Recaps

Kang Dabao and the cultivators fought the Purple Fire Jackal pack in the mine, but the Three Incense Cult drove the beasts into a renewed frenzy and sent more jackals into the tunnels. As two Purple Fire Jackal leaders attacked Kang Dabao from behind, he summoned a figure steeped in deathly Qi to defend him.

• The Purple Fire Jackals killed the cultivator surnamed Jing, but Kang Dabao and the cultivators rallied and began cutting down the pack.
• Kang Dabao used the White Bear Fang Banner to restore the cultivators' stamina and spiritual power, then wounded the Purple Fire Jackal leader with his short blade.
• A bone whistle and colorless fragrance drove the jackals into a fresh frenzy, and Kang Dabao recognized the Three Incense Cult's involvement.
• More jackals poured from the mine shafts, while Kuai En joined a formation master and two cultivators in a Four Symbols Origin-Guarding Formation.
• Kang Dabao blasted approaching jackals with a lightning talisman and repelled a Purple Fire Jackal leader with his shield and short blade.
• Two more Purple Fire Jackal leaders leaped at Kang Dabao from behind, and he summoned a figure steeped in deathly Qi to intercept them.

Kang Dabao and the formation master fought off the Purple Fire Jackals while Kang Dabao tracked down the cultivator directing them. Gun Shide killed the fleeing cultivator, then urgently warned Kang Dabao to run.

• Kang Dabao used Zhao Gu's refined corpse to fight the Purple Fire Jackal leaders while the formation master trapped and burned a group of jackals with the Four Symbols Origin-Guarding Formation.
• After the formation master left the main formation, a potbellied cultivator was torn apart, and the refined corpse rescued Kuai En before frightening the remaining jackals.
• When a bone whistle revived the jackals, Kang Dabao used Little Qi to block a flame and killed the Purple Fire Jackal leader with his short blade.
• Kang Dabao located the short, thin Three Incense Cult disciple who had been directing the jackals, struck him with the Delusion-Breaking Golden Eyes, and took his beast-shaped cauldron.
• The short, thin cultivator escaped into a concealed pit, where Gun Shide seized and killed him, then told Kang Dabao to run.

Kang Dabao fled through the mine tunnels as a vast swarm of Gold-Devouring Rats pursued him, repeatedly using lightning talismans to hold them back. He reached the other cultivators and led them toward the entrance, where the swarm began devouring those who fell behind.

• Gun Shide shouted for everyone to run, and Kang Dabao fled as the Gold-Devouring Rat swarm thundered through the mine.
• Kang Dabao used lightning talismans to kill waves of rats, but the swarm quickly caught up and forced him to keep running.
• Kang Dabao reached the cultivators after the Purple Fire Jackals scattered and warned them to flee with him.
• The Gold-Devouring Rats overwhelmed the fleeing group and devoured several cultivators who fell behind.
• Kuai En said he could not run anymore, so Kang Dabao gave him pills and pressed him onward; after hearing a cultivator's screams, Kuai En insisted he could keep running.

Sect Leader Kang Da and Kuai En reached the mineral vein’s exit, only to find it guarded by a second-tier Gold-Devouring Rat while another attacked from behind. A disguised Foundation Establishment cultivator rallied the survivors and used a Buddhist technique to hold the rats back while the formation master tried to prepare a formation.

• Sect Leader Kang Da and Kuai En used scent pills and Divine Movement Talismans to push toward the exit as Gold-Devouring Rats overwhelmed the fleeing cultivators and beasts.
• A second-tier Gold-Devouring Rat at the exit killed the eyebrowless cultivator, while hundreds of smaller rats blocked the way out.
• A second second-tier Gold-Devouring Rat attacked from behind, and a burly man urged the survivors to keep charging toward the exit.
• The burly man revealed himself as a Foundation Establishment cultivator and fought the rat at the exit with his monk’s staff, aided by Sect Leader Kang Da and other cultivators.
• The Foundation Establishment cultivator divided the survivors between fighting the rats on both sides, gave the formation master formation plates, and raised a wall of Sanskrit characters to hold off the swarm.
• As the rats pressed against the Buddhist barrier, the Foundation Establishment cultivator demanded that the formation master hurry, threatening to cut him down if he died.

Gun Shide was forced by Daoist Black Shoes to return to the Spirit Stone vein, where the trapped cultivators were fighting a Second-Tier Gold-Devouring Rat. The beast killed several cultivators, including Ming Yue, as the Sanskrit wall collapsed and the swarm surged toward the survivors.

