Chapter Summaries

Su Hongli learned that Su Yi had set dates to come to Jade Capital City, visit the Su Family, and pay respects at his mother's grave, and he vowed to kill him on May 5th. In the Imperial Palace, Hong Shenshang urged the Great Zhou Emperor to investigate Su Yi's sudden strength, but the Emperor decided to leave the matter to Su Hongli.

• Su Hongli agreed with the Daoist Robe Old Man that Su Yi was hiding a secret and recalled that Ye Yufei's descendant should not have been allowed to live.
• An old servant delivered Su Yi's blood-written letter, which announced he would arrive in Jade Capital City before April 4th, visit the Su Family on May 4th, and visit his mother's grave on May 5th.
• Su Hongli said he would let Su Yi act freely before May 5th but would kill him on that date, rejecting the Daoist Robe Old Man's suggestion that father and son were alike.
• Hong Shenshang told the Great Zhou Emperor that Su Yi's sudden strength might involve possession by a Spirit Path cultivator and recommended an investigation.
• The Great Zhou Emperor compared Su Yi's rise to Su Hongli's past fortune at Dark Luo Demon Mountain and decided Su Hongli would resolve the matter.

Su Hongli considered the Zhou Emperor’s motives as Ten Directions Pavilion publicized Su Yi’s deeds across Great Zhou. The news stirred speculation about ominous changes in the world, while Yue Shichan decided to meet Su Yi after returning from Silver Flame Demon Mountain.

• Su Hongli told the Daoist Robe Old Man that the Zhou Emperor’s interest in his fortune might be tied to both imperial authority and cultivation power.
• Ten Directions Pavilion revealed the battle at the Governor's Mansion and Su Yi’s past, shocking people throughout Great Zhou with reports of his victories and the West Mountain Bloodshed.
• Ge Changling connected Su Yi’s unusual rise to a prophecy on a broken stele in Azure Vine Demon Mountain, which foretold that anomalies were omens of upheaval.
• Yue Shichan wondered whether Su Yi had been possessed or gained a mysterious power, then resolved to meet him after returning from Silver Flame Demon Mountain.

After Su Yi’s victory at the Governor’s Mansion, powerful factions began moving against him, while those close to him wrestled with whether to help and how to face his sudden rise. The chapter ended with Wen Lingxue planning to visit Su Yi and Wen Lingzhao accepting that she could no longer control her sister’s choices.

• Fire Pine True Person suspected that Su Yi’s rapid growth meant he had been possessed or concealed a great secret, and warned Chang Guoke that powerful figures would target him.
• Qing Jin reported that Vice Sect Master Make Amorous had sent Lu Dongliu, Li Cang, and Liao Yunliu to Gun Province to deal with Su Yi; Fire Pine True Person forbade Chang Guoke and Qing Jin from getting involved.
• You Qingzhi and Su Boning discussed killing Su Yi, and You Qingzhi admitted she had considered having him killed when he was fourteen.
• Wen Lingxue reminded Wen Lingzhao that Su Yi had helped their family, and Wen Lingzhao acknowledged that she had dismissed him and regretted how she had treated their marriage.
• Wen Lingxue said she wanted to visit Su Yi, and Wen Lingzhao told her she was free to make her own choices.

Su Yi reunited with Wen Lingxue and spent the morning receiving visitors who thanked him or came to bid farewell. He learned that the Buddha statue had likely come from Precious Temple Demon Mountain and arranged to explore it with Mu Xi and Ning Sihua on his way to Jade Capital City.

• Wen Lingxue sneaked into Gargling Stone Residence to surprise Su Yi, and he welcomed her warmly and invited her to sit and talk.
• Cha Jin returned with breakfast and saw Su Yi and Wen Lingxue chatting together.
• Zheng Tianhe brought Zheng Muyao and precious spirit herbs to thank Su Yi, while several officials and scholars arrived to bid farewell or settle their affairs.
• Su Yi asked Mu Xi about the Buddha statue, and Mu Xi said it likely came from Precious Temple Demon Mountain, where he had seen a similar statue among ruins.
• Mu Xi and Ning Sihua offered to accompany Su Yi to Precious Temple Demon Mountain, and Su Yi proposed they travel together on April 4th on his way to Jade Capital City.

