Chapter Summaries

He Yuan and three He Clan juniors visited King Nangong’s Mansion, while Han Ziyang, Gongsun Qi, A Quan, and Situ Jin searched Tongtang for traffickers. Gongsun Qi found Zhao Yuxiang’s broken Divine Wood Sign and tore through Double Scissors Hall’s district, then confronted Zhongli Ci as their old rivalry reignited.

• He Yuan arrived at King Nangong’s Mansion with Jiang Fengyu, Zhao Tingzhu, and Ji Jingcheng, showing little respect for Nangong Ming or the mourning gathering.
• Han Ziyang led Gongsun Qi, A Quan, and Situ Jin through Heping Road toward Tongtang, where Situ Jin used his Bone-grinding Technique to disguise Gongsun Qi.
• Han Ziyang and A Quan questioned a bearded man, learned that Double Scissors Hall controlled the district, and fought the people who gathered to challenge them.
• Gongsun Qi and Situ Jin found Double Scissors Hall abandoned and discovered Zhao Yuxiang’s broken Divine Wood Sign, prompting Gongsun Qi to unleash his sword and devastate the district.
• Gongsun Qi met Zhongli Ci amid the burning ruins, and the two prepared to fight over their unresolved past.

Gongsun Qi battled Zhongli Ci inside the Dragon Fish Military Formation in Tongtang while Qingyang’s forces surrounded the district and feared Gongsun Qi might unleash his strange fire. As the fight continued into daybreak, Yu Sui and Han Ziyang worried the capital could be burned, and Nangong Ming sent Yu Sui and Chu Jin to relieve their brother.

• Shan Rong urged Old Man Yan to leave, but Old Man Yan refused and ordered Gongsun Qi’s location revealed before turning to rescue Geng Hanfu.
• Gao Cang led the Xingshui Division toward Tongtang, where Zhongli Ci trapped the district and Gongsun Qi inside the Dragon Fish Military Formation.
• Han Ziyang tried to enter the formation to find A Yin, but A Quan pulled him away and urged him to wait for the battle to weaken its fighters.
• Qin Shan and Wang Jingshu discussed Gongsun Qi, the Nangong Family, and the Emperor’s plans; Wang Jingshu sent Wang Qianxia to the Thirty-Six Streets and told her to stay outside the formation.
• Yu Sui confirmed Old Man Yan was Zhao Yuxiang, while she and Han Ziyang feared Gongsun Qi might use his strange fire and destroy the capital.
• After Gongsun Qi and Zhongli Ci fought through the night without a victor, Nangong Ming sent Yu Sui and Chu Jin to relieve their brother in the Thirty-Six Streets.

Yu Sui confronted Chu Jin over the Taiyi stronghold, past betrayals, and Chu Jin’s identity as one of Xuan Kui’s Hundred Bandits. When Yu Sui helped the Imperial Orchid Division expose Chu Jin, the Nangong Second Division shielded Chu Jin, and Yu Sui disappeared into the chaos.

• Yu Sui arrived at Tongtang Temple to relieve Han Bing, who left the Nangong Second Division with her before returning to the mansion.
• Yu Sui warned Chu Jin about Lan Poison, then challenged her suspicions about the Taiyi Xuan Kui stronghold and revealed how much she knew about Chu Jin’s past.
• Yu Sui taunted Chu Jin about her schemes, her lost arm, and her identity as Qingyang Bai Kou, Qingkui, one of Xuan Kui’s Hundred Bandits.
• Duan Fengning arrived with Imperial Orchid Division guards and ordered them to seize Chu Jin.
• The Nangong Second Division defended Chu Jin as the Imperial Orchid Division attacked, while Yu Sui vanished from the street.
• Chu Jin ordered Tang Yingxiu and Tang Yuan to pursue Yu Sui, seal off news of the confrontation, and ensure Duan Fengning survived.

Yu Sui left Chu Jin’s battle and walked into a crowded district, where Xuan Kui’s people lured her into a Golden Snake attack. She defeated Wei Lingshu and confronted Tang Yuan and Yuan Xi, while Han Bing learned she was in danger and sent word for Su Feng to watch over her.

