Chapter Summaries

Su Yi explained the value of the Azure Green Seed and the Ice Soul Blood Gold, then left with Dou Kou after she awoke. Their conversation revealed that Dou Kou’s other soul painted unusual portraits, including one of Dou Kou bathing, and Su Yi gave her painting insights to pass along.

• Su Yi considered how the Azure Green Seed could aid his cultivation and help Yuan Heng recultivate, while the three drops of A Cang’s Ice Soul Blood Gold were an unexpected gain.
• Su Yi woke Dou Kou, who thanked him for saving her, and the two left the dangerous place.
• Su Yi asked about Dou Kou’s second soul, and Dou Kou explained that she was obsessed with painting women.
• Dou Kou showed Su Yi a sensual bathing portrait, and Su Yi praised the painting and described the power of the Dao of painting.
• Dou Kou admitted that she was the beauty in the portrait, and Su Yi gave her a jade slip of painting insights for her other soul.

Su Yi learned that taking the Azure Green Seed had hastened the Azure Green Source’s collapse and the Brilliant Era’s arrival to within a year. After returning to Xumi Mountain, he confronted Li Handeng, who had been needling Wen Xinzhao and the others, and slapped him flying.

• A Cang warned Gray Finch that the Azure Green Source would dissipate within a year, and she and Gray Finch considered leaving the Ninth Star Ruins to pursue the Great Dao.
• A Cang told Su Yi that the Azure Green Source would decline within a year, and Su Yi realized the Brilliant Era would arrive earlier because he had taken the Azure Green Seed.
• At Xumi Mountain, Li Handeng implied that Su Yi might be dead and warned Wen Xinzhao and the others that they could suffer for their ties to him.
• Su Yi returned, relieving Wen Xinzhao, Ge Qian, and the others while leaving Li Handeng stunned.
• Su Yi walked toward Li Handeng and struck him with a slap that sent him flying.

Su Yi humiliated Li Handeng, then rewarded Zeng Pu and gave Chi Jiansu a chance to find an inheritance suited to her rare talent. He left to cultivate with Wen Xinzhao, Yue Shichan, Ge Qian, and Dou Kou, while Chen Lu reflected that Su Yi had outgrown his peers.

• Su Yi repeatedly slapped Li Handeng until he conceded and apologized for disrespecting Wen Xinzhao and the others.
• Su Yi dismissed Li Handeng, then gave Zeng Pu a jade slip containing the Flesh Bones Art, which Zeng accepted with gratitude.
• Su Yi gave Chi Jiansu a secret talisman that could lead her to an inheritance suited to her Nether Meridian Yin Bone talent.
• Su Yi set off to find a place to cultivate, and Dou Kou asked to join him; he agreed.
• Chen Lu said Su Yi and his peers no longer belonged to the same world, while Jiang Li and Chi Jiansu challenged Chen Xing's criticism of Su Yi's interest in women.

Su Yi cultivated on Xumi Immortal Island, perfected his Dao Rhymes, and advanced to the middle stage of the Star Gathering Realm before leaving with his companions. At the teleportation altar, he openly admitted that he had killed Yan Jingyun and Jing Lingzhen, leaving the assembled survivors stunned.

• Su Yi used the Azure Green Seed to cultivate, perfected his Yang and Thunder Dao Rhymes, and advanced to the middle stage of the Star Gathering Realm with 99,900 Essence Power Stars.
• Wen Xinzhao and Yue Shichan decided to face whatever awaited Su Yi after they left the island, but Su Yi dismissed their concerns about the ancient factions seeking revenge.
• Dou Kou gave Su Yi two paintings, and Su Yi and his companions used their Xumi Talismans to leave Xumi Immortal Island on October 30.
• At the Teleportation Altar, Buddha Son Chen Lu reported that Huan Shaoyou and the other ancient prodigies had died, while Feng Zidu confirmed Dongguo Yun and Ran Chong had also perished.
• When Weng Jiu asked about Yan Jingyun and Jing Lingzhen, Su Yi said he had killed them, shocking everyone present.

After returning from Xumi Immortal Island, Su Yi learned that a mysterious being beneath the Fallen Star Abyss had sensed the Azure Green Seed and might come after him. As news of his killings spread and the world braced for a storm, Su Yi returned to Azure Cloud Courtyard and relaxed with his companions.

