Chapter Summaries

The Enforcement Hall fought the rampaging magic beasts as Su Jiu and Xia Jue discovered that a blood-red crescent marked the start of a Moon Sacrifice Ritual meant to open a passage into the Demon Abode. They reached the ritual barrier and faced five Spirit Transformation cultivators, while Xia Jue assembled the Enforcement Hall into his modified Two Poles Heavenly Origin Formation.

• Cheng Beiluo struggled against the force controlling him as the magic beasts and cultivators fought in a chaotic melee.
• Yun Chao warned Su Jiu that the magic beasts were becoming too savage to restrain, and some cultivators began killing them to protect themselves.
• Yun Huanling pointed out the blood-red crescent, and Su Jiu and Xia Jue identified it as the Moon Sacrifice Ritual that could open a passage into the Demon Abode.
• Yun Chao searched for the missing Cheng Beiluo, but the Enforcement Hall departed before he could be found.
• Su Jiu and the Enforcement Hall reached the ritual barrier, where five Spirit Transformation cultivators confronted them.
• Xia Jue formed the disciples into his modified Two Poles Heavenly Origin Formation to face the five cultivators.

Su Jiu and her allies broke through the barrier and discovered a Moon Sacrifice Ritual centered on a wounded, unconscious woman and a stone stele. After Su Jiu was injured by the Void Refinement cultivator’s attack and the Golden Moon Armor’s backlash, the Buddha Child learned that invisible threads restrained the woman and that Su Jiu was likely the only one able to see them.

• Su Jiu and the others shattered the red barrier while Xia Jue and the Enforcement Hall defeated and bound the five Spirit Transformation cultivators.
• Su Jiu found the stone stele absorbing the suspended woman’s blood and the spiritual qi of three chanting cultivators, then used her Snowfall Domain to disrupt the ritual.
• Su Jiu identified a Void Refinement cultivator east of the stele, and Xia Jue led the Enforcement Hall disciples into battle against him.
• Su Jiu and Yun Chao attacked the three ritualists but were stopped by their Golden Moon Armor, and its backlash injured Su Jiu.
• The Buddha Child communicated with the suspended woman and learned that invisible threads restrained her, which only Su Jiu could likely see.

Su Jiu recovered and saw a new warning in the strange book: an image of a torn sky followed by a storm-wracked ocean and a cloaked figure. After learning that the female cultivator was a sacrifice bound by Soul-Tether Threads, Su Jiu used her otherworldly eyes to free her while Xia Jue kept the Void Refinement cultivator off balance.

• The Buddha Child explained that the female cultivator was bound by ten Soul-Tether Threads and that cutting them in the wrong order could destroy her soul and spirits.
• As Su Jiu healed, the strange book returned with scarlet writing and images of a torn sky, a stormy ocean, and a cloaked figure; Little Gift said it did not know what they meant.
• Su Jiu woke, learned from Yun Huanling and the Buddha Child that the female cultivator had been chosen as a sacrifice for the rift passage, and activated her otherworldly eyes.
• Su Jiu cut the Soul-Tether Threads in the correct order while Xia Jue used the Voidfang Sword and psychological tactics to unsettle the Void Refinement cultivator.
• The female cultivator regained control of some of her spirits and realized the Vast Righteousness Sect had deceived her; Su Jiu had only two threads left to sever.

Su Jiu and the Enforcement Hall defeated the Moon Sacrifice Ritual’s guardians, while the Void Refinement cultivator revealed his sect’s plans and claimed demon-spirit dual cultivation could bring immortality. Little Pearl exposed that claim as a fraud and explained that true practitioners required a rare demonic root, leaving Su Jiu to reconsider what she knew about Chong Mo.

• Xia Jue and the Enforcement Hall fought the Void Refinement cultivator while Su Jiu and Yun Chao defeated the Spirit Transformation cultivators and rescued the captive.
• The Void Refinement cultivator claimed demon-spirit dual cultivation could grant immortality and revealed plans to summon another demon and rule the Azure Realm.
• Feng Qi realized the Void Refinement cultivator was stalling, and Xia Jue said their backup would soon arrive.
• Su Jiu examined the injured Yun Huanling, then asked Little Pearl to assess the captured cultivators.
• Little Pearl said the captives could not truly practice demon-spirit dual cultivation because it required a primordial origin spirit root, a Chaos Body, and a demonic root.
• Little Pearl explained that demonic roots could arise from human-demon unions and allowed spiritual and demonic qi to circulate together.

