Chapter Summaries

Su Yi intervened after Yue Shi withdrew from the Ghost Snake Race’s clan dispute, declaring he would quell the turmoil and kill its instigator. He killed Ye Xingzhi in one strike, and Ye Donghe ordered the guards to execute him.

• Ye Donghe rejected Yue Shi’s warning, and Yue Shi declined to interfere further in the Ghost Snake Race’s affairs.
• Su Yi objected to the clan leader selection and announced he had come to quell the strife and kill the person responsible for it.
• When Ye Xingzhi attacked Su Yi, Yue Shi stopped the strike and urged Su Yi to withdraw, while Ye Donghe demanded that Su Yi surrender the Ancestral Jade Seal, kneel, and apologize.
• Su Yi crushed Ye Xingzhi with a single palm, killing him before the assembled clan members and guests.
• Ye Donghe threatened anyone who tried to defend Su Yi and ordered the guards to execute him.

Su Yi killed Ye Jing with one sword, shocking the assembled Ghost Snake Race elders and guests. As Ye Donghe prepared to attack him, an unknown powerhouse outside the hall offered to deal with the clan leader in Su Yi’s place.

• Ye Jing attacked Su Yi, but Su Yi killed him instantly with the Xuan Du Sword.
• Su Yi declared that Lotus Terrace Peak was like an empty realm to him, and Ye Donghe rose to challenge him.
• Jiang Yingliu offered to save Su Yi if he would obey her, but Su Yi rejected her offer and warned her to stay aside.
• Ye Donghe activated the hall’s ancient defensive formation as he prepared to fight Su Yi.
• An imposing, hoarse voice sounded from outside the hall, offering to deal with Ye Donghe for Su Yi.

Old Butcher entered the Ghost Snake Race’s Ancestral Hall Great Hall and showed that he answered to Su Yi, not the clan’s elders. After Su Yi ordered him to capture Ye Donghe, the clan leader unleashed the Ten Thousand Stars Slaying Heaven Array, but Su Yi and Old Butcher emerged unharmed; Old Butcher then began his counterattack.

• Old Butcher appeared at the Ancestral Hall Great Hall, passed the guards, and entered after Ye Donghe ordered them to stay outside.
• Old Butcher apologized to Su Yi for revealing himself and asked whether he could attack the people who had insulted him.
• Ye Donghe, Huang Yuanxiu, and Jiang Yingliu warned Old Butcher against making an enemy of the Ghost Snake Race and its allies.
• Su Yi ordered Old Butcher to capture Ye Donghe alive, and Ye Donghe activated the Ten Thousand Stars Slaying Heaven Array.
• Su Yi dismissed the formation as an empty shell and brushed aside its attack, leaving himself and Old Butcher unharmed.
• Old Butcher unleashed his savage aura and manifested the phantom of a primeval demonic ape.

Old Butcher overwhelmed the Ghost Snake Race’s allies in the Ancestral Hall Great Hall, while Su Yi demanded that Jiang Yingliu reveal her intentions. Jiang Yingliu declared her loyalty to the Supreme Mystery Grotto-heaven and suddenly lunged at Su Yi.

• Ye Donghe unleashed the Ghost Snake Race’s Netherworld Snake Restraint, but Old Butcher shattered it and forced him to his knees with one strike.
• Old Butcher killed a Ghost Snake Race elder who insulted Su Yi, then stopped when Su Yi told him not to kill indiscriminately.
• Su Yi questioned Jiang Yingliu, Huang Yuanxiu, and their companions about their role in the Ghost Snake Race’s internal turmoil.
• At Su Yi’s command, Old Butcher killed Huang Yuanxiu despite his threats invoking the Profound Yellow Sword Pavilion and the Profound Abyss Alliance.
• Jiang Yingliu declared that Supreme Mystery Grotto-heaven disciples did not fear death, then rushed toward Su Yi to capture him.

