Recaps

Su Yu overwhelmed Blood Cat with his saber and destroyed her summoned Blood Demon with World-annihilating Lightning Punishment. Sun Yao watched from the underground hall, realizing that his grand formation and expectations could not protect him from Su Yu’s power.

• Sun Yao felt the Blood Sacrifice Grand Formation submit to Su Yu’s Saber Intent and realized he had underestimated him.
• Su Yu severed Blood Cat’s arm, then attacked again with Thunder Demon Shadow Trace Steps.
• Blood Cat’s Blood Soul Ghost Face Shield blocked Su Yu’s strike, but the impact cracked it.
• Blood Cat burned her Earth Realm source and summoned her natal Blood Demon to kill Su Yu.
• Su Yu invoked World-annihilating Lightning Punishment, vaporizing the Blood Demon and its blood-colored torrent.

Su Yu killed Blood Cat after her escape attempt, then approached the underground secret hall. Facing Su Yu’s advance, Sun Yao forcibly activated the blood formation early, killed a Blood Baleful Intent Hall deacon as a sacrifice, and prepared to let the evil spirit enter his body.

• Su Yu diverted the lightning away from Blood Cat, then killed her with a single saber slash when she tried to flee.
• Sun Yao watched Blood Cat die and realized that his formation and plans could not stop Su Yu.
• Sun Yao decided to use himself as the formation’s core and forcibly devour the evil spirit before the formation was complete.
• Sun Yao ignored his daughter Sun Xin and activated the blood formation with his life-bound blood essence.
• Sun Yao pulled in and killed the wounded Blood Baleful Intent Hall deacon, tossing the body into the blood pool as a sacrifice.
• Sun Yao spread his arms and called for the evil spirit’s power as the blood pool formed a vortex.

Sun Yao transformed into a monster as the Bone-Eroding Demon General sent a remnant soul to possess him and seize the blood formation's core. Su Yu crashed into the secret hall, and the chapter ended as the Demon General attacked him.

• Sun Yao was consumed by the blood pool, while Sun Xin realized the Sun Lineage was finished.
• The Bone-Eroding Demon General learned the formation had activated early and, on the gray-robed old man's advice, sent a remnant soul through the unstable passage.
• The remnant soul possessed Sun Yao's mutated body and prepared to take Sun Xin and stabilize the formation's core.
• Su Yu broke through the hall's ceiling and confronted the Bone-Eroding Demon General, who recognized him from their battle in Nanhe County.
• Su Yu activated the Prohibition Blood Formation to slow the Demon General, but the Demon General broke through its hindrance and slashed at him.

Su Yu used all but 10,500 of his Slaughter Points to raise Demon Suppression to major accomplishment, then summoned overwhelming purple-gold lightning to destroy the Bone-Eroding Demon General’s body and demonic Qi. As the lightning faded, a charred human outline remained at its center, with a trace of resentment still lingering.

• The Bone-Eroding Demon General struck Su Yu’s Pagoda Demonic Manifestation and sent him crashing into the secret hall wall.
• Su Yu realized he could neither endure another blow nor escape, and used 100,000 Slaughter Points to advance Demon Suppression to major accomplishment.
• The Bone-Eroding Demon General attacked again, but Su Yu invoked a decree that summoned a vast purple-gold vortex above the City of Calamity and Chaos.
• Su Yu unleashed World Annihilation, Lightning Punishment, vaporizing the demon’s bone blades and engulfing his body and demonic Qi.
• The lightning purified the wandering vengeful souls and the blood pool, but a stubborn trace of resentment remained, surrounding a charred human outline.

Su Yu battled the wounded Bone-Eroding Demon General in the secret hall, using his major accomplishment Demon Suppression Saber Intent to injure and suppress the Earth Realm foe. When the demon general burned his remnant soul for a desperate attack, Su Yu targeted his soul with the Prison-Suppressing Soul Chain, which struck into the space between his brows.

• Su Yu rejected retreating while the Bone-Eroding Demon General's damaged body began to recover.
• Su Yu met the demon general's attack with his saber and used the Prohibition Blood Formation and Thunder Demon Shadow Trace Steps to wound him.
• Sun Xin watched Su Yu repeatedly charge back at the demon general despite being driven away by his attacks.
• The Bone-Eroding Demon General burned his remnant soul and absorbed the blood pool's remaining power to launch a desperate assault.
• Su Yu sheathed his saber and summoned the Prison-Suppressing Soul Chain, which plunged into the demon general's brow.

