Recaps

Su Hao defeated Ji Chentai and saved Ji Ruyue, who explained how her family had sacrificed her to awaken her brother’s phoenix bloodline. After Su Hao urged her to gather the remaining Heavenly Maidens, Zhang Xingyou, the Jade Pool Sacred Sect’s ninety-third sect master, arrived and praised his power and audacity.

• Su Hao returned to the courtyard after defeating Ji Chentai, and Ji Ruyue came to thank him for saving her.
• Ji Ruyue told Su Hao that her family had planned to sacrifice her to Ji Chentai, and that her uncontrolled phoenix fire had killed the Ji Family.
• Su Hao said the Ji Family’s grudge was settled, asked Ji Ruyue to bring the remaining eight Heavenly Maidens to him, and warned that the upper realm’s True Immortals could be defeated.
• Xu Luanxing came to apologize, but Su Hao struck her through the door with sword energy and sent her away gravely wounded.
• Zhang Xingyou revealed herself as the Jade Pool Sacred Sect’s ninety-third sect master and told Su Hao she could not have suppressed Ji Chentai herself.

Zhang Xingyou warned Su Hao about the Human King's dangerous destiny and urged him to serve Jade Pool, but he refused and insisted on taking the Heavenly Maidens. After absorbing the Phoenix Bone and growing more confident, Su Hao emerged five days later to find Ji Ruyue, Jade Pool Sacred Sect leaders, and eight women waiting for him.

• Zhang Xingyou explained the Human King's role, the Twelve Heavenly Maidens, and Jade Pool Heaven's plans, then accused Su Hao of stealing the Human King's destiny.
• Su Hao asserted that he was the Human King and told Zhang Xingyou he would take the Heavenly Maidens in five days; she left to report the matter to Jade Pool Heaven.
• Su Hao inspected his enhanced Phoenix Nirvana talent and absorbed the Phoenix Bone into the bones of his right arm, greatly increasing his strength and ability to survive.
• Five days later, Su Hao left his courtyard intending to confront the Jade Pool Sacred Sect, and Ji Ruyue arrived with high-ranking figures and eight women.

Su Hao took the remaining Seven Heavenly Maidens from the Jade Pool Sacred Sect after Ji Ruyue warned him about the Human King and the Primordial Mother Lotus Crystal. Zhang Xingyou suspected Su Hao might be a tribulation of the Human King and sent Ji Ruyue to investigate Tianyuan Continent, while Su Hao returned to the Golden Light Sect and began cultivating in seclusion.

• Ji Ruyue told Su Hao that the Heavenly Maidens were incomplete and warned that the Heavenly Dao might restore the Human King's fate, then discovered Su Hao had already refined the Phoenix Bone.
• Su Hao left the Jade Pool Sacred Sect with the Heavenly Maidens, and Zhang Xingyou revealed that a mysterious incantation had forced her to compromise.
• Zhang Xingyou ordered Ji Ruyue to search Tianyuan Continent for Li Zhuo and said the turmoil across the three continents signaled an approaching great calamity.
• Su Hao returned to the Golden Light Sect, learned that the dragon kings still could not kill the Blood Sin Dragon, and took the Twelve Heavenly Maidens into seclusion to perfect the Seed of Yin and Yang.
• Li Zhuo arrived at Phoenix Perch Mountain and respectfully asked Granny Golden Flower to see his master.

Li Zhuo cultivated the mysterious True Scripture of Creation in secret and rapidly advanced, while Su Hao gained a strand of Yin and Yang power and studied a supreme sword ability. The stalemated war on Tianyuan Continent worsened when both humans and dragons turned their attention to True Person Gan Zi’s exposed Myriad Souls Pagoda.

• Li Zhuo learned that True Person Gan Zi was away fighting the dragon race and that the Holy Master had entered seclusion, so he decided to try cultivating the True Scripture of Creation from his dreams.
• Li Zhuo absorbed Immortal Qi for a year and reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage, mastering Sky Breaking Sword Qi and the Demon Slaying Three Swords while rapidly improving his learning ability.
• Su Hao absorbed power derived from the Primordial Mother Lotus Crystal through the Joyful Zen Sacred Art and gained a strand of Yin and Yang power, though he struggled to balance its extreme Yin.
• Su Hao stabilized the Yin-Yang power, then entered the mysterious space within the stone bearing the supreme divine ability to study the God Annihilation Sword Extinguishes Great Curse of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
• The human and dragon races shifted their attention to the Myriad Souls Pagoda after True Person Gan Zi inadvertently revealed the immortal artifact.

