Chapter Summaries

Chen Yi activated the hidden pawn in Ye Chen’s account and ambushed him in the void currents, taking control of his chat group anchor point. Ye Chen then tried to appease Chen Yi by offering information about cultivators who had become Immortals without undergoing tribulation.

• Chen Yi activated the dormant clone Rainbow Bead beside Ye Chen, one of three hidden pawns in Group One.
• Ye Chen sensed danger, fled into the void currents, and sent a plea for help that never reached the group.
• Chen Yi ambushed Ye Chen, knocked him unconscious, and seized control of his chat group anchor point.
• Ye Chen woke to find himself kicked out of his own account and nervously answered Chen Yi’s questions about the Tribulation Transcendence.
• Ye Chen offered to report cultivators who had become Immortals without undergoing tribulation, surprising Chen Yi by divulging the secret immediately.

Ye Chen mistook Chen Yi for an upper-realm inspector and pledged to help apprehend the chat group’s members in exchange for a chance to clear his identity. Meanwhile, Little Golden Dragon plotted to use Chen Yi against Ling Xiao, and the group’s members began to suspect Han Qianxue was their mole.

• Ye Chen offered to cooperate with Chen Yi, believing him to be an inspector sent to capture Tribulation Transcendence fugitives, and resolved to betray his chat group for a clean identity.
• Chen Yi accepted Ye Chen’s offer and told him to await further orders.
• Little Golden Dragon privately asked Lingxi to steer the group’s discussion toward Xu Jinghong and mislead the mole.
• Little Golden Dragon told the group to prepare for a move to rescue Xu Jinghong from his ominous state, while the members traded jokes and asked what to do.
• After Han Qianxue spoke, the group fell silent, and its members suspected she was the undercover agent.

Chen Yi watched the group prepare a coordinated uprising while Ye Chen secretly received a different plan from the group owner. The owner then asked Chen Yi to help free Peak Three from Ling Xiao’s influence during his vulnerable breakthrough.

• Han Qianxue promised Lingxi she would visit, while the group members joked and discussed meeting up.
• A Sour Fish ordered the first fifteen peaks to secretly clear Demon Extermination Trial Grounds and the remaining members to clear designated Exorcism Instances before the uprising began in three days.
• Ye Chen received a private message from A Sour Fish telling him to treat the public plan as a false operation and pretend not to make a real effort.
• A Sour Fish privately asked Chen Yi to help Peak Three, whose damaged Dao Heart and muddled true spirit made him vulnerable to having Ling Xiao’s influence removed.
• A Sour Fish explained that he could not reliably control Peak Ten and above because they were deeply bound to Ling Xiao’s will.

The Little Golden Dragon secretly planned to use Chen Yi as a borrowed blade against Ling Xiao, while Chen Yi accepted its request and prepared for the encounter. After completing his latest batch of Chaos clones, Chen Yi decided to send fifty-four of them to ensure he could handle both Ling Xiao and the Little Golden Dragon’s hidden agenda.

• The Little Golden Dragon asked Chen Yi to help it deal with Ling Xiao, and Chen Yi agreed to act when it was ready.
• The Little Golden Dragon believed its plan had fooled Chen Yi and reviewed its preparations.
• Chen Yi completed his final batch of thirty-six Chaos clones, bringing his total to one hundred and twenty-one.
• Chen Yi considered the risk that Ling Xiao might take control of Peak Three and fight through its Profound Immortal body.
• Chen Yi decided to send fifty-four clones, keeping four in reserve and planning to conceal one four-star clone while another confronted the threat openly.

Chen Yi met Shen Lingxi, who explained Xu Jinghong’s extraordinary tribulation and his recovery after a mysterious light restored his will. The story left Chen Yi learning that the light had now disappeared.

