Chapter Summaries

Chu Xisheng discussed Ji Qianqian’s abilities with Chu Yunyun and prepared to strengthen his body before entering the Formless Divine Sect. Meanwhile, provincial troops arrived at Xiushui City and declared Prefect Sikong Chan a rebel, leaving him and the city’s gentry stunned.

• Chu Xisheng told Chu Yunyun that he planned to win Ji Qianqian’s devotion, while Chu Yunyun prepared to temper his body with God-Defying Fire.
• Chu Yunyun revealed that Chu Xisheng’s awakened Yazi Blood had drawn the Blood-Yazi Divine Saber to Eastern Province, prompting him to wonder how she knew.
• Sikong Chan and Shangguan Shenhao watched the Iron Banner Gang surround Xiushui City as the city’s spellcasters prepared to clear the mist from the river.
• The city’s spellcasters drove away the mist, revealing provincial warships landing troops alongside Iron Banner Gang laborers at the eastern wharf.
• Wei Lai announced that the Governor-General had ordered the Tianping Army to suppress Sikong Chan for secretly plotting rebellion with the former Crown Prince Li’s faction.
• Sikong Chan questioned how he could be a rebel, then spat blood and nearly collapsed as the gentry behind him turned pale.

As the Imperial Court's army stormed Xiushui Commandery City, Chu Xisheng stayed outside and explained why the Iron Banner Gang would let the court claim the victory. After Sikong Chan and Shangguan Shenhao escaped through the Shangguan Clan's damaged earth-escape formation, Chu Xisheng intercepted Shangguan Shenhao in West Mountain and blocked his path.

• Chu Xisheng dismissed Tie Xiaosheng's frustration, saying the Iron Banner Gang should avoid the costly battle and wait for Sikong Chan and Shangguan Shenhao to flee.
• Chu Xisheng exchanged for the eighth stage of Body of Light-Speed Shadow and reviewed his growing power, resources, and plans to improve his armor.
• Chu Xisheng told Tie Xiaosheng that Xiahou Yuan's apology and payment were signs the inspector was protecting himself before losing his post.
• The provincial army breached Xiushui's Inner City, while Sikong Chan and Shangguan Shenhao escaped about seventy li through the Wu-Earth Divine-Escape Formation before it was interrupted.
• Sikong Chan and Shangguan Shenhao split up to flee, but Chu Xisheng and Bai Xiao Zhao intercepted Shangguan Shenhao in West Mountain and wounded him with a fast saber strike.
• Shangguan Shenhao apologized and offered the Shangguan Clan's property to escape, but Chu Xisheng refused and declared his route closed.

Chu Xisheng and Bai Xiao Zhao defeated Shangguan Shenhao after he launched a desperate assault, and Chu Xisheng killed him with the Divine Wind Bright Mirror Saber. Jian Zangfeng then told Chu Xisheng that the Blood-Yazi Divine Saber had sensed another potential successor from the Jingxi Chu Clan.

• Shangguan Shenhao accused Chu Xisheng of framing the Shangguan Clan, but Chu Xisheng denied it and prepared to fight.
• Bai Xiao Zhao and Chu Xisheng fought Shangguan Shenhao together, evading his powerful sword strikes while waiting for the provincial army.
• Shangguan Shenhao unleashed his blood and qi in a desperate attack, but Chu Xisheng used Smoke-Cloud Skystride to evade him and reflected his sword energy with Returning Light, Reflecting Illumination.
• Bai Xiao Zhao pinned Shangguan Shenhao in place, allowing Chu Xisheng to stab him through the heart and sever his head; Chu Xisheng's Xun Wind Thunderclap Saber was left cracked.
• Jian Zangfeng arrived and told Chu Xisheng that the Blood-Yazi Special Envoy had found a nine-layer successor candidate from the Jingxi Chu Clan, and that the sect welcomed the news.

Tie Xiaosheng and Bu Yancheng fought Sikong Chan while Chu Xisheng slew Shangguan Shenhao, and they held out until Wei Lai arrived and helped kill the prefect. After Sikong Chan’s death, Tie Xiaosheng reflected on his brother’s legacy and resolved to carry it on just as Chu Xisheng arrived.

