Recaps

The First Vanguard and Black Impermanence defeated two Green Mountain Clan Great Saints, but Black Impermanence was wounded when another enemy ambushed him. Cao Zhengchun stepped in and killed the Wind and Thunder Ancestor with the power of his Virgin Boy Skill.

• The First Vanguard used the battle formation to defeat Green Mountain Great Saint, while Black Impermanence captured his soul and the hellhound swallowed his corpse.
• A second Green Mountain Clan Great Saint attacked Black Impermanence, who broke his mountain attack and used the Soul-Hooking Hook to kill him.
• A peak Great Saint ambushed the weakened Black Impermanence, wounded him, and sent the Three-Headed Dog of Hell flying.
• Cao Zhengchun emerged to protect Black Impermanence and fought the peak Great Saint, whose wind and thunder attacks could not penetrate Cao Zhengchun's Virgin Boy Skill.
• Cao Zhengchun punched through the Wind and Thunder Ancestor's head and killed him.

Aotian attacked the Wind and Thunder Demon Race after its ancestor died, overpowering its forces and demanding their spatial rings. When three Supremes, a Quasi-Emperor, and two Half-Step Demon Emperors confronted him, Aotian revealed his late-stage Quasi-Emperor cultivation and prepared to fight them.

• Aotian descended on the Wind and Thunder Demon Race while Xiongba headed for the Green Mountain Demon Race.
• Aotian tore apart the Wind and Thunder Ancestor’s coffin and clashed with him, sending the Wind and Thunder Staff flying and injuring him.
• Aotian demanded the Wind and Thunder Demon Race’s spatial rings and forced its members to hand them over by threatening their ancestor.
• Three Supremes and two Quasi-Emperors arrived, but Aotian’s sword strike blasted the four Supremes and the Black Flood Dragon Quasi-Emperor backward.
• Aotian drew a quasi-imperial weapon and attacked the Black Flood Dragon Quasi-Emperor, prompting two Half-Step Demon Emperors to intervene.

Aotian and Xiongba plundered several Demon Realm powers for their cultivation resources, devastating their opponents and spreading fear across the realm. They returned with their haul, which Ye Changge handed to Dugu Jian for the Primordial Forbidden Zone.

• Aotian defeated the two half-step Demon Emperors, killed the Flood Dragon Demon Emperor, and seized the Flood Dragon Sword.
• Aotian broke the Wind and Thunder Demon Race’s formation, defeated its revived imperial weapon, and plundered its treasury and resources.
• Xiongba beat the Green Mountain Clan’s Supreme, took its resources, and set his sights on the Black Iron Ant Demon Race.
• Aotian warned the Demon Realm to prepare more cultivation resources as he and Xiongba returned with their loot.
• Ye Changge praised Aotian, collected Xiongba’s resources, and gave the spatial rings to Dugu Jian to sort.

After the Demon Race retreated, a voice announced that the Primordial Forbidden Zone would recruit disciples and the Southern Region Heaven’s Chosen Rankings would appear. As the rankings began listing powerful young talents and their rewards, Ye Changge brought his disciples back to prepare for recruitment and make the Primordial Forbidden Zone known.

• The Demon Race armies vanished, and a booming voice announced that the Primordial Forbidden Zone would recruit disciples in three days.
• A golden light announced the Southern Region Heaven’s Chosen Rankings, prompting powerful factions to prepare their chosen talents for the Human Ranking.
• The Sword Sect’s sect master and the Pill Pavilion’s master discussed the rankings’ significance and the great tide of heaven and earth.
• The Nascent Soul ranking listed Liu Ruyan in tenth place and Gu Chen in ninth, and Gu Chen rejected the challenges issued against him.
• Ye Changge returned with Shi Hao, Lei Qianshan, and the others, explaining that they would use their reputations to support the Primordial Forbidden Zone’s upcoming disciple recruitment.
• Shi Hao and Lei Qianshan left rather than help with recruitment, while Ye Changge resolved to make the Primordial Forbidden Zone’s name known before leaving the Southern Region.

The Human Ranking revealed Lin Cheng and Nie Xiaoqian among its top cultivators, while news of the Primordial Forbidden Zone’s recruitment drew ordinary people toward it. When robbers targeted the prospective disciples, Aotian intervened and attacked the Saber Sect, leaving its destruction uncertain as its Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon emerged.

