Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi endured an eight-month journey through the True Gang Void Domain, improving his flight and hardening his body while learning from Desolate about Tu Hun Star. He came within a hundred thousand li of the planet before an unknown attacker sent a violent wave of light at him.

• Xu Yi used the Departing Fire Ring to rest safely, then spent a month refining the Purple Firmament Sword Group into a streamlined aircraft and continued training his body against True Gang explosions.
• Desolate woke up, and Xu Yi finally slept for two days before resuming his journey and discussing the Yin-Yang Tribulation and Tu Hun Star with him.
• Desolate explained that Niu Gangfeng and Shi Wenjie had completed their breakthroughs at Tu Hun Star with the help of resources and protective fathers, but neither he nor the two old demons knew the planet firsthand.
• Xu Yi followed Desolate’s advice to reach Tu Hun Star quickly, traveling for five more months before slowing down to manage the strain on his body.
• After three days, Xu Yi saw the aurora-like halos marking his approach to Tu Hun Star, but a violent wave of light rushed toward him and nearly knocked him off balance with its astral gale.

Xu Yi fought off members of Hurricane Hall on Tu Hun Star and declined the Shunyi Alliance’s offer of help to avoid attracting attention. He reached the barren surface and hid underground until the dangerous hours passed, while asking Huangmei about Hurricane Hall.

• Xu Yi killed two Hurricane Hall experts who ambushed him, then defeated a larger group that attacked him while he was near a siege.
• Qi Gaosheng offered Xu Yi help from the Shunyi Alliance, but Xu Yi left before the group could respond.
• Xu Yi avoided joining the Shunyi Alliance because its affiliations might expose his presence to the Yin Court’s seven bases.
• Xu Yi broke through Tu Hun Star’s True Gang Void Domain and found a barren, freezing landscape with no life nearby.
• Huangmei warned Xu Yi to hide from possible exotic beasts, so Xu Yi dug an underground cave and settled in to wait.

Xu Yi was forced to flee a relentless beast tide on Tu Hun Star and discovered that the planet severely limited his perception. He found a cave to hide in while Yang Wufang vowed revenge for Hurricane Hall’s dead.

• Xu Yi escaped the encroaching beast tide by flying above it and learned from Huang Mei that the beasts would keep pursuing him until they were killed or he found shelter.
• Xu Yi searched the area with Huang Mei’s help and discovered that Tu Hun Star limited his close-range perception to a thousand yards.
• Xu Yi found a cave beneath a boulder, broke its defensive array, and slipped inside as the beast tide gathered outside.
• Yang Wufang raged at the surviving Hurricane Hall members and ordered them to put out a bounty on Xu Yi and avenge their fallen companions.

Xu Yi found Yang Wufang and Hurricane Hall hiding in a cramped cave and subdued them with the Purple Firmament Sword Group and Ba Beads. After binding their strange beasts with cave vines, he settled into their shelter and insisted he had no intention of killing them or taking their treasures.

• Yang Wufang tried to rally Hurricane Hall by promising to investigate and avenge their dead companions, though he knew they could not afford a bounty.
• Xu Yi burst into the hideout with two strange beasts and trapped Yang Wufang and his men with the Purple Firmament Sword Group.
• Xu Yi made the group swallow Ba Beads as restrictions, then withdrew the swords once they complied.
• Yang Wufang gave Xu Yi cave vines, which Xu Yi used to bind the strange beasts and put them to sleep.
• Xu Yi accepted that the cramped black-glazed pit was a safe refuge and stretched out on a couch while the others crowded onto the ground.

Xu Yi seized the Starry Sky Rings of Yang Wufang and his companions, then learned about their impoverished lives on Chu Jiang Star and the trading hub of Ruolan Cave City. After feeding them, he promised to free them if they helped him reach the heavenly pit and break through to the Human Immortal Realm.

• Xu Yi took the crowd's Starry Sky Rings and found that their combined resources were meager.
• Yang Wufang explained that they came from Chu Jiang Star and survived by searching for resources beyond True Gang Void Domain and paying fees to Ruolan Cave City.
• Yang Wufang told Xu Yi that Ruolan Cave City was a cavern managed by several factions and served as a resource-trading center.
• Xu Yi gave Yang Wufang and his companions food and wine, and learned that such supplies were scarce and costly.
• Yang Wufang offered to help Xu Yi reach the heavenly pit, and Xu Yi promised to set the group free if he succeeded in breaking through to the Human Immortal Realm.

