Chapter Summaries

Su Yi endured the Netherworld Thunder Punishment Bell to investigate its damaged power, then seized control of it and destroyed the demonic spirit possessing Su Hongli. The bell’s funeral-like tolls echoed across Jade Capital City as the battle ended.

• Su Hongli trapped Su Yi inside the Netherworld Thunder Punishment Bell and unleashed waves of blood thunder, while spectators feared Su Yi would die.
• Su Yi revealed that the bell’s demonic spirit was weak and incomplete, provoking Su Hongli to pour more power into the treasure.
• Su Hongli’s final assault failed, and Su Yi emerged unharmed holding the shrunken bell, explaining that he had entered it willingly to examine its mysteries.
• Su Yi used the bell to strike Su Hongli and force the demonic spirit out of his body.
• Su Yi trapped the demonic spirit in blood-colored soundwaves and destroyed it with another toll of the bell.

Su Yi defeated Su Hongli, who died after confessing his regrets, and Su Yi killed Su Boning and You Qingzhi before sparing the rest of the Su Family on condition they send offerings. As Su Yi prepared to leave, a newly arrived group encircled him, and the Land Immortals suspected he was exhausted from battle.

• The witnesses marveled at Su Yi's victory over Su Hongli and the Black Bronze Bell, while Mu Xi, Pu Yi, Lan Suo, and others celebrated.
• Su Hongli admitted that greed for the Netherworld Thunder Punishment Bell had changed him, expressed regret for how he had treated Su Yi's mother, and died, turning to ashes that Su Yi gathered.
• Su Yi killed Su Boning and You Qingzhi, then ordered the Su Family to bring offerings to Pine Breeze Courtyard the next morning or face death.
• Su Yi challenged Yun Zhongqi, Ji He, Make Amorous, and the other Land Immortals to seek revenge, but none dared answer.
• An aged voice called for Su Yi to stay as a group arrived and encircled him, prompting the others to suspect that the battle had left him depleted.

Six Hidden Dragon Guards arrived to confront Su Yi, and hostile Land Immortals joined them, believing he was weakened after battle. Surrounded by powerful enemies, Su Yi remained confident and welcomed their challenge.

• Zhou Changyi led five other Hidden Dragon Guards to the arena and demanded an explanation for Su Yi killing Great Zhou martial artists.
• Ge Changling warned Su Yi that the Hidden Dragon Guards had received exceptional resources and cultivated powerful inheritances, but Su Yi remained unconcerned.
• Zhou Changyi and the other Hidden Dragon Guards urged Su Yi to submit, while Su Yi dismissed their accusations and challenged anyone else who wished to fight him.
• Make Amorous, Yun Zhongqi, and Ji He joined the Hidden Dragon Guards in seeking to suppress Su Yi, turning the crowd against him.
• Cloud Ripple Superior told Lan Suo he would intervene if Su Yi could not hold on, but warned her to flee once he acted.
• Su Yi put away his weapons, said the assembled enemies had come to deliver themselves to death, and faced them with confidence.

Su Yi fought the Hidden Dragon Guards and overwhelmed their attacks, even as they joined forces against him. With his enmity toward the Su Family settled, he used the battle to prepare to break through into the Innate Realm, and the chapter ended as he launched another sword strike.

• Zhou Changyi attacked Su Yi with the Purple Lightning Sword, but Su Yi shattered his sword energy and nearly knocked the weapon from his grasp.
• Zhou Qingxuan, Zhou Yunhai, and Zhou Tuhong joined the assault, but Su Yi broke her Buddhist seal, damaged Yunhai's Azure Flying Shuttle, and drove Tuhong back with a palm strike.
• Su Yi repelled the combined techniques of Zhou Changyi, Zhou Tuhong, Zhou Yunhai, and Zhou Qingxuan with the Grand Five Elements Domain Suppression Sword.
• Zhou Shanjia attacked with a powerful Buddhist palm, but Su Yi countered with the Stars Sword Finger and sent him flying.
• Zhou Changyi called for all six Hidden Dragon Guards to attack Su Yi together, and Su Yi resolved to use the battle to enter the Innate Realm.
• Su Yi's battle intent surged as he drew the Xuanwu Sword and slashed at the six guards.

