Recaps

Kang Dabao visited the Fearless Tower’s master, who revealed that a gravely injured Blood Dao Golden Core cultivator was likely hiding in Pingrong County. She asked Kang Dabao to organize a countywide search and ensure the cultivator did not die unattended.

• Yan Qingwei persuaded Kang Dabao to accompany her to meet the Fearless Tower master, and they traveled secretly to Cold Crow Mountain.
• Kang Dabao entered the hidden stronghold, passed two False Core combat puppets, and met the Fearless Tower master alongside Jiang Hongdao and Yang Jue.
• The Fearless Tower master used the Jade Pivot Dark Pact Mirror to trace the fate of Daoist Peng, a gravely injured Golden Core cultivator.
• Kang Dabao and Yan Qingwei interpreted the mirror’s hexagram as pointing to Pingrong County.
• The Fearless Tower master asked Kang Dabao to mobilize his people to search Pingrong County and keep Daoist Peng alive, and Kang Dabao asked whether he could inform the Fei Household.

Kang Dabao left the Fearless Tower with news of a wounded blood-path Golden Core hiding in Pingrong County and brought it to the Fei Household in Xuanwei City. After learning the Golden Core might be tied to the Two Instruments Sect, Fei Tianqin ordered a full search to find him before the sect could retrieve him.

• She Fu Yi gave Kang Dabao a Pine Creek Pill and told her elders that the Fearless Tower could cultivate ties with him while letting its plans against the Two Instruments Sect unfold naturally.
• Kang Dabao visited the Fei Household, where Cao Xianlu celebrated his upcoming marriage to Fei Nanfeng's daughter after failing to form a core.
• Fei Nanying introduced Kang Dabao to Shu Zhengde, who said the Wei Emperor had praised Kang Dabao and instructed him to visit.
• Kang Dabao told Fei Nanying that a gravely wounded Golden Core was hiding in Pingrong County and that Two Instruments Sect cultivators were searching for him.
• Fei Tianqin heard Kang Dabao's report, suspected the Golden Core came from the Two Instruments Sect, and ordered a full search before the sect could take him back.

Fei Tianqin oversaw the search for Daoist Peng while secretly allowing him to escape Chongming City as bait for the Two Instruments Sect. Daoist Peng's flight led to a battle with Fei Enhua, and a Third Tier flying vessel arrived as Fei Tianqin prepared to confront the newcomers.

• Fei Tianqin stationed forces in Chongming City, and the Chongming Sect crushed Guo County troops who had slaughtered several small lineages before Fei Tianqin punished those stirring up unrest.
• Kang Dabao detected corpse Qi on Daoist Ning while Daoist Peng escaped Chongming City after turning the Shang Household into corpse puppets.
• Kang Changxi noticed Daoist Peng's disguise, and Fei Enhua forced him to reveal himself by threatening to crush him.
• Daoist Peng damaged Fei Enhua's sabers with Core Fire, but Kang Changxi summoned Little Qi to help Fei Enhua keep fighting.
• Fei Tianqin stopped Kang Dabao from joining the battle and revealed that he had deliberately released Daoist Peng to lure out the Two Instruments Sect.
• A Third Tier flying vessel appeared above the battle, and Fei Tianqin told Fei Nanying and Senior Cultivator Wufeng to welcome the guests.

Fei Tianqin overwhelmed Pu Honggu and the Two Instruments Sect cultivators while Sect Leader Kang Da carried the rescued Daoist Peng away. Xiang Tianxing arrived and tried to stop the escape, but Fei Tianqin blocked him and Pu Honggu, leaving the two sides poised to continue fighting.

• Fei Tianqin shattered Pu Honggu’s Taiyi Xuanji Barrier, badly wounded Li Yun, and drove Wei Guze to flee while Huang Siniang remained occupied by Senior Cultivator Wufeng and Kang Dabao.
• Xiang Tianxing arrived and attacked Fei Tianqin, while Kang Dabao accidentally struck Huang Siniang with his Delusion-Breaking Golden Eyes.
• Fei Tianqin ordered Senior Cultivator Wufeng to hand Daoist Peng to Kang Dabao, who escaped aboard the Kui Star Shuttle after Fei Tianqin blocked Xiang Tianxing’s spear.
• Fei Tianqin stopped Xiang Tianxing and Pu Honggu from pursuing Kang Dabao, and Xiang Tianxing prepared to face him while Pu Honggu stayed behind.

