Recaps

Liu Bai oversaw the King Title battle on his arena, where fifty-two Spirit Road survivors fought for ten qualifications. After the ten finalists were chosen, he revealed that he was a Northern Azure Spirit Academy student only one class ahead of them, and the remaining King Title holders were due to compete for Spirit Crown Holder the next day.

• Dean Tian Sheng declared the Spirit Road trial over and announced the battle for King Titles, assigning Liu Bai and the other four overseers to separate arenas.
• Liu Bai arrived at his arena, where Bing Qing and dozens of other youths gathered before the battle began.
• Liu Bai sealed the canyon entrance and told the fifty-two contestants to eliminate one another until only ten remained.
• The contestants fought ruthlessly, and Liu Bai repeatedly removed seriously injured youths from the arena and used Wood Element Spiritual Energy to stabilize them.
• The last ten contestants earned King Title Qualifications, while Liu Bai announced that ten eliminated youths would be selected as Quasi-Kings and that the final competition would take place in one day.
• When a King Title holder asked who he was, Liu Bai said he was a student of Northern Azure Spirit Academy, only one class ahead of them.

Liu Bai joined the King Title Holders at Spirit Crown Peak as the final Spirit Road trial began, while Ji Xuan prepared to compete against Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan. As the fifty contenders entered the dangerous peak, Liu Bai predicted that Wen Qingxuan might claim the title instead of Ji Xuan.

• Liu Bai invited the youths he had rescued to consider joining the Northern Azure Spirit Academy before leading them through a space gate to the final trial’s plaza.
• Dean Tian Sheng announced that the first King Title Holder to reach Spirit Crown Peak’s summit would become the Spirit Crown Holder, and the five deans opened the peak’s barrier.
• Ji Xuan enlisted Yang Hong and Qiu Beihai to help him win, while he watched Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan with jealousy.
• The fifty King Title Holders entered Spirit Crown Peak, where they would have to rely on their own strength and luck.
• When the Sacred Spirit Academy’s Black-Robed Elder backed Ji Xuan, Liu Bai predicted that Ji Xuan’s enemies could thwart him and said he favored Wen Qingxuan.

Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan fought Ji Xuan, Yang Hong, and Qiu Beihai near the summit, leaving all but Wen Qingxuan severely wounded. Liu Bai treated the injured youths and invited them to join the Northern Azure Spirit Academy, where Luo Li and Yang Hong agreed to enroll.

• Luo Li blocked Ji Xuan's group from reaching the summit, and Wen Qingxuan joined her against the three youths.
• Luo Li severed Qiu Beihai's weapon and badly wounded him while Wen Qingxuan held off the others.
• Luo Li unleashed the Luo Shen Sword's power and wounded Ji Xuan and Yang Hong, but Ji Xuan's final strike hit her, leaving Wen Qingxuan as the only one still standing.
• Liu Bai entered the battlefield and healed Luo Li, Yang Hong, and Qiu Beihai as the Sacred Spirit Academy elder treated Ji Xuan.
• Liu Bai invited the injured youths to join the Northern Azure Spirit Academy, and Luo Li and Yang Hong accepted.

Wen Qingxuan became the Spirit Crown Holder, and the five deans agreed to use Ruined Continent for the next Spirit Academy Competition after a month-long scouting mission. Liu Bai was chosen to lead Northern Azure Spirit Academy’s exploration team, while Northern Spirit Academy gathered to send its newly qualified students to the Five Great Academies.

• Wen Qingxuan claimed the Spirit Crown, while Qiu Beihai chose Northern Azure Spirit Academy so he could remain near Luo Li and eventually defeat her.
• The five deans agreed to send one explorer from each academy to Ruined Continent for a month before holding the next Spirit Academy Competition there.
• After the Crown Imbuement, Liu Bai’s group of seventy students left the other academies’ elders disgruntled, and Northern Azure Academy’s dean arranged for Liu Bai to explore Ruined Continent.
• The Northern Azure Dean explained the exploration rules to Liu Bai, including that he could keep his finds in a special Universe Ring and that the five deans would inspect it.
• At Northern Spirit Academy, Tang Qian’er, Hong Ling, Mo Ling, and the other qualified students assembled by the Teleportation Spirit Arrays as Mu Chen arrived.

Liu Bai entered the Ruined Continent to explore areas Northern Azure Spirit Academy had not mapped and discovered a bewildering array hiding a genuine Immortal Spirit Tree. He collected its fruits for the Liu Family, recorded the location for the academy, and set off toward another unexplored area.

