Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi and the others were forced to help Biao Wei refine a Five Elements Spirit after he swore not to harm them and threatened anyone who stalled. The refining continued in a sealed alchemy chamber, leaving Xu Yi wary as the group neared the final hour.

• Gu Beiting hired Shopkeeper Tong of Hesheng Studio to settle the group's arrangements, and Xu Yi challenged Gu Beiting's secrecy and warned that someone would kill him if he betrayed them.
• Biao Wei arrived, swore in the name of Ancestor Witch Zhurong not to harm the group, and demanded twice the Profound Yellow Essence from anyone who refused to cooperate.
• Guo Xiao and the others pledged to help, while Xu Yi concealed his alarm at Biao Wei's immense strength and agreed to proceed.
• Biao Wei sent the group into the alchemy chamber, where seven streams of spiritual power flowed into the Source Spirit as they began refining it.
• When Guo Xiao asked for a rest, Biao Wei ordered everyone to continue and use Spirit Body Pills; Xu Yi kept replenishing himself with spirit liquid as the work approached its final hour.

Biao Wei trapped Xu Yi and the other refiners in a Qingkong Cover, draining their spiritual power to force the Five Elements Spirit to improve. Xu Yi escaped with his twin life wheels and attacked Biao Wei, but his Origin Fire turned toward the spirit, leaving Biao Wei fighting to keep it from taking root.

• Xing Yi recognized that the Five Elements Spirit had reached completion, but Biao Wei ordered everyone to continue refining it.
• Biao Wei activated the Qingkong Cover, which forced the refiners to release their spiritual power until Guo Xiao and the white-browed elder died.
• Biao Wei admitted that his oath was a deception and urged Xu Yi to help refine a thunder-element Five Elements Spirit.
• When Biao Wei increased the drain, Xu Yi overlapped his twin life wheels and slipped free of the Qingkong Cover.
• Xu Yi struck Biao Wei with Palm Thunder and unleashed the Sui clan's Origin Fire, which veered toward the Five Elements Spirit and clashed with Biao Wei's water.

Xu Yi killed Biao Wei and seized the Five Elements Spirit, then fled from the cultivators pursuing him. Director Yu’s army drove the pursuers back, and Xu Yi recovered briefly before setting off again, warning Director Yu that they might return.

• Xu Yi fought Biao Wei over the Five Elements Spirit, immobilized him, and burned him to ashes with the Sui clan’s Origin Fire.
• Xu Yi collected Biao Wei’s powerful skin jelly and other resources, then fled as more than a dozen human cultivators chased him.
• Xu Yi escaped to Five Stability Mountain, where the Department of Governance’s Left Chancellor’s army used Spirit Cannons to force the pursuers to retreat.
• Xu Yi thanked Director Yu, collapsed from his injuries, and took two spirit pills before warning Director Yu that the pursuers might return.
• Xu Yi transformed into a streak of light and vanished.

Xu Yi escaped his pursuers with help from Desolate Charm and Director Yu, then traveled toward Jade Pool in the Five Plains. The chapter left him safely beyond North Sea City and nearing his destination.

• Director Yu and Xiao Tao bickered about Director Yu’s feelings for Xu Yi after he fled.
• Xu Yi explained how he had used the Starry Sky Ring, Desolate Charm, and backup Ruyi Pearls to coordinate his escape with Director Yu.
• Desolate Charm argued with Xu Yi, then consumed the Witch Spirit from Biao Wei and passed out.
• Xu Yi flew to North Sea City, took a teleportation array north of the Vast Sea, and continued toward Jade Pool.

Wang Rongrong led a powerful group to hunt Xu Yi in the East Mang Mountains after Gu Beiting’s men lost his trail. Using Xu Yi’s blood and the Mountain River Absolute Land Bead, they located and sealed him within the mountains, while Biao Cen continued to challenge Gu Beiting.