Su Yu killed the Bone-Eroding Demon General’s remnant soul and destroyed the Blood Sacrifice Grand Formation, then rescued Sun Xin. As the demon general’s threat that his true body would come to Qing Province lingered, Su Yu declared that he would be waiting.

• The Bone-Eroding Demon General severed most of his remnant soul to escape Su Yu’s Prison-Suppressing Soul Chain and tried to kill him with the bone blade.
• Su Yu trapped the bone blade in his wounded left hand and drove his saber into the demon general’s brow, suppressing his core remnant soul with Demon Suppression Saber Intent.
• The Bone-Eroding Demon General threatened to come to Qing Province, but Su Yu destroyed the final wisp of his remnant soul with the Prison-Suppressing Soul Chain.
• Sun Yao’s body crumbled into ash, the Blood Sacrifice Grand Formation went dark, and Su Yu received 150000 Slaughter Points.
• Su Yu freed Sun Xin, told her that her father was dead, and gave her wound medicine.
• Su Yu looked toward the mountains north of Qing Province and said he would be waiting for the Bone-Eroding Demon General’s true body.

Cao Ping rushed to the City of Calamity and Chaos and found Su Yu alive after the battle, while Jiao Wuye withdrew his water demons and the enemy forces began planning their next move. The chapter left Su Yu injured beside a wounded woman and the remains of a Devil Race enemy as Cao Ping arrived.

• Cao Ping broke through He Yuan's soul-bewildering formation and raced toward the City of Calamity and Chaos, fearing for Su Yu's safety.
• Jiao Wuye learned the blood sacrifice had failed and ordered the water demons to retreat before Wang Du could reach them.
• The Bone-Eroding Demon General learned Su Yu's identity and vowed to kill him after recovering, while the gray-robed old man told him the fourth princess was about to awaken.
• Nie Wuya accepted the collapse of his plans and decided to use a bigger board against Su Yu.
• Cao Ping entered the underground hall and found Su Yu alive beside a wounded woman and the crumbling corpse of a Devil Race enemy.

After Su Yu killed the Devil Race general’s remnant soul and destroyed the Blood Sacrifice Grand Formation, Wang Du ordered him back to Qing Province while keeping the discovery secret. Recovered enough to travel, Su Yu left the City of Calamity and Chaos with Sun Xin, while a pair of green eyes awoke in the far north.

• Cao Ping confirmed Su Yu had survived, found fresh Devil Qi on the corpse, and reported the Devil Race presence and Sun Yao’s death to Wang Du.
• Wang Du ordered Su Yu to return to Qing Province, Cao Ping to secure the city, and the Devil Race discovery to remain top-level secret.
• After a night of recovery, Su Yu recognized that his three mystic paths had reached a bottleneck and that he needed to break through to the earth realm.
• Cao Ping gave Su Yu a summons token, and Sun Xin chose to accompany him to Qing Province to stand trial over her father’s crimes.
• Su Yu and Sun Xin flew from the City of Calamity and Chaos on an Iron-Feathered Eagle as eerie green eyes lit in the Black Demon Mountain Range.

Su Yu and Sun Xin traveled toward Qing Province City, where Su Yu repeatedly stopped to kill demons and investigate their ruins. After they reached the city, Su Yu entered the Demon Suppression Bureau headquarters, while Chen Xiaotian learned that Su Yu had handled his son Chen Hao and resolved to reach him.

• Su Yu leaped from the Iron-Feathered Eagle and killed a Split-Mouthed Beast leader and its scattered pack attacking a caravan.
• During the journey, Su Yu stopped seventeen times to kill forty-three demons and searched their ruins for human remains, while Sun Xin watched and judged him a man of justice.
• Su Yu and Sun Xin camped overnight, where Sun Xin asked how many demons he had killed and Su Yu replied that it was not enough.
• The Iron-Feathered Eagle brought Su Yu and Sun Xin to Qing Province City the next morning, and Su Yu entered the Demon Suppression Bureau headquarters with his command token.
• Chen Xiaotian read a message saying Chen Hao was imprisoned in the Prison Suppression Pagoda and that Su Yu and Shadow Guard Lone Wolf had handled the case.
• Chen Xiaotian learned that Su Yu had returned to the city and entered the Bureau, then summoned a voice transmission talisman.

