Recaps

Gu Chen, Mu Fan, and Qin Li investigated a city in the Thousand-Fathom Mountain Range, where Qin Li exposed a Devil Race lackey and explained that Devil Qi had corrupted him. The group prepared to capture another suspect so Qin Li could demonstrate how to identify such lackeys.

• Gu Chen chose the Thousand-Fathom Mountain Range as the investigation area, and Mu Fan declined the elder’s offer to recruit more disciples.
• The Five Symbols Sect deployed its disciples, and Gu Chen’s team searched the city for evil cultivators.
• Qin Li detected a scruffy man at a tavern and sent Mu Fan to fetch him, but Gu Chen brought him back instead.
• Qin Li identified the man as a Devil Race lackey and killed him, revealing Devil Qi in his heart.
• Qin Li explained that Devil Qi made its victim a servant of the Devil Race, then detected another suspect at a street corner and sent Gu Chen to get him.

Qin Li demonstrated how to expose people carrying Devil Qi, and the Five Symbols Sect rapidly deployed array disks to uncover demonic cultists. As the sect's search intensified, Wu Chong's forces lost contact with their investigators and ordered nearby members to retreat and hide.

• Qin Li triggered a boy's Devil Qi, causing him to turn feral and explode, and explained that the method could reveal hidden demonic cultists.
• Cang Wenyu and the five peak lords arrived, examined Qin Li's jade talisman, and watched Xu Kun create an array disk that triggered another cultist's Devil Qi.
• Cang Wenyu ordered Dharma Form Peak to produce array disks, which disciples used to expose and eliminate demonic cultists across the region.
• Wu Chong learned that the soul tablets of his investigators had shattered and ordered nearby forces to return, stop going out, and activate the concealment array.

Cang Wenyu asked Lu Changzhi about Qin Li’s past and the heavenly phenomenon she had caused, then wondered how Lu Changzhi had made her his disciple. Meanwhile, Gu Chen led Xu Kun, Mu Fan, and Qin Li to the Thousand-Fathom Mountain Range to search for an inheritance, where they approached a hidden demonic sect and Mu Fan saw something shocking.

• Cang Wenyu learned from Lu Changzhi that Qin Li had raised her talent enough to cause the heavenly phenomenon, and he questioned how she had become Lu Changzhi’s disciple.
• Xu Kun, Gu Chen, Mu Fan, and Qin Li headed toward the Thousand-Fathom Mountain Range after Gu Chen said he wanted to search for a senior’s inheritance there.
• Wu Chong’s people discovered the Five Symbols Sect party searching above their hidden underground hall, and Wu Chong prepared to confront them if they found the formation.
• Xu Kun’s flying boat descended toward the range’s highest peak, and Mu Fan stepped off before abruptly stopping in shock.

Mu Fan discovered that the mountain was filled with demonic cultists, while Qin Li exposed the hidden caves by breaking an illusion array. As the group was surrounded and attacked, Gu Chen sent a distress signal, and Xu Kun revealed his true strength just as sixteen flying boats arrived.

• Mu Fan sensed hundreds of demonic cultists on the mountain but concealed his discovery from Gu Chen, Qin Li, and Xu Kun.
• Gu Chen checked in and obtained low-grade saint-tier battle armor, then Qin Li detected and broke an illusion array beneath the peaks.
• Demonic cultists emerged from hidden caves and attacked; Mu Fan swiftly carried Gu Chen back to the flying boat and urged Qin Li and Xu Kun to flee.
• Wu Chong surrounded the group and launched a powerful attack at Qin Li, while Gu Chen sent the sect a distress signal reporting the ambush.
• Xu Kun shattered Wu Chong's flaming palm with a spell-breaking spirit array, revealing his cultivation at Creation Realm Sixth Level, and sixteen flying boats approached.

Wu Chong and the devil cultivators attacked the Five Symbols Sect reinforcements, while Xu Kun, Qin Li, and Gu Chen fought to hold them off. Mu Fan slipped away toward the Thousand-Fathom Mountain Range, and the sect master and four peak masters gathered to decide how many reinforcements to send.

