Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi joined a high-stakes dice game at Difafang Casino and placed a Second-grade Beast Core worth a hundred thousand chips on one number. The casino owner, Shi Erli, arrived and privately urged Xu Yi to withdraw the bet, leaving his motives and the game’s outcome unresolved.

• Xu Yi exchanged twenty First-grade Demon Cores for chips, gave his VIP card to the attendant, and joined a dice table on the second floor.
• After losing his chips and sitting out with spirit-fruit wine, Xu Yi wagered a Second-grade Beast Core on one number and challenged the table to settle the game quickly.
• Kong, the big-nosed middle-aged gambler, and the long-browed old man each matched part of Xu Yi’s wager, and the dealer closed betting with a barrier around the table.
• The casino owner, Shi Erli, and Head Shopkeeper Miao Chunsheng arrived, and Shi Erli identified Xu Yi as the bettor.
• Shi Erli publicly advised Xu Yi to take back his bet, then privately told him that he either had exceptional gambling skill or was staking everything and offered to negotiate.

Xu Yi made a massive bet on a three-four-five straight at Difafang Casino, alarming Shi Erli and prompting Head Shopkeeper Miao Chunsheng to investigate whether Xu Yi could read the dice. As Miao Chunsheng prepared to reveal the result, Xu Yi raised the wager with a second Second-grade Beast Core, leaving the casino and his fellow gamblers baffled.

• Xu Yi wagered a Second-grade Beast Core on a three-four-five straight, while the three gamblers beside him followed his bet.
• Shi Erli learned that Miao Chunsheng suspected the dice might show numbers around five, but could not confirm the result.
• Xu Yi demanded that Miao Chunsheng open the dice cup, and Shi Erli agreed after the casino was left with no way to refuse.
• Just before Miao Chunsheng lifted the cup, Xu Yi raised the wager by placing another Second-grade Beast Core on Five Leopards.
• Shi Erli, Miao Chunsheng, and Xu Yi's three fellow gamblers reacted with confusion and regret at his unexpected second single-combination bet.

Xu Yi won an enormous payout at Difafang Casino and negotiated to receive rare treasures instead of Beast Cores. After testing his intentions, Shi Erli and Miao Chunsheng heard Xu Yi offer to guide the casino, and Miao Chunsheng eagerly offered him the position of Head Shopkeeper.

• Xu Yi won more than twenty million chips by revealing three fives, then asked Difafang Casino to pay out.
• Shi Erli and Miao Chunsheng brought Xu Yi to a private room and asked whether he would accept goods instead of the First-grade Beast Cores they lacked.
• Xu Yi demanded Mystical Talismans, strange talismans, and Purple Firmament Lightning Strike Bamboo with at least four segments.
• After the negotiations stalled, Xu Yi offered to guide the casino for a few days in exchange for its treasures.
• Miao Chunsheng welcomed Xu Yi's offer and said he would gladly give up the position of Head Shopkeeper.

Xu Yi exchanged his gambling winnings for talismans and Beast Cores, then secluded himself to develop a new poker game for Difafang Casino. He introduced Zha Jinhua to Shi Erli and Miao Chunsheng, while his search for the Purple Firmament Lightning Strike Bamboo remained unresolved.

• Xu Yi finalized an exchange with Shi Erli, receiving talismans and Beast Cores while keeping his two Second-grade Beast Cores and asking that the three gamblers remain under control.
• Xu Yi contacted Jiang Sihai, learned that his arrangements were progressing, and concluded that he needed another way to obtain the Purple Firmament Lightning Strike Bamboo.
• Shi Erli and Miao Chunsheng learned that Xu Yi had emerged from seclusion after spending days making playing cards from Poison Dragon Scholar Wood and Jinbo Paper.
• Xu Yi taught Shi Erli and Miao Chunsheng to play Zha Jinhua, and both praised the game's excitement and potential for the casino.
• Miao Chunsheng suspected Xu Yi could detect dice through a cup, but Xu Yi refused to explain his secret technique.
• A white-robed middle-aged man conceded a Zha Jinhua hand to Dragon Lord, praising him as the Nine-Eyed Divine Eagle.