• Su Yi revealed that he had killed Ran Chong and Dongguo Yun, and Weng Jiu worried that the ancient factions would retaliate.
• A pair of eerie eyes formed above the Fallen Star Abyss and attacked Su Yi’s consciousness, but the Nine Hells Sword destroyed the power; a hidden being vowed to catch him.
• Weng Jiu brought Su Yi and the others back to Nine Cauldrons City, where Su Yi ignored Weng Jiu’s warning and headed to Azure Cloud Courtyard.
• Zeng Pu, Chi Jiansu, Jiang Li, Yuwen Shu, Li Handeng, and the other prodigies departed as news of Su Yi’s killings spread through Nine Cauldrons City and beyond.
• Su Yi returned to Azure Cloud Courtyard and relaxed by the pond while Wen Xinzhao, Yue Shichan, and Ge Qian prepared grilled fish.

Su Yi sealed the demonic fetus after Xuan Ning suppressed and killed the being inside it, then realized Yuan Heng and Bai Wenqing had not returned. At Heavenly Mang Mountain, Weng Jiu learned that Xia Linyuan had detained them and was considering whether the Great Xia Imperial Family would abandon its protection of Su Yi under pressure from ancient factions.

• Su Yi had Xuan Ning enter the demonic fetus and use the Soul Suppressing Spirit Refining Art to subdue its occupant, then sealed the fetus and stored it in his Origin Palace.
• Su Yi recalled that Yuan Heng and Bai Wenqing had not returned from Nine Cauldrons City and began cultivating, trusting that the current Emperor Xia would keep them safe.
• Weng Jiu learned from Ding Shiliu that Xia Linyuan's men had taken Yuan Heng and Bai Wenqing to a banquet and kept them afterward.
• Xia Linyuan told Weng Jiu and Shui Tianqi that ancient factions had demanded the Great Xia Imperial Family stop protecting Su Yi or be treated as an enemy, and said the clan would decide within three days.
• Xia Linyuan revealed that he had detained Yuan Heng and Bai Wenqing to keep Su Yi from leaving Nine Cauldrons City while the imperial family considered its response, alarming Weng Jiu and Shui Tianqi.

Weng Jiu and Shui Tianqi learned that Xia Linyuan had detained Yuan Heng and Bai Wenqing and sought Xia Qingyuan’s help to prevent Su Yi from reacting. After Xia Qingyuan told Su Yi how the imperial clan had decided to abandon him, she revealed the detention, leaving Su Yi’s response unresolved.

• Weng Jiu and Shui Tianqi worried that Su Yi would storm Heavenly Mang Mountain if he learned the Heavenly Sun King had detained Yuan Heng and Bai Wenqing, so they went to Xia Qingyuan for help.
• Xia Qingyuan attended the imperial clan meeting, where Xia Linyuan sided with Xia Yungeng and declared that the Great Xia Imperial Family would stop protecting Su Yi.
• Xia Linyuan planned to summon Su Yi the next day, and Xia Qingyuan volunteered to deliver the message herself.
• Xia Qingyuan went to Azure Cloud Courtyard and told Su Yi that the imperial clan had chosen to stand aside and that Xia Linyuan had detained Yuan Heng and Bai Wenqing.
• Su Yi’s expression changed when he learned Yuan Heng and Bai Wenqing had been detained.

Su Yi learned that Xia Linyuan had kept him in Nine Cauldrons City to appease ancient factions, and decided to confront him rather than wait for Xia Qingyuan’s father to return. At Heavenly Mang Mountain, envoys from thirteen factions demanded that the Great Xia Imperial Family lend them its clan-protecting array to suppress Su Yi, leaving Xia Linyuan under pressure.

• Xia Qingyuan told Su Yi that her father had anticipated internal dissent in the imperial family and left a letter pledging the Great Xia Imperial Family’s support for him.
• Su Yi accepted Xia Linyuan’s invitation and decided to meet him the next day, while Xia Qingyuan planned to watch.
• Su Yi left Azure Cloud Courtyard for Heavenly Mang Mountain, saying he would bring Yuan Heng and Miss Bai back and asking for a welcome meal to be prepared.
• Xia Linyuan gathered imperial family figures and envoys from thirteen ancient factions to announce the Great Xia Imperial Family’s stance on Su Yi.
• Huan Tianhe asked Xia Linyuan to lend the Nine Cauldrons Suppressing World Array to suppress Su Yi, and the envoys pressured him to agree.