• Wu Chong used a blood-red bead to empower himself and the devil cultivators, then attacked the Five Symbols Sect's flying boats.
• Xu Kun confronted Wu Chong with a formation scroll, using defensive formations and a giant sword to withstand his blows.
• Qin Li explained that the nearby Devil Race strengthened the devil cultivators, then charged into battle with Gu Chen following her.
• Mu Fan saw injured devil cultivators returning underground, used talismans to slip away, and headed toward the Thousand-Fathom Mountain Range.
• The Five Symbols Sect's sect master and four peak masters gathered after receiving the reinforcement request, and someone asked how many people to send.

Mu Fan infiltrated the Thousand-Fathom Mountain Range and planted his most powerful explosive, Little Boy, beside the Blood Ancestor’s altar. As Wu Chong called on the Blood Ancestor to turn the battle against the Five Symbols Sect, Qin Li sensed a Devil Race presence awakening underground and Xu Kun ordered everyone to retreat.

• Cang Wenyu ordered the four great peaks to send ancestors and elders to help Gu Chen confront more than a thousand possible enemies.
• Mu Fan entered the blood-soaked mountain range, spotted an unknown Devil Race member, and slipped through the buildings to the Blood Ancestor’s altar.
• Mu Fan placed Little Boy, packed with a thousand Supreme-Grade Spirit Rank Explosive Flame Talismans, beside the altar and left.
• Xu Kun blocked Wu Chong’s Blood Blade Severance with a powerful formation-based fist and restored his strength with Supreme-grade Spirit Rank pills.
• Wu Chong saw the Five Symbols Sect nearing the edge of the formation and summoned the Blood Ancestor by destroying a blood-red token.
• Qin Li sensed the Devil Race presence awakening beneath the mountain, and Xu Kun ordered a retreat as Wu Chong declared it was too late.

Mu Fan detonated the Little Boy, destroying the Blood Ancestor and wiping out most of the devil cultists at the Thousand-Fathom Mountain Range. Lu Changzhi learned through the system that Mu Fan had killed devil cultists and used a newly acquired random saint-tier gift pack.

• Xu Kun protected Gu Chen and Qin Li and urged them to escape as Wu Chong and the devil cultists attacked.
• A Blood Ancestor appeared, and Mu Fan detonated the Little Boy beside the altar, producing a blast that destroyed several mountaintops.
• Mu Fan found that the Devil Race target had vanished; Wu Chong and the surviving cultists soon died when their controller was killed.
• Qin Li explained that the devil cultists had died because the Devil Race member controlling their lives was gone, leaving the Five Symbols Sect elders baffled about why they had summoned the Blood Ancestor.
• Lu Changzhi noticed system notifications about Mu Fan killing devil cultists and discovered a random saint-tier gift pack in his inventory.
• Lu Changzhi told the system to use the random saint-tier gift pack.

Lu Changzhi learned that his Heavenly Azure Saint Token could unlock the Heavenly Azure Saint’s inheritance, while Cang Wenyu explained the trial and the plans for the younger generation to attempt it. The Cloud Heaven Holy Land arrived at the Five Symbols Sect, leaving Cang Wenyu facing its call for the sect master.

• Lu Changzhi received a Heavenly Azure Saint Token and spent three thousand experience points upgrading the Cracked Version of the Sign-In System by two levels.
• Cang Wenyu and the peak patriarchs arrived at the Thousand-Fathom Mountain Range, where Xu Kun explained that the Blood Ancestor had destroyed the area himself and the demonic cultists had died.
• Lu Changzhi learned from the returning disciples that Mu Fan had concealed his role in what happened at the mountain range.
• Cang Wenyu told Lu Changzhi that the Heavenly Azure Saint Token was the sole key to claiming the inheritance after passing a difficult trial in the Heavenly Azure Ruins.
• A Cloud Heaven Holy Land flying boat descended over the Five Symbols Sect, and a voice called for the sect master.

The Cloud Heaven Holy Land visited the Five Symbols Sect, claiming to seek a Saint-Rank genius and offering rewards if the sect handed the junior over. After probing the sect and asking to visit Hidden Origin Peak, Cao Yu pressed Cang Wenyu to lead them there, and Lu Changzhi told Cang Wenyu not to worry.

