Chapter Summaries

After Xia Zimo died, Xu Yi protected her body and resolved to fulfill her unspoken wish by killing the Son of Heaven of Great Yue. Dong Xuanji tried to placate Xu Yi while secretly preparing to fight, and four gray lines rose along the walls.

• Beichen went mad after his remorse over stabbing Xia Zimo shattered his already damaged consciousness.
• Dong Xuanji blamed the Heavenly Buddha Kingdom and the Underworld for the conflict and offered to send Great Yue’s troops against them.
• Xu Yi asked Dong Xuanji for a protective formation, took the Zi Wu San Shen Formation token, and enclosed Xia Zimo’s body within it.
• Xu Yi spared Dong Xuanji for giving him the token but declared that the Son of Heaven of Great Yue was his to kill.
• Dong Xuanji roared at Xu Yi, and four gray lines rose along the surrounding walls.

The Golden Talisman Army arrived in the capital to confront Xu Yi, who forced the crowd in the square to channel their True Fiend Qi into him. As the army formed a Golden Armored Giant God and launched an attack, Xu Yi faced a deadly Qi spear.

• Dong Xuanji summoned the Golden Talisman Army, whose soldiers converged on the square from four directions.
• Xu Yi divided the crowd into circles and ordered everyone to channel their True Fiend Qi into him, killing those who resisted.
• Dong Xuanji ordered the army to kill Xu Yi, and eight thousand soldiers combined their armor plates into a Golden Armored Giant God.
• Xu Yi sent two enormous energy dragons at the Golden Armored Giant God, which swallowed them through a gate formed from black Qi.
• The Golden Armored Giant God created a long Qi spear and fired it at Xu Yi.

Xu Yi adapted his Killing Intent to counter the Golden Armored Giant God's gang-fiend spears and endured its soldiers' blood offering. Dong Xuanji then split the Giant God to rescue the people supplying Xu Yi's strength, leaving their united formation under threat.

• Xu Yi lost his Blue Extreme Shield to a gang-fiend spear, then compressed his Qi Dragons into blocks and used his Fire Gang Malice Spear to counter it.
• Xu Yi dispelled seven spears, but Dong Xuanji ordered the Golden Talisman Army to offer blood and restore the dimmed Golden Armored Giant God.
• Xu Yi's gathered followers refused the Giant God's demand to abandon him, while Dong Xuanji fretted over the army's dwindling strength.
• Dong Xuanji targeted Xia Zimo's corpse with a spear and the Giant God, but Xu Yi intercepted them and blocked the spear with four Qi Dragons.
• Dong Xuanji split the Giant God in two and sent one figure toward Xu Yi's followers, ordering them to scatter and break his supply of Killing Intent.

Xu Yi used the Son of Heaven of Great Yue as bait to force the Golden Armored Giant God to abandon Xia Zimo's corpse, leaving the battle poised for another clash. Dong Xuanji ordered the corpse destroyed, but the Golden Talisman Army turned to protect the sovereign, and Xu Yi retreated behind the throne's barrier as the crowd cheered.

• Dong Xuanji split the Golden Armored Giant God and restrained the Great Yue officials, cutting off their support for Xu Yi while the other half moved toward Xia Zimo's corpse.
• Xu Yi attacked the Son of Heaven of Great Yue with a Qi Dragon and charged after it, hoping the Golden Talisman Army would choose between saving their sovereign and destroying Xia Zimo's corpse.
• An unknown voice urged Dong Xuanji to destroy the corpse, and Dong Xuanji publicly ordered that it take priority above all else.
• Xu Yi's Qi Dragon battered the throne's Protective Light Barrier, killing more than a dozen people and leaving the Son of Heaven close to capture.
• The three commanders redirected the Golden Armored Giant God toward Xu Yi to save the Son of Heaven, while a spear of Baleful Intent pursued him.
• Xu Yi used the Return to Origin Steps to circle behind the throne's barrier, and the crowd cheered at his apparent retreat.

