Recaps

Yu Sui accepted invitations from Princess Shangyang and Wei Jianing to attend the Golden Pearl Banquet, then suspected Pu Heng intended to use gossip about the Nangong Family to provoke Sheng Zui. She brought Li Jinshuang to the banquet, where they were about to see how Xun Zhiya reacted to Li Jinshuang’s arrival.

• Princess Shangyang and Wei Jianing invited Yu Sui to the Golden Pearl Banquet, and Yu Sui accepted both invitations and arranged to bring another person.
• Yu Sui told Li Jinshuang to come with her if Xun Zhiya did not invite her, and Li Jinshuang agreed.
• Yu Sui suspected Pu Heng hoped the banquet would expose gossip from the Nangong and Zhongli families and provoke Sheng Zui.
• Yu Sui and Li Jinshuang arrived at Lingxiao Villa for the banquet, and Yu Sui quietly said she wanted to see Xun Zhiya’s reaction to Li Jinshuang.

Yu Sui brought Li Jinshuang to the Golden Pearl Banquet and urged her to choose her own path instead of serving Xun Zhiya. At the archery contest, Yu Sui and the others were drawn into a dispute over Chu Jin and the Nangong Family, while Princess Shangyang’s confrontation with Wei Jianing left the gathering in chaos.

• Yu Sui told Li Jinshuang that Taiyi offered her a chance to grow stronger and that she could stop acting as Xun Zhiya’s blade; Li Jinshuang chose to attend the banquet with Yu Sui.
• At the Archery Range, Jiang Zhiyue introduced Li Jinshuang to the other young ladies, and Li Jinshuang drew attention by helping them with their bows and hitting a bullseye blindfolded.
• Princess Shangyang challenged Yu Sui, Li Jinshuang, and Xun Zhiya to an archery contest, and Li Jinshuang won the first two rounds while Yu Sui took the third.
• During the fourth round, Xu Qianqian revealed that Chu Jin was Yu Sui’s full sister and had been imprisoned at Military School Chongtai; Xun Zhiya and Li Jinshuang paused their shots, and Xun Zhiya declared the round invalid.
• Yu Sui demanded an explanation about Chu Jin, while Princess Shangyang accused Wei Jianing of stirring up trouble and shoved her to the ground, triggering a commotion as Yu Sui pretended to be upset.

At the Golden Pearl Banquet, Yu Sui defended the Nangong Family after Xu Qianqian spread rumors about Chu Jin, then pretended to leave in anger while weighing how Chu Jin’s return might affect her position as heir. As Yu Sui rode away with Li Jinshuang, she overheard Qin Yidong discussing the Hundred Schools Night Walk through her light core.

• Yu Sui confronted Miss Song about Chu Jin’s imprisonment and threatened Xu Qianqian for spreading rumors about the Nangong Family.
• Qin Yidong arrived with the Third Princess of Zhou, Princess Liuxing, and Su Jichun, then redirected attention to the archery contest.
• Li Jinshuang won the fourth round against Xun Zhiya, and Yu Sui left the contest; Princess Shangyang soon abandoned it as well.
• Miss Song told Yu Sui that Chu Jin was staying at the Prince’s residence and had been acknowledged by Nangong Ming and Lady Su, prompting Yu Sui to worry aloud about her inheritance.
• Li Jinshuang found Yu Sui in the lakeside pavilion, where Yu Sui revealed she already knew about Chu Jin and was using her apparent anger to shape how others saw her.
• As Yu Sui and Li Jinshuang rode away, Yu Sui heard Qin Yidong discuss the Ghost Dao Institute’s route for the Hundred Schools Night Walk through her light core.

Yu Sui investigated reports that the Sea of Fog was burning and discovered the Mechanism Clan was forging mysterious red stones, then returned to the Academy amid preparations for the Hundred Schools Night Walk. After visiting Mei Chengyu's room, she reunited with him, and they spent the night together.

• Black Beard told Yu Sui that sorcerers and Sages were rushing toward the Sea of Fog, and showed her a mysterious red stone made by the Mechanism Clan.
• Yu Sui learned that the Xingshui Division had received only false reports about the World Destroyer, then returned to the Academy with Li Jinshuang.
• Yu Sui saw Gu Gan waiting outside her room and told Li Jinshuang she wanted to see what he would do after she had once waited all night for him.
• Yu Sui explored Wei Ren's notebook and Mei Chengyu's mechanical rabbits, whose star chart displayed a boastful message that made her laugh.
• Mei Chengyu returned to the dormitory eager to see Yu Sui, found her in his room, and kissed her after she said Gu Gan was still waiting outside her door.

Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu formed an irreversible Soul Contract, letting them exchange memories and confirm that strange fire hidden in a person’s soul could identify a World Destroyer. Mei Chengyu was injured testing the theory, and as the Hundred Schools Night Walk began, Yu Sui prepared to protect him from his enemies.

• Yu Sui told Mei Chengyu about Pu Heng’s scheme involving Sheng Zui, Su Xingchao, and the Golden Pearl Banquet, and admitted she wanted Sheng Zui to lose his bet and return to Qingyang.
• Mei Chengyu explained that he had traded his teleportation sea-eye and promised to remain at Taiyi for three years so Sage Chang Gen would protect Yu Sui’s secret, while Sun Heng had helped him avoid losing his memories.
• Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu formed a Soul Contract and shared memories, confirming that Mei Chengyu was the son of the Princess of Yan Kingdom and Donglan Xun, and that strange fire hidden in a soul could expose a World Destroyer.
• Mei Chengyu deliberately tested whether Yu Sui’s strange fire would attack him through their merged souls; it burned his Qi and injured him, prompting Yu Sui to break the connection and angrily send him out.
• Mei Chengyu warned Yu Sui that enemies might come after him once the Night Walk’s ban on private fights ended, and told her the rules prohibited harming Normal Practitioners and allowed each participant to kill no more than three people.

Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu discussed the Hundred Schools Night Walk as its three-month trial began and the academy’s terrain changed. At the School of Law, Sheng Zui deciphered an inscription pointing to Wujian Mountain Abyss, then learned that the Little Medical Saint of Qingyang was supposedly his younger sister.

• Mei Chengyu explained the Night Walk’s open and secret routes, while Yu Sui reasoned that the School of Names would hold the first sacrifice and that Pu Heng had targeted Sheng Zui in advance.
• Yu Sui told Mei Chengyu she intended to reveal her Eighth-Realm cultivation, and the academy announced the Night Walk as its landscape transformed around them.
• Mu Mengbai, Fang Tianchen, and Xia Feichen went to release Sheng Zui, where they found his Forbidden Room covered in his blood-written attempts to decipher the Ancient Stele Inscription.
• Sheng Zui and the others used the inscription’s references to thunder, celestial mansions, and the southeast to identify the Ghost Dao School’s Wujian Mountain Abyss as its likely location.
• Sheng Zui agreed to give Fang Tianchen three days to investigate before acting, then learned that the Little Medical Saint of Qingyang was said to be his biological younger sister and that Zhongli Shan might target him over her.

After Sheng Zui learned that Su Xingchao had used the Nangong Family to provoke him, Fang Tianchen knocked him unconscious to stop him from rushing back. At the dormitory, Yu Sui defended Mei Chengyu from challengers with her extraordinary Five Elements Light Cores, and Gu Gan learned she was confronting the attackers.

• Sheng Zui read Mu Mengbai's message, grew furious at Su Xingchao, and demanded to kill him, so Fang Tianchen knocked him unconscious while Mu Mengbai stayed to watch him.
• Yu Sui told Mei Chengyu that the Futuo Tower Fragments were in Wujian Mountain Abyss and showed him her many Five Elements Light Cores as Fang Tianchen and Xia Feichen headed there.
• Yu Sui used the Heart Fire Talisman and Scorching Sun Array to repel the attackers, then defeated Bi Tong and broke Bai Zhengqi's Sword Spirit before kicking Bai Zhengqi through a door.
• Mei Chengyu announced that Yu Sui had risen to the Eighth Realm because of the Xi Rang and would stop challengers from reaching him while his soul healed.
• Chen Xian reported Yu Sui's fight to Gu Gan, who was stunned to hear that she was in Mei Chengyu's room facing the challengers.

Yu Sui defended Mei Chengyu’s room from Yu Qingwen, Tie Peng, and a growing crowd of challengers with her Scorching Sun Array. As word of her Eighth-Realm strength spread, Xia Feichen dragged Fang Tianchen toward the dormitory to apologize to Sheng Zui’s sister.

