Chapter Summaries

Su Yi led the group to the Absolute Yin Spiritual Meridian, where he began comprehending the Yin Dao Rhyme instead of taking the meridian. Outside Emerald Cold Valley, powerful cultivators from Flying Spirit Sword Mansion and Azure Profound Saber Sect arrived while Yan Junshan’s group continued to wait.

• Su Yi offered the Profound Fiend Snow Python an opportunity to transform if it guided them to the Absolute Yin Spiritual Meridian, and it agreed.
• The Profound Fiend Snow Python, whose name was Bai Wenqing, led Su Yi and the others to a frigid pool and revealed that the meridian lay beneath it.
• Su Yi sat above the pool to comprehend the Yin Dao Rhyme, while Qing Ya chatted with Bai Wenqing and the others waited.
• Yan Junshan chose to wait longer near Emerald Cold Valley as his group worried about the silence from within the valley.
• Qiu Mo Chi and Lian Lengyue of Flying Spirit Sword Mansion arrived, followed by Qi Chongzi of Azure Profound Saber Sect.

Yan Junshan led powerful cultivators from several sects into Emerald Cold Valley to claim the Absolute Yin Spiritual Meridian, only to find Ling Yunhe and the Profound Fiend Snow Python guarding it. As the attackers overwhelmed them, Su Yi remained inside the cavern, still immersed in his Dao comprehension.

• Qi Chongzi of the Azure Profound Saber Sect and Thousand Severance True Person of Spirit Haze Temple arrived, and Yan Junshan explained the situation before the group set out for the cavern.
• Su Yi continued comprehending the nine Dao Rhymes inside the cavern while the Profound Fiend Snow Python went to investigate the approaching cultivators and Ling Yunhe followed it.
• Ling Yunhe confronted the assembled cultivators and told them the opportunity had already been claimed, but Thousand Severance True Person and Qi Chongzi demanded that he leave and threatened to kill or capture them.
• The Profound Fiend Snow Python attacked Qi Chongzi, while Thousand Severance True Person struck at Ling Yunhe and the two defenders were quickly suppressed.
• Yan Junshan ordered the others to attack; Lai Changxiao joined the assault on Ling Yunhe, and Qiu Mo Chi targeted the Profound Fiend Snow Python, leaving both defenders in peril.

Su Yi emerged from the cavern furious that his cultivation had been interrupted, rescued Ling Yunhe and the Profound Fiend Snow Python, and killed Qiu Mo Chi with a single finger. He then pursued Qiu Mo Chi’s surviving soul as Lai Changxiao, Qi Chongzi, and Thousand Severance True Person attacked together, and Su Yi charged straight at them.

• Su Yi swept aside Qi Chongzi’s lightning hand and shattered attacks from Thousand Severance True Person and Lai Changxiao, saving the Profound Fiend Snow Python and Ling Yunhe.
• Su Yi told Ling Yunhe and the Profound Fiend Snow Python to fall back and declared that he would deal with their attackers because they had disturbed his enlightenment.
• Qiu Mo Chi attacked Su Yi with the Spirit Snake Demon Sword and the Flying Spirit Phantom Sword, but Su Yi shattered the weapon and crushed Qiu Mo Chi’s body with one finger.
• Qiu Mo Chi escaped as a soul, and Su Yi pursued him while Lai Changxiao, Qi Chongzi, and Thousand Severance True Person launched their strongest attacks together.
• Su Yi declared that nobody could stop him from killing those he intended to kill, then charged head-on at the three Star Gathering Realm experts.

Su Yi overwhelmed the Star Gathering Realm experts who tried to stop him, killing Qiu Mo Chi and Qi Chongzi with single strikes. Lai Changxiao and Thousand Severance True Person fled as Su Yi remained undefeated.

• Lai Changxiao used a sect-protecting talisman to block Su Yi’s hand seal, while Su Yi broke through the attacks of Qi Chongzi and Thousand Severance True Person.
• Su Yi reached Qiu Mo Chi and destroyed his divine soul with a single finger strike.
• Qi Chongzi proposed that he, Lai Changxiao, and Thousand Severance True Person stake everything on one final battle, and Su Yi dismissed them as clay chickens and pottery dogs.
• Qi Chongzi unleashed his strongest blade technique, but Su Yi’s finger strike overwhelmed it with Sword Qi and killed him.
• Lai Changxiao and Thousand Severance True Person lost their fighting spirit and chose to flee.