• The Human Ranking announced Lin Cheng of the Saber Sect in eighth place and Nie Xiaoqian in seventh, revealing their abilities and rewards.
• The Human Ranking said it would reveal only four places that day, while news spread that the Primordial Forbidden Zone would recruit disciples in three days.
• Ye Changge sent Aotian to deal with groups robbing and blocking prospective disciples on the roads to the Primordial Forbidden Zone.
• Aotian killed the robbers and warned that anyone interfering with recruitment would share the Saber Sect’s fate.
• Aotian led twenty thousand members of the Hell Legion to the Saber Sect and killed its powerful defenders with a sword strike.
• The Saber Sect’s blood-colored saber released Extreme Dao might, and Aotian confronted it as other Southern Region factions debated whether to intervene.

Aotian led the Primordial Forbidden Zone in attacking the Saber Sect and defeated the Batian Emperor despite his Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon. The Saber Sect’s ancestor was killed, and Black Impermanence devoured his soul.

• Aotian grievously wounded the Saber Sect’s peak Supreme and ordered Black Impermanence to destroy the sect while he held off the Batian Emperor.
• Black Impermanence killed the fleeing Supreme, but Yagyu and Cao Zhengchun stopped him as the Saber Sect revealed an army led by eight Great Saints and thirty-six Saints.
• Aotian revealed middle-stage Quasi-Emperor combat strength and knocked the Batian Emperor’s battle saber away in their first clash.
• The Batian Emperor burned his heaven-dominating power to awaken the Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon, but Aotian broke through his defenses with a stronger slash and wounded him.
• The Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon fled, Aotian beheaded the Batian Emperor, and Black Impermanence swallowed his escaping soul.

After the Saber Sect’s Quasi-Emperor was slain, Aotian and Xiongba confronted Quasi-Emperors from the other great powers as the Primordial Forbidden Zone began claiming the Saber Sect’s reserves. Xiongba revived the Sand Drum, prompting Huang Taixu to emerge with another revived Emperor Weapon as the battle escalated.

• Aotian and his allies beat the Saber Sect’s Supreme and went to seize the sect’s treasury.
• Quasi-Emperors from the Five Elements Holy Land, Yin-Yang Holy Land, Sword Sect, Pill Pavilion, and Artifact Sect challenged them, and Xiongba answered with Heavenly Frost Fist.
• Xiongba and Aotian overwhelmed their opponents, severely wounding the Artifact Sect and Pill Pavilion Quasi-Emperors and grievously injuring the Yin-Yang Holy Land Quasi-Emperor.
• The Five Elements Holy Land’s Quasi-Emperor summoned the Five Elements Sword, so Xiongba struck the Sand Drum and unleashed its revived power.
• Yuwen Tuo demanded that Huang Taixu revive the Saber Sect’s Emperor Weapon, and Huang Taixu appeared with a revived battle saber while Xiongba’s attack continued.

Xiongba and Aotian clashed with the major factions’ Quasi-Emperors, who brought out their Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons. Aotian overwhelmed five opponents with his blood sword, while the larger battle against the Demon Saber Great Emperor’s imprint remained underway.

• The factions summoned their Emperor Weapons after Xiongba’s Sand Drum matched the Demon Saber Great Emperor’s saber, and Aotian revealed a blood-colored Emperor Weapon of his own.
• Xiongba and Aotian released their Quasi-Emperor auras, and Xiongba displayed mastery of ice, wind, and cloud Daos before attacking with Three Parts Return to Origin Qi.
• Aotian struck the Five Elements Holy Land’s Quasi-Emperor twice, injuring him and sending the Five Elements Sword flying before the Yin-Yang Mirror intervened.
• The Yin-Yang Quasi-Emperor urged the others to attack together, but Aotian sent all five powerhouses flying within three minutes.
• Aotian unleashed his sword heart again as the blood sword’s pressure peaked.

Duan Lang crushed the Demon Saber Great Emperor’s soul imprint, stripped the Saber Sect of its resources, and accepted Lin Cheng for testing at the Primordial Forbidden Zone. He then led Aotian and Xiongba to the Sword Sect to demand its resources.

