Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi prepared to break through to the Human Immortal Realm after defeating the White Core Strange Beast and gathering the required resources. He left the search for two nearby primordial pits to his followers.

• Xu Yi bonded with the little wolfdog using an Origin Seal Bead and sent it off to find food on its own.
• Xu Yi killed the weakened White Core Strange Beast in the Four-Colored Seal Space and obtained its beast core.
• Xu Yi restored the damaged Immortal Slaying Sword, but could not reforge the Purple Firmament Swords because he lacked Five-Flavor Fire.
• Xu Yi told his captives he planned to break through and would free them afterward, but they insisted they wanted to keep serving under him.
• Xu Yi asked his followers to find two nearby primordial pits, and Zhang Wanhe suggested buying them from merchant associations in Ruolan Cave City.

Xu Yi sent Zhang Wanhe and his squad to Ruolan Cave City to gather information while Yang Wufang led others to search for sinkholes. Meanwhile, Huang Mei struggled through the wilderness after escaping, enduring repeated beast tides and questioning the freedom he had chosen.

• Xu Yi rejected renting from a merchant association and sent Zhang Wanhe and his squad to Ruolan Cave City to seek information about sinkholes.
• Yang Wufang led the remaining people to search for sinkholes, while Xu Yi visited the little wolfdog and saw it commanding nearby exotic beasts.
• Shi Qinglai delivered a report to Xu Yi, who calmly dismissed him.
• Huang Mei collapsed after fleeing for more than ten days, then woke injured and continued onward without food or water.
• Huang Mei found a river, ate strange fish, and hid from the beast tides, but another tide drove him back into a desperate flight.
• After escaping the beasts and recovering in a mud pit, Huang Mei cursed the freedom he had chosen when the ghostly voice asked whether he regretted it.

Desolate Charm left Xu Yi to seek out one of Old Xu’s caves but was captured by cultivators who planned to sell him to Laichun Hall. After escaping Ruolan Cave City and being pursued, he was caught again—only for Xu Yi to appear and rescue him.

• Desolate Charm headed south toward one of Old Xu’s caves, but a red-clothed fatty and a young man in hemp captured him in a golden net.
• The two men decided to sell Desolate Charm to Laichun Hall for demon bones, and the fatty knocked him unconscious.
• Desolate Charm escaped his chained cage in Ruolan Cave City by turning into mist, then fled through the building as alarms sounded.
• Desolate Charm ran through a cloud of corpse miasma, but dozens of cultivators spotted him and pursued him.
• A Second Realm Human Immortal restrained Desolate Charm, and Xu Yi appeared before him.

Xu Yi rescued Desolate Charm from Zhu Sihuo’s group and demanded compensation instead of fighting them. Zhu Sihuo paid three blue Star Spirit Essences and withdrew, later revealing that his Beast of Knowledge had sensed grave danger from Xu Yi.

• Desolate Charm recognized Xu Yi, broke down in tears, and fainted after demanding to swallow Zhu Sihuo’s men.
• Xu Yi put Desolate Charm in his Spirit Beast Bag and ignored Zhu Sihuo’s offer to settle the misunderstanding peacefully.
• Xu Yi demanded three blue Star Spirit Essences, and Zhu Sihuo handed them over before leaving with his group.
• Zhu Sihuo’s companions complained about retreating, but he reminded them that risking their lives over Desolate Charm made no sense.
• Zhu Sihuo showed the group his trembling Beast of Knowledge and explained why he had been cautious around Xu Yi.

Xu Yi manipulated events to bring Desolate Charm back under his control, while Zhang Wanhe sought information in Ruolan Cave City. The chapter ended with Zhang still pursuing other leads after Liu Xianyang failed to help him.

• Xu Yi revealed that he had tracked Desolate Charm and arranged the dangers that led to his capture, then waited for him to escape Laichun Hall.
• Desolate Charm woke in Xu Yi's cave, ate, and asked to return to the Starry Sky Ring.
• Xu Yi refused to discuss terms, so Desolate Charm sent Xu Yi a blood seal and returned to the Starry Sky Ring on his own.
• Xu Yi was relieved that Desolate Charm had returned without questioning how he had been rescued.
• In Ruolan Cave City, Zhang Wanhe unexpectedly encountered his brother-in-law Su Donglai, then met information broker Liu Xianyang, whose answer disappointed him.

Su Donglai learned from Chen Shutong that a powerful Ghost Immortal had organized the prisoners, captured exotic beasts, and sought two primordial pits to reach the Human Immortal realm. Su Donglai decided to court the man while planning with the Head Shopkeeper to oppose him, as Zhang Wanhe returned to Scorpion Tail Mountain.

