Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi defended Elder Wu against Tong Tian’s bullying at a gathering of powerful figures, then listened as Dong Huang Ting publicly denounced him. The chapter ended with Xu Yi thinking that he was close to becoming like Liu He, Marquis of Haihun.

• Tong Tian confronted Elder Wu over his refusal to join an ambush and demanded his shaded seat, so Elder Wu began to leave.
• Xu Yi stayed behind and bluffed that Dong Huang Ting had arrived, prompting Tong Tian to retreat to his assigned seat as the crowd laughed.
• Elder Wu and Guo Fengwei discussed Tong Tian’s threats and Elder Wu’s concealed murderous intent.
• Dong Huang Ting, Chen Nan, Mu Zongfa, and other renowned figures entered and took their seats at the gathering.
• Dong Huang Ting delivered a lengthy speech listing fifty-seven alleged crimes by Xu Yi and calling for everyone to destroy him.

Dong Huang Ting promised cultivation advances to anyone who reported Xu Yi, then presented Yan Jingming as bait to provoke him. A mysterious handsome cultivator rescued Yan Jingming and killed Lian Zhongping, shocking the gathered leaders.

• Dong Huang Ting distributed Mind-Stabilizing Beads and promised cultivation breakthroughs to those who reported Xu Yi’s whereabouts.
• Dong Huang Ting ended the assembly by bringing out Yan Jingming to be executed as an offering.
• A handsome cultivator threw aside the executioners, rescued Yan Jingming into a Tianyuan Box, and condemned the council for using him as bait.
• Lian Zhongping attacked the handsome cultivator to curry favor with the leaders.
• The handsome cultivator killed Lian Zhongping with one strike, leaving the assembly stunned.

A handsome cultivator named Bei Ming rescued Yan Jingming and provoked the Demon Slaying Council, prompting Elder Chen to attack him with the Exploding Gold Flame. A young cultivator stepped in to fight Elder Chen and, after holding off his weapon, opened an eye in his brow and launched a beam of white light at him.

• Bei Ming condemned the Three Great Ancient Clans and defended Xu Yi after Elder Chen questioned his connection to the Great Yue Buddha King.
• Elder Chen attacked Bei Ming with the Exploding Gold Flame, but another cultivator blasted apart its energy.
• A young Second Realm cultivator stepped in front of Bei Ming and challenged Elder Chen, gleefully accepting the prospect of becoming the world's enemy.
• The young cultivator defended himself against the Exploding Gold Flame with streaks of white light, leaving Elder Chen unable to break through or outlast him.
• After Elder Chen demanded that he attack, the young cultivator opened an eye in his brow and fired a dazzling beam of white light at him.

At the Demon-Slaying Assembly, Xiao Ning killed Elder Chen with his Sky-Eye and challenged the crowd, forcing the leaders to call on Mad Qingfeng to restore order. Mad Qingfeng entered the arena to fight Xiao Ning’s taciturn companion, but their first clash left the crowd stunned.

• Xiao Ning used his Six-Pointed Gaze to destroy Elder Chen and his immortal soul, then taunted the crowd despite having exhausted most of his Primal Eye Power.
• The assembly leaders asked Mad Qingfeng to face Xiao Ning, and Dong Huang Ting promised him a favor from all five houses.
• Xiao Ning refused to fight Mad Qingfeng and called up Xiao Cao, a sallow-faced middle-aged cultivator whose cultivation was unreadable.
• Mad Qingfeng charged Xiao Cao with the power of his Demigod Physique, shaking Wang Pan Mountain with his first step.
• Mad Qingfeng and Xiao Cao exchanged a blow, sending out a shock wave that rocked the mountains and swept away the clouds.

Xiong Bei Ming, Ning Wuque, and Gold Corpse Old Cao arrived at the Demon Slaying Assembly to protect Yan Jingming, Xu Yi’s friend. Gold Corpse Old Cao defeated Mad Qingfeng and helped the trio escape, leaving Dong Huang Ting and the other leaders furious.

