Recaps

Xie Jinhuan attacked Mo Hunsheng’s blood-protective formation, but the Corpse Ancestor countered him with a blood puppet and the Demonic Blade Naxie. Qixia True Person’s arrival forced Mo Hunsheng to flee with the blood qi, and Xie Jinhuan and Qixia pursued him toward the surface.

• Xie Jinhuan gathered the treasures from the hall and struck Mo Hunsheng’s protective formation with Black Dragon Strikes the Pillar, cracking it open.
• Mo Hunsheng formed a blood-robed puppet that used the Azure Edge Sword to exploit Xie Jinhuan’s momentum, but Xie Jinhuan disrupted it with Extreme Yang Divine Thunder and broke through the wall.
• Mo Hunsheng, using Yang Huaxian’s body, attacked Xie Jinhuan with the Demonic Blade Naxie and trapped him amid flames and earthen barriers.
• Qixia True Person fell into the blood reservoir and began refining its blood qi, prompting Mo Hunsheng to gather the blood into a python and flee upward.
• Qixia True Person pursued Mo Hunsheng and told Xie Jinhuan to follow, so Xie Jinhuan charged after them toward the surface.

The Corpse Ancestor erupted from beneath the Martyrs' Shrine and tried to escape with a sea of blood, but Qixia True Person and Xie Jinhuan intercepted him beneath the Red Umbrella. They wounded him in a fierce battle, though the Corpse Ancestor remained powerful and sent Xie Jinhuan flying as the fight continued.

• Lin Zisu searched the ruined Academy for Xian'er and Xiao Biao while Lin Wanyi urged her to find help.
• The Corpse Ancestor burst from beneath the Martyrs' Shrine, but the Red Umbrella sealed the surrounding area and stopped his escape.
• Qixia True Person and Xie Jinhuan arrived to confront the Corpse Ancestor, and Xie Jinhuan learned that Xian'er was safe on the boat.
• Qixia True Person disrupted the local qi with the Zhenglun Sword while Xie Jinhuan charged the Corpse Ancestor with the Heavenly Gang Mace and King Xiang's Order.
• The Corpse Ancestor trapped Xie Jinhuan in solidified qi, but Qixia True Person shattered the confinement with a mace strike and let Xie Jinhuan wound him.
• The Corpse Ancestor repelled Xie Jinhuan and turned his saber against Qixia True Person as the battle continued.

Mo Hunsheng transformed his blood qi into a powerful demon body and overwhelmed Qixia True Person and Xie Jinhuan. Xie Jinhuan took a devastating blow meant for Qixia True Person, and she charged at Mo Hunsheng in fury as the chapter ended.

• At the ruined inn, Mao Chunniang and He Can discovered Shang Lianbi had escaped west and hurried after him.
• Mo Hunsheng warned Xie Jinhuan and Qixia True Person that continuing the fight would leave one dead and the other wounded, then began forming a blood-red demon body.
• Qixia True Person unleashed her full strength, but Mo Hunsheng struck her from the sky and followed with a blow that threatened to kill her.
• Xie Jinhuan transformed into a thousand-foot silver dragon and knocked Mo Hunsheng aside, but Mo Hunsheng cut a deep wound into him and sent him crashing into the Academy.
• Qixia True Person saw Xie Jinhuan badly wounded, seized King Xiang's Order, and attacked Mo Hunsheng again in a rage.

Xie Jinhuan’s wound from the Demonic Blade Naxie awakened his deepest obsession with gaining enough strength to protect those around him, pushing him toward demonic madness. Lin Zisu forced him lucid with a Death-Seeking Pill, leaving him conscious of his pain and able to distinguish his enemies.

• The Demonic Blade Naxie’s wound slowly healed as black qi corrupted Xie Jinhuan’s body and divine soul, stirring memories of his past.
• Xie Jinhuan recalled his journey from the attack in Three-Fork Forest to meeting Ye Hongshang and accepting the task of sustaining the realm in her place.
• The demonic influence magnified Xie Jinhuan’s desire for strength until he considered blood sacrifices, while Qixia True Person fought alone nearby.
• Lin Zisu found Xie Jinhuan in the rain, recognized that he was nearing demonic madness, and gave him a So Upright It's Evil Pill.
• When the first pill failed to stop the corruption, Lin Zisu fed Xie Jinhuan a Death-Seeking Pill, which cleared his mind without easing his injuries or pain.

