Recaps

Yu Sui upgraded her spirit puppets to Tenth Realm Soul Light Cores, triggering backlash for Lady Su through the Wuxiang Snake and escalating the conflict over Suisui’s fate and the Breath Soil. On Mechanism Island, Yu Sui met Gongsun Qi to exchange for the Futuo Tower Fragments, and his sword spirit Jinghong unexpectedly appeared with the box.

• Yu Sui replaced her core with a Tenth Realm Soul Light Core, and her near-death shock caused the World Destroyers to suffer a brief shared agony.
• The panicked Wuxiang Snake pleaded with Yu Sui, who dragged it into the Nine Provinces Star Sea and threw it over a cliff, leaving Lady Su coughing blood from the backlash.
• Lady Su asked Nangong Ming for the other half of the Breath Soil, but he refused because he still intended to use Suisui for the Lineage’s goals.
• Yu Sui arrived at Mechanism Island and met Gongsun Qi at the abandoned building in the Tear Sea, where her sword spirit Yanyan collected the Black Piece containing the Futuo Tower Fragments.
• Gongsun Qi introduced his sword spirit Jinghong, who appeared behind Yu Sui and held out the box that had been in Yanyan’s hand.

Yu Sui questioned Gongsun Qi about the strange fire and asked him to protect Mei Chengyu, while Gongsun Qi warned that the fire could not be separated from its chosen World Destroyers. At Taiyi, Jiang Shulan exposed Shi Yuezhen’s secret theft of disciples’ Five Elements Qi, expelled her, and issued an order to kill her on sight.

• Gongsun Qi gave Yu Sui the fragment and explained that the strange fire chose World Destroyers at random, though he refused to reveal what he had seen in his own Dream of Heaven’s Gift.
• Yu Sui told Gongsun Qi she was half from Yan and asked him to watch over Mei Chengyu, and he agreed.
• The Mountain Spirit told Yu Sui that Taiyi was preparing a campus-wide wanted notice for Shi Yuezhen.
• Qian Ying accused Shi Yuezhen of stealing the Mysterious Soldier Purple Disk Pot and attacking Jiang Shulan, but Jiang Shulan revealed that Shi Yuezhen had planted Zhong Eyes in patients to steal their Five Elements Qi.
• Jiang Shulan ordered affected disciples to be examined, expelled Shi Yuezhen from Taiyi, and announced that she should be killed on sight.

After Shi Yuezhen’s attack on Jiang Shulan triggered a campus-wide hunt, Wan Qi explained that Shi’s Huichong Abyss was consuming her and that she had been taking others’ Five Elements Qi to survive. Nian Qiuyan helped the wounded Shi and Cang Shu escape, and the chapter left them planning to find Xun Zhiya while Shi reflected on the childhood trauma she and Cang Shu shared.

• Xing Chun, Zhongli Shan, and Kong Yiyi learned that Shi Yuezhen and Cang Shu were missing and began seeking information about the Medical School trial.
• Wan Qi identified Shi Yuezhen’s eyes as a Huichong Abyss and explained that she was using Gu Eyes to take people’s Five Elements Qi.
• Jiang Shulan confirmed that Li Jinshuang had a Gu Eye mark and sent her to the Medicated Bathhouse to suppress it.
• Nian Qiuyan teleported the wounded Shi Yuezhen and Cang Shu away from Jiang Shulan and blocked others from divining their location.
• Shi Yuezhen admitted that she had taken others’ Five Elements Qi because she did not want to die, then asked Nian Qiuyan to help her find Xun Zhiya.
• Shi Yuezhen remembered how she and Cang Shu had survived together after their eyes were gouged out and they were thrown into black water.

The chapter looked back on how Mei Chengyu helped Shi Yuezhen escape judgment and how Taiyi’s friends gradually became a family to her and Cang Shu. It then returned to the present, where Shi Yuezhen and her allies were overwhelmed while trying to capture Xun Zhiya, until Mei Chengyu arrived in the Cloud Vehicle Dragon and told them to get on.