Su Yi killed Lai Changxiao and two other Star Gathering Realm cultivators, spared the defeated survivors after they surrendered their treasures, and then mastered the Yin Dao Rhyme. The chapter ended with Ling Yunhe asking how they should handle the Absolute Yin Spiritual Meridian beneath the cave.

• Su Yi killed Lai Changxiao with a sword strike, while Thousand Severance True Person escaped after a Bronze Hairpin blocked Su Yi’s attack.
• Yan Junshan and the other survivors surrendered their treasures, and Su Yi let them leave.
• Su Yi returned to the cave to comprehend the Great Dao, while Yuan Heng gathered the spoils and gave healing pills to the Profound Fiend Snow Python.
• Su Yi mastered the Yin Dao Rhyme and learned that Qing Ya possessed a rare constitution and extraordinary comprehension, including a Sky High Dao Rhyme.
• Su Yi offered to guide Qing Ya in tempering her Dao Rhyme, and Ling Yunhe asked how they should handle the Absolute Yin Spiritual Meridian.

Su Yi extracted the Absolute Yin treasures from the cavern and helped Bai Wenqing transform into human form. After Yuan Heng asked for her to travel with them, Su Yi asked Bai Wenqing whether she was willing to join their group.

• Su Yi sent Yuan Heng to teach Bai Wenqing the transformation technique, and she left the cavern with him.
• Su Yi collected the Absolute Yin Spiritual Liquid, then used the Absolute Grief fiendish sword to capture and absorb the Absolute Yin Cold Soul.
• Su Yi extracted the Absolute Yin Spiritual Meridian and shared sections with Ling Yunhe and Qing Ya.
• Bai Wenqing completed her transformation into a human woman and revealed cultivation comparable to the Star Gathering Realm.
• Yuan Heng asked Su Yi to let Bai Wenqing travel with them, and Su Yi asked her whether she wanted to join.

Su Yi and his companions arrived in Shanyin City, known as Little Fengdu, and learned about the Yin Sha Sect and its ancient origins. After hearing that the sect’s new Nie Feng Holy Son was worshiping at the City God Temple, Su Yi went there to inspect the Ghost Snake Underworld God statue and verify a conjecture.

• Su Yi accepted Bai Wenqing as a servant and told Yuan Heng to explain the rules to her as they left Emerald Cold Valley.
• Ling Yunhe explained that Shanyin City was Little Fengdu, a center of ghost cultivators where the Yin Sha Sect worshiped the Ghost Snake Underworld God.
• Ling Yunhe described the Yin Sha Underworld Palace and its first Palace Master, the Mingluo Spirit Emperor, whose protector was called the Lamp Holder.
• Su Yi and his companions entered Shanyin City and saw its imposing defenses, thriving streets, and numerous powerful cultivators.
• After hearing that the Yin Sha Sect’s new Nie Feng Holy Son was at the City God Temple, Su Yi led the group there to inspect the Ghost Snake Underworld God statue.

Su Yi confirmed the City God Temple’s statue represented the Ghost Snake Clan, then refused an invitation from Nie Feng, the Yin Sha Sect’s newly appointed Holy Son. After learning about Su Yi’s power and the spirit body in his Soul-Nourishing Gourd, Nie Feng sent Yu Shanglin to approach him again and seek a deal before leaving Shanyin City.

• Su Yi recognized the temple statue as depicting a member of the Ghost Snake Clan and declined to offer incense.
• Yu Shanglin invited Su Yi and his companions to meet Nie Feng, but Su Yi refused and left.
• Lian Lengyue told Nie Feng how Su Yi had defeated the cultivators in Emerald Cold Valley and taken an Absolute Yin Spiritual Meridian.
• Nie Feng warned his followers not to underestimate Su Yi and explained that his Nether Spirit Jade Hairpin had sensed a pure spirit body inside Su Yi’s Soul-Nourishing Gourd.
• Nie Feng ordered Yu Shanglin and a group of followers to approach Su Yi again and try to purchase the spirit body without using force.

