Chapter Summaries

Yuan Yun, Young Master Su, and Jin Thirty-One fled the pursuing demonic cultivator, who suspected they were her targets after her seductive sound technique failed against their defenses. They landed on an island so Young Master Su and Jin Thirty-One could recover while Yuan Yun faced the pursuer alone.

• The purple-gauzed woman recognized signs that the fleeing group might be her targets and accelerated her pursuit without alerting her Dao Companion.
• Yuan Yun offered to stay behind, but Young Master Su ordered the group to remain together and seek a place to recover.
• Yuan Yun steered the flying shuttle to an island, cleared away nearby Demon Beasts, and set up a formation for Young Master Su and Jin Thirty-One.
• Jin Thirty-One used a compass to shield Young Master Su while both men resumed recovering inside the formation.
• Yuan Yun confronted the pursuer with her silver whip, but the purple-gauzed woman stepped on it and closed in, taunting her as she tried to flee.

Yuan Yun fought the purple-gauzed woman while trying to protect the formation where Young Master Su and Jin Thirty-One recovered. The enemy crushed the island with a blood-powered treasure, but Young Master Su unleashed the formation and blasted the black mountain into the sky.

• Yuan Yun attacked the purple-gauzed woman, who countered with her powerful dress and trapped Yuan Yun beneath its descending hem.
• The purple-gauzed woman guessed that the group had escaped the formation and used blood essence to enlarge a black cone-shaped earring into a mountain that crushed the island.
• Yuan Yun discovered that her formation was still resisting beneath the black mountain, while Young Master Su took control of it and Jin Thirty-One prepared to fight.
• Young Master Su decided to stop recovering and ordered the others to emerge and attack the woman together.
• Young Master Su activated the formation's restrictive attack, blasting the black mountain upward from the sea.

Yuan Yun, Young Master Su, and Jin Thirty-One fought the graceful woman in purple gauze after breaking free of the sea formation, but the six-breath battle left them gravely wounded and nearly out of strength. As Yuan Yun risked her life to buy Young Master Su a chance to escape, he prepared a blood-arrow attack despite her and Jin Thirty-One’s pleas.

• Yuan Yun pierced the weakened hem of the graceful woman in purple gauze’s skirt and escaped its shroud as Young Master Su and Jin Thirty-One attacked her from the formation.
• The graceful woman in purple gauze recognized Young Master Su as her target and launched a fierce counterattack against all three.
• After six breaths of combat, Yuan Yun caught Jin Thirty-One with her whip as he fell with a hole through his chest, while she and Young Master Su were also driven back.
• The graceful woman in purple gauze prepared to attack again, and Yuan Yun swallowed Pills before charging her in a final attempt to protect Young Master Su.
• Young Master Su ignored Yuan Yun’s order to flee and formed a crimson arrow from the bloodline opening on his forehead, while Jin Thirty-One begged him not to do it.

Yuan Yun and Jin Thirty-One prevented Young Master Su from using his suicidal Blood God Arrow, while the purple-gauzed woman kept them at bay. An unseen black-robed body cultivator suddenly attacked her, leaving the battle’s balance sharply changed.

• Yuan Yun charged the purple-gauzed woman with a dangerous black sphere, hoping to protect Young Master Su from having to use the Blood God Arrow.
• The purple-gauzed woman evaded Yuan Yun and used her as cover, while Jin Thirty-One blocked Young Master Su’s line of attack.
• The purple-gauzed woman sensed an unseen threat and fled repeatedly, then struck behind herself with her sash when a fist emerged from the void.
• A black-robed man appeared and overwhelmed the purple-gauzed woman with a relentless series of physical attacks.

A black-clad cultivator attacked the graceful woman in purple gauze at close range, forcing her to unleash a defensive technique that pushed him back. As Jin Thirty-One flew to join the fight, the woman recognized him as Young Master Su’s golden-robed guard and realized the others were desperate to stop her.

• The graceful woman in purple gauze mistook the black-clad man for one of the target’s guards as his heavy close-range blows overwhelmed her defenses.
• She released purple radiance and sent her ribbons spinning, rebounding the black-clad man’s attacks and forcing him to widen the distance between them.
• Jin Thirty-One left Yuanyun to protect Young Master Su and flew toward the battle to assist the black-clad man.
• Yuanyun urged Young Master Su to dispel his secret technique, claiming the black-clad man was a hidden guard from the “Tianyuan” Trading Company, but Young Master Su refused to lower his defenses.
• The graceful woman in purple gauze recognized the bloodied figure rushing toward her as Young Master Su’s golden-robed guard.

