Chapter Summaries

Su Yi led Ning Sihua, Mu Xi, and Lan Suo through the ruins, broke a deadly five-element formation, and uncovered an ancient Chan temple built around a dragon-shaped mountain. They reached the pagoda of Prajna Chan Temple and entered its first floor, where Su Yi sensed something was wrong.

• A five-element killing formation sprang to life, but Su Yi used the Spirit Devouring Imperial Decree to make its powers clash and collapse.
• The group saw a majestic golden dragon, and Su Yi revealed it was an illusion created by a dragon-shaped mountain range.
• Su Yi noticed the mountain’s ruined formations had once been designed to suppress, seal, and imprison something.
• At the summit, Su Yi deciphered the monuments as “Prajna Chan Temple” and “Sinful Dragon Forbidden Land,” and wondered whether a sinful True Dragon had been sealed beneath the mountain.
• Su Yi led the group into the nine-story pagoda’s first-floor hall, where he recognized Buddha Grease lamps and sensed that something was amiss.

Su Yi and his companions discovered Upper Forest Temple monks trying to subdue a dragon form created by True Dragon essence blood, but the monks refused to share the opportunity and attacked them. As the monks launched their Subduing Tiger Arhat Formation, Su Yi charged forward, confident he could break it with one sword strike.

• Su Yi detected and shattered a concealing formation, revealing Jue Heng and seventeen other Upper Forest Temple monks, along with a young monk fighting a dragon form.
• Su Yi identified the dragon as a manifestation of True Dragon essence blood, while Lan Suo tried and failed to persuade the monks to cooperate.
• The White-Browed Old Monk ordered Su Yi and his companions to leave, and Su Yi attacked Jue Heng with a sword strike that the old monk failed to stop.
• The White-Browed Old Monk and the other seventeen monks formed the Subduing Tiger Arhat Formation and charged at Su Yi's group.
• Su Yi dismissed the formation as a crude joint attack and leaped forward, declaring that one sword strike could break it.

Su Yi broke the Subduing Tiger Arhat Formation and fought his way through Upper Forest Temple's monks while Ning Sihua, Mu Xi, and Lan Suo held off the others. Jing He forcibly broke through to the Land Immortal realm and challenged Su Yi, but their battle left Jing He unable to gain the upper hand.

• Su Yi used one sword strike to shatter the Subduing Tiger Arhat Formation and kill Jue Heng.
• Su Yi killed a gaunt monk and broke through the encirclement as Ning Sihua, Mu Xi, and Lan Suo fought the pursuing monks.
• Su Yi reached Jing He, who abandoned his restraint and forcibly broke through to the Land Immortal realm.
• Jing He struck Su Yi with a golden palm, but Su Yi blocked it and advanced with his sword.
• Su Yi and Jing He began a fierce battle, and Jing He failed to gain an advantage despite repeatedly knocking Su Yi back.

Su Yi defeated Jing He, a newly advanced Land Immortal, in battle inside the Buddhist pagoda, while Ning Sihua and the others watched in shock. Jing He died after exhausting his life force with a desperate attack, and Su Yi turned his attention to a golden dragon shadow trying to escape.

• Su Yi and Jing He fought, with Su Yi growing stronger as he displayed the Great Freedom Sword Scripture and overcame Jing He's techniques.
• Jing He burned his essence, energy, and spirit to gather Heaven and Earth Circumference Power and unleash a devastating slash.
• Su Yi met Jing He's attack with a concentrated sword thrust, then defeated him in their final clash without suffering an injury.
• Jing He asked whether Su Yi was a reborn old monster, and Su Yi explained the cultivation foundations that had made him so powerful.
• Jing He died after his desperate attack exhausted his life force, leaving the White-Browed Old Monk and the others stunned.
• Su Yi spotted a golden dragon shadow trying to flee from a corner of the hall.

Su Yi subdued a drop of True Dragon blood essence and helped Ning Sihua, Mu Xi, and Lan Suo defeat Upper Forest Temple’s forces. After finding nothing of value on the pagoda’s upper floors, he suspected its real mystery lay beneath it and returned to study the first floor’s murals.

