Chapter Summaries

Su Yu returned to the Tiannan Commandery Demon Suppression Bureau with the spoils from Yu County and received merit and rewards for his exploits. He secured permission to apply for the Mystic Realm section of Suppressing Prisons and Subduing Demons, then asked to exchange his Mystic Realm Breakthrough Pill for other resources.

• Su Yu presented Lu Cang with the Yu County accounts and spoils, and Lu Cang awarded him ten thousand merit points, bringing his total to 11,500.
• Lu Cang gave Su Yu a Mystic Realm Breakthrough Pill and an opportunity to receive a Mystic Realm cultivation technique inheritance as rewards for clearing the Demon Suppression Tower.
• Su Yu asked to apply for the Mystic Realm section of Suppressing Prisons and Subduing Demons, and Lu Cang agreed to request it from Qing Province headquarters, where it would take at least three days to arrive.
• Su Yu pushed the Mystic Realm Breakthrough Pill back toward Lu Cang and asked to exchange it for other resources, explaining that he followed his own path.

Su Yu found that the Demon Suppression Pavilion’s Mystic Realm arts were unsuitable, so Lu Cang took him to the commander’s private treasury. Su Yu chose Mystic Iron True Body and collected numerous Spirit Realm martial techniques, intending to combine them into his own Mystic Realm technique.

• Lu Cang converted Su Yu’s three Mystic Realm breakthrough pills into thirty thousand merit points and directed him to the Demon Suppression Pavilion.
• Su Yu rejected the Pavilion’s lower-grade Mystic Realm arts and techniques because they did not suit his cultivation path.
• Elder Zhou and a guard realized that the visitor was Su Yu, the fighter who had slain the Flying Fish Gang, water demons, and Duke Chen’s young master.
• Lu Cang took Su Yu to the commander’s private treasury and showed him three Mystic Realm body-refining arts.
• Su Yu selected Mystic Iron True Body and spent over four thousand merit points on it.
• Su Yu gathered a dozen upper- and middle-grade Spirit Realm blade, fist, and movement techniques to combine into his own Mystic Realm martial technique.

Su Yu fused Vajra Pagoda Baleful Intent with Mystic Iron True Body, creating a high-grade mystic realm body refinement technique and transforming his body. After testing his new strength, he began using slaughter points to extrapolate the technique.

• Su Yu reviewed his cultivation and slaughter points in his sealed chamber and chose body refinement as his quickest route to greater strength.
• Su Yu spent 10,000 slaughter points to fuse Vajra Pagoda Baleful Intent with Mystic Iron True Body, enduring severe pain as the techniques reshaped his body.
• A night guard outside the chamber felt a brief, crushing pressure, but an old guard dismissed it as an earth dragon turning over.
• Su Yu gained the high-grade mystic realm technique Mystic Iron Pagoda Baleful Intent and found that his body could easily carve a deep groove into the chamber wall.
• Su Yu sat down again and ordered the system to spend slaughter points extrapolating Mystic Iron Pagoda Baleful Intent.

Su Yu forced Mystic Iron Pagoda Baleful Intent to minor mastery, breaking through to the first level of the Body-Tempering Mystic Realm at the cost of damage to his meridians. Seeking resources to repair his foundation, he learned of a dangerous mission that could earn enough merit to obtain the Earth Sha Black Iron Heart.

• Su Yu spent 5,000 Slaughter Points to forcefully extrapolate Mystic Iron Pagoda Baleful Intent, and the resulting pressure overwhelmed the night patrol guards outside his chamber.
• Su Yu broke through to the first level of the Body-Tempering Mystic Realm but found his meridians badly cracked from the forced cultivation.
• Su Yu searched the Demon Suppression Pavilion for natural treasures and found the Earth Sha Black Iron Heart, but lacked the 20,000 merit needed to exchange for it.
• Su Yu considered buying an 8,000-merit Blood Bodhi, but Elder Zhou warned that its impure Sha Qi could cause demonic transformation.
• Elder Zhou offered Su Yu a mission to investigate a suspected Mystic Realm yao or demon in the Demonic Mist Forest, paying 15,000 merit for driving it away or 30,000 for killing it.
• Su Yu hesitated over exchanging for the Blood Bodhi as he considered taking the dangerous mission to earn the merit for the Earth Sha Black Iron Heart.

Su Yu accepted an urgent mission to clear the Demonic Mist Forest, aiming to kill a Mystic Realm demon for merit and Slaughter Points. As he headed out of Tiannan Commandery, Liu Qingyun returned as a powerful Demon God Cult protector and set his sights on revenge against Su Yu.

