Chapter Summaries

Niu Ganghuo won an invitation to meet Ice Cloud Fairy after claiming Xu Yi’s poem as his own, while Xu Yi was separately summoned. Ice Cloud Fairy learned that Xu Yi wrote the poem and asked where he had first composed it.

• Niu Ganghuo denied Dragon Grandson’s claim that he had heard the poem before, and Ice Cloud Fairy’s attendant invited Niu Ganghuo inside.
• Xie Xuanting accused Niu Ganghuo of stealing the poem from Xu Yi, but the attendant ignored him and let Niu Ganghuo decide whom to bring.
• Niu Ganghuo brought Xu Yi along, but the attendant stopped Xu Yi outside while leading Niu Ganghuo into the courtyard.
• Another veiled beauty summoned Xu Yi to a reception room, where Ice Cloud Fairy asked whether he had written the poem.
• Xu Yi admitted that he wrote the poem, and Ice Cloud Fairy asked where he had first composed it.

Xu Yi discovered that Ice Cloud Fairy was Xue Zihan, whom he had thought lost for years, and they reunited after recounting their past and the many times he had saved her. Xue Zihan confronted him over his evasiveness and began to undress while he remained bound, insisting that he had changed.

• Ice Cloud Fairy questioned Xu Yi about the poem and the people who had been with him, and Xu Yi named Qiu Wa and Xue Zihan.
• Ice Cloud Fairy used a spirit artifact silk strip to bind Xu Yi and pull him onto the bed.
• Ice Cloud Fairy removed her veil, and Xu Yi recognized her as Xue Zihan.
• Xue Zihan recalled how Xu Yi had saved her, how she had died protecting him, and how she had been revived before they were separated again.
• Xu Yi asked Xue Zihan to untie him, but she challenged his changing words and began to remove her silk robe.
• Xu Yi insisted that he had changed and tried to explain himself while still bound.

Xu Yi reunited with Xue Zihan and spent the night with her, but she departed before he woke, leaving him a cryptic note. Niu Ganghuo confronted Xu Yi after finding Xue Zihan’s jade pendant on him and demanded to know what had happened.

• Xu Yi and Xue Zihan reunited and spent the night together while Niu Ganghuo waited outside and Dragon Grandson, Xie Xuanting, and the others complained in the front hall.
• Xu Yi woke beside Xue Zihan, but later found her gone with a note saying they would meet again when fate brought them together among the immortals.
• Xu Yi wondered whether her departure and cryptic message were connected to the mysterious figure called “Minions,” then calmed himself and left the hall.
• Niu Ganghuo confronted Xu Yi, explaining that he had waited two hours before learning Ice Cloud Fairy had left on urgent business.
• Niu Ganghuo spotted and took the jade pendant engraved “Bing Yun” from Xu Yi, then demanded an explanation.

Xu Yi tricked Niu Ganghuo into believing the bracelet was part of a plan to provoke Dragon Grandson and Xie Xuanting, and Niu Ganghuo displayed it as proof that Ice Cloud Fairy favored him. Ice Cloud Fairy denied giving it to him and asked Dragon Grandson to recover it, leaving Niu Ganghuo stunned as Master Mo tried to flee with him.

• Xu Yi pretended to break with Niu Ganghuo, then persuaded him that the bracelet was meant to provoke Dragon Grandson and Xie Xuanting.
• Niu Ganghuo accepted Xu Yi's explanation and brought him to the main hall, where the others had waited for two hours.
• Niu Ganghuo showed off the bracelet, prompting Xie Xuanting to spit blood and Dragon Grandson to accuse him of bewitching Ice Cloud Fairy.
• Dragon Grandson contacted Ice Cloud Fairy, who denied giving Niu Ganghuo the bracelet and asked Brother Long to help retrieve it.
• Master Mo grabbed the stunned Niu Ganghuo and tried to escape as the crowd erupted.

Xu Yi rescued Niu Ganghuo and Master Mo from their pursuers, then revealed he had deliberately flown them back toward Immortal King City. When they attacked him, Xu Yi used the Way of Harmony with his Maxim gun to kill Master Mo and overwhelm Niu Ganghuo.

• Xie Xuanting and Dragon Grandson attacked Niu Ganghuo over Ice Cloud Fairy’s bracelet, but Xu Yi used the Star Shuttle to pull Niu Ganghuo and Master Mo to safety.
• The pursuers chased the Star Shuttle toward Immortal King City, hoping to kill Niu Ganghuo and claim the bracelet for themselves.
• Xu Yi explained that Dragon Grandson had framed Niu Ganghuo, while Master Mo urged Niu Ganghuo to work with Xu Yi for the moment.
• Xu Yi revealed that he had deliberately slowed the Star Shuttle and brought them back toward Immortal King City, prompting Niu Ganghuo and Master Mo to attack him.
• Xu Yi used the Way of Harmony to guide Thunder Beads through flaws in their attacks, killing Master Mo and disrupting Niu Ganghuo’s Profound Evil.

