Chapter Summaries

Yun Wuxia and Xie Ruying chose to aid Shen Miaoyin, fearing a hidden force behind the Evil Path Alliance. After the old woman from Shenzhu Mountain Villa arrived with Jiang Wushe and offered her burning Golden Pill, Shen Miaoyin committed to a dangerous plan at the summit.

• Yun Wuxia explained that the Yun Ge Sect had set the Taiyin Nine Palaces Formation on the Sangliang Ancient Path and warned Xie Ruying that someone might be steering Cang Mountain's factions.
• Xie Ruying agreed to help Yun Wuxia support Shen Miaoyin and poured more true essence into her.
• Shen Miaoyin estimated that Yun Wuxia's transformed bodies raised their chance of success to twenty percent, and the yellow-clad woman offered to detonate her Golden Pill, raising it to thirty percent.
• The old woman from Shenzhu Mountain Villa arrived carrying the unconscious Jiang Wushe and two Golden Pills taken from Evil Path Alliance cultivators, while her own Golden Pill burned.
• Shen Miaoyin judged that the old woman's help raised their odds to fifty percent and ordered her group to activate the Five Aggregates Spirit Gathering Formation at the summit while Jiang Wushe and Yun Wuxia held off the attackers.
• Shen Miaoyin led Su Shi'er out of the defensive formation toward the summit, and the others followed.

Tan Fengchen and True Lord Xuan Tong battled Jiang while Yun Wuxia's Yellow-Clad Incarnation sacrificed itself to stop four Golden Core cultivators. Shen Miaoyin got Su Shi'er to the formation, where he and the others began unleashing the Thousand Year Strike.

• Tan Fengchen and True Lord Xuan Tong attacked Jiang as Elder Demon Jiyin headed for the formation and four cultivators moved to stop Shen Miaoyin's group.
• Yun Wuxia's Yellow-Clad Incarnation detonated its Golden Core, injuring the four attackers but leaving Yun Wuxia with severe soul damage.
• Shen Miaoyin stopped Elder Demon Jiyin's strike and placed Su Shi'er inside the formation.
• Su Shi'er fed a top-grade Spirit Stone's energy into the Thousand Year Strike and joined his Divine Sense with those of Lu Mingshi, Shen Luoyan, and Yun Wuxia's red-clad incarnation.
• Su Shi'er and the others raised the Thousand Year Strike, summoning dense clouds and currents of Xun wind as they slowly unleashed it.

Su Shi'er activated the Thousand Year Strike and unleashed the Eternal Sword as the Evil Path Alliance attacked the mountain. The old woman died protecting Jiang Wushe, while Su Shi'er’s descending sword lights began to confront the overwhelming enemy force.

• Su Shi'er activated the Five Thunders Orthodox Method through the Thousand Year Strike, releasing an aura that weakened the Evil Path cultivators and drew their attacks toward the mountaintop.
• True Lord Xuan Tong and Tan Fengchen abandoned their duel with the old woman and attacked the formation, but she burned two Golden Cores to shield Fourth Peak with a violet-gold barrier.
• True Lord Xuan Tong, Tan Fengchen, and five others formed the Taiyin Seven Evils Formation and battered the barrier until it neared collapse.
• The old woman gave Jiang Wushe a violet-gold Communication Talisman, urged him to leave Cangshan Mountain and find Big Brother, then died as the barrier broke.
• Su Shi'er rose to face the attack and invoked the Eternal Sword, summoning tens of thousands of wind-and-thunder sword lights from the sky.

Su Shi'er unleashed the Thousand Year Strike, devastating the Evil Path Alliance and killing nearly two thousand cultivators while the remaining righteous forces watched in shock. As he continued targeting True Lord Xuan Tong and Tan Fengchen, the weapon drained his True Yuan and divine sense and began damaging his meridians despite Shen Miaoyin's warning.

