Recaps

Liu Yi trapped the Blood Devil in World in the Palm, exhausted his Essence Blood, and destroyed him in the Heaven and Earth Furnace. After eliminating the Blood Devil’s hidden resurrection backups, Liu Yi waited to see whether the mastermind behind the Blood Devil Cultivation Method would appear.

• Liu Yi used World in the Palm to make the Blood Devil’s Blood Escape return him to the same spot until he had used it forty-three times and nearly exhausted his Essence Blood.
• Mei Kong, Yang Jingxing, Su Yuxuan, and Bai Qianqian watched the Blood Devil’s repeated attempts to flee, while Yang Jingxing suspected Liu Yi had used a spatial Divine Ability.
• Liu Yi contracted World in the Palm, drew the Blood Devil inside, and killed him with a barrage of attacks.
• Liu Yi refined the Blood Devil’s remains in a Heaven and Earth Furnace, rejected his pleas to surrender, and erased his mark and hidden Essence Blood from the immortal saber.
• Liu Yi used the Principle of Cause and Effect to find and destroy all the Blood Devil’s resurrection backups, then checked repeatedly for anything he had missed.
• Liu Yi watched the remains in the furnace and wondered whether the true mastermind behind the Blood Devil Cultivation Method would appear.

Liu Yi completely refined the Blood Devil, but doing so provoked the being behind the Blood Devil Cultivation Method, who attacked him from across the heavens. Liu Yi prepared to face the blood saber while Bai Qianqian, Mei Kong, Yang Jingxing, and Su Yuxuan fled.

• Liu Yi erased the Blood Devil and all his resurrection contingencies, leaving Yang Jingxing, Mei Kong, Bai Qianqian, and Su Yuxuan stunned by his strength.
• Liu Yi sensed no other disturbance and finished refining the Blood Devil, believing there was no mastermind or that his death had gone unnoticed.
• A vast blood sea appeared, and a pair of scarlet eyes accused Liu Yi of killing their blood food before sending a gigantic blood saber at him across endless space.
• Liu Yi recognized the attacker as the mastermind behind the Blood Devil Cultivation Method, summoned his Law Treasures, and prepared to meet the saber head-on.
• Bai Qianqian, Mei Kong, Yang Jingxing, and Su Yuxuan fled as Liu Yi faced the incoming attack alone.

Liu Yi blocked the Blood God’s sealed attack, and a guardian’s formation suppressed the forbidden being again. After the group escaped, they realized the Azure Billows Realm faced dangers beyond their understanding and resolved to cultivate faster.

• Liu Yi’s Heaven-Opening Sword clashed with the Blood God’s blood blade, and the shock wave injured Su Yuxuan while the others fled.
• Liu Yi taunted the Blood God after surviving the attack, and the Blood God threatened to devour him once free of the seal.
• A guardian’s golden formation crushed the Blood God’s attempt to resist and made the Blood Sea phenomenon disappear.
• Liu Yi concluded that the seal had weakened but still held, replenished his strength with World Origin, and flew after Bai Qianqian and the others.
• Bai Qianqian, Mei Kong, Yang Jingxing, and Su Yuxuan discussed the Blood God and the coming calamity, agreeing that they needed to cultivate faster.

After the Blood Devil battle, Su Yuxuan warned Liu Yi and Bai Qianqian about the coming return of Spiritual Qi, the reappearance of hidden races, and a world-spanning calamity. Liu Yi recognized Su Yuxuan as a regressor, then stayed in the Blood Devil Secret Realm and considered claiming control of it as a base for growing Bloodline Fruits.

• Yang Jingxing, Mei Kong, and Liu Yi discussed the growing Spiritual Qi and the danger posed by sealed forbidden beings.
• Su Yuxuan gave Liu Yi the immortal mirror, Bai Qianqian offered him her immortal sword, and Mei Kong and Yang Jingxing kept their own immortal artifacts while offering other rewards.
• Yang Jingxing and Mei Kong used Spatial Teleportation to leave the Blood Devil Secret Realm, and Su Yuxuan warned Liu Yi and Bai Qianqian about the future calamity before departing as well.
• Liu Yi returned Bai Qianqian's immortal sword, and she went to the Portable Daoist Sanctum to heal and await Little Yellow's return from seclusion.
• Liu Yi considered gaining the Blood Devil Secret Realm's recognition so he could control it and use it to grow Bloodline Fruits.

