Arc 12The Five Elements Reckoning

Su Ye rebuilt his cultivation while Shi Hao confronted Mount Eternal over his family and Supreme Bone. After exposing Mount Eternal’s plans and taking the Five Elements Ring, Su Ye left with Huo Ling'er and faced an assassin from Heaven Mending Sect.

  • Su Ye sparred with Jiang Qinghuang and Huo Ling'er, then sealed his Heavenly Eye and cultivation at Jiang Qinghuang’s suggestion so he could rebuild his foundations.
  • Su Ye comprehended the structure of heaven and earth, endured a thunder tribulation, and completed the Spirit Transformation Realm by making himself master of his own heaven.
  • Su Ye traded with Grandpa Jingbi in the Void God Realm, then traveled to the Fire Kingdom with the Golden Qilin King and reunited with Shi Hao.
  • Shi Hao challenged the gathered clans, while Su Ye used the Heart-Questioning Buddha Wheel on the Flame Python Clan elder and killed him when he attacked.
  • Su Ye told Shi Hao that his parents were imprisoned at Spirit Mountain and that Mount Eternal would collapse in half a year, then helped him face Qin Shoucheng and the other attackers.
  • Shi Hao mastered the Way of the Five Elements and took control of Qin Shoucheng’s Five Elements Ring, while Su Ye subdued the divine sense within it.
  • Su Ye forced Qin Shoucheng to confess that Mount Eternal wanted Shi Hao’s second Supreme Bone, then killed him and told Shi Hao to seek the truth in the Mystic Domain.
  • Huo Ling'er left with Su Ye, who survived an ambush by Heaven Mending Sect experts and confronted a middle-aged man who vanished as Light Rain.
Chapters 276–300 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 276A Battle Against the Ancient Double Pupil

Su Ye fought Jiang Qinghuang, the ancient Double Pupil woman, inside the Totem Pillar and used his complete Kunpeng Method and time-based power against her Treasure Arts. Their battle continued over the sea, with Su Ye narrowly avoiding Jiang Qinghuang’s devastating strike.

  • Su Ye learned that Jiang Qinghuang had stayed at the Heaven Mending Pavilion and that Shi Hao had defeated Shi Yi without killing him.
  • Su Ye and Jiang Qinghuang exchanged the Kunpeng Method, the True Dragon Treasure Art, and the Taotie Rune as she analyzed his techniques and cornered him.
  • Su Ye vanished using time power, and Jiang Qinghuang identified that it involved another Great Dao before attacking him with a mountain-like palm print.
  • Qingyi asked whether Jiang Qinghuang was Shi Yi, and Meng Lian explained that Jiang Qinghuang was the ancient Double Pupil from another era.
  • Jiang Qinghuang struck at Su Ye over the sea, but he vanished before her palm landed and reappeared safely, eager to continue fighting.

Ch. 277Huo Ling'er's Strength

Su Ye explained the Samsara Eye’s Origin Point ability to Jiang Qinghuang and continued training with her while the calamity loomed over the Eight Regions. After four years apart, he reunited with Huo Ling'er, whose strength had grown enough to challenge him and trap him in her Dao Domain.

  • Jiang Qinghuang deduced that Su Ye’s ability relied on special marks, and Su Ye explained that his Samsara Eye could return to an Origin Point for about an hour.
  • Su Ye spent much of his time cultivating and fighting Jiang Qinghuang as extraterritorial beings entered the Desolate Region amid rumors that the calamity would begin there.
  • Huo Ling'er confronted Su Ye for not visiting her in four years, and they teased each other about whether she was his junior or senior sister.
  • Huo Ling'er released an aura stronger than most Array Formation Realm cultivators, and Su Ye answered with his Heavens in the Palm Divine Ability.
  • Huo Ling'er burned away Su Ye’s palm with her flame world, then summoned her Dao Domain and transformed their surroundings into her world.

