Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi obtained three Zhi Feng Gourds to store large quantities of water and headed toward Three Flower Sea. He then learned that Lord Lu had erased his official registration to protect him from an investigation into Princess Yinqiu’s connections.

• Xu Yi asked Shopkeeper Cao, Deputy Alliance Leader Zuo, and Deputy Island Master Liu about storage treasures that could hold water, and Liu recommended Zhi Feng Gourds.
• Xu Yi asked the three men to procure one Zhi Feng Gourd each, and they arranged to have the gourds sent near the Sea of Forgetfulness.
• Xu Yi met the three men at the coast, collected the tiny gourds, and tested one by storing and releasing a thousand cubic zhang of seawater.
• Xu Yi set off toward Three Flower Sea, then received a message from Lord Lu saying he had canceled Xu Yi’s official registration.
• Lord Lu explained that a powerful government figure was investigating Princess Yinqiu’s connections, so he erased the registration to keep Xu Yi’s true identity from being exposed.

Xu Yi put aside the danger of being traced through Princess Yinqiu and hurried toward the Three Flower Sea, while the Third Holy Son decided to arrange Wang Qianqiu’s death. In the Black Dragon Mountains, Venerable Xia’s younger brother came to borrow his “Attack,” revealing their bitter family history before Venerable Xia questioned the mission.

• Xu Yi felt reassured after Lord Lu severed the investigative thread leading through Princess Yinqiu, then continued at full speed toward the Three Flower Sea.
• The Third Holy Son became wary of Wang Qianqiu’s rapid growth and hostility toward the Saint Clan, and chose someone else to kill him.
• Venerable Xia’s younger brother appeared in the Five Metals Cavern and asked to borrow his “Attack.”
• Venerable Xia and his brother argued over the Kong Family, their mother’s death, and Venerable Xia’s betrayal of the family.
• Venerable Xia learned that his brother had reached the True Essence Fifth Turn and asked what task required borrowing “Attack.”

Kong Cang sought Venerable Xia’s help to kill Wang Qianqiu, but Venerable Xia warned him that Xu Yi’s Boundless Sea made him a dangerous opponent and agreed to lend “Offense” only to Kong You’s other agent. Xu Yi arrived at Three Flower Island and headed for Jiao Mansion, intending to meet Master Jiao Da and obtain Demon Core Stones.

• Kong Cang showed Venerable Xia a Shadow-Sound Pearl recording of Xu Yi’s Seven Thousand Swords and asked to borrow “Offense” to kill Wang Qianqiu.
• Venerable Xia warned Kong Cang that Xu Yi’s Boundless Sea made him too dangerous and insisted Kong You send someone else to borrow “Offense.”
• Venerable Xia sent Kong Cang away with a Sumeru Ring, and Kong Cang left after seeing what it contained.
• Xu Yi arrived at Three Flower Sea at dusk and admired the three immortal blossoms on Three Flower Island.
• Xu Yi recalled Master Jiao Da’s reputation for generosity and decided to seek him out because he might have Demon Core Stones.
• Xu Yi changed his appearance and headed toward Jiao Mansion on West Mountain.

Xu Yi attended Master Jiao Da’s gathering at Jiao Mansion, where a test selected experts for a mysterious operation. The screening left Xu Yi among seventeen candidates and excluded Yuan Long, despite his point origin cultivation.

• Xu Yi used Yuan Tiansi’s secret phrase to enter Jiao Mansion and secretly surveyed the grounds with his divine sense.
• Xu Yi found Yuan Tiansi and Yuan Long among the experts gathering in an underground workshop and calmed them with a thought.
• Master Jiao Da arrived and explained that he needed help with a troublesome matter, offering travel expenses to those who did not qualify.
• Master Jiao Da gave each attendee a jade stone and asked them to exhale their inner breath to test whether they met his requirements.
• The stones glowed in different colors, and seventeen people qualified, including Xu Yi, while Yuan Long and another point origin expert were excluded.

