Chapter Summaries

Pan Feng, Zhu Neng, and Ma Wei tried to salvage their position after the destruction caused by the Chiwu Worm, then confronted Zhang Wenfeng at the Sishui Water Mansion. Pan Feng rejected Zhang’s implied terms and threatened to report him, but Xu Yi revealed that Zhang had already reported the three of them to the City God’s Mansion.

• Pan Feng and Zhu Neng fought until their Mana Yuan began to run dry, while Ma Wei watched from a distance.
• Xu Yi and Huang Mei left the black ball of Yin soldiers and wandering souls with Xu Yi, who then went with Huang Mei to urge the three men to handle the matter.
• Ma Wei, Zhu Neng, and Pan Feng concluded that Xu Yi had caused the upheaval and decided to seek help from Zhang Wenfeng.
• The three forced their way into the Sishui Water Mansion, where Zhang Wenfeng calmly heard Ma Wei and Zhu Neng ask for mercy.
• Pan Feng refused to yield and proposed reporting Zhang Wenfeng, while secretly telling Ma Wei and Zhu Neng to combine threats with pleas.
• Xu Yi revealed that Zhang Wenfeng had already reported the three men to the City God’s Mansion, leaving Pan Feng panicked.

Dian Junming punished Pan Feng, Ma Wei, and Zhu Neng for abusing their offices, then confronted Zhang Wenfeng over his own misconduct. After Zhang Wenfeng accepted responsibility, Dian Junming treated the punishment of the three officials as sufficient discipline for him, and Zhang Wenfeng asked that Xu Yi temporarily take his post as River God of Sishui.

• Dian Junming arrived at Zhang Wenfeng’s residence, where Pan Feng, Ma Wei, and Zhu Neng confessed and begged for mercy.
• Dian Junming sentenced Pan Feng, Ma Wei, and Zhu Neng to three hundred lashes with the Withered Soul Whip and ten years of menial work in the Purgatory.
• Dian Junming accused Zhang Wenfeng of secretly capturing Yin soldiers and wandering souls, and Zhang Wenfeng pleaded guilty despite Xu Yi’s warning.
• Dian Junming explained that going easy on Pan Feng and the others was Zhang Wenfeng’s punishment, then ordered him to return the Yin soldiers and wandering souls.
• Zhang Wenfeng asked Dian Junming to let Xu Yi serve temporarily as River God of Sishui.

Zhang Wenfeng offered Xu Yi the position of Sishui River God and brought him into the Huaiyou City God's Mansion campaign against Black Wind Ridge, where Xu Yi volunteered to challenge Chihuo Ridge. Xu Yi's attack drew out the Wumeng Old Demon, the Green Corpse Old Demon, and the Sword Frenzy Fiend, revealing that the assault faced three of the Ten Fiends at once.

• Zhang Wenfeng offered Xu Yi his river god position, and Dian Junming said Xu Yi could earn it by distinguishing himself in the coming campaign.
• Zhang Wenfeng led the Sishui forces to Black Wind Ridge, where the Divine Lord ordered them to spearhead the assault on Chihuo Ridge.
• After the Sishui generals hesitated to challenge the Wumeng Old Demon, Zhang Bao'er volunteered, and Xu Yi flew out to attack the ridge with a bead of flame.
• The Wumeng Old Demon, the Green Corpse Old Demon, and the Sword Frenzy Fiend approached together, and Jiang Fenglin realized that intelligence had missed the presence of all three powerful fiends.

Xu Yi killed Green Corpse Old Demon with a costly surprise attack, leaving Wumeng Old Demon and Sword Frenzy Fiend wary of him. As Xu Yi tried to preserve his advantage and recover, Zhang Wenfeng attacked the two demons and disrupted the standoff.

• Xu Yi used the Ding Yuan Technique and Flame Cage to refine Green Corpse Old Demon into smoke, then replenished his vital energy.
• Wumeng Old Demon and Sword Frenzy Fiend hesitated to attack Xu Yi, who calmly drank wine while recovering.
• Zhang Wenfeng urged Xu Yi to kill the remaining demons, but Xu Yi said he could make them back down and did not need the merit.
• Zhang Wenfeng launched a river-powered sword attack at Wumeng Old Demon and Sword Frenzy Fiend.
• Wumeng Old Demon deflected Zhang Wenfeng's sword rain with bamboo chopsticks, and Sword Frenzy Fiend summoned a Golden Small Sword and sent it toward Zhang Wenfeng.

