Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi lured Lu Bu Fan and Kuang Fang into the Purple Domain Space, where they lost their powers and were captured alongside Hong Yi. After waking the three Old Ancestors, Xu Yi had Old Desolate refine Lu Bu Fan’s golden qi into a corpse pill.

• Xu Yi used the Four-Colored Seal to draw Lu Bu Fan and Kuang Fang into the Purple Domain Space, where its disintegrating force left them unable to use their magical power.
• Xu Yi captured the pair, knocked them unconscious, and collected their spoils before the Purple Domain Space collapsed.
• Xu Yi’s separated corpse secured the Four-Colored Seal while Xu Yi emerged at a dry space within a coral reef and woke Lu Bu Fan, Kuang Fang, and Hong Yi.
• Lu Bu Fan urged Xu Yi to return to Two Forget Peak, while Hong Yi told him to ask what Xu Yi wanted instead.
• Xu Yi sent Old Desolate to extract Lu Bu Fan’s golden qi, and Old Desolate turned it into a golden corpse pill.

Xu Yi forced Lu Bu Fan, Hong Yi, and Kuang Fang to cooperate, then asked Lu Bu Fan to teach him how to carve spell grooves. As Xu Yi began making a One-Yang Groove, the others realized his magical power was extraordinarily pure, and his first fleck of starlight merged with the artifact blank.

• Xu Yi took the three Corpse Pills from Chiwu Worm and warned Lu Bu Fan, Hong Yi, and Kuang Fang to cooperate.
• Xu Yi moved the group to a remote island, where they built an underground refining chamber and shared a meal.
• Lu Bu Fan explained that Five-Complete Sages had refined all five elemental seeds, and Xu Yi asked about Earth Immortals and spell grooves.
• Lu Bu Fan demonstrated how to carve a One-Yang Groove, but the artifact blank shattered after the demonstration.
• Xu Yi began carving a groove into Hong Yi's spirit-jade blank, and Lu Bu Fan, Hong Yi, and Kuang Fang were astonished by the purity and abundance of his magical power.
• Xu Yi carefully guided a streak of starlight into the spirit-jade blank, and its first fleck finally melded with the material.

Xu Yi rapidly refined starbursts before his spirit jade cracked, then spent days experimenting with a way to absorb and redirect Lu Bu Fan’s magical power. He finally produced a small vortex of borrowed energy, though Lu Bu Fan doubted the technique would be useful in a real fight.

• Xu Yi merged with seventeen starbursts before the spirit jade cracked, and Lu Bu Fan and the others marveled at his talent for carving magic channels.
• Lu Bu Fan, Hong Yi, and Kuang Fang discussed whether Xu Yi would return their corpse pills and worried that his revenge against Pang Tianze could draw them into trouble.
• After summoning the three back to the secret chamber, Xu Yi asked Lu Bu Fan to attack him with gentle magical power and repeatedly absorbed the attacks, injuring himself.
• Xu Yi eventually released a vortex made from a tiny trace of Lu Bu Fan’s magical power, prompting Hong Yi and Kuang Fang to call it an evil art.
• Lu Bu Fan warned Xu Yi that the technique seemed impractical because he had managed to redirect only a tiny amount of magical power.

Xu Yi used Stars Shift to borrow mana from Lu Bu Fan, Kuang Fang, and Hong Yi so he could carve a stable One-Yang Groove into the powerful mutated Zixiao. After the groove stabilized and vanished into the weapon, Xu Yi prepared to fuse the Black Heavenly Spirit and corpse qi into it.

• Xu Yi warned Lu Bu Fan, Kuang Fang, and Hong Yi to obey him, then revealed that he intended to refine the mutated Zixiao.
• Xu Yi explained that the Zixiao required more mana than he could supply, so he used Stars Shift to convert Lu Bu Fan's mana without leaving Lu Bu Fan's aura on the weapon.
• Lu Bu Fan lent Xu Yi mana as he gathered the fire-element and then water-element starry rays into the Zixiao.
• Xu Yi cycled mana between Lu Bu Fan, Kuang Fang, and Hong Yi until all three were exhausted and fell asleep.
• Xu Yi completed the metal-element starry rays, confirmed that the One-Yang Groove had stabilized, and prepared to fuse the Black Heavenly Spirit and corpse qi into the Zixiao.