As the Dragon Clan war stalled, the Ghost Fiend Sect summoned its ancestor, Golden Bat Ghost King, who descended and trapped the gathered cultivators. Golden Bat Ghost King attacked True Person Gan Zi to seize the Myriad Souls Pagoda, but a decaying figure appeared and claimed the immortal artifact for himself.

• After a Netherworld Demonic Corpse forced the Dragon Clan to retreat, the Ghost Fiend Sect began summoning its ancestor in Duanhun Prefecture.
• Golden Bat Ghost King descended into the Chiqing Realm and vowed to lead the Ghost Fiend Sect in unifying it.
• Golden Bat Ghost King bound the gathered cultivators with demonic energy and threatened to feed on them.
• Golden Bat Ghost King recognized True Person Gan Zi and attacked him after Zhao Qianqiu revealed he possessed the Myriad Souls Pagoda.
• True Person Gan Zi activated the Myriad Souls Pagoda, revealing it as an immortal artifact, but Golden Bat Ghost King pursued him.
• A decaying figure emerged, blocked True Person Gan Zi's escape, and suppressed him and the Myriad Souls Pagoda with a poisonous aura.

Lord Ye Jiang and Golden Bat Ghost King fought over the Myriad Souls Pagoda as the Four Seas Dragon Kings arrived to demand justice for their kin. Su Hao appeared and admitted killing Ao Nu, then unleashed a mysterious sword-filled power that left the assembled experts horrified.

• Lord Ye Jiang revealed that he had followed True Person Gan Zi to investigate the Myriad Souls Pagoda, while Golden Bat Ghost King accused him of pretending to have spared the Ghost Fiend Sect.
• Ao Chu and the other Dragon Kings arrived, demanding the release of their clan’s souls and the surrender of True Person Gan Zi and his companions.
• True Person Hundred Swords considered summoning help as Lord Ye Jiang began pouring spiritual power into the Myriad Souls Pagoda to seize it.
• Su Hao arrived with Blood Sin Dragon and Silver Moon Demon Lord, who offered to hold off the Four Seas Dragon Kings.
• Su Hao told Ao Ning that he had killed Ao Nu and said he would send Ao Ning to join him.
• The sky darkened and a field of sharp swords filled the air, restricting the vision and divine senses of Lord Ye Jiang, Golden Bat Ghost King, and the Dragon Kings.

Su Hao killed the Four Sea Dragon Kings with the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths God Annihilation Sword Extinguishes Great Curse, then trapped Golden Bat Ghost King in the Myriad Souls Pagoda. Lord Ye Jiang remained nearby as Su Hao confronted him about whether he intended to rescue the Ghost King.

• Su Hao used the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths God Annihilation Sword Extinguishes Great Curse to kill Ao Ning, Ao Ming, Ao Yue, and Ao Chu, while the Myriad Souls Pagoda captured their souls.
• Lord Ye Jiang apologized to Su Hao and left after learning his identity, while Golden Bat Ghost King also tried to depart.
• Su Hao stopped Golden Bat Ghost King and attacked him with sword lights formed from spiritual power and divine sense.
• Golden Bat Ghost King repeatedly reconstructed his body, but the Myriad Souls Pagoda sealed it and prevented his Primordial Spirit from escaping.
• Su Hao used the Forbidden Word Curse to seal Golden Bat Ghost King's Primordial Spirit and drew him into the Myriad Souls Pagoda.
• Su Hao looked toward Lord Ye Jiang's concealed figure and asked whether he planned to save Golden Bat Ghost King.

