Arc 4The Grandmaster’s Betrayal

Su Xinghe rose to Grade Eight, fought the Peaceful Heaven Sect’s Half-Demon, and survived Li Shunjun’s betrayal with help from Zhan Yun and Gong Yueni. As the Heavenly One Sword Sect recognized his talent and his cultivation advanced, unrest returned to Lin County and the academy stayed out of it.

  • Su Xinghe and Zhou Yingjun destroyed Qingshan Escort Agency, then Su Xinghe joined the Beheading Gang’s assault on the Red Lotus Branch and killed a Seventh-Rank guardian.
  • Su Xinghe entered the cavern beneath the manor, where Gong Hao revealed the sect was raising an Outer Demon, and Su Xinghe killed the Eight-Armed Carrion Centipede to break its domain.
  • Su Xinghe recovered, reunited with his family, opened all one hundred apertures, and reached Grade Eight with the Treasure Medicine.
  • Gong Hao explained the Baleful-Breaking Pearl and Listening to Tides Art’s connection to Yi Thirteen and Martial Saint Seeds, then gave Su Xinghe a Class-B token.
  • Su Xinghe completed Spirit Ape Myriad Transformations and later defied Li Shunjun, who attacked him to force him to write out the Heavenly One Sword Sect’s Mental Secret Art.
  • Little Beggar brought Zhan Yun and Gong Yueni to rescue Su Xinghe, and Su Xinghe wounded Li Shunjun before Li escaped after gravely injuring him.
  • While recovering, Su Xinghe’s silver figures learned to practice different True Arts at once, and the Heavenly One Sword Sect envoys warned him against casually connecting to the Heavenly Will Sword Network.
  • Su Xinghe arranged for Zhao Jing to enter White Ape Martial Academy, then learned from Zhou Yingjun that fighting and unrest were spreading through Lin County.
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Ch. 76I Don't Want a Son Like You

Su Xinghe helped Zhou Yingjun’s group defeat the Peaceful Heaven Sect fighters in the mine, then led the survivors to Niu Family Village. The group reunited there with Niu Erlang and his companions, while Zhou Yingjun arranged for the wounded to be treated and planned their next move.

  • Su Xinghe ambushed the Grade-Eight martial artist, fought him with a saber, and killed him after exhausting his Internal Force.
  • Su Xinghe reached the council hall and killed Chen Qi, who had been calling for his father to save him.
  • Zhou Yingjun and Su Xinghe gathered the survivors and fled the mine, leaving Zhou Hao behind with instructions to call him Agency Master.
  • The group traveled to Niu Family Village, where Zhou Yingjun had arrived ahead of them with the patrolling disciples.
  • Niu Erlang arrived with the Mountain-Chasing Gang shopkeeper, two clerks, and Su Xinghe’s younger brother’s wife, then agreed to examine the two wounded disciples.

Ch. 77Niu Family Village, Head-Chopping Bandits

After Niu Erlang brought Zhou Yingjun’s group to shelter in Niu Family Village, Zhou Yingjun questioned Su Xinghe about the strength he had displayed in battle. Convinced after testing Su Xinghe’s power, Zhou Yingjun named him deputy master and began organizing the group’s new base.

  • Niu Erlang led the exhausted group to an abandoned quarry near Niu Family Village and offered them rooms while he checked on the injured.
  • Su Xinghe settled into a room as Zhou Yingjun and Zhou Hao came to thank him for saving them and the others.
  • Zhou Yingjun asked Su Xinghe to explain his cultivation, and Su Xinghe said his mastered Spirit Ape Myriad Transformations and double Qi-Blood let him greatly amplify his raw strength.
  • Zhou Yingjun tested Su Xinghe with a palm strike and concluded that his strength made him invincible among Ninth-Rank Martial Warriors.
  • Zhou Yingjun appointed Su Xinghe deputy master, then arranged for men to gather supplies, scout the area, and carry news to Lin County.
  • Su Xinghe warned Little Beggar that something was wrong with the village and told him to keep watch.

Ch. 78Lin County's Great Purge

Su Xinghe trained with Little White Bat, then left with Zhou Yingjun to seek revenge at the Qingshan Escort Agency. At Lin County, they found over a hundred severed heads on the city wall, and Zhou Yingjun recognized Qingsong and Third Guest among them before the defenders opened fire.

