Chapter Summaries

After helping Heavenly Evolution Mountain Manor defeat the Blood Baleful Intent Hall, Su Yu returned to the Demon Suppression Bureau and noticed that Wang Du was injured. Wang Du told him to prepare for the Dharma Discussion Competition at Xuankong Temple, which was two days away.

• The Azure Nether Ancient Flood Dragon stared at Su Yu in shock before withdrawing into Zhao Chengkong, who collapsed into a coma.
• Zhao Kuohai and the Soul Control Faction killed the Blood Baleful Intent Hall's remaining fiends and captured the Soul Fusion Faction members; Su Yu's Slaughter Points reached 160,000.
• The next day, Li Xi thanked Su Yu and left with Elder Qingyue, while Zhao Chengkong recovered and took up his duties as young manor lord.
• Su Yu left Heavenly Evolution Mountain Manor and returned to the Demon Suppression Bureau in Qing Province.
• Su Yu noticed signs that Wang Du had been injured, and Wang Du told him to prepare for the Dharma Discussion Competition at Xuankong Temple.

Su Yu received the Earth Realm cultivation art Yellow Springs Earth Vein Art and spent all his Slaughter Points to master it. The art transformed his Spiritual Qi into Yellow Springs Prison Qi and pushed his Qi Refinement into the Earth Realm, leaving him ready to claim Xuankong Temple’s Acala Body at the Dharma Discussion Competition.

• Wang Du told Su Yu that the Dharma Discussion Competition at Xuankong Temple would take place the day after tomorrow, and Su Yu recognized the Acala Body as a chance to strengthen his Body Refinement.
• A Demon Suppression Guard delivered Su Yu the Earth Realm volume of Suppressing Prisons and Subduing Demons, Yellow Springs Earth Vein Art.
• Su Yu spent all 160,000 Slaughter Points to deduce the art to Minor Accomplishment.
• The art converted Su Yu’s Spiritual Qi into Yellow Springs Prison Qi and drew Earth Qi into him, breaking his Qi Refinement bottleneck.
• Su Yu advanced to the Earth Realm First Level and declared that he would claim the Acala Body.

Su Yu used his new Earth Realm strength and set out for Tiannan Commandery to settle his old score with the Mystic Sword Sect. He arrived near the sect and discovered that its grand elder Chu He was imprisoned in the dungeon.

• Su Yu checked his cultivation and realized he needed to replenish his Slaughter Points.
• Sun Xin told Su Yu she had been appointed Demon Suppression Commandant of Tiannan Commandery and would leave the next morning.
• Su Yu decided to attack the Mystic Sword Sect for colluding with the Demon God Cult, communicating with the Heavenly Slaughter Tower, and targeting Demon Suppression Guards.
• Su Yu ordered Yao One to conceal their movements and carry him to Tiannan Commandery.
• Su Yu used his divine sense to survey the Mystic Sword Sect and found Chu He chained in its dungeon.
• Su Yu revealed himself near the sect and declared that he had come to collect.

Su Yu attacked the Mystic Sword Sect and revealed overwhelming Earth Realm strength against its elders. After killing three and driving off two, he faced the sect’s activated Heavenly Sword Mystic Light Formation.

• Five Mystic Realm elders confronted Su Yu above the sect gates, and one attacked him with Sword Qi that left him unharmed.
• The elders combined their attacks, but Su Yu crushed their sword formation with Yellow Springs Prison Qi and injured all five.
• Su Yu killed the enforcement elder with one punch and killed two more elders with strikes of Prison Qi.
• The two surviving elders fled and raised the alarm, prompting the Mystic Sword Sect to activate the Heavenly Sword Mystic Light Formation.

Su Yu attacked the Mystic Sword Sect, killing its elders and supreme elder Chu Yuan despite the sect’s defenses. He accused the sect of colluding with the Demon God Cult and ambushing Demon Suppression Guards, then declared it would be executed under Great Qin Law.

• Chu Tianhe activated the Mystic Sword Sect’s mountain-protecting formation and hurried to confront Su Yu as elders formed the Seven Stars Sword Formation.
• Su Yu crushed seven Mystic Sword Sect elders with the Eight Desolations Demon-Suppressing Hand, earning Slaughter Points.
• Chu Yuan recognized Su Yu from their encounter in the Black Demon Mountain Range and begged him to accept compensation.
• Su Yu killed Chu Yuan with another strike of the Demon-Suppressing Hand, leaving the sect’s disciples terrified.
• Chu Tianhe confronted Su Yu, who accused the Mystic Sword Sect of colluding with the Demon God Cult and ambushing Demon Suppression Guards, declaring that Great Qin Law demanded their execution.

