Chapter Summaries

Ren Yixu escorted the Wen Family to Gun Province City, only to learn that Xiang Tianqiu had died and that the new governor was arresting Xiang’s associates. Zhou Zhili brought the frightened Wen Family to Gargling Stone Residence, where Su Yi had been asked to receive them.

• Ren Yixu led Wen Changjing, Wen Changtai, Qin Qing, and Old Madam Wen to the Governor’s Mansion after bringing them from Guangling City.
• The guards stopped Ren Yixu and revealed that Xiang Tianqiu had died and Mu Zhongting had become governor, then moved to arrest the group.
• Mu Zhongting and Zhou Zhili arrived, and Zhou Zhili brought the Wen Family with him while Ren Yixu was detained.
• Zhou Zhili and Mu Zhongting took the Wen Family to Gargling Stone Residence and asked Chajin to confirm their identities with Su Yi.
• Chajin returned and invited everyone inside, leaving the Wen Family anxious about what Su Yi would decide.

Su Yi reunited with Wen Changjing’s family and left them stunned as powerful visitors showed how much they respected him. After arranging to travel to Blood Tucha Demon Mountain with Ning Sihua and Shen Jiusong, Su Yi invited Old Madam to speak with him privately.

• Wen Changjing, Old Madam, and their family encountered Su Yi at Gargling Stone Residence and were surprised to see Mu Zhongting and Zhou Zhili serving him respectfully.
• Zhou Zhili revealed that Yue Changyuan had died for slandering Su Yi, overturning Old Madam’s belief that Su Yi relied on his Jade Capital City Su Family identity.
• Yuan Wutong, Zheng Tianhe, Ning Sihua, and Shen Jiusong arrived and paid their respects to Su Yi, further astonishing Wen Changjing’s group.
• Su Yi agreed to travel to Blood Tucha Demon Mountain with Ning Sihua and Shen Jiusong three days later.
• After the visitors departed, Su Yi invited Old Madam to speak with him privately, and she accepted.

Su Yi learned that his mother, Ye Yufei, had been stripped of her position and imprisoned before dying on his fourth birthday, deepening his resolve to settle accounts with Su Hongli and the Su Family. He planned to investigate the strange coming beast tide at Blood Tucha Demon Mountain and visit Huang Qianjun in three days.

• Old Madam Wen told Su Yi that Ye Yufei had been demoted and confined after rumors she was a pawn planted by a mysterious force, then died from illness the following year.
• Su Yi recalled his mother making him noodles on his fourth birthday before dying and recognized his hatred of Su Hongli and the Jade Capital City Su Family as a Deep-rooted Obsession.
• Old Madam Wen suggested You Qingzhi might hate Su Yi because she had envied Ye Yufei, but Su Yi suspected another hidden reason.
• Su Yi praised Wen Changtai as an elder worthy of respect, while Qin Qing tried to revive the possibility of his marriage to Wen Lingzhao before Old Madam Wen rebuked her.
• Su Yi learned that blood-colored mist and soul-wrenching murmurs had appeared at Blood Tucha Demon Mountain ahead of an unusually dangerous beast tide, and resolved to go there.
• Su Yi decided to visit Huang Qianjun in the Azure Armor Army three days later.

Su Yi prepared to travel to Blood Tucha Demon Mountain with Ning Sihua and Shen Jiusong, but Jade Mountain Marquis Pei Wenshan arrived with a message from Su Hongli demanding that Su Yi admit fault. Su Yi rejected the demand and declared that he would visit his mother's grave on May 5th after collecting offerings from the Su Family.

• Su Yi told Miss Chajin to take shelter at Heavenly Origin Academy while he traveled with Ning Sihua and Shen Jiusong to Blood Tucha Demon Mountain.
• Zheng Tianhe brought Jade Mountain Marquis Pei Wenshan to meet Su Yi, and Pei said he had come under orders from the head of the Jade Capital City Su Family.
• Pei Wenshan relayed Su Hongli's offer to give Su Yi a chance if he bowed his head and admitted his mistake, with May 5th as the deadline.
• Su Yi answered that he would visit his mother's grave on May 5th and first go to the Su Family to collect offerings for Ye Yufei.
• Pei Wenshan warned that Su Hongli could strip the Sixth Prince of his position, but Su Yi dismissed him and ordered him to relay his words exactly.

