Chapter Summaries

Cheng Jingfeng sent Tang Zhuying to Wuliu Plain, then secretly killed Xi Xiaoyun and used her Golden Pill to strengthen his Cloud Dragon Saber. He planned to frame Wang Su and exploit Tang Zhuying’s suspicions of Situ Zhen while advancing the interests of the Great Zhao Dynasty.

• Cheng Jingfeng persuaded Tang Zhuying to watch over Wang Su at Wuliu Plain, and she departed without escorting Xi Xiaoyun back to the sect.
• Xi Xiaoyun cursed Tang Zhuying and eagerly agreed to return with Cheng Jingfeng to Qingfeng Mountain.
• Cheng Jingfeng trapped Xi Xiaoyun in an isolation formation and killed her with the Cloud Dragon Saber.
• The Cloud Dragon swallowed Xi Xiaoyun’s Golden Pill, and Cheng Jingfeng noted that three more Golden Pills could complete its fusion with his saber.
• Cheng Jingfeng planned to blame Wang Su for Xi Xiaoyun’s death and hoped to take down Situ Zhen without exposing the Great Zhao Dynasty.

After defeating Xi Xiaoyun, Su Shi'er hurried toward Wuliu Plain to protect Feng Fei while suspecting Cheng Jingfeng had orchestrated the attack. The chapter ends with Su Shi'er arriving at the dangerous plain, where Tree Demons had been a threat for more than ten years.

• The Cloud Dragon Saber released a bloodline that burrowed into Cheng Jingfeng's larger Golden Core, causing him a brief bout of intense pain.
• Cheng Jingfeng found no damage in his dantian and left with Xi Xiaoyun's corpse to report back and investigate the Heavenly Evolution Secret Realm.
• Su Shi'er flew toward Wuliu Plain, reflecting on the Candle Dragon Bow and deciding Cheng Jingfeng was likely behind the attempt to target Feng Fei.
• The chapter described Wuliu Plain's ruined cave abode, dangerous surviving formations, and the Tree Demons that had appeared more than ten years earlier.
• Su Shi'er arrived at Wuliu Plain at full speed.

Su Shi'er watched cultivators outside Wuliu Plain exploit the Isolation formation to harvest Tree Demon corpses. When more than twenty Second-tier Beasts fell at once, most of the cultivators rushed to collect them, only to discover the corpses could not be moved and suspect a trap.

• Su Shi'er examined Wuliu Plain, its powerful Tree Demons, and the apricot-yellow Isolation formation surrounding it.
• He observed more than a hundred cultivators working in teams to retrieve Tree Demons killed by the formation and carry their bodies outside.
• More than twenty Second-tier Beasts slammed into the formation and were killed, prompting most of the cultivators to rush toward their corpses.
• Six cultivators suspected a trap and backed away while Foundation Establishment cultivators tried to store the Tree Demon corpses, which would not move.

Su Shi'er saved the surviving cultivators from the Tree Demons at Wuliu Plain, then discovered that a girl might survive only within the forest’s remaining formations. Unable to find Feng Fei with the Heavenly Eye Technique, he flew into the depths of the plain and was swallowed by dense fog.

• Tree Demons bound more than a hundred cultivators and drained most of them before Su Shi'er destroyed the willow branches with lightning and helped the survivors escape.
• Su Shi'er sensed powerful demonic beasts deeper in Wuliu Plain and realized the forest had claimed countless lives.
• Su Shi'er found that the Heavenly Eye Technique could not penetrate the dense Demon Qi, but noticed old formation remnants that the sinister energy avoided.
• Su Shi'er reasoned that Feng Fei might still be alive inside one of the remaining formations and flew toward them.
• After crossing a hundred li, Su Shi'er reached the forest’s depths, where dense fog suddenly swallowed him.

Su Shi'er broke a damaged illusion array in Wuliu Plain and encountered two mid-stage Golden Core cultivators who assumed he had come for the Wuliu Root. When they blocked his path, Su Shi'er prepared to fight with help from his Grade 3 Top-tier Puppet, but the long-faced cultivator tried to halt the confrontation.

• Su Shi'er recognized and destroyed the Grade 3 illusion array in three breaths.
• Su Shi'er met a square-faced and a long-faced mid-stage Golden Core cultivator, who asked whether he sought the Wuliu Root.
• Su Shi'er denied knowing about the Wuliu Root and tried to continue inspecting the remnant arrays to search for little Feng Fei.
• The square-faced old man blocked Su Shi'er's way, and the two men challenged him when he refused to explain his purpose.
• Su Shi'er prepared to summon his Grade 3 Top-tier Puppet as the square-faced old man attacked with an invisible True Yuan fist.
• The long-faced cultivator hurriedly called for both men to stop before Su Shi'er struck back.