Su Yi used the six Hidden Dragon Guards’ attack as a whetstone to break through into the Innate Martial Grandmaster Realm. After unleashing a devastating punch, he killed Zhou Shanjia, leaving the other attackers facing his newfound strength.

• Su Yi’s sword shattered the six Hidden Dragon Guards’ combined attack, but he appeared drained and weakened.
• Su Yi’s aura surged as he broke through to the Innate Martial Grandmaster Realm, drawing in heaven and earth’s spiritual energy.
• Zhou Changyi and the other Hidden Dragon Guards attacked Su Yi, while Ji He, Yun Zhongqi, Make Amorous, and Fire Pine True Person joined the assault.
• Su Yi put away the Xuanwu Sword and used a Dao Fist to crush the attacks closing in from all directions.
• Su Yi struck Zhou Shanjia, shattered his defenses, and sent him flying with a deep fist wound in his chest.
• Zhou Shanjia’s body split apart in midair, and he died beneath the horrified gaze of the spectators.

Su Yi fought the Hidden Dragon Guards and shattered their Six Dings Demon Transformation Array with a single sword strike. He killed four of them and badly wounded Zhou Changyi, leaving the survivors stunned by his newly gained strength.

• Su Yi killed Zhou Shanjia with one punch, then destroyed Zhou Qingxuan's protective art before her Substitute Talisman saved her from death.
• Su Yi overpowered Zhou Changyi in close combat while the other Hidden Dragon Guards' attacks failed to penetrate his Innate Qi.
• Zhou Changyi and the four surviving Hidden Dragon Guards formed the Six Dings Demon Transformation Array, summoning five powerful Gods and Devils.
• Su Yi saw through the array's weaknesses and attacked it with the six moves of the Great Kuai Zai Sword, then unleashed a decisive sword strike.
• Su Yi's strike destroyed the array, killed Zhou Tuhong, Zhou Yunhai, Zhou Beilin, and Zhou Qingxuan, and left Zhou Changyi severely wounded.

Su Yi slaughtered the allied cultivators who had joined Hidden Dragon Mountain, overcoming their desperate attacks without suffering harm. He sent the fleeing Make Amorous after them with the One Qi God Slaying Art, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Zhou Changyi begged Su Yi to spare Hidden Dragon Mountain, but Su Yi refused and warned the other cultivators not to flee.
• Zhou Changyi, Yun Zhongqi, Ji He, Make Amorous, and Fire Pine True Person attacked Su Yi together.
• Su Yi killed Yun Zhongqi with two punches, and Ji He died after his self-sacrificing Buddhist art failed to harm him.
• Su Yi cut down Fire Pine True Person and crushed Zhou Changyi with the Stars Sword Finger, wiping out the Hidden Dragon Guards.
• Make Amorous fled, so Su Yi unleashed the One Qi God Slaying Art; the distant Make Amorous suddenly stiffened.

Su Yi killed Make Amorous with the One Qi God Slaying Art, completing his defeat of the forces assembled against him and leaving Great Zhou’s powers reeling. As the Zhou Emperor considered how to secure a lasting bond with Su Yi through Little Six, the consequences of the battle began spreading across the realm.

• Su Yi used the One Qi God Slaying Art to destroy Make Amorous’s soul, then asked whether anyone else wished to fight before leaving to consolidate his breakthrough.
• Mu Xi and the others gathered the spoils as witnesses discussed Su Yi’s victory and recognized his growing reputation.
• The Moon Wheel Sect and Upper Forest Temple learned that Yun Zhongqi and Ji He had died, while the Hidden Dragon Sword Sect received news of Make Amorous and Fire Pine True Person’s deaths.
• The Zhou Emperor celebrated the fall of the Hidden Dragon Guards, then told Hong Shenshang that he wanted to build goodwill with Su Yi rather than demand his service.
• The Zhou Emperor said Little Six’s relationship with Su Yi could preserve that goodwill, even if he someday handed Great Zhou’s realm to Little Six.