Xie Jinhuan used the Heavenly Gang Mace’s inheritance without claiming its full power, then cut away his corrupted flesh and used an Invisibility Pill to ambush Mo Hunsheng. He and Qixia True Person dismantled the Corpse Ancestor’s Demon Body, but Mo Hunsheng warned that Xie Jinhuan had revealed his surprise too early before the battle fell silent.

• Xie Jinhuan recalled that the Heavenly Gang Mace held enough inheritance for one successor to become a patriarch, but refused to take it because doing so could force Ye Ci to sacrifice himself.
• Xie Jinhuan cut away the flesh corrupted by the Demon Saber, then used the Invisibility Pill to sneak toward the fight while Lin Zisu tried to stop his bleeding.
• Mo Hunsheng overwhelmed Qixia True Person as she held the Sky-Turning Umbrella in place, with Ye Hongshang supporting her.
• Xie Jinhuan ambushed Mo Hunsheng from the ruins, smashing his knee with the Heavenly Gang Mace and dislocating his leg.
• Qixia True Person tore open Mo Hunsheng’s abdomen with King Xiang’s Order while Xie Jinhuan cut off his legs and struck his skull; Qixia then cleaved his Demon Body in two.
• Mo Hunsheng said Xie Jinhuan had used his surprise too early before his dismembered body crashed to the ground, and Xie Jinhuan and Qixia True Person waited in silence for a response.

After Xie Jinhuan was struck by the Demonic Blade and began succumbing to demonic influence, Ye Hongshang suppressed his obsession, but the lingering corruption left him overwhelmed by desire. Qixia True Person brought him aboard the Pleasure Boat and told Lin Zisu to stabilize him while she went to fetch Jiang Xian and the others.

• Xie Jinhuan destroyed the Corpse Ancestor's demon body, then absorbed its blood qi as the Demonic Blade's killing intent drove him toward madness.
• Qixia True Person called Ye Hongshang, who suppressed Xie Jinhuan's demonic thoughts and told him to establish a sect and become a patriarch to resolve the problem.
• Qixia True Person gathered Xie Jinhuan, Lin Zisu, and the blood qi aboard the Pleasure Boat, then slowed the blood qi flowing into him to prevent another transformation.
• Lin Zisu realized Xie Jinhuan's suppressed desires were intensifying, while he struggled to keep control of himself.
• Qixia True Person told Lin Zisu to help stabilize Xie Jinhuan and left to fetch Jiang Xian and the others.

Lin Zisu tried to soothe Xie Jinhuan as his injuries and uncontrolled desires overwhelmed him, while Lin Wanyi guided her through their shared sensations. The chapter ended with Xie Jinhuan recovering somewhat as Zisu and Wanyi continued caring for him in secret.

• After Qixia True Person vanished, Lin Zisu began treating Xie Jinhuan while Lin Wanyi coached her through their shared mind.
• Xie Jinhuan lost control briefly, but Lin Zisu called him back to awareness and spoke with him about when they had fallen in love.
• Lin Zisu chose to stop resisting and embraced Xie Jinhuan, helping stabilize his condition.
• Lin Wanyi took control to demonstrate how to care for Xie Jinhuan, then returned control to Lin Zisu without his realizing she was involved.

After Qixia True Person withdrew to seclusion, Jiang Xian woke to find the town devastated and stumbled into Xie Jinhuan and Zisu’s effort to manage his demonic urges. Meanwhile, Lu Wuzhen and Empress Dowager Guo investigated Li Yanru’s death and ordered a search for the missing blood tax, while Empress Dowager Guo quietly approached the Pleasure Boat.