• Yu Qingwen sent the Dazzling Crane and charged with Tie Peng, but Yu Sui’s Scorching Sun Array burned the crane’s feathers and trapped Yu Qingwen in fiery sigils.
• Tie Peng used Mountain-Guardian Ox and Swallowing Cloud Mist to attack Yu Sui, but she tracked him through his Five Elements Light Core and forced him to retreat from the array.
• Tie Peng tried to provoke others into attacking Mei Chengyu, and Yu Sui blocked six incoming attacks before calling on the crowd to challenge her one at a time.
• Chen Xian relayed the fight to Gu Gan, who remained delayed by people blocking his way, while news of Yu Sui’s array drew more people to the dormitory.
• Xia Feichen heard that Yu Sui was guarding Mei Chengyu’s room and that she had risen to the Eighth Realm, then turned back to drag Fang Tianchen along so he could apologize for knocking Sheng Zui unconscious.

While Kong Yiyi recovered at Cang Shu’s farmhouse, the group learned of the Golden Pearl Banquet scandal and argued over Zhongli Shan’s secrecy. At the dormitories, Yu Sui fought off Bei Shan, Princess Liuxing, and Xiahou Shu by transforming her Scorching Sun Array into Wind and Thunder, then escaped the explosion with Mei Chengyu—only to spot Gu Gan waiting below.

• Shi Yuezhen told Su Tong that Qin Yidong had invited Kong Yiyi to the Golden Pearl Banquet, and Xing Chun shared news that Qingkui’s identity had been exposed and Zhongli Que had been injured.
• Zhongli Shan admitted that Duan Mingde had told him about Qingkui in the Remnant Sword Domain, prompting Su Tong to berate him for keeping it secret; Nian Qiuyan warned that their friendship could suffer if Zhongli Shan kept shutting her out.
• The group learned that Yu Sui had advanced eight realms overnight, and Xing Chun, Su Tong, and Shi Yuezhen left to see what was happening at the dormitories while Nian Qiuyan stayed with Kong Yiyi.
• Bai Zhengqi summoned Bei Shan to break Yu Sui’s Scorching Sun Array, but Xiahou Shu and Princess Liuxing joined the confrontation, and Yu Sui challenged all three to attack together.
• Bei Shan broke Yu Sui’s Scorching Sun Array, but Yu Sui revealed that she had prepared a Wind and Thunder Array, whose explosive burst engulfed the dormitory and sent people flying.
• Yu Sui escaped the blast with Mei Chengyu beneath an umbrella, then noticed Gu Gan glaring up at them as they descended.

Yu Sui escaped the dormitory after breaking the Scorching Sun Array, but Zuo Qiushan challenged her over Chen Jie’s expulsion and the confrontation escalated into a fight involving Mei Chengyu, Gu Gan, and Qian Ying. The chapter ended with Gu Gan asking Yu Sui to leave with him while she continued shielding her injured senior martial brother.

• Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu landed safely outside the dormitory after the Scorching Sun Array broke, and Xia Feichen and Gu Gan arrived as the crowd watched them.
• Zuo Qiushan accused Yu Sui and Wan Qi of framing Chen Jie, but Xia Feichen defended Yu Sui and challenged Zuo Qiushan’s claims.
• Zuo Qiushan attacked Yu Sui with poisonous Sleeve Needle Flowers, and Mei Chengyu seized him while Xia Feichen held back his companions.
• Gu Gan tried to take Yu Sui away, but Qian Ying’s attack injured him after Yu Sui pushed him aside to protect Mei Chengyu.
• Qian Ying attacked Yu Sui, Mei Chengyu fought her, and Gu Gan struck back with a Thunder Fist before Yu Sui stepped between him and Mei Chengyu.
• Yu Sui insisted that she would protect Mei Chengyu, and Gu Gan again asked her to leave with him.

During the Hundred Schools Night Walk, Sha Qian’s group trapped Gu Gan, Mei Chengyu, and their companions, but a misfired arrow caused the True Spirit Chain to bind Gu Gan and Mei Chengyu together. After escaping, they left Qian Ying captured, while Liang Zhen asked his Senior Martial Brother for help.

