Recaps

Su Fei questioned Chen Ping about the stolen coin molds and, suspecting his involvement, arrested him and brought him to the Imperial Guard Imperial Prison. After torture began, Chen Ping begged for mercy, but he had not yet confessed when the chapter ended.

• Su Fei questioned Chen Ping about whether the Marquis of the Radiant Cosmos had planned to steal the coin molds, and Chen Ping denied knowing anything.
• Su Fei noticed Chen Ping's anxious reactions, sealed his acupoints, and ordered the Imperial Guards to arrest him.
• Su Fei questioned Chen Ping again in the Imperial Guard Imperial Prison, but Chen Ping continued to deny the marquis's involvement.
• Su Fei ordered the jailers to torture Chen Ping, who screamed and begged them to stop.
• Su Fei stopped the torture when Chen Ping's voice grew hoarse, leaving the matter without a confession.

Su Fei questioned Chen Ping about the Marquis of the Radiant Cosmos’s interest in the Mint Bureau’s coin molds, then arranged covert surveillance of the Marquis of the Bright Firmament’s Residence. After spending more than ten days at home with Ji Yuyan, Su Fei received Imperial Guards bearing an important lead, but the chapter ended before they revealed it.

• Chen Ping confessed that the Marquis of the Radiant Cosmos had asked him about obtaining the coin molds, but said he knew nothing about the theft itself.
• Su Fei determined Chen Ping was telling the truth and ordered jailers to keep him under strict guard in the Imperial Prison.
• Su Fei instructed Lei Chongxiao to send plainclothes Imperial Guards to watch the Marquis of the Bright Firmament’s Residence around the clock.
• Su Fei returned home and spent more than ten peaceful days with Ji Yuyan while awaiting news from the surveillance team.
• Several Imperial Guards arrived at Su Fei’s home and announced that they had discovered an important lead, then began reporting on their watch.

Su Fei investigated the suspicious Great Thoroughfare Bank after learning that Lord Li, deputy minister of the Court of Judicial Review, regularly visited it and the Marquis of the Bright Firmament's Residence. The bank’s ordinary-looking search revealed nothing, so Su Fei used his Celestial Person Realm soul power to examine the premises.

• An Imperial Guard Hundred Households Officer reported that a black-robed visitor to the Marquis of the Bright Firmament's Residence was likely Lord Li, who also spent hours at the heavily guarded Great Thoroughfare Bank.
• Su Fei ordered the Imperial Guards to surround the Great Thoroughfare Bank and prevent anyone from entering or leaving.
• The bank guards yielded after learning Su Fei was the Commander of the Imperial Guard, and he ordered the manager and attendants brought before him.
• Su Fei rejected the manager's offer of fifty taels of gold and ordered a thorough search of the bank.
• The Imperial Guards found only ordinary furnishings, account books, paintings, and calligraphy, so Su Fei released his soul power to search the bank.

Su Fei uncovered a counterfeit coin workshop beneath the Great Thoroughfare Bank and recovered the stolen number seven coin-casting mold. The prisoners’ confessions identified Li Zhong, deputy chief of the Court of Judicial Review, as the man behind the operation, and Su Fei prepared to pursue the masterminds.

• Su Fei sensed people hidden beneath the bank and ordered Officer Zhang to investigate the cellar concealed under two porcelain vases.
• Officer Zhang and the Imperial Guards fought the hidden men, arrested seven or eight suspects, and brought up chests of counterfeit copper coins and a coin-casting mold.
• Su Fei recognized the mold as the one stolen from the Mint Bureau and ordered the bank manager, clerks, and suspects taken to the Imperial Guard Imperial Prison for separate interrogations.
• The prisoners confessed that Li Zhong had taken them from prison and forced them to mint counterfeit coins, while his household servants ran the bank and supervised the workshop.

After uncovering evidence linking Li Zhong to counterfeit coin production, Su Fei led over a hundred Imperial Guards to arrest the Vice Minister at his residence. Li Zhong denied the charges, and Su Fei prepared to seize him by force.

• Su Fei concluded that Li Zhong was behind the stolen coin mold and counterfeit coins, then ordered the Imperial Guards to assemble.
• Su Fei led the force to Li Zhong's residence, where Li Zhong emerged with four martial artists, including one Martial Saint and three Grandmasters.
• Su Fei presented the coin minting mold and accused Li Zhong of freeing prisoners and arranging the counterfeit operation.
• Li Zhong denied the accusations and claimed the evidence had been fabricated to frame him.
• Su Fei lost patience, gripped his saber, and prepared to arrest Li Zhong by force.

