Chapter Summaries

Su Yi defeated the Demon Infant by destroying the Emperor Realm willpower controlling it, then discovered the infant’s own consciousness had survived. He wrapped the infant in his clothes and headed back underground to rescue Wen Changtai and his wife.

• Su Yi used the Grand Five Elements Domain Suppression Sword to trap and crush the Demon Infant’s spatial Sword Qi.
• The Demon Infant summoned the Spirit Burning Blade, but Su Yi shattered it with the Xuanwu Sword, collapsing the Emperor Realm power of will within the infant.
• Su Yi caught the weakened Demon Infant and discovered its Spirit Demon Golden Blood had preserved its own consciousness.
• The Demon Infant fell asleep in Su Yi’s arms, and Su Yi wrapped it in one of his garments despite it wetting his robes.
• Li Changlin and the other martial artists realized the scale of Su Yi’s victory as he left to rescue Wen Changtai and his wife.

Su Yi reached the underground world, killed Fire Pine True Person and the Sky Prison Demon Court cultivators guarding it, and rescued prisoners while searching for Wen Changtai and Qin Qing. He learned they had been taken to the Chaotic Spirit Sea for Chu Xiu to deal with.

• Qing Jin and Fire Pine True Person argued about Su Yi’s fate before Su Yi arrived alone, revealing that the Sky Prison Demon Court’s forces had not returned.
• Su Yi silently killed the guards near the pavilion and then killed Fire Pine True Person after hearing that he had tried to force Qing Jin to become Ma Chengkong’s concubine.
• Qing Jin led Su Yi through the underground compound, where his soul technique killed the Sky Prison Demon Court cultivators they encountered.
• Su Yi offered Qing Jin the infant girl he had found, but she refused; the baby ate pieces of spirit stone as they continued toward the prison hall.
• Su Yi searched the prison and rescued Ge Changling, who told him that Wen Changtai and Qin Qing had been taken to the Chaotic Spirit Sea and handed over to Chu Xiu.

Su Yi freed Ge Changling, Hong Shenshang, and the other captives, then raced toward Chaotic Spirit Sea to stop Chu Xiu from using Wen Changtai and his wife as hostages. He arrived at Chu Xiu’s island camp just as the Demon Court elder prepared to attack the Assembly of Immortals Sword Tower Ruins.

• Su Yi learned that two Essence Palace Realm Demon Cultivators had taken Wen Changtai and his wife toward Chaotic Spirit Sea, and he planned to use the Demon Infant to restrain Chu Xiu.
• Hong Shenshang explained that the Sky Prison Demon Court had invaded the Sky Nether Continent and taken control of the spatial tunnel beneath Blood Tucha Demon Mountain.
• Su Yi left the freed captives with Ge Changling, then set out for Chaotic Spirit Sea and resolved to settle his affairs before leaving Great Zhou.
• Chu Xiu waited on an isolated island with his forces, planning to use Wen Changtai and his wife to break into the Assembly of Immortals Sword Tower Ruins and capture Ning Sihua’s group.
• Su Yi appeared on a nearby cliff, casually fishing, and startled Chu Xiu.

Chu Xiu met the mysterious Qing Luo, who agreed to accompany him to the Assembly of Immortals Sword Tower Ruins after learning of the Spirit Appearance Realm black flood dragon there. When Ying Que confronted the group, Qing Luo declared he wanted to eat him and launched an attack.

• Qing Luo appeared on Chu Xiu’s island, caught and devoured a Golden Sea Fish, and asked Chu Xiu to guide him to the Assembly of Immortals Sword Tower Ruins.
• Chu Xiu told Qing Luo about the ruins and the black flood dragon guarding those waters, and Qing Luo eagerly agreed to go.
• Qing Luo revealed that he had overheard Chu Xiu’s plans and asked about Su Yi, whom Chu Xiu hated.
• Chu Xiu waited for Wen Changtai and his wife, then led his forces and Qing Luo toward the ruins entrance in the misty sea.
• Ying Que confronted the group, and Qing Luo announced that he wanted to eat him before attacking with a surge of demonic aura.

Qing Luo fought Ying Que outside the Assembly of Immortals Sword Tower Ruins and overwhelmed him despite Ying Que’s Spirit Appearance Realm cultivation. Chu Xiu used Wen Lingxue’s captured parents to halt Ning Sihua’s formation, and Qing Luo tore Ying Que in half.