• Gun Shide warned Daoist Black Shoes that more than ten thousand Gold-Devouring Rats infested the vein, but Daoist Black Shoes ordered him to turn back.
• The fat Foundation Establishment cultivator's golden alms bowl and Sanskrit wall failed to stem the growing swarm, while Sect Leader Kang, Kuai En, Ming Yue, and the others fought the Second-Tier Gold-Devouring Rat.
• A bare-chested cultivator wounded the rat with a Heavenly Thunder Seed, and Ming Yue drove his yin-yang flying sword into the wound.
• The rat killed the bare-chested cultivator and a red-haired cultivator, shattered Kang Dabao's Garrison Earth Azure Origin Shield, and wounded Kang Dabao.
• The rat destroyed Ming Yue's flying sword, then killed him by biting off his head.
• The fat Foundation Establishment cultivator's Sanskrit wall collapsed, and the rat swarm surged toward the surviving cultivators.

A Gold-Devouring Rat swarm overwhelmed the cultivators in the mine as Sect Leader Kang faced a Second-Tier Gold-Devouring Rat. Daoist Black Shoes arrived just in time to kill the beast and save Kang Dabao.

• The fat Foundation Establishment cultivator killed the Second-Tier Gold-Devouring Rat with a Buddhist seal, but the swarm continued to wound him and devoured the Qi Refinement cultivators, including the formation master.
• The surviving Gold-Devouring Rats turned on Sect Leader Kang after Ming Yue was killed, and the Second-Tier Gold-Devouring Rat broke through Kang Dabao’s defenses and nearly bit off his head.
• Daoist Black Shoes burst through the blocked exit with a sword strike and killed the Second-Tier Gold-Devouring Rat.
• Daoist Black Shoes checked Kang Dabao and was relieved to find his martial nephew alive.

Daoist Black Shoes, Gun Shide, and Buse fought through the Gold-Devouring Rat swarm while Kang Dabao and the surviving Qi Refinement cultivators escaped the ore vein. Ying Bi revealed himself as the force behind the swarm and used a bone whistle to drive the rats into a frenzy, but Daoist Black Shoes defeated his strengthened beasts and shattered his Dantian.

• Daoist Black Shoes carved open the Gold-Devouring Rat swarm, giving Buse a chance to escape its attack, while Gun Shide joined the fight with his plum blossom technique.
• The bone whistle sounded again, driving the rats back into a charge, and Daoist Black Shoes ordered Kang Dabao and the surviving Qi Refinement cultivators out of the ore vein.
• Daoist Black Shoes cut a path through the swarm and confronted Ying Bi, whom Gun Shide identified as a grand elder of the Three Incense Cult.
• Ying Bi shattered his Second-Tier Spirit Artifact bone whistle, sending the rats into a frenzy and forcing five of them to advance to the Second Tier.
• Daoist Black Shoes trapped and killed the five newly advanced rats, then defeated Ying Bi and shattered his Dantian.

After Daoist Black Shoes captured Ying Bi and helped Kang Dabao recover from his injuries, he took Kang Dabao to the Kuai Household's Dantong Cliff to rest. The Prefecture Court sent over the mine's recovered valuables for them to choose from, and Kang Dabao began inspecting them.

• Daoist Black Shoes stripped Ying Bi of his valuables and handed the captive to Buse, who had offered the better price.
• Daoist Black Shoes dispersed the Demon Power in Kang Dabao's leg wounds and advised him to rest before traveling.
• Kuai En invited Daoist Black Shoes and Kang Dabao to the Kuai Household's Dantong Cliff and arranged an elaborate welcome.
• Kuai En told Kang Dabao that Gun Shide and Buse had sent the valuables recovered from the mine for them to choose from.
• Kang Dabao took the Storage Bag and began examining its contents.

Kang Dabao examined the cave survivors’ belongings, received the Long Breath Art from Kuai En, and began recovering from his injuries. Daoist Black Shoes interrupted his treatment by the maids and told him they would leave the next day.

