Chapter Summaries

Lan Fang Ziyi discovered that fate stars across the Azure Realm had developed strange breakpoints in their trajectories, a phenomenon Yun Huanling had noticed three years earlier. The two Heavenly Secret Sect disciples left the cause unresolved, with Yun Huanling suggesting the breakpoints might not be harmful.

• Lan Fang Ziyi examined the fate stars and saw that Zheng Qilong's star remained bright while the former Child of Destiny's had become ordinary, and he recalled Su Jiu's star fading three years earlier.
• Yun Huanling remembered the celestial disturbance and the stabbing pain he had felt when Su Jiu's fate star began to fade.
• Lan Fang Ziyi reflected on Hong Ming's crimes, his death during the escort back to the sect, and Hongguang's remorse over Su Jiu.
• Lan Fang Ziyi divined several fate stars and found that each showed a distorted breakpoint in the seventh year before returning to its original trajectory.
• Yun Huanling told Lan Fang Ziyi that he had first noticed the breakpoints three years earlier and advised him not to alarm the world, adding that the phenomenon might not be a bad thing.

Xia Jue told Feng Qi he suspected the Azure Realm’s landmass had been split apart ten thousand years ago, and presented records he had gathered to support the theory. The chapter ended with an old folk tale about an Immortal Mountain Island that had been severed from the mortal world.

• Feng Qi reported that the Ghost Market’s Young Master had confirmed a sacred artifact could distort space and connect to another spatial passage.
• Xia Jue told Feng Qi he suspected the Azure Realm had once been split apart, rather than merely scarred by the Heavenly Demons’ invasion.
• Xia Jue showed Feng Qi an old star map and explained that maps from before and after the war could be linked, though the current star patterns differed.
• Xia Jue pointed out that the edge of the Yin River Continent looked unusually straight, as if it had been sliced off.
• Xia Jue showed Feng Qi a folk tale describing how an island master severed the Immortal Mountain Island from the mortal world.

Xia Jue and Feng Qi considered evidence that another Azure Realm had been erased from history, while Medicine King Valley debated the price of asking Su Jiu for help. At the finals in Peaceful City, Qi Song faced Li Ran in the pill-refining match, with the contest about to begin.

• Xia Jue showed Feng Qi evidence suggesting another Azure Realm existed and said a mysterious force might have erased its history.
• Feng Qi considered investigating, but Xia Jue warned that anyone who knew the truth would not talk.
• Medicine King Valley elders argued over Su Jiu's terms, and the Medicine King decided Li Ran could agree to them.
• Su Jiu watched Qi Song and Li Ran take their places for the final pill-refining match in Peaceful City.
• The adjudicator explained that the contestants had to use identical supplies to refine the highest-rank pill they could.

Qi Song and Li Ran completed the final pill refining battle by producing matching supreme-grade Phoenix Spirit Pills. The Medicine Spirit chose Qi Song’s pills as purer, giving the Fang Family an unexpected victory while a judge appeared to suspect Qi Song’s origins.

• Spectators recognized Qi Song as a member of the Fang Family from Clearwind Town and marveled at how closely he and Li Ran synchronized their pill refining.
• Qi Song and Li Ran collected five golden pills apiece, and spectators wondered whether their pills were identical.
• The judges identified both batches as supreme-grade fifth-tier Phoenix Spirit Pills and summoned the Medicine Spirit to compare their impurities.
• The Medicine Spirit settled above Qi Song’s tray, awarding him victory and thrilling the Fang Family members.
• A judge asked Qi Song whether he and Li Ran shared a master, and Qi Song denied it without revealing his teacher.
• Su Jiu noticed a sharp gleam in the judge’s eyes and suspected he knew something about Qi Song.

Qi Song parted ways with the Fang Family after the pill competition, and Chu Luohen won the formation competition’s final match decisively. Su Jiu promised to meet Ye Wanqing again after the Hongsheng Heavenly Road, then prepared to leave with Chu Luohen after her own match the next day.

• The Fang Family offered Qi Song a position as Guest Elder, but he declined, and Fang Xing thanked him and welcomed him back whenever he wished.
• Chu Luohen overwhelmed his opponent in the formation final, securing all ten places for the Azure Tide Sect.
• Ye Wanqing invited Su Jiu to explore the Azure Realm, and Su Jiu promised to do so after the Hongsheng Heavenly Road; she then secretly gave Lou Sheng a small bottle and spoke to him through Secret Voice Transmission.
• Chu Luohen told Su Jiu they would leave after her match the next day and inform True Lord Pinglan with a Message Talisman.
• Li Ran recalled that he had given Su Jiu Absolute Tears as a deposit and would receive the Ice-Cage Flower once their matter was settled.

