Recaps

Yu Sui met Xue Mushi to discuss cultivation, but their meeting was delayed by his cousin and an unexpected confrontation between Sheng Zui and Qian Ying. The chapter left Yu Sui and Xue Mushi exchanging sympathetic looks over their difficult siblings.

• Li Jinshuang left Yu Sui sleeping, then blocked Shu Chujun when she tried to enter Yu Sui's room; Yu Sui woke and teased Shu Chujun until she stormed away.
• Yu Sui skipped her medical studies lecture and went with Li Jinshuang to find Xue Mushi at the Dining Hall.
• Xue Mushi met his cousin Xue Jiayue, who scolded him for not seeking her out, while Yu Sui and Li Jinshuang waited nearby.
• Qian Ying offered Yu Sui help with her injuries, but Sheng Zui interrupted and warned Yu Sui to stay away from her and Gu Gan.
• Yu Sui reassured Sheng Zui that she would seek treatment from Shi Yuezhen, and he left after Mu Mengbai called him away.

Yu Sui, Li Jinshuang, and Xue Mushi entered Asura Hell to train and test their escape method, then returned that night to face its Evil Ghosts. Li Jinshuang’s unstable sword spirit awakened and overwhelmed the battlefield, leaving Yu Sui and Xue Mushi in danger of being struck by its attacks.

• Yu Sui persuaded Xue Mushi to help her and Li Jinshuang enter Asura Hell, and the three tested the formation before escaping with Qi Ding.
• Yu Sui, Li Jinshuang, and Xue Mushi noticed time had passed differently inside the Military Formation and agreed to return at the Hai hour.
• At Mechanism Island, Mei Chengyu worked on the Cloud Vehicle Dragon while the Wen Yang brothers recalled his childhood and he considered his missing memories and growing anger.
• Yu Sui practiced precise control of Five Elements Qi while picking apricots, then met Li Jinshuang and Xue Mushi to reenter Asura Hell.
• Li Jinshuang’s sword spirit emerged when she attacked an Evil Ghost, binding her to her sword and cutting down the surrounding enemies.
• Yu Sui and Xue Mushi defended themselves from the sword spirit’s Sound Barrier and Sword Qi as they feared it might strike them before the Black Armored Cavalry could.

Yu Sui and Xue Mushi subdued Li Jinshuang’s uncontrolled sword spirit and escaped the Military Formation, but Li Jinshuang remained unconscious. In her consciousness, the sword spirit confronted her with painful accusations about her weakness and identity.

• Yu Sui and Xue Mushi approached Li Jinshuang and realized her powerful sword spirit was attacking indiscriminately, so they planned to disperse it with death talismans.
• Yu Sui used Divine Mechanism · Heavenly Eye to read the sword spirit’s movements and symbols while Xue Mushi restrained it with his Seven Kill Hexagram.
• Yu Sui destroyed the sword spirit’s death talismans, and its manifestation vanished after she awakened Divine Mechanism · Heavenly Eye.
• Yu Sui and Xue Mushi disrupted the Military Formation and escaped into the Yin-Yang and Five Elements Field, where they found Li Jinshuang unconscious and waited beside her.
• Yu Sui and Xue Mushi talked about their families and past struggles while Li Jinshuang remained unconscious.
• Li Jinshuang met her sword spirit in a dim room in her consciousness, where it took the forms of her family and challenged her about her weakness and identity.

Yu Sui tried to comfort Li Jinshuang and help her understand her rebellious sword spirit, while their attempts to challenge the formation left Li Jinshuang struggling without its help. As Li Jinshuang finally explained their long history of conflict, Mei Chengyu returned and found only one apricot left, prompting Yu Sui to jokingly tell him she was not in this world.

• Yu Sui and Xue Mushi discussed why Li Jinshuang's sword spirit might look down on her, while Yu Sui dismissed Yan Xiaochuan's strange-fire messages as a Naming School disciple's frustrated rant.
• After waking, Li Jinshuang apologized for her sword spirit hurting Yu Sui, and Yu Sui reassured her that she had reached the third level of Soul Control and invited her to talk when she was ready.
• Yu Sui was distracted by Yan Xiaochuan's messages during class and was ordered into the hallway after she failed to answer the Instructor's questions.
• That night, Li Jinshuang's sword spirit refused to appear in the formation, and the three disciples emerged exhausted after fighting the Evil Ghosts without its help.
• Li Jinshuang told Yu Sui and Xue Mushi that her sword spirit had begun disobeying her at fourteen, had grown harder to control, and had started hurting people indiscriminately the previous year.
• Mei Chengyu returned to the Taoist Saint Hall, found only one apricot remaining, and messaged Yu Sui, who replied that she was not in this world for now.