Ch. 278The Ancient Immortal Method and the Present World Method

Su Ye tested Huo Ling'er’s Dao Domain, explained its strengths and weaknesses, and promised to help her improve it while she cultivated the Ancient Immortal Method. After studying her domain, he compared three cultivation systems and decided to strengthen his foundation before resuming the Human Body Secret Realm System.

  • Huo Ling'er asked Su Ye whether her Dao Realm made her strong enough to be his senior sister, and he immobilized her within her own Dao Domain.
  • Su Ye explained that the Ancient Immortal Method concentrated power in the Dao Domain, leaving the cultivator’s body vulnerable, and promised to find Huo Ling'er one of the ten highest-ranked killing arrays.
  • Huo Ling'er took Su Ye to the core of her Dao Domain, where he examined its profound runes and passed her the Original True Interpretation to aid her study.
  • Su Ye spent the following days studying Huo Ling'er's Dao Domain and concluded that the Human Body Secret Realm System was strongest, but postponed cultivating it further because he feared its Taboo Catastrophe.

Ch. 279Book of Life and Death, Judge's Pen

Su Ye used his Unique Heavenly Passage and the Book of Life and Death with the Judge’s Pen to overpower Jiang Qinghuang in their spar. He left her transformed into a baby, and she realized his ability could judge her through the Karma from her past deeds.

  • Jiang Qinghuang recognized the danger of Su Ye’s Chaos Grinding Disc as he transformed his Heavenly Passage with complex runes.
  • Su Ye used the Book of Life and Death to reveal Jiang Qinghuang’s past and explained that the Judge’s Pen could judge her through her Karma and sinful burdens.
  • Su Ye’s ability made Jiang Qinghuang’s present overlap with a point in her past, turning her into a baby while leaving her mind and consciousness intact.
  • Su Ye pinched Jiang Qinghuang’s cheek as she raged helplessly, then worried that she would recover and take revenge.

Ch. 280Starting Over

Su Ye and Jiang Qinghuang fought fiercely, but their battle ended with Jiang Qinghuang recognizing that Su Ye’s powerful abilities kept him from mastering the fundamentals. She offered to use the Nine Prohibitions of Heaven Sealing to seal his Heavenly Eye and cultivation so he could begin again.

  • Jiang Qinghuang attacked Su Ye after he joked about their earlier physical contact, and the two fought across the battlefield.
  • Su Ye used the Kunpeng Method and a summoned mountain against Jiang Qinghuang, but she countered him with her Double Pupil and bound them together with the Life-Source Link Chain.
  • Su Ye escaped the mountain’s impact and gained the upper hand, striking Jiang Qinghuang with a punch and the Mountain-and-River Seal.
  • Jiang Qinghuang rose amid sword light and explained that Su Ye relied too heavily on powerful Dao Methods and Divine Abilities instead of mastering basic techniques.
  • Su Ye admitted he had recognized the problem but could not simply remove his Heavenly Eye, so Jiang Qinghuang offered to seal it and his cultivation with the Nine Prohibitions of Heaven Sealing.

Ch. 281Cultivating Separately

Jiang Qinghuang sealed Su Ye’s Heavenly Eye and cultivation, forcing him to surpass his former limits to regain them. As Shi Hao and Shi Yi advanced in their cultivation and the Netherworld drew countless beings seeking Innate Primordial Essence, Su Ye began cultivating the Cave Heaven Realm anew by comprehending heaven and earth’s mysteries.

  • Jiang Qinghuang sealed Su Ye’s Heavenly Eye and cultivation, explaining that he could regain them only if she undid the seal or he surpassed his previous limits.
  • Shi Hao broke through into the Array Formation Realm and pondered what it meant to truly master it.
  • Shi Yi refined his Supreme Bone, inscribed its Primal Runes into his body, and transformed them into his own power.
  • News of Innate Primordial Essence in Xiling Beast Mountain’s Netherworld spread, drawing beings from across the Eight Regions into a deadly struggle.
  • At Heaven Mending Pavilion, Su Ye began cultivating the Cave Heaven Realm anew by focusing on comprehending heaven and earth rather than enlarging his Heavenly Passage.
  • Su Ye entered an enlightened state and perceived the structure of space and the Great Dao Rules that formed the world.

