Chapter Summaries

Su Han and Bi Yao spent a playful day by a stream, caught fish, and made a hawthorn sugar painting. By the campfire, Su Han treasured their quiet life together as Bi Yao proposed planting a piece of dried hawthorn beside their camp.

• Bi Yao caught a crucian carp in the stream, and she and Su Han laughed and played in the water.
• Bi Yao suggested making sugar paintings from hawthorn cake, and she made a crooked skewer depicting them picking hawthorns.
• Su Han roasted the fish they had caught while Bi Yao played with her shadow by the campfire.
• Bi Yao fed dried hawthorn to a squirrel that jumped onto her palm.
• Su Han told Bi Yao that their days together mattered more than a hero's title, and Bi Yao suggested burying dried hawthorn by the camp so it might sprout next year.

Su Han and Bi Yao shared a tender evening at their camp, burying a dried hawthorn and imagining the tree they would name after them. After sharing grilled fish and watching the stars together, Bi Yao grew sleepy beside Su Han.

• Su Han helped Bi Yao bury a dried hawthorn beside the camp, and they hoped it would grow into a tree.
• Bi Yao nearly fell after standing, and Su Han caught her and held her close.
• Bi Yao asked what to name the tree, and Su Han suggested the Yao Su Tree.
• Su Han finished roasting the fish, and he and Bi Yao shared it by the fire.
• Su Han and Bi Yao lay side by side watching the stars until Bi Yao grew drowsy.

A six-legged monster with corrosive saliva attacked Su Han and Bi Yao’s camp at night. Su Han struck one of its legs, but his sword barely wounded it, and the enraged monster remained a threat.

• A strange roar woke Bi Yao and sent Su Han to his feet, where he took up his sword and positioned himself between her and the danger.
• A huge six-legged monster emerged from the darkness, revealing barbed legs, blood-red eyes, and corrosive saliva.
• Bi Yao armed herself with a burning branch while Su Han prepared to fight.
• The monster charged, and Su Han dodged before slashing at one of its legs.
• Su Han’s sword left only a shallow wound, and the monster roared furiously.

Su Han and Bi Yao fought a powerful monster, with Su Han keeping it occupied while Bi Yao found a chance to blind it. The wounded monster charged at Bi Yao, and Su Han rushed to stop it.

• Su Han dodged the monster’s crushing foreleg strike while Bi Yao charged at its eyes with a burning branch.
• The monster knocked Bi Yao to the ground, and Su Han attacked it to draw its attention away from her.
• Su Han struck the monster’s skull and tried to stab its neck, but its defenses forced him to retreat.
• Bi Yao recovered, picked up a sharp stone, and crept close while Su Han wounded the monster with his swordsmanship.
• Bi Yao struck the monster’s left eye with the stone, and the enraged monster charged at her as Su Han rushed after it.

Su Han wounded the monster with his Golden Sword Qi, giving Bi Yao time to escape behind a boulder, but the enraged creature turned on him. The monster struck Su Han down and pounced again as he crawled out from beneath a fallen tree, still refusing to retreat.

• Su Han poured his spiritual power into his longsword and slashed the monster’s back with Golden Sword Qi.
• Bi Yao used the opening to roll behind a nearby boulder.
• The monster fixed its remaining eye on Su Han and charged at him.
• Su Han dodged the monster’s leap and thrust at its legs, but it struck his sword and sent him crashing into a tree.
• Su Han crawled out from beneath the fallen tree as the monster pounced toward him again.

Su Han fought the monster while badly wounded and used the Broken Sword to pierce its remaining eye. As the monster began regenerating, a rune-covered stone platform rose from the blood-corroded ground.

• Su Han dodged the monster’s attacks, but it wounded his back and broke his right leg.
• Su Han gathered his remaining spiritual power into the Broken Sword and hurled it at the monster.
• The sword phantom changed direction and pierced the monster’s remaining eye, causing it to scream and collapse.
• Su Han saw Black Mist tentacles trying to repair the monster and struggled toward the fallen Broken Sword.
• A stone platform bearing ancient runes rose from the ground, with eerie green light flickering in its central depression.

Su Han used his blood and broken sword to awaken the stone platform’s power and seal the monster underground. After reuniting with Bi Yao, he remained uncertain whether the platform was merely a seal or something more ancient.

