Recaps

Zhang Xuezhou agreed to accompany Zhang Qian to Chang'an City and offer the Full Moon Scimitar Secret Manual to the imperial court, after securing a travel permit under the name Dongfang Shuo. As they left the permit office, Wu Chao unexpectedly spotted Zhang Xuezhou, whom he had been trying to attract as “Hongku.”

• Zhang Qian persuaded Zhang Xuezhou that the Full Moon Scimitar Secret Manual could benefit the country and earn them a reward, and Zhang Xuezhou agreed to travel with him to Chang'an City.
• Zhang Qian promised to cover their expenses and spoke of their future success, while Zhang Xuezhou agreed to let others practice the manual after he memorized it.
• Zhang Xuezhou and Zhang Qian discussed and demonstrated the Full Moon Scimitar technique as they prepared for their journey.
• Zhang Xuezhou obtained a travel permit under the name Dongfang Shuo, explaining that he had rejoined his ancestral clan and changed his name.
• Wu Chao saw Zhang Xuezhou leaving the government office with Zhang Qian after repeatedly trying to get the attention of the man he believed was Hongku.

Zhang Xuezhou and Wu Chao crossed paths at Yanmen Pass, while Wu Chao continued traveling with Senior Brother Rulai, who sought the Yin-Yang School's Realm Technique for the Western Sect. They headed deeper into Han territory, and the smell of food from a fire ahead gave Rulai an idea for feeding Wu Chao.

• Zhang Xuezhou and Wu Chao briefly recognized each other at Yanmen Pass and passed without speaking.
• Senior Brother Rulai warned Wu Chao that their mission was to obtain the Yin-Yang School's Realm Technique for the Western Sect's leaders.
• Wu Chao complained about his Tightening Headband, but Senior Brother Rulai refused to remove it or be tricked into wearing it himself.
• Senior Brother Rulai carried Wu Chao along the military road as Wu Chao dawdled, complained, and demanded meat.
• Senior Brother Rulai spotted a fire and smelled charred food, then considered begging for meat rather than hunting an animal.

Zhang Xuezhou and Zhang Qian traveled toward Chang'an City, where Zhang Xuezhou planned to check for news and pursue a possible reward. Their journey paused when Wu Chao and Senior Brother Rulai caught up with them seeking food, and Zhang Qian discovered that Rulai could withstand his weapons.

• Zhang Xuezhou told Zhang Qian about his seven-days-awake, seven-days-asleep condition, and Zhang Qian promised to protect and accommodate him in Chang'an City.
• Zhang Xuezhou decided to stop in Chang'an City to look for news of Dong Zhongshu and the Agricultural Sect before continuing toward Hibiscus City.
• Wu Chao and Senior Brother Rulai approached the camp at night, asking Zhang Xuezhou and Zhang Qian for food.
• Zhang Qian struck Senior Brother Rulai twice with his saber, but Rulai's bronze-colored body resisted the blows.
• Zhang Qian warned that Rulai's ability could be broken by destroying the object holding his thoughts, then explained that the court might grant Zhang Xuezhou a Vajra Talisman as a reward.

As the group shared roasted roe deer, Zhang Xuezhou examined how his Grain Avoidance Instruction and Yang Corporeal Soul Incarnation might be strengthening his cultivation. Wu Chao recognized Zhang Xuezhou’s golden bug and offered to help, but Senior Brother Rulai immediately identified its age, diet, and cause of its weakness.

• Wu Chao and Senior Brother Rulai argued over whether a monk could eat meat while disciplining his heart, as the group ate around the campfire.
• Zhang Xuezhou fed a bite of burnt roe deer to his sleepy golden bug, which was too exhausted to eat.
• Zhang Xuezhou studied the Grain Avoidance Instruction’s circulation through his body and Yang Corporeal Soul Incarnation, concluding that it might have reached the Divine Ability Realm’s level.
• Wu Chao recognized the golden bug, explained its rarity, and offered to help Zhang Xuezhou care for it.
• Senior Brother Rulai revealed that the bug was a roughly thirty-year-old winged ladybug that needed spiritual wood and had likely been weakened by starvation.

Zhang Xuezhou and Wu Chao discussed the sleepy feathered insect’s need for spirit wood, and Senior Brother Rulai let it feed on his Dragon-Subduing Wood staff. As Senior Brother Rulai explained his True Solar Fire and cultivation of 108,000 apertures, Zhang Xuezhou realized he had encountered another practitioner of the same kind of cultivation he was pursuing.

