Recaps

Bai Yi and Yi Guye arrived at the Lanhai Sect and were appointed its thirty-ninth and fortieth true disciples by decree of Fenghe Sage Lord. Afterward, Fenghe Sage Lord revealed Bai Yi’s exceptional sword aptitude and planned to use him to secure inheritance slots for the sect’s other disciples.

• Lan Tianmu brought Bai Yi and Yi Guye through the Lanhai Sect’s vast aquatic domains to the Upper Sect Hall.
• The Lanhai Sect master rewarded Lan Tianmu with ten years of secluded cultivation at the Nine Seas Eye for recommending Bai Yi.
• Bai Yi resisted the sect master’s ocean-tide pressure with his Pure Yang Great Sun, and the sect master appointed Bai Yi and Yi Guye as true disciples.
• Fenghe Sage Lord told the sect master that Bai Yi’s sword aptitude rivaled his Pure Yang aptitude and that he had comprehended both Dao paths to the third realm before age two hundred.
• Fenghe Sage Lord decided Bai Yi would satisfy the demands of two other sects in exchange for three inheritance slots at the Chaotian Daoist Grounds for Wei Hai and the others.

Fenghe Sage Lord warned that a great calamity threatened the Immortal Realm and that heaven and earth were saving themselves by gathering Karma. After Bai Yi and Yi Guye became Lanhai Sect True Disciples, Bai Yi chose an island in the first ring of the inner sea and planned to use Yi Guye to draw the sect’s top disciples into conflict.

• Fenghe Sage Lord told the Lanhai Sect Master that a coming calamity endangered the Immortal Realm and that the world was seeking to preserve itself through Karma.
• Lan Tianmu brought Bai Yi and Yi Guye to the True Disciple Hall and ordered their registration without delay.
• The hall master registered Bai Yi and Yi Guye as Nascent Soul Perfection True Disciples and explained their access to the Book Repository and inner-sea islands.
• Bai Yi chose an island in the first ring of the inner sea, while Yi Guye selected a nearby island and asked Bai Yi to look after him.
• Bai Yi agreed to Yi Guye’s request and planned to use him to provoke the top five True Disciples.

Bai Yi’s arrival as a True Disciple stirred unease among Lanhai Sect’s top disciples, who feared he could take one of the sect’s limited nominations for the Sea Tide Grotto-Heaven. As Bai Yi cultivated on Pure Yang Island, Yi Guye arrived, just as Bai Yi realized the time had come.

• Bai Yi and Yi Guye registered as True Disciples, and Bai Yi chose a cultivation ground in the Inner Sea First Ring with special permission.
• Guo Yuan told Qin Shi that Bai Yi had impressed Fenghe Sage Lord and warned that his arrival could threaten Qin Shi’s position in the upcoming Sea Tide Grotto-Heaven selection.
• Qin Shi dismissed Guo Yuan’s concern and sent a leaf to Zhen Muguang’s island, prompting Zhen Muguang to order Liu Shan to investigate Bai Yi.
• Zhen Muguang worried that Bai Yi could compete for one of Lanhai Sect’s three direct nomination slots, while Liu Shan argued that Bai Yi’s victory over Yi Guye proved little.
• Bai Yi refined his Golden Crow Pure Yang Physique on Pure Yang Island and ran out of Golden Crow True Pills as Bai Cang complained about being kept from battle.
• Yi Guye arrived on Pure Yang Island, and Bai Yi sensed that the time had come.

Bai Yi directed Yi Guye to aggressively expand their faction by targeting the interests of several True Disciples while Bai Yi studied the privileges and secrets held by the sect’s top disciples. Their campaign severely damaged rival businesses and intensified conflicts, leaving Shang Wu and Liu Shan flying toward Black Marsh Market to confront Yi Guye.

• Bai Yi told Yi Guye to stop hiding their expansion and pursue the interests controlled by Qin Shi, Zhao Yongchen, and Zhen Muguang’s factions.
• Bai Yi reviewed dossiers on the privileges of the top five True Disciples and secrets of the Lanhai Sect that he lacked access to.
• Yi Guye expanded Bai Yi’s faction, cut into Zhen Muguang’s businesses, and took customers from Qin Shi’s markets, sparking increasingly violent clashes among disciples.
• Shang Wu complained to Liu Shan that Yi Guye’s expansion was damaging their cultivation resources, while Liu Shan reported that Zhen Muguang had told them to wait until after the Sea Tide Secret Realm.
• After learning that Yi Guye had opened an Easy Pill Hall in Black Marsh Market to undercut his business, Shang Wu flew there to confront him, and Liu Shan followed.

