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.