Chapter Summaries

Su Jiu trapped Gong Hao in an Ice Wall while Xia Jue and Ning Fan joined the Chaos Yin-Yang Fish Jade Pendant to prepare a seal. Gong Hao broke free and attacked them before the pendant had fully fused, leaving Su Jiu and the others to hold him off as her unease grew.

• Gong Hao tried to seize Su Jiu, but Ning Fan and Xia Jue intervened, and Gu Ningyun joined the fight after defeating the last Demonic Cultivator.
• Su Jiu used White Jade Stone Pillars to form an Ice Wall around Gong Hao and wounded his hand with ice spikes.
• Gong Hao struck the formation with Demonic Qi, injuring Su Jiu and cracking the ice and its pillars.
• Xia Jue and Ning Fan joined the halves of the Yin-Yang Fish Jade Pendant, and Su Jiu recognized it as a Supreme-Grade Spirit Treasure capable of sealing powerful beings.
• Gong Hao shattered the Ice Wall, summoned his Life-Bound Treasure, and attacked Xia Jue and Ning Fan before the pendant had fully fused.
• Su Jiu, Gu Ningyun, and the other cultivators moved to stop Gong Hao, while Su Jiu's unease continued to grow.

Gong Hao abducted Su Jiu and imprisoned her in his domain, where he attacked her while seeking to devour her and control the demonic qi in his dantian. Su Jiu recognized the domain’s nature and realized she might have the spatial power needed to escape, while Gong Hao’s demonic qi began to overwhelm him again.

• Gong Hao changed his attack and vanished with Su Jiu as the Yin-Yang Fish Jade Pendant finished fusing.
• Xia Jue, Ning Fan, and Tong Qi found the battle site devastated, and Tong Qi told them Gong Hao had taken Su Jiu.
• Su Jiu found herself trapped in a white-mist enclosure where her spiritual qi and divine sense were suppressed, and she realized Gong Hao had imprisoned her.
• Gong Hao appeared and confirmed that he wanted to keep Su Jiu as a medicinal ingredient, then attacked her inside the barrier.
• Su Jiu recognized that she was inside Gong Hao’s domain and reasoned that her spatial power might let her escape.
• Gong Hao’s demonic qi consumed him again, and he resolved to devour Su Jiu before his borrowed cultivation ran out.

Su Jiu comprehended spatial laws and began forming her own domain as Gong Hao tried to kill her. Little Pearl and Frost-Cold Purple Ultimate protected her from Gong Hao’s demonic artifacts, and a mysterious man appeared to shield her from his area attack.

• Su Jiu sensed spatial power, regained access to spiritual qi, and began forming a domain of her own.
• Gong Hao attacked Su Jiu with his demonic halberd, but Frost-Cold Purple Ultimate intercepted it while Little Pearl confronted the halberd’s demonic qi.
• Little Pearl purified Gong Hao’s demonic treasures, frustrating Gong Hao and convincing him that Su Jiu was too dangerous to leave alive.
• Gong Hao gathered demonic qi for an area attack, and Frost-Cold Purple Ultimate prepared to defend Su Jiu.
• A mysterious man appeared beside Frost-Cold Purple Ultimate and dispersed Gong Hao’s attack with a barrier of Sword Qi.

Su Jiu took control of Gong Hao’s domain, defeated him, and discovered that his demonic cultivation technique had been tampered with. She imprisoned him after he offered information about a spirit-draining stone vein and missing sect disciples, intending to hand him over to the Azure Tide Sect’s Enforcement Hall.

• The Frost-Cold Purple Ultimate repelled Gong Hao’s Demon Halberd, while Su Jiu’s domain steadily overtook his.
• Su Jiu immobilized Gong Hao, drained the demonic qi from his Demon Halberd, and recognized his technique as the Heart-Devouring Demonic Technique rather than the Heavenly Demon Integration Technique.
• Gong Hao realized Gong Wusheng had deceived him, but Su Jiu still condemned him for murdering disciples and refining Qian Ling Blood-Coagulating Pills.
• Gong Hao offered information about the Zheng Household’s spirit-draining stone vein and the vanished Azure Tide Sect and Flowing Radiance Sword Sect disciples in exchange for his life.
• Su Jiu placed a restriction on Gong Hao and sealed him away with the Heavenly Origin Lock, planning to turn him over to her sect’s Enforcement Hall.

