Vol. 28Desert, Intrigue, and Yi City
Xu Yue and Meng Qi survived missions, ambushes, and factional schemes while pursuing their own goals across the desert, the capital, and Yi City. The volume ended with Gu Xiaosang proposing that Meng Qi join her in obtaining Thousand-Faced Demonic’s Reincarnation Talisman as he entered the Tang Family succession struggle.
- Xu Yue helped expose Wang Jin’s betrayal at Shaolin, then chose Formless Calamity Finger and helped recover the stolen Yi Jin Jing after Zhen Chang attacked.
- As Xuan Bei led Xu Yue, Meng Qi, and Zhen Hui toward King Kong Temple, he sent the juniors away when Crying Old Man attacked, and Xu Yue fled separately.
- Xu Yue rejected the Demon Lord’s inheritance, traveled to Bomi, and made Life-Taking Yaksha his controlled servant Ah Da.
- Xu Yue helped Meng Qi and Gu Changqing rescue Zhen Hui at Fish Sea, then agreed to join their attack on Evil Ridge.
- Xu Yue and Meng Qi stormed Evil Ridge, captured Evil Scholar, and rescued the abducted women.
- Xu Yue exposed the plot against Hua Tiange at Zengxian Gate, then disguised himself as the Ghost King and brought Ke Changji and Liu Shuyu to the Seventh Prince.
- Xu Yue exposed the Ye Family’s abuse in Yi City, defeated its defenders, and seized its estate and treasures as compensation.
- Gu Xiaosang told Meng Qi that Nurturing Evil God was Thousand-Faced Demonic and proposed that they work together to obtain his Reincarnation Talisman.