Recaps

Su Xiuyi fought the Heaven Patrol Pavilion's Pseudo-Invincible, who burned his essence blood and lifespan to approach Invincible strength. Su Xiuyi ended the battle by triggering his curse and beheading him, while still wondering who the mysterious “that person” was.

• The Pseudo-Invincible accused Su Xiuyi of being favored by the Heavenly Dao, and Su Xiuyi claimed he was the Son of Heaven.
• The Pseudo-Invincible burned his essence blood and lifespan, sending his strength close to the Invincible Realm.
• Su Xiuyi met his spear attacks head-on, repeatedly suffering injuries while the Undying Heavenly Scripture rapidly advanced.
• When Su Xiuyi saw people approaching, he unleashed the curse within his opponent, draining his spiritual power, Qi and blood, and willpower.
• Su Xiuyi beheaded the weakened Pseudo-Invincible and declared that he was the Son of Heaven.

Su Xiuyi rescued the Southern Heaven Academy disciples by destroying the Heavenly Demon Sect ambush with a single slash, then left Wang Cheng with them. The disciples began suspecting Ji Zhan had used them as bait, while Ji Zhan found that Su Xiuyi had erased the traces of his earlier fight.

• Su Xiuyi cleansed the death power from Wang Cheng and carried him away from the scene.
• The Heavenly Demon Sect trapped the Southern Heaven Academy disciples in a blood formation and attacked them with lethal force.
• Su Xiuyi arrived, froze the incoming Sword Qi, and killed every Heavenly Demon Sect member with one slash.
• Su Xiuyi returned Wang Cheng to the survivors and told them the ambush had been meant to draw him out.
• Ji Zhan arrived, escorted the disciples away, then searched the earlier battlefield and found that Su Xiuyi had erased all traces.

After rescuing the Southern Heaven Academy disciples, Su Xiuyi followed a black butterfly to the Heavenly Demon Sect and discovered its hidden cavern. He gained the Slaughter God Domain, killed the sect’s elders and master, and faced the blood-pool being who tried to save the master.

• Southern Heaven Academy elders returned with fewer than sixty surviving disciples and blamed Ji Zhan for refusing to send help.
• Su Xiuyi concealed himself, followed a black butterfly to the Heavenly Demon Sect, and used the Pupil of Void Breaking to enter its hidden cavern.
• Su Xiuyi signed in and gained control of the Slaughter God Domain.
• Su Xiuyi activated the domain and killed the Heavenly Demon Sect elders with a single saber slash.
• The Heavenly Demon Sect master mistook Su Xiuyi for an Invincible, but Su Xiuyi stomped him apart as the being in the blood pool reached out to rescue him.

Su Xiuyi killed Xue Yan, a Half-Step Invincible from the Blood Barbarian Demon Race, and stayed in the cavern to cultivate. At dawn, he signed in and obtained the Will Character combat technique Blood Dragon Needle.

• Xue Yan emerged from the blood pool and confronted Su Xiuyi over the death of his servant, the Heavenly Demon Sect's leader.
• Su Xiuyi used the Endure Will Character to slow Xue Yan and break apart his combined blood-colored Will Characters.
• Su Xiuyi crushed Xue Yan with a third step and used the Undying Heavenly Scripture to erase him completely.
• Su Xiuyi cultivated in the cavern until dawn, then signed in and received the Blood Dragon Needle combat technique.

Su Xiuyi obtained the Blood Dragon Needle, a powerful Will Character combat technique, while the death of Xue Yan stirred the Blood Barbarian Demon Soul and brought imperial forces to Southern Heaven City. After an old eunuch questioned Zhou Yunlong about Su Xiuyi and a new emperor star, Su Xiuyi disguised himself as an ailing man, but the eunuch sensed him and believed he was near death.

