Recaps

The golden phantom overwhelmed Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor and effortlessly erased Saint Emperor Xuantong’s karmic attacks, then used the Rules of Karma to impose a false master-disciple bond on him. As Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor continued to be suppressed, Nether Blood Saint Emperor finally joined the assault with a blood-colored saber while still concealing his true intentions.

• The golden phantom shattered Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor’s lightning defense and struck him backward with a powerful punch.
• Saint Emperor Xuantong attacked with karmic cages and blades, but the golden phantom dodged and crushed his techniques.
• Saint Emperor Xuantong tried to sever the golden phantom’s past causes, but the phantom erased the karmic blades and forced Xuantong to acknowledge him as a master before Xuantong broke free.
• Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor attacked again with the Primordial Thunder Extremity Whip, but the golden phantom countered him and drove him into a severe disadvantage.
• Nether Blood Saint Emperor continued hiding his strength, then flew in and brought a blood-colored saber down toward the golden phantom’s head.

Ye Chen used the Immortal-Slaying Sword to overwhelm Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor, Saint Emperor Xuantong, and Nether Blood Saint Emperor, then severed spacetime and karma to escape. The three Peak Saint Emperors were left unable to pursue or trace him.

• Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor, Nether Blood Saint Emperor, and Saint Emperor Xuantong coordinated their attacks against Ye Chen, but they could not break through his defenses.
• Ye Chen summoned the Immortal-Slaying Sword and drove back all three Saint Emperors with a devastating wave of sword attacks.
• The three Saint Emperors realized Ye Chen had held back, while Nether Blood Saint Emperor recalled that Ye Chen had once used four swords to form a deadly sword formation.
• Ye Chen told Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor he had spared him for a reason, then swung his sword to sever spacetime, karma, and every trace connecting them to him.
• Ye Chen vanished, and Saint Emperor Xuantong failed to reconstruct the chaotic rules or trace his whereabouts.

After the battle, the Nether Blood Saint Emperor withdrew from the alliance against Ye Chen, while Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor and Saint Emperor Xuantong misread his motives and planned to investigate Ye Chen’s sword. Ye Chen left his enemies’ scheme to trace his past unanswered and watched Willow God, Little Rou, and Youruo cultivate as the Kunlun Holy Land continued to grow under his deliberate, measured leadership.

• The Nether Blood Saint Emperor, Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor, and Saint Emperor Xuantong acknowledged that Ye Chen had overwhelmed them, and Xuantong warned that their conflict was not over.
• Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor decided to investigate Ye Chen’s mysterious killing sword, but the Nether Blood Saint Emperor refused to help and left through a void rift.
• Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor and Saint Emperor Xuantong suspected that the Nether Blood Saint Emperor had abandoned them to pursue the opportunities surrounding Ye Chen, while he privately resolved never to oppose Ye Chen again.
• Ye Chen’s enemies failed to trace his past through spacetime and karma, and Ye Chen revealed that he had spared Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor so Willow God could settle her own grievance.
• Ye Chen let Willow God, Little Rou, and Youruo continue consolidating their cultivation, and praised Little Rou and Youruo for rising to the forefront of Kunlun’s disciples.
• The Kunlun Holy Land’s influence spread across the Void Kun Realm and neighboring worlds, while Ye Chen chose to nurture its disciples rather than pursue rapid expansion.

Kunlun Holy Land held its first sect tournament in the Heavenly Divine Realm, offering valuable prizes and a chance for the top ten to spar with and receive personal guidance from a direct disciple. The chapter ended with Mu Yan revealing that Youruo and Little Rou had begun seclusion to break through to the Hundun Saint Emperor Realm.

• Kunlun Holy Land opened its first sect tournament since ascending to the Heavenly Divine Realm, with Vice Sect Master Ling Kong and Mu Yan addressing the assembled disciples.
• Mu Yan announced the tournament rewards, including a special opportunity for the top ten to spar with any direct disciple and receive one-on-one guidance.
• The disciples erupted with excitement at the chance to meet and learn from the direct disciples.
• Ling Kong learned that Mu Yan had reached the Late God Emperor Stage and asked how the other direct disciples compared.
• Mu Yan said that Master had told him Youruo and Little Rou had begun seclusion to prepare for breakthroughs to the Hundun Saint Emperor Realm.

