Chapter Summaries

Yu Sui returned to Taiyi Academy after the sea eye was driven away, while Mei Chengyu confronted Nian Qiuyan about the Love-struck Gu he had used on Zhang Xiangyun. Yu Sui’s cryptic message led Nian Qiuyan to suspect she knew that Chu Jin was Qingkui.

• Yu Sui concealed her knowledge of Qingkui and explained to Sheng Zui that she was stranded on Mechanism Island with Mei Chengyu and the others.
• Yu Sui brought up the Love-struck Gu and Zhang Xiangyun’s strange behavior, prompting Mei Chengyu to question Nian Qiuyan about it.
• The Water Vessel Sages drove away the sea eye, and Situ Jin arranged a ship to take Yu Sui and the others back to the Academy.
• Mei Chengyu privately confronted Nian Qiuyan, who admitted that he had used the Love-struck Gu on Zhang Xiangyun at Mingzhu Casino.
• Yu Sui messaged Nian Qiuyan that Mei Chengyu disliked half-truths, and Nian Qiuyan suspected she had warned him because she knew Chu Jin was Qingkui.

Wu Huaiwei marked the Taoist Saint Hall with a Yin-Yang Curse Seal as she sought to claim a new apprentice, while Mei Chengyu visited Sage Chang Gen and learned why his master had stopped making friends. Yu Sui told Xue Mushi how she had contacted the World Destroyer and warned him that Shuizhou’s plan to destroy the strange fire might require sacrificing the World Destroyers; she planned to tell the other three when the Six Kingdoms announced they must go to Shuizhou.

• Sheng Zui found Yu Sui unharmed, while Wu Huaiwei left a Yin-Yang Curse Seal at the Taoist Saint Hall as a warning to Sage Chang Gen.
• Mei Chengyu visited Sage Chang Gen, reported that Wen Yangzhou had been taken, and was told that Taiyi would investigate while he stayed behind.
• Mei Chengyu asked whether Sage Chang Gen had close friends, and Sage Chang Gen replied that all his friends had been dead for a long time.
• Yu Sui told Xue Mushi she had deliberately reached a near-death state to contact the World Destroyer and discussed what they knew about the other three.
• Yu Sui warned Xue Mushi that destroying the strange fire in Gui Xu might require sacrificing the World Destroyers, and said she would inform the others when the Six Kingdoms ordered them to Shuizhou.

Yu Sui tried to ease the tension between Mei Chengyu and Sage Chang Gen, then secretly asked Old Man Yan to investigate Lin Chenghai and Hu Gui. Old Man Yan and Shan Rong discussed the Yan Kingdom, Yan Manfeng’s condition, and a divination that pointed to a new heir of the Han Clan’s Heavenly Punishment bloodline.

• Yu Sui found Mei Chengyu sulking outside the Saint Hall and comforted him before speaking with Sage Chang Gen.
• Sage Chang Gen noticed Yu Sui’s cultivation had advanced, and Mei Chengyu challenged him over his interest in Nangong Ming’s deal; Yu Sui persuaded them to leave the matter alone.
• Mei Chengyu took Yan Xiaochuan to train, while Yu Sui used the Listening Wind Ruler to ask Old Man Yan to investigate Lin Chenghai and Hu Gui, whom she suspected were from the Yan Kingdom.
• Old Man Yan told Shan Rong that Lin Chenghai had gone to Taiyi and discussed Yan Manfeng’s declining health and the effort to cultivate Qingkui into a Medical School Saint.
• Shan Rong’s divination located Nangong Ming in the Eastern Jungle, where they suspected a new Heavenly Punishment heir had appeared in the Han Clan.
• Shan Rong read that Han Lian’s family had been slaughtered on her wedding night and that the killer, who took her, was named Han Ziyang.

Mei Chengyu forced Yan Xiaochuan through saber training, stirring memories of Yan Xiaochuan’s childhood and his ties to the Eldest Princess’s family. After Mei Chengyu delivered breakfast to Sheng Zui and Mu Mengbai, Yan Xiaochuan realized the messages would expose his involvement, while remaining determined to stay with Mu Yong'an at Taiyi.