A black-clad body cultivator poisoned and drove off the graceful woman in purple gauze, then joined Jin Thirty-One, Young Master Su, and Yuan Yun as they fled. The group remained wary of the stranger, and a gray streak of light began following them.

• The black-clad man poisoned the graceful woman in purple gauze and forced her to retreat, then warned Jin Thirty-One to flee before she recovered.
• Jin Thirty-One returned to Young Master Su and Yuan Yun, and they suspected the black-clad man was a hidden guard of the Tianyuan Trading House who had killed the bearded man.
• Young Master Su thanked the black-clad man, but the stranger remained silent and watched them from a distance.
• Jin Thirty-One carried Young Master Su and Yuan Yun away on his giant dagger while Yuan Yun worked to suppress the pill poison and Young Master Su maintained his secret technique.
• Young Master Su spotted a gray streak of light following them and suggested Jin Thirty-One go ask the pursuer what he wanted.

Li Yan stopped Su Hong's fleeing companions and questioned them about Su Hong and Mi'er, revealing that he had recognized their identities and had acted because of his ties to both. Yuan Yun asked where he had met Mi'er, and Li Yan explained that he met her on Qingqing Continent while she traveled with Shopkeeper Su.

• Jin Thirty-One stopped the flying treasure and asked Li Yan what he wanted in return for helping them.
• Li Yan asked whether they knew Su Hong and what Yuan Yun's relationship was to Mi'er, prompting Young Master Su to aim his bow at him.
• Li Yan explained that he knew Shopkeeper Su and Mi'er and argued that he meant them no harm.
• Yuan Yun questioned Li Yan about where he had met Mi'er and why he intervened.
• Li Yan said he met Shopkeeper Su on Desolate Moon Continent and first met Mi'er on Qingqing Continent, where she traveled with Shopkeeper Su.

Li Yan admitted his identity to Young Master Su and revealed his face, while Su recognized him from an investigation into his sister’s feelings for him. As Su’s strength rapidly declined, he ordered Yuan Yun to activate a formation beneath the sea so Li Yan could help them recover.

• Yuan Yun questioned whether Li Yan knew Mi'er and Miss, while Li Yan tried to convince the group he meant no harm.
• Young Master Su recognized Li Yan by name and asked him to reveal his true appearance; Li Yan admitted who he was and used a Trueform-Confounding Pill to show his face.
• Young Master Su confirmed Li Yan matched the portrait he had obtained while investigating his younger sister’s interest in him.
• Young Master Su’s past investigation revealed that his younger sister had pursued Li Yan despite knowing he already had a Dao companion, and had helped search for him after he vanished.
• Young Master Su told Yuan Yun to activate a formation beneath the sea and have Li Yan help her recover as his own aura rapidly declined.

Li Yan rescued Young Master Su and his attendants from the two fiends, then carried them away while they treated the unconscious young master. He weighed the dangers of escaping through the Rouge Sea as the fiends searched the area, and the bewitching man prepared to leave with his poisoned Dao companion.

• Young Master Su recognized Li Yan, trusted him because he had saved his younger sister, and collapsed from the backlash of his unfinished secret technique.
• Li Yan checked Young Master Su, confirmed his life was not in danger, and urged Yuan Yun and Jin Thirty-One to treat him while they moved farther from the battlefield.
• Yuan Yun and Jin Thirty-One boarded Li Yan's Cloud-Piercing Blade and began treating Young Master Su as Li Yan flew away, casting techniques and scattering colorless medicinal powder along their path.
• Li Yan considered the dangers of crossing the Rouge Sea and decided that avoiding powerful sea demons and the pursuing fiends would be difficult.
• The graceful woman in purple gauze and the bewitching man arrived at the battlefield, where he searched for Li Yan while helping her recover from his poison.
• Li Yan had poisoned the woman lightly enough to keep her alive, expecting her injuries to make the bewitching man abandon his search and leave.

The bewitching man and the graceful woman in purple gauze pursued Li Yan and his companions, but her recurring poison and their evasive route forced them to stop. Li Yan, Yuan Yun, Jin Thirty-One, and Young Master Su hid in an undersea reef formation, where Li Yan began examining its power.