Liu Yi gained access to the Blood Devil Secret Realm’s will, secured the realm and its Bloodline Fruit harvest, then began comprehending its Great Dao Principles. Meanwhile, the Puppet Sect’s leaders discussed rising competition and worried that increasingly intelligent machines might become sentient.

• Liu Yi used the Great Dao Jade Disc to connect with the Blood Devil Secret Realm’s will and restored damage from the earlier battle.
• Liu Yi gathered the realm’s Bloodline Fruits and treasures, moved the fruit trees together, sealed the passage to the outside, and eliminated the Blood Devil’s resurrection contingencies.
• Liu Yi bought two thousand mechanical puppets to tend the Bloodline Fruit trees, then consumed World Origin and began studying the realm’s Great Dao Principles.
• Cao Xuan warned the Puppet Sect’s annual meeting that rival factions were catching up in mechanical puppets and mechas, threatening the sect’s earnings.
• Sun Shang urged the sect to strengthen its mechanical technology, while Tang Tian warned that further improvements to machine intelligence could create sentient beings and provoke sanctions from the Fairness System.

The Puppet Sect agreed to keep researching artificial intelligence while developing safeguards and War Weapons, as Sun Shang prepared to step down as first elder. In the Blood Devil Secret Realm, Liu Yi reunited with Bai Qianqian and found that Little Yellow had emerged from seclusion with a cultivation breakthrough.

• Zhong Lingxiu proposed controlling artificial intelligence while continuing research and developing War Weapons for the coming conflict between righteous and demonic factions.
• Sun Shang announced that he would give up his first elder position to prepare for a breakthrough to the Dao Integration Realm.
• Cao Xuan and the Puppet Sect elders agreed to focus on upgrading mechas and mechanical puppets, controlling artificial intelligence, and developing War Weapons.
• Liu Yi ended his seclusion after sensing Bai Qianqian had emerged, and she praised his Bloodline Fruit trees and their potential to earn Energy Points.
• Liu Yi and Bai Qianqian entered the Portable Daoist Sanctum, where Little Yellow bragged about reaching the Mid-stage Divine Acupoint Realm with 215 Divine Apertures.
• Liu Yi scolded Little Yellow for his boasting, then sent him to greet Bai Qianqian.

Bai Qianqian reunited with Liu Yi and Little Yellow, and they shared a meal while catching up. Liu Yi learned that the Fairness System had nearly covered several regions and was beginning to spread beyond the Eastern Region, while cultivation sects were being left behind.

• Little Yellow greeted Bai Qianqian and learned that she had condensed 291 Divine Apertures, more than he had.
• Liu Yi joined them, sent Little Yellow to cook, and hosted Bai Qianqian for tea and a meal.
• Bai Qianqian told Little Yellow how she had encountered the Blood Devil and how Liu Yi could now withstand True Immortal-level attacks.
• Liu Yi watched Han Chengyu report that the Northern Plains were fully covered by the Fairness System and that coverage in the Southern Barbarians and Central Continent exceeded ninety percent.
• Liu Yi checked the system backend and saw that coverage was spreading into the Central, Southern, and Northern Regions, while system hosts were leaving cultivation sects unaware so they would miss out on spreading it for Energy Points.

Liu Yi read comments about the Fairness System spreading across the Eastern Region and the rapid rise in cultivators’ realms. At the Shennong Sect, Wen Ziqian and his disciples prepared to submit their artificially cultivated Golden Apple Tree for review, hoping to earn Energy Points and gain access to study naturally occurring spirit fruit trees.

• Liu Yi read system hosts discussing how competition to promote the system was pushing them to travel to other regions, while cultivators in the Eastern Desolation advanced rapidly with its help.
• Wen Ziqian tasted a Golden Apple and found that it provided pure energy but had no special effects, so it fell short of the spirit fruit tree he hoped to cultivate.
• Zhou Yu'an and Shen Zhixia encouraged Wen Ziqian, and Zhou Yu'an proposed using the Golden Apple Tree’s first-of-its-kind status to win a reward and approach cultivation sects about studying their spirit fruit trees.
• Wen Ziqian agreed and instructed his disciples to organize their experimental data, cultivation methods, and videos for the Mission Hall.
• Wen Ziqian uploaded the materials and waited for the system’s final review.

Wen Ziqian’s team celebrated cultivating the Golden Apple Tree and receiving a major reward, but the tree did not advance Wen Ziqian to level ten as a Spirit Plant Master. He concluded that reaching the profession’s highest level might require cultivating a Heaven and Earth Spirit Root, then asked Li Xuan to arrange opportunities to study other sects’ spirit fruit trees.