• Mei Chengyu made Yan Xiaochuan practice saber techniques at the Military School Martial Field and demanded that he last three moves.
• Mei Chengyu’s remark about training reminded Yan Xiaochuan of Princess Wangshu teaching him swordsmanship and of the chaos that followed the Queen Mother’s death.
• Yan Xiaochuan admitted he was befriending Sheng Zui out of curiosity about Nangong Ming’s son, while Mei Chengyu pressed him to keep practicing.
• Yan Xiaochuan tried to avoid training by asking Mei Chengyu to deliver breakfast, and Mei Chengyu took the food boxes to Sheng Zui and Mu Mengbai.
• Mu Mengbai mistakenly concluded that Mei Chengyu had brought breakfast to win over Sheng Zui for his little sister.
• Messages about Mei Chengyu’s deliveries reached Yan Xiaochuan, who feared he was doomed but resolved to remain with his master, Mu Yong'an, at Taiyi.

Yu Sui investigated Gu Gan’s knowledge of the Mechanism Island incident, then drew Sheng Zui to the infirmary so Shi Yuezhen and Cang Shu could check whether he was under a gu’s influence. That night, Mei Chengyu joined Yu Sui at the Yin-Yang and Five Elements Field to see the powerful Military Formation she could open, while Wu Huaiwei decided to take Yu Sui as her disciple.

• Gu Gan accompanied Yu Sui to class, warned her to avoid Mei Chengyu, and assured her that she mattered more to him than his other concerns.
• Sheng Zui found Yu Sui with Gu Gan, took her to the infirmary, and had Shi Yuezhen and Cang Shu examine him after Yu Sui secretly asked them to check for a gu.
• Gu Gan met Communication Institute technicians Chen Xian and Fan Xi and asked them to investigate the mysterious person linked to the missing Futuo Tower Fragments.
• Mei Chengyu went to the Yin-Yang and Five Elements Field after Yu Sui told him she had failed to summon her sword spirit, and he asked her to demonstrate her Military Formation.
• Wu Huaiwei spotted Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu, ordered Mu Yong'an to draw Mei Chengyu away, and declared that Yu Sui could not leave because she intended to take her as a disciple.

Wu Huaiwei and Mu Yong'an discussed Yu Sui's hidden, extraordinary talent while Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu entered the Asura Hell trial, where Mei Chengyu was badly hurt by the Thirteenth Realm cavalry. After they escaped, Mei Chengyu praised Yu Sui and grew closer to her, while Wu Huaiwei waited to recruit Yu Sui as her disciple.

• Wu Huaiwei told Mu Yong'an that Yu Sui had a Superior Body with Five Elements Generation and warned him that she might become powerful enough to remove his Poison Curse.
• Yu Sui overheard Wu Huaiwei and Mu Yong'an discuss Mu Yong'an's hostility toward Nangong Ming, then entered the Asura Hell trial with Mei Chengyu.
• Mei Chengyu fought the growing Evil Ghost army and followed Yu Sui to the river, where the Thirteenth Realm Black Armored Cavalry attacked him with silver spears.
• Yu Sui broke the formation and escaped with Mei Chengyu, who suffered a bloody brow and a shaken soul but recovered enough to praise her and ask to join her next trial.
• Mei Chengyu left with Mu Yong'an, and Yu Sui stayed behind to see how Wu Huaiwei would try to take her as a disciple.

Mei Chengyu learned that Wu Huaiwei wanted to take Nangong Sui as her disciple, while Wu Huaiwei tested Nangong Sui and discovered her extraordinary Nine Provinces Star Sea. Wu Huaiwei offered to teach her Yin-Yang Techniques, but Sage Chang Gen appeared and refused.

