Recaps

Xu Yi reached Duiliu Mountain to investigate the Thunder Cave and encountered cultivators guarding its entrance. After one of them pursued him, Xu Yi trapped the green-robed youth in a Forbidden Fire Cage and prepared to question him about the cave.

• Huang Mei argued with Xu Yi about his loyalty, then secretly worried that Xu Yi would outgrow him and returned to the Starry Sky Ring with a map to Duiliu Mountain.
• Xu Yi followed Huang Mei's map and Zhang Bao'er's directions to find a cave near the Bailing River that resonated with Thunder True Intent.
• Several cultivators confronted Xu Yi and claimed they had arrived first, so Xu Yi agreed to leave the cave alone.
• The green-robed youth pursued Xu Yi, who lured him into a mountain hollow and trapped him in a Forbidden Fire Cage.
• Xu Yi lowered one layer of the cage and demanded that the youth answer his questions about the Thunder Cave.

Xu Yi entered Thunder Cave and discovered that its lightning came from a centuries-old Thunder True Intent, which he endured to strengthen his own understanding. Outside, Gong Xiaoxin and more than fifty people gathered, preparing to deal with Xu Yi as the lightning surged again.

• The green-robed youth told Xu Yi that Thunder Cave’s lightning appeared during increasingly severe storms and that cultivators had died when they stayed inside during it.
• Xu Yi returned to Thunder Cave, drove off the onlookers with a white flame bead, and searched the chamber without finding any formations or Talisman Patterns.
• A white bolt of lightning struck Xu Yi, and he used the Crimson Flame Thunder Monkey to withstand its thunder while opening his mind to the Thunder True Intent.
• Xu Yi realized that a powerful cultivator had left the Thunder True Intent in the cave and that it had weakened over the centuries.
• More than fifty people gathered outside Thunder Cave under Gong Xiaoxin, the sect master of Yanfa Sect, as they discussed what to do about Xu Yi.

Xu Yi mastered the Righteous Intent of Samadhi Primordial Thunder by letting the Crimson Flame Thunder Monkey absorb the Thunder True Intent. After emerging from Thunder Cave, he killed the cultivators who turned against him, gathered their resources, and vowed to honor the senior who had granted him the opportunity.

• Wu Gang urged Gong Xiaoxin and the others to keep channeling thunder into Thunder Cave, hoping to kill Xu Yi before he became a threat.
• On Old Desolate’s advice, Xu Yi yielded control to the Crimson Flame Thunder Monkey, which welcomed the Thunder True Intent and comprehended it.
• The lightning in Thunder Cave vanished, and Xu Yi emerged in his human form as the cultivators backed away.
• Wu Gang begged Gong Xiaoxin to help him attack Xu Yi, but Xu Yi unleashed a thunderstorm that overwhelmed and killed the cultivators.
• Xu Yi gathered the scattered resources, then bowed three times before the cave and vowed not to disgrace the senior who had bestowed the opportunity.

Xu Yi used the Righteous Intent of Samadhi Primordial Thunder and borrowed Old Desolate’s corpse aura to disguise himself before entering the Huaiyou City God Temple. He began a covert search for Dian Junming, determined to kill him despite Old Desolate’s warnings, and uncovered a portrait concealing a cavern.

• Xu Yi decided Dian Junming had to die because leaving the scheme unanswered would leave a knot in his heart, despite Old Desolate warning him about the Jiangbei Earth God Palace.
• Old Desolate lent Xu Yi corpse aura, allowing him to disguise himself as a middle-aged man in a blue robe.
• Guided by Old Desolate, Xu Yi reached Qiuyue City and entered the Huaiyou City God Temple, where Dian Junming’s statue stood in the main hall.
• Xu Yi immobilized the two cultivators guarding a room with the Ding Yuan Technique.
• At Old Desolate’s instruction, Xu Yi uncovered the portrait of Jade Purity True Person riding an ox and found a cavern behind it.

Xu Yi entered the Netherworld Forbidden Area and disguised himself as a servant to reach Dian Junming. As Xu Yi approached Dian Junming’s meeting with Lord Huaishi, Dian Junming described his alarming encounter with Xu Yi and explained how narrowly he had escaped.

