Chapter Summaries

Su Han admired Lu Xueqi’s improved swordsmanship when he found her practicing at Moon Gazing Platform. He left Little Gray unsearched for the moment and offered to teach Lu Xueqi a set of sword techniques.

• Su Han considered his Ancestor of Sword Immortals entry and decided he would let fate bring potential disciples to him.
• Su Han noticed Little Gray had been gone for days and suspected it had gone looking for Nai Qi again.
• Su Han went to Moon Gazing Platform, where he watched Lu Xueqi practice with the Tian Ya Divine Sword.
• Su Han praised Lu Xueqi’s swordsmanship, and she asked if he had come looking for Little Gray.
• Su Han teased Lu Xueqi, took the Tian Ya Sword instead of her hand, and offered to teach her a set of sword techniques.

Su Han taught Lu Xueqi his Supreme Sword Canon, and her epiphany connected him to a new kind of Fortune tied to establishing a school. He watched her practice for half a month before a disciple from Tongtian Peak arrived at Little Bamboo Peak.

• Su Han demonstrated the Supreme Sword Canon to Lu Xueqi, whose admiration grew as she realized its profound power.
• Lu Xueqi entered an epiphany, and Su Han sensed that teaching her had brought him a grand Fortune of establishing a school.
• Lu Xueqi thanked Su Han for imparting the Dao, and he gave her the Tian Ya Sword before leaving with Little Gray.
• Su Han returned to watch Lu Xueqi practice the Supreme Sword Canon, feeling his Fortune gradually increase.
• Half a month later, a disciple from Tongtian Peak arrived at Little Bamboo Peak.

Su Han prepared to leave Qingyun Sect for a dangerous mission against the Myriad Poisons Sect, saying goodbye to Wen Min and visiting Tian Ling'er before heading to Tongtian Peak. There, he joined the three Peak Masters and their disciples, and the group set off without Sect Leader Daoxuan as Shang Zhenliang wondered who Su Han was.

• Wen Min told Su Han that Sect Leader Daoxuan had ordered him to gather at Tongtian Peak, and Su Han revealed he was going down the mountain.
• Wen Min worried about the dangers, while Su Han reassured her and then went to Great Bamboo Peak to see Tian Ling'er before leaving.
• The next morning, Su Han left Tian Ling'er asleep, picked up Little Gray, and rode his sword to Tongtian Peak.
• Zeng Shuchang recognized Su Han, praised his potential, and promised to look after him during the journey.
• Shang Zhenliang and Daoist Tianyun arrived with their disciples, and the Peak Masters agreed to depart without waiting for Daoxuan because the mission was urgent.
• Shang Zhenliang noticed Su Han and asked Zeng Shuchang whether he was a new disciple.

Zeng Shuchang and the other Qingyun Sect elders led their disciples down the mountain toward Heyang City, where Su Han’s strength impressed the senior uncles accompanying them. As the group prepared to spend the night in the city, Su Han suspected it held a Ghost King Sect intelligence outpost and wondered whether he would encounter Bi Yao and You Ji.

• Zeng Shuchang introduced Su Han to Shang Zhenliang and Daoist Tianyun as a disciple of Little Bamboo Peak, and they recognized his reputation as a genius.
• The Qingyun Sect group set off from Tongtian Peak, and Su Han and Little Gray left the mountain for the first time.
• Daoist Tianyun and Shang Zhenliang marveled at Su Han keeping pace with them, while Zeng Shuchang hinted that his strength would surprise them.
• As dusk approached, Zeng Shuchang arranged for the group to rest in Heyang City, and Su Han agreed.
• Su Han recalled that a Ghost King Sect outpost might be in Heyang City and wondered whether he would meet Bi Yao and You Ji.

Su Han returned to Heyang City with Zeng Shuchang, Daoist Tianyun, Shang Zhenliang, and the Qingyun Sect disciples, recalling the old fortune-telling swindler who had once helped him survive. As the group settled into Shanhaiyuan, Su Han sensed that multiple factions were watching them, while a man in black and a veiled woman discussed investigating the Qingyun Sect’s motives.

• Zeng Shuchang asked Su Han whether he had family in Heyang City, and Su Han said he was an orphan while remembering the old swindler who had cared for him.
• Zeng Shuchang led the Qingyun Sect group into Heyang City and urged the disciples to focus on their important task despite the bustling streets.
• Zeng Shuchang brought the group to Shanhaiyuan for dinner and told Su Han it was the finest tavern in the city.
• Su Han sensed that multiple groups were monitoring the Qingyun Sect and noticed one watcher’s aura had a faint scorching quality.
• A man in black and a veiled woman in purple discussed the Qingyun Sect’s descent from the mountain and considered capturing a disciple to uncover Daoxuan’s motives.

