Recaps

Su Fei defeated Yue Jinghao and ordered the Imperial Guard to subdue the Heavenly Dao Alliance members surrounding the Cool Prefecture Thousand Households Office. When they resisted, Su Fei unleashed Threefold Origin-Returning Energy and killed at least two hundred of them, leaving the battle raging amid heavy casualties.

• Su Fei repelled Yue Jinghao’s hammer attack with his bare palms, damaged his hammers, and forced him to retreat injured.
• Su Fei demanded that Yue Jinghao surrender or die, then ordered Zhang San, Li Si, and the Imperial Guard to take down the Heavenly Dao Alliance and kill anyone who resisted.
• Zhang Jing led several hundred Imperial Guard members into battle, and they clashed with the roughly five hundred resisting Heavenly Dao Alliance warriors.
• Su Fei fired Threefold Origin-Returning Energy into the fighting, killing dozens in one blast and at least two hundred Alliance members within a quarter of an hour.

Su Fei defeated the Heavenly Dao Alliance forces, accepted Yue Jinghao’s surrender, and interrogated him at the Cool Prefecture Thousand Households Office. Yue Jinghao described his background and how he had joined the alliance, leaving Su Fei to continue questioning him.

• Yue Jinghao surrendered to Su Fei, and the remaining Heavenly Dao Alliance members laid down their weapons.
• Zhang Jing arrested and bound the surrendered members, while Su Fei took Yue Jinghao to the Thousand Households Office for questioning.
• Yue Jinghao asked for food before answering, and Su Fei ordered the Imperial Guards to bring him a meal.
• After eating, Yue Jinghao explained that he was a Yong Prefecture native who had trained as a body-refining martial artist and reached the seventh-level peak of the Martial Saint Realm.
• Yue Jinghao said the Heavenly Dao Alliance’s First Alliance Leader had recruited him a year earlier by promising him food, weapons, and a position as Fifth Alliance Leader.

Su Fei learned more about the Heavenly Dao Alliance's divided leadership and kept Yue Jinghao and Chen Liefeng imprisoned, weakening the Alliance's standing while its core leaders were away. When He Tianxiong and the other leaders returned, they discovered the captures and began discussing how to deal with Su Fei.

• Yue Jinghao told Su Fei that Chen Liefeng was the Alliance's sixth leader and that the first four leaders kept their plans from him and Yue Jinghao.
• Su Fei ordered the Imperial Guards to imprison Yue Jinghao without mistreating him, and news of the captures spread across Cool Prefecture and Yong Prefecture.
• Su Fei had Zhang Jing interrogate captured disciples and watch the Alliance's headquarters while questioning Yue Jinghao and keeping the silent Chen Liefeng in a separate cell.
• Seven or eight days later, He Tianxiong returned to Fallen Soul Valley with Zhao Yunlan, Deng Bajue, and Feng Leiting.
• He Tianxiong raged over Su Fei's capture of Yue Jinghao and Chen Liefeng, while Feng Leiting urged caution because Su Fei had imperial backing.
• Zhao Yunlan told He Tianxiong that the Alliance could deal with Su Fei, since its leaders were powerful enough to challenge him.

The Heavenly Dao Alliance arranged for small gangs to spread crime and disorder across Cool Prefecture, hoping to overwhelm Su Fei and force him out. As chaos mounted, the government sought Imperial Guard help, and Zhang Jing exhausted himself leading the response.

• Zhao Yunlan proposed using subordinate gangs to create unrest in Cool Prefecture and stir public anger against Su Fei, and He Tianxiong approved the plan.
• The gangs launched street fights, burglaries, and attacks on merchants, disrupting trade and driving up prices across Cool Prefecture City.
• Overwhelmed by the growing cases, the Cool Prefecture government asked the Thousand Households Office for help.
• Zhang Jing mobilized nearly all the Imperial Guards to patrol, arrest troublemakers, investigate thefts, and examine attacks outside the city.
• After several days of leading the response, Zhang Jing was left deeply exhausted and bloodshot-eyed.

