Recaps

Qing Chen endured Xiao Canglan’s Spirit Transformation pressure and, under the strain, began melding blood-path and magnetic-origin laws into a small domain. Xiao Canglan confronted him over his rule in Qiongzhou and his resignation request, while Qing Chen insisted he wanted to return to his homeland; the chapter left Xiao Canglan weighing whether he could afford to let him go.

• Qing Chen resisted the crushing pressure in the great hall, awakened his divine sense, and formed a foot-wide domain from blood-path and magnetic-origin law powers.
• Xiao Canglan’s icy strike targeted Qing Chen’s divine soul, but Qing Chen’s domain and defensive techniques stopped it just before it reached his brow.
• Qing Chen bowed and thanked Xiao Canglan for the tempering, while Xiao Canglan recognized that the strike had helped him begin melding his laws.
• Xiao Canglan accused Qing Chen of abusing his authority in Qiongzhou and questioned whether he considered the prefecture his own.
• Qing Chen denied any intention to betray the Immortal Dynasty and explained that he had requested resignation so he could return to his fief and cultivate.
• Xiao Canglan considered his plans for Qing Chen and realized that Qing Chen’s firm resignation had disrupted them.

Xiao Canglan reconsidered his attempt to control Qing Chen after three powerful figures intervened on Qing Chen’s behalf. Qing Chen’s resignation remained before him, and Qing Chen endured the humiliation while resolving to gain the strength to control his own fate.

• Xiao Canglan recalled how he had elevated Qing Chen into a powerful marquis and intended to use him as a weapon in future wars.
• Xiao Canglan remembered that Qiu Qiansha of the Primordial Magnetism Devil Branch had warned him against making a show of force over a dispute between juniors.
• The Eastern Prince’s Principal Consort had reminded Xiao Canglan of Qing Chen’s role in saving the Heir Apparent and urged him to judge Qing Chen fairly.
• Hu Yong had told Xiao Canglan that the court had reached a settled judgment on Qing Chen’s matter and that a superior should know when to loosen the reins.
• Xiao Canglan realized he had to back down, while Qing Chen endured the encounter and wished for the strength to determine his own fate.

Qing Chen resigned as acting Qiongzhou Governor and Qiong-Pacifying Senior General, and Xiao Canglan granted him the honorary rank of subordinate third-rank Evil-Slaying Grandee. After accepting his new seal, Qing Chen left Heavenly Abyss Pass for his fief in the Gouwu Sea, declaring that he would return.

• Xiao Canglan approved Qing Chen's resignation and transferred Qiongzhou's affairs to Qing Xuansu and Yan Ming.
• Xiao Canglan granted Qing Chen the honorary rank of Evil-Slaying Grandee and ordered him to cultivate in seclusion while awaiting the Immortal Dynasty's summons.
• Xiao Canglan used his discretionary authority to strip Qing Chen of the Qiongzhou Governor Seal and Qiong-Pacifying Senior General Seal, then gave him a new Evil-Slaying Grandee Seal.
• Qing Chen left the Spirit Venerable's Residence wearing his new seal, while observers at Heavenly Abyss Pass speculated about his unexpected outcome.
• Qing Chen passed through the East Gate and told those there, "I, Qing Chen, will return."

After Qing Chen left Heavenly Abyss Pass, Xiao Canglan ordered him placed under close surveillance, while Wei Ting warned that the Iron Household might reconsider its marriage alliance. Qing Chen rejected the prospect of relying on the Iron Household and continued toward the Gouwu Sea.

• Xiao Canglan explained that Qing Chen’s ambition made him a potential threat and ordered the Profound Mirror Sky-Hunting Bureau to designate him a B-Upper Rank surveillance target.
• Wei Ting met Qing Chen in the sky and admitted that Circuit Inspector Tie Zhan had asked him to approach Qing Chen on the Iron Household’s behalf.
• Wei Ting warned that the Iron Household might break off its marriage alliance if Qing Chen returned to the Gouwu Sea and failed to build a career.
• Qing Chen refused to rely on powerful allies or women, citing the heavy casualties in the ongoing war as another reason not to seek merit on the battlefield.
• Wei Ting and Qing Chen exchanged farewells, and Qing Chen resumed his journey east.

