Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi and the Green Demon King exposed Azure Pine Master’s plot and defeated him with the Soul-Summoning Banner. Xu Yi restrained Azure Pine Master’s soul and began whipping it as the crowd demanded his death.

• The Green Demon King accused Xu Yi of hiding the Starry Sky Token, and Azure Pine Master demanded to search Xu Yi’s storage treasure.
• Xu Yi pretended to resist Azure Pine Master, giving the Green Demon King an opening to ambush and destroy Azure Pine Master’s spirit-core body.
• Azure Pine Master’s remnant soul killed more than ten attackers, but Xu Yi used the Soul-Summoning Banner to capture and restrain it.
• The Green Demon King asked Xu Yi to spare Azure Pine Master, while the other cultivators urged Xu Yi to kill him.
• Azure Pine Master raged and threatened Xu Yi, but Xu Yi’s black whip lashed his remnant soul apart.

Xu Yi subdued Azure Pine Master and let the Green Demon King reveal that they had met eight hundred years earlier, when the master had destroyed his former body. The revelation exposed the origins of the war between the Demon Race and the Green Demons, and the West Sea Demon King recognized the Green Demon King as King Tianshui.

• Xu Yi dismissed Azure Pine Master's pleas and reminded him that he had already asked every question he needed answered.
• Azure Pine Master resigned himself to Xu Yi's control and realized the Green Demon King was an old acquaintance.
• The Green Demon King revealed that Azure Pine Master had blasted him apart eight hundred years earlier, when he was known as Zhu Tiange.
• Azure Pine Master recognized Zhu Tiange and speculated that a rare treasure had enabled him to survive and become the Green Demon King.
• The Four Seas Demon Race leaders connected Zhu Tiange to the war's origins, and the West Sea Demon King bowed to him as King Tianshui.

Xu Yi kept Azure Pine Master alive and learned how to refine the Starry Sky Token, while the others worried about the dangers he posed. After refining it, Xu Yi asked Azure Pine Master to explain his Exotic Soul, but Azure Pine Master urged him to focus on using the token.

• The Holy Lord urged Xu Yi not to kill Azure Pine Master yet, and rebuked the Third Holy Son for speaking out of jealousy and fear.
• Xu Yi reassured the gathered cultivators that he could handle Azure Pine Master, then asked him about the other worlds and the Starry Sky Token.
• Xu Yi entered a mustard seed with Azure Pine Master, where Azure Pine Master asked for a quick death and explained how to refine the Starry Sky Token.
• Xu Yi carefully refined the Starry Sky Token with a wisp of his soul and a drop of blood, establishing a connection to it.
• Xu Yi asked Azure Pine Master to explain his Exotic Soul, and Azure Pine Master said Xu Yi would learn more after entering the Four Continents.

Xu Yi and Azure Pine Master reached the Star Shuttle’s main cabin as it crossed into the realm of the Four Continents, causing spatial treasures to burst and their contents to spill out. Xu Yi stopped the crowded passengers from fighting over the scattered resources, and the Star Shuttle crash-landed with its gates opening onto a sunlit world.

• Xu Yi memorized Azure Pine Master’s method for controlling the Star Shuttle and asked him about the passage of time between worlds.
• The Star Shuttle coalesced, revealed a star-filled expanse, and approached the boundary of space and time.
• Azure Pine Master warned Xu Yi that spatial treasures could burst when they crossed into the Four Continents, but Xu Yi vanished into the crossing before he could finish warning everyone.
• The passengers and their spatial treasures spilled into a cramped space, and Xu Yi threatened to release Azure Pine Master unless everyone stopped fighting over the scattered resources.
• The sect leaders and demon kings brought their groups under control, and the Star Shuttle crashed to the ground as its gates opened onto a sunny landscape.

Xu Yi and the others left the damaged Star Shuttle and entered the Immortal Destiny Realm, where cultivators from four worlds were gathered for a trial. He reached the Immortal Destiny Hall’s exchange system and began investigating why its values differed from those in his former world.

