Chapter Summaries

Han Bing Qian collapsed after Xu Yi severed ties with him, while Pang Qingyun learned more about Xu Yi and the Night Army’s interest in Xuan Xuan. Pang planned to use the upcoming Trial Grand Competition to test and eventually destroy Xu Yi.

• Tu Yi and Feng Qing praised Xu Yi for ending his ties with Han Bing Qian, and Han Bing Qian passed out after his qi and blood burst open an acupoint in his chest.
• Pang Qingyun discussed Xiong Bei Ming’s infiltration and learned from Uncle Yin that Xu Yi had risen from a low-ranking foot soldier to a formidable cultivator.
• Pang Qingyun asked whether Xu Yi was connected to Xiong Bei Ming or Xuan Xuan, then ordered his people to bring Xuan Xuan to him so he could provoke Xu Yi.
• Uncle Yin told Pang Qingyun that the Night Army had taken Xuan Xuan after Plum Blossom Seven reported Xu Yi’s connection to the Fortune Dragon.
• Pang Qingyun accepted Uncle Yin’s plan to prepare pawns to test Xu Yi before the Trial Grand Competition in eight months.

Xu Yi settled into Two Forget Peak, sent Xiong Bei Ming and the Desolate Charm into Kunlun Ruins, and sought Chen Daozi’s help to refine a magical treasure. Chen Daozi agreed after arranging safeguards, and the two prepared to begin the process.

• Xu Yi gave Xiong Bei Ming talismans, armor, weapons, and wish pearls before Xiong Bei Ming left to seek fortune in Kunlun Ruins.
• The Desolate Charm offered to follow Xiong Bei Ming, and Xu Yi let it go while warning it not to stir up trouble.
• Xu Yi considered the dangers surrounding him and left Yan Zi with Tong Fang for her safety.
• Xu Yi asked Chen Daozi to refine a magical treasure using Xu Yi’s heavenly spirits in exchange for learning the process.
• Xu Yi revealed that he was the Empty Void Young Master, and Chen Daozi agreed to proceed after recording their agreement and leaving his Ruyi Pearl with someone he trusted.
• Chen Daozi insisted on finishing the feast before they set off to choose a place for refining.

Chen Daozi brought Xu Yi to his underground workshop and taught him the basics of artifact refining while attempting to forge flying knives infused with Heavenly Spirits. After several failures, Xu Yi offered to try refining one himself.

• Chen Daozi led Xu Yi underground and showed him his refining hall, where Xu Yi produced a Heavenly Spirit.
• Chen Daozi performed a ritual and failed to refine the Heavenly Spirit into a flying knife.
• Xu Yi supplied another Heavenly Spirit and a dagger so Chen Daozi could continue practicing while explaining artifact-refining principles.
• Chen Daozi failed twice more, and Xu Yi suggested that he rest while Xu Yi tried refining the artifact himself.

Xu Yi successfully refined his first magic artifact under Chen Daozi’s guidance, then used the Purple Domain Space to recover the Heavenly Spirits he had consumed and restore the shattered Bixiu Sword. He was ejected from the space after examining his restored resources.

• Xu Yi spent four days and five nights refining and succeeded on his seventy-third attempt, making a dagger with a Heavenly Spirit while astonishing Chen Daozi.
• Xu Yi gave Chen Daozi five remaining Heavenly Spirits in thanks and returned to his hut on Two Forget Peak.
• Xu Yi entered the Purple Domain Space and reclaimed the Heavenly Spirits from the ruined artifacts he had used during practice.
• Xu Yi restored the shattered Bixiu Sword by reweaving its broken threads and binding them with Cloud Crane Pure Qi.
• Xu Yi examined the eighty-three Heavenly Spirits and the restored Bixiu Sword before the space shook and expelled him.

Xu Yi spent seven months refining the Bixiu Sword with eighty-one Heavenly Spirits, awakening its ability to change size and leaving it plain and unadorned. After emerging from seclusion, he answered messages and met Chen Daozi in the Valley of a Hundred Flowers to discuss artifact refining.

