Recaps

Wang Hao fought High Person Longxiang while trying to survive the Five Mountains Sword Sect's encirclement and break through his bottleneck. As Emperor Mingde and the Wheel-Turning King watched, news arrived that the Confucian School had brought siege weapons into the capital, and the Wheel-Turning King left to confront its expert.

• Wang Hao killed the black-clad swordsman wielding the Mysterious Water Sword, then High Person Longxiang struck him through two walls and they began exchanging heavy blows.
• The Five Mountains Sword Sect experts stayed back as Wang Hao and High Person Longxiang fought, while the refined-looking man resolved to kill Wang Hao because of his potential threat to the Confucian School.
• The Wheel-Turning King told Emperor Mingde that Wang Hao was a rare talent and advised treating him as a potential ally rather than trying to bring him into imperial service.
• A eunuch reported that over a thousand troops carrying siege crossbows and cannons had gathered three li away, and Emperor Mingde refused to send forces against them so he could see which subordinates served the Confucian School.
• Emperor Mingde sent the Wheel-Turning King to delay the Confucian School's expert at the distant tower, while Cao Haisheng and Eastern Depot Grandmasters arrived to protect the emperor.

Wang Hao defeated High Person Longxiang after a six-hour battle, and the two parted without hostility. After High Person Longxiang warned him about a Half-Step Xiantian Grandmaster nearby, he gave Wang Hao the Confucian School's Jade Snail Pills, leaving the watching allies furious.

• Atop the Stargazing Tower, Li Haoran and the Wheel-Turning King watched Wang Hao fight and recognized his extraordinary talent and signs of the Vajra Indestructible Body.
• Wang Hao's Nine Revolutions Body Tempering Instruction advanced during the prolonged battle, and his strength grew until he forced High Person Longxiang to his knees.
• High Person Longxiang conceded defeat, and Wang Hao spared him because he had fought without murderous intent.
• High Person Longxiang said his defeat had calmed his temperament and left him ready to cultivate the Vajra Great Handprint, then secretly warned Wang Hao that a Half-Step Xiantian Grandmaster of the Confucian School was in the tower due north.
• A refined Confucian School disciple gave High Person Longxiang a Jade Snail Pill, but Longxiang took the bottle and tossed it to Wang Hao, who swallowed the remaining pills as the Five Mountains Sword Sect's experts watched in dismay.

High Person Longxiang left after accusing the Confucian School of exploiting him, and Wang Hao fought the Five Mountains Sword Sect until he reached the peak of the Transformation Realm and defeated most of the Mount Song Sword Sect experts. As Li Haoran and Elder Chu faced off, the refined man unleashed a desperate sword strike at Wang Hao, who made a move that stunned everyone.

• High Person Longxiang denounced the Confucian School, exchanged farewells with Wang Hao, and left the ruins.
• The refined man rallied the Five Mountains Sword Sect experts to attack Wang Hao, who fought their formations and destroyed the army's siege weapons and cannons.
• After six hours of battle, Wang Hao reached the peak of the Transformation Realm, killed several Mount Song Sword Sect experts, and watched the remaining fighters flee.
• The refined man prepared a powerful sword technique as Li Haoran and the Wheel-Turning King appeared, and the Wheel-Turning King revealed Li Haoran's history with Elder Chu.
• Elder Chu arrived carrying the Martial Repository Pavilion plaque, and he and the Wheel-Turning King considered but rejected joining forces to kill Li Haoran.
• The refined man used the Vast Righteousness Sword Instruction: Sacrifice Life for Righteousness and thrust his blade at Wang Hao, who made a startling move.

Wang Hao survived Li Haoran’s attack, wounded him, and escaped through the pond passage into the Great Yuan Treasure. He reached the hidden vault entrance and began treating his injuries while Li Haoran was left outside, shaken by Wang Hao’s strength and Sword Intent.