Easy Pill Hall’s lower prices drew customers away from the Zhen Family Pill Hall, prompting the Zhen Family to block the new shop. Lanhai Sect disciples drove them back, but True Disciple Shang Wu arrived and confronted Yi Guye over his growing share of the sect’s businesses.

• Easy Pill Hall’s affordable pills and steady supply drew rogue cultivators and lineages away from the Zhen Family Pill Hall, cutting its business in half.
• Zhen Family disciples blocked Easy Pill Hall and a lineage steward, while Steward He mocked their attempt to control the market.
• The Zhen Family steward sent Nascent Soul cultivators to seal the shop, claiming they would guard it, but Lanhai Sect inner disciples forced them back and humiliated the steward.
• Shang Wu arrived in a rage, and his blood energy injured nearby cultivators before Yi Guye’s wood energy healed many of them.
• Shang Wu accused Yi Guye of taking profits from him and the Zhen Family and expanding into Black Marsh Market, while Yi Guye denied having improper intentions.

Yi Guye accepted Shang Wu’s challenge to a duel over a wager that the loser’s Pill Hall would leave Black Marsh Market. Yi Guye defeated Shang Wu, and Elder Si ruled that Pill Hall had to withdraw from the market.

• Elder Si stopped Shang Wu from attacking Yi Guye in the market and directed them to settle their dispute in the Dueling Arena.
• Yi Guye baited Shang Wu into wagering that the loser’s Pill Hall would leave Black Marsh Market, then had them sign a spiritual contract.
• Shang Wu and Yi Guye entered the Dueling Arena, where Shang Wu attacked with his blood energy and flood-dragon techniques.
• Yi Guye used his Wood Dao to slow, weaken, and imprison Shang Wu, eventually binding and hurling him to the ground.
• Elder Si declared Yi Guye the winner and ruled that, under the contract, Pill Hall had to withdraw from Black Marsh Market.

Zhen Muguang faced mounting losses after Bai Yi’s Easy Pill Hall took the Zhen family’s Black Marsh Market share and damaged business in the other three markets. Qin Shi offered Zhen Muguang information on rival Xinyuan Sect cultivators in exchange for moving against Bai Yi, and Zhen Muguang agreed.

• Zhen Muguang berated Shang Wu for losing the Zhen family’s entire share of Black Marsh Market and learned from Liu Shan that profits in the other three markets had also fallen by around forty percent.
• Zhen Muguang asked Liu Shan about Bai Yi’s background and learned that investigators had found little beyond Bai Yi’s Pure Yang Dao cultivation.
• Qin Shi arrived and proposed cooperating with Zhen Muguang against Bai Yi, explaining that Bai Yi’s actions had also harmed Qin Family businesses.
• Qin Shi offered Zhen Muguang information about the two Xinyuan Sect cultivators competing for grotto-heaven slots and their cultivation flaws.
• Zhen Muguang accepted Qin Shi’s terms, and after Qin Shi left, he told Shang Wu and Liu Shan to act.

Bai Yi escalated the market-town conflicts to pressure Lanhai Sect into allowing him to challenge Zhen Muguang for a top-five True Disciple seat. The sect master approved the challenge, and their duel was set for the next day, drawing disciples back to witness it.

• Bai Yi, Yi Guye, and Wang Mingshi intensified the fighting in the market towns until losses and petitions pushed Lanhai Sect to intervene.
• Bai Yi told Wang Mingshi that the conflict was meant to pressure the sect, and he continued gathering Lanhai Sect's legacy information.
• The sect master summoned Bai Yi and Zhen Muguang, and Bai Yi demanded a chance to challenge for a top-five True Disciple seat.
• Fenghe Sage Lord instructed the sect master to agree, and the sect master approved Bai Yi's challenge.
• Bai Yi and Zhen Muguang agreed to fight the next day, and news of the duel spread throughout Lanhai Sect.

Bai Yi faced Zhen Muguang in a True Disciple duel at the Nine Seas Arena, where his Pure Yang Great Dao overwhelmed Zhen Muguang's rainbow techniques. The fight continued as Bai Yi pressed his advantage and revealed a physique and power far beyond ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.

