Recaps

Xie Jinhuan questioned Lin Wanyi about a corpse apparently killed by a gu flower, and she and A Piao helped him identify mad corpse flowers as the likely cause. He set out to investigate their possible growing site outside Danyang, with Lin Wanyi joining him.

• Lin Zisu stayed at Danyang Academy to watch the Wubei Institute's examination while Lin Wanyi left for the clinic.
• Xie Jinhuan joined Lin Wanyi's carriage and asked about a corpse found at the yamen with signs of gu-flower poisoning.
• Lin Wanyi explained that mad corpse flowers could be cultivated with human and livestock remains, while A Piao deduced that the growing site would need to connect to a waterway upstream along the Huai River.
• Xie Jinhuan decided to investigate outside the city without involving the yamen, intending to use what he found to direct the authorities against the Demon Bandits.
• Lin Wanyi warned that the suspected cultivator would be dangerous and agreed to accompany Xie Jinhuan; he sent Jia Zheng away and headed out of the city.

Linghu Qingmo learned that the unidentified corpse had likely been used to cultivate a Mad Corpse Flower, while Xie Jinhuan and his companions followed the clues to a buried growing site near Cockscomb Ridge. Xie Jinhuan broke through the landslide and uncovered a foul-smelling cave.

• Linghu Qingmo reported Xie Jinhuan’s identification of Corpse Flies and a Gu Flower, and Ji Shiqing narrowed the possibilities to the Mad Corpse Flower.
• Huangfu Qi suggested searching places where livestock were kept, and Linghu Qingmo set out to investigate them.
• Xie Jinhuan, Lin Wanyi, Coal Ball, and Ye Hongshang searched the riverbank and found livestock tracks leading into the hills near Cockscomb Ridge.
• Ye Hongshang identified a buried flower-growing site behind a pool, and Lin Wanyi agreed that the location suited Mad Corpse Flowers.
• Xie Jinhuan struck the landslide with his Heavenly Gang Mace until he opened a cave entrance, releasing a strong stench of corpses.

Xie Jinhuan and Lin Wanyi discovered a Demon Path cultivator’s lair, and Ye Hongshang altered its traces to make the culprit appear to have transcendent-grade mastery. After Lin Wanyi fainted and Ye Hongshang possessed her, Xie Jinhuan helped complete the deception and then prepared to explain the scene to Lin Wanyi.

• Xie Jinhuan and Lin Wanyi found a corpse-filled cavern marked by a sinister ritual, and Ye Hongshang identified its occupant as a cultivator of both witchcraft and the Demon Path.
• Xie Jinhuan found a book in the lair but no useful clues, so Ye Hongshang offered to enhance the traces of the culprit’s cultivation.
• Lin Wanyi became dizzy and fainted, and Ye Hongshang possessed her body.
• Ye Hongshang used Xie Jinhuan’s blood and ghostfire to alter the cavern’s markings so Danyang’s experts would believe a transcendent-grade demon had refined living beings there.
• Xie Jinhuan carried Lin Wanyi out of the cavern and pretended to regulate her energy channels while wondering how to explain what had happened.

After Lin Wanyi recovered from her sudden collapse, she and Xie Jinhuan discovered that He Can and Lu Ming had come to destroy the corpse-pit evidence. Xie Jinhuan prepared to stop them, while Lin Wanyi offered a plan to draw away the puppets and help him attack.

• Lin Wanyi woke and mistook Xie Jinhuan's treatment for an attack, then apologized after realizing he had saved her at great cost to his vital energy.
• Xie Jinhuan and Lin Wanyi followed the creek and learned from Coal Ball that people were approaching.
• He Can and Lu Ming arrived at the corpse pit and decided to destroy the bodies and evidence before the Yamen could trace the Mad Corpse Flowers.
• Xie Jinhuan and Lin Wanyi hid nearby, while Ye Hongshang identified the old man as a corpse witch and the young man as a ghost witch.
• Xie Jinhuan prepared to stop the group, and Lin Wanyi gave him an antidote and offered to draw away the puppets with poisonous mist.

Xie Jinhuan and Lin Wanyi fought Lu Ming and He Can in a mountain hollow after the Gu Poison Sect pair attacked with poisonous mist and puppets. Xie Jinhuan’s Zhenglun Sword suppressed He Can’s ghosts, and his thrown mace killed Lu Ming and smashed He Can’s umbrella before striking him into the bushes.