After defeating the Golden Bat Ghost King, Su Hao used the Myriad Souls Pagoda and the God Annihilation Sword Extinguishes Great Curse to annihilate the high-level Dragon Clan and Sea Clan forces across Tianyuan Continent. As he finished gathering spoils and ordered the hunt for survivors, he noticed a second sunlike fire in the stars and suspected the Immortal Realm Dragon Clan was responding.

• Lord Ye Jiang fled to the Myriad Corpse Sect station, shaken by Su Hao's power and the Golden Bat Ghost King's capture.
• Su Hao hunted the Ghost Fiend Sect, Dragon Clan, and Sea Clan, killing Chen Qianhe, Zhao Qianqiu, Huangfu Le, and numerous other cultivators with the God Annihilation Sword Extinguishes Great Curse.
• The Myriad Souls Pagoda filled with the souls of slain Dragons and Sea Clan cultivators, while the Golden Bat Ghost King remained bound and watched its ranks grow.
• Su Hao told True Person Gan Zi, True Person Hundred Swords, the Heavenly Demon Son, and the other cultivators to mobilize their sects and hunt the remaining Dragon Clan within Tianyuan Continent.
• Su Hao collected Talent Power, storage rings, and two more Dragon Pearls, bringing his total to six, then noticed a small sunlike fire among the stars and wondered whether the upper realm's Dragon Lords sought revenge.

The Tathagata Zen Sect and other sacred lands received news of the Dragon Clan’s defeat, while Zhang Xingyou spotted a divine beast Golden Crow in the heavens. Back at Phoenix Perch Mountain, Su Hao reassured Little Cai, gave her and Little Jin Dragon Pearls from the fallen dragons, and learned that Li Zhuo had come looking for him.

• Master Yuanguang told Living Buddha Jie Kong that the Dragon Clan had been routed on the Tianyuan Continent and agreed to investigate the demon behind its defeat.
• Zhang Xingyou identified a crimson object in the distant heavens as a divine beast Golden Crow and left the Jade Pool Sacred Sect for a few days.
• Su Hao returned to Phoenix Perch Mountain, where Little Cai clung to him after fearing that something had happened to him.
• Su Hao explained Little Cai’s fear as a bloodline reaction to the deaths of many True Dragons and helped calm her with spiritual power.
• Su Hao gave six Dragon Pearls to Little Cai and Little Jin, then said that the Dragon Kings and other powerful aquatic Demon Cultivators who entered the Tianyuan Continent were dead.
• Granny Golden Flower told Su Hao that Li Zhuo had wanted to see him while he was in seclusion.

Su Hao inspected the Myriad Souls Pagoda, where the Golden Bat Ghost King remained trapped, then used Reshaping Blood Jade to refine talents taken from the Dragon Kings. After gaining several sword talents, he ran out of jade but still had a large stock of red talents to process.

• Su Hao told Granny Golden Flower to have True Person Gan Zi ask Li Zhuo about his strange dreams later, then assigned Jin Ji and her sisters to sort the captured storage treasures.
• Su Hao checked the Myriad Souls Pagoda and found the Golden Bat Ghost King still trapped and threatening him with the Demon Realm’s future invasion.
• Su Hao reviewed the four Dragon Kings’ red talents and decided their sea-based powers were too specific to absorb directly.
• Su Hao used Reshaping Blood Jade to turn the East Sea Dragon King’s Lord of the East Sea talent into Star Sword Heart, then chose that talent.
• Su Hao spent the remaining Reshaping Blood Jade to obtain Imperial Dao Sword Body, Slaughter Sword Intent, and Crimson Lotus Sword Immortal, leaving him with many red talents still to process.

Su Hao used the treasures he had acquired to strengthen the Buzhou Mountain Soul and began smelting a vast collection of artifacts, including the Heavenly Wood Sword Essence, in the Creation Molten Fire Pearl. He cultivated sword dao for five years while the world outside grew hotter beneath two suns.