Su Yu reported the City of Calamity and Chaos incident to Wang Du, who praised his unprecedented cultivation and arranged access to the Earth Realm section of Suppressing Prisons and Subduing Demons. Wang Du also directed him to visit Heavenly Evolution Mountain Manor with Zhao Chengkong, while Sun Xin's fate remained under investigation.

• Su Yu recounted the Blood Sacrifice Grand Formation, Sun Yao's possession, and the Bone-Eroding Demon General's remnant soul to Wang Du.
• Wang Du said Su Yu was the first person in Great Qin's history to reach the ninth level of the Mystic Realm in all three paths at eighteen, then promised the Earth Realm technique within three days.
• Wang Du advised Su Yu to seek guidance from Heavenly Evolution Mountain Manor and said Sun Xin might survive if her service and background checked out.
• Wang Du sent Su Yu a message saying Zhao Chengkong would return to Heavenly Evolution Mountain Manor the next day and that Su Yu should go with him.
• Su Yu went to find Zhao Chengkong and knocked at his courtyard; Zhao opened the gate and greeted him as Brother Su.

Su Yu accompanied Zhao Chengkong back to Heavenly Evolution Mountain Manor after an ominous summons, while the Blood Baleful Intent Hall told Chen Xiaotian that Su Yu was heading there. The chapter left Chen Xiaotian intrigued by the chance to exploit the manor’s internal conflict against Su Yu.

• Zhao Chengkong told Su Yu that Heavenly Evolution Mountain Manor had urgently summoned him with a vague manor lord-grade red talisman, and Su Yu agreed to accompany him.
• Su Yu and Zhao Chengkong rode Crimson-Maned Beasts toward the manor, and Zhao Chengkong warned Su Yu to conceal his Demon Suppression Bureau identity while explaining the manor’s factions and leaders.
• A blood-robed messenger told Chen Xiaotian that Tu Jiu and the three guardians had been killed and delivered a jade slip containing information about Su Yu’s vulnerabilities.
• The messenger revealed that Su Yu was traveling to Heavenly Evolution Mountain Manor, and Chen Xiaotian examined the jade slip and praised the plan.

Zhao Chengyu and Zhao Nan faced pressure from Zhao Chengxiong’s Soul Fusion faction, which planned to force a change in Heavenly Evolution Mountain Manor’s cultivation path. Zhao Chengkong and Su Yu arrived at the manor to find its defenses unusually heavy.

• Zhao Chengxiong cornered Zhao Chengyu, demanded to know when Zhao Chengkong would return, and used Zhao Nan as leverage.
• Zhao Chengyu tried to stop Zhao Chengxiong’s Soul Lodging Palm with a Soul-Binding Cord, but the attack broke through and badly injured him.
• Zhao Chengxiong told Zhao Chengyu that the elders would vote in three days to adopt the Soul Fusion Technique and seal the Soul Control methods, then left with his disciples.
• Zhao Nan told Zhao Chengyu that the communication array might be blocked, while Zhao Chengyu suspected the eldest elder was seizing power and their father had been prevented from responding.
• Zhao Chengkong and Su Yu reached the northern foot of the Jade Screen Mountain Range and spotted three times the usual number of patrols around Heavenly Evolution Mountain Manor.
• Zhao Chengkong recognized that the situation was worse than he had expected, and Su Yu urged them to proceed.

Zhao Chengkong returned to Heavenly Evolution Mountain Manor and learned that the grand elder had taken control while his father remained unseen and his siblings were attacked. After finding Zhao Chengyu gravely wounded, Zhao Chengkong faced Su Yu’s question about whether his father had truly been imprisoned or had chosen to stay hidden.

