Recaps

Mi Yan’s Peony Pavilion weathered Xiong Ba’s attempt to drive away its customers and his later threat to force it out of business. After Xiong Ba and his men were killed, Mi Yan revealed that Taiyuan Qing had intervened, and the two spent the night together.

• Xiong Ba’s public performances drew customers away from the Peony Pavilion, but ten days later the shop regained its business after the shows stopped.
• Ling’er continued training while waiting for Mu Bai, who traveled through the mountains on the Golden Roc.
• Xiong Ba confronted Mi Yan at the Peony Pavilion with his hunting cultivators, and Mi Yan paid him ten thousand soul crystals to avoid a fight.
• After Xiong Ba and his men threatened the Peony Pavilion, Xi Hong warned him about its powerful backers, but Xiong Ba refused to be deterred.
• Xiong Ba and all his men were killed, and their bodies were displayed on Ximu City’s walls; Mi Yan later told Taiyuan Qing she was grateful he had stood up for her.
• Taiyuan Qing revealed his possessive feelings toward Mi Yan and asked about Ling’er, then Mi Yan spent the night with him.

Mu Bai reached Spirit Command City seeking the Spirit Taming Sect and discovered its secular power was a city of pleasure quarters. The White Jade Token secured him an audience with the sect master, and he left the Golden Roc in Mu Lan’s care as he flew toward the sect.

• After three months of travel, Mu Bai arrived in Spirit Command City with the Golden Roc and found the city filled with women and pleasure quarters.
• At Blue Flower Pavilion, Mu Bai asked about the Spirit Taming Sect and learned that its city’s women joked about being tamed for Soul Crystals.
• Mu Bai presented the Man in Green’s White Jade Token, and Mu Lan and the other women recognized him as a sect elder and treated him with deference.
• Mu Bai waited more than half a day at the pavilion while the Golden Roc stayed behind, then sect representatives arrived and invited him to meet the sect master.
• Because the Golden Roc could not enter the sect, Mu Bai left it with Mu Lan and flew west toward the mountains with the representatives.

Mu Bai delivered the Silver-Winged Giant Tiger's organ to the Spirit Taming Sect's sect master and learned that the Hundred-Day Bone-Shattering Pill was harmless. He received Qing Mao's Elder Token and discovered that the sect had recruited him because he was an Alchemist, leaving him wary of the dangers around him.

• Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy escorted Mu Bai into the Spirit Taming Sect, where he met the sect master in the Spirit Command Hall.
• The sect master took the Silver-Winged Giant Tiger's organ from Mu Bai's brocade box and told him the pill was not poisonous but had been used to deceive him.
• Mu Bai passed on Qing Mao's request that the sect look after his family, and the sect master gave Mu Bai Qing Mao's Elder Token.
• Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy explained that the token made Mu Bai a sect elder entitled to a cave abode and a monthly allowance of two thousand Soul Crystals.
• Xi Bazì told Mu Bai that Mu Lan had identified his Soul Mark as that of an Alchemist, which was why the sect had sent for him.

Mu Bai toured the Spirit Taming Sect with Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy, then watched the pair clash with the powerful Mo Dekun. After Mo Dekun defeated them and threatened Sweet Potato Boy, Mu Bai asked him to show mercy.

• Mu Bai accepted Qing Mao's elder token and learned about the Spirit Taming Sect as Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy escorted him to Qing Mao's residence.
• Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy argued over their physiques until other disciples gathered to watch.
• A disciple mocked the pair, and Sweet Potato Boy attacked him before Mo Dekun easily kicked him away.
• Xi Bazì joined the fight, but Mo Dekun knocked him down with a palm strike.
• Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy combined their attack, forcing Mo Dekun to defend himself until he unleashed Jade Rain Green Lotus and defeated them.
• Mo Dekun pinned Sweet Potato Boy and threatened to cut him, prompting Mu Bai to ask him not to harm Brother Sweet Potato.

Mu Bai intervened when Mo Dekun attacked Sweet Potato Boy and fought the Spirit Taming Sect disciple, using his strength, Divine Crow Soul Spirit, and wolf-fur coat to defeat him. He spared Mo Dekun but kept a Spirit Light Sword at his head while lecturing him, forcing him to yield.