Su Fei turned the Heavenly Dao Alliance’s unrest in Cool Prefecture into an opportunity to expose and arrest its peripheral agents, restoring order within three days. He reported the evidence to the imperial court and ordered defenses strengthened as the Alliance reacted angrily in Fallen Soul Valley.

• Su Fei told Zhang Jing to interrogate captured troublemakers, ambush gang hideouts, and use Zhang San and Li Si as bait to catch the robbers.
• Imperial Guard interrogations linked the gangs to the Heavenly Dao Alliance and uncovered a black command token marked with the character for “heaven.”
• The Imperial Guard raided five gang hideouts, arrested more than three hundred people, and captured the robbers who attacked Zhang San and Li Si’s disguised caravan.
• The arrests exposed the Alliance’s plans to disrupt trade, and Cool Prefecture returned to peace as shops reopened and prices fell.
• Su Fei ordered Zhang Jing to send the interrogation results and token to the imperial court and strengthen defenses while monitoring the Alliance in Fallen Soul Valley.
• He Tianxiong erupted in anger at the Heavenly Dao Alliance headquarters and demanded to know what had happened.

The Heavenly Dao Alliance leaders planned to rescue their captured Fifth and Sixth Brothers from the Cool Prefecture Thousand Households Office. Deng Bajue infiltrated the office, but Su Fei detected him as he raced toward the cells.

• He Tianxiong rebuked Zhao Yunlan after Su Fei destroyed more than three hundred of the Alliance's outer strongholds.
• Zhao Yunlan proposed rescuing the captured Fifth and Sixth Brothers, and Deng Bajue agreed to infiltrate the Thousand Households Office.
• Zhao Yunlan arranged disturbances outside the city and told Deng Bajue where the cells were located.
• Deng Bajue slipped into the office at night and headed for the rear courtyard cells.
• Su Fei sensed Deng Bajue stepping on a roof tile, confronted him, and watched him flee toward the cells.

Su Fei pursued Deng Bajue out of the Thousand Households Office and confronted him in a secluded alley. He defeated Deng Bajue’s signature technique with a single palm strike, leaving the Heavenly Dao Alliance fighter gravely injured and terrified.

• Deng Bajue tried to flee the Cool Prefecture Thousand Households Office, but Su Fei kept pace and followed him into a deserted alley.
• Deng Bajue revealed he was from the Heavenly Dao Alliance and intended to capture Su Fei while seeking to rescue Yue Jinghao and Chen Liefeng.
• Deng Bajue unleashed his Golden-Winged Eagle Claw Technique against Su Fei.
• Su Fei countered with Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms: Dragon Appears in the Field and shattered Deng Bajue’s eagle attack.
• Su Fei’s palm strike destroyed Deng Bajue’s arms and left him badly injured, while Su Fei calmly told him he lacked the ability to rescue anyone.

Su Fei tortured Deng Bajue until he revealed that the Heavenly Dao Alliance’s leaders served the Chu Kingdom and that its chief was the imperial family member Helian Haotong. Deng Bajue admitted he did not know the alliance’s true purpose, leaving Su Fei without the key answer.

• Su Fei burned Deng Bajue’s wounds with Flame Blade energy until Deng Bajue agreed to talk.
• Deng Bajue revealed he was a former Chu Kingdom bandit whom Helian Haotong recruited two years earlier to join the Heavenly Dao Alliance.
• Deng Bajue identified Helian Haotong as a Chu Kingdom imperial family member and gave his real name.
• Deng Bajue said Feng Leiting had been Great Chu’s North-Subduing General and trained the alliance’s martial artists, while Zhao Yunlan handled its affairs and intelligence.
• When Su Fei demanded the alliance’s true purpose, Deng Bajue said he did not know and awkwardly described how the other leaders left him alone at brothels.

Su Fei captured Deng Bajue, the Heavenly Dao Alliance’s third alliance leader, and learned that the alliance’s leaders were tied to the Chu Kingdom. He ordered Zhang Jing to strengthen security, gather the office’s core personnel, and urgently report the alliance’s leadership and plans to the imperial court.