Yu Sui helped Li Jinshuang consider reconciling with her Sword Spirit by embracing her identity and choosing women’s clothes, while Mei Chengyu discovered Yu Sui had turned the missing apricots into treats. The chapter ended with Mei Chengyu leaving Yu Sui’s room with the food box as Gu Gan arrived.

• Mei Chengyu searched for Yu Sui after realizing the apricots were gone, then messaged her and asked his friends to help find her.
• Yu Sui and Xue Mushi listened as Li Jinshuang explained that she believed her Sword Spirit disliked her as she was now.
• Yu Sui and Xue Mushi reassured Li Jinshuang that she was a woman and suggested she change back into women’s clothes to approach her Sword Spirit as herself.
• Li Jinshuang revealed that she dressed as a man to protect the Li Family, and Yu Sui offered to take her shopping after class.
• Yu Sui told Mei Chengyu that she had made apricot wine, jam, cakes, and preserves, and he went to her room to collect them.
• Gu Gan and Ji Meng arrived at Yu Sui’s dormitory, and Mei Chengyu came out carrying the food box as Gu Gan approached.

Mei Chengyu discovered that Gu Gan had used the Mystic Technique against him and had worked with Wei Kun, while Yu Sui watched the two sides grow wary of each other. As the Zhanlong Cave challenge approached, Mei Chengyu and his friends planned to pursue the Heavenly Secrets Technique and break the Shura Eye.

• Gu Gan fought Mei Chengyu over the food box from Yu Sui's room, and Wen Yanghui revealed that Mei Chengyu had recognized the Demon Sealing Pillar he made.
• Mei Chengyu identified Gu Gan as the person who erased his Nine Schools Techniques, while Gu Gan denied targeting him and the group discussed how Mei Chengyu might use Yu Sui against them.
• Gu Gan learned that Yu Sui had made the apricot cakes Mei Chengyu took, asked her to make some for him, and kept the confrontation with Mei Chengyu from her.
• Mei Chengyu told Yu Sui he had neither argued with nor lost to Gu Gan, then learned at lunch that Gu Gan had worked with Wei Kun and acted on Nangong Ming's orders against Zhongli Shan.
• Mei Chengyu and his friends planned to enter the Zhanlong Cave for the Heavenly Secrets Technique and find a way to break the Shura Eye, while Xing Chun and Zhongli Shan said Yu Sui should help whoever she wanted.

Yu Sui helped Li Jinshuang begin accepting her identity and took her to choose women’s clothes in the outer city. Meanwhile, she followed Wei Ren after two suspicious disciples led him to a dark house, where someone questioned him about Lu Haiye’s death.

• Yu Sui waited for Li Jinshuang at Taiyi Academy and reflected on the dangers facing the Zhongli and Li families.
• Two disciples intercepted Wei Ren and led him away, so Yu Sui sent a Five Elements Light Core after them.
• Yu Sui encouraged Li Jinshuang to affirm that she was a girl and could protect the Li Family, and Li Jinshuang sent the statements through her Listening Wind Ruler.
• Yu Sui took Li Jinshuang shopping, helped her choose a pale purple dress, and had the maids help her change.
• Yu Sui watched Wei Ren enter a dark Small House, where a man asked him how Lu Haiye had died.

Yu Sui watched Ji Shuyan interrogate Wei Ren while she helped Li Jinshuang try on women’s clothes. Wei Ren escaped Ji Shuyan’s attack but was caught by the Phantom Beast, as a tiny spider watched from the eaves.