Ye Wushang’s forces began transferring Qing Chen’s accumulated wealth from the Qiongzhou Prefecture Treasury, but Qing Xuansu and Yan Ming arrived to stop them. Su Zixuan challenged their authority under the law, and Ye Wushang prepared to defend the transfer as the treasury standoff escalated.

• Ye Wushang ordered Lin Changsheng, Su Zixuan, and the troops to load the Prefecture Treasury’s resources onto the ships for Qing Chen.
• Qing Xuansu and Yan Ming arrived with cultivators and demanded that the transfer stop.
• Lin Changsheng presented Qing Chen’s written order, but Qing Xuansu declared it invalid because Qing Chen was no longer governor.
• Su Zixuan demanded that Qing Xuansu and Yan Ming produce an official order revoking the document, and they could not do so.
• Yan Ming ordered his cultivators to seize Su Zixuan, but Ye Wushang and the sixty thousand elites drove them back and resumed loading the ships.

Qing Xuansu tried to make Qing Chen’s troops abandon him by promising stipends to those who submitted, but Jia Daoyi and Lei Bao publicly chose to follow Qing Chen. Xin Bairen and the loyal commanders then expelled the wavering cultivators from the battle formation, leaving them exposed before Qing Xuansu.

• Qing Xuansu warned the Qiongzhou cultivators that Qing Chen had lost his authority and promised rewards to those who joined him.
• Qing Xuansu pointed out that several of Qing Chen’s powerful allies had left or failed to appear, increasing unrest among the troops.
• Jia Daoyi arrived after resigning his post and declared that he would follow Hidden Spirit True Lord.
• Lei Bao also declared his loyalty to the Marquis, and Xin Bairen coordinated with Ye Wushang and the other commanders.
• Xin Bairen divided the battle formation’s power and forced several thousand wavering cultivators, including Wuxin Dharma Master, out of the ranks.
• Xin Bairen told Qing Xuansu that the expelled cultivators were his to take.

Qing Chen intervened as Qing Xuansu and Yan Ming tried to challenge his authority, then oversaw the lawful removal of the provincial treasury’s supplies. After rewarding the cultivators who stayed loyal, he ordered everyone back to the Gouwu Sea.

• Qing Chen revealed himself above the gathered cultivators and called Qing Tingxue out of hiding to join Qing Xuansu and Yan Ming.
• Qing Chen invoked his rank as a Subordinate Third Rank Evil-Slaying Grandee and used the Vajra Mound’s power to suppress the three Nascent Soul Middle Stage opponents.
• Qing Chen ordered Lin Changsheng and the others to resume transporting the treasury’s supplies according to the written order.
• Lin Changsheng reported that every listed supply had been counted and loaded onto the treasure ships.
• Qing Chen granted the loyal cultivators another two years of Immortal Stipend and ordered the group to return to the Gouwu Sea.

Qing Chen led the Demon Lotus fleet from Qiongzhou through Cloud-Hanging Pass and across the Southeastern Circuit, leaving the region behind as he headed toward the Gouwu Sea. After several more days, the fleet reached the Star-Shattering Strait.

• Qing Chen ordered his sixty-thousand-plus followers and fleet to pass Cloud-Hanging Pass without stopping or announcing their arrival.
• Tie Shou ordered the pass's defenses opened, and the enormous Demon Lotus fleet crossed without incident.
• Cultivators across the Southeastern Circuit watched the fleet pass and recognized Qing Chen as the Azure Abyss Marquis returning to his fief.
• Qing Chen listened to the reactions below through his divine sense as the fleet continued eastward.
• After another dozen days, the fleet reached the Star-Shattering Strait, the boundary between the Southeastern Circuit and the Gouwu Sea.

Qing Chen led the Demon Lotus Sect fleet through Star-Shattering Strait toward Gouwu Sea while Lin Changsheng reported the immense spoils and forces gathered from their conquest of Qiongzhou. As the fleet neared its new base, Qing Chen ordered the Qiongzhou Army's organization secretly abolished and its members absorbed into the Demon Lotus Sect.

• Lin Changsheng reported more than two billion low-grade spirit stones, vast supplies and texts, and an army of over sixty-five thousand cultivators, including seventy-two Golden Core cultivators.
• Qing Chen reviewed the gains and told Lin Changsheng to maintain Great Jin contacts and continue using official channels to acquire resources.
• Qing Chen transmitted a command to secretly abolish every organizational structure of the Qiongzhou Army.
• Qing Chen ordered all former Qiongzhou Army members incorporated into the Demon Lotus Sect and assigned new positions according to their merits and cultivation.

