Recaps

Yu Sui rescued the wounded Lin Chenghai and persuaded him to help her find Mei Chengyu in Undersea Mechanism City. They reached the Spirit Bird’s third underground level, where Lin Chenghai warned her that Ou Rushuang’s search would make it difficult to stay hidden.

• Lin Chenghai demanded that Yu Sui reveal her face, then recognized her as a likable disciple and asked her to gather Hemostasis Pills.
• Yu Sui told Lin Chenghai she and her Senior Martial Brother were in love and insisted she would search for him even inside a Sea Eye.
• Yu Sui hid her name and asked Lin Chenghai to help her find Mei Chengyu, and he agreed while warning that she was not strong enough to search alone.
• Yu Sui used Five Elements Light Cores to scout as Lin Chenghai guided her through the Spirit Bird to a Ship House on the third underground level.
• Lin Chenghai warned Yu Sui that Ou Rushuang had ordered the Mechanism Technicians searched and guarded the exits against Instant Concealment Talismans.

Yu Sui and Lin Chenghai traveled aboard the Spirit Bird toward the Undersea Mechanism City while dodging detection and discussing the Sea Eyes. They reached North Kun City, a vast city built across the tail of a giant whale, as Yu Sui reflected on the Mechanism Clan’s decline.

• Lin Chenghai used Vajra Body to restrain the Blood Jade Golden Butterfly’s poison, then warned Yu Sui not to risk entering a Sea Eye.
• Hu Gui hid with Situ Jin while Li Jinshuang pursued them, and they jointly destroyed a Mechanism Dragonfly before escaping in different directions.
• Yu Sui watched the Sea Eyes and asked Lin Chenghai about their possible connection to the strange fire; he cautioned her that the Sea Eyes could swallow even Sages.
• The Spirit Bird reached the seabed and revealed North Kun City, a monumental Mechanism Clan city built across a giant whale’s tail.

Lin Chenghai took Yu Sui into North Kun City and explained its history, the sea eyes, and Shuizhou’s experiments to create them. A deep bell rang through the city, and Lin Chenghai realized the people who had arrived by ship were already searching for them.

• Lin Chenghai brought Yu Sui beneath the Spirit Bird in Floating Light bubbles and guided her to the Jade Tree at North Kun City’s edge.
• Lin Chenghai explained that the Gongshu Clan built the First Generation Golden Crow and that North Kun City became Taiyi’s underwater mechanism site after the Mechanism Clans were hunted.
• Yu Sui asked about the sea eyes, and Lin Chenghai described how Shuizhou’s Sages studied creating them to seek Guixu and destroy the strange fires.
• Yu Sui asked whether Sage Chang Gen knew about Guixu, but Lin Chenghai mocked her for not knowing how long her own Master had lived.
• A deep bell rang through North Kun City, and Lin Chenghai said the newcomers were already searching for people.

Situ Spirit Puppet and Baili Mo arrived in North Kun City, where a strange Sea Eye had destroyed part of the city and left behind fire that devoured Five Elements Qi. As the newcomers investigated and Ou Rushuang pursued the missing Milky Way Water, Xing Chun remained trapped underground with his two unconscious companions.

• Situ Spirit Puppet used the golden bells to locate Situ Jin and Wen Yangzhou, then sent her people after them while Baili Mo went to investigate the damage.
• The Second City Lord told Murong Lie and Baili Mo that a Sea Eye had appeared three days earlier, swallowed parts of North Kun City, and left behind strange fires; Murong Lie went underground to investigate.
• Ou Rushuang pressured Zhang Xiangyun and Nian Qiuyan to find Mei Chengyu and recover the Milky Way Water, threatening to send them into the Sea Eye if they failed.
• Nian Qiuyan used Soul-Calming Divination and found that Mei Chengyu was near the damaged half tower; Ou Rushuang ordered Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu to search while Nian Qiuyan stayed behind.
• Xing Chun kept watch in the underground Panlong Stone Grotto as his poisoned and exhausted companions remained unconscious, and he resolved to stay alive long enough to collect their bodies.

