Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi learned from Ling Ao Shangren about a mysterious Ancient Tomb in the Purple Domain and the changed cultivation world, then traded the Willow Leaf Palm for the tomb’s map. After settling the gathering, Xu Yi turned his attention to Wei Kaitai, who begged for his life.

• Ling Ao Shangren told Xu Yi about the tomb, its strange living plants, and the possibility that it held medicine to restore Xu Yi’s Wood Spirit.
• Ling Ao Shangren explained that True Core experts had become more common, while Xu Yi asked about True Core Late Stage and spirit roots.
• Ling Ao Shangren asked to learn the Willow Leaf Palm in exchange for the tomb map, and Xu Yi gave him a jade slip containing the technique.
• Xu Yi inspected the map, then ended his private conversation with Ling Ao Shangren.
• Xu Yi ordered He Jinlin to settle the experts’ fees and fixed his killing intent on Wei Kaitai, who dropped to his knees and begged for mercy.

Xu Yi obtained incense to conceal Qiu Wa’s Wood Spirit scent and traveled toward the Eastern Sea to reunite with A Li. He found A Li and introduced him to Qiu Wa, who immediately claimed him as her little brother.

• Wei Kaitai explained that his Duoluo Strange Fish had detected Qiu Wa by smell and gave Xu Yi Saint-grade incense to mask her scent.
• Xu Yi left the training grounds as a brawl broke out, then returned to the Wei Family and gathered Qiu Wa and two horses before setting off.
• Four hidden hunters attacked Xu Yi, but he killed them with Sword Qi and took their Sumeru Rings.
• Xu Yi reached the Eastern Sea and waited for A Li, who emerged from the water and tearfully reunited with him after twenty years apart.
• Xu Yi introduced Qiu Wa to A Li, and Qiu Wa made him call her Big Sister Qiu and promised to protect him.

Xu Yi reunited with A Li in the Eastern Sea Demon Domain and learned that A Li was its Northwest Pacification Envoy, tasked with suppressing the Sihui rebellion. Xu Yi agreed to help A Li finish the mission before leaving with him.

• Qiu Wa eagerly questioned A Li, then showed him her toys until the two children played together.
• Xu Yi asked A Li why he had arrived late, and A Li explained that he wanted to follow Xu Yi after completing his duties.
• Xu Yi spotted five demons approaching, and A Li identified them as his subordinates who had come to summon him back to urgent business.
• A Li rebuked the demons for questioning his human companions and revealed that he had recruited Xu Yi and Qiu Wa as Spirit Stone Hunters.
• A Li explained that his intelligence-gathering skills and water Source Demon nature had earned him the loyalty of the powerful demons under his command.
• Xu Yi agreed to help A Li suppress the Sihui rebels, and A Li had a Black-eyed Eel subordinate carry them through the water.

Xu Yi accompanied A Li’s Northwest Pacification army to Fa Tian World, where it attacked the Sihui rebels on Twin Dragon Island. After the rebels revealed an ambush and began massacring the army’s rear force, A Li used a rare Array Breaking Divine Treasure to stop their formations.

• Qiu Wa entered the mustard-seed space, and Xu Yi rode with A Li on the Black-eyed Eel to Fa Tian World, where A Li’s troops gathered.
• Old Hu reported that the Sihui rebels had retreated to Twin Dragon Island, and A Li ordered the army to attack openly.
• The Northwest Pacification army bombarded Twin Dragon Island until its defensive barrier broke, then sent half its Great Demons to sweep the island.
• Xu Yi sensed that the island was suspiciously quiet and warned A Li to form up, but a Spirit Sacrifice Blood Array attacked the army as the rebels ambushed its rear force.
• A Li sacrificed demon essence to activate the Array Breaking Divine Treasure, which dispelled the Five-Pointed Stars and halted the rebels’ formations.

Jiang Li and Long Jianji’s forces faced off as reinforcements arrived, and Long Jianji revealed his near-sixth-rank strength while demanding the East Sea throne. Feng Jiu defended Long Qi’s legitimate succession, prompting Long Jianji to attack him.

• Jiang Li and the East Sea loyalists traded accusations over Long Qi’s rule while Xu Yi learned that Long Jingxiu was the current ruler.
• Reinforcements arrived for both sides, but Feng Jiu was hurled onto the battlefield with grave wounds.
• Long Jianji appeared and scattered the demons trying to rescue Feng Jiu with a powerful strike.
• Long Jianji revealed that he had refined the Origin Palace and was close to reaching the sixth rank, then claimed the East Sea throne by bloodline and strength.
• Feng Jiu argued that Long Qi’s succession had the support of nearly all the East Sea’s territories and prefectures.
• Long Jianji rejected Feng Jiu’s defense and declared that he would kill him first.