• Su Yi sent Ning Sihua, Mu Xi, and Lan Suo back into battle while he trapped the golden dragon phantom and persuaded it to enter a Buddha statue made from True Dragon bone.
• Lan Suo blocked the pagoda entrance with the Sky Net Rope, and she, Ning Sihua, and Mu Xi killed all seventeen Upper Forest Temple martial grandmasters.
• Su Yi dismissed Jing He’s strength as that of an unstable new Grain Avoidance Realm cultivator, then led the group up the pagoda’s nine floors.
• Mu Xi recognized the empty shrine on the second floor as the place where he had found the Lin Blood Jade Pendant, but the group found no other treasures above it.
• Su Yi recalled the stone steles’ references to Prajna Chan Temple and the Sinful Dragon Forbidden Land, then returned to the first floor to examine its murals for the pagoda’s hidden mystery.

Su Yi discovered a hidden underground world beneath the Nine-Story Treasure Pagoda, took control of its sealing formation, and found evidence that a cultivator from another world had stolen an expert’s body. As the group investigated the jade token left behind, a sudden attacker struck Su Yi.

• Su Yi found a blood-sacrifice entrance beneath the hall and led Ning Sihua, Mu Xi, and Lan Suo into the underground world.
• Su Yi recognized the Buddhist statues as a sealing formation and identified a statue of the White-Robed Monk as its core, then refined the Brahma Forbidden Demon Formation.
• The group reached a blood-colored spatial barrier, and Lan Suo revealed that she had seen an identical vortex in Ten Thousand Poison Demon Mountain.
• Su Yi found Dao Cocoon fragments and deduced that a cultivator from another world had sent part of his soul to seize an expert’s body within the past thirty years.
• Ning Sihua found a jade token that Su Yi believed belonged to the body-snatching victim, but a streak of bloody light attacked Su Yi and blasted him off the lotus platform.

Su Yi fought off Crimson Peng True Lord, a soul avatar from the Star Transformation Demon Sect, with the Brahma Forbidden Demon Formation, but the enemy escaped through the blood-colored vortex with help from beyond the spatial barrier. After explaining the threat posed by the world beyond, Su Yi and the others noticed a flickering purple light in the darkness.

• A blood-colored flying shuttle ambushed Su Yi and Ning Sihua's group, forcing Su Yi to stay behind and defend them.
• Su Yi used the Brahma Forbidden Demon Formation to battle the shuttle's controller, who revealed himself as Crimson Peng True Lord of the Star Transformation Demon Sect.
• A power from beyond the blood-colored vortex helped Crimson Peng True Lord escape, and he vowed to return and kill Su Yi.
• Su Yi explained that Crimson Peng True Lord had been a soul avatar and inferred that powerful cultivators, possibly even Emperor Realm figures, existed beyond the spatial barrier.
• Lan Suo spotted a flickering streak of purple spiritual light in the darkness.

Su Yi discovered Crimson Peng True Lord’s Purple Palace Cauldron and used the Brahma Forbidden Demon Formation to begin refining pills while Ning Sihua, Mu Xi, and Lan Suo guarded him. Just as he neared completion, an assassin attacked, and the chapter ended with Lu Dongliu, Li Cang, Liao Yunliu, and two unfamiliar allies arriving.

• Su Yi examined the Purple Palace Cauldron, identified Crimson Peng True Lord’s plan to refine a Rebirth Spirit Essence Pill, and decided to refine pills himself.
• Lan Suo gave Su Yi Heavenly Fragrance Jade Dew to heal his injuries, and he recovered before beginning the refinement.
• Su Yi used the Brahma Forbidden Demon Formation to power the Purple Palace Cauldron and refine pills as Ning Sihua, Mu Xi, and Lan Suo stood guard.
• A black talismanic secret sword attacked Su Yi during the final stage, but Ning Sihua blocked it with her flying sword.
• The sword retreated toward Lu Dongliu, Li Cang, and Liao Yunliu, who arrived with an emaciated old man and a jade-robed middle-aged man believed to have launched the attack.

