Recaps

Huang Xiao traveled with Zhangsun Youyue, Zhu Yang, and Liu Yu to the Rare Treasures Appreciation Gathering in Mist City, reflecting on the power of the Heavenly Demon Demon Saber and his Minghong Saber. They reached the Rare Treasures Pavilion and entered after Xiao Qing presented a highest-rank invitation.

• Huang Xiao continued practicing the Heavenly Demon Demon Saber and considered how much more powerful the rust-covered Minghong Saber might become if restored.
• Zhangsun Youyue, Huang Xiao, Zhu Yang, and Liu Yu prepared to travel to the Rare Treasures Pavilion, while Daoxuanzi departed separately.
• The group rode toward the gathering and saw crowds of Jianghu people, including wealthy visitors admitted despite lacking strength because they had money.
• Zhangsun Youyue chose to walk through the congested crowd, and Huang Xiao used Heaven and Earth Momentum to clear a path.
• Xiao Qing showed the group’s invitation at the entrance, and Brother Yun recognized it as one of the highest rank.

Huang Xiao and his companions arrived at the Rare Treasures Appreciation Gathering, where Zhangsun Youyue gave him a hundred-thousand-tael gold note and Liu Yu added thirty thousand taels to help him browse the wares. As Huang Xiao inspected the treasures with Chen Biao, he asked whether the Rare Treasures Pavilion was prepared for the Saint Thief’s apparent designs on the gathering.

• Chen Biao welcomed Huang Xiao and his companions and led them through the ordinary marketplace area toward the Rare Treasures Tower.
• Zhangsun Youyue gave Huang Xiao a hundred-thousand-tael gold note to spend on treasures, while clarifying that it could not be used to pay Zhu Yang’s ten-million-tael redemption sum for Lin Jiao Jiao.
• Zhangsun Youyue went ahead to the Rare Treasures Tower, and Liu Yu gave Huang Xiao thirty thousand taels in gold notes on Liu Jinyi’s behalf.
• Chen Biao guided Huang Xiao, Liu Yu, and Zhu Yang through the marketplace’s displays, including pills, armor, and weapons priced in the millions of taels.
• Huang Xiao asked Chen Biao whether the Rare Treasures Pavilion was comfortable displaying its treasures and then mentioned the Saint Thief’s interest in the gathering.

Huang Xiao visited the Rare Treasures Appreciation Gathering’s ore section, where the Minghong Saber secretly absorbed the essence of the displayed ores. He then followed Chen Biao to the Treasure Tower, where he spotted Lin Chusheng arriving with an imposing older man.

• Huang Xiao discussed the Thief Sage with Chen Biao, then sensed the Minghong Saber react as they approached the Rare Ores Section.
• Huang Xiao learned about the rare ores and realized they could help restore the Minghong Saber, but he decided not to buy any.
• The Minghong Saber absorbed the essence from the nearby ores, weakening their special properties without anyone noticing Huang Xiao’s role.
• Huang Xiao continued touring the gathering with Chen Biao, then asked about the Phoenix Blood and learned it was the second most valuable treasure.
• Chen Biao led Huang Xiao, Zhu Yang, and Liu Yu to the Treasure Tower and described its layout and Zhangsun Youyue’s private room.
• Huang Xiao heard Lin Chusheng call to his Third Uncle and saw the Heavenly Sword Sect member standing beside an imposing middle-aged man.

Huang Xiao and his companions entered the Rare Treasures Tower, where Lin Chusheng insulted them and Lin Kuisheng warned him to be cautious. Huang Xiao joined Zhangsun Youyue in a private room, where she explained the gathering’s barter rules and revealed that she had come for the Heavenly Cicada Gauze Garment.