• Huang Mei explained that the secluded cultivation ground was the Netherworld Forbidden Area and warned Xu Yi to find a place to settle before his borrowed identity drew attention.
• Xu Yi immobilized a servant carrying a tray, took his clothes, and hid him among the lotus leaves instead of killing him.
• Xu Yi carried the tray through the courtyards while Huang Mei guided him, and he discovered Dian Junming in a room with a purple-clothed middle-aged man.
• Dian Junming offered Lord Huaishi five Incense Beads to secure his help, and Lord Huaishi accepted them before asking what had happened.
• Dian Junming recounted his encounter with Xu Yi and said he had survived only by using the incense spirits stored in his token, leaving Lord Huaishi stunned.

Dian Junming paid Lord Huaishi to secure a Sea Catch Order against Xu Yi, but Xu Yi struck during their meeting, killed Dian Junming, and wounded Lord Huaishi. Lord Huaishi fled as the battle roused the entire City God's Mansion.

• Dian Junming persuaded Lord Huaishi to ask Divine Lord Cao for a Sea Catch Order, offering three Incense Beads, and Divine Lord Cao approved the request.
• Lord Huaishi dismissed the danger Xu Yi posed, while Dian Junming warned him not to cross paths with Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi disguised as a servant revealed himself and killed Dian Junming with thunder, then took his resources as Huang Mei devoured the corpse energy.
• Xu Yi attacked Lord Huaishi, whose command talisman shielded him from the first strike, and then shattered his counterattack with the Thunder Pearl.
• Lord Huaishi fled in terror as the clash awakened the entire City God's Mansion.

Xu Yi overwhelmed Lord Huaishi with his Spirit-Endowed Thunder Technique, killing the reinforcements and driving Huaishi toward a secret exit. After Xu Yi exploited Huaishi’s hope of negotiation, Huaishi’s command token failed and Xu Yi refined him into smoke.

• Lord Huaishi called the cultivators at the City God's Mansion to help him defeat Xu Yi and offered the victor the City God's position.
• Xu Yi’s thunder killed seventeen Harmonization cultivators in less than three breaths, terrifying the survivors.
• Lord Huaishi fled southwest toward a secret exit while Xu Yi’s thunder exhausted the protection of his command token.
• Xu Yi struck the exit with thunder, blocked Lord Huaishi’s escape, and forced him to burn his corpse and defend himself.
• Xu Yi pretended to consider Huaishi’s offer, then attacked when Huaishi lowered his guard and discovered his command token had run out of incense spirit essence.
• Xu Yi trapped Lord Huaishi in a thunder cage and refined him into smoke, while Huang Mei consumed his corpse qi.

Xu Yi escaped the Huaiyou City God's Mansion after killing Lord Huaishi, but a terrestrial immortal intercepted him and attacked. Xu Yi survived the strikes with the help of the Cloud Crane Pure Qi and a mysterious treasure, then called on Brother Yin to reveal himself.

• Xu Yi killed Lord Huaishi, seized the resources, and escaped the Netherworld Forbidden Area.
• Xu Yi transformed into the Crimson Flame Thunder Monkey and fled, but a ghastly white pillar struck him from the sky.
• Xu Yi endured the attack with the aid of the Cloud Crane Pure Qi and spirit liquid, then faced a white-haired young man he recognized as a terrestrial immortal.
• The white-haired young man questioned Xu Yi about how he had resisted star power, while Huang Mei warned him that the immortal was probing for weaknesses.
• Xu Yi challenged the white-haired young man to strike again, then used a mysterious treasure to shatter the attack.
• Xu Yi taunted the white-haired young man and called on Brother Yin to explain the technique.

Xu Yi used the Yin Official Seal to force Silver Venerable, whose real name was Wang Buyi, to negotiate instead of reclaiming it by force. After securing his cooperation, Xu Yi asked Wang Buyi for his experience and a small favor, and Wang Buyi began to explain.

