Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi used the little wolf-dog to lure two White Rank Strange Beasts so it could consume their cores, then learned that refined ore essence could force a Strange Beast to advance. After reporting to Zhong Changming about Xing Tian Sect’s interest in Star Refining Furnace patterns, Xu Yi was urged to pursue Furnace Three’s missing Metal-element Subordinate Star Pattern.

• Xu Yi explained how Desolate Charm Old Ancestor had hidden the little wolf-dog during the fight, allowing it to sneak away with the two White Rank Strange Beast cores.
• Xi Jin City revealed that Chen Tai Zhong had bound a White Rank Strange Beast with an ultimate secret technique and fed it refined ore essence until it reached Black Rank.
• Xu Yi realized that obtaining Furnace Four’s main star pattern would let him make refined ore essence and help advance the little wolf-dog.
• Xu Yi told Zhong Changming that Xing Tian Sect might be seeking a furnace’s main star pattern, and suggested Furnace Three as a possibility because he lacked its Metal-element Subordinate Star Pattern.
• Zhong Changming insisted Xu Yi pursue Furnace Three’s pattern immediately, despite the rules, to discover Xing Tian Sect’s target.

Xu Yi learned that Xing Tian Sect planned to seize Refining Furnace No. 3’s Main Star Pattern, a plot that could get him killed by the Tu Hun Alliance’s Grand Refining Hall. Zhong Changming and Xia Huosong warned him and sought a way to stop the operation, while Xu Yi concealed that he still wanted a chance to obtain the Main Star Pattern.

• Lie Yan Yang sent Xu Yi a plan to report when he had obtained all the Subordinate Star Patterns for Refining Furnace No. 3, after which Xing Tian Sect would capture their target and torture him for the Main Star Pattern.
• Xu Yi realized that handing over the Subordinate Star Patterns would diminish his value to Lie Yan Yang and Xi Jin City, and he continued looking for a way to obtain the Main Star Pattern.
• Zhong Changming told Xia Huosong that Xing Tian Sect was targeting a Main Star Pattern and warned that the Grand Refining Hall might eliminate Xu Yi if the operation exposed his knowledge of Refining Furnace No. 3.
• Xia Huosong summoned Xu Yi, and Zhong Changming explained the danger; Xu Yi cursed Lie Yan Yang and Xi Jin City for treating him as expendable.
• Zhong Changming proposed making Xing Tian Sect abandon the operation, but Xu Yi argued that delaying them would only lead them to act by force and leave him doomed either way.

Xu Yi learned that Xing Tian Sect had seized Elder Hong but failed to obtain the Number Four Main Star Pattern. Lie Yan Yang explained that the Tu Hun Alliance’s prohibition spell kept even Chief Refiners from understanding the secret patterns, leaving Xing Tian Sect’s plan stalled.

• Xia Huosong and Zhong Changming decided to keep Xu Yi’s breakthrough to the fifth rotation secret and let their operation wait.
• Three months later, Xu Yi told Lie Yan Yang that he had obtained all the Subordinate Star Patterns for the Number Four Star Refining Furnace.
• Zhong Changming and Xia Huosong told Xu Yi that Xing Tian Sect had taken Elder Hong, the Chief Refiner for the Number Four Main Star Pattern.
• Xu Yi went to Xing Tian Sect’s base and found Lie Yan Yang and Xi Jin City subdued because their expert could not unravel the Main Star Pattern.
• Lie Yan Yang told Xu Yi that Xing Tian Sect had captured Elder Hong but that the Tu Hun Alliance’s prohibition spell prevented him from mastering or revealing the Main Star Pattern.

Xu Yi entered the Xing Tian Sect’s secluded refining chamber and began deciphering the Main Star Pattern Jade Slip, after Lie Yan Yang and Xi Jin City swore not to kill him. By experimenting with Refining Furnace Embryos, he uncovered the connections among its seventeen restriction arrays and reached a sudden breakthrough, though the chapter ended before revealing what he had discovered.