• Huang Xiao met Lin Chusheng and Lin Kuisheng at the Rare Treasures Tower, and Lin Kuisheng sensed that Huang Xiao was a Half-Step Martial Realm expert.
• Huang Xiao exchanged greetings with Eighth Prince Liu Zhi on the third floor, then left with Chen Biao and his companions for East Number Seven.
• Lin Chusheng insulted Huang Xiao’s group, but Lin Kuisheng rebuked him and warned him not to provoke people before learning their connections.
• Chen Biao brought Huang Xiao, Zhu Yang, and Liu Yu to Zhangsun Youyue’s private room, where Xiao Qing welcomed them.
• Zhangsun Youyue explained that bidders offered treasures in exchange for the Rare Treasures Pavilion’s items, often paying several treasures for one.
• Zhangsun Youyue told Huang Xiao that she wanted the Heavenly Cicada Gauze Garment, not the Azure Nether Sword.

Huang Xiao attended the Rare Treasures Appreciation Gathering as Zhangsun Youyue explained why she wanted the Heavenly Cicada Gauze Garment and how valuable the Divine Beast Traces clue might be. The gathering began with bids for Meditation Incense, and Liao Dunqi was left to choose among the offers.

• Zhangsun Youyue told Huang Xiao she prized the Heavenly Cicada Gauze Garment and could enhance it using a Bishui Palace method.
• Zhangsun Youyue estimated that the Divine Beast Traces clue could cost as much as Bishui Palace's fifth-ranked cultivation method.
• Liao Dunqi opened the gathering and assured the crowd that the Rare Treasures Pavilion was prepared for the Thief Sage.
• Liao Dunqi presented ten sticks of Meditation Incense, and Zhangsun Youyue explained their benefits and scarcity.
• Bidders called out treasures and cultivation methods in exchange for the Meditation Incense, and Liao Dunqi collected their offers to decide whose bid to accept.

Zhangsun Youyue offered a bottle of Bishui Nectar for the Heavenly Cicada Gauze Garment, explaining that she valued it for her own purposes. She also pledged a rare Bishui Mystic Domain opportunity to help Huang Xiao compete for the Phoenix Blood, while Liao Dunqi announced that her written offer currently led the bidding.

• Liao Dunqi explained how the Rare Treasures Pavilion privately notified winners and continued presenting treasures as bids rose.
• Zhangsun Youyue wrote down an offer of one bottle of Bishui Nectar for the Heavenly Cicada Gauze Garment, and told Huang Xiao it could benefit her far more than its value suggested.
• Zhangsun Youyue assured Huang Xiao that Bishui Palace would help him pursue the Phoenix Blood, though she could not guarantee success.
• Zhangsun Youyue revealed that she planned to offer a place in the Bishui Mystic Domain in exchange for the Phoenix Blood and sent her written offer to Liao Dunqi.
• Liao Dunqi read Zhangsun Youyue's offer and announced that it held first place for the Heavenly Cicada Gauze Garment.

Zhangsun Youyue secured the Heavenly Cicada Gauze Garment with an offer worth a hundred times Feng Xiaofeng’s bid, while the Sword Pavilion’s plans shifted to the auction’s remaining treasures. The garment was set to be delivered to Zhangsun Youyue as the gathering continued.

• Liao Dunqi confirmed that Zhangsun Youyue’s written offer was genuine and honored the Rare Treasures Pavilion’s rules.
• Feng Xiaofeng raised his bid to five jin of Snowpeak Jade Marrow, hoping to win the garment for Jiang Liuli, but Liao Dunqi revealed that the competing offer was worth at least a hundred times that amount.
• Feng Xiaofeng lost his temper, and his martial uncle reprimanded him before directing him to pursue the Phoenix Blood and clues to the Divine Beast Traces instead.
• Liao Dunqi counted down and declared the Heavenly Cicada Gauze Garment sold without revealing the winner’s identity.
• Xiao Qing congratulated Zhangsun Youyue on obtaining the garment, and Zhangsun Youyue dismissed Feng Xiaofeng’s chances of winning it.

