Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi used his newcomer Merit Point to exchange for a Blood Condensing Ball and bought two Water Repelling Pearls, then asked Liu Zhenlin how to earn more Merit Points. Liu Zhenlin suggested submitting an uncollected cultivation technique to the Cultivation Technique Building, leaving Xu Yi with a possible way to fund his cultivation.

• Xu Yi unlocked the Initial Reward panel and exchanged his newcomer Merit Point for a Blood Condensing Ball to help gather qi and blood for breaking through the second Origin Lock.
• Xu Yi spent ten thousand spirit stones on two Water Repelling Pearls before leaving the Reward Hall with Liu Zhenlin.
• Liu Zhenlin explained that disciples could earn Merit Points by completing rare tasks or serving Immortal Lords, and promised to ask Immortal Lord He for help.
• Liu Zhenlin suggested that Xu Yi submit a technique not yet held by the Cultivation Technique Building to earn Merit Points.

Xu Yi went to the Cultivation Technique Building to present his cultivation techniques and learned about Elder Bai, a low-cultivation expert in technique scholarship who guarded the sect’s core resources. After Elder Bai woke and berated the visitors, Xu Yi realized he had not written down his techniques and rushed outside to prepare them.

• Liu Zhenlin warned Xu Yi about Elder Bai and led him to the Cultivation Technique Building.
• Xu Yi read about Elder Bai’s rise from menial worker to the sect’s technique expert despite remaining in the Soul Sensing Realm.
• Xu Yi found a number tag at the entrance and entered the building, where Elder Bai slept beside two waiting disciples.
• Elder Bai woke, cursed the three visitors for letting sunlight disturb him, and demanded to see what they had brought.
• Xu Yi realized his cultivation techniques were still unwritten, asked Elder Bai to wait, and hurried out.

Xu Yi submitted three techniques to Elder Bai and earned one Merit Point for the Overlord Strength Art. Elder Bai became fascinated by the mathematical principles of the Return to Origin Steps and drew Xu Yi into a two-day lesson, giving him a chance to gain a powerful backer in the Donghua Immortal Sect.

• Xu Yi wrote the Overlord Strength Art, Return to Origin Steps, and Hidden Edge Style into booklets and brought them to Elder Bai.
• Elder Bai rejected another cultivator’s technique, valued the burly middle-aged man’s offering at one Merit Point, and gave Xu Yi one Merit Point for the Overlord Strength Art.
• Elder Bai recognized the mathematics in the Return to Origin Steps and eagerly asked Xu Yi to explain how its circle-based movement worked.
• Elder Bai dismissed the burly middle-aged man, and Xu Yi began teaching Elder Bai the technique’s mathematical foundations.
• Elder Bai spent the next two days taking notes and questioning Xu Yi about every detail.

Xu Yi earned Elder Bai’s approval and nine contribution points by explaining the Return to Origin Steps and Hidden Edge Style, then left him wine that revealed Xu Yi had noticed his secret drinking. At the Leisure Pavilion, Xu Yi reunited with Liu Zhenlin and faced two Outer Sect Disciples, who offered him a bottle of Qi-Nourishing Pills.

• Xu Yi spent a day and night teaching Elder Bai the Return to Origin Steps, and Elder Bai awarded him eight contribution points for the two technique booklets and invited him to discuss the Hidden Edge Style later.
• Xu Yi left Elder Bai several jars of wine, and Elder Bai realized Xu Yi had spotted the wine stain on his cuff and predicted trouble for the Donghua Immortal Sect.
• Xu Yi found Liu Zhenlin waiting at the Leisure Pavilion, where Liu praised him for winning over Elder Bai.
• Two Outer Sect Disciples arrived, and Senior Brother Cao introduced Xu Yi to Junior Brother Fan as a talented fellow.
• Junior Brother Fan tossed Xu Yi a bottle of Qi-Nourishing Pills as a gift.

Xu Yi confronted two Outer Sect Disciples who came to take his merit points, while Liu Zhenlin tried to protect him by invoking Immortal Lord He. Xu Yi rejected their proposed exchange, and the two men sealed off the area as they mocked him.

• Liu Zhenlin realized the visitors were pressuring Xu Yi for his merit points and urged him to offer them benefits.
• Xu Yi placed two Sumeru Rings containing ten thousand spirit stones each on the table as return gifts, but the visitors called the gesture an insult.
• The handsome young man dismissed Liu Zhenlin's appeal to Immortal Lord He and warned him not to interfere.
• Xu Yi openly asked whether the two men wanted his merit points and what they would offer in exchange.
• The burly middle-aged man offered two Merit Jades for the twenty thousand spirit stones, but Xu Yi collected everything and rejected the deal.
• The burly middle-aged man sealed off the area with a Boundary Barrier Pearl as the handsome young man laughed at Xu Yi.