• Xu Yi escaped a pursuer after leaving Qiyu City and entered the East Mang Mountains.
• Gu Beiting learned that Xu Yi had vanished into the mountains, and Biao Cen swallowed the man who had failed to follow him.
• Wang Rongrong explained that the Imperial Way Mansion would spare no expense to capture Xu Yi and produced the Mountain River Absolute Land Bead.
• Gu Beiting placed Xu Yi’s blood into the bead, which tracked him and sealed the surrounding mountains against his escape.
• Gu Beiting offered to capture Xu Yi himself, but Biao Cen mocked his ability and accused him of being no match for Xu Yi.

Wang Rongrong’s search for Xu Yi led his group into Wu Yuan territory, where they encountered powerful witches gathered around the wounded Suijie. Gu Beiting identified Suijie as Xu Yi, but Xu Yi maintained his disguise as the celebrated witch Saint and left the accusation unresolved.

• Wang Rongrong sent search parties to find Xu Yi alive, and Gu Beiting led them into a cave after they found signs of excavation.
• Biao Cen and the search party entered two chambers full of witches, then apologized and offered Profound Yellow Essence after the witches confronted them.
• Gu Beiting recognized the blood-spitting Suijie as Xu Yi, and Biao Cen accused him of killing his elder brother.
• A powerful witch struck Biao Cen for threatening Suijie and warned that Suijie was the Saint of Wu Yuan.
• Gu Beiting questioned Suijie about his recent whereabouts, while Xu Yi continued his disguise and the others remained confused.

Xu Yi used his reputation in Wuyuan to turn Gu Beiting and Wang Rongrong’s mistaken pursuit into an apology and supplies for the Witch clans. After Wang Rongrong’s group left, they searched the mountains for Xu Yi but found no trace of him.

• Xu Yi summoned the Sui Clan's Four Attendants for Precious Medicine, drawing Wuyuan’s Witch clan chiefs and elders to his cave.
• Gu Beiting accused Xu Yi, but Wuyuan’s Witch clan members rallied to defend Suijie and threatened to fight.
• Xu Yi demanded that Gu Beiting remain in Wuyuan for ten years and that Wang Rongrong provide ten jin of Starfire Grass for the Witch clans.
• Wang Rongrong accepted Xu Yi’s demands, and the Sui Clan's Four Attendants and Wuyuan’s great witches escorted Gu Beiting away.
• Wang Rongrong ordered his cultivators to search for Xu Yi, but they found no trace of him and decided to wait for the Witch clan members to leave.

Xu Yi learned why the Heavenly King of the Imperial Way's Mansion was searching for him and escaped their trap by leaving the mountains as Suijie. After the search failed and he returned to the Dao Palace, Yi Bingwei visited him and warned that his nomination as an outstanding student was uncertain.

• Wang Rongrong's forces searched the stone chamber again and suspected Suijie might be Xu Yi, but found no evidence.
• Huang Mei told Xu Yi about the Evil Court's rulers, the Eight Heavenly Kings, and the Mansion's search for the Longevity Sword; he explained that the Mountain River Absolute Land Bead had helped expose Xu Yi's bloodstains.
• Xu Yi left the heavenly barrier zone as Suijie, convincing Wang Rongrong's forces he was not their target.
• Wang Rongrong ordered an enormous search of the mountains, but his forces found no trace of Xu Yi and later learned that Xu Yi had returned to the Dao Palace.
• Yi Bingwei visited Xu Yi with fruit and pastries, thanked him, and warned that his nomination as an outstanding student might not succeed.

Xu Yi returned to the Dao Palace and sought a way to win an outstanding student title, deciding to investigate suspected Evil Court agents and possible leaks. He left to pursue clues while Yi Bingwei and Ruan Hongchen continued their outing.

• Yi Bingwei left after Xu Yi joked about matchmaking, and Xu Yi went to see Xie Dongfeng about changing the finalized outstanding student list.
• Xie Dongfeng explained that the candidates’ merits and records had been arranged in advance, but Xu Yi vowed to secure a slot by making a major achievement.
• Xu Yi joined Yi Bingwei and Ruan Hongchen at Fairy Peak and proposed exposing Evil Court agents he believed were hiding in the Dao Palace.
• Ruan Hongchen suggested the leak about Yi Bingwei’s trip might have come from Director Yu, prompting Yi Bingwei to worry that Little Fish could be in danger.
• Xu Yi decided to investigate both possibilities and left to examine clues from his previous escape.

