Synopsis

The chapter depicts the protagonist's group facing unforeseen, formidable martial artists and struggling to find a safe path forward. Meanwhile, a captured merchant is coerced into revealing the location of a powerful artifact, the Eight Bead Bell, and subsequently forced to hand it over to save his daughter from his captors' vile intentions. The artifact is revealed to be a potentially world-threatening object, hinting at a past conflict that could reignite. A hero suddenly appears and proclaims he will cut down all of the villains.