Gong Xian abandoned the search for Xu Yi and turned his attention to crushing Shi Erli’s Difafang Casino, sending Long San to challenge it at poker. Long San publicly refused to play upstairs, drawing the crowd into the confrontation.

• Gong Xian told Han Zhongjun to recall the teams searching for Xu Yi, since their pursuit had failed and the businesses remained untouched.
• Han Zhongjun asked why Difafang Casino had become so crowded, and Gong Xian explained that its new poker game had drawn gamblers away from older games.
• After Long San explained that he had mastered Zha Jinhua, Gong Xian ordered him to defeat Difafang and said Shi Erli’s success had gone on long enough.
• At Difafang, Miao Chunsheng reported that Long San had won nearly two million and that no one would play him.
• Shi Erli asked Miao Chunsheng to bring Long San upstairs, but Long San refused and urged him to play in the public hall, winning the crowd’s approval.

Long San dominated the Zha Jinhua match against Difafang Casino until Xu Yi replaced Jia Yueming and began betting blind after cutting the deck. Long San then found three twelves in his hand and raised, unaware of what Xu Yi and Miao Chunsheng held.

• Long San won nearly five million from Miao Chunsheng and Jia Yueming, breaking their confidence with a costly tied-hand loss.
• Miao Chunsheng sought help from Shi Erli, who promised Xu Yi a share of any winnings and took responsibility for any losses.
• Xu Yi replaced Jia Yueming, but Long San continued winning as Xu Yi repeatedly folded and Difafang Casino kept supplying chips.
• Xu Yi cut the shuffled deck, then he and Miao Chunsheng began betting blind while Long San called twice.
• Long San looked at his cards, found three twelves, and raised the bet.

Long San used his knowledge of the dealt cards to gain confidence, while Xu Yi and Miao Chunsheng continued a tense showdown at Difafang Casino. As the bets escalated, Gong Xian arrived just as the players prepared to settle the contest.

• Long San called Fei Wu, saw his pair of thirteens, and concluded his Twelve Leopards could not be beaten by Thirteen Leopards.
• Xu Yi looked at his cards, folded, and left Miao Chunsheng to face Long San.
• Miao Chunsheng saw his losing two, three, and five but kept betting after remembering Xu Yi’s instruction and fearing the blame for folding.
• Long San raised the stakes, and Miao Chunsheng matched the maximum bets as the crowd watched their apparent strong hands clash.
• Fei Wu proposed removing the bet limit, and Shi Erli agreed to let the contest be decided in the hand.
• Gong Xian arrived at Difafang Casino as the decisive moment approached, while Han Zhongjun was absent.

Shi Erli and Gong Xian escalated their card game into a wager over their gambling houses, and Gong Xian revealed the Heavenly Card, apparently securing victory. Shi Erli was left stunned and suspicious of Xu Yi as Gong Xian celebrated.

• Gong Xian used Long San’s signals and a jade token to confirm that he held a sure-win hand.
• Shi Erli and Gong Xian raised the stakes until they wagered their gambling houses, then signed a contract before the witnesses.
• Gong Xian revealed Twelve Leopards, and Fei Wu showed that the two thirteens had appeared.
• Gong Xian declared that Shi Erli held Five Leopards and laughed as he claimed victory.
• Shi Erli was shocked by the apparent loss and glared at Xu Yi, suspecting he had been led into a trap.

Xu Yi exposed Long San’s claim about the cards, defeated Gong Xian, and helped Shi Erli win a dozen gambling houses. As they discussed dividing the winnings, Xu Yi said he had appraised the houses and demanded half their value: two hundred and fifty million.