Su Yi and his companions visited Shanyin City's ghost market, where he used his experience to help them find worthwhile cultivation goods. They encountered the mysterious Old Blind Man and his five ghost lanterns, and Su Yi recognized the stone-coffin trade from his past.

• Ling Yunhe told Su Yi that Spirit Tune City was the best place to trade cultivation resources and mentioned Shanyin City's famous ghost market.
• Su Yi agreed to visit the ghost market with his companions, and Ling Yunhe led them underground through As You Wish Workshop.
• Qing Ya identified a jade pendant as nearly worthless and tried to buy it cheaply, but Ling Yunhe pulled her away because revealing a stall's true wares broke the market's rules.
• Su Yi bought a Spirit Grain Star Jade hairpin for Cha Jin and guided Yuan Heng, Bai Wenqing, and the others in buying useful cultivation materials.
• Old Blind Man announced that he had five ghost lanterns containing sealed stone coffins, and nearby vendors explained his reputation and trading rules.
• Su Yi said the rules had not been set by Old Blind Man, hinted that he knew why women were excluded, and led his companions toward the stall.

Su Yi offered Old Blind Man a secret in exchange for the four remaining ghost lamps, after Tao Jianting opened his lamp and found only a tuft of hair. Old Blind Man read Su Yi’s jade slip and froze in shock, leaving the exchange unresolved.

• The Old Blind Man rejected several cultivators’ treasures before accepting Tao Jianting’s Red Cloud Spirit Cocoon for a ghost lamp.
• Tao Jianting opened the lamp and found a tuft of curled hair inside its stone coffin, drawing laughter from the crowd.
• Qing Ya asked Su Yi to obtain the second lamp on the left for her, and Su Yi agreed to help without taking her Exquisite Mysterious Marrow.
• Su Yi offered one secret for the second lamp, then changed his offer to all four remaining lamps and demanded Old Blind Man apologize if he accepted.
• Old Blind Man threatened Su Yi, but after reading the jade slip, he shuddered and stood stunned.

Su Yi revealed a secret that made Old Blind Man fear him and agree to leave the ghost market with him. At Ling Yunhe’s courtyard, Qing Ya discovered a rare jade bracelet in her ghost lantern, and Ling Yunhe learned that her Martial Uncle would arrive within an hour.

• Su Yi showed Old Blind Man a message about the Ghost Lantern Coffin Carrier lineage’s debt, prompting Old Blind Man to apologize and fear that Su Yi was a Debt Collector’s descendant.
• Su Yi gave Qing Ya a ghost lantern, and Ling Yunhe stopped her from opening its coffin in the crowded market.
• Old Blind Man struck a cultivator who challenged Ling Yunhe, then agreed to accompany Su Yi, who said he wanted to ask him questions rather than collect a debt.
• Su Yi and his companions left the market for Ling Yunhe’s courtyard, where Qing Ya opened the coffin and found an Azure Cold Divine Jade bracelet.
• Ling Yunhe received a letter from Qing Ya’s Martial Uncle and told her he would arrive within an hour.

Ling Yunhe told Qing Ya and the others about Wen Xinzhao’s extraordinary sword talent and her cultivation at Cloud Heaven Divine Palace. Su Yi learned that his former disciple Bi Mo had attacked the Ghost Lantern Picks Stone Coffin lineage five hundred years earlier, and suspected Bi Mo had been searching for information about his reincarnation.

• Ling Yunhe recounted how Wen Xinzhao defeated eighteen Grain Avoidance Realm cultivators and became Cold Smoke True Person’s close disciple at Cloud Heaven Divine Palace.
• Qing Ya named her Martial Uncle as Wen Xinzhao, whose reputation as the Little Sword Demon was known throughout Great Xia.
• Old Blind Man told Su Yi that he was the third-generation successor of the ghost lantern lineage and that his Master had been called the Blood Coffin Master.
• Old Blind Man explained that Bi Mo entered the Netherworld five hundred years ago seeking Coffin-Lifting Old Ghost, then attacked his Master when he could not find him.
• Old Blind Man said his Master sent him out of the Netherworld using the Netherworld Divine Wheel, leaving him gravely injured and stranded on the Azure Green Continent.
• Su Yi suspected Bi Mo had sought Coffin-Lifting Old Ghost to learn about his reincarnation and turned cold at the thought.