Xu Yi kept a crystal that had crumbled in his Sumeru Ring and asked Master Jiao Da for a Demon Core Stone. Master Jiao Da instead revealed that his Sea Ghost Team had discovered a Demon Palace near the deep sea and explained the Demon Race’s hierarchy and emblems.

• After the crystal test, Xu Yi told Yuan Long to leave and arranged for Yuan Tiansi to return the Heart-Devouring Worms.
• Master Jiao Da asked Xu Yi to return his crystal, but Xu Yi claimed he wanted to keep it and offered ten mid-grade Spirit Stones as compensation.
• Xu Yi asked Master Jiao Da for a Demon Core Stone and offered a high-grade gold Spirit Stone, but Master Jiao Da said the upcoming expedition might provide a chance to obtain one.
• Master Jiao Da revealed that his Sea Ghost Team had found a Demon Palace near the deep sea, and the gathered cultivators pressed him for details.
• Master Jiao Da described the Demon Race’s four royal domains, territorial hierarchy, and Star-Moon Emblems, which indicated rank and cultivation.

Master Jiao Da explained the Demon Race’s six tiers and demonstrated a Demon Testing Stone, which alarmed Xu Yi about his own nature. He then led the gathered cultivators to a deep-sea cavern and raised a vessel for their journey.

• Master Jiao Da explained that the Demon Race had six tiers divided between green and white demon cores, warned that even third-tier great demons were dangerous, and described how the Star-Moon Emblem and a Demon Testing Stone could reveal demons.
• Master Jiao Da’s Demon Testing Stone lit up, but the gathered cultivators sensed no demon; Xu Yi took the stone, while He Xuwo criticized him and Master Jiao Da tried to calm them both.
• The stone’s heat and its earlier warning signs made Xu Yi wonder whether he was human or part demon.
• At the cultivators’ urging, Master Jiao Da led them through the western exit to a cavern deep beneath the sea.
• Master Jiao Da opened the cavern floor and raised a large black vessel covered in formation markings and Talisman Patterns.

Xu Yi threatened Master Jiao Da aboard the Hidden Dragon Ship and forced him to hand over a Demon Core Stone. After Xu Yi nearly damaged the ship, Master Jiao Da calmed the other passengers, while Xu Yi kept the treasure he had come for.

• Master Jiao Da led Xu Yi and the others aboard the Hidden Dragon Ship, which sped out through the cave entrance.
• Xu Yi checked the weakening light around the Ice Fire Rabbit, then went to Master Jiao Da's cabin and demanded a Demon Core Stone.
• When Master Jiao Da refused, Xu Yi subdued him, took his Sumeru Ring, and forced him to swallow a Heart-Devouring Worm.
• Master Jiao Da threatened revenge, so Xu Yi drew his Dark Obsidian Dagger and struck toward the ship's wall.
• Fearing Xu Yi would damage the Hidden Dragon Ship, Master Jiao Da handed him a Demon Core Stone and told the other passengers through a jade token that everything was fine.

Xu Yi forced Master Jiao Da to hand over the Demon Core Stone, which the Ice Fire Rabbit swallowed, then learned from Yuan Tiansi that Feng Bing might be hostile to him. The Hidden Dragon Ship reached the boundary between shallow and deep sea, and Xu Yi and several others asked Master Jiao Da to open their cabins so they could look outside.

• Xu Yi took the Demon Core Stone from Master Jiao Da, returned his Sumeru Ring, and asked how to use the stone.
• The Ice Fire Rabbit swallowed the Demon Core Stone and returned to her jade-white form, so Xu Yi put her in the Spirit Beast Bag.
• Yuan Tiansi warned Xu Yi that Feng Bing might be plotting against him, based on the Yuan family's ability to sense hostility.
• Xu Yi dismissed Yuan Tiansi's idea of testing Feng Bing and said they could simply find a chance to kill him.
• The Hidden Dragon Ship slowed among coral reefs, and Xu Yi read A Comprehensive Analysis of the Nine-Color Problem in his cabin.
• Master Jiao Da announced that the ship had reached the boundary between deep and shallow sea, and Xu Yi and several others asked to leave their cabins to look outside.