On the final day of the Grand Tournament, Su Jiu watched the Curse Spirit Sect’s Sect Master pose as a poor old woman to sell talismans and improve the sect’s reputation. The sword cultivators’ match continued toward its conclusion as Su Jiu estimated it would end within fifteen minutes.

• Su Jiu recognized the Old Lady begging a young cultivator to return her talismans as the Curse Spirit Sect’s Sect Master.
• Curse Spirit Sect disciples among the crowd described the Old Lady’s hardships and rallied bystanders against the man who had taken her talismans.
• The crowd forced the man to return the talismans and compensate the Old Lady, while a sincere boy gave her his savings.
• The Old Lady gave the boy a rare blessing talisman, and Su Jiu realized the sect had turned the incident into a shakedown that also sold out its talismans.
• Su Jiu watched the sword cultivators’ match reach a fever pitch and judged that it would end in less than a quarter of an hour.

Su Jiu faced Ding Fen of the Heavenly Dawn Sect in the final match, where he tried to probe her about Chu Luohen before the fight began. She wounded him with her ice spiritual qi, and Ding Fen summoned his hooked iron chain as the battle continued.

• Su Jiu stepped onto the Red Platform to face Ding Fen, whose reputation for dirty tactics and formidable talent made other cultivators wary.
• Ding Fen questioned Su Jiu about her relationship with Chu Luohen and claimed Chu Luohen had returned to the Heavenly Dawn Sect, but Su Jiu gave nothing away.
• Ding Fen looked down at Jiang Xiaomeng among his fellow disciples, then turned his attention back to Su Jiu.
• When the Judge started the match, Su Jiu attacked Ding Fen's vital points and drew blood with her sword.
• Ding Fen felt Su Jiu's ice spiritual qi invade his meridians and slow his wound's healing, then summoned his life-bound treasure, a hooked iron chain.

Su Jiu and Ding Fen traded attacks in the arena, with Ding Fen using his Soul-Snaring Chain and Su Jiu studying his moves. The bout turned as Su Jiu transformed her Ice Blossoms into razor-sharp petals, leaving Ding Fen facing her counterattack.

• Ding Fen attacked Su Jiu with his Soul-Snaring Chain, while spectators condemned his lecherous tactics and Jiang Xiaomeng warned a heckler to retract his insult.
• Su Jiu dodged Ding Fen's tricky chain strikes and used her Flying Sword to block and entangle it.
• Su Jiu retreated with Wind-Welcoming Snow-Returning and formed Ice Blossoms around herself, prompting Ding Fen to create metal spikes in response.
• Su Jiu cast Scattering Blossoms and Leaves, splitting the Ice Blossoms into sharp petals just as the attacks were about to collide.

Su Jiu battled Ding Fen for two hours, gradually wearing him down while Little Pearl sensed that the mixed spiritual and demonic qi in Ding Fen did not belong to him. The spectators began to recognize Su Jiu’s advantage as Ding Fen neared exhaustion, but the source of the foreign qi remained unclear.

• Ding Fen’s metal wall failed to stop Su Jiu’s larger petals, and the petals wounded him and let ice spiritual qi enter his body.
• Ding Fen abandoned his contempt and attacked Su Jiu with renewed killing intent, infusing his chain with metal spiritual qi.
• Su Jiu asked Little Pearl about the strange aura, and he said the mixed spiritual and demonic qi seemed to come from someone else and made Ding Fen a vessel.
• Su Jiu continued using Scattering Blossoms and Leaves as Ding Fen’s spiritual qi dwindled, while the foreign qi did not reappear.
• Spectators argued over the fighters’ progress, and a Heavenly Dawn Sect disciple admitted Ding Fen was nearing exhaustion and should leave the match.

Su Jiu fought Ding Fen for the final ten additional places, but he used Hehuan Powder against her. She stabbed herself to stay conscious and struck him down with the Frostbound Purple Ultimate Sword, then left the arena after the judge declared the Azure Tide Sect victorious.

• Ding Fen realized that Su Jiu had controlled their fight throughout their four-hour battle.
• Ding Fen released Hehuan Powder, and Su Jiu recognized the substance as it began to cloud her consciousness.
• Su Jiu stabbed her shoulder to regain clarity, then pierced Ding Fen with the Frostbound Purple Ultimate Sword.
• Su Jiu told the judges that Ding Fen was alive and that she had come to claim the places, not kill anyone.
• The judge announced the Azure Tide Sect had won the final ten additional places, and Su Jiu left the arena.
• Li Ran urged Qi Song to return to the inn and prepare an antidote for Su Jiu.

Su Jiu defeated Ding Fen after he drugged her with Hehuan Powder, but the backlash left her injured and feverish in the Jungle. Chu Luohen found her and realized the remaining effects were troubling her sealed Sea of Consciousness.

