Recaps

Hu Jing and Qiu Xu led the Demon Suppression Guards in an attack on the jackal demon, but its speed and defenses overwhelmed them. Su Fei arrived and prepared to face the demon himself.

• Hu Jing ordered a guard to take the injured Hu Laosan to safety as the Demon Suppression Guards surrounded the jackal demon.
• Qiu Xu and Hu Jing led the guards in attacking, but their weapons could barely harm the jackal demon, which wounded several guards and disrupted their formation.
• Qiu Xu and Hu Jing ordered the guards to tighten the encirclement and hold on until Centurion Su arrived.
• Su Fei galloped into the spirit fields, saw his wounded men, and challenged the jackal demon.
• Su Fei told the guards to step back and make room for him to fight the jackal demon.

Su Fei struck the jackal demon with a powerful saber blow, leaving it badly wounded but alive. As it charged at him, he unleashed the second strike of the Three Saber Strikes of the Avici Path, and the blade light raced toward the demon.

• Su Fei's first saber strike blasted the jackal demon into a crater and tore open its abdomen.
• Qiu Xu, Hu Jing, and the Demon Suppression Guards marveled at Su Fei's strength and assumed the demon had been killed.
• The wounded jackal demon climbed from the crater, roared at Su Fei, and charged at him.
• Su Fei decided to strike again and drew his saber with black netherworld mist coiling around it.
• Su Fei unleashed the Hungry Ghost Path, sending a blazing, netherworld-infused blade light toward the charging jackal demon.

Su Fei killed the Jackal Demon and ordered the Demon Suppression Guards to treat the wounded and clear the battlefield. When his quest did not register as complete, he realized another demon might be hiding in Hu Family Village and headed for the Crimson Flame Horse King.

• Su Fei split the wounded Jackal Demon in two with a second strike and killed it.
• Qiu Xu, Hu Jing, and the Demon Suppression Guards praised Su Fei, who ordered them to care for the wounded and dispose of the corpse.
• Hu Laosan collapsed in relief after learning the demon was dead.
• Su Fei waited for his quest completion notification, but the system did not respond.
• Su Fei suspected the quest remained incomplete because another demon was in the village, possibly near the old well, and hurried to the Crimson Flame Horse King.

Su Fei rushed to the old well in Hu Family Village and discovered a water snake demon lurking there. He killed it with his perfected Three Saber Strikes of the Avici Path, while Qiu Xu and Hu Jing arrived at the aftermath.

• Su Fei rode to the village’s western old well after suspecting another demon was hiding there.
• Su Fei struck into the well with his saber, wounding the demon inside and forcing it to emerge.
• A water snake demon climbed from the well, and Su Fei realized it was the second demon behind the village’s troubles and his unfinished mission.
• Su Fei unleashed his perfected Three Saber Strikes of the Avici Path, cleaving the demon’s steel fork and tearing apart its body.
• Qiu Xu, Hu Jing, and several Demon Suppression Guards arrived at the well and saw the demon’s remains.

Su Fei killed the Water Snake Demon at Hu Family Village’s old well, completing the village disappearance mission and earning a Divine-Grade Sensing Technique and 230 years of cultivation. The next morning, he returned with the Demon Suppression Guards and ordered Hu Guangnian to gather every villager, leaving the reason unexplained.

• Hu Jing, Qiu Xu, and the Demon Suppression Guards witnessed Su Fei kill the Water Snake Demon and praised his strength.
• Su Fei received a system notification that he had solved the Hu Family Village Villager Disappearance Case and earned a Divine-Grade Sensing Technique and 230 years of cultivation.
• Su Fei ordered the Demon Suppression Guards to rest nearby and return to Hu Family Village the next morning.
• Su Fei led the guards back to the village and told Hu Guangnian that he had killed the Water Snake Demon as well as the Jackal Demons.
• Su Fei instructed Hu Guangnian to gather every villager at the clearing at the head of the village without explaining why.

Su Fei suspected that a villager from Hu Family Village had tipped off the Jackal Demon about the Demon Suppression Guards’ movements, so he arranged to question the villagers and identify the traitor. The questioning began with the injured Hu Laosan, whom Su Fei doubted could have colluded with demons.

• Su Fei explained to Hu Jing and Qiu Xu that the Jackal Demon’s appearance after the guards pretended to leave suggested a villager had revealed their movements.
• Su Fei ordered Hu Guangnian to gather the villagers and had the Demon Suppression Guards watch them while they were brought in for questioning one at a time.
• Su Fei assigned Hu Jing and Qiu Xu to ask each villager about contact or collusion with demons while he used the God-tier Insight Technique to judge their reactions.
• Hu Laosan, still wounded from the Jackal Demon’s attack, was brought in first, and Su Fei privately doubted that he could be the traitor.

