Chapter Summaries

Su Yi enjoyed a quiet stretch at Heavenly Origin Academy while learning about otherworldly sects and considering a move to Great Xia as his cultivation resources dwindled. The chapter ended when Ning Sihua announced that Tao Qingshan and the Clear Ripple Water Lord had arrived to see him.

• Wen Lingxue marveled at Su Yi's strength, and he reunited with friends at a banquet where Chen Zheng shared what he had learned from refining Liu Que's divine soul.
• Su Yi deduced that multiple world planes lay beyond Azure Green Continent's spatial fissures and that Wind Nether Continent's strongest factions were spirit-level lineages.
• Su Yi spent the following weeks cultivating and enjoying a peaceful life with Wen Lingxue and Cha Jin, while Zhou Zhili brought him ten sixth-grade spirit stones and warned him that Zhou Zhigan might seek revenge.
• Su Yi realized his remaining cultivation resources would last only about seven days and began considering a trip to Great Xia.
• Ning Sihua told Su Yi that Tao Qingshan and the Clear Ripple Water Lord had come to request an audience.

Su Yi rewarded the transformed Clear Ripple Water Lord with the Black Tortoise True Qi Scripture and named him Yuan Heng, while Tao Qingshan agreed to serve the Profound Evolution Dao Sect despite a ten-year wait for guidance. Su Yi prepared to leave for Great Xia the next day, asking Ning Sihua to remain behind and oversee matters.

• Tao Qingshan and the Clear Ripple Water Lord paid their respects to Su Yi, who praised the youth for transforming into human form.
• Su Yi offered the youth the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Demon Art or the deeper Black Tortoise True Qi Scripture in exchange for accompanying him to Great Xia, and the youth accepted.
• Su Yi gave the youth a jade slip containing the Origin Dao methods of the Black Tortoise True Qi Scripture, and the youth memorized and destroyed it.
• Tao Qingshan volunteered to serve Su Yi and agreed to remain at the Profound Evolution Dao Sect without guidance or secret arts for ten years.
• Su Yi bestowed the Daoist name Yuan Heng on the Clear Ripple Water Lord and planned to use his cultivation aura to locate Ge Qian in Great Xia.
• Ning Sihua told Su Yi she was willing to stay behind, and Su Yi said he would prepare a gift of thanks for her.

Su Yi and Yuan Heng traveled toward Great Xia, passing through the Great Liang Kingdom on the Ghost Festival. After following two siblings to their mother's grave, Su Yi intervened when ghosts attacked them, but the chapter ended before the siblings learned who had saved them.

• Su Yi left safeguards and the Myriad Spirits Sword Scripture with Ning Sihua before setting out for Great Xia with Yuan Heng.
• Su Yi and Yuan Heng traveled through several nations, and Yuan Heng explained the Ghost Festival when they saw villagers release river lanterns.
• Su Yi noticed a boy and a little girl walking alone and followed them with Yuan Heng to their mother's grave.
• A female ghost and another ghostly shadow attacked the siblings, and the boy tried to protect his sister.
• Su Yi destroyed the female ghost with a flash of golden light and appeared before the stunned siblings.

Su Yi and Yuan Heng rescued Cao Ping and Cao An from ghosts on the Ghost Festival and discovered that a jade pendant was slowly harming Cao An. After treating her and leaving behind a protective calligraphy talisman, they departed for Floating Immortal Ridge to confront the source of the ghosts.

• Yuan Heng destroyed the ghost threatening Cao Ping and Cao An, while Su Yi recognized the fallen Yin Spirit Pearl.
• Su Yi learned that Cao Ping had obtained Cao An's black jade pendant from the temple keeper at the Mountain God Temple on Floating Immortal Ridge and identified it as Yin Gathering Jade.
• Su Yi gave the siblings ginseng tea and told Cao Ping to have Cao An drink it daily to dispel the Yin Qi within seven days.
• Yuan Heng caught a powerful vicious ghost near the siblings' home, and Su Yi decided to visit Floating Immortal Ridge that night.
• Su Yi wrote the Five Peaks House-Protecting Talisman's power into the words “Peace is Blessing” and gave the calligraphy to Cao Ping to hang above the doorway.
• Su Yi and Yuan Heng left, and Cao Ping was unable to learn Su Yi's name.