• Chen Yi used a Chaos Colorful Bead avatar to teleport from the Phantom Star Grotto-Heaven to Shen Lingxi.
• Shen Lingxi introduced herself as Little Cub Who Doesn't Get Fat and explained that Chen Yi had been summoned to meet Xu Jinghong.
• Shen Lingxi recounted how Xu Jinghong endured five bolts of Purple Firmament Divine Lightning before losing his fleshly body and becoming a loose immortal.
• Chen Yi compared Xu Jinghong’s feat with his own tribulation experiences, and Shen Lingxi asked how he had survived repeated tribulations.
• Shen Lingxi said a light had helped Xu Jinghong recover from his shattered Dao Heart and return at his strongest, but that the light had disappeared.

Shen Lingxi recounted how Xu Jinghong, a broken Sword Immortal, found love with Xiuzhi and returned to battle when an Eryi invasion threatened her town. After proving Dao as a True Immortal, he was rescued from a stronger Eryi Mother Body by Zhao Huazhen, then set out with Xiuzhi to see the wider world.

• Nine thousand five hundred years earlier, Xu Jinghong failed his Immortal Ascension Tribulation and wandered as the drunken Useless Old Xu.
• Xiuzhi took Xu Jinghong in from the rain, and they spent ten years together at her tavern.
• When an Outer Realm Demonic God’s beast tide endangered Xiuzhi, Xu Jinghong reclaimed his broken sword and fought the invasion.
• Xu Jinghong slew powerful Eryi enemies, proved Dao as a True Immortal, and rose to second place in the Myriad Worlds Transmigrator Mutual Aid Group.
• A Sub-Cosmic Eryi Mother Body awakened and overwhelmed Xu Jinghong, who called for the group leader’s help.
• Zhao Huazhen accepted the assistance mission, drove the Eryi Mother Body back, and saved Xu Jinghong, who later took Xiuzhi to see the world.

Xu Jinghong lost Xiuzhi to the Sub-Cosmic Eryi Mother Body, then broke through to Celestial Immortal and devoured its indestructible origin. Shen Lingxi explained that grief over Xiuzhi drove him to create a world in hopes of reviving her, leaving him trapped in endless reincarnations while her remnant soul watched from his sea of consciousness; Chen Yi understood why Little Golden Dragon had asked for help.

• Xu Jinghong abandoned the Demon Extermination Trial Ground and rushed home, but arrived too late to save Xiuzhi from the Sub-Cosmic Eryi Mother Body.
• Xu Jinghong’s grief transformed his Jinghong Sword Domain, and he became a Celestial Immortal who destroyed the Mother Body’s physical form.
• Xu Jinghong chased down and devoured the Mother Body’s indestructible origin, then recovered his senses and tried to revive Xiuzhi’s lingering remnant soul.
• Xu Jinghong later pursued the Profound Immortal realm to create a world containing Xiuzhi, but his chaotic state of mind left him trapped in repeated reincarnations.
• Shen Lingxi revealed that Xiuzhi’s remnant soul had gathered a sliver of true spirit inside Xu Jinghong’s sea of consciousness, and Chen Yi realized why Little Golden Dragon had sought his help.

Chen Yi agreed to intervene in Xu Jinghong’s unstable condition and secretly planted a protective bead on Shen Lingxi before restraining the spacetime vortex around Xu’s Dao domain. In the parallel world, Xu lived as a wine seller who had abandoned the sword after losing Xiuzhi, while her remnant soul pleaded for him to wake; Chen Yi resolved to help him face his heart demon.

• Shen Lingxi explained that Xu Jinghong’s obsession with Xiuzhi made him dangerously unstable, and Chen Yi said he could handle it.
• Chen Yi secretly left a Chaos Colorful Bead on Shen Lingxi, but she sensed his danger and hurried away.
• Chen Yi sent eighteen Chaos Colorful Beads into the spacetime vortex to restrain it and examined the miniature universe formed from Xu Jinghong’s Dao domain.
• At Hongxiu Tavern, drinkers debated the Peerless Sword Immortal and the absent Jinghong Sword, while Old Xu said that after losing her, nothing mattered anymore.
• Xiuzhi’s remnant soul cried out to Yi'an to wake up, as Xu Jinghong remained trapped in grief and refused to face the Peerless Sword Immortal.
• Chen Yi decided to help Xu Jinghong overcome the heart demon that kept him from taking up his sword.

