Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi struck a bargain with Auspicious Duck for Yan Zi’s whereabouts, then hurried to the Purple Domain while Qiu Wa and A Li stayed behind. He arrived at Passage Number Three to a respectful welcome from the elders, who praised him for bringing the Saint Clan to support the passage.

• Auspicious Duck offered to reveal Yan Zi’s location in exchange for Xu Yi’s promise to give him a future treasure, and Xu Yi agreed before realizing the scheme had been planned around his future gains.
• Auspicious Duck described an extraordinary opportunity to transcend, then the black pearl shattered and Old Ghost told Xu Yi to follow the first person wearing gold after entering the Purple Domain to find Yan Zi.
• Xu Yi asked Qiu Wa and A Li whether they wanted to go with him; Qiu Wa chose to stay, and A Li stayed to protect her while citing his cultivation questions.
• Xu Yi left talismans for Qiu Wa and A Li, then hurried to the Purple Domain.
• At Passage Number Three, Elder Xi and the other elders welcomed Xu Yi and praised him for bringing the Saint Clan to support the Donghua Immortal Sect.

Xu Yi used an atlas to navigate the purple domain and waited on a small island for the opportunity Auspicious Duck had indicated. Three cultivators in golden robes arrived, and Xu Yi decided to keep them together and follow them while he searched for Yan Zi.

• Xu Yi located himself with the colored fissures in the sky, studied the atlas, and flew west to a small island where he rested for three days and two nights.
• Three men wearing golden robes arrived, and Xu Yi told them he would accompany them as their bodyguard and ordered them not to split up.
• The Three Streams Guests formed a defensive formation, but Xu Yi struck them down with a palm of light and seized them with a second spell.
• Xu Yi ordered the long-browed elder to silence the big-nosed young man, then told the three he would follow their plans for the next few days and kill them if they tried anything.

Xu Yi followed the Three Streams Guests to an exchange gathering, hoping to find Yan Zi among the crowd. He found no sign of her and drew the patrol’s attention by calling out to make a private trade, so Master Cao explained the gathering’s rules.

• The square-faced middle-aged man agreed to let Xu Yi accompany the Three Streams Guests, while his companions wondered why Xu Yi kept following them.
• The Three Streams Guests decided to head east for an exchange gathering, and Xu Yi followed because he hoped Yan Zi might be there.
• Xu Yi and the three men reached a large island where more than a hundred people had gathered to trade resources.
• Xu Yi searched the crowd for Yan Zi but found no one who resembled her, then called out that he wanted to trade a high-grade Spirit Stone for a white Spirit Core.
• The Golden Armored Knight warned Master Cao after Xu Yi’s call attracted the patrol, and Master Cao explained that private trades were forbidden and trades had to go through the auctioneer.

Xu Yi attended an exchange meeting while searching for Yan Zi, then recognized her as she fled two True Core cultivators. He rescued her and reunited with her, but the auction host and Sky Patrol Knights confronted them before they could leave.

• Xu Yi ignored the exchange meeting’s offers as he worried that Yan Zi’s life was in danger.
• The auction brought out a female cultivator slave, drawing fierce bids from the crowd.
• Yan Zi fled toward the island while the Qi Family’s Black Demon Lord and White Demon Lord pursued her.
• Xu Yi stopped the Golden Armored Knight’s attack, contained Yan Zi’s Magnetic Origin Beads, and caught her before she could strike him.
• Xu Yi revealed himself to Yan Zi, who recognized his voice and wept as they reunited.
• The red-browed auction host demanded that Xu Yi and Yan Zi leave, and the Golden Armored Knight advanced with the other knights.

Xu Yi retaliated against the Guanglong Hall crowd and the Black and White Demon Lords for their attack on Yan Zi, displaying terrifying power and refining both Demon Lords' souls. He began questioning a frightened witness about the pair.

• Xu Yi killed the Golden Armored Knight and warned the crowd not to speak before he questioned them.
• Xu Yi killed the red-browed presiding man and the yellow-faced middle-aged man with palms of light.
• The Black and White Demon Lords were revealed to have trapped Yan Zi and pursued her to sell her into slavery.
• Xu Yi beheaded the Black Demon Lord and refined his Primal Soul, then killed the White Demon Lord and refined his soul as well.
• Xu Yi ordered a fat man in blue to explain what he knew about the Black and White Demon Lords, and the man hurriedly began answering.

Xu Yi gathered spirit cores from the auction crowd and set out to confront the Qi Family after learning Yan Zi had been injured escaping their Forbidden Cage. He discovered the cage’s restriction was draining her vitality and preventing her wounds from healing, and his murderous intent rose as he sought a way to save her.