Su Jiu uncovered that the Void Refinement cultivator had used curse script to accelerate his cultivation and was behind the scheme involving the Stone Tablet. As he unleashed magic beasts and attacked the rescued woman, three Azure Tide Sect elders arrived, and Su Jiu stopped the sacrifice; the white-haired elder then challenged the cultivator over the demonic qi in his art.

• Su Jiu learned from Little Pearl that the suppressors were half-demonized through Four-Aspect Demon Assimilation, then realized the Void Refinement cultivator had traded life force for faster cultivation with curse script.
• The Void Refinement cultivator sent waves of fast, powerful magic beasts against Xia Jue, Su Jiu, and the other cultivators, while some rogue cultivators turned on one another in desperation.
• As the Void Refinement cultivator resumed the ritual with the captured female cultivator, three Azure Tide Sect elders arrived and cleared the beasts with their attacks.
• The Void Refinement cultivator stabbed the female cultivator and kicked her toward the Stone Tablet, but Su Jiu used Ice Silk to pull her away before the sacrifice could continue.
• The Void Refinement cultivator attacked Su Jiu, but the white-haired female elder blocked his art and confronted him about the demonic qi in it.

Su Jiu and the others captured the corrupted cultivators, but a rogue cultivator’s death accelerated the danger around the rift. As the group faced the prospect of the rift widening, Cheng Beiluo arrived as a magic beast and reunited with his horrified fellow disciples.

• Su Jiu rebuked the captured Void Refinement cultivator for sacrificing humanity and the innocent for his own ambition, and her words made wavering cultivators feel ashamed.
• Wei Yu recognized Su Jiu’s talent as a perfect ice spiritual root, while Yun Chao confirmed she could defeat a Spirit Transformation cultivator.
• The group decided to imprison the ten captives, but a rogue cultivator killed Ming Shan before dying from Explosive Gu emerging from his eyes.
• Su Jiu saw the red moon replaced by a streak in the sky, and Yun Huanling said they had one year before the rift widened further.
• Cheng Beiluo arrived as a gigantic magic beast and told the group he could seal the rift; Yun Chao greeted him as Senior Cheng, and Cheng Beiluo apologized to his master for failing him.

Cheng Beiluo transferred the ten demonic contracts onto himself and used them to seal the rift passage, sacrificing his life to thwart the plan and protect the Azure Realm. The Flowing Radiance Sword Sect mourned him as the surviving cultivators dispersed, while Yun Chao left after Su Jiu told him he did not have to hide his grief behind a smile.

• Wei Yu urged Cheng Beiluo to stop reminiscing and deal with the rift, while other cultivators mistrusted and mocked him.
• Cheng Beiluo began transferring the ten contracts onto himself, and Su Jiu realized the burden would likely kill him.
• Cheng Beiluo revealed he had secretly learned the Transference Art and had been preparing to take the contracts from the ten people.
• Cheng Beiluo knelt to bid farewell to the Flowing Radiance Sword Sect, then vanished as his power entered the stone tablet and sealed the rift.
• Wei Yu confronted Chu Qianqiu, who explained why he had not stopped Cheng Beiluo, and the sect mourned their lost disciple.
• Yun Chao prepared to leave with his elders, and Su Jiu told him he did not have to face everything with a smile.

Su Jiu and Xia Jue investigated the cloaked mastermind behind the Windforest Star River crisis, but learned that the Four-Aspect Demon had been stolen and the rift passage would reopen in a hundred years. As they left, Yun Huanling was sent away on a mission, while the group remained unaware that the rift would return much sooner.

• Yang Guo interrogated a captive and learned that the mysterious contractor wore a long black cloak and floated above the ground, prompting Su Jiu to connect the figure to visions of danger at sea.
• Su Jiu warned Xia Jue that the cloaked person might target a sea region next, and Xia Jue ordered the Enforcement Hall to arrange watches while trusting Su Jiu without asking her to explain.
• Xia Jue executed eight captives and took the surviving Void Refinement cultivator back for interrogation, but Enforcement Hall disciples reported that the Four-Aspect Demon had been stolen.
• Yun Huanling divined that Cheng Beiluo's seal would fail and the rift passage would reopen in a hundred years, while Su Jiu and Xia Jue resolved to find a permanent solution.
• After leaving the Windforest Star River, Yun Huanling received a mission to the Yin River Continent and parted from Su Jiu, suspecting Xia Jue had arranged it.