Su Yi examined Ning Sihua’s unconscious friend, Lan Suo, and discovered that she had been infected with a Soul-Dwelling Demon Gu containing the Netherflame Demon Sparrow’s essence soul. He explained that the Gu was draining her vitality to awaken the spirit, which would eventually escape its shell and seek a new host.

• Su Yi warned Chen Zheng to cultivate the Chaos Battle Spirit Refining Art gradually and asked him to share the otherworldly soul’s memories once he had refined it.
• Ning Sihua asked Su Yi to help her friend, who had returned from Ten Thousand Poison Demon Mountain with strange black markings and had fallen into a coma.
• Ning Sihua brought Lan Suo from Heavenly Origin Academy to Su Yi’s residence, while Wen Lingxue, Cha Jin, and Zheng Muyao discussed their feelings and suspicions about Su Yi.
• Su Yi examined Lan Suo and asked Ning Sihua to remove her outer garments so he could inspect the black markings.
• Su Yi identified Lan Suo’s affliction as a Soul-Dwelling Demon Gu containing a Netherflame Demon Sparrow essence soul and explained that it was consuming her vitality as it awakened.

Su Yi removed the Soul-Dwelling Demon Gu from Lan Suo and transferred the Netherflame Demon Sparrow’s soul into his Xuanwu Sword. After Ning Sihua took Lan Suo away, a group of pursuers watched Su Yi from a nearby restaurant and planned to strike when an opportunity arose.

• Su Yi used the Spirit Guiding Imperial Decree to draw the Demon Gu from Lan Suo and sealed the Netherflame Demon Sparrow’s soul inside his Xuanwu Sword.
• Lan Suo woke up, mistakenly accused Su Yi of defiling her, and calmed down when Ning Sihua explained that he had saved her.
• Su Yi left the pavilion while Wen Lingxue, Cha Jin, and Zheng Muyao reacted to the sounds they had heard and defended his character.
• Ning Sihua apologized on Lan Suo’s behalf, then carried her away on the Azure Scaled Eagle to recover at Heavenly Origin Academy.
• A Robe Man, Junior Sister Liao, and an Old Man watched Ning Sihua depart and discussed patiently finding a chance to kill Su Yi.

The Hidden Dragon Sword Sect planned to follow Su Yi to Jade Capital City and use the journey to test his strength before striking. Su Yi set out alone on April 4, prepared for the dangers ahead.

• Lü Dongliu, Li Cang, and Liao Yunliu agreed to wait until Su Yi traveled to Jade Capital City before attacking him.
• Su Yi told Wen Lingxue and Cha Jin to stay at Heavenly Origin Academy and refused to bring companions on his journey.
• Ning Sihua delivered Lan Suo's gift of Five Elements Spirit Pearls, which Su Yi accepted, and then took Wen Lingxue with her.
• Su Yi welcomed Yuan Wutong, Huang Yunchong, and their companions, then sent Feng Xiaofeng and Feng Xiaoran to cultivate at Heavenly Origin Academy.
• Su Yi perfected his Grandmaster First Realm cultivation on April 1, advanced to the Second Realm, and dismissed Zhou Zhili's warning about the planned ambushes.
• On April 4, Su Yi left Gargling Stone Residence alone under an umbrella and began walking toward Jade Capital City.

Su Yi traveled toward Jade Capital City and stopped at a ruined temple, where a mysterious envoy invited him to a banquet. There, Wen Province Wang Zhuo offered Su Yi a place in his force.

• Su Yi rested at a ruined Land God Temple and sent Qing Wan to catch game, but she returned with a golden python she had taken from a goshawk.
• A Hat-Wearing Man arrived and invited Su Yi to a banquet at Dragon Bridge Post on behalf of his lord, threatening to die if Su Yi refused.
• Su Yi tested the Hat-Wearing Man with Sword Qi, then accepted the invitation and followed him to Dragon Bridge Post.
• Wen Province Wang Zhuo welcomed Su Yi and revealed that he wanted to recruit him into his force.