• Wu Chao explained that the sleepy insect ate spirit wood, enhanced spellcasting, and could starve to death within three to five days.
• Zhang Xuezhou asked Senior Brother Rulai to save the insect, and Rulai let it gnaw on his staff made from five-hundred-year-old Dragon-Subduing Wood.
• Wu Chao revealed that the insect might fly off to find food on its own, while Senior Brother Rulai proposed taking it to Spirit Mountain, where it could feed on living spirit wood.
• Senior Brother Rulai said he expected to return to Spirit Mountain in one to three months after settling affairs in the Eastern Land, and claimed he could defeat Jin Chang with his strength and True Solar Fire.
• Senior Brother Rulai explained that he could release True Solar Fire through 96,000 of his 108,000 apertures, and Zhang Xuezhou recognized that he was cultivating the same finely divided apertures.

Zhang Xuezhou and Wu Chao questioned Senior Brother Rulai about his cultivation of 108,000 acupoints, and Zhang Xuezhou eagerly learned about the method. Wu Chao discovered that his unresolved cultivation problem left him trapped in a deadly contest within the Western Sect, and he searched for a way to survive.

• Zhang Xuezhou asked Senior Brother Rulai how cultivating 108,000 acupoints compared with the simpler methods used in the Great Han Dynasty.
• Senior Brother Rulai explained that the detailed method strengthened cultivators and extended his lifespan, but required a century of painstaking cultivation and conversion to the sect.
• Zhang Xuezhou questioned Senior Brother Rulai about the acupoints, prompting Wu Chao to listen and then ask for more information himself.
• Senior Brother Rulai warned Wu Chao that he could not cultivate the complicated Technique until he resolved the problem holding back his Realm Technique.
• Senior Brother Rulai revealed that Wu Chao had to compete against other Buddha Son nominees, including the surviving candidates who might kill or cripple one another.
• Wu Chao secretly explained his situation to Zhang Xuezhou and despaired over how difficult it would be to escape the Western Sect alive.

Zhang Xuezhou learned from Senior Brother Rulai that the Unification of All Acupoints could combine cultivation techniques into Divine Ability-like powers, and realized that his own mastery of the Grain Avoidance Instruction had made him a Half-Step Immortal in that field. He left understanding the unusual strength he had gained, though his fixed cultivation made further progress unlikely.

• Zhang Xuezhou asked Senior Brother Rulai whether subdivided acupoints could be unified, and Senior Brother Rulai explained how unified acupoints could combine techniques into powerful whole-body abilities.
• Senior Brother Rulai said that acupoint unification required perfect cultivation, then suggested that partial unification would amount to being a Half-Step Immortal.
• Senior Brother Rulai demonstrated his physical strength by smashing a large bluestone with his head, and explained that full unification would turn it to powder.
• Zhang Xuezhou realized that his perfected Grain Avoidance Instruction and other avoidance techniques had given him an extraordinary ability to endure hunger.
• Senior Brother Rulai advised Zhang Xuezhou to repeat the circumstances that had brought him his cultivation breakthrough, but Zhang Xuezhou recognized that his fixed cultivation made another such advance unlikely.

Wu Chao asked Zhang Xuezhou for help escaping the Western Sect’s control, and Zhang Xuezhou’s warning led him to consider turning the Buddha Sons against their sect masters. Wu Chao decided to seek the Nine People Sect’s inheritance so he could hide and survive the coming conflict.

• Wu Chao asked Zhang Xuezhou to help him and offered his senior brother’s body cultivation technique in return.
• Zhang Xuezhou agreed to try, then explained that Wu Chao faced danger from both senior brother Rulai and the Western Sect’s masters.
• Zhang Xuezhou suggested that Wu Chao use the Buddha Sons’ conflicts and the weaknesses of Buddha Son Shigong to his advantage.
• Zhang Xuezhou’s question about whether Wu Chao could become the kind of person who targeted the sect masters made Wu Chao consider turning the Buddha Sons against them.
• Wu Chao decided to obtain the Nine People Sect’s inheritance and use its concealment techniques to survive the conflict.

Zhang Xuezhou and Wu Chao agreed to share cultivation methods and seek help with their respective predicaments, while Wu Chao urged him to visit the Western Sect for spiritual-soul treatment. As Senior Brother Rulai prepared to travel to Shouchun City, Zhang Xuezhou decided to follow and watch his confrontation with Jin Chang.