Su Yi gave Old Blind Man a secret art to repair his damaged soul, then met a Yin Sha Sect envoy seeking to buy the pure spirit body in his Soul-Nourishing Gourd. Su Yi refused, and Yu Shanglin hinted that the sect might resort to force.

• Su Yi told Old Blind Man he would help him if needed and gave him the Divine Essence Flourishing and Waning Method to restore his damaged soul and spirit.
• A group of Yin Sha Sect cultivators arrived at the courtyard, and Yu Shanglin asked to meet Su Yi about a deal.
• Yu Shanglin offered to fulfill any request in exchange for the pure spirit body in Su Yi's Soul-Nourishing Gourd, but Su Yi rejected the offer and ordered Yuan Heng to see him out.
• Yu Shanglin appealed to Ling Yunhe for cooperation, but Ling Yunhe challenged him over whether the Yin Sha Sect would seize the spirit body by force.
• Yu Shanglin said his young master had hoped to avoid a fight, but implied that the sect might have to take action.

Su Yi let the Old Blind Man kill Yu Shanglin and drove the remaining Yin Sha Sect cultivators away. He then followed them to Nie Feng Holy Son, who calmly came out to meet him.

• Su Yi allowed the Old Blind Man to strike Yu Shanglin, who recognized him as the feared figure from Little Fengdu's ghost market.
• The Old Blind Man killed Yu Shanglin and offered to destroy Yin Sha Sect, but Su Yi said Nie Feng Holy Son should answer for the conflict.
• Lian Lengyue recognized Su Yi, knelt, and revealed that she had once served Yin Sha Sect before becoming an elder of Flying Spirit Sword Pavilion.
• Su Yi spared Lian Lengyue and the other Yin Sha Sect cultivators, who returned to Nie Feng Holy Son and recounted what had happened.
• Su Yi and the Old Blind Man secretly followed the cultivators to Nie Feng Holy Son's palace, where Su Yi confronted him and Nie Feng stepped out to greet him.

Su Yi overwhelmed Nie Feng Holy Son in battle, breaking through his Wind Dao Rhyme concealment and gravely wounding him. Nie Feng Holy Son unleashed a destructive spirit pearl to cover his escape, leaving Su Yi unharmed amid the ruined grounds.

• Nie Feng Holy Son attacked Su Yi with purple Dao techniques, but Su Yi shattered them with effortless strikes.
• Nie Feng Holy Son vanished using a Wind Dao Rhyme stealth art and launched a surprise spear attack, which Su Yi deflected.
• Nie Feng Holy Son unleashed a storm of spear lights, but Su Yi exposed him with the Great Freedom Sword Scripture and struck him down with Chop Mountains and Seas.
• As Su Yi pressed his advantage, Nie Feng Holy Son spat out a spirit pearl whose Silver Divine Flame devastated the palace grounds and injured Lian Lengyue and the other Yin Sha Sect cultivators.
• Nie Feng Holy Son escaped during the explosion while Su Yi remained unscathed.

Su Yi defeated the Yin Sha Sect’s attack but let Nie Feng Holy Son escape, then accepted Qing Ya’s gift and learned that Wen Xinzhao had sent Huo Yunsheng to escort them to Spirit Tune City. The group prepared to depart aboard the Cloud Heaven Divine Palace’s treasure ship, with Su Yi agreeing to go.

• Su Yi explained that Nie Feng Holy Son had escaped despite being severely wounded, and spared the injured Yin Sha Sect members other than the chief culprit.
• Old Blind Man gave Su Yi a Responding Heaven Lantern before leaving, and Su Yi reflected on the Ghost Lantern Picks Stone Coffin lineage’s ties to his past.
• Qing Ya showed Su Yi her Sky Shadow Azure Light Bracelet and gave him a bottle of Exquisite Mysterious Marrow in thanks for his help.
• Ling Yunhe told Su Yi about Wen Xinzhao’s sword-path achievements and said she was expected to arrive.
• Huo Yunsheng arrived aboard a Cloud Heaven Divine Palace treasure ship and explained that Wen Xinzhao had sent him to escort the group to Spirit Tune City.
• Ling Yunhe asked Su Yi whether they should leave immediately, and Su Yi agreed to go.