Ch. 282Thunder Tribulation

While comprehending Reincarnation, Su Ye realized he could build a Heaven Domain through Chaos, but the thunder tribulation destroyed the passage he created. He vanished into the lightning to use his Wheel Sea Secret Realm as its foundation, leaving Jiang Qinghuang and the others unsure where he had gone.

  • During a month of enlightenment, Su Ye understood Chaos as the beginning and end of Reincarnation and decided to create a passage through Chaos.
  • Qingyi, Huo Ling'er, Jiang Qinghuang, and Meng Lian watched Su Ye as a terrifying thunder tribulation appeared around him.
  • Inside the Thunder Sea, Su Ye restored a shattered Heaven Domain with a Dao Seed, but the tribulation destroyed it again.
  • Su Ye realized an Immortal Seed could anchor the passage and considered using his Wheel Sea Secret Realm as the seed instead.
  • Su Ye stepped into the lightning and vanished, while Jiang Qinghuang saw that he was still alive somewhere beyond the mountaintop.

Ch. 283Ascension

Su Ye completed the Spirit Transformation Realm amid the Thunder Sea, becoming the master of his own heaven and earth and dramatically increasing his strength. He fought Jiang Qinghuang, who used the Qilin Precious Technique to test the source of his power, and she finally discovered it.

  • Su Ye endured the lightning tribulation as it erased the Great Dao and runes in his body, then completed the Spirit Transformation Realm and became the master of his own heaven.
  • Su Ye emerged from the void and challenged Jiang Qinghuang to fight.
  • Su Ye and Jiang Qinghuang exchanged over a hundred blows, demonstrating that both had broken through their physical limits.
  • Jiang Qinghuang used the Qilin Precious Technique to amplify her presence, knocked Su Ye into the ground with Qilin Foot, and pressed him with the power of heaven and earth.
  • Su Ye broke through Jiang Qinghuang's pressure and reached her, and she stopped to examine the source of his immense power.

Ch. 284Suppressed Again

Su Ye and Jiang Qinghuang fought a fierce sparring match, which ended with Jiang Qinghuang suppressing him because she had a higher cultivation realm. As Jiang Qinghuang prepared to leave to face the coming calamity, Su Ye lent her the Totem Pillar for protection.

  • Jiang Qinghuang deduced that Su Ye's power came from a Heavenly Passage connected to another heaven and earth, then attacked him with successive divine abilities.
  • Su Ye countered Jiang Qinghuang's Qilin, Golden Dragon, and sword attacks with his Golden Crow Treasure Art, Kunpeng Method, and Heaven and Earth Scroll.
  • Jiang Qinghuang broke free of the scroll, and the two fought with powerful divine abilities until their sparring match ended with Su Ye suppressed.
  • Jiang Qinghuang told Su Ye that she had won because she used the Array Formation Realm while he was only at the Spirit Transformation Realm, then said she needed to leave to prepare for the great calamity.
  • Su Ye warned Jiang Qinghuang about the Upper Realm's old monsters and lent her the Totem Pillar, telling her she would have to return it.

Ch. 285The Void God Realm's Gift

Su Ye returned to the Void God Realm, where his breakthrough beyond the Blood-Moving Realm's ultimate limit stunned its inhabitants. He traded the Kunpeng Method for the upper and middle chapters of the Three Pure Ones Scripture, then learned the forbidden Grand Pure Chapter could erase all emotion.

  • Su Ye entered the Void God Realm and triggered a record announcement for breaking the Blood-Moving Realm's ultimate limit.
  • Lord Bird and Grandpa Jingbi recognized Su Ye and realized he had reached the Spirit Transformation Realm.
  • Su Ye offered the Kunpeng Method in exchange for a Treasure Art, but Lord Bird refused because the rules required special bronze pieces.
  • Grandpa Jingbi offered the upper and middle chapters of the Three Pure Ones Scripture, and Su Ye accepted the trade.
  • Grandpa Jingbi warned Su Ye not to seek or cultivate the Grand Pure Chapter, which granted power over the Heavenly Dao by erasing emotion.