Su Fei and his men questioned every villager in Hu Family Village but found no signs of deception, until Qiu Xu reminded him they had not questioned Village Chief Hu Guangnian. When Hu Guangnian denied having contact with demons, Su Fei noticed subtle changes in his expression.

• Hu Laosan said a Jackal Demon had attacked him, and Su Fei judged his account to be genuine.
• Hu Jing and Qiu Xu questioned the villagers while Su Fei used the God-tier Insight Technique, but none appeared to be lying.
• After questioning everyone over the age of ten, Su Fei wondered whether he had mistaken coincidence for a traitor's work.
• Qiu Xu pointed out that they had not questioned Hu Guangnian, and Su Fei ordered the village chief brought in.
• Hu Guangnian insisted he had never contacted demons, but Su Fei noticed his smile stiffen and his eyes flicker at the question.

Su Fei exposed Hu Guangnian as the village chief who had colluded with demons and caused the disappearances in Hu Family Village. After Hu Jing beat him, Hu Guangnian confessed that he had done it to conceal grain stolen from the village granary, and he ended the chapter begging the Demon Suppression Bureau to spare him.

• Su Fei noticed Hu Guangnian’s panic when Qiu Xu asked whether he had colluded with demons.
• Su Fei confronted Hu Guangnian, whose composure broke as Hu Jing and Qiu Xu realized he was the traitor.
• Hu Jing punched Hu Guangnian and demanded that he confess to colluding with demons and killing villagers.
• Hu Guangnian admitted that he had stolen grain and arranged the attacks to reduce the harvest and hide the granary shortage before an inspection.
• Hu Guangnian kowtowed and begged the Demon Suppression Bureau for mercy as Su Fei stood silently in the courtyard.

Su Fei and the Demon Suppression Guards exposed Hu Guangnian as the traitor who had colluded with demons and caused the villagers’ deaths. After the villagers vented their anger, Su Fei promised Hu Family Village would be safe and led the guards back to the Ninth Barracks with Hu Guangnian in custody.

• Hu Jing stopped beating Hu Guangnian and bound him to take him back to the Demon Suppression Bureau for judgment.
• Hu Jing told the villagers that Hu Guangnian had colluded with demons and was responsible for the missing villagers.
• The furious villagers beat Hu Guangnian until Hu Jing ordered them to stop and said the Bureau would punish him.
• Su Fei assured the villagers that demons would no longer threaten Hu Family Village and that Hu Guangnian would face an impartial judgment.
• Su Fei ordered the guards to return to the Ninth Barracks with Hu Guangnian bound on a Crimson Flame Horse.

After the Hu Family Village case, Su Fei collected his rewards and advanced to the Nirvana Realm eighth level. The next morning, Zhang Bo summoned him after reading the mission report, and Su Fei went to meet him.

• Su Fei ordered Hu Guangnian imprisoned and assigned Hu Jing and Qiu Xu to handle the case’s follow-up and report.
• Su Fei claimed the mission rewards, gaining the Divine-Grade Sensing Technique and two hundred and thirty years of cultivation.
• Su Fei used the cultivation to advance from the Nirvana Realm fourth level to the Nirvana Realm eighth level.
• The next morning, Xiao Ma told Su Fei that Thousand-Man Commander Zhang Bo wanted to see him after reading the Ninth Barracks’ report, and Su Fei followed him to Zhang Bo’s hall.

After Su Fei’s success at Hu Family Village, Zhang Bo praised his accomplishments and discovered that he had advanced to a new cultivation realm. Zhang Bo offered advice about the Demon Suppression Bureau and its people, leaving Su Fei with recognition, guidance, and a promised commendation.

• Xiao Ma escorted Su Fei to meet Zhang Bo, who praised his work at Hu Family Village and his role in exposing Hu Guangnian.
• Zhang Bo sensed that Su Fei’s aura had grown stronger, and Su Fei explained that fighting demons had helped him make a breakthrough.
• Zhang Bo admired Su Fei’s ability and modesty, noting that Xu Longxuan had recommended him and that he himself had benefited from the Xu Family’s support.
• Zhang Bo said he had submitted Su Fei’s mission reports and that a commendation and possible cultivation resources should arrive soon.
• Zhang Bo advised Su Fei to be cautious around veteran centurions, explained that the Ninth Barracks respected him, and said Hu Guangnian would be interrogated and handled according to procedure.

