Chapter Summaries

Yu Sui and Xue Mushi planned to obtain the Futuo Tower fragment in Hanging Moon Cave and investigate its link to strange fire, while weighing the risks around Gu Gan’s plans. After Xue Mushi left to avoid suspicion, Mei Chengyu finally found Yu Sui in the storm and asked whether she was hurt.

• Yu Sui told Xue Mushi that Taiyi held three Futuo Tower fragments and that one was hidden in Hanging Moon Cave, where Gu Gan had also sought a fragment.
• Yu Sui and Xue Mushi reasoned that someone in Taiyi might have leaked the fragment’s location and that knowledge of the Tianzi Text’s link to strange fire could change the Sages’ plans.
• Yu Sui explained Gu Gan’s plan to enter Hanging Moon Cave on the fifteenth, and she and Xue Mushi discussed waiting to steal the fragment so they could still pursue the Heavenly Secrets Technique at Dragon Head Ye Pool.
• Yu Sui told Xue Mushi to leave before Mei Chengyu found them together, and Xue Mushi disappeared into the night.
• Yu Sui watched Mei Chengyu steadily find his way through the storm, and he reached her cave, tapped her forehead, and asked whether she was hurt.

Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu reunited in a cave after a collapse in Zhanlong Cave left their Five Elements Qi restricted. As they waited out the storm, Mei Chengyu reassured Yu Sui that she mattered in Taiyi and remained determined to help her obtain the Heavenly Secrets Technique.

• Mei Chengyu found Yu Sui in a cave and learned she had only suffered superficial injuries, while his own Five Elements Qi was slightly unstable.
• Yu Sui used her Five Elements Qi to dry Mei Chengyu as he explained that someone had triggered a formation in Zhanlong Cave, causing a cliff collapse and restricting their Five Elements Qi.
• Mei Chengyu told Yu Sui he had fallen after her because he would not let her fall alone, and insisted that helping her reach the Heavenly Secrets Technique mattered more than his own competition.
• Mei Chengyu reassured Yu Sui that she was not unimportant in Taiyi and that Master could not find another disciple like her.
• Yu Sui offered to keep watch while Mei Chengyu rested through the storm, and later watched him quietly after believing he had fallen asleep.

Yu Sui reassured Zhongli Que, discussed the investigation into Lan Poison and Chu Jin, and resolved to give the authorities a lead after severing Chu Jin’s ties to the Zhongli Family. As Mei Chengyu’s sealed memories surfaced, he broke through to the Tenth Realm and awoke with a frightening aura, leaving Yu Sui wary of what he might become.

• Mei Chengyu rested while Yu Sui secretly contacted Zhongli Que and explained that she was safe in Zhanlong Cave.
• Yu Sui reminded Zhongli Que that she was investigating whether her divinations connected to the Mystic Technique Heart’s Blessing, and Zhongli Que shared news about the war and the poison investigation.
• Yu Sui learned that Chu Jin had been barred from the Zhongli residence and advised Zhongli Que to let her Third Uncle handle the matter and bring Second Brother if she had to meet Chu Jin.
• Mei Chengyu dreamed of his past, including a Purple-robed Woman shielding him from attackers with a powerful Yin-Yang Technique.
• Mei Chengyu’s Light Core shattered and became a Soul Light Core as he reached the Tenth Realm, then he awoke radiating dangerous killing intent.

Mei Chengyu recovered fragments of memories suggesting his mother had been a powerful Nine Schools Practitioner, then concealed his reaction from Yu Sui and tested the techniques he remembered. He left the chapter determined to recover more memories while Yu Sui rested in Zhanlong Cave.

• Mei Chengyu recalled memories of his mother wielding Yin-Yang and Five Elements techniques powerful enough to engulf a city, and compared her flames with the strange fire Gao Tianhao had used.
• Mei Chengyu hid his returning memories from Yu Sui and falsely explained his dangerous aura as a fluctuation caused by advancing to the Tenth Realm.
• Mei Chengyu noticed Yu Sui remained in the First Realm despite her hard work and urged her to ask her master if she still had not advanced when she left Zhanlong Cave.
• Yu Sui realized Mei Chengyu believed she challenged the Fifth Realm Military Formation, though she secretly practiced in the much more dangerous Asura Hell formation.
• After Yu Sui went to rest, Mei Chengyu used Five Elements techniques to freeze and burst raindrops and briefly summon black-and-white flames like those in his memories.
• Mei Chengyu returned to the cave entrance to keep watch and resolved to recover more memories before drawing conclusions.

