Recaps

Jiang Ying arrived to help Huang Xiao and joined Yan Zhong in fighting Gongsun Liang, but Gongsun Liang overwhelmed them and demanded the Seven Spirit Blades. As more Jianghu figures gathered nearby, Huang Xiao urged Zhao Yunhui and Zhao Xin'er to leave.

• Jiang Ying reunited with Huang Xiao and joined forces with Yan Zhong against Gongsun Liang.
• Gongsun Liang fought both Upper Peerless experts at once, then revealed his deeper mastery and forced them back.
• Zhao Xin'er hinted that she had a secret way to hurt Gongsun Liang, but Zhao Yunhui told her to wait.
• Gongsun Liang struck Yan Zhong and Jiang Ying hard enough to make them spit blood, then demanded that Huang Xiao hand over the Seven Spirit Blades.
• Yan Zhong and Jiang Ying urged Zhao Yunhui to flee, and Huang Xiao spotted more Jianghu figures arriving nearby.

Huang Xiao and the two women escaped while Yan Zhong and Jiang Ying held off Gongsun Liang and the Jianghu pursuers. Resting in a ruined temple, they questioned why Jiang Ying had repeatedly appeared to save Huang Xiao and whether he had a hidden purpose.

• Huang Xiao, Zhao Yunhui, and Zhao Xin'er left as Yan Zhong and Jiang Ying stayed behind to delay Gongsun Liang and the arriving Jianghu fighters.
• Gongsun Liang rushed to break the formation holding three upper peerless experts, so Yan Zhong and Jiang Ying interfered to buy Huang Xiao and the women more time to escape.
• Huang Xiao and the two women reached a ruined temple after nightfall, where they made a fire and prepared to rest.
• Huang Xiao thanked Jiang Ying for repeatedly helping him and the Green Ox Gate, and Zhao Xin'er questioned whether Jiang Ying was merely Xuanzhenzi's old friend.
• Zhao Yunhui suggested Jiang Ying might be watching Huang Xiao because he had a purpose, while Huang Xiao dismissed the pattern of rescues as coincidence.

Huang Xiao learned that Jiang Ying had called him a young master and vowed to avenge him, leaving him uncertain about his identity. The next morning, Huang Xiao and the two women were cornered by Qiu Ping, Zhu Yu, and Liu Fu, who pursued the Seven Spirit Blades.

• Zhao Xin'er told Huang Xiao that Jiang Ying had called him the young master and threatened to destroy the Peaceful Heaven Sect after Huang Xiao fell from Everlasting Spring Mountain.
• Huang Xiao struggled to believe the revelation and decided he would ask Jiang Ying about it when they met again.
• The next morning, Huang Xiao and Zhao Yunhui and Zhao Xin'er fled up a mountain trail after Huang Xiao noticed pursuers behind them.
• Qiu Ping caught up and told Huang Xiao that Senior Yan and Jiang Ying were still fighting Gongsun Liang, while Zhao Xin'er noticed Huang Xiao used the same qinggong method as Zhao Yunhui.
• Zhu Yu and Liu Fu arrived to join Qiu Ping, and Huang Xiao offered the Seven Spirit Blades to anyone who would let them go.
• Qiu Ping, Zhu Yu, and Liu Fu ignored Huang Xiao's offer and rushed to capture him first.

Huang Xiao tried to unleash Heavenly Demon Disintegration to protect Zhao Yunhui and Zhao Xin'er from Qiu Ping, Liu Fu, and Zhu Yu, but Zhao Xin'er used a crimson bird-shaped device to stop him. When the crimson vision faded, Huang Xiao found Liu Fu dead and the others' fates unclear.

• Qiu Ping, Liu Fu, and Zhu Yu agreed to join forces to capture Huang Xiao and seize the Seven Spirit Blades.
• Huang Xiao moved away from Zhao Yunhui and Zhao Xin'er, raised his power through the Heavenly Demon Skill, and prepared to unleash Heavenly Demon Disintegration.
• Zhu Yu recognized Huang Xiao's aura as a powerful demonic art and began coveting the technique for himself.
• Zhao Yunhui urged Huang Xiao to stop, and Zhao Xin'er fired a golden ray from a crimson bird-shaped device.
• The ray became a radiant bird and filled the sky with crimson, trapping everyone in an illusion that halted Huang Xiao's technique.
• Huang Xiao spat blood from the backlash and discovered that Liu Fu, standing before him, had stopped breathing.

