Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi reconsidered disbanding the Number One Under Heaven Sect after Steward Fang argued it could protect Yan Zi and suggested a way to spare Xu Yi its administrative burdens. After Xu Yi returned to Cold Sun Peak to cultivate, Steward Fang brought alarming news that sent Xu Yi into a fury, while a separate scene showed three men watching a storm gather over Jade Wave Lake.

• Steward Fang urged Xu Yi not to disband the Number One Under Heaven Sect, arguing it could benefit Yan Zi and that Xu Yi could resolve its troublesome affairs by using his status.
• Xu Yi agreed to keep the sect, then met Han Xuedao at Steward Fang's request.
• Xu Yi hosted Qiu Dao Ming, Gong Xiuhua, and the others from his examination cohort for two days, then returned to Cold Sun Peak and ordered Zhao Wuliang to bar visitors while he cultivated.
• Steward Fang rushed into the main hall with earth-shattering news, and Xu Yi shattered the furnishings in anger and vowed to kill those responsible.
• Three men sat beside Jade Wave Lake as ominous clouds gathered, and a bolt of purple lightning split the sky.

Elder Zhou weathered the minor lightning tribulation and entered the Yang Venerable realm, then shared his breakthrough insights with Elders Qi, Sun, and Kong. The four realized Xu Yi had become a heart demon for them, but they saw no easy way to remove him.

• Elder Zhou emerged from his tribulation and was congratulated by Elders Qi, Sun, and Kong on reaching the Yang Venerable realm.
• Elder Zhou shared his breakthrough experiences and warned that unresolved negative emotions could form heart demons during a tribulation.
• Elder Sun and Elder Kong revealed their lasting hatred of Xu Yi, while Elder Qi recalled their earlier conflict with him after he killed Elder Xia.
• Elder Zhou admitted that Xu Yi had appeared as a heart demon during his tribulation, and the other elders recognized him as a knot in their own hearts.
• Elders Qi, Sun, and Zhou discussed how Xu Yi's official standing and powerful backing made killing him nearly impossible.

Elder Kong persuaded Elders Qi, Sun, and Zhou that Xu Yi had lost Princess Yinqiu’s protection and devised a plan to humiliate him. At Cold Sun Peak, Steward Song and a Qi Seer arrived to meet Xu Yi, who learned they had business with the sect master.

• Elder Kong told Elders Qi, Sun, and Zhou that Xu Yi was in Huaixi Prefecture and proposed ruining his reputation to dispel their heart demons.
• Elder Kong claimed Princess Yinqiu had fallen and Xu Yi’s official registration had been transferred out of Jiannan Road, convincing the others that Xu Yi was vulnerable.
• Elder Kong said he had already prepared a plan and asked the three elders to show up when the time came.
• After Xu Yi’s aura blasted the main hall’s furnishings to dust, Steward Song and a Qi Seer arrived at Cold Sun Peak.
• Steward Fang identified Steward Song as the head of the First Section of the Household Registration Department, and Steward Song formally greeted Xu Yi.

After learning that Elder Xia’s death had prompted a plot against Cold Sun Peak, Xu Yi decided to appeal the Household Registration Department’s order to renovate the mountain. He arrived at the hearing and challenged the elders, where Elder Kong took over as presiding officer.

• Steward Song told Xu Yi that a Qi Seer’s reading justified renovating Cold Sun Peak and gave him two days to appeal before the department issued its order.
• Xu Yi announced that he would appear at the Household Registration Department the next day, then flung Zhao Wuliang out of the hall with his divine sense.
• News of the appeal drew a huge crowd, so Steward Song moved the hearing from the department’s main hall to the martial arts ground before Jufeng Peak.
• Xu Yi arrived on time, greeted the four clan elders mockingly, and demanded a seat instead of being treated like a defendant.
• Elder Kong argued that the department alone could decide Cold Sun Peak’s fate, then ordered Steward Song aside and declared that he would conduct the hearing himself.

