Chapter Summaries

Mei Chengyu and Gu Gan fought on the Dragon Ladder after competing over Yu Sui, while Mei Chengyu later helped her test the Purple Void Double Ring Jade. After her surveillance was lifted, Yu Sui traveled to the outer city, where Ou Rushuang ambushed her with Blood Jade Golden Butterflies.

• Gu Gan taunted Mei Chengyu during a voice transmission with Yu Sui, but Yu Sui refused to go back to Qingyang with him.
• Mei Chengyu and Gu Gan fought on the Dragon Ladder, and Mei Chengyu kicked Gu Gan into the corridor; Gu Gan secretly collected Mei Chengyu's Five Elements Qi.
• Mei Chengyu helped Yu Sui summon him through the Purple Void Double Ring Jade, and he later left to buy her candy.
• After her surveillance ended, Yu Sui wrote to Nangong Ming and went to the outer city to check on her spirit puppet.
• Ou Rushuang covered Yu Sui's carriage with Blood Jade Golden Butterflies, shattered her Listening Wind Ruler, and told her that he had come.

Ou Rushuang confronted Yu Sui in the new Fog Sea Mirage, suspecting she had helped expose Xuan Kui, but Yu Sui concealed her involvement and he could not confirm it. He left to test Zou Qian’s reaction, while the Blood Jade Golden Butterfly kept Yu Sui trapped in the Jungle Swamp.

• Yu Sui pretended to be relieved to see Ou Rushuang and followed his orders into the Fog Sea, where he brought her to a Jungle Swamp Mirage.
• Ou Rushuang questioned Yu Sui about who betrayed him, and the Blood Jade Golden Butterfly indicated that her fear and sincerity were false.
• Yu Sui denied helping Zou Qian and blamed Zhang Xiangyun, then secretly used Ownerless Qi to interfere with the butterfly’s ability to detect her thoughts.
• Ou Rushuang explained how Zou Qian’s group found the Red Island Mirage and accused Yu Sui of arranging Zhang Xiangyun’s capture, but he chose to imprison her rather than kill her.
• Ou Rushuang revealed his Mystic Technique: False Beast, transformed into a Black Eagle, and flew away to observe how Zou Qian reacted to Yu Sui’s disappearance.

Wu Huaiwei and Liang Zhen discovered that Ou Rushuang had escaped his vine prison, and Ou Rushuang tracked Yu Sui into a mirage in the Fog Sea. He fatally wounded her with the Blood Jade Golden Butterfly, but Black Skull burst from the swamp and attacked him.

• Wu Huaiwei cut through the Aerial Roots on Red Island, exposing Ou Rushuang’s lifelike body and realizing he had escaped.
• Zou Qian learned Ou Rushuang was missing and summoned Yu Sui to the Communication Institute, while Ou Rushuang’s Black Eagle followed him and exposed Yu Sui’s connection to him.
• Mei Chengyu sent Yu Sui a message, and Sage Chang Gen followed her summons to the Fog Sea but could not enter her mirage.
• Ou Rushuang confronted Yu Sui, accused her of plotting against him, and attacked after she revealed she had used Zou Qian and knew about Xuan Kui.
• Ou Rushuang’s hidden Blood Jade Golden Butterflies tore through Yu Sui and she fell into the swamp, but Black Skull erupted from the water and struck at Ou Rushuang.

Yu Sui survived Ou Rushuang’s attack by rebuilding her Light Core and using the Blood Jade Golden Butterfly’s weakness against him. She left Ou Rushuang weakened by Five Elements Rebellion, and he demanded to know her connection to Ming Yueqing.

• Ou Rushuang’s Blood Jade Golden Butterfly shattered Yu Sui’s Light Core and left her poisoned, while the Black Skull defeated Ou Rushuang’s Sword Spirit.
• Yu Sui’s crisis caused Gongsun Qi, Han Ziyang, and Xue Mushi to experience shared pain, and they discussed how she might counter Ou Rushuang’s poison.
• The White-robed Man revealed that the Blood Jade Golden Butterfly feared absorbing Rebellious Five Elements Qi, which would also trigger Five Elements Rebellion in its master.
• Yu Sui used sundials in her Nine Provinces Star Sea to accelerate time and heal her Light Core with Heavenly Eye’s help.
• Yu Sui deliberately triggered Five Elements Rebellion, causing the Blood Jade Golden Butterfly to fall and Ou Rushuang to collapse.
• Ou Rushuang recognized that Yu Sui had acted deliberately and asked what relationship she had with Ming Yueqing.

