Recaps

A mysterious silver-haired woman bought the Dark Spirit Fruit for Gu Yuan, then killed Fang Mu and his men after they confronted her. Back at the inn, Kong Qiusu identified Xie Feng’s supposed tree seed as ten-million-year-old top-grade Burning Faith that could upgrade his Dao Fire, though it required a catalyst.

• The silver-haired woman won the Dark Spirit Fruit for two hundred million and gave it to Gu Yuan, saying she was a friend of the Imperial Evil Realm.
• Fang Mu and his subordinates confronted the woman, but she revealed her face, killed them, and vanished; Ni Hao blamed Xie Feng for Fang Mu’s death.
• Gu Yuan wondered why the Heavenly Gu Emperor Python Race had not attacked them, while Little Sword claimed its reputation had frightened them away.
• At the inn, Kong Qiusu examined Xie Feng’s tree seed and found that it was top-grade Burning Faith capable of upgrading Dao Fire into Extreme Dao Fire.
• Kong Qiusu said Burning Faith needed a catalyst and searched his book for the answer.

Xie Feng went to the Heavenly Gu Emperor Python clan to collect Bu Lei’s blood, but found A Ning transformed into a weapon-like puppet undergoing a dangerous bloodline separation. Kong Qiusu revealed that without a remedy, A Ning would die if the Glazed Rabbit bloodline disappeared.

• Xie Feng learned that the primer for Burning Incense was Python King Blood and decided to visit the python clan again.
• Bu Lei raged over Su Mu’s death and planned to blame Xie Feng when the Illusory Void Feilian clan investigated.
• Xie Feng defeated Bu Lei’s attack, took his blood, and was about to strike him when A Ning entered and attacked.
• Xie Feng restrained A Ning and tore off Bu Lei’s arm before forcing him to explain that the clan turned mixed-bloods into pureblood puppets by awakening their Emperor Python power.
• Bu Lei said A Ning’s Glazed Rabbit bloodline was being removed, and Kong Qiusu warned that she would die if it vanished without proper treatment.

Xie Feng forced Bu Lei to explain A Ning’s worsening condition and followed him to the Heavenly Gu Emperor Python Race’s dungeon, where he discovered the race was extracting blood from mixed-blood children to transform them. The chapter left Xie Feng demanding a way to restore A Ning’s removed Glazed Rabbit bloodline and save her life.

• Xie Feng threatened Bu Lei into suppressing A Ning’s rampaging bloodline, but Bu Lei noticed that red blood mist meant someone was still feeding her python blood.
• Bu Lei explained that Dark Spirit Fruit could separate bloodlines in living beings, then led Xie Feng and Little Sword to the dungeon.
• Xie Feng found three hundred imprisoned mixed-bloods and corpses left by the race’s attempts to turn mixed-bloods into purebloods.
• Xie Feng learned that patriarch Yi Da’er had ordered the experiments and saw five children’s blood being extracted and sent to A Ning.
• Bu Lei said A Ning’s removed Glazed Rabbit bloodline had to be restored or her unbalanced bloodlines would kill her, and Xie Feng demanded to know how to save her.

Xie Feng sought Feng Jia’s pure Emperor Python blood to help save A Ning, after Bu Lei said she needed to become a pureblood to survive. He took Feng Jia’s blood and brought A Ning to him, asking him to find a cure.

• Bu Lei explained that A Ning’s Glazed Rabbit bloodline had been stripped away and that injecting Emperor Python blood was her only chance, though the process could cost her sense of self.
• Bu Lei identified Feng Jia, patriarch of East Python Island, as the possessor of the strongest bloodline and agreed to search for Origin-Shaping Wood if Xie Feng wiped out the island.
• Xie Feng went to East Python Island and confronted Feng Jia, who recognized him as the man involved in the events on West Python Island.
• Xie Feng used the Extreme Dao Sword to make Feng Jia submit, then drew a tube of blood from him.
• Xie Feng released A Ning from a spatial fissure and asked Feng Jia to examine her and find a way to cure her.

Xie Feng bargained with Feng Jia over A Ning’s recovery and origin-shaping wood, then settled on East Python Island while waiting for Feng Jia to act. He used Feng Jia’s ancestral python blood on Burning Faith, revealing a powerful blue-and-gold liquid inside.