• Liu Bai sent Liu Mubai and Liu Yang off to the Northern Cang Realm, advising them to gain combat experience and take care of each other.
• Liu Bai departed through Northern Azure Spirit Academy's Teleportation Array and arrived in the devastated Ruined Continent.
• Liu Bai explored an ancient forest and used his Virtual Mind's Eye to identify a bewildering spirit array woven through its trees.
• Liu Bai found a genuine Immortal Spirit Tree at the array's center and collected more than a hundred fruits, leaving the tree for the academy to handle.
• Liu Bai found nothing else of value in the ruins, marked the location on his Spirit Map, and prepared to explore the next area.

Liu Bai explored the underwater ruins of Taiyi Palace and discovered the Taiyi Divine Water Pearl, which contained the powerful Taiyi True Water he needed for his Five Emperors Dharma Body. He partially refined the pearl before leaving the ruins with it and a Taiyi Palace disciple token.

• Liu Bai entered a dangerous underwater ruin protected by distorted space and explored Taiyi Palace's ancient halls.
• Liu Bai found the Minor Divine Art Water God's Curse hidden in a black-jade meditation cushion and recorded it with the system.
• Liu Bai searched the palace and learned that Taiyi Palace had specialized in water-related arts and treasures.
• Liu Bai discovered the Taiyi Divine Water Pearl in the hand of a towering statue and recognized the Taiyi True Water inside it.
• Liu Bai drew the pearl to himself, refined it for three days, and stored it in his dantian.
• Liu Bai left Taiyi Palace with the pearl and a lost disciple token after finding no other treasures worth taking.

Liu Bai infiltrated Wood God Mountain by exploiting a flaw in its ancient array, then used a golden identity token to enter the Wood God Hall’s Scripture Repository. He found an unusual fruit on the repository’s second floor, but its nature remained unknown.

• Liu Bai used his advanced Array Dao skills to find a flaw in Wood God Mountain’s protective array and slip inside.
• Liu Bai obtained a map of the Wood God Hall, a golden identity token, and several Ancient Pill Formulas after exploring its halls.
• Liu Bai used the golden token to enter the damaged Scripture Repository and collected several dozen Spiritual Arts from its first floor.
• Liu Bai entered the second floor, where a preserved manager explained that disciples could search its vast forest for one hour.
• Liu Bai sent the Azure Spirit Bird to search the forest, and it led him to a half-transparent fruit marked with mysterious spiritual patterns.

Liu Bai used the Heart of Wood to search Wood God Mountain for treasures, then entered the Spirit Repository and captured its Spirit Gathering Bowl and the Supreme Spirit Liquid within. With less than three days remaining before the deadline, he set out to locate Divine Wood.

• Liu Bai nourished a Divine Wood Fruit with Wood Source, learned the Heart of Wood, and raised the Minor Divine Art to Minor Accomplishment.
• Liu Bai used the Heart of Wood to locate more Divine Wood Fruits and record several wood-element Spiritual Arts and Divine Arts.
• Liu Bai found the Spirit Repository inside Thorn Forest and passed through its trees using the Heart of Wood.
• Liu Bai lured the Spirit Gathering Bowl with Five Elements Source Power and sealed it with the Five-Colored Divine Light, taking it and its Supreme Spirit Liquid into his qi sea space.
• Liu Bai searched a thousand li of forest with the Heart of Wood as he began his final hunt for Divine Wood.

Liu Bai returned from the Ruined Continent with the Purple Phoenix Parasol Tree and four of the Five Elements Divine Materials, then prepared to break through to Supreme by opening his supreme sea. His qi sea reached its limit under the Eighth-grade Spirit Gathering Array, leaving him poised to shatter it and replace it with a supreme sea.

• Liu Bai found the Purple Phoenix Parasol Tree in Divine Phoenix Hall, cut it down, and gathered its branches, leaves, and roots along with several ancient trees.
• Liu Bai realized he had collected four Five Elements Divine Materials and left the Ruined Continent when the one-month deadline arrived.
• The five deans inspected the contestants’ gains in the War Realm, and the Northern Azure Dean later teased Liu Bai about filling his Universe Ring with trees.
• The Northern Azure Dean told Liu Bai to rest before the new students’ Initiation, while Liu Bai focused on using the Spirit Gathering Bowl’s Supreme Spirit Liquid to open his supreme sea.
• Jiu You used all of Liu Bai’s Spirit Value to cultivate in the Eighth-grade Spirit Gathering Array, and Liu Bai obtained permission to use it afterward.
• Liu Bai absorbed spiritual energy until his qi sea reached its limit and prepared to shatter it to create a supreme sea.

