Chapter Summaries

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.

The Star-Plucking Elder arrived at the manor with the Fairy of the Mortal World and Yan Guilai, and praised Luo Tianhong for suppressing the local resistance. Their reputations as notorious criminals became known to the gathered martial artists, while the female disciples of Hundred Flowers Valley drew Yan Guilai’s predatory attention.

• Luo Tianhong withdrew his hand from Shen Qinghan and warned the remaining resisters to consider their choices.
• The Star-Plucking Elder entered the square with the Fairy of the Mortal World and Yan Guilai, and Luo Tianhong greeted him deferentially.
• The Star-Plucking Elder praised Luo Tianhong for nearly settling the conflict and introduced the Fairy of the Mortal World and Yan Guilai as his subordinates.
• The Fairy of the Mortal World gave Luo Tianhong a cold greeting, while Yan Guilai ignored him and stared lewdly at the female disciples of Hundred Flowers Valley.
• The martial artists recognized the Star-Plucking Elder, the Fairy of the Mortal World, and Yan Guilai as notorious killers and criminals.

The Star-Plucking Elder gave the martial artists of Luonan Circuit an incense stick to submit to the Three Harmonies Society or die. As the deadline passed, Yan Guilai attacked a Hundred Flowers Valley disciple, leaving Shen Qinghan badly injured after he tried to stop him.

• The Star-Plucking Elder used his Nirvana Realm Seventh Level aura to silence the martial artists and demanded that they submit or be killed.
• Master Profound Mysteries and Luo Tianhong urged the Star-Plucking Elder to slaughter anyone who resisted, but he gave the crowd an incense stick to decide.
• After the deadline passed, Yan Guilai approached a frightened female disciple of Hundred Flowers Valley and tried to touch her.
• Shen Qinghan rushed to defend the disciple, but Yan Guilai overpowered him, worsened his injuries, and broke his wrist.
• Yan Guilai turned back toward the terrified disciple as Shen Qinghan lay injured on the ground.

Su Fei revealed his Nirvana Realm Sixth Level cultivation to stop Yan Guilai from attacking a Hundred Flowers Valley disciple. After Yan Guilai attacked him, Su Fei severed his right hand with one saber strike, leaving the martial artists in the square stunned.

• Su Fei rose from the Green Bamboo School seating area and confronted Yan Guilai, revealing an aura at the Nirvana Realm Sixth Level.
• Yan Guilai threatened Su Fei and attacked him with the Heart-Ravaging Palm.
• Su Fei drew his saber and severed Yan Guilai's right hand with the Three Saber Strikes of the Avici Path.
• The martial artists in the square reacted with shock, while the Luonan Circuit fighters looked to Su Fei with hope and gratitude.
• Chen Zhuyin realized Su Fei was no ordinary junior and had been hiding his strength.

Su Fei faced the Star-Plucking Elder after severing Yan Guilai’s hand, defending his actions as justice against the Three Harmonies Society. The Star-Plucking Elder prepared to kill him with the Heart-Plucking Hand, leaving the martial artists of Luonan Circuit watching anxiously as the fight began.

• Su Fei’s slash severely injured Yan Guilai and severed his hand, startling Master Profound Mysteries, Luo Tianhong, and the Fairy of the Mortal World.
• The Star-Plucking Elder pressured Su Fei with his peak seventh-level Nirvana realm aura, but Su Fei held his ground and condemned the Three Harmonies Society’s crimes.
• The Star-Plucking Elder fired a black dart at Su Fei, who deflected it with his saber despite the force of the clash.
• The Star-Plucking Elder put on his sharp black gloves and demonstrated the Heart-Plucking Hand, blasting pits, the pond, and stone pillars with black qi.
• Zhou Hu wished to sacrifice ten years of his lifespan to help Su Fei defeat the Star-Plucking Elder, while Shen Qinghan prayed for Su Fei despite doubting he could win.

Su Fei evaded the Star-Plucking Elder’s Heart-Plucking Hand and survived an all-out clash, forcing the Elder to unleash his killing move at close range. The chapter ended as the enormous Heart-Plucking Soul-Rending Claw surged toward Su Fei.

• The Star-Plucking Elder attacked Su Fei with a barrage of black force, but Su Fei dodged it using Fleeting Light Shadow.
• The Star-Plucking Elder increased the force and speed of his attacks, while Su Fei used his God-tier Insight Technique to spot gaps and the Elder’s growing exhaustion.
• Su Fei charged and struck with saber energy, meeting the Star-Plucking Elder’s all-out attack in a collision that left Su Fei unharmed.
• The Star-Plucking Elder unleashed Heart-Plucking Soul-Rending Claw at close range, confident Su Fei could not evade it.