Chapter Summaries

Le Yu and his allies fled toward Cape Gate while Mr. Tie used his personal combat art, Bloody Floral Scenery, to attack them and pursue Le Yu. Le Yu broke Mr. Tie’s sword but was left with numb hands, and Mr. Tie continued chasing him toward the crowded, burning gate, where he planned to trap and kill him.

• Mr. Tie unleashed Bloody Floral Scenery, dazzling the surrounding fighters and advancing on Le Yu, but Le Yu blocked his attack with the Saint's Relic and broke his sword.
• Le Yu ordered everyone to shoot, and his allies attacked Mr. Tie as he dodged gunfire, fought through Mu Qingmei, and cut down soldiers with his broken blade.
• Mr. Tie ordered the merchant association retainers to hold back the pursuing troops while he continued after Le Yu.
• Mu Qingmei spotted Cape Gate ahead, and Yin Minghong warned that Mr. Tie could use the crowd and burning ruins to trap them.
• Mr. Tie kept his distance as the group approached Cape Gate and declared that Le Yu deserved to die.

Mr. Tie recognized Jing Zhengwei as the leader of the Assassin Organization and fought to kill him, while Le Yu and the others tried to escape through Cape Gate. The gate collapsed and trapped Le Yu on one side and the others on the other, leaving him to tell White Night to protect “Yin Yinyin.”

• Mr. Tie recognized Jing Zhengwei as the Assassin Organization’s leader and decided to kill him to avenge the Tread White Army general slain by an assassin.
• Le Yu sent Yin Minghong and the others ahead while Old Captain Liu stayed behind with ten Strong Musket Soldiers to fight the exhausted Mr. Tie.
• Yin Minghong led the group through Cape Gate, using gunfire to clear a path through the crowd.
• Mr. Tie hurled his sword scabbard at Cape Gate, triggering its collapse and a violent explosion that separated Le Yu from the others.
• Le Yu shouted “White Night!” across the burning ruins and told the others to protect “Yin Yinyin.”

Yin Minghong reflected on the uncertain truth behind Yin Yinyin and the story White Night had built around Qing Lan, Jing Zhengwei, and the revolution. As Qing Lan was led away, Le Yu stayed behind and charged Mr. Tie, beginning a fight beneath the burning ruins.

• Yin Minghong questioned whether Yin Yinyin was truly Qing Lan and recognized that White Night had shaped the truth into a story to protect people and inspire others.
• Yin Minghong exchanged a distant fist bump with Le Yu, said he hoped they could talk sincerely someday, and ordered his people to withdraw.
• Mu Qingmei and Mi Die pulled Qing Lan away while she stared at Le Yu, then Qing Lan tearfully begged him to find her and promised to support him.
• Le Yu laughed at Qing Lan’s confession, said he was not lazy, and turned to face Mr. Tie.
• Le Yu drew the Soul-Cleansing Demonic Sword, activated the Illusionary Cloak, and lunged at Mr. Tie, who taunted him for attacking instead of fleeing.

Le Yu fought Mr. Tie, a Pinnacle Realm martial artist, but realized he could not defeat him and tried to withdraw. Civilians surrounded Le Yu near Cape Gate, trapping him as the burning prefecture descended further into chaos.

• Le Yu attacked Mr. Tie with a blank shotgun round and then live pellets, but Mr. Tie deflected most of the shots and countered his sword and light-burst techniques.
• Le Yu dodged Mr. Tie’s close-range attacks with an improvised split, then struck back with a Divine Spear and created distance.
• Le Yu admitted he could not defeat Mr. Tie and warned that chasing him would be fatal, while he backed away from the fight.
• Civilians ambushed Le Yu, and he knocked one attacker aside before taking another hostage.
• Le Yu saw that an armed crowd had surrounded the lot and blocked every escape route, with the burning houses reflected in their eyes.

Jing Zhengwei escaped the rioters and Mr. Tie with help from the Veil of Discord, but Mr. Tie convinced the chamber of commerce retainers that Jing was the Assassin Organization’s leader. Fish then killed Mr. Tie, explaining that the organization makes anyone believed to be its leader into the real thing by killing that person’s enemy.

• Mr. Tie exposed Jing Zhengwei to the rioters, and Jing charged him before plunging the crowd into darkness and escaping.
• Mr. Tie told the chamber of commerce retainers that Jing possessed the Veil of Discord and the Soul-Cleansing Demonic Sword and was the Assassin Organization’s leader, prompting them to chase him.
• Mr. Tie returned through the burning Inner City and stopped in an alley to recover from his wounds.
• Fish appeared in the darkness and told Mr. Tie that the Assassin Organization had come to kill him because he had made others believe Jing was its leader.
• Fish killed Mr. Tie, leaving his body in the alley.