• Zhang Xuezhou agreed to let Wu Chao inspect his adoptive father's copy of the Yin-Yang School Realm Technique if Wu Chao obtained Jin Chang's inheritance.
• Wu Chao identified the Western Sect's Eight Treasures Merit Pool, golden lotus seeds, and White Lotus Method as possible remedies for Zhang Xuezhou's unstable spiritual soul.
• Zhang Xuezhou taught Wu Chao the Yang Corporeal Soul Transformation Technique after explaining its rules and restrictions.
• Senior Brother Rulai warned Zhang Xuezhou that the Sleepy Bug needed frequent feeding when used, and offered to care for it if Zhang could not afford to feed it.
• Senior Brother Rulai said he would travel to Shouchun City, and Zhang Xuezhou resolved to go there and look for an opportunity to join the hunt for Jin Chang.

Zhang Xuezhou and Zhang Qian rode toward Chang'an City while debating whether capable cultivators should serve the court, revealing their sharply different convictions. After arriving, Zhang Xuezhou resolved to secure a tangible reward for his help and considered exploring the city while Zhang Qian pursued his recommendation.

• Zhang Qian criticized cultivators who refused to serve the court, while Zhang Xuezhou argued they had no obligation to do so and recalled the slaughtered people in the Tomb of the King of Liang.
• Zhang Qian affirmed that he wanted to improve ordinary people's lives, and Zhang Xuezhou admired him while making clear he did not want to be sacrificed for others.
• After four days of travel, Zhang Xuezhou and Zhang Qian reached Chang'an City, where mourning lanterns and memories of political violence made Zhang Xuezhou wary.
• Zhang Xuezhou gave up on collecting the reward promised by the crown prince and decided to seek a tangible benefit, such as the Vajra Talisman, a martial art, or money.
• Zhang Qian submitted a calling card at the Office of the Jingzhao Intendant and chose a cheap inn, while Zhang Xuezhou considered visiting Dong Zhongshu's residence and looking around the city.

Zhang Xuezhou mingled with scholars outside Dong Zhongshu’s residence, learned how recommendations and literary talent could lead to office, and decided to seek Dong Zhongshu’s support. When he returned to the guesthouse, he found Zhang Qian meeting the new emperor in their room.

• Zhang Xuezhou avoided the scholars’ requests to recite a fu by claiming he was grieving for the late emperor and praising Sima Xiangru instead.
• The scholars discussed court appointments, the Confucian School’s prospects, and Dong Zhongshu’s absence in Shu Commandery.
• Zhang Xuezhou decided that a recommendation from Dong Zhongshu would be more useful than trading the Full Moon Scimitar Secret Manual for an official post.
• Zhang Xuezhou returned to the guesthouse and found the new emperor there with Zhang Qian.
• The new emperor teased Zhang Qian about his frugal lodging, while Zhang Qian was overwhelmed that the emperor had personally come to see him.

Zhang Xuezhou presented the Full Moon Scimitar Secret Manual to the new emperor and explained that he had received it from a member of the Hunyu Tribe in exchange for teaching an incarnation method. The emperor offered rewards for further intelligence and secret manuals, and Zhang Xuezhou asked what he would receive for the one he had brought.

• The new emperor asked Zhang Xuezhou about the Full Moon Scimitar Secret Manual and revealed that Emperor Jing had once ordered him to monitor or eliminate people who had traveled to Lingnan.
• Zhang Xuezhou identified himself as Dongfang Shuo, and the new emperor accepted that he had changed his name rather than pressuring him about the first-grade Technique he had been promised.
• The new emperor asked how Zhang Xuezhou had obtained the Full Moon Scimitar, and Zhang Xuezhou said he had traded an incarnation method to Bo'erdunha of the Hunyu Tribe for it.
• The new emperor recognized the manual as a valuable mounted-combat art and offered a Mountain-Subduing Stone, an official post, or a large sum of money for further manuals and reliable intelligence about Xiong State.
• Zhang Xuezhou asked what reward he would receive for the secret manual he was presenting.

Zhang Xuezhou exchanged the Full Moon Scimitar Secret Manual for a Vajra Talisman after the new emperor explained why he could not privately grant him a Mountain-Subduing Stone. Zhang Qian planned to resign his military post and return to Chang'an City, while Zhang Xuezhou asked to borrow money so he could stay there.

