Recaps

Sikong Jing learned that the Jadeite Hairpin had been sold to a woman traveling toward Yun Province City, so he pursued her despite being forbidden to leave Yunye City. He found the buyer at a wilderness relay station, where Luo Ning mistook him for an assassin sent by the Lei Ying Merchant Guild.

• Sikong Jing threatened the Hengyu Pawnshop shopkeeper into revealing that a wealthy young woman from Yun Province City had bought the Jadeite Hairpin for one hundred Gold Crystal Coins, then took the money and left with Su Yuexi.
• Sikong Jing promised Su Yuexi he would recover the hairpin, sent her home by carriage, and headed toward the eastern gate to chase the buyer.
• Sikong Jing forced his way past the City Guards, stole a warhorse, and rode out of Yunye City as the guards sent a force after him.
• Sikong Jing pursued the buyer through the night and found her carriage at a wilderness relay station around midnight.
• Luo Ning, holding the Jadeite Hairpin, assumed Sikong Jing was an assassin from the Lei Ying Merchant Guild and mocked him for being only at the sixth level of the Bright Realm.

Sikong Jing confronted Luo Ning to reclaim Su Yuexi’s Jadeite Hairpin, but she mistook him for an assassin sent by Lei Shuang. After twice overpowering her and taking the hairpin, he asked how much her life was worth.

• Sikong Jing showed Luo Ning Hengyu Pawnshop’s agreement and offered her the hundred Gold Crystal Coins she had paid for the Jadeite Hairpin, but she accused him of plotting to kill her for Lei Shuang.
• Luo Ning threatened Sikong Jing, so he swiftly defeated her despite her sixth-level Dark Realm cultivation and proved he could have killed her.
• When Luo Ning still refused to believe him, Sikong Jing defeated her again, took the Jadeite Hairpin, and told her to seek compensation from Hengyu Pawnshop.
• Luo Ning stopped Sikong Jing and insisted that the hairpin was hers and was not for sale, even after admitting its materials were worth at least a thousand Gold Crystal Coins.
• Sikong Jing asked Luo Ning how much her life was worth.

Sikong Jing intervened when Lei Shuang and a band of hired fighters cornered Luo Ning, offering to save her in exchange for the Jadeite Hairpin. After Luo Ning agreed to sell it, Sikong Jing broke through to the seventh level of the Bright Realm and killed the bearded leader.

• Lei Shuang entered Luo Ning's room and threatened to kill her for taking the Lei Ying Merchant Guild's business in Yunye City.
• Lei Shuang revealed that she had brought two hundred hired bandits, including a third-level Dark Realm expert, and ordered them to attack Luo Ning.
• Sikong Jing killed a thug who charged him and asked Luo Ning again whether she would sell the Jadeite Hairpin; she agreed and retreated behind him.
• Sikong Jing advanced from the sixth to the seventh level of the Bright Realm and knocked the bearded leader flying.
• Sikong Jing struck the bearded leader in the face and killed him.

Sikong Jing slaughtered the horse thieves hired by Lei Shuang and killed her despite Luo Ning's warning about the consequences for her firm. After leaving Luo Ning at the post station, he remained unidentified as city guards arrived searching for an escaped exile.

• Sikong Jing killed Beast and slaughtered the horse thieves who attacked him, driving the survivors to flee before killing them too.
• Sikong Jing regained control of himself, then seized Lei Shuang after she threatened his family.
• Luo Ning warned that killing Lei Shuang would bring the Lei Ying Merchant Guild down on her firm, but Sikong Jing snapped Lei Shuang's neck anyway.
• Sikong Jing declared their deal for the Jadeite Hairpin complete and left the post station, while Luo Ning refused her maid's plan to blame him for Lei Shuang's death.
• A Yunye City officer arrived with guards and a portrait, asking whether anyone had seen an escaped criminal exiled to Yunye City.

After Sikong Jing killed the Beast Bandit Group while saving Luo Ning, she persuaded Qiu Ye to give him part of the credit and protect him from punishment for leaving Yunye City. Qiu Ye escorted Sikong Jing back to the city, where he hurried to the Su Mansion to return the servants’ wages.

