Recaps

Su Hong explained the dangers and constraints of traveling through spatial node passages between realms, while Li Yan asked how ascension and transporting others worked. Despite learning the risks, Li Yan agreed to pay for a passage to the Mortal Realm, and Su Hong prepared to guide him to a dangerous node in the North Pasture Realm.

• Su Hong explained that descending through a spatial node required carefully suppressing one's cultivation, since a surge of power could collapse the passage and kill the traveler.
• Li Yan asked whether someone who had ascended before could return more easily and whether family members could be carried in a spirit-storage space; Su Hong answered that both were possible but carrying others increased the danger.
• Li Yan offered compensation for access to a spatial node, and Su Hong named a price of one hundred supreme-grade spirit stones, which he accepted without hesitation.
• Su Hong recalled that Guiqulaixi had identified two likely lower-realm nodes in the North Pasture Realm, based on information gathered over four hundred years earlier, and chose a relatively stable but dangerous passage.
• Li Yan insisted that the danger did not matter if the passage could take him to the Mortal Realm.

After learning that Su Hong had searched for him for centuries, Li Yan resolved to keep his distance from her but told Mu Guyue that he planned to descend to the lower realm to find Mu Sha. Mu Guyue chose to accompany him, and the group left the Broken Army Sect to search for a spatial node.

• Uncle Lian told Li Yan that Su Hong had spent several hundred years searching for him, including in the lower realm.
• Li Yan decided not to seek Su Hong's help again and went to speak with Mu Guyue about their plans.
• Li Yan explained that Su Hong could trade for a spatial node leading to the lower realm and laid out the dangers and choices facing Mu Guyue.
• Mu Guyue chose to descend with Li Yan, and he said the node should emerge near Qingqing Continent.
• Shangguan Tianque agreed to their departure, and two days later Li Yan, Mu Guyue, Su Hong, and the other two left the Broken Army Sect.
• Su Hong led the group east through remote teleportation arrays and chaotic space, circling north around the Heavenly Demon Grassland.

Li Yan and Mu Guyue reached a dangerous spatial node and chose to enter it despite Su Hong's uncertainty. Meanwhile, Gong Chenying reunited with Qianji and Zi Kun and planned to return with them to the Phantom Sect to decide how they would search for Li Yan.

• After seven years of travel, Li Yan's group reached the spatial node, where Su Hong warned that its passage might have changed.
• Li Yan thanked Su Hong, then entered the black opening with Mu Guyue, leaving Su Hong and her escorts behind.
• Uncle Lian and Uncle Ning reassured Su Hong that Li Yan was powerful enough to survive the passage, and she wondered whether he had truly reached the late Spirit Transformation stage.
• In the far north of the Desolate Moon Continent, Qianji and Zi Kun discussed suspicious cultivators searching for mixed spiritual roots and planned to keep watching before seeking their master elsewhere.
• Qianji received word that the Shadow Matriarch had returned, and Gong Chenying arrived at their icy cave.
• Gong Chenying told Qianji and Zi Kun to return with her to the Phantom Sect, where they could decide whether to ascend and search for Li Yan or remain in the lower realm.

Gong Chenying reunited with Zhao Min at the Phantom Sect, and they prepared to ascend using a stable node found by Wei Zhongran and Mo Qing while saying farewell to their remaining family and disciples. The chapter ended as a sinister old man and six powerful companions appeared above the Southern Sea.

• Gong Chenying left the far north with Qianji and Zi Kun, leaving most of the Snow Mosquito Clan behind under the protection of Qianji's three disciples.
• Gong Chenying learned that Hongyin had left the Northern Sea Demon-Suppressing Tower more than twenty years earlier, then returned to the Phantom Sect and reunited with Wei Zhongran and Mo Qing.
• Gong Chenying and Zhao Min learned that Wei Zhongran and Mo Qing had found a stable ascension node near the Wind God Continent, and Zhao Min chose to use it with them.
• Wei Zhongran, Zhao Min, Gong Chenying, and their companions spent time together before their likely final farewell, while Li Zhaoyan returned to Small Bamboo Peak to accompany her family.
• A sinister old man emerged above the Southern Sea with six powerful companions whose auras were concealed.

A gray-robed elder brought six subdued cultivators into the Desolate Moon Continent and ordered them to find Li Yan at the Phantom Sect while he concealed his role. Meanwhile, Li Yan and Mu Guyue survived a perilous journey through turbulent space and emerged safely, though their destination remained unclear.