As Mei Chengyu lay unconscious, he relived Gao Tianhao’s memories of helping a young son of the Eldest Princess secretly heal Yan’s Sixth Prince. The memories ended with Gao Tianhao leaving Yan Capital before the boy’s father returned, a decision he later regretted.

• Xing Chun kept watch over Mei Chengyu and Zhongli Shan while Mei Chengyu heard his voice and drifted through chaotic memories.
• Mei Chengyu witnessed the boy recruit Gao Tianhao to heal the Sixth Prince’s injured soul and restore his lost memories.
• Gao Tianhao secretly treated the Sixth Prince for months while the boy concealed their efforts amid Yan Capital’s political turmoil.
• When Nangong Ming arrived in Yan Capital, the boy sent Gao Tianhao away through a secret passage before the capital was searched.
• Years later, Gao Tianhao saw the boy again in Taiyi and wondered whether staying in Yan Capital would have changed what happened.

Mei Chengyu’s sealed memories stirred as the sea eyes around Mechanism Island vanished, while Wen Yangxiu learned that a sea eye had struck North Kun City. In North Kun City, Yu Sui separated from Lin Chenghai and, after seeing signs of the attack through the Five Elements Light Cores, set out to find a way underground.

• Mei Chengyu’s memories of his family, Gao Tianhao, and Yu Sui surfaced, and hatred stirred a vortex in the depths of the sea.
• Leng Rouyin and Wu Huaiwei saw the sea eyes shrink and disappear, leaving one enormous sea eye and chaotic Five Elements Qi behind.
• Wen Yangxiu decoded a message from Baili Mo reporting that a sea eye had fallen on North Kun City, and Leng Rouyin decided to investigate the Undersea Mechanism City at daybreak.
• Wu Huaiwei provoked Leng Rouyin with talk of strange fire, prompting Leng Rouyin to attack her with Sword Qi before returning to confer with the other Sages.
• In North Kun City, Lin Chenghai parted from Yu Sui and told her to look underground for Wen Yangzhou while he went after the First Generation Golden Crow.
• Yu Sui saw Baili Mo enter the smoke and Nian Qiuyan locate Mei Chengyu through the Five Elements Light Cores, then believed Lin Chenghai and began searching for an underground route.

Yu Sui searched for a way into North Kun City's underground while Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu hunted for Mei Chengyu amid the Sea Eye's deadly flames. They opened a secret warehouse and found hundreds of lifelike Situ Clan Spirit Puppets suspended by silver threads.

• Yu Sui tested the Sea Fire with a Five Elements Light Core, then used her cores and a map to find an underground entrance while tracking Lin Chenghai.
• Baili Mo rang the Sound Seeking Golden Bell, but it could no longer locate Situ Jin or Wen Yangzhou.
• Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu searched the damaged underground passages for a route to Mei Chengyu, avoiding Sea Fire and blocked paths.
• Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu entered a secret warehouse behind a screen and opened its Stone Door cautiously.
• Zhang Xiangyun, Luo Fu, and Yu Sui saw hundreds of faceless, lifelike Situ Clan Spirit Puppets hanging from silver threads, and Zhang Xiangyun realized the warehouse's wards had been removed.

Hu Gui attacked Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu in the Spirit Puppet Deep Pit, but Li Jinshuang, Situ Jin, and Yu Sui disrupted his plans. Luo Fu used Lotus Mist to recover his strength and stood ready to rejoin the fight.

• Hu Gui immobilized Luo Fu with the Seven Consciousness Tower and attacked Zhang Xiangyun, who survived with the Divine Wood Sign’s blessing.
• Hu Gui’s sword awakened Li Jinshuang’s enormous White Bone Sword Spirit, which freed Li Jinshuang and helped her release Situ Jin.
• Li Jinshuang explained that she and Nangong Sui had come to find Mei Chengyu, while Zhang Xiangyun said he had followed Nian Qiuyan.
• Yu Sui blasted open the Stone Door, creating an opening for Li Jinshuang and Zhang Xiangyun to attack Hu Gui.
• Situ Jin struck Hu Gui with Thunder Punishment as Zhang Xiangyun tried to resist the Seven Consciousness Tower’s mark.
• Luo Fu inhaled Lotus Mist to suppress his pain and regain strength, then stood up to face Hu Gui.