• Aotian and Xiongba struggled against the six major forces’ Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons until Duan Lang entered the battle and restrained them.
• The Demon Saber Great Emperor’s soul imprint broke free and attacked Duan Lang, but Duan Lang crushed it instantly, prompting the other forces to flee.
• Duan Lang beat Huang Taixu and took all the Saber Sect’s resources before Lin Cheng asked to leave with him.
• After learning Lin Cheng was ranked eighth on the Heaven’s Chosen Rankings and had been cast out as a bringer of calamity, Duan Lang agreed to have him tested at the Primordial Forbidden Zone.
• Duan Lang led Aotian and Xiongba to the Sword Sect and demanded that it cooperate, while a Heavenly Demon Sect protector watched in hiding.

Duan Lang destroyed the Sword Sect’s Dragon-Slaying Formation and plundered its treasures before moving on. The Human Ranking announced Xie Wen and Dugu Qiubai, while the Sword Sect and Saber Sect withdrew from worldly affairs.

• Duan Lang entered the Sword Sect, shattered its Dragon-Slaying Formation, and beat its four controllers.
• Duan Lang forced the Sword Sect’s leaders to guide him to the treasury, then looted its treasury, scripture pavilion, and weapons pavilion.
• The Human Ranking named Xie Wen sixth and announced rewards including Human Emperor blood essence, exciting Duan Lang.
• The Human Ranking named reincarnated Quasi-Emperor Dugu Qiubai fifth and awarded him the Dugu Nine Swords and other rewards.
• Ye Changge noticed Dugu Qiubai’s ranking while relaxing in the Primordial Forbidden Zone, then returned his attention to his disciples.
• The Sword Sect and Saber Sect announced that they would withdraw from worldly affairs.

Duan Lang plundered the Yin-Yang Holy Land on Ye Changge’s orders, prompting six major factions to seal themselves away while the Temple of Light cautioned its disciples against provoking the Primordial Forbidden Zone. The Human Ranking then named Shi Hao of the Primordial Forbidden Zone first, awarding him powerful cultivation treasures and a token that let him call on strong fighters.

• Duan Lang stormed the Yin-Yang Holy Land, demanded its resources, and stripped its members of their possessions, including Xie Xiaofeng’s ranking rewards.
• The six major factions announced that they would seal their mountains for a thousand years, and Abbot Guangming ordered the Temple of Light’s disciples not to provoke the Primordial Forbidden Zone.
• Duan Lang, Xiongba, and Aotian returned to the Primordial Forbidden Zone and handed their plundered spatial rings to Ye Changge.
• The Human Ranking revealed Shi Hao as its first-place entry, naming him a possessor of the Battle Holy Land and granting him a battle stone, battle stele, War God Staff Technique, cultivation pills and insights, and a Human Ranking Token.

The Primordial Forbidden Zone’s three disciples took the top spots on the Human Ranking, drawing a huge crowd to its recruitment. Cao Zhengchun opened the gates and explained that applicants would be tested in the Tower of Illusion, with their floor reached determining their disciple rank.

• Shi Hao ranked first on the Heavenly Genius Rankings, prompting countless people to seek entry into the Primordial Forbidden Zone.
• Ye Changge decided to use the Tower of Illusion to recruit only candidates with steadfast hearts, while Hua Qianyue and Wang Xue discussed the test’s difficulty and nature.
• The Human Ranking placed Wang Yuyan first on the Spirit Transformation Rankings and Lei Qianshan first on the Void Refinement Ranking, both representing the Primordial Forbidden Zone.
• The Nine Heavens Holy Son saw Wang Yuyan’s ranking and blamed her for the destruction of his holy land, while a voice in his mind argued over her samsara physique.
• A crowd gathered outside the Primordial Forbidden Zone, and its gates opened as Cao Zhengchun, Yagyu, Shi Zilin, and the others appeared.
• Cao Zhengchun announced that passing the Tower of Illusion’s floors would earn applicants progressively higher disciple ranks and rewards.

Cao Zhengchun opened the Tower of Illusion to applicants seeking to join the Primordial Forbidden Zone, while Ye Changge noticed a promising youth with the Azure Dragon Battle Physique. Li Xiaolong passed the first floor and began the second-floor test, where his aptitude for cultivation astonished Dugu Jian.