Wang Zhuo tried to recruit Su Yi by promising protection and a Spirit Path mentor, but Su Yi dismissed his offers and learned that Ten Directions Pavilion was selling information about his journey. Wang Zhuo triggered a formation ambush at Dragon Bridge Post, but Su Yi escaped unharmed and confronted Wang Zhuo and his accomplices in the rain.

• Wang Zhuo offered Su Yi protection from the Jade Capital City Su Family and guidance from a Spirit Path Great cultivator if he joined his faction, but Su Yi rejected the offer.
• Wang Zhuo revealed that Ten Directions Pavilion had tracked Su Yi with Swift Light Sparrows and sold his whereabouts, and Su Yi said he would settle the account with them.
• Wang Zhuo warned Su Yi that killers were lying in ambush and activated a formation inside Dragon Bridge Post.
• Su Yi destroyed the formation by striking its lamps with azure Sword Qi and walked out of the hall unharmed.
• Wang Zhuo, a Giant Man, and the formation-setting old man watched Su Yi emerge into the rain, and Su Yi called the formation too crude to count as superficial.

Su Yi defeated a series of assassins and confronted Wang Zhuo’s forces at Dragon Bridge Post. He killed Tie Kong with one sword, shattered the Six Harmonies Qi Gathering Formation, and left Wang Zhuo facing the aftermath.

• Su Yi destroyed the hidden Black Robe Woman’s sonic blades with his sword and killed her with a strand of Sword Qi.
• Wang Zhuo sent Tie Kong and eighteen Grandmaster-level fighters against Su Yi, who joined their power through the Six Harmonies Qi Gathering Formation.
• Tie Kong attacked Su Yi with a blood-red punch, but Su Yi broke through his defense with a sweep of Dao astral energy.
• Tie Kong charged with a bronze staff, and Su Yi unleashed the Great Kuai Zai Sword with the Xuanwu Sword.
• Su Yi’s hundred-zhang Sword Qi split Tie Kong in two, broke his staff, and sent the eighteen fighters flying with severe injuries.

Su Yi defeated Wang Zhuo’s ambush and uncovered the spirit soul manipulating him. Wang Zhuo revealed the Hidden Sky Sect and Pomegranate Fire True Monarch, while Su Yi obtained a Ten Directions Pavilion token and wondered whether its Swift Light Sparrows had watched the battle.

• Su Yi killed Tie Kong and overwhelmed Wang Zhuo and the surviving formation experts, prompting Wang Zhuo to kill them to prove his sincerity.
• Su Yi exposed the demon soul inside Li Nu and forced it to emerge; the Xuanwu Sword destroyed its divided soul, leaving Wang Zhuo weakened and grieving.
• Wang Zhuo explained that Pomegranate Fire True Monarch had guided and controlled him for years, and identified her as a Supreme Elder of the Hidden Sky Sect.
• Wang Zhuo said Pomegranate Fire True Monarch had sent Li Nu to investigate Su Yi because she suspected he possessed strange powers, and that she had been tracking unusual people and events in the Eight Great Demon Mountains.
• Wang Zhuo gave Su Yi a Ten Directions Pavilion whistle and explained how it summoned Swift Light Sparrows for intelligence transactions.
• Su Yi questioned whether Swift Light Sparrows were watching them from high above.

Su Yi released Wang Zhuo and sent a message to Ten Directions Pavilion after its elders watched his battle through a Swift Light Sparrow. The Pavilion’s Great Elder agreed to Su Yi’s demand for ninety percent of the profits from selling his whereabouts, leaving the elders to send him a reply.

• Su Yi let Wang Zhuo go, then sent a note by Swift Light Sparrow while Wang Zhuo departed in shame.
• The elders of Ten Directions Pavilion watched Su Yi kill Huang Duanyu and Tie Kong, and they were shocked by his strength and the strange demon soul in the black civet.
• The elders debated whether to reveal Su Yi’s battle, then read his warning against spying and his demand for ninety percent of the wealth made from his whereabouts.
• The elders consulted the Great Elder, who replied, “Do as he says,” and they sent Su Yi their answer by Swift Light Sparrow.