Luo Fu used Heavenly Dipper Earthly Fiend Thunder to drive Hu Gui back while Zhang Xiangyun’s group struggled to coordinate. In a passage, Yu Sui discovered that she could immobilize Situ Spirit Puppet by disrupting the power inside her, while Hu Gui escaped through a hidden door with a spirit puppet and Situ Jin pursued him.

• Luo Fu unleashed Heavenly Dipper Earthly Fiend Thunder, forcing Hu Gui to retreat as Zhang Xiangyun prepared another formation and Li Jinshuang’s sword spirit attacked indiscriminately.
• Yu Sui sensed someone ahead in a dark passage and was attacked by Situ Spirit Puppet, who used Shadow Devouring and asked whether Yu Sui belonged to the Wen Yang Family.
• Yu Sui used Spirit Siphon and shattered the Five Elements Light Core attached to Situ Spirit Puppet, causing conflicting Qi to freeze the puppet in place.
• Yu Sui examined Situ Spirit Puppet and found that the Ownerless Qi remained inside her and seemed to be plundering the Jade Pearl’s power.
• Hu Gui used the chaos at the pit to seize a spirit puppet, opened a hidden door in the dome, and escaped through it.
• Situ Jin followed Hu Gui through the hidden door, while Li Jinshuang recalled her sword spirit and stayed with Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu.

Zhang Xiangyun tended to Luo Fu after the fight while Situ Jin and Li Jinshuang left to search for Nangong Sui. In the Panlong Stone Grotto, Mei Chengyu and Zhongli Shan woke beside Xing Chun and realized they were trapped inside the Undersea Mechanism City by Sea Fire.

• Zhang Xiangyun calmed Luo Fu, gave him Returning Essence Pills, and learned he had taken one gulp of Lan Poison.
• Situ Jin returned after Hu Gui escaped, then took Li Jinshuang with him to contact the people on the Spirit Bird and search for Nangong Sui.
• Xing Chun woke Mei Chengyu and Zhongli Shan, who had been unconscious for about three days, and complained that Sea Fire blocked their way out.
• Mei Chengyu deduced that the grotto was inside the Undersea Mechanism City and discussed the Sea Eye's ability to transport things with Zhongli Shan.
• Mei Chengyu recalled a fragment of a Buddhist temple and the Princess of Yan Kingdom before he and Zhongli Shan went to inspect the Sea Fire.

Mei Chengyu, Zhongli Shan, and Xing Chun tried to escape the cavern by breaking the ice beneath the underground river and discovered that the sea fire consumed anything they sent into it. Mei Chengyu found a way to draw the fire toward the ice, and the resulting crash echoed through North Kun City, alerting those searching underground.

• Mei Chengyu and Zhongli Shan failed to break the unusually hard ice or get past the sea fire with their techniques and Mechanical Rabbits.
• Mei Chengyu told Zhongli Shan that the flames resembled a dead strange fire, and they decided to investigate what lay beneath the ice.
• Xing Chun suggested luring the fire with their clothes, but the first clothes-rope burned away instantly without leaving a mark.
• Mei Chengyu proposed wrapping the clothes-rope in Five Elements Qi and drawing the fire beneath the ice, then threw it toward the flames.
• The ice exploded with a deafening crack, and Mechanism Technicians, Lin Chenghai, Hu Gui, Zhang Xiangyun, Luo Fu, Situ Jin, Li Jinshuang, and Yu Sui heard it from elsewhere in North Kun City.

Yu Sui discovered that the Sea Fire could not harm her and used it to reach the Panlong Stone Grotto, where she rescued Mei Liangyu from the icy flood. The chapter left Mei Liangyu and Yu Sui together above the water as Zhongli Shan and Xing Chun watched them with puzzled expressions.