• Cang Wenyu gave Lu Changzhi a cloak to conceal Qin Li's Qi, then Lu Changzhi activated the Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array over the five peaks.
• Cao Yu, Elder Zhu, and Xiao Qing entered the Five Symbols Sect, where Elder Zhu swept the sect with his divine sense and claimed he only wanted to see the scenery.
• Cao Yu told Cang Wenyu that the Cloud Heaven Holy Land wanted any Saint-Rank junior found by the Five Symbols Sect to cultivate with them, offering compensation and help making the sect foremost among the six top powers.
• Cao Yu asked about Hidden Origin Peak and insisted that Xiao Qing be allowed to spar with its geniuses, while Cang Wenyu struggled to refuse.
• Lu Changzhi spoke to Cang Wenyu by voice and told him to let the visitors come.

Cao Yu visited Hidden Origin Peak and dismissed it as unimpressive, unaware that Lu Changzhi had trapped him and his companions in the Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array. After they departed, Cao Yu met envoys from other powers and received an urgent order from the Cloud Heaven Holy Land to return because upheaval was coming to the Eastern Region.

• Cao Yu inspected Hidden Origin Peak, saw through Lu Changzhi’s disguised cultivation, and judged the peak and Gu Chen unremarkable.
• Cang Wenyu admitted he wanted the Cloud Heaven Holy Land to help conceal Hidden Origin Peak’s weakness, while Cao Yu agreed to keep the secret and urged the Five Symbols Sect to find a saint-level junior.
• Lu Changzhi revealed that Cao Yu, Xiao Qing, and Elder Zhu were trapped in his Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array, which Xu Kun identified as at least saint-grade.
• Cao Yu and his companions left Hidden Origin Peak, and Cao Yu criticized the Five Symbols Sect as he discussed how its ambitions could make it easier for the Holy Land to control.
• Envoys from the Mystic One Sect and three other powers met Cao Yu and offered storage rings for information about Hidden Origin Peak.
• Cao Yu received a jade talisman ordering him to return to the Cloud Heaven Holy Land immediately because the celestial signs over the Eastern Region had changed and upheaval was coming.

Cao Yu misled the other factions about Lu Changzhi and Hidden Origin Peak, while Lu Changzhi received top-grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Nectar and shared it with his disciples. In the far north, the Blood Ancestors arrived and learned that the Five Symbols Sect had killed Ming Ya.

• Cao Yu claimed Hidden Origin Peak was a façade and Lu Changzhi was not truly a rare genius, prompting the other factions to consider excluding the Five Symbols Sect from the Heavenly Azure Saint Token matter.
• Lu Changzhi told Cang Wenyu that the illusion formation drained Hidden Origin Peak's spiritual power, and Cang Wenyu asked Xu Kun to maintain it.
• The Five Symbols Sect's campaign against evil cultivators spread to other territories, and the sect gained cultivation resources, half of which went to Hidden Origin Peak.
• Lu Changzhi received a basin of top-grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Nectar and served it to Luo Ling'er, Qin Li, Gu Chen, and Mu Fan as wine.
• The Blood Ancestors arrived in the far north and were told that the Five Symbols Sect had killed Ming Ya.

Blood Demon Clan leaders discussed the Five Symbols Sect’s discovery of their hidden forces and its array disc, which could expose demonic beings and activate demonic blood. They decided to destroy the sect, assigning Ming Xiong to lead the attack with Xue Chen.

• A Blood Demon Clan subordinate reported that the Five Symbols Sect had searched for Ming Ya’s hiding place after he and others had attacked the sect while collecting blood.
• The subordinate revealed an array disc from the Five Symbols Sect that could expose demonic beings; when the Blood Ancestor activated it, the demonic blood in their human servants became violent.
• The Blood Ancestor learned that the Five Symbols Sect was distributing the discs and ordered his followers to continue investigating the sect’s strength.
• Blood Demon Clan leaders debated whether to attack the Five Symbols Sect, then concluded that its array discs threatened their use of human servants and must be stopped.
• The leader assigned Ming Xiong to destroy the Five Symbols Sect, and Ming Xiong chose to bring Xue Chen with him.

Lu Changzhi gave Luo Ling'er saint-tier bracers that greatly increased her strength, and she accidentally knocked Cang Wenyu down during an arm-wrestling match. The Five Symbols Sect learned that a powerful blood cloud of devil cultists was heading toward its territory, likely arriving within a day and a half.

