Chapter Summaries

Pang Daojun investigated Xu Yi’s ties to Plum Blossom Seven as the Church faced a thirty-year ban from Biyou Academy, while Pang Qingyun resolved to have Xu Yi killed. Xu Yi, meanwhile, prepared to leave his secluded home after staging an emotional denunciation to provoke his enemies.

• Pang Daojun explained that Biyou Academy would stop accepting Church cultivators for thirty years and ordered Uncle Yin to investigate Xu Yi and Plum Blossom Seven.
• Pang Daojun promised Bai Menghui ten Golden Wish Beads, and Pang Qingyun recognized that Xu Yi had become a serious threat.
• Pang Qingyun proposed ambushing Xu Yi when he left Biyou Academy, but Bai Menghui departed before the plan was put into action.
• Uncle Yin pointed out that Xu Yi might not leave Two Forget Peak, and Pang Qingyun realized he had been outmaneuvered.
• Xu Yi packed at his valley home and waited for Qian Feng and Song Zheng Yi, while the narration revealed that his denunciation at Chongyang Golden Peak had been a calculated performance.

Xu Yi used his announced departure to negotiate for better opportunities at Two Forget Peak, asking to study the Great Dao of Numerology. The elders erupted in anger after Qian Feng reported the negotiation, while Elder Guo remained silent.

• Xu Yi pretended to part on good terms with Qian Feng and Song Zheng Yi while explaining that staying as a trial disciple would waste his time.
• Qian Feng tried to persuade Xu Yi to stay, but Song Zheng Yi supported Xu Yi and proposed asking the higher-ups to make an exception for him.
• Xu Yi asked to study the Great Dao of Numerology, and Qian Feng left to report the negotiation.
• Three of the four Middle Executive Elders slammed the table and condemned Xu Yi after hearing the report, while Elder Guo stayed silent.

Four Middle Executive Elders struggled to decide how to handle Xu Yi’s demand for immediate entry into the Inner Sect. Qian Feng proposed a condition that let them appear to uphold the rules while delaying a decision on Xu Yi’s promotion.

• Elder Guo argued that they should appease Xu Yi for now, fearing an investigation into his failure to intervene earlier.
• Elder Hong refused to support promoting Xu Yi directly to a third-generation Inner Sect Disciple and said he would abstain.
• Qian Feng suggested making Xu Yi prove his exceptional talent before granting his demand.
• Qian Feng proposed that Xu Yi publish ten essays within three months, matching the usual requirement for Outer Sect Disciples to enter the Inner Sect.
• The four elders praised the plan, and Elder Hong said the delay would give the uproar time to die down.

The elders of the Internal Affairs Hall arranged for Xu Yi to write ten Ding Wen in three months, expecting to sideline him once the attention faded. Their plan unraveled when Xu Yi published an A-grade Ding Wen that won thirteen A ratings, followed by nine more Ding Wen in quick succession.

• Elder Du promoted Qian Feng to lead the Enforcement Hall and sent him to Xu Yi with a Ding Card and the demand to write ten Ding Wen in three months.
• Elder Qian reported that Xu Yi had agreed, and Elder Guo celebrated the prospect of making Xu Yi manage his cave dwelling.
• The four elders opened the Ding Card after hearing that an A-grade Ding Wen had appeared and praised its novel ideas and mathematical reasoning.
• Elder Wu and Elder Hong recognized Xu Yi as the author, while Elder Guo staggered and Elder Du remarked that a monster had finally appeared after seven or eight hundred years.
• The Ding Card displayed nine more Ding Wen, and the elders feared that Xu Yi had written all ten at once.

Xu Yi completed ten papers establishing curvature, earning A grades for all of them and securing his path toward becoming a third-generation inner disciple. As his fame spread across Two Forget Peak, Qi Jia Biao celebrated Xu Yi’s apparent disgrace and tried to benefit from it, unaware of the papers’ success.

• Elder Du, Elder Hong, and Elder Wu watched Xu Yi’s nine new papers receive enough A grades to complete ten A-grade papers, then Elder Du declared that Xu Yi would go far beyond becoming a third-generation inner disciple.
• Qian Feng praised Xu Yi for writing ten papers in half an hour, and Xu Yi explained that he had adapted curvature into the world’s mathematical framework and used nine papers to prove his hypothesis.
• Qian Feng told Xu Yi that his ten A-grade papers would make him famous throughout Two Forget Peak and that only an Old Ancestor could prevent his promotion.
• Qi Jia Biao addressed Anle Hall, convinced that Xu Yi’s earlier confrontation with important figures would bring punishment and make Qi Jia Biao look like the more sensible disciple.
• Three Masters and two elders approached Qi Jia Biao, and he summoned Long Jing to present a united front while claiming the advantage from Xu Yi’s apparent downfall.

