Recaps

Xiao Yan and Yun Lang clashed in a battle of powerful techniques, with Yun Lang using Heavenly Dipper Protection to withstand Buddha's Fury Reincarnation. As Yun Lang activated Heavenly Wolf Howls at the Moon and began recovering his strength, Xiao Yan brought out the second-ranked Heavenly Flame, Nihility Devouring Flame.

• Yun Lang used Heavenly Dipper Protection to absorb the surrounding energy and shield himself from Xiao Yan's Buddha's Fury Reincarnation.
• Xiao Yan consumed ninth-grade Qi Recovery Pills to restore his Dou Qi while Yun Lang poured his strength into maintaining the shield.
• Yun Lang attacked Xiao Yan's soul, but Xiao Yan used Heaven-Spanning Hand to seize Yun Lang's Soul Power.
• Yun Lang severed his connection to part of his Soul Power and activated his innate ability, Heavenly Wolf Howls at the Moon, summoning a brilliant moon that helped restore his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan revealed Nihility Devouring Flame, and Luo Jin recognized it as the second-ranked Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Yan severed his connection to the Nihility Devouring Flame and faced the Cloud-Splitting Wolf while nearly exhausted. With Gu You’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame, he began preparing a four-flame Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus as the wolf’s attack closed in.

• Luo Jin realized Xiao Yan held only a wisp of Nihility Devouring Flame’s origin, and Xiao Yan erased the Soul Imprint connecting him to it.
• Hei Yan sensed Xiao Yan sever the connection and said he wanted to see whether the Flame Emperor could make him bow his head.
• The Cloud-Splitting Wolf drew power from the moon and shattered Xiao Yan’s Buddha's Fury Reincarnation, leaving him close to defeat.
• Xiao Yan asked Gu You to lend him Bone Spirit Cold Flame, then swallowed the Nihility Devouring Flame to replenish his strength and blasted apart the wolf’s attack.
• Xiao Yan summoned Bone Spirit Cold Flame, Nihility Devouring Flame, Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, and Emperor Flame to form his most powerful Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, despite Huo Yi warning that the fusion might fail.

Xiao Yan fused four peak Heavenly Flames into Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus while the Cloud-Splitting Wolf launched a deadly attack. The Fire Lotus overwhelmed the wolf’s beam, and Xiao Yan ordered it to explode as the wolf realized he had been tricked.

• Xiao Yan painfully fused the nihility devouring flame and bone spirit cold flame, then combined them with the purifying lotus demon flame and Emperor Flame.
• As the Cloud-Splitting Wolf sent another Heavenly Wolf Howls at the Moon attack toward him, Xiao Yan used essence blood to stabilize the newly formed Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan launched the four-layer Fire Lotus at the incoming beam, and the Cloud-Splitting Wolf recognized its power as a High-Level Human Class Dou Technique.
• The Fire Lotus destroyed the beam and drifted toward the Cloud-Splitting Wolf, who offered Xiao Yan treasures and safe passage in exchange for stopping it.
• Xiao Yan revealed that the Fire Lotus could not be recalled and commanded it to explode, prompting the Cloud-Splitting Wolf to accuse him of trickery.

Xiao Yan’s Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus completed Dou Technique Spirit Manifestation, revealing itself as a High-Level Human Class Dou Technique, and he unleashed it against the Cloud-Splitting Wolf. The final explosion overwhelmed Xiao Yan and Luo Jin with immense pressure, leaving their fate uncertain.

• The Fire Lotus gathered black specks of light and a trace of Xiao Yan’s Soul Power, forming an illusory figure identical to him.
• Luo Jin identified the phenomenon as Dou Technique Spirit Manifestation, while the Cloud-Splitting Wolf refused to believe it and became increasingly delusional.
• Xiao Yan sent the Fire Lotus toward the Cloud-Splitting Wolf, and successive blasts devastated the surrounding land and sky.
• The blast pressure knocked Luo Jin downward, and Xiao Yan caught him while admitting he could not fully control the technique.
• The Fire Lotus’s final explosion released overwhelming pressure over Xiao Yan and Luo Jin, deepening the abyss beneath them.