Xu Yi fought Wumeng Old Demon and Sword Frenzy Fiend while Zhang Wenfeng kept Zhang Bao'er out of the battle. He unleashed the Thunder Cage Net, destroyed Sword Frenzy Fiend’s sword pellet, and refined both fiends into smoke, leaving the Sishui Army stunned.

• Sword Frenzy Fiend tested Zhang Wenfeng with his golden sword, then joined Wumeng Old Demon in attacking Xu Yi.
• Zhang Wenfeng stopped Zhang Bao'er from charging into the fight while Xu Yi held off the fiends with his fire defense.
• Sword Frenzy Fiend revealed his giant sword pellet, prompting Desolate Charm to warn Xu Yi that the battle had to end.
• Xu Yi manifested the Crimson Flame Thunder Monkey and unleashed a vast Thunder Cage Net around both fiends.
• The Thunder Cage Net refined Sword Frenzy Fiend’s giant sword and then destroyed Wumeng Old Demon and Sword Frenzy Fiend.
• The Sishui Army watched in shock as Xu Yi swept aside all three of the strongest fiends of Black Wind Ridge.

After Zhang Bao'er took a hidden Void Sword attack meant for Xu Yi, he tried to protect her and pursue the attacker, but the enemy’s layered scheme overwhelmed his defenses. The chapter ends with the Six Rivers Army’s formation destroyed and Zhang Wenfeng and Zhang Bao'er captured by black mist.

• Xu Yi defeated the two fiends and reunited with Zhang Wenfeng and Zhang Bao'er.
• Zhang Bao'er took a nearly imperceptible Void Sword strike meant for Xu Yi, and her condition rapidly worsened despite his attempts to treat her.
• Huangmei identified the attack as the Void Sword and warned Xu Yi that the enemy’s intentions might be aimed at him.
• Xu Yi pursued a disturbance to the west while using Forbidden Fire Cages to protect Zhang Wenfeng and Zhang Bao'er.
• An ugly woman in purple attacked Xu Yi, forcing him to spread his cages until the enemy destroyed the protections around the Zhang father and daughter.
• Xu Yi rushed east after hearing explosions and found the Six Rivers Army’s formation reduced to a wasteland, while black mist held Zhang Wenfeng and Zhang Bao'er captive.

Xu Yi offered the Four-Colored Seal to the figure in the black fog to save Zhang Wenfeng and Zhang Bao'er, but the captors trapped him with the Five Directions Control Bells. As familiar voices congratulated the Divine Lord, Xu Yi realized the identity behind the mist was about to be revealed.

• The figure in the black fog demanded Xu Yi’s Four-Colored Seal and had the ugly woman torture Zhang Wenfeng and Zhang Bao'er to pressure him.
• Xu Yi agreed to surrender the Four-Colored Seal because Zhang Bao'er had once taken a sword for him, and he demanded that the captors release the Zhangs and remove the Void Sword from Zhang Bao'er.
• The ugly woman threw Zhang Wenfeng toward Xu Yi, then a flash from Zhang Wenfeng’s left hand activated the Five Directions Control Bells.
• The bells sealed Xu Yi’s true essence and Immortal Spirit Power, then bound him with chains.
• Several familiar voices emerged from the black fog and congratulated the Divine Lord as Xu Yi prepared to learn who was behind it.

Xu Yi realized that Dian Junming and Pan Wen had orchestrated the campaign against Black Wind Ridge to trap him, using Zhang Wenfeng and Zhang Bao'er as unwittingly convincing bait before taking over their bodies. With the scheme exposed and his enemies gathered around him, Huang Mei accepted that they would face the coming death calamity together.