• Mei Chengyu admitted that he had been injured in the Star Chart and on Mechanism Island, then refused to discuss his relationship with Nangong Sui.
• Mu Yong'an told Mei Chengyu that Wu Huaiwei intended to take Nangong Sui as her disciple, and Mei Chengyu hurried back toward her.
• Wu Huaiwei brought Nangong Sui to Moon Mountain and used the Red Silk to test her talent.
• Nangong Sui's test revealed a Nine Provinces Star Sea that surpassed the usual ranks, astonishing Wu Huaiwei.
• Wu Huaiwei offered to take Nangong Sui as her disciple, but Sage Chang Gen appeared and said he did not agree.

Wu Huaiwei challenged Sage Chang Gen over Yu Sui’s discipleship, and their argument escalated into a fierce battle on Moon Mountain. Yin Ziwu and Zou Qian stopped the clash before the other Nine Streams Sages arrived, leaving Yu Sui amid the wreckage as the gathered Sages faced off.

• Sage Chang Gen rejected Wu Huaiwei’s attempt to take Yu Sui as a disciple, and the two argued over Yu Sui’s school and training.
• Wu Huaiwei and Sage Chang Gen attacked each other on Moon Mountain, unleashing Five Elements techniques that shattered trees, wards, and formations.
• Sage Chang Gen trapped Wu Huaiwei in the Morning and Evening Realm and sent Ink Qi toward her, but Yin Ziwu and Zou Qian intervened and broke the technique.
• The clash’s shock wave threw Yu Sui into fallen trees, while the Star Bells’ ringing alerted the Yin-Yang School and drew the other Sages to Moon Mountain.
• Leng Rouyin, Kuang Chu, Yu, Zhu, Chang Sunzi, Li Qiuwen, Liang Zhen, Shen Tianxue, and Pei Daiqing arrived as the Sages gathered around the wreckage.

Yu Sui escaped Moon Mountain with Sage Chang Gen while the gathered Sages intervened in the clash between him and Wu Huaiwei. After the Sages dispersed, Wu Huaiwei was left to survey the wreckage, suspecting the Yin-Yang School had deeply angered Chang Gen in the past.

• Yu Sui hid among the Purple Jacaranda Trees as the Sages arrived, and Liang Zhen drew attention to her before Sage Chang Gen took her away to meet Mei Chengyu.
• Wu Huaiwei and Leng Rouyin fought, and Yin Ziwu, Kuang Chu, Chang Sunzi, and Li Qiuwen exchanged attacks before Legalist Saint Yu sealed the area with the Dharma-Ending Array.
• The Sages accepted Wu Huaiwei and Chang Gen's dispute as a quarrel between their schools, while Legalist Saint Yu reprimanded Chang Gen for acting without a signal.
• Yu Sheng forced Shen Tianxue and Pei Daiqing to return the medicinal herbs they had taken, and the other Sages quickly left Moon Mountain.
• Wu Huaiwei surveyed the damage after everyone had gone and wondered what in Chang Gen's past had made him hate the Yin-Yang School so deeply.

After Sage Chang Gen and Wu Huaiwei fought over Yu Sui, Mei Chengyu agreed to teach her techniques from other schools, while Sage Chang Gen offered to teach her Yin-Yang Techniques himself. The chapter ended with Mei Chengyu questioning whether his master’s grudge against the Yin-Yang School was limiting Yu Sui’s training.

• Yu Sui left Moon Mountain with Mei Chengyu after the Sages’ battle, and he healed the mark on her forehead.
• Yu Sui told Mei Chengyu she wanted to learn techniques from multiple schools, and he agreed to teach her as long as she did not give up or resent his strictness.
• At the Ghost Dao Saint Hall, Yu Sui told Sage Chang Gen she would refuse Wu Huaiwei’s offer, and he said she could still attend Yin-Yang School classes and study its star charts.
• Sage Chang Gen offered to teach Yu Sui Nine Schools Techniques, while Mei Chengyu quietly discussed the night’s events with other disciples on his Listening Wind Ruler.
• Mei Chengyu revealed that his soul was injured and asked Sage Chang Gen why he opposed Yu Sui learning from Wu Huaiwei; Sage Chang Gen said Wu Huaiwei’s cultivation did not suit her and that he could teach her himself.