• Cao Zhengchun summoned the Tower of Illusion and announced that applicants who passed its first floor could stay and cultivate in the Primordial Forbidden Zone.
• An eliminated applicant told Wu De that the test disregarded talent and background, urging him to hold fast to his true heart.
• Ye Changge sensed two promising youths in the tower, and the system identified one as a nine-star genius with the Azure Dragon Battle Physique, outside Ye Changge's recruitment range.
• Li Xiaolong activated his Azure Dragon Battle Physique and passed the first floor, then told Dugu Jian that he was hungry before agreeing to continue the test.
• Dugu Jian fed Li Xiaolong and gave him the Basic Qi Nourishing Art; Li Xiaolong understood it quickly and drew Spiritual Qi toward himself within minutes.

Li Xiaolong passed the talent test, while Ye Changge observed several exceptional candidates, including Fang Xiaoxiao with the White Tiger Battle Physique and a boy with Blood Pupils. The discovery of Su Ning’s Chaos Physique stunned Ye Changge and the elders, who feared the powerful attention and danger the young genius would attract.

• Dugu Jian was shocked when Li Xiaolong mastered a basic cultivation technique in an hour, confirmed that he passed the talent test, and watched him enter the third floor.
• Fang Xiaoxiao fought a demonic beast with the White Tiger Battle Physique, and Ye Changge recognized him as a nine-star genius whose hatred of the Demon Race could fuel his cultivation.
• Ye Changge saw a blood-robed boy use his Blood Pupils to battle a level-three demonic beast and resolved to help awaken the boy’s eyes.
• Ye Changge noticed Su Ning enter the fourth floor, learned from the system that he possessed the Chaos Physique, and was stunned by the discovery.
• Dugu Jian and the other elders discussed Su Ning’s destined place as Ye Changge’s disciple and the dangers that the Chaos Physique could bring upon him.

Su Ning, a reincarnated Immortal King with a Chaos Physique, passed the Tower of Illusion’s fourth floor and met Ye Changge on the fifth. She refused his offer to become his disciple and confessed that she wanted to be his wife, after which Ye Changge kissed her and took her away.

• Su Ning defeated her replica on the fourth floor by using her immortal soul’s power.
• Ye Changge sent a clone to the fifth floor while battling Wang Xue and discovered Su Ning’s identity and desire to marry him.
• Ye Changge introduced himself as the master of the Primordial Forbidden Zone and offered to take Su Ning as his disciple.
• Su Ning removed her mask, revealed her beauty, and confessed that she wanted to be Ye Changge’s wife.
• Ye Changge kissed Su Ning and took her away as onlookers outside marveled that someone had reached the fifth floor.

Ye Changge summoned three powerful experts to strengthen the Primordial Forbidden Zone and help teach its new disciples. Master Ma, Zhao Zilong, and Ma Chao arrived in the great hall, where Ye Changge instructed them to watch the Tower of Illusion and take disciples they favored.

• Hua Qianyue and Wang Xue declined to take disciples because they needed time to cultivate.
• Ye Changge checked in and doubled the Spiritual Qi throughout the forbidden zone.
• Ye Changge used summoning cards and summoned Master Ma, Zhao Zilong, and Ma Chao, each a Great Emperor.
• Master Ma, Zhao Zilong, and Ma Chao arrived and greeted Ye Changge.
• Ye Changge settled the three experts in and told them to watch the Tower of Illusion and take disciples who caught their eye.

Ye Changge summoned Shangguan Haitang, the Iron Courage Divine Marquis, and the Four Ghosts of Western Hunan, assigning the latter two to serve as inner sect elders. He kept Haitang by his side, then used five Supreme Summoning Cards and learned that Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao, Shangguan Wan'er, Cai Wenji, and Pei Yuanqing had been summoned.

• Ye Changge used three Quasi-Emperor Summoning Cards and summoned Shangguan Haitang, the Iron Courage Divine Marquis, and the Four Ghosts of Western Hunan.
• Ye Changge inspected the newcomers and discovered that the Four Ghosts of Western Hunan were one Shadow Race individual whose Phantom Divine Art created damage-resistant clones.
• Ye Changge appointed the Iron Courage Divine Marquis and the Four Ghosts of Western Hunan as the inner sect's third and fourth elders, and Wang Xue led them to choose their peaks.
• Ye Changge asked Shangguan Haitang to dress as a woman and stay by his side, then sent her to prepare food at the barbecue hall.
• Ye Changge used five Supreme Summoning Cards and received Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao, Shangguan Wan'er, Cai Wenji, and Pei Yuanqing.