• Yu Sui sensed the Five Elements Light Core near Wei Ren as Ji Shuyan accused him of hiding what he knew about Nangong Sui.
• Yu Sui sent Black Beard to seize the Agricultural School rebels while she helped Li Jinshuang dress up and look at herself in the mirror.
• Ji Shuyan revealed that he had found Lu Haiye’s Companion Sound Transmission Beast and accused Wei Ren of helping Nangong Sui and concealing the truth about Xirang.
• Wei Ren confronted Ji Shuyan over his loyalty to Lady Su, and Ji Shuyan’s Phantom Beast shattered the room as Wei Ren tried to flee.
• The Phantom Beast caught Wei Ren and crushed him while Ji Shuyan reminded him that his damaged cultivation left him at the First Realm; a tiny Red Transparent Spider watched nearby.

Wei Ren was cornered by Ji Shuyan after rejecting Lady Su’s orders and refusing to kill Nangong Sui, while the Ghost Armor Heavenly Spider struggled to protect him. Yu Sui arrived with Li Jinshuang and her master’s help, and Ji Shuyan died after attacking her.

• Wei Ren used the Ghost Armor Heavenly Spider’s silk to escape the Phantom Giant Python, but Ji Shuyan and two Agricultural School Disciples trapped him on a rooftop.
• Yu Sui kept Li Jinshuang trying on clothes while explaining that they would still go to the Military Formation, then decided to confront Ji Shuyan herself.
• Wei Ren challenged Ji Shuyan over the children he had trained, the Yan Kingdom’s suffering, and the organization’s demand that its followers obey Lady Su.
• The Agricultural School Disciples and Phantom Giant Python overwhelmed Wei Ren, while Black Beard arrived with Nangong Family Technicians and fought Ji Shuyan.
• Yu Sui and Li Jinshuang reached the ruins, and Yu Sui provoked Ji Shuyan until he attacked her and summoned her master’s intervention.
• Yu Sui’s master crushed Ji Shuyan’s defenses, and Yu Sui watched him die before crushing the Companion Sound Transmission Beast underfoot.

Yu Sui survived Ji Shuyan’s attack after summoning Sage Chang Gen, and Mei Chengyu saved the gravely wounded Wei Ren. As Yu Sui returned to the Nangong Family inn with Mei Chengyu and Li Jinshuang, Mei Chengyu’s memories stirred, leaving him aware that he had once had a wealthy family.

• Yu Sui revealed that she had baited Ji Shuyan into attacking so Sage Chang Gen could kill him, and she thanked her master for intervening.
• Li Jinshuang used Five Elements Qi to stabilize Wei Ren and his Ghost Armor Heavenly Spider, while Mei Chengyu arrived and used Heart in Sight to pull Wei Ren back from the brink of death.
• Yu Sui sent Wei Ren to the Nangong Family inn for treatment and asked Mei Chengyu to take her there; he also healed the marks on her neck.
• Yu Sui had Li Jinshuang stay overnight at the inn and arranged clothes and jewelry for her to wear the next day.
• Mei Chengyu watched the commercial buildings outside the inn and recalled that he had once been wealthy and had a family.

Yu Sui told Mei Chengyu that her mother had sent Ji Shuyan to kill her for the Breath Soil, and Mei Chengyu promised to keep her secret. He explained the upcoming Zhanlong Cave challenge and its dangers; after Yu Sui went upstairs, he connected the challenge’s route to the mysterious search for something in Hanging Moon Cave.

• Yu Sui examined Ji Shuyan’s talisman-transformed corpse and told Mei Chengyu she wanted to remember the people who tried to kill her.
• Mei Chengyu learned that Yu Sui possessed only half the Breath Soil, while the other half was with her mother, and promised not to reveal the secret.
• Yu Sui said Ji Shuyan had loved her mother and been ordered by her to kill Yu Sui; Mei Chengyu agreed that he deserved to die.
• Mei Chengyu stayed the night, shared apricots with Yu Sui, and described the Zhanlong Cave challenge and how she could survive its dangers.
• After Yu Sui went upstairs, Mei Chengyu recalled the dying old man and wondered what else lay in Hanging Moon Cave, where Gu Gan had also searched.

Yu Sui settled matters with Mei Chengyu and Wei Ren, then encouraged Li Jinshuang to attend the Military School as herself. After Li Jinshuang fought Tian Wen over a lecture-hall seat and revealed her identity, she accepted his challenge at the Xuanwu Platform.

