Chapter Summaries

Su Yi and Cha Jin traveled through the mountains while the Crimson Flame Azure Eye Beast repaid Su Yi by sending them food. The beast eventually brought its cub and asked Su Yi to guide its cultivation, and Su Yi agreed to keep the cub by his side.

• Su Yi roasted a wild boar leg, shared it with Cha Jin, and continued traveling with her through the mountains.
• Cha Jin realized that the Crimson Flame Azure Eye Beast had been sending them prey as repayment for Su Yi's help.
• After learning they were near Sheep Wither Town and Gun Province City, Su Yi told the beast it no longer needed to bring food.
• The Crimson Flame Azure Eye Beast arrived with its cub and asked Su Yi to take it in and guide its cultivation.
• Su Yi agreed to keep the cub but warned that he would not accept it as a disciple and might send it away if it disappointed him.
• Su Yi handed the cub to Cha Jin, who delightedly cradled it.

Su Yi and Cha Jin reached a gorge where a pack of Blood Flame Wolves had trapped a group of martial artists, and Su Yi charged in to kill the Blood Flame Wolf King. The survivors escaped while he fought, then watched the wolves flee; Battle Robe Man recognized that Su Yi had saved them.

• Su Yi taught the Crimson Flame Azure Eye Beast the art of transformation, then continued toward Sheep Wither Town with Cha Jin.
• In a narrow gorge, Su Yi and Cha Jin found Battle Robe Man, a noble girl, and four guards surrounded by hundreds of Blood Flame Wolves.
• Su Yi drew the Governing Mystery Sword and cut through the wolves as he advanced toward the Blood Flame Wolf King.
• The pomegranate-skirted girl urged Battle Robe Man and the guards to escape while the wolves focused on Su Yi, and they broke out of the gorge.
• Su Yi killed the Blood Flame Wolf King and sent the pack fleeing, while Battle Robe Man acknowledged that Su Yi had saved them.

Su Yi and Cha Jin reached Sheep Wither Town after killing the Blood Flame Wolf King, where a spoiled young woman tried to claim part of the spoils. Su Yi refused her demand and continued into town, while the woman and her attendants headed to a mountain estate.

• Su Yi harvested the Blood Flame Wolf King's materials and dismissed the Battle Robe Man's group's thanks, saying he had not saved them for their sake.
• The girl in the pomegranate skirt demanded a share of the spoils, and Su Yi offered to exchange them for ten thousand second-grade spirit stones.
• When the girl protested, Su Yi warned her not to provoke him again and left with Cha Jin; the Battle Robe Man stopped her from pursuing the quarrel.
• Su Yi and Cha Jin walked to Sheep Wither Town and decided to rest there before continuing to Gun Province City the next day.
• The girl in the pomegranate skirt and her attendants arrived in town and went to a mountain estate on its eastern side.

Yu Baiting weighed the political struggle over Gun Province’s governorship and ordered Qiao Leng to investigate the blue-robed youth who had saved Yu Shuangning. In Sheep Wither Town, Su Yi unexpectedly found Chen Jinlong and arranged to travel with him to Gun Province City.

• Yu Baiting told the old servant that the Yu Clan would support whichever prince won the contest for governor.
• Yu Shuangning complained that the youth who saved her had demanded ten thousand second-grade spirit stones, and Qiao Leng recounted the encounter to Yu Baiting.
• Yu Baiting grew suspicious of Su Yi and sent Qiao Leng and Old Wen to investigate him and urge him to stay away from Yu Shuangning.
• At Fuxiang Inn, Chen Jinlong recognized Su Yi and stopped an Embroidered Robe Youth from approaching him and the beautiful woman beside him.
• Su Yi asked Chen Jinlong when he would leave for Gun Province City, then invited him to travel together the next morning.

Chen Jinlong revealed what he knew about Su Yi to Qiao Leng, who concluded that Su Yi belonged to the Sixth Prince’s faction and warned that the Yu Clan would oppose his approach to Miss. At Fuxiang Inn, Su Yi considered the rare Hidden Meridian and his need for better cultivation resources, then gave Cha Jin spirit medicine for Little Fellow as someone knocked at their door.