• Su Xiuyi discovered that the Blood Dragon Needle required 136 Will Characters and formed a weak, illusory version with the characters he possessed.
• A Blood Barbarian Demon Soul learned that Xue Yan had been killed and threatened its followers unless they found the culprit.
• Eunuch Mu arrived at Southern Heaven Academy and told Ji Zhan and Zhou Yunlong that many experts and a Blood Barbarian Demon Soul descendant had died.
• Eunuch Mu asked Zhou Yunlong whether Su Xiuyi had left the Myriad Text Academy and revealed that a new emperor star had appeared beside the Ziwei Emperor Star.
• Su Xiuyi sensed the old eunuch approaching, used his Curse Character to disguise himself as a disheveled, aging man, and was probed by the eunuch's willpower.

Su Xiuyi dispelled the academy’s curse power, checked in to obtain the Will Character “Death,” and cultivated for three months. After the Heavenly Demon Sect was wiped out and Southern Heaven Academy gained attention, the eighth prince Su Lingtian and the Invincible Realm Hundred Battles King arrived at the academy.

• Su Xiuyi noticed that an old eunuch had dispelled some curse power and grew suspicious of the Great Zhou Imperial Clan.
• Su Xiuyi checked in at the Myriad Text Academy’s study and obtained the Will Character “Death,” bringing him closer to mastering Blood Dragon Needle.
• Three months later, news spread that the Heavenly Demon Sect had been destroyed, bringing visitors and new applicants to Southern Heaven Academy.
• A disciple told Ji Zhan that Su Lingtian, the Zhou Emperor’s eighth son, had arrived and demanded a personal welcome.
• Ji Zhan and the academy elders welcomed Su Lingtian and the Hundred Battles King, who entered the academy as Su Lingtian remarked on its connection to Su Xiuyi and the mysterious fighter.

Su Lingtian and the Hundred Battles King came to Southern Heaven Academy to summon its mysterious disciple, while Su Xiuyi suspected their motives. Corpse warned Su Xiuyi that they might intend to kill him and revealed that Su Xiuyi could have imperial blood and had remained in his mother’s womb for three years.

• The Hundred Battles King pressured Ji Zhan to reveal the mysterious disciple’s identity, but Ji Zhan swore to the Heavenly Dao that he did not know it.
• Su Lingtian ordered Ji Zhan to announce that he admired the mysterious disciple and wanted him to appear, prompting the academy to spread the summons.
• Su Xiuyi watched the commotion and suspected that Su Lingtian had a hidden purpose for seeking him.
• Corpse told Su Xiuyi that Su Lingtian and the Hundred Battles King might have come to execute him and that his heritage could be exceedingly noble, perhaps imperial.
• Corpse revealed that Wang Lin had cultivated a forbidden art that could stop a person from growing even in the womb, and that Su Xiuyi’s mother had carried him for three years.

Su Xiuyi learned that his origins were tied to the Great Zhou Emperor’s efforts to kill him and decided to fake his death rather than leave the Myriad Text Academy. Meanwhile, Su Lingtian publicly branded the hidden mysterious disciple as Su Xiuyi’s accomplice and called for his execution.

• The corpse servant told Su Xiuyi that Wang Lin’s mistress had been pregnant for three years, that he had moved their remains before Ji Zhan could find them, and that Ji Zhan had inspected the grave.
• The corpse servant warned Su Xiuyi that Su Lingtian and the Hundred Battles King were searching for the mysterious disciple and might use him to frame Su Xiuyi.
• Su Xiuyi decided to fake his death, ordered the corpse servant to continue investigating, and learned he could find the servant through the Blood Slaughter Tower.
• Su Lingtian and the Hundred Battles King appeared at the Southern Heaven Academy, where Su Lingtian accused the mysterious disciple of aiding Su Xiuyi.
• Su Lingtian accused Su Xiuyi of colluding with the Heavenly Fox Clan and using the Heavenly Demon Sect to collect cultivators’ blood, then declared that he must be executed.

Su Lingtian accused Su Xiuyi of colluding with the Demon Race and arrived in Southern Heaven City with an imperial edict ordering his execution. When the edict was read and Su Xiuyi was revealed, Su Lingtian and the Hundred Battles King were shocked by his unchanged appearance.