• Su Hao gave the Buzhou Mountain Soul drops of the Essence of the Heavenly River and Guanyin's Sweet Dew Water, causing it to absorb them and enter a deep slumber.
• Su Hao gathered artifacts and rare materials from the Blood Sin Dragon and Jin Ji, then used the Creation Molten Fire Pearl to smelt them together with the Heavenly Wood Sword Essence.
• Su Hao refined eight Dragon King's talents into supreme sword-dao talents but found that they barely improved his sword-dao attainment.
• Su Hao immersed himself in sword-dao cultivation, mastering thirteen sword-dao divine abilities in one day and continuing for five years without reaching his limit.
• Two suns appeared in the sky, and the temperature of the Chiqing Realm continued to rise.

As the Golden Crow threatened the Chiqing Realm, Yu Xuanji realized it had come for her and sought to borrow Phoenix Perch Mountain’s Immortal Qi to gain the power to oppose it. She offered Su Hao the Star Brilliance Pearl, but the chapter ended before he answered.

• Little Cai took Xu Qing and disciples to nearby cities to shelter them from the drought, while Qin Yue stayed behind to cultivate.
• Yu Xuanji concluded that the Mystic Maiden Palace had sent the Golden Crow to capture her alive and decided she had to stop hiding.
• Yu Xuanji took the Star Brilliance Pearl from the Starry Secret Land and set out to ask Su Hao for access to Phoenix Perch Mountain.
• Yu Xuanji told Su Hao that Immortal Qi could help her condense the Moon Gazing Immortal Body, then offered him the Star Brilliance Pearl in exchange for permission to cultivate there.

Yu Xuanji returned to Phoenix Perch Mountain to cultivate and prepare to face the Golden Crow, while Su Hao lent her an immortal artifact and strengthened the mountain’s Immortal Qi. Su Hao tested his Sword Annihilation Great Curse by killing the Golden Bat Ghost King, advancing his cultivation toward mid-Mahayana and turning his attention to Lord Ye Jiang.

• Su Hao accepted the Star Brilliance Pearl from Yu Xuanji and allowed her to stay in her former pavilion on Phoenix Perch Mountain.
• True Person Hundred Swords gave Yu Xuanji the Mysterious Zen Lotus Immortal Jade Cushion to help her cultivate the Immortal Body and confront the Golden Crow.
• Su Hao increased the Immortal Qi available to Yu Xuanji by mobilizing the Buzhou Mountain Soul.
• Su Hao used the Sword Annihilation Great Curse twice to shatter the Golden Bat Ghost King’s Primordial Spirit, and the Myriad Souls Pagoda began refining his soul.
• The death of the Golden Bat Ghost King sent power into Su Hao’s sea of souls, raising his early-Mahayana cultivation progress to 60.9%.
• After completing five years of arduous cultivation and advancing his sword dao, Su Hao set his sights on Lord Ye Jiang of the Myriad Corpse Sect.

Su Hao tracked Lord Ye Jiang to the Immortal Burial Abyss and killed him, destroying his body and all 120,000 fragments of his Primordial Spirit. The upheaval frightened cultivators across the Chiqing Realm, and Lord Ming Jian began transcending his tribulation to ascend.

• Lord Ye Jiang hid in the Immortal Burial Abyss and planned to spend twenty years raising the Netherworld Demonic Corpse to the True Immortal Realm.
• Su Hao’s sword-path will spread across the Chiqing Realm, awakening Jie Kong with a chill and driving the demonic True Person Qing Niu out of his sealed ice mountain toward Tianyuan Continent.
• Su Hao found Lord Ye Jiang and destroyed the Netherworld Demonic Corpse; when Lord Ye Jiang fled as his Primordial Spirit and split into 120,000 fragments, Su Hao extinguished every one.
• Fifteen Mahayana cultivators gathered at the Crosscutting Mountains and feared the Golden Crow and the mysterious powerhouse might devastate the Chiqing Realm.
• Lord Ming Jian declared that he would ascend rather than remain in danger, ignored Dao Kuang’s accusation that he was abandoning the realm, and prepared to face the heavenly tribulation.

After Lord Ming Jian and several other cultivators failed to summon a heavenly tribulation in the Barren Ancient Domain, they decided to return to the inner realm. At Phoenix Perch Mountain, Su Hao reached mid-Mahayana and enhanced four treasures into immortal artifacts, then recognized a blood-eyed madman approaching the Golden Light Sect as True Person Qing Niu.

