Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi killed the head of the Lei family with a carefully planned pair of Cloud Burst Arrows, then returned to find Qi Ming gone. He found Qi Ming’s final letter asking him to avenge the sect and explaining what he had left behind.

• The head of the Lei family overwhelmed Xu Yi with spear energy, but Xu Yi used his exposed realm and a tossed Sumeru Ring to distract him.
• Xu Yi fired two Cloud Burst Arrows; the second struck the head of the Lei family and killed him, and Xu Yi destroyed his Yin soul with the Wailing Stick.
• Xu Yi looted and buried the head of the Lei family before returning to the locust tree, where he discovered Qi Ming had vanished.
• Xu Yi found Qi Ming’s Sumeru Ring and read his final letter, in which Qi Ming said he had chosen to die and asked Xu Yi to exterminate the four families.
• Qi Ming’s letter said the ring contained his Pill Arts notes for Xu Yi or another promising student.

Xu Yi witnessed Qi Ming’s death during the grave robbers’ attack and escaped the cemetery as Yun Zhongzi pursued him. Xu Yi drew Yun Zhongzi away to the western mountainside, where Yun Zhongzi explained how he had clashed with the Feng Family Head.

• Xu Yi found Qi Ming charging the grave robbers, but a Finger Sword killed the old man before he could reach them.
• The Heaven’s Thunder Pearl exploded after Xu Yi struck it with a Cloud Burst Arrow, leveling the cemetery and killing Qi Ming and the nearby looters.
• Xu Yi mourned Qi Ming and vowed to avenge him before fleeing as Yun Zhongzi approached.
• Xu Yi escaped through the woods on the Mechanical Bird, then changed course and lured Yun Zhongzi to a camphor grove.
• Yun Zhongzi told Xu Yi that the Feng Family Head had tried to convince him that a trusted family member had deceived him.

Xu Yi negotiated with Yun Zhongzi over the Golden Core after Yun Zhongzi revealed that he had killed the Feng Family Head. The chapter ended as Xu Yi proposed delaying their fight and dealing with Old Shui together, warning that a victor weakened by their duel would be vulnerable to him.

• Yun Zhongzi killed the Feng Family Head while he was distracted by the pill box, then searched for Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi deduced that Yun Zhongzi had killed Feng and learned that Yun Zhongzi wanted the Golden Core.
• Xu Yi claimed he had killed Lei Xiaodong and threatened to destroy the Golden Core, while warning Yun Zhongzi that Old Shui might be waiting nearby.
• Yun Zhongzi stopped Xu Yi from swallowing the Core and demanded that Xu Yi suggest a way for him to benefit.
• Xu Yi proposed gambling on a plan centered on Old Shui, arguing that their fight would leave the survivor too injured to face him.

Xu Yi and Yun Zhongzi formed a reluctant alliance to confront Old Ancestor Shui and recover the golden core. After preparing the battlefield and summoning Shui, Xu Yi’s surprise attack forced him back, but Yun Zhongzi then offered to withdraw if Shui spared the Yun family.

• Xu Yi persuaded Yun Zhongzi to join forces against Old Ancestor Shui, and the two chose the nearby woods as their battlefield.
• Xu Yi retrieved a Heavenly Thunder Pearl he had hidden in a Chinese fir and made preparations for the coming fight.
• Yun Zhongzi called out to Old Ancestor Shui, who arrived and overwhelmed the pair with his presence.
• Xu Yi struck first with a Cloud Burst Arrow, shattering Shui’s True Qi wall and forcing him to step back.
• Yun Zhongzi offered to withdraw and leave Shui the golden core if Shui promised not to harm the Yun family.

Xu Yi and Yun Zhongzi fought Old Ancestor Shui, whose Undefeated Golden Body withstood their attacks. After Xu Yi resisted Old Ancestor Shui’s attempt to turn him against Yun Zhongzi, Old Ancestor Shui launched a direct attack on him.