• Kang Dabao kept the array master's damaged notes for Wei Gu, returned Ming Yue's Jinxian cap to Kuai En to take to the Ming Household, and claimed the Clear Eyes Treasured Liquid as the gift from the Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Kang Dabao gave Kuai En the remaining belongings, and Kuai En presented him with the Long Breath Art Jade Slip and described its benefits and difficulty.
• Kuai En sent two maids to change Kang Dabao's dressings, and Kang Dabao fondled them as they treated him.
• Daoist Black Shoes entered, warned Kang Dabao against bedchamber matters while recovering from severe yang poison, and told him to rest before they left the next day.

Kang Dabao and Daoist Black Shoes traveled home while Daoist Black Shoes explained the Three Incense Cult’s history and the borrowed power behind its recent strength. The Earl of Nan'an intercepted their flying boat and asked Daoist Black Shoes to speak with him privately.

• Kuai En held a noisy send-off for Kang Dabao and Daoist Black Shoes, and the Kuai Household's youngest sister gave Kang Dabao a letter for Pei Yi.
• Kang Dabao piloted the Second Tier flying boat and discussed the Three Incense Cult with Daoist Black Shoes, who explained that its Beast Incense had empowered Ying Bi and his allies.
• Daoist Black Shoes described how the Three Incense Cult had served the Immortal Dynasty before changing allegiance after the dynasty abandoned Shannan Circuit.
• The Earl of Nan'an, Kuang Liuting, landed before the flying boat, greeted Daoist Black Shoes as a fellow Daoist, and exchanged pleasantries with Kang Dabao.
• Kuang Liuting asked Daoist Black Shoes to speak somewhere quiet, and Daoist Black Shoes told Kang Dabao to wait where he was.

Daoist Black Shoes rejected Kuang Liuting’s appeal for him to serve the Immortal Dynasty, citing its failures to protect Cloud Horn Prefecture. Back at the Chongming Sect, he gave Zhou Yixiu a Glazed Treasure Tree to care for, and Lu Yunniang arrived at the sect entrance as Kang Dabao and Zhou Yixiu returned.

• Kuang Liuting invited Daoist Black Shoes to serve the Immortal Dynasty, but Daoist Black Shoes challenged him over the prefectural court’s failures and refused to trust his promises.
• Daoist Black Shoes returned to the Chongming Sect and asked Zhou Yixiu whether he could keep a Glazed Treasure Tree alive; Zhou Yixiu admitted he could not identify it.
• Daoist Black Shoes offered to seek help elsewhere with the tree, and Kang Dabao thanked him for his generosity.
• Zhou Yixiu proposed charging the Lu Household more to gather nectar from the great locust tree, but Kang Dabao refused to break their agreement.
• Kang Dabao and Zhou Yixiu inspected the spirit fields, then found Lu Yunniang waiting at the sect entrance.

Pei Yi struggled with refining Wondrous Jade Pills while the Chongming Sect worked to restore its income through a caravan partnership. Kang Dabao considered a marriage alliance with the He Household but accepted Pei Yi’s loyalty to his existing engagement, then visited the injured Jin Shilun and discussed the sect’s future leadership.

• Pei Yi failed to refine a good batch of Wondrous Jade Pills and worried about the Chongming Sect’s finances.
• Zhou Yixiu told Pei Yi that Lu Yunniang had brought word that the He Household caravan’s routes could soon be divided with the sect.
• Kang Dabao suggested Pei Yi reconsider his engagement to the Kuai Household in favor of a marriage alliance with the He Household, but Pei Yi refused to break his promise.
• Kang Dabao visited the injured Jin Shilun, brought him food, and reflected that Jin Shilun had qualities suited to leading the sect despite his age and weak aptitude.
• Kang Dabao discussed the Dao with Jin Shilun and his other disciples before leaving them to continue his work.

Kang Dabao visited Yuan Jin, who had been working obsessively in his artifact workshop, and persuaded him to rest and prepare for a breakthrough. After seeing Yuan Jin reunited with Dong Ningxin and Dong Wanxi, Kang Dabao took Wu Meng and Yuan Ping'an with him and resolved to pursue Foundation Establishment with renewed determination.

• Dong Ningxin told Kang Dabao that Yuan Jin had shut himself in his workshop and was surviving on Grain Avoidance Pills, so Kang Dabao went to see him.
• Yuan Jin completed the shaping of a silver shield Law Artifact with Ye Pingshui’s help, then shared Ice Dew Wine and discussed Ye Pingshui and Zhou’s daughter Xinran with Kang Dabao.
• Kang Dabao urged Yuan Jin to balance work and rest, and Yuan Jin said he planned to enter seclusion and had a sixty percent chance of breaking through to Late Qi Refinement.
• Dong Ningxin and Dong Wanxi burst into tears when Yuan Jin came out, so Kang Dabao took Wu Meng and Yuan Ping'an away on a spirit boat.
• Wu Meng told Kang Dabao that his family and Chongming City’s common people were doing well, and Kang Dabao resolved to work toward Foundation Establishment.

