Chapter Summaries

Su Jiu found a library in the White Pavilion and recognized its door totem from the Blood Mist Forest, while Lan Fang Ziyi discovered that its star map matched an anomalous map from the Nightfall Cold Pool. The chapter left Su Jiu suspecting that the White Pavilion connected the Far North Secret Realm to the Nightfall Cold Pool, but she still had no answers about the secret realm’s origins.

• Su Jiu cleared the dust from the second-floor door and recognized its totem as strangely familiar.
• Su Jiu opened the door to reveal a library arranged around an eight-trigram formation, with a star map covering its walls and ceiling.
• Lan Fang Ziyi recognized that the star map’s fate-star paths matched those on a map Yun Huanling had brought from the Nightfall Cold Pool, and he recorded it on a jade slip.
• Lan Fang Ziyi and the young disciples wondered whether the map showed an ancient era and whether the Heavenly Dao had erased its future.
• Su Jiu stayed at the entrance and recalled that the door totem matched one beneath the blood pool in the Phantom Blood Demon’s cave.
• Su Jiu questioned Tong Qi about the Far North Secret Realm’s irregular openings and wondered whether the Rogue Cultivator Alliance or the monk who left her Buddhist Prayer Beads might know its secrets.

Su Jiu shared her suspicions about the ancient totem and star map with Xia Jue, then discovered the books and scrolls were blank and that her otherworldly eyes had limits. Lan Fang Ziyi deduced how to activate the Eight Trigrams Array, but the final scroll needed for the arrangement was missing.

• Xia Jue comforted Su Jiu and invited her to explain her questions about the totem and star map.
• Su Jiu described her discoveries from the Cave at the Nightfall Cold Pool, and Xia Jue copied the totem onto a Jade Slip for later study.
• Tong Qi and the other cultivators found the ancient texts and bamboo slips completely blank, prompting suspicion that the formation had to be activated.
• Su Jiu tried to inspect a scroll with her otherworldly eyes, suffered sharp pain, and realized the Heavenly Dao was warning her not to probe beyond her strength.
• Lan Fang Ziyi worked out the Eight Trigrams Array’s arrangement, but his young disciple could not find the final ancient scroll needed to complete it.

Su Jiu and the others left Xia Jue on the Third Level after he received a prompt about an inheritance, then returned to find Mao Da and Mao Er with the missing scroll. Mao Da tried to turn suspicion toward Su Jiu, but she revealed the two scrolls she had taken and struck him for slandering the Azure Tide Sect.

• Xia Jue told Su Jiu privately that the Third Level was an Inheritance Ground and handed her a scroll, asking her to take the others downstairs to catch the person who had hidden one.
• Su Jiu led everyone back to the second floor, where they found Mao Da and Mao Er beside the restored scroll on the eighth shelf.
• Hu Jing picked up the scroll and confronted the two men, while Meng Xing accused them of hiding it to claim the array's benefits for themselves.
• Mao Da denied the accusation and tried to blame whoever had taken the other scrolls.
• Su Jiu revealed the two scrolls in her hand and sent Mao Da flying with a sweep of her sleeve after he accused the Azure Tide Sect of theft.

Su Jiu returned the scrolls, triggering the formation, while Shen Qingyue secretly planted a gu insect in Xia Jue and revealed its coercive purpose. The chapter left Xia Jue confronting her as she demanded that he love her and obey her, even if that meant killing Su Jiu.

• Su Jiu dismissed a rogue cultivator who criticized her and returned two scrolls to the bookshelf.
• The twin yin-yang fish began spinning, and Shen Qingyue fell from the third floor onto Mao Da.
• Shen Qingyue sent the observers downstairs, then swallowed one insect from Gao Yang’s purple box and placed the other in Xia Jue’s ear.
• Xia Jue revealed that he had been pretending to recover and warned Shen Qingyue that the Enforcement Hall could punish her for harming a personal disciple.
• Shen Qingyue confessed that she had planted an Entwined Branches gu and told Xia Jue he must love her and kill Su Jiu if she asked.