While traveling through the wilderness toward Jade Capital City, Su Yi condensed Divine Sense in the Grandmaster Realm and tested its thirty-zhang range. Near dusk, he encountered a group fleeing an Eighth-Order demon beast, but doubted they were connected to his enemies.

• As Su Yi walked through the mountains, he condensed Divine Sense and realized his soul cultivation had advanced beyond what he had achieved in his previous life.
• Su Yi tested his Divine Sense and found he could perceive up to thirty zhang, gaining confidence that he could contend with a Land Immortal.
• A Swift Light Sparrow delivered a secret letter saying, “As Young Master Su wishes,” and Su Yi became less dissatisfied with the Ten Directions Pavilion.
• Su Yi traveled toward Jade Capital City, hoping enemies would attack him on the road, but encountered none before dusk.
• Near a mountain stream, Su Yi saw a Gorgeous Robe Old Man and four young people fleeing a Fire Mane Golden Horn Leopard, an Eighth-Order Demon Beast.
• Su Yi judged the group’s troubles to be a chance encounter rather than an attempt on his life and continued on without concern.

Su Yi warned Wen Chongyuan and his Changning Academy disciples to leave Cloud Wave Temple, but they ignored him and settled in for the night. Situ Gong, the Blood Slaughter Blade, arrived with other Innate Martial Grandmasters and addressed Su Yi, who demanded that he state his purpose directly.

• Su Yi dismissed Xiao He's warning about the Fire Mane Golden Horn Leopard, while Wen Chongyuan's group took a detour to Cloud Wave Temple.
• At the temple, Su Yi told Wen Chongyuan and the disciples that staying would be dangerous, but they distrusted him and settled in anyway.
• A sinister wind swept through the hall, and the black-robed Situ Gong appeared, terrifying Wen Chongyuan and the disciples with his aura.
• Situ Gong ignored Wen Chongyuan, introduced himself to Su Yi, and revealed that he had brought several friends to meet him.
• Su Yi recognized that others had come too and urged Situ Gong to stop wasting words and state his purpose.

Su Yi faced five Innate Martial Grandmasters who sought the fortune he possessed and challenged them to wager their lives in a duel. He led them outside Cloud Wave Temple to fight, while Situ Gong asked whether he was certain he wanted to risk everything.

• Situ Gong offered to wager against Su Yi, with the five Grandmasters seeking his fortune and each putting up ten Fourth-Order Spirit Stones.
• Su Yi rejected their terms and declared that the wager would be their lives, with him deciding whether they lived or died if they lost.
• Blazing Sun True Man and Tung Flower Madam joined Situ Gong, and the tall man in white and Mo Qingcang appeared as the remaining challengers.
• Su Yi rose and led the five Grandmasters outside Cloud Wave Temple so the fight would not endanger the people inside.
• Situ Gong asked Su Yi whether he was certain he wanted to wager his life.

Su Yi effortlessly overpowered five Innate Martial Grandmasters, then killed four of them with his sword techniques. He spared Situ Gong briefly to ask how much he had paid the Ten Directions Pavilion to learn Su Yi’s whereabouts.

• Blazing Sun True Man attacked Su Yi, but Su Yi casually broke his palm strike and invited all five Grandmasters to attack together.
• The five Grandmasters launched a coordinated assault, but Su Yi read their techniques with Divine Sense and broke each attack with ease.
• Su Yi drew the Xuanwu Sword and unleashed Great Kuai Zai Sword, Draw Star River, destroying the five Grandmasters’ desperate attacks and killing Blazing Sun True Man.
• Situ Gong, Tung Flower Madam, Mo Qingcang, and the White Robe Man fled, but Su Yi’s Great Kuai Zai Sword, Wander the Ten Directions killed three of them and left Situ Gong alive.
• Su Yi approached the shaken Situ Gong and asked how much he had paid the Ten Directions Pavilion for information about Su Yi’s whereabouts.

After defeating four Innate Martial Grandmasters at Cloud Wave Temple, Su Yi spared Situ Gong, collected the spoils, and gifted a powerful sword to Xiao He before leaving. Ten Directions Pavilion watched the aftermath and prepared to send Su Yi his share of their profits, while discussing the powerful enemies who might still target him.

