Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi interrogated Brother Zhang, an envoy from the Southern Continent, and learned about immortal energy and the primordial aura in Xu Yi’s technique. When Brother Zhang warned of Silver Venerable’s reach, a marked plaque bearing Emperor Qin Guang’s edict appeared in the Purple Domain Space.

• Xu Yi and Ning Wuque subdued Brother Zhang, forced him to swallow an Origin Seal Bead, and used its restriction to break his resistance.
• Xu Yi questioned Brother Zhang about the Immortal Realm, and Brother Zhang identified it as the Southern Continent, where immortal energy transformed cultivators’ spiritual power.
• Xu Yi demonstrated his starlight technique, and Brother Zhang recognized it as carrying the aura of the primordial world.
• Brother Zhang warned that Silver Venerable could track them through Li Nong’s supplies, so Xu Yi moved everyone into the Purple Domain Space aboard the flying craft.
• A marked plaque drifted through the Purple Domain Space, and Xu Yi read its inscription: “By Imperial Edict of Emperor Qin Guang.”

Xu Yi questioned Brother Zhang about the Yin Official Seal and Silver Venerable, then learned about the Immortal Realm and the arrays targeting Mysterious Monsters. Brother Zhang explained how Ning Wuque might be sent to the upper realm safely and revealed how the Luo Tian Demon Hunting Array triggered the Sky-Enveloping Array.

• Brother Zhang recognized the Yin Official Seal as Silver Venerable’s and feared that losing it would make Silver Venerable kill him, so Xu Yi assured him his trail could be erased.
• Xu Yi restored the Purple Domain Space, stripped marks from the spoils, and led everyone to a Northern Continent island after the space collapsed.
• Brother Zhang explained that the Southern Continent was an Immortal Realm, described the roles of Yin officials, and identified Silver Venerable as a Boundary Envoy.
• Brother Zhang warned that Ning Wuque’s Three-Eyes Tribe was rare and urged Xu Yi to send him to the upper realm before Silver Venerable found him.
• After Xu Yi promised Brother Zhang fair treatment, Brother Zhang explained that the Luo Tian Demon Hunting Array awakened dormant demon awareness while the Sky-Enveloping Array opened a passage to capture Mysterious Monsters.

Xu Yi and the others learned how Ning Wuque could ascend to the Immortal Realm, but a bloodline-tracking spell exposed their hideout and forced them into the Purple Domain Space. Silver Venerable searched the area and vanished before finding them, while Huang Mei explained that Brother Zhang had been secretly drained by a deadly spell.

• Brother Zhang explained that Ning Wuque could use a Mysterious Monster and the Sky-Enveloping Array to ascend, and that the group needed blood essence and corpse aura to pass through the array.
• Xiong Bei Ming and Gold Corpse Old Cao offered to stay behind, but Ning Wuque insisted that everyone go together, and Xu Yi asked Brother Zhang to arrange the details.
• Brother Zhang was struck by bloodline tracking, so Xu Yi killed him, and Huang Mei swallowed his corpse before warning that pursuers were coming.
• Xu Yi led the others into the Purple Domain Space, and the Four-Colored Seal sank deep into the sea as a white-clad man arrived and searched the island and surrounding waters.
• The white-clad man failed to find them and vanished after his bracelet buzzed, while Huang Mei explained that Brother Zhang had been drained by the Starry Sky Blood Burning Technique, and Xu Yi admitted his suspicion had been unfair.

Xu Yi sent Ning Wuque, Xiong Bei Ming, and Gold Corpse Old Cao through a celestial passage while choosing not to pursue the opportunity himself. Huang Mei then shared what he learned from absorbing corpse qi, including how Xu Yi could strengthen himself and avoid Silver Venerable’s pursuit.