Yu Sui fought Ou Rushuang through Five Elements Rebellion and was trapped in his Wind and Thunder Earth Qi Formation, but she summoned Mei Chengyu with the Purple Void Double Ring Jade. As Ou Rushuang threatened her and Mei Chengyu entered the formation, Mei Chengyu began using Heaven and Earth Synchronization.

• Yu Sui recalled the stranger who had revealed the Blood Jade Golden Butterfly's weakness, then fought off Ou Rushuang's Sky-Devouring Python while Ou Rushuang escaped in Red Fish form.
• Yu Sui used Shifting Stars to Fill the Sea to recover from Five Elements Rebellion, caught Ou Rushuang with Water Prison and Water Arrow, and learned that he was a Sage whose Soul Light Core could still function during the rebellion.
• Ou Rushuang unleashed a sound attack from a colorful shell, and Yu Sui charged him with Black Skull's sword, but he broke the blade and trapped her with the Wind and Thunder Earth Qi Formation.
• Pinned and unable to use her Kun Gen Power, Yu Sui sent golden light toward the Purple Void Double Ring Jade; Mei Chengyu arrived, and Ou Rushuang seized Yu Sui by the throat to stop him.
• Mei Chengyu told Yu Sui to wait and kindled Golden Body Protection Qi inside the formation by drawing on the surrounding world through Heaven and Earth Synchronization.

Mei Chengyu rescued the wounded Yu Sui from Ou Rushuang, and the two fought the Dean as he transformed into a golden dragon. Yu Sui unleashed the Black Flame to kill Ou Rushuang and destroy the mirage, but she and Mei Chengyu fell into the sea eye; Mei Chengyu was rescued while the flame spread across Yu Sui’s body.

• Mei Chengyu used Heaven and Earth Synchronization to break Ou Rushuang’s Wind and Thunder Earth Qi Formation and carried the wounded Yu Sui away from the lightning pillar.
• Ou Rushuang threatened Mei Chengyu with secrets about his parents and siblings, but Mei Chengyu refused to abandon Yu Sui, and she warned him that Ou Rushuang was protected by Geothermal Core Power.
• Mei Chengyu told Yu Sui he believed she could control the strange flame and asked her to save him, while Yu Sui shared a private name with him.
• Ou Rushuang transformed into a golden dragon using Beast Taming into Dragon and attacked Mei Chengyu and Yu Sui with the Red Dragon Flame.
• Yu Sui unleashed the Black Flame, which consumed Ou Rushuang and shattered the mirage; Mei Chengyu and Yu Sui fell into the sea eye and were separated by its force.
• The Sages rushed toward the blood-red sea eye as Mei Chengyu lost consciousness in a young woman’s arms, while Black Flame spread across Yu Sui’s body.

Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu survived the Sea Fire and reached a deserted island, where Mei Chengyu revealed the Thousand Mechanism Heart and treated her injuries. As they rested together, Yu Sui confessed that she liked him, and Mei Chengyu kissed her.

• The Taiyi Saints discovered that Mei Chengyu had been swept into the sea eye, then scattered to search for him while Yin Ziwu tried to keep the Sea Fire from reaching shore and contact Shuizhou.
• Yu Sui brought the unconscious Mei Chengyu out of the whirlpool and ashore, where she worried that the strange fire had left her unable to control her body temperature.
• After waking, Mei Chengyu explained that he had used the Thousand Mechanism Heart to summon natural sea eyes and revealed that its loss could halt the Mechanism Clan's progress for three thousand years.
• Mei Chengyu gave Yu Sui clean clothes and treated her wounds, then told her his Mystic Technique was Heaven and Earth Synchronization, which consumed his lifespan.
• Yu Sui teased Mei Chengyu as he treated her, then told him she liked him and kissed him, and he pulled her close and kissed her in return.

Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu treated her injury while sharing their feelings about the strange fire, their past, and the choices ahead. They exchanged their likes, dislikes, and deepest wishes before sensing two groups approaching from different directions.

• Yu Sui promised Mei Chengyu she meant what she had said, and he paused their intimacy to treat her wounded leg.
• Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu recalled their earlier encounters in the outer city and discussed Gu Gan's Mystic Technique and its limits.
• Yu Sui told Mei Chengyu that she disliked the name Nangong Sui and the Nangong Family, and explained how Zhongli Que had made her want to preserve the happiness of others rather than release the strange fire.
• Yu Sui said she would understand whatever Mei Chengyu chose to do, and Mei Chengyu replied that if he bound himself, she would be enough to hold him back.
• Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu discussed their feelings about Zhongli Que, Qingyang, and a possible future war, then wrote down their likes, dislikes, and greatest wishes.
• Yu Sui sensed the strange fire wavering and spotted at least two groups hurrying toward them.

