Arc 3The Remnant Fiend Sword

Su Hao became Yu Xuanji’s disciple, grew stronger through cultivation and alchemy, and defeated Mo You after the Golden Light Sect mobilized against invading sects. He then joined the war effort and set his sights on Chen Jing, who held the Cloud Dragon Banner.

  • Yu Xuanji protected Su Hao from Mo You, accepted him as her disciple, and warned him that the Golden Light Sect intended to sacrifice him to activate the Myriad Souls Pagoda.
  • Su Hao chose the Chaos Samsara True Scripture, claimed Cave Mansion No. 11, and killed Mo Chenghu when he challenged him on the Life and Death Arena.
  • Su Hao formed pill-trading partnerships with Qian Feng and Lin Ziyi, reached Foundation Establishment, and raised the Five-Colored Spirit Snake as Little Cai.
  • Su Hao developed Sky Breaking Sword Qi, while Mo You tried to lure him out of the sect and resolved to kill him during the mobilization against invading sects.
  • After the Golden Light Sect forces reached the Qin Kingdom, Ding Xuelu and her allies surrounded Su Hao, but he killed them and admitted that he had killed Liu Mei.
  • Mo You confronted Su Hao in the valley and was killed after Su Hao destroyed his Cloud Dragon Banner, then Su Hao caught and killed Xia Yunying as he fled.
  • Su Hao recovered Mo You’s belongings and turned his attention to Chen Jing, who had obtained the weakened Cloud Dragon Banner.
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Ch. 51A True Person Bestows a Treasure, Saying I Am Destined to Have It!

Su Hao met True Person Yuqing after she discovered his secrets and learned that he had killed Liu Mei. She gave him a jade pendant and proposed taking him as her disciple, while her thoughts revealed that she considered him a rare prodigy and believed he was destined to be connected to her.

  • Yu Xuanji revealed her name and Taoist title, then questioned Su Hao about Liu Mei’s death.
  • Yu Xuanji dismissed Liu Mei’s death and praised Su Hao’s talent, including his Innate Yin-Yang Qi and apparent Wood Element Sacred Body.
  • Su Hao admitted he had killed Liu Mei and planned to leave the Golden Light Sect, but Yu Xuanji warned that Mo You could track him down.
  • Yu Xuanji gave Su Hao a Dragon Pattern Jade Pendant that concealed his aura and aptitude, then asked him to become her disciple.
  • Su Hao agreed, and Yu Xuanji vanished after telling him to remain in the sect.
  • Yu Xuanji reflected that Su Hao was the prodigy connected to the Myriad Souls Pagoda disturbance and declared that he was destined to be connected to her.

Ch. 52Sky Slaying Sword Art, Mo You Arrives

After overcoming his fear of Yu Xuanji’s possible motives, Su Hao benefited from Liu Mei’s spoils, learned the Sky Slaying Sword Art, and advanced to Qi Refining Level 9. Mo You arrived at Heavenly Medicine Mountain, destroyed Su Hao’s cave dwelling, and confronted him.

  • Su Hao reasoned that becoming Yu Xuanji’s disciple could protect and benefit him, then inspected the storage bags taken from the Blood Soul Secret Realm.
  • Su Hao found the Sky Slaying Sword Art in Liu Mei’s storage bag and quickly comprehended it, demonstrating its power by cutting through a stone wall.
  • Su Hao considered buying a stronger sword and continued practicing the sword art while taking Golden Snow Spirit Pills.
  • After ten days, Su Hao reached Qi Refining Level 9 as Mo You arrived at Heavenly Medicine Mountain and destroyed his cave dwelling with a cloud of black insects.
  • Mo You appeared before Su Hao, asked whether he was Su Hao, and found that he could not discern Su Hao’s cultivation or aura.

Ch. 53Claiming Compensation!

Mo You attacked Su Hao, but Yu Xuanji intervened, accepted him as her disciple, and exposed the Golden Light Sect’s search for an Artifact Spirit to activate the Myriad Souls Pagoda. The chapter ended with Yu Xuanji preparing to tell Su Hao how to avoid being made into one.

