Chapter Summaries

Su Yi fought the Fourth Floor Trial Land’s emperor-level Will Battle Souls, using each battle to temper himself and advance his command of the Great Dao powers Taiwei and Hun Xu. After defeating nine opponents and suffering severe wounds, he ran low on cultivation and teleported away.

• Su Yi battled the gaunt old man, destroyed the Will Battle Soul, and absorbed its Great Dao Light Rain, greatly advancing Taiwei and Hun Xu.
• Su Yi slew a stronger Gray Robe Man after initially being suppressed, and his command of both Great Dao powers reached major accomplishment.
• Su Yi continued challenging Will Battle Souls without rest, defeating opponents as his injuries grew increasingly severe.
• Su Yi defeated the ninth Will Battle Soul but nearly collapsed from his wounds and dwindling cultivation.
• Su Yi gathered the remaining Great Dao power and activated his teleportation talisman to leave the Fourth Floor Trial Land.

Su Yi recovered from his injuries at Wangchuan Divine Cave, then left Naihe Divine Mountain with Cui Jingyan and Old Blind Man to travel toward the Cui Clan. He chose a slower route so he could retrieve something from his past life, leaving Grand Priest Gu Zhongxun puzzled by his apparent disregard for danger.

• Su Yi returned to the Nether Abyss Beast, healed his injuries with a Heavenly Luo Dao Fruit, and restored his cultivation to its peak.
• Su Yi answered the Nether Abyss Beast’s cultivation questions and promised it a chance to join him if he was still in the Netherworld later.
• The Nether Abyss Beast told Su Yi that Grand Priest Gu Zhongxun had asked about its disturbance, and Su Yi ordered it to keep his presence secret.
• Su Yi returned to Autumn Glow Peak, where Old Blind Man waited, and prepared to leave with Cui Jingyan after she arrived.
• Su Yi refused Cui Jingyan’s plan to use a teleportation formation, choosing instead to travel slowly and visit a place where he had left something in his past life.
• After Su Yi and his companions departed, Gu Zhongxun wondered why Su Yi had not used the teleportation formation and whether he feared death.

Gu Zhongxun sent Yuan Linning and Lu Changqing to pursue Su Yi and retrieve the Azure Green Seed, prompting Lu Changming to realize the danger and rush after them. Meanwhile, Su Yi’s group headed toward Yanfu Realm, where he had left something in a past life, but two streaks of Escaping Light appeared behind them.

• Gu Zhongxun ordered Yuan Linning to take Lu Changqing along to find Su Yi and bring back the Azure Green Seed.
• Gu Zhongxun told Lu Changming that Lu Changqing had left with Yuan Linning, and Lu Changming angrily accused him of scheming against his disciple.
• Lu Changming warned that Su Yi might be able to handle Yuan Linning and hurried off to rescue Yuan Linning and Lu Changqing.
• Gu Zhongxun concluded that Su Yi was likely protected by a powerful expert and regretted underestimating him.
• Su Yi’s group traveled south toward Yanfu Realm, while Cui Jingyan worried that Yuan Linning would pursue them.
• Two streaks of Escaping Light appeared in the distance, and Cui Jingyan feared they were Yuan Linning and her companions.

Yuan Linning and Lu Changqing caught up with Su Yi, and Lu Changqing was swiftly defeated after challenging him. Su Yi then faced Yuan Linning, whose first attack froze him solid, leaving their duel unresolved.

• Yuan Linning and Lu Changqing caught up with Su Yi and Cui Jingyan, and Yuan Linning challenged Su Yi over the Azure Green Seed.
• Yuan Linning urged Lu Changqing to test Su Yi, but Su Yi dismissed him and Cui Jingyan warned that he would likely lose.
• Lu Changqing attacked Su Yi with his Dao sword, but Su Yi swept it away and sent Lu Changqing crashing to the ground.
• Su Yi told Yuan Linning it was her turn, and Old Blind Man pulled Cui Jingyan away to watch from a distance.
• Yuan Linning revealed her Emperor Realm aura and struck Su Yi with icy light, freezing him like an ice sculpture.

Su Yi battled Yuan Linning, the Ice Flame Underworld Emperor, and overwhelmed her despite his Spirit Appearance Realm cultivation. He stopped after defeating her, leaving Yuan Linning stunned and wounded three thousand li from Naihe Divine Mountain.