Xia Jue and the others confronted Gong Wusheng in the Heavenly Demon Sect's main hall while searching for Su Jiu. Su Jiu returned from Gong Hao's domain and exposed Gong Wusheng's role in eliminating his rival, while Xia Jue demanded all five of Gong Wusheng's mineral veins as payment.

• Xia Jue and the others found Gong Wusheng seated in the Heavenly Demon Sect's main hall, and he told them Su Jiu was likely inside Gong Hao's domain.
• Gong Wusheng admitted he hoped to take the position of Young Sect Master if Gong Hao died, while Xia Jue focused on finding a way to break the domain.
• Su Jiu emerged from a ripple of spiritual qi, and Gong Wusheng realized he had lost his bargaining chip.
• Su Jiu accused Gong Wusheng of using the great sects to eliminate Gong Hao, and Gong Wusheng admitted he had wanted the Young Sect Master position.
• Xia Jue demanded all the mineral veins in the southern Savage Wilderness, arguing that Gong Wusheng could trade one for the five veins Gong Hao had controlled.

Xia Jue forced Gong Wusheng to trade five mineral veins and his life for one untouched vein, then led the Enforcement Hall away after their mission. Su Jiu kept Gong Hao captive and concealed the truth, while Bai Su felt a sharp pain in the Zhu Household courtyard on the Shangyin Continent.

• Xia Jue made Gong Wusheng surrender five mineral veins in exchange for his life and an untouched vein, and Qiu Yinong warned Gong Wusheng not to underestimate him.
• Su Jiu told Feng Piaoxu that she had killed Gong Hao, and Xia Jue led the group away from the palace.
• Tong Qi explained that Xia Jue had bluffed because the Heavenly Demon Sect had hidden forces and the Enforcement Hall was already weakened.
• Su Jiu privately told Xia Jue that Gong Hao was alive and had information about the spirit-draining stone, and Xia Jue agreed to take him back for questioning.
• Su Jiu warned Xia Jue that Gong Hao would die if questioned about her, and Xia Jue promised not to harm her.
• Bai Su felt a sharp pain in her chest at the Zhu Household courtyard, and the woman ahead of her told her to return if she felt unwell.

After leaving the Heavenly Demon Sect, Bai Su found safety as an attendant in the Zhu Household, and the pain in her chest finally faded. At the Heavenly Secret Sect, Yun Huanling confronted Hongguang over strange star maps and the threat they suggested, but his master refused to challenge the Heavenly Dao.

• Bai Su survived in a dangerous forest, was rescued by a young lady of the Zhu Household, and became her attendant.
• Bai Su felt a fierce pain in her chest and sensed something being stripped from her, but then told the young lady she was all right.
• Yun Huanling examined star maps brought back from the Far North Secret Realm and used his Nine-Bend Compass to investigate them, injuring himself in the process.
• Yun Huanling showed Hongguang several star maps and argued that their patterns and the missing ancient maps pointed to a crisis threatening the Azure Realm.
• Hongguang struck Yun Huanling and warned him not to question the Heavenly Dao, declaring that they could only stand by even if it meant the world's destruction.

Su Jiu returned to the sect and learned that Su Mianmian had been injured and left unconscious, so she demanded an explanation from Jin Chen. Jin Chen recounted how a Tribal Saintess had followed him and provoked Su Mianmian’s jealousy, leaving their feelings unresolved.

• Su Jiu learned Su Mianmian was unconscious and hurried to Blazing Flame Peak, where she confronted Jin Chen.
• Jin Chen explained that he had saved a Tribal Saintess from a Demon Beast while training with Su Mianmian in Maple Forest.
• The Saintess followed Jin Chen and claimed he had behaved romantically toward her, making Su Mianmian jealous despite his denials.
• The Saintess asked Jin Chen to pursue her, while Su Mianmian insisted she and Jin Chen were not Dao companions.
• As the three traveled together, Su Mianmian realized she feared Jin Chen might leave her side and felt an unfamiliar ache.