• Feng Jia examined A Ning and warned that her broken bloodline balance would soon kill her, but offered to save her if Xie Feng gave her to him.
• Xie Feng agreed to let Feng Jia take A Ning and help her rule the Heavenly Gu Emperor Python Race, on the condition that Feng Jia find origin-shaping wood within a month.
• Feng Jia agreed and arranged for Xie Feng to stay in a luxurious courtyard on East Python Island.
• Little Sword asked whether Xie Feng trusted Feng Jia, and Xie Feng said he would help whichever side first fulfilled his goals of saving A Ning and obtaining origin-shaping wood.
• Xie Feng dripped Feng Jia’s ancestral python blood onto Burning Faith, causing its outer skin to split and reveal a powerful blue-and-gold liquid.

Xie Feng refined Burning Faith with Northern Nether Illusory Dao Fire, advancing it to Northern Nether Extreme Dao Fire and breaking through to the tenth stage of the Thousand Autumns Realm. After the Heavenly Ranking appeared and Kong Qiusu sent them out of his domain, Xie Feng reunited with Feng Jia and A Ning, whose evolution had given her both Emperor Python and Ancestral Python bloodlines.

• Xie Feng used Cangwu Heart Source to strengthen Burning Faith, then refined the fused flames within Kong Qiusu's domain.
• Xie Feng's flames advanced into Northern Nether Extreme Dao Fire, while his imperial and destructive presences became Emperor Rule and Destruction Rule.
• Xie Feng's cultivation rose from the tenth stage of the Universe Creation Realm to the tenth stage of the Thousand Autumns Realm.
• The Heavenly Ranking flashed across the universe, and Kong Qiusu wondered about its origins and why it descended around Xie Feng.
• Kong Qiusu sent Xie Feng out of his domain, and Xie Feng returned to the courtyard on East Python Island.
• Feng Jia arrived with A Ning, whose successful evolution had granted her both Emperor Python and Ancestral Python bloodlines; A Ning silently stood beside Xie Feng.

Xie Feng tried to settle conflicting promises to help Feng Jia and Bu Lei destroy their rival islands after Feng Jia saved A Ning and Bu Lei brought the Origin-Shaping Wood. When Bu Lei tried to take A Ning for the Heavenly Gu Emperor Python Race, Xie Feng protected her, and Bu Lei and Feng Jia began fighting over her.

• Feng Jia explained that A Ning’s evolved bloodline power exceeded what her young body could withstand, though her strength would emerge in battle.
• Bu Lei delivered the Origin-Shaping Wood, and Feng Jia and Bu Lei each demanded that Xie Feng honor his promise to destroy East Python Island or West Python Island.
• Xie Feng argued that both men had fulfilled their conditions and told them to decide which one he should kill first.
• Bu Lei recognized A Ning as a pureblood of both the Emperor Python and Ancestral Python and moved to take her away.
• Xie Feng pulled A Ning out of Bu Lei’s reach, and Feng Jia and Bu Lei fought over who would claim her.

Xie Feng bargained with Feng Jia and Bu Lei for payment before siding with Feng Jia, while A Ning made clear she would stand with Xie Feng. Yi Da'er invaded East Python Island and attacked Xie Feng, whose Extreme Dao Sword met an Extreme Dao ring; with West Python Island's elders surrounding them, Xie Feng hinted he could bring out a second Extreme Dao item.

• Feng Jia asked Xie Feng for help defending East Python Island from Yi Da'er, and Xie Feng negotiated escalating rewards with Feng Jia and Bu Lei.
• Yi Da'er arrived, became interested in A Ning's pureblood, and declared that she belonged to him.
• A Ning moved closer to Xie Feng and rejected Feng Jia's claim that she should return to the Heavenly Gu Emperor Python Race.
• Yi Da'er attacked Xie Feng, but Xie Feng's Extreme Dao Sword struck the silver ring Yi Da'er wore, which shielded him.
• West Python Island's elders arrived and surrounded Xie Feng, A Ning, and Feng Jia as East Python Island's forces fought outside.
• Xie Feng taunted Yi Da'er by suggesting he could bring out a second Extreme Dao-grade item.

Xie Feng defeated Yi Da'er and exposed him as a mixed-blood, shattering West Python Island's faith in its ruler. A Ning devoured Yi Da'er's power, while Feng Jia and the East Python Island reinforcements forced Bu Lei to flee.