• Su Donglai asked Mr. Tu to investigate Zhang Wanhe, and Mr. Tu chose to target Chen Shutong through his lover at Yian Tower.
• Mr. Tu reported that Chen Shutong had revealed how a Ghost Immortal captured the southern caverns’ prisoners and used a treasure to lure and trap exotic beasts.
• Mr. Tu warned that the prisoners had united into a powerful organization around the Ghost Immortal, and Su Donglai decided to report the threat to the Head Shopkeeper.
• Mr. Tu explained that Zhang Wanhe was helping the Ghost Immortal find two primordial pits and that the Ghost Immortal had caused the sudden shifts in exotic cores and supplies.
• Su Donglai decided to provide Zhang Wanhe with two primordial pits while keeping Chen Shutong tied to his side through a recorded video.
• Zhang Wanhe led his team back to Scorpion Tail Mountain, where Xu Yi had housed the prisoners near his iron house.

Xu Yi staged a false breakthrough at the Twin Primordial Sinkholes to draw out Lijing Hall, then escaped their ambush. Li Zheyan’s forces discovered that Xu Yi had rented three sinkholes around Ruolan Cave City, leaving them unsure where he would attempt his breakthrough.

• Xu Yi announced that his troops would gather at the Twin Primordial Sinkholes in seven days to escort his breakthrough, while Huang Mei warned him about the risk of betrayal.
• Xu Yi appeared to begin his breakthrough at the sinkholes, and more than a hundred cultivators from Lijing Hall surrounded him as Shi Qinglai and Zhang Wanhe’s men argued over who had leaked the news.
• Li Zheyan demanded that Xu Yi be handed over, but Xu Yi burst into green smoke, revealing that the figure had been a corpse tyrant.
• Mr. Tu reasoned that Xu Yi had likely gone to Ruolan Cave City to rent another sinkhole, and Li Zheyan ordered Su Donglai to investigate.
• Su Donglai learned that Xu Yi had paid to rent three sinkholes at once, and Li Zheyan ordered his forces to search for him.

Xu Yi used several layers of deception to evade the forces hunting him and began crossing the Yin-Yang Tribulation in a pair of original sinkholes. As Li Zheyan rushed back toward him, two figures formed from Clear Light in the sinkholes.

• Li Zheyan split his forces among three distant locations, while Shi Qinglai led the remaining group east to search for their Lord.
• Li Zheyan's teams found empty sinkholes, and Mr. Tu deduced that Xu Yi had returned to the first pair of locations.
• Xu Yi emerged from hiding and began the tribulation, refining two blue Star Spirit Essences and sending the Dragons of Stars into the sinkholes.
• Xu Yi fed the Dragons of Stars Dragon Transformation Fiend and used primordial tortoise shells to soften the magnetic force as the dragons broke apart into Clear Light.
• Two figures formed from the Clear Light, one resembling Xu Yi and the other the Crimson Flame Thunder Monkey, as Li Zheyan saw the tribulation's celestial sign nearby.

Xu Yi completed his transformation into a Human Immortal and fled as Li Zheyan pursued him. Their chase led Li Zheyan into an exotic-beast lair, where a beast tide engulfed him.

• Xu Yi used Star Spirit Essences and magnetic-origin force to form a Human Immortal body, then merged his two immortal souls into it.
• Xu Yi accepted Heaven's Will and also exposed his Spiritually Communicating Treasure to it, though the treasure changed little.
• Xu Yi joked that others should repay the resources he spent on his breakthrough, while Huang Mei hid in the Starry Sky Ring.
• Li Zheyan caught up to Xu Yi and attacked, but Xu Yi blocked his jade ruler with a divine weapon and then vanished underground.
• Li Zheyan followed Xu Yi into a deep cavern, discovered an exotic-beast lair, and was surrounded by a surging beast tide.

Xu Yi’s plan drove Li Zheyan’s force into a massive beast tide, which swallowed the cultivators whole. Su Donglai awoke alone among the ruins and confronted Xu Yi, who asked why he was the only survivor.

• Li Zheyan held out against the beasts until Su Donglai and more than a hundred cultivators fought their way to him.
• Su Donglai’s force charged into the cave and scattered the beasts long enough to reach Li Zheyan.
• Mr. Tu noticed the cave lacked signs of a true beast lair, but a vast tide poured down the passage and engulfed the group.
• Su Donglai woke alone on a cold floor amid battlefield ruins and saw Xu Yi nearby.
• Su Donglai recognized Xu Yi and demanded to know how he had caused the disaster, and Xu Yi asked why Su Donglai was still alive.