Su Fei confronted Li Zhong over his crimes, but Lingering Snow of the Five Poisons Cult intervened with Golden Silkworm Gu that debilitated the Imperial Guards. Su Fei remained unaffected and caught all the insects, leaving Lingering Snow and Li Zhong stunned.

• Lingering Snow identified himself as a member of the Five Poisons Cult and demanded that Su Fei spare Li Zhong, but Su Fei refused and ordered him to stand aside.
• Lingering Snow released Golden Silkworm Gu whose buzzing weakened the Imperial Guards and disrupted their True Essence, while Su Fei remained unaffected.
• Li Zhong regained his confidence and threatened Su Fei after Lingering Snow claimed the insects could not be harmed by weapons.
• Four Imperial Guards fired refined-steel crossbow bolts at the Golden Silkworm Gu, but the bolts bounced off without injuring them.
• Su Fei unleashed his Indestructible Golden Body, rushed beneath the insects, and caught every Golden Silkworm Gu in his hand.

Su Fei crushed the Golden Silkworm Gu, killed Lingering Snow and three Grandmasters, and pursued Li Zhong into the Li Mansion. The Imperial Guards followed him inside as the mansion’s servants and maids noticed the commotion.

• Su Fei crushed the Golden Silkworm Gu, ending their attack on the Imperial Guards and enraging Lingering Snow.
• Lingering Snow attacked Su Fei with the Five Poisons Palm, but Su Fei broke his fingers and struck him down, leaving him to die.
• Li Zhong ordered three imprisoned Grandmasters to stop Su Fei, then fled into the mansion.
• Su Fei killed the three Grandmasters with Sword Qi as the Imperial Guards praised their commander.
• Su Fei led the Imperial Guards into the Li Mansion in pursuit of Li Zhong, and the servants and maids noticed the commotion.

Su Fei captured Li Zhong in his mansion and brought him to the Imperial Guard Imperial Prison, where Li Zhong pretended to be insane to avoid interrogation. Su Fei used the God-tier Insight Technique to recognize the deception.

• Su Fei ordered the Imperial Guards to seal the Li Mansion and search until they found Li Zhong in his bedroom clutching his valuables.
• Su Fei had Li Zhong bound and taken away, while the Imperial Guards recorded and confiscated his wealth.
• The Imperial Guards dragged Li Zhong to the Imperial Guard Imperial Prison as he cried for his valuables, drawing the attention of onlookers.
• The Imperial Guards suspected Li Zhong had lost his mind, but Su Fei observed his steady physical condition with the God-tier Insight Technique and realized he was feigning madness.

Su Fei summoned Doctor Hu to use Golden Needle Acupoint Piercing on Li Zhong, whose apparent madness was exposed when the pain made him scream. Su Fei stopped the treatment and prepared to take over the interrogation, leaving Li Zhong exhausted and terrified.

• Su Fei ordered a jailer to bring in the Imperial Prison’s best torturer, and the jailer introduced the prison physician, Doctor Hu.
• Doctor Hu heated three silver needles and pierced acupoints around Li Zhong’s neck and shoulders.
• After the first stage passed, the second stage’s intense pain brought Li Zhong out of his feigned madness and made him scream.
• Su Fei told Doctor Hu to stop and leave what came next to him.
• Doctor Hu removed the needles, and Li Zhong slumped against the torture post, gasping and afraid.

Su Fei secured Li Zhong’s signed confession implicating the Marquis of the Radiant Cosmos in the counterfeit-coin scheme. He rallied the Imperial Guards to arrest the powerful marquis despite their fears of offending the imperial family.

• Li Zhong confessed that he had released prisoners, used his household servants to run the counterfeiting operation, and partnered with the Marquis of the Radiant Cosmos.
• Su Fei had Li Zhong write, sign, and fingerprint his confession, then reviewed it alongside the other evidence.
• Su Fei saw that the Marquis of the Radiant Cosmos remained at large and ordered the Imperial Guards to arrest him at the Marquis of the Bright Firmament's Residence.
• Song Lian warned Su Fei that arresting the empress dowager’s brother could bring serious consequences, but Su Fei insisted that the law applied to everyone.
• Song Lian and the other Imperial Guards pledged to accompany Su Fei and uphold the law.

