Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi persuaded White Wolf to let him out of the Seven-Colored Refining Cave, where he reunited with Desolate Charm and began planning his escape. The chapter left Xu Yi ready to act with Desolate Charm’s help, though Desolate Charm doubted he could refine Spirit Weapons without Five-Flavor Stones.

• Xu Yi convinced White Wolf to take him outside the cave, and White Wolf temporarily lifted its restrictions.
• Xu Yi wandered through the winter mountains while White Wolf waited, then returned to the cave and thanked him for their friendship.
• Xu Yi reunited with Desolate Charm, who explained that he had impersonated Xu Yi to keep the Catching Thieves Division running and protected his treasures.
• Desolate Charm warned Xu Yi that losing a Luck Dragon and facing three powerful enemies left him in grave danger.
• Xu Yi said he had everything ready except for Desolate Charm, who questioned whether Xu Yi could refine Spirit Weapons without Five-Flavor Stones.

Xu Yi forged the Purple Firmament Swords by combining them with weapon spirits, then continued weakening his bond with the Maxim. After recovering from exhaustion, he was visited by Jiang Baishun, one of Niu Gangfeng's closest confidants.

• Xu Yi recovered his treasures from Huang Mei and began forging swords with the Five-Flavor Fire.
• Xu Yi fused weapon spirits into the Purple Firmament Swords and successfully forged his first sword.
• Xu Yi spent four months forging 831 Purple Firmament Swords successfully and failing with 167.
• Xu Yi used the Separation Method to weaken his connection to the Maxim until it changed from a firearm into an irregular sphere.
• Xu Yi rested for seven days to recover, and Jiang Baishun arrived on the fifth day.

Xu Yi completed the Purple Firmament Swords and struggled to refine the Immortal Slaying Sword, discovering that Cloud Crane Pure Qi was essential to the process. He successfully forged the sword and joined it with the 998 Purple Firmament Swords, but the completed Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword placed an immense strain on his mind.

• Jiang Baishun inspected Xu Yi's progress, recorded it with the Ruyi Pearl, and left after threatening and berating him.
• Huang Mei warned Xu Yi that a great demon would likely arrive within two months, and Xu Yi resumed refining to finish before the Golden Roc Demon King intervened.
• Xu Yi completed the final hundred-plus Purple Firmament Swords in seventeen days, and the Four-Colored Seal broke down the ruined swords and released their Weapon Spirits.
• Xu Yi's first seven attempts to refine the Immortal Slaying Sword failed quickly, leading him to study the weapon-refining section of the Minor Cloud Crane Art.
• Xu Yi used Cloud Crane Pure Qi in the refinement and, on the twenty-third day, forged the Immortal Slaying Sword amid five-colored radiance.
• Xu Yi summoned all 998 Purple Firmament Swords to combine with the Immortal Slaying Sword, forming the Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword and feeling a tremendous strain on his mind.

Xu Yi escaped the Seven-Colored Refining Cave after killing Jiang Baishun and learned that Golden Roc and the other demon kings had left Fubo Mountain. He infiltrated Niu Gangfeng’s birthday celebration at Yinan Hall, where he approached Shi Wenjie with a scheme involving a Dragon of Stars.

• Xu Yi abandoned his attempt to wield the Purple Firmament Swords and continued marking them with the Thunder Monkey Dragon.
• Jiang Baishun arrived with a warning that Golden Roc would return in a month, but Xu Yi killed him and took his resources and purple token.
• Huang Mei told Xu Yi that Golden Roc, Kui Li, Heaven Devouring, and White Wolf had left Fubo Mountain, which Niu Gangfeng and Shi Wenjie now controlled.
• Xu Yi used Jiang Baishun’s token to break the seal on the Seven-Colored Refining Cave and flew to Doumu Mountain to target Niu Gangfeng and Shi Wenjie.
• Xu Yi disguised himself as Jiang Baishun, entered Niu Gangfeng’s birthday revel at Yinan Hall, and urged Shi Wenjie to show a reluctant subordinate the Great King’s Dragon of Stars.