Xu Yi revealed himself to the East Sea demons and stopped Long Jianji from killing Feng Jiu, then challenged Long Jianji’s claim to the throne. He overwhelmed Long Jianji and the rebel demons, leaving the confrontation with his enemies scattered and wounded.

• Long Jianji attacked Feng Jiu with a flickering orb, but Xu Yi intervened and swept Feng Jiu out of its path.
• Long Jianji recognized Xu Yi as Love Seeker and denounced him as a human spy, while the East Sea chancellor defended Xu Yi as a friend of the ruler.
• Xu Yi mocked Long Jianji, who summoned a colossal palm of light to kill him after the old oath no longer bound him.
• Xu Yi countered with the Destroying Hand Seal, shocking Long Jianji, who blamed Long Qi for revealing the Long family technique.
• Xu Yi struck Long Jianji with a giant sword of sword qi, then swept Jiang Li and the other rebel great demons aside with another attack.

Xu Yi defeated Long Jianji with the Hun Tian Sword and destroyed Jiang Li and the other rebel Great Demons. After collecting their demon cores and mustard seeds, he left with A Li and Feng Jiu, and the remaining demons surrendered as the upheaval in the East Sea Demon Domain ended.

• Long Jianji used his demon core to break Xu Yi’s attacks, but Xu Yi’s black banner suppressed the core and forced Long Jianji to flee.
• Xu Yi’s Hun Tian Sword Formation slowed Long Jianji, and Sword Qi encircled him and reduced his body to scraps before Xu Yi claimed his demon core and mustard seed.
• Old Hu and Feng Jiu watched Xu Yi’s victory and reacted to how powerful he had become.
• Xu Yi used the Hun Tian Sword Formation to immobilize Jiang Li and the other rebels and then erased them with converging Sword Qi.
• Xu Yi collected the spoils, gathered A Li and Feng Jiu, and departed as the remaining demons surrendered and the East Sea Demon Domain’s upheaval ended.

Xu Yi reunited with Long Jingxiu after twenty years and learned how his past actions helped her claim the East Sea throne. Though their old feelings had faded, Long Jingxiu reaffirmed her gratitude with a Heart Oath before Xu Yi left.

• Xu Yi welcomed Long Jingxiu to Qiongxian Pavilion and remarked on how much they had both changed.
• Long Jingxiu explained that Xu Yi’s rescue and his words had helped her win the support needed to become ruler of the East Sea.
• Xu Yi realized Long Jingxiu’s passion for him had faded, though her gratitude remained sincere.
• Xu Yi took his leave after their awkward reunion, and Long Jingxiu swore a Heart Oath to aid him whenever he needed her.

Xu Yi left the Pure World with Qiu Wa and A Li, accepted an Array Breaking Divine Treasure from Feng Jiu, and persuaded the newly appointed Chancellor Huang to carry them to shore. He then brought the two companions to the Donghua Immortal Sect’s hidden entrance, settled them, and slipped inside in secret.

• Feng Jiu gave Xu Yi an Array Breaking Divine Treasure on Chancellor Huang’s behalf, and Xu Yi teased Feng Jiu into carrying them to the eastern shore.
• Feng Jiu flew Xu Yi, Qiu Wa, and A Li to the coast, where Xu Yi asked him to search for Old Fierce Rhinoceros.
• Xu Yi concealed A Li’s demonic aura and odor before traveling with the two little ones toward Holy Radiance City.
• At a forest near the Donghua Immortal Sect’s spatial rift, Qiu Wa became a ring on Xu Yi’s left hand while A Li entered his mustard seed space to read.
• Xu Yi activated the Starry Sky Breath Locking Technique, used his boundary token, and entered the Donghua Immortal Sect in secret.

Xu Yi reunited with Elder Bai after twenty years and learned that Yan Zi was safe under Sect Leader Zhu’s care. He discovered that his cave abode had been destroyed and suspected his enemies had turned it into a pasture, but Elder Bai withheld what he knew.

• Xu Yi revealed his identity to Elder Bai with a jar of wine, and the two reunited on Plum Mountain.
• Xu Yi solved Elder Bai’s multiplication problem, impressing him with his mathematical skill.
• Xu Yi asked about his destroyed cave abode and Yan Zi, and Elder Bai said Sect Leader Zhu had valued and personally taught her.
• Xu Yi concluded that his enemies had razed his cave abode and turned it into a pasture, while Elder Bai silently avoided answering.

Xu Yi learned that Sect Leader Zhu remained incapacitated after the battle twenty years ago, leaving the Donghua Immortal Sect vulnerable amid a contentious Ancestral Sacrifice attended by the Holy Clan and the Taiqing Upper Sect. When Elder Bai urged Xu Yi to leave, Old Tu appeared and recognized him, but Xu Yi captured and subdued him.