• The white-haired youth fled when Silver Venerable approached, leaving Xu Yi and Silver Venerable to face each other.
• Xu Yi threatened to destroy the Yin Official Seal, making Silver Venerable stop and negotiate.
• Xu Yi called Silver Venerable Old Wang after learning his name was Wang Buyi, then persuaded him to move somewhere secluded.
• Xu Yi set out tea in a mountain forest and told Wang Buyi he wanted his experience and a small favor rather than treasure or help with his identity.
• Wang Buyi relaxed, accepted Xu Yi's request, and began to explain.

Wang Buyi explained the stages of immortal cultivation to Xu Yi, from lighting a main star to becoming a Ghost Immortal. Xu Yi then asked Wang Buyi to protect him while he broke through to the Dao Integration Stage, and Wang Buyi agreed, unaware of what the task would entail.

• Wang Buyi explained how cultivators used Incense Beads and spirit beads to light a main star and described the differences between Immortal Spirit Power and the power of the stars.
• Wang Buyi told Xu Yi that Dao Integration cultivators could resonate with stars but only immortals could use star power, and warned him that Chao Kun of the Jiangbei Earth God Palace had lit two main stars.
• Wang Buyi described the Yin-Yang Tribulation and shared what he knew about the Ghost Immortal Realm.
• Xu Yi thanked Wang Buyi for his guidance but reminded him that he had also promised to help with a small favor.
• Xu Yi asked Wang Buyi to guard him while he broke through to the Dao Integration Stage, and Wang Buyi agreed.
• After only a few dozen breaths, Wang Buyi found that the breakthrough was far more difficult than he had expected.

Xu Yi endured repeated attempts to Converge with the Dao, switching forms when his true body could not withstand the strain. Five-colored mystic light finally entered the corpses of both the Crimson Flame Thunder Monkey and Xu Yi's true body, leaving Wang Buyi astonished.

• Xu Yi used ten Immortal Spirit Beads without opening the Starry Sky Gate, then continued despite Wang Buyi and Huang Mei warning him to stop.
• Xu Yi manifested the Spirit Official Three Lives Aspect and continued catalyzing the process, reducing the damage to his body.
• Five-colored mystic light appeared above Xu Yi but vanished before entering his corpse, and Huang Mei told him to attack the Starry Sky Gate in the Crimson Flame Thunder Monkey's corpse.
• Xu Yi manifested the Crimson Flame Thunder Monkey and resumed refining Incense Beads and Immortal Spirit Beads while Wang Buyi maintained the barrier.
• Five-colored mystic light entered the Crimson Flame Thunder Monkey's corpse, then Xu Yi manifested his true body and the light entered that corpse as well.

Xu Yi completed his breakthrough to the Dao Integration Realm and discovered that the Twenty-Eight Mansions had appeared in his starry sky and in the Crimson Flame Thunder Monkey's corpse. After returning Wang Buyi's Yin Official Seal, Xu Yi refused to lend him the Four-Colored Seal, and Wang Buyi prepared to act against him.

• Wang Buyi guarded Xu Yi through his long breakthrough, and Xu Yi recovered and thanked him for helping bring the surrounding forces into order.
• Xu Yi confirmed that he had ignited multiple main stars, and Desolate Charming entered his body and discovered the Twenty-Eight Mansions in both Xu Yi and the Crimson Flame Thunder Monkey's corpse.
• Xu Yi used the Four-Colored Seal to retrieve Wang Buyi's Yin Official Seal from the corpse and returned it to him.
• Wang Buyi asked to borrow the Four-Colored Seal, but Xu Yi refused, prompting Wang Buyi to threaten him.
• Wang Buyi checked that the returned Yin Official Seal was genuine, and Xu Yi warned him to examine it more carefully before celebrating.

Xu Yi used the altered Yin Official Seal to make Wang Buyi submit, then asked him to help advance his Dao Integration cultivation. By drawing on the Twenty-Eight Mansions and rapidly refining beads, Xu Yi reached perfection in the Dao Integration Realm, while Wang Buyi watched in astonishment and helped him.

