Chapter Summaries

After Xu Yi escaped Great Elder Yun’s talisman attack with Yun Zhongge, Great Elder Yun sealed the grounds and prepared to mobilize Yufu City’s forces to hunt him down. Young Master Zheng explained that the guards could form a vast barrier, leaving Xu Yi’s escape uncertain.

• Great Elder Yun regretted delaying his response and resolved to avenge the Yun Family’s fallen elders and guards.
• Great Elder Yun sealed the grounds and detained the guests while the Yun Family began preparing its counterattack.
• Yue Ziling worried that Xu Yi had taken Yun Zhongge but left him behind, and feared the forces gathering against Xu Yi.
• Five guard commanders—Qianji, Mingxin, Liushang, Daoyi, and Zhigguang—arrived to report to Great Elder Yun.
• Young Master Zheng revealed that Great Elder Yun was mobilizing more than forty thousand troops and that the Earth Shield Guards could seal off an area spanning five thousand miles.

Xu Yi was trapped inside the Golden Light Shield as the imperial guards mobilized to hunt him. Yun Zhongge tried to bargain for his life by promising to protect Princess Yinqiu, but Xu Yi warned him that he would kill him first if he could not escape.

• County Princess Su, Duke You, and Young Master Zheng discussed how the imperial guards could find Xu Yi despite his Hidden Spirit Pearl.
• Great Elder Yun ordered the Earth Shield Guard to seal the area with the Golden Light Shield and sent four other guards to search for Xu Yi.
• Yun Zhongge told Xu Yi that the shield enclosed thousands of miles and that the combined guards would make his death certain.
• Yun Zhongge pleaded for his life and offered to protect Princess Yinqiu if Xu Yi spared him.
• Xu Yi told Yun Zhongge that he would drag him down if he died and ordered him to help find a way out.

Xu Yi fled with Yun Zhongge to the Yun Family ancestral mausoleum and used the divine tablet to breach its protective shield. The Yun Family’s Great Elder learned of the infiltration but could not order an attack without risking the ancestral graves.

• Xu Yi abandoned his plan to use the Hidden Spirit Pearl and took Yun Zhongge to the Five Finger Strange Peak with a Raging Wind Talisman.
• Xu Yi revealed that he had brought Yun Zhongge and the Yun Family divine tablet as safeguards, then threatened Yun Zhongge with a Heart-Devouring Bottle when he claimed he could not open the mausoleum.
• Yun Zhongge asked for the divine tablet, pierced his finger, and used his blood to make it dissolve the mausoleum’s shield.
• Xu Yi seized Yun Zhongge and rushed into the ancestral mausoleum.
• Qianji returned to the Immortal Dance Plaza and reported that Xu Yi had infiltrated the mausoleum, leaving the Yun Family’s Great Elder unable to order an assault.

Xu Yi held the Yun family’s sacred tablet inside the ancestral tombs and forced Great Elder Yun to negotiate rather than attack. When Great Elder Yun finally arrived, Xu Yi ignored the crisis and invited him to share a barbecue, leaving the elder fuming.

• The Right Dragon Guard Commander told Great Elder Yun that Xu Yi had entered the ancestral tombs with the sacred tablet and demanded to negotiate.
• Great Elder Yun learned Xu Yi was roasting game in the tombs and realized the tablet gave him access to much of the forbidden grounds.
• Xu Yi ate roasted chicken and offered Yun Zhongge a boar leg while Yun Zhongge sat dazed and miserable.
• Great Elder Yun decided against a direct assault and entered the ancestral tombs to meet Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi spotted Great Elder Yun and invited him to eat roast game and drink fruit wine, enraging the elder.

Great Elder Yun appeared to negotiate with Xu Yi, but secretly arranged with Yun Zhongge to catch him off guard. Yun Zhongge’s attack left Xu Yi vulnerable to the Great Elder’s fire dragon, and the chapter ended with Xu Yi being swallowed by it.