Xu Yi learned that he needed Dragon Transformation Fiend and Yuan Turtle Shell to prepare for the Yin-Yang Tribulation, so he accepted Shi Qinglai’s plan to capture nearby groups and take their Star Spirit Essence. He led Yang Wufang’s group to locate Liu Yaoshun’s cave and waited nearby for nightfall to ambush its occupants.

• Yang Wufang explained the resources Xu Yi needed for the Yin-Yang Tribulation, and Xu Yi asked the group how to obtain them.
• Shi Qinglai proposed capturing nearby groups, and Yang Wufang said seven groups nearby might have enough Star Spirit Essence to buy the needed resources.
• Xu Yi warned the group against betraying him, used Huang Mei to punish them, and rewarded Shi Qinglai with food and wine.
• After resting and sharing a meal, Xu Yi led the group out of their cave and followed Yang Wufang to the area where Liu Yaoshun’s group hid.
• Xu Yi found Liu Yaoshun’s underground cave empty, then took the group to hide in a pit thirty li away and wait for nightfall.

Xu Yi raided the seven nearby caves, captured their residents, and expanded his forces to ninety-seven while gathering just over twenty blue Star Spirit Essences. Though his followers urged him to stop, he remained uncertain whether he had enough resources for his planned Yin-Yang Tribulation and kept his divided groups under close watch.

• Xu Yi disabled the ward at Liu Yaoshun's cave, subdued its eight residents, and had Yang Wufang help handle the prisoners.
• Liu Yaoshun identified his sworn brother Kuang Mei'an's cave, and Xu Yi captured Kuang Mei'an's group on the second night.
• Over nine days, Xu Yi cleared the remaining five caves, avoiding two beast tides by retreating to shelter.
• Xu Yi's force grew to ninety-seven, but the seven caves yielded less than fifteen blue Star Spirit Essences, leaving him with just over twenty in total.
• Yang Wufang and the others urged Xu Yi to stop raiding caves, but Xu Yi calculated that his two Dragons of Stars would require more tribulation supplies than they expected.
• Xu Yi divided the prisoners into seven mixed groups, returned their Starry Sky Rings, distributed Ruyi Pearls, and kept his perception alert for rebellion.

Xu Yi studied strange beasts and discovered that a little wolfdog-like beast could regain its strength by consuming vitality-restoring Precious Medicine and Spirit Wine. He traced it to a subterranean nest of strange beasts, escaped their attack, and insisted that his companions help carry out his plan to hunt them.

• Xu Yi caged two strange beasts and observed them until one starved to death, then discovered the surviving little wolfdog would consume vitality-restoring Precious Medicine and Spirit Wine.
• Xu Yi discussed hunting strange beasts with Huang Mei, who warned that the beasts traveled in packs and the hunt might yield too few resources.
• Xu Yi released the little wolfdog and followed it to a subterranean area containing roughly two thousand strange beasts in dozens of nests.
• Two flying strange beasts attacked Xu Yi; he killed them, collected a beast core, and fled as the surrounding beasts poured out in pursuit.
• Xu Yi gathered his companions and explained his plan to hunt strange beasts, but they warned him of the danger and tried to dissuade him.
• Xu Yi told the group they would proceed regardless and demanded to know who supported the plan and who opposed it.

Xu Yi punished his followers for offering no solutions to trapping the alien beasts, then rewarded Shi Qinglai for proposing a city built from Three-Harmony Meteorite Iron. The group accepted Shi Qinglai as commander-in-chief, and Xu Yi asked how much the material would cost.

• Yang Wufang and Liu Yaoshun discussed capturing the alien beasts, and Xu Yi said they could starve them in captivity within fifteen days.
• When the group offered only objections instead of solutions, Xu Yi had Huang Mei activate their restrictions and made them writhe in pain.
• Shi Qinglai proposed building a city of Three-Harmony Meteorite Iron to trap the alien beasts, and Xu Yi appointed him commander-in-chief.
• Xu Yi gave Shi Qinglai supplies to keep or use as rewards, prompting envy and resentment among the others.
• Xu Yi asked how much Three-Harmony Meteorite Iron would cost for a hall five zhang long, wide, and high, and the crowd nearly erupted.

Xu Yi bought the materials for his hall in Ruolan Cave City and was ambushed by a group of cultivators after leaving. The attackers demanded his valuables and dismissed his warning that news of their actions could spread.

• Xu Yi put Shi Qinglai in charge of the experts, then chose Yang Wufang to accompany him to Ruolan Cave City.
• Xu Yi bought the required materials from Lijing Hall for five blue Star Spirit Essences.
• Xu Yi ate at a restaurant, paid forty-six Star Stones, and left the city with Yang Wufang departing separately.
• A group of nine cultivators surrounded Xu Yi outside the city and demanded that he hand over his valuables.
• Xu Yi challenged the attackers over their reputation, and they laughed that no one could spread the word.