• Zhang Xuezhou asked the new emperor for a reward, but learned that a Mountain-Subduing Stone and official post required formal procedures and were beyond the emperor's private authority.
• Zhang Xuezhou explained that he wanted a Mountain-Subduing Stone for its illusion-making power, and the new emperor warned that his cultivation was too low to refine one.
• Zhang Qian reminded Zhang Xuezhou that he had originally wanted a Vajra Talisman, and the new emperor gave him one in exchange for the manual.
• Zhang Qian said he would return to Yanmen Pass to resign his post before seeking an official position in Chang'an City.
• Zhang Xuezhou asked Zhang Qian to lend him money so he could stay in Chang'an City and said he hoped to meet Academician Dong Zhongshu.
• The new emperor departed with the Full Moon Scimitar Secret Manual after telling Zhang Qian to make his trip quickly.

Zhang Qian told Zhang Xuezhou that the new emperor had ordered him to resign from the army and apply for a court post, prompting Zhang Xuezhou to consider his own prospects and seek Dong Zhongshu's help assessing his treasures. When Zhang Xuezhou went to visit Dong Zhongshu, he accidentally struck him with a stone, discovering that Dong Zhongshu had returned and Rong Tianding was with him.

• Zhang Qian told Zhang Xuezhou that the new emperor had instructed him to resign from the Western Border Military District and submit a brief application for an official position.
• Zhang Xuezhou asked Zhang Qian to recommend him someday, but soon lost interest in becoming an official and hoped instead that Zhang Qian would help him later.
• Zhang Xuezhou decided to wait for Dong Zhongshu to return and examine the Yellow Sand Technique and other treasures from the Xieluosi River Holy Land.
• At dawn, Zhang Xuezhou carved a short meeting request onto a stone and threw it into the Dong Residence, striking Dong Zhongshu on the head.
• Rong Tianding opened the gate and called Zhang Xuezhou inside, explaining that Dong Zhongshu had just returned and the courtyard was blocked by scholars' calling slips.

Zhang Xuezhou visited Dong Zhongshu, bringing him a prized Yellow Sand Sect Technique and giving Rong Tianding a protective Vajra Talisman. The visit ended with Dong Zhongshu poisoned by the secret manual, leaving him to wonder whether Zhang Xuezhou's misfortune was affecting everyone around him.

• Dong Zhongshu treated the injury Zhang Xuezhou suffered after mistaking a falling stone for a calling card, then asked him to sort the courtyard's piled-up cards.
• Zhang Xuezhou gave Dong Zhongshu the Yellow Sand Sect Secret Scroll: Yellow Sand Technique, and they began studying it together.
• Zhang Xuezhou gave Rong Tianding a Vajra Talisman and explained how to use it.
• Dong Zhongshu discovered that the secret manual was poisoned and used pills and a detoxification Technique to survive.
• Dong Zhongshu wondered whether Zhang Xuezhou's bad luck had begun affecting those around him.

Zhang Xuezhou worried that his fortune had turned bad and asked Dong Zhongshu how to improve it, while refusing to admit he was unlucky. Dong Zhongshu came to see Zhang Xuezhou as a benefactor and looked forward to examining his treasures after Zhang Xuezhou woke from his sleep.

• Dong Zhongshu recited the Tomb Scripture and made a wish while Zhang Xuezhou and Rong Tianding joined in.
• Zhang Xuezhou reflected on his recent misfortunes and the benefactors who had helped him, then asked Dong Zhongshu how to improve his fortune.
• Zhang Xuezhou insisted that his treasures proved he was lucky and promised to show Dong Zhongshu another fine treasure in a few days.
• Dong Zhongshu agreed to wait until Zhang Xuezhou woke before discussing the poison-coated Yellow Sand Technique, and Zhang Xuezhou mentioned an External Incarnation Technique.
• Dong Zhongshu grew excited by Zhang Xuezhou's treasures and concluded that his own bad luck, not Zhang Xuezhou, was the problem.

During a storm, Ren Anran told Zhang Xuezhou that she could see and hear an ancient emperor communicating with her across worlds. Zhang Xuezhou believed her and gave her words from the Yang Corporeal Soul Transformation Technique to recite, hoping the emperor would explain them.