• Ning Sihua saw Chu Xiu arrive with Wen Lingxue’s parents, and Wen Lingxue resolved not to let their capture endanger the others.
• Qing Luo revealed his growing strength, advanced to the late Spirit Transformation Realm, and injured Ying Que with a punch.
• Qing Luo battered Ying Que until he was near death, while Ying Que said he was guarding the ruins on Mr. Su’s orders.
• Ning Sihua activated the Nine Absolute Heaven Sealing Formation, but Chu Xiu held Wen Changtai and his wife overhead to force her to stop it.
• Qing Luo shattered Ying Que’s arms, tore his body in half, and drank the blood that covered him.

Su Yi arrived at the Assembly of Immortals Sword Tower Ruins after Qing Luo killed Ying Que, and confronted the Sky Prison Demon Court cultivators holding Wen Changtai and his wife hostage. He demanded the hostages in exchange for the Holy Infant and left Chu Xiu facing a three-breath deadline.

• Qing Luo tore Ying Que apart, while Ning Sihua, Cha Jin, and Wen Lingxue mourned and resolved not to let Wen Lingxue's parents keep them restrained.
• Su Yi arrived over the sea, bringing the Holy Infant and discovering Wen Changtai and his wife were Chu Xiu's hostages.
• Su Yi warned Qing Luo that he would kill him for killing Ying Que, then offered to exchange the Holy Infant for the hostages.
• When a Sky Prison Demon Court cultivator demanded the Holy Infant, Su Yi killed him with a finger slash and cut down more than ten others with Sword Qi.
• Su Yi gave Chu Xiu three breaths to agree to the exchange, threatening to kill the Holy Infant if he refused.

Su Yi rescued Wen Changtai and his wife, then slaughtered Chu Xiu and the Sky Prison Demon Court cultivators after exchanging them for the Demon Infant. He sent the Demon Infant to Ning Sihua and confronted Qing Luo, who had watched the battle without intervening.

• Chu Xiu agreed to exchange Wen Changtai and his wife for the Demon Infant, and Su Yi sent the hostages into the Assembly of Immortals Sword Tower Ruins.
• After Chu Xiu received the Demon Infant, Su Yi attacked and killed nearly all the Sky Prison Demon Court cultivators.
• Su Yi overwhelmed Chu Xiu despite the Xuan Yin Ruyi, which eventually shattered, and killed him with a sword strike.
• Chu Xiu realized the Demon Infant could not unleash the sealed power he had expected, and Su Yi took the infant before sending it to Ning Sihua.
• Qing Luo dismissed the fallen cultivators as insignificant, and Su Yi told him that he would not escape death.

Su Yi fought Qing Luo at sea, countering his overwhelming demonic punches with powerful arts from multiple traditions and gradually suppressing him. The battle ended with Qing Luo badly wounded and unable to reverse his defeat, while Su Yi remained poised to kill him.

• Qing Luo discarded the black flood dragon’s corpse and declared that he wanted to kill Su Yi.
• Su Yi met Qing Luo’s punches with the Chaotic Sky-Quaking Seal, tearing apart and devouring their force.
• Qing Luo unleashed Nirvana God Blood Flame Kill, but Su Yi’s strengthened fist seal forced him back.
• Su Yi struck Qing Luo with the Great Sun Moon Wheel Seal, sending him flying and leaving him shocked by Su Yi’s Buddhist and Daoist inheritances.
• Su Yi unleashed a succession of supreme arts, driving Qing Luo into retreat and covering him with wounds.

Su Yi defeated Qing Luo after Qing Luo unleashed the demon sword Divine Retribution, revealing that the sword had chosen him as a slave and consumed his life. Divine Retribution escaped with a crack in its blade and vowed revenge, leaving Su Yi to contemplate the demon spirit within it.

• Su Yi overwhelmed Qing Luo with the Mahasthamaprapta Bright Fist while Ning Sihua, Cha Jin, and Wen Lingxue watched from the Assembly of Immortals Sword Tower Ruins.
• Qing Luo used the secret art Feed the Sword with One's Body and drew Divine Retribution from his spine, sacrificing his remaining vitality to wield it.
• Qing Luo attacked Su Yi with Divine Retribution, but Su Yi's Nine Hells Sword aura shattered the sword strike and knocked the demon sword from Qing Luo's hand.
• Qing Luo realized Su Yi had spoken truthfully about him being the sword's slave, then died as his body and soul disintegrated.
• Divine Retribution, damaged by Su Yi's sword strike, declared that it would repay him tenfold and fled across the horizon.

