Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi prepared to defend the lecture token after learning that the Five Tyrants of Kongming Island were coming to pressure him. The gang set out for his Bamboo Manor, while Xu Yi waited in his new Preaching Pavilion.

• Meng Fan and Old Jiang discussed Xu Yi's strength and expected him to resist the Five Tyrants over the lecture token.
• A report revealed that Xu Yi had built a Preaching Pavilion, prompting Silver Eyebrows to laugh while his Fourth Brother warned him not to underestimate Xu Yi.
• Silver Eyebrows proposed threatening and bribing Xu Yi, but Qi Yan summoned the brothers to a gathering before they could act.
• Xu Yi told Yan Zi he would not give up the token, and she left for Ink City to avoid becoming a burden.
• Xu Yi brewed tea in the Preaching Pavilion as the Five Tyrants gathered at the road entrance and headed toward Bamboo Manor.

Xu Yi confronted the Five Tyrants of Kongming Island and their council allies when they demanded his lecture token and threatened his status and spirit fields. After they left to banquet on Daishan Mountain, they learned Xu Yi had invited all five tyrants onto the Blue Wall, leaving them stunned.

• The Five Tyrants of Kongming Island, Chen Xingjia, and Xing Yusen went to Bamboo Manor to demand Xu Yi's lecture token.
• Xu Yi openly described their plans to threaten him with a duel or use the council against him, embarrassing the group.
• Silver Eyebrows demanded the token, while Xing Yusen gave Xu Yi a day to comply and threatened his status and spirit fields.
• The seven left for a banquet on Daishan Mountain, where they drank and admired the moon.
• Cao Bin burst into the banquet hall and reported that Xu Yi had invited all five tyrants onto the Blue Wall.
• Silver Eyebrows questioned Cao Bin, then paced in disbelief at Xu Yi's invitation.

The Five Tyrants of Kongming Island learned that Xu Yi had challenged all five of them to a duel, backed by evidence that left them unable to refuse. Unable to contact him or negotiate, Qi Yan chose to withdraw and leave Biyou Academy, and Chen Xingjia offered to arrange new identities for them.

• Qi Yan and the others discussed Xu Yi’s challenge and realized the academy’s rules left the Five Tyrants of Kongming Island unable to avoid the duel without conceding.
• Xing Yusen and He Han went to Bamboo Manor to negotiate, but found Xu Yi gone and could not reach him.
• Qi Yan decided the Five Tyrants would withdraw rather than risk fighting Xu Yi, despite Silver Eyebrows’ protests.
• He Han persuaded Silver Eyebrows that Xu Yi would not stake his life on the challenge without a reason, while the others said they could rebuild elsewhere.
• Chen Xingjia promised to arrange new identities for the five brothers, and Qi Yan invited everyone to drink.

After the Five Tyrants of Kongming Island fled rather than face Xu Yi, he used the resulting attention to attract students to his lectures. With Chen Xingjia’s help, Xu Yi’s mathematics lectures became a sensation after just two sessions.

• Old Jiang told Meng Fan that the Five Tyrants of Kongming Island had left the Biyou Academy world, and Meng Fan was stunned that they had fled.
• Xu Yi explained to Yan Zi that he had wanted to defeat the Five Tyrants to build his reputation, then decided to find a way to draw people to his lectures.
• Chen Xingjia visited Xu Yi to befriend him and offered to help promote his Preaching Pavilion.
• Chen Xingjia arranged for Xu Yi’s challenge to the Five Tyrants and his lectures to stir up attention, filling the Preaching Pavilion with curious visitors.
• After two lectures, Chen Xingjia was astonished by Xu Yi’s profound knowledge of mathematics and the sensation his lectures had caused.

Xu Yi built his reputation as a mathematics lecturer after defeating Wang Moke, but a Hat Man challenged him to solve an irregular ellipsoid’s surface area on the spot. Xu Yi recognized that calculus might provide the answer and began thinking through the problem before the hostile audience.