• Mu Bai stopped Mo Dekun from stabbing Sweet Potato Boy and challenged him to show consideration.
• Mu Bai countered Mo Dekun's close-range attacks and forced him to retreat.
• Mu Bai summoned his Divine Crow Soul Spirit to avoid Mo Dekun's sword technique, then took two Soul Arrows without being seriously hurt.
• Mu Bai pulled out the arrows and threw them at Mo Dekun, then threatened him with a Spirit Light Sword but stopped short of killing him.
• Mu Bai rebuked Mo Dekun while holding the sword over his head, and Mo Deqian yielded.

Mu Bai reached Qing Mao's Estate after escaping Mo Deqian's attack with Zhou Dekai's intervention. He discovered that Elder Qing Mao's token made him the estate's supposed husband and father, but the assembled women and children dispersed when they learned he had no Soul Crystals.

• Mo Dekun's elder brother Mo Deqian attacked Mu Bai, but Zhou Dekai's guard stopped the fight and ordered the Mo brothers to leave.
• Mu Bai, Xi Bazì, and Sweet Potato Boy arrived at Qing Mao's Estate, where crowds of women, men, and children hailed Mu Bai as their husband and father because he held Elder Qing Mao's token.
• Mu Bai tried to escape the crowd and offered them the Elder Token, but they refused to take it.
• When Mu Bai admitted he had no Soul Crystals, the crowd scolded him and quickly dispersed.

Mu Bai collected six months of Qing Mao’s stipend and distributed most of it among Qing Mao’s enormous household. After calming two crying infants and narrowly escaping a beating, he hid away, realizing that supporting the family would keep draining his stipend.

• Mu Bai received twelve thousand soul crystals at the Attendant Hall and learned that Qing Mao’s household expected him to distribute the stipend among its many relatives.
• Mu Bai entered Qing Mao’s empty residence and found two unattended infants, whom he entertained with magical flowers and Divine Crows.
• Mu Bai fed each infant half a Soul-Gathering Pill, prompting Qing Mao’s family to rush in and accuse him of stealing the children.
• Mu Bai explained that he had come with soul crystals, then spent an hour distributing them to the household.
• Mu Bai retreated to a room with just over eleven hundred soul crystals left and worried that Qing Mao’s growing family would keep consuming his stipend.

Mu Bai searched for a private cave abode on Hundred Flowers Peak, but learned he needed the Construction Hall’s approval and soul crystals to build there. After securing permission, he returned with Xi Bazì to find five people confronting Sweet Potato Boy, leaving their intentions unknown.

• Mu Bai practiced the Flying Immortal Scripture in his residence and found that the essence of heaven and earth flowed through him more strongly.
• Mu Bai avoided his concubines, then asked Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy to show him where elders made cave abodes on Hundred Flowers Peak.
• Mu Bai chose a spot for his cave, but Xi Bazì explained that construction required approval and a payment of two thousand soul crystals.
• Mu Bai traded pills with Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy for the required soul crystals, then obtained permission from the Construction Hall.
• Mu Bai and Xi Bazì returned to find five people surrounding Sweet Potato Boy, who had activated his soul spirit and stood ready to fight.

Mu Bai yielded a cave-abode site to Zhou Dekai, learned about the Sect Scions’ rivalry, and discovered the Crow Cauldron consumed Soul Crystals to restore the Artifact Spirit Ancestor. The Sect Master appointed him Deputy Hall Master of the Pill Hall, where he arrived to a chilly reception that he turned into laughter before Zhu Da welcomed him and introduced the Alchemists.

• Zhou Dekai visited Mu Bai’s chosen cave-abode site, and Mu Bai yielded it to him after Xi Bazì explained the Sect Scions’ competition for Heir to the Sect.
• Mu Bai tested the Crow Cauldron and found that it had absorbed ten Soul Crystals, resolving to obtain more for the Artifact Spirit Ancestor’s restoration.
• Two sect members delivered the Sect Master’s appointment naming Mu Bai Pill Hall Deputy Hall Master and ordered him to assume office that day.
• Mu Bai arrived at the Pill Hall and found Zhu Da and ninety-eight Alchemists gathered in the central hall, where they initially ignored him.
• Mu Bai pretended to be a mute, making the gathered Alchemists laugh and easing his awkward reception.
• Zhu Da welcomed Mu Bai with a speech and introduced him to the Pill Hall’s Alchemists.