• Mei Chengyu recalled how he had beaten Cang Shu outside the Tianjian Division so Jiang Shulan would pity Shi Yuezhen and give her another chance.
• Mei Chengyu later explained that he had only guessed at Shi Yuezhen and Cang Shu’s hardships, clearing up their misunderstanding with him.
• Shi Yuezhen and Cang Shu grew close to their friends at Taiyi, who shared meals, gifts, and holiday celebrations with them.
• Nian Qiuyan located Xun Zhiya, and Cang Shu led the group to capture her, but Qian Ying and several instructors discovered them near the Medical School exit.
• Shi Yuezhen’s allies fought the pursuers while Shi Yuezhen, unable to see and nearly out of strength, tried to pull Xun Zhiya toward her with blood vines.
• As the group’s enemies launched a wave of techniques at Shi Yuezhen, Mei Chengyu arrived in the Cloud Vehicle Dragon, shattered their attacks, and ordered Shi Yuezhen and Cang Shu to board.

Mei Chengyu escaped Mechanism Island in a stolen Cloud Vehicle Dragon to rescue Shi Yuezhen and Cang Shu from Taiyi Academy. After Qian Ying died in the rescue, Gu Gan's suppressed Yang Fish seal shattered, and he set out to pursue Mei Chengyu while Yu Sui and Sheng Zui followed events from behind.

• Mei Chengyu told Wen Yangxiu about the Sea Eyes, then learned from Yu Sui that Shi Yuezhen was being hunted after placing Zhong Eyes on others.
• Mei Chengyu told Yu Sui that Gongsun Qi had gone mad after losing his wife and daughter, and promised to rescue Shi Yuezhen and Cang Shu before seeking him out.
• Mei Chengyu and Wen Yangxiu stole a Cloud Vehicle Dragon from the Situ Clan and raced toward Taiyi Academy, while the Mechanism Clan heads let them pass.
• Mei Chengyu rescued Cang Shu and Shi Yuezhen, but the Cloud Vehicle Dragon struck Qian Ying, killing her as Xun Zhiya was carried away by Transparent Spider Silk.
• Gu Gan's Yang Fish seal shattered as he held Qian Ying's body, and he rushed to the Nangong Family to obtain a Cloud Vehicle Dragon and pursue Mei Chengyu.
• Yu Sui told Black Beard to let Gu Gan go, and Sheng Zui decided to join the pursuit after learning Qian Ying had died and Shi Yuezhen was involved.

Mei Chengyu's group fled aboard a Cloud Vehicle Dragon while Shi Yuezhen confronted Xun Zhiya about her connection to Huichong Abyss. As Gu Gan's pursuing Cloud Vehicle caught up, Xun Zhiya was left suspended outside the fleeing vehicle.

• Gu Gan pursued Mei Chengyu's group at full speed in a Cloud Vehicle Dragon and sent birds to scout for them.
• Xing Chun and Zhongli Shan forced their way into Mei Chengyu's Cloud Vehicle, argued with him, and then helped Wen Yangxiu control its steep dive.
• Shi Yuezhen told the group about the children tortured at Snow Mountain Castle and questioned Xun Zhiya about her ability to avoid Huichong Abyss.
• Shi Yuezhen put a Blood-red Insect into Xun Zhiya's eye, but it virtualized into water without harming her.
• Mei Chengyu ordered Xun Zhiya hung outside the Cloud Vehicle, where she suffered the savage Five Elements Qi, as another Cloud Vehicle Dragon caught up.

Gu Gan pursued Wen Yangxiu’s Cloud Car Flying Dragon to save Xun Zhiya, then used Mystic Technique: Celestial Official to erase its Nine Schools Techniques and trigger a devastating explosion. As the survivors faced further attacks, Yu Sui fought Jiang Chi and unleashed a chain of Five Elements Light Core explosions, leaving the Cloud Car engulfed in flames.

• Gu Gan caught up to Mei Chengyu’s Cloud Car Flying Dragon, broke inside, and used Celestial Official to erase its Nine Schools Techniques, causing talisman-bearing carriages to explode.
• The blast struck Commander Chen’s Cloud Car, while Sheng Zui learned that Gu Gan had blown up the target vehicle and prepared to go investigate.
• Jiang Chi sensed an intruder near Sheng Zui and searched the carriages, while Nian Qiuyan hid behind a door to avoid being recognized.
• Yu Sui attacked Jiang Chi, and Sword Spirit Yanyan seized Sheng Zui before A Jing used Mystic Technique: Shatter Spirits to destroy her.
• Yu Sui evaded Jiang Chi’s attacks and detonated hidden Five Elements Light Cores throughout the Cloud Car, engulfing the Control Room and leaving Jiang Chi and Sheng Zui caught in the flames.