Ye Changge rewarded the elders for training disciples, welcomed the Temple of Light’s gifts, and gained cultivation from his relationships with the women. An Emperor-grade dance track then boosted the women’s cultivation, and Ye Changge summoned a group of renowned assassins, strategists, and warriors to the Primordial Forbidden Zone.

• Ye Changge promised rewards and cultivation breakthroughs for elders whose disciples advanced, while warning them to keep their disciples’ foundations solid.
• The Temple of Light congratulated the Primordial Forbidden Zone on its recruitment and offered resources, and Ye Changge let Zhikong and the Eighteen Arhats stay and cultivate for half a year.
• Ye Changge reached peak mid-stage Great Emperor, while Cai Wenji advanced to Quasi-Emperor.
• Ye Changge signed in and obtained the Emperor-grade dance track Never Part in the Next Life, whose music triggered power enhancements and loosened the women’s cultivation bottlenecks.
• Ye Changge used fifteen Saint Summoning Cards and summoned the Six Sword Slaves, Black and White Xuan Jian, Yan Ri, Jing Ni, Sheng Qi, Han Fei, Fledgling Phoenix, Luo Cheng, Qin Shubao, and Cheng Yaojin.
• Ye Changge assessed the summoned figures’ abilities and resolved to help Cheng Yaojin master the complete Heavenly Dipper Axe technique.

Ye Changge organized the Primordial Forbidden Zone’s elders and formed the Embroidered Uniform Guard after summoning five Supreme experts. After helping the sect improve its cultivation during a brief period of peace, he witnessed the revival of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, which threatened to bring powerful new forces into the world.

• Ye Changge assigned Han Fei to manage the inner sect, gave him Dao Comprehension Tea, and appointed Fledgling Phoenix and other elders to oversee the outer sect.
• Ye Changge summoned Qinglong, Baihu, Xuanwu, Zhuque, and Dragon Claw Hand, then ordered them and the Four Ghosts of Western Hunan to establish and train the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
• After a month, Ye Changge infused Han Fei with cultivation energy, raising him from Peak Great Saint to Mid Supreme, and helped the other elders and disciples improve as well.
• The six major powers remained sealed in their mountains, and the Primordial Forbidden Zone enjoyed three months of peace.
• When the three months ended, the Desolate Ancient Continent shook as storms and black clouds spread, mountains split open, and Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi surged across the world.
• Ye Changge recognized the event as the revival of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and realized that powerful races and forces, including Great Emperors, could soon emerge.

Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi surged, freeing ancient races and powerful beings who had been suppressed across the world. Blood Asura invaded the Primordial Forbidden Zone, where Aotian defeated him and left Zhikong and the Eighteen Arhats amazed by the faction’s strength.

• Spiritual Qi grew denser as the Blood Asura, a demonic dragon, the Undying Old Man, and other ancient presences escaped their suppression.
• Three days later, Blood Asura led the Asura Race toward the Primordial Forbidden Zone, and Aotian confronted him alone.
• The Primordial Forbidden Zone’s formation repelled the invading clansmen, and its backlash blasted them into blood mist.
• Aotian struck Blood Asura with his sword and overpowered him despite Blood Asura’s strength beyond Quasi-Emperor.
• Zhikong and the Eighteen Arhats watched the battle and marveled at the Primordial Forbidden Zone’s power, resources, and safety.

Aotian beat Blood Asura and the Asura Race, stripping them of their clothes and treasures. When Ye Wudao and two elders confronted him, Aotian beat and robbed the elders too, leaving both groups fleeing in humiliation.

• Aotian beat Blood Asura until he could no longer resist, then stripped the Asura group of their clothes and treasures.
• Ye Wudao arrived with two elders and challenged Aotian’s confidence in the face of the Asura Race’s power.
• Aotian slapped one elder away and beat both elders, taking their treasures and storage rings.
• Ye Wudao realized the onlookers had avoided him because they expected Aotian to attack, then passed out from anger.
• Aotian sent both groups fleeing and called after them to return with more gifts.

