Chapter Summaries

Su Fei led Hu Jing, Qiu Xu, and thirty Demon Suppression Guards to Qingyang Circuit to investigate the disappearance of the Flying Eagle Sect and restore order among the local sects. After three days of travel, he arrived at the Celebrated Sun Circuit branch and was ushered in to meet Chiliarch Fu.

• Su Fei briefed his team on their mission and ordered them to obey regulations, avoid unauthorized action, and report any new information.
• Hu Jing and Qiu Xu organized the guards aboard the spirit vessel, and the group set off for Qingyang Circuit.
• Su Fei instructed Hu Jing and Qiu Xu to keep watch, monitor communication jade talismans, and have the guards rest in shifts.
• After three days, the spirit vessel landed outside the Celebrated Sun Main City branch, where a guard escorted Su Fei and his team to the great hall.
• Su Fei entered the hall and met Chiliarch Fu, a middle-aged man in the Dharma Manifestation Realm.

Su Fei met with Fu Lingxiao, who briefed him on the Flying Eagle Sect's mysterious disappearance and the escalating battle over Awn Mountain. Su Fei decided to go there himself to stop the Ancient Sword School and Blood Baleful Intent Sect, leaving Fu Lingxiao hopeful that his authority would end the fighting.

• Fu Lingxiao welcomed Su Fei and learned that headquarters had sent him to investigate the Flying Eagle Sect's disappearance and calm Qingyang Circuit's unrest.
• Fu Lingxiao reported that the Flying Eagle Sect's grounds and possessions remained intact, but every member had vanished without leaving a trace.
• Fu Lingxiao explained that the Ancient Sword School and Blood Baleful Intent Sect were fighting over Awn Mountain's spirit stone mine and disrupting nearby villages and trade.
• Fu Lingxiao said his centurions had failed to stop the fighting, so Su Fei volunteered to mediate at Awn Mountain and enforce the Demon Suppression Bureau's authority.
• Fu Lingxiao welcomed Su Fei's decision and expressed confidence that the sects would heed him.

Su Fei set out with an escort for Awn Mountain to quell the fighting between the Ancient Sword School and the Blood Baleful Intent Sect. He arrived at the camps and was greeted by the two centurions who had failed to mediate the conflict.

• Su Fei declined to wait for a detailed briefing and ordered Hu Jing, Qiu Xu, and ten elite Demon Suppression Guards to accompany him to Awn Mountain.
• Fu Lingxiao arranged two local guides and a Demon Suppression Bureau token, while Su Fei left him in charge of the branch and the investigation into the Flying Eagle Sect's disappearance.
• The guides told Su Fei that Awn Mountain's spirit stones and rare ores had fueled the rivalry between the Ancient Sword School and the Blood Baleful Intent Sect.
• After about two hours, Su Fei saw the two sects' opposing camps and the bloodstained ground between them, where Centurions Li Xing and Zhang Yi had been unable to stop the fighting.
• Su Fei landed the spirit boat by the centurions' shelter, and Li Xing and Zhang Yi respectfully greeted him.

Su Fei arrived at Awn Mountain to handle the dispute between the Ancient Sword School and the Blood Baleful Intent Sect, whose leaders ignored the Demon Suppression Bureau's mediation. He watched as the two sects began another bloody battle, leaving him still waiting to intervene.

• Li Xing and Zhang Yi told Su Fei that the two sects had fought for days over Mount Awn Mine and refused to heed their mediation.
• Su Fei thanked the centurions and waited on the slope with Hu Jing, Qiu Xu, and ten Demon Suppression Guards.
• Blood Butcher led the Blood Baleful Intent Sect out to face Qingxuan Zi and the Ancient Sword School in the clearing.
• Blood Butcher and Qingxuan Zi each ordered their disciples to attack, and the two forces clashed in a brutal fight.
• Blood Butcher and Qingxuan Zi watched from the rear while guarding against each other with their Dharma Manifestation Realm pressure.

Su Fei intervened in the battle between the Ancient Sword School and the Blood Baleful Intent Sect, ordering them to stop and proposing that they split the Mount Mang Ore Vein. When Blood Butcher refused and attacked, Su Fei shattered his saber strike with the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, leaving Blood Butcher shocked.

• Su Fei watched the sects' battle before flying above the battlefield and halting the disciples with his Dharma Manifestation Realm pressure.
• Su Fei identified himself as a chiliarch of the Demon Suppression Bureau, cited the damage to local order and trade, and proposed that each sect take half of the ore vein.
• Blood Butcher rejected Su Fei's proposal, while Qingxuan Zi remained silent and unwilling to yield.
• Su Fei declared that he would force Blood Butcher to obey, and Blood Butcher attacked him with a blood-colored saber strike.
• Su Fei countered with the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, shattered the saber energy, and astonished Blood Butcher.