• Qixia True Person reflected on her feelings for Xie Jinhuan, then entered seclusion and returned to her younger appearance.
• Jiang Xian awoke aboard the Pleasure Boat, saw the ruined town, and went looking for her companions.
• Jiang Xian found Zisu exhausted from helping Xie Jinhuan and was drawn into helping restrain his demonic urges.
• Lu Wuzhen concluded that Li Yanru had not colluded with the Demon Path and inferred that Shang Lianbi had escaped with the remaining blood tax.
• Empress Dowager Guo ordered personnel to search for the blood tax and prepare defenses near Jingzhao Prefecture.
• Empress Dowager Guo declined to visit Xie Jinhuan with the others, then secretly approached the Pleasure Boat.

Nangong Ye and Bu Yuehua hurried toward Hualin County after learning that Xie Jinhuan’s divine soul had been badly injured by the Demon Saber. Aboard the pleasure boat, Zisu, Bu Yuehua, and Empress Dowager Guo tried to keep Xie Jinhuan’s demonic transformation at bay, while Qixia True Person diverted Nangong Ye and Lin Wanyi headed into the escalating commotion.

• Nangong Ye and Bu Yuehua argued as they flew toward Hualin County, and Lin Wanyi briefly took over Bu Yuehua’s body to tell Nangong Ye that Xie Jinhuan’s divine soul had been badly injured.
• Bu Yuehua returned to the pleasure boat and helped Lin Zisu and Jiang Xian manage Xie Jinhuan, whose demonic nature was threatening to overwhelm him.
• Qixia True Person arrived, left to fetch help, and Empress Dowager Guo entered the boat before being pulled into the effort to steady Xie Jinhuan.
• Qixia True Person intercepted Nangong Ye and Lin Wanyi, sent Wanyi toward the boat, and led Nangong Ye away to discuss other matters.
• Lin Wanyi returned to the room and joined Bu Yuehua, Lin Zisu, and Empress Dowager Guo as they tried to manage Xie Jinhuan.

Qixia True Person, Linghu Qingmo, and Nangong Ye returned to the pleasure boat and discovered Xie Jinhuan with Empress Dowager Guo, Bu Yuehua, Lin Wanyi, and Zisu as he struggled to control the effects of refining blood qi. After the group left, Xie Jinhuan lost control and pulled Nangong Ye and Linghu Qingmo into the bathroom, while the others departed the ruined Academy and the boat set course for Jingzhao Prefecture.

• Qixia True Person led Linghu Qingmo and Nangong Ye back to the pleasure boat, where they found blood qi being refined and heard a commotion upstairs.
• Qixia True Person opened Xie Jinhuan's room and found him with Empress Dowager Guo, Bu Yuehua, Lin Wanyi, and Zisu; Empress Dowager Guo was humiliated when she could not regain control of her body.
• Bu Yuehua took Empress Dowager Guo away to rest, while Nangong Ye and Linghu Qingmo stayed with Xie Jinhuan.
• Xie Jinhuan, unable to control his emotions after taking a slash, pulled Nangong Ye and Linghu Qingmo into the pleasure boat's bathroom.
• At Hualin Academy, Wang Mian and Li Jing mourned the destruction while Ye Yunchi reassured them that the Academy would be rebuilt and Li Yanru honored as a martyr.
• Zhao Ling and Duoduo discussed plans for the New Academy, then Ye Yunchi, Zhao Ling, and Duoduo boarded the boat as it left for Jingzhao Prefecture.

Xie Jinhuan tried to suppress his demonic nature with Nangong Ye and Linghu Qingmo in the bath, while Zhao Ling helped conceal their embarrassment from Ye Yunchi. Later, Ye Hongshang encouraged Empress Dowager Guo to seek revenge on Qixia True Person and sent her to Little Qixia's room that night.

• Xie Jinhuan said he needed days of intimacy to exhaust the energy he was refining, and Nangong Ye and Linghu Qingmo reluctantly joined him in the bath.
• Nangong Ye's revealing clothes embarrassed him, while Xie Jinhuan flirted with Linghu Qingmo and tried to keep the situation under control.
• Zhao Ling arrived with Ye Yunchi, and Nangong Ye hid underwater until Zhao Ling sent the others away and helped cover for him.
• Empress Dowager Guo brooded over her humiliation by Qixia True Person until Ye Hongshang appeared and offered to help her get even.
• Ye Hongshang told Empress Dowager Guo to visit Little Qixia's room at the third watch, and Guo eagerly believed her warning that Qixia might silence her.