• The blue-robed fat man revealed that the Qi Family was building a passage, and Xu Yi ordered him to lead the way there while promising to avenge Yan Zi.
• Xu Yi killed two cultivators who challenged him, then forced the crowd to surrender their spirit cores and blamed their losses on Guanglong Hall.
• Xu Yi freed the captive female cultivator and ordered three men to escort her out of the Purple Domain.
• Xu Yi left the island with Yan Zi and the blue-robed fat man, then tried to heal Yan Zi with spirit liquid, but it had no effect on her wounds.
• The blue-robed fat man explained that Yan Zi’s injuries came from the Qi Family’s Forbidden Cage, whose restriction had entered her body and was draining her vitality.

Xu Yi learned the Qi Family's location, but Yan Zi's pain and distance left him unsure how to comfort her. He tried to reconnect with her by preparing dishes she had once made for him, and she finally let go of his clothes.

• The blue-robed fat man gave Xu Yi the Qi Family's coordinates, and Xu Yi warned him that a restriction would expose any lie.
• Yan Zi tugged at Xu Yi's clothes to stop him from taking a risk, so he agreed to rest with her at Guanglong Hall.
• Xu Yi and Yan Zi arrived at the island, where the fighting stopped as both sides fled from the Old Devil.
• Yan Zi took the green robe Xu Yi offered and quietly traced its stitches while he struggled to comfort her.
• Xu Yi brought out his cooking gear and began making four dishes that Yan Zi had often prepared for him in the Great Yue Realm.
• When Xu Yi's attempt to shape dough into Mei'er Fish failed, Yan Zi finally released his clothes.

Yan Zi ate Xu Yi’s meal and fell into a deep sleep, so Xu Yi carried her away and headed for the Qi Family, furious at the scars on her face. At the Qi Family, Qi Huai gathered allies and received Guanglong Hall’s leaders and the Three Dragon Guests, who had come to confront Xu Yi.

• Yan Zi ate the food Xu Yi prepared, then clutched his clothes and slept for three days and four nights without waking.
• Xu Yi carried Yan Zi away from Guanglong Hall and set out for the Qi Family, enraged by her scars.
• Qi Huai welcomed regional heroes who had gathered at the Qi Family to support it and await Xu Yi.
• Hall Master Meng arrived with Hall Masters Zhao and Xiong and nearly twenty True Core Early Stage cultivators, promising Guanglong Hall would handle Xu Yi.
• The Three Dragon Guests—Xun Kuang, Hong Ye, and Xu Ding—arrived and said they had come to meet Xu Yi.

Xu Yi arrived at the Qi Family gathering with the silent Yan Zi and swiftly overwhelmed Guanglong Hall’s fighters. As Hall Master Meng fled, the Three Dragon Guests intervened, leaving Xu Yi facing the famed trio.

• Xun Kuang arrived at the island, and Qi Huai explained that the Qi Family’s leaders were meeting two True Core Late Stage guests.
• Xu Yi appeared with Yan Zi, took Qi Huai’s wine, and challenged him as the crowd and Guanglong Hall members threatened him.
• Xu Yi noticed Yan Zi could not speak and reassured her as she tried to pull him away.
• Xu Yi shattered Guanglong Hall’s formation, snapped its five Divine Treasures, and killed Hall Master Zhao and the other fighters.
• Hall Master Meng fled for help, and the Three Dragon Guests blocked his path in midair.

Xu Yi killed Hall Master Meng and punished those who had threatened him, while Yan Zi persuaded him to spare the kneeling crowd. He demanded that the Three Dragon Guests kill Qi Family members to prove their submission, but Hong Ye and Xu Ding chose to challenge him instead.

• Xu Yi's radiant palm struck Hall Master Meng, whose Primal Soul he captured and subjected to soul refining.
• Xu Yi killed a dark-faced man who urged everyone to attack, then captured the fleeing cultivators' Primal Souls; he stopped refining them when Yan Zi showed distress.
• Yan Zi asked Xu Yi to spare the kneeling crowd, and he agreed while warning everyone not to break his rules again.
• Xu Yi told the Three Dragon Guests to kill three Qi Family members each if they wanted to live.
• Xun Kuang offered the Three Dragon Guests' submission, but Hong Ye broke free and insisted they fight Xu Yi, and Xu Ding agreed.

Xu Yi spared the Three Dragon Guests after Yan Zi confirmed Xu Ding had helped her, then learned that Desolate Ancestor had poisoned her with Bone-Eroding Evil. When Xu Yi attacked Qi Huai, a fully grown Flood Dragon Elephant emerged and stunned the crowd.