Xiao Yan and Luo Jin recovered after their battle, and Xiao Yan brought out flame-fallen black iron while seeking help to repair the Heavy Xuan Ruler. Luo Jin pointed him toward Elder Luo in Ancient Wilderness City, where Xiao Yan also planned to attend the Alchemist Grand Meeting and confront someone waiting for him.

• Xiao Yan emerged from cultivation and showed Luo Jin the heavenly palace jade essence, while Luo Jin recognized that Xiao Yan had no designs on it.
• Xiao Yan pulled a massive block of flame-fallen black iron from a spatial rift, astonishing Luo Jin with its weight and Xiao Yan's strength.
• Xiao Yan asked Luo Jin about weapon refinement, but Luo Jin admitted he had never learned the craft.
• Luo Jin told Xiao Yan that Elder Luo in Ancient Wilderness City could repair the Heavy Xuan Ruler, and Xiao Yan decided to go there.
• Luo Jin explained that the Alchemist Grand Meeting would award its winner a fragmentary formula for a tier-six medicinal pill, though no Emperor Grade Pill Formula was available.

Xiao Yan decided to attend the Alchemist Grand Meeting in Ancient Wilderness City after learning that its first-place prize included a fragment of a sixth-tier pill formula. On the way, Gu You explained Luo Jin’s powerful background and the Realm-Breaking Pearl he had used, while Xiao Yan reflected on the destructive force of his Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus.

• Luo Jin told Xiao Yan that the Alchemist Grand Meeting’s first-place prize was a fragment of a sixth-tier pill formula, and Xiao Yan resolved to compete.
• Luo Jin said he would attend to watch Xiao Yan compete but left to handle other matters, and the two exchanged farewells.
• While flying toward Ancient Wilderness City, Xiao Yan asked Gu You about the device Luo Jin had used to travel ten thousand li.
• Gu You explained that Luo Jin had used a Realm-Breaking Pearl made by a Yuan Zun expert and said Luo Jin’s faction must have more than one Yuan Zun expert.
• Xiao Yan looked back at the vast darkness left by his Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus and decided he should not use the technique recklessly.
• Xiao Yan continued toward Ancient Wilderness City.

Xiao Yan watched Mu Leng challenge Xu Zhen to an alchemy contest for the Glazed Essence, then recognized Xu Zhen’s cauldron as the damaged Luo Heavenly Divine Cauldron, ranked second on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking. As Xu Zhen prepared to begin, the crowd mocked Mu Leng and Xiao Yan, while Mu Leng faced the contest under pressure from his opponent’s superior cauldron.

• Xiao Yan followed the crowd to an arena, where Xu Zhen taunted Mu Leng and revealed that he had advanced to Dou Zong.
• Mu Leng accepted Xu Zhen’s challenge to compete in alchemy for the Glazed Essence, despite the crowd’s jeers.
• Xiao Yan recognized Mu Leng’s determination and saw something of his former self in him.
• Mu Leng and Xu Zhen summoned their medicinal cauldrons, and Xu Zhen’s Fallen River Divine Cauldron shattered the stone platform.
• Xiao Yan identified Xu Zhen’s damaged cauldron as the Luo Heavenly Divine Cauldron, while Mu Leng grew anxious about its advantage.
• Xu Zhen invited Mu Leng to begin the contest and challenged him to prove his skill as a High-Level Tier Six Alchemist.

Xu Zhen and Mu Leng began a pill-refining contest after revealing their flames and wagering them, while Xiao Yan watched. As their pills neared completion, a Dou Zong tried to drive Xiao Yan away, but Xiao Yan killed him instantly, leaving Xu Zhen and Mu Leng terrified.

• Xu Zhen displayed his Golden Liu Fire and boasted that he had slain an adult Golden Liu Beast, while privately admitting the story was false.
• Mu Leng revealed his Azure Flame Mystic Fire, which overwhelmed Xu Zhen's flame, and Xu Zhen proposed that the loser surrender his flame and an additional equal-value prize.
• Xu Zhen and Mu Leng began refining seventh-grade pills as Xiao Yan watched; after five days, pill fragrance drew a huge crowd back to the arena.
• A Peak Dou Emperor tried to seize Xiao Yan, but an arriving Dou Zong knocked the attacker away and ordered Xiao Yan to leave.
• Xiao Yan rejected the Dou Zong's claim that he had saved him and refused to let the elder teach him a lesson.
• The Dou Zong attacked Xiao Yan, who destroyed him instantly, shocking Xu Zhen and Mu Leng.

