Chapter Summaries

Su Han and Bi Yao followed the sound of water through Dead Spirit Abyss and found the entrance to Dripping Blood Cave. After Su Han activated a hidden mechanism, they descended to an ancient stone door, leaving Qing Long still missing and the Heavenly Scripture beyond their reach.

• Bi Yao called for Qing Long as Su Han supported her through the tunnels, but they heard no answer.
• Su Han and Bi Yao heard flowing water and followed it to a waterfall concealing the red stones of Dripping Blood Cave.
• Su Han found a leaf-shaped mechanism beside the pool and activated it, causing the ground to sink beneath them.
• Su Han caught Bi Yao as they fell and landed with her before an ancient stone door.
• Bi Yao thanked Su Han, and he turned his attention to the stone door, eager to find the Heavenly Scripture.

Su Han and Bi Yao entered the Dripping Blood Cave, where Su Han uncovered a hidden passage beneath Black Heart Old Man’s remains. At the passage’s end, Su Han found the general outline of the Heavenly Scripture.

• Su Han opened the ancient stone door and entered the Dripping Blood Cave with Bi Yao.
• Bi Yao approached Black Heart Old Man’s corpse, triggering ancient corpse poison, and Su Han shielded her from it.
• Su Han removed and replaced the corpse’s skull, causing the skeleton to collapse and revealing a hidden passage.
• Su Han and Bi Yao followed the passage, where Bi Yao stopped to read a fragment of a poem carved into the wall.
• Su Han reached the great hall and recognized the words on its wall as the general outline of the Heavenly Scripture.

Su Han encountered the Netherworld Ghost Fire while studying the inscription in the Dripping Blood Cave and absorbed it, strengthening his soul and senses. After the fire vanished, golden characters appeared on the wall, and Su Han realized the true Heavenly Tome might be revealing itself.

• Su Han became absorbed in the inscription, “Heaven and earth are heartless, treating all things as straw dogs,” while Bi Yao approached and then prayed to the Heavenly Fiend Ming King and Netherworld Holy Mother statues.
• Su Han touched the word “heartless,” and the Netherworld Ghost Fire spread over his arm.
• Su Han sensed the fire’s chilling power and ability to burn souls, then used his Zhurong trait to absorb it into his body.
• Bi Yao finished worshipping and was shocked to see Su Han absorb the Netherworld Ghost Fire.
• The ghost fire disappeared, and golden seal-script characters appeared on the wall, leading Su Han to wonder if he was seeing the true Heavenly Tome.

Su Han studied the Heavenly Tome and discovered that it was the source of Daoist, Buddhist, and Holy Cult techniques. His enlightenment advanced his cultivation, leaving him stronger and Bi Yao questioning the origins of the world's cultivation arts.

• Bi Yao found Su Han studying the Heavenly Tome and was shocked when he said it belonged to the Daoist and Buddhist traditions as well as the Holy Cult.
• Su Han sat down to comprehend the Heavenly Tome, and Bi Yao chose not to interrupt him.
• Su Han entered enlightenment, drawing Heaven and Earth's spiritual energy into a vast vortex as Bi Yao marveled at his talent.
• Su Han sensed a law underlying all cultivation techniques and saw Daoist, Buddhist, and Holy Cult energies blend within him.
• Su Han's Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao and Great Brahma Prajna advanced to their second realms, and he rose with greatly increased power.

Su Han used the Heavenly Tome to create the Dao Scripture by initially fusing three cultivation techniques, then destroyed the tome’s inscription to keep its secrets from evil hands. Bi Yao learned that Su Han had reached Shangqing Realm Level 2 and reacted with astonishment and envy.

• Su Han checked his Attribute Panel and discovered that the Dao Scripture had been added to his cultivation techniques.
• Su Han reflected that the Dao Scripture fused Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao, Great Brahma Prajna, and Soul Scattering Poison Scripture, and might eventually let him transcend the world’s limits.
• Su Han destroyed the Heavenly Tome engraved on the wall after explaining to Bi Yao that he had memorized its contents and wanted to prevent malicious people from learning them.
• Bi Yao asked Su Han about his cultivation level, and he said he had reached Shangqing Realm Level 2.
• Bi Yao marveled at Su Han’s rapid advancement and complained that she lacked his talent, so Su Han affectionately pinched her cheek.

