Recaps

Xu Yi tried to refine Heavenly Dao seeds into Corpse Xu Yi after preparing in seclusion, but the fire seed was the only one the corpse could absorb. He ended the chapter alarmed that this unexpected repulsion would prevent him from balancing the five elements and advancing toward becoming an Earth Immortal.

• Xu Yi failed to persuade Zhang Fang to help him, and Zhang Fang ended their communication by saying he hoped Xu Yi and Han Qi would kill each other.
• Xu Yi rested in a temporary cave dwelling, then prepared thirteen Heavenly Dao seeds for refining.
• Xu Yi and Corpse Xu Yi refined the five elemental seeds together, but only the fire seed entered the corpse.
• Xu Yi tried refining the remaining seeds together and one at a time, but the corpse rejected every seed.
• Xu Yi formed another set of five elements and began refining again, but the corpse absorbed a second fire seed, leaving Xu Yi panicked about his path to becoming an Earth Immortal.

After the Fire Element Seeds awakened a dormant cultivation art, Xu Yi learned about the Barren Frontier and restored the Gold Whip, claiming it as the God-Beating Whip. He then broke down a metallic-colored gourd and recognized its likely connection to other supreme gourd treasures from his past.

• Desolate Charm explained that Xu Yi's mutant fire spiritual root might have caused the Fire Element Seed's strange change, while Xu Yi refused to swallow his remaining seeds.
• After Xu Yi gave Desolate Charm a Heaven Wish Bead, Desolate Charm shared what the six seed cultivators knew about the Barren Frontier, an enclave said to hold the Southern Continent's ultimate secret.
• Xu Yi remembered his jade token granting him permission to observe an immortal tribulation, then sensed a cultivation art return to his mind after refining the Fire Element Seeds.
• Xu Yi entered the Purple Domain Space and restored the Gold Whip, keeping its Purple Heavenly Spirit while removing its former owner's personal marks.
• Xu Yi identified the restored treasure as the God-Beating Whip and broke down the metallic-colored gourd, suspecting it was connected to the gold and purple gourds from the Guangcheng Immortal Mansion.

Xu Yi escaped Zhang Fang’s attack and learned that Zhang Fang and Han Qi had planned to ambush him, but he had arranged for Demon Lord Xie and other powerful witnesses to arrive. The trap was exposed, leaving Zhang Fang furious and Han Qi caught before the gathered elders.

• Huang Mei told Xu Yi that the gourds only held blade-light obtained from a Five-Complete Sage, and Xu Yi kept Zhang Fang’s God-Beating Whip because he could not use it.
• Xu Yi emerged from the passage and found Zhang Fang waiting to attack him alongside Han Qi, who blamed Xu Yi for Han Bing’s death.
• Han Qi and Zhang Fang explained that they had joined forces after Zhang Fang reported Xu Yi’s earlier attempt to recruit him.
• Demon Lord Xie arrived with four Golden Hall Elders and three Demon Lords’ stewards, stopping the two attacks with a wall of clear light.
• Zhang Fang realized Xu Yi had deceived him, while Xu Yi acted aggrieved before the witnesses.
• Xu Yi revealed that he had arranged a banquet and distributed Heaven Wish Beads to bring the witnesses to Snowfield Peak.

Xu Yi used a staged apology to expose Han Qi’s attempt to kill him and force Demon Lord Xie to intervene. Han Qi withdrew under warning, furious and humiliated, while Zhang Fang fled in fear of Xu Yi’s growing power.

• Xu Yi asked the elders and Demon Lord Xie to accompany him to apologize to Han Qi, then went alone to Han Qi’s cave dwelling.
• Han Qi and Zhang Fang attacked Xu Yi, but Demon Lord Xie intervened before they could kill him.
• Xu Yi accused Han Qi, Zhang Fang, and Song Yuan of conspiring against him and explained Han Bing’s death had not been his fault.
• Xu Yi charged at Zhang Fang, while Demon Lord Xie warned Han Qi not to let the conflict escalate or risk bringing it before the Imperial Venerate.
• Han Qi returned to his cave dwelling, seething over his humiliation, while Zhang Fang feared Xu Yi’s strengthened Thunderbolt Sword.

Xu Yi defeated Zhang Fang and tried to force information from him, but Zhang Fang endured torture and the Chiwu Worm without yielding. After consulting interrogation experts, Xu Yi began using a strategy that balanced despair with hope, while Zhang Fang remained bound and regretted not striking Xu Yi with his whip a second time.

