Recaps

Li Yun ordered Yue Lan to arrange a single saber strike against the Fei Household’s chosen son-in-law, while a middle-aged Daoist investigated the Yue Household’s plans. The Daoist later stopped a young cultivator from attacking Kang Dabao and hoped Kang would finally speak with him.

• Li Yun told Yue Lan to have his younger male cousin test the Fei Household’s son-in-law with one slash and to spread the news if the attack succeeded.
• The middle-aged Daoist visited Ye Zhengwen, received a Jade Slip about the Han City Yue Household, and warned that the household’s attempt to hedge its bets might end badly.
• The Daoist watched a young Foundation Establishment cultivator defeat and kill eight Qi Refinement cultivators, then wait near the Chongming Sect’s gateway.
• When the young cultivator ambushed Kang Dabao, the Daoist blocked his saber with Sword Qi, allowing Kang Dabao to flee on his donkey.
• The young cultivator withdrew after the Daoist said he was helping the young man’s household, and the Daoist confirmed Kang Dabao was safe.

Kang Dabao returned to Chongming Sect after surviving the battle against the Five Aspects Sect and prepared to accept the marriage arranged with the Fei Household. Unable to find an elder of sufficient standing to propose on his behalf, he decided to visit Martial Uncle Black Shoes.

• Li Yun dismissed Yue Lan after the failed attempt against the little sect master and ordered him to focus on Cold Crow Mountain.
• Jiang Qing and Pei Yi found Kang Dabao and brought him back to Chongming Sect, where he concealed the assassination attempt and said he had searched Cold Crow Mountain for Moon Fern.
• Kang Dabao recounted the battle against the Five Aspects Sect, and his disciples teased him about his promotion and impending marriage to the Fei Household’s clan daughter.
• Yuan Jin arranged for Zhou Xinran to find a pair of first-tier wild geese for the betrothal gifts.
• Kang Dabao and his junior brothers could not find a suitable elder to make the proposal, so Kang Dabao decided to visit Martial Uncle Black Shoes.

Kang Dabao visited Daoist Black Shoes to thank him for saving his life and seek help with a problem involving the Fei Household. Daoist Black Shoes reassured him, taught him for three days, and sent him home with rare pills, easing some of Kang Dabao’s resentment over his master’s death.

• Kang Dabao recalled the close but mysterious bond between his late master and Daoist Black Shoes, and wondered why they had once become enemies.
• Kang Dabao visited Daoist Black Shoes, who was practicing swordsmanship and welcomed him warmly.
• Kang Dabao thanked Daoist Black Shoes for saving him and explained the recent trouble that had brought him to seek help.
• Daoist Black Shoes reassured Kang Dabao that the Cloud Horn Prefecture Court would remain stable and the Kuang Household would retain power for the next sixty-year cycle.
• Daoist Black Shoes instructed Kang Dabao for three days, gave him more than ten bottles of pills, and sent him back with his cultivation prospects improved.

Kang Dabao prepared for his wedding to a Fei Household clan daughter, while the Fei Household took control of the ceremony and Daoist Black Shoes supplied an extravagant set of betrothal gifts. The wedding procession arrived without the bride, leaving Kang Dabao startled as the guests erupted.

• Daoist Black Shoes told the Chongming Sect that the Fei Household had set Kang Dabao's wedding date and described the chosen bride as not bad-looking.
• Kang Dabao struggled to match the Fei Household's dowry, but Daoist Black Shoes provided a long list of precious betrothal gifts on behalf of Brother He.
• The Fei Household replaced the Chongming Sect's wedding decorations and furnishings with arrangements of its own, while guests from powerful factions gathered for the wedding.
• Kang Dabao went to receive the bride, swallowed a Joyful Countenance Pill, and boarded the black falcon carrying the red brocade canopy.
• Kang Dabao lifted the canopy curtain and found only the bride's ceremonial clothing inside, while the sparrow's congratulations continued and the guests erupted.

At Kang Dabao’s wedding, the bride was missing, leaving the Fei Household and Chongming Sect in turmoil as Sima Fei clashed with Daoist Black Shoes. Earl Kuang Liuting urged Kang Dabao to receive the bride, and Kang found a woman waiting beneath the canopy, though her identity remained unclear.