Su Yi discovered that Ying Que still had a trace of consciousness and used Ice Soul Blood Gold to restore his body, then set out with his companions for the Assembly of Immortals Sword Tower Ruins. A closing scene revealed how the Calamity Demon Sword had once erased a youth’s memories and made him Qing Luo, its servant.

• Su Yi realized Qing Luo had been a sword servant controlled by the Calamity Demon Sword and wondered whether the sword was connected to the Assembly of Immortals Sword Tower.
• Ning Sihua, Cha Jin, and Wen Lingxue reunited with Su Yi, and Wen Lingxue embraced him in relief.
• Su Yi found Ying Que’s body and sensed a remnant of consciousness inside his shattered demon core.
• Su Yi used a drop of Ice Soul Blood Gold to restore Ying Que’s body, then carried him as the group headed for the Assembly of Immortals Sword Tower Ruins.
• The Calamity Demon Sword appeared before a gray-robed youth named Wang Liu, renamed him Qing Luo, erased his memories, and made him its servant.

Su Yi reunited with the Profound Evolution Dao Sect at the Assembly of Immortals Sword Tower Ruins and learned of a hidden treasure that could transform Ying Que’s potential. After settling his companions’ concerns and naming the Demon Infant Mo Mo, he joined his old friends for a banquet and discovered an unexpected guest had arrived.

• Su Yi rested at the ruins and heard Ning Sihua describe the changes brought by the revival of Spiritual Qi and the discovery of Bai Ze’s Life Bone in the Assembly of Immortals Sword Palace.
• Su Yi decided that Ying Que should receive the Life Bone, which could greatly improve his bloodline and give him a chance to reach the Emperor Realm.
• Cha Jin fed the hungry Demon Infant crushed spirit stones, and she and Ning Sihua chose Mo Mo as the infant’s childhood name.
• Wen Lingxue told Su Yi that her parents wanted to return to Guangling City, and Su Yi reassured her that Nie Teng and Nie Beihu could protect them.
• Ning Sihua held a banquet where Su Yi reunited with Mu Xi, Huang Qianjun, Feng Xiaoran, Feng Xiaofeng, Tao Qingshan, Shen Jiusong, and Pu Yi, then noticed an unexpected guest among those who arrived.

Wen Lingzhao thanked Su Yi for saving her parents, and he urged her to let go of their past before she returned to Guangling City. Su Yi settled his Dao Heart, secluded himself to prepare for the Spirit Transformation Tribulation, and continued dealing with the aftermath of the Sky Prison Demon Court’s defeat; the chapter ended as Ying Que arrived to thank him and Su Yi gave him a task.

• Wen Lingzhao thanked Su Yi for saving her parents, and Su Yi told her he had long since stopped dwelling on their past.
• Su Yi spent the night with Cha Jin, then decided to temper his Dao Xing and prepare to enter the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Su Yi secluded himself in the Assembly of Immortals Sword Tower Ruins, guiding Ning Sihua, Wen Lingxue, Cha Jin, and others in their cultivation.
• Yuan Heng, Bai Wenqing, and Ge Qian arrived, and Su Yi sent Yuan Heng to escort Wen Changtai, his wife, and several martial artists back to Great Zhou.
• Wen Lingzhao returned to Guangling City with her parents, and Su Yi gave her a secret talisman for Wen Lingxue’s sake.
• Ying Que kowtowed to Su Yi in gratitude for saving his life, and Su Yi told him he had a task for him.

Su Yi spent two months in seclusion while the world changed, then learned that the Sky Fiend Profound Sect had invited him to the Cloud Platform Assembly. He left the invitation unanswered, but the sect’s envoy was still waiting outside the ruins to deliver it in person.

