Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi killed Xue Liuyun and more than twenty others after learning Xia Ying had been captured and Huang Kai gravely wounded. Zhou Donghai led him to Huangtian Peak, where Xu Yi found Huang Kai fighting Young Master Han’s forces.

• Xue Liuyun repeated the Church’s rumor that Xu Yi had needed a restriction talisman to kill Pang Tianze, but Xu Yi arrived and killed him with the Azure Dragon and White Tiger.
• Xu Yi slaughtered Zhou Donghai’s companions, seized the gathered resources, and forced Zhou Donghai to reveal that Xia Ying had been captured and Huang Kai had been gravely wounded.
• Zhou Donghai said Young Master Han was hunting Xia Ying over a living creature connected to her and agreed to lead Xu Yi to him.
• Xu Yi reached Huangtian Peak with Zhou Donghai and saw Huang Kai defeat a giant cultivator in close combat.

Huang Kai survived Han Bing’s attacks and nearly fell to the Three Yin Demon Slaying Saber before Xu Yi arrived and saved him. Xu Yi then faced Han Bing’s empowered saber strike and countered it with seventeen squares from the Immortal Slaying Sword.

• Han Bing offered to spare Huang Kai if he joined his ranks, but attacked after Huang Kai insulted him.
• Huang Kai wounded Han Bing with a spear disguised as staff shadows, but Han Bing summoned the Three Yin Demon Slaying Saber and struck Huang Kai down.
• Xu Yi and Zhou Donghai appeared beside Huang Kai, and Huang Kai killed Zhou Donghai with his iron staff.
• Han Bing attacked Xu Yi with a powerful Three Yin Demon Slaying Saber strike surrounded by the souls of demons.
• Xu Yi countered with seventeen squares from the Immortal Slaying Sword, shattering Han Bing’s red blade and sending a beam of light toward him.

Xu Yi used Sword Seventeen to turn back the Kirin Divine Soldiers summoned by Han Bing while demanding to know where Miss Xia was. Xuan Zhuang fled the battle, leaving Han Bing increasingly panicked as the fight continued.

• Xu Yi shattered Han Bing’s saber and defenses with a single Sword Light, killing his generals and forcing Han Bing to ask if he was Old Demon Kongxu.
• Xu Yi demanded Miss Xia’s whereabouts and refused Han Bing’s offer to recruit him.
• Han Bing summoned eighty thousand Kirin Divine Soldiers, whose formations attacked Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi used Sword Seventeen to halt the soldiers’ attacks and counter with sweeping circles of Sword Light.
• Xuan Zhuang retreated to avoid the danger, and Han Bing began to fear that he could not escape Xu Yi.

Xu Yi stopped Han Bing from unleashing the Unified Annihilation Formation by revealing his authority as a Golden Hall Elder, then rescued Xia Ying and learned that her master was with Xuan Zhuang. He caught up with Xuan Zhuang and White Horse Temple’s monks as they prepared to travel through the Eastern Continent, scattering their formation and confronting them.

• Xu Yi revealed his Golden Hall Elder seal, forcing Han Bing to vanish and prompting the Eighty Thousand Divine Soldiers to salute him.
• The Desolate Phantom told Xu Yi that Xia Ying was imprisoned at the Northern Court Protectorate, and Huang Kai brought her back badly injured.
• Xu Yi healed Xia Ying, agreed to save her master, and sent Huang Kai and Xia Ying to safety.
• Xu Yi ordered the divine generals to establish a defensive line, then pursued Xuan Zhuang using the Da Ming Snake’s guidance.
• Xu Yi found Xuan Zhuang and more than twenty white-robed monks preparing a formation around a cloaked figure, then scattered it with a flash of cold light.
• Xuan Zhuang challenged Xu Yi while secretly instructing the monks to form a battle array.

Xu Yi fought Xuan Zhuang and the monks of White Horse Temple, overcoming their Holy Embryo Buddha before recognizing a hooded woman who looked like Xia Zimo. Distracted by her, he was struck by Xuan Zhuang’s great hand seal, but the Immortal Slaying Sword saved him, and he rose ready to kill.

