Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi intervened when Shi Erli was threatened, then used the confrontation to secure Flat Waves’s protection for his old friend. After Flat Waves killed Song Jinbiao, Xu Yi left with him, while Long Jin and his companions begged Shi Erli to save them.

• Xu Yi remained involved despite Zhou Dongfeng’s warning, and Long Jin arrived at Heavenly Wind Tower with two cultivators.
• Long Jin recognized Elder Ping and the Empty Void Young Master, struck Song Jinbiao for his insolence, and knelt with his companions to greet the two elders.
• Xu Yi introduced Shi Erli to Flat Waves and asked him to look after his benefactor, and Flat Waves agreed to let Shi Erli invoke his name for help.
• Flat Waves killed Song Jinbiao and took him away, while Xu Yi absorbed the lingering corpse aura into a corpse pill.
• Xu Yi left with Flat Waves after telling Shi Erli to host him again, and Long Jin and the others knelt to beg Shi Erli for help.
• Flat Waves accused Xu Yi of arranging the confrontation so he could settle the matter and negotiate with him.

Xu Yi negotiated with Flat Waves over the forbidden token and secured permission to enter the Divine Tomb with him, along with a loan of the Phantom Moon Token. Flat Waves left after handing it over, while Xu Yi watched him go and pondered what came next.

• Flat Waves offered to kill Pang Qingyun in exchange for the forbidden token, but Xu Yi refused to be intimidated and asked for Ten Thousand Year Snow Jade Dew and enough Golden Wish Beads to sever his middle corpse.
• Flat Waves rejected Xu Yi's demands and threatened to leave, so Xu Yi warned that he might destroy the forbidden token.
• Flat Waves explained that he could not provide the enormous number of Golden Wish Beads Xu Yi needed, and Xu Yi changed his terms to ask to enter the Divine Tomb with him.
• Xu Yi asked to borrow Flat Waves' Phantom Moon Token so he could visit Phantom Moon Market and improve his strength before entering the Divine Tomb.
• Flat Waves gave Xu Yi the Phantom Moon Token and told him to wait for word, then left as Xu Yi watched him go.

Xu Yi planned to enter the Divine Tomb in hopes of finding an opportunity, but focused first on strengthening himself for the dangers ahead. After leaving a clone to watch over Xuan Lengyan, he went to meet Qian Feng at Heaven Pillar Peak.

• Xu Yi packed two portions of the True Dragon Feast for Yan Zi and Xuan Lengyan, then reassured Long Jin and his group that he would not blame them again.
• Xu Yi returned to Long Cui Peak, gave Yan Zi the food, and watched over the sleeping Xuan Lengyan while resolving to find Ten Thousand Year Snow Jade Dew for her.
• Xu Yi examined the Phantom Moon Token he had extorted from Flat Waves and considered using the Phantom Moon Market to obtain treasures.
• Xu Yi decided he needed heavenly spirits to refine a second magic treasure and stronger divine abilities to face powerful opponents.
• Xu Yi sent a message to Qian Feng, left a clone to guard Xuan Lengyan, and went to meet Qian Feng at Heaven Pillar Peak.

Xu Yi went to Paiyun Peak to seek insight into top-tier cultivation arts at Gantian Terrace, guided by Qian Feng’s arrangements. He learned that Ancestor Lin, an unusually long-lived cultivator, had devoted centuries to Gantian Terrace and was the person he needed to approach.

• Qian Feng told Xu Yi that he had arranged a guide and made inquiries about higher-tier cultivation arts, and Xu Yi thanked him before heading to Paiyun Peak.
• Tong Yun explained that Gantian Terrace preserved unsolved problems and imprints left by Two Forget Peak’s top cultivators, and that Xu Yi’s new-disciple status granted him a visit.
• Tong Yun gave Xu Yi a box of Seven-Colored Flying Cloud Wine and instructed him to check the windows of a green bamboo house before approaching Ancestor Lin.
• Tong Yun explained that Ancestor Lin had reached the lower corpse stage at eighty-five, became obsessed with Gantian Terrace at ninety-five, and had lived nearby for centuries.
• Xu Yi learned that Ancestor Lin’s junior fellow disciple had opened Gantian Terrace to him eight hundred years earlier, leaving Xu Yi shaken.