Xu Yi crippled Niu Ganghuo and used the ensuing manhunt to drive him toward death, having planned to avoid blame for the killing. After Niu Ganghuo exhausted his strength and hid in a cavern, Xu Yi appeared, and Niu demanded to know what the bead string really was.

• Xu Yi shattered Niu Ganghuo’s arm, took the emerald bead string, and destroyed the Star Shuttle with Thunder Bullets.
• Xu Yi let Niu Ganghuo flee into a pursuing crowd, revealing that he had stirred up hostility and trapped him in the hunt to conceal his own role.
• Niu Ganghuo fought through seventeen blockades over an hour, exhausting his magic power, supplies, and defensive wards before hiding in an underground cavern.
• When the pursuit paused, Niu Ganghuo hoped he might survive, but Xu Yi descended into the cavern.
• Niu Ganghuo sprang up and demanded that Xu Yi explain what the bead string was.

Xu Yi revealed to Niu Ganghuo that he had repeatedly betrayed his hiding places to torment him, then left him to face Xie Xuanting. As Niu Ganghuo died, Xu Yi fought Xie and tried to make the gathered pursuers believe Xie had killed him in secret.

• Niu Ganghuo realized Xu Yi had lied about Ice Cloud Fairy’s prayer beads to buy time, and asked why she had given them to Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi admitted that he had exposed Niu Ganghuo’s hiding places seventeen times and explained that he wanted revenge for the two women Niu had killed.
• Xu Yi left the cavern as Xie Xuanting arrived and demanded Ice Cloud Fairy’s beads, but Niu Ganghuo began to dissolve before Xie could kill him.
• Xu Yi emerged and attacked Xie Xuanting with Thunder Bullets, but Xie trapped the shots with golden energy and knocked Xu Yi away.
• As pursuers gathered, Xu Yi accused Xie of secretly killing Niu Ganghuo and attacked him again, only to be knocked flying once more.

After escaping his clash with Xie Xuanting, Xu Yi rested and considered how he could find a weapon spirit to repay his debts. He used his perception to locate a Dragon-shaped Rusted Saber and seized it from three cultivators.

• The Dragon Grandson demanded that Xie Xuanting surrender Ice Cloud Fairy's bracelet, and the two fought while Xu Yi fled.
• Xu Yi traveled five thousand li, rested, and ate rice and fish soup before reflecting on the scarcity of weapon spirits and his debts.
• Huang Mei recalled that Mo's memories said Immortal King City was not much of an opportunity, but did not explain why.
• Xu Yi sent out his perception, found three cultivators fighting over a Dragon-shaped Rusted Saber, and drove them off to claim it.

Xu Yi collected seven divine weapons from staged-looking fights in Immortal King City, but the Four-Colored Seal revealed that only one contained a mysterious nodule. Huang Mei pointed out that the repeated disputes over who found each weapon seemed deliberate, leaving Xu Yi wondering whether the weapons were part of a trap.

• Xu Yi spent five days roaming Immortal King City, breaking up four fights and taking the divine weapons from the combatants.
• Xu Yi put all seven weapons into the Four-Colored Seal Space and found that six were broken down while one yielded a Turbid Round Nodule.
• Huang Mei suggested the nodule might not be a weapon spirit and said the spirits in the other weapons could have disappeared over time.
• After bargaining with Huang Mei for information, Xu Yi recalled that every fight had started when groups claimed to have found the same treasure first.
• Huang Mei proposed that someone might have planted the weapons to provoke conflict, and Xu Yi questioned whether the weapon spirits were part of a trap.

Xu Yi captured a yellow-robed man named Chu after using his perception to track him across thousands of miles, then arranged to question him about his work in Immortal King City. He left Chu unsettled by revealing that he knew Chu was creating opportunities for other cultivators.

• Huang Mei concluded that the supposed divine weapons were fakes, and Xu Yi decided to keep following the trail toward the real target.
• Xu Yi expanded his perception to three thousand miles, then flew five thousand miles and captured a yellow-robed middle-aged man in a Forbidden Fire Cage.
• Huang Mei urged Xu Yi to let him devour the captive, but Xu Yi insisted that they keep the man alive to preserve every clue.
• The Chiwu Worm drained some of the captive's clear qi before Xu Yi woke him and reassured him that his Starry Sky Ring remained untouched.
• Xu Yi told Chu that he knew Chu had come to Immortal King City to create opportunities for other cultivators, leaving Chu shocked.