• Xu Yi demanded that Lie Yan Yang and Xi Jin City swear they would not dispose of him after his work, and both gave their assurances.
• Xu Yi took the Main Star Pattern Jade Slip into the secluded refining chamber and found one golden mandarin duck containing its restrictions.
• Xu Yi recognized the first two restrictions as arrays from the Wood Subordinate Star Pattern of Furnace No. 3 and the Water Subordinate Star Pattern of Furnace No. 1, then uncovered seventeen arrays in total.
• Xu Yi used 120 Refining Furnace Embryos to determine how the seventeen restrictions connected to one another.
• Xu Yi saw eight arrays vanish as the other nine separated and recombined in his sea of consciousness, then laughed at his breakthrough.

Xu Yi failed to decipher the Main Star Pattern but believed the Subordinate Star Patterns held the key. After Lie Yan Yang and Xi Jin City admitted they had concealed the Grand Refining Hall’s Purification Operation, Xu Yi agreed to keep working with them and returned to the Spring City Council to learn what was happening.

• Xu Yi failed to break the Main Star Pattern’s restriction but told Lie Yan Yang and Xi Jin City that deciphering the Subordinate Star Patterns might reveal how to unlock it.
• Lie Yan Yang and Xi Jin City revealed that the Grand Refining Hall had launched a Purification Operation targeting cultivators who learned the Subordinate Star Patterns for Main Star Pattern No. 4.
• Xu Yi accused Lie Yan Yang and Xi Jin City of hiding the danger and demanded contact with the Right Arm; Lie Yan Yang promised to arrange it later.
• Xu Yi agreed to trust Lie Yan Yang and Xi Jin City for now and said he would return to the Spring City Council to check on the situation.
• Lie Yan Yang and Xi Jin City let Xu Yi leave, hoping Zhong Changming and Xia Huosong would protect him.

Xu Yi proposed recovering Elder Hong and the Main Star Pattern Jade Slip through the Xing Tian Sect's Left Arm Organization to stop the Grand Refining Hall's Purification Operation and save himself from execution. Lie Yan Yang and Xi Jin City agreed to return the jade slip after Xu Yi warned them that holding on to it could ruin their plans for a hundred years.

• Xu Yi told Xia Huosong and Zhong Changming that the Xing Tian Sect's Right Arm Organization had seized Elder Hong, leaving the Grand Refining Hall poised to begin its Purification Operation.
• Xu Yi rejected faking his death and proposed rescuing Elder Hong to earn protection, then explained that returning the Main Star Pattern Jade Slip could halt the purification.
• Xu Yi suggested asking the Left Arm Organization to recover Elder Hong and the jade slip, using the threat of the Purification Operation to persuade Lie Yan Yang and Xi Jin City.
• Xu Yi presented the plan to Lie Yan Yang and Xi Jin City, who balked at giving up the jade slip until he warned that keeping it could lead to the Furnace No. 4 star patterns being locked away for a hundred years.
• Lie Yan Yang agreed to prioritize Xu Yi's safety, and Xu Yi argued that surrendering the jade slip offered a better chance to reclaim it later.

Xu Yi helped Xi Jin City and Lie Yan Yang recover the Main Star Pattern Jade Slip, securing rewards from the Tu Hun Alliance for Xia Huosong and Zhong Changming. He then slipped away from headquarters to refine the No. 4 Star Refining Furnace, having prepared the required materials and concealment methods.

• Xu Yi persuaded Xi Jin City and Lie Yan Yang to return the Main Star Pattern Jade Slip through a convincing plan, then warned Xia Huosong and Zhong Changming that Elder Hong probably could not be brought back.
• More than ten days later, Xia Huosong and Zhong Changming told Xu Yi that the operation had succeeded and the Tu Hun Alliance had rewarded them.
• Xia Huosong and Zhong Changming urged Xu Yi to avoid the battle at the Imperial Decree Platform, but Xu Yi refused and secretly left headquarters to cultivate.
• Zhong Changming and Xia Huosong failed to track Xu Yi after he hid in the Four-Colored Seal Space and used Huang Mei's corpse aura to conceal himself.
• Xu Yi set out to refine the No. 4 Star Refining Furnace, having gathered its Main and Subordinate Star Patterns and arranged the mineral base through Song Huanshan.

Xu Yi reached Ruolan Cave City, confirmed that only one of six reported star ore veins was genuine, and began refining a No. 4 Star Refining Furnace on Mount Qishou. After imprinting the ore foundation, he had the Little Wolf Cub feed star ore into the furnace, leaving the refining process underway.