Lan Jianbo revealed that his obedient persona had been an act and decided to flee Profound Candle Prefecture as unrest threatened the Silver Blood families. He drove away from the Lan residence, leaving his servant Wen Yan behind with a warning for his father.

• Lan Jianbo ignored the summons to the main hall and finished modifying his black car after the fire at Cape Gate.
• Lan Jianbo explained to Wen Yan that he had long hidden his true views and had urged the Lan family to improve workers’ treatment and leave Profound Candle Prefecture.
• Lan Jianbo packed valuables into his car and said that Jing Zhengwei’s alliance with White Night and the rising workers would make the city’s unrest impossible to stop.
• Lan Jianbo invited Wen Yan to flee with him, then advised him to take something less valuable and pass a message to Lan Jianbo’s father.
• Lan Jianbo crashed his car through the courtyard wall and sped away, while Wen Yan watched and remembered that he got carsick.

Lan Jianbo’s attempt to escape Profound Candle Prefecture ended when rioters wrecked his vehicle, but Ting Chaozao found him. Le Yu escaped his pursuers through Jing Zhengwei’s secret tunnel, where a young man asked whether he still remembered Shuangye.

• Lan Jianbo drove his modified off-road vehicle through Cape Gate and into the outer city, trying to escape the rioters.
• Civilians pelted Lan Jianbo’s vehicle with stones until it crashed, and Ting Chaozao approached and wiped blood from his face.
• Le Yu fled merchant association retainers and rioters while using the Mental Power he had regained after completing Yin Yinyin’s Calamity.
• Le Yu threw a bag of coins to distract his pursuers, then entered a tunnel beneath the ancient city wall.
• A young man in workers’ clothes greeted Le Yu in the tunnel and asked whether he still remembered Shuangye.

Le Yu escaped through the tunnel with Rongyao’s help, while Ting Chaozao killed Lan Jianbo after the former friends’ reunion exposed their resentment. Ting Wanjian revealed his connection to the unrest and declared that the Ting family would become Scardy’s ruler, leaving his alliance with Jing Zhengwu in place.

• Rongyao revealed that he had joined White Night, then shot at the pursuing enshrinees and helped Le Yu escape the tunnel.
• Rongyao admitted that he hated Le Yu and the Silver Blood system but had saved him so he could lead those fighting for a better future.
• Ting Chaozao welcomed Lan Jianbo aboard the Ting family’s departing ships, then ordered him drowned because Lan Jianbo had abandoned him when he lost power.
• Ting Wanjian approved Lan Jianbo’s plan to distract the mob with goods and said someone had recently asked him for Blazing Radiant Gunpowder.
• Ting Wanjian mourned his lost kindred spirit and declared that the Ting family would become the king of Scardy in accordance with his agreement with Jing Zhengwu.

Le Yu escaped into the Black Sun Society’s Blood Battle Casino, where Wu Renxing confronted him and threatened him with armed gang members. Le Yu refused to submit, and as rifles aimed at him, he warned Wu Renxing that White Night would show him no mercy.

• Le Yu emerged from a tunnel amid the workers’ violent uprising and entered the Blood Battle Casino after riflemen recognized him as Chairman Jing.
• Le Yu watched a contestant kill his opponent in the arena, while Wu Renxing praised the winner and forgave the two fighters for stealing from him.
• Wu Renxing summoned Le Yu into the arena and said Le Yu needed his help because he was isolated and down on his luck.
• Le Yu mocked Wu Renxing for threatening him only when he was vulnerable, and said he would not restrain his temper around someone he could afford to offend.
• Wu Renxing ordered riflemen to aim at Le Yu, but Le Yu spread his arms and challenged them to shoot, warning that White Night would not spare Wu Renxing.

Le Yu refused Wu Renxing’s demand to wear a Grace Lock in exchange for Black Sun Society’s support, and learned that a worker had hired Wu Renxing to have him killed during the uprising. Wu Renxing forced Le Yu into a Blood Battle, and Le Yu chose to fight ten opponents.

• Wu Renxing lowered his guns and asked Le Yu to promise that Black Sun Society would become the new Patrol Guards, and Le Yu agreed.
• Wu Renxing demanded that Le Yu wear a Grace Lock as a guarantee, but Le Yu refused and started to leave.
• Wu Renxing revealed that an ambitious worker had hired him to kill Le Yu and was leading an assault on the Inner City.
• Wu Renxing proposed that Le Yu fight opponents in the casino for a chance to escape, and Le Yu returned to the arena.
• Le Yu challenged ten opponents at once.