• As Chu Xisheng slew Shangguan Shenhao, Tie Xiaosheng and Bu Yancheng fought Sikong Chan, who poisoned and wounded Tie Xiaosheng.
• Tie Xiaosheng resisted Sikong Chan’s taunts and kept fighting until Wei Lai arrived and struck Sikong Chan down.
• Bu Yancheng gave Tie Xiaosheng a Bloodbattle Essence-Stabilizing Pill, and Wei Lai left Sikong Chan’s head with him on the governor-general’s orders.
• Bu Yancheng admitted he intended to join the Iron Banner Gang, while Tie Xiaosheng mourned Tie Kuangren and then resolved to fulfill his brother’s wishes.
• After the Six Fan Gate experts withdrew, Tie Xiaosheng sensed Chu Xisheng and Ji Qianqian approaching.

Chu Xisheng led the Iron Banner Gang in honoring Tie Kuangren and arranged the gang’s leadership while preparing to leave for the Formless Divine Sect. Meanwhile, Ji Qianqian met Wangqi Luohou, who ordered her to keep investigating Chu Xisheng and the sect as the Clothing Mound’s final bell stirred the earth qi.

• Chu Xisheng and Tie Xiaosheng led the Iron Banner Gang’s rites at Tie Kuangren’s Clothing Mound, where Tie Kuangren received a seventh-rank Mountain God investiture.
• Chu Xisheng asked whether Tie Kuangren might still be alive, but Tie Xiaosheng said he had taken Iron Futu deep underground to melt it in lava.
• Chu Xisheng appointed Lu Jiuli to lead Iron Mountain Hall and Bu Yancheng to lead Xunyang Hall, while tasking Tie Xiaosheng with conquering the Seventeen Linked Forts.
• Chu Xisheng declined a grand succession ceremony and told Tie Xiaosheng that Qingxu Zi had ordered him to travel north to the Formless Divine Sect ahead of schedule.
• Wangqi Luohou gave Ji Qianqian and Cao Xuan merit plaques, then ordered them to investigate Chu Xisheng’s bloodline talents, continue his Ninefold Refinement Ultimate Origin Purple-Gold Body training, and monitor the Formless Divine Sect.
• Wangqi Luohou began ordering Ji Qianqian to investigate the Chu family’s Blood-Yazi Saint Inheritor when the ceremony’s final bell trembled the earth qi near Tie Kuangren’s Clothing Mound.

Chu Xisheng bought the Heaven-Mirror Inner Armor and the risky Golden Match of Jade and Gold sabers, then strengthened his combat power by combining three battle diagrams. Ye Zhiqiu invited him to travel north aboard Zong Sanping’s Heaven-Pacifying Ship, where the saber maker Li Tiangong and a famous young blade awaited him.

• Chu Xisheng rejected Treasure Qi Pavilion’s initial list, then bought the Heaven-Mirror Inner Armor and Golden Match of Jade and Gold sabers after bargaining and trading in several artifacts.
• Chu Xisheng bought a Complete Lightning-Pursuing Finger Diagram and a Complete Light-Cloud Movement Diagram from Heavenly Questions Pavilion, and Wu Meiniang combined them with his Wind-Chasing Blade Diagram into the Wind, Cloud, Divine Lightning Diagram.
• Ji Qianqian noticed Chu Xisheng’s improved Saber Intent, and he explained that he could withstand Long Heng for an hour or two but still could not defeat him one-on-one.
• Ye Zhiqiu invited Chu Xisheng to travel to the Formless Divine Sect’s home mountain aboard Zong Sanping’s Heaven-Pacifying Ship.
• Ye Zhiqiu revealed that Li Tiangong was aboard the ship and that the sixth-ranked member of the Ten Divine Talented Young Blades would also be there, prompting Chu Xisheng to show interest.

Xie Zhenqing took charge of the Eastern Province Martial Discourse Tower after its supplement about Chu Xisheng became an embarrassment, while Dong Linshan reported the Iron Banner Gang’s rapid expansion. As Chu Xisheng prepared to travel north, he strengthened the gang’s leadership and fighters, then received ingredients for Upper Seventh-Rank Secret Medicine from Jian Zangfeng.

