Chapter Summaries

Su Yu returned to the Human Realm disguised as Xuan Jiu and landed in Nanyuan, where the King of Great Ming discovered him and Zhu Tiandao pursued Xuan Jia. After Su Yu took on Bai Junsheng’s identity and entered Nanyuan, Wan Tiansheng sensed his return and realized that the future battle he had foreseen might be near.

• Su Yu entered the Human Realm as Xuan Jiu, appeared above Nanyuan, and fled after announcing the Hunter Pavilion’s arrival.
• The King of Great Ming caught Su Yu, learned that he had infiltrated the Hunter Pavilion, and released him after telling him to contact Zhu Tiandao for help.
• Su Yu learned that Xuan Jia was being chased by Zhu Tiandao, and Zhu Tiandao confirmed Su Yu’s return before Xuan Jia escaped.
• Su Yu contacted the surviving White Masks and learned that they had all been assigned to Great Xia Prefecture.
• Zhu Tiandao captured Bai Junsheng, allowing Su Yu to impersonate him and enter Nanyuan.
• Wan Tiansheng sensed Su Yu near Nanyuan and concluded that the great battle he had foreseen was about to begin.

Su Yu entered Nanyuan disguised as Bai Junsheng and loudly claimed the ruins near his family home, drawing attention from factions interested in Bai Feng and the rumored relic. After sensing a faint trace of Heavenly Origin Qi in his ruined home, he left while plotting to use Hunter Pavilion to attract would-be attackers; Bai Feng learned of his cousin’s arrival and rushed to respond.

• Su Yu entered Nanyuan as Bai Junsheng, where Dragon Martial Guards let him through with little concern because they considered people from Great Ming Prefecture harmless.
• Su Yu loudly proclaimed his ties to Bai Feng and claimed the Nanyuan ruins for the Bai Family, attracting the attention of local factions and racial outsiders.
• Su Yu visited the ruined Su Family home and detected a faint trace of Heavenly Origin Qi, suspecting that Marquis Xia’s plan to stage a fake relic had begun.
• Su Yu used talk of a Hunter Pavilion Sub-Ranking to make others believe Bai Junsheng could summon the organization, hoping to draw out people targeting him and create business for Hunter Pavilion.
• Bai Feng received word that Bai Junsheng had come to Nanyuan and hurried out of seclusion, worried that his cousin would be attacked or abducted on the way to Great Xia Prefecture City.

Su Yu left Nanyuan under the guise of Bai Junsheng and used a Hunter Pavilion protection mission to draw out attackers, while Huang Jiu fought off several Ten Thousand Races Cult experts. Bai Feng and Wu Yuehua joined him, and the group headed toward Great Xia Prefecture, where Su Yu was glad to reunite with his teacher.

• Su Yu rode Old Qi's Earth Dragon Beast out of Nanyuan, and the Dragon Martial Guard commander secretly sent guards after him.
• Su Yu arranged for Huang Jiu to protect Bai Junsheng through Hunter Pavilion, and Huang Jiu accepted the mission.
• Ten Thousand Races Cult experts ambushed Su Yu, but Huang Jiu killed one Shanhai expert and drove the others away before Wu Yuehua forced him to retreat with her poison cauldron.
• Bai Feng and Wu Yuehua caught up with Su Yu, and Bai Feng reluctantly agreed to take his cousin to Great Xia Prefecture.
• Su Yu told Bai Feng he had news from his injured grandfather and Second Uncle, then privately celebrated seeing his teacher again.

Su Yu returned to Great Xia Prefecture with Bai Feng and Wu Yuehua, while he and Bai Feng discussed the Hunter Pavilion and Chen Yong. At Daxia Civilization Academy, the elders debated the growing crisis, and Wan Tiansheng recognized Su Yu’s return as the signal to begin his plans.