Su Yi defeated Jiang Yingliu and exposed her alliance with Ye Donghe in a plot against the Ghost Snake Race. Jiang Yingliu revealed that she had come to reclaim Su Yi’s sword, Three-Inch Heavenly Heart, and a powerful newcomer arrived at the hall.

• Jiang Yingliu attacked Su Yi twice, but he easily broke her sword techniques and defeated her.
• Su Yi questioned Ye Donghe and had Old Butcher release Xiang Tian, who said Jiang Yingliu had ordered her to attack Ye Tianqu and seize the Ancestral Jade Seal.
• Jiang Yingliu admitted the plot and said she had sought to reclaim her Grandmaster’s sword from the Ghost Snake Race.
• Ye Donghe confirmed that the clan had been entrusted with Three-Inch Heavenly Heart, Su Yi’s sword, for safekeeping.
• A powerful figure burst into the Ancestral Hall Great Hall and demanded to know who was causing trouble on Ghost Snake Race territory.

Su Yi revealed Ye Xun, the Ghost Snake Race's long-absent Old Ancestor, and left the clan to settle its internal crisis. He spared Xiang Tian and ordered Jiang Yingliu kept alive for questioning before departing with Old Butcher.

• Ye Qinghe arrived at the great hall and questioned Su Yi about why he had intervened in the Ghost Snake Race's affairs.
• Su Yi summoned Ye Xun, whose identity as the Ghost Snake Race's Old Ancestor stunned Ye Qinghe, Ye Donghe, and the others.
• Ye Xun confronted Ye Donghe and asked Ye Qinghe how the clan's crisis should be resolved; Ye Qinghe deferred to him.
• Su Yi told Ye Xun to spare Xiang Tian and keep Jiang Yingliu alive for later questioning.
• Su Yi left the great hall with Old Butcher, leaving Ye Xun and the Ghost Snake Race to handle the remaining matters.

Su Yi ended the Ghost Snake Race’s internal turmoil, spared Jiang Yingliu, and prepared to take the Xuan Jun Sword Master’s sword. Ye Xun then reported that all three Ancestral Jade Seals were in his hands.

• Su Yi confronted Old Servant Thirteen, ordered him to accept punishment, and later agreed to help Old Butcher expel the demonic obstruction in his state of mind.
• Ye Donghe explained that he had conspired with Jiang Yingliu to protect the Ghost Snake Race, but Ye Xun ordered him imprisoned and assigned punishments and releases for the others.
• Su Yi released Jiang Yingliu despite her insistence that she would someday reclaim her sect Grandmaster’s sword, which Su Yi intended to take for himself.
• Su Yi told Old Butcher that Bi Mo would stay in the Great Wilderness because leaving would expose his forces to Su Yi’s youngest disciple.
• Ye Xun entered and told Su Yi that all three Ancestral Jade Seals had fallen into his hands.

Su Yi went with Ye Xun and Ye Qinghe to the Ghost Snake Race’s Ancestral Forbidden Ground, where he promised to share insights that might help Ye Qinghe overcome his cultivation bottleneck. There, Su Yi sensed the Three-Inch Heavenly Heart calling to him, but the Heavenly Cliff Candle Nether Lamp’s artifact spirit suppressed its sword song.

• Ye Qinghe recognized Su Yi as the Xuan Jun Sword Master and vowed to keep his identity secret; Su Yi offered to share cultivation insights with him after their visit.
• Su Yi led Ye Xun, Ye Qinghe, and Old Butcher into the Ghost Snake Race’s Ancestral Forbidden Ground, where he promised to use the Heavenly Cliff Candle Nether Lamp to help dispel Old Butcher’s Dao-heart shadows.
• A familiar sword song rang through the secret realm, and Su Yi sensed that the Three-Inch Heavenly Heart had recognized him after tens of thousands of years.
• Su Yi identified the Heavenly Cliff Candle Nether Lamp’s artifact spirit as the force suppressing the sword song and led the group toward Candle Nether Mountain.
• At Candle Nether Mountain, the group heard the sword song again from the cliff platform where Little Yezi had hidden the Three-Inch Heavenly Heart beside the lamp.