• Xu Yi combined Sword Frenzy and Sword Python to break Zhang Fang's defenses and bring him down with the Immortal Slaying Sword.
• Xu Yi took Zhang Fang to his cave abode and tortured him, but Zhang Fang refused to reveal anything or beg for mercy.
• Xu Yi sent Huang Mei's Chiwu Worm into Zhang Fang's spiritual platform, but Zhang Fang endured its attack on his corpse aura without speaking.
• Huang Mei advised Xu Yi to stop pressing Zhang Fang and to draw knowledge from him gradually, so Xu Yi gathered interrogation experts for advice.
• Xu Yi followed their advice by setting a brazier before Zhang Fang and asking for his last words, while Zhang Fang said he regretted not striking again with the whip.

Xu Yi outmaneuvered Zhang Fang in a wager, then demanded the God-Beating Whip’s cultivation method and questioned him about the Barren Frontier. Zhang Fang explained that it offered a chance to advance beyond the limits imposed by the Four Continents, leaving Xu Yi with a new understanding of the worlds’ boundaries.

• Xu Yi provoked Zhang Fang into wagering that one fight would decide their dispute, then freed him and returned the God-Beating Whip.
• Zhang Fang caught the whip, but Xu Yi’s Immortal Slaying Sword defeated him before he could use it, breaking the restriction he had nurtured for a hundred years.
• Zhang Fang honored his loss by writing down the God-Beating Whip’s cultivation method for Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi asked Zhang Fang about the Barren Frontier, and Zhang Fang said it was a place people went when they reached the limits of cultivation elsewhere.
• Zhang Fang explained that limited resources and those who controlled them created boundaries between worlds, prompting Xu Yi to grasp why advancement required moving beyond the Four Continents.

Xu Yi let Zhang Fang go after discussing the Barren Frontier and the danger posed by Han Qi, then hurried to meet Xiong Bei Ming on Dongliu Island. Meanwhile, Han Qi used a costly forbidden formation to summon his dead son Han Bing’s remnant spirit, which appeared confused as Han Qi asked who had killed him.

• Xu Yi asked Zhang Fang whether anyone had contained two seeds of the same element, then dismissed him after Zhang Fang warned him about Han Qi.
• Zhang Fang sent Xu Yi a final warning that Han Qi’s power exceeded what an ordinary four-seed cultivator could wield.
• Xu Yi prepared to study the Ding Yuan Technique, but Xiong Bei Ming contacted him from Dongliu Island, prompting Xu Yi to hurry there.
• Song Yuan performed the Circulating Star Position Spirit Gathering Forbidden Method at Snow Ridge so Han Qi could summon Han Bing’s remnant spirit.
• Han Qi used his heart’s blood to stabilize Han Bing’s spirit and asked his son who had harmed him.

Han Qi questioned Song Yuan after Han Bing's remnant soul named Xu, then killed him to keep their suspicions secret. Xu Yi reached Dongliu Island and reunited with Xiong Bei Ming, Old Cao, and Ning Wuque.

• Han Qi used a recording of Han Bing's death to restore the remnant soul's memories, and it formed the character "Xu" before fading away.
• Song Yuan suggested that Xu Yi had conspired with Plum Blossom Seven to kill Han Bing, and Han Qi killed Song Yuan to ensure the theory stayed secret.
• Han Qi collected Song Yuan's remains and resources, then left to pursue his plans against Xu Yi alone.
• Xu Yi arrived on Dongliu Island and found Xiong Bei Ming, who had advanced to the Purple Corpse stage.
• Xu Yi greeted Old Cao and Ning Wuque in a cave, where Ning Wuque said he had repaid his debt to Xu Yi through helping Xuan Xuan.

Xu Yi used the Four-Colored Seal to temporarily remove Ning Wuque’s scales, but they returned outside Purple Domain Space. Old Desolate identified the change as Heaven’s Will drawing a Mysterious Monster to another world, and Xu Yi left questioning why Heaven’s Will favored the Demon Race.