• Su Yi sent Ying Que to Great Zhou with the artifacts needed to set the All-Heaven Blood Refining Array beneath Blood Tucha Demon Mountain.
• Su Yi prepared Bai Ze’s Life Bone, True Dragon Life Bone powder, and the Lightning Dragon Transformation Art for Ying Que after he returned from setting the array.
• Yuan Heng returned with Ge Changling, whom Su Yi allowed to cultivate in the Assembly of Immortals Sword Tower Ruins.
• As spiritual energy revived over the next two months, new factions and powerful figures rose across Azure Green Continent while Su Yi remained in seclusion.
• Su Yi emerged having brought his state of mind to perfection, and Ning Sihua told him that the Sky Fiend Profound Sect had invited him to its Cloud Platform Assembly.
• Su Yi told Ning Sihua to refuse the invitation, but she explained that the sect’s envoy had been waiting outside for days, determined to deliver it to him personally.

Su Yi agreed to attend the Sky Fiend Profound Sect’s Cloud Platform Assembly after learning that its aim was to establish rules to curb the fighting among cultivation factions. As he traveled toward the gathering, he learned how dramatically the factions had reshaped the three nations and spotted a familiar figure in Dongfu Prefecture City.

• Ning Sihua told Su Yi that wars among cultivation factions had caused widespread suffering and urged him to meet the Sky Fiend Profound Sect’s envoy.
• Su Yi agreed that the Cloud Platform Assembly could help establish rules, though he suspected the sect was acting in its own interest, and accepted the invitation from Bu Fan.
• Su Yi summoned Yuan Heng to accompany him to the assembly, and they traveled toward Great Qin on Yuan Heng’s transformed turtle back.
• Su Yi read Ning Sihua’s jade slip and learned that otherworldly factions had established themselves across Great Zhou, Great Wei, and Great Qin, with the Sky Fiend Profound Sect becoming Great Qin’s leading faction.
• After reaching Dongfu Prefecture City, Su Yi and Yuan Heng planned to leave for Cloud Platform Spirit Mountain, and Su Yi noticed a familiar figure hurrying through the street.

Su Yi followed Lan Suo from Dongfu Prefecture City and found her surrounded by Five Thunder Spirit Sect cultivators who wanted to use her to reach her Master, Cloud Ripple Superior. He arrived as they threatened her, reassured her, and subdued Rou Yun with a single palm strike.

• Su Yi recognized Lan Suo fleeing through Dongfu Prefecture City and followed her with Yuan Heng.
• Yuan Shuo, Rou Yun, Hong He, and other Five Thunder Spirit Sect cultivators cornered Lan Suo and demanded that she lead them to Cloud Ripple Superior.
• Lan Suo refused to betray her Master and prepared to fight to the death as Hong He advanced on her.
• Su Yi and Yuan Heng arrived, and Yuan Heng forced a Yellow-robed Old Man to the ground before Yuan Shuo ordered the other cultivators to stand down.
• Su Yi reassured Lan Suo and asked what had happened to her Master, then pressed Rou Yun to her knees with a single palm strike.

Su Yi learned that Lan Suo’s Master, Cloud Ripple Superior, was being hunted by the Five Thunder Spirit Sect over the Emerald Ring Spirit Grass, and he promised to resolve the dispute himself. After the sect’s cultivators recognized Su Yi and reported the encounter to their leaders, he and Lan Suo continued toward the Cloud Platform Assembly, though she remained unsure whether her Master’s trouble would truly be settled.

• Lan Suo explained that the Five Thunder Spirit Sect pursued Cloud Ripple Superior after he took the Emerald Ring Spirit Grass from one of its disciples.
• Su Yi stopped Yuan Shuo and the others from forcing Lan Suo to reveal her Master’s whereabouts, then warned them to tell their sect leader to end the pursuit.
• After Su Yi departed, Hong He recognized him as the Great Zhou Imperial Tutor, and Yuan Shuo ordered the group to alert their sect’s leaders before Su Yi reached Cloud Platform Spirit Mountain.
• Su Yi told Lan Suo he could resolve Cloud Ripple Superior’s trouble without relying on the Sky Fiend Profound Sect.
• Su Yi, Lan Suo, and Yuan Heng traveled toward the Cloud Platform Assembly on Old Turtle’s back while Lan Suo continued to worry about her Master.

The Five Thunder Spirit Sect planned to confront Su Yi at the Cloud Platform Assembly while preserving its prestige. At the gathering, Lan Suo learned that the Eastern Flower Sword Sect had disowned Cloud Ripple Superior, and Su Yi brought her onward as an honored guest of the Sky Fiend Profound Sect.