Liu Bai shattered his qi sea and used Supreme Spirit Liquid to cultivate his Supreme Sea, breaking through to the Supreme Realm. His breakthrough shook Northern Azure Spirit Academy and inspired its students as he left the academy’s new and old students reacting to his achievement.

• Liu Bai absorbed his shattered qi sea into the Supreme Sea and began expanding it with more than a thousand drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• After a day of cultivation, Liu Bai broke through to the Supreme Realm and released a pillar of spiritual energy that enveloped Northern Azure Spirit Academy.
• Elder Zhu Tian identified Liu Bai as the source of the disturbance, and Su Ling'er told Liu Mubai and Liu Yang that their eldest brother had reached the Supreme Realm.
• Liu Mubai and Liu Yang went with Su Ling'er to the Liu Shen Society, while Qiu Beihai resolved to work harder after witnessing Liu Bai's breakthrough.
• Xia Youran invited Yue Qing to join the Nine Summers Merchant Guild, and Yue Qing agreed to leave the academy and seek better opportunities.

Liu Bai prepared the Liu Shen Society and his family for his departure from Northern Azure Spirit Academy, then set out with Jiu You for Sky Net Continent. He left quietly, with no ceremony or crowd to see him off.

• Liu Bai gave Immortal Spirit Fruits to Su Xuan, Li Jing, An Ran, Guo Xiong, and Su Ling'er, and urged them to strengthen the Liu Shen Society.
• Liu Bai sealed Baptism Crystals in Liu Yang and Liu Mubai, taught them movement arts, and gave them protective Spirit Artifacts and other resources.
• Liu Bai returned to his family, planted ancient trees, and turned them into Divine Wood Warriors for his grandfather and father to control.
• Jiu You promised Liu Bai a commander's position in the Great Luo Heavenly Region, while Liu Bai privately wondered how she would react to the state of her Jiu You Palace.
• Liu Bai and Jiu You departed in silence for Sky Net Continent.

Liu Bai learned that he needed an earth-element divine material to cultivate the Five Spirits Divine Dharma Image, so Jiu You diverted their journey toward the Merchant Continent. As they traveled, Jiu You began tempering Liu Bai’s spiritual energy with Undying Fire, and after ten days he started adapting to it.

• Liu Bai discovered that he could condense the Five Spirits Divine Dharma Image only after obtaining an earth-element divine material, and Jiu You proposed searching for one on the Merchant Continent.
• Jiu You mapped their long detour and ordered Liu Bai to complete his spiritual-energy transformation with Undying Fire before they reached Sky Net Continent.
• Jiu You repeatedly poured Undying Fire into Liu Bai’s Supreme Sea and withdrew it whenever he neared his limit, forcing his spiritual energy to adapt.
• After ten days of travel, Liu Bai and Jiu You reached a continent with Teleportation Arrays, and Liu Bai agreed that the expensive ride was worth the time saved.
• As they continued their journey, Liu Bai endured daily Undying Fire tempering and found that his spiritual energy had begun to resist the flames, easing the pain.

Liu Bai fused with the true Undying Fire, using the Cold Moon Stone and his Ice Jade Divine Lotus to survive its scorching power. He emerged with condensed spiritual energy infused with the flame, while Jiu You promised to help him temper his Supreme Dharma Body in the Great Luo Golden Pool.

• Jiu You prepared the Cold Moon Stone and sent the true Undying Fire into Liu Bai to begin the fusion.
• Liu Bai’s spiritual energy and the Undying Fire clashed inside his Supreme Sea as the flame scorched his body.
• The Ice Jade Divine Lotus appeared above Liu Bai and rapidly healed the damage caused by the fire, allowing him to endure the fusion.
• Liu Bai awakened to a purple Supreme Sea and demonstrated that his spiritual energy now carried the Undying Fire and continued attacking according to his lingering will.
• Jiu You explained that the Undying Fire had condensed Liu Bai’s spiritual energy, then promised to take him to the Great Luo Golden Pool to strengthen his Supreme Dharma Body.