Xu Yi and the other cultivators reached a suspected demon palace beneath the sea, where Master Jiao Da explained how he had found it and urged the group to explore. After most of the experts entered, Feng Bing promised to protect Master Jiao Da, who then went into the cave himself.

• Xu Yi tested the Spirit Mussel Pearl in the deep sea, but returned to his cabin when another person arrived and he switched to a Water Repelling Pearl.
• Master Jiao Da brought seventeen Yang Venerate experts to a submerged mountain range and showed them a demon core found by the Sea Ghost Team near a cave he believed was a demon palace.
• He Xuwo rushed into the cave, and more than ten cultivators followed, while Xu Yi, Master Jiao Da, Yuan Tiansi, Feng Bing, and Zeng Jian stayed behind.
• Zeng Jian questioned Master Jiao Da's motives, and Master Jiao Da claimed he valued the experts' friendship and support for his position as Sai Dongyang more than treasure.
• Yuan Tiansi challenged Master Jiao Da to enter the cave, and Feng Bing promised he would be safe, so Master Jiao Da went in first.

Xu Yi, Yuan Tiansi, Feng Bing, and Master Jiao Da entered a strange demon palace and fought waves of giant beasts. After Master Jiao Da disappeared in an explosion, Xu Yi concluded that he had lured them into a trap, and Feng Bing suspected he was a Demon Servant.

• A bubble enveloped Xu Yi and the others, transporting them into a dry, white palace covered in mysterious mathematical patterns.
• Master Jiao Da found no sign of He Xuwo and the others, and four giant demon beasts attacked the group.
• Yuan Tiansi killed the four beasts with his jade-green saber, then Feng Bing froze and shattered eight more beasts.
• Master Jiao Da proposed that the group study the palace’s symbols, but Xu Yi sealed his diagram pearls with Sword Qi before an explosion wounded Xu Yi, Feng Bing, and Yuan Tiansi.
• Master Jiao Da vanished as more creatures attacked, and Xu Yi identified the palace trip as a trap set by him.
• Feng Bing called Master Jiao Da a Demon Servant, and Yuan Tiansi explained what that meant to Xu Yi.

Xu Yi deciphered the Demon Palace’s number-based passages and led Feng Bing and Yuan Tiansi to their separated companions. The group reunited after Feng Bing froze the battlefield, but Zeng Jian exposed Feng Bing’s Saint Race identity.

• Yuan Tiansi explained that Jiao Da had served the demons as a Demon Servant, and Xu Yi led the group through a hidden passage into a grassland.
• Xu Yi used patterns in the grass and red star plum blossoms to decipher how the Demon Palace’s passages worked.
• After testing the passages, Xu Yi found the battlefield where Zeng Jian and four other cultivators were fighting demon beasts.
• A little red fish leaped toward Xu Yi, and he blocked Zeng Jian’s attack before Feng Bing froze Zeng Jian and the remaining demon beasts.
• Zeng Jian recovered from the ice and identified Feng Bing as a member of the Saint Race, drawing everyone’s attention to him.

Xu Yi reunited with Little Red Carp and learned that Jiao Da had tricked them into the maze. After Xu Yi summoned a mysterious drop of blood, Jiao Da and two powerful demons appeared, trapping the group inside a defensive formation.

• Xu Yi led the survivors through a hidden passage back to the Green Grassland and asked them to find a treasure that could let him understand demon speech.
• Feng Bing gave Xu Yi a Spirit Rhinoceros Bead, allowing him to speak with Little Red Carp, who explained how she had joined the Cracked Lion Demon Cave and entered the maze.
• Xu Yi put Little Red Carp in his Spirit Beast Bag and told the others that Jiao Da was likely a Demon Servant who had set them up.
• Xu Yi silently communicated with the group, then produced a drop of blood whose spiritual energy drew cries of astonishment from two figures above.
• Jiao Da arrived with two burly demons, and one of them absorbed the Heart-Devouring Worms Xu Yi had released.
• Xu Yi activated the Hidden Falling Divine Peak to enclose everyone in a barrier, but one demon declared that killing its controllers would break the formation.