• Qiu Ye found Luo Ning alive among the Beast Bandit Group’s corpses, and she claimed Sikong Jing had saved her while retrieving his Jadeite Hairpin.
• Luo Ning learned Sikong Jing was an exiled criminal married to the second young lady of the Su Clan, then gave Qiu Ye money and asked him to share credit for the bandit group’s deaths with Sikong Jing.
• Luo Ning told Qiu Ye that Lei Shuang had been killed by the bandits, allowing her to cover up what had happened to Lei Shuang.
• Qiu Ye caught up with Sikong Jing and offered to claim that the escape from Yunye City had been a plan to lure out the Beast Bandit Group.
• Sikong Jing agreed to Qiu Ye’s arrangement and returned to Yunye City under guard as dawn broke, heading for the Su Mansion to return the servants’ wages.

Su Yuexi and Mei Xiaofang feared Sikong Jing had fled the city, while Su Yun convinced them he had abandoned them and incited the servants to loot their home. As the crowd threatened Su Zhenglong’s room, Sikong Jing returned with the Jadeite Hairpin and confronted them.

• Mei Xiaofang and Su Yuexi faced Aunt Li and the servants demanding ten times their wages, but they had no money to pay.
• Su Yun claimed Sikong Jing had escaped Yunye City, and Su Yuexi explained that he had left to retrieve the Jadeite Hairpin.
• Su Yun and Mei Xiaofang’s accusations left Su Yuexi distraught, while Su Yun urged Aunt Li and the servants to take the family’s belongings.
• Mei Xiaofang and Su Yuexi tried to protect the recovering Su Zhenglong as the servants rushed toward his room.
• Sikong Jing returned and angrily demanded to know what everyone was doing.

Sikong Jing returned to Su Yuexi’s home and rescued her and Mei Xiaofang from the servants, who had been moving the family’s belongings. He paid the servants’ wages with Gold Crystal Coins, then killed all seven of them and left coins on their bodies as funeral expenses.

• Sikong Jing burst into the hall and drove the servants away from Su Yuexi and Mei Xiaofang.
• Sikong Jing told Su Yun that he had returned because the house was his home, then confronted the servants for taking the family’s belongings.
• Sikong Jing scattered Gold Crystal Coins and promised to pay the servants twenty times their wages.
• Sikong Jing snapped Aunt Li’s neck and placed two Gold Crystal Coins on her body as funeral expenses.
• Sikong Jing killed the middle-aged male servant and the other five servants, leaving two Gold Crystal Coins on each corpse.

Sikong Jing killed the servants who had tried to rob his family and vowed to protect Su Yuexi and her parents from the Su Clan. He returned the Jadeite Hairpin and reassured Su Yuexi that he considered her home, though Mei Xiaofang still suspected he had returned for selfish reasons.

• Sikong Jing killed the servants who had tried to rob his family and drove Su Yun from the courtyard after striking her.
• Sikong Jing told Mei Xiaofang he would not let the family endure mistreatment any longer, and Su Zhenglong agreed that the servants had deserved to die.
• Su Zhenglong promised to confront Su Zhengtao and the others, but his coughing fit forced him to return to bed.
• Sikong Jing gave Su Yuexi the Jadeite Hairpin, and she confessed she had feared he would never come back because of her appearance.
• Sikong Jing embraced Su Yuexi and told her that his home was with her, while Mei Xiaofang continued to doubt his motives.

Su Xuefeng and Su Zhengtao accused Sikong Jing and Su Yuexi of several crimes and sentenced Sikong Jing to death by lingchi. When Su Yuexi pleaded for him, Su Zhenglong stepped forward to defend his daughter and son-in-law, ready to fight his father.

• Su Xuefeng arrived with Su Zhengtao and Su Yun and ordered Su Zhengtao to announce Sikong Jing's punishment.
• Su Zhengtao accused Sikong Jing of killing servants, then claimed he and Su Yuexi had injured Hengyu Pawnshop staff and stolen Gold Crystal Coins.
• Hengyu Shopkeeper backed the accusations and pointed to Su Yuexi's Jadeite Hairpin as supposed proof that she had stolen it.
• Su Zhengtao added that Sikong Jing had forced his way out of the city and declared that he must die by lingchi.
• Su Yuexi tearfully denied the charges, and Su Zhenglong stepped forward, released his true energy, and vowed that Su Zhengtao would have to get past him to punish them.

