Chapter Summaries

Su Shi'er destroyed the Bewitching Heart Curse Formation, freed the afflicted cultivators, and captured the five Sacred Spirit Cult members. As he tried to force them to reveal their origins, an ash-white flame annihilated the old man's soul, renewing the others' resolve to keep silent.

• Su Shi'er scattered seven Foundation Establishment cultivators and attacked the five Sacred Spirit Cult members.
• Su Shi'er destroyed the formation beneath the great poplar tree, lifting the evil poison and ending the crowd's devotion to the Sacred Spirit Maiden.
• The five Sacred Spirit Cult members recognized Su Shi'er as a Golden Core cultivator and tried to flee, but he brought them down with thunder and restrained them.
• Su Shi'er threatened the captives with the Myriad Soul Banner and killed the old man when he refused to speak.
• An ash-white flame appeared and annihilated the old man's soul before the Myriad Soul Banner could absorb it, and the remaining four renewed their resolve.

After Sacred Spirit Cult members died, their blood-cloud formation trapped everyone around Donghuang Village, and Su Shi'er found it difficult to break through. He buried Fu Boren, gave Fu Nanxing and Fu Caiwei cultivation resources, and left them facing an uncertain future as the crisis continued.

• The four Sacred Spirit Cult members ignited their souls after warning that Su Shi'er would pay for opposing their cult, and blood clouds spread across the area.
• Foundation Establishment cultivators tried to escape but were injured by the blood-red astral winds at the formation's edge, while Su Shi'er's sword strike failed to disperse the clouds.
• Su Shi'er burned the Sacred Spirit Cult members' bodies, collected their Storage Pouches, and led Fu Caiwei and Fu Nanxing to the bamboo forest.
• Lin Ran escaped using a rare teleportation talisman as the trapped cultivators discussed ways to break through the formation.
• Su Shi'er buried Fu Boren in the Fu family graves, carved his name on the tombstone, and gave Fu Nanxing and Fu Caiwei cultivation resources.
• Fu Nanxing asked Su Shi'er if he was leaving.

Su Shi'er prepared Donghuang Village to withstand the Sacred Spirit Cult, while agreeing to help Fu Caiwei and Fu Nanxing stay until their master returned. The cult’s three Golden Pill Cultivators arrived, and Su Shi'er recognized them as members of Cangyue City’s City Lord’s Mansion.

• Fu Caiwei and Fu Nanxing told Su Shi'er they had to remain in Donghuang Village until their master returned, and he agreed to protect them.
• Su Shi'er spent seven days setting up seven third-grade killing formations and a Teleportation Array around Donghuang Village.
• Blood clouds churned as three middle-Golden Core Cultivators in white robes descended into the village.
• Su Shi'er recognized the three as the cultivators who had previously attacked him in Cangyue City and realized the City Lord’s Mansion was behind the Sacred Spirit Cult’s spread.
• The woman urged the villagers to believe in the Sacred Spirit Maiden and pray for a way to survive, and many mortals and Qi Refining cultivators knelt before the trio.

Su Shi'er faced three Sacred Spirit Cult cultivators and sprang his formation after the Hunchbacked Cultivator attacked with a hidden needle. The Hunchbacked Cultivator was trapped inside as the Yellow-toothed Cultivator launched a surprise attack at Su Shi'er from behind.

• The three Sacred Spirit Cult cultivators surrounded Su Shi'er and demanded his Storage Pouch and submission to the Sacred Spirit Maiden.
• Su Shi'er revealed his Storage Pouch and provoked them while secretly waiting for the right moment to activate his formation.
• The Tattooed Female Cultivator warned her companions that Su Shi'er might have prepared a formation and promised to use her Formation Breaking Beads.
• The Hunchbacked Cultivator fired a black iron needle at Su Shi'er, who blocked it with Neither-Knife-Nor-Sword before activating his formation.
• The formation trapped the Hunchbacked Cultivator in a fiery landscape, while the Yellow-toothed Cultivator sent a flying sword toward Su Shi'er's back.

