Chapter Summaries

Su Fei faced the Three Harmonies Society’s leaders as they unleashed Sea God Alliance demonic arts, but his saber strike split their towering waterspout. The battle remained unresolved as the broken waves rained down across the mountaintop.

• The flood-dragon-faced first society leader began a Sea God Alliance demonic art while the leopard-faced third society leader guarded him.
• The tiger-mouthed second society leader roared, knocking Hu Jing, Qiu Xu, and the other Demon Suppression Guards to the ground, while Su Fei stood firm behind a golden barrier.
• The first society leader formed a hundred-meter waterspout and sent it rushing at Su Fei.
• Su Fei drew his saber and unleashed the Three Saber Strikes of the Avici Path, cutting the waterspout in half and sending its waves crashing down.

Su Fei severed the Sea God Alliance leaders’ waterspout with one saber strike, then unleashed the Buddhist technique Ten Thousand Buddhas Pay Homage as the three leaders charged him. The Buddha’s Palms halted them in terror, and the chapter ended with them realizing the technique was their bane.

• Su Fei split the waterspout with a single saber strike, shocking the three Half-Demon leaders and the Demon Suppression Guards.
• The chief leader urged his brothers to attack Su Fei together rather than be captured.
• Su Fei activated his Indestructible Golden Body and used Ten Thousand Buddhas Pay Homage.
• Golden Buddha phantoms filled the sky and pressed their palms down, suppressing the demonic power and halting the three leaders.
• The leaders recognized Su Fei’s Buddhist technique as a bane to their demonic bloodlines and froze in fear.

Su Fei annihilated the Three Harmonies Society’s leaders and forces, then returned to the Luonan Circuit Demon Suppression Bureau with his allies. After everyone left to recover, he secretly took the spirit vessel back toward the South Sea Waters without claiming his system rewards.

• Su Fei killed the three half-demon leaders with golden Buddha’s Palms, and the Demon Suppression Guards praised his strength.
• The system announced that Su Fei had completed his mission and offered the Flame Prison Demon-Slaying Saber and two hundred and fifty years of cultivation; he postponed claiming them.
• Su Fei ordered Hu Jing and Qiu Xu to clear the battlefield and lead the troops down the mountain, where they boarded the spirit vessel.
• Su Fei and the group returned to the Luonan Circuit Demon Suppression Bureau, and he sent the guards and Fairy of the Mortal World to rest.
• After everyone had left, Su Fei boarded the spirit vessel alone and headed back toward the South Sea Waters.

Su Fei traveled alone toward the South Sea to break through to the Dharma Manifestation Realm in seclusion. Meanwhile, Sea God Alliance demons learned that the three Half-Demons supplying blood food in Luonan Circuit had been killed, cutting off their supply and prompting Brother Ao to alert the Fifth Elder.

• Su Fei set out alone for the South Sea so he could attempt his breakthrough without drawing attention.
• Three Sea God Alliance demons discussed how the Half-Demons in Luonan Circuit had been supplying them with blood food.
• Brother Ao sensed that the life-bound marks on all three Half-Demons had vanished and concluded they had likely been killed.
• Brother Ao realized that the Sea God Alliance's blood-food channels in Luonan Circuit had been cut off.
• Brother Ao hurried to inform the Fifth Elder, while the pig-headed and dog-headed demons worried about his reaction.

Su Fei claimed the Flame Prison Demon-Slaying Saber and cultivation, raised the saber art to Perfection, and tested its power on the sea. He then used his remaining cultivation to break through to the Thirteenth Layer of the Sacred Heart Formula, reaching a major realm breakthrough.

• Su Fei claimed the Flame Prison Demon-Slaying Saber and 250 years of cultivation from the system.
• Su Fei spent cultivation to raise the saber art to Perfection and absorbed the saber art's memories.
• Su Fei tested the saber art, splitting the sea with a fiery strike and killing countless fish and shrimp.
• Su Fei sat down again and used cultivation to advance the Sacred Heart Formula to its Thirteenth Layer, successfully breaking through a major realm.
• Su Fei circulated the Sacred Heart Formula as pure magical power poured into his body and strengthened his meridians and dantian.

Su Fei absorbed the surging magical power and broke through to the Dharma manifestation realm, causing spectacular celestial signs across the island. As his golden-armored divine manifestation appeared, greedy Sea God Alliance demons approaching the island froze in terror.