Mei Chengyu and the others fled Taiyi aboard a Cloud Vehicle Dragon while the Mechanism Clan refused to let Dean Jiang pursue them, and Yu Sui hijacked another damaged vehicle to chase them. As the vehicles neared the Endless Sea Thunderstorm Region, Gongsun Qi and his companions also raced after the fugitives, while a blood-red figure fell unseen from Mei Chengyu’s vehicle.

• Wen Yangxiu piloted the damaged Cloud Vehicle Dragon toward the Endless Sea Thunderstorm Region as Zhongli Shan defended the group from an unknown boarder and Mei Chengyu repaired the vehicle.
• Cang Shu carried Shi Yuezhen to a compartment and gave her his Hundred Insects Blood until he collapsed unconscious.
• Dean Jiang asked Grandmother Situ to permit a pursuit, but the Sages expelled Mei Chengyu and Grandmother Situ declared him the Donglan Family Head, outside their jurisdiction.
• Gongsun Qi, A Quan, and Situ Jin took off in a Situ Clan Cloud Vehicle Dragon to catch up with Mei Chengyu, and Gongsun Qi severed its tail to make it fly faster.
• Yu Sui seized control of the Nangong Family’s Cloud Vehicle Dragon, killed Commander Chen, and ordered its driver to pursue Mei Chengyu’s vehicle into the storm region.
• Yu Sui’s Cloud Vehicle Dragon surged upward through the clouds, while a blood-red figure fell unseen from Mei Chengyu’s vehicle.

Mei Chengyu pursued the falling Xing Chun while Gu Gan and Yu Sui were drawn into a fight by the opposing Yin and Yang Fish. Yu Sui disabled Gu Gan’s Celestial Official and gained the upper hand, but the uncontrollable Yang Fish set the carriage ablaze and attacked her.

• Mei Chengyu realized Gu Gan was continuously using Celestial Official and explained that the Sages intended to send the Yin Yang Double Fish beyond Taiyi with Gu Gan.
• Gu Gan’s Thunderclap Arrows struck Xing Chun, and Mei Chengyu leapt from the Cloud Vehicle Dragon to pursue him while Zhongli Shan fought Gu Gan.
• Yu Sui appeared in a tiger mask, and the Yin Fish within her responded to Gu Gan’s Yang Fish as the two began trying to kill each other.
• Zhongli Shan reached the Control Room and urged Wen Yangxiu to search for Mei Chengyu and Xing Chun, but Wen Yangxiu prioritized getting Shi Yuezhen and Cang Shu through the storm.
• Yu Sui fought through Nangong Second Division practitioners and faced Gu Gan, who overpowered her with Celestial Official until she used Heavenly Eye to nullify his technique.
• Yu Sui snapped Gu Gan’s wrist and shattered his shinbone, but the Yang Fish ignited the carriage and attacked her after Gu Gan lost control of it.

Yu Sui revealed herself to Gu Gan and ended their partnership by attacking him, but the Golden Yang Fish destroyed their Cloud Vehicle Dragon and swallowed her in the sea. The Yang Fish then confronted the black Yin Fish within Yu Sui’s spirit, setting the two forces against each other.

• Yu Sui revealed her identity to Gu Gan, declared their partnership over, and struck him in the chest with Golden Character Spirits.
• The Yang Fish burst through the Cloud Vehicle Dragon, sending Yu Sui, Gu Gan, and the burning wreckage plunging into the sea.
• Zhongli Shan’s group met Sheng Zui and Jiang Chi aboard the other Cloud Vehicle Dragon, where Cang Shu told Sheng Zui that Nangong Sui had requested his examination.
• Sheng Zui demanded that Zhongli Shan’s group take Shi Yuezhen back, and Jiang Chi attacked Zhongli Shan as they refused to turn around.
• The Yang Fish swallowed Yu Sui and dragged her into the Nine Provinces Star Sea, where it faced the black Yin Fish within her spirit.

Yu Sui sank into the Sea of Death Qi and confronted the buried anger and resentment she had long denied. After facing a younger version of herself, she accepted the strange fire and obtained the Ghost Dao Summoning Fire, then apologized to the girl.