Kang Dabao escorted the wounded Daoist Peng toward Xuanwei City, where Chu Yanran took custody of him and accepted a map to one of his hidden abodes. Meanwhile, Fei Tianqin overwhelmed the Two Instruments Sect and Star-Picking Pavilion cultivators, killing Huang Siniang and taking her Golden Core before heading back to settle the debt.

• Kang Dabao resisted Daoist Peng's offer of treasure until Peng gave him a map to an abode, then Chu Yanran arrived and ordered him to keep the map and bring her husband if he investigated it.
• Chu Yanran checked Daoist Peng's spiritual restrictions, questioned Kang Dabao about the battle, and took the prisoner toward Xuanwei City.
• Li Yun fled Fei Nanying and urged Huang Siniang to run as Fei Tianqin suppressed Xiang Tianxing and Pu Honggu.
• Fei Tianqin shattered Pu Honggu's Law Treasure, forcing Xiang Tianxing and Pu Honggu to retreat without rescuing Huang Siniang.
• Fei Tianqin and his allies killed Huang Siniang, took her Golden Core, and learned that Kang Dabao had delivered Daoist Peng to Xuanwei City.

Fei Tianqin gave Kang Dabao Huang Siniang’s Golden Core and met with She Fu Yi, who pledged the Fearless Tower’s allegiance and was offered a role in the Demon Correction Office. At the prison, Daoist Peng asked to speak with Fei Tianqin and offered to serve the Immortal Dynasty in exchange for his life.

• Fei Tianqin handed Kang Dabao Huang Siniang’s Golden Core and warned him not to keep it for long.
• She Fu Yi pledged the Fearless Tower’s loyalty to Fei Tianqin, and Fei Nanying offered her a place in the Demon Correction Office.
• Fei Tianqin set out for the prison with Kang Dabao to learn what Daoist Peng had hidden and why Xiang Tianxing wanted it.
• Qi Buxiu brought Kang Changyi to the prison, where Chu Yanran answered her disciple’s cultivation questions as Yang Baoshan listened.
• Daoist Peng asked Yang Baoshan to tell Fei Tianqin that he would serve the Immortal Dynasty in any way if his life were spared.

Pu Honggu and Xiang Tianxing prepared for Daoist Peng to expose their dealings with the Li Mountain Lineage, while Pu Honggu explored ways to strengthen the Two Instruments Sect. Under interrogation, Daoist Peng revealed extensive human trafficking and negotiations that pointed to the Star-Picking Pavilion's plan to unleash demons if the Immortal Dynasty pressed it too hard.

• Xiang Tianxing agreed to report Daoist Peng's capture to his master, while Pu Honggu promised to investigate his contacts in Cold Crow Mountain.
• Pu Honggu retrieved the Change Yin Jade Slip and asked Li Yun whether they could build Dao soldiers capable of opposing a True Person, leaving Li Yun to examine it alongside the Blood Foundation Pill formula.
• Kang Dabao returned to Little Ring Mountain and entered seclusion to improve his cultivation with two Pine Creek Pills.
• Fei Tianqin threatened Daoist Peng into admitting that Pu Honggu had sent him to contact Demon Officer Iron Bristle and Demon Officer Golden Bone, and that their dealings had taken nearly a hundred thousand people.
• Fei Tianqin identified the Shannan Circuit barrier layout as the bargaining asset and explained that the Star-Picking Pavilion could open the barrier to a demonic invasion if pressured by the Immortal Dynasty.
• Fei Tianqin rebuked Fei Nanying for confronting Daoist Peng over human trafficking and persuaded him to accept such abuses as an entrenched part of the cultivation world.

After emerging from seclusion at Foundation Establishment Late Stage, Kang Dabao prepared the Chongming Sect for possible conflict and reorganized its resources. He then visited Pei Yi, whose failed alchemy breakthrough revealed that old grief over Que'er had returned, and Pei Yi resolved to seek answers himself if he could reach Foundation Establishment.

