Recaps

Su Xinghe escaped the Peaceful Heaven Sect’s captivity, killed Li Shunjun, and helped destroy the Lu Family before deciding to leave Lin County. He escorted Zhou Hao toward Qingzhou, where the group arrived as Lu Xuanji fled Princess Red Lotus and the city’s divine guardian weapons.

• Su Xinghe became Demon Extermination Guard Yi Thirteen, moved his family to North City, and worked with Zhou Yingjun to expand their influence across Lin County.
• Princess Red Lotus captured Su Xinghe and forced him to cultivate the Red Lotus Treasure Vase Qi while Li Shunjun killed people below and the Peaceful Heaven Sect imprisoned him beneath Tongzi Ward.
• Su Xinghe endured the Demon Qi Domain and the maids’ attempts to drain his soul power, then mastered the secret art enough to control the domain’s mist and defeat Li Shunjun.
• Su Xinghe killed Li Shunjun and escaped with Little White Bat after she absorbed the greater demon, then learned Lu Xuanji had crushed their allies and driven his family into hiding.
• Su Xinghe and his allies attacked the Lu Family estate, killed Lu Zhengkun and other members of the family, and Su Xinghe reunited with his family in Niu Family Village.
• Su Xinghe cultivated Force-Forging Pills, developed First Insight into Light and Darkness, and helped Gong Hao and Zhang Baichuan investigate the Peaceful Heaven Sect’s lair beneath the Clear Lotus Pond docks.
• Su Xinghe promised to escort Zhou Hao to the Extreme Dao Mountain Academy’s recruitment gathering, while Lu Xuanji turned against the Li Family and Princess Red Lotus claimed Lin County.
• Su Xinghe and his companions reached Qingzhou Prefecture City after seeing Lu Xuanji’s flying mount destroyed by the city’s guardian weapons, and Su Xinghe sensed a barrier around the city.

Su Xinghe joined the Demon Suppression Bureau, built his strength, and fought off efforts to recruit or seize him. After breaking through to Grandmaster, he used power from the Heavenly Will Sword Network to kill Han Zhi and two Inspection Bureau grandmasters, leaving Lu Xuanji fleeing toward the military camp.

• Su Xinghe entered Qingzhou City, joined the Demon Suppression Bureau, and chose to focus on tempering his cultivation while preparing to challenge the ranked guards.
• Su Xinghe bought pills through the Ghost Market and defeated Chu Shibai after discovering the Grandmaster’s connection to the Peaceful Heaven Sect.
• Su Xinghe won his ranking battle against Zhao Yichen and pinned Wu Cangqing with his Water Conception, drawing the attention of the Military Department.
• Han Zhi tried to recruit Su Xinghe as the Crown Prince’s study companion and force him to accept a place at Qingzhou Academy, but Xu Lie drove him away and rewarded Su Xinghe with resources and martial arts.
• Su Xinghe cultivated in the Guardian Tower, mastered the Demon-Slaying Blade, and began a Grandmaster breakthrough as Little White Bat devoured the tower’s energy core.
• The Inspection Bureau’s Dai Gu tried to interrupt Su Xinghe’s breakthrough, but Su Xinghe formed a thirty-zhang domain and joined Gong Hao and Shangguan Jing in resisting the bureau forces.
• Han Zhi overwhelmed Su Xinghe and Gong Hao until the Heavenly Will Sword Network lent Su Xinghe martial saint-level power, which he used to kill Han Zhi and two Inspection Bureau grandmasters as Lu Xuanji fled.

Su Xinghe rejected the Heavenly One Sword Sect’s invitation, returned home, and sought a place on the Outer Battlefield. Xu Ling took him to Southguard Pass and introduced him to the Mending Heaven Pavilion, where Su Xinghe began cultivating with scarce resources.

• Su Xinghe refused Yue Shan’s offer to become an Inner Sword disciple, strengthened his Water Conception, and focused on improving his cultivation despite his damaged origin.
• At the recruitment convention, Su Xinghe protected Lin Fan and his siblings, defeated Ji Xuanye, and helped Zhou Hao secure a place in Golden Baleful Peak’s outer court.
• After weighing his options, Su Xinghe applied to join the Outer Battlefield and returned to Niu Family Village, where he reunited with his family and learned that the Peaceful Heaven Sect had occupied Lin County.
• Su Xinghe spent months cultivating while his Commander appointment and Qi-Gathering Pills were delayed, until Xu Ling arrived and offered to guide him to the Outer Battlefield.
• Xu Ling brought Su Xinghe through the Abyss Black Hole to Southguard Pass and explained Great Zhou’s decline and the Mending Heaven Pavilion’s mission to protect its people and find a new world.
• Su Xinghe joined the Mending Heaven Pavilion, received a token and the All Beings Forest 72 Arts, and settled into Rest Room 3887 at Southguard Pass.
• Su Xinghe befriended Liu Ming, opened Gong Hao’s bundle, and found Qi-Gathering Pills and a manual for refining Blood Baleful Qi.
• Su Xinghe practiced the Baleful-Breaking Gold-Severing Formula, advanced his cultivation and Demon-Slaying Blade, and used up all twenty Qi-Gathering Pills.