Chapter Summaries

Su Yu uncovered evidence linking Duke Chen's Residence to the Demon God Cult, then spared Chen Hao so the Demon Suppression Bureau could use him as a living witness. After consuming the last Blood-Veined Fruit and breaking through in two cultivation paths, Su Yu was pulled from the Blood-Colored Secret Realm as it closed.

• Su Yu destroyed the demonic soul and recovered memory fragments showing Duke Chen's Residence secretly supplied resources to the Demon God Cult and was involved in a Divine Descent plan.
• Lone Wolf stopped Su Yu from killing Chen Hao, arguing that capturing him alive would give the Demon Suppression Bureau a stronger case against Duke Chen's Residence.
• Su Yu allowed Lone Wolf to seal Chen Hao's residual Demonic Qi and take him away as a prisoner.
• Su Yu ate the last Blood-Veined Fruit, advancing his Body Refinement cultivation to the mystic realm ninth level and his Qi Refinement cultivation to the mystic realm fifth level.
• The Blood-Colored Secret Realm began to close, and Su Yu and the other survivors were drawn toward the blood-colored vortex.

Su Yu emerged from the secret realm as the other participants and their elders realized he had dominated the contest for the Blood-Veined Fruit. When the Duke's Residence steward accused him of making Chen Hao disappear and tried to attack, Cao Ping intervened and took Su Yu away.

• Li Xi, Zhao Chengkong, and Huikong emerged from the secret realm without obtaining the Blood-Veined Fruit, and their reactions drew the crowd's attention to Su Yu.
• The Chen Residence steward searched the returning martial artists, found Chen Hao missing, and accused Su Yu of harming the young master.
• Su Yu coolly challenged the steward for blaming him when Chen Hao went missing, and the steward began gathering True Qi to attack.
• Cao Ping suppressed the steward with his Earth Realm pressure, mocked the Duke Chen's Residence, and shielded Su Yu.
• Cao Ping summoned Su Yu to leave with him, while the furious steward watched them depart.

Su Yu followed Cao Ping from the secret realm to Qing Province City, where the Demon Suppression Commissioner, Wang Du, summoned him. Wang Du asked whether Su Yu had personally removed the demonic soul from Chen Hao.

• The Chen residence's steward returned in humiliation after Cao Ping escorted Su Yu away.
• Cao Ping praised Su Yu for dominating the Qing Province geniuses and warned him that Duke Chen's Residence might use covert methods against him.
• Cao Ping flew with Su Yu to Qing Province City and brought him to meet Wang Du, the Demon Suppression Commissioner.
• Wang Du's pressure caused Su Yu's True Qi to stall, but the Purple-Gold Prison-Suppressing Platform resisted it.
• Wang Du asked Su Yu whether he had personally stripped the demonic soul from Chen Hao's body.

Su Yu met Wang Du, who praised him for capturing Chen Hao and appointed him a captain at Qing Province headquarters. After receiving a residence and access to headquarters resources, Su Yu headed for the Demon Suppression Pavilion to improve his strength.

• Su Yu confirmed to Wang Du that he had stripped the demonic soul from Chen Hao, and Wang Du awarded him fifty thousand merit points and promised protection from Duke Chen's Residence.
• Wang Du ordered Cao Ping to make Su Yu a captain directly under Qing Province headquarters and provide him with the highest-standard benefits.
• Cao Ping showed Su Yu the headquarters, including the Prison Suppression Pagoda, Intelligence Bureau, training ground, pill dispensary, and Weaponsmithing Pavilion.
• Cao Ping gave Su Yu Listening to the Wind Courtyard and Wang Du's command token, which granted him access to headquarters areas and the first five floors of the Demon Suppression Pavilion.
• Su Yu checked his cultivation and 419,000 Slaughter Points, then left his residence to visit the Demon Suppression Pavilion.

Su Yu assessed the gaps in his cultivation and martial arts before entering the Demon Suppression Pavilion to seek stronger techniques. At Duke Chen’s Residence, Chen Xiaotian reacted to the deaths and disappearance of his sons by ordering restraint and secretly asking the Blood Baleful Intent Hall to investigate.

• Su Yu concluded he needed a supreme-grade Body Refinement method, close-combat art, and saber technique to overcome his current limitations.
• Chen Xiaotian heard his steward report that Cao Ping had defended Su Yu and that events in the valley had gone against the Chen Family.
• Chen Xiaotian killed the frightened maid Chun’er, revealed his Earth Realm Peak strength, and ordered the Chen Family Attendants recalled and forbidden to act without his orders.
• A member of the Blood Baleful Intent Hall appeared, and Chen Xiaotian ordered the group to investigate what happened in the secret realm and find his missing son.

