or face him, while Jiang Buping took Honglie away and Lianshan Xin attacked the fleeing Shen Hegui.
• Lianshan Xin challenged the heroes of the Western Capital to test his new domain in a fight to the death as Emperor Yongchang’s party prepared to proceed to the Shen Clan.

Lianshan Xin killed Shen Hegui, took control of the Shen Clan’s fate, and accepted Emperor Yongchang’s offer to make him Marquis of Kuang Mountain. The chapter ended with Qi Shiyun agreeing to seek the Evening Drum in the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

• Lianshan Xin killed Shen Hegui after the Western Capital’s experts refused to challenge him, then went to the Shen Clan’s main hall with Emperor Yongchang and Thousand Faces.
• Lianshan Xin let Thousand Faces take charge of the Shen Clan and discussed the Di Hong Clan’s hidden realm as a possible future cultivation resource.
• Jiang Buping defeated Honglie, spared him, and followed him into Xuanyuan Tomb, where he sensed a connection to Xia Xunyang’s bloodline.
• Qi Shiyun showed Lianshan Xin the Shen Clan’s extensive properties, and Emperor Yongchang promised to use its wealth to compensate the people of the Western Capital.
• Lianshan Xin proposed transferring the Shen Clan gradually to Xia Xunyang, and Emperor Yongchang agreed to make Lianshan Xin Marquis of Kuang Mountain.
• Emperor Yongchang revealed that the Evening Drum was in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, and Lianshan Xin urged Qi Shiyun to go there and seize it.

After the Western Capital upheaval, Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun planned to head to the Miao Frontier, while news of Lianshan Xin’s rise spread across the world. Xie Tianxia and the Heavenly Queen discussed how to protect them, and the chapter ended with Gong Wensheng meeting a woman who claimed that Yan Shuang had stolen her identity.

• Emperor Yongchang advised Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun to postpone their visit to the Xie Clan and travel to the Miao Frontier, where they could seek support against Spirit Mountain.
• Lianshan Xin claimed Maitreya had taught him Golden Lotus Grown in a Sea of Fire, and Maitreya privately insisted the Divine Ability rivaled Buddha’s Palm Kingdom.
• Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun discovered that Xie Ciyuan had escaped, then prepared to handle their affairs in Western Capital City before setting out for the Miao Frontier.
• Reports of the battle spread, and Xie Tianxia urged the Heavenly Queen not to suppress Lianshan Xin’s fame or take the Morning Bell away from Qi Shiyun.
• Xie Tianxia told the Heavenly Queen that Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun planned to visit the Miao Frontier, her territory, and the Heavenly Queen considered how to protect them there.
• In the Miao Frontier, Gong Wensheng opened a coffin after being lured to a grave, and the woman inside claimed that the demoness who stole her identity had become the Heavenly Queen.

Lianshan Xin learned of his parents’ connections to Miao Prefecture and received a warning about Yan Xiezhi’s mysterious illness as he prepared to search for the Evening Drum. Meanwhile, Lin Ruoshui received orders to recruit Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun, then travel to the Miao Frontier as the Demon God neared awakening.

• Lianshan Xin learned that Gong Yuyi’s mother, Gong Wensheng, commanded forces in the Miao Frontier, while Yi Anle explained that Yan Xiezhi, the Heavenly Queen’s brother, held the region’s greatest local authority.
• At the Nameless Stele, Gong Wensheng heard a female corpse claim to be Yan Shuang and faced the possibility that the Heavenly Queen had stolen Yan Shuang’s identity.
• Jiang Buping told Lianshan Xin that he had once reached the Dao Integration Realm, and He Miaojun suggested that Lianshan Xin develop his Nuclear-Peace Domain toward the universe’s great explosion.
• Lianshan Jingcheng revealed that Yan Xiezhi had sought treatment for a mysterious condition that left his body severely depleted, and the Heavenly Physician confirmed the same diagnosis while warning Lianshan Xin not to pry.
• At Reclining Buddha Temple, Lin Ruoshui accepted the Buddha Head’s order to bring Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun into the fold and learned that the Sect Master had sent her to the Miao Frontier because the Demon God was about to awaken.

Lin Ruoshui received conflicting orders from the Way-and-Society Sect and Spirit Mountain as Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun prepared to travel to the Miao Frontier. Meanwhile, Xia Xunyang and Tian Ji chose separate paths to grow stronger, and the One Heart Society celebrated Biyu's advancement before Lianshan Xin's Talent upgraded again.

