Chapter Summaries

Su Xinghe met Zi Lin, who revealed that the Crown Prince and Lu Xuanji were heading to Ruin No. 9, where they could target him. Her unexpected knowledge left him wondering what had happened in Lin County.

• Su Xinghe cultivated aboard the Transport Airship and advanced his progress in the Fifth-Rank Realm.
• Zi Lin approached Su Xinghe and told him to disembark with her; he recognized her as a Grade-A Commander of the Qingzhou Demon Suppression Bureau.
• Su Xinghe and Zi Lin left the airship at Southern Ruin No. 1708 and moved to a hill where they could speak privately.
• When Su Xinghe pretended to leave, Zi Lin revealed that the Crown Prince and Lu Xuanji would travel to Ruin No. 9 on the fifteenth.
• Su Xinghe realized the trip to the Outer Battlefield was a plan to trap and kill him, then questioned how Zi Lin knew about the Crown Prince’s movements and suspected something had gone wrong in Lin County.

Princess Red Lotus brought Su Xinghe to a hidden domain beyond the Great Zhou Small World's conventional reach and asked him to help her prepare for the Hundred Races Tournament. She confronted him over their separation and revealed that she knew he had perfected a fire-type Mental Secret Art.

• Princess Red Lotus arrived with Zi Lin, revealed her new status as the imperial family's thirteenth princess, and asked Su Xinghe to help her again.
• Red Lotus took Su Xinghe to Ruin No. 8, where he saw members of the Hundred Clans and followed her beneath a lake into a hidden domain.
• Su Xinghe discovered that the hidden domain had far denser energy of heaven and earth than the Great Zhou Small World.
• Red Lotus dismissed the Merfolk Clan guards and asked Su Xinghe whether he still blamed her after half a year.
• Red Lotus said that her secret art had helped Su Xinghe touch Fire Intent, and Su Xinghe realized she had discovered his perfected fire-type Mental Secret Art.