Su Fei forced Blood Butcher to choose between accepting a peaceful split of the Mount Mang Ore Vein and facing punishment, but Blood Butcher refused and unleashed the Blood Sea Life-Slaying Saber. Su Fei shattered the attack with Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Source and wounded Blood Butcher, leaving the fight in Su Fei’s favor.

• Su Fei warned Blood Butcher to accept the proposed division of the Mount Mang Ore Vein or be crippled and taken to the Blood Baleful Intent Sect.
• Qingxuan Zi considered accepting Su Fei’s proposal, but Blood Butcher chose pride over reason and refused to yield.
• Blood Butcher used the Blood Sea Life-Slaying Saber, summoning a vast crimson sea filled with deadly saber lights.
• Su Fei countered with Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Source, cleaving apart the blood sea and destroying its saber lights.
• Su Fei redirected three streams of Sword Qi into Blood Butcher’s abdomen, wounding him and disrupting his magical power.

Su Fei defeated Blood Butcher and forced the Blood Baleful Intent Sect and Ancient Sword School to end their fight and divide the Awn Mountain mineral vein. Suspecting the silent Crimson Flame Sect was hiding something, he led his party there to investigate and noticed only a few disciples guarding its entrance.

• Su Fei severely wounded Blood Butcher, prompting Qingxuan Zi to submit on behalf of the Ancient Sword School.
• Blood Butcher agreed to Su Fei's terms, and Su Fei divided the Awn Mountain mineral vein between the two sects and forbade further fighting or attacks on travelers.
• Su Fei ordered the smaller sects to stop causing trouble, directed both major sects to clear the battlefield and reopen the trade route, then prepared to investigate elsewhere.
• Su Fei suspected the Crimson Flame Sect's silence during the conflict and ordered Li Xing and Zhang Yi to lead the party there.
• Su Fei and his party reached the Crimson Flame Sect and found only a few disciples guarding and patrolling its entrance.

Su Fei visited the Crimson Flame Sect and learned that its master, Shi Haotian, had died suddenly three days earlier. Suspecting a connection to the Flying Eagle Sect’s disappearance and the conflict between the other great sects, Su Fei arranged to stay and investigate discreetly.

• Su Fei entered the Crimson Flame Sect, where its disciples were mourning the recent death of their sect master, Shi Haotian.
• Yuan Songting told Su Fei that Shi Haotian had died suddenly of an unexplained illness three days earlier.
• Su Fei paid his respects, then asked to stay at the sect while the Demon Suppression Bureau investigated the Flying Eagle Sect’s disappearance.
• Yuan Songting assigned a disciple to take Su Fei and his party to the western Tranquil Heart guest rooms.
• Hu Jing asked whether Shi Haotian’s death was connected to the Flying Eagle Sect’s disappearance, and Su Fei said the events seemed too coincidental.
• Su Fei ordered Hu Jing, Qiu Xu, and the guards to investigate the sect secretly, especially the night Shi Haotian died and any hidden places in the crimson mountain range.

Su Fei secretly investigated Shi Haotian’s death and overheard Yuan Songting confessing to poisoning him while plotting with mysterious black-robed envoys. After learning they planned to seize control of the Crimson Flame Sect, Su Fei revealed himself to confront them.

• Su Fei left the guest quarters at midnight and searched Shi Haotian’s mourning hall, finding nothing unusual.
• Su Fei went to Yuan Songting’s brightly lit residence and secretly listened to a meeting with several black-robed figures.
• Yuan Songting admitted that he had poisoned Shi Haotian and asked the envoys to help him take control of the Crimson Flame Sect.
• The envoys urged Yuan Songting to kill Shi Haotian’s heirs and the elders who opposed him, but Yuan Songting objected to destroying the sect’s strength.
• Su Fei realized that Yuan Songting and the envoys had plotted Shi Haotian’s murder, then walked into the reception room and addressed Yuan Songting.

Su Fei uncovered Yuan Songting’s plot to poison Sect Master Shi Haotian and exposed the four black-robed visitors as demons. The demons revealed their true forms in the reception hall, leaving Su Fei facing four monstrous opponents.

• Su Fei confronted Yuan Songting about conspiring with the black-robed visitors to poison Shi Haotian and seize power.
• A black-robed man attacked Su Fei with purple poison mist, but Su Fei compressed it into a ball and hurled it back at him.
• Su Fei identified the visitors as demons and condemned Yuan Songting for colluding with them and plotting to murder his master.
• The four black-robed men abandoned their disguises and transformed into a giant purple-scaled snake, a yellow-furred ape, a green mantis, and a black giant dog.