Su Shi'er questioned two cultivators about his missing disciple, Feng Fei, and entered the remnant formations to search for her. Inside, he discovered powerful lightning that strengthened his cultivation, but the chapter left him fighting through the formation while analyzing its workings.

• Yu claimed that he and Old Duan had not seen anyone enter the remnant formations, while Su Shi'er doubted his account.
• Yu persuaded Old Duan to let Su Shi'er enter, despite Old Duan's fear that he would take the Wuliu Root.
• Su Shi'er stepped into a formation filled with broken blades and deadly lightning, wind, and fire.
• Su Shi'er used the Five Thunders Orthodox Method to absorb the formation's lightning and realized it could strengthen his cultivation.
• Su Shi'er unleashed the World-Shocking Three Swords against the blade auras while analyzing the formation.

Su Shi'er broke the forty-nine incomplete arrays while searching for Feng Fei, but found no sign of her. After two cultivators pointed him toward Wuliu Town, he secretly watched them and then set off to investigate.

• Su Shi'er used the Array Debating Formula to find flaws and shatter the incomplete arrays as the square-faced old man and the long-faced cultivator watched.
• After breaking nearly all forty-nine arrays, Su Shi'er found neither Feng Fei nor any other cultivators and felt grief and guilt.
• The square-faced old man accused Su Shi'er of taking the Wuliu Root, but the long-faced cultivator calmed him and suggested Su Shi'er search in Wuliu Town.
• Su Shi'er thanked the long-faced cultivator, then hid nearby to see whether the two men would leave or mislead him.
• The two cultivators departed, and Su Shi'er decided the directions to Wuliu Town were worth following and flew there.
• The two cultivators returned to Wuliu Plain, where the square-faced old man praised Old Yu for using a small illusion array to identify Su Shi'er and get him to break the arrays.

Su Shi'er left Wuliu Plain and reached Wuliu Town, where he hoped to learn news of little Feng Fei. There, the town’s manager Yang Qianxi recognized him as Wang Su and offered to help, prompting Su Shi'er to question his motives.

• The long-faced cultivator and the square-faced old man concluded that the four missing cultivators might have reached the formation concealing the Wuliu Root, then used Escape Talismans to enter it.
• Su Shi'er passed through a maze formation and arrived at Wuliu Town, where he recognized dozens of cultivators he had rescued from the Tree Demon.
• Su Shi'er headed for the central plaza, planning to use his Golden Core cultivation and offer favorable terms to gather news of little Feng Fei.
• Yang Qianxi stopped Su Shi'er, introduced himself as Wuliu Town’s manager and a Phantom Star Sect outer disciple, and offered his assistance.
• Su Shi'er asked whether Yang Qianxi knew about his conflict with the Alchemy Room elder and feared retaliation from Elder Situ, then questioned Yang Qianxi’s intentions.

Su Shi'er asked Yang Qianxi to spread a search for his missing disciple through Wuliu Town, while Yang secretly worked with a masked Young Master to trap him. Yang revealed that Elder Situ had planned to lure Su Shi'er to the evil array and the Evil Source Willow Tree, but Situ had not arrived as expected.

• Su Shi'er accepted Yang Qianxi's offer of help and asked him to gather information about the disciple missing in Wuliu Plain.
• Yang Qianxi arranged for Su Shi'er's offer of compensation to be spread through Wuliu Town, then went to a secluded courtyard and contacted a masked Young Master.
• The masked Young Master ordered Yang Qianxi to keep Su Shi'er in town until he arrived.
• Yang Qianxi said Elder Situ had ordered him to steer Su Shi'er toward the evil array and the Evil Source Willow Tree, where their combined power would kill him.
• Yang Qianxi admitted that Elder Situ had not arrived after sending his message, and he wondered what had happened to him.

Yang Qianxi accepted orders from the mysterious Young Master to carry out Situ Zhen’s plan and led a female cultivator with information to meet Su Shi'er. Meanwhile, Su Shi'er tested the Red-skinned Gourd and discovered it absorbed True Yuan, brightened, and revealed a complex pattern of hand seals.

• The figure with the folding fan ordered Yang Qianxi to proceed with Situ Zhen’s plan while Situ Zhen remained under suspicion, and threatened consequences if Yang failed.
• Yang Qianxi resolved to sacrifice Senior Brother Wang for the sake of his own Immortal Path.
• A female cultivator offered Yang Qianxi information about his Martial Brother’s disciple in Wuliu Plain, and he took her to meet Su Shi'er.
• Su Shi'er found that the Red-skinned Gourd resisted damage from the Black Light Needle and had once released sword light capable of challenging White Cloud Mountain’s protective formation.
• When Su Shi'er poured True Yuan into the gourd, it greedily absorbed it and regained some of its luster.
• Su Shi'er noticed an image of a hundred beasts on the gourd and used his divine sense to discern intricate hand-seal patterns within it.