Zhao Xin'er used the Phoenix Feather to kill Liu Fu, but Qiu Ping and Zhu Yu realized she could not fire it again and moved to seize Godslayer. As Huang Xiao was wounded and Zhu Yu reached for the blade, Gongsun Liang arrived.

• Qiu Ping and Zhu Yu recognized Zhao Xin'er's weapon as the Phoenix Feather after finding Liu Fu dead.
• Zhao Xin'er confirmed the weapon's identity, but Qiu Ping and Zhu Yu concluded that she could not use it again soon and agreed to compete for the Seven Spirit Blades.
• Huang Xiao stepped forward with Godslayer, but Qiu Ping struck him down and sent the blade to the ground.
• Zhu Yu rushed for Godslayer, while Qiu Ping tried to pull it toward himself and Zhu Yu stopped his force.
• A broken stone forced Zhu Yu away from Godslayer, and Gongsun Liang appeared, confronting Qiu Ping and Zhu Yu.

Gongsun Liang tricked Qiu Ping and Zhu Yu into leaving Godslayer unguarded, took the Seven Spirit Blade, and attacked them to silence everyone who knew he had obtained it. As Huang Xiao and the two princesses remained nearby, Zhu Yu revealed that Zhao Xin'er possessed the Phoenix Feather in a desperate attempt to save himself.

• Gongsun Liang stopped Huang Xiao, Zhao Yunhui, and Zhao Xin'er from leaving, then feinted toward them to draw Qiu Ping and Zhu Yu away from Godslayer.
• Gongsun Liang struck and injured Qiu Ping and Zhu Yu, picked up Godslayer, and hid it in his robe.
• Gongsun Liang attacked Qiu Ping and Zhu Yu, declaring that he would kill them so no one would learn he had obtained the Seven Spirit Blade.
• Zhu Yu pleaded that he and Qiu Ping would keep silent, then offered to reveal Zhao Xin'er's Phoenix Feather as a way to persuade Gongsun Liang to spare them.

Gongsun Liang abandoned his fight with Qiu Ping and Zhu Yu to pursue Huang Xiao, Zhao Yunhui, and Zhao Xin'er for the Phoenix Feather. Zhao Xin'er wounded him with it, but as he prepared to kill Huang Xiao, an unknown woman’s voice interrupted him.

• Gongsun Liang spared Qiu Ping and Zhu Yu and pursued Huang Xiao and the two women to seize the Phoenix Feather.
• Qiu Ping and Zhu Yu followed Gongsun Liang to keep track of him.
• Huang Xiao sent Zhao Yunhui and Zhao Xin'er ahead, then turned back to face Gongsun Liang.
• Zhao Xin'er activated the Phoenix Feather and pierced Gongsun Liang's left arm, but its use left her severely weakened.
• Huang Xiao and Zhao Yunhui stayed beside Zhao Xin'er as Gongsun Liang prepared to kill Huang Xiao, and an unknown woman’s voice suddenly challenged him.

A masked woman in a pale yellow dress appeared and demanded that Gongsun Liang surrender the Seven Spirit Blade, Godslayer. After she struck him with Palm Force that curved around a boulder, Gongsun Liang recognized her as the Jade-Faced Rakshasa.

• An unseen woman injured Gongsun Liang, giving Huang Xiao and Zhao Yunhui time to return to Zhao Xin'er and treat her.
• The woman appeared atop a rock and demanded that Gongsun Liang hand over his Seven Spirit Blade.
• Zhu Yu revealed that the blade was called Godslayer, and Gongsun Liang refused to surrender it.
• The woman sent Palm Force at Gongsun Liang, then redirected it around a boulder to strike him.
• Gongsun Liang was badly injured and recognized the woman as the Jade-Faced Rakshasa.

The Jade-Faced Rakshasa revealed her overwhelming strength, killing Qiu Ping and driving Gongsun Liang and Zhu Yu to flee. Yan Zhong and Jiang Ying arrived with nearly a hundred Jianghu practitioners, and the chapter ended as four more figures approached.

