Chapter Summaries

Tu Du recognized the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror and attacked Yu Ci, who fled through Tianyi Tower as the other cultivators tried to stop the shadow. Yu Ci used a powerful ghost-binding talisman and his sword intent against the pursuing spirit, but someone shouted that the attacker was not Tu Du.

• Tu Du urged Kuang Yanqi to flee Bai Ri Mansion, then spotted the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror and rushed away from him.
• Yu Ci saw Tu Du through his spiritual-intent starlight and escaped as the Yin spirit phantom charged into Yunzhu Garden.
• Zhou Youde and Jade Ruler Daoist attacked to protect Yu Ci, but Tu Du plunged the banquet hall into darkness and scattered the cultivators.
• Yu Ci smashed through Tianyi Tower and used a ninefold-infused Yindu Black Law Ghost Binding Talisman against the pursuing shadow.
• Yu Ci drew his sword and used the Half-Mountain Mirage sword intent as someone called out that the attacker was not Tu Du.

Yu Ci bound and escaped the Yin Spirit attacking him, while Zhao Ziyue warned that the attacker might be Shadow Void of the Northern Demon Cult. Dawn illuminated Juebi City as Xie Yan fought a yellow-bearded man who was trying to protect Jin Huan, and their clash intensified above the city.

• Yu Ci used a Ghost Binding Talisman to restrain "Tu Du's" Yin Spirit briefly, then fled toward the recovering Core Formation cultivators as the chain broke.
• Zhao Ziyue warned Yu Ci to watch out for Shadow Void and said the attacker might be from the Northern Demon Cult.
• Xie Yan drew his treasured sword to stop a yellow-bearded man from descending into Juebi City to protect Jin Huan.
• The yellow-bearded man fought back with the Sun-Holding Halberd and Extreme Yang Fire Escape, but Xie Yan drove him away from the city with powerful Sword Qi.
• Xie Yan taunted the yellow-bearded man about being unable to save someone, and the two clashed again as blood-red radiance spread across the sky.

Tu Du used the Void Heart Demon Spider Shadow Curse to trap the people around Tianyi Tower in a net of fear and heart demons, but Yu Ci resisted with the True Return Purple Smoke Warm Jade and pursued him. Yu Ci reached the cliff top and activated a blood-marked talisman with the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror as the Dao Scripture Master Treasure Seal appeared on his shoulder.

• Tu Du vanished into the shadows as a Void-Stepping battle’s light waves filled Juebi City, while Yu Ci sensed changes in Tu Du’s whereabouts.
• Tu Du cast the Void Heart Demon Spider Shadow Curse, binding people around Tianyi Tower in a shadow net and stirring their heart demons.
• Zhou Youde and Zhao Ziyue recognized the curse, while Yu Ci stayed clear-headed because the True Return Purple Smoke Warm Jade cleansed his spirit.
• Yu Ci leaped toward the cliff top as Tu Du pursued him, and Zhou Youde failed to stop Tu Du from passing.
• Yu Ci pierced his palm with a sharpened jade talisman, marked the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror with his blood, and reached the cliff top.
• The Dao Scripture Master Treasure Seal floated onto Yu Ci’s shoulder as a faint talismanic incantation sounded.

Yu Ci used the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror and the Xuancang Flying Star Great Refinement Technique to strike Tu Du’s Yin spirit, weakening him despite his shadow curse. Tu Du redirected some of the damage through his web of bound souls, and Yu Ci’s fallen Pure Yang Talisman Sword suddenly sprang up.

• Yu Ci shattered his jade talisman and channeled its stored force through the Dao Scripture Master Treasure Seal and Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror toward Tu Du.
• Tu Du covered Yu Ci with his shadow curtain and used the Void Heart Demon Spider Shadow Curse to draw power from bound cultivators and commoners.
• Yu Ci activated the Xuancang Flying Star Great Refinement Technique through the mirror, calling on stellar power to strike Tu Du’s Yin spirit.
• The stellar attack shrank Tu Du’s Yin spirit and dispersed his shadows, but his web began transferring the damage to the people bound to it.
• Tu Du warned Yu Ci that killing him could also kill the bound people, and Yu Ci fell silent as the Pure Yang Talisman Sword sprang up.