• Su Shi'er’s Thousand Year Strike overwhelmed True Lord Xuan Tong and six other Golden Core cultivators, killing five of them within five breaths as the rest fought for survival.
• The sword rain annihilated nearly two thousand Evil Path cultivators, resolving the crisis and leaving the surviving righteous cultivators stunned.
• Xie Ruying asked Yun Wuxia about the weapon’s power, and Yun Wuxia explained that Su Shi’er could unleash less than half its potential and that it could devastate sects a hundred li away.
• Yun Wuxia dismissed thoughts of the Mist Concealment Sect claiming the weapon and refocused on destroying the Evil Path Alliance.
• Su Shi’er exhausted his True Yuan and divine sense, and the weapon’s aura cracked his meridians as he continued attacking True Lord Xuan Tong and Tan Fengchen despite Shen Miaoyin’s warning.

Su Shi'er used Thousand Year Strike to destroy Tan Fengchen and True Lord Xuan Tong's physical bodies, ending the battle against the Evil Path Alliance. As the survivors celebrated and Su Shi'er collapsed from exhaustion, he sensed that Thousand Year Strike had formed a bond with him and realized Yun Ge Sect may have planned for the treasure to recognize its first wielder.

• Su Shi'er continued the sword assault until Tan Fengchen and True Lord Xuan Tong's bodies were destroyed, leaving only their protected Golden Cores.
• Shen Miaoyin warned Su Shi'er not to risk the formation's backlash, so he lowered Thousand Year Strike and ended the attack.
• The clouds dispersed, and the surviving cultivators celebrated their victory; Xiao Yue and the Yun Ge Sect members praised Su Shi'er, while Jiang Feixue resolved to become stronger.
• Shen Miaoyin caught Su Shi'er when he collapsed, and he asked her what to do with Thousand Year Strike.
• Su Shi'er sensed a bond between himself and Thousand Year Strike and concluded that Yun Ge Sect had likely arranged for it to recognize its first wielder.
• A subtle, sharp gaze suddenly swept over Su Shi'er as he pondered the sword's origins.

Shen Miaoyin tried to destroy Tan Fengchen and True Lord Xuan Tong, but an unseen force rescued their Golden Cores and drew them to You Ruo, a Golden Core Great Perfection cultivator from Demon Shadow Palace. Recognizing her as the enemy behind the deaths at the Sangliang Ancient Path, Shen Miaoyin prepared to face her and urged the others to flee.

• Shen Miaoyin trapped Tan Fengchen and True Lord Xuan Tong's Golden Cores in ice swords and began destroying them.
• An unseen force tore the Golden Cores away and pulled them toward the sky, prompting Shen Miaoyin to warn Lu, Yun Wuxia, and Manor Lord Jiang to escape.
• You Ruo arrived in a red cloud, and Yun Wuxia and the others recognized her as a Golden Core Great Perfection cultivator.
• Shen Miaoyin launched an ice-bird attack with a strengthened Sword Formation while True Lord Xuan Tong warned You Ruo about her formations.
• You Ruo identified Shen Miaoyin as the one who created the Taiyin Nine Palaces Formation and vowed to kill her for the Demon Shadow Palace disciples who died there.

You Ruo, a Golden Core Great Perfection cultivator from the Demon Shadow Palace, attacked the wounded survivors after escaping the Taiyin Nine Palaces Formation. Su Shi'er saved Shen Miaoyin from her blade and revealed another top-grade Spirit Stone as You Ruo prepared to strike again.

• You Ruo escaped the Taiyin Nine Palaces Formation after sacrificing her Martial Brother and found the Evil Path Alliance nearly wiped out.
• You Ruo shattered Shen Miaoyin's ice-bird formation and sent her flying, then launched a deadly blade at her.
• Su Shi'er intercepted You Ruo's blade with the Thousand Year Strike but was gravely wounded by its force.
• You Ruo drew a third throwing knife as its heat wave overwhelmed the wounded survivors.
• Su Shi'er produced another top-grade Spirit Stone, and Tan Fengchen and True Lord Xuan Tong warned You Ruo to retreat from the Thousand Year Strike.

Su Shi'er bluffed You Ruo with the partially activated Thousand Year Strike, buying time for the wounded sect members to escape. Shen Miaoyin stayed to help him sustain the treasure, leaving the two of them facing You Ruo as the others fled.

