Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi used Turbid Round Nodules to refine his Spirit Weapons into 1,013 Weapon Spirits, then failed to remove the Star-Turning Copper Furnace and hurried out of Immortal King City. Outside, he accepted Tang Ming’s invitation to the Large Resource Trading Fair.

• Xu Yi discovered that the Four-Colored Seal Space made Turbid Round Nodules easy to refine and produced 1,013 Weapon Spirits, including a second Azure Weapon Spirit from Chao Qian’s green sword.
• Xu Yi tried to take the Star-Turning Copper Furnace but could neither break the rock around it nor move it, and Desolate Charm mocked his greed.
• Xu Yi teased Desolate Charm about having no hair on his lip, embarrassing him because he hated looking like a boy.
• Xu Yi reached the open passage out of Immortal King City with just over two hours before it closed and hurried outside.
• Tang Ming, a Reception Officer at the Council Trading Center, invited Xu Yi to the Large Resource Trading Fair, and Xu Yi agreed to attend.

Xu Yi entered the trading convention after deceiving the cloaked captain into appointing him leader of Daoyuan's company and granting him valuable resources. He browsed the market and bought books before a newly listed black card drew the crowd's attention.

• Xu Yi read the trading booklet, then used Chao Qian's message talisman to tell the cloaked captain a fabricated story about Chao Qian's death.
• The cloaked captain appointed Xu Yi to lead Daoyuan's company, ordered him to lie low, and directed him to collect resources from Base Station Number Three.
• Xu Yi learned that the resources included tens of thousands of Incense Beads and a blue Star Spirit Essence, then rewarded Huang Mei with ten Incense Beads.
• Xu Yi entered the trading convention, browsed the listings, and bought books on mathematics and weapon refining.
• The crowd gathered around a stall after someone announced that another black card had been listed.

Xu Yi bought five Lightning Attribute Black Cards from a masked cultivator and gained access to a higher-tier trading center. He arrived in the quieter hall and looked over its orderly transactions.

• Xu Yi watched the horse-faced mask defend the high prices of his Black Cards and claim they could no longer be made.
• Xu Yi agreed to pay extra for all five Lightning Attribute Black Cards, completing the purchase through the crystal-screen device.
• Xu Yi redeemed his Crystal Token for the five Black Cards and received a Golden Token offering entry to a higher-tier trading center.
• Xu Yi used the Golden Token to enter another hall, where a little over a hundred people traded without reacting to his arrival.

Xu Yi attended a cultivators’ trade hall, where he passed on a worn Spirit Weapon and other wares before discovering the Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword. Captivated by the sword’s thunder affinity and rare materials, he resolved to buy it and shouted for the cloaked seller to name a price.

• A Long-browed Youth auctioned a repaired Green Sword, which sold for four thousand five hundred Incense Beads despite an old man’s objections.
• Xu Yi and Huang Mei discussed the sword’s rarity, and Xu Yi decided it was not worth buying.
• Xu Yi surveyed the hall, saw a Great Rejuvenation Golden Pill sell for more than twice its starting price, and considered leaving.
• A cloaked man presented the Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword, demonstrating how it split into countless blades filled with Thunder Spirit Power.
• The cloaked man identified the sword as his master Wuchenzi’s three-hundred-year creation, forged from more than a thousand Nine-Sectioned Purple Firmament Thunderstruck Bamboos.
• Huang Mei urged Xu Yi to buy the sword and use it to refine a weapon spirit, and Xu Yi demanded that the seller name his price.

Mr. Sun revealed that the Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword was unfinished, but its spirit could rearrange the blade to hide the flaw. Xu Yi entered the bidding with an Azure Weapon Spirit, and the hall erupted with offers as he sought five blue Star Spirit Essences.