• Su Fei advanced from the nirvana realm eighth level to the ninth level and reached its peak as magical power flooded his body.
• Golden radiance, auspicious light, and golden lotuses appeared across the island as Su Fei forced his way through the barrier to the Dharma manifestation realm.
• Shrimp soldiers and crab generals of the Sea God Alliance mistook the celestial signs for a heavenly treasure and swam toward the island to seize it.
• Su Fei shattered the final barrier and summoned a towering golden-armored divine manifestation holding a long saber.
• The approaching demons saw Su Fei's manifestation from dozens of miles away, stopped in their tracks, and trembled in fear.

Su Fei used his newly condensed supreme-grade Dharma Manifestation to kill the demons who had spied on his breakthrough, then secretly returned to the Luonan Circuit Demon Suppression Bureau. The next morning, Li Kun and several other centurions arrived at his door to see him.

• The crab general recognized Su Fei’s several-hundred-meter Golden-Armored Divine Being Dharma Manifestation as far beyond high-grade and feared its power.
• Su Fei sensed the demons watching him and sent Flame Prison Demon-Slaying Saber energy across the sea, killing them all.
• Su Fei examined his system panel and concluded that his deep foundation had let him condense a supreme-grade Dharma Manifestation and greatly increased his power, senses, and lifespan.
• Su Fei returned quietly to the Luonan Circuit Demon Suppression Bureau, avoided the patrols, and spent the night stabilizing his cultivation.
• Li Kun and several other centurions came to Su Fei’s room the next morning and requested an audience.

Li Kun thanked Su Fei for destroying the Three Harmonies Society and invited him and his men to celebrate in Luonan City. The group enjoyed a feast at the Drunken Immortal Tower and an evening at Xiaoxiang Tower, where Su Fei stayed sober and watched the festivities.

• Li Kun bowed to Su Fei and praised his role in capturing Yan Guilai and other criminals, destroying the Three Harmonies Society, and driving the Sea God Alliance from Luonan Circuit.
• Su Fei insisted that Hu Jing, Qiu Xu, and the Demon Suppression Guards he had brought along be included in Li Kun's invitation.
• Li Kun gathered the guards, then led Su Fei and the others to the Drunken Immortal Tower for a lavish meal and celebratory toasts.
• The guards recounted the destruction of the Three Harmonies Society, impressing the Luonan Circuit Demon Suppression Guards with Su Fei's strength.
• Li Kun took the group to Xiaoxiang Tower, where the guards drank and watched the performances while Su Fei sat by the window sipping tea.

Su Fei and the Demon Suppression Guards relaxed at Xiaoxiang Tower while assassins from the Purple-Robed Tower approached Luonan Circuit to kill him and eliminate witnesses. After Su Fei’s group returned to the bureau late at night, Xiao Wu ordered the assassins to descend and deploy the Heaven-Locking Grand Formation.

• Su Fei declined Li Kun’s offer to arrange more entertainment as the guards enjoyed their night at Xiaoxiang Tower.
• Xiao Wu briefed the Purple-Robed Tower assassins on their mission to kill Su Fei and everyone who witnessed the attack.
• Xiao Wu revealed that he had brought the Heaven-Locking Grand Formation and ordered the assassins to seal off the bureau late at night.
• Su Fei’s group returned to the Demon Suppression Bureau after drinking and supporting one another through its gates.
• Xiao Wu spotted the group from the concealed spirit boat and commanded the assassins to descend and set up the formation.

Xiao Wu led a squad of assassins into the Luonan Circuit Demon Suppression Bureau and sealed its courtyard with the Heaven-Locking Grand Formation. After Xiao Wu badly injured Li Kun, he demanded to know which person was Su Fei, and Su Fei calmly identified himself.

• A dozen purple-clad assassins led by Xiao Wu descended into the Demon Suppression Bureau courtyard and trapped it beneath the Heaven-Locking Grand Formation.
• Xiao Wu announced that the assassins intended to kill everyone in the courtyard, then attacked Li Kun with a powerful palm strike.
• Li Kun tried to block the attack but was gravely injured, while Hu Jing, Qiu Xu, and the other guards prepared to fight.
• Xiao Wu asked which person was Su Fei, the centurion from the Imperial City Demon Suppression Bureau.
• Su Fei stepped forward, identified himself, and calmly asked Xiao Wu what he wanted.

Su Fei faced Xiao Wu, an assassin from the Purple-Robed Tower, and effortlessly dodged his attacks, revealing the gap between them. When Xiao Wu unleashed a massive final strike, Su Fei drew his Flame Prison Demon-Slaying Saber and prepared to counter without revealing his full strength.