• Xu Yi ordered the Four Seas Demon Race, the Green Demons, and the human race to leave the Star Shuttle in groups, then sent Yan Zi, A Li, and Qiu Wa ahead.
• Yan Zi called out that they were in a trial ground, so Xu Yi left the Star Shuttle and used the Starry Sky Token to take in the damaged vessel.
• Xu Yi found cultivators from three other worlds standing still, then learned through words appearing in his mind that they were in the Immortal Destiny Realm.
• Xu Yi and the other Immortal Destiny Users rushed to the Immortal Destiny Hall, where Xu Yi was transported to a chamber containing a Blue Crystal Stone exchange system.
• Xu Yi appraised his treasures and found that Origin Pearls and certain Precious Medicines had exchange value, while Spirit Stones and many other resources did not.
• Azure Pine Master urged Xu Yi to examine how the Four Continents World’s spiritual energy differed from that of the Northern Sacred Court World.

Xu Yi learned that the Four Continents' abundant spiritual energy and rules explained why cultivation worked differently from his home world, then chose a storage bracelet and a Soul Locking Bottle from the exchange list. When he tried to move Azure Pine Master into the bottle, the soul broke free and entered Xu Yi's spiritual platform.

• Xu Yi learned from Azure Pine Master that Core Pills served as currency and that absorbing spiritual energy would replace his Soul Embryo essence and let him advance through this world's cultivation stages.
• Xu Yi absorbed enough spiritual energy to replace all the essence in his Qi Sea, then discovered that he could no longer release his divine sense.
• Xu Yi rejected the costly Starry Sky Ring and exchanged Precious Medicine for several storage bracelets, using them to store his treasures.
• Xu Yi tested a talisman and watched it dissolve into green smoke without drawing on the world's spiritual energy.
• Xu Yi exchanged for a Soul Locking Bottle and loosened the Soul-Summoning Banner's restrictions, but Azure Pine Master's soul burst free and entered Xu Yi's spiritual platform.

Xu Yi escaped Azure Pine Master’s possession and reached the Immortal Destiny Realm, where he learned the rules governing its trial and the Four Continents. Elder Bai then said farewell, leaving Xu Yi to face the likelihood that the uncultivated elder would not survive the trial.

• Azure Pine Master entered Xu Yi’s spiritual platform, discovered Xu Yi had a Flame Soul, and tried to possess him.
• Xu Yi summoned the Chiwu Worm, which swallowed Azure Pine Master’s soul, while Xu Yi punished the worm for indulging in the meal.
• Xu Yi put away the Soul-Summoning Banner and arrived in an open area where Yan Zi, Qiu Wa, A Li, and others were waiting.
• Xu Yi learned that entrants could leave through the black door or accept a trial through the white door, and that the Heavenly Dao Rules would seal the cultivation of those who failed to meet their requirements.
• Xu Yi learned that surviving the trial could earn spiritual liquid and an Ascension Token, which was necessary for joining an Immortal Sect.
• Elder Bai told Xu Yi he had come to say goodbye, and Xu Yi realized the uncultivated elder was unlikely to obtain an Ascension Token or survive the trial.

Xu Yi watched his companions choose between entering the trial realm and becoming servants in immortal sects, while saying farewell to those departing. Yinqiu and Qin Qing came to wish him well and chose to enter the trial, with Yinqiu finally believing Xu Yi loved the woman in his ice coffin.

• Elder Bai entered the black hall after telling Xu Yi he had come prepared to die in another world.
• Donghua disciples and Hong Jiantong's group said farewell to Xu Yi before entering the trial realm early.
• The Four Old Demons and Three Dragon Guests chose to fight in the trial, and Xu Yi removed the Four Old Demons' restrictions before they left.
• Yinqiu and Qin Qing came to wish Xu Yi well, and Yinqiu appeared relieved after seeing Xue Zihan in the ice coffin.
• Xu Yi asked whether Yinqiu and Qin Qing planned to explore the trial realm, knowing they had chosen to risk the fight rather than become servants.