Su Fei left Zhang Bo’s residence after earning the Thousand-Man Commander’s confidence and praise for his recent service. At the Xu Family residence, Xu Longxuan learned of Su Fei’s achievements and ordered his people to keep track of his progress, while the chapter then shifted to the White Lotus Sect’s hall on Spirit Mountain.

• Zhang Bo dismissed Su Fei to rest and urged him to serve the Demon Suppression Bureau well.
• Xiao Ma offered to escort Su Fei, who declined, and watched him leave with awe.
• A servant told Xu Longxuan that Su Fei had defeated a squad leader, slain two demons, exposed a traitor, and won Zhang Bo’s favor.
• Xu Longxuan praised Su Fei’s abilities and ordered his servant to report any new developments about him.
• Xu Longxuan considered how Su Fei’s advancement could strengthen his standing in the Xu Family and reflected that bringing him to the imperial capital had been a wise choice.
• The scene shifted to the White Lotus Sect’s hall at the summit of Spirit Mountain.

Chen Tianjun learned that Su Fei had defeated Fang Muqing and earned recognition in the Demon Suppression Bureau, and he resolved to secretly plot revenge. Meanwhile, Su Fei continued his peaceful routine at the Ninth Barracks after breaking through to the eighth level of the Nirvana Realm.

• A White Lotus Sect disciple reported Su Fei’s victories over Fang Muqing and two demons, along with his growing standing in the Demon Suppression Bureau.
• Chen Tianjun raged over Su Fei’s defeat of Fang Muqing and the death of Dugu Fengming, then smashed his treasured white jade cup and vowed revenge.
• Chen Tianjun ordered two guardians to monitor Su Fei and summoned the sect’s elders to plan against him.
• Chen Tianjun considered secretly stirring up conflict or ambushing Su Fei during a mission because he could not attack openly.
• After the Hu Family Village case, Su Fei broke through to the eighth level of the Nirvana Realm and began watching his guards train each morning.

Su Fei earned the respect of the Ninth Barracks by improving their martial arts and distributing rewards for the Hu Family Village mission. As his squad leaders grew closer to him, Su Fei agreed to join them for a meal at the Spring Abundance Pavilion.

• Su Fei corrected the Ninth Barracks guards' martial arts and cultivation methods, impressing even the Nirvana Realm squad leaders and earning the guards' respect.
• A Demon Suppression Bureau official delivered the Hu Family Village mission rewards, including five hundred contribution points, one hundred spirit stones, and the Spirit Gathering Art for Su Fei.
• Su Fei distributed the rewards to the participating guards, who thanked him and promised to work hard under his command.
• Hu Jing, Qiu Xu, and other squad leaders invited Su Fei to the Spring Abundance Pavilion, and he accepted, offering to host another gathering the next day.
• Su Fei and the squad leaders changed into casual clothes, left Demon Suppression Peak, and headed into the imperial city.

Su Fei strengthened the Ninth Barracks through training and gatherings before Zhang Bo summoned him over a troubling development in Luonan Circuit. The chapter ended with Su Fei examining evidence that the Three Harmonies Society had recruited powerful fugitives wanted by the dynasty.

• Su Fei toasted his fellow Demon Suppression Guards at the Spring Abundance Pavilion and urged the Ninth Barracks to stand united and keep slaying demons.
• Su Fei continued training the Ninth Barracks, cultivating at night, and using the Divine-Grade Sensing Technique to confirm that none of his guards were disguised demons.
• Xiao Ma delivered Zhang Bo's summons, and Su Fei went to the reception hall to hear about a troublesome assignment.
• Zhang Bo told Su Fei that the Three Harmonies Society had rapidly absorbed martial-world gangs throughout Luonan Circuit.
• Zhang Bo showed Su Fei a list of the society's members, including long-wanted evil-path cultivators powerful enough to make the organization seem far more than an ordinary gang.

Su Fei received orders to travel to Luonan Circuit and secretly investigate the Three Harmonies Society, while remaining alert to the Sea God Alliance. He returned to the Ninth Barracks and began assembling an undercover team for the mission.

• Zhang Bo ordered Su Fei to investigate who ran the Three Harmonies Society and why it was expanding, warning him to work discreetly in remote Luonan Circuit.
• Zhang Bo cautioned Su Fei about the Sea God Alliance and arranged a large spirit boat for the journey.
• The system gave Su Fei a mission to uncover the Three Harmonies Society's leader and purpose, rewarding him with the Flame Prison Demon-Slaying Saber and two hundred and fifty years of cultivation.
• Su Fei told Hu Jing and Qiu Xu about the mission and instructed them not to reveal their identities as Demon Suppression Guards.
• Su Fei directed Hu Jing and Qiu Xu to select twenty loyal, skilled guards and prepare ordinary weapons, supplies, and provisions.

