Chapter 616

is the six hundred and sixteenth chapter of Tong Yao's Guardians of Night.

Summary
The chapter opens with a flashback to five days ago. At the Cloud Sword Sect, an Untitled Sage branch sanctum, a person announces that the sect has a visitor. The visitor in question is a woman from Grand Pure Peak who goes by the title "Shuangling Immortal". She presents a letter from her master to the leader of the sect. In the letter, Grand Master Piao Miao asks the Cloud Sword Sect to give up on participating in a a certain event. While the master complies since it is the will of the main sanctums, her assistant finds it unfair that their students aren't even allowed a chance to join the occasion. Hearing this, the Dual Spirit Sage then requests every student who is unwilling to resign to battle her, hoping to force them to withdraw through strength. One of the Cloud Sword Sect's students angrily asks if she is there to challenge their sect, to which she replies that she is short on time and asks all the reluctant students to fight her at once. The furious disciples surround and attack her, telling her that she will pay for underestimating their sect, which has six hundred years of history.

Some time later, the Dual Spirit Sage is shown standing amidst the defeated and downed students. Astonished by the different in power, the master's assistant of the Cloud Sword Sect speculates that their sect would stand no chance even if they were to participate. The master affirms her statement and then tells the Dual Spirit Sage that they will agree to Grand Master Piao Miao's demands, causing her to bid them farewell and leave.

In present day, Che Yongtai meets the Dual Spirit Sage on the street and ogles her. The Untitled Sage asks if he is from the Department of Night, to which he confirms. Hearing this, she approaches him.

Meanwhile, at the Huaqing Women's Bath, Huang Xiaoyan is seen relaxing in a bathtub. A person quickly approaches the window to her single room, which she notices and discovers to be Mingyue, much to her surprise. Using Clothing Transformation, the latter joins her junior disciple in the bath and jokingly asks if she has had a child with Ye Yan yet. Huang Xiaoyan bashfully brushes the question aside and asks why Mingyue has come to Bozhou, to which she answers that the new generation of Untitled Sages representing the Three Great Main Peaks from the Untitled Sage Clan are all arriving at Bozhou. Huang asks why she was not told this by Moyun, to which Mingyue answers that the Grand Master entered Mode 3 after telling her. Huang Xiaoyan then asks if Yinluan will also be arriving, with her senior disciple confirming and adding that she now goes by "Shuangling Immortal" and is Grand Pure Peak's best student. Huang Xiaoyan looks forward to meeting Yin Luan, having lived with her for half a year in her childhood. She then asks about the objective of the Untitled Sage Clan meeting in Bozhou. Mingyue reveals that one of the objectives is seeking out cultivation companions, much to Huang Xiaoyan's confusion.

It is then revealed that Yin Luan stabbed her two swords through Che Yongtai, much to his shock. Pulling her swords out of his body, Yin Luan flees the scene as the demon lord falls to the ground while bleeding profusely, alerting some bystanders. Yin Luan wonders if her expectations were too high while escaping. At the same time, Li Lingbiao tells the Untitled Sage he met that she greatly resembles one of his fellow students. The Untitled Sage asks if he is referring to Huang Xiaoyan, to which he confirms. She then asks if he is from the Department of Night, to which he also confirms. She then draws her sword.

Chapter Notes

 * Two additional sage sanctums, Grand Pure Peak and Cloud Sword Sect are revealed.
 * One of the objectives of the Untitled Sage gathering in Bozhou is seeking out cultivation companions.