Chapter Summaries

Immortal Lords Gao, Pei, and Cheng agreed to award the fifteen remaining Black Origin Beads through deadly matches among the sects’ Trial Disciples. While Xu Yi worried that the contest would keep him from reaching Earth Pillar Hall, Liu Zhenlin warned him that he lacked the protection needed to enter.

• Immortal Lord Gao claimed five source beads for using the Lanke Flute, then proposed that Trial Disciples compete for the fifteen remaining beads.
• The sects set fifteen three-way bouts, with each victor winning a bead and the two losers dying, and barred anyone who won three bouts from competing again.
• Xu Nian promised any Trial Disciple who won a Black Origin Bead one waived assessment round and a major merit.
• Xu Yi remained focused on reaching Earth Pillar Hall while maintaining his Wang Qianqiu identity.
• Liu Zhenlin warned Xu Yi not to enter the ring and explained that Earth Pillar Hall required a Three Yang Bead, which only Outer Sect Disciples received.
• A battle already underway suddenly took a startling turn.

As Purple Extreme Pavilion and Taiqing Upper Sect dominated the deadly arena bouts, Donghua Immortal Sect’s disciples refused to face the scholar in purple. Xu Nian tried to force Xu Yi to fight, but Liu Zhenlin invoked Immortal Lord He’s protection of him, and Yue Ziling challenged Xu Nian to enter the arena himself.

• The scholar in purple defeated his opponent in the seventh bout, while Donghua Immortal Sect’s disciples hesitated to accept his challenge.
• Xu Nian angrily ordered two disciples to fight, but both pleaded that they were too weak and refused.
• Xu Nian ordered Xu Yi into the arena, but Liu Zhenlin objected and revealed that Immortal Lord He intended to take Xu Yi as a personal guard.
• The scholar in purple challenged Xu Nian to fight, mocking Donghua Immortal Sect for lacking willing contenders.
• Xu Nian insulted Yue Ziling and Su Xiuzhong, and Yue Ziling replied that Xu Nian should enter the arena himself.

Xu Yi offered to fight for the Donghua Immortal Sect in exchange for two Black Origin Beads if he retrieved all eight remaining beads, and Dongfang Tuo accepted his pledge. The chapter ended with the crowd suspecting Xu Yi had a hidden advantage.

• Yue Ziling taunted Xu Nian, and Dongfang Tuo invoked the sect leaders' orders to keep the contest limited to trial disciples.
• Dongfang Tuo offered the trial disciples a Three Yang Bead and a chance to explore Earth Pillar Hall as rewards for fighting.
• Xu Yi agreed to enter the bouts but asked for two Black Origin Beads if he retrieved all eight remaining beads.
• Xu Nian and the others condemned Xu Yi's demand, but Xu Yi pledged his life if he failed.
• Dongfang Tuo agreed to Xu Yi's terms and asked Xu Nian to approve.

Xu Yi challenged Purple Extreme Pavilion and Taiqing Upper Sect to a single mass battle, wagering Donghua Immortal Sect’s claim to the remaining Origin Beads. Dongfang Tuo secured approval for special merit if Xu Yi succeeded, and Yue Ziling accepted the challenge while hiding that he believed Xu Yi could win.

• Xu Nian offered Xu Yi half the Origin Beads if he could claim them, and Dongfang Tuo promised to seek special merit for him if he retrieved all eight remaining beads.
• Dongfang Tuo contacted an elder in Donghua Immortal Sect’s Discussion Palace and received approval to promise Xu Yi special merit.
• Xu Yi asked Dongfang Tuo to remove the Boundary Barrier Pearl, then Dongfang Tuo announced that Wang Qianqiu would represent Donghua Immortal Sect.
• Xu Yi challenged Purple Extreme Pavilion and Taiqing Upper Sect to send as many trial disciples or lords as they wished into one decisive bout, with all eight Origin Beads at stake.
• Xu Nian and the assembled disciples jeered at Xu Yi, while Liu Zhenlin warned him against taking needless risks.
• Yue Ziling accepted Xu Yi’s challenge, despite knowing Xu Yi had the strength to sweep the field.