• Sima Fei found the bridal canopy empty, and the Fei Household’s guests mocked the failed wedding while Chongming Sect disciples grew distressed.
• Sima Fei killed the maids who had been watching the canopy, and Daoist Black Shoes confronted him over the missing bride.
• Daoist Black Shoes blocked Sima Fei’s attack, revealing formidable Foundation Establishment abilities, and the two prepared to fight.
• Earl Kuang Liuting arrived, gave Kang Dabao a jade gift, and ordered him to go receive the bride.
• Kang Dabao returned to the canopy and found a graceful woman in wedding robes seated inside; when he reached for her, she flinched away.

Kuang Liuting came to the Fei Household and took Fei Shuhe away, condemning the family for hiding Fei Nanying. After he left, the Fei elders argued over the loss, and Fifth Master attacked the injured Nanny Sun.

• The maids returned to Qinghan Courtyard and found Kuang Liuting waiting with Nanny Sun beside him.
• Kuang Liuting revealed that the Fei Household had deceived Fei Nanying, struck Nanny Sun aside, and rejected Lady Fei Song’s pleas to stop him.
• Kuang Liuting carried Fei Shuhe away, warning Lady Fei Song that the Fei Household had failed in its duty.
• The Fei elders complained about losing Fei Shuhe, but none dared pursue Kuang Liuting when Lady Fei Song demanded they bring him back.
• Fifth Master blamed Nanny Sun and stomped on her chest as she lay injured.

After Kang Dabao’s wedding to Fei Shuhe, the pair agreed to live separately while the Chongming Sect arranged a nearby courtyard for her household. With Fei Shuhe’s courtyard moved onto a neighboring peak, Kang Dabao was left relieved and free to resume cultivating.

• Kuang Liuting oversaw Kang Dabao and Fei Shuhe’s wedding, then left after warning Fei Nanying with a meaningful glance.
• Fei Nanying accepted the marriage and ordered Shuhe’s courtyard moved, while the wedding guests began treating Kang Dabao as a valuable ally of the prefectural court.
• Jiang Qing carried the drunken Kang Dabao to the bridal courtyard and guarded outside; Fei Shuhe spent the night in another room.
• The next morning, Fei Shuhe used a silver-bell Law Artifact to break Kang Dabao’s growing desire, then asked to live separately in her own courtyard.
• About a dozen days later, a Foundation Establishment geomancer moved Fei Shuhe’s courtyard to a nearby peak, and Kang Dabao returned to his quiet courtyard to cultivate.

Kang Dabao met Lord Yin Shan, who praised Daoist Black Shoes for reaching Foundation Establishment and gave Kang Dabao a Yi Wood Green Willow Heart as a wedding gift from Qin Sufu. Lord Yin Shan asked Kang Dabao to watch over the Qin Household and help fulfill Sect Leader He’s wish to restore his family’s former glory.

• Daoist Black Shoes told Kang Dabao that Lord Shan wanted to see him and led him to a secluded cliff.
• Lord Yin Shan praised Daoist Black Shoes for reaching Foundation Establishment and urged him to guide younger cultivators.
• Lord Yin Shan gave Kang Dabao a Yi Wood Green Willow Heart from Qin Sufu as a wedding gift.
• Lord Yin Shan told Kang Dabao that Qin Sufu had joined the Cloud Horn Prefecture Court and asked him to watch over the Qin Household.
• Lord Yin Shan urged Kang Dabao to help restore Sect Leader He’s family’s former glory, then departed.

On the journey back to the Chongming Sect, Daoist Black Shoes helped Kang Dabao confront his regret over Qin Sufu’s success and his own deal with Kuang Liuting. He left Kang Dabao at a cliff with advice to keep pursuing the Dao boldly and not begrudge others their fortunes.

• Kang Dabao told Daoist Black Shoes about his experience at the Fish Mountain Treasure Fair and worried that Qin Sufu had gained more from serving the Earl of Nan'an.
• Daoist Black Shoes explained that Qin Sufu had avoided Tie Liuyun’s failing influence and joined Kuang Liuting at the right moment, while Kang Dabao had also effectively joined the Prefecture Court.
• Daoist Black Shoes recalled how Kang Dabao’s master had abandoned a lecture to rescue flood victims, where Lord Shan later found the orphaned Qin Sufu and recognized his exceptional aptitude.
• Daoist Black Shoes contrasted the master’s sincere efforts with a Golden Core superior’s self-interested rescue, which nevertheless saved many people, and urged Kang Dabao not to measure everything too carefully.
• Daoist Black Shoes told Kang Dabao to contend, endure hardship, and keep his Dao-seeking heart, then returned to the Chongming Sect while Kang Dabao stayed behind in thought.