After the Dao Palace uncovered Ruan Hongchen and Liu Ling’s conspiracy, Xu Yi was named an outstanding student and summoned to help the Discipline Hall. Ruan Hongchen asked how he had identified her, and Xu Yi prepared to give her the real answer before her Fate Wheel dispersed.

• The Dao Palace arrested Ruan Hongchen and Liu Ling after Liu Ling’s violent resistance killed two professors, then launched a sweeping political investigation.
• Xie Dongfeng visited Xu Yi, acknowledged owing him a favor, and told him the Discipline Hall wanted his help with Ruan Hongchen’s interrogation.
• Xu Yi met Ruan Hongchen, whose body had vanished and whose Fate Wheel was nearing dispersal.
• Ruan Hongchen asked how Xu Yi had discovered her identity, and Xu Yi said Yi Bingwei had asked him to let Ruan Hongchen leave with dignity.
• Xu Yi told Ruan Hongchen he would give her the real answer if she wanted to hear it, and she nodded.

Xu Yi uncovered Ruan Hongchen’s role in the Evil Court’s plot, then stayed in the Dao Palace after graduation to refine his Dao Source. After swallowing Biao Wei’s Blood Freeze, he awakened a Witch Spirit and discovered his unusual Witch body, gaining a new source of power.

• Xu Yi explained how he traced Ruan Hongchen’s scheme and her contact with Liu Ling, and Ruan Hongchen dissolved into starlight.
• Huang Mei revealed that he had secretly followed Ruan Hongchen and identified the person she contacted for Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi became the top outstanding student, received a Dao Source, and stayed in his cave residence to refine it after graduation.
• Xu Yi swallowed Biao Wei’s Blood Freeze, merged his life wheels, and transformed the violent blood energy into power that strengthened his Witch Spirit.
• Huang Mei concluded that Xu Yi had a Heavenly Witch body, and Xu Yi discovered that his Witch form was a giant with a human face.
• Huang Mei advised Xu Yi to store the Sui clan’s Origin Fire inside his body, and Xu Yi welcomed the prospect of using it more quickly.

After cultivating his Witch Spirit and refining Profound Yellow Essence, Xu Yi left the Dao Palace and learned that he had been appointed acting Traveler in the Traveler Department. Director Yu warned him that the seemingly prestigious post might be a political trap, leaving Xu Yi facing a dangerous new assignment.

• Xu Yi absorbed the Sui clan's Origin Fire, then refined all his remaining Profound Yellow Essence to purify and organize his Witch Spirit.
• Director Yu invited Xu Yi to the Listening Rain Pavilion, where she introduced him to Jiang Yushu, a Subordinate Sixth Rank Traveler.
• Xu Yi learned that the Traveler Department handled foreign affairs with the Northern Heavenly Court and the Evil Court, and that Jiang Yushu held an influential position there.
• Director Yu and Yi Bingwei told Xu Yi that he would serve as an acting Traveler handling liaison with the Eastern District of the Evil Court.
• Director Yu explained that Hong Tianming's retirement and Xu Yi's appointment might reflect a political shift, and warned that the post could leave Xu Yi exposed without the authority of a regular appointment.

Xu Yi accepted the Heavenly King of the Imperial Way’s offer to recruit him while disguised as Suijie, and secured Gu Beiting’s release. He left Wang Rongrong believing he had gained a powerful ally, while Xu Yi prepared to reveal a troubling piece of his past.