Qiu Ye revealed that Sikong Jing had left the city as part of a mission to wipe out the Beast Bandit Group, not as a fugitive. He awarded Sikong Jing twenty Gold Crystal Coins, leaving the Su Clan and Chief Han stunned and questioning the explanation.

• Chief Han arrived at the Su Clan and claimed Sikong Jing was a criminal who had forced his way out of the city.
• Su Yuexi stood by Sikong Jing despite Mei Xiaofang urging her to stay away from him.
• Qiu Ye arrived, then kicked Chief Han after learning he intended to arrest Sikong Jing.
• Qiu Ye announced that Sikong Jing had helped his operation to wipe out the Beast Bandit Group and awarded him twenty Gold Crystal Coins.
• Chief Han and Su Xuefeng challenged Qiu Ye’s account.

Sikong Jing cleared the charges that he escaped the city and robbed Hengyu Pawnshop, while Qiu Ye exposed the Su Clan’s role in framing him. After Su Zhenglong protected him from Su Xuefeng, Sikong Jing refused to call the clan patriarch Grandfather and warned him not to harm his family.

• Qiu Ye returned with the Beast Bandit Group’s two hundred heads, confirming Sikong Jing’s help and undermining the charge that he had escaped the city.
• When Su Yun accused Sikong Jing of robbing Hengyu Pawnshop, Qiu Ye struck Chief Han and challenged the shopkeeper’s claim about the Jade Hairpin and Gold Crystal Coins.
• The Hengyu Shopkeeper confessed that Su Xuefeng had put him up to the accusation, and Qiu Ye defended Sikong Jing before leaving with his soldiers.
• Su Zhengtao renewed the accusation that Sikong Jing had murdered servants, but Su Zhenglong confronted Su Xuefeng and threatened to kill Su Zhengtao if forced to fight.
• Su Xuefeng demanded that Sikong Jing call him Grandfather, but Sikong Jing refused and warned that anyone who bullied his family would be killed.

Sikong Jing's intervention ruined Su Xuefeng's plan to ally with the Chu Family, while Su Yuexi's family recovered from the confrontation and discussed their finances. The chapter ended with Mei Xiaofang still suspecting Sikong Jing of theft as he tried to reassure her that he could earn money.

• Su Xuefeng rejected Sikong Jing's warning, threatened him, and left Su Yuexi's courtyard with his family.
• Su Zhenglong staggered after withdrawing his true qi, and his family took him to rest.
• Su Xuefeng revealed his plan to marry Su Yun to Chu Bo and use their marriage to control the Chu Family.
• Chu Rongxian slapped Su Yun and accused Su Xuefeng of provoking the Chu Family because Sikong Jing had forced Chu Bo to kneel and praise Su Yuexi.
• After learning what happened at the Heaven Martial Pavilion, Su Xuefeng spat blood and Su Yun threatened Su Yuexi's family.
• Sikong Jing told Mei Xiaofang he could earn money, but she accused him of benefiting from theft and Qiu Ye's influence.

Sikong Jing defended Su Yuexi from Su Yun and reaffirmed that she was the most beautiful woman under heaven, then cultivated toward the ninth stage of the Bright Realm. On the eve of Su Xuefeng’s birthday banquet, he reached the ninth stage as Su Shan’s return threatened to put him in grave danger.

• Sikong Jing claimed he deserved half the credit for defeating the Beast Bandit Group, but Mei Xiaofang and Su Zhenglong doubted him.
• Su Yun accused Sikong Jing of ruining her marriage to Chu Bo, and Sikong Jing drove her out after she insulted Su Yuexi.
• Sikong Jing explained that Chu Bo had lost a bet and declared that Su Yuexi was the most beautiful woman under heaven.
• Su Yuexi thanked Sikong Jing, and he promised to make her breathtakingly beautiful once he reached the ninth stage of the Bright Realm.
• As the Su Clan prepared for Su Xuefeng’s birthday banquet, Sikong Jing opened his eyes and announced that he had reached the ninth stage of the Bright Realm.