Ch. 286Driven Out

Su Ye was driven from the Void God Realm after telling Lord Bird and Grandpa Jingbi about the Netherworld and the threat to the realm. Back at the Heaven Mending Pavilion, he learned Huo Ling'er had returned to the Fire Kingdom and decided to take the Golden Qilin King as his mount by offering it a complete Treasure Art.

  • Lord Bird studied the Kunpeng Method, but Su Ye clarified that his Reincarnation Method was not the Six Paths Immortal King's art.
  • Su Ye revealed the Netherworld threat, and Lord Bird and Grandpa Jingbi discussed the Southern Heaven Gate before Lord Bird expelled him from the Void God Realm.
  • The Heaven Mending Pavilion's Sacrificial Spirit told Su Ye that Huo Ling'er had asked to return to the Fire Kingdom.
  • Su Ye visited the Golden Qilin King and said he needed a mount for a trip.
  • When Su Ye offered to teach the complete Treasure Art of the Pure-Blooded Golden Qilin, the Golden Qilin King eagerly agreed to go with him.

Ch. 287Fire Kingdom

Su Ye arrived in the Fire Kingdom’s capital, where powerful outsiders gathered to seek ancient treasures, and used the mortal world to explore the Dao of Destiny. He then visited the Fire God Tree and browsed the cultivators’ marketplace.

  • Su Ye entered the Fire Kingdom’s capital on the Golden Scale King and sensed the tangled fates and karma of its residents.
  • Su Ye altered Qin Chao’s destiny, causing him to be beaten twice and then run over by a Chariot.
  • Su Ye examined the Fire God Tree and sensed its vast energy, though he could not see through the Auspicious Mist around it.
  • Su Ye flew to the pavilions above the Fire God Tree and wandered through a marketplace filled with rare goods from cultivators across the regions.

Ch. 288Mount Eternal

Su Ye entered the Fire Kingdom’s gathering grounds while a Marquis of Mount Eternal attacked the Nine-Headed Lion and the Big Red Bird. Just as the Marquis was about to overpower the Nine-Headed Lion, unseen sword strikes nearly cut him in half and severed his arm.

  • Su Ye rode the Golden Qilin into a grand estate in the Fire Kingdom, passing through its cultivation-restricting Magic Array gate.
  • A Marquis of Mount Eternal confronted the Nine-Headed Lion and the Big Red Bird, claiming they were connected to the person he sought.
  • The Marquis attacked, and the Nine-Headed Lion blocked his first strike before being knocked away; an old King of the Fire Kingdom tried to stop the fight.
  • The Big Red Bird gave the Broken Sword to the Nine-Headed Lion, who used it to drive the Marquis back with powerful sword energy.
  • The Marquis pressed his advantage as the Nine-Headed Lion’s magic power ran low, but sword energy suddenly struck from the void, nearly cutting the Marquis in half and severing his arm.

Ch. 289The Choice

Su Ye explained why he had restarted his cultivation instead of relying on the Samsara Jade Disk’s easy path to immortality, and Shi Hao agreed that a borrowed path would not truly be his own. Shi Hao then revealed his strength to the Desolate Region and confronted Mount Eternal, while fearing that it might be connected to his absent parents.

  • Shi Hao recognized Su Ye’s Golden Qilin companion, joked about eating it, and learned that Su Ye had restarted his cultivation and was now in the Spirit Transformation Realm.
  • Su Ye described a path that could lead beyond the Supreme Being Realm, and Shi Hao rejected it as someone else’s path; Su Ye agreed that he would rather cultivate the Reincarnation Dao through his own efforts than merge with the Samsara Jade Disk.
  • At a nearby gathering, Shi Hao traded for a Sun Stone after the Little Pagoda urged him to obtain it.
  • A King attacked Shi Hao, but Shi Hao shattered the man’s hand with a single strike, confirming to the crowd that he was Little Shi.
  • Powerful figures confronted Shi Hao over his past actions, and a man linked to Mount Eternal threatened him; Shi Hao wondered whether Mount Eternal knew why his parents had never returned, but feared asking Su Ye.