• Master Nu Yun attacked Xu Yi, but Xu Yi’s Sword Seventeen pierced his defenses and left him gravely wounded.
• Xuan Zhuang combined the monks’ corpse energy through a Clay Buddha to summon the Majestic Buddha, whose golden light broke through Xu Yi’s attempt to redirect it.
• Xu Yi caught the golden radiance in a sword web and caused a huge explosion that shocked Xuan Zhuang and the monks.
• The shockwave revealed a hooded woman whose face resembled Xia Zimo, leaving Xu Yi stunned and questioning her identity.
• Xuan Zhuang struck Xu Yi with a colossal hand seal while he was distracted, but the Immortal Slaying Sword intercepted it and Xu Yi rose from the crater, consumed by killing intent.

Xu Yi unleashed the Extreme Sword to destroy the Holy Embryo Buddha and the monks of White Horse Temple, though Xuan Zhuang escaped. Afterward, Xu Yi deliberately made Huang Mei swallow some of his corpse energy to reinforce his control over him.

• Xuan Zhuang and the monks attacked Xu Yi, but the Nine Clear Wind Swords swallowed their strikes as Xu Yi gathered power.
• Xu Yi combined the nine Sword Lights into the Extreme Sword and destroyed the Holy Embryo Buddha and the monks of White Horse Temple.
• Xuan Zhuang crushed a jade tablet and vanished, while Xia Zimo remained unharmed at the center of the attack.
• Xu Yi collected the fallen resources as Huang Mei consumed corpse energy, including a wisp belonging to Xu Yi.
• Huang Mei realized Xu Yi had deliberately slipped him the corpse energy, and Xu Yi explained that he wanted to keep Huang Mei under control.

Xu Yi freed the powerful being trapped in Xia Zimo’s form and learned she was Xia Xingguang, Zimo’s mother. Xia Xingguang recognized Xu Yi from Zimo’s memories and ended by teasing him about his poseur attitude.

• Xu Yi strengthened his control over Old Desolate with his corpse aura, then sent him to sleep and digest it.
• Xu Yi carried the trapped Xia Zimo into Purple Domain Space, where the beams slowly streaming from her body continued to emerge.
• The woman awoke, revealed overwhelming power, and took the Four-Colored Seal before she and Xu Yi fell out of Purple Domain Space.
• The woman introduced herself as Xia Xingguang, Xia Zimo’s mother, and said she had seen Xu Yi in Zimo’s sea of consciousness.
• Xia Xingguang praised Xu Yi’s devotion to Zimo, then called him a poseur.

Xia Xingguang was destroyed by the immortal tribulation after the seal on her Earth Immortal power was undone, leaving Xu Yi with her natal demon core. Xia Ying explained the truth of Xia Zimo’s rebirth and delivered Xia Xingguang’s final instructions, which asked Xu Yi to help fulfill her last wishes.

• Xia Xingguang began to tell Xu Yi three things, but an immortal tribulation struck and erased her, leaving behind a golden bead.
• Xu Yi caught the bead as Xia Ying and Huang Kai arrived, and Xia Ying mourned her master before bowing to Xu Yi.
• Xia Ying revealed that she was the Illusionary White Fox who had helped preserve Xia Zimo, and that Lian Yunshang had been reborn from Xia Zimo’s body without her memories.
• Xia Ying explained that Xia Xingguang had sealed herself as an Earth Immortal after defying Heaven to rescue Xia Zimo, but Xu Yi’s Four-Colored Seal gradually released her power and drew the tribulation.
• Xia Ying told Xu Yi that Xia Xingguang had entrusted her final wishes to him and left her Earth Immortal demon core for Xia Zimo to inherit.
• Xu Yi bowed to Xia Xingguang’s empty place and accepted that helping fulfill her wishes could ease his guilt.

Xu Yi learned Senior Xia’s remaining requests and set out to recover her treasures, while Han Bing enlisted Huang Qi and other officials to build a case against Xu Yi. The chapter left Han Bing preparing a political attack on his rival.