Mu Bai struggled to meet the Pill Hall’s demanding monthly quota while learning to use its unfamiliar Pill Furnace, and the work threatened to consume the time and resources he needed for cultivation. After improving his success rate to around fifty percent, he was still far short of the quota with more than half the month gone.

• Zhu Da assigned Mu Bai a monthly quota of one hundred Soul-Returning Pills and one hundred Soul-Nurturing Pills, warning that he would be responsible if he fell short.
• Mu Bai began practicing with the Pill Hall’s ancient Pill Furnace, ruined several herbs, and eventually produced three Soul-Returning Pills and three Soul-Nurturing Pills after working until midnight.
• Mu Bai returned to Hundred Flowers Peak exhausted, fed twenty soul crystals to the Crow Cauldron, and worried that the work would derail his cultivation and his plans to avenge his clan elder and tribe.
• Mu Bai resumed refining at the Pill Hall, while Zhu Da inspected the chambers and left him with brief encouragement.
• Mu Bai’s persistent efforts brought his success rate to around fifty percent, but he had made fewer than fifty of each pill with more than half the month already passed.

Mu Bai visited Qing Mao’s family before going to the Pill Hall, where he encountered rival Sect Heirs Zhou Dekai and Zhou Dechen. After Zhou Dechen dismissed him as a low-ranking practitioner, Mu Bai’s friendly ties with Zhou Dekai led Wang Chong to mistake him for an ally of the third Sect Heir and offer him pills in exchange for an introduction.

• Mu Bai visited Qing Mao’s residence, comforted the women, and gave Soul-Nurturing Pills to Qing Ping and Qing Dai.
• At the Pill Hall, Mu Bai saw Zhou Dekai and Zhou Dechen selecting pills for the grand competition, while Zeng Yuan ingratiated himself with Zhou Dechen.
• Zhou Dechen belittled Mu Bai as a second-level miscellaneous practitioner, and Mu Bai nevertheless bowed and praised him before he left with Zeng Yuan.
• Zhou Dekai invited Mu Bai to his residence for drinks, and Mu Bai accepted.
• Wang Chong offered Mu Bai fifty pills in exchange for an introduction to the third Sect Heir, assuming Mu Bai was connected to that faction.
• Mu Bai accepted the pills to meet his monthly quota and planned to mention Wang Chong to Zhou Dekai.

Mu Bai helped Zhou Dekai meet Su He and examined her sick father, Uncle Su, at Flower Ravine Creek. After returning with a medicinal pill and treating Uncle Su, Mu Bai found Zhou Dekai and Su He growing closer and left them together.

• Zhou Dekai asked Mu Bai to recommend an Alchemist, and Mu Bai recommended Wang Chong while firmly refusing Zhou Dekai's offer of two thousand soul crystals.
• Zhou Dekai told Mu Bai about Su He and her father's illness, so they flew to Flower Ravine Creek to examine Uncle Su.
• Mu Bai diagnosed Uncle Su with liver heat and promised to find a treatment, then returned to the Spirit Taming Sect while Zhou Dekai stayed to comfort Su He.
• The next morning, Zhou Dekai and Su He embraced and spoke of staying together in Flower Ravine Creek Valley.
• Mu Bai returned with a medicinal pill, gave it to Uncle Su, asked Zhou Dekai about Su He's background, and left for the sect.

Mu Bai returned to Qing Mao Residence to retrieve his white wolf hide coat, hoping to sell it for soul crystals, but the women offered him their savings and two protective Jade Talismans instead. He refused their money and left resolved to grow strong and provide for Qing Mao’s family.