• Deng Bajue told Su Fei that Helian Haotong had founded the Heavenly Dao Alliance to destabilize Great Xuan’s frontier, but he did not know its deeper plans.
• Su Fei had two Imperial Guards take Deng Bajue to the Cool Prefecture Thousand Households Office and decided he needed to act against the alliance.
• Su Fei woke Zhang Jing and revealed that he had captured Deng Bajue while the third alliance leader tried to rescue Yue Jinghao and Chen Liefeng.
• Su Fei ordered Zhang Jing to gather the office’s core personnel the next day and strengthen the guards around Deng Bajue, Yue Jinghao, and Chen Liefeng.
• Su Fei told Zhang Jing that Helian Haotong and the alliance’s core leadership came from the Chu Kingdom, then ordered him to send an urgent report to the imperial court.

Su Fei ordered the Cool Prefecture Thousand Households Office to launch a campaign against the Heavenly Dao Alliance’s peripheral forces. After Zhang Jing revealed Su Fei’s victories over three alliance leaders, the officers pledged their support and prepared to set out.

• Su Fei ordered Zhang Jing and five Hundred Households Officers to investigate and arrest the Heavenly Dao Alliance’s affiliated gangs and sects.
• Hundred Households Officer Wang warned that the office was outnumbered and urged Su Fei to wait for reinforcements from the imperial capital.
• Zhang Jing told the officers that Su Fei had captured Chen Liefeng and Yue Jinghao and crippled Deng Bajue, who had infiltrated the office.
• The officers apologized and agreed to follow Su Fei’s orders after learning of his strength.
• Su Fei assigned Zhang Jing to divide the office into five teams and sent Zhang San and Li Si with elite forces as mobile support.
• The officers, Zhang San, and Li Si left to gather their men and prepare to depart within half an hour.

Su Fei sent Imperial Guards to destroy the Heavenly Dao Alliance’s outlying strongholds in Cool Prefecture City, winning the people’s support. After the purge succeeded, urgent reports reached Helian Haotong at the alliance headquarters, where the Third Alliance Leader’s failure to return suggested he was in danger.

• Su Fei ordered Imperial Guards to raid the Heavenly Dao Alliance’s outlying strongholds across Cool Prefecture City.
• Wang’s squad stormed the Fierce Tiger Gang headquarters, defeated its members, and arrested its leader.
• Li Si helped suppress the Black Mountain Gang’s leader, while Zhang San and Li Si subdued other resisting martial artists.
• The Imperial Guards captured more than eight hundred gang members, and grateful residents cheered for Marquis Su as the prisoners were escorted away.
• Zhang Jing reported the successful purge to Su Fei, who listened to the people’s cheers and prepared to advance his next plan.
• At the Heavenly Dao Alliance headquarters, Helian Haotong received two urgent reports and feared that the missing Third Alliance Leader had met with disaster.

After Su Fei captured the third alliance leader and the Imperial Guard destroyed the Heavenly Dao Alliance’s bases in Cool Prefecture City, Helian Haotong decided to strike back. He authorized Zhao Yunlan and Feng Leiting to lead an early assault on the city and kill Su Fei.

• A scout reported that Su Fei had captured the third alliance leader and crippled both his arms.
• Another messenger told Helian Haotong that the Imperial Guard had wiped out the alliance’s peripheral forces and intelligence network in Cool Prefecture City.
• Helian Haotong vowed to challenge Su Fei, but Zhao Yunlan urged him to stay back and launch the alliance’s planned attack early.
• Zhao Yunlan proposed that he and Feng Leiting use their combined strength and his poison arts to kill Su Fei before Chu Kingdom’s border army joined them.
• Feng Leiting agreed to accompany Zhao Yunlan, and Helian Haotong authorized the two men to lead the attack on Cool Prefecture City.

Helian Haotong sent Zhao Yunlan and Feng Leiting to capture Cool Prefecture City and kill Su Fei, promising them honors and restored status. The Heavenly Dao Alliance assembled its elite warriors and siege equipment and marched toward the city, confident in victory.