• Yu Sui rejected Gu Gan’s offer to split up and chose to stay with Mei Chengyu as Sha Qian’s group attacked them with the Lingxiao Town Ghost Bell Formation.
• Sha Qian’s group trapped the fighters with Ghost-Suppressing Great Bells, and Xia Feichen accidentally struck Mei Chengyu with a Moon-Bound Arrow while he was protecting Yu Sui.
• The True Spirit Chain shattered a Ghost-Suppressing Great Bell and bound Gu Gan and Mei Chengyu together, sealing their Five Elements Qi.
• Xiang Feifei used Shadow Swallowing to hide Gu Gan, and Yu Sui pulled both men to safety before Xiang Feifei and Xia Feichen helped them escape; Sha Qian’s group captured Qian Ying.
• Xing Chun and Su Tong decided to watch Qian Ying and prevent anyone from rescuing her before Mei Chengyu arrived.
• Liang Zhen asked his Senior Martial Brother for a favor, and the Message Paper Person became a golden bird and flew across the waves.

Yu Sui, Gu Gan, Mei Chengyu, and Xiang Feifei crossed the mountain valley while seeking the Solution Curse that could undo the True Spirit Chain. They reached the School of Names as its first-round ceremony was beginning, but the chain remained in place.

• Yu Sui stopped Gu Gan and Mei Chengyu from fighting and led the group toward the Reverse Ancient Tower to find the Solution Curse.
• The group encountered a swarm of Black Bamboo Bees, and Yu Sui and Xiang Feifei defeated them after Gu Gan explained their weakness.
• Gu Gan grew jealous when Yu Sui turned to Mei Chengyu, then restrained himself as they continued through the valley.
• Xiang Feifei used Shadow Swallowing to help the group reach the School of Names, where they found many disciples gathered for the first-round ceremony.
• Xiang Feifei wondered whether the Famous Family Blessing could undo the True Spirit Chain, but Mei Chengyu dismissed the possibility.

During the School of Names’ sacrifice, Yu Sui and her companions entered the sacrificial range to view the secret map and receive the blessing. The Golden Key chose Yu Sui, and the academy-wide announcement exposed her identity and location, leaving Mei Chengyu urging her to run.

• Pu Heng learned from Dong Xiude that Sheng Zui had deciphered the Ancient Stele Inscription and located the Futuo Tower Fragments, then ordered him to follow Fang Tianchen and Xia Feichen.
• Chang Sunzi led the sacrifice, and Yu Sui entered the sacrificial range with Mei Chengyu, Gu Gan, and Xiang Feifei.
• Yu Sui studied the star-linking map as the School of Names’ Blessing healed Mei Chengyu and stirred his sealed Five Elements Qi.
• A Golden Key formed from the Word Spirits and flew to Yu Sui, choosing her as the recipient of the School of Names’ Treasure Trove key.
• The Communication Institute announced Yu Sui’s identity and location to the entire academy, and Mei Chengyu told her to run as someone approached.

Yu Sui fought through attacks after receiving the School of Names Golden Key, then escaped into the forest and defeated Ling Jian’s illusion with Wan Qi’s help. The chapter also followed the deans’ suspicions about Yu Sui, Mu Mengbai’s efforts to protect Sheng Zui, and Wei Ren’s encounter with Dean Zhang in Snow Valley.

• Yu Sui unleashed the Scorching Sun Array to repel attackers at the Sacrifice Ground while the deans debated why the Golden Key had chosen her and Chang Sunzi failed to divine her secrets.
• Mei Chengyu used the thirteen Sword Souls from the Sword Ring to protect the group, allowing Yu Sui to escape with Wan Qi while Pu Heng slipped away toward the Ghost Dao School.
• Ling Jian trapped Yu Sui and Wan Qi in a Thousand Faces Illusion, but Yu Sui found and immobilized Ling Jian, then forced him and Wan Qi to guide her toward Xiaoyao Pool.
• At the Wujian Mountain Abyss, Xia Feichen turned back toward Yu Sui before Mu Mengbai persuaded him to continue with Fang Tianchen; when Su Xingchao arrived, Mu Mengbai tried to wake Sheng Zui.
• In Snow Valley, Wei Ren saw Dean Zhang emerge from the mountain, and Shen Tianxue left Wei Ren in Dean Zhang’s care before Pei Daiqing freed him from a phantom worm.

Zhang Guanyi carried Wei Ren across the grassland and heard his story, then revealed Yan Manfeng had saved him and practiced Phantom Beast. As dawn neared, Yan Manfeng died in Hundred Agriculture Hall, and Song Junyou set the hall ablaze as Yan’s troops prepared to storm it.