• Lord Ming Jian failed to trigger a heavenly tribulation, and Sha Luohan and three more cultivators suffered the same strange failure.
• The cultivators concluded the problem was not their strength and agreed to return to the inner realm of the Three Continents and Four Seas.
• Su Hao reached mid-Mahayana after killing Lord Ye Jiang, and three nine-colored flowers formed above his Primordial Spirit.
• Su Hao used Star Stones to upgrade the Heavenly Dragon Demon Subduing Pestle, Seven Treasures Wisdom Light Soul Lamp, Myriad Calamities Black Tortoise Armor, Sun Chasing Boots, and Eastern Emperor Tower into immortal artifacts.
• True Person Gan Zi and the others intercepted a blood-eyed old madman outside the Golden Light Sect, and Su Hao recognized him as True Person Qing Niu.

Su Hao captured True Person Qing Niu, helped restore his consciousness, and demanded the cultivation art tied to the missing Primordial Human Soul. After seeing Su Hao’s power and agreeing to serve him, Qing Niu handed over the Sitting and Forgetting Without Self Art.

• True Person Qing Niu overwhelmed True Person Gan Zi and eighteen allied cultivators until Su Hao used the Heavenly Dragon Demon Subduing Pestle to capture him.
• Su Hao awarded three Immortal Crossing Creation Pills to True Person Gan Zi and the Loose Immortals, who planned to compete for the remaining two after half a month.
• True Lord Juyuan warned True Person Gan Zi of an impending great tribulation and sent him the Profound Yellow Primordial Scripture for Su Hao.
• Su Hao questioned Qing Niu about the slaughter of Xuan Yi Sect, and Qing Niu explained that a demonic sound had driven him into an illusion and possession.
• Su Hao demanded Qing Niu’s cultivation art, and Qing Niu gave him the Sitting and Forgetting Without Self Art after seeing Su Hao’s many Immortal artifacts.
• Qing Niu agreed to serve Su Hao until he ascended, and Su Hao prepared to have True Person Gan Zi introduce him.

Su Hao learned of True Lord Juyuan’s message and examined Li Zhuo after discovering his remarkable progress, uncovering that Li Zhuo had secretly reached Nascent Soul middle stage and possessed a strange, independent Nascent Soul. The chapter ended with Su Hao realizing Li Zhuo’s mysterious cultivation technique drew Immortal Qi directly from the void.

• True Person Gan Zi told Su Hao that True Lord Juyuan had sent Zhan Xuan to help and had provided the Profound Yellow Primordial Scripture, which Su Hao chose not to cultivate.
• True Person Gan Zi reported that Li Zhuo had become a master in alchemy, formations, talismans, and artifact refinement, though he believed Li Zhuo was still at Golden Core middle stage.
• Su Hao discovered a three-colored restriction around Li Zhuo’s cultivation room and found that Li Zhuo had concealed his Nascent Soul middle-stage cultivation.
• A jade-like Nascent Soul escaped from Li Zhuo, spoke independently, and warned him that Su Hao was not trustworthy; Su Hao sealed it and asked Li Zhuo to explain privately.
• Li Zhuo told Su Hao that he had learned an unnamed cultivation technique in dreams, which had advanced his cultivation and skills in the miscellaneous arts.
• Su Hao watched Li Zhuo cultivate and discovered that the unknown technique drew Immortal Qi from the void rather than from Phoenix Perch Mountain.

Su Hao confronted Li Zhuo about the strange Nascent Soul that had secretly guided his cultivation and revealed that he was the Human King. Li Zhuo struggled to reconcile his master’s claims with the Nascent Soul’s warnings, and the chapter ended with him asking whether he could still remain Su Hao’s disciple.