Yu Sui and Mei Chengyu crossed the Dragon Belly sections with Xue Mushi’s help and learned that other Grade A Disciples were stalled at the entrance to Dragon Throat. Nian Qiuyan divined that Mei Chengyu was still inside Zhanlong Cave and had somehow advanced ahead of them.

• Yu Sui woke and asked Mei Chengyu about the Three Thousand Paths, learning that the trial offered an alternate life and tested whether disciples could maintain good intentions.
• Yu Sui signaled Xue Mushi to meet them; after reuniting, he divined a route through a cave, and Mei Chengyu used Mountain Stone Asking Road to open a passage to Dragon Belly Tenth Section.
• Mei Chengyu led Yu Sui and Xue Mushi through a flower field filled with Black Gu Worms, then chose to keep moving toward Dragon Throat rather than turn back for Zhongli Shan’s group.
• At the Dragon Belly Twelfth Section, Kong Yiyi, Nian Qiuyan, and Cang Shu held the entrance against other Grade A Disciples with Nian Qiuyan’s Eight Trigrams formation.
• Cang Shu told Kong Yiyi and Nian Qiuyan that Mei Chengyu had fallen from the cliff while saving his Junior Martial Sister; after divining, Nian Qiuyan concluded Mei Chengyu was still inside Zhanlong Cave and ahead of them.

Mei Chengyu led Yu Sui and Xue Mushi up Dragon Throat Mountain, where they fought off poisonous creatures and a powerful Military Formation Evil Ghost. At a barrier formed by the Spiritwood Seed, Mei Chengyu chose to undergo its divination and saw a vision of a wounded Yu Sui unleashing Black Flames on a plateau before he abruptly awoke.

• Mei Chengyu decided to take Yu Sui and Xue Mushi up Dragon Throat Mountain instead of waiting for the others.
• Yu Sui, Xue Mushi, and Mei Chengyu fought poisonous creatures as they climbed, and Mei Chengyu destroyed a powerful Military Formation Evil Ghost.
• The three found the Spiritwood Seed blocking the valley route, and Mei Chengyu chose to touch the word Death and undergo its divination.
• Mei Chengyu saw a future vision of Yu Sui, badly wounded and cornered on a plateau, saying "Burn" as Black Flames consumed the area.
• Mei Chengyu woke and caught Yu Sui's wrist as she reached to brush a flower petal from his hair.

After seeing a vision of Yu Sui destroying the world, Mei Chengyu kept what he had learned about her strange fire and his own possible death to himself. He concealed the Spiritwood Seed, rejoined Yu Sui and Xue Mushi, and left Yu Sui uncertain about what he had divined.

• Mei Chengyu woke beside the stream and told Yu Sui that his vision had been nothing good before sending her and Xue Mushi ahead.
• Mei Chengyu used a Mystic Technique to hide the Spiritwood Seed, while Yu Sui watched through a Five Elements Light Core that he nearly detected.
• Yu Sui and Xue Mushi defeated a Military Formation Evil Ghost, and Mei Chengyu joined them as they continued onward.
• Yu Sui asked whether the Spiritwood Seed could still be used for divination, prompting Mei Chengyu to ask if she would grieve if he died.
• Yu Sui said she would be sad and offered to help change his future, but Mei Chengyu teased her and insisted he would not die.

Yu Sui entered the Three Thousand Paths and was drawn into a peaceful life with loving parents, but the strange fire shattered the illusion and forced her to face the life she had left behind. Mei Chengyu concealed the trial’s dangerous upheaval from two Sages, and Yu Sui emerged suspecting that he knew about her strange fire.

• Mei Chengyu drove Yu Sui and Xue Mushi up Dragon Throat Mountain, and Yu Sui reached the summit before entering the Three Thousand Paths with Mei Chengyu.
• Mei Chengyu explained that the trial created real possibilities in changing universes and told Yu Sui to give him names that could wake her if she became lost.
• Yu Sui entered the trial and lived through an imagined childhood with loving parents, but Mei Chengyu’s messages of Qingkui and Zhongli Que failed to wake her.
• Yu Sui chose to leave the imagined life, and the strange fire destroyed the possibilities and showed her the ruined hut where she had been born.
• The Ancient Dragon’s power surged as Mei Chengyu moved to pull Yu Sui from the trial; the Sages Yu Sheng and Elder Zhu arrived, but Mei Chengyu concealed what had happened.
• After the Sages left, Yu Sui followed Mei Chengyu off the path and concluded from his recent behavior that he knew about her strange fire.

After passing the Three Thousand Paths, Yu Sui confronted Mei Chengyu about the strange fire and chose the Soul-Seizing Heavenly Secrets Technique at Ye Pond. She asked Mei Chengyu to accompany her back through Zhanlong Cave so she could try divining with the Spiritwood Seed, leaving his response unresolved.