Liu Bai and Jiu You arrived in Merchant City and went to its largest auction house to search for rare divine objects. They found Heavenly River Divine Sand listed for an upcoming auction and waited for the bidding to begin.

• Liu Bai and Jiu You reached Merchant Continent after nearly two months of flying and discussed the rules and dangers surrounding Merchant City's auctions.
• They entered Merchant City, where Liu Bai protected Jiu You from leering men in the crowded streets and she teased him afterward.
• Liu Bai and Jiu You went to Merchant Auction House and found Heavenly River Divine Sand among the listed auction treasures.
• They bought tickets to a small auction session, entered the venue, and looked over the powerful attendees.
• Jiu You pointed out members of the Immortal Fox Sect and a young man in a pink robe whose identity she suspected was tied to the fox spirits.

Liu Bai and Jiu You attended a major auction, where Liu Bai bought the Flowing Moon Pearl and Heavenly River Divine Sand while provoking a hostile young master. The chapter ended with Liu Bai planning to take back the Flowing Moon Pearl by fighting the young master and his Fifth Grade Supreme guard after the auction.

• Jiu You warned Liu Bai about the Immortal Fox Sect and pointed out a young master and his powerful guard among the auction guests.
• The auction began, and a burly middle-aged man bought the Flame Dragon War Spear for three thousand three hundred Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Liu Bai bid against the young master for the Flowing Moon Pearl, and the young master offered four thousand five hundred Supreme Spirit Liquid before ordering Elder Mu to remember Liu Bai and Jiu You.
• Liu Bai bought the Heavenly River Divine Sand for two thousand three hundred Supreme Spirit Liquid without further interference from the young master.
• Liu Bai told Jiu You he planned to reclaim the Flowing Moon Pearl outside the city and rely on her to hold off the Fifth Grade Supreme while he handled the rest.

Liu Bai won the Starlight Seven Kill Array at auction and secretly prepared for a confrontation with the Weakened Young Master. After Liu Bai and Jiu You lured their pursuers into the wilderness, Jiu You revealed her Divine Beast form and the Weakened Young Master summoned his Desire Demon Dharma Body, beginning the battle.

• Liu Bai bid fifteen thousand Supreme Spirit Liquid for the Starlight Seven Kill Array, while the Weakened Young Master stopped raising the price after probing Liu Bai's wealth.
• Liu Bai and Jiu You checked into an inn, where Jiu You discovered that the Weakened Young Master had sent someone to follow them.
• Liu Bai raised the array to Minor Accomplishment, refined Heavenly River Divine Sand, and left Merchant City with Jiu You at midnight to draw out their pursuers.
• The Weakened Young Master and Elder Mu used space power to reach the wilderness ahead of Liu Bai and Jiu You, then confronted them.
• Jiu You transformed into a Divine Beast and attacked the Weakened Young Master with purple flames, but Elder Mu intervened to shield him.
• The Weakened Young Master summoned his Desire Demon Dharma Body and challenged Liu Bai.

Liu Bai used the Starlight Seven Kill Array to destroy the Weakened Young Master's Dharma Body and kill him, then fought to survive Black Robe Elder Mu's retaliation. As Jiu You held Elder Mu back, Liu Bai activated the Wood God Scripture to draw spiritual energy from the surrounding forests and replenish his depleted Supreme Sea.

• Liu Bai revealed the Starlight Seven Kill Array, which struck down the Weakened Young Master's Desire Demon Dharma Body despite Black Robe Elder Mu's attempt to intervene.
• Jiu You stopped Elder Mu from protecting the Weakened Young Master, and Liu Bai killed him and took his Sumeru Bracelet.
• Elder Mu charged at Liu Bai in fury, but Jiu You's attacks kept him occupied while Liu Bai prepared five thousand Spirit Seals.
• Liu Bai activated the Wood God Scripture, causing spiritual energy to flow from the surrounding mountain forests into a green dragon.
• Liu Bai channeled the green dragon into his Supreme Sea, restoring its spiritual energy and repairing damage caused by overuse.

Liu Bai and Jiu You killed Black Robe Elder Mu with the complete Demon Lotus Spirit Slaying Array and then continued toward the Great Luo Heavenly Region. After spending much of their stolen Supreme Spirit Liquid on teleportation, they reached the region’s headquarters and saw the vast floating island of Great Luo Heaven.

