Chapter Summaries

Liu Ming accepted Yuan Long’s protection and stopped the Fierce Dragon to face the approaching Lei family ship. The Tiger Venerable Ship recognized Yuan Long, but then suddenly burst into dazzling light.

• Xu Yi recognized the rare Extreme Water Bead and recalled its explosive power in water-rich places.
• Yuan Long offered to stand with Liu Ming against the Lei family, while Liu Mo'er suggested letting the Fierce Dragon leave ahead; Liu Yong struck at her and silenced her.
• Liu Ming chose to trust Yuan Long, stopped the Fierce Dragon, and hosted a banquet aboard.
• Xu Yi sensed the approaching Tiger Venerable Ship, and Liu Ming confronted Lei Xiaokun as the giant vessel drew near.
• Yuan Long identified himself to Lei Xiaokun, and the Tiger Venerable Ship’s crew recognized him as a Northern Island Yuan Family expert before the ship erupted in dazzling light.

Lei Xiaokun exposed his plot against the Liu family, but Xu Yi intervened and challenged the conspirators. The chapter left the battle turned decisively in Xu Yi’s favor after he unleashed a devastating sword attack.

• Lei Xiaokun destroyed both ships’ spirit cores and declared that Yuan Long could mediate between him and Liu Ming.
• Liu Mo’er warned Liu Ming that Lei Xiaokun, Yuan Long, and Su Jie had conspired against the Liu family, and Lei Xiaokun offered to spare them if she became his son’s concubine.
• Xu Yi refused to let Liu Mo’er plead for help and confronted Lei Xiaokun, Yuan Long, and Su Jie.
• Xu Yi challenged the three point origin experts, then shot into the sky as Lei Xiaokun and Su Jie pursued him.
• Xu Yi turned and unleashed the Seven Thousand Swords, shattering Yuan Long’s body and killing five Yang Venerate fighters.

Xu Yi defeated Lei Xiaokun, Yuan Long, and Su Jie, then demanded Demon Core Stones and a chart of the East Sea’s southern deep waters in exchange for sparing the survivors. After the gathered cultivators assembled a complete chart for him, Yuan Long’s allies opened a Teleportation Gate and summoned a powerful young member of the Yuan family.

• Xu Yi wounded Lei Xiaokun, Yuan Long, and Su Jie, seized their Sumeru Rings, and captured Su Feng.
• Xu Yi demanded Demon Core Stones and a southern East Sea deep-water chart as the price of sparing them.
• Liu Ming offered a chart, and Xu Yi promised to see the Liu family’s affairs through to the end.
• Lei Xiaokun and the others used message beads and light-and-shadow spheres to gather maps from across the Monster Hunting Workshop, completing Xu Yi’s chart.
• Two of Yuan Long’s subordinates activated a Teleportation Gate, and the Seventh Young Master of the Yuan family arrived.
• Yuan Long praised the Seventh Young Master’s strength and introduced him as a True Essence Fourth Turn point origin expert.

Xu Yi defeated Yuan Tiansi with his sword, then robbed the gathered fighters and escaped with Yuan Long. Days later, he appeared in the western market district, where people recognized him as the criminal behind the earlier chaos and began hunting him.

• Lei Xiaokun told Yuan Tiansi that Xu Yi had insulted the Yuan household and seized many Sumeru Rings.
• Yuan Tiansi dismissed Xu Yi as too weak to challenge him, but Xu Yi defeated him with two sword strikes and took his Sumeru Ring.
• Xu Yi robbed the gathered fighters, including Liu Ming and Liu Mo'er, then fled with Yuan Long as the others scrambled to escape.
• Days later, Xu Yi appeared in the western market district, where witnesses recognized him and called for his capture.

Xu Yi completed his promise in the West Market, then continued his search for valuable resources in the Sea of Forgetfulness. Liu Mo'er returned the Liu men’s Sumeru Rings and decided to repay Xu Yi with half a Demon Corpse, while Xu Yi met a dark figure on a reef to collect more worms.