Xu Yi spent two days and nights refining Zixiao with Heavenly Spirits, then slept for five days while Lu Bu Fan, Kuang Fang, and Hong Yi watched. When Zixiao transformed into an Innate Spiritual Treasure, Xu Yi named it Immortal Slaying and learned that the Demon Embryo within it might carry a dangerous demonic nature.

• Xu Yi used Corpse Xu Yi, corpse fire, and thirty-three Black Heavenly Spirits to refine Zixiao, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• Lu Bu Fan recognized that Zixiao had begun to develop a soul, while Kuang Fang abandoned his plan to attack Xu Yi because the Desolate Wraith guarded him.
• Xu Yi woke on the sixth day, discovered he could transform Zixiao into a ring, and heard Lu Bu Fan identify it as an Innate Spiritual Treasure.
• Lu Bu Fan warned Xu Yi that the Demon Embryo’s demonic nature might affect him as the treasure grew, and Xu Yi said he would be careful.
• Xu Yi named the treasure Immortal Slaying, and he, Lu Bu Fan, Kuang Fang, and Hong Yi shared a meal.

Xu Yi reached Three Sacred City, where he unexpectedly spotted his former acquaintance Huang Kai acting as a chivalrous hero. He then headed to Donghua Hall to confront the bounty gathering for his own death, but Zhang Kaiyang invited him to join the hunt without recognizing him.

• Xu Yi realized more than ten days had passed and hurried with Huang Mei to Three Sacred City, while Lu Bu Fan and the others followed.
• Xu Yi explored the Church-ruled city, stocked up on Sandalwood Roasted Chickens, and recognized Huang Kai defending a green-robed girl from a group of cultivators.
• Xu Yi chose not to intervene in Huang Kai's predicament and continued toward Donghua Mountain.
• Zhang Kaiyang approached Xu Yi and invited him to join a group seeking a fortune, while Xu Yi understood that the gathering was meant to collect Pang Daojun's bounty for his head.
• Zhang Kaiyang praised Xu Yi as a hero and said he had mastered a family secret art for judging character.

Xu Yi followed Zhang Kaiyang into Donghua Hall, where a group of cultivators competed to lead a team hunting Xu Yi for a Fire Element Seed. The chapter ended with Xu Yi revealing his identity to Commander Su and the stunned hunters, while Commander Su tried to flee.

• Zhang Kaiyang brought Xu Yi into a group whose members were choosing a leader for the hunt against Xu Yi.
• Cheng Boda and Zhang Kaiyang competed for votes, each promising rewards to the group.
• Xu Yi left the voting to inspect the jade tablets, and Zhang Kaiyang and Cheng Boda pressed him to cast the deciding vote.
• Commander Su arrived and asked Xu Yi to announce his choice.
• Xu Yi refused to vote, revealed that he was the Xu Yi they had gathered to kill, and sent Commander Su scrambling to escape.

Xu Yi annihilated the gathering at Donghua Hall and publicly challenged Pang Tianze, forcing the Daoist Lord to appear. As tens of thousands gathered to watch, Pang Tianze began their battle by drawing mana from nearby cultivators and unleashing it at Xu Yi.

• Xu Yi killed Commander Su and Blood Corpse Old Demon, then used the Spirit Official Manifestation to destroy Donghua Hall and its gathering.
• Xu Yi collected resources from the ruins and shouted a public challenge to Pang Tianze.
• Pang Tianze arrived with Lu Zhongyuan and another Daoist Lord, while cultivators flocked to witness the fight.
• Xu Yi taunted Pang Tianze about his son’s death and urged him to have his companions join the battle.
• Pang Tianze advanced and drew mana from nearby cultivators before hurling a powerful strike at Xu Yi.