Xu Yi seized Shi Wenjie's Dragon of Stars at Niu Gangfeng's birthday banquet, exposing his extraordinary control over Spirit Weapons and turning the celebration into a battle. Niu Gangfeng tried to rally the guests against him, but Xu Yi's next attack forced him to defend himself.

• Shi Wenjie erupted at Jiang Baishun and refused to hand over the Dragon of Stars, drawing the banquet hall's attention.
• Xu Yi attacked Shi Wenjie with five swords, seized his celadon bottle, and drew out the Dragon of Stars.
• Xu Yi absorbed the Dragon of Stars and taunted Niu Gangfeng, while the guests realized his swords could pierce a Ghost Immortal's Dragon of Stars.
• Niu Gangfeng declared Xu Yi a wanted criminal and offered twenty thousand Incense Beads to anyone who captured him.
• More than a hundred Spirit Weapons appeared and wounded the guests who rushed to attack Xu Yi.
• Niu Gangfeng summoned his Dragon of Stars and unleashed wind and thunder at Xu Yi's flashes of Clear Light.

Xu Yi defeated Niu Gangfeng, forced him to send the nearby troops away, and took control of the guests gathered at Yinan Hall. The guests swallowed Huang Mei’s Ba Beads and learned how easily Xu Yi could make them suffer.

• Niu Gangfeng unleashed the Dragon of Stars to escape, but Xu Yi struck him down and pinned him to the ground with swords.
• Xu Yi tortured Niu Gangfeng with an Origin Seal Bead until he obeyed and ordered the troops around Fubo Mountain to leave.
• Xu Yi introduced himself to the guests as Empty Void Young Master and ordered them to surrender their Starry Sky Rings.
• Huang Mei revealed the Ba Beads, and Xu Yi made the guests swallow them as a means of control.
• Huang Mei activated the Ba Beads, causing the guests’ bodies to begin dissolving until he stopped the effect.

Xu Yi began breaking through to the Fourth Realm inside the Three Emperors Lock Palace Formation while Huang Mei held off the two Demon Kings. The formation endured their assault, and Heaven Devouring Demon King persuaded Demon King Kui Li to withdraw.

• Xu Yi ordered three Fourth Realm experts to set up the Three Emperors Lock Palace Formation so he could break through on the spot.
• Xu Yi used Star Spirit Essence to light his Body Dragon and began refining the Thunder Monkey Dragon, but an attack shook the formation and injured him.
• Huang Mei emerged from the Starry Sky Ring, threatened the gathered experts, and forced them to reinforce the formation.
• Demon King Kui Li and Heaven Devouring Demon King attacked the formation together, but the experts held it firm.
• Heaven Devouring Demon King argued that killing Xu Yi would cost the Golden Roc Demon King's Mansion much of its strength, and Demon King Kui Li left the matter to him.

Huang Mei stalled the Heaven Devouring Demon King and Demon King Kui Li by tricking them into swearing a humiliating oath, then revealed their injured relatives to keep them from attacking. The two Demon Kings argued over whether to wait or risk their hostages, while Xu Yi remained in the middle of his breakthrough.

• Huang Mei demanded that the Heaven Devouring Demon King and Demon King Kui Li swear an oath promising peace if Xu Yi released the prisoners.
• The Heaven Devouring Demon King and Demon King Kui Li swore Huang Mei's elaborate oath, only to learn he would not release anyone until Xu Yi approved it.
• Huang Mei sent Niu Gangfeng and Shi Wenjie, both severely injured, in front of the Demon Kings and warned that he could kill them easily.
• The Demon King Kui Li vowed to kill Xu Yi and prepared to attack, but the Heaven Devouring Demon King restrained him and urged him to wait.
• The Demon King Kui Li told the Heaven Devouring Demon King that he would avenge his son even if Niu Gangfeng had to be sacrificed, while the Heaven Devouring Demon King remained unwilling to give up his own son.