• Elder Bai told Xu Yi that Sect Leader Zhu had been gravely wounded and had secluded himself for twenty years, weakening his authority in the Donghua Immortal Sect.
• Elder Bai warned Xu Yi that the Ancestral Sacrifice was underway and that the Holy Clan and the Taiqing Upper Sect had sent visitors.
• Xu Yi questioned why outsiders were attending the ceremony, while Elder Bai explained that the Zhu, Miao, Hong, and Meng families were the sect's founding bloodlines.
• Old Tu arrived and recognized Xu Yi, then tried to flee.
• Xu Yi knocked Old Tu into the Boundary Barrier Pearl's domain and threatened his dantian until Old Tu begged for mercy.

Xu Yi learned that Immortal Lord He had returned stronger and was targeting Elder Bai and others connected to him. After Tu Ling revealed Immortal Lord He's abuses, Xu Yi crippled him and refused to leave Elder Bai behind.

• Xu Yi recognized Tu Ling and forced him to explain why he had come to see Elder Bai.
• Tu Ling revealed that Immortal Lord He had returned from the Purple Domain as a Three-Star Divine Venerable and had stripped Elder Bai of his position.
• Tu Ling said Immortal Lord He had targeted Elder Bai because of Xu Yi and had destroyed Xu Yi's old cave abode and tortured Liu Zhenlin.
• Xu Yi destroyed Tu Ling's dantian after Tu Ling begged to be spared.
• Xu Yi told Elder Bai he would not leave while Immortal Lord He remained a threat, and Elder Bai stopped trying to persuade him.

Xu Yi accompanied Elder Bai to the Heavenly Dome Hall, where Donghua’s leading elders gathered to discuss the sect’s future. He discovered Sect Leader Zhu was absent as Elder Miao and Immortal Lord He began arguing that Donghua needed sweeping change.

• Elder Bai agreed to take Xu Yi to the Heavenly Dome Hall, and Xu Yi buried Tu Ling and the Boundary Barrier Pearl before disguising himself as an attendant boy.
• Xu Yi accompanied Elder Bai into the Heavenly Dome Hall and saw that Sect Leader Zhu was absent from the gathering of Donghua’s elite.
• Elder Hong presided as Acting Sect Leader and questioned Elder Miao and Immortal Lord He about why they had called the meeting.
• Elder Miao argued that Donghua was falling behind other factions and lacked enough powerful True Core cultivators, challenging Elder Hong’s claim that the sect was thriving.

Elder Miao challenged Elder Hong by proposing that the Donghua Immortal Sect elect a new Sect Leader, claiming the sect needed stronger leadership to face the changing times. The elders split into factions, and Elder Hong struggled to defend Sect Leader Zhu’s authority as he suspected Elder Miao knew of Zhu’s failing condition.

• Elder Miao argued that the sect needed to pool its strength to produce a True Core Late Stage cultivator, then proposed electing a new Sect Leader.
• Elder Meng and Elder Xu supported Elder Miao, while other elders defended Elder Hong and the traditional succession, splitting the hall into factions.
• Elder Hong stopped the argument and asked how Elder Miao’s proposal regarded Sect Leader Zhu.
• Elder Miao claimed Zhu would support the proposal and accused Elder Hong of putting selfish interests ahead of the sect.
• Elder Hong recalled that Zhu had given him the Sect Leader Token and intended to make his succession official, while suspecting Elder Miao knew Zhu was near death.

Elder Hong agreed to an election for Acting Sect Leader after most elders called for a change, while insisting Sect Leader Zhu’s position required his approval. Elder Bai then proposed safeguards against favoritism and outside interference, winning the hall’s approval and complicating Elder Miao’s plan.

• Elder Hong called for a show of hands, and eight of the thirteen core elders and nearly half the Elder Council supported choosing a new Sect Leader.
• Elder Hong proposed electing an Acting Sect Leader instead, and Elder Miao agreed because he expected Sect Leader Zhu to die soon.
• Elder Bai stood to speak, and Elder Xu and Immortal Lord He challenged him while Elder Miao encouraged him to continue.
• Elder Bai demanded a fair process for choosing disciples to attempt the True Core Late Stage breakthrough, preventing the Acting Sect Leader from using the opportunity to buy support.
• Elder Bai also called for the Acting Sect Leader to avoid outside contacts and agreements without Sect Leader Zhu’s approval, and the hall cheered his conditions.