Shen Qingyue revealed that she had used Gao Yang to obtain the Entwined Branches Love Gu and tried to make Xia Jue fall for her. Xia Jue resisted the gu and struck her out of the Third Level, leaving Su Jiu and the others to deal with the aftermath.

• Shen Qingyue admitted that she sent Gao Yang to steal Entwined Branches and had hinted that he should trap A Jiu in the Seal Grounds.
• Shen Qingyue's desire surged as the Love Gu took effect, but Xia Jue showed no signs of being affected.
• Shen Qingyue clung to Xia Jue, who struck her through the Third Level's door and left her injured and powerless.
• Su Jiu covered Shen Qingyue with an outer robe while rogue cultivators made lewd remarks about her and Xia Jue.
• Shen Qingyue took a Mind-Clearing Pill without relief and grabbed Su Jiu, who stepped away without striking her again.

Su Jiu learned that the strange energy from the Yin-Yang Fish was Innate Origin Qi, which Little Gift identified as immortal qi, while Xia Jue received an inheritance on the third level. The chapter ended with Su Jiu and Tong Qi blocking greedy cultivators from going upstairs as Ye Chen and Qin Ming watched.

• Su Jiu repeatedly gave Shen Qingyue All-Healing Pills, while Tong Qi and Su Jiu found no signs of poison and Hu Jing suspected a connection to a Wuyi Tribe treasure.
• After six hours, the Yin-Yang Fish released white mist, and Little Gift absorbed its unusual energy through Su Jiu.
• Little Gift identified the energy as Innate Origin Qi, which cultivators called immortal qi, and Su Jiu connected it to the power in her blood.
• Words appeared on scrolls among the ancient texts, but the cultivators could not read their unfamiliar script.
• Su Jiu and Tong Qi stopped rogue cultivators from entering the third level while Xia Jue received an inheritance, and Qin Ming chose to wait before helping.

Xia Jue received an ancient sound-attack inheritance in the White Pavilion and dealt with those who had wronged Su Jiu. As the group left, he promised to record the techniques for the Azure Tide Sect’s Library Pavilion and explained their destructive power.

• Xia Jue revealed that he had been awake when Shen Qingyue placed the gu worm in his ear, burned it to ashes, and received the sound-attack inheritance on the third floor.
• After the other cultivators entered the third floor, Xia Jue reassured Su Jiu and Tong Qi, then learned that Shen Qingyue had caused trouble and that Mao Er and Mao Da had stolen a scroll and falsely accused Su Jiu.
• Xia Jue killed Mao Er and warned Su Jiu not to leave trouble unresolved, then told Tong Qi to bring Shen Qingyue along.
• On the way back, Xia Jue explained that the ancient scrolls resembled the inheritance’s history and promised to write down the sound-attack techniques for the seventh floor of the Library Pavilion.
• Xia Jue told Su Jiu and Tong Qi that sound attacks could move mountains and fill seas, with destructive power comparable to blades and swords.

After leaving the secret realm, Su Jiu returned to the Azure Tide Sect to prepare for Nascent Soul Formation and learned that Ning Fan had formed his Nascent Soul and sent her two precious gifts. Xia Jue continued investigating a threat to the Sect Leader, while Chu Mojin successfully refined five No-Thought Tranquility Pills for him.

• Qin Ming and Liu Zhiyan left the Third Level without investigating further, and the groups from Elysium Valley and the Heavenly Secret Sect withdrew.
• Su Jiu returned to the Azure Tide Sect, where Chu Luohen prepared tribulation aids for her and Xia Jue came to request a No-Thought Tranquility Pill from Chu Mojin.
• Su Jiu asked Xia Jue about investigating who might threaten the Sect Leader, and he said the investigation was underway but had to remain discreet.
• Ning Fan formed his Nascent Soul, and Xia Jue told Su Jiu about him and passed along the Ice Silk Net and Ice Cloud Hairpin as Ning Fan's gifts.
• Chu Mojin emerged with five No-Thought Tranquility Pills, astonishing Xia Jue with the result.