Xu Yi, posing as Wang Qianqiu, forced Purple Extreme Pavilion and Taiqing Upper Sect into a decisive bout by staking Donghua Immortal Sect’s claim and two mystical talismans. He annihilated their ten fighters with detonated Magnetic Core Beads and returned to his side, leaving the gathered cultivators stunned by his methods.

• Tang Chuan and Yue Ziling worried that Wang Qianqiu’s challenge concealed a trap, but agreed they could not avoid the fight.
• Dongfang Tuo offered two Level 1 Grade 3 Mystical Talismans and Donghua Immortal Sect’s claim to the other eight Origin Beads if Wang Qianqiu died, prompting Tang Chuan and Yue Ziling to accept the wager.
• Purple Extreme Pavilion and Taiqing Upper Sect each selected five fighters, including two men who had already won three bouts.
• Xu Yi beckoned the ten opponents into the arena, detonated fifteen Magnetic Core Beads, and killed them all in less than ten breaths.
• Xu Yi collected the ten Sumeru Rings and the last lingering soul, then returned to Liu Zhenlin and claimed he had survived by swallowing Green Origin Beads and taking a desperate gamble.

Xu Yi killed ten Yang Venerate experts with his hidden techniques, then gave two Black Origin Beads to Liu Zhenlin before leaving for Earth Pillar Hall with Dongfang Tuo and Xu Nian. When the two tested his speed in flight, Xu Yi overtook them and raced far ahead.

• Xu Yi used the Hidden Spirit Pearl and Shapeshifting Bone Sword to kill ten gravely injured Yang Venerate experts amid the smoke.
• Dongfang Tuo praised Xu Yi and gave him two Black Origin Beads and a Three Yang Bead, while Xu Yi passed the two Black Origin Beads to Liu Zhenlin.
• Xu Nian warned Dongfang Tuo to distrust Xu Yi, but Dongfang Tuo defended him and handed Liu Zhenlin the seven Black Origin Beads belonging to the sect.
• Liu Zhenlin gave Xu Yi three Green Origin Beads, and Xu Yi left with Dongfang Tuo and Xu Nian for Earth Pillar Hall.
• Xu Nian and Dongfang Tuo accelerated ahead to test Xu Yi, but Xu Yi used his Body Shooting Art to overtake them and shoot more than thirty li forward.

Xu Yi, Dongfang Tuo, and Xu Nian entered a dangerous region known as a corner of the Primordial Era, where Xu Yi sensed the sorrowful will of humanity’s ancient ancestors. After briefly disappearing, Xu Yi urged the others to act alone rather than contact Immortal Lord Cheng and their companions.

• Xu Yi outpaced Xu Nian and Dongfang Tuo with the Body Shooting Art, and Dongfang Tuo praised his hidden inheritance.
• Dongfang Tuo warned Xu Yi to use Green Origin Beads and linked their divine senses as they entered a gate of light.
• Xu Yi endured the violent spiritual energy with Green Origin and Three Yang Beads, then sensed the ancient sorrow and grandeur of the Primordial Era.
• Xu Nian and Dongfang Tuo discussed the region’s violent spiritual energy and questioned what had become of the original Primordial World.
• Xu Yi vanished from Xu Nian’s divine sense and reappeared, prompting Xu Nian to suspect he possessed a Hidden Spirit Pearl.
• Xu Yi stopped Dongfang Tuo from contacting Immortal Lord Cheng and suggested the three of them act alone for a while.

Xu Yi persuaded Xu Nian and Dongfang Tuo to explore Earth Pillar Hall with him by revealing that he had obtained the Heavenly God Hall’s Inheritance Notes. The three agreed to travel together, then Xu Nian proposed rules for dividing any treasures they found.

• Xu Yi demonstrated the healing effect of a Seven-Colored Flower and claimed he had obtained some of the Heavenly God Hall’s Inheritance Notes.
• Xu Yi said he had hidden the Soul-Summoning Banner in a spiritual cave to nourish it, and invited Xu Nian and Dongfang Tuo to explore with him.
• Xu Yi argued that the immortal sect’s exploration order did not apply to him, while Dongfang Tuo decided to join him.
• Xu Nian agreed to travel together and proposed dividing treasures equally when possible, but otherwise letting each person claim what they could.