On Kang Dabao’s birthday, the Chongming Sect celebrated its progress during Daoist Black Shoes’ stay and the reforms Kang Dabao had made while cultivating. After the festivities, the sect began preparing for its annual Immortal Ascension Assembly.

• Kang Dabao saw off a Hemu Dao disciple who had come to ask Daoist Black Shoes to return, and accepted the disciple’s birthday gift while promising to pass on the message.
• Fei Shuhe sent Kang Dabao a box of Spirit Cuisine pastries through Ping'er, while the sect gathered for a birthday celebration attended by Zhou Xinran and the Ye Household’s three young cultivators.
• Jiang Qing, Pei Yi, and Yuan Jin advanced in cultivation or craft under Daoist Black Shoes’ guidance, while the Chongming Sect’s businesses and commissioned pill refinement grew.
• Yuan Jin reforged Kang Dabao’s Garrison Earth Azure Origin Shield with better materials, and Zhou Yixiu and Kang Rongquan opened two more mu of spirit fields.
• Kang Dabao’s junior brothers restored the Merit Point system, separated the sect’s funds from his personal storage, and established Merit Points as an alternative to Spirit Stones for stipends.
• After Kang Dabao’s birthday feast, the Chongming Sect began intensive preparations for the annual Immortal Ascension Assembly.

At the Immortal Ascension Gathering, Yuan Changsheng was found to have Five Spirit Roots, while Song Hui and Dong Liu'er had Four Spirit Roots. Kang Dabao arranged for Changsheng to become Pei Yi’s disciple and reflected on the sect’s future and the disappearance of Second Sister Song.

• Han Yundao tested Yuan Changsheng and found that he had Five Spirit Roots, worrying Yuan Jin and the Chongming disciples.
• The gathering tested more than two thousand children, finding Song Hui and Dong Liu'er with Four Spirit Roots as well.
• Kang Dabao comforted Yuan Jin and later Jiang Qing, then suggested that Yuan Changsheng become Pei Yi’s disciple so he could learn alchemy.
• Jiang Qing told Kang Dabao that Song Hui came from the Minor Song Clan of Pinghe Fort and wondered what had happened to the missing Second Sister Song.

Jin Shilun returned to Chongming City to visit his father and newborn half-brother, but he felt the growing distance between his mortal family and himself. He left the next day for Chongming Market, where an anxious middle-aged cultivator hurried over to him.

• Yuan Changsheng entered Pei Yi's tutelage, while Dong Liu'er and Song Hui became Zhou Yixiu's disciples.
• Jin Shilun borrowed a Desolate Ox from Duan Anle and traveled to Chongming City to visit Jin Huohua and his family.
• Jin Shilun warned Jin Huohua about a dangerous Evil Cultivator and advised him to stay alert and maintain ties with families whose children had immortal potential.
• Jin Shilun and Jin Huohua struggled to speak as the gulf between them widened, and Jin Huohua found the crab-stuffed oranges he sent untouched after Jin Shilun departed.
• Jin Shilun went to Chongming Market to seek spirit materials and gifts for his new junior siblings, where an anxious middle-aged cultivator approached him.

Jin Shilun learned that the sect master favored a marriage between Pei and a woman from the He Household, then a group of outsiders unleashed a beast horde against Chongming Market. Zhou Xinran used the market’s array to repel the first wave, but the cultivators remained trapped as she wondered whether the elders could help.

• Kuai Wu asked Jin Shilun to support his sister’s marriage to Pei, but Jin Shilun left without making any promises.
• Zhou Xinran told Jin Shilun that the sect master favored arranging Pei’s marriage with someone from the He Household rather than Lu Yunniang.
• A bloodstained group of cultivators released nine hundred First-Tier Demon Beasts and ordered them to kill everyone at Chongming Market.
• The beast horde battered the market’s array barrier, and Zhou Xinran used its stored spirit lightning to kill and injure many Red-Maned Mountain Boars.
• Zhou Xinran struggled with pain from overusing her spiritual power and wondered whether the elders could arrive to help.