The Demon Lotus Sect established new halls, ranks, and stipends as Qing Chen traveled toward the Gouwu Sea. Wu Gui’s allies urged him to focus on their Fortune Anchor Plan instead of pursuing Qing Chen, while Wu Gui prepared to use the Ten Thousand Gu Source Cauldron to steal Annan Province’s fortune and escape the limits of the Nanhua Realm.

• The Demon Lotus Sect created three halls, six departments, local Branch Halls, new ranks for its cultivators, and merit-based advancement with increased stipends.
• Mad Shark True Lord asked Wu Gui for troops to intercept Qing Chen, but Golden Toad Granny and White Snake True Lord warned that attacking him would be too risky and would distract from their grand plan.
• Wu Gui ordered his followers to prioritize the Fortune Anchor Plan and asked White Snake how much of Annan Province’s fortune had been extracted.
• White Snake reported that Vein-Eroding Gu had infested eighty-five percent of the province’s principal Spirit Veins and Fortune Nodes, with the first overflow expected within thirty years.
• Wu Gui sensed the Ten Thousand Gu Source Cauldron nearing the formation of fortune’s essence and reflected that he would rather die than remain trapped in the Nanhua Realm without a path to the Dao.

Wu Gui ordered the Golden Toad Gu Tribe and Southern Yue to gather materials and extract spiritual energy for his Fortune Anchor plan. Qing Chen arrived at Vajra Spirit Island, where he was welcomed by its senior monks and reunited with his long-lost master, True Person Budong.

• Wu Gui threatened Golden Toad Granny with destroying her tribe if it failed to find enough Four-Winged Golden Cicada Gu within ten years.
• Wu Gui ordered White Snake to accelerate spiritual-energy extraction, even by causing natural disasters if necessary.
• Qing Chen and his fleet approached Vajra Spirit Island and received a grand welcome from Chan Master Hui'an, Chan Master Wuxiang, Numu, and Buddha's Son Wuchen.
• Qing Chen recognized that several Vajra Zen Sect figures had advanced in cultivation, including Numu and Wuchen.
• Qing Chen discovered that True Person Budong had been standing behind Hui'an, and Budong welcomed his returning disciple.

Qing Chen met with Chan Master Hui'an, who proposed elevating the Condensed Jade Sect to the Upper Eight Cave Spirit Islands and revealed that Xuanji True Lord had vanished near the Reincarnation Dead Sea. Qing Chen realized that the change would require one of the current eight factions to lose its seat.

• Qing Chen reunited with his master, True Person Budong, and went with him and Jia Daoyi to Vajra Hall.
• Chan Master Hui'an offered the Condensed Jade Sect a chance to join the Upper Eight Cave Spirit Islands, explaining that another faction would have to give up its seat.
• Qing Chen understood that he would need to resolve the matter of which faction was displaced.
• Chan Master Hui'an reported that Xuanji True Lord had gone missing after entering the Reincarnation Dead Sea with True Lord Jiyin of Mystic Yin Island.
• Qing Chen inferred that Mystic Yin Island was likely the faction to be replaced.

Qing Chen accepted the Vajra Zen Sect’s offer to have the Condensed Jade Sect replace Mystic Yin Island among the Upper Eight Cave Spirit Islands, agreeing to take on the conflict with Mystic Yin Island. After leaving the meeting, he offered to help his master True Person Budong break through to the immortal physical realm.

• Qing Chen considered how the Vajra Zen Sect’s offer would weaken the Blissful Union Tower’s influence while binding the Condensed Jade Sect to the Vajra Zen Sect.
• Qing Chen accepted the opportunity and invited Chan Master Hui'an and the others to his upcoming nascent soul ceremony.
• Qing Chen spoke with Wuchen and Fierce-Eyed Vajra for four hours before leaving Buddha Summit Mountain with True Person Budong and Jia Daoyi.
• Qing Chen told True Person Budong that the continuation of the Immovable Wisdom King Heart Method lay within the Vajra Mound and promised him body-tempering medicines and Grotto-Heaven Treasure Marrow.

Qing Chen gave True Person Budong the Vajra Mound and three rare body-tempering treasures to help him break through to the Immortal Realm, then led the fleet back to Cangming Island. Budong saw how the island had grown into a fortified great island, with Heavenly Ming Palace at its center.