Su Yi learned more about Su Hongli’s strength and his mysterious opportunity in Dark Luo Demon Mountain, then set out for Blood Tucha Demon Mountain after receiving Wen Lingxue’s drawing. In Jade Capital City, Su Hongli read Pei Wenshan’s report and decided to warn Su Yi before considering harsher measures.

• Ning Sihua and Shen Jiusong explained why the Su Family did not know that Su Yi had killed Qin Changshan at the West Mountain Tea Party, and described Su Hongli’s formidable reputation.
• Su Yi asked about Su Hongli’s opportunity in Dark Luo Demon Mountain and heard about the mountain’s deadly Dark Luo Aurora and forbidden core region.
• Su Yi and his companions left for Blood Tucha Demon Mountain, and Ning Sihua gave Su Yi a paper crane bearing Wen Lingxue’s drawing.
• Su Yi understood that Wen Lingxue was not angry with him and kept her drawing as he traveled onward.
• Su Hongli received Pei Wenshan’s account of his meeting with Su Yi and said he would use the Su Family’s power to force Su Yi to submit before resorting to killing him.

With Martial Spirit Marquis Chen Zheng missing ahead of the coming beast tide, Ma Shanwei used a spar to brutalize Huang Qianjun, prompting Zhang Yiren and Li Moyun to intervene. Su Yi arrived at the training ground with Ning Sihua and Shen Jiusong just as Ma Shanwei was about to strike Huang again.

• Zhang Yiren worried that Chen Zheng had not returned from Blood Tucha Demon Mountain, with the beast tide only four days away.
• Ma Shanwei pinned Huang Qianjun down during a spar, ignored Nan Ying's intervention, and threatened to strip Huang of his post after Huang insulted him.
• Li Moyun challenged Ma Shanwei for using the spar to torment Huang, and Zhang Yiren arrived to confront Ma as well.
• Ma Shanwei raised his hand to slap Huang again, but Su Yi, Ning Sihua, and Shen Jiusong landed on the training ground aboard an Azure Scaled Eagle.
• Nan Ying retreated into the crowd, while Huang Qianjun, Li Moyun, and Zhang Yiren reacted to Su Yi's arrival.

Su Yi arrived at the Azure Armor Army drill grounds and found Ma Shanwei abusing Huang Qianjun, then challenged the deputy commander to a spar. Su Yi effortlessly crushed Ma Shanwei’s resistance and left him beaten and professing gratitude, while Shen Jiusong recognized that Ma’s apparent submission concealed a dangerous nature.

• Ma Shanwei released Huang Qianjun when he recognized Shen Jiusong, and the soldiers saluted the Marquis.
• Su Yi questioned Huang Qianjun, who explained nothing but admitted he felt he had disgraced Su Yi; Ma Shanwei claimed his assault had been for Huang’s own good.
• After learning Martial Spirit Marquis Chen Zheng was away, Su Yi said he would settle the matter himself and challenged Ma Shanwei to a spar.
• Ma Shanwei attacked with a powerful punch, but Su Yi shattered it with one finger and broke Ma’s arms with a palm strike.
• Su Yi pinned Ma Shanwei to his knees, kicked him down, and demanded to know whether he was grateful for the lesson.
• Ma Shanwei professed gratitude and promised to reform, while Shen Jiusong judged him a ruthless man who would sacrifice pride to survive.

Su Yi subdued Ma Shanwei, left him as a challenge for Huang Qianjun, and watched Ma Shanwei have Nan Ying taken into custody. At a banquet, Zhang Yiren revealed that the Martial Spirit Marquis had been away in Blood Tucha Demon Mountain for five days, and Su Yi prepared to learn his route and mission so they could help him.

• Ma Shanwei blamed Nan Ying for prompting him to bully Huang Qianjun, then pleaded with Su Yi for his life and promised not to seek revenge.
• Su Yi left Ma Shanwei for Huang Qianjun to defeat within three months, then joined Zhang Yiren and Huang Qianjun for a banquet.
• Ma Shanwei ordered the soldiers to take Nan Ying into custody for the Marquis to judge, while Li Moyun reflected on Su Yi's power and influence.
• Zhang Yiren told Su Yi's group that major academies and other factions had sent people into Blood Tucha Demon Mountain ahead of the coming beast tide.
• Zhang Yiren showed Su Yi the Martial Spirit Marquis's map, and Su Yi noted that the Marquis had been gone for five days and might be in danger.
• Su Yi asked Zhang Yiren to explain the Marquis's departure, route, and purpose so they could help him in Blood Tucha Demon Mountain.