  • Su Xinghe fed Little White Bat and trained his Listening to Tides Art and Internal Force while Little Beggar practiced swordsmanship.
  • Qian Jinge returned with carts of grain, and Zhou Yingjun told Su Xinghe they were heading to the Qingshan Escort Agency for revenge.
  • Su Xinghe borrowed Zhou Yingjun's saber and explained that he had found the Organ-Nourishing Organ-Protecting Pill on a Ninth Rank mountain bandit.
  • Su Xinghe sensed Apothecary Duan refining Qi-Replenishing Pills near the back mountain, then continued toward Lin County with Zhou Yingjun.
  • At Lin County's walls, Zhou Yingjun recognized Qingsong and Third Guest among more than a hundred severed heads, and the defenders shouted for archers to fire at them.

Ch. 79The Fall of Qingshan Escort Agency

Su Xinghe and Zhou Yingjun retaliated against the Lu Family’s purge by destroying Qingshan Escort Agency, then returned to Niu Family Village to prepare for what came next. Seven days later, Su Xinghe received a blade from Zhou Yingjun as he continued cultivating.

  • Su Xinghe killed the City Guard soldiers at the city gate, and Zhou Yingjun fled with him after Lu Zhengquan arrived.
  • Su Xinghe told Zhou Yingjun that Yingcai and Lu Xuanlin were dead, and Zhou Yingjun decided to attack Qingshan Escort Agency.
  • Su Xinghe and Zhou Yingjun burned Qingshan Escort Agency, killing everyone there, while Lu Zhengkun identified it as connected to Red Elegance and the Peaceful Heaven Sect.
  • The Lu Family blamed the massacre on Peaceful Heaven Sect remnants, while Zhou Yingjun transported the stolen spoils toward the prefectural city and Su Xinghe stayed in Niu Family Village.
  • Seven days later, Little Beggar reported what he had learned about the village, and Zhou Yingjun returned and gave Su Xinghe a blade.

Ch. 80Princess Red Lotus

Su Xinghe consolidated his gains and continued training after becoming deputy head of the White Ape Martial Academy. Meanwhile, Princess Red Lotus visited Red Elegance Manor, reprimanded Hongxiu for remaining a virgin, and warned Lu Zhengkun that an expert in Lin County had killed her followers.

  • Su Xinghe examined his new saber, pills, and Treasure Notes, then used Bone-Forging Pills to restore his Qi-Blood and open more apertures.
  • Su Xinghe reviewed his Fate Panel, noting his twenty-one opened apertures, improved Internal Force recovery, and expanded perception range.
  • Princess Red Lotus arrived at Red Elegance Manor unseen by its guards and went to Qingmei's grave.
  • Hongxiu and Lu Zhengkun knelt before Princess Red Lotus, who slapped Hongxiu and scolded her for remaining a virgin after three months.
  • Princess Red Lotus told Lu Zhengkun that an expert in Lin County had killed five incense masters and more than a dozen disciples, then departed.

Ch. 81The Might of a Grandmaster

Lu Sandao broke through to Eighth Rank as the Beheading Gang prepared for a secret operation, while Su Xinghe discovered their real destination was not the Lu Family. On the way, a powerful Beheading Gang elder from Taiguang Prefecture City singled him out and ordered him to accompany him after the operation.

  • Lu Sandao advanced to Eighth Rank, and Zhou Yingjun told him to consolidate his cultivation before that night's operation.
  • Su Xinghe learned that Niu Erlang and the others were setting out for a mission, then joined the group with his accumulated Internal Force.
  • Twelve masked martial artists traveled southwest toward the Cross Ridge Mountains instead of heading for Lin County and the Lu Family.
  • An elegant middle-aged man appeared beside Su Xinghe, isolated him from the group, and sensed an unusual aura on him.
  • The man identified himself as a Beheading Gang elder from Taiguang Prefecture City and ordered Su Xinghe to come with him after the operation.

Ch. 82Demon Suppression Guard, Baleful-Breaking Pearl

Gong Hao found the remains of a traitorous Demon Extermination Guard and learned that the Baleful-Breaking Pearl was missing, then set out with Gong Yueni and Zhan Yun to investigate the Peaceful Heaven Sect. Meanwhile, Su Xinghe joined a group preparing to attack a mountain village after Big Bear claimed Princess Red Lotus and Lu Xuanji were there, and revealed that Lu Xuanji planned to use Red Dust Baleful Force to reach Fourth Rank.