• The gray-robed elder concealed the spatial barrier’s monitoring formations and instructed his six followers to find Li Yan at the Phantom Sect.
• The six followers suspected the gray-robed elder came from the Immortal-Spirit Realm, while he planned to hide his involvement and use them as cover.
• Li Yan and Mu Guyue emerged from a ball of white light into turbulent space and realized their cultivation had been suppressed by the laws of heaven and earth.
• Li Yan recalled how his Five Elements Chaotic Cloak had helped him sense danger and avoid invisible black holes during their journey.
• Li Yan and Mu Guyue surveyed their surroundings after the light vanished, battered but alive after surviving repeated dangers in space.

Li Yan and Mu Guyue survived a deadly Starfall Beast attack in the spatial passage and descended into the lower realm, where their power was suppressed. After reaching Qingqing Continent, they parted ways, with Mu Guyue heading to the Lost Continent and Li Yan setting out for the Soul Prison Clan.

• Li Yan and Mu Guyue wounded a mid-Void Refinement Realm Starfall Beast with Soul Arts attacks and escaped after Li Yan self-destructed an incarnation, though both suffered severe injuries.
• Li Yan hid from the pursuing beast until the pair reached the lower realm, where the laws suppressed their cultivation and Mu Guyue warned him not to store her away without her consent again.
• Li Yan and Mu Guyue searched Nascent Soul cultivators in a nearby small realm, learned the route to Qingqing Continent, and traveled there while avoiding its guardian cultivators.
• Li Yan told Mu Guyue to inform Mu Sha about him and promised to find her within ten years so they could ascend together; Mu Guyue then departed for the Lost Continent.
• Li Yan flew toward the Soul Prison Clan, hoping to find the Second Ancestor's statue and protect it with formation restrictions.

Phantom Sect’s cultivators gathered to see Zhao Min and Gong Chenying off as Wei Zhongran prepared to escort them toward an ascension node near the Wind God Continent. The gathering ended with Chi Tuo and Wang Tian arguing over Chi Tuo’s conduct at Spirit Insect Peak.

• Baili Yuan and Li Wuyi discussed Li Yan’s unexpected ascension and joked about making him return to guard Phantom Sect.
• Wei Zhongran reflected on Li Yuyin’s feelings and decided to ascend with Zhao Min and Gong Chenying, keeping his dangerous reasons for excluding Li Yuyin to himself.
• Bai Rou questioned two demons about the Wind God Continent, hoping to learn about places where Li Yan had fought.
• Chi Tuo complained that Small Bamboo Peak would be nearly empty after the others left, and Li Wuyi challenged his claim that no one talked to him.
• Wang Tian accused Chi Tuo of intimidating Spirit Insect Peak’s demonic beasts while visiting a Golden Core cultivator, then recounted how the two had fought.

Six outsiders sealed Phantom Sect and attacked its Nascent Soul cultivators while a hidden upper-realm expert used a gravity technique to suppress them. Just as the enemy closed in, the seal and gravity suddenly vanished, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Yan Longzi stopped Wang Tian and Wei Chi Tuo from fighting and reprimanded Wei Chi Tuo.
• Six unfamiliar cultivators, including three Spirit Transformation experts, sealed Phantom Sect and probed the sect with their Divine Senses.
• Wei Zhongran, Mo Qing, and the other Phantom Sect Nascent Soul cultivators gathered at the mountain gate and challenged the intruders.
• A hidden gray-robed elder ordered the six attackers to capture Phantom Sect's cultivators and search their souls for information about Li Yan and the Five Immortal Gates.
• Gu Jiuqi revealed himself and ordered Phantom Sect to fight, but a fourth, upper-realm Spirit Transformation cultivator used a gravity technique to slow the defenders as the attackers struck.
• The seal and gravity technique abruptly melted away before the attackers could finish their assault.

Dong Fuyi pursued the gray-robed elder away from the Phantom Sect while the sect’s cultivators fought off six mysterious attackers. Li Yan returned to the ruined valley near Green Mountain Pass, concealed the Second Ancestor’s statue, and headed back toward Zhao Min and Gong Chenying.

