Recaps

Liu Yi joined the cultivators gathered for the Qin State’s campaign against the Demonic Flame Sect, where his reputation from destroying the Evil Soul Hall commanded awe. Qin Wu outlined the promised rewards, and the assembled experts urged him to begin the assault at once.

• Liu Yi planted ten Purple-Gold Apple Tree saplings in the Xuanyi World and swallowed ten drops of World Origin to nourish his Cell Worlds.
• Liu Yi arrived at the gathering with Little Yellow and sat beside Bai Qianqian and Ye Qingxue, greeting Yang Jingxing and Mei Kong.
• Mei Kong and Yang Jingxing discussed how the Evil Soul Hall’s defeat had drawn more experts, including Devil Cultivators, to the Qin State’s recruitment.
• Ye Qingxue reflected on the gulf between her abilities and Liu Yi’s, while the gathered righteous and devil-path cultivators eyed one another warily in his presence.
• Qin Wu thanked the cultivators and promised their remaining payment plus additional rewards for kills in the assault on the Demonic Flame Sect.
• Li Ming, Cao Yang, and the other cultivators urged Qin Wu to set out immediately and destroy the Demonic Flame Sect.

Qin Wu led a coalition of cultivators to the Demonic Flame Sect, where the sect’s ancestor, Du Yi, confronted the overwhelming force and demanded to know why the Qin State had come to destroy him. Chen Jie and others began livestreaming the battle as the attackers prepared to strike.

• Qin Wu opened a spatial gate, and Liu Yi, Chen Jie, and the recruited cultivators followed him to the Demonic Flame Sect’s mountain gate.
• Liu Yi saw that the sect had activated its Nine Dragons Demonic Flame Array and assessed the defenders, while Chen Jie recalled the sect’s pursuit of him and began livestreaming the attack.
• Chen Jie addressed his viewers, and Xu Cheng'an, Ye Qingxue, and Bai Qianqian also started livestreams.
• Du Yi saw the coalition’s strength and accused Xiao Li of bringing righteous cultivators and Devil Cultivators to aid the Supreme Profound Sect.
• Xiao Li said he had come as a hired fighter for the Qin State, and Li Ming explained that the Qin State had invited him to help destroy the Demonic Flame Sect.
• Du Yi questioned how the Qin State could command such a force and asked the attackers who represented it and why they had come.

Qin Wu led powerful allies against the Demonic Flame Sect, killed its elder Cheng Feng, and ordered the assault on the sect’s Nine Dragons Demonic Flame Array. As the array held under the attacks, Du Yi rallied his disciples and went to retrieve the sect’s trump card.

• Qin Wu revealed that he had brought experts to destroy the Demonic Flame Sect and killed Cheng Feng before Du Yi.
• Yang Jingxing, Xiao Li, Li Ming, and the other experts unleashed their Law Treasures and Law Techniques against the Nine Dragons Demonic Flame Array.
• The nine demonic dragons absorbed the array’s energy and recovered, while the sect’s disciples panicked and considered fleeing or surrendering.
• Du Yi silenced the disciples, ordered those below the Void Return Realm to power the array, and sent Lin Hao to retrieve Spirit Stones from the treasury.
• Du Yi led the others toward the sect’s secret ground to bring out their trump card, while Xiao Li urged the attackers to break the array quickly and struck a demonic dragon with his sword.

Liu Yi shattered the Demonic Flame Sect’s Nine Dragons Demonic Flame Array with one strike and led the assault that killed Lin Hao and slaughtered the sect’s disciples. As Du Yi and the other leaders rushed to retrieve their trump card, cultivators watching the livestream feared for their own sects, and Devil Dao leaders resolved to reform them.

• Du Yi and the Demonic Flame Sect’s leaders rushed to their secret grounds to retrieve their trump card as the sect’s array came under attack.
• Liu Yi used his Dharma Eye of Delusion Breaking to find the array’s weakness and destroyed it with the Great Yin-Yang Destruction Divine Light.
• Liu Yi killed Lin Hao with one punch, then ordered Yang Jingxing, Mei Kong, Xiao Li, and the others to attack the Demonic Flame Sect.
• The allied experts overwhelmed the sect’s remaining disciples, while Feng Mingjun watched the slaughter through Chen Jie’s livestream and was relieved he had escaped.
• Cultivators across the Central Region watched the battle, and Devil Dao Sect leaders decided to reform their sects and restrain their vicious members.