• Xu Yi examined Ning Wuque’s painful, regularly growing scales, then took him into Purple Domain Space with the Four-Colored Seal, where his skin returned to normal.
• Xu Yi hosted Ning Wuque, Gold Corpse Old Cao, and Xiong Bei Ming on Dongliu Island, but Ning Wuque’s scales started growing again when the sunlight shifted.
• Xu Yi sent Ning Wuque back into Purple Domain Space, where the scales vanished again, then watched them return after the space collapsed and noon passed.
• Old Desolate said Ning Wuque was a Mysterious Monster being claimed by Heaven’s Will, and Xu Yi recalled that Qiu Wa and A Li had disappeared in the same way.
• Xu Yi took Ning Wuque to Northern Continent World and Northern Sacred Court, where the noon transformation repeated, confirming Old Desolate’s theory and leaving Xu Yi doubtful about Heaven’s Will favoring the Demon Race.

Xu Yi studied the first level of the Ding Yuan Technique and used a Starry Sky Illusion Plate to gather stellar power for days. When Ning Wuque’s scales nearly covered him, Xu Yi removed them in Purple Domain Space, but his companions rushed Ning Wuque away before he could finish complaining.

• Ning Wuque refused to leave alone for a higher world, and Xu Yi agreed to stay with him as they returned to the Northern Continent World with Xiong Bei Ming and Gold Corpse Old Cao.
• The four settled on a deserted island, where Xu Yi focused on studying the Ding Yuan Technique’s Body Fixation level.
• Xiong Bei Ming gave Xu Yi the Starry Sky Illusion Plate to help keep the Starry River Channel open, and Xu Yi gave the others wish beads and other supplies.
• Xu Yi used the plate to gather stellar power for four days while Ning Wuque’s scales spread across his body.
• Xu Yi took Ning Wuque into Purple Domain Space and removed the scales, after which Xiong Bei Ming and Gold Corpse Old Cao carried Ning Wuque away.

Xu Yi mastered the Immobilization Technique but found it did not work as expected, while Ning Wuque’s condition worsened and he prepared to give up. After sensing a powerful search sweeping the sky, Xu Yi fled with the others and concluded that Ning’s celestial opportunity could not be avoided.

• Xu Yi gathered starlight until a phantom mountain appeared in his sea of consciousness, then discovered that his Immobilization Technique could only briefly freeze Xiong Bei Ming.
• Over nearly three months, Xu Yi refined the God-Beating Whip while Ning Wuque’s scales spread faster and letters urged Xu Yi to return to the Ancestral Court and the Church.
• Ning Wuque said he would stop resisting his fate, but Xu Yi suddenly took the group away in a flying vessel.
• Brother Zhang and Brother Li searched for a strange Mysterious Monster on Silver Venerable’s orders and planned to resume their hunt when the Heavenly Net Demon Hunting Array reactivated.
• Xu Yi told Xiong Bei Ming that he had sensed a powerful search force and brought everyone to the Purple Domain Space to avoid being found.
• Ning Wuque laughed and declared that his opportunity had come, promising to reward or punish Xiong Bei Ming and Gold Corpse Old Cao after they met again.

Xu Yi and his companions planned to use the next attack on Ning Wuque to learn more about the search party and Ning Wuque’s destination. When the searchers returned, Xu Yi hid the others and posed as a fisherman, but one of the cultivators noticed him and descended to question him despite Brother Li’s warning.

• Xu Yi agreed to help Ning Wuque investigate the search party, and planned to use its next attack as a signal to hide Ning Wuque, Xiong Bei Ming, and Gold Corpse Old Cao.
• At noon, Ning Wuque began transforming, and Xu Yi used the Four-Colored Seal to send Ning Wuque and his companions away while he stayed behind disguised as a lowly cultivator.
• Xu Yi pretended to fish by the pond and overheard two searchers discussing how their Heavenly Net Demon Hunting Array had lost Ning Wuque’s trail again.
• One searcher spotted Xu Yi and decided to question him, while Brother Li urgently warned Brother Zhang to return before Silver Venerable learned of his actions.

Xu Yi lured Brother Zhang and Brother Li to a cave by pretending to know where a treasure anomaly had appeared. Inside, Ning Wuque trapped Brother Zhang with the Four-Colored Seal, while Brother Li remained outside the light gate, realizing they had walked into a trap and broken their realm-en envoy rules.

