Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi met Xiong Bei Ming and Gold Corpse Old Cao after the black hole in his Qi Sea began draining his primordial qi. He learned that they had been fighting the Great Sun Divine Palace while trying to rescue Ning Buqu, and the Sun King suffered Xu Yi’s torture for information.

• The Primordial Lord questioned the Big-Eyed Elder, who blamed Old Demon Yiling for the Phoenix Pattern Divine Lamp’s destruction; the Primordial Lord then incapacitated all five elders.
• Xu Yi reached the meeting place exhausted, with his Infant Essence gone and a spinning black hole draining his primordial qi.
• Xiong Bei Ming led Xu Yi to Gold Corpse Old Cao and the bound Sun King, and the two friends apologized for involving him in their troubles.
• Xiong Bei Ming explained that Ning Buqu, the Three-Eyed Divine Human, had been captured by the Donghua Merchant Alliance, prompting their conflict with the Great Sun Divine Palace.
• Xu Yi learned that Fu Qingfeng had attacked them and that the Sun King had revealed the Donghua Merchant Alliance’s role; Xu Yi fed the Sun King Origin Seal Beads and tortured him.

Xu Yi forced the Sun King to guide him, Xiong Bei Ming, and Gold Corpse Old Cao to the Donghua Merchant Alliance to rescue Brother Three-Eyes. They reached the Alliance's headquarters amid chaos in Central City, and Xu Yi prepared to enter its hidden stronghold.

• Xu Yi spared the Sun King, compelled him to lead the group to the Donghua Merchant Alliance, and gave him a Ruyi Pearl to stay in contact.
• Xiong Bei Ming warned Xu Yi that the Alliance was powerful and offered to scout ahead, but Xu Yi insisted they act before the Begonia Gathering began.
• Xu Yi, Xiong Bei Ming, Gold Corpse Old Cao, and the cloaked Sun King crossed Central City, where unrest and looting had erupted.
• The Sun King led the group to an ordinary-looking courtyard and explained that the Alliance's true base lay underground.
• Xu Yi dismissed the warning and announced that they would storm the Donghua Merchant Alliance's hidden stronghold.

Xu Yi, Xiong Bei Ming, Gold Corpse Old Cao, and Sun King stormed the Donghua Merchant Alliance to demand Ning Wuque’s release, but their confrontation escalated when they discovered the leaders of all five great merchant alliances were gathered there. Alliance Leader Song refused to negotiate and ordered two elders to attack, leaving Xu Yi’s group facing a powerful coalition.

• Gold Corpse Old Cao smashed through the Donghua Merchant Alliance’s gates and beat down its first defenders while Xiong Bei Ming declared they had come to cause trouble.
• Xu Yi displayed Fu Qingfeng’s token, but when the purple-faced man still made them wait, Xiong Bei Ming threatened war with the Divine Palace and Sun King blasted apart the courtyard.
• The dark-faced First Guest Elder arrived, and Xu Yi revealed that they had borrowed the Divine Palace token before demanding that Alliance Leader Song release his friend.
• A long-browed elder and the other merchant alliance leaders backed Song, while Sun King warned Xu Yi that their gathered forces could rival the Great Sun Dharma King.
• Song denied knowing whom Xu Yi meant and ordered Elder Gao and Elder Qi to deal with the intruders.

Xu Yi bluffed his way into the Donghua Merchant Alliance by relying on Elder Gao's recognition of his battle with the Great Sun Dharma King. After the Alliance's leaders watched the recording and realized who he was, Elder Gao ordered the prisoners released.

• Elder Gao stopped Brother Qi from challenging Xu Yi and revealed that he recognized Xu Yi as Senior Yiling.
• Elder Gao explained that he had witnessed Xu Yi's battle with the Great Sun Dharma King and warned that the Alliance would be destroyed if it offended him.
• The green-robed man played the Ruyi Pearl recording of the battle, shocking Sun King, Xiong Bei Ming, Gold Corpse Old Cao, and the assembled crowd.
• Brother Qi thanked Elder Gao for saving his life, while Alliance Leader Song and the long-browed elder pleaded with Xu Yi for forgiveness.
• Elder Gao ordered Steward Jiang to release the prisoners at once.