• Su Yu reunited with Bai Feng, told him that the Bai Family patriarch had been injured trying to open the Yang Aperture, and used the Hunter Pavilion sub-ranking to negotiate possible help locating and protecting Chen Yong.
• Bai Feng asked the Hunter Pavilion to pass a message to Su Yu about collecting the rewards for his kills, while Wu Yuehua warned them that the mysterious organization was powerful and should be handled cautiously.
• Su Yu, Bai Feng, and Wu Yuehua reached Daxia Civilization Academy after the Ten Thousand Races Cult abandoned its pursuit, and Bai Feng urged Su Yu to leave again soon.
• Yuan Qingdong chaired an elders’ meeting and announced Zhou Mingren’s return, called for investigation of the Hunter Pavilion and Lan Tian, and relayed the Seeking Realm’s request to contact Su Yu.
• Hong Tan refused to send Zhao Li to Xinghong Ancient City and asked the Seeking Realm to provide thousands of drops of Sun Moon Essence Blood for research.
• Wan Tiansheng sensed Su Yu’s arrival and concluded that Great Xia Prefecture’s plans could begin, while he worried that Yuan Qingdong’s newfound caution did not fit expectations.

Su Yu visited Daxia Civilization Academy and met Wan Tiansheng, who brought him into the river of time and space to show him scenes from the past. Su Yu witnessed Ye Batian being betrayed and killed while proving the Dao, then left frightened by what he had learned.

• Bai Feng arranged a detached house for Su Yu and told him to find a merchant caravan to leave in three days.
• Su Yu sensed the powerful guardians gathered around the academy and went to the Heart Cultivation Pavilion, where Wan Tiansheng invited him inside.
• Wan Tiansheng explained how the past and future could be captured from the river of time and space, then showed Su Yu several moments from his past.
• Wan Tiansheng showed Su Yu the battle in which two hidden attackers helped kill Ye Batian as he attempted to prove the Dao.
• Su Yu guessed that Wan Tiansheng's mysterious figure had been a Three Lives Body, then fled the Heart Cultivation Pavilion in fear.

Su Yu reflected on Wan Tiansheng’s hidden strength and then secretly returned to reunite with Hong Tan, Bai Feng, and Wu Jia. After revealing that he was Xuan Jiu of the Hunter Pavilion, Su Yu recounted his adventures on the Battlefields of the Heavens, leaving his family relieved by his return but troubled by the dangers he had endured.

• Su Yu concluded that Wan Tiansheng had shown him the past to teach him about capturing a Three Lives Body, while Wan Tiansheng privately lamented that Su Yu had misunderstood his real warning.
• Su Yu returned to the Wentan Research Center and staged an attack on Bai Feng, only for Hong Tan and Bai Feng to discover that the supposed Hunter Pavilion agent was Su Yu.
• Su Yu revealed that he was Xuan Jiu, the Hunter Pavilion’s leading figure in Great Xia Prefecture, and confirmed that the rumors about his exploits were largely true.
• Hong Tan learned that the King of Great Ming, Director Zhu, and Director Wan already knew Su Yu had returned, and Bai Feng chased Su Yu around the laboratory for deceiving him.
• Su Yu called Wu Jia over and told her, Hong Tan, and Bai Feng about his experiences in the Great Ming Prefecture and on the Battlefields of the Heavens, while Hong Tan and Bai Feng quietly recognized how much danger he had faced.

Su Yu learned that Great Xia Prefecture and Wan Tiansheng were using Xia Longwu’s impending proof of Dao, the Multi Divine Script Faction, and other events to lure a hidden traitorous Invincible into the open. After giving his allies resources and sending Wu Jia to Great Ming Prefecture, Su Yu left while Hong Tan and Bai Feng prepared to enter seclusion.

• Hong Tan explained that the Xia family and Wan Tiansheng were raising stakes across Great Xia Prefecture and the Battlefields of the Heavens to expose the hidden Invincible, while Xia Longwu’s proof of Dao would draw away other Invincibles.
• Su Yu realized that Hong Tan, Liu Wenyan, and Chen Yong were also serving as bait, and learned that Wan Tiansheng was Xia Longwu’s teacher.
• Hong Tan told Su Yu to create chaos and draw more experts from the Myriad Races into Great Xia Prefecture, and Su Yu agreed to act without worrying about provoking an Invincible.
• Su Yu gave Hong Tan 500 drops of Sun Moon Profound Yellow Liquid and shared other resources with Bai Feng and Wu Jia, then arranged for Wu Jia to go to Great Ming Prefecture.
• Su Yu left the laboratory, and Hong Tan and Bai Feng entered seclusion to strengthen themselves while Wu Jia prepared to depart.

