Recaps

Xu Yi accepted Li Zhao’s scheme to use Guo Rui and a crystal beast, established the Kongxu Sect, and ordered his followers to search for Immortal Spirit Grass. Guo Rui revealed that a crystal beast guarded a place where the grass grew, so Xu Yi decided to investigate it first.

• Li Zhao proposed marking Guo Rui with the crystal beast’s ashes to provoke a deadly clash between the beast and the Hundred Kings Sect, and Xu Yi appointed him an Enforcement Hall elder of the Kongxu Sect.
• Xu Yi sent Zhang Fang to retrieve the ashes and had Cao Guohua choose the sect’s territory for harvesting Immortal Spirit Grass.
• Zhang Fang returned with what Xu Yi needed, and Xu Yi declared those present members of the Kongxu Sect and tasked them with finding Immortal Spirit Grass.
• Guo Rui told Xu Yi that Immortal Spirit Grass grew where a crystal beast had made its lair.
• Xu Yi decided to visit the site and look around before committing to a plan.

Xu Yi’s group reached Sleep Cloud Peak, where Guo Rui revealed how he had learned of the Immortal Spirit Grass guarded by a crystal beast. Xu Yi prepared to pursue a secret plan, leaving the other prisoners restrained and unconscious while bringing Guo Rui into Purple Domain Space.

• Guo Rui explained that a Ruyi Pearl had captured images of Immortal Spirit Grass and a crystal beast inside a cave on Sleep Cloud Peak, and Xu Yi confirmed the images.
• Guo Rui said he had kept the information to himself so he could sell it, and Xu Yi suggested he might resolve the grudge with the Hundred Kings Sect.
• Xu Yi told the prisoners to seal off their senses, then ordered Li Zhao and Zhang Fang to knock them unconscious and discuss Li Zhao’s plan.
• Zhang Fang questioned whether Li Zhao could be trusted, but Xu Yi knocked both men out and bound, medicated, and sealed the prisoners inside a stone chamber.
• Xu Yi took Guo Rui into Purple Domain Space, returned his removed mark, and sealed the crystal beast’s ashes into Guo Rui’s hair.

Guo Xiang learned that the Star Positioning Disk had found Guo Rui and launched a surprise assault on Xu Yi before their agreed hostage exchange. The attack rescued Guo Rui but left Xu Yi facing Guo Xiang’s assembled forces with the Corpse Pill in hand.

• Guo Xiang discussed the costs of getting help from the Golden Light Sect and decided to bring in Old Demon Chixia as well.
• A messenger reported that the Star Positioning Disk had locked on, and Guo Xiang ordered Guo Tian and the Golden Light Sect’s forces to march immediately.
• A pillar of light destroyed the mountain peak, and the resulting blast snatched Guo Rui away from Xu Yi.
• Guo Xiang’s forces arrived, and Fang Zongdao freed and woke Guo Rui.
• Guo Rui demanded that Xu Yi be captured, then fell silent when he saw the Corpse Pill in Xu Yi’s hand.
• Xu Yi accused Guo Xiang of using a sneak attack and bringing many men to confront him.

Xu Yi lured Guo Xiang’s forces to Cloudrest Peak and unleashed the crystal beast against the Hundred Kings Sect and Golden Light Sect. He then used the beast’s attack as cover to break the Golden Light Sect’s formation and trap its cultivators in deep-blue flames.

• Guo Rui urged Guo Xiang to seize Xu Yi’s Mystical Treasure, but Xu Yi tried to leave before Guo Xiang’s forces pursued him in formation.
• Xu Yi led the pursuing forces past Cloudrest Peak, where the crystal beast emerged and shattered their black-light formation, killing several cultivators.
• Guo Xiang and Chen Xuefeng joined forces to defend against the beast and surround Xu Yi, but its attacks forced them to focus on defense.
• Xu Yi approached the crystal beast unnoticed and formed twenty-three Sword Light lotus blossoms with the Immortal Slaying Sword.
• Xu Yi directed the combined sword attack at the Golden Light Sect’s formation, blasting it apart and badly injuring Chen Xuefeng, two elders, and more than twenty followers.
• Xu Yi spread his deep-blue flames into a net and trapped the Golden Light Sect cultivators as they struggled to recover.