• You Ruo challenged Su Shi'er to activate the Thousand Year Strike, while he concealed that he could no longer truly unleash it.
• Su Shi'er forced Spiritual Qi into the treasure, making it flare and halt You Ruo's advance; wary of risking her life, You Ruo chose to wait.
• Su Shi'er told Shen Miaoyin to retreat with the others and prepared to sacrifice himself, but Shen Miaoyin refused to leave because he needed her help to channel the treasure.
• Lu Mingshi, Shen Luoyan, Yun Wuxia's Red-Clad Incarnation, and Jiang Wushe led the wounded and surviving cultivators away in different directions.
• You Ruo watched the escape without intervening as True Lord Xuan Tong warned that letting them go would endanger their plan and threaten them later.

Shen Miaoyin gave Su Shi'er a teleportation talisman and a token for the Heavenly Evolution Phantom Star Sect, then escaped as You Ruo attacked. Su Shi'er escaped with the Thousand Year Strike, while You Ruo and the surviving Golden Cores turned to controlling Cang Mountain and searching for the Yun Ge Sect’s Qi Men Dun Jia.

• You Ruo waited for the Thousand Year Strike to weaken, while Su Shi'er urged Shen Miaoyin to escape and offered to hold her off.
• Shen Miaoyin gave Su Shi'er a Lesser Zhou Sky Teleportation Talisman and a Heavenly Evolution Token, then vanished in a flash of blue-green light after he gave her Northern Nether Profound Ice.
• Su Shi'er activated the talisman and escaped You Ruo's fiery third blade with the Thousand Year Strike, though his injuries flared during the teleportation.
• You Ruo lamented losing the treasure as Tan Fengchen and True Lord Xuan Tong's Golden Cores returned and asked her to take charge in Cang Mountain.
• You Ruo asked whether True Lord Xuan Tong had found the Yun Ge Sect's Qi Men Dun Jia, and he admitted that the Yun Ge Sect Master had died without revealing anything about it.

You Ruo learned that Su Shi'er had escaped and that Demon Shadow Palace had failed to secure Qi Men Dun Jia, then killed True Lord Xuan Tong and forced Tan Fengchen to help her track Su Shi'er. She set out to crush the Cangshan alliances and gave Tan Fengchen six months to find Su Shi'er and Qi Men Dun Jia.

• You Ruo confronted True Lord Xuan Tong about the failed mission and learned that Su Shi'er had escaped with a Teleportation Talisman.
• You Ruo seized and devoured True Lord Xuan Tong's Golden Core, absorbing his essence and soul.
• Tan Fengchen tried to flee, but You Ruo pulled back his Golden Core and stopped him from escaping.
• Tan Fengchen offered to locate Su Shi'er with the White Flame Tracking Technique, using an aura mark left by his slain disciple.
• You Ruo spared Tan Fengchen for now and ordered him to find Su Shi'er and Qi Men Dun Jia within six months, while she vowed to destroy the Cangshan Righteous Path Alliance within a month.

Zhu Hanwei returned to Yun Ge Sect and explained that the Sect Master had secretly sent him away before the sect fell. After learning that the Sect Master's remnant soul could be restored with Dong Hua Yi Wood, Zhu Hanwei revealed that he had some, giving the survivors a chance to save him.

• You Ruo took Tan Fengchen and flew toward Yun Ge Sect as Lu Mingshi, Shen Luoyan, and the others arrived at its ruined Tianshu Peak.
• Zhu Hanwei appeared unharmed, and Lu Mingshi angrily questioned why he and the other elders had failed to defend the sect.
• Zhu Hanwei said the Sect Master had secretly sent him on another mission, then learned from Xiao Yue that the Sect Master and other Peak Masters had died in battle.
• Zhu Hanwei identified the powerful cultivator who had appeared at the battle's end as someone from Demon Shadow Palace.
• Lu Mingshi explained that Shen Luoyan had preserved a wisp of the Sect Master's soul in Soul Nurturing Wood and that Dong Hua Yi Wood could help restore it.
• Zhu Hanwei produced an azure branch of Dong Hua Yi Wood, astonishing Lu Mingshi and the others.

Zhu Hanwei activated Ren Yunzong's sect master token to raise a hidden Mountain-Protecting Array and guide the Yun Ge Sect survivors through a Teleportation Array at Yandang Lake. You Ruo broke into the deserted sect and pursued her next objective, while the survivors arrived at a secluded, Spiritual Qi-rich refuge in central Muyun Prefecture.