Kang Dabao returned to the Chongming Sect, but a summons about the marketplace soon took him and Jiang Qing to the Pingrong County yamen. They found Luo Heng politically weakened and Tie Xishan thriving, just as Tie Liuyun arrived with Xiezhi Iron Guards.

• Kang Dabao encountered Nanny Sun near Cold Crow Mountain and reflected on Fei Shuhe's extensive surveillance of the local households.
• Kang Dabao gathered mountain vegetables with Wu Meng and Yuan Ping'an before Duan Anle's Gray Spirit Falcon delivered a summons concerning the marketplace.
• Jiang Qing insisted on accompanying Kang Dabao, and Ye Zhengwen urged Kang Dabao not to travel without support.
• Kang Dabao and Jiang Qing flew to the Pingrong County yamen and saw that Luo Heng was in poor spirits while Tie Xishan was flourishing.
• Tie Xishan warmly welcomed Kang Dabao and praised Jiang Qing before Tie Liuyun entered with a group of Xiezhi Iron Guards.

Tie Liuyun assigned the reconstruction of Cloud Horn Prefecture’s markets and announced new rules that brought them under prefecture control, while granting Kang Dabao authority over Pingrong County’s market. The chapter left Kang with a lucrative new responsibility as the assembled officials reacted with surprise.

• Tie Liuyun told the officials that he would oversee market reconstruction and assigned Kang Dabao to handle compensation claims for Chongming Market, while Tie Xishan would review Linghe Market’s claims.
• Tie Liuyun gave Kang Dabao personal cultivation instruction, and Kang returned to his office before resuming cultivation and assessing his damaged equipment.
• After the county officials gathered, Tie Liuyun assigned Tie Xishan to administer Tanggu County because the prefecture court had not approved the Huo Household’s magistrate candidate.
• Tie Liuyun announced that the prefecture court would issue all market permits, take over the former sites of twenty-seven markets, and direct their reconstruction and revenues.
• Tie Liuyun declared that Kang Dabao would remain in overall charge of Pingrong County’s market instead of having a market commandant sent there, shocking the assembled officials.

Kang Dabao was appointed County Commandant, leaving him worried that the promotion would expose him to danger, while Fei Shuhe emerged from seclusion and learned that her family seemed to be neglecting her. The chapter left Fei Shuhe troubled by her prospects and beginning to resent the difference between her circumstances and her cousin Yaqing’s.

• Tie Liuyun announced Kang Dabao’s appointment as County Commandant, and the gathered officials offered him insincere congratulations.
• Kang Dabao left for the Chongming Sect to discuss the dangerous political situation with Daoist Black Shoes.
• Fei Shuhe emerged from a month of seclusion at the Qi Refining Seventh Layer and heard that Kang Dabao’s cultivation had improved.
• Nanny Sun told Fei Shuhe that the Fei Household had sent little news, that Elder Nanxi had formed a Golden Core, and that Fei Yonglian would marry into a powerful household.
• Fei Shuhe was hurt by the news of Fei Yonglian’s advantageous marriage, and Nanny Sun urged her to rely on her own cultivation.
• Fei Shuhe wondered why her uncle had not brought Yaqing to Cloud Horn Prefecture, then asked Nanny Sun to go for a walk.

Fei Shuhe watched Kang Dabao and the Chongming Sect harvest Zhou Yixiu’s white-flowered alfalfa, but she saw no hope in her husband and decided to return home to cultivate. The harvest continued in high spirits as Fei Shuhe turned away from the field.

• Nanny Sun prepared the attendants and supplies, then accompanied Fei Shuhe to the alfalfa fields on a Mystic Falcon.
• Zhou Yixiu had gathered Chongming Sect cultivators to harvest the crop before its brief flowering period ended, and Kang Dabao worked among them.
• Han Yundao proposed a Spirit Stone contest, while cultivators including Kang Rongquan, Zhou Xinran, Ji Wuwu, and Wei Gu competed to harvest quickly.
• Zhou Yixiu and Zhou Xinran sang harvest songs, lifting the workers’ spirits and turning the field into a lively gathering.
• Fei Shuhe judged Kang Dabao an unsuitable match and ordered the Mystic Falcon to take her home so she could cultivate.