Xu Yi survived the Golden Talisman Army’s overwhelming assault by using the iron essence, though it was nearly destroyed. He then accused Dong Xuanji of offering to let him kill the Son of Heaven, deepening the crowd’s suspicions and prompting a Golden Talisman Army commander to tell Dong Xuanji to withdraw.

• Xu Yi used a burst of baleful energy and the iron essence to endure the Golden Talisman Army’s barrage, which left him injured but alive.
• The assault depleted the Golden Talisman Guards, and Xu Yi discovered that the iron essence had consumed several objects on him and cracked his Sumeru Ring.
• Xu Yi accused Dong Xuanji of offering to let him kill the Son of Heaven of Great Yue in exchange for cooperation.
• Dong Xuanji denied Xu Yi’s accusation, but his defense only strengthened the crowd’s suspicions.
• The Giant Man told Dong Xuanji to withdraw, and Dong Xuanji angrily rebuked him.

Xu Yi destroyed the Golden Armored Giant God by combining his iron essence with Fire Gang Malice, killing the eight thousand Golden Talisman Army soldiers and their commanders. He collected the transformed iron essence as the battlefield fell into shock.

• Dong Xuanji accused the Giant Man commander of disloyalty as Xu Yi quietly approached the Golden Armored Giant God.
• The three commanders and eight thousand Golden Talisman Army soldiers poured their power into the giant, strengthening it as Xu Yi charged.
• Xu Yi used his iron essence and Fire Gang Malice to break down the Golden Armored Giant God before it could unleash its attack.
• The eight thousand soldiers and all three commanders died when the giant was destroyed.
• Xu Yi collected the enlarged iron essence and realized his Fire Gang Malice had caused its transformation.

Xu Yi dismantled the Golden Armored Giant God, seized the Son of Heaven of Great Yue, and forced him to order an attack on Dong Xuanji. Using the resulting crowd to search for the elusive Ghost Master, Xu Yi spotted him disguised as Ancestor Yuan.

• Xu Yi’s iron essence broke down a gold plaque, collapsing the Golden Armored Giant God, then swelled in an unfamiliar transformation.
• Xu Yi shattered the Son of Heaven of Great Yue’s barrier and demanded the title King of Yue, which the terrified ruler agreed to grant.
• Xu Yi demanded Dong Xuanji’s death, and the Son of Heaven ordered his ministers to seize the supposed traitor.
• Xu Yi used the crowd’s movement to search for the Ghost Master, whom he knew was unlikely to join the attack on Dong Xuanji.
• Xu Yi’s perception caught Ancestor Yuan lifting his head restlessly, revealing that he was the Ghost Master in disguise.

Dong Xuanji sacrificed the Son of Heaven of Great Yue and the Dragon Lock Imperial Qi to cripple Xu Yi, then turned the survivors against him. As Xu Yi faced a mass attack, a huge gray figure arrived from the east, vowing to kill him.

• Dong Xuanji and four secret guards used the Star Shaking Dragon Art to detonate the Son of Heaven of Great Yue’s Dragon Lock Imperial Qi, killing the sovereign and wounding Xu Yi severely.
• Ye Tiangao condemned Dong Xuanji for consuming Great Yue’s national fortune, and Dong Xuanji killed him with Sword Qi.
• Xu Yi discovered that the Dragon Lock Imperial Qi had clogged his meridians and prevented his wounds from healing or his baleful intent from forming.
• Dong Xuanji urged the surviving crowd to kill Xu Yi, and more than a thousand people charged at him.
• A huge gray figure swept in from the eastern horizon and threatened to extract Xu Yi’s soul and refine his spirit.

Wang Xuanji arrived as Great Yue’s final contingency and, impressed by Xu Yi’s strength and unusual fortune, offered to take him as a disciple. Xu Yi rejected the offer in spirit and stalled for time while his injuries slowly healed.