• Shi Erli turned over the cards and found a two, a three, and a five, while Gong Xian and Long San accused the game of being impossible.
• Long San checked the dealing machine and insisted all four fives had been dealt, but Xu Yi revealed that the other three fives were in his discarded hand.
• Xu Yi left after Shi Erli won the gambling houses, while Gong Xian spat blood in fury.
• Shi Erli and Miao Chunsheng discussed splitting the winnings with Xu Yi and asked for time to value Gong Xian’s gambling houses.
• Xu Yi said he had appraised the twelve houses at a minimum of five hundred million in chips and would take half, or two hundred and fifty million.

Xu Yi demanded immediate payment for his share of the gambling-house profits, refusing Shi Erli’s offer to invest it in the Shi Family’s businesses. After recognizing that Xu Yi had leverage and wanting to keep him from joining the Gao Family, Shi Erli negotiated a deal to help him find Purple Firmament Lightning Strike Bamboo.

• Xu Yi rejected Shi Erli’s investment offer and demanded payment within one incense stick, threatening to take their signed agreement to the New Farmer Classic Hall.
• After Xu Yi left, Shi Erli raised the Yellow Turban Eight Directions Forbidden Formation and explained to Miao Chunsheng why Xu Yi’s careful planning made him dangerous to oppose.
• Shi Erli concluded they should give ground rather than risk Xu Yi joining forces with the Gao Family, then invited him back to negotiate.
• Xu Yi revealed that he urgently needed high-grade Purple Firmament Lightning Strike Bamboo and offered to make everything else negotiable if Shi Erli helped find it.
• Shi Erli agreed to mobilize his forces to search for the bamboo and told Xu Yi to wait.

Xu Yi received a rare six-section Purple Firmament Lightning Strike Bamboo and a trove of supplies from Shi Erli before retreating to refine wish pearls. Meanwhile, Gong Xian confirmed his plan to capture Xu Yi and mobilized forces across Yonghui City, leaving the confrontation imminent.

• Shi Erli gave Xu Yi a six-section Purple Firmament Lightning Strike Bamboo in exchange for a share of Gong Xian's gambling-house profits.
• Xu Yi requested Second-grade Beast Cores and high-grade talismans, and Shi Erli returned with a Sumeru Ring containing more than Xu Yi expected.
• Xu Yi went back to his mountain bamboo house and began refining wish pearls.
• Gong Xian realized Xu Yi had concealed his abilities and decided to capture him, even at great cost.
• Fei Wu reported that the Great Elder had agreed to their move, and Gong Xian ordered a citywide operation against Xu Yi with the Field Restriction activated.

Shi Erli learned that the Shi Family clan chief had ordered him to return his gambling dens to Gong Xian and help capture Xu Yi, but he chose to warn and support Xu Yi instead. Xu Yi recognized why Shi Erli had come, and the two remained allies against Gong Xian.

• Fan Qing delivered the clan chief’s edict ordering Shi Erli to return all twelve gambling dens to Gong Xian and help capture Xu Yi.
• Fan Qing explained that the Gong Family’s Great Elder had promised the clan chief a vote in exchange for intervening on Shi Erli’s behalf, leaving Shi Erli unable to change the order.
• Miao Chunsheng urged Shi Erli to seize the resources they had given Xu Yi, but Shi Erli reasoned that Xu Yi had anticipated the danger and prepared for it.
• Shi Erli went alone to Xu Yi’s bamboo hut, interpreting the edict’s phrase “if possible” as room to avoid capturing him.
• Xu Yi guessed that Shi Erli had come to see him off, and Shi Erli praised his composure and foresight.

Xu Yi waited for Gong Xian despite the city’s Field Restriction, then used Gong Xian’s own Space Shuttle to attack him. Gong Xian escaped with life-saving treasures, while the crowd recognized his famous ride and Xu Yi flew away on the Sun Moon Shuttle.