The Demonic Flame Sect revealed a damaged Nine Dragons Furnace, an Immortal Artifact that unleashed a wave of black devil flames against everyone on the battlefield. Liu Yi countered with the Great Five Elements Destruction Divine Light and sent the furnace flying, while the battle’s outcome remained uncertain.

• Qin Wu watched the recruited experts kill the Demonic Flame Sect disciples as Liu Yi prepared to pursue Du Yi and the others.
• A damaged Nine Dragons Furnace emerged from the sect’s rear mountain, and its terrifying presence made the fighters halt and retreat or prepare to defend themselves.
• Bai Qianqian sensed another danger and withdrew, while Chen Jie retreated and warned the livestream audience about the Immortal Artifact’s power.
• Du Yi spoke from inside the furnace and unleashed black devil flames at everyone, prompting some to flee and others to attack with Law Techniques and Law Treasures.
• Liu Yi blasted the furnace with the Great Five Elements Destruction Divine Light, sending it flying and devastating buildings and remaining Demonic Flame Sect disciples with the shockwave.

Liu Yi battled the Nine Dragons Furnace and overwhelmed Du Yi and the Demonic Flame Sect experts with his Great Five Elements Destruction Divine Light. He exposed a hidden presence inside the furnace, whose claim to be its artifact spirit Liu Yi rejected.

• Du Yi and the Demonic Flame Sect experts used the Nine Dragons Furnace’s demonic flames against Liu Yi, but his Great Five Elements Destruction Divine Light blasted the furnace away.
• Liu Yi dodged the furnace’s attacks and repeatedly struck back while keeping his power below the level that would trigger the world’s sealing restriction.
• The battle’s shockwaves destroyed the Demonic Flame Sect’s gates and drove the onlookers to flee, while Bai Qianqian sensed that someone was secretly empowering the furnace.
• Liu Yi damaged the furnace until Du Yi and the others were nearly out of spiritual power, then called on the hidden mastermind to reveal itself.
• A voice from the furnace claimed to be its artifact spirit, but Liu Yi dismissed the claim and accused it of deception.

The artifact spirit revealed that it had manipulated the Demonic Flame Sect and emerged from the Nine Dragons Furnace as a powerful Devil Race member named Yan Ming. Liu Yi recognized that Yan Ming had not fully recovered and rejected his offer of immortality, preparing to fight him.

• Yan Ming drained Du Yi and the other Demonic Flame Sect members of their spiritual power and Essence Blood, then burst from the Nine Dragons Furnace in a blaze of Devil Qi.
• Yang Jingxing, Mei Kong, and Xiao Li recognized the newcomer as a terrifying Devil Race being, while Bai Qianqian and the Qin State’s experts fled; Qin Wu ordered an emergency evacuation through Microchat.
• Liu Yi sensed that Yan Ming was only at the Early Stage of the True Immortal Realm, though he worried that the sealing restriction might suppress him if he fought at full strength.
• Yan Ming explained that he had designed the Demonic Flame Art to help him recover and had secretly devoured sect members, while the Demonic Flame Sect wrongly blamed their deaths on the furnace.
• Yan Ming introduced himself as a Flame Devil Race Demon General and offered to help Liu Yi become immortal if he submitted, but Liu Yi mocked the offer and vowed to kill him.

Liu Yi fought Yan Ming, a devil god whose strength was constrained by a heavenly restriction, and gradually forced him onto the defensive. Yan Ming was left baffled by Liu Yi’s ability to wield Great Dao Principles and his extensive combat experience.

• Yan Ming attacked Liu Yi with devil flames from the Nine Dragons Furnace, but Liu Yi countered with the Great Five Elements Destruction Divine Light.
• Yan Ming struck with the Nine Dragons Furnace and then charged with devil flames and three powerful fists, while Liu Yi met his attacks with Yin-Yang and Five Elements Destruction Divine Light.
• Chen Jie watched the clash from a distance as his livestream audience reacted with alarm and praised Liu Yi’s strength.
• As the battle continued, Liu Yi adapted to Yan Ming’s attacks and began forcing him onto the back foot.
• Yan Ming retreated and asked if Liu Yi was an Immortal King reincarnated; Liu Yi teased him and kept the source of his combat experience secret.