At the auction, Liao Dunqi revealed an incomplete manual containing three later forms of Li Bai’s Transcendent Immortal Swordsmanship, and Zhangsun Youyue struggled over whether Bishui Palace should bid for it. Huang Xiao then offered to teach her the three forms himself.

• Zhangsun Youyue told Huang Xiao that Jiang Liuli aimed to surpass Sword God Yi and become the Sword Pavilion’s Number One, while the Sword Pavilion stopped bidding as the auction’s final treasures approached.
• Liao Dunqi presented the eighth, ninth, and tenth forms of the Transcendent Immortal Swordsmanship, and Zhangsun Youyue reacted angrily upon recognizing Senior Li’s swordsmanship.
• Zhangsun Youyue said Bishui Palace possessed only six forms and worried that bidding for the manual would leave them unable to secure the Phoenix Blood.
• Liao Dunqi said the Rare Treasures Pavilion had received the manual as payment from Li Bai, while Zhangsun Youyue and Huang Xiao suspected it had been reconstructed from forms witnessed in battle and might contain inaccuracies.
• Zhangsun Youyue hesitated to abandon the manual despite suspecting the Rare Treasures Pavilion was trying to extract a high price from Bishui Palace.
• Huang Xiao offered to teach Zhangsun Youyue the three forms, leaving everyone in the room stunned.

Huang Xiao offered to teach Zhangsun Youyue more of the Transcendent Immortal Swordsmanship, while the Rare Treasures Pavilion delivered her the Heavenly Cicada Gauze Garment and collected her Bishui Nectar. As bids began for the Sword Manual, the Heavenly Sword Sect and the Imperial Court’s Eighth Prince emerged as leading contenders, and Zhangsun Youyue decided Bishui Palace did not need to bid.

• Huang Xiao offered to teach Zhangsun Youyue the seventh form of the Taixuan Sword, and Zhangsun Youyue said she might seize the Sword Manual depending on who won it.
• Chen Biao delivered the Heavenly Cicada Gauze Garment, collected Zhangsun Youyue’s Bishui Nectar, and explained the Rare Treasures Pavilion’s anonymous delivery arrangements.
• Huang Xiao and Zhangsun Youyue discussed the dangers facing the shopkeepers who would deliver the treasures, including the threat posed by the Saint Thief.
• Lin Chusheng of the Heavenly Sword Sect offered five forms of the Seven-Star Swordsmanship for the Sword Manual, and Uncle-Master Yang rejected Feng Xiaofeng’s suggestion that the Sword Pavilion bid.
• Liu Zhi, the Imperial Court’s Eighth Prince, offered three of the Nine Great Martial Arts, and Huang Xiao noted that the Rare Treasures Pavilion had positioned rival bidders opposite each other.
• Zhangsun Youyue chose not to bid, saying Bishui Palace could obtain the Sword Manual from the winner afterward if it wanted it.

Zhangsun Youyue and Uncle-Master Pei considered the bidding for Senior Li’s incomplete sword forms while the Heavenly Sword Sect won the fragments over the Imperial Court. The Rare Treasures Pavilion then offered Phoenix Blood, leaving Huang Xiao anxious to obtain the cure for his Demon-Ghost Blood Curse.

• Huang Xiao offered to teach Zhangsun Youyue the seventh sword form if she obtained Senior Li’s three incomplete forms, and she agreed to wait until then.
• Uncle-Master Pei arrived, confirmed that Bishui Palace had obtained the Heavenly Cicada Gauze Garment, and told Huang Xiao that Bishui Palace would not force him to reveal Senior Li’s whereabouts.
• Uncle-Master Pei and Zhangsun Youyue chose not to bid on the sword fragments, while Lin Kuisheng and Lin Chusheng discussed attacking Liu Zhi if the Imperial Court won them.
• Liao Dunqi awarded the fragments to the Heavenly Sword Sect, and Uncle-Master Pei sent Liu Miao to watch the sect’s incoming experts.
• Liao Dunqi presented Phoenix Blood, and Huang Xiao hoped to obtain it to dispel his Demon-Ghost Blood Curse.