• Yu Sui avoided the strange fire and the Yin Yang Double Fish by sinking into the Sea of Death Qi.
• Among the Evil Ghosts’ whispers, Yu Sui heard her own suppressed curses and awakened to a memory of kneeling in the Prince's residence as a girl.
• The girl condemned Yu Sui for sacrificing herself and challenged her excuses for enduring mistreatment and refusing to fight back.
• Yu Sui admitted she was afraid to die, while the girl insisted that Yu Sui’s parents, Nangong Ming, Su Xing, and the forces around her would keep drawing her into conflict.
• The girl’s anger set the Sea of Death Qi ablaze, and Yu Sui accepted the strange fire as the Ghost Dao Summoning Fire, which formed a Red Umbrella.
• Yu Sui approached the weeping girl and repeatedly apologized.

Yu Sui sealed the Yin Yang Double Fish inside her Nine Provinces Star Sea, losing her ability to create a Five Elements Light Core but discovering she could finally feel cold. Rescued from the wreckage at sea, she concealed her identity aboard a Cloud Vehicle as Mei Chengyu arrived and spotted her.

• Yu Sui used the strange flame, her Nine Provinces Star Sea, and thirty thousand years of accelerated time to seal the Yin Yang Double Fish beneath the sea.
• Yu Sui found that the seal had suppressed the strange flame and left her unable to create another Five Elements Light Core, but she joyfully felt the cold sea for the first time.
• Yu Sui resolved to return to Qingyang and settle the matter of the Primordial Soil.
• Situ Jin brought Yu Sui aboard his Cloud Vehicle after Gongsun Qi spotted her in the wreckage, then claimed she was a student who had followed them to help rescue Shi Yuezhen.
• Mei Chengyu arrived on a Black and White Crane, recognized Gongsun Qi, and changed course toward Yu Sui when he saw her.

Yu Sui reunited with Mei Chengyu and provoked Gongsun Qi, who attacked her before Mei Chengyu intervened and confessed his love for her. After Mei Chengyu confronted his uncle over their family’s tragedies, Gongsun Qi revealed that Zhao Yuxiang was still alive and threatened to kill anyone else Mei Chengyu tried to protect.

• Yu Sui kissed Mei Chengyu to provoke Gongsun Qi, then followed him into the carriage with the unconscious Xing Chun.
• Gongsun Qi attacked Yu Sui over her identity as Nangong Ming’s daughter, but Mei Chengyu blocked his sword and declared that he loved Nangong Sui.
• Yu Sui caught Gongsun Qi’s blade as he accused her of seducing Mei Chengyu to learn about strange fires.
• Mei Chengyu confronted Gongsun Qi about abandoning Yan and blamed him for the deaths and suffering that shaped his life.
• Gongsun Qi revealed that Zhao Yuxiang was alive in the Qingyang Imperial Capital and warned Mei Chengyu that he would kill anyone else he tried to protect.

Yu Sui told Gongsun Qi she intended to kill Su Xing over the Breath Soil, but he remained distrustful and left for Qingyang. After Yu Sui reunited with Mei Chengyu, she revealed the danger posed by the Yin-Yang Fish and fell asleep while he planned their next steps.

• Yu Sui explained Su Xing’s history with the Breath Soil and said she wanted her mother to die in Yan, but Gongsun Qi doubted her motives.
• Gongsun Qi said he would go to Qingyang, while Yu Sui told Mei Chengyu that she had killed Gu Gan and taken the Yang Fish.
• Mei Chengyu arranged to search for Gu Gan and urged Yu Sui to return to Taiyi; she asked to use his Sea Eye and confessed the Yin-Yang Fish might devour her after destroying the strange fire.
• Mei Chengyu gave Yu Sui Qi and carried her to bed, where she slept peacefully as he watched over the injured Xing Chun.
• Mei Chengyu told Gongsun Qi that Nangong Ming might have used Yu Sui as bait for Yan’s Agricultural School, but Gongsun Qi rejected appeals for pity and reminded him of their own suffering.

Sheng Zui and the Nangong Third Division brought the damaged Cloud Vehicle Dragon to Qingyang, where Zhongli Ci and the Qinglong Army arrived to collect Zhongli Shan. Zhongli Shan left with his father, Cang Shu, Shi Yuezhen, and Wen Yangxiu, while Sheng Zui stayed behind with Jiang Chi and the others.

