Chapter Summaries

After Qin Chongxue’s death exposed Xuan Kui’s presence in Taiyi, the Saints ordered blood tests in the outer city while Ou Rushuang quietly considered how to blunt the investigation. Outside the Holy Hall, Yu Sui asked Old Man Yan to bring Zhongli Ci back to pressure Chu Jin, then pressed him about her Senior Martial Brother’s connection to the Yan Kingdom.

• Jiang Shulan examined Qin Chongxue’s blood while Wu Huaiwei criticized Qian Ying, who defended her master and explained the complexity of identifying mixed Lan Poison.
• Mei Chengyu challenged Qian Ying, and the Saints discussed Qin Chongxue’s advanced toxins before Zou Qian revealed that he had served Xuan Kui after Binzhou State fell.
• Zou Qian warned a possible Taiyi insider to disclose what they knew, while Ou Rushuang and Wan Guiyue considered the implications of the exposed organization.
• Wei Xizhen concluded that blood tests within Taiyi could no longer identify Lan Poison users and ordered blood testing to begin among the outer city’s residents.
• Ou Rushuang silently planned to undermine the investigation, while Yu Sui contacted Old Man Yan and asked him to bring Zhongli Ci back to put Chu Jin in a Lan Poison predicament and arrange her rescue.
• Yu Sui asked Old Man Yan about her Senior Martial Brother’s relationship with the Yan Kingdom, and he instead asked what she herself meant to him.

Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu parted on bad terms after arguing about their bond, while Wan Guiyue warned Ou Rushuang against targeting Mei Chengyu and endured a painful Lan Poison flare. Taiyi organized students into larger groups to search for Lan Corpses, and Yu Sui joined Sheng Zui’s group as they met Xia Feichen.

• Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu argued over whether they still needed their senior-junior martial sibling bond, then parted on bad terms.
• Wan Guiyue confronted Ou Rushuang about Qin Chongxue’s attack and warned her that provoking Mei Chengyu could bring Old Man Chang’s fury upon Xuan Kui.
• Wan Guiyue’s Lan Poison flared painfully, and Ou Rushuang sent Blood Jade Golden Butterflies to consume the toxins and ease her suffering.
• Wei Xizhen expanded the Lan Corpse search teams from four students to eight, and Sheng Zui arranged for Yu Sui to join his group.
• Yu Sui reviewed her group’s roster with Sheng Zui, then met Xia Feichen at the gathering point, where Sheng Zui challenged him for looking at her.

Yu Sui’s group assembled for the mission to catch Lan Shi, while their mismatched assignments and tense relationships drew attention. Mei Chengyu, troubled by recovered memories linking him to Yu Sui’s family, left the Taoist Saint Hall and decided to join the mission after eating.

• Xue Jiayue and Qiu Cang joined Sheng Zui, Xia Feichen, and Yu Sui, and Yu Sui rebuffed Qiu Cang’s overly deferential manner.
• Dai Lan and You Yuntian teased Sheng Zui and discussed Yu Sui’s connection to Mei Chengyu before Wan Qi revealed he had swapped groups.
• Xia Feichen questioned the group’s irregular assignments, but Sheng Zui led everyone onward without changing them.
• The groups gathered under Mu Wu, where Yu Sui greeted Li Jinshuang and Situ Jin; Situ Jin noticed Li Jinshuang’s calm response to Sheng Zui’s criticism.
• Zhang Yuxuan urged Mei Chengyu to eat and join the mission, while Mei Chengyu reflected on recovered memories of his family and Prince Nangong Ming.
• Mei Chengyu told Zhang Yuxuan not to bother Yu Sui and said he would join the mission after finishing his meal.

At Taiyi Communication Institute, Wei Xizhen ordered Lan Shi caught during the outer-city blood testing to be killed, even if they were Academy students. In the outer city, Yu Sui won Pu Heng’s support against Qiu Cang, while Sheng Zui and Xia Feichen interrupted their conversation.

• Wei Xizhen and Zou Qian debated whether to prioritize saving Taiyi students from Lan Poison or people threatened by the Exotic Fire Prophecy, and Wei Xizhen said he would save everyone.
• Wu Huaiwei announced she was going to oversee the Normal Practitioners’ testing area and urged them to settle the crisis for good.
• Zou Qian identified suspicious students who had switched groups, and Wei Xizhen ordered the Instructors to kill confirmed Lan Shi, including Academy students.
• Yu Sui watched Pu Heng lead blood testing and learned that he had mobilized the Qingyun Society to help investigate Lan Poison and monitor suspicious people.
• Yu Sui told Pu Heng that Qiu Cang was manipulating Xue Jiayue, and Pu Heng agreed to investigate him.
• Sheng Zui took away the cup Pu Heng handed Yu Sui, and Xia Feichen examined Pu Heng while holding it.