Qing Long and You Ji discussed how difficult it would be to interfere in the Qingyun Sect and Myriad Poisons Sect conflict, then spotted Su Han leaving Shanhaiyuan alone. You Ji pursued him to question him, while Qing Long stayed behind to delay Zeng Shuchang and the others if they reacted.

• Qing Long and You Ji concluded that Zeng Shuchang’s group was too well guarded for them to attack, and recalled the Ghost King Sect’s orders not to interfere without the Myriad Poisons Sect’s request for help.
• Zeng Shuchang introduced Su Han to Shanhaiyuan’s Braised Mèi Fish, and Shang Zhenliang teased him about sneaking down the mountain in his youth.
• Zeng Shuchang warned Su Han to be cautious in Heyang City, then allowed him to visit his former home alone despite Shang Zhenliang and Daoist Tianyun’s concerns.
• Su Han flew toward the northwestern slums to find an old swindler and repay his past kindness, regretting that he had not seen Bi Yao.
• Qing Long and You Ji decided to exploit Su Han’s departure, with Qing Long preparing to delay the other Qingyun Sect leaders while You Ji used her charm technique to question Su Han.
• You Ji transformed into a black shadow and followed Su Han toward the slums.

Su Han returned to his childhood home and found a letter from the old swindler, revealing that he was Zhou Yixian and that his granddaughter Xiaohuan was the girl Su Han remembered. After setting out to find the secret manual Zhou Yixian had left, Su Han was ambushed by You Ji, whose Mind-Confusing Arts seemed to control him—until he suddenly laughed.

• Su Han searched his abandoned childhood home and found a Qingyun Sect Dust-Avoiding Array and a letter from the old swindler.
• Su Han read that Zhou Yixian had predicted his Qingyun Sect training and hidden a secret manual beneath a floor tile at Widow Wang's house.
• Su Han realized the old swindler was Zhou Yixian and that his granddaughter Xiaohuan was the little girl he had once known.
• Su Han destroyed the letter, cleaned the house, and headed toward Widow Wang's home to retrieve the manual.
• You Ji used her Mind-Confusing Arts to question Su Han about the Qingyun Sect's mission, but he suddenly laughed, making her suspect he had resisted her control.

Su Han removed You Ji’s veil and revealed that he had reached the Shangqing Realm, stunning the Ghost King Sect’s Vermillion Bird envoy. When You Ji attacked rather than retreat, Su Han summoned the Dragon Slaying Sword and invoked Heavenly Scripture Volume Two to meet her strike.

• Su Han used Bai Du Zi’s bottle to distract You Ji, removed her veil, and praised her beauty.
• You Ji accused Su Han of being bait, but Su Han unleashed his aura and broke through her energy seal, revealing his Shangqing Realm cultivation.
• You Ji realized Qingyun Sect’s elders had sensed Su Han’s aura and prepared to leave, then asked his name and threatened to kill him.
• Su Han gave his name and called himself You Ji’s future master, provoking her to attack him with black Demonic Energy.
• Su Han invoked Heavenly Scripture Volume Two and summoned the Dragon Slaying Sword, whose silver-white dragon phantom blocked You Ji’s strike.

Su Han used poison to weaken You Ji and transformed into a silver divine dragon, overwhelming her with his power. Qing Long left to help You Ji, while Zeng Shuchang, Shang Zhenliang, and Daoist Tianyun broke through the formation and flew toward the dragon.

• Su Han revealed the Dragon Slaying Sword and tried to stall You Ji while the poison he had used weakened her limbs and spiritual power.
• You Ji attacked Su Han with five golden blades, but his Dragon God Skill transformed him into a silver divine dragon whose scales stopped her strike.
• Su Han swept his tail through the nearby buildings, destroying them, and You Ji gathered demonic energy into a claw as she considered retreating.
• Qing Long sensed Su Han's transformation, abandoned his formation, and hurried to support You Ji.
• Zeng Shuchang, Shang Zhenliang, and Daoist Tianyun broke through Qing Long's formation and flew toward the divine dragon.

Su Han defeated You Ji by using poison during their battle and captured her after she resisted his strongest Dragon God Skill attack. He left to retrieve the secret manual Zhou Yixian had left him before the Ghost King Sect or Qingyun Sect arrived.