Liu Yi overwhelmed Yan Ming in close combat after taking the Nine Dragons Furnace and wearing the Creation Battle Armor. Yan Ming repeatedly regenerated from Liu Yi’s attacks, while the Qin State experts watched in shock as the battle continued.

• Yan Ming charged Liu Yi and brought down the Nine Dragons Furnace, but Liu Yi swallowed World Origin and used Five-Colored Divine Light to take the Immortal Artifact.
• Liu Yi put on the Creation Battle Armor and broke Yan Ming’s arm with a punch, then launched a relentless close-combat assault.
• Yan Ming regenerated his injuries and fought back with his arms and tail, but Liu Yi’s armor let him withstand the attacks and keep battering Yan Ming.
• Liu Yi tore off one of Yan Ming’s arms and blasted apart his devil body, but Yan Ming regenerated again with his presence weakened.
• The Qin State experts watched Liu Yi beat Yan Ming and marveled that he might be the strongest person in the Azure Billows Realm.

Liu Yi trapped Yan Ming inside World in the Palm and attacked him while avoiding the risks of unleashing True Immortal-level power. As Yan Ming struggled to escape, Chen Jie concluded that Liu Xuan and Liu Yi were the same person.

• Yan Ming refused Liu Yi’s challenge, attempted to flee, and was stopped by Liu Yi’s Time Principle and drawn into World in the Palm.
• Liu Yi used the small world’s suppressive force and repeated attacks to confine Yan Ming, who realized that even a near-True-Immortal strike could not break free.
• Chen Jie was shocked by Liu Yi’s mastery of a spatial Divine Ability and considered cultivating additional Great Daos himself.
• Chen Jie recognized that Liu Yi’s Creation Battle Armor matched Liu Xuan’s and concluded that Liu Yi had entered the Immortal-Devil Secret Realm under that identity.

Liu Yi trapped Yan Ming inside World in the Palm, while witnesses marveled at his strength and Su Yuxuan speculated that he was a reincarnated Immortal King. Yan Ming rejected Liu Yi’s offer to release him only if he crippled his cultivation and prepared to unleash his full strength to break free.

• Mei Kong and Yang Jingxing realized Liu Yi had taken Yan Ming into a hidden battle, and Yang Jingxing warned that the devil god was probably still alive.
• Li Ming marveled at Liu Yi’s strength and the Dao Seed Martial Dao System, while Cao Yang argued that Liu Yi himself was extraordinary.
• Su Yuxuan recalled Yan Ming’s future slaughter and decided to seek out Jian Lingxu in the Central Region after the Demonic Flame Sect crisis ended.
• Inside World in the Palm, Yan Ming offered to swear he would not seek revenge, but Liu Yi demanded that he cripple his cultivation before he would release him.
• Liu Yi exposed Yan Ming’s useless oath and intensified World in the Palm’s crushing force, prompting Yan Ming to prepare to unleash his full strength and use a Flame Devil Race Secret Method to escape.

Liu Yi lured Yan Ming into unleashing enough power to trigger the sealing restriction, which crushed the devil despite his desperate attacks. Liu Yi searched the ruins afterward but suspected Yan Ming might not be completely dead and began tracing him with the Principle of Cause and Effect.

• Yan Ming shattered Liu Yi's World in the Palm with his full power, and Liu Yi retreated with the Spacetime Divine Technique to await the sealing restriction.
• Yan Ming attacked Liu Yi with four punches, and Liu Yi countered with the Heaven-Opening Sword and Great Yin-Yang Destruction Divine Light.
• The sealing restriction appeared and locked onto Yan Ming, who failed to damage it even after using a forbidden Secret Method and the Heaven-Burning Devil Fist.
• The Great Dao pattern crushed Yan Ming to ashes, then vanished as Liu Yi watched from a safe distance.
• Liu Yi searched the crater for Yan Ming but found no trace, then used the Principle of Cause and Effect to seek him out.

Liu Yi destroyed Yan Ming’s remaining revival plans, confirmed the demon god’s permanent death, and received payment after the Demonic Flame Sect’s destruction. As Chen Jie ended the livestream, Su Yuxuan realized the present was diverging from her memories and wondered whether Liu Yi was the reincarnation of a being above the Immortal King Realm.