• The Heavenly Dawn Sect disciples treated Ding Fen and Jiang Xiaomeng vowed that the sect would deal with the Azure Tide Sect.
• The crowd condemned Ding Fen for using Hehuan Powder to humiliate female cultivators and speculated about Su Jiu's golden Magic Treasure.
• Lou Sheng persuaded Ye Wanqing to return to the sect and report the conflict, while worrying about the sect's growing troubles and Su Jiu's warning.
• Su Jiu fled into the Jungle, suffered a backlash from suppressing the Hehuan Powder, and swallowed several antidote pills before reciting the Purity-Heart Mantra beneath a tree.
• Chu Luohen found Su Jiu, discovered that the drug's effects were fading but that she was burning with fever, and felt baleful qi rise as he saw her wounds.

After Su Jiu used the Frostbound Purple Ultimate Sword to expel the Hehuan Powder, curse fragments and severe injuries left her unconscious. She awoke ten days later and learned that the Sealing Curse had stopped Jade Moisture, Ice Clarity from healing her automatically.

• Chu Luohen carried the unconscious Su Jiu back, and Qi Song and Li Ran helped clear the remaining Hehuan Powder from her body.
• Qi Song discovered that the Hehuan Powder had exposed scattered curse fragments in Su Jiu, and he explained that the fragments could not be removed without making the rest hide more deeply.
• Chu Luohen noticed that the mark on Su Jiu's face had faded as her injuries worsened, and he worried over her while she remained unconscious.
• Su Jiu's turbulent sea of consciousness eventually calmed, and she woke after ten days with Chu Luohen helping her circulate Jade Moisture, Ice Clarity.
• Chu Luohen told Su Jiu that Qi Song had consulted the Curse Spirit Sect's sect master, who identified the Sealing Curse as the reason her cultivation method had not healed her automatically.

Su Jiu, Li Ran, and Qi Song prepared to leave their inn when Zhang Bingchun arrived looking for the Medicine King Valley disciples, accompanied by the arrogant Zhang Xiang. Zhang Bingchun turned on his own lackey for humiliating the Zhang Family, but Zhang Xiang accused him of using and discarding him.

• Su Jiu, Li Ran, and Qi Song delayed their departure for two days because Su Jiu was weak, and Li Ran admired her composure under the Sealing Curse.
• Zhang Bingchun and Zhang Xiang arrived at the inn and demanded the Medicine King Valley disciples’ room numbers from the innkeeper.
• Su Jiu recognized Zhang Bingchun, while Li Ran and Qi Song recognized Zhang Xiang from his earlier argument outside the arena.
• Zhang Xiang insulted the innkeeper, offered spirit stones for the information, and ordered the gathered guests to stop watching.
• Zhang Bingchun told Zhang Xiang to leave and return to the Zhang Family, but Zhang Xiang protested that he had helped find the disciples and was being discarded without a reward.

Zhang Xiang brought Zhang Bingchun to find Li Ran, a Medicine King Valley disciple, hoping to claim a reward, but his greed and arrogance led Zhang Bingchun to expel him from the Zhang Family. After Li Ran challenged Zhang Xiang’s behavior, Zhang Xiang began plotting something malicious.

• Zhang Xiang secretly led Zhang Bingchun to Li Ran and Qi Song’s inn after learning Li Ran was from the Medicine King Valley.
• Zhang Bingchun gave Zhang Xiang the promised spirit stones, then expelled him from the Zhang Family for his poor character.
• Zhang Xiang defended his greed by complaining that ordinary Zhang Family disciples received fewer resources than direct-line descendants.
• Li Ran and the onlookers criticized Zhang Xiang, and Li Ran identified himself as a Personal Disciple of the Medicine King Sect.
• After realizing he had lost the Zhang Family’s protection, Zhang Xiang thought of a malicious plan.

Li Ran exposed Zhang Xiang’s attempt to turn him against the Zhang Family, then negotiated with Zhang Bingchun over an antidote for his poisoned father. Zhang Bingchun agreed to pay a million spirit stones and give Li Ran the Red Lotus Carved Cauldron, and Li Ran accepted the deal.

• Li Ran called out Zhang Xiang’s scheme, and Zhang Xiang left after failing to turn the crowd against Zhang Bingchun.
• Zhang Xiang developed an unbearable itch, scratched himself bloody in the street, and was taken away by the Enforcement Hall.
• Zhang Bingchun apologized to Li Ran and asked for an antidote to cure his father’s qionglian grass poisoning.
• Li Ran demanded to know what Zhang Bingchun could offer, then teased him for expecting a modest price to protect the Medicine King Valley’s reputation.
• Zhang Bingchun offered a million spirit stones and the superior-grade Red Lotus Carved Cauldron, and Li Ran accepted.