The Taiyi Twenty-Four Saints confronted Mei Chengyu at the abandoned docks about the sea eyes and Sea Fire, then fought over who would take him. Sage Chang Gen finally let Sun Heng take Mei Chengyu, and Chen Daozhi transported them away while Yu Sui watched from the docks.

• Mei Chengyu introduced Yu Sui to the arriving Saints, including Sun Heng, Lu Lan, Xuan Jing, and Zhuge Ling, while Chen Daozhi and Liang Zhen clashed.
• Dan Chen asked Mei Chengyu whether he had awakened the sea eyes, and Mei Chengyu admitted that he had before challenging the Saints with the threat of Sea Fire.
• Zhuge Ling questioned Mei Chengyu about the sea eyes, Sea Fire, and his returning memories, while Mei Chengyu redirected attention away from Yu Sui and Ou Rushuang.
• Sun Heng shattered Sage Chang Gen’s attempt to take Mei Chengyu, and Lu Lan and Xuan Jing bound him in a Thorn Cage as the Saints fought around them.
• Sun Heng offered to take Mei Chengyu only to learn about the sea eyes, and Sage Chang Gen allowed it; Chen Daozhi then escaped Liang Zhen and transported the Water Vessel group and Mei Chengyu away.

After Chen Daozhi and Mei Chengyu were taken to Shuizhou, the Sages questioned Yu Sui and then parted ways. In Shuizhou, Sun Heng negotiated with Sage Chang Gen over Mei Chengyu, but Chang Gen allowed only three days before taking him back.

• Chen Daozhi teleported away with Mei Chengyu, and Sage Chang Gen pursued them while the other Sages discussed what had happened.
• Yu Sui told Zou Qian that Ou Rushuang had trapped her and Mei Chengyu in a Mirage before they were swept into a sea eye.
• Liang Zhen left for Shuizhou, Leng Rouyin followed, and Jiang Shulan and Zou Qian went to check on the Fog Sea as Wu Huaiwei took Yu Sui with her.
• At Shuizhou, Mei Chengyu rejected Chen Daozhi’s teasing and struck him with his head before Chen escorted him toward the Ice Sea Testing Ground.
• Sage Chang Gen confronted Sun Heng and demanded that Mei Chengyu be returned in three days, refusing Sun Heng’s request for more time or his warnings about Mei Chengyu’s recovered memories.

Sun Heng began telling Mei Chengyu about his Yan Kingdom origins and his father, Donglan Xun, whose clan was destroyed by strange fire. He revealed that Donglan Xun had devised a way to identify World Destroyers and killed one eighteen years earlier.

• At the Ice Sea Testing Ground, Chen Daozhi told Mei Chengyu that a sea eye had spat out Sea Fire, while Mei Chengyu refused to reveal whether he had recovered his memories.
• Zhuge Ling told Chen Daozhi that Sun Heng wanted Mei Chengyu brought to the secret chamber before Sage Chang Gen lost patience and took him away.
• Sun Heng began explaining Mei Chengyu's past, and Mei Chengyu warned that he would rather keep his present memories than risk having his master erase them again.
• Sun Heng recounted how the Donglan Clan joined the Water Vessel project, then was destroyed when the World Destroyer Bai Cheng used strange fire to kill its members.
• Sun Heng identified Mei Chengyu's father as Donglan Xun and explained that he had modified the Fire-Absorbing Ice Stone to extinguish Sea Fire.
• Sun Heng told Mei Chengyu that Donglan Xun had found a way to identify World Destroyers and killed one eighteen years earlier.

Sun Heng recounted how Donglan Xun had killed Xin Wu and survived Yan’s attempt to execute him, then tried to learn from Mei Chengyu how to identify World Destroyers. Mei Chengyu challenged Sun Heng’s account of his family and bargained over the natural sea eye, while their discussion of fire and Qi ended with Mei Chengyu asking how Shuizhou had found a World Destroyer in the Dan Kingdom.

• Sun Heng explained that Donglan Xun exposed Xin Wu as a Nanjing strategist during the Battle of Chishui, where strange fire killed the soldiers on the battlefield, and was later accused of letting Yan’s troops die.
• Mei Chengyu questioned Sun Heng’s claims about Donglan Xun, his family’s deaths, and Shuizhou, then offered information about Sea Fire and the natural sea eye in exchange for a promise that his master would not erase his memories.
• Sun Heng demonstrated the Bagua Life Technique and explained that Sea Fire clung to Sea Qi while strange fire clung to World Destroyers.
• Mei Chengyu recalled Gao Tianhao teaching him that fire needed something to cling to, and reasoned that strange fire and Sea Fire worked by the same principle.
• Sun Heng asked whether World Destroyers could cooperate with Shuizhou, and Mei Chengyu challenged whether Shuizhou would trust them before asking how it had found a World Destroyer in the Dan Kingdom.