Xu Yi rescued Ning Wuque and reunited him with Xiong Bei Ming and Gold Corpse Old Cao, then received a summons from Chu Qiushan. Xiong Bei Ming recognized that Xu Yi was concealing his true condition and asked to stay by his side as he recovered.

• Xu Yi forced Alliance Leader Song to release Ning Wuque, and Xiong Bei Ming and Gold Corpse Old Cao took the dazed man away with them.
• Ning Wuque recovered after taking the antidote, while Xu Yi learned that the Sun King had departed in despair.
• Chu Qiushan contacted Xu Yi and invited him to discuss an urgent matter at his residence.
• Ning Wuque tried to offer Xu Yi his third eye as repayment, but Xiong Bei Ming and Gold Corpse Old Cao stopped him.
• Xiong Bei Ming recognized Xu Yi's signs of weakness and asked to accompany him, offering the three brothers' protection.

Xu Yi brought his trusted companions to meet Elder Yu Zhi Qiu, one of the Golden Core Society’s founders. Elder Yu explained that the Great Sun Divine Palace was exploiting the Golden Core Society and intended to destroy it once it had grown strong enough.

• Xu Yi traveled by rail transit with Xiong Bei Ming, Gold Corpse Old Cao, and Ning Wuque, then picked up Bai Jizi.
• Bai Jizi excitedly pitched Xu Yi a new plan, but Xu Yi told him to sound out the other three allies instead.
• Xu Yi brought his companions to Chu Qiushan’s residence and insisted they be included in the confidential meeting.
• Elder Yu Zhi Qiu welcomed Xu Yi and his companions into a stone chamber and praised Xu Yi’s treatise on the Golden Core Society.
• Xu Yi discussed the Golden Core Society and the Great Sun Divine Palace with Elder Yu, who described their relationship as bloodsucking and said the palace planned to slaughter the Society once it grew large enough.

Elder Yu Zhi Qiu revealed that Bai Jizi had never visited the Eastern or Western Continents and explained that Dragon God Xia and King Gong Dao had traveled there. He told Xu Yi and his companions that they were World Children who had ascended from a lower realm, leaving them stunned by the true shape of their world.

• Elder Yu Zhi Qiu praised Bai Jizi and recounted the exploits of Xiong Bei Ming, Cao Can Shang, and Ning Wuque, then suggested that they came from the same world as Xu Yi.
• Elder Yu Zhi Qiu asked Bai Jizi about Dragon God Xia, King Gong Dao, and the routes to the Eastern and Western Continents.
• After Xu Yi urged him to answer honestly, Bai Jizi admitted that he had never visited either continent and believed no one could travel there and return safely to the Northern Continent.
• Bai Jizi explained that he learned about the Eastern and Western Continents through travelers and reports, prompting Xu Yi to ask how Dragon God Xia and King Gong Dao had reached them.
• Elder Yu Zhi Qiu confirmed that Dragon God Xia and King Gong Dao had gone to those continents and said Xu Yi could have gone too if he had accepted the Great Sun Dharma King's invitation.
• Elder Yu Zhi Qiu revealed that Xu Yi and his companions were World Children who had ascended from a lower realm.

Elder Yu Zhi Qiu revealed that the Great Sun Divine Palace and the Dream Weaving Department helped the Eastern and Western Continents control and exploit the Northern Continent. He showed Xu Yi the malfunctioning Sky Lung and asked him to help heal it, leaving Xu Yi overwhelmed by the request.

• Elder Yu Zhi Qiu showed Xu Yi that the Black-Browed Imperial Son and his empire were illusions created by the Dream Weaving Department.
• Elder Yu Zhi Qiu explained that the Great Sun Divine Palace drained the Northern Continent’s resources, while the inclusive Golden Core Society could not simply be destroyed.
• Xu Yi and Elder Yu Zhi Qiu discussed how the Great Sun Divine Palace controlled access between the continents to limit competition and maximize its gains.
• Elder Yu Zhi Qiu revealed that the Northern Continent’s damaged Sky Lung had closed many spacetime passages.
• Xiong Bei Ming argued that healing the Sky Lung would open passages and give Northern Continent cultivators greater freedom to travel and grow.
• Elder Yu Zhi Qiu asked Xu Yi to heal the Sky Lung, and Xu Yi said he needed time to process the request.