Li Ran, Su Jiu, and Qi Song discussed Zhang Bingchun’s motives and concluded that he was a calculating but capable Zhang Family Young Master. The group continued toward Medicine King Valley, where they eventually discovered that Li Ran was afraid of heights and had exaggerated how long the trip would take.

• Qi Song asked Li Ran why he had charged Zhang Bingchun an extra cauldron, and Li Ran said he had seen through Zhang Bingchun’s attempt to win favor.
• Su Jiu explained that Zhang Bingchun had used Zhang Xiang’s behavior to improve the Zhang Family’s reputation and strengthen his own connections.
• Su Jiu said Zhang Bingchun was neither good nor bad, but was acting as a qualified Young Master who protected his family’s interests.
• The group traveled swiftly toward Medicine King Valley using Windwalking Talismans instead of flying on swords.
• The others learned that Li Ran was afraid of heights, which explained why he had claimed the journey would take a month.

Su Jiu and her companions gathered herbs in the mountain woods before sensing a powerful concealed presence. Chu Luohen identified the attacker as a Gale Monster, but its appearance and intentions remained unknown.

• Qi Song explained that jade immortal's red leaf was an antidote, while Li Ran collected the poisonous leaves and described how Medicine King Valley used poison for defense.
• Li Ran asked Su Jiu and Chu Luohen not to discuss what they saw in Medicine King Valley.
• Su Jiu sensed an approaching presence, and Li Ran said he had never encountered a dangerous demon beast on that route.
• Chu Luohen formed a fifth tier Defensive Formation and ordered Qi Song and Li Ran inside.
• A huge shadow attacked Su Jiu, evaded her sword, and vanished into the wind.
• Chu Luohen identified the concealed attacker as a Gale Monster.

Su Jiu and Chu Luohen hunted down a Gale Monster by predicting its movements and striking the back of its neck. After Chu Luohen claimed its demon core, Li Ran offered the others a reward or favor for the remaining materials.

• Su Jiu and Chu Luohen spread their ice spiritual qi through the area to track the hidden Gale Monster, while Qi Song explained their tactic to Li Ran.
• The Gale Monster repeatedly targeted Su Jiu, and she and Chu Luohen wounded its wings and belly without slowing it down.
• Chu Luohen suggested attacking the beast's neck, then drew its attention away as he flew upward and struck its scruff.
• The Gale Monster fell half-dead, and Su Jiu and Chu Luohen meditated to recover after the fight.
• Li Ran asked to buy the carcass, and Chu Luohen reserved the demon core for himself.
• Li Ran offered Su Jiu and Chu Luohen a reward or favor for the remaining materials, while Qi Song asked whether they were valuable.

Li Ran explained to Qi Song why hunting sixth-tier demon beasts was a rare opportunity for Medicine King Valley, while Su Jiu and Chu Luohen recovered. When Heavenly Dawn Sect disciples ambushed the group, Su Jiu swiftly counterattacked and destroyed their quivers.

• Li Ran told Qi Song that Medicine King Valley’s weak cultivators and limited resources made hunting high-tier demon beasts difficult, and warned him to conceal his powerful treasures.
• Su Jiu and Chu Luohen opened their eyes together, and Su Jiu struck toward Qi Song to hit a hidden archer behind him.
• Su Jiu seized the fallen bow and formed an ice arrow, wounding another attacker and forcing Jiang Xiaomeng to order the Heavenly Dawn Sect disciples to attack.
• More than a dozen disciples fired arrows at Su Jiu, Chu Luohen, Qi Song, and Li Ran, but the four evaded the volley.
• Su Jiu darted among the attackers, stole their quivers, and froze them into powder.

Jiang Xiaomeng tracked Chu Luohen down and confronted Su Jiu’s group, insisting Chu Luohen belonged to the Heavenly Dawn Sect. After her disciples were defeated and her escape failed, Su Jiu killed her, ending the confrontation.

• Jiang Xiaomeng learned that Su Jiu had arrived at the Fang Family alone and concluded that the inconspicuous man later beside her was Chu Luohen.
• Jiang Xiaomeng ambushed Su Jiu’s group and demanded that Chu Luohen surrender, but Su Jiu challenged her claims about saving him.
• Jiang Xiaomeng and the Heavenly Dawn Sect disciples attacked, and Su Jiu’s group killed the disciples in the ensuing battle.
• Jiang Xiaomeng tried to escape with a teleportation talisman, but Su Jiu froze it and shattered it.
• Jiang Xiaomeng threatened them with her father’s divine sense mark, but Su Jiu killed her.