After escaping Wu Renxing’s Blood Battle Casino, Le Yu struggled through a gauntlet of explosions and pursuing Black Sun Society members. He hid in a courtyard, where two children ambushed him and one prepared to strike, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Wu Renxing let Jing Zhengwei run for a hundred seconds, then ordered the Black Sun Society to plant a bounty on him and hunt him down.
• Le Yu fled through the Outer City, evading gunpowder traps and armed pursuers while recovering from his injuries with the Soul-Cleansing Demonic Sword.
• Rongyao recognized the Black Sun Bounty Order and slipped away, while other merchant-guild patrons were invited back into the casino.
• Le Yu hid in a dark courtyard and tried to get water, but a tripwire sent him sprawling.
• Two children trapped Le Yu with staffs and a half-grown boy shouted that sons of kings and nobles were not born superior before thrusting at his brow.

Wounded Le Yu escaped the burning Inner City and encountered two children who tried to capture him for the Black Sun bounty but ultimately helped him evade the pursuers. He headed into the Outer City as a group of men chased a false trail, while the children returned to fixing their toppled clothes rack.

• Le Yu defeated Youth and the younger child after they attacked him, then questioned Youth about the slogan challenging the power of nobles and rulers.
• Youth explained that he and others believed the Silver Blood were not inherently nobler, while Le Yu drank from their well and prepared to leave.
• The children tried to persuade Le Yu to hide with them for the Black Sun bounty, but he recognized their plan and said he could not die at the hands of the future.
• Le Yu left over the courtyard wall and headed into the dark Outer City, and Youth watched him disappear around the intersection.
• When bounty hunters asked about Le Yu, Youth pointed them down the wrong road, then argued with the younger child about why he had let Le Yu escape.

Luo Zhen found Quan Xin waiting to die in Fragrant Snow Sea, and the two drank together as the Inner City fell into chaos. Le Yu then met the red-haired figure who had been waiting in a familiar alley and accepted that fate had brought them together.

• Luo Zhen confronted Quan Xin at Fragrant Snow Sea and learned how the Quan family’s endless internal rivalry had left him feeling that life was meaningless.
• Luo Zhen stayed with Quan Xin, and they discussed the suspected mastermind’s plans to use the Patrol Guards and Luo family caravans during the disturbance.
• As rioters approached, Luo Zhen set Fragrant Snow Sea on fire and shared a final moment with Quan Xin, who spun a Twin Dragon Head Pen as the flames consumed them.
• Le Yu fled through a familiar alley and encountered the red-haired figure waiting there.
• The red-haired figure explained that he had not intended the violence to reach this point, while Le Yu said he believed the events were a coincidental trick of fate.
• The red-haired figure declared that he believed only in Heaven’s Will, which was hard to defy.

Le Yu confronted Qin Leyin at the road where they had first met, and Qin Leyin explained how his teacher and Jing Qingfu had once planned to exploit the Silver Blood Society. Qin Leyin accused Le Yu and White Night of treating the people as machines of resistance, then put on his Chain Gauntlets as the burning city erupted around them.

• Le Yu recognized the road where Qin Leyin had first met Jing Zhengwei and asked Qin Leyin to explain the Heaven's Will he had arranged.
• Qin Leyin told Le Yu that Qin Xiao and Jing Qingfu had planned to seize the Silver Blood Society's wealth through a fabricated western-region trade route and a Ponzi scheme.
• Qin Leyin contrasted that plan with Le Yu and White Night's uprising, accusing them of stirring people to resist without giving them time to adapt or reflect.
• Le Yu rejected Qin Leyin's criticism, while explosions continued to shake the burning Inner City of Profound Candle Prefecture.
• Qin Leyin put on his Chain Gauntlets and told Le Yu not to blame the people for acting ruthlessly after being treated like machines.

Wan Xisha survived the massacre of the Coastal Army convoy long enough to try to report the attackers, while Le Yu learned that Qin Leyin’s forces had seized the military funds and brought a steamer from Flame Capital. Qin Leyin revealed that the Huiyao Four Guards considered Le Yu a threat who had to die, leaving Le Yu facing an imminent fight.

• A disguised merchant attack wiped out the Coastal Army soldiers at Autumn Melon Floating Town and took their military funds, but Wan Xisha survived his wounds and crawled south to warn General Lan.
• After reaching a distant battlefield, Wan Xisha gave his unit’s name and charged with his dagger before an unseen opponent killed him.
• Le Yu questioned Qin Leyin about the convoy, and Qin Leyin explained that a Pinnacle Realm expert had helped wipe out the soldiers before the funds were to be transported by canal to Flame Capital.
• Qin Leyin revealed that the Huiyao Four Guards’ Dawn-Dusk-class steamer had come with the departing Shi family, whose withdrawal from Profound Candle Prefecture had aligned with their plans.
• Le Yu asked Qin Leyin to spare his life, but Qin Leyin said Le Yu’s ability to influence history made him a saint and declared that he had to die.