Su Yu entered the Demon Suppression Pavilion with 150,000 merit points and selected three Mystic Realm martial arts to strengthen his abilities. He exchanged 140,000 points for them and left with 10,000 remaining.

• Su Yu showed the pavilion’s elderly attendant his captain’s token, and the attendant discovered that it held 150,000 merit points.
• Su Yu went to the third floor and chose Nine-Transformation Demonic Baleful Intent, Sea-Burning Seal, and Asura Single-Blade Slash.
• The Demon Suppression Guard told Su Yu that the three techniques cost 140,000 merit points.
• Su Yu paid without hesitation, received the jade slips with 10,000 merit points left, and left the pavilion.

After spending 140,000 merit on three cultivation arts, Su Yu fused two Body Refinement methods into the supreme-grade Pagoda Demonic Baleful Intent Art. He headed to the Prison Suppression Pagoda to gather the Sha Qi needed for its first transformation.

• A Demon Suppression Guard watched Su Yu leave after he spent 140,000 merit and was stunned by the purchase.
• Su Yu returned to the Listening to the Wind Courtyard and recorded Nine-Transformation Demonic Baleful Intent.
• Su Yu spent 100,000 Slaughter Points to fuse it with Mystic Iron Pagoda Baleful Intent, creating the supreme-grade Pagoda Demonic Baleful Intent Art.
• Su Yu realized the art needed a great quantity of Sha Qi for its first transformation and chose to seek it in the Prison Suppression Pagoda.
• Su Yu arrived at the guarded Prison Suppression Pagoda, where dense Sha Qi crystals covered the plaza.

Su Yu sought the Prison Suppression Pagoda to cultivate the Pagoda Demonic Baleful Intent Art, but squad leader Li Hu tried to bar his entry. After Su Yu revealed Wang Du’s personal token, Li Hu and the guards knelt in terror, and Su Yu entered the pagoda as its doors closed behind him.

• Su Yu arrived at the Prison Suppression Pagoda and sensed the dense balefulness he needed for his cultivation.
• Li Hu stopped Su Yu and insisted that only a commander or someone with the Demon Suppression Commissioner’s written order could enter.
• After hearing rumors about Su Yu’s achievements, Li Hu still threatened to arrest him if he tried to pass.
• Su Yu tossed Li Hu a black iron token bearing the Commissioner’s mark and Wang Du’s personal seal.
• Li Hu recognized the token as representing the Demon Suppression Commissioner and fell to his knees with the other guards.
• The pagoda doors opened, and Su Yu walked into the torrent of balefulness and resentment before the doors shut behind him.

Su Yu entered the Prison Suppression Pagoda and used his soul power to subdue its prisoners before upgrading the Pagoda Demonic Baleful Intent Art with Slaughter Points. He comprehended Pagoda Demonic Manifestation, whose appearance overwhelmed the fourth-floor prisoners.

• Su Yu entered the Prison Suppression Pagoda and calmly climbed through its first three floors, silencing the imprisoned demons with his divine sense pressure.
• On the fourth floor, Old Man Ghost tried to lure Su Yu’s soul, but Su Yu used Prison-Suppressing Soul Chain to seize and torment him.
• Su Yu’s gaze caused a three-eyed wolf demon’s soul-seeing eye to burst, terrifying the fourth-floor prisoners.
• Su Yu used Slaughter Points to raise the Pagoda Demonic Baleful Intent Art to perfection, then began advancing it to Minute Subtlety.
• Su Yu absorbed the fourth floor’s Sha Qi, resentment Qi, and death Qi, draining the imprisoned demons and evil cultivators.
• Su Yu reached Minute Subtlety and comprehended Pagoda Demonic Manifestation, a dark-gold nine-story pagoda whose opening eyes froze every prisoner in fear.

Su Yu revealed the law-bearing power of his Pagoda Demonic Baleful Intent Art, and Wang Du warned him that its uncontrolled force could harm him. When Su Yu asked for an Earth Realm Body Refinement art, Wang Du said the Demon Suppression Pavilion had nothing suitable and pointed him toward Xuankong Temple's supreme art, Acala Body.

• Su Yu's Pagoda Demonic Manifestation opened its eyes, destroying the souls of the three-eyed giant wolf demon and Old Man Ghost and terrifying the remaining prisoners.
• Wang Du appeared, recognized a trace of law in Su Yu's manifestation, and ordered him to put it away.
• Wang Du examined Su Yu and warned him not to use the power again until he entered the Earth Realm.
• Su Yu asked Wang Du for an Earth Realm Body Refinement art so he could advance beyond the Pagoda Demonic Baleful Intent Art.
• Wang Du said the Demon Suppression Pavilion had no suitable art and named Xuankong Temple's supreme art, Acala Body.