• Duan Fengning asked the Xingshui Division for help capturing Chu Jin, but Gao Cang refused, so Duan Fengning went after her himself.
• Yu Sui left Han Ziyang and A Quan to watch the battle while they discussed Gongsun Qi, the Primordial Soil, and Han Ziyang’s concern about the Military Formation.
• Han Bing learned that Luosha Practitioners and senior masters were gathering at the Thirty-Six Streets, then sent Yupo to warn Su Feng that Yu Sui was there.
• Yu Sui noticed Xuan Kui’s watchers in the crowd and escaped a girl carrying a flowerpot full of Golden Snakes, but the Golden Long Snake’s array trapped her in a street of giant serpents.
• Yu Sui used the Scorching Sun Array to destroy the snake attack, caught Wei Lingshu, and learned that Yuan Xi had used an Illusion Gu Poison while Tang Yuan confronted her.
• Yu Sui snapped Wei Lingshu’s neck and challenged Tang Yuan to choose which Nine Schools Technique would kill him, while Yuan Xi ordered the others to attack.

Yu Sui turned Tang Yuan and the Golden Long Snake’s combined attack against them with Reverse Star Reverse Extreme, killing the snake and forcing Tang Yuan to retreat. As three hidden opponents weighed how to fight her, they discussed her injuries, sealed Kun Gen Power, and the Primordial Soil.

• The Golden Long Snake and Tang Yuan trapped Yu Sui in wind, rain, and gathered qi, but she transformed their attack into flames with Reverse Star Reverse Extreme.
• The Golden Long Snake fell from the sky and died, and Yu Sui beheaded it after criticizing its flawed Beast Transformation into God.
• Tang Yuan fled into a house and tried to set another divination array while he and Yuan Xi questioned whether Yuan Xi’s poison had affected Yu Sui.
• Yu Sui sensed three concealed opponents nearby, dispersed her sea of stars, and vanished into the rain without pursuing Tang Yuan.
• Dao Xuan, Li Anmeng, and Tang Fei discussed Yu Sui’s remaining abilities and injuries, then considered whether releasing her sealed Kun Gen Power would let the Primordial Soil drain her qi.

Dao Xuan, Li Anmeng, and Tang Fei argued over the Prince’s order to kill Yu Sui, while Yu Sui rescued Han Yin and learned that the He Clan stood above the Three Clans and had founded the Nine Schools. When Jiang Fengyu and Zhao Tingzhu arrived, Zhao Tingzhu attacked Han Yin, and Yu Sui intervened as the confrontation began.

• Dao Xuan proposed breaking Old Man Chang’s seal to make Yu Sui a Normal Practitioner before taking back the Primordial Soil, but he then angrily condemned the Prince’s plan to kill her.
• Yuan Xi and Tang Yuan realized Yu Sui had disappeared and went searching for her, while Yu Sui traveled to Old Man Yan’s building to retrieve Han Yin.
• Yu Sui reunited Han Yin with Han Ziyang through the Listening Wind Ruler, then met Old Man Yan and learned that the He Clan ruled the Three Clans and that the Nine Schools came from the He Clan.
• Old Man Yan warned Yu Sui that Nangong Ming was moving against her and told her to stay hidden as Jiang Fengyu and Zhao Tingzhu arrived.
• Zhao Tingzhu cut six bloody marks into Han Yin’s face and tried to take his Listening Wind Ruler, but Yu Sui struck back with an Ice Serpent and rescued him.

Yu Sui confronted Zhao Tingzhu, who revealed that Old Man Yan had betrayed Yu Sui by informing others of her Heavenly Eye. As Zhao Tingzhu attacked Old Man Yan, Yu Sui arrived and declared that she had come to kill Zhao Tingzhu.

