Chapter Summaries

Yu Sui wrestled with the danger posed by Lady Su while Mei Chengyu pursued leads about Song Dongling in Yan. As Lady Su waited for her plan to take effect, Chu Jin learned that Wenren Xu had been spotted outside the city.

• Mei Chengyu fought through a border village in Yan while speaking with Yu Sui, then questioned a woman about Song Dongling's location and left her to die.
• Yu Sui told the Mute Woman she did not want to die for Lady Su, and the Mute Woman said the choice belonged to Yu Sui alone.
• Yu Sui recalled that Xue Mushi had given her the Broken Blood Gu worm and wondered whether the Mute Woman was still hesitating to act against her.
• The Mute Woman reported that Yu Sui had not noticed the substance in her tea and that it would take at least seven days to work; Lady Su thanked her.
• Chu Jin warned Lady Su that the Wuxiang Snake might be inside Yu Sui and urged her to test Yu Sui, but Lady Su decided to wait.
• Chu Jin ordered Tang Yingxiu to test Yu Sui, then learned that Wenren Xu had been seen outside the city and demanded to know where.

The Golden Armored Army attacked Shi Yuezhen and Cang Shu’s hideout, but Gongsun Qi and Wenren Xu unleashed a devastating counterattack as Zhongli Shan rescued Gu Jun. As Gongsun Qi prepared to pursue Zhao Yuxiang, Duan Fengning’s Imperial Orchid Division surrounded the mountains, leaving Chu Jin facing another suspected betrayal.

• Gu Jun led the Golden Armored Army to the cave where Shi Yuezhen and Cang Shu were hiding, while Zhongli Shan declined to take part in the capture.
• Wenren Xu summoned the Jailfire Wind Woman, and Gongsun Qi’s Heavenly Fire Flowing Flames destroyed the Golden Armored Army; Zhongli Shan rescued the wounded Gu Jun and helped the Qinglong Army retreat.
• Zhongli Que saw a vision of Gongsun Qi amid flowing fire, and the flames stirred within her, Yu Sui, and Han Ziyang as Gongsun Qi and Wenren Xu withdrew.
• Hu Gui escorted Cang Shu, carrying the unconscious Shi Yuezhen, away from the mountains, and Cang Shu said they would search for Meimei.
• Wenren Xu gave Gongsun Qi a lead on Zhao Yuxiang, but Yu Sui warned that hunters were converging on the area as Duan Fengning mobilized the Imperial Orchid Division.
• Chu Jin and her companions were surrounded in the mountains, and Chu Jin demanded to know which of them had leaked their location.

Chu Jin and the Xuan Kui group were ambushed by the Imperial Orchid Guards, Gongsun Qi, and Zhongli Shan, while Zhongli Que suffered backlash from a vision of fire. Qin Shan revealed that he knew she had secretly learned the Nine Schools Techniques and asked her to help find the World Destroyer hidden in Qingyang.

• Geng Hanfu, Tang Yuan, and Wei Lingshu tried to protect the Xuan Kui group, but Wenren Xu broke Tang Yuan's divination array and let the Imperial Orchid Guards advance.
• Chu Jin used Overlapping Feathers to rain golden arrows on the Imperial Orchid Guards and knock Duan Fengning from his horse.
• Gongsun Qi and Zhongli Shan struck at the Xuan Kui group simultaneously, gravely wounding Geng Hanfu and nearly nine-tenths of the Imperial Orchid Guards.
• Qin Shan entered Zhongli Que's room, restored her sight with the Divine Wood Sign, and learned that she had seen fire in a vision.
• Qin Shan told Zhongli Ci that Zhongli Que had sensed the World Destroyer near the Imperial Capital and asked her to help locate it in Qingyang.

Yu Sui provoked Lady Sheng into investigating Sheng Zui’s past at Taiyi, while Su Feng helped the Imperial Orchid Division hunt Xuan Kui fugitives through the capital. The crackdown left the wounded Chu Jin stranded, and Nian Qiuyan stopped Yuan Xi from reaching her by throwing his Five Elements into Rebellion; Shan Rong then warned Old Man Yan not to rescue the captured Geng Hanfu.