Xu Yi prepared his companions for the Immortal Destiny trial realm, distributing treasures and arranging a way to find one another after they were teleported apart. He entered the realm and discovered that an invisible barrier blocked his path.

• Xu Yi recorded a message about Azure Pine Master on Shadow-Sound Pearls and gave them to Qin Qing, Yin Qiu, Yan Zi, Qiu Wa, and A Li.
• Xu Yi gave Yin Qiu protective treasures and shared emerald gourds with several companions, while Qiu Wa revealed she drank the contents as tonics.
• Xu Yi introduced Yan Zi and Yin Qiu as his younger sisters, then gave Yan Zi a Soul-Summoning Banner to help protect her in the trial realm.
• Xu Yi promised Qiu Wa a three-day outing if she evaded A Li's tracking, and the group entered the white palace doors before being teleported apart.
• Xu Yi found himself in a grassy field, sensed A Li and exchanged their directions, then struck an invisible barrier while traveling west.

Xu Yi raced through the trial realm to reunite with A Li and rescue Yan Zi, learning that Immortal Destiny Hunters were preying on the trial-takers. He found Yan Zi safe after a red-robed Three-Eyes man saved her from a hunter.

• Xu Yi memorized the trial realm’s map and flew toward A Li after the trial began.
• Xu Yi met A Li at Black Sand River, and they hurried southwest to find Yan Zi.
• An Immortal Destiny Hunter confronted Xu Yi, but Xu Yi’s repeated Sword Qi attacks drove him off.
• Xu Yi and A Li reached the forest and found Yan Zi safe with the red-robed Three-Eyes man.
• Yan Zi told Xu Yi that a hunter had stolen her Soul-Summoning Banner and tried to molest her before the Three-Eyes man intervened.

Xu Yi reunited with Qiu Wa and raced to rescue Yinqiu and Qin Qing from four hunters. After killing one hunter and sending the cultivators toward the river, he drew the other three hunters away, but they quickly began to catch up with him.

• Three-Eyes gave Xu Yi the dead hunter's Soul-Summoning Banner, declined to travel with him, and left alone.
• Xu Yi found Qiu Wa, who scolded A Li, then continued with Yan Zi and A Li toward Yinqiu.
• Xu Yi discovered four hunters attacking a group that included Yinqiu and Qin Qing, and sent Yan Zi and Qiu Wa underwater with A Li.
• Xu Yi charged the hunters, killed the scar-faced hunter with his beast horn, and absorbed the man's remnant soul into the Soul-Summoning Banner.
• Xu Yi told the group to flee and directed Qin Qing and Yinqiu toward the river, then left to draw the three remaining hunters after him.
• The Long-faced Hunter, the Red-faced Hunter, and the Long-bearded Hunter pursued Xu Yi and began to outpace him.

Xu Yi and his companions turned the tables on three Immortal Destiny Hunters after A Li ambushed them underwater with the Primordial Sword Tooth. Xu Yi spared the hunters and questioned them about the world outside the trial ground, learning that it was Wufeng Country.

• Xu Yi plunged into the river to escape the three hunters, but the Long-faced Hunter used the Water Machine to track him underwater.
• A Li struck the hunters underwater with the Primordial Sword Tooth, wounded all three, and took the Water Machine as Xu Yi and the others drove them ashore.
• Xu Yi stopped the hunters’ torment, searched their storage rings, and found only two Origin Pills.
• The three hunters healed their wounds and pleaded for mercy, and the Long-faced Hunter told Xu Yi that the land outside the trial ground was Wufeng Country.