• Rong Tianding struggled to shelter Zhang Xuezhou and Dong Zhongshu in the neglected Dong Residence as the storm broke over Chang'an.
• Zhang Xuezhou woke in Western Capital City and found Ren Anran transfixed by the rain, claiming someone in a pavilion was speaking to her.
• Ren Anran spoke in strange sounds and ancient languages, then showed Zhang Xuezhou drawings of an emperor who seemed to be addressing her and strengthening her mental power.
• Zhang Xuezhou recognized the emperor and suspected an Incantation Technique coordinate linked their worlds.
• Zhang Xuezhou wrote out a phonetic version of the Yang Corporeal Soul Transformation Technique and asked Ren Anran to recite it to the emperor to test whether he could explain it.
• Ren Anran asked whether Zhang Xuezhou knew the figure, and Zhang Xuezhou said he was a jianghu emperor who had lived for over a thousand years.

The Emperor and Empress discussed Ren Anran’s world and arranged for Cai Ma to search for Zhang Xuezhou. The Emperor then used his divine soul to find Ren Anran again, where he saw her speaking but could not hear or understand her.

• The Emperor told the Empress that Ren Anran lived in a vast, unfamiliar world and showed her an abstract painting of the room he had seen through Ren Anran’s eyes.
• The Emperor urged the Empress to keep practicing Divine Soul Strengthening so she might one day see the upper realm with him.
• The Empress decided to send Cai Ma to find Zhang Xuezhou, and the Emperor agreed that Cai Ma should take protective treasures.
• After the Empress left to prepare Cai Ma’s journey, the Emperor meditated on the spirit incense and let his divine soul drift through the void.
• The Emperor followed his Law Power mark to Ren Anran and saw her speaking, but he could neither hear her voice nor understand her language.

Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Anran worked through the Yang Corporeal Soul Transformation Technique, and Ren Yisheng used it to regain a physical body. The transformation succeeded but left him a tiny, translucent figure, shocking Ren Anran and Zhang Xuezhou.

• Ren Yisheng endured his despair while listening to Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Anran repeatedly discuss the technique.
• Ren Yisheng remembered that he had decided to attempt the Yang Corporeal Soul Transformation Technique rather than wait any longer.
• Ren Yisheng followed the written notes with his mental power, and a thin covering formed around him as the chill receded.
• Ren Yisheng manifested a human body around the Soul Jade, but he was only about three inches tall and remained blurry and translucent.
• Ren Yisheng coughed to attract attention, and Ren Anran and Zhang Xuezhou turned to see his unusual new form.

Ren Yisheng used Zhang Xuezhou’s incomplete Yang Corporeal Soul Transformation Technique to emerge from the Soul Jade as a small, blurry incarnation, but he could not reconnect with his physical body. After discovering that his new form depended on the Soul Jade’s Spiritual Qi, he decided to seek more from the Tur Tribe in the Thousand Islands Alliance.

• Ren Yisheng quickly mastered the incomplete Yang Corporeal Soul Transformation Technique and formed a small Yang Corporeal Soul Incarnation outside his body.
• Ren Anran asked whether Ren Yisheng could return to his physical body, and he tried the method Zhang Xuezhou had written down before reappearing from the Soul Jade.
• Ren Yisheng examined his frozen body and said it felt like armor rather than his true self, which he sensed was connected to the Soul Jade.
• Ren Yisheng tested his abilities, found he could not use the Dragon Elephant Combat Technique, and soon exhausted the Spiritual Qi in the Soul Jade.
• Ren Yisheng concluded that he needed more Soul Jade and decided to seek it from his old adversary in the Thousand Islands Alliance.

Zhang Xuezhou persuaded Tuer Kalanduo to take him to the Thousand Islands Alliance, while Ren Anran joined them and explained how a Sequence Grand Gathering could settle disputes among the Scarlet Alliance State's major Households. The chapter left the Zuo Household facing likely defeat if the gathering was held.

• Zhang Xuezhou met Tuer Kalanduo outside Jishi Medical Center and asked her to lead him to the Tuer Clan's territory to see its deity and Soul Jade.
• Tuer Kalanduo agreed to leave for the Thousand Islands Alliance with Zhang Xuezhou, and Ren Anran arrived with travel documents to accompany them as his doctor.
• Ren Anran told Zhang Xuezhou that disputes over broadcasting The Smiling, Proud Wanderer could deepen conflicts between Western Capital City and local Households and lead to a Sequence Grand Gathering.
• Ren Anran explained that Sequence Holders had to stake valuable interests to participate in the gathering, which redistributed power and privileges among Households.
• Zhang Xuezhou concluded that the Zuo Household would likely suffer at the gathering, and Ren Anran agreed that it faced withdrawal or certain defeat.