• Ice shattered beneath North Kun City, and the Mechanism Clan traced the disturbance to the Panlong Stone Grotto while Baili Mo told Situ Jin that the Academy and Shuizhou had arrived.
• Hu Gui placed the stolen Situ Clan Spirit Puppet in the Central Hub and began altering its incantations while Lin Chenghai learned that the girl who had deceived him was Nangong Sui.
• Yu Sui left the Spirit Puppet, realized Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu were trapped in Spirit Puppet Deep Pit, and extinguished the Sea Fire blocking the way down.
• The ice in the Panlong Stone Grotto broke apart and swept Mei Liangyu, Zhongli Shan, and Xing Chun into the dark water.
• Yu Sui found Mei Liangyu underwater, brought him to a Buddha statue above the flood, and learned that he could not hear; Zhongli Shan and Xing Chun surfaced and watched them.

Yu Sui reunited with Mei Chengyu in the flooded grotto, where he revealed he had found Milky Way Water and planned to use it to make Lan Poison. While Mei Chengyu went underwater, Lin Chenghai attacked Yu Sui over the Xirang, and the chapter ended as a black skeletal hand seized the shadow of a sword beneath the water.

• Yu Sui joined Mei Chengyu, Xing Chun, and Zhongli Shan on the statue after the Sea Fires vanished, and she hid details of how she had reached the grotto.
• Mei Chengyu gave Yu Sui a look at the Six Mysterious Wood wrapped around Milky Way Water and said they could use it to make Lan Poison before diving back underwater.
• Lin Chenghai, wearing Wen Yangzhou's face, held Yu Sui at staff-point and attacked her over her family's possession of the Xirang.
• Yu Sui called for Mei Chengyu, and her Purple Lightning struck Lin Chenghai and sent him flying, though his counterattack knocked her into the water.
• Underwater, Yu Sui heard a strange sound, saw an enormous Black Shadow, and watched a skeletal hand reach out to seize the shadow of a dark sword.

Yu Sui learned that the half piece of Primordial Soil inside her might be why she could not practice the Nine Schools Techniques, while Mei Chengyu confronted Lin Chenghai and Hu Gui in the underground grotto. The Black Skull’s rampage forced Lin Chenghai and Hu Gui to flee, and it emerged aboveground to face Leng Rouyin, Wei Xizhen, and Sun Heng.

• The Black Skull lifted Yu Sui from the river and roared, while Mei Chengyu attacked Lin Chenghai after finding Yu Sui injured.
• Hu Gui revealed that Yu Sui carried half a piece of Primordial Soil and speculated that Nangong Ming had sent her to Taiyi so Chang Gen could seal it and investigate her nature.
• Lin Chenghai guessed that Su Xing held the other half of the Primordial Soil, then offered to spare Yu Sui as the Black Skull began roaring again.
• The Black Skull’s attacks shook North Kun City, drew the attention of Xing Chun, Zhongli Shan, Li Jinshuang, Ou Rushuang, Wu Huaiwei, Leng Rouyin, Wei Xizhen, and Sun Heng, and restored Mei Chengyu’s hearing.
• Lin Chenghai and Hu Gui escaped through a Water Tornado after Lin Chenghai told Mei Chengyu to leave Taiyi if he wanted to save Wen Yangzhou.
• The Black Skull emerged from the Whirlpool Entrance and fought Leng Rouyin, Wei Xizhen, and Sun Heng before Crimson Flame Crystal Flowers engulfed it in fire.

Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu realized the rogue sword spirit was likely Yu Sui’s, while the Sages investigated Shuizhou’s replicated Sea Fire. After Zhongli Shan and Xing Chun found them underground, Leng Rouyin, Ou Rushuang, and Wu Huaiwei arrived and looked down at them.