• Liu Bai drained the nearby forest with the Wood God Scripture and formed the complete four-lotus Demon Lotus Spirit Slaying Array.
• Liu Bai’s black beams pierced Elder Mu’s blood shield and disabled his Supreme Dharma Body, allowing Jiu You and Liu Bai to kill him together.
• Liu Bai regretted that they had destroyed Elder Mu so thoroughly that they could not recover his Cosmic Bracelet, then checked the experience and Spirit Vein Awakening Points he had gained from both kills.
• Liu Bai strengthened the Starlight Seven Kill Array and considered why the Great Luo Heavenly Region’s chaotic, powerful setting suited his plans better than the Northern Azure Spirit Academy.
• Liu Bai and Jiu You spent most of their Supreme Spirit Liquid on successive Teleportation Arrays and flew for two more days before reaching Great Luo Heaven, a vast floating island.

Jiu You returned to Jiu You Palace, reunited with Tang Bing and Tang Rou, and asserted her strength after learning that the palace had been betrayed and deprived of resources. Liu Bai supported the sisters with Supreme Spirit Liquid, and Jiu You proposed using the palace’s commander slot to let him compete for the Great Luo Golden Pool, leaving Tang Bing and Tang Rou hesitant.

• Jiu You and Liu Bai entered the Great Luo Heavenly Region, where guards discussed Jiu You’s return and the palace’s decline.
• Jiu You arrived at Jiu You Palace and reunited with Tang Bing and Tang Rou as its cultivators welcomed her back.
• Jiu You learned that Cao Feng had defected to Blood Eagle King and that others had seized Jiu You Palace’s resources.
• Jiu You displayed her newly achieved strength and promised her people that no one would bully Jiu You Palace again.
• Liu Bai gave Tang Bing two thousand drops and Tang Rou one thousand drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid, easing their wariness toward him.
• Jiu You proposed that Liu Bai use Jiu You Palace’s commander slot to compete for the Great Luo Golden Pool, and the sisters hesitated to respond.

Jiu You learned that the Blood Eagle King had taken Jiu You Palace’s Great Luo Golden Pool slot and resolved to reclaim it, with Liu Bai helping her confront the other kings’ forces. The next morning, Jiu You led her soldiers toward the Nine Kings Council, prepared to demand the slot back.

• Jiu You declared that she would reclaim Jiu You Palace’s commander position and Golden Pool slot, while Liu Bai asked whether he could kill anyone who challenged him.
• Jiu You explained that the kings could not personally intervene in conflicts between their subordinates, and Tang Bing named the Four Great Commanders who were competing for the four slots.
• Liu Bai claimed he could defeat the commanders, and Jiu You trusted his strength despite Tang Bing’s fears that the Blood Eagle King would retaliate.
• Tang Bing warned Liu Bai not to put Jiu You at risk, but he assured her that he would handle the conflict under the Great Luo Heavenly Region’s rules.
• The next morning, Jiu You rallied more than a thousand soldiers and set out for the Nine Kings Council wearing her Mid-grade Divine Artifact Jiu You Battle Armor.

Jiu You returned to Great Luo Peak with Liu Bai for the Nine Kings Council, where her successful tribulation drew attention and brought her into conflict with the Blood Eagle King. At the council, the Three Emperors welcomed her, while Liu Bai noticed that the seemingly drowsy Sleep Emperor was watching him and represented the Great Luo Domain Lord, Mandala.

• Jiu You arrived at Great Luo Peak with Liu Bai and the Tang sisters, surprising the assembled kings and their followers by returning after successfully passing her tribulation.
• Tang Bing introduced the Asura King, Xu Qing, the Mountain Splitter King, and Zhou Yue to Liu Bai, while Tang Rou revealed that Zhou Yue had once been chased from Jiu You Palace for spying on Tang Bing.
• The Blood Eagle King arrived with Wu Tian and Cao Feng, and Jiu You demanded that he return everything he had taken from Jiu You Palace.
• Jiu You and the others entered the hall, where the Sky Roc Emperor praised her return and successful tribulation, while the Spirit Eye Emperor and Sleep Emperor remained reserved.
• Liu Bai sensed that the Sleep Emperor had briefly looked at him and realized that the drowsy emperor represented the elusive Domain Lord, Mandala.

At the Nine Kings Council, Jiu You challenged Blood Eagle King over Jiu You Palace’s slot in the Great Luo Golden Pool contest and appointed Liu Bai as the palace’s new commander. Liu Bai challenged Wu Tian, then provoked Zhao Zhong into a fight; Zhao Zhong summoned his Extreme Cold Dharma Body, and Liu Bai countered with a Black Lotus gathering lightning.