• Zhu Hanwei revealed Dong Hua Yi Wood, but Lu Mingshi sensed You Ruo approaching and urged Xiao Yue and the others to flee while he and Shen Luoyan prepared to hold her off.
• Zhu Hanwei used Ren Yunzong's sect master token to activate a second Mountain-Protecting Array and led the survivors toward the Teleportation Array at Yandang Lake.
• Shen Luoyan diverted to rescue surviving outer disciples at Tui Song Cliff before joining the others at Yandang Lake.
• You Ruo spent three quarters of an hour shattering the Mountain-Protecting Array, then found the Yun Ge Sect deserted and followed the survivors' traces to Yandang Lake.
• You Ruo concluded the survivors had escaped through the formation and headed for the Mist Hidden Sect with Tan Fengchen's golden core.
• Lu Mingshi and more than two hundred survivors emerged from the Teleportation Array at a secluded pool in central Muyun Prefecture, where Zhu Hanwei explained that Shen Luoyan had directed him to find the refuge.

After the Yun Ge Sect's defeat, Zhu Hanwei arranged for its survivors to scatter and reunite in a hundred years, then took the Soul Nurturing Wood to restore Ren Yunzong. Once the others departed, Ren Yunzong spoke through the Sect Master's Token and began explaining why he had led the sect into a seemingly doomed battle.

• Zhu Hanwei told the survivors to disperse, allowing those who wished to leave the Yun Ge Sect to do so and asking the rest to return in a hundred years.
• Zhu Hanwei took Xiao Yue's Soul Nurturing Wood to nourish Ren Yunzong's remnant soul, while Lu Mingshi entrusted the Sect Master's safety to him.
• The surviving elders departed, and Shen Luoyan chose to settle nearby with Yu Wan'er and the other outer disciples while Lu Mingshi took Xiao Yue and Han Yu to Gulin Xiaoshan.
• Zhu Hanwei returned to the pool, shrank its lotus leaves with True Yuan, and asked Ren Yunzong through the Sect Master's Token why he had led the sect into battle despite anticipating the defeat.
• Ren Yunzong replied that appearing would not have changed the outcome and would only have brought more sorrow, then acknowledged Zhu Hanwei's question about the sect's deaths.

Ren Yunzong explained to Zhu Hanwei why the Righteous Path Alliance had to fight the Evil Path Alliance and entrusted him with finding the Golden Cicada Temple and the Demon Sealing Seal. As Ren Yunzong’s consciousness vanished, Zhu Hanwei resolved to save him before following that mission; elsewhere, a little girl in Xiaohe Village asked her grandfather why they had to save people when they were starving themselves.

• Ren Yunzong told Zhu Hanwei that fighting the Evil Path Alliance could blunt the Demon Shadow Palace’s scheme, and that Su Shi’er’s return had exceeded his expectations.
• Ren Yunzong explained that he chose Zhu Hanwei over Su Shi’er because Zhu Hanwei had fewer attachments and could make sound judgments against the Demon Shadow Palace.
• Ren Yunzong urged Zhu Hanwei to find the Golden Cicada Temple and the Demon Sealing Seal, then his final wisp of consciousness disappeared from the Sect Master's Token.
• Zhu Hanwei vowed to fulfill Ren Yunzong’s request but chose to prioritize restoring his life, then used spiritual energy to envelop the Soul Nurturing Wood and Dong Hua Yi Wood as he sank into a pool.
• In Xiaohe Village, a little girl asked her grandfather why they still had to save people when they could barely feed themselves.

After escaping Yunhan Seven Peaks Mountain, Su Shi'er fell unconscious and was rescued by a poor old man and his granddaughter, who treated him with medicinal herbs. As Su Shi'er slowly regained awareness, he discovered his cultivation and Sea of Consciousness were badly damaged, while the little girl hoped he would prove to be a good person who could help them.

• The old man told Fei'er to hide from the bad people who bullied them, and she asked whether the unconscious Su Shi'er was good or bad.
• Su Shi'er gradually woke inside his darkened consciousness and realized the old man and Fei'er had saved him and were treating him with Lingzhi Immortal Grass.
• As the treatments restored his bodily sensations, Su Shi'er resolved to repay the pair but discovered his meridians were clogged and his Sea of Consciousness was severely damaged.
• Fei'er brought Su Shi'er another bowl of medicinal soup and asked him not to hurt her and her grandfather if he was a bad person, or to help them if he was good.