Yu Sui and the others hunted Lan Shi in North City, where the Academy’s search expanded to include three instructors. Mei Chengyu confronted Zhang Xiangyun over his ties to Xuan Kui and beat him in a dark alley before demanding to know where his young lady was.

• Sheng Zui, Yu Sui, and their companions helped capture a fleeing Lan Shi, but Qiu Cang killed him before the others arrived and the instructors confirmed the kill was authorized.
• During a riverbank rest, Sheng Zui and Yu Sui discussed their family and Big Brother’s upcoming birthday before the Listening Wind Rulers announced that three Thirteenth Realm instructors were Lan Shi.
• Zhang Xiangyun worried that Yu Sui had exposed Xuan Kui, then encountered Mei Chengyu and the Jiudu Guard while patrolling with Song Yubai.
• Mei Chengyu blocked Zhang Xiangyun’s escape and threatened to expose his Xuan Kui connections unless they talked.
• Mei Chengyu led Zhang Xiangyun into a dark alley, kicked him down, and asked where his young lady was.

Mei Chengyu tortured Zhang Xiangyun to learn which Nangong young lady was tied to Xuan Kui, but Zhang Xiangyun accused Nangong Sui and Mei Chengyu refused to believe she wanted him dead. Before Mei Chengyu could kill Zhang Xiangyun, Zou Yexi intervened and escaped with him while Mei Chengyu gave chase.

• Mei Chengyu pinned Zhang Xiangyun down and demanded to know where the young lady of the Nangong Family was, while Song Yubai tried to intervene and Kong Yiyi stopped him.
• Zhang Xiangyun claimed Nangong Sui was connected to Xuan Kui and had injured him, but Mei Chengyu dismissed his accusations and said she could not be the one plotting his death.
• Mei Chengyu prepared to kill Zhang Xiangyun because he knew Yu Sui's true identity, but Zou Yexi burst into the alley and blocked the Thunder Serpent with his staff and a Seven Star Shield.
• Zou Yexi rescued the unconscious Zhang Xiangyun and fled through the city as Mei Chengyu pursued him.
• A girl speaking through the Listening Wind Ruler told Zou Yexi to run, and he used Swallowing Shadow to disappear into the darkness with Zhang Xiangyun.

Mei Chengyu questioned Nian Qiuyan about the Nangong girl connected to Xuan Kui, and learned that Qingkui was Nangong Sui’s twin sister and a Qingyang Hundred Bandit. As Yu Sui considered what Mei Chengyu’s questions meant, a former Farmhouse Instructor driven mad by Lan Poison attacked near the City River.

• Nian Qiuyan used the Divine Wood Sign to misdirect the pursuers and help Zou Yexi escape, while Mei Chengyu falsely reported that Zhang Xiangyun was linked to Xuan Kui and had been intercepted by a Lan Corpse accomplice.
• Mei Chengyu struck Song Yubai down and planned to blame Zhang Xiangyun for his injuries, then privately confronted Nian Qiuyan about the Nangong girl who had given Qin Chongxue the Washing Soldiers Diagram.
• Nian Qiuyan revealed that he belonged to the Qingyang Hundred Bandits and identified their leader as Qingkui, Nangong Sui’s twin sister and the daughter Nangong Ming had supposedly lost on Mount Luo Peak.
• Mei Chengyu recalled that Yu Sui had named Qingkui as someone who might bring her back from Three Thousand Paths, and learned from Nian Qiuyan that Nangong Sui knew about Qingkui.
• A black python dragged a Thirteenth Realm Instructor into the City River, and a bloodied former Farmhouse Instructor driven mad by Lan Poison staggered toward Yu Sui as Wan Qi warned her to run.

Yu Sui confronted Yue Shu after his Lan Poison flared, then fought the Dazzling Crane summoned by his Heavenly Secrets Technique. She defeated the crane with Wan Qi’s help, and her Wind Thunder Arrow cleared the night fog.

• Yue Shu’s Lan Poison flared, and he attacked the Street Lamp, causing Wan Qi to fall while Yu Sui drew the Dazzling Crane away from him.
• Qiu Cang pursued Yue Shu as Xue Jiayue was pulled into treating the injured instructor, and Dong Xiude organized the scattered disciples into groups.
• Yu Sui trapped the Dazzling Crane in her Overturning Thunder Formation and crippled one of its wings, but it turned to attack Wan Qi.
• Wan Qi admitted he could only defend, then lured the crane into Yu Sui’s formation after asking her for help.
• Yu Sui unleashed a Wind Thunder Arrow that pierced the Dazzling Crane and cleared the night fog, earning Wan Qi’s praise.