Xu Yi used the spirit blood to draw out Hu Jinghui and Lang Du, then trapped the demons inside the Hidden Falling Divine Peak while his formation protected his companions. With both sides at a standoff, Xu Yi asked Hu Jinghui why he had set the trap.

• Xu Yi realized that someone controlled the demon palace and used the spirit blood to lure its hidden controller out.
• Hu Jinghui and Lang Du revealed themselves, but Xu Yi reflected Hu Jinghui’s attack with the Great Evolution Array of Rotation.
• Feng Bing activated the Hidden Falling Divine Peak, trapping Hu Jinghui, Lang Du, Master Jiao Da, and the others while shielding Xu Yi’s group.
• Hu Jinghui offered to let Xu Yi’s group leave in exchange for the spirit blood, but Xu Yi refused and waited out the confrontation.
• Hu Jinghui recognized that Xu Yi was buying time and demanded that he name his terms.
• Xu Yi asked Hu Jinghui why he had set the trap and let humans slaughter the demons.

Xu Yi proposed a series of fights against Hu Jinghui and Lang Du instead of surrendering the spirit blood. Lang Du killed Zeng Jian and four other Yang Venerables almost instantly, leaving Xu Yi and Feng Bing to face Hu Jinghui.

• Hu Jinghui offered to let the group leave safely in exchange for the spirit blood, but Xu Yi proposed that they fight instead.
• Xu Yi arranged for Zeng Jian and four others to fight Lang Du, then planned to face Hu Jinghui with Feng Bing.
• Lang Du swiftly killed four of the five fighters and devoured their heart's blood with Hu Jinghui.
• Zeng Jian begged to retreat into the formation, but Lang Du killed him before Xu Yi could intervene.
• Xu Yi assessed Lang Du's demonic body and speed as the main reasons the five Yang Venerables had died.

Xu defeated Lang Du with thirteen strikes of Seven Thousand Swords, then demanded Lang Du’s spoils from Hu Jinghui. Hu Jinghui refused to surrender the demon core and storage treasure, challenging Xu to kill him for them.

• Lang Du killed Zeng Jian and the other cultivators, collected their Sumeru Rings, and kept them after Hu Jinghui declined them.
• Hu Jinghui called Xu and Feng Bing out to fight, but Xu sent Feng Bing to face Hu Jinghui and went to fight Lang Du himself.
• Xu unleashed thirteen strikes of Seven Thousand Swords, destroying Lang Du and revealing a green demon core and a golden storage bead.
• Hu Jinghui seized Lang Du’s demon core and storage treasure, then told Xu he would have to kill him to claim them.

Xu Yi and Feng Bing fought Hu Jinghui, but his Golden Light Howl nearly killed them. Feng Bing’s forbidden Core Corpse appeared to turn the battle, and Xu Yi realized Feng Bing was Kong Cang, an enemy who had repaid Xu Yi’s past help.

• Xu Yi and Feng Bing attacked Hu Jinghui while Xu Yi tossed him a Sumeru Ring containing spirit blood.
• Hu Jinghui seized the ring and unleashed his Golden Light Howl, destroying their attacks and badly injuring Xu Yi and Feng Bing.
• Hu Jinghui charged at Xu Yi for the Demon Blood, but a middle-aged Core Corpse burst from his chest and trapped him in a fireball.
• Xu Yi recognized the Core Corpse as Feng Bing’s forbidden technique and treated the unconscious Feng Bing with pills.
• Xu Yi realized Feng Bing was Kong Cang, whom the Third Holy Son had sent to kill him, and learned that Venerable Xia had given him the powerful Core Corpse.