• Yu Sui told Lady Sheng that Lady Su had secretly paved the way for her, then prompted her to investigate Sheng Zui’s experience at Taiyi.
• Lady Sheng learned that Sheng Zui had gone berserk at Nether Lake under the influence of an Agricultural School phantom beast and sent for Sheng Zui and Physician Song.
• Su Feng learned that the Imperial Orchid Division was pursuing Xuan Kui fugitives, helped direct patrols near Nangong Prince’s Mansion, and Sheng Zui returned to Lady Sheng while Su Feng joined the search.
• Chu Jin, badly wounded and suffering from Rebellion of her Five Elements, waited for Yuan Xi while Tang Yingxiu treated her, but Nian Qiuyan intercepted Yuan Xi and disabled him.
• Old Man Yan told Shan Rong that Geng Hanfu had been captured, and Shan Rong warned him not to save Geng Hanfu because he had a bad feeling.

Tang Yuan and Chu Jin dealt with the night’s crisis while Yu Sui waited at the mansion and caught Han Ziyang spying in her room. Their conversation with Gongsun Qi revealed that Han Ziyang’s Heaven’s Punishment Bloodline was not caused by the strange flame.

• Tang Yuan ordered Yuan Xi to provide medicine for Five Elements Rebellion and sent Xuan Kui members to find physicians, while Chu Jin secretly treated herself and ordered her allies to shift the commotion toward the Zhongli Family.
• Yu Sui spoke with Su Feng at the mansion gate about the search for Chu Jin and her plans to investigate their grandmother.
• Han Ziyang entered Yu Sui’s room and saw the Mute Woman pour something into her tea, but Yu Sui revealed his hiding place with golden Word Spirit butterflies.
• Han Ziyang warned Yu Sui that the tea had been tampered with, then discovered it contained sweet syrup before asking about the Yin-Yang Weirdo.
• Yu Sui connected Han Ziyang to Gongsun Qi through the Listening Wind Ruler, and Han Ziyang explained that he was investigating his origins and the abducted descendant of his master.
• Gongsun Qi told Han Ziyang that his Heaven’s Punishment Bloodline had not come from the strange flame.

Gongsun Qi revealed that Han Ziyang was descended from the Han Clan and that his father, Han Xiao, lived in Nanjing, while the group discussed the Heavenly Punishment bloodline and the Futuo Tower Fragments. Yu Sui then went to the mansion gates after learning that Golden Armored Army soldiers had clashed with the Second Young Master, where wounded Gu Jun faced Su Feng and the Imperial Orchid Guard.

• Gongsun Qi told Han Ziyang that his father was Han Xiao, a gifted Han Clan descendant who had married a Nanjing princess and whose other children had been killed.
• Gongsun Qi explained that the Xun Clan had worked with Han Xiao because they expected one of his children to awaken the Heavenly Punishment Technique, prompting Yu Sui to wonder whether Xun Zhiya was Han Ziyang's sister.
• Han Ziyang revealed that his master had sent him to obtain Qingyang's Futuo Tower Fragments, though he had not yet seen them.
• A maid told Yu Sui that Golden Armored Army soldiers had arrived and clashed with the Second Young Master, so Yu Sui hurried to the mansion gates.
• Yu Sui found Nangong Ming, Cao Yan, Jiang Chi, Han Bing, and the soldiers gathered at the gate, where wounded Gu Jun faced Su Feng and the Imperial Orchid Guard.

Gu Jun’s dispute with Su Feng brought Nangong Ming out to take control of the search for Xuan Kui, while Yu Sui used their confrontation to deepen his suspicions about Sage Chang Gen and the Primordial Soil. The chapter ended with Nangong Ming ordering Chu Jin to hand over Xuan Kui’s people and having Jiang Chi watch Yu Sui.