• Lin Wanyi emerged from the western slope and unleashed the Hundred Ghosts Spread the Plague, forcing Lu Ming and He Can to defend themselves.
• Lu Ming used his flute to command two puppets against Xie Jinhuan, who broke through their attacks with his mace and Zhenglun Sword.
• Xie Jinhuan’s lightning through the Zhenglun Sword suppressed He Can’s ghosts, and He Can and Lu Ming began to retreat.
• Lu Ming threw sticky nets at Lin Wanyi and Xie Jinhuan, but Xie Jinhuan evaded them and hurled his Heavenly Gang Mace after the fleeing men.
• Xie Jinhuan’s mace killed Lu Ming and shattered He Can’s ghost umbrella, then struck He Can into the bushes.

Xie Jinhuan freed Lin Wanyi from the Immortal-Binding Rope while the Ghost Witch escaped, then Lin Wanyi began tracking him by the poison left on him. The chapter ended with Xie Jinhuan and Lin Wanyi setting out to capture the Ghost Witch alive.

• Xie Jinhuan sent Coal Ball after the Ghost Witch, then used Palm Thunder to melt the ropes binding Lin Wanyi.
• Lin Wanyi recognized the Zhenglun Sword and explained that the Ghost Witch could be tracked by the poison on him.
• Xie Jinhuan freed Lin Wanyi, embarrassing her when his qi activated her Soft Armor.
• Coal Ball returned without catching the Ghost Witch, and Lin Wanyi offered to track him by his lingering scent.
• Lin Wanyi conjured eerie green flames and strode out of the mountain hollow to pursue the Ghost Witch with Xie Jinhuan.

Xie Jinhuan and Lin Wanyi tracked a Demon Bandit to an Essence Splendor Manor pleasure boat at Peony Pond, where Bao Fei and the guests challenged their attempt to board. Xie Jinhuan warned them not to insult his father, while Commandery Princess Changning watched the confrontation from another boat.

• At Peony Pond, Commandery Princess Changning, Steward Hou, and Liu Qingzhi spotted Xie Jinhuan and Lin Wanyi approaching a pleasure boat and noticed an argument beginning.
• Xie Jinhuan told the steward that a Demon Bandit had fled onto the boat and asked to search it, but the steward refused him entry.
• Bao Fei appeared and challenged Xie Jinhuan after a guest claimed Xie Jinhuan's father had been exiled for embezzlement.
• Lin Wanyi warned Xie Jinhuan not to beat Bao Fei to death, but Bao Fei threatened him and demanded an apology.
• Xie Jinhuan corrected the claim about his father and warned that Bao Fei would be an example if he insulted him again.
• Commandery Princess Changning watched Xie Jinhuan through a telescope as Lin Wanyi tried to carry him away.

Xie Jinhuan defeated Bao Fei in one exchange while searching a pleasure boat for the escaped Ghost Witch, but Lin Wanyi found that the culprit had erased the trail. Xie Jinhuan told Liu Qingzhi about the Witch Cult evidence at Cockscomb Ridge and led the Prefectural Guards there to investigate.

• Bao Fei attacked Xie Jinhuan, who blocked his Thunderclap Blade and knocked him through the boat into the banquet hall.
• Xie Jinhuan boarded the pleasure boat with Lin Wanyi to search for the Ghost Witch, while Commandery Princess Changning sent Liu Qingzhi to check on them.
• Lin Wanyi found that the Ghost Witch had used a medicinal wash to remove the toxins, and Xie Jinhuan found no clues identifying the fugitive.
• Liu Qingzhi arrived and learned that Xie Jinhuan had killed three Witch Cult fiends and found a corpse pit at Cockscomb Ridge.
• Liu Qingzhi ordered his men to search the nearby boats, then joined Xie Jinhuan to investigate the corpse pit.

Linghu Qingmo and the constables abandoned their search of Danyang’s livestock-market ditches after Xie Jinhuan found a Corpse Pit at Cockscomb Ridge. The discovery revealed evidence of an exceptionally powerful Demon Path practitioner, prompting Tie Fengzhang to mobilize an investigation while Xie Jinhuan left the scene to rest.