• Xu Yi refined a Black Origin Bead, contacted Yan Zi, and transferred his Ruyi Pearls before beginning seclusion to remake the Bixiu Sword.
• Over seven months, Xu Yi incorporated eighty-one Heavenly Spirits into the Bixiu Sword, awakening its spatial attribute and allowing it to shrink or grow.
• Xu Yi emerged from seclusion, reviewed his messages, replied to Yan Zi and Shi Erli, and arranged to meet Chen Daozi.
• A Mingda Snake returned to Xu Yi after roaming outside the Elegant Hut while he was secluded.
• Xu Yi met Chen Daozi in the Valley of a Hundred Flowers, where they remarked on each other's haggard appearance and white hair.

Xu Yi exposed Han Bing Qian, Tu Yi, and Feng Qing hiding in Chen Daozi’s smithing hall and bound them before they could ambush him. As Xu Yi confronted the captives, Wu Xian and his allies arrived, and Zhong Liang launched his golden mace at him.

• Xu Yi detected Han Bing Qian, Tu Yi, and Feng Qing behind the walls and bound them with Nine Dragon Binding Ropes.
• Xu Yi showed Han Bing Qian the Mingda Snake and explained that he had tracked Han’s movements and anticipated the ambush.
• Feng Qing offered to spare Xu Yi trouble by arguing that he and Tu Yi could be useful, while Han Bing Qian and Tu Yi grew suspicious of him.
• Wu Xian and two middle-aged men burst into the hall, revealing Feng Qing had been stalling for their arrival.
• Zhong Liang launched his Severing Head Golden Mace at Xu Yi, and Tu Yi recognized the famed weapon.

Xu Yi killed Wu Xian, Zhong Liang, and their allies, then escaped the consequences by framing Pang Qingyun. After the Pang Family survived the backlash and Pang Qingyun ordered the Demon Embryo brought to him, Xu Yi began restoring the Heaven-Covering Hand with the Skin Appearance Sutra to prepare for the Trial Grand Competition.

• Xu Yi used a streak of Clear Light to kill Zhong Liang, Wu Xian, and the men with them, then absorbed the corpse qi and destroyed the evidence.
• Xu Yi let Chen Daozi leave and took Tu Yi with him, while Chen Daozi decided to flee the Great World of Biyou Academy.
• Pang Qingyun learned that Zhong Liang, Wu Xian, and Ling Yi were dead and discovered that Xu Yi had implicated him in the deaths of Han Bing Qian and Feng Qing.
• Elder Wei and Pang Daojun helped the Pang Family withstand the pressure, and Pang Qingyun ordered his father to send him the Demon Embryo.
• After hearing Tu Yi's report, Xu Yi studied the Skin Appearance Sutra and spent three days restoring the Heaven-Covering Hand.

Xu Yi used the Skin Appearance Sutra to develop the Heaven-Covering Hand and deepen his understanding of the sutra, then entered the Formless Jade Wall at Piaoyun Peak to practice analyzing cultivation arts. As he remained inside for an unusually long time, onlookers began mocking his reputation as a genius.

• Xu Yi recreated old mathematical cultivation arts through the Skin Appearance Sutra to clear its hidden nodes and improve his understanding.
• Xu Yi went to Piaoyun Peak, bought a chance to use the Formless Jade Wall with a Black Origin Bead, and took a Concentric Pill.
• Xu Yi entered the jade wall with his consciousness and discovered that its treasure chests each contained a cultivation art he could perform without spending Mana Yuan.
• Xu Yi opened the Heaven-Covering Hand chest, performed the art, and then began opening other chests to use them as references for the Skin Appearance Sutra.
• After Xu Yi remained inside for nearly an hour, disciples outside the wall ridiculed him for showing off his consciousness and genius.