• Xu Yi detonated a Flame Burst Talisman to fulfill his promise, then escaped with a Raging Wind Talisman and chose to remain in the Sea of Forgetfulness.
• Liu Mo'er returned Liu Ming and Liu Yong's stolen Sumeru Rings, and Liu Ming recognized that Xu Yi had protected the Liu family from the Yuan family.
• Liu Ming put Liu Mo'er in charge of the Liu family, and she decided to give Xu Yi half of a Poison Dragon Crocodile Demon Corpse as repayment.
• Xu Yi received a message, traveled to a reef, and collected several worms spat out by a tall, dark figure.

Xu Yi extracted Heart-Devouring Worms from Immortal Lord He, then received a Poison Dragon Crocodile corpse from Liu Mo'er that prompted him to hurry back to his underground cave. There he put Heart-Devouring Worms into Yuan Long and Yuan Tiansi and warned them against resisting.

• Xu Yi removed all but one Heart-Devouring Worm from Immortal Lord He and left for the southwestern mountains.
• Liu Mo'er gave Xu Yi a Poison Dragon Crocodile corpse, and he thanked her, left her protective talismans, and took the corpse.
• Xu Yi returned to his guarded underground cave and found Yuan Long and Yuan Tiansi still bound and unable to send messages.
• Xu Yi fed a Heart-Devouring Worm to each captive and removed their Dragon Binding Locks.
• Yuan Tiansi recognized the worm and threatened Xu Yi, who slapped him and bound him again.

Xu Yi terrorized Yuan Long and Yuan Tiansi by demonstrating how he could bury them alive without leaving evidence, then forced them to reveal their fear of death. He spared both for now but warned them not to deceive him.

• Xu Yi explained to Yuan Long how he could hide a murder from the Yuan family's True Core elders.
• Xu Yi buried Yuan Tiansi with a Boundary Barrier Pearl, then threatened to leave him underground until he died.
• Xu Yi dug Yuan Tiansi out, and the terrified young master offered to tell him everything he knew.
• Xu Yi suggested that only one of the two could live, prompting Yuan Long and Yuan Tiansi to argue over who should be spared.
• Xu Yi allowed both men to live for the moment and warned them not to try anything against him.

Xu Yi forced Yuan Tiansi to reveal how to use the Extreme Water Bead, tested its devastating power, and questioned Yuan Long and Yuan Tiansi about demonization. The chapter ended with Xu Yi learning the five-turn Demon Essence system and the rare power of fourth- and fifth-turn demons.

• Xu Yi made Yuan Tiansi recite the Extreme Water Bead's activation method and confined him and Yuan Long within a Boundary Barrier Pearl's range.
• Xu Yi detonated an Extreme Water Bead at sea, witnessing its immense destructive force, then returned with Yuan Long and Yuan Tiansi to the cave.
• Xu Yi questioned Yuan Long and Yuan Tiansi about demonization, and they described first- and second-turn demons and explained how False Core Experts were created.
• Yuan Long explained that third-turn demons became demon kings with inherited talents, while fourth- and fifth-turn demons possessed extraordinary transformative power and were rarely seen.

Xu Yi learned about the demon race’s hierarchy and transformation, then connected the petrification of the Poison Dragon Crocodile’s meridians to his own. He discovered that his purified Primordial Sword-Toothed Tiger spirit blood had enabled the change and learned that a demon core could potentially reverse it.

• Xu Yi asked Yuan Long and Yuan Tiansi about demon cores, demon disguises, and the demon race’s territories and hierarchy in the Sea of Forgetfulness.
• Yuan Tiansi examined the Poison Dragon Crocodile remains and explained that its petrified meridians showed a failed transformation.
• Xu Yi recognized that his own meridians had petrified in the same way and asked whether human blood and qi could cause it.
• Yuan Long and Yuan Tiansi explained that humans could not petrify their meridians through blood and qi alone, and recounted a Yuan ancestor’s failed experiment.
• Xu Yi realized his purified Primordial Sword-Toothed Tiger spirit blood had supplied the blood spirit needed to petrify his meridians.
• Yuan Tiansi said a demon core could replace a Demon Core Stone to reverse the petrification, but warned that cores from second-turn great demons were rare and dangerous to obtain.