Su Shi'er was recovering as the little girl fed him medicinal broth when Song Manor’s men stormed in to threaten Old Man Feng over his debt. The men stole the family’s Three-Leaf Ganoderma and prepared to hurt the old man, but the little girl rushed out to confront them.

• The little girl fed Su Shi'er medicinal broth made from a powerful spiritual medicine, and he felt his injuries healing.
• Steward Song and two men broke into Old Man Feng’s courtyard to demand payment and threatened him with a broadsword.
• Old Man Feng offered a Three-Leaf Ganoderma, but Steward Song stole it and took two more from the basket while his companions denied seeing them.
• Steward Song demanded one million taels and ordered the men to beat Old Man Feng and remove his limbs if he could not repay the debt.
• The little girl charged out of the room and shouted at the men to leave her grandfather alone.

Su Shi'er emerged despite his grave injuries to protect Old Man Feng and Fei'er from Steward Song and the Song Family men. As a burly attacker charged him with a broadsword, the others watched in terror, leaving Su Shi'er's fate uncertain.

• A square-faced man urged Steward Song to seize Fei'er and raise her as a cauldron for Young Master Song, and Steward Song approved the plan.
• The square-faced man grabbed Fei'er, struck her when she bit his wrist, and the burly man beat Old Man Feng as Fei'er cried for help.
• Su Shi'er, unable to sense his True Yuan and gravely weakened, staggered out of the room to protect Old Man Feng and Fei'er.
• Su Shi'er warned the men to let Old Man Feng go, briefly unnerving the burly man before he turned his broadsword on Su Shi'er.
• The burly man swung his broadsword at Su Shi'er's head as Fei'er and Old Man Feng shouted warnings, and everyone froze in shock.

Su Shi'er fought off Steward Song and his men despite his severe injuries, killing one attacker and driving the others to flee. The square-faced man dropped the little girl as he escaped, leaving her with Old Man Feng.

• Su Shi'er dislocated the burly man's arm, took his broadsword, and used him as a hostage.
• When the square-faced man threatened the little girl, Su Shi'er killed the burly man with a thrust to the chest.
• Su Shi'er advanced on the square-faced man despite his worsening injuries, and Steward Song ordered a retreat before fleeing.
• The square-faced man choked the little girl unconscious and tried to carry her away as Steward Song escaped.
• Old Man Feng grabbed the square-faced man's leg, and Su Shi'er rushed forward with his broadsword raised.
• The square-faced man dropped the little girl, broke free of Old Man Feng, and fled.

Steward Song and the square-faced man fled Xiaohe Village with the Lingzhi Immortal Grass, deciding to report Su Shi'er to their young master rather than risk confronting him again. After Su Shi'er collapsed from his injuries, he reassured Old Man Feng that Fei'er would live and concealed his identity by introducing himself as Wang Su.

• Steward Song realized Su Shi'er might have been too injured to fight, but refused to return in case he was wrong.
• Steward Song and the square-faced man decided to take the Lingzhi Immortal Grass to Qinghe City and report the encounter to their young master.
• Su Shi'er's strength gave out after his slash missed, and he barely kept himself upright with his blade.
• Old Man Feng found Fei'er unconscious, and Su Shi'er told him that her life was not in danger.
• Su Shi'er thanked Old Man Feng for saving him and asked him to call him Wang Su.

Su Shi'er woke Feng Fei and reassured her and Old Man Feng that he did not mind being called “Sick Uncle.” He discovered that he was hungry and accepted a flatbread from Feng Fei, leaving his weakened condition apparent.

• Su Shi'er used his medical knowledge to revive Feng Fei with a strike to her back.
• Feng Fei woke and confirmed that Old Man Feng was safe, while Old Man Feng anxiously urged her to address Su Shi'er as an Immortal Master.
• Su Shi'er asked Feng Fei's name and gently corrected her saying about saving a life and building a seven-story pagoda.
• Su Shi'er noticed his stomach growling and told Feng Fei he was an ordinary mortal, not an Immortal.
• Feng Fei ran inside and returned with two flatbreads, giving one to the hungry Su Shi'er.