  • Gong Hao identified the skeleton in Tongzi Ward as the traitorous Demon Extermination Guard he had killed and recognized an Eight-Armed Carrion Centipede hatchling nearby.
  • Gong Hao sensed that the Baleful-Breaking Pearl was gone and agreed to investigate the Peaceful Heaven Sect's Red Lotus Branch with Gong Yueni and Zhan Yun.
  • Su Xinghe returned to the group after a Core Embrace Grandmaster's domain vanished, then followed the others toward White Deer Cliff.
  • Big Bear told the group to attack a mountain village, claiming Princess Red Lotus and her companions were their targets.
  • Big Bear revealed that Lu Xuanji had turned to a Variant True Art and planned to use Red Dust Baleful Force from living beings' blood to break through to Fourth Rank.

Ch. 83Night Raid on White Deer Cliff

Su Xinghe, Zhou Yingjun, and Lu Sandao joined the Beheading Gang’s night raid on a manor at White Deer Cliff, where Su Xinghe sensed a terrifying presence and diverted from the main attack. They encountered two Seventh-Rank protectors, and the chapter ended as Su Xinghe’s heavy saber strike glanced off one protector’s body.

  • Big Bear reassured Zhou Yingjun that the Beheading Gang would handle the Core Embrace Realm woman while their group attacked the village.
  • Su Xinghe sensed a formidable presence in the manor’s eastern pavilion and led Zhou Yingjun and Lu Sandao around the western wall.
  • Big Bear sent two Beheading Gang members after Su Xinghe’s group as explosions erupted on the eastern side of the manor.
  • Su Xinghe’s group entered the manor and faced masked fighters, including Uncle Nine and Head-Chopping Seven.
  • Two Seventh-Rank protectors attacked; one struck Lu Sandao flying, while Zhou Yingjun and Su Xinghe charged the other.
  • Su Xinghe’s saber struck the bald protector’s shoulder after its force was weakened by the man’s vibrations.

Ch. 84Battle from the Mountaintop

Su Xinghe and his companions fought the Red Lotus Branch forces at Lu Family Manor while Lu Xuanji confronted Li Shunjun. A battle on the mountaintop shifted the odds, and Zhan Yun headed down to support them as Lu Xuanji fled and Li Shunjun pursued.

  • Su Xinghe was kicked through a wall by the bald guardian, but he and his companions suffered fewer injuries than expected.
  • The bald guardian called in more than thirty fighters, surrounding Su Xinghe and the others as the Red Lotus Branch forces prepared to attack.
  • Lu Xuanji emerged from the ruined pavilion and accused Li Shunjun of using mountain bandits, while Li Shunjun accused Lu Xuanji of colluding with the Peaceful Heaven Sect.
  • An explosion erupted on the mountaintop, and Su Xinghe recognized Old Swindler among the fighters and called for Jia Six to save them.
  • Gong Hao forced Princess Red Lotus back toward the cave, then told Zhan Yun to go support the people below while he guarded the entrance.
  • Lu Xuanji vanished from the manor, and Li Shunjun pursued him as Zhan Yun and Yue Ni went down the mountain.

Ch. 85Secret Technique Complete, Slaying a Seventh-Rank Warrior

Su Xinghe mastered a force-amplifying technique while pursuing the bald protector and killed him in a fierce exchange. He discovered that the technique had become the Head-Cleaving Technique, though he had consumed two bottles of Premium Bone-Forging Pills.

  • Su Xinghe pursued the fleeing bald protector while Zhou Yingjun and Lu Sandao charged the Beheading Gang members.
  • Su Xinghe synchronized his Qi-Blood vibrations with his saber strikes, rapidly improving the unnamed Force-Amplification Secret Technique.
  • The bald protector turned to fight Su Xinghe, and their rapid clashes continued as Su Xinghe’s technique weakened the man’s defenses.
  • Su Xinghe’s saber cut the bald protector in two, killing the Seventh-Rank Martial Warrior.
  • Su Xinghe checked his Fate Panel and found the unnamed technique replaced by the Head-Cleaving Technique.