• Song Changhe decided that he and Zhu Kunyang would attend the Cloud Platform Assembly and try to humble Su Yi before making peace.
• Su Yi arrived at Cloud Platform Spirit Mountain and Bu Fan escorted him and his group toward Pine Wave Cliff Terrace.
• Wang Luyong told Lan Suo that the Eastern Flower Sword Sect had stripped Cloud Ripple Superior of his title and expelled him, then urged her to reveal her Master's whereabouts.
• Su Yi assured Lan Suo that she and Cloud Ripple Superior would be safe, and told her to ignore Wang Luyong.
• Bu Fan warned Wang Luyong that Su Yi and Lan Suo were honored guests of the Sky Fiend Profound Sect, leaving Wang Luyong alarmed that Mo Hongxiao might encounter them.

Su Yi brought Lan Suo to the Cloud Platform Assembly at Pine Wave Cliff, where the Eastern Flower Sword Sect’s Qiu Tianchi treated Su Yi with fearful respect and the gathered leaders recognized his reputation. As Su Yi settled in among the honored guests, Gu Shandu privately warned Cao Ying that Su Yi’s power could threaten their sects.

• Yuan Heng and Su Yi comforted Lan Suo and offered her and Cloud Ripple Superior a place to cultivate at the Assembly of Immortals Sword Tower Ruins.
• At Pine Wave Cliff, Qiu Tianchi rebuked Lan Suo for coming until Su Yi revealed he had brought her, prompting Qiu Tianchi to apologize to Su Yi.
• Bu Fan led Su Yi, Lan Suo, and Yuan Heng to an honored table, where Su Yi insisted that his friends sit and drink with him.
• Fu Yunkong learned Su Yi’s identity, apologized for his earlier remark, and received Su Yi’s gracious reply.
• Su Yi reflected on the growing influence of factions from other worlds and the ancient powers that might rise as spiritual energy returned.
• Gu Shandu privately told Cao Ying that Su Yi’s influence and the destruction of Sky Prison Demon Court’s forces made him fear a similar calamity for their sects.

At the Cloud Platform Assembly, Song Changhe used a dispute involving Fu Yunlang to challenge the Eastern Flower Sword Sect and indirectly provoke Su Yi. Su Yi remained calm, while Meng Jinghai tried to keep the gathering focused on peace; Song Changhe’s pointed reference to Su Yi left the confrontation unresolved.

• Gu Shandu and Cao Ying discussed joining forces with the Five Thunder Spirit Sect to curb Su Yi’s influence.
• Song Changhe arrived with Zhu Kunyang and Yuan Shuo, and Yuan Heng warned Su Yi that the assembly’s mood seemed hostile.
• Song Changhe demanded to know where Fu Yunlang was, and Qiu Tianchi said the Eastern Flower Sword Sect had expelled him.
• Su Yi told Lan Suo not to heed Qiu Tianchi and said he would protect her Master, while Song Changhe’s challenge made his aim against Su Yi clear.
• Meng Jinghai greeted the assembled leaders and proposed that the factions end their hostilities.
• Song Changhe raised Fu Yunlang’s attack on a Five Thunder Spirit Sect successor and precious herbs, then pointedly recalled Su Yi’s warning to his sect.

At the Cloud Platform Assembly, Song Changhe and other faction leaders pressured Su Yi to apologize to the Five Thunder Spirit Sect, while Meng Jinghai struggled to defend the gathering. Su Yi confronted Song Changhe and struck down Shan Yunqi with a single sweep of his sleeve, leaving the assembled leaders stunned.

• Song Changhe demanded that Su Yi retract his words and apologize to the Five Thunder Spirit Sect, with Shan Yunqi, Madam Hua Ting, and Zhu Kunyang backing him.
• Su Yi asked who else believed he should apologize, then rebuked Meng Jinghai for failing to show resolve as host.
• Meng Jinghai angrily accused Song Changhe of exploiting the assembly to stir up trouble, but Song Changhe refused to back down.
• Su Yi asked Yuan Shuo whether he had truthfully relayed his message, then told Meng Jinghai to stay out of his dispute with the Five Thunder Spirit Sect.
• Su Yi walked toward Song Changhe and sent Shan Yunqi flying with a casual sweep of his sleeve.