Jin Chen returned to the Jin Household with Su Mianmian and Fan Shishi, where he discovered the family was weakened by internal betrayal and outside pressure. Fan Shishi offered her tribe’s help in exchange for marriage, but Jin Chen rejected her, leaving her furious.

• Fan Shishi told Jin Chen and Su Mianmian that Jin Xiu had died after being married off to a Liu Household descendant, prompting Jin Chen to decide to return home.
• Jin Chen asked Su Mianmian to accompany him to the Jin Household, and Fan Shishi insisted on joining them.
• Jin Chen learned that a branch of the Jin Household was trying to secede with more than half the family’s resources while outside clans threatened the household.
• The household head explained that the Azure Tide Sect would not intervene in the Jin Household’s internal dispute, and Jin Chen considered how to help his family.
• Fan Shishi offered the Wuyi Tribe’s aid in exchange for marrying Jin Chen, but he refused and told her he did not like her.

After Su Mianmian fell into a coma, Chu Mojin identified a deadly worry-free gu implanted by Fan Shishi and explained that the group had only twenty-one days to save her. Su Jiu and her companions split up to seek the Zijin Token and the ingredients needed for a cure.

• Jin Chen returned to the sect with Su Mianmian unconscious, and Chu Mojin diagnosed her with worry-free gu, a Gu King that would rupture her dantian on its forty-ninth day.
• Chu Mojin explained that Su Mianmian had been afflicted for twenty-two days and needed three rare ingredients, leaving the group only twenty-one days to find a cure.
• Chu Mojin revealed that the Medicine Gate's Zijin Token could suppress the gu and halt its progress while they searched for the ingredients.
• Hong Ling set out to obtain Endless-Reach Grass from the Wuyi Tribe, while Su Jiu decided to seek the Zijin Token at the Medicine Gate.
• Su Jiu sent Jin Chen to Zen Sound Temple to search for the Pure-Ice Snow Lotus, and Chu Luohen watched her from the doorway.

Su Jiu and Chu Luohen traveled to Medicine Valley to seek the Zijin Token and save Su Mianmian, while Xia Jue and Ning Fan investigated the Wuyi Tribe’s connections to the Zhu Household and the Heavenly Demon Sect. The chapter left Su Jiu and Chu Luohen making their way through Medicine Valley toward the Medicine Gate.

• Ning Fan gave Xia Jue a Message Talisman linking the Wuyi Tribe to the Human-Skin Mask, and they discussed Gong Hao’s information about the Zhu Household and Gong Wusheng.
• Xia Jue decided to target the Zhu Household while postponing action against Gong Wusheng.
• Su Jiu told Chu Luohen she planned to seek the Zijin Token from the Medicine Gate, and he agreed to accompany her.
• Su Jiu and Chu Luohen reached Medicine Valley after three days of travel and overheard young Medicine Gate disciples mourning Jiang Qi and discussing Gong Hao’s death.
• Chu Luohen explained that the Medicine Gate would keep Su Jiu’s restriction on Jiang Qi secret to protect relations between the sects.

Su Jiu and Chu Luohen reached the Medicine Gate seeking its Zijin Token to save Mian Mian, but the Sect Leader initially refused because he resented Su Jiu over Jiang Qi’s death. He eventually agreed to take Su Jiu and Chu Luohen with him, calling Tang Wuchen to join them.

• Medicine Gate guards refused Su Jiu and Chu Luohen entry, so Su Jiu immobilized them and tried to force her way inside despite Chu Luohen’s warning.
• Tang Wuchen and other disciples confronted them, and Su Jiu demanded the Zijin Token before calling for the Sect Leader to meet her.
• The Sect Leader appeared, questioned Su Jiu about Jiang Qi’s death, and refused to lend her the token until she insisted that she needed it.
• The Sect Leader reconsidered and told Su Jiu and Chu Luohen to follow him, then summoned Tang Wuchen as well.
• Tang Wuchen told the junior disciples that Su Jiu had nothing to do with Jiang Qi’s death, though their doubts remained.

