Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi survived Ji Lie’s devastating punch and prepared to counterattack with the Overlord Strength Art. The chapter ended as Xu Yi charged Ji Lie with the power of eight circles gathered in his right arm.

• Xu Yi threatened the Third Prince into silence, then cleaned himself up and let his pills heal his wounds.
• Xu Yi provoked Ji Lie while recovering, reflecting on how he had survived the Water Gang Sha and what it had taught him.
• Ji Lie challenged Xu Yi to attack again, and Xu Yi withdrew nearly a hundred zhang before building momentum.
• Ji Lie activated the Immovable Wisdom King Divine Skill, surrounding himself with golden light and an imposing Buddha-like presence.
• Xu Yi charged Ji Lie, using the Overlord Strength Art to gather eight circles of power in his right arm.

Xu Yi forced Ji Lie to yield in their contest, then sought to leave with Xia Zimo while Jiuru tried to interfere. The Third Prince stopped a Naiman elder from presenting a Shadow-Sound Pearl, whose contents threatened Xu Yi, and the chapter ended as the Ghost Master’s scheme was revealed.

• Xu Yi’s overwhelming punch shattered Ji Lie’s Immovable Wisdom King image, and Ji Lie retreated rather than take the strike head-on.
• Ji Lie charged Xu Yi after the punch missed, but Xu Yi declared that Ji Lie had yielded, leaving the prince overwhelmed by humiliation.
• Xu Yi asked the Son of Heaven to withdraw and approached Xia Zimo, whose trust in him grew after he promised to avenge her.
• Jiuru urged the bald old man from Naiman to act, but the Third Prince snatched the Shadow-Sound Pearl from him.
• The Ghost Master recognized the pearl as his trap for Xu Yi and recalled how he had planted it while impersonating the Scar-faced Daoist.

The Ghost Master’s careful plan to kill Xu Yi with the Shadow-Sound Pearl failed when the Third Prince snatched it, and Xu Yi tried to persuade Xia Zimo to leave with him. The chapter ended with Xu Yi exposing the Ghost Master’s incarnations, prompting the Ghost Master to ask who else Xu Yi had recognized.

• The Ghost Master explained how he had planned to reveal Xu Yi’s identity as the Scar-faced Daoist and kill him using the Shadow-Sound Pearl.
• Xu Yi intercepted Jiuru’s plot, and the Third Prince unexpectedly took the Shadow-Sound Pearl from the bald elder.
• Xu Yi reassured Xia Zimo that he could protect her and urged her to leave with him.
• Jiuru reminded Xia Zimo of her family’s murder, while Beichen warned that he would fight the foolish ruler if she left.
• Xu Yi recognized Beichen and Marquis Anqing as the Ghost Master’s incarnations and threatened him.
• The Ghost Master admitted Xu Yi had seen through his disguise and asked which other people Xu Yi suspected.

Xu Yi tried to take Xia Zimo out of the palace for one day before she entered it, but the Ghost Master turned Marquis Anqing against him by revealing that Xu Yi possessed the Boundary Tablet. The court erupted, and Xu Yi moved to confront Marquis Anqing as the Ghost Master made his attempt to kill him.

• The Ghost Master left Beichen in a daze and taunted Xu Yi about the Dark Mountain hidden in the Imperial Tomb.
• Xia Zimo agreed to return to the palace the next day, while Xu Yi persuaded her to leave with him first.
• Marquis Anqing shouted that Xu Yi must not escape and accused him of seizing the Boundary Tablet at the Void Divine Palace.
• Xu Yi recognized the Ghost Master's scheme and flashed toward Marquis Anqing to stop him.

Xu Yi exposed and drove the Ghost Master's possession from Marquis Anqing, though the Ghost Master escaped through Beichen and remained hidden within Ancestor Yuan. Dong Xuanji invited Xu Yi to join the Imperial Secret Guards, but Xu Yi said he needed to consult his master first.

• Xu Yi struck Marquis Anqing with the Wish Scripture despite the white-robed elder’s attack, forcing the Ghost Master’s spirit out of the marquis’s body.
• The white-robed elder drove away the visible shadow, and Marquis Anqing collapsed while Beichen also weakened as the Ghost Master withdrew his possession.
• Jiuru treated Beichen and urged him to stay quiet, while the Ghost Master remained concealed within Ancestor Yuan and mourned the loss of a wisp of spirit.
• Dong Xuanji praised Xu Yi for detecting the possession and revealed that he was the new commander-in-chief of the Great Yue Imperial Guards.
• Dong Xuanji invited Xu Yi to join the Imperial Secret Guards, and Xu Yi politely declined to accept before consulting his master.