• The graceful woman in purple gauze called the bewitching man away from Elder Wang and revealed that she had been poisoned while confronting Li Yan and the other targets.
• The bewitching man helped his Dao Companion pursue Li Yan’s group by following traces of blood, but her poison began spreading again and the trail vanished after the fugitives led them in circles.
• Li Yan and the other three fled more than a hundred thousand miles to a cluster of undersea reefs, where Yuan Yun and Jin Thirty-One agreed with his choice of hiding place.
• Yuan Yun activated a concealment formation, and Young Master Su regained consciousness, thanked Li Yan, and began healing while Yuan Yun and Jin Thirty-One guarded him.
• Li Yan inspected the formation as Jin Thirty-One placed and activated two top-grade spirit stones, revealing its high grade.

Li Yan guarded Su Liuyun and his two companions as they recovered inside the concealed formation, while a distant Divine Sense briefly passed through the area without finding them. Once the group was strong enough to move, Su Liuyun discussed how they could leave the Rouge Sea, and the chapter ended as he explained their preliminary plan and the Tianyuan trading firm’s search efforts.

• Li Yan sensed a powerful but distant Divine Sense approaching, withdrew his own, and later found no further trace of it.
• Over roughly two months, Su Liuyun, Yuan Yun, and Jin Thirty-One recovered inside the formation while Jin Thirty-One regularly replaced its rapidly depleted spirit stones.
• Yuan Yun finished recovering enough to inspect the formation, prompting Su Liuyun to say they should leave and thank Li Yan for helping them.
• Su Liuyun introduced himself and his guards to Li Yan, then asked whether the fiends had returned; Li Yan said they had likely left the area.
• Su Liuyun asked Li Yan how they should escape, then explained that they had planned to hide until the danger passed and expected the Tianyuan trading firm to search for survivors.

Li Yan and his companions escaped the sea, found a passing Mountain-Sea Whale belonging to the Tianyuan Trading Company, and reunited with Elder Wang. After verifying their identities and hearing their account, Elder Wang arranged compensation for their losses, and the group settled into a courtyard to recover.

• Young Master Su explained that they could wait along a known route for another Mountain-Sea Whale, and Li Yan agreed to the plan.
• Su Liuyun led the group to a concealed waiting place, where they spotted a Tianyuan Trading Company Mountain-Sea Whale about half a month later and boarded it.
• Elder Wang recounted how he had opened the Ten Gates Killing Formation, found more than twenty survivors, and brought them aboard the new vessel.
• Elder Wang verified the four companions' jade thumb rings and questioned them about how they had escaped, while they gave an account that omitted key details.
• Yuan Yun negotiated compensation for the group, and Elder Wang promised payment at the far shore or through a contract from the Tianyuan Trading Company.
• Li Yan and the others entered their assigned courtyard to continue recovering from their injuries.

Li Yan and Su Liuyun recovered aboard the Shanhai Whale while each quietly assessed the other's motives and concealed information. After reaching shore, Li Yan collected his full compensation from the Tianyuan trading firm and left with Su Liuyun and the others.

• Li Yan agreed to keep guarding Su Liuyun and the other two while they recovered in the courtyard.
• Li Yan considered Su Liuyun's questions and deduced that enemies had targeted him for important information, while suspecting that Guiqu Laixi had investigated Li Yan.
• Li Yan decided that Su Liuyun could learn nothing more from their conversations and entered a room to cultivate.
• Li Yan and the other three left the Tianyuan trading firm after receiving compensation.
• Li Yan converted most of his compensation into top-grade spirit stones and requested rare alchemy materials, which Elder Wang agreed to provide.

Li Yan parted ways with Su Liuyun and accepted a talisman for free interrealm transportation after declining his offers of treasure. Months later, Su Liuyun returned safely to the Tianyuan Merchant House headquarters and reunited with Su Hong, who remained troubled by the hidden enemy and the search for its source.

• Li Yan said goodbye to Su Liuyun, Yuan Yun, and Jin Thirty-One after they reached shore and declined the treasures Su Liuyun offered.
• Su Liuyun gave Li Yan a talisman that allowed up to five people to travel through the interrealm transportation formation for free, and Li Yan accepted it before leaving.
• Su Liuyun told Yuan Yun and Jin Thirty-One to leave the area carefully, while the Tianyuan Merchant House investigated for anyone watching them.
• Several months later, Su Hong worked through intelligence in the flower garden and lamented that she still could not trace the clues to their source.
• Su Liuyun returned to the headquarters and told Su Hong he had arrived that morning and had come to see her after speaking with their father.

Su Liuyun told Su Hong about his journey, the ambush that killed Steward Luo and two others, and Li Yan’s role in saving him. Su Hong reacted with shock to Li Yan’s strength and began considering the clues, while Su Liuyun left realizing she had guessed his feelings for Yuan Yun.