Xu Yi challenged the Household Registration Department’s ruling on Cold Sun Peak and brought Lin Sen, Tai Xuan Pavilion’s Great Elder, to expose the weakness in its Qi Gazing case. The hall recognized Lin Sen as the renowned Seven-Colored Forest, leaving Elder Kong facing a formidable authority.

• Xu Yi confronted Elder Kong over the Department’s investigation of Cold Sun Peak and produced a Shadow-Sound Pearl when Kong tried to dismiss his appeal.
• Xu Yi said he would argue the case through Qi Gazing and revealed that an expert would speak for him.
• Zhao Xing arrived to challenge Xu Yi’s expert, but Lin Sen appeared and demanded that Zhao Xing explain his claim about Cold Sun Peak’s mountain qi.
• Zhao Xing recognized Lin Sen as his Martial Uncle-Ancestor, withdrew from the case, and left the hall.
• Elder Kong threatened Lin Sen, who introduced himself as Tai Xuan Pavilion’s Great Elder, prompting the hall to identify him as Seven-Colored Forest.

Elder Kong rejected Lin Sen's assessment and closed the case against Xu Yi, ordering the Number One Under Heaven Sect to leave Cold Sun Peak. Just as Kong tried to provoke Xu Yi into violence, Gao Wenhe arrived and identified himself as the Holy Court's Wind Messenger.

• Xu Yi invited Elder Kong to have another Qi Seer assess Cold Sun Peak alongside Lin Sen, but Kong declared the mountain qi compromised and ordered everyone uninvolved to leave.
• Lin Sen withdrew after telling Xu Yi that his influence was limited, while Kong and the elders Qi, Sun, and Zhou gloated over Xu Yi's predicament.
• Xu Yi accused Kong of using public office to settle a private grudge, and Kong threatened to report him to the Road Court and ordered the Number One Under Heaven Sect to evacuate Cold Sun Peak within twelve hours.
• Kong baited Xu Yi by asking whether he planned to use violence, but a six-person official delegation arrived before Xu Yi answered.
• Gao Wenhe introduced himself as the Wind Messenger stationed in Huaixi Prefecture by the Imperial Straightening Hall of the Holy Court and verified his Crane Seal and official notice.

Gao Wenhe accused four Huaixi elders of illegally redeeming Merit Points, while the Deputy Lord tried to contain the scandal. The Wind Messenger then revealed that Xu Yi was a Minor Wind Observer, leaving the elders’ plot against him exposed and the Deputy Lord unable to reverse their claims about Cold Sun Peak.

• Gao Wenhe arrived with the Wind Messenger and announced that elders Kong Weide, Qi Tianming, Sun Changgong, and Zhou Qijian had violated the Holy Court’s rules on redeeming Merit Points.
• The Deputy Lord argued that the practice was customary and offered to submit a formal report, but the Wind Messenger said his superiors had ordered Huaixi to be made an example.
• The Deputy Lord asked to meet the Wind Messenger’s superior, and the Wind Messenger identified Xu Yi as the Minor Wind Observer.
• The four elders realized Xu Yi had concealed his standing while drawing them into a dispute over Cold Sun Peak, and the Deputy Lord could not undo their repeated claims that its mountain aura had leaked.

Xu Yi used his Minor Wind Observer authority to pressure Elders Kong, Qi, Sun, and Zhou, then challenged all four to a fight. The elders accepted and demanded a death pact, believing their strength gave them the advantage.

• The Deputy Lord greeted Xu Yi warmly, recognizing the authority his Minor Wind Observer post gave him over provincial officials.
• Elder Kong accused Xu Yi of abusing public office for personal revenge, but Xu Yi proposed settling their grievances in a fight.
• Gao Wenhe warned Xu Yi against facing four experts whose True Spirit Circles were perfected.
• Elder Zhou accepted Xu Yi's challenge on behalf of the four elders, and Kong, Qi, and Sun agreed to fight as well.
• The elders insisted that everyone sign a death pact, confident that Zhou's concealed Yang Venerable cultivation would secure their victory.