• Su Han discovered that his blood strengthened the stone platform’s runes while the monster’s attacks weakened them.
• Su Han cut his wrist and fed his blood to the platform, which formed a barrier that knocked the monster away.
• Su Han struck the platform with his broken sword, sending a green blade through the monster and vines that dragged it underground.
• Su Han saw bones form a totem in the ground’s cracks, sealing the monster, as his wounds began healing in the platform’s light.
• Bi Yao ran to Su Han and embraced him, while he kept watching the stone platform and wondering what it was.

Su Han and Bi Yao witnessed a vision at the ancient stone platform that revealed a glowing book, but they could not decipher its runes. As they studied it for clues about the sealed monster, a strange sound rose from the forest.

• Bi Yao told Su Han she had followed his trail and struggled past Black Mist to find him.
• The stone platform’s runes flashed, forming an image of an old man who thrust his staff into an altar.
• After the vision vanished, an ancient book appeared on the platform, and Su Han picked it up.
• Su Han and Bi Yao found the book’s runes unreadable and suspected they were connected to the platform and the sealed monster.
• A strange sound rose from the silent forest as Su Han studied the book.

Su Han and Bi Yao fought off a corrupted black panther in the dark forest, then found a fog-filled clearing whose mysterious energy seemed connected to the stone platform. They entered the freezing, foul-smelling fog to search for the ancient tome’s secret.

• Su Han shielded Bi Yao as an eerie sound and presence approached through the forest.
• A black panther shrouded in Black Mist attacked Su Han and Bi Yao, and Su Han fought it with his Ceremonial Sword.
• Bi Yao struck the panther with a stone, giving Su Han the chance to wound it and drive it away.
• Su Han sensed mysterious energy in a fog-covered clearing and led Bi Yao into it, where they encountered a wave of cold and a rotten stench.

Su Han and Bi Yao fought a creature that emerged from beneath the fog-covered ground. After defeating it, they continued onward and spotted an ancient building ahead.

• Su Han and Bi Yao cautiously moved through the thick fog as a rotten stench grew stronger.
• A pale hand grabbed Su Han’s ankle, but he slashed it with his Ceremonial Sword, driving it underground.
• A bluish-white creature crawled from the earth and attacked Su Han and Bi Yao.
• Bi Yao pushed a boulder into the creature, giving Su Han the chance to stab it in the chest and kill it.
• Su Han and Bi Yao continued through the fog and saw an ancient building ahead.

Su Han and Bi Yao entered an ancient hall and were attacked by grotesque creatures. As Su Han fought them, Bi Yao rang a rune-covered bronze bell, leaving its effect unknown.

• Su Han and Bi Yao approached the ancient hall and entered through its half-open doors.
• Bi Yao slipped on slime as grotesque creatures emerged from the mist and attacked them.
• Su Han fought the creatures with the Ceremonial Sword, wounding one as the others pressed forward.
• Bi Yao spotted a bronze bell among strange implements and pushed it, making it ring through the hall.

Su Han and Bi Yao fought off bizarre creatures in the hall until the bronze bell’s runes glowed and erased them. Afterward, they examined the bell and began searching the hall for clues to its secret.

• Bi Yao rang the bronze bell, briefly frightening the creatures while Su Han wounded one with his ceremonial sword.
• A larger creature roared over the bell, and the creatures attacked again as Su Han tried to protect Bi Yao and find a way out.
• As Bi Yao’s strength ran out, the bronze bell’s runes shone brightly, making the creatures scream and vanish.
• Su Han and Bi Yao examined the bell and wondered whether it was connected to the hall’s secret.
• Su Han recalled the mucus on the floor and decided with Bi Yao to search the walls for clues.

Su Han and Bi Yao found a stone that fit a groove in the hall’s rune-covered wall and placed it there. The hall shook, the runes lit up, and beams of light burst from cracks in the floor.

• Su Han and Bi Yao discovered a circular rune pattern with a shaped groove in the hall’s wall.
• After searching the hall and finding no matching object, Su Han remembered a strangely shaped stone in a grove outside.
• Bi Yao found the stone beneath some bushes, and Su Han confirmed that its rounded end matched the groove.
• Su Han placed the stone in the groove, causing the hall to shake as the runes blazed and light streamed from cracks in the ground.

Su Han and Bi Yao discovered a star chart that revealed a route to a miniature Stone Tower, then descended through a hidden passage after the entrance began sealing itself. They reached a massive obsidian door at the bottom of the stairs.

• Su Han touched the metal object in the wall, and he and Bi Yao heard a voice in their minds say that the key lay where the star tracks intersected.
• Bi Yao recognized that the star chart resembled the forest outside the hall, and Su Han used the stone to reveal the location of a miniature Stone Tower.
• Su Han and Bi Yao entered the passage behind the melting wall as the entrance began to restore itself and close off their way back.
• Su Han and Bi Yao descended more than a hundred steps and reached a massive obsidian door carved with spiral reliefs.