• Helian Haotong promised Zhao Yunlan a noble title and Feng Leiting reinstatement as General Who Pacifies the North if they captured Cool Prefecture City and killed Su Fei.
• Feng Leiting ordered the Heavenly Dao Alliance's elite warriors to assemble while Zhao Yunlan supervised the loading of siege equipment.
• Feng Leiting rallied more than five thousand warriors by promising spoils and rewards, and Zhao Yunlan threatened deserters with his poison.
• Feng Leiting and Zhao Yunlan led the Heavenly Dao Alliance out of Fallen Soul Valley toward Cool Prefecture City with siege engines in tow.
• Feng Leiting and Zhao Yunlan privately voiced confidence that their force would defeat Su Fei and take the city.

The Heavenly Dao Alliance marched on Cool Prefecture City, demanding its surrender and the return of Su Fei and three alliance leaders. When Zhang Yundao refused, Feng Leiting ordered an assault, and both sides began attacking.

• The Heavenly Dao Alliance arrived outside Cool Prefecture City, and the city guards shut the gates and sounded the alarm.
• Zhang Yundao ordered his fifteen thousand soldiers to man the walls and prepare the city's defenses.
• Feng Leiting and Zhao Yunlan demanded surrender and the return of Su Fei and the three alliance leaders, while Zhang Yundao refused.
• Zhao Yunlan revealed that the alliance's first leaders were people of Chu, and Feng Leiting ordered the attack.
• The Heavenly Dao Alliance launched fire bombs at the walls, and Zhang Yundao's archers and catapults returned fire.

The Heavenly Dao Alliance attacked Cool Prefecture City with five thousand martial artists, and Governor Zhou Lixuan rushed to ask Su Fei for help. Su Fei learned the assault was underway, but the chapter ended before he acted.

• Feng Leiting ordered the Heavenly Dao Alliance to advance scaling ladders while Zhang Yundao's defenders hurled stones and hot oil at them.
• Zhou Lixuan learned that Zhao Yunlan and Feng Leiting were attacking Cool Prefecture City with five thousand martial artists and siege equipment.
• Zhou Lixuan's adviser urged him to seek help from Su Fei, citing Su Fei's capture of three Martial Saint Realm alliance leaders.
• Zhou Lixuan hurried to the Cool Prefecture Thousand Households Office and begged Su Fei to save the city.
• Zhou Lixuan told Su Fei that the Heavenly Dao Alliance's assault was fierce and that General Zhang was defending the gates with fifteen thousand soldiers.

Su Fei led the Imperial Guard to reinforce Cool Prefecture City as the Heavenly Dao Alliance launched a fierce assault. After seeing the defenders’ casualties, he ordered Zhang Jing and the Imperial Guard to join the battle and hold the walls.

• Su Fei promised Zhou Lixuan that he would defend Cool Prefecture City and ordered Zhang Jing, Zhang San, and Li Si to prepare for battle.
• Zhang Jing assembled several hundred Imperial Guards, and Su Fei rode with them and Zhou Lixuan to the city walls.
• Zhao Yunlan and Feng Leiting directed the Heavenly Dao Alliance’s assault while Zhang Yundao struggled to defend the walls.
• Su Fei met Zhang Yundao, promised to punish the attackers, and ordered Zhang Jing to reinforce the defenses.
• Zhang Jing led the Imperial Guard into the fighting, where they attacked Heavenly Dao Alliance members climbing the scaling ladders.

The Cool Prefecture Imperial Guard turned back the Heavenly Dao Alliance’s assault, and Su Fei agreed to duel its Fourth Alliance Leader, Feng Leiting, on terms that could decide the siege. The chapter ended as Feng Leiting faced Su Fei on the battlefield, ready to fight.