• Sky Roc Emperor opened discussion of the Great Luo Golden Pool contest, and Jiu You declared that Jiu You Palace would participate despite Blood Eagle King’s claim that its slot had been sold to Blood Eagle Hall.
• Blood Eagle King argued that Jiu You Palace had no commander, so Jiu You named Liu Bai its new commander.
• Blood Eagle King questioned Liu Bai’s qualifications, and Wu Tian said Liu Bai needed to defeat a commander to prove himself.
• Liu Bai challenged Wu Tian, then asked to face Cao Feng instead because he was a traitor to Jiu You Palace.
• Wu Tian sent Zhao Zhong to fight Liu Bai, who admitted he had not cultivated a Supreme Dharma Body and asked Zhao Zhong to summon his first.
• Zhao Zhong summoned his Extreme Cold Dharma Body and attacked, while Liu Bai formed a Black Lotus that enveloped it as lightning gathered.

Liu Bai killed Zhao Zhong with a lightning divine art, helping Jiu You Palace reclaim its Great Luo Golden Pool quota. The dispute over the cities Jiu You Palace had lost remained unresolved, but Liu Bai promised to win them back under the Great Luo Heavenly Region’s rules.

• Liu Bai used the Thunder God Lotus and a lightning divine art to overwhelm Zhao Zhong’s Dharma Body and kill him.
• Blood Eagle King demanded that Jiu You explain Zhao Zhong’s death, but Sky Roc Emperor ruled that Jiu You Palace’s Great Luo Golden Pool quota should be returned.
• Jiu You demanded the return of the cities under her palace’s former jurisdiction, while Blood Eagle King argued that they had found new masters.
• Spirit Eye Emperor said the kings could contest the cities themselves as long as they followed the rules, leaving Jiu You unable to reclaim them directly.
• Liu Bai assured Jiu You that he would make the other kings return what belonged to her palace, then teased Tang Rou and received praise from Tang Bing.

After Jiu You reclaimed a quota from Blood Eagle Hall, Blood Eagle King plotted against Jiu You Palace and ordered Wu Tian and Cao Feng to kill Liu Bai. Liu Bai secluded himself and successfully condensed the Five Spirits Divine Incarnation, then continued studying its power.

• Jiu You left the meeting with Liu Bai and the Tang sisters, and she urged Liu Bai to settle his Supreme Dharma Body before the Great Luo Golden Pool opened.
• Blood Eagle King ordered his forces to pressure Jiu You Palace’s city lords and told Wu Tian and Cao Feng to kill Liu Bai before he could enter the Great Luo Golden Pool.
• Liu Bai began cultivating his Supreme Dharma Body with the Five Elements Divine Materials and formed its initial spiritual-energy embryo.
• Liu Bai fused the Five Elements Divine Materials and Source Power into the embryo, spending ten days and one hundred thousand drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid to complete the Five Spirits Divine Incarnation.
• Liu Bai merged his Divine Soul into the completed Dharma Body and continued comprehending its mysteries.

Liu Bai took command of Jiu You Palace’s campaign against Blood Eagle Hall and chose to lead the Jiu You Guard to reclaim the defecting cities. He left Tang Bing in charge of training the Guard and promised valuable cultivation rewards for merit, ending with the troops poised to prove themselves.

• Tang Bing reported that three more cities had abandoned Jiu You Palace for Blood Eagle Hall, and Jiu You ordered the Jiu You Guard to prepare while they waited for Liu Bai.
• Liu Bai emerged from seclusion, agreed to handle Blood Eagle King's retaliation, and invited Tang Bing to accompany him because she knew the cities and the Guard.
• At the training grounds, Liu Bai made Tang Bing the Jiu You Guard’s active leader and explained that his own command would be nominal.
• Tang Bing introduced the thousand-member Guard and its loyal First Grade Supreme cultivators, Qiu Shan, Bei Mo, and Lan Hai.
• Liu Bai offered the three cultivators methods for the Azure Wood Dharma Body and the Mysterious Ice Dharma Body, and promised rewards such as Supreme Dharma Bodies and Supreme Spirit Liquid for military merit.
• Liu Bai told the Jiu You Guard he would lead them to reclaim Jiu You Palace’s lost territory and give them a chance to prove themselves.