Kong Cang used the Core Corpse Venerable Xia had given him to save Xu Yi as he fought Hu Jinghui, who revealed his tiger form and attacked Xu Yi. A devastating clash engulfed the Green Grassland, and Xu Yi awoke deep beneath the sea.

• Venerable Xia gave Kong Cang the Core Corpse despite his anger and guilt toward him.
• Kong Cang and Hu Jinghui fought, and their spiritual pressure nearly overwhelmed Xu Yi, Jiao Da, and Yuan Tiansi.
• Hu Jinghui revealed his enormous tiger form, endured Kong Cang's attack, and lunged at Xu Yi.
• Kong Cang unleashed a vast surge of water as Hu Jinghui's paw threatened Xu Yi, and explosions destroyed the battlefield.
• Xu Yi woke on a bed of green vines beneath the sea and realized he was surrounded by water rich in spiritual energy.

Xu Yi remembered how the Dark Gourd had stopped the blast that killed Hu Jinghui and learned that Little Red Carp had brought his healed body to his cave dwelling. Little Red Carp revealed that he served as a demon general under King Pingding and had risked bringing Xu Yi into demon territory.

• Xu Yi recalled detonating four Extreme Water Beads in his fight with Hu Jinghui, then seeing the Dark Gourd emit black light and stop the blast.
• Xu Yi found that his injuries had completely healed and asked Little Red Carp what had happened.
• Little Red Carp explained that Hu Jinghui had been torn apart, the Core Corpse had cracked, and the Dark Gourd had erased the blast before Xu Yi was brought away.
• Little Red Carp told Xu Yi that they were in his cave dwelling and that he served King Pingding as a demon general.
• Xu Yi questioned how Little Red Carp had brought a human into demon territory without being discovered, and Little Red Carp hesitantly began to reveal the truth.

Xu Yi discovered a demon mark on his chest and learned from A Li that Green Demons had engineered the demon palace massacre to provoke war between humans and demons. He traced their rise to the Western Extreme Ice Sea and realized the Demon Race’s leaders faced pressure to retaliate despite understanding the trap.

• Xu Yi found a black star-shaped demon mark on his chest after A Li told him to inspect it, though he could not understand how he had become a demon.
• A Li gave Xu Yi two demon cores, storage rings, and Sumeru Rings recovered from the demon palace battlefield, and identified the white-and-green core as belonging to a Green Demon.
• A Li explained that Green Demons had emerged after the Western Extreme Ice Sea expanded and had attacked demons near Luanyu Immortal Island, drawing humans into the conflict.
• Xu Yi concluded that the Green Demons had lured low-level demons into the palace so humans would slaughter them, and that Hu Jinghui had sent evidence of the massacre out to provoke war.
• Xu Yi realized the Green Demons wanted human support for their challenge to the Sea of Forgetfulness, while the Demon Race’s leaders could not easily restrain their angry followers from demanding revenge.

Xu Yi learned that the green tint in the demon cores was linked to rare Green Demon Cores, and he accepted Little Red Carp as his follower while learning how a Sumeru Seed worked. He chose to remain in the Demon Domain to investigate trading a Green Demon Core and planned to look around before Pingding Demon King’s reception banquet.

• Little Red Carp explained that Green Demon Cores were rare and highly valued, and Xu Yi accepted one while saying they should treat each other as brothers.
• Xu Yi gave Little Red Carp Lang Du’s Sumeru Ring as a gift, and Little Red Carp gave Xu Yi a Sumeru Seed.
• Little Red Carp explained that a Sumeru Seed could hold living creatures but was dangerous because creatures inside could seize control of it, while its holder could kill them at will.
• Xu Yi decided to stay in the Demon Domain and learn about trading a Green Demon Core before choosing what to do next.
• Xu Yi asked Little Red Carp to show him around, and Little Red Carp warned that Pingding Demon King was hosting a reception banquet for him that night.