• Daoist Peng remained imprisoned and unable to recover, while Kang Dabao advanced to Foundation Establishment Late Stage after two months of seclusion.
• Duan Anle reported that the sect had acquired a hundred high-grade flying swords at a favorable price and that the Glazed Treasure Tree had yielded eleven sariras; Kang Dabao set rules for distributing future harvests.
• Kang Dabao ordered Yuan Jin and Zhou Yixiu to drill the guards and reassigned sect duties after learning that Ye's failed Foundation Establishment attempt left her unable to oversee the Nurturing Qilin Hall.
• Pei Yi's attempt to become a Second Tier Alchemist failed, destroying his Pill Furnace and worsening his injuries as Kang Dabao arrived to see him.
• Pei Yi admitted that news of Que'er had revived his desire to confront his enemy, but refused Kang Dabao's offer to intervene and said he would seek answers himself if he reached Foundation Establishment.

Fei Shuhe emerged from seclusion and discussed Kang Changxi’s cultivation, his upcoming lessons with the Yukun Han Household, and a planned outing. On a trade voyage along the Great Ling River, Yang Xun courted He Degong’s favor and discovered a Storage Bag inside a spirit fish.

• Fei Shuhe welcomed Kang Changxi, learned he had faced a dangerous impostor, and urged him to cultivate and prepare to study with the Yukun Han Household.
• Kang Changxi planned a farewell banquet for Fei Enhua and an outing on Cold Crow Mountain; Fei Shuhe insisted Nanny Sun accompany him.
• Yang Xun brought a night heron and wine to He Degong, hoping to win his support for the Rainbow Mountain Yang Household’s entry into the Double Brightness Alliance.
• Yang Xun found a black Storage Bag inside the spirit fish he had caught and hid it in his robes.

Zhu Tong observed the Immortal Dynasty’s growing influence in Shannan Circuit and discussed the Chongming Sect’s recent military successes with Qi Buxiu. At the Fei residence, Fei Nanying praised Kang Dabao’s development work, refused to recall Jiang Qing from Ying Prefecture for now, and assigned Kang Dabao new tasks.

• Zhu Tong met Qi Buxiu outside the government office and heard about Sima Fei’s Dao discussion assembly and Yuan Jin’s victories in its entertainment bouts.
• Zhu Tong and Qi Buxiu watched the Azure Jue Guard enter the city and discussed its campaign against the Hongyi Sect, the Xiezhi Iron Guard’s performance, and Qin Sufu’s accomplishments.
• Qi Buxiu encountered Kang Changyi leaving the Mandarin Duck Pavilion and sent him to answer Sima Fei’s summons from his great-grandfather.
• Fei Nanying reviewed Kang Dabao’s register and praised the Chongming Sect for settling rogue cultivators in the Cold Crow Mountain Range.
• Kang Dabao asked Fei Nanying to bring Jiang Qing back, but Fei Nanying said he would ask Elder Nanxi to explain the advantages and disadvantages of staying in Ying Prefecture.
• Fei Nanying told Kang Dabao to plan development of the barren land near Cold Crow Mountain and arrange a post for Kang Changyi in the Sima Office.

Kang Dabao learned about Kang Changyi’s new military post and urged his eldest son to cultivate carefully while giving him supplies for protection. In Ying Prefecture, Jiang Qing left Fei Nanxi’s household, received a gift and warning from Fei Ye Shui, and departed as the Fei Household prepared for growing dangers in Mountain South.

• Kang Changyi told Kang Dabao about his well-paid appointment as a recording affairs military aide, and Kang Dabao advised him to serve Madam Qi respectfully, conceal his abilities, and prioritize cultivation.
• Kang Dabao gave Kang Changyi two pouches, including Lion Insects for protection, and sent him off with food prepared by his family.
• Jiang Qing prepared to leave Ying Prefecture, and Fei Nanxi arranged for him to travel to Cloud Horn Prefecture aboard a Myriad Treasures Trading Company flying boat while promising to send him a reforged spirit sword later.
• Fei Ye Shui summoned Jiang Qing, praised his mastery of Sword Essence, and gave him a nearly six-hundred-year-old void sword orchid before sending him away with Grass Thirteen.
• Fei Ye Shui warned Fei Nanxi to prepare the Fei Household and accelerate its relocation, citing ominous silence from the Earl of Nan'an and True Person Moon Hidden and his fears about Mountain South.

One month after leaving for Ying Prefecture, Jiang Qing returned to the Chongming Sect and learned how much it had grown and how its businesses and expenses were managed. The chapter ended when Kang Dabao emerged from seclusion with news that the Sima Office had issued a talisman edict and the land-opening campaign was about to begin.