• Xu Yi recognized Dian Junming, Pan Wen, and their allies as the masterminds behind the trap at Black Wind Ridge.
• Corpse aura left Zhang Wenfeng and Zhang Bao'er and entered Dian Junming and the ugly woman, revealing that they had been taken over through the Gold Corpse Soul Seizing Great Law.
• The ugly woman and Dian Junming asked Pan Wen to explain how he had lured Xu Yi into the trap through affection and loyalty.
• Pan Wen explained that he had used the genuine relationship between Yin General Pan and Zhang Wenfeng, adapting his plan when Zhang Bao'er failed to seduce Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi understood how Zhang Wenfeng's intervention and Zhang Bao'er's apparent sacrifice had broken through his defenses and made the scheme inescapable.
• Huang Mei stopped blaming Xu Yi and agreed to face the death calamity with him.

Xu Yi broke free of Dian Junming’s chains, killed Pan Wen and several other pursuers, and escaped with Zhang Wenfeng and Zhang Bao'er. On a deserted island, he released Zhang Bao'er from the Void Sword and reunited with the recovering father and daughter, who thanked him.

• Dian Junming whipped Xu Yi and demanded the Four-Colored Seal, its secret method, and Xu Yi’s service in exchange for his life.
• Xu Yi called for the treasure to turn around, shattered the bronze bells, and trapped Dian Junming and the others in a Thunder Cage Net.
• Dian Junming escaped Xu Yi’s Forbidden Fire Cage, while the Thunder Cage Net killed Pan Wen and the other three fighters who pursued Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi took Zhang Wenfeng and Zhang Bao'er more than ten thousand li away to a deserted island and learned the secret method for unlocking the Void Sword from Huang Mei.
• Xu Yi released Zhang Bao'er from the Void Sword, and the recovered Zhang father and daughter bowed to thank him.

Xu Yi parted ways with Zhang Wenfeng and Zhang Bao'er after giving Zhang Wenfeng his Incense Bead, then quietly protected them on their journey toward Penglai Immortal Island. After learning about a thunder cultivation site at Duiliu Mountain, Xu Yi asked Huang Mei to map it, but Huang Mei pressed him to explain his secret technique instead.

• Xu Yi returned Zhang Wenfeng's Incense Bead, and Zhang Wenfeng decided to take Zhang Bao'er home.
• Zhang Bao'er told Xu Yi about a cave at Duiliu Mountain where lightning appeared and cultivators practiced thunder techniques, then invited him to visit Penglai Immortal Mountain.
• Zhang Wenfeng and Zhang Bao'er traveled safely to Luoxiang Pass, where Zhang Bao'er revealed through a smoke message that Xu Yi had secretly protected them.
• Xu Yi asked Huang Mei to map Duiliu Mountain, but Huang Mei demanded to know how Xu Yi's secret technique had dismantled the Five Directions Control Bells.

Xu Yi reached Duiliu Mountain to investigate the Thunder Cave and encountered cultivators guarding its entrance. After one of them pursued him, Xu Yi trapped the green-robed youth in a Forbidden Fire Cage and prepared to question him about the cave.

• Huang Mei argued with Xu Yi about his loyalty, then secretly worried that Xu Yi would outgrow him and returned to the Starry Sky Ring with a map to Duiliu Mountain.
• Xu Yi followed Huang Mei's map and Zhang Bao'er's directions to find a cave near the Bailing River that resonated with Thunder True Intent.
• Several cultivators confronted Xu Yi and claimed they had arrived first, so Xu Yi agreed to leave the cave alone.
• The green-robed youth pursued Xu Yi, who lured him into a mountain hollow and trapped him in a Forbidden Fire Cage.
• Xu Yi lowered one layer of the cage and demanded that the youth answer his questions about the Thunder Cave.

Xu Yi entered Thunder Cave and discovered that its lightning came from a centuries-old Thunder True Intent, which he endured to strengthen his own understanding. Outside, Gong Xiaoxin and more than fifty people gathered, preparing to deal with Xu Yi as the lightning surged again.