• A Prince's Manor Guard summoned Linghu Qingmo and Yang Dabiao to Cockscomb Ridge, where Xie Jinhuan had found the Corpse Pit and fought Demon Bandits.
• Linghu Qingmo, Yang Dabiao, and the others arrived to find a foul pit filled with remains, and they joined Xie Jinhuan and Liu Qingzhi in clearing it.
• Linghu Qingmo discovered an Evil God Statue and a lewd book, then called Tie Fengzhang to examine the site for clues.
• Tie Fengzhang identified the markings as evidence of a highly skilled Demon Path blood sacrifice and ordered an urgent search for the Demon Bandits linked to Purple Emblem Mountain.
• Tie Fengzhang praised Xie Jinhuan and departed with his men, while Linghu Qingmo told Xie Jinhuan to rest and continued the investigation.

Commandery Princess Changning noticed Scarlet Qilin Guards near Clear Spring Lane and ordered the lane watched, while Xie Jinhuan visited the Lin Family Clinic to collect medicine and supplies. He paid Lin Wanyi for costly medicinal wine before leaving, and Lin Wanyi felt unworthy of his upright character.

• Commandery Princess Changning questioned Steward Hou about returning soldiers, then decided to invite guests to celebrate their discovery of the demonic aura's source.
• Commandery Princess Changning summoned Scarlet Qilin Guard Commander Zhou He and his companions, questioned their presence near Clear Spring Lane, and ordered Steward Hou to keep watch after they left.
• Lin Wanyi and Lin Zisu worked in the alchemy chamber, where Xie Jinhuan watched their unusual furnace rituals and received a Dao Progress Surge Pill from Lin Zisu for one tael.
• Lin Wanyi gave Xie Jinhuan Dragon Blood Pills, medicinal bath prescriptions, and wine steeped in Hero's Tears to help him recover from blood loss.
• Xie Jinhuan insisted on paying for the wine and left with Coal Ball, while Lin Wanyi admired his integrity and felt unworthy beside him.

Taishu Dan and He Can tried to divert the court’s search by framing the Li Household, while Xie Jinhuan’s actions bought him time and kept suspicion away from his residence. After returning home, Xie Jinhuan took a Dragon Blood Pill and shared a teasing, illusory bath and drinking game with Ye Hongshang, which ended with him blacking out.

• Taishu Dan and He Can discussed how Xie Jinhuan had uncovered the Corpse Pit and decided to frame the Li Household to stall the Yamen’s investigation until after the Mid-Autumn Festival.
• Xie Jinhuan returned to Clear Spring Lane and felt reassured that the constables and soldiers were focused on hunting the Demon Bandits rather than searching the mountains.
• Xie Jinhuan took a medicinal bath and swallowed a Dragon Blood Pill, which quickly eased his soreness and fatigue.
• Ye Hongshang appeared as an illusion in the bathtub and offered Xie Jinhuan a lovers’ bath and a finger-guessing game.
• Ye Hongshang used her illusion to win the game repeatedly, and Xie Jinhuan drank with her until he blacked out.

After a night of drinking, Xie Jinhuan woke hungover while Linghu Qingmo checked on him and updated him on the hunt for the Demon Bandits. Xie proposed investigating the bookshop that sold a book found in the corpse-hiding cave, and the pair prepared to get breakfast before continuing their search.

• Linghu Qingmo visited the County Commandant's Office, where Yang Dabiao reported that the constables had found eleven victims' remains and suspected gu insects but no identity for the Demon Bandits.
• Linghu Qingmo found Xie Jinhuan sprawled drunk on the roof, caught him when he fell, and jolted him awake after Xie accidentally groped him.
• Xie Jinhuan told Linghu Qingmo that Miss Lin had given him the wine, then learned that the investigation had uncovered more than ten Demon Bandit errand runners.
• Xie Jinhuan suggested checking Stillness Literature Studio because the book Springtime Allure found in the corpse-hiding cave might be traceable to its buyer.
• Linghu Qingmo warned Xie Jinhuan against investigating dangerous leads alone and told him that Senior Nangong was expected to return before long.
• Xie Jinhuan invited Linghu Qingmo to get breakfast, and Coal Ball eagerly joined them.

Xie Jinhuan and Linghu Qingmo visited Danyang Academy’s library to ask Wu Zheng about a suspicious buyer of Springtime Allure. Wu Zheng identified the young man as He San and introduced Xie Jinhuan to an unofficial history that might hold clues about his ghost wife, leaving Xie Jinhuan with a copy despite Linghu Qingmo’s objections.