• Shen Tianxue and Pei Daiqing decided to travel to Yan Capital, while Zhang Guanyi let Wei Ren explain how he had been forced to learn Phantom Beast.
• Wei Ren admitted Yan Manfeng had saved him, and Zhang Guanyi explained that Yan Manfeng and his junior martial sister Su Xing had both practiced Phantom Beast.
• The King of Yan refused to send a physician unless Yi Guyun crawled into the palace, but Princess Feiyan urged Yi Guyun to return to his dying uncle.
• Yan Manfeng charged Zhao Ziming with recovering the Xirang and gave Song Junyou the Mechanism Glazed Orb for a child he had mentioned before dying.
• Song Junyou set Yan Manfeng’s bed alight to conceal the cause of his death, while General Yuchi and Commander Gao ordered their troops to storm Hundred Agriculture Hall and leave no one alive.

At Yan’s southern border, Gongsun Qi remembered his lost family while traveling with A'Lan. He killed a Qingyang convoy escorting a mysterious prisoner, discovered the captive carried a Blood Jade Golden Butterfly poison, and took him away before the border scouts arrived.

• Gongsun Qi recalled his childhood with Gongsun Xi and how they were raised by the Empress Dowager before losing the people they loved.
• Gongsun Qi and A'Lan watched a convoy of Black Iron Guard pass through the valley toward Yan’s border defenses.
• Gongsun Qi used Heavenly Fire Flowing Flames to wipe out the Black Iron Guard while A'Lan stayed behind him.
• Gongsun Qi found an unconscious, sealed young man in the carriage and recognized the poison on his neck as the Blood Jade Golden Butterfly.
• Gongsun Qi wondered whether the prisoner was connected to the little World Destroyer and took him away before the border scouts arrived.

Yu Sui led Ling Jian and Wan Qi through the School of Names while news of Sheng Zui’s apparent loss sent students toward Wujian Mountain Abyss. After rescuing Wan Qi from Zuo Qiushan and trading away the Golden Key, Yu Sui revealed her backup plan and reclaimed it, leaving Zuo Qiushan and his group wounded.

• Yu Sui made Ling Jian swear with the Testimony Technique to guide her to Xiaoyao Pool, while Wan Qi continued helping her deal with Zuo Qiushan’s troubles.
• Su Xingchao captured Mu Mengbai and the unconscious Sheng Zui, announced that the Futuo Tower Fragments were in Wujian Mountain Abyss, and ordered his allies to take the prisoners to Nether Lake.
• Ling Jian suspected Pu Heng was involved in Sheng Zui’s disappearance, but Wan Qi interrupted him before he could explain, and the group encountered Zuo Qiushan’s party.
• Zuo Qiushan attacked Wan Qi and threatened to damage his cultivation again, so Yu Sui admitted she had framed Chen Jie and offered the Golden Key in exchange for Wan Qi’s release.
• Yu Sui traded the Golden Key to Zuo Qiushan, then her hidden backup plan caused Zuo Qiushan and his companions to fall with exploding Light Cores; she recovered the key as Xue Mushi stood nearby.

Yu Sui and Xue Mushi devised a way to misdirect the pursuit of the School of Names Golden Key while Yu Sui set plans in motion to reach Xiaoyao Pool and rescue Sheng Zui. At the Reverse Ancient Tower, Su Tong and Xing Chun confronted Lei Anbai, while Mei Chengyu broke the True Spirit Chain before a mysterious power transported the tower’s occupants and pursuers to the Desolate Land.

• Yu Sui repeatedly dropped and retrieved the Golden Key, making its status notices confuse the students pursuing it.
• Xue Mushi explained that Golden Line Sub-Insects let him send an Insect Transformation Person carrying part of the key to draw pursuers away from Yu Sui.
• Yu Sui sent Wan Qi to rescue Sheng Zui from the Yin-Yang School’s Nether Lake and prepared to head for Xiaoyao Pool with Xue Mushi.
• Su Tong challenged Lei Anbai’s divination formation outside the Reverse Ancient Tower while Xing Chun secretly approached him.
• Mei Chengyu found the Solution Curse, destroyed the True Spirit Chain, and cast Butterfly Dream on himself as Gu Gan and Xiang Feifei were driven out of the tower.
• Liang Zhen transported the people around the Reverse Ancient Tower to the Desolate Land, where Zhang Guanyi saw a boy reflected in the Ice Butterfly.