Xu Yi revealed that he had controlled the beast tide and killed Li Zheyan, Mr. Tu, and the others, sparing Su Donglai because he needed him to gather resources. After punishing Su Donglai and disciplining Zhang Wanhe, Xu Yi secured enough Weapon Spirits to begin repairing the Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword.

• Su Donglai realized Xu Yi had controlled the beast tide, and Xu Yi admitted he had killed the Lijing Hall group and spared Su Donglai for his usefulness.
• Xu Yi used the Bà Bead Forbidden Technique to torture Su Donglai until he submitted and agreed to work for him.
• Xu Yi cleared Zhang Wanhe of being the mole but demoted him for failing to guard his unit, then had him punish Chen Shutong.
• Xu Yi explained that he needed Su Donglai to gather colorless Weapon Spirits to repair the Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword, and Su Donglai collected the full amount in seven days.
• Xu Yi rewarded Zhang Wanhe and promised to restore his former post after he rendered further service.

Xu Yi backed Su Donglai’s bid to become Lijing Hall’s Head Shopkeeper and used the hall’s Five-Flavor Fire to restore his sword and tend to the damaged Spiritually Communicating Treasure. He and Huang Mei decided to use captured immortal souls to dissolve the treasure’s outer shell, and Xu Yi began by releasing one from an Immortal Locking Bottle.

• Su Donglai asked Xu Yi for fifty blue Star Spirit Essences to secure the Lijing Hall leadership, and Xu Yi gave him the resources.
• Su Donglai told Xu Yi that the Five-Flavor Fire formation was ready, allowing Xu Yi to use Lijing Hall’s supply.
• Xu Yi spent a little over half a month restoring the Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword with the Five-Flavor Fire.
• Xu Yi tried nourishing the Spiritually Communicating Treasure with his immortal soul, but the treasure recoiled and burned a hole through his soul.
• Huang Mei advised Xu Yi to use captured immortal souls to dissolve the treasure’s shell and reminded him of their agreement to share one out of every ten.
• Xu Yi took out an Immortal Locking Bottle and released a captured immortal soul.

Xu Yi refined the Spiritually Communicating Treasure with immortal souls, then prepared Lijing Hall for his departure and traveled toward the base. He left the strange beasts near Ruolan Cave City behind and continued through the vast, beast-filled core region.

• The puppy swallowed an immortal soul meant for Desolate Charm, and Xu Yi settled their quarrel by giving Desolate Charm an Immortal Locking Bottle.
• Xu Yi used more than twenty immortal souls, including Li Zheyan's, to refine the Spiritually Communicating Treasure, which shrank as impurities were removed.
• After emerging from the refining room on the nineteenth day, Xu Yi told Lijing Hall's core members he was leaving and ordered them to keep searching for mineral veins.
• Xu Yi entrusted Lijing Hall and the army of prisoners to Shi Qinglai, then warned them to keep his plan to drive away nearby strange beasts secret.
• Xu Yi used the puppy to lure the beast tide away from Ruolan Cave City, left the beasts behind, and traveled toward the base across the core region.

Xu Yi arrived at Base Number Three to take up his post, while deputy chiefs Zhao Pu and Zhang Cheng planned to exploit his authority and send him to a dangerous mine. After his credentials were verified, Zhao Pu greeted him warmly, leaving Xu Yi unaware of their scheme.

• Xu Yi reached Base Number Three, expecting to report to its chief while worrying that Western Underworld Lord might target him.
• Zhao Pu admitted to Zhang Cheng that he wanted Xu Yi's treasure and planned to use his authority to make trouble for him.
• Zhao Pu and Zhang Cheng decided to send Xu Yi to Mine Pit Number Six and use red tape to keep him under control.
• Zhao Pu and Zhang Cheng discussed welcoming Brother Li before an attendant announced that Lei Chiyan had arrived.
• Xu Yi presented his credential, had it verified, and received a courteous greeting from Zhao Pu.

Xu Yi arrived at Base Number Three, accepted his post as Mine Chief of Number Six, and was escorted to his mine. After finding the mine nearly empty, he wondered whether Zhao Pu posed a threat to him.

• Zhao Pu welcomed Xu Yi and arranged his formalities, giving him a restriction token for his new post.
• Zhao Si escorted Xu Yi from the base and explained the protective restriction walls and the Kanan Domain.
• Xu Yi gave Zhao Si more than two hundred Star Stones, and Zhao Si described the region and its powers.
• Zhao Si led Xu Yi through Mine Pit Number Three to his room, where Xu Yi found the mine unusually quiet.
• Xu Yi asked Huang Mei whether Zhao Pu might be plotting against him, and Huang Mei said Zhao Pu's true intentions remained unclear.