• Xu Yi and his companions escaped the shattered Purple Domain Space, crossed the sea, and reached a barren valley in the Western Continent.
• Xu Yi bound Ning Wuque, Xiong Bei Ming, and Gold Corpse Old Cao together and smeared Ning Wuque’s blood on the two others as the sky opened above them.
• A pillar of light carried the three men away, while Xu Yi stayed behind to handle urgent business.
• Xu Yi told Huang Mei that he would seek his own Dao and mentioned the sleeping Ice Fire Rabbit as another possible path to the Immortal Realm.
• Huang Mei gave Xu Yi Fetal Stabilizing Pills, warned him not to refine the Yin Official Seal, and urged him to erase traces of Brother Li and Brother Zhang to evade Silver Venerable.

Xu Yi tested the deadly formation tied to Brother Zhang's mark, returned to the Ancestral Court, and attended a meeting where Demon Lord Xie praised his potential. The meeting turned to a report that Plum Blossom Seven might defect from the Thearch Sect, and Xu Yi suspected the intelligence was a trap.

• Xu Yi restored Brother Zhang's mark to a black shield, confirmed that a formation destroyed it with a lightning strike, and fled to the Ancestral Court.
• Xu Yi studied the Silver Winged Saber and then attended a meeting at Gongtian Hall, where the elders congratulated him for condensing a seed.
• Demon Lord Xie praised Xu Yi's potential and directed the Ancestral Court's departments to prepare for the wish-cloud harvest.
• Elder Bai reported that Plum Blossom Seven might be purged and urged the Ancestral Court to recruit him for access to the Thearch Sect's intelligence.
• Xu Yi warned that the report seemed suspicious and realized that the Thearch Sect's Night Army communications showed no sign of Plum Blossom Seven defecting.

Xu Yi recognized Han Qi’s attempt to frame him as Plum Blossom Seven and calmly exposed the scheme after Han Qi activated the Void Spirit Restriction. Han Qi blocked Xu Yi from leaving and summoned Song Kui and Ma Yaochu as witnesses, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Elder Bai showed a Ruyi Pearl image of Plum Blossom Seven fighting members of the Thearch Sect, and Xu Yi realized Han Qi was using it to target him.
• Demon Lord Xie ordered the Northern River Inspectorate to bring Plum Blossom Seven to the Ancestral Court, and Xu Yi left Gongtian Hall to contact someone with a Ruyi Pearl.
• Han Qi activated the Void Spirit Restriction and confronted Xu Yi, prompting Demon Lord Xie to accuse Han Qi of renewing his suspicions about Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi deduced that Han Qi had used Elder Bai’s proposal as bait and sealed spatial treasures to catch him contacting Plum Blossom Seven.
• Han Qi blocked Xu Yi from leaving and said Song Kui and Ma Yaochu would arrive as witnesses; both Demon Lords soon appeared.

Han Qi accused Xu Yi of conspiring with Plum Blossom Seven and presented an image of Han Bing’s soul fragments forming the character “Xu” as evidence. Xu Yi challenged the accusation, and Song Kui silenced Elder Bai as the hall awaited what would happen next.

• Han Qi accused Xu Yi and Plum Blossom Seven of being Cult spies and claimed Xu Yi’s Ruyi Pearl held evidence.
• Xu Yi rejected Han Qi’s demand to investigate him without irrefutable proof, and Xie Zongxun backed his objection.
• Han Qi showed an image of Han Bing’s soul fragments forming the character “Xu” and argued that Xu Yi had helped murder his son.
• Han Qi cited Xu Yi’s smooth Cult negotiations as further evidence that he and Plum Blossom Seven had colluded.
• Xu Yi dismissed the image as insufficient proof and insulted Elder Bai, prompting Song Kui to order Bai to stand aside.

Xu Yi challenged Han Qi’s accusations and argued that his evidence was unreliable, while Han Qi demanded an examination of Xu Yi’s Ruyi Pearl. With Song Kui and Ma Yaochu backing an investigation, Xie Zongxun asked Xu Yi what he wanted, and Xu Yi agreed to an examination on one condition.