Xu Yi emerged from his breakthrough and faced Demon King Kui Li and the Heaven Devouring Demon King, but they attacked and reclaimed their captured sons. After revealing nearly a hundred sword branches, Xu Yi killed Niu Gangfeng, driving Demon King Kui Li into a furious counterattack.

• The Heaven Devouring Demon King persuaded Demon King Kui Li to delay attacking Xu Yi and offered Green Spirit Essences as compensation for making him take the risk.
• Xu Yi broke through the formation, restrained Niu Gangfeng and Shi Wenjie, and sent the exhausted cultivators to rest.
• Demon King Kui Li and the Heaven Devouring Demon King attacked Xu Yi and reclaimed Niu Gangfeng and Shi Wenjie, but Xu Yi broke free with nearly a hundred sword branches.
• Xu Yi exposed the dying Dragon of Stars and dismembered it, killing Niu Gangfeng and allowing Huang Mei to absorb its released Qi.
• Demon King Kui Li roared, drew a blood-red saber, and unleashed five enormous waves of Qi at Xu Yi.

Xu Yi used his Purple Firmament Swords to repel Demon King Kui Li after Kui Li revealed his true form and charged at him. The Heaven Devouring Demon King sacrificed Shi Wenjie to free the Dragon of Stars lock-dragon bottle, and Huang Mei absorbed the released energy.

• Xu Yi blocked Demon King Kui Li’s attacks with his Purple Firmament Swords, prompting Kui Li to take the fight seriously.
• Demon King Kui Li revealed his colossal true form and charged, but Xu Yi unleashed 399 swords to force him back and leave him bloodied.
• The Heaven Devouring Demon King said Shi Wenjie was expendable but that he had only one Second Brother.
• The Heaven Devouring Demon King destroyed Shi Wenjie, cracking open the Dragon of Stars lock-dragon bottle and releasing energy that Huang Mei absorbed.

Xu Yi defeated Demon King Kui Li and Heaven Devouring Demon King by unleashing the Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword, then captured their immortal souls and collapsed from exhaustion. He later woke in a cavern three thousand li away and headed to the seaside while Huang Mei fumed over his ingratitude.

• Demon King Kui Li slaughtered the hostages while Xu Yi restored his strength with spirit liquid and pills.
• Demon King Kui Li and Heaven Devouring Demon King transformed and attacked Xu Yi with a sealing power that restrained him and his sword array.
• Xu Yi broke the seal with the Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword, and the two Dragons of Stars helped him kill the demon kings and pin their escaping immortal souls.
• Xu Yi seized the immortal souls from Huang Mei and sealed them in Immortal Locking Bottles before fainting.
• Huang Mei carried Xu Yi to a cavern three thousand li away, where Xu Yi woke, complained, and went out to the seaside.

Xu Yi negotiated with Huang Mei over the Immortal Souls, learned about Human Immortals, and fled to Fengdu City after the battle at the Golden Roc Demon King's Mansion. He reunited with Xia Sibo, who warned that Xu Yi had become a walking bomb and urged him to leave.

• Xu Yi refused to give Huang Mei all the Immortal Souls and settled on giving him one for every ten in exchange for an explanation.
• Huang Mei explained how cultivators became Human Immortals and admitted he needed to devour the old demons' Immortal Souls to learn how to cross the Yin-Yang Tribulation.
• Xu Yi gave Huang Mei a wisp from each Immortal Soul, and Huang Mei fell unconscious after swallowing them.
• Xu Yi assessed the resources from the two old demons, then traveled to Fengdu City to recover his vitality and avoid the Golden Roc Demon King.
• Xu Yi visited Xia Sibo after nearly two years away, and Xia Sibo warned him that anyone who got close to him was in danger.

After returning from nearly two years away, Xu Yi learned that Long Wenzhang had been suspended and that powerful figures were competing for control of the Catching Thieves Division. He replenished his lost vitality with medicine bought through Xia Sibo, then left to visit Long Wenzhang despite Xia Sibo's warning to stay out of sight.