Ye Zhengwen and Jin Shilun rallied Chongming Market’s merchants and Rogue Cultivators to defend the formation against a beast horde. A colorless fragrance drove the beasts into a frenzy, the formation began to fail, and Kuai Wu’s fall left the defenders facing an imminent breach.

• Ye Zhengwen tried to force the merchants into their formation positions as panic spread through Chongming Market.
• Jin Shilun declared Ye Zhengwen the market’s acting authority and invoked Kang Dabao’s powerful allies, persuading merchants and Rogue Cultivators to cooperate.
• Zhou Xinran gave Ye Zhengwen the main formation flag, while Jin Shilun arranged for Rogue Cultivators to receive Law Artifacts and spiritual pills.
• The Demon Beasts attacked the formation with physical strikes and Law Techniques, gradually weakening its barrier despite the defenders’ counterattacks.
• Ye Zhengwen warned Jin Shilun that someone had deliberately driven the beast horde down Cold Crow Mountain, then a colorless fragrance sent the beasts into a frenzy.
• Kuai Wu was knocked from his position, causing a formation flag to explode and the barrier to dim as the horde surged closer.

Ye Zhengwen and the other cultivators fled as a second, larger wave of Demon Beasts broke through Chongming Market’s formation, leaving the market in ruins and killing many defenders, including Kuai Wu. Tie Liuyun’s Xiezhi Iron Guard then arrived, broke the beasts’ frenzy, and drove them off; Tie Liuyun ordered Ye Zhengwen to keep guarding the market and told him that Kang Dabao must wait at the sect.

• Ye Zhengwen took Kuai Wu’s place in the formation and reassured the defenders that Daoist Black Shoes would arrive, though he did not know if that was true.
• A much larger herd of Demon Beasts crashed into the formation, breaking its flags and killing cultivators as Ye Zhengwen, Lu Yunniang, and the Xue Household cultivators fled.
• Kuai Wu told the manager surnamed Dai to leave him behind, but Dai abandoned him before a Red-Maned Mountain Boar trampled him to death.
• Ye Zhengwen searched the ruined market for Jin Shilun and Zhou Xinran while fighting off Demon Birds and other beasts.
• Tie Liuyun and his Xiezhi Iron Guard charged into the herd, their Xiezhi manifestation dispelling the beasts’ frenzy and forcing them to flee.
• Tie Liuyun asked for Kang Dabao, then told Ye Zhengwen to guard Chongming Market and have Kang wait at the sect.

After Tie Liuyun scattered the beast hordes and killed Senior Brother Wu’s Golden-Clawed Hou, the woman in the tiger-skin coat and her companions fled. Jiang Qing intercepted her, identified her as an attacker on Chongming Market, and their fight ended with his sword facing a powerful counterattack.

• The woman in the tiger-skin coat reunited with her junior brothers, and Junior Brother Qian reported that Tie Liuyun had killed Senior Brother Wu’s Golden-Clawed Hou after destroying the beast horde.
• The group decided to flee in pairs toward the Feng Prefecture Ge Household and disguise themselves as Rogue Cultivators.
• Jiang Qing caught up with the woman as she fled and questioned her about her origins and the juniors he had lost.
• Jiang Qing attacked the woman and accused her of driving Demon Beasts to destroy Chongming Market on behalf of the He Household.
• Jiang Qing used a feint to draw the woman into lowering her guard, then activated all four restrictions on the Seven Luminaries Heart-Slaying Sword.
• The woman’s beast-bone banner smothered Jiang Qing’s attack in black Qi, and Jiang Qing cried out in alarm.

After Chongming Market was devastated by Demon Beasts, Kang Dabao checked on the survivors and mourned Ye Pinglin’s death. Jiang Qing brought him clues linking the attack to the Three Incense Cult of Pu Prefecture, and Kang made Ye Zhengwen Chongming Sect’s new elder before leaving.

• Kang Dabao learned that Pei Yi and Yuan Jin had rescued Jin Shilun and Zhou Xinran from a Wind Eagle, though Jin Shilun remained badly injured.
• Kang Dabao visited the Ye Household shop and learned that Ye Pinglin had been killed when a Red-Maned Mountain Boar broke through his defense.
• Kang Dabao and Ye Zhengwen discussed the suspicious attack, the missing Yue Household, and the difficulty of learning who was responsible.
• Jiang Qing gave Kang Dabao a Storage Bag containing clues and said he had killed a female cultivator carrying a token from the Three Incense Cult of Pu Prefecture.
• Kang Dabao warned Jiang Qing not to reveal what happened in front of Ye Zhengwen, then handed Ye Zhengwen an ironwood plaque naming him an elder of Chongming Sect.