Xu Yi forced his way into a meeting with Ancestor Lin by using Seven-Colored Flying Cloud Wine and a promise about the Five Blessings Longevity Fruit. Ancestor Lin emerged from seclusion and offered Xu Yi anything he wanted in exchange for the fruit’s location.

• Xu Yi gave Tong Yun a Black Origin Bead for information and followed his directions to Ancestor Lin’s bamboo hut.
• Xu Yi vaporized Seven-Colored Flying Cloud Wine to draw Ancestor Lin’s attention, and Ancestor Lin angrily accused him of using a trick.
• Xu Yi refused to leave and challenged Ancestor Lin’s reputation as a guide to the younger generation until Ancestor Lin told him to find Xue Buyi at Gantian Terrace.
• Xu Yi offered to reveal where the Five Blessings Longevity Fruit was, prompting Ancestor Lin to open the door and ask what Xu Yi wanted in exchange.

Xu Yi negotiated with Ancestor Lin over the Five Blessings Longevity Fruit in exchange for help finding a way to counter magic treasures. Ancestor Lin explained the Gantian Terrace and pointed Xu Yi toward its legendary 93rd Deduction, left by Yu Qingfeng.

• Xu Yi asked Ancestor Lin for a divine ability that could break magic treasures, but Ancestor Lin refused and pressed him for the Five Blessings Longevity Fruit's whereabouts.
• Xu Yi warned Ancestor Lin that coercing him could cost the ancestor his last chance at obtaining the fruit, and Ancestor Lin backed down.
• Xu Yi promised to help Ancestor Lin obtain the Five Blessings Longevity Fruit if he cooperated, and they recorded their agreement in writing.
• Xu Yi asked whether the Gantian Terrace could help him find a way to counter magic treasures, and Ancestor Lin explained its history and how cultivators studied its preserved deductions.
• Ancestor Lin identified the legendary 93rd Deduction, left by Yu Qingfeng, as the most famous deduction on the Gantian Terrace.

Xu Yi learned about Yu Qingfeng and chose to tackle the long-unsolved 93rd deduction on Gantian Terrace. After studying its mathematical models for twelve hours, he cracked seven and used a Five Blessings Longevity Fruit to preserve his progress.

• Ancestor Lin told Xu Yi about Yu Qingfeng’s reputation and the disputed 93rd deduction, then warned him that solving it could take years.
• Xu Yi promised Ancestor Lin he would still obtain the Five Blessings Longevity Fruit and headed to Gantian Terrace, where Corpse Xu Yi rejoined him.
• Xu Yi entered the 93rd problem in the Formless Jade Wall and examined Yu Qingfeng’s mathematical models and extraordinary deduction.
• Xu Yi overcame his doubts and spent twelve hours working through the models, solving seven before stopping.
• Xu Yi fed himself a Five Blessings Longevity Fruit and sent a strand of thought into the river of memories to preserve his progress.

Xu Yi entered the world of memories with his strength restored and sought out Li Er on Jinyun Mountain. After proving he was a true immortal, Xu Yi ordered Li Er to contact Ms. Fan, leaving Li Er unsure how to reach her.

• Xu Yi avoided the internet café where Liao Chen might be and traveled directly to Jinyun Mountain.
• Xu Yi found Li Er weak from more than seven days of grain avoidance as he tried to revive his reputation.
• Li Er mistook Xu Yi’s appearance at the cliff for an illusion, stepped into the void, and was rescued by Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi flew with Li Er and convinced him that immortals existed, prompting Li Er to call him Immortal Master.
• Xu Yi told Li Er to contact Ms. Fan, and Li Er said he did not know how to reach her.

