Chapter Summaries

After Su Yi killed Huo Tiandu, the Palace intervened to stop the Huo Clan from retaliating, while the Cloth Robe Middle-Aged Man ordered the suppression of news about Su Yi. Su Yi returned to Azure Cloud Courtyard and went to treat Yue Shichan’s Witch Demon Poison Gu.

• Old Shui arrived under orders from the Palace and persuaded Huo Mingyuan to end the Huo Clan’s pursuit of Su Yi.
• Huo Mingyuan led his clan away, and Yu Fenghuo and Nie Yingshan returned to Cloud Heaven Divine Palace.
• Wen Xinzhao and Cold Smoke True Person heard that Huo Tiandu had been killed by a blue-robed youth and wondered whether Su Yi was responsible.
• The Cloth Robe Middle-Aged Man praised Su Yi’s strength and ordered Weng Jiu’s Dark Spirit Guard to suppress reports about the battle.
• Su Yi returned to Azure Cloud Courtyard, learned Yue Shichan was waiting, and went to treat her Witch Demon Poison Gu.

Su Yi healed Yue Shichan, who grew warmer toward him the next morning and prepared him breakfast. The Cloth Robe Middle-Aged Man rewarded Su Yi with rare spirit stones for a method to repair the Nine Cauldrons Suppressing World Array, while Su Yi looked forward to drawing the Qing Yi Dao Sect’s experts into a fight.

• Su Yi treated Yue Shichan’s injuries while Qing Wan helped, then fell asleep from exhaustion.
• Yue Shichan thanked Su Yi, watched over him, and cooked him breakfast the next morning.
• The Cloth Robe Middle-Aged Man and Weng Jiu visited Su Yi, who accepted three thousand sixth-grade and one hundred Seventh Grade Spirit Stones.
• Su Yi gave the Cloth Robe Middle-Aged Man a jade slip containing a method to repair the Nine Cauldrons Suppressing World Array.
• The Cloth Robe Middle-Aged Man said he had suppressed news of Su Yi killing Huo Tiandu, and Su Yi welcomed the chance to lure the Qing Yi Dao Sect’s experts into seeking revenge.

Su Yi received a Xumi Talisman and learned that Xumi Immortal Island might be connected to the origin of the Dark Antiquity Forbidden Curse. He then went with Weng Jiu and the Cloth Robe Middle-Aged Man to watch Zeng Pu fight at Golden Scale Lake, where the chapter left him recognizing the young genius’s name.

• Su Yi told Weng Jiu he was waiting for Qing Yi Dao Sect’s Le Feng True Person and Ting He True Person to come find him.
• The Cloth Robe Middle-Aged Man gave Su Yi a Xumi Talisman and explained that Xumi Immortal Island was dangerous, restricted to Essence Path cultivators, and possibly tied to the Dark Antiquity Forbidden Curse.
• Weng Jiu explained that the Great Xia Imperial Family would send selected LanTai Dharma Assembly participants to Xumi Immortal Island after the assembly, and Su Yi questioned whether anyone there could face him in battle.
• Hearing fighting at Golden Scale Lake, Su Yi went with Weng Jiu and the Cloth Robe Middle-Aged Man to watch a duel.
• Zeng Pu, a Star Gathering Realm youth, used his fists to suppress and wound Old Ancestor Tang, Tang Xiaoshan, a Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator.
• Weng Jiu identified Zeng Pu as a monstrous genius from Great Song, and Su Yi recalled that Ling Yunhe had also mentioned him and Chi Jiansu.

Zeng Pu defeated Tang Xiaoshan at Golden Scale Lake and announced that he would attend the LanTai Dharma Assembly, while the city compared his victory with the mysterious youth’s killing of Huo Tiandu. Afterward, Gu Cangning learned that Zeng Pu might be connected to the Mystic Bone Demon Emperor, and his grandmother urged him to unseal the power within his body.

• Su Yi praised Zeng Pu’s talent and foundation but said Zeng Pu was inferior to him on the path of the Origin Dao.
• Zeng Pu defeated Tang Xiaoshan, then apologized for nearly killing him and challenged Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators to seek him out at the LanTai Dharma Assembly.
• Zeng Pu denied being the mysterious youth who killed Huo Tiandu and said future leaders of the age would not be the old Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators.
• News of Zeng Pu’s victory spread through Nine Cauldrons City, and many people praised him more highly than the still-unknown youth who had killed Huo Tiandu.
• The Childlike Face and Crane Hair Old Woman told Gu Cangning that Zeng Pu might be a disciple or descendant of the Mystic Bone Demon Emperor, then urged him to unseal his inner power, and he agreed.