• Li Zhuo confessed his hidden cultivation progress and explained that the mysterious Nascent Soul had taught him secret arts while gradually taking control of his consciousness.
• Li Zhuo asked whether Su Hao had concealed the truth about Huangyan Village and the Blood Sin Dragon, and Su Hao said the dragon was imprisoned and could be killed by Li Zhuo himself.
• Li Zhuo questioned Su Hao’s motives for sending him to study beyond cultivation, then recounted the Nascent Soul’s claims that he was the Human King favored by powerful realms and sects.
• Su Hao said the powerful deliberately scattered opportunities as trials, challenged Li Zhuo over Hongling, and called himself one of the trials on Li Zhuo’s path.
• Li Zhuo rejected becoming the Human King and said he wished he could remain Su Hao’s disciple; Su Hao offered to keep him as a disciple as long as he stayed within bounds.
• Li Zhuo asked if he could still do that after the Nascent Soul warned that an approaching Great Heavenly Tribulation would bring chaos and that only he could restore balance.

Su Hao warned Li Zhuo that the Immortals and Buddhas were using him as a pawn, then destroyed the Heavenly Emperor’s consciousness inside Li Zhuo’s Nascent Soul. The Heavenly Emperor learned that his scheme had failed and set out to use the Golden Crow to destroy the Chiqing Realm while keeping Li Zhuo alive.

• Su Hao told Li Zhuo that the upper realm’s powers were exploiting him as the Human King, and promised to protect him in the Chiqing Realm.
• Su Hao removed the seal on Li Zhuo’s Nascent Soul, crushed the Heavenly Emperor’s consciousness within it, and returned the Nascent Soul to Li Zhuo.
• Su Hao advised Li Zhuo to continue cultivating the unnamed technique and taught him five divine abilities, including the Star King Steps.
• The Heavenly Emperor awoke in the Immortal Realm, furious that Su Hao had destroyed his soul consciousness and that Li Zhuo had failed to resist.
• The Heavenly Emperor decided to use the Golden Crow to destroy the Chiqing Realm and headed to the Mystic Maiden Palace.

Su Hao perfected the Sitting and Forgetting Without Self Art, gained the Mysterious Golden Soul, and reached a state of unity with heaven and earth. Three years later, after demonstrating his overwhelming power to Silver Moon Demon Lord, he heard the Golden Crow threaten the Chiqing Realm’s mortals to flush out a hidden Mystic Maiden Palace traitor.

• Su Hao perfected the Sitting and Forgetting Without Self Art, fused his three souls into the Mysterious Golden Soul, and sensed the Chiqing Realm pleading for help.
• Su Hao explored his new ability to merge with heaven and earth but chose not to confront the Golden Crow without certainty he could destroy it.
• Three years later, Silver Moon Demon Lord offered Su Hao treasures and asked to test himself against his master.
• Su Hao overwhelmed Silver Moon Demon Lord with his sword intent, then gave him a branch to study before Silver Moon Demon Lord left for Qinghe Continent.
• The Golden Crow sank a thousand kilometers and threatened to burn the Chiqing Realm’s mortals unless a hidden Mystic Maiden Palace traitor revealed herself.

The Golden Crow gave Yu Xuanji one year to reveal herself before it destroyed the Chiqing Realm, while the realm’s strongest cultivators failed to challenge it. Zhang Xingyou revealed that ascension had been severed and that the Human King controlled who could become immortal; meanwhile, Li Yueyao called upon Palace Lord Ye Suqing from the lower realm.

• Yu Xuanji answered the Golden Crow from Phoenix Perch Mountain, and it granted her one year before burning the Chiqing Realm to ashes.
• Ten top experts tried to negotiate with the Golden Crow, but its flame badly injured three of them and drove the group away.
• The Annihilation Sword Master returned to the Supreme Origin Sword Sect wounded and told Ning Duanyue that even his strongest strike could not pierce the Golden Crow’s fiery barrier.
• At the Jade Pool Sacred Sect, Zhang Xingyou told Ji Ruyue that the Human King could protect the Chiqing Realm and decide who could ascend, while Su Hao might also be able to withstand the Golden Crow.
• Li Yueyao repeatedly called Palace Lord Ye Suqing’s true name at Moon Immortal Tower, and Ye Suqing sensed the summons from the Mystic Maiden Palace.

Li Yueyao betrayed Yu Xuanji to Ye Suqing, revealing that Yu Xuanji was hiding at the Golden Light Sect to cultivate the Moon Gazing Immortal Body. Ye Suqing possessed Li Yueyao and went to investigate, where she discovered that the sect concealed extraordinary people and powers.