• Su Yu rejected the Blood Bodhi because its impure Sha Qi could harm his cultivation foundation and chose to seek the Earth Sha Black Iron Heart instead.
• Su Yu accepted the Demonic Mist Forest mission by revealing his Mystic Realm presence, despite the clerk's warning that only commandant-rank guards should take it.
• Su Yu left Tiannan Commandery and headed toward the forest, while Demon Suppression Guards wondered whether he intended to face the Mystic Realm demon alone.
• Liu Qingyun emerged from a blood formation beneath a mass grave after surviving the Demon God Cult's Bloodline Trial and reaching the third level of the Mystic Realm.
• Liu Qingyun vowed revenge on Su Yu and vanished as blood-red smoke.

Su Yu entered Demonic Mist Forest disguised as the Shadow Guard Blood Slaughter and effortlessly killed a Spirit Realm ninth-level fox demon that was attacking four martial artists. After finding the forest overrun with fox demons, he continued deeper until a Mystic Realm presence gathered into the phantom of a little azure fox before him.

• Su Yu donned the Blood Slaughter mask and entered Demonic Mist Forest, where he destroyed several attacking mist demons with his body.
• Su Yu stomped a Spirit Realm ninth-level fox demon to death as it attacked a wounded martial artist, then continued into the forest after she thanked him.
• Su Yu slew numerous fox demons and noticed that they were far more common than the mission information had indicated.
• Su Yu reached a massive ancient tree as the mist and Yao Qi grew denser, then faced a powerful Mystic Realm presence that formed into a little azure fox phantom.

Su Yu shattered Gu Li’s divine sense probe and continued into the Demonic Mist Forest, prompting her to send the tree demon to kill him. The tree demon’s roots broke against Su Yu’s armor, and it roared in fury as Su Yu stood unharmed.

• Su Yu destroyed Gu Li’s azure fox phantom with a punch and continued deeper into the forest.
• Gu Li suffered backlash from the shattered divine sense imprint and ordered the tree demon to tear Su Yu apart.
• The tree demon charged Su Yu and attacked him with hundreds of steel-hard roots.
• Su Yu’s armor and body repelled every root, leaving him unharmed and unimpressed.
• The tree demon roared in rage after Su Yu dismissed its strength.

Su Yu crushed the tree demon’s defenses and forced it to reveal that Gu Li, a powerful White Fox demon, was searching the Demonic Mist Forest for something. As Su Yu prepared to kill the tree demon, Gu Li’s divine sense reached him and identified him as the human who had destroyed her imprint.

• The tree demon trapped Su Yu in its Wood Binding Prison, but his strength shattered the roots and vines.
• Su Yu broke through the tree demon’s wooden shield and punched a deep hole into its core, leaving it terrified and unable to resist.
• Su Yu demanded information, and the tree demon showed him images of Gu Li killing a black bear demon and driving the forest’s demons into a frenzy.
• The tree demon revealed that Gu Li had been searching the forest’s depths and sweeping the area with her divine sense for several days.
• The tree demon offered to become Su Yu’s servant, but Su Yu raised his hand to destroy its core.
• Gu Li’s cold divine sense suddenly reached Su Yu, and she accused him of destroying her divine sense imprint.

Su Yu killed the tree demon, then spent all his Slaughter Points to strengthen his spirit and lightning arts while fighting Gu Li. He blocked her mental attack and summoned storm clouds, leaving Gu Li frightened as his lightning strike prepared to fall.

• Gu Li arrived and pinned the tree demon down, then threatened Su Yu.
• Su Yu formed the Demonic Baleful Intent Vajra Armor and crushed the tree demon, gaining 5,000 Slaughter Points.
• Gu Li attacked Su Yu's mind, but he spent 20,000 Slaughter Points to advance the Purple Mansion Spirit-Nurturing Art and block her assault.
• Su Yu spent his remaining 7,000 Slaughter Points to advance the Firmament Lightning Descent Art and summon lightning-filled storm clouds.
• Gu Li recognized the lightning art and feared Su Yu as his spiritual spike locked onto her.

Su Yu attacked Gu Li with lightning and a divine sense strike, forcing her to reveal her three-tailed fox form. He resisted her psychic storm and landed a devastating punch, leaving her badly injured in the Demonic Mist Forest.

• Su Yu summoned a massive bolt of purple lightning and sent his Divine Radiance Heart-Piercing Spike at Gu Li.
• Gu Li transformed into her three-tailed White Fox form, but the lightning struck her and Su Yu's divine sense attack pierced her soul.
• Gu Li unleashed a powerful psychic storm, but Su Yu's Demonic Baleful Intent Vajra Armor blocked it.
• Su Yu used Thunder Shadow Wandering Dragon to close the distance and punch Gu Li in the waist, breaking her bones and sending her crashing through ancient trees.