Ch. 86Is This What You Call Safe?

Su Xinghe gained a breakthrough in his enhancement secret art after killing a bald Guardian, then followed Little White Bat toward the Peaceful Heaven Sect's Breeding Cave. He entered an underground chamber and was caught in a devastating force field, leaving him trapped beneath five crushing forces.

  • Su Xinghe discovered that his Head-Cleaving Technique now increased his exertion to three times his base strength, and Zhou Yingjun and Lu Sandao found him unharmed beside the bald Guardian's corpse.
  • Su Xinghe shared pills with Zhou Yingjun and Lu Sandao, and the three returned to the manor as Zhan Yun fought the Peaceful Heaven Sect warriors.
  • The Peaceful Heaven Sect fighters fled after someone sounded the alarm, and Little White Bat led Su Xinghe to a hidden passage beneath the collapsed pavilion.
  • Su Xinghe followed Little White Bat into the underground passage and entered a half-open iron door after sensing that the room was empty.
  • A mental blast struck Su Xinghe as he entered, and five interwoven force fields crushed down on him.

Ch. 87Demi-Human Domain

Su Xinghe emerged into a cavern where the Peaceful Heaven Sect was raising an Outer Demon under its Demi-Human Domain, and found Jia Six and two women surrounded by three Core Embrace grandmasters. When Little White Bat’s Baleful-Breaking Pearl drew the grandmasters into a furious battle, Su Xinghe regained the ability to move, while Gong Hao and Zhan Yun charged back into the fight.

  • Su Xinghe opened his eyes in a vast cavern packed with Peaceful Heaven Sect martial artists and saw Jia Six protecting Gong Yueni and Zhan Yun from Princess Red Lotus and two other grandmasters.
  • Gong Hao identified himself as a Demon Suppression Bureau commander, explained that the sect was raising an Outer Demon, and ordered Su Xinghe to seek help from Zhang Baichuan in Lin County.
  • Su Xinghe saw Little White Bat circling the towering demon as its Demi-Human Domain suppressed everyone in the cavern.
  • Princess Red Lotus sensed the Baleful-Breaking Pearl, triggering a desperate battle among the four Core Embrace grandmasters and weakening the demon’s blood-colored force field.
  • Gong Hao shoved Gong Yueni and Zhan Yun aside and charged back into battle, while Zhan Yun agreed to help her grandfather and attacked the Half-Demon.

Ch. 88"Head-Cleaving Technique" Breaks Through Again

Su Xinghe and his allies fought the Peaceful Heaven Sect while trying to deal with an adult Eight-Armed Carrion Centipede, which his strongest attack could not hurt. As the battle continued, his Head-Cleaving Technique broke through to Hall-Entering, and he charged the creature again with fifty thousand jin of force.

  • Zhan Yun killed a Sixth-Rank True Force elder and engaged the Peaceful Heaven Sect grandmaster while Gong Yueni joined the fight below.
  • Su Xinghe attacked the Eight-Armed Carrion Centipede, but its domain and counterstrike sent him crashing into the fighters below.
  • Gong Yueni explained that the chained creature was a Half-Demon whose domain could only be overcome by a grandmaster.
  • Su Xinghe fought the Peaceful Heaven Sect disciples, consuming Bone-Forging Pills as his Head-Cleaving Technique gained experience and reached Hall-Entering.
  • Su Xinghe activated the upgraded technique, unleashed fifty thousand jin of force, and charged the Eight-Armed Carrion Centipede again.

Ch. 89Grandmaster Strike, Gravely Wounded

Su Xinghe gravely wounded the Eight-Armed Carrion Centipede but was struck by Princess Red Lotus and nearly died. He later awoke in a roadside inn, where Gong Hao and the others had gathered to see him.

  • Su Xinghe drove his vibrating black iron saber through the Eight-Armed Carrion Centipede's defenses and pierced its skull, dispersing the blood-red force field.
  • Princess Red Lotus attacked Su Xinghe, but he wounded her with a saber strike before Gong Hao intervened and forced her to retreat.
  • Su Xinghe lost consciousness as cold and hot True Qi helped suppress the alien energy in his body.
  • Su Xinghe woke in a roadside inn and found Su Haitao, Zhou Yingjun, Gong Hao, Zhan Yun, and others gathered around him.
  • Su Xinghe thanked Gong Hao, Zhan Yun, and Miss Gong for coming to his rescue.