Su Fei assembled twenty elite Demon Suppression Guards and led them from the imperial capital to Luonan Circuit to investigate possible evil cultivators and demons from the Sea God Alliance. He reached the South Luo Circuit Demon Suppression Bureau Branch and found its leaders far weaker than the capital’s officers.

• Su Fei selected twenty disciplined Demon Suppression Guards and ordered them to travel in plain clothes without revealing their identities.
• After four hours of preparation, Su Fei led the group aboard a spirit vessel and set out for Luonan Circuit.
• During the seven- or eight-day journey, Su Fei cultivated and discussed investigation plans while Hu Jing and Qiu Xu organized rotating watches.
• Su Fei and his group arrived at the South Luo Circuit Demon Suppression Bureau Branch and presented his identification token at the entrance.
• The branch guards escorted Su Fei to a reception room, where four officers greeted him respectfully.
• Su Fei assessed the four officers and found that even the strongest had only reached nirvana realm third level.

Su Fei arrived at the weak Luonan Circuit Demon Suppression Bureau branch to investigate the Three Harmonies Society and ordered its centurions to assist him in secret. After receiving their intelligence, he prepared to assess the society’s strength and plan the investigation.

• Li Kun introduced himself and the other three branch centurions, whose cultivation reached only the early Nirvana realm.
• Su Fei explained that Zhang Bo had sent him to secretly investigate the Three Harmonies Society and identify its leaders and mastermind.
• Li Kun described the branch’s failed investigations and the society’s growing influence, including its evil cultivators and attacks on local people.
• Su Fei ordered the centurions to keep his team’s identities secret, gather intelligence, and monitor the Three Harmonies Society.
• Hu Jing and Qiu Xu agreed that the team would have to rely on itself, and Su Fei warned them to stay alert to other forces in Luonan Circuit.
• Li Kun arranged rooms and delivered the branch’s compiled intelligence for Su Fei and his team to review.

Su Fei investigated the Three Harmonies Society and decided to attend a martial assembly at Divine Sword Manor to learn more about the force threatening Luonan Circuit. He arrived disguised as Li Kun’s distant cousin and met Chen Zhuyin of the Green Bamboo School, who agreed to escort him inside.

• Su Fei reviewed intelligence on the Three Harmonies Society and suspected a larger organization was secretly backing its expansion.
• Su Fei learned that Luonan Circuit’s martial sects would gather at Divine Sword Manor in three days to discuss joining forces against the society.
• Su Fei decided to attend alone under the guise of Li Kun’s distant cousin, while Hu Jing and Qiu Xu waited outside with the other guards.
• Su Fei spent three days cultivating and studying information about Luonan Circuit’s major sects.
• Su Fei arrived at Divine Sword Manor and met Chen Zhuyin, who welcomed him as Li Kun’s distant cousin and offered to take him inside.

Su Fei entered Divine Sword Manor with Chen Zhuyin under the cover of being his nephew, intending to gather intelligence at the martial assembly. As the gathering prepared to unite against the Three Harmonies Society, Chen Zhuyin introduced him to several prominent martial-world leaders.

• Chen Zhuyin praised Su Fei and tried to arrange a marriage between him and one of his female disciples, but Su Fei politely declined.
• Chen Zhuyin told Su Fei to pose as his nephew and to keep close and observe at the assembly, then led him into Divine Sword Manor.
• Su Fei surveyed the assembled martial artists and listened as they discussed the Three Harmonies Society's attacks and the threat it posed.
• Chen Zhuyin identified Zhou Hu, chief of the Black Wind Stronghold, and explained that the Three Harmonies Society had destroyed one of his branch strongholds and killed dozens of his men.
• Chen Zhuyin introduced Master Profound Mysteries of Azure Cloud Temple, then Shen Qinghan of Hundred Flowers Valley, whose branch had been ambushed and whose healing medicines had been stolen.

Su Fei learned about the martial leaders gathered at Divine Sword Manor and considered why Luo Tianhong had hosted an assembly despite having no direct conflict with the Three Harmonies Society. Luo Tianhong opened the meeting by calling for the martial organizations of Luonan Circuit to unite against the society, then asked Zhou Hu to describe its crimes.