Su Yu established Xuan Jiu’s reputation in Great Xia Prefecture while steering the Hunter Pavilion’s operations and navigating missions that could expose him or destabilize the prefecture. After the Pavilion accepted a mission against Yuan Qingdong, Su Yu and the other White Masks traveled to Northwind City to meet Cai Yi, who was waiting in ambush.

• Su Yu ordered the White Masks to distribute Hunter Pavilion Sub-Rankings throughout Great Xia Prefecture and continued forging his body.
• Su Yu warned Xia Huyu about the assassination mission against him, then rejected it and ordered Huang Jiu to target Zhou Hongbo instead.
• Su Yu assassinated a Shanhai deputy general in Great Xia Prefecture City and left Xuan Jiu’s name at the scene, prompting a major search.
• Wan Tiansheng told Su Yu to threaten Yuan Qingdong without killing him, while Cai Yi ordered Su Yu’s group to accept a mission to assassinate Yuan Qingdong.
• Su Yu arranged to meet Cai Yi and traveled with the other White Masks toward Northwind City, where Cai Yi lay in wait near the meeting place.

Su Yu, posing as Xuan Jiu, helped Cai Yi organize a plan to lure Yuan Qingdong into an ambush while warning the White Masks about its risks and weaknesses. Yuan Qingdong called for Ji Hong as backup, and Cai Yi recruited Hei Yi, drawing several Sun Moon experts toward the mountains as Wan Tiansheng watched events unfold.

• Cai Yi gathered Su Yu and the other White Masks, then met with a Hunter Pavilion informant to plan how to draw Yuan Qingdong out.
• Su Yu challenged Cai Yi’s original scheme, pointed out its vulnerabilities, and took charge of refining the plan to protect the group.
• The village chief reported unusual vital energy to his son, and the information eventually reached Yuan Qingdong, who investigated the mountain spring.
• Yuan Qingdong confirmed signs of cultivation near the mountains and summoned Ji Hong for support instead of entering alone.
• Cai Yi learned Ji Hong was coming, discovered a Hunter Pavilion bounty on him, and called Hei Yi to help with the ambush.
• Wan Tiansheng anticipated that the gathering experts would make Great Xia Prefecture more dangerous and lively, while expecting Su Yu to survive.

Su Yu and the Hunter Pavilion ambushed Ji Hong and Yuan Qingdong, but Steward Hu’s arrival turned the battle into a desperate escape and left the truth about a traitorous Invincible unresolved. Su Yu fled under pursuit, while Yuan Qingdong panicked and called allies to Great Xia Prefecture.

• Su Yu sensed danger and led the white-masked figures into battle against Ji Hong and Yuan Qingdong, using his disguised Fire Pupil abilities to hold off Ji Hong.
• Cai Yi arrived and attacked Ji Hong while Su Yu helped the wounded white-masked figures overwhelm Yuan Qingdong; Ji Hong tried to buy his life by revealing that he had narrowed a traitorous Invincible down to three candidates.
• Steward Hu arrived, killed Hei Yi and other Hunter Pavilion fighters, and struck at the remaining combatants; Su Yu escaped after Huang Jiu, while Ji Hong nearly killed Yuan Qingdong before Steward Hu returned.
• Yuan Qingdong told his father about Ji Hong’s investigation, then summoned Sun Moon friends to Great Xia Prefecture because he feared for his safety.
• The Hunter Pavilion sent a Faceless Elder to rescue Su Yu, who burned his essence blood and fled; Steward Hu then ordered the Dragon Martial Guard to search Great Xia Prefecture for him.

Su Yu, posing as Xuan Jiu, staged a revenge attack by striking Xia Xinyi in Great Xia Prefecture City and shattering his body, triggering a citywide lockdown and a crisis between the Xia family and Hunter Pavilion. The chapter leaves Great Xia’s forces mobilizing and Hunter Pavilion suspending its operations as the conflict threatens to engulf the Human Realm and the Battlefields of the Heavens.