• Mu Bai worried that his soul crystals were running low and decided to retrieve his white wolf hide coat from Qing Mao Residence to sell it.
• Mu Bai found Qing Ping and Qing Dai with Third Madam, gave the children Paper Kites, and recovered his neatly kept coat from his old room.
• First Madam and the other women pooled their saved soul crystals and offered them to Mu Bai, who refused to accept their money.
• First Madam gave Mu Bai two Jade Talismans left by Qing Mao, and Mu Bai accepted them as a means of saving his life.
• Mu Bai promised to bring the women and children wealth and strength, then left the residence resolved to shoulder responsibility for them.

Mu Bai turned a death match at the combat grounds into a chance to sell pills, earning Soul Crystals while keeping both fighters alive. After the Enforcement Hall shut down the resulting crowd of peddlers, he realized he needed a different plan and went to find Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy.

• Mu Bai watched Senior Brother Chen and Senior Brother Zhang fight over a junior sister in yellow, then asked her which one she wanted to survive; she said their duel had nothing to do with her.
• As the wounded fighters resumed their death match, Mu Bai sold Senior Brother Zhang Soul-Returning Pills and Senior Brother Chen Healing Pills, earning roughly fourteen hundred Soul Crystals.
• The revived fighters fought on until both collapsed, prompting other disciples to rush the platform and sell pills themselves.
• The Enforcement Hall broke up the pill-selling chaos and let Mu Bai go after learning he was an elder of the Pill Hall.
• Mu Bai left the combat grounds, decided the trick would only work once, and went to find Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy.

Mu Bai traveled toward Spirit Command City with Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy, but agreed to help Jia Yi and Jia Bing refine a rare flower and discovered they had lured them into an ambush. After the brothers were defeated with the help of a Jungle Dire Wolf, Mu Bai took the flower and ingredients, refined three Giant God Pills, and spared them.

• Mu Bai left the Spirit Taming Sect with Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy, then agreed to accompany Jia Yi and Jia Bing to Fuhu Mountain to refine an instant-bloom flower.
• At the mountain, Mu Bai realized Jia Yi and Jia Bing had planned the trip regardless of his answer and accused them of luring the group there to steal their treasures.
• Jia Yi and Jia Bing attacked Mu Bai and his companions, but Mu Bai fled and used Divine Crow Flame to draw a Jungle Dire Wolf into the pursuit.
• Jia Yi and Jia Bing used their combined Golden Light Broad Sword to kill the Jungle Dire Wolf, then Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy subdued the exhausted brothers.
• Mu Bai took the Beast Core, wolf claws, instant-bloom flower, and ingredients, refined three Giant God Pills, and gave one each to Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy.
• Mu Bai spared Jia Yi and Jia Bing and warned them to abandon their evil intentions.

Mu Bai and his companions visited the Blue Flower Pavilion, where a dispute with Third Master Liu and his men turned into a fight after they insulted Mu Bai and injured his Golden Roc. Mu Bai defeated all five, but Liu San secretly called for help from his powerful ancestor, leaving Mu Bai and Xi Bazì expecting trouble.

• Mu Bai, Xi Bazì, and Sweet Potato Boy traveled to Spirit Command City and went to the Blue Flower Pavilion to meet Mu Lan.
• Third Master Liu and his companions insulted Mu Bai and challenged him, so Sweet Potato Boy struck one of the men.
• Third Master Liu's green ox Soul Spirit and the other men attacked the Golden Roc, prompting Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy to defend it.
• Mu Bai fought back and knocked all five men down, then refused to be intimidated when Liu San claimed his ancestor was powerful.
• Xi Bazì warned Mu Bai that Ancestor Liu Zhen was a peak Third-Level Soul Cultivator, while Liu San secretly sent him a plea for help.
• Liu San and his companions regained their bravado as Mu Bai realized Ancestor Liu Zhen was likely already on his way.

Mu Bai humiliated Liu San at the Blue Flower Pavilion, then used the Spirit Taming Sect’s Elder Token to stop Ancestor Liu Zhen’s attack. Liu Zhen knelt and apologized before taking his injured son away, leaving Mu Bai to reflect on the elder’s willingness to sacrifice his dignity to protect his clan.

