Recaps

Su Yu used greater accomplishment saber force to kill a half-step Mystic Realm shrimp demon in one strike, then claimed its demon core despite its threats about Jiao Wuye. With Yang Jing and the injured Zhang He surviving, Su Yu headed toward the outskirts of Cloud Shadow Creek.

• Su Yu invested Slaughter Points in saber force and unleashed his greater accomplishment saber force against the giant shrimp demon.
• Su Yu killed the half-step Mystic Realm demon with Heaven-Collapse Bloodfall, splitting its shell and body in two.
• The dying shrimp demon revealed that it served Jiao Wuye in Qing Province's Northern Nether Sea, but Su Yu killed it and took its demon core.
• Yang Jing recovered enough to help Zhang He, who had suffered severe injuries, and both saw Su Yu approach through the wreckage.
• Su Yu asked whether Zhang He could walk, then turned and headed toward the outskirts of Cloud Shadow Creek.

Su Yu returned to Qingjiang County with Wang Lin’s severed head, took over the Demon Suppression Bureau, and killed Magistrate Wu Huairen after uncovering his ties to the Northern Nether Sea. He then turned his attention to hunting the lesser water demons still lurking around Cloud Shadow Creek.

• Su Yu arrived at Qingjiang County’s southern gate with Yang Jing and Zhang He, threw Wang Lin’s head onto the wall, and announced that he was taking over the Demon Suppression Bureau.
• Su Yu entered the bureau compound and decided to eliminate Wu Huairen rather than follow official procedure.
• Su Yu sneaked into Wu Huairen’s study, found a secret letter to the Northern Nether Sea, and forced him to reveal a hidden stash of spirit stones and blood ginseng.
• Su Yu took the supplies and letter, then killed Wu Huairen and returned to the Demon Suppression Bureau.
• Su Yu recalled the low-ranking water demons around Cloud Shadow Creek and set out to hunt them for Slaughter Points.

Su Yu arrived at Deadwater Marsh and destroyed Wang Xuan’s Half-Step Mystic Realm puppet before killing Wang Xuan. Wen Ting’er survived the encounter, left staring at the masked Shadow Guard from Tiannan Commandery.

• Wen Ting’er attacked Wang Xuan with five pillars of purple lightning, but his dark gold puppet absorbed the strike.
• Wang Xuan ordered the puppet to attack Wen Ting’er and blocked her escape, forcing her to prepare her last Five-Thunder Blast Talisman.
• Su Yu descended into the battlefield and split the puppet’s arm and shoulder with his saber before destroying its central formation hub with a punch.
• Wang Xuan sacrificed his blood essence and fled, but Su Yu caught up and severed his head with a saber strike.
• Wen Ting’er watched Su Yu kill Wang Xuan and recognized him as a Shadow Guard from Tiannan Commandery.

Su Yu defeated Wang Xuan and his Demon-Severing Puppet, then accepted Wen Ting'er’s gift of the Firmament Lightning Descent Art. He plunged into Cloud Shadow Creek to hunt its water demons and continued slaughtering powerful river monsters in the central waters.

• Su Yu killed Wang Xuan and destroyed the Half-Step Mystic Realm Demon-Severing Puppet, revealing his martial and spiritual abilities to Wen Ting'er.
• Wen Ting'er gave Su Yu the supreme-grade Spirit Realm Firmament Lightning Descent Art and warned that the Demon God Cult would seek revenge.
• Wen Ting'er left to find a place to heal, while Su Yu entered the marsh and slaughtered packs of low-level water demons for Slaughter Points.
• Su Yu cleared the outskirts of Cloud Shadow Creek and entered the central waters, where he killed a giant snapping turtle with the Vajra Star-Shattering Seal.
• Su Yu fought the remaining high-level river monsters, cutting them down as the waters of Deadwater Marsh turned red with blood.

Su Yu returned from Cloud Shadow Creek with evidence that Qingjiang County officials had colluded with the Northern Nether Sea's Jiao Wuye, and arranged for the county's defenses and seized spoils to be sent to Tiannan Commandery. He reported the threat to Lu Cang, who realized the matter could endanger the entire commandery.