• Dong Fuyi appeared at the Phantom Sect, broke the gray-robed elder’s seal, and chased him into the turbulent-flow space while ordering the six mysterious cultivators to capture the sect’s Nascent Soul and Spirit Transformation cultivators.
• A second powerful newcomer told Gu Jiuqi to hold off the six attackers, and Yan Longzi ordered the disciples to retreat behind the sect-protecting grand formation.
• Dong Fuyi pursued the gray-robed elder, resolved to kill him before he could exploit what Zhao Min and Gong Chenying knew about Li Yan, and considered the rival’s likely plans to claim credit.
• Li Yan emerged from the pool near Green Mountain Pass, found the valley in ruins, and concealed the damaged statue of the Second Ancestor behind an illusion formation, restrictions, and poison.
• Li Yan decided to return to Zhao Min and then seek Gong Chenying on the Wind God Continent.
• Gu Jiuqi attacked three Spirit Transformation opponents while Wei Zhongran and Mo Qing moved to hold back another, giving him a chance to stabilize the Phantom Sect’s defense.

Gong Chenying organized the Phantom Sect’s fighters to hold off the enemy while Gu Jiuqi engaged two Spirit Transformation cultivators. Gong Chenying, Zhao Min, Mo Qing, and Wei Zhongran managed to withstand a strike from an early Spirit Transformation cultivator, while Li Wuyi and Li Yuyin struggled to contain a late Nascent Soul opponent.

• Gong Chenying ordered Zhao Min to help Wei Zhongran and Mo Qing, while the others held back the three late Nascent Soul enemies and focused on killing one.
• Li Wuyi and Li Yuyin attacked one late Nascent Soul cultivator together, while Li Changting was told to help trap an opponent.
• Gong Chenying and Zhao Min revealed strength comparable to late Nascent Soul cultivators and charged the early Spirit Transformation enemy alongside Mo Qing and Wei Zhongran.
• The early Spirit Transformation cultivator struck the four, but Wei Zhongran absorbed much of the force and the group knocked his golden axe away.
• The early Spirit Transformation cultivator grew envious of their techniques and prepared another attack as the battlefield spread across the Phantom Sect’s gate.
• Li Wuyi and Li Yuyin were suppressed by their opponent, but their golden gu insects helped block his attacks.

As the Phantom Sect's fighters struggled against six powerful attackers, Qianji and Zi Kun were pushed to the brink. Bai Rou intervened with her ancient ape puppet, rescued Qianji, and told the demons to join Li Wuyi's group while she held off their enemy.

• Qianji and Zi Kun fought a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, while Qianji used ice swords formed from his clansmen to help block the enemy's attacks.
• Li Wuyi and Li Yuyin were wounded and suffered losses as the Phantom Sect's fighters tried to defend against the attackers.
• Qianji revealed his true form and struck at his opponent, but an invisible spell restrained him before he could land the blow.
• Bai Rou arrived in her ancient ape puppet and smashed the spell restraining Qianji, then ordered him and Zi Kun to help Senior Brother Wuyi and the others.
• Bai Rou realized that her puppet could withstand attacks from late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators and gained confidence as she faced the enemy.

Bai Rou joined the battle with an ancient ape puppet and held off a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator, while the other fights shifted between setbacks and brief recoveries. After Li Yuyin was gravely wounded protecting Yan Longzi, Wei Chituo prepared to risk a close-range strike to destroy their enemy’s body.

• Bai Rou used her ancient ape puppet to block a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator and began gaining the upper hand as she settled into the fight.
• Qianji briefly froze the cultivator opposing Zi Kun and the others, allowing Li Wuyi and Li Yuyin to join Yan Longzi’s battle.
• Wang Tian fell and Du Sanjiang was gravely weakened, while Wei Zhongran, Gong Chenying, and Zhao Min suffered injuries fighting a Spirit Transformation cultivator.
• Zi Kun and Qianji fought desperately in their true forms, forcing their opponent to contend with their opposing heat and frost attacks.
• Li Yuyin took a saber strike meant for Yan Longzi, who retaliated with Li Wuyi and the others and helped tear off their opponent’s arm.
• Wei Chituo agreed to attack at close range while the others protected and restrained their enemy.

The Phantom Sect fighters struggled to hold off the attackers as the enemy Spirit Transformation cultivator trapped Zhao Min and turned the Immortal-Binding Rope toward Li Zhaoyan. The chapter ended with Mo Qing, Wei Zhongran, and Gong Chenying realizing Li Zhaoyan was in danger and rushing to save her.