• Yuan Linning attacked Su Yi with her underworld flame and frost, but Su Yi broke her strike and shattered her Wangchuan Soul Crossing Art with his sword.
• Su Yi pressed Yuan Linning with a barrage of sword attacks, suppressing her despite her use of the Thousand Illusions Spirit Shuttle.
• Su Yi knocked the Thousand Illusions Spirit Shuttle away and wounded Yuan Linning, leaving her unable to turn the battle around.
• Su Yi sheathed the Xuan Du Sword and said Yuan Linning lacked a complete Profound Path Law to be a true Emperor, while Cui Jingyan, Old Blind Man, and Lu Changqing remained stunned.
• Yuan Linning stood pale and shaken after Su Yi defeated her on May 27, three thousand li from Naihe Divine Mountain.

Su Yi defeated Yuan Linning and left with Cui Jingyan and the Old Blind Man, while Lu Changming apologized for underestimating him. Mo Wuhen learned of Su Yi’s astonishing feats in Wangchuan Divine Cave and questioned the Nether Abyss Beast, who gave a clumsy lie about letting Su Yi enter unnoticed.

• Yuan Linning accepted her defeat, and Su Yi offered her another chance to challenge him after she condensed a complete Profound Path Law.
• Lu Changming apologized to Su Yi, who rebuffed him and departed with Cui Jingyan and the Old Blind Man; Lu Changming scolded Lu Changqing, and Yuan Linning left to reflect.
• Mo Wuhen awoke from seclusion and learned that a Spirit Appearance cultivator named Passing Traveler had broken Jian Lingzhen’s record on the Third Floor of Wangchuan Divine Cave.
• Mo Wuhen discovered that Su Yi had killed nine emperor-level Will Battle Souls on the Fourth Floor and went to ask the Nether Abyss Beast about him.
• The Nether Abyss Beast identified Su Yi as a visitor from the Azure Green Continent, then claimed it had negligently let him slip into the cave, leaving Mo Wuhen and the Blood Nether Sparrow unconvinced.

Mo Wuhen investigated Su Yi’s place in Meng Po Hall and punished senior figures for their attempt to seize the Azure Green Seed. He then sent a secret message to his Senior Brother, alarmed that Su Yi bore the surname Su.

• The Nether Abyss Beast warned Mo Wuhen not to disturb Su Yi, saying Meng Po Hall could not bear the consequences.
• Mo Wuhen summoned Meng Po Hall’s leaders and heard how they had tried to obtain the Azure Green Seed from Su Yi.
• Lu Changming reported that Su Yi had defeated Yuan Linning, while refusing to reveal the identity of the master who had once helped him.
• Mo Wuhen punished Grand Priest Gu Zhongxun with a century in Black Water Cave, stripped Lu Changming of his Supreme Elder position, and ordered Yuan Linning into seclusion.
• Mo Wuhen forbade the hall from discussing Su Yi, then sent his Senior Brother a secret report emphasizing Su Yi’s surname.

Su Yi, Cui Jingyan, and Old Blind Man arrived in Night Demon City, where sinister-path leaders had gathered to pursue a mysterious fortune in YanFu Great Mountain. After spotting the Heaven Slaughtering Ghost Monk’s eerie procession, Su Yi suspected the seal on a forbidden land had opened and entered the city to investigate; a seemingly genial Daoist approached him, and Su Yi told him to scram.

• Mo Wuhen sent a secret talisman to his senior brother, warning him about the strange coincidences surrounding a possible return of That Existence.
• Three days later, Su Yi chose to rest in Night Demon City despite Cui Jingyan’s warning about its dangers and explained that the city kept worse evils from spreading elsewhere.
• Su Yi recalled his past visit to Night Demon City with Little Yezi and the treasure he had left in a Forbidden Land within YanFu Great Mountain.
• The Heaven Slaughtering Ghost Monk arrived in a ghostly bridal procession, and people near the gates said he and other sinister-path leaders had been invited to a banquet to plot over a mysterious fortune.
• Su Yi suspected the nine-colored Immortal Light and bell chimes meant the forbidden land’s seal had opened, then entered the city with Cui Jingyan and Old Blind Man to visit the Black Market.
• A genial Daoist approached Su Yi soon after they entered Night Demon City, and Su Yi told him to scram.