Su Yi and his companions traveled aboard Cloud Heaven Divine Palace’s treasure ship, where the sect’s disciples slighted Yuan Heng and Bai Wenqing and underestimated Su Yi. As the banquet ended, Huo Yunsheng mentioned Yue Shichan’s recent sword victory, prompting Yuan Heng to look toward Su Yi in surprise.

• Huo Yunsheng hosted a banquet aboard the treasure ship, but Ren Youyou left because she disliked demonkind, and Qian Tianlong made Yuan Heng and Bai Wenqing feel unwelcome.
• Qian Tianlong asked Su Yi about his background, then dismissed him as a merely capable rogue cultivator despite Ling Yunhe’s attempt to praise him.
• Sun Feng and Huo Yunsheng described Wen Xinzhao’s rise as Cloud Heaven Divine Palace’s foremost young sword prodigy, while Qing Ya defended Su Yi and questioned whether she wanted to join the sect.
• Huo Yunsheng recounted how Yue Shichan defeated thirteen cultivators and refused an offer from the Celestial Pivot Sword Sect.
• Yuan Heng recognized Yue Shichan’s name and turned to Su Yi, drawing the others’ attention.

Su Yi confronted Qian Tianlong after the Cloud Heaven Divine Palace disciple insulted him and his companions. When Qian Tianlong challenged him, Su Yi crushed him to his knees and invited him to stand back up if he remained unconvinced.

• Yuan Heng defended Su Yi after Qian Tianlong mocked him and the other cultivators from Great Zhou.
• Ling Yunhe and Qing Ya rebuked Qian Tianlong, but Huo Yunsheng apologized only to them and ignored Su Yi's group.
• Su Yi demanded that Qian Tianlong apologize on his knees, and Qian Tianlong rose to challenge him.
• Su Yi pressed down with one palm and forced Qian Tianlong to his knees despite the floor formation's resistance.
• Su Yi told Qian Tianlong to stand if he was unconvinced and said he would keep making him kneel until he was.

Su Yi repeatedly forced Qian Tianlong to his knees, humiliating him and driving Huo Yunsheng and Sun Feng to withdraw. The three Cloud Heaven Divine Palace disciples then plotted to kill Su Yi and his companions by hiring the Bitter Sea, an assassin organization known for killing even Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators.

• Qian Tianlong attacked Su Yi with the Golden Luan Bone Spirit Blade, but Su Yi destroyed it and repeatedly suppressed him to his knees.
• Huo Yunsheng stopped Qian Tianlong from fighting again, and he and Sun Feng left with the humiliated disciple.
• Su Yi dismissed Qing Ya's and Ling Yunhe's concerns about retaliation and said he did not fear the Cloud Heaven Divine Palace or Great Xia.
• Huo Yunsheng warned Qian Tianlong that involving the sect elders would expose his humiliation, so the three decided to eliminate Su Yi and his companions in secret.
• Huo Yunsheng proposed hiring the Bitter Sea and described how its assassin Boatman had killed Mu Daoren, a newly ascended Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator.

Huo Yunsheng helped Qian Tianlong arrange a Bitter Sea assassination against Su Yi and his companions, then the group arrived in Spirit Tune City for the upcoming Spirit Tune Assembly. As Ren Youyou led Su Yi’s party to meet Wen Xinzhao, Gu Cangning revealed his interest in the Demon Fetus and his suspicions about Su Yi, and the chapter ended with Martial Uncle Zhang scrutinizing the visitors.

• Huo Yunsheng explained Bitter Sea’s assassination fees and favor requirement, and Qian Tianlong agreed to hire its assassins against Su Yi and the others.
• Su Yi and his companions arrived in Spirit Tune City, where Returning Spring Spirit Sect master Wu Youyuan personally welcomed the Cloud Heaven Divine Palace party.
• Huo Yunsheng, Qian Tianlong, and Sun Feng separated from Ren Youyou’s group to explore the city, while Ren led Su Yi and the others to meet Senior Sister Wen.
• Gu Cangning recognized Su Yi and judged him a potentially troublesome rival, then told Lan Shang he would help the Yin Sha Underworld Palace only if its saintess submitted to him.
• Ren Youyou brought Su Yi’s party to Martial Uncle Zhang, whose sharp, oppressive gaze swept over them while Su Yi remained composed.