Chapter Summaries

Lin Sui continued drawing the cold poison from Su Fuxi while growing suspicious of her warnings and secretly kissing her when she was unconscious. As Su Fuxi researched soul guards and Lin Sui planned to temper his sword, he revealed a spirit crystal vein he had found, stunning his impoverished Master.

• Lin Sui drew more cold aura from Su Fuxi, who warned him not to trust anyone, including her, and asked whether he would forgive her if she caused his death for selfish reasons.
• After Su Fuxi fell asleep, Lin Sui kissed her and wondered what she wanted from him, beginning to anticipate the possibility that she was a wicked master.
• Su Fuxi deciphered the soul restriction, refined a second-tier python into a soul guard, and continued recovering as Lin Sui drew out her poison.
• Su Fuxi told Lin Sui to keep the Origin Crystal fragment for a future natal treasure, and he decided to use it to temper the No Falsehood Sword after treating her.
• Lin Sui showed Su Fuxi a two-foot-tall spirit crystal and said he had found a small spirit crystal vein, leaving her stunned by the treasure’s value.

Lin Sui finished removing Su Fuxi’s cold poison, and the two left for Black Rock Mountain aboard the Golden Cicada. On the way, Su Fuxi revealed that Zha Wuren was dead and considered how to protect the Azure Cloud Sect; their journey was interrupted when Elder Sun fled toward them with a Divine Sword Sect cultivator in pursuit.

• Lin Sui drew out all of Su Fuxi’s remaining cold poison, and she recovered enough to leave for Black Rock Mountain.
• While riding the Golden Cicada, Su Fuxi told Lin Sui she would never take a Dao companion and that Zha Wuren was already dead.
• Su Fuxi considered returning a teleportation artifact to the sect master and bringing back spirit veins to help the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Elder Sun fled from a blue-robed Divine Sword Sect cultivator who pursued him for the Scarlet Serpent Gold.
• Su Fuxi recognized Elder Sun approaching and let the Golden Cicada keep its course.

Su Fuxi rescued Sun Fu, then traveled with Lin Sui to the Black Rock Mountain Range to claim spirit veins from the flood serpent’s lair. After extracting three veins and retrieving her newly advanced Thousand Silk Gu, she hoped Lin Sui had finished tempering his body so they could leave the secret realm.

• Su Fuxi stopped a sword cultivator from attacking Sun Fu, forcing him to flee, and Sun Fu thanked her before heading for the exit.
• Su Fuxi and Lin Sui reached the cold spring at the Black Rock Mountain Range, where Lin Sui plunged into the pool to temper his body while Su Fuxi left for the flood serpent’s lair.
• Su Fuxi discovered three superb spirit crystal veins and more than a dozen spirit stone veins, then sealed and collected two small spirit crystal veins and the best spirit stone vein.
• Su Fuxi retrieved the Thousand Silk Gu, which had advanced to the third tier after devouring spirit crystals for a year, and left the cavern hoping Lin Sui was ready to depart.

Lin Sui advanced to the Mid Golden Core in the cold spring and helped the No Falsehood Sword absorb the Cold Marrow Cold Fire and an Origin Crystal fragment, fully awakening its sword spirit. Su Fuxi returned, saw how powerful the sword had become, and took Lin Sui with her toward the secret realm’s exit.

• Lin Sui cultivated beneath the cold spring, advanced to the Mid Golden Core, and found that the gray vortex in his sea of consciousness had gained an eerie chill.
• The No Falsehood Sword cut the Cold Marrow Cold Fire from the mystic ice and brought it to Lin Sui, who returned to shore and merged the fire into the sword.
• Lin Sui refined the Origin Crystal fragment and let the No Falsehood Sword devour it, fully unsealing the sword spirit and causing a powerful aura that drew nearby cultivators.
• Su Fuxi sensed the commotion and returned to Lin Sui, where she saw his new cultivation and the awakened No Falsehood Sword.
• Su Fuxi decided they could not delay any longer and summoned her golden cicada; Lin Sui joined her on its back as they flew toward the secret realm’s exit.

Su Fuxi and Lin Sui left the secret realm and traveled back to the Azure Cloud Sect, where Su Fuxi reported the deaths of her senior brothers and handed over a teleportation treasure. She also told Li Yuanqing that she had found a spirit stone vein.

• Su Fuxi told Lin Sui to consolidate his cultivation and planned to take him to the Southern Province to gather Slaughter Qi.
• Su Fuxi and Lin Sui escaped the secret realm without being pursued, and Lin Sui prepared a room for her aboard their cloud boat while she slept.
• Lin Sui watched over Su Fuxi and secretly kissed her, while she remained unaware; after ten days, they continued their journey toward the Tianshui Kingdom.
• After half a year of travel, Su Fuxi and Lin Sui returned to the Azure Cloud Sect, where Li Yuanqing asked about her missing senior brothers.
• Su Fuxi said the restriction had killed her eldest senior brother and sixth junior brother, returned the teleportation treasure, and told Li Yuanqing about the spirit stone vein.