• Xie Feng unleashed the Northern Nether Extreme Dao Fire and Extreme Dao Sword, overwhelmed Yi Da'er, and severed his right hand, causing his Extreme Dao ring to fall to A Ning.
• After A Ning picked up the ring, Yi Da'er's hidden mixed-blood mark and fox ears appeared, revealing that West Python Island's pure-blooded clan leader was a hybrid.
• Feng Jia stabbed Yi Da'er in the heart, and A Ning held him down and devoured his strength until he withered and died.
• Bu Lei attacked A Ning, but Feng Jia intercepted him as East Python Island reinforcements arrived.
• Bu Lei fled when he saw the battle turning against him, and Feng Jia pursued him.

Xie Feng discovered Bu Lei had tricked him with a Yellow Springs Branch, killed Bu Lei, and secured Feng Jia’s life token before leaving A Ning with him. After Sushang reported that Yue Heng had absorbed the Demon Spirit Domain’s fortune and flooded it, Xie Feng hurried back toward the Xuanji Sect, which was floating in the sky.

• Kong Qiusu identified the supposed Origin-Shaping Wood as a Yellow Springs Branch, and Xie Feng sent Little Sword to kill Bu Lei.
• Xie Feng confirmed that Feng Jia could take control of the Heavenly Gu Emperor Python Race and accepted Feng Jia’s life token as proof of his sincerity.
• After Sushang reported Yue Heng’s actions in the Demon Spirit Domain and the Xuanji Sect’s strange predicament, Xie Feng decided to leave the Netherworld Domain.
• Xie Feng agreed to leave A Ning with Feng Jia after promising he would return for her, and Feng Jia named her as a possible successor to the Heavenly Gu Emperor Python Race.
• Xie Feng demanded the wealth Feng Jia had promised before departing, trading barbs with Feng Jia as Little Sword attacked him.

Xie Feng encountered Xu Xiang and his men while traveling through the Netherworld Domain, where they were chasing an injured venomous snake. After Xu Xiang attacked him and unleashed poison gas, Xie Feng killed him and his three companions, leaving the Blazing Devil Dragon Clan unaware of what had happened for now.

• Xie Feng reached the Netherworld Domain and saw an injured gray snake crash into a mountain and collapse.
• Xu Xiang and three members of the Blazing Devil Dragon Clan caught up and demanded the snake, while Xu Xiang recognized Xie Feng from the Heavenly Mystic Auction House.
• Xu Xiang tried to shove Xie Feng, and Xie Feng cut off his right arm before destroying his flame-shaped sword with Sword Qi.
• Xu Xiang spat lethal black-green poison gas at Xie Feng, who endured the stench and blasted Xu Xiang apart with a slap.
• Xie Feng killed Xu Xiang's three fleeing lackeys with Sword Qi so they could not report his identity to the Blazing Devil Dragon Clan.

Su Jin confronted Xie Feng over Fang Mu’s death, then revealed he was grateful because Fang Mu’s death left him in line to become clan chief. Xie Feng asked Su Jin to help find origin-shaping wood, and after Su Jin left, Xie Feng treated the badly injured gray snake.

• Su Jin introduced himself as Fang Mu’s younger brother and rushed at Xie Feng, who prepared to fight before Su Jin insisted he only wanted to shake hands.
• Su Jin revealed that he welcomed Fang Mu’s death because it made him the likely successor to the clan chief position, and he declared Xie Feng his only little brother.
• Xie Feng denied killing Fang Mu, but Su Jin thanked him anyway and offered to fulfill one request.
• Xie Feng asked Su Jin to investigate origin-shaping wood, and Su Jin gave him a voice transmission talisman before departing.
• The injured gray snake woke up, and Xie Feng used a Dao Grade pill to stop its wounds from bleeding.

Xie Feng healed an injured gray snake from the cosmos, which warned him to hide his Chaos Physique before departing as Little Nine. It left him a map marked “Emperor Corpse Tomb,” while Kong Qiusu learned Little Nine would help him find a physical body.

• Xie Feng used a Dao Pill to heal the gray snake, which revealed that it came from the cosmos and had been injured in a war.
• The gray snake recognized Xie Feng's Chaos Physique and warned him to keep it concealed, then revealed it had deliberately approached him.
• The gray snake sensed Kong Qiusu and Little Sword, spoke privately with Kong Qiusu, and promised to help him find a physical body.
• The gray snake transformed into a gray-robed young man, introduced himself as Little Nine, and gave Xie Feng a scroll before leaving.
• Xie Feng opened the scroll and found a map marked “Emperor Corpse Tomb,” then asked Kong Qiusu to study it while they focused on returning to the Xuanji Sect.

