Chapter Summaries

Su Shi'er arrived at Wuliu Plain and rescued Feng Fei and the three Phantom Star Sect disciples from the Tree Demon roots. He treated Feng Fei’s injuries and evil qi, then gave the others healing pills.

• Feng Fei recognized Su Shi'er as her master as he swept through the passage with sword aura and cut down the Tree Demon roots.
• Su Shi'er reassured Feng Fei that he did not blame her for leaving White Cloud Mountain and urged her to learn from the danger.
• Su Shi'er gave Feng Fei a healing pill and circulated his true essence through her body, removing the evil qi and easing her injuries.
• Feng Fei introduced Fang Shu, Cheng Ye, and Shi Feng, who bowed respectfully to Su Shi'er.
• Su Shi'er gave the three disciples bottles of top-grade healing Spiritual Pills.

Su Shi'er gave Fang Shu and the others top-grade healing pills, but a Tree Demon unleashed a powerful demonic spell that crushed them with pressure. The long-faced cultivator tore open the passage with a sword strike, while Fang Shu and his companions mistakenly assumed Su Shi'er’s strength came from powerful backing.

• Su Shi'er gave Fang Shu and the other two top-grade healing pills to treat their injuries.
• The Tree Demon formed countless root-arms and cast a demonic spell whose pressure injured Fang Shu, his companions, and Feng Fei.
• Su Shi'er raised a formation with twelve flags to shield everyone from the pressure.
• The long-faced cultivator attacked with Sword Points to Nine Heavens and ripped open the passage above them.
• Fang Shu and the other two whispered that Su Shi'er had powerful backing and hoped their help would bring future benefits.
• Su Shi'er thanked the long-faced cultivator and realized the demonic spell had frightened him.

Su Shi'er led the others out of the underground passage to escape the strange formation, but the Giant Hand appeared again in the sky. He faced it with the Five Thunders Orthodox Method, gathering crimson lightning mixed with pale cyan arcs.

• The long-faced cultivator warned Su Shi'er that the Tree Demon roots would recover quickly and urged everyone to leave before the formation trapped them.
• Su Shi'er agreed to escape and asked the long-faced cultivator to help shatter the formation mark once he revealed it.
• Su Shi'er carried Feng Fei, Fang Shu, and the others out of the underground passage, and the long-faced cultivator and the square-faced old man's Golden Core followed.
• The Tree Demon roots filled the passageways while the formation mark deep underground continued drawing power from them.
• The Giant Hand reappeared above the formation, frightening Fang Shu, the other two, and Feng Fei as it reached toward the group.
• Su Shi'er activated the Five Thunders Orthodox Method and gathered a sphere of crimson lightning threaded with pale cyan arcs, startling the long-faced cultivator with its power.

Su Shi'er and the long-faced cultivator worked together to break the formation while Su Shi'er held off its powerful Giant Hand with the Five Thunders Orthodox Method. After the formation marks shattered, the Giant Hand burst apart, and the dark green mist fled underground.

• Su Shi'er used the Five Thunders Orthodox Method to resist the Giant Hand, whose power was replenished by Demon Qi and kept it from collapsing quickly.
• Su Shi'er used the Formation Identification Art to reveal and restrain hidden formation marks, then called on the long-faced cultivator to attack them.
• The long-faced cultivator struck a formation mark with his flying sword until it shattered, exposing more of the formation.
• Su Shi'er recognized that some formation marks had been repaired with Level Three Formation methods and used the Earth Sword move to destroy the remaining marks.
• The Giant Hand exploded into fragments, and the dark green mist scattered and fled underground.

Su Shi'er, Feng Fei, and the others escaped as Wuliu Plain’s underground formation collapsed, sending Tree Demons fleeing and drawing cultivators toward the upheaval. The onlookers recognized the badly wounded Elder Yu and realized Elder Duan had lost his physical body, but the danger hidden in Wuliu Plain remained unknown.

• The long-faced cultivator used an Earth Escape Talisman to flee with his companion’s Golden Core as the underground cavity began collapsing.
• Su Shi'er wrapped Feng Fei and the others in True Yuan and used an Escape Talisman to escape upward.
• The collapse shook Wuliu Plain and Wuliu Town, prompting cultivators to flee while others headed toward the plain seeking opportunities.
• Yang Qianxi suspected Wang Su might have broken the formation and flew toward Wuliu Plain to see what had happened.
• Su Shi'er, the long-faced cultivator, and the others emerged from the sinking ground and hurried toward the outskirts.
• Foundation Establishment cultivators recognized Elder Yu and speculated that Elder Duan’s body had been destroyed by whatever lurked within Wuliu Plain.