Mu Yan and Yingluo joined Ye Chen to welcome the Formless Saint Emperor, whose unrestrained presence briefly overwhelmed them before Ye Chen shielded them. During their visit, the Formless Saint Emperor teased Ye Chen by asking to take the two disciples, but both firmly declared their loyalty to their master.

• Ling Kong reassured Mu Yan that his junior disciples’ rapid progress did not diminish his talent or standing as eldest senior brother.
• Mu Yan finished announcing the sect tournament’s rewards and rules before Ye Chen summoned him to welcome an honored guest.
• Mu Yan and Yingluo met Ye Chen at the mountain gate and accompanied him to greet the arriving Formless Saint Emperor.
• The Formless Saint Emperor’s Saint Emperor pressure nearly overwhelmed Mu Yan and Yingluo until Ye Chen protected them and asked him to restrain his presence.
• Ye Chen hosted the Formless Saint Emperor with his homemade immortal wine, and the guest praised its distinctive flavor.
• The Formless Saint Emperor jokingly offered to take Mu Yan and Yingluo as disciples, but both declared they would remain with Ye Chen for life.

Ye Chen hosted the Formless Saint Emperor, who learned that Ye Chen had likely defeated the Nether Blood Saint Emperor and caused the deaths of Saint Emperors in the Thunder Abyss Divine Kingdom. Their conversation turned to the approaching invasion from the Foreign Domain, which the Formless Saint Emperor revealed was only an outpost of the vast Yamato Divine Realm.

• The Formless Saint Emperor praised Ye Chen's disciples and asked about his visit to the Nether Blood Divine Kingdom, and Ye Chen hinted that the Nether Blood Saint Emperor had treated him politely.
• The Formless Saint Emperor realized Ye Chen had likely crushed Nether Blood and inferred that Ye Chen was far stronger than himself.
• The Formless Saint Emperor raised the deaths of Saint Emperors in the Thunder Abyss Divine Kingdom, and Ye Chen admitted they had died for provoking his people.
• The Formless Saint Emperor warned Ye Chen that the Foreign Domain was drawing closer and preparing a new invasion, prompting Ye Chen to ask about its origins.
• The Formless Saint Emperor explained that the Foreign Domain was an advancing outpost of a larger strange universe called the Yamato Divine Realm, comparable in scale to the Heavenly Divine Realm.

Ye Chen learned that the Foreign Domain’s strange forces came from the approaching Yamato Divine Realm, whose collision with the Heavenly Divine Realm threatened both universes. He agreed to join the Formless Saint Emperor in guarding the Myriad Principles Realm and prepared his disciples for the front line, while keeping his own possible solution to the cosmic catastrophe secret.

• The Formless Saint Emperor explained to Ye Chen that the Yamato Divine Realm was approaching and that the resulting cosmic collision could not be stopped by individual strength alone.
• Ye Chen refused to accept that the Heavenly Divine Realm had no future and agreed with the Formless Saint Emperor that he would travel to the Myriad Principles Realm for guard duty.
• The Formless Saint Emperor gave Ye Chen a Jade Slip with the Myriad Principles Realm’s coordinates and guard arrangements, then departed.
• Ye Chen ordered Mu Yan and Yingluo to recall his personal disciples and prepare them to set out for the Myriad Principles Realm.
• Mu Yan questioned whether fighting the Strange Lifeforms could matter if the universes were still destined to collide, while Yingluo trusted Ye Chen to find a way through the crisis.
• Ye Chen reassured his disciples that he had a preliminary idea for resolving the catastrophe but kept its details secret.

Ye Chen analyzed how the collision between the Heavenly Divine Realm and the Yamato Divine Realm would let strange rules consume his universe, and resolved to master the Great Dao rules to stop it. Mu Yan and Yingluo recalled the disciples and trained against the Divine Martial Saint Emperor, who easily countered their opening attacks.

• Ye Chen sent Mu Yan and Yingluo to recall the disciples and prepare to depart, then privately examined the Great Dao rules and concluded that the Yamato Divine Realm would assimilate the Heavenly Divine Realm in the collision.
• Ye Chen decided he would need to comprehend and control the rules blocking his path to the universe’s essence before he could reverse the catastrophe.
• Mu Yan issued the recall order, then he and Yingluo entered the training grounds to spar with the recovering Divine Martial Saint Emperor.
• Mu Yan attacked with his Heavenly Emperor Fire Lotus while Yingluo sent streams of Supreme Immortal Light, but the Divine Martial Saint Emperor stopped and shattered both attacks.
• Mu Yan turned into golden flames, teleported beside the Divine Martial Saint Emperor, and struck at him with a powerful punch.