• The Mission Hall awarded Wen Ziqian’s team 100 billion Energy Points and 1 billion Soul Power for cultivating their first acquired spirit fruit tree, the Golden Apple Tree.
• Wen Ziqian praised Shen Zhixia and Zhou Yu'an, assigned routine sapling cultivation to other disciples, and reassured them after they regretted not livestreaming the achievement.
• Wen Ziqian said the Golden Apple Tree had not helped him advance beyond level nine and suggested that cultivating a spirit fruit tree with special effects could bring him to level ten.
• Wen Ziqian speculated that a level-thirty-six Spirit Plant Master might need to cultivate a Heaven and Earth Spirit Root, and he encouraged his disciples that the feat could be possible with the Fairness System’s help.
• Wen Ziqian asked sect master Li Xuan for contacts at other cultivation forces so he could study their spirit fruit trees, and Li Xuan agreed to ask around.

Wen Ziqian studied the Heavenly Revelation Sect’s spirit fruit trees after his team successfully cultivated the first Golden Apple Tree. Liu Yi reviewed the achievement, then began discussing the Great Dao of Slaughter and the Great Dao of Devouring with Bai Qianqian and Little Yellow.

• Wen Ziqian arrived at the Heavenly Revelation Sect, and Lan Sheng escorted him to the spirit orchard to study its spirit fruit trees.
• Lan Sheng instructed the orchard’s caretaker not to disturb Wen Ziqian as he continued researching the trees.
• Liu Yi saw the Shennong Sect announce that Wen Ziqian’s team had cultivated the first Golden Apple Tree and claimed the highest reward.
• Liu Yi read Wen Ziqian’s report, learned that Golden Apple Tree fruit had no special effects, and considered whether the tree might evolve in an environment rich in Innate Spiritual Qi.
• Liu Yi invited Bai Qianqian and Little Yellow to discuss their comprehension of the Great Dao of Slaughter and the Great Dao of Devouring, and all three began expounding their insights.

The Supreme Profound Sect and the Demonic Flame Sect fought a costly war after being manipulated into blaming each other for the deaths of their members. On his way back to his forces, Zhao Sheng discovered a village of cultivators tending spirit crops and decided to investigate.

• Tang Cheng and Zhao Sheng fought fiercely in the sky, trading their sects’ powerful techniques without gaining the advantage.
• After a shichen, both learned the sect war had ended with heavy losses and no clear victor, then flew toward their respective forces.
• Zhao Sheng sensed spiritual power ahead and found a village where cultivators used the Rainfall Technique to water spirit rice and vegetables.
• Zhao Sheng tried several illusion-breaking methods, but the village remained unchanged, with cultivated residents, modern-looking houses, and paved roads.
• Zhao Sheng overheard villagers discussing the battle and unfamiliar terms, then decided to visit the village to learn what was happening.

Zhao Sheng discovered the Fairness System through Lu Yuan and bound it, becoming determined to bring it to the Supreme Profound Sect. He rushed to return with the system’s promise of helping the sect surpass the Demonic Flame Sect, while Lu Yuan remained behind in Lu Family Village.

• Zhao Sheng met Lu Yuan in Lu Family Village, offered him a place in the Supreme Profound Sect, and gave him a transmission talisman after Lu Yuan declined.
• Lu Yuan explained the Fairness System and how the village had watched the battle through a TikTok livestream, then gave Zhao Sheng a System Seed.
• Zhao Sheng bound the Fairness System, explored its features, and vowed to have the sect use it to defeat the Demonic Flame Sect.
• Zhao Sheng left for the sect, and Lu Yuan explained the encounter to the gathered villagers.
• Zhao Sheng caught up with the Supreme Profound Sect’s main force, learned they had lost 368 disciples, and urged Xiao Teng to return quickly so he could introduce the system to the sect master and elders.

Zhao Sheng introduced the Fairness System to Cai Qiang and the elders of the Supreme Profound Sect, then discovered that Chen Jie and Liu Yi had caused the Demonic Flame Sect deaths blamed on their sect. After the elders finished exploring the system, Cai Qiang rewarded Zhao Sheng but confronted him over the scripture repository’s missing manuals.

