Chapter Summaries

Su Yi met Zhou Zhili, who warned him that the emperor could call on the powerful Hidden Dragon Guard to stop him from confronting Su Hongli. Outside Floating Wine Cup Tower, Su Yi encountered You Qingzhi, Su Boning, and You Tianhong, who had come to challenge him to a duel.

• Zhou Zhili told Su Yi that the imperial clan's Hidden Dragon Guard consisted of at least ten Land Immortals and might intervene if Su Yi tried to kill Su Hongli.
• Su Yi said he would not let Su Hongli die easily and left Phoenix Cry Hall.
• You Tianhong vowed to avenge You Xinglin by killing Su Yi and planned to challenge him to a duel at Nine Millet Mountain in three days.
• You Qingzhi and Su Boning expressed their eagerness for Su Yi's death as they left Floating Wine Cup Tower with You Tianhong.
• Su Yi encountered the three outside the tower and greeted You Qingzhi and Su Boning with a smile, recalling the abuse they had inflicted on him in childhood.

Su Yi confronted You Tianhong, You Qingzhi, and Su Boning outside Floating Wine Cup Tower, humiliating the latter two and trading blows with You Tianhong before National Preceptor Hong Shenshang stopped their fight. You Tianhong left after renewing his challenge for Nine Millet Mountain, while Su Yi realized Hong Shenshang was another Body Snatcher.

• Su Yi sent Fang Yuan and Zhou Zhili aside, then accepted You Tianhong's challenge to fight at Nine Millet Mountain in three days.
• Su Yi used a command to force You Qingzhi and Su Boning to their knees and warned them to tell Su Hongli he would kill them on May 4th.
• You Tianhong attacked Su Yi with the Thunder Astral Senluo Sword, but Su Yi blocked the strike with a punch without moving from his place.
• You Tianhong prepared another attack, but National Preceptor Hong Shenshang arrived and persuaded him to leave after they exchanged warnings with Su Yi.
• Su Yi recognized Hong Shenshang as another Body Snatcher after the National Preceptor departed.

Su Yi’s actions at the Floating Wine Cup Tower stirred Jade Capital City, while powerful figures discussed his coming duel with You Tianhong. Three days later, an immense crowd of martial experts gathered at Sea Viewing Terrace as You Tianhong arrived for the battle.

• Su Yi recognized that Hong Shenshang was a magpie inhabiting another person’s body and wondered whether the Zhou Emperor knew his secret.
• News spread that Su Yi had humiliated You Qingzhi and Su Boning and held his own against You Tianhong, drawing attention to their duel at Nine Millet Mountain.
• Hong Shenshang told the Zhou Emperor that You Tianhong was a formidable Grain Avoidance Realm sword cultivator and agreed to attend the battle.
• Su Hongli dismissed You Tianhong’s failure to detect Su Yi’s Divine Sense, while the Daoist Robe Old Man decided to watch the duel.
• On the day of the battle, crowds of Grandmasters and Land Immortals gathered at Sea Viewing Terrace, including Yue Shichan, Hong Shenshang, and Yun Zhongqi.
• You Tianhong arrived with Ji He and the Great Qin delegation, becoming the focus of the gathering.

Su Yi arrived at Sea Viewing Terrace to face You Tianhong, who challenged him before the gathered powers of Great Zhou. You Tianhong opened with a devastating Yin Thunder sword strike, and the chapter left Su Yi facing the attack.

• You Tianhong struck a grandmaster who disparaged Su Yi, silencing the crowd as they waited for the duel.
• Su Yi arrived at Sea Viewing Terrace, learned Ning Sihua was guarding Heavenly Origin Academy, and received Yue Shichan’s warning about You Tianhong.
• Su Yi and You Tianhong exchanged taunts, with You Tianhong publicly questioning whether the other powerful figures would try to seize Su Yi’s rumored fortune.
• You Tianhong drew qi into a sword and revealed his formidable Grain Avoidance Realm cultivation, which Su Yi recognized as the strongest he had encountered.
• You Tianhong launched a Heaven Rank mid-grade Yin Thunder sword strike at Su Yi, and the gathered Land Immortals watched with grave attention.