• A monk told Lin Ruoshui to travel to the Miao Frontier for the Way-and-Society Sect and urged her to deal with Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun for Spirit Mountain, leaving her uncertain which order to follow first.
• Qi Shiyun told Lin Ruoshui that she and Lianshan Xin were heading to the Miao Frontier to find the Evening Drum, and Lin Ruoshui realized the sect master's plans seemed to follow Lianshan Xin.
• Jiang Buping told Xia Xunyang to visit a legacy site in Xuanyuan Tomb, where he could advance toward becoming a Great Grandmaster, and Xia Xunyang agreed to stay behind while Lianshan Xin traveled.
• Tian Ji decided to return to the Divine Capital to cultivate the Celestial Pole Sacred Dragon Bloodline Scripture and investigate Emperor Yongchang's illegitimate children for their blood essence.
• Qi Shiyun told Lianshan Xin that Biyu had advanced to the Domain Realm, meaning every member of the One Heart Society had reached that level, and Lianshan Xin's Talent upgraded again.

Lianshan Xin’s talent evolved into a controllable ability to view the past, and Emperor Yongchang sent him and Qi Shiyun to the Miao Frontier to find the Evening Drum and investigate the Dingyuan Marquis. As Lin Ruoshui and her companions traveled there, the Dingyuan Marquis arrived at Yan Xiezhi’s residence with a mysterious black chest, while a carrier pigeon reached the Heavenly Queen in the Divine Capital.

• Lianshan Xin’s talent evolved, letting him choose which part of the past to see for anyone below the Immortal Realm, and Maitreya warned him that other Demon Wombs might be nearby.
• Emperor Yongchang saw Xia Xunyang off to Xuanyuan Tomb, then instructed Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun to seek Yan Xiezhi’s help, find the Evening Drum, and investigate the Dingyuan Marquis’s earlier defeat in the Miao Frontier.
• Emperor Yongchang suspected the Dingyuan Marquis might be nurturing bandits and asked Qi Shiyun to investigate her and the Nine Heavens branch in Miao Prefecture.
• Emperor Yongchang stayed behind with Thousand Faces at the Shen Clan after Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun departed for the Miao Frontier.
• The Dingyuan Marquis arrived at Yan Xiezhi’s residence with a large black chest, and a carrier pigeon landed on the Heavenly Queen’s shoulder at Nine Heavens Headquarters.

The Heavenly Queen ended the investigation into Old Man Heavenly Bird and warned Xie Tianxia that Yuwen Shuo might be suspect. As Lianshan Xin, Qi Shiyun, and Lin Ruoshui traveled toward the Miao Frontier with Gong Yuyi, they discovered she had joined forces with Xie Ciyuan to ambush them, and Shen Fanyin appeared to claim the Morning Bell and kill Lianshan Xin.

• The Heavenly Queen agreed to stop investigating Old Man Heavenly Bird's case and told Xie Tianxia to warn Qi Shiyun about Yuwen Shuo.
• The Heavenly Queen broke through to the half-step Celestial Phenomena Realm as the Retired Emperor called for Old Man Heavenly Bird's and Shi Yuanlüe's families.
• Lianshan Xin, Qi Shiyun, and Lin Ruoshui set out for the Miao Frontier with Gong Yuyi, whom Qi Shiyun planned to use as protection against the Dingyuan Marquis.
• Lianshan Xin realized Gong Yuyi had met Xie Ciyuan, while Lin Ruoshui sensed that their post station manager was unusually powerful and suspected a trap.
• Qi Shiyun warned the others that the food and wine were poisoned, and the group pretended to collapse after drinking while Gong Yuyi revealed her plan.
• Xie Ciyuan and Shen Fanyin appeared, and Shen Fanyin declared that she would kill Lianshan Xin, recover the Morning Bell, and restore the Shen Clan and Joyful Sect.

Lianshan Xin, Qi Shiyun, and Lin Ruoshui turned on the conspirators at the post station, but Shen Fanyin’s backup, the Great Grandmaster Yan Wangchuan, arrived to claim the Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade. As Yan prepared to attack, Lianshan Xin insisted he could kill him, despite warnings about Yan’s strength.

• Shen Fanyin and Xie Ciyuan divided their targets, but Lianshan Xin suddenly killed Xie Ciyuan with chopsticks after Lin Ruoshui cut Shen Fanyin’s sleeve and Qi Shiyun kicked Xie back toward him.
• Qi Shiyun revealed Gong Yuyi’s plot and challenged Shen Fanyin over Spirit Mountain’s plan to absorb the Heavenly Maiden lineage into the Joyful Sect.
• Lin Ruoshui fought Shen Fanyin with wine transformed into swords while dozens of black-clad martial artists surrounded the post station.
• Yan Wangchuan burst through the roof and used the Morning Bell to block his flaming saber strike, then declared that he wanted Lianshan Xin’s Blood-Severing Dust-Cleansing Blade.
• Yan Wangchuan threatened Lianshan Xin and Lin Ruoshui, but Lianshan Xin dismissed the danger and said they should kill him.