Xu Yi surrounded Zhang Wanhe’s band, took their resources, and put Zhang to work helping choose a site and build a huge iron house on Scorpion Tail Mountain. He prepared his forces and bait for a nighttime operation, then sent undiluted spirit liquid into the little wolfdog’s pit.

• Xu Yi encircled Zhang Wanhe and his men with over a hundred cultivators, then had them take Ba pearls and suffer Huang Mei’s welcome ordeal before Shi Qinglai seized their resources.
• Zhang Wanhe suggested building on Scorpion Tail Mountain, and Xu Yi accepted the location while warning him against betrayal.
• Xu Yi led his workforce to Scorpion Tail Mountain, where they forged more than ten thousand jin of Three-Harmony Meteorite Iron into a huge iron house.
• Xu Yi assigned his troops to guard eight portions of bait, warned them not to falter, and gave them food and wine before nightfall.
• Xu Yi flew to the little wolfdog’s pit and sent in a drop of undiluted spirit liquid from the Sheep Fat Jade Pure Bottle.

Xu Yi lured a horde of exotic beasts into an iron hut and trapped them there for fifteen days, then collected their exotic cores. Afterward, he examined the surviving little wolfdog and learned from Zhang Wanhe that exotic beasts were notoriously difficult to tame.

• Xu Yi used spirit liquid to draw more than two thousand exotic beasts to an iron hut, where his cultivators sealed them inside and killed the beasts left outside.
• Xu Yi kept watch with his subordinates for fifteen days, then opened the hut and found that only thirty-eight beasts remained alive, including the little wolfdog.
• Xu Yi had his men kill the thirty-seven beasts with exotic cores and collected their cores before sending the group to rest at the other caves.
• Zhang Wanhe warned Xu Yi that exotic beasts were difficult to tame and told him about a booklet on the subject.
• Xu Yi found the booklet in his Starry Sky Ring and promised Zhang Wanhe the deputy commander's position if he earned another merit.

Xu Yi studied failed experiments on domesticating exotic beasts, then followed Desolate Charm’s advice to raise the little wolfdog with spiritual liquid. By the third day, golden light appeared around the beast, suggesting it was close to developing an anomalous core.

• Zhang Wanhe resolved to improve his standing and draw closer to Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi trapped the little wolfdog in a cage of Zixiao swords and read notes describing years of failed attempts to domesticate exotic beasts.
• Desolate Charm argued that beasts should be imprinted while young and suggested spiritual liquid could speed the little wolfdog’s growth.
• Xu Yi decided to gamble his resources on the wolfdog and fed it drops of spiritual liquid, which made it glow and fall asleep.
• By the third day, the little wolfdog began glowing with golden light after swallowing three drops.

Xu Yi established a tentative bond with the little wolfdog and used it and spirit liquid to lure strange beasts into a trap. A Green Core Strange Beast arrived with an overwhelming beast tide, and its appearance halted the beasts before the iron house.

• After Xu Yi injected his blood into the little wolfdog’s beast core, it swallowed the core, accepted spirit liquid from him, and fell asleep.
• When the little wolfdog woke, Xu Yi led it to a black-sand stretch, where its howl summoned strange beasts and forced him to flee to Scorpion Tail Mountain.
• Xu Yi ordered his subordinates to move the iron house to a barren mountain and prepared to lure the strange beasts there at night with spirit liquid.
• Xu Yi returned to the black sand with the little wolfdog, attracted a beast tide, and fled toward the iron house as a Green Core Strange Beast pursued him.
• The beast tide charged the iron house until a piercing howl stopped it, and a humanoid strange beast floated into view.

Xu Yi lured the beast tide away from the iron house and sent Yang Wufang's squad to fight the lone Green Core Strange Beast. Two more Green Core Strange Beasts arrived, bringing an even larger tide, and Xu Yi ordered eight cultivators to draw it off in four directions as the battle continued.

• Xu Yi threw spirit liquid into the iron house, drawing nearly ten thousand strange beasts toward it while his army shut its doors.
• A cultivator carrying spirit liquid lured the beast tide away through a chain of hidden caverns planned by Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi gave Yang Wufang's squad the first merit and sent them to fight the Green Core Strange Beast.
• Two more Green Core Strange Beasts charged into the formation, and Xu Yi's group struggled to penetrate their tough bodies and evade their attacks.
• A beast tide more than five times larger arrived, so Xu Yi ordered eight cultivators to lead it away in four directions with spirit liquid.