Su Shi'er battled the Yellow-toothed Cultivator, but the Tattooed Female Cultivator turned his Human Sword attack back on him and helped strike him into a pit. The crowd feared he had been defeated as she moved to rescue the Hunchbacked Cultivator, but a sudden boom interrupted their despair.

• Su Shi'er and the Yellow-toothed Cultivator exchanged sword strikes and proved evenly matched.
• Su Shi'er unleashed the Human Sword, sending a storm of sword lights toward the Yellow-toothed Cultivator.
• The Tattooed Female Cultivator caught the sword lights in her ribbon and redirected them, along with the Yellow-toothed Cultivator's attack, into Su Shi'er.
• The Yellow-toothed Cultivator drove a powerful sword strike into the pit, while the Tattooed Female Cultivator went to break the formation trapping the Hunchbacked Cultivator.
• The gathered cultivators feared Su Shi'er had fallen, and Fu Caiwei blamed herself as Fu Nanxing tried to reassure her.
• A thunderous boom sounded before Fu Caiwei could say more.

The Tattooed Female Cultivator, the Hunchbacked Cultivator, and the Yellow-toothed Cultivator fell into a formation that turned them against one another. Su Shi'er revealed himself from the pit after his puppet body withstood their combined attack.

• The Tattooed Female Cultivator broke the formation trapping the Hunchbacked Cultivator, but the backlash severely injured him, and he accused her of trying to kill him for his share of the treasures.
• The Yellow-toothed Cultivator stopped their argument and urged them to retrieve the fallen enemy’s remains and finish their mission.
• A new formation shrouded the three cultivators and made them see one another’s attacks; the Tattooed Female Cultivator broke it with a Formation Breaking Bead.
• The Tattooed Female Cultivator urged the others to unite against the enemy, and all three launched their ultimate techniques at the deep pit.
• Su Shi'er rose from the pit and revealed that his puppet body had endured the attacks, suffering only minor damage.

Su Shi'er used layered formations and the Heaven Sword to kill the Yellow-toothed Cultivator, then questioned his Golden Core about the Sacred Spirit Cult. He learned that Cangyue City Lord led the cult in the region and destroyed the cultivator's Golden Core, leaving the Tattooed Female Cultivator as his next opponent.

• Su Shi'er trapped the three Golden Core cultivators in successive formations and separated the Yellow-toothed Cultivator from the Tattooed Female Cultivator and the Hunchbacked Cultivator.
• The Yellow-toothed Cultivator attacked Su Shi'er with a Spiritual Sense Sword, but the puppet body was unaffected, and the Heaven Sword killed him.
• Su Shi'er captured the Yellow-toothed Cultivator's Golden Core and learned that Cangyue City Lord was the Sacred Spirit Cult's person in charge in the region.
• The Tattooed Female Cultivator, identified as Fellow Daoist Qi, confronted Huang Feng after he revealed the information and begged Su Shi'er to spare him.
• Su Shi'er ignored Huang Feng's pleas and destroyed his Golden Core with crimson lightning.

Su Shi'er killed the Tattooed Female Cultivator with layered formations, but the Hunchbacked Cultivator sacrificed more than three hundred followers to break free and unleash a devastating blood-sword attack. Su Shi'er shielded the survivors as the defensive formation began to crack beneath the Hunchbacked Cultivator's assault.

• Su Shi'er activated another Grade Three killing formation and killed the fleeing Tattooed Female Cultivator, taking her Golden Core and possessions.
• The onlookers praised Su Shi'er after he had killed two Golden Core stage enemies in succession, and he turned his attention to the formation holding the Hunchbacked Cultivator.
• More than three hundred people who had submitted to the Sacred Spirit Cult exploded into blood mist, which empowered the Hunchbacked Cultivator and shattered his prison formation.
• The Hunchbacked Cultivator grew taller, neared the late Golden Core stage, and unleashed a forbidden technique that sent countless blood swords raining down and destroyed dozens of villages.
• Su Shi'er activated a defensive formation to protect everyone nearby, but the Hunchbacked Cultivator's relentless blood-sword attacks cracked its barrier as he vowed to kill them all.