Su Shi'er discovered that the Red-skinned Gourd could absorb attacks and unleash them again, then received news about his missing disciple from Yu Wan'er. Yu Wan'er demanded Wuliu Root for the information, leaving Yang Qianxi alarmed because he already knew something about the disciple’s whereabouts and feared exposing his plans.

• Su Shi'er tested the Red-skinned Gourd and found that it could absorb sword qi and fire it back with nearly undiminished force.
• Yang Qianxi arrived with Yu Wan'er, who had information about Su Shi'er's disciple.
• Su Shi'er recognized Yu Wan'er as Su Ye's disciple from the Yun Ge Sect calamity but hid their past connection.
• Yu Wan'er refused to reveal her information until her condition was met and demanded Wuliu Root.
• Yang Qianxi protested the demand and privately worried that revealing what he knew would expose his involvement in a conspiracy.

Yu Wan'er told Su Shi'er that his disciple Feng Fei was alive and offered to reveal her location in exchange for wuliu root, which could repair a damaged golden core. Su Shi'er learned that Shen Miaoyin or Shen Luoyan had been injured by the Wushuang Young Master, and agreed to seek the root once he found Feng Fei inside a damaged formation on Wuliu Plain.

• Yu Wan'er insisted that Feng Fei was alive and demanded wuliu root in exchange for information.
• Su Shi'er asked Yu Wan'er to explain what wuliu root was and why she needed it.
• Yu Wan'er explained that wuliu root could repair damaged golden cores and that she needed it to save a senior surnamed Shen who had been ambushed by the Wushuang Young Master.
• Yang Qianxi described the Wushuang Young Master and Young Master Wuyou as rising stars of the Demon Shadow Palace, while Yu Wan'er added details about their power.
• Yu Wan'er revealed that wuliu root was available on Wuliu Plain and implied Feng Fei was inside a damaged formation there.
• Su Shi'er agreed to find wuliu root for Yu Wan'er if she helped him locate Feng Fei.

Su Shi'er learned that Shen Luoyan was trapped with three other Foundation Establishment cultivators inside a hidden formation beneath Wuliu Plain, and he rushed to rescue her. As he searched for a way into the formation, he suspected an unseen person was manipulating events, but his Divine Sense could not detect anything underground.

• Yu Wan'er told Su Shi'er she had seen Shen Luoyan and three other Foundation Establishment cultivators struggling inside a hidden formation beneath Wuliu Plain.
• Yang Qianxi told Su Shi'er that an Escape Talisman could take him into the formation, while secretly hoping its dangers would kill him.
• Su Shi'er left Yu Wan'er in Wuliu Town and hurried to Wuliu Plain to rescue Shen Luoyan before the formation or the other intruders could harm her.
• Su Shi'er wondered who had guided Yu Wan'er to him and suspected an invisible hand was manipulating events behind the scenes.
• Su Shi'er searched the ground at Wuliu Plain with his Divine Sense but could not detect the underground formation.

Su Shi'er realized the forest held a dangerous Level Four remnant formation and watched two injured Golden Core cultivators emerge. As the square-faced old man and long-faced cultivator flew skyward, a giant hand of dark-green clouds attacked them.

• Su Shi'er suspected the forest contained a Level Four remnant formation that he could not easily handle.
• The square-faced old man and long-faced cultivator burst from the sea of trees, badly wounded, and Su Shi'er recognized them as the two Rogue Cultivators he had met earlier.
• Su Shi'er watched the two men fly upward and suspected the sky might hold a way to break the formation.
• Dark-green clouds formed an enormous hand that reached for the two men.
• The square-faced old man and long-faced cultivator panicked and tried to flee downward, realizing the sky was no longer safe.

Su Shi'er watched the Giant Hand seize the two cultivators, destroying Old Duan's body and badly maiming the long-faced cultivator. As the Hand attacked again, both survivors fled toward Su Shi'er, and the long-faced cultivator claimed they had returned to help find his disciple.

• The Giant Hand caught the two fleeing cultivators and crushed them in its grasp.
• Old Duan's five-pattern Golden Core escaped, while the long-faced cultivator emerged with severe injuries and missing limbs.
• Old Duan and the long-faced cultivator spotted Su Shi'er and debated whether to seek his help escaping the formation.
• The Giant Hand repaired the hole in its fist and launched another attack, driving the two cultivators toward Su Shi'er.
• The long-faced cultivator told Su Shi'er that they had returned to help find his disciple, concealing the danger pursuing them.

