Chapter Summaries

Su Yi exposed Wei Daoyuan as an impostor from the supposedly extinct Thousand-Faced Ghost Monkey race and captured him after thwarting his escape. He brought the revealed monkey and Wei Zhongxi and the others toward Golden Haze Ridge to talk somewhere more suitable.

• Wei Zhongxi and Wei Cheng agreed not to interfere as Su Yi waited for Wei Daoyuan to emerge from seclusion.
• Su Yi confronted Wei Daoyuan about the Thousand-Faced Ghost Monkey race, then accused him of being an impostor when he reacted to Su Yi's sword strike by dodging.
• Wei Daoyuan fled and tried to use a Horizon Within Reach talisman, but Su Yi cut off his hand and seized the talisman.
• Wei Daoyuan unleashed a Blood River Pearl, which Su Yi easily suppressed before capturing him.
• Su Yi's grip forced Wei Daoyuan to reveal his true form as a short, Spirit Wheel Realm Thousand-Faced Ghost Monkey, shocking Wei Zhongxi and the others.
• Su Yi carried the captured monkey toward the mountainside and summoned Wei Zhongxi and the others to follow.

Su Yi learned that the Wei Clan’s Old Ancestor had been impersonated for centuries under orders from a mysterious figure, who had anticipated Su Yi’s meeting with the Vermilion Bird Fierce Soul. After recognizing the black jade left behind for the impostor, Su Yi activated it and heard the distant sounds of a fierce battle, but the person on the other end remained silent.

• Wei Zhongxi ordered Wei Cheng to guard Golden Haze Ridge and keep news of the disturbance from spreading, then went with Wei Yun to see Su Yi.
• Su Yi questioned the captured Thousand-Faced Ghost Monkey Clan expert, who revealed that a mysterious person had ordered him to impersonate Wei Daoyuan and had arranged for him to meet the Old Ancestor in Night Demon City.
• The gray-robed expert recalled that Wei Daoyuan had seemed like a soulless walking corpse and had said a Thousand-Faced Ghost Monkey could deceive everyone in the Wei Clan but not “him.”
• The expert explained that the mysterious person had given him black jade and instructed him to flee if someone conversed with the Vermilion Bird Fierce Soul; Su Yi recognized the jade as a Spirit Communication Jade Set and sent the others away.
• Su Yi carved a Spirit Communication Imperial Decree into the jade, heard sounds of a fierce battle through it, and waited as the distant holder remained silent.

Su Yi destroyed the Spirit Communication Jade after failing to reach the Mysterious Man, then learned that someone from his past had arranged the contact to confirm his return. The woman behind the arrangement, Ye Yu, resolved to wait for a chance to meet him again as Su Yi and his companions traveled toward Violet Luo City.

• Su Yi crushed the Spirit Communication Jade, concluded the Mysterious Man was an acquaintance from his past, and left the cave abode after deciding to wait for their eventual meeting.
• Ye Yu learned that Su Yi had returned and told Battle Robe Man she had arranged the contact but concealed her identity and location so Su Yi would not worry about her.
• Ye Yu thanked Little Wei for helping arrange events at YanFu Great Mountain and asked when the Yin Yang Road would reopen; he said it was expected in nine years.
• Wei Zhongxi asked Su Yi to keep Wei Daoyuan's disappearance secret, and Su Yi agreed and ordered the gray-robed Thousand-Faced Ghost Monkey Clan elder imprisoned until the Mysterious Man returned.
• Su Yi, Cui Jingyan, and Old Blind Man left YanFu Great Mountain and, half a month later, entered the Six Paths Royal Region on their way to Violet Luo City.

Su Yi broke through to the Late Stage of the Spirit Appearance Realm while traveling through the Six Paths Royal Region with Cui Jingyan and Old Blind Man. In Sky Luo City, Old Blind Man sensed that a hidden expert was tracking him, and a jade-robed man suddenly appeared to greet Cui Jingyan.

• Su Yi advanced to the Late Stage of the Spirit Appearance Realm and assessed his chances against different kinds of Profound Illumination Realm emperors.
• Cui Jingyan, Su Yi, and Old Blind Man continued toward Violet Luo City, discussing the Netherworld Underworld and its former Six Paths Division.
• The group reached Sky Luo City, and Cui Jingyan led them toward the crowded Drunken Immortal Restaurant to try its roasted goose and Fire Date Brew.
• Old Blind Man revealed that someone nearby had been secretly watching him, and Su Yi suspected the watcher had recognized his identity.
• A jade-robed man leaped down from Drunken Immortal Restaurant and greeted Cui Jingyan by name.