• Xiao Wu identified himself as a Purple-Robed Tower assassin hired to kill Su Fei and revealed that an informant had told him where to find Su Fei.
• Xiao Wu attacked Su Fei with his flexible sword, but Su Fei precisely evaded every strike without using his lightness technique.
• Xiao Wu stopped attacking, then renewed his threat after declaring that the Heaven-Locking Grand Formation trapped everyone in the compound.
• Xiao Wu poured his power into his flexible sword and launched a towering black sword ray at Su Fei.
• Su Fei summoned his Flame Prison Demon-Slaying Saber and channeled flames into it, limiting his power to avoid killing Xiao Wu outright.

Su Fei overwhelmed Xiao Wu with a single saber strike, damaging the Heaven-Locking Grand Formation and leaving the Purple-Robed Tower assassins terrified. Xiao Wu refused to reveal who had hired them or the Demon Suppression Bureau’s traitor and ordered his men to attack Su Fei together.

• Su Fei’s scarlet saber energy shattered Xiao Wu’s black sword light and left the Heaven-Locking Grand Formation cracked and dimmed.
• Xiao Wu was stunned by Su Fei’s strength and asked how a centurion could wield power approaching the Dharma Manifestation Realm.
• Su Fei demanded to know who had hired the assassins and who the traitor inside the Demon Suppression Bureau was.
• Xiao Wu refused to reveal anything and ordered more than a dozen assassins to attack Su Fei at any cost.
• The assassins formed an encirclement and rushed Su Fei with poisoned weapons, while he remained far stronger than them, having already reached the Dharma Manifestation Realm.

Su Fei effortlessly killed the Purple-Robed Tower assassins and crippled Xiao Wu after he refused to reveal their employer. He ordered Li Kun to imprison and interrogate Xiao Wu, leaving the mastermind’s identity and the traitor in the Demon Suppression Bureau undiscovered.

• Su Fei killed the dozen or so Purple-Robed Tower assassins with a single stroke of scarlet saber qi, stunning Xiao Wu, Li Kun, Hu Jing, Qiu Xu, and the Demon Suppression Guards.
• Su Fei demanded that Xiao Wu confess, but Xiao Wu refused to reveal the employer’s identity despite his fear.
• Su Fei destroyed Xiao Wu’s dantian, crippling him and disabling the formation disk that sustained the Heaven-Locking Grand Formation.
• Su Fei ordered Li Kun to lock Xiao Wu in the dungeon and interrogate him, and asked him to have the assassins’ bodies cleared from the courtyard.

After Su Fei defeated the Purple-Robed Tower assassins, Li Kun interrogated Xiao Wu through the night but failed to learn who had hired him. Su Fei joined Li Kun at breakfast, then went with him to the Heavenly Prison to inspect Xiao Wu.

• Li Kun dragged the exhausted Xiao Wu to the Heavenly Prison while Su Fei ordered the courtyard cleaned and security strengthened.
• Su Fei went to sleep, then ate breakfast in the dining hall the next morning as Demon Suppression Guards greeted him.
• Li Kun told Su Fei that Xiao Wu had endured a night of torture without revealing his employer.
• Su Fei thanked Li Kun, invited him to eat, and said he would visit the Heavenly Prison with him afterward.
• Li Kun led Su Fei through the prison to the deepest torture chamber, where Xiao Wu was being held.

Su Fei ordered Xiao Wu moved from the torture chamber to a pitch-black, soundproof solitary cell after physical torture failed to make him talk. Su Fei left confident that isolation would eventually break Xiao Wu’s resolve, while Xiao Wu remained defiant.

• Li Kun told Su Fei that Xiao Wu had endured a night of torture without revealing anything.
• Su Fei ordered Li Kun to lock Xiao Wu in a lightless, silent cell without food or water.
• Li Kun sent two jailers to take Xiao Wu to solitary confinement, where Xiao Wu continued to threaten that the Purple-Robed Tower would avenge him.
• Su Fei explained that mental torment could break Xiao Wu’s defenses where physical pain had failed.
• After Li Kun confirmed the cell was prepared and guarded, Su Fei and Li Kun left the Heavenly Prison.

Su Fei took the Demon Suppression Guards to Luonan City's pleasure houses to relax, then refused the Luonan Circuit centurions’ request to join his command. Five days later, he and Li Kun returned to the Heavenly Prison and found Xiao Wu severely deteriorated after being confined in darkness and silence.