After Xiao Yan killed a Dou Zong with a thought, he let Xu Zhen and Mu Leng resume refining their pills while Xu Pei arrived to protect Xu Zhen. Xu Zhen completed a flawed Seventh-grade Intermediate Great Recovery Pill, while Xiao Yan urged Mu Leng to wait five more breaths so his Poria Pill could become a Complete Pill.

• Xiao Yan’s display of power frightened the crowd, and the cultivators fled or abandoned their designs on him.
• Xiao Yan told Xu Zhen and Mu Leng to continue refining, and Mu Leng resumed while Xu Zhen returned his attention to his cauldron.
• Xu Pei appeared beside Xu Zhen, examined Xiao Yan, and secretly alerted four elders at an estate in Yanluo City.
• Xu Zhen completed a Seventh-grade Intermediate Great Recovery Pill, though Xiao Yan judged it poorly refined.
• Xiao Yan stopped Mu Leng from removing his Poria Pill too soon and told him to wait five breaths for it to become a Complete Pill.

Mu Leng refined a seventh-tier Complete Poria Pill, drawing the greed of the crowd and prompting Xu Zhen to offer it as a reward for killing Mu Leng and Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan effortlessly repelled their attackers and revealed overwhelming power against Xu Pei and an arriving Eight-Star Dou Zun, leaving the old expert to realize Xiao Yan had reached the Dou Sheng realm.

• Mu Leng opened his cauldron and revealed a Complete Pill, but Xiao Yan blasted away the Dou Wang and Dou Emperors who rushed to seize it.
• Mu Leng retrieved the Poria Pill and announced it was a seventh-tier Complete Pill as the crowd charged again.
• Xu Zhen offered the Poria Pill and the Xu Clan's favor to anyone who killed Xiao Yan and Mu Leng, sending a hundred experts after them.
• Xiao Yan sent the attackers flying with a backhand strike, then invited Xu Pei to attack after Xu Pei challenged him with the Yama Hand.
• Xu Pei's Thunderclap Pearl attack stalled before Xiao Yan, and an arriving Eight-Star Dou Zun struck at him.
• Xiao Yan stopped the old man's fist with a palm, sealed his Dou Qi, and sent him flying, making the old man recognize Xiao Yan as a Dou Sheng.

Xiao Yan effortlessly defeated the Xu Clan elders who attacked him, leaving Xu Zhen terrified and forcing Xu Pei to sacrifice himself to help the young man escape. When Xu Zhen’s great-grandfather shattered a jade slip to protect them from Xiao Yan’s next strike, a barrier laid by a Half-Emperor appeared, hinting at the Xu Clan’s hidden backing.

• Five Xu Clan Dou Zun elders attacked Xiao Yan with the Mystic Void Waterfall, but he swept their combined attack aside and left them incapacitated.
• Xu Zhen mocked Xiao Yan, while the onlookers and Mu Leng watched in shock as Xiao Yan’s power became clear.
• Xu Pei struck Xu Zhen away and urged him to flee, but Xiao Yan stopped Xu Pei and erased him with a palm strike.
• Xu Zhen’s great-grandfather crushed a jade slip as Xiao Yan attacked, and a Half-Emperor’s Dou Qi barrier appeared to shield the elder and Xu Zhen.

Xiao Yan revealed himself as a Half-Emperor when he shattered the barrier protecting the small clan, then confronted a disfigured Half-Emperor who had attacked him from hiding. The crowd fled as the two prepared to fight, and the elder launched his Withering Poison Palm at Xiao Yan.

• The emaciated elder mocked Xiao Yan and claimed that a Dou Sheng was no match for a Half-Emperor.
• Xiao Yan shattered the invisible barrier with a palm strike, revealing that he was also a Half-Emperor.
• Xiao Yan was knocked back by a hidden attack, leaving a huge crater beneath him, and challenged the attacker for using underhanded methods.
• The twisted-faced elder appeared and claimed he had killed every person who had mocked him, including several Half-Emperors.
• The crowd retreated from the two experts, and the elder charged at Xiao Yan with his Withering Poison Palm.