Su Han teased Bi Yao about her growing feelings for him before she showed him the Hehuan Sect's sacred treasure, the Hehuan Bell, which she had found in a hidden wall shelf. After he praised her discovery, Su Han suddenly pinned her against the wall, leaving her frightened and confused about his intentions.

• Su Han pinched Bi Yao's cheek, and she blushed, swatted his hand away, and tried to suppress her growing attraction to him.
• Bi Yao asked Su Han to close his eyes, and he teased her about wanting to steal a kiss before agreeing to look away.
• Bi Yao revealed two bells and proudly identified them as the Hehuan Sect's sacred treasure, the Hehuan Bell, which she had found while Su Han was in enlightenment.
• Su Han praised Bi Yao's discovery, then suddenly pinned her against the wall, and she anxiously asked what he was going to do.

Su Han teased Bi Yao by pretending to move in for a kiss, then revealed he was only removing a wood chip from her hair. After they both cultivated in Dripping Blood Cave, Bi Yao watched over Su Han until he woke and she claimed she had an important question for him.

• Su Han removed a wood chip from Bi Yao's hair, embarrassing her by teasing her about what she thought he was doing.
• Bi Yao shoved Su Han away, sulked on the steps, and vowed that whoever spoke to him again would be a puppy.
• Su Han stopped teasing Bi Yao and began cultivating the Dao Scripture, and Bi Yao soon started cultivating beside him.
• Bi Yao woke from cultivation, wondered why the spiritual energy felt richer beside Su Han, and silently watched him as she refused to break her vow.
• Su Han opened his eyes and asked whether Bi Yao had been staring at him, and Bi Yao denied it before saying she had an important question.

Bi Yao worried that she and Su Han would starve in Dripping Blood Cave because they could not find an exit, while Su Han secretly knew where it was. After Bi Yao searched in vain and feared they would die there, she told Su Han about being buried alive as a child with her mother and grandmother.

• Bi Yao pointed out that Dripping Blood Cave seemed to have no exit and worried that her small supply of food would run out.
• Su Han suggested that Old Fiend Black Heart must have hidden an exit mechanism somewhere in the cave.
• Bi Yao searched the stones, walls, and rubble for the mechanism, while Su Han only pretended to search seriously.
• After finding no clues, Bi Yao feared they would be trapped and asked Su Han to kill and eat her if they never escaped.
• Bi Yao recalled how Monk Pufang's attack collapsed Six Fox Cave when she was six, trapping her beneath the ground with her mother and grandmother.

Bi Yao recounted how she and her mother were trapped underground after her grandmother died, and how her mother kept her alive by feeding her pieces of her own flesh. She told Su Han about her father's cold reaction when he rescued them, then fell asleep in his arms after he comforted her.

• Su Han embraced Bi Yao as she described her grandmother dying and her mother holding her in the darkness while they waited for rescue.
• Bi Yao explained that she had survived by eating pieces of meat her mother found, not realizing her mother was sacrificing herself to feed her.
• Bi Yao recalled finding her mother dead and being terrified when her father arrived, looked at her coldly, and went to her mother's body first.
• Bi Yao told Su Han she wanted to live for her mother, and Su Han promised to take her out and urged her to live well.
• Bi Yao said her father had eventually carried her out of the cave, then fell asleep in Su Han's arms as he comforted her.

Bi Yao woke in Su Han’s arms, remembered how gently he had comforted her, and kissed his forehead to thank him. Su Han teased her about the kiss and leaned closer as she struggled to explain herself.

• Bi Yao woke in Su Han’s arms and chose to nestle closer instead of pulling away.
• Su Han woke and asked Bi Yao how she felt, and she thanked him for comforting her.
• Bi Yao asked Su Han to close his eyes and kissed his forehead.
• Bi Yao said the kiss was only to express her gratitude, but Su Han questioned her explanation and took her hand.
• Su Han leaned closer to Bi Yao as she protested that she had meant nothing more.