Su Fei led the Imperial Guards to the Marquis of the Bright Firmament's Residence to arrest Chen Haoyu. After Chen Haoyu invoked his imperial connections and threatened the guards, Su Fei slapped him and ordered his arrest, leaving the Imperial Guards ready to carry out the command.

• Su Fei assembled the Imperial Guards and led them to the Marquis of the Bright Firmament's Residence.
• Song Lian announced the Imperial Guard's investigation and demanded that Chen Haoyu come out.
• Chen Haoyu threatened the guards by boasting of his ties to the empress dowager and the emperor.
• Su Fei slapped Chen Haoyu and declared that no one stood above the law.
• Su Fei ordered Song Lian to seize Chen Haoyu and take him to the Imperial Guard Imperial Prison for interrogation.

Su Fei arrested Chen Haoyu on suspicion of counterfeiting coins and refused to release him when Eunuch Li arrived with the empress dowager’s decree. The dispute turned into a clash between the Imperial Guards and the palace guards on the imperial avenue.

• Su Fei ordered the Imperial Guards to bind Chen Haoyu, stationed men to watch the marquis’s residence, and continued toward the Imperial Guard Imperial Prison.
• Eunuch Li intercepted Su Fei’s party and read the empress dowager’s decree ordering Chen Haoyu’s release and his delivery to the palace.
• Su Fei refused to obey, insisting that only an Imperial Decree from His Majesty could pardon Chen Haoyu’s crimes.
• Eunuch Li ordered the palace guards to seize Chen Haoyu, and Song Lian commanded the Imperial Guards to protect the prisoner and stop them.
• The Imperial Guards and palace guards charged and clashed with their sabers on the imperial avenue.

Su Fei defeated Eunuch Li’s palace guards and brought Chen Haoyu, Eunuch Li, and the surrendered guards to the Imperial Prison. His mission to solve the counterfeit coin case remained incomplete, and the emperor summoned him to the palace.

• Su Fei knocked Eunuch Li unconscious, and the remaining palace guards surrendered.
• Su Fei ordered Song Lian to escort Chen Haoyu, Eunuch Li, and the guards to the Imperial Prison.
• Su Fei had Chen Haoyu held under strict guard and ordered Eunuch Li and the guards detained separately for questioning.
• Su Fei checked his system panel but received no mission-completion notice, so he suspected other accomplices remained hidden.
• An imperial envoy delivered the emperor’s command for Su Fei to enter the palace immediately for an audience.

Su Fei appeared before Emperor Xuan to answer for arresting Chen Haoyu, the Marquis of the Radiant Cosmos, and refused the emperor’s plea for leniency. He presented Li Zhong’s confession and physical evidence of the counterfeit-coin operation, leaving Chen Haoyu’s fate contested at court.

• After learning the Empress Dowager had pleaded for Chen Haoyu, Emperor Xuan summoned Su Fei to the imperial study.
• Su Fei ordered Song Lian to guard Chen Haoyu and Eunuch Li and prevent anyone from interfering with the investigation.
• Emperor Xuan asked Su Fei to spare Chen Haoyu’s life for the sake of their family ties and the Empress Dowager’s well-being.
• Su Fei refused, arguing that Chen Haoyu’s counterfeit minting and other crimes warranted the death penalty.
• Su Fei presented Li Zhong’s signed confession and cited the recovered molds, counterfeit coins, and other evidence against Chen Haoyu.

Su Fei secured Emperor Xuan’s approval to handle Chen Haoyu’s case according to the law, then questioned Chen Haoyu about his accomplices. Chen Haoyu named Palace Guard commander Cao An, and Su Fei set out to arrest him.

• Emperor Xuan agreed that Chen Haoyu’s case should be handled according to the law after Su Fei argued against granting him leniency.
• Su Fei returned to the Imperial Guard Imperial Prison and ordered Song Lian to prepare for Chen Haoyu’s interrogation.
• Chen Haoyu confessed that Cao An had arranged for counterfeit copper coins to be distributed and had helped disrupt the court’s financial order.
• Chen Haoyu revealed that Cao An was a grandmaster realm ninth-layer cultivator and the disciple of the Prince Who Pacifies the South.
• Su Fei ordered Song Lian to assemble the Imperial Guard’s elite and accompany him to arrest Cao An at the Palace Guard camp.

Su Fei led the Imperial Guards to the Palace Guard camp under imperial decree to arrest Cao An. After defeating the soldiers who tried to block him, he entered the camp and approached Cao An’s command tent.