• Mr. Sun exposed the sword's missing Purple Firmament Lightning Strike Bamboo, and the cloaked man admitted that Wuchenzi had died before completing the refinement.
• The cloaked man demonstrated that the sword's spirit could rearrange its pieces to conceal the gap, then began bidding at ten thousand Incense Beads.
• Mr. Sun offered to publicize the auction and waived twenty percent of the day's transaction tax to calm the crowd.
• After the price rose to fifteen thousand Incense Beads, Xu Yi, unable to afford it with Incense Beads alone, offered an Azure Weapon Spirit to secure the sword.
• Bidders flooded the hall with offers, and Xu Yi singled out a Yellow-faced Old Man to ask whether he would trade five blue Star Spirit Essences.

Xu Yi traded the Azure Weapon Spirit for five blue Star Spirit Essences and exchanged three more for the Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword and its Refinement Method. After fleeing to a refining room, he examined the sword and tried to fill its missing piece with the Immortal Slaying Sword, but the attempt failed.

• Xu Yi struck a deal with the cloaked guest for the Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword, its Refinement Method, and three blue Star Spirit Essences, then exchanged the Azure Weapon Spirit with the Yellow-faced Old Man for five blue Star Spirit Essences.
• Xu Yi ignored the crowd’s higher offers, paid the trading taxes, and escaped through the illusory doorway to hide in a city refining room.
• A hazy shadow killed the Yellow-faced Old Man, seized the scattered resources, and vanished, sending the trading center into chaos.
• Mr. Sun realized the murder threatened the trading center’s security and admired Xu Yi for leaving before the attack.
• Xu Yi studied the Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword and tried to use the Immortal Slaying Sword to replace its missing Purple Firmament Lightning Strike Bamboo, but the attempt did not work.

Xu Yi studied the Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword manual, prepared his weapons, and tried to leave without drawing attention. Lu Wanglai, a powerful Dragon-Eye expert, pursued him, and Xu Yi lured him toward an army of thirty thousand.

• Xu Yi studied the Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword manual and entered Four-Colored Seal Space to extract Incense Spirit Essence from communication talismans.
• Xu Yi charged five black cards, slept for two days, and arranged to meet Tong Fengliu for a drink.
• Xu Yi sensed that a powerful pursuer was watching him, waited before leaving Floating Island, and learned from Huang Mei that the pursuer was a Dragon-Eye expert.
• Lu Wanglai confronted Xu Yi, but Xu Yi used his Maxim heavy machine gun and a black card to wound him before fleeing.
• Xu Yi led Lu Wanglai through a narrow passage between cliffs, where Lu Wanglai suddenly found himself facing an army of thirty thousand.

Xu Yi killed Lu Wanglai with an ambush by the Catching Thieves Division, retrieved resources from a Xing Tian Sect base, and returned to Fengdu City to resume his duties. At Tianyu Pavilion, he gave Tong Fengliu a blue Spirit Weapon as promised.

• Xu Yi's forces ambushed and killed Lu Wanglai, and Xu Yi spent Incense Beads to cover the army's expenses.
• Xu Yi retrieved the Xing Tian Sect captain's stored resources from Base Station Number Three, including the blue Star Spirit Essence, and teleported to Fengdu City.
• Xu Yi visited Long Wenzhang and Xia Sibo, learned the Yin Court's forces were mobilizing, and returned to the Catching Thieves Division to handle official work.
• Tong Fengliu invited Xu Yi to Tianyu Pavilion, where Xu Yi dismissed the dancers and enjoyed a lavish feast with him.
• Xu Yi gave Tong Fengliu a Sumeru Ring containing the blue Spirit Weapon he had promised, and Tong Fengliu leapt up in excitement.

Xu Yi traded an Azure Weapon Spirit to Tong Fengliu and left Tianyu Pavilion, then waited at Pine Crane Tower for whoever might come. Tong Fengliu revealed the treasure to his Yin Court partner, who considered seeking a second Azure Weapon Spirit from Lei Chiyan, while Tong Fengliu warned against pursuing him.