Xiao Yan fought a Five-Star Half-Emperor elder from the Tribulation Crossing Sect, whose poison arts had supposedly poisoned him. As the elder prepared another attack, Gu You revealed the sect’s ancient origins and its founder’s Woeful Poison Body.

• The Tribulation Crossing Sect elder attacked Xiao Yan with Withering Poison Palm, and Xiao Yan countered with Ancient Emperor Seal as their clash shook the land.
• Xiao Yan and the elder exchanged Eight Extremes Collapse and Poison Xuan Finger, but Xiao Yan’s physique withstood the elder’s strength.
• The elder claimed his sect’s poison arts had already poisoned Xiao Yan and warned that their combined toxicity would be deadly.
• Gu You told Xiao Yan that the Tribulation Crossing Sect was founded five thousand years earlier by a Yuan Sheng expert with a Woeful Poison Body.
• Gu You explained that the founder had suppressed every eruption of her Woeful Poison Body until her death, and the elder then launched another palm strike at Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan defeated Yu Du by using the Emperor Flame to counter his poison arts and withstand his desperate attack. As Yu Du lay dying, the Third Hall Master appeared and Xiao Yan confronted him.

• Xiao Yan endured Yu Du's Withering Poison Palm and revealed his Heavenly Flames, then attacked with Condensed Fire Finger.
• Yu Du unveiled his artificial Body of Ten Thousand Poisons and spread lethal poison across Yanluo City, killing many of its inhabitants.
• Xiao Yan burned away the poison mist and struck Yu Du with Fire Lotus, break, while Yu Du detonated his Half-Emperor body in a final attempt to kill him.
• Xiao Yan survived Yu Du's attack and told him that his flame was the Emperor Flame, leaving Yu Du terrified as he died.
• The Third Hall Master appeared from the void, and Xiao Yan recognized him.

Xiao Yan fought the Third Hall Master, who trapped him in the Ghost Fiend Gate’s Heavy Spirit Domain and tried to capture him. Xiao Yan resisted with his defenses and Heavenly Flames, while a jade bottle in his Storage Ring secretly absorbed purified Soul Power.

• The Third Hall Master revealed that he had cracked Xiao Yan’s Heavy Xuan Ruler and summoned a black bead to unleash the Heavy Spirit Domain.
• The domain’s crushing gravity restrained Xiao Yan, but he activated the Vajra Glazed Body and Ancient Dragon Phoenix Armor, then attacked with his Domain of Flame and Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus.
• The clash destroyed Yanluo City and left Xu Zhen, his great-grandfather, and Mu Leng watching from a distance as the battle continued.
• The Third Hall Master summoned countless phantoms into a Soul-Congealing Palm and declared that he would take Xiao Yan back to the Ghost Fiend Gate.
• Xiao Yan used the Fallen Heart Flame and Purifying Lotus Demon Flame to burn and refine the domain’s Soul Power, which the jade bottle in his Storage Ring secretly absorbed.

Xiao Yan battled the Third Hall Master, who used the Heavy Spirit Domain and surprise attacks to wear him down. After Xiao Yan unleashed his Destruction Fire Body and shattered the Third Hall Master’s giant palm, the Third Hall Master immobilized him and called on Yu Du, who demanded to know where a girl was after recognizing Xiao Yan’s jade pendant.

• Xiao Yan and the Third Hall Master exchanged more than a hundred blows, while the Third Hall Master secretly persuaded Yu Du to join him by offering a chance at survival.
• The Third Hall Master expanded the Heavy Spirit Domain, vanished into darkness, and attacked Xiao Yan with hidden strikes and a gigantic palm.
• Xiao Yan activated the Destruction Fire Body, broke free of the compressed domain, and used Heavenly Flames and a Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus to destroy the giant palm.
• As Xiao Yan charged the Third Hall Master, the Third Hall Master immobilized him with gravity and darkness, forcing the Destruction Fire Body to end.
• The Third Hall Master called for Yu Du to attack, but Yu Du recognized Xiao Yan’s jade pendant and demanded to know where the girl was.