• Gu Jun provoked a quarrel with Su Feng, and Nangong Ming sent Cao Yan and the mansion’s forces to search for Xuan Kui while dispersing the Golden Armored Army and Imperial Orchid Guard.
• Yu Sui confronted Nangong Ming about her cultivation and the Primordial Soil, prompting him to question what Sage Chang Gen had given her and to warn that he still controlled her fate.
• Yu Sui revealed that she could hear Han Ziyang and Gongsun Qi through the Listening Wind Ruler, then watched the forces around the mansion withdraw and wondered whether Gu Jun belonged to Xuan Kui or the Nangong Family.
• Gongsun Qi tracked his sword-shadow marks toward the Zhongli Family, while Zhongli Shan learned from Wen Yangxiu that Emperor Qingyang had discovered Mei Chengyu’s background and summoned Zhongli Que.
• Nangong Ming promised Lady Su that she would live while Yu Sui would die, then ordered Chu Jin to hand over Xuan Kui’s people to make amends for her failed operation.
• Nangong Ming told Jiang Chi to monitor Yu Sui and report her every move.

Han Ziyang learned more about the strange fire and the differing visions seen by World Destroyers, while Yu Sui questioned Gongsun Qi about the threatened destruction of the Xuangu Continent. Jiang Chi brought guards to Yu Sui’s courtyard, where she chose A Jing and ordered the others to keep watch outside her room.

• Han Ziyang found comfort in his orphanhood after learning more about his father, and Yu Sui told him she had obtained a Futuo Tower Fragment from the Great General.
• Yu Sui gave Han Ziyang Mei Chengyu’s Fire-Absorbing Ice Stone and discussed how Shuizhou might use it to identify World Destroyers.
• Han Ziyang described a vision of Yin and Yang Qi meeting as the strange fire appeared, and Gongsun Qi suggested the strange fire might ignite the Five Elements Qi throughout the world.
• Yu Sui asked Gongsun Qi whether a World Destroyer would release the strange fire that destroyed the Xuangu Continent, but he refused to give her a clear answer.
• Jiang Chi brought Qiao Yuande and Wang Jin to guard Yu Sui, and she also selected A Jing as a personal guard.
• Yu Sui made A Jing remove her mask, then pressed it back into place and ordered all the guards to remain outside her bedroom.

Yu Sui used what she claimed to know about Lady Su’s Wuxiang Snake to provoke a confrontation between Lady Sheng and Lady Su. Nangong Ming intervened by offering to strip Yu Sui of her name, title, and inheritance rights, leaving Lady Sheng to decide whether to continue her revenge.

• Yu Sui told Su Feng that Lady Su had hidden a Wuxiang Snake inside Sheng Zui, and A Jing passed the claim to Jiang Chi.
• Lady Sheng confronted Lady Su in Chu Jin’s room and sent Book Granny’s Wuxiang Snake toward the unconscious Chu Jin.
• Yu Sui restrained a small Wuxiang Snake in her room, causing Lady Su’s Phantom Beast to turn against her; Lady Su severed the Phantom Beast Shadow, but the Wuxiang Snake entered Chu Jin.
• Lady Sheng accused Lady Su of harming Sheng Zui and said Yu Sui had testified that Lady Su did it to clear the way for her.
• Nangong Ming arrived and told Lady Sheng to call off the Wuxiang Snake, then offered to strip Yu Sui of the Nangong name, her inheritance rights, and her County Princess title if Lady Su had acted for Yu Sui’s sake.

Nangong Ming stripped Yu Sui of her County Princess title and Nangong surname, but she refused to return to the family genealogy and revealed that she had deliberately engineered the conflict to remove the Wuxiang Snake from Sheng Zui. Sheng Zui admitted he wanted to become the heir and ended his relationship with Yu Sui; Nangong Ming expected her to come begging, while she remained unconcerned.

• Nangong Ming ordered Yu Sui's County Princess title and authority removed, and Lady Sheng left with Sheng Zui after Book Granny withdrew the Wuxiang Snake from Chu Jin.
• Yu Sui laughed at the order to restore her name in the genealogy, refused to take a new Nangong name, and said she would not be entered in the family records.
• Sheng Zui confronted Yu Sui, who explained that she had deliberately prompted Lady Sheng to act so that the Wuxiang Snake would be removed from him and her mother would be forced to destroy her Phantom Beast Shadow.
• Yu Sui told Sheng Zui she hated him, and he admitted he wanted the heir's position before declaring that everything between them was over.
• Nangong Ming learned Yu Sui had refused the genealogy and dismissed her words as anger, expecting her to come plead with him.