• The enemy Spirit Transformation cultivators grew anxious as their plans faltered, and one attacked Wei Zhongran, Mo Qing, and Zhao Min with a fox, an axe, and a green stone.
• The Nascent Soul cultivator fighting Qianji and Zi Kun transformed and unleashed powerful physical and soundwave attacks, forcing Qianji to sacrifice a crystalline wing to escape the claw.
• The green stone turned into mist and sealed Zhao Min inside a hard shell, after which the Spirit Transformation cultivator sent the Immortal-Binding Rope after her.
• Li Zhaoyan returned to the mountain gate after helping retrieve fallen Phantom Sect cultivators and hesitated when she saw Zhao Min falling inside the shell.
• The Spirit Transformation cultivator recognized Li Zhaoyan as Li Yan's descendant and redirected the Immortal-Binding Rope toward her while pursuing Zhao Min.
• Mo Qing abandoned his pursuit to save Li Zhaoyan, and Wei Zhongran and Gong Chenying realized they could not reach the rope in time.

Zhao Min tried to stop a Spirit Transformation cultivator’s golden rope from striking Li Zhaoyan, but Bai Rou swept Li Zhaoyan into the sect and took the rope’s attack while fighting in her ancient ape puppet. With the puppet’s formation disrupted and Bai Rou’s consciousness in chaos, she stamped a rune onto the formation as her final act of awareness.

• Zhao Min spotted the golden rope diving toward Li Zhaoyan and called for her to retreat, while Mo Qing tried to intercept it and had to dodge an axe.
• Bai Rou used the ancient ape puppet’s arm to knock Li Zhaoyan through the mountain gate, where Li Zhaoyan realized her master had saved her.
• The Nascent Soul cultivator fighting Bai Rou struck the puppet’s head, bound its legs with chains, and summoned a ghastly white flame.
• A Spirit Transformation cultivator redirected the golden rope toward Bai Rou’s trapped puppet and pierced its back, disrupting the Canheng Beidou Formation.
• Bai Rou’s consciousness fell into chaos, but she used her remaining awareness to stamp a rune onto the formation.

Li Yan and his companions reached the city gate, where Captain Liu Chengyong noticed Li Yan’s insight and directed him toward the Imperial Guard’s recruitment. Liu later explained that Strategist Ji personally tested recruits for a potential successor, leaving Li Yan’s chances uncertain as the party entered the city.

• Li Yan reasoned that the Meng Kingdom was unlikely to launch another major attack after repeated defeats, impressing Li Guoxin and the soldiers at the gate.
• Li Guoxin presented the group’s travel permit and said Li Yan would enlist in the Imperial Guard while Li Yu and Li Shan would become apprentices.
• Captain Liu Chengyong praised Li Yan’s insight, warned that recruitment would soon close, and let the group pass into the city.
• Liu told his soldiers that Strategist Ji tested recruits for a potential successor, and they discussed a former recruit who had died while practicing Ji’s martial arts.
• Liu said he had only offered Li Yan a few helpful reminders, though the soldiers suspected he was looking broadly for promising candidates.

Li Yan underwent Strategist Ji’s painful test of his meridians and was found to have mixed spirit roots suited to Ji’s sect. After learning that Ji was a renowned martial hero, Li Yan accepted his offer to become his disciple, and Ji prepared to take him away for further instruction and an investigation of his background.

• Li Yan entered the tent and let Strategist Ji test his meridians with silver needles, enduring waves of intense pain as five colors of qi appeared on his face.
• Strategist Ji removed the needles and concluded that Li Yan had mixed spirit roots, then explained that he was seeking an heir to his teachings.
• Strategist Ji offered to accept Li Yan into his school and described the dangerous requirements of its martial arts.
• Li Yan recalled Strategist Ji’s reputation as a commander who had slain an enemy deputy marshal and agreed to become his disciple.
• Li Yan told Strategist Ji that he could read the classics but had learned no profound martial arts or internal cultivation.
• Strategist Ji said he would explain the sect rules and investigate Li Yan’s background, then invited him to leave; Li Yan hesitated before following.

Li Yan arrived at the Phantom Sect and swiftly killed two invading Spirit Transformation cultivators, only to learn that the sect had no idea why it was under attack. As the survivors assessed the damage and debated the attackers’ unknown origins, Li Yan and Gu Jiuqi agreed to conceal Li Yan’s Spirit Transformation strength while they investigated.