Xu Yi manipulated Guo Xiang into killing one Crystal Beast, then lured its companion into the cave where the Hundred Kings Sect had gathered. The companion slaughtered Guo Xiang and his allies, while Xu Yi remained outside the cave facing the enraged beast.

• Xu Yi’s blue flames incinerated the Hundred Kings Sect’s defenders, and Guo Xiang handed Guo Rui a sealed jade box as the sect’s defensive formation collapsed.
• The Crystal Beast swallowed Guo Rui and was destroyed by Thunder True Intent; Guo Xiang claimed the Crystal Core while Xu Yi collected the beast’s ashes.
• Xu Yi and Guo Xiang discussed a truce, but Xu Yi suddenly rushed toward the cave where the Immortal Spirit Grass grew, prompting Guo Xiang and his people to follow.
• Xu Yi threw the ash pearl into the cave, summoning the second companion Crystal Beast and trapping the Hundred Kings Sect inside with it.
• The Crystal Beast overwhelmed Guo Xiang, Fang Zongdao, and Guo Tian, then charged out of the cave to attack Xu Yi.

Xu Yi trapped the crystal beast in the Four-Colored Space and began refining its altered crystal core, while Corpse Xu Yi faced Old Demon Chixia outside. The chapter ended as Old Demon Chixia prepared to test Xu Yi’s strength.

• Xu Yi lured the crystal beast through a light gate, then collected its lair’s resources, including more than thirty stalks of Immortal Spirit Grass.
• Inside the Four-Colored Space, the crystal beast collapsed into its core, and Xu Yi began refining the core with Cloud Crane Pure Qi.
• Corpse Xu Yi hid in a stone chamber disguised with corpse aura after gathering the spoils.
• Old Demon Chixia found Corpse Xu Yi and demanded the reward Guo Xiang had promised him in exchange for leaving.
• Xu Yi refused to hand over the reward and tried to stall until his true body could leave the Purple Domain Space, so Old Demon Chixia decided to test him.

Xu Yi trapped Old Demon Chixia in a vast Ghost Fire Cage, but Chixia broke free with his Three-Flower vortex and exposed Xu Yi’s corpse and four fused Fire Element Seeds. Huang Mei’s corpse shroud fouled the vortex, though Chixia began burning away the haze as Huang Mei warned Xu Yi to bring out his real body.

• Old Demon Chixia destroyed the mountain cave and forced Xu Yi to reveal himself, then blocked Xu Yi’s fire attack with a giant made from the mountain.
• Xu Yi sent fire rays across the sky and formed a thirty-li Ghost Fire Cage around Old Demon Chixia.
• Old Demon Chixia summoned three golden lotus flowers that formed a vortex and shattered the cage, so Xu Yi fled toward the Jiang Shui.
• Old Demon Chixia froze the river, dragged Xu Yi’s corpse shroud into the vortex, and discovered Xu Yi’s corpse and four fused Fire Element Seeds.
• Huang Mei revealed that the corpse shroud had fouled the vortex, but Old Demon Chixia’s three lotus flowers began burning away the haze as Huang Mei urged Xu Yi to bring out his real body.

Xu Yi used the Azure Green Banner to frighten Old Demon Chixia, but its sudden instability exposed his weakness and the fight resumed. When Purple Domain Space collapsed, Xu Yi’s true body merged with his corpse, and Immortal Spirit Power poured into it, causing the four ghost flames to unite.

• Xu Yi brought out the Azure Green Banner, prompting Old Demon Chixia to offer peace and compensation, but the banner shook and Xu Yi had to put it away.
• Old Demon Chixia attacked again, and Xu Yi used his Spirit Endowment Supernatural Ability to hold back the clear waves as the three golden lotuses burned away the corpse aura.
• Xu Yi summoned the Immortal Slaying Sword, but Old Demon Chixia knocked it down and sent the golden vortex toward him.
• Purple Domain Space collapsed, Xu Yi’s corpse merged with his true body, and he recovered the Immortal Slaying Sword to drive back the golden vortex.
• Old Demon Chixia prepared another attack as Xu Yi formed a Sword Light barrier, while Immortal Spirit Power flowed into his corpse and merged its four ghost flames into one.