Xu Yi battled Pang Tianze, using the Door of No Reason and the Four Divine Beasts to withstand Pang Tianze’s attacks. Pang Tianze wounded Xu Yi with a powerful black bird, but Xu Yi raised an ancient seal that blocked the next assault.

• Xu Yi absorbed Pang Tianze’s shock wave with the Door of No Reason, then reflected it into a mountain and destroyed the peak.
• Pang Tianze launched repeated attacks, and Xu Yi’s divine ability absorbed or redirected them while the watching cultivators struggled against Pang Tianze’s power drain.
• Pang Tianze summoned a giant river beast and a living mountain through seed ensoulment, and Xu Yi summoned the solid-form Four Divine Beasts to fight them.
• Pang Tianze sent a black bird toward Xu Yi’s spiritual platform, and the attack broke through Unreasonable Point and made Xu Yi spit blood.
• Pang Tianze sent more black birds after Xu Yi, but Xu Yi produced an ancient seal whose yellow light shielded him from their attacks.

Xu Yi defeated Pang Tianze with the dull-black iron sword, then went to rescue Huang Kai from a siege. He reunited with Huang Kai, who proudly recounted his heroic deeds.

• Xu Yi's Mountain River Seal was nearly shattered by Pang Tianze's Heaven Measuring Ruler, but Xu Yi used the dull-black iron sword to kill Pang Tianze and claim his resources.
• Xu Yi reflected on the value of seed cultivators and remembered that Huang Kai was under siege, so he went to check on him.
• Xu Yi knocked aside two cultivators guarding Huang Kai's refuge and entered the residence without acknowledging the besiegers.
• Huang Kai recognized Xu Yi and joyfully welcomed him, then told him about the righteous deeds he had accomplished over the years.
• Xu Yi praised Huang Kai and said that the chivalrous heroes Huang Kai had sought admired his reputation.

Xu Yi helped Huang Kai rescue Xia Ying from the East Sea Alliance and frightened Zhou Donghai into backing down. After leaving Three Sacred City, Xu Yi confronted three Church Dao Lords who had followed him and summoned three powerful allies to face them.

• Xu Yi noticed Xia Ying’s family jade pendant, but she and Huang Kai prepared to leave while he held off the East Sea Alliance.
• Zhou Donghai arrived with his men, but they recognized Xu Yi as Old Demon Kongxu and scattered in fear.
• Xu Yi left Zhou Donghai to Huang Kai, who refused to kill him and escorted Xia Ying away.
• Three Church Dao Lords confronted Xu Yi outside Three Sacred City and demanded Pang Tianze’s belongings.
• Xu Yi summoned three cloaked Upper Corpse realm experts, including a Seed cultivator, to challenge the Church Dao Lords.

Xu Yi returned to Long Cui Peak, where Hong Yi killed Elder Bai after the elders blundered into their meeting. Later, Xu Yi remembered Yan Zi sewing a blue robe and discovered one on a clothes rack where none had been before.

• Lu Zhongyuan withdrew after Lu Bu Fan and the others shifted the balance of the fight in Xu Yi's favor.
• Elder Bai and the Middle Executive Elders confronted Elder Zhang, then rushed toward Long Cui Peak after hearing Xu Yi had returned.
• Elder Zhang led the elders to Long Cui Peak, where Hong Yi swept them away after they interrupted his conversation with Xu Yi.
• Elder Bai accused Xu Yi and charged at him, so Hong Yi killed him with a sweep of his hand.
• Xu Yi entertained Qian Feng and Song Zheng Yi, who reflected on their rise to Middle Executive Elders, then returned to his underground chamber.
• Xu Yi recalled Yan Zi sewing a blue robe and noticed a blue robe on the clothes rack, although he remembered it had been empty.

Xu Yi discovered a message from the mysterious figure who held the two women and was promoted to Golden Hall Elder by the Ancestral Court. When Lu Zhongyuan arrived at Two Forget Peak, he said the Church had no intention of settling scores over Pang Tianze’s death.

