Vol. 14The Star River’s Secret

Su Jiu and her companions uncovered the traps surrounding the escaped magic beasts and fought their way through the Miasma Forest and Demon-Subduing Land. After the secret realm collapsed, they entered the true Windforest Star River, where Su Jiu learned from Little Gift how to search for an exit.

  • Feng Qi and Yun Chao escaped the Windforest Star River and exposed the magic beasts, raising suspicions about the Vast Righteousness Sect.
  • Su Jiu fought He Panpan and the Ghost Infant in the Miasma Forest, but the battle remained unresolved when the infant restored He Panpan’s strength.
  • Su Jiu and Xia Jue reunited and discovered Wenren Qingtang had been a Living Clone who had plotted against them.
  • Wenren Qingtang died before Yang Guo could question him, and Su Jiu and Yun Huanling suspected the Realmscape’s creator had used him to hide the truth about the escaped magic beasts.
  • Su Jiu and Xia Jue investigated the cavern and fought the Skeleton Army, finding signs of the Vast Righteousness Sect’s interference in the Windforest Star River.
  • Su Jiu worried about the Azure Tide Sect as Xia Jue demanded that Fang Dong hand over the item he had taken, but Fang Dong refused.
  • Su Jiu defeated the demon spirit controlling Fang Dong and escaped the collapsing mountain with her companions.
  • Su Jiu entered the true Windforest Star River with her companions, and Little Gift taught her a way to find an exit among the Fate Stars.
Chapters 1302–1401 Read from ch. 1302

Arc 53The Miasma Forest

Su Jiu and her companions uncovered the dangers and illusions within the Miasma Forest as Xia Jue searched for her. He Panpan became a vengeful ghost and attacked Su Jiu, leaving the battle unresolved as the Ghost Infant restored the savage ghost’s strength.

  • Feng Qi and Yun Chao escaped the Windforest Star River after discovering its formation eye had been destroyed, then revealed the magic beasts to the gathered cultivators and heightened their suspicions of the Vast Righteousness Sect.
  • Xia Yun faced challenges from the other sects while Xia Jue entered the secret realm with the Enforcement Hall, and Qiu Jian gained the ability to sense Demonic Qi in the Miasma Forest.
  • Su Jiu, Yun Huanling, and Gu Ningyun entered the Miasma Forest, exposed Qiu Jian’s deception, and learned from the red-robed ghost that a powerful ghost trapped cultivators there.
  • Xia Yun learned that the Great Tomb had collapsed, while Feng Qi and Xia Jue led groups into the Miasma Forest and He Panpan went in hoping to reach Xia Jue.
  • Xia Jue rescued He Panpan, then found Su Jiu and searched for her missing companions with both women, and He Panpan grew jealous as Xia Jue called Su Jiu family and reassured her that he loved only her.
  • He Panpan’s jealousy and black qi consumed her in an illusion of marriage and betrayal, and she awakened after clawing open her abdomen and releasing a lifeless ghost infant.
  • Su Jiu found Wenren Qingtang near death as He Panpan attacked them, then fought alongside him using talismans and his ancient longsword.
  • The Ghost Infant suffered lightning and purification attacks, incapacitated Wenren Qingtang, and restored He Panpan’s strength by entering her as black mist.
Chapters 1302–1326 Summaries Read

Arc 54The Living Clone

Su Jiu and Xia Jue fought through the Miasma Forest’s illusions and uncovered Wenren Qingtang’s role in the plot against them. Wenren Qingtang died as a Living Clone, leaving them to suspect the Realmscape’s creator was using him to conceal the truth about the escaped magic beasts.