• Brother Zhang ignored Brother Li's warnings, took Xu Yi's food and wine, and demanded to know about unusual events nearby.
• Brother Li arrived, gave Xu Yi a black wish pearl, and took him with Brother Zhang to investigate a cave west of the pond.
• Xu Yi led the two men to the cave, where they found Ning Wuque deep in the passage.
• Brother Zhang seized Ning Wuque, but corpse aura activated the Four-Colored Seal and pulled both of them through a light gate.
• The Immortal Slaying Sword failed to pierce Brother Li, who released Xu Yi and retreated, recognizing that they had fallen into a trap.

Xu Yi’s ambush to capture the Immortal Envoys went awry when Brother Li resisted his attacks and outmatched him with a silver saber and purple binding rope. Xu Yi ended the chapter injured and bound, while Brother Zhang’s fate remained unclear.

• Xu Yi sent the Four-Colored Seal into the cave, trusting Ning Wuque, Xiong Bei Ming, and Gold Corpse Old Cao to deal with Brother Zhang.
• Xu Yi attacked Brother Li with the Immortal Slaying Sword, but Brother Li easily shattered his sword moves and tried to talk him down.
• Xu Yi stalled Brother Li by claiming he only wanted the person Brother Li was taking away, and Brother Li showed him a green three-leaf clover.
• Xu Yi struck with the God-Beating Whip, but Brother Li blocked it with his Silver Saber, and the clash split the mountain overhead.
• Brother Li countered with a purple rope that pierced Xu Yi’s Unreasonable Point and bound him fast.

Xu Yi broke free from Brother Li’s restraints by using his aspects to perceive and sever them, then killed Brother Li with the God-Beating Whip. His allies arrived after the fight, and Xu Yi explained that using his powerful techniques had nearly shattered his divine embryo and drained his vitality.

• Huang Mei escaped from Xu Yi’s Starry Sky Ring and stole it while Brother Li confronted Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi manifested the Wrathful Chi Ape Aspect and the Spirit Official Three Lives Aspect, sensed the ropes binding him, and broke them with starlight.
• Xu Yi immobilized Brother Li twice and struck him with the God-Beating Whip, destroying his body; Huang Mei swallowed the spreading corpse energy.
• Huang Mei fed Xu Yi Precious Medicine and spiritual liquid, and Xiong Bei Ming gave him two All-Purpose Great Tonic Pills to restore his strength.
• Ning Wuque told Xu Yi that Xiong Bei Ming and Old Cao had captured Brother Zhang using Dragon Binding Rope and Three Yang Nails.
• Xu Yi explained that his techniques had nearly destroyed his divine embryo and drained his vitality, and that he had killed Brother Li because he had been fighting for his life.

Xu Yi interrogated Brother Zhang, an envoy from the Southern Continent, and learned about immortal energy and the primordial aura in Xu Yi’s technique. When Brother Zhang warned of Silver Venerable’s reach, a marked plaque bearing Emperor Qin Guang’s edict appeared in the Purple Domain Space.

• Xu Yi and Ning Wuque subdued Brother Zhang, forced him to swallow an Origin Seal Bead, and used its restriction to break his resistance.
• Xu Yi questioned Brother Zhang about the Immortal Realm, and Brother Zhang identified it as the Southern Continent, where immortal energy transformed cultivators’ spiritual power.
• Xu Yi demonstrated his starlight technique, and Brother Zhang recognized it as carrying the aura of the primordial world.
• Brother Zhang warned that Silver Venerable could track them through Li Nong’s supplies, so Xu Yi moved everyone into the Purple Domain Space aboard the flying craft.
• A marked plaque drifted through the Purple Domain Space, and Xu Yi read its inscription: “By Imperial Edict of Emperor Qin Guang.”

Xu Yi questioned Brother Zhang about the Yin Official Seal and Silver Venerable, then learned about the Immortal Realm and the arrays targeting Mysterious Monsters. Brother Zhang explained how Ning Wuque might be sent to the upper realm safely and revealed how the Luo Tian Demon Hunting Array triggered the Sky-Enveloping Array.

• Brother Zhang recognized the Yin Official Seal as Silver Venerable’s and feared that losing it would make Silver Venerable kill him, so Xu Yi assured him his trail could be erased.
• Xu Yi restored the Purple Domain Space, stripped marks from the spoils, and led everyone to a Northern Continent island after the space collapsed.
• Brother Zhang explained that the Southern Continent was an Immortal Realm, described the roles of Yin officials, and identified Silver Venerable as a Boundary Envoy.
• Brother Zhang warned that Ning Wuque’s Three-Eyes Tribe was rare and urged Xu Yi to send him to the upper realm before Silver Venerable found him.
• After Xu Yi promised Brother Zhang fair treatment, Brother Zhang explained that the Luo Tian Demon Hunting Array awakened dormant demon awareness while the Sky-Enveloping Array opened a passage to capture Mysterious Monsters.