• Xu Yi found the words “We will meet again only when you become an immortal” inside the cyan robe and concluded that the mastermind was powerful and had been watching him.
• After waking, Xu Yi decided to ask Huang Kai about the jade pendant, but Elder Zhang informed him that an Ancestral Court Comfort Envoy had come to see him.
• The Comfort Envoy appointed Xu Yi a Golden Hall Elder, and Xu Yi accepted the position and pressed his blood onto the golden seal.
• Hong Yi questioned Xu Yi’s decision to join the Ancestral Court, while Kuang Fang warned that the Church’s power ran deeper than Xu Yi knew.
• Kuang Fang admitted Lu Zhongyuan to Heaven’s Pole Hall, where Lu Zhongyuan said the Church had judged Pang Tianze to be in the wrong and had not come to settle old scores.

Lu Zhongyuan negotiated with Xu Yi for the Blood-Colored Twin Dragon Jade, offering Heaven Wish Beads in exchange for ending his feud with the Pang family. Xu Yi accepted the beads but refused to promise that he would return the jade, leaving Lu Zhongyuan furious.

• Lu Zhongyuan asked Xu Yi to return Pang Tianze’s Blood-Colored Twin Dragon Jade in exchange for the sect dropping its pursuit of him.
• Xu Yi refused and demanded three thousand Heaven Wish Beads to settle his grievances with the Pang family.
• Lu Zhongyuan offered eight hundred Heaven Wish Beads, estimating that Xu Yi needed them to refine his Golden Corpse and prepare for a breakthrough.
• Xu Yi accepted the beads and declared his feud with the Pang family over, but made no promise to return the jade.
• Lu Zhongyuan challenged Xu Yi for breaking the implied bargain, and Xu Yi insisted he had never agreed to give back the token.

After confronting Lu Zhongyuan and extracting Heaven Wish Beads from Kuang Fang, Xu Yi learned about the Ninth Tribulation of Lightning and decided to travel to Mount Sumeru for a Heavenly Spirit Treasure. At Mount Sumeru, Xu Linghe gathered the Church’s leaders and vowed to eliminate Xu Yi.

• Lu Zhongyuan complained to Kuang Fang about Xu Yi, but Kuang Fang said the Old Ancestors would have to decide whether to expel him; Xu Yi then confronted Kuang Fang and left with eight hundred Heaven Wish Beads and a task for him.
• Xu Yi asked Lu Bu Fan how to prepare for the Ninth Tribulation of Lightning, and Lu Bu Fan gave him a jade slip containing defensive formations.
• Huang Mei warned Xu Yi that the tribulation would be especially dangerous for a Heavenly Gold Corpse, then urged him to visit Mount Sumeru to retrieve a Heavenly Spirit Treasure once owned by Pang Tianze.
• Xu Linghe convened the Church’s highest-ranking members at Mount Sumeru and vowed to get rid of Xu Yi for killing Pang Tianze and taking Heaven Wish Beads.

Xu Linghe confronted the Night Watch leadership over their failure to heed reports about Xu Yi and summoned Plum Blossom Seven. Xu Yi appeared in disguise and attacked Jiang Shangkun for suppressing his intelligence, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Xu Linghe demanded an explanation after Elder Fang revealed that Plum Blossom Seven had reported on Xu Yi, but Jiang Shangkun had sidelined the reports.
• Jiang Shangkun admitted that the Night Watch had ignored Plum Blossom Seven's warnings, and Xu Linghe ordered him to summon the agent.
• Xu Yi received the summons after leaving the Great World of Biyou Academy and disguised himself in a dark cloak before answering it.
• Xu Yi appeared before the leaders and rebuked Jiang Shangkun for neglecting the Night Watch and allowing the sect to suffer humiliation.
• Jiang Shangkun demanded that Xu Yi remove his cloak, while Xu Yi accused him of suppressing information that could have helped prevent the defeat.