Su Yi reunited with Youxue on Candle Nether Mountain and reclaimed Three-Inch Heavenly Heart, which had been sealed beneath the pond. The sword returned to its three-inch azure gourd form, and Youxue hinted that Su Yi had once made her a promise.

• Su Yi greeted Youxue, the artifact spirit of the Heavenly Cliff Candle Nether Lamp, and she welcomed him and his companions onto Candle Nether Mountain.
• Youxue explained that Ye Yu had asked her to hide Three-Inch Heavenly Heart beneath the pond using the Candle Nether Source.
• Su Yi told Youxue he would take his sword but would not take her with him, and she reminded him of a promise he could not recall.
• Youxue lifted the Heavenly Cliff Candle Nether Lamp, releasing Three-Inch Heavenly Heart and its tremendous Sword Might from beneath the pond.
• Su Yi called the sword to his hand and calmed its power, revealing its three-inch azure sword gourd form.

Su Yi entrusted Three-Inch Heavenly Heart to his care, arranged for Ye Xun to remain under Youxue’s watch, and prepared to leave for Unjustly Dead City to rescue Ye Yu. Youxue asked to accompany him and revealed the old promise that she would go with him if she could defeat him.

• Su Yi explained Three-Inch Heavenly Heart’s origins and accepted that his current cultivation could not unleash its full power, while Youxue chose not to challenge him for it.
• Su Yi asked Youxue to use the Heavenly Cliff Candle Nether Lamp to help the Old Butcher overcome his demonic obstruction, and gave Ye Qinghe insights to aid his cultivation.
• Su Yi ordered Ye Xun to stay and recover under Youxue’s supervision, then the Old Butcher emerged free of his obstruction and agreed to investigate the Black Nether Ship and Mount Tao Capital Lord in the Bitter Sea.
• Su Yi told Youxue he would travel to Unjustly Dead City to bring Ye Yu back, but refused to take her with him because the Ghost Snake Race needed her.
• Youxue reminded Su Yi that he had promised to take her with him if she could defeat him, and declared that she had decided to try.

Su Yi agreed to take You Xue to Nether Capital to rescue Ye Yu, while making arrangements to protect the Ghost Snake Race and contain Ye Xun. The next morning, Su Yi and You Xue left Heavenly Cliff City for Unjustly Dead City.

• You Xue asked to accompany Su Yi, and he agreed on the condition that she return after Ye Yu was rescued.
• You Xue sealed Ye Xun inside a courtyard and instructed Ye Qinghe to keep their plans secret.
• Ye Qinghe ordered the clan to publicize Ye Xun's return and Huang Yuanxiu's death to deter other factions.
• Su Yi asked Old Butcher to guard Heavenly Cliff City until Ye Yu returned, and Old Butcher agreed.
• Su Yi and You Xue left Heavenly Cliff City for Unjustly Dead City.

During a moonless storm, Su Yi and You Xue sheltered in an abandoned Garan Temple and discussed how its accumulated prayers protected travelers from evil. They admitted an injured scholar-robed emperor into the hall, and as another group approached, the scholar sensed the danger.

• Su Yi told You Xue that Garan Temple had been destroyed after attempting to eradicate Unjustly Dead City, but its temples still protected people through the wishes of believers.
• You Xue realized the temple's protective power had kept ghosts and other dangers away on the moonless night.
• Su Yi welcomed an injured scholar-robed man into the hall, and the man promised to leave rather than involve them in his troubles.
• You Xue reflected on her enduring love for Su Xuanjun while Su Yi rested beside the fire.
• You Xue and the scholar-robed man sensed another arrival outside the temple as sounds of tearing air rang through the rain.

Su Yi and You Xue sheltered Xing Yun Jia, an Emperor of the Xing Family, while five Emperor Realm pursuers attacked him. You Xue revealed her overwhelming power, killed all five, and brought Xing Yun Jia back to the hall, where he prepared to heal as Su Yi joked that her protection made him look like a man living off a woman.