• Zhao Yunhui explained that the Jade-Faced Rakshasa and her husband, the Iron-Faced Asura, had once killed many Jianghu experts and that witnesses were rumored never to survive.
• Qiu Ping tried to flee, but the Jade-Faced Rakshasa caught and killed him in a single move.
• Gongsun Liang seized the chance to escape, threw Godslayer at the Jade-Faced Rakshasa, and fled after she caught the dagger and struck him with a palm; Zhu Yu escaped in the opposite direction.
• Yan Zhong and Jiang Ying arrived with nearly a hundred Jianghu practitioners, and Huang Xiao warned them that the woman was the Jade-Faced Rakshasa.
• Huang Xiao asked Zhao Xin'er to lend her Phoenix Feather to Yan Zhong and Jiang Ying, but Zhao Xin'er said they could not use it effectively without knowing its techniques.
• The Jade-Faced Rakshasa remarked that many people had come as four more figures rushed toward them.

Huang Xiao's martial uncles and three Dragon Guards joined Yan Zhong and Jiang Ying to protect him and the princesses from the Jade-Faced Rakshasa. She returned Godslayer to Huang Xiao, secretly told him to claim she had taken it, and killed the Jianghu onlookers before leaving.

• Wang Yuantu, Hua Yuan, Mei Jingfeng, and Zhu Xiao arrived and recognized Godslayer as the Seven Spirit Blades, but Wang Yuantu chose not to fight the Jade-Faced Rakshasa.
• Three Dragon Guards arrived to reinforce Yan Zhong, bringing the number of experts facing the Jade-Faced Rakshasa to nine.
• Zhao Yunhui and Zhao Xin'er pleaded with the Jade-Faced Rakshasa, who agreed to let their group go.
• The Jade-Faced Rakshasa returned Godslayer to Huang Xiao and secretly instructed him to say she had taken it.
• The Jade-Faced Rakshasa left and killed the Jianghu onlookers, while Huang Xiao reunited with his martial uncles.

After the Jade-Faced Rakshasa returned the Seven Spirit Blades, Huang Xiao and his companions left the battlefield and learned that the Jianghu pursuers had suffered heavy losses. At an inn, Wang Yuantu promised that the Poison God Valley Master would personally guide Huang Xiao, while Yan Zhong arranged to escort the Princesses back to Kaifeng the next day.

• Huang Xiao suggested letting the Jianghu believe that the Jade-Faced Rakshasa had taken the Seven Spirit Blades, and Wang Yuantu and Yan Zhong agreed that the story would divert pursuit from him.
• Jianghu fighters found more than a hundred dead, including Liu Fu and Qiu Ping, and many abandoned the chase while others continued after Huang Xiao's group.
• At an inn, Hua Yuan and the others were astonished by Huang Xiao's rise to Mid Peerless strength, and Wang Yuantu said he might become stronger than him after reaching the Peak Realm.
• Wang Yuantu told Huang Xiao that the Poison God Valley Master would personally guide his cultivation, leaving Huang Xiao and Zhao Yunhui uneasy about the Valley Master discovering his secrets.
• Yan Zhong said he would escort Zhao Xin'er and Zhao Yunhui back to Kaifeng the next day, and Huang Xiao promised to return there after visiting Poison God Valley.

Huang Xiao confronted Jiang Ying about calling him “young master” and learned that he had been secretly protected because his identity was honored and the parents who raised him were adoptive parents. Jiang Ying could reveal little about Huang Xiao’s birth parents or who sent him, but he disclosed that the Heavenly Qilin Pawnshop was only one business; Huang Xiao was left with more questions about his origins.

• Huang Xiao took Jiang Ying to a deserted place and asked why he had called him “young master.”
• Jiang Ying confirmed that Huang Xiao had an honored identity and said the Jade Thumb Ring identified him, while the parents who raised him were his adoptive parents.
• Jiang Ying explained that he had secretly protected Huang Xiao under orders to intervene only when Huang Xiao’s life was in danger, and Huang Xiao helped him up after he knelt.
• Huang Xiao asked about his birth parents and who had sent Jiang Ying, but Jiang Ying said he could not reveal those details.
• Jiang Ying said the Heavenly Qilin Pawnshop was only one business, leaving Huang Xiao astonished by the scale of the organization behind it.

Huang Xiao returned to Poison God Valley as rumors about the Seven Spirit Blades drew the Jianghu’s attention, prompting Wang Yuantu to order the valley closed for a time. There, Huang Xiao noticed that Li Yuncong and Xu Yan seemed changed, while the two privately remarked on his astonishing growth and familiar aura.