Su Yu rejected Gu Li’s attempts to beguile him and struck her down, leaving her gravely wounded as she secretly summoned help from the White Fox Clan.

• Su Yu approached the wounded Gu Li and ignored her pleas and offer to serve him through dual cultivation.
• Gu Li used her life-bound essence blood to unleash the White Fox Clan’s Law of Enchantment, but Su Yu resisted it with the Purple Mansion Spirit-Nurturing Art.
• Su Yu struck Gu Li with the Vajra Star-Shattering Seal, destroying her heart meridians and sending her crashing into a dead tree.
• Gu Li began reverting to her fox form and, while pretending to convulse, crushed a secret White Fox Clan communication talisman.

Su Yu killed Gu Li despite her offer of a thousand-year-old Blood-Coagulating Yao Lotus, then escaped the Demonic Mist Forest with her Yao core and returned to the Demon Suppression Bureau. A powerful White Fox Clan elder vowed to pursue him, while the hall was stunned to see him turn in the mission so soon.

• Gu Li tried to delay Su Yu by revealing the Blood-Coagulating Yao Lotus and secretly sending a call for help, but Su Yu detected it and decided not to risk pursuing the treasure.
• Su Yu crushed Gu Li's head, gained 8,000 Slaughter Points, and took her storage ring and Yao core before fleeing the forest.
• A white-haired White Fox Clan elder arrived at Gu Li's corpse, detected Su Yu's traces, and declared that her clan's bloodline mark would prevent his escape.
• Su Yu reached Tiannan Commandery City and entered the Demon Suppression Bureau, where guards who had doubted his survival fell silent.
• Su Yu placed Gu Li's Mystic Realm Second Stage Yao core on the counter and announced that he was turning in his mission.

Su Yu stunned the Demon Suppression Bureau by proving he had slain a Mystic Realm Second Stage three-tailed fox demon, then spent twenty thousand merit points on the Earth Sha Black Iron Heart. He began using its Sha Qi to temper and remake his body, enduring the violent transformation with his consciousness intact.

• Su Yu presented the three-tailed fox demon core, and the clerk confirmed it was from a Mystic Realm Second Stage demon and awarded him thirty thousand merit points.
• Su Yu went to the Demon Suppression Pavilion and redeemed the Earth Sha Black Iron Heart for twenty thousand merit points, leaving Elder Zhou stunned by his feat.
• Su Yu opened the jade box in the black rock secluded chamber and seized the Earth Sha Black Iron Heart, releasing its immense Sha Qi.
• Su Yu used the Mystic Iron Pagoda Baleful Intent to temper his body as the Sha Qi tore apart and reshaped his meridians and bones.
• Su Yu endured the destruction and rebirth with his consciousness calm while powerful tremors and pressure emanated from the chamber.

Su Yu used 8,000 Slaughter Points to advance the Mystic Iron Pagoda Baleful Intent and absorbed the earth sha black iron heart’s energy, reaching the Body-Tempering Mystic Realm Second Stage. The next morning, an emergency summons brought him to the Demon Suppression Bureau, where he learned fox yao had occupied the Demonic Mist Forest, likely the reinforcements Gu Li summoned before her death.

• Su Yu spent 8,000 Slaughter Points to advance the Mystic Iron Pagoda Baleful Intent to major accomplishment and accelerate his absorption of the earth sha black iron heart.
• Su Yu transformed his bones and broke through to the Body-Tempering Mystic Realm Second Stage, exhausting his Slaughter Points.
• The Demon Suppression Bureau’s emergency summons woke Su Yu the next morning, and he hurried to the council hall.
• A wounded Shadow Guard member reported that fox yao had occupied the Demonic Mist Forest and wiped out the nearby Shadow Guard squad.
• Lu Cang told Su Yu that three Mystic Realm fox yao and several hundred others had occupied the forest and begun slaughtering, and Su Yu suspected they were Gu Li’s summoned reinforcements.

Su Yu joined Lin Quan and Li Tie’s force to attack the fox demons in the Demonic Mist Forest, slaughtering their Spirit Realm ranks with overwhelming strength. When three powerful fox demons appeared and the old woman recognized Su Yu as the killer of their heaven’s chosen, Su Yu launched himself at the middle-aged scholar.