Su Yi offered to help Yue Shichan attend the LanTai Dharma Assembly and took her to Precious Extract Pavilion to find a new spirit sword, while urging her to keep White Sparrow as a reminder of her original heart. At the crowded sword hall, they encountered Jiang Li and other disciples of the Celestial Pivot Sword Sect, including Tao Yunchi and Gu Tengying, who had been defeated by Su Yi.

• Su Yi told Yue Shichan that her Witch Demon Poison Gu would be purged in five days and offered to help her prepare for the LanTai Dharma Assembly.
• Su Yi examined Yue Shichan's damaged White Sparrow sword, told her to preserve it as a memento of her original heart, and took her into the city to seek a new spirit sword.
• Bai Wenqing questioned Yuan Heng about Su Yi's attentiveness toward women, and Yuan Heng privately worried that she might discover his past visit to Washing Brook Sand.
• Su Yi and Yue Shichan noticed the many green-robed people in Nine Cauldrons City and arrived at the busy Precious Extract Pavilion to shop for a sword.
• Jiang Li recognized Su Yi at the pavilion and approached him with Tao Yunchi, Gu Tengying, and other Celestial Pivot Sword Sect heirs, while they all noticed Yue Shichan's beauty.

Su Yi visited the Jiang Clan’s Precious Extract Pavilion to find a place to forge a sword for Yue Shichan, drawing criticism for disparaging its Spirit Swords. After Yuwen Shu learned of Su Yi’s past conflict with Celestial Pivot Sword Sect disciples, he declared that he would challenge Su Yi once he finished forging.

• Jiang Li brought Su Yi and Yue Shichan to the Weapon Forging Workshop after Su Yi asked for a room to forge a sword for Yue Shichan.
• Tao Yunchi challenged Su Yi’s claim that the Pavilion’s Spirit Swords were unsuitable, and Su Yi dismissed his objections.
• Yuwen Shu arrived to have his sword Floating Gold improved by Master Yu and learned that Su Yi had previously clashed with Celestial Pivot Sword Sect disciples.
• Yuwen Shu rebuked Tao Yunchi and Gu Tengying for disgracing their fellow disciples, then announced that he would challenge Su Yi after the sword forging.
• A middle-aged man in brocade robes offered to support Yuwen Shu when the challenge came.

At the Celestial Pivot Sword Sect, Zhou Fengzhi and Zhou Zhigan revealed their grudges against Su Yi while Yuwen Shu prepared to challenge him. As everyone waited for Su Yi to finish forging, a terrifying sword cry drew Master Yu toward his chamber, leaving the others stunned by the weapon’s apparent power.

• Zhou Fengzhi admitted Su Yi had killed members of his clan, and Zhou Zhigan said he had joined the Celestial Pivot Sword Sect to gain the strength to avenge his family.
• Yuwen Shu said his challenge was about defending the sect’s dignity, while Jiang Li asked everyone to keep any conflict away from the Precious Extract Pavilion; Zhou Fengzhi warned Qiu Hengkong not to secretly help Su Yi.
• Master Yu restored Yuwen Shu’s ancient Spirit Sword Floating Gold, and Tao Yunchi told him Su Yi had disparaged the swords on display and was forging one for his companion.
• A savage sword cry rang from a distant forging room, startling the gathered cultivators and making Floating Gold tremble.
• Master Yu rushed toward the room to inspect the sword, while Qiu Hengkong suspected that Su Yi was its maker.

Su Yi forged Yue Shichan an extraordinary Spirit Sword, named it Cicada Heart, and gave her guidance on its sealed evil spirit. Yu Shuyai was awed by Su Yi’s forging skill and followed him out, while Jiang Li and the others learned who had made the sword.

• Yu Shuyai entered the forging chamber and saw Su Yi’s Spirit Sword, which had an ancient evil spirit sealed inside by the Star Transformation Imperial Decree.
• Su Yi gave the newly forged sword to Yue Shichan and named it Cicada Heart, explaining that she could refine the evil spirit’s power to strengthen the sword.
• Yu Shuyai offered Yue Shichan a scabbard made from Thousand Autumns Mysterious Vine heartwood, and Su Yi invited him to seek forging guidance at Azure Cloud Courtyard the next day.
• Su Yi left the chamber with Yue Shichan, while Yu Shuyai eagerly escorted them and praised Su Yi’s weapon-forging mastery.
• Jiang Li, Tao Yunchi, Yuwen Shu, and Zhou Fengzhi were stunned to discover that Su Yi had forged the sword, and Yu Shuyai admitted his earlier judgment of Su Yi had been wrong.