Qi Jia Biao learned that Xu Yi had been promoted to a Third-Generation Inner Sect Disciple and watched his allies abandon him. After Uncle Yin advised Pang Qingyun to make peace with Xu Yi, Pang Qingyun declared that he would instead challenge him.

• Kuang Sheng announced that Xu Yi would be inaugurated as a master the next day after writing ten A-grade settled treatises and earning the Old Ancestors' praise.
• Miao Hui and the other Outer Sect Disciples left Qi Jia Biao, while Long Jing threatened to report him to the Enforcement Hall for disrespecting Master Xu.
• Long Jing told Qi Jia Biao through a transmission that he wanted Xu Yi to know where he stood, then vanished.
• Uncle Yin told Pang Qingyun that Xu Yi had turned their trap to his advantage and urged him not to make another enemy of him.
• Pang Qingyun acknowledged Uncle Yin's advice but declared that he would smash through the southern wall Xu Yi represented.

Pang Qingyun rejected making peace with Xu Yi and planned to use his allies and hidden advantages to fight him. Xu Yi settled into his new cave abode on Long Cui Peak and began refining the Bixiu Sword, creating a blue heavenly spirit while keeping some spirits in reserve.

• Pang Qingyun told Uncle Yin that he would rather risk death than live in Xu Yi's shadow, and he argued that unity could give him an advantage over Xu Yi.
• Uncle Yin agreed that Pang Qingyun's analysis was sound and said their enemy's visibility and a well-timed card could help shape the situation.
• Xu Yi completed his promotion ceremony, moved into his cave abode on Long Cui Peak, dismissed its Menial Workers, and began seclusion while keeping Yan Zi with Tong Fang.
• Xu Yi entered the Purple Domain Space and dismantled the Bixiu Sword, Blazing Sword, Adamant Seal, and Demon-Cloaking Sword to gather their heavenly spirits.
• Xu Yi combined the spirits to form a blue heavenly spirit and stored the remaining seventeen colorless spirits in his Starry Sky Ring.

Xu Yi failed repeatedly to reforge the Bixiu Sword because his corpse flame lacked the purity needed to refine a Heavenly Spirit. Bai Menghui visited with a Golden Wish Bead and negotiated on behalf of the Pang Family, leaving Xu Yi ready to hear their terms for peace.

• Xu Yi emerged from a month of failed attempts to refine the Bixiu Sword and realized his corpse flame was not pure enough to contain a Heavenly Spirit.
• Xu Yi received Bai Menghui at Long Cui Peak after Tong Fang brought him there.
• Bai Menghui gave Xu Yi a Golden Wish Bead and congratulated him on becoming a third-generation Inner Sect Disciple.
• Bai Menghui revealed that he had come on behalf of the Pang Family to seek peace over Xu Yi's grudge with Pang Qingyun.
• Xu Yi refused to be intimidated by the Pang Family but agreed to hear the terms they were offering.

Xu Yi negotiated with Bai Menghui over the Pang Family’s peace offer and demanded four hundred heavenly spirits or Golden Wish Beads for Pang Qingyun’s magic treasures. After Bai Menghui left, Pang Qingyun and Uncle Yin revealed that the peace visit was a feint and planned to use Xuan Xuan as leverage against Xu Yi.

• Bai Menghui gave Xu Yi ten Golden Wish Beads as a show of the Pang Family’s sincerity.
• Bai Menghui offered a hundred heavenly spirits or Golden Wish Beads for Pang Qingyun’s two magic treasures, but Xu Yi demanded four hundred and refused to link the deal to rescuing his old friend.
• Bai Menghui left to report Xu Yi’s demand to the Pang Family.
• Pang Qingyun asked Uncle Yin whether Xu Yi believed the peace offer, and Uncle Yin said the visit had made covert action easier.
• Pang Qingyun proposed capturing Xuan Xuan as leverage against Xu Yi, while Bai Menghui said Uncle Yin already had a backup plan.

Uncle Yin arranged to use a woman Xu Yi cared about to keep him in check, while Xu Yi sought advice on advancing to the middle stage of Corpse Severing. Xu Yi accepted Pang Qingyun’s offer of two hundred Golden Wish Beads, unaware Uncle Yin had outmaneuvered him.

• Uncle Yin concluded that Xu Yi cared deeply about the woman and advised Pang Qingyun to offer two hundred Golden Wish Beads as a firm limit.
• Xu Yi asked Song Zheng Yi how to advance from a lower corpse to a middle corpse and learned that he would need Golden Wish Beads to purify his powerful corpse.
• Song Zheng Yi explained that a Two Forget Peak ancestor had refined more than two thousand Golden Wish Beads to become a Purple Corpse in one step.
• Bai Menghui told Xu Yi that Pang Qingyun would offer two hundred Golden Wish Beads and would abandon the deal if Xu Yi refused.
• Xu Yi weighed the offer against the value of Pang Qingyun’s magic treasures and accepted, unaware that Uncle Yin had gained the advantage.