• Xu Yi promised Su Donglai, Zhang Wanhe, and the others that he would restore their freedom after the work was done, then received their map of six ore veins.
• Xu Yi and the Little Wolf Cub found that only the vein on Mount Qishou was genuine, and Xu Yi resolved to rely on the Little Wolf Cub to gather enough ore.
• Xu Yi used the Little Wolf Cub to dig an underground formation that converted Lung Fire into Five-Flavor Fire.
• Xu Yi quickly refined a perfect No. 4 Star Refining Furnace using Cloud Crane Pure Qi.
• Xu Yi spent three days imprinting the ore foundation, then sent the Little Wolf Cub to bring starlit rocks into the furnace for refining.

Xu Yi used Star Spirit Essence to advance his cultivation and improve his nearly ruined Spiritually Communicating Treasure, then began extracting white-level ore essence from a richer vein at Beast Mountain. His first attempt failed, but he remained undeterred because the little wolfdog could find more star ore veins.

• Xu Yi refined a mountain of Star Spirit Essence and Incense Spirit Essence, advancing his cultivation as two immortal-soul figures grew clearer.
• Xu Yi placed the nearly ruined Spiritually Communicating Treasure at the center of the surging Will of Heaven and Earth, which made the treasure more than ten times more effective.
• Xu Yi celebrated his progress with a poem, while Huang Mei fled into the Starry Sky Ring and the little wolfdog shared his happiness.
• The little wolfdog found three more star ore veins, and Xu Yi chose the richer vein at Beast Mountain to extract white-level ore essence.
• Xu Yi's first attempt to extract white-level ore essence failed, but he rested and woke refreshed, confident that more veins could be found.

Xu Yi spent seven months on Tu Hun Star extracting White-level Ore Essence, advancing to the third realm and catalyzing the little wolfdog’s growth. After the wolfdog fell into a deep sleep that seemed to mark its advancement, Xu Yi returned to strengthen his weapons before the Imperial Decree Platform opened, and Song Huanshan greeted him joyfully.

• Xu Yi extracted thirteen pieces of White-level Ore Essence and fed three to the little wolfdog, which fell asleep as seven-colored halos shimmered around it.
• During seven months of mining, Xu Yi advanced to the third realm, while his cultivation stalled because he lacked the method to extract Black Rank Ore Essence.
• Xu Yi continued nourishing his half-ruined Spiritually Communicating Treasure with part of his immortal soul while the little wolfdog digested ore essence.
• The little wolfdog’s halos vanished and it entered a deathlike sleep; after Huang Mei reassured Xu Yi, he saw its body becoming purer and placed it in the Spirit Beast Bag.
• Xu Yi left the underground pit to return and improve his combat strength and Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword, and Song Huanshan welcomed him with excitement.

Xu Yi visited Song Huanshan and asked the Righteous Alliance for weapon spirits to prepare for the Imperial Decree Platform. Chen Sihai ordered the alliance to gather them at any cost, while the Sea of Stars Alliance began buying high-grade weapon spirits as well.

• Xu Yi visited Song Huanshan and requested many white-grade weapon spirits and a few black-grade ones for his preparations to reach the Imperial Decree Platform.
• Song Huanshan offered a few dozen white-grade spirits and three or five black-grade ones, but Xu Yi left, dissatisfied with the quantities.
• Song Huanshan rushed to Chen Sihai and explained Xu Yi's visit, prompting Chen Sihai to order the alliance to gather every weapon spirit above white-grade at any cost.
• Song Huanshan received Yan Jingming's report that the Sea of Stars Alliance was buying high-grade weapon spirits almost regardless of cost.

Xu Yi returned to Spring City's headquarters after persuading the Sea of Stars Alliance to gather high-grade weapon spirits, then asked Spring City and the Xing Tian Sect for help preparing materials for a secret art before the Imperial Decree Platform opened. He left both sides competing to supply him and went to make the same request of Lie Yan Yang and Xi Jin City.

• Chen Sihai realized Xu Yi had sent the Sea of Stars Alliance to gather high-grade weapon spirits, and he ordered Song Huanshan to make Spring City compete for Xu Yi's favor.
• Xu Yi returned to Spring City's headquarters and revealed to Xia Huosong and Zhong Changming that he had reached the Third Realm Human Immortal.
• Xu Yi asked Xia Huosong and Zhong Changming to obtain several hundred high-grade weapon spirits, offering them a White-level Ore Essence to cover part of the cost.
• Xia Huosong and Zhong Changming agreed to gather as many weapon spirits as they could and resolved to invest in Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi went to the Xing Tian Sect's base, showed Lie Yan Yang and Xi Jin City a White-level Ore Essence, and asked them to help obtain high-grade weapon spirits.