• Xu Yi’s lectures drew packed crowds, and his merit points rose rapidly after he killed Wang Moke in a duel at the Preaching Pavilion.
• While Xu Yi lectured on the Plum Blossom Thirty-Six, a Hat Man accused him of possibly relying on a hidden expert and demanded that he solve a problem immediately.
• Xu Yi accepted the challenge because refusing could damage his reputation, and the Hat Man displayed a problem asking for the surface area of an irregular ellipsoid.
• Xu Yi realized that calculus from his previous life might solve the problem and asked for time to think while staying in the pavilion.
• The Hat Man agreed to wait, trusting that Xu Yi would not need several days to find an answer.

Xu Yi accidentally entered the 2019 world within his memories and learned that Liao Chen was there as Jinwu. Racing against the danger of his memories filling in, Xu Yi reached his old university and found a middle-aged man teaching advanced mathematics.

• Xu Yi used a secret visualization method to search his memories and leaped through a crack into the world of his past-life memories.
• Liao Chen, appearing as Jinwu, rescued Xu Yi from a crowd and warned him that his journey through the memories could kill him.
• Xu Yi learned that the memory world had advanced to 2019 and that four years of Liao Chen's memories were flooding into his mind.
• Xu Yi ran to his old university, changed into modern clothes, and searched the classrooms for a mathematics lesson.
• Xu Yi found a middle-aged man teaching advanced mathematics in Room 307.

Xu Yi forced a slick-haired teacher to teach him mathematics so he could solve the Hat Man’s problem, rapidly mastering calculus and other tools. When the sun fell from the sky, a Great Hand Seal struck Xu Yi, and he awoke aged, white-haired, and weakened.

• Xu Yi told the slick-haired teacher that Discipline Inspection Secretary Cui wanted him, then took him to a break room and coerced him into solving the Hat Man’s problem.
• The teacher solved the problem and taught Xu Yi calculus, curvature, limits, improper integrals, and other concepts, which Xu Yi quickly mastered.
• Xu Yi studied more than a dozen mathematics books and asked the teacher who was the biggest shot in the school’s mathematics department.
• The sun came hurtling toward the ground, and a Great Hand Seal struck Xu Yi, knocking him unconscious.
• Xu Yi awoke with white hair, an emaciated body, and the appearance of a man over a hundred years old.

Xu Yi solved the Hat Man’s mathematical problem but refused to explain the knowledge behind it, then suffered the devastating effects of spending Life Source Power and aged dramatically. Shi Erli arrived at Bamboo Manor after reaching the Severing Corpse realm and urged Xu Yi to check his lifespan.

• Xu Yi gave the Hat Man the correct answer, earned more than a hundred and twenty merit points, and dismissed the lecture without explaining his solution.
• Song Lun and the other students defended Xu Yi when the Hat Man demanded to learn the solution process, and the Hat Man left.
• Xu Yi returned to Bamboo Manor, tried to recover with Spiritual Liquid, and saw that he had become an old man.
• Shi Erli contacted Xu Yi through a Ruyi Pearl and arrived at Bamboo Manor after Xu Yi opened the gate.
• Shi Erli revealed that he had reached the Severing Corpse realm and urged Xu Yi to check his lifespan after hearing that Xu Yi had aged a hundred years in an hour.

Shi Erli used a Longevity Stone to discover that Xu Yi had only five years left to live and warned him that his strange power and mathematical knowledge had made him a target. He offered Xu Yi two possible ways forward, and Xu Yi chose to send Yan Zi to Immeasurable Mountain while entering the Kunlun Ruins himself.