• Great Elder Yun withdrew the Golden Light Shield and asked Xu Yi to release Yun Zhongge as proof of good faith.
• Xu Yi agreed to let Yun Zhongge go, though he remained suspicious and did not flee.
• Yun Zhongge secretly attacked Xu Yi with an earth-type talisman, while Great Elder Yun struck at the same time.
• Xu Yi suffered sudden pain in his head and could not move; Great Elder Yun’s fire dragon swallowed him.
• Great Elder Yun had secretly promised Yun Zhongge a chance at the Yun family heir’s position in exchange for distracting Xu Yi.

Xu Yi survived Great Elder Yun’s ambush and killed him, but the battle devastated the mountains around the ancestral mausoleum and shook the Yun family. Exhausted, Xu Yi hid in a crude cave, where he discovered a tiny golden-armored insect clinging to his newly advanced Soul-Summoning Banner.

• Yun Zhongge distracted Xu Yi, allowing Great Elder Yun to strike his spiritual platform with a Chiwu Worm and engulf him in a fire dragon.
• Xu Yi’s lightning mark drove away the Chiwu Worm, and he detonated nearly sixty Magnetic Core Beads, blasting Great Elder Yun with razor-sharp currents.
• Xu Yi pierced Great Elder Yun’s head with the Shapeshifting Bone Sword, captured his soul with the Soul-Summoning Banner, and advanced the banner to its second turn.
• The explosion shattered Five Finger Strange Peak and nearby mountains, while the Yun family learned that the soul tablets of Great Elder Yun and Yun Zhongge had broken.
• Xu Yi collapsed in a hidden cave after escaping, then noticed an undetectable golden-armored insect clinging to his banner.

Xu Yi captured the strange golden insect, destroyed Yun Zhongge’s soul, and impersonated Great Elder Yun to escape the gathered army. After recovering from a three-day sleep, Xu Yi discovered that severe cracks across his body would not heal despite powerful pills.

• Xu Yi found that the golden insect could pass through the Soul-Summoning Banner and enter his Sumeru Ring with it.
• Xu Yi forced Yun Zhongge to reveal himself, then used the Heavenly Spear Technique to destroy his soul when he tried to flee.
• Xu Yi took Great Elder Yun’s ring and robes, changed his appearance, and ordered the army commanders to meet in Yufu City.
• Xu Yi used Raging Wind Talismans to escape thousands of miles, then hid in a stone cave and slept for three days and nights.
• Xu Yi awoke with his soul partly recovered but found deep cracks across his chest and abdomen that his healing pills could not mend.

Xu Yi visited Mu Guangming in the Chaotic Star Sea after setting out to find materials to repair his failing body. Over tea, Mu Guangming praised Xu Yi’s recent victory over the Yun family and analyzed how his actions at Yufu Palace had turned the crisis to his advantage.

• Xu Yi traveled through several cities and arrived at the Chaotic Star Sea using Mu Guangming’s token.
• Xu Yi brewed Dragon Tongue tea and reflected on preserving his humanity as his cultivation advanced.
• Mu Guangming joined Xu Yi, recognized the rare tea, and discussed how news of Xu Yi’s defeat of the Yun family had spread.
• Mu Guangming asked Xu Yi to stop addressing him formally and proposed that they call each other brothers.
• Mu Guangming explained how Xu Yi had protected Yinqiu by seizing the Holy Envoy and maneuvering the Yun and Yu families into open conflict.

Xu Yi visited Mu Guangming in the Chaotic Star Sea, where they discussed Xu Yi’s escape from the Yun family and his plans to leave. Xu Yi repaid Mu Guangming for the Magnetic Core Beads, then prepared to ask him for another favor.