• Wang Hao blocked the refined man’s Sword Qi with the Shameless Greatsword, then struck him down after the man exhausted his True Qi.
• Wang Hao fused Two Armies Facing Off with Explosive Force and clashed with Li Haoran, cracking Li Haoran’s sword and sending both fighters flying.
• Wang Hao used a thrown stone to stop Li Haoran from pursuing him, then fled through the pond’s outlet and sealed the passage behind him.
• Wang Hao followed Xiao Mengmeng’s directions to break through the wall into the Great Yuan Treasure’s passage, where he collapsed and began treating his Sword Qi injuries.
• Li Haoran realized Wang Hao had entered the treasure passage and worried that the young fighter’s near-perfect Sword Intent could make him more terrifying than Damo or Zhang Sanfeng.

After Wang Hao escaped the battle, the Great Ming imperial family chose to hide his whereabouts while the Confucian School’s elders decided to make him a trial for their younger generation. The chapter leaves the Five Mountains Sword Sect fearing Wang Hao’s future revenge, while Ning Zhongze privately considered asking someone to protect the Mount Hua Sword Sect’s children.

• Li Haoran accidentally castrated his injured disciple with stray Sword Qi, then left the capital with him when Elder Chu, the Wheel-Turning King, and Cao Haisheng surrounded him.
• Emperor Mingde proposed secretly helping Wang Hao, but Elder Chu refused and ordered Cao Haisheng to tighten security and suppress officials’ efforts to track him.
• Li Haoran told the Li Household’s Old Ancestor that Wang Hao had escaped and displayed extraordinary talent; the Old Ancestor gave Li Haoran the Zhanlu Sword and urged him to reach the Innate realm.
• Confucian School ancestors across the Central Plains chose to use Wang Hao as a whetstone for their younger generation.
• Yue Buqun worried that Wang Hao would eventually destroy the Mount Hua Sword Sect, while Ning Zhongze comforted him and considered asking someone to take Chong'er, Lingshan, and the others away.

After recovering from his escape, Wang Hao broke through to the Grandmaster Realm and entered the Great Yuan Treasure, where he found the dynasty’s hidden wealth and the Supreme Yoga Tantra manual. The manual’s unusual cultivation system intrigued him, but its claims of supernatural powers left him skeptical.

• Wang Hao tempered his body and True Spirit Sword Intent with the Sword Qi fragments, awakening Innate Qi and reaching the Grandmaster Realm.
• Wang Hao endured the treasure vault’s traps and entered an ancient underground burial palace beneath the Great Yuan Treasure.
• Wang Hao found more than ten thousand chests of gold, jewels, and weapons, which he recognized as the Yuan Dynasty’s final reserve.
• Wang Hao followed Xiao Mengmeng’s directions and discovered the Supreme Yoga Tantra manual hidden beneath a floor tile under a coffin.
• Wang Hao read that the manual cultivated seven nodes and three hidden channels, then doubted its claims of extraordinary supernatural powers.

Wang Hao escaped the underground treasure vault, concealed his identity, and emerged in the capital with the Great Yuan treasure secured. After settling into a new disguise and eating, he encountered Tie Niu and passed along a provocative question about Taohong.

• Wang Hao memorized the divine technique about domains, destroyed its scroll, and found the vault’s ventilation passage.
• Wang Hao dug out of the passage into a tofu workshop’s backyard, took a local man’s clothes, and paid him a hundred taels of gold to leave the capital with his wife.
• Wang Hao washed, adopted the fixed appearance of Zhu Yanzu, and discovered that the disguise had reduced his strength to 75,000 jin.
• Wang Hao ordered hundreds of roast chickens and a feast, then recognized Tie Niu on the street and asked whether Taohong’s body had been a pretty sight.

Wang Hao reunited with Tie Niu in a hidden tofu workshop, learned about the capital’s lockdown and turmoil in the Blood Robe Tower, and began preparing to forge weapons. After Tie Niu brought Taohong there by force, Wang Hao apologized and put her in charge of the cooking while they secretly hauled gold out of the underground treasury; the chapter left them gathered in the workshop as Wang Hao planned his next steps.