Yu Ci used the Xuan Zang Flying Star Grand Refining Technique to target a hidden place beneath Dan Cliff, while Ming Lan’s strike destroyed Tu Du’s body. The shadows attacking Yu Ci faded, but a mysterious voice confronted him just as another burst of light appeared in the sky.

• Tu Du shattered the ground formations, sending Yu Ci tumbling down the mountain slope while his talisman technique continued operating.
• Yu Ci connected the descending Pure Yang Talisman Sword to his remembered view of Juebi City and identified a hidden location beneath Dan Cliff as his enemy.
• A beam of starlight reached Tu Du’s body in Bai Ri Mansion and disintegrated him; Ming Lan arrived as Huang Tai was killed by her curse power.
• Lu Mingyue and Ming Lan met while Jin Huan escaped toward the New City, and Monk Yi Xin confirmed Tu Du’s death from the shattered natal plaque.
• The shadows around Yu Ci faded, but an unknown voice praised his spell as a second wave of intense light erupted overhead.

As Juebi City reeled from the battle, Yu Ci encountered Crimson Yin, while the Shadow Puppet began to reform on the mountain. Crimson Yin destroyed it, but Jin Huan attacked her and then spotted someone on the cliff, crashing into the summit as Shi Song and Hu Dan failed to stop him.

• Juebi City’s residents and cultivators endured the battle’s blinding flashes, thunderous explosions, and destruction as Geng Fu recovered on Tianyi Tower.
• Yu Ci exchanged barbed remarks with Crimson Yin when she appeared on the mountain.
• The Shadow Puppet re-formed atop the cliff, but Crimson Yin recognized it and erased it with a single attack.
• Jin Huan struck at Crimson Yin with the Myriad Radiance Pearl, and she emerged from the radiance ready to fight him.
• Jin Huan spotted someone on the shady slope and crashed into the cliff summit as Shi Song and Hu Dan failed to intercept him.

Yu Ci escaped Jin Huan’s attacks as the other cultivators joined the siege, but Jin Huan used the deadly Golden Stone Flow to break through and pursue him. Yu Ci’s Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror intercepted the attack, and a mysterious figure appeared as Jin Huan moved to strike again.

• Yu Ci fled Jin Huan’s spreading flames, while Jin Huan’s attacks missed amid the collapsing mountain.
• Jade Ruler Daoist and the other Core Formation cultivators joined Shi Song and Hu Dan in surrounding Jin Huan.
• Jin Huan unleashed the Golden Stone Flow, which burned away Shi Song’s arm and broke through the siege toward Yu Ci.
• Yu Ci’s Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror took the Golden Stone Flow’s blow, flinging Yu Ci away and being hurled off itself.
• A mysterious figure swept away the heat and sent a streak of cold light through Jin Huan’s Golden Stone Flow.

Crimson Yin used the Blade Sacrifice Method to destroy Jin Huan’s Golden Stone Fluid, kill him, and claim the Myriad Radiance Pearl, while Yu Ci’s body lay unconscious with his soul apparently detached. Yu Ci discovered that the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror had pulled his Yin spirit inside and was tearing it apart, just as it scattered sparks of soul power into the world outside.

• Crimson Yin sacrificed the Golden Stone Fluid’s power through the Blade Sacrifice Method, destroying it and killing Jin Huan.
• Crimson Yin took the Myriad Radiance Pearl, while Hu Dan and Shi Song found Yu Ci unconscious and feared his soul had been scattered.
• Xie Yan arrived and demanded to know what had happened as the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror glimmered unnoticed in the snow.
• Yu Ci recalled that he had driven the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror into the Golden Stone Fluid and been pulled into its central aperture when its power surged.
• Yu Ci struggled against the mirror’s storm-like forces as they tore at his Yin spirit, then felt the mirror scatter over a hundred sparks of his soul power outside.

