Chapter Summaries

Su Yu found and memorized the first level of the Indestructible Sutra, a secret art that greatly increased physical recovery, then left the Scripture Repository for Enlightenment Peak. Meanwhile, the Sky Demon Sect's Great Elder and Song Tianhan arrived at the Great Xia Kingdom and headed toward Yunlan Sect to investigate Su Yu cautiously.

• Su Yu discovered the Indestructible Sutra and learned that its first level could greatly accelerate his body's recovery.
• Su Yu memorized the first level and decided to begin cultivating it after returning to Enlightenment Peak.
• Wei Changqing respectfully greeted Su Yu as he left the Scripture Repository.
• The Sky Demon Sect's Great Elder and Song Tianhan reached the Great Xia Kingdom after learning Su Yu had returned to Yunlan Sect.
• The Great Elder warned Song Tianhan not to act rashly, and the two flew toward Yunlan Sect to probe the situation.

Su Yu began cultivating in seclusion at Enlightenment Peak while Yunlan Sect prepared to host visitors from the Sky Demon Sect. Song Tianhan attacked Daoist Yun Qing and Ye Chen when they could not produce Su Yu, and a Sword Light from Enlightenment Peak arrived as he launched a second strike.

• Su Yu settled into Enlightenment Peak's cultivation Quiet Room, where the dense Spiritual Qi helped him refine his True Essence.
• Two days later, the Great Elder of the Sky Demon Sect and Song Tianhan arrived at Yunlan Sect and demanded to see Su Yu.
• Daoist Yun Qing said Su Yu was in seclusion, but Song Tianhan accused the sect of making excuses and attacked him and Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen and Daoist Yun Qing were badly injured but stood in Song Tianhan's way to protect Su Yu's seclusion.
• Song Tianhan attacked them again at full power, but a dazzling Sword Light shot toward him from Enlightenment Peak.

Su Yu arrived at the Yunlan Sect and overwhelmed Song Tianhan despite their difference in cultivation, then killed him with one sword. The Sky Demon Sect's Great Elder confronted Su Yu in a rage.

• Su Yu arrived at the square and blocked Song Tianhan’s attack, revealing his Eighty Percent Sword Intent and Lesser Accomplishment Gold Intent.
• Song Tianhan attacked Su Yu with several fist techniques, but Su Yu’s sword moves defeated him and left him badly injured.
• The Sky Demon Sect’s Great Elder stepped in to protect Song Tianhan, but Su Yu slipped past him and killed Song Tianhan with the Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Art.
• The Sky Demon Sect’s Great Elder confronted Su Yu, who calmly faced him with his sword sheathed.

After killing Song Tianhan, Su Yu faced the enraged Sky Demon Sect's Great Elder, who began slaughtering Yunlan Sect disciples. Daoist Yun Qing and Ye Chen tried to sacrifice themselves to save Su Yu, but he intervened and ended the chapter badly wounded.

• The Sky Demon Sect's Great Elder attacked Su Yu with a crushing palm, injuring him and sending Daoist Yun Qing and Ye Chen crashing into stone pillars.
• The Great Elder killed more than a dozen fleeing Yunlan Sect disciples with black projectiles and trapped the survivors in fear.
• Daoist Yun Qing and Ye Chen ignited their True Essence and charged the Great Elder to give Su Yu a chance to escape.
• Su Yu intercepted the Great Elder's black pythons with the Dustless Sword, and the explosion knocked Daoist Yun Qing and Ye Chen to the ground.
• Su Yu knelt bloodied and weakened, using his sword to support himself as Daoist Yun Qing and Ye Chen stared in alarm.

Su Yu fought the Sky Demon Sect Great Elder despite being badly wounded, while Yunlan Sect disciples found the courage to stand with him. He wounded the Great Elder with a sword strike, but the enraged elder crushed the battlefield beneath a gravity field as Su Yu hurled his sword at him.