• Chen Zhuyin introduced Su Fei to the martial leaders, including Lei Xiaotian, and warned him to be careful when speaking to them.
• Su Fei asked Chen Zhuyin about Luo Tianhong's grievances with the Three Harmonies Society, and Chen said they had none yet but would likely clash as the society expanded.
• Luo Tianhong and Liu Yuru took the platform and welcomed the martial artists to Divine Sword Manor.
• Luo Tianhong described the Three Harmonies Society's seizure of more than a dozen organizations and urged the gathered leaders to unite against it.
• Luo Tianhong invited Zhou Hu to recount the society's atrocities, and Zhou rose angrily to begin.

Zhou Hu, Shen Qinghan, and Lei Xiaotian recounted the Three Harmonies Society’s attacks and rallied the martial artists at Divine Sword Manor to fight back. As the gathering debated how to unite against their enemy, Daoist Master Profound Mysteries proposed peace talks, provoking Lei Xiaotian’s furious objection.

• Zhou Hu described how the Three Harmonies Society massacred his men, looted and burned a branch stronghold, and vowed to fight them to the death.
• Shen Qinghan reported that the Society attacked Hundred Flowers Valley’s southern branch, killed and injured disciples, and stole healing medicines, then pledged to join the fight.
• Lei Xiaotian recounted the deaths of over a hundred Thunderclap School disciples, the destruction of cultivation manuals, and the seizure of spirit stone veins, and swore to eradicate the Society.
• The martial artists at Divine Sword Manor shouted their support for a united campaign, while Su Fei privately doubted they would cooperate when faced with the Society’s strength.
• Luo Tianhong asked the gathering to propose a strategy, and the martial artists debated assaults, reconnaissance, and choosing an alliance leader.
• Daoist Master Profound Mysteries recommended sending an envoy to negotiate peace, and Lei Xiaotian sprang up and condemned the proposal over his school’s losses.

At the martial assembly, Master Profound Mysteries revealed his allegiance to the Three Harmonies Society by crippling Lei Xiaotian and threatening the assembled sects. His display of Nirvana Realm Fourth Level power left the crowd hesitant to oppose the Society.

• Master Profound Mysteries suddenly stabbed Lei Xiaotian in the dantian with his horsetail whisk, severely injuring him.
• Master Profound Mysteries revealed that he had reached Nirvana Realm Fourth Level and threatened to cripple the Thunderclap School disciples if they advanced.
• Zhou Hu and Shen Qinghan watched Master Profound Mysteries warily, while Luo Tianhong demanded an explanation for the attack.
• Master Profound Mysteries declared that the Three Harmonies Society would rule Luonan Circuit and urged Divine Sword Manor to submit.
• Su Fei stayed quiet as the injured Lei Xiaotian and the Society’s growing threat left the martial artists wary and uncertain.

Zhou Hu attacked Master Profound Mysteries for betraying Luonan Circuit, while Luo Tianhong revealed that he had secretly joined the Three Harmonies Society and had gathered the martial assembly to capture its attendees. The gathering was left in uproar as the martial artists realized Divine Sword Manor had joined the enemy.

• Zhou Hu charged Master Profound Mysteries and fought him evenly with his Gale Saber Art and fly whisk.
• Luo Tianhong ordered Divine Sword Manor disciples to surround the duel and stand ready to intervene.
• Luo Tianhong approached Shen Qinghan under the pretense of questioning him, then struck him with a powerful palm.
• Luo Tianhong told Shen Qinghan that Divine Sword Manor had joined the Three Harmonies Society and that Master Profound Mysteries was his ally.
• Luo Tianhong revealed that he had convened the martial assembly to gather and capture the attendees, shocking the martial artists in the square.

Luo Tianhong and the Divine Sword Manor disciples revealed their conspiracy to capture the Luonan Circuit martial artists for the Three Harmonies Society, leaving Zhou Hu and the others surrounded and outmatched. After Luo Tianhong summoned reinforcements and ordered the resisters killed, Shen Qinghan denounced him, but Master Profound Mysteries urged him to let the captives consider submission.

• Luo Tianhong switched sides, and the Divine Sword Manor disciples surrounded the martial artists as Master Profound Mysteries wounded Zhou Hu.
• Luo Tianhong offered the trapped martial artists a chance to submit to the Three Harmonies Society and threatened to kill those who refused.
• Luo Tianhong ordered a disciple to launch a black firework signal summoning the Three Harmonies Society's reinforcements.
• The martial artists began to waver between surrender and resistance as Luo Tianhong ordered the disciples to register those who submitted and kill the rest.
• Shen Qinghan condemned Luo Tianhong and Master Profound Mysteries, but Master Profound Mysteries stopped Luo Tianhong from attacking and suggested persuading the captives to submit.