Su Yi arrived at Heavenly Mang Mountain and confronted Xia Linyuan over the detention of Yuan Heng and Bai Wenqing, while the envoys of thirteen ancient factions tried to provoke him into attacking. He ignored their trap and killed Mo Wuya with a single sword strike, leaving the hall stunned.

• Huan Tianhe persuaded Xia Linyuan to use the Nine Cauldrons Suppressing World Array if Su Yi caused trouble, and Xia Linyuan agreed while claiming the Great Xia Imperial Family would otherwise remain neutral.
• Su Yi entered the hall, demanded that Xia Linyuan release Yuan Heng and Bai Wenqing, and said he had come to demand an explanation from him.
• Xia Qingyuan warned Su Yi that the thirteen envoys were provoking him so Xia Linyuan would activate the array against him.
• As the envoys and Xia Linyuan laughed at Su Yi, he drew the Xuanwu Sword and struck Mo Wuya, who had urged Xia Linyuan to kill him.
• Su Yi's sword slash shattered Mo Wuya's Azure Dragon Nine Palaces Cauldron and split Mo Wuya's body in two.

Su Yi killed Mo Wuya and wounded the Yellow-robed Old Man before Xia Linyuan activated the Nine Cauldrons Suppressing World Array against him. Su Yi seized control of the array, disabled it across Heavenly Mang Mountain, and began slaughtering his opponents, leaving the surviving dignitaries and envoys terrified.

• Su Yi killed Mo Wuya with his sword, then severed the Yellow-robed Old Man's right arm when he attacked again.
• Xia Linyuan activated the Nine Cauldrons Suppressing World Array, alarming people across Heavenly Mang Mountain and drawing Xia Changhong and other imperial leaders toward the Heavenly Sun King Residence.
• Su Yi absorbed the array's lightning, used the Grand Array Control Art to seize and shatter its golden cauldron, then suppressed the array across the mountain.
• Xia Linyuan failed to reactivate the array, and Su Yi killed a royal bigwig who threatened him on behalf of the Great Xia Imperial Family.
• Su Yi declared that none of his opponents would escape, then killed a Confucian-robed envoy who warned him about the forces behind the ancient factions.

Su Yi slaughtered the ancient factions’ envoys and the Great Xia Imperial Family figures who had detained his companions, then exposed Xia Linyuan’s betrayal by searching his soul. He left Heavenly Mang Mountain with Xia Qingyuan as the imperial family discovered the massacre, and news of his actions sent Nine Cauldrons City into an uproar.

• Su Yi killed more than a dozen Spirit Transformation Realm envoys as they tried to flee, then slew imperial figures who defended their supposed neutrality.
• Xia Qingyuan told Xia Linyuan and the remaining imperial figures that no reinforcements were coming, while Su Yi condemned them for detaining his companions and using the Nine Cauldrons Suppressing World Array against him.
• Su Yi seized Xia Linyuan, searched his soul, and gave Xia Qingyuan a jade slip containing memories that revealed his betrayal.
• Su Yi killed Xia Linyuan and the other imperial figures present, then left the Heavenly Sun King Residence with Xia Qingyuan and learned that Yuan Heng and Bai Wenqing were waiting below the mountain.
• Weng Jiu revealed that Su Yi had originally provided the secret method for restoring the Nine Cauldrons Suppressing World Array, while Xia Qingyuan recounted events to the imperial elders inside the bloodied hall.
• News that Su Yi had slain thirteen envoys and numerous Great Xia Imperial Family figures, including Xia Linyuan, spread and shook Nine Cauldrons City and the world.

After Su Yi’s slaughter at the Heavenly Sun King Residence, people across Great Xia recognized his growing power and the changing balance of the world. Ancient factions sensed that the Brilliant Era would arrive within a year, a change secretly connected to Su Yi taking the Azure Green Seed from the Ninth Star Ruins.

• Jiang Xiaosheng and Jiang Li discussed Su Yi’s victory and concluded that the Great Xia Imperial Family had chosen to support him, while Jiang Li said the times had changed.
• People throughout Nine Cauldrons City debated Su Yi’s deeds and whether he could withstand the ancient factions’ return.
• The Bronze Mask man of Yin Sha Underworld Palace condemned Su Yi for killing Nie Feng and Mo Xingzhe, while the Xuan Zhi Saintess considered visiting him.
• The Huan Clan’s old ancestor delayed revenge against Su Yi, saying the approaching Brilliant Era would give the clan a chance to recover.
• Ancient factions and major sects sensed heaven and earth’s spiritual qi reviving and realized the Brilliant Era would arrive ahead of schedule, a change tied to Su Yi taking the Azure Green Seed.