• Shi Erli warned Xu Yi that Gong Xian’s men were watching the area and that the Field Restriction prevented Mystical Talismans from working in the city.
• Gong Xian confronted Shi Erli at the Difafang Casino and demanded that he hand over Mr. Xue, so Shi Erli directed him to Xu Yi’s hut on the mountain.
• Gong Xian struck Miao Chunsheng aside and sent Hong Liu and Zhao Jiu to seize Xu Yi, but Xu Yi’s Space Shuttle killed the two men and hurled Gong Xian away.
• Gong Xian used a life-saving jade token to escape Xu Yi’s second attack, then returned after spending another Teleportation Talisman and jade token.
• The crowd recognized Gong Xian’s Space Shuttle, Shi Erli mocked him, and Xu Yi rode the Sun Moon Shuttle into the sky.

Xu Yi tried to escape Yonghui City after Gong Xian destroyed his Space Shuttle with three Bixiu Swords, but Gong Xian sent guards and ambushes after him. Xu Yi blasted through the city gate and massacred two pursuing groups with Mystical Talismans as he fled northeast.

• Gong Xian used his second and third Bixiu Swords to destroy Xu Yi's Space Shuttle, then offered ten million chips to anyone who caught him.
• Xu Yi flew toward the city gate on the Sky-Covering Baboon while dodging attacks and testing Mystical Talismans, but the city's restraints still blocked them.
• Xu Yi spotted Gong Xian's ambushes, stole a carriage, and reached the sealed city gate as four groups of pursuers closed in.
• Xu Yi broke open the gate and trapped Lord Bai Ye's personal guard in a fiery talisman field, then killed the guards with a barrage of Mystical Talismans.
• Xu Yi attacked another group farther northeast, but the Purple-faced Middle-aged Man escaped with a Teleportation Talisman before Xu Yi's talismans killed the rest.

Gong Xian rallied the cultivators with rewards to hunt down Xu Yi, who repeatedly escaped by teleporting before being cornered on a barren island. As Gong Xian moved to finish him, Xu Yi revealed Jiang Sihai, who challenged Gong Xian over the slaughter of his clan.

• Gong Xian faced the surviving guard captain's anger, while Shi Erli and Miao Chunsheng watched and discussed Xu Yi's strength.
• The City Envoy announced that whoever captured and killed Xu Yi would become Deputy City Lord, and Gong Xian promised to take the victor to the Western Continent and remove their hidden impediment.
• Gong Xian used Seven-colored Short-tailed Cranes to track Xu Yi as he escaped repeatedly with Teleportation Talismans.
• After two hours, Gong Xian's forces surrounded the wounded Xu Yi on a small barren island.
• Xu Yi confronted Gong Xian over his losses and called Jiang Sihai out of a pool; Jiang accused Gong Xian of slaughtering his clan and vowed revenge.
• Gong Xian dismissed Jiang Sihai as a discarded slave and lunged at Xu Yi.

Xu Yi’s trap against Gong Xian sprang in a demon beast den, where Second-grade Demon Beasts overwhelmed the cultivators. Gong Xian promised to pay for their wondrous talismans, but a Field Restriction activated and left the battlefield’s fate uncertain.

• Xu Yi whistled, splitting the island and unleashing a horde of demon beasts on the gathered cultivators.
• The Black-striped Flood Dragon Shark attacked Gong Xian while Xu Yi urged it on and denied having colluded with the beasts.
• Xu Yi recalled how he had arranged the alliance with the demon beast mansion before arriving in Yonghui City, using beast cores and spiritual-liquor-infused wine as payment.
• The besieged cultivators blamed Gong Xian for their losses, and he promised to cover the cost of their wondrous talismans if they fought back.
• The cultivators activated their wondrous talismans, but a Field Restriction appeared and shocked everyone.

The Forbidden Sea Nine Absolute Steles sealed the battlefield, and Lu Huo Demon Mansion led the beasts in an all-out assault on the cultivators. Xu Yi and Jiang Sihai cornered Gong Xian, leaving him gravely wounded and calling for help as Jiang continued to attack.