Su Yi and Yuan Heng confronted Chai Daoren, a ghost cultivator who had planned a human sacrifice at the Mountain God Temple. Su Yi crushed Chai Daoren with a single punch, leaving the temple in ruins and the hidden ghosts terrified.

• Chai Daoren learned that Water Dusk had died and ordered his subordinate to prepare the sacrifices so he could activate the Blood Transformation Nether Soul Array himself.
• Su Yi and Yuan Heng arrived at the Mountain God Temple, where Yuan Heng destroyed a female ghost who approached them.
• Su Yi confronted Chai Daoren and asked whether he had used the Yin Gathering Jade to harm people.
• Chai Daoren attacked Su Yi with a bone blade and transformed into a towering, powerful form.
• Su Yi shattered Chai Daoren’s attack and drove him to his knees with one punch, collapsing the temple around them.

Su Yi pursued Chai Daoren into a cavern beneath Floating Immortal Ridge, where he found children prepared for a blood sacrifice to the Great Compassion Divine Lord. After destroying Chai Daoren’s formation, Su Yi recognized the entity in the vortex from a previous encounter and discovered that it still could not cross over from its prison.

• Chai Daoren’s soul fled into an ancient well, and Yuan Heng transformed into his golden turtle form to destroy the fleeing Ghosts before following Su Yi.
• Beneath the well, Su Yi found Chai Daoren and a blood-robed youth preparing a sacrifice of children to a Nine-Headed Bird statue.
• Chai Daoren summoned the Great Compassion Divine Lord through a blood-colored vortex and asked it to eliminate Su Yi.
• Su Yi killed the blood-robed youth and shattered Chai Daoren’s Blood Transformation Nether Soul Array with a sweep of his sleeve.
• Su Yi recognized the Great Compassion Divine Lord from Nine-Bend Ghost City and taunted it after learning it remained trapped in the Moth Larva Blood Cave.

Su Yi used the Great Compassion Divine Lord’s desperation to bargain over a secret cultivation art and learn more about the being trapped in the Moth Larva Blood Cave. After the Space Node collapsed, Su Yi turned to the terrified Chai Daoren, who offered to reveal a great secret about the Great Compassion Divine Lord.

• Su Yi deduced that the Great Compassion Divine Lord was gravely injured and likely had profound spatial abilities, unsettling Chai Daoren and Yuan Heng.
• Su Yi offered the Great Compassion Divine Lord the Zhou Xu Refinement Sha Technique and promised he could later repair its damage to the Great Dao foundation.
• The Great Compassion Divine Lord accepted the first volume on a Jade Talisman, but demanded the rest before agreeing to Su Yi’s requests.
• Su Yi refused to provide more until their next meeting and warned the Great Compassion Divine Lord to apologize and approach him humbly.
• The blood-colored vortex collapsed, and Su Yi told the Great Compassion Divine Lord to have his believers find him in Great Xia.
• Su Yi turned to Chai Daoren, who begged for a way out and offered to reveal a great secret about the Great Compassion Divine Lord.

Su Yi killed Chai Daoren, then meditated on his cultivation and planned how to advance his Dao Rhymes. At dawn, Yuan Heng had not returned from escorting the children home, leaving Su Yi concerned that something might have happened.

• Su Yi killed Chai Daoren after the man begged for his life, then ordered Yuan Heng to clean up and escort the children home safely.
• Su Yi meditated on the powers and stages of cultivation, assessing his exceptional Divine Sense and Supreme Dao Seed while noting his lack of cultivation resources.
• Su Yi resolved to focus on cultivating Dao Resonance and recalled his plan to master the five elements, yin and yang, and wind and lightning before pursuing higher Dao meanings.
• Su Yi awoke at dawn and noticed that Yuan Heng had still not returned, prompting him to wonder whether something had happened.

Su Yi tracked down Yuan Heng and found him held by Ling Yunhe and Qing Ya after they mistook him for an evil demon. The misunderstanding was settled, and the two groups discovered they were both heading to Great Xia.