• The green-robed youth told Xu Yi that Thunder Cave’s lightning appeared during increasingly severe storms and that cultivators had died when they stayed inside during it.
• Xu Yi returned to Thunder Cave, drove off the onlookers with a white flame bead, and searched the chamber without finding any formations or Talisman Patterns.
• A white bolt of lightning struck Xu Yi, and he used the Crimson Flame Thunder Monkey to withstand its thunder while opening his mind to the Thunder True Intent.
• Xu Yi realized that a powerful cultivator had left the Thunder True Intent in the cave and that it had weakened over the centuries.
• More than fifty people gathered outside Thunder Cave under Gong Xiaoxin, the sect master of Yanfa Sect, as they discussed what to do about Xu Yi.

Xu Yi mastered the Righteous Intent of Samadhi Primordial Thunder by letting the Crimson Flame Thunder Monkey absorb the Thunder True Intent. After emerging from Thunder Cave, he killed the cultivators who turned against him, gathered their resources, and vowed to honor the senior who had granted him the opportunity.

• Wu Gang urged Gong Xiaoxin and the others to keep channeling thunder into Thunder Cave, hoping to kill Xu Yi before he became a threat.
• On Old Desolate’s advice, Xu Yi yielded control to the Crimson Flame Thunder Monkey, which welcomed the Thunder True Intent and comprehended it.
• The lightning in Thunder Cave vanished, and Xu Yi emerged in his human form as the cultivators backed away.
• Wu Gang begged Gong Xiaoxin to help him attack Xu Yi, but Xu Yi unleashed a thunderstorm that overwhelmed and killed the cultivators.
• Xu Yi gathered the scattered resources, then bowed three times before the cave and vowed not to disgrace the senior who had bestowed the opportunity.

Xu Yi used the Righteous Intent of Samadhi Primordial Thunder and borrowed Old Desolate’s corpse aura to disguise himself before entering the Huaiyou City God Temple. He began a covert search for Dian Junming, determined to kill him despite Old Desolate’s warnings, and uncovered a portrait concealing a cavern.

• Xu Yi decided Dian Junming had to die because leaving the scheme unanswered would leave a knot in his heart, despite Old Desolate warning him about the Jiangbei Earth God Palace.
• Old Desolate lent Xu Yi corpse aura, allowing him to disguise himself as a middle-aged man in a blue robe.
• Guided by Old Desolate, Xu Yi reached Qiuyue City and entered the Huaiyou City God Temple, where Dian Junming’s statue stood in the main hall.
• Xu Yi immobilized the two cultivators guarding a room with the Ding Yuan Technique.
• At Old Desolate’s instruction, Xu Yi uncovered the portrait of Jade Purity True Person riding an ox and found a cavern behind it.

Xu Yi entered the Netherworld Forbidden Area and disguised himself as a servant to reach Dian Junming. As Xu Yi approached Dian Junming’s meeting with Lord Huaishi, Dian Junming described his alarming encounter with Xu Yi and explained how narrowly he had escaped.

• Huang Mei explained that the secluded cultivation ground was the Netherworld Forbidden Area and warned Xu Yi to find a place to settle before his borrowed identity drew attention.
• Xu Yi immobilized a servant carrying a tray, took his clothes, and hid him among the lotus leaves instead of killing him.
• Xu Yi carried the tray through the courtyards while Huang Mei guided him, and he discovered Dian Junming in a room with a purple-clothed middle-aged man.
• Dian Junming offered Lord Huaishi five Incense Beads to secure his help, and Lord Huaishi accepted them before asking what had happened.
• Dian Junming recounted his encounter with Xu Yi and said he had survived only by using the incense spirits stored in his token, leaving Lord Huaishi stunned.

Dian Junming paid Lord Huaishi to secure a Sea Catch Order against Xu Yi, but Xu Yi struck during their meeting, killed Dian Junming, and wounded Lord Huaishi. Lord Huaishi fled as the battle roused the entire City God's Mansion.

• Dian Junming persuaded Lord Huaishi to ask Divine Lord Cao for a Sea Catch Order, offering three Incense Beads, and Divine Lord Cao approved the request.
• Lord Huaishi dismissed the danger Xu Yi posed, while Dian Junming warned him not to cross paths with Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi disguised as a servant revealed himself and killed Dian Junming with thunder, then took his resources as Huang Mei devoured the corpse energy.
• Xu Yi attacked Lord Huaishi, whose command talisman shielded him from the first strike, and then shattered his counterattack with the Thunder Pearl.
• Lord Huaishi fled in terror as the clash awakened the entire City God's Mansion.