• Qing Chen praised True Person Budong’s aptitude and offered him the Vajra Mound, activating its later cultivation techniques for him.
• Qing Chen gave True Person Budong a blood essence vine, a blood dragon marrow herb, and Stars Body-Tempering Liquid to support his breakthrough.
• True Person Budong accepted the treasures and agreed to pursue the Immortal Realm, and Qing Chen ordered everyone to return to Cangming Island.
• Lin Changsheng, Su Zixuan, Xu Jiuling, Xin Bairen, Hua Tieshou, Lei Bao, and the other envoys welcomed Qing Chen’s fleet before it sailed east.
• After half a month, True Person Budong saw Cangming Island’s vast expansion, towering walls, and seven palaces, including Heavenly Ming Palace.

Qing Chen returned to Cangming Island, where the Condensed Jade Sect and cultivators across the island waited in fear after his reputation as the Blood River Old Devil spread. He allowed the Golden Core cultivators to rise, but left the thousands kneeling behind them prostrate.

• Over three thousand Condensed Jade Sect cultivators, led by Wan Hun, Yuji, and Chi Xuntian, knelt to welcome Qing Chen at Giant Harbor.
• As Qing Chen remained aboard his ship for hours, frightened cultivators from across Cangming Island rushed to the docks and joined the kneeling crowd.
• More than ten thousand cultivators waited in silence while Wan Hun and the other Golden Core elders feared Qing Chen’s return and the power of his fleet.
• Qing Chen stepped onto the dock, addressed Wan Hun, Yuji, and Xuntian as martial nephews, and told the Golden Core cultivators to rise.
• The cultivators behind the elders stayed kneeling because Qing Chen had not told them to get up.

Qing Chen returned to the Condensed Jade Sect and ordered the surrounding archipelagos to submit or leave, setting up a major expansion of the sect. He then turned his attention toward the Shushan Sword Sect and his coming meeting with Heavenly Shu True Lord, while keeping his greater plans in mind.

• Chi Xuntian welcomed Qing Chen and explained that Xuanji True Lord had left over half a year earlier to seek a breakthrough.
• Qing Chen dismissed Chi Xuntian’s offer to resign and ordered the Heavenly Illumination, Cold Mountain, and Three Corpse Archipelagos to merge into the Condensed Jade Sect or leave within ten days.
• Chi Xuntian accepted Qing Chen’s decree and pledged to kill anyone who resisted, while Qing Chen assigned Lin Changsheng to assist him if needed.
• Qing Chen urged True Person Budong to enter seclusion and pursue a breakthrough to the Immortal Realm, and Budong agreed.
• Qing Chen looked toward the Shushan Sword Sect, anticipating a meeting with Heavenly Shu True Lord, and resolved to manage the Condensed Jade Sect as a source of support for his greater goal.

As Qing Chen’s ten-day ultimatum brought the Heavenly Illumination, Cold Mountain, and Three Corpse Archipelagos under his influence, their sects surrendered, fled, or were crushed. Qing Chen left the bloodshed behind and headed alone for Heavenly Shu Island, home of the Shushan Sword Sect.

• Zhaoshenzi offered the Illuminating Deity Sect’s supreme treasure to Qing Chen and arranged for some disciples to flee to the Star Sea Region.
• Jingxin ordered Cold Mountain Temple’s disciples to choose whether to stay or leave, sent Chanxin, Xingchi, and Dragon-Seal Vajra to Great Jin with a jade slip, then sealed his cultivation and died.
• Su Zixuan, Xu Jiuling, and Chi Xuntian arrived at Cold Mountain Temple and found its monks kneeling before the removed plaque, alongside Jingxin and two Golden Core Dharma Masters who had died.
• Hua Tieshou, Lei Bao, and Gu Jianchun used Demon Lotus Treasure Ships to suppress the Three Corpse Archipelago’s marauders, killing resisters and assigning captives to hard labor.
• Qing Chen departed the archipelagos alone and headed toward Heavenly Shu Island, the Shushan Sword Sect’s mountain gate.

Qing Chen met Heavenly Shu True Lord at Swordheart Terrace and declared the limits of his expansion and his refusal to accept the Moon Sea Region’s old rules. Heavenly Shu True Lord’s probing revealed that Qing Chen’s divine sense and mastery of rules surpassed his own.