• Yu Sui emerged from the Three Thousand Paths and taunted Mei Chengyu about leaving the dragon's head, making clear she knew he might reveal her strange fire to their Master.
• Mei Chengyu confronted Yu Sui about taking out her temper on him, but she calmed and said she was no longer the Junior Martial Sister who had obtained the Heavenly Secrets Technique in her first realm.
• Yu Sui entered Ye Pond, sensed the Ghost Dao School's Heavenly Secrets Techniques, and chose the rune with the strongest Five Elements Qi.
• The rune entered Yu Sui's consciousness as the Ghost Dao School Heavenly Secrets Technique Soul-Seizing, and she returned to the shore.
• Yu Sui asked to explore Zhanlong Cave again and then requested that Mei Chengyu accompany her while she tried divining with the Spiritwood Seed.

Yu Sui and Xue Mushi prepared to keep Gu Gan from taking the Futuo Tower by recruiting Wei Ren and planning a fake tower. The chapter ended with Wei Ren waking to Yu Sui’s repeated messages and realizing she had contacted him from Zhanlong Cave.

• Mei Chengyu left Yu Sui at the Dragon Belly and went to Dragon Throat Mountain after she questioned him about his plans.
• Yu Sui met Xue Mushi, learned the Ancient Dragon Power had mistaken his Yin-Yang Curse Seal for the cause of its disturbance, and discussed stopping Gu Gan from obtaining the Futuo Tower.
• Yu Sui revealed that she could track disciples and send messages from Zhanlong Cave, then decided Wei Ren should retrieve the tower if Gu Gan could send it straight to the Dragon Tail.
• Yu Sui proposed making a fake Futuo Tower, but Xue Mushi’s drawing was unusable, so they searched other disciples for drawing materials instead.
• Mei Chengyu asked Nian Qiuyan whether Spiritwood Seed divinations were accurate and admitted he had divined with a clear purpose, but he would not explain what he had seen.
• Yu Sui messaged Wei Ren repeatedly while he recovered in his dormitory, and he finally woke, recognized her name, and sat up in alarm.

Wei Ren entered Zhanlong Cave to help Yu Sui steal the Futuo Tower, while Yu Sui and Xue Mushi waited and talked about their secrets and uncertain futures. Gu Gan’s team was eliminated on Dragon Throat Mountain, leaving Yu Sui and Xue Mushi to decide whether to enter Hanging Moon Cave themselves.

• Wei Ren learned that Yu Sui planned to steal Princess Shangyang’s Futuo Tower to undo the Six Nations Non-War Covenant, then entered Zhanlong Cave with insect poison and his Ghost Armor Heavenly Spider.
• Xue Mushi failed to draw the Futuo Tower Fragments, and Yu Sui explained why Gu Gan had not brought her or why Mei Chengyu protected her.
• Yu Sui confided in Xue Mushi about her strange fire, the danger of being exposed as a World Destroyer, and her fears about what would happen to her.
• Gu Gan encountered Mei Chengyu’s group near Dragon Head Ye Pool, and their combined attacks eliminated him and then wiped out his team.
• Yu Sui told Xue Mushi that Gu Gan had been eliminated, and they considered waiting outside or entering Hanging Moon Cave to seek the Futuo Tower Fragments.

After being eliminated from Zhanlong Cave, Gu Gan learned Wen Yanghui had struck Yu Sui with golden lightning and confronted him. Yu Sui left Ye Pool victorious with Xue Mushi, then used her injuries and anger at Wen Yanghui to distance herself from Gu Gan’s plans for revenge against Mei Chengyu.

• Gu Gan, Xiang Feifei, Xun Zhiya, Huo Xiao, Ji Meng, and their group were eliminated, and Gu Gan found Wen Yanghui among those waiting outside.
• Wen Yanghui explained that Nangong Sui had protected Su Tong from his golden lightning, and Gu Gan accused him of deliberately hurting Yu Sui.
• Yu Sui decided to leave Zhanlong Cave with Xue Mushi, while Wei Ren abandoned his watch after learning Gu Gan had been eliminated.
• Yu Sui and Xue Mushi emerged from Dragon Head Ye Pool with a golden dragon announcing their victory, drawing attention from the gathered disciples.
• Gu Gan approached Yu Sui, but she refused to go near Wen Yanghui and described how his lightning had hurt her and nearly caused her to drown.
• When Gu Gan criticized Mei Chengyu, Yu Sui defended him and asked whether Wen Yanghui mattered more to Gu Gan; Gu Gan panicked as she walked away and gave him the cold shoulder.