• Xu Yi gave Tong Fengliu an Azure Weapon Spirit, and Tong tore up Xu Yi’s invoice and returned the Incense Beads.
• Xu Yi reminded Tong Fengliu to keep the Azure Weapon Spirit’s origins secret, then left Tianyu Pavilion and waited at Pine Crane Tower.
• Tong Fengliu met his wealthy Yin Court partner in an underground chamber and revealed that he had acquired an Azure Weapon Spirit.
• Tong Fengliu argued that keeping the treasure could raise Tianyu Pavilion’s standing, while his partner wanted to use it to gain a Regent Elder’s position.
• Tong Fengliu’s partner asked whether Lei Chiyan might have a second Azure Weapon Spirit, and Tong warned that going after him would be dangerous.

Tong Fengliu and the Western Underworld Lord tried to buy another Azure Soldier Spirit from Xu Yi, but Xu Yi insisted he had none left. As Xu Yi prepared to leave, the Western Underworld Lord trapped him in a restriction, and Tong Fengliu feared the situation had become irreparable.

• The Western Underworld Lord persuaded Tong Fengliu to summon Xu Yi without warning him that they wanted another Azure Soldier Spirit.
• Xu Yi told Tong Fengliu he had no Azure Soldier Spirits left, explaining that he had given his last one to honor their agreement.
• The Western Underworld Lord emerged from the secret chamber and offered Xu Yi a high price and help securing a commander position within three years.
• Xu Yi again refused, and the Western Underworld Lord acted agreeable as Xu Yi turned to leave.
• The Western Underworld Lord activated a four-colored net that trapped Xu Yi and drained his Thunder Shield, while Tong Fengliu urged him to reconsider attacking an important official.

Xu Yi killed the Western Underworld Lord and Tong Fengliu after they attacked him, recovering the Azure Soldier Spirit and a large amount of Incense Spirit Essence. The next morning, Long Wenzhang arrived with Chen Fang, a Merit Award Envoy from the Central Underworld Lord, to recognize Xu Yi’s merit.

• The Western Underworld Lord persuaded Tong Fengliu to attack Xu Yi, and both men tried to kill him inside the secret chamber.
• Xu Yi broke the chamber’s restrictions with his Maxim and killed the Western Underworld Lord and Tong Fengliu with Thunder Bullets.
• Desolate Charm teased Xu Yi for watching Tianyu Pavilion, and Xu Yi explained that he had been guarding against Tong Fengliu leaking the secret of the Azure Soldier Spirit.
• Xu Yi took the Western Underworld Lord’s Incense Spirit Essence and recovered the Azure Soldier Spirit before leaving the concealed courtyard.
• The next morning, Long Wenzhang visited the Catching Thieves Division with Chen Fang, a Merit Award Envoy under the Central Underworld Lord.

Xu Yi received a double-pay reward for killing Lu Wanglai and prepared for the Golden Roc Great King’s court assembly while ordering a search for Five-Flavor Refining Stone. He caught Old Desolate secretly consuming his Incense Beads and learned that Old Desolate had taken them to prolong his human form.

• Chen Fang read the Central Underworld Lord’s edict, and Xu Yi received double pay and double Incense Spirit Essence for killing Lu Wanglai.
• Long Wenzhang warned Xu Yi that the Western Underworld Lord had been killed by a powerhouse and urged him to keep a low profile.
• White Wolf told Xu Yi to return in three to five days for the Golden Roc Great King’s court assembly, and Xu Yi ordered his intelligence department to search for Five-Flavor Refining Stone.
• Xu Yi followed a green-robed youth who consumed Incense Beads, then caught Old Desolate sneaking back after taking beads from him.
• Old Desolate admitted he had taken the Incense Beads to extend the time he could maintain his human form.

Huang Mei revealed how he had secretly taken Xu Yi’s Incense Beads, and Xu Yi coaxed him into explaining his new abilities. After arranging leave and visiting Gong'an Hall, Xu Yi was attacked by four powerful newcomers who accused him of killing their second brother.