• Lu Changzhi helped Luo Ling'er put on the bracers, and she used them to destroy a courtyard wall with a punch.
• Luo Ling'er challenged Cang Wenyu to arm wrestling and knocked him off balance, breaking the stone table beneath them.
• Cang Wenyu received urgent news of a fast-moving blood cloud in the far north and sent Xu Kun to investigate.
• Cang Wenyu ordered the Five Symbols Sect and nearby cities to prepare for a possible attack.
• Xu Kun reported that the blood cloud contained devil cultists and a powerful Devil Race presence, possibly at the Dao Comprehension Realm, and was likely heading for the Five Symbols Sect.

The Five Symbols Sect prepared for an approaching devil invasion, while Lu Changzhi was asked to use his illusion array to conceal the sect’s true strength from rival forces. As the blood cloud entered the sect’s territory, other powers sent observers or limited aid, and some Five Symbols Sect members fled.

• Cang Wenyu ordered defenses, city evacuations, and an urgent call for help, while deciding to keep the guardian elders in seclusion unless the devils proved too strong.
• Cang Wenyu told Lu Changzhi that as many as a thousand devils, possibly including Dao Comprehension Realm experts, were approaching and asked him to create false appearances with his illusion array.
• The Five Symbols Sect ordered its disciples to return or take shelter, but Chen Tong and others fled, including some stewards and elders, without being stopped.
• The Mystic One Sect sent elders to observe but told them not to fight, while the Azure Cloud Sect planned to assess the Five Symbols Sect’s losses and the Flower Spirit Sect sent elders to protect disciples and rescue promising female disciples.
• The blood cloud entered the Five Symbols Sect’s territory and sped toward the sect, looming over nearby cities.

Ming Xiong and Xue Chen led the Devil Race to the Five Symbols Sect and attacked its sect-protecting formation. The formation withstood Ming Xiong’s assault, but Xue Chen brought out a Formation-Breaking Shuttle, prompting Cang Wenyu to order the other peaks to attack.

• Cang Wenyu prepared the Five Symbols Sect for the approaching blood clouds while Lu Changzhi confirmed that the visiting sects had already been sent into an illusion.
• Ming Xiong and Xue Chen revealed themselves as Dao Comprehension Realm members of the Devil Race, and Ming Xiong demanded the Five Symbols Sect surrender to its deaths.
• Lu Changzhi told Qin Li and the others to join the fight if it began, and he asked Mu Fan to protect Luo Ling'er.
• Cang Wenyu raised the sect-protecting formation, which withstood Ming Xiong’s blood palm and his repeated axe strikes.
• Xue Chen brought out a Formation-Breaking Shuttle, and Cang Wenyu ordered the elders and ancestors of every peak except Dharma Form Peak to attack together.

The Five Symbols Sect fought Ming Xiong, Xue Chen, and the demon cultists, but Ming Xiong revealed a terrifying transformation that overwhelmed the peak patriarchs. Cang Wenyu left to ask the sect-guarding patriarchs to emerge from seclusion.

• Eight Void Transformation Realm experts emerged from the array to engage Ming Xiong, Xue Chen, and the Creation Realm demon cultists, while Qin Li, Luo Ling'er, Xiao Ming, and Mu Fan joined the battle.
• Luo Ling'er crushed a demon cultist with her greatsword, Xiao Ming killed an attacker targeting her, and Mu Fan used talismans to blast several cultists away.
• The disciples and elders inside the array realized the peak patriarchs could only draw against Ming Xiong and Xue Chen, who were stronger than ordinary Dao Comprehension Realm cultivators.
• Ming Xiong manifested his thousand-zhang Blood Demon True Body and struck the two Flame Sun Peak patriarchs, hurling them backward and strengthening the demon cultists around him.
• Cang Wenyu told Peak Master Xu to protect the array and left to ask the sect-guarding patriarchs to emerge from seclusion.

Cang Wenyu awakened Gu Qingyang, the Five Symbols Sect’s long-secluded Sword King, to defend the sect from two powerful members of the Devil Race. Gu Qingyang confronted Ming Xiong and revealed a Sword Domain, leaving the battle poised to begin.

• Cang Wenyu entered the underground palace and asked the sect’s secluded patriarchs to help stop the Devil Race attackers.
• Gu Qingyang emerged from seclusion and left with Cang Wenyu, refusing to wait for another patriarch to join him.
• Ming Xiong overpowered the Flame Sun Peak patriarchs and battered the Five Symbols Sect’s formation while its disciples feared defeat.
• Cang Wenyu brought Gu Qingyang to the battlefield, where Ming Xiong recognized him as the sect’s hidden Dao Comprehension Realm expert.
• Gu Qingyang drew his sword, announced himself as the Sword King, and unleashed a Sword Domain that made Ming Xiong’s voice waver.