• Xia Sibo told Xu Yi that he had been gone nearly two years, Long Wenzhang had been suspended, and powerful officials were vying for the Catching Thieves Division.
• Xu Yi insisted he would not give up his position and asked Xia Sibo to buy Precious Medicine to restore his vitality.
• Xia Sibo exchanged Xu Yi's Incense Beads for a large supply of Precious Medicine, driving its price up across Fengdu City.
• Xu Yi consumed the medicine and fully recovered his lost life force in less than two days.
• Xu Yi thanked Xia Sibo, asked whether Long Wenzhang had shut himself away at the Long residence, and vanished before Xia Sibo could stop him.

Xu Yi’s visit to the Long residence and his use of a Central Palace decree brought the Underworld Court’s highest officials to Fengdu City for a formal hearing. At the gathering, Yang Wushang rebuked Xu Yi, who challenged him to clarify his role in the investigation.

• After Xu Yi visited the Long residence, soldiers surrounded him, and the Scorching Thunder Drum sounded across Fengdu City.
• Yan Fengyan and Zhang Yong'an struggled to arrange chairs for the five Underworld Lords, six Regent Elders, four Nether Lords, and other officials arriving for a meeting.
• Chen Tianyuan ordered reception arrangements simplified after Yang Wushang reported that Fengdu City could not accommodate the visitors.
• Xu Yi entered Cloudy Mist Hall and bowed before the assembled Underworld Court officials.
• Yang Wushang angrily accused Xu Yi of causing trouble and recounted how Xu Yi had repeatedly used a Central Palace decree to stop his arrest.
• Xu Yi asked whether Yang Wushang had come to investigate the case and whether he was the chief or deputy examiner, prompting Yang to apologize to the Underworld Lords.

The Eastern Underworld Lord accused Lei Chiyan of secretly being Xu Yi and conspiring with Old Demon Kongxu, while the Western Underworld Lord allowed the accusation to proceed. Xu Yi defended himself as the Eastern Underworld Lord presented circumstantial evidence, leaving the assembled lords increasingly suspicious of him.

• The Western Underworld Lord asked the Eastern Underworld Lord to present the case against Lei Chiyan and warned Xu Yi not to interrupt.
• The Eastern Underworld Lord recounted how he discovered that Lei Chiyan had been absent from the Catching Thieves Division and that Xu Yi and Lei Chiyan's movements repeatedly overlapped.
• The Eastern Underworld Lord argued that Lei Chiyan and Xu Yi had staged their apparent enmity, citing the deaths of Duan Haiping and his associates as evidence of their cooperation.
• Xu Yi called the allegations assumptions and pointed to footage of himself pursuing Xu Yi after striking the Scorching Thunder Drum.
• The Eastern Underworld Lord claimed the footage had been staged in advance to make Lei Chiyan appear to be Xu Yi's sworn enemy.

Xu Yi challenged Eastern Underworld Lord’s accusations that he had colluded with Old Demon Kongxu and served as a spy for the Golden Roc Demon Mansion. Just as Western Underworld Lord ordered his arrest, Xu Yi produced objects he said came from two great Demon Kings, leaving the court stunned.

• Eastern Underworld Lord cited Xu Yi’s connection to Zhang Bao'er and their simultaneous disappearances as evidence of collusion with Old Demon Kongxu.
• Xu Yi argued that Eastern Underworld Lord’s coincidences instead supported the theory that he and Old Demon Kongxu were one person, then asked what their alleged collusion was meant to achieve.
• Eastern Underworld Lord accused Xu Yi of being a Golden Roc Demon Mansion spy who had built the Wind Message Battalion to gather intelligence.
• Xu Yi asked Eastern Underworld Lord to stand by his accusation, but Western Underworld Lord ordered the guards to seize him.
• Xu Yi displayed a Four-Colored Seal, a broken Kui Horn, and purple eyes, claiming they came from Old Demon Kongxu and the Golden Roc Demon Mansion’s two great Demon Kings.