• Zhao Chengkong and Su Yu entered the manor and found its gates unattended and its grounds watched by black-armored guards.
• Zhao Ming told Zhao Chengkong that the grand elder had sealed the main hall, seized the communication array, and planned to abolish the Soul Control Faction’s techniques.
• Zhao Ming reported that Zhao Chengxiong had injured Zhao Chengyu and slapped Zhao Nan, prompting Zhao Chengkong to crack a stone railing with his grip.
• Su Yu learned that several Soul Fusion Faction disciples were showing signs of dangerous Yao transformation.
• Zhao Chengkong found Zhao Chengyu suffering from a corrosive wound and heard Su Yu warn that he could be crippled within three days without treatment.
• Su Yu asked Zhao Chengkong whether his father had really been imprisoned or had chosen not to come out.

Zhao Chengkong realized the manor lord might be attempting a breakthrough while First Elder Zhao Y ehan maneuvered to seize control, and Su Yu healed Zhao Chengyu's wound. Zhao Chengxiong then confronted Zhao Chengkong over the succession and unleashed the Soul Lodging Palm, leaving both sides poised to fight.

• Zhao Chengyu recalled that the manor lord had told him to compile young disciples' cultivation records and stay away from the rear mountain, leading Zhao Chengkong to suspect a breakthrough was underway.
• Su Yu purified the Yao Qi in Zhao Chengyu's wound and told him to rest for two days.
• Zhao Chengxiong entered the courtyard with six followers and taunted Zhao Chengkong about the elders' council and the young manor lord position.
• Zhao Chengkong criticized Zhao Chengxiong's Soul Fusion Technique, and Zhao Chengxiong replied that strength mattered more than looking human.
• Zhao Chengxiong unleashed the Soul Lodging Palm as Zhao Chengkong prepared to counter with three soul-controlling threads.

Zhao Chengkong returned to Heavenly Evolution Mountain Manor and used his Soul Control Technique to subdue Zhao Chengxiong’s six attackers, then confronted Zhao Chengxiong’s three-soul attack. His needle-thin thread pierced the yao faces on Zhao Chengxiong’s fist, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Zhao Chengkong invoked his authority as young manor lord, but Zhao Chengxiong ordered six disciples to attack him.
• Zhao Chengkong controlled all six attackers with Soul-Binding Cords in less than two breaths.
• Su Yu noticed the fused yao souls resisting Zhao Chengkong’s control, while Zhao Chengnan felt reassured by her eldest brother’s return.
• Zhao Chengxiong revealed his pseudo half-step Earth realm strength, amplified by at least three fused yao souls, and launched his Three-Soul Resonance Fist.
• Zhao Chengkong pierced the center of the three yao faces on Zhao Chengxiong’s fist with a single fine thread, making the faces scream soundlessly.

Zhao Chengkong defeated Zhao Chengxiong after exposing the weakness in his fused demon souls and summoning a black leopard demon servant. As Zhao Chengxiong lay beaten, an immense presence awakened in the main hall and Zhao Chengkong’s eldest grandpa addressed him.

• Zhao Chengkong used a Soul Control Needle to exploit the gaps where Zhao Chengxiong’s demon souls were fused into his soul, forcing Zhao Chengxiong to stop his attack.
• Zhao Chengxiong tore through the seals on his demon souls and transformed into a powerful monster, then lunged at Zhao Chengkong.
• Zhao Chengkong summoned his Half-Step Earth Realm black leopard demon servant and controlled it with mental-power threads to drive Zhao Chengxiong back.
• Zhao Chengkong pierced the remnants of the demon souls inside Zhao Chengxiong with a Soul Control Needle, then had the black leopard knock him into a crater.
• Su Yu watched Zhao Chengkong’s victory as a powerful presence awakened in the main hall and Zhao Chengkong’s eldest grandpa asked why he had not announced his return.

Zhao Chengkong brought Su Yu to meet his eldest uncle, Zhao Kuohai, after Zhao Chengxiong’s demonic transformation was stopped. Zhao Kuohai emerged from seclusion and acknowledged Zhao Chengkong’s return, then asked who Su Yu was.