Xu Yi learned how True Core experts advanced and decided to abandon his plan to ambush the Yuan Family’s True Core Old Ancestor. He released Yuan Tiansi and Yuan Long from the Boundary Barrier Pearl but warned that he had entrusted their Heart-Devouring Worm bottle to someone else, leaving Yuan Long wary of seeking help.

• Yuan Long and Yuan Tiansi explained how a cultivator achieved a True Core and described the power such experts wielded.
• Xu Yi asked whether a True Essence Fifth Turn point origin expert could defeat a True Core, prompting Yuan Tiansi to speculate that the core soul would have to be weakened and destroyed.
• Xu Yi changed course after realizing the Yuan Family’s Old Ancestor’s experiment could guide him through his meridian petrification, and he abandoned his plan to lure the Old Ancestor into an ambush.
• Xu Yi used a communication pearl to summon someone, then removed the Boundary Barrier Pearl from Yuan Tiansi’s pouch and told the two prisoners they could probe the outside world again.
• Xu Yi warned Yuan Tiansi and Yuan Long that he had given their Heart-Devouring Worm bottle to someone else, making Yuan Long fear that contacting the Yuan Family estate could lead to a dead end.

Xu Yi forced Yuan Tiansi and Yuan Long to reveal and teach him the Star Gazing Sea Watching Technique, then used it to navigate demonic fog toward an island. He arrived as a trial at Kongling Island’s Monster Hunting Workshop descended into chaos, with over a hundred people demanding answers.

• Xu Yi questioned Yuan Tiansi about Master Jiao Da’s invitation and made the two Yuan men lead him to Three Flower Sea.
• When Xu Yi challenged their route through the demonic fog, Yuan Long revealed the Star Gazing Sea Watching Technique and taught it to him.
• Xu Yi mastered the technique, guided the group through demonic fog, and stopped after sensing activity on an island to the north.
• On Kongling Island, the Green-robed Girl and the female cultivator in green fought several green-robed Daoists with talismans and sword attacks.
• More than a hundred people gathered and demanded an explanation after the trial was disrupted, while the island’s Kongling Sect faced complaints.

During Kongling Sect’s trial, Bai Laoping blamed the Green-robed Girl for the destroyed teleportation array to conceal his own actions. The Green-robed Girl and the Green-robed Fairy challenged their accusers to swear Heart Oaths, leaving Xie Wuji and Lu Guangming bound by oaths that planted seeds of inner demons.

• Bai Laoping announced that the trial’s teleportation array had failed and had Xie Wuji accuse the Green-robed Girl of causing the disaster.
• Lu Guangming backed Xie Wuji’s accusation, claiming the Green-robed Girl had destroyed the array while fighting Kongling Sect disciples.
• The Green-robed Girl proposed that everyone swear Heart Oaths or use Soul Restriction Talismans to reveal the truth.
• Bai Laoping urged Xie Wuji and Lu Guangming to swear, secretly promising them rewards despite the risk of inner demons.
• Xie Wuji and Lu Guangming swore Heart Oaths alongside the Green-robed Girl and the Green-robed Fairy, and both felt seeds of inner demons take root.

Yu Yinqiu challenged the Kongling Sect’s accusations and demanded that the witnesses swear Heart Oaths, while Kong Tengyun intervened to pressure the Taiqing Upper Sect over the damaged teleportation formation. The chapter left Yu Yinqiu injured and a forged confession bearing Xia Duoze’s mark in Kong Tengyun’s hands.