• Xiao Teng asked Zhao Sheng to explain the Fairness System, and Zhao Sheng distributed System Seeds to Cai Qiang and the elders, who bound them and marveled at its functions.
• Zhao Sheng found videos revealing that Chen Jie had killed Wang Zechuan and Liu Yi had killed Shen Yifan, and realized the Supreme Profound Sect had fought the Demonic Flame Sect over a mistaken accusation.
• Zhao Sheng watched more videos of Liu Yi and Chen Jie, judged both too dangerous to provoke, and returned to learning about the system.
• Cai Qiang and the elders left the system delighted, and Cai Qiang awarded Zhao Sheng a supreme-grade Spirit Artifact for introducing it to the sect.
• Cai Qiang asked Zhao Sheng why all the Cultivation Method Secret Manuals in the sect’s scripture repository had already been sold.

The Supreme Profound Sect’s leaders discussed the Fairness System’s spread, its restrictions on evil cultivators, and how to keep it secret from the Demonic Flame Sect. They realized the sect lacked Energy Points and considered collecting some from the Yan Kingdom’s citizens.

• Zhao Sheng admitted he had sold only some of the Scripture Pavilion’s cultivation manuals, then offered ten million Energy Points to the sect.
• Cai Qiang ordered the sect to have everyone bind the Fairness System and keep its existence secret, while the leaders agreed to restrict and expend anyone unable to bind it.
• Zhao Sheng explained that Demonic Flame Sect members could not bind the system because they were monstrously evil, and the leaders discussed leaving the Dao Seed Martial Dao System alone.
• Zhao Sheng said the sect could not spare people to spread the system or sell supplies, leaving it flat broke and short of Energy Points.
• Cai Qiang proposed selling idle treasures, and Li Liang suggested collecting part of the Energy Points generated by the Yan Kingdom’s citizens.

The Supreme Profound Sect’s leaders discussed ways to earn Energy Points and avoided a disastrous plan to collect them from the Yan Kingdom after Zhao Sheng warned them about the Fairness System. They agreed to consider livestreaming sect activities and offering military protection to the Qin State, leaving the sect poised to seek new sources of income.

• Zhao Sheng warned that forcibly collecting Energy Points from the Yan Kingdom could trigger the Fairness System’s punishment, citing the Pure Void Sect’s destruction after it oppressed the Yue State.
• Li Liang admitted his proposal had nearly endangered the sect, and Cai Qiang ordered everyone to learn the system’s rules and added a prohibition against violations to the sect rules.
• Zhao Sheng proposed livestreaming cultivation lessons and performances; Cai Qiang allowed female disciples to stream if they gave the sect thirty percent of their earnings.
• Zhao Sheng suggested livestreaming battles against the Demonic Flame Sect, and Cai Qiang ordered participating disciples to broadcast every sect war.
• Xiao Teng proposed that the Supreme Profound Sect protect the Qin State from the Demonic Flame Sect in exchange for Energy Points, and Li Liang questioned whether serving as bodyguards would harm the sect’s reputation.

The Supreme Profound Sect agreed to protect the Qin State in exchange for Energy Points and decided not to reveal that Liu Yi and Chen Jie killed the Demonic Flame Sect’s disciples. Xiao Teng traveled to the Qin capital to negotiate with the Qin emperor and waited for the palace guards to report his arrival.

• Zhao Sheng supported Xiao Teng’s proposal to protect the Qin State, and Cai Qiang approved it and assigned Xiao Teng to negotiate with the Qin emperor.
• Zhao Sheng revealed that Chen Jie killed Wang Zechuan and Liu Yi killed Shen Yifan, and the elders searched TikTok and learned about the two cultivators’ fearsome power.
• Cai Qiang and the elders decided not to tell the Demonic Flame Sect who the real killers were, fearing they would offend Liu Yi and Chen Jie without gaining anything.
• Cai Qiang had the elders add one another on Microchat and create a group chat before they discussed the protection plan’s details.
• Xiao Teng traveled to the Qin capital, observed how greatly the mortal world had changed, and resolved to treat its people as equals.
• Xiao Teng introduced himself to the imperial palace guards and asked them to report his arrival to the Qin emperor.

Qin Wu met with Xiao Teng, who proposed that the Supreme Profound Sect protect the Qin State from the Demonic Flame Sect in exchange for annual Energy Points. Qin Wu recognized that the sect needed the points and countered with a much lower offer.

• Qin Wu learned that Xiao Teng had come to the palace and greeted the Supreme Profound Sect elder in person.
• Xiao Teng proposed friendship and cooperation against the Demonic Flame Sect, warning that it would force the Qin State to unbind the system or face destruction.
• Qin Wu said he would resist the Demonic Flame Sect even if the Qin State fell, while Xiao Teng argued that this would leave both sides crippled.
• Xiao Teng offered military support and protection for fifty billion Energy Points per year.
• Qin Wu realized that the Supreme Profound Sect needed Energy Points and countered with an offer of one billion per year.