Su Yi, Cui Jingyan, and the Old Blind Man dined with Xing Yue and other young nobles at the Drunken Immortal Restaurant, where they heard about mysterious ruins in the Bitter Sea. Su Yi identified them as Burial Dao Nether Soil and warned Cui Jingyan not to ask further, leaving the ruins’ sudden appearance unexplained.

• Xing Yue encountered Cui Jingyan and invited her and Su Yi to his gathering at the Drunken Immortal Restaurant.
• Cui Jingyan’s deferential treatment of Su Yi astonished Xing Yue’s guests, who politely toasted Su Yi and the Old Blind Man.
• Xing Yue told the group that mysterious ruins in the Bitter Sea emitted Dao Sound that brought some listeners enlightenment and drove others mad.
• Cui Jingyan asked Su Yi whether the ruins were the legendary Immortal Devil Battlefield.
• Su Yi said the place had originally been called Burial Dao Nether Soil and warned Cui Jingyan that she was better off knowing nothing more.

Su Yi and his companions left a banquet after Qu Ming’s arrival led to a brief confrontation, then discovered that three people had been secretly tracking the Old Blind Man. They waited beneath a pine tree in a remote mountain range to see who the watchers were.

• Qu Ming forced his way into the banquet and threatened Xing Yue, while Cui Jingyan rebuked him.
• When Qu Ming’s subordinate blocked the exit, Su Yi knocked him unconscious with a single step and left with Cui Jingyan and the Old Blind Man.
• Qu Ming announced that he and his elders would visit the Cui Clan in seven days, then sent Huai Bo to investigate the Old Blind Man.
• The Old Blind Man used the Night Wander Talisman to identify a Taoist nun, a beggar, and a thin man as suspicious watchers who had gathered together.
• Su Yi chose to wait for the three watchers, and the group settled beneath an old pine tree in a remote mountain range.

Su Yi, Cui Jingyan, and the Old Blind Man waited in Cloud Illusion Mountain for those pursuing the Ghost Lantern Picks Stone Coffin successor. Ran Tianfeng of the Sky Nether Sect arrived with three companions, and Su Yi questioned why the sect was seeking the Old Blind Man.

• Su Yi noticed scouts watching from the nearby mountains and chose to wait for their leader instead of striking first.
• A Middle-Aged Taoist Nun and Qian Jiu tracked the group, then learned their lord would reach Cloud Illusion Mountain within half an hour.
• Ran Tianfeng arrived with Daoist Feng, Qian Jiu, and an Old Beggar, his Emperor aura silencing and dimming the surrounding mountains.
• Su Yi calmly asked why Ran Tianfeng was seeking the descendant of Ghost Lantern Picks Stone Coffin, and Ran Tianfeng invited them to accompany him without explaining further.
• Ran Tianfeng identified himself and his companions as members of the Sky Nether Sect, and Su Yi asked whether someone else had ordered the sect to act.
• Daoist Feng denied that anyone could command the Sky Nether Sect, while Ran Tianfeng briefly reacted to Su Yi's question.

Su Yi fought Ran Tianfeng, an Emperor of the Sky Nether Sect, after refusing to let him take Old Blind Man. Su Yi steadily gained the upper hand, forcing Ran Tianfeng to unleash the Sky Nether Sect’s Heaven and Earth Dharma Image secret art.

• Ran Tianfeng asked Su Yi not to interfere, but Su Yi challenged him to try taking Old Blind Man away.
• Su Yi’s first punch shook Ran Tianfeng and collapsed the mountain peak beneath them.
• Ran Tianfeng unleashed his full power, but Su Yi’s sword strikes matched him and gradually pressed him back.
• Su Yi wounded Ran Tianfeng’s shoulder, making him realize he might lose to a Spirit Appearance Realm youth.
• Ran Tianfeng used the Sky Nether Nine Transformations Secret to transform into a hundred-zhang Blood Nether Bird demon god, while Su Yi judged that his Heaven and Earth Dharma Image was only barely mastered.