• Zhao Tingzhu mocked Yu Sui, explained that the Incomplete Primordial Soil could be transferred to a child, and entered the pavilion with Jiang Fengyu to confront Old Man Yan.
• Zhao Tingzhu told Old Man Yan that his family had ordered his death, then defeated the Nine Schools Practitioners and a Military Thirteenth Realm Master who attacked her.
• Yu Sui appeared inside the Scorching Sun Array and challenged Zhao Tingzhu over her claim that Yu Sui could not kill her mother.
• Zhao Tingzhu revealed that Zhao Yuxiang had reported Yu Sui's Divine Mechanism · Heavenly Eye, and Old Man Yan admitted he had known of it for five years and told others earlier that year.
• Yu Sui accused Old Man Yan of betraying her, then told Zhao Tingzhu she had come to kill her.

Yu Sui fought Zhao Tingzhu and Jiang Fengyu after they tried to take Old Man Yan, revealing the power of her Heavenly Eye and forcing Zhao Tingzhu back. After Old Man Yan agreed to leave with them, Yu Sui let him go and chose to return to the Nangong Mansion rather than flee the Imperial Capital.

• Zhao Tingzhu overwhelmed Yu Sui with her punches, while Jiang Fengyu offered to take Old Man Yan back and Old Man Yan agreed so Yu Sui could leave safely.
• Yu Sui resurfaced with her Heavenly Eye active, destroyed Jiang Fengyu's teleportation formation, and dodged Zhao Tingzhu's attacks by predicting their range.
• Zhao Tingzhu broke the Scorching Sun Array, but Yu Sui used Reverse Star Reverse Extreme to reflect her punch; Jiang Fengyu intercepted the force and restrained Zhao Tingzhu.
• Old Man Yan urged Yu Sui to stop fighting and promised to return with answers, and Yu Sui allowed him to leave with Zhao Tingzhu and Jiang Fengyu.
• Shan Rong offered to take the wounded Yu Sui out of the Imperial Capital, but Yu Sui insisted on returning to the Nangong Mansion and walked away.

Yu Sui let the Nangong Sixth Department believe she was too wounded to resist, then killed all twelve with Strange Fire before collapsing and triggering the Fire Spirit Orb. The orb’s brief activation affected the other World Destroyers, while Gongsun Qi moved to investigate the Nangong Family and Ming Yueqing confronted Zhou Kingdom’s forces at Yongyuan City.

• Yu Sui persuaded Muyang and Yan Xing to seal her Five Elements Qi and let her rest beneath the eaves while she spoke with the squad about their children.
• Yu Sui broke free of the Five Elements Lock and killed Muyang, Yan Xing, and the other ten members of the Nangong Sixth Department with Strange Fire and Reverse Star Reverse Extreme.
• Yu Sui forced the Strange Fire to stop, collapsed inside a house, and briefly activated the Fire Spirit Orb before losing consciousness.
• The other four World Destroyers felt pain in their souls as the Fire Spirit Orb went dark; Xue Mushi tried to contact Yu Sui, and Han Ziyang feared she had died.
• Gongsun Qi sensed that Yu Sui was in danger and told his opponents to investigate the Nangong Family as he prepared to break the Military Formation.
• At Yongyuan City, Ming Yueqing rejected a white-haired elder’s plea to spare Zhou Kingdom and said its people deserved to die.

Yu Sui recovered from her fight and explained how the exotic flame, the Primordial Soil, and the Yin Yang Double Fish affected her power. After Mei Chengyu crossed into Qingyang to find her, she asked him to leave everything behind and go with her once she had killed Lady Su and reclaimed the Primordial Soil; he agreed.

• Han Ziyang told Yu Sui he had burned the bodies of the twelve people she killed, and she explained that she used an exotic flame and Reverse Star Reverse Extreme to defeat them.
• Yu Sui told Han Ziyang about her connection to Zhao Yuxiang and said she intended to kill Lady Su and take back the Primordial Soil.
• A Quan revealed that he had secretly planted a Tracking Orb on Han Ziyang, and Gongsun Qi returned the Listening Wind Ruler to Yu Sui.
• Yu Sui heard Mei Chengyu say he had crossed the Sea Eye into Qingyang after Gongsun Qi led him to believe she might be dead.
• Yu Sui admitted to Mei Chengyu that she was not fine and asked him to leave everything behind and go with her after she killed her enemies and reclaimed the Primordial Soil; he agreed.