• Li Yan killed two Spirit Transformation attackers with a rapid strike and Fragmented Poison, while Gu Jiuqi’s banner concealed the fight from those outside.
• Gu Jiuqi told Li Yan that he did not know where the attackers had come from, and the two Nascent Souls Li Yan held dissolved into red powder.
• Wei Zhongran, Li Wuyi, Baili Yuan, Zhao Min, Gong Chenying, and others recognized Li Yan, while Li Zhaoyan reunited with the unconscious Bai Rou below.
• Gu Jiuqi ordered the cultivators to check casualties, then gathered with Li Yan and the Phantom Sect survivors to assess the attack and treat the wounded.
• Li Yan and Gu Jiuqi agreed to keep Li Yan’s Spirit Transformation cultivation secret and considered whether the attackers and a mysterious helper had come from the Immortal-Spirit Realm.

Li Yan found that Bai Rou’s sea of consciousness was on the verge of collapse, so he decided to ascend to the Immortal-Spirit Realm to seek a cure. He then went to investigate Zi Kun and discovered that grief over Qianji’s death had driven him into deviation.

• Gu Jiuqi and Li Yan treated the Phantom Sect’s wounded Nascent Soul cultivators, while Gu Jiuqi promised to seek information from his true body in the upper realm.
• Li Yan told Zhao Min and Gong Chenying that Bai Rou’s sea of consciousness might collapse within a year and that he planned to ascend with her to seek help.
• Gong Chenying warned Li Yan that something was wrong with Zi Kun, and Zhao Min said she had a private matter to tell him afterward.
• Li Yan found Zi Kun grieving over Qianji and saw that his aura had become chaotic and unstable.
• Zi Kun lost control and attacked Li Yan, who suppressed him and diagnosed that his recent breakthrough and grief had caused deviation.

Li Yan stabilized Zi Kun after his breakthrough triggered dangerous spiritual deviation, then learned that Zi Kun had preserved the last fragments of Qianji’s soul. Li Yan used soul power to examine and secure the fragments, leaving Qianji’s chance of recovery uncertain.

• Li Yan spent an hour calming Zi Kun’s violent spiritual power and explained that Zi Kun needed to stabilize his new realm through proper cultivation.
• Zi Kun recognized Li Yan and asked whether he had mentioned Qianji, but Li Yan told him to recover before discussing anything further.
• Zi Kun revealed that he had preserved one soul and two ethereal souls from Qianji, though they were faint and might disperse if removed from his body.
• Li Yan summoned the fragments and surrounded them with pure soul power, condensing and stabilizing them.
• Li Yan carefully examined Qianji’s black mosquito-shaped soul and then collected it, praising Zi Kun for saving it.

Li Yan used a Soul-Returning Pill to begin restoring Qianji’s soul and assured Zi Kun that Qianji could eventually be revived. After learning that the Spirit Transformation cultivators were searching for a mysterious enemy, Li Yan tried to locate the secret realm with a round diamond crystal but could not sense it.

• Li Yan told Zi Kun that the Soul-Returning Pill could restore Qianji’s soul over roughly five hundred years.
• Li Yan brought Zi Kun into a concealed snowy cave in Tuban and used the pill’s red mist to begin restoring Qianji’s soul.
• Li Yan woke Zi Kun when the red mist’s soul power drew him into a dangerous, entranced state, then promised that Qianji could be revived.
• Li Yan learned that Gu Jiuqi and five other Spirit Transformation cultivators had decided to search for the mysterious cultivator who attacked Phantom Sect.
• Li Yan went to a secluded mountain peak and tried to use the round diamond crystal to sense the secret realm, but could not find it.

Li Yan found that the secret realm had vanished and worried about Ping Tu, while searching for a way to save Bai Rou. Zhao Min revealed she had a True Essence Pill gifted by the yellow-robed Daoist, who had once secretly sought Li Yan and left instructions from Martial Uncle Qian Zhong.

• Li Yan found he could no longer contact the secret realm and planned several ways to find a True Essence Pill for Bai Rou within a year.
• Li Yan worried that Ping Tu might be in danger and resolved to seek news of the secret realm and his old friend.
• Li Yan called Zhao Min to speak privately after reflecting on his past at the mountain platform.
• Zhao Min told Li Yan she had a True Essence Pill that could save Bai Rou and explained that she had given the other pill to Senior Sister Ying.
• Zhao Min said the yellow-robed Daoist who had helped them escape the Holy Demon Palace had secretly visited the Phantom Sect looking for Li Yan and had instructed her to tell him what happened on the Wind God Continent.