Xu Yi overwhelmed Lord Huaishi with his Spirit-Endowed Thunder Technique, killing the reinforcements and driving Huaishi toward a secret exit. After Xu Yi exploited Huaishi’s hope of negotiation, Huaishi’s command token failed and Xu Yi refined him into smoke.

• Lord Huaishi called the cultivators at the City God's Mansion to help him defeat Xu Yi and offered the victor the City God's position.
• Xu Yi’s thunder killed seventeen Harmonization cultivators in less than three breaths, terrifying the survivors.
• Lord Huaishi fled southwest toward a secret exit while Xu Yi’s thunder exhausted the protection of his command token.
• Xu Yi struck the exit with thunder, blocked Lord Huaishi’s escape, and forced him to burn his corpse and defend himself.
• Xu Yi pretended to consider Huaishi’s offer, then attacked when Huaishi lowered his guard and discovered his command token had run out of incense spirit essence.
• Xu Yi trapped Lord Huaishi in a thunder cage and refined him into smoke, while Huang Mei consumed his corpse qi.

Xu Yi escaped the Huaiyou City God's Mansion after killing Lord Huaishi, but a terrestrial immortal intercepted him and attacked. Xu Yi survived the strikes with the help of the Cloud Crane Pure Qi and a mysterious treasure, then called on Brother Yin to reveal himself.

• Xu Yi killed Lord Huaishi, seized the resources, and escaped the Netherworld Forbidden Area.
• Xu Yi transformed into the Crimson Flame Thunder Monkey and fled, but a ghastly white pillar struck him from the sky.
• Xu Yi endured the attack with the aid of the Cloud Crane Pure Qi and spirit liquid, then faced a white-haired young man he recognized as a terrestrial immortal.
• The white-haired young man questioned Xu Yi about how he had resisted star power, while Huang Mei warned him that the immortal was probing for weaknesses.
• Xu Yi challenged the white-haired young man to strike again, then used a mysterious treasure to shatter the attack.
• Xu Yi taunted the white-haired young man and called on Brother Yin to explain the technique.

Xu Yi used the Yin Official Seal to force Silver Venerable, whose real name was Wang Buyi, to negotiate instead of reclaiming it by force. After securing his cooperation, Xu Yi asked Wang Buyi for his experience and a small favor, and Wang Buyi began to explain.

• The white-haired youth fled when Silver Venerable approached, leaving Xu Yi and Silver Venerable to face each other.
• Xu Yi threatened to destroy the Yin Official Seal, making Silver Venerable stop and negotiate.
• Xu Yi called Silver Venerable Old Wang after learning his name was Wang Buyi, then persuaded him to move somewhere secluded.
• Xu Yi set out tea in a mountain forest and told Wang Buyi he wanted his experience and a small favor rather than treasure or help with his identity.
• Wang Buyi relaxed, accepted Xu Yi's request, and began to explain.

Wang Buyi explained the stages of immortal cultivation to Xu Yi, from lighting a main star to becoming a Ghost Immortal. Xu Yi then asked Wang Buyi to protect him while he broke through to the Dao Integration Stage, and Wang Buyi agreed, unaware of what the task would entail.

• Wang Buyi explained how cultivators used Incense Beads and spirit beads to light a main star and described the differences between Immortal Spirit Power and the power of the stars.
• Wang Buyi told Xu Yi that Dao Integration cultivators could resonate with stars but only immortals could use star power, and warned him that Chao Kun of the Jiangbei Earth God Palace had lit two main stars.
• Wang Buyi described the Yin-Yang Tribulation and shared what he knew about the Ghost Immortal Realm.
• Xu Yi thanked Wang Buyi for his guidance but reminded him that he had also promised to help with a small favor.
• Xu Yi asked Wang Buyi to guard him while he broke through to the Dao Integration Stage, and Wang Buyi agreed.
• After only a few dozen breaths, Wang Buyi found that the breakthrough was far more difficult than he had expected.