• Xie Zhenqing ordered the tower’s staff to resume normal work and approved a new supplement to repair the damage caused by Wang Chaoyang’s publication.
• Dong Linshan reported that Chu Xisheng was expanding and reorganizing the Iron Banner Gang, while its forces pursued the Seventeen Linked Forts and revealed unexpected combat strength.
• Chu Xisheng decided to travel north with Ye Zhiqiu aboard Recluse Sanping’s Flying Treasure Ship and made arrangements for the Iron Banner Gang and West Mountain Hall before leaving.
• Chu Xisheng appointed trusted subordinates to distant posts and used template and talent cards to strengthen Wei Yang, Li Shenshan, Tie Xiaosheng, Bu Yancheng, and other promising fighters.
• After finishing the gang’s preparations, Chu Xisheng received two portions of the main ingredients for Upper Seventh-Rank Secret Medicine from Jian Zangfeng.

Chu Xisheng prepared to leave Xiushui for the North aboard Zong Sanping’s Heaven-Pacifying Ship, bringing his companions and a mountain of supplies. After boarding, he met Zong Sanping and learned about a potentially false Blood-Yazi Saint Inheritor the sect wanted picked up in the Capital, before a black-robed man confronted him over the Golden-Jade Matchmaking Saber.

• Jian Zangfeng delivered two sets of secret medicine ingredients to Chu Xisheng, and Chu Yunyun used her Black Tortoise spirit to preserve them.
• Chu Xisheng boarded the Heaven-Pacifying Ship with Chu Yunyun, Liu Ruoxi, Lu Luanli, his attendants, Bai Xiao Zhao, and their extensive luggage as Tie Xiaosheng and the others saw him off.
• Zong Sanping gave Chu Xisheng a pill bottle, then privately heard Jian Zangfeng warn that the Blood-Yazi Saint Inheritor from the Jingxi Chu Clan might be an imperial fabrication.
• Zong Sanping and Jian Zangfeng discussed the sect’s concerns, then turned to Jian Zangfeng’s strained relationship with Ye Zhiqiu and arranged to drink and spar.
• Lu Luanli told Chu Xisheng she was leaving the God-Defying Banner Pole and Lie King’s Treasure behind to focus on cultivation and travel north.
• A black-robed middle-aged man confronted Chu Xisheng, claiming he had forged the Golden-Jade Matchmaking Saber and accusing him of having nerve.

Chu Xisheng confronted Li Tiangong over the Golden-Jade Matchmaking Sabers, then settled aboard the ship and learned that Li Tiangong had discovered his reputation. Zhu Kongming recruited Li Tiangong to forge him a saber and publicly challenged Chu Xisheng to a duel to the death, leaving Chu Xisheng rising to answer.

• Chu Xisheng confronted Li Tiangong and warned him not to target him, while Ji Qianqian and the others also rebuffed Li Tiangong as they passed.
• Chu Yunyun suspected Ji Qianqian had revealed greater strength, and Chu Xisheng claimed the Blood-Burning Ritual had strengthened her.
• The middle-aged Dao attendant showed Chu Xisheng and his companions their seven cabins aboard the ship, and Chu Xisheng received a Divine Blood Essence-Stabilizing Pill from Zong Sanping.
• Chu Yunyun gave Chu Xisheng revised eighth and ninth layers of the Ninefold Refinement Ultimate Origin Purple-Gold Body, while Chu Xisheng reassured Little Flathead that he would soon let him roam freely.
• Li Tiangong read about Chu Xisheng's fame and realized he could not afford to provoke him, but Zhu Kongming asked him to forge a Third-Rank saber in exchange for a duel with Chu Xisheng.
• Zhu Kongming challenged Chu Xisheng to a duel to the death, and Chu Xisheng grabbed the Golden-Jade Matchmaking Sabers and sprang from his bed.

Chu Xisheng accepted Zhu Kongming’s challenge to a death duel aboard the Heaven-Pacifying Ship, despite Recluse Sanping’s warnings. He killed Zhu with a single lightning-fast saber strike, leaving the ship’s witnesses stunned and Recluse Sanping wondering what Chu’s White Tiger bloodline meant for his potential.

• Chu Xisheng met Zhu Kongming on the upper deck, where Zhu challenged him to a duel and named Li Tiangong’s promised Third-Rank treasured saber as his reward.
• Recluse Sanping confronted Zhu Kongming, suspected a hidden scheme, and agreed to let the duel proceed after Chu insisted on fighting.
• Zhu Kongming asked Mu Zhaoguang to oversee the duel, and Mu set the terms while Recluse Sanping ordered an investigation into Zhu’s background and prepared for possible trouble.
• Jian Zangfeng stopped Recluse Sanping from using the Heaven-Pacifying Sword to tip the duel in Chu’s favor, urging him to trust Chu’s saber skills.
• When Mu’s coin landed, Chu used the Divine Wind Bright Mirror Saber: Three-Aspect Divine Saber to strike faster than Zhu could react and severed his head.
• Mu Zhaoguang and Recluse Sanping both regretted that Chu displayed a White Tiger bloodline rather than the Yazi trait they believed would let him master the complete Divine-Intent Death-Touching Saber.