• Liu Yi destroyed Yan Ming’s hidden revival plans, checked the Nine Dragons Furnace, and confirmed through the Principle of Cause and Effect that Yan Ming could not return.
• The Heavenly Dao rewarded Liu Yi with five million Merit Points, and he considered using his growing Merit to advance the Xuanyi World.
• Qin Wu and the other experts thanked Liu Yi, and Qin Wu paid him eighty-seven point one billion Energy Points.
• Liu Yi exchanged words with Bai Qianqian, Ye Qingxue, Yang Jingxing, Mei Kong, and the others, then departed using Spatial Teleportation.
• Chen Jie ended the livestream after viewers discussed the sealing restriction and suspected Liu Yi and Liu Xuan were the same person.
• Su Yuxuan compared the events with her past life, wondered whether Liu Yi was above the Immortal King Realm, and recalled that the sealing restriction would eventually weaken.

Lin Yufei learned that Liu Xuan was Liu Yi, the Liu Household’s ancestor, and the family warned its members to conceal their connection to protect themselves from his enemies. After his battle, Liu Yi returned to his Portable Daoist Sanctum, checked the flourishing Xuanyi World, and found that the severed arm was nearly refined while he postponed investigating its bronze token.

• Lin Yufei asked Liu Wei whether Liu Xuan was Liu Yi, and Liu Wei confirmed that Liu Yi was their ancestor and explained why the family had hidden his identity.
• Liu Hai warned the Liu Household and Lin Yufei to keep their relationship with Liu Yi secret, and family members agreed.
• Lin Yufei and Liu Wei discussed the need for caution and Qian’er’s prospects as a cultivator.
• Liu Yi entered the Portable Daoist Sanctum, where Little Yellow praised him and went to prepare a feast.
• Liu Yi surveyed the expanding Xuanyi World, noted that it had more than three thousand True Immortals, and saw that the Heaven and Earth Furnace had reduced the severed arm to bones.
• Liu Yi decided to wait until the arm was fully refined before examining the bronze token in its hand.

Liu Yi refined the Xuanyi World and reshaped four Immortal Artifacts before entering seclusion to advance all his Cell Worlds to the Middle World level. As he began deducing the Return to Oneness Realm Cultivation Method, Jian Lingxu awakened memories of his past life as the Heavenly Sword King and vowed to reclaim his power and take revenge.

• Liu Yi refined more than thirty million Merit Points into the Xuanyi World, bringing its World Origin and Great Dao Principles close to the threshold for advancement.
• Liu Yi refined and reshaped four Immortal Artifacts, then gave Little Yellow ten drops of World Origin before entering seclusion.
• Liu Yi consumed World Origin over three months and advanced every Cell World in his body to the Middle World level.
• Liu Yi began using the Subsystem Computing Power Matrix to deduce and perfect the Return to Oneness Realm Cultivation Method.
• Jian Lingxu collapsed while cultivating, then awakened as the reincarnated Heavenly Sword King and vowed to regain his former strength and avenge his death.

Jian Lingxu awakened his past-life memories as an Immortal King after his failed breakthrough, while Su Yuxuan waited near the Heavenly Sword Sect for a chance to meet him. Instead, she encountered Ye Qingxue, and the chapter ended with news that two True Disciples had challenged Jian Lingxu to a match the next day.

• Jian Lingxu realized he had reincarnated as the Heavenly Sword Sect’s Holy Son and resolved to heal his injuries before cultivating the Heavenly Sword Scripture.
• Su Yuxuan waited in a cultivation-market restaurant, hoping to meet Jian Lingxu before he awakened his Immortal King memories, but he never appeared.
• Su Yuxuan spotted Ye Qingxue and invited her to share a meal and conversation.
• Su Yuxuan told Ye Qingxue she had come to the Central Region partly to meet Jian Lingxu, but denied wanting to spar with him or make him her dao companion.
• A cultivator announced that Lin Jingtao and Sun Yuan had challenged Jian Lingxu, who had accepted their match for the following day.

Su Yuxuan and Ye Qingxue went to watch Jian Lingxu’s challenge match at the Heavenly Sword Sect, where Su Yuxuan livestreamed the event to a huge audience. Jian Lingxu had yet to appear, and Lin Jingtao and Sun Yuan publicly taunted him for supposedly backing out.