Sun Heng told Mei Chengyu about You Xian and the evolving powers of the different fire, then secured Mei’s help in locating natural sea eyes and summoning Sea Fire. Yu Sui sought solitude in the Taoist Saint Hall before returning to find Wu Huaiwei and Zou Qian waiting for her.

• Sun Heng explained that You Xian’s different fire had evolved, revealing new shared sensations and other abilities among World Destroyers, while Mei Chengyu questioned what Sun Heng really wanted.
• Mei Chengyu agreed to help Shuizhou locate the natural sea eyes and summon Sea Fire in exchange for Sun Heng stopping Sage Chang Gen from sealing his memories.
• Chen Daozhi tried to restrain Mei Chengyu with copper coins, but Mei summoned Sage Chang Gen and left with the Shuizhou group to summon the sea eyes and extinguish Sea Fire.
• Yu Sui went to the Taoist Saint Hall, reflected on her burning hand, the different fire, and Mei Chengyu, and stayed there alone until morning.
• Wu Huaiwei and Zou Qian found Yu Sui outside the hall, and Yu explained that she had fallen asleep there before promising to make it up to Wu.

Yu Sui recovered while investigating Ming Yueqing and the Ancient Stele Inscription, and she learned that others believed she and Mei Chengyu could never be together. She sought help from Sheng Zui with the Name School’s deciphering work and found him already immersed in the wager.

• Yu Sui told Xue Mushi that Ming Yueqing had likely revealed the Blood Jade Golden Butterfly’s weakness and asked him to investigate Ming Yueqing.
• Yu Sui questioned Wu Huaiwei and Zou Qian about Mei Chengyu’s past, then admitted she liked him; they warned that she and Mei Chengyu were ill-suited.
• After Yu Sui left, Wu Huaiwei worried that Mei Chengyu might hate the Nangong Family if he regained his memories, while Yu Sui overheard and remained determined to pursue him.
• Xue Mushi told Yu Sui that no trace of Ming Yueqing had been found and that Sheng Zui was helping decipher the Ancient Stele Inscription.
• Yu Sui brought breakfast to Sheng Zui and saw his dormitory covered in Character Incantations as he said he had made progress deciphering the inscription.

Yu Sui helped Sheng Zui decipher part of the Ancient Stele Inscription and learned about his wager with Su Xingchao, then heard more about Taiyi’s Deans and resolved to focus on gaining power. She upgraded spirit puppets’ Light Cores to the eighth realm and contacted the World Destroyers, setting a monthly schedule for communicating through the arrays.

• Sheng Zui deciphered the inscription as “Heavenly Thunder Enters Earth, Crimson Fire Brightness” and explained his research into the School of Names’ Spirit Word Collection.
• Mu Mengbai told Yu Sui that Sheng Zui had sworn an oath to compete with Su Xingchao to decipher the inscription first, with the loser having to leave Taiyi.
• Yu Sui visited Zou Qian, who refused to reveal Mei Chengyu’s background and explained the feud between Chen Daozhi, Liang Zhen, and Zhang Guanyi.
• Yu Sui decided to set aside separating the strange fire and used Five Elements Light Cores to upgrade spirit puppets to the eighth realm, then shattered the cores and replaced them.
• Yu Sui contacted the World Destroyers and proposed communicating on the last day of each month, but the others remained wary of using the Listening Wind Ruler.

Yu Sui reunited with Wan Qi at the medical hall, then pressed Zou Qian for information about the Futuo Tower Fragments and began dangerous training in the Water Element Myriad Realms. While recovering in a medicated bath, she caught Chen Jie spying on her and destroyed one of his eyes.

• Yu Sui bought external injury medicine from Wan Qi, learned he had been beaten before, and left after warning him that Chen Jie disliked his criticism.
• Yu Sui showed Zou Qian that she had advanced two levels, asked about the Futuo Tower Fragments, and learned the Taiyi deans were discussing whether to stop students from searching for them.
• Zou Qian explained that Yu Sui needed the Nine Provinces Star Sea to master the Nine Profound Methods and repeatedly forced her through the Water Element Myriad Realms.
• Yu Sui went to the Medicine Bath Hall to recover her spirit, where Chen Jie used Triple Eyes to spy on her through the walls.
• Wan Qi loudly interrupted Chen Jie’s spying, and Yu Sui used a hidden Five Elements Light Core to destroy Chen Jie’s left eye.