Xu Yi refused Dong Xuanji and Ji Lie’s demands for the Boundary Stele, then attacked the Son of Heaven of Great Yue in a desperate bid to seize the ruler. As Dong Xuanji rushed to stop him, Xu Yi had badly wounded Lu Shanren, and the confrontation continued to erupt around the throne.

• Dong Xuanji threatened Xu Yi and demanded the Boundary Stele or his Sumeru Ring, while Ji Lie insisted Xu Yi surrender the treasure to the Son of Heaven.
• Xu Yi appeared to agree to hand over the Boundary Stele, then insulted Ji Lie and charged at the Son of Heaven of Great Yue.
• The Guard commanders formed a battle formation to protect the Son of Heaven, while Lu Shanren rushed to stop Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi struck Lu Shanren with Baleful Intent, badly wounding him and warning that anyone who stood in his way would die.
• Dong Xuanji charged at Xu Yi and formed a huge silver longsword from swirling energy.

Xu Yi captured Ji Lie by absorbing his Water Gang Sha and using him as a hostage, after revealing that his attack on the Son of Heaven had been a feint. As Xu Yi faced a new threat from Xi Xuanji, the Immovable King struck him with fists blazing with lightning and fire.

• Xu Yi turned away from Dong Xuanji's sword and charged at Ji Lie, absorbing Ji Lie's ten Water Gang Sha Finger Swords into his Qi Sea.
• Xu Yi seized Ji Lie's Dazhui Acupoint and revealed that he had targeted Ji Lie to secure Xia Zimo's escape.
• Dong Xuanji withdrew his giant sword when Xu Yi used Ji Lie as a shield, causing the advancing experts to halt.
• Xi Xuanji arrived and charged Xu Yi, then attacked with both fists wrapped in lightning and fire.

Xu Yi fought Xi Xuanji, who protected him from Ji Lie and then challenged him to a brawl. Xu Yi lured Xi Xuanji toward the National Monument, but their fight continued with Xi Xuanji holding the advantage.

• Xi Xuanji stopped Ji Lie from attacking Xu Yi and declared that no one could interfere with their fight.
• Xu Yi taunted Xi Xuanji and fled toward the Black Tiger Army, but Xi Xuanji caught up and traded blows with him.
• Xu Yi and Xi Xuanji tore through the Black Tiger Army, scattering its soldiers.
• Xu Yi led Xi Xuanji south to the National Monument, prompting Xi Xuanji to warn him against targeting it.
• Xu Yi and Xi Xuanji continued their close-range brawl, with Xi Xuanji surpassing Xu Yi in strength, defense, and speed.

Xu Yi defeated and killed Xi Xuanji after enduring their brutal battle and countering Xi Xuanji’s Heavenly Thunder Pearls. Dong Xuanji rallied the court’s forces against Xu Yi and announced a lavish imperial reward for capturing or killing him.

• Xu Yi and Xi Xuanji fought for a prolonged stretch, exhausting themselves as thousands of spectators watched in silence.
• Xu Yi noticed Xi Xuanji preparing Heavenly Thunder Pearls and anticipated his attack.
• Xi Xuanji launched his Heavenly Thunder Annihilation Fist, but Xu Yi blocked the explosions with the Blue Extreme Shield and stabbed Xi Xuanji through the heart with the Coral Horn.
• Xu Yi took Xi Xuanji’s Sumeru Ring and used two Soul Scattering Pearls to destroy his soul.
• Dong Xuanji called on the assembled people to attack Xu Yi, and the red-robed eunuch announced a hereditary title and ten thousand households as rewards for capturing him or bringing in his head.

After the Great Yue emperor branded Xu Yi a traitor and promised rewards for his capture, Xu Yi drew attacks from the assembled officials and scholars while trying to stop the Black Tiger Army from forming a grand formation. He absorbed their scattered attacks and unleashed two enormous Qi Dragons at the army, while Ji Lie recognized him as the thief from Monster Hunting Valley.

• The Son of Heaven of Great Yue declared Xu Yi a traitor, and officials, generals, and newly appointed scholars rushed to claim the reward for capturing him.
• Xu Yi fled east toward the Black Tiger Army and deliberately took a blow from a Ministry of Punishment presiding officer to provoke the crowd into attacking.
• The Black Tiger Army held its formations while the assembled attackers unleashed waves of qi at Xu Yi from every direction.
• Xu Yi used Stars Shift and Heavens Turn to absorb the incoming qi into a separate sphere in his Qi Sea.
• Ji Lie recognized Xu Yi as the arrogant thief from Monster Hunting Valley and renewed his fighting spirit.
• Xu Yi released two gigantic Qi Dragons toward the Black Tiger Army, scattering the qi waves around them.