Su Yi guided Huang Qianjun’s cultivation before setting out with Ning Sihua and Shen Jiusong to find Martial Spirit Marquis Chen Zheng in Blood Tucha Demon Mountain. After battling increasingly powerful, crazed demon beasts, the group encountered a mysterious force that struck at their souls.

• Su Yi decided that he, Ning Sihua, and Shen Jiusong would leave for Blood Tucha Demon Mountain the next morning to search for Martial Spirit Marquis Chen Zheng.
• Su Yi explained the Qi Gathering Realm and the Great Star Profound Technique to Huang Qianjun, telling him to defeat Ma Shanwei within three months.
• Su Yi overheard Huang Qianjun describe how Liu Xianglan was being used by the Azure Armor Army soldiers, then considered his own cultivation and plans for the journey.
• Su Yi, Ning Sihua, and Shen Jiusong entered Blood Tucha Demon Mountain and fought their way through repeated attacks by deranged demon beasts.
• A strange murmur struck Ning Sihua and Shen Jiusong with soul-rending pain, while Su Yi sensed what seemed to be the power of a restriction.

Mu Xi and Pu Yi pursued rumors of an ancient ruin beneath Blood Tucha Demon Mountain as Su Yi’s group traveled deeper into the mountain. After a powerful tremor, Su Yi deduced that a forbidden formation was suppressing a terrifying force underground, which might now be trying to escape.

• Mu Xi told Pu Yi that a mysterious ancient ruin and treasure were likely buried deep within Blood Tucha Demon Mountain, and he expected other powerful groups to arrive.
• After the strange murmuring stopped, Su Yi identified it as fluctuations from a forbidden formation and said its maker likely had Spirit Dao cultivation.
• Su Yi, Ning Sihua, and Shen Jiusong continued through the mountain, fought off demon beasts, and rested after Shen Jiusong grew exhausted.
• A massive tremor shook Blood Tucha Demon Mountain, prompting Su Yi to suspect that the sealed force underground had begun to change and was struggling against the formation.
• Ning Sihua asked Su Yi whether he knew what the sealed power was.

Su Yi slaughtered a vast flock of Ghost-Face Blood Hawks with the Great Freedom Sword Scripture, leaving Ning Sihua and Shen Jiusong stunned by his swordsmanship. While he meditated afterward, Ning hinted that Su Yi might help Shen Jiusong begin cultivating, and a sharp whistle sounded before Su Yi awoke.

• Su Yi charged alone at the approaching Ghost-Face Blood Hawks while Ning Sihua and Shen Jiusong prepared to retreat.
• Su Yi unleashed the Great Freedom Sword Scripture and killed most of the flock, forcing the surviving hawks to flee.
• Su Yi sat down to meditate, and Ning Sihua and Shen Jiusong gathered more than five hundred intact hawk beaks.
• Shen Jiusong asked Ning Sihua whether he could become a true cultivator, and she suggested someone might help him enter the Origin Dao path.
• After waiting for Su Yi to finish meditating, Ning Sihua and Shen Jiusong heard a sharp whistle from the distant heavens.

Ning Sihua and Shen Jiusong defended Su Yi after Huaiyang Marquis Le Zheng denounced him, and Su Yi confronted Le Zheng over his loyalty to Su Hongli. The two men prepared to test their strength as Wang Chundu warned Le Zheng not to let the dispute escalate.

• Ning Sihua recognized Wang Chundu, Xuan Youlong, and Le Zheng as they arrived at Blood Tucha Demon Mountain.
• Le Zheng told Shen Jiusong that Pei Wenshan had reported seeing him with Su Yi, then insulted Su Yi as Su Hongli’s vile, unworthy son.
• Shen Jiusong defended Su Yi, and Ning Sihua declared that Su Yi was their companion and that anyone who slandered him would be their enemy.
• Su Yi challenged Le Zheng over his threat to make him repent, clarifying that he planned to visit the Jade Capital City Su Family before May 5th to collect sacrificial offerings.
• Le Zheng said he did not believe Su Yi could slay Grandmasters and agreed he would fight if no one intervened.