Yu Ci discovered that the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror was draining his yin spirit and could devour him if he relinquished control, so he used the fish-dragon to observe the nearby cultivators and seek help. As Xie Yan prepared to leave with Yu Ci's body, Yu Ci tried and failed to draw his attention to the mirror, which instead caught Crimson Yin's notice.

• Yu Ci realized the mirror's rapid rotation was consuming his soul power and found that ending his control could make the mirror turn against him.
• Yu Ci used his divine-intent starlight to guide the fish-dragon across the mountain, letting him see the tense gathering on the shaded slope.
• Crimson Yin returned the Myriad Radiance Pearl to Xu Hui, who restrained his anger because Xie Yan was present.
• Xie Yan silently picked up Yu Ci's body, prompting Yu Ci to fear that he would leave the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror behind.
• Yu Ci struggled to lift the mirror to attract Xie Yan's attention, but Crimson Yin noticed it instead.

Crimson Yin secretly drew the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror toward herself while Yu Ci’s Yin spirit remained trapped inside it. Yu Ci escaped through the mirror’s power, but the wind and a mysterious fragrance ignited his exposed spirit, leaving Xie Yan and Ming Lan to notice the disturbance as the fish-dragon leapt from the treetops.

• Crimson Yin covertly sank the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror into the earth and guided it beneath herself while the other cultivators watched Xie Yan and Xu Hui.
• Yu Ci plunged his entire Yin spirit into the mirror’s power and forced it through the mirror’s outer boundary as it emerged beneath Crimson Yin’s skirts.
• Yu Ci’s Yin spirit starlight struck a hidden restraint, then flew into the mountain wind, which tore away its protective shell and caused him intense pain.
• Yu Ci sensed Xie Yan carrying his unconscious body nearby and flew after him, but a fragrant gust caused his Yin spirit to flare and nearly burn apart.
• Ming Lan noticed the disturbance and fixed her gaze on Crimson Yin, while Xie Yan turned back toward its source and saw the fish-dragon spring from the treetops.

Yu Ci’s Yin Spirit was shattered after the fish-dragon swallowed him, but he used his final awareness to understand the creature’s unifying “spine” and incorporate it into his own cultivation. The fish-dragon collapsed, and Yu Ci briefly awoke before fainting, leaving Xie Yan stunned and overjoyed.

• The fish-dragon swallowed Yu Ci’s weakened Yin Spirit, then erupted in fire and blood when the vicious fragrance inside it ignited.
• The fish-dragon absorbed surrounding vital essence to repair itself, while its absorption shattered Yu Ci’s Yin Spirit and drew its fragments toward the creature’s spine.
• Yu Ci realized the fish-dragon’s spine unified its flesh, blood, and soul, and saw how to apply that principle to the Xuan Yuan Gen Ben Qi Fa.
• Minglan approached Crimson Yin, who said she planned to return to the Eastern Sea after that night and leave local affairs to Master Ming.
• The fish-dragon fell lifeless onto a tree branch, and Yu Ci opened his eyes long enough to see Xie Yan’s shock turn to joy before he fainted.

Yu Ci recovered from his near-fatal injuries after rebuilding his Inner Void and resisting the fish-dragon’s instinctive attempt to dominate it. He summoned the sect leaders to discuss Juebi City’s future, then challenged Ming Lan’s explanation for Crimson Yin’s absence and suggested she was trying to leave for the East China Sea.

• Yu Ci reopened his Inner Void and fought the fish-dragon’s spine for control, then woke and asked Xie Yan about the time and the sect leaders gathered at Dan Cliff.
• Yu Ci asked Xie Yan to grant him a request, and Xie Yan agreed to hear it.
• After receiving Yu Ci’s invitation, Shi Song and the other sect leaders went to his room while Xie Yan rested nearby.
• Yu Ci raised the distribution of Bai Ri Mansion’s resources and asked why Crimson Yin was absent.
• Ming Lan said Crimson Yin was recovering from injuries, but Yu Ci demanded that she attend in person and questioned whether she planned to return to the East China Sea.

Minglan returned to Youqiu Palace and found Crimson Yin still refusing to surrender the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror, while Yu Ci used its resonance to monitor her and keep her from leaving. After Xie Yan returned to Yu Ci, Xu Hui arrived with a hostile greeting, and Yu Ci identified him to his uncle-master.