Xu Yi spent eight shichen comprehending the Formless Jade Wall while Long Jing and other disciples dismissed him as a show-off. The next morning, Xu Yi ignored Qi Jia Biao’s attempt to provoke him, then resumed his study with a Concentric Pill as Qi Jia Biao threatened to report him.

• Xu Yi remained absorbed in the Formless Jade Wall for eight shichen while Long Jing mocked him and the crowd gradually dispersed.
• Xu Yi withdrew from the wall at the hour of Yin, slept on a tree branch, then bought over thirty Concentric Pills the following morning.
• Qi Jia Biao claimed Xu Yi’s usual spot and demanded that Xu Yi show him respect.
• Xu Yi moved to another jade wall and challenged Qi Jia Biao to cite a rule requiring trial disciples to bow to him.
• Qi Jia Biao raged and threatened to go to the Enforcement Hall while Xu Yi swallowed a Concentric Pill and returned his consciousness to the Formless Jade Wall.

Xu Yi broke through every treasure chest in the Formless Jade Wall and discovered a way to make thoughts visible as data. He used that insight to solve the White Tiger Seven Mansions, then emerged as the Formless Jade Wall collapsed.

• Xu Yi remained immersed in the Formless Jade Wall for eighteen days, while disciples at Two Forget Peak mocked him as a show-off and Long Jing assumed he was faking his study.
• A purple-robed cultivator tried to take Xu Yi to the Trial Grand Competition, but Brother Kong and Brother Zhong protected him and cited the rules against disturbing meditation.
• Xu Yi opened the final three treasure chests and saw the Formless Jade Wall reveal points of light that could take shape according to his thoughts.
• Xu Yi used the points of light to work on the White Tiger Seven Mansions for ten days.
• Xu Yi opened his eyes, and the Formless Jade Wall collapsed with a deafening crash as countless figures rushed toward it.

Xu Yi faced accusations that he had caused the Formless Jade Wall to shatter, and Long Jing challenged him to prove his mastery of its cultivation techniques. Their duel left Long Jing’s defenses shattered and the martial arena cleared, with the fight still unresolved.

• A short, portly cultivator accused Xu Yi of breaking the Formless Jade Wall, and the crowd condemned him.
• Xu Yi questioned the accuser and waited as a long-faced cultivator claimed the wall had broken because Xu Yi had been showing off.
• The long-faced cultivator demanded that Xu Yi demonstrate his progress, and the crowd called for Long Jing to fight him using only techniques from the Formless Jade Wall.
• Xu Yi accepted Long Jing’s challenge, and Long Jing attacked with Separation Dragon Hand.
• Xu Yi countered with larger golden dragons that shattered Long Jing’s attack, then made Long Jing’s Moon Clan Five Shields collide with five summoned shields, clearing the martial arena.

Xu Yi overwhelmed Long Jing by matching his divine arts and then defeated Qi Jia Biao after he joined the fight with a sneak attack and a concealed magic treasure. Qian Feng arrived, condemned Qi Jia Biao’s conduct, and expelled him from the Internal Affairs Hall.

• Xu Yi matched Long Jing’s divine arts with greater power, astonishing the crowd and raising the possibility that he had mastered the Formless Jade Wall’s techniques.
• Qi Jia Biao attacked Xu Yi from behind, but Xu Yi shattered his Blazing Cloud Wave and continued fighting both him and Long Jing.
• Qi Jia Biao exhausted his thirteen techniques, then concealed a silver blade inside a frost storm and sent it at Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi broke the frost storm and defeated Qi Jia Biao, while Long Jing stopped fighting and the crowd recognized Xu Yi as an unparalleled genius.
• Qi Jia Biao complained to Qian Feng that Xu Yi had attacked him and destroyed his magic treasure, but Qian Feng condemned his sneak attack and expelled him from the Internal Affairs Hall.