• Su Yi spared Situ Gong because he had sought fortune rather than Su Yi's life, but reminded him that he owed him a life.
• Su Yi had Qing Wan collect the fallen Grandmasters' belongings and claimed forty Fourth-Order Spirit Stones among the spoils.
• Su Yi gave Xiao He the silver longsword once carried by Shi Chuang, then departed with Qing Wan as Wen Chongyuan warned the others not to covet it.
• Ten Directions Pavilion's elders watched the battle through a Swift Light Sparrow and discussed Su Yi's strength and the danger posed by Lu Dongliu and other potential enemies.
• The elders decided to honor the Pavilion's promise to give Su Yi ninety percent of the profits, and a Swift Light Sparrow flew out with a heavy bundle for him.

Su Yi joined Ning Sihua, Mu Xi, and Lan Suo on their journey into Precious Temple Demon Mountain, where they planned to investigate the ruins of an abandoned Zen monastery. After Lan Suo revealed her limited knowledge of Pomegranate Fire True Monarch and the Hidden Sky Sect, the group entered the mountains, while Lu Dongliu arrived at their trail.

• Su Yi received treasures from Ten Directions Pavilion and read its warning to beware Lu Dongliu of the Hidden Dragon Sword Sect.
• Lan Suo told Ning Sihua that Jing He of Upper Forest Temple had led eighteen monks into Precious Temple Demon Mountain to investigate its Buddhist ruins.
• Su Yi met Ning Sihua, Mu Xi, and Lan Suo in Golden Willow City, and they set out for Precious Temple Demon Mountain.
• Su Yi asked Lan Suo about the Hidden Sky Sect, and she explained that an elder had warned her to avoid its cultivators and identified Pomegranate Fire True Monarch as a mysterious figure likely from Great Xia.
• Su Yi led the group into Precious Temple Demon Mountain, and half an hour later Lu Dongliu arrived there with three others.

Lu Dongliu, Li Cang, and Liao Yunliu entered Precious Temple Demon Mountain to look for a chance to kill Su Yi, while Su Yi’s group fought through the mountain and reached the ominous Precious Temple Ruins. At the ruins’ entrance, they found a group of people freshly killed, leaving the source of the massacre unknown.

• Lu Dongliu discussed waiting for the right opportunity to attack Su Yi, then led Li Cang and Liao Yunliu into Precious Temple Demon Mountain.
• Lan Suo used her spirit weapon and jade talismans to defeat dangers along the way, then gave talismans to Ning Sihua and Mu Xi and offered some to Su Yi.
• Su Yi advised Lan Suo not to rely too much on external treasures, so she kept the talismans and returned to Ning Sihua.
• Ning Sihua and Mu Xi explained the dangers of the Precious Temple Ruins, and Mu Xi recalled that he had found his Lin Blood Jade Pendant there.
• Su Yi led the group to the ruins, where they heard eerie chanting and discovered numerous recently killed bodies near a ruined meditation courtyard.

Su Yi and his companions entered the ruined Zen monastery, overcame its killing formation, and reached a dried lotus pond filled with black Bewitching Lotuses. Mu Xi revealed that the Buddhist shrine once standing beside the pond had given her the Lin Blood Jade Pendant, linking the vanished shrine to the mysterious Buddhist statue Su Yi possessed.

• Su Yi identified the formation around the monastery as Buddhist in origin but corrupted by demonic energy, and Jue Heng of Upper Forest Temple warned the group to stay away.
• Su Yi ignored Jue Heng's warning and defeated his Buddhist attacks, while Jue Heng retreated into the ruins behind the formation.
• Su Yi led Ning Sihua, Mu Xi, and Lan Suo through the Mist Array by cutting apart its mist dragons and carving a path with the Xuanwu Sword.
• The group reached a dried pond crowded with skeletons and black Bewitching Lotuses, and Su Yi deduced that a demonic formation drew power from the dead.
• Mu Xi said the black lotuses and the Buddhist shrine were absent when she had visited before, and revealed that the shrine had given her the Lin Blood Jade Pendant.
• Su Yi recalled that the Buddhist statue from Fire Vault King Xiahou Lin had also come from the ruined monastery and was made from True Spirit Bone.