Elder Yu Zhi Qiu warned Xu Yi that the Northern Continent was deliberately kept weak and that the Great Sun Divine Palace might soon target him. Xu Yi believed the warning but still refused to take on the task of saving the world, so Elder Yu offered to negotiate terms on behalf of the Golden Core Society.

• Xu Yi rejected Elder Yu Zhi Qiu's plea to save the world, insisting he wanted to restore his body and advance his cultivation instead.
• Elder Yu questioned whether anyone had truly survived the Heavenly Decline and explained that the Great Sun Divine Palace removed anyone who grew too powerful in the Northern Continent.
• Elder Yu claimed the Three Great Yuan Monarchs were spoiled heirs banished to their posts and warned that they might soon report Xu Yi's actions and provoke a powerful enemy.
• Elder Yu pointed out that the Northern Continent had no mighty demons because the Great Sun Divine Palace sent exceptional demons to the Southern Continent.
• Xu Yi said he believed Elder Yu but still refused, proposing to hide; Elder Yu recognized his bargaining tactic and offered to meet reasonable demands.

Xu Yi agreed to undertake a dangerous mission for the Golden Core Society, insisting that his companions join him and bargaining for a rare alchemical treasure. After securing it and agreeing to supervision, he tried to object when he realized Xuan Lengyan might be assigned, but she arrived before he could avoid the arrangement.

• Xu Yi persuaded Elder Yu Zhi Qiu to let Xiong Bei Ming, Gold Corpse Old Cao, Ning Wuque, and Bai Jizi accompany him on the mission.
• Xu Yi demanded resources and identified the Golden Core Society's successful experiment with horizontal-grid equations, forcing Elder Yu Zhi Qiu to promise him its product.
• Elder Yu Zhi Qiu agreed to give Xu Yi the treasure on the condition that someone supervise him, and Xu Yi initially accepted.
• Xu Yi reconsidered when he feared Xuan Lengyan would be the supervisor, but Elder Yu Zhi Qiu activated a jade disc and summoned her.
• Elder Yu Zhi Qiu left Xu Yi and Xuan Lengyan to discuss the mission and arrange what would happen next.

Xu Yi agreed to let Xuan Lengyan join the dangerous journey, though he tried to retain authority over the group. He and his companions prepared for the trip by converting his resources into new currency, which Xiong Bei Ming and Bai Jizi would spend at the Begonia Gathering.

• Xuan Lengyan confronted Xu Yi about leaving her behind, and Xu Yi quickly agreed she could come after she appealed to him about her Heavenly Decline.
• Xu Yi asked Xuan Lengyan to follow his orders during the dangerous journey, but she refused to surrender her authority and promised to give him the room he needed.
• Xuan Lengyan told Xu Yi that she had arranged something for Qiu Wa, while Xu Yi urged her to claim the benefits Elder Yu Zhi Qiu had promised.
• Xu Yi went with Xiong Bei Ming, Bai Jizi, Ning Wuque, and Gold Corpse Old Cao to Bai Jizi's rented courtyard and handed over most of his resources to exchange for new currency.
• Xu Yi instructed the group to spend the currency on useful treasures at the Begonia Gathering, and Xiong Bei Ming and Bai Jizi agreed to go while Ning Wuque and Gold Corpse Old Cao stayed with Xu Yi.

Xu Yi received the treasure and copied library books he had requested, then reunited with his companions after the Begonia Gathering to inspect their purchases. He distributed the rare treasures among them as they prepared for the perilous road ahead, which Xuan Lengyan said led to the Western Continent.