• Xia Ying told Xu Yi that White Horse Temple had targeted Senior Xia for her demon core and passed on requests to return Xia Zimo’s memory bead and a Buddha-marked jade tablet, along with the message, “Stop pretending.”
• Xu Yi searched the resources taken from White Horse Temple’s forces but found neither treasure, then left to seek Han Bing and Xuan Zhuang; Xia Ying and Huang Kai departed separately.
• Han Bing complained to Huang Qi that Xu Yi’s appointment as a Golden Hall Elder was unacceptable and demanded help opposing him.
• Huang Qi agreed to support Han Bing, and Han Bing gathered Huang Qi’s subordinates to join a memorial against Xu Yi.

Xu Yi confronted Han Bing at Tongtian Peak, then recounted how Han Bing abandoned the Eighty Thousand Divine Soldiers when the Church invaded the Northern Court Protectorate. At Gongtian Hall, Xu Yi defended his actions before Demon Lord Xie and the elders, while demanding to know Han Bing’s punishment.

• Xu Yi broke into Tongtian Peak, struck down Han Bing and the hall’s guards, and took Han Bing’s Starry Sky Ring.
• Xu Yi told Huang Qi that Han Bing had fled his post and stolen his friend’s Starry Sky Bracelet, and that the Eighty Thousand Divine Soldiers had been wiped out.
• Xu Yi reported the disaster at Gongtian Hall, where Demon Lord Xie and the elders heard his account of the Church’s invasion and withdrawal.
• Han Bing denied responsibility and accused Xu Yi of causing the soldiers’ deaths, but Xu Yi challenged him over fleeing and failing to return to command.
• Elder Gong argued that Xu Yi should have taken command after Han Bing left, but Xu Yi said he had pursued Han Bing and asked what punishment Han Bing would receive.

Xu Yi clashed with Han Bing during the ancestral court meeting, then earned Demon Lord Xie’s restrained approval. At the thearchs’ meeting, Xu Linghe demanded that Jiang Shangkun explain how his pursuit of Xu Yi had triggered a disastrous battle near Cold Mountain.

• Xu Yi struck Han Bing after Han Bing insulted him, and then repelled Demon Lord Xie’s attack with the Immortal Slaying Sword and Nine Clear Wind Swords.
• Demon Lord Xie ordered Han Bing punished and removed, then warned Xu Yi to report matters instead of acting on his own.
• Xu Linghe convened the thearchs at Lingxiao Treasure Hall to address the battle near Cold Mountain, where the thearchs lost thirty thousand troops and the ancestral court lost eighty thousand Divine Soldiers.
• Xu Linghe questioned Jiang Shangkun for ignoring Plum Blossom Seven’s warning and sending the Dark Night forces into the Northern Court Protectorate’s territory.
• Jiang Shangkun recalled how his pursuit of Xu Yi led the Dark Night troops and thirteen Kui Demons into an ambush, prompting him to summon reinforcements and escalate the fighting.

Xu Linghe forced the Church's leaders to confront whether they should fight the Ancestral Court, then asked Plum Blossom Seven for advice. Xu Yi argued for peace talks and was asked to name someone to make contact, leaving the choice unresolved.

• Xu Linghe silenced and removed Jiang Shangkun, then demanded that the Church's leaders decide how to respond to the crisis.
• The leaders argued against war, citing their desire for peace, depleted resources, and the danger of benefiting rival powers.
• Xu Linghe summoned Plum Blossom Seven, and Xu Yi criticized Jiang Shangkun before urging peace over war.
• Elder Yin dismissed Xu Yi's initial advice, but withdrew when Xu Linghe challenged him to offer his own plan.
• Xu Yi explained that the Ancestral Court would need to save face after its losses and recommended sending someone to test its willingness to negotiate.
• Xu Linghe asked Xu Yi whom the Church should send, leaving the choice of envoy open.

Xu Yi accepted appointment as commander of the Night Army and set out as an envoy to the Ancestral Court, where Han Bing prepared to negotiate with him. Elder Gong advised Han Bing to balance the Ancestral Court’s demand for peace with its need to save face.