• Chen Jinlong tried to leave Sheep Wither Town but Qiao Leng stopped him and questioned him about Su Yi.
• Chen Jinlong told Qiao Leng about Su Yi’s connections and past encounters, then worried that Su Yi might learn he had talked.
• Qiao Leng reported Chen Jinlong’s information to Old Wen, who decided to confront Su Yi and warn him away from Miss and the Yu Clan’s affairs.
• Su Yi reflected on opening the Hidden Meridian and realized he needed second-rank spirit medicines and spirit stones to continue advancing.
• Cha Jin struggled to feed Little Fellow in their shared room, and Su Yi gave her First Grade Spirit Medicine just as someone knocked at the door.

Su Yi confronted Qiao Leng and Old Wen after they mistook his help for allegiance to the Sixth Prince and tried to intimidate him. He killed Old Wen after resisting his Soul Snatching Eye and turned the Scarlet Snake against its master, leaving Qiao Leng to discover the grisly aftermath.

• Qiao Leng and Old Wen offered Su Yi gifts, then warned him to stop acting on the Sixth Prince’s behalf, believing he had ulterior motives for saving them.
• Su Yi challenged their ingratitude, and Old Wen ordered Qiao Leng outside so he could deal with Su Yi alone.
• Old Wen unleashed his Soul Snatching Eye and sent the Scarlet Snake at Su Yi, but Su Yi caught the snake and explained that it would eventually kill Old Wen.
• Su Yi shattered Old Wen’s eyes with his sword intent, then forced the Scarlet Snake down his throat, killing him as it devoured his insides.
• Qiao Leng rushed into the room and saw Su Yi unharmed beside Old Wen’s mutilated remains.

Su Yi killed Old Wen after the Yu Clan treated his rescue with suspicion, then challenged the clan to come seek revenge. Yu Baiting ordered the clan to leave for Gun Province City and arranged meetings with Governor Xiang Tianqiu and the Sixth Prince.

• Su Yi captured Old Wen’s Scarlet Snake after it emerged from his corpse, and Qiao Leng chose to report back rather than avenge him.
• Su Yi told Qiao Leng to relay his challenge to the Yu Clan and return the gifts, then gave the Scarlet Snake to Crimson Suanni to eat.
• Cha Jin named the beast Crimson Suanni, and Su Yi explained that he would sleep on the couch to guard against danger that night.
• Su Yi planned to settle in Gun Province City and visit Heavenly Origin Academy, thinking of Wen Lingxue and Wen Lingzhao.
• Yu Baiting ordered the Yu Clan to depart for Gun Province City, summoned Governor Xiang Tianqiu to discuss the upcoming Tea Party, and offered the Sixth Prince a meeting at Cloud Touching Pavilion.

Yu Baiting sought Xiang Tianqiu’s help in pressuring the Sixth Prince to deal with Su Yi, while Xiang Tianqiu tried to draw the Yu Clan toward the Second Prince. The next morning, Su Yi and Cha Jin left Sheep Wither Town for Gun Province City, with Chen Jinlong arranging lodging for them.

• Qiao Leng inferred that Yu Baiting planned to use Xiang Tianqiu and a meeting with the Sixth Prince to pursue revenge against Su Yi.
• Yu Baiting asked Xiang Tianqiu to help demand that the Sixth Prince remove Su Yi, and Xiang Tianqiu promised to support the demand if the Sixth Prince refused.
• Xiang Ming asked Xiang Tianqiu to help him marry Wen Lingzhao, and agreed that she could only be his concubine and that he would later serve the Second Prince.
• Su Yi told Cha Jin to prepare to leave Sheep Wither Town, and Chen Jinlong apologized for revealing information about him under Qiao Leng’s coercion.
• Chen Jinlong offered Su Yi a quiet family residence in Gun Province City, and Su Yi paid him rent before they reached the city.