• Wang Buyi discovered Xu Yi had altered the Yin Official Seal and conceded, asking what Xu Yi wanted him to do.
• Xu Yi asked Wang Buyi to guard him while he cultivated the main stars he had lit to higher color grades.
• Xu Yi refined Incense Beads and Immortal Spirit Beads, drawing stellar power from the Twenty-Eight Mansions as Wang Buyi assumed he was wasting them.
• Xu Yi advanced through the Dao Integration levels in a short time, with green, white, black, and purple lights appearing behind him.
• When Xu Yi ran out of Incense Beads, Wang Buyi gave him four without complaint.
• After refining the third bead, Xu Yi released golden Qi and reached perfection in the Dao Integration Realm.

Xu Yi condensed a rare Star Spirit Essence and refused Wang Buyi’s offer to trade for it, learning that it could imbue his spiritual power with the strength of a Ghost Immortal. After Wang Buyi advised him to seek a command token and Immortal official status to protect himself from the Jiangbei Earth God Palace, Xu Yi hid in a cave to cultivate and emerged a month later.

• Xu Yi awakened the stars within two corpses and drew down spiritual power that condensed into a grain-sized Star Spirit Essence.
• Wang Buyi offered resources and protection in exchange for the essence, but Xu Yi refused and promised to consider giving him a speck if he condensed more.
• Xu Yi returned Wang Buyi’s Yin Official Seal, and Wang Buyi warned him to keep the essence secret and seek Immortal official status to guard against the Jiangbei Earth God Palace.
• Wang Buyi advised Xu Yi to obtain a command token and mentioned a family in Jiangnan that could help him secure official status.
• Xu Yi traveled east, concealed himself in an underground cave, cultivated for a month, and emerged gaunt but bright-eyed.

Xu Yi stayed with the Lu family and learned that they were preparing to fight the Zhao family over a spirit spring, with a coveted Order Talisman promised to their chosen champion. When Dong Xiaoshan claimed the fifth place and attacked Xu Yi to assert his dominance, the Lu family elders raised a barrier against the blow.

• Xu Yi persuaded Young Master Lu to let him stay as a guest retainer despite the family's halted recruitment.
• After half a month, Lu Changqing gathered the guest retainers and announced that the Lu and Zhao families would each send five people to fight over their dispute.
• Lu Changqing revealed four selected fighters, including the famed Corpse Sword Chen Fangge, while the remaining position drew eager volunteers.
• Dong Xiaoshan attacked an old man in hemp clothes, claimed the fifth position, and insulted Xu Yi as a rival for the Order Talismans.
• Dong Xiaoshan unleashed a blade of saber energy at Xu Yi, and several Lu family elders joined forces to shield the estate.

Xu Yi persuaded Lu Zhenhai to let the gathered cultivators accompany the Lu Household to the spirit spring and watch the five-person round battle. When the Zhao Household arrived, Dong Xiaoshan volunteered for the first fight, then asked whether the contest was to the death.

• Xu Yi evaded Dong Xiaoshan's attacks, and Patriarch Lu named Dong the fifth contender.
• Xu Yi questioned Patriarch Lu about dismissing the guests and suggested they stay to pressure the Zhao Household.
• Patriarch Lu agreed, and he led the guests aboard a flying vessel to the spirit spring.
• Zhao Lingwu arrived with the Zhao Household, and both sides agreed to begin the five-person round battle.
• Dong Xiaoshan entered the field first, faced a white-clothed youth, and asked Lu Zhenhai whether the match was about victory or life and death.

Old Ancestor Kumoku defeated Bai Qingzhi with his Withered Wood Divine Art and revealed himself as a cultivator reborn through body possession. With the Lu family's fighters shaken, he challenged Chen Fangge to face him.

• Zhao Lingwu insisted the Five-Person Round Battle would be fought to the death, while Lu Zhenhai struggled to find someone willing to fight.
• Dong Xiaoshan withdrew from the challenge, but Bai Qingzhi stepped forward to protect his hard-earned reputation.
• Bai Qingzhi attacked Old Ancestor Kumoku with countless golden particles, but Kumoku trapped and killed him with two leaves from his willow branch.
• Dong Xiaoshan recognized the white-clothed youth as Old Ancestor Kumoku, and Lu Zhenhai realized the battle had turned against the Lu family.
• Old Ancestor Kumoku challenged Chen Fangge, whom the Lu family's formation saw as their only likely match.