Ch. 290Calling Him to Account

Shi Hao confronted Mount Eternal and the Flame Python Clan after humiliating a Mount Eternal king, while Qin Shoucheng hinted at the clan's hostility toward him. When the Flame Python elder challenged him over a slain descendant, Shi Hao invited all his enemies to attack, and the elder trapped both Shi Hao and Su Ye in a deadly formation.

  • Shi Hao's aura injured the one-armed Mount Eternal king, and onlookers identified his power as a physical domain.
  • Qin Shoucheng introduced himself and warned Shi Hao about bloodshed while secretly viewing him as a threat and coveting his Supreme Bone.
  • Shi Hao admitted killing a Flame Python descendant and challenged the gathered clans to attack him together.
  • The Flame Python elder used four formation flags to trap Shi Hao and Su Ye in a killing formation, then threatened to eat Su Ye.

Ch. 291Su Ye's Terrifying Power

Su Ye used the Western Heaven Sect's Heart-Questioning Buddha Wheel to turn the Flame Python Clan elder's threat against him, forcing the king to sever his own arm and kneel. Qin Shoucheng identified the secret art, and the crowd learned why the elder had acted as though he were repenting.

  • The Flame Python Clan elder seized Su Ye and threatened Shi Hao, demanding that he kneel or watch his brother be harmed.
  • The elder's attempt to cut off Su Ye's arm instead severed his own, and he realized Su Ye was terrifyingly powerful.
  • The elder fell to his knees and began kowtowing despite being unable to control his body, while Shi Hao and the crowd watched in shock.
  • A Western Heaven Sect monk recognized Su Ye's method and told the elder to clear his mind, allowing him to stand.
  • Qin Shoucheng identified the technique as the Western Heaven Sect's Heaven-Rank Divine Ability, the Heart-Questioning Buddha Wheel.

Ch. 292Qin Chao's Miserable Day

Su Ye explained the Daoist Sect’s Pure Heart to Shi Hao, then killed a Flame Python Clan King who attacked him. Qin Chao confronted Su Ye over his recent misfortunes, but Su Ye put him to work preparing the dead King as food.

  • Su Ye explained that Pure Heart revealed a person’s true intentions and helped them comprehend Dao Methods, while Shi Hao asked questions about how it worked.
  • The Flame Python Clan elder attacked Su Ye, who crushed him to death with one hand and remarked that the elder had been weaker than Shi Hao.
  • Qin Chao arrived and accused Su Ye of orchestrating his recent beatings and carriage accident; Su Ye admitted he had used Qin Chao to test a Dao Method.
  • Qin Chao tried to retreat after realizing the danger, but Su Ye stopped him and handed him the Flame Python King’s body to prepare as barbecue.
  • Shi Hao asked Qin Chao to make snake soup and produced a Large Cauldron and seasonings.

Ch. 293Inquiry

Su Ye fought the Western Heaven Sect monk while Shi Hao confronted Qin Shoucheng about his parents and Mount Eternal. Su Ye revealed that Shi Hao’s parents were alive but imprisoned at Spirit Mountain, which he foretold would collapse in half a year.

  • Qin Chao cooked the Flame Python’s meat under orders while Qin Shoucheng watched Su Ye warily and considered cooperating with the Western Heaven Sect monk.
  • The monk summoned the Western Heaven Sect’s Six-Zhang Golden Body Dharma Image, and Qin Shoucheng demanded that Shi Hao apologize and return to Mount Eternal.
  • Shi Hao rejected Qin Shoucheng’s demand and asked whether his parents were alive or dead.
  • Su Ye told Shi Hao that his parents were alive but imprisoned at Spirit Mountain, and warned him that Mount Eternal’s Pseudo-Gods were beyond his current strength.
  • Su Ye used his sealed Samsara Eye to predict that Spirit Mountain would collapse and everything there would return to chaos in half a year.