After Ning Fan formed his Nascent Soul, Su Jiu congratulated him, but her doubts about her own readiness led Chu Mojin to postpone her attempt. She spent two years in seclusion while the Azure Tide Sect punished Shen Qingyue and Gao Yang and repelled a nighttime attack.

• Su Jiu met Ning Fan and congratulated him on forming his Nascent Soul, but he showed no sign of recognizing her.
• Chu Mojin gave Su Jiu four No-Thought Tranquility Pills, while Chu Luohen recognized her uncertainty and urged her not to attempt Nascent Soul Formation yet.
• Chu Mojin told Su Jiu to meditate in seclusion for two years before deciding whether to attempt Nascent Soul Formation, and she entered the Seclusion Room.
• The Azure Tide Sect expelled Shen Qingyue from the Enforcement Hall and stripped her of her True Disciple status, then sent her to Purgatory Peak for five years; Gao Yang was sent there too after spreading rumors about Xia Jue.
• During Ning Hai's seclusion, intruders broke into the Azure Tide Sect, and Xia Jue's preparations allowed the Enforcement Hall to capture more than a dozen and kill more than a dozen others.

Xia Jue manipulated imprisoned Demonic Cultivators into doubting their Young Palace Master and turning against one another. A month later, he offered to let anyone who talked leave the Azure Tide Sect and backed his promise with a contract formation.

• Thirty-Nine questioned whether the Young Palace Master would rescue the prisoners, prompting Thirty-Three and others to argue with him.
• Xia Jue revealed that he had exploited Thirty-Nine’s fear of torture to sow discord among the prisoners.
• The Demonic Cultivators fought after their argument, and Xia Jue decided to let their divisions deepen before interrogating them again.
• A month later, Xia Jue returned to the dungeon and offered to release anyone who talked, displaying a contract formation as proof.

Xia Jue used a contract and Yun Duo’s persuasion to make some demonic cultivators leave the prison, while Gong Hao dealt with losses and prepared for retaliation from the Azure Tide Sect. The chapter ended with a gold-clad figure appearing in the Heavenly Devil Palace’s rear hall.

• Yun Duo persuaded weakened prisoners to sign Xia Jue’s contract, while Thirty-Three realized too late that Xia Jue had trapped them with a loophole.
• Gong Hao learned that Yi Feng Chen had not returned and that his Message Talismans could not reach him, though Yi Feng Chen’s Soul Tablet remained lit.
• A maid reported that Bai Su had vanished amid black smoke, and Gong Hao chose not to pursue her.
• Gong Hao ordered his forces recalled from the Shangyin and Spiritflight Continents to prepare for the Azure Tide Sect’s retaliation.
• A gold-clad newcomer appeared in the rear hall of the Heavenly Devil Palace.

Zhong Wuyi killed a demonic cultivator after exploiting the wording of their agreement, then later reached the Heartless Dao. Two years afterward, Ning Hai’s fierce tribulation signaled her advancement to the Spirit Severing Stage, while Yun Huanling’s resolve to grow stronger and Sect Leader Li’s envy shaped the reactions to the news.

• Zhong Wuyi killed the surviving demonic cultivator outside the Azure Tide Sect’s territory, claiming their agreement no longer applied there.
• Two years later, a powerful tribulation gathered over the Azure Tide Sect, whose peaks raised protective formations as other sects learned of it.
• Hongguang divined Ning Hai’s fate and concluded that Su Jiu’s influence might have helped her survive the calamity and reach the Spirit Severing Stage.
• Yun Huanling recalled how Su Jiu had driven him and Yun Chao from Jade Sun City to protect them, and resolved to work hard enough to stand beside her.
• Yun Huanling advanced to the Mid Golden Core Stage and looked at Su Jiu’s Ice Spike Talisman and messages after returning to his room.
• Sect Leader Li reacted to Ning Hai’s advancement with envy and considered the method she had found for herself.

Ning Hai visited his master on Cloudmist Peak after reaching the Spirit Severing Stage, but declined to settle there because the Azure Tide Sect still needed him. Su Jiu emerged from seclusion and found the Buddhist Prayer Beads and the Painting Spirit talking nearby.