At the Rare Treasures Pavilion auction, Zhangsun Youyue and Uncle-Master Pei decided to bid a three-month Bishui Mystic Domain entry slot for Phoenix Blood to lift Huang Xiao’s curse. As the anonymous, one-chance bidding began, Lin Kuisheng warned Lin Chusheng not to open their newly acquired sword manual, which they had to return to their sect unread.

• Uncle-Master Pei said a third of the Phoenix Blood would be enough to lift the curse afflicting one person, and Zhangsun Youyue agreed to offer a Bishui Mystic Domain entry slot.
• Liao Dunqi announced that bidders had to submit one anonymous final bid, and Uncle-Master Pei told Zhangsun Youyue to write down a three-month entry slot.
• Lin Chusheng complained that the Heavenly Sword Sect could not compete with the Sword Pavilion, and Lin Kuisheng warned him not to speak recklessly about the Sword Pavilion or its Sword God.
• Lin Chusheng asked to inspect the incomplete sword manual they had received, but Lin Kuisheng refused, citing the Sect Master’s orders and the danger of being discovered with its techniques.

Yang Hengchang bid a year of contemplation at the Sword Enlightenment Altar for the Phoenix Blood, while the Rare Treasures Pavilion kept the winning bidder’s identity secret. As the Pavilion prepared deliveries in identical boxes to guard against the Saint Thief, Chen Biao headed for East Number Seven with a box, still unsure where the real Phoenix Blood was.

• Yang Hengchang decided the Sword Pavilion would offer a year of contemplation at the Sword Enlightenment Altar for the Phoenix Blood, while reserving its resources for the Divine Beast Traces clue.
• Liao Dunqi announced that the winning bid had offered a lengthy contemplation slot at a sect’s sacred ground, prompting Xiao Qing and Liu Yu to suspect the Bishui Palace had won.
• Liao Dunqi warned the Rare Treasures Pavilion’s delivery team that the Saint Thief might target the Phoenix Blood and distributed identical brocade boxes with private room assignments.
• Shopkeeper Zhao told Chen Biao he was delivering to West Number Seven, the Sword Pavilion’s room, while Chen Biao kept the identity of East Number Seven’s occupants to himself.
• Chen Biao headed to East Number Seven carrying his brocade box, wondering whether the real Phoenix Blood would be delivered to the Sword Pavilion.

Zhangsun Youyue and her companions opened the Rare Treasures Pavilion’s gift and discovered it was Red Fire Fruit Spirit Liquid, not genuine Phoenix Blood. Huang Xiao left without the cure he needed for the Demon-Ghost Blood Curse, while Uncle-Master Pei offered to look for antidotes and the group turned their attention to the final auction item.

• Chen Biao delivered a brocade box to Zhangsun Youyue, and Uncle-Master Pei briefly questioned him before letting him leave.
• Zhangsun Youyue opened the box and found Red Fire Fruit Spirit Liquid instead of genuine Phoenix Blood.
• Uncle-Master Pei explained that the Rare Treasures Pavilion had likely given the liquid to other third-floor rooms that had not received the Phoenix Blood.
• Huang Xiao accepted that he had failed to obtain a possible cure for his curse, and Zhangsun Youyue apologized to him.
• Uncle-Master Pei offered to search for curse antidotes and said the group would watch the contest for the final item.

Shopkeeper Zhao delivered the genuine Phoenix Blood to Yang Hengchang, and the Sword Pavilion confirmed it had obtained the treasure. As the bidding for the final Divine Beast Traces clue began under rules that would reveal each bidder, Yang Hengchang prepared the Sword Pavilion to compete, and the Heavenly Evil Sect made the first offer.