Sikong Jing secretly gave Su Yuexi a cup of his blood, which restored her beauty, and prepared two martial techniques as gifts for Su Xuefeng. The family arrived at Su Xuefeng’s birthday banquet, where a mocking voice greeted Su Zhenglong and drew everyone’s attention.

• Sikong Jing reached the ninth level of the Bright Realm and gave Su Yuexi his blood, hoping it would cure her Crimson Spider Poison.
• Su Yuexi’s appearance returned to its former beauty, but Sikong Jing kept the change secret so he could surprise her at the banquet.
• Mei Xiaofang and Su Zhenglong showed Su Yuexi a statue of her grandmother, which Su Zhenglong had carved as a gift for Su Xuefeng in hopes of reconciling with him.
• Sikong Jing engraved two Profound Grade Low Tier martial techniques onto Green Jade Slates and prepared them as his own gift for Su Xuefeng.
• Sikong Jing, Su Yuexi, Mei Xiaofang, and Su Zhenglong arrived at the birthday banquet, where someone mocked Su Zhenglong as the hall fell silent.

At Su Xuefeng’s birthday banquet, Su Zhenglong and his family endured insults while Sikong Jing waited for the gift he had prepared to change Su Xuefeng’s opinion. Su Yun exposed their Green Jade Slate as supposedly worthless, and Su Xuefeng ordered her to smash it.

• Su Xuefeng forced Su Zhenglong to apologize to Luo Tong, while the guests mocked Su Zhenglong, Sikong Jing, and Su Yuexi.
• Su Zhenglong presented a large, unopened crate as his birthday gift, but Su Xuefeng dismissed it and praised Su Yun’s knife instead.
• Su Yuexi presented the box from Sikong Jing, but Su Yun snatched it and opened it before Su Xuefeng could see it.
• Su Yun identified the gift as a cheap Green Jade Slate, prompting the guests to laugh and Su Xuefeng to order her to smash it.

Sikong Jing’s valuable Green Jade Slate gift was smashed by Su Yun at Su Xuefeng’s command, but Lu Zhao recognized the Martial Intent and revealed that it had contained a Profound Grade Low Tier martial skill. The chapter left Su Xuefeng and the banquet guests stunned as they realized what he had destroyed.

• Sikong Jing urged Su Xuefeng to inspect the Green Jade Slate, but Su Xuefeng ordered Su Yun to smash it, and Su Yuexi walked away in distress.
• Mei Xiaofang blamed Sikong Jing for ruining their attempt to mend relations, while Sikong Jing comforted Su Yuexi and insisted Su Xuefeng had lost out.
• A servant announced Lu Zhao’s arrival, and Su Xuefeng eagerly welcomed the Heaven Martial Pavilion’s branch pavilion master.
• Lu Zhao recognized Sikong Jing and sensed Martial Intent in the shattered Green Jade Slate, then angrily ordered Su Xuefeng to examine the rubble.
• Su Xuefeng sensed the Profound Grade Low Tier martial skill and extraordinary Martial Intent in the broken slate, while Sikong Jing reminded him that he had smashed a valuable gift.

Sikong Jing gave the intact Green Jade Slate to Lu Zhao rather than Su Xuefeng, deepening the feud at the birthday banquet. Su Shan returned and presented Su Xuefeng with Green Jade Paper before being ordered to fight Sikong Jing to the death.

• Sikong Jing found another intact Green Jade Slate and gave it to Lu Zhao, who recognized its transcendent martial intent and left the banquet grateful.
• Su Xuefeng asked Sikong Jing for another slate, then flew into a rage when Sikong Jing refused and reminded him that Su Yun had smashed the one Yuexi gave him.
• Su Xuefeng slapped Su Yun, blamed her for destroying the slate, and ordered the guards to kill Sikong Jing.
• Su Shan returned to the hall, learned that Su Xuefeng had slapped Su Yun, and presented him with Green Jade Paper containing a Profound Grade Middle Tier martial skill.
• Su Xuefeng ordered Su Shan to fight Sikong Jing to the death and threatened to purge Su Zhenglong's family if they interfered.

Su Xuefeng refused Su Zhenglong’s plea to spare Sikong Jing and ordered Su Shan to kill him in a life-or-death duel. Sikong Jing blocked Su Shan’s first strike and revealed he had reached the ninth level of the Bright Realm, but Su Shan still held the advantage as a Dark Realm fighter.