• Su Yuxuan recalled that Jian Lingxu had defeated Lin Jingtao and Sun Yuan in her previous life after awakening his Immortal King memories, then invited Ye Qingxue to watch the match.
• Su Yuxuan started a TikTok livestream at the Heavenly Sword Sect’s crowded martial arts arena, and its viewership quickly surged.
• Su Yuxuan introduced the challenge between Jian Lingxu and the two True Disciples to her livestream audience and asked viewers for tips.
• As Jian Lingxu remained absent, spectators speculated that he might withdraw, while Lin Jingtao and Sun Yuan hoped his absence would cost him the Holy Son position.
• Lin Jingtao called out Jian Lingxu for refusing to appear, and Sun Yuan mocked him for being afraid.

Jian Lingxu challenged Lin Jingtao and Sun Yuan to fight him together, claiming he was invincible among cultivators of the same realm. As the two entered the arena, the crowd and observers questioned his confidence, and the match was about to begin.

• Jian Lingxu descended onto the arena and taunted Lin Jingtao and Sun Yuan for challenging him.
• Lin Jingtao and Sun Yuan accepted Jian Lingxu's offer to fight them both at once and demanded that he later face each of them separately if he lost.
• Jian Lingxu agreed, explaining that he had begun cultivating the powerful Heavenly Sword Scripture and believed his skill and experience would let him defeat both opponents.
• Ye Qingxue compared Jian Lingxu's arrogance to Chen Jie's, while Su Yuxuan said he could beat the two opponents but doubted he was truly invincible in his realm.
• Lin Jingtao and Sun Yuan leaped into the arena as onlookers debated Jian Lingxu's strength and awaited the fight.

Jian Lingxu faced Lin Jingtao and Sun Yuan together and effortlessly turned aside their attacks before defeating Sun Yuan with a single powerful strike. He then charged Lin Jingtao, declaring that he would show him what it meant to be invincible.

• Lin Jingtao and Sun Yuan challenged Jian Lingxu together, but he dismissed their warnings and invited them to attack.
• Jian Lingxu deflected Lin Jingtao's sword and destroyed Sun Yuan's rain of Sword Qi, then casually blocked both of their repeated attacks.
• Su Yuxuan watched the battle and read livestream comments comparing Jian Lingxu's claim of invincibility with Chen Jie and Liu Yi.
• Jian Lingxu used Sword Steps to appear before Sun Yuan and struck him through his spiritual power shield, knocking him from the arena and making him spit blood.
• Jian Lingxu turned on Lin Jingtao, declared that he would demonstrate invincibility, and rushed at him with a towering sword strike.

Jian Lingxu defeated Lin Jingtao and Sun Yuan, then declared himself unbeatable among peers, while Ye Qingxue and Su Yuxuan discussed how Liu Yi overshadowed even such a powerful genius. Su Yuxuan ended her livestream and invited Ye Qingxue to explore a Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivator’s ice Dao tomb, and Ye Qingxue agreed.

• Jian Lingxu defeated Lin Jingtao with a sword strike after Lin challenged his sudden increase in strength.
• Jian Lingxu left the training ground after declaring that none could rival his Dao within the same realm, prompting the crowd to debate his power and arrogance.
• Su Yuxuan refused livestream viewers’ calls to challenge Jian Lingxu and ended her livestream rather than risk defeat or provoke him.
• Ye Qingxue and Su Yuxuan agreed that Liu Yi surpassed the era’s other geniuses, and Su Yuxuan called his presence a blessing because he could protect them from calamity.
• Su Yuxuan invited Ye Qingxue to explore a Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivator’s ice Dao tomb with Bai Qianqian, and Ye Qingxue agreed.

Liu Yi deduced and began cultivating the Return to Oneness Realm method, seeking to unite essence, Qi, spirit, and Dao while postponing the return of his internal worlds. Meanwhile, Qian Duoduo closed his Flying Immortal City store and prepared to expand into the Central Region before Sect Master Lin Nan contacted him.