• Wang Hao disguised himself, sent Tie Niu to bring roast chickens to the tofu workshop, then revealed himself and asked about events in the capital.
• Tie Niu told Wang Hao that the capital was locked down and that the Blood Robe Tower’s halls and leaders had fallen into conflict.
• Wang Hao ordered Tie Niu to retrieve the Profound Iron forging tools, a scroll, and Chef Li, but Tie Niu returned with Taohong tied up in a sack.
• Wang Hao freed Taohong, apologized, and asked her to cook and remain hidden in the workshop for a few days.
• Wang Hao and Tie Niu used ropes and pulleys to haul more than ten million taels of gold from the underground treasury, then concealed the tunnel entrance.
• Taohong prepared a meal, and Wang Hao teased Tie Niu for staring at her while considering whether Tie Niu had brought her there intentionally.

Wang Hao forged ten million taels of gold into purple gold and finished a dazzling suit of battle armor, while Zhao Fengxue and Zhao Dachui secretly plotted to pair Tie Niu with Taohong. The chapter left Tie Niu wondering who the armor was made for after realizing its design seemed intended for a woman.

• Wang Hao built a soundproof forge and refined the gold into red gold before beginning the work of making purple gold.
• Li Dazui begged Zhao Fengxue to find his missing daughter, and Zhao Dachui reported that Tie Niu had taken Taohong away after retrieving Wang Hao’s belongings and forging tools.
• Zhao Fengxue and Zhao Dachui concluded that Wang Hao had returned and secretly arranged to spread a rumor that Tie Niu and Taohong had already become intimate, hoping to secure their marriage.
• Wang Hao completed a purple-gold battle armor and a matching war bow, while Tie Niu complained that his own black armor and battleaxe looked shabby.
• Tie Niu realized the purple-gold armor and bow were too heavy for him and asked Wang Hao whether the armor had been made for a woman.

Wang Hao finished forging the Xun Feather armor, bow, and other gifts for Zhao Dachui and Sun Ruonan, then hurried to their wedding. After giving the newlyweds his gift and sharing a final drink with Zhao Dachui, he left the capital while keeping his identity secret.

• Wang Hao explained that the Xun Feather armor and bow were made for Sun Ruonan, and said the mechanical wings might allow her to fly or glide.
• Wang Hao packed the armor, weapons, arrows, soft armor, and a purple-gold plaque into a heavy chest, then set out for the Sun residence.
• Wang Hao arrived after the wedding feast and Zhao Dachui recognized him by a distinctive gesture despite his concealed face.
• Wang Hao gave Sun Ruonan the chest, shared a final drink with Zhao Dachui, and said farewell before leaving.
• Sun Ruonan asked who the veiled visitor was, and Zhao Dachui kept Wang Hao's identity secret before inviting her to inspect the chest.

Elder Chu and the Sun family celebrated the purple-gold gifts Wang Hao had sent, but news that Prince Dula had captured Hulan City forced Zhao Fengxue to mobilize Blood Wind Hall to aid General Li. The chapter ended with Zhao Dachui and Zhao Fengxue discovering that Sun Ruonan had never been pregnant, after Sun De admitted she could accompany them to the frontier.

• Elder Chu tested the durable Martial Repository Pavilion plaque and rushed out to celebrate with wine.
• Sun Ruonan admired the Xun Feather Battle Armor and learned from Wang Hao's instructions that its wings could fly, while Zhao Dachui hid his gifted swords from Zhao Fengxue.
• The Sun residence learned that Prince Dula's hundred thousand grassland troops had taken Hulan City and that General Li Xiongxin was holding out in a nearby satellite city.
• Zhao Fengxue received Cao Haisheng's order to lead Blood Wind Hall assassins through the mountain paths and hold out for three days because bridges and roads had been sabotaged.
• Zhao Dachui and Sun Ruonan asked to join the mission, and Sun De revealed that Ruonan was not pregnant and had lied with him to hasten the marriage.