Su Shi'er used the Five Thunders Orthodox Method to shatter the Hunchbacked Cultivator’s blood cloud formation, but the cultivator escaped with Fu Caiwei and challenged him to come to Cangyue City. After securing Fu Nanxing’s safety and hiding his resources, Su Shi'er reached the ruined city.

• Su Shi'er summoned a vast storm with Five Thunders Strike the Crown and destroyed the blood cloud formation.
• The Hunchbacked Cultivator burned his essence blood, abducted Fu Caiwei, and wounded Fu Nanxing before escaping toward Cangyue City.
• Su Shi'er treated Fu Nanxing’s wound, gave him a paired Directional Compass, and promised to rescue Fu Caiwei.
• Su Shi'er hid his resources in a mountain cave before traveling toward Cangyue City.
• Su Shi'er arrived outside Cangyue City and found it deserted, its protective formation shattered, and many buildings collapsed.

Su Shi'er secretly watched the City Lord and his allies discuss the upheaval in Cangyue City and the fate of Tang Zhuying, whom they had captured alongside Fu Caiwei. The City Lord ordered the Withered Old Man to move Tang Zhuying to Golden Cicada Temple territory, while the Hunchbacked Cultivator blamed Qi Sanniang for their defeat and angered the City Lord.

• Su Shi'er concealed his aura and watched the City Lord's Mansion, where he spotted the Young City Lord, the City Lord, the Hunchbacked Cultivator, and the Withered Old Man.
• Su Shi'er recognized the unconscious Fu Caiwei and Tang Zhuying, who was badly wounded after apparently breaking Cangyue City's protective formation.
• The Withered Old Man identified Tang Zhuying as a Phantom Star Sect outer disciple with a Grade 7 Golden Core, and warned that the sect might retaliate if she died in Cangyue City.
• The City Lord ordered the Withered Old Man to take Tang Zhuying to Golden Cicada Temple territory and questioned the Hunchbacked Cultivator about the battle.
• The Hunchbacked Cultivator blamed Qi Sanniang's greed and secret attack for the group's defeat, prompting the City Lord to accuse him of lying.

Su Shi'er watched the City Lord's Mansion as the City Lord spared the Hunchbacked Cultivator and ordered Elder Ding to take Tang Zhuying away. Tang Zhuying revealed that she was not injured, attacked Elder Ding, and began playing her flute as the City Lord turned against her.

• The City Lord prepared to punish the Hunchbacked Cultivator, but Elder Ding defended him, and the City Lord let him off for the moment.
• The City Lord began setting up a formation and ordered Elder Ding to take Tang Zhuying away from Cangyue City.
• Su Shi'er observed from outside the City Lord's Mansion and decided to wait until Elder Ding took Tang Zhuying away before acting to rescue Fu Caiwei.
• Tang Zhuying suddenly rose and attacked Elder Ding with bamboo leaves, but he blocked her assault with a vine ring, talismans, and a vine shield.
• Tang Zhuying raised her bamboo flute and began playing, summoning a storm of bamboo leaves as the City Lord turned from his formation in anger.

Su Shi'er intervened in the City Lord's Mansion, killing the Hunchbacked Cultivator and rescuing Fu Caiwei while Tang Zhuying fought the City Lord and Elder Ding. He awakened Fu Caiwei and gave her a compass and Escape Talismans so she could escape and reunite with her brother.

• The City Lord attacked Tang Zhuying and Elder Ding used a precious vine cane to seal the City Lord's Mansion in a cage that blocked escape and teleportation.
• Tang Zhuying fought the City Lord and Elder Ding, but her True Yuan dwindled and the Hunchbacked Cultivator attacked her from behind.
• Su Shi'er entered through the vine cage and wounded the Hunchbacked Cultivator with sword lights before shattering his Golden Core with Neither-Knife-Nor-Sword.
• Su Shi'er blocked the City Lord's attack with the Earth Sword move and landed beside Fu Caiwei.
• Su Shi'er revived Fu Caiwei and gave her a Directional Compass and Escape Talismans, instructing her to find her brother, leave Cangyue City, and seek secluded cultivation.