As Xie Jinhuan struggled to control his agitated Qi and Blood, Ye Hongshang and Qixia True Person tried to help him, and Qixia deliberately unleashed her Demonic Nature. The chapter ended with Guo Xiaomei catching them and joining the chaotic struggle, while Xie Jinhuan worried about the consequences once Qixia regained her senses.

• Xie Jinhuan left his recovering companions to rest, then found Ye Hongshang and asked her for help controlling his restless urges.
• Qixia True Person awoke, discovered Ye Hongshang and Xie Jinhuan together, and learned that Guo Xiaomei was still angry and the others could not help.
• Qixia True Person deliberately stirred her Demonic Nature and lost herself, then pulled Xie Jinhuan into her arms while Ye Hongshang watched.
• Empress Dowager Guo sneaked to the room, caught Qixia True Person with Xie Jinhuan, and confronted them.
• Guo Xiaomei realized Qixia True Person was acting mad and tried to take over helping Xie Jinhuan, but Qixia resisted and the two women fought over him.
• Xie Jinhuan cooperated with both women and searched for Ye Hongshang, worrying that Qixia True Person would take revenge on Guo Xiaomei after she recovered.

After Qixia True Person and Empress Dowager Guo clashed over the previous night, Qixia sealed them in a room together and accidentally trapped Ye Xiaopiao as well. Meanwhile, Mo Hunsheng found Shang Lianbi in a hidden cave and rejected his offer to draw away the Righteous Path, leaving Shang facing capture with no useful bargain.

• Lin Zisu woke aboard the pleasure boat in Wei Prefecture, while Lin Wanyi scolded her and told her to wait for Xie Jinhuan to ask for help.
• Qixia True Person woke beside Empress Dowager Guo, and Guo used a crystal-ball recording to force Qixia to agree to remove the marks, keep helping Xie Jinhuan, and keep their affair secret.
• Qixia True Person sealed Empress Dowager Guo and Xie Jinhuan inside their room, then realized she had also trapped Ye Xiaopiao and delayed Nangong Ye from visiting.
• Shang Lianbi hid in an ancient cave abode, but Mo Hunsheng and his companions found him and dismissed his offer to divert the Righteous Path from their plans.

After enduring a prolonged bout with Empress Dowager Guo and A Piao, Xie Jinhuan recovered enough to travel back toward Luojing, while Jiang Xian was sent to care for him. The chapter leaves Xie Jinhuan on his way to meet the Directorate of Celestial Observation about the Corpse Ancestor.

• Empress Dowager Guo collapsed from exhaustion after spending the day with Xie Jinhuan, who then confronted A Piao and wore her down as well.
• Empress Dowager Guo woke during the night and helped Xie Jinhuan, while A Piao secretly enjoyed watching him work her disciple into submission.
• Jiang Xian woke sore and found a diary instruction telling her to care for Xie Jinhuan and have him write on her body.
• Empress Dowager Guo emerged from Xie Jinhuan's room and sent Jiang Xian inside, where Xie Jinhuan was cleaning up and said he could manage for another hour.
• A Piao privately resolved to discipline Qixia True Person for winning their wager, while Xie Jinhuan and the others joked about Empress Dowager Guo's stamina on their carriage ride.
• Nangong Ye told Xie Jinhuan that the Directorate of Celestial Observation wanted him to discuss the Corpse Ancestor, and Xie Jinhuan agreed to attend with Ye Yunchi.

Xie Jinhuan left a strategy meeting with Nangong Ye and Ye Yunchi and brought them to Nangong Ye’s riverside residence, where his impulsive advances exposed their familiarity with him. Later, Jiang Xian received Xie Jinhuan’s invitation to meet at the Marquis’s Residence bathing pool and hurried off to see him.