• Mu Guangming praised Xu Yi for defeating the Yun family’s Yang Venerables and asked how he survived the Magnetic Core Beads’ explosion, but Xu Yi kept the secret to himself.
• Mu Guangming acknowledged that Xu Yi would not stay in the Chaotic Star Sea, and Xu Yi joked that his resource needs were too great for Mu Guangming to meet.
• Xu Yi offered Mu Guangming eight million spirit stones to repay the more than ninety Magnetic Core Beads he had taken during an emergency.
• Mu Guangming accepted the payment and explained that the missing beads had caused trouble with the Elder Council, making the extra money fair compensation.
• Mu Guangming pressed Xu Yi to reveal the favor he had come to ask, and Xu Yi teased him for pretending not to know his purpose.

Xu Yi negotiated with Mu Guangming to exchange his spoils for Magnetic Core Beads and mid-grade Thunder Spirit Stones, then pressed for a rare Magnetic Origin Bead. Mu Guangming persuaded several elders to consider the exchange, but its terms had not yet been settled.

• Mu Guangming opened additional exchange listings for Xu Yi at the Reward Palace.
• Xu Yi bought a hundred Magnetic Core Beads for seven million spirit stones and agreed to buy twenty mid-grade Thunder Spirit Stones at 1.2 million spirit stones each.
• Xu Yi spotted a flickering listing for a Magnetic Origin Bead and insisted that Mu Guangming help him obtain it.
• Mu Guangming contacted the Elder Council in private and persuaded several elders to consider exchanging the Magnetic Origin Bead.

Xu Yi bought a Magnetic Origin Bead and other treasures from Mu Guangming, then learned the value of his Mystical Talismans and traded them for Spirit Stones. He asked Mu Guangming to exchange the remaining balance for Mid-grade Fire Spirit Stones, and Mu Guangming agreed to argue for him before the Elder Council.

• Mu Guangming offered Xu Yi the Magnetic Origin Bead for five million Spirit Stones’ worth of Mystical Talismans, and Xu Yi accepted after hearing of its power.
• Xu Yi paid Mu Guangming eight million Spirit Stones for his purchases, using the wealth he had collected after fighting the Yun Household.
• Mu Guangming valued a Level 1 Grade 3 Water Element Mystical Talisman at three hundred thousand Spirit Stones and a Level 1 Grade 4 Talisman at one million five hundred thousand.
• Xu Yi presented ten Level 1 Grade 4 and twenty-five Level 1 Grade 3 Mystical Talismans, which Mu Guangming valued at twenty-two million five hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
• Xu Yi asked Mu Guangming to exchange his remaining eight million one hundred thousand Spirit Stones for Mid-grade Fire Spirit Stones, and Mu Guangming agreed to plead his case before the Elder Council.

Xu Yi exchanged his Mystical Talismans with Mu Guangming and learned about the rare Talisman Treasure and the Exquisite Pagoda. When Xu Yi showed him the golden-armored insect, Mu Guangming identified it as a Chiwu Worm and began explaining its origins in a Pool of Resentment.

• Xu Yi exchanged ten Level 1 Grade 4 and twenty-five Level 1 Grade 3 Mystical Talismans for spirit stones and other treasures after the Elder Council approved the deal.
• Mu Guangming told Xu Yi that the Chaotic Star Sea possessed a rare Talisman Treasure that revealed talismans’ properties, but refused to seek its release.
• Xu Yi showed Mu Guangming the Exquisite Pagoda, and Mu Guangming explained that it could seal opponents or form a defensive barrier.
• Xu Yi brought out the Soul-Summoning Banner and its golden-armored insect, prompting Mu Guangming to identify the creature as a Chiwu Worm.
• Mu Guangming explained that Chiwu Worms formed from the essence of remnant souls gathered in a Pool of Resentment, then asked Xu Yi how the insect had become abnormal.

Xu Yi learned from Mu Guangming how the Chiwu Worm survived Great Elder Yun’s death and why it was difficult to nurture. Mu Guangming then eagerly offered to buy the rare worm on behalf of the Chaotic Star Sea.