Yu Sui revealed what she knew about the He Clan and Zhao Yuxiang, while Gongsun Qi reconsidered her as a person and explained the danger of using the strange fire. Elsewhere, the Qingyang Emperor tightened his response to the crisis, and Lady Su confronted the Mute Woman over her betrayal.

• Yu Sui told Han Ziyang, Gongsun Qi, and the others about the He Clan's Three Tribes and Three Teachings Messengers, and said the He Clan had taken Zhao Yuxiang away.
• Gongsun Qi decided to go to King Nangong's Mansion to ask Nangong Ming where Zhao Yuxiang had been taken, then warned Yu Sui that the strange fire burned its user's body and learned she had first experienced Death Empathy as an infant.
• The Qingyang Emperor demanded that Nangong Ming come to the palace and ordered Wang Jingshu to go to the Thirty-Six Streets after hearing that Chu Jin had escaped and Nangong Sui had disappeared.
• Nangong Ming learned that the Nangong Sixth Department had been wiped out and that Yu Sui was missing, while Cao Yan brought the Mute Woman back after she had sought help for Yu Sui.
• Lady Su confronted the Mute Woman about betraying her and giving Yu Sui the Heart-Eating Powder, and the Mute Woman silently denied giving the powder but apologized for choosing to protect Yu Sui.

Su Feng defied Nangong Ming and left to save Yu Sui, while Yu Sui tested the seal hiding the Primordial Soil and returned to the Prince’s Mansion. There she confronted Lady Su over the Mute Woman’s death, and the two attacked as Five Elements Qi surged around them.

• Nangong Ming forced Su Feng to choose between saving Yu Sui and remaining with Zhongli Que, and Su Feng left to help his sister.
• Nangong Ming went to the palace and ordered Han Bing to manage the mansion, while Cao Yan reported that Yu Sui and Gu Gan were still missing.
• Yu Sui asked Han Ziyang to test whether Heavenly Punishment could reach the sealed half of the Primordial Soil, and he found it hidden in her soul.
• Yu Sui watched Gongsun Qi speak and laugh as if someone stood beside him, then left the district and returned to the Prince’s Mansion.
• Sheng Zui ordered the mansion to admit Yu Sui, while Han Bing closed it to visitors and Sheng Zui went to pray in the Mourning Hall.
• Yu Sui found the Mute Woman dead in the courtyard and confronted Lady Su; they attacked each other as Five Elements Qi surged upward.

Yu Sui confronted Lady Su inside a powerful formation and revealed that she remembered the events of her childhood, including Lady Su and Nangong Ming’s plans for her. When Cao Yan’s attack failed and Yu Sui unleashed Ghost Dao Summoning, blood rain devastated the courtyard, leaving Yu Sui and the wounded Lady Su facing one another as Pale White Light stirred within them.

• A Quan raised the Book of Heaven Barrier to keep Cao Yan and the others from reaching Yu Sui, while the Hunyuan Five Elements Array restored Lady Su’s four Phantom Beast Shadows.
• Yu Sui told Lady Su that she remembered being nearly strangled as a baby and recalled how Lady Su and Nangong Ming had used her as bait to protect Qingkui.
• Lady Su called Yu Sui a monster and attacked, while Cao Yan threw the Suiyun Divine Spear toward Yu Sui.
• Yu Sui’s rain shattered the spear and corroded Lady Su’s Phantom Beast Shadows, then spread as blood rain that killed people around the courtyard.
• Yu Sui approached the wounded Lady Su, and Pale White Light stirred inside both of them.

Yu Sui killed Lady Su and took the Primordial Soil, while the Cold Poison threatened her life. An Otherworldly Flame erupted across the world, and Yu Sui, Gongsun Qi, and Han Ziyang saw Ming Yueqing amid the Black Flame before it swallowed their view.