• Shopkeeper Zhao handed Yang Hengchang a brocade box containing the genuine Phoenix Blood and Red Fire Fruit Spirit Liquid.
• Liao Dunqi announced that each party would make one public bid for the final Divine Beast Traces clue.
• Yang Hengchang grew furious that the winner would be exposed, but Feng Xiaofeng urged him not to fear other Jianghu powers.
• Yang Hengchang praised Feng Xiaofeng and promised to seek better treatment for him from his master.
• Yang Hengchang decided to wait and assess the other bidders before revealing the Sword Pavilion's offer.
• The Heavenly Evil Sect offered the whereabouts of Tiger Wing in exchange for the clue.

The Heavenly Evil Sect offered the whereabouts of Tiger Wing for the Divine Beast Traces lead, and the Sword Pavilion countered with three days of the Sword God's personal instruction in the Way of Sword Intent. The Demon Hall then offered a place that could guarantee a sect would escape annihilation, leaving Liao Dunqi intrigued and the Demon Hall's subordinates bewildered.

• The Heavenly Evil Sect bid Tiger Wing's whereabouts, and Liao Dunqi confirmed that the Rare Treasures Pavilion trusted the information.
• Yang Hengchang decided the Sword Pavilion should compete and offered three days of personal instruction from the Sword God in the Way of Sword Intent.
• Liao Dunqi announced that the Sword Pavilion's offer also qualified, while the crowd discussed the value of the Sword God's guidance.
• The gloomy old man in North Room No. 7 ordered the Demon Hall to bid a place guaranteeing that a sect would be spared annihilation.
• Liao Dunqi suspected the Demon Hall's offer held a deeper meaning and looked toward North Room No. 7 as the old man's subordinates struggled to understand his bid.

Deputy Hall Master Hao’s God-Burying Hall discussed the approaching Thousand-Year Period and learned that Huang Xiao had destroyed its Qinyang City Branch Altar. At the Rare Treasures Pavilion, Liao Dunqi accepted the Demon Hall’s promise to spare one sect from destruction as a serious bid for the Divine Beast Traces clue, leaving the crowd fearful of the coming upheaval.

• Deputy Hall Master Hao reminded his followers that the Thousand-Year Period was approaching and predicted that Pang Yi would become Demon Hall Master.
• A returning subordinate identified Huang Xiao as the Transcendent Immortal Sword Lord’s successor and reported that he had destroyed the Qinyang City Branch Altar.
• Deputy Hall Master Hao set aside revenge against Huang Xiao for the moment, prioritizing the Divine Beast Traces clue and Inugami while noting that the Sword Pavilion might target him.
• Huang Xiao and Zhangsun Youyue discussed the Demon Hall’s offer, and Uncle-Master Pei explained that a new Hall Master had repeatedly emerged even when the Demon Hall was nearly wiped out.
• Liao Dunqi declared that the Demon Hall’s promise to spare one sect from utter destruction was sufficient payment for the clue, and the crowd understood the threat of the approaching Thousand-Year Period.

Liao Dunqi explained how the Phoenix Feather could reveal the divine beast Phoenix’s aura and announced the Sword Pavilion as the winner of the Divine Beast Traces clue. The chapter ended with the Sword Pavilion receiving the Phoenix Feather after Yang Hengchang challenged Hao Jinghai’s authority to bid for the Demon Hall.

• Yang Hengchang and others descended to provide proof of their promised exchanges while Liao Dunqi considered the final bids.
• Liao Dunqi warned that the Saint Thief might target someone at the gathering, and Zhangsun Youyue explained the thief’s past conflict with the Rare Treasures Pavilion.
• Yang Hengchang, Linghu Xiang, and Hao Jinghai approached the platform, where Yang Hengchang questioned whether the God-Burying Hall could represent the Demon Hall.
• Liao Dunqi revealed the sealed Phoenix Feather and explained that its aura could help its owner locate traces of the Phoenix.
• Liao Dunqi announced that the Sword Pavilion had won the Phoenix Feather.