Su Mianmian reminisced about Su Jiu and teased Jin Chen on the Star-Seizing Terrace before their playful banter turned into a fight. As Su Jiu prepared to return, her old friends and fellow sect members anticipated seeing her again, while Chu Mojin and Yun Jing discussed the Azure Tide Sect’s plans regarding the Vast Righteousness Sect.

• Su Mianmian told Jin Chen about how she used to complain about him with Su Jiu, and Jin Chen kissed her, provoking her to attack him with Fire Arts.
• Hong Ling heard the commotion and worried that Su Mianmian would soon leave to marry Jin Chen, while the man beside her promised to stay with her.
• Lie Changfeng received Su Jiu’s Message Talisman and learned from Li Yun that their mission had only one item left to find before they could return to the sect.
• Shu Bai, Mo Yan, and Zhou Xing also received Su Jiu’s Message Talismans, and Zhou Xing and Shu Bai discussed her likely cultivation level and her return.
• Chu Mojin and Yun Jing played chess and discussed the Azure Tide Sect’s preparations concerning the Vast Righteousness Sect, with Yun Jing suggesting Ning Hai would retaliate.

The Azure Tide Sect buzzed over Su Jiu’s impending return, while disciples debated her reputation and compared her with Lan Shuangshuang. The Grand Elder planned to send his disciple A Qi to the Enforcement Hall when Su Jiu and Xia Jue returned, prompting A Qi to quietly consider how to protect himself.

• Outer disciples Lian Xiaochuan and his friends discussed Su Jiu’s talent and anticipated her return, then praised Junior Sister Lan’s beauty.
• Mu Zihan overheard the disciples questioning whether Su Jiu’s beauty was exaggerated and remembered her own past at the sect.
• The Grand Elder told A Qi a hostile account of Su Jiu’s past and complained that Xia Jue had wanted her to succeed him.
• The Grand Elder decided to send A Qi to the Enforcement Hall and have Xia Jue take him on missions when Su Jiu returned.
• A Qi feared Xia Jue might kill him and resolved to take action against his master’s plan.

Hong Ling used a rumor that A Qi would become Enforcement Hall Master to thwart the Grand Elder’s plans, while the elders considered the spreading demonic threat and the Flowing Radiance Sword Sect’s evacuation. Su Jiu returned to the sect and departed to find someone, leaving disciples awestruck by her beauty and Mu Zihan reflecting on their past.

• Hong Ling confronted the Grand Elder with the rumor that his disciple A Qi would become Enforcement Hall Master, forcing him to abandon his plans and drive away the courtyard cleaners.
• Hong Ling, Long Aotian, and Ning Hai discussed how the sects were being infiltrated and how demonic cultivators were destabilizing the continents.
• The Flowing Radiance Sword Sect decided to leave the Spiritflight Continent for the Azure Mist Continent after other sects refused to help defend their borders.
• Su Jiu returned to the sect with Xia Jue and left the flying boat to find someone, captivating the disciples gathered below.
• Feng Qi told a junior disciple that Su Jiu returned only once every fifty years, and Mu Zihan recalled how Su Jiu had eclipsed her and other disciples in the past.

Su Jiu reunited with Su Mianmian, learned that Su Qingqing had cultivated the Uncanny Path and disappeared after a confrontation with Azure Tide Sect disciples, and urged Mian Mian to trust their sister. The chapter ended with Su Qingqing and a cold-hearted woman meeting in the Demon-Subduing Land, where Qingqing warned her that she had failed to obtain the Soul-Suppressing Pearl again.

• Su Jiu returned to Blazing Flame Peak and reunited with Su Mianmian and Jin Chen, who told her the Fourth Elder had left the sect and new elders had taken over.
• Su Mianmian described the new Grand Elder's hostility toward her and Su Jiu, and Su Jiu gave Mian Mian a box of supreme fire spirit crystals from the Hongsheng Heavenly Road.
• Su Jiu learned that Su Qingqing had cultivated the Uncanny Path and fled with a woman wreathed in black energy after that woman injured Azure Tide Sect disciples.
• Su Jiu told Su Mianmian that the Uncanny Path was one of the three thousand great paths and encouraged her to believe Qingqing would return, easing Mian Mian's anger.
• In the Demon-Subduing Land, Su Qingqing confronted a cold-hearted woman who threatened to expose her whereabouts, and Qingqing reminded her that she had failed to obtain the Soul-Suppressing Pearl again.