Qin Wu negotiated a protection contract with the Supreme Profound Sect, securing a Tribulation Transcendence Realm expert to guard Qin State in exchange for 20 billion Energy Points each year. After Xiao Li agreed to serve as the guard, Qin Wu and Xiao Teng signed a 50-year contract and exchanged the first year's payment.

• Xiao Teng demanded a high annual fee to protect Qin State, but Qin Wu offered 20 billion Energy Points a year if the Supreme Profound Sect sent a Tribulation Transcendence Realm expert to the capital and promised emergency support.
• Xiao Teng shared Qin Wu's offer with the sect leadership, and Cai Qiang proposed that Xiao Li take the post for an extra billion Energy Points each year.
• Xiao Li checked reports about Qin State and accepted Cai Qiang's offer to stand guard there.
• Cai Qiang authorized Xiao Teng to sign the agreement, and Xiao Teng confirmed that the Supreme Profound Sect accepted Qin Wu's terms.
• Qin Wu and Xiao Teng finalized and signed a 50-year contract under the Fairness System, then Qin Wu transferred 20 billion Energy Points for the first year.
• Xiao Teng told Qin Wu that Xiao Li would soon arrive in the capital, and Qin Wu promised to arrange a proper welcome.

The Fairness System spread across the Eastern Region and drew the attention of cultivation sects, while attempts to uncover its origins brought deadly backlash. Wei Mo and Sun Qing bound the system and tested their strength in the Trial Tower, where the rankings shattered Wei Mo’s confidence and revealed Sun Qing’s distance from Su Wantang; Sun Qing decided to livestream qin performances to earn Energy Points, as the Heavenly Devil Sect began discussing the system.

• Cultivators across the four regions learned that the Fairness System covered the Eastern Region, and diviners who probed its origins suffered severe backlash or died.
• Wei Mo, now at Middle Stage Spirit Transformation, boasted that he would surpass Qian Duoduo and claim the top ranking, then failed to appear on the ranking after three Trial Tower attempts.
• Wei Mo blamed his poor result on having no Energy Points and decided to ask his Lineage for them rather than disseminate the system or livestream.
• Sun Qing entered the Trial Tower and placed 2,998th on the Spirit Transformation Realm Combat Power Ranking, while Su Wantang stood at 158th.
• Sun Qing decided to livestream herself playing the qin to earn Energy Points and catch up to Su Wantang.
• The Heavenly Devil Sect discovered the Fairness System and began discussing how to respond to it.

At the Heavenly Devil Sect, Wei Mingyuan opposed the Fairness System while the sect master and elders pushed to have the entire sect bind it. After the system identified Wei Mingyuan as utterly vicious and devoid of humanity, Lin Chengze proposed restricting him and making him swear an oath to protect the sect.

• Wei Mingyuan called the Fairness System an evil thing, and Lin Chengze and Tao Xuan accused him of slandering it out of jealousy.
• Hua Jincheng ordered everyone in the sect to bind the system quickly because other forces had already gained strength through it.
• Tao Xuan warned that even ordinary people had become cultivators, and Wei Mingyuan insisted the sect should stop them from binding the system.
• The elders learned that anyone could bind the system unless they were utterly vicious and devoid of humanity, and they warned Wei Mingyuan not to endanger the sect.
• Hua Jincheng warned Wei Mingyuan against breaking the system's rules, while Lin Chengze proposed placing a restriction on him and making him swear a Heavenly Dao oath.

The Heavenly Devil Sect elders embraced the Fairness System and forced Wei Mingyuan to swear an oath to obey its rules. They postponed war with the righteous sects and focused on gathering Energy Points, leaving Wei Mingyuan to follow them out of the hall in silence.

• Lin Chengze and the elders declared that the Devil Dao could uphold justice, while Wei Mingyuan denounced the Fairness System and their change of allegiance.
• Hua Jincheng demanded that Wei Mingyuan swear a Heavenly Dao Oath, and Wei Mingyuan agreed after realizing he could otherwise be killed or suppressed.
• Wei Mingyuan swore never to violate the Fairness System's rules, then warned that the righteous sects might gain strength faster and suggested starting a war.
• Tao Xuan and Lin Chengze urged the sect to prioritize binding the system and earning Energy Points rather than starting a war immediately.
• Hua Jincheng proposed selling unused treasures and having disciples earn Energy Points by spreading the system or livestreaming skills, with half of livestream earnings going to the sect.
• The elders created a Microchat group and dispersed to carry out their plans, while Wei Mingyuan followed them out of the Heavenly Devil Hall with clenched fists.