  • Su Jiu and Xia Jue exposed the Female Ghost’s false memories, then continued through the forest seeking the illusion realm’s nodes.
  • Su Jiu and the disciples were caught in a Dream-Luring Soul’s illusions, but Yang Guo and the others awakened and Su Jiu found a way to track Xia Jue.
  • Su Jiu realized Xia Jue was trapped with Feng Qi and the Enforcement Hall disciples in a subspace around a giant tree, while Wenren Qingtang attacked them there.
  • Wenren Qingtang revealed that he had cursed Su Jiu and sent ghost fires against Xia Jue’s group, but Xia Jue used Undead Water to destroy the flames and break their contract.
  • Su Jiu’s Heart Discernment recovered, and she tore open a spatial rift to rejoin Xia Jue and the others.
  • Xia Jue defeated Wenren Qingtang, who admitted he had wanted to strip Su Jiu of her innate talent and make her ordinary.
  • Wenren Qingtang died before Yang Guo could question him, and Xia Jue and Su Jiu discovered that he had been a Living Clone sustained by black gu worms.
  • Su Jiu and Yun Huanling concluded that the Realmscape’s creator had used Wenren Qingtang’s authority to trap and kill them before they uncovered the secret of the escaped magic beasts.
Chapters 1327–1351 Summaries Read

Arc 55The Demon-Subduing Land

Su Jiu and Xia Jue investigated the cavern and fought a Skeleton Army while discovering signs that the Vast Righteousness Sect had tampered with the Windforest Star River. The arc left Su Jiu worried about the Azure Tide Sect as the group confronted Fang Dong over the item he had taken.

  • Xia Jue dispersed the Miasma Forest with the red cord, and Su Jiu emerged with her innate gift restored as vengeful ghosts spilled into the surrounding area.
  • Su Jiu’s group encountered a wounded magic beast and discovered that its unusual weakness might be connected to the demonic beasts inside the Windforest Star River.
  • Su Jiu and Xia Jue followed a magic-beast trail to a cavern, where Hu Yucheng reunited with them and spoke about his wife and son.
  • Su Jiu identified the cavern’s spatial formations, then led Xia Jue’s group into one of its passages as other cultivators followed.
  • Fang Dong and Xiao Yan fled into the passage with a Skeleton Army behind them, and Su Jiu’s group prepared to fight the pursuing skeletons.
  • Su Jiu discovered that demonic qi from the skeletons infected wounded cultivators, while Yun Huanling fought with unusual intensity and the Nine-Bend Compass helped bring down the undead.
  • The Heavenly Secret Sect elders suspected the Vast Righteousness Sect was seeking something in the Demon-Subduing Land, while Su Jiu learned that Xia Jue possessed a primordial origin spirit root.
  • Su Jiu worried that disaster had struck the Azure Tide Sect, and Xia Jue led the group to demand that Fang Dong hand over the item he had taken, but Fang Dong refused.
Chapters 1352–1376 Summaries Read

Arc 56The Windforest Star River

Su Jiu and her companions survived the collapse of the secret realm, uncovered strange clues about the Heaven-Connecting Tower, and were swept into the true Windforest Star River. There, they explored the Fate Stars and searched for a way out as Su Jiu learned a method from Little Gift.

  • Xiao Yan defended Fang Dong from the rogue cultivators, but Fang Dong surrendered control of his body to a demon spirit, which attacked the crowd before Su Jiu defeated it and escaped the collapsing mountain.
  • Su Jiu and Yun Huanling became trapped underground, where she stopped the Painting Spirit from helping its painter drain her life force and discovered ancient star maps linked to the forgotten Heaven-Connecting Tower.
  • Su Jiu and Yun Huanling fought powerful beasts near a well, then joined Xia Jue and others as the beasts displayed reason and unusual restraint.
  • The magic beasts vanished as a savage gale swept through Windforest Star River, and Thirteen protected cultivators with paid-for bubbles while Su Jiu rescued the unconscious Yun Chao.
  • Xia Jue used Liuli to guide Su Jiu through the shifting storm, which carried them and the other cultivators into a star-filled realm where their spiritual qi and Storage Bags ceased to function.
  • Yun Huanling entered a Fate Star and witnessed the Demon Beast killing his parents, while Su Jiu returned to find Si Que and the Buddha Child asking for her help.
  • Yun Huanling explained that some stars were dangerous and that he could not identify the exit, while Little Gift awakened as the Nine-Petal Frostflow Flower and taught Su Jiu a way to find one.
Chapters 1377–1401 Summaries Read
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