Xie Feng returned to the Demon Spirit Domain and found Yue Heng’s struggle with a seal causing catastrophic floods. As he investigated the seal draining her vitality, he learned she had once been taught by his master, Mu Bingxing, and asked how long the seal had existed.

• Xie Feng returned to the Demon Spirit Domain as a flood devastated it, then reached the Xuanji Sect, which Sushang was keeping stable.
• Gu Yuan told Xie Feng that Yue Heng’s power had unleashed the flood, and Xie Feng sensed she was suppressing something within herself.
• Yue Heng explained that a seal had been devouring her vitality, and Xie Feng offered to examine it.
• Yue Heng recognized Xie Feng’s Chaos Physique and revealed that Mu Bingxing had taught her long ago; Xie Feng discovered Mu Bingxing had the same physique.
• Xie Feng saw an energy net inside Yue Heng draining her vitality and began shaping his Chaos Power into a sword as he asked how long the seal had been there.

Xie Feng freed Yue Heng from her seal, then chose to relocate the Xuanji Sect to Eastern Dawn Valley, where Yue Heng knew of a powerful awakened Ancestral Dragon Earth Vein. The group reached the valley, and Xie Feng prepared to enter with Sushang and Yue Heng while Gu Yuan stayed behind to guard the children.

• Xie Feng used his Chaos Power and Northern Nether Extreme Dao Fire to break the seal imprisoning Yue Heng, releasing a yellow dragon phantom that briefly shook the sky.
• Yue Heng thanked Xie Feng, accepted his offer to stay at the Xuanji Sect as a teacher, and teased him about Sushang before he clarified that she was his sister.
• Xie Feng decided to move the Xuanji Sect because the Demon Spirit Domain had mediocre power and providence; Gu Yuan proposed Purple Soul Mountain Range, while Yue Heng recommended Eastern Dawn Valley and its awakened Ancestral Dragon Earth Vein.
• Xie Feng chose Eastern Dawn Valley, summoned Little Sword to carry the Xuanji Sect, and Yue Heng erased the floodwaters covering the Demon Spirit Domain before they departed.
• After four hours of travel, Xie Feng landed Little Sword at the entrance to Eastern Dawn Valley and invited Sushang and Yue Heng to enter with him, while Gu Yuan stayed to watch the children.

Xie Feng, Sushang, and Yue Heng entered Eastern Dawn Valley, where Xie Feng and Sushang broke through and the trio encountered the valley’s powerful guardians. After dividing the ten guardians among themselves, they began fighting, and Xie Feng unleashed his Northern Nether Extreme Dao Fire against the four he faced.

• Xie Feng advanced to the first stage of the Ten Thousand Ages Realm, astonishing Yue Heng.
• Sushang broke through to the tenth stage of the Thousand Autumns Realm, and Yue Heng recognized that she shared the Great Cosmos Devil-Devouring Physique with Ge Ya.
• Xie Feng, Sushang, and Yue Heng continued deeper into Eastern Dawn Valley and met ten enormous guardians formed from the valley’s blood mist Qi.
• Xie Feng assigned three guardians each to Sushang and Yue Heng and took the remaining four for himself.
• Xie Feng countered the guardians’ fire chains with a hurricane, then summoned four azure-gold dragons of Northern Nether Extreme Dao Fire to attack them.

Xie Feng, Sushang, and Yue Heng reached the awakened Ancestral Dragon Earth Vein in Eastern Dawn Valley, where Xie Feng challenged its guardian, Golden Armor. Xie Feng shattered the armor with his Extreme Dao Sword, but golden light began drawing its scattered pieces back together.

• Xie Feng, Sushang, and Yue Heng defeated the guardians blocking their way and advanced to the valley’s center.
• Yue Heng identified the awakened Ancestral Dragon Earth Vein and explained that they had to defeat its guardian to claim it.
• Xie Feng provoked the earth vein, summoning its incarnation, Golden Armor, and declared himself its master.
• Xie Feng fought Golden Armor, blocking its saber attack with Northern Nether Extreme Dao Fire and blasting it back with a flaming palm.
• Golden Armor revealed that defeating him was the only way to obtain the true earth vein, then charged at Xie Feng.
• Xie Feng unleashed the Extreme Dao Sword and shattered Golden Armor, whose scattered pieces began to reassemble in golden light.