Ch. 90Changes Over the Past Month

After waking from twenty-eight days of unconsciousness, Su Xinghe learned that the Lu Family had fled Lin County and his family was safe, though he resented how events had been handled. He discovered that Little White Bat was missing and that Little Beggar had entered the Martial Dao grade.

  • Li Shunjun told Su Xinghe and Gong Hao that they had failed to capture Lu Xuanji, and Gong Hao said the Lu Family's important members had fled to Qingzhou Academy.
  • Su Xinghe reunited with his parents and Su Haitao, who told him that his mother could see again and that Gong Hao had spent the past month seeking treatment for his injuries.
  • Su Xinghe learned that the Lu Family had fled Lin County, the White Ape Martial Academy had reopened, and the Su Family could live safely in the city.
  • Su Xinghe checked his martial arts status and found that his abilities had not changed while he was unconscious.
  • Su Xinghe asked Little Beggar about the missing Little White Bat, and Little Beggar said he had entered the Martial Dao grade the day before.

Ch. 91The Miraculous Treasure Medicine

Su Xinghe discovered that the Treasure Medicine’s power had opened all one hundred of his apertures, bringing him to the Grade-Eight Realm. As Lin County adjusted to the Lu Family’s disappearance, he left uncertain whether the changes would benefit the county.

  • Little Beggar told Su Xinghe that the Hundred Flowers Pavilion wanted to recruit him, but he wanted to learn the sword and remained drawn to the Heavenly One Sword Sect.
  • Su Xinghe used the Treasure Medicine’s power to open all one hundred apertures and saw his new Grade-Eight Realm status on the Fate Panel.
  • Zhou Yingjun, Qian Jinge, Niu Erlang, and Uncle Nine visited Su Xinghe, and he learned that the Beheading Gang wanted to join forces with the White Ape Martial Academy.
  • Su Xinghe and his companions found Elder Xie unconscious and unable to absorb the Treasure Medicine’s power, leaving them reliant on costly pills to sustain him.
  • Su Xinghe saw more people carrying weapons in Lin County and realized the Lu Family’s fall had likely ended its ban on swords and bladed weapons.

Ch. 92Asking the Beheading Gang for Some Benefits

Su Xinghe confronted the Beheading Gang leaders over his injury and demanded pills, while learning how Yuhuan’s father had fought the Lu Family. He offered the gang a bargain to help remove the Lu Family from Lin County, leaving the leaders to weigh his proposal.

  • Su Xinghe visited the Mountain-Chasing Gang’s former Black Tiger Gang headquarters and questioned Big Bear and Uncle Nine about his sister-in-law Yuhuan’s identity.
  • Niu Erlang explained that Yuhuan’s father had been the Beheading Gang’s Third Leader and had died fighting the Lu Family.
  • Su Xinghe asked for ten bottles of Organ-Nourishing Organ-Protecting Pills as compensation for spending a month bedridden, provoking the three leaders.
  • Su Xinghe challenged the Beheading Gang to choose another family to fight and offered to trade the pills for a Lin County without the Lu Family.
  • Su Xinghe revealed that he had killed Lu Xuanlin and slaughtered the Fishermen’s Gang headquarters, then claimed his saber had tasted a grandmaster’s blood.
  • Big Bear, Niu Erlang, and Uncle Nine fell silent as they considered Su Xinghe’s offer.

Ch. 93Li Shunjun's Invitation

Su Xinghe secured pills and Martial Warrior identity plaques, then Li Shunjun pressured him to accept a post and return to Taiguang Prefecture. The chapter ended with Su Xinghe weighing the invitation against his need for a higher-rank cultivation art and the danger of being drawn into Li Shunjun’s troubles.