• Zhao Kuohai’s voice transmission suppressed the courtyard, then he ordered Zhao Chengkong to settle in and authorized Jade Heart Pills for Zhao Chengyu and Zhao Nan.
• Zhao Chengkong checked Zhao Chengxiong and sent him to the medicine lodge for treatment of demon soul backlash.
• Zhao Chengkong led Su Yu and his siblings toward the main hall, where the Heaven Evolution Barrier opened for them.
• Zhao Chengkong and Su Yu entered the hall and found Zhao Kuohai waiting there after seven days in seclusion.
• Zhao Kuohai reassured Zhao Chengkong and asked about Su Yu.

Su Yu and Zhao Chengkong left Zhao Kuohai’s hall and settled in Zhao Chengkong’s courtyard while waiting for the elders’ meeting. There, Su Yu sensed an unusual presence in a painting left by Zhao Chengkong’s father, suggesting the azure flood dragon might connect to the larger mystery at Heavenly Evolution Mountain Manor.

• Zhao Kuohai told Zhao Chengkong to wait for the elders’ meeting in three days, leave the guards to him, and keep himself safe.
• Zhao Chengkong took Su Yu to his courtyard and sent Zhao Chengyu and Zhao Nan to collect the Jade Heart Pills and return home.
• Su Yu examined the painting Zhao Chengkong’s father had left behind and sensed a faint fluctuation of Spiritual Qi in its azure flood dragon.
• Su Yu’s divine sense touched the scroll, making its clouds seem to move and the dragon’s eyes appear to blink.
• Su Yu reflected on the clues surrounding the manor and suspected the painting might be a crucial link.

Su Yu discovered that Zhao Chengkong’s inherited painting reacted to his divine sense and entered the world within the scroll. After answering the azure flood dragon’s test of his resolve, he received a flash of azure light, leaving the inheritance’s nature yet to be revealed.

• Su Yu told Zhao Chengkong that the painting’s dragon scales looked fresh and that the scroll had reacted to his divine sense, prompting Zhao Chengkong to let him study it.
• Su Yu and Zhao Chengkong discussed the manor’s political crisis and the dangers posed by Zhao Yehan and the demonized disciples before Zhao Chengkong left to check on Chengyu and sound out the elders.
• Su Yu used his divine sense to enter the scroll and confronted the immense azure flood dragon in a sea of clouds.
• Su Yu resisted the flood dragon’s oppressive presence with his prison-suppressing true intent as the dragon questioned what he pursued.
• Su Yu answered that he sought to suppress evil and subdue demons, and the flood dragon sent a point of deep azure light into his mind.

Su Yu obtained the upper-grade Earth Realm Clear Nether Spirit Refinement Art from Zhao Chengkong’s father’s painting and learned it also contained a powerful demon servant bound to the Zhao bloodline. He passed the art to Zhao Chengkong and left him preparing to oppose Zhao Y ehan’s plan at the elders’ meeting in three days.

• Su Yu received the Clear Nether Spirit Refinement Art and fragments of memories from the painting, which suggested the demon servant would impart only the art to someone outside the Zhao bloodline.
• Su Yu told Zhao Chengkong that the painting held a demon servant whose power was at least Heaven Realm, and revealed the cultivation art was suited to Zhao Chengkong.
• Su Yu transferred the art and the method for entering the painting to Zhao Chengkong, who accepted them and vowed to remember Su Yu’s kindness.
• Su Yu and Zhao Chengkong discussed the elders’ meeting in three days and Zhao Y ehan’s effort to impose the Soul Fusion Technique and abolish the Soul Control cultivation arts.
• Zhao Chengkong declared that he would not let Zhao Y ehan destroy the Soul Control Faction, warning that the Soul Fusion Technique could turn the manor’s disciples into half-human, half-demon monsters.

Su Yu fused the Clear Nether Spirit Refinement Art with the Purple-Gold Prison-Suppressing Scripture, then used his Slaughter Points to reach the Earth Realm First Level. As Su Yu consolidated his new power, Zhao Chengkong continued probing the painting that concealed a powerful demonic servant, with three days remaining before the coming confrontation.

• Zhao Chengkong considered the danger of controlling the Heaven Realm demonic servant hidden in his father's painting and sat down to probe it after Su Yu left.
• Su Yu fused the Clear Nether Spirit Refinement Art and the Purple-Gold Prison-Suppressing Scripture into the Azure Nether Purple-Gold Spirit Refinement Record.
• Su Yu spent his remaining Slaughter Points to master the new technique and broke through to the Earth Realm First Level in Spirit Refinement.
• Su Yu sensed Zhao Chengkong struggling with the painting and judged that his new strength was still insufficient for the coming threat.
• Zhao Chengkong continued probing the painting as the three-day countdown approached.