Chen Fangge fought Old Ancestor Kumoku over the Gold Order Talisman, but their battle ended with Chen Fangge badly wounded and Kumoku victorious. Xu Yi challenged Lu Zhenhai to take responsibility for the next round, leaving the contest over the spirit spring unresolved.

• Lu Zhenhai promised Chen Fangge the Gold Order Talisman if he helped him through the round, and Chen Fangge entered the arena to face Old Ancestor Kumoku.
• Chen Fangge attacked Old Ancestor Kumoku with golden light, exposing his Soldier Armor Species Demonic Great Law and drawing onlookers’ praise for both fighters.
• Chen Fangge unleashed his Corpse Sword, but an invisible ripple shattered its sword-light, leaving him injured and unable to resist Old Ancestor Kumoku’s attack.
• Xu Yi intervened before Old Ancestor Kumoku could kill Chen Fangge and demanded that Lu Zhenhai coordinate the next move.
• Lu Zhenhai said the Five-Person Round Battle was still ongoing because Zhao Lingwu’s side had won only two rounds, and he asked to discuss who would fight next.

Xu Yi entered the deadly round battle after killing Dong Xiaoshan and demanded the Gold Order Talisman before fighting. He received it and launched an attack on Old Ancestor Kumoku, who answered with his Ancient Cangmu True Intent.

• Xu Yi killed Dong Xiaoshan instantly with his flame beads, shocking the gathered cultivators.
• Xu Yi agreed to fight only if Lu Zhenhai handed over the Gold Order Talisman first, and Lu Zhenhai gave it to him.
• Old Ancestor Kumoku challenged Xu Yi and invited him to strike first, confident in his defenses.
• Xu Yi attacked with flame beads, and Old Ancestor Kumoku sent his Ancient Cangmu True Intent toward Xu Yi's spiritual platform.

Xu Yi defeated and killed Old Ancestor Kumoku with Samadhi Primordial Thunder Righteous Intent, then agreed to fight more matches for Lu Zhenhai after learning Lu's family could help him secure an official post. Zhao Lingwu warned Xu Yi that continuing to intervene would draw him into danger.

• Xu Yi overwhelmed Old Ancestor Kumoku with thunder, ignored his surrender, and killed him with the Thunder Cage Net.
• Xu Yi collected Kumoku's corpse aura and spoils, then introduced himself as Young Master Yiling to Zhao Lingwu and the watching crowd.
• Lu Zhenhai asked Xu Yi to keep fighting, and Xu Yi initially refused because he had urgent business and distrusted Lu.
• Lu Zhenhai told Xu Yi that his family's jade token could help him obtain an official appointment through Song Youlong, so Xu Yi agreed to fight a few more matches.
• Zhao Lingwu warned Xu Yi to quit while he was ahead and stay out of the conflict.

Zhao Lingwu brought Zhang Guanhai into the contest for the Spirit Spring, and Xu Yi agreed to face the immortal’s strike. Zhang Guanhai’s attack was overwhelmed by mysterious stellar power, and the Zhao family conceded the Spirit Spring to Lu Zhenhai’s side before departing.

• Zhao Lingwu summoned Zhang Guanhai and proposed that Xu Yi withstand one of the immortal’s strikes to decide who would claim the Spirit Spring.
• Xu Yi accepted the challenge, and Zhang Guanhai’s flame spear shattered Xu Yi’s lightning barrier and struck toward his brow.
• A burst of stellar power hurled Xu Yi backward and destroyed Zhang Guanhai’s flame figure, leaving Zhang convinced that a powerful cultivator had intervened.
• Lu Zhenhai mocked Zhao Lingwu, who conceded the Spirit Spring and hurried away with the Zhao family after Zhang Guanhai departed.

Xu Yi obtained Lu Zhenhai’s jade token and visited Song Youlong to request help, offering five Incense Beads as a gift. Song Youlong agreed to honor the token, then asked Xu Yi to lend him the Four-Colored Seal to examine.

• Xu