Su Yi and Cha Jin arrived in Gun Province City, where they encountered Chang Guoke before he reunited with Qing Jin and joined Zhou Zhili. Chang Guoke recounted the attempt on his life by retainers of the Third Prince and began explaining that a mysterious young man had saved him.

• Su Yi and Cha Jin entered Gun Province City with Chen Jinlong, and Su Yi learned that Gold and Stone Pavilion traded in cultivation resources.
• Chang Guoke greeted Su Yi and Cha Jin, but Su Yi declined to renew their acquaintance and walked on.
• Qing Jin met Chang Guoke and brought him to the Zheng Clan, where Zhou Zhili and Zheng Tianhe were waiting.
• Qing Jin introduced Chang Guoke as a second-level Grandmaster and the third disciple of Fire Pine True Person.
• Chang Guoke told Zhou Zhili and the others that Hua Lianxiu, Ji Changhe, and Yin Tong had pursued him after he tried to hunt a ninth-rank Crimson Flame Azure Eye Beast.
• Chang Guoke said a mysterious young man had saved him from the pursuit.

Chang Guoke and Zhou Zhili realized Su Yi had saved Chang Guoke, and Zheng Tianhe agreed to help find him in Gun Province City. Meanwhile, Yu Baiting demanded that Zhou Zhili kill Su Yi in exchange for the Yu Clan’s support at the Tea Party, leaving Zhou Zhili facing a hostile political bargain.

• Chang Guoke recounted how a mysterious blue-robed youth wielding lightning had rescued him, and Zhou Zhili and Qing Jin identified the youth as Su Yi.
• Zhou Zhili told Chang Guoke and Zheng Tianhe about Su Yi’s earlier exploits, and Zheng Tianhe offered to help locate him in the city.
• Su Yi settled into Gargling Stone Residence and told Cha Jin to have the servants withdraw before they explored Gun Province City.
• Zhou Zhili, Qing Jin, Mu Zhongting, and Chang Guoke met Yu Baiting at Cloud Touching Pavilion, where Yu demanded that Zhou Zhili kill Su Yi in exchange for the Yu Clan’s support at the Tea Party.
• Zhou Zhili refused to harm Su Yi, and Yu Baiting warned that the Yu Clan might withdraw its support.

Zhou Zhili rejected Yu Baiting’s offer to turn against Su Yi, while Yu Baiting secretly allied with the Second Prince and plotted to kill Su Yi. After visiting Gold and Stone Pavilion, Su Yi left Hua Yan wondering whether he had killed the three Grandmasters whose weapons he had sold.

• Zhou Zhili refused Yu Baiting’s terms and declared that Su Yi mattered more to him than the Yu Clan’s support.
• Yu Baiting revealed that he had joined Xiang Tianqiu in supporting the Second Prince and planned to use their allies to kill Su Yi.
• Zhou Zhili promised Chang Guoke that he would tell Su Yi about Yu Baiting’s hostility and stand by Su Yi.
• Su Yi received a VIP token from Hua Yan at Gold and Stone Pavilion and asked whether she was related to Qiao Yu.
• Hua Yan and Uncle Ying examined the weapons Su Yi had sold and wondered whether he had killed Hua Lianxiu, Ji Changhe, and Yin Tong.

Su Yi considered how to obtain more cultivation resources and investigate several matters before Zhou Zhili arrived with news of the Yu Clan’s plans. After hearing Zhou Zhili out, Su Yi agreed to accompany him to the Tea Party in ten days, leaving Zhou Zhili and his companions surprised and relieved.

• Su Yi reflected that his ten Third-Order Spirit Stones would last only ten days and decided to sell future spoils at Gold and Stone Pavilion.
• Cha Jin asked Su Yi what he wanted for dinner, then left to buy wine and meat.
• Zhou Zhili, Chang Guoke, and Zheng Tianhe climbed over the wall into Gargling Stone Residence, and Zhou Zhili told Su Yi about his meeting with Yu Baiting.
• Zhou Zhili thanked Su Yi for killing Hua Lianxiu and two other retainers, while Su Yi pointed out that the incident had drawn trouble from both the Yu Clan and the Third Prince.
• Su Yi agreed to accompany Zhou Zhili to the Tea Party in ten days, reminding him that Zhou Zhili had helped him before.