Li Yan learned that Qianji’s soul could be restored and heard that people across the Desolate Moon Continent and beyond were searching for cultivators with mixed spiritual roots. Suspecting the search was connected to the Five Immortals Sect or his own unusual circumstances, he went with Zhao Min to consult Gong Chenying.

• Li Yan deduced that the yellow-robed Daoist who visited Zhao Min was likely Qian Zhong’s true body and learned that Qian Zhong was connected to the vanished secret realm and the True Essence Pills.
• Li Yan told Zhao Min that Zi Kun had recovered from cultivation deviation and had preserved part of Qianji’s soul, which might be restored after about five hundred years.
• Zhao Min explained that Zi Kun and Qianji had stayed in the far north after encountering people searching for cultivators with mixed spiritual roots.
• Li Yan summoned Gong Chenying, who provided further details about the search and the many unfamiliar Nascent Soul cultivators involved.
• Li Yan concluded that the search might target the Five Immortals Sect or reveal his own mixed-spiritual-root aptitude.

Li Yan suspected that the attack on the Phantom Sect had been aimed at him and worried that the sect would suffer for his sake. After telling Gong Chenying and Zhao Min that he had reached Spirit Transformation and agreeing to help heal Bai Rou, he was discovered by Dong Fuyi, who had just returned to the sect.

• Li Yan connected the Phantom Sect attack to the Immortal-Spirit Realm cultivators seeking the Five Immortal Sects and feared he had brought disaster upon the sect.
• Li Yan told Gong Chenying about Qianji and the other demon, easing her grief over Qianji's death.
• Gong Chenying told Li Yan that Zhao Min had a True Essence Pill that could treat Bai Rou, and Li Yan offered to refine it for her.
• Li Yan revealed to Zhao Min and Gong Chenying that he had reached Spirit Transformation and asked them to keep it mostly secret.
• Li Yan meditated to recover before treating Bai Rou, while Dong Fuyi returned and sensed his familiar Gui Water aura on Small Bamboo Peak.
• Dong Fuyi broke Li Yan's restriction, saw him inside, and recognized him.

Li Yan reunited with Dong Fuyi, his long-lost master, after returning to the Wangliang Sect and helping defeat its attackers. Dong Fuyi learned how Li Yan had vanished into another realm and began to explain who the new enemies were.

• Dong Fuyi discovered that Li Yan had returned to the Wangliang Sect and recognized him as his missing disciple.
• Li Yan confirmed Dong Fuyi's identity, greeted him as his master, and explained that his body-tempering technique had advanced ahead of his Gui Water True Scripture.
• Li Yan told Dong Fuyi that the Wangliang Sect's allies had pursued the attackers and that the six enemies who had come there were dead.
• Dong Fuyi confirmed that he had been one of the mysterious cultivators who appeared two days earlier and asked where Li Yan had been all these years.
• Li Yan recounted his journey to the North Pasture Realm and return through Guiqulaixi, and Dong Fuyi began explaining who their enemies were.

Dong Fuyi explained the Five Immortal Sect’s blood feud with the Yin-Yang Chaos Sect and revealed that Yu Zishu had targeted Li Yan and the Phantom Sect. Li Yan chose to protect the sect by erasing the memories of those who knew the secret, leaving Dong Fuyi to address the difficult plan.

• Dong Fuyi told Li Yan how the Five Immortal Sect’s unusual Five Elements cultivation and the Yin-Yang Chaos Sect’s persecution had sparked a generations-long feud.
• Dong Fuyi revealed that Yu Zishu had traced Li Yan through information about his Nascent Soul advancement, while the Phantom Sect had suffered collateral harm.
• Li Yan asked Dong Fuyi how to save the Phantom Sect and explained that he felt indebted to the sect for nurturing him.
• Dong Fuyi said he had captured and killed Yu Zishu after a Soul Search, and that Yu Zishu had kept his investigation secret from Xiao Yunzong and his other subordinates.
• Dong Fuyi explained that information about Li Yan had leaked from within the Phantom Sect and proposed killing or erasing the memories of those who knew about it.
• Li Yan chose to erase their memories, and Dong Fuyi said that option would be troublesome.