After Xu Yi shattered the Formless Jade Wall, Qi Jia Biao was expelled and punished, while Xu Yi learned that thirteen geniuses had achieved the same feat. At the Trial Grand Competition’s closing ceremony, elders stirred controversy over Xu Yi’s absence, revealing that the Pang Family wanted to eliminate him before he grew stronger.

• Qian Feng explained that Qi Jia Biao was expelled and sent to the Cliff of Reflection for a hundred years because Xu Yi had shattered the Formless Jade Wall.
• Qian Feng told Long Jing and the crowd that only thirteen people in Two-Forget Peak’s history had shattered the wall, and Xu Yi demurred as others marveled at his achievement.
• Elder Xing arrived looking for Xu Yi, and Xu Yi rose to meet him.
• Elder Liu Changqing concluded the Trial Grand Competition ceremony and awarded its ten prizes to the already-recruited genius disciples.
• The Green-faced Elder and Long-faced Elder argued about how Xu Yi’s absence affected the competition results.
• Elder Guo told Elder Xing that the Pang Family wanted to stop Xu Yi from growing stronger and planned to remove the threat early.

Xu Yi was summoned to Chongyang Golden Peak after elders praised him and the trial disciples demanded he prove himself. He effortlessly defeated Zhan Dongfeng in less than two breaths, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Bai Menghui praised Xu Yi before the trial disciples, sparking an uproar as competitors demanded that he appear.
• Liu Changqing sent Elder Xing to summon Xu Yi, and Xu Yi readily went to Chongyang Golden Peak, eager to confront the Pang family.
• Xu Yi arrived and silently projected his disdain toward the crowd, accepting the stage the Pang family had created for him.
• Zhan Dongfeng challenged Xu Yi and boasted about his Blazing Sword and competition record.
• Xu Yi overwhelmed Zhan Dongfeng with a single move, damaging his sword and driving him into the ground while the crowd fell silent.

Xu Yi challenged Pang Qingyun to a fight to the death and secured an agreement that the loser would surrender all their resources. He also demanded that Pang Qingyun reveal Yunlong’s whereabouts if he lost, leaving Pang under suspicion as the crowd focused on the creature.

• Xu Yi taunted Pang Qingyun into emerging and challenged him to fight.
• Pang Qingyun accepted Xu Yi’s challenge after Uncle Yin urged him to regain his composure.
• Xu Yi proposed that the loser surrender all their resources, and Pang Qingyun agreed.
• Xu Yi demanded that Pang Qingyun reveal Yunlong’s whereabouts if he lost, drawing the crowd’s attention to Pang.
• Uncle Yin told Pang Qingyun to stay silent, but Pang accepted the terms and asked to begin the fight.

Xu Yi and Pang Qingyun began their much-anticipated battle with a dazzling exchange of techniques, but Pang Qingyun eventually changed the battlefield and used the Mysterious Transformation Art to land repeated, hard-to-detect attacks on Xu Yi. As spectators declared the fight decided, Wang Kunlun objected that Pang Qingyun was using the art incorrectly.

• Pang Qingyun ignored Uncle Yin's warnings and attacked Xu Yi with a purple fireball, which Xu Yi countered with Fireworks Finger.
• Xu Yi and Pang Qingyun traded a wide range of elemental and divine techniques, each putting on a prolonged spectacle while holding back their trump cards.
• Pang Qingyun transformed the plaza into a forest of rocks, trees, and water, then vanished among the obstacles.
• Pang Qingyun used the Mysterious Transformation Art to strike Xu Yi repeatedly, piercing his spiritual defenses and drawing blood.
• Xu Shengjie and the other rewarded trial disciples discussed Pang Qingyun's hidden art, but Wang Kunlun said Pang Qingyun was using it wrong.