Gu Qingyang fought Ming Xiong and gained the upper hand with his Sword Domain, but Ming Xiong donned powerful devil armor and unleashed a blood sacrifice. Qin Li poisoned a mass of blood as it was drawn toward Ming Xiong, then fled with Mu Fan toward the formation.

• Gu Qingyang severed Ming Xiong's arm with a sword strike, and Ming Xiong regenerated it before resuming their battle.
• Gu Qingyang overpowered Ming Xiong until Xue Chen gave him devil armor that strengthened his defense and attacks.
• Gu Qingyang used the Green Sun Sword Art to send Ming Xiong flying, but Ming Xiong began a blood sacrifice to draw blood and spiritual power from the devil cultists.
• Qin Li warned Cang Wenyu to retreat into the formation, then prepared poisoned blood while Mu Fan urged her to leave.
• Qin Li left the poisoned blood to be drawn toward Ming Xiong and hurried to the formation with Mu Fan.

Qin Li disrupted Ming Xiong with the White Tiger essence blood while Gu Qingyang used the opening to kill Xue Chen. As Gu Qingyang closed in on the weakened Ming Xiong, Lu Changzhi activated the Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array.

• Ming Xiong absorbed the blood of the slain Devil Sect followers, pushing his power close to the Transcendent Realm.
• An unknown voice told Gu Qingyang to wait for Ming Xiong and revealed that the devil had been poisoned; Gu Qingyang agreed to use the opportunity.
• Qin Li called out at the right moment, and the White Tiger essence blood and Power of Geng Metal inside Ming Xiong erupted, disrupting his gathered power.
• Gu Qingyang struck at Xue Chen instead of Ming Xiong and killed him with his sword.
• Ming Xiong tried to escape while weakened, and Qin Li warned Lu Changzhi that she could not stop him herself.
• Lu Changzhi activated the Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array.

Ming Xiong escaped the Five Symbols Sect after sacrificing much of his origin, while the sect staged an illusion to make outside observers believe the Cloud Heaven Holy Land had saved them. Gu Qingyang revealed that his life was nearly over, and Lu Changzhi received a system choice about the dying ancestor.

• Ming Xiong fled the Five Symbols Sect after detonating his blood axe and sacrificing part of his origin, but he wondered why he was moving so fast and why no one pursued him.
• Xu Kun realized Ming Xiong had survived, and Cang Wenyu had the four remaining devil cultists captured for interrogation.
• Lu Changzhi showed Cang Wenyu an illusion of a Cloud Heaven Holy Land expert rescuing the sect, then disguised himself and performed the scene for the watching factions.
• Cang Wenyu asked the sect members to share what they had learned, and Gu Qingyang praised their insights before admitting he had little time left and promising to pass on his sword Dao understanding.
• Lu Changzhi returned aboard the flying boat, and a system choice appeared concerning Gu Qingyang nearing the end of his lifespan.

Lu Changzhi watched Gu Qingyang approach a breakthrough and secretly used undiluted Life Spirit Liquid to restore his vitality, earning the Essence Concealment Formula. Ming Xiong fled back to Blood Demon Clan headquarters, only to find the scenery suddenly changing around him.

• Gu Qingyang declined Cang Wenyu’s treasures and went to cultivate alone, while Lu Changzhi watched to see what acting as the situation demanded would mean.
• Gu Qingyang’s presence stirred heaven and earth as he neared a breakthrough, and Cang Wenyu concealed the disturbance before returning to the others and pretending the Ancestor had died.
• When Gu Qingyang’s presence weakened, Lu Changzhi sent undiluted Life Spirit Liquid through the array, restoring the Ancestor’s vitality and receiving the Essence Concealment Formula.
• Ming Xiong escaped toward Blood Demon Clan headquarters, vowing revenge on the Five Symbols Sect, but the scenery suddenly changed as he arrived.

Lu Changzhi trapped Ming Xiong in layered illusions, had Qin Li interrogate him, and learned that a powerful Blood Demon Clan headquarters had a Devil-Nurturing Altar and blood sea. As Lu Changzhi began planning how to exploit the altar, Elder Xuan warned that a coming upheaval centered on Cloud Heaven Holy Land, and Lu Changzhi used his random Saint Rank gift pack.

