Chapter Summaries

Su Han cast the Purple Heaven Pure World True Spell against Bai Du Zi, while his Demonic Buddha Body, Demonic Heart trait protected him from Bai Du Zi’s poison. Bai Du Zi raised a toxic demonic formation against the spell’s lightning, but a silver-white glow appeared from Su Han’s direction.

• Su Han summoned a sea of purple clouds and lightning as he began casting the Purple Heaven Pure World True Spell.
• Bai Du Zi attacked Su Han with Corrosive Heart Poison, but Su Han’s golden barrier stopped the poison from affecting him.
• Su Han completed the spell, and a massive purple lotus appeared and unleashed a rain of lightning.
• Bai Du Zi formed a defensive barrier infused with toxic gas and mocked the lightning as it struck.
• Bai Du Zi noticed a silver-white glow coming from Su Han’s direction.

Su Han unleashed his final sword technique, One Thought Ascends to the Heavenly Palace, and broke through space to strike Bai Du Zi directly. The blade pierced past Bai Du Zi’s defenses, leaving his fate unresolved as Su Han passed him by.

• Bai Du Zi reinforced his protective formations and prepared to kill Su Han once the purple lightning attack weakened.
• Su Han realized Bai Du Zi was preparing a counterattack and decided to stake the battle on One Thought Ascends to the Heavenly Palace.
• Su Han poured all his spiritual power into the Inverse Scale Sword, summoning a huge full moon behind him.
• Su Han transformed into moonlight and appeared before Bai Du Zi, bypassing the protective formations.
• Su Han thrust the Inverse Scale Sword toward Bai Du Zi’s throat, and Bai Du Zi failed to evade the strike completely.

Su Han used his strongest sword strike to kill Bai Du Zi, a Shangqing Realm expert, but collapsed from his injuries and exhaustion. Shui Yue arrived after Bai Du Zi’s death and caught Su Han, unaware that a colorless, odorless gas was spreading from his chest.

• Su Han killed Bai Du Zi with a powerful strike, though the effort left him severely weakened.
• As he died, Bai Du Zi released pink mist and warned Su Han about a poison that was also not poison; Su Han suspected it was an aphrodisiac.
• Su Han took Bai Du Zi’s brocade pouch, destroyed the corpse, and collapsed before he could recover.
• Shui Yue entered after Bai Du Zi’s death, caught the unconscious Su Han, and wondered what had happened at the devastated site.
• A colorless, odorless gas began spreading from Su Han’s chest while Shui Yue held him.

Shui Yue rescued the unconscious Su Han from a sealed formation and brought him back to Little Bamboo Peak, unaware that a gas from his chest was affecting her. After Su Han woke, the gas clouded Shui Yue’s reason, and she kissed him before he pushed her away and spat blood.

• Shui Yue found Su Han unconscious after breaking through the formation and carried him back to Little Bamboo Peak.
• Shui Yue treated Su Han’s injuries, unknowingly inhaling the colorless gas spreading from his chest.
• Su Han gradually recovered and woke as the moon rose, while Shui Yue’s cheeks flushed and her reason weakened.
• Shui Yue leaned in and kissed Su Han, who pushed her away, spat blood, and asked if she was a puppy.

After Bai Du Zi’s interference led Su Han and Shui Yue into an intimate relationship, Su Han worried Shui Yue would blame herself, but she gradually accepted what happened. Eight days later, Shui Yue said she had accepted it as fate and asked that they remain master and disciple.

• Su Han woke beside Shui Yue and worried that she might be unable to face him after their night together.
• Shui Yue woke and asked Su Han to leave so she could calm down, but he kissed her again.
• Over the next three days, Shui Yue stopped driving Su Han away, though she still avoided meeting his eyes.
• Seven days later, Shui Yue murmured Xiao Han’s name as she kissed Su Han’s neck.
• On the morning of the eighth day, Shui Yue told Su Han she had accepted what happened as fate but wanted them to remain master and disciple.

Su Han and Shui Yue decided to treat their intimacy as a final mistake, though their feelings remained unresolved. Back in his room, Su Han examined Bai Du Zi’s pouch and discovered it was rare spatial equipment.