Su Yi and his companions entered Night Demon City, where the death of a Chang Ghost and their encounter with Golden Hairpin Madam drew attention from dangerous figures. At the Black Market, Su Yi bought Star Pattern Worms for fishing, but Pu Zheng of the City Lord's Mansion demanded that he give them up.

• Old Blind Man killed the Daoist Robe Old Man after he told them to scram, and Golden Hairpin Madam warned the newcomers not to cause trouble in Night Demon City.
• A secret Night Wander Talisman let Old Blind Man observe the city’s watchers, including Golden Hairpin Madam, Evil Sword Young Lord, and Old Long Serpent.
• Su Yi bought a jar of Star Pattern Worms for spiritual materials worth one thousand Eighth Grade Spirit Stones and explained that he would use them to fish for Pure Yang Fire Perch in YanFu Great Mountain.
• The stall owner pursued Su Yi and said he could no longer sell the worms, while Pu Zheng, chief steward of the City Lord's Mansion, offered twice the price for them.
• Su Yi refused to hand over the Star Pattern Worms, and the crowd around Pu Zheng turned hostile.

Su Yi and his companions went to the City Lord’s Mansion after Wei Yun’s steward sought the Star Pattern Worms, and Su Yi killed two local fiends who threatened them. At the mansion, Wei Yun revealed that the worms were bait for Pure Yang Fire Perch needed for a secret operation, then invited the three newcomers into a hall full of evil-path powers.

• Pu Zheng asked Su Yi to hand over his Star Pattern Worms, but Su Yi insisted they visit the City Lord’s Mansion and warned that anyone who resisted would die.
• A silver-robed man threatened Cui Jingyan, so Su Yi killed him with a finger flick; when the Yellow-bearded Old Monster challenged him, Su Yi crushed his neck and gave his body to the Old Blind Man to skin.
• A masked woman ordered Pu Zheng to bring Su Yi and his companions to the mansion, where Wei Yun hosted a gathering of evil-path figures.
• Wei Yun explained that Star Pattern Worms could bait Pure Yang Fire Perch, which was essential to the night’s operation in YanFu Great Mountain.
• Pu Zheng returned and announced that the three visitors had arrived, and the assembled guests turned to watch them enter.

Su Yi entered the City Lord's Mansion and learned that Wei Yun's gathering of Star Pattern Worms was connected to catching Pure Yang Fire Perch. After Su Yi killed Poison Dragon Mountain Lord for threatening him, Wei Yun and the assembled evil-path figures moved up their operation at YanFu Great Mountain, where Su Yi's group was also headed.

• Su Yi asked Wei Yun whether the Star Pattern Worms were meant to catch Pure Yang Fire Perch, and Wei Yun confirmed the secret.
• Su Yi refused to hand over his worms and started to leave with Cui Jingyan and Old Blind Man.
• Poison Dragon Mountain Lord threatened Su Yi, but Su Yi killed him with a single sword strike without stopping.
• The gathered old demons discussed Su Yi's strength, and Wei Yun admitted he had not understood the newcomers' origins.
• Wei Yun urged the group to leave for YanFu Great Mountain ahead of schedule, and the gathered figures agreed.

Su Yi led Cui Jingyan and Old Blind Man into YanFu Great Mountain to catch Pure Yang Fire Perch at Azure Flame Nether Lake. He caught two with a secret technique while Wei Yun and the demonic overlords’ baited net drew nothing, leaving the rivals watching in surprise.

• Su Yi explained that the blood moon made YanFu Great Mountain’s deadly creatures dormant and guided his companions safely to Azure Flame Nether Lake.
• Wei Yun arrived with more than twenty demonic overlords and prepared a net baited with Star Pattern Worms and purple blood to catch Pure Yang Fire Perch.
• Su Yi caught a Pure Yang Fire Perch by using his Divine Sense to guide a Star Pattern Worm, then explained the secret technique to himself through his actions.
• Wei Yun’s companions considered attacking Su Yi’s group, but Wei Yun told them to wait and keep quiet while they used the net.
• Su Yi caught a second Pure Yang Fire Perch while Wei Yun’s net remained still, leaving the demonic overlords unsettled.