Xu Yi posed as Plum Blossom Seven during a meeting with Xu Linghe and the Pope’s elders, giving an assessment of himself while seeking authority and help locating two women. After the meeting, he headed toward Ailao Peak, using Huang Mei’s guidance and disguise to pass Mount Sumeru’s defenses.

• Xu Yi posed as Plum Blossom Seven and earned Xu Linghe’s admiration for his supposed loyalty, though Jiang Shangkun and the elders dismissed his request for equal authority.
• Xu Yi described himself as a dangerous but cautious opponent whose attachment to women could be exploited, and Xu Linghe ordered Jiang Shangkun to investigate their whereabouts.
• Xu Yi suggested he had come to the Pope’s territory for profit, provoking amusement from the meeting, before Xu Linghe ended the discussion.
• Xu Yi left a teleportation-array shop and used a Night Walker identity to enter Mount Sumeru through its southeast gate.
• Huang Mei guided Xu Yi toward Ailao Peak and altered his appearance and aura so he could pass the remaining checkpoints unnoticed.

Xu Yi infiltrated Ailao Peak using Pang Tianze’s command tokens and reached the secret chamber housing the Qingyun Shoes. After overcoming the chamber’s guardian and cleansing the treasure in the Purple Domain Space, he prepared to leave by the main road.

• Xu Yi passed the checkpoints with Commander Su’s command flag, then used Pang Tianze’s tokens to enter Ailao Peak.
• Xu Yi subdued the peak’s guards and followed Huang Mei’s instructions to open a passage into the secret chamber.
• Xu Yi found the Qingyun Shoes in the Myriad Heavens Spirit Gathering Array and triggered the Seven Yin Dou Li Array’s guardian.
• Xu Yi transformed into Pang Tianze’s likeness and used the Heaven Measuring Ruler to drive the guardian back into the walls.
• Xu Yi entered the Purple Domain Space and cleansed the Qingyun Shoes, which changed into a cloudlike form.

Xu Yi escaped Mount Sumeru after raiding Ailao Peak, leaving a taunting message that enraged Xu Linghe and prompted the sect to mobilize its forces against him. As Xu Yi flew away in his newly acquired Qingyun Shoes, Jiang Shangkun angrily contacted him, but Xu Yi refused to answer for his actions.

• Xu Yi sensed trouble near Ailao Peak, evaded the External Affairs Hall soldiers, and fought his way through the mountain checkpoints.
• Xu Yi escaped Mount Sumeru and left a threatening inscription on a mountainside.
• After Hall Master Dong reported the intrusion, Xu Linghe ordered the Night Army to send out every Kui Demon and gave Jiang Shangkun’s talisman authorization to Plum Blossom Seven.
• Xu Linghe dispatched the Three Pure Robes and the True Martial Immortal Slaying Sword to pursue Xu Yi while he stayed behind to preserve the sect’s escape route.
• Xu Yi received the highest authority in the Night Army and told furious Jiang Shangkun that he did not owe him an explanation.

Xu Yi traveled to Three Sacred City to find Huang Kai while Jiang Shangkun threatened him over their shared command of the Night Army. Meanwhile, Xue Liuyun accepted the East Sea Alliance’s offer to search for a seed, then dismissed Xu Yi’s strength and left the gathering challenging his account of Pang Tianze’s defeat.

• Jiang Shangkun warned Xu Yi to recognize his authority, but Xu Yi insulted him and ended their communication.
• Xu Yi reached Three Sacred City and began asking for the East Sea Alliance’s main hall while seeking Huang Kai.
• Zhou Donghai hosted Xue Liuyun and offered him a guest Great Elder position in exchange for the alliance searching for a seed.
• Xue Liuyun accepted the offer for Young Master Han’s sake and asked about the East Sea Alliance’s encounter with Xu Yi.
• Xue Liuyun dismissed Xu Yi as a Middle Corpse who could not have defeated Pang Tianze, leaving the hall silent.