Xu Yi and the others learned how Ning Wuque could ascend to the Immortal Realm, but a bloodline-tracking spell exposed their hideout and forced them into the Purple Domain Space. Silver Venerable searched the area and vanished before finding them, while Huang Mei explained that Brother Zhang had been secretly drained by a deadly spell.

• Brother Zhang explained that Ning Wuque could use a Mysterious Monster and the Sky-Enveloping Array to ascend, and that the group needed blood essence and corpse aura to pass through the array.
• Xiong Bei Ming and Gold Corpse Old Cao offered to stay behind, but Ning Wuque insisted that everyone go together, and Xu Yi asked Brother Zhang to arrange the details.
• Brother Zhang was struck by bloodline tracking, so Xu Yi killed him, and Huang Mei swallowed his corpse before warning that pursuers were coming.
• Xu Yi led the others into the Purple Domain Space, and the Four-Colored Seal sank deep into the sea as a white-clad man arrived and searched the island and surrounding waters.
• The white-clad man failed to find them and vanished after his bracelet buzzed, while Huang Mei explained that Brother Zhang had been drained by the Starry Sky Blood Burning Technique, and Xu Yi admitted his suspicion had been unfair.

Xu Yi sent Ning Wuque, Xiong Bei Ming, and Gold Corpse Old Cao through a celestial passage while choosing not to pursue the opportunity himself. Huang Mei then shared what he learned from absorbing corpse qi, including how Xu Yi could strengthen himself and avoid Silver Venerable’s pursuit.

• Xu Yi and his companions escaped the shattered Purple Domain Space, crossed the sea, and reached a barren valley in the Western Continent.
• Xu Yi bound Ning Wuque, Xiong Bei Ming, and Gold Corpse Old Cao together and smeared Ning Wuque’s blood on the two others as the sky opened above them.
• A pillar of light carried the three men away, while Xu Yi stayed behind to handle urgent business.
• Xu Yi told Huang Mei that he would seek his own Dao and mentioned the sleeping Ice Fire Rabbit as another possible path to the Immortal Realm.
• Huang Mei gave Xu Yi Fetal Stabilizing Pills, warned him not to refine the Yin Official Seal, and urged him to erase traces of Brother Li and Brother Zhang to evade Silver Venerable.

Xu Yi tested the deadly formation tied to Brother Zhang's mark, returned to the Ancestral Court, and attended a meeting where Demon Lord Xie praised his potential. The meeting turned to a report that Plum Blossom Seven might defect from the Thearch Sect, and Xu Yi suspected the intelligence was a trap.

• Xu Yi restored Brother Zhang's mark to a black shield, confirmed that a formation destroyed it with a lightning strike, and fled to the Ancestral Court.
• Xu Yi studied the Silver Winged Saber and then attended a meeting at Gongtian Hall, where the elders congratulated him for condensing a seed.
• Demon Lord Xie praised Xu Yi's potential and directed the Ancestral Court's departments to prepare for the wish-cloud harvest.
• Elder Bai reported that Plum Blossom Seven might be purged and urged the Ancestral Court to recruit him for access to the Thearch Sect's intelligence.
• Xu Yi warned that the report seemed suspicious and realized that the Thearch Sect's Night Army communications showed no sign of Plum Blossom Seven defecting.

Xu Yi recognized Han Qi’s attempt to frame him as Plum Blossom Seven and calmly exposed the scheme after Han Qi activated the Void Spirit Restriction. Han Qi blocked Xu Yi from leaving and summoned Song Kui and Ma Yaochu as witnesses, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Elder Bai showed a Ruyi Pearl image of Plum Blossom Seven fighting members of the Thearch Sect, and Xu Yi realized Han Qi was using it to target him.
• Demon Lord Xie ordered the Northern River Inspectorate to bring Plum Blossom Seven to the Ancestral Court, and Xu Yi left Gongtian Hall to contact someone with a Ruyi Pearl.
• Han Qi activated the Void Spirit Restriction and confronted Xu Yi, prompting Demon Lord Xie to accuse Han Qi of renewing his suspicions about Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi deduced that Han Qi had used Elder Bai’s proposal as bait and sealed spatial treasures to catch him contacting Plum Blossom Seven.
• Han Qi blocked Xu Yi from leaving and said Song Kui and Ma Yaochu would arrive as witnesses; both Demon Lords soon appeared.