Xu Yi defended himself before the Underworld Lords by presenting proof that he had killed Demon King Kui Li and Heaven Devouring Demon King, then openly challenged the Western Underworld Lord. The Western Underworld Lord rose to fight, declaring he would eliminate Xu Yi despite the Emperor Lord’s favor.

• Xu Yi explained that he had killed Old Demon Kongxu, Demon King Kui Li, and Heaven Devouring Demon King, and displayed their corpses as proof.
• The Eastern Underworld Lord rejected the evidence and insisted the demon kings must have killed each other before Xu Yi found their bodies.
• The Western Underworld Lord pressed Xu Yi for an answer, hoping to use the accusations against him to undermine the Central Underworld Lord.
• Xu Yi challenged both the Eastern and Western Underworld Lords to test his strength, provoking outrage throughout Cloudy Mist Hall.
• The Western Underworld Lord stood up and declared that killing Xu Yi would rid the Underworld Court of a menace.

Xu Yi defeated the Western Underworld Lord in an instant, becoming the talk of the Underworld Court. After avoiding the crowds seeking his favor, he became the subject of a discussion about how the court could reward and place him.

• The Western Underworld Lord challenged Xu Yi, who swiftly pierced him with swords and held him at his mercy.
• Xu Yi released the Western Underworld Lord and apologized, while the Central Underworld Lord sent the Eastern Underworld Lord to confess and dismissed the gathering.
• Xu Yi's victory made him famous, and visitors crowded Long Wenzhang's residence until Xu Yi slipped away on the third day.
• The Central Underworld Lord and Star Rooster Divine Lord discussed Zhu Tongming's resignation and the Central Underworld Lord's taking over his duties.
• The Central Underworld Lord and Star Rooster Divine Lord considered sending Xu Yi to Tu Hun Star because the Underworld Court had no suitable vacant position for him.

Sun Hanjian met Xu Yi and explained why Tu Hun Star could offer him a valuable post despite its dangers and political complications. Xu Yi agreed to go, encouraged by the prospect of a mine-chief appointment, double pay, Star Stones, and access to sinkholes for tribulation.

• Mao Ri Divine Lord asked Sun Hanjian to handle Lei Chiyan's assignment and explain its advantages and drawbacks.
• Sun Hanjian met Xu Yi, spoke candidly about seeking goodwill with him, and discussed the favors he had already provided.
• Sun Hanjian described Tu Hun Star's harsh conditions, valuable Star Stone mines, and the likely difficulty Xu Yi would face with You Yue Divine Lord.
• Xu Yi agreed to take a post on Tu Hun Star and asked what position he would receive.
• Sun Hanjian said Xu Yi could likely become a mine chief, receive a Nether Lord stipend at double pay, and benefit from Star Stone earnings and the world's sinkholes.

Xu Yi prepared to leave Qin Guang Star for Tu Hun Star and began the grueling journey across the True Gang Void Domain. After entrusting the Catching Thieves Division and the Zhang siblings’ care to Xia Miyuan and Long Wenzhang, he set his course and pushed ahead at full speed.

• Xu Yi accepted the Central Underworld Lord’s offer to travel to Tu Hun Star and stocked up on food, household goods, and Precious Medicines.
• Chen Fang completed Xu Yi’s travel procedures and gave him an identity token, a Sumeru Ring, a Departing Fire Ring, and a jade tablet.
• Xu Yi arranged for Xia Sibo, now called Xia Miyuan, to take over the Catching Thieves Division and asked him and Long Wenzhang to watch over the Zhang siblings on Penglai Island.
• On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Xu Yi said farewell to Long Wenzhang and Xia Miyuan and entered the True Gang Void Domain.
• Xu Yi used the Star Positioning Instrument to set his course, endured the cutting true gang without raising his protective barrier, and took spirit liquid and Precious Medicines when his body began to fail.