• Su Yu killed the last Blackwater Mystic Serpent in Deadwater Marsh and left to report the danger to Tiannan Commandery.
• Su Yu gave Yang Jing a parchment naming Jiao Wuye and the Northern Nether Sea, and told her to request reinforcements from Lu Cang.
• Zhao Mang arrived with fifty Demon Suppression Guards to take over Qingjiang County's defenses, and Su Yu ordered the confiscated treasures sent to Tiannan Commandery.
• Su Yu escorted the treasures back to Tiannan Commandery with Yang Jing and Zhang He.
• Su Yu told Lu Cang that Wu Huairen and Wang Lin had colluded with Cloud Shadow Creek's demons under Jiao Wuye, and Lu Cang reacted with alarm at the Northern Nether Sea's power.

Su Yu spent Slaughter Points to advance Eight Desolations Demon-Suppressing Qi and awakened its ultimate killing move, the Eight Desolations Demon-Suppressing Hand. After breaking through to Qi Refinement Fifth Level, he chose to strengthen his body refinement and ordered the system to fuse two cultivation arts.

• Lu Cang learned that Su Yu had provoked the Northern Nether Sea and worried that his actions could change the Great Qin Dynasty.
• Su Yu returned to his private courtyard and spent 8,000 Slaughter Points advancing Eight Desolations Demon-Suppressing Qi to minute subtlety.
• Su Yu awakened the Eight Desolations Demon-Suppressing Hand and tested its crushing pressure, which he planned to combine with the Prohibition Blood Formation.
• Su Yu's Qi refinement cultivation rose two levels to Qi Refinement Fifth Level.
• Su Yu chose the Gold and Jade Pagoda Scroll over the Firmament Lightning Descent Art and ordered the system to fuse it with Vajra Demonic Baleful Intent.

Su Yu advanced his body-refining cultivation to the peak of the Spirit Realm Ninth Level and fused a supreme-grade spirit-refining method. After water demons rioted in Yu County’s Yunchang River, he was sent with Cao Yue’s squad to suppress them and investigate the cause.

• Su Yu fused Vajra Demonic Baleful Intent with the pagoda’s true intent, creating Vajra Pagoda Baleful Intent, then spent his Slaughter Points to raise it to major accomplishment and reach the peak of the Spirit Realm Ninth Level.
• Lu Cang received the commander’s order to watch and wait on the Northern Nether Sea matter, then focused the bureau on wiping out water demons in Tiannan Commandery.
• Over three days, Su Yu fused several spirit-refining cultivation methods into the supreme-grade Purple Mansion Spirit-Nurturing Art and spent his remaining Slaughter Points to begin cultivating it.
• Lu Cang summoned Su Yu and told him that water demons in Yu County’s Yunchang River had gone berserk, capsized fishing boats, attacked villages, and overwhelmed the local Demon Suppression Bureau.
• Lu Cang assigned Cao Yue and her squad to support Su Yu in suppressing the riot and investigating its cause, and Su Yu ordered them to prepare to leave in half an hour.

Su Yu and the Demon Suppression Guards investigated reports of a water demon rampage near Yu County, where boats and fishermen had been killed. After finding evidence that the victims and wreckage were tied to merchant ships, Su Yu discovered a wounded martial artist hiding in the reeds and captured him.

• Su Yu rode with Yang Jing, Zhang He, Cao Yue, and two guards toward Yu County after learning that the Flying Fish Gang controlled much of the waterways.
• At a wharf, disaster victims reported that a greater demon had capsized fishing boats and sunk a cargo convoy, and Su Yu suspected someone was deliberately spreading panic to close the waters.
• Su Yu's party found mutilated bodies, green scale fragments, and wreckage from a large merchant ship near Yu County.
• Su Yu sensed a wounded Spirit Realm martial artist in the reeds and prepared to confront him as Cao Yue, Zhang He, and Yang Jing sealed off escape routes.
• A mud-covered man lunged at Su Yu with a saber, but Su Yu caught the blade between two fingers, and Cao Yue questioned the captured man.