• You Ji praised Su Han's strength and tried to escape, but Su Han launched his strongest Dragon God Skill attack, Heavenly Dragon Ascending.
• You Ji used her hairpin to create a formation that blocked Su Han's dragon breath.
• As You Ji prepared to flee, the poison Su Han had used earlier disrupted her spiritual power and left her helpless.
• You Ji admitted defeat, refused to reveal anything about the Heavenly Scripture, and told Su Han that his existence threatened the demonic sect.
• Su Han swept You Ji into his grotto-heaven and left to retrieve Zhou Yixian's secret manual.

Su Han retrieved Zhou Yixian’s secret manual from Widow Wang’s home and staged You Ji’s escape by making her aura appear at intervals outside Heyang City. Qing Long believed You Ji had fled and escaped the Qingyun Sect elders, who chose to check on Su Han instead of pursuing him.

• Su Han found the red wooden box beneath the third floor tile at Widow Wang’s house and stored it in his Universe Bag.
• Su Han repeatedly moved the immobile You Ji farther from the city, making her aura appear to travel away before he returned to Heyang City.
• Qing Long hurried toward the slums, but Zeng Shuchang, Shang Zhenliang, and Daoist Tianyun blocked him and fought to hold him back.
• Qing Long believed You Ji had died when her aura vanished, then realized she was escaping when it appeared outside the city and farther away.
• Qing Long feigned self-destruction, then fled while Zeng Shuchang and the others raised their defenses.
• Zeng Shuchang stopped Shang Zhenliang and Daoist Tianyun from pursuing Qing Long and led them to check on Su Han.

After injuring You Ji, Su Han returned to Shanhaiyuan with Ceng Shuchang, Shang Zhenliang, and Daoist Tianyun, who praised his strength and envied Shui Yue for taking him as a disciple. Alone in his room, Su Han opened Zhou Yixian’s secret manual but could not understand its symbols, leaving him determined to search for clues.

• Ceng Shuchang, Shang Zhenliang, and Daoist Tianyun found Su Han meditating in the slums and praised him for reaching the Shangqing Realm and injuring You Ji.
• Su Han returned to Shanhaiyuan with the three elders, who scolded their sleeping disciples and lamented that they could not match his cultivation.
• Su Han excused himself and went to his room to examine the red wooden box Zhou Yixian had left him.
• Su Han opened the untitled ancient book and found strange symbols and diagrams that he could not understand.
• Su Han wondered whether Zhou Yixian had tricked him, then decided to study the book again for clues.

Su Han failed to decipher Zhou Yixian’s ancient manual and turned his attention to extracting the location of the Ghost King Sect’s second Heavenly Scripture volume from his prisoner, You Ji. After You Ji refused to betray the sect, Su Han forcibly fed her Heart Devouring Powder and offered an antidote if she would talk.

• Su Han tried several ways to read Zhou Yixian’s ancient manual but could not understand its symbols, so he put it away and returned to cultivating.
• Su Han visited his pocket realm and asked the injured You Ji to reveal where the second volume of the Heavenly Scripture was hidden in exchange for her release.
• You Ji rejected Su Han’s offer and threats, insisting she would never reveal the Ghost King Sect’s secrets.
• Su Han forcibly fed You Ji Heart Devouring Powder and told her he would give her the antidote if she revealed the volume’s location.

Su Han stopped torturing You Ji after deciding that poison would not break her will, but imprisoned her and prevented her from escaping or killing herself. After more than a month of travel, Su Han and his companions reached within a hundred li of Incense Valley, where he looked forward to seeing Shui Yue.

• Su Han gave You Ji an antidote and a pill that restricted her cultivation, then warned her that he would seek arts to control her mind.
• You Ji tried to kill herself, but Su Han repeatedly stopped her and bound her in the grotto-heaven.
• Su Han left the grotto-heaven when Zeng Shuchang called him to prepare for the journey to Incense Valley.
• Over the next month, Su Han's group traveled without further obstruction, while Su Han cultivated and spoke with You Ji during their rests.
• Su Han's group arrived within a hundred li of Incense Valley, and Su Han eagerly anticipated seeing Shui Yue.

Qingyun Sect stopped a hundred li from Incense Valley because the strained relations between the sects made entering together risky. When Incense Valley’s representatives arrived, Su Han reunited with Shui Yue after two years and told her he had come because he missed her.

• Zeng Shuchang explained that Qingyun Sect and Incense Valley were wary of each other and had to avoid bringing several Shangqing Realm experts to the mountain gate at once.
• Daoist Tianyun sent a signal to Incense Valley while the group waited on alert, and Su Han worried that he could not reach the Mysterious Fire Altar to see Little White.
• Shangguan Ce, Lu Shun, and Shui Yue arrived from Incense Valley to meet the Qingyun Sect group.
• Su Han rushed forward and embraced Shui Yue, who returned the embrace before reminding him that outsiders were watching.
• Shui Yue asked why Su Han had come, and he replied that he had missed her.