Yu Sui explored her chaotic Star Sea and handled business at Taiyi Ferry, where she spotted Zou Yexi and learned Wei Lingshu might still be alive. Back at the academy, Xing Chun began assessing Yu Sui’s Star Sea and realized it was a Nine Provinces Star Sea, leaving Mei Chengyu urging her master to let her study Yin-Yang Techniques.

• Yu Sui explored her disordered Star Sea, then learned Old Man Yan had sent Zou Yexi to Taiyi and arranged spirit puppet goods through Black Beard.
• Yu Sui saw Zou Yexi waiting aboard the Sanfu Hao, while he tossed his Listening Wind Ruler into the sea and retrieved it with Five Elements Qi.
• Black Beard told Yu Sui that Wei Lingshu had been seen near the ferry after the Tianhe Gang was supposedly wiped out, and Yu Sui ordered him to search for her quietly.
• Yu Sui asked Black Beard to help Zou Yexi if he got into trouble, then returned to the academy after handling her outer-city business.
• Mei Chengyu introduced Xing Chun as Yu Sui’s Star Sea instructor, and Xing Chun learned that her Star Sea contained countless stars across an apparently boundless realm.
• Xing Chun recognized Yu Sui’s Star Sea as a Nine Provinces Star Sea and urged Mei Chengyu to persuade his master to let Yu Sui cultivate with the Yin-Yang School.

Mei Chengyu and Xing Chun taught Yu Sui about the Yin-Yang School’s Star Sea and Ling Xian Chart, while Yu Sui recognized how her knowledge of the stars connected to Divine Mechanism · Heavenly Eye. At the Taoist Saint Hall, Sage Chang Gen explained the Ghost Dao School’s methods, and Yu Sui’s first attempt at a single-stroke Mountain Curse knocked Mei Chengyu from his chair.

• Mei Chengyu left Xing Chun alone with Yu Sui, and Xing Chun explained Star Sea grades, the Nine Provinces Star Sea, and the Ling Xian Chart to her.
• Mei Chengyu returned with Yin-Yang School books and joined Xing Chun in teaching Yu Sui about Ling Xian.
• Wei Ren found Yu Sui studying with Mei Chengyu and later told Xue Mushi that Nangong Sui was at his place.
• Mei Chengyu took Yu Sui to the Taoist Saint Hall, where Sage Chang Gen explained the differences between the Yin-Yang, Ghost Dao, and Dao Schools.
• Yu Sui formed a Mountain Curse in one stroke, unleashing its momentum and tipping Mei Chengyu’s chair over.
• Sage Chang Gen told Yu Sui to try again, and she asked Mei Chengyu to lie back down.

Yu Sui trained in curse characters with Mei Chengyu, then entered the Military School Nine Lands to practice combat in a Tenth Realm Armor Formation. After Mei Chengyu pushed her through three lethal sword exchanges, the Black Skull emerged from the void and crushed his sword.

• Yu Sui practiced forming curse characters as Mei Chengyu shattered them, and Sage Chang Gen taught her to use Seven Senses Emptied to perceive their forms faster.
• Mei Chengyu took Yu Sui to the Military School Nine Lands, where they encountered Kong Yiyi and Nian Qiuyan; Mei Chengyu and Yu Sui teased Nian Qiuyan about his injured shoulder before he left with Kong Yiyi.
• Mei Chengyu opened the Night Walk Heaven Armor Formation and tested Yu Sui with three sword exchanges, teaching her that Military School combat relied on speed, deception, and killing intent.
• Mei Chengyu's third attack drove Yu Sui to the brink, and the Black Skull appeared behind her and crushed the sword in Mei Chengyu's hand.

Yu Sui's Sword Spirit emerged as the Black Skull and Mei Chengyu fought inside the Military Formation, then vanished when the formation collapsed. Mei Chengyu explained the Spirit's nature and broke Yu Sui's hair ornaments during the battle, and she left him following after her.