Su Shi'er learned that his disciple was in a cave in the southwestern forest and agreed to help the long-faced cultivator and Old Duan escape in exchange for the Wuliu Root. As the Giant Hand drained their True Yuan, the long-faced cultivator accepted Su Shi'er's demand, while Old Duan angrily protested.

• Su Shi'er refused the cultivators' offer to guide him and asked where his disciple was.
• The long-faced cultivator revealed that Su Shi'er's disciple was fighting the Tree Demon in an underground cave in the southwestern forest.
• Su Shi'er changed course toward the cave as the long-faced cultivator offered Western Extreme Geng Metal and Four Directions Spirit Water, then added an Ancient Secret Scroll.
• Su Shi'er rejected those treasures and demanded the Wuliu Root, arguing that the cultivators' lives mattered more than the treasure.
• With his True Yuan nearly depleted, the long-faced cultivator agreed to give up the Wuliu Root, and Old Duan angrily challenged his decision.

Su Shi'er used the Five Thunders Orthodox Method to destroy the Giant Hand and free the long-faced cultivator and the square-faced old man. The long-faced cultivator then offered to lead Su Shi'er to the cave entrance and his disciple.

• The long-faced cultivator urged Su Shi'er to act while he and the square-faced old man, nearly out of strength, remained trapped by the Giant Hand.
• Su Shi'er summoned a crimson sphere of lightning with Five Thunders Strike the Crown, revealing damaged formation markings in the clouds above.
• A hundred scarlet heavenly thunderbolts struck the Giant Hand, dispersing its black aura and destroying it.
• The long-faced cultivator and the square-faced old man escaped the Giant Hand and praised Su Shi'er's lightning technique, though both remained wary of him.
• The long-faced cultivator offered to lead Su Shi'er to the cave entrance so he could find his disciple.

Su Shi'er secured the Wuliu Root from the two injured cultivators and had them lead him toward his trapped disciple. As he prepared for a powerful demonic beast to follow, Feng Fei and three companions struggled to hold back Tree Demon roots inside a failing defensive formation.

• Su Shi'er demanded the Wuliu Root, and the long-faced cultivator handed it over after asking him to help them escape.
• A powerful presence stirred in the forest sea, so Su Shi'er concealed the Wuliu Root, set formation flags, and ordered the cultivators to lead him to his disciple.
• The long-faced cultivator led Su Shi'er toward an underground cave and began explaining the history of Wuliu Plain and Venerable Wuliu.
• In the underground passages, Tree Demon roots battered a dimming defensive barrier protecting Feng Fei and three other cultivators.
• Feng Fei suspected Xi Xiaoyun had targeted her to get at Su Shi'er and worried about her master's safety.

Feng Fei and Fang Shu’s group were trapped in a passage as Tree Demon roots overwhelmed their defensive formation. As the roots closed in, Feng Fei endured terrible pain to fight back and stood firm in her belief that Su Shi'er would come.

• Fang Shu, Cheng Ye, and Shi Feng feared the failing formation would not hold, while Feng Fei insisted her master would arrive.
• The Tree Demon roots shattered the formation and attacked the four cultivators, draining their life force beneath the evil energy.
• Feng Fei threw more than a hundred Defense Talismans, but the roots absorbed their spiritual power and grew stronger.
• Fang Shu and the others said that fighting back would make them burst apart, but Feng Fei forced herself to circulate True Yuan and wielded the Shuying Sword.
• After the roots repaired themselves and ensnared her sword, Feng Fei collapsed from pain and blood loss, then gritted her teeth and forced herself back to her feet.

Feng Fei and the three Martial Brothers fought the Tree Demon despite their rapidly draining life force, but the creature overpowered and bound them. As the three men resigned themselves to death, a voice suddenly rang beside them, leaving them frozen.

• Feng Fei urged Fang Shu and the others to keep fighting, then used the Shuying Sword to cut through the Tree Demon's roots.
• Fang Shu, Cheng Ye, and Shi Feng joined Feng Fei, and the four discovered that a force around them was suppressing the Tree Demon's attacks.
• The Tree Demon plunged its roots into the earth, shook the passage, and seized the four before they could regain their footing.
• Fang Shu, Cheng Ye, and Shi Feng accepted their deaths and spoke with Feng Fei about her master, Su Shi'er.
• As the four remained bound and their life force drained, a voice rang beside them and startled the three men.