Xu Yi fought Elders Kong, Sun, Qi, and Zhou after Elder Zhou revealed he had reached the Yang Venerate realm. Xu Yi defeated all four in a single unseen strike, shattered their Qi Seas, and agreed to reconsider the matter of their service in the Holy Court Archives Department.

• The Deputy Lord tried to stop the fight, but Elder Qi persuaded the others that Xu Yi posed too great a threat to spare.
• Elder Zhou revealed his Yang Venerate cultivation and insisted the fight proceed, while Xu Yi accepted the challenge and both sides signed a life-and-death contract.
• Xu Yi struck before anyone could see his technique, knocking all four elders from the air and leaving himself unharmed.
• The crowd realized Xu Yi had shattered the four elders' Qi Seas, and the Deputy Lord declared Xu Yi the winner.
• Xu Yi agreed to reconsider the elders' service in the Holy Court Archives Department after understanding the Deputy Lord's request.

Xu Yi dealt with the four elders, prepared for his trip to the Heavenly God Hall, and refined Level 1 Grade 4 Fire Talismans. He concluded that the Flame Burst Talisman could not advance beyond Level 1 Grade 4.

• The Deputy Lord had the four elders taken away after Xu Yi shattered their Qi Seas, and Xu Yi left the Sacrificial Guard Office.
• Steward Fang praised Xu Yi’s handling of the elders and revealed that Han Xuedao had been causing trouble; Xu Yi told Fang to stand up to him and sent him back with a promise of support.
• Xu Yi returned to Cold Sun Peak and entered seclusion to prepare for his imminent trip to the Heavenly God Hall.
• Xu Yi repaired four sets of Grade 4 battle armor and spent more than ten days refining Fire Talismans with his mid-grade Fire Element Spirit Stones.
• Xu Yi produced sixteen Level 1 Grade 4 Fire Talismans from eighty-one stones and realized the Flame Burst Talisman could not exceed that grade.

Xu Yi received a fragment of the Heavenly God Chart from Mu Guangming and learned that the Saint Court planned to charge three hundred thousand spirit stones for entry to the Heavenly God Hall. He offered to share any treasures he found with Mu Guangming, who claimed he had given the fragment freely.

• Xu Yi woke from two days of sleep when Mu Guangming contacted him and asked him to reply after emerging from seclusion.
• Old Cai delivered a Sumeru Ring containing a fragment of the Heavenly God Chart and a Shadow-Sound Pearl message from Mu Guangming, who said he could not enter the Heavenly God Hall.
• Zhao Wuliang told Xu Yi that the Saint Court would charge each entrant three hundred thousand spirit stones to enter the Heavenly God Hall.
• Xu Yi realized Mu Guangming had sent the chart fragment because he could not safely enter the hall and hoped Xu Yi might share its treasures.
• Xu Yi promised Mu Guangming a share of any treasures he found, and Mu Guangming laughed and insisted the fragment had been a free gift.

Xu Yi arranged for Zhao Wuliang to secretly support the Vice Sect Master's cultivation while he prepared to travel to the Heavenly God Hall. Before leaving, he gave Yan Zi precious treasures and urged her to cultivate, promising to take her with him to explore the immortal realms.

• Xu Yi told Zhao Wuliang to move the Vice Sect Master to a secret cultivation chamber in Bayi City and provide all needed resources while concealing the Vice Sect Master's whereabouts.
• Xu Yi made Zhao Wuliang swear an oath and bind himself with a Soul Restriction Talisman, then rewarded him with two Swift Body Talismans.
• Xu Yi told Yan Zi that he would travel far away to enter the Heavenly God Hall, and she agreed to follow his arrangements.
• Xu Yi gave Yan Zi a Sumeru Ring filled with weapons and cultivation treasures for her protection.
• Xu Yi instructed Yan Zi to use the Water element and Fire Element Spirit Stones to feed the Ice Fire Rabbit and focus on cultivation while he was away.