Cha Jin tried to warn Liu Hongqi and Lu Hao not to challenge Su Yi, but they ignored her and stormed into Gargling Stone Residence. Liu Hongqi confronted Su Yi, interrupting Zhou Zhili's discussion of the coming Tea Party before his identity as a Moon Wheel Sect elder was revealed.

• Cha Jin encountered Lu Hao and Liu Hongqi in Gun Province City and urged them to leave Great Zhou rather than provoke Su Yi.
• Liu Hongqi dismissed Cha Jin's warnings, learned Su Yi's location through the aura of her Devouring Moon Twin Blades, and set out for Gargling Stone Residence with Lu Hao.
• Lu Hao kicked open the gates of Gargling Stone Residence while Cha Jin tried to follow, but he stopped her outside.
• Zhou Zhili told Su Yi that the Tea Party at West Mountain Summit would decide the contest for Governor of Gun Province City, and Su Yi predicted it would end in a fight.
• Liu Hongqi entered Gargling Stone Residence, where Chang Guoke recognized him as a Grandmaster Third Realm elder of Great Wei's Moon Wheel Sect.

Liu Hongqi came to kill Su Yi over a grudge involving his martial nephew, but Su Yi effortlessly defeated him and left the Moon Wheel Sect elder dead while climbing over a wall to escape. The chapter ended with Liu Hongqi pierced through by his own flying sword.

• Liu Hongqi confronted Su Yi and threatened him with a Talisman Sword Secret Treasure, while Chang Guoke prepared to defend him.
• Su Yi rose from his chair and told Chang Guoke to stand down so the fight would not damage the nearby flowers and grounds.
• Liu Hongqi sent the crimson flying sword at Su Yi, but Su Yi suppressed it with True Essence and severed Liu Hongqi's control, causing him to cough blood.
• Liu Hongqi charged Su Yi with his own sword, but Su Yi caught the blade between two fingers and mocked his strength.
• Liu Hongqi abandoned his sword and fled, but Su Yi flicked it after him and pierced him through the back as he leapt over a wall.

Su Yi killed Liu Hongqi after the elder attacked him, then offered Cha Jin the choice of freedom or staying with him to receive cultivation guidance. Cha Jin decided to stay for now, and the next morning she cheerfully prepared breakfast for Su Yi.

• Liu Hongqi was killed by Su Yi, and Lu Hao fled after shouting that he would seek revenge.
• Su Yi had Chang Guoke search Liu Hongqi's belongings and dissolve his corpse, then told Zhou Zhili and Zheng Tianhe to find him at the Tea Party.
• Su Yi offered Cha Jin the choice of removing the Soul Tethering Lock and leaving or staying as his maidservant while he guided her cultivation.
• Cha Jin weighed her options and decided to stay for the time being, knowing she could leave later if she wished.
• The next morning, Cha Jin returned with breakfast and served Su Yi in a cheerful mood.

Su Yi accepted Zheng Muyao as a guide around Gun Province City after her father offered her service, while Chajin bristled at the new girl’s teasing. On their carriage ride, Su Yi saw through Muyao’s flirtatious act and left her bewildered.

• Su Yi told Chajin to pawn Liu Hongqi’s belongings for spirit stones and medicine, then left Gargling Stone Residence for a walk.
• Zheng Tianhe arrived with his daughter Zheng Muyao and asked Su Yi to let her accompany him around the city.
• Su Yi agreed to take Zheng Muyao along as long as she stayed obedient, and she traded pointed remarks with Chajin before departing with him.
• In the carriage, Su Yi told Zheng Muyao to sit farther away and identified the fragrances in her sachet as the reason he disliked her proximity.
• Su Yi called Muyao’s flirtatious behavior clumsy and said she was acting unlike herself, leaving her stunned and bewildered.