Xu Yi refined a mutated crystal core, underwent a massive purge of impurities, and gained Immortal Spirit Power that let him defeat Old Demon Chixia. Afterward, he tried to refine another crystal core but failed, while confirming he could refine Immortal Spirit Grass.

• Xu Yi finished absorbing the mutated crystal core’s power, underwent a drastic transformation, and cleansed himself with summoned water.
• Xu Yi overwhelmed Old Demon Chixia with his Immortal Slaying Sword and burned him away after suppressing the field from his Fourth Order wind talisman.
• Xu Yi collected Old Demon Chixia’s belongings, and Huang Mei devoured the corpse aura before discussing Immortal Spirit Power and Immortal Spirit Grass.
• Xu Yi tried to refine the second crystal core with Cloud Crane Pure Qi and then with Huang Mei’s method, but neither worked.
• Xu Yi refined a stalk of Immortal Spirit Grass and gained a small trace of Immortal Spirit Power.

Xu Yi sent his prisoners to search for crystal beasts and traveled with Li Zhao and Zhang Fang to Great Desolation City to arrange an official post. Meanwhile, Ka Shentong and Ning Wanren urged Xuanzang to help restrain Xu Yi, but Xuanzang refused to intervene.

• Xu Yi freed Zhang Fang, Li Zhao, and the other living dead, then ordered them to find crystal beasts in exchange for Gold Coins.
• When the group hesitated, Xu Yi threatened to abandon them unless they brought back news within ten days.
• Xu Yi asked Li Zhao and Zhang Fang about using crystal cores to secure an official post, and Li Zhao recommended hiring a power broker in Great Desolation City.
• Xu Yi set out for Great Desolation City with Li Zhao and Zhang Fang.
• Ka Shentong and Ning Wanren visited Xuanzang and argued that Xu Yi's growing power required checks and balances.
• Xuanzang rejected their proposal to capture or restrain Xu Yi, and Ka Shentong and Ning Wanren left to deal with him themselves.

Ka Shentong failed to persuade Xuanzang to help capture Xu Yi, while Ning Wanren secretly resolved to act alone. At the same time, White Emperor Su Jiewu and Black Emperor Lu Wuji reunited to investigate the trembling Void Gate, hoping it might offer a chance to leave the Barren Frontier.

• Xuanzang refused to help Ka Shentong and Ning Wanren capture Xu Yi, and Ning Wanren agreed outwardly to wait.
• Ning Wanren secretly vowed to act on his own after leaving Ka Shentong and Xuanzang.
• Su Jiewu dismissed Xue Kuangye and waited in the Void Hall for Lu Wuji.
• Lu Wuji arrived and discussed with Su Jiewu how the absent Upper Realm, crystal beasts, and prolonged rule had trapped them in the Barren Frontier.
• Su Jiewu told Lu Wuji that the Void Gate had trembled, and the two Emperors joined their half-moon Void Tokens to open it.

Su Jiewu and Lu Wuji discovered that the severed finger was producing far more crystal beasts than usual, then received a message from an envoy above asking them to keep the starry route open. They traced the route’s recent disturbance to a possible upper-realm treasure and suspected the banner that had sealed the Northern Continent.

• Su Jiewu activated the Round Moon Token, and the Void Gate released a surge of energy that became twenty-nine crystal cores and five escaped crystal beasts.
• Su Jiewu and Lu Wuji recalled that the severed finger had caused crystal beasts to appear and cut off contact with the upper realm more than a hundred years earlier.
• A message from an envoy above asked them not to close the starry route, and Su Jiewu and Lu Wuji recognized the envoy’s authority mark.
• Lu Wuji reasoned that the severed finger had changed the route’s coordinates, while Su Jiewu suspected the Void Token’s recent reaction had prompted the envoy’s arrival.
• Lu Wuji connected the disturbance to the banner that had sealed the Northern Continent and recalled an ancient account describing it as a possible treasure lost from the upper realm.