Ch. 294Five Elements Ring

Su Ye revealed a vision of Mount Eternal’s destruction, and Qin Shoucheng concluded that Shi Hao would release the great fiend sealed beneath the mountain. Qin Shoucheng used Mount Eternal’s Five Elements Ring to suppress everyone in the courtyard, leaving Shi Hao and Su Ye facing several powerful enemies while Huo Ling’er remained confident in Su Ye.

  • The old monk from the Western Heaven Sect recognized Su Ye’s Destiny Heavenly Eye and coveted his eyes so he could pursue the Destiny Dharma Wheel.
  • Su Ye told Shi Hao that he had seen Mount Eternal’s peaks and palaces collapse, and said Shi Hao’s actions had caused it.
  • Qin Shoucheng realized Shi Hao might release the great fiend sealed beneath Mount Eternal and declared that he had to be killed.
  • Qin Shoucheng unleashed the Five Elements Ring, immobilizing the people in the courtyard before sweeping the bystanders out of its range.
  • The crowd identified Qin Shoucheng’s ring as an incomplete imitation of Mount Eternal’s legendary treasure and feared that Shi Hao and Su Ye could not withstand their opponents.
  • Huo Ling’er refused to help Mount Eternal and watched Su Ye with confidence in his strength.

Ch. 295Strong

Su Ye and Shi Hao fought back against Qin Shoucheng’s allies inside the Five Elements Boundary Realm, despite being suppressed by the Five Elements Ring. Su Ye seized control of the ring and killed the Western Heaven Sect monk, while Shi Hao wounded the Black Cloud Clan elder and counterattacked the Fire Ox King.

  • Qin Shoucheng sent the Western Heaven Sect monk, the Black Cloud Clan elder, and the Fire Ox King to cripple Su Ye and Little Shi while the Five Elements Ring suppressed them.
  • The monk tried to gouge out Su Ye’s eyes, but Pure Heart made him suffer karmic backlash and tear out his own eyes and arm before he struck Su Ye.
  • Huo Ling'er explained that Pure Heart reflected the monk’s actions through karma, and the monk wounded Su Ye after tilting the karmic balance in his favor.
  • Su Ye seized control of the Five Elements Ring and crushed the monk into a cloud of blood mist, horrifying Qin Shoucheng.
  • Shi Hao pierced the Black Cloud Clan elder with Sword Intent, then sent sword energy from his back toward the Five Elements Ring as the Fire Ox King attacked him from behind.

Ch. 296The Ferocious Bear Child

Shi Hao tried to seize control of Qin Shoucheng’s Five Elements Ring by drawing on its power and comprehending the Way of the Five Elements. Su Ye escaped the ring’s domain and rescued the Fierce Beasts, while Shi Hao kept enduring its crushing force as he struggled to make the technique work.

  • Qin Shoucheng used the Five Elements Ring to seal the area and sent a Thunder Talisman toward Shi Hao, who countered with the Golden Ripple Technique.
  • Su Ye stepped out of the Five Elements Ring and pulled the Golden Qilin, Big Red Bird, and Nine-Headed Lion to safety with rune chains.
  • Shi Hao used Divine Guidance from the Original True Interpretation to draw on the ring’s power, but the effort injured him and made him repeatedly spit blood.
  • Su Ye explained that Shi Hao was trying to comprehend the Way of the Five Elements and take control of the ring.
  • Onlookers realized Shi Hao was deliberately challenging the ring, and Huo Ling’er and Big Red Bird expected him to claim it.

Ch. 297Slaying the King

Shi Hao comprehended the Way of the Five Elements, turned Qin Shoucheng’s Five Elements Ring against him, and killed the Fire Ox Clan and Black Cloud Clan kings. As Shi Hao trapped the ring and pursued Qin Shoucheng, a powerful divine sense emerged from the treasure and broke free of his suppression.

