Recaps

Su Jiu and Yun Huanling uncovered the corruption in Dawn City, then encountered a village terrorized by a Tiger-Head Fish Demon and a hidden demonic cultivator. After the slaughter in Millet Village, an old woman entrusted Su Jiu with the Cold Pool Secret Key, leaving her determined to challenge the Heavenly Dawn Sect’s claim to the Cold Pool places.

• Su Jiu won the Five-Flavor Pills at auction, helped Zhou Qingshu restore his father, and witnessed Zhou Jin reclaim authority and punish Zhou Bo and Zhou Haotian.
• Su Jiu drew power from the Snow Beast Companion Stone and accepted the Stone Spirit, while Yun Huanling recovered his senior brother’s remains near the Concealment Stone Vein.
• Su Jiu and Yun Huanling left Dawn City, saved Chen Ya, and learned that her husband and Xu Hui had betrayed her and stolen her Demon-Warding Jade.
• Su Jiu exposed Xu Hui’s weak cultivation, reclaimed Chen Ya’s jade, and discovered that demonic qi from the river monster had made Millet Village dangerous for cultivators.
• Su Jiu prepared to kill the Tiger-Head Fish Demon and rescued Yaya, but a demonic cultivator’s attack left Millet Village’s people dead while Yun Huanling protected the survivors.
• Su Jiu realized that the demonic cultivator had likely hidden inside the fish demon and asked Yun Huanling to divine his location.
• The old woman gave Su Jiu the Cold Pool Secret Key and explained that the Nightfall Cold Pool would open in five years.
• Su Jiu recalled the Heavenly Dawn Sect’s tactics and resolved to use the key to challenge its claim to the Cold Pool places.

Su Jiu pursued a demonic cultivator into Azure Fall City, where she was captured and nearly died before Chu Luohen rescued her. After recovering on Ice Veil Peak, she reunited with her friends, severed Mian Mian’s bond with the Phoenix Egg, and set out on a mission to Peace City.

• Su Jiu and Yun Huanling tracked the demonic cultivator to Azure Fall City and learned that two Golden Core cultivators had trapped its residents and devastated the Azure Fall Sect.
• As the demonic cultivators attacked the sect, Su Jiu helped defend its disciples, but Sun Dong defeated her and carried her to a water prison.
• Chu Luohen broke through Sun Dong’s linked formations and rescued Su Jiu, whose Soul Tablet began to heal as he brought her back to Ice Veil Peak.
• Flower Bud sheltered Su Jiu’s soul until ice spiritual energy let her return to her body, and she advanced to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
• Su Jiu reunited with Su Mianmian and killed the Phoenix Egg after learning it threatened Mian Mian and might betray her, while Flower Bud warned that the book was about to shatter.
• Su Jiu struggled to make formation disks under Chu Luohen’s instruction, then apologized after Chu Mojin explained that Chu Luohen wanted her to develop her own skills.
• Su Jiu and Su Mianmian chose a Peace City assignment, and Su Jiu prepared supplies before traveling there with Mian Mian and two inner gate disciples.

Su Jiu trained, won the Grand Tournament’s final place for the Azure Tide Sect, and entered the Nightfall Cold Pool Secret Realm. There she rescued Feng Piaoxu, killed five would-be robbers, and secured Tang Wuchen and Jiang Qi’s oaths to keep her constitution secret.

• Su Jiu fused with ice spiritual energy, mastered sword intent, and received supplies from Chu Luohen before his Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• Fang Xi searched for Su Jiu over the Cold Pool Secret Key, while Su Jiu and the Azure Tide Sect prepared to compete at the Heavenly Dawn Sect.
• Su Jiu won tournament matches against Feng Piaoxu and Tang Wuchen, and Tong Qi defeated Ye Chen before losing to Su Jiu.
• Su Jiu defeated Qin Ming in the final after entering sword intent harmonization, advanced to foundation establishment late stage, and secured all four secret-realm places for the Azure Tide Sect.
• The sect leaders opened the Nightfall Cold Pool Secret Realm, and Su Jiu rescued Feng Piaoxu from venomous insects in the Wetlands.
• Su Jiu overheard five Heavenly Dawn Sect disciples plotting to rob her and killed them with a burst of sword qi.
• Su Jiu freed Tang Wuchen and Jiang Qi, then sealed them in a barrier after learning Jiang Qi had recognized her constitution on Golden Guard Peak.
• Tang Wuchen and Jiang Qi swore heart-demon oaths never to reveal Su Jiu’s secret, and Su Jiu sheathed her sword.

Su Jiu survived the Secret Realm’s demonic threats, exposed Fang Xi, and clashed with Chu Luohen over the secrets she kept. In Wing City, Lin Yue died while revealing a demonic conspiracy, and the Azure Tide Sect broke ties with the Liu Household after exposing Liu Xing'er’s betrayal.

• Su Jiu destroyed the Phantom Blood Demon with her blood-infused Arts, killed Fang Xi after she attacked, and left the Secret Realm with Yun Huanling as its dangers and missing disciples came to light.
• Su Jiu exposed Fang Xi’s plot with a Recording Stone, and Sect Leader Li expelled the Heavenly Dawn disciples involved in targeting her and robbing the Medicine Gate.
• Su Jiu told Chu Mojin and Chu Luohen about the Phantom Blood Demon, but Chu Luohen rebuked her for keeping secrets and questioned her loyalty to him and the sect.
• Su Jiu met Qin Ming in Wing City, where they discussed the Secret Realm and the rivalry between the Sun and Hua Households, while Feng Piaoxu arrived seeking her murdered senior sisters’ killer.
• Lin Yue lured Feng Piaoxu into a trap for the demonic cultivators, but Su Jiu broke into the Killing Array, and Lin Yue died after stabbing a demonic cultivator and remembering her senior sister.
• Lin Yue revealed the demonic cultivators’ plans and Liu Xing'er’s role as a spy, then entrusted Su Jiu with her Soul-Gathering Pearl and Ancient Zither for Feng Piaoxu.
• Hongguang suspected Su Jiu was the Demon Star, but a young man warned him not to judge her by uncertain fate calculations as the Nightfall Cold Pool’s weakening formations threatened to release its surviving dangers.
• Chu Mojin played Lin Yue’s recording to expose Liu Xing'er’s collusion, and Ning Hai reclaimed the Sound-Mixing Bell and Skyfaring Shuttle before ending the Azure Tide Sect’s ties with the Liu Household.