• Ning Wuque stayed with Xu Yi rather than leave, while Bai Jizi and Xiong Bei Ming returned from the Begonia Gathering with their haul.
• Xuan Lengyan delivered Xu Yi the jade box from Elder Yu and a storage ring filled with copies of the Golden Core Society library's books.
• Xu Yi and Xuan Lengyan discussed seeking a treatment for the Sky Lung in the Western Continent before Ning Wuque announced the others had returned.
• Xu Yi examined the Golden and Silver True Pattern Magic Robes, two Sun Arrows, and Flame's Heart, and Xuan Lengyan explained their rarity.
• Xu Yi gave the Golden True Pattern Magic Robe to Xuan Lengyan, a Silver Robe each to Bai Jizi and Ning Wuque, and the Sun Arrows and Flame's Heart to Xiong Bei Ming.

Xu Yi and his companions prepared to leave the Northern Continent for the Western Continent in search of a treatment for Sky Lung, following a perilous plan based on divination. They disguised themselves as six airship crew members and boarded their vessel, but two airships closed in as they climbed into the sky.

• Xu Yi gave the Primordial Sword Tooth to Gold Corpse Old Cao, who accepted it and vowed to protect the group.
• Xuan Lengyan explained that the Golden Core Society had found only a divinatory clue to a possible treatment for Sky Lung in the Western Continent, and she outlined their departure plan.
• Xu Yi questioned Xuan Lengyan about the plan, then rested with the others until they were ready to leave at night.
• Xu Yi and his companions disguised themselves as six people in yellow outfits, while the real six gathered their cloaks and slipped away into the night.
• The group boarded the airship, and Xuan Lengyan piloted it upward while she and Xu Yi communicated with words written in Cloud Crane Pure Qi.
• Two airships approached from the left and right as Xu Yi and his companions ascended.

Xu Yi and his companions infiltrated a flying ship transporting captured Heavenly Decline powerhouses to Western Continent. After discovering the scale of the threat, they planned to gather information and find a chance to escape, but Xu Yi was interrupted before he could finish speaking.

• Xuan Lengyan used coded symbols to convince pursuers that the group had merely lost its course, then piloted their ship to the mother ship.
• A group of Heavenly Decline powerhouses emerged from the ship’s cabin, and Xu Yi recognized Tang Shanhai among them.
• Xu Yi and the others concealed their shock as more than a hundred unresponsive Heavenly Decline powerhouses were taken into the inner cabin.
• The group secured a rest room, and Xu Yi concluded that Yu Zhi Qiu’s account of the crisis in Northern Continent was true.
• Xuan Lengyan explained that the ship was carrying the captured powerhouses to Western Continent and warned that their Qi Transformation Pill would wear off after ten hours.
• Xu Yi began outlining how they should investigate the ship’s strength and Western Continent, but Xiong Bei Ming interrupted him in alarm.

Xu Yi and Xuan Lengyan stopped Sun King from causing trouble aboard the supply vessel, then Xu Yi confronted him about why he had come to West Continent. Sun King began explaining that he had boarded the vessel to escape the restriction Xu Yi had placed on him.

• Xuan Lengyan and Xu Yi staged an assault on Sun King, and she persuaded Squad Leader Liu that Sun King had peeked at her while she was bathing.
• Squad Leader Liu ordered Xu Yi to tell Xuan Lengyan to beat Sun King and invited her to attend his bed that night.
• Xu Yi revealed that the captive was Sun King, whose Origin Seal Bead let him sense Xu Yi nearby.
• Xu Yi had Gold Corpse Old Cao and Ning Wuque release Sun King, then questioned him about his journey.
• Sun King explained that fear of Xu Yi’s restriction had driven him to seek the Great Sun Dharma King, who suggested escaping to West Continent aboard the supply vessel.

The Sun King told Xu Yi that he knew little about the vessel, so he identified Old Wine Head Li Jia as a possible source of information. Xu Yi and Xiong Bei Ming lured Li Jia into a room with fine wine, where the group began drinking.