Disguised as Zhu Yanzu, Wang Hao escaped the capital with a coffin and met Dongfang Bai on the road. He gave her martial arts manuals and received the Dragon Divine Art, then continued onward while Dongfang Bai remained uncertain about their future.

• Wang Hao bribed the city gate soldiers to inspect his coffin, then left the capital with the bully’s body inside.
• After Xiao Mengmeng alerted Wang Hao that Dongfang Bai was waiting ahead, he drove his cart to meet her at a roadside pavilion.
• Wang Hao gave Dongfang Bai a sack of copied martial arts manuals and confessed his affection, while she warned that their family ties made them enemies.
• Dongfang Bai gave Wang Hao a first-draft copy of the Dragon Divine Art, and he treasured it as her first gift to him.
• Dongfang Bai questioned why Wang Hao was transporting a heavily loaded cart, and he claimed he was carrying gold for a friend before riding away.

Wang Hao reunited with Wangcai in the mountains, then used Fortune Points to comprehend the Dragon Divine Art and Supreme Yoga Tantra. He uncovered links between the Tantra’s magnetic-field points and the seven corporeal souls, and created new methods for cultivating spiritual sense and True Qi.

• Dongfang Bai examined Wang Hao’s scroll of more than a thousand martial arts manuals and worried that the gifts had made her debt to him even greater.
• Wang Hao memorized the Dragon Divine Art, gained Fortune Points, discarded his cart and coffin, freed the oxen, and reunited with Wangcai in the mountains.
• Wang Hao and Wangcai hunted and grilled a meal, after which Wang Hao began comprehending the Dragon Divine Art and Supreme Yoga Tantra.
• Wang Hao learned that the Supreme Yoga Tantra cultivated the body’s magnetic field and suspected its seven source points corresponded to the seven corporeal souls.
• Wang Hao analyzed the Dragon Divine Art’s methods, recognized how spiritual sense underlay Divine Dragon Roaming, and spent Fortune Points devising a visualization method and a True Qi cultivation method.

Wang Hao created new cultivation methods and trained in seclusion while Zhao Fengxue’s group reached the besieged satellite city near Hulan City. Sun Ruonan prepared to slip through the steppe army’s defenses and reach General Li Xiongxin so he could help Blood Wind Hall enter the city.

• Wang Hao reviewed his improved status, learned from Xiao Mengmeng why the second level of his body-tempering method was incomplete, and began cultivating his new methods in the mountains.
• Zhao Fengxue led Blood Wind Hall’s assassins three hundred li to a forest near the satellite city where Li Xiongxin was defending against the steppe army.
• Zhao Fengxue ordered the exhausted group to rest before attempting to cross the cavalry’s defensive line in the early morning.
• Zhao Fengxue planned to use Heaven-Shaking Thunder bombs and send Sun Ruonan ahead to win Li Xiongxin’s trust and arrange archery support and an open gate.
• Sun Ruonan explained that she could glide fifty zhang in the Xun Feather Cloth and force her way through most of the enemy line, and Zhao Fengxue told her to wear a black cloak and signal once she reached the general.
• Zhao Fengxue asked Tie Niu about the Blood Ginseng Good Fortune Pill, and Tie Niu said he had refined half its medicinal power and reached Late First-Rate cultivation.

Sun Ruonan crossed the steppe army’s defenses in her mechanized armor and reached the garrison city, where she reunited with her uncle Li Xiongxin. After learning the city gates had been sealed and could not be opened for the planned attack, she asked for a thousand full-body shields.