• Mei Chengyu drew the Black Skull away from Yu Sui and fought it with summoned swords as it attacked with scorching heat and overwhelming force.
• Mei Chengyu used his killing intent to provoke Yu Sui's Sword Spirit, and the Black Skull copied his earlier killing moves during their fight.
• Yu Sui called out to Mei Chengyu as golden light erupted, the Military Formation collapsed, and the Black Skull crumbled into ash.
• Mei Chengyu explained that Yu Sui's Sword Spirit obeyed her and reflected her Fierce and Ruthless Qi, while Yu Sui treated his burns and asked why he had provoked her.
• Yu Sui discovered that the fight had broken several of her hair ornaments, handed them to Mei Chengyu, and walked away without answering when he asked if she was angry.

Yu Sui trained to control her Black Skull Sword Spirit while Mei Chengyu treated their injuries and warned Shi Yuezhen about Dean Jiang giving Qian Ying the Mysterious Soldier Purple Disk Pot. Their late-night clinic visit ended when Gu Gan rushed in carrying a bloodied Xun Zhiya.

• Yu Sui teased Mei Chengyu about the broken jewelry, then took him to the clinic to treat his injured hand.
• Mei Chengyu told Yu Sui that Shi Yuezhen could leave the clinic if she wished and warned Shi Yuezhen to be careful after Dean Jiang gave Qian Ying the Mysterious Soldier Purple Disk Pot.
• Yu Sui practiced commanding the Black Skull, which briefly obeyed her order to sit before charging at the enemy again.
• Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu continued their training and clinic visits, while Yu Sui encouraged Li Jinshuang after she was hurt in a match against Kong Yiyi.
• Gu Gan rushed into the clinic carrying a bloodied Xun Zhiya, and Ji Meng directed him upstairs.

Shi Yuezhen treated Xun Zhiya after Gu Gan brought her to the medical clinic, but Xun Zhiya woke distrustful and refused her help. Xia Feichen arrived and provoked Xun Zhiya and Gu Gan, whose fight was stopped before the instructors arrived; Nian Qiuyan then noticed that Yu Sui had answered a message despite Nangong Sui having no Listening Wind Ruler.

• Gu Gan brought the injured Xun Zhiya to the clinic, where Shi Yuezhen diagnosed a deliberate reversal of her Five Elements Qi and began treating her.
• Xun Zhiya woke during treatment, rejected Shi Yuezhen's help, and told Gu Gan to leave with her.
• Shi Yuezhen and Mei Chengyu suspected that Xun Zhiya might have a connection to Legalism's Heavenly Punishment bloodline, but agreed not to share the theory.
• Xia Feichen returned Xun Zhiya's token and taunted her, prompting Gu Gan to attack him with Judgment Technique: Lingchi and All Techniques: Break.
• Shi Yuezhen immobilized Gu Gan and Xia Feichen with Silver Needles, and Gu Gan left the clinic with Xun Zhiya after Yu Sui asked him not to fight.
• Nian Qiuyan saw Yu Sui's message on the Listening Wind Ruler and realized Nangong Sui could not have sent it.

After helping treat Xia Feichen and discussing Xun Zhiya’s position in Nanjing, Yu Sui continued cultivating while monitoring Gu Gan. She went with Xing Chun and Mei Chengyu to study the Ling Xian Diagram, where the Nine Provinces Star Sea awakened a vivid memory and the Red Flame around the sun turned black.

• Shi Yuezhen treated Xia Feichen’s wounds, and he lost consciousness after smelling medicine from the red jade bottle.
• Li Jinshuang told Yu Sui that Xia Feichen rejected Xun Zhiya’s claim to Nanjing’s succession, and she revealed that Xun Zhiya had met Gu Gan when they were children.
• Yu Sui left the infirmary with Mei Chengyu, while Nian Qiuyan privately worried that she had dismissed his message without giving him a chance to speak.
• Yu Sui told Gu Gan she was practicing Ghost Dao School curse characters with Mei Chengyu and Sage Chang Gen, then Xing Chun and Mei Chengyu teased her for lying convincingly.
• More than a month later, Yu Sui went with Xing Chun and Mei Chengyu to see the Ling Xian Diagram at the Yin-Yang School’s Armillary Sphere Field.
• Yu Sui connected with her Nine Provinces Star Sea, watched its stars rise into the sky, and saw the Red Flame circling the sun slowly turn black.