• Su Fei ordered the Imperial Guards to move out and arrest Palace Guard Commander Cao An.
• A junior Palace Guard officer refused to let Su Fei enter and declared that the Palace Guards would defy the imperial decree.
• The Palace Guard soldiers attacked Su Fei, but he knocked them down with his bare hands and left the junior officer unconscious.
• The remaining Palace Guard soldiers backed away, allowing Su Fei and Song Lian to proceed through the camp.
• Su Fei reached Cao An’s central command tent, where four armed personal guards stood watch.

Su Fei arrested Palace Guard Commander Cao An for illegally minting counterfeit coins, then refused the Prince Who Pacifies the South’s demand to release his disciple. The prince attacked Su Fei outside the Heavenly Prison.

• Su Fei and Song Lian subdued Cao An’s guards and entered the command tent to arrest him.
• Cao An attacked Su Fei, but Su Fei broke his wrist and knees before ordering Song Lian to take him to the Heavenly Prison.
• Cao An claimed his master, the Prince Who Pacifies the South, would avenge him, and Song Lian gagged him as they headed to the prison.
• The Prince Who Pacifies the South arrived and asked Su Fei to release Cao An, but Su Fei refused because the evidence against him was conclusive.
• The prince threatened Su Fei, drew his saber, and launched an attack to force him to comply.

Su Fei defeated the Prince Who Pacifies the South with one move and brought Cao An to the Heavenly Prison. After Cao An was locked away, Su Fei received a system notification.

• Su Fei sent Song Lian and the Imperial Guards away from the battlefield before confronting the Prince Who Pacifies the South.
• Su Fei summoned a golden Buddha apparition and struck the Prince Who Pacifies the South down with a single finger.
• Song Lian and the Imperial Guards watched in shock as Su Fei defeated the veteran Celestial Person Realm expert, while Cao An lost hope.
• Su Fei ordered Cao An taken to the Heavenly Prison and placed in a guarded cell for serious offenders.
• After Cao An's cell door was locked, a system notification rang out in Su Fei's mind.

After solving the counterfeit copper coin case, Su Fei claimed his rewards, perfected the Six Proud Frost Arts, and advanced to celestial person realm ninth level. The next morning, he and Ji Yuyan enjoyed a leisurely breakfast together.

• Su Fei left Song Lian in charge of interrogating Cao An and securing the prisoners, then returned to Su Manor.
• Su Fei claimed the Six Proud Frost Arts and one hundred and fifty years of cultivation, raising the saber art to perfection and extending his saber qi to four hundred meters.
• Su Fei used the remaining cultivation to advance the Sacred Heart Formula to its seventh layer and reach celestial person realm ninth level, with a lifespan of five thousand years.
• Emperor Xuan reacted to Cao An's capture and the Prince Who Pacifies the South's defeat, while Lei Chongxiao praised Su Fei's actions.
• Su Fei woke Ji Yuyan, and the two spent the night together before waking late the next morning and sharing breakfast.

After Su Fei defeated the Prince Who Pacifies the South, neighboring countries reconsidered their stance toward Great Xuan, and the Yan emperor sent gifts to Ji Yuyan. Ji Yuyan allowed the gifts to remain at Su Manor while making clear she was content in Great Xuan.

• Su Fei and Ji Yuyan spent carefree days together at the manor and around the imperial city.
• The Barbarian Tribe elders decided to seek goodwill with Great Xuan and ordered half their border troops to withdraw.
• The Chu emperor ordered envoys to offer Great Xuan gifts and an alliance, while the Fusang emperor abandoned plans for revenge against Su Fei.
• Zhang Feng arrived at Su Manor with gifts from the Yan emperor and asked Ji Yuyan to accept them.
• Ji Yuyan said she was living well in Great Xuan and allowed the gifts to be left at the manor.

After months of peace in Great Xuan, the White Lotus Sect rebellion rapidly spread through Yan, defeating every army sent to suppress it. The Yan Emperor dispatched fifty thousand troops with martial saint realm Attendants, but a fierce aura approached their guarded command tent at midnight.

• The Yan envoy delivered gifts to Su Fei and Ji Yuyan, and Su Fei accepted them on Ji Yuyan's behalf.
• Su Fei handed the Imperial Guard's daily affairs to Lei Chongxiao and spent several peaceful months with Ji Yuyan.
• The White Lotus Sect rebels grew from a small border force into tens of thousands and captured several cities in Yan.
• White Lotus Sect assassins killed the commanders and principal officers of three Yan armies, leaving their troops defeated and scattered.
• The Yan Emperor sent fifty thousand troops accompanied by martial saint realm Attendants, but a fierce aura suddenly approached the command tent at midnight.