• Sword Fool welcomed Qing Chen to Heavenly Shu Island and led him through a hidden gate to Swordheart Terrace.
• Qing Chen met Heavenly Shu True Lord and saw Ye Wushang seated quietly beside him.
• Qing Chen told Heavenly Shu True Lord that the Condensed Jade Sect would stop expanding at the Azure Sun Archipelago and that Shushan could pursue the territory west of it without interference.
• Qing Chen rejected the Upper Eight Caves’ agreement against large-scale wars and annexations, challenging the Blissful Union Tower to come to him if it objected.
• Qing Chen’s force tore open the sword gang cloud qi above Swordheart Terrace, and Heavenly Shu True Lord acknowledged that Qing Chen’s abilities surpassed his own.

Qing Chen sparred with Heavenly Shu True Lord at Swordheart Terrace and overwhelmed his strongest sword technique with demonic divine sense and a crude pseudo-domain formed from Blood Path Rules and the Magnetic Origin Rule. Heavenly Shu True Lord was driven back and defeated, leaving the gap between their abilities unmistakable.

• Tianshu welcomed Qing Chen to Swordheart Terrace and invited him to spar.
• Heavenly Shu True Lord formed a vast sword net with the Purple Frost Sword Path technique Ten Thousand Swords Congeal in the Void.
• Qing Chen used the tenth-layer Immovable Wisdom King Heart Method and First Terror · Yang Spirit · Command to disrupt Heavenly Shu True Lord's control.
• Qing Chen combined Blood Path Rules and the Magnetic Origin Rule into a three-foot pseudo-domain that broke apart the sword net.
• Heavenly Shu True Lord drew the Purplefrost Divine Sword to block Qing Chen's attack but was driven back, his sword intent and magic power disrupted.

Qing Chen decisively defeated Heavenly Shu True Lord in their duel, then left Shushan with Ye Wushang, who thanked him for sparing the sect and explained the significance of Qing Chen’s pseudo-domain. Qing Chen realized his ability to combine laws might resemble a technique normally available only to Spirit Transformation cultivators, and the chapter ended with Ye Wushang describing how they create domains.

• Qing Chen overwhelmed Heavenly Shu True Lord, who admitted Shushan would need its grand formation and Sword Mountain to contend with him.
• Qing Chen thanked Heavenly Shu True Lord and departed Swordheart Terrace, while Heavenly Shu True Lord sent Ye Wushang a message through voice transmission.
• Ye Wushang caught up with Qing Chen and said their duel had helped him break through a mental obstacle, so he would postpone his Nascent Soul Ceremony.
• Ye Wushang thanked Qing Chen for sparing Shushan and reaffirmed their friendship, and Qing Chen said he would always regard Shushan as a friend.
• Ye Wushang relayed Heavenly Shu True Lord’s praise for Qing Chen’s law-fusing pseudo-domain and explained that Spirit Transformation cultivators could use their laws to form domains.

Ye Wushang explained that Qing Chen had accidentally created a fragile Pseudo-Domain by fusing the Blood Path and Primordial Magnetism rules, then advised him to develop it into a Rules Killing Move. Qing Chen realized the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Soul-Shocking Art might hold further secrets and resolved to return to the Moon-Worshipping Divine Cult's Secret Realm on Immortal-Severing Island.

• Ye Wushang told Qing Chen that his fused rules had formed the beginnings of a Pseudo-Domain capable of contending with a single Rules Thread.
• Qing Chen recalled forcing the Pseudo-Domain into being under Xiao Canglan's pressure and grew more resentful of Xiao Canglan for withholding its significance.
• Ye Wushang explained Rules Killing Moves and urged Qing Chen to stabilize his fused domain and incorporate it into a technique or spell.
• Qing Chen recognized that Ye Wushang's advice revealed cultivation secrets usually reserved for powerful sects and resolved to deepen his fusion of the Blood Path and Primordial Magnetism rules.
• Qing Chen considered the potential of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Soul-Shocking Art and decided to revisit the Moon-Worshipping Divine Cult's Secret Realm on Immortal-Severing Island.

Qing Chen thanked Ye Wushang for teaching him about fusing rules and killing moves, then hurried back to Cangming Island while considering how to develop his own domain. He found thousands of cultivators kneeling in fear and ordered them to disperse, threatening to kill their families if they remained.