• Xu Yi accepted the Night Army command and the envoy assignment after Xu Linghe supplied him with credentials, seals, and three mystical talismans.
• Xu Yi received the promised items in a Sumeru Ring and set off for the Ancestral Court.
• Han Bing learned that Xu Yi had secluded himself and complained that he was avoiding trouble.
• Han Bing told Elder Gong he needed help succeeding at the upcoming negotiations, since failure could give Demon Lord Xie reason to punish him.
• Elder Gong advised Han Bing to pursue peace while finding a way for the Ancestral Court to save face, and Han Bing said he knew what to do.

Xu Yi, disguised as Plum Blossom Seven, lured Han Bing into a negotiation and killed him after Han demanded eighty thousand Heaven Wish Beads. Back at the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, Jiang Shangkun questioned Plum Blossom Seven’s account and called for him to be summoned for questioning.

• Han Bing chose Snow Ridge as the meeting place and demanded one Heaven Wish Bead for each of the eighty thousand fallen Divine Soldiers.
• Xu Yi revealed himself as Han Bing attacked, then killed Han Bing with a metal storm and took his resources.
• Xu Linghe and Lu Zhongyuan reacted angrily to Han Bing’s death and the demand for Heaven Wish Beads.
• Jiang Shangkun argued that Han Bing’s attack and Plum Blossom Seven’s incomplete recording were suspicious, while Xu Linghe defended Plum Blossom Seven and urged the council to address the crisis.
• Jiang Shangkun proposed summoning Plum Blossom Seven for questioning and reflected on the similarities between his rise and Xu Yi’s.

Jiang Shangkun suspected Plum Blossom Seven’s identity and pressed him to prove it before the gathered leaders. Plum Blossom Seven defended his record, but Lu Zhongyuan also called for him to present his original Command Token, leaving the accusation unresolved.

• Xu Linghe invited Commander Mei into the hall, where he revealed the face Plum Blossom Seven had worn before Xu Yi.
• Jiang Shangkun recognized the face and demanded to inspect Plum Blossom Seven’s original Command Token, openly questioning his identity.
• Xu Yi bowed to Xu Linghe and accepted responsibility for failing his mission, but Xu Linghe praised his alertness and use of the Ruyi Pearl.
• Jiang Shangkun argued that Plum Blossom Seven’s rise had suspiciously coincided with Xu Yi’s, while Xu Yi explained the timeline and defended his promotion.
• Lu Zhongyuan urged Plum Blossom Seven to show his Command Token so he could clear the doubts raised in the hall.

Xu Yi convinced Xu Linghe and the sect leaders that he had risked his life to weaken the Ancestral Court, then won approval to negotiate again and received a precious seed. After leaving Mount Sumeru, he heard Huang Mei accuse him of manipulating everyone to get it.

• Plum Blossom Seven agreed to verify the Command Token on the condition that Jiang Shangkun join the next negotiations with the Ancestral Court.
• Xu Yi lit the original Command Token, ending doubts about his identity as Plum Blossom Seven.
• Xu Yi claimed he had deliberately killed Han Bing to curb the Ancestral Court's arrogance and was prepared to die for the sect.
• Xu Linghe praised Xu Yi and approved his plan to reopen negotiations while stirring public sentiment and preparing compensation.
• Xu Yi asked for a seed, and Xu Linghe gave him one despite the stunned objections of Jiang Shangkun and the others.
• After Xu Yi left Mount Sumeru, Huang Mei accused him of scheming to obtain the seed and credited his own aura with helping the deception succeed.

Xu Yi rejected Old Desolate’s plan to provoke a war, refusing to endanger ordinary people for his own gain. Meanwhile, the Ancestral Court faced mounting pressure after Han Bing’s death and the collapse of negotiations, and Gong Zhongcheng ordered Xu Yi found.