• Liu San’s companions blocked the Blue Flower Pavilion’s exits as they waited for Ancestor Liu Zhen, while Xi Bazì and Golden Roc competed to fawn over Mu Bai.
• Liu San taunted Mu Bai and challenged him to crawl between his legs, but Mu Bai tripped him and made him fall painfully into the splits.
• Ancestor Liu Zhen’s shout unsettled the crowd, and he appeared and attacked Mu Bai with a finger strike.
• Mu Bai displayed the Spirit Taming Sect’s Elder Token, forcing Liu Zhen to halt his attack and kneel in apology.
• When Liu San questioned his father, Liu Zhen shattered his kneecaps with pressure, then gathered him up and departed.
• Mu Bai helped Liu Zhen up and declined to escalate the conflict, then reflected on how the elder had protected his clan at the cost of his dignity.

Mu Bai comforted Mu Lan after she learned that Dao Zun Zhou Qichang had forgotten her, then entrusted her with pills to sell in Spirit Command City. After leaving Golden Roc at the Blue Flower Pavilion and sending Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy back to the sect, Mu Bai headed into the city and entered a pawnshop.

• Mu Bai drank with Mu Lan, Xi Bazì, Sweet Potato Boy, and Golden Roc before Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy left them alone.
• Mu Bai told Mu Lan that the Spirit Taming Sect Master had rejected her hopes of returning, and she wept over Zhou Qichang's indifference.
• Mu Bai offered Mu Lan a way to earn a living by selling a hundred Soul-Returning Pills and a hundred Soul-Nurturing Pills within five days.
• Mu Lan accepted the pills and agreed to give Mu Bai twenty-eight thousand Soul Crystals after five days, while keeping half the profit.
• Mu Bai left Golden Roc at the Blue Flower Pavilion, sent Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy back to the sect, and entered a pawnshop in Spirit Command City.

Mu Bai tried to pawn a Moon-Howling White Wolf hide coat in Spirit Command City, but after turning the shopkeeper’s low offer into a public bidding contest, he gave the coat to an old Divine Cultivator instead. He left the crowd in tears, then renewed his resolve to make his own way in life.

• Mu Bai took his Moon-Howling White Wolf hide coat to a pawnshop, where the shopkeeper offered him only one hundred Soul Crystals.
• Mu Bai called out to passersby and sparked a bidding contest that raised the offer to twenty-five hundred Soul Crystals.
• The winning bidder tried to take the coat, but Mu Bai refused to sell it and exchanged a punch with him.
• Mu Bai gave the coat to the old Divine Cultivator, calling him Grandpa Clan Patriarch, and walked away.
• Mu Bai wiped his tears and vowed to keep walking his own road toward a brilliant life.

Mu Bai was ambushed by Mo Deqian and Mo Dekun on his way back to the Spirit Taming Sect, but an old Divine Cultivator intervened and helped him fight them. After the old man sacrificed himself to destroy Lin Chuan, Mu Bai mourned him and continued toward the sect.

• Mo Dekun attacked Mu Bai with Soul Arrows, but Mu Bai blocked them with the Three-Legged Crow Cauldron and wounded him.
• The old Divine Cultivator saved Mu Bai from Mo Deqian’s sword, and Mu Bai killed Mo Dekun before the old man and Mu Bai gravely wounded Mo Deqian.
• Lin Chuan appeared and attacked Mu Bai, but Mu Bai used the Red-Gold Divine Crow to break Mo Deqian’s barrier and kill him, then blasted half of Lin Chuan’s face with a brilliant streak.
• Lin Chuan cast a great net over Mu Bai, and the old Divine Cultivator sacrificed himself by detonating his spirit palace, killing Lin Chuan as well.
• Mu Bai mourned the old Divine Cultivator, gathered a white feather, and set off toward the Spirit Taming Sect.

Mu Bai was arrested by the Enforcement Hall after witnesses and physical evidence linked him to the deaths of Mo Deqian and Mo Dekun. After being whipped and sentenced to death, he insisted he had no family to summon and faced his fate in despair.

• Xiong Ji investigated Lin Chuan's death, and Jia Yi and Jia Bing's testimony led the Enforcement Hall to suspect Mu Bai.
• Enforcement Hall disciples stormed the Alchemy Chamber, disarmed Mu Bai, bound him, and seized his Soul Soldier shortsword as evidence.
• Mu Bai was taken to prison, where his arrest caused an uproar in the Pill Hall and many sect members gloated over his misfortune.
• Xiong Ji had Mu Bai whipped and told him he would be executed for killing Mo Deqian, offering to summon any relatives he wished to see.
• Mu Bai said he had no family, questioned why he was punished for defending himself against an ambush, and cried out that he had no one in the sect to rely on.