Su Fei used the Flame Prison Demon-Slaying Saber to defeat four Dharma Manifestation Realm demons in a single attack. Yuan Songting, terrified by Su Fei’s strength, knelt and begged for his life, leaving his fate unresolved.

• The four demons attacked Su Fei together while Yuan Songting watched from the sidelines.
• Su Fei unleashed the Flame Prison Demon-Slaying Saber and killed the snake demon and ape, crippled the black dog demon, and sliced the mantis demon to pieces.
• Yuan Songting realized he could not defeat Su Fei, abandoned his schemes, and fell to his knees.
• Yuan Songting kowtowed and begged Su Fei for mercy, admitting that he had colluded with demons, murdered his master, and seized power.

Su Fei forced Yuan Songting to reveal how demons had recruited him and learned that they were plotting to seize control of Qingyang Circuit. Yuan Songting led Su Fei to the demons’ secret base at Sleeping Flower Pavilion, where Su Fei prepared to enter.

• Su Fei threatened Yuan Songting, who confessed that demons had promised to help him take over the Crimson Flame Sect and eventually command Qingyang Circuit’s martial forces.
• Su Fei connected the demons to the Flying Eagle Sect’s disappearance, the Crimson Flame Sect’s internal strife, and the conflict between the Blood Baleful Intent Sect and the Ancient Sword School.
• Yuan Songting revealed a demon hideout and offered to lead Su Fei there, fearing Su Fei more than the demons’ retaliation.
• Yuan Songting guided Su Fei through Qingyang City to Sleeping Flower Pavilion and identified it as the demons’ central contact point.
• Su Fei entered Sleeping Flower Pavilion with Yuan Songting following behind, while the madam at the entrance noticed Su Fei’s striking appearance and bearing.

Su Fei and Yuan Songting entered the Sleeping Flower Pavilion so Su Fei could investigate suspected demonic activity. In a private room with Miss Chun Xiang, Su Fei detected demonic incense and concealed his identity as she probed him, while her gaze grew sinister.

• Su Fei and Yuan Songting entered the Sleeping Flower Pavilion, where Su Fei searched the hall for demonic auras.
• Yuan Songting paid the madam to take them to a private room on the second floor.
• The madam introduced Miss Chun Xiang, and Yuan Songting waited outside while Su Fei entered the room.
• Su Fei detected demonic incense that could beguile the mind and numb a martial artist's qi and blood, but he showed no reaction.
• Chun Xiang played the guqin and questioned Su Fei about his background and purpose, while he pretended to be an ordinary martial artist.
• Chun Xiang's gentle smile faded, and a sinister chill appeared in her gaze.

Su Fei exposed Chun Xiang as a demon and defeated her with the Infernal Prison Demon-Slaying True Fire. After forcing her to beg for mercy, he demanded information about the demons’ stronghold, and she revealed that the entire Sleeping Flower Pavilion was part of it.

• Chun Xiang transformed into a demon and attacked Su Fei, intending to devour him.
• Su Fei struck Chun Xiang with the Infernal Prison Demon-Slaying True Fire and sealed the room against sound.
• After enduring the flames, Chun Xiang prostrated herself and begged Su Fei to spare her life.
• Su Fei offered Chun Xiang a chance to live if she disclosed the demons’ stronghold and its purpose.
• Chun Xiang revealed that everyone in the Sleeping Flower Pavilion was a disguised demon and that the brothel served as the demons’ core stronghold in Qingyang City.

Su Fei wiped out the demons hiding in the Sleeping Flower Pavilion and learned that the Flying Eagle Sect had joined them. He made Chun Xiang lead him to the secluded valley where her powerful master and the sect were hiding.

• Su Fei killed the demon madam and slaughtered the demons in the Sleeping Flower Pavilion while Yuan Songting watched.
• Su Fei questioned Chun Xiang, who revealed that her master had persuaded the Flying Eagle Sect to join the demons.
• Chun Xiang warned Su Fei that her master was a tens-of-thousands-year-old great demon, but Su Fei ordered her to lead him there.
• Su Fei told Yuan Songting to return to the Crimson Flame Sect, seal it off, and await further orders.
• Chun Xiang led Su Fei east to a mist-covered valley where the Flying Eagle Sect and her master were hiding.

Su Fei entered the hidden valley of the Flying Eagle Sect and discovered its disciples were not demon allies but unwilling captives who resisted submission. He identified himself as a chiliarch of the Demon Suppression Bureau, but the wary disciples doubted his claim because he had brought Chun Xiang with him.