Su Yi defeated Ran Tianfeng by exploiting the flaws in his Heaven and Earth Dharma Image, then spared him and learned that the Sky Nether Sect was acting on someone else's orders. Su Yi identified Bi Mo as the mastermind, leaving Cui Jingyan stunned by his promise to help Old Blind Man deal with him.

• Su Yi used his speed and swordsmanship to wound Ran Tianfeng repeatedly until the Emperor abandoned his Heaven and Earth Dharma Image.
• Su Yi demanded to know who had sent the Sky Nether Sect, but Ran Tianfeng refused to reveal the answer and said the sect would not betray its orders.
• Su Yi spared Ran Tianfeng, said he would visit the Sky Nether Realm to question its sect leader, and warned the Sky Nether Sect not to cross him again.
• Ran Tianfeng returned to the sect as Su Yi left with Cui Jingyan and Old Blind Man.
• Su Yi named Bi Mo as the mastermind, and Old Blind Man said Bi Mo had killed his master and now wanted to destroy their lineage.
• Su Yi reassured Old Blind Man that he would keep his promise to help him, leaving Cui Jingyan wondering whether Su Yi had promised to confront Bi Mo.

Huai Bo investigated the aftermath of Su Yi and Ran Tianfeng’s battle, while Su Yi, Cui Jingyan, and the Old Blind Man arrived in Violet Luo City as Cui Jingyan’s guests. Su Yi spotted a mysterious master and disciple in the city and warned his companions that their dangerous plan could entangle anyone who got involved.

• Huai Bo found a shattered Blood Nether Bird scale at the battlefield and concluded that Ran Tianfeng had fought a powerful opponent, then decided to leave the matter to his clan leader.
• Su Yi and Cui Jingyan reached Violet Luo City, where Cui Jingyan’s Ink Scale Guard welcomed her and escorted her companions into the city.
• Su Yi teased Cui Jingyan about her fame as the Cui Clan’s cherished daughter while they rode through the city in a treasure carriage.
• Su Yi recognized the master and disciple who had traveled with them from the Azure Green Continent, and Cui Jingyan and the Old Blind Man asked why they had come to Violet Luo City.
• Su Yi explained that the master planned to use a forbidden method to help his disciple attain the Dao and become an Emperor, and warned that their plan could draw formidable enemies.
• Su Yi suspected the master and disciple had come seeking a clue that the All Heavens Pawnshop would appear in Violet Luo City.

Wang Ting and his master searched Violet Luo City for clues while Su Yi and the Old Blind Man arrived at the Cui residence. Xue Huaining mistook Cui Jingyan’s invitation as a sign that she admired Su Yi, but their awkward conversation was interrupted by a summons from Cui Jingyan’s father.

• Wang Ting said Meng Po Hall had failed to seize the Azure Green Seed, and his master warned him not to seek help from the Cui Clan.
• Su Yi and the Old Blind Man arrived at the Cui residence with Cui Jingyan and were directed to meet her mother, Xue Huaining.
• Xue Huaining asked Su Yi about his plans and learned that he had never married.
• Xue Huaining assumed Cui Jingyan had brought home the man she admired and assured Su Yi that she supported their relationship.
• Tao Bo arrived and told Xue Huaining that Cui Jingyan’s father had summoned her to North Gazing Pavilion.

Xue Huaining brought Su Yi and Cui Jingyan to North Gazing Pavilion, where the Qu, Hong, and Tantai Families had come to press the Cui Clan. The Qu Family demanded access to the Judgment Division Ruins and hinted that the approaching Ten Thousand Lanterns Festival could leave the Cui Clan vulnerable, while Cui Jingyan learned that her grandfather Cui Longxiang might not be there to guard the city.

• Xue Huaining sensed that the guests visiting Cui Chang'an were trouble and brought Su Yi and Cui Jingyan to North Gazing Pavilion, leaving Old Blind Man behind to avoid exposing his identity.
• Xue Huaining demanded that the guests state their reasons for coming again, and Cui Chang'an backed her up.
• The Yellow-robed Old Man said the Qu Family wanted permission to enter the Judgment Division Ruins, and Xue Huaining refused unless the Cui Clan could enter the Qu Family's Blood Capital Secret Realm.
• The Yellow-robed Old Man warned that the Ten Thousand Lanterns Festival was near and questioned whether the Cui Clan could face it without Cui Longxiang guarding Violet Luo City.
• Cui Jingyan realized that her grandfather might be away and might not return before the festival.