Xie Feng secured Golden Armor's allegiance and the Ancestral Dragon Earth Vein after learning that Mu Bingxing had previously spared Golden Armor. The Xuanji Sect settled atop the valley's highest peak, where the earth vein's providence raised its members' cultivation.

• Xie Feng suppressed Golden Armor with the Extreme Dao Sword and persuaded him to surrender the Ancestral Dragon Earth Vein.
• Golden Armor recognized Xie Feng's Chaos Physique through his blood and revealed an encounter with a powerful man whom Xie Feng identified as Mu Bingxing.
• Golden Armor accepted Xie Feng's blood to form a contract and summoned the Ancestral Dragon Earth Vein as an enormous azure-gold dragon.
• Gu Yuan brought the Xuanji Sect over, and Xie Feng guided it onto the highest peak beneath the dragon vein.
• Ze Ling, Cang Tong, and Lei Xing entered the Creation Realm, while Gu Yuan reached the first tier of the Ten Thousand Ages Realm and Sushang and Xie Feng reached its third tier.
• Gu Yuan anticipated the Imperial Evil Realm's emergence in two months, while the earth vein faded from sight and continued supplying providence to the Xuanji Sect.

After settling the Xuanji Sect in Eastern Dawn Valley, Xie Feng spent a quiet snowy evening with Sushang, who confessed that she loved him, but he told her he saw her as a little sister. The next morning, Su Jin reported finding the rare Origin-Shaping Wood, and Xie Feng traveled to Glacier Domain to meet its owner.

• Xie Feng strengthened the Xuanji Sect as Golden Armor guarded its gates and Yue Heng took up teaching several disciplines.
• Xie Feng, Sushang, and Kong Qiusu shared wine and conversation during a snowy night.
• Sushang confessed her romantic feelings to Xie Feng, who said he regarded her as a little sister.
• Sushang left after Xie Feng rejected her confession, and he sat alone until dawn.
• Su Jin told Xie Feng that a hermit in Glacier Domain had Origin-Shaping Wood but insisted on meeting the actual buyer.
• Xie Feng met Su Jin at Glacier Domain and followed him through a barrier into a warm, hidden region.

Xie Feng met Mr. Chi to buy origin-shaping wood, but Mr. Chi demanded that he kill a grand marshal of the Blazing Devil Dragon Clan in exchange. Xie Feng accepted and left to carry out the task, while Mr. Chi wondered whether Xie Feng was connected to the Imperial Evil Realm.

• Su Jin brought Xie Feng to Mr. Chi's courtyard, where he and Mr. Chi traded insults before Xie Feng entered alone.
• Mr. Chi introduced himself, and Xie Feng demanded to know the price of the origin-shaping wood.
• Mr. Chi asked Xie Feng to kill a grand marshal of the Blazing Devil Dragon Clan and showed him the man's portrait.
• Xie Feng recognized the clan from his past encounter with Xu Xiang, agreed to the deal, and said he would bring back the man's head.
• Mr. Chi promised to have the origin-shaping wood ready in ten days, then privately wondered whether Xie Feng had ties to the Imperial Evil Realm.

Xie Feng killed the Blazing Devil Dragon Clan marshal and collected the five-hundred-thousand-year-old Origin-Shaping Wood from Mr. Chi. After learning that Mr. Chi used a rhinoceros-shaped paperweight, Xie Feng and Su Jin identified him as belonging to the Yellow Springs Nether Rhinoceros race, a longtime enemy of the Imperial Evil Realm.

• Xie Feng overheard Mr. Chi express hostility toward the Imperial Evil Realm and realized their transaction might lead to conflict.
• Xie Feng confronted the Blazing Devil Dragon Clan marshal, taunted him, and killed him with one sword strike.
• Xie Feng delivered the marshal's head to Mr. Chi, received the Origin-Shaping Wood, and warned Mr. Chi they might become enemies.
• Xie Feng asked Su Jin which Earthborn Devil Creature races opposed the Devil Race, and Su Jin explained that many resented the Imperial Evil Realm.
• Xie Feng described Mr. Chi's rhinoceros-shaped paperweight, and Su Jin identified it as a symbol of the Yellow Springs Nether Rhinoceros race, which had long fought the Imperial Evil Realm.