• Wang Xuanji attacked Xu Yi with soul sense, but Xu Yi’s soul shattered the blade without harm.
• Dong Xuanji identified Wang Xuanji as the Deputy High Priest, prompting the gathered officials to bow in reverence.
• Dong Xuanji explained that he had summoned Wang Xuanji after the Golden Armored Giant God and Dragon Lock Imperial Qi failed to kill Xu Yi.
• Wang Xuanji offered to accept Xu Yi as his disciple, despite Dong Xuanji’s demand that Xu Yi be executed.
• Xu Yi challenged Wang Xuanji while secretly buying time for the medicinal power in his body to heal his injuries.

Wang Xuanji demonstrated three powerful Secret Guards techniques to show Xu Yi the overwhelming gap between the Condensed Liquid Realm and the Soul Sensing Realm, then offered to teach them if Xu Yi joined his tutelage. Wang Xuanji expected Xu Yi to accept, while Dong Xuanji anxiously worried that his superior had underestimated Xu Yi’s cunning.

• Wang Xuanji used Light Smoke Scattering into Maple Forest Crossing to move thirty zhang in an instant, shocking Xu Yi.
• Wang Xuanji detonated four Heavenly Thunder Pearls with his palms and emerged with only bleeding hands, demonstrating his extraordinary defense.
• Wang Xuanji unleashed Ground-Bound Yama, sending a purple sphere through the floor to destroy a distant palace wall.
• Wang Xuanji named the three techniques and offered to teach them to Xu Yi if he joined his tutelage.
• Dong Xuanji worried that Wang Xuanji’s confidence and lack of worldly experience had left him unprepared for Xu Yi’s treachery.

Xia Zimo’s corpse revealed its Mysterious Monster form, prompting Wang Xuanji and the Ghost Master to fight over her. Xu Yi broke free of the Dragon Lock Imperial Qi by swallowing two Demon Transformation Pills and transformed into a giant beast, charging the Ghost Master as he unleashed Soul Bodies.

• Fine patterns and colorful feathers appeared on Xia Zimo’s corpse, revealing her as the missing Mysterious Monster.
• Wang Xuanji shattered the light barrier with nine fused gray orbs and tried to seize Xia Zimo’s corpse.
• The Ghost Master intercepted the corpse, repelled Wang Xuanji’s soul-intent attack, and began carrying Xia Zimo away.
• Xu Yi swallowed two Demon Transformation Pills, cleared the Dragon Lock Imperial Qi from his meridians, and completed his third transformation.
• The Ghost Master mistook Xu Yi for a beast and sent innumerable Soul Bodies surging toward him.

Xu Yi fled toward the National Monument while the Ghost Master unleashed Ironback Yin Extremity Insects that resisted his ghost-controlling treasures and Fire Gang Malice. Wang Xuanji recognized the dangerous netherworld creatures and kept his distance as the swarm attacked Xu Yi.

• Xu Yi captured the Ghost Master's blood-devouring ghosts with the Blood River Flag, then attacked him and secured Xia Zimo's body against his chest.
• Wang Xuanji joined the confrontation, and the Ghost Master warned him about Xu Yi's strength and schemes.
• Xu Yi flew toward the National Monument, but the Ghost Master shattered an ink-black bottle and released Ironback Yin Extremity Insects.
• Wang Xuanji recognized the insects and retreated as the Ghost Master sent them after Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi's Wailing Stick and Blood River Flag failed to affect the insects, and his Fire Gang Malice only made them more vigorous.
• The Ghost Master explained that he had searched the netherworld for the insects and refined them with his yin essence to use against Xu Yi.

Xu Yi destroyed the Ironback Yin Extremity Insects by using his yin soul and Fire Gang Malice to break the Ghost Master's control over them. The Ghost Master then transformed into a phantom surrounded by Pure White Karma Fire, revealing a terrifying new level of power.

