Ji Yue, Ji Ling, and She Xuan perished in Lu Bei's Small World. With no bystanders present, not even Lord Xinkuang, who was closest to the scene of the incident, could confirm whether the three were truly dead.
Zhu Heng rushed to the royal palace of Xiangshu. Unable to find the primary crime scene, he only found the half-dead men in black.
"All mouth and no trousers, leaving me to clean up his mess... Could he have done it on purpose? But what good would provoking Qiyan do him? To threaten Qiyan and force them to draw a clear line against the Qinggan Heavenly Sword Sect's influence? Probably not. That would be underestimating Qiyan too much; that brat wouldn't be so unwise."
Chapter 439