• Qing Chen sincerely thanked Ye Wushang and Heavenly Shu True Lord for the guidance, and Ye Wushang asked to join Qing Chen in future battles.
• Qing Chen told Ye Wushang he had nominated him for an honorary Devil Lord position in the Demon Lotus Sect, then departed for Cangming Island.
• During his journey, Qing Chen considered fusing rules and combining the Blood River God-Slaying Spear with a domain of annihilation.
• Qing Chen arrived at Cangming Island and discovered more than ten thousand cultivators kneeling at the docks, frightened by rumors about the Blood River Old Devil.
• Qing Chen ordered the cultivators to disperse and threatened to slaughter their families if they were still kneeling after seven and a half minutes.

Qing Chen received reports that the three archipelagos had been subdued and summoned Zhaoshenzi, the Illuminating Deity Sect's Sect Master, to hear his offer. Zhaoshenzi revealed that an ancient formation on Immortal-Severing Island led to the Moon-Worshipping Divine Cult's true Main Altar, leaving Qing Chen intrigued but still weighing whether to spare the sect.

• Qing Chen ordered the fleeing cultivators at the docks to disperse, then went to Heavenly Ming Palace and summoned his subordinates for a report.
• Chi Xuntian reported that Zhaoshenzi had offered the Heavenly Serpent Magatama and the Illuminating Deity Sect's treasury in exchange for vassal status, while Cold Mountain Temple had surrendered and resistance in the Three Corpse Archipelago had been crushed.
• Qing Chen ordered the surrendered Cold Mountain Temple monks spared as rogue cultivators and sent Jia Daoyi and Xin Bairen to hunt down the monks who had fled.
• Zhaoshenzi presented the Heavenly Serpent Magatama and told Qing Chen that the Heavenly Serpent True Lord had found an ancient teleportation formation on Immortal-Severing Island leading to the Moon-Worshipping Divine Cult's true Main Altar.
• Zhaoshenzi argued that his Dharma Nascent Soul concealed his memories from soul-searching and asked Qing Chen to spare his sect; Qing Chen praised his nerve and judgment.

Qing Chen united the Heavenly Serpent Three Treasures and broke through the summoned serpent’s defenses to uncover a message sealed by the Heavenly Serpent True Lord. The message began revealing a choice between maintaining the Heavenly Serpent Sect and pursuing a perilous opportunity at the Moon-Worshipping Divine Cult’s Main Altar.

• Zhaoshenzi told Qing Chen that the Heavenly Serpent True Lord had warned that the Moon-Worshipping Divine Cult’s Main Altar was deadly to anyone below Nascent Soul and that the Three Treasures served as both key and guide.
• Qing Chen brought out the Eight Serpent Mirror and Eight Serpent Staff, and the three treasures fused into an orb that summoned the Three-Headed Heavenly Serpent phantom.
• Qing Chen dismissed the phantom’s power and used his Demon Seed Divine Sense to shatter its defenses and expose a hidden snake-shedding mark.
• Qing Chen accessed the Heavenly Serpent True Lord’s recorded message, which confirmed that the Three Treasures could summon a powerful Dharma Form and offered the successor a choice to manage the Heavenly Serpent Sect or hear of a greater opportunity.

Qing Chen learned from the Heavenly Serpent treasures that the Moon-Worshipping Divine Cult’s hidden lineage led beyond the Gouwu Sea to the Shiyuan Immortal Star Sea, while Immortal-Severing Island concealed a dangerous path. After granting Zhaoshenzi’s sect vassal status, Qing Chen bound him with two forbidden seals and threatened his life and sect, leaving Zhaoshenzi to confess that he had withheld something important.

• Qing Chen heard the ancient recording reveal the Moon-Worshipping Divine Cult’s origins, the distant Shiyuan Immortal Star Sea, and the danger surrounding Immortal-Severing Island.
• Qing Chen returned the Three-Headed Heavenly Serpent’s power to the three treasures and rewarded Zhaoshenzi by allowing the Illuminating Deity Sect to become a Demon Lotus Sect vassal.
• Qing Chen branded Zhaoshenzi with the Demon Lotus Soul Seal and the Blood Slave Mark, binding him to obey for two hundred years.
• Qing Chen warned that any concealment or trouble involving the treasures or Immortal-Severing Island would bring Zhaoshenzi’s death and the destruction of his sect.
• Zhaoshenzi broke down and admitted that he had withheld something from Qing Chen.