  • Mo You found Su Hao and tried to bind him and use the Soul Searching Technique to learn about him.
  • Yu Xuanji arrived, stopped Mo You from harming Su Hao, and drove him away after he gave Su Hao his Wind Dragon Mountain dwelling as compensation.
  • Su Hao knelt before Yu Xuanji, and she accepted him as her disciple.
  • Yu Xuanji told Su Hao that the Inner Sect had been searching for a prodigy and revealed the Golden Light Sect’s plan to use an Artifact Spirit to activate the Myriad Souls Pagoda.
  • Yu Xuanji told Su Hao that he needed to learn how to escape the fate of becoming an Artifact Spirit.

Ch. 54Master Has Granted Me a Technique, So I Want This One!

Yu Xuanji warned Su Hao that his only real path to safety was to grow stronger quickly, then offered him a choice of three cultivation techniques. Despite her cautions about its risks, Su Hao chose the mysterious Chaos Samsara True Scripture.

  • Yu Xuanji outlined ways Su Hao might avoid being sacrificed to the Myriad Souls Pagoda and said he needed to become stronger as quickly as possible.
  • Yu Xuanji explained that Su Hao should not sacrifice his talent out of fear, then offered him a cultivation technique as her first gift.
  • Yu Xuanji presented the Azure Emperor Majestic Spirit Divine Art, the Azure Dragon Sword Seal, and the Chaos Samsara True Scripture.
  • Yu Xuanji warned that the Chaos Samsara True Scripture consumed vast resources, could mutate Su Hao's Dantian and meridians, and might be difficult to comprehend or abandon.
  • Su Hao firmly chose the Chaos Samsara True Scripture despite Yu Xuanji's objections.

Ch. 55New Cave Mansion, New Cultivation Art

Yu Xuanji gave Su Hao the Chaos Samsara True Scripture and pills before he moved into the cave mansion Mo You had assigned him. After spending a month cultivating, Su Hao found that the new art greatly increased his spiritual energy’s quality but required far more resources, and Mo Chenghu confronted him as he emerged from the mansion.

  • Yu Xuanji bestowed the Chaos Samsara True Scripture and thirty Nine Splendor Profound Pills on Su Hao, explained how the Kun Yuan Treasure Jade concealed his aura, and told him to seek her after reaching Foundation Establishment.
  • Su Hao abandoned his ruined cave mansion and traveled to Wind Dragon Mountain to claim Cave Mansion No. 11, leaving the surviving medicine slaves behind.
  • Mo Chenghu demanded that Su Hao return the cave mansion’s subsidiary token, but Su Hao destroyed its imprint from inside the mansion and refused Mo Chenghu’s challenge.
  • Su Hao comprehended the Chaos Samsara True Scripture in ten days, condensed his ninth-level Qi Refining spiritual energy to first-level volume, and spent a month using pills to barely regain the ninth level.
  • Su Hao decided to earn spirit stones by alchemizing rather than ask Yu Xuanji for more pills, but Mo Chenghu blocked his path when he walked out of the cave mansion.

Ch. 56A Sword's Might, Collecting a Debt

Su Hao used a concealed, fully charged sword strike to badly wound Mo Chenghu, then left Wind Dragon Mountain for the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion. There, Huang Shanyu demanded that Su Hao repay 300 low-grade spirit stones for missing spirit herbs supplied to his master.

  • Mo Chenghu tried to intimidate Su Hao into surrendering the Cave Mansion control token and making him a sworn elder brother.
  • Su Hao unleashed the Wind-Slaying Slash and wounded Mo Chenghu, who fled on a flying artifact.
  • Su Hao realized the Kun Yuan Treasure Jade had concealed his power as he charged the attack, and observers on Wind Dragon Mountain wondered about his identity and cultivation.
  • A purple-robed woman ordered her maid, Xiao Zhu, to investigate the new owner of Cave Mansion No. 11.
  • At the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, Huang Shanyu confronted Su Hao over the missing spirit herbs and demanded repayment of 300 low-grade spirit stones.

Ch. 57Heavenly Treasure Pavilion Again

Su Hao confronted Huang Shanyu over Lin Zhi Shan’s debt and proposed selling Heavenly Medicine Mountain’s Blood Tribute Field, then negotiated a secret alchemy supply deal with the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion. He left after ordering pill materials and Nine-Colored Leaf delivered to his cave at Wind Dragon Mountain, startling Huang Shanyu with where he lived.