Xu Yi posed as a physiognomist and convinced Chu Yuan that he was a Chosen of Destiny by revealing intimate details of his past. After explaining that opportunities could choose more than one person, Xu Yi earned Chu Yuan’s trust and left him willing to answer questions and ask for help.

• The yellow-robed man suspected Xu Yi was a master of physiognomy, and Xu Yi introduced himself as Lai Buyi, the Straw-robed Divine Phase.
• Xu Yi offered to let the man leave, but he stayed and asked for proof that he was the Chosen of Destiny.
• Xu Yi revealed the man was Chu Yuan and recounted his family history, apprenticeship under Boundless Elder, and revenge against Huang Chun’s family.
• Xu Yi explained that Chosen of Destiny were cultivators who encountered opportunities, not people destined to become immortals.
• Chu Yuan set aside his doubts, promised to hide nothing from Xu Yi, and asked him to help secure the opportunity.

Xu Yi questioned Chu Yuan about the Daoist Affinity Squad and persuaded him that Immortal King City's opening could bring him a promotion. Chu Yuan summoned Squad Leader Li Daoyuan, who dismissed his urgent request, and Chu Yuan sent him the coordinates anyway.

• Xu Yi questioned Chu Yuan about his organization, and Chu Yuan revealed that the Daoist Affinity Squad released divine weapons to keep Immortal King City popular.
• Chu Yuan explained that he had stagnated under Dao Yuan, who favored others and took credit for his accomplishments.
• Xu Yi promised Chu Yuan a chance to become deputy squad leader and said Li Daoyuan was the ladder to greater opportunities.
• Chu Yuan agreed to work with Xu Yi and contacted Squad Leader Li Daoyuan through a Ruyi Pearl.
• Li Daoyuan told Chu Yuan to handle the situation himself, but Chu Yuan sent him the coordinates and ended the call.

Xu Yi impersonated Li Daoyuan to infiltrate Chu Yuan’s organization and search for weapon spirits. After killing Immortal Master Lai, Xu Yi kept Chu Yuan alive and led him toward the organization’s base.

• Chu Yuan tried to draw Li Daoyuan into the fold with a cryptic phrase, but Li Daoyuan attacked him.
• Xu Yi emerged and shielded Chu Yuan, leaving him unconscious while Li Daoyuan killed Immortal Master Lai.
• Chu Yuan woke and attacked Li Daoyuan over Lai’s death, but Li Daoyuan’s reasoning made him doubt Lai’s claims.
• Li Daoyuan ordered Chu Yuan to return to base, and Chu Yuan followed in fear and confusion.
• Xu Yi, disguised as Li Daoyuan, consulted Old Desolate and continued escorting Chu Yuan toward the organization to gather information and find weapon spirits.

Xu Yi impersonated Li Daoyuan and entered Xingtian’s hidden base in Immortal King City, where he learned the organization was cooperating with the Council to refine ancient divine weapons. He left off having traded barbs with rival squad leader Guo Chun while maintaining his disguise.

• Xu Yi studied Li Daoyuan’s mannerisms, refined Li Daoyuan’s signal talisman, and used Chu Yuan to lead him toward the base.
• Xu Yi wore a jade-green bracelet to pass safely through a beast-infested forest and reached a grassland where Xingtian’s squads had gathered.
• Xu Yi recognized Squad Leader Chao Qian, Ghost Master Dong Mingzi, and the leaders of the other squads using information Huang Mei had provided.
• Xu Yi learned Xingtian had plundered most of Immortal King City’s divine weapons and had partnered with the Council to refine more using the Star-Turning Copper Furnaces.
• Guo Chun mocked Xu Yi for arriving late, and Xu Yi answered sharply in keeping with Li Daoyuan’s hot-tempered personality.

Xu Yi recognized that Dong Mingzi was using Cloud Crane Pure Qi to refine a divine weapon and watched closely, wondering whether he could do the same. Wang Bodang then appeared with a request for extra weapons, and as Chao Qian reached for his Ruyi Pearl, Wang Bodang attacked Dong Mingzi.

• Chao Qian ordered the cultivators to guard the formation and help Dong Mingzi refine a weapon as night fell.
• Dong Mingzi used a jade-green compass to gather qi and transform the central boulder into an archaic copper furnace.
• Xu Yi recognized Dong Mingzi's qi as Cloud Crane Pure Qi and focused on memorizing his technique.
• Wang Bodang emerged from the woods and told Chao Qian he had come on the council's orders to request additional divine weapons.
• Chao Qian refused Wang Bodang's request, then reached for his Ruyi Pearl as he grew suspicious.
• Wang Bodang swept out his hand and sent golden light surging down over Dong Mingzi.