• Huang Xiao traveled toward Poison God Valley with Wang Yuantu and the others, heard that Zhu Yu and Gongsun Liang had blamed the Jade-Faced Rakshasa for taking the Seven Spirit Blades, and suspected she was diverting attention from him.
• At Poison God Valley’s entrance, Wang Yuantu stopped a fight between Poison God Valley and Medicine God Valley disciples and ordered both groups punished.
• Wang Yuantu decided Poison God Valley should close its gates to protect Huang Xiao and took him to meet Master.
• Huang Xiao greeted Li Yuncong and Xu Yan, but found their gazes and behavior unfamiliar.
• After Huang Xiao left, Li Yuncong and Xu Yan discussed his rapid improvement and the aura that reminded them of the Heavenly Yin Silkworm’s cold poison.

Xu Yan and Li Yuncong discussed Huang Xiao’s unusual strength, the Seven Spirit Blade, and the possibility that he had encountered their enemies. At Poison God Valley, Huang Xiao handed Godslayer to the Valley Master and asked for guidance on reaching the Peak Realm, but their conversation was interrupted by the arrival of the Valley Master’s Granduncle.

• Xu Yan and Li Yuncong suspected Huang Xiao had gained rare fortune or might be a spy, and agreed to watch him and leave the Seven Spirit Blade question to their Senior Brother.
• Wang Yuantu brought Huang Xiao and Godslayer to the Valley Master, then described their dangerous journey and the Jade-Faced Rakshasa’s return of the blade.
• The Valley Master questioned Huang Xiao about his strength and the dispelling of his cold poison, and Huang Xiao attributed both to his visit to Everlasting Spring Valley.
• The Valley Master offered Huang Xiao a reward for surrendering Godslayer, but Huang Xiao asked instead for guidance in breaking through to the Peak Realm.
• The Valley Master promised to guide Huang Xiao and said he could reach the Peak Realm within a year, then greeted a newly arriving Granduncle.

Huang Xiao met the Poison God Valley Patriarch, who revealed the ties between the two valleys and Medicine King Hall and warned him to conceal his Everlasting Spring Youth-Restoring Art. The Patriarch kept Godslayer for safekeeping, promising to return it if Huang Xiao reached the Peerless Realm and the Seven Spirit Blades’ secret remained unsolved.

• The Valley Master presented Godslayer to the Patriarch, who asked Huang Xiao whether he was willing to give up the blade and then sent the Valley Master and Junior Brother Qi away to speak with Huang Xiao alone.
• The Patriarch told Huang Xiao that Junior Brother Qi was the Valley Master of Medicine God Valley and explained that the Valley Master’s master was his own junior sister.
• The Patriarch guessed that Huang Xiao practiced the Everlasting Spring Youth-Restoring Art and asked where he had learned it; Huang Xiao said an elderly man had taught him.
• The Patriarch warned Huang Xiao not to reveal the art to anyone, including the Valley Master, and explained its connection to Medicine King Hall and the sect’s rules against teaching it to outsiders.
• The Patriarch told Huang Xiao to be wary of Medicine King Hall disciples and kept Godslayer, saying he might return it once Huang Xiao reached the Peerless Realm.

Huang Xiao learned more about the Everlasting Spring Youth-Restoring Art from the patriarch, who revealed that he had reached the ninth Rejuvenation and expected someone on their side to enter the second realm soon. After discussing Huang Xiao’s possible ties to the Medicine King Hall, the patriarch decided to guide him personally.

• The patriarch explained the cultivation method’s demanding Rejuvenations and said he had reached the ninth, while the Founding Patriarch was the only known disciple to enter the second realm.
• The patriarch told Huang Xiao that someone on their side would soon break through to the second realm, but said he himself was not that person.
• Huang Xiao learned that the patriarch was over a hundred and fifty and that the Founding Patriarch had lived to three hundred.
• The Valley Master of the Poison God Valley and Junior Brother Qi discussed whether Huang Xiao might be connected to the Medicine King Hall and whether he should be guided and watched.
• The patriarch joined the Valley Master and Junior Brother Qi, praised their wine, and announced that he would take Huang Xiao back to guide him personally.

Jiang Ying told Dragon-Seeking Envoy Xiao Yingda that Huang Xiao had returned to Poison God Valley with the Seven Spirit Blades and had learned some details about his origins and secret protection. Xiao Yingda decided to stay nearby to protect Huang Xiao, then met a Princess on a hill outside Huaqing City, who welcomed his assignment and criticized Jiang Ying’s limited ability.