• Xun Kuang, Hong Ye, and Xu Ding unleashed Collapse Star River, but Xu Yi caught and absorbed its attack before returning a stronger orb toward Xun Kuang.
• Xu Ding revealed that he had once helped Yan Zi, and Yan Zi confirmed it, prompting Xu Yi to spare the three men and promise Xu Ding a favor.
• Xu Ding explained that Desolate Ancestor had poisoned Yan Zi and the others with Bone-Eroding Evil, and Xu Yi demanded to know where Desolate Ancestor was.
• Xu Yi sent Sword Qi toward Qi Huai, but a burst of light from Qi Huai's chest shattered it and opened a black hole.
• A fully grown Flood Dragon Elephant emerged from the black hole, and the crowd cried out in alarm.

Xu Yi defeated the Qi Family’s Flood Dragon Elephant and forced Qi Huai to cure Yan Zi’s poison, restoring her face. He then killed Qi Huai and began refining his Primal Soul, leaving his revenge against the Qi Family unresolved.

• Qi Huai summoned the Flood Dragon Elephant and threatened Xu Yi, while Xun Kuang warned Xu Yi of the demon’s strength.
• Yan Zi tried to flee to protect Xu Yi, but Xu Yi drew her back into his arms and faced the Flood Dragon Elephant.
• Xu Yi destroyed the Flood Dragon Elephant with Sword Qi and reduced it to a skeleton, stunning the Qi Family and the Three Dragon Guests.
• Xu Yi seized Qi Huai and forced him to provide Seven-Petal Blood Lotuses, which cured Yan Zi’s poison and restored her face.
• Qi Huai offered compensation and friendship, but Xu Yi crushed his neck, pulled out his Primal Soul, and began refining it.

Xu Yi annihilated the Qi Family’s forces and waited for their leaders and allies to return. When Qi Jingfeng, Qi Miao, and two other powerful cultivators arrived, they faced Xu Yi as he prepared for battle.

• Xu Yi slaughtered the Qi Family’s disciples, extracting their souls while Yan Zi failed to persuade him to stop.
• Xu Yi invited the Three Dragon Guests to accompany him to Desolate Ancestor, then revealed he intended to wait for the Qi Family’s returning elders.
• Xun Kuang warned Xu Yi that two outsiders were also coming to support the Qi Family, leaving him to face four True Core Late Stage opponents.
• Xu Yi offered the surviving cultivators permission to flee, but four arrivals caught them in nets of light and refined them into smoke.
• Qi Jingfeng and Qi Miao arrived with two powerful allies, and Qi Jingfeng challenged Xu Yi while Xu Yi told Yan Zi to hide in his mustard-seed space.

Xu Yi fought the Desolate Ancestor and overwhelmed him with relentless punches, despite attacks from the Desolate Ancestor’s Balan worms. Qi Jingfeng, Qi Miao, and the white-clothed youth joined the battle and trapped Xu Yi in a formation, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Xu Yi recognized the Desolate Ancestor and charged at him to avenge Xiao Yan.
• The Desolate Ancestor transformed into Balan worms, but Xu Yi’s body resisted them and he pummeled the Desolate Ancestor with more than a hundred punches.
• Qi Jingfeng, Qi Miao, and the white-clothed youth attacked Xu Yi together, but he continued beating the Desolate Ancestor.
• The Desolate Ancestor cried for help as Xu Yi’s punches left him badly injured and terrified.
• Qi Jingfeng, Qi Miao, and the white-clothed youth summoned green sprouts and sealed Xu Yi inside a formation that weighed down his body.

Xu Yi trapped four True Core Late Stage experts in their own Spirit Sprout field and revealed himself as Wang Qianqiu while unleashing a sword formation. The four experts were pinned in place as the formation’s power grew beyond what they could withstand.

• Desolate Ancestor demanded Xu Yi’s body, while Qi Jingfeng and Su argued over who would get his Primal Soul.
• Qi Jingfeng, Qi Miao, Desolate Ancestor, and Su joined their Spirit Sprouts to restrain Xu Yi as Xun Kuang, Xu Ding, and Hong Ye watched anxiously.
• Xu Yi told the Three Dragon Guests to retreat, then unleashed a giant sword that began unraveling the Spirit Sprout field.
• The four experts tried to withdraw their Spirit Sprouts, but Xu Yi’s sword formation trapped them, and Qi Jingfeng recognized him as Wang Qianqiu.
• Desolate Ancestor offered to turn against the Qi brothers, while Qi Jingfeng secretly planned to escape; Xu Yi heard their messages and kept powering up the formation.

