The Southern Poison King, Huandu Qingtian, interrupts a meeting between the Shadow Fox Empress and her agents to rescue his daughter, Huandu Luolan. While the old poison king does not hope to be able to beat the Empress in a fight he is confident he can hold her off until her location is revealed to the Yiqi Daomeng and Tushan.
Before the two of them can exchange blows someone pierces the Shadow Fox Empress' barrier surprising both of them. It is Bai Qiuen who has traveled through the ground and gotten somewhat lost. The Wangquan Sword falls out of Qiuen's sleeve and lands in the ground slicing the mountain it lands on in half. This destroys the Shadow Fox Empress's barrier immediately, revealing her presence.
Tushan Yaya, having already subdued Beishan Yaodi, immediately begins firing chunks of powerful ice magic at the Empress, giving Huandu Qingtian time to escape with his daughter. Yaya remarks that she is far stronger than they last met 500 years ago since she has not wasted her time practicing hiding techniques and only cultivated ice magic.
Meanwhile, Cuiyu Ling has begun healing the injured. With Yaya busy fighting the Shadow Fox Empress, the heads of the Yi Qi Dao League decide to help clean up the other spirits attacking Tushan who are trying to attack the Kuqing Tree. They quickly dispatch the leaders of the rebellion, defeat 3 of the 4 Spirit Kings leading the Black Foxes, but are unable to find the missing 4th Spirit King. Wang Fugui and Qingtong and their bodyguards are suddenly attacked by a powerful spirit that vanishes in thin air.
A nearby Moonguard who seems to be a coward asks them if they sensed a powerful magic blade (the Wangquan Blade) being activated nearby. They say no, and the Moonguard then reveals himself to the the spirit who attacked them. He is the leader of the spirit kings: Baiyao Mojun, also known as the Collector of Spirits, and is working for the Shadow Foxes to destroy the Kuqing tree.
Qingtong distracts Mojun, buying time for Wang Fugui to run off to hide. Qingtong is quickly overpowered, and Mojun lasciviously starts trying to absorb her body with his pink demon tentacles, commenting on her looks and attempting to force himself on her. However, Wangquan Fugui suddenly appears wielding the Wangquan Blade, telling them to let go of Qingtong, saying he cannot believe there are old demons like Mojun. Wang then says he is Wangquan Fugui, the legendary demon slayer from 600 years ago, striking fear into every nearby demon.