• Mu Guangming recognized Xu Yi’s Soul-Summoning Banner as a fourth-tier soul artifact and warned him to keep its power secret.
• Xu Yi recounted how the Chiwu Worm had attacked him and attached itself to the banner, while withholding the secret of the Golden Lightning Mark.
• Mu Guangming explained that the worm had imprinted itself on Xu Yi’s surviving soul after devouring only part of it, allowing it to survive Great Elder Yun’s death.
• Mu Guangming explained that Great Elder Yun had held back the still-immature worm because feeding it souls would make it harder to nurture.
• Xu Yi considered whether to keep the Chiwu Worm, and Mu Guangming eagerly asked him to name a price so the Chaotic Star Sea could buy it.

Xu Yi refused Mu Guangming’s offer to trade for the Chiwu Worm, then followed his advice on how to capture it. The worm entered Xu Yi’s spiritual platform, where the lightning mark in his soul subdued it, and Mu Guangming explained that it could now remain there safely.

• Xu Yi rejected Mu Guangming’s offer of Talisman Treasures and access to the Chaotic Star Sea armory in exchange for the Chiwu Worm.
• Mu Guangming explained that Xu Yi could lure the worm into a Yin-soul treasure with a fragment of his soul.
• Xu Yi used the Soul Locking Bottle as bait, and the Chiwu Worm left the Soul-Summoning Banner and burrowed into his spiritual platform.
• The lightning mark in Xu Yi’s soul frightened the Chiwu Worm into retreating, while Xu Yi watched Mu Guangming for signs of a trap.
• Mu Guangming said the Chiwu Worm could safely coexist with Xu Yi’s soul and be nurtured there without requiring him to offer soul fragments.

Xu Yi learned more about the Eight Great Immortal Sects and the Sacred Court’s plans for the sealed Heavenly God Hall from Mu Guangming. After leaving the Chaotic Star Sea, he returned to Bayi City and went to the Merchant Alliance Headquarters, where Su Yunlai greeted him.

• Mu Guangming explained that the Chiwu Worm had been nourished by Xu Yi’s soul without harming it, and Xu Yi said the worm stayed away from the lightning imprint in his spiritual platform.
• Xu Yi asked Mu Guangming about the Eight Great Immortal Sects, and Mu Guangming listed them and said their strict lineages made entry difficult for outsiders.
• Mu Guangming received a message that the Sacred Court had summoned Path Venerables and major forces to discuss the sealed Heavenly God Hall, delaying its reopening.
• Xu Yi declined to stay in the Chaotic Star Sea and arranged to meet Mu Guangming again after the Sacred Court confirmed its plans.
• Xu Yi traveled back to Bayi City and went to the Merchant Alliance Headquarters, where Su Yunlai came out to greet him.

Xu Yi recovered from his injuries by tempering his body with Thunder Spirit Stones in a refining room in Bayi City. When the Holy Envoy arrived in disguise to collect Xu Yi’s communication pearl, the two met privately, and the Holy Envoy demanded to know why Xu Yi had contacted him.

• Xu Yi asked Su Yunlai to keep his return to Bayi City secret and arranged to use the Merchant Alliance’s highest-grade refining room.
• Xu Yi used the Profound Thunder Body Tempering Art and eighteen mid-grade Thunder Spirit Stones to heal his body and soul over three days and nights.
• Xu Yi studied books and notes from the Jade Floating Mountain Battle until Su Yunlai announced that the visitor had arrived.
• Xu Yi recognized the disguised Holy Envoy and took him to a secret room, where the Holy Envoy sealed the space with the Boundary Barrier Pearl.
• The Holy Envoy confronted Xu Yi about the communication pearl and demanded that he explain why he had sought contact.

Xu Yi revealed his true identity as the Divine Dragon Guard’s Left Deputy Commander to the Holy Envoy and negotiated over the Heart-Devouring Worm bottle. He asked the Holy Envoy to arrange a respectable identity that would let him return to Huaixi Prefecture, leaving the Holy Envoy to consider how to transfer him without exposing their connection.