At a gathering of ancient clans, Xue Huaining rejected the Hong Family’s demand for the Crimson Calamity Sword and the Tantai Family’s marriage proposal for Cui Jingyan, while the guests pressed their advantage over rumors that Cui Longxiang had vanished. When the Tantai representatives insulted Su Yi, he stood up and demanded they explain themselves or kneel and accept punishment.

• Xue Huaining rebuffed the Qu and Hong Families’ attempts to pressure the Cui Family, and the Hong representative claimed Cui Longxiang might never return after encountering a mysterious nether ship.
• The Feather-Robed Man proposed that Tantai Liu marry Cui Jingyan, but Xue Huaining firmly refused and said her daughter admired Su Yi.
• The Feather-Robed Man and Tantai Liu insulted Su Yi, while guests from the Qu and Hong Families mocked him and used the dispute to belittle Xue Huaining.
• Su Yi rose and told the Feather-Robed Man and Tantai Liu to explain their insults or kneel and accept punishment.

Su Yi effortlessly suppressed Tantai Liu and blocked Tantai Chi’s lethal attack, shocking the assembled ancient clans. Cui Chang'an intervened when Tantai Chi prepared to strike again and ordered him to kneel and apologize to Su Yi.

• Tantai Liu challenged Su Yi to a fight, but Su Yi suppressed him with a single palm and crushed his Sky-Slaying Spear.
• Tantai Liu threatened Su Yi and his clan, so Su Yi increased the pressure and broke many of his bones.
• Tantai Chi attacked Su Yi with lethal intent, but Su Yi blocked the Emperor’s strike without moving or suffering injury.
• Tantai Chi prepared to attack again, but Cui Chang'an appeared and forced him back with his overwhelming might.
• Cui Chang'an ordered Tantai Chi to kneel and apologize to Young Master Su or have his legs broken.

Cui Chang'an violently punished Tantai Chi for threatening Su Yi, then treated Su Yi with deference that convinced him of the youth’s identity. The chapter ended with Xue Huaining asking her husband what was going on as Su Yi waited at Pine Breeze Pavilion.

• Cui Chang'an rejected the other clans’ pleas and demanded that Tantai Chi kneel to Su Yi.
• Tantai Chi tried to escape North Gazing Pavilion, but Cui Chang'an activated its Emperor-level formation and broke Tantai Chi’s knees.
• Cui Chang'an sent the Tantai Family guests away and asked Su Yi whether he had handled the matter properly; Su Yi approved.
• Cui Chang'an allowed the Qu and Hong clans to leave after Su Yi signaled him not to stop them.
• Su Yi went to Pine Breeze Pavilion while Cui Chang'an realized he was certain of Su Yi’s identity.
• Xue Huaining asked Cui Chang'an what was going on as Cui Jingyan and her father remained in the hall.

Cui Jingyan told Xue Huaining about Su Yi’s extraordinary deeds, prompting Xue to realize that Su Yi’s identity was tied to a secret Cui Chang’an would not reveal without his father’s permission. At Pine Breeze Pavilion, Su Yi promised the Old Blind Man he could use the Myriad Dao Tree to heal his Dao foundation, and Cui Chang’an arrived to confirm the Cui Clan would help.

• Cui Jingyan recounted how her grandfather had sent her to find Su Yi and described Su Yi’s remarkable feats to Xue Huaining.
• Xue Huaining pressed Cui Chang’an for an explanation, but he left, saying he could not speak without his father’s permission.
• Cui Jingyan denied having romantic feelings for Su Yi, while Xue Huaining reassured her that the Cui Clan would withstand the consequences of the day’s events.
• The Old Blind Man told Su Yi he wanted to return to the ancestral grounds of his lineage, and Su Yi said they would go after the Ten Thousand Lanterns Festival.
• Su Yi told the Old Blind Man he could use the Myriad Dao Tree to repair his Dao foundation, and Cui Chang’an entered, offering the Cui Clan’s help.