Xu Yi gathered high-tier weapon spirits and reforged the Purple Firmament Heavy Thunder Sword, only to find it too powerful for him to wield. After Desolate reminded him of the Star Turning Pill, Xu Yi prepared to advance his cultivation and began refining white-level ore essences for a breakthrough.

• Lie Yan Yang and Xi Jin City arranged high-tier weapon spirits for Xu Yi, and contributions from four factions gave him more than eleven hundred spirits, including one purple-rank spirit.
• Xu Yi spent more than twenty days refining the Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword, but its power exhausted him whenever he tried to wield it.
• Desolate reminded Xu Yi that he could use a Star Turning Pill to raise his cultivation without a higher-grade ore-base inscription method.
• Xu Yi obtained discarded command tokens from the Righteous Alliance and the Sea of Stars Alliance, bought Star Turning Pills, and prepared a secluded refinement chamber.
• Xu Yi stained the Incense Spirit Essences with his Four-Colored Seal, swallowed a Star Turning Pill, and began refining white-level ore essences to advance his cultivation.

After breaking through to the Fourth Realm of Human Immortal, Xu Yi tested the evolved Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword and sought a sword technique from the Xing Tian Sect. He entered a trial for the Unknowing Sword but died quickly, leaving him uncertain whether his emphasis on sword intent was misguided.

• Xu Yi refined the Spiritually Communicating Treasure, advanced to the Fourth Realm of Human Immortal, but could not make the treasure take the form he wanted.
• Xu Yi tested the Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword over the sea and cleaved through the clouds and ocean with a single slash.
• Huang Mei advised Xu Yi to seek a killing technique from the Xing Tian Sect, and Xu Yi asked Lie Yan Yang to show him the Unknowing Sword.
• Lie Yan Yang sent Xu Yi a golden pearl containing a trial space, and Xu Yi entered it to face the sword technique's trials.
• Xu Yi was overwhelmed by the trial's attacks and ended the trial, while Huang Mei questioned whether Xu Yi relied too much on condensing sword intent.

Xu Yi mastered the Unknowing Sword by enduring the trial space’s escalating attacks, then tested the technique against Lie Yan Yang. After seeing its power, Lie Yan Yang promised Xu Yi protective items before their departure, and Xu Yi asked him to examine a Spiritually Communicating Treasure.

• Xu Yi used the Way of Harmony to counter increasingly numerous sword-energy attacks in the Unknowing Sword trial space, eventually destroying the trial and mastering the art before the golden bead collapsed.
• Xu Yi explained that the Unknowing Sword relied on instinct rather than conscious intent, and Lie Yan Yang arrived to ask whether he had made progress.
• Xu Yi attacked Lie Yan Yang with three hundred Purple Firmament Swords, breaking through his initial defense and forcing him to fight in earnest.
• Xu Yi stopped the sparring match, and Lie Yan Yang praised his technique while promising to give him items to protect his life before they set out.
• Xu Yi showed Lie Yan Yang a Spiritually Communicating Treasure that he could not refine and asked him to examine it.

Xu Yi learned more about the potential of his Spiritually Communicating Treasure, then rushed into the mountains when the little wolfdog began to advance. After surviving a devastating lightning tribulation, the little wolfdog emerged transformed and told Xu Yi how much he liked him.

• Lie Yan Yang explained that Xu Yi's Spiritually Communicating Treasure could eventually become a Heavenly Formed Spiritual Artifact, and Xu Yi returned to camp to read.
• Xu Yi sensed the little wolfdog in the Spirit Beast Bag was in danger and raced out to a remote valley.
• Huang Mei realized the little wolfdog's energy was overwhelming him, and Xu Yi fed him two white beast cores to stabilize him.
• The little wolfdog asked Xu Yi for blood, and after Xu Yi supplied it, the wolfdog's core turned black and he swallowed it.
• Calamity Clouds unleashed a massive lightning tribulation, and the little wolfdog transformed into a Hellhound to protect Xu Yi before emerging with a new body.
• The little wolfdog told Xu Yi he liked him, and Xu Yi affectionately called him Big Yellow and said he liked him too.