• Yu Yinqiu demanded that the Bai family’s Young Master and the other witnesses swear Heart Oaths, and Xia Duoze urged everyone to focus on restarting the trial.
• Kong Tengyun arrived and pressed Xia Duoze to accept responsibility for the cost of rebuilding the teleportation formation.
• Yu Yinqiu declared she would take her own life and reimburse the costs if the Bai family’s Young Master swore the oath, shifting the crowd’s opinion in her favor.
• Bai Laoping secretly offered Kong Tengyun a reward to protect the Kongling Sect’s reputation and make the Taiqing Upper Sect pay.
• Kong Tengyun struck Yu Yinqiu and used her blood to create a false confession, then compelled Xia Duoze to mark the document.
• Yu Yinqiu charged at Kong Tengyun, who sent her crashing into a tree and left her vomiting blood.

Xu Yi arrived on Kongling Island and swiftly beat Kong Tengyun into submission after finding Yu Yinqiu injured. He learned that Bai Laoping had protected Kong Tengyun and moved toward him, threatening to prepare a memorial tablet.

• Song Mingxing challenged Xia Duoze for letting Kong Tengyun mistreat Yu Yinqiu and disgrace the Taiqing Upper Sect.
• Kong Tengyun announced he would take Yu Yinqiu away until the Taiqing Upper Sect paid to redeem her.
• Xu Yi appeared, struck Kong Tengyun down, pierced him with Sword Qi, slapped him repeatedly, and forced him to kneel before Yu Yinqiu.
• Xu Yi reassured Yu Yinqiu, whom he recognized as Princess Yinqiu, and she recognized him despite his changed appearance.
• After the Green-clad woman explained what had happened, Xu Yi confronted Bai Laoping and threatened him.

Xu Yi arrived and terrorized Bai Laoping’s group, then manipulated Xia Duoze into killing Kong Tengyun while concealing his own role. The witnesses were left shaken by the death of a Sacred Clan member and feared the dangers of the sea domain.

• Young Master Bai vanished in black smoke, and Bai Laoping collapsed in despair after realizing he was dead.
• Xu Yi killed a Black Robed Elder who tried to attack him and warned the others not to act rashly.
• Xu Yi forced Xia Duoze to admit his resentment toward Kong Tengyun and ordered him to kill Kong in exchange for his life.
• Yu Yinqiu tried to stab Kong Tengyun, but Xu Yi displaced Kong with his divine sense and stopped her.
• Xu Yi secretly crippled Kong Tengyun and prompted Xia Duoze to attack; Xia pierced Kong’s chest and shattered his soul.
• The witnesses called Xu Yi a fiend and worried that the sea domain was too dangerous to remain in.

Xu Yi drew the Bai family head, Bai Canghai, into a confrontation and killed him with a devastating sword strike despite the Sacred Radiance Compass. The red-faced old man then recognized Xu Yi as Wang Meihua of the Donghua Immortal Sect, leaving Xu Yi exposed.

• Xu Yi sent Xia Duoze back to the Taiqing Upper Sect and waited for the Bai family to arrive, while Bai Laoping realized Xu Yi had spared him to summon them.
• Bai Canghai arrived demanding to know where his son Ge'er was, and Xu Yi revealed that Young Master Bai had been turned to ash.
• Xu Yi forced Bai Laoping to confirm his son's death, and Bai Canghai killed Bai Laoping with the Five Elements Profound Wave Divine Fist.
• Bai Canghai prepared a spirit tablet for his son, but Xu Yi's sword strike killed him and destroyed the tablet as the Sacred Radiance Compass shielded the others.
• The red-faced old man challenged Xu Yi on behalf of the Sacred Clan, and the black-robed middle-aged man identified Xu Yi as Wang Meihua of the Donghua Immortal Sect.

Xu Yi was recognized as Wang Qianqiu and fought off Kong Feng and the Kongling Sect cultivators who accused him of killing Kong Tengyun. After taking their Sumeru Rings, he faced three rapidly arriving groups of cultivators who had come to aid Kong Feng.