At Precious Extract Pavilion, Su Yi accepted Yuwen Shu’s midnight challenge at Golden Scale Lakeside, while Zhou Fengzhi and Zhou Zhigan secretly planned to kill him. When Su Yi arrived, he set the duel aside and openly called on the two Zhou elders to attack him first.

• Yuwen Shu challenged Su Yi to a duel to defend the Celestial Pivot Sword Sect’s dignity, and Su Yi agreed to meet him at midnight at Golden Scale Lakeside.
• Yu Shuyai angrily vowed never to refine artifacts for the Celestial Pivot Sword Sect again, while Jiang Li learned that Qiu Hengkong had warned Su Yi about Zhou Fengzhi’s intentions.
• Su Yi told Yue Shichan that he had accepted the challenge to deal with Zhou Fengzhi and Zhou Zhigan, who intended to kill him.
• Yuwen Shu waited with the others at Golden Scale Lakeside through the storm, and Su Yi arrived with Yue Shichan despite Qiu Hengkong’s warning.
• Su Yi told Yuwen Shu to wait while he settled an old score, then challenged Zhou Fengzhi and Zhou Zhigan to make their move.

Su Yi confronted Zhou Fengzhi at Golden Scale Lake and overwhelmed the Spirit Transformation Realm elder with two sword strikes. Zhou Fengzhi abandoned his ruined body to save his soul, while Su Yi remained ready to continue the fight.

• Tao Yunchi accused Qiu Hengkong of leaking Zhou Fengzhi's plan, while Su Yi dismissed the idea that he needed trump cards to kill Zhou Fengzhi.
• Su Yi announced that he would kill Zhou Fengzhi within three swords and struck with his first sword, which broke through Zhou Fengzhi's Violet Thunder Spirit Sword and lightning defense, injuring him.
• Su Yi's second sword erased Zhou Fengzhi's killing move and severed half his body, forcing Zhou Fengzhi to abandon it and flee as a soul.
• Su Yi taunted Zhou Fengzhi for failing to endure even two swords, leaving the witnesses stunned.

Su Yi killed Zhou Fengzhi and Zhou Zhigan with three swords, then challenged Yuwen Shu, who chose not to fight. After Su Yi and Yue Shichan left, Yuwen Shu recognized Su Yi as the Green Robed Figure and resolved to report the deaths to the sect.

• Su Yi killed Zhou Fengzhi with three sword strikes and then killed Zhou Zhigan with a flash of Sword Qi.
• Su Yi challenged Yuwen Shu, who drew Floating Gold and declared he would not retreat, but Su Yi told him to defeat Yue Shichan at the LanTai Dharma Assembly instead.
• Su Yi and Yue Shichan left Golden Scale Lake in a treasure carriage while Yuwen Shu put away his sword and returned to shore.
• Yuwen Shu realized Su Yi was the Green Robed Figure who had killed Huo Tiandu and vowed to cross the divide between the Origin Dao and Spirit Dao.
• Yuwen Shu said the sect must decide how to respond to Zhou Fengzhi and Zhou Zhigan's deaths, while Jiang Li rejected Tao Yunchi's accusation that Qiu Hengkong was a traitor.

After Su Yi killed Zhou Fengzhi, Jiang Xiaosheng warned Jiang Li and the others not to spread word of the incident, while the Cloth Robe Middle-Aged Man prepared to protect Su Yi and secure the Celestial Pivot Sword Sect’s cooperation. Su Yi gave Yue Shichan a sword inheritance, and the chapter ended with a violet-haired youth arriving at Nine Cauldrons City and demanding to meet Great Xia’s emperor.

• Jiang Xiaosheng arrived at Golden Scale Lake, warned Jiang Li that Su Yi was beyond their reach, and ordered everyone to keep the night’s events secret.
• The Cloth Robe Middle-Aged Man and Weng Jiu discussed Su Yi’s recent killings, and the man offered the Celestial Pivot Sword Sect Spirit Transformation Treasure Source to settle the matter or threatened to see it through.
• Su Yi gave Yue Shichan the Little Star Ruins Sword Scripture and told her it would help her remain undefeated against Yuwen Shu at the LanTai Dharma Assembly.
• A violet-haired youth arrived outside Nine Cauldrons City and ordered his companions to take him to Heavenly Mang Mountain to meet Great Xia’s emperor.