Su Jiu lifted Tang Wuchen’s restriction, then faced the Medicine Gate’s master as he confronted her about her connection to Jiang Qi’s death. He challenged her resolve to obtain the Zijin Token and revealed Jiang Qi’s dagger alongside the token.

• Su Jiu removed the restriction from Tang Wuchen’s sea of consciousness, and the Medicine Gate’s master sent Tang Wuchen away.
• The Medicine Gate’s master described raising Jiang Qi and accused Su Jiu of being tied to his death, despite others excusing her.
• The Medicine Gate’s master guessed that Su Jiu wanted to save someone important to her and demanded to watch that person die as his condition.
• Su Jiu said she would take the Zijin Token by force if necessary, and the Medicine Gate’s master questioned whether she could.
• The Medicine Gate’s master showed Su Jiu Jiang Qi’s treasured dagger and revealed the Zijin Token.

Su Jiu stabbed herself to secure the Zijin Token for Su Mianmian, but Chu Luohen rescued her and took the token. The chapter leaves Su Jiu gravely wounded as Chu Luohen rushes to save Mianmian, while Bai Yu retreats into seclusion after realizing how badly he had failed.

• Su Jiu accepted the Medicine Gate's master's terms and stabbed herself after Chu Luohen was blocked by a Barrier.
• Chu Luohen rescued Su Jiu, gave her pills, took the Zijin Token, and threatened to destroy the Medicine Gate if she died.
• Tang Wuchen confronted Bai Yu, accusing him of abandoning the compassion a healer should show.
• Bai Yu handed the gate's affairs to the Elders and entered seclusion to reflect on his actions.
• Chu Luohen suffered backlash from breaking the Barrier and discovered that Su Jiu's heart meridians were damaged as he hurried to deliver the token to Su Mianmian.

Chu Luohen brought the gravely wounded Su Jiu back to Ice Veil Peak, where Chu Mojin said she had lost too much vital energy and summoned Su Qingqing to help treat her. After seeing her sister's injuries, Su Qingqing wondered how she could increase her cultivation quickly.

• Chu Luohen carried Su Jiu back to the sect and gave the Zijin Token to the Eighth Elder to put the Worry-Free Gu in Su Mianmian to sleep.
• Chu Mojin examined Su Jiu and said her lost vital energy would take at least two years to restore, then sent a Message Talisman to summon someone to help treat her chest wound.
• Su Qingqing learned that Su Jiu had returned unconscious and bloodied, and accepted Chu Mojin's invitation to Ice Veil Peak.
• Su Qingqing and Lin Miaomiao changed Su Jiu's clothes and dressings, and Su Qingqing regretted being too weak to protect her sister.
• Su Qingqing asked Lin Miaomiao about methods of rapidly increasing cultivation and showed interest in using a Magic Treasure to seize someone else's cultivation.

Su Jiu recovered after betting her life to obtain the Zijin Token, and she reasoned that the Medicine Gate’s master had never truly meant to kill her. As Su Jiu and Chu Luohen healed, they discovered that Little Gift’s condition and Chu Luohen’s unusually fast recovery might be connected to Su Jiu.

• Su Jiu told Little Pearl and Little Gift that she had risked her life because she was the only one with enough bargaining power to obtain the Zijin Token, and she believed the Medicine Gate’s master would have saved her even without Chu Luohen.
• Su Jiu learned that Chu Luohen had been injured while breaking the Medicine Gate master’s barrier and carrying her and the Zijin Token back.
• Su Jiu noticed that Little Gift’s petals and leaves had turned silver and grown listless, and she suspected its condition reflected damage to her heart meridians and life force.
• Chu Luohen returned the Zijin Token to the Eighth Elder, entrusted Su Jiu to Su Qingqing, and entered the Secret Chamber to recover.
• Chu Luohen realized his severe injuries had healed unusually quickly, even after the Great Restoration Pill’s effects ran out, and suspected Su Jiu’s presence or Jade Moisture, Ice Clarity was responsible.