Xu Yi defeated the four powerful cultivators without killing them and revealed that his vengeance was tied to Yan Zi and the Bone-Eroding Evil. The Desolate Ancestor removed the evil from Yan Zi, repeatedly pleading for forgiveness as the others realized why Xu Yi had attacked.

• Xu Yi’s immense sword formation overwhelmed the white-clothed youth, the Desolate Ancestor, and the Qi brothers, who each begged him to spare their lives.
• Xu Yi sent four droplet-shaped beads into his subdued opponents, then unleashed a blast that sent them flying and shook the Three Dragon Guests as they arrived.
• Xu Yi thanked the Three Dragon Guests for coming to his aid, while the Desolate Ancestor praised them to curry favor.
• Xu Yi brought Yan Zi to his side, and the Desolate Ancestor recognized the connection between her and his Bone-Eroding Evil.
• Xu Yi demanded that the Desolate Ancestor remove the Bone-Eroding Evil from Yan Zi, and the Desolate Ancestor complied while pleading that the matter had been a misunderstanding.

Xu Yi subdued Qi Jingfeng, Qi Miao, Desolate Ancestor, and Old Demon Su with Origin Seal Beads and tormented them while deciding to spare them. He offered Desolate Ancestor a role helping his younger sister, conditional on swearing a Heart Oath.

• Xu Yi inflicted unbearable pain on Qi Jingfeng, Qi Miao, Desolate Ancestor, and Old Demon Su using the Origin Seal Beads he had planted in them.
• Xu Yi told the four that he would keep them alive and punish them later, while allowing them to kill themselves if they could not endure it.
• Xu Yi exposed the four’s fleeting thoughts of seizing him, and Desolate Ancestor denied that he would betray Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi offered Desolate Ancestor a job helping his younger sister and required him to swear a Heart Oath.
• Xu Yi explained that A Li had refined the Origin Seal Beads from the Water Source Mark, allowing them to control anyone who contained water.

Xu Yi forced four powerful fiends to swear oaths and serve under Yan Zi, while explaining that he had been trapped for twenty years. The chapter left the four under Yan Zi’s command, tasked with helping her cultivate.

• Xu Yi demanded that Desolate Ancestor, Old Demon Su, and the Qi brothers protect Yan Zi, then tormented them when they hesitated.
• Xu Yi told Yan Zi that he had been trapped in a secret place for twenty years and urged her to grow stronger in the cruel world.
• Yan Zi realized Xu Yi had suffered during his absence and felt guilty for resenting him, while Xu Yi misunderstood her reaction.
• Xu Yi ended the torment and ordered the four fiends to stand; the Qi brothers then swore their Heart Oaths.
• Xu Yi declared that Yan Zi would lead the four, warned them to remain useful, and ordered them to help her cultivate.

Xu Yi invited the Three Dragon Guests to Donghua, revealed his identity as Qianqiu, and explained the technique he had used against them. Desolate Ancestor reported a powerful disturbance in space and time to the west, leaving Xu Yi with a new place to investigate.

• Xu Yi told Yan Zi to use the Origin Seal Bead’s techniques on the four great fiends every few days and adjust the frequency based on their behavior.
• Xu Yi revealed to the stunned Three Dragon Guests that he was the Donghua King, Qianqiu, and invited them to Donghua.
• Xun Kuang asked Xu Yi about the technique that had returned their attacks, and Xu Yi explained Stars Shift and Heavens Turn before giving him a jade token containing its method.
• Desolate Ancestor tried to report privately to Xu Yi, but Xu Yi exposed his attempt to curry favor in front of the Qi brothers and Old Demon Su.
• Desolate Ancestor told Xu Yi about intense spatial and temporal turbulence thirty thousand li to the west, which the group had left unexplored.

Xu Yi sent Yan Zi and the others toward Donghua while he stayed behind to recover and investigate a nearby space-time disturbance. Yan Zi accepted his advice to pursue her own cultivation, and Desolate Ancestor took charge of the other captives as they escorted her.

• Desolate Ancestor revealed the space-time turbulence site to Xu Yi, then gained a role as foreman and one fewer monthly punishment for himself and the other puppet soldiers.
• Xu Yi realized the disturbance was close to the stele coordinates Ling Ao Shangren had given him and decided to investigate it alone.
• Xu Yi told Yan Zi to lead the others to Donghua, urged her to follow her own path, and taught her the incantation for controlling the Origin Seal Bead.
• Yan Zi led the Qi brothers, Old Demon Su, Desolate Ancestor, and the Three Dragon Guests toward the Donghua Immortal Sect while Xu Yi stayed behind to recover.
• Desolate Ancestor ordered the Qi brothers and Old Demon Su to form a spell array to speed Yan Zi's journey, then warned them that Xu Yi might hear of any disobedience.