• Xu Yi promised to return the Heart-Devouring Worm bottle later, then revealed that he was the Left Deputy Commander of the Divine Dragon Guard and proved it with his official seal.
• Xu Yi explained that his identity gave the Holy Envoy leverage over him too, and promised to return the bottle once he had finished what he needed to do.
• The Holy Envoy realized Xu Yi wanted his help with official affairs and asked what he needed.
• Xu Yi asked the Holy Envoy to arrange a respectable identity that would let him leave the Jiannan Road station and return to Huaixi Prefecture.
• The Holy Envoy warned that the Yun Family and Yu Family might investigate Xu Yi, but Xu Yi said he would take responsibility and arrange for the bottle to be returned if he died.

Xu Yi received his official post as Minor Wind Observer and discovered that the Merchant Alliance Headquarters' Deputy Alliance Leader was the cloaked man who had given him the Rebirth Pill and made a three-to-five-year pact with him. The man revealed how he had identified Xu Yi, and Xu Yi asked whether he had come to collect on their agreement.

• Xu Yi and the envoy bound their agreement with a Soul Restriction Talisman, and the envoy arranged to send Xu Yi his seal and official notice.
• After two days, Su Yunlai delivered the seal and notice; Xu Yi read the booklet and was pleased with his Minor Wind Observer post in the Imperial Straightening Hall.
• An attendant told Xu Yi that the Merchant Alliance Headquarters' Deputy Alliance Leader wanted to meet him, and Xu Yi followed Su Yunlai to a secret chamber.
• The Deputy Alliance Leader revealed himself as the cloaked man who had given Xu Yi the Rebirth Pill and made a three-to-five-year pact with him.
• The cloaked man explained how Xu Yi's wind talismans and Steward Fang's move to Cold Sun Peak had revealed his identity, and Xu Yi asked whether he had come to claim his promise.

Xu Yi declined to join the Merchant Alliance Headquarters' expedition to the Heavenly God Hall, but gave its Deputy Alliance Leader powerful talismans and asked the alliance to search for Talisman Treasures. After settling his pact with the alliance, Xu Yi visited Bayi City and reunited with Deputy Envoy Cen.

• The Deputy Alliance Leader asked Xu Yi to join the Merchant Alliance Headquarters' team exploring the Heavenly God Hall, but Xu Yi said he had already promised to help someone else.
• Xu Yi gave the Deputy Alliance Leader three Level 1 Grade 3 Fire Talismans, and the Deputy Alliance Leader burned the Soul Restriction Talisman to end their pact.
• Xu Yi gave the Deputy Alliance Leader two Swift Body Talismans and asked the alliance to find reliable information about Talisman Treasures.
• Xu Yi left the Merchant Alliance Headquarters and went to the eastern part of the city, where Old Qin greeted him at the entrance.
• Deputy Envoy Cen rushed into the main hall, joyfully greeted Xu Yi, and teased him about looking better since his time in the Road Court.

Xu Yi returned to Cold Sun Peak, where he learned Elder Qin had left Huaixi Prefecture and reunited with Yan Zi and the revived Ice Fire Rabbit. After sharing a meal and a quiet evening with Yan Zi, he stayed at the mountain.

• Deputy Envoy Cen told Xu Yi that Elder Qin had left Huaixi Prefecture and sold Green Isle, and Xu Yi gave Cen a voice transmission pearl before departing.
• Xu Yi arrived at Cold Sun Peak and stopped the Ice Fire Rabbit as it rushed toward him, then learned it had awakened after Yan Zi fed it a Fire Spirit Stone.
• Yan Zi explained the rabbit's ice and fire abilities, while Xu Yi praised her cultivation progress in the Late Condensing Liquid Realm.
• Xu Yi and Yan Zi prepared and shared a meal together, then sat beneath the moon drinking tea until Xu Yi rose and Yan Zi offered to make his bed.