Xu Yi and Pang Qingyun escalated their arena fight from hidden attacks and demonic arts to a clash between powerful magic treasures. Their Bixiu Sword and Adamant Seal traded blows without a decisive winner, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Wang Kunlun explained that Xu Yi had deliberately endured Pang Qingyun's concealed attacks to learn how they worked.
• Xu Yi transformed into a raging ape and wounded Pang Qingyun with three Heaven-Covering Hands, prompting Pang Qingyun to unleash the Piluó Demonic Art.
• Xu Yi countered Pang Qingyun's demonic blades with his Manifestation Art, taking on a two-headed, four-armed form and holding his ground.
• Uncle Yin warned Pang Qingyun that his unsteady Demon Embryo could turn the demonic qi against him, and Pang Qingyun decided he could no longer hold back.
• Pang Qingyun summoned the Adamant Seal, and Xu Yi answered with the Bixiu Sword; the magic treasures clashed repeatedly without either defeating the other.

Xu Yi used the Flower Picking Finger to trap Pang Qingyun’s Demon-Cloaking Sword and the Pure Seal to break apart his demonic formation, leaving Pang Qingyun crippled. As Xu Yi struck to finish the fight, an unknown assailant intervened with a golden brush, shattered his defenses, and sent him flying in a spray of blood.

• Xu Yi manifested the Great Compassion Buddha and used the Flower Picking Finger to trap Pang Qingyun’s Demon-Cloaking Sword in rippling water.
• Xu Yi’s divine abilities astonished the crowd, while Uncle Yin recognized that Pang Qingyun was close to defeat and asked Bai Menghui for help.
• Xu Yi’s Pure Seal shattered Pang Qingyun’s demonic-soldier monster, leaving Pang Qingyun screaming and his magic treasures out of control.
• Xu Yi used the Heaven-Covering Hand to attack Pang Qingyun’s five major acupoints as an unknown assailant sent a golden brush to kill him.
• Xu Yi and his weapons struck the golden brush, but it broke through his defenses, shattered the Pure Seal, and sent Xu Yi flying as he spat blood.

After defeating Pang Qingyun, Xu Yi refused Bai Menghui’s demand to return the magic treasure and publicly condemned the Biyou Academy’s elders and favoritism before leaving the dojo. Pang Qingyun was taken back to his cave abode, where an order from Elder Jun forced him to move to White Cloud Peak.

• Bai Menghui asked Xu Yi to hand over Pang Qingyun’s magic treasure, but Xu Yi refused and rebuked Bai Menghui, Liu Changqing, Xing, and Guo for their conduct.
• Xu Yi threw down his Two-Forget Peak Dojo token and walked away as the crowd voiced support and Bai Menghui let him leave.
• Uncle Yin brought the gravely injured Pang Qingyun back to his cave abode and stopped him from continuing to demand his treasure.
• A steward from the Internal Affairs Hall ordered Pang Qingyun to vacate his Outer Sect cave abode and move to White Cloud Peak on Elder Jun’s orders.
• Pang Qingyun refused to move, insisting that Jun Zuoche would not dare force him out.

Pang Qingyun learned that his anger had clouded his judgment, apologized to Bai Menghui, and promised to secure him a Middle Executive Elder position. Pang Daojun then contacted them, ordered Bai to slap his son, and began explaining the wider consequences of Pang Qingyun’s actions.

• Uncle Yin counseled Pang Qingyun to calm down and led him to the newly assigned cave dwelling, where Bai Menghui arrived to describe the posts he had lost.
• Pang Qingyun angrily accused Bai Menghui of complaining despite the Pang Family’s past help, but Uncle Yin explained how Xu Yi’s departure from Two Forget Peak had caused a major political storm.
• Pang Qingyun apologized to Bai and promised to arrange a Middle Executive Elder position for him through Pang Daojun.
• The Spirit Rhinoceros Void-Clarity Ring projected Pang Daojun, who ordered Bai to slap Pang Qingyun twice and threatened to send his son to the Nether Prison if he acted recklessly again.
• At Uncle Yin’s request, Pang Daojun began explaining the disastrous consequences of Pang Qingyun’s actions.