Yu Sui explored her Nine Provinces Star Sea, achieved Three Thousand Stars Return to Position, and showed it to Mei Chengyu and Xing Chun. As Mei Chengyu took Yan Xiaochuan diving to search for a formation eye, the Six Kingdoms announced that Shuizhou had a way to destroy the strange fire and called the five World Destroyers there; in Cuilin, Gongsun Qi prepared to face the soldiers hunting him.

• Yu Sui entered the Nine Provinces Star Sea, saw the complete Ling Xian Diagram, and found that her barren land and unbalanced energies left her Star Sea unfinished.
• Yu Sui let Xing Chun and Mei Chengyu see her Star Sea, stunning Xing Chun and stirring Mei Chengyu’s memories; Xing Chun asked Yu Sui to teach him to cultivate his Star Sea.
• Mei Chengyu admitted to Xing Chun that he liked Yu Sui, then took Yan Xiaochuan toward the coast to dive for a formation eye and use him as a Teleportation Formation coordinate.
• The Six Kingdoms issued a public announcement about Yu Xian’s strange-fire catastrophe, summoned the five World Destroyers to Shuizhou, and promised to escort those who cooperated.
• Yu Sui and people across the continent saw the Six Kingdoms Signal Smoke, while Mei Chengyu watched the ribbon for the State of Yan.
• In Cuilin, Changya Iron Cavalry searched for Gongsun Qi, who showed A'Lan the signal smoke and went outside to confront the soldiers.

Gongsun Qi and A'Lan fled Yan after he slew eight Changya Iron Cavalrymen, while Han Ziyang and the dying Han Lian were cornered in the Legalism School Territory. Han Lian confessed to killing the clan leader before she died, and Han Bing and Nangong Ming intervened to shield Han Ziyang from his pursuers.

• Gongsun Qi destroyed the Swallowing Shadows technique and killed all eight Changya Iron Cavalrymen with his sword and Jinghong.
• Gongsun Qi packed A'Lan's belongings, burned down their home, and rode south with her after learning the Six Kingdoms were searching for the World Destroyer.
• Han Ziyang collapsed by a stream while carrying the wounded Han Lian, who confessed that she had killed the clan leader with a Gu hidden in his inkstone.
• Han Lian died from the Gu poison, and Song Clan and Han Clan pursuers surrounded Han Ziyang and attacked him.
• Han Bing and Nangong Ming arrived, broke the pursuers' attacks, and declared Han Ziyang a guest of the Nangong Family.

Nangong Ming and Lady Han stopped the Song Clan from confronting Han Ziyang, who left with them while holding Han Lian’s body. Elsewhere, Yan Xiaochuan and Mei Chengyu discussed the World Destroyers, while Xue Mushi learned that Yu Sui planned to contact one around the hour of the Ox.

• Nangong Ming arrived at the stream and declared Han Ziyang a guest of the Nangong Family, preventing the Song Clan from attacking him.
• Lady Han returned and urged the Han Clan to investigate the poisoning again, after which she and Nangong Ming took Han Ziyang with them.
• Nangong Ming’s Character Spirit Bird soothed Han Ziyang’s wounds and suppressed his Poison Curse as he followed them while carrying Han Lian.
• Yan Xiaochuan surfaced from a dive, saw the Six Kingdoms Signal Smoke about the World Destroyers, and discussed the news with Mei Chengyu.
• Wei Ren argued with Xue Mushi that the World Destroyers should be found because their strange fire threatened everyone, then asked him to contact Yu Sui.
• Xue Mushi learned that Yu Sui would trigger the Fire Spirit Orb around the hour of the Ox to speak with a World Destroyer.