Zeng Shuchang met Shangguan Ce to seek Incense Valley’s cooperation against the Demon Cult, despite Lu Shun’s insults. When Shangguan Ce said he needed to consult Yun Yilan, Su Han realized the delay gave him a chance to enter the Mysterious Fire Altar that night.

• Zeng Shuchang, Shang Zhenliang, and Daoist Tianyun reunited with Shui Yue and Su Han, then greeted Shangguan Ce and Lu Shun.
• Zeng Shuchang took the group to a nearby pavilion to discuss Qingyun Sect’s proposal with Shangguan Ce.
• Lu Shun mocked Qingyun Sect for allowing the Myriad Poisons Sect to infiltrate it, and Shangguan Ce rebuked him.
• Zeng Shuchang proposed that the righteous sects cooperate against the Demon Cult, and Shangguan Ce said he would consult Yun Yilan.
• Su Han realized Shangguan Ce’s return and delay created an opportunity to enter the Mysterious Fire Altar that night.

Su Han and the Qingyun Sect group reached Fenyen City, where Zeng Shuchang explained why the sect planned to cooperate with Incense Valley despite Shui Yue’s doubts. After dinner, Su Han visited Shui Yue in her room, and the two reunited affectionately.

• Zeng Shuchang and Shangguan Ce agreed to discuss Incense Valley’s cooperation with Yun Yilan and give Zeng Shuchang an answer in three days.
• Su Han, Shui Yue, and the others traveled to Fenyen City and booked rooms at an inn.
• Shui Yue questioned the alliance with Incense Valley, and Zeng Shuchang said Daoxuan wanted to share the risks of fighting the Myriad Poisons Sect.
• Su Han comforted Shui Yue and secretly held her hand during dinner.
• After the group retired, Su Han went to Shui Yue’s room, where they embraced, confessed they had missed each other, and kissed.

Su Han and Shui Yue reunited and shared an intimate moment before discussing their lives apart. Shui Yue learned that Su Han had reached the Shangqing Realm during two years of seclusion, leaving her astonished and envious, and Su Han left to attend to business.

• Su Han and Shui Yue kissed and embraced, then sat together and talked about the past two years.
• Shui Yue said she had spent her time fighting the Myriad Poisons Sect’s demon fiends and thinking about Su Han.
• Su Han told Shui Yue he had spent two years in seclusion, and she guessed that his cultivation had reached the ninth level of Yuqing.
• Su Han revealed that he had reached the Shangqing Realm, shocking Shui Yue, who envied how quickly he had broken through.
• Su Han said he had proper business to take care of and left, promising to return late that night.

Su Han disguised himself and infiltrated Incense Valley, taking Little Gray with him as he approached the Mysterious Fire Altar. He avoided the valley’s warning barriers and a patrol, then learned that Shangguan Ce was away and overheard Incense Valley disciples discussing Qingyun Sect’s request for help against the Myriad Poisons Sect.

• Su Han disguised himself, brought Little Gray out of the pocket realm, and headed toward Incense Valley’s Mysterious Fire Altar.
• Su Han detected Incense Valley’s warning barrier and used his Heavenly Eye to find a safe route around it.
• As the sulfur scent grew stronger, Su Han hid with Little Gray when Incense Valley disciples approached on patrol.
• Su Han overheard the patrol leader say Shangguan Ce had gone to meet the Valley Master and was not guarding the Mysterious Fire Altar.
• The disciples discussed Qingyun Sect’s request for help against the Myriad Poisons Sect and mentioned that Bai Du Zi had nearly killed Su Han two years earlier.

Su Han reached Incense Valley’s Mysterious Fire Altar with Little Gray and discovered that the altar possessed a Mysterious Fire Power entry. He chose not to plunder it and found that the sealed gate would not open without the Mysterious Fire Mirror, though he remained determined to get inside.

• Su Han overheard Incense Valley disciples boasting that their sect’s arrays were impenetrable and that Qingyun Sect was weak, then decided to leave them a surprise.
• Su Han and Little Gray crossed the lava and found the Mysterious Fire Altar, whose entrance was guarded by two carved Eight Desolations Flame Dragons.
• Su Han inspected the altar and learned it possessed the red Mysterious Fire Power entry, which granted resistance to flames and an affinity for controlling them.
• Su Han chose not to plunder the altar’s entry, expecting the Eight Fiends Mysterious Fire Array imprisoning Little White to offer a better one.
• Su Han tried to push open the massive stone gate but could not move it, realizing that Gui Li had used the Mysterious Fire Mirror to open it.