Recaps

Gongsun Qi learned Zhao Yuxiang was still alive and set out with A'Lan, while the Mechanism Clan leaders prepared moves against Dan and Nan Jing. At Taiyi Academy, Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu were interrupted by Wu Huaiwei, who found them together.

• Murong Xiao gave Gongsun Qi a Spirit Ghost Plaque and revealed that Zhao Yuxiang had survived and was hiding in Qingyang Imperial Capital.
• Gongsun Qi reacted with frightening fury, vowed to kill Zhao Yuxiang, and left carrying A'Lan.
• The Mechanism Clan leaders discussed their plans to take Dan, their use of the Fire-Absorbing Ice Stone, and impending chaos in Nan Jing.
• Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu washed his wounds by a stream, teased each other, and drew close before Yu Sui noticed someone approaching.
• Wu Huaiwei arrived and recognized Mei Chengyu with Yu Sui, asking what the two of them were doing there.

During the Night Walk Trial, Wu Huaiwei discovered the danger of the Yin Qi inside Yu Sui and urged her to leave the trial, but Yu Sui insisted on refining it. Wu Huaiwei said Yu Sui could keep the Yin and Yang Qi only by killing Gu Gan and taking the Yang Qi, prompting Mei Chengyu to offer to kill him instead.

• Yu Sui covered for Mei Chengyu after Wu Huaiwei questioned the marks on her neck and scolded them both.
• Wu Huaiwei examined the Yin Qi inside Yu Sui and warned that it could eventually devour her, telling her to come stay at Moon Mountain.
• Yu Sui showed Wu Huaiwei her evolved Nine Provinces Star Sea and persuaded her that she wanted to learn the Nine Profound Methods and continue the Night Walk Trial.
• Wu Huaiwei explained that the Yin and Yang Qi would draw Yu Sui and Gu Gan toward one another and said the Qi must return to Nether Lake unless Yu Sui killed Gu Gan and took the Yang Qi.
• Yu Sui told Mei Chengyu that Wu Huaiwei wanted Gu Gan killed, and Mei Chengyu offered to kill him himself.

Yu Sui agreed to join Mei Chengyu on the journey to Wujian Mountain Abyss, where they hoped to learn what was happening and pursue their own targets. After hearing Zhang Pinghui’s absurd plan to make Mei Chengyu take staged blows for Yu Sui, the two set out for the Abyss.

• Yu Sui agreed to Wu Huaiwei’s one-month deadline to recover the Yang Qi from Gu Gan, and Mei Chengyu said he would go to Wujian Mountain Abyss for his own target and the Futuo Tower Fragments.
• Yu Sui checked the death toll in Wujian Mountain Abyss and explained that the mountains blocked communication, while Mei Chengyu suggested asking the Jiudu Guard and information brokers for news.
• Mei Chengyu and Yu Sui went to the Dining Hall, where Zhang Pinghui reported strange weather, missing fragments, and people competing in Wujian Mountain Abyss.
• Zhang Pinghui and the Jiudu Guard proposed staging attacks so Mei Chengyu could take blows for Yu Sui and make her fall for him.
• Yu Sui teased Mei Chengyu about pretending not to know and letting him take three staged blows, and Mei Chengyu told her to finish eating before they went to Wujian Mountain Abyss.

Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu headed for Ruoshui Qingni to investigate a corpse that might be connected to Sage Chang Gen and search for the Futuo Tower Fragments. At Mei Chengyu’s dormitory, they reunited with Wei Ren and Wan Qi, who revealed that Ji Meng’s episodes transformed his Qi into Ownerless Qi, and Yu Sui decided to bring him along for further study.

• Yu Sui read Ren Gui’s report that Gu Gan and Su Jichun had disappeared into a ravine after Gu Gan fought Qin Yidong, and she talked with Mei Chengyu about her jealousy and his willingness to risk himself for other women.
• Mei Chengyu explained that Qin Yidong sought a powerful Ownerless Contracted God at Ruoshui Qingni, where Mei Chengyu hoped to identify a familiar corpse that might be connected to his master, Sage Chang Gen.
• Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu went to his dormitory and found Wei Ren and Wan Qi with Ji Meng tied up after another episode of Body Beastification.
• Wan Qi explained that Ji Meng’s beastification erased his memories and purified his Five Elements Qi into Ownerless Qi, prompting Mei Chengyu to suspect that someone was testing a way to let people practice the Hundred Schools Techniques regardless of talent.
• Yu Sui decided to take Ji Meng with them so Wan Qi could investigate further, and challenged Wei Ren to use Phantom Beast Shadow to make Ji Meng come willingly.