• Yu Sui killed Lady Su after revealing that their grandmother had known Yu Sui was not afraid of Mount Luo Peak's Cold Air, then teleported away with Gongsun Qi and Han Ziyang.
• Wu Huaiwei, Wei Xizhen, and Tang Qing arrived at King Nangong's Mansion and learned that Yu Sui had taken the Primordial Soil and might die from the Cold Poison transferred from Lady Su.
• An Otherworldly Flame erupted, and Zhongli Que foresaw Zhou Kingdom being destroyed by Black Flame before she fainted.
• People across the Xuangu Continent witnessed the black light and felt the earth and Five Elements Qi tremble as the flames spread.
• Yu Sui, Gongsun Qi, and Han Ziyang saw Ming Yueqing standing in a boat amid the Sea of Ashes and Fire, and the Black Flame swallowed their view.

After Ming Yueqing’s Exotic Fire destroyed Zhou Kingdom, Yu Sui escaped with her allies and chose to travel with Mei Chengyu, while Zhongli Que began training to find the World Destroyer. Yu Sui secretly visited Zhongli Que, gave her tools to help her learn and stay connected, then revealed that she was the World Destroyer and vanished into the storm.

• Han Ziyang undid the seal targeting Yu Sui’s Xi Rang while Gongsun Qi and Yu Sui discussed how the Exotic Fire had spread through the Five Elements Qi.
• The Qingyang Emperor learned that the Exotic Fire had destroyed Zhou Kingdom, and Nangong Ming discovered Lady Su’s corpse and ordered his people to find Han Ziyang.
• Mei Chengyu and Yu Sui buried the Mute Woman, and Mei Chengyu told Yu Sui he wanted to take her with him; she accepted his hand.
• Han Ziyang, Gongsun Qi, A Quan, and Situ Jin decided to return to the Mechanism Clan, while Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu prepared to flee together.
• Qin Shan made Zhongli Que his disciple and began teaching her the Nine Schools Techniques so she could help find the World Destroyer.
• Yu Sui secretly visited Zhongli Que, gave her a Mountain Spirit and a Heart-Avoiding Lock, then revealed that she was the World Destroyer before disappearing into the storm.

After Zhao Xiang's parents were murdered by a man suffering a Lan Poison episode, Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu took her in and began training her while investigating the poison trade. A month later, the three set out to confront the blind accomplice, but they encountered a returning Taiyi genius carrying a badly wounded person.

• Zhao Xiang discovered her parents murdered, and Yu Sui's Five Elements Light Core killed the attacker as Yu Sui learned the culprit was suffering a Lan Poison episode.
• Zhao Xiang accused the Imperial Orchid Division of helping the accomplice escape and begged Yu Sui to help avenge her parents; Yu Sui agreed to take her in and investigate.
• Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu identified the accomplice as Blind, learned he was hiding underground with Buried in Earth, and trained Zhao Xiang in Nine Schools Techniques.
• Zhao Xiang drove her distant uncle's family out of her home and struck her uncle unconscious, prompting Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu to move in and protect her training.
• Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu sent Zhao Xiang against a Taoist Paper Puppet, which knocked her unconscious, then worked to refine their control of Five Elements Qi.
• A month later, the three went into the mountains to confront Blind, but hid when a fast-moving figure carrying a gravely wounded person passed them; Yu Sui recognized him as the village genius returning home from Taiyi.

Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu watched Zhao Xiang confront the people trading Lan Poison, and Zhao Xiang killed the blind contact while Wan Qi secured medicine for the dying Pu Heng. After Wan Qi left Pu Heng, Zhao Xiang confronted him with the remaining poison, and Pu Heng explained that Wan Guiyue controlled Xuan Kui’s Lan Poison business.