• Xu Yi stopped fleeing and enveloped himself in Fire Gang Malice as the Ironback Yin Extremity Insects surrounded him.
• Xu Yi used the Soul Splitting Art to send his lightning-tempered yin soul into the insects and destroy the Ghost Master's soul fragment controlling them.
• Xu Yi smothered the insects in Fire Gang Malice until they dissolved into a pool of yellow liquid, shocking Wang Xuanji.
• The Ghost Master howled in agony, and a white flame consumed Gaozuyuan's body, leaving a faint phantom.
• Wang Xuanji recognized the phantom's Pure White Karma Fire and declared that the Ghost Master had reached the Ghost Master's level.

The Ghost Master formed a Jade Bone Skeleton from the bones of countless victims and used it to attack Xu Yi. As cloud-tribulation clouds gathered, Xu Yi tried to flee, but the skeleton wounded him and resisted his attacks and Heavenly Thunder Pearls.

• The Ghost Master formed the Jade Bone Skeleton and explained how he had forged and nurtured it.
• Cloud-tribulation clouds gathered above the Imperial Arena as the skeleton neared completion.
• Xu Yi recognized the danger and tried to escape toward the National Monument.
• The Jade Bone Skeleton caught Xu Yi and pierced his left arm, drinking his blood.
• Xu Yi's Fire Gang Malice and lightning-infused Yin soul failed to harm the Ghost Master or the skeleton.
• Xu Yi detonated two Heavenly Thunder Pearls, blasting both himself and the Jade Bone Skeleton away without damaging it.

Xu Yi fought the Ghost Master's Jade Bone Skeleton with his demon body, Heavenly Thunder Pearls, and Coral Horn, but struggled to injure it. The Coral Horn finally left a small mark on the skeleton, provoking the Ghost Master as the cloud tribulation gathered overhead.

• Xu Yi used the Return to Origin Steps and flying slabs to evade and delay the Ghost Master's attacks, but the Jade Bone Skeleton kept closing in.
• Xu Yi stopped fleeing and struck the skeleton with the Demonic Ox Great Strength Fist, but the blow only drove it partly into the ground and left Xu Yi numb.
• The Jade Bone Skeleton tore flesh from Xu Yi's arm, so Xu Yi detonated two Heavenly Thunder Pearls to blast them apart.
• Xu Yi thrust the Coral Horn at the skeleton, which stopped the weapon but staggered back with a faint white mark on its ribs.
• The Ghost Master explained the Jade Bone Skeleton's exceptional bone strength and, enraged by the damage, charged Xu Yi again.

Xu Yi fought Ghost Master across the imperial grounds and weakened him with the Coral Horn, Heavenly Thunder Pearls, and Fire Gang Malice. Ghost Master escaped after distracting Xu Yi by threatening Yan Zi, leaving Xu Yi regretting the moment of hesitation.

• Ghost Master charged Xu Yi, and the two fought across the imperial grounds until Xu Yi detonated his last four Heavenly Thunder Pearls and blasted them apart.
• Xu Yi rose from the mud and attacked Ghost Master again, then trapped him against the Jade Bone Skeleton as a crimson flame erupted and forced Ghost Master's Yin Body out.
• Xu Yi pursued Ghost Master with Fire Gang Malice, striking his fading Yin Body with baleful rain.
• Ghost Master shouted that Yan Zi's life was at stake, distracting Xu Yi long enough to escape the rain of gang malice.
• Dong Xuanji and four secret guards tried to ensnare Ghost Master with a web of light, but Ghost Master sank into the mud and fled northwest.
• Xu Yi realized Ghost Master had used Yan Zi to create an opening and regretted letting him escape.

Xu Yi used the Quiet Fire Bottle’s Earth Spirit Fire to drive the Ghost Master from the Jade Bone Skeleton, then claimed the skeleton and fled. Badly injured and nearly out of Life Source Power, he swallowed three Precious Medicine fruits to recover.