Xiuzhi returned to Sunset City for half a day, giving Xu Jinghong a chance to spend a joyful day with her and confront his guilt over her death. As Xiuzhi faded away again, Xu Jinghong rushed to the tavern searching for a way to save her, while a handsome man waited there.

• Xiuzhi agreed to return at the cost of her permanent dissolution, and Chen Yi gave her half a day.
• Xiuzhi appeared at Hongxiu Tavern, reunited with Old Xu, and asked him to tour Sunset City with her.
• Xu Jinghong and Xiuzhi spent the day walking, visiting a gallery, choosing clothes, and watching the sunset as Xu Jinghong recorded their moments.
• When a blind sabertooth tiger attacked, Xu Jinghong destroyed it, then trembled with guilt over failing to save Xiuzhi in the past.
• Xiuzhi began dissolving into starlight, and Xu Jinghong flew back to the tavern with her, desperate to find a way to save her.
• A handsome man waited in the tavern, calmly sipping wine and tapping the tabletop as though measuring the time.

Xu Jinghong watched Xiuzhi’s remnant soul dissipate until Chen Yi intervened and promised a path to restore her. Chen Yi sent Xu Jinghong to confront his heart demon and reclaim himself, while he waited at Hongxiu Tavern to see what Big Foolish Dragon would do next.

• As Xiuzhi faded away, she asked Xu Jinghong to promise that everything would be well after she was gone, then dissolved into starlight.
• Xu Jinghong erupted with grief and killing intent until Chen Yi slapped him and said he could save Xiuzhi.
• Chen Yi gathered Xiuzhi’s scattered remnant soul into a statue and told Xu Jinghong that she could return if he waited and called her back in the Ziwei Immortal Realm.
• Xu Jinghong agreed to go to Ziwei, and Chen Yi urged him to defeat the nightmare demon in his heart and reclaim his true self.
• Xu Jinghong climbed into the heavens and challenged the heart demon who shared his appearance, while Chen Yi waited at Hongxiu Tavern for Big Foolish Dragon’s next move.

Little Golden Dragon secretly dismantled Ling Xiao’s will brand in Xu Jinghong’s sea of consciousness, while Chen Yi tried to intervene without revealing himself. The chapter ended with Little Golden Dragon boasting that Ling Xiao was asleep, unaware that Ling Xiao had been listening.

• Little Golden Dragon used the Primordial Creation Dao to strip Ling Xiao’s will from Xu Jinghong’s brand and began taking control of it.
• Chen Yi secretly entered Xu Jinghong’s sea of consciousness, but Little Golden Dragon claimed it knew he was there and asked for his help transferring Ling Xiao’s will.
• Chen Yi stayed hidden, then sent a second strand of divine sense to pretend he had just arrived and could not help because Ling Xiao might sense him.
• Little Golden Dragon mistook Chen Yi’s caution and insult for proof that he feared Ling Xiao, then decided to control Xu Jinghong itself.
• Little Golden Dragon announced that Ling Xiao was sleeping like the dead, while Ling Xiao revealed he had been listening.

Ling Xiao pretended to remain unconscious while Little Golden Dragon moved his will out of Xu Jinghong and secretly arranged to keep monitoring him. Chen Yi rejected Little Golden Dragon’s offer of the Primordial Creation Imprint, leaving it to wonder what he intended.

• Ling Xiao endured Little Golden Dragon and Chen Yi’s actions, planning to gather his scattered will and wait for a chance to strike back.
• Little Golden Dragon reshaped the Primordial Seal to control Xu Jinghong, then transferred Ling Xiao’s will into a simulated sea of consciousness and sent it into the void turbulence.
• Chen Yi suspected Ling Xiao might have a hidden scheme and secretly sent a concealed Chaos Colorful Bead after him to monitor his movements.
• Little Golden Dragon offered Chen Yi the Primordial Creation Imprint, arguing that Chen Yi would be more comfortable controlling Xu Jinghong himself.
• Chen Yi refused the imprint and told Little Golden Dragon he did not care who controlled Xu Jinghong as long as Ling Xiao did not; Little Golden Dragon grew angry and struggled to understand his motives.