Su Jiewu and Lu Wuji sent Xue Kuangye to investigate the celestial anomaly while preparing for the envoy’s arrival. In Great Desolation City, a song stirred Xu Yi’s longing, and he abruptly returned to Chang'an City, where Su Jinyue arrived at White Horse Temple to visit Yunshang.

• Lu Wuji and Su Jiewu discussed the celestial anomaly and decided to have Xue Kuangye investigate it with their authority over the Black and White Mansions.
• Xu Yi watched the streets of Great Desolation City while Li Zhao explained their plan to contact Chen Black Order's brother-in-law through a broker.
• A song from a nearby tower stirred Xu Yi’s longing, so he gave Li Zhao a crystal core and money and flew away with Zhang Fang.
• Xu Yi returned to the Eastern Continent, sent Zhang Fang to amuse himself, and went straight to Chang'an City.
• Su Jinyue rushed into White Horse Temple’s Thirteenth Courtyard, calling for Yunshang despite the gatekeeper’s warning that she was in seclusion.

Su Jinyue told Lian Yunshang that South Garden would stage Asking of Love again, and the two women went to watch. There, Lian Yunshang reunited with Xu Yi, who had arranged the performance and invited her, leaving him flustered as they spoke.

• Su Jinyue visited Lian Yunshang and revealed that South Garden was staging Asking of Love again.
• Lian Yunshang eagerly agreed to attend the performance with Su Jinyue.
• Su Jinyue and Lian Yunshang arrived at the crowded South Garden, where Old Qin guided them to a viewing gallery.
• Su Jinyue collided with Xu Yi in the gallery, and Lian Yunshang recognized him as the man who had saved her at the Immortal Palace.
• Xu Yi recalled that he had organized the performance and invited Lian Yunshang so he could see her again.
• Su Jinyue teased Xu Yi and Lian Yunshang, telling them to reminisce after the show.

Xu Yi watched a play with Lian Yunshang and Su Jinyue, and his jealousy surfaced when Huang Tang came to take Lian Yunshang away. Su Jinyue fled from Xu Yi’s frightening expression, while Lian Yunshang realized that he could feel jealous after all.

• Xu Yi sat beside Lian Yunshang at the play and reminisced about their past while Su Jinyue warned her about him.
• Su Jinyue criticized the play’s male lead, while Lian Yunshang said the heroine should regain her memories and then leave him behind as a stranger.
• Xu Yi argued that the heroine and male lead’s shared life-and-death pledge should be enough, making Lian Yunshang blush and Su Jinyue compare him to the play’s hypocritical lead.
• Huang Tang arrived and invited Lian Yunshang away; she left Xu Yi with Su Jinyue and promised to thank him for saving her at a later banquet.
• Xu Yi grew furious as Lian Yunshang left with Huang Tang, and Su Jinyue ran away after seeing his terrifying expression.
• Su Jinyue warned Lian Yunshang to stay away from Xu Yi, while Lian Yunshang privately realized that he had become jealous.

Lian Yunshang received a summons from White Horse Temple while Xu Yi searched for her, worried about a man who had been near her. As Xu Yi headed to the temple, Xuan Zhuang tried to turn Ancestor Ning against him.

• Lian Yunshang received a message from her master and hurried back to White Horse Temple, while a Middle-aged Man in White watched her leave.
• Xu Yi rejected Old Desolate's advice to abduct Lian Yunshang and erase her memories, but resolved to deal with the man who had been near her.
• Xu Yi questioned Su Jinyue about Lian Yunshang's whereabouts, briefly lifted her into the air, then apologized and gave her a Golden Wish Bead.
• Xu Yi contacted Xuan Zhuang, who told him to come to White Horse Temple and promised he would get what he wanted.
• Xuan Zhuang complained to Ancestor Ning that Xu Yi was harassing Lian Yunshang and asked Ancestor Ning to uphold justice.

Ning Wanren fled from Xu Yi after trying to capture Lian Yunshang, but Xu Yi pursued him, mistaking him for someone connected to the Minions. Their fight ended with Xu Yi summoning the Immortal Slaying Sword and preparing to attack.