• The Valley Master and Junior Brother Qi concluded that Granduncle’s personal instruction confirmed Huang Xiao had no connection to Medicine King Hall.
• Jiang Ying briefed Xiao Yingda on Huang Xiao’s return to Poison God Valley and confirmed that Huang Xiao still possessed the Seven Spirit Blades.
• Jiang Ying admitted Huang Xiao had learned he had birth parents and that Jiang Ying had secretly been assigned to protect him, and Xiao Yingda told him to follow Huang Xiao’s wishes while guarding what he revealed.
• Xiao Yingda announced that he would stay long-term and share responsibility for Huang Xiao’s safety, while warning Jiang Ying not to pry into why the Jade-Faced Rakshasa returned the blades.
• Xiao Yingda went to a hill west of Huaqing City and paid his respects to a Princess, who said his assignment reassured her and that Jiang Ying’s weakness had caused problems.

The Princess explained that she had let Huang Xiao keep the Seven Spirit Blade to repay Poison God Valley for saving him, while warning Xiao Yingda that Medicine King Hall might threaten both valleys. A month later, Huang Xiao left Poison God Valley for Green Ox Temple, where he arrived to find it in ruins.

• The Princess told Xiao Yingda she would resume using the name Jade-Faced Rakshasa and had allowed Huang Xiao to keep the blade as repayment to Poison God Valley.
• Xiao Yingda warned that Medicine King Hall's hall master might soon emerge from seclusion and target Poison God Valley and Medicine God Valley, and the Princess ordered him to watch over Huang Xiao.
• After a month of consolidating his cultivation and studying the Everlasting Spring Youth-Restoring Art, Huang Xiao departed Poison God Valley for Green Ox Temple.
• Qingyun, Qinghe, Fang Du, and other disciples saw Huang Xiao off, and Fang Du said Li Yuncong and Xu Yan were in seclusion.
• Huang Xiao reached the summit of Zhongnan Mountain and discovered that Green Ox Temple had been reduced to ruins.

Huang Xiao found Green Ox Temple burned to ruins, with two of Qingfeng’s disciples dead and no sign of his eldest senior brother or Demon Slayer. He asked Jiang Ying to investigate and left for Kaifeng, while Xiao Yingda decided to follow and protect him.

• Huang Xiao searched Green Ox Temple’s ruins, found two skeletons, and feared that powerful attackers had killed Qingfeng and taken Demon Slayer.
• Huang Xiao’s Heavenly Demon True Qi surged with his killing intent, and he worried that the demonic art was weakening his control.
• Huang Xiao went to the Heavenly Qilin Pawnshop and asked Jiang Ying to investigate the attack and discover whether Qingfeng had survived.
• Huang Xiao left for Kaifeng, and Jiang Ying promised to send him any news about the attack or Qingfeng.
• Xiao Yingda told Jiang Ying to investigate while he followed Huang Xiao himself, concerned about the unsettled Jianghu and the demonic aura he had sensed.

Huang Xiao heard that the Shaolin monk Liaochen was wounded and fleeing from six young monks, so he hurried off to find them. The chapter ended with Huang Xiao racing toward the pursuers while the tea-stall patrons wondered who he was.

• Huang Xiao stopped at a roadside tea stall while traveling to Kaifeng to seek Retainer status and gather information about his Eldest Senior Brother Qingfeng.
• At the stall, Huang Xiao overheard Jianghu travelers discussing rumors that Liaochen had been injured and was being chased by six monks.
• The travelers said the six pursuers were young monks from Great Song, though they did not recognize which temple they belonged to.
• Huang Xiao pressed the eyewitness for the direction of the chase, paid him generously, and immediately departed to pursue Liaochen and the six monks.

Huang Xiao found Liaochen being cornered by six Dharma Flower Sect monks and intervened, striking Zhili aside before helping heal Liaochen. Mingyi urged Huang Xiao to stay out of the dispute, while Liaochen feared the six monks would target him next.