Chu Xisheng killed Zhu Kongming, exposed the hidden force probing his White Tiger bloodline, and forced Li Tiangong to pay compensation for his part in the affair. After several days of instruction from Zong Sanping aboard the Heaven-Pacifying Ship, Chu Xisheng arrived at Wang'an City, where the ship was to take aboard the Blood-Yazi Saint Inheritor.

• Zhu Kongming's Grand Void Spirit-Leading Art tried to preserve his soul, but Mu Zhaoguang and two Dao Attendants destroyed it as a hidden Earthly Ranking expert watched and vanished.
• Chu Xisheng gave Zhu Kongming's green headband to Zhou Liangchen and confronted Li Tiangong, who agreed to forge five weapons and paid him demon silver, artifact materials, and an IOU.
• Zong Sanping departed Xiushui Commandery aboard the Heaven-Pacifying Ship and instructed Chu Xisheng in the Three Aspects Martial Intent, the Formless Art, and White Horse Is Not a Horse.
• The Heaven-Pacifying Ship arrived outside Wang'an City to collect the Blood-Yazi Saint Inheritor and other passengers bound for Youzhou.
• As the ship descended, Chu Xisheng looked toward the city and felt icy cold surge through him.

Chu Xisheng recognized Chu Rulai and Chu Ming, the relatives who had helped bury him, but concealed his identity while traveling north aboard the Heaven-Pacifying Treasure Ship. After strengthening his cultivation and acquiring the Divine Blood Origin Crystal, he accepted Chu Ming’s challenge to exchange moves, leaving their confrontation about to begin.

• Chu Yunyun stopped Chu Xisheng from exposing his hostility toward Chu Rulai, and Chu Xisheng hid his reaction by asking about Chu Ming.
• Chu Rulai told Chu Ming to secure the Blood-Yazi inheritance and suppress Chu Xisheng, then coughed blood from the backlash of the Chu Family’s Divine Artifacts.
• Chu Ming and her entourage boarded the Heaven-Pacifying Treasure Ship, and Chu Xisheng returned to cultivation rather than approach her.
• Chu Xisheng advanced his Divine Wind Bright Mirror Saber and Pure Yang, purchased the Blood-Yazi Saber Lord Template Card and Divine Blood Origin Crystal, and discovered that Ye Zhiqiu had advanced to the Fifth Grade.
• Chu Ming confronted Chu Xisheng in the Dining Hall and challenged him to exchange moves; he accepted.

Chu Xisheng defeated Chu Ming in a duel aboard the Heaven-Pacifying Ship, while Chu Ming’s old servant warned that the eldest branch of the Chu family was targeting her. As the ship approached a threatening mass of black clouds, hidden observers discussed Chu Xisheng’s potential and the Formless Divine Sect’s search for a way to give him the Yazi Bloodline.

• Chu Ming challenged Chu Xisheng despite her old servant’s warning, while he alerted her that a deathsworn of the Chu family’s eldest branch was aboard and bore her killing intent.
• Chu Ming drove Chu Xisheng back with a rapid sword assault, but he reflected her Baizhu Starfall Sword and used his jade saber to stop at her throat, winning after forty-four moves.
• Mu Zhaoguang stopped Chu Ming from attacking after her defeat, and she left the deck as the crowd praised Chu Xisheng and criticized her combat skills.
• Recluse Sanping spotted black clouds blocking the ship’s path and ordered his attendants to prepare for battle, while Chu Yunyun told Chu Xisheng the clouds probably did not threaten them.
• Chu Xisheng used a Blood-Yazi Saber Lord Template Card on Zhou Liangchen, then learned from Chu Yunyun that the ship could withstand most attackers.
• Huo Shaotian and two companions watched the ship from the clouds, discussed Chu Xisheng’s potential and the Heaven and Earth Root, and considered whether to fight Zong Sanping.

Chu Xisheng awakened the Blood of Eternal Ages, advanced to upper seventh-rank, and gained powerful restorative abilities as fighting continued around the Heaven-Pacifying Ship. When assassins broke into his cabin through black mist, Chu Yunyun was drinking his blood, and Zong Sanping realized Chu Xisheng had been his main concern all along.