• Jiang Qing arrived at Little Ring Mountain aboard a Myriad Treasures Trading Company flying boat, and Ye Zhengwen welcomed him back and praised his healed hand.
• Ye Zhengwen told Jiang Qing that Kang Da and Pei were in secluded cultivation while the sect prepared for the land-opening campaign.
• Jiang Qing learned that the Yue Household had sent spirit tea while Yue Lin sought mediation, and he discussed his experiences in Ying Prefecture with Ye Zhengwen.
• Duan Anle reported that the Chongming Sect had 1,113 registered disciples and detailed its fields, businesses, income, and expenses.
• Jiang Qing thanked Ye Zhengwen and praised him for managing the sect, then Kang Dabao arrived and announced that a talisman edict from the Sima Office signaled the land-opening campaign was about to begin.

Kang Dabao’s forces gathered Blue Spirit Toads for Attendant Luan to refine a Mystic Sha Qi-Continuing Pill for Pei Yi, but a message arrived just after the pill was made. The news revealed that Yuan Changsheng had lost his master, and Kang Dabao ordered mourning while continuing the military campaign.

• Gou Shangyi’s Book and Sword Gate party was overwhelmed by Blood-Eating Demon Elk and Blue-Patterned Toads until Ye Pingshui’s Azure Jue Guards rescued them.
• Ye Pingshui, Yuan Changsheng, and Wei Gu returned with Blue Spirit Toads, and Qin Sufu escorted their group safely toward the rear camp.
• Kang Dabao supplied the toads to Attendant Luan, who successfully refined a Mystic Sha Qi-Continuing Pill intended to save Pei Yi.
• A message reached the tent, and Kang Dabao told Yuan Changsheng that he no longer had a master; Kang ordered funeral arrangements and mourning white for the sect.
• Qin Sufu met Kang Dabao at the provincial court camp, and both men asked whether the other had known all along.

Kang Dabao confronted Qin Sufu about the death of Pei Yi’s sister-in-law, but neither man could settle whether Qin’s crime was justified by the lives he later saved. Ten days after Pei Yi’s death, Kang Dabao visited his coffin, promised to eradicate Evil Cultivators wherever Double Brightness held sway, and returned to the frontier.

• Kang Dabao asked Qin Sufu when he had learned about Pei Yi’s death, and Qin recalled how Pei Yi’s resemblance to his mother and Pei’s avoidance had made him suspect the truth.
• Kang Dabao recounted Pei Yi’s account of Qin Sufu killing Pei Yi’s second brother while trying to dispel Gossamer Powder, and explained that Pei Yi had kept the incident secret until a witness reported it.
• Qin Sufu defended his later service saving countless people, challenged Kang Dabao to consider whether he would have been judged differently if the woman had not been Pei Yi’s sister-in-law, and let Kang Dabao leave without a resolution.
• Ten days later, Kang Dabao returned to Little Ring Mountain and visited Pei Yi’s coffin, where he heard that Pei Yi had asked the sect leader to put the greater good ahead of the Pei Household.
• Kang Dabao told Pei Yi’s gathered disciples that he and Pei had been unable to answer each other’s questions, then vowed that wherever Double Brightness held sway, no Evil Cultivator would survive if the sect could prevent it.
• Kang Dabao memorized Pei Yi’s face and departed for the frontier without looking back.

Two years into the land-clearing campaign, Senior Cultivator Wufeng grew anxious about his lack of achievements and went to Bearfall Peak, where Fei Tianqin favored Jiang Qing and kept Wufeng waiting. After advising Jiang Qing and resolving his cultivation questions, Fei Tianqin learned that the Crimson Realm Life-Prolonging Pill was with Pu Honggu and began considering how to obtain it.

• Senior Cultivator Wufeng killed the leader of a Thunderbone Eagle flock, then learned that the Double Brightness Alliance was clearing territory he had hoped to claim for his sect.
• Senior Cultivator Wufeng abandoned the search for more battle merits and headed to Bearfall Peak to ask Fei Tianqin to let him return to Ding Prefecture.
• Jiang Qing led Bian Hu, Xu Liuxian, Yang Xun, and Yang Huang to Bearfall Peak, where the Fei Household completed a Rock Golden Body for the mountain.
• Fei Tianqin summoned Jiang Qing ahead of Senior Cultivator Wufeng, discussed sword Dao and cultivation with him for three days, and urged him to pursue better opportunities.
• Senior Cultivator Wufeng injured Yang Xun while waiting outside, and Yang Xun silently vowed to surpass him.
• Fei Tianqin learned from Daoist Peng that Pu Honggu had the Crimson Realm Life-Prolonging Pill and considered killing to secure the Blood Qi needed to make another.