After recovering from her injuries, Su Jiu learned that Mian Mian’s gu insect was suppressed and that three rare medicinal ingredients were needed to draw out the Gu King. The chapter left the search for the legendary Netherworld Flower uncertain, with strange disturbances reported at Netherworld Mountain.

• Su Jiu discovered that Little Pearl remembered her original name, Nine-Star World-Cleansing Pearl, and studied four methods for cultivating her divine soul.
• After a month of recovery and cultivation, Su Jiu woke and found Chu Luohen bringing her medicine.
• Su Jiu thanked Chu Mojin and asked about Mian Mian, learning that the Zijin Token could suppress her gu insect for ten years.
• Chu Mojin explained that Endless-Reach Grass and Pure-Ice Snow Lotus were obtainable, but the Netherworld Flower was legendary and guarded by Undead Water.
• Chu Mojin warned that Netherworld Mountain was dangerous and that strange disturbances had recently been reported there.

Su Jiu prepared to travel to Northern Nether Mountain and discussed the dangers there with Chu Mojin and Chu Luohen. At the Enforcement Hall, she learned that the Wuyi Tribe’s saintess had died before revealing her mission, and she left suspecting the tribe was targeting the Azure Tide Sect.

• Su Jiu left Ice Veil Peak for the Enforcement Hall after Chu Mojin warned her about the dangers of Netherworld Mountain.
• Chu Mojin told Chu Luohen that the Nightfall Cold Pool’s seal was loosening, and Chu Luohen said he would accompany Su Jiu to Netherworld Mountain.
• An Enforcement Hall member reported that Fan Shishi had died when gu insects burst from her body during interrogation.
• Xia Jue learned that Wuyi Tribe saintesses underwent dangerous missions and were taught powerful gu art, but Fan Shishi died before revealing more.
• Su Jiu heard that True Lord Hong Ling’s Fate Star was unstable and suspected the Wuyi Tribe had deliberately targeted the Azure Tide Sect.
• Su Jiu told Xia Jue she would pass by the Wuyi Tribe on her way to Northern Nether Mountain and send him a voice transmission if she found anything.

Su Jiu left to search for medicinal ingredients to cure Mian Mian, and Chu Luohen accompanied her at Chu Mojin’s request. Their departure sparked gossip among the sect disciples, while the Outer Gate steward revealed her own favorite pairing.

• Xia Jue gave Su Jiu two Command Tokens to summon enforcement officers if she faced danger.
• Su Jiu reunited with Su Qingqing and Lin Miaomiao on Blazing Flame Peak, then saw Mian Mian lying unconscious and remembered she had only ten years to find a cure.
• Su Jiu said goodbye to Su Qingqing and Lin Miaomiao and set out to search for medicinal ingredients, leaving Su Qingqing’s conviction wavering.
• At the sect gates, Su Jiu found Chu Luohen waiting; he said Chu Mojin had asked him to accompany her, and they left together.
• The disciples gossiped about Su Jiu and Chu Luohen’s relationship until the Outer Gate steward sent them away and declared that Xia Jue and Su Jiu were the best match.

Su Jiu and Chu Luohen traveled toward Poison Valley, discussing her plan to investigate the Wuyi Tribe and their preparations for the valley’s hazards. After half a month, they reached a nearby village where many households were drying poisonous herbs.

• Su Jiu explained that she planned to visit the Wuyi Tribe to investigate the plot against Mian Mian and find out why True Lord Hong Ling was trapped there.
• Chu Luohen questioned Su Jiu about helping Xia Jue, then agreed that what happened to Mian Mian was probably no coincidence.
• Su Jiu asked Chu Luohen about Poison Valley, and he explained that its poisonous creatures and plants could also cause harmful effects such as paralysis or drowsiness.
• Su Jiu and Chu Luohen flew without stopping for half a month and reached Poison Valley’s entrance.
• Su Jiu and Chu Luohen entered a nearby village, where Su Jiu noticed that nearly half of the recognizable herbs drying outside the houses were highly poisonous.