• Chu Xisheng redeemed the Blood of Eternal Ages and Qin Muge's character cards while Zong Sanping's clashes forced the Heaven-Pacifying Ship to change course.
• Ye Zhiqiu fought an Earthly Ranking expert for seven hundred and thirty-two moves, displaying strength beyond her grade.
• Chu Xisheng took secret medicines and advanced both the Formless Art and the Ninefold Refinement Ultimate Origin Purple-Gold Body, reaching upper seventh-rank and extending his lifespan.
• Black mist spread from inside the ship, and Chu Yunyun warned Chu Xisheng that he was a target as well as Chu Ming.
• Chu Yunyun drank Chu Xisheng's rapidly replenishing blood before a burly man and a petite woman broke through the cabin wall to attack the Blood-Yazi Candidate.
• Zong Sanping sent sword qi toward Chu Xisheng's cabin and revealed that he had prioritized Chu Xisheng's safety, then reacted with astonishment.

Chu Yunyun killed two assassins who attacked Chu Xisheng, revealing formidable Embroidery Guard techniques and explaining how his Blood of Eternal Ages could help restore her own. As suspicion fell on Ji Qianqian and Zong Sanping began watching Chu Xisheng more closely, an injured assassin fleeing through the mist reached Chu Xisheng’s group, where Bai Xiao Zhao’s attack blocked his pursuers.

• Chu Yunyun beheaded Shu Xueqi with a saber stroke and killed the giant with Flying Thunder Slash as he tried to escape.
• Chu Yunyun told Chu Xisheng that his blood could help revive her Blood of Eternal Ages, and she urged him to improve his martial arts before the next Blood-Burning Ritual.
• Zong Sanping examined the assassins’ bodies and suspected that Ji Qianqian, an Embroidery Guard expert, had killed them; Lu Luanli also suspected a mole was near Chu Xisheng.
• Chu Xisheng reassured the group that the masked killer was probably not Ji Qianqian, then led them toward the dispersing mist.
• An injured man fleeing from the stern reached Chu Xisheng’s group, and Bai Xiao Zhao’s attack drove back the two Dao Attendants pursuing him.
• The older Dao Attendant accused Chu Xisheng of stopping them from capturing the assassin.

Chu Xisheng helped Iron-Faced Judge Luo Yang escape the Chu Clan’s pursuit, while Chu Ming and Long Heihu discussed the Formless Divine Sect’s plans and the threat Chu Xisheng posed. After Chu Yunyun secretly went after Luo Yang, she rescued him from Ma Tai and four Chu Clan fighters, leaving him to flee west with the Yin-Yang Diagram.

• Chu Xisheng denied obstructing the Chu Clan Dao Attendants, and Long Heihu arrived but refrained from attacking after warning him that the Jingxi Chu Clan would remember his actions.
• Chu Ming questioned Long Heihu’s failure to attack Chu Xisheng and learned that the Formless Divine Sect was gathering Heaven and Earth Roots, apparently to change Chu Xisheng’s bloodline; she ordered her father to destroy the Iron Banner Gang.
• Back in his room, Chu Xisheng said he had helped Luo Yang because he thought Luo Yang was one of Crown Prince Li’s followers, and he explained why he would not contact the First Branch’s former Household Guards.
• Chu Yunyun leaped from the ship and found Luo Yang fleeing below, where Ma Tai and four Chu Clan fighters cornered him while he was gravely wounded.
• Chu Yunyun used techniques resembling Xi Bitian’s Hundred-Step Divine Fist to kill Ma Tai and the four fighters, then told Luo Yang to flee west; Luo Yang took the Yin-Yang Diagram and escaped.

Chu Yunyun survived the clash with Ri Jialuo and recovered aboard the Heaven-Pacifying Treasure Ship, where she taught Chu Xisheng the Limitless Slash. The ship reached Formless Divine Mountain, where Chu Ming and Chu Xisheng were summoned to have their blood tested before the Blood-Yazi Divine Saber, which reacted joyfully to Chu Xisheng.