• Shi Erli lent Xu Yi a Longevity Stone, which revealed that Xu Yi had at most five years left to live.
• Shi Erli explained that rare sacred fruits were the only known way to restore Xu Yi's lost lifespan.
• Shi Erli warned Xu Yi that his defeat of Wang Moke, use of Zixiao, and mathematical knowledge had attracted dangerous attention.
• Shi Erli explained that Xu Yi might be rejected by a dojo because of his short lifespan and offered to take him to Immeasurable Mountain or let him seek opportunities in the Kunlun Ruins.
• Xu Yi chose to send Yan Zi to Immeasurable Mountain with Shi Erli and enter the Kunlun Ruins on his own.

Xu Yi arranged for Yan Zi to stay with Shi Erli, then entered the Kunlun Ruins to seek opportunities. Meanwhile, Cao Da and three fellow disciples plotted to capture him, and Xu Yi found a Rainbow Seven Star Grass.

• Xu Yi asked Shi Erli to care for Yan Zi, and Yan Zi agreed to the arrangement.
• Xu Yi left Bamboo Manor for the Kunlun Ruins as Cao Da, Du Fei, Mu Yu, and Tong Fang debated how to capture him.
• Tong Fang learned that Xu Yi had left Bamboo Manor, and Cao Da used a Da Ming Snake to track him after securing a share of the spoils for his companions.
• Xu Yi traveled deep into the Kunlun Ruins and used a blood-red bead to reveal a Rainbow Seven Star Grass.
• Xu Yi dug up the Rainbow Seven Star Grass and moved it into the spirit field inside his Starry Sky Ring.

Xu Yi revealed that Huang Mei had helped him find eighteen heavenly treasures in the Kunlun Ruins, and forced the reluctant Chiwu Worm to guide him to more. Huang Mei knew someone who could help locate the five sacred fruits Xu Yi needed, but first offered to lead him to guarded treasures, leaving Xu Yi’s confidence about facing their guardians unexplained.

• Xu Yi collected eighteen heavenly treasures with a blood-red bead that pierced Huang Mei’s illusions.
• Huang Mei attacked Xu Yi, who trapped him with his sword intent and demanded that he guide him through the Kunlun Ruins.
• Xu Yi explained that he had sent Huang Mei to scout for treasures over the past three years and threatened to send him back to the Purple Domain Space if he refused to cooperate.
• Xu Yi showed Huang Mei images of five sacred fruits that could repair his lifespan, and Huang Mei said he knew someone who had seen them.
• Huang Mei offered to lead Xu Yi to guarded treasures, while Xu Yi insisted he could handle whatever he found.

Xu Yi and Huang Mei stole five precious medicines from powerful beasts as they traveled through the wilderness. After surviving a brutal fight with a Crystal Qilin Beast to take the Dragon-Phoenix Welcoming Sun Pill Fruit, they escaped with their lives and continued onward.

• Huang Mei drew out the Nine-Winged Old Dragon Centipede while Xu Yi struck it with the Thousand Mountains Arm, giving Huang Mei time to steal the Golden Dragon Fruit.
• Xu Yi and Huang Mei fled without killing the centipede, and Xu Yi claimed that killing after taking the treasure would go against the natural order.
• Xu Yi and Huang Mei traveled twenty thousand li by a winding route and fought five battles, snatching five precious medicines.
• Xu Yi saw the Dragon-Phoenix Welcoming Sun Pill Fruit guarded by a Crystal Qilin Beast and attacked despite recognizing its strength.
• The Crystal Qilin Beast pierced Xu Yi through the chest and abdomen three times, but Xu Yi used the Bixiu Sword to escape with the fruit.

Xu Yi followed Huang Mei to Chrysanthemum Valley to confront the Five Great Evil Lords and seize their treasures. After Xu Yi ambushed Qian Mu, the other four lords arrived and surrounded his Bixiu Sword.