• Xu Yi watched farmers and their family in a mountain village and questioned what sin ordinary people had committed to deserve a devastating war.
• Old Desolate argued that mortals were fleeting and urged Xu Yi to seize the chance to spark conflict between the Church and the Ancestral Court.
• Xu Yi struck Old Desolate and challenged him to consider whether he would kill a being he regarded as an ant; Old Desolate returned to Xu Yi’s arms, feeling reassured.
• At the Reselecting Day Hall, Gong Zhongcheng berated Jiang Shaotang and Luo Song for losing track of Xu Yi, then ordered them to search for him.
• Gong Zhongcheng recalled that Han Bing had died during negotiations with the Church, while the families of the Eighty Thousand Divine Soldiers and calls for war stirred unrest across the Ancestral Court.

After Han Bing’s death, Xu Yi was assigned to negotiate with the Thearch Sect, where he used a corpse duplicate to kill Jiang Shangkun and impersonate Plum Blossom Seven. The talks stalled over the Thearch Sect’s refusal to meet the Ancestral Court’s demands, leaving Xu Yi urging the court to replace Plum Blossom Seven or prepare for war.

• Elder Gong blamed Xu Yi for part of the crisis and pushed for him to contact the Thearch Sect, while Demon Lord Xie authorized Xu Yi to negotiate.
• Xu Yi and Plum Blossom Seven arranged to meet without delegations at an underground chamber in Snow Ridge, and Jiang Shangkun accompanied Plum Blossom Seven.
• Xu Yi’s corpse duplicate killed Jiang Shangkun, then Xu Yi merged with the duplicate after it had taken Plum Blossom Seven’s appearance.
• Xu Yi reported that Plum Blossom Seven offered only twenty thousand Heaven Wish Beads and refused to hand over a criminal.
• Xu Yi advised Demon Lord Xie and the gathered leaders to replace Plum Blossom Seven or prepare for war.

Xu Yi negotiated with Plum Blossom Seven for the Ancestral Court, securing a deal for two seeds and forty thousand Heaven Wish Beads. The Church rejected the proposed settlement, and Council Elder Tong Bokai called for war over Jiang Shangkun’s death.

• Demon Lord Xie authorized Xu Yi to test the Church’s demands, and Xu Yi reported that Plum Blossom Seven wanted three seeds, forty thousand Heaven Wish Beads, and a scapegoat at the level of a Night Commander.
• Demon Lord Xie offered one seed, but Xu Yi argued the offer was too low and pretended to abandon negotiations after Gong Zhongcheng criticized him.
• Gong Zhongcheng apologized, and Xu Yi resumed talks by demanding two seeds of any element except Fire.
• Demon Lord Xie accepted the two-seed demand and set forty thousand Heaven Wish Beads as the Ancestral Court’s bottom line.
• Council Elder Tong Bokai erupted after hearing Plum Blossom Seven’s report and demanded war, accusing Plum Blossom Seven of responsibility for Jiang Shangkun’s death.

Xu Linghe and the Divine Church leaders debated whether to continue peace talks after Xu Yi killed Jiang Shangkun, then bargained over compensation and the seeds Xu Yi demanded. Plum Blossom Seven secured an agreement for Xu Yi to receive the metal-element and wood-element seeds, with Xu Linghe arranging their delivery.

• Xu Linghe silenced Elder Tong and ordered Plum Blossom Seven to explain Jiang Shangkun’s death and the peace negotiations.
• Plum Blossom Seven said Xu Yi had killed Jiang Shangkun to give the Ancestral Court a way to make peace and revealed its offer of at least fifty thousand Heaven Wish Beads.
• Plum Blossom Seven reported Xu Yi’s demand for five seeds in exchange for a Formal Complaint and apology, while Lu Zhongyuan urged the leaders to ask what he would accept in return.
• Xu Linghe capped the offer at two seeds and forty thousand Heaven Wish Beads, but Xu Yi agreed to sign for the metal-element and wood-element seeds.
• Plum Blossom Seven said he had prepared a Demon Cloud Storm talisman to deter Xu Yi from taking the seeds by force, and Xu Linghe arranged for the seeds to be delivered.