• Qin Shi gave Zhen Muguang a White Rosy Cloud Mist treasure as an apology and helped him prepare for the duel with Bai Yi.
• Lanhai Sect disciples and True Disciples gathered at the Nine Seas Arena to watch the first True Disciple challenge in decades.
• Zhen Muguang attacked Bai Yi with his Rainbow Light World Phenomenon, surrounding him with deceptive figures and needle-like rays.
• Bai Yi summoned a Golden Crow sun that erased Zhen Muguang's rainbow phantoms, then charged forward with a devastating punch.
• Zhen Muguang blocked the punch with his Nascent Soul Dharma Form and Vortex Starlight Shield, fled, and struck back with a descending rainbow blade.
• Bai Yi dismissed Zhen Muguang's strength and revealed his heavily tempered physique as Golden Crow Dao Marks rose across his body.

Bai Yi overwhelmingly defeated Zhen Muguang, revealing the strength of his Pure Yang Dao and Golden Crow body refinement. After confirming that defeating powerful Origin Realm disciples yielded the Karma of their sects as well, Bai Yi fixed his attention on Qin Shi.

• Bai Yi broke through Zhen Muguang’s rainbow defenses and melted his Light-Splitting Rings with the Pure Yang Great Sun.
• Bai Yi pursued Zhen Muguang for an hour before stamping him unconscious and collapsing the arena around him.
• He Xinlan, Zhao Yongchen, and Qin Shi assessed Bai Yi’s strength, while Qin Shi reflected on the Karma carried by lower-realm geniuses.
• Bai Yi sensed Karma from Zhen Muguang and the Lanhai Sect and concluded that Origin Realm geniuses carried their forces’ Karma as well as their own.
• Bai Yi looked past He Xinlan and Zhao Yongchen and fixed his gaze on Qin Shi.

Bai Yi confronted Lanhai Sect’s top True Disciples and challenged Qin Shi, He Xinlan, and Zhao Yongchen to fight him together. Qin Shi attacked with Zhao Yongchen, but Bai Yi effortlessly shattered Qin Shi’s techniques and renewed his challenge.

• Bai Yi praised the Lanhai Sect’s top five True Disciples while standing beside the unconscious Zhen Muguang, provoking the watching disciples.
• Qin Shi weighed the risks of fighting or retreating, then stepped onto the arena and framed his challenge as defending the sect’s honor.
• Bai Yi said Qin Shi and the other two could attack together, angering He Xinlan and Zhao Yongchen.
• Zhao Yongchen summoned a purple liger phantom, while Qin Shi launched metal Dao arts and declared he would assist Zhao.
• Bai Yi’s sword strike dispelled Qin Shi’s attacks, and he calmly challenged all three True Disciples to come at him together.

Bai Yi fought Qin Shi, Zhao Yongchen, and He Xinlan after revealing his Sword Qi, overwhelming their combined attacks and defeating Zhao Yongchen. He turned next toward Qin Shi and He Xinlan, declaring that two opponents remained.

• Qin Shi, Zhao Yongchen, and He Xinlan joined forces against Bai Yi after seeing his Sword Qi.
• Zhao Yongchen attacked with beast-soul abilities while Qin Shi and He Xinlan supported him, but Bai Yi broke through their coordinated assault.
• Bai Yi crushed Zhao Yongchen's beast-soul powers, suppressed his Origin Power, and slammed him into the ground.
• Bai Yi blocked He Xinlan's waves and sent a sword phantom to hold off Qin Shi as he announced that two opponents remained.

Bai Yi faced He Xinlan and Qin Shi as they joined forces, then revealed a sword strike powerful enough to break their strongest techniques at once. He Xinlan and Qin Shi were left defeated, while Bai Yi’s true level in the sword remained unclear.

• Bai Yi recognized He Xinlan’s water Great Dao as a threat, while He Xinlan realized Bai Yi had resisted and reversed his attempt to control the moisture in his body.
• He Xinlan transformed the heavens into a vast sea, and Qin Shi summoned his ancient cauldron Dharma Form and Golden-Feather Twin Flood Dragon Mace to attack alongside him.
• Bai Yi advanced through the heavenly sea and formed a keen blade in his hand, causing the sea, void, and metal weapon sharpness to fall still.
• Bai Yi raised the Bai Cang Sword and delivered one strike that split He Xinlan’s heavenly sea and shattered Qin Shi’s mace, Dharma Form, and defenses.
• He Xinlan bled and stared in disbelief, Qin Shi sank to one knee, and He Xinlan demanded to know who Bai Yi was.