Su Jin told Xie Feng how Devil Emperor Ge Ya had devastated the Yellow Springs Nether Rhinoceroses, and Xie Feng learned that the Imperial Evil Realm’s history had brought him many enemies. After Xie Feng refined a Great Origin Dao Pill that restored Yue Heng to the tenth stage of the Indestructible Realm, Gu Yuan wondered about her origins while she assured him she posed no threat.

• Su Jin recounted how Ge Ya had slain the Yellow Springs Nether Rhinoceros ancestors and crippled their race, and Xie Feng reflected on the enemies his connection to Ge Ya could bring.
• Xie Feng asked how the Illusory Void Feilian Race treated mixed-bloods, then told Su Jin that Eastern Dawn Valley was his territory and arranged for her to visit in ten days.
• Xie Feng used the Origin-Shaping Wood and other ingredients to refine a Great Origin Dao Pill, which restored Yue Heng’s cultivation to the tenth stage of the Indestructible Realm.
• Gu Yuan and Sushang discussed Yue Heng’s strength, while Cang Tong’s remark that Gu Yuan looked like a grandfather offended him.
• Yue Heng told Gu Yuan that her background was ordinary and that she posed no threat to the Imperial Evil Realm, while Sushang hurried off after remembering she was refining pills.

Xie Feng received Yue Heng’s bronze scabbard and learned that her missing sword, Heavenly Decree, was in the Mystic Jade Pagoda near the Emperor Corpse Tomb. He set off with Yue Heng, Gu Yuan, and Sushang for the Illusory Spirit Domain, leaving Xie Feng and Sushang alone together aboard the spatial ship.

• Yue Heng gave Xie Feng her ancient bronze scabbard, which could suppress and nurture certain blades, while Little Sword protested before learning that the scabbard was incompatible with it.
• Xie Feng learned that Yue Heng’s sword Heavenly Decree was stored in the Mystic Jade Pagoda in the Slanting Moon Desert and agreed to help retrieve it.
• Kong Qiusu recognized Yue Heng’s landmarks as the surroundings of the Emperor Corpse Tomb on Little Nine’s parchment, and Xie Feng identified its location in the Illusory Spirit Domain.
• Gu Yuan brought a spatial ship, with Sushang aboard, and the group departed for the Illusory Spirit Domain.
• Xie Feng and Sushang sat together in a room aboard the ship while Little Sword emerged and made a mess eating fruit.

Sushang advanced in cultivation and Alchemical Dao, then Xie Feng’s group reached the Slanting Moon Desert in the Illusory Spirit Domain. Guiqiu Yunqi secretly followed them, and Sushang found the desert’s abundant fire power suited her.

• Sushang told Xie Feng that her dejection had helped her break through to the fifth stage of the Ten Thousand Ages Realm and reach Dao Grade in the Alchemical Dao, then gave him two hundred Dao Pills.
• Gu Yuan clashed with Guiqiu Yunqi, mocked him about being stripped in public, and explained the Imperial Evil Realm’s leadership to Xie Feng and the others.
• Guiqiu Yunqi quietly followed Xie Feng’s spatial ship after the group resumed its journey.
• Three days later, Xie Feng and the others reached the Slanting Moon Desert, where Yue Heng explained its abundant fire power.
• Sushang spread her arms in the desert as its fire power streamed into her body.

Xie Feng and his companions followed a reaction from his Chaos Physique into a hidden realm, where they uncovered a passage beneath a nine-headed serpent statue and reached a vast underground city. They split into two groups at separate doors to explore the labyrinth.

• Xie Feng’s Chaos Physique responded to the Evil Moon Desert and opened a vortex passage that he, Sushang, Yue Heng, and Gu Yuan entered.
• The group arrived in a strange desert and found a colossal, damaged statue of a nine-headed serpent.
• Xie Feng placed his hand in a mark on the statue, causing it to split open and reveal a dark passage.
• Xie Feng led the others down through the black-moss-covered passage until they emerged in an immense underground city.
• Xie Feng proposed that they divide into two groups and enter the city through separate brass doors, so he went with Yue Heng while Sushang went with Gu Yuan.