Mu Yan and Yingluo battled the Divine Martial Saint Emperor in training, first landing a coordinated strike before he released some of his Saint Emperor pressure. They adapted and counterattacked with powerful techniques, leaving the Divine Martial Saint Emperor fighting off their fire wheel and sealing talisman.

• Mu Yan tricked the Divine Martial Saint Emperor with a fiery feint and struck him with a whip kick, while Yingluo followed with a pillar of Supreme Immortal Light that wounded him.
• The Divine Martial Saint Emperor praised Mu Yan and Yingluo, then released part of his Saint Emperor pressure and crushed them into separate craters.
• Mu Yan and Yingluo resisted the pressure and quickly rose to attack again.
• Mu Yan summoned his Flame Emperor Dharma Aspect and brought down a spinning fire wheel as Yingluo launched her Supreme Immortal Talisman.
• The Divine Martial Saint Emperor blocked the fire wheel with his palm and punched the talisman, meeting its sealing power in a fierce clash.

Mu Yan and Yingluo endured brutal sparring with the Divine Martial Saint Emperor, gradually adapting to his Saint Emperor pressure before emerging from the sealed trial world gravely injured. Their appearance shocked the Kunlun Holy Land disciples who found them.

• The Divine Martial Saint Emperor overwhelmed Mu Yan and Yingluo, destroying their Law Treasures and beating them while carefully keeping them alive.
• Yingluo insisted on continuing, while Mu Yan taunted the Divine Martial Saint Emperor and received another heavy punch; she secured time to rest as Mu Yan continued training.
• Over many days and nights, Mu Yan and Yingluo endured the Saint Emperor's attacks and gradually adapted to his pressure, earning his private admiration.
• The trial world's gate opened, and Mu Yan and Yingluo staggered out covered in wounds and unable to stand.
• A young disciple feared an enemy had attacked them, while a veteran disciple recognized the pair and reacted with astonished delight.

Mu Yan and Yingluo recovered from their brutal training against the Divine Martial Saint Emperor, then secluded themselves to pursue the Peak God Emperor Stage before traveling to the Myriad Principles Realm. Meanwhile, Su Jian was held captive at the Blood Sword Pavilion, where he remained calm despite knowing the captives were destined to be sacrificed.

• Disciples supported the bloodied Mu Yan and Yingluo after they finished training, and the Divine Martial Saint Emperor briefly appeared before departing.
• The disciples realized Mu Yan and Yingluo had been fighting the Divine Martial Saint Emperor, and the two returned to their palace to recover and review their training.
• Mu Yan told Yingluo that Little Rou and Youruo had begun attempting to reach the Hundun Saint Emperor Realm, prompting Yingluo to resolve to break through to the Peak God Emperor Stage.
• Mu Yan and Yingluo activated their palace's highest-level seclusion barrier and devoted themselves to cultivation before their planned journey to the Myriad Principles Realm.
• Su Jian remained disguised among more than ten thousand captives at the Blood Sword Pavilion as a middle-aged man explained that the prisoners would be used as blood sacrifices.
• Su Jian told the man that fear would not help, leaving him bewildered by Su Jian's calm acceptance of their situation.

Su Jian confronted the Blood Sword Pavilion executioner after he announced that the captives would be sacrificed to empower his blood sword. When the executioner’s attack was suddenly shattered before reaching Su Jian, the crowd was left stunned and the fight’s outcome remained unclear.

• A Blood Sword Pavilion elder drew his blood-colored sword and used its Sha Qi to overwhelm the captives gathered in the square.
• Su Jian recognized that the sword was empowered by human sacrifices and rejected the elder’s methods, while many captives begged to serve the Blood Sword Pavilion.
• The elder killed more than a dozen captives who had offered to betray others, absorbing their Essence Blood into his sword.
• Su Jian publicly mocked the elder’s swordsmanship, prompting the enraged elder to attack him with a scarlet Sword-Ray.
• The Sword-Ray snapped apart in midair before it could hit Su Jian, leaving the crowd unable to tell what had stopped it.