Wei Ren returned to Taiyi Academy, where he overheard Wan Qi and Ling Jian discussing Nangong Sui’s plan to rescue Sheng Zui and seized Ji Meng before he could report them. Meanwhile, Yu Sui sensed Wei Ren’s return, Zhang Guanyi sent an Ice Butterfly carrying someone into a Butterfly Dream, and Mei Chengyu was drawn into a vivid memory of his family before ending up separated from thirteen-year-old Donglan Li.

• A boy flew Wei Ren across the Azure Sea on a white crane, then made him walk the rest of the way to Taiyi Academy while Golden Light Paper People collected his dripping blood.
• After Wei Ren collapsed inside the academy, the boy discovered that Wei Ren’s Five Elements Light Core remained full, gave him a pill, and left him protected by a Golden Light Barrier.
• Wei Ren overheard Wan Qi and Ling Jian discussing Nangong Sui’s order to rescue Sheng Zui from Nether Lake, then attacked Ji Meng when he tried to report them to Gu Gan.
• Yu Sui sensed that Wei Ren had returned but chose not to seek him out, while Zhang Guanyi trapped someone in an Ice Butterfly’s Butterfly Dream and allowed him to choose his own path.
• Mei Chengyu relived memories of his siblings and parents as thirteen-year-old Donglan Li, then watched Donglan approach his family while Mei Chengyu remained behind in the room.

Mei Chengyu recovered memories of his family and learned that Donglan Xun hid secrets about the Thousand Mechanism Heart, the Futuo Tower Fragment, and strange fire. As past and future memories collided, he recognized that his future self had called the Ghost Dao Sage, who killed his mother, “Master.”

• After waking from his three-day unconsciousness, Mei Chengyu told Donglan Xun what he remembered about the kidnapping, and Donglan Xun warned him to hide dangerous memories inside the Thousand Mechanism Heart.
• Mei Chengyu dreamed of Donglan Xun hiding a Futuo Tower Fragment in the Abyssal Sea, where it fell into Sea Fire.
• Donglan Xun met Zhuge Ling outside Star Moon Island, refused to reveal the secret of strange fire, and left Taiyi with his sons the next morning.
• Mo Yun joined Donglan Xun aboard the Cloud Vehicle Dragon, discussed their plans and Yan Manfeng’s failing health, and accepted Donglan Xun’s offer to teach him Mechanism Technique.
• Mei Chengyu remembered Mo Yun from his future and saw his future self call the Ghost Dao Sage “Master,” despite the Sage having killed his mother.

Yu Sui opened the Xiaoyao Pool Treasure Trove and struggled to claim a rare treasure from the Qingniao Tree while a crowd waited outside. After she finally reached the tree’s highest red streamer, Gu Gan emerged from the Azure Water Pond.

• Yu Sui and Xue Mushi followed the Golden Key to the Xiaoyao Pool Treasure Trove, and Yu Sui opened it before the other pursuers could catch up.
• Gu Gan chose to go find Yu Sui instead of searching for Qian Ying, despite Xiang Feifei confronting him about his wavering between Yu Sui and Xun Zhiya.
• Yu Sui entered the treasure vault alone and used her Five Elements Light Core to climb toward the Qingniao Tree’s highest branches, despite being unable to read its Character Spirit Marks.
• Xue Mushi guarded the entrance as Princess Shangyang and others gathered, while Xing Chun and Su Tong questioned Xiang Feifei about Mei Chengyu and the vanished Reverse Ancient Tower.
• Yu Sui reached the Qingniao Tree’s top streamer, but Gu Gan suddenly burst from the Azure Water Pond, and Yu Sui caught the falling streamer between them.

Yu Sui obtained the Cangjia Scroll from the Xiaoyao Pool Treasure Trove with Gu Gan’s help, while the Six Kingdoms Signal Smoke announced Yan Manfeng’s death and stirred political upheaval. Back in the Qingyang Imperial Capital, Chu Jin learned that Yan Manfeng’s death might change her situation and ordered the Golden Long Snake to target Taiyi.