Xu Yi used Li Er and Ms. Fan to draw Niu Yu to Jade Peak, hoping to gain access to influential people who could gather the world’s leading mathematicians. Niu Yu arrived by helicopter and asked Li Er to demonstrate Void Step, while Li Er requested that the others wait elsewhere.

• Xu Yi told Li Er to cooperate with a recording and have Ms. Fan show it to Niu Yu, and Li Er agreed.
• Li Er sent Ms. Fan a video, and she agreed to bring it to Niu Yu.
• Niu Yu watched the video at a gathering in Hangcheng and, after speaking with Ms. Fan, ordered helicopters to take everyone to Jade Peak.
• Xu Yi brought Li Er from Jinyun Mountain to Jade Peak, where Niu Yu and the gathering’s guests arrived by helicopter.
• Niu Yu asked Li Er to demonstrate Void Step, and Li Er requested that the guests wait elsewhere.

Xu Yi proved his supernatural abilities to Niu Yu and the gathered dignitaries by catching a fired bullet and summoning a water dragon that brought rain to drought-stricken farmland. After Niu Yu pledged $800 million for eight mathematical problems, Xu Yi began an intensive course in advanced mathematics so he could master the tools of this world.

• Xu Yi lifted Li Er into the air and made him walk over the cliff, convincing Niu Yu that no hidden mechanism was involved.
• Cao Kui snatched a pistol and challenged Li Er, but Xu Yi took the weapon and caught its bullet between his fingers after firing it at himself.
• Xu Yi summoned a giant water dragon, which flew north and brought torrential rain to drought-stricken farmland; Niu Yu and the others bowed to him in respect.
• Xu Yi took Niu Yu to Hangcheng and discussed matters privately with him.
• Niu Yu pledged $800 million to reward solutions to eight mathematical problems, prompting leading mathematicians worldwide to join the effort.
• Xu Yi studied university-to-doctoral mathematics with more than ten professors teaching him simultaneously.

Xu Yi completed the 93rd Deduction after using a memory world to master the remaining mathematical models, then gave Ancestor Lin a Five Blessings Longevity Fruit and received a Two Forget Token. After spending time at sea with Xuan Lengyan and Yan Zi, he went to meet Qian Feng about progress on an earlier assignment.

• Niu Yu told Xu Yi that two mathematical problems had been solved, and Xu Yi verified the solutions before Niu Yu sent out the prize money.
• Mathematicians solved the remaining six models, and Xu Yi used their answers to complete the 93rd Deduction in Gantian Terrace after consuming two Five Blessings Longevity Fruits.
• Xu Yi told Ancestor Lin he had failed to solve the deduction, then fulfilled his promise by giving him a Five Blessings Longevity Fruit; Ancestor Lin rewarded him with a Two Forget Token.
• Xu Yi returned to Long Cui Peak, waited for Xuan Lengyan to wake, and later took her and Yan Zi on a seven-day sea voyage.
• Xu Yi visited Qian Feng after returning from the voyage, responding to news that the matter he had entrusted to him was showing progress.

Xu Yi exchanged his unused spoils for three Golden Wish Beads and learned Phantom Moon Market’s rules from Qian Feng before traveling to Spirit Tortoise Island. At the market, he searched for Heavenly Spirits and Ten Thousand Year Snow Jade Dew, then spotted an auction where a damaged Nine-Hole Great Ring Saber was offered for sale.

• Qian Feng gave Xu Yi three Golden Wish Beads and explained that Phantom Moon Market required a token and traded casually.
• Xu Yi learned that the market would open at the hour of the Dragon at Spirit Tortoise Island, then prepared to leave Long Cui Peak.
• Xu Yi cooked for Xuan Lengyan and Yan Zi, told Yan Zi to stay inside while he was away, and set off on the Sun Moon Shuttle.
• Xu Yi arrived at Spirit Tortoise Island, surveyed the market’s stalls and auctions, and searched for Heavenly Spirits and Ten Thousand Year Snow Jade Dew.
• A red-nosed middle-aged man offered a damaged Nine-Hole Great Ring Saber, and Xu Yi decided to pursue the purchase after hearing the bidders discuss its value.