Su Yi faced You Tianhong on Sea Viewing Terrace and matched the Great Perfection Grain Avoidance Realm swordsman’s powerful attacks, even after You Tianhong drew his thunder-infused Spirit Sword. Their duel continued as Su Yi’s strike shook You Tianhong’s three-zhang sword curtain, leaving You Tianhong shocked and furious.

• Su Yi casually broke You Tianhong’s opening sword strike with a punch, then split his thirty-zhang Sword Qi with a three-foot black sword of his own.
• Su Yi charged You Tianhong and clashed with his Nether Lightning Soul Severing Sword, shattering both their attacks and forcing You Tianhong to draw the Silver Snow Ancient Sword.
• You Tianhong wielded the Silver Snow Ancient Sword, unleashing thunder and lightning, while Su Yi met his attacks bare-handed and fought him to a standstill.
• You Tianhong formed a three-zhang curtain of sword light with thirty-six transformations, and Su Yi answered with the Great Kuai Zai Sword’s first form, Draw Star River.
• Su Yi’s attack made You Tianhong’s sword curtain ripple violently and churned his blood and qi, leaving him shocked and furious.

Su Yi overwhelmed You Tianhong in their battle atop Nine Millet Mountain, surviving his Dragon Binding Formation and killing him with the Xuanwu Sword. The onlookers watched in terror as the Netherflame Demon Sparrow devoured the Hornless Dragon’s essence soul and You Tianhong fell from the sky.

• Su Yi broke through You Tianhong’s sword curtain with successive forms of the Great Freedom Sword Scripture, and You Tianhong countered with the life-sacrificing Nether Lightning Body-Sacrificing Slash.
• Su Yi’s Cut Clods strike pierced You Tianhong’s attack and shattered his Heart-Protecting Mirror, while the battle’s force split the summit of Nine Millet Mountain apart.
• You Tianhong unleashed the Hornless Dragon’s essence soul from the Silver Snow Ancient Sword and formed the Dragon Binding Formation to kill Su Yi.
• Su Yi summoned the Xuanwu Sword and fought through the formation, while You Tianhong suffered backlash as he struggled to control the dragon’s essence soul.
• Su Yi released the Netherflame Demon Sparrow’s essence soul, which tore apart and devoured the Hornless Dragon, and his sword shattered the formation and killed You Tianhong.

Su Yi defeated and killed You Tianhong at Nine Millet Mountain, stunning the watching Land Immortals and establishing himself as a power no one in Great Zhou could dismiss. News of his victory spread across the realm, while the Jade Capital City Su Family learned of the battle and You Qingzhi nearly fainted.

• Su Yi killed You Tianhong with a single sword strike, leaving the spectators and onlooking experts stunned.
• Su Yi challenged anyone who wanted his life to step forward, but no one dared answer; he then explained that You Tianhong had gained his fortune too late to repair flaws in his cultivation foundation.
• Yun Zhongqi asked whether Su Yi would fight his father, Su Hongli, on May 4th, and Su Yi rebuked him before leaving Nine Millet Mountain.
• News of Su Yi's victory spread through Jade Capital City, and major factions debated whether anyone could suppress him and how strong he truly was.
• When the news reached the Jade Capital City Su Family, You Qingzhi nearly fainted from the shock.

After You Tianhong’s death, You Qingzhi sought reassurance from Su Hongli, who confirmed that he intended to kill Su Yi. The Daoist Robe Old Man warned that Su Yi’s rapid growth and an undeducible secret treasure made him far more dangerous than they had expected, prompting Su Hongli to prepare for their coming clash.

• Su Boning comforted You Qingzhi after she blamed herself for the deaths of her relatives at Su Yi’s hands, and she went to seek Su Hongli’s response.
• Su Hongli accused You Qingzhi of acting from jealousy and told her he intended to kill Su Yi.
• The Daoist Robe Old Man explained that Su Yi had hidden strength and was advancing so quickly that he would likely become even more formidable by May 4th.
• The Daoist Robe Old Man revealed that using the Little Chaos Heaven Plate to examine Su Yi’s aura had cracked its Chaos Heaven Pearl, suggesting Su Yi possessed a secret treasure it could not deduce.
• Su Hongli suspected Ye Yufei had left the treasure to Su Yi and told the Daoist Robe Old Man to prepare for the threat; the Daoist Robe Old Man said he was ready.