Su Yi met with Cui Chang'an, who revealed that his father, Cui Longxiang, had gone to the Bitter Sea to investigate an upheaval linked to the Black Nether Ship. Su Yi advised Cui Chang'an that rival clans were testing the Cui Clan's strength, leaving the family under threat as the Ten Thousand Lanterns Festival approached.

• Cui Chang'an dismissed Yun Zhi Jiu and bowed to Su Yi, calling him Uncle Su.
• Cui Chang'an explained that Cui Longxiang had predicted an upheaval in the Netherworld and told him to seek Su Yi's help if the Cui Clan faced trouble.
• Cui Chang'an told Su Yi that the Black Nether Ship had appeared in the Bitter Sea nine years earlier, followed by strange incidents and the emergence of the Immortal Devil Battlefield.
• Su Yi and Cui Chang'an discussed whether the Qu Family planned to open the prisons in the Judgment Division Ruins and whether Qu Boling was behind the move.
• Su Yi argued that the Qu, Hong, and Tantai families had joined forces to test the Cui Clan, and warned Cui Chang'an that they would exploit any sign of weakness.

Su Yi agreed to help the Cui Clan prepare for the Ten Thousand Lanterns Festival calamity and took the Judgment Key so he could retrieve a treasure from the Judgment Division Ruins. He arrived at Cloud Fragrance Restaurant with Cui Jingyan, where he spotted an unexpectedly familiar figure.

• Su Yi learned that the Qu Clan might try to release evil spirits from the Judgment Division Ruins, and Cui Chang'an gave him the Judgment Key.
• Su Yi arranged to stay at the Cui Family residence, keep his and Old Blind Man’s identities secret, and later cultivate before the Myriad Dao Tree.
• Cui Chang'an sent Cui Jingyan to accompany Su Yi around Violet Luo City, and Su Yi planned how to protect the Cui Clan from the festival’s dangers.
• Su Yi and Cui Jingyan rode to Cloud Fragrance Restaurant, where Su Yi recognized someone leaving the restaurant.

Su Yi visited the All Heavens Pawnshop with Cui Jingyan and asked Old Shopkeeper for a treasure capable of suppressing evil and dispelling calamities. Old Shopkeeper proposed the All Heavens Blood Furnace, a demonic treasure Su Yi had heard of before.

• Su Yi encountered Old Shopkeeper outside Cloud Fragrance Restaurant and learned that the All Heavens Pawnshop would open that night.
• Old Shopkeeper used a bronze wheel to guide Su Yi and Cui Jingyan through a spatial doorway to the pawnshop in the wilderness.
• The pawnshop’s artifact spirits greeted Su Yi reverently, while Cui Jingyan marveled at the shop’s treasures and learned that renowned figures had pawned items there.
• Su Yi asked whether the Heavenly Decree Lotus Lamp and Calamity Extinguishing Pagoda remained in the pawnshop, and Old Shopkeeper confirmed that the former was unredeemed while the latter had been reclaimed.
• Su Yi requested a treasure at least as powerful as the Profound Darkness Realm to suppress evil and dispel calamities, and Old Shopkeeper recommended the All Heavens Blood Furnace.

Su Yi exchanged an Innate Dao Seed for the Heavenly Decree Lotus Lamp and All Heavens Blood Furnace, then stayed hidden in the pawnshop as it received guests. Two visitors sought treasures to suppress evil spirits, suggesting a connection to the threat facing Cui Jingyan’s family.

• The Old Shopkeeper explained that the pawnshop’s master had taken the damaged All Heavens Blood Furnace from Red Dust Demon Mountain, and Su Yi accepted it along with the Heavenly Decree Lotus Lamp.
• Su Yi pawned an Innate Dao Seed as collateral, while Cui Jingyan learned that the Heart Knocking Bell found no pawnshop treasure suited to her and that diligent cultivation was what she lacked.
• The Hat-Wearing Man sought a treasure to suppress evil spirits, learned the Heavenly Decree Lotus Lamp was gone, and exchanged an imperial-grade treasure for defensive battle armor.
• Su Yi suspected the Hat-Wearing Man was an Emperor connected to the danger facing the Cui Family, possibly from the Qu Family, Hong Family, or Tantai Family.
• The Black Robe Woman arrived seeking the same kind of anti-evil treasure and specifically demanded the Heavenly Decree Lotus Lamp, leaving the pawnshop’s attendants alarmed by the guests’ matching purposes.