Huan Shaoyou and the Huan Clan’s Thousand Demons Treasure Ship ignored Nine Cauldrons City’s ban on flying, prompting the Great Xia emperor to order the city’s suppressing array activated. The array’s power roared across the city just as Huan Shaoyou boasted that the Great Xia Imperial Family would not dare challenge him.

• Huan Shaoyou ordered the Thousand Demons Treasure Ship to fly over Nine Cauldrons City despite Aunt Wen’s warning about the city’s rules and its damaged suppressing array.
• Gu Cangning, Zeng Pu, and other cultivators recognized the Huan Clan’s ship and wondered whether the Great Xia Imperial Family would act against the powerful demonic clan.
• Su Yi told the Cloth Robe Middle-Aged Man to activate the Nine Cauldrons Suppressing World Array and blast the ship from the sky.
• The Cloth Robe Middle-Aged Man ordered Weng Jiu to activate the array, and Weng Jiu rose to carry out the command.
• Huan Shaoyou mocked the Great Xia emperor for failing to stop him, but the suppressing array suddenly roared throughout Nine Cauldrons City and cut off his laughter.

The Great Xia Imperial Family activated the Nine Cauldrons Suppressing World Array against the Huan Clan’s Thousand Demons Treasure Ship, but a powerful Primordial Spirit aboard the ship broke through its attacks. Su Yi took control of the array to show Weng Jiu how to use it, and his first strike forced the Blood-colored Phantom to retreat.

• The Nine Cauldrons Suppressing World Array attacked the Thousand Demons Treasure Ship, breaking its defenses and damaging its hull.
• The Purple-haired Golden-crowned Youth called on Aunt Wen to use the Black Demon Azure Sun Umbrella, but his Grand Uncle’s Blood-colored Giant Hand shattered the array’s next attack.
• The Grand Uncle ordered the ship to charge toward Heavenly Mang Mountain, and his Blood-colored Phantom carried it through the array’s attacks.
• Su Yi criticized Weng Jiu’s control of the array, agreed to demonstrate in exchange for a favor, and vanished from Azure Cloud Courtyard.
• Su Yi tapped a Divine Cauldron, causing a massive cauldron of restrictive power to descend and strike the Blood-colored Phantom, forcing it to stagger backward.

Su Yi used the Nine Cauldrons Suppressing World Array to defeat the Huan Clan of the Demon Race’s blood-red phantom and drive him from Nine Cauldrons City. The Great Xia Imperial Family asserted its authority, while Su Yi departed without claiming credit.

• Su Yi controlled the Nine Cauldrons Suppressing World Array and repeatedly struck the blood-red phantom, wounding his Primordial Spirit.
• The blood-red phantom summoned Ruowen to bring him the Black Demon Azure Sun Umbrella and used it to resist the array.
• Su Yi transformed the array’s power into a giant sword and then a whip, damaging the umbrella and forcing the blood-red phantom to flee.
• The cultivators in Nine Cauldrons City marveled at the Huan Clan’s defeat and recognized the Great Xia Imperial Family’s strength.
• The Cloth Robe Middle-Aged Man ordered Weng Jiu to warn the Huan Clan to obey the city’s rules or become an enemy of all Great Xia.
• Su Yi left to rest, and the city discussed the battle without knowing that he had operated the array.

Huan Shaoyou revealed that his humiliating retreat from Nine Cauldrons City had been a test of the Nine Cauldrons Suppressing World Array, then planned to gather allies as the Huan Clan sought to restore its power. Later, Su Yi received an anonymous letter during dinner and left Azure Cloud Courtyard, warning Yuan Heng to use his secret talismans if anything unexpected happened.