Su Shi'er refused to sell the Wuliu Root and led Feng Fei and Fang Shu's group out of Wuliu Plain, but a gigantic willow Tree Demon emerged and attacked them. As the demon drained their true essence and seized the square-faced old man's Golden Core, the long-faced cultivator launched a powerful sword strike against it.

• The long-faced cultivator offered to buy the Wuliu Root, but Su Shi'er refused and hurried toward the edge of Wuliu Plain with Feng Fei and Fang Shu's group.
• A surge of Demon Qi erupted from the central pit, and a willow Tree Demon hundreds of feet tall rose from the ground, draining nearby Tree Demons.
• The Tree Demon used a powerful suction force to pull Su Shi'er and the others toward it and drain their true essence, while its pull carried the square-faced old man's Golden Core away.
• The long-faced cultivator abandoned his scheme against Su Shi'er and attacked the Tree Demon with his Sword Shatters mountains and Rivers technique.

Su Shi'er rescued Sect member Yu from the colossal Tree Demon and called on him to recover so they could fight together. Before Yu could recover, another equally powerful, human-shaped tree demon emerged from underground, leaving Su Shi'er and the others facing a new threat.

• The colossal Tree Demon swallowed Su Shi'er's azure sword light, struck Sect member Yu down, and drained his life force with its roots.
• Su Shi'er summoned heavenly lightning to drive back the roots and urged Yu to recover and help him slay the demon.
• Yu agreed to join Su Shi'er after recovering, but a withered hand burst from underground and pierced his abdomen.
• Sect member Duan warned Yu that the attacker was not formed by the formation, and Yu saw a one-zhang-tall human-shaped tree demon emerge from the earth.
• Su Shi'er and the others saw that the small tree demon's aura was as powerful as the colossal Tree Demon's.

Su Shi'er and the injured Sect member Yu faced two late third-grade Tree Demons, both drawn to the Wuliu Root. The humanoid Tree Demon overwhelmed its rival and began draining its Demonic Essence, leaving Su Shi'er to watch the battle turn increasingly dangerous.

• Sect member Yu warned Su Shi'er to flee with the Wuliu Root and explained that the humanoid Tree Demon could become a fourth-grade demon beast after surviving the Heavenly Tribulation.
• The humanoid Tree Demon demanded the Wuliu Root and charged at Su Shi'er, while the enormous Tree Demon attacked both of them with its roots.
• Su Shi'er summoned lightning and formed a sword seal as he tried to defend himself and hoped the two demons would fight each other.
• The humanoid Tree Demon seized the enormous Tree Demon's roots, drained its Demonic Essence, and then leapt onto its body to continue feeding.
• The enormous Tree Demon's body shrank as the humanoid Tree Demon absorbed its essence, while the humanoid demon's branches and leaves fell and humanlike hair grew in their place.

Su Shi'er and the others became trapped inside the Isolation formation as the humanoid Tree Demon attacked. Unable to escape and determined to protect his companions, Su Shi'er prepared to confront the beast with his Grade 3 Top-tier Puppet.

• Sect member Yu warned Su Shi'er that the humanoid Tree Demon was nearing the peak of the mid Grade 3 realm, and they tried to flee the formation.
• The humanoid Tree Demon destroyed the enormous Tree Demon and sent thousands of roots toward Su Shi'er and his companions.
• The Isolation formation blocked Sect member Yu and Sect member Duan's Golden Core from escaping, and Su Shi'er realized they had to defeat the beast to leave safely.
• Su Shi'er used the Heaven Sword move of the World-Shocking Three Swords and a defensive Jade Talisman to hold back the roots.
• Su Shi'er gave Feng Fei his remaining defensive Jade Talisman and prepared to face the humanoid Tree Demon.

Su Shi'er stepped out to face the humanoid Tree Demon, whose overwhelming assault seemed certain to crush him. Just as its strike was about to land, Su Shi'er revealed a nine-sword technique that filled the sky with sword qi.

• Fang Shu and the others believed Su Shi'er had stepped forward to protect the innocents, while Sect member Yu doubted he could survive and considered escaping.
• Yang Qianxi watched from outside Wuliu Plain, suspected the demonic beast had been nurtured by Young Master, and retreated farther away.
• The humanoid Tree Demon charged Su Shi'er, demanding the Wuliu Root, and unleashed a powerful palm strike that scattered his sword qi.
• Neither-Knife-Nor-Sword and eight other flying swords rose around Su Shi'er, merged into one towering sword light, and sent sword qi raining through the demonic clouds.

Su Shi'er revealed a Grade 3 Top-tier Puppet, which overwhelmed the humanoid Tree Demon and seemed to destroy it. The Tree Demon regenerated and struck back, but the puppet had no life force for it to drain, leaving its attack ineffective in that regard.