Xu Yi exposed Elder Miao’s secret promises to win support for the Acting Sect Leader position, and Elder Bai and Elder Hong challenged whether Miao could actually fulfill them. The hall’s enthusiasm for Miao’s offer collapsed, leaving his bid for power in trouble.

• Xu Yi’s mental transmission prompted Elder Bai to warn the hall that someone might be promising benefits in exchange for support, and opponents of Elder Miao rallied behind Elder Hong.
• Immortal Lord He publicly revealed that Elder Miao had promised resources to core elders and access to the Golden Purple Domain to non-core elders, and Elder Miao confirmed the offer.
• Elder Hong condemned the proposal as divisive, but Elder Bai appeared to support Miao before questioning how he could provide the promised benefits when the sect’s resources were limited.
• Elder Hong and his supporters challenged Miao to explain why he could fulfill his promises and why he would not use his resources to advance his own cultivation, turning the crowd against the offer.

Elder Bai accused Elder Miao of secretly relying on the Sacred Clan and Taiqing Upper Sect to influence the Donghua Immortal Sect’s Acting Sect Leader selection. The four outsiders arrived in Heavenly Dome Hall, and Elder Hong rallied the sect’s elders against them.

• Immortal Lord He threatened Elder Bai, but Elder Hong invoked Elder Miao’s promise to let Bai speak.
• Elder Bai accused Elder Miao of making private agreements with the Sacred Clan and Taiqing Upper Sect, and the hall turned against Miao.
• Immortal Lord He suspected Xu Yi had guided Elder Bai’s arguments.
• Kong Zhang, Elder Xia, Long Danqing, and the Taiqing Upper Sect’s Young Sect Master entered Heavenly Dome Hall.
• Elder Hong condemned the outsiders’ intrusion, rallied the Donghua Immortal Sect’s elders, and Elder Miao reproached Kong Zhang for arriving uninvited.

The Donghua Immortal Sect debated leasing Passage Number Three and two spirit lands to outside factions in exchange for resources. Elder Miao’s proposal won broad support, leaving Elder Hong to warn that the deal would sacrifice Donghua’s future.

• Kong Zhang reminded Elder Hong that the Sacred Clan and Taiqing Upper Sect had helped Donghua defend Passage Number Three, then urged the sect to address its inability to protect the passage.
• Elder Bai exposed Elder Miao’s plan to lease Passage Number Three, and Xu Yi’s earlier warning made him realize that exposing the scheme would not stop the tide of self-interest.
• Elder Xu and Elder Meng supported leasing the passage to gain resources for cultivation, and most of the gathered disciples backed the proposal.
• Elder Miao announced plans to lease Passage Number Three to the Sacred Clan for fifty years and the Water Spirit Land and Fire Spirit Land to the Taiqing Upper Sect for twenty years.
• Elder Hong condemned the terms, warning that Donghua would lose its future talents, cultivation resources, and standing among the Eight Great Immortal Sects.

Sect Leader Zhu confronted Ancestor Miao over his scheme to seize Donghua and obtain help refining a treasure gourd. He activated the Xiangtian Absolute Array, but the sixteenth mirror failed and the entire array shattered.

• Elder Hong yielded the Acting Sect Leader position to Elder Miao, but summoned Sect Leader Zhu to settle the dispute.
• Sect Leader Zhu arrived as a soul clone, asserted his authority, and ordered Elder Hong to see the outsiders out.
• Kong Zhang called for Ancestor Miao, who appeared and revealed that Donghua had failed to refine its treasure gourd while other powers had succeeded.
• Sect Leader Zhu accused Ancestor Miao of scheming for the gourd and using Qingkong to take control of Donghua.
• Sect Leader Zhu activated the Xiangtian Absolute Array, but its sixteenth mirror failed, and all sixteen treasured mirrors shattered.

Xu Yi intervened as Ancestor Miao and his allies seized control of Donghua, killing Xu Guangming and rescuing Sect Leader Zhu’s split soul. He revealed himself as the long-missing Wang Qianqiu, leaving Donghua’s gathered cultivators stunned.

• Sect Leader Zhu identified Zhu Jiong as the one who had betrayed him by using his knowledge of the Xiangtian Absolute Array.
• Elder Xu Guangming imprisoned Sect Leader Zhu, while Immortal Lord He defeated Hong Jiantong and declared that Ancestor Miao would govern Donghua.
• Xu Yi invoked the sect rules against Xu Guangming and crushed him with the Destroying Hand Seal, then freed Sect Leader Zhu’s split soul from its cage.
• Ancestor Miao called Xu Yi an outsider and ordered the cultivators to kill him, but Xu Yi changed his appearance and aura.
• Immortal Lord He recognized Xu Yi as Wang Qianqiu, and the gathered cultivators reacted in shock at the return of the presumed-dead prodigy.