After taking the Primordial Gourd’s spirit dew, Kang Dabao advanced the Primordial Ancient Body and full moon manifestation to major accomplishment, though his cultivation aptitude and prospects for Core Formation did not change. He emerged from seclusion to learn that the Earl of Nan'an had returned and that conflict was spreading across several regions, leaving the Chongming Sect on alert.

• Lu Yunniang sought marriage alliances with Niu Kuang and Sun Fu, and Yuan Jin approved the matches and arranged resources and people to help them establish households.
• Yuan Jin and Ye Zhengwen discussed disciples marrying into local families and agreed to set rules allowing such marriages for disciples with merit or those retiring due to injury.
• Kang Dabao reviewed his progress in seclusion, drank the spirit dew, and advanced his Primordial Ancient Body and full moon manifestation to major accomplishment.
• After emerging from seclusion, Kang Dabao learned that the Earl of Nan'an had returned from the Billowing Dream Palace.
• Ye Zhengwen reported rumors of imperial forces moving toward Mountain South, fighting near Jingnan Prefecture, renewed Hongyi Sect activity in Ding Prefecture, and troops gathering in the Mountain North Circuit.
• Kang Dabao read Fei Nanying's message confirming the earl's return and questioned why he had come back after only a few peaceful years.

Kuang Liuting left Billowing Dream Palace and returned to Xuanwei City as rumors of rebellion stirred across the circuits. At a grand ceremony attended by powerful cultivators, the Wei Emperor elevated him to Duke of Qin and appointed him commander of military affairs in the Mountain South and Mountain North Circuits, while Kang Dabao sensed the Emperor’s projection watching him.

• Kuang Liuting departed Billowing Dream Palace aboard the Chi Dragon Jade Carriage after Deputy Envoy Chiguang presented him with a bag of demon remains, and Kuang Chexiao chose not to stop him.
• Kuang Chexiao discussed the Great Wei imperial clan’s decline with Deputy Envoy Jinyun and ordered the Dark Abyss Merfolk Guard to continue drilling.
• Kang Dabao received a summons to Xuanwei City, where he learned that important figures from several Nascent Soul powers had gathered for an undisclosed ceremony.
• Kang Dabao and his family entered the Sword-Nurturing Hall as Kuang Liuting arrived, and the gathered cultivators welcomed an imperial envoy and prostrated themselves.
• The imperial envoy proclaimed Kuang Liuting Duke of Qin and commander of military affairs in both circuits, granting him authority to establish an office equal in honors to the Three Administrations.
• The Wei Emperor appeared through an Immortal Shadow Stone, bestowed a Great Abyss Capital cave abode and the Azure Nether Whip on Kuang Liuting, and warned that loyal ministers would be rewarded as upheaval began; Kang Dabao felt the Emperor’s gaze rest on him.

After the Emperor of Wei appointed Kang Dabao Duke of Qin, Kang Dabao attended the banquet and learned that Funeng might regard him as a Buddha Enemy. Fei Tianqin examined a ring given by Head Jiada and then took Kang Dabao to meet Kuang Liuting and the True Persons, where the Duke of Qin and Grand Eunuch Wei were also expected to see him.

• Yang Wuwei told Kang Dabao that he planned to attempt Core Formation with a Formless Bai Ze Pill, and Cao Xianlu described how his own attempt had failed when his Core theory could not awaken the Dao lotus.
• Head Jiada approached Kang Dabao, explained that Funeng's master intended to make Kang Dabao his Buddha Enemy, and gave him an Ancient Ink Ring that countered Buddhist cultivators.
• Fei Tianqin identified the ring as a defective Law Treasure effective against Golden Core Buddhist cultivators and told Kang Dabao that the Duke of Qin wanted to meet him.
• Fei Tianqin took Kang Dabao to the gathering where Kuang Liuting and the True Persons were discussing matters, and Kang Dabao realized the Emperor of Wei might also want to see him.