After Su Yi defeated the Jade Capital City Su Family, the Great Zhou court reshuffled its succession, and people close to him reacted to the news. Su Yi consolidated his Innate Martial Grandmaster cultivation, while Zhou Zhigan departed for Great Xia to cultivate and seek strength for a future confrontation.

• Zhou Zhong learned that the Hidden Dragon Guard elders had died, then sent Zhou Zhigan to the Celestial Pivot Sword Sect with the lineage's resources and instructions to find Zhou Fengzhi.
• Zhou Zhigan accepted that he would need to grow stronger before confronting Su Yi, while Zhou Zhong urged him to wait for the changes brought by the Brilliant Era.
• Zhou Zhili learned he had become Crown Prince and was told to lead the imperial party to Green Prayer Mountain when Su Yi visited Ye Yufei's grave.
• Ning Sihua told Chajin that Su Yi had won, and Chajin wept with relief; Wen Lingxue celebrated with Wen Lingzhao, who felt lost after learning of Su Yi's victory.
• Su Yi consumed three Dragon-Tiger Nine Apertures Pills and consolidated his cultivation, tempering Dao Grade Innate Qi in the Innate Martial Grandmaster Realm.

Su Yi examined the spoils from the battle, made plans to use them, and prepared to visit his mother’s grave. Before leaving Jade Capital City, he gave Fang Yuan a cultivation method and told Zhou Zhili he could invoke Su Yi’s name in Great Zhou’s affairs.

• Su Yi decided to keep the Absolute Grief fierce sword for now, hoping to improve its potential before eventually merging it into the Xuanwu Sword.
• Fang Yuan gave Su Yi the Snow Scarab Jade Pendant containing the spoils of war, and Su Yi planned to use its resources for cultivation, protections, and the Xuanwu Sword.
• Fang Yuan reported that the Su Family would bring ashes to Green Prayer Mountain, Ge Changling would deliver the stone stele, and Yue Shichan wished to meet Su Yi; Su Yi agreed to meet her.
• Su Yi told Fang Yuan he would soon leave Jade Capital City, then bestowed a cultivation method on him and warned him not to misuse Su Yi’s name.
• On May 5, Zhou Zhili met Su Yi outside the northern city gate and explained that he had become crown prince.
• Su Yi told Zhou Zhili he could act in Su Yi’s name in matters concerning himself, but said he would not meddle in Great Zhou’s affairs.

Su Yi visited Ye Yufei’s grave, discovered a secret map hidden in the Netherworld Thunder Punishment Bell, and learned about the rare material in Ge Changling’s stone stele. Zhou Zhili took control of Great Zhou’s court and named Su Yi Imperial Tutor, while Yue Shichan arrived to visit Su Yi at dusk.

• Su Yi realized the Emperor had sent Zhou Zhili to borrow his prestige, and he agreed to lend support only if Zhou Zhili wielded Great Zhou’s authority.
• Su Yi and Zhou Zhili visited Ye Yufei’s grave, where Su Yi studied the secret map inside the Netherworld Thunder Punishment Bell and took his mother’s remains with him.
• Ge Changling brought Su Yi a stone stele made partly from World Spirit Star Soul Stone and described his cautious disciple, Ge Qian, who had recognized its material.
• The Emperor decreed that Zhou Zhili would oversee the state, and Zhou Zhili imprisoned Zhou Zhikun and Zhou Zhizhen and their factions.
• Zhou Zhili named Su Yi Great Zhou Imperial Tutor, prompting widespread astonishment across the realm.
• Yue Shichan visited Su Yi at dusk after Su Yi finished cultivating and wrote a line of calligraphy.

Yue Shichan visited Su Yi to tell him about Great Xia’s LanTai Dharma Assembly and invite him to travel there with her. Su Yi explained the dangers and purpose behind the gathering, offered to guide her on the Great Dao, and awaited her answer about becoming his disciple as she asked again whether he would accompany her.