  • Su Hao intimidated Huang Shanyu, rejected responsibility for Lin Zhi Shan’s three-hundred-spirit-stone debt, and told him to settle it with Lin Zhi Shan.
  • Su Hao said Lin Zhi Shan was dead and offered to sell Heavenly Medicine Mountain’s three mu of Blood Tribute Field; Huang Shanyu asked for a day to report the matter to his superiors.
  • Su Hao showed Huang Shanyu two bottles of Top-grade Pure Qi Pills and negotiated prices of sixteen spirit stones per bottle for High-grade pills and thirty-two for Top-grade pills.
  • Su Hao paid a thousand spirit stones for materials for three hundred batches of Pure Qi Pills and one hundred batches of Golden Snow Spirit Pills, while warning Huang Shanyu to keep their cooperation secret.
  • Su Hao bought all ten Nine-Colored Leaves in stock and ordered the materials delivered to Cave Mansion No. 11 at Wind Dragon Mountain, leaving Huang Shanyu astonished that he lived there.

Ch. 58Powerful White Talent, Sowing Discord

Su Hao bought the ingredients to refine Nine Splendor Profound Pills and refused Lin Ziyi’s invitation after her maid Lin Zhu tried to provoke him. Lin Ziyi suspected Su Hao had a Golden Core backer, while Huang Shanyu arrived the next day with the ingredients and a borrowed alchemy furnace.

  • Su Hao spent nearly half his savings buying materials for ten Nine Splendor Profound Pills, hoping to become self-sufficient by mastering their refinement.
  • Lin Zhu invited Su Hao to meet Lin Ziyi, but Su Hao declined and shut himself inside his cave abode.
  • Lin Zhu exaggerated Su Hao’s words to Lin Ziyi, who recognized her attempt to sow discord and decided she still wanted to befriend him.
  • Lin Ziyi reviewed Su Hao’s background and concluded that a Golden Core cultivator must be backing him.
  • Huang Shanyu brought Su Hao the medicinal ingredients and lent him the Dragon Tiger Fire Cloud Alchemy Furnace, explaining that Senior Brother Qian Feng had arranged it.

Ch. 59Alchemy Is a Lesser Path!

Su Hao used the Dragon Tiger Fire Cloud Alchemy Furnace to mass-produce Pure Qi Pills and rapidly master Golden Snow Spirit Pills. When Yu Xuanji visited and found him refining pills, she warned that alchemy was a lesser path and urged him to focus on cultivation, leaving him with twenty bottles of Nine Splendor Profound Pills.

  • Huang Shanyu gave Su Hao a voice-transmission jade slip so he could conveniently trade with Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.
  • Su Hao refined 4,105 Pure Qi Pills from three hundred sets of materials, earning a large profit.
  • Su Hao practiced refining Golden Snow Spirit Pills until his success rate reached eighty percent and his top-grade rate reached forty percent.
  • Yu Xuanji visited Su Hao, noticed his spiritual field and Golden Snow Spirit Pills, and criticized him for spending time on alchemy.
  • Su Hao defended his efforts to make use of his talents and secure resources, while Yu Xuanji warned him to prioritize cultivation and offered him twenty bottles of Nine Splendor Profound Pills.

Ch. 60Pills Stolen

Su Hao cultivated with pills and sold Top-grade Pure Qi Pills to the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, but Lin Zhu and Xia Yunying stole the delivery. Huang Shanyu promised to report the theft, while Su Hao focused on reaching Foundation Establishment and warned that a mishandled loss would end their cooperation.

  • Yu Xuanji left Su Hao’s cave abode after delivering 20 bottles of Nine Splendor Profound Pills, and Su Hao began secluded cultivation.
  • Su Hao consumed 2,500 Top-grade Pure Qi Pills and arranged for the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion to collect the remaining pills.
  • Lin Zhu stopped the Pavilion’s couriers, and Xia Yunying attacked them and took their storage bag.
  • Lin Zhu and Xia Yunying discovered the bag held 300 bottles of Top-grade Pure Qi Pills and decided to keep them.
  • Huang Shanyu told Su Hao the pills had been stolen, and Su Hao told him to resolve the loss without charging him or risk ending their cooperation.