Yu Sui learned from Su Feng that Mei Chengyu was Donglan Li, the surviving son of Yan’s Eldest Princess, whose family Sage Chang Gen and Nangong Ming had helped destroy. The revelation left her wondering whether her master remembered his role, just as a crash sounded outside.

• Yu Sui introduced Wan Qi to Mei Chengyu, and Wan Qi admitted that Yu Sui valued his Five Elements Destruction constitution.
• Mei Chengyu recalled Wan Qi enduring a brutal beating in the past, while Wan Qi kept his humiliation to himself.
• Mei Chengyu taunted Wei Ren as he prepared to use Phantom Beast Control on Ji Meng, and Wei Ren revealed that he had cultivated four Phantom Beast Shadows, including the dangerous Charm Serpent.
• Yu Sui received an urgent message from Su Feng, who asked whether she liked Mei Chengyu and warned that his background made their relationship perilous.
• Su Feng sent Yu Sui confirmation that Mei Chengyu was Donglan Li, son of Yan’s Eldest Princess, and that Sage Chang Gen had brought him to Taiyi after her family’s destruction.
• Yu Sui wondered whether Sage Chang Gen remembered what he had done, then heard a loud crash outside.

Wei Ren lost control of the Charm Serpent as it exploited his memories of his mother, but Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu restrained him while Yu Sui used the Five Elements Light Core to help him destroy it. After recovering, Wei Ren agreed to take two days before they continued to Wujian Mountain Abyss.

• The Charm Serpent attacked everyone in the room while Wei Ren struggled to keep control, and Yu Sui sensed his Five Elements Light Core rapidly weakening.
• The Charm Serpent forced Wei Ren to relive his childhood and taunted him with memories of his mother until it took over much of his body.
• Mei Chengyu restrained Wei Ren, and Yu Sui pinned him with her umbrella and crushed eighteen Five Elements Light Cores to control his inner core and gouge out the Charm Serpent's eyes.
• Wei Ren regained consciousness and received treatment from Wan Qi, while Pei Daiqing and Shen Tianxue learned that the Charm Serpent had died.
• Wei Ren realized Yu Sui had helped him destroy the Charm Serpent, then asked for two days before they continued to Wujian Mountain Abyss.

Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu waited for Xue Mushi, who emerged from the Xunlei Trench transformed into an eleven-year-old boy by a Daoist technique. Meanwhile, Gongsun Qi entered Taiyi Academy with the Mechanism Clan technicians, recognized Yan Xiaochuan as resembling his parents, and announced he was going to kill someone.

• Yu Sui wondered whether Mei Chengyu could remain with her despite their families’ history, while Mei Chengyu remained guarded and gave her no clear answer.
• Xue Mushi climbed out of the Xunlei Trench, discovered he had become a boy again, and asked Yu Sui to help him find Luo Cheng in Wujian Mountain Abyss.
• Yu Sui told Mei Chengyu that Xue Mushi was coming, and Mei Chengyu identified his condition as the Daoist technique Heavenly Secrets: Return to Simplicity and Truth.
• Xue Mushi met Yu Sui and the others at Wujian Mountain Abyss, where Wei Ren doubted his identity until Mei Chengyu recognized the technique.
• Gongsun Qi entered Taiyi Academy with A Quan, saw Yan Xiaochuan and recognized his resemblance to his parents, then told A Quan he was going to kill someone.

Gongsun Qi attacked Mu Yong'an and Yan Xiaochuan, but Mu Yong'an's formation teleported them to the Outer City before Gongsun Qi could kill Yan Xiaochuan. As Mu Yong'an died from sword poison, he urged Yan Xiaochuan to return to the Yan Kingdom, while elsewhere Zou Yexi refused to hand over a wounded youth to the Nangong Family.