• Minglan returned to Youqiu Palace, prayed at the Xuan Yin Celestial’s hall, and then went to speak with Crimson Yin.
• Crimson Yin refused to return the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror and explained that it resonated with Yu Ci even across distance and could not be contained in a Storage Ring.
• Yu Ci watched Crimson Yin and Minglan through the mirror’s connection in his Inner Void and had Xie Yan intercept Crimson Yin before she could leave.
• Xie Yan returned to Yu Ci after carrying out his request and questioned why he was prolonging the conflict with Crimson Yin.
• Xu Hui entered Yu Ci’s room and mocked him, and Yu Ci pointed Xu Hui out to Xie Yan.

Yu Ci learned that Tu Du may have used the Void Heart Demon Spider Shadow Curse and ordered Wanling Sect to find Kuang Yanqi, while Fish Dragon survived in a diminished state. Elsewhere, Monk Yi Xin and Lu Mingyue discussed Yu Ci and prepared to exploit the upheaval in Juebi City to kill him.

• Xu Hui warned Yu Ci that Jin Huan’s family’s deaths would bring retribution, but Yu Ci revealed Tu Du’s alleged use of the Void Heart Demon Spider Shadow Curse, drawing Xu Hui and Xie Yan’s attention.
• Yu Ci told Xu Hui and Xie Yan to question witnesses and Crimson Yin about Tu Du before exhaustion caused him to fall asleep.
• Hu Dan reported that Kuang Yanqi was the only Bai Ri Mansion cultivator still missing, and Yu Ci ordered Wanling Sect to capture him alive if possible.
• A maid brought Yu Ci the nearly lifeless Fish Dragon, which recognized him and slowly floated toward him.
• Lu Mingyue urged Monk Yi Xin to kill Yu Ci, but Monk Yi Xin said they should wait for an opportunity created by the turmoil in Juebi City.

After being recalled from Juebi City by the Li Chen Sect, Yu Ci traveled toward Zhixin Temple while recovering through the fish-dragon’s vital energy. When mountain and forest imagery returned to his Inner Void, he ordered the coachman away, but an attacker struck the Chasing Sun Chariot and accused him of being a fugitive slave.

• Shi Song learned that Zhixin Temple had sent Daoist Bao De to replace Yu Ci in Juebi City’s defenses and ordered Yu Ci to return.
• Yu Ci left Juebi City in the Chasing Sun Chariot as rumors about his recall unsettled the city.
• Yu Ci’s Inner Void’s fish-dragon spread clouds and rain, nourishing his body and healing much of his damaged soul.
• Mountain and forest imagery reappeared in Yu Ci’s Inner Void, prompting him to emerge from meditation and knock on the carriage wall.
• Yu Ci ordered the coachman to get out and run back, then an unseen attacker struck the chariot, bringing down its beasts and vehicle.
• Yu Ci leapt from the wreckage as a voice called him a fugitive slave and declared that clan law would be enforced.

Yu Ci was ambushed by Crimson Yin, but a hidden Moon Demon and two powerful cultivators disrupted her attack and turned the wilderness into a battlefield. As Xie Yan pursued the Moon Demon, thunderfire engulfed it, while Crimson Yin remained under Master Yu’s control.

• Crimson Yin trapped Yu Ci in her Ghost Fire Yin Prison and threatened to torture him for information about the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror.
• Yu Ci used his connection to the mirror to detect a hidden attacker beneath the frost-covered ground, then evaded the Moon Demon’s killing strike with help from Xie Yan’s Bixie Yuan Magnetic charm.
• Xie Yan and the Moon Demon fought beneath the earth as Yu Ci escaped, while Master Yu stopped Crimson Yin from fleeing with his sword intent.
• The Moon Demon burst into the sky, and Crimson Yin and Master Yu recognized it as dark clouds gathered overhead.
• Lightning and thunderfire struck the Moon Demon, swallowing it as it let out a piercing shriek.