• Xu Yi challenged Han Qi to produce Song Yuan as a witness and questioned the assumptions behind Han Qi’s account of the remnant spirit and his alleged collusion with Plum Blossom Seven.
• Han Qi demanded that Xu Yi activate the restriction on his Ruyi Pearl so the Demon Lords could inspect his communications, but Xu Yi insisted that Han Qi had not provided solid evidence.
• Xu Yi appealed to Xie Zongxun, recounting his service to the Ancestral Court and Han Qi’s earlier attempts to have him killed, and asked Xie to decide the matter.
• Song Kui cited His Imperial Venerate’s concern and called for an investigation, while Ma Yaochu also supported examining Xu Yi.
• Xie Zongxun asked Xu Yi what he thought, and Xu Yi agreed to an examination but said he had one request.

Xu Yi used a recording in his Ruyi Pearl to expose Han Qi’s false accusation and force him to honor a promise of a hundred years in seclusion. Han Qi then demanded to inspect Xu Yi’s Starry Sky Ring, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Xu Yi demanded an explanation for his treatment and asked Han Qi to enter seclusion for a hundred years if the examination proved him innocent.
• Han Qi agreed to the condition and had Song Kui activate Xu Yi’s Ruyi Pearl in front of the assembly.
• The Multi-Treasure Ruyi Pearl revealed a recent recording of Xu Yi asking Old Jia to find him eighteen untouched maidens, disproving Han Qi’s claim about the message to Plum Blossom Seven.
• Xu Yi challenged Han Qi over exposing his private affairs, while Huang Mei privately recognized that Xu Yi had only used Old Jia as a prop.
• Han Qi called the incident a misunderstanding but continued to accuse Xu Yi and demanded to inspect his Starry Sky Ring.
• Xie Zongzun angrily rebuked Han Qi, who promised to spend a hundred years in seclusion if the ring revealed nothing suspicious.

Xu Yi turned Han Qi’s accusation into a dispute over evidence and exposed Han Qi’s role in a fake soul-gathering. He revealed that Song Yuan had left a letter and recording implicating Han Qi, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Han Qi wagered his Ancestor Demon Seal to demand a search of Xu Yi’s Starry Sky Ring, but Xu Yi got him to admit he wanted to investigate everything without identifying specific evidence.
• Xie Zongxun ordered Xu Yi to leave, but Xu Yi instead asked Han Qi to explain Song Yuan’s disappearance.
• Han Qi attacked Xu Yi when Xu Yi suggested that Han Qi had silenced Song Yuan, and Xie Zongxun stopped the attack.
• Xie Zongxun let Xu Yi explain the evidence after Han Qi threatened to appeal to the Imperial Venerate.
• Xu Yi said Song Yuan had left him a letter and a box containing a recording that described Han Qi’s plan to stage the soul-gathering and warned that Song Yuan might disappear.

Xu Yi used a trapped box to kill Han Qi with a lightning strike from a marked treasure, then concealed his role behind a fabricated story about Song Yuan. The next day, the Imperial Venerate promoted Xu Yi to False Lord and gave him command of the Ancestor Demon Token.

• Xu Yi produced a box he claimed Song Yuan had left as evidence, and Han Qi opened it to reveal a seven-star sword hidden in corpse miasma.
• A scorched bolt of lightning struck Han Qi from above, killing him and injuring Xu Yi and the others; Huangmei absorbed the corpse qi.
• Xu Yi falsely blamed Song Yuan and the Imperial Observatory, while the gathered Demon Lords and elders had no proof that Xu Yi had arranged Han Qi’s death.
• The day after Han Qi died, Xie Zongxun announced the Imperial Venerate’s edict promoting Xu Yi to False Lord and placing him in command of the Ancestor Demon Token.
• Xu Yi recognized the token he received as Han Qi’s.

Xu Yi became Acting Demon Lord and handed the Ancestral Court’s offices broad autonomy while demanding that they improve their performance. He then returned to the Ancestral Cult and offered to resign as Night Commander to Dao Master Xu Linghe.

• Xu Yi accepted the Ancestor Demon Seal, and Xie Zongxun arranged a Demon Lord-style accession ceremony and delegated the Ancestral Court’s affairs to him with the Imperial Venerate’s approval.
• Xie Zongxun privately warned Xu Yi that his appointment might be a test, but the elders in the main hall readily congratulated him and showed no sign of resistance.
• Xu Yi let each department manage its own affairs and announced yearly performance comparisons, warning that underperforming offices would lose their chiefs.
• Xu Yi left for sea after the ceremony, then disguised himself as Plum Blossom Seven and returned to the Ancestral Cult with Huang Mei’s help.
• Xu Yi visited Dao Master Xu Linghe, offered him over a hundred Heaven Wish Beads, explained that he disliked life at the center of power, and offered to resign as Night Commander.