• Xiong Bei Ming, Ning Wuque, and Gold Corpse Old Cao rushed to Wang Pan Mountain after learning that Yan Jingming, Xu Yi’s friend, was in danger.
• Gold Corpse Old Cao endured Mad Qingfeng’s attacks and crushed his Demigod Physique with his bare hands.
• Dong Huang Ting urged the assembly to attack the trio, but Gold Corpse Old Cao killed three Earth Immortal cultivators before the crowd’s assault faltered.
• Guo Xing Zhao, Dong Huang Ting, Chen Nan, Mu Zongfa, and Qi Tian Hong charged at Gold Corpse Old Cao and his companions.
• Gold Corpse Old Cao, Xiong Bei Ming, and Ning Wuque used Golden Sphere Transformation to escape the assembly.

Xu Yi remained hidden among the crowd as Dong Huang Ting rallied his allies, but Tong Tian accused him of being one of Xu Yi’s spies. Xu Yi revealed his identity and openly challenged Dong Huang Ting, leaving the two sides facing off.

• Dong Huang Ting claimed Xu Yi had stayed away because he feared the assembled experts, while Chen Nan and Mu Zongfa recognized his speech as an attempt to cover their embarrassment.
• Tong Tian accused Fellow Daoist Xue of being connected to Xu Yi, and Elder Wu challenged the accusation by pointing out Tong Tian’s personal grudge.
• Dong Huang Ting grew suspicious of the calm Fellow Daoist Xue, while Xu Yi stayed hidden to avoid drawing Xiong Bei Ming, Ning Wuque, and Gold Corpse Old Cao into danger.
• Xu Yi revealed himself, mocked Dong Huang Ting, and transformed into his familiar appearance.
• Dong Huang Ting, Chen Nan, Mu Zongfa, Qi Tian Hong, and Guo Xing Zhao stood together and confronted Xu Yi.

Xu Yi confronted the five families and their thousand cultivators, then used his Heavenly Formed Spiritual Artifact and a horde of strange beasts to turn the battle against them. As he summoned a gigantic sword, the weaker onlookers fell from the mountainside with their minds pierced.

• Guo Xing Zhao ordered the five families to attack Xu Yi together, and Dong Huang Ting activated a sealing formation around the mountain range.
• Xu Yi unleashed a horde of strange beasts that emerged from the collapsing Wang Pan Mountain Range and charged the assembled cultivators.
• Qi Tian Hong attacked Xu Yi with the Heaven Measuring Ruler as cultivators struck from all directions.
• Xu Yi summoned his white keyboard and used a poem to conjure a sea and moon that shattered the crowd’s combined attacks.
• Xu Yi summoned a gigantic sword with another poem, and the illusion pierced the minds of the weaker Human Immortals, who fell from the mountainside.

Xu Yi unleashed the Heavenly Formed Spiritual Artifact’s might against Dong Huang Ting and the assembled cultivators, then used its greatest vision to defeat their desperate counterattack. As Xu Yi and his enemies lay gravely wounded, a mysterious gray figure arrived and crushed the beast tide.

• Xu Yi kept attacking with the Heavenly Formed Spiritual Artifact until the Earth Immortals lost hope and Dong Huang Ting urged them to burn their Immortal Embryos.
• Xu Yi transformed into a Crimson Flame Thunder Monkey and used the keyboard to unleash a vision that overwhelmed the cultivators and sent them flying.
• Xu Yi and the cultivators were left severely wounded, while the beast tide attacked and Xu Yi began replenishing his strength.
• A gray wave broke through the restriction’s wall of light, crushed the beast tide, and brought a lifeless-looking old Daoist to the battlefield.

Xu Yi used his Heavenly Formed Spiritual Artifact to resist Old Ancestor Dong Huang and Old Ancestor Chen, then killed them with a beam of Clear Light and escaped. Great Duke Tianyou arrived after Xu Yi had vanished and learned he had come too late.