• Yue Shichan told Su Yi that Great Xia would hold the LanTai Dharma Assembly in half a year, offering Xumi Talismans and valuable rewards to its strongest participants.
• Su Yi inferred that the assembly would select Essence Path cultivators to explore the dangerous Xumi Immortal Island, whose circumstances even Emperor Xia likely did not fully understand.
• Yue Shichan explained that she wanted to seek new opportunities in Great Xia after the explored lands of Great Zhou, Great Wei, and Great Qin yielded little.
• Su Yi told Yue Shichan that a Brilliant Era would arrive within three to five years, then offered to guide her cultivation without insisting that she become his disciple.
• Yue Shichan said she would consider Su Yi’s offer and asked whether he would travel to Great Xia with her.

Su Yi declined Yue Shichan’s invitation to travel to Great Xia immediately, gave her a lifesaving teleportation talisman, and then returned to Heavenly Origin Academy. Reunited with Chajin and the others, he agreed to establish a sect for their protection and left its practical arrangements to Ning Sihua.

• Su Yi refused to leave for Great Xia with Yue Shichan, gave her a Lesser Five Elements Teleportation Talisman, and watched her depart alone.
• Su Yi traveled to Gun Province City on a golden condor and returned to Heavenly Origin Academy.
• Chajin joyfully embraced Su Yi when he appeared, then gathered with him, Ning Sihua, Wen Lingxue, Feng Xiaofeng, and Feng Xiaoran for a feast.
• Ning Sihua proposed establishing a sect, and Su Yi agreed so the people around him would have protection.
• Ning Sihua offered to handle the sect’s founding, while Su Yi told her to choose its name.

Su Yi refined pills and established powerful formations on Jade Screen Mountain, founding the Profound Evolution Dao Sect with Ning Sihua. When Miss Chajin received news that her father had been stripped of his title and her brother taken away, Su Yi agreed to accompany her to Great Wei.

• Su Yi refined thirty-three Dual Polarity Nine Purities Pills and shared eighteen with Ning Sihua and the others.
• Su Yi laid the Five Elements Profound Evolution Array on Jade Screen Mountain and joined it to the Big Dipper Spirit Gathering Array and Ge Changling’s stone stele to gather Spiritual Qi.
• Su Yi named the new sect the Profound Evolution Dao Sect, gave Ning Sihua the array disk, and left plans for a public founding ceremony aside.
• Miss Chajin received a letter saying Shen Changkong had lost his princely title, fallen gravely ill, and that her elder brother had been taken away.
• Su Yi agreed to accompany Miss Chajin to Great Wei.

Su Yi accompanied Cha Jin to Great Wei after a letter claimed her family was in danger, but he suspected her former enemy Lu Hao was involved. At the Shen residence, Cha Jin learned her family had summoned her because saving the clan supposedly required her to sacrifice her life.

• Su Yi and Cha Jin traveled to Heavenly Capital City, where Cha Jin hurried to the Shen Family residence while Su Yi stayed behind.
• Su Yi recognized Lu Hao entering the Shen residence and suspected the Moon Wheel Sect was connected to the family's crisis.
• Cha Jin reunited with her brother Shen Yanxing and discovered that the letter's claims about his arrest and their father's illness were false.
• Shen Changkong and Great Elder Shen Shanzhong told Cha Jin that only her sacrifice could save the Shen Family.
• Cha Jin asked what would happen if she refused, and Shen Shanzhong pressured her to accept the sacrifice.

Cha Jin learned that the Shen Family planned to hand her over to the Moon Wheel Sect to protect themselves, and her relatives rejected her when she refused to submit. Su Yi arrived, rescued her, and left the Shen Family’s leaders kneeling, while Cha Jin insisted she had severed ties with them.

• Cha Jin demanded to know why the Shen Family was sacrificing her, and Shen Changkong blamed her for bringing trouble upon the clan.
• Lu Hao arrived to take Cha Jin to the Moon Wheel Sect, and Shen Changkong and Shen Yanxing urged her to comply.
• Cha Jin slapped Lu Hao and declared she had nothing more to do with the Shen Family, but Shen Changkong attacked as she tried to leave.
• Su Yi appeared, knocked Shen Changkong away, and silenced a gray-haired elder with his Divine Sense.
• Su Yi forced Lu Hao, Shen Changkong, and the Shen Family’s prominent figures to their knees after Cha Jin stopped him from killing her father.