• Xie Jinhuan lost focus during Lu Wuzhen’s meeting, and Nangong Ye escorted him from the hall after noticing his agitated condition.
• Xie Jinhuan tried to take Ye Yunchi into Lu Wuzhen’s office, but Nangong Ye redirected them to Plain Cloud Studio by the Fengyi River.
• At Plain Cloud Studio, Xie Jinhuan involved Nangong Ye and Ye Yunchi in his antics, and Ye Yunchi realized Nangong Ye was far more familiar with him than she had expected.
• Xie Jinhuan had Nangong Ye and Ye Yunchi play music while he disrupted their performance.
• At Nine Dragons Hall, Jiang Xian received a note from Xie Jinhuan inviting her to the main house’s bathing pool at the hour of the dog, then hurried to the Marquis’s Residence.

Xie Jinhuan spent the evening with Ye Yunchi and Ye Hongshang before a secret gathering at the bathing pool went awry when Qixia True Person possessed Jiang Xian. The chapter ended with Qixia True Person and the others hiding the possession from Xie Jinhuan while Linghu Qingmo took his turn in the game.

• Xie Jinhuan drew Ye Yunchi and Nangong Ye, then escorted Ye Yunchi to the Temple of Confucius before returning to the Marquis's Residence.
• Ye Hongshang lured Xie Jinhuan into the bathing pool, where Jiang Xian arrived believing he had summoned her.
• Xie Jinhuan invited Zhao Ling and Linghu Qingmo to join him and Jiang Xian at the pool, and they began a game involving swimsuits and a timed challenge.
• Qixia True Person awakened inside Jiang Xian after possessing her, and she and the others tried to conceal her identity from blindfolded Xie Jinhuan.
• Qixia True Person persuaded Linghu Qingmo to take her punishment and continue the game, while Zhao Ling helped maintain the cover; Linghu Qingmo then took his turn as Xie Jinhuan remained unaware.

Empress Dowager Guo joined the bathhouse game with Xie Jinhuan, Mei Conggao, Qixia True Person, Linghu Qingmo, and Zhao Ling, turning it into a contest that left Guo and Qixia both exhausted. Afterward, Xie Jinhuan left the residence with Duoduo and headed toward the Outer City, where she eagerly kept him company.

• Empress Dowager Guo visited the bathhouse and forced Qixia True Person to return, then demonstrated the game while Qixia watched and dreaded her turn.
• Qixia True Person took her turn with Xie Jinhuan, and he carried Empress Dowager Guo around while the others encouraged them.
• After the game continued until midnight, Empress Dowager Guo fled to her room and Qixia True Person escaped the bathhouse.
• Linghu Qingmo shocked Xie Jinhuan for making trouble, then left with Zhao Ling to send him to the Nine Dragons Hall.
• Xie Jinhuan found Duoduo waiting by the Lakeside, and they boarded the carriage together for the trip toward the Outer City.

Xie Jinhuan and the others gathered for dinner after Nangong Ye delivered Ye Sheng’s questions about what the Righteous Path should do if the Corpse Ancestor destroyed their world and survivors faced hostile inhabitants overseas. The discussion ended without answers to the wider crisis, and Lin Zisu’s pill turned dinner into a chaotic night together while Big A Piao recorded them from outside.

• Lin Wanyi and Lin Zisu waited for Xie Jinhuan, joked about their shared feelings for him, and reminisced about their childhoods.
• Xie Jinhuan arrived, and Bu Yuehua brought Nangong Ye, who delivered Ye Sheng’s letter asking how Xie Jinhuan would respond to the Righteous Path’s defeat and a conflict with overseas inhabitants.
• Xie Jinhuan said he would gather survivors, seek peaceful coexistence, and, if necessary, take charge and establish rules that treated everyone equally.
• Xie Jinhuan sent Coal Ball to deliver his reply, then the group began dinner and playfully pressured Nangong Ye to relax and change clothes.
• Lin Zisu revealed that she had slipped everyone an Immediate Cuddle Pill, and the affected women pulled Xie Jinhuan into the inner room while Lin Zisu joined them.
• Big A Piao watched from outside the window and recorded the gathering as the night continued.

Jiang Xian questioned why she kept losing consciousness whenever she was alone with Xie Jinhuan, then joined the others for a shopping trip. Xie Jinhuan gathered his companions and rode with them through Carefree Cave, leaving the group cheerful and still teasing one another.