• Li Yueyao summoned Ye Suqing and offered information about Yu Xuanji in exchange for a chance to return to the Mystic Maiden Palace.
• Ye Suqing possessed Li Yueyao, learned the reasons for her betrayal, and agreed to let her return after serving as a dance performer in the Immortal Realm for ten thousand years.
• Ye Suqing traveled to the Golden Light Sect and searched for the mountain where Yu Xuanji was cultivating, suspecting an immortal formation concealed its Immortal Qi.
• Little Cai, Little Jin, and Xu Qing returned to the sect aboard a Flying Ship after finding an ancient immortal residence, and Qin Yue greeted them.
• Ye Suqing observed the returning women and the sect for several days, recognizing their remarkable potential and becoming astonished by the sect’s many powerful cultivators.

Su Hao restored Xu Qing’s Soaring Light Sword, restricted her from using it until she reached the Void Refinement Realm, and accepted the treasures found in True Immortal Caiyang’s cave only indirectly. Over the following year, he advanced his Sword Dao research dramatically, and the chapter ended with Yu Xuanji emerging from seclusion.

• Xu Qing presented Su Hao with the Soaring Light Sword, and he strengthened it with Star Stone before restricting its use until she reached the Void Refinement Realm.
• Little Cai offered Su Hao the Cloud Brocade Sunset flying treasure and told him about the other treasures in True Immortal Caiyang’s cave, but he sent True Person Gan Zi and the others to investigate it.
• Su Hao spent the year guiding Little Cai, Jin Ji, and the other celestial maidens, while their cultivation and Sword Dao abilities advanced rapidly.
• Su Hao mastered more than 1,300 Sword Dao divine abilities and developed 125 of them into Soaring Grade abilities.
• Su Hao used Divine Ability Stones to advance his Soaring Grade abilities, and the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths God Annihilation Sword Extinguishes Great Curse reached minor accomplishment.
• Yu Xuanji emerged from seclusion.

Shui Sheng and Xuan Yin’s sword contest ended when Jin Ji stopped them, and Yu Xuanji emerged from seclusion to face the Golden Crow. She discovered that Ye Suqing had joined forces with Li Yueyao before being drawn into battle with the Golden Crow, while Ye Suqing headed for Phoenix Perch Mountain.

• Shui Sheng and Xuan Yin sparred over Su Hao’s jade pendant until Jin Ji called off their contest as a draw.
• Yu Xuanji emerged from seclusion, and Jin Ji and the other sisters welcomed her and promised to support her against the Golden Crow.
• Yu Xuanji left Phoenix Perch Mountain to meet the Golden Crow and found Ye Suqing in control of Li Yueyao’s body.
• Li Yueyao accused Yu Xuanji of mistreating her, and Yu Xuanji accepted that she should not have involved her junior sister in their grudge.
• Ye Suqing sent the Golden Crow to attack Yu Xuanji, who used a full moon’s light to appear beyond the heavens and prepared to fight.
• Ye Suqing descended toward Phoenix Perch Mountain to investigate its secrets.

Su Hao trapped Ye Suqing’s soul wisp and separated Li Yueyao’s Primordial Spirit, while learning that Ye Suqing feared the consequences of directly attacking the Chiqing Realm. In the Mystic Maiden Palace, Ye Suqing chose not to intervene herself and instead ordered the Golden Crow to destroy Yu Xuanji and the realm.

• Ye Suqing entered the Myriad Souls Pagoda and confronted Su Hao, who revealed that he had only overheard her origins.
• Ye Suqing threatened Su Hao with the Mystic Maiden Palace’s power, but Su Hao bound her soul wisp with black chains from the pagoda.
• Su Hao realized Ye Suqing was wary of cause and effect, then used soul chains to tear Li Yueyao’s Primordial Spirit from her body.
• Ye Suqing resisted the temptation to attack the Chiqing Realm directly and watched the Golden Crow fight Yu Xuanji.
• Ye Suqing ordered the Golden Crow to destroy Yu Xuanji and the Chiqing Realm, then altered the celestial phenomenon to strengthen the sun.