Yang Hengchang secured the Phoenix Feather after trading the Sword God Token, but Chen Biao suddenly stole it from the platform. The crowd recognized Chen Biao as the Saint Thief, leaving Yang Hengchang unable to attack without risking the treasure.

• Yang Hengchang handed Liao Dunqi the Sword God Token, and Liao Dunqi gave him the Phoenix Feather.
• Yang Hengchang reached for the Phoenix Feather, but Chen Biao rushed onto the platform and snatched it.
• Yang Hengchang tried to strike Chen Biao, but Liao Dunqi stopped him from risking damage to the Phoenix Feather.
• Huang Xiao and the others recognized the thief as Chen Biao, and Xiao Qing asked whether he was the Saint Thief.

The Saint Thief revealed that he had disguised himself as Chen Biao and openly taken the Phoenix Feather. He waited inside the Rare Treasures Tower for the Rare Treasures Pavilion’s outside experts to return, then hinted that he had something planned before making his escape.

• Huang Xiao realized that the man posing as Chen Biao was the Saint Thief, who had seized the Phoenix Feather.
• The Saint Thief refused to flee because the Rare Treasures Pavilion’s strongest experts were stationed outside the tower, and he planned to wait for them to return and create an opening.
• Linghu Xiang and Hao Jinghai mocked Yang Hengchang for losing the Phoenix Feather to the Saint Thief.
• Liao Dunqi said that one of the Rare Treasures Pavilion’s Seven Pavilion Masters was truly in charge of the gathering, and the Saint Thief said he would not stay to meet them.
• As Liao Dunqi prepared to attack, the Saint Thief urged him to be patient and promised to leave everyone something nice.

The Saint Thief released the Phoenix Feather’s aura, giving everyone in the Rare Treasures Tower a chance to sense the phoenix and seek its dwelling. Trapped by Chilian and Huang Shui, he threatened to destroy the feather, then threw it toward the crowd as the two pavilion masters attacked.

• The Saint Thief removed the formation seal from the Phoenix Feather, letting everyone in the tower sense its blazing aura.
• The master of the Red Treasure Pavilion, Chilian, arrived and fought the Saint Thief, damaging the tower as they battled.
• The Saint Thief tried to escape, but Huang Shui, master of the Yellow Treasure Pavilion, joined Chilian and trapped him.
• Huang Shui explained that the Phoenix Feather’s innate connection to the phoenix could help locate its hidden dwelling, and the Saint Thief threatened to destroy it.
• Huang Shui ordered Chilian to attack, and the Saint Thief flung the Phoenix Feather toward the crowd as both masters charged.

The Saint Thief threw the Phoenix Feather into the crowd, setting off a deadly scramble as Yang Hengchang, Linghu Xiang, and Hao Jinghai fought to claim it. Linghu Xiang escaped the Rare Treasures Tower with the feather, while the pavilion’s forces pursued him and the two pavilion masters moved to stop the Saint Thief.

• The Saint Thief tossed the Phoenix Feather into the crowd, and the treasure seekers began attacking one another.
• Yang Hengchang joined Linghu Xiang and Hao Jinghai in fighting through the crowd, while Liao Dunqi followed to help recover the feather.
• Linghu Xiang seized the Phoenix Feather from a man and killed him, then smashed through a wall to escape the Rare Treasures Tower.
• Liao Dunqi and Yang Hengchang pursued Linghu Xiang as Huang Shui ordered them to recover the feather.
• The Saint Thief tried to slip away through the crowd, but the two pavilion masters followed him.

The Saint Thief escaped the Rare Treasures Tower but discovered that a third pavilion master was waiting outside, leaving him fighting three masters as Huang Xiao and his companions fled the collapsing tower. Outside, Linghu Xiang remained trapped, and treasure hunters began attacking those who had obtained prizes.