• Su Liuyun reunited with Su Hong and recounted the intelligence he had gathered on his trip.
• Su Liuyun revealed that Li Yan had saved him during an ambush in which Steward Luo and two guards died.
• Su Hong learned Li Yan had reached the Void Refinement Realm and driven back a Body Integration demon, then discussed the ambush and possible alliance with the 'Tianyuan' trading house.
• Su Liuyun warned Su Hong that their parents might investigate Li Yan, and she implied she had discovered Su Liuyun’s feelings for Yuan Yun.
• Su Hong left to analyze the clues, while Su Liuyun wondered whether he had understood his own feelings.

Li Yan arrived at East Yi City and prepared to travel to the Jieyou Realm to see Mu Guyue and Mu Sha. After registering for the interrealm teleportation, he was unexpectedly recognized by the young cultivator at the desk.

• Li Yan traveled to East Yi City, thinking about Mu Guyue and Mu Sha and their dangerous lives in the Black Devil Race.
• Li Yan entered the city and walked to the palace where travelers registered for the teleportation arrays.
• Li Yan joined a short line and reached a registration desk staffed by two Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.
• The young cultivator looked up at Li Yan and asked, “Are you Young Master Li?”

Li Yan followed a message from an old friend amid wind and snow to the Four Seas Inn, where he reunited with Uncle Ning and Uncle Lian. He sensed that powerful Void Refinement experts had surrounded the courtyard, and the chapter left him approaching the woman who had summoned him.

• A young cultivator at the registration table recognized Li Yan and relayed that an old friend amid wind and snow wanted to meet him at the Four Seas Inn.
• Li Yan weighed whether to ignore the summons, then left the palace and went to the inn.
• Uncle Ning recognized Li Yan at the entrance and led him to a courtyard where Uncle Lian was waiting.
• Li Yan sensed several powerful Divine Senses surrounding the courtyard and realized they came from Void Refinement experts.

Li Yan visited Su Hong after she went to great lengths to find him, but she confronted him angrily for failing to contact her after arriving in the Main Dao Realm. The chapter ended as Li Yan agreed that their debts of gratitude had been settled, just as a frigid force appeared beside him.

• Li Yan assessed the strength of Su Hong's guards and entered the courtyard, where Uncle Lian told him Su Hong was waiting.
• Li Yan greeted Su Hong playfully, but she watched him coldly and accused him of ignoring her after she had helped him repeatedly.
• Su Hong recalled how she had risked traveling to find Li Yan, using favors and teleportation arrays while her family opposed her journey.
• Li Yan said he had been carrying out a sect mission and had hurried over when he heard she needed help.
• Su Hong said their debts of gratitude were settled, and Li Yan calmly agreed before a freezing force appeared beside him.

Li Yan met Su Hong in the Main Dao Realm and explained his visit while concealing his real purpose. Su Hong revealed how her trading company had tracked him down, leaving Li Yan to recognize that his unchanged clothing had helped expose him.

• Li Yan tried to distance himself from Su Hong, but she laughed at his blunt remarks and asked why he had come to the Main Dao Realm.
• Li Yan claimed he had been searching for a missing martial uncle and said his Fragmented Poison Body had helped him advance; Su Hong questioned whether he had already reached Body Fusion.
• Li Yan asked whether Su Liuyun's talisman carried a tracking mark, and Su Hong explained that her company had used local contacts, descriptions of his appearances, and his clothing to find him.
• Li Yan acknowledged that Su Hong's company had considerable influence and realized he had overlooked changing his clothes after altering his appearance.

Li Yan agreed to help Su Hong investigate a spy within the powerful trading house 'Return From Whence You Came.' After several years of travel, they neared headquarters, where Su Hong planned to give him the evidence and let him analyze the information leaks himself.

• Su Hong reminded Li Yan of his promise to help her and asked him to uncover a spy within 'Return From Whence You Came.'
• Li Yan learned that the trading house had suffered years of raids and killings, while suspected moles repeatedly escaped before they could be caught.
• Su Hong explained that a high-ranking spy might be leaking headquarters’ plans, despite repeated investigations finding no traitors among the trusted 'Return Army.'
• Su Liuyun returned with evidence implicating two trading houses, but headquarters kept the evidence secret to avoid alerting the spy.
• Su Hong explained that her Lineage had placed her in an intelligence hall, and she planned to let Li Yan review the information independently.
• After traveling by flying boat, Li Yan heard Uncle Ning announce that they were nearing headquarters.