After being hurt by the golden lightning and shutting Gu Gan out, Yu Sui reflected on her relationship with Mei Chengyu and let Li Jinshuang treat her wounds. She then challenged Li Jinshuang’s loyalty to Xun Zhiya and revealed that she wanted the Futuo Tower Fragments, leaving Li Jinshuang to consider joining her instead.

• Yu Sui refused to forgive Gu Gan and shut him out of her dorm, then messaged Li Jinshuang while bathing and thanked her for an earlier message.
• Yu Sui examined the cuts on her forehead and remembered Mei Chengyu, deciding that his affection was not enough to justify letting him know everything about her.
• Li Jinshuang brought ointment and treated Yu Sui’s wounds while Yu Sui asked about her Zhanlong Cave challenge and the Futuo Tower Fragments.
• Yu Sui questioned whether Xun Zhiya would truly help Li Jinshuang restore the Li Family and urged her to consider whether she needed the Saintess more than the Saintess needed her.
• Li Jinshuang realized Yu Sui wanted the fragments, and Yu Sui argued that helping her obtain them would benefit Li Jinshuang more than helping Xun Zhiya.

Yu Sui tried to persuade Li Jinshuang to reconsider her loyalty and focused on recovering from her disturbing memories. Meanwhile, disciples emerging from Zhanlong Cave clashed over old grudges, and Mei Chengyu struck Wen Yanghui with golden lightning before leaving after Zhang Yuxuan intervened.

• Yu Sui told Li Jinshuang she would help retrieve the Futuo Tower Fragments and asked her to decide by the next morning; Li Jinshuang agreed to think it over.
• Yu Sui saw Yan Xiaochuan and others emerge from the Fa Family Plaza with the Heavenly Secrets Technique, then washed again as memories of Lady Su and Nangong Ming upset her.
• Mei Chengyu, Zhongli Shan, and Kong Yiyi attacked Wen Yanghui, while Gu Gan defended him and Qian Ying confronted Sheng Zui over Nangong Sui.
• Song Xixiao stopped the expanding fight, but Mei Chengyu used golden lightning to strike Wen Yanghui in front of her.
• Zhang Yuxuan intervened on Mei Chengyu's behalf, and Mei Chengyu left as Zhang suggested sending him to Mechanism Island for punishment.

After Mei Chengyu humiliated Wen Yanghui, he went to see Sage Chang Gen before leaving for Mechanism Island, while Yu Sui secretly watched and wondered why he had concealed the strange fire. Remembering Mei Chengyu’s lonely childhood and their unsettled encounters, Yu Sui decided she needed to understand him better and continued watching him at his dormitory.

• Gu Gan told Wen Yanghui to get his injuries treated after Mei Chengyu left, while Wen Yanghui silently vowed revenge against anyone who went to Mechanism Island.
• Yu Sui met Li Jinshuang on the way to the Dining Hall and passed Mei Chengyu without greeting him; Mei Chengyu later warned Zhang Yuxuan that Wen Yanghui would not dare attack him on the road.
• Mei Chengyu visited Sage Chang Gen, recalled how he had once confided in his master as a lonely child, and spoke about Yu Sui without revealing the strange fire or the World Destroyer.
• Yu Sui used the Five Elements Light Core to watch Mei Chengyu and concluded that he had knowingly kept the strange fire from Sage Chang Gen.
• Yu Sui reflected on her uncertainty about Mei Chengyu and watched him prepare to bathe, deciding that she needed to learn the truth from him himself.

Yu Sui secretly monitored Mei Chengyu while he worked on Mechanism Island, where Wen Yanghui plotted to have him killed. After Yu Sui visited Mei Chengyu, his friends teased him about her, leaving him troubled by the thought that she might still be angry with him.

• Yu Sui concealed a tiny Five Elements Light Core on Mei Chengyu and spent the night thinking about her master and the Nine Schools Techniques.
• Mei Chengyu returned to Mechanism Island to work, while Wen Yanghui manipulated Sui Tianjun into promising to deal with him.
• Yu Sui messaged Su Feng, then visited Sage Chang Gen and gained permission to go see Mei Chengyu on Mechanism Island.
• Yu Sui brought food to Mei Chengyu, watched him work, and overheard Wen Yangxiu speculate that Sage Chang Gen feared Mei Chengyu might regain his old memories if he left Taiyi.
• Wen Yangzhou and Wen Yangxiu teased Mei Chengyu about Yu Sui, prompting him to wonder whether she was still angry before he returned to work.

Yu Sui realized Mei Chengyu's past had been sealed and watched him struggle with his loneliness and desire to recover his memories. After he finished working on Mechanism Island, Yu Sui surprised him by arriving in person to bring him food and drinks.

