Ch. 461God-Defying Banner Pennant
Chu Xisheng arranged support for Tie Kuangren and took in Zuo Qingyun and the White Tiger Marquis, then spent a month and a half strengthening the Iron Banner Gang and advancing his martial arts. As he grew more suspicious of He Qi’s silence, Changsun Ruolan arrived at the gang headquarters and challenged him to a saber contest.
- Luo Hanzong explained that he planned to refine Tie Kuangren’s body to Second-Rank before completing the Reversal of Yin and Yang, and Chu Xisheng agreed to provide the needed treasures.
- Chu Xisheng accepted Luo Hanzong’s Chronos Divine Disk subsidiary and persuaded the White Tiger Marquis and Zuo Qingyun to seek shelter with him; he gave the White Tiger Marquis Primordial Blood Pool water.
- The White Tiger Marquis and Zuo Qingyun stayed in Fei Province so Zuo Qingyun could gain battlefield experience, and Chu Xisheng used a Supreme Saber Shu Huaishi Eightfold Talent Card on him.
- Chu Xisheng returned to Xiushui and rebuilt the Iron Banner Gang’s headquarters, expanded its ranks, and oversaw its growing trade and campaigns against the Water and Heaven Society.
- Chu Xisheng advanced his Heaven-Executing Saber and Formless Art, while Lu Luanli reported completing several Upper Fourth Rank Myriad Heavens Secret Rites; Chu Xisheng remained troubled by He Qi’s silence despite the God-Defying Banner Pennant’s presence near Xiushui.
- Changsun Ruolan secretly entered the Iron Banner Gang headquarters on Wen Zhuyi’s orders, then drew her sword and challenged Chu Xisheng to test his saber arts.