Xu Yi led Xu Nian and Dongfang Tuo through Earth Pillar Hall using Crimson Flame Sand to locate the Cold Spirit Snow Wall and its Immortal Wish Berries. After Xu Nian was struck by the wall’s protective barrier, Xu Yi explained how they could retrieve the berries, and Dongfang Tuo proposed sending Xu Nian to do it.

• Xu Yi took the lead after Dongfang Tuo argued that his treasure-hunting knowledge made him best suited to guide them.
• Xu Yi scattered Crimson Flame Sand across the wilderness until its color revealed the nearby Cold Spirit Snow Wall.
• Xu Nian rushed toward the cliff and was blasted back by its protective barrier, while Dongfang Tuo treated his injuries.
• Xu Yi explained that they needed to enter the Mind Pool and use divine sense to pluck Immortal Wish Berries near the wall’s peak.
• Dongfang Tuo suggested that he and Xu Yi send Xu Nian up, and Xu Nian insisted he could retrieve the berries without their help.

Xu Yi enlisted Xu Nian and Dongfang Tuo to help him retrieve Immortal Wish Berries from a cliff protected by the Mind Pool. After his divine sense broke through the obstruction, he gathered the berries and left Xu Nian to decide whether to keep them safe.

• Xu Nian tried to approach the berries with his divine sense and True Essence, but the Mind Pool blocked him and the cliff absorbed his spell, causing him to fall and injure himself.
• After Xu Nian recovered, Xu Yi explained his plan and asked him and Dongfang Tuo to push him into the Mind Pool with their divine senses.
• Xu Nian and Dongfang Tuo pushed Xu Yi three zhang into the Mind Pool, where Xu Yi sent a spear of thought toward the berries.
• Xu Yi's spear of thought suddenly surged through the Mind Pool, severed more than a dozen Immortal Wish Berries, and gathered them.
• Xu Nian asked how Xu Yi had overcome the Mind Pool, but Xu Yi refused to reveal his sect's secret technique.
• Xu Yi gave Xu Nian a Sumeru Ring containing thirteen berries and asked whether he would keep them safe.

Xu Yi led Xu Nian and Dongfang Tuo across the River of Sorrow, where Xu Nian’s probing divine sense provoked a school of blood-feeding white fish. The fish pursued them until Xu Yi and Dongfang Tuo escaped with a wind talisman, leaving Xu Nian behind.

• Xu Yi explained that the Immortal Wish Berries were bait for birds and beasts, and Xu Nian handed his ring back before the three flew west.
• Xu Yi recognized the River of Sorrow and warned Xu Nian and Dongfang Tuo to avoid the strange red clouds and cross quickly without disturbing the white-scaled fish.
• Xu Nian used his divine sense to seize a fish, provoking the school; Xu Yi tossed a Green Origin Bead to draw the fish away as the river froze beneath their water arrows.
• The fish pursued the three across the river, and Xu Yi and Dongfang Tuo each spent three Green Origin Beads to divert them.
• Xu Yi grabbed Dongfang Tuo, activated a Raging Wind Talisman and the Exquisite Pagoda’s Protective Light Barrier, and sped away, leaving Xu Nian behind.

Xu Yi and Dongfang Tuo encountered a starving Sabertooth Tiger after a talisman’s power hurled them onto the riverbank, while Xu Nian crashed into the same clearing. The tiger overwhelmed Dongfang Tuo’s fireballs, and Xu Yi threw a Green Origin Bead toward Xu Nian as the beast lunged.

• Xu Nian fled the school of fish with a wind talisman, but the crimson clouds flared and marked his path with red light.
• Xu Yi and Dongfang Tuo were hurled from the River of Sorrow onto the bank, where they met a gaunt Sabertooth Tiger.
• Xu Yi realized the tiger was a rare surviving large beast from the Primordial Era, and the tiger’s hunger fixed on the newcomers.
• Xu Nian crashed into the clearing, and the tiger knocked him down before Dongfang Tuo drove it away with blazing swords.
• Dongfang Tuo attacked the tiger with fireballs, but it shattered them with black baleful energy and lunged at him.
• Xu Yi threw a Green Origin Bead toward the terrified Xu Nian as the tiger closed in on Dongfang Tuo.