• Wang Cheng, Tiezhu, and Tie Ling defended Su Xiuyi, but the Hundred Battles King ordered them seized and they were knocked unconscious.
• Su Lingtian announced that he had brought an imperial edict and led the crowd to the Myriad Text Academy.
• Su Lingtian presented the Great Zhou Emperor’s decree, which accused Su Xiuyi of freeing the Heavenly Fox Saintess and later conspiring with the Demon Race, and ordered his immediate execution.
• The Hundred Battles King smashed the academy gate with a True Qi palm, revealing Su Xiuyi to the crowd.
• Su Lingtian, shocked by Su Xiuyi’s unaged appearance, ordered Ji Zhan to execute him.

Su Chen, the Sword Emperor, arrived at the Myriad Text Academy and killed Ji Zhan before he could strike Su Xiuyi. He tried to test Su Xiuyi’s bloodline with the Bloodline Dragon Pillar, but the Hundred Battles King destroyed the blood drop, and Su Chen suddenly looked toward the sky.

• Ji Zhan entered the Myriad Text Academy and attacked Su Xiuyi, but an unknown sword intent shattered his saber strike.
• Su Chen sent a sword from the west that pierced Ji Zhan’s throat, then approached the academy.
• Su Chen introduced himself and asked Su Xiuyi for a drop of blood to test with the Bloodline Dragon Pillar.
• Su Xiuyi cut his finger and sent a drop of blood toward Su Chen, while Su Lingtian objected to the test.
• The Hundred Battles King attacked Su Chen and burned Su Xiuyi’s blood drop to nothing.
• Su Chen’s expression turned cold, and he stiffened as he looked up into the air.

Su Chen confronted the Great Zhou Emperor while Su Lingtian ordered an attack on Su Xiuyi. Zhou Yunlong killed the old eunuch to protect Su Xiuyi, who then headed for the Bloodline Dragon Pillar as the emperor declared he would use the bloodline revelation to expose his hidden enemies.

• The Great Zhou Emperor manifested from the imperial edict, rebuked Su Chen, and rose into the air to fight him.
• Su Lingtian ordered the old eunuch to kill Su Xiuyi while the emperor and Su Chen battled above.
• Zhou Yunlong killed the old eunuch and revealed his loyalty to Su Xiuyi’s father, the Sacred Emperor.
• Zhou Yunlong fought the Hundred Battles King and urged Su Xiuyi to verify his bloodline, while Su Xiuyi criticized his fear of dying.
• Su Xiuyi walked toward the Bloodline Dragon Pillar as Su Lingtian ordered everyone to attack him.
• The Great Zhou Emperor said he would kill Su Xiuyi even if he revealed his bloodline, intending to expose and eliminate those hiding in the shadows.

Su Xiuyi moved toward the Bloodline Dragon Pillar as the Great Zhou Emperor tried to stop him and Zhou Yunlong fought the Hundred Battles King. Seeing allies in danger and reinforcements approaching, Su Xiuyi unleashed his power and slaughtered the Heaven Patrol Pavilion and Eastern Depot attackers.

• Su Chen refused to let the Great Zhou Emperor kill Su Xiuyi and restrained him with his sword domain.
• Su Lingtian ordered his men to stop Su Xiuyi from reaching the Bloodline Dragon Pillar.
• Zhou Yunlong used his Life Will Character to survive grievous injuries and repeatedly wounded the Hundred Battles King, forcing him to retreat in terror.
• Su Xiuyi saw figures rushing toward Southern Heaven City and warned Zhou Yunlong to escape, offering him a place in the Blood Slaughter Tower.
• Su Xiuyi released two golden dragons and crushed the Heaven Patrol Pavilion and Eastern Depot attackers, whose bodies burst into bloody mist.

Su Xiuyi apparently failed to prove his imperial bloodline when the Bloodline Dragon Pillar showed no reaction, allowing him to conceal the truth and spare the gathered people from the Great Zhou Emperor’s purge. The pillar was destroyed as the Hundred Battles King attacked, while Su Tianlong prepared to descend and Su Xiuyi faced him.