Le Yu fought Qin Leyin in a dark alley and discovered that Qin Leyin had mastered multiple combat arts, leaving him badly outmatched. Refusing Qin Leyin’s offer of a peaceful death, Le Yu resolved to survive because he still had work to do and had finally found a home in Profound Candle Prefecture.

• Le Yu used Biting Combat Arts, Sound Strike, and Formless Combat Arts to challenge Qin Leyin, but Qin Leyin countered his attacks and revealed his skill with the Ethereal Combat Arts.
• Le Yu escaped down the alley, only for Qin Leyin to pursue him by bouncing between the walls at tremendous speed.
• Qin Leyin offered Le Yu sleeping pills as a peaceful way to die, but Le Yu tossed them aside and refused to give up.
• Qin Leyin attacked with Biting Combat Arts and Pouncing Combat Arts, pressing Le Yu without allowing him time to recover.
• Le Yu fought back and declared that he could die, but not before finishing the story he had begun, because he could not abandon his plans or the home he had found.

Qin Leyin explained why he had rejected friendship with Le Yu and revealed the Huiyao Four Guards’ replica of the Illusionary Divine Weapon. He activated its ten-minute burst of power, plunging Le Yu’s world into darkness.

• Qin Leyin attacked Le Yu and said their opposing political paths meant they could not remain friends.
• Qin Leyin explained that he had tested Le Yu’s commitment to the workers and concluded that Le Yu was not the kind of ally the Huiyao Four Guards needed.
• Le Yu kept fighting and stalled for time, relying on his unusual Ice-Blood Physique to endure Qin Leyin’s blows.
• Qin Leyin revealed that the Huiyao Four Guards’ members carried replicas of the Illusionary Divine Weapon, which could boost abilities and briefly grant the original’s full effects.
• Qin Leyin shattered the necklace, activating the Heart of Nether and causing Le Yu’s world to fall into darkness.

After the final exams, Qian Yuya and Lin Xue asked Wei Weiwei about the powerful stalker and learned that his organization might use Forbidden Combat Arts. Wei Weiwei then revealed that Jing Zhengwei had sent Qian Yuya money and that the real Yin Yinyin was dead, prompting Qian Yuya to decide Jing Zhengwei knew the truth about her brother.

• Li Ying, Kui Nianruo, Lin Xue, and Qian Yuya discussed their difficult exams and their plans for the days off.
• Wei Weiwei told Lin Xue and Qian Yuya that the stalker's organization might rely on shared treasures and Forbidden Combat Arts, which could twist a practitioner's mind.
• Wei Weiwei revealed that Jing Zhengwei had sent Qian Yuya money and that Qing Lan was impersonating the dead Yin Yinyin.
• Qian Yuya connected her brother to a serialized novel and concluded that Jing Zhengwei and Qing Lan knew the truth about him.
• Wei Weiwei urged Qian Yuya to wait while White Night investigated Jing Zhengwei, and Qian Yuya added Jing Zhengwei to the names she would remember.

Qin Leyin overwhelmed Le Yu with Blood-Drinking Eight Rice Flow, nearly killing him as Le Yu struggled to escape and endure the assault. Just as Qin Leyin unleashed his finishing technique, Le Yu covered them both in silent darkness.

• Qin Leyin suddenly attacked with overwhelming speed and power, injuring Le Yu and driving him through the alley walls.
• Le Yu tried to counter and escape, but Qin Leyin matched his Biting Combat Arts and suppressed him with Pouncing and Tremor Combat Arts.
• Qin Leyin explained that he practiced Blood-Drinking Eight Rice Flow, the complete Eight Rice Flow enabled by the Heart of Nayser.
• Qin Leyin prepared his final technique and rushed at Le Yu, who suddenly shrouded them both in silent darkness.

Lan Yan trained with Yin Guyue and gave him the Mountain-Moving Staff, explaining why he refused to rely on divine weapons. After suspecting trouble with the military funds and danger for Jing Zhengwei, Lan Yan received an urgent report, while Le Yu’s attempt to ambush Qin Leyin ended with him pinned in the darkness.

• Lan Yan defeated Yin Guyue in their single-plank bridge sparring and urged him to master Prairie Fire Combat Arts.
• Lan Yan handed Yin Guyue the Mountain-Moving Staff and explained that he preferred to prepare thoroughly rather than depend on a divine weapon.
• Lan Yan suspected that someone in Dongyang had targeted the military funds and warned that Jing Zhengwei might be in danger.
• An ordinary-looking man arrived with an urgent report, and Lan Yan prepared to hear the news.
• Le Yu used the Veil of Discord to interrupt Qin Leyin’s attack, but Qin Leyin seized and pinned him in the darkness.