Xu Yi secured Yan Zi's safety, bought a Heavenly God Hall entry permit, and returned to Cold Sun Peak, where an old ghost from the Great Yue realm appeared. After Xu Yi shattered the ghost's body, he grew suspicious of how the ghost had found him.

• Xu Yi reassured Yan Zi, gave her the Sumeru Ring, and saw her off to cultivate safely under Zhao Wuliang's protection.
• Xu Yi traveled to Bayi City, paid three hundred thousand spirit stones for an entry permit, and learned the Heavenly God Hall would open at the Boundless Sand Dunes in three to five days.
• Old Cai told Xu Yi that a persistent guest was waiting, and Xu Yi sensed the wisp of the old ghost's Heart Soul within his spiritual platform.
• Xu Yi found the old ghost in a young man's body, endured the ghost's black energy unharmed, and pierced his chest with a bone sword.
• The old ghost revealed the crystalline skeleton of King of Killing Jiang Hentian, and Xu Yi recalled that they had been separated after leaving the Great Yue realm.
• Xu Yi questioned how the old ghost had found him and warned him to stop complaining, leaving the ghost frightened by Xu Yi's ruthlessness.

Xu Yi learned that Old Ghost served Auspicious Duck, who had become the Great Virtue Mighty Young Master, and agreed to retrieve a treasure from the Heavenly God Hall in exchange for news of Xia Zimo. Old Ghost revealed that Xia Zimo was alive, and Xu Yi seized him to demand her whereabouts.

• Old Ghost explained that he had come on Auspicious Duck’s orders and revealed that the duck was the Great Virtue Mighty Young Master, Shaoguang.
• Old Ghost gave Xu Yi a jade token and said the Great Virtue Mighty Young Master wanted him to retrieve a treasure from the Heavenly God Hall.
• Old Ghost offered to tell Xu Yi whether Xia Zimo was alive or dead if he accepted the deal.
• Xu Yi agreed, and Old Ghost revealed that Xia Zimo was still alive.
• Xu Yi grabbed Old Ghost’s arm and demanded to know where Xia Zimo was.

Xu Yi learned that Xia Zimo was alive but that Auspicious Duck could not divine her location, then followed the duck’s cryptic clue to Thousand Transports City and waited at the Sun-Stopping Tower for a promised opportunity. After a full day without any sign of it, he remained unsure whether he had found the right place or should leave.

• Xu Yi forced old ghost to contact Auspicious Duck, who confirmed that Xia Zimo was alive but said she was not in this world and could not be located by divination.
• At Auspicious Duck’s request, Xu Yi returned old ghost’s Heart Soul, and old ghost regained it before Auspicious Duck sent him away.
• Auspicious Duck gave Xu Yi the clue to head west to Thousand Transports City and the Land of Hanging Sun, then the message sphere shattered.
• Xu Yi traveled to Thousand Transports City, consulted local guides, and identified the Land of Hanging Sun as the Sun-Stopping Tower.
• Xu Yi took a room at the tower and waited there for a day, worrying that he had chosen the wrong place or might miss the opportunity if he left.

Xu Yi recognized Old Thief Yu at Sun-Stopping Tower and learned that he was arranging a team to explore the Heavenly God Hall. Xu Yi asked to join, and Old Thief Yu began explaining the team’s costs and arrangements.

• Xu Yi sensed a familiar, disguised cultivator approaching Sun-Stopping Tower and intercepted his conversation with another man.
• Xu Yi identified the cultivator as Old Thief Yu, whom he had once helped after Yu stole a fragment of the Heavenly God Chart.
• Xu Yi stopped Old Thief Yu in the lobby and brought him to a private room, where he revealed that he had reached the Yang Venerable Realm.
• Old Thief Yu guessed that Xu Yi had come because of the Heavenly God Hall expedition, and Xu Yi asked him for guidance.
• Old Thief Yu explained that someone was assembling an exploration team, with each member paying a hundred thousand spirit stones for the entry permit and related costs.