• Linghu Qingmo asked Wu Zheng whether he remembered someone who had bought Springtime Allure, and Xie Jinhuan explained the book’s social significance when Wu called it erotic miscellany.
• Wu Zheng recalled that a slick young man called He San had bought the book early in the month, claimed to be a spice trader, and asked about Master Mu’s and several instructors’ movements.
• Wu Zheng showed Xie Jinhuan and Linghu Qingmo a hidden collection of martial-world erotic gossip and unofficial histories, and Xie Jinhuan found a story about Qixia True Person that reminded him of his ghost wife.
• Linghu Qingmo objected to the book’s claims about Qixia True Person, but Wu Zheng said the story was fictional and cautioned them against trusting unofficial histories.
• Linghu Qingmo took the book and ran out, while Xie Jinhuan secretly paid Wu Zheng and received another copy along with an illustrated edition of Springtime Allure.

Xie Jinhuan seized on reports that the Li Household had buried gamblers alive and pushed the County Yamen to investigate. At Spring Screen Tower, Li Ziwen learned that officials were at the farm, and Zhou He began helping the Li Household prepare a cover story.

• Xie Jinhuan questioned Ye Hongshang about her past before rejoining Linghu Qingmo and Coal Ball.
• Yang Dabiao told Linghu Qingmo and Xie Jinhuan that missing gamblers had allegedly been buried alive by the Li Household.
• Xie Jinhuan urged the Yamen to investigate, and Yang Dabiao agreed to take him and the bailiffs to look into the case.
• Li Ziwen hosted Zhou He at Spring Screen Tower and offered him dragon yang flowers as thanks for helping with his recent Yamen case.
• After hearing that County Commandant's Office staff had gone to the farm, Zhou He advised Li Ziwen to claim the gamblers had died while working off their debts and to produce IOUs and indentures.

Xie Jinhuan and the officers uncovered a body in the Li Household’s fields, where Li Zixian tried to pass the deaths off as accidents among indebted laborers. An examination of the skull revealed signs of the Essence-Seizing Demonic Art, and Linghu Qingmo ordered Li Zixian arrested.

• Xie Jinhuan and Yang Dabiao searched the Li Household’s fields and uncovered a body marked by a buried rope.
• Li Zixian arrived with Zhou He and claimed the dead men had been indebted laborers who died of illness, presenting contracts as evidence.
• Xie Jinhuan asked Zhou He to examine the skull, and Zhou He found traces of the Essence-Seizing Demonic Art.
• Zhou He sent the skull to the Prince’s Manor for expert examination, and Linghu Qingmo ordered the bailiffs to seize Li Zixian.

At the county yamen, the Pill King interrogated Li Zixian over three bodies killed by the Essence-Seizing Demonic Art, while Xie Jinhuan puzzled over evidence that seemed to implicate the Li Household. That night, Taishu Dan revealed that the corpses had been secretly switched, and his allies prepared to use the Mad Corpse Flower during the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival.

• The Pill King questioned Li Zixian about the three bodies, and Ji Shiqing and Huangfu Qi confirmed they had died from the Essence-Seizing Demonic Art.
• Li Zixian denied ties to the Demon Bandits, so Tie Fengzhang tortured him while Xie Jinhuan wondered whether the Li Household had been framed.
• The Pill King praised Xie Jinhuan's work and promised to recommend him for a post to Emperor Qian.
• At the Riverside Villa, a puppet told Taishu Dan that Li Zixian's case would delay the investigation and ordered him to prepare for the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival attack.
• Taishu Dan told He Can that the corpses had been brought from elsewhere and secretly switched, leaving the Li Household unaware of the deception.

Zhou He and Lord Li Ming suspected Xie Jinhuan of secretly framing the Li Household and planned to implicate him in collusion with demons to investigate his background. At the Welcome Inn, Xie Jinhuan shared a meal with Linghu Qingmo and the constables, reminiscing about an earlier gathering as the others traded jokes.

• Zhou He told Lord Li Ming that Xie Jinhuan might be seeking revenge for Xie Wen’s death and warned that an unknown expert was helping him.
• Zhou He proposed hypothetically linking Xie Jinhuan to a great demon so the Yamen would investigate his history and reveal his backer.
• Lord Li Ming agreed to help Zhou He pursue the plan, and Zhou He asked him to find a few things.
• Xie Jinhuan and the others ate at the Welcome Inn, where he recalled first meeting Yang Dabiao at a meal years earlier.
• Yang Dabiao denied ever visiting a pleasure house, and Liu Qingzhi teased him about helping Widow Wang find her chicks.
• Linghu Qingmo watched the group’s banter and put a piece of chicken leg meat in Xie Jinhuan’s bowl.