• Yu Sui questioned Wei Ren about surviving members of his group, arranged for him to recover in the outer city, and asked him to keep working on separating the Xirang.
• Yu Sui told Xue Mushi she would return to the academy the next day, then spent the night hearing Mei Chengyu's advice about Zhanlong Cave and Nine Schools Techniques.
• Li Jinshuang chose a white dress and went to the Military School alone after Yu Sui encouraged her to accept herself and stand up to people who mistreated her.
• Leng Rouyin taught the crowded Military School lecture hall about the difference between Dead Formations and Live Formations, demonstrating how a master could change Black Wind City's terrain and puppets.
• After Tian Wen demanded compensation for losing his seat, Li Jinshuang punched him and knocked him away; Pang Rong then proposed a fight at the Xuanwu Platform.
• Li Jinshuang revealed her name and accepted Tian Wen's challenge, leaving the surrounding disciples surprised by her appearance.

Li Jinshuang fought Tian Wen at Xuanwu Platform, revealing the strength of her sword spirit and shocking Shu Chujun. Sheng Zui told Yu Sui that Gu Gan had kissed Xun Zhiya and urged her to give up on him, but learned that Yu Sui only regarded Gu Gan as an older brother.

• Xue Jiayue dragged Xue Mushi to Xuanwu Platform after hearing that Li Jinshuang was fighting Tian Wen in women's clothes, while Yu Sui watched through her Five-Element Light Core.
• Li Jinshuang overwhelmed Tian Wen with her swordsmanship, then summoned a powerful sword spirit that sent him crashing off the platform; Shu Chujun watched in disbelief as Xun Zhiya confirmed Li Jinshuang's identity.
• After Sheng Zui brought Yu Sui lunch, he told her that Gu Gan had kissed Xun Zhiya at Xiaoyao Pool and argued that Gu Gan would never choose her.
• Yu Sui clarified that she liked Gu Gan as an older brother and had no intention of marrying him, leaving Sheng Zui surprised and relieved.
• Yu Sui watched Sheng Zui leave and reflected on his relationship with Nangong Ming, realizing that Nangong Ming had always favored him.

Yu Sui learned how Chu Jin had tried to implicate the Zhongli Family in a Lan Poison attack, while Zhongli Que narrowly protected Zhongli Xu from a Golden Armored Army search. The chapter ended with Gu Gan asking Yu Sui to help him enter Hanging Moon Cave during the Zhanlong Cave challenge, but she left without replying.

• Yu Sui received Zhongli Que’s account of Chu Jin’s influence over Zhongli Xu and the Lan Poison attack that disrupted Madam Sun’s birthday banquet.
• Zhongli Que used her precognitive vision to summon Qinglong soldiers and tried to keep Gu Jun from searching the room where Zhongli Xu and Chu Jin were staying.
• Gu Jun returned the Snow Flying Mouse to Zhongli Que and withdrew his soldiers from the Inner Courtyard.
• Zou Yexi attacked Chu Jin to test her strength, but Chu Jin evaded his killing blow and pinned his shadow with Silver Needles.
• Mister Zhou warned Chu Jin about the Zhongli Family and Nangong Sui, while Chu Jin declared that she wanted a higher position and would not accept interference.
• Gu Gan asked Yu Sui to decipher a Secret Text so they could enter Hanging Moon Cave, but Yu Sui put away her Listening Wind Ruler and left without answering.

Yu Sui tried to find help entering Zhanlong Cave, then joined Li Jinshuang and Xue Mushi in Asura Hell, where Divine Mechanism · Heavenly Eye let her perceive the formation’s Five Elements Qi. The group escaped after Yu Sui encountered a fire-born version of herself, and she left wondering whether her power had revealed Heavenly Eye’s true ability.

• Yu Sui visited Sheng Zui at the Mohist School but learned he planned to help Mu Mengbai in Zhanlong Cave, so she decided to seek another way to obtain a Heavenly Secrets Technique.
• Yu Sui met Li Jinshuang and Xue Mushi at the Yin-Yang and Five Elements Field, and they entered Asura Hell despite someone secretly following Li Jinshuang.
• Li Jinshuang summoned her sword spirit, and Yu Sui used Divine Mechanism · Heavenly Eye with Soul Control Triple to anticipate the sword techniques of the stronger Evil Ghosts.
• Li Jinshuang’s sword spirit warned her that Yu Sui was dangerous, while the group was driven to a riverbank facing Black Armored Cavalry and a fire-born version of Yu Sui.
• The fire-born Yu Sui offered her power, and Yu Sui ordered Xue Mushi to escape as they disrupted the formation and fled Asura Hell.
• At dawn, Yu Sui wondered if she had witnessed Heavenly Eye’s power, and Xue Mushi accused her of hiding her true strength before she decided to ask her Master for answers.