Tie Liuyun told Kang Dabao that the Three Incense Cult had attacked markets across Cloud Horn Prefecture, killing several Foundation Establishment cultivators and destroying Chongming Market. Back at the Chongming Sect, Kang Dabao faced heavy financial and political losses, then remembered he had forgotten to sell four heads to Tie Liuyun.

• Tie Liuyun reprimanded Kang Dabao, then explained that the Three Incense Cult had attacked markets across Cloud Horn Prefecture with second-tier Beast-Luring Incense, killing four or five Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Tie Liuyun told Kang Dabao that Sun Bingdou had died when Gold-Devouring Rats overran a Spirit Stone mine, and advised him to wait before acting on Chongming Market's destruction.
• Tie Liuyun left with the Xiezhi Iron Guard, while Yuan Jin brought the Chongming Sect survivors back with Ye Zhengwen and Ye Yaoling.
• Ye Zhengwen agreed to return to the Chongming Sect as an elder, and Ye Yaoling joined her younger brother Ye Pingshui there.
• Pei Yi calculated the Chongming Sect's losses, and Kang Dabao realized the attacks had ruined his market plans and weakened his standing with nearby households.
• Kang Dabao remembered that he had forgotten to take four heads from his Storage Bag and exchange them for Spirit Stones with Tie Liuyun.

The Chongming Sect formally welcomed several new members, including Ye Zhengwen, and settled the roles and tutelage of its recruits. As Kang Dabao worried about the sect’s finances and considered his next move, a letter from Huo Bing forced him to face an unexpected official matter.

• Pei Yi agreed to marry the Kuai Household’s youngest daughter, leaving the He Household alliance behind to protect Dantong Cliff.
• The Chongming Sect formally admitted Ye Zhengwen, Wei Gu, Mo Ku, Ye Yaoling, and Ye Pingshui, assigning the Ye siblings new mentors.
• Kang Dabao appointed Ye Zhengwen external affairs elder and distributed duties among the sect’s external affairs disciples.
• Kang Dabao assessed the sect’s growing membership and resources, then worried about paying stipends after the Chongming Market’s destruction.
• Kang Dabao opened a message bearing Huo Bing’s signature and grimaced after reading the governor’s official document.

Kang Dabao went to the Pingrong County yamen and learned that Governor Huo Bing had assigned him to gather two thousand Skin Refining laborers for the Spirit Stone mine. He left with Tie Xishan to inspect the laborers, whose helplessness stirred his sorrow before a thought about his clothing restored his spirits.

• Kang Dabao arrived at the yamen and saw Luo Heng grieving the deaths of his household cultivators and Sun Bingdou, whose loss had destroyed his political support.
• Luo Heng silently resented Kang Dabao, while Kang Dabao recalled how Luo Heng’s scheming had led to his dangerous expedition and vowed to repay their grudge if he got the chance.
• Tie Xishan told Kang Dabao that Governor Huo Bing had personally selected him to replace Sun Bingdou and lead another two thousand laborers to the mine.
• Kang Dabao considered the rivalry between Huo Bing’s local faction and the outsiders serving the Earl of Nan'an, then left the hall with Tie Xishan without acknowledging Luo Heng.
• Kang Dabao and Tie Xishan inspected two thousand bare-chested martial artists gathered in the cold, and Kang Dabao mourned their loss of dignity and freedom.
• Little Qi poked out of Kang Dabao’s sleeve, prompting him to realize he might not be wearing short trousers beneath his robe and dispelling his despondency.

Kang Dabao supervised laborers at the Gao Li Mountain Spirit Stone mine, organizing them humanely while remaining wary of the Tanggu magistrate’s claims about dangers in the tunnels. After three months, Pingrong County’s workers had mined more than twice as much as other counties with few deaths, and Kang Dabao broke through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

• Kang Dabao transported the Pingrong County laborers to Gao Li Mountain, where the Tanggu magistrate described the Demon Beasts remaining in the mine.
• Kang Dabao distrusted the magistrate’s assurances that the western tunnels were relatively safe and settled into a cave abode to cultivate.
• Kang Dabao arranged the laborers into ten teams led by Martial Ancestors, using rewards and clear rules to encourage mining.
• Kang Dabao occasionally killed Demon Beasts that entered the workers’ area while the Martial Ancestor overseers offered additional incentives.
• After three months, the mine supervisor found that Pingrong County’s laborers had mined more than twice as many Spirit Stones as other counties, with few deaths.
• Kang Dabao broke through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer and realized that Foundation Establishment was within reach.