Yu Sui and Wan Qi pursued Yue Shu toward Taixu Hall after learning that he held information about the Futuo Tower Fragments. Meanwhile, Wan Guiyue and Ou Rushuang manipulated the night fog and accepted the deaths of those being hunted to protect their base in the Sea of Fog.

• Yu Sui learned that Yue Shu had contacted Elder Zong and claimed to be the only person who knew what Leng Bin had discovered about the Futuo Tower Fragments.
• Yu Sui persuaded Wan Qi to pursue Lan Shi with her so they could earn Academy Points, and they followed the people sent by Taixu Hall to rescue Yue Shu.
• Yu Sui and Wan Qi headed toward Taixu Hall while Yu Sui suspected that Taiyi's Sages were controlling the thick night fog.
• Wan Guiyue used Geothermal Core Power to control Taiyi's clouds and mist while Ou Rushuang spoke through a Blood Jade Golden Butterfly.
• Ou Rushuang refused to save the pursued tutors and students, saying their deaths would help make the operation appear capable of eliminating every threat and protect his Sea of Fog base.

As Taiyi pursued Xuan Kui, Zou Qian and Wei Xizhen learned that the group’s Lan Poison was hidden in the Fog Sea, while Yu Sui set plans in motion to help Xue Mushi locate the secret base. The chapter left Yu Sui and Wan Qi entering Taixu Hall to find Yue Shu as Elder Zong prepared to question him about the Futuo Tower Fragments.

• Zou Qian and Wei Xizhen identified the Fog Sea as the likely hiding place for Xuan Kui’s Lan Poison and sought help from Shen Tianxue and Pei Daiqing, who ignored their message.
• Yu Sui persuaded Wan Qi to enter Taixu Hall with her to find Yue Shu, while concealing her intention to draw attention away from Xue Mushi.
• Yu Sui explained how Xue Mushi could use his Dao Gu Insect Body to locate Xuan Kui’s base in a Fog Sea mirage, and arranged for Zou Qian to bring help.
• Zou Yexi and Zhang Xiangyun headed for the Fog Sea, while Xue Mushi hurried there and prepared insect-beast transformations as a precaution.
• Yu Sui told Xue Mushi she would draw Ou Rushuang toward Taixu Hall by using Yue Shu’s claim about the Futuo Tower Fragments.
• Elder Zong ordered Zhao Feiluo to wake the injured Yue Shu and question him before Taiyi Academy found Taixu Hall.

Yu Sui and Wan Qi infiltrated Taixu Hall and overheard Yue Shu tell Elder Zong that the Futuo Tower Fragments were hidden somewhere in Taiyi Academy. When Xiang Feifei killed Yue Shu and tried to seize his bamboo tube, Yu Sui took it, and she and Wan Qi fled as Elder Zong pursued them.

• Yu Sui led Wan Qi to Elder Zong's tower, where they watched Zhao Feiluo bring the unconscious Yue Shu inside.
• Yue Shu told Elder Zong that Leng Bin had deciphered part of an ancient inscription and identified a drawing of the Futuo Tower Fragments, which were somewhere in Taiyi Academy.
• Wan Qi sent a message to the Academy, but a Thunderclap Arrow shattered his and Yu Sui's Instant Concealment Talismans and struck Zhao Feiluo.
• Xiang Feifei attacked Yue Shu from within the Swallowing Shadow, killed him, and reached for his bamboo tube.
• A Five Elements Light Core exploded beside Yue Shu, severing his hand and sending the bamboo tube into Yu Sui's grasp.
• Yu Sui and Wan Qi escaped over the railing while Xiang Feifei pursued them and asked Gu Gan to hold off Elder Zong, who broke the Thunderclap Arrow and faced another one.

Gu Gan and Xiang Feifei’s raid on Taixu Hall went awry after Yue Shu was killed and the bamboo tube was stolen, sparking a battle with Taixu Hall’s defenders. Yu Sui fought Xiang Feifei, drove her out of Swallowing Shadow, and left her injured as Xiang Feifei called for the exits to be watched.