Yu Sui investigated the Royal Palace’s Sound Blocking Barriers and spread a false story about grieving after losing her inheritance, while Su Feng feared the political danger surrounding her. The chapter ended with Wu Huaiwei arriving at Nangong King's Mansion to see Yu Sui and condemning Nangong Ming’s decision.

• Yu Sui learned from Zou Qian that the Royal Palace had extensive Sound Blocking Barriers and suspected the West Hall guarded the Futuo Tower Fragments.
• Yu Sui ordered A Jing and the Mute Woman to spread rumors that she was devastated by losing her inheritance rights, and she refused to see Su Feng and Han Bing.
• Su Feng worried that Qingyang might eventually sacrifice Yu Sui for the Breath Soil and went to seek his mother's advice.
• Wu Huaiwei forced her way into Nangong King's Mansion, where Tang Qing restrained the guards and introduced her as a Yin-Yang School Sage from Taiyi.
• Wu Huaiwei insisted that Nangong Sui was the rightful heir and called Nangong Ming an old fool as Lady Han led her to Yu Sui.

Wu Huaiwei visited Yu Sui, learned she was being pressured over the Primordial Soil, and decided to take her away from the Prince's estate. Yu Sui revealed she was also Wu Huaiwei's disciple, then left with her after Nangong Ming gave permission.

• Yu Sui pretended to be heartbroken so Wu Huaiwei would visit, then described how Nangong Ming and Su Xing had asked whether she would die for her mother.
• Wu Huaiwei learned that Gu Gan was missing and told Yu Sui she had come to Qingyang to find Yan Xiaochuan, who was staying at the Nangong Family's old residence.
• Wu Huaiwei invited Yu Sui to stay with her, and Yu Sui dismissed the guards Nangong Ming had assigned to her.
• At the estate gate, Wu Huaiwei announced that Yu Sui was her disciple and claimed she had taught her the Reverse Star Reverse Extreme Technique in secret.
• Yu Sui said Nangong Ming had confined her, prompting Wu Huaiwei and Tang Qing to demand an answer; Nangong Ming allowed her to leave.
• Yu Sui departed with Wu Huaiwei and Tang Qing, while Nangong Ming watched her go.

Yu Sui went to the Nangong ancestral mansion seeking Yan Xiaochuan, then accepted the Qingyang Emperor’s summons to a palace banquet, hoping his intervention would settle the fight over the Xirang. Meanwhile, Nangong Ming confronted Lady Su over her secrets and her failed attempt to control Yu Sui, leaving Lady Su to conceal one final safeguard.

• Nangong Ming ordered his people to investigate Yu Sui’s time at Taiyi, capture Nian Qiuyan and Yuan Xi, find Shi Yuezhen and Mei Chengyu, and bring Wei Ren to him.
• Yu Sui, Wu Huaiwei, and Tang Qing visited the Nangong ancestral mansion, where Nangong Grandmother told them Yan Xiaochuan had left with Sheng Zui.
• Nangong Grandmother asked whether Yu Sui wanted the Qingyang Emperor involved in the Xirang dispute, and Yu Sui said his intervention would make things easier.
• A red Flying Eagle summoned Tang Qing, Wu Huaiwei, and Yu Sui to the palace banquet, and Nangong Ming learned that the Emperor had called for Yu Sui.
• Nangong Ming told Lady Su that Wei Ren would be brought to her for questioning and challenged her for hiding the Wuxiang Snake’s involvement with Sheng Zui.
• Lady Su promised to help the Nangong Family conquer the Yan Kingdom, but concealed her thoughts about the Mute Woman from Nangong Ming.

Yu Sui attended the Qingyang Emperor’s banquet with Wu Huaiwei, where the emperor praised her talent and hinted at a marriage to the Crown Prince. The arrival of Zhongli Ci and Zhongli Shan left Yu Sui and Zhongli Shan expecting questions about Mei Chengyu.