Su Yu cleared demons in the Bone-Eroding Abyss to gather Slaughter Points while Zhao Chengkong continued probing the landscape scroll. After Grand Elder Zhao Y ehan arranged with the Blood Baleful Intent Hall to eliminate Su Yu, several unknown cultivators approached him in the abyss.

• Zhao Chengkong felt a trace of power from the scroll inheritance and returned to practicing the Clear Nether Spirit Refinement Art.
• Su Yu entered the Bone-Eroding Abyss alone and killed demons with his mental attacks and Prison-Suppressing True Intent.
• Grand Elder Zhao Y ehan learned that the Blood Baleful Intent Hall had sent people to the mountains and agreed to ensure Su Yu disappeared before the elders' meeting.
• Su Yu accumulated 286,700 Slaughter Points after nearly four hours of fighting and prepared to leave the abyss.
• Su Yu sensed at least three unknown cultivators moving through the fog toward him and realized they were coming for him.

Su Yu confronted an assassination attempt by Du Ming and two Blood Baleful Intent Hall subordinates, using his newly strengthened spirit-refinement arts to overwhelm them. After killing the two assassins, he trapped and killed Du Ming, leaving the valley silent.

• Su Yu detected Du Ming and two assassins in the fog and forced them out of hiding with a barrage of divine sense spikes.
• Du Ming tried to distract Su Yu before striking with Blood Soul Spike, but Su Yu's Purple-Gold Prison-Suppressing Platform shattered the attack and wounded him through soul backlash.
• Su Yu spread Azure Nether mist across the valley, severing Du Ming's connection to his subordinates and blunting their divine sense.
• Su Yu killed the two peak Mystic Realm assassins with dark-gold spirit attacks that destroyed their souls.
• Du Ming burned his blood essence and tried to flee, but Su Yu immobilized him with the mist and killed him with a spirit attack that dragged his soul into the prison platform.

After killing Du Ming and the other attackers, Su Yu fused the Blood Baleful Intent Invocation with the World-Destroying Thunder Codex, creating an earth realm upper-grade technique. He tested it in the Bone-Eroding Abyss, gathered enough slaughter points to improve his cultivation, and looked toward the coming elders' meeting at Heavenly Evolution Mountain Manor.

• Su Yu searched Du Ming's storage ring, found the Blood Baleful Intent Invocation, and fused it with the World-Destroying Thunder Codex.
• The system created the earth realm upper-grade Blood Baleful Intent Heavenly Lightning Invocation, which could lock onto targets and attack their flesh and souls.
• Su Yu burned the three corpses and entered the depths of the Bone-Eroding Abyss to hunt demons.
• Su Yu killed an Abyss Rotter with his new technique and continued hunting, accumulating 482000 slaughter points.
• As dusk approached, Su Yu looked toward Heavenly Evolution Mountain Manor and anticipated the elders' meeting and the confrontation with Zhao Y ehan and Duke Chen.

After Du Ming died attempting to assassinate Su Yu, Zhou Tong sent Ghost Hand to take over the mission. Hiding in the Bone-Eroding Abyss, Su Yu advanced his Spirit Refinement cultivation to Earth Realm Second Layer and discovered humanlike monsters in the forbidden depths whose power resembled the Soul Fusion Technique.

• Zhou Tong learned that Du Ming had died and ordered Ghost Hand to kill Su Yu at Heavenly Evolution Mountain Manor.
• Su Yu avoided returning to the manor, carved a cave in the Bone-Eroding Abyss, and used Slaughter Points to cultivate Blood Baleful Intent Heavenly Lightning Invocation.
• The martial art catalyzed a breakthrough in Su Yu's Spirit Refinement cultivation to Earth Realm Second Layer.
• Su Yu spread his divine sense across nearly the entire abyss and sensed more than a dozen monsters in its forbidden depths.
• Su Yu recognized that the monsters carried power resembling a fusion of Yao Qi and human mental power and suspected they were failed products of the Soul Fusion Technique.