Xu Yi questioned three hunters about the Northern World, its strict Heavenly Dao Rules, and the Ascension Token, then sent them to investigate a pillar of light. A Li controlled the hunters with Water Source Marks, but the Long-bearded Hunter returned with a golden spirit tablet while a giant hunter pursued him.

• Xu Yi demanded the hunters answer his questions and learned that the Heavenly Dao Rules prevented even powerful cultivators from examining another person's spiritual platform.
• The Long-bearded Hunter explained that Wufeng Country was a mortal country in the Northern Kuluzhou World, and that failed sect disciples often became impoverished rogue cultivators unable to leave the country.
• Words about the Ascension Token appeared in Xu Yi's mind, outlining how its holders could enter immortal sects, and a pillar of light appeared three hundred li to the southwest.
• Xu Yi ordered the three hunters to investigate, while A Li used Water Source Marks to control them and punish the Red-faced Hunter when he tried to flee.
• The Long-bearded Hunter returned with a golden spirit tablet and plunged into the water as a giant hunter burst from the woods in pursuit.

Xu Yi used A Li to defeat more Immortal Destiny Hunters and collect another Ascension Token, then decided to stop hunting along the Black Sand River. He gave the two tokens to the Long-faced Hunter and Old Su as he prepared to change his approach.

• Xu Yi defeated the Giant Man, took the Ascension Token from the Long-bearded Hunter, and subdued the hunters who had helped lure prey to him.
• The Long-faced Hunter explained his plan to expand the Unlucky Bastard Corps, and Xu Yi praised his resourcefulness before leading the group onward.
• Xu Yi flew along the river with the token’s halo made conspicuous, eventually attracting a gang of six hunters and a rival group led by Old Su.
• A Li drove the hunters out of the water as giant shrimp, and Xu Yi collected three essence pills and another Ascension Token.
• After deciding he had exhausted the Black Sand River as a hunting ground, Xu Yi gave one Ascension Token to the Long-faced Hunter and the other to Old Su.

Xu Yi used his control over the Unlucky Legion to ambush three Immortal Destiny Hunters, then punished them with A Li’s spell and seized their tokens. He offered the six Immortal Destiny Users their freedom in exchange for their Ascension Tokens.

• Xu Yi led the Unlucky Legion east and found three hunters fighting six Immortal Destiny Users over Ascension Tokens.
• Long-faced Hunter pretended to welcome the new arrivals, and the Unlucky Legion suddenly attacked and subdued the three hunters.
• Xu Yi had A Li cast his painful spell on the captives while everyone else covered their ears and shut their eyes.
• Long-faced Hunter collected the captives’ storage rings and two Ascension Tokens, which Xu Yi accepted.
• Xu Yi told the six Immortal Destiny Users they could leave if they handed over their Ascension Tokens.

Xu Yi’s group gathered Ascension Tokens and continued through the trial grounds, where they rescued Auspicious Duck from two Nine Dragons Sect disciples. They captured Jing Chun and Old Six, leaving Auspicious Duck free to take revenge.

• Xu Yi learned that an Ascension Token sent its user to a random sect’s mountain gate, then organized his group to search for more tokens while keeping the tokens with the Immortal Destiny Hunters.
• Auspicious Duck, pursued by Jing Chun and Old Six of the Nine Dragons Sect, flew into Xu Yi’s arms and asked him to deal with them.
• Three Hunter groups chased a little girl and boy toward Xu Yi’s party, and Jing Chun’s Demon Testing Disc lit up with golden light.
• Xu Yi ordered an attack; the Hunters overwhelmed Jing Chun and Old Six, and A Li placed a restriction on Jing Chun.
• Auspicious Duck transformed into a boy, thanked A Li, argued with Qiu Wa, and beat the captured Jing Chun and Old Six.

Xu Yi and Auspicious Duck dealt with the trial’s rules for leaving, which forced Xu Yi to send Yan Zi, Yin Qiu, and Qin Qing away with Ascension Tokens. After their departure, Xu Yi cared for the distraught Qiu Wa and prepared to inspect the storage bracelets Long-faced Hunter brought him.