Yu Sui studied the Ghost Dao School’s Life Talismans and curse formulas while preparing for the Zhanlong Cave challenge, then entered the trial as its dragon-shaped entrances opened. At the Dragon Tail, Yan Xiaochuan approached her, and the chapter ended with his intentions clear.

• Yu Sui asked Sage Chang Gen about Life Talismans and her Mystic Technique, then learned that her power might be influencing the Star Map’s formations.
• Yu Sui sparred with Mei Chengyu to practice countering Life Talismans and learned the Gan Ding curse, which she mastered just before Zhanlong Cave opened.
• The Zhanlong Cave challenge began, and disciples entered through the dragon’s belly, Dragon Claw, and Dragon Tail entrances.
• Mei Chengyu asked Su Tong to watch over Yu Sui, and Su Tong waited at the Dragon Tail entrance for her.
• Yu Sui arrived at the Dragon Tail, where Yan Xiaochuan approached her after dismissing objections to targeting lower-ranked disciples.

Yan Xiaochuan joined Su Tong and Yu Sui for Yu Sui’s first day in Zhanlong Cave, and the three avoided trouble while traveling toward a transfer point. At night, they camped by a river as Mei Chengyu’s group opened a teleportation route elsewhere in the cave and spotted Gu Gan, Xun Zhiya, and Li Jinshuang passing nearby.

• Yan Xiaochuan offered to accompany Yu Sui, but Su Tong intervened and explained that Mei Chengyu had asked her to protect Yu Sui for fifteen days.
• Su Tong and Yan Xiaochuan took Yu Sui into Zhanlong Cave, explained the Mechanism Exquisite Heart and the entrance’s transfer trick, and warned her about the cave’s illusions.
• Su Tong refused to let five other disciples join them, then led Yu Sui and Yan Xiaochuan away after sensing the group seemed malicious.
• Yan Xiaochuan used his named stone, Little Flower, to seek the School of Names’ Mountain Stone Opens the Road transfer point, and the three stopped to camp when night made travel dangerous.
• Around the campfire, Yu Sui said Gu Gan was only her childhood companion, while Yan Xiaochuan insisted Gu Gan must have feelings for her.
• Mei Chengyu, Zhongli Shan, and Xing Chun opened a teleportation point, learned that Gu Gan, Xun Zhiya, and Li Jinshuang were nearby, and chose not to confront them.

Mei Chengyu, Zhongli Shan, and Xing Chun fought their way through an ambush at a Zhanlong Cave teleportation point, while Yu Sui, Su Tong, and Yan Xiaochuan pursued another route toward Dragon Claw. Princess Shangyang and Wen Yanghui attacked them at a river crossing, and the current swept the injured Su Tong and Yu Sui toward a mysterious underwater Communication Array Mountain as Yan Xiaochuan tried to reach them.

• Xing Chun used Swallowing Shadow to help Mei Chengyu and Zhongli Shan ambush and defeat the disciples guarding the teleportation point.
• Yu Sui woke and continued through Dragon Tail with Su Tong and Yan Xiaochuan, despite repeated mishaps and Su Tong's warnings of danger ahead.
• Su Tong led Yu Sui and Yan Xiaochuan across a star-lit river toward a teleportation point, but Princess Shangyang and Wen Yanghui confronted them.
• Wen Yanghui's attacks and Princess Shangyang's Ice Serpent forced Yu Sui and Su Tong off the star path and into the river; Su Tong was injured and lost consciousness.
• Yan Xiaochuan found Yu Sui and Su Tong underwater, but his attempt to rescue them failed when the current swept them toward the Communication Array Mountain.

After golden lightning and the river separated Yu Sui, Su Tong, and Yan Xiaochuan from the others, Yu Sui treated Su Tong in a cave and then returned underwater to investigate the Number Mountain Cluster. She found that the cluster appeared to operate independently inside Zhanlong Cave, but had not yet discovered what information it was receiving.