• Yun Zhongzi unleashed Golden Gale Blast against Old Ancestor Shui, but the storm failed to harm him, and he returned Xu Yi’s Cloud Burst Arrow, badly injuring Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi recovered with pills and fired a series of powerful Cloud Burst Arrows, forcing Old Ancestor Shui to defend himself with Qi spears while Yun Zhongzi joined the attack.
• Xu Yi dodged Old Ancestor Shui’s Qi spear with his Spirit Stone Wings, which Old Ancestor Shui recognized from their meeting at Eastern Cliff.
• Old Ancestor Shui offered to take Xu Yi as his disciple and grant him the Golden Core, but Xu Yi recognized the offer as a trick to break his alliance with Yun Zhongzi and rejected it.
• Old Ancestor Shui declared that he could not let Xu Yi live and charged straight at him.

Xu Yi, Yun Family Ancestor, and Old Ancestor Shui fought a desperate battle that left all three severely wounded before Xu Yi escaped on his Mechanical Bird. He fled deeper into the mountains, healing as he went, while Old Ancestor Shui recovered enough to pursue him.

• Xu Yi attacked Old Ancestor Shui with Cloud Burst Arrows while Yun Zhongzi initially fled, but Old Ancestor Shui struck Yun Zhongzi from behind.
• Yun Family Ancestor recovered and joined Xu Yi, whose arrows helped him keep Old Ancestor Shui occupied.
• Old Ancestor Shui unleashed Heaven Defying, and the ensuing explosion shattered his shoulder, tore open Yun Family Ancestor’s torso, and badly wounded Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi escaped on his Mechanical Bird, while Old Ancestor Shui killed Yun Family Ancestor, captured his spirit, and set off after Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi swallowed pills, flew deeper into the mountains, and rested briefly in a treetop before continuing toward the peak as Old Ancestor Shui pursued him.

After barely escaping Old Ancestor Shui, Xu Yi counted the heavy losses from their battle and returned to the Pill Cauldron Sect arena in Elder Xue’s disguise. There, he lied to Feng Qingyang about the Golden Core and urged the families to unite against the Yun and Lei families.

• Xu Yi recalled how he had hidden a Heavenly Thunder Pearl in a stone and used it with Cloud Burst Arrows to badly injure Old Ancestor Shui, then escaped on the Mechanical Bird.
• As he recovered in flight, Xu Yi found that the battle had consumed many of his pills, robes, Heavenly Thunder Pearls, arrows, and much of the Mechanical Bird’s range.
• Xu Yi spotted the Pill Cauldron Sect arena, washed off his blood, changed clothes, and used the Hundred Transformations Box to take Elder Xue’s appearance.
• The four families’ disciples had regrouped in separate corners of the arena, and Feng Qingyang accused Xu Yi of breaking his word when he arrived.
• Xu Yi claimed that he had returned the Golden Core to the family head and that Lei Xiaodong and Yun Zhongzi had ambushed them, then urged the families to join the Shui family against the Yun and Lei families.

Xu Yi used Lei Xiaodong’s Golden Spear and a series of killings to provoke a battle between the Feng, Lei, and Yun families, then fled on the Mechanical Bird with the Shui Family’s Old Ancestor in pursuit. The chase reached the Nielong River, where Xu Yi still sought a way to escape while the Old Ancestor demanded his soul-training method.

• Xu Yi displayed Lei Xiaodong’s Golden Spear and falsely claimed the Feng Family had ordered an alliance against the Lei and Yun families, then killed Lei Mingyuan and the Lei Family Elder with his arrows.
• The Feng and Lei families clashed, and Xu Yi urged the Feng Family to attack before flying away on the Mechanical Bird.
• Shui Mingyue stopped the Shui Family from joining the melee without the Old Ancestor’s order, while the Feng Family gained the upper hand over the Lei and Yun forces.
• The Shui Family’s Old Ancestor pursued Xu Yi on Lei Xiaodong’s golden roc and offered to make him his disciple in exchange for his Soul Power training method.
• Xu Yi refused to reveal his method and warned the Old Ancestor that he could not subdue his ghost, making the pursuer hesitate to use Soul Extraction and Spirit Refining.
• Xu Yi flew toward the Nielong River as the Old Ancestor demanded an answer and warned that the Mechanical Bird would soon stop flying.