• Su Shi'er’s sword attack forced the humanoid Tree Demon to defend itself as a Black-Clad Cultivator appeared before him.
• The crowd and Sect member Yu and Sect member Duan recognized the Black-Clad Cultivator as a powerful Grade 3 Puppet and reconsidered Su Shi’er's strength and status.
• The Grade 3 Top-tier Puppet shattered the humanoid Tree Demon’s shield and pierced its body, making it explode into dark-green Demon Qi.
• The humanoid Tree Demon re-formed from the Demon Qi and charged the puppet, healing its wounds as it fought.
• The humanoid Tree Demon sent the puppet flying and drove roots into its body, but Su Shi'er realized the puppet had no life force for the demon to absorb.

Su Shi'er fought the humanoid Tree Demon for more than two days, but it repeatedly revived until his puppet’s energy was nearly exhausted. Realizing the Isolation formation might be sustaining the demon and concealing the true formation, Su Shi'er attacked the barrier to find its patterns.

• Su Shi'er used his Grade 3 Top-tier Puppet to smash the humanoid Tree Demon, but it quickly reappeared and the watching cultivators fled.
• Su Shi'er kept battling the demon across Wuliu Plain, destroying it repeatedly while the clashes devastated the surrounding trees.
• After more than two days, Su Shi'er’s puppet’s Golden Core had weakened, and he realized he could neither keep fighting nor safely escape.
• Su Shi'er reasoned that the Isolation formation was part of a plan and might be absorbing spiritual energy and resentment to sustain the demon.
• Su Shi'er continued attacking the humanoid Tree Demon with the puppet while his true body flew to the Isolation formation and searched its barrier for formation patterns.

Su Shi'er tried to break the Isolation formation, triggering a fierce backlash of evil energy that nearly overwhelmed him. He survived by using the Red-skinned Gourd to absorb most of the energy, but the formation remained intact.

• Sect member Yu and Sect member Duan watched Su Shi'er attack the formation and hoped its destruction would let them escape.
• Su Shi'er's strike intensified the formation markings, which unleashed a torrent of evil energy that swallowed him.
• Feng Fei tried to rush to Su Shi'er, but Fang Shu and the others stopped her.
• The evil energy injured Su Shi'er and pressed toward his Sea of Consciousness and qi sea dantian, while his Myriad Soul Banner proved useless.
• Su Shi'er used the Red-skinned Gourd to draw in most of the evil energy until the backlash subsided.
• Su Shi'er emerged pale and injured but alive, astonishing the onlookers.

Su Shi'er tried to use sacred power to break the formation's evil qi, but the Innocent Sword would not respond, so he turned to the Demon Subduing Pestle. The Tree Demon attacked as Su Shi'er struggled to activate the Buddhist weapon, leaving the contest unresolved.

• Sect member Yu identified the formation's evil qi as Nine Nether Evil Qi and offered his Glazed Lamp, but the Tree Demon shattered it before it could reach Su Shi'er.
• The humanoid Tree Demon slammed Su Shi'er's Grade 3 Top-tier Puppet into the ground and threatened the group as Su Shi'er prepared to use the Innocent Sword.
• Su Shi'er found that the Innocent Sword would not move, then recalled the Demon Subduing Pestle he had obtained from Monk Sanjie's Storage Pouch.
• Su Shi'er brought out the High-grade Spirit Artifact, startling Sect member Yu and Sect member Duan and enraging the Tree Demon, which sent its roots toward him.
• Su Shi'er directed the Grade 3 Top-tier Puppet to block the attack and poured his true essence into the Demon Subduing Pestle, but the weapon's gathered energy did not erupt.
• The Grade 3 Top-tier Puppet used its remaining energy to collide with the humanoid Tree Demon.

Su Shi'er used a Buddha's Light Stone to power the Demon Subduing Pestle while the humanoid Tree Demon attacked him, leaving him gravely wounded. The pestle's holy energy clashed with the Isolation formation's sinister Qi, causing the formation to erupt as the Tree Demon cried out in alarm.

• The energy storm shattered Su Shi'er's puppet body and forced his divine sense back to his main body, while the humanoid Tree Demon regenerated.
• Sect member Yu shouted that the Demon Subduing Pestle needed Buddha Essence, and Su Shi'er realized he had no way to provide it with his usual techniques.
• Su Shi'er crushed the Buddha's Light Stone from Golden Cicada Temple and sent its energy into the Demon Subduing Pestle.
• The humanoid Tree Demon's attack overwhelmed Su Shi'er's Azure Cloud Robe and Great Que Shield, sending him into the isolation light screen with severe injuries.
• The Demon Subduing Pestle unleashed a holy attack that clashed with the Isolation formation's sinister Qi, causing the formation mark to fail and the formation to erupt.
• The humanoid Tree Demon froze as the Isolation formation changed and cried out in despair.