• Su Xiuyi killed the Sun and Moon Realm attackers and sent a drop of blood toward the Bloodline Dragon Pillar as Zhou Yunlong realized the blood had been cursed and fled.
• Su Tianlong declared he would eliminate everyone gathered there, but Su Xiuyi’s blood produced no reaction from the pillar, and Su Xiuyi joked that he lacked imperial blood.
• Su Lingtian called for the Hundred Battles King to kill Su Xiuyi, and the wounded king charged at him with a spear.
• Su Xiuyi struck the Bloodline Dragon Pillar and shattered it, while Su Chen warned Su Tianlong to rule well and then departed.
• Su Tianlong praised Su Xiuyi as his rival’s son, declared his ambition to rule the heavens and myriad worlds, and faced him as his main body prepared to descend.

Su Xiuyi faced the Hundred Battles King’s full-force attack and revealed that he had mastered a powerful domain and several Will Characters. He pierced the Invincible’s sea of will with the Blood Dragon Needle, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Su Xiuyi advanced toward the Hundred Battles King’s spear and revealed that he had reached peak Sunmoon in the martial path and Seventh Level of Sunmoon in the literary path.
• Su Xiuyi unleashed the Slaughter God Domain, shattering the Hundred Battles King’s domain and trapping him within it.
• Su Xiuyi summoned the Will Characters Slowness, Stillness, Endurance, Curse, Yin, and Annihilation, then vanished from the Hundred Battles King’s sight.
• Su Xiuyi launched the Blood Dragon Needle while his Will Characters disrupted the Hundred Battles King’s reactions and scattered his fortune.
• The Blood Dragon Needle pierced the Hundred Battles King’s sea of will.

Su Xiuyi killed the Hundred Battles King and disguised himself as the dead Invincible to approach Su Lingtian. After the Great Zhou Emperor exposed him, Su Xiuyi revealed himself and attacked Su Lingtian with the first strike of the Avici Dao, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Su Xiuyi destroyed the Hundred Battles King's sea of will, severed his head, and used an Illusion Will Character to disguise himself as the Hundred Battles King.
• Su Lingtian celebrated the apparent death of Su Xiuyi, while Wang Cheng, Tiezhu, and Tie Ling reacted with shock and grief.
• Su Xiuyi walked toward Su Lingtian, intending to kill him before he could endanger Tiezhu, his daughter, or Wang Cheng.
• The Great Zhou Emperor saw through Su Xiuyi's disguise and warned Su Lingtian that Su Xiuyi was alive.
• Su Xiuyi revealed his identity and unleashed the first Avici Dao saber strike against Su Lingtian.

Su Xiuyi killed Su Lingtian despite the Great Zhou Emperor’s intervention, then confronted Su Tianlong and challenged him to fight. As tens of thousands watched, more than 110 Will Characters appeared around Su Xiuyi.

• Southern Heaven Academy’s disciples recognized Su Xiuyi as their senior brother and knelt to honor him.
• Su Lingtian used Holy Dragon Possession and the Holy Emperor Fist, but Su Xiuyi’s Will Characters broke his defenses and killed him.
• Su Tianlong attacked Su Xiuyi with a terrifying punch, but Su Xiuyi escaped and resisted the emperor’s domain with Slaughter God Domain.
• Su Xiuyi accused Su Tianlong of framing him and driving the Star Demons to rebel, declared he had never betrayed humanity, and challenged the Great Zhou Emperor to fight.
• More than 110 Will Characters appeared around Su Xiuyi, leaving the gathered onlookers stunned.

Su Xiuyi revealed more than one hundred Sun and Moon Realm Will Characters, shocking the onlookers, and jokingly claimed to be a heavenly god reincarnated. After surviving the Great Zhou Emperor’s forbidden killing move, he burned his essence blood and willpower to recover and strengthen himself, while his Curse Will Character transformed into his likeness.

• Su Xiuyi manifested over one hundred Sun and Moon Realm Will Characters, prompting the onlookers to wonder whether he was a heavenly god reincarnated.
• Su Xiuyi told Su Tianlong that he was a heavenly god reincarnated, but the Great Zhou Emperor declared that he would kill him anyway.
• The Great Zhou Emperor attacked Su Xiuyi with Emperor Suppresses the Firmament, and Su Xiuyi vanished beneath the blow.
• Su Xiuyi reappeared injured but alive, with all his Will Characters intact, and taunted the Great Zhou Emperor.
• Su Xiuyi burned his essence blood and willpower, healed his injuries with the Undying Heavenly Scripture, and watched his Curse Will Character transform into a white-robed figure identical to him.