• Huang Mei explained that he had used a corpse puppet and his ability to turn into an invisible stream of air to leave the Starry Sky Ring and refine Incense Beads.
• Xu Yi gave Huang Mei a Sumeru Ring filled with Incense Beads and pretended to go to sleep, prompting Huang Mei to keep refining them.
• Huang Mei admitted that his invisibility was brief and unstable and could not help him assassinate anyone, while Xu Yi concealed his satisfaction at learning about the ability.
• Xu Yi finished his work at the Catching Thieves Division and obtained leave from Long Wenzhang.
• Xu Yi went to Gong'an Hall on Fubo Mountain, where four powerful figures arrived and one attacked him, accusing him of killing their second brother.

Xu Yi faced accusations that he had killed Niu Ganghuo, but Demon King Kui Li appeared to believe his denial and still let Niu Gangfeng beat him. Xu Yi realized Golden Roc Demon King had likely approved the attack and found himself trapped with no clear way to survive.

• White Wolf rushed in, warned Xu Yi about Demon King Kui Li and identified Niu Gangfeng and Shi Wenjie as powerful officials in Golden Roc Demon King's Mansion.
• Demon King Kui Li accused Xu Yi of killing Niu Ganghuo, but Xu Yi denied it and presented fabricated Ruyi Pearl footage of himself fighting alongside Niu Ganghuo.
• Demon King Kui Li refused to accept Xu Yi's account, and Niu Gangfeng struck him repeatedly until he coughed up blood.
• Xu Yi concluded that Demon King Kui Li believed him, but Golden Roc Demon King must have approved the attack, leaving Xu Yi with no obvious way out.

Xu Yi realized the Golden Roc Demon King’s faction had staged the confrontation to justify taking his Spiritually Communicating Treasure while avoiding public backlash. The Golden Roc Demon King asked Xu Yi to play along, but White Wolf protested the injustice as the dispute continued.

• Huang Mei helped Xu Yi recognize that his enemies had a reason to delay killing him, calming his panic.
• White Wolf confronted Niu Gangfeng and defended Xu Yi, but Niu Gangfeng threatened to throw him out.
• The Golden Roc Demon King arrived and explained that he could not execute Xu Yi without convincing the public, especially before the grand court assembly.
• The Demon King Kui Li demanded Xu Yi’s Spiritually Communicating Treasure in exchange for sparing his life, and Xu Yi understood that his Maxim heavy machine gun had provoked the conflict.
• The Golden Roc Demon King told Xu Yi to play along and promised to make amends, while White Wolf argued that punishing Xu Yi would be unjust and warned against the other kings’ growing influence.

The Golden Roc Demon King and his allies tortured Xu Yi to make him surrender the Spiritually Communicating Treasure, while Xu Yi endured the pain by entering the will of utmost sorrow. Heaven Devouring Demon King forcibly drew out the Maxim heavy machine gun, leaving the demons celebrating as the Golden Roc Demon King claimed the treasure.

• The Golden Roc Demon King struck White Wolf unconscious after White Wolf tried to counsel him, then demanded that Xu Yi hand over the treasure in exchange for wealth and status.
• Niu Gangfeng attacked Xu Yi with the Yinba Body-Filling Art, inflicting unbearable pain until Xu Yi collapsed.
• Shi Wenjie restored Xu Yi's vitality and intensified his torment, but Xu Yi used the will of utmost sorrow to endure the pain.
• Heaven Devouring Demon King used a secret art to draw the Maxim heavy machine gun from Xu Yi's body.
• The Golden Roc Demon King, Demon King Kui Li, Heaven Devouring Demon King, and the others praised the treasure and congratulated the Golden Roc Demon King.

Xu Yi was captured by the Golden Roc Demon King and pressured to surrender his Spiritually Communicating Treasure in exchange for his life. The Golden Roc Demon King left Xu Yi in the Heaven Devouring Demon King’s custody, and Xu Yi’s captors began stripping away his protections before preparing to refine the treasure.