Xu Yi received praise from Xu Linghe and was sent to witness Ai Laozi’s immortal tribulation before returning to Biyou Academy, where he gained honors and an honorary post. After escaping Xia Fangge’s social rounds, he met a man at Cloud Sea Peak.

• Xu Linghe praised Xu Yi’s leadership of the Night Army and invited him to lead a group to witness Ai Laozi’s immortal tribulation.
• Xu Yi returned to Two Forget Peak, where Xia Fangge and other Old Ancestors warmly welcomed him and Xia Fangge accepted him as a junior brother on behalf of his late master.
• Cao Guan invited Xu Yi to become a Biyou Palace Envoy, and Xu Yi accepted the honorary position after Xia Fangge urged him to take it.
• Xu Yi escaped Xia Fangge’s attempts to bring him on more visits and went to Cloud Sea Peak, where he joined a man at a table of wine and food.

Xu Yi reunited with Shi Erli, then returned to Peach Blossom Mountain and set a trap for an intruder who attacked him. He revealed himself as the apparent victim and confronted the white-robed man, while still wondering who was behind Yan Zi and Xuan Xuan’s disappearance.

• Xu Yi visited Shi Erli, drank and ate freely with him, and promised him a stroke of good fortune.
• After Xu Yi left, Shi Erli found his Sumeru Ring, threw it into the sea of clouds, and later searched for two years before howling with joy.
• Xu Yi returned to Peach Blossom Mountain and cultivated in seclusion while waiting for Elder Ai’s immortal tribulation.
• A shadow struck Xu Yi with a Green Sword and gathered the resources and corpse energy that burst from him.
• A white-robed man attacked the shadow, but the shadow used Thunder True Intent and Fire Spirit Power to break free.
• Xu Yi revealed that the attack had been staged and challenged the white-robed man, while reflecting on the person behind Yan Zi and Xuan Xuan’s disappearance.

Xu Yi lured out the man in white who had been watching him and learned that the man was connected to a powerful force. Their fight revealed the man’s formidable Spirit Endowment ability, but Xu Yi managed to wound him with a surprise attack and held back rather than risk harming Yan Zi and Xuan Xuan.

• Xu Yi repeatedly staged assassinations and feigned deaths until the man in white appeared and admitted he had been ordered to watch him.
• Xu Yi asked whether the man in white had taken Yan Zi and Xuan Xuan, but the man dismissed his claim of closeness to them and tried to leave.
• The man in white destroyed Xu Yi’s Nine-Star Kui Yin Great Formation and warned him that tricks were useless against overwhelming strength.
• The man in white empowered a lamp wick with spirit and broke through Xu Yi’s attacks, leaving Xu Yi badly injured.
• Xu Yi used the Immobilization Technique, the God-Beating Whip, and the Silver Winged Saber to strike the man in white, then chose not to press the attack because Yan Zi and Xuan Xuan were still in the man’s hands.

Xu Yi questioned Minion about the Immortal Realm and the people holding Yan Zi and Xuan Xuan, but Minion revealed little about his backers. Before leaving, Minion told Xu Yi that his unusual cultivation might be an opportunity, though he could not explain how to handle it.

• Xu Yi questioned the Middle-aged Man in White, who called himself Minion, about entering the Immortal Realm and admitted that a powerful force had helped him bypass the realm officials.
• Xu Yi suspected Auspicious Duck was behind Minion, but Minion showed no recognition of the duck or Great Virtue Mighty Young Master.
• Minion told Xu Yi that Yan Zi and Xuan Xuan were being held to make Xu Yi do work and would be released afterward.
• Xu Yi persuaded Minion to stay by promising that helping him now might pay off when Xu Yi reached the Immortal Realm.
• Xu Yi asked Minion about his cultivation, and Minion was astonished that Xu Yi had refined two Fire Element Seeds before suggesting that cultivation mutations could be rare opportunities.