• Sun Ruonan used her armor’s wings to glide over the steppe cavalry’s perimeter, then climbed the garrison wall despite arrows and spears.
• Sun Ruonan revealed herself to Li Xiongxin, who recognized her and marveled at her armor’s defenses and transforming helmet.
• Sun Ruonan delivered the Eastern Depot’s military order and explained that Zhao Dachui and over a thousand Blood Wind Hall men waited in the woods for support and a chance to enter the city.
• A bearded general objected to obeying the Eastern Depot, but Li Xiongxin confirmed the order was genuine and explained that boulders sealed all four gates.
• Sun Ruonan asked Li Xiongxin for a thousand shields large enough to cover a person’s whole body.

Zhao Fengxue and his allies broke through the steppe army’s defenses and escaped into the fortress with Sun Ruonan’s help. After the raid, Zhao Fengxue and Li Xiongxin discussed rooting out traitors, then shared a lighthearted wedding toast that left Zhao Dachui uneasy about Sun Ruonan’s strength.

• Zhao Fengxue led the Blood Wind Hall killers in a night assault, using explosive black balls to panic the steppe army’s horses while Tie Niu, Zhao Dachui, and 9527 spearheaded the charge.
• Sun Ruonan threw the killers over the fortress wall, then helped Zhao Fengxue defeat two steppe Grandmasters and shield the retreat from a volley of arrows.
• Li Xiongxin’s archers covered the group as Sun Ruonan helped them reach the wall, bringing the raid to a successful end.
• Zhao Fengxue warned Li Xiongxin’s officers not to aid any traitors, and Li Xiongxin agreed to cooperate in protecting the fortress.
• After official business ended, Zhao Fengxue asked Zhao Dachui and Sun Ruonan to offer Li Xiongxin a wedding toast, and Sun Ruonan cracked the floor when she stamped her foot.

Li Xiongxin offered Zhao Dachui and Sun Ruonan treasured gifts, but Sun Ruonan revealed the far superior Xun Feather Cloth and enormous bow and arrows made for her by Wang Hao. The steppe army breached the northern gate with a Red Barbarian Cannon, and Sun Ruonan prepared to stop its next shot as Zhao Dachui and Tie Niu held back the cavalry.

• Li Xiongxin gave Zhao Dachui his Heavenly Silkworm Treasured Garment and offered Sun Ruonan his Jade-Carved Bow and Wind-Chasing Arrows.
• Sun Ruonan revealed her Xun Feather Cloth, purple-gold bow, and massive arrows, astonishing Li Xiongxin with their strength and materials.
• Zhao Fengxue dismissed Li Xiongxin's hopes of obtaining similar armor, explaining that Wang Hao's creation had cost more than ten million taels of gold.
• The Red Barbarian Cannon blasted the northern city gate, and Zhao Fengxue sent Zhao Dachui and Tie Niu to defend it while 9527 deployed assassins around the city.
• Sun Ruonan told Zhao Fengxue she might be able to pierce the cannon, and he took her to the wall as the steppe cavalry charged through the ruined gate.
• Zhao Dachui and Tie Niu blocked the cavalry inside the gate, while Zhao Fengxue warned Sun Ruonan that the cannon was about to fire again.

Sun Ruonan destroyed the red-cannon and killed Prince Dula with her purple-gold war bow, forcing the grassland army to retreat. After Zhao Fengxue exposed General Qin as a spy, Qin poisoned himself, leaving Zhao and Li Xiongxin to face the threat of the powerful faction behind him and the imperial court’s scrutiny.

• Sun Ruonan shot an arrow into the red-cannon’s muzzle, causing it to explode before it could fire at the city.
• Sun Ruonan then shot Prince Dula from three hundred zhang away, killing him, and the grassland army withdrew after confirming his death.
• The retreating grassland army looted and burned Hulan City as it left.
• Zhao Fengxue arrested General Qin and showed Li Xiongxin evidence that Qin had colluded with outsiders and the tribesmen.
• General Qin confessed that he had wanted to trap the grassland army, then poisoned himself with a toxin hidden beneath his fingernail.
• Zhao Fengxue decided to prepare an escape route, while Li Xiongxin feared punishment for having promoted Qin.