Su Han and Bi Yao discovered how to open the obsidian gate using a patterned stone and a hidden crystal. They entered a passageway filled with unusual statues and stopped to admire a winged female figure.

• Su Han examined the obsidian gate and found patterned indentations in the palms of two bronze statues beside it.
• Su Han placed a patterned stone in one statue’s palm, causing the gate to rumble before it stopped again.
• Bi Yao found a hidden compartment beneath a stone slab and retrieved a patterned crystal.
• Su Han placed the crystal in the other statue’s palm, and the gate rose to reveal a brightly lit passageway.
• Su Han and Bi Yao entered the passage, where Bi Yao admired a statue of a winged woman.

Su Han and Bi Yao followed ancient markings through the passage and encountered a glowing barrier that shared fragments of ancient memories with them. They learned the gate would let through only someone with a Pure Heart, leaving them to face its test.

• Su Han examined the statues and found empty hollows where objects had once been embedded or held.
• Bi Yao spotted markings pointing toward the right passage, and Su Han chose to follow them despite suspecting a trap.
• Su Han warmed the shivering Bi Yao as they walked through the increasingly cold passage.
• They found a curtain of light that repelled a stone, then each touched it and sensed a consciousness within.
• Su Han and Bi Yao heard the message, "Only one with a Pure Heart may pass through this gate!" and realized the barrier was testing them.

Su Han and Bi Yao found a mural depicting Su Han fighting a giant beast, suggesting a deep connection between him and the ancient ruin. They opened a massive Golden Gate and entered a chamber containing a radiant Crystal Ball, an ancient book, and powerful artifacts, where the Crystal Ball began tugging at Su Han’s consciousness.

• Bi Yao noticed a mural showing Su Han in ornate armor wielding a blue sword against a gigantic beast.
• Su Han suggested the painting was an omen or a piece of forgotten history connected to the ruin.
• Su Han and Bi Yao pushed together until the Golden Gate slowly opened.
• They entered a circular chamber and found a floating Crystal Ball, an ancient book, and several glowing objects.
• Su Han approached the Crystal Ball, whose light brightened as a powerful force tugged at his consciousness.

Su Han and Bi Yao explored the ruins before a six-armed lizard attacked them. They found its chest as a weakness, but the wounded monster kept fighting as the crystal ball erupted with light.

• Su Han touched the crystal ball and saw visions of the ruins' past, while Bi Yao picked up an ancient book.
• A golden gate began closing, and a huge black-scaled monster with six weapon-wielding arms emerged and attacked Su Han and Bi Yao.
• Su Han fought with his Ceremonial Sword as Bi Yao used her silver bell to slow the monster.
• Su Han spotted a differently colored scale on the monster's chest and stabbed it, wounding the creature.
• The crystal ball shone brightly and showed strange scenes, but the monster charged again, and Su Han pulled Bi Yao out of its path.

Su Han and Bi Yao fought the monster while seeking a way to overcome its resistance. Bi Yao synchronized the Silver Bell with the Crystal Ball’s runes, stunning the monster and giving Su Han an opening to attack its chest.

• The monster adapted to the Silver Bell and hurled two weapons at Su Han, who dodged one and deflected the other before charging at its legs.
• Bi Yao noticed the Silver Bell’s chimes resonated with the Golden Runes around the Crystal Ball and began matching their rhythms.
• Su Han struck the monster’s leg, but it stomped him into a pit and raised an arm to deliver a fatal blow.
• Bi Yao synchronized the Silver Bell with the runes, causing a golden beam to hit the monster and freeze its raised arm.
• Su Han escaped the pit and charged at the differently colored scales on the monster’s chest.

Su Han and Bi Yao faced the monster as the crystal ball unleashed a strange power that transformed it. After Bi Yao was injured, Su Han furiously charged at the monster.

• Su Han stabbed the sluggish monster in the chest, but the crystal ball began distorting the ruins and released a pillar of light filled with visions and ancient sounds.
• Su Han grabbed Bi Yao and leaped clear as the ground cracked open, while the monster rose into the air and transformed its weapons into a massive black battle axe.
• The monster charged again, and Bi Yao’s silver bell proved less effective against it.
• The monster’s axe drove Su Han backward, and its arm struck Bi Yao into a stone pillar, leaving her bleeding.
• Su Han charged the monster in a fury, swinging his ceremonial sword like a storm.