• Xu Yi stopped Auspicious Duck from killing Jing Chun and Old Six, then gave Auspicious Duck an Ascension Token to settle an old debt.
• New rules revealed that the trial’s participants would be sent to different destinations, and Xu Yi gave Yan Zi, Yin Qiu, and Qin Qing Ascension Tokens so they would enter Immortal sects.
• Yan Zi and Yin Qiu exchanged tearful promises with Xu Yi, while Qiu Wa begged him to prevent their separation.
• Yan Zi, Yin Qiu, Qin Qing, and Auspicious Duck vanished in a flash of golden light after activating their tokens.
• Qiu Wa became ill from grief, and Xu Yi put her to sleep with two drops from the Sheep Fat Jade Pure Bottle.
• Long-faced Hunter presented Xu Yi with Jing Chun and Feng Liu’s storage bracelets for inspection.

Xu Yi learned how Spirit Nurturing Pills and Powder strengthen a cultivator’s spiritual energy, then tested the powder himself. After finding it painless and effective, he began another dose and questioned Jing Chun about the Demon Testing Disc.

• Xu Yi found a Spirit Nurturing Pill in Jing Chun’s storage bracelet and made the suffering hunters identify it.
• Jing Chun explained that Spirit Nurturing Pills convert spiritual energy into gold but require a strong soul and body, while Rogue Cultivators relied on less effective Spirit Nurturing Powder.
• Xu Yi ordered everyone to hand over their Spirit Nurturing Powder and learned the Spirit Storage Art from Jing Chun.
• Xu Yi swallowed a dose of Spirit Nurturing Powder and found that it strengthened his spiritual energy without causing the pain Jing Chun had described.
• Xu Yi took another dose and asked Jing Chun how to use the Demon Testing Disc and whether it had attracted great demons in Wufeng Country.

Jing Chun explained how the Demon Testing Disc detected Mysterious Monsters and described the strength of his earth-element Wall Shield Technique and the principles of Domains. After learning that Spirit Nurturing Great Perfection could produce Domains, Xu Yi experienced a breakthrough and unleashed a powerful Sword Qi.

• Jing Chun explained that the Demon Testing Disc detected spirits of heaven and earth, and that great demons in the Ten Eastern Kingdoms could not disguise themselves as humans below the Illusory Form realm.
• Xu Yi took another dose of Spirit Nurturing Powder and asked Jing Chun about his powerful earthen wall, which Jing Chun said was formed from pure earth element and could withstand attacks weaker than a second-level Domain.
• Old Su explained that Domain Sources determined a Domain's level and that combined attacks could form one.
• Xu Yi reacted to Old Su's explanation with a burst of white Qi, and Jing Chun recognized his transformation as Four-turn Reincarnation.
• Xu Yi swallowed a Spirit Nurturing Pill and cultivated as A Li kept the others from disturbing him.
• Five-colored Light swirled around Xu Yi, and his Sword Qi blasted apart a dense forest a hundred zhang away.

Xu Yi reached Spirit Nurturing Great Perfection and amazed the hunters by purging the impurities from his body with ease. After settling down with Qiu Wa and A Li, he questioned the hunters about forming a Spiritual Root and learned that it required a Spirit Derivation Pill.

• Xu Yi liquefied his spiritual energy into a golden sea, expelled the impurities from his body, and washed himself while the hunters watched in astonishment.
• Xu Yi took Qiu Wa and A Li to a grassy slope, laid out food and wine, and invited the hunters to sit and talk.
• Xu Yi asked Jing Chun how to form a Spiritual Root, but cut off Jing Chun's evasive response and called on Long Face to answer instead.
• Long Face explained that forming a Spiritual Root required a Spirit Derivation Pill and that modern cultivation relied on Pill Civilization and its pills.