Su Yu learned that the Flying Fish Gang had colluded with water demons to disrupt river trade and extort merchants, then rode to Yu County and attacked the gang at its docks. As a dozen Spirit Realm martial artists confronted him, Su Yu raised his bloodied saber, ready to fight.

• Zhao Biao told Su Yu and Cao Yue that water demons had attacked his merchant ship while leaving the Flying Fish Gang's fleet untouched.
• Su Yu led Cao Yue, Zhang He, and their companions toward Yu County with Zhao Biao in tow.
• At the docks, Flying Fish Gang members demanded an increased fee from merchants, and their boss tried to block the riders.
• Su Yu charged the boss with his horse, then dismounted and cut down the gang members who attacked him.
• A silk-robed man arrived with more than a dozen Spirit Realm martial artists, and Su Yu raised his saber as dark golden Spiritual Qi surged through it.

Su Yu defeated the Flying Fish Gang's fighters and forced Luo Ming to reveal that the gang leader had staged attacks blamed on water yao to monopolize river trade. Su Yu took Luo Ming toward Yu County to expose the gang, but found the city gates shut and guarded by soldiers beside the gang's banner.

• Su Yu killed six Spirit Realm warriors and crippled Luo Ming when the Flying Fish Gang tried to drive the Demon Suppression Guard from the docks.
• Su Yu threatened Luo Ming until he confessed that the gang leader had staged shipwrecks, spread Yao Qi, and used fear of water yao to force merchants to buy Flying Fish Tokens.
• Cao Yue questioned Luo Ming about the deaths of fishermen and destruction of merchant ships, while witnesses and refugees reacted to his confession.
• Su Yu asked what else the gang had put in the water, but Luo Ming claimed he did not know; Su Yu kicked him unconscious and ordered his team to bring him along.
• Zhang He carried Luo Ming to a horse, and Su Yu led the group toward Yu County to show the people the evidence.
• Su Yu and his companions reached the city, where they found the gates closed and guarded by soldiers alongside the Flying Fish Gang's banner.

Su Yu exposed the Flying Fish Gang’s scheme to terrorize shipping in Yu County, but evidence showed that real water yao were also involved. After ordering Luo Ming guarded in prison, Su Yu prepared to confront gang leader Zheng Tie at Flying Fish Wharf after dark.

• Su Yu’s party entered Yu County, where Chen Sheng said water yao had killed Demon Suppression Bureau guards at Shallow Water Bay, contradicting Luo Ming’s claim that the attacks were staged by the Flying Fish Gang.
• Su Yu ordered Zhang He to make Luo Ming confess publicly, and Luo Ming revealed that gang members disguised as water yao had attacked ships to force merchants to buy protection tokens.
• The crowd tried to attack Luo Ming, but Zhang He and Cao Yue held them back; Su Yu ordered Chen Sheng to guard the prisoner, while gray-clad men fled to warn the Flying Fish Gang.
• At Flying Fish Wharf, Zheng Tie ordered the gang to gather at the stronghold and sent Fourth to Yu County to kill Luo Ming before he could provide more evidence.
• Su Yu and Cao Yue reviewed records showing unexplained sinkings and strong Yao Qi in the deep-water whirlpool region, suggesting real water yao were working with the gang.
• Su Yu decided to rest for four hours and then confront Zheng Tie at the wharf after dark.

Zheng Tie arranged for water demons to kill the arriving Demon Suppression Guards while a masked gang member tried to silence Luo Ming in the Yu County prison. Yang Jing stopped the attacker, and Su Yu rode toward Flying Fish Wharf with Zhang He and Cao Yue to expose the demons and Flying Fish Gang.

• Zheng Tie contacted the young master for help, then bargained with three water demons to kill the man he planned to lure into their underground stronghold.
• A black-robed cult member told the water demons that their protector was coming and urged them to delay the Demon Suppression Guards.
• A masked man attacked Chen Sheng in the underground prison and tried to kill the captive Luo Ming.
• Yang Jing used her divine sense to overwhelm and incapacitate the masked attacker before he could reach Luo Ming.
• Su Yu rode toward Flying Fish Wharf with Zhang He and Cao Yue, then ordered them to split off and secretly gather evidence.