• Tang Qing ignored Yu Sui on the way to the palace and focused on Wu Huaiwei, while Yu Sui drew him into conversation to ease the tension.
• Qin Shan praised Yu Sui’s talent and warned Tang Qing that forcing her to marry the Crown Prince would bring trouble because she and the Crown Prince resented each other.
• At the banquet, the Qingyang Emperor welcomed Yu Sui and she admitted she had Three Thousand Stars, while Wu Huaiwei privately worried she had far more.
• Wang Jingshu brought Duan Fengning to the banquet, where he traded barbs with the Crown Prince as Yu Sui chatted with Wu Huaiwei.
• Zhongli Ci arrived with Zhongli Shan, and Yu Sui and Zhongli Shan realized they would likely be questioned about Mei Chengyu.

Yu Sui navigated court politics by claiming she would persuade Mei Chengyu, then secretly entered Qin Shan’s Stargazing Hall to investigate the Sound Blocking Barrier. She was discovered while hiding there with Zhongli Que and was pinned to the wall by Qin Shan’s golden arrows.

• At the banquet, Yu Sui declared her devotion to Mei Chengyu and asked the Qingyang Emperor for a chance to persuade him; Zhongli Shan backed her claim that Mei Chengyu might listen to her.
• Yu Sui contacted Black Beard, who later told Nangong Ming and Yuan Xi about her closeness with Mei Chengyu, leaving Nangong Ming uncertain about what his daughter truly felt.
• Yu Sui stayed at Chaoyue Palace while Wu Huaiwei and Tang Qing left the capital to search for Yan Xiaochuan.
• Yu Sui slipped into the Stargazing Hall to search for the Sound Blocking Barrier’s core and found Qin Shan’s star charts, including one noting a possible Ghost Dao Spirit Transmutation ten years earlier.
• Qin Shan brought Zhongli Que to Valley Wind Tower and taught her to sense objects through Five Elements Qi; Zhongli Que detected someone hiding in the room.
• Yu Sui tried to escape, but Qin Shan’s divination array struck her with golden arrows and pinned her to the wall.

Yu Sui fought Qin Shan inside the palace, escaped his hex array, and learned that he might be probing the World Destroyer. As Gongsun Qi and Han Ziyang prepared to go to Tongtang, Gongsun Qi slipped into the Nangong Ancestral Mansion, where the old madam awoke.

• Qin Shan attacked Yu Sui after Zhongli Que sensed her, but Yu Sui used Sword Spirit Yanyan's Sword Howl to break the Mountain Suppression Array and flee.
• Qin Shan caught Yu Sui with a pill and a hex array, but the Broken Blood Gu Worm neutralized the pill, allowing her to escape again.
• Yu Sui used her knowledge of the palace and a diverted Imperial Guard patrol to delay Qin Shan, then spoke with Han Ziyang and Gongsun Qi about his possible probing of the World Destroyer.
• Gongsun Qi told Han Ziyang to prevent Qin Shan from divining what happened and prepared Sage Realm barriers before planning to go to Tongtang.
• Yu Sui used rain and Shan Huo to dissolve Qin Shan's hex array and disappear, while Qin Shan performed a grave divination.
• Gongsun Qi entered the Nangong Ancestral Mansion at night, and the old madam opened her eyes.

Gongsun Qi ambushed the Nangong Old Residence with help from A Quan and Situ Jin, killing Nangong Grandmother before escaping. Nangong Ming ordered a search for Gongsun Qi and summoned Sixth Highness as suspicion fell on the Imperial Orchid Division.