• Yu Sui and Zhao Xiang hid near the Ancient Ginkgo Tree and watched Wan Qi bring the injured Pu Heng to meet the blind contact for Lan Poison.
• Zhao Xiang attacked the blind man over her parents’ deaths, overcame him with help from Yu Sui’s hidden intervention, and killed him.
• Wan Qi stopped Zhao Xiang from attacking Pu Heng, obtained Return Soul Incense from her through an unseen force, and left with Pu Heng to treat his poison relapse.
• After Pu Heng recovered, Wan Qi argued with him about their past and parted ways, saying he wanted a peaceful life and would not return to Xiangshui Village.
• Yu Sui sent Zhao Xiang to confront Pu Heng with the remaining Lan Poison, and Zhao Xiang demanded that he hand it over to the Imperial Orchid Division and explain his dealings.
• Pu Heng told Zhao Xiang that Wan Guiyue, a Taiyi Saint and former Taiyi Hundred Bandit, had taken control of Xuan Kui’s Lan Poison business and had hired him to transport goods.

Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu secretly saved Xing Chun by removing the Heart-Devouring Ants, while Kong Yiyi searched Xiangshan City for the Black Fortress. Their search led them to a new lead in the Western Wasteland, where Mei Chengyu recognized Gu Gan and Xun Zhiya, believed dead, heading to find Shi Yuezhen.

• Wan Qi returned to his clinic with Kong Yiyi and found Xing Chun gravely ill, while Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu watched from hiding.
• Yu Sui transferred the Heart-Devouring Ants from Xing Chun into herself and dissolved them with Xirang, then noticed a Zhong Eye inside him.
• Kong Yiyi told Wan Qi that Shi Yuezhen had been captured by the Black Fortress, and they sought help searching registration records for a suspicious survivor of the avalanche.
• Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu searched the records and checked suspected residents for a red spider mark as Xing Chun woke and learned a stranger had saved him.
• Mei Chengyu overheard a cloaked man learn that the new Black Fortress was in the reed marshes of the Western Wasteland and that Shi Yuezhen was in danger.
• Mei Chengyu recognized the cloaked figures leaving as Gu Gan and Xun Zhiya, whom everyone had believed dead.

Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu pursued Gu Gan and Xun Zhiya toward the Black Fortress, while Yu Sui’s strange fire nearly burned Mei Chengyu. After deciding to investigate Ming Yueqing in Zhou Kingdom, they followed Gu Gan and Xun Zhiya into the Reed Swamp, where they spotted Ji Meng.

• Mei Chengyu confirmed the dead man bore the red spider mark and chose to keep Kong Yiyi and the others uninformed while he and Yu Sui followed Gu Gan and Xun Zhiya.
• Gu Gan comforted the ailing Xun Zhiya and promised to help her find evidence against her Imperial Uncle at the Black Fortress.
• Yu Sui’s strange fire suddenly ignited and badly burned Mei Chengyu’s arm; she worried that Ming Yueqing was influencing the fire and resolved to investigate him in Zhou Kingdom.
• Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu discussed Xun Zhiya’s possible Heavenly Punishment Bloodline before continuing after her and Gu Gan.
• The four entered the Reed Swamp, followed signs of other travelers, and heard someone call out to Ji Meng as he unloaded cargo.

Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu discovered that the Black Fortress used a well to trade with the Ji Family, while Gu Gan and Xun Zhiya pursued Ji Meng. In Xiangshan City, Pu Heng brought Zhao Xiang to Wan Qi’s clinic and offered to lead the group to the Black Fortress, where Shi Yuezhen might be held.

• Li Hongxing traded medicinal insects with Mask Six, then ordered Ji Meng to fetch young women for Lord Zhu inside the Black Fortress.
• Yu Sui’s Five Elements Light Cores were torn apart by the well’s currents, and Gu Gan decided to follow Ji Meng and question him about the Black Fortress.
• Pu Heng learned that a powerful practitioner had used Word Control to make Xiangshui Village residents forget the names of Zhao Xiang’s instructors.
• Pu Heng delivered the Lan Poison to the Imperial Orchid Division, but Zhao Xiang continued to distrust him and accused the division of having accomplices.
• Pu Heng brought Zhao Xiang to Wan Qi’s clinic and asked him to look after her, but Wan Qi refused.
• Pu Heng revealed that he knew the Black Fortress’s location and offered to lead Kong Yiyi, Wan Qi, and Xing Chun to Shi Yuezhen.