Xu Yi fought the Sabertooth Tiger to protect Dongfang Tuo after Dongfang Tuo saved Xu Nian, who fled when the tiger attacked. Xu Yi finally strangled the exhausted beast at the foot of Green Ridge Peak.

• Xu Nian begged Dongfang Tuo to save him, and Dongfang Tuo used a talisman to distract the Sabertooth Tiger long enough for Xu Nian to escape.
• The Sabertooth Tiger turned on Dongfang Tuo, and Xu Yi used a Swift Body Talisman to crash into it and save him.
• Xu Yi attacked the tiger's eyes with the Shapeshifting Bone Sword, but the tiger trapped the weapon in a web of baleful energy.
• Xu Yi charged the tiger and locked his arms around its neck, enduring its blows and its desperate collisions through the forest.
• The Sabertooth Tiger exhausted its dark baleful energy, and Xu Yi held it until it lay silent at the foot of Green Ridge Peak.

Xu Yi killed the Sabertooth Tiger, extracted its golden Primordial blood, and learned why its bloodline was so rare. Dongfang Tuo then tested the tiger’s tooth with a blood-red jade, which exploded as the chapter ended.

• Xu Yi recovered his strength and held the Sabertooth Tiger’s corpse as Dongfang Tuo arrived and conceded defeat.
• Xu Nian emerged from the woods and watched as Xu Yi stored the tiger’s corpse, while Dongfang Tuo gave Xu Yi a Liquid Restraining Bottle.
• Dongfang Tuo taught Xu Yi how to draw the tiger’s blood without damaging its body, and Xu Yi collected the golden blood in the bottle.
• Dongfang Tuo identified the blood as a pure Primordial bloodline and explained why savage beasts were rare in Earth Pillar Hall.
• Dongfang Tuo examined the tiger’s tooth, brought out a blood-red jade, and linked them with two drops of blood; the jade then exploded.

Xu Yi and Dongfang Tuo disputed Xu Nian’s demand for the Sabertooth Tiger’s Primordial Sword Tooth, while Dongfang revealed that the teeth bore rare Dao patterns. Xu Nian reluctantly accepted Dongfang’s proposal to postpone dividing the treasure and pursue the next one.

• Xu Nian tried to seize the Sabertooth Tiger’s corpse, but Dongfang Tuo sent it to Xu Yi, who stored it in his Sumeru Ring.
• Xu Nian demanded the Primordial Sword Tooth, claiming he had only agreed to let Xu Yi take the lion’s share of the spoils.
• Xu Nian privately urged Dongfang Tuo to help him claim the tooth, but Dongfang proposed delaying the dispute and seeking the next treasure first.
• Dongfang Tuo secretly told Xu Yi that the Sabertooth Tiger’s teeth bore Dao patterns and warned him to guard the extraordinary treasure carefully.
• Xu Nian reluctantly agreed to Dongfang Tuo’s proposal after failing to sway him or overcome Xu Yi’s strength.

Xu Yi, Xu Nian, and Dongfang Tuo traveled south while Xu Yi searched for the treasure indicated by his notes. He identified a nearby Golden Soul Fruit guarded by White Bone Ants, and the three stopped more than ten li from the nest to plan their approach.

• Xu Nian agreed to postpone dividing the Sabertooth Tiger's corpse, and Xu Yi gave it to Dongfang Tuo to hold.
• Xu Nian tried to persuade Dongfang Tuo to offer the tiger's fang to an Immortal Venerable, but Dongfang Tuo refused to give him a clear answer.
• Xu Yi found a three-colored vine and led the group east, revealing that they were seeking a Golden Soul Fruit.
• Xu Yi explained that White Bone Ants nested near ripened Golden Soul Fruits and warned the others to avoid approaching within ten li.
• Xu Yi, Dongfang Tuo, and Xu Nian sensed the nest and three Golden Soul Fruits, then stopped at a cautious distance.