• The Great Elder dismissed Su Yu's supposed backing and prepared to kill him, while Su Yu gathered his strength and challenged him.
• Yunlan Sect disciples turned back to support Su Yu, drawing their weapons despite the Great Elder's pressure.
• Su Yu used his Wind and Cloud Intents to attack, then pierced the Great Elder's protective true essence with the Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Art and cut his palm.
• The Great Elder unleashed a powerful gravity field that pinned Su Yu, Daoist Yun Qing, and Ye Chen to the ground.
• Su Yu burned his essence blood and threw the Dustless Sword toward the Great Elder's brow.

Su Yu was nearly killed by the Great Elder of the Sky Demon Sect, but his Soul Light Orb awakened and helped him fuse Wind Intent with Cloud Intent. He launched a transformed Cloud Weave at the Great Elder, beginning a counterattack.

• The Great Elder of the Sky Demon Sect blasted Su Yu into the ruins and prepared to finish him with the Sky Demon Bone-Eroding Hand.
• Su Yu’s Soul Light Orb erupted with purple light, and he rose as azure astral wind and white cloud Qi gathered around him.
• Su Yu fused Wind Intent and Cloud Intent, shocking the Great Elder and deepening his resolve to kill Su Yu.
• Su Yu charged the Great Elder and unleashed a vastly strengthened Cloud Weave, its sword net bearing down on him.

Su Yu fought the Sky Demon Sect's Great Elder and survived his strongest attack, but the elder unleashed a devastating move against the entire Yunlan Sect. Elder Zhou arrived in time to stop him and confronted him over bullying a junior.

• Su Yu's Wind-Cloud Sword Qi clashed with the Great Elder's Sky Demon Bone-Eroding Hand, and Su Yu endured the full-power strike despite being badly battered.
• The enraged Great Elder threatened to kill everyone in the Yunlan Sect and summoned countless black palms with Ten Thousand Demon Hands.
• As Su Yu prepared to take another Rage Yuan Pill to protect the sect, Elder Zhou appeared and shattered the Great Elder's gathered power with his overwhelming aura.
• Elder Zhou surveyed the ruined plaza, gave the bloodied Su Yu an appreciative look, and rebuked the Great Elder for bullying a junior.

Elder Zhou intervened to stop the Sky Demon Sect Great Elder from attacking Su Yu, forcing him to retreat. After the crisis, Elder Zhou praised Su Yu and credited him and Ye Chen with giving the Yunlan Sect hope for the future.

• Elder Zhou challenged the Sky Demon Sect Great Elder’s accusations against Su Yu and warned that he could not be stopped if he chose to intervene.
• The Sky Demon Sect Great Elder realized he could not safely attack, collected Song Tianhan’s Storage Bag, and left.
• The Yunlan Sect’s disciples rejoiced that they had survived, and Su Yu thanked Elder Zhou for saving him.
• Elder Zhou praised Su Yu’s extraordinary strength but wondered whether he could keep pace with the Central Domain’s top prodigies.
• Daoist Yun Qing thanked Elder Zhou, who said he had appeared because the Yunlan Sect had produced Su Yu and Ye Chen.

Elder Zhou invited Su Yu and Ye Chen to join him in traveling to the Central Domain and the Sixth-rank Luochen Sect, and both accepted. Before they departed, Su Yu visited his family and promised to return within five years.

• Elder Zhou revealed that he came from the Central Domain's Luochen Sect and offered to take Su Yu and Ye Chen there.
• Su Yu and Ye Chen agreed to leave for the Central Domain, and Elder Zhou gave them half a month before setting out for the Eastern Domain's teleportation array.
• The Yunlan Sect began rebuilding as its reputation and popularity surged after Su Yu and Ye Chen's performances.
• Su Yu returned to the Su Family, where his parents and relatives said their farewells and urged him to take care.
• Su Yu promised his family that he would return within five years.

Su Yu cultivated the first layer of the Indestructible Sutra, enduring nine days of painful body tempering until he reached entry level. He emerged stronger and able to recover from wounds much faster, then stood ready to leave Yunlan Sect the next day.

• Su Yu began cultivating the Indestructible Sutra’s first layer, Jade-Shattering Recasting, by driving countless threads of true essence through his body.
• Su Yu endured days of torment as the technique reconstructed his flesh, bones, and marrow, aided by his Soul Light Orb’s precise insight.
• On the ninth day, Su Yu completed the first layer’s entry-level cultivation and gained nearly three hundred thousand jin of physical strength.
• Su Yu tested his recovery by cutting his arm and watched the wound heal without leaving a scar.
• Su Yu left the Quiet Room and looked ahead to departing Yunlan Sect the following day.