• Xu Yi thanked Director Yu for her help, exchanged toasts with her and Yi Bingwei, and recited a kite poem about rising to the heavens.
• After receiving a message from Wang Rongrong, Xu Yi returned to Wu Yuan disguised as Suijie and met him at Plum Blossom Hall.
• Wang Rongrong offered Xu Yi more than a thousand pieces of Profound Yellow Essence and urged him to join the Heavenly King of the Imperial Way.
• Xu Yi accepted the gift and the recruitment offer, then released Gu Beiting to Wang Rongrong.
• Wang Rongrong explained why he had brought a large force into the Mang Mountains, and Xu Yi hinted that his own past contained shameful deeds.

Xu Yi used his supposed past with Xu Yanzhi to persuade Wang Rongrong to let him mediate with Xu Yi, then left Wuyuan for the Traveler Department to complete his appointment. There, Right Traveler He Beiyi challenged him to prove himself before joining, while Jiang Yushu warned that the challenge was meant to obstruct him.

• Xu Yi told Wang Rongrong that he had once accepted a contract to kill Xu Yanzhi but let Xu Yi escape after their fight, and Wang Rongrong asked him to arrange a meeting with Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi reluctantly agreed to help Wang Rongrong, then left Wuyuan after supplying the Witch Clan with Witch Pills and asking the Sui Clan's Four Attendants to monitor local news.
• Xu Yi traveled to the Vast Sea Northern Court to complete his appointment as an acting Traveler and was surprised by the senior officials gathered to receive him.
• He Beiyi challenged Xu Yi to make him rise from his seat as a condition of joining the Traveler Department.
• Jiang Yushu secretly warned Xu Yi that He Beiyi was likely making things difficult because of his ties to Hong Tianming, but Xu Yi did not withdraw.

Xu Yi faced He Beiyi’s test to prove his worth in the Traveler Department and fought General Zuo Jin without spiritual power. He left the crowd stunned after defeating the famed Dragon Tyrant with a single exchange.

• Xu Yi used his Words Manifest Intent trick to make He Beiyi sit back down, but He Beiyi demanded that he prove his martial ability as well.
• He Beiyi ordered Xu Yi to withstand ten hand-to-hand moves from General Zuo Jin, while Jiang Yushu warned him that the Demon Race general was overwhelmingly strong.
• Zuo Jin challenged Xu Yi to take half a move, and Xu Yi accepted before they headed to the training ground.
• Xu Yi deflected Zuo Jin’s powerful punch and countered with a strike that broke Zuo Jin’s right arm and sent him crashing to the ground.
• The gathered onlookers fell silent, and Jiang Yushu stared in shock at Xu Yi’s unexpected strength.

Xu Yi defeated Dragon Tyrant, a Traveler Department cultivator in a Life Wheel clash, and Yi Qiushui in successive tests set by He Beiyi. After Yi Qiushui conceded under Xu Yi’s Palm Thunder, he vanished from the field.

• Xu Yi defeated Dragon Tyrant with a maneuver that redirected the giant’s strength, then accepted He Beiyi’s challenge to clash Life Wheels.
• Xu Yi revealed a golden Life Wheel and unleashed his mushroom-cloud Divine Diagram, forcing the hemp-clothed middle-aged man to withdraw and recover.
• Jiang Yushu suspected He Beiyi was testing Xu Yi to clear the way for him to take the Traveler’s post and wondered whether Hong Tianming could rise again.
• He Beiyi challenged Xu Yi to defeat Yi Qiushui, promising him the post if he won.
• Xu Yi struck Yi Qiushui repeatedly with Palm Thunder until Yi Qiushui begged him to stop and conceded.
• The field burst into laughter at Yi Qiushui’s charred appearance, and Yi Qiushui suddenly vanished.

Xu Yi took up his post in the Traveler Department, where Kuang Wenyuan plotted to trap him in a dangerous mediation mission at the Two Mountains. Xu Yi accepted the assignment only after demanding written confirmation that he would be rewarded if he succeeded.