• Xing Yun Jia left the hall to face five Emperor Realm cultivators who had surrounded the temple and demanded that his companions stay out of the fight.
• Su Yi recognized Xing Yun Jia as an Emperor of the Xing Family, and You Xue went outside after he warned her not to help unless she chose to do so herself.
• The five pursuers wounded Xing Yun Jia while trying to capture him alive, until You Xue appeared and ordered him to heal.
• You Xue killed the silver-haired leader and the other four Emperors with her dark Great Dao power.
• Xing Yun Jia thanked Su Yi and You Xue before sitting down to heal, and Su Yi joked that You Xue left him no chance to fight for himself.

Su Yi and You Xue learned that the Profound Nether God Court might be working to bring the ancient Nether King back into the world. They traveled to Heaven Snow City to prepare for a journey into Unjustly Dead City, where Su Yi unexpectedly recognized a woman.

• Su Yi explained to You Xue that facing real danger could temper a cultivator, and urged her not to suppress her proud nature around him.
• Xing Yun Jia told Su Yi and You Xue that the Profound Nether God Court had rapidly become the strongest faction in the Nether River Region and had hunted him for unknown reasons.
• Xing Yun Jia shared a rumor that the Profound Nether God Court planned to let its Nether God descend, leading Su Yi to suspect it was connected to the Nether King's attempted escape.
• Three days later, Su Yi and You Xue reached Heaven Snow City, where Su Yi said they should find a blacksmith.
• Su Yi spotted a familiar woman in the city, and she recognized him as well.

Su Yi and You Xue encountered Yuan Linning in Heaven Snow City, while Meng Po Hall investigated the disappearance of Xiao Beiye and prepared to enter Unjustly Dead City. Su Yi then led You Xue to a Blacksmith Shop, where a powerful customer treated the young blacksmith’s absent master with great respect.

• Yuan Linning told Lu Changming that Emperors had been disappearing and that the Profound Nether God Court might be responsible for Xiao Beiye’s disappearance.
• Lu Changming decided to enter Unjustly Dead City the following night with experts from other factions before investigating Xiao Beiye further.
• Yuan Linning told Lu Changming she had seen Su Yi, and he warned her that Su Yi could not be provoked.
• Su Yi and You Xue found a young blacksmith forging a flying sword, and Su Yi recognized his technique as that of the old blacksmith’s disciple.
• A Profound Darkness Realm customer thanked the young blacksmith and politely asked him to convey his respects to his master.

Su Yi arrived at the Blacksmith Shop and used the phrase “Late Snowfall” to prove his connection to its owner, the Cloth Robe Man. The owner recognized the message and invited Su Yi inside, while the Black-Clothed Old Monk left determined to learn who the visitors were.

• Yun Songzi retrieved his tempered Dao sword and identified himself to A Cheng as a visitor from Yellow Springs Hall.
• Su Yi told A Cheng to relay “Late Snowfall” to the Blacksmith Shop’s owner, then waited with You Xue outside.
• The Black-Clothed Old Monk urged the Cloth Robe Man to remove the tombstone guarding Unjustly Dead City, but the owner refused and dismissed him.
• After hearing “Late Snowfall,” the Cloth Robe Man recognized Su Yi’s message, ordered A Cheng to invite him inside, and warned A Cheng not to speak to the Old Monk.
• The Black-Clothed Old Monk questioned Su Yi and You Xue outside the shop, then spotted Yun Songzi and wondered about the visitors’ identities.

Su Yi reunited with the Cloth Robe Man, the Fengdu Night Watchman guarding Heaven Snow City, and learned that the Profound Nether God Court planned to free the Nether King from Unjustly Dead City. The Cloth Robe Man refused to move the gravestone, but the Court might threaten the city and exploit his oath; he believed Su Yi could help him.