• Yu Sui concluded that Mei Chengyu's memories had been sealed and wondered whether his name and past were false.
• Mei Chengyu cooled off in the sea, played with a sea eagle, and reflected on his lost memories, his family, and the possibility of leaving Taiyi.
• Mei Chengyu exchanged messages with Xing Chun, then hesitated before asking Yu Sui what the Dining Hall was serving.
• Yu Sui called Mei Chengyu and revealed she had come to Mechanism Island, surprising him as she stood in the hillside corridor.
• Mei Chengyu told Yu Sui to stay put and hurried toward her.

Yu Sui met Mei Chengyu on Mechanism Island, where they discussed Gu Gan, Wen Yanghui, and the danger of choosing sides. After Mei Chengyu left to investigate a mechanism, Wen Yanghui confronted Yu Sui and attacked her with an illusion, but she broke through it and moved in front of him.

• Yu Sui brought Mei Chengyu food and told him she had argued with Gu Gan because Wen Yanghui had offended her.
• Mei Chengyu offered Yu Sui his Mechanism Scrolls and urged her not to forgive Gu Gan, but Yu Sui explained she was using their quarrel to avoid helping Gu Gan target him.
• Yu Sui asked whether Mei Chengyu cared if she sided with Gu Gan, and he warned her not to stand against him while saying she should look after herself if she had no choice.
• Mechanism Clan practitioners summoned Mei Chengyu to inspect out-of-control mechanisms at Yinchou Hall, and he told Yu Sui to wait for him.
• Wen Yanghui confronted Yu Sui after Mei Chengyu left, and she challenged his alliance with Gu Gan and threatened him with the Nangong Family's influence.
• Wen Yanghui cast an illusion and threatened Yu Sui, but she broke through it and appeared in front of him.

Yu Sui fought Wen Yanghui on Mechanism Island, but he trapped her on the Second Mechanism Island and struck her with the Golden Crow Red Arrow, shattering her Five Elements Light Core. As Yu Sui lay near death, the other World Destroyers felt her pain, and she rose again, declaring that she and the others would not die.

• Yu Sui used the Military Formation Evil Ghosts' body techniques to fight Wen Yanghui, then warned him that harming her or Mei Chengyu would bring consequences from Sage Chang Gen and King Nangong's Mansion.
• Wen Yanghui attacked Yu Sui with Dao School talismans and the Divine General Zhaoming, then used the Nine-sided Dice to transport them to the Second Mechanism Island.
• Wen Yanghui launched the Golden Crow Red Arrow, which pierced Yu Sui's chest, shattered her Five Elements Light Core, and pinned her beneath the snow mountain.
• Mei Chengyu heard the arrow's cry while confronting Sui Tianjun, and Wen Yanghui left Yu Sui behind as he hurried to torment him.
• The World Destroyers felt Yu Sui's pain, and she regained her strength enough to stand and declare that she and the others would not die.
• A White-robed Man, a man with a sword, a girl in the water, and a wounded young man each reacted to Yu Sui's declaration.

Xue Mushi worried when Yu Sui stopped responding, while Yu Sui survived the Golden Crow Red Arrow and discovered she could use ownerless Five Elements Qi to manifest Nine Schools Techniques. She helped Mei Chengyu defeat Wen Yanghui and Sui Tianjun, then Mei Chengyu headed beyond the snowy mountain to find out whether Nangong Sui was alive.

• Xue Mushi discussed Yu Sui's silence and the danger posed by Wen Yanghui with Wei Ren, who reported that Wen Yanghui had returned to Mechanism Island and planned to act on the fifteenth.
• Yu Sui recovered from her fatal chest wound on Second Mechanism Island and realized she could turn ownerless Five Elements Qi into Nine Schools Techniques.
• Sui Tianjun trapped Mei Chengyu in the Wind and Thunder Pillar Formation and attacked him with the Sword Rings, but Mei Chengyu used a Military Formation to survive the Myriad Sword Shadows.
• Situ Ling discovered that Wen Yanghui had taken Mei Chengyu and Nangong Sui to Second Mechanism Island, and Grandmother Situ sent Situ Jin to warn the Wen Yang Family.
• Yu Sui knocked the Mechanism Nine Dice from Wen Yanghui's hand and shattered his Five Elements Light Core, allowing Mei Chengyu to seize him and force Sui Tianjun to surrender both Sword Rings.
• Mei Chengyu turned the Eighteen Sword Souls against Sui Tianjun, left him under attack, and carried Wen Yanghui toward the mountain while searching for Nangong Sui.