• Gongsun Qi attacked Nangong Grandmother, while A Quan maintained the barrier and Situ Jin deployed Wind and Thunder Pillars that suppressed her Ghost Dao techniques.
• Gongsun Qi pierced Nangong Grandmother with his sword and beheaded her; A Quan and Situ Jin teleported away as Qin Shan pursued them.
• Wang Jingshu and Wang Qianxia confirmed that Gongsun Qi had used Sword Shadow Fire Poison and that Nangong Grandmother had been a Ghost Dao Sage.
• Nangong Ming arrived at the burning residence, rebuked Wang Jingshu and Qin Shan for failing to detect Gongsun Qi, and ordered the search for him.
• Nangong Ming watched over Nangong Grandmother's body as relatives gathered, and Chu Jin reported Gongsun Qi's earlier appearance outside the city.
• Nangong Ming questioned whether the Imperial Orchid Division had overlooked information and ordered Han Bing to summon Sixth Highness.

After Nangong Grandmother was killed by Gongsun Qi, Nangong Ming prepared to bring Yu Sui back and sent Lady Su to the Six States with the soil of creation. Hiding in the capital, Yu Sui learned of the killing, helped Han Ziyang investigate Tongtang, and returned to the Royal Palace expecting Nangong Ming to move against her.

• Nangong Ming blamed those responsible for failing to stop Gongsun Qi, while Sheng Zui admitted he had helped Yan Xiaochuan escape and clashed with Chu Jin.
• Nangong Ming confronted Lady Su over the choice to prioritize Sui Sui over Nangong Grandmother, then ordered Lady Su to heal and take the soil of creation to the Six States.
• Nangong Ming learned that Sui Sui was alive and went with Cao Yan to bring her back.
• Yu Sui learned from Mountain Spirit that Gongsun Qi had killed Nangong Grandmother and realized the death would intensify Nangong Ming's hostility toward her.
• Yu Sui learned that Han Ziyang was going to Tongtang to investigate A Yin's Jade Flower Bracelet and told him to search for Zhao Yuxiang there.
• Yu Sui warned Old Man Yan to stay indoors, burned her bloodstained clothes, and returned to the Royal Palace.

Yu Sui returned to King Nangong’s Mansion after Nangong Grandmother was killed, while Qin Shan and Zhongli Que investigated the Starwatch Hall intruder and prepared to pursue Gongsun Qi. As suspicion fell on Yu Sui, she denied knowing Gongsun Qi’s plans and warned Sheng Zui that he could be his next target.

• Yu Sui returned to Chaoyue Palace, while Zhongli Que stayed hidden in Valley Wind Tower after the intruder escaped Qin Shan.
• Zhongli Que used the Nine Schools Techniques to divine that Gongsun Qi would be at Wunan Suburb the following night, and Qin Shan began planning with Wang Jingshu.
• Qin Shan told Zhongli Ci about the failed pursuit and Zhongli Que’s divination, and Zhongli Ci said he would go after Gongsun Qi if the intruder was truly him.
• Nangong Ming brought Yu Sui back to King Nangong’s Mansion, where the household mourned Nangong Grandmother and treated her corpse’s Sword Shadow Fire Poison.
• Nangong Ming asked Yu Sui whether she knew what Gongsun Qi intended, and Yu Sui denied it while saying Nangong Grandmother had meant to support her.
• Sheng Zui accused Yu Sui of knowing Gongsun Qi’s whereabouts, and Yu Sui told him that if she had known, she would have asked Gongsun Qi to kill him first.

During the Nangong Family funeral, Yu Sui secretly coordinated with allies while Gongsun Qi and his companions found a way into the Thirty-Six Streets. The chapter ends when Mr. He arrives, deepening Nangong Ming’s already grave mood.

• The Queen comforted Lady Su, who then told the Mute Woman to seize the chance now that Yu Sui had returned.
• Yu Sui kept watch at the Mourning Hall, sent messages through the Listening Wind Ruler, and chatted with Mei Chengyu while Han Bing and Su Feng searched for Gongsun Qi.
• Mountain Spirit guided Han Ziyang and Gongsun Qi toward Tongtang, where Xingshui Division had surrounded the Thirty-Six Streets.
• Han Ziyang led Gongsun Qi, A Quan, and Situ Jin through the underground Dog Hole into the district.
• Grandmother Ji and the Ji Family arrived to mourn, while the younger Ji family members watched Yu Sui from a distance.
• Cao Yan announced Mr. He’s arrival, and Nangong Ming’s expression grew more grave.