Xu Jinghong overcame his past self and awakened after more than three thousand years, restoring the Jinghong Sword. After thanking Chen Yi, he secretly asked whether he should become a double agent against Little Golden Dragon’s plan.

• Xu Jinghong defeated his black-robed past self by explaining that a sword gained meaning through protecting what he loved, and the Peerless Sword joined his broken Jinghong Sword.
• Xiuzhi's World collapsed as the spacetime vortex shrank and returned to Xu Jinghong, awakening him from his long slumber.
• Xu Jinghong thanked Chen Yi for his help, while Little Golden Dragon complained that it deserved the credit.
• Little Golden Dragon secretly urged Xu Jinghong to pretend to cooperate with Chen Yi and help Xiuzhi escape, and Xu Jinghong pretended to agree.
• Xu Jinghong secretly told Chen Yi that Little Golden Dragon wanted him to act as a hidden pawn and asked whether he should become a double agent.

Xu Jinghong entered the Ziwei Immortal Realm as a double agent for Caiyu while remaining loyal to Chen Yi, and discovered evidence that Chen Yi had taken Qingyun Heavenly Dao’s True Immortal-level Law Origin. He reported the discovery to Chen Yi and began feeding Caiyu information to gain its trust.

• Xu Jinghong accepted Caiyu’s orders to spy on Chen Yi and investigate tribulations and Han Qianxue’s suspected control.
• Chen Yi told Xu Jinghong to report what Caiyu asked and assured him that Caiyu would learn only what Chen Yi allowed.
• Xu Jinghong entered the Ziwei Immortal Realm and judged it to be a flourishing world with stronger prospects than the declining Chenxiao Great World.
• Xu Jinghong sensed that the Ziwei Immortal Realm’s Heavenly Dao was refining Qingyun Heavenly Dao’s True Immortal-level Law Origin and concluded Han Qianxue was likely under Chen Yi’s control.
• Xu Jinghong asked Chen Yi how to respond to Caiyu, and Chen Yi told him to answer truthfully to build Caiyu’s trust.
• Xu Jinghong began sending Caiyu an update about the matter it had assigned him.

Little Golden Dragon prepared a surprise uprising while Chen Yi discovered that Ling Xiao had escaped his apparent confinement. As the chat group went under maintenance, Little Golden Dragon’s faction began its operation using secret, individualized assignments.

• Little Golden Dragon decided to exploit its information advantage during the uprising and recruit Lin Gouyu, settling on taking one-third of the chat group.
• Chen Yi realized Ling Xiao’s will imprint was only an empty shell and worried that the Immortal Emperor had left to pursue a greater plan.
• The chat group abruptly entered maintenance, but Chen Yi found that the special group chats still worked.
• Little Golden Dragon’s group members began claiming Demon Extermination Trial Grounds and Exorcism Instance Secret Realms while the group owner shared a decoy plan.
• Little Golden Dragon sent each member a separate confidential assignment and believed the uprising was going according to plan.

Chen Yi uncovered Big Foolish Dragon’s plan to split Group 108 into teams for clearing several trial grounds and instances, then sent dozens of clones to interfere. He recruited Han Qianxue by placing a necklace of Chaos Colorful Beads around her neck, leaving her under his control as the operation began.

• Chen Yi learned that Han Qianxue had been assigned the difficult Blazing Sun Trial Ground and suspected Big Foolish Dragon was trying to draw him out.
• Chen Yi logged into several moles’ accounts and pieced together Big Foolish Dragon’s plan to send teams to clear three Demon Extermination Trial Grounds and six Exorcism Instances.
• Chen Yi sent forty-nine Chaos Colorful Beads to the Qingyun Continent while Xu Jinghong falsely reported to Little Golden Dragon that only one clone had been sent toward Han Qianxue’s world.
• Little Golden Dragon used the Primordial Seal to confirm Xu Jinghong’s warning was truthful and promised to help him escape Chen Yi’s control.
• Chen Yi contacted Han Qianxue and offered her a necklace of fifty-two Chaos Colorful Beads, warning that she would have to follow his arrangements.
• Han Qianxue agreed, and the bead necklace slipped around her neck.