Ye Changge prepared the Primordial Forbidden Zone for retaliation from the Asura Race and Ye Lineage, then watched them launch two peak Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons at his forces. Aotian and the others confronted the assault with four Emperor Weapons, and the clash left the Desolate Ancient Continent stunned.

• After Shangguan Haitang fainted, Ye Changge left Wang Xue and summoned Aotian, Xiongba, the Iron Courage Divine Marquis, and the Four Ghosts of Western Hunan to plan for the Shura Sword and Heavenly Emperor Cauldron.
• Ye Changge gave Aotian the Primordial Sword, and then set up additional Emperor Formations to protect the Primordial Forbidden Zone.
• The Asura Race unleashed the Shura Sword as the Ye Lineage sent the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron to attack the Primordial Forbidden Zone.
• Aotian, Xiongba, the Iron Courage Divine Marquis, and the Four Ghosts of Western Hunan activated the Emperor Formations and met the two weapons with the Primordial Sword, Sand Drum, Blood Sword, and Yin-Yang Mirror.
• The clash of the six Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons shattered space, while onlookers across the continent wondered how the Primordial Forbidden Zone would withstand the assault.

After the Ye Lineage threatened the Primordial Forbidden Zone, Ye Changge sent Ma Chao and Dugu Jian to seize its resources. The two Great Emperors overwhelmed the Ye Lineage, and Ma Chao discovered that its true reserves were hidden in a small world and a secret realm.

• Ye Changge ordered Ma Chao and Dugu Jian to visit the Ye Lineage with Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons, while Zhao Zilong and Duan Lang went after the Asura Race.
• Ma Chao appeared in the Ye estate and killed several elders before defeating and stripping the Ye Lineage's Great Emperor.
• The Ye Lineage revived the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron, but Ma Chao and Dugu Jian fought back with the Artifact Sect's great cauldron and their Great Emperor strength.
• Dugu Jian demanded the Ye Lineage surrender its cultivation resources, then battled a second Great Emperor who burned his Heavenly Emperor Bloodline.
• Ma Chao emptied the Ye Lineage's treasury, beat the patriarch, and learned through soul searching that its greater reserves were in a small world and a treasure-growing secret realm.

Ma Chao and Dugu Jian raided the Ye Lineage until Heavenly Emperor Ye’s soul imprint emerged from the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron and drove them away. Meanwhile, Zhao Zilong and Duan Lang plundered the Asura Race before escaping, leaving its Great Emperor enraged.

• Ma Chao entered the Ye Lineage’s treasure realm and harvested its rare treasures, prompting the Ye Lineage’s Great Emperor to prepare to burn his Heavenly Emperor Bloodline.
• Dugu Jian attacked the Ye Lineage with Sword Twenty-Two, but the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron blocked his strike and released Heavenly Emperor Ye’s soul imprint.
• Dugu Jian and Ma Chao tried to flee, but Heavenly Emperor Ye struck them with the cauldron and sent them back to the Primordial Forbidden Zone injured.
• Ye Changge reflected on the hidden contingency in the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron and then spent time with Wang Xue and Shangguan Wan'er.
• Zhao Zilong and Duan Lang fought the Asura Race’s Great Emperor while Duan Lang looted its treasury, secret realms, and clansmen’s belongings.
• Duan Lang and Zhao Zilong escaped after taunting the Asura Race, and its Great Emperor raged as his presence faded.

Ye Changge rescued Lingyu, a nun whose heart had been stolen, and accepted her as his fourth disciple. He replaced her missing heart with a Seven-Colored Exquisite Heart and learned that her former temple had betrayed her.

• The system ordered Ye Changge to find and take a peak ten-star prodigy suffering abuse as his disciple, threatening him with failure if he did not act within seven days.
• Desert bandits chased Lingyu, who fought back with her Martial King's power before collapsing from her chest wound.
• Ye Changge killed the bandits, healed Lingyu, and asked her to become his disciple; she agreed after he promised to restore her heart.
• After Lingyu completed the discipleship ceremony, Ye Changge gave her a Seven-Colored Exquisite Heart.
• Lingyu told Ye Changge that she had been the holy maiden of Jing'an Temple and that the temple head had stolen her Five-Colored Exquisite Heart after she was injured saving her senior sister.