• Su Fei persuaded Li Kun to take the guards to Luonan City's pleasure houses, where he paid for their music, food, and entertainment.
• The Luonan Circuit centurions asked Su Fei to take them under his command, but he refused to avoid weakening their bureau and urged them to protect their own region.
• Su Fei and the guards continued their outings for several days, strengthening their bonds and earning the Luonan centurions’ admiration.
• Five days later, Su Fei and Li Kun entered Xiao Wu’s confinement room, where Xiao Wu cried out at the light after days in darkness.
• Li Kun noticed that Xiao Wu was covered in fresh scratches and looked nearly deranged, though no one had beaten or cursed him.

After five days in dark confinement, Xiao Wu broke down and revealed that the White Lotus Sect had hired the Purple-Robed Tower to assassinate Su Fei, while a traitor in the Demon Suppression Bureau had leaked Su Fei’s movements. Su Fei planned to take Xiao Wu to the Imperial City Demon Suppression Bureau as a witness and have the conspiracy investigated.

• Xiao Wu begged Su Fei to release him and offered to confess after five days of dark, silent confinement.
• Xiao Wu said someone from the White Lotus Sect had arranged the assassination, and that a bureau traitor had leaked Su Fei’s travel assignment.
• Su Fei recalled his past conflicts with the White Lotus Sect and resolved to report the attempted assassination and expose the traitor.
• Su Fei ordered Li Kun to keep Xiao Wu under strict guard and tighten security against a possible rescue attempt.
• Su Fei told Li Kun he would take Xiao Wu to the Imperial City Demon Suppression Bureau and report the matter to Thousand-Man Commander Zhang Bo.

Su Fei returned to Demon Suppression Peak with Xiao Wu and reported the White Lotus Sect’s assassination plot and a suspected mole in the Demon Suppression Bureau to Thousand-Man Commander Zhang Bo. Zhang Bo took Xiao Wu into custody and hurried to report the case to his superiors, while Su Fei returned to his quarters to await developments.

• Su Fei secured the Luonan Circuit Demon Suppression Bureau and set off for the imperial city with Xiao Wu, Hu Jing, Qiu Xu, and the other guards.
• Su Fei delivered Xiao Wu to Zhang Bo and reported that the Sea God Alliance had used the Three Harmonies Society to gather blood food in Luonan Circuit.
• Su Fei told Zhang Bo that the White Lotus Sect had hired Purple-Robed Tower assassins to kill him and that a mole in the bureau had leaked his movements.
• Zhang Bo ordered Su Fei to keep the matter secret, took Xiao Wu into custody, and left to report the suspected mole to his superiors.
• Su Fei returned to his quarters to wait for news as Zhang Bo escorted Xiao Wu up Demon Suppression Peak.

Zhang Bo brought Xiao Wu to Commander Fang and reported that the White Lotus Sect had hired the Purple-Robed Tower to assassinate Su Fei with help from a traitor in the Demon Suppression Bureau. Fang Yan took charge of the investigation and kept Xiao Wu for interrogation.

• Zhang Bo escorted Xiao Wu through the guarded upper reaches of Demon Suppression Peak to meet Fang Yan.
• Zhang Bo told Fang Yan that Su Fei had destroyed the Three Harmonies Society’s headquarters and defeated its Sea God Alliance forces in Luonan Circuit.
• Zhang Bo reported that the White Lotus Sect had hired the Purple-Robed Tower to kill Su Fei and that a Bureau insider had leaked Su Fei’s movements.
• Fang Yan grew furious, ordered Xiao Wu left in his custody, and vowed to investigate the traitor and the White Lotus Sect.
• Xiao Wu begged Fang Yan for mercy and insisted he did not know the traitor’s identity; Fang Yan signaled his guards.

Commander Fang uncovered a Demon Suppression Bureau traitor and confirmed that Chen Tianjun had ordered the attempt on Su Fei’s life. Zhang Bo recruited Su Fei for an expedition against the White Lotus Sect, and the chapter ended as their force assembled to march.

• Commander Fang interrogated Xiao Wu, identified a personnel-office administrator as the traitor, and ordered his secret execution.
• Commander Fang confirmed Chen Tianjun had commissioned the assassination through the Purple-Robed Tower and chose to attack the White Lotus Sect first.
• Zhang Bo summoned Su Fei and invited him to join the expedition to the sect’s headquarters at Spirit Mountain.
• Su Fei agreed to help kill Chen Tianjun, keeping his breakthrough to the Dharma Manifestation Realm secret.
• Zhang Bo gathered the Demon Suppression Guards and spirit vessels at the training ground, with Su Fei among the assembled commanders.