Su Han and Bi Yao were caught in a sudden, violent upheaval inside the cave, forcing Su Han to protect her as rocks rained down. The cave kept collapsing around them, and Su Han prepared to face a massive boulder while trying to keep Bi Yao safe.

• Su Han leaned in to kiss Bi Yao, but she turned away, leaving him to brush her cheek instead.
• The cave began shaking violently, and Bi Yao clung to Su Han as he shielded her and searched for the cause.
• Su Han drew the Inverse Scale Sword and guided Bi Yao through falling rocks, shattering boulders with sword qi.
• Su Han wondered whether Ghost King had caused the upheaval, then rejected the idea as the cave grew more dangerous.
• A huge boulder fell toward them, and Su Han tried to dodge while holding Bi Yao, but he slipped and dropped to one knee.
• Su Han ignored the pain, steadied himself, and gathered strength with the Inverse Scale Sword in hand.

Su Han used the Inverse Scale Sword’s “One Thought Ascends to the Heavenly Palace” technique to shatter the boulder threatening him and Bi Yao, but the cave began collapsing again. As Su Han fled with Bi Yao, the Black Water Mysterious Snake reappeared before them.

• Su Han raised the Inverse Scale Sword and unleashed “One Thought Ascends to the Heavenly Palace,” destroying the massive boulder above him and Bi Yao.
• The moon outside turned blood-red as the cave’s tremors subsided, and Su Han reassured the shaken Bi Yao that they were safe for the moment.
• A grinding sound came from deeper in the cave, and Su Han shielded Bi Yao as rocks began falling from the ceiling again.
• Su Han carried Bi Yao through the collapsing cave and spotted an enormous black figure in the dust.
• Su Han recognized the returning Black Water Mysterious Snake as its massive body emerged before him and Bi Yao.

Su Han and Bi Yao fought the Black Water Mysterious Snake in a cave while Su Han tried to buy time to form the Eight Desolations Mysterious Fire Array. The snake struck at Su Han as he laid the array’s runes, leaving Bi Yao to defend herself against its poisonous mist.

• Su Han drew the Inverse Scale Sword and told Bi Yao to hide, but she insisted on fighting beside him with the Heartbreak Flower.
• Su Han dodged the Black Water Mysterious Snake’s attacks while Bi Yao struck it with petals, and he invoked the Divine Sword Controlling Thunder True Spell.
• The lightning struck the snake’s scales but barely broke through its defenses, so Su Han began forming the Eight Desolations Mysterious Fire Array.
• Bi Yao attacked the snake with more petals, and it answered by spewing poisonous mist at her.
• Bi Yao raised a pink shield against the mist as the Black Water Mysterious Snake lunged at Su Han with renewed speed and force.

Su Han fought the Black Water Mysterious Snake in the cave while Bi Yao struggled through the poisonous mist to help him. He unleashed Great Sun True Flame and continued battling as Bi Yao attacked the beast and he prepared a formation.

• Su Han blocked the Black Water Mysterious Snake’s charge with the Inverse Scale Sword, then evaded its tail and countered its black beam with a sword aura, but the blast threw him against the cave wall.
• Bi Yao rushed to Su Han’s side despite the poisonous mist, and the Black Water Mysterious Snake bore down on them from above.
• Su Han stood his ground, wounded the snake’s neck, then planted the Inverse Scale Sword in the ground and activated the runes he had laid there.
• The Black Water Mysterious Snake fired black spikes at Su Han, who defended himself and unleashed Great Sun True Flame through his sword.
• Su Han’s flaming sword aura clashed with the snake’s spikes while Bi Yao sent Heartbreak Flower petals at the beast to disrupt its attacks and buy him time to set up his formation.

Su Han and Bi Yao struggled to hold off the Black Water Mysterious Snake while Su Han worked to complete his formation. Bi Yao helped buy him time, but the snake remained nearly unharmed as it pressed its attack.

• Su Han endured the snake's assaults while maintaining the Great Sun True Flame and setting up the formation, using pills to steady his strained spiritual power.
• Bi Yao poured her spiritual power into the Heartbreak Flower, distracting the snake and giving Su Han an opening to advance the formation.
• When the snake leaped down at them, Su Han struck with the Inverse Scale Sword, but his blow only scraped its scales and left his arms numb.
• Bi Yao stabbed the snake with the Heartbreak Flower, piercing its hide only slightly before it flung her away, and Su Han caught her.
• Su Han pulled Bi Yao out of the path of the snake's sweeping tail and told her they had to stall until his formation was ready.