• Leng Rouyin identified the black entity as a likely Military School Sword Spirit, while Situ Jin asked the Sages to capture the person who had stolen his Mechanism Spirit Puppet.
• Wei Xizhen revealed that people had caused the whirlpools, and Sun Heng explained Shuizhou’s research into strange flames and the Eye of Gui Xu.
• Sun Heng used the School of Names’ Calligraphy to collect the remaining counterfeit Sea Fire, extinguishing Yu Sui’s Flowing Fire below.
• Mei Chengyu concluded that the black entity was probably Yu Sui’s sword spirit and told her to keep it hidden and deny knowing about it.
• Zhongli Shan and Xing Chun found Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu beneath the Buddha statue, and Leng Rouyin, Ou Rushuang, and Wu Huaiwei appeared above them.

After the Sea Fire was withdrawn from North Kun City, the Sages questioned Mei Chengyu and Yu Sui about how they had arrived and investigated the sea eye. Yu Sui concealed her true route into the city, while Wei Xizhen realized she had not come through the sea eye; the chapter ended with the Sages debating sea-eye transportation and Leng Rouyin shattering Yu Sui’s Five Elements Light Core during a quarrel with Wu Huaiwei.

• Sun Heng recalled the Sea Fire, and Wu Huaiwei, Leng Rouyin, and Ou Rushuang descended into the Panlong Stone Grotto, where they found Mei Chengyu, Yu Sui, Xing Chun, and Zhongli Shan.
• Mei Chengyu said he had fought Wen Yangzhou and a Ghost Dao Practitioner before the sea eye swept them into North Kun City, and he denied knowing anything about the black Sword Spirit.
• Wu Huaiwei teased Mei Chengyu about being alone with Yu Sui, then argued with Leng Rouyin until Wei Xizhen arrived and stopped Leng Rouyin’s sword wind.
• Wei Xizhen examined Xing Chun and recognized that Yu Sui had not been brought in by the sea eye because her Five Elements Qi lacked its chaotic traces.
• Yu Sui claimed that Situ Jin had brought her to North Kun City because she was worried about Mei Chengyu, and the Sages let her leave with him.
• Wei Xizhen confirmed that sea eyes could transport people, prompting the Sages to investigate how outsiders had entered Taiyi; Leng Rouyin then shattered Yu Sui’s hidden Five Elements Light Core while arguing with Wu Huaiwei.

After the Sea Fire was extinguished, Mei Chengyu and Yu Sui reunited with Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu at the Situ Clan’s Spirit Puppet Pit. The group examined the puppets while Zhang Xiangyun weighed how to handle Mei Chengyu, who had apparently obtained the Milky Way Water.

• Situ Jin found Situ Spirit Puppet outside the sealed pit, then opened the door and discovered Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu still inside.
• Mei Chengyu, Yu Sui, Xing Chun, and Zhongli Shan arrived, and Zhang Xiangyun scrutinized Yu Sui while Situ Jin questioned the newcomers.
• Xing Chun and Zhongli Shan saw the Mechanism Spirit Puppets, and Xing Chun recoiled in fear.
• Zhang Xiangyun privately confronted Mei Chengyu about surviving the Sea Eye, while Mei Chengyu hinted that someone else would soon die; Zhang Xiangyun suspected he had obtained the Milky Way Water.
• Mei Chengyu asked Situ Jin to let Yu Sui inspect the puppets, and Situ Jin agreed.
• Mei Chengyu explained that the puppets’ outer skin came from people who had contracted with the Situ Clan, and Yu Sui wiped her hand on Mei Chengyu’s clothes after touching one.

Yu Sui discovered that Five Elements Light Cores could cultivate inside the Mechanism Clan’s spirit puppets, while Mei Liangyu confronted Nian Qiuyan about failing to stop Zhang Xiangyun. Mei Liangyu showed Nian Qiuyan the Milky Galaxy Water-stained Six Mysterious Wood, and noticed Nian Qiuyan reaching for his Divine Wood Sign.