Lu Dongliu’s group attacked Su Yi while he refined pills, forcing Ning Sihua, Mu Xi, and Lan Suo into a desperate fight to protect him. Su Yi suddenly struck back with a glance that wounded three attackers’ divine souls, leaving everyone stunned and his condition uncertain.

• Wang Tu and He Lianhai joined Lu Dongliu’s group, and the newcomers prepared to attack Su Yi and his protectors.
• Lan Suo unleashed Essence Path Jade Talismans, but Lu Dongliu blocked them with the Qian Yuan Umbrella before the attackers split up to fight Ning Sihua, Mu Xi, and Lan Suo.
• Wang Tu knocked down Lan Suo’s Sky Net Rope while He Lianhai charged Su Yi, but Ning Sihua rushed in and took the blow, badly injuring herself.
• As Liao Yunliu, Wang Tu, and He Lianhai attacked Ning Sihua together, Su Yi told her not to use her trump card and wounded all three with a glance that struck their divine souls.

After breaking through to the third level of the Furnace Nourishing Realm, Su Yi overwhelmed the assassins who had attacked him and eliminated their leaders. The surviving Wang Tu hinted that Su Hongli might have been possessed, while Su Yi remained focused on settling his debts in Jade Capital City.

• Su Yi rose from refining pills and broke through to the third level of the Furnace Nourishing Realm, revealing that he had prepared contingencies for an attack.
• Wang Tu, He Lianhai, and Liao Yunliu launched their killing moves, but Su Yi severely wounded Wang Tu, crushed He Lianhai with a golden palm, and brought Liao Yunliu to Ning Sihua, who beheaded her.
• Lu Dongliu and Li Cang tried to escape with Jade Talismans, but Su Yi activated the Brahma Forbidden Demon Formation and burned both men to ash.
• Wang Tu lamented that Su Yi seemed like an old monster and suggested Su Hongli might have seized another's body; Su Yi killed him with the formation and resolved to settle his debts in Jade Capital City.

After defeating the attackers at Precious Temple Demon Mountain, Su Yi shared their spoils and valuable pills with his companions, then bestowed cultivation techniques on Ning Sihua and Mu Xi. He parted from them to settle his grievances with the Su Family alone and, the next day, stopped at a roadside tea stall in White Province.

• Su Yi defeated Wang Tu and He Lianhai, captured Liao Yunliu, and checked on Ning Sihua after the attack.
• Su Yi collected forty-eight Nine Orifices Dragon Tiger Pills, divided the captured spoils, and gave Ning Sihua, Mu Xi, and Lan Suo twelve pills each.
• Su Yi sealed the underground world with the Brahma Forbidden Demon Formation, then gave Ning Sihua the Little Thousand Machine Guide and Mu Xi the Cave Profound Mysterious Yang Scripture.
• Su Yi told Ning Sihua, Mu Xi, and Lan Suo that he would travel alone to settle his grievances with the Su Family, and parted from them.
• The next morning, Su Yi rested at a roadside tea stall in White Province, where a little girl offered him a green date.

Su Yi stopped at a tea stall where a group of martial artists prepared to ambush Xie Yuanshan and the woman in his carriage. As Pei Yundu confronted them and Wen Qingqu arrived, Su Yi left the standoff, only for someone in the carriage to recognize him.

• Su Yi rebuffed a little girl and warned the Old Man in cloth robes not to disturb him.
• The gray-robed young man cleared the tea stall and revealed that his group was waiting to ambush Xie Yuanshan.
• Pei Yundu revealed himself and challenged the group, allowing Xie Yuanshan to take the carriage onward.
• Wen Qingqu arrived, assigned his followers to intercept Pei Yundu and Xie Yuanshan, and prepared to fight.
• Su Yi finished eating and walked away, while both sides watched him leave without stopping him.
• A voice from Xie Yuanshan's carriage recognized Su Yi as he passed.