• A Quan helped Gongsun Qi enter Taiyi Academy under a barrier, where Gongsun Qi attacked Mu Yong'an and Yan Xiaochuan.
• Mu Yong'an shielded Yan Xiaochuan from Gongsun Qi's sword shadows, and a hidden formation teleported them to a building in the Outer City.
• Gongsun Qi learned that Mei Chengyu had gone to Wujian Mountain Abyss and said Mu Yong'an would die from the sword poison.
• Mu Yong'an told Yan Xiaochuan that he was the Yan Kingdom's last surviving prince and urged him to return, but Yan Xiaochuan said he would rather die with his master.
• Black Beard learned that Star Moon Island people had taken the target from the Nangong Second Division, then went to find out what had happened.
• At an abandoned ferry, Zou Yexi argued with the Star Moon Island Master and refused to surrender the wounded youth, while the youth sobbed beside him.

Black Beard tried to protect Yan Xiaochuan from the Nangong Second Division, while Zou Yexi helped him flee with Mu Yong'an’s body. After burying his master, Yan Xiaochuan learned Zhao Yuxiang was alive and chose to seek the Nangong Family, leaving Zou Yexi and the division confronting him at Mingzhu Casino.

• Black Beard and Wei Liu decided to delay the Second Division long enough to protect the boy the County Princess wanted safeguarded.
• Zou Yexi and Yan Xiaochuan escaped with Mu Yong'an’s corpse, while the Second Division found the body left by the shore and Commander Chen called off the bounty for the other target.
• Yan Xiaochuan buried Mu Yong'an by the sea, and Zou Yexi recognized Zhao Yuxiang’s name on the papers Yan Xiaochuan burned and told him Zhao was alive.
• After kneeling at the grave for three days, Yan Xiaochuan refused to leave with Zou Yexi and threatened to tell Nangong Ming that Zhao Yuxiang had survived.
• Yan Xiaochuan revealed his Yin-Yang School star array to stop Zou Yexi from attacking him, then headed into the city toward Mingzhu Casino to find the Nangong Family.

Mei Chengyu entered the waterfall at Thousand Foot Cliff alone to face Ruoshui Qingni while Yu Sui and the others assembled a ferry outside. As Yu Sui searched the Cangjia Scroll for a way to contain the Death Qi, Wan Qi speculated that the Ji Family was experimenting with Qi Marrow and Ownerless Qi to bypass cultivation talent.

• Mei Chengyu explained that Ruoshui Qingni could flood Thousand Foot Cliff if he broke the seal, then gave Yu Sui three Mechanism Boxes so she could assemble a ferry.
• Mei Chengyu entered the waterfall alone, while Yu Sui, Wei Ren, and Wan Qi began building the ferry and Xue Mushi rested to release accumulated Inner Bombardment.
• Yu Sui reassured Mei Chengyu that she was there for him, and later told Xue Mushi that no one loved Mei Chengyu more than she did.
• Yu Sui searched the Cangjia Scroll for a way to stop Ruoshui Qingni as Wan Qi theorized that the Ji Family had used Qi Marrow to create Ownerless Qi and bypass talent restrictions.
• Wei Ren left Xue Mushi to take over the ferry work and tried the Charm Serpent on Ji Meng again.

Yu Sui tortured Ji Meng to break down his defenses, uncover what he knew about the Ji family's experiments, and help Wei Ren's Charm Serpent infiltrate him, while she also prepared for Mei Chengyu's continued absence inside Ruoshui Qingni. The chapter ended when Yu Sui detected multiple newcomers near Thousand Foot Cliff, including Li Jinshuang, after seven days without word from Mei Chengyu.

• Yu Sui used deprivation and psychological torment to force Ji Meng to reveal that he had suffered unexplained injuries and memory gaps, though Mysterious Technique. Celestial Official had failed to restore his memories.
• As Ji Meng's defenses collapsed, Wei Ren's Charm Serpent entered his shadow, but its influence also triggered bouts of beastification that Wan Qi tried to suppress with medicine.
• Yu Sui covered Thousand Foot Cliff's Mountain Walls with 3,736 Ghost Dao Death Runes while Mei Chengyu remained missing inside Ruoshui Qingni.
• Ji Meng told Yu Sui that both Grandmothers had visited the Medicine Field where he was taken whenever he showed abnormal symptoms, suggesting Nangong Grandmother knew about the experiments.
• Yu Sui discovered that one of her Five Elements Light Cores had shattered near the entrance, and Xue Mushi identified a Decapitation Gu reacting to Li Jinshuang's presence as Yu Sui sensed others had arrived too.