• Yu Sui and Yan Xiaochuan reached a dry cave with the unconscious, badly injured Su Tong, and Yu Sui treated Su Tong’s lightning wounds while Yan Xiaochuan kept watch.
• Yan Xiaochuan told Yu Sui about Wen Yanghui’s strained relationship with Mei Chengyu and worried that Senior Brother Sheng would blame him for the lightning injuries.
• Yu Sui refused Yan Xiaochuan’s offer to search the river for her and returned underwater alone, following the Five Elements Light Core she had left as a marker.
• Yu Sui found the Number Mountain Cluster and observed that its Character Incantations were active despite the restrictions on using the Listening Wind Ruler inside Zhanlong Cave.

Yu Sui infiltrated Zhanlong Cave’s Number Mountains, learned to alter the cave’s mechanisms and terrain, and used those changes to help Su Tong and Yan Xiaochuan fight Wen Yanghui. The chapter ended with Wen Yanghui swept away by the river and eliminated from the challenge.

• Yu Sui entered the underwater Communication Array, used her Divine Mechanism · Heavenly Eye to map Zhanlong Cave, and changed the Number Mountains so disciples could be detected without triggering their Mechanism Exquisite Hearts.
• Yu Sui lifted the river’s restriction on the Bagua Life Technique, found a nearby teleportation point, and returned to Yan Xiaochuan and the injured Su Tong.
• Su Tong explained the Mystic Technique Divine Mechanism · Heart's Blessing to Yu Sui, while Yan Xiaochuan reported that Princess Shangyang and her entourage were near the teleportation point guarded by Wen Yanghui.
• Yu Sui, Su Tong, and Yan Xiaochuan planned to lure Wen Yanghui into the river; Su Tong set up a trigram formation as Yan Xiaochuan confronted him at the Mountain Pass.
• Yu Sui altered the Number Mountains to disable Wen Yanghui’s golden lightning and intensify the river, then helped Yan Xiaochuan knock him into the water.
• The surging river swept Wen Yanghui away and shattered his Mechanism Exquisite Heart, expelling him from Zhanlong Cave.

Yu Sui, Yan Xiaochuan, and Su Tong defeated Wen Yanghui and advanced from the Dragon Tail to the Dragon Claw, while Mei Chengyu’s group prepared to fight Pang Rong and Sheng Zui before Gu Gan’s group arrived. After Yu Sui took Su Tong to rest, she encountered Xue Mushi in the river and saw a way to persuade her companions to take a shortcut.

• Wen Yanghui was eliminated at the Dragon Tail after Yu Sui’s Mechanism Array and Su Tong’s divination formation left him vulnerable to the river.
• Yu Sui, Yan Xiaochuan, and Su Tong activated a teleportation formation and traveled from the Dragon Tail to the Dragon Claw.
• Mei Chengyu, Xing Chun, and Zhongli Shan reached the Ninth Section and began fighting Pang Rong, Sheng Zui, and Mu Mengbai.
• Gu Gan, Qian Ying, Xun Zhiya, and Li Jinshuang arrived at the crowded teleportation point, drawing the fighters’ attention toward them.
• Yu Sui took Su Tong to rest, then went to gather firewood while Yan Xiaochuan kept watch.
• Yu Sui calmed the river and rescued Xue Mushi, realizing that his Daoist divination abilities might help her persuade Yan Xiaochuan and Su Tong to take a shortcut.

Yu Sui recruited Xue Mushi to divine safe teleportation routes so they could reach Dragon Head Ye Pool and claim the Heavenly Secrets Technique. At Shallow Water Beach, the factions clashed, Li Jinshuang’s Sword Spirit ran wild after Mei Chengyu used Heart in Sight on her, and Gu Gan’s Break Law left Mei Chengyu’s sealed memories surging back.

• Yu Sui told Xue Mushi to divine the teleportation points she identified, and he agreed to help her reach Dragon Head Ye Pool.
• Sheng Zui and Mei Chengyu attacked Gu Gan at Shallow Water Beach as the other disciples joined the battle.
• Li Jinshuang summoned her immense four-headed Sword Spirit to protect Xun Zhiya, startling everyone present.
• Gu Gan used Four Directions Star Guard to counter Xing Chun’s array, but Mei Chengyu disrupted his attack and used Heart in Sight on Li Jinshuang.
• Li Jinshuang’s uncontrolled Sword Spirit swept across the beach while Mei Chengyu drove Gu Gan into the cave.
• Gu Gan used Break Law to dispel Mei Chengyu’s Golden Thunder, and Mei Chengyu suddenly recalled fragments of a past life.