Han Qi accused Xu Yi of conspiring with Plum Blossom Seven and presented an image of Han Bing’s soul fragments forming the character “Xu” as evidence. Xu Yi challenged the accusation, and Song Kui silenced Elder Bai as the hall awaited what would happen next.

• Han Qi accused Xu Yi and Plum Blossom Seven of being Cult spies and claimed Xu Yi’s Ruyi Pearl held evidence.
• Xu Yi rejected Han Qi’s demand to investigate him without irrefutable proof, and Xie Zongxun backed his objection.
• Han Qi showed an image of Han Bing’s soul fragments forming the character “Xu” and argued that Xu Yi had helped murder his son.
• Han Qi cited Xu Yi’s smooth Cult negotiations as further evidence that he and Plum Blossom Seven had colluded.
• Xu Yi dismissed the image as insufficient proof and insulted Elder Bai, prompting Song Kui to order Bai to stand aside.

Xu Yi challenged Han Qi’s accusations and argued that his evidence was unreliable, while Han Qi demanded an examination of Xu Yi’s Ruyi Pearl. With Song Kui and Ma Yaochu backing an investigation, Xie Zongxun asked Xu Yi what he wanted, and Xu Yi agreed to an examination on one condition.

• Xu Yi challenged Han Qi to produce Song Yuan as a witness and questioned the assumptions behind Han Qi’s account of the remnant spirit and his alleged collusion with Plum Blossom Seven.
• Han Qi demanded that Xu Yi activate the restriction on his Ruyi Pearl so the Demon Lords could inspect his communications, but Xu Yi insisted that Han Qi had not provided solid evidence.
• Xu Yi appealed to Xie Zongxun, recounting his service to the Ancestral Court and Han Qi’s earlier attempts to have him killed, and asked Xie to decide the matter.
• Song Kui cited His Imperial Venerate’s concern and called for an investigation, while Ma Yaochu also supported examining Xu Yi.
• Xie Zongxun asked Xu Yi what he thought, and Xu Yi agreed to an examination but said he had one request.

Xu Yi used a recording in his Ruyi Pearl to expose Han Qi’s false accusation and force him to honor a promise of a hundred years in seclusion. Han Qi then demanded to inspect Xu Yi’s Starry Sky Ring, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Xu Yi demanded an explanation for his treatment and asked Han Qi to enter seclusion for a hundred years if the examination proved him innocent.
• Han Qi agreed to the condition and had Song Kui activate Xu Yi’s Ruyi Pearl in front of the assembly.
• The Multi-Treasure Ruyi Pearl revealed a recent recording of Xu Yi asking Old Jia to find him eighteen untouched maidens, disproving Han Qi’s claim about the message to Plum Blossom Seven.
• Xu Yi challenged Han Qi over exposing his private affairs, while Huang Mei privately recognized that Xu Yi had only used Old Jia as a prop.
• Han Qi called the incident a misunderstanding but continued to accuse Xu Yi and demanded to inspect his Starry Sky Ring.
• Xie Zongzun angrily rebuked Han Qi, who promised to spend a hundred years in seclusion if the ring revealed nothing suspicious.

Xu Yi turned Han Qi’s accusation into a dispute over evidence and exposed Han Qi’s role in a fake soul-gathering. He revealed that Song Yuan had left a letter and recording implicating Han Qi, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Han Qi wagered his Ancestor Demon Seal to demand a search of Xu Yi’s Starry Sky Ring, but Xu Yi got him to admit he wanted to investigate everything without identifying specific evidence.
• Xie Zongxun ordered Xu Yi to leave, but Xu Yi instead asked Han Qi to explain Song Yuan’s disappearance.
• Han Qi attacked Xu Yi when Xu Yi suggested that Han Qi had silenced Song Yuan, and Xie Zongxun stopped the attack.
• Xie Zongxun let Xu Yi explain the evidence after Han Qi threatened to appeal to the Imperial Venerate.
• Xu Yi said Song Yuan had left him a letter and a box containing a recording that described Han Qi’s plan to stage the soul-gathering and warned that Song Yuan might disappear.