Su Yu and Ye Chen left the Yunlan Sect for the Central Domain, while Su Yu traveled on Little Red behind Elder Zhou's Green Jade Boat. At the Xuantian Sect, Xia Li and Xia Yun Huang joined them, and Xiao Tianheng revealed that the youth on the fiery bird was Su Yu.

• Elder Zhou presented the Green Jade Boat and warned Su Yu that the Central Domain was full of powerful sects and prodigies.
• Su Yu summoned Little Red, bid farewell to the Yunlan Sect, and departed with Elder Zhou and Ye Chen.
• At the Xuantian Sect, Elder Zhou collected Xia Li and Xia Yun Huang, while Xiao Tianheng recognized Su Yu riding behind the boat.
• Little Red threatened Xia Yun Huang when she rushed toward Su Yu, but Su Yu calmed the bird and Xia Yun Huang boarded the boat.
• After Elder Zhou departed with the group, Xiao Tianheng told the Xuantian Sect Grand Elder that the youth was Su Yu, shocking him.

Su Yu and the others arrived in Golden Wind City, where the Great Gan Emperor learned of Su Yu’s return and plotted to kill him. Su Yu sensed that people were watching him but continued cultivating as the threat closed in.

• Su Yu and his companions traveled to Golden Wind City and paused there to await Elder Situ.
• The Great Gan Emperor, Li Yuanhao, learned that Su Yu was in the city with Elder Zhou and ordered City Lord Li Wenchao to watch him.
• Li Yuanhao decided to come to Golden Wind City in three days and vowed that Su Yu would die there.
• Elder Zhou warned Su Yu that people were watching him, and Su Yu sensed concealed auras nearby before returning to his room to cultivate.

Li Wenchao ordered the Dark Guard to watch Su Yu at the Golden Wind Inn and wait for a chance to isolate him. Meanwhile, Su Yu advanced his Azure Profound Divine Art to its tenth layer and began training the Thunderbolt Sword Art, but he struggled to capture its violent force or comprehend Thunder Intent.

• Li Wenchao dismissed Su Yu as a threat but ordered the Dark Guard to observe the inn and report if Su Yu left or was alone.
• Su Yu broke through to the tenth layer of the Azure Profound Divine Art, improving his True Essence and bringing his dantian close to eighty percent full.
• Su Yu chose to train the Thunderbolt Sword Art for ordinary combat and the chance to comprehend Thunder Intent.
• After half a day, Su Yu managed to perform the first form, Thunderbolt Flash, but found that it lacked force and that he still could not comprehend Thunder Intent.

Su Yu drew on his old Thunderclap Fist technique to comprehend fist intent, then used its ferocity to complete the second form of the Thunderbolt Sword Art and glimpse Thunder Intent. After more than two days in the inn, he emerged as one Dark Guard went to report to the commander while the other continued to watch him.

• Su Yu recalled Thunderclap Fist and reshaped it through practice, awakening a first glimpse of fist intent.
• Su Yu applied the punch’s explosive force to the Thunderbolt Sword Art and completed Thunderbolt Strike, catching a trace of Thunder Intent.
• Su Yu left the inn after more than two days, prompting the Dark Guards watching him to react.
• One Dark Guard went to report to the commander while the other stayed behind to keep Su Yu in sight.

Su Yu killed a Dark Guard member who had followed him, then sought an Origin Returning Grass to improve his chances of breaking through to the sea breaking realm. At the Myriad Treasures Tower, he offered a storage bag full of Demon Beast corpses, astonishing an attendant as another rushed over to investigate.

• Su Yu sensed two first-level sea breaking realm martial artists following him and killed the one who pursued him into a secluded alley.
• Su Yu decided to seek an Origin Returning Grass rather than risk his upcoming breakthrough without help.
• Su Yu searched for the rare herb and went to the Myriad Treasures Tower after learning the next auction was a month away.
• Su Yu asked whether the tower bought Demon Beast corpses and handed over a storage bag for appraisal.
• Xiao Qing found heaps of Demon Beast corpses, including a low-grade level 4 beast, and the voluptuous attendant approached after noticing her shock.