• Shui Yue gave up on dying, and Su Han reassured her that she could take time to adjust to their changed relationship.
• Shui Yue agreed to be intimate with Su Han one last time, and he left her room on the morning of the ninth day.
• Shui Yue realized she had forgotten to ask Su Han who had tried to harm him, but she was too weak to get out of bed and decided to ask later.
• Shui Yue resolved to act as though their intimacy had been a dream and to remain master and disciple with Su Han.
• Su Han returned to his room and inspected Bai Du Zi’s golden pouch, discovering through his Spiritual Sense that it was spatial equipment.

After killing Bai Du Zi, Su Han claimed his Golden Pouch and discovered the Soul Scattering Poison Scripture, a Myriad Poisons Sect cultivation method. He began cultivating it, improved its circulation, and reached the first level of the Meridian Expansion Realm as his Dao Word Trait upgraded.

• Su Han explored Bai Du Zi’s ownerless Golden Pouch, named it the Universe Bag, and found five books among its contents.
• Su Han identified the Soul Scattering Poison Scripture as the Myriad Poisons Sect’s core cultivation method and decided to learn it before the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament.
• Su Han began cultivating the scripture, guiding spiritual energy along a new meridian route as poisonous Black Mist gathered around him.
• Su Han adjusted the scripture’s circulation to nearly double its efficiency and continued cultivating for about an hour.
• Su Han reached the first level of the Meridian Expansion Realm, increasing his available Word Traits plunders, and Three Meridians Simultaneous Cultivation upgraded his Dao Word Trait.

Su Han found that cultivating demonic techniques strengthened his body and meridians, and learned that his Dao Word Trait had upgraded to grant unity among Buddhist, Daoist, and demonic powers. After inspecting Bai Du Zi’s treasures, he focused on an unusual Compass-like artifact whose purpose remained unknown.

• Su Han finished cultivating the Soul Scattering Poison Scripture and discovered that his strength and meridian resilience had increased.
• Su Han checked his attribute panel, found one available Word Plundering Attempt, and noticed that Child of Destiny had advanced to purple grade.
• Su Han learned that Dao’s Three Teachings Unity effect let him use Buddhist, Daoist, and demonic powers together in cultivation and battle.
• Su Han examined Bai Du Zi’s magic treasures and identified a confusing statuette, a disorienting bell, and the Poison Blood Banner.
• Su Han turned his attention to the Compass-like artifact, which Bai Du Zi had stored separately, and wondered what it did.

Su Han bonded with the Boundary Compass and learned to use it to conceal an independent spatial barrier. After three days of cultivation, he advanced the Soul Scattering Poison Scripture to its third layer and planned to wait for the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament before descending the mountain; the chapter ended when a woman in white arrived at his door.

• Su Han awakened the Boundary Compass by letting it absorb his blood and learned that it could record spatial coordinates and create barriers that concealed their contents from the outside.
• Su Han tested the compass’s barrier and decided it would serve as a powerful safeguard, then resumed cultivating inside it.
• After three days, Su Han recovered from his injuries and advanced the Soul Scattering Poison Scripture to the third layer of the Meridian Expansion Realm.
• Su Han planned to seek the Heavenly Scripture and wait for the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament before descending the mountain.
• Su Han opened his door after a late-night knock and found a cold, noble woman in white standing there.

Shui Yue questioned Su Han about the powerful barrier and demonic energy near Little Bamboo Peak, and learned that he had killed the notorious Bai Du Zi. She was stunned by her disciple’s achievement and prepared to tell the Sect Master, but Su Han embraced her from behind.

• Shui Yue visited Su Han to ask about the injuries he had suffered near Little Bamboo Peak.
• Shui Yue explained that a powerful barrier had shattered there and that dense Demonic Energy suggested a Demon Cult attacker.
• Su Han told Shui Yue that the attacker, Bai Du Zi of the Myriad Poisons Sect, was already dead.
• Shui Yue recognized Bai Du Zi’s reputation and was astonished that Su Han, a Jade Clear Realm disciple, had killed him.
• Shui Yue decided to report Su Han’s feat to the Sect Master, but Su Han embraced her from behind.

Su Han carried his master Shui Yue to the hot spring and dressed her in a revealing gauzy garment, while she blamed her weakness on being drugged and struggled with her conflicting feelings. The chapter ended with Su Han carrying her into the hot spring.