Lin Wanyi delivered Xie Jinhuan's pills after being teased by Lin Zisu and delayed by Madam Yang's gossip. When she met Xie Jinhuan outside the Yang residence, he discussed the Mid-Autumn lantern festival, but Ye Hongshang sensed Blood Baleful Qi inside the house.

• Lin Zisu teased Lin Wanyi about missing Xie Jinhuan, and Lin Wanyi set out with seven days of pills for him.
• Madam Yang stopped Lin Wanyi in the Back Alley and spent half an hour gossiping with her.
• Xie Jinhuan continued investigating the Ghost Wife through The Tale of Golden Orchids while the Yamen interrogated Li Zixian overnight.
• Xie Jinhuan met Lin Wanyi outside the Yang residence, accepted his pills, and asked whether she would attend the Mid-Autumn lantern festival.
• Ye Hongshang warned Xie Jinhuan that Blood Baleful Qi was coming from inside the house.

Xie Jinhuan found forbidden Blood Essence and letters planted beneath his bed, realizing someone had framed him for ties to the Demon Bandits. As the Yamen approached, Ye Hongshang advised him to fake the Blood Baleful Qi and identify the culprit, while Li Jing and Zhou He detected the Qi near the Commandery Princess's Manor.

• Xie Jinhuan and Lin Wanyi discovered Blood Essence, a Medicine Man Scripture, and letters implicating Xie Jinhuan hidden beneath his bed.
• Xie Jinhuan concluded that someone had framed him and feared an investigation would expose his secrets and Lin Wanyi's Witch Cult identity.
• Ye Hongshang advised Xie Jinhuan to use the Upside-Down Candle to fake Blood Baleful Qi and identify the person guiding the Yamen to the scene.
• Xie Jinhuan persuaded Lin Wanyi to play along as his intimate companion, promising to seek the Martial Dao Divine Canon as a reward.
• Li Jing refused Zhou He's request to intervene for the Li Household unless it proved reasonable and innocent.
• Zhou He detected Blood Baleful Qi on the Demon-Searching Compass near the Commandery Princess's Manor and sent an attendant to notify the Yamen.

The Scarlet Qilin Guard and several experts surrounded Xie Jinhuan’s residence after sensing Blood Baleful Qi, but found him demonstrating a bizarre reverse-cultivation method to Lin Wanyi. Their investigation showed that the method caused the qi but appeared to be harmless, and Xie Jinhuan began demonstrating another ability.

• Linghu Qingmo, Li Jing, Ji Shiqing, and Tie Fengzhang tracked Blood Baleful Qi to the residence Xie Jinhuan rented and surrounded it with soldiers.
• The experts found Xie Jinhuan balancing upside down while Lin Wanyi watched and Coal Ball attempted backflips, then asked whether they had noticed anything unusual.
• Xie Jinhuan said he had been demonstrating reverse cultivation for a bet, and Linghu Qingmo named the method the Upside-Down Candle.
• Tie Fengzhang and Ji Shiqing examined Xie Jinhuan and confirmed that he had no signs of Demon Path cultivation, though their artifacts still detected Blood Baleful Qi.
• Xie Jinhuan demonstrated the method again, and the experts sensed his qi and vital essence dispersing through his body before he produced small sparks of electricity with Daoist Thunder Magic.

Xie Jinhuan explained that his weak Palm Thunder came from a cultivation method designed to imitate many schools of magic, winning the experts' admiration despite its obvious flaws. After Commandery Princess Changning intervened, the Yamen searched his residence anyway, where someone found something in a bedroom.

• Xie Jinhuan demonstrated his feeble Palm Thunder and explained that his Upside-Down Candle could imitate many teachings by sacrificing most of his true qi.
• Li Jing praised Xie Jinhuan's extraordinary talent and ambition, while Xie Jinhuan apologized for the misunderstanding.
• Zhou He prompted a Scarlet Qilin Guard to remind the officials that they could search Xie Jinhuan's residence, and Tie Fengzhang ordered the search to proceed.
• Commandery Princess Changning appeared and challenged the Scarlet Qilin Guard's involvement, but Xie Jinhuan agreed to the search to show he had nothing to hide.
• The Prince's Manor Guards and Scarlet Qilin Guard searched the rooms, and a voice called out that they had found something.