Xie Yan and Xie Liang joined forces to nearly destroy Moon Demon, whose body revealed a True Person’s Yang God parasitizing a fiendish puppet. The Yang God targeted Yu Ci but escaped only briefly before Xie Liang’s spell halted its flight.

• Xie Liang’s thunder and Xie Yan’s sword strikes battered Moon Demon, whose ice defenses failed and whose body was badly damaged.
• Crimson Yin recognized the signs of a prayer to the Divine Lord and saw an opportunity as Moon Demon rose to face another lightning strike.
• Moon Demon unleashed vast golden Sword Qi that threatened everyone nearby, while Xie Yan’s sword-qi defenses shielded Yu Ci.
• Moon Demon’s puppet body burst apart as its golden light intensified, and Xie Liang identified the being within as a True Person’s Yang God parasitizing a fiendish puppet.
• The Yang God attacked Yu Ci, but Xie Yan and Xie Liang intercepted it before it fled with a boastful laugh.
• Xie Liang invoked the Five Directions Absolute Prison, abruptly cutting off the Yang God’s laughter.

Crimson Yin and Yu Zhou fought as the True Person Yang God escaped the Moon Demon, but a ring controlled by Aunt He trapped it and helped expose its old wounds. Aunt He’s snake-like shadow swallowed the Yang God, leaving Yu Ci to recognize her and Yu Zhou visibly unsettled.

• Crimson Yin exploited Yu Zhou’s distraction to attack, but his Sword Qi wounded her before she escaped with a clone technique.
• The True Person Yang God fled as Yu Zhou rushed toward Yu Ci, then became trapped in Aunt He’s Heavenly Law Absolute Prison ring.
• The Yang God broke the ring, but its fragments tore apart the golden light protecting it and left it struggling to escape.
• Yu Zhou warned Yu Ci to stay still while the shattered prison’s power weakened the Yang God’s vital essence barrier.
• Aunt He struck the Yang God with curse power, triggered its suppressed wounds, and swallowed it in her snake-like shadow.
• Yu Ci recognized the shadow as Aunt He and asked Yu Zhou about it, leaving his face exceptionally splendid.

Yu Zhou nearly killed Crimson Yin after she tried to flee, but Aunt He intervened at the last moment to spare her and cited the need to preserve relations between the Lichen and Rakshasa Sects. A Rakshasa Sect figure arrived and apologized to Yu Ci for Crimson Yin’s conduct.

• Crimson Yin tried to escape the Heavenly Law Absolute Prison, but Yu Zhou’s restraint forced her back toward Yu Ci and Yu Zhou.
• Yu Zhou drew his sword and struck Crimson Yin three times, overcoming her illusions and leaving her on the verge of death.
• Aunt He pressed Crimson Yin down and diverted Yu Zhou’s final strike, saving her from death.
• Yu Ci came out of his focus on Yu Zhou’s swordsmanship and saw Crimson Yin’s injuries, then recognized Aunt He.
• Aunt He argued that Crimson Yin’s status as a Rakshasa Sect branch master made killing her harmful to relations between the sects.
• A Rakshasa Sect figure arrived, bowed to Yu Ci, and asked forgiveness for Crimson Yin’s offense.

Yu Ci confronted Crimson Yin over her attempt to kill him and killed her while she was restrained and weakened. Immortal He acknowledged his action, then exposed Ming Lan’s Rakshasa Illusion Arts as Ming Lan began coughing blood.

• Yu Ci took the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror from Crimson Yin and reminded her that she had tried to destroy his soul with Burning Breath Incense.
• Ming Lan confirmed that the incense Crimson Yin had used was Burning Breath Incense, and Yu Ci admitted he had lured Crimson Yin to Juebi City to settle their grudge.
• Yu Ci struck Crimson Yin with the Pure Yang Talisman Sword and Half-Mountain Mirage sword qi, breaking her heart meridian and killing her.
• Yu Ci told Immortal He that he had acted from his true heart and left judgment of the sect feud to her; Xie Yan praised his resolve.
• Immortal He called Yu Ci upright and identified Ming Lan’s Rakshasa Illusion Arts as a technique that could deceive impermanence and Yama kings.
• Ming Lan began coughing up blood in front of the others.