Bai Yi defeated Qin Shi and He Xinlan and collected their Karma before leaving the Lanhai Sect. Fenghe Sage Lord and Senior Brother Lan debated using Bai Yi to secure the sect’s future, and Lan persuaded Fenghe to spare his life and grant him a Top Five True Disciple reward.

• Bai Yi admitted he had fought He Xinlan and Qin Shi for Karma, collected their Karma, and departed after sensing the two Mahayana cultivators watching him.
• Fenghe Sage Lord praised Bai Yi’s abilities and argued that the Lanhai Sect could use him to gain benefits from the two households.
• Senior Brother Lan urged Fenghe Sage Lord not to sacrifice Bai Yi for the sect’s gamble and asked that Bai Yi’s life be spared.
• Fenghe Sage Lord agreed to grant Bai Yi a Top Five True Disciple reward.
• News of Bai Yi defeating three of the Lanhai Sect’s True Disciples spread through the sect and its sphere of influence.

Bai Yi entered the Lanhai Sect’s sixth-floor Book Repository and began copying its vast collection of cultivation legacies with Spirit-Conversion Technology. He planned to remain there until the Sea Tide Grotto-Heaven opened, then send the copied knowledge to his Master.

• Bai Yi asked the inner disciples on duty for access to the sixth floor, and they directed him to Elder Tianshu.
• Bai Yi used his True Disciple token to activate the grand array and entered the sixth-floor repository beneath the Nine Seas Eye.
• Bai Yi surveyed the repository’s extensive legacies, including rare arts and methods for understanding space.
• Bai Yi linked a hundred chip Jade Slips to his Divine Sense and began transcribing the sealed legacy steles.
• Bai Yi decided to spend the month before the grotto-heaven opened copying legacies so he could deliver them to his Master.

As the Sea Tide Grotto-Heaven approached, Lanhai Sect disciples discussed the Six Continents Dao Ranking and expected Lan Weihai to represent their sect. The Nine Seas tidal call then sounded, and three streaks of light flew toward the Nine Seas Eye.

• Lanhai Sect disciples recalled how Zhen Muguang lost the final Sea Tide Secret Realm place to a Xinyuan Sect true disciple, while He Xinlan secured a token.
• An older inner disciple explained that the Six Continents Dao Ranking listed fifty prodigies with the potential to become Dao Seeds.
• The disciples predicted that Lan Weihai, famed for his exceptional talent and rapid cultivation, would make the ranking.
• The Nine Seas Eye churned as the tidal call sounded throughout the Lanhai Sect.
• Three streaks of flight light sped toward the Nine Seas Eye as the disciples watched.

Fenghe Sage Lord gathered Qin Shi, Zhao Yongchen, and He Xinlan at the Nine Seas Eye, where Lan Weihai appeared after advancing in the Water Marsh Great Dao and learned that Bai Yi had taken Zhen Muguang’s place. Fenghe Sage Lord brought Lan Weihai and Bai Yi with the others through a spatial array to Guanhai City, where the chapter ended as the city and the Three Light Heavenly Sea came into view.

• Fenghe Sage Lord criticized Qin Shi for making no progress, and Qin Shi recalled his defeats and growing fear of failure.
• Lan Weihai appeared at the Nine Seas Eye, having reached the embryonic form of the fourth realm of the Great Dao, and dismissed Qin Shi as no longer his worthy opponent.
• Lan Weihai learned that Bai Yi had taken Zhen Muguang’s place and defeated Qin Shi, Zhao Yongchen, and He Xinlan, then Bai Yi arrived and greeted him.
• Fenghe Sage Lord took the group through the void to a Lanhai Sect spatial array, and the group traveled through it toward Guanhai City.
• The group arrived at Guanhai City, where three vast oceans converged around the suspended city.

Bai Yi and the Lanhai Sect disciples arrived at Guanhai City before the Sea Tide Grotto-Heaven opened, resisting the city’s Spirit Surge Tide and entering through its crowded gate. After Fenghe Sage Lord met Min He, Lan Weihai led the juniors toward the Lanhai Sect’s lodging on the city’s third level.