• Gu Gan fired Thunderclap Arrows to support Xiang Feifei, then changed the plan and sent Ji Meng to pick her up after learning Yue Shu was dead and the bamboo tube had been taken.
• Elder Zong caught Gu Gan’s third Thunderclap Arrow, but its modified Zhen Fenglei lightning erupted into thunderfire and set the pavilion ablaze.
• Wan Qi shielded Yu Sui from Xiang Feifei’s Dark Serpents as Taixu Hall’s sorcerers arrived, and the explosion scattered the fighters.
• Xiang Feifei pursued Yu Sui through the corridor, but Yu Sui’s Star Generals and Three Thousand Stars countered her attacks inside Swallowing Shadow.
• Yu Sui knocked Xiang Feifei out of Swallowing Shadow, and Xiang Feifei retreated with an injured shoulder and ordered her allies to guard the exits.

Yu Sui and Wan Qi escaped Taixu Hall after Yu Sui defeated Xiang Feifei and distracted the hall’s pursuers with Skyfire. They headed for the main gate, where Mei Chengyu and the Jiudu Guard had arrived, while Elder Zong ordered Yue Shu’s body brought out.

• Xiang Feifei lost the contest of Five Elements Qi to Yu Sui, and the Taixu Hall practitioners forced her out of Swallowing Shadow.
• Yu Sui escaped her pursuers with Skyfire and an Instant Concealment Talisman while Wan Qi endured attacks from Director Su and the other Taixu Hall practitioners.
• Elder Zong emerged from the burning loft, but Yu Sui’s Skyfire blast let her and Wan Qi escape before he could reach them.
• A messenger told Elder Zong that Mei Chengyu and the Jiudu Guard had arrived at Taixu Hall’s front gate, and Elder Zong ordered his people to search for intruders and bring out Yue Shu’s body.
• Wan Qi and Yu Sui decided to go to the main gate and meet the Jiudu Guard, which Yu Sui saw waiting outside with Mei Chengyu at the front.

Yu Sui helped the Jiudu Guards trap Taixu Hall and revealed to Wan Qi that the academy had planned the operation. After Yu Sui intercepted Gu Gan’s attack on Mei Chengyu, she contacted her Senior Martial Brother, leaving her identity known to him.

• Mei Chengyu and the Jiudu Guards confronted Taixu Hall, injured one of its spellcasters, and sealed the estate behind a barrier.
• Yu Sui escaped the barrier while Wan Qi remained inside, then told him she had coordinated with Mei Chengyu and the academy to investigate Taixu Hall.
• Yu Sui gave Wan Qi a bamboo tube to deliver, but the barrier bounced it back, so she left to take it to Mei Chengyu herself.
• Zou Qian and Wei Xizhen discussed the Futuo Tower Fragments, the Non-War Covenant, and the dangers of war and the sacred flames.
• Gu Gan aimed a Thunderclap Arrow at Mei Chengyu, but Yu Sui intercepted it with her Fire-Tailed Tiger and caused it to explode.
• Mei Chengyu received Yu Sui’s message identifying herself as his Senior Martial Brother’s junior.

Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu exposed Yue Shu’s bamboo tube and its inscription at Taixu Hall, prompting Taiyi’s Saints to search the hall as rumors about the Futuo Tower Fragments spread. Meanwhile, Xue Mushi tracked a marked sea fish through the Fog Sea, where Zou Qian, Wei Xizhen, Kuang Chu, and Liang Zhen’s boat reached an island.

• Yu Sui intercepted Gu Gan’s attack on Taixu Hall’s formation, then left a bamboo tube for Mei Chengyu to collect.
• Elder Zong tried to explain Yue Shu’s death, but Mei Chengyu revealed the bamboo tube’s painting and copied inscription, and Ou Rushuang ordered Taixu Hall searched.
• Elder Zhu helped Xiang Feifei and Ji Meng leave safely as news of the Futuo Tower Fragments spread across Taiyi.
• At Yu Sui’s direction, Xue Mushi sent an Insect Shadow to carry the unconscious Zhang Xiangyun into the Fog Sea and search for a matching sea fish.
• Zou Qian, Wei Xizhen, Kuang Chu, and Liang Zhen followed in another boat, argued about their mission, and reached an island after their boats collided.

Yu Sui’s group exposed Ou Rushuang’s hidden Xuan Kui base in the Red Rock Mirage and overwhelmed him before he could stop them from finding the Lan Poison operation. The chapter ended with Ou Rushuang silencing the dying Zhang Xiangyun by making a Blood Jade Golden Butterfly kill him.

• Ou Rushuang left Taixu Hall after sensing the sea fish stirring and Zhang Xiangyun entering the Mirage, while Yu Sui and Xue Mushi confirmed the hidden base’s location.
• Kuang Chu attacked Red Island with Xun Wind Sword Slash, killing people and setting the wooden houses ablaze as the Xuan Kui members emerged from underground.
• Ou Rushuang arrived and faced the gathered Sages, who attacked him while Jiang Shulan and Wei Xizhen headed underground to investigate the Lan Poison materials.
• Ou Rushuang accused Zou Qian and Yin Ziwu of betraying him, and Zou Qian revealed that Ou Rushuang had placed a Golden Butterfly inside Zhang Xiangyun.
• Zhang Xiangyun woke amid the battle, but Ou Rushuang used a Blood Jade Golden Butterfly to kill him before he could speak.