Su Shi'er helped Fu Caiwei escape while fighting the Lord of Cangyue City, and Tang Zhuying renewed her assault on the Withered Old Man. The Lord caught Su Shi'er with a devastating strike, but its force passed into Xu Chaoyang's Golden Core inside the puppet body.

• Su Shi'er told Fu Caiwei to flee the City Lord's Mansion, but the Young City Lord attacked her with sword lights.
• Su Shi'er's Butterfly Blades killed the Young City Lord, and the furious Lord of Cangyue City turned his attack on Su Shi'er.
• Su Shi'er fought the Lord while urging Tang Zhuying to hold off the Withered Old Man for a quarter of an hour.
• Tang Zhuying intensified her flute attack, and the Withered Old Man summoned five vine rings to defend himself and counterattack.
• The Lord of Cangyue City feigned anger, then struck Su Shi'er with a hidden force that crushed his puppet chest and surged into Xu Chaoyang's Golden Core.

Su Shi'er struggled to hold off the Cangyue City Lord while Tang Zhuying fought the Withered Old Man. Tang Zhuying killed the Withered Old Man and joined Su Shi'er, leaving the City Lord facing the two of them alone.

• Su Shi'er realized the Cangyue City Lord greatly outmatched him and relied on Tang Zhuying to defeat the Withered Old Man quickly.
• Su Shi'er inserted the Yellow-toothed Cultivator's Golden Core into his puppet body but still neared his limit under the City Lord's attacks.
• Tang Zhuying revealed emerald threads that had pierced and immobilized the Withered Old Man, then pulled them back and made him explode into blood mist.
• Tang Zhuying caught Su Shi'er as the City Lord's attacks sent him flying, then took over the fight while Su Shi'er stood guard.
• The Cangyue City Lord stopped attacking and calmly assessed his poor chances against Tang Zhuying and Su Shi'er together.

Tang Zhuying and Su Shi'er faced the City Lord of Cangyue City, but two powerful allies arrived and turned the fight against them. With escape seeming impossible, Tang Zhuying prepared to sacrifice herself so Su Shi'er might survive and oppose the Sacred Spirit Cult.

• The City Lord of Cangyue City tried to retreat, but Tang Zhuying attacked him and condemned his support for the Sacred Spirit Cult.
• A man and a woman arrived, burned away Tang Zhuying's vine cage, and revealed themselves as Duanmu Fenlong and the person in charge of Huanxing Langyue Pavilion.
• Duanmu Fenlong held the escaped Fu Caiwei, while Su Shi'er recognized the newcomers as formidable Peak Golden Core cultivators allied with the City Lord's Mansion.
• Tang Zhuying told Su Shi'er she would fight with all her strength and urged him to escape if he saw an opening.
• Tang Zhuying asked Su Shi'er to uproot the Sacred Spirit Cult and seek justice for its victims if he survived.

Fu Yuehua revealed herself as the Sacred Spirit Cult Right Protector and killed Li Cangyu, while Duanmu Fenlong threatened Fu Caiwei. Su Shi'er self-immolated the Golden Core inside his puppet body to create an opening for Tang Zhuying to escape.

• Fu Yuehua revealed her Right Protector token, and Li Cangyu confronted her over her failure to defend Cangyue City.
• Fu Yuehua killed Li Cangyu with a palm strike that ignited his True Yuan, then claimed he had died at the hands of the Phantom Star Sect.
• Duanmu Fenlong praised Fu Yuehua and threatened Fu Caiwei while Fu Yuehua's aura enveloped Tang Zhuying and Su Shi'er.
• Su Shi'er told Tang Zhuying that he would self-immolate his Golden Core to hold off their enemies and give her a chance to escape.
• Su Shi'er self-immolated the Golden Core in his Grade 3 Top-tier Puppet, unleashing immense power.