• Daoist Priest Gongyang and Old Ancestor Chen arrived as Old Ancestor Dong Huang and the Chen family gathered around Xu Yi.
• Old Ancestor Dong Huang and Old Ancestor Chen tried to seize Xu Yi, but his keyboard conjured a vision that broke their Lightning Infant pressure and shook their Dao hearts.
• Xu Yi taunted the two quasi-emperors, then used Clear Light to kill them and scatter their Lightning Infants.
• Huang Mei and the little wolfdog devoured the Lightning Infants while Xu Yi escaped on the transformed hellhound, leaving the onlookers stunned.
• Tong Tian panicked, and Elder Wu reflected that Old Devil had spared him and his two brothers during the earlier siege.
• Great Duke Tianyou arrived searching for Xu Yi, and Mu Zongfa told him he had come too late.

Xu Yi helped the little wolfdog advance by refining and feeding it high-grade mineral essence, but the beast fell into Heavenly Slumber and Huang Mei declared it dead. Xu Yi was left facing the loss of the companion he had helped grow stronger.

• After escaping the Wang Pan Mountain Demon Slaying Assembly, Xu Yi and the little wolfdog hid underground and slept for days while Huang Mei remained unconscious.
• Xu Yi searched for high-grade mineral veins and refined Black Rank and Purple Rank mineral essence for the little wolfdog.
• The little wolfdog began transforming after consuming the mineral essence, and Xu Yi fed it a Black Rank beast core at the crucial moment.
• The little wolfdog became a yellow-jade dog and lay motionless as moonlight enveloped it; Xu Yi waited two days for it to wake.
• After Huang Mei woke, he identified the little wolfdog's condition as Heavenly Slumber and told Xu Yi that it was already dead.

Xu Yi learned that Bing Yun's whereabouts at the Imperial Decree Platform had been exposed and rushed off to find her. The story then shifted to Thirty Mile Rock, where Xu Yi stopped at Peng Lai Inn as cultivators gathered for food and shelter.

• Xu Yi dismissed Desolate Charm's worry about Big Yellow, saying he could break the wolfdog's Heavenly Slumber because he was its master.
• Desolate Charm warned Xu Yi that Bing Yun might be in trouble because people knew she had gone to the Imperial Decree Platform and were looking for Xu Yi after his announcement about gaining an opportunity there.
• Xu Yi seized Desolate Charm for details, then immediately flew off toward Bing Yun.
• At Thirty Mile Rock, Xu Yi arrived at Peng Lai Inn, where Master Qiu Wu served Peach Blossom Duck and wine to traveling cultivators.
• Xu Yi paid five blue Star Spirit Essences for more food, and the other cultivators joined in with generous orders, filling the inn with cheers.

Xu Yi rested after rushing to Chu Jiang Star while nearby cultivators debated the battle at Wang Pan Mountain. Daoist Friend Qin claimed to have witnessed Old Demon Kongxu’s terrifying power and described how he killed two powerful ancestors, leaving the room shaken.

• Xu Yi ate and drank before swallowing spirit liquid and resting while keeping watch for danger.
• Cultivators argued over conflicting rumors about Old Demon Kongxu’s battle at Wang Pan Mountain.
• Daoist Friend Qin revealed a lingering wound from the battle and said Old Demon Kongxu’s Heavenly Formed Spiritual Artifact had injured him.
• Daoist Friend Qin conjured an image of the artifact, revealing a white keyboard that the listeners mistook for a weapon covered in strange talismans.
• Daoist Friend Qin recounted how Old Demon Kongxu used illusions to destroy Old Ancestor Dong Huang and then killed the fleeing Old Ancestor Chen.

Xu Yi confronted a cloaked intruder who claimed to be Old Demon Kongxu and demanded the cultivators’ Starry Sky Rings. As the hall surrendered, Xu Yi shut the doors and went back to sleep, and Daoist Friend Qin’s attack shattered the intruder’s white keyboard.