• The Misty Immortal Sect sent a representative to congratulate Ning Hai, and visitors continued arriving at the Azure Tide Sect for seven days.
• Ning Hai received a Message Talisman from his master and went to Cloudmist Peak, leaving Xia Jue to reflect on the sect's mysterious peak.
• Ning Hai's master invited him to settle on Cloudmist Peak and reminded him that its residents could not interfere in sect affairs unless the Azure Tide Sect faced annihilation.
• Ning Hai asked about the senior who had accompanied the Chu Family Brothers to Thousand Fox Mountain, and his master criticized Chu Qianqiu before leaving without explaining Cloudmist Peak's rules.
• Su Jiu woke from her seclusion and warned the Buddhist Prayer Beads and the Painting Spirit not to disturb her during cultivation; she then let the Painting Spirit return to its scroll.

Su Jiu bonded with the Buddhist Prayer Beads, whose golden light drew attention across the Azure Tide Sect and revealed the treasures hidden within them. As she resumed cultivation, Chu Luohen protected her secluded peak, while a violent surge of spiritual qi began to overwhelm her body.

• Su Jiu used her blood to bond with the Buddhist Prayer Beads, and their golden light burst through the Seclusion Room and spread across Ice Veil Peak.
• Ning Hai and Xia Jue discussed the sacred artifact’s public display, while Chu Mojin and Chu Luohen noticed the crowd gathering outside the peak.
• The Buddhist Prayer Beads entered Su Jiu’s Sea of Consciousness, changed into jade-like beads in the Spirit-Cleansing Pool Water, and revealed that the first bead held a vast collection of cultivation records.
• Su Jiu resumed meditation after the golden light faded, and Little Pearl sensed golden strands of spiritual qi flowing through her meridians.
• Chu Luohen enclosed Su Jiu’s small peak in an ice-qi barrier and covered it with superior-grade talismans before leaving.
• Su Jiu’s Nine-Pattern Golden Core spun rapidly as Jade Moisture, Ice Clarity absorbed her spiritual qi, leaving her pale and in pain.

Su Jiu’s memories revealed a life in which she was born with an inexplicable sense of familiarity, became Chu Mojin’s disciple, and grew into a renowned martial heroine. After a robbery meant to help the poor indirectly caused Madam Liu’s death, Su Jiu accepted her mistake but was left struggling with the familiar feeling that she had forgotten something important.

• Su Jiu broke through toward the Ice Clarity Chapter as golden motes stabilized her golden core and changed its markings to pale gold.
• Su Jiu was born unusually perceptive and quiet, and villagers later regarded her as simple-minded.
• Chu Mojin offered to take Su Jiu as his disciple, and her parents agreed to let him take her for ten taels of silver.
• Su Jiu mastered Chu Mojin’s sword techniques, became martial alliance leader at fifteen, and continued roaming the martial world as Heroine Su.
• Su Jiu and other martial artists robbed the Liu Household’s shipment and distributed its wealth to the poor, but Madam Liu died because the stolen cargo had contained life-saving herbs.
• Su Jiu acknowledged that she had been careless, then felt the familiar blank frustration return as she recognized her friends without remembering why they felt familiar.

Su Jiu emerged from a dreamlike trial with a firm commitment to her chivalrous Dao and began forming her nascent soul as her golden core shattered. Meanwhile, a mysterious man learned that Su Jiu had ice skin and jade bones, set plans in motion against Gong Hao, and saw dark clouds gather over Ice Veil Peak as another breakthrough began.

• A voice asked Su Jiu what chivalry meant, and she resolved to uphold heaven, follow the Dao, and act with a clear conscience.
• Su Jiu's golden core shattered and dissolved into white mist flecked with golden and silver light, which began taking the shape of an infant.
• A man in black obtained information about Su Jiu and learned that she had ice skin and jade bones from a spy in the Heavenly Devil Palace.
• The man decided to return to the Azure Tide Sect, help deal with Gong Hao, and send the Medicine Gate information about Jiang Qi's death.
• Dark clouds gathered above Ice Veil Peak as passersby speculated that another Azure Tide Sect cultivator was advancing.