• Sheng Zui questioned Jiang Chi about the unidentified military sorcerer, then suspected the attack had targeted Gu Gan rather than himself.
• Zhongli Ci and the Qinglong Army waited at the Si River after Zhongli Que foresaw Zhongli Shan being held aboard the damaged Cloud Vehicle Dragon.
• Sheng Zui prepared to stop Zhongli Shan from taking Cang Shu and Shi Yuezhen, but Jiang Chi warned that fighting the Qinglong Army would give Zhongli Ci grounds to intervene.
• Zhongli Shan left the Cloud Vehicle Dragon with Cang Shu, Shi Yuezhen, and Wen Yangxiu, and Zhongli Ci led them toward the capital.
• Jiang Chi reprimanded Qiao Yuande and Wang Jin for accepting gifts from people in the Prince's household, then called Sheng Zui to leave.

Mei Chengyu and Gongsun Qi discussed the six prefectures as Mei Chengyu prepared to reclaim them, while Mei Chengyu’s efforts to save Xing Chun revealed that using his power was shortening his life. Yu Sui confronted Gongsun Qi, then used a World Destroyer communication to identify the serial killer’s location in Qingyang.

• Mei Chengyu told Wenren Xu that Gu Gan had been intercepted and taken to Qingyang, then explained to Gongsun Qi why the six prefectures were coveted and how the Nangong Family’s soil of breath controlled their inhabitants.
• Mei Chengyu said he would reclaim the six prefectures before Yu Sui had nowhere to go, and Gongsun Qi warned that several kingdoms controlled the land and questioned who would receive its soil of breath.
• Mei Chengyu visited the injured Xing Chun, told him this was the last time, and used Heaven and Earth Synchronization to replenish him, suffering a bloody coughing fit afterward as he realized the Thousand Mechanism Heart would overdraw his life.
• Yu Sui woke and challenged Gongsun Qi about his enemies and his treatment of Mei Chengyu, warning him not to threaten her senior martial brother again.
• Yu Sui received a message from Han Ziyang, learned that he planned to kill someone important, and used Mountain Spirit to locate him in Linguang Alley, Fourteenth Street, in Qingyang Imperial Capital.

Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu parted after she promised to come whenever he needed her, while Sheng Zui returned to Qingyang and reported Gu Gan missing in the Endless Sea. The chapter left Sheng Zui facing Nangong Ming in the Meeting Hall as his father reacted to the news.

• Han Ziyang ended his transmission with Yu Sui and destroyed the Listening Wind Ruler, while Yu Sui and Gongsun Qi discussed the World Destroyers and the search for Ming Yueqing.
• Mei Chengyu recovered, and Yu Sui told him that another World Destroyer in Qingyang had contacted her before they exchanged promises at their farewell.
• Yu Sui took Xing Chun back to Taiyi Academy as Sheng Zui met Su Feng on the road to Qingyang and learned that Gu Gan's Cloud Vehicle Dragon had fallen into the sea.
• Lady Sheng prepared a welcome-home feast, but Nangong Ming summoned Sheng Zui to the Meeting Hall and ordered him to kneel.
• Sheng Zui told Nangong Ming that Gongsun Qi had taken the Futuo Tower and that Gu Gan had gone missing after his Cloud Vehicle Dragon broke apart over the Endless Sea.

After Sheng Zui returned to Qingyang, his family argued over his feud with Nangong Sui while Nangong Ming sent a search party to the Endless Sea for Gu Gan. Yu Sui prepared to leave Taiyi for Qingyang, revealed her Tenth Realm strength to Zou Qian, and asked him to capture one more person for her.

• Sheng Zui knelt under Nangong Ming's suppression as his siblings argued with him over his resentment toward Nangong Sui and his treatment of her.
• Nangong Ming ordered a Cloud Vehicle Dragon and Technicians to search the Endless Sea for Gu Gan, while the Xingshui Division failed to find Shi Yuezhen and Cang Shu at the General's Mansion.
• Cang Shu hid Shi Yuezhen in a cave, used Mei Chengyu's Water Wind Well to send a message, and the Mechanism Clan lifted its ban on Cloud Vehicle flights.
• Yu Sui packed her belongings and prepared to leave Taiyi for Qingyang, telling Ji Meng he could return after the Night Walk ended.
• Zou Qian questioned Yu Sui about Gu Gan and the Yin-Yang Fish, and she showed him her Nine Provinces Star Sea and revealed she had reached the Tenth Realm.
• Yu Sui learned Wu Huaiwei was going to Qingyang and asked Zou Qian to catch one more person under their standing agreement.