The Old Blind Man offered Chi Jiansu an inheritance perfectly suited to her talents, and she agreed to meet Su Yi before deciding whether to become his disciple. Su Yi prepared to return to Great Zhou, while Emperor Xia sought his help restoring the Nine Cauldrons Suppressing World Array before the Brilliant Era arrived.

• The Old Blind Man met Chi Jiansu and offered her the Eternal Night Lamp Lighting Art, revealing that her Nether Meridian Yin Bone suited the inheritance.
• Chi Jiansu asked to meet Su Yi before deciding whether to accept the Old Blind Man as her master, and he agreed to take her to him.
• Su Yi told Yuan Heng to prepare for their return to Great Zhou the next morning and gave Wen Xinzhao an imperial-grade secret talisman for protection.
• Emperor Xia visited Su Yi and asked whether the Nine Cauldrons Suppressing World Array could be restored before the Brilliant Era.
• Su Yi said he could restore the array to seventy percent of its former power within ten days after reaching the Spirit Transformation Realm.

Su Yi learned that a second wave of ancient prodigies had emerged and heard about the mysterious Nether Raven Old Daoist, who seemed interested in him. As the Old Blind Man and Chi Jiansu visited, an icy light descended over Yue Shichan’s pavilion.

• The Emperor Xia warned Su Yi that a second batch of thirteen known ancient prodigies had appeared, and Su Yi accepted a jade slip listing them.
• Su Yi reflected that the Brilliant Era was approaching and that sealed powers and barriers between realms would soon break.
• Chi Jiansu asked Su Yi whether she should accept the Old Blind Man as her master, and Su Yi reassured her that the Old Blind Man would not deceive her about their lineage.
• The Old Blind Man told Su Yi that Nether Raven Old Daoist, a strange figure bearing Bitter Sea Turbid Qi, had recognized Su Yi and planned to seek compensation for a destroyed secret treasure.
• The Old Blind Man sensed something at Yue Shichan’s pavilion, where a thread of icy light descended from the sky.

Su Yi stopped an Emperor Realm figure from using a Space Secret Seal to take Yue Shichan away and discovered an ancient Divine Soul Secret Seal in her soul. After discussing her unknown origins and future choices, Su Yi and his companions left Nine Cauldrons City for Great Zhou.

• Su Yi shattered the Space Secret Seal as it formed above the pavilion, interrupting an attempt to open a spatial tunnel toward Yue Shichan.
• Old Blind Man explained to Chi Jiansu that the seal was meant to create a Path to Immortality and guide someone from Yue Shichan’s pavilion away.
• Su Yi examined Yue Shichan’s sea of consciousness and found an Emperor-made Divine Soul Secret Seal that had drawn the Space Secret Seal to her.
• Yue Shichan told Su Yi that her grandmother had raised her and that she had discovered a mysterious mark in her soul as a child.
• Su Yi explained that Yue Shichan’s origins were likely extraordinary and promised to respect her choice if the Emperor’s people came for her again.
• Old Blind Man agreed to return to Chi Jiansu’s ancestral land, and the next morning Su Yi and his party left Nine Cauldrons City for Great Zhou.

Su Yi and his companions reached Shanyin City, where he revisited the City God Temple and learned that the Yin Sha Underworld Palace's founder, Mingluo Spirit Emperor, was a Ghost Snake descendant and the younger brother of Ye Yu. Xuan Zhi's account led Su Yi to recognize Mingluo as the Ghost Snake youth who had once called him brother-in-law, leaving him surprised by the connection.

• Yuan Heng and Bai Wenqing reflected on how much their fortunes had changed since meeting Su Yi, while Su Yi described the growing spiritual energy and changes across the world.
• Su Yi led his companions to Shanyin City's City God Temple and studied the statue of a Lamp Holder, recalling Ye Yu, the first empress of the Ghost Snake Clan.
• The Xuan Zhi Saintess approached Su Yi and asked why he had spared her; he asked how her Ghost Snake lineage had come to the Azure Green Continent.
• Xuan Zhi explained that Mingluo Spirit Emperor had arrived from the Netherworld with thirteen Ghost Snake Divine Envoys, including her ancestor, and confirmed Su Yi's portrait showed Mingluo.
• Xuan Zhi revealed that Mingluo was Ye Yu's younger brother and had come to the Azure Green Continent thirty-eight thousand years earlier, prompting Su Yi to recall the youth who used to call him brother-in-law.