Su Yu attacked the Mystic Sword Sect after Chu Tianhe tried to blame Chu He and spare the rest of the sect. He crushed the fleeing disciples and left Chu Tianhe gravely wounded, declaring that the reckoning had only begun.

• Su Yu struck the Mystic Sword Sect’s main hall plaza with his dark-gold palm, killing dozens of disciples as Chu Tianhe dodged.
• Chu Tianhe recognized Su Yu as a Demon Suppression Guard and offered to hand over Chu He in exchange for sparing the sect.
• Su Yu unleashed the Prohibition Blood Formation, crushing fleeing outer disciples and slowing Chu Tianhe with its immense gravity.
• Chu Tianhe combined his sword intent with the Heavenly Sword Mystic Light Formation to attack Su Yu, but Su Yu’s punch shattered his flying sword and blasted away half his body.
• Su Yu looked toward the rear-mountain dungeon and told the survivors that the reckoning had only begun.

Su Yu crushed the Mystic Sword Sect after killing Chu Tianhe, then entered the dungeon and killed the imprisoned Chu He. He headed to the treasure pavilion to collect the sect’s treasures, where he found the doors already ajar.

• Su Yu intensified the Prohibition Blood Formation, crushing weaker disciples and pinning the survivors to the ground.
• As Su Yu walked toward the rear mountains, a deacon attacked him, and Su Yu killed the deacon and nearby disciples with the Eight Desolations Demon-Suppressing Hand.
• Su Yu entered the dungeon and found Chu He chained in an isolated cell.
• Chu He begged for his life, but Su Yu smashed him and the cell with a giant palm.
• Su Yu returned to the surface, announced that the reckoning was over, and headed for the treasure pavilion.
• Su Yu arrived at the pavilion and noticed that its heavy doors stood ajar.

Su Yu defeated the Mystic Sword Sect and reached its hidden Sword Tomb after stripping its survivors of their cultivation. He discovered a sealed jade box containing an overwhelming presence, while Wang Du sensed the sect’s destruction from the Demon Suppression Bureau.

• Chu Lingyun emerged from seclusion, recognized that the Mystic Sword Sect was finished, and asked Su Yu to spare the surviving disciples in exchange for the sect’s treasures.
• Su Yu accepted Chu Lingyun’s offer, and Chu Lingyun crippled his own cultivation before handing over the key to the Sword Tomb.
• Su Yu lifted the Prohibition Blood Formation, then sealed the survivors’ dantians and Qi seas with Yellow Springs Prison Qi, leaving them mortals.
• Su Yu collected valuable resources from the pavilion’s floors and entered the Sword Tomb with Chu Lingyun’s bronze sword token.
• Su Yu found a restricted jade box whose faint presence pierced his divine sense, while Wang Du sensed the Mystic Sword Sect’s destruction from the Demon Suppression Bureau.

Su Yu annihilated the Mystic Sword Sect, claimed its treasures and a Half-Step Heaven Realm Spirit Refinement martial art, then returned to the Demon Suppression Bureau to cultivate. The Bureau revealed evidence of the sect’s collusion with the Demon God Cult, and Su Yu prepared to break through as Qing Province’s factions began investigating themselves.

• Su Yu used his divine sense to open the jade box in the sword tomb, acquired the Myriad Tribulations Thunder Prison martial art, and took the Mystic Sword Sect’s remaining valuables.
• Su Yu returned to the Qing Province Demon Suppression Bureau and began closed-door cultivation.
• News spread that the Mystic Sword Sect had been annihilated and its disciples’ cultivation crippled, causing Qing Province’s major factions to fear an unknown enemy.
• The Demon Suppression Bureau sent sects and clans a memory crystal showing Chu He’s letter to Liu Qingyun, which documented the Mystic Sword Sect’s plot with the Demon God Cult to kill Su Yu.
• Li Changfeng realized Su Yu had destroyed the sect and understood the Bureau’s evidence as a warning to Qing Province’s factions.
• Sects and clans launched internal investigations while Su Yu studied his cultivation resources and prepared to break through.

Su Yu used the Mystic Sword Sect’s reserves to stabilize his cultivation at the peak of Earth Realm first level, then accompanied Wang Du to Xuankong Temple for its Dharma Discussion Competition. At the temple gate, Huikong probed Su Yu and was overwhelmed by the strength of his Earth Realm foundation.