Han Qianxue entered Trial Ground Eleven to help Group One, while Little Golden Dragon accused Chen Yi of interfering with the trial and then broke away from the Primal Creation Plate. It escaped with several trial grounds, secret realms, and chat groups, while Ling Xiao and Chen Yi let it go.

• Han Qianxue entered Trial Ground Eleven and watched the Chaos Colorful Beads around her neck dwindle from fifty-two to nine.
• Little Golden Dragon reported an abnormality in Trial Ground Eleven, and Ling Xiao and Chen Yi agreed to investigate.
• Little Golden Dragon accused Chen Yi of controlling Han Qianxue, but Ling Xiao withdrew into an imprint instead of joining their dispute.
• Little Golden Dragon cracked the Primal Creation Plate and fled with three Demon Extermination Trial Grounds, six Exorcism Instance Secret Realms, and more than twenty chat groups.
• Ling Xiao and Chen Yi allowed Little Golden Dragon to escape, leaving the resource treasury untouched.

Little Golden Dragon celebrated securing one-fifth of the Primal Creation Plate, but Chen Yi used the group chat to expose the rebels’ financial troubles and unsettle their plans. The dragon promised to seek a profitable route into the Immortal Realm, while Chen Yi’s Chaos clone secretly watched it.

• Little Golden Dragon laughed over its victory and wrapped itself around its one-fifth share of the Primal Creation Plate.
• Chen Yi logged into the rebels’ chat group as Tribulation Heaven Venerable and asked why they could no longer access the Peak Ranking and its daily rewards.
• The group members panicked about losing their income and cultivation resources, while Little Golden Dragon warned them against attacking the Immortal Realm.
• The group owner removed Han Qianxue from both chat groups, and the remaining members discussed her absence and worried about their future.
• Little Golden Dragon assured the group that daily rewards would continue and said it would consider a risky, lucrative route into the Immortal Realm.
• Chen Yi’s three-star Chaos clone watched Little Golden Dragon clutch the Primordial Creation Plate fragments and writhe through the shadows.

Wuji discovered that the Primordial Creation Plate’s artifact spirit, Little Golden Dragon, was moving through the lower realms and chose to use it rather than descend himself. Little Golden Dragon decided to enter Wuji’s stronghold and betray Ling Xiao, while Wuji prepared to join the conflict through his plan.

• Wuji saw Little Golden Dragon crawling through the Primordial Creation Plate fragments and realized an unknown variable was disrupting his calculations.
• Wuji chose not to open the Immortal Gate, but isolated a corner of the Immortal Realm and began guiding Little Golden Dragon into it.
• Little Golden Dragon searched for a safe route and found one through the place where Wuji kept his troops.
• Little Golden Dragon resolved to use Ling Xiao as a token of allegiance and seek an official identity from Wuji.
• Wuji smiled as Little Golden Dragon’s thoughts shifted toward surrender, then declared that he was entering the fray.

Zhao Huazhen announced a supposedly safe back road into the Immortal Realm, but few group members volunteered, so it ordered the Celestial Immortals to join the operation. Xu Jinghong and Chen Yi noticed that Zhao Huazhen was acting unlike itself and suspected something had taken hold of it.

• Zhao Huazhen announced a low-risk route into the Immortal Realm, and group members joked and debated whether to sign up.
• Only a few members volunteered, so Zhao Huazhen ordered every Celestial Immortal except Xu Jinghong to participate and muted Xu Jinghong when he tried to object.
• Xu Jinghong warned Chen Yi that Zhao Huazhen seemed entangled by something filthy, recalling that it had once removed Han Qianxue but might have other hidden presences around it.
• Chen Yi said he had watched Zhao Huazhen through a Chaos clone but had seen no clear abnormality, though its sudden shift from tolerant to domineering seemed deeply unnatural.