After failing to catch any Pure Yang Fire Perch, Wei Yun and the old monsters confronted Su Yi, who gave them nine fish and joined their group heading deeper into YanFu Great Mountain. They reached a forbidden valley marked by thirty-six bronze lotus platforms, where Su Yi realized the ancient seal had been tampered with and feared the treasure he had left there might be gone.

• The old monsters abandoned their fishing and went to demand Su Yi's Pure Yang Fire Perch, while Wei Yun followed to prevent a fight.
• Su Yi gave Wei Yun nine of his twelve Pure Yang Fire Perch and agreed to accompany the group into YanFu Great Mountain.
• White-Faced Daoist secretly plotted with the other old monsters to kill Su Yi's party and seize their treasures, while Su Yi told Cui Jingyan he had another use for them.
• Wei Yun led the group to a blood-misted valley containing thirty-six enormous bronze lotus platforms, which he identified as the forbidden place.
• Su Yi recognized that the ancient seal had been tampered with and wondered whether the treasure he had left inside was still there.

Wei Yun led the group into a secret realm where a Black Umbrella rested on a dangerous Dao Platform, and Su Yi recognized it as a treasure he had left there long ago. After a cultivator died from probing the umbrella with Divine Sense, the One-Armed Old Demon approached the platform to try retrieving it.

• Wei Yun explained that the valley's sealing formation had been laid by the Xuan Jun Sword Master and led the group through the blood mist with a bronze lamp.
• Wei Yun used the nine Pure Yang Fire Perch Su Yi had given him to open the entrance beneath a bronze lotus platform.
• The group entered a small secret realm and found a Black Umbrella atop a Dao Platform; Su Yi recognized it as his own old treasure.
• Six Yin Old Ghost tried to control the Black Umbrella with Divine Sense and was killed by the Dao Platform's backlash, which Su Yi explained to Cui Jingyan.
• The One-Armed Old Demon challenged Wei Yun's account of the site, then stepped toward the Dao Platform to retrieve the umbrella as Su Yi watched.

Wei Yun revealed that he had lured the old monsters to the Secret Realm World to kill them, then summoned an emperor with a Bronze Hairpin. Su Yi recognized the bronze-armored emperor and showed a complicated expression as the chapter ended.

• One-Armed Old Demon’s Bloodthirsty Bowl was destroyed by the Dao Platform’s blood light when he tried to approach it.
• Thousand-Eyed Old Ghost sent his Blood River Ghost Child to touch the Black Umbrella, and the umbrella swallowed it.
• The old monsters considered using Su Yi and his companions to test whether the Black Umbrella could be taken, but Wei Yun stopped them and revealed his plan to kill everyone present.
• The old monsters disclosed that they had suspected Wei Yun and had secretly formed an alliance, then challenged his ability to oppose them.
• Wei Yun activated the Bronze Hairpin and summoned an emperor, whose arrival stunned Cui Jingyan, Old Blind Man, and the old monsters; Su Yi recognized him.

Su Yi watched Wei Yun battle the old monsters, who used Blood Demon Skyfall to pin down his demonic puppet and overwhelm him. When Su Yi finally intervened, he scattered the attackers and caught the Imperial weapon between two fingers, leaving everyone stunned.

• The White-Faced Daoist revealed Blood Demon Skyfall and used it to hold back Wei Yun's emperor-level demonic puppet, Demon Nine.
• The White-Faced Daoist rallied Heaven Slaughtering Ghost Monk, One-Armed Old Demon, Thousand-Eyed Old Ghost, and the others to attack Wei Yun.
• As Wei Yun was gravely wounded, he urged Su Yi, Cui Jingyan, and Old Blind Man to escape, then prepared to fight back against his attackers.
• Su Yi appeared before Wei Yun and swept the old monsters away with a single strike.
• The White-Faced Daoist launched Blood Demon Skyfall at Su Yi, who caught the Imperial weapon between two fingers without being harmed.

Su Yi seized Blood Demon Skyfall, saved Wei Yun, and used the demon puppet to feed the attacking old monsters to the Black Umbrella. He then fed the umbrella three Pure Yang Fire Perch, revealing the sealed Vermilion Bird’s vicious soul and confirming an old Wei Clan warning.