Xu Yi turned Cao and Fan’s attempt to extort him over a broken God-Weighting Pearl against them by claiming they had destroyed a book from Elder Bai and displaying Elder Bai’s jade token. Cao and Fan backed down rather than risk confronting Elder Bai, leaving them humiliated and vowing to wait for another chance.

• Cao showed Xu Yi two fragments of a God-Weighting Pearl and threatened to bring the Law Enforcement Hall into the dispute unless Xu Yi compensated him.
• Xu Yi claimed that Cao and Fan had damaged a book Elder Bai gave him to study, then asked Liu Zhenlin to testify.
• Xu Yi showed Elder Bai’s jade token and challenged Cao and Fan to notify the Law Enforcement Hall while he contacted Elder Bai.
• Cao and Fan privately discussed the risk of antagonizing Elder Bai and decided to swallow their humiliation for now.

Xu Yi forced Cao and the handsome young man to provide written accounts of their dispute after demonstrating his connection to Elder Bai. He left Liu Zhenlin waiting as he vanished with the statements.

• Cao and the handsome young man tried to leave, but Xu Yi sealed the space with a Boundary Barrier Pearl and blocked them.
• Xu Yi contacted Elder Bai, whose immediate response frightened the two men into apologizing.
• Xu Yi asked Cao and the handsome young man to write accounts of what happened, and destroyed their blood-written statements as inadequate evidence.
• Xu Yi threatened to summon Elder Bai, prompting both men to write their accounts in ink before leaving.
• Xu Yi collected the statements, asked Liu Zhenlin to wait, and vanished.

Xu Yi subdued Cao and Fan with Heart-Devouring Worms, then Liu Zhenlin saw through his disguise as Wang Qianqiu. Xu Yi exchanged his merit points for Blood Condensing Balls and returned to Peak Seventy-Four, where a strange sensation stirred in his divine sense.

• Cao and Fan plotted to ambush Xu Yi after leaving Shang Gong Island, but realized he might be Wang Qianqiu.
• Xu Yi restrained Cao and Fan with his divine sense, fed them Heart-Devouring Worms, and took their Sumeru Rings and merit points.
• Xu Yi returned to Liu Zhenlin, who deduced that he was not Wang Qianqiu and correctly guessed how he had obtained Wang Qianqiu's signal talisman.
• Xu Yi exchanged all ten merit points for Blood Condensing Balls and returned to Peak Seventy-Four on Azure Dragon Island.
• After cooking and eating, Xu Yi sensed a strange disturbance in his divine sense.

Xu Yi cultivated in seclusion until the Blood Condensing Balls tainted his blood and forced him to stop. Tu Ling retrieved the Hidden Spirit Pearl from Xu Yi’s peak, only to be confronted by Xu Yi, who revealed he had been watching him.

• Xu Yi returned the Hidden Spirit Pearl to the immortal nanmu tree and reasoned that Liu Zhenlin was unlikely to expose him after learning his identity.
• Xu Yi spent over a month refining five Blood Condensing Balls, greatly increasing his strength before sensing that his blood had become tainted and halting his cultivation.
• Tu Ling repeatedly pressed Song Tianfang for news of Wang Qianqiu, then ordered him to watch Peak Seventy-Four after receiving a communication.
• Song Tianfang reported that Xu Yi had left his cave abode, and Tu Ling hurried to Peak Seventy-Four to retrieve the Hidden Spirit Pearl.
• Tu Ling questioned Huang Nu, Xu Yi’s attendant and Tu Ling’s spy, before Xu Yi appeared and addressed him as Brother Tu.

Xu Yi captured Tu Ling and forced him to reveal that an important figure had orchestrated the attack, though Tu Ling knew little about the figure’s motives. Xu Yi planted a Heart-Devouring Worm in Tu Ling to prevent him from betraying him, while realizing he was running low on the worms.

• Xu Yi stopped Tu Ling and destroyed the Boy in Green Uniform, then took Tu Ling to his cave abode.
• When Tu Ling refused to confess, Xu Yi carried him far out over the sea and threatened to kill him until Tu Ling agreed to talk.
• Tu Ling named the important figure behind the scheme and swore with a Soul Restriction Talisman that he was telling the truth.
• Xu Yi questioned Tu Ling about how he had drawn the figure’s attention, but Tu Ling could offer no clear answer.
• Xu Yi decided he needed to keep Tu Ling under control and planted a Heart-Devouring Worm in him, leaving Tu Ling horrified.

Xu Yi sought Elder Bai’s help while trying to resolve his cultivation problems and secure support within the Donghua Immortal Sect. Elder Bai gave him a jade token marked “Canon,” leaving Xu Yi with access to a new resource.

