S01E05 — Wu Gang and the Demonic Sect Massacre the Qingque Sect

Before the ancestral ceremony, Cai Zhao notices missing wine jars and grows wary. During the ceremony, she exposes the old woman as Luo Yuan Rong, a long-missing Taichu Sect disciple. Luo reveals that Pei Yuan Feng framed his senior brother Wu Yuan Ying with the help of the demon sect and presents the crippled Wu as proof. When Pei denies it, Luo kills him and leaps to her death with Wu Yuan Ying. The revelation shakes the Six Sects. Cai Zhao confronts Chang Ning for hiding the truth, and their beliefs clash. As suspicion tightens, Chang Ning leaves the sect and disappears after a brutal demon sect ambush. Cai Zhao, recalling her aunt’s teachings, resolves to face the brutal truths of the jianghu.