• The Sun King explained that he had fled aboard the vessel to escape Xu Yi and had only been there one day longer than Xu Yi.
• When the Sun King claimed he knew nothing about the vessel, Xu Yi threatened him, and he revealed that Li Jia might help.
• Xu Yi and Xiong Bei Ming went to the stern and found Li Jia drinking while admiring the stars outside the vessel.
• Xiong Bei Ming displayed two gourds of Drunken Immortal Brew, and Li Jia followed them into Xu Yi's room.
• Xu Yi admitted that he and Xiong Bei Ming had bet on whether they could lure Li Jia over, then Xiong Bei Ming poured the wine.
• Li Jia drained his cup and praised the wine.

Sun King coaxed Li Jia into explaining how the Western Ox Continent exploited Heavenly Decline experts and used wish pearls to advance beyond tribulation cultivation. The chapter left Xu Yi weighing the threat of the Western Ox Continent and learning that its four squad officers had not yet reached the Transcendent Realm.

• Li Jia drank the wine Sun King offered and agreed to answer his questions.
• Li Jia explained that Heavenly Decline experts were treated as resources, supervised by Divine Temple priests and used to produce high-grade wish pearls.
• Li Jia said prayers could condense into wish pearls, which cultivators used to temper their bodies and progress through the four Transcendent Realm levels toward the Divine Realm.
• Xu Yi recognized that the Western Ox Continent viewed Northern Continent experts as harvestable raw materials and noted the term Transcendent Realm reflected the Dream Weaving Department's influence.
• Li Jia revealed that the four squad officers had taken wish pearls but had not entered the Transcendent Realm, and said their strength could not be compared simply with Heavenly Decline experts.

Xu Yi’s group exposed Li Jia’s feigned drunkenness and tortured him until he revealed details about the Western Continent and the ship’s mission. Their questioning was interrupted when Squad Leader Liu urgently summoned Xuan Lengyan.

• Li Jia pretended to be asleep, but Xu Yi recognized that he was still alert and had suspected the group.
• Xu Yi forced an Origin Seal Bead into Li Jia’s mouth and repeatedly tortured and revived him until he agreed to answer honestly.
• Li Jia revealed that the ship was carrying valuable resources to the Ancestral Court, one of the Western Ox Continent’s two factions, which was at war with the human Church.
• Li Jia disclosed that Commander Shao and a mysterious temple master were aboard, warning the group not to provoke the temple master.
• A soldier told Xuan Lengyan that Squad Leader Liu urgently wanted to see her, and the group watched her flush as the soldier left.

Xuan Lengyan went to Squad Leader Liu’s quarters as part of Xiong Bei Ming’s plan to provoke a confrontation. The plan left Squad Leader Liu dead at the hands of Gold Corpse Old Cao, while the Sun King was also killed.

• Xu Yi killed Li Jia after deciding Li Jia would betray the group at the first opportunity.
• Xuan Lengyan went to Squad Leader Liu’s quarters while Xu Yi and the others waited nearby.
• Xuan Lengyan tried to keep Squad Leader Liu occupied with a bath until the group could act.
• The Sun King burst into the room, and Squad Leader Liu killed him with a wave of energy.
• Gold Corpse Old Cao attacked Squad Leader Liu and tore his body in half.

Xu Yi’s group killed Squad Leader Liu, but his Nascent Soul vanished before they could question him, and his death triggered a search aboard the flying ship. After the alarm summoned everyone to the deck, Xu Yi led the group into the lower hold to hide among the imprisoned cultivators and prepare for an attack.

• Xiong Bei Ming’s ambush succeeded, and Xu Yi revealed that the Sun King’s death had been planned to prevent him from endangering the mission.
• Xu Yi tried to capture Squad Leader Liu’s Nascent Soul, but it dissolved into specks of light, leaving the group without a prisoner to interrogate.
• Xuan Lengyan found Squad Leader Liu’s access token, while Ning Wuque reported that seven hundred breaths remained before they reached the spatial passage.
• Xu Yi led the group out of Squad Leader Liu’s room just before the other squad leaders arrived, then they learned that Liu’s Life Soul Tablet had triggered a search.
• When an alarm ordered everyone to assemble on deck, Xu Yi used the access token to lead the group into the lower hold, where he positioned them to face the pursuers.