Su Jian revealed his late God Emperor strength, repeatedly breaking the Blood Sword Pavilion eldest senior brother’s attacks and slaughtering the disciples sent against him. As the sacrificial captives fled amid the chaos, the eldest senior brother unleashed his strongest sword technique.

• Su Jian used two fingers to split the eldest senior brother’s empowered blood sword-ray, shocking the crowd with his strength.
• The captives hoped Su Jian could help them survive, while Su Jian reflected that he had willingly allowed the Blood Sword Pavilion to capture him and was disappointed by its blood-soaked swordsmanship.
• The eldest senior brother ordered dozens of disciples to attack Su Jian, and their sword formation injured and killed captives caught in its path.
• Su Jian broke the sword formation with white sword-rays and defeated the disciples, sending the square into chaos as captives ran for the mountain gate.
• The eldest senior brother roared and unleashed his trump card, the Ten Thousand Remains Weeping Slaughter Sword.

Su Jian killed the Blood Sword Pavilion's eldest senior brother and then confronted a burly middle-aged man who attacked him with a blood sword. After Su Jian broke the man's weapon and struck at his throat, the man retreated and found himself unable to speak.

• Su Jian's silvery-white Sword-Rays overwhelmed the Blood Sword Pavilion's eldest senior brother's attack, disarmed him, and tore him apart.
• The surviving cultivators watched as the Blood Sword Pavilion's eldest senior brother died, and the sect's higher-ups came to investigate.
• A burly middle-aged man hurled a blood sword at Su Jian, who dodged the strike and then blocked the weapon with an ancient longsword.
• Su Jian drew his ancient longsword and split the burly middle-aged man's lifebound blood sword with one slash.
• Su Jian rushed at the burly middle-aged man and swept his sword across the man's throat; after retreating, the man tried to speak but could not make a sound.

Su Jian killed two Blood Sword Pavilion experts, then faced the pavilion master and his disciples as they tried to trap him in a sword formation. He broke through the unfinished formation and battled the pavilion master, ending the chapter after their strongest attacks collided.

• Su Jian killed the second Blood Sword Pavilion expert, leaving the watching cultivators stunned and fearful of the sect’s retaliation.
• The Blood Sword Pavilion pavilion master tried to befriend Su Jian, but Su Jian rejected him and condemned the sect’s evil practices.
• The pavilion master ordered the disciples to activate the Blood Soul Sword Formation, but Su Jian attacked before it could form and killed a front-row disciple.
• Su Jian broke through the formation and fought the pavilion master in midair, landing a cut on his back while trading rapid sword strikes.
• The pavilion master unleashed Blood Baleful Intent Slash, and Su Jian met it with his own sword strike; the collision sent both fighters reeling through the dust.

Su Jian slaughtered the Blood Sword Pavilion’s attackers, then faced the Pavilion Master’s full-strength strike in a head-on clash. Their enormous silver and blood-colored Sword-Rays collided, but the outcome remained unresolved.

• The Pavilion Master ordered the Blood Sword Pavilion’s elders and disciples to surround Su Jian, but Su Jian used Sword Intent Flowing Light Body to evade them and kill dozens with the Thirteen Fate-Defying Swords.
• As Su Jian continued killing, the Pavilion’s remaining fighters lost their nerve, and a late God Emperor senior member warned the Pavilion Master that Su Jian was too powerful to defeat.
• Su Jian mocked the Pavilion Master for the Pavilion’s bloody cultivation methods, prompting the Pavilion Master to attack with a concealed Sword-Ray that cut Su Jian’s cheek before Su Jian shattered it.
• The Pavilion Master unleashed a thousand-zhang blood-colored Sword-Ray, and Su Jian chose to meet it head-on with a thousand-zhang silver Sword-Ray.
• The two Sword-Rays collided, and the blood-colored blade began cracking under the silver blade’s impact.

Su Jian survived the Blood Sword Pavilion Master's perfected Blood Shadow Soul-Severing Thrust and revealed an even greater Sword Intent. The Pavilion Master attacked with Blood-Stained Heavenly Sword while Su Jian countered with Great Thousand Light Sword, and their battle devastated the Blood Sword Pavilion.