Xie Jinhuan let a search of his room uncover planted belongings, then used an erotic book and poems praising Linghu Qingmo and Lin Wanyi to distract everyone from the real evidence. The search party left baffled by his excuses, while Lin Wanyi silently reacted to the absurdly uneven praise.

• Xie Jinhuan admitted that the belongings beneath his bed were private, making Zhou He suspect that the search had gone wrong.
• Tie Fengzhang identified the medicine as Dragon Blood Pills and recognized the disguised erotic book, while Li Jing quietly concealed it.
• Commandery Princess Changning read Xie Jinhuan's poem praising Linghu Qingmo, leaving Linghu Qingmo embarrassed and Lin Wanyi resentful.
• Li Jing tried to explain the poem as praise for mountains and rivers, but the group suspected that Xie Jinhuan had written it for Linghu Qingmo.
• Commandery Princess Changning read Xie Jinhuan's crude wordplay about Lin Wanyi, stunning the room as Xie Jinhuan insisted he had written it casually.

After the investigation collapsed, Xie Jinhuan realized Zhou He had framed him and privately explained the planted evidence to Commandery Princess Changning. She pressed him about his supposed sect, and he claimed to possess a supernatural Mind's Eye, only for the Nightly Great Succubus to reveal an embarrassing detail about Changning's clothing.

• Lin Wanyi stormed out after Xie Jinhuan's private writing was exposed, and Linghu Qingmo hurried after her.
• Tie Fengzhang and Li Jing apologized to Xie Jinhuan and left, while Zhou He withdrew with the other Scarlet Qilin Guards.
• Xie Jinhuan concluded Zhou He was behind the frame-up and decided the threat needed to be dealt with.
• Commandery Princess Changning questioned Xie Jinhuan about why he had concealed the Scarlet Qilin Guard's trap, and he admitted someone had planted a Demon Path manual and Blood Essence in his room.
• Changning asked Xie Jinhuan to prove his connection to Wind Spirit Valley, and he claimed his master had taught him the Mind's Eye.
• The Nightly Great Succubus whispered that Changning wore ice-soul silk undergarments, leaving Xie Jinhuan stunned.

Xie Jinhuan convinced Commandery Princess Changning that his Mind's Eye was a rare perception art, and she recruited him to help beat Wang He at the Mid-Autumn banquet in exchange for a chance to borrow the Dragon-Steed Subduing Response Art. After Changning left, Ye Hongshang explained the limits of her abilities and offered to help Xie Jinhuan create an alibi by influencing the princess while she was drunk.

• Xie Jinhuan used the Mind's Eye to identify items hidden beneath Commandery Princess Changning's clothes, then proved he could perceive her raised fingers even while his eyes and ears were covered.
• Commandery Princess Changning tested Xie Jinhuan by slipping her robe from her shoulder and, reassured by his reaction, asked him to teach her the ability.
• Commandery Princess Changning asked Xie Jinhuan to help her defeat Wang He at the next day's Mid-Autumn banquet, offering him a chance to borrow the Dragon-Steed Subduing Response Art if he pleased her.
• After Changning left, Xie Jinhuan asked Ye Hongshang about her abilities and whether she could bewitch people.
• Ye Hongshang said she could not control Changning directly, but could influence her while she was drunk, giving Xie Jinhuan a possible way to secure an alibi after the Scarlet Qilin Guard attack.

Lin Wanyi and Linghu Qingmo separately fretted over Xie Jinhuan’s private writing, while Xie tested a special dice-reading technique for Commandery Princess Changning. After getting her drunk, Xie used Ghost Wife’s illusion to distract her and slipped away from the manor.

• Lin Wanyi brushed off Linghu Qingmo’s concerns about Xie Jinhuan’s writing and hurried back to her clinic, while Linghu Qingmo returned to confront Xie.
• At Martial Might Pavilion, Xie Jinhuan asked Duoduo to sing “Song of Righteous Qi” before Commandery Princess Changning arrived.
• Xie demonstrated that he could identify the numbers in the Wubei Institute’s specially made dice, and Commandery Princess Changning was delighted by the result.
• Xie Jinhuan drank with Commandery Princess Changning until Ye Hongshang’s power made the wine rush to her head, then entertained her with songs.
• Xie confirmed that Ghost Wife’s illusion kept Commandery Princess Changning singing to an imaginary version of him, then quietly climbed down to his courtyard and escaped.