• Su Yi suppressed White-Faced Daoist’s Blood Demon Skyfall and saved Wei Yun from the old monsters.
• Su Yi refused to kill the old monsters himself and had the demon puppet capture and feed them to the Black Umbrella.
• Cui Jingyan suspected Su Yi was a descendant of the Xuan Jun Sword Master.
• Su Yi offered three Pure Yang Fire Perch to the Black Umbrella, summoning a terrifying Vermilion Bird-shaped soul.
• Wei Yun revealed that the Wei Clan had warned its descendants that a Vermilion Bird’s vicious soul was sealed within the Nine Zhang Dao Platform.

Su Yi questioned the Vermilion Bird about the person who entered the sealed ruins 330 years earlier and learned that the mysterious visitor had inspected the Heaven Stealing Umbrella before leaving. Suspecting the visitor had been waiting to learn whether he was alive, Su Yi decided to investigate the Wei Clan and offered the Vermilion Bird its freedom and Phoenix Fire Divine Marrow in exchange for help.

• Cui Jingyan and Old Blind Man realized that Su Yi had confirmed the Vermilion Bird had been suppressed by the Xuan Jun Sword Master.
• Su Yi questioned the Vermilion Bird in True Spirit Demon Script about who had broken the seal, and it said a mysterious person had entered around 330 years earlier.
• The Vermilion Bird explained that the Wei Clan had staged the recent phenomenon to lure heretical fiends, while its oath to Su Yi had prevented it from attacking anyone.
• The Vermilion Bird revealed that the mysterious visitor had stood before the Heaven Stealing Umbrella, then left without taking it.
• Su Yi suspected the visitor had been waiting to see whether someone would claim the umbrella and reveal that he was alive, and he resolved to visit the Wei Clan.
• Su Yi offered to free the Vermilion Bird and give it Phoenix Fire Divine Marrow if it helped him, and the bird eagerly accepted.

Su Yi secured the Vermilion Bird Fierce Soul’s help in identifying the Mysterious Man and arranged to seek an audience with Wei Daoyuan. At the Wei residence, Wei Yun explained that his clan used Night Demon City as a means to contain evil cultivators, leaving Su Yi pondering what he had learned.

• Su Yi taught the Vermilion Bird Fierce Soul the Insightful Eye secret art, promised to reveal how to find the Phoenix Fire Divine Marrow, and pledged to return within three years to help it escape.
• Su Yi asked Wei Yun to arrange a meeting with Wei Daoyuan, and Wei Yun promised to do his utmost despite his limited standing in the clan.
• Wei Yun’s elder brother Wei Cheng met the group outside the forbidden formation, heard how Su Yi and the others had helped, and welcomed them to the Wei residence.
• Cui Jingyan guessed that Su Yi was a descendant of the Xuan Jun Sword Master, while Su Yi and the Old Blind Man reacted to her theory.
• Wei Yun reported that the clan head had gone to inform Wei Daoyuan, then explained that the Wei family periodically lured and eliminated dangerous cultivators to protect Night Demon City.
• Wei Yun said the Wei family bore widespread infamy despite its role in containing evil, and Su Yi pondered the explanation.

After questioning Wei Daoyuan about the Wei Clan’s forbidden ground, Su Yi suspected that the figure who had met him was not the clan’s true Old Ancestor. He warned Wei Zhongxi, Wei Cheng, and Wei Yun to wait quietly, saying the truth would soon become clear.

• Wei Cheng summoned Su Yi to meet Wei Daoyuan at the Wei Clan’s sealed grotto-heaven.
• Su Yi refused to enter the grotto and asked Wei Daoyuan to come out to speak with him.
• Su Yi questioned Wei Daoyuan about the forbidden ground and the century-long scheme to lure evil cultivators into it, and Wei Daoyuan said the scheme was meant to temper the clansmen.
• Su Yi left without joining the Wei Clan’s banquet and secretly told Wei Zhongxi, Wei Cheng, and Wei Yun that the man they had met was not their Old Ancestor.
• Su Yi told the three Wei Clan leaders not to interfere and said the truth would become clear before the night ended.