Yu Sui joined the search for Gu Gan, but even the Saints could find no trace of him and called off the search. On the journey back to Qingyang, she questioned A Jing about her name and damaged Divine Wood Sign, then revealed that someone was locked in the inner room.

• Taiyi’s search parties failed to find Gu Gan, and Yu Sui arrived with Zou Qian to inspect supplies and join the search.
• Jiang Chi learned that A Jing’s divination traced Gu Gan and the Black Wind Robe to the Endless Sea, but both trails disappeared.
• After three days of searching, the Saints proposed using Yu Sui’s Yin Fish to locate Gu Gan, but Zou Qian opposed them and the Saints ended the search.
• Yu Sui ordered Jiang Chi’s party to return to Qingyang and took A Jing along as her attendant.
• Yu Sui confronted A Jing about her name and examined her cracked Divine Wood Sign, promising to replace it.
• At the Si River, Yu Sui woke and told A Jing to bring down the person locked in the inner room, leaving A Jing bewildered.

Yu Sui returned to Qingyang with Su Xingchao as a prisoner and immediately confronted her kneeling brother, Sheng Zui, while Nangong Ming watched. The chapter left the family meeting tense as Nangong Ming demanded to know what Yu Sui was doing.

• Nangong Ming confronted Sheng Zui over his fights with Gu Gan and his failure to search for him in the Endless Sea, while Sheng Zui insisted he had not attacked Gu Gan.
• Lady Su worried that Yu Sui had grown powerful and told the Mute Woman to bring the County Princess to her.
• Han Ziyang returned to the residence, clashed with Han Bing, and borrowed his Listening Wind Ruler before turning back toward the Meeting Hall after Yu Sui invited him.
• Yu Sui arrived at the residence with Su Xingchao unconscious and spoke with Han Bing, then learned Han Ziyang had used his Listening Wind Ruler to message her.
• Yu Sui confronted Sheng Zui and offered him Su Xingchao, reminding him that he had vowed to kill him after losing their wager.
• Nangong Ming rebuked Yu Sui for provoking Sheng Zui, and Yu Sui casually greeted him as Father.

Sheng Zui challenged Yu Sui in the Meeting Hall, but she turned the confrontation into proof that he had won his bet against Su Xingchao and persuaded Nangong Ming to end his punishment. She revealed that the Yin Fish was sealed inside her and passed along news about the search for Gu Gan before asking everyone to leave so she could deliver Sage Chang Gen’s private reply to Nangong Ming.

• Sheng Zui broke Nangong Ming's seal, killed Su Xingchao, and accused him of stealing Sheng Zui's deciphered Futuo Tower inscription.
• Yu Sui urged Nangong Ming to stop making Sheng Zui kneel, then endured his Five Elements Pressure until he sensed that she had reached the Tenth Realm and withdrew it.
• Yu Sui explained that the Yin Fish was sealed inside her, that the Yang Fish was sealed inside Gu Gan, and that Taiyi's Sages had expanded their search for him; Jiang Chi confirmed her account.
• Nangong Ming ordered his subordinates to monitor Zhongli Ci's son, while Chu Jin questioned Yu Sui about Mei Chengyu and Yu Sui challenged Chu Jin's claim to be her elder sister.
• Yu Sui told Nangong Ming that Sage Chang Gen had sent a private reply, so Nangong Ming dismissed everyone else from the Meeting Hall.

Yu Sui confronted Nangong Ming about the Primordial Soil, his family’s role in Mei Chengyu’s past, and her feelings for Mei Chengyu. Nangong Ming attacked her with his Golden Phoenix Word Spirit, but Han Ziyang interrupted, and Nangong Ming left with him while Han Bing stayed to watch Yu Sui.