• Ning Wanren learned that Xu Yi had returned and fled before Xu Yi could find him at White Horse Temple.
• Xu Yi chased Ning Wanren across the sea, contacted Xuan Zhuang, and demanded that Lian Yunshang come to him.
• Ning Wanren destroyed Xu Yi’s Ruyi Pearl and fought off his fire-based attacks while letting Xu Yi believe he served the Minions.
• Ning Wanren struck Xu Yi with water-vapor fists, then claimed Xu Yi should return and cultivate for them.
• Xu Yi realized Ning Wanren was not one of the Minions, asked who he was, and summoned the Immortal Slaying Sword.

Ning Wanren attacked Xu Yi to seize his Starry Sky Ring after revealing his ties to Ka Shentong and Xuanzang. Xu Yi immobilized him with a hidden technique, but Ning Wanren escaped with the scarlet nail and continued attacking as he fled.

• Ning Wanren endured Xu Yi’s Twenty-Three Clear Wind Swords and revealed that he was friends with Ka Shentong and Xuanzang.
• Xu Yi realized Ka Shentong and Xuanzang were the same person and confronted Ning Wanren for trying to seize his friend’s daughter.
• Ning Wanren decided to take Xu Yi’s Starry Sky Ring and attacked him with the Evil Dragon Pattern Soul Locking Nail.
• The nail knocked aside the Immortal Slaying Sword and shattered Xu Yi’s fireball, leaving him badly wounded.
• Xu Yi suddenly immobilized Ning Wanren and launched another powerful fireball at him.
• Ning Wanren’s golden figure escaped with him, and he fled a hundred li while using the scarlet nail to hold Xu Yi back.

After surviving his battle with Ancestor Ning, Xu Yi recovered and questioned Xuan Zhuang about Lian Yunshang, but conflicting possibilities left him unable to determine who had taken her. He left White Horse Temple still uncertain whether she was with the Minions or Ancestor Ning.

• Huang Mei caught Xu Yi as he fell unconscious from the sky, then let him drop into the sea and returned to the Starry Sky Ring.
• After two days and three nights, Xu Yi woke, recovered with Spirit Wine, and retrieved the crippled Immortal Slaying Sword from Huang Mei.
• Xu Yi suspected the Minions had taken Lian Yunshang, then returned to White Horse Temple to question Xuan Zhuang about Ancestor Ning.
• Xuan Zhuang said Ancestor Ning had taken Lian Yunshang on his master's instructions, and Xu Yi searched Xuan Zhuang's memories to verify his account.
• Xu Yi realized Ancestor Ning might have used a trick or a fake Lian Yunshang, leaving her whereabouts uncertain.

Xu Yi and Zhang Fang found Li Zhao tortured and dying after Liu Qi betrayed their deal with the Chen Black Order. After learning what happened from the middleman Wang Laoqian, Xu Yi asked where Liu Qi was and prepared to confront him.

• Xu Yi and Zhang Fang went to Jiangnan Spring after Li Zhao failed to answer their summons.
• They found Li Zhao hanging from a flagpole with his Qi Sea destroyed, and he died after asking Xu Yi to avenge him by killing Liu Qi.
• Xu Yi ordered Zhang Fang to bring Wang Laoqian before him, and Zhang Fang tortured the middleman until he explained Li Zhao's capture and death.
• Wang Laoqian said Liu Qi was likely at his residence celebrating the Chen Black Order's birthday and warned Xu Yi against challenging the order.

Xu Yi confronted Chen Xuetang at his birthday banquet, demanding justice for Liu Qi’s theft of the Kongxu Sect’s crystal core. When Chen Xuetang dismissed his accusation, Xu Yi called on Old Desolate and prepared to act.

• Xu Yi ignored Huang Mei’s advice and entered Chen Xuetang’s birthday banquet, where he ate his way through three tables of food.
• Liu Qi recognized Xu Yi and tried to have him escorted away, but Xu Yi publicly challenged him and invoked the King's Law.
• Chen Xuetang arrived and told Xu Yi to provide evidence that Liu Qi had cheated him out of the crystal core.
• Xu Yi proposed that he and Liu Qi swear Blood Oaths, but Chen Xuetang rejected the idea and threatened to let the matter go only if Xu Yi backed down.
• Xu Yi addressed Old Desolate and said he wanted to do good and remove evil without killing unjustly, drawing Chen Xuetang’s suspicion.