• Great Xia Prefecture blamed Xuan Jiu for the recent deaths and issued a kill-on-sight order against him, while Su Yu secretly accused Huang Jiu and Huang Jia of betrayal to Xuan Jia.
• Su Yu asked Xia Huyu for a target to attack in retaliation, and Xia Huyu urged him to shatter his uncle Xia Xinyi’s body to provoke the Xia family into recalling its distant forces.
• Su Yu entered Great Xia Prefecture City disguised as Bai Junsheng and joined students heading to register with the Dragon Martial Guard, while he tracked Xia Xinyi’s movements.
• Su Yu crossed the city in an instant and punched Xia Xinyi into pieces, leaving his Sea of Will badly damaged as the guards shouted that the Young Marquis had been attacked.
• Steward Hu ordered the city sealed and its inhabitants searched, while Xia family forces mobilized and Marquis Xia demanded that Great Xia’s Sun Moon experts return.
• The Enforcement Elder ordered Hunter Pavilion’s Human Realm branch to suspend operations and its members to hide, as Hunter Pavilion feared the Xia family’s retaliation.

Su Yu was caught between the Xia Family’s public hunt for Xuan Jiu and Hunter Pavilion’s suspicion that he was a human infiltrator. With his cover at risk, he asked Wan Tiansheng to help him reach the stone statue in Xinghong Ancient City, which agreed to conceal him.

• Su Yu returned to the academy, feigned outrage over Xia Xinyi’s apparent death, and followed Bai Feng to the research institute as Xia Huyu sealed the academies and ordered searches across Great Xia Prefecture City.
• Marquis Xia and Xia Huyu privately revealed that Xia Xinyi had survived as a Sea of Will, discussed sending him to Great Ming Prefecture, and planned to exploit the crisis to hunt Hunter Pavilion members and obtain resources from Su Yu.
• At Wentan Research Center, Su Yu told Hong Tan and Bai Feng that Xia Huyu had ordered the attack, then left for a Hunter Pavilion meeting when its members demanded answers about the operation.
• Su Yu accused Huang Jiu of betraying the operation, but Huang Jiu suggested Xuan Jiu might be Su Yu; the Enforcement Elder ordered Huang Jiu to report to a branch and said Hunter Pavilion would investigate Xuan Jiu at Xinghong Ancient City.
• Su Yu contacted Wan Tiansheng, who used the Time Reversal Art to bring them to Xinghong Ancient City, where the stone statue agreed to cover for Su Yu and warned Wan Tiansheng that he had no future.

Su Yu’s request for help triggered Xinghong and the thirty-six stone sculptures to attack Hunter Pavilion, turning him into a legend across the myriad realms. While Hunter Pavilion backed down and mistakenly cleared Xuan Jiu’s identity, the Xia family and Su Yu’s allies began doubting whether Xuan Jiu was really Su Yu; the chapter ended with Su Yu learning what the stone sculptures had done.

• Wan Tiansheng took Su Yu out of the ancient city, and Xinghong interpreted Su Yu’s request as permission to punish anyone who caused trouble for the city lord.
• A Black Mask threatened Su Yu with his father’s capture, prompting Xinghong to kill the intruder and summon the thirty-five other stone sculptures to attack Hunter Pavilion headquarters.
• More than twenty Invincibles rushed to the exposed headquarters, but Hunter Pavilion fled and later offered compensation while asking Su Yu to let the matter go.
• The Human Realm and myriad races celebrated Su Yu’s apparent power, while King Daxia, King of Great Ming, Zhu Tiandao, and the Xia family questioned whether Xuan Jiu was actually Su Yu.
• Hunter Pavilion received a message from Xuan Jiu, mistakenly accepted his identity, and promised him a reward while ordering Huang Jiu’s arrest.
• Su Yu met Xia Huyu, Hong Tan, and Bai Feng as Bai Junsheng, then learned that Xinghong had summoned all thirty-six stone sculptures to attack Hunter Pavilion.

Su Yu used Hunter Pavilion to gather manpower and intelligence while preparing for trouble in Great Xia Prefecture and forging his body. Meanwhile, the Human Race agreed to let geniuses and protectors from the various races enter the Human Realm, leaving Great Xia Prefecture poised to draw visitors from across the heavens.