• Su Shan challenged Sikong Jing to a life-or-death duel and revealed he had reached the fifth level of the Dark Realm.
• Su Zhenglong begged Su Xuefeng to spare Sikong Jing, offering a statue of his late mother, but Su Xuefeng destroyed it and ordered Su Shan to attack.
• Su Shan unleashed the first Golden Thunder Blade at Sikong Jing, who pushed Su Yuexi out of harm’s way.
• Sikong Jing blocked Su Shan’s strike and revealed his ninth-level Bright Realm cultivation, stunning Su Zhenglong and the guests.
• Su Shan dismissed Sikong Jing’s strength and powered up his lightning blade as the crowd expected Sikong Jing to lose.

Sikong Jing revealed the power of Wild Blade Rampage and defeated Su Shan in three strikes, shocking the Su Clan. As Su Zhengtao stepped in to face him and Su Xuefeng confronted Su Zhenglong, the duel continued with the banquet hall in disarray.

• Sikong Jing condemned Su Xuefeng for destroying Grandmother Yuexi’s statue and challenged Su Shan with Mad Blade Rage, overpowering Su Shan’s first counterattack.
• Sikong Jing explained the strength and history of Wild Blade Rampage, then used Mad Blade Annihilate to knock Su Shan down and make him spit blood.
• Su Zhengtao rushed to protect Su Shan, and Sikong Jing challenged him while asking Su Zhenglong to hold off Su Xuefeng.
• Su Zhenglong blocked Su Xuefeng and declared that he would not let his father interfere in the younger generation’s duel.
• Sikong Jing struck Su Zhengtao and Su Shan with Mad Blade Absolute, but Su Zhengtao blocked the attack without moving as Mei Xiaofang condemned the elders’ interference.

At Su Xuefeng’s birthday banquet, Sikong Jing defeated Su Shan and killed him despite Su Xuefeng and Su Zhengtao’s threats. With Su Clan elites surrounding them, Sikong Jing faced Su Xuefeng and asked whether he regretted destroying Grandmother Yuexi’s statue.

• Su Xuefeng demanded that Sikong Jing surrender his Wild Blade Rampage, but Sikong Jing revealed the Piercing Rock Three Swords and evaded Su Zhengtao’s attack.
• Sikong Jing killed Su Shan with a chopstick while Su Zhenglong blocked Su Xuefeng from intervening.
• Su Xuefeng and Su Zhengtao rushed toward Sikong Jing, but Su Zhenglong stood between them and Sikong Jing’s family.
• Su Xuefeng summoned the Su Clan elites, and Su Zhenglong urged Sikong Jing, Su Yuexi, and Mei Xiaofang to flee while he held them off.
• Sikong Jing assured Su Zhenglong and Mei Xiaofang that they would survive, then asked Su Xuefeng whether he regretted destroying Grandmother Yuexi’s statue.

A City Lord's decree forced the Su Clan to prepare a contender for the Yun Province Grand Competition, and Su Xuefeng seized on Su Yuexi's offer to compete as a way to settle his grudge against Sikong Jing. Sikong Jing agreed to train her for the seven-day selection, while Luo Tong's wife suggested Su Xuefeng intended to use the contest to kill them both.

• The City Lord's Guard announced that the Su Clan had to send a young descendant to the Yun Province Grand Competition and that Yunye City's three places would be decided in seven days.
• Su Xuefeng asked whether Sikong Jing could compete, but the City Lord's Guard refused because Sikong Jing was a criminal.
• Su Yun suggested that Su Yuexi could compete in her husband's place, and Su Xuefeng offered to forgive Sikong Jing if she won a place.
• Su Yuexi agreed to compete despite Mei Xiaofang's objections, and Sikong Jing promised to help her become unrivaled in Yunye City within seven days.
• Su Xuefeng ordered the Clan to register Su Yuexi, dismissed his fighters, and resumed the birthday banquet while Su Shan's body remained in the hall.
• Luo Tong's wife claimed Su Xuefeng planned to make Su Yuexi die in the ring and provoke Sikong Jing into rushing to her rescue.