Xu Yi questioned the steep costs and conditions for joining a group seeking entry to the Heavenly God Hall, and Old Thief Yu explained the value of its inherited secrets and the chance to join one of the Eight Great Immortal Sects. Xu Yi learned that those sects might offer the only known path beyond the peak of the Yang Venerable Realm, but he remained uncertain whether that claim was absolute.

• Xu Yi questioned why applicants had to pay spirit stones and accept harsh conditions to join the Heavenly God Hall expedition.
• Old Thief Yu explained that a participant’s ancestor had left Inheritance Notes about the Heavenly God Hall, a rare advantage guarded by powerful clans and sects.
• Xu Yi asked whether the notes were verified and how the participant’s family had lost its standing, and Old Thief Yu described the association’s verification and the possibility that calamities or unworthy descendants had caused the family’s decline.
• Old Thief Yu told Xu Yi that the Holy Court had announced a chance for anyone who submitted a black-light-grade treasure from the Hall to become a candidate for an Outer Sect Disciple position at one of the Eight Great Immortal Sects.
• Old Thief Yu explained that the Eight Great Immortal Sects held exceptional resources and might be the only route for Yang Venerable Realm cultivators to break through and forge a true core.
• Xu Yi asked whether only the Eight Great Immortal Sects could enable that breakthrough, and Old Thief Yu said the prevailing view suggested so but he could not be certain.

Xu Yi entered a gathering arranged by He Binji to explore the Heavenly God Hall, where the assembled Yang Venerate experts discussed rules for cooperation and the division of spoils. He Binji began explaining the Hall’s origins, and the group wondered whether the calamity that destroyed it dated back before the Archaic Martial Period.

• Xu Yi paid Old Thief Yu three spirit tokens and followed him to a warded compound, where he entered under the name of Envoy Number Seven.
• Xu Yi found twelve Yang Venerate experts gathered in the main hall, and Mr. Su confirmed that everyone had paid the agreed spirit stones.
• He Binji introduced himself as the mission’s organizer and proposed that the group refrain from attacking or killing one another inside the Heavenly God Hall.
• He Binji explained that their spirit stones had gone to the Heavenly Trust General Association and that he had received nothing, then began describing the Hall and the equal division of spoils.
• He Binji said the Heavenly God Hall was a small world once belonging to an Archaic Martial Period mighty figure, destroyed by a mysterious calamity that predated that era.
• A brocade-robed young master asked whether the calamity might have originated in the Archaic Ancient Period or an even more remote age.

He Binji explained the Heavenly God Hall’s history and offered to share his Inheritance Notes in exchange for help finding treasures. He then demanded Origin Pearls and a guarantee of his safety, leaving the group to consider his terms.

• He Binji described the Archaic upheaval, the treasures in the Heavenly God Hall, and the four halls and their color-ranked treasures.
• He Binji asked the group to help him find a Black Light Treasure in the Mystic Desolation Hall, promising to share his inheritance in return.
• He Binji explained how to hunt Origin Beasts in the Yellow Pole Hall and asked each person to give him two Origin Pearls, reducing his share if fewer than four were found.
• The Brocade-robed young master questioned the fairness of He Binji’s terms, but no one else objected.
• He Binji asked the group to guarantee his safety and warned that they might otherwise scheme to let him die.

He Binji negotiated a Soul Restriction pact with his companions before leading them toward the Heavenly God Hall. After a crowded journey to the entrance, Xu Yi and the group teleported into a dusky yellow world.

• He Binji demanded that the group swear by Soul Restriction Talismans to protect his interests, and Mr. Su persuaded him to drop his demand that nobody take anything from the Heavenly God Hall if He Binji died.
• He Binji and the others swore to the agreed terms, and Mr. Su sent them to rest.
• After the Holy Court lifted the restriction, Xu Yi joined He Binji’s group as they traveled through crowded teleportation arrays to the endless sand dunes.
• The group reached the Heavenly God Hall’s entrance, where Golden Dragon Guards controlled access through a green gate of light.
• He Binji told the group to link their divine senses before teleporting, and Xu Yi arrived with them in a dusky yellow world.