Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi used the Wind Fiend Token deals to amass enough Profound Yellow Pills to prepare for the Third Realm of Profound Infant, then questioned Zhang Yushang about cultivation and the Life Wheel Realm. The chapter ended as Zhang Yushang began to explain whether a Profound Infant cultivator could challenge someone in the Life Wheel Realm.

• Xu Yi completed deals with Xue Ba, Ding Dian, and Huang Xing, who each believed they had gained from the arrangement.
• Xue Ba rewarded Xu Yi with 500 Profound Yellow Stones, while Xu Yi counted more than 600 Profound Yellow Pills and decided he could break through to the Third Realm of Profound Infant.
• Xu Yi met Zhang Yushang at Yinghai Peak's Transmission Pavilion and asked him about advancing through the Third Realm of Profound Infant.
• Zhang Yushang explained the role of Destiny Seeds, Life Wheel grades, and the sect's path to earning an Infant Transformation Pill.
• Xu Yi asked whether Tao Jin could defeat a cultivator at the First Realm of Life Wheel, and Zhang Yushang began to answer before stopping himself.

Xu Yi paid Zhang Yushang to explain why Tao Jin might challenge the gap between the Profound Infant and Life Wheel realms. Zhang Yushang revealed how Tao Jin could attempt to comprehend Profound Intent, leaving Xu Yi with details about the cultivation realms and the strength of Life Wheel cultivators.

• Xu Yi asked Zhang Yushang why a Profound Infant cultivator might challenge a Life Wheel cultivator, and Zhang Yushang said Tao Jin had the Sect Master's favor and might attempt something extraordinary.
• Xu Yi paid Zhang Yushang another Profound Yellow Pill, and Zhang Yushang explained that rare Profound Infant cultivators could defy Heaven to comprehend Profound Intent before reaching the Life Wheel Realm.
• Zhang Yushang said Tao Jin would need to temper his mind in illusory realms and open the Heavenly Gate by burning his Infant Flame, risking the collapse of his Profound Infant.
• Zhang Yushang explained that the Sect Master could let Tao Jin use the Myriad Mirrors Jade Wall, and he described the three realms of the Life Wheel Realm and the Yin Fish Realm above it.
• Xu Yi asked how cultivation techniques, divine weapons, and Talisman Art compared in battle, and Zhang Yushang said Life Wheel cultivators' bodies and Profound Intent made lower-level weapons and talismans ineffective.

Xu Yi learned about the Southern Pole Sect’s treasures and cultivation techniques from Zhang Yushang, then studied an elder’s failed breakthrough record while preparing to advance. After tempering his state of mind and consuming 589 Profound Yellow Pills, Xu Yi’s two Profound Infants emerged from his body and reached toward the will of Heaven.

• Xu Yi asked Zhang Yushang about ancient treasures, the Southern Pole Sect’s Taiyi Light Splitting Ruler, and Zhang Yushang’s cultivation technique.
• Zhang Yushang gave Xu Yi a jade token containing an elder’s account of a failed attempt to comprehend profound meaning.
• Xu Yi rented a quiet room in the Profound Infant Pavilion and repeatedly studied the record before using his treasure to temper his state of mind with poems for seven days.
• Xu Yi activated the Supreme Godhead and swallowed Profound Yellow Pills until the Destiny Seed became an ocean in his spirit platform.
• Xu Yi consumed 589 Profound Yellow Pills as the ocean vanished and his two Profound Infants grew larger under the remaining Profound Yellow Qi.
• Xu Yi’s two Profound Infants leapt out of his body and reached toward the surging will of Heaven.

Xu Yi broke through to the Mysterious Intent Realm by unleashing his Will of Utter Sorrow, then tested his new power before returning to recover. Meanwhile, Xue Ba and Ding Dian discussed when to sell their remaining Wind Fiend Tokens.