• Su Yi and the Cloth Robe Man shared wine and discussed why the Cloth Robe Man had taken A Cheng as his disciple.
• The Cloth Robe Man revealed that the demon monk Shishi had once been the Garan Temple elder Bitter Willow, who betrayed the temple and became a servant of the Nether King.
• The Cloth Robe Man explained that the Profound Nether God Court sought to rescue the Nether King by removing the gravestone that sealed Unjustly Dead City.
• Su Yi and the Cloth Robe Man connected the Court's plan to the Nine Netherworld Crow's failed attempt to use the Judge's Brush and the Wheel of Destiny.
• The Cloth Robe Man revealed that he was the Fengdu Night Watchman, bound by an oath to guard Heaven Snow City, and warned that the Court might threaten the city to force his hand.
• The Cloth Robe Man welcomed Su Yi's return and said he believed Su Yi was the one who could help him, leaving A Cheng stunned.

Su Yi learned that the Profound Nether God Court had trapped emperors in Unjustly Dead City as sacrifices for the Nether King, and he agreed to confront the threat while rescuing Little Yezi. The Cloth Robe Man lent him the Listening Truth Book, and Su Yi and You Xue left the Blacksmith Shop as another lantern-bearing figure appeared in the night.

• The Cloth Robe Man explained that the Profound Nether God Court had severed the Yin Yang Road, trapping emperors and preparing to sacrifice them to the Nether King.
• Su Yi agreed to save Little Yezi and asked the Cloth Robe Man to lend him the Listening Truth Book, which the Night Watchman granted.
• Su Yi took the Listening Truth Book and left the Blacksmith Shop with You Xue; the Cloth Robe Man told A Cheng that Su Yi was a sword cultivator.
• Su Yi told You Xue that the Night Watchman was nearly invincible in Heaven Snow City and explained the Night Watchmen’s duty to guard it for sixty thousand years.
• Su Yi explained that Fengdu Token holders could ask the Night Watchman to temper Calamity Extinguishing Imperial Decrees, then noticed a hunched figure carrying a white paper lantern in the distance.

The Night Watchman destroyed the Profound Nether God Court cultivators in Heaven Snow City with the Annihilation Rule. Afterward, Su Yi and You Xue encountered Lu Changming, whose past conflict with Su Yi remained unresolved.

• A Gray-Clothed Old Man used a forbidden formation to summon Su Yi and You Xue to Upside-down Ridge on Shishi Monk’s behalf, but the Night Watchman appeared and shattered the formation.
• The Night Watchman crushed the Gray-Clothed Old Man and sent his head back with a warning that the Profound Nether God Court must stay out of Heaven Snow City.
• The Night Watchman used Fengdu’s Annihilation Rule to kill the Profound Nether God Court cultivators scattered throughout the city in less than three snaps of the fingers.
• Su Yi declined the Night Watchman’s invitation for a drink and left with You Xue to find an inn.
• Lu Changming encountered Su Yi and greeted him, recalling the conflict that had cost him his position as a Supreme Elder.

Su Yi rejected Lu Changming’s offer to travel together and warned him that the upheaval in Nether Capital was a trap set by the Profound Nether God Court. Meanwhile, Nine Netherworld Crow recognized Su Yi from the image sent by the Black-Clothed Old Monk and realized he might be heading to Unjustly Dead City.

• Lu Changming told Su Yi that Mo Wuhen had punished the priests and stripped him of his Supreme Elder status over their past conflict, then asked to accompany Su Yi to Unjustly Dead City.
• Su Yi refused Lu Changming’s offer and warned him that the Profound Nether God Court had set a trap; he then left with You Xue.
• The Black-Clothed Old Monk reported that the Night Watchman had killed his servant and threatened the Profound Nether God Court’s members who entered Heaven Snow City.
• The Black-Clothed Old Monk summoned Nine Netherworld Crow and showed it an image of Su Yi and You Xue.
• Nine Netherworld Crow recognized Su Yi as the youth who had ruined its operation at Violet Luo City and suspected he had come to Heaven Snow City to investigate Unjustly Dead City.