After the alfalfa harvest, Duan Anle hosted a lively feast while Sect Leader Kang Da and Chongming Sect’s leaders discussed the prefectural court’s rebuilding of Chongming Market. The discussion ended with plans to consult Daoist Black Shoes, approach former Linghe Market merchants, and have Kang Da travel to Xuanwei City.

• Zhou Yixiu taught Kang Rongquan, Mo Ku, and Wei Gu how to preserve the harvested alfalfa in Chongming Sect’s new storehouse.
• Duan Anle invited his fellow disciples to his courtyard and gave Jin Shilun his prize Spirit Stones to prepare a feast.
• The disciples shared Spirit Cuisine and brought wine and other treats, while the younger children were allowed only small tastes of Spirit Wine.
• Kang Da explained the benefits and drawbacks of the prefectural court rebuilding Chongming Market, including its oversight, merchant compensation uncertainty, and Chongming Sect’s ten percent share of annual tax revenue.
• Ye Zhengwen proposed approaching former Linghe Market merchants, and Kang Da suggested recruiting a Foundation Establishment faction and asked Ye to approach Alchemist Chen Yu without making firm promises.
• Kang Da ended the meeting by saying he would visit Daoist Black Shoes and then travel to Xuanwei City the next morning.

Sect Leader Kang Da received a beast-taming guide from Daoist Black Shoes and learned why the Earl of Nan'an was preparing to move against the Two Instruments Sect. Meanwhile, Lu Xun led a He Household caravan toward Tanggu County, where bandits warned them that a violent new force had taken over a nearby stronghold.

• Daoist Black Shoes gave Kang Dabao a beast-taming guide and explained that the Two Instruments Sect had provoked the Earl of Nan'an by using a Three Incense Cult cultivator to attack Tanggu County.
• Kang Dabao discussed Chongming Market and his plans with Daoist Black Shoes, then set out with Jiang Qing.
• Lu Xun traveled with a He Household caravan whose guards stayed alert for roving bandits along the unsettled roads.
• At a mountain pass, a bandit leader recognized the He Household banner, collected road fees, and warned that newcomers from Pingrong County had taken over the Ma Household Stockade.
• The He Household member had Du Qing enhance the caravan's banner so the new force would recognize them, then ordered the caravan onward.

Shao Meng, Shao Wei, and their fellow outlaws ambushed the He Household caravan, overpowering its guards and cultivators. Lu Xun invoked Kang Dabao and the Chongming Sect, prompting the bandits to verify Du Qing’s sect token and halt the attack.

• Shao Meng and the other new chiefs of Ma Household Stockade prepared to rob the approaching He Household caravan, hoping to earn Spirit Stones for treating their injuries.
• The caravan crossed the roadblock under guard, but Shao Meng’s group launched a surprise attack, capturing the caravan leader and trapping two Late Qi Refinement elders.
• He Degong and Du Qing fought back as Lu Xun and the other caravan cultivators struggled against Shao Wei, the one-eyed whip wielder, and their underlings.
• Lu Xun recognized Shao Meng and claimed the caravan had been entrusted to Sect Leader Kang of the Chongming Sect, while He Degong revealed that He Dezong was his brother.
• The one-eyed cultivator found Du Qing’s Chongming Sect token, and Shao Wei ordered the bandits to stop, sparing the remaining caravan members.

The Shao siblings and the Two Sha of the Feng Household released He Degong’s nephew and let the caravan pass after learning of Kang Dabao’s influence. Back at the Chongming Sect, He Degong thanked Kang Dabao and handed him the caravan, while Kang told him that Foundation Establishment powers would also open shops in Chongming Market.

• Shao Wei accepted He Degong’s apology and Spirit Stones, then ordered his group to let the caravan pass.
• Shao Meng resented Kang Dabao, while Shao Wei and the Feng brothers warned that he was too powerful to offend.
• Kang Dabao examined his disciples’ knowledge of sect scriptures and scolded them before He Degong’s party arrived.
• Du Qing, Lu Xun, and He Degong greeted Kang Dabao, and He Degong recounted how Kang’s reputation had saved the caravan.
• Kang Dabao told He Degong that the Yunjiao Gun Household and the Illusory Sword Alliance would open shops in Chongming Market.
• He Degong announced that his elder brother had entrusted the fully staffed caravan to the Chongming Sect, and Kang Dabao accepted it gratefully.