Xu Yi learned that Xuan Lengyan was being brought to the Great World of Biyou Academy and waited in Ink City to intercept her. He found her in Bai Menghui’s custody and demanded that Bai hand her over.

• Xu Yi returned the Adamant Seal and Demon-Cloaking Sword to Bai Menghui, then traveled to Ink City and contacted the Night Army as Plum Blossom Seven.
• The Night Army reported that Qi Daojun had secretly met Pang Daojun, leading Xu Yi to suspect Xuan Lengyan was on her way to the Great World of Biyou Academy.
• Xu Yi watched Ink City’s teleportation routes from Fan Tower, using Da Ming Snake to track the auras of Pang Qingyun, Uncle Yin, and Bai Menghui.
• Da Ming Snake sensed Bai Menghui near the northern teleportation shop, and Xu Yi rushed there and recognized Xuan Lengyan beneath a bamboo hat.
• Xu Yi told Bai Menghui to hand Xuan Lengyan over, but Bai refused, and Xu Yi declared that he would take her regardless.

Xu Yi confronted Bai Menghui over the captive Xuan Lengyan, while Liu Changqing tried to settle the dispute impartially. Uncle Yin arrived and warned that questioning her could kill her, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Xu Yi attacked the cultivators holding the Hat Man before Bai Menghui could stop him.
• Liu Changqing arrived and confronted Xu Yi and Bai Menghui, both of whom he resented.
• Xu Yi accused Bai Menghui of seizing a female cultivator and asked Liu Changqing to judge the matter.
• Bai Menghui claimed the woman was his concubine, but Liu Changqing proposed letting her speak for herself.
• Uncle Yin arrived and warned that questioning the woman could cause her Soul and Spirit to fail and kill her.

Xu Yi forced Uncle Yin to stop Pang Qingyun from taking Hat Man, then revealed that he had secretly planted a restriction in Pang Qingyun. The conflict ended with Uncle Yin yielding, while Xu Yi’s gamble over Xuan Xuan’s safety remained unresolved.

• Liu Changqing intervened and took Hat Man into council custody, allowing Uncle Yin’s men to accompany him.
• Xu Yi demanded that Uncle Yin take him to meet Young Master Pang and mocked Pang Qingyun for breaking his word.
• Pang Qingyun arrived and threatened Xuan Xuan, but Xu Yi’s hidden five qi swords caused him overwhelming agony.
• Bai Menghui recognized Xu Yi’s intent of deepest sorrow in the restriction but could not remove it.
• Uncle Yin stopped casting and conceded, while Xu Yi continued betting that Uncle Yin’s technique could not harm Xuan Xuan from a distance.

Xu Yi negotiated a deal with Yin Zhongmin, then retrieved Xuan Lengyan and freed her from the Hat Man’s disguise. He left her asleep and badly scarred, overwhelmed by guilt and anger over what she had suffered.

• Pang Qingyun begged Yin Zhongmin to agree to Xu Yi’s terms before Bai Menghui knocked him unconscious.
• Xu Yi and Yin Zhongmin struck a recorded agreement, and Xu Yi gave him a jade token containing the promised method.
• Xu Yi presented the agreement and recording to the Council of Elders, reclaimed the Hat Man, and took her to Long Cui Peak.
• Xu Yi used the Four-Colored Seal in Purple Domain Space to remove the strands afflicting Xuan Lengyan, but she screamed in terror.
• Xu Yi treated Xuan Lengyan with spiritual liquid and laid her down to sleep, then grieved over her ruined face and the suffering she had endured.

Xu Yi brought the wounded Xuan Lengyan to safety and left Yan Zi to care for her while he planned revenge on Pang Qingyun and his allies. Meanwhile, Pang Qingyun accused Bai Menghui of being a spy, and Uncle Yin departed after giving him a method to undo his restriction.

• Xu Yi used spirit liquid to heal Xuan Lengyan's injuries, though the scars on her face remained, and resolved to take revenge on Pang Qingyun, Yin Zhongmin, Bai Menghui, and Pang Daojun.
• Xu Yi summoned Yan Zi, introduced Xuan Lengyan as his former alchemy teacher, and asked Yan Zi to look after her.
• Yan Zi prepared to wash and care for the sleeping Xuan Lengyan, then teased Xu Yi by asking whether she was his older sister or his teacher.
• Pang Qingyun blamed Bai Menghui for Xuan Lengyan's escape and claimed that Bai was secretly working with Xu Yi.
• Uncle Yin gave Pang Qingyun Xu Yi's jade token and confirmed that its method could undo the restriction before leaving.