• The Heaven Devouring Demon King tried to pull the Maxim heavy machine gun away, but the attempt caused Xu Yi intense pain and forced him to stop.
• Niu Gangfeng threatened Xu Yi, but the Golden Roc Demon King intervened and promised to spare him if he surrendered his Spiritually Communicating Treasure.
• The Golden Roc Demon King gave the Heaven Devouring Demon King the jade disc controlling the Seven-Colored Refining Cave and left with the unconscious White Wolf.
• The Heaven Devouring Demon King extracted Xu Yi’s Dragon of Stars and put it in a jade bottle, then Shi Wenjie removed Xu Yi’s Starry Sky Ring and emptied its resources.
• Xu Yi claimed he had pawned the Four-Colored Seal, concealing the truth as his captors discussed overseeing the refinement.

After Niu Gangfeng imprisoned Xu Yi in the Seven-Colored Refining Cave, Xu Yi discovered the cave’s refining array and studied the methods left on a jade tablet. He mastered how to activate the cave and learned enough of the incomplete treasure-extraction technique to prepare for the Golden Roc Demon King’s demands.

• Huang Mei secretly moved Xu Yi’s treasures into a Sumeru Ring and slipped away unnoticed.
• Niu Gangfeng and Shi Wenjie took Xu Yi to a flower-shaped cave, where Niu Gangfeng imprisoned him and challenged him to neglect his duties.
• Xu Yi examined the Seven-Colored Refining Cave and found its bronze pedestal, colored walls, and hidden Talisman Patterns.
• Xu Yi read the jade tablet and learned that the cave could produce Five-Flavor Fire for refining divine weapons.
• Xu Yi mastered the cave’s activation method in under an hour, then spent three days studying the incomplete technique for extracting Spiritually Communicating Treasures.

Xu Yi resisted Niu Gangfeng and Shi Wenjie’s attempts to force him to hand over the Spiritually Communicating Treasure, using the Dragon of Stars and the danger of his death to deter them. After recovering, he began refining the Maxim heavy machine gun in the Seven-Colored Refining Cave, but its connection to him weakened, so he tried to stabilize it with the Thunder Monkey Dragon and Cloud Crane Pure Qi.

• Niu Gangfeng and Shi Wenjie demanded to inspect Xu Yi’s progress, and Niu Gangfeng beat him when he refused.
• Shi Wenjie threatened Xu Yi with the bottle holding his Dragon of Stars, but Xu Yi insisted the treasure’s removal would take time and warned that damaging the Dragon of Stars would leave him with nothing to lose.
• Xu Yi challenged Niu Gangfeng to consider the consequences of killing him, and Shi Wenjie stopped Niu Gangfeng from attacking before the two left.
• After two days, Xu Yi recovered, activated the Seven-Colored Refining Cave, and began tempering the Maxim heavy machine gun in the Five-Flavor Fire.
• When Xu Yi’s connection to the Maxim weakened, he removed it from the flames, let the Thunder Monkey Dragon nourish it, and infused it with Cloud Crane Pure Qi before resuming the refining.

Xu Yi endured months of confinement in the Seven-Colored Refining Cave while slowly weakening his bond with the Maxim heavy machine gun. After White Wolf visited with food, Xu Yi continued stalling Niu Gangfeng and Shi Wenjie, but his supplies and patience were running out.

• Xu Yi refined the Maxim for three months, and Niu Gangfeng and Shi Wenjie used a jade tablet to confirm that the bond was weakening.
• Niu Gangfeng and Shi Wenjie discussed watching Xu Yi, then left him without food; Xu Yi survived by drinking water and continued refining for more than half a year.
• Niu Gangfeng eventually stopped spying on Xu Yi, and White Wolf arrived with food and wine after being allowed into the cave.
• Xu Yi ate the food, told White Wolf to demand his stolen Incense Beads from Niu Gangfeng, and asked him to bring more supplies within three months.
• White Wolf did not return, and Xu Yi continued misleading Niu Gangfeng and Shi Wenjie about his progress as another half year passed and he neared the end of his endurance.