• Situ Jin explained how spirit puppets worked, and Zhongli Shan talked Xing Chun out of buying one by offering to eat with him.
• Mei Liangyu pulled Yu Sui away when she tried to buy a spirit puppet, and Li Jinshuang arrived to join the others.
• Ou Rushuang sent the Academy disciples back to the Spirit Bird while he focused on finding the Milky Galaxy Water.
• Yu Sui sent her Five Elements Light Cores into spirit puppets and discovered that they absorbed Five Elements Qi and cultivated on their own.
• Mei Liangyu confronted Nian Qiuyan about failing to stop Zhang Xiangyun, then showed him the Six Mysterious Wood stained with Milky Galaxy Water.
• Mei Liangyu noticed Nian Qiuyan reaching for the Divine Wood Sign at his waist.

Nian Qiuyan read Mei Chengyu’s fortune, and the two tested one another with divinations while concealing what they truly wanted. Meanwhile, the Academy Saints continued investigating the strange fire, and Wei Xizhen tried to persuade Wu Huaiwei to take its danger seriously.

• Nian Qiuyan told Mei Chengyu about Yan’s decline and divined that Mei Chengyu’s relationship carried hardship and a risk of death by fire.
• Mei Chengyu scattered Nian Qiuyan’s reading, then used six copper coins to divine where they would meet after leaving Taiyi; the coin for Yan was scattered when Xing Chun entered.
• Nian Qiuyan left with Xing Chun, while Mei Chengyu told Zhongli Shan that he had given Nian Qiuyan the item and would see what he did with it; Mei Chengyu then coughed blood from his poison.
• Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu watched Nian Qiuyan leave and wondered whether he would reclaim the Milky Way Water from Mei Chengyu.
• Wei Xizhen found nothing in the underground river and urged Wu Huaiwei to consider the danger the strange fire posed to ordinary people; Wu Huaiwei changed the subject to Old Man Chang’s youngest disciple and his Five Elements Qi.

Yu Sui retrieved her Sixth Realm Light Cores from the Spirit Puppet Pit, then destroyed her First Realm Light Core underwater to test whether a stronger core could replace it. As her Five Elements Qi began to leak away, a Sixth Realm Light Core took its place, and she made contact with the World Destroyers.

• Wei Xizhen identified Yu Sui as a possible Superior Body with Five Elements Generation, and Wu Huaiwei decided to recruit her for the Yin-Yang School.
• Nian Qiuyan, Xing Chun, and Zhongli Shan discussed their cultivation goals aboard the Spirit Bird while Mei Chengyu prepared a meal.
• Yu Sui used Li Jinshuang’s help to return to the Spirit Puppet Pit and retrieve ten Sixth Realm Light Cores.
• Yu Sui slipped away to the deck, concealed herself, and plunged into the sea before destroying her First Realm Light Core.
• The World Destroyers felt pain in their chests as Yu Sui’s Five Elements Qi began to drain away.
• A Sixth Realm Light Core settled into Yu Sui’s chest and stopped the loss of her Five Elements Qi, and she answered the World Destroyers.

Yu Sui tested her breakthrough and discovered she could control when the World Destroyers’ connection began and ended, then recovered aboard the Spirit Bird. As the ship sailed back out to sea, Nian Qiuyan revealed he had obtained the Milky Way Water and, after reflecting on Mei Chengyu and Kong Yiyi, decided not to force his feelings on her.

• Yu Sui returned to the Spirit Bird after surviving the destruction of her Sixth Realm Light Core and realized she could use the resulting near-death state to control her conversations with the other World Destroyers.
• Yu Sui rested while Mei Chengyu visited her, then the Spirit Bird sailed back out to sea and avoided several sudden sea eyes.
• Wu Huaiwei taunted Leng Rouyin over her past betrayal, while Sun Heng tried to mediate and Ou Rushuang questioned Wu Huaiwei’s grudge.
• Zhang Xiangyun confronted Nian Qiuyan and learned that Nian Qiuyan already had the Milky Way Water and planned to hand it to his superiors.
• Nian Qiuyan wondered whether Mei Chengyu had given him the Milky Way Water as a test or a chance to explain, then remembered Kong Yiyi and decided not to force her to accept his feelings.

After sea eyes blocked the route back to the academy, Situ Ling brought Yu Sui and the others to stay at the Situ Clan residence. Yu Sui resumed researching the Secret Text and later visited Nian Qiuyan, who confirmed that he had received the Milky Way Water, leaving her asking what he planned to do next.