• Fenghe Sage Lord carried Bai Yi and the Lanhai Sect group toward Guanhai City, where the dense spiritual energy nearly forced Bai Yi and the others into Spirit Transformation.
• Fenghe Sage Lord explained that Guanhai City’s Spirit Surge Tide tested visitors’ self-control before the grotto-heaven opened.
• Fenghe Sage Lord and the juniors reached the crowded city gate, where nearly a hundred Sages had gathered for the event.
• Min He greeted Fenghe Sage Lord and noticed that two Lanhai Sect juniors were veiled by saint intent, including Bai Yi, whose intent seemed unusually scorching.
• Fenghe Sage Lord gave Lan Weihai a jade token and went with Min He, instructing the juniors to avoid trouble and find the Listening Sea Pavilion.
• Lan Weihai led Bai Yi and the others through Guanhai City’s layered worlds and up to its third level.

Lan Weihai brought Bai Yi and the Lanhai Sect group to the Listening Sea Pavilion, where he explained the Crimson Heart Pool’s power and the history of Divine Abilities. Their visit was interrupted by Su Qing of the Yunqing Sect, who invited them to a gathering hosted by the Longyang Sect.

• Lan Weihai showed the group the Lanhai Sect’s Listening Sea Pavilion and explained that its Crimson Heart Pool could help Nascent Soul cultivators advance beyond their limits.
• Lan Weihai reflected on how the Lanhai Sect’s founding patriarch and two later ancestors had condensed Divine Abilities, while the sect’s declining fortunes had made its resources coveted by others.
• A voice transmission from Su Qing invited Lan Weihai and the Lanhai Sect disciples to the Canghai Province gathering at Pinghuang Pavilion, but Lan Weihai initially shut out the message.
• Su Qing and two Yunqing Sect prodigies arrived outside the Listening Sea Pavilion, and Lan Weihai opened its formation after she said the invitation came from Xu Ruoshan of the Longyang Sect.
• Su Qing explained that the Longyang Sect was hosting the gathering and urged Lan Weihai not to refuse its invitation.

After the Longyang Sect pressured the Lanhai Sect over ownership of the Listening Sea Pavilion, Bai Yi and the others refined the Crimson Sea Essence and greatly increased their power. Lan Weihai led them to the Pinghuang Gathering, where celebrated sect prodigies were arriving.

• Lan Weihai rejected Su Qing's pressure, then explained that the Longyang Sect wanted to reclaim the Listening Sea Pavilion and that its ownership would hinge on the younger generation's performance in the Sea Tide Grotto-Heaven.
• Bai Yi entered the Crimson Sea Essence pool and refined its contents, while Lan Weihai, Qin Shi, He Xinlan, and Zhao Yongchen joined him.
• After a day, the pool ran dry; Lan Weihai gained about five percent in reserves, Qin Shi and his companions gained ten percent, and Bai Yi quietly gained five percent by refining more than half the essence.
• Lan Weihai led Bai Yi and the others to Pinghuang Pavilion to see the Longyang Sect prodigy.
• At Pinghuang Pavilion, cultivators watched renowned geniuses including Xue Gu, Gu Xin, and Wang Feng arrive.

At the Pinghuang Gathering, Xu Ruoshan welcomed Lan Weihai, whose arrival drew the attention of Canghai Province’s gathered prodigies. The banquet began with the two geniuses measuring their pressure and techniques, while Bai Yi, Qin Shi, and the others remained overlooked.

• Nascent Soul cultivators discussed Xu Ruoshan’s battle record and his standing as a leading contender for the Dao Ranking.
• Xu Ruoshan announced that the person they were waiting for had arrived, and Lan Weihai entered the Pinghuang Pavilion.
• Xu Ruoshan approached Lan Weihai with the pressure of his way of mountains and metal-stone, but Lan Weihai’s water manifestation held him back.
• Xu Ruoshan praised Lan Weihai’s technique and invited him to the place reserved beside the Longyang Sect, ignoring Bai Yi, Qin Shi, and the others.
• The Pinghuang Gathering’s banquet began, and its lavish food and rare treasures impressed the assembled prodigies.

At the Pinghuang Gathering, Xu Ruoshan presented rare treasures to the gathered sect prodigies, including a Heart-Remnant Stone that revealed the Longyang Sect’s designs on the Lanhai Sect’s Listening Sea Pavilion. The banquet ended with Bai Yi wondering how strong Xu Ruoshan was.