At Su Xuefeng’s birthday banquet, Sikong Jing struck down those who insulted Su Yuexi and removed her veil, revealing that her face had healed and her beauty stunned the crowd. Su Xuefeng still ordered Yuexi to leave Sikong Jing and marry a nobleman after he died.

• Su Yun demanded that Su Yuexi thank her for securing the family’s temporary reprieve, and Sikong Jing slapped her for calling Yuexi ugly.
• When the guests mocked Yuexi and Su Zhenglong, Sikong Jing rapidly slapped them all and said he was punishing them for their insults and humiliation of his father-in-law.
• Sikong Jing removed Su Yuexi’s veil and revealed her healed, breathtakingly beautiful face, leaving the hall stunned.
• Mei Xiaofang confirmed that Yuexi’s face had healed, while Su Zhenglong rejoiced and challenged the guests to call his daughter ugly again.
• Su Xuefeng acknowledged Yuexi’s beauty but ordered her not to share a room with Sikong Jing and said she would marry a noble young master after Sikong Jing died.

After Su Yuexi’s restored appearance and Sikong Jing’s strength shocked the Su Clan, Su Xuefeng and Su Zhengtao suspected Sikong Jing had taken treasures from the Beast Bandit Group and plotted to seize them. Back at Su Zhenglong’s home, Sikong Jing revealed that Yuexi had been cured of Crimson Spider Poison, leaving her to face the possibility that she had been poisoned.

• Su Yuexi refused to live if Sikong Jing died, and she left the birthday banquet with him while Su Zhenglong warned Su Xuefeng to set out incense for Su Shan next year.
• Su Xuefeng and Su Zhengtao speculated that Sikong Jing had taken powerful Green Jade Slates, pills, and Yuexi’s cure from the Beast Bandit Group, then decided to keep their suspicions from Qiu Ye and force Sikong Jing to surrender his treasures.
• Su Yuexi repeatedly checked her restored face in the mirror and asked Sikong Jing what he had given her to drink.
• Su Zhenglong tried to conceal the truth by calling it rejuvenating medicine, but Sikong Jing explained that it was an antidote for the Crimson Spider Poison.

Sikong Jing revealed that Su Zhenglong had poisoned Su Yuexi with Crimson Spider Poison and arranged for Su Yuexian to be taken away, leaving Su Yuexi and Mei Xiaofang devastated. After Su Zhenglong collapsed, Sikong Jing promised to restore Su Yuexi and strengthen her martial arts before the Yun Province Grand Competition trials in seven days.

• Su Zhenglong confessed that he had given Su Yuexi Crimson Spider Poison and asked Su Yuexian to take her place when the Noble Young Master came for her.
• Su Zhenglong said Su Yuexian would never return, then spat blood and fainted; Doctor Sun warned that his survival depended on whether he woke within the next few days.
• Mei Xiaofang blamed Su Yuexi and Sikong Jing for the family's suffering and feared Su Yuexi would fail the trials in seven days.
• Sikong Jing promised to restore Su Yuexi's looks and help her become strong enough to crush Yunye's younger generation, and Su Yuexi agreed to trust him.
• Sikong Jing led Su Yuexi to her room and told her to take off her clothes so he could draw out the martial arts power her suppressed talent had built up.

Sikong Jing awakened Su Yuexi’s martial seed and went to the Heaven Martial Pavilion to find a suitable cultivation art for her. Meanwhile, the scarred Black-Clad Woman revealed herself as Su Yuexian, who secretly visited her family and gave the dying Su Zhenglong a pill before disappearing.

• Sikong Jing guided Su Yuexi’s martial seed awake and told her to suppress her growing true energy until he found her a suitable cultivation art.
• Sikong Jing noticed a young Black-Clad Woman with Human Realm peak strength near Su Mansion and continued toward the Heaven Martial Pavilion.
• The Black-Clad Woman entered Su Mansion unseen, watched Su Yuexi cultivate, and murmured that her little sister was beautiful.
• The Black-Clad Woman saw Mei Xiaofang hurry away for Doctor Sun and recognized her as her mother.
• The Black-Clad Woman revealed herself as Su Yuexian, confronted the unconscious Su Zhenglong over his past treatment of her, and gave him a pill before vanishing.