Kuang Liuting discussed the Star-Picking Pavilion’s refusal to surrender Shannan Circuit and the Hehuan Sect’s relocation with his advisers. True Person Moon Hidden offered the Three Ting Prefectures to the Hehuan Sect and proposed suppressing Mountain North’s unruly families, while Kang Dabao left having gained a clearer role in the Duke of Qin’s plans.

• Kuang Liuting asked his advisers how to handle Bai Canhong’s refusal to submit and move the Star-Picking Pavilion to Yellow Work Island, and they urged caution rather than provoking rebellion.
• Fei Nanying raised the Hehuan Sect’s required move to Mountain South, and True Person Moon Hidden offered the Three Ting Prefectures of Mountain North as its new base.
• True Person Moon Hidden proposed eliminating Mountain North’s rebellious families, and Grand Eunuch Wei and Kuang Liuting agreed that the matter should be planned carefully.
• Grand Eunuch Wei questioned Kang Dabao about a Chenjiang Kang Clan that claimed kinship with him, and Kang Dabao denied knowing of the connection.
• After Grand Eunuch Wei warned Kuang Liuting that Great Wei should be governed jointly by imperial descendants, great sects, and noble families, Fei Tianqin told Kang Dabao to prepare to clear the Three Ting Prefectures for the Hehuan Sect.

The Chongming Sect prepared a Sword Discussion Assembly to recruit talent and strengthen its forces amid plans to pacify the Three Ting Prefectures. Jin Shilun returned to Little Ring Mountain after learning of the coming competitions, while Kang Dabao assigned Ye Zhengwen to organize the assembly and screen potential recruits.

• Kang Dabao returned from Xuanwei City with Fei Shuhe’s noble patent and Kang Changxi’s honorary post, then saw Fei Shuhe proudly clutch her patent on the journey home.
• Three months later, Jin Shilun visited Zhou Xinran at Double Brightness Trade Market and learned that the Chongming Sect planned a Sword Discussion Assembly with Foundation Establishment resources as prizes.
• Zhou Xinran told Jin Shilun that the sect would also relax admission standards for the Immortal Ascension Assembly and hold a sect-wide competition the following year.
• Jin Shilun completed his assignment and briefly reunited with Mo'er before heading to Little Ring Mountain to stay near the sect.
• Kang Dabao confirmed the Sword Discussion Assembly’s preparations with Ye Zhengwen and ordered careful recruitment of skilled, reliable cultivators.
• Kang Dabao considered the coming campaign and directed the Chongming Sect to build its strength and prepare for the dangers beyond its borders.

True Person Moon Hidden attacked the Li Valley Jin Household and North Mallow Sect at Xuanxiao Mountain, but Jin Fengqing and Wenfengzi ambushed him and left him injured. As the fighting spread across Mountain North Circuit and the Chongming Sect prepared for possible conscription, Kang Dabao gave Jiang Qing an External Core Method.

• True Person Moon Hidden led Five Old Mothers Mountain forces to Xuanxiao Mountain and attacked the Zhoutian Star-Attracting Formation with cannons, a spiritual musket, and his jade ruler.
• Jin Fengqing arrived and fought True Person Moon Hidden, then lured him away from the battle; Wenfengzi joined the ambush and injured him.
• After True Person Moon Hidden and Jin Fengqing failed to return, the battle at Xuanxiao Mountain paused, while the rebels gained an advantage across Mountain North Circuit.
• Kang Dabao learned that Wenfengzi had been sheltered by the Li Valley Jin Household and ordered the Chongming Sect to prepare its competition and expand the Crimson Zhang Guard.
• Kang Dabao took Jiang Qing to the cloud chamber and handed him an inner core and Jade Slips containing the External Core Method.

Kang Dabao entrusted Jiang Qing with a True-Grade Golden Core and the External Core Method to strengthen the Chongming Sect. After disappointing results at the duke's Sword Discussion Assembly, Jiang Qing returned with two disciples and learned that the sect was recruiting troops ahead of an expected war.

• Kang Dabao gave Jiang Qing the Tribulation Qi Cauldron Core Instruction and a True-Grade Golden Core, instructing him to master the method within ten years.
• Kang Dabao reflected on the promises he had made to secure Fei Shuhe's consent and hoped Jiang Qing's increased strength would help the Chongming Sect gain independence.
• Wei Gu and Jin Shilun returned disappointed from the Sword Discussion Assembly after failing to win Foundation Establishment resources.
• Jiang Qing tried to console Wei Gu and Jin Shilun, revealed that he had declined a deputy general post, and brought them back to the sect.
• Ye Zhengwen told Jiang Qing that the sect's local tournament would select recruits for a second battalion of the Crimson Zhang Guard.
• Ye Zhengwen confirmed that preparations for war were underway and that troops would be sent out after the sect competition.