Xu Yi overwhelmed the Black Dragon Army and the officials who had tried to kill him, then confronted Ji Lie after killing the red-robed eunuch. Ji Lie attacked with an ice spear that broke through Xu Yi’s shield and wounded him.

• Xu Yi’s Qi Dragons shattered the Black Dragon Army’s formation and sent the remaining attackers fleeing.
• The Ghost Master and Jiuru watched in shock as the officials’ overwhelming forces failed to kill Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi killed the red-robed eunuch with a Qi Dragon, which also killed nearby guards and shook the Son of Heaven’s protective formation.
• Xu Yi and Ji Lie traded insults before Ji Lie ordered everyone back and attacked with an ice spear.
• Ji Lie’s ice spear broke through Xu Yi’s Blue Extreme Shield, and flying ice shards tore flesh from Xu Yi’s body.

Ji Lie gained the upper hand over Xu Yi with his Heavenly Array Absolute Formation and prepared a decisive attack, while the Ghost Master revealed Xu Yi’s apparent weakness. Xu Yi overheard the warning and saw an opportunity to exploit Ji Lie’s confidence.

• The crowd cheered Ji Lie after his baleful energy wounded Xu Yi, and Ji Lie taunted his opponent.
• Xu Yi recovered with a pill and rushed toward the National Monument, but Ji Lie caught up and attacked with swirling ice tiles.
• Dong Xuanji recognized Ji Lie’s technique as the Heavenly Array Absolute Formation, while Ji Lie formed the ice tiles into a massive sphere.
• The Ghost Master secretly warned Ji Lie that Xu Yi had depleted his qi sea and urged him to finish the fight quickly.
• Xu Yi overheard the Ghost Master’s message and realized that his feigned weakness had set up an opportunity.
• Ji Lie believed Xu Yi could no longer fight and declared that he would show no mercy.

Xu Yi revealed his Fire Gang Malice and nearly defeated Ji Lie, but Ji Lie escaped with a Swift Wind Talisman. Ji Lie raced away, unaware the talisman could have carried him a thousand li three times.

• Ji Lie sent an ice dragon and a storm of ice talismans at Xu Yi, who blocked them with the Blue Extreme Shield and a crimson spear.
• Xu Yi endured the remaining ice attack, then charged Ji Lie and pierced his defenses with fiery spears.
• Ji Lie realized Xu Yi had concealed his peak-stage Fire Gang Malice, which countered Ji Lie’s weaker Water Gang Sha.
• As six spears closed in, Ji Lie used a Swift Wind Talisman to vanish and escape.
• Xu Yi regretted letting Ji Lie get away, while Ji Lie used the talisman for a thousand-li dash without knowing it could be used three times.

Xu Yi defeated Ji Lie and forced Great Yue’s officials to retreat as he pushed toward the imperial throne. He reached Xia Zimo and promised to take her away, no matter how many people stood in his way.

• Xu Yi absorbed Ji Lie’s six Fire Gang Malice Spears after Ji Lie escaped with a talisman.
• Xu Yi killed the newly crowned top scholar and six other men who attacked him as he advanced through the court.
• Li Jinzhong dropped to his knees in terror, and Xu Yi silenced him with a slap to the Dazhui Acupoint.
• Xu Yi threatened the officials blocking his path, and the crowd scattered as his Fire Gang Malice Spear appeared.
• Xu Yi reached Xia Zimo and promised to take her away even if he had to kill everyone under heaven.

Xu Yi tried to bring Xia Zimo back to his side, but the Ghost Master possessed Beichen and used her feelings for him to keep Xu Yi from attacking. The Ghost Master persuaded Jiuru that Xia Zimo was the only way to restrain Xu Yi, leaving her between Xu Yi and the men plotting against him.

• Xu Yi urged Xia Zimo to return with him as her original consciousness began to recover.
• Beichen called out and collapsed, and Xia Zimo rushed to his side.
• Xu Yi spotted the Ghost Master's influence on Beichen and threatened to destroy him, but Xia Zimo stepped between them.
• The Ghost Master admitted to Jiuru that he had possessed Beichen and urged him to use Xia Zimo to restrain Xu Yi.
• The Ghost Master recalled Xu Yi's breakthrough beyond the Vengeful Embryo and concluded that exploiting his attachment to Xia Zimo was their best chance to stop him.