  • Su Xinghe accepted eight Organ-Nourishing Organ-Protecting Pills from Uncle Nine and arranged to pay for the rest while asking for help finding a Treasure Medicine.
  • Sky-Patrolling Raven patrols stopped Su Xinghe and Little Beggar for lacking Travel Pass Talismans, but Su Xinghe restrained the constables and led them to the Martial Dao Bureau.
  • Su Xinghe and Little Beggar registered as Martial Warriors, receiving silver and bronze identity plaques with Li Shunjun’s help.
  • Li Shunjun invited Su Xinghe to return to Taiguang Prefecture and offered him a recommended slot for City Defense County Commandant.
  • Su Xinghe considered the risks of accepting, then realized that his Grade-Eight True Art would soon leave him without a cultivation art to advance further.

Ch. 94Secret Talks in the Study

Gong Hao interrupted Li Shunjun’s attempt to recruit Su Xinghe and brought him to his study, where he revealed that Su Xinghe had unknowingly possessed a missing Demon Suppression Bureau treasure and a secret technique tied to the Heavenly One Sword Sect. Su Xinghe learned the technique selected future Martial Saint Seeds, while Gong Hao promised to shield him from the sect if he returned it.

  • Gong Hao arrived at Li Shunjun’s residence and took Su Xinghe away to speak privately, while Little Beggar went to join Sister Yue and Sister Yun.
  • Gong Hao produced the Baleful-Breaking Pearl, and Su Xinghe recognized it as the pearl he had found among Old Madman’s belongings.
  • Gong Hao explained that the pearl and a missing secret technique had belonged to Yi Thirteen, a Demon Suppression Bureau guard connected to a fallen Martial Saint of Azure Fall Island.
  • Su Xinghe recounted how he had met Yi Thirteen and found the pearl and secret technique among his possessions, and Gong Hao asked whether anyone else knew about them.
  • Gong Hao offered to block the Heavenly One Sword Sect but told Su Xinghe to return the secret technique, then revealed that it selected rare candidates to become future Martial Saint Seeds.

Ch. 95"Mountain-Shaking Fist," a Seventh-Rank True Art

Gong Hao explained the dangers of the Outer Battlefield to Su Xinghe, took the Listening to Tides Art, and left him with a token and a warning to stay in the city. Back home, Su Xinghe received the Seventh-Rank Mountain-Shaking Fist from Yang Huaiyu and learned that Su Haitao had reached Force Infusion.

  • Gong Hao explained the martial ranks, the Outer Battlefield, and the value of the Martial Saint relic, then said he would seek benefits for Su Xinghe after the Heavenly One Sword Sect arrived.
  • Su Xinghe gave Gong Hao the Listening to Tides Art and received a Class-B token, which Gong Hao warned him not to rely on against powerful martial artists.
  • Gong Hao warned Su Xinghe to remain in the city because many Grandmasters had come down from the mountain, then departed and left Su Xinghe alone.
  • Su Xinghe returned home and helped his family prepare dinner as the city adjusted to the Lu Family's departure.
  • Yang Huaiyu gave Su Xinghe a Seventh-Rank Mountain-Shaking Fist scroll that she had copied, and Su Haitao told him he had reached Force Infusion in one month.
  • Su Xinghe praised Su Haitao's progress, then took banknotes, Qi-Nourishing Pills, and unused True Arts from a box beneath his bed.

Ch. 96Eighth Rank Complete

Su Xinghe studied a Beheading Gang martial art, opened all eight meridians with the treasure medicine, and completed Spirit Ape Myriad Transformations after three months. Still uncertain how to advance toward Seventh Rank, he planned to ask Zhou Yingjun about Extreme Dao Mountain Academy and tested his growing power through the Head-Cleaving Technique.

  • Su Xinghe gave his younger brother and Yang Huaiyu wedding gifts, including Qi-Replenishing Pills and several True Arts.
  • Su Xinghe read the Beheading Gang manual and learned how Seventh-Rank martial artists used Internal Force to create a defensive cycle through their five viscera and six bowels.
  • Su Xinghe used the treasure medicine and Spirit Ape Myriad Transformations to open his eight meridians and connect all one hundred acupoints.
  • After three months, Su Xinghe completed Spirit Ape Myriad Transformations and reasoned that his Qi-Blood could imitate some of a Transformation Realm martial artist's defensive vibration.
  • Su Xinghe decided to ask Zhou Yingjun about Extreme Dao Mountain Academy, then practiced Listening to Tides Art and Head-Cleaving Technique, reaching a burst of strength he estimated at fifty thousand jin.