The Double Brightness Alliance defeated the Crimson Heart Cult in three battles and began clearing its allies from Fa Prefecture, but the cult's Dao Child then advanced to Golden Core and destroyed the Yunwei Zheng Household's army. You Xiaobao's volunteer unit was ordered to abandon its rest and march to reinforce the besieged forces.

• Yang Xun won the Chongming Sect's Sword Discussion Assembly, while Kang Dabao removed retired disciples Du Qing and Mo Gu from the recruitment list and resolved to fight for the sect's revival.
• Duan Anle and Kang Rongquan's Pine Wind Volunteers defeated the Mysterious Duke Gate's forces, and You Xiaobao gathered battlefield spoils before returning late to his unit's tent.
• Madam Qi, Kang Dabao, Jiang Qing, Yuan Jin, and the Double Brightness Alliance's forces won three battles against the Crimson Heart Cult, forcing its survivors to retreat to Wild Goose Return Mountain.
• Kang Dabao sent the Pine Wind Volunteers and Pingjin Militia to suppress the Crimson Heart Cult's allied households across Fa Prefecture.
• You Xiaobao bought discounted cultivation supplies from He Chang, then returned to find the camp in alarm and his Gui Unit being assembled.
• Jiang Zhong ordered the Gui Unit to march to Zhangwen County after Dong Hu told You Xiaobao that the Crimson Heart Cult's Dao Child had reached Golden Core, the Yunwei Zheng Household's army had been wiped out, and Zheng Taibai was missing.

The Double Brightness Alliance battered the Crimson Heart Cult’s Third Tier grand formation with coordinated troops and Star-Hunting Crossbow Platforms, eventually breaking through and launching an assault. Kang Dabao and Jiang Qing fought the cult’s False Core elders, and the chapter ended with the master of Yellow Forest Mountain fleeing toward the recovering Dao Child.

• Kang Dabao told the alliance leaders that Zheng Taibai was likely feigning serious injury, while the Zheng Household’s private army prepared to withdraw and reinforcements were expected.
• Ten days later, Yang Xun led the Crimson Zhang Guards against the formation’s black rain and red mist, sacrificing soldiers and ordering the execution of those lost in its mirage.
• Yuan Jin committed the Azure Jue Guard while Jiang Qing and Mo Wen prepared the Star-Hunting Crossbow Platforms, whose volleys damaged the formation’s crucial points.
• Chu Yanran struck the weakened formation, and the Double Brightness Alliance broke through before Kang Dabao led the Azure Jue Guard into the cult’s ranks.
• Kang Dabao and Jiang Qing fought the master of Yellow Forest Mountain and the Crimson Heart Cult’s second elder; Jiang Qing killed the second elder, while the master escaped toward the Dao Child’s secluded retreat.

The Double Brightness Alliance broke the Crimson Heart Cult’s bone eagle formation, while Bian Hu and Jiang Qing each killed a False Core cultivator. Sect Leader Kang Da defeated the Yellow Forest Mountain master, and when the Crimson Heart Cult Dao Child emerged from seclusion to intervene, Kang Da had already taken the old cultivator’s head and faced him without fear.

• The Crimson Heart Cult’s law enforcement elder rallied nearly five hundred bone eagles and drove back the Double Brightness Alliance’s weaker formations until Jiang Qing returned carrying the second elder’s head.
• Bian Hu committed the Stone Mountain Sect’s forces, and Mo Wen’s Star-Shooting Crossbows shattered the bone eagle formation before Bian Hu killed the law enforcement elder.
• Sect Leader Kang Da and Jiang Qing pursued the Yellow Forest Mountain master, who escaped into restricted terrain before returning with eighteen flesh-and-blood puppets to block them.
• Kang Dabao fought the Yellow Forest Mountain master while Jiang Qing destroyed one puppet and broke free, allowing Kang Dabao to strike down the old cultivator.
• The Crimson Heart Cult Dao Child emerged and ordered Kang Da to spare the Yellow Forest Mountain master, but Kang Da killed him and challenged the Dao Child with his golden eyes.