Su Yi exposed Zheng Muyao’s plan to test him and made her massage his legs before using a Soul Summoning Candle to locate Weng Yunqi. He then set out for Heavenly Origin Academy to find someone, with Zheng Muyao and Uncle Liao accompanying him.

• Su Yi saw through Zheng Muyao’s beauty trap, and she admitted she would behave while secretly resenting him.
• Su Yi ordered Zheng Muyao to massage his legs, then stopped the carriage in Yong'an Ward and used a Soul Summoning Candle to track Weng Yunqi to a hidden courtyard.
• Su Yi chose not to confront Weng Yunqi and asked Uncle Liao how to reach Heavenly Origin Academy.
• Uncle Liao explained that Zheng Muyao could bring Su Yi into the academy because she was Yue Yuchi’s final disciple.
• Su Yi headed for Heavenly Origin Academy to find someone, while Zheng Muyao tried to startle him by squeezing his thigh and was ordered to continue massaging him.

Su Yi visited Heavenly Origin Academy with Zheng Muyao and found Wei Zhengyang being bullied for pursuing Wen Lingzhao. He left Wei Zhengyang behind and went to see Wen Lingzhao, while Zheng Muyao began to suspect Su Yi was her husband.

• Hua Yan asked Cha Jin for her young master's name, but Cha Jin refused to tell her.
• Su Yi followed Zheng Muyao through Heavenly Origin Academy and asked her to take him to Wei Zhengyang.
• At the Northern Martial Arts Courtyard, Su Yi saw an Embroidered Robe Youth and his companions beat and humiliate Wei Zhengyang over his pursuit of Wen Lingzhao.
• Zheng Muyao challenged the bullies, but Su Yi dismissed them and told Wei Zhengyang to take him to Wen Lingzhao.
• Wei Zhengyang shouted that Su Yi was unworthy of Wen Lingzhao as Su Yi walked away, and Zheng Muyao wondered whether he was her rumored husband.

Su Yi and Zheng Muyao reached Flying Song Pavilion, where they saw Wen Lingzhao refuse Xiang Ming’s offer of the Feather Stream King’s cultivation notes. Wen Lingzhao then noticed Su Yi beneath a pine tree, leaving their reunion poised to begin.

• Zheng Muyao told Su Yi that Wen Lingzhao trained at Flying Song Pavilion and had reached the late-stage Qi Gathering Realm.
• Xiang Ming approached Zheng Muyao and Su Yi, and Zheng Muyao explained that he pursued Wen Lingzhao and had arranged for Wei Zhengyang to be beaten.
• Wen Lingzhao emerged from Flying Song Pavilion, and Su Yi reflected on their marriage and their shared desire to end it.
• Xiang Ming offered Wen Lingzhao the Feather Stream King’s handwritten cultivation notes, but Wen Lingzhao refused them and left.
• Wen Lingzhao stopped and fixed her gaze on Su Yi, while Zheng Muyao and Xiang Ming noticed her attention.

Su Yi met Wen Lingzhao at Heavenly Origin Academy and proposed ending their marriage, but she mistook his resolve for wounded pride and dismissed his confidence about confronting the Su Family. Wen Lingzhao ordered him to leave the academy, leaving their dispute unresolved.

• Wen Lingzhao confronted Su Yi and said she would never acknowledge their marriage, regardless of his recovered cultivation.
• Su Yi asked for paper and a brush so they could write a divorce letter and go their separate ways.
• Wen Lingzhao rejected the idea, citing the Wen Family's authority and the forces involved in their marriage, while Su Yi dismissed the Jade Capital City Su Family as a minor secular clan.
• Su Yi told Zheng Muyao to leave, then insisted that he had come to settle the marriage and proposed an agreement to dissolve it.
• Wen Lingzhao grew furious and ordered Su Yi to leave Heavenly Origin Academy.