Su Fuxi gave the Azure Cloud Sect a spirit vein in exchange for longevity pills, then traveled with Lin Sui to Fallen Dragon Marsh to seek a way to remove the yellow seal on a jade box. The sword spirit identified the seal as an ancient curse seal and said they would need a talisman and restriction expert to undo it.

• Su Fuxi handed Li Yuanqing a spirit vein and received three fourth-tier longevity pills in return.
• Su Fuxi and Lin Sui returned to Cloud-Capped Peak, where Wang Xiaohu welcomed them after advancing to the Middle Stage of Qi Refinement.
• Lin Sui learned that Deacon Wang had died, and he resolved to find a way for Su Fuxi to reach the Nascent Soul stage.
• Su Fuxi and Lin Sui traveled to Fallen Dragon Marsh and entered Immortal Market City in disguise to search for help with the yellow seal.
• The sword spirit told Lin Sui that the yellow paper seal was an ancient curse seal that required a talisman and restriction expert to remove.

Su Fuxi and Lin Sui settled into a rented cave abode in Immortal Market City while seeking a talisman-restriction expert and a way to find someone. The next day, they headed to the Treasure Seeking Pavilion, with Su Fuxi urging their guide to hurry.

• Su Fuxi learned that Lin Sui’s sword contained the remnant soul of an upper-realm demon venerable and told him to keep her informed about everything around him.
• Su Fuxi hired a local broker to find them a cave abode and asked about experts in talisman restrictions and places to post a bounty.
• The broker led Su Fuxi and Lin Sui to Dragon Rock Guest Residence, where they rented two cave abodes for one day.
• Lin Sui brought Su Fuxi quilts, asked to stay in her room, and admitted to himself that he wanted to cultivate enough to win her affection.
• The next day, Su Fuxi contacted the broker and set out with Lin Sui for the Treasure Seeking Pavilion in the ninth market district.

Su Fuxi posted a bounty in Immortal Market City, offering a Lifespan Pill for help deciphering ancient runic seals. She then took Lin Sui to the Lovesickness Pavilion, where she arranged for young women to attend to him so he could experience the world.

• Su Fuxi paid the Treasure Seeking Pavilion thirty thousand spirit stones to post a bounty seeking a runic-seal expert and offering a Lifespan Pill as the reward.
• The Golden Core steward copied the damaged runes onto the bounty and gave Su Fuxi a communication jade token, then told her the next Immortal Market trading fair would begin tomorrow evening at the Spirit Radiance Pavilion.
• After leaving the Ninth Market Ward, Su Fuxi dismissed the broker and ignored Lin Sui's concern that the Lifespan Pill would attract covetous cultivators.
• Su Fuxi took Lin Sui to the Lovesickness Pavilion and paid an attendant to show them to a quiet private room.
• Su Fuxi told the attendant to bring young women to attend to Lin Sui, then said he should use the opportunity to learn the Lovesickness Sect's methods and avoid being deceived by beautiful women.

Su Fuxi arranged for women from the Lovesickness Pavilion to entertain Lin Sui, hoping to distract him, while he watched her closely and grew increasingly jealous. The evening ended with Lin Sui crushing Ruolian’s wrist after she pressed against him.

• Lin Sui brooded over Su Fuxi’s warning about beautiful women and suspected she was trying to divert his attention from their past.
• Su Fuxi inspected the four Lovesickness Pavilion cultivators brought to their room and told them to serve Lin Sui.
• Lin Sui accepted a cup of Flying Rosycloud Wine and watched the women perform while Su Fuxi drank and relaxed.
• Su Fuxi chose Ruolian to attend to Lin Sui, while the other women served Su Fuxi and fed her a spirit grape.
• Lin Sui watched Su Fuxi eat and eyed the female cultivator who fed her with killing intent.
• When Ruolian pressed against Lin Sui, he crushed her wrist and sent her crashing to the floor.

At the Lovesickness Pavilion, Lin Sui rejected Ruolian’s advances, and he and Su Fuxi shared a quiet, melancholy drink before she went to sleep. As Lin Sui cultivated nearby, the sword spirit tried to tempt him into joining the No Falsehood Dao and entered his sea of consciousness, where something went wrong.

• Lin Sui rejected Ruolian’s advances, and Su Fuxi gave her healing pills and the other female cultivators spirit stones before sending them away.
• Su Fuxi dropped her disguise, drank with Lin Sui, and admitted that it was her first time in centuries enjoying the mortal world.
• Lin Sui noticed that Su Fuxi seemed troubled and suspected she was hiding a secret, then watched her go to bed after she drank too much.
• Lin Sui cultivated outside the screen while the sword spirit urged him to practice the Yin Nether Mystery-Surging Scripture and join the No Falsehood Dao.
• The sword spirit probed Lin Sui’s sea of consciousness, and a miserable scream sounded as he cried out in confusion.