Xia Feichen, Zhongli Shan, and the wounded Fang Tianchen were cornered at Thousand Foot Cliff by Bei Shan and Duan Mingde, while Li Jinshuang fought Duan Mingde to avenge Su Qingyou. Yu Sui emerged from the cliff entrance, revealed her Ghost Dao power, and covered their retreat into the barrier as the fight continued.

• Xia Feichen carried the unconscious Fang Tianchen toward Thousand Foot Cliff while Zhongli Shan protected them from Bei Shan and Duan Mingde’s sword qi.
• Duan Mingde demanded Fang Tianchen and the Ice and Fire Kui Star, but Zhongli Shan and Xia Feichen refused to hand them over.
• Li Jinshuang attacked Duan Mingde over Su Qingyou’s death, broke through to the Eighth Realm, and joined her power with her Sword Spirit to fight him.
• Bei Shan intervened when Li Jinshuang nearly struck down Duan Mingde, and Zhongli Shan blocked Bei Shan’s attack at the cost of worsening his curse.
• Yu Sui emerged from the barrier and activated the Scorching Sun Array, burning Duan Mingde and forcing Bei Shan to pull him away.
• Yu Sui signaled Zhongli Shan to lead Xia Feichen and Fang Tianchen into Thousand Foot Cliff while she held off the pursuers.

Yu Sui sheltered Li Jinshuang and the others inside Thousand Foot Cliff while they exchanged news about the Futuo Tower Fragments and the dangers in Wujian Mountain Abyss. When Ruoshui Qingni flooded the cliff, Yu Sui revealed her power by raising a vast wall of Ghost Dao Death Runes and repairing the barrier, leaving the people outside facing her warning.

• Yu Sui kept Bei Shan and Duan Mingde outside Thousand Foot Cliff, then treated Li Jinshuang while Xia Feichen explained how Fang Tianchen had swallowed the key to Withered Wood Altar and why their group was being hunted.
• Zhongli Shan told Yu Sui that Sheng Zui had likely been eliminated after disfiguring Su Jichun, and he explained how Xun Zhiya had controlled the falling thunder at Guan Lei Platform.
• Yu Sui dispelled the Ghost Dao School's Sun and Moon in the Same Sky from Zhongli Shan and urged the others to leave, but Qin Yidong and her companions arrived before they could go.
• Ruoshui Qingni flooded Thousand Foot Cliff and swept Yu Sui, Zhongli Shan, Li Jinshuang, Xia Feichen, and Fang Tianchen apart as Death Qi filled the ravine.
• Yu Sui raised thousands of Ghost Dao Death Runes across the cliff walls and repaired the barrier at the entrance, shocking Qin Yidong's group.
• When Duan Mingde reached for his sword as Fang Tianchen drifted toward the entrance, Yu Sui warned the people outside to enter only if they were unafraid to die.

Yu Sui carried Fang Tianchen through the Ruoshui Qingni and discovered he had died, while Qin Yidong and Bei Shan broke the barrier and led their group into the deadly flood. Yu Sui left Mei Chengyu’s ferry to search for her Senior Martial Brother, but when she reached a strange river and called out to him, the flame in her soul gave no response.

• Yu Sui carried Fang Tianchen away as Qin Yidong ordered Bei Shan and the others to break the barrier and enter Thousand Foot Cliff.
• Qin Yidong used the Taiqing Bottle and Gangfeng Lamp to protect the group as they crossed into the Ruoshui Qingni, where Wei Jianing was swept away and five people died.
• Yu Sui discovered Fang Tianchen had died and boarded Mei Chengyu’s ferry, where Xue Mushi, Zhongli Shan, and Li Jinshuang waited.
• Yu Sui told the others that Qin Yidong was inside the flood and left the ferry to find her Senior Martial Brother, while Zhongli Shan organized the ferry’s defenses.
• Yu Sui reached a calm river beyond the waterfall, saw a lone figure standing with his back to her, and found that her soul-flame did not react when she called out.

Yu Sui found Mei Chengyu in the Styx River and learned that he had recovered memories through Song Dongling’s Qi Consciousness. Mei Chengyu confronted Sage Chang Gen, rejected another attempt to seal his memories, and escaped detection by merging with the river’s Death Qi as Sage Chang Gen searched Taiyi Academy for him.