• Xu Yi completed his appointment as a Principal Seventh Rank official and began studying documents in the Traveler Department's Seventh Legion.
• Kuang Wenyuan met with Zhang Beiyue and Lu Yuan, who discussed using the standoff between the Ninth Guard and the Purple Gold Royal Guard to trap Xu Yi.
• Kuang Wenyuan ordered Xu Yi to go to the Purple Gold Heavenly King's Mansion and mediate the Two Mountains crisis.
• Xu Yi argued that the central hall should handle the crisis, but Kuang Wenyuan insisted he take responsibility and threatened his post.
• Xu Yi agreed to try the mission after Kuang Wenyuan promised to request a reward, then demanded that the promise be put in writing.

Kuang Wenyuan assigned Xu Yi responsibility for negotiating between the two mountains, and Xu Yi accepted while secretly arranging a meeting with Wang Rongrong over the Five Elements Spirit. Wang Rongrong agreed to meet Xu Yi in Qiyu City and quietly set out with Gu Beiting and two trusted subordinates.

• Kuang Wenyuan announced that Xu Yi would handle the matter between the two mountains and promised to report extraordinary merit if he succeeded.
• Jiang Yushu warned Xu Yi that he would bear the blame if negotiations failed and war broke out, but Xu Yi said he had accepted the task and would try to make things right.
• Xu Yi used Suijie to contact Wang Rongrong, who offered Suijie a Gold-level Guest Elder position if he persuaded Xu Yi to meet.
• Xu Yi waited two hours before Suijie told Wang Rongrong that Xu Yi had agreed to meet him at Xifeng Wine Tower in Qiyu City that evening.
• Wang Rongrong rejected the idea of capturing Xu Yi, then summoned Gu Beiting and two trusted subordinates and secretly departed for Qiyu City.

Xu Yi met Wang Rongrong in Qiyu City to negotiate the return of the Five Elements Spirit, demanding Profound Yellow Essence and asking about Dao Source. Wang Rongrong revealed that he could not provide Dao Source but believed the Heavenly King of the Imperial Way could help Xu Yi achieve his aim of setting the two sides of the mountains against each other.

• Xu Yi met Wang Rongrong in a secluded Heaven-grade room at Xifeng Wine Tower and proved his identity with his Immortal Official Token.
• Wang Rongrong offered to make peace and promised to help Xu Yi if he returned the Five Elements Spirit.
• Xu Yi demanded a hundred thousand Profound Yellow Essences, then said the Five Elements Spirit was worth as much as his life.
• Wang Rongrong refused the enormous demand but admitted he could not let Xu Yi negotiate with rival deputy ministers instead.
• Xu Yi asked what Wang Rongrong could offer in Profound Yellow Essence and Dao Source, and Wang Rongrong said the Two Sages tightly controlled all Dao Source.
• Wang Rongrong guessed that Xu Yi wanted to create a standoff between the two sides of the mountains and said the Heavenly King of the Imperial Way could help him do it.

Xu Yi bargained with Wang Rongrong over the Five Elements Spirit, securing ten thousand Profound Yellow Essences and a promise to settle the standoff between the two mountains. He left the spirit with Hesheng Studio under Shopkeeper Tong’s care until after Xu Yi’s meritorious service was reported, while Kuang Wenyuan’s meditation was interrupted by Zhang Beiyue’s unexpected arrival.

• Xu Yi threatened to publicize the Five Elements Spirit and force attention onto Kuang Wenyuan’s handling of his assignment, making Wang Rongrong negotiate.
• Xu Yi and Wang Rongrong settled on ten thousand Profound Yellow Essences for the Five Elements Spirit.
• Xu Yi proposed using Shopkeeper Tong of Hesheng Studio as an intermediary instead of relying on a Seven-Inch Nail-Head Book, and Wang Rongrong agreed.
• Wang Rongrong inspected the Five Elements Spirit, Xu Yi placed it in Hesheng Studio’s safekeeping, and Wang paid the ten thousand Profound Yellow Essences.
• Xu Yi required Wang Rongrong to wait until the tenth day after Kuang Wenyuan submitted the report of Xu Yi’s meritorious service before collecting the spirit.
• At Spring Hut, Zhang Beiyue barged in while Kuang Wenyuan was meditating, disrupting him.