Su Yi reunited with Princess Lingyao Xiao Zi Jin and effortlessly killed the pursuers who had ambushed her. After Zi Jin explained that the Lanling Xiao Clan had fractured over plans to rescue Su Yi, he learned that her grandfather was imprisoned and the clan had fallen under Great Elder Xiao Zhongying’s control.

• Su Yi recognized Xiao Zi Jin on the road and refused her pleas to flee, insisting her attackers posed no threat.
• Su Yi killed four Grandmaster attackers with ease, including a disguised painted-skin ghost, while Xie Yuanshan and Zi Jin watched in shock.
• Su Yi killed the fleeing Wen Qingqu with Sword Qi, and Pei Yundu and Xie Yuanshan bowed to him in gratitude.
• Zi Jin told Su Yi that Xiao Tianque and Xiao Hengqiu had planned to send the Lanling Xiao Clan to rescue him after learning the Jade Capital City Su Family was targeting him.
• Xiao Zhongying, backed by the Cloud Touching King Shi Lanshan, deposed Xiao Hengqiu, imprisoned Xiao Tianque and other clan members, and took control of the clan.
• Zi Jin said she escaped house arrest with Xie Yuanshan but was pursued outside White Province City.

Su Yi agreed to help Zi Jin and Xie Yuanshan rescue Xiao Tianque from the Lanling Xiao Clan, then entered White Province City and killed the guards who tried to stop them. At Wind Reciting Tower, Xiao Zhongying learned of Su Yi’s recent victories and remained confident that the Jade Capital City Su Family would deal with him.

• Pei Yundu recognized Su Yi and told Zi Jin and Xie Yuanshan about his victories at the West Mountain Tea Party and the Gun Province Governor's Mansion.
• Su Yi agreed to accompany Zi Jin and Xie Yuanshan to White Province City and help resolve the Xiao Clan crisis.
• At White Province City's gates, Xie Yuanshan killed several martial artists, and Su Yi beheaded their black-robed leader with a sword strike from the carriage.
• Xiao Zhongying's gathering read reports of Su Yi defeating or killing powerful opponents across Great Zhou.
• Xiao Zhongying reassured the Lanling Xiao Clan's leaders that Su Yi would face the Jade Capital City Su Family's forces in White Province, and said they only needed to watch.

Su Yi accompanied Xiao Zi Jin to the Lanling Xiao Clan, where he killed the clan’s defenders and confronted Xiao Zhongying. After Zi Jin chose Xiao Zhongying as the one to kill, Su Yi beheaded him, leaving the clan’s remaining leaders terrified and powerless.

• Xiao Zhongying dismissed Xiao Zi Jin’s return and ordered Lie Yongzheng to capture her and her companions.
• Xiao Zi Jin, Xie Yuanshan, Pei Yundu, and Su Yi fought their way through the Xiao Clan and reached Wind Reciting Tower.
• Xiao Zi Jin confronted Xiao Zhongying and demanded that he surrender, while Su Yi revealed that Lie Yongzheng was already dead.
• Su Yi killed a gray-haired Grandmaster with a single stroke of Sword Qi, then asked Xiao Zi Jin whether to kill or capture the Xiao Clan leaders.
• Xiao Zi Jin asked Su Yi to kill Xiao Zhongying, and the clan leaders recognized Su Yi but refused to attack him.
• Su Yi beheaded Xiao Zhongying, leaving the Xiao Clan’s remaining leaders stunned and silent.

Zi Jin freed Xiao Tianque and the other imprisoned Xiao Clan members after Su Yi killed Xiao Zhongying and restored the clan’s authority. Meanwhile, Cloud Touching King Shi Lanshan and You Xinglin prepared to confront Su Yi, while You Xinglin’s martial uncle revealed his interest in Su Yi’s suspected possession and the Buddhist cultivators’ search at Precious Temple Demon Mountain.