Uncle Yin and Bai Menghui agreed that Xu Yi had become such a dangerous threat that they should warn Pang Daojun and seek the Pang Family’s help. Meanwhile, Xu Yi continued caring for Xuan Lengyan with Yan Zi and devoted his quiet hours to studying numerology, leaving his enemies preparing to act against him.

• Bai Menghui showed Uncle Yin his chest wound and complained that Pang Qingyun had suspected him despite his sacrifices.
• Uncle Yin and Bai Menghui agreed Xu Yi was too dangerous to ignore and decided to meet Pang Daojun before he could destroy the Pang Family.
• Bai Menghui accepted Uncle Yin’s plan to go with him and meet Pang Daojun.
• Xu Yi cared for Xuan Lengyan, who had grown somewhat accustomed to life at Long Cui Peak but still hid her face and clung to him.
• Yan Zi put Xuan Lengyan to sleep, then rested nearby while Xu Yi studied numerology texts through his Ding Card.

Xu Yi rescued Liu Ming from three pursuers on Wuhua Island and met him to inspect the treasure Liu Ming had promised in exchange for his magic treasure and corpse pill. Liu Ming revealed a Seal Plaque linked to a Divine Tomb, leaving Xu Yi to consider the possible opportunity inside.

• After studying mathematics through the night, Xu Yi received a desperate plea from Liu Ming through the Ruyi Pearl and left Two Forget Peak.
• Xu Yi arrived above Wuhua Island and drove off the three men pursuing Liu Ming with a single attack.
• Xu Yi returned Liu Ming's golden bead and corpse pill, and the pursuers fled when they saw Liu Ming's magic treasure.
• Xu Yi stopped Liu Ming from chasing the men and took him to a secluded stone chamber to discuss the promised trade.
• Liu Ming presented a Seal Plaque and explained that such plaques came from formations around Divine Tombs, which might hold great opportunities.

Xu Yi protected Liu Ming from the Blood Alliance and confronted its members over the stolen forbidden token. When they learned he was the famed Empty Void Young Master, their threats collapsed into fear and apologies.

• Xu Yi questioned Liu Ming about the forbidden token, and Liu Ming stormed out after insisting it was genuine.
• When the Blood Alliance attacked Liu Ming outside, Xu Yi appeared and swept away their assault.
• Hu Li demanded that Liu Ming return the stolen treasure, but Xu Yi asked who Blood Shadow Flat Waves was.
• Long Jin arrived with two Blood River Mountain Dojo disciples and threatened Xu Yi, while Liu Ming warned him about Long Jin.
• A white-clothed youth recognized Xu Yi as the Empty Void Young Master, and the Blood Alliance members recoiled in fear.
• Xu Yi identified himself and challenged Long Jin, who stammered as the white-clothed youth begged Xu Yi to forgive them.

Xu Yi agreed to hear out Flat Waves and went to Heavenly Wind Tower on Spring Autumn Island, where he discovered Shi Erli being pressured during a peace feast. The chapter left Xu Yi listening from the adjoining room as Qu Yi began responding to Song Jinbiao’s insult.

• Xu Yi released Liu Ming and told Long Jin to seek him at Two Forget Peak if he wanted to settle their score.
• Qian Feng relayed Flat Waves’s invitation, and Xu Yi agreed to meet him at Heavenly Wind Tower.
• Xu Yi arrived at the tower, recognized Shi Erli entering Miao Zhu Xuan, and arranged to stay in a neighboring room.
• Shi Erli attended a peace feast with Zhou Dongfeng and Qu Yi to resolve his feud with Song Jinbiao, who had threatened Tang Wu.
• Song Jinbiao insulted the feast, and Qu Yi called in an attendant after agreeing that the meal was unworthy of the guests.

Xu Yi arrived as Shi Erli was being threatened by Song Jinbiao and his allies, then silenced Song with a wine-thread technique. Zhu Kai intervened on Song’s behalf, invoking Long Jin and Elder Ping Botao, leaving Xu Yi facing a powerful faction.

• Qu Yi arranged a True Dragon Feast, but Song Jinbiao demanded that Shi Erli kneel and drink wine he had spat into.
• Shi Erli rejected the humiliation, and Song threatened him while Zhu Kai and Qi Da pressured Qu Yi to leave.
• Qu Yi returned Shi Erli’s mediation fee and tried to depart, but the Long-browed Youth blocked the exit.
• Xu Yi entered with the Big-Eyed Elder, greeted Shi Erli, and pierced Song Jinbiao’s cheeks with a wine thread that sealed his lips.
• Zhu Kai freed Song with Corpse Flame Fire and warned Xu Yi that Song was Long Jin’s cousin and that Long Jin was trusted by Elder Ping Botao.