• Su Yi followed the Spirit-Tracking Secret Talisman to a mountain hollow, where Ling Yunhe and Qing Ya had trapped Yuan Heng in a sword formation.
• Qing Ya questioned Yuan Heng about his master, while Yuan Heng praised Su Yi and explained that he had served him for less than a month.
• Qing Ya persuaded Ling Yunhe to release Yuan Heng, and Ling Yunhe apologized for the misunderstanding.
• Su Yi arrived, confirmed he had witnessed the encounter, and accepted Ling Yunhe's apology on Yuan Heng's behalf.
• Ling Yunhe invited Su Yi and Yuan Heng to Cloud Cliff City, but Su Yi declined because they had a journey ahead.
• Ling Yunhe learned that Su Yi and Yuan Heng were going to Great Xia, and Qing Ya happily suggested that they travel together.

Su Yi declined Qing Ya and Ling Yunhe’s invitation, then traveled with Yuan Heng and continued teaching him the Black Tortoise Dominating World Seal. As they drifted along the Sky Ripple River, a mysterious woman invited them aboard a treasure ship, but they refused and sailed on.

• Su Yi refused Qing Ya’s invitation, and Ling Yunhe comforted his disappointed disciple before they continued toward Great Xia and the LanTai Dharma Assembly.
• Cao An and Cao Ping admired the calligraphy Su Yi had left above their door, which brought peace to the villagers who saw it and began quietly changing the siblings’ fortunes.
• Seven days later, Su Yi finished teaching Yuan Heng the first three moves of the Black Tortoise Dominating World Seal and said Yuan Heng could match Ling Yunhe if he mastered them.
• Su Yi and Yuan Heng spotted a lavish treasure ship on the Sky Ripple River and identified a Star Gathering Realm cultivator among its passengers.
• A woman in magnificent robes invited Su Yi and Yuan Heng aboard, but Su Yi declined and they continued through the rain.
• Yuan Heng wondered why the woman had watched him like prey, and the Soul-Nourishing Gourd at Su Yi’s waist suddenly trembled.

Su Yi brought Qing Wan to the mountaintop to face her Transformation Tribulation, while cultivators from a nearby treasure ship followed a signal from Wonderful Bloom Lady’s Silver Cloud Bell. The cultivators arrived as Qing Wan began her tribulation, leaving Su Yi, Yuan Heng, Ling Yunhe, and Qing Ya watching the confrontation take shape.

• At the banquet, Wonderful Bloom Lady revealed that she had sensed a Demon Cultivator on a black-awning boat, and Qing Ya challenged the prejudice against demons and ghosts.
• Wonderful Bloom Lady’s Silver Cloud Bell rang in response to a powerful ghost, so she and the banquet guests, including Ling Yunhe and Qing Ya, flew toward the disturbance.
• Su Yi brought Qing Wan to a mountaintop after she sensed her Transformation Tribulation approaching, and he reassured her that she would succeed.
• Yuan Heng warned that Qing Wan’s tribulation seemed more terrifying than his own, but Su Yi told her to focus on crossing it.
• More than twenty cultivators arrived, led by Wonderful Bloom Lady, and recognized Su Yi and Yuan Heng; Ling Yunhe stopped Qing Ya from speaking as they watched Qing Wan prepare to face the tribulation.

Su Yi defended Qing Wan’s impending tribulation against a hostile group of Great Chu cultivators and demonstrated his strength by killing Rui Chenjing with a single finger. As a mid-stage Essence Palace Realm elder named Tie Modu launched a fiery spear attack, Su Yi had yet to respond.

• Wonderful Bloom Lady identified Yuan Heng as a Demon Cultivator, and Su Yi warned the Great Chu cultivators that anyone approaching within thirty feet of the mountaintop would die.
• Ling Yunhe tried to persuade Wonderful Bloom Lady and the others to leave, but Su Yi and Yuan Heng told him and Qing Ya to stand aside.
• Rui Chenjing approached Su Yi and attacked with his blade, but Su Yi destroyed the blade aura and killed him with a single Sword Qi strike.
• Tie Modu attacked Su Yi with a golden spear wrapped in powerful flames as the tribulation clouds thundered overhead.