Su Yi learned that Ye Xun, the Mingluo Spirit Emperor, had vanished while searching for the Chaos Path Ancient Well after the Dark Antiquity Forbidden Curse erupted, then continued toward Great Zhou amid widespread conflict over newly emerging spiritual resources. The chapter ended as Su Yi’s group watched a boy gather battlefield spirits into a Blood-colored Small Cauldron, just before a group of cultivators confronted him.

• Su Yi recalled Ye Xun’s shameless past and learned from Xuan Zhi that he and thirteen divine envoys disappeared while seeking the Chaos Path Ancient Well.
• Xuan Zhi said the Yin Sha Underworld Palace’s Palace Master was preparing for the Brilliant Era but had warned that Su Yi was doomed after killing Nie Feng and Mo Xingzhe.
• Su Yi’s group parted from Xuan Zhi outside Shanyin City, and a lecherous old Daoist appeared and flew after them toward Cloud Python Mountain.
• Seven days later, Su Yi’s group crossed battle-scarred lands where cultivators and factions fought over resources unleashed by the revival of Spiritual Qi.
• Yue Shichan spotted a cloth-robed boy using a Blood-colored Small Cauldron to draw Yin Souls and remnant spirits from a battlefield, and Su Yi told Yuan Heng to keep watching.
• A group of cultivators arrived and shouted at the boy for practicing an evil secret art.

Yuan Heng rescued a cloth-robed youth from the Profound Union Dao Sect and defeated its seven cultivators after they attacked them. The youth spared the defeated men, but an unknown azure-robed figure appeared and challenged his mercy.

• The Profound Union Dao Sect cultivators attacked the cloth-robed youth, who defended himself with a Blood-colored Small Cauldron before Yuan Heng intervened.
• Yuan Heng defended the youth and demanded that the cultivators kneel and apologize; when they attacked him, he shattered one man's flying sword and overwhelmed all seven.
• The defeated cultivators begged for their lives, and Yuan Heng asked the youth to decide their fate.
• The youth said the cultivators did not deserve death because they had mistaken him for a heretic, and he blamed his weakness for their treatment of him.
• An azure-robed figure appeared and declared that enemies should never be shown mercy.

Su Yi rescued Shen Li from his enemies, taught him to hold fast to his true heart amid the shifting standards of good and evil, and gave him a dangerous demonic inheritance. As Su Yi’s group rested at a ruined temple, he reflected on the formidable Spirit Transformation tribulation awaiting him.

• Su Yi killed the seven men threatening Shen Li after urging the youth to make his own choice.
• Su Yi explained to Shen Li that good and evil depended on position and that cultivators needed to recognize reality while holding fast to their true hearts.
• Su Yi gave Shen Li the Profound Embryo of the Myriad Demons inheritance and warned him that it could lead him into the demonic path.
• Su Yi told Ge Qian and Yue Shichan that no cultivation school was inherently good or evil and that each cultivator had to carve out a Great Dao of their own.
• Su Yi led his group to a ruined temple to rest, then meditated and considered the dangers of his future Spirit Transformation tribulation.

A spatial tunnel opened near the ruined temple, and Qing Shuang arrived to take Yue Shichan home, claiming she was the daughter of the Night Ember Sword Emperor. When Yue Shichan hesitated, Su Yi vowed that no one could take her while he was there, and Qing Shuang prepared to test his claim.

• Yuan Heng noticed an icy Space Secret Seal forming in the night sky, and Su Yi identified it as a spatial tunnel opened by a powerful cultivator.
• Qing Shuang emerged from the tunnel and addressed Yue Shichan as the Young Master, saying her father, the Night Ember Sword Emperor, had sent her.
• Yue Shichan questioned Qing Shuang’s claim and hesitated to leave, while Qing Shuang said she would take her by force if necessary.
• Su Yi told Yue Shichan that no one could take her away while he was there, and Qing Shuang angrily accepted his challenge.