Ch. 61Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment!

Su Hao consumed large quantities of pills and broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm using the power of Innate Yin-Yang, which disappeared in the process. After arranging to meet Heavenly Treasure Pavilion and discovering he could rapidly ripen valuable herbs, he left his cave abode unaware that Mo Chenghu was waiting to kill him.

  • Su Hao consumed Golden Snow Spirit Pills and Nine Splendor Profound Pills until he reached perfection at Qi Refining Level 10, then struggled to break through the bottleneck.
  • Innate Yin-Yang Qi gathered into Su Hao's spiritual power and helped him break through to Foundation Establishment, leaving him with condensed Primordial True Force and no Innate Yin-Yang Qi.
  • Huang Shanyu told Su Hao that Heavenly Treasure Pavilion would compensate him for the stolen pills and arranged for them to exchange goods outside Wind Dragon Mountain and meet Qian Feng.
  • Su Hao used his Wood Emperor Physique to revive and accelerate the growth of the Nine-Colored Leaves, calculating that he could harvest them for thousands of spirit stones.
  • Su Hao left his cave abode for Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, while Mo Chenghu learned of his departure and vowed to kill him.

Ch. 62Heavenly Treasure Pavilion Owner, A New Partnership

Su Hao met Qian Feng, the owner of Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, and agreed to a lucrative monthly pill-supply partnership. As Qian Feng saw him out, a mysterious attacker challenged Su Hao to the Life and Death Arena.

  • Qian Feng welcomed Su Hao and discussed how Xia Yunying had intercepted the pills Su Hao previously supplied to Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.
  • Qian Feng gave Su Hao the promised medicinal ingredients and spirit stones, then proposed working with him directly in the future.
  • Qian Feng offered to supply pill ingredients monthly in exchange for set quantities of pills, and Su Hao accepted the partnership.
  • Qian Feng personally escorted Su Hao out, but a black-clad figure descended and challenged him to the Life and Death Arena.

Ch. 63Inferior Spiritual Treasure, Remnant Fiend Sword—He Chickened Out?

Su Hao killed Mo Chenghu in an instant on the Life and Death Arena, took his inferior spiritual treasure, and absorbed his talents, leaving Qian Feng too frightened to continue their planned cooperation. Steward Mo You investigated the fight but suspected Su Hao had a powerful Nascent Soul backer, while Qian Feng began reconsidering his connection to Su Hao.

  • Mo Chenghu challenged Su Hao on the Life and Death Arena with the Remnant Fiend Sword, and Su Hao accepted the fight.
  • Su Hao killed Mo Chenghu with a single sword strike, took the Remnant Fiend Sword and storage ring, refined Mo Chenghu’s soul, and absorbed his talents.
  • Su Hao asked Qian Feng whether they would continue their cooperation, but Qian Feng refused until Su Hao had dealt with Steward Mo You.
  • Mo You viewed a brief replay of the fight, suspected Su Hao had a Nascent Soul expert backing him, and left after destroying Mo Chenghu’s corpse.
  • Huang Shanyu told Qian Feng that Su Hao had moved into Wind Dragon Mountain, Mo You’s former cave abode, and Qian Feng decided to go there.

Ch. 64Adamantine Vajra Body, Special Spirit Beast

After combining two Earth Spirit Bodies, Su Hao gained the Heavy Rock talent and refined the Remnant Fiend Sword before returning to Wind Dragon Mountain. There, Xia Yunying and Lin Zhu confronted him, and the fight took a sudden turn when Su Hao discovered a Five-Colored Snake with an Orange Dragon Bloodline talent.

  • Su Hao combined the Earth Spirit Bodies into the Heavy Rock talent, upgraded Innate Brute Strength to Thousand Jun Strength, and refined the Remnant Fiend Sword.
  • Xia Yunying and Lin Zhu blocked Su Hao near his cave abode, and Lin Zhu revealed they had come because he refused to meet their young mistress.
  • Xia Yunying attacked Su Hao, but Su Hao wounded him with the Remnant Fiend Sword and unleashed powerful Heaven-Slashing Sword Qi.
  • The damaged cage revealed a Five-Colored Snake, and Su Hao detected its Orange Dragon Bloodline talent as a woman in purple appeared and asked him to stop.
  • Xia Yunying mistook Su Hao's pause for exhaustion, used a secret technique to enlarge himself, and charged at him.