Mu Bai faced execution while his household and Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy came to the prison and claimed loyalty to him. After they suspected Zhou Detai was behind the case, Mu Bai sent the two disciples to seek help from Zhou Dekai and resolved to fight for his life.

• First Madam and the women of the Qing Mao Residence argued that they were Mu Bai’s family and came to see him in prison.
• Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy confessed that their actions had led to the deaths and offered to die in Mu Bai’s place.
• Xiong Ji said they would be punished too, then left the prisoners together and postponed the execution date.
• First Madam and Xi Bazì suspected Zhou Detai had pressured Xiong Ji to condemn Mu Bai.
• Mu Bai sent Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy to ask Zhou Dekai for help, while the women planned to protest at the Spirit Command Hall.
• Mu Bai regained his determination to fight for his survival and protect those around him.

Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy raced toward Flower Ravine Creek Valley to rescue Mu Bai, but Lin Chuan's two disciples intercepted them and tried to hold them captive. Enforcement Hall disciples arrived and arrested the pursuers, leaving Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy free to continue their journey.

• Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy left the prison and hurried toward Flower Ravine Creek Valley to reach Mu Bai in time.
• Lin Chuan's two disciples caught up with them and demanded they come along, but Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy refused.
• Sweet Potato Boy attacked the pursuers to let Xi Bazì escape, but both were beaten down.
• Sweet Potato Boy struck one disciple in the crotch and nearly landed a lethal blow before the disciple kicked him down and raised his sword.
• Four Enforcement Hall disciples arrived, restrained Lin Chuan's two disciples with Spirit-Binding Ropes, and escorted them back to the sect.

Zhou Dekai returned to the sect after learning Mu Bai was imprisoned and facing execution, while Xiong Ji delayed the sentence under pressure from Zhou Detai. Zhou Dekai pleaded with Zhou Detai, who agreed to spare Mu Bai, revealing that Zhou Dekai was secretly serving as a spy against Zhou Deqi.

• Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy told Zhou Dekai that Mu Bai had been imprisoned after killing Lin Chuan, and Zhou Dekai agreed to return and help.
• Zhou Detai sent Elder Yang to urge Xiong Ji to execute Mu Bai, but Xiong Ji delayed the execution by arranging visits from Mu Bai’s two hundred-odd family members.
• Mu Bai waited in prison as members of Qing Mao Residence visited in groups to bid him farewell.
• Zhou Dekai arrived at Zhou Detai’s residence and pleaded for Mu Bai, offering a million Soul Crystals to compensate Lin Chuan’s family.
• Zhou Detai agreed to spare Mu Bai, and the chapter revealed that Zhou Dekai had been placed beside Zhou Deqi as Zhou Detai’s hidden agent.

After his release from the Enforcement Hall, Mu Bai celebrated with the Qing Mao Residence and reflected on the bonds of family and friends. He learned that Zhou Dekai had paid his monthly quota and given him extra soul crystals, easing his immediate worries but leaving him wary of the struggle between Sect Heirs.

• Mu Bai thanked Zhou Dekai for helping secure his release, and the Qing Mao Residence's wives, children, and grandchildren overwhelmed Zhou Dekai, Xi Bazì, and Sweet Potato Boy with toasts.
• Mu Bai told Third Madam he was nearly out of soul crystals, but she said the women’s pooled funds were with First Madam; Mu Bai insisted he would soon obtain more.
• Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy told Mu Bai that Zhou Dekai had paid his twenty-six-thousand-soul-crystal quota and given him another ten thousand for daily expenses.
• Mu Bai decided he had to return Zhou Dekai’s soul crystals, but Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy convinced him that refusing them would not erase his debt.
• Mu Bai warned Xi Bazì and Sweet Potato Boy that getting involved in the Sect Heirs’ conflict was dangerous, then chose to focus on cultivating instead of joining their romantic outing.