Vol. 15The Rift and the Tribulation

Su Jiu disrupted a ritual to open a passage into the Demon Abode, restored her family’s standing, and uncovered the schemes behind Red Maple City and Heavenly Cloud Mountain. She and Yun Huanling advanced to Spirit Transformation, then faced a prolonged tribulation as demonic forces spread and Yun Huanling prepared to risk disappearing to weaken the thunder.

  • Su Jiu and her companions uncovered the Vast Righteousness Sect’s experiments and stopped its Moon Sacrifice Ritual, rescuing the captive woman while the Void Refinement cultivator remained a threat.
  • Su Jiu and Xia Jue fought the sect’s cultivators as the Four-Aspect Demon awakened, and three Azure Tide Sect elders arrived before a white-haired elder confronted Su Jiu about her demonic qi.
  • Cheng Beiluo transferred the ten contracts onto himself and sealed the Windforest Star River rift at the cost of his life.
  • Su Jiu exposed false accusations at Su Mianmian and Jin Chen’s ceremony, then confronted the Su Family’s main household and helped restore her branch family’s standing in Peace City.
  • Su Jiu and the Enforcement Hall exposed Elder Song’s demon seed, which Su Jiu destroyed with her innate origin qi.
  • Red Maple captured Su Jiu, Thirteen, and Lan Fang Ziyi, then paraded them to a sacrificial altar as a familiar figure approached Qi Song.
  • Su Jiu entered Heavenly Cloud Mountain, rescued Yun Huanling from an illusion, and helped her companions improve their treasures.
  • Su Jiu and Yun Huanling advanced to Spirit Transformation, then endured a prolonged tribulation as Yun Huanling prepared with A Huan to use their second plan.
Chapters 1402–1501 Read from ch. 1402

Arc 57The Moon Sacrifice Ritual

Su Jiu and the Enforcement Hall uncovered the Vast Righteousness Sect’s experiments on cultivators and its plan to open a passage into the Demon Abode. They disrupted the ritual and rescued the captive woman, while the Void Refinement cultivator remained a threat.

  • Su Jiu and her companions escaped the Death Star Map, entered a hidden cavern, and discovered a Four-Aspect Demon imprisoned beneath the Windforest Star River.
  • Li Zirang revealed that the Vast Righteousness Sect had transformed cultivators into controlled magic beasts and sacrificed Spirit Transformation cultivators to the Four-Aspect Demon.
  • Su Jiu and Xia Jue fought Ming Shan and Scarface, learned that the ten cultivators were bound to the Rift Passage, and freed Li Zirang as the Four-Aspect Demon awakened.
  • The Vast Righteousness Sect’s ritual stirred the magic beasts, and Su Jiu recognized the blood-red crescent as a Moon Sacrifice Ritual meant to open a passage into the Demon Abode.
  • Su Jiu and the Enforcement Hall broke through the ritual barrier and fought the cultivators guarding the captive woman and stone stele.
  • Su Jiu cut the captive woman’s Soul-Tether Threads in the correct order while Xia Jue fought the Void Refinement cultivator, and the woman regained control of some of her spirits.
  • Little Pearl explained that the sect’s captives could not achieve demon-spirit dual cultivation, while Su Jiu realized the Void Refinement cultivator was using curse script to trade life force for power.
  • Three Azure Tide Sect elders arrived as the Void Refinement cultivator tried to sacrifice the woman, and Su Jiu pulled her away before a white-haired elder confronted him about his demonic qi.
Chapters 1402–1426 Summaries Read

Arc 58The Su Family’s Reckoning

Su Jiu returned to the Azure Tide Sect, revealed her past-life memories to Xia Jue, and helped defend the sect during Su Mianmian’s Dao Companion Ceremony. She then confronted the Su Family’s main household in Peace City and restored her branch family’s standing, while the search for Yun Huanling and the dangers facing the continents remained unresolved.