Ch. 65A New Dawn After Dark Clouds

Su Hao met Lin Ziyi, who stopped Xia Yunying and Lin Zhu from attacking him and invited him to her cave residence. He secured a new business deal with Bright Moon Studio and returned to find Qian Feng waiting to speak with him.

  • Lin Ziyi subdued Xia Yunying, apologized to Su Hao, and invited him to her cave residence after claiming the spirit snake for herself and giving it to him.
  • At Cave Residence No. 6, Lin Ziyi returned the remaining Pure Qi Pills and offered to buy Su Hao's pills at a higher price for Bright Moon Studio.
  • Su Hao accepted two hundred mid-grade spirit stones for his Pure Qi Pills and negotiated a Golden Snow Spirit Pill arrangement with Lin Ziyi.
  • Su Hao left with the Five-Colored Snake, ignoring Xia Yunying and Lin Zhu's resentful stares.
  • Qian Feng waited at Su Hao's cave residence and asked to talk with him again.

Ch. 66Little Cai, the Spirit Snake, and a New Five Elements Talent!

Su Hao ended his cooperation with Qian Feng, returned to his cave, and began raising the Five-Colored Spirit Snake, which he named Little Cai. After collecting and combining Five Elements talents, he gained Five Elements Grandmaster and prepared to test its effect on his cultivation.

  • Su Hao returned Qian Feng's alchemy furnace, but refused to resume their cooperation because he had reached an agreement with Lin Ziyi of Bright Moon Studio.
  • Qian Feng gave Su Hao the Dragon Tiger Fire Cloud Alchemy Furnace and later warned Huang Shanyu not to criticize Su Hao.
  • Su Hao inspected the Five-Colored Spirit Snake, learned it had an orange Dragon Bloodline talent, and decided to raise it rather than absorb its talent.
  • Su Hao named the snake Little Cai and spent the following days cultivating, refining pills, and gathering Talent Power around the outer sect.
  • Su Hao combined his five elemental talents to generate the purple Five Elements Grandmaster talent, then activated his spirit-gathering array to test his improved cultivation.

Ch. 67Heaven and Earth Phenomenon—It Was Only Cultivation!

Lin Ziyi investigated a vast Spiritual Energy vortex centered on Su Hao’s cave mansion and concealed it while the mountain’s formation malfunctioned. After three days, she confronted Su Hao and learned he claimed to have only been cultivating, leaving her astonished at the scale of the disturbance.

  • Lin Ziyi and Lin Zhu discovered that Spiritual Energy was gathering toward Su Hao’s Cave Mansion No. 11.
  • Lin Ziyi saw a massive vortex over Su Hao’s cave mansion, concealed it with the formation, and told the other cultivators that damaged formation nodes had disrupted the Spiritual Energy.
  • After waiting three days amid complaints from the mountain’s cultivators, Lin Ziyi contacted Su Hao through the Sect Gate Talisman.
  • Su Hao woke from cultivation, reflected on his slow progress toward the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and went to meet Lin Ziyi.
  • Lin Ziyi asked Su Hao what he had been doing, and he said he had only been cultivating, leaving her astonished by the disturbance.

Ch. 68Introduction to a Master, Escalating Conflict

Lin Ziyi visited Su Hao after a Spiritual Energy vortex over his cave abode alarmed Wind Dragon Mountain, and urged him to curb his cultivation and focus on the Great Dao. She left after warning Xia Yunying not to provoke Su Hao, but Xia Yunying rejected her advice and vowed to challenge him again.