Kang Dabao helped the prefectural court rebuild Chongming Market as a trade market, benefiting from its generous spending and winning back local support. The market was officially upgraded to the Double Brightness Trade Market, and its newly appointed acting lieutenant turned out to be someone Kang Dabao recognized.

• He Dezong sent word that the He Household would open a shop in Chongming Market and place Lu Xun's caravan under the Chongming Sect's control.
• The prefectural court's comptrollers arrived, and Deng oversaw plans to expand the market into a trade market.
• Deng's court paid laborers and suppliers in Spirit Stones, allowing Kang Dabao and allied factions to profit from construction contracts.
• Kang Dabao summoned Wei Gu to work alongside the court's formation masters, hoping he would learn enough to study the Spirit Stone vein formation notes.
• Kang Dabao saw the market's sign changed to announce the Double Brightness Trade Market, then learned the prefectural court had appointed a new acting lieutenant whom he recognized.

Kang Dabao met Xu Yingshi, the new acting commandant of the Double Brightness Trade Market, and considered the prefectural court’s motives for placing powerful outsiders around him. While overseeing the market’s construction, Kang Dabao reunited with Huo Ying, whose fortunes had fallen after several upheavals, and she watched him with renewed interest.

• Xu Yingshi greeted Kang Dabao with open contempt, and Deng smoothed over the exchange by explaining that Xu was always forthright.
• Kang Dabao judged Xu too powerful and well-connected to challenge, and suspected the prefectural court had placed both Xu and Deng near him as a warning or restraint.
• Kang Dabao continued managing shop assignments and market plans while the elderly accountant handled most of the other work.
• He Degong helped the elderly accountant with the market’s practical affairs and earned praise from the Foundation Establishment cultivator behind the He Household.
• At the bustling construction site, Kang Dabao greeted Huo Ying, who had moved there after losing her prosperous position in Xuanwei City.
• Huo Ying reflected on Kang Dabao’s rise and watched him leave, newly considering him as a potential partner.

Widow Ma secured a shopfront in Double Brightness Trade Market by giving Kang Dabao a Breakthrough Pill, while Huo Ying sought his protection by spending the night with him. The chapter left Huo Ying uncertain whether Kang Dabao would help her as she faced growing danger within the Illusory Sword Alliance.

• Widow Ma and Lady Chong asked Kang Dabao for a shopfront, and Widow Ma offered him a Breakthrough Pill in exchange for his help.
• Kang Dabao promised to arrange Widow Ma's shopfront within ten days, and she rewarded Lady Chong with warm jade for accompanying her.
• Kang Dabao returned to his quarters and spent the night with Huo Ying, who had arranged to meet him there in hopes of gaining his protection.
• Kang Dabao told Huo Ying to stay in his quarters for the next few days, then left to complete the handover of Pingrong County's affairs with Tie Xishan.
• Huo Ying worried that Kang Dabao had made no promise to support her and hoped she had chosen the right person to rely on amid the Illusory Sword Alliance's hostility.

Kang Dabao was drawn into a dispute over a blue silver vein discovered by the Kuai Household after Tie Liuyun offered him a share if he helped challenge the Huo Household. Daoist Black Shoes backed the alliance, but the dispute escalated into violence, and Huo Bing and Tie Liuyun arranged three fights to decide who would claim the vein.

• Kang Dabao met Tie Xishan in Pingrong County and learned that Luo Heng would take over as county chief clerk while Luo Heng accepted the assignment to send laborers to Tanggu County.
• Tie Liuyun found Kang Dabao at an entertainment house and recruited him to help the Kuai Household contest the Huo Household’s claim to a blue silver vein.
• Kang Dabao consulted Daoist Black Shoes, who agreed to join the contest and set a sixty-forty split, with shares for the Fei Household and Chongming Sect.
• Kang Dabao, Jiang Qing, Pei Yi, and Yuan Jin arrived at the Kuai Household, and Kang Dabao drove off Huo Household members who had come to take possession of the vein.
• The Huo Household retaliated by smashing Kuai Household shops, killing members of its direct line, and digging up its ancestral graves.
• Huo Bing and Tie Liuyun agreed to settle the dispute with three fights in half a month, with the winner taking all.