Xu Yi, Xu Nian, and Dongfang Tuo lured the White Bone Ants away from their cave and discovered three Golden Soul Fruits surrounded by purple light. Xu Yi claimed the fruits, and the chapter ended with Xu Nian demanding they settle ownership elsewhere before the ants returned.

• Xu Nian secretly sealed off a secluded valley and contacted Immortal Lord Song to report important information.
• Xu Yi gave Dongfang Tuo a bottle of strange brew, then had Xu Nian use his blood to enhance the Immortal Wish Berries' allure.
• White Bone Ants, many-legged worms, and iron-backed armored insects converged on the berries and fought, giving the three men a chance to approach the cave.
• Xu Yi and the others found three Golden Soul Fruits surrounded by purple light, which they recognized as the Treasure of Purple Light.
• Xu Yi cut the fruits' roots with his divine sense and stored all three in his Sumeru Ring, while Xu Nian accused him of keeping the treasure for himself.
• Xu Nian demanded that Xu Yi settle ownership with him elsewhere before the White Bone Ants returned.

Xu Yi exposed Xu Nian’s secret message to Immortal Lord Song and revealed that their supposed chance encounter was a scheme to seize the Dao pattern sword tooth. Immortal Lord Song tried to pressure Dongfang Tuo into surrendering the treasure, leaving his demand unanswered.

• Xu Nian urged Xu Yi and Dongfang Tuo to flee the White Bone Ants’ nest, but Xu Yi chose to face the approaching newcomer.
• Immortal Lord Song arrived, and Xu Yi questioned why he had come to the wrong meeting place, making Xu Nian lose his composure.
• Immortal Lord Song realized Xu Nian had arranged to meet him, exposing their plan to take the Dao pattern sword tooth from Dongfang Tuo.
• Xu Nian accused Xu Yi of secretly following him, while Xu Yi’s earlier suspicions and use of the Hidden Spirit Pearl came to light.
• Immortal Lord Song invoked the sect’s interests and praised Dongfang Tuo’s service as he urged him to hand over the treasure.

Dongfang Tuo exposed Immortal Lord Song’s attempt to seize Wang Qianqiu’s treasure, prompting Immortal Lord Song to attack him and Xu Yi. Xu Yi resisted with his golden streak and strange liquids, and the chapter ended as a colossal object rushed toward them.

• Dongfang Tuo challenged Immortal Lord Song’s claim that he was acting for the sect and defended Wang Qianqiu’s right to keep his treasure.
• Immortal Lord Song attacked Dongfang Tuo and Xu Yi with a sea of fire, but Xu Yi escaped with Dongfang Tuo and treated his wounds.
• Dongfang Tuo told Xu Yi to do as he pleased, and Xu Yi turned his golden streak against Immortal Lord Song and Xu Nian.
• Immortal Lord Song’s silver streak could not destroy Xu Yi’s golden streak or injure Xu Yi, while Xu Nian dodged a bottle of dark green liquid that withered the plants and soil it struck.
• Immortal Lord Song prepared to end the stalemate, but a colossal object charged toward them along the ground.

Xu Yi used Death Wine and the scent of Immortal Wish Berries to lure the White Bone Ant army into killing Xu Nian and Immortal Lord Song. He and Dongfang Tuo escaped with the Sumeru Rings, and Xu Yi explained how he had protected them from the ants.

• Xu Yi sent bloodied Immortal Wish Berries toward Immortal Lord Song, drawing the White Bone Ant army into attacking him and Xu Nian while avoiding Xu Yi and Dongfang Tuo.
• Xu Nian realized Xu Yi had lured the ants there and pleaded for mercy, then tried to use a communication bead before the ants devoured him and his soul.
• Xu Yi struck Immortal Lord Song's barrier with three Magnetic Core Beads, leaving him unable to escape the ants, which soon destroyed his body and soul.
• Xu Yi collected the two Sumeru Rings, and he and Dongfang Tuo fled more than a hundred miles from the ant swarm.
• Dongfang Tuo asked whether Xu Yi's wine had kept the ants away, and Xu Yi explained that Death Wine made them seem lifeless to the insects.