Su Yu stormed Flying Fish Wharf and slaughtered the gang members and leaders who tried to stop him. He pursued Zheng Tie into an underground water stronghold, where three powerful water yao attacked him.

• Su Yu smashed through the wharf barricades and cut down the Flying Fish Gang members guarding the entrance.
• Su Yu broke through the gang's forces, killed the Battle Hall Master, and crushed the four Attendants with Eight Desolations Demon-Suppressing Hand.
• Zheng Tie fled while the second and third bosses attacked Su Yu, but Su Yu killed both bosses and pursued Zheng Tie through the main building.
• Zheng Tie escaped into a hidden passage beneath a sluice and entered an underground water stronghold inhabited by mutated water yao.
• Su Yu broke through the passage ceiling and landed beside the underground water, where three spirit realm ninth level water yao lunged at him.

Su Yu slaughtered the water demons in the Flying Fish Gang’s stronghold and confronted Zheng Tie, but a Half-Step Mystic Realm Demon God Cult protector intervened to take him away. The protector stood between Su Yu and Zheng Tie as Su Yu readied himself to fight.

• Cao Yue and Zhang He returned with the secret ledger proving the Flying Fish Gang traded living humans to the water demons.
• Su Yu killed three Spirit Realm Ninth Level water demons while Cao Yue and Zhang He watched.
• Zheng Tie begged Su Yu for mercy and claimed someone had forced him to cooperate with the water demons.
• A Demon God Cult protector appeared, blocked Su Yu’s attack, and seized Zheng Tie, saying the cult still needed him.
• Su Yu gathered his power and prepared to face the protector.

Su Yu fought Chen Wan and his demonkin allies in the underground water stronghold while Yang Kong confronted a black-scaled greater demon at sea. The chapter ended as Yang Kong brought a giant sword down on the greater demon.

• Chen Wan summoned two Spirit Realm ninth-level demonkin and ordered them to carry the unconscious Zheng Tie away while he held off Su Yu's companions.
• Su Yu met Chen Wan's punch head-on, injured his fist, and forced him to retreat.
• Su Yu killed both demonkin with his saber and Eight Desolations Demon-Suppressing Hand, then clashed with Chen Wan's Blood Baleful Intent Asura Slash using Blood Prison Heaven-Slaughtering.
• A thousand li from Tiannan Commandery, Yang Kong and four Demon Suppression Commandants surrounded a black-scaled greater demon as it threatened to turn Qing Province into a feeding ground.
• Yang Kong and the commandants formed the Demon-Subduing Grand Array, and Yang Kong summoned a thousand-foot sword and swung it down at the greater demon.

Su Yu killed Chen Wan in the Flying Fish Gang’s underground stronghold, then refused to spare Zheng Tie despite learning that the gang served the son of Duke Chen. As a terrifying force descended from a fissure in the dome, Su Yu kept driving his saber toward Zheng Tie.

• Su Yu killed Chen Wan with one saber strike, earning 2,000 Slaughter Points, while Cao Yue and Zhang He witnessed his strength.
• Zheng Tie begged for his life and claimed that the Flying Fish Gang acted on orders from the son of Qing Province’s Duke Chen.
• Cao Yue urged Su Yu to take Zheng Tie to the commandery city, but Su Yu rejected the proposal and prepared to kill him.
• A fissure opened in the rock dome, and a crushing force pinned Cao Yue and Zhang He while bearing down on Su Yu.
• Su Yu resisted the pressure and drove his saber into Zheng Tie as an icy voice from the fissure shouted, “Stop!”

Su Yu killed Zheng Tie despite the Chen Family’s demand that he be released, provoking Chen Yu, Duke Chen’s son. Chen Yu ordered his attendant to kill Su Yu, and the Mystic Realm guard prepared to attack.