Su Yu sold demonic beast carcasses at the Myriad Treasures Tower and learned that the Martial Arena might offer rare items. Disguised by a ghost mask, he watched Li Yuntao claim his forty-ninth consecutive victory and prepare to face another challenger.

• A maid appraised Su Yu’s demonic beast carcasses at 853,300 Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• The delicate-looking maid told Su Yu that the Martial Arena sometimes offered rare rewards and unusual goods.
• Su Yu put on a mask that concealed his aura and spiritual sense before entering the Martial Arena.
• Su Yu watched Li Yuntao defeat a higher-cultivation opponent with his Fist Intent and Gold Intent, securing his forty-ninth straight win.
• Li Yuntao stayed in the ring to recover and await a challenger for his attempt at fifty consecutive victories.

Li Wenchao learned that Su Yu had disappeared after apparently killing a Dark Guard, so he ordered Golden Wind City sealed and searched. Unaware of the manhunt, Su Yu watched Li Yuntao win his fiftieth consecutive match in the Martial Arena.

• Manager Jin praised Li Yuntao's Gold Intent as Li Wenchao hoped his son would win fifty consecutive matches and earn the main line's favor.
• Zhao Hong reported that Su Yu had vanished inside the city and that the Dark Guard tracking him had likely been killed.
• Li Wenchao ordered the city guards to seal Golden Wind City and search everywhere except Golden Wind Inn.
• Su Yu sat masked among the Martial Arena spectators, unaware of the manhunt, as Li Yuntao fought his fiftieth opponent.
• Li Yuntao waited for the thin swordsman's assault to falter, then struck him with a golden punch and knocked him off the arena.

After watching Li Yuntao win his fiftieth consecutive match, Su Yu registered at the Martial Arena under the name Ghost Mask and prepared to challenge its fighters. Xu Bin recognized Su Yu as the young man who had once saved him, while Su Yu read the arena rules and rewards.

• Li Yuntao won his fiftieth consecutive match, and Su Yu headed backstage to register.
• Su Yu overheard Xu Bin and Lu Zhiyao discussing Li Yuntao and Su Yu, and Xu Bin recognized Su Yu from their meeting in the Star Language Great Forest.
• Su Yu registered as Ghost Mask and paid two thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones despite the old man's warnings about the dangers.
• Su Yu signed the life-and-death contract and read the arena rules and win-streak rewards.

Su Yu entered the Golden Wind City Martial Arena, where he learned about the valuable rewards for consecutive wins and resolved to keep fighting for them. After ignoring the Sea Breaking Realm fighters’ taunts in the waiting area, he was called to the stage for his first match.

• Su Yu saw that forty consecutive wins would earn Three-Leaf Origin Returning Grass and fifty would earn a Spirit Nurturing Pill, then asked about rewards for sixty wins.
• The old man mocked Su Yu’s ambition, handed him the Ghost Mask number token, and sent him to the waiting area.
• Su Yu entered the waiting area, where Sea Breaking Realm fighters jeered at his Half Step Sea Breaking Realm cultivation.
• Su Yu ignored the taunts, sat down with the Dustless Sword across his knees, and waited for his match.
• An attendant called number ninety-six, Ghost Mask, to enter the stage.

Su Yu, fighting under the name Ghost Mask, dominated the Martial Arena with his thunder-infused fists and reached ten consecutive victories. He defeated Poison Hand Liu Kang in his tenth match, leaving the arena roaring for more.

• Su Yu faced Wang Meng and shattered his spiked hammer with one punch before sending him crashing into a wall unconscious.
• The spectators, Xu Bin, and Lu Zhiyao reacted in shock as Su Yu was declared the victor and called for his next opponent.
• Su Yu won his next eight matches without drawing his sword, building a cheering crowd and a nine-win streak.
• Su Yu swiftly struck Liu Kang before he could use his poison arts, forcing him to his knees and securing ten consecutive victories.