• Yu Sui pulled Song Dongling’s corpse from the river and learned from Mei Chengyu that he could glimpse her memories through its remaining Qi Consciousness.
• Mei Chengyu transferred Song Dongling’s memories to Yu Sui with a technique he had created using the Mechanism Heart, then urged her to leave before Sage Chang Gen arrived.
• Sage Chang Gen confronted Mei Chengyu in the Styx River and tried to seal his memories, but Mei Chengyu crushed the hidden incantation and revealed that his parents were Donglan Xun and Gongsun Xi.
• Mei Chengyu declared that he would no longer call Sage Chang Gen his Master, then revealed that the figure Sage Chang Gen attacked was an illusion while he himself had merged with the river’s Death Qi.
• Sage Chang Gen searched Taiyi Academy for Mei Chengyu, driving Ruoshui Qingni from Thousand Foot Cliff and passing Yu Sui without answering her call.

Sage Chang Gen’s attempt to find Mei Chengyu unleashed overwhelming pressure across Taiyi, while Gongsun Qi confronted Kuang Chu at the Withered Wood Altar. Their sword battle split the ancient tree and exposed the Futuo Tower Fragments and a hidden cave, where Su Jichun was revealed beneath falling debris.

• Sage Chang Gen refused requests to restrain his pressure, prompting the Sages to counter it as the upheaval spread across Taiyi.
• Situ Jin and A Quan learned Sage Chang Gen was heading to Thousand Foot Cliff to find Mei Chengyu, and Gongsun Qi decided to go there too.
• The Silence Tokens stopped responding, suggesting Mei Chengyu had recovered his memories, and Kuang Chu confronted Gongsun Qi over his sword.
• Gongsun Qi and Kuang Chu fought, splitting the Withered Wood Giant Tree and revealing a glowing Futuo Tower Fragment.
• The tree’s destruction exposed a collapsed cave where Sheng Zui carried the injured Su Jichun, as the fragment fell toward her.

After Sheng Zui and Su Jichun survived the fall into Wujian Mountain Abyss, he cared for her injuries and confronted how his anger and rivalry had shaped his life. He agreed to help her return home, but their escape was interrupted when a red-clothed man seized a fragment of the Futuo Tower.

• Sheng Zui woke in a cave beside the badly injured Su Jichun and realized an instructor had forced her to deny that he hurt her.
• Sheng Zui gave Su Jichun life-saving medicine, then cared for her while she recovered and prepared to leave for home.
• After Su Jichun said she wanted to return to Yan, Sheng Zui promised to take her there and carried her through an Underground River route.
• Sword Qi shattered the Withered Wood Altar and collapsed the ground, forcing Sheng Zui and Su Jichun out of the cave.
• Su Jichun threw away a glowing fragment as Sheng Zui shielded her, but a red-clothed man caught the Futuo Tower Fragments.

Gongsun Qi attacked Sheng Zui after recognizing him as Nangong Ming’s son, forcing Kuang Chu to intervene while Sheng Zui tried to protect the dying Su Jichun. The battle ended when two Military School Saints arrived and A Quan teleported the others away, while Ink Qi returned to the Taoist Saint Hall and watched a young man at its entrance.

• Gongsun Qi caught and discarded the Futuo Tower Fragments, which A Quan retrieved and hid.
• After learning Sheng Zui was Nangong Ming’s son, Gongsun Qi unleashed Heavenly Fire Flowing Flames and attacked him, but Sheng Zui’s Divine Wood Blessing repeatedly made the strikes miss.
• Gongsun Qi broke Mu Mengbai’s Divine Wood Sign, and Kuang Chu fought him while Sheng Zui gave the broken sign and his remaining Five Elements Qi to Su Jichun before collapsing.
• Leng Rouyin and Zhuge Ling interrupted the duel with a combined strike, and A Quan activated the teleportation formation to take his group away.
• Ink Qi returned to the Taoist Saint Hall and watched the young man standing at the entrance to the Saint Hall Main Hall.

Donglan Li confronted Sage Chang Gen after recovering his memories, accused him of killing Gongsun Xi for revenge, and destroyed the Taoist Saint Hall in their clash. He left Taiyi declaring that Sage Chang Gen and the He Clan could no longer stop him from leaving.