After Su Yi’s victory over You Tianhong, the Zhou Emperor learned that the Hidden Dragon Guards were interested in Su Yi’s fortune and resented their control over the Great Zhou. Su Yi reflected on a failed attempt to probe his secrets and concluded that the Nine Hells Sword helped him forge extraordinary foundations whenever his cultivation advanced.

• The Zhou Emperor discussed Su Yi’s victory with Hong Shenshang and received Zhou Zhigan, who relayed the Great Elder’s invitation to Hidden Dragon Mountain.
• The Zhou Emperor denounced the Hidden Dragon Guards for using the people’s faith power and resources while restricting his own cultivation, then decided to let them meddle in the matter surrounding Su Yi.
• Su Yi celebrated his victory at a banquet with Mu Xi, Pu Yi, Jiang Tanyun, Lu Changfeng, and the others, and learned Mu Xi was close to reaching the Land Immortal realm.
• After the banquet, Su Yi recalled that a secret treasure had tried to probe him during his duel and suspected someone connected to Su Hongli was behind it.
• Su Yi considered the Nine Hells Sword’s mysterious seals and power, concluding that it helped him temper exceptional Great Dao foundations during breakthroughs.

Su Yi broke through to the Grandmaster Fifth Realm, and the Nine Hells Sword resonated with his cultivation, transforming his Five Vices Spiritual Light and True Essence into a unified, ethereal form. He trained in new supreme arts as Jade Capital City awaited the looming confrontation between him and Su Hongli.

• Su Yi broke through to the Grandmaster Fifth Realm, raising his five Spiritual Dao Lights beyond a thousand zhang and merging them into one through the Nine Hells Sword’s resonance.
• Su Yi tested his new Divine Sense and Sword Qi, then shattered the Silver Snow Ancient Sword and used its fragments to strengthen the Xuanwu Sword.
• Su Yi chose to cultivate Stars Sword Finger, the Grand Five Elements Domain Suppression Sword, and the One Qi God Slaying Art.
• Su Yi stayed in Pine Breeze Courtyard to temper his cultivation and martial arts while Fang Yuan took care of his meals.
• On May 1st, the Zhou Emperor remarked that Su Yi and Su Hongli remained composed with their confrontation expected in three days.

Devouring Sea King Ge Changling visited Su Yi and revealed how he and Su Hongli had met Ye Yufei in the depths of Dark Luo Demon Mountain. He confirmed that Ye Yufei came from another world and said he never believed Su Hongli’s accusations against her, leaving Su Yi with more questions about his mother’s fate.

• Su Yi welcomed Ge Changling and asked about the prophetic stele Ge had found at Azure Vine Demon Mountain, then promised to visit Azure Mountain after settling the Su Family’s affairs.
• Ge Changling explained that he and Su Hongli had discovered a dangerous Nine Zhang Sword Mound in Dark Luo Demon Mountain, where Ye Yufei emerged from a blood-colored vortex and saved them.
• Ge Changling said Ye Yufei came from another world, warned them about the vicious sword, and gave both men cultivation arts before guiding them in their cultivation.
• Ge Changling recounted that Su Hongli later won Ye Yufei’s heart, then changed and accused her of sinister intentions after imprisoning her in the cold palace.
• Ge Changling told Su Yi that he had never believed Su Hongli’s accusations and still resented the harm done to Ye Yufei.

Ge Changling told Su Yi that Su Hongli may have stolen a dangerous demonic treasure from Ye Yufei and taken the Nine Zhang Sword Mound’s vicious sword. As Su Yi waited for the reckoning with the Su Family, the Daoist Robe Old Man confronted Mu Xi and the others with an order to kneel.