Su Yi faced Le Zheng and Xuan Youlong, who both insisted on attacking him, and revealed overwhelming strength against their combined assault. He knocked Xuan Youlong unconscious with one punch and severed Le Zheng’s spear arm, leaving both opponents badly defeated.

• Le Zheng and Xuan Youlong challenged Su Yi, while Ning Sihua and Shen Jiusong promised not to intervene.
• Xuan Youlong confirmed that Su Yi had killed Qin Wenyuan and launched an attack, while Le Zheng tried to strike as well.
• Su Yi deflected both men’s opening attacks with a finger flick and a sweep of his sleeves.
• Xuan Youlong unleashed Mountain Splitting Slash and Le Zheng used Blood Rain Demon Slaughtering Spear at full strength.
• Su Yi punched Xuan Youlong through the air, breaking his swords and gravely injuring him.
• Su Yi shattered Le Zheng’s spear with Sword Qi and severed the arm that held it.

Su Yi defeated Le Zheng and Xuan Youlong, killing Le Zheng after he refused to betray Su Hongli and sparing Xuan Youlong so he could pursue revenge later. After splitting the Ghost-Face Blood Hawk beaks with Ning Sihua and Shen Jiusong, Su Yi hoped to encounter stronger demon beasts.

• Su Yi revealed the flaw in Le Zheng’s cultivation and offered to help him advance if he would serve him, but Le Zheng refused and charged at Su Yi.
• Su Yi killed Le Zheng with the Governing Mystery Sword after Le Zheng asked for a dignified death rather than betray Su Hongli.
• Su Yi spared the wounded Xuan Youlong, allowing him to seek revenge for Qin Wenyuan in the future, and Wang Chundu escorted him away.
• Ning Sihua gave Su Yi the collected Ghost-Face Blood Hawk beaks, and Su Yi divided the spoils evenly among himself, Ning Sihua, and Shen Jiusong.
• Su Yi looked toward the road ahead and hoped to encounter eighth- or ninth-rank demon beasts.

Su Yi continued using powerful demon beasts to temper his Dao Astral Force as he led Ning Sihua and Shen Jiusong deeper into Blood Tucha Demon Mountain. After sensing a forbidden formation and distant fighting, he brought them to a gorge where Yin Sha Sect Hundred Refinements Spirit Corpses had surrounded two figures.

• Su Yi killed a White Copper Demon Ape after fighting it hand to hand, then absorbed its demon core while Ning Sihua and Shen Jiusong gathered its spiritual materials.
• Shen Jiusong realized that Su Yi's generosity gave him a chance to earn Su Yi's favor and pursue the Origin Dao.
• Su Yi's Dao Astral Force reached forty percent of his True Essence as the group continued deeper into the mountain.
• Su Yi sensed a soul-affecting forbidden formation and heard fighting in the distance, then led Ning Sihua and Shen Jiusong toward it.
• The group reached a gorge where more than a dozen Hundred Refinements Spirit Corpses were attacking two figures, and Ning Sihua explained the Yin Sha Sect's cruel method of creating them.

Su Yi, Ning Sihua, and Shen Jiusong witnessed Town Mountain King Mu Xi rescue Jiang Tanyun and Lu Changfeng from the Corpse Controlling Daoist’s attack at Blood Tucha Demon Mountain. Su Yi suspected Mu Xi carried a powerful secret treasure, and the group agreed to travel together as Mu Xi grew wary of Su Yi’s true identity.

• Su Yi warned Shen Jiusong that the forbidden formation’s power would endanger anyone who tried to save Jiang Tanyun and Lu Changfeng.
• Mu Xi arrived and destroyed the Hundred Refinements Spirit Corpses with his Golden Battle Spear, then gave Jiang Tanyun and Lu Changfeng pills to cure their Corpse Poison.
• The Corpse Controlling Daoist threatened Mu Xi through a child-shaped puppet, but Mu Xi destroyed it with a spear thrust.
• Mu Xi greeted Ning Sihua, Shen Jiusong, and Su Yi, and learned that Su Yi was Su Hongli’s son.
• Su Yi sensed obscure Treasure Qi around Mu Xi and suspected it came from a secret treasure that protected him from the forbidden formation’s murmurs.
• Mu Xi invited the group to travel with him, and Su Yi accepted; Mu Xi then resolved to watch Su Yi closely.