• The black-robed middle-aged man recognized Xu Yi as Wang Meihua, and Xu Yi revealed his Wang Qianqiu appearance.
• Kong Feng accused Xu Yi of killing Kong Tengyun and activated the Sacred Radiance Compass with four point origin experts.
• Xu Yi shattered the golden barrier with four sword strikes, gravely wounded Kong Feng, and sent the other cultivators flying.
• Xu Yi took the Sumeru Rings from Kong Feng and the Yang Venerables, striking down anyone who tried to resist.
• Three groups of cultivators arrived using rapid-escape formations to aid Kong Feng.

Xu Yi faced three assembled forces while trying to prevent them from attacking together, but Young Master Yuan Jiu arrived and insisted on dueling him. The chapter ended as Yuan Jiu drew his sword and Xu Yi urged him to strike first.

• Xu Yi challenged the leaders of the three groups to identify themselves and choose which group would fight him first.
• Kong Feng urged the leaders to attack Xu Yi together, but Hermit of Observing Heaven and the Buddha Son of the East Sea wanted to lead their forces against him separately.
• Young Master Yuan Jiu arrived with four attendants and demanded that everyone else clear out so he could test his sword against Wang Qianqiu.
• Kong Feng warned Yuan Jiu about Xu Yi, but Yuan Jiu dismissed the warning, mocked the Northern Sacred Court, and promised to avenge him.
• Yuan Jiu declared that no one should interfere with his duel and drew his sword, while Xu Yi impatiently told him to strike first.

Yuan Tiansi and Yuan Long arrived on Kongling Island and protected Xu Yi from the factions preparing to attack him. Shopkeeper Cao, Deputy Island Master Liu, and Deputy Alliance Leader Zuo then killed Kong Feng, leaving the gathered trial-takers shaken by the lawlessness of the East Sea Region.

• Yuan Tiansi and Yuan Long rushed to Kongling Island after learning that Yuan Jiu was confronting Wang Meihua, and Yuan Tiansi ordered his younger brother to leave.
• Xu Yi demanded that Yuan Tiansi remove Yuan Jiu, so Yuan Tiansi slapped his brother and apologized to Xu Yi.
• Yuan Long warned the crowd that attacking Wang Meihua meant making an enemy of the Yuan family, and no one dared challenge them.
• Shopkeeper Cao, Deputy Island Master Liu, and Deputy Alliance Leader Zuo arrived with their forces and, mistaking Kong Feng's plea for an opportunity to help Xu Yi, combined their attacks and killed him.
• The newcomers learned that Kong Feng had been a direct descendant of the Sacred Court, but they decided their three families could withstand any retaliation together.

After the battle on Kongling Island, Xu Yi accepted the Third Holy Son’s offer to end the dispute and helped Yu Yinqiu return safely to Taiqing Upper Sect. He freed three allies from the Heart-Devouring Worms, parted from Yuan Tiansi and Yuan Long, and headed for Qiuxue Island to avoid giving the Saint Clan clues to track him.

• The Third Holy Son apologized to Xu Yi and proposed putting Kong Feng and Kong Tengyun’s deaths behind them, while Qin Qing promised Taiqing Upper Sect would shoulder any fallout from the Saint Clan.
• Xu Yi gave Yu Yinqiu protective talismans and promised to help her if she ran into trouble, then watched her leave for Taiqing Upper Sect.
• Xu Yi removed the Heart-Devouring Worms from Shopkeeper Cao, Deputy Alliance Leader Zuo, and Deputy Island Master Liu, and dismissed them after they pledged to follow him.
• Xu Yi assured Yuan Tiansi and Yuan Long that their agreement to meet at Three Flower Sea still stood, then parted ways with them.
• Xu Yi flew toward Qiuxue Island, deciding that separating from Yuan Tiansi and Yuan Long would make it harder for the Saint Clan to track him.