• Su Jian and the Blood Sword Pavilion Master shattered their opposing sword-rays, and the resulting shock wave killed many Pavilion disciples and injured others.
• The Pavilion Master used Blood Shadow Soul-Severing Thrust, but Su Jian shielded his throat with his sword and survived, though he was wounded and hurled through several halls.
• Su Jian's Sword Intent surged and suppressed the Pavilion Master's bloody Sha Qi, prompting the Pavilion Master to covet his Sword Intent as an offering to his sword.
• The Pavilion Master unleashed Blood-Stained Heavenly Sword, and Su Jian answered with Great Thousand Light Sword as their attacks collided across the battlefield.
• Their Sword Qi aftershocks killed more disciples and reduced the Blood Sword Pavilion's grounds to ruins, while survivors fled.

Su Jian defeated and killed the Blood Sword Pavilion Master after their sword duel escalated into a clash of ultimate techniques. With the pavilion in ruins and its surviving forces still hiding nearby, Su Jian turned his attention to the terrified remnants.

• Su Jian and the Blood Sword Pavilion Master traded devastating attacks and remained evenly matched through more than ten thousand sword clashes.
• The Blood Sword Pavilion Master unleashed Blood Light Swallows the Sun Sword, and Su Jian answered with One Sword Opens the Heavens.
• Su Jian's sword overwhelmed and shattered the pavilion master's attack, then pierced his chest while the exhausted master could not defend himself.
• Su Jian disarmed the dying pavilion master and killed him with a net of sword-light fragments.
• Su Jian took a healing pill and surveyed the ruined pavilion, while its surviving forces watched in terror from hiding.

Su Jian destroyed the Blood Sword Pavilion, killed its Pavilion Master, and unleashed a ten-thousand-mile sword domain to slaughter the sect’s survivors. He confronted the last fleeing late God Emperor elder, who begged for mercy, then tried to appear defiant when he realized Su Jian would not spare him.

• Su Jian declared, “I Am the Sword World!” and filled the surrounding ten thousand miles with a sword domain that turned the air, grass, leaves, and dust into weapons under his control.
• Blood Sword Pavilion disciples and elders tried to flee, but Su Jian’s Sword-Rays pierced them; only a late God Emperor elder managed to carve a path toward the domain’s edge.
• Su Jian intensified his attacks on the fleeing elder with two sword torrents, wounding him badly, then appeared in front of him and blocked his escape.
• The elder abandoned resistance and begged Su Jian to spare his life, but Su Jian mocked his cowardice and said he could have respected him had he stood his ground.
• The elder realized his pleas had failed, changed tactics, and declared that he would never submit, pretending to face death with resolve.

Su Jian killed the remaining members of the Blood Sword Pavilion, then received Mu Yan’s message ordering him back to Kunlun Holy Land to join the front lines against the strange lifeforms. Meanwhile, Qin Haoran cultivated in the True Dragon Clan’s territory until Long Qingqing came to summon him to a celebration.

• Su Jian rejected the elder’s feigned defiance and killed him with a sword strike.
• Su Jian slaughtered everyone trapped in the Sword World, destroying the Blood Sword Pavilion, then meditated to recover from his severe wounds and exhaustion.
• Su Jian received Mu Yan’s message ordering the disciples to return to Kunlun Holy Land and prepare to fight the strange lifeforms, and he set out for the sect.
• Cultivators who entered the Blood Sword Pavilion’s ruins found no survivors and celebrated the destruction of the force.
• Qin Haoran cultivated in the True Dragon Clan’s territory, and Long Qingqing entered his residence to tell him the celebration started that day.

Qin Haoran went with Long Qingqing to hear Long Jing expound on the Dao, but the True Dragon Clan’s hostility toward their relationship escalated into a confrontation. Long Qingqing defended Qin Haoran from her clansmen, and a powerful young man appeared to challenge him.

• Long Qingqing explained that she wanted to be with Qin Haoran despite the clan’s objections, and invited him to hear Long Jing expound on the Dao.
• Qin Haoran and Long Qingqing walked through the streets holding hands, and Qin Haoran pulled her into his arms, provoking the watching Dragon Clan youths.
• A group of Dragon Clan men surrounded Qin Haoran and abused him, while Long Qingqing stood in front of him and unleashed her late God Emperor pressure.
• A hostile young man with late God Emperor cultivation emerged and directed his pressure at Qin Haoran, but Long Qingqing moved to shield Qin Haoran again.