• The Forbidden Sea Nine Absolute Steles rose from the sea, sealing the domain and preventing escape without a Demon Mansion prohibition token.
• Tan Li tried to negotiate with the demons, but the Lu Huo Demon Mansion Lord denounced the humans and ordered the beasts to kill the invaders.
• Jiang Sihai used the Water Transport Bow to wound Gong Xian and joined Xu Yi in attacking him.
• Tu Da and Xie Er rushed to aid Gong Xian, but the Black-striped Flood Dragon Shark and two great demons intercepted them.
• Xu Yi and Jiang Sihai repeatedly attacked Gong Xian, while the cultivators elsewhere struggled against the beasts and could not come to his aid.
• Gong Xian tried to persuade Jiang Sihai to turn against Xu Yi, but Jiang refused and continued firing the Water Transport Bow.

Xu Yi fled when Gong Xian revealed a golden token, while Jiang Sihai tried to kill Gong Xian with the Water Transport Bow’s final strike. Gong Yushang, Gong Xian’s Third Uncle Ancestor, intervened, destroyed the Forbidden Sea Nine Absolute Steles, and agreed to pursue Xu Yi but refused to kill the demon beasts because of the rules.

• Xu Yi escaped the formation with a forbidden token and Teleportation Talisman, but Jiang Sihai stayed to attack Gong Xian.
• Jiang Sihai used the Water Transport Bow’s final strike to trap Gong Xian, but a mysterious hand stopped the shot and severed Jiang Sihai’s head.
• Gong Yushang appeared, shattered all nine Forbidden Sea Nine Absolute Steles, and reattached his missing hand.
• Gong Xian told Gong Yushang his account of the fight and asked him to avenge him by killing the demon beasts and pursuing Xu Yi.
• Gong Yushang said he would help kill Xu Yi but could not kill the demon beasts because of the rules.

Xu Yi fled Gong Yushang after the powerful cultivator pursued him, but Lu Huo intercepted him and negotiated a chance for him to survive. Gong Yushang proposed one attack with Lu Huo shielding Xu Yi, and Lu Huo stepped in front of him as the attack was about to come.

• Gong Yushang vanished after telling Gong Xian he would bring Xu Yi back later.
• Xu Yi escaped deep beneath the sea, but Gong Yushang found him and nearly caught him before Xu Yi used a talisman to teleport away.
• Lu Huo seized Xu Yi and confirmed that Gong Yushang was pursuing him to repay a debt to Gong Xian.
• Lu Huo persuaded Gong Yushang to give Xu Yi a chance, but Gong Yushang rejected Xu Yi's proposed poetry contest.
• Gong Yushang offered to let the matter rest if Lu Huo blocked one attack, and Xu Yi accepted the terms.
• Xu Yi drank spirit liquid from a Purple Gourd while keeping it in his mouth, and Lu Huo positioned himself in front of him to take the attack first.

Gong Yushang tricked Lu Huo and struck Xu Yi with a deadly attack, but Xu Yi survived by using the Purple Domain Space and his supplies. Lu Huo later realized Gong Yushang's attack had fused with Xu Yi's bloodline, leaving Xu Yi with an inescapable Dao intent.

• Xu Yi manifested his Wrathful Chi Aspect while Lu Huo transformed into his enormous python form and coiled around him.
• Gong Yushang feigned an attack on Xu Yi, then targeted Lu Huo; Lu Huo realized the deception and chased Gong Yushang as Xu Yi vanished into the sea.
• Xu Yi expelled some of the destructive force in the Purple Domain Space, recovered with Spirit Wine, retrieved the Four-Colored Seal, and returned to the sea's surface.
• Lu Huo found Xu Yi alive and praised him, then caught him when Xu Yi suddenly weakened.
• Lu Huo identified Gong Yushang's attack as Dao intent fused into Xu Yi's bloodline, which Xu Yi could not remove.