• Xu Yi used carefully chosen visions to try to pierce the barrier to the Mysterious Intent Realm, then his Will of Utter Sorrow surfaced as a story about a child losing her mother.
• Xu Yi's grief pierced the will of Heaven, and he crossed into the Mysterious Intent Realm as his exhausted Profound Infants returned to his body.
• Xu Yi revived withered peach trees in a secluded valley and marveled at his new ability to create things, then returned to his cave abode to recuperate.
• Ding Dian told Xue Ba that Wind Fiend Tokens had become scarce and were worth five and three-tenths, but Xue Ba ordered him to wait two months before selling.
• Ding Dian worried that delaying the sale would leave too little time to sell their large supply and keep his own fifty tokens from expiring.

After Li Ping announced that his Thunder Fiend Pill attempt had failed and postponed the outstanding Wind Fiend Tokens indefinitely, angry investors confronted Xu Yi over their losses. Xu Yi dismissed Huang Xing’s threats and prepared to leave the steward system by transferring to Fenghua Hall.

• Ding Dian learned from his spy that Li Ping had emerged from seclusion, but then heard Li Ping’s announcement that he would not refine more pills soon and that the Wind Fiend Tokens were postponed indefinitely.
• Huang Xing stormed into Xu Yi’s cave abode, demanded compensation for his lost Profound Yellow Pills, and threatened to report Xu Yi’s role in Gao Cheng’s death.
• Xu Yi explained that investors had accepted the risks and revealed that he had advanced to the Third Realm of Profound Infant with pills granted by Li Ping.
• Huang Xing threatened to expose Xu Yi to the Punishment Hall, but Xu Yi dismissed him, confident that the case was already closed and Dong Qiankun would prevent Huang Xing from succeeding.
• Xu Yi recalled that he had asked Li Ping to transfer him to Fenghua Hall, where he would become an Outer Sect Disciple of Yinghai Peak.

Xu Yi secured his position as a third-grade alchemist, rescued Huang Xing from an immediate token deadline, and then went to face Xue Ba over the lost Profound Yellow Pills. He persuaded Xue Ba that Li Ping might eventually resume refining Wind Fiend Pills and that Ding Dian had driven the failed investment.

• Li Ping persuaded Xu Yi to stay in the Alchemy Hall and used his nomination quota to have Xu Yi promoted to third-grade alchemist.
• Xu Yi agreed to help Huang Xing delay redeeming his Wind Fiend Tokens, and Huang Xing received twenty tokens with a redemption date three years away.
• Xue Ba and Ding Dian accused Xu Yi, as Dong Chao, of conspiring with Li Ping after Xue Ba lost four hundred Profound Yellow Pills.
• Xu Yi reminded Xue Ba that he had warned against buying the tokens, and Xue Ba struck Ding Dian for blaming him.
• Xu Yi explained that Li Ping might resume refining Wind Fiend Pills and could exchange Xue Ba's tokens for a new batch with a later redemption date.

Xu Yi tried to persuade Xue Ba that Li Ping might buy back the Wind Fiend Tokens, then left with a Ruyi Pearl. Ding Dian followed him, exposed his suspicions, and trapped him with a divine ability, intending to take him back to Xue Ba.

• Xu Yi told Xue Ba he would try to persuade Li Ping to buy back the Wind Fiend Tokens and offered to give up his rank-three alchemist title if necessary.
• Xue Ba praised Xu Yi’s loyalty, told him not to act rashly, and gave him a Ruyi Pearl before sending him back to Li Ping.
• Ding Dian caught up with Xu Yi and invited him to reminisce about their supposed drinking session in North Sea City.
• Xu Yi consulted Old Desolate, who could not confirm the memory, and tried to play along with Ding Dian’s nostalgia.
• Ding Dian ambushed Xu Yi with the Heaven-Covering Hand, bound him in a golden net, and accused him of impersonating Dong Chao.

Ding Dian’s attempt to expose Xu Yi failed, and Xue Ba killed him after uncovering his schemes and hearing Li Ping confirm the accusations. Xu Yi defended his ambitious maneuvering to Li Ping and promised to keep helping him, leaving their uneasy partnership intact.