• Liu Yi completed his deduction of the Return to Oneness Realm method and decided to leave his 129,600 internal worlds in the Chaos Sea until they were ready to be drawn back.
• Liu Yi circulated the method, fusing essence, Qi, spirit, and Dao as a cocoon of Great Dao light enveloped him and transformed his golden blood back to crimson.
• Qian Duoduo decided to close his Flying Immortal City store and open four Duoduo Department Stores in the Central Region, appointing his four clerks as shopkeepers.
• Qian Duoduo removed the store sign and announced the closure to passersby, who complained about his profits but feared Liu Yi's backing.
• Qian Duoduo received a Microchat video call request from Sect Master Lin Nan and wondered what he wanted.

Lin Nan and the elders of the Heavenly Revelation Sect agreed that the sect needed sweeping reforms to attract more disciples in the system era. After proposing better disciple treatment and compensation for operating the Spiritual Qi Conversion Grand Formation, they decided to ask Qian Duoduo for business advice.

• Lin Nan told the elders that the sect had recruited only 176 disciples and warned that dwindling numbers threatened its future.
• Song Wei, Lan Sheng, and Wang Bo discussed how the Fairness System and Dao Seed Martial Dao System had made it harder for sects to recruit disciples.
• Lin Nan called for sweeping reforms, and the elders agreed that the sect needed to improve its treatment of disciples and adapt to the new era.
• Song Wei proposed that disciples of all aptitudes take turns operating the Spiritual Qi Conversion Grand Formation, and Lan Sheng proposed paying them Energy Points.
• Lan Sheng suggested asking Qian Duoduo for advice, and Song Wei agreed that the candidate for holy son should help the sect.

Qian Duoduo advised the Heavenly Revelation Sect on how to attract more disciples and resolve internal divisions, and Lin Nan approved his proposals. The sect decided to recruit annually, remove aptitude requirements, and offer new disciples interest-free loans to buy artificial Heavenly Spirit Roots.

• Lin Nan contacted Qian Duoduo by Microchat video call and explained the sect’s predicament to him.
• Qian Duoduo proposed equal treatment for cultivators with artificial and innate Heavenly Spirit Roots and paid tasks to staff the Spiritual Qi Conversion Grand Formation.
• Qian Duoduo recommended holding the Immortal Ascension Conference every year and promoting the sect widely on TikTok, forums, and throughout Jin State.
• Qian Duoduo urged the sect to accept disciples regardless of aptitude and help those with poor aptitude obtain artificial Heavenly Spirit Roots.
• Lan Sheng and Song Wei cautioned against giving artificial Heavenly Spirit Roots away for free, and the elders agreed that interest-free loans would be fairer.
• Lin Nan decreed that all newly admitted disciples could apply for interest-free loans to purchase artificial Heavenly Spirit Roots.

Qian Duoduo proposed reforms to professional training and sect operations, and the Heavenly Revelation Sect’s leaders approved a detailed plan. He declined the offer to become sect master, preferring to focus on cultivation and earning Energy Points, while Lin Nan prepared to announce the reforms.

• Qian Duoduo urged the sect to create structured training programs for professions such as artifact refining, pill refining, Spirit Plants, formations, mechanisms, puppetry, spirit cooking, and talismans.
• Song Wei, Lan Sheng, the elders, and Lin Nan praised Qian Duoduo’s proposals and urged him to become holy son and eventually sect master.
• Qian Duoduo declined the leadership roles, explaining that he preferred a leisurely life and wanted to focus on cultivation and his business.
• Lin Nan accepted Qian Duoduo’s refusal and agreed that the sect should first implement its immediate reforms.
• Qian Duoduo and the sect’s upper echelon spent a day refining a detailed reform plan, which the elders unanimously approved.
• Lin Nan finalized the plan and sent a reform notice to the sect’s Microchat group.

After three years of transformation, Liu Yi reached the Middle Return to Oneness Realm and began mastering the fusion of essence, Qi, spirit, and Dao. He discovered that cultivation sects across the Eastern Desolation were reforming their systems, inspired by the Heavenly Revelation Sect.

• Liu Yi completed his transformation, formed the Human Body Microcosm, and reflected on the remaining flaw of leaving his internal world in the Chaos Sea.
• Liu Yi rested, then challenged his mirror image on the Trial Tower’s three-thousandth floor and defeated it.
• Liu Yi checked TikTok and watched a video reporting that Eastern Desolation sects were reforming to recruit disciples and train them in specialized fields.
• Liu Yi learned that Qian Duoduo had proposed the Heavenly Revelation Sect’s successful reforms three years earlier, prompting other sects to follow its example.