• Huang Mei told Xu Yi about the Five Great Evil Lords, their treasure-filled medicinal garden, and his earlier escape from Chrysanthemum Valley.
• Xu Yi decided to go to Chrysanthemum Valley with Huang Mei, hoping to learn the whereabouts of sacred fruits and take the lords' treasures.
• Qian Mu spotted Huang Mei and attacked him as Huang Mei darted through the forest to lure out the others.
• Xu Yi ambushed Qian Mu with the Bixiu Sword, shattered his white giant sword, and pursued him.
• The other four lords—Zhu Huang, Gu Ye, Wang Wei, and Jia Ping—arrived and used their giant swords to surround the Bixiu Sword.

Xu Yi confronted the Five Great Evil Lords and their ally Qian Mu, revealing the power of his swords and Demon-Ghost Aspect while Zixiao broke Zhu Huang's gold hammer. The villains formed an array that trapped Xu Yi, and Zhu Huang urged him to surrender so he could seize Xu Yi's Manifestation Art.

• Zhu Huang realized Xu Yi was only at the Divine Embryo Realm, and Gu Ye attacked him in disbelief.
• Xu Yi's Bixiu Sword defeated Gu Ye's purple sword, while the Five Great Evil Lords mourned the loss of their White Sword.
• Qian Mu joined the Four Great Evil Lords in attacking Xu Yi, who used the Demon-Ghost Aspect to strike Jia Ping and fend off their assault.
• Zhu Huang's gold hammer nearly crushed Xu Yi, but Zixiao struck it down with Thunder True Intent.
• The Five Great Evil Lords split off their corpses and formed an array that trapped Xu Yi behind walls of spiritual force.
• Zhu Huang urged Xu Yi to surrender, hoping to obtain his Manifestation Art.

Xu Yi defeated the Five Great Evil Lords with his newly cultivated Adamant Aspect, while Huang Mei absorbed their corpses’ deathly aura and secured their corpse cores. As Xu Yi hid from his approaching nemesis, Cao Da and his fellow disciples arrived nearby, still pursuing him.

• Xu Yi manifested the Adamant Aspect and shattered the Five Great Evil Lords’ spirit wall with a Great Hand Seal.
• Huang Mei absorbed the deathly aura from the fallen corpses, and Xu Yi captured the five corpse cores as the Evil Lords surrendered.
• Huang Mei warned Xu Yi that his old nemesis was near, so Zhu Huang led Xu Yi and the others into a hidden doorway in a cliff near Chrysanthemum Valley.
• Cao Da, Du Fei, Mu Yu, and Tong Fang arrived at the battle site after pursuing Xu Yi across the Kunlun Ruins with the Da Ming Snake.
• Du Fei recognized the traces of a major battle and suggested they ask the Five Great Evil Lords about Xu Yi.

Cao Da, Mu Yu, Tong Fang, and Du Fei went to Chrysanthemum Valley to retrieve Xu Yi, agreeing to Zhu Huang’s request for a series of sparring matches. When Xu Yi escaped, he overwhelmed the Two Forget Peak disciples, leaving Cao Da pinned as the fight continued.

• Du Fei showed Zhu Huang Xu Yi’s image, and Zhu Huang agreed to hand Xu Yi over after asking to test the Two Forget Peak disciples in combat.
• Zhu Huang and the Five Brothers stretched the two-against-one sparring into a series of fights, frustrating Cao Da and the others.
• A shout from inside the cave revealed that Xu Yi had escaped, and the four disciples rushed after him.
• Tong Fang used the Great Evolution Star Attack Technique against Xu Yi, but Xu Yi’s giant sword broke through it and wounded Tong Fang.
• Xu Yi’s True Spirit Sword shattered Mu Yu’s formation diagrams and sent him flying.
• Cao Da attacked with his corpse, but Xu Yi’s Adamant Aspect pinned him in place as a wisp of corpse aura darted toward Xu Yi.

Xu Yi defeated the disciples from Two Forget Peak, took their corpse cores, and forced Mu Yu, Du Fei, and Tong Fang to kill Cao Da. After claiming Cao Da’s treasures, Xu Yi learned that a rare Da Ming Snake had tracked them to the Kunlun Ruins.