Xu Yi bought the Nine-Hole Great Ring Saber at auction, then investigated a box of beads whose immortal aura had dissipated. After the blue-robed cultivator tried to sell him the beads for one hundred Heavenly Spirits, Xu Yi turned to Jia Tuanfeng’s remaining treasure boxes.

• Xu Yi outbid Zhong Ruyi and bought the Nine-Hole Great Ring Saber for one hundred Heavenly Spirits.
• Xu Yi searched the venue for another bargain but found none until a treasure box released a burst of immortal aura.
• Su Daolin examined one of the box’s colorless beads and said its immortal aura and wish power had vanished.
• Xu Yi offered to buy the beads, but withdrew when the blue-robed cultivator demanded one hundred Heavenly Spirits.
• Xu Yi asked Jia Tuanfeng about the remaining boxes, and Jia Tuanfeng offered him five for six Heavenly Spirits apiece.

Xu Yi found spirit essence in a box of grains at Phantom Moon Market, bought several high-quality artifact embryos, and failed to find a defensive one. As he left the market, Zhong Ruyi and three companions intercepted him over the Nine-Hole Great Ring Saber.

• Xu Yi bought the grain box containing spirit essence and Jia Tuanfeng's five remaining treasure boxes.
• Xu Yi searched the market for Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Jade Dew, then bought four high-quality artifact embryos.
• A search for a defensive artifact embryo led Xu Yi to consider how his defenses had fallen behind the destructive power of Corpse Slaying Realm cultivators, but he found none.
• Zhong Ruyi pursued Xu Yi from Phantom Moon Market and surrounded him with three companions.
• Xu Yi calmly challenged Zhong Ruyi for taking such trouble over the Nine-Hole Great Ring Saber.

Xu Yi’s attempt to leave Phantom Moon Market turned into a confrontation with Zhong Ruyi and four Ziyao Palace cultivators, who mistook his ability for overwhelming strength. They gave him a defensive treasure to win his forgiveness, and the chapter ended with them fighting among themselves.

• Zhong Ruyi tried to rob Xu Yi and demanded that he reveal himself, but Peng Jun’s Golden Striker vanished when Xu Yi used Unreasonable Point.
• Zhong Ruyi, Peng Jun, and the other three apologized and pleaded with Xu Yi, who lectured them about disgracing Ziyao Palace before walking away.
• Zhong Ruyi reasoned that Xu Yi was giving them a chance and arranged for them to find the defensive magic treasure embryo he wanted.
• Zhong Ruyi presented Xu Yi with the Silkworm Emperor Soft Cloud Robe, and Xu Yi accepted it and let the five men go.
• After Xu Yi left, Peng Jun mocked Zhong Ruyi, and Zhong Ruyi and the others attacked Peng Jun.

Xu Yi completed his preparations for the Divine Tomb expedition and arranged for Qian Feng and Song Zheng Yi to watch over Yan Zi and Xuan Xuan while he was away. After Song Zheng Yi gave him a Three Wonders Formation Stone, Xu Yi left Long Cui Peak, unaware that a dark figure had been watching the peak.

• Xu Yi refined five magical treasures during his seclusion, including the Bixiu Sword and the Silkworm Emperor Soft Cloud Robe.
• Xu Yi learned that Flat Waves had scheduled the Divine Tomb expedition for two days later and asked Qian Feng and Song Zheng Yi to guard Long Cui Peak.
• Song Zheng Yi returned alone and gave Xu Yi a Three Wonders Formation Stone and instructions for activating it.
• Xu Yi gave Yan Zi a Ruyi Pearl that could contact Qian Feng and Song Zheng Yi, checked on the sleeping Xuan Xuan, and left Long Cui Peak.
• A dark figure surveyed the outskirts of Long Cui Peak after Xu Yi had departed, then left.