Su Han and Bi Yao fought the Black Water Mysterious Snake in the cave, wounding it while trying to withstand its attacks and poisonous mist. Su Han trapped the snake in a stone cage, but knew the restraint would only hold it briefly.

• Su Han repeatedly attacked the Black Water Mysterious Snake with the Inverse Scale Sword, burning and wounding its body.
• Bi Yao gathered her remaining spiritual power and thrust the Heartbreak Flower toward the snake’s eyes.
• Su Han struck at the snake again, but it evaded the blow and spewed toxic black mist.
• Su Han warned Bi Yao about the poison, and she raised a pink barrier while he fought back the mist with his sword.
• Su Han summoned rocks from the cave walls and ground to encase the Black Water Mysterious Snake in a stone cage.

Su Han activated Dharma Appearance Heaven and Earth to hold off the Black Water Mysterious Snake while recovering his spiritual energy. He fought the snake through the cave and left it with a long wound, but the Eight Desolations Profound Fire Array remained unfinished.

• Su Han abandoned his attempt to finish the Eight Desolations Profound Fire Array when the Black Water Mysterious Snake broke free and confronted him.
• Su Han activated Dharma Appearance Heaven and Earth, growing into a towering giant and enlarging the Inverse Scale Sword.
• Su Han fought the Black Water Mysterious Snake in close combat, then circled the cave to absorb spiritual energy as he evaded its attacks.
• The Black Water Mysterious Snake formed a barrier around Su Han to disrupt his recovery, forcing him to attack again.
• Su Han anticipated the snake's attempt to dodge and slashed a long wound across its body with the Inverse Scale Sword.

Su Han lost his Faxiang state and struggled to survive the Black Water Mysterious Snake’s poison attacks. He unleashed the Inverse Scale Sword’s Heavenly Slash, badly wounding the serpent but exhausting himself as it continued to approach.

• Su Han’s spiritual power became unstable, ending his Faxiang state and returning him to his normal form.
• The Black Water Mysterious Snake filled the cave with poisonous black mist and fired poison spheres at Su Han.
• Su Han dodged the attacks while gathering runes, then remembered the Inverse Scale Sword’s Heavenly Slash.
• Su Han used Heavenly Slash to carve a massive wound into the Black Water Mysterious Snake and devastate the cave.
• The wounded serpent survived and advanced on an exhausted Su Han, who realized he had to make one final move.

Su Han used the Master of All Waters power and the Power of Ice to hold back the Black Water Mysterious Snake while completing the Eight Desolations Profound Fire Array. He activated the array as the snake attacked, leaving its power about to be tested.

• Su Han told Bi Yao to stay alert while he prepared to use the Master of All Waters power.
• Su Han flooded the cave and bound the Black Water Mysterious Snake long enough to begin forming the array.
• The Black Water Mysterious Snake broke free, and Su Han slowed its charge by freezing it with the Power of Ice.
• Su Han completed the array as the snake charged at him again.
• The Black Water Mysterious Snake spewed Black Mist at Su Han, who activated the Eight Desolations Profound Fire Array.

Su Han successfully activated the Eight Desolations Profound Fire Array, summoning an Eight Desolations Fire Dragon in the flooded cave. He ordered the dragon to kill the Black Water Mysterious Snake, and it charged at the trapped beast.

• Su Han activated the Eight Desolations Profound Fire Array, drawing the floodwaters into a vortex and alarming the Black Water Mysterious Snake.
• Bi Yao rushed to Su Han and praised him for succeeding as a flame began to form at the array's center.
• The flame grew into a fire serpent and transformed into the Eight Desolations Fire Dragon, forcing Su Han and Bi Yao to retreat from its heat.
• Su Han ordered the Eight Desolations Fire Dragon to slay the Black Water Mysterious Snake.
• The fire dragon charged at the trapped snake as the snake struggled to break free from the ice.