After breaking through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, Kang Dabao rewarded the mine laborers and tried to enlist the Huo Household overseer in secretly increasing their Spirit Stone profits, but the overseer refused. As Kang Dabao reconsidered how to handle the mine, another Huo Household cultivator arrived and offered to take the deal.

• Kang Dabao emerged from seclusion as a Qi Refining Seventh Layer cultivator and learned the mine had suffered fewer than a hundred laborer deaths in three months.
• Kang Dabao released the top twenty miners and supervisors of the most productive teams, then gave the top hundred remaining laborers ten days off.
• Kang Dabao demonstrated his Delusion-Breaking Golden Eyes by blasting apart a huge boulder, silencing the laborers.
• Kang Dabao proposed that the Huo Household mine overseer help him profit from increased mining, but the overseer refused, fearing Huo Bing.
• Kang Dabao considered reducing the laborers' work hours, but another Huo Household cultivator arrived and said he would accept the deal.

Kang Dabao joined Huo Chun in a scheme to increase Spirit Stone production by consolidating the laborers and overseers from thirteen counties. Their output rose sharply, but the chapter ended with the vein’s manager dead during the latest monthly count.

• Huo Chun proposed that he and Kang Dabao secretly unite the thirteen county teams, raise their mining output, and divide the remaining Spirit Stones after paying off officials and the Huo Household.
• Huo Chun recruited the overseers from the other twelve counties and brought the vein’s manager into the scheme, while Kang Dabao organized the laborers using his methods.
• The Jin County registrar used Gu worms to force laborers to meet quotas, killing or injuring many; after the laborers rebelled and nearly killed him, Huo Chun beat the registrar to death.
• Kang Dabao found a litter of live Fire Boar young, summoned Zhou Yixiu and Duan Anle to take them back, and sent them away quickly because the mine remained dangerous.
• Spirit Stone output climbed to 1,600 in the third month, 2,100 in the fourth, and 2,452 in the fifth; on the first day of the sixth month, the vein’s manager was found dead.

After Gold-Devouring Rats wiped out Tanggu County’s officials and laborers, the prefectural court took control of the Spirit Stone vein and ordered a survey. Kang Dabao led a team into the damaged mine tunnel, equipped with extra message talismans and lightning talismans from Gun Shide.

• Gold-Devouring Rats killed the Tanggu magistrate, the mine supervisor, and thousands of other people, prompting the prefectural court to take over the Spirit Stone vein.
• Three true Foundation Establishment cultivators arrived, questioned local officials, and recruited cultivators to investigate the mines.
• Kang Dabao encountered Kuai En, who begged him to save the Kuai Household, while Ming Yue joined another team.
• Gun Shide took charge of the survey and ordered the cultivators to form teams to search different mine tunnels.
• Kang Dabao gathered twenty cultivators he considered honest and upright, and Gun Shide gave his team an extra message talisman and a stack of lightning talismans.
• Kang Dabao led his team into the damaged tunnel previously worked by laborers from Pingrong County.

Kang Dabao led the cultivators through the damaged mine tunnels, where a pack of Purple Fire Jackals ambushed them. The pack’s leader evaded Kang Dabao’s attacks and killed Cultivator Jing, leaving the battle in progress.

• Old Xia guided Kang Dabao and the cultivators toward the pit where workers had previously encountered a jackal-like Demon Beast.
• Kang Dabao sent Cultivator Jing’s wolfhound puppet ahead to scout, but it found nothing unusual.
• As Old Xia and his grand-disciple grew weak from the foul air, Kang Dabao sent them back and Little Qi alerted him to danger.
• A first-tier superior-grade Purple Fire Jackal attacked, revealing a pack of twenty or thirty jackals that began separating and overwhelming the cultivators.
• Kang Dabao’s Delusion-Breaking Golden Eyes killed one jackal, but the pack leader avoided him and disrupted the cultivators’ defenses.
• The jackal leader used a companion as a shield against Kang Dabao’s attack, then tore out Cultivator Jing’s windpipe and continued fighting.