Su Yi and his companions traveled deeper into Blood Tucha Demon Mountain, where they discovered a mysterious formation surrounding a vast ravine. As a group from the Yin Sha Sect confronted Mu Xi, the hidden upheaval’s source appeared to lie within the ravine.

• Jiang Tanyun and Lu Changfeng thanked Mu Xi for saving them, then joined his group despite their dislike of Su Yi’s casual manner.
• Mu Xi explained that the Yin Sha Sect had sent powerful figures to Blood Tucha Demon Mountain, and Su Yi suspected their schemes were connected to Hu Yan Hai and Qing Wan’s origins.
• Pu Yi reported that Yin Sha Sect members were camped near a ravine, and the group cautiously headed there.
• Jiang Tanyun and Lu Changfeng warned Su Yi to be careful, but Mu Xi defended him as the group continued onward.
• The group found nine Blood Tucha Lotuses above a ravine, one hundred and eight ancient altars, and a strange pulse rising from its depths.
• A group emerged beside the ravine, and a cold voice warned Mu Xi that he was choosing his own death by getting involved.

Mu Xi battled Yin Sha Sect elders while the Nine Palaces Yin Locking Array tormented his allies, then revealed a True Spirit Divine Blood jade pendant that greatly amplified his strength. As he pressed toward Zhong Yao, the long-presumed-dead Yin Sha Sect Vice Sect Leader Hua Liuye appeared and forced him back.

• Zhong Yao activated the Nine Palaces Yin Locking Array, causing its murmuring power to inflict agonizing pain on Ning Sihua and the other Grandmasters.
• Mu Xi charged Zhong Yao, but Tu Hong and a Black Robe Woman intercepted him; Mu Xi repelled their attacks and revealed a scarlet jade pendant that more than doubled his power.
• Mu Xi wounded Tu Hong and the Black Robe Woman, then charged again toward Zhong Yao.
• Hua Liuye appeared and struck Mu Xi with the Blood Demon Great Handprint, forcing him back.
• Mu Xi recognized Hua Liuye as the Yin Sha Sect Vice Sect Leader who had supposedly died after fighting Hong Shenshang ten years earlier.

Mu Xi struggled against Hua Liuye’s forbidden array while Su Yi calmly examined its altars. When Hua Liuye sent Tu Hong and the Black Robe Woman after Su Yi, Su Yi killed them both and then broke Hua Liuye’s divine mountain with a single strike at the array.

• Hua Liuye offered Mu Xi a place in the Yin Sha Sect, but Mu Xi refused and attacked him.
• Hua Liuye used the forbidden array to form a divine mountain that Mu Xi could barely withstand with the Lin Blood Jade Pendant.
• Hua Liuye ordered the Black Robe Woman and Tu Hong to seize Su Yi, who remained unaffected by the array.
• Su Yi grabbed Tu Hong, smashed him into the ground, and killed him, then shattered the Black Robe Woman’s soul with a finger tap.
• Hua Liuye sent the divine mountain crashing down on Su Yi, but Su Yi struck an altar with Finger Force and made the mountain collapse.

Su Yi took control of the forbidden formation, killed Hua Liuye with a thousand-zhang Sword Qi, and forced the Corpse Controlling Daoist to jump into the fissure. After the others thanked him, Su Yi examined Hua Liuye’s wooden sword and revealed that it was an un forged sword embryo.

• Su Yi manipulated the one hundred and eight altars, freed Mu Xi, and rendered Hua Liuye’s attacks useless.
• Hua Liuye fled, but Su Yi activated the full formation and killed him with a thousand-zhang Sword Qi.
• Su Yi ordered the Corpse Controlling Daoist to jump into the fissure, and the Daoist leaped in and disappeared.
• Ning Sihua, Shen Jiusong, Pu Yi, Jiang Tanyun, and Lu Changfeng regained consciousness and thanked Su Yi for saving them.
• Mu Xi brought Hua Liuye’s black wooden sword to Su Yi, who identified it as an un forged sword embryo.