• Ge Changling recalled Ye Yufei’s warning about a demonic treasure that could seize its owner, and he and Su Yi suspected Su Hongli had taken it from her.
• Ge Changling gave Su Yi a Jade Talisman containing the Profound Darkness Embracing Origin Art and two secret techniques, then vowed to help Su Yi escape if he lost in three days.
• Ge Changling revealed that the Nine Zhang Sword Mound had vanished from Dark Luo Demon Mountain and warned Su Yi that Su Hongli might have taken its sealed vicious sword.
• Su Yi ate plain vegetarian noodles to remember the woman who had once cared for him, while Su Hongli learned that Ge Changling had told Su Yi about the past.
• Mu Xi told his companions that the Great Zhou royal family would seal off the area around the Su Family before the coming battle, and named powerful outsiders gathered in Jade Capital City.
• The Daoist Robe Old Man approached Mu Xi and the others after their banquet and ordered them to kneel.

A mysterious Daoist Robe Old Man overwhelmed Mu Xi and the others outside Fallen Ying Pavilion, declaring that he had come to challenge Su Yi on behalf of Fourth Madam of the Su Family and Su Boning. After Cloud Ripple Superior intervened, Su Yi learned what had happened and vowed to settle the matter on May 4th, while the news spread through Jade Capital City.

• The Daoist Robe Old Man suppressed Lu Changfeng, Pu Yi, and Jiang Tanyun, then wounded Mu Xi and forced him into the ground when he refused to kneel.
• The Daoist Robe Old Man announced that he had come to seek justice for Fourth Madam of the Su Family and Su Boning, and challenged Su Yi to come to the Jade Capital City Su Family.
• Fu Yunlang, the Cloud Ripple Superior, arrived and confronted the Daoist Robe Old Man, who then departed.
• Lan Suo and Fu Yunlang helped Mu Xi and the others reach Su Yi at Pine Breeze Courtyard and told him what had happened.
• Su Yi promised to sever the Daoist Robe Old Man's head on May 4th and ordered Mu Xi and the others to stay with him.
• News of the confrontation and the threat against Su Yi spread throughout Jade Capital City.

As May 4th arrived, powerful figures from across the three nations gathered to witness Su Yi confront the Jade Capital City Su Family. Su Hongli prepared to reveal his strength, while Su Yi remained calm and set out for the family estate, leaving the battle about to begin.

• The Zhou Emperor and Hong Shenshang concluded that the Daoist Robe Old Man's strength suggested Su Hongli was even more formidable than they had assumed.
• On May 3rd, the Shadow Dragon Guard cleared ordinary residents from the area around the Su Family, while Ning Sihua, Cha Jin, Wen Lingxue, Wen Lingzhao, and others worried about the coming battle.
• On May 4th, cultivators and Land Immortals from Great Zhou, Great Wei, and Great Qin converged around the Su Family estate to watch Su Yi and Su Hongli face off.
• Su Hongli dressed in black, declared that he would let the world witness his methods, and left Green Wu Courtyard with the Daoist Robe Old Man following him.
• Su Yi followed his usual morning routine, then told Fang Yuan to take him to the Su Family and afterward warm wine and buy roasted pomfret.

Su Hongli emerged from seclusion and revealed his breakthrough into the Land Immortal realm, challenging Su Yi to a duel before the gathered martial artists. Su Yi rose to meet him and unleashed an aura equal to his father’s, setting the stage for their battle.

• Su Hongli left the Su Family gates and drew the attention of the crowd, who were surprised that he still seemed to be an Innate Martial Grandmaster.
• Su Yi arrived, and the two exchanged Divine Sense that blasted away the rain between them.
• Su Hongli rose into the air and broke through to the Land Immortal realm before the gathered witnesses.
• Su Hongli challenged Su Yi and claimed that his higher realm gave him an overwhelming advantage.
• Su Yi mocked Su Hongli’s claims and revealed an aura that matched his father’s, shocking the onlookers.

Su Yi and Su Hongli fought in the sky before a stunned crowd, with Su Yi repeatedly breaking Su Hongli’s powerful secret arts using the Stars Sword Finger. The battle left Su Hongli on the defensive, while Su Yi demanded that he reveal his true trump card.