• Lu Cang ordered Lin Quan and Li Tie to lead fifty elite Demon Suppression Guards into the Demonic Mist Forest with Su Yu.
• At the forest’s edge, Lin Quan formed the guards into a Black Tortoise Formation as hundreds of fox demons attacked.
• Su Yu charged into the fox demons alone and massacred them, earning Slaughter Points while shocking Lin Quan and the guards.
• A Mystic Realm fifth-level peak old woman and two Mystic Realm third-level fox demons descended, and the old woman vowed to punish Su Yu for killing her race’s heaven’s chosen.
• As Lin Quan and Li Tie prepared to hold off the greater demons, Su Yu charged toward the middle-aged scholar.

Su Yu pursued the seductive Yao woman into the heart of the Demonic Mist Forest, suspecting she wanted Gu Li's storage ring. In a strange clearing, she dropped her flirtatious act and demanded the ring, setting the stage for their real fight.

• The seductive young woman intercepted Su Yu's attack and deflected its force, while the shock wave cracked his faceplate and revealed his features.
• The young woman lured Su Yu away from the main battlefield, and he followed after deducing she was after Gu Li's storage ring.
• Su Yu pursued her through the forest while monitoring their surroundings with his divine sense and finding no physical ambush.
• The young woman stopped in a barren clearing and demanded that Su Yu hand over Gu Li's storage ring.

Su Yu resisted Gu Rui’s soul attacks, shattered her illusion, and countered with the Demonic Baleful Intent Vajra Armor and a devastating punch. Meanwhile, Lin Quan and Li Tie struggled against stronger demons as their team remained in danger.

• Gu Rui attacked Su Yu with soul-targeting Yao Qi while the scholar demon and the old woman overwhelmed Li Tie and Lin Quan on the main battlefield.
• Su Yu’s soul defenses nullified Gu Rui’s attacks, and he broke her Illusory Flower, Spirit-Bewildering Realm almost instantly.
• Su Yu summoned the Demonic Baleful Intent Vajra Armor, forcing Gu Rui back with its savage presence.
• Su Yu’s punch shattered Gu Rui’s Pink Lotus Defense and struck her crossed arms, breaking her bones.

Su Yu defeated and killed Gu Rui, then discovered the underground palace she had used as an escape route was empty. As he left, a remnant soul tried to trick him into breaking its seal, but Su Yu struck it with lightning and hurried back toward the battle outside.

• Su Yu defeated Gu Rui in one move, and she used Blood Escape to flee into a nearby mountain fissure.
• Su Yu followed Gu Rui into the ruins and killed her after she offered him the supposed Blood-Coagulating Yao Lotus.
• Su Yu found the underground palace empty, collected Gu Rui's storage ring and corpse, and prepared to return to the battlefield.
• A remnant soul claiming to be an elder of the ancient Azure Thunder Sect tried to persuade Su Yu to break its seal and promised him an inheritance.
• Su Yu resisted the remnant soul's divine sense and struck it with the Firmament Lightning Descent Art.
• Su Yu fled the ruins and turned his attention back to the enemies outside.

Su Yu returned to the battlefield and killed the Mystic Realm Third Level fox demon with a single punch, saving Li Tie and stunning the Demon Suppression Guards. With 24,000 Slaughter Points, he turned to face the remaining old woman, a Mystic Realm fifth-level peak foe.

• Li Tie was gravely wounded by the scholar fox demon, while Lin Quan struggled against the old woman’s spiritual sense attacks.
• The scholar fox demon launched Vengeful Soul Devouring at Li Tie, but Su Yu appeared and destroyed the attack with his Sha Qi.
• Su Yu vanished and struck the scholar fox demon through the back, killing him with a single punch.
• Su Yu gained 12,000 Slaughter Points, bringing his total to 24,000.

Su Yu killed the scholarly fox demon and withstood the old woman's spiritual attack while Lin Quan and Li Tie intervened, forcing her to retreat. With the battle's pressure lifted, Su Yu began slaughtering the fleeing fox demons, and the Demon Suppression Guards rallied to join the extermination.

• Su Yu punched through the scholarly fox demon, shocking Li Tie, Lin Quan, and the Demon Suppression Guards.
• The old woman attacked Su Yu with spiritual force, but he endured her assault as Lin Quan charged her after taking a Mystic-grade pill.
• Li Tie recovered with a healing pill and joined Lin Quan, forcing the old woman to divide her attention and abandon her attack on Su Yu.
• The old woman retreated into the Demonic Mist Forest, and Su Yu warned Lin Quan not to pursue her.
• Su Yu charged after the fleeing fox demons and killed them rapidly, prompting the Demon Suppression Guards to renew their attack.
• Su Yu's Slaughter Points reached 26100 as he continued killing the remaining demons.