Fu Yuehua overwhelmed Su Shi'er and Tang Zhuying, while Duanmu Fenlong threatened to kill Fu Caiwei. An unidentified Nascent Soul expert rescued Fu Caiwei and revealed himself as someone Su Shi'er recognized.

• Fu Yuehua struck Su Shi'er, shattering much of his puppet body's Western Extreme Geng Metal skeleton, but Tang Zhuying used her strength to stabilize him.
• Fu Yuehua offered to spare Tang Zhuying if she joined the Sacred Spirit Cult, but Tang refused and challenged her to fight.
• Duanmu Fenlong began channeling his Burning Like Requirement Technique to kill Fu Caiwei as Fu Yuehua prepared to attack Tang Zhuying.
• A voice from a hundred li away ordered Duanmu Fenlong to release Fu Caiwei, and a flash of cold light severed his hand.
• A young-looking man in an azure robe caught Fu Caiwei before she hit the ground, and Su Shi'er recognized him.

A Nascent Soul Stage cultivator arrived to rescue Fu Caiwei and Fu Nanxing, revealed as their master, and swiftly struck down Duanmu Fenlong. Fu Yuehua tried to distance herself from the conflict and offered compensation, leaving her fate unresolved.

• The Nascent Soul Stage cultivator safely lowered Fu Caiwei and brought Fu Nanxing to her, revealing that Fu Nanxing had lost an arm.
• Fu Caiwei called the newcomer her master, and Su Shi'er realized the siblings had not known their master's true cultivation realm.
• Duanmu Fenlong invoked the Great Zhao Dynasty and Demon Shadow Palace, but the master dismissed his threats and crushed him with one strike.
• Duanmu Fenlong's body exploded, and a streak of golden light escaped underground as his treasures fell before Fu Nanxing and Fu Caiwei.
• Fu Yuehua claimed the incident was Duanmu Fenlong's doing and offered two High-grade Spirit Artifact flying swords as compensation.

Yun Yan of Leizhou defeated the Demon Shadow Palace elder’s intervention and killed Fu Yuehua, whose Golden Core saved Su Shi'er's puppet body. After thanking Su Shi'er and Tang Zhuying for protecting his disciples, Yun Yan gave them defensive talismans.

• Fu Yuehua fled after Yun Yan declared he would kill her, but Yun Yan pursued her through the darkness.
• Elder Ku Rong of the Demon Shadow Palace tried to stop Yun Yan and offered an apology, but Yun Yan shattered his sword strike and killed Fu Yuehua.
• Fu Yuehua's sixth-grade Golden Core entered Su Shi'er's body, reforging his puppet skeleton and strengthening it, while her treasures went to Fu Nanxing and Fu Caiwei.
• Yun Yan revealed his name and origin as the visitor threatened to challenge him, then scattered the elder's dark-red clouds.
• Su Shi'er resolved to pursue Nascent Soul cultivation after witnessing Yun Yan's power, and Yun Yan thanked him and Tang Zhuying before giving each three defensive spirit talismans.

Yun Yan invited Su Shi'er to hear him expound the Dao in Donghuang Village before departing with Fu Nanxing and Fu Caiwei. Su Shi'er headed there to learn from the Nascent Soul expert, while Tang Zhuying returned toward the Phantom Star Sect and encountered Cheng Jingfeng, who proposed they travel together.

• Yun Yan invited Su Shi'er to join his Dao lectures in Donghuang Village, then left with Fu Nanxing and Fu Caiwei.
• Su Shi'er accepted the opportunity in spirit and flew toward Donghuang Village without giving Tang Zhuying his name.
• Tang Zhuying suspected Su Shi'er had been using a puppet and wondered whether his true body was nearby.
• Tang Zhuying saw four puppets carrying a sedan chair but chose not to investigate, then recognized Cheng Jingfeng inside it.
• Cheng Jingfeng said his business was finished and invited Tang Zhuying to travel back to the Phantom Star Sect with him.