  • Cheng Beiluo transferred the ten contracts onto himself and sealed the Windforest Star River rift, sacrificing his life as the Flowing Radiance Sword Sect mourned him.
  • Su Jiu returned to the sect, learned of Su Qingqing’s flight and the deaths of former companions, and reunited with Su Mianmian, Jin Chen, and her fellow disciples.
  • Xia Jue taught Su Jiu the Breath-Discerning Art, and Su Jiu told him about her past life, her death at Gong Hao’s hands, and the changing book that showed future dangers.
  • At Su Mianmian and Jin Chen’s Dao Companion Ceremony, the Wenren Household and Heavenly Dawn Sect accused the Su sisters of wrongdoing, but Su Jiu exposed their evidence as false and defeated their forces.
  • Su Jiu went to Peace City, where she stopped a fight involving Su Yisheng and confronted the Su Family’s main household over its demands for control of the branch family’s residence and resources.
  • Su Shi exposed the Twelfth Elder’s betrayal and recovered the Su Family Great Seal, while Su Jiu helped punish the elder and provided resources for the injured family.
  • Su Shi revealed that the Luo Household had sold information to the Heavenly Devil Palace and the Succubus Sect, and Su Jiu reinforced the Su Family’s Defensive Formation as the Twelfth Elder left Peace City.
Chapters 1427–1451 Summaries Read

Arc 59The Red Maple Immortal Lord

Su Jiu searched the Linnan Region for Yun Huanling and uncovered a demon-seed crisis before discovering that Red Maple City’s blessings concealed the Red Maple True Lord’s schemes. The arc left Su Jiu, Thirteen, Lan Fang Ziyi, and other prisoners at a sacrificial ceremony as a familiar figure approached Qi Song.

  • Su Jiu purified the Twelfth Elder’s resentful soul, then continued toward the Linnan Region to search for Yun Huanling.
  • Su Jiu entered the Linnan Region’s shifting barriers, helped the Enforcement Hall expose Elder Song’s demon seed, and destroyed it with her innate origin qi.
  • Su Jiu and the Enforcement Hall searched for Heavenly Cloud Mountain, found Red Maple City guarded by hostile demon trees, and investigated its suspicious blessing festival.
  • Su Jiu entered Red Maple Temple and discovered that its attendants and barriers concealed a dangerous ritual, then confronted the Red Maple True Lord over Lan Fang Ziyi.
  • Su Jiu learned that Red Maple City’s worship and hostility toward outsiders had intensified, while the Red Maple Forest had grown dangerous about a century earlier.
  • Su Jiu and Thirteen infiltrated the City Lord’s Residence, fought its puppet guards and a mutated tree spirit, and were captured and imprisoned with Lan Fang Ziyi.
  • Xia Yun revealed that he had plotted against Su Jiu and described a mysterious voice that had guided him, while Su Jiu doubted his story and planned to wait for a chance to rescue Lan Fang Ziyi.
  • Red Maple paraded Su Jiu, Thirteen, Lan Fang Ziyi, and other prisoners to a sacrificial altar, where Su Jiu recognized his dance as a display formation and spotted a familiar figure approaching Qi Song.
Chapters 1452–1476 Summaries Read

Arc 60The Heavenly Cloud Mountain Arc

Su Jiu exposed Xia Yun’s schemes, entered Heavenly Cloud Mountain, and helped its visitors awaken their treasures before she and Yun Huanling advanced in the spring. They left to face a prolonged tribulation, while demonic forces spread and Yun Huanling prepared to risk disappearing to weaken the thunder.

  • Red Maple exposed Xia Yun’s crimes, and Su Jiu bound Xia Yun in a formation before killing him under the Enforcement Hall’s order.
  • Su Jiu treated Cheng Yu and removed counterfeit demon seeds from two Southern Mountain Sect disciples, then warned Red Maple to stop his experiments.
  • Su Jiu climbed Heavenly Cloud Mountain with her companions, rescued Yun Huanling from an illusion, and learned that the mountain was a semi-immortal artifact.
  • The mountain’s artifact spirit improved the group’s treasures, while Su Jiu killed Xia Yun’s mother and destroyed the divine sense controlling her.
  • Su Jiu accepted the Ghost Market’s Heavenly Demon-Subduing Pestle, then Yun Huanling and Su Jiu spent years in the spring and advanced to Spirit Transformation.
  • The artifact spirit revealed that the Azure Realm was unstable and that Su Jiu’s visions concerned its past, then Su Jiu retrieved the pestle and left with Yun Huanling.
  • Su Jiu and Yun Huanling endured a powerful tribulation near Sand City as Yao Yan killed Night Demon Sect envoys and flew toward the lightning.
  • As Yun Huanling weakened during the fourth day of the tribulation, he decided with A Huan to use their second plan, while the Heavenly Secret Sect’s Grand Elder defended Su Jiu against the Yun Household’s Fifth Elder.
Chapters 1477–1501 Summaries Read
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