• Su Hongli opened the battle with his Melting Sun punch, but Su Yi blocked it with the Stars Sword Finger.
• Su Hongli unleashed a torrent of fiery punches, and Su Yi countered with stars that shattered his attacks.
• Su Yi’s star-shaped strike forced Su Hongli back three steps, shocking the watching Land Immortals.
• Su Hongli used the Great Sun Vajra Wheel Seal, but Su Yi crushed it with a vortex of stars and Clear Dao Light.
• Su Hongli followed with the Nine Palaces Void Control Sword, and Su Yi broke the Sword Qi with a river of stars, leaving Su Hongli staggered and retreating.

Su Yi overcame Su Hongli’s command of heaven-and-earth power by unleashing his perfected Five Elements force, leaving Su Hongli grievously injured at the bottom of a crater. The battle ended with the audience stunned by Su Hongli’s apparent defeat.

• Su Hongli drew on the surrounding vital energy and initially gained the upper hand, forcing Su Yi to withstand his attacks and a massive sealing cage.
• Su Yi formed a Five Elements Divine Ring that disrupted Su Hongli’s control of heaven and earth and blasted him backward, injuring him.
• Su Yi pressed his attack, further shattering the power Su Hongli had borrowed and driving him nearly to the ground.
• Su Hongli summoned the Eight Prisons Mountain Suppression Tablet, but Su Yi’s star-filled attack destroyed the defensive art and sent him crashing into a deep crater.
• The audience saw Su Hongli lying grievously injured and fell silent, believing he had lost.

Su Hongli recovered by draining the Daoist Robe Old Man’s life, then summoned a vicious sword he had spent ten years tempering. He attacked Su Yi with its overwhelming power, while Su Yi remained confident he could make the sword submit.

• Su Hongli rose from the crater and accused Su Yi of relying on treasures left by Ye Yufei.
• Su Hongli absorbed the Daoist Robe Old Man’s vitality, healing his wounds and restoring his youth.
• At Su Hongli’s command, a vicious black sword burst from the Daoist Robe Old Man, killing him and flying into Su Hongli’s hand.
• Su Hongli revealed that he had spent ten years using the old man as a Sword Nurturing Furnace to subdue the sword.
• Su Yi dismissed Su Hongli’s sword-nurturing method and promised to make the sword bow to him.
• Su Hongli charged and unleashed a devastating blood-red sword strike that injured spectators and forced the Land Immortals to withdraw their Divine Sense.

Su Yi fought Su Hongli, first withstanding the power of the Xuanwu Sword and then defeating him with the Grand Five Elements Domain Suppression Sword. He left Su Hongli disarmed and humiliated when the peerless fiendish sword submitted to Su Yi instead.

• Su Yi caught the Xuanwu Sword and blocked Su Hongli's attack, though the clash sent him flying back.
• Su Yi unleashed the Grand Five Elements Domain Suppression Sword and crushed Su Hongli's sword strike, leaving him wounded and kneeling.
• Su Hongli accused Ye Yufei of giving Su Yi her true inheritance, and Su Yi advanced with killing intent.
• Su Yi released his sword-dao aura, making the swords carried by everyone nearby tremble and cry out.
• Su Yi called the peerless fiendish sword to him, and it shattered Su Hongli's fingers before hovering submissively at Su Yi's side.

Su Yi subdued Su Hongli and took control of the Absolute Grief vicious sword, but Su Hongli revealed the demonic Black Bronze Bell that had transformed him. Su Hongli trapped Su Yi beneath the bell as their battle continued.

• Su Yi suppressed Su Hongli and slapped him repeatedly after the Absolute Grief vicious sword abandoned him.
• Su Hongli unleashed a surge of black demonic qi and revealed a sinister presence, which Su Yi identified as a demonic spirit.
• Su Yi took up Absolute Grief and attacked Su Hongli with the Grand Five Elements Domain Suppression Sword Art.
• Su Hongli summoned the Black Bronze Bell and used its soul-shaking thunder to clash with Su Yi's sword attack.
• Su Hongli expanded the bell to a hundred zhang and dropped it over Su Yi, trapping him inside.