Su Xiuyi used the power of the Myriad Text Academy to turn all his Will Characters into spirit forms and create more than a hundred avatars, revealing that he had been stalling the Great Zhou Emperor. The chapter ended with the two sides on the verge of a decisive battle.

• Su Xiuyi formed a second spirit-form Will Character, astonishing the Great Zhou Emperor and the onlookers.
• The Southern Heaven Academy's vice chancellor and several deans pleaded with Su Tianlong to spare Su Xiuyi and offered to defend the frontier.
• Su Tianlong killed the vice chancellor, and Su Xiuyi told the others to stop pleading because he was already a dead man.
• Su Xiuyi declared that Su Tianlong could not securely hold the throne while he lived, and the Great Zhou Emperor's killing intent surged.
• Su Xiuyi drew power from the Myriad Text Academy, transformed all his Will Characters into spirit forms, and produced more than a hundred avatars.

Su Xiuyi confronted the Great Zhou Emperor with more than a hundred Will Character avatars and burned his essence blood to reach the Invincible Realm. After the Emperor’s attack, Su Xiuyi sacrificed nearly all his avatars to break it and prepared a devastating saber strike.

• The Great Zhou Emperor saw Su Xiuyi’s many Will Character avatars and became wary, while Wang Cheng, Tiezhu, and the crowd watched in amazement.
• Su Xiuyi challenged the Great Zhou Emperor and advanced with his avatars, each unleashing a different power against him.
• The Great Zhou Emperor summoned his imperial domain and attacked Su Xiuyi with Star Shattering, leaving the onlookers convinced Su Xiuyi would die.
• Su Xiuyi ordered his Will Character avatars to self-destruct, using their explosions to neutralize the attack and leave the Great Zhou Emperor battered.
• Su Xiuyi retained the Curse Will Character avatar and unleashed the first strike of Avici Dao, Slay All Living Beings, as a terrifying nether gate opened behind him.

Su Xiuyi wounded the Great Zhou Emperor’s avatar and severed one of its arms with his Avici Dao saber, but exhausted his strength before he could finish the fight. When the Great Zhou Emperor’s true body arrived, Su Xiuyi revealed that he had kept his Curse Will Character avatar to target him at the Myriad Text Academy.

• Su Xiuyi’s Curse Will Character avatar cursed the Great Zhou Emperor as Su Xiuyi’s blood-burning saber strike broke through his fist and carved a deep wound across his chest.
• Su Xiuyi unleashed Avici Dao, deliver all living beings, and his saber and curse weakened the Great Zhou Emperor’s divine ability before severing his arm.
• Su Xiuyi reached his limit and could no longer burn essence blood, while the wounded Great Zhou Emperor claimed victory was still his.
• The Great Zhou Emperor’s true body arrived, prompting the academy deans and hidden onlookers to abandon hope for Su Xiuyi.
• Su Xiuyi told the Great Zhou Emperor that he had kept the Curse Will Character avatar because he was waiting for his true body to reach the Myriad Text Academy.

Su Xiuyi used his Curse Will Character to channel the curse laws of the Myriad Text Academy against the Great Zhou Emperor’s clone. The clone was destroyed, while the Great Zhou Emperor severed their connection and fled, and a faint sign of life appeared in a white-robed figure resembling Su Xiuyi.

• The Great Zhou Emperor’s main body arrived near his clone and tried to trap Su Xiuyi with his domain before striking him.
• Su Xiuyi fused with the Curse Will Character and used his body to call down the curse without entering the Myriad Text Academy.
• Su Xiuyi’s body exploded, opening a passage through which the curse laws formed a spear that pierced the Great Zhou Emperor’s clone.
• The Great Zhou Emperor severed his connection to the clone, weakened by the blow, and fled while the curse continued to afflict him.
• The Great Zhou Emperor’s clone fell as a skeleton, and a white-robed figure resembling Su Xiuyi showed a faint trace of life in the Myriad Text Academy.