Su Jiu reunited with Shu Bai, Zhou Xing, Shu Yan, and Lie Changfeng, then recognized that Li Yun was using Lie Changfeng to gain access to her. Li Yun exposed her contempt for Lie Changfeng and accused his friends of exploiting their connection to Su Jiu, leaving the group reeling.

• Su Qingqing left Yan'er behind and spoke with a sickly young girl, who urged her not to argue with Yan'er.
• Su Jiu met Shu Bai, Zhou Xing, Shu Yan, Lie Changfeng, and Li Yun on her way to Ice Veil Peak.
• Su Jiu realized Li Yun was using Lie Changfeng as a stepping stone to get close to her and declined Li Yun's request for guidance.
• Li Yun rejected Su Jiu's advice and admitted she had befriended Lie Changfeng because of his connection to Su Jiu.
• Li Yun claimed Lie Changfeng's other friends were also using him, then insulted him and Su Jiu before preparing to leave.

Su Jiu returned to the sect, caught up with Shu Bai, Zhou Xing, and Lie Changfeng, and reflected on the deaths of her former courtyard-mates. Back at Ice Veil Peak, Chu Mojin questioned her feelings about Xia Jue and her junior granduncle, then suggested she find someone to look after her, leaving Su Jiu shocked and wondering if he was joking.

• Lie Changfeng apologized to Su Jiu over Li Yun's behavior, and Shu Bai warned him not to develop feelings for Su Jiu.
• Su Jiu learned that Mo Yan was in seclusion and might reach the peak of the golden core stage, then heard that Mu Zihan was the only surviving member of her former courtyard.
• Zhou Xing told Su Jiu that Sun Wei and Han Jia had died in their rooms, Yu Yin had died in the Enforcement Hall, and Yu Ying's Soul Lamp had gone out on an expedition.
• Su Jiu gave Shu Bai, Zhou Xing, and Lie Changfeng crystal ore keepsakes before returning to Ice Veil Peak and greeting the Ice-Congealing Beast and Chu Mojin.
• Chu Mojin asked Su Jiu what she thought of Xia Jue and her junior granduncle, and Su Jiu admitted she did not know what Dao her martial uncle cultivated.
• Chu Mojin asked whether Su Jiu wanted someone to look after her for life, and Su Jiu reacted with shock and asked if he was joking.

Su Jiu discussed the Windforest Star River, the Heaven-Connecting Tower, and her plans to visit Heavenly Cloud Mountain with Chu Mojin. After reuniting with her friends at Ice Veil Peak, she learned Chong Mo had disappeared and prepared to travel with Qi Song.

• Su Jiu told Chu Mojin that the Windforest Star River's seal might reopen in a hundred years and that one mastermind may have targeted her while the rift was opened as a side effect.
• Chu Mojin said the Heaven-Connecting Tower could close the rift, but its location remained unknown despite decades of searches.
• Su Jiu planned to visit Heavenly Cloud Mountain with Yun Huanling after Mian Mian's Dao companion ceremony.
• Su Jiu met Ouyang Yanyu, Lou Sheng, Ye Wanqing, Qi Song, and Li Ran outside Ice Veil Peak, and told them that only five years had passed for her during their fifty years apart.
• Lou Sheng said Chong Mo had left alone after the group settled into the sect, worrying Su Jiu because he possessed half of the Chaotic Life-Birthing Art.
• Qi Song volunteered to accompany Su Jiu to Heavenly Cloud Mountain, further souring Li Ran's mood.

Su Jiu remembered her promise to learn the Breath-Discerning Art from Xia Jue and went to the Enforcement Hall, where she overheard news about the Vast Heaven Continent and the fall of the Vast Righteousness Sect. After Xia Jue assigned Feng Qi to escort Lu Mingyang toward the Yin River Continent, Su Jiu joined the discussion and suggested returning to the Ancient Tomb.

• Xia Jue sent Su Jiu a Message Talisman reminding her of their agreement, and Su Mianmian questioned her about his frightening reputation without revealing what she had witnessed.
• Eleventh reported that the Vast Righteousness Sect had been disbanded, its resources divided, and most of its Elders and Peak Masters killed, while Xia Yun and the sect master had disappeared.
• Feng Qi released Lu Mingyang from the Yin Soul Jade, and Lu Mingyang accepted that the Vast Righteousness Sect had to answer for its wrongs.
• Xia Jue decided to send Lu Mingyang to the Yin River Continent and assigned Feng Qi to escort him there.
• Su Jiu entered the Enforcement Hall and suggested that they continue their discussion at the Ancient Tomb where Lu Mingyang had been staying.