Wang Bodang’s forces ambushed Chao Qian’s Xing Tian squad, turning the battlefield into a chaotic battle. Xu Yi seized Dong Mingzi’s clear Qi amid the confusion, then used the fighting to break away from his squad and pursue his own goal.

• Wang Bodang bound Dong Mingzi with the Eastern Emperor Sky Silk Net, but Chao Qian killed him with a redirected attack; Xu Yi secretly stole Dong Mingzi’s clear Qi into his Starry Sky Ring.
• Wang Bodang revealed that the council had learned to reproduce Seclusion Bracelets and led a larger force out of the Dark Forest to surround Chao Qian’s squad.
• Chao Qian tried to flee, but Wang Bodang and four other Fourth Realm experts trapped him and forced him back into battle.
• As the council’s larger force gained the advantage, Chao Qian’s squad leaders led their troops in separate breakout attempts.
• Xu Yi led the Daoist Affinity Squad through several successful ambushes, won his subordinates’ growing trust, and then ordered them to break through separately so he could act alone and get something from Chao Qian.

Xu Yi rescued the exhausted Chao Qian from Wang Bodang and four allies, then faced their pursuit himself. The five attackers surrounded Xu Yi, but his twelve Ghost Masked Puppets formed a powerful defensive array that left them searching for a way to break it.

• Xu Yi flew to Chao Qian’s battle and saw him use a spirit artifact to hold off Wang Bodang and four others.
• Chao Qian exhausted his life force, fainted, and was seized by Xu Yi as the final froststorm faded.
• Wang Bodang and the others pursued Xu Yi, who transformed into Li Daoyuan and released twelve Ghost Mother Puppets.
• Wang Bodang demanded Chao Qian’s things, but Xu Yi refused and attacked.
• The five joined forces against Xu Yi, but the Ghost Masked Puppets formed a defensive array that absorbed their attacks.
• Wang Bodang and the others realized that destroying one puppet could collapse the array.

Xu Yi detonated the black card’s immense thunder power after Wang Bodang brought the Council’s army to surround him. He used the resulting chaos to destroy the five Fourth Realm experts with the Maxim, leaving the Council forces and his twelve Ghost Masked Puppets annihilated.

• Wang Bodang and the other four struggled to break through Xu Yi’s defenses, then summoned more than two hundred Council troops to encircle him.
• Xu Yi used a water attack as a smokescreen and detonated the black card, destroying the twelve Ghost Masked Puppets and unleashing a vast thunderstorm.
• The thunderstorm killed most of the Council troops and swept up Wang Bodang and the other four Fourth Realm experts.
• Xu Yi fired the Maxim heavy machine gun with the Way of Harmony, killing Wang Bodang and the other four as the thunderstorm overwhelmed their defenses.

Xu Yi killed Wang Bodang and the others with the Maxim heavy machine gun, while Huang Mei swallowed the scattered clear Qi and fell into a deep sleep. After Huang Mei woke and briefly transformed into human form, he explained why the Council had turned against the Xing Tian Sect over the Spirit Weapons in Immortal King City.

• Xu Yi used the Maxim heavy machine gun to destroy Wang Bodang and the others, and Huang Mei swallowed the clear Qi released by the fallen experts before fainting.
• Xu Yi gathered the spoils, including nearly a thousand rusty divine weapons and a genuine weapon spirit from Chao Qian, then waited in hiding for Huang Mei to wake.
• On the ninth day, Huang Mei emerged from the Starry Sky Ring and endured a Calamity Cloud tribulation with Xu Yi's help.
• Huang Mei briefly transformed into a youth in a green robe, then reverted to his original form and said the mutation had improved his abilities.
• Huang Mei told Xu Yi that the Council attacked to seize Spirit Weapons from the Xing Tian Sect and preserve Immortal King City's reputation as a place of opportunity.

Xu Yi learned Dong Mingzi’s weapon-refining methods and used them to try extracting weapon spirits with the Star-Turning Copper Furnace. He also inherited Chao Qian’s token under the identity Li Daoyuan, then ended the chapter struggling with repeated failures and the loss of ten weapons.

• Huang Mei transmitted the weapon-refining knowledge he had absorbed from Dong Mingzi, and Xu Yi realized it connected to the Weapon-Refining Chapter of the Minor Cloud Crane Art.
• Huang Mei urged Xu Yi to refine Chao Qian’s white jade token, and Xu Yi used the Four-Colored Seal to take control of it and adopt Li Daoyuan’s identity.
• Xu Yi returned to the green clearing and studied Dong Mingzi’s techniques while waiting for dusk to activate the Star-Turning Copper Furnace.
• Xu Yi used Cloud Crane Pure Qi to turn the central glowing stone into the furnace and began refining divine weapons.
• Xu Yi attempted to refine thirteen weapons, failed ten times, and watched each ruined weapon dissolve into black smoke.