After the White Lotus Sect’s assassin crippled the Yan Kingdom’s resistance, Emperor Yan agreed to offer three commanderies to neighboring kingdoms in exchange for military aid. Great Chu demanded even more, while Emperor Xuan’s court debated whether Great Xuan should intervene and take the offered territory.

• The White Lotus Sect’s black-clad assassin defeated the Yan Kingdom’s Martial Saint Realm experts, after which the rebels captured a third of the kingdom’s territory in a month.
• Emperor Yan’s left chancellor urged him to seek help from Great Xuan and Great Chu, and the right chancellor proposed trading three commanderies for troops.
• Emperor Yan ordered diplomatic letters sent to Great Xuan and Great Chu, offering each three commanderies in exchange for suppressing the rebellion.
• Emperor Chu’s court demanded five commanderies and three million taels of silver before sending troops, leaving Emperor Yan to focus on Great Xuan.
• Great Xuan’s officials argued over intervention, and Grand Secretary Li backed sending troops to curb the White Lotus Sect and acquire the three commanderies.

Emperor Xuan sent one hundred thousand Great Xuan troops to the Yan Kingdom to suppress the White Lotus Sect and claim three commanderies, with Su Fei joining the expedition. The army assembled outside the imperial city and prepared to march under Du Tianwu's command.

• Emperor Xuan agreed to the Yan Kingdom's request and ordered Du Tianwu to lead one hundred thousand troops, accompanied by three hundred Imperial Guards, against the White Lotus Sect.
• Lei Chongxiao asked Su Fei to join the expedition because the White Lotus Sect was believed to have a Celestial Person Realm expert, and Su Fei accepted after receiving a system mission.
• Su Fei reassured Ji Yuyan before leaving with Lei Chongxiao to prepare for the campaign.
• Su Fei arrived at the parade ground with three hundred Imperial Guards and met Du Tianwu, who relied on him to protect the army from the White Lotus Sect's expert.
• Du Tianwu addressed the assembled troops, who vowed to march against the White Lotus Sect, and pointed his sword toward the Yan Kingdom.

Su Fei and Du Tianwu led a hundred-thousand-strong Great Xuan army into the Yan Kingdom to fight the White Lotus Sect, witnessing the devastation and refugees caused by the rebellion. As the army advanced toward Upper Valley Commandery, Du Tianwu aided civilians while Su Fei remained wary of the sect’s unexplained silence.

• Du Tianwu and Su Fei led the Great Xuan army across the border after twenty days of marching, avoiding White Lotus Sect-controlled areas.
• Su Fei and Du Tianwu saw burned villages, barren fields, and refugees fleeing the fighting, and they discussed the need to end the rebellion before it reached Great Xuan.
• Du Tianwu ordered the army to reach Upper Valley Commandery within three days and allowed its physicians to treat seriously injured refugees.
• Su Fei strengthened camp security and kept watch each night, but no White Lotus Sect assassins appeared.
• Du Tianwu enforced strict discipline and distributed treatment and food to refugees, who gradually began to trust the Great Xuan army.

The Great Xuan Army reached Upper Valley Commandery, where Governor Ji Xunjiang welcomed Su Fei as his granduncle and arranged lodging and supplies for the troops. After entering the city and securing their camps, Su Fei and Du Tianwu accepted Ji Xunjiang’s invitation to a banquet to discuss the White Lotus Sect rebels.

• Du Tianwu brought the Great Xuan Army to Upper Valley Commandery and found the Yan Kingdom still held the city.
• Ji Xunjiang knelt before Su Fei and called him Granduncle, then explained their imperial-family relationship and agreed to call him Marquis Su.
• Ji Xunjiang welcomed Du Tianwu and Su Fei, offering prepared lodging, grain, and livestock for the army.
• Su Fei and Du Tianwu entered the city with the army, while Ji Xunjiang arranged provisions, quarters, medical care, and other camp needs.
• Su Fei had the Imperial Guard inspect the camps and guard against a surprise attack as the troops settled in for the night.
• Ji Xunjiang invited Su Fei and Du Tianwu to a banquet, and they accepted so they could learn more about the rebels.