• Mei Chengyu recognized that the He Hanxing in Song Dongling's memories was Sage Chang Gen's friend, who could not leave his house and received Apricot Blossom Brew from He Hanxing.
• Mei Chengyu revealed that he had restored his memories as Donglan Li and accused Sage Chang Gen of killing his mother, Gongsun Xi, to avenge He Xuyan and protect the He Clan.
• Sage Chang Gen attacked Mei Chengyu, but their Five Elements Pressure clashed as Mei Chengyu rejected his offer to return to their former master-disciple relationship.
• Mei Chengyu declared that he would fight Sage Chang Gen and shattered the Taoist Saint Hall's barrier, setting the hall ablaze as Saints gathered outside.
• The Thousand Mechanism Heart awakened nine pairs of eyes behind Mei Chengyu, which shattered Sage Chang Gen's ink-gold eye and let Mei Chengyu burn away the attacking Ink Qi.
• Mei Chengyu walked away from the burning hall and warned Sage Chang Gen and the He Clan to hide, saying they would no longer be able to stop him from leaving Taiyi.

Mei Chengyu forced Chang Sunzi to divine whether Dream of Heaven's Gift or Qingyang would come first, and her vision revealed that the strange fire would destroy the world before Qingyang perished. Sun Heng let Mei Chengyu leave with him, while Zhuge Ling demanded the identities of the World Destroyers and Chang Sunzi later refused to explain whether she had worked with Mei Chengyu.

• Mei Chengyu confronted Sun Heng and offered to trade information about the strange fire and Guixu for the other Five Kingdoms, warning that he no longer cared whether the world survived.
• Mei Chengyu asked Chang Sunzi to divine whether Dream of Heaven's Gift would come true before Qingyang perished, and Chang Sunzi's divination showed the world consumed by the Black Flame.
• Chang Sunzi announced that the strange fire would come first and Qingyang would perish afterward, and Mei Chengyu told Sun Heng to choose which threat he wanted to eliminate.
• Sun Heng stepped aside and left with Mei Chengyu, while the other Sages reacted to the vision of the world's destruction.
• Zhuge Ling demanded that Chang Sunzi reveal the World Destroyers' identities and attacked her, but Legalist Saint Yu and Zou Qian intervened.
• Zou Qian asked Chang Sunzi whether she and Mei Chengyu had deliberately released Dream of Heaven's Gift, but she refused to answer.

After Sage Chang Gen revealed Mei Chengyu’s identity and forced Yu Sui to return to her father, it erased the Taoist Saint Hall and left her alone among the ruins. Yu Sui then faced Qin Yidong, Gu Gan, and Sheng Zui as they clashed over the Love-struck Gu antidote and the missing Futuo Tower Fragments.

• Sage Chang Gen told Yu Sui that Mei Chengyu was the son of the Princess of Yan Kingdom, explained how it had killed his mother and sealed his memories, and ordered Yu Sui to tell her father what she knew.
• Yu Sui challenged Sage Chang Gen’s attempt to make her provoke Mei Chengyu, but Sage Chang Gen ordered her to leave and erased the Taoist Saint Hall and its surroundings.
• Qin Yidong mocked Yu Sui over her recent losses, and Yu Sui warned that Qin Yidong might die that day as Gu Gan and Sheng Zui appeared.
• Sheng Zui demanded that Qin Yidong hand over the antidote to the Love-struck Gu, while Gu Gan questioned her about the missing Futuo Tower Fragments.
• Qin Yidong began forming seals to fight Gu Gan and Sheng Zui after Yu Sui urged her to teach them a lesson, while Yu Sui read a message saying the fragments were with the sender, who wanted to trade them for 300,000.

Gongsun Qi reunited with Mei Chengyu on Mechanism Island as Shuizhou prepared to investigate Sea Fire and the Fire-Absorbing Ice Stone. After Mei Chengyu persuaded Sun Heng to search for the Futuo Tower Fragments and question the prophecy, Gongsun Qi confirmed that his Qi resisted the stone and decided to act on his desire for revenge, sending a message to a young woman at Taiyi Academy.