• Jiang Xian wrote in her diary that she would threaten the Invisible Great Hand if it put her to sleep during another intimate moment with Xie Jinhuan.
• Linghu Qingmo and Zhao Ling invited Jiang Xian to browse the Colorful Garments Pavilion, and the group traveled through Carefree Cave while joking about Bao Fei Powder.
• At Nine Dragons Hall, Xie Jinhuan reassured Lin Zisu and Lin Wanyi after the previous night's banquet and prepared to greet the arriving party.
• Xie Jinhuan mistook Coal Ball's lavish carriage for the princess's, then joined Zhao Ling, Linghu Qingmo, Ye Yunchi, and the others for a trip to buy clothes.
• As the group traveled, the women teased one another about the previous night's events, and Ye Hongshang asked Xie Jinhuan whether they could call off their wager; he refused.

Xie Jinhuan refined the Blood Qi in seclusion while Ye Hongshang’s Schedule sent his companions to guard him in a succession of increasingly chaotic shifts. After many days, his cultivation reached the middle of the Sixth Realm, and the chapter ended with Nangong Ye beginning another shift as autumn and the Mid-Autumn Festival approached.

• Xie Jinhuan began refining Blood Qi in Jinhuan Pavilion while Ye Hongshang arranged a Schedule for his Guardians of the Dao.
• Nangong Ye, Lin Wanyi, Ye Yunchi, Bu Yuehua, and Guo Xiaomei each took shifts, while Ye Hongshang repeatedly supplied props that turned their visits into embarrassing encounters.
• Zhao Ling, Linghu Qingmo, and Duoduo guarded Xie Jinhuan together, and Xie Jinhuan painted them while they teased Qingmo.
• Lin Zisu brought Jiang Xian a Death-Seeking Pill, which awakened Qixia True Person; Qixia pretended to be Jiang Xian for a day before restoring Jiang Xian’s memories and making sure she completed her next shift.
• Xie Jinhuan examined his progress and found that refining more than half of Shang Lianbi’s Blood Qi had brought him to the middle of the Sixth Realm, though reaching the Seventh Realm required another path.
• Nangong Ye returned with Coal Ball and a new outfit, signed the Schedule, and began another shift as the tally marks accumulated and autumn approached.

After recovering from seclusion, Xie Jinhuan learned that cultivators were disappearing near Ghost-Cry Marsh and prepared to investigate with Qixia True Person. As Qixia considered who else to bring, she decided the household had plenty of capable people, even if none had turned out properly.

• A Piao reminded Xie Jinhuan that they had met on Purple Emblem Mountain a year earlier, while Linghu Qingmo brought him a report about the missing cultivators near Ghost-Cry Marsh.
• Xie Jinhuan and Linghu Qingmo discussed the risk that the Corpse Ancestor was behind the disappearances, and Xie Jinhuan agreed to leave with Qixia True Person to investigate.
• Linghu Qingmo asked Xie Jinhuan whether they would marry after the battle, and Xie Jinhuan playfully diverted the question by carrying him around on his shoulders.
• Xie Jinhuan visited the West Wing and asked Jiang Xian to contact Qixia True Person, while Wanyi, Lin Zisu, and Bu Yuehua teased him about their past encounters.
• Jiang Xian summoned Qixia True Person, who decided she would accompany Xie Jinhuan as Xian'er and considered bringing Lin Zisu and another capable fighter.

Xie Jinhuan traveled south by boat with Nangong Ye, Jiang Xian, Lin Zisu, Ye Hongshang, and Coal Ball to pursue the Corpse Ancestor in the Southern Border. After Ye Hongshang took a pill meant to keep Jiang Xian clear-headed, its effects overwhelmed her, and the others discovered her with Xie Jinhuan before the group continued toward Huzhou.

