"It was reliable, and Nie Mingjue won several victories," Lan Wangji says, "until an attempted ambush on Yangquan. Qishan Wen took Nie Mingjue captive and brought him before Wen Ruohan, the sect leader. He met Meng Yao again there, and learned that he was the spy in Nightless City. Meng Yao killed many of Nie Mingjue's subordinates and offered him to Wen Ruohan for death by torture. At the last minute, Meng Yao killed Wen Ruohan instead. That is how he earned acceptance by his father, who granted him the name of Jin Guangyao."