Xu Yi stalled Old Ancestor Shui to learn that the supreme-grade Divine Essence Pill could support a Boundless Sea, then destroyed his golden eagle and fled. He reached Eagle Beak Rock, the battlefield he had chosen for their showdown, with Old Ancestor Shui still pursuing him.

• Xu Yi questioned Old Ancestor Shui about Sea Transformation and learned the supreme-grade Divine Essence Pill could help him form a Boundless Sea.
• Xu Yi asked whether anyone with his talent had used such a pill, and Old Ancestor Shui realized the result was unknown and vowed to kill him.
• Old Ancestor Shui attacked with a golden Qi spear, but Xu Yi countered with Cloud Burst Arrows and destroyed the golden eagle.
• Xu Yi fled aboard the Mechanical Bird while Old Ancestor Shui pursued him on foot, and the distance between them widened.
• Xu Yi stopped at Eagle Beak Rock, where black water poured down the cliff, to face Old Ancestor Shui.

Xu Yi lured Old Ancestor Shui to Eagle Beak Rock and fought back with a prepared trap, but the battle turned into a chase as he fled toward the cliff. Old Ancestor Shui pursued him, still intent on capturing him alive.

• Xu Yi tested the diminished Yin River water at Eagle Beak Rock and finished preparing his battlefield.
• Old Ancestor Shui caught up with Xu Yi, who threatened to swallow the Golden Core before the elder attacked.
• Xu Yi endured Old Ancestor Shui’s Finger Sword strikes and used Cloud Burst Arrows to trigger falling rocks and trees, but the elder’s Golden Body remained unharmed.
• Xu Yi fled into the woods on his Mechanical Bird, and Old Ancestor Shui launched Spear Sweeps the World before the spear vanished as Xu Yi dodged it.
• Old Ancestor Shui collected the abandoned Mechanical Bird and chased Xu Yi, who used Cloud Burst Arrows to slow him and sprinted toward the cliff while taking pills and firing Consecutive Arrows.

Xu Yi killed Old Ancestor Shui by luring him into the Yin Pool’s corrosive water and striking the Purple Gourd with a Cloud Burst Arrow. After treating his injuries with pills from Old Ancestor Shui’s Sumeru Ring, Xu Yi’s skin began rotting again as he headed back to the city.

• Xu Yi tossed the Golden Pill toward the Yin Pool, baiting Old Ancestor Shui into turning away from him.
• Xu Yi fired a Cloud Burst Arrow through Old Ancestor Shui’s qi wall and struck the Purple Gourd, unleashing the pool’s corrosive water.
• Xu Yi fired three more arrows as Old Ancestor Shui tried to escape, killing him before the Yin Pool swallowed his soul and remains.
• Xu Yi used his remaining pills to heal his burns and reflected on how his victory had depended on a carefully laid trap and luck.
• Xu Yi found more healing pills in Old Ancestor Shui’s Sumeru Ring and recovered from his injuries, but his skin began rotting again without warning.

Xu Yi, badly wounded by the Yin Pool, trapped himself inside the Lesser Heavenly Dipper Formation as the Four Great Families surrounded him. He claimed he had killed the Shui family Old Ancestor, and as the crowd attacked the formation, his wounds kept healing at the cost of growing more hair.