• Su Fei followed Chun Xiang through the mist and the bewildering formation into the valley where the missing Flying Eagle Sect had been hiding.
• Su Fei saw the sect’s disciples laboring under harsh conditions and initially mistook them for traitors who had joined the demons.
• A disciple confronted Su Fei and Chun Xiang, complaining that demons kept harassing the sect despite agreeing to let them settle in the valley.
• Su Fei realized the disciples had refused to submit to demons and had been abandoned there by their young sect master.
• Su Fei introduced himself as a chiliarch of the Demon Suppression Bureau and said he had come to eradicate the Demon Sect and rescue them.
• The disciples questioned Su Fei’s identity because he traveled with Chun Xiang, then formed a wary battle line against the pair.

Su Fei forced Chun Xiang to kneel, convincing the Flying Eagle Sect disciples that he had come to help them. He confronted traitor Duanmu Hua, who summoned the sect’s elite fighters and a powerful elder to face him.

• Su Fei made Chun Xiang kneel, and the Flying Eagle Sect disciples began to trust him.
• Su Fei promised to purge the demons, clear the sect’s name, and execute Duanmu Hua, then followed the disciples to Duanmu Hua’s residence.
• Duanmu Hua mocked Su Fei and dismissed the disciples’ accusations, while they denounced him for betraying the sect and humanity.
• Su Fei declared that he could defeat Duanmu Hua alone, and Duanmu Hua challenged him to fight in the courtyard.
• Duanmu Hua fired the Flying Eagle Sect’s assembly signal, bringing elite disciples and the second-level Dharma Manifestation Realm elder Uncle Li to the courtyard.

Su Fei defeated Vulture Li Yao after easily breaking his pressure and turning his hidden weapons against him. As Duanmu Hua and the Flying Eagle Sect disciples stood stunned, a white-haired elder emerged from the wooden building, bringing an even more powerful martial pressure.

• Duanmu Hua asked Vulture Li Yao to capture Su Fei and kill him.
• Su Fei casually dispelled Li Yao’s second-level Dharma Aspect pressure.
• Li Yao attacked Su Fei with poisoned needles and throwing darts, but Su Fei caught them with the Dragon Catching Skill and sent them back.
• Li Yao’s barriers shattered, and the poisoned weapons killed him.
• Duanmu Hua and the Flying Eagle Sect disciples froze in fear as a white-haired elder emerged from the wooden building.

Duanmu Tianhe emerged to protect Duanmu Hua and offered Su Fei wealth to withdraw, but Su Fei refused and condemned the former sect master for siding with demons. Duanmu Tianhe unleashed his third-level Dharma Manifestation Realm cultivation and sent his stone-armored eagle Dharma Aspect to attack Su Fei, who began channeling his Demon-Slaying Dao Foundation to meet the strike.

• Duanmu Tianhe appeared after Li Yao’s death, reassured Duanmu Hua, and offered Su Fei gold and a mansion to leave.
• Su Fei refused Duanmu Tianhe’s offer and denounced his protection of Duanmu Hua and alliance with demons.
• Duanmu Tianhe grew furious, revealed his third-level Dharma Manifestation Realm cultivation, and rose into the air.
• Duanmu Tianhe manifested a stone-armored giant eagle as the Flying Eagle Sect disciples regained confidence and Duanmu Hua taunted Su Fei.
• Duanmu Tianhe’s eagle Dharma Aspect dove at Su Fei with its earth-powered talons, and Su Fei activated his Demon-Slaying Dao Foundation and gathered golden and red light.

Su Fei defeated Duanmu Tianhe by shattering his giant eagle Dharma Aspect with a powerful saber strike, leaving the Flying Eagle Sect master severely wounded and unable to fight. Duanmu Hua and the other disciples were left terrified and stunned by the defeat.

• Su Fei used the Flame Prison Demon-Slaying Saber and the Dragon Catching Skill to withstand Duanmu Tianhe's attacks and deflect most of his stone feathers.
• Duanmu Tianhe unleashed Flying Eagle Devours Heaven, sending his giant eagle Dharma Aspect crashing toward Su Fei.
• Su Fei drew on fifty percent of his pure yang magical power and struck the giant eagle Dharma Aspect with his full-strength Flame Prison saber force.
• Su Fei's saber strike shattered the Dharma Aspect, and the backlash severely injured Duanmu Tianhe, leaving him unable to fight.
• The Flying Eagle Sect disciples were struck with terror, while Duanmu Hua collapsed in disbelief at his father's defeat.