• Gu Gan entered the Xiaoyao Pool through an underwater passage, found Yu Sui unharmed, and helped her decipher the Character Spirit Mark as the Cangjia Scroll.
• The Cangjia Scroll unfolded, revealing thousands of Word Spirits, and Gu Gan pulled Yu Sui into the pool to escape as the Treasure Trove closed.
• The Six Kingdoms Signal Smoke announced Yan Manfeng’s death, unsettling Su Jichun and Yan Xiaochuan while Liang Zhen and a boy discussed protecting someone at Taiyi.
• In the Qingyang Imperial Capital, Zhongli Que recalled the Emperor’s command concerning the Yan Kingdom, while Lady Su was summoned to the palace and Chu Jin argued with Su Feng.
• Chu Jin returned to her room and ordered the Golden Long Snake to get rid of everyone still at Taiyi if it could not bring back useful information.

After Yan Manfeng’s death was announced, Yu Sui challenged Gu Gan’s claim that he could protect her and went with him to find Sheng Zui. Meanwhile, Wei Ren followed Wan Qi and Ling Jian toward Nether Lake with Ji Meng under his control.

• Yu Sui learned that Yan Manfeng had died and told Gu Gan that she had protected him for years, demanding that he now protect her in return.
• Yu Sui said she would go find Mei Chengyu, but Gu Gan insisted on accompanying her to the Reverse Ancient Tower.
• Xun Zhiya told Gu Gan that the Ancient Stele Inscription pointed to a fragment in Wujian Mountain Abyss and that the Qingyun Society had taken Sheng Zui to Nether Lake.
• Gu Gan told Yu Sui they should rescue Sheng Zui, and she agreed but said she would not help Gu Gan this time.
• Wei Ren followed Wan Qi and Ling Jian after they bought a Route Map to Nether Lake, while forcing Ji Meng to recount what had happened since Wei Ren disappeared.
• Wei Ren rejected Ji Meng’s apology and ordered him to speak or stay silent whenever Wei Ren instructed him.

Wan Qi and Ling Jian followed the route map into the Sea of Stones on their way to Nether Lake, with Wei Ren and Ji Meng secretly trailing them. Yu Sui and Gu Gan arrived later, but an archer attacked the group, leaving Wan Qi in the swamp and targeting Wei Ren and Ji Meng next.

• Wan Qi and Ling Jian argued over the cost of their route map as Wei Ren followed them and learned from Ji Meng about the accusations involving Nangong Sui and Wan Qi.
• Wan Qi used the Listening Wind Ruler to find a way across the Sea of Stones by leaping from maple tree to maple tree, while Wei Ren and Ji Meng secretly kept pace.
• Yu Sui and Gu Gan entered the Sea of Stones, and Yu Sui rebuked Gu Gan for repeatedly leaving her behind and making empty promises to protect her.
• Gu Gan found Wan Qi's abandoned lantern at the end of the Forest Path, while Wei Ren ignored Ji Meng's Listening Wind Ruler as it buzzed with a message from Gu Gan.
• A blindfolded girl shot Wan Qi with a red arrow, sending him into the swamp, then fired another pair of arrows at Wei Ren and Ji Meng.

Wei Ren and his companions fought Lu Wanwan, who used the Hidden Dragon Lock to guard the route to the Nether Lake, and Wei Ren eventually removed it and sent her into the Stone Sea. Wan Qi unexpectedly emerged from the water and caught her, leaving the group stunned as Lu Wanwan returned to the trees.

• Lu Wanwan's arrows forced Wei Ren and Ji Meng to take cover, and Ji Meng identified her as the Mohist Clan's Cold-faced Yama while Wei Ren explained how her Hidden Dragon Lock let her control their techniques.
• Wei Ren used Shadow Follow Gu to attack Lu Wanwan and target the Green Strip over her eyes, but she destroyed one Gu and wounded herself while fighting off the swarm.
• Lu Wanwan drove Wei Ren back with an arrow, but Ling Jian's moving maples helped him escape; Ling Jian then accused her of causing Wan Qi's death in the Stone Sea.
• Wei Ren used the Shadow Follow Gu to restrain Lu Wanwan long enough to cut away her Hidden Dragon Lock, and the Gu swarm knocked her toward the water.
• Wan Qi burst out of the Stone Sea and caught Lu Wanwan before she fell in, then Ling Jian pulled him into a tree while Wei Ren accused him of pretending to save her.