Wang Du arranged for Su Yu to enter Xuankong Temple’s Dharma Discussion Competition, where the victor could study the supreme Acala Body. Su Yu spent the night refining his body in the Prison Suppression Pagoda and resolved to win the competition.

• Wang Du told Su Yu that Xuankong Temple’s Acala Body was beyond the reach of the Demon Suppression Bureau, but its upcoming competition could provide a legitimate chance to study it.
• Wang Du offered a bodhi seed as the competition prize in exchange for allowing the victor to enter the Scripture Repository’s top floor and study the Acala Body.
• Wang Du arranged for Su Yu to compete as the Demon Suppression Bureau’s recommended lay disciple and gave him half a month to prepare.
• After Wang Du left, Su Yu released his restraint in the Prison Suppression Pagoda and absorbed the Sha Qi and resentment Qi from the imprisoned demons and evil cultivators.
• Su Yu spent the night tempering his body until he had drained the fourth floor and stabilized his Body Refinement cultivation.
• Su Yu opened his eyes at dawn and vowed to win the Dharma Discussion Competition.

After leaving the Prison Suppression Pagoda, Su Yu fused two pairs of martial arts into powerful new techniques. He tested one of them in his courtyard, leaving its strength on display.

• Su Yu emerged from the Prison Suppression Pagoda after absorbing its Sha Qi, and Li Hu realized the pagoda had been emptied overnight.
• Su Yu reviewed his gains and recorded the Sea-Burning Seal and the Asura Single-Blade Slash.
• Su Yu fused the Vajra Star-Shattering Seal with the Sea-Burning Seal, creating the Prison-Burning Star-Shattering Seal.
• Su Yu fused the Asura Single-Blade Slash with the Blood Sha Mountains and Rivers Slash, creating the Asura Blood Sha Slash.
• Su Yu tested the Asura Blood Sha Slash with a finger-blade strike that cut a deep scratch into a hundred-times-refined steel target.

Su Yu received an urgent mission to stop the Blood Baleful Intent Hall from carrying out a mass blood sacrifice in the City of Calamity and Chaos. Seeing the lawless city as a source of Slaughter Points, he set out alone, eager for the slaughter ahead.

• Su Yu tested his new supreme-grade martial arts and saw that he had only 9,000 Slaughter Points left after spending more than four hundred thousand.
• Cao Ping delivered orders sending Su Yu to the City of Calamity and Chaos, where the Blood Baleful Intent Hall was preparing a blood sacrifice that could kill everyone in the city.
• Su Yu accepted the mission without hesitation, viewing the danger as an opportunity to replenish his Slaughter Points.
• Cao Ping gave Su Yu his mission documents, an entry-and-exit token, and a map, then warned him that the city was more dangerous than Tiannan Commandery.
• Su Yu hired a Wind-Thunder Vulture and flew toward the City of Calamity and Chaos, anticipating the slaughter.

Su Yu was ambushed by Tu Jiu and three Blood Baleful Intent Hall guardians seeking information about Chen Hao, but he revealed his overwhelming power and killed one guardian instantly. The survivors fled as Su Yu prepared to claim their Slaughter Points.

• Su Yu traveled toward the City of Calamity and Chaos while refining his newly fused martial arts and wishing for more Slaughter Points.
• Tu Jiu and three guardians set a trap for Su Yu, hoping to capture him and search his soul for clues about Chen Hao.
• The Blood Baleful Intent Heaven-Trapping Formation trapped Su Yu and his Wind-Thunder Vulture in a canyon.
• Tu Jiu attacked Su Yu with a blood-colored claw, but Su Yu split it apart with the Asura Blood Sha Slash.
• Su Yu used Thunder Demon Shadow Trace Steps and the Prison-Burning Star-Shattering Seal to kill one guardian, gaining 12,000 Slaughter Points.
• Tu Jiu and the two remaining guardians retreated, and Su Yu taunted them for running from their intended soul search.

Su Yu killed Tu Jiu and two other Blood Baleful Intent Hall protectors, then learned that a greater demon had massacred Gale Stronghold and a Demon Suppression Bureau squad at Qiu Mountain. Seeking more Slaughter Points, he left Blackwater Town and headed toward the mountain.

• Su Yu used his Prison-Suppressing Intent and Great Annihilation Pagoda to crush Tu Jiu and kill the two fleeing protectors, gaining 130,000 Slaughter Points.
• Su Yu found the Wind-Thunder Vulture dead and continued toward the City of Calamity and Chaos, stopping at Blackwater Town after nightfall.
• At Drunken Life, Su Yu overheard diners say a greater demon at Qiu Mountain had killed over a hundred men from Gale Stronghold and wiped out a Demon Suppression Bureau squad.
• Su Yu decided the greater demon could yield valuable Slaughter Points and paid a waiter for directions to Qiu Mountain.
• Su Yu left Blackwater Town and walked toward Qiu Mountain, where black-and-red Yao Qi rose into the night sky.