Old Ghost Yu Du demanded that Xiao Yan reveal Lian'er's whereabouts, then decided to attack both Xiao Yan and the Third Hall Master to secure his own survival. His strike sent two figures into the abyss, leaving their fates unclear.

• Old Ghost Yu Du threatened Xiao Yan and offered to spare a wisp of his soul if Xiao Yan revealed where Lian'er was.
• Xiao Yan refused to betray Lian'er and realized Old Ghost Yu Du wanted something from him, so he challenged Yu Du to attack the Third Hall Master.
• The Third Hall Master warned Old Ghost Yu Du not to betray their plan, while Yu Du weighed the chance to gain power against the threat posed by both men.
• Old Ghost Yu Du chose to pursue both goals and unleashed Poison Xuan Finger at Xiao Yan while striking the Third Hall Master from behind.
• Two figures were blasted into the abyss, and their identities and fates remained unknown.

Gu You saved Xiao Yan from Old Ghost Yu Du’s Poison Xuan Finger, while the Third Hall Master prepared to devour Yu Du’s soul to regain the strength to capture Xiao Yan. Far away, Xu Zhen and his great-grandfather fled after the Xu Clan was wiped out, and the old man urgently sought an infant.

• Gu You struck Old Ghost Yu Du and the Third Hall Master away from Xiao Yan, breaking the Heavy Spirit Domain and saving Xiao Yan from the Poison Xuan Finger.
• Xiao Yan swallowed ninth-grade Qi Recovery Pills and circulated the Flame Mantra, but his severe wounds left him recovering slowly.
• The Third Hall Master confronted Old Ghost Yu Du and began using the Ghost Fiend Gate’s Spirit Devouring Mantra to devour Yu Du’s soul.
• Old Ghost Yu Du tried to detonate his Soul Origin, but the Third Hall Master suppressed it with the Blood Talisman Seal and enveloped him in black mist.
• Xu Zhen’s great-grandfather stopped during their flight from Yanluo City, said he could not hold on much longer, and ordered Xu Zhen to find him an infant.
• Xu Zhen and his great-grandfather fled after the rest of the Xu Clan died from their injuries, leaving only the two of them alive.

Xiao Yan faced the strengthened Third Hall Master in a desperate battle after absorbing natural energy to recover. Badly injured and nearly out of Dou Qi, Xiao Yan summoned his Clan Mark as his last chance against the Third Hall Master.

• Xiao Yan finished cultivating beneath the tornado and prepared to face the rising presence in the abyss.
• The Third Hall Master emerged with power at the Mid Eight-Star Half-Emperor level and attacked Xiao Yan, who learned that Old Ghost Yu Du was resisting within him.
• Xiao Yan countered the Third Hall Master's Cloud Demon Palm with several Dou Techniques, but the clash sent both men flying and left Xiao Yan gravely injured.
• The Third Hall Master dodged Xiao Yan's attack and repeatedly struck him until Xiao Yan could barely stay upright.
• Xiao Yan gathered his remaining strength, formed a series of seals, and shouted, "Clan Mark, appear!"

Xiao Yan awakened his Dou Di Bloodline, recovered his strength, and overwhelmed the Third Hall Master before the two unleashed their strongest techniques. The Third Hall Master countered Xiao Yan’s Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus by self-detonating, leaving the sky a pitch-black void and the battle’s outcome unclear.

• Xiao Yan awakened his Dou Di Bloodline, healing his injuries and raising his strength to the level of a Five-Star Half-Emperor.
• The Sacred Blood Crystal alerted the First Elder, who ordered his subordinates to make Xiao Mingyuan search every region for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan defeated the Third Hall Master’s Heavenly Demon Palm and battered him with Eight Extremes Blast.
• The Third Hall Master revealed his Mysterious Nether Soul-Devouring Palm, while Xiao Yan launched his Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus.
• The Fire Lotus’s waves severely wounded the Third Hall Master, who self-detonated to shatter its final wave and suppress the attack.

Two months after arriving at Ancient Wilderness City for the Alchemist Grand Meeting, Xiao Yan searched for the weapon refiner who could repair his Heavy Xuan Ruler and entered the powerful Cloud-Hidden Pavilion. He left the first floor for the second after concealing his true strength and presenting himself as a Dou Zong.