After Su Xiuyi died cursing the Great Zhou Emperor’s avatar, his allies left Myriad Text Academy and the weakened Su Xiuyi recovered and began cultivating in secret. A month later, Hu Fei’er told Hu Qingyun that Su Xiuyi had fallen, and Hu Qingyun fainted from grief.

• Witnesses mourned Su Xiuyi’s death, while Tiezhu comforted Tie Ling and Wang Cheng chose to go guard the human-demon border with his fellow disciples.
• The Heaven Patrol Pavilion’s arrival drove people from Myriad Text Academy, which became known again as a forbidden place after the Great Zhou Emperor’s avatar fell there.
• Three days later, Su Xiuyi woke with only the Dao Will Character remaining and began cultivating with Demon Race essence blood to regain strength.
• A month later, Hu Fei’er rushed to Demon Saint Mountain and told Hu Qingyun that Su Xiuyi had died after cursing the Great Zhou Emperor’s avatar.
• Hu Qingyun collapsed and spat blood upon hearing the news, and Hu Fei’er called for the Sacred Elder to help her.

Sage Ancestor Lutian explained how the Great Zhou Emperor had used Su Xiuyi and Hu Qingyun’s feelings to target them both, then warned Hu Qingyun against rushing to confront him. Hu Qingyun began cultivating relentlessly, holding on to Lutian’s suggestion that Su Xiuyi might still return.

• Lutian examined Hu Qingyun and learned from the little fox that she had collapsed after hearing Su Xiuyi was dead.
• Lutian explained that the Great Zhou Emperor had framed Green Hill Mountain, imprisoned Hu Qingyun, and repeatedly tried to kill Su Xiuyi.
• Lutian told the little fox to cultivate and finish taking human form while he watched over Hu Qingyun.
• After three days, Hu Qingyun woke and vowed to reach the Invincible Realm and master the Demon God Will Character Combat Technique.
• Lutian reminded Hu Qingyun that Su Xiuyi had said he would return and warned her not to become a blood demon.
• Hu Qingyun began cultivating with all her strength, absorbing and refining the power of the stars.

After thirty years cultivating in the Myriad Text Academy, Su Xiuyi restored his literary-path strength and returned to his peak, then sought a way to break through to the martial-path Invincible Realm. He left the academy to pursue insights elsewhere after three Bone Marrow Pills failed to provide what he needed.

• Su Xiuyi cultivated his body for a month, dismissed the corpse servant, and resolved to be wary of him.
• Su Xiuyi cultivated in the academy for thirty years, regaining 138 Will Characters and mastering the Blood Dragon Needle.
• Su Xiuyi advanced toward the battlefield's core and found the remains of an Invincible Heaven-Shaking Ant royal.
• Su Xiuyi signed in at the remains and obtained the Strength Will Character and three Bone Marrow Pills.
• After refining the pills, Su Xiuyi found he still could not reach the martial-path Invincible Realm and left the academy to seek insight.

Su Xiuyi secretly visited the Literary Court, where he discovered Tie Ling’s devotion and learned that Tiezhu had died. After guiding Tie Ling to master the Demon-Slaying Sword Art, he left Great Zhou for the human-demon border and obtained Dao Heart Demon Seeding by signing in.

• Su Xiuyi watched Tie Ling practice in the abandoned Literary Court and discovered memorial tablets for Wang Lin, himself, and Tiezhu.
• Su Xiuyi realized Tie Ling had reached minor mastery of the Demon-Slaying Sword Art but was stuck, then appeared before her without revealing his identity.
• Su Xiuyi stopped Tie Ling’s attack and explained that her hesitation and lack of resolve prevented her from mastering the sword art.
• Tie Ling understood Su Xiuyi’s guidance, mastered the Demon-Slaying Sword Art, and bowed to thank the vanished senior.
• Su Xiuyi decided to leave Great Zhou for the human-demon border and arrived outside the Blood Demon Mountain Range five days later.
• Su Xiuyi signed in and obtained Dao Heart Demon Seeding.