Chapter Summaries

Su Ming ordered the allied forces to destroy the Black Baleful Church’s sub-altars before the full moon, then set out alone for the Eastern Sub-Altar. He left the camp in Xuanyuan Tian Ji’s care and continued toward the Church’s still-unknown headquarters and the deputy leader expected to arrive.

• Su Ming spared Qingyunzi punishment beyond service and ordered him to clear the remaining outposts and reinforce the western defenses.
• After reviewing the map and letter, Su Ming assigned Elder Bai Xuan to destroy the Eastern Sub-Altar and ordered Elder Blood Vigor to investigate the Northeastern Sub-Altar before acting.
• Su Ming told Xuanyuan Tian Ji he would personally assist with the Eastern Sub-Altar, leaving her, Blood Shadow, and the Ruthless Great Emperor to guard the camp.
• Su Ming departed the camp alone and raced east toward the Eastern Sub-Altar, reflecting that destroying the three altars would only be the first step toward finding the Black Baleful Church’s headquarters.

Su Ming reached the Eastern Sub-Altar and scouted its defenses while waiting to see whether Elder Bai Xuan could lead the Qingqiu forces in taking it. The Black Baleful Church’s Deputy Church Leader ordered the eastern and northeastern altars to prepare for the full-moon ritual and demanded information about Su Ming.

• The Deputy Church Leader learned that Su Ming had destroyed the Western Sub-Altar and ordered the Eastern and Northeastern Sub-Altars to prepare for the Sacrificial Ritual.
• Su Ming traveled toward the Eastern Sub-Altar, determined to destroy the Black Baleful Church’s plans.
• Su Ming discovered more than three hundred Heretical Cultivators, four Immortal Emperor leaders, and a Soul-Refining Formation hidden in the mountains.
• Elder Bai Xuan arrived with more than two hundred Qingqiu Elite Forces, divided them into three groups, and warned them to advance cautiously.
• The Qingqiu center group silently killed two sentries at an ice-cave outpost and continued into the mountains.

Elder Bai Xuan led Qingqiu cultivators in a surprise attack on the Black Baleful Church's Eastern Sub-Altar, but a Soul-Refining Formation trapped them and began devouring their souls. Just as the Altar Master prepared to unleash the formation's full power, a mysterious gray-robed figure emerged from the mist and silenced the resentful souls.

• Elder Bai Xuan's Qingqiu cultivators triggered a restriction near the mountain entrance, alerting the Eastern Sub-Altar's Altar Master.
• The Altar Master activated the Soul-Refining Formation, killing several Qingqiu cultivators before Elder Bai Xuan used the Mystic Light Mirror to shield the survivors.
• The Altar Master attacked Elder Bai Xuan with a Bone Saber and began overpowering him as the mirror's barrier cracked.
• An icy soul pressure struck the Altar Master, allowing Elder Bai Xuan to wound him with a sword slash.
• The Altar Master ordered his followers to activate the complete formation, overwhelming the Mystic Light Mirror's barrier.
• A gray-robed figure walked out of the black mist, causing the mist to retreat and the resentful souls to fall silent.

Su Ming rescued Elder Bai Xuan’s force by destroying the Eastern Sub-Altar’s Soul-Refining Formation and killing its Altar Master, then ordered the Black Baleful Church cultivators eliminated. Inside the sub-altar, he discovered a stele connecting the three sub-altars to the Human Emperor’s Secret Vault and copied its incomplete map before rejoining Bai Xuan’s men.

• Su Ming shattered the Soul-Refining Formation and purified the trapped souls with a gesture.
• The Altar Master fled, but Su Ming killed him with a streak of gray light.
• Su Ming ordered Elder Bai Xuan and the Qingqiu cultivators to kill every Black Baleful Church cultivator, and they wiped out more than three hundred.
• Su Ming sent Bai Xuan to clear and inventory the sub-altar while he searched its deepest chamber.
• Su Ming discovered a stele describing the Human Emperor’s Evil-Suppressing Seal and a Secret Vault whose keys lay beneath three sub-altars.
• Su Ming copied the stele’s incomplete map onto a jade talisman and returned as Bai Xuan’s men prepared to burn the sub-altar.