• Su Yu considered the danger of death qi, sought Hunter Pavilion support for investigating the Southern Origin ruin, and began opening a Dragon Horn box while advancing toward his fifty-ninth body forging.
• The Enforcement Elder declared Huang Jiu and Huang Jia traitors after both vanished, and Huang Jiu and Huang Jia decided to remain in Great Xia Prefecture and exploit the chaos.
• Xia Longwu killed a Hunter Pavilion Faceless Elder in the Northern War Zone and disappeared again.
• The various races negotiated with King of Great Qin and King Daxia for permission to send geniuses and Dao protectors into the Human Realm, agreeing to exchange Star Mansion slots for entry.
• Marquis Xia and the others welcomed the news, while Human Race Geniuses from several small realms set out for the Human Realm.

Su Yu completed his 59th body forging and gathered Hunter Pavilion agents at Starfall Mountain, where he took command and negotiated with the Ten Thousand Races Cult. He left the talks planning to use their intelligence network and draw King of Great Ming away, while Little Fur Ball tracked the cultists’ auras.

• Su Yu reached the strength of roughly 500,000 apertures, arranged for the Hunter Pavilion group to gather at Starfall Mountain, and warned Zhu Tiandao not to sweep the area.
• Su Yu traveled from Great Xia Prefecture City to Nanyuan with the Dragon Martial Guard as experts gathered nearby.
• Su Yu met Bai Yi and seven White Masks at Starfall Mountain and accepted command of their force and supplies.
• Su Yu met Silver Wing and other Ten Thousand Races Cult representatives, demanded their Great Xia Prefecture intelligence network, and proposed cooperation to hunt experts and seize the Nanyuan Ruins.
• Su Yu revealed a plan to lure King of Great Ming away by seriously injuring Zhu Hongwen, then struck Silver Wing and forced the negotiations to continue.
• Su Yu set a deadline for the Ten Thousand Races Cult to respond and said the Hunter Pavilion could eliminate its leaders if cooperation failed.

Su Yu learned that the Xia family’s Nanyuan ruin was a poorly prepared fake and worked with Wan Tiansheng to make it convincing enough to lure out the traitorous Invincible. After the Hunter Pavilion spread doubts about the ruin and the Xia family began hunting Xuan Jiu, Su Yu committed valuable treasures to strengthening the fake, then asked Wan Tiansheng to send him to the passage to the Battlefields of the Heavens if the plan drew too many Invincibles.

• Su Yu told Bai Yi to warn Hunter Pavilion Sub-Ranking holders that the Nanyuan ruin might be a Xia family ploy to distract attention from Xia Longwu’s advancement, and Bai Yi spread the notice.
• Nanyuan’s visiting experts debated whether the ruin was real, while the Dragon Martial Guard began searching for Hunter Pavilion agents and offered a reward for killing Xuan Jiu.
• Su Yu stayed away from Nanyuan and asked Xia Huyu about the fake ruin, then concluded its secret-realm space was too fragile to fool an Invincible.
• Zhu Tiandao explained that bearers, Heavenly Origin Qi, Divine Scripts, and other treasures could strengthen the ruin’s space, prompting Su Yu to gather his resources and consult Wan Tiansheng.
• Su Yu gave Wan Tiansheng bearers and other rare treasures to improve the fake ruin, and proposed linking it to the Multi Divine Script Faction to draw out the traitorous Invincible.
• Su Yu asked Wan Tiansheng to send him to the passage to the Battlefields of the Heavens if the plan attracted too many Invincibles, and Wan Tiansheng understood that Su Yu intended to enter the danger himself.

Su Yu and Wan Tiansheng forged a convincing fake ruin while discussing the coming conflict and the power of the myriad races’ geniuses. After the geniuses entered the Human Realm and displayed their strength, Su Yu’s claim that he had never visited a ruin led Wan Tiansheng to suspect that South Yuan might contain a real one.