• Xiao Yan reached Ancient Wilderness City, confident that his mastery of the Wind Movement Realm let him challenge opponents far stronger than himself.
• He surveyed the city’s powerful cultivators and recalled Burning Flame Valley’s ancient ties to the Origin Martial Continent.
• Xiao Yan noticed the imposing Cloud-Hidden Pavilion and entered, sensing that it might hold something he needed.
• Inside, he found a pill-filled hall displaying medicinal ingredients and pills, then headed for the second floor.
• Two elderly guards required visitors to be Dou Zong experts, so Xiao Yan released a deliberately weakened presence and passed their test.
• Xiao Yan ignored the crowd’s surprise and climbed the stairs to the second floor.

Xiao Yan climbed through the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion, revealing increasingly powerful auras to pass the guards without delay. On the fourth floor, he drew the attention of the Dou Sheng experts and spotted something at a counter that he needed.

• Xiao Yan released a Dou Zun presence on the second floor and passed the guard to reach the third floor.
• Xiao Yan displayed a Dou Sheng presence on the third floor and proceeded to the fourth floor, while visitors realized the young Dou Zong, Dou Zun, and Dou Sheng were all him.
• Xiao Yan entered the fourth-floor hall, where nearly everyone present was a Dou Sheng expert and an elder secretly recognized his Half-Emperor Sovereign cultivation.
• The fourth-floor attendants and visitors took note of Xiao Yan's extraordinary strength, but he ignored their attention and focused on something at a counter that he needed.

Xiao Yan accepted Elder Xuan’s gift of Flame Essence Jade Marrow after the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion punished Li Kang and expelled him for a month. Xiao Yan left the pavilion unaware that a mysterious young man in green was watching him from its sixth floor.

• Elder Xuan offered Xiao Yan the Flame Essence Jade Marrow for free, and Xiao Yan accepted it as a token of friendship.
• Elder Xuan ordered Li Kang to leave the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion and barred him from returning for a month; Li Kang reluctantly obeyed and left with his Eight-Star Dou Sheng protector.
• Elder Xuan warned Xiao Yan that Li Kang’s grandfather was a Six-Star Half-Emperor, but Xiao Yan said he would not bother with him unless he caused trouble.
• Xiao Yan spoke with Elder Xuan before leaving the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion, while a young man in green watched him from the sixth floor without being noticed.

Luo Jin revealed that Xiao Yan had killed an Eight-Star Half-Emperor Cloud-Splitting Wolf with one blow, while Xiao Yan began engraving the Nine Revolutions Avatar Art into an avatar using Flame Essence Jade Marrow. His first powerful strike left only a pale mark on the crystal.

• Luo Jin told Elder Xuan that Xiao Yan had killed an Eight-Star Half-Emperor Cloud-Splitting Wolf with one blow.
• Xiao Yan opened the jade box and suppressed the flames erupting from the Flame Essence Jade Marrow.
• Xiao Yan sent the Flame Essence Jade Marrow into one of his nine avatars and prepared to engrave the cultivation method.
• Xiao Yan formed a soul blade and struck the Flame Essence Jade Marrow, leaving a pale white mark.

Xiao Yan visited the eccentric weapon refiner Luo Jin had recommended, but encountered Li Kang and his Eight-Star Dou Sheng guard in the courtyard. After Xiao Yan’s newly completed avatar struck Li Kang and his Soul Power overwhelmed the guard, an unfathomably powerful voice ordered them to take their fight outside.

• Xiao Yan finished refining and fusing his first avatar, which endured a Lightning Tribulation and reached Dou Sheng strength.
• Xiao Yan went to the dilapidated home of an eccentric weapon refiner who would only work with rare and wondrous metals.
• Li Kang recognized Xiao Yan and ordered his Eight-Star Dou Sheng guard to suppress him while Li Kang tried to slap him.
• Xiao Yan’s avatar appeared and slapped Li Kang into a wall before the guard destroyed the avatar with a punch.
• Xiao Yan used Soul Power to hurl the guard into a deep pit, then heard an unseen expert demand that they fight outside.