• Xu Yi ordered Tu Ling to return the Hidden Spirit Pearl on schedule and warned him that the Heart-Devouring Worms were gone.
• Xu Yi realized Elder Bai was crucial to his plans and hurried to Shang Gong Island after hearing Elder Bai’s messages through the communication pearl.
• Elder Bai thanked Xu Yi for introducing him to mathematics, then asked him to explain the Hidden Edge Style.
• Xu Yi shared food and wine with Elder Bai and asked how to remove impurities from qi and blood gained through external means.
• Elder Bai said he could not help with the problem directly, but gave Xu Yi a green jade token marked “Canon.”

Xu Yi received a Classic Pavilion token from Elder Bai in exchange for delicacies, then found himself assigned a vast course of numerology study. After ordering Xu Yi to explain the Dong Cao Arithmetic Classic in seven days, Elder Bai sent him to the Classic Pavilion with the token.

• Elder Bai gave Xu Yi a Classic Pavilion token and demanded the delicacies from his Sumeru Ring, so Xu Yi handed over only a tenth of his stores.
• Xu Yi read two booklets on numerology but struggled to understand their advanced principles.
• Xu Yi explained Hidden Edge Style to Elder Bai, who had improved enough to master it after nearly two hours of instruction.
• Elder Bai gave Xu Yi a Sumeru Ring packed with numerology books and ordered him to teach the Dong Cao Arithmetic Classic to him in seven days.
• Xu Yi agreed to Elder Bai's demand, took the Classic Pavilion token, and headed for the pavilion.

Xu Yi bribed Brother Lu to obtain three books from the Classic Pavilion, then spent months studying mathematics for Elder Bai. After mastering Qiankun Yi Shu, he used his month of free time to plan a temporary departure from the immortal sect.

• Xu Yi secretly surveyed the Classic Pavilion with his divine sense, then bribed Brother Lu with two mid-grade Spirit Stones for help finding useful texts.
• Xu Yi borrowed Vital Energy Ultimate Solution, Spirit Blood Technique, and The Appearance of the World, copied them with Shadow-Sound Pearls, and left the pavilion.
• Xu Yi mastered the Dong Cao Arithmetic Classic and explained it to Elder Bai, who assigned him further mathematical texts to study.
• Over three months, Xu Yi studied dozens of classics, deliberately making his explanations more difficult so Elder Bai would give him longer deadlines.
• After mastering Qiankun Yi Shu, Xu Yi checked with Tu Ling and decided to leave the immortal sect temporarily because the important figure had not yet acted.

Xu Yi left the Donghua Immortal Sect and went to the Ask Immortal Pavilion to gather materials for the Three Venerables Blood Transmutation Secret Art. Meanwhile, a crowned man learned of Xu Yi’s departure and clashed with Brother Wang over his interest in Xu Yi; Xu Yi had not yet begun preparing the secret art.

• Xu Yi paid three thousand Spirit Stones for a round-trip teleportation jade token, left the sect, and sent Tu Ling a message.
• Tu Ling waited two days before reporting Xu Yi’s departure to the crowned man.
• The crowned man called Brother Wang, who warned him not to touch Xu Yi and threatened him with a Heart Oath.
• The crowned man concealed his covetousness and told Brother Wang that Xu Yi would return within a month.
• Xu Yi arrived at the Ask Immortal Pavilion and sought materials for the Three Venerables Blood Transmutation Secret Art, which could turn the bloodline of a great demon or mighty being into pure spirit blood.

Xu Yi sought rare materials at Ask Immortal Pavilion for the Three Venerables Blood Transmutation Secret Art and agreed to help the pavilion in exchange for three of them. He remained at the pavilion as the Red Robe Middle-aged Man arranged the exchange.

• Xu Yi realized the Sabertooth Tiger blood he had stored could meet the secret art’s bloodline requirement and went to Ask Immortal Pavilion to obtain the needed materials.
• The Red Robe Middle-aged Man told Xu Yi the pavilion could provide Immortal Crane Grass, Xichanzi, and a Kunyu Zun, but not Dragon Tiger Pills or a suitable bloodline.
• The Red Robe Middle-aged Man reported Xu Yi’s request to the White-haired Daoist priest, who dismissed Xu Yi as someone who had taken a crooked path and ordered him kept for the upcoming gathering of the three branches.
• The Red Robe Middle-aged Man offered Xu Yi the three available treasures in exchange for his help, and Xu Yi agreed to serve the pavilion.
• The Red Robe Middle-aged Man began arranging the exchange while Xu Yi waited.

Xu Yi spent two days at Ask Immortal Pavilion studying number theory before joining its White-haired Daoist priest and several powerful guests for a meeting. He learned that the gathering concerned a dispute sparked by the theft of the Utmost Pure Spirit Lotus at a jointly organized auction.