• Yu Sui told Nangong Ming that she knew about the half-piece of Primordial Soil inside her and questioned whether it was harming Lady Su, while Nangong Ming asked if she would die to cure her mother.
• Yu Sui revealed that Sage Chang Gen had agreed to work with Nangong Ming and explained Mei Chengyu’s origins; Nangong Ming recounted the Nangong Family’s part in killing Mei Chengyu’s family and why they felt indebted to Gu Gan.
• Yu Sui admitted that she liked Mei Chengyu, and Nangong Ming warned her to give him up because their families were enemies.
• When Yu Sui said she would defy Nangong Ming for Mei Chengyu, Nangong Ming summoned his Golden Phoenix Word Spirit and forced her to defend herself.
• Chu Jin told Sheng Zui that Mei Chengyu was Gongsun Xi’s younger son, while Han Ziyang arrived and interrupted the confrontation with urgent business for Nangong Ming.
• Nangong Ming told Han Bing to keep an eye on Yu Sui, then left with Han Ziyang after Yu Sui silently thanked him.

Yu Sui confronted Lady Su about her betrayal of Yan Kingdom and the years she had tormented her over the Primordial Soil. She left after telling her mother she did not deserve Yu Sui’s willingness to die for her.

• Han Ziyang redirected Nangong Ming before he could continue fighting Yu Sui, and Cao Yan told Yu Sui she was confined to the manor.
• Han Bing learned that the Qingyang Emperor had sent Gu Jun and the Golden Armored Army to seize a wanted criminal sheltered by the Zhongli Family, then ordered Chu Jin followed and asked for information about Mr. Han.
• Su Feng told Sheng Zui that Yan Xiaochuan was at Grandmother’s residence and was a distant cousin of the Nangong Family, so Sheng Zui went to see him.
• Yu Sui refused to enter Lady Su’s room and explained that she had learned about her mother’s past with Yan Manfeng and her betrayal of Yan Kingdom from Mei Chengyu.
• Yu Sui revealed that Nangong Ming had asked whether she would die to provide the Primordial Soil needed to cure Lady Su, then asked whether Lady Su deserved that sacrifice.
• Lady Su dropped her Medicine Bowl in shock, and Yu Sui walked away despite her mother calling her to stop.

Yu Sui returned to the Prince's residence and learned that Gu Jun's forces were searching for the Taiyi wanted criminal, while Zhongli Que foresaw Gu Jun being injured. Nian Qiuyan was cornered by Xuan Kui in Qingyang, and Yu Sui sent a message to Gongsun Qi as Shi Yuezhen and Cang Shu remained in danger outside the city.

• Yu Sui spoke with the Mute Woman about Qingkui and felt hurt that the woman had hidden what she knew, but she brightened when the Mute Woman praised her.
• Gu Jun led the Golden Armored Army to the General's Mansion, and Zhongli Shan agreed to assist with the search after Zhongli Ci ordered him to cooperate.
• Zhongli Que warned Zhongli Shan not to get involved and foresaw that Gu Jun would be injured during the arrest.
• Zhongli Shan spotted Nian Qiuyan in the crowd as the search party left the city, while Nian Qiuyan was confronted by Wei Lingshu, Geng Hanfu, Yuan Xi, and two masked figures.
• Nian Qiuyan told Yu Sui that Xuan Kui had found him and that he could not help Shi Yuezhen and Cang Shu, so Yu Sui contacted Gongsun Qi for help.

Gongsun Qi searched Qingyang Imperial Capital for Zhao Yuxiang but left to help Yu Sui rescue Shi Yuezhen, while Tang Yingxiu confronted Nian Qiuyan over his concealed knowledge of Yu Sui’s whereabouts. Lady Su asked the Mute Woman to kill Qingkui, and the Mute Woman accepted a medicine bottle to carry out the request.

• Situ Jin told Gongsun Qi that a one-handed old man who looked like a corpse had selected children for Luosha training, and Gongsun Qi recognized him as Zhao Yuxiang.
• Yu Sui asked Gongsun Qi to rescue Shi Yuezhen from the Golden Armored Army, and he left his search with A Quan and Situ Jin to go help.
• Yu Sui redirected the Capital City Patrol Team while Tang Yingxiu and her allies questioned Nian Qiuyan about his failure to report Yu Sui’s whereabouts.
• Nian Qiuyan escaped when the patrol arrived, and Tang Yingxiu told someone to make Yu Sui get dressed before coming out.
• Lady Su told the Mute Woman that she feared Qingkui would claim the Xirang and asked her to kill Qingkui; the Mute Woman accepted the medicine bottle.