Su Jiu began learning the Breath-Discerning Art from Xia Jue while he investigated the Heavenly Secret Sect’s request to find the missing Yun Huanling. After ten days of practice inside a time-slowing barrier, Su Jiu completed the art’s foundational preparations.

• Su Jiu suspected that the Fortune-Transferring Pearl had a hidden original owner who was using it to siphon fortune, and she ordered Yang Guo to keep watching Zheng Qilong near the Demon-Subduing Land.
• Xia Jue sent Feng Qi to visit Hong Zizhuo in the Yin River Continent, and Feng Qi suspected the assignment was punishment for looking at Su Jiu before he left.
• Xia Jue created a barrier where time flowed more slowly and began teaching Su Jiu the Breath-Discerning Art from three jade slips.
• After receiving a message, Xia Jue ordered Eleventh to take a dozen people to the Linnan Region to search for Yun Huanling, whose last known location was there.
• Xia Jue guided Su Jiu through ten days of practice, and she completed the foundational preparations for the Breath-Discerning Art.

Su Jiu completed three months of training in the Breath-Discerning Art as the Azure Tide Sect prepared for Su Mianmian and Jin Chen’s Dao Companion Ceremony. Outer Gate disciples discussed Su Jiu’s extraordinary cultivation and return to the sect, while Lian Xiaochuan revealed his admiration for her portrait; the chapter ended with two visiting cultivators deciding not to approach Lan Shuangshuang’s circle.

• Su Jiu spent three months studying the Breath-Discerning Art under Xia Jue and achieved minor mastery before her training period ended.
• Visitors gathered at the Azure Tide Sect for Su Mianmian and Jin Chen’s Dao Companion Ceremony, where Outer Gate disciples discussed the sect’s rising influence and Lan Shuangshuang’s popularity.
• A female disciple shared stories about Ice Veil Peak and Su Jiu’s rapid cultivation, including her return to the sect at the Out-of-Body middle stage.
• Lian Xiaochuan recognized Su Jiu from the description and admitted that he had spent two months painting her portrait, though he insisted he still liked Shuangshuang.
• Two visiting cultivators abandoned their plan to approach Lan Shuangshuang’s group after realizing that many of its members admired her.

Su Jiu told Xia Jue that she had been reborn with memories of a past life in which she was his junior sister and died at Gong Hao’s hands. As they uncovered signs that her past may have been constrained and that a mysterious book might be warning of future danger through her, Xia Jue left her caught between opposing forces.

• Su Jiu entered the Enforcement Hall and asked Xia Jue how he saw her, then revealed that she remembered a past life.
• Su Jiu explained that she had died at Gong Hao’s hands after Bai Su sought her life-bound treasure, and that she had once been Xia Jue’s junior sister under the same master.
• Xia Jue realized Su Jiu’s past-life experiences and the sect’s decline were connected to Gong Hao and Bai Su, while Su Jiu explained that a book had depicted her as a minor character in a story centered on others.
• Su Jiu described strange omissions in her past life, including the absence of Chu Luohen and the apparent withdrawal of Cloudmist Peak and the Enforcement Hall during the sect’s crises.
• Su Jiu told Xia Jue that the book in her sea of consciousness had changed and now contained images of future events, including a rift in the sky.
• Xia Jue suggested that the book was warning them of danger by using Su Jiu, and suspected that opposing powers were influencing her.

Su Jiu reunited with her parents before Su Mianmian’s Dao Companion Ceremony and learned that the Su Family’s refugees from the Vast Heaven Continent were trying to seize the branch family’s home and force her and Mian Mian to place their disciples in the Azure Tide Sect. She promised to handle the dispute after the ceremony, which began amid a gathering of prominent cultivators and celebrated beauties.

• Xia Jue reflected on Su Jiu’s mysterious origins and warned her not to tell anyone about her extraordinary experiences.
• Su Jiu arrived at Blazing Flame Peak for Mian Mian’s ceremony, where she reunited with her worried parents and shared a joyful family moment.
• Su Jiu learned that the Su Family’s main branch had demanded control of their residence and its treasures, and wanted her and Mian Mian to arrange entry for its disciples into the Azure Tide Sect.
• Su Jiu assured her father that she would deal with the main branch after the ceremony and told him not to worry.
• The Dao Companion Ceremony began before the Heavenly Origin Hall, drawing prominent guests and the beauties Gu Ningyun, Lie Wushuang, Su Jiu, and Rongyin.