• Su Han held Shui Yue and let her believe that the calming incense had drugged her, though he knew her weakness came from suggestion and her sensitive constitution.
• Su Han carried Shui Yue from his room toward the rear courtyard, and she stopped resisting as she found excuses to accept what was happening.
• Su Han brought Shui Yue to the hot spring and presented her with a nearly transparent garment, making her choose it over wearing nothing.
• Su Han helped Shui Yue change into the garment, then carried her into the hot spring.

Su Han and Shui Yue shared an intimate moment in the hot spring, but Wen Min arrived before they could continue. Su Han concealed Shui Yue behind a barrier and calmly spoke with Wen Min, while Shui Yue feared her disciple would discover them.

• Su Han held Shui Yue in the hot spring, kissed her, and began to grow bolder despite her protests.
• Footsteps startled Shui Yue, so Su Han told her to hide beneath the water and used the Boundary Compass to conceal her.
• Wen Min arrived and found Su Han alone in the hot spring, explaining that she had come to relax after he went to sleep.
• Su Han told Wen Min he was resting after a long cultivation session while secretly stroking Shui Yue's hair and teasing her through the barrier.

Su Han persuaded Shui Yue to help him while they hid underwater, using Wen Min’s presence to pressure her. After Wen Min left, Shui Yue confronted Su Han and tried to leave the hot spring, but he urged her to stay.

• Shui Yue reluctantly agreed to help Su Han, fearing Wen Min might see her underwater.
• Wen Min noticed bubbles and teased Su Han, but he calmed her by claiming he had bumped into a rock.
• When Wen Min prepared to leave, Su Han kept her at the hot spring by inventing a cultivation question.
• Wen Min patiently explained the question while Su Han focused on Shui Yue, then she left after he thanked her.
• Shui Yue emerged, scolded Su Han, and announced she was going back, but Su Han urged her to stay because the night was still long.

Su Han and Shui Yue woke together after the previous night, and Shui Yue discovered the incense had not been drugged, though she tried to blame Su Han for her loss of composure. As they traveled to Tongtian Peak to report Bai Du Zi’s intrusion, Su Han questioned how a Demon Cult member had bypassed Qingyun Sect’s warning formation.

• Su Han teased Shui Yue and reassured her that he would not mention the previous night again.
• Shui Yue examined the sandalwood incense, found it had no medicinal effect, and realized she had misunderstood what caused her behavior.
• Shui Yue insisted that what happened was an accident and must not happen again, while Su Han agreed but continued to tease her.
• Su Han accompanied Shui Yue on her sword to Tongtian Peak, where she planned to report Bai Du Zi’s intrusion to Sect Leader Senior Brother.
• Su Han asked how Bai Du Zi had entered Qingyun Sect without triggering the mountain-protecting warning formation, and Shui Yue wondered whether Su Han knew something.

After Su Han and Shui Yue concluded that Bai Du Zi had likely entered Qingyun Sect with help from a traitor, they brought the matter to Sect Leader Daoxuan. Daoxuan vowed to investigate the betrayal and praised Su Han, who was asked to reveal his more important lead.

• Su Han told Shui Yue that Bai Du Zi must have known how to bypass Qingyun Sect’s Mountain-Protecting Array, suggesting someone inside the sect had helped him.
• Shui Yue agreed that they needed to find the traitor, but Su Han said he had a lead involving someone too powerful for her to confront alone.
• Shui Yue and Su Han went to Tongtian Peak and reported Bai Du Zi’s infiltration and Su Han’s suspicions to Daoxuan.
• Daoxuan grew furious, vowed to investigate the traitor, and threatened retaliation against the Myriad Poisons Sect.
• Daoxuan praised Su Han for killing Shangqing-level Bai Du Zi and asked him to reveal his more important lead.

Su Han revealed that the masked demonic cultivator who fought Master Puzhi at Caomiao Village used the Divine Sword Controlling Thunder True Spell, leading Daoxuan to suspect Cang Song. Daoxuan, Shui Yue, and Su Han confronted Cang Song on Dragon Head Peak, where Cang Song dropped his pretense and denounced Daoxuan.