• The Cool Prefecture Imperial Guard reinforced the defenders, who drove the Heavenly Dao Alliance attackers from the walls and killed hundreds.
• Zhao Yunlan and Feng Leiting realized the Imperial Guard had arrived, and Feng Leiting challenged Su Fei to a one-on-one duel.
• Su Fei offered to surrender if he lost, while demanding that Zhao Yunlan and Feng Leiting surrender and hand over evidence if he won; Feng Leiting accepted, eager to free his captured brothers.
• Su Fei left Zhang Jing, Zhang Yundao, Zhang San, and Li Si to defend the city, then leapt from the wall to meet Feng Leiting.
• Feng Leiting dismounted and leveled his spear at Su Fei as the duel began.

Su Fei defeated Feng Leiting with the Three Origins Unify technique, leaving the Heavenly Dao Alliance leaderless and its troops shaken. When Zhao Yunlan refused to honor the alliance’s promise and attacked Su Fei with poisoned needles, Su Fei detected and deflected them, killing several alliance members with the rebounding needles.

• Feng Leiting attacked Su Fei with Heavenly Fire Sets the Plains Ablaze, but Su Fei’s Threefold Origin-Returning Energy shield blocked the spear technique.
• Su Fei merged three energy spheres into Three Origins Unify, shattered Feng Leiting’s volcanic manifestation, and left him badly injured.
• Cool Prefecture’s soldiers and Imperial Guards cheered as the Heavenly Dao Alliance disciples lost morale, while Zhao Yunlan refused to honor the alliance’s promise.
• Zhao Yunlan secretly launched poisoned needles at Su Fei, but Su Fei detected the attack and swept the needles back with his palm force.
• Several Heavenly Dao Alliance members were struck by the rebounding needles and died.

Su Fei survived Zhao Yunlan’s poison attack and turned the battle against the Heavenly Dao Alliance at Cool Prefecture. He unleashed Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Source, and the alliance’s forces were left helpless beneath his Sword Qi.

• Zhao Yunlan attacked Su Fei with poisoned needles, then unleashed Heartless Nine-Flower Poison when the needles failed.
• Zhang Jing stopped Zhang San and Li Si from rushing down, while the defenders on the gate tower held their ground and trusted Su Fei.
• Su Fei emerged unharmed after shielding himself from the poison with Threefold Origin-Returning Energy, shocking Zhao Yunlan and reassuring the defenders.
• Su Fei accused Zhao Yunlan of breaking his promise, revealed his Martial Saint Realm Eighth Level aura, and rose into the air to attack.
• Su Fei summoned ten thousand azure Sword Qi with perfected Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Source, cutting through the Heavenly Dao Alliance’s ranks as its martial artists failed to resist.

Su Fei annihilated the Heavenly Dao Alliance’s army outside Cool Prefecture City, then traveled to Fallen Soul Valley to confront its chief alliance leader, Helian Haotong. The chapter ended with Helian Haotong acknowledging Su Fei as the force that had doomed his alliance, while Su Fei waited to hear what he would say.

• Su Fei unleashed ten thousand strands of azure Sword Qi, killing Feng Leiting, Zhao Yunlan, and the Heavenly Dao Alliance’s several thousand martial artists.
• The soldiers on Cool Prefecture City’s gate tower celebrated their victory and praised Su Fei for saving them.
• Su Fei asked Zhang Jing, Zhang Yundao, and Zhou Lixuan to handle the aftermath, then decided to eliminate the remaining threat at Fallen Soul Valley.
• Su Fei reached the deserted Fallen Soul Valley and walked toward the Hall of Gathered Righteousness.
• Helian Haotong recognized Su Fei, accepted that Zhao Yunlan and Feng Leiting had failed, and called Su Fei the bane of the Heavenly Dao Alliance.

Helian Haotong explained that he and the Emperor of Chu had planned to use war in Cool Prefecture to weaken the Chu Kingdom’s enfeoffed lords and strengthen the emperor’s authority, then challenged Su Fei to a fight. Su Fei shattered Helian Haotong’s Black Dragon Devours Heaven with one strike, and Helian Haotong gathered his strength to form five black dragons for another attack.