• Su Yu consumed the Mystic Sword Sect’s thousand-year reserves and strengthened his Myriad Tribulations Thunder Prison martial art.
• Su Yu met Wang Du, who praised his handling of the Mystic Sword Sect matter and took him to Xuankong Temple to discuss the bodhi seed.
• Abbot Yuanxin welcomed Wang Du and Su Yu at Xuankong Temple’s mountain gate, then asked Huikong to receive Su Yu.
• Huikong probed Su Yu with his divine sense, which was crushed by Su Yu’s overwhelming will and caused Huikong to injure himself and drop his prayer beads.
• Huikong realized Su Yu had reached Earth Realm in the month since their last meeting and asked whether he had broken through.

Su Yu accompanied Huikong to Xuankong Temple’s Dharma Discussion Competition after revealing that he had reached the Earth Realm. The temple expanded the competition’s age limit to attract powerful contestants, and Su Yu arrived at the Prajna Platform amid hostility from the assembled monks.

• Su Yu confirmed his Earth Realm breakthrough, leaving Huikong shaken by the gap between them.
• Huikong told Su Yu that the competition’s age limit had risen from thirty to forty because of the Bodhi Seed, drawing in senior disciples and elders, including Earth Realm experts.
• Huikong led Su Yu to the Prajna Platform, where numerous monks and several Earth Realm experts watched them arrive with suspicion and hostility.
• Huiwu greeted Su Yu, admitted he could not gauge his strength, and warned that he would show no restraint if they met in the competition.

Su Yu investigated the Xuankong Temple competitors as Abbot Yuanxin announced the Dharma Discussion Competition’s prizes and rules. Yuanxin then sent Su Yu straight to the final, provoking the temple’s disciples, and Su Yu calmly accepted their challenge.

• Su Yu used his divine sense to assess the competitors and identified Huiwu and Huifa as formidable cultivators of the Acala Body.
• Abbot Yuanxin announced that the winner would study the Acala Body and receive a Bodhi Seed, with opponents otherwise determined by drawing lots.
• Yuanxin declared that Su Yu would bypass the preliminary rounds and advance directly to the final.
• Huifa, Huiwu, and the other competitors protested the decision and released their imposing presence against Su Yu.
• Su Yu recognized the decision as a test designed to make him the target of Xuankong Temple’s elites and told them, “See you in the finals.”

Su Yu’s confident challenge enraged Xuankong Temple’s disciples until Abbot Yuanxin silenced them with a warning bell and forced them back into their seats. The tournament began, and after Huichen defeated Huichi, Su Yu announced that he would end Huichen’s run in the next round.

• Huifa erupted in anger at Su Yu’s challenge, but Abbot Yuanxin rang a warning bell and subdued the gathered monks with his authority.
• Huiwu concluded that Yuanxin and the Demon Suppression Bureau had positioned Su Yu as a target to strengthen ties with whichever side prevailed, and he resolved to face him in the finals.
• Abbot Yuanxin opened the tournament, and Huichen and Huichi began the first match on the Prajna Platform.
• Su Yu ignored their duel and judged their techniques while mentally studying the Myriad Tribulations Thunder Prison Saber.
• Huichen defeated Huichi with his iron staff, and Su Yu told him that their next-round match would end Huichen’s tournament.

Huiwu defeated Huifa in a fierce contest of their Acala Body techniques and won the tournament showdown. With victory secured, Huiwu turned his attention to the black-robed youth waiting in the finals.

• Huiwu defeated Huijing with a single move, then easily eliminated the other contestants.
• Huiwu and Huifa became the last two contestants on the Prajna Platform, and Abbot Yuanxin judged their chances to be even.
• Huifa unleashed his Acala Body at the Wrathful Vajra stage and attacked Huiwu with the Great Skanda Vajra.
• Huiwu summoned his Acala manifestation and countered Huifa with the Immovable Mountain Seal.
• Huiwu emerged standing after their techniques collided, while Huifa knelt wounded and acknowledged Huiwu's victory.
• The monks cheered Huiwu as he looked toward the black-robed youth.

Su Yu waited as Huiwu recovered fully, then faced Huiwu’s strongest attack without drawing his saber. The chapter ended as Su Yu’s quiet stamp froze Huiwu’s confident expression, leaving its effect unrevealed.

• Su Yu told Huiwu he would wait for him to recover, and Huiwu meditated to restore his strength.
• Xuankong Temple’s disciples dismissed Su Yu’s chances, while Huikong remembered Su Yu’s overwhelming strength.
• Wang Du told Yuanxin that he was curious how many moves Su Yu would need to defeat Huiwu.
• After an incense stick’s time, Huiwu returned to his peak and launched his Immovable Mountain Seal at Su Yu.
• Su Yu stayed still, raised his right foot, and stamped the platform, causing Huiwu’s expression to freeze.