Su Yi overwhelmed Great Chu’s experts while Qing Wan began her transformation tribulation. After killing Monk Fa Xu, Su Yi survived Feng Yin’s surprise assassination, leaving the assassin stunned.

• Su Yi severely wounded Tie Modu with an azure palm strike, overpowering his spear and body-tempering art.
• Qing Wan entered her transformation tribulation and dispersed its lightning with a single punch.
• Monk Fa Xu attacked Su Yi with the Seven Thunder Treasure Vase Seal, but Su Yi destroyed the seal and killed him with one strike.
• Feng Yin attacked Su Yi from behind with a concealed dagger, but it could not pierce Su Yi’s body.
• Su Yi turned to face Feng Yin, who stared in disbelief at his failed assassination.

Su Yi crushed the Great Chu cultivators who had gathered to stop him, killing their strongest fighters and breaking their overwhelming assault. With only Wonderful Bloom Lady left alive, he turned his attention back to her as Qing Wan's tribulation continued.

• Feng Yin fled after Su Yi killed Monk Fa Xu, but Su Yi crushed him with one finger.
• Wonderful Bloom Lady ordered the Great Chu cultivators to attack Su Yi together, and he charged into their wave of treasures and secret arts.
• Su Yi shattered their weapons and struck down several cultivators, then pursued the fleeing survivors and killed them one by one.
• Su Yi killed a woman who begged to become his servant, leaving only Wonderful Bloom Lady and the gray-haired Old Man in black robes.
• The gray-haired Old Man in black robes attempted to perish with Su Yi using a forbidden technique, but Su Yi killed him from afar.
• Su Yi faced the surviving Wonderful Bloom Lady and declared that she was next.

Su Yi killed Wonderful Bloom Lady despite Ling Yunhe’s warning that her brother, Miao Hong True Person, was a powerful Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator in the Qing Yi Dao Sect. As the final tribulation bolt descended on Qing Wan, Su Yi remained unconcerned about the enemy he had made.

• Ling Yunhe warned Su Yi that killing Wonderful Bloom Lady would provoke her brother, Miao Hong True Person, but Su Yi attacked anyway.
• Wonderful Bloom Lady used a Blood Escape Technique to flee, and Su Yi sent the Xuanwu Sword after her.
• The Xuanwu Sword pierced Wonderful Bloom Lady, and the Netherflame Demon Sparrow devoured her escaping soul.
• Ling Yunhe and Qing Ya feared the consequences of Wonderful Bloom Lady’s death and the deaths of the other Great Chu experts at Sky Ripple River.
• Su Yi dismissed Ling Yunhe’s concerns and looked up as the final tribulation bolt descended on Qing Wan.

Qing Wan survived an abnormal transformation tribulation when the imprint within her mysterious Soul Jade absorbed the destructive lightning and helped her form a spirit body. Afterward, she acknowledged Su Yi as her master, and as Ling Yunhe invited Su Yi to travel to Great Xia, a strange sound came from the distant night sky.

• Su Yi sent Yuan Heng to collect the spoils and moved Ling Yunhe and Qing Ya away as Qing Wan faced the final layer of her tribulation.
• The strange-eye imprint emerged from Qing Wan, devoured the tribulation lightning, and absorbed power from the Tribulation Cloud, allowing her to complete her transformation.
• Qing Wan awoke naked, and Su Yi covered her with clothing; she blushed when she learned he had seen her.
• Su Yi explained his findings about the Soul Jade's imprint, but Qing Wan recalled nothing and asked to acknowledge him as her master.
• Yuan Heng, Ling Yunhe, and Qing Ya congratulated Qing Wan, who returned to the Soul-Nourishing Gourd.
• Ling Yunhe invited Su Yi to travel with him and Qing Ya to Great Xia, but Su Yi sensed something as a strange cry echoed across the distant night sky.

Su Yi encountered Gu Cangning, a powerful young swordsman, and agreed to let him travel with the group only after Gu Cangning challenged his sword. After Su Yi revealed his name and identified Gu Cangning as a Demon Cultivator, Gu Cangning departed, where an old woman appeared beside him and asked why he was sighing.