• Xu Yi planted the last of his formation flags just before the Four Great Families reached him, and the resulting barrier blocked their attack.
• Shui Mingyue discovered that the Shui family Old Ancestor’s command jade tablet had shattered, then led the families to Xu Yi near the Yin Pool.
• Xu Yi declared that he had killed the Shui family Old Ancestor and displayed the Old Ancestor’s Sumeru Ring, shocking the crowd.
• The crowd mistook Xu Yi for Feng family's Elder Xue, and Shui Mingyue persuaded them that Xu Yi was gravely wounded and worth killing for his treasures.
• The Four Great Families began breaking the Lesser Heavenly Dipper Formation while Xu Yi swallowed more Top-grade Essence Restoration Pills and struggled to understand why his body kept growing hair.

Xu Yi swallowed a Top-grade Divine Essence Pill and endured agonizing pain as he underwent Sea Transformation inside the formation. He formed a Boundless Sea just as the attackers nearly broke the shield, but a powerful Calamity Cloud sent lightning crashing toward him.

• Xu Yi reinforced the Lesser Heavenly Dipper Formation's shield with a mid-grade formation stone, then swallowed a Top-grade Divine Essence Pill to begin Sea Transformation.
• The pill's immense heat scorched Xu Yi and ravaged his body before his dantian burst open and began forming a vast space.
• A Calamity Cloud appeared over Xu Yi, and Shui Mingyue urged the attackers to destroy the shield before Xu Yi could form a Boundless Sea.
• Shui Mingyue, the Lei and Yun families, Feng Qingyang, and the others unleashed their strongest attacks, but Xu Yi restored the shield by spitting blood onto the formation stone.
• Xu Yi's dantian transformed into a vast ocean as a starry river appeared above him, confirming that he had formed a Boundless Sea.
• The Calamity Cloud turned into a thick blue-white bolt of lightning and plunged toward Xu Yi.

After Xu Yi survived the Calamity Cloud, the Three Great High Gates confronted Shui Mingyue over the Four Great Families’ destruction of the Pill Cauldron Sect. Xu Yi’s Sumeru Ring became the focus of a scramble, and the rival factions both moved to seize it.

• The Three Great High Gates arrived at the ruined Pill Cauldron Sect and found no Dragon Binding Rope before pursuing another Calamity Cloud.
• Shui Mingyue falsely claimed that a thief had triggered the Calamity Cloud, then admitted the Four Great Families had destroyed the Pill Cauldron Sect and challenged Fairy Yuqing.
• Fairy Yuqing demanded that Shui Yi answer for the attack, while Shui Mingyue claimed his Old Ancestor had authorized him to decide the Shui Household’s affairs.
• Xu Yi’s charred shell peeled away in a tree, revealing his battered body and pale-gold Sumeru Ring.
• The Four Great Families rushed for Xu Yi’s ring, prompting the Three Great High Gates to send qi toward it and knock Xu Yi from the tree.

Xu Yi awoke after successfully undergoing Sea Transformation, but sunlight and an attack on his face sent him into a rage-fueled slaughter. He killed Shui Mingyue and left the surviving martial heroes scattered in terror.

• Xu Yi discovered that his Qi Sea had become a boundless ocean, though sunlight caused him intense discomfort.
• Feng Qingyang attacked Xu Yi, who killed him with a single punch and charged toward Shui Mingyue.
• Xu Yi fought through the gathered cultivators with Finger Sword and the Wailing Stick, killing more than a dozen before the attackers fled.
• Xu Yi pursued Shui Mingyue while Shui family disciples and the Three Great High Gates refused to help.
• Xu Yi caught Shui Mingyue and crushed his head with the Wailing Stick.

After killing Shui Yi and Yun Zhongzi, Xu Yi intimidated the three sects and repaid Fairy Yuqing’s kindness by giving gifts to Tianshan Sect before leaving. He later reflected on surviving the Calamity Cloud, which healed his grave injury but severely damaged his incomplete yin soul.