• A Quan teleported Gongsun Qi and Situ Jin to Mechanism Island, where Gongsun Qi examined and crushed a Fire-Absorbing Ice Stone.
• Gongsun Qi saw Mei Chengyu board a ship but left without speaking to him, while Mei Chengyu and Sun Heng discussed the Nangong Family, Strange Fire, and the prophecy.
• Mei Chengyu told Sun Heng that his father had given the Futuo Tower Fragments to Gao Tianhao and argued that they should target the prophecy rather than the World Destroyers; Sun Heng agreed to find the fragments.
• Mei Chengyu gave Situ Jin a Fire-Absorbing Ice Stone for Gongsun Qi, and Gongsun Qi confirmed that his Qi was repelled by it.
• Remembering Gongsun Xi's death and his promise to his wife, Gongsun Qi chose not to forgive his enemies and sent a message to a young woman at Taiyi Academy.

Yu Sui spoke with Gongsun Qi about the Futuo Tower Fragments and Shuizhou’s plan to identify World Destroyers while Sheng Zui and Gu Gan fought Qin Yidong. After Yu Sui helped defeat Qin Yidong’s Flying Phoenix Tiger, she questioned Sheng Zui about the Withered Wood Platform and learned that a Military School strategist disguised as a Mechanism Clan technician had tried to kill him.

• Qin Yidong summoned her Thirteenth-Realm Flying Phoenix Tiger and battled Sheng Zui and Gu Gan as Yu Sui spoke with Gongsun Qi.
• Gongsun Qi told Yu Sui that Shuizhou planned to use Fire-Absorbing Ice Stones to identify World Destroyers, and they arranged to meet on Mechanism Island that night.
• Yu Sui learned that Sheng Zui had encountered Kuang Chu and a Military School strategist at the Withered Wood Platform, and suspected the strategist was the Yin-Yang Weirdo.
• Sheng Zui used Name School Hualing to suppress the Flying Phoenix Tiger, but his injuries disrupted the technique, so Yu Sui finished the fight with the Cangjia Scroll.
• Yu Sui secretly questioned Sheng Zui under her control and learned that the disguised strategist had tried to kill him; Sheng Zui then demanded Qin Yidong give him the antidote.

Yu Sui withdrew from the Night Walk Trial to investigate the Yin-Yang Weirdo and awakened the spirit of the Three Great Number Mountains. She left the chapter asking Zou Qian to tell her what had happened at the Taoist Saint Hall.

• Gu Gan stopped Sheng Zui from attacking Qin Yidong, who returned the Love-struck Gu antidote and provoked Sheng Zui by suggesting Yu Sui was after his inheritance.
• Yu Sui confronted Sheng Zui over his suspicion and revealed her cold view of their rivalry for Nangong Ming’s approval.
• After learning Sheng Zui had withdrawn, Yu Sui also withdrew from the Night Walk Trial and headed to the outer city, while Xue Mushi told the others she had left for an important reason.
• Yu Sui went to the merchant ship’s hold and asked Zou Qian to call the Three Great Number Mountains by the name “Mountain Spirit.”
• The Number Mountains answered through Yu Sui’s spirit puppet, and Yu Sui asked Zou Qian to tell her what had happened at the Taoist Saint Hall.

Yu Sui learned that Gongsun Qi, the Yin-Yang Weirdo and Mei Chengyu’s uncle, had taken the Futuo Tower Fragments and was still on Mechanism Island. As Yu Sui prepared to meet him, her Five Elements Light Cores continued evolving beyond the Ninth Realm, leaving her staring at a growing golden light.

• Zou Qian told Yu Sui that Chang Sunzi had denied collaborating with Mei Chengyu and that a divination had shown the strange fire burning before Qingyang perished.
• Zou Qian overheard Leng Rouyin and Kuang Chu reveal that the wanted Gongsun Qi had entered Taiyi Academy and taken the Futuo Tower Fragments.
• Zou Qian told Yu Sui that Gongsun Qi was Mei Chengyu’s uncle and the only family he had left, making Yu Sui fear that Gongsun Qi would attack her because she was Nangong Ming’s daughter.
• Yu Sui explained to Zou Qian that the Number Mountain and Mountain Spirit might embody a practitioner’s Five Elements Light Core, then used the Mountain Spirit to track Gongsun Qi on Mechanism Island.
• Yu Sui’s Five Elements Light Cores reached the Ninth Realm and kept evolving after she sent Mei Chengyu a message through the Water Wind Well.