Xu Yi killed Green-shirted guest and Chen Black Order at the birthday feast, openly challenging the power of White Mansion. He left the gathered guests terrified and collected the dead men’s spoils.

• Xu Yi rejected Huang Mei’s warning and said he would punish those who stayed silent in the face of injustice.
• Green-shirted guest attacked Xu Yi but was burned to ash, and Xu Yi absorbed his corpse energy.
• Xu Yi compared Liu Qi and Chen Black Order to the wolf and lamb in his story, then explained that he no longer feared the Mansions’ rulers and wanted to learn how to reach the Immortal Realm.
• Chen Black Order threatened Xu Yi with a golden seal, but Xu Yi trapped and refined him into ash while Liu Qi was caught in the flames.
• Xu Yi collected the fallen treasures and records at Huang Mei’s urging as the guests watched in fear.

Xu Yi killed Chen Black Order to draw out the highest ranks of the Black and White Mansions, then confronted the Ten Golden Orders and killed Tong Xiang in one exchange. As Xue Kuangye and the other Golden Orders faced him, Xu Yi unleashed a vast cage of fire.

• The Demon Emperor praised Xu Yi and tried to call him Brother Jiang, but Xu Yi left before the crowd could speak with him.
• The Ten Golden Orders, led by Xue Kuangye, blocked Xu Yi’s path after he killed Chen Black Order.
• Tong Xiang challenged Xu Yi, but Xu Yi engulfed him in flames and killed him before he could finish calling for help.
• Xue Kuangye demanded to know who Xu Yi was and offered him a way out if he turned back.
• Xu Yi refused, spread his palms, and formed a vast cage of fire as the other nine Golden Orders summoned their treasures.

Xu Yi defeated the Gold Seal powerhouses, captured Xue Kuangye, and learned that a visitor from the Immortal Realm was expected to descend soon. Xue Kuangye revealed that Xu Yi’s Azure Ancient Green Wood Banner had disturbed the starry sky passage, drawing him into a mysterious contest whose stakes involved reaching the Immortal Realm.

• Xu Yi shattered his fire cage, captured Xue Kuangye, and fled while the Demon Emperor claimed a close connection to him before the gathered cultivators.
• Xu Yi took Xue Kuangye’s heart’s blood, and Huang Mei refined Xue Kuangyuan’s core corpse qi into a corpse pill.
• Xue Kuangye explained that the Void Hall guarded the sole passage from the Barren Frontier to the Immortal Realm, though no one had ascended through it in nearly three hundred years.
• Xue Kuangye said someone from the Immortal Realm would descend within days because the starry sky passage had been disturbed.
• Xu Yi realized the disturbance began when his Azure Ancient Green Wood Banner reacted during his fight with Old Demon Ning, and Xue Kuangye confirmed Emperor Lu had identified the banner as its likely cause.
• Xue Kuangye explained that Xu Yi’s ability to condense immortal spirit energy qualified him to enter the coming contest, while most powerful figures in the Barren Frontier could not reach that threshold.

Xu Yi accepted Xue Kuangye’s gambit to approach the Black and White Emperor Lords and set out with him for the Void Hall. Meanwhile, Ning Wanren, Ka Shentong, and Xuanzang discussed the failed attempt to use Lian Yunshang as a pawn and warned that Xu Yi might reach the Emperor Lords first.

• Xue Kuangye explained his plan to Xu Yi, who agreed to take the risk despite doubting whether he could trust him.
• Old Desolate confirmed that Xue Kuangye’s motives were genuine but warned Xu Yi not to underestimate the two Emperor Lords or overuse his Ding Yuan Technique.
• After recovering, Xue Kuangye led Xu Yi toward the Void Hall.
• Ka Shentong berated Ning Wanren for plotting to use Lian Yunshang, and Ning admitted he had only set a trap that someone else had acted on.
• Ning Wanren warned Ka Shentong and Xuanzang that Xu Yi might contact the Black and White Emperor Lords and seize the Immortal-Fate opportunity before they could act.