• Su Han told Daoxuan and Shui Yue that he had witnessed Master Puzhi fighting a masked demonic cultivator who used the Divine Sword Controlling Thunder True Spell before Su Han was knocked unconscious.
• Su Han ruled out Tian Buyi based on the cultivator’s gender and aura, and Daoxuan concluded that Cang Song was the likely culprit.
• Daoxuan took Shui Yue and Su Han to Dragon Head Peak and summoned Cang Song to a secluded place in the Back Mountain.
• Daoxuan confronted Cang Song with the new clue, but Cang Song denied involvement and challenged Daoxuan’s claim that the matter should remain private.
• Cang Song stopped pretending and called Daoxuan a hypocrite.

Cang Song revealed that he had plotted against Daoxuan to avenge Wan Jianyi, while denying responsibility for Caomiao Village and Bai Du Zi’s attack on Su Han. Daoxuan defeated him but did not kill him, then sent Shui Yue away and kept Su Han behind.

• Shui Yue confronted Cang Song about betraying the Qingyun Sect, and Cang Song accused Daoxuan of causing Wan Jianyi’s death.
• Cang Song challenged Daoxuan with the Dragon Slaying Sword and said he had planned to avenge Wan Jianyi.
• Cang Song denied sending Bai Du Zi after Su Han and denied killing the villagers of Caomiao Village.
• Cang Song cast the Divine Sword Controlling Thunder True Spell and attacked Daoxuan, but Daoxuan quickly defeated him.
• Daoxuan told Shui Yue to leave and asked Su Han to stay with him.

Daoxuan revealed that Wan Jianyi was still alive after Su Han demonstrated the sword technique Wan had taught Cang Song. Cang Song agreed to help Daoxuan destroy the Myriad Poisons Sect in exchange for the chance to see Wan Jianyi and redeem himself.

• Daoxuan asked Su Han to demonstrate the Basic Sword Technique, and Cang Song recognized its resemblance to Wan Jianyi's swordsmanship.
• Daoxuan told Cang Song that Wan Jianyi had survived and had been secretly protected in the Ancestor Shrine.
• Su Han explained that an old man called Old Wan had taught him the technique, and Cang Song broke down in tears at the confirmation.
• Cang Song asked to see Wan Jianyi and accepted Daoxuan's offer to redeem himself by cooperating against the Myriad Poisons Sect.
• Daoxuan warned Su Han to keep the matter secret, and Cang Song said he had something to discuss with Su Han.

Cang Song apologized to Su Han and gave him the Dragon Slaying Sword, which immediately acknowledged Su Han as its master. Daoxuan took Cang Song to see Wan Jianyi, while Su Han prepared to return to Little Bamboo Peak with Shui Yue and asked his system to display Daoxuan’s entry.

• Cang Song apologized to Su Han for allowing Bai Du Zi to enter the Qingyun Sect, and Su Han forgave him and urged him to keep serving the sect.
• Cang Song offered Su Han the Dragon Slaying Sword and explained its connection to Wan Jianyi and the Ghost Slaying True Spell.
• Su Han accepted the sword, drew it, and watched a divine dragon appear before rushing into his chest as the sword acknowledged him as its master.
• Cang Song was astonished that Su Han had gained the sword’s recognition immediately, while Daoxuan praised Su Han and urged him to wield its power for the Qingyun Sect and the world.
• Daoxuan took Cang Song to see Wan Jianyi and told Su Han to return to Little Bamboo Peak with Shui Yue; Su Han asked his system to display Daoxuan’s entry.

Su Han used his three chances to plunder Dao Xuan’s Word Traits and unexpectedly fused Innate Dao Bone with his Demonic Buddha Body and Demonic Heart to gain the Colorful- Sub-Sage trait. After reading its abilities, he left Dragon Head Peak to meet Shui Yue, intending to test the trait elsewhere.

• Su Han chose to plunder Dao Xuan’s Heavenly Prodigy, Innate Dao Bone, and Exceptional Comprehension Word Traits.
• The system upgraded Heavenly Prodigy and Exceptional Comprehension to Gold+ and granted Su Han Innate Dao Bone (Gold+).
• The system fused Innate Dao Bone with Su Han’s Demonic Buddha Body and Demonic Heart, creating the Sub-Sage (Colorful-) Word Trait.
• Su Han read the Sub-Sage trait’s abilities, including heightened Dao comprehension and the ability to wield the Heavenly Dao’s power.
• Su Han decided to test the new trait later and walked down Dragon Head Peak to meet Shui Yue.