Xu Yi investigated the Star Ore mine and learned from Old Zheng about its operations and Starflame Liquid. As night fell, a massive beast tide overran the mine, and the little wolfdog stopped the creatures before five powerful beasts surrounded it.

• Xu Yi questioned Old Zheng about the mine, its Star Ore, and the Starflame Liquid, then learned of detailed records in the records room.
• Xu Yi studied the mining records until the little wolfdog sensed danger and alerted him to a beast tide entering the mine.
• The beast tide overwhelmed Old Zheng and the other workers as Xu Yi escaped the records room with the little wolfdog.
• The little wolfdog's howls halted the advancing beasts, and a wolf Demon-like beast arrived and called four Azure Core exotic beasts to surround it.

Xu Yi survived Zhao Pu’s attempt to kill him by using his iron cabin and defeated the strange beasts that attacked Mine Pit Number Six. The next morning, Zhao Pu tried to demote Xu Yi, but Zhang Cheng challenged his account of the disaster.

• Xu Yi killed five Green Core Strange Beasts with the Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword, and the little wolf dog drove the beast tide away.
• Xu Yi suspected Zhao Pu had sabotaged the forbidden wall and decided to seek protection from powerful figures rather than confront him directly.
• Zhao Pu arrived with armored soldiers and accused Xu Yi of causing the mine’s destruction, but Xu Yi explained that his iron cabin had protected him from the beast tide.
• Zhao Pu demoted Xu Yi to mine inspector at Mine Pit Number Six, and Xu Yi accepted the punishment for the time being.
• Zhang Cheng intervened, questioned the forbidden wall’s failure and the timing of the beast tide, and implied Zhao Pu had arranged the attack.

Zhang Cheng sheltered Xu Yi and planned to use his grievance against Zhao Pu to undermine him, while Xu Yi accepted the arrangement as a way to gain a foothold. As Zhao Pu and Zhang Cheng prepared to welcome Brother Li, Boss Gu’s ambush found Xu Yi missing and left the gang baffled.

• Zhang Cheng took Xu Yi away from Zhao Pu and placed him in a temporary storehouse, promising to bring him before Lord Pang when he returned.
• Xu Yi recognized that Zhang Cheng was using him against Zhao Pu and decided that paying a price to win Lord Pang’s support was worthwhile.
• Xu Yi ate, then slept on a cliff ledge with the little wolf-dog standing watch.
• Zhao Pu and Zhang Cheng prepared a lavish welcome for Brother Li and discussed Zhang Cheng’s plan to have Boss Gu attack Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi woke at the sound of a distant blast, while Boss Gu and his six brothers discovered that their target was nowhere to be found.

Xu Yi discovered Zhang Cheng had arranged an ambush, defeated Boss Gu and his men, and forced them under his control. He took Boss Gu back to confront Zhang Cheng, who was entertaining Brother Li when Boss Gu reported that Xu Yi was no ordinary target.

• Xu Yi realized Zhang Cheng had lured him into a trap and emerged to confront Boss Gu and six subordinates.
• Xu Yi overwhelmed the attackers with the Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword, killing the weaker men and defeating Boss Gu and the two First Realm Human Immortals.
• Xu Yi forced three captured men to swallow Ba Pearls, learned Zhang Cheng had hired the bandits, and ordered Boss Gu to return with him.
• Zhang Cheng entertained Brother Li while Zhao Pu dealt with an attendant who announced Boss Gu had arrived.
• Zhang Cheng contacted Boss Gu through the Ruyi Pearl, and Boss Gu warned him that Xu Yi was no ordinary person and that they had found things in his Starry Sky Ring.

Xu Yi, disguised as Lei Chiyan, confronted Zhao Pu and Zhang Cheng over their attempt to seize his Starry Sky Ring, but realized they had protected themselves through the chain of command. Pang Weiguo arrived and ordered Xu Yi to toast Zhao Pu and Zhang Cheng, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Zhao Pu urged Zhang Cheng to reveal the supposed treasure, while Li Weiran agreed to let Boss Gu bring it in.
• Boss Gu brought Xu Yi into the ward, and Xu Yi revealed himself as Lei Chiyan and accused Zhao Pu and Zhang Cheng of plotting against him.
• Zhao Pu and Zhang Cheng denied wrongdoing and ordered Xu Yi to leave, while Huang Mei urged him to retreat to the Underworld Court.
• Pang Weiguo arrived at Base Number Three, and Li Weiran welcomed him as an honored guest.
• Pang Weiguo stopped Zhao Pu's accusations and ordered Xu Yi to offer Zhao Pu and Zhang Cheng a toast.