Mei Chengyu's group became trapped behind Qian Ying's Five Xuan Poison after Qian Ying was eliminated, while Yu Sui's group advanced to Dragon Belly Eighth Section and found Sound of Water Crossing. Yu Sui and Xue Mushi vanished into a formation, prompting Yan Xiaochuan to call for help, just as Zhongli Que foresaw Yu Sui being tortured to death.

• Gu Gan revealed his Mysterious Technique. Celestial Official, and Mei Chengyu realized its power was disturbing the seal on his memories.
• Qian Ying used Five Xuan Poison to cover her group, but Zhongli Shan killed her with the Military School's Summon and Fix technique; Gu Gan and his companions escaped while the others were trapped behind the poison.
• Yu Sui led Su Tong, Yan Xiaochuan, and Xue Mushi through teleportation formations to Dragon Belly Eighth Section, where Yan Xiaochuan found the melting Sound of Water Crossing conch.
• Yu Sui disappeared into a formation by the shore, and Xue Mushi vanished when he swam toward the same spot; Yan Xiaochuan used the conch to call Shi Yuezhen for help.
• Shi Yuezhen, Mei Chengyu, Zhongli Shan, and Sheng Zui hurried toward Yu Sui's location after hearing Yan Xiaochuan's message.
• Zhongli Que awakened from a vision of Yu Sui being tortured to death and reached for the Listening Wind Ruler.

Su Tong and her companions waited outside the Dragon Fish Military Formation while Mei Chengyu went to rescue Yu Sui and Xue Mushi inside. Yu Sui and Xue Mushi encountered a World Destroyer’s consciousness, and news spread that the World Destroyer had appeared in the Dan Kingdom as a nineteen-year-old boy.

• Gu Gan decided to wait for Ji Meng and the others before going to look for Nangong Sui, while Mei Chengyu, Zhongli Shan, and Shi Yuezhen hurried toward Su Tong and Yan Xiaochuan.
• Su Tong explained that Yu Sui and Xue Mushi were likely trapped in an underwater Military Formation, and Zhongli Shan arrived as Mei Chengyu headed into the sea to retrieve Yu Sui.
• Yu Sui and Xue Mushi evaded the Dragon Fish Military Formation Puppets and hid in a Fish Scale Stone Cave, where they discussed how to escape and how to conceal Xue Mushi’s divinations.
• After Zhongli Que warned Yu Sui not to enter the cave, a Black Paper Boat brought Military Formation Puppets to their hiding place, and Yu Sui and Xue Mushi fled deeper inside.
• Yu Sui and Xue Mushi sensed an echo from the same cluster of flames, and a voice asked who would die this time as Xue Mushi was struck by the puppets.
• Taiyi’s Sages learned that the World Destroyer had appeared as a nineteen-year-old boy in the Dan Kingdom, while Mei Chengyu entered Dragon Fish after seeing lightning and fire at the cave entrance.

Yu Sui and Xue Mushi endured a World Destroyer’s Death Empathy as a youth in the Dan Kingdom was tortured and driven to unleash the Black Flame, destroying the city and killing its people. Mei Chengyu protected Yu Sui in the Zhanlong Cave and comforted her as she recovered from the shared pain.

• Yu Sui and Xue Mushi felt the youth’s pain from Lingering Death by a Thousand Cuts while they fought the Military Formation Puppets in the cave.
• The Irritable Man urged the youth to reveal his location and warned him not to trust the Old Man’s plan to separate him from the alien flame.
• The youth succumbed to despair and released the Black Flame; the Dan Kingdom’s city, countryside, and tens of thousands of people were destroyed before the flame vanished with him.
• Mei Chengyu carried Yu Sui through the cave, fought off the puppets with Ghost Dao School techniques, and destroyed the Black Paper Boat at the entrance.
• Yu Sui collapsed and cried from the pain, and Mei Chengyu used Medical School Nine Streams Technique to ease it and promised to make Wen Yanghui suffer the same lightning and fire.