Su Yu reached Qiu Mountain and found a Wen Lineage cultivator fighting a half-step earth realm fox yao. He attacked as the fox yao moved to kill the wounded cultivator, leaving the battle unresolved as his saber descended.

• Su Yu crossed Qiu Mountain’s Yao Qi-ridden slopes, killing several mutated wolves along the way.
• Su Yu hid near the summit and watched a Wen Lineage cultivator use the mystic realm Firmament Lightning Descent Art against a three-tailed fox yao.
• The fox yao endured the lightning strike, broke through the cultivator’s shield, and left him gravely wounded and unable to fight.
• Su Yu decided to save the Wen Lineage cultivator and prevent the fox yao from recovering by consuming his blood essence.
• Su Yu drew his saber, startled the fox yao with his killing intent, and unleashed Asura Blood Sha Slash as the yao raised a miasma shield.

Su Yu killed the fox demon on Qiu Mountain, then forced Wen Zixuan to teach him the Mystic Realm continuation of the Firmament Lightning Descent Art. After completing it as the Purple Firmament Heavenly Thunder Art, Su Yu set off for the City of Calamity and Chaos.

• Su Yu killed the Half-Step Earth Realm fox demon with his saber and Prison-Burning Star-Shattering Seal, earning 50,000 Slaughter Points.
• Wen Zixuan thanked Su Yu for saving him and identified himself as a member of the Wen Lineage in Qing Province.
• Su Yu demanded the Mystic Realm Firmament Lightning Descent Art, and Wen Zixuan agreed to recite its formula after Su Yu revealed he had mastered the Spirit Realm art.
• Su Yu used 30,000 Slaughter Points to complete the formula, obtaining the top-grade Mystic Realm Purple Firmament Heavenly Thunder Art.
• Su Yu dissected the fox demon, told Wen Zixuan his name, and left for the City of Calamity and Chaos after learning it lay northwest.

Su Yu entered the City of Calamity and Chaos and discovered that the Blood Baleful Intent Hall and the Demon God Cult had prepared a city-wide blood-sacrifice formation beneath it. He chose to let the scheme proceed so he could seize its rewards, but a demonic creature arrived at the Treasure-Gathering Pavilion and fixed its gaze on his room.

• Beneath the city, Kumu and Blood Cat discussed the formation and planned to activate it in three days using the heart's blood of one hundred children.
• Su Yu entered the City of Calamity and Chaos, paid the entry fee, and headed for the city lord's residence.
• At the Treasure-Gathering Pavilion, Su Yu sensed the Blood Baleful Intent Hall's Sha Qi and mapped the formation's network of nexuses beneath the city.
• Su Yu decided to wait for the formation to activate so he could claim Slaughter Points and whatever the cults were summoning.
• A gray-robed demonic creature burst into the Pavilion carrying a deputy commander's head and spotted Su Yu through his fifth-floor window.

Su Yu faced a deadly probe from Sun Xin after a berserk Yao creature attacked the Treasure-Gathering Pavilion. Sun Xin confirmed that Su Yu had sensed the city lord's manor's underground formation, but she withdrew without attacking and warned him to stay indoors at night.

• The gray-robed Yao creature killed the Treasure-Gathering Pavilion steward and prepared to leap toward Su Yu's room.
• Sun Xin arrived and kicked the creature through the building's rear wall, then ordered the city guards to bind and remove it.
• Sun Xin brought wine to Su Yu's room and tested him under the guise of apologizing for the attack.
• Su Yu's Prison-Suppressing True Intent effortlessly resisted Sun Xin's Half-Step Earth Realm pressure, confirming he had probed the underground formation.
• Sun Xin abandoned her planned attack, drank alone, and warned Su Yu not to wander around at night.

Sun Xin decided to seek Su Yu’s help to escape the City Lord’s Manor’s coming blood sacrifice, while Su Yu strengthened his martial arts and prepared to disrupt the underground formation. A message from Sun Xin reached him, revealing that the formation’s core lay beneath the manor and would activate in three days.

• Sun Xin reported the Demon God Cult’s growing activity to Sun Yao, who dismissed her concerns about the formation and the city’s inhabitants.
• Sun Jie supported Sun Yao’s plans, and Sun Xin left the study realizing she needed an escape route before the formation activated.
• Sun Xin wrote Su Yu a message revealing the formation’s core and activation time, then sent it to the Treasure-Gathering Pavilion with a night falcon.
• Su Yu spent 160,000 Slaughter Points to advance Asura Blood Sha Slash and Prison-Burning Star-Shattering Seal to minor accomplishment.
• Su Yu received Sun Xin’s message after killing the night falcon with Prison-Suppressing True Intent.