• Nangong Ye joined Xie Jinhuan at the docks, insisting she was accompanying him to help slay demons rather than to serve him in bed.
• Lin Zisu gave Jiang Xian an Opposite Direction Pill, but Ye Hongshang secretly took it before it could reach Jiang Xian.
• Ye Hongshang challenged Xie Jinhuan to a wager, then realized the pill had made her intensely aroused as she sat with him in the boat's bedroom.
• Nangong Ye, Lin Zisu, and Jiang Xian opened the bedroom door and found Xie Jinhuan with Ye Hongshang, then joined them as the boat traveled to Huzhou.
• Ye Hongshang confronted Xie Jinhuan afterward, and Qixia True Person arrived, laughed at her for guarding her food, and prompted Ye Hongshang to vanish.

Mo Hunsheng emerged from seclusion, entrusted Mao Chunniang with the Gu Poison Sect’s legacy, and set off alone toward the northern lands with Shang Lianbi. At Ghost-Cry Marsh, Xie Jinhuan searched for trouble and found Yang Huaxian, who was hiding nearby to draw the Righteous Path’s forces away from Mo Hunsheng.

• He Can teased Mao Chunniang while the disciples waited in the rain, until Mo Hunsheng emerged from his cave abode.
• Mo Hunsheng said he would take Shang Lianbi beyond the mountains, told his disciples to hide, and gave Mao Chunniang Bu Qingya’s missing soul in a Chi Dragon Pendant to deliver to the Imperial Court if he did not return.
• Mo Hunsheng walked alone into the rain as his disciples watched him leave.
• Xie Jinhuan searched Ghost-Cry Marsh aboard his pleasure boat while Ye Hongshang teased him, then detected unusual Qi fluctuations and steered toward them.
• Yang Huaxian waited in a cave near Mount Mistveil, intending to draw the Righteous Path’s forces away from Mo Hunsheng, until Xie Jinhuan’s voice rang out nearby.

Xie Jinhuan and Qixia True Person fought Yang Huaxian inside the Corpse Ancestor’s formation, but Qixia’s power overwhelmed her reason after she killed him. As Xie Jinhuan and Qixia set off for Jingzhao Prefecture, Nangong Ye contacted Qingmo and found the city plunged into darkness beneath a fading glow in the northwest.

• Xie Jinhuan and Qixia True Person entered the Mystic Baleful Soul-Calamity Formation and confronted Yang Huaxian, who tried to delay them while the Corpse Ancestor advanced on Jingzhao Prefecture.
• Yang Huaxian used the Five Elements’ Origin to evade their attacks and activate the formation, but Qixia True Person unleashed her demonic power and destroyed his Life Soul.
• Qixia True Person absorbed the scattered Blood Qi, then attacked Xie Jinhuan in her madness until A Piao redirected her desire and restored some of her clarity.
• Xie Jinhuan took the Blood Qi and Five Directions’ Divine Gift, and Qixia True Person left with him for Jingzhao Prefecture while Nangong Ye contacted Qingmo.
• Nangong Ye found himself inside the Directorate of Celestial Observation, where the city stood silent beneath a dark sky and a fading golden glow in the northwest.

Mo Hunsheng visited Danyang with Shang Lianbi and attacked the Confucius Temple, where Monk Wuxin and Lu Wuzhen were guarding the seal. Monk Wuxin shattered Mo Hunsheng’s soul with a desperate Buddhist strike, but Mo Hunsheng revived through the loosened seal, and black mist began pouring from the Bronze Gate.

• Mo Hunsheng told Shang Lianbi that an Evil-Suppressing Qilin guarded the world and that remaking heaven and earth would leave him no chance of survival.
• Mo Hunsheng reached Danyang Academy, where Monk Wuxin and Lu Wuzhen realized he had sealed off the area and could not be stopped until reinforcements arrived.
• Mo Hunsheng shattered Monk Wuxin’s Golden Body Dharma Form and wounded him, while Lu Wuzhen fled and Monk Wuxin’s hidden Vajra Pestle failed to strike Mo Hunsheng.
• Monk Wuxin burned his Buddhist power to blast Mo Hunsheng’s soul, leaving Mo Hunsheng’s body motionless and the Five Immortal Artifacts fallen.
• Mo Hunsheng revived as black mist from the Bronze Gate entered his body, then explained that his attack had opened a breach in the seal.
• Black mist poured from the Bronze Gate into Mo Hunsheng as a vast surge of yin baleful intent dimmed the autumn sunlight.