• Helian Haotong told Su Fei that he and the Emperor of Chu had planned to invade Cool Prefecture to weaken the enfeoffed lords and expand the Chu Kingdom’s power.
• Helian Haotong declared that he would kill Su Fei and unleashed Black Dragon Devours Heaven with the Black Dragon Tyrant Body Art.
• Su Fei countered with Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms—Dragon Ascending to Heaven and destroyed Helian Haotong’s black dragon phantom.
• Helian Haotong spat blood and struggled to accept that Su Fei had overpowered his supreme art despite being at the martial saint realm eighth level.
• Helian Haotong circulated his true essence recklessly and formed five black dragon phantoms for another attack.

Su Fei defeated Helian Haotong, whose plot against Cool Prefecture collapsed, and received Buddha's Palm and three hundred and thirty years of cultivation from the system. He returned to the Thousand Households Office and cultivated Buddha's Palm to the initiation realm.

• Helian Haotong unleashed Dragon Roams the World, but Su Fei's Dragon Fights in the Wild shattered the five black dragon phantoms.
• Su Fei spared Helian Haotong's life long enough for him to pay respects to the Chu Kingdom and confess his failure to his imperial brother.
• Helian Haotong killed himself, and Su Fei reflected on his loyalty before recognizing that the Chu Kingdom's plot had collapsed and Cool Prefecture was safe.
• The system announced Su Fei had completed his mission and offered him Buddha's Palm and three hundred and thirty years of cultivation.
• Su Fei returned to the Cool Prefecture Thousand Households Office, claimed his rewards, and cultivated Buddha's Palm to the initiation realm.

Su Fei used his remaining cultivation to perfect Buddha's Palm and break through to the second level of the Celestial Person Realm. He tested his new ability to draw on the power of heaven and earth, then checked his status panel.

• Su Fei used 130 years of cultivation to master all nine techniques of Buddha's Palm and reach perfection.
• Su Fei spent another 200 years cultivating the Sacred Heart Formula and breaking through to the fifth layer.
• A surge of vital energy gathered over the Cool Prefecture Thousand Households Office as Su Fei advanced through the Martial Saint Realm and entered the Heaven-Human Unity Realm.
• Su Fei stabilized his first-level cultivation, then broke through to the second level of the Celestial Person Realm.
• Su Fei gathered vital energy into a vortex in his palm, sensed his increased power, and opened his status panel.

After breaking through to the Celestial Person Realm, Su Fei helped Zhang Jing settle the aftermath of the Heavenly Dao Alliance’s defeat, then returned to the imperial city. An urgent memorial reached the Grand Secretariat, where the court learned of Su Fei’s victories and the Chu Kingdom’s role in supporting the alliance.

• Su Fei’s breakthrough increased his Sacred Heart Formula to the fifth layer and extended his lifespan to two thousand years.
• Su Fei spent several more days helping Zhang Jing restore order in Cool Prefecture and Yong Prefecture after the Heavenly Dao Alliance’s defeat.
• Zhang Jing thanked Su Fei and reported his victories in a memorial as Su Fei, Zhang San, and Li Si departed for the imperial city.
• Su Fei returned to the Southern Commandery Investigation Department and kept his Celestial Person Realm breakthrough secret from his colleagues.
• Grand Secretary Li read the urgent memorial and shared the news that Su Fei had defeated the Heavenly Dao Alliance’s leaders and that the Chu Kingdom’s imperial family had supported the alliance.

Grand Secretary Li reported Su Fei’s victory in Cool Prefecture to the emperor, who rewarded him with gold, silver, and jewels. After receiving the decree, Su Fei agreed to take his colleagues out for songs and wine.

• Grand Secretary Li praised Crown Prince Zhao Yan for recommending Su Fei, then hurried to report the victory to the emperor.
• Su Fei read official documents at the Southern Commandery Investigation Department after stabilizing his cultivation at the second level of the Celestial Person Realm.
• A palace envoy delivered an imperial decree praising Su Fei’s achievements and awarding him gold, silver, and jewels.
• Lei Chongxiao and the other thousand households commanders congratulated Su Fei and asked him to treat them.
• Su Fei agreed to take his colleagues to an entertainment house for songs and wine, and Lei Chongxiao and Thousand Households Commander Cheng urged everyone to go.