Ch. 97The Dagger Revealed

Su Xinghe met Li Shunjun in the ruins of Red Elegance Manor, where the grandmaster demanded the Heavenly One Sword Sect’s Mental Secret Art. Li Shunjun revealed his desperation and threatened Su Xinghe, who realized that giving up the art would not save his life and began to resist.

  • Su Xinghe noticed Li Shunjun’s grandmaster domain as Li brought him to the ruins of Red Elegance Manor.
  • Li Shunjun demanded the Heavenly One Sword Sect’s Mental Secret Art, and Su Xinghe said he had already given it to Senior Gong.
  • Li Shunjun attacked Su Xinghe and explained that he no longer feared the Heavenly One Sword Sect or the authorities.
  • Li Shunjun insisted that Su Xinghe write the secret art from memory and claimed Senior Gong had left the city with it.
  • Su Xinghe recognized that Li Shunjun would kill him whether or not he surrendered the art, and he defied the grandmaster’s pressure.

Ch. 98Xia Xiaoqi Calls for Help

Little Beggar alerted Zhan Yun and Gong Yueni after Li Shunjun abducted Su Xinghe, and they tracked him to the ruins of Red Elegance Manor. Zhan Yun broke Li Shunjun’s Core Qi Domain and helped Su Xinghe wound him, leaving Li Shunjun enraged and forced to fight back.

  • Little Beggar sensed a fog moving south and ran to find help after realizing Li Shunjun had taken Su Xinghe.
  • Zhan Yun and Gong Yueni joined Little Beggar and flew toward the south of the city when Elder Gong was unavailable.
  • Su Xinghe burned his Qi-Blood and repeatedly attacked Li Shunjun’s Core Qi Domain until his saber light broke through the fog.
  • Little Beggar spotted the disturbance above Red Elegance Manor, and Zhan Yun shattered the domain with her icy Astral Qi.
  • Su Xinghe followed Zhan Yun’s attack with a saber strike that cut Li Shunjun’s shoulder and drew blood.

Ch. 99Zhao Ya's Fortuitous Opportunity

Su Xinghe survived Li Shunjun’s attack and returned to the Su Family courtyard to recover. Zhan Yun recognized Zhao Ya’s martial potential and offered her a chance to enter the inner sect, while Su Xinghe’s cultivation resumed through the healing pill.

  • Li Shunjun struck Su Xinghe from behind, leaving him gravely injured, then escaped when Su Xinghe and his allies could not stop him.
  • Su Xinghe awoke in the collapsed bamboo grove beside Xia Xiaoqi, Gong Yueni, and Zhan Yun, and learned that Li Shunjun had fled.
  • The women brought Su Xinghe back to the city, where Zhao Ya and Zhao Jing visited him after hearing that he was injured again.
  • Zhan Yun examined Zhao Ya’s bones and meridians, judged her a promising martial arts prospect, and said she could try to enter the inner sect.
  • Gong Yueni gave Su Xinghe a healing pill, whose medicinal power helped his meridians clear and his Spirit Ape Myriad Transformations cultivation resume over the next three days.

Ch. 100Heavenly One Sword Sect Envoys Arrive

Su Xinghe gained the ability to have eight silver figures cultivate different True Arts at once after the Heavenly One Sword Sect envoys tested his Listening to Tides Art. After they left, he rejected Zhao Jing’s request to study martial arts and learned that Scarlet Cloud Mountain’s martial artists had returned to Lin County, where growing disorder threatened the city.

  • Su Xinghe’s Spirit Sea surged, and his eight silver figures gained the ability to mobilize it independently and practice different True Arts at once.
  • Gong Hao and the Heavenly One Sword Sect envoys visited Su Xinghe, confirmed his talent, and warned him not to connect casually to the Heavenly Will Sword Network.
  • The envoys departed on a scaled bird, while Xia Xiaoqi and another disciple called out invitations for Su Xinghe to visit them.
  • Su Xinghe turned away Zhao Jing when she asked to learn martial arts, then went to White Ape Martial Academy to arrange her admission and ask about the later portions of Spirit Ape Myriad Transformations.
  • Zhou Yingjun told Su Xinghe that the Scarlet Cloud Mountain martial artists had returned and that fighting and unrest were spreading through Lin County, but White Ape Martial Academy could not get involved.
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