Xu Yi and the cultivators fought six Green Core Strange Beasts after learning that all the region’s beasts had gathered. Just as Xu Yi’s assault nearly brought one beast down, the others turned on it, leaving him wary of the strange transformation.

• Three more Green Core Strange Beasts arrived, and Xu Yi ordered the cultivators to form a defensive formation around him.
• Zhang Wanhe confirmed that there were only six Green Core Strange Beasts in the Ruolan Region, so Xu Yi split the cultivators into rotating groups and led five Human Immortals into battle.
• Xu Yi’s Purple Firmament Sword Group trapped and savaged a leopard-like beast while Yang Wufang and five Human Immortals held off another.
• The wounded beast cried out, causing the other five Green Core Strange Beasts to crack apart and unleash stronger light; three struck Xu Yi, damaging his swords and making him spit blood.
• The five beasts turned on the wounded beast, and Shi Qinglai led the cultivators into the fight while Xu Yi stayed back to recover his strength.

Xu Yi’s forces fought the newly advanced White Core Strange Beast while the remaining Green Core Strange Beasts were killed. The survivors fled with the four Green Cores, leaving Xu Yi to hold off the White Core Strange Beast as his Purple Firmament Sword Group began to fail.

• A four-armed Strange Beast swallowed a core and advanced to White Core, while the other four Green Core Strange Beasts became weakened.
• Xu Yi stopped his forces from fleeing, rallied the Human Immortals, and led an attack against the White Core Strange Beast, but it scattered their formation and killed two Human Immortals.
• Xu Yi ordered the remaining fighters to kill the weakened Green Core Strange Beasts while he covered their retreat.
• Shi Qinglai seized the four Green Cores as the Green Core Strange Beasts crumbled, and the survivors fled.
• Xu Yi held off the White Core Strange Beast with a rain of swords, but more than a hundred swords were damaged, leaving him struggling to maintain the defense.

Xu Yi struck the White Core Strange Beast with the Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword, but the beast survived and chased him down. After it destroyed most of his Purple Firmament Swords, Xu Yi used a cold light and a portal to drag it away, then fell out with the Four-Colored Seal.

• Xu Yi combined his swords and unleashed the Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword, sending the White Core Strange Beast into an abyss and leaving himself badly injured.
• Xu Yi discovered the beast was still alive and fled while devouring Precious Medicine to recover.
• The White Core Strange Beast caught up with Xu Yi and battered him, destroying nearly a thousand Purple Firmament Swords.
• Xu Yi sent out a cold light that wrapped around the beast's arm, then opened a portal and dragged the beast inside.
• The portal vanished, and Xu Yi fell out alongside the Four-Colored Seal.

Xu Yi recovered after capturing the White Core Strange Beast and ended his decades-long bond with Desolate Charm by removing his restriction. He sent Zhang Wanhe and the others back to hunting while he recuperated, with plans to cultivate before going to the Yin Court's base.

• Xu Yi captured the White Core Strange Beast in the Four-Colored Seal Space but was forced to flee when its strength overwhelmed him.
• Xu Yi reached a cavern, ordered everyone to end the hunt and hide, sealed the cavern, and slept for nearly half a month while Desolate Charm kept watch.
• Desolate Charm told Xu Yi he had managed the group and gathered their supplies, and Xu Yi offered to remove his restriction so they could part ways.
• Xu Yi gave Desolate Charm a Sumeru Ring with Incense Beads and supplies, removed the restriction, and received a parting gift of Ba Pearls and a restriction-refining technique.
• Xu Yi summoned Zhang Wanhe and ordered him to lead the others in continuing the hunt, then resumed recuperating and planned to cultivate before traveling to the Yin Court's base.

Xu Yi recovered while training the little wolfdog with spirit liquid and anomalous cores, eventually helping it advance into a Green Core Strange Beast. After the wolfdog failed to advance further from consuming another Green Core, it unexpectedly communicated its first thought to Xu Yi: “Hungry!”

• Xu Yi repeatedly fed and trained the little wolfdog with spirit liquid and anomalous cores, teaching it basic commands as it grew sleepier.
• Over the following months, Xu Yi recovered, and Zhang Wanhe's team brought back more anomalous cores before Xu Yi ordered them to rest.
• The little wolfdog howled beneath the blood moon, formed a Green Core with Xu Yi's help, swallowed it, and learned to fly.
• After sleeping for seven days, the little wolfdog woke unchanged, and Xu Yi accepted that the Green Core had not triggered another advancement.
• The little wolfdog sent Xu Yi the thought “Hungry!” and showed that it could communicate, though it understood little beyond that need.