• Xu Yi traded several million spirit stones and his remaining loot for Immortal Crane Grass, Xichanzi, and the Kunyu Zun, then studied mathematical classics at Ask Immortal Pavilion.
• Xu Yi met several renowned number theorists and found their knowledge superficial, while number theory led him to reconsider techniques such as Return to Origin Steps.
• The Scarlet Robe Middle-aged Man escorted Xu Yi to meet the White-haired Daoist priest and three other guests at Ask Immortal Pavilion.
• A Red-wart old man arrived after swallowing several people, then sat down to digest his meal as the White-haired Daoist priest began explaining the meeting's purpose.
• Xu Yi learned that the Utmost Pure Spirit Lotus had been stolen at an auction co-hosted by Ask Immortal Pavilion, Tianyu Tower, and the Mountain Sea Alliance, triggering a dispute among the organizers.

Xu Yi accompanied White-haired Daoist priest to negotiations with Tianyu Tower and Mountain Sea Alliance over the stolen Utmost Pure Spirit Lotus. The talks ended with White-haired Daoist priest rejecting their demand to strip Ask Immortal Pavilion of its remaining auction turns and declaring that the houses could part ways.

• White-haired Daoist priest explained that the negotiations concerned the theft of the Utmost Pure Spirit Lotus and promised the guest retainers a reward for joining him.
• White-haired Daoist priest led Xu Yi and the other retainers through a teleportation array to the West Pole Land, where representatives of Tianyu Tower and Mountain Sea Alliance arrived by dragon boat.
• The white-robed young man and the black-clothed middle-aged man blamed the theft for damaging the Three Alliances Auction's reputation and costing the houses ninety million spirit stones in compensation.
• The white-robed young man demanded that Ask Immortal Pavilion's turn in the auction rotation end, and the black-clothed middle-aged man supported the demand.
• White-haired Daoist priest rejected their terms, accused them of seeking a split, and declared that the houses could part ways.

The leaders of Ask Immortal Pavilion, Tianyu Tower, and the Mountain Sea Alliance negotiated over their dispute, with Elder Kong Si of the Holy Clan Kong Family arriving as a mediator. He rejected a direct fight between the leaders and proposed that Qi and Hong devise ability-based challenges for Gao’s side to complete.

• Gao refused to accept the terms proposed by Qi and Hong, while Qi suggested finding a mediator.
• Elder Kong Si arrived and framed the scandal involving a True Core Divine Venerate as the work of an outsider, then urged the three families to preserve their unity.
• Qi proposed a contest between representatives, with the result affecting turns as head merchant, but Gao grew suspicious of the offer.
• When the leaders threatened to take the field themselves, Elder Kong Si objected and ordered them to avoid a fight that would harm their relations.
• Elder Kong Si proposed that Qi and Hong each set a challenge based on a cultivator’s abilities for Gao’s side to attempt.

Xu Yi and the others watched as Elder Kong Si arranged a series of challenges between Tianyu Tower and Ask Immortal Pavilion, after a Pill Stone test ruled out anyone with a True Core. Qi Qun’s flute defeated the first challenger, and the Red-wart old man entered the circle to face him next.

• Elder Kong Si pressured the white-haired Daoist priest into accepting challenges from Qi and Hong, while the priest warned against a hidden True Core Divine Venerate.
• The white-robed young man tested the crowd with a Pill Stone, and the white-haired Daoist priest secretly offered Xu Yi’s side ten million spirit stones for each challenge.
• Qi Qun challenged Tianyu Tower’s fighters to leave a circle while he played his flute, and the short, stocky old man volunteered.
• Qi Qun’s flute overwhelmed the short, stocky old man with fear and left him unconscious and badly injured.
• The white-haired Daoist priest persuaded the Red-wart old man to enter the circle, where he used a Conch shell to counter Qi Qun’s music.
• Qi Qun raised his flute and sent white mist toward the Red-wart old man as the duel continued.

After the white-robed young man’s Divine Skill defeated the Red-wart old man, Xu Yi stepped forward to challenge him on behalf of the Ask Immortal Pavilion. Xu Yi secured a promise of a Dragon Tiger Pill and a hundred Blood Condensing Balls if he won, then prepared to enter the ring.

• The white-robed young man’s mist overwhelmed the Red-wart old man, who collapsed in the ring, and Elder Kong Si praised the young man’s Divine Skill.
• The White-haired Daoist priest realized he could not confidently defeat the white-robed young man himself.
• Xu Yi offered to challenge the white-robed young man, and the others urged him to reveal his face.
• Xu Yi asked the White-haired Daoist priest for a Dragon Tiger Pill and a hundred Blood Condensing Balls as his reward for winning.
• The White-haired Daoist priest agreed to provide the treasures within three days if Xu Yi succeeded, and the white-robed young man challenged Xu Yi to enter the ring.