Long Han confronted Long Qingqing over her relationship with Qin Haoran, accusing him of cowardice and unworthiness. Qin Haoran declined to fight to avoid disrupting the True Dragon Clan celebration, but the crowd mocked him, and Long Han left after warning that others would target him.

• Long Han unleashed his dragon might and challenged Long Qingqing's choice of Qin Haoran, but she angrily rejected his right to judge her.
• Long Han accused Qin Haoran of hiding from the clan's prodigies, while Long Qingqing defended him and explained that he had stayed quiet to spare her trouble.
• Long Qingqing prepared to fight Long Han, but Qin Haoran stepped in front of her and said he would teach Long Han a lesson while refusing to fight before the celebration.
• The True Dragon Clan members mocked Qin Haoran as a coward, and Long Han expressed disappointment before warning that others in the clan wanted to drive him out.
• Long Han departed, and the gathered clan members dispersed toward the celebration square.

Qin Haoran accompanied Long Qingqing to the True Dragon Clan’s Saint Emperor scripture lecture, where the gathered clanspeople mocked him and Long Yu warned them that the elders would oppose their relationship. Qin Haoran declared he would overcome anyone who stood in their way, then waited for the ceremony while identifying several powerful rivals watching him.

• Long Qingqing comforted Qin Haoran after clanspeople mocked him, and he said he was waiting for a proper chance to prove his strength.
• Long Qingqing led Qin Haoran into the celebration plaza, where the crowd ridiculed him and she nearly confronted them before he calmed her.
• Long Yu warned Long Qingqing that the elders might force Qin Haoran to leave or eliminate him, but Qin Haoran said he was prepared to overcome every obstacle.
• Long Yu acknowledged Qin Haoran’s confidence and revealed that he also intended to challenge him, while warning that stronger prodigies awaited.
• Long Qingqing promised to protect Qin Haoran from the elders, and he insisted he would face the clan’s opposition himself.
• As they waited for the ceremony, Qin Haoran sensed several powerful rivals watching him and judged some of them to be peak God Emperor experts.

Long Ying stopped Qin Haoran from ascending a white jade lotus platform, arguing that an outsider lacked the True Dragon Clan’s bloodline and qualifications. After Qin Haoran claimed his bloodline was stronger, Long Ying agreed to test the claim, leaving the dispute unresolved as Long Qingqing’s mother intervened and the clan’s celebration awaited Long Jing’s Dao lecture.

• As the celebration began, Long Ying seized Qin Haoran’s arm and challenged his right to ascend a white jade lotus platform.
• Long Qingqing defended Qin Haoran as a Purple-Gold Divine Dragon, but Long Ying dismissed his bloodline as inferior to the True Dragon Clan’s.
• Qin Haoran argued that his strength qualified him for a platform and claimed his bloodline was stronger than theirs, provoking Long Ying to unleash Saint Emperor pressure.
• Long Qingqing’s mother arrived, dispelled the pressure, and reproached Long Ying for making trouble before Long Jing’s Dao lecture.
• Long Ying agreed to postpone the broader dispute but demanded to verify Qin Haoran’s bloodline, promising him a platform if his claim proved true.

Qin Haoran proved his bloodline was stronger than Long Ying’s by defeating and devouring the golden True Dragon bloodline in their test. Long Ying accepted the loss, leaving Qin Haoran entitled to ascend the white jade lotus platform.

• Long Ying challenged Qin Haoran to compare their bloodlines using a drop of blood, and Qin Haoran agreed.
• Qin Haoran and Long Ying manifested dragon phantoms from their blood; the golden True Dragon initially gained the upper hand.
• Qin Haoran’s purple-gold dragon revealed its greater power, defeated the golden True Dragon, and devoured its weakened blood essence.
• Qin Haoran calmly asked whether his victory qualified him to ascend the white jade lotus platform, while Long Ying and the gathered clansmen reacted with shock and disbelief.
• Long Ying questioned how the True Dragon bloodline could lose, but accepted the wager and acknowledged that he had to honor the bet.