• Zhu Changyi praised Xu Ruoshan’s lavish banquet, while Ke Bufan mocked Lan Weihai and the Lanhai Sect.
• Xu Ruoshan explained that the gathering was meant to connect sect geniuses before the Sea Tide Grotto-Heaven opened and help deepen their foundations.
• Crane demons brought out a Nascent Soul Fruit, stirring longing among the gathered prodigies.
• Xu Ruoshan presented a Heart-Remnant Stone, drawing the attention of Lan Weihai, Bai Yi, and the other sect leaders.
• Bai Yi recognized the stone’s value and inferred that the Longyang Sect had prepared it to pressure the Lanhai Sect over the Listening Sea Pavilion.

At the Pinghuang Gathering, the Longyang Sect and other sects offered treasures as stakes, while Xu Ruoshan forced Lan Weihai to stake the Listening Sea Pavilion. The two entered the sealed arena and began their battle, with Xu Ruoshan countering Lan Weihai’s ocean assault with a five-fingered mountain.

• Xu Ruoshan announced the Heart-Remnant Stone as the Longyang Sect’s stake, and Ke Bufan offered the Wind Forest Cloud True Diagram for the Xinyuan Sect.
• He Xinlan explained to Bai Yi that the Pinghuang Gathering’s contests allowed victors to claim stakes and gain an advantage on the Sea Tide Dao Ranking.
• Chief disciples from the sects placed treasures on the cloud platform, and Ke Bufan demanded that Lan Weihai present the Lanhai Sect’s stake.
• Xu Ruoshan revealed that the Longyang Sect intended to reclaim the Listening Sea Pavilion, and Lan Weihai threw the Listening Sea Command Talisman onto the platform before accepting his challenge.
• He Xinlan led Bai Yi and the others into a sealed arena within the pavilion’s void, where Lan Weihai unleashed a vast ocean against Xu Ruoshan.
• Xu Ruoshan transformed his hand into a towering five-fingered mountain and smashed apart Lan Weihai’s oncoming waves.

Xu Ruoshan overwhelmed Lan Weihai with his mountain Dao, treasures, and Black-Yellow Treasure Hall, but Lan Weihai revealed that he had comprehended the Water Marsh Great Dao to the Fourth Realm. Xu Ruoshan countered with an embryonic Fourth Realm mountain Dao, leaving Lan Weihai on the verge of defeat and the Listening Sea Pavilion likely to change hands.

• Xu Ruoshan used his Hundred Mountains Layered Peaks Manifestation to suppress Lan Weihai’s tidal manifestation and drive him back.
• Xu Ruoshan summoned the Black-Yellow Thick Earth Banners and True Dragon Pagoda, but Lan Weihai cut down the pagoda’s yellow dragon with his Sea-Calming Raging-Tide Saber.
• Xu Ruoshan attacked Lan Weihai with the Black-Gold Spear and suppressed his defensive artifacts, pushing him to the brink of defeat.
• Lan Weihai released a drop of profound water and spread a vast water-marsh domain, revealing that his Water Marsh Great Dao had reached the Fourth Realm.
• Xu Ruoshan revealed his Black-Yellow Treasure Hall dharma form and an embryonic Fourth Realm mountain Dao, which began to suppress Lan Weihai’s waters.

Xu Ruoshan defeated Lan Weihai and took the Sea-Hearing Token, leaving the Lanhai Sect’s allies grieving the loss of the Listening Sea Pavilion. Bai Yi then challenged Xu Ruoshan, who had just accepted the other sects’ praise.

• Xu Ruoshan used the Dark Yellow Banner to suppress Lan Weihai’s Nascent Soul Dharma Form and won their day-long duel, claiming the Sea-Hearing Token.
• Ke Bufan gloated over Lan Weihai’s defeat and left, while He Xinlan, Qin Shi, and Zhao Yongchen worried that the Lanhai Sect had been sacrificed by the Saint Lords.
• Bai Yi offered to help the Lanhai Sect secure the Listening Sea Pavilion and said he wanted the Heart-Remnant Stone.
• Bai Yi dismissed Qin Shi’s warning that Xu Ruoshan’s fourth-realm Dao made him too powerful, then vanished after claiming he had not used his full strength.
• Xu Ruoshan accepted the other disciples’ praise and confidence that he would win first place at the Pinghuang Gathering.
• Bai Yi appeared before Xu Ruoshan and asked him to surrender the Sea-Hearing Token and his other winnings.