• The Saint Thief fooled the two pavilion masters with phantom images and escaped through the hole in the roof, while Huang Xiao and Xiao Qing hoped he would get away.
• Uncle-Master Pei led Huang Xiao, Zhangsun Youyue, and the others toward the exit, intending to seize the incomplete sword manual of the Three Forms from the Heavenly Sword Sect.
• The Saint Thief revealed that a third pavilion master was waiting outside, and Uncle-Master Pei left to pursue the sword manual while Huang Xiao's group evacuated the tower.
• Huang Xiao saw the Saint Thief battling three pavilion masters above the tower as bystanders debated his chances of escape.
• Treasure hunters began attacking people who had obtained prizes, and Zhangsun Youyue observed that they had become bloodthirsty.

As the Rare Treasures Appreciation Gathering descended into a battle over its treasures, Huang Xiao and his companions fought to escape the Rare Treasures Pavilion’s activated formations. Huang Xiao led them through an illusion formation and began bringing them closer to the way out.

• Treasure holders and rival Jianghu experts fought over the displayed treasures, leaving many dead as the prizes repeatedly changed hands.
• Huang Xiao and Zhangsun Youyue decided to leave the chaos, but fought off attackers as they retreated.
• Liu Yu was struck from behind, and Zhu Yang drove the attacker away while Huang Xiao checked on Liu Yu’s injuries.
• Zhangsun Youyue explained that the Rare Treasures Pavilion’s formations trapped them, and Huang Xiao led the group toward the perimeter.
• Huang Xiao guided the group through an illusion formation, helping them perceive the people and sounds outside as they approached its essence.

Huang Xiao led Zhangsun Youyue and the others through the Rare Treasures Pavilion’s confinement and illusion formations while Linghu Xiang was cornered over the Phoenix Feather. Liao Dunqi demanded that Linghu Xiang return it to the Sword Pavilion, but the surrounding experts had little reason to accept his claim.

• Xiao Qing noticed the formations had broken, and Huang Xiao began guiding the group toward the perimeter as he unraveled them.
• The Rare Treasures Tower collapsed during the battle between the Saint Thief and the three pavilion masters, and all four disappeared after the dust settled.
• Hao Jinghai pursued Linghu Xiang alongside Yang Hengchang and Liao Dunqi, while a black-robed man and an old man blocked Linghu Xiang’s escape ahead.
• The five pursuers surrounded Linghu Xiang, and Yang Hengchang demanded that he hand over the Phoenix Feather to the Sword Pavilion.
• Liao Dunqi invoked the Rare Treasures Pavilion’s responsibility to protect the Sword Pavilion’s property, but Linghu Xiang questioned whether the other men would accept his demand.

Hao Jinghai proposed that Yang Hengchang pay an additional fortune to recover the Phoenix Feather, while Linghu Xiang negotiated a double share for himself. Yang Hengchang refused, then suggested the Phoenix Feather still belonged to the Rare Treasures Pavilion because its sale to the Sword Pavilion might not have been completed, leaving Liao Dunqi furious and the ownership in doubt.

• Hao Jinghai, Xiang Guiqing, and Zhong Tianlang demanded that Linghu Xiang surrender the Phoenix Feather and discussed dividing its value.
• Hao Jinghai offered to return the Phoenix Feather to Yang Hengchang if Yang supplied treasures equal in value to the original bid.
• Linghu Xiang agreed to surrender the Phoenix Feather only for a double share, and Hao Jinghai, Xiang Guiqing, and Zhong Tianlang accepted.
• Liao Dunqi objected to Hao Jinghai’s proposed payment, but Xiang Guiqing threatened him when he rejected a share.
• Yang Hengchang refused to pay twice for the Phoenix Feather, and Hao Jinghai questioned whether the Sword Pavilion had completed its purchase.
• Yang Hengchang said the Phoenix Feather still belonged to the Rare Treasures Pavilion, prompting Liao Dunqi to demand an explanation.