Su Yu revealed that he had reached the Earth Realm Third Layer and mastered the Yellow Springs Earth Vein Art to Subtlety in only two days, shocking Wang Du and the monks of Xuankong Temple. He used his Prohibition Blood Formation to crush Huiwu’s Acala manifestation, but Huiwu broke through to greater mastery of the Acala Body under the pressure.

• Su Yu’s Yellow Springs Prison Qi severed Huiwu’s connection to the earth and halted his Immovable Mountain Seal and Acala manifestation.
• Su Yu released his Earth Realm Third Layer presence, leaving the monks stunned and making Huikong realize Su Yu had concealed most of his strength during their earlier exchange.
• Wang Du recognized the Yellow Springs Earth Vein Art and learned from Abbot Yuanxin how extraordinary it was for Su Yu to reach Subtlety after receiving the art just two days earlier.
• Su Yu explained that his Slaughter Points had raised his cultivation to the Earth Realm Third Layer and his art to Subtlety, then activated the Prohibition Blood Formation against Huiwu.
• The formation’s overwhelming gravity shattered Huiwu’s Acala manifestation and injured him, but Huiwu resisted and broke through to greater mastery of the Acala Body.

Huiwu broke through to major accomplishment in the Acala Body and charged Su Yu, but Su Yu overwhelmed him with the Eight Desolations Demon-Suppressing Hand and the Great Annihilation Pagoda. The pagoda erased Huiwu’s will and martial insights, leaving him helpless as Su Yu’s fist phantom crashed down.

• Huiwu interpreted Su Yu’s pressure as a trial and broke through to major accomplishment in the Acala Body.
• Huiwu charged Su Yu with his strongest attack, while Xuankong Temple’s spectators cheered for him.
• Su Yu summoned the Eight Desolations Demon-Suppressing Hand, crushing Huiwu’s armor and forcing him to his knees.
• Su Yu manifested the Great Annihilation Pagoda, whose toll erased Huiwu’s battle intent and understanding of the Acala Body.
• Huiwu lost control of his technique, and Su Yu’s dark-golden fist phantom crashed down on him as horrified spectators watched.

After defeating Huiwu and securing the Acala Body from Xuankong Temple, Su Yu entered seclusion to have the system deduce the body refinement art. He committed all his slaughter points to it, beginning his next path of cultivation.

• Su Yu overwhelmed Huiwu on the Prajna Platform, leaving him unconscious and gravely injured.
• Abbot Yuanxin acknowledged Su Yu's victory and promised him Xuankong Temple's Acala Body.
• Su Yu followed Abbot Yuanxin to the Scripture Repository and received the original Acala Body jade slip.
• Su Yu entered a quiet chamber, checked his system panel, and saw he had 305,000 slaughter points.
• Su Yu chose to spend every slaughter point on deducing the Acala Body.

Su Yu used 305,000 Slaughter Points to derive the Acala Body, breaking through to Earth Realm first-level Body Refinement. In Duke Chen's Residence, Chen Xiaotian learned Chen Hao was imprisoned at the Demon Suppression Bureau headquarters and summoned Zhou Tong for help.

• Su Yu derived the Acala Body, balanced its Buddhist power with his demonic cultivation, and advanced his Body Refinement to Earth Realm first level.
• Chen Ying reported that Chen Hao had been transferred to the Earth-designated Heavenly Prison at the Demon Suppression Bureau headquarters in the royal capital.
• Chen Xiaotian feared the Bureau would force Chen Hao to reveal the Chen Family's secret and ordered Chen Ying to contact the Blood Baleful Intent Hall.
• Zhou Tong arrived at Duke Chen's Residence, and Chen Xiaotian told him Chen Hao was imprisoned at the Bureau's headquarters.

Chen Xiaotian pledged the Chen Family and the Duke's Residence to the Blood Baleful Intent Hall in exchange for a plan to kill Su Yu. Meanwhile, Su Yu cultivated in secret as Buddhist power and demonic baleful intent clashed within him.

• Zhou Tong mocked Chen Xiaotian's plea to rescue Chen Hao from the Earth-designated imperial prison and suggested the Blood Baleful Intent Hall might join him if he had a plan.
• Chen Xiaotian offered the Chen Family's complete allegiance and demanded Su Yu's death in exchange for the Duke's Residence's wealth, troops, and resources.
• Zhou Tong accepted the bargain and promised Su Yu would die before the month ended, proposing a method that would not use the Blood Baleful Intent Hall's own people.
• Su Yu sat in the Listening to the Wind Courtyard and tried to reconcile the Acala Body's Buddhist power with the demonic baleful intent within his meridians.