• The Ghost Master used Yan Zi to restrain Xu Yi, then escaped Dong Xuanji and the others by diving underground and slipping through their formation.
• The battle ended as the Calamity Cloud vanished, leaving Xu Yi gravely wounded and the imperial grounds in ruins.
• Xu Yi recognized that the Ghost Master’s hold on the Jade Bone Skeleton had weakened and baited him into a final attack.
• Xu Yi opened the Quiet Fire Bottle and endured its Earth Spirit Fire while clinging to the Jade Bone Skeleton, forcing the Ghost Master’s Yin Body to flee.
• Xu Yi seized the Jade Bone Skeleton and escaped the flames by driving his Fire Gang Malice through his feet.
• Xu Yi sat down and swallowed a Golden Apricot Fruit, Earth Essence Peach, and Vermillion Dragon Banana to replenish his depleted Life Source Power.

Xu Yi used three Precious Medicines to heal his shattered legs while Wang Xuanji revealed that he wanted to uncover the secret behind Xu Yi’s supposed thousand medicines. Wang Xuanji then activated a seven-colored array disk to expose the legendary Nine Heavens True Dragon Sword beneath the National Monument, leaving Xu Yi sensing a sudden change in the heavens.

• Xu Yi swallowed three earth-, wood-, and water-phase Precious Medicines, and their combined power regrew flesh and channels over his bones.
• Wang Xuanji watched Xu Yi’s recovery and concluded that the rare medicines could prove Xu Yi had found a secret realm filled with treasures.
• Most people fled the Blood Sea Killing Arena, while Dong Xuanji and four secret guards stayed to protect Wang Xuanji.
• Wang Xuanji sent a seven-colored array disk toward the Imperial City’s center and used it to draw blood from across the city.
• Wang Xuanji’s beam melted the National Monument’s stone casing and revealed the Nine Heavens True Dragon Sword, the legendary Sword of Founding.
• Dong Xuanji recognized the sword, and Xu Yi sensed a change in the heavens as the sword’s true name was spoken.

Xu Yi watched Wang Xuanji unleash the Nine Heavens True Dragon Sword’s thunder while he held Xia Zimo’s body, and the strikes drove him to consume nearly all the pills and medicines in his Sumeru Ring. The chapter ended as the medicines’ power overwhelmed him and his Yin God split into two figures.

• The National Monument shattered, revealing a yellow underground Dragon River and the Nine Heavens True Dragon Sword.
• Dong Xuanji realized the sword had been nourished by the river’s Dragon Lock Imperial Qi, whose release could endanger Great Yue’s fortunes.
• Wang Xuanji summoned thunder through the sword and struck Xu Yi twice, blasting his back while targeting him to preserve Xia Zimo’s Demon Corpse.
• Xu Yi abandoned his wish to die peacefully, swallowed pills and medicines from his Sumeru Ring, and began rolling in agony as their power erupted.
• Xu Yi’s Yin God split into two figures under the strain of the medicines.

Xu Yi endured the destructive and restorative effects of his pills and transformed into a gigantic demon body that withstood Wang Xuanji’s lightning strikes. He survived the ordeal holding Xia Zimo, while the author’s note apologized for irregular updates and promised to try to post more consistently.

• Xu Yi’s Yin Soul split as the Demon Transformation Pills and restorative medicines alternately damaged and repaired his body.
• Wang Xuanji attacked Xu Yi with lightning from the Nine Heavens True Dragon Sword, confident in the weapon’s power and history.
• Xu Yi’s transformation finished, and he stood unharmed after Wang Xuanji’s lightning strikes had stopped affecting him.
• Xu Yi snapped the Dragon Binding Rope, held Xia Zimo in his left palm, and survived despite expecting to die.
• The author apologized for inconsistent updates, described personal difficulties, and said he would try to update more steadily.