Xu Yi tried to negotiate with Jiuru after Jiuru took Xia Zimo hostage, but Ghost Master possessed Beichen and killed Jiuru. The chapter ended with Ghost Master threatening Xia Zimo and demanding that Xu Yi swear a Heart Oath to become his slave.

• Ghost Master possessed Beichen, while Jiuru struck Xia Zimo unconscious and held a jade knife to her neck.
• Xu Yi backed away and offered to help Jiuru fulfill his wish if Jiuru released Xia Zimo, promising a Heart Oath to kill the Son of Heaven of Great Yue.
• Ghost Master took control of Beichen and killed Jiuru with a black short sword, freezing and shattering his body.
• Beichen seized Jiuru's Sumeru Ring and ordered Xu Yi to kneel, swear a Heart Oath to become his slave, or watch Xia Zimo be wounded.

The Ghost Master held Xia Zimo hostage and threatened to kill Xu Yi, who was unable to find a way out. Xu Yi offered to swear a Heart Oath and stay away from the Ghost Master's plans, leaving the Ghost Master wavering over whether to accept.

• The Ghost Master laughed at Xu Yi's distress and threatened to cut open Xia Zimo's chest.
• Xu Yi warned the Ghost Master that they could both die and tried to use the Imperial Tomb plot against him.
• The Ghost Master said he would abandon the Imperial Tomb secret if that meant killing Xu Yi, having obtained the boundary token.
• Xu Yi offered to swear a Heart Oath to keep his distance and help with the Ghost Master's plans.
• The onlookers were stunned that Xia Zimo had made Xu Yi plead, while the Ghost Master began to reconsider his desire to kill him.

Xu Yi drove the Ghost Master out of Beichen with Fire Gang Malice, but Beichen stabbed Xia Zimo with the black sword. As Xia Zimo lay dying, she begged Xu Yi to spare Beichen, and Xu Yi remembered that the Ghost Master might know how to save her.

• Xu Yi tricked the Ghost Master into leaving Beichen's body by unleashing Fire Gang Malice, then absorbed the force with Stars Shift and Heavens Turn.
• Xu Yi caught Xia Zimo as Beichen regained control of himself, and Xia Zimo awoke and shoved Xu Yi away.
• Beichen lunged at Xu Yi with the black sword, but Xia Zimo was struck through the chest when she pushed Xu Yi aside.
• Xu Yi seized Beichen by the throat, but Xia Zimo asked him to let Brother Chen go, so he hurled Beichen away.
• Xia Zimo thanked Xu Yi and pleaded for Beichen, then grew weaker as Xu Yi struggled to treat her.
• Xu Yi realized the Ghost Master might know how to help Xia Zimo because the black sword had come from him.

Xu Yi begged the Ghost Master to save Xia Zimo, but she was beyond saving and asked Xu Yi to escort Beichen back to Tianchan Temple before she died. As Xia Zimo’s restored memories returned in her final moments, Xu Yi produced two legendary pills in a desperate attempt to save her.

• Xu Yi offered the Ghost Master his treasures and anything else he wanted in exchange for saving Xia Zimo, while the Ghost Master feared the consequences of leaving Xu Yi alive.
• Xia Zimo asked Xu Yi to take Beichen back to Tianchan Temple and not blame him, and Xu Yi promised to honor her request.
• As Xia Zimo’s breathing failed, she told Xu Yi to remember her in the next life and forget her in this one.
• Beichen stumbled toward Xia Zimo, who sang a childhood song before her memories broke free from the illusion and she died peacefully.
• Xu Yi howled in grief and searched his Sumeru Ring, then revealed a Leaking Pill and an Origin Body Pill as onlookers recognized the legendary medicines.

Xu Yi tried to revive Xia Zimo with two divine pills, but her apparent death shattered his sorrowful intent and left him holding her body in silence. Far away, her mother Xia Xingguang prepared to reopen the Stellar Tunnel, then suddenly spat blood and vanished.

• Several onlookers rushed toward Xu Yi to seize the divine pills, but crimson astral energy cut them down.
• Xu Yi gave Xia Zimo the Origin Body Pill and the Leaking Pill, but she showed no sign of recovery.
• As Xu Yi grieved over Xia Zimo, the barrier around his inner Yin Soul vanished, and he realized his sorrowful intent had shattered.
• Xia Xingguang ordered the demons to prepare to reopen the Stellar Tunnel that night so she could search for Xia Zimo.
• Xia Xingguang suddenly clutched her chest, spat out blood essence, and disappeared from the palace.