• Weng Jiu relayed the Great Xia Imperial Family's message to Huan Shaoyou, who responded with apparent humility and promised to remember the lesson.
• Huan Shaoyou explained to his Grand Uncle that he had tested the array while assessing whether the Huan Clan could seize Heavenly Mang Mountain, and said he planned to attend the LanTai Dharma Assembly and recruit capable subordinates.
• Su Yi meditated at Azure Cloud Courtyard, where Yu Shuyai sought his weapon-forging guidance, Jiang Li reassured herself that Su Yi did not blame the Jiang Clan, and Qiu Hengkong felt their friendship had changed.
• Su Yi began a hot pot dinner with Yue Shichan, Yuan Heng, and Bai Wenqing, but Yuan Heng returned with an anonymous sealed letter.
• After reading the letter, Su Yi left the courtyard and warned Yuan Heng not to go out and to use the secret talismans if anything unexpected happened.

Su Yi went alone to Ten Thousand Ravines Mountain after receiving a threat against his friends and family, where he confronted Qing Yi Dao Sect elders Le Feng and Ting He. He effortlessly killed Ting He and faced Le Feng, who offered to explain why they had lured Su Yi there.

• Su Yi told Weng Jiu’s watcher to guard Azure Cloud Courtyard and left Nine Cauldrons City to answer a threatening letter.
• Su Yi detected a Snow Lightning Eagle following him as he flew toward Ten Thousand Ravines Mountain.
• Le Feng and Ting He revealed they had lured Su Yi there to deal with him over Li Miaohong’s death.
• Su Yi told the elders that Ying Que had killed Li Miaohong and that he had killed Huo Tiandu himself.
• Ting He attacked Su Yi, but Su Yi crushed him with an azure hand and annihilated his soul.
• Le Feng offered to reveal why the Qing Yi Dao Sect had threatened Su Yi if Su Yi stopped fighting.

Su Yi confronted Chu Xiu, who tried to recruit him into the Sky Prison Demon Court before trapping him in the Blood Dragon Spirit Slaughtering Formation. Su Yi escaped, killed Chu Xiu’s demonic puppet, and took the formation’s array disk.

• Le Feng began explaining that Chu Xiu had used him and Ting He, but Chu Xiu appeared and revealed he had arranged the encounter.
• Chu Xiu offered Su Yi cooperation with the Sky Prison Demon Court and promised power, but Su Yi mocked the faction and refused.
• Chu Xiu activated the Blood Dragon Spirit Slaughtering Formation, and Su Yi dodged its attacks while finding a crack and escaping.
• Le Feng was crushed and killed by a blood dragon inside the formation.
• Su Yi pursued the fleeing Chu Xiu and destroyed his demonic puppet with Sword Qi.
• Su Yi caught the undamaged array disk and began taking control of the formation.

After a demon puppet attacked Azure Cloud Courtyard, Su Yi took steps to protect his friends and relatives in Great Zhou and strengthen the courtyard’s defenses. He left Yue Shichan with him to treat her injuries.

• Weng Jiu showed Su Yi the remains of the attacker, and Su Yi identified them as a demon puppet sent by Chu Xiu.
• Su Yi asked Weng Jiu to send Ning Sihua a message telling her and their companions to hide in the Assembly of Immortals Sword Tower Ruins, and gave him Chu Xiu’s likeness to aid the search for him.
• Su Yi gave Yuan Heng Dust Edge and ordered him to send Ying Que to guard the ruins in the Chaotic Spirit Sea.
• Su Yi installed the Blood Dragon Spirit Slaughtering Formation around Azure Cloud Courtyard and gave Bai Wenqing the formation plate to activate it against intruders.
• Su Yi asked Yue Shichan to come to his room so he could treat her injuries.

The Great Xia Imperial Family launched a major hunt for Chu Xiu while Su Yi’s allies prepared to act on his instructions. The chapter ended with Su Yi’s name appearing on the Contemporary Prodigy List in Nine Cauldrons City.

• The Cloth Robe Middle-Aged Man ordered Chu Xiu’s portrait posted across the Great Xia Thirteen Provinces, offered a reward for his capture, and mobilized the Dark Spirit Guards to investigate the Sky Prison Demon Court.
• Chu Xiu fled Nine Cauldrons City for Great Zhou, planning to seize someone important to Su Yi.
• Yuan Heng delivered Su Yi’s Dust Edge Sword and instructions to Ying Que, who set out for the Chaotic Spirit Sea after breaking through to the Spirit Appearance Realm.
• Buddha Son Chen Lu entered Nine Cauldrons City, attracting attention as one of Great Xia’s foremost young prodigies.
• The Great Xia Imperial Family released its Ancient Prodigy List, Contemporary Prodigy List, and Otherworld Expert List, and Su Yi’s name appeared on the Contemporary Prodigy List.