• Gu Cangning arrived at the mountaintop and explained that Wonderful Bloom Lady had targeted him, while Su Yi and the others left for their boat.
• Gu Cangning followed them and asked to travel together, so Su Yi offered to reveal his name if Gu Cangning could withstand one sword strike.
• Gu Cangning met Su Yi’s Sword Qi with his Fiery Red Dao Sword, but the clash forced him to take a step back.
• Su Yi introduced himself as Su Yi from Great Zhou, and Gu Cangning departed after praising his swordsmanship.
• Su Yi told Ling Yunhe, Qing Ya, and Yuan Heng that Gu Cangning was a Demon Cultivator whose true strength exceeded what he had shown.
• Gu Cangning slowed above a mountain range, and an old woman carrying a jade-green staff appeared beside him and asked why he sighed.

Gu Cangning learned that Su Yi’s strength marked him as an extraordinary talent amid the ancient powers and rising geniuses of the age. Meanwhile, Miao Hong True Person vowed to avenge Wonderful Bloom Lady and ordered an investigation into Su Yi and his companions, as their boat continued toward Great Xia.

• Gu Cangning told the old woman about his sword exchange with Su Yi, and she explained Prajna Chan Temple’s history and urged him to prepare for the coming Brilliant Era.
• Miao Hong True Person watched a talisman’s scenes of Su Yi killing Wonderful Bloom Lady and her soul being devoured, then vowed revenge and ordered a servant to investigate Su Yi, Yuan Heng, Ling Yunhe, and Qing Ya.
• On the boat, Ling Yunhe told Yuan Heng about mysterious young talents Zeng Pu and Chi Jiansu, and said many figures like them would likely attend the LanTai Dharma Assembly.
• Qing Ya asked Su Yi whether he planned to attend the LanTai Dharma Assembly, and he said he was going to Great Xia for cultivation resources and might attend if something interested him.
• Qing Ya asked Su Yi what he hoped to find, while he remained resting with his eyes closed.

Su Yi and his companions reached Great Xia and investigated rumors of an Absolute Yin Spiritual Meridian in Cloud Python Mountain. After locating a frigid valley guarded by the Primal Yang Dao Sect, Su Yi ordered Yuan Heng to clear a path inside, leaving the two groups on the brink of a confrontation.

• Su Yi and his companions arrived at Cloud Python Mountain, where Ling Yunhe described Great Xia’s powerful cultivation factions and the rumors surrounding the mountain.
• Su Yi used Little Spirit Sparrow Guiding to trace spiritual veins and led the group to a frigid ravine that Yuan Heng recognized as unusual.
• The group learned that cultivators from the Primal Yang Spirit Sect had sealed off Emerald Cold Valley, and Su Yi followed the spirit sparrow toward it.
• Li Huaibiao recognized Ling Yunhe’s strength and apologized for his disciples’ threats, then explained that his sect was guarding a fortuitous opportunity in the valley.
• Su Yi declared the land ownerless and ordered Yuan Heng to clear the way, prompting Yuan Heng to advance against Li Huaibiao and the sect’s cultivators.

Yan Junshan let Su Yi’s group enter Emerald Cold Valley while summoning three other sects to help claim its hidden fortune. In the valley’s depths, Su Yi encountered the Profound Fiend Snow Python guarding a cavern, and the python warned him to leave.

• Yuan Heng prepared to confront the Primal Yang Spirit Sect cultivators, but Yan Junshan arrived with his people and let Ling Yunhe’s group pass after learning he belonged to Heaven One Sword Pavilion.
• After Su Yi’s group entered Emerald Cold Valley, Yan Junshan ordered Steward Li to summon Flying Spirit Sword Mansion, Azure Profound Saber Sect, and Spirit Haze Temple to join the pursuit of the valley’s fortune.
• Ling Yunhe warned Su Yi that the Primal Yang Spirit Sect might interfere, and Su Yi said they should kill anyone who tried.
• A deep-blue cold current attacked Su Yi in the valley’s depths, but he dispelled it with fire and revealed a cavern guarded by a Profound Fiend Snow Python.
• The Profound Fiend Snow Python warned Su Yi to leave, while Qing Ya exclaimed that the giant python was beautiful and a young lady.