The Middle-aged Man in White explained the Five Realms of Spirit Endowment to Xu Yi before disappearing, leaving Xu Yi to rethink his own technique. After thirteen days of meditation, Xu Yi used his Three Heads and Six Arms Aspect to reach toward heavenly secrets and make a fireball briefly come alive, though it soon burst apart.

• The Middle-aged Man in White explained the Five Realms of Spirit Endowment and assessed Xu Yi’s magic treasures before vanishing.
• Huangmei told Xu Yi that the man’s Spirit Endowment was far beyond the techniques Huangmei had learned from absorbed memories.
• Xu Yi tested his own Spirit Endowment on a lamp wick, but the Immortal Slaying Sword extinguished it with one sweep.
• Xu Yi meditated on Spirit Endowment for thirteen days until Huangmei woke him and reminded him of his Three Heads and Six Arms Aspect.
• Xu Yi summoned the Spirit Official Three Lives Aspect, drew Fire Element from the void, and briefly gave a fireball a touch of liveliness before it burst.

Xu Yi perfected a technique that used deep-blue fire to capture his sword formation, then refined four Fire Element Seeds to strengthen himself. As preparations for Old Ai’s Immortal Tribulation neared, Xu Yi wrestled with whether to travel to the Eastern Continent and restore Xia Zimo’s memories to Lian Yunshang.

• Xu Yi used deep-blue fire to absorb his sword formation’s Sword Light, proving his method worked but leaving him exhausted.
• Huang Mei urged Xu Yi to refine more Fire Element Seeds, arguing that greater strength would help him in the Barren Frontier and expand his future capacity.
• Xu Yi refined two more Fire Element Seeds and exchanged for another, but his body rejected the fifth, establishing four as his limit.
• Xu Yi tested his enhanced strength and found that four seeds let him wield the power without the strain he had suffered before.
• An elder from the Ministry of Rites told Xu Yi that Old Ai’s Immortal Tribulation was near and the group was ready to depart once he gave the order.
• Xu Yi hesitated over the Eastern Continent trip and restoring Xia Zimo’s memories to Lian Yunshang, while Huang Mei advised him to explain the truth and let her choose.

Xu Yi arrived in Chang'an City as the Ancestral Court's Acting Master and explored the city while Xuan Zhuang plotted to use him in a scheme tied to Saint Master Xuanzang. After learning that Xuan Zhuang had come to visit him, Xu Yi returned with a cold smile.

• Xu Yi arrived in Chang'an City and sent Elder Zeng to take the delegation to its lodging while he explored alone.
• Xuan Zhuang learned that Xu Yi had fused only one Fire Element Seed and told his associate to inform High Master Cao that they could begin their plan.
• Xuan Zhuang explained that he sought revenge for Xu Yi disrupting an important mission and said he had secured Liu Jingtian of Lesser Vehicle Mountain for the scheme.
• Xu Yi spent two days enjoying Chang'an City before Elder Zeng reported that Xuan Zhuang had come to visit him.
• Xu Yi agreed to return, then left the pleasure boat while murmuring, "What was the point?"

Xu Yi reunited with Xuan Zhuang at White Horse Temple, where Xuan Zhuang gathered rival delegations and maneuvered the meeting toward Xu Yi. He revealed a Dongmou Bead containing a genuine Fortune Dragon, and Xu Yi immediately coveted it.

• Xu Yi greeted Xuan Zhuang warmly, but refused to meet Plum Blossom Seven until Xuan Zhuang insisted that he welcome the visitor.
• Plum Blossom Seven entered with his party, and Xuan Zhuang urged Xu Yi to treat everyone as guests of the Eastern Continent.
• Delegations from Biyou Academy and Lesser Vehicle Mountain arrived, filling the hall as Xuan Zhuang praised Xu Yi and said he wanted his help.
• Xuan Zhuang revealed the Dongmou Bead and drew out its Fortune Dragon, which Xu Yi recognized as genuine and began plotting to take.