• The Sages said Yu Sui and the Taiyi students could not return to the academy until the Water Vessel Sages dealt with sea eyes along the route.
• A Situ Steward offered Li Jinshuang and the others lodging at the Situ Clan residence, and Situ Ling arrived to escort them there.
• Situ Ling took the Taiyi students to the Situ residence, where Mei Chengyu was summoned to meet Grandmother Situ and the others received guest courtyards.
• Yu Sui considered whether the Situ Clan used Number Mountain to operate its spirit puppets, then used the Listening Wind Ruler to continue writing the Secret Text.
• Yu Sui visited Nian Qiuyan at night, and he confirmed that Senior Martial Brother had given him the Milky Way Water.
• Yu Sui asked Nian Qiuyan what he planned to do next.

Yu Sui confronted Nian Qiuyan about his ties to Xuan Kui and threatened him with a concealed technique after he suspected she had interfered in Mei Chengyu’s fight with Wei Kun. Mei Chengyu arrived before their confrontation went further, and Nian Qiuyan sent the pair away.

• Nian Qiuyan told Yu Sui he would sever ties with Mei Chengyu and the others if they learned he belonged to Xuan Kui, and he warned her that exposing Xuan Kui’s Lan Poison business could endanger her position as heir.
• Nian Qiuyan offered to divine Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu’s future, but Yu Sui declined and offered to divine whether Nian Qiuyan would die at Xuan Kui’s hands or someone else’s.
• Nian Qiuyan stopped Yu Sui’s divination by taking her copper coin and accused her of interfering when Mei Chengyu killed Wei Kun.
• Yu Sui hinted that she had used a hidden method and formed a School of Names Water Arrow behind Nian Qiuyan, then asked him to keep the peace between them.
• Mei Chengyu arrived, and Nian Qiuyan returned the coin to him before shutting the door and window on Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu.

Nian Qiuyan realized Yu Sui was far more dangerous and powerful than he had believed, and she warned him off when he tried to divine her. Mei Chengyu gave Yu Sui a treasure that eased the strange fire’s pain, leaving her hopeful that she would sleep well.

• Mei Chengyu gave Yu Sui a copper coin and dismissed Nian Qiuyan’s divination skills, while Nian Qiuyan reconsidered what Yu Sui was capable of.
• Nian Qiuyan tried to divine Yu Sui, but her Thunder Serpent destroyed his array and burned his hand, so he stopped.
• Mei Chengyu accompanied Yu Sui to her guest quarters and told her the Sages would drive the sea eyes away from Mechanism Island.
• Mei Chengyu recalled the White-robed Man and Gui Xu’s Eye, briefly releasing a violent aura that frightened Yu Sui; she told him he had scared her.
• Mei Chengyu gave Yu Sui the Extreme Sea Cold Jade, which eased the pain caused by the strange fire.

Yu Sui worked on a new Secret Text while considering how to handle Nian Qiuyan, who remained wary in his room. Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu confronted Nian Qiuyan over the Milky Way Water, and Nian Qiuyan agreed to hand it over as they went outside.

• Yu Sui completed the Secret Text Mountain Spirit and planned to use techniques from the School of Names, School of Law, and Yin-Yang School to give it awareness.
• Yu Sui watched Nian Qiuyan through her Five Elements Light Cores and decided she wanted to keep him from becoming her enemy because of what he knew about Xuan Kui and its members.
• Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu entered Nian Qiuyan's room and demanded that he hand over the Milky Way Water.
• Zhang Xiangyun threatened to expose Nian Qiuyan to Mei Chengyu and questioned whether Mei Chengyu liked him or Nangong Sui more, but Nian Qiuyan remained unshaken.
• Nian Qiuyan challenged Zhang Xiangyun to master the School of Names' Water Arrow silently, then offered to hand over the Milky Way Water outside.
• Mei Chengyu visited Wen Yangxiu in the Abyssal Sea, while Situ Ling persuaded Li Jinshuang to teach her Soldier School Swordplay.