• Mystic Realm spiritual pressure descended on the water stronghold, and Zheng Tie taunted Su Yu with the promise of Chen Yu’s arrival.
• Su Yu broke through the pressure with his divine sense and beheaded Zheng Tie, earning 800 Slaughter Points.
• Cao Yue saw Su Yu kill Zheng Tie and felt satisfaction that he had punished a criminal who colluded with demons.
• Chen Yu and his white-haired attendant arrived, and Chen Yu ordered the attendant to kill Su Yu.
• The attendant warned Chen Yu that attacking a Demon Suppression Bureau officer could provoke an investigation, but Chen Yu insisted on Su Yu’s death.
• The attendant unleashed his Mystic Realm First Level pressure and warned Su Yu that the Chen Family would not spare him.

Su Yu spent all his Slaughter Points to break through to Spirit Realm Eighth Level and wounded the Mystic Realm First Level Attendant in a fierce exchange. The Attendant burned ten years of his lifespan and charged at Su Yu, who met him with two extreme-realm killing moves.

• Su Yu used all his Slaughter Points to raise his Qi refining cultivation three minor realms, reaching Spirit Realm Eighth Level.
• Su Yu used Reverse Scale Flash to evade the Mystic Realm vortex and attack the white-haired Attendant, breaking his shield and wounding his chest.
• Chen Yu ordered the wounded Attendant to kill Su Yu, while Zhang He and Cao Yue watched the fight in shock.
• The Attendant burned ten years of his lifespan and charged at Su Yu with a blood-colored storm of power.
• Su Yu combined Eight Desolations Demon-Suppressing Hand with Blood Prison Heaven-Slaughtering and struck the Attendant's blood-colored attack.

Su Yu killed the Chen Family’s Mystic Realm Attendant despite Chen Yu’s threats, then seized Duke Chen’s son and pinned him face-down in the mud. Chen Yu’s spine was near breaking beneath Su Yu’s boot as Cao Yue and Zhang He watched.

• Su Yu crushed the white-haired elder’s true essence and struck him down, leaving him unable to rise.
• Chen Yu threatened Su Yu and demanded his loyalty, but Su Yu ignored him and beheaded the elder, gaining 5,000 Slaughter Points.
• Chen Yu threatened Su Yu’s companions, and Su Yu used Reverse Scale Flash to appear before him and seize him by the neck.
• Su Yu smashed Chen Yu’s knees against the floor and pinned him under his boot, grinding him into the muddy, bloodstained stone.

Su Yu battled Chen Yu after Chen Yu revealed that he had secretly cultivated the Blood Demon Art and forced his way to the Mystic Realm First Level. Su Yu broke through Chen Yu’s attacks and struck him down, but Chen Yu crushed a black crystal just as Su Yu’s saber was about to kill him.

• Chen Yu unleashed the Blood Demon Art, raising his cultivation to the Mystic Realm First Level and revealing his connection to the Blood Demon Hall.
• Cao Yue recognized the forbidden art and sent an emergency signal to Tiannan Commandery while Su Yu told her to stand back.
• Chen Yu attacked Su Yu with a massive blood-colored sword, but Su Yu’s Blood Prison Heaven-Slaughtering shattered the attack and wounded him.
• Su Yu followed with the Eight Desolations Demon-Suppressing Hand, crushing Chen Yu into the ruins before closing in to finish him.
• As Su Yu’s saber descended toward Chen Yu’s neck, Chen Yu crushed a black diamond-shaped crystal that engulfed him in blinding light.

Su Yu killed Chen Yu, the duke’s son and a Blood Demon Hall cultivator, after defeating him in the underground stronghold. With Chen Yu dead and Flying Fish Gang survivors and mutated water demons gathering, Su Yu continued his assault as Cao Yue sent for Commandant Lu.

• Chen Yu used Blood Shadow Escape to flee, but Su Yu intercepted him and smashed him back into the ruins.
• Three concealed Demon God Cult agents learned that Chen Yu practiced the Blood Demon Hall’s core art and secretly crawled toward a ventilation opening.
• Chen Yu offered Su Yu wealth and cultivation arts, but Su Yu beheaded him and gained 5,000 Slaughter Points.
• Su Yu ordered Cao Yue to have Commandant Lu send men, while Cao Yue said she had already notified him.
• Su Yu attacked the surviving Flying Fish Gang members, and swarms of mutated water demons gathered behind the iron bars.
• Su Yu charged toward the churning underground abyss as the demons rose toward the surface.