After the steppe invasion ended, factions and Emperor Mingde coveted Sun Ruonan’s Xun Feather Cloth, while Zhao Fengxue refused to surrender it and fell out with the imperial family. He took his family to the Great Yuan treasury and decided they would hide its vast treasure underground and keep Sun Ruonan concealed there.

• Old General Jiang learned that Dula had been killed and the steppe army had retreated, then sent thirty thousand soldiers to clear bandits while he continued to Hulan City.
• Various factions identified Wang Hao as the likely maker of Sun Ruonan’s Xun Feather Cloth and Purple Gold war bow and began coveting the armor.
• Emperor Mingde discreetly tried to obtain Zhao Fengxue’s Xun Feather Cloth and weapon, but Zhao refused and offered only Wang Hao’s Red Gold armguards.
• Zhao Fengxue brought Sun Ruonan, Zhao Dachui, Taohong, and Tie Niu to the Great Yuan treasury, where they found thousands of chests of treasure, weapons, and armor.
• Zhao Fengxue ordered them to dig a passage to a river and hide the treasure there, keeping Sun Ruonan concealed in the treasury; Tie Niu eagerly volunteered to bring down supplies.

After six months of training, Wang Hao reached Bright Peak in search of the Nine Yang True Scripture and followed Xiao Mengmeng’s guidance to a sinkhole. There, a powerful Half-step Innate old man confronted him, leaving Wang Hao facing a possible fight.

• Wang Hao smashed a boulder and confirmed that Shock Force had advanced to the early stage of Complete Integration.
• Wang Hao reviewed his progress over six months and decided to seek the Nine Yang Divine Art before pursuing the Supreme Yoga Tantra.
• Wang Hao and Wangcai reached Bright Peak, explored its ruins, and rested while Wang Hao prepared to search for the Nine Yang True Scripture.
• Xiao Mengmeng located the scripture 102 li southeast of Bright Peak, costing Wang Hao a thousand Fortune Points.
• Wang Hao followed the search to a deep sinkhole, where Xiao Mengmeng warned him that a Half-step Innate expert was approaching.
• A burly old man appeared, showed murderous intent toward Wang Hao, and was asked to identify himself.

Wang Hao fought Yuanyuan Temur, a descendant of Zhao Min, after the old man tried to kill him near the sinkhole. Wang Hao broke Yuanyuan Temur’s arms and leg, but the wounded man unleashed a suicidal technique and charged; Wang Hao raised a boulder to meet him.

• Yuanyuan Temur revealed that he was Zhao Min’s descendant and attacked Wang Hao with the hot and cold forces of his Profound Ice Blazing Fire Palm.
• Wang Hao and Yuanyuan Temur fought for hours, until Yuanyuan Temur collapsed the ground and knocked the Shameless Greatsword from Wang Hao’s hands.
• Wang Hao continued fighting barehanded, outlasting Yuanyuan Temur and breaking both of his arms with a rapid charge.
• Yuanyuan Temur tried to flee through the sinkhole, but Wang Hao hurled stones at him and shattered his kneecap.
• Yuanyuan Temur ignited his body with Jade and Stone Burn Together and charged at Wang Hao, who lifted a boulder to block him.

After surviving Yuanyuan Temur’s self-destruction, Wang Hao recovered by eating powerful spirit peaches and searched for the Nine Yang Divine Art. He discovered it was buried in Zhao Min’s grave, while Zhang Wuji sensed that something had happened to his son and set out for Peach Valley.