Xu Yi learned more about Big Yellow’s transformation abilities and accepted a Golden Token to enter the dangerous battle at the Imperial Decree Platform. After Elder Tong invited him to a gathering for prospective entrants, Xu Yi traveled to Giant Immortal City.

• Big Yellow demonstrated that it could transform into Xu Yi, a house, a small sphere, and a hellhound, while a gust of wind sent Desolate Charm into the True Gang Void Domain and nearly terrified him to death.
• Desolate Charm retreated into the Starry Sky Ring, and Big Yellow asked to enter it too; Xu Yi explained that Big Yellow could roam freely instead.
• Xu Yi returned to the base camp, where Zhong Changming gave him a Golden Token and warned him about the Imperial Decree Platform’s high death rate.
• Zhong Changming told Xu Yi that Elder Tong wanted to meet him and invited him to a gathering in Giant Immortal City for talented people preparing to enter the platform.
• Xu Yi summoned Big Yellow and traveled to Giant Immortal City, where he found a bustling city filled with ordinary residents, shops, and crowds.

Xu Yi passed Elder Tong’s scrutiny over his dealings with Xing Tian Sect and received the Tu Hun Golden Seal for helping save the fourth primary star pattern. Elder Tong sent his grandson Tong Yu Lin to escort Xu Yi to the Kun Peng Gathering, where Tong Yu Lin tried to extort him and rejected his already generous gift.

• Xu Yi met Elder Tong and recounted how he had dealt with Xing Tian Sect, answering questions about Elder Hong, the primary star pattern, and the motives of Lie Yan Yang and Xi Jin City.
• Elder Tong praised Xu Yi, ordered him to report directly to him, and awarded him the Tu Hun Golden Seal.
• Elder Tong introduced Xu Yi to his grandson Tong Yu Lin and asked him to take Xu Yi to the Kun Peng Gathering and the Imperial Decree Platform.
• Tong Yu Lin escorted Xu Yi out, hinted that Xu Yi should reward him, and accepted a case holding more than a thousand blue Star Spirit Essences.
• Tong Yu Lin returned the gift and invoked Giant Immortal City's rules after learning Xu Yi was a black-rank Star Refining Master.

Xu Yi attended the Kun Peng Gathering after rejecting Tong Yu Lin’s demand for a large gift, then realized Tong had arranged for a cultivator to frame him. The chapter ended with the square-shaped cultivator accusing Xu Yi of stealing his Nine Gold Pearls in front of the gathering’s officials.

• Xu Yi withdrew his offer to Tong Yu Lin, who laughed it off and led him to the Kun Peng Gathering.
• Tong Yu Lin brought Xu Yi through the Mountain and Sea Hall toward the higher-ranked Extreme Luck Hall, while Xu Yi chose to sit alone and observe the gathering.
• A square-shaped cultivator offered Xu Yi a Nine Gold Pearl, but Xu Yi declined and returned to the refreshments.
• The square-shaped cultivator smashed his cup, accused Xu Yi of causing trouble, and claimed Xu Yi had taken his treasure without paying.
• A white-robed cultivator arrived with attendants and demanded an explanation, and the square-shaped cultivator accused Xu Yi of swindling him.

Xu Yi exposed Hou Fangping’s false accusation at the Kun Peng Gathering by forcing him to confess that Tong Yu Lin had ordered the frame-up. After Xie Xuntian and Li Tong arrived, Xu Yi challenged Li Tong’s attempt to turn the incident into a question of disrespect.

• Cai Tianshou urged Xu Yi to yield to Hou Fangping, but Xu Yi demanded evidence and rejected the warning.
• Hou Fangping claimed that Xu Yi had hidden a box for a thousand Star Spirit Essences in his Starry Sky Ring.
• Xu Yi seized Hou Fangping, drove back Cai Tianshou with Sword Qi, and used the Soul Burning Art to make Hou Fangping confess that Tong Yu Lin had told him to frame Xu Yi.
• Xie Xuntian entered the hall and asked Xu Yi to identify himself.
• Li Tong arrived, slapped Hou Fangping for his failure, and accused Xu Yi of disrespecting everyone; Xu Yi retorted that Li Tong had also slapped Hou Fangping.