• Ri Jialuo confronted Zong Sanping in the black mist, and they identified the nearby corpses as victims of Xi Bitian's Hundred-Step Divine Fist before Zong Sanping hurried back to protect Chu Ming.
• Chu Yunyun returned to Chu Xisheng's cabin, explained that his blood had helped her save Luo Yang, and secluded herself for a day to recover from the God-Defying Banner Spear's backlash.
• After recovering by drinking Chu Xisheng's blood, Chu Yunyun taught him her Secret Art, Limitless Slash, and told him it could become a powerful technique.
• The Heaven-Pacifying Treasure Ship reached Formless Divine Mountain, and Chu Yunyun explained the mountain's history and the purpose of the Lower Court to Chu Xisheng.
• Qingxu Zi welcomed Chu Ming and Chu Xisheng and summoned them to the Saber-Sacrificing Platform for a blood test, while the Blood-Yazi Divine Saber seemed delighted by Chu Xisheng's arrival.

Chu Xisheng and Chu Ming arrived at Formless Divine Mountain to undergo blood identification before the Blood-Yazi Divine Saber, while both faced dangerous bounties and scrutiny. The saber recognized Chu Xisheng only as a Blood-Yazi Candidate, then reacted violently to Chu Ming before abruptly falling silent, leaving the elders uncertain about her status.

• Chu Ming learned that three Heavenly Ranking experts had placed a priceless bounty on her, while Chu Xisheng discovered that another bounty offered fourth-rank secret medicine for his life.
• Qingxu Zi reassured Zong Sanping that Chu Xisheng was trustworthy despite his Embroidery Guard connections and cultivation of the Ninefold Refinement Ultimate Origin Purple-Gold Body.
• At Formless Divine Mountain, Chu Xisheng’s blood made the Blood-Yazi Divine Saber form a Yazi from its Saber Qi, and Yan Guilai named him a Blood-Yazi Candidate.
• Chu Ming’s blood provoked a much more violent reaction from the saber, which formed a towering Yazi and unleashed crushing saber intent before Li Changsheng intervened.
• The saber’s spectacle abruptly stopped, and Li Changsheng and Ao Guo proposed observing Chu Ming further before deciding her status.

Chu Xisheng entered the Formless Divine Sect as a Blood-Yazi Candidate and toured its academies, selecting an artifact and borrowing restricted martial arts from the Scripture Pavilion. The chapter ended as he arrived at Heavenly Wave Residence and found Chu Yunyun, Zhou Liangchen, Ji Qianqian, and the others waiting outside.

• Chu Xisheng and Chu Ming paid respects in the Patriarch Hall and received the Formless Heavenly Seal in their minds.
• Zong Lingwei guided Chu Xisheng through the sect, explaining how disciples obtained pills, artifacts, and merit.
• Chu Xisheng searched the Discarded Artifact Warehouses and claimed the Divine Heart Hairpin, which strengthened his Primordial Spirit.
• Li Tiangong told Chu Xisheng he had become an Outer Sect Attendant and offered to refine or repair artifacts for him.
• Chu Xisheng borrowed the Yazi True-Meaning Diagrams, the Nine-Wheel Divine Invocation, and several other martial arts from the Scripture Pavilion.
• Zong Lingwei led Chu Xisheng to Heavenly Wave Residence, where Chu Xisheng saw Chu Yunyun, Zhou Liangchen, Ji Qianqian, and the others waiting.

Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun settled into Heavenly Wave Residence, where they found valuable cultivation resources and learned that the Formless Divine Sect would soon open the Time Secret Realm. Chu Ming also received an invitation to enter the realm, while Long Heihu saw it as a chance to target Chu Xisheng.

• Chu Yunyun showed Chu Xisheng the Spirit-Gathering Formations, weapons, cultivation pills, and Nine-Heaven Thought Wheel left in Heavenly Wave Residence, and suspected her former teacher had protected the belongings.
• Chu Xisheng changed the storeroom's sealing formula, then relaxed with Chu Yunyun and their companions while discussing the Time Secret Realm and its accelerated passage of time.
• A talisman edict informed Chu Xisheng that the Formless Divine Sect would open the Time Secret Realm in a few days, prompting Chu Yunyun to suspect the sect feared an approaching calamity.
• Chu Ming lamented that the sect had denied her the Blood-Yazi Saint Inheritor title and withheld support, while Long Heihu urged her to be patient and promised to seek resources for her cultivation.
• Chu Ming received an edict granting her a place in the Time Secret Realm, and Long Heihu decided its dangers and other young talents could help them eliminate Chu Xisheng while protecting Chu Ming.