  • Lin Ziyi explained that the vortex could have been caused by a treasure, a Divine Ability, or Su Hao's exceptional talent, and said she had blamed a damaged formation core to quiet complaints.
  • Su Hao thanked Lin Ziyi for covering for him, then admitted he already had a master who helped his cultivation and described alchemy as a hobby.
  • Lin Ziyi offered to introduce Su Hao to her Nascent Soul master, then advised him to restrain his cultivation or move to Wan Guang Peak.
  • Lin Ziyi scolded Xia Yunying for idling on Wind Dragon Mountain and told him not to provoke Su Hao.
  • Xia Yunying took offense at Lin Ziyi's warning and vowed that Su Hao was no match for him.

Ch. 69Sword Path Divine Ability, Sect in Turmoil

Su Hao cultivated a Sword Path Divine Ability, causing a sect-wide phenomenon, but concealed his achievement as the Golden Light Sect searched for the cultivator. After Lin Ziyi questioned him, Qian Feng arrived to invite him to explore a hidden inheritance site.

  • Su Hao strengthened several talents over two months and developed the Sky Breaking Sword Qi divine ability while practicing swordsmanship.
  • Swords across Wind Dragon Mountain resonated, prompting the sect to offer a Spirit Treasure Sword, a secret manual, a choice of master, and three years in the dragon vein to the cultivator responsible.
  • Su Hao stayed in his cave abode and pretended to Lin Ziyi that he had not witnessed the phenomenon or mastered the divine ability.
  • Lin Ziyi left still suspicious of Su Hao, and Qian Feng arrived to ask him to help explore a hidden inheritance site.

Ch. 70Bloodline Divine Ability, Sect Summons

Su Hao refused Qian Feng’s offer to explore an inheritance secret realm, unaware that Qian Feng was plotting with Mo You to lure him out and kill him. A month later, Little Cai revealed its dragon-bloodline Spirit Spring Technique, and the Golden Light Sect summoned its cultivators to respond to an invasion of Qin’s imperial capital.

  • Qian Feng offered Su Hao a share of Cang Songzi’s inheritance, but Su Hao refused, citing his lack of need and suspicion of the risk.
  • Qian Feng reported his failure to Mo You, who ordered him to find another way to lure Su Hao out of the sect and promised him the Remnant Fiend Sword and Thousand Rock Seal.
  • Mo You resolved to kill Su Hao while Yu Xuanji and several elders were away resisting the orthodox sects at Tiger Roar Pass.
  • Little Cai demonstrated its Spirit Spring Technique, a dragon-race bloodline divine ability that could nourish herbs, and Su Hao gave it pills in exchange for tending the herb garden.
  • The Golden Light Sect announced that Great Ding Sect had invaded Qin’s imperial capital and ordered its cultivators to gather at designated peaks; Lin Ziyi led the cultivators at Wind Dragon Mountain.

Ch. 71Spirit Treasure Flying Ship—Fang Yunrong Again

Su Hao was summoned to join the Golden Light Sect’s campaign against the invading forces and traveled with Lin Ziyi to meet the main force. A red-robed old man named Fang Yunrong approached him, sensing an uneasy familiarity without remembering their past encounter.

  • Su Hao left his cave after failing to contact Yu Xuanji and joined Lin Ziyi’s formation.
  • Lin Ziyi took Su Hao aboard her Blue Cloud Boat, leaving Xia Yunying to lead the other cultivators to Wan Guang Peak.
  • Lin Ziyi explained that the Azure Firmament Sect and Myriad Swords Altar had invaded Tianyuan Continent and that the Golden Light Sect was mobilizing to defend its territory.
  • Su Hao and Lin Ziyi reached Three Lions Mountain, where the sect’s force of more than three thousand cultivators assembled before boarding the leading Flying Ship.
  • Fang Yunrong recognized Su Hao’s face but could not remember that he had witnessed Fang Yunrong kill a gifted refugee a year earlier.

Ch. 72Old Feuds Resurface, Old Enemies Gather

Su Hao’s arrival on a sect mission stirred up old suspicions about Liu Mei’s death and drew hostility from Ding Xuelu and Mo You. After the Golden Light Sect split into groups in the Cloudy Mountain Range, Ding Xuelu’s party surrounded Su Hao in the miasma.