Wan Qi and Yu Sui exposed Chen Jie’s spying in the women’s medicine bath area, forcing him to confess before the gathered disciples. Chen Jie was taken to face the Legalists, while Yu Sui left him believing she might spare his life even as she planned his death outside Taiyi.

• Chen Jie fled the women’s medicine bath area after Yu Sui injured his eye, and Wan Qi was caught by Du Xiaoxing near the scene.
• Yu Sui admitted to Wan Qi that she had injured Chen Jie and warned him that Chen Jie would continue making trouble if he survived.
• Xia Feichen and the Medical School Disciples found Chen Jie hiding in the men’s bath area, and Zuo Qiushan tried to help him evade suspicion.
• At the main hall, Chen Jie blamed Wan Qi, but Yu Sui privately threatened him until he confessed to spying with Triple Eyes and framing Wan Qi.
• Xia Feichen and Instructor Sun took Chen Jie to the Legalists, while Yu Sui asked Xia Feichen to go easy on him and secretly expected him to die after leaving Taiyi.

Yu Sui secretly killed Chen Jie after he was expelled from Taiyi, then discussed the danger of retaliation with Wan Qi. Su Xingchao confronted Sheng Zui over Chen Jie's fate, and Sheng Zui attacked him again after Su Xingchao threatened Yu Sui.

• Yu Sui recovered the Fusang Pearl while Chen Jie was punished, stripped of his Nine Schools Techniques, and expelled from Taiyi.
• Yu Sui detonated the Five Elements Light Core hidden on Chen Jie, killing him after Mo Yun dropped him off far from Taiyi.
• Yu Sui told Wan Qi that Chen Jie was dead, and Wan Qi warned that Su Xingchao and Pu Heng might retaliate against them and Sheng Zui.
• Su Xingchao stormed to Sheng Zui's dormitory and accused him of having Yu Sui frame Chen Jie, prompting them to fight with Five Elements Qi.
• Su Xingchao threatened Yu Sui as he left, and Sheng Zui attacked him again despite Mu Mengbai trying to stop him.

Sheng Zui was confined after attacking Su Xingchao, while Yu Sui watched the Remnant Sword Domain trial end and learned that Li Jinshuang had been badly injured. Yu Sui treated Li Jinshuang and heard that the Sea Fire at Mechanism Island was nearly extinguished, while Mei Chengyu had sent word that she should not worry.

• Sheng Zui attacked Su Xingchao over what he had done to Yu Sui, fought the instructors who tried to restrain him, and was confined at the Legalism School.
• Yu Sui learned that Sheng Zui's confinement might be part of a plan to make her ask Gu Gan for help and disrupt Sheng Zui's bet with Su Xingchao.
• The Remnant Sword Domain trial ended with Bei Shan taking first place and winning the Mirage Moon Sword, while Kong Yiyi emerged injured after suffering the backlash of Five Elements Rebellion.
• Yu Sui stopped Su Qingyou from striking Li Jinshuang and learned that Li Jinshuang had broken Su Qingyou's sword before another group attacked Su Qingyou and caused her cultivation to fall.
• Yu Sui brought Li Jinshuang to her dormitory, treated her badly wounded hands, and warned her to be careful during the coming Hundred Schools Night Walk.
• Situ Jin brought medicine for Li Jinshuang and told Yu Sui that Mei Chengyu had asked him to say not to worry because the Sea Fire at Mechanism Island should be put out the next day.

Yu Sui assessed Pu Heng’s plans against her and Sheng Zui while questioning Wu Huaiwei about his actions. The chapter ended with Pu Heng arranging for County Princess Jianing to invite Yu Sui to the Golden Pearl Banquet, hoping to draw her into his next move.

• Yu Sui told Xue Mushi that Sheng Zui’s confinement would likely last only a day, while Pu Heng’s real aim was to disrupt Sheng Zui’s focus on deciphering the Ancient Stele Inscription.
• Yu Sui visited Wu Huaiwei at Moon Mountain and asked whether she knew about Pu Heng’s actions and his interest in the Futuo Tower Fragments.
• Wu Huaiwei explained the dangers and rules of the approaching Hundred Schools Night Walk, advising Yu Sui to avoid getting hurt and to consider finding allies.
• After learning Yu Sui had not asked Gu Gan to help Sheng Zui, Pu Heng told Dong Xiude to have County Princess Jianing invite her to the Golden Pearl Banquet.