Wei Mingyuan secretly spread information about the Fairness System to other Devil Dao Sects in hopes of provoking a war between the righteous and devil paths. Meanwhile, Liu Yi continued to grow stronger and rejected Little Yellow’s suggestion to try a soul massage service, wary that it might expose the secret of his Mind World.

• Wei Mingyuan blamed the Fairness System for the Heavenly Devil Sect’s behavior and decided to provoke a war by informing other Devil Dao Sects about it.
• Bai Qianqian left after the Dao discussion, while Liu Yi continued traveling with Little Yellow and contemplating the Great Dao.
• Liu Yi’s Great Dao Principles, Cell Worlds, and combat strength advanced, and he reached the Peak of the Dao Body Realm while drafting a cultivation method for the next realm.
• Liu Yi and Little Yellow saw the Supreme Bliss Pavilion advertise discounted services as the Hehuan Sect and Azure Alliance competed for customers.
• Little Yellow described the Azure Alliance’s popular soul massage technique, but Liu Yi refused to try it because he feared it could reveal his soul’s secrets.

Jiang Cheng, a bullied disciple of the Scarlet Devil Sect, met Elder Luo, a remnant soul inside a broken saber tip, who offered to teach him the Heaven-Devouring Devil Cultivation Method. Jiang Cheng accepted the violent cultivation method and began practicing it, determined to take revenge on Lin Jian and rise to the summit.

• Jiang Cheng returned to his room wounded and swore to kill Lin Jian for bullying him and stealing his resources.
• Elder Luo asked Jiang Cheng whether he wanted revenge and offered to help him grow stronger.
• Jiang Cheng found the broken saber tip and learned that Elder Luo's remnant soul had been hidden inside it.
• Elder Luo offered to teach Jiang Cheng the Heaven-Devouring Devil Cultivation Method in return for help restoring his divine soul, and Jiang Cheng agreed.
• Elder Luo taught Jiang Cheng the method up to the Spirit Transformation Realm and told him to use the saber tip while cultivating.
• Jiang Cheng gripped the saber tip, sat cross-legged, and began cultivating the Heaven-Devouring Devil Cultivation Method.

Jiang Cheng broke through to the Late Foundation Establishment Realm with the Heaven-Devouring Devil Cultivation Method and ambushed Lin Jian to devour his power. After erasing Lin Jian’s remains, Jiang Cheng embraced Elder Luo’s suggestion to prey on cultivators in the Scarlet Devil Sect, starting with those of lower realms.

• Jiang Cheng broke through to the Late Foundation Establishment Realm, and Elder Luo urged him to devour other cultivators to advance faster.
• Jiang Cheng found a thousand-year-old Scarlet Yang Ginseng, but Lin Jian arrived and demanded it from him.
• Jiang Cheng pretended to submit, then stabbed Lin Jian through the heart with a broken blade tip.
• Jiang Cheng used the Heaven-Devouring Devil Cultivation Method to drain Lin Jian’s spiritual power, Qi and Blood, and soul, then turned his corpse to bone ash.
• Elder Luo suggested devouring everyone in the Scarlet Devil Sect, and Jiang Cheng decided to begin with lower-realm cultivators.

Jiang Yuan warned Xin State’s leaders that Wei Mingyuan had exposed the Fairness System and that the Evil Soul Hall knew Xin State existed. Li Zhiyuan convened an emergency meeting, where the leaders debated fleeing or fighting before he proposed a plan to protect Xin State without heavy casualties.

• Jiang Yuan informed Li Zhiyuan and Xin State’s leaders that the Evil Soul Hall had learned about Xin State and the Fairness System, then left Peace City.
• Li Zhiyuan calmed the panicked leaders, ordered them to continue their duties, and called an emergency meeting.
• Li Zhiyuan explained that a direct battle could cause severe losses, while evacuation could destroy Xin State’s harmonious society.
• Zhou Kang urged the leaders to evacuate the people, prompting an argument between those who wanted to flee and those who wanted to fight.
• Yang Ning argued that Xin State should resist the Evil Soul Hall, and Li Zhiyuan agreed that they needed a battle plan.
• Li Zhiyuan said he had devised a way to destroy the Evil Soul Hall without heavy casualties, or at least ensure Xin State’s safety.