Su Jiu formed her nascent soul and faced powerful two-nine tribulation lightning. As her defenses failed, Little Gift urged her to absorb the lightning’s innate origin energy, and Su Jiu agreed to risk it with six bolts remaining.

• Ning Fan glared at a disciple who disparaged Su Jiu’s breakthrough and left.
• Chu Mojin identified the gathering clouds over Ice Veil Peak as two-nine tribulation lightning, and the first bolt fell as Su Jiu’s nascent soul appeared.
• Su Jiu’s protective formation and talismans were destroyed after three strikes, leaving her to use the magic treasures Chu Luohen had prepared.
• Little Gift urged Su Jiu to absorb the lightning for its innate origin energy, explaining that it could strengthen her and help her fight demonic cultivators such as Gong Hao.
• Su Jiu chose to risk absorbing the energy, put away her battered treasures, and learned that six bolts remained.

Su Jiu endured her Nascent Soul Formation lightning tribulation, using the lightning to nourish the flower while suffering devastating injuries. After the final bolt left her near death, her soul slipped into a daze.

• Chu Luohen tried to rush into Su Jiu’s tribulation, but Chu Mojin stopped him, warning that his presence could intensify it.
• Su Jiu endured successive lightning bolts, guided the lightning into the flower, and watched her magic treasures be destroyed as the final strikes overwhelmed her.
• Su Jiu accepted her fate and resolved that her life belonged to her, while a jade-crowned man recognized the mist around her as a sign of Fusion.
• Su Jiu’s Frost-Cold Purple Ultimate and Buddhist Prayer Beads rose to protect her from the final bolt, but most of the lightning struck her.
• Su Jiu took a Great Restoration Pill and a Soul-Restoring Pill, then lay bloodied and near death as her soul slipped into a daze.

Su Jiu formed her nascent soul after enduring a painful vision of her mysterious arrival as a baby, and her celestial manifestation appeared as an unprecedented nine-petaled flower. She recovered and left seclusion, while the jade-crowned man watched her depart and revealed that he was her granddisciple’s master.

• Su Jiu saw a vision of a younger Madam Su finding her as a baby, then glimpsed the lightning-struck tree where she had apparently appeared from nowhere.
• Golden light healed Su Jiu and strengthened her nascent soul as a nine-petaled flower manifested in the sky.
• Xia Jue, Ning Fan, and Chu Luohen reacted to Su Jiu’s unusual celestial manifestation, and Chu Luohen thought he had seen the flower before.
• Su Jiu recovered, reunited with the Jade Bead Bracelet and Frost-Cold Purple Ultimate, and sensed someone watching before leaving seclusion.
• The jade-crowned man appeared where Su Jiu had looked and called her his granddisciple, while Chu Mojin and Chu Luohen spoke before Su Jiu returned.

After Su Jiu survived her nascent soul tribulation, Chu Luohen and Chu Mojin discussed her mysterious origins and decided to visit the Su Family after the campaign against the Heavenly Demon Sect. The Azure Tide Sect gained three outside allies for the campaign, while Chu Mojin worried about how much Gong Hao knew about Su Jiu.

• Su Jiu told Chu Luohen and Chu Mojin about visions of an infant appearing after a lightning strike, and they wondered whether they revealed how the Su Family had taken her in.
• Chu Luohen noticed that the flower-shaped mark on Su Jiu's face resembled the flower in the celestial phenomenon and said they would visit the Su Family after the campaign.
• Su Jiu learned that the Heavenly Demon Sect was behind the assassination attempt on the sect leader and welcomed the chance to kill Gong Hao during the campaign.
• Ning Hai learned that the Medicine Gate and Heavenly Music Pavilion would support the Azure Tide Sect, while Luo Cang revealed that the Jade Sword Sect could also join the attack.
• Chu Mojin suspected Jiang Qi had died after triggering Su Jiu's restriction and resolved that Gong Hao had to die before he could threaten her.