• Xu Yi searched the dead for valuables, but Qiu Changtian confronted him and threatened to kill him.
• Xu Yi revealed Shui Yi’s ring and Yun Zhongzi’s blood weapon, then warned the three sects not to challenge him.
• Xu Yi recognized Fairy Yuqing and gave more than twenty treasures to Tianshan Sect disciples, including a purple case of spirit soil for her.
• Xu Yi bid Fairy Yuqing farewell and left, while she asked Han'er to show her what was inside the case.
• After traveling more than a hundred li, Xu Yi examined his face and recalled how the Calamity Cloud had healed his injury while carving away much of his yin soul.

After surviving the Calamity Cloud, Xu Yi discovered that his body and senses had changed, then attacked Zhou Shirong when he appeared. He recognized that the body belonged to the Daoist, who had come to bargain for his Yin Corpse, and demanded to know what he wanted.

• Xu Yi regained control of his body after the fall, but found himself sensitive to light and cold, with an Asura-like face and a changed Qi Sea.
• Xu Yi sensed Zhou Shirong approaching and attacked him, wearing down his defenses with Sword Qi.
• Zhou Shirong revealed that he was the Daoist occupying Zhou Shirong's body and explained how he had entered it after Zhou Shirong drowned in the Giant Coffin's green water.
• The Daoist said he had followed Xu Yi to Qixia Mountain to negotiate for the Yin Corpse in Xu Yi's Sumeru Ring.
• Xu Yi recognized the Daoist, summoned the Wailing Stick, and demanded that he state his business.

Xu Yi forced the Daoist to explain how to treat his damaged Yin Soul and kept the Yin Corpse as leverage for a future task. After ordering the Daoist to impersonate Zhou Shirong, Xu Yi crossed Jade Wave Pool and traveled downriver while avoiding the sunlight.

• The Daoist identified Xu Yi's weakened Yin Soul and explained that Taiyin Liquid or secret cultivation arts could nourish it.
• Xu Yi threatened the Daoist with the Wailing Stick and promised to return the Yin Corpse only after the Daoist completed a task.
• Xu Yi gave the Daoist a Crimson Gold Coin but refused to return the Yin Corpse, ordering him to pass himself off as Zhou Shirong.
• Xu Yi sped across Jade Wave Pool, then dived underwater to catch Sword Carp and used them to carry him downriver as the sunlight troubled him.

Xu Yi returned to Guang'an City after entering the Qi Sea Realm and inventoried the treasures he had taken from the Golden Core experts. He replenished many of his supplies, but the chapter left him with depleted travel equipment and a collection of powerful blood weapons and storage rings.

• Xu Yi rode Sword Carp through the river, surfaced after nearly two hours, and hurried back to his rented mansion in Guang'an City.
• Xu Yi cooked rice and braised pork, ate, bathed, and changed into clean clothes.
• Xu Yi broke the seals on the Sumeru Rings and discovered nested rings belonging to Yun Zhongzi and the Feng family head.
• Xu Yi compared his possessions before and after the battle and counted his lost robes, pills, formation tools, and other treasures.
• Xu Yi inventoried the rings he had taken, finding blood weapons, magic robes, pills, and nearly six hundred thousand gold coins.

Xu Yi reorganized his treasures and planned to fulfill his goals, including wiping out the weakened Four Great Families. He joined Fang Bao to plan their move against them and obtained Dark Robes to protect his injured Yin Soul from sunlight.

• Xu Yi sorted his treasures into Jiang Nanxun's and Old Ancestor Shui's Sumeru Rings and reviewed his plans to kill Zhou Daogan, save Qiu Wa, retrieve the Precious Scripture, and destroy the Four Great Families.
• Unable to endure the approaching sunlight, Xu Yi wrapped himself up and went to Linglong Pavilion to meet Fang Bao.
• Xu Yi told Fang Bao that the Golden Core Realm cultivators had killed one another and argued that the weakened Four Great Families could be brought down.
• Fang Bao agreed to Xu Yi's plan to target the Four Great Families, and they discussed the details.
• Xu Yi asked Fang Bao for help with his injured Yin Soul, and Fang Bao gave him a dozen Dark Robes that blocked sunlight and provided a cool, shady aura.