• Xu Yi revealed that his capture had been a ruse, and the Five Great Evil Lords attacked and defeated Du Fei.
• Xu Yi collected the corpse cores of Mu Yu, Du Fei, and Tong Fang, then had the Five Great Evil Lords bind Cao Da.
• Xu Yi recognized Cao Da as Brother Hat and forced Mu Yu, Du Fei, and Tong Fang to kill him.
• Huang Mei consumed Cao Da’s corpse aura, and Xu Yi collected Cao Da’s treasures.
• Zhu Huang identified Cao Da’s little snake as a Da Ming Snake that tracked living beings by their aura.

Xu Yi subdued Tong Fang, Du Fei, and Mu Yu, seized their treasures and medicinal herbs, and forced Tong Fang to demonstrate the Heaven-Covering Hand. After studying the technique and the disciples’ notes, Xu Yi reconstructed it, then began explaining why he had entered Kunlun Ruins.

• Tong Fang, Du Fei, and Mu Yu used their Ruyi Pearls to give their sect a cover story for Cao Da’s death, leaving them implicated in both murder and deception.
• Xu Yi forced the group to empty their Starry Sky Rings and had Zhu Huang lead him to the medicinal herb garden, which he cleared out.
• Xu Yi questioned the group about Cao Da’s Heaven-Covering Hand, and Du Fei exposed Tong Fang for concealing that he had learned the technique.
• Xu Yi punished Tong Fang with an Origin Seal Bead, then let him demonstrate the Heaven-Covering Hand and studied Cao Da and Tong Fang’s jade-slip notes.
• Xu Yi deciphered and reconstructed the Heaven-Covering Hand, then told the group that his reason for entering Kunlun Ruins began with Cao Da.

Xu Yi learned that Black Mountain Old Demon Liu Ming may possess the Purple Radiance Pill Fruit and decided to seek him out after advancing to the Corpse Slaying Realm. He refined wish beads until his divine embryo’s cocoon nearly cleared, then gathered more beads to complete his breakthrough.

• Zhu Huang told Xu Yi that Liu Ming had likely taken the Purple Radiance Pill Fruit from White Medicine Old Li Tong, whom Liu Ming tortured and killed at Tongshan.
• Xu Yi sent Du Fei and Qian Mu to Ink City to trade precious treasures of heaven and earth for Purple Wish Beads.
• Du Fei and Qian Mu returned with thirteen Purple Wish Beads, and Xu Yi refined them with his Black Origin Beads until the cocoon around his divine embryo became translucent and nearly clear.
• Xu Yi sent Du Fei and Qian Mu back to Ink City for more beads, then practiced with the new Heaven Covering Palm tower to expend his Mana Yuan.
• Du Fei and Qian Mu returned the next morning with sixteen Purple Wish Beads, and Xu Yi bathed, changed, and rested.

After refining the eighth Purple Wish Bead, Xu Yi nearly triggered a tribulation and led his group to Black Mountain to negotiate for the Purple Radiance Pill Fruit. Liu Ming and the Five Great Evil Lords betrayed him, forcing him into a cave filled with a powerful five-element yin-baleful force.

• Xu Yi refined the eighth Purple Wish Bead, nearly summoned a Calamity Cloud, and dispersed it by refining a beast core.
• Xu Yi led his companions to Black Mountain to negotiate with Liu Ming for the Purple Radiance Pill Fruit.
• Du Fei invoked Two Forget Peak and Pure Yang Venerable Master, prompting Liu Ming to invite the group into his cave while he considered their offer.
• Inside the cave passage, Liu Ming attacked Xu Yi, and the Five Great Evil Lords joined the assault.
• Xu Yi dodged into a newly opened cave, where a terrifying suction force pulled him into a surge of five-element yin-baleful force.