• A cloaked man entered Peng Lai Inn and ordered everyone to leave, but Xu Yi insulted him and refused to move.
• The man revealed a white keyboard, and the cultivators recognized him as Old Demon Kongxu and begged for mercy.
• Old Demon Kongxu demanded their Starry Sky Rings, and Daoist Friend Qin surrendered his ring and showed his Space Stone.
• When a red-robed young man offered Xu Yi the Space Stone, Xu Yi shut the doors and ignored the others’ warnings.
• Old Demon Kongxu challenged someone to capture Xu Yi, and Daoist Friend Qin attacked, shattering the white keyboard.

Xu Yi exposed and killed the Thirteen Immortals of Tianhuan and the Wolf Family Brothers after their scheme to rob the travelers unraveled. He slept through the next day and, upon waking, ordered Master Qiu Wu to prepare food and liquor for the road.

• The cloaked man revealed himself as Xing Daorong, and the Thirteen Immortals of Tianhuan confronted the travelers after Daoist Friend Qin’s deception was exposed.
• Xu Yi killed Xing Daorong with the Immortal Slaying Sword and absorbed his immortal soul into the Starry Sky Ring.
• Daoist Friend Qin brought in the Wolf Family Brothers, and Lang Zixing challenged Xu Yi to fight.
• Xu Yi used the white keyboard to overwhelm the attackers with an illusion, then killed Boss Hong and Lang Zixing and collected the attackers’ Starry Sky Rings.
• Xu Yi told Master Qiu Wu to seal the doors and stoke the fire, then slept while the travelers kept watch through the night and following day.
• Xu Yi woke the next morning and asked Master Qiu Wu for five hundred ducks and a hundred jars of aged liquor for the road.

Xu Yi arrived on Chu Jiang Star, where Old Man Wang begged him to save his grandson from a monthly river sacrifice. Xu Yi learned how Wang had found him and discovered that Hu Zhonghui had arranged their meeting, but he had yet to reach the town or confront the sacrifice.

• Xu Yi completed his thirteen-day journey and landed near Wuliu Town on Chu Jiang Star, exhausted and without a way to contact Xue Zihan.
• Old Man Wang stopped Xu Yi on a bridge and explained that his grandson had been chosen for a child sacrifice to the Sishui River, a custom that had continued for over a hundred years.
• Xu Yi took a wisp of Old Man Wang's remnant soul and learned that Wang had once rescued a white fox named Hu Zhonghui, who promised to repay his kindness.
• Xu Yi went to Wuniu Mountain, found a Ruyi Pearl beneath a boulder, and activated its restriction.
• Hu Zhonghui appeared in the pearl's light and explained that he had divined a faint hope for Old Man Wang by the stone bridge before fleeing Xu Yi's presumed wrath.

Xu Yi arrived in Wuliu Town and learned that its people sacrificed pairs of children each year to appease the Sishui River God. He stopped the town leaders from choosing another child in Old Man Wang’s grandson’s place and promised to face the river god, leaving the townspeople terrified as the full moon rose.

• Xu Yi appeared at Old Man Wang’s home, where villagers were preventing Wang’s grandson from leaving and Old Man Wang explained the town’s child sacrifices to the Sishui River God.
• Xu Ding arrived with the town’s family elders and offered to spare Wang’s grandson by selecting another child instead.
• Xu Yi challenged Xu Ding to offer one of his own descendants and revealed that he knew about Xu Ding’s three-year-old grandson.
• An elder invoked Xu Ding’s connections to Nine Dragons Mountain and the Xianmo Pavilion, but Xu Yi ordered the town to bring him food and wine and declared that the river god would eat no more children while he was there.
• As the full moon rose over the Sishui River, Xu Ding and the townspeople fell to their knees and pleaded with Xu Yi to spare them.