Ou Rushuang was exposed as a collaborator with Xuan Kui who had enabled Lan Poison production and distribution, but Geothermal Core Power protected him when Wei Xizhen and the others tried to kill him. As the group turned to deal with Xuan Kui and the Lan Shi, Wu Huaiwei learned Wei Xizhen had tested Geothermal Core Power because of the strange fire.

• Liang Zhen, Leng Rouyin, and the others confronted Ou Rushuang over the Lan Poison operation and the captives hidden in the mirage.
• Ou Rushuang defended Lan Poison as a way to overcome differences in talent, then tried to bargain for his freedom by offering Xuan Kui’s people and resources.
• After Liang Zhen warned that Geothermal Core Power only protected Ou Rushuang within Taiyi, the Saints attacked him and Wei Xizhen used Break Momentum to pierce his chest with a Blood Lotus.
• Geothermal Core Power bound Ou Rushuang in vines and began repairing his body, so Leng Rouyin assigned people to watch him while the others addressed Xuan Kui and the Lan Shi.
• Jiang Shulan began rescuing the captives, and Wei Xizhen confirmed to Wu Huaiwei that he had tested Geothermal Core Power because of the strange fire.

Wei Xizhen proposed expanding Taiyi across Xuangu Continent as a possible defense against the exotic fire, while Zou Qian and Kuang Chu dealt with Xuan Kui’s destroyed base. A public announcement concealed Ou Rushuang’s exposure, and Nian Qiuyan left Kong Yiyi after sensing that she might discover something about him.

• Wei Xizhen said he was willing to test whether Geothermal Core Power could protect a Sage from the exotic fire, then proposed expanding Taiyi’s borders to cover Xuangu Continent.
• Zou Qian and Kuang Chu discussed identifying Taiyi students who Ou Rushuang had lured to Xuan Kui’s base and monitoring them for Lan Poison.
• Mei Chengyu received Yu Sui’s messages about her group and learned that Pu Heng and several Qingyun Society members were with her.
• Vice Dean Xiao announced that Xuan Kui’s final hidden base had been destroyed and that Ou Rushuang was comatose, concealing her exposure from most of Taiyi.
• Nian Qiuyan panicked after learning Ou Rushuang had been exposed, then told Kong Yiyi he would return to the group; Kong Yiyi questioned his recent strange behavior.

Nian Qiuyan ordered Yuan Xi and the other Xuan Kui members to kill those who knew too much, while Yu Sui comforted Xue Jiayue after the Lan Shi names were exposed. The chapter ended with Xue Jiayue learning that Qiu Cang had tried to make her absorb Lan Poison, as Sheng Zui noticed Yu Sui talking pleasantly with Pu Heng.

• Nian Qiuyan decided to follow Nangong Sui's orders and told Yuan Xi, Song Yubai, and the others to silence anyone who knew too much.
• Yu Sui returned to the city riverbank and comforted Xue Jiayue, who admitted she felt inadequate at Taiyi and feared she might have eaten Lan Poison from Yu Qiao.
• Xue Mushi listened through the Fusang Pearl as Yu Sui reassured Xue Jiayue and promised to study with her.
• Pu Heng told Xue Jiayue that Qiu Cang was a Xuan Kui Lan Shi who had tried to make her absorb Lan Poison, though he had failed.
• Sheng Zui returned with Mei Chengyu, spotted Yu Sui speaking with Pu Heng, and focused his attention on them.

Sheng Zui learned that Mei Chengyu liked Yu Sui and reluctantly let him escort her back to the academy. As they traveled, Yu Sui enjoyed listening to Mei Chengyu speak, leaving their relationship on a warmer note.

• Sheng Zui warned Yu Sui that Pu Heng was ambitious and told her not to accept his offers or agree to anything he proposed.
• Sheng Zui reported that Yu Sui was injured, and the instructor approved her return to the academy with Mei Chengyu as her escort.
• Mei Chengyu told Sheng Zui that he liked Yu Sui, and Sheng Zui reacted with disbelief and tried to stop him from escorting her.
• Sheng Zui gave Mei Chengyu a stern warning and detailed instructions for keeping Yu Sui safe before they departed.
• Yu Sui asked Mei Chengyu why he teased Sheng Zui, and she realized she liked listening to her senior martial brother speak.