  • Shi Hao mastered the Way of the Five Elements and seized control of Qin Shoucheng’s Five Elements Ring.
  • Qin Shoucheng and the Fire Ox Clan and Black Cloud Clan kings attacked together, but Shi Hao blocked them with Kunpeng power and merged yin and yang with the Five Elements.
  • Qin Shoucheng unleashed the ring’s full attacking power, but Shi Hao struck it away with his fist.
  • Shi Hao killed the Fire Ox Clan king and the Black Cloud Clan elder with sword energy.
  • Qin Shoucheng tried to flee as Shi Hao restrained the Five Elements Ring with his ten Heavenly Passages, but a divine sense emerged from the ring and broke through the suppression.

Ch. 298The Curtain Falls

Shi Hao defeated Qin Shoucheng and learned that Mount Eternal had wanted to take his Supreme Bone, while the name Qin Hao left him shaken. Su Ye told him he would learn more in the Mystic Domain in half a year, and Shi Hao chose to wait and see for himself.

  • Su Ye suppressed the Five Elements Ring and took it from the divine sense inside, while Shi Hao turned his attention back to Qin Shoucheng.
  • Qin Shoucheng claimed to be Shi Hao’s great-grandfather, but Shi Hao accused him of wanting his Supreme Bone and asked Su Ye to reveal Mount Eternal’s intentions.
  • Su Ye used a Dao Bell to force Qin Shoucheng to confess that Mount Eternal wanted Shi Hao’s second Supreme Bone for its own Supreme Being.
  • Qin Shoucheng revealed that Mount Eternal already had someone named Qin Hao, then lost control of himself when Su Ye’s technique ended; Su Ye killed him.
  • Su Ye told Shi Hao to visit the Mystic Domain in half a year and showed him that Shi Hao had cut out his own Supreme Bone and left Mount Eternal.
  • Shi Hao decided to seek the truth in the Mystic Domain, then demanded that Qin Chao finish making his snake soup.

Ch. 299The Future You Isn't You

At the feast, the crowd learned that Su Ye possessed the Samsara Eye and began speculating about its value and his connections. Su Ye explained that the future was only one of many possibilities, leaving Shi Hao reflecting on how glimpsing future selves could influence who they became.

  • The crowd recognized Su Ye as Da Wa and discussed the Samsara Eye, while an unknown speaker encouraged others to covet it and spread rumors linking Su Ye to Heaven Mending Sect and Yue Chan.
  • A Heaven Mending Sect king denied any connection between the sect and Su Ye, apart from Heaven Mending Pavilion’s founder having once been expelled from the sect.
  • Big Red Bird asked Su Ye to reveal his future, and Su Ye told him that the future self was not simply the present self.
  • Shi Hao explained that future selves were possible versions that could influence a person, and Su Ye compared possible futures to branches growing from a present-day trunk.
  • Su Ye said becoming a god and destroying Mount Eternal were possible futures, with different choices leading to different outcomes, then looked toward Shi Hao.

Ch. 300Assassination in the Rain

Su Ye left the Fire Kingdom with Huo Ling'er, shared an intimate farewell with her, and went out to face the Heaven Mending Sect's assassins. He survived their opening attack and exposed a middle-aged man's fleeing projection, but the assassin's true whereabouts remained unknown.

  • The Fire Kingdom's emperor let Huo Ling'er leave with Su Ye, while the Sacrificial Spirit said it would withdraw in a few days.
  • Huo Ling'er joined Su Ye in his flying chariot, and the two spent the night together before she begged him not to die when he left.
  • Su Ye reassured Huo Ling'er, stored the chariot in his Heavenly Passage, and stepped into a sudden storm where Heaven Mending Sect experts had been waiting.
  • An assassin pierced Su Ye with a sword and split into three figures to escape, but Su Ye reappeared unharmed and drove a figure out of the void.
  • Su Ye mocked the middle-aged man who emerged, and the man vanished as Light Rain, revealing that he had not been the assassin's true body.
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