Han Shantong confronted the Sishui River God, condemning Xianmo Pavilion for allowing it to prey on the people of Wuliu Town. As Han Shantong attacked the river god, Xu Yi reflected on the need to seize control of his own fate, and the townspeople watched in fear and hope.

• Song Zhenglun arrived and warned Xu Yi to leave, while Xu Ding urged him not to interfere with the town's sacrifices.
• Han Shantong appeared, revealed that the river god had taken his elder brother, and vowed to kill it despite Song Zhenglun's objections.
• Song Zhenglun ordered Xu Ding to prepare ten pairs of boys and girls as sacrifices, and the townspeople obeyed while Han Shantong remained unmoved.
• Xu Yi watched the moon and reflected that only the strong could control their own fate and the fates of others.
• The Sishui River God rose in a towering column of water, and Han Shantong sent his sword into the river, making it boil as the townspeople watched with fear and hope.

Han Shantong fought the Sishui River God and gathered the blood of Wuliu Town’s people to power his strongest attack, but the Black Flood Dragon defeated him. As the dragon threatened to kill everyone, Song Zhenglun produced a purple token engraved with a tower.

• Han Shantong used the Blood Burning Technique and called for people to lend their vital blood so he could slay the Sishui River evil god.
• The Wang family children, Elder Liu, Xu Ding, Song Zhenglun, and more than ten thousand people of Wuliu Town cut themselves and fed their blood into Han Shantong’s Tai Chi blood diagram.
• Han Shantong’s powered-up Crimson Blood Sword struck at the Sishui River, forcing the Black Flood Dragon to emerge and threaten to kill everyone.
• Han Shantong launched his strongest attack, but the Black Flood Dragon caught the Crimson Blood Sword in its mouth, chewed it to pieces, and left Han Shantong collapsed.
• Song Zhenglun called out and revealed a purple token engraved with a tower.

Xu Yi stopped the Black Flood Dragon’s assault on Wuliu Town and pinned it into the mud with one hand. After Xiao Xian and the Xianmo Pavilion envoys arrived, Xiao Xian invited Xu Yi to visit the pavilion, while Xu Yi continued eating.

• Song Zhenglun tried to bargain with the Black Flood Dragon on behalf of Xianmo Pavilion, but the dragon attacked the people of Wuliu Town.
• Han Shantong charged the Black Flood Dragon with his immortal soul, but the dragon flew toward Xu Yi after being struck and challenged its unseen attacker.
• Xu Yi held the giant Black Flood Dragon back with one hand, then slammed its head into the mud as the people of Wuliu Town cheered.
• Xiao Xian, Cai Jing, and Liang Shijing arrived, and Song Zhenglun greeted them as the leaders of Xianmo Pavilion.
• Xiao Xian thanked Xu Yi for defeating the Black Flood Dragon and invited him to visit Xianmo Pavilion, while Xu Yi kept eating and drinking.

Xu Yi exposed the Xianmo Pavilion of Runan's complicity in the Black Flood Dragon's depredations by revealing Xiao Xian's explanation to the gathered people. Their resentment weakened the pavilion's gods, and Xiao Xian attacked Xu Yi.

• Xu Yi condemned Xiao Xian and the other Yin Gods for allowing the Black Flood Dragon to prey on children, while Xiao Xian claimed they had been unable to catch it.
• Cai Jing and Liang Shijing warned Xiao Xian that Xu Yi was unusually calm and likely wanted something, but they could not discern his motive.
• Xiao Xian privately admitted that the Black Flood Dragon was the demon pet of Zhang Shu, deputy pavilion master of Tianzhang Pavilion, and offered to pay Xu Yi to keep quiet.
• Xu Yi transmitted Xiao Xian's confession to the tens of thousands gathered along the Sishui River, provoking their resentment and causing black qi to rise from the Xianmo Pavilion's statues.
• Xiao Xian roared at Xu Yi and attacked as Cai Jing and Liang Shijing summoned great banners.