Su Yu slaughtered the water demons in Yu County’s underground stronghold, reaching 33,500 Slaughter Points and using them to advance his spirit cultivation and learn a lightning art. After sensing three hidden Demon God Cult agents, he struck at them with lightning, while Lu Cang hurried to Yu County to protect him from Duke Chen’s retaliation.

• Su Yu killed the water demons in the underground river, culminating in a strike that crushed the demons hiding in a deep fissure.
• Lu Cang learned from Cao Yue that Su Yu had killed Chen Yu, a Blood Demon Hall cultivator and Duke Chen’s descendant, and raced toward Yu County.
• Su Yu emerged from the water, saw the surviving Flying Fish Gang members surrender, and checked that he had 33,500 Slaughter Points.
• Su Yu spent Slaughter Points to advance the Purple Mansion Spirit-Nurturing Art, raising his spirit cultivation to the Spirit Realm fifth level.
• Su Yu advanced the Firmament Lightning Descent Art and sensed three Demon God Cult agents trying to escape the stronghold.
• Su Yu fired lightning through the ground toward the three agents.

Su Yu killed the Demon God Cultists and hundreds of water demons with his lightning art, but a Mystic Realm fifth-level fish demon emerged from the underground river. As the demon prepared to attack, it sensed a terrifying Mystic Realm ninth-level presence approaching from far away.

• Su Yu killed three Demon God Cultists who had sent word about Chen Yu’s Blood Demon Art to the branch altar.
• Su Yu used Firmament Lightning Descent to kill hundreds of water demons and gained 30,500 Slaughter Points.
• Cao Yue and Zhang He were overwhelmed by the lightning’s pressure as a Mystic Realm fifth-level fish demon rose from the river.
• The fish demon confronted Su Yu and formed an icy trident and a field of icicles around itself.
• The fish demon sensed a powerful Mystic Realm ninth-level presence approaching from a thousand li away and stopped its attack.

Su Yu survived the battle in the underground stronghold and killed Chen Yu, but the Chen Family tried to disavow him and threatened retaliation. The chapter ended with Lu Cang and Su Yu facing the consequences as the Chen Family remembered Su Yu’s name.

• The fish demon abandoned the water demons and escaped through a deeper underground watercourse after warning Su Yu that it would return.
• Lu Cang arrived and found Chen Yu and a Mystic Realm expert dead, along with hundreds of slain water demons.
• A gray-robed Attendant of Duke Chen’s Residence claimed Chen Yu had been expelled from the Chen Family and said he had come to clean house.
• Lu Cang rejected the explanation, and Su Yu confirmed that he had killed Chen Yu.
• The gray-robed man warned that the Chen Family would remember Su Yu before leaving, and Lu Cang told Su Yu he had caused a major crisis.

After killing Chen Yu, Su Yu led a purge of Yu County and confiscated the wealth and martial arts of the Flying Fish Gang’s collaborators. He returned toward Tiannan Commandery determined to turn the spoils into strength while the Chen Family and a retreating water demon remained threats.

• Lu Cang assured Su Yu that the Chen Family could not retaliate freely against a Demon Suppression Guard and left to report the incident to the commander.
• Su Yu ordered Cao Yue and Zhang He to use the secret ledger to punish everyone who colluded with the Flying Fish Gang and disregarded human lives.
• The Demon Suppression Bureau purged Yu County, killing corrupt officials and merchants and confiscating their ill-gotten wealth.
• The people of Yu County silently bowed as Su Yu and his party departed, while Zhang He reported their haul of gold, silver, and seventeen cultivation methods and martial arts.
• Su Yu focused on using the confiscated techniques to grow stronger as the convoy approached Tiannan Commandery, where the guards opened a dedicated gate passage for them.