• Zi Jin freed Xiao Tianque, Xiao Hengqiu, and the other imprisoned Xiao Clan members and brought them to Wind Reciting Tower, where they learned Su Yi had defeated Xiao Zhongying’s faction.
• Xiao Tianque thanked Su Yi for restoring the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Hengqiu and the others recognized him as the man who had helped their clan before.
• A scout told Shi Lanshan that Su Yi had appeared in White Province City, and Shi ordered him to keep watch on Su Yi.
• You Xinglin told his martial uncle that Su Yi had appeared, and the Daoist suspected Su Yi’s body had been taken over by a cultivator from another world.
• You Xinglin’s martial uncle said they also needed to investigate Upper Forest Temple’s search for a fortune at Precious Temple Demon Mountain and promised to let You Xinglin fight Su Yi after they captured him.
• Shi Lanshan arrived at the Daoist’s hall to request an audience.

Su Yi went to Fuyu Mountain to kill Cloud Touching King Shi Lanshan, who had joined forces with You Xinglin and Li Changning to ambush him. After entering Shi Lanshan’s army, Su Yi faced the two Daoists, and Li Changning hinted that heaven had arranged their meeting.

• Shi Lanshan learned that Su Yi was approaching and, with You Xinglin and Li Changning, prepared to receive him at the camp.
• Su Yi traveled with Xiao Tianque to Fuyu Mountain, where Shi Lanshan’s army waited with its gates open.
• Su Yi approached the camp alone and declared that he had come to take Shi Lanshan’s head.
• Shi Lanshan welcomed Su Yi into the camp and led him to a fighting platform, while Xiao Tianque waited at a distance.
• You Xinglin introduced himself and Li Changning, who told Su Yi that they had come for him and invoked a saying about heaven’s decree.

Su Yi faced Li Changning and You Xinglin at the military camp, where Li tried to inspect Su Yi’s soul before You challenged him to a duel. Su Yi effortlessly shattered You’s sword techniques and unleashed a golden Sword Qi strike that swept toward him.

• Li Changning questioned Su Yi about the Upper Forest Temple cultivators, then used a Soul Mirror to inspect him, but the treasure exploded.
• You Xinglin challenged Su Yi on the martial arena, wielding his Fire Magpie sword as Shi Lanshan and the soldiers watched.
• You Xinglin attacked with Fire Sword Burns All Directions and Fire Sword Embraces Storm, but Su Yi crushed both attacks with golden Sword Qi.
• You Xinglin unleashed the Thousand Fire Sword Net, and Su Yi broke through it with a vast golden Sword Qi, declaring that he could slay any Innate Martial Grandmaster.
• Su Yi swung the golden Sword Qi toward You Xinglin in a torrent of radiant force.

Su Yi battled You Xinglin and then Li Changning at the Cloud-Touching Army camp, revealing power that stunned the soldiers. His second clash with Li Changning’s Soaring Flood Dragon sword intent destroyed the martial platform, leaving the winner unclear.

• You Xinglin raised nineteen Flame Mountains and activated the Azure Wood True Light Shield, but Su Yi’s sword strike shattered both defenses.
• Li Changning intervened with the Return Origin Sword, saving You Xinglin, who asked his martial uncle to capture Su Yi and make him a whetstone.
• Li Changning challenged Su Yi, and Su Yi’s first punch broke through his Sword Qi before the two forces finally dispersed.
• Su Yi’s second punch collided with Li Changning’s Soaring Flood Dragon sword intent, and their clash split the Profound Baleful Iron martial platform apart.
• The shockwave hurled nearby people away, and the onlookers could not tell who had won.

Su Yi fought Li Changning, a Land Immortal, and defeated his White Dragon Nine Transformations with a Dao Fist. Li Changning then began borrowing power from heaven and earth, leaving Su Yi eager to test the limits of the secret art.

• Su Yi and Li Changning traded attacks as the onlookers watched their battle devastate the Cloud-Touching Army camp.
• Su Yi broke through Li Changning’s sword intent and urged him to use his real skill.
• Li Changning unleashed the White Dragon Nine Transformations, but Su Yi crushed the sword art with his Dao Fist and injured him.
• Li Changning acknowledged Su Yi’s exceptional strength, then cast aside the Return Origin Sword and summoned heaven-and-earth essence power.
• Su Yi recognized Li Changning’s secret art as an attempt to borrow the power of heaven and earth and challenged him to show how much he could wield.