• Huang Xiao left the tea stall and hurried after the man who had pointed him toward Liaochen.
• Mingyi and the other five monks confronted the gravely wounded Liaochen, and Yuankong challenged him to a duel.
• Liaochen countered Yuankong’s Wonderful Dharma Lotus Finger with the Shaolin Formless Calamity Finger and drove him back.
• Mingyi ordered all six monks to attack Liaochen, whose strength had dwindled to less than thirty percent.
• Huang Xiao appeared, struck Zhili away, and began channeling internal power into Liaochen to heal him.
• Liaochen warned Huang Xiao to flee, but Zhili demanded another fight and Mingyi told Huang Xiao not to interfere.

Huang Xiao defended the injured Liaochen from six disciples of the Six Buddhist Sects, using his uncanny footwork to keep them at bay while Liaochen recovered. When the monks tried to capture Liaochen instead, Huang Xiao blocked their path and was forced to face all six directly.

• Huang Xiao refused to abandon Liaochen, treated his injuries, and urged him to recover while he held off the monks.
• Huang Xiao provoked the Six Buddhist Sects disciples into attacking him and fought them with the Lingbo Ethereal Steps.
• Huang Xiao used his speed to isolate and overpower the monks in individual exchanges, frustrating their attempts to strike him together.
• Mingyi ordered Yuankong and Zhili to capture Liaochen, so Huang Xiao rushed to block them.
• Mingyi and the other monks surrounded Huang Xiao, forcing him to meet all six attacks head-on.

Huang Xiao struggled to keep six powerful monks from capturing the injured Liaochen, but Hong Yi and Beggar Gang Leader Zhu Zhentong arrived before he had to use the Heavenly Demon Skill. Mingyi insulted the Beggar Gang, then led the six monks away after Zhu Zhentong warned them not to harm Huang Xiao or Liaochen.

• Huang Xiao mocked Mingyi and the five other monks while defending Liaochen, but their combined attacks pushed him to the edge of his strength.
• Hong Yi arrived with Zhu Zhentong, and Huang Xiao recognized the Beggar Gang Leader by his Demon Slayer Staff.
• Hong Yi saw Liaochen's injuries and suspected the six men were impersonating Shaolin monks, but Mingyi denied it.
• Mingyi disparaged Zhu Zhentong and the Beggar Gang, and Zhu Zhentong ordered Hong Yi to stand down when he challenged one of the monks.
• Zhu Zhentong warned the six monks not to harm Huang Xiao or Liaochen, and Mingyi led them away after threatening to remember Huang Xiao.

After the Six Buddhist Sects wounded Liaochen, Huang Xiao agreed to escort him toward Shaolin and learned that the Beggar Gang had lost its senior experts in the Profound Ice Sect incident. The story left Huang Xiao stunned by Ling Tianya’s power and uncertain whether the sect master had survived.

• After Monk Mingyi and the other five left, Liaochen thanked Zhu Zhentong and Hong Yi and identified the six monks as members of the Six Buddhist Sects.
• Huang Xiao offered to escort Liaochen toward Shaolin, while Zhu Zhentong and Hong Yi departed west on their own business.
• As they traveled, Liaochen told Huang Xiao that the Six Buddhist Sects had been hidden from the Jianghu for nearly a thousand years.
• Liaochen explained that the Beggar Gang’s older-generation experts had nearly all died thirty years earlier during the Profound Ice Sect incident.
• Liaochen revealed that Ling Tianya had killed at least seven Beggar Gang peerless experts, including one peerless upper grade expert, along with experts from Shaolin and other sects.
• Huang Xiao fell silent as he considered Ling Tianya’s overwhelming strength and the possibility that he had been invincible within the peerless realm.

Huang Xiao learned from Liaochen how the eight Buddhist sects were devastated in a war with the Heavenly Demon Sect a thousand years earlier. Liaochen revealed that the Taixuan Sect’s master had deceived the eight sects into striking first, leaving both sides weakened before the Heavenly Demon Sect later broke apart.

• Huang Xiao reconsidered how weak he was compared with the hidden masters of the Jianghu, and Liaochen encouraged him to keep training.
• Huang Xiao asked Liaochen about the eight Buddhist sects, and Liaochen explained that six had nearly vanished after losing their masters in a conflict with the Heavenly Demon Sect.
• Liaochen told Huang Xiao that the eight sects had attacked first after receiving false information that the Heavenly Demon Sect planned to eliminate them.
• Liaochen revealed that the Taixuan Sect’s master had supplied the trusted but deceptive information, drawing the eight sects into war and weakening both sides.
• Liaochen said the Taixuan Sect had used the conflict to its advantage, and that the Heavenly Demon Sect later broke apart.