• Yuanyuan Temur’s final attack blasted Wang Hao into a cliff, and Zhang Wuji sensed danger and decided to visit Peach Valley.
• Wang Hao spent several days refining the scorching True Qi and recovering before using his alternate identity to escape the cliff.
• Wangcai accidentally landed on Wang Hao and injured him again, then brought him a third-tier spirit peach that helped restore his strength.
• Wang Hao and Wangcai found the peach tree and Yuanyuan Temur’s cabin in the sinkhole, and Wang Hao ate more peaches to heal.
• Xiao Mengmeng guided Wang Hao to a cave where he learned the Nine Yang Divine Art was buried in Zhao Min’s grave.

Wang Hao uncovered Zhao Min’s collection of martial arts manuals, memorized Yuanyuan Temur’s Profound Ice Blazing Fire Palm, and discovered that Wangcai had eaten most of the spirit peaches. He transplanted the spirit peach tree and set off by boat to deliver the remaining peaches to Dongfang Bai, while Zhang Wuji returned to the peach valley.

• Wang Hao opened Zhao Min’s tomb, buried an empty coffin for Yuanyuan Temur beside her, and found a stone box full of martial arts manuals, including the Nine Yang Divine Art.
• Wang Hao read the cave walls, guessed that Zhao Min had left Zhang Wuji after his involvement with Zhou Zhiruo, and memorized Yuanyuan Temur’s Profound Ice Blazing Fire Palm.
• Wang Hao found that Wangcai had eaten twenty-three of the spirit peaches and learned from Xiao Mengmeng that the remaining peaches could extend a person’s life and preserve their appearance.
• Wang Hao dug up the spirit peach tree, packed the nine remaining peaches in a yinwood trunk, and sailed down the Yangtze toward Hangzhou to send them to Dongfang Bai.
• Zhang Wuji returned from overseas and arrived at the peach valley as Wang Hao’s boat neared Hangzhou.

Wang Hao discovered Peach Blossom Island had been burned to ruins and left for Fuzhou to find out what happened to Yushu and the others. As he neared his destination, he learned Dongfang Bai had received the martial arts manuals he sent her.

• Zhang Wuji recognized the crater as the result of Yuanyuan Temur's Jade and Stone Burn Together, vowed revenge for his son's death and Zhao Min's desecrated grave, and set off with Zhou Zhiruo for Wudang to search for the culprits.
• Wang Hao hired the Good Fortune Escort Agency to deliver sealed spirit peaches to the Dongfang family's old residence, paying with a five-hundred-year-old ginseng root and demanding secrecy.
• Wang Hao reached Peach Blossom Island and found it burned to ash, but the removal of the forge's anvil and hammer suggested Yushu and the others had withdrawn in an orderly fashion.
• Wang Hao sailed back to Hangzhou, transferred the spirit peach tree and Wangcai to a seagoing boat, and headed for Fuzhou to ask Lin Zhennan about the women's fate.
• Near Fuzhou, Xiao Mengmeng notified Wang Hao that Dongfang Bai had received the manuals he had copied and hidden inside the yin wood.

Dongfang Bai examined Wang Hao’s dangerous gifts and shared the spirit peaches with Little Bai and Granny Song. Meanwhile, Zhang Wuji and Zhou Zhiruo returned to the Central Plains, learned of Wang Hao’s alarming reputation from Daoist Priest Chongxu, and set out to find him before the Confucian School could interfere.

• Granny Song warned Dongfang Bai that Wang Hao’s manuals included Shaolin and Wudang supreme arts, but Dongfang Bai insisted she knew what she was doing.
• Little Bai eagerly ate five spirit peaches, and Dongfang Bai and Granny Song agreed to keep one peach each and leave the remaining peaches for Little Bai and Dongfang Bai.
• Zhang Wuji presented his father’s jade pendant to Daoist Priest Chongxu, who recognized him and welcomed him and Zhou Zhiruo to Mount Wudang.
• Zhang Wuji asked Chongxu to help locate two powerful men, and Chongxu identified them as the rumored Wang Hao and his companion.
• After hearing Chongxu describe Wang Hao’s astonishing reputation, Zhang Wuji decided to find and kill him quickly.