Zhang Xuezhou, Ren Anran, Ren Yisheng, and Tuer Kalanduo traveled to the Thousand Islands Alliance, where Tuer Kalanduo warned Zhang Xuezhou about the Tur Tribe’s customs and asked him to return her Soul Jade. Zhang Xuezhou passed the jade to Ren Anran instead, leaving her worried that it would cause trouble.

• Zhang Xuezhou and the others boarded an Airbus for the Thousand Islands Alliance, while Ren Anran worried about the Tur Tribe’s hostility toward Ren Yisheng and the danger of Zhang Xuezhou’s connection to Tuer Kalanduo.
• Ren Anran reassured herself that Zhang Xuezhou and Tuer Kalanduo had a relatively normal relationship, though she noticed Tuer Kalanduo watching him closely.
• After the Airbus crossed the Scarlet Alliance State’s border, Tuer Kalanduo reminded Zhang Xuezhou to follow local customs and asked for the Soul Jade back when they reached home.
• Zhang Xuezhou refused to return the Soul Jade, claiming he needed it and asking whether Ren Anran could keep it instead.
• Zhang Xuezhou placed the Soul Jade in Ren Anran’s hand, and she grew uneasy about the trouble it could bring.

Zhang Xuezhou, Ren Anran, and Tuer Kalanduo arrived in Tutram City, where Tuer Kelanduo declared Ren Anran an heir to the Tuer Clan. Ren Anran accepted the inheritance and a new name, while Zhang Xuezhou only regained his senses after she left to call an elders' meeting.

• Zhang Xuezhou, Ren Anran, and Tuer Kalanduo reached Tutram City after a long journey and saw the Tur people’s lively, modest way of life.
• Tuer Kalanduo brought her guests to her home, where they ate convenience food while waiting for her family.
• Tuer Kelanduo arrived and told Ren Anran that defeating Kalanduo and taking the Soul Jade made her the Tuer Clan’s sixty-eighth heir.
• Ren Anran objected to inheriting, but Tuer Kelanduo’s gaze left her muddled, and she agreed to the inheritance.
• Tuer Kelanduo renamed Ren Anran Tuer Anlanduo and left to call an elders’ meeting, while Zhang Xuezhou applauded and then regained his senses.

Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Anran encountered the Tuer Clan’s mind-influencing customs, and Ren Anran gradually resisted Tuer Kelanduo’s influence. Tuer Kelanduo led Ren Anran to a succession ceremony, while Zhang Xuezhou watched from a locked room as strange sounds and starlight appeared at the shrine.

• Tuer Kelanduo’s Divine Spirit Aura made Ren Anran begin obeying Tuer Clan customs, while Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Yisheng discussed how to resist it.
• Zhang Xuezhou noticed that Ren Anran was starting to break free, and Tuer Kalanduo questioned whether a god was inside the Soul Jade.
• Tuer Kelanduo returned with an item inlaid with Soul Jade and led Ren Anran away to convene the elders and begin succession verification.
• Tuer Kalanduo told Zhang Xuezhou that losing the Soul Jade could mean her death, then showed him Ren Anran standing before the Divine Spirit shrine.
• Zhang Xuezhou watched the elders circle Ren Anran as starlight shimmered above the shrine and an ancient-beast-like growl sounded.

Zhang Xuezhou watched Ren Anran’s recognition as the Tuer Clan’s new heir while questioning Tuer Kalanduo about the clan’s customs and power. When the Tuer God began reclaiming Kalanduo’s ability, Zhang Xuezhou broke the curse mark afflicting her and warned her to hide her power, leaving him uncertain whether the deity was a demon.

• Zhang Xuezhou learned from Tuer Kalanduo that the Tuer Clan’s chieftain held final authority and that Kalanduo had likely been stripped of her position as crown prince.
• Tuer Kalanduo sensed the Tuer God reclaiming her ability and warned Zhang Xuezhou to close the window and avoid looking toward the shrine.
• Tuer Kalanduo weakened rapidly as the loss of her Divine Spirit Aura threatened to kill her, and she called on Zhang Xuezhou for help.
• Zhang Xuezhou identified a faint curse mark on Tuer Kalanduo and used his Law Power to break it.
• Zhang Xuezhou warned Tuer Kalanduo to suppress her ability so the Tuer God would not discover it, then wondered whether the deity was a demon.