Su Yi rescued Cha Jin from the Shen Family and learned that the Moon Wheel Sect had used her as bait to lure him to Great Wei. He headed for the sect, where Chu Yunkou prepared to confront him and went to seek the secluded Supreme Great Elder, Qiu Hengkong.

• Shen Yanxing blamed the Moon Wheel Sect for forcing the Shen Family to hand over Cha Jin, and Su Yi left with her and the captive Lu Hao.
• When a Moon Wheel Sect servant tried to stop Su Yi, Su Yi killed him with a glance; the surviving servant revealed that the sect had expected Su Yi to come and planned to kill him.
• Shen Changkong realized the Moon Wheel Sect had used Cha Jin as bait, while Shen Shanzhong warned that the sect believed it could defeat Su Yi.
• Su Yi questioned Lu Hao, learned only that the sect master had ordered Cha Jin punished as a traitor, then killed Lu Hao and set out for the Moon Wheel Sect.
• Chu Yunkou received word that Su Yi was approaching and ordered the elders to prepare the sect's plan.
• Chu Yunkou went to Small Pond Ridge and respectfully requested an audience with the secluded Supreme Great Elder, Qiu Hengkong.

Qiu Hengkong prepared to face Su Yi alone, while Su Yi and Cha Jin approached the Moon Wheel Sect. After Cha Jin rejected Hong Yang’s offer to plead for her, the pair reached the sect’s mountain gate, where disciples had gathered to watch her supposed punishment.

• Qiu Hengkong told Chu Yunkou that Su Yi was a formidable opponent and ordered the sect to leave their confrontation to him alone.
• Su Yi and Cha Jin headed toward Luo Mo Mountain, where they encountered Hong Yang and other Moon Wheel Sect disciples on horseback.
• Hong Yang offered to plead for Cha Jin, but she refused, drawing scorn from She Ziying and the other disciples.
• Su Yi reassured Cha Jin that her critics were mistaken, and the pair continued toward the Moon Wheel Sect to settle its affairs.
• Su Yi and Cha Jin arrived at the sect’s mountain gate, where Hong Yang and other disciples had gathered to watch Cha Jin answer for her alleged betrayal.

At the Moon Wheel Sect’s Mountain Gate, Su Yi killed Fang Xiu and confronted Sect Master Chu Yunkou, who admitted he had used Cha Jin as bait to lure Su Yi into a trap. Chu called upon the sect’s Supreme Great Elder to kill Su Yi, and the legendary swordsman appeared as the confrontation began.

• She Ziying and Hong Yang denounced Cha Jin, while Fang Xiu turned against her and Su Yi killed him with his Divine Sense.
• Zhao Chi confronted Su Yi, who demanded that the Moon Wheel Sect Master appear and threatened to destroy the sect.
• Chu Yunkou appeared and revealed that he had targeted Cha Jin to lure Su Yi to the Mountain Gate and avenge his master, Yun Zhongqi.
• Su Yi challenged the Moon Wheel Sect’s confidence, and Chu asked his Senior Uncle to kill him.
• The Moon Wheel Sect’s Supreme Great Elder appeared amid a vast sword cry, surprising even Su Yi with his presence.

Su Yi faced Qiu Hengkong, the Moon Wheel Sect’s Supreme Great Elder, and challenged him to survive ten moves to earn the sect a chance to live. After three exchanges, Qiu Hengkong had been forced back, while the duel continued.

• Su Yi recognized Qiu Hengkong’s formidable swordsmanship and told Cha Jin to retreat three hundred zhang.
• Su Yi challenged Qiu Hengkong to remain undefeated within ten moves, promising the Moon Wheel Sect a path to survival if he did.
• Qiu Hengkong drew Qinghe and unleashed Fireworks' Fleeting Bloom, but Su Yi’s first strike broke through and forced him back a step.
• Su Yi praised Qiu Hengkong’s sword intent and foundation, then said he would lose within five moves if that was all he had.
• Qiu Hengkong countered Su Yi’s second strike with Misty Rain Becomes Illusion, All Things Empty, and shattered Su Yi’s Sword Qi.
• Su Yi’s third strike clashed with Qiu Hengkong’s overwhelming sword intent and forced him back three steps through the air.