• Wan Tiansheng explained the ranks and differences among Invincibles, then guided Su Yu in forging an ancient-looking ruin with treasures and a carrier object.
• The myriad races’ geniuses entered Heavens Prefecture, where Modona wounded Shang Ming and his companions with a distant punch and warned both sides not to provoke him.
• Floating Earth Spirit and Shi Zun began fighting, leaving the human geniuses shaken by the strength of the visitors.
• Su Yu opened the box and found a piece of Heavenly Que Jade, which Wan Tiansheng identified as a carrier object potentially linked to the Star Mansion.
• Su Yu told Wan Tiansheng he had never visited an ancient ruin, prompting Wan Tiansheng to suspect that a real ruin might exist in South Yuan.

Su Yu became the Hunter Pavilion’s top commander in Great Xia Prefecture and helped Wan Tiansheng turn a fake ruin into the Civilization Mansion. He gained a new divine script and advanced to Lingyun Ninth Level before leaving with Wan Tiansheng for Nanyuan.

• Su Yu persuaded the Eighth Elder to let him command every white mask in Great Xia Prefecture and ordered Xuan Jia to assist him.
• Wan Tiansheng named the fabricated ruin Civilization Mansion and placed the ancient Wen Mu Stele inside it.
• Su Yu outlined the Script divine script from Wan Tiansheng’s writing and discovered that it amplified the power of his other divine scripts.
• Wan Tiansheng warned Su Yu that Three Lives Bodies could alter a person’s disposition and that anyone might have betrayed Ye Batian.
• Su Yu concluded that he should remain true to himself, advanced to Lingyun Ninth Level, and left for Nanyuan with Wan Tiansheng.

Su Yu planted the fabricated ruins beneath the Su Family home in Nanyuan, then exposed his presence as Xuan Jiu and demonstrated that he had mapped the city’s hidden experts. His report of a Civilization Relic and the Wen Mu Stele alarmed Hunter Pavilion headquarters, which sent its attention and operatives to Great Xia Prefecture.

• Wan Tiansheng took Su Yu to Nanyuan, removed the Xia Family’s forged ruin, and placed it behind a concealed entrance beneath the toilet bowl in the Su Family home.
• Su Yu investigated Nanyuan’s experts, then attacked a Dragon Martial Guard commander at the north gate and distributed Hunter Pavilion Sub-Rankings to more than a hundred people, including hidden forces.
• Su Yu escaped with Bai Yi and the other white-masked figures, then arranged to sell information about the relic through a shared channel for Sun Moon Essence Blood.
• Su Yu told the Eighth Elder and Third Elder that he had detected a spatial fissure containing a Civilization Relic, a Wen Mu Stele, and signs of bearer objects.
• The Third Elder and Eighth Elder reported Su Yu’s discovery to Hunter Pavilion headquarters, whose Golden-Masked figures identified the relic as potentially belonging to an ancient Multi Divine Script Faction Civilization Master.
• Hunter Pavilion’s Invincibles ordered its elders to gather in Great Xia Prefecture, set a high price for the information, and promised Xuan Jiu a major reward.

Su Yu sold Hunter Pavilion members intelligence about the Nanyuan relic, revealing that it held carrier objects, a Heavenly Origin Fruit Tree, and the legendary Wen Mu Stele. The revelation sent factions rushing toward Nanyuan, while Marquis Xia learned the stele was tied to the Multi Divine Script Faction and ordered it protected for Su Yu or Hong Tan.

• Su Yu arranged for Hunter Pavilion to charge ten drops of Sun Moon Essence Blood for access to the relic intelligence, and factions across the Human Realm pooled resources to buy it.
• Modona paid to join the intelligence channel while Huang Teng watched him, and Modona remarked that Great Xia Prefecture had mobilized its experts against Hunter Pavilion.
• Su Yu told the buyers that the Nanyuan relic was a Civilization Master relic containing carrier objects and a Heavenly Origin Fruit Tree, then revealed that it held a Wen Mu Stele.
• Ancient-race powerhouses reacted to the Wen Mu Stele’s importance, and Su Yu said Hunter Pavilion would buy it for three carriers as factions began competing to obtain it.
• Marquis Xia received King Daxia’s order to protect the stele and return it to Su Yu or Hong Tan, learning that it was the root of the Multi Divine Script Faction’s inheritance.
• Su Yu said Multi Divine Script Civilization Masters might be able to trigger the relic’s opening, prompting orders for them to rush to Nanyuan before he closed the channel.