• Lu Changzhi revealed that Ming Xiong's apparent escape had been an illusion, then captured him and sent him with Qin Li to be questioned.
• Qin Li quickly killed Ming Xiong and gave Lu Changzhi a jade talisman containing information about nearly forty Blood Demon Clan members, including one at the Transcendent Realm.
• Qin Li explained that a Devil-Nurturing Altar near a blood sea could cultivate new Blood Demon Clan members, and Lu Changzhi decided to handle the matter himself.
• Elder Xuan told the Holy Lord that the coming upheaval could become a terrifying storm centered on Cloud Heaven Holy Land, and the Holy Lord declared that the Holy Land feared nothing.
• Lu Changzhi remembered his random Saint Rank gift pack and told the system to use it.

Lu Changzhi gave the Five Symbols Sect his high-grade Saint Rank Essence Concealment Art after Gu Qingyang recognized its value. Meanwhile, the Mystic One Sect learned that the Cloud Heaven Holy Land had intervened and suspected it was responsible for Lin Chong’s death.

• Lu Changzhi obtained a high-grade Saint Rank Void Spirit Fruit and stored it for later.
• Cang Wenyu found that Gu Qingyang had gained a great deal of lifespan after his failed breakthrough, and Gu Qingyang said he had reached the Half-Step Transcendent Realm.
• Gu Qingyang met Lu Changzhi, recognized that his concealment art was extraordinary, and identified the Essence Concealment Art as a likely high-grade Saint Rank technique.
• Lu Changzhi gave the art to the Five Symbols Sect, and Gu Qingyang said the sect would study it and might adopt it throughout the sect.
• The Mystic One Sect's returning elders reported the Five Symbols Sect's situation and the Cloud Heaven Holy Land's intervention.
• The Mystic One Sect's sect master wondered whether the Cloud Heaven Holy Land had been responsible for Lin Chong's death.

News of the Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s intervention for the weakened Five Symbols Sect spread among the factions, while Lu Changzhi learned more about Mu Fan’s explosive contraption and asked him to build one for a digging project. Luo Ling’er returned from training with hunted bear paws, and the Devil Sect received news of its losses in the Eastern Region.

• Major factions learned that the Cloud Heaven Holy Land had saved the Five Symbols Sect and began seeking ways to gain its favor.
• Lu Changzhi calculated that he had gained only a little over three thousand experience from the battle and saved it for later.
• Qin Li took Luo Ling'er out to train against demonic beasts so she could improve her fighting skills.
• Lu Changzhi discovered that Mu Fan had devised a barrel packed with talismans and asked him to make a powerful version for digging about two hundred zhang deep.
• Luo Ling'er returned from training with roasted bear paws she had hunted, and Lu Changzhi praised her.
• The Devil Sect learned that Ming Xiong and Xue Chen had been killed by the Cloud Heaven Holy Land, which had vowed to exterminate the Devil Race.

Xue Chou blamed the Cloud Heaven Holy Land for interfering with the Blood Demon Clan and vowed to deal with the Five Symbols Sect later. Lu Changzhi secretly poured Life Spirit Spring water over the Five Symbols Sect's hidden ancestors, who absorbed its vitality and gained more time to live; they suspected a hidden expert had helped them and resolved to investigate cautiously.

• Xue Chou and the Blood Demon Clan concluded that the Cloud Heaven Holy Land had used the Five Symbols Sect to probe them, and Xue Chou said they would destroy the sect after dealing with the Holy Land.
• Lu Changzhi used the Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array to conceal himself and poured Life Spirit Spring water over the Five Symbols Sect's densely arrayed grounds.
• The ancestors of the Five Peaks sensed the surge of vitality and sealed off the area while the Life Spirit Spring water seeped underground.
• The hidden ancestors absorbed the vitality, and Gu Qingyang linked it to the earlier increase in his lifespan and suspected a hidden expert was responsible.
• The Thirty-Third Ancestor revealed that he had extinguished his soul lamp to conserve strength, and the ancestors joked about their own secrets before agreeing to investigate the gift carefully.
• The Thirty-Third Ancestor went to cultivate his soul, and the system rewarded Lu Changzhi with a Buddha-Aspect Devil-Binding Rope for idling for one month.