After Su Shi'er broke the isolation formation and killed the humanoid Tree Demon, he collapsed from his injuries. Sect member Duan and Sect member Yu decided to seize his body, and Duan’s Golden Core shot toward him as Feng Fei and the others realized what was happening.

• The isolation formation shattered, the humanoid Tree Demon died, and cultivators rushed across Wuliu Plain to gather resources.
• Yang Qianxi watched Su Shi'er from afar, then headed toward Wuliu Town to prepare for Young Master's arrival.
• Feng Fei, Fang Shu, and the others hurried to help the injured Su Shi'er and offered him healing Medicinal Pills.
• Sect member Duan proposed seizing Su Shi'er's body, and Sect member Yu agreed to help strengthen his soul and divine sense.
• Sect member Duan's Golden Core flew toward Su Shi'er's brow as Feng Fei and the others recognized the attempted body seizure.

Su Shi'er used a Spiritual Sense sword to destroy Sect member Duan's soul and then stopped Sect member Yu from fleeing. After declaring that he would use evil to stop evil, Su Shi'er killed Yu, whose body and Golden Core were consumed by the Essence Devouring Bloodworms.

• Fang Shu and his brothers tried to shield Su Shi'er from Sect member Duan's descending Golden Core, but Duan blasted them away.
• Su Shi'er revealed a Spiritual Sense sword, forcing Sect member Duan's Golden Core to halt and flee.
• Su Shi'er pursued Duan's Golden Core with the sword and destroyed the soul inside, leaving the fifth-grade Golden Core and storage ring behind.
• Sect member Yu fled, but Su Shi'er struck him with the Black Light Needle and forced him to beg for mercy.
• Su Shi'er refused to spare Yu and attacked him, while two Essence Devouring Bloodworms consumed Yu's body and Golden Core.

Su Shi'er survived the battle at Wuliu Plain, gathered the injured disciples, and headed toward Wuliu Town with Feng Fei. Deep underground, a man resembling Su Shi'er absorbed a crystal made from the plain’s gathered energies, seeking to form his Golden Pill.

• Su Shi'er restrained the Essence Devouring Bloodworms, healed himself with pills, reassured Feng Fei, and retrieved the puppet and his spoils from the battlefield.
• Su Shi'er collected the humanoid Tree Demon's corpse and offered to escort Fang Shu and the other two injured disciples to Wuliu Town before returning to their sect.
• Su Shi'er led Feng Fei and the three disciples toward Wuliu Town.
• Beneath Wuliu Plain, the energies released by the Tree Demon's death and the Isolation formation gathered into a dark green crystal inside an evil formation.
• A crimson-eyed man with a Daoist topknot, who resembled Su Shi'er, swallowed the crystal and began refining its energies into Demonic Qi to form his Golden Pill.

Su Shi'er encountered Tang Zhuying while escorting Feng Fei and the Fang Shu brothers away from Wuliu Plain, and cautiously explained what had happened there. He revealed that a restored Level 4 remnant formation combined with the outer Isolation formation had caused the anomaly, leaving Tang Zhuying to consider the suspected involvement of Demon Shadow Palace and insiders.

• Su Shi'er met Tang Zhuying, who congratulated him on rescuing Feng Fei and noticed his serious injuries.
• Su Shi'er described the dangers at Wuliu Plain but credited the Two Elders of Purple Furnace Mountain and withheld details about the Level 3 Puppet.
• Tang Zhuying suspected Demon Shadow Palace was behind the Wuliu Plain incident and asked whether Su Shi'er had discovered anything unusual.
• Tang Zhuying privately considered whether Su Shi'er had controlled the puppet during the Cangyue City incident.
• Su Shi'er told Tang Zhuying that a restored Level 4 remnant formation beneath Wuliu Plain had combined with an elder's outer Isolation formation to cause the anomaly.

Su Shi'er planted suspicion in Tang Zhuying about Cheng Jingfeng's formations before they traveled together to Wuliu Town. Tang Zhuying delivered Shen Miaoyin's warning that Su Shi'er must return to the sect before the Heavenly Absolute Secret Realm opened in five years, and the chapter ended as he paused outside Wuliu Town, sensing something was wrong.

• Su Shi'er told Tang Zhuying that Cheng Jingfeng's formations on Qingfeng Mountain might use Evil Qi, prompting her to plan to investigate.
• Tang Zhuying agreed to travel with Su Shi'er to Wuliu Town to investigate Wuliu Plain.
• Tang Zhuying said an unknown inner sect elder had rescued her and entrusted her with a message for Su Shi'er.
• Tang Zhuying delivered the elder's warning that Su Shi'er must return to the sect before the Heavenly Absolute Secret Realm opened in five years, and Su Shi'er recognized Shen Miaoyin as the likely sender.
• Su Shi'er and Tang Zhuying reached Wuliu Town, where Su Shi'er stopped before the formation and said there was no rush.