Xu Yi joined Flat Waves and the other cultivators heading for the Divine Tomb, standing his ground when Mu Zhenyi and Dong Xingyun tried to intimidate him. The three camps assembled at the tomb’s hidden seal, and the yellow-haired old man called for everyone to use their prohibition tokens to break it.

• Flat Waves introduced Xu Yi to Kuang Baozhen, Black Water Fairy, Mu Zhenyi, and Dong Xingyun, and Mu Zhenyi urged Xu Yi to give up his prohibition token.
• Xu Yi challenged Mu Zhenyi and Dong Xingyun to fight, and Flat Waves stopped the confrontation from escalating.
• Flat Waves sped up to test Xu Yi, but Xu Yi caught up using an unpredictable movement technique, impressing Flat Waves.
• Xu Yi and the others reached a gorge where hundreds of cultivators had gathered in three camps led by Flat Waves, a yellow-haired old man, and a blood-robed youth.
• The three leaders announced rules for cooperation, and the yellow-haired old man revealed the seal on the western cliff and ordered everyone to cast out their prohibition tokens.

Xu Yi and the other cultivators entered the Divine Tomb, where a deadly formation protected the treasures inside. After Gu Zhongtong identified the hall as Star Sea Elder Bai Gushu’s Jade Palace, Ping Botao began using the Puppet Technique to examine its defenses.

• Xu Yi placed the restriction tokens into the light grid, revealing a white jade palace gate, and followed the cultivators inside.
• Xu Yi recognized the palace as a former residence and explored its halls until an illusory display of treasures lured the crowd toward a golden wall.
• A Three-Derivative Light Splitting Technique struck down more than thirty cultivators before the survivors combined their powers and retreated.
• Qiu Bojun rebuked the crowd for breaking his rules, and Yuan Zichu asked Gu Zhongtong to identify the Divine Tomb’s master.
• Gu Zhongtong identified the hall as Star Sea Elder Bai Gushu’s Jade Palace, prompting the crowd to discuss its rumored Heavenly Spirit Treasure, the Mountain River Seal.
• Ping Botao summoned a human-shaped light form and transformed a paper figure into a young cultivator, astonishing Xu Yi with his Puppet Technique.

Xu Yi entered a hidden chamber in Star Sea Elder’s tomb after deciphering its formation, then defeated Mu Zhenyi and Dong Xingyun when they demanded a share of its treasures. The other cultivators remained outside, pounding on the chamber door.

• Flat Waves’s puppet boy endured the Three-Derivative Light Splitting Technique, and the group crossed the corridor into a hall filled with stone chambers.
• The cultivators rushed to force open the stone doors, while Xu Yi used his perception to identify the formations carved into them.
• Xu Yi traced the Three-Bojue Numbers formation on a western door, opened it, and entered the chamber as Mu Zhenyi and Dong Xingyun followed him inside.
• Xu Yi gathered the chamber’s furnishings into his Starry Sky Ring, then refused Mu Zhenyi and Dong Xingyun’s demand to hand over treasures.
• Xu Yi unleashed five magic treasures and used Unreasonable Point to absorb their attacks, quickly defeating and knocking out Mu Zhenyi and Dong Xingyun.

Xu Yi subdued Mu Zhenyi and Dong Xingyun, took their Corpse Pills, and forced them to help him acquire Golden Wish Beads and treasure. The three then joined the raids on the Stone Rooms, with Xu Yi collecting the loot while the other two fought off rivals.

• Xu Yi woke Mu Zhenyi and Dong Xingyun, took their magical treasures, and had Huang Mei extract a Corpse Pill from each of their corpses.
• Xu Yi opened a jade box, found an East Phoenix Jade Heart, gave it to Mu Zhenyi, and ordered the two men to use the other boxes to help him obtain Golden Wish Beads.
• Xu Yi made Mu Zhenyi and Dong Xingyun pretend they had taken the Stone Room's treasures, then led them outside to draw attention away from himself.
• Xu Yi joined the crowd attacking Stone Gates, while Mu Zhenyi and Dong Xingyun held off opponents and Xu Yi seized the treasures from breached rooms.