  • Fang Yunrong recognized Su Hao as someone who had entered the Blood Soul Secret Realm with Liu Mei, prompting Ding Xuelu to demand answers about her friend’s death.
  • Ding Xuelu and eight Foundation Establishment cultivators pressured Su Hao, but Lin Ziyi broke their combined aura and warned them against provoking internal strife.
  • Xia Yunying mocked Su Hao, while Mo You privately resolved to use the mission to avenge his grudge against him.
  • The Golden Light Sect cultivators teleported to the Qin Kingdom and split into three routes; Lin Ziyi warned Su Hao to send a signal if he encountered danger.
  • As the group scattered through the Cloudy Mountain Range, Ding Xuelu and more than ten others surrounded Su Hao beneath a cloud of Crimson Powder Miasma.

Ch. 73No Man Could Resist Her—Talent: Blood Demon!

Su Hao destroyed Ding Xuelu’s Crimson Powder Miasma and killed the twelve Foundation Establishment cultivators who had been waiting to support her, then forced her to accompany him in cultivation. After absorbing their souls and blood qi, he hid in a valley to wait for the sects’ battle to unfold, while Xia Yunying searched the mountain forest for him.

  • Ding Xuelu used the Crimson Powder Miasma and her seductive clones to question and tempt Su Hao about Liu Mei’s death.
  • Su Hao unleashed Sky Breaking Sword Qi, destroyed the miasma, and used the Remnant Fiend Sword to kill Ding Xuelu’s twelve Foundation Establishment allies.
  • Ding Xuelu begged for mercy, and Su Hao admitted that he had killed Liu Mei before making Ding Xuelu accompany him in cultivation.
  • Su Hao absorbed the cultivators’ souls into the Soul Refining Banner and used his new Blood Demon talent to absorb their remaining blood qi.
  • Su Hao took Ding Xuelu to a valley and made a cave where he planned to wait for the Golden Light Sect and Great Ding Sect to fight.
  • Xia Yunying shook off his fellow disciples and returned to the mountain forest to search for Su Hao.

Ch. 74The True and False of It All, the True Master of the Remnant Fiend Sword

Xia Yunying tracked Su Hao to a valley, where he found Ding Xuelu dead and suspected Ziyun had drained her essence. Su Hao was about to fight Xia Yunying when Mo You arrived, revealed that he had come to reclaim the Remnant Fiend Sword, and faced Su Hao’s opening strike.

  • Xia Yunying examined a ravaged forest and concluded that a powerful Sword Cultivator had fought there while Ziyun had used the victims’ blood essence to cultivate.
  • Xia Yunying found Ding Xuelu’s shriveled corpse in a cave and deduced that Ziyun had turned her own schemes against her to strengthen himself.
  • Su Hao emerged from the pool, and Xia Yunying confronted him about Ding Xuelu’s death and Lin Ziyi before Su Hao drew the Remnant Fiend Sword.
  • Mo You arrived in the valley, admitted he had used his duties as an excuse to search for Su Hao, and recruited Xia Yunying as a scapegoat.
  • Mo You claimed to be the Remnant Fiend Sword’s true master and threatened Su Hao, who immediately struck with the Sky Breaking Sword Qi.

Ch. 75Cloud Dragon Banner, Companion Treasure "Miro Ring"

Su Hao killed Mo You and Xia Yunying, absorbed their blood qi and talent power, and gained a Miro Ring. He returned to the valley to recover Mo You’s belongings and found Chen Jing holding the Cloud Dragon Banner, drawing his attention.

  • Mo You survived Su Hao’s first Sky Breaking Sword Qi attacks with his ink-clone technique and Cloud Dragon Banner, but Su Hao’s final attacks destroyed the banner and killed him.
  • Su Hao absorbed Mo You’s blood qi and Golden Core, gained the Adamantine Vajra Body talent, and received and refined the Miro Ring.
  • Xia Yunying fled using Blood Shadow Escape Technique, but Su Hao caught up and killed him with Sky Breaking Sword Qi before taking his storage ring.
  • Su Hao returned to the valley ruins and recovered Mo You’s damaged inner armor and storage ring, while Chen Jing’s companions found the weakened Cloud Dragon Banner and gave it to her.
  • Su Hao found the Great Ding Sect cultivators and focused his attention on Chen Jing, who held the Cloud Dragon Banner.
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