• Xu Yi knocked Ding Dian unconscious on Fairy Peak and warned him not to reveal what had happened.
• Ding Dian went to Zhuangri Pavilion and accused Dong Chao and Li Ping of conspiring against Xue Ba, but Xue Ba questioned him about the Wind Fiend Tokens and his threats against Alchemist Li.
• Xue Ba rejected Ding Dian’s claims, crushed his chest, and destroyed his escaping Profound Infant.
• Li Ping spoke with Xue Ba through the Ruyi Pearl, then confronted Xu Yi about using his name as part of a broader scheme.
• Xu Yi argued that his actions had not harmed Li Ping and vowed to help him with additives and the Wind Fiend Pill without payment.

After securing Li Ping’s trust, Xu Yi arranged to attend the Cliff Gathering with Zhang Yushang so he could seek a cultivation technique suited to his newly comprehended Profound Intent. He prepared to focus on cultivation and planned to earn enough merit in an upcoming hunt to pursue an Infant Transformation Pill.

• Li Ping accepted Xu Yi’s promise, while Xue Ba later contacted Xu Yi to ask about Li Ping and consider sending him another gift.
• Xu Yi explained to Huang Mei that he had used Xue Ba’s suspicion of Ding Dian to ensure Ding Dian’s death, then considered how to obtain a divine ability.
• Xu Yi chose Zhang Yushang to help him access the Cliff Gathering and paid him five Profound Yellow Pills to take him there on Xinmao day.
• Xu Yi returned to the alchemy hall and began preparing a three-month supply of auxiliary agents for Li Ping before the Cliff Gathering.
• Xu Yi planned ahead for the next Fenghua Hall hunt, where he could earn merit toward receiving an Infant Transformation Pill.

Xu Yi entered the Cliff Gathering with Zhang Yushang’s help, hoping to find cultivation techniques among the Inner Sect Disciples’ spoils. There, he ran into Jiang Xiao, whose stall held medicinal plants and savage-beast remains.

• Xu Yi resolved to rely on the coming hunting expedition to make up for the merit he had missed and spent nearly half a month helping Li Ping prepare auxiliary agents.
• Xu Yi met Zhang Yushang at the Transmission Pavilion, and Zhang explained how he would get Xu Yi into the Cliff Gathering.
• Zhang Yushang took Xu Yi to the cliff and advised him to keep his identity hidden and ask for help before agreeing to a price.
• Xu Yi searched the gathering for cultivation techniques while the Inner Sect Disciples set up stalls to trade resources.
• Xu Yi spotted Jiang Xiao and went over to her stall, where she enthusiastically described a second-tier Kui Beast horn.

Xu Yi searched the Cliff Gathering for cultivation techniques and bargained with Wang Ting over a Yellow-grade technique jade slip. Wang Ting refused Xu Yi’s offer of twenty Profound Yellow Pills, leaving the deal unresolved.

• Xu Yi bought two old spirit plants from Jiang Xiao for six Profound Yellow Pills, appreciating her past generosity toward him.
• Xu Yi examined more than sixty technique jade slips at the Cliff Gathering without buying any.
• Xu Yi returned to Wang Ting’s stall and asked the price of a worn jade slip; Wang Ting demanded fifty Profound Yellow Pills.
• Xu Yi accused Wang Ting of raising the price from forty and countered with an offer of twenty Profound Yellow Pills.
• Xu Yi explained that the Transmission Hall paid ten Profound Yellow Pills for techniques, while Wang Ting rejected the offer and kept the jade slip.

Xu Yi bought Song Chu’s dwindling Bodhi Leaf defensive treasure and Wang Ting’s jade pendant at the Cliff Gathering. A confrontation between Jiang Xiao and Ye Zhifan then drew Xu Yi into the crowd, where he saw Jiang Xiao driven to the brink.

• Xu Yi learned from Zhang Yushang that Song Chu’s Bodhi Leaves were an aging defensive treasure and bought them for twenty Profound Yellow Pills.
• Wang Ting chased after Xu Yi and accepted twenty Profound Yellow Pills for the jade pendant after Xu Yi refused to pay twenty-five.
• Xu Yi finished his purchases and told Zhang Yushang he was ready to leave.
• Jiang Xiao shouted that Ye Zhifan had snatched her things, and Xu Yi hurried toward the commotion.
• Zhang Yushang stopped Xu Yi until Xu Yi assured him he would not risk exposing his identity, then Xu Yi saw Jiang Xiao confronting Ye Zhifan.

Ye Zhifan tried to humiliate Jiang Xiao after switching her spirit plants, but Xu Yi intervened and exposed his deception. The chapter ended with Ye Zhifan admitting his crime and the Cliff Gathering’s organizers and attendees condemning him.

• Ye Zhifan accused Jiang Xiao of making up the spirit plants’ value and used his friends to shame her.
• Ye Zhifan revealed that he had switched Jiang Xiao’s plants to punish her for supposedly criticizing him to Shao Zijun.
• Xu Yi stepped between Ye Zhifan and Jiang Xiao, saying he had bought plants from her and could identify their quality.
• Xu Yi prepared a medicinal mixture with azure flames to demonstrate his skill and named the Dragon Halberd Grass, Darkwood Holly, and Suspended Moon Fruit Ye Zhifan had switched.
• Ye Zhifan accidentally admitted switching two of the plants, and Kong Xuanming condemned him and barred him from the Cliff Gathering.

Xu Yi studied a mathematical cultivation art in seclusion and deciphered it into the Great Art of Transforming Qi, a technique that could neutralize attacks by turning them into shapes. He left the quiet chamber eager to test his new ability as a hunting operation approached.

• Xu Yi defended his elder sister from Ye Zhifan, then refused Zhang Yushang's Profound Yellow Pill before returning to Yinghai Peak.
• Xu Yi rented a quiet chamber at Zishentang and used Mysterious Intent to open the cultivation art's Mysterious Point.
• Xu Yi analyzed the art for ten days and discovered how its mathematical method could turn attacks into shapes and regularize them.
• Xu Yi tested the Great Art of Transforming Qi by erasing an energy attack, while Huang Mei praised the divine ability and reminded him that the hunting operation was near.

Xu Yi arranged to join Yinghai Peak’s hunt and traveled by Starry Sky Boat to the Chaotic Abyss Sea. After arriving, he declined a team invitation and began surveying the dangerous wilderness alone, where he sensed a charging porcupine-like beast.

• Xu Yi asked Li Ping to help transfer his organizational affiliation to Fenghua Hall so he could join the hunt, and Li Ping arranged it.
• Xu Yi received Fenghua Hall’s notice and boarded the Starry Sky Boat, where disciples discussed his recent progress and reputation as Zhong Ruyi.
• At the Chaotic Abyss Sea, He Feng and Wei Zhen explained the hunt’s rules, and Chen Bing invited Xu Yi to join his team.
• Xu Yi declined Chen Bing’s invitation, then left the Starry Sky Boat and entered the turbulent wilderness.
• Xu Yi opened his senses and detected a spiked, porcupine-like wild beast charging through the trees.

Xu Yi tested his strength and the Incense Spirit Pearls on a wild boar, then hunted Green Ferocious Beasts in the Chaotic Abyss Sea to build merits and earn an Infant Transformation Pill. After killing more than fifty beasts over three days, he continued onward while remaining wary of unseen observers.

• Xu Yi lured a wild boar with an Incense Spirit Pearl, tested its range, and killed it to obtain an Original Ferocious Beast core.
• Xu Yi decided to hunt Green Ferocious Beasts to accumulate merits and pursue the Infant Transformation Pill he needed to enter the Life Wheel Realm.
• Xu Yi used Incense Spirit Pearls to draw beasts toward him and killed a powerful Sabertooth Tiger with the Unknowing Sword and its fang.
• Xu Yi hunted for three days, killing more than fifty Green Ferocious Beasts and using the tiger's fang to pierce their defenses.
• Xu Yi continued deeper into the Chaotic Abyss Sea while suspecting that two Inner Sect Disciples were watching from a concealed Starry Sky Boat.

Xu Yi returned to the Starry Sky Boat after avoiding the Red-Clothed Bandits, only to learn that they had attacked the hunting party and killed several cultivators. The bandits trapped the boat with Chaotic Star Stones and fought Wei Zhen and He Feng, leaving the battle poised to escalate when Zuo Menghai summoned a Blood Sea Giant.

• Xu Yi raced back toward the gathering point, but his star token transported him to the Starry Sky Boat before he reached it.
• Chen Bing told Xu Yi that the Red-Clothed Bandits had forced the hunting party to crush their star tokens and that several senior brothers had died.
• The Red-Clothed Bandits used four Chaotic Star Stones to trap the Starry Sky Boat, and Wei Zhen and He Feng went out to confront them.
• Zuo Menghai, Yang Nian, and Kui Long attacked Wei Zhen and He Feng, who countered with their True Dragon Art.
• Zuo Menghai unleashed a flood of blood that formed a giant, shocking Wei Zhen.

Wei Zhen and He Feng were overwhelmed by the Red-clothed Bandits, while Xu Yi stayed behind to protect the Outer Sect Disciples. After his Bodhi Leaves ran out, Xu Yi revealed the power of his Coordinate Axis and defeated Yang Nian and Kui Long, leaving the sealed Starry Sky Boat and its passengers in danger.

• The blood-colored giant exploded, blasting apart Wei Zhen and He Feng’s dragons and sending them flying as Sun Yewang led the Outer Sect Disciples out of the Starry Sky Boat.
• Xu Yi used his Bodhi Leaves to hold back Yang Nian and Kui Long while the disciples retreated into the boat, which Wei Zhen sealed with its control jade token.
• Zuo Menghai and Kui Long broke through Wei Zhen and He Feng’s defenses, knocked them unconscious, and took their Starry Sky Rings.
• Yang Nian and Kui Long joined forces against Xu Yi until he used his final Bodhi Leaf and drew a Coordinate Axis in the air.
• Kui Long’s attack dissolved against the frame, and Xu Yi killed Yang Nian and Kui Long with the X Spear and Y Spear before collecting their belongings.

Xu Yi used the Great Art of Transforming Qi to withstand Zuo Menghai’s attacks, then defeated him with the keyboard’s sorrowful illusions. Zuo Menghai’s Life Radiance returned to heaven and earth, leaving Xu Yi with only a negligible wisp for Huang Mei.

• Xu Yi surprised Yang Nian and Kui Long with a deadly attack, then faced Zuo Menghai’s assault with the Coordinate Axis.
• Zuo Menghai burned his Life Wheel and intensified his attacks, but Xu Yi formed a second Coordinate Axis to contain them.
• Zuo Menghai summoned the weakened Blood Sea Giant, and Xu Yi hid inside the Myriad Bone Skeleton before calling forth the keyboard.
• Xu Yi’s poems filled the world with sorrowful illusions that brought down the Blood Sea Giant and broke through Zuo Menghai’s defenses, killing him.
• Xu Yi failed to collect most of Zuo Menghai’s Life Radiance, and Huang Mei complained after receiving only a negligible wisp.

Xu Yi returned with Wei Zhen and He Feng after defeating the Red-clothed Bandits, then received a brief message from A Li: “Northern Border.” At the Elite Hall, he learned that the hunt’s top-ranked disciples would receive Infant Transformation Pills only if they met the sect’s threshold.

• Xu Yi told Wei Zhen and He Feng that the Red-clothed Bandits had spared them out of respect for the Southern Pole Sect, and the three returned to the Starry Sky Boat.
• Xu Yi checked Huang Mei’s tally of the bandits’ resources and believed he could place among the top two on Yinghai Peak’s merit rankings.
• Xu Yi sensed A Li’s presence and received the words “Northern Border” before their mind-to-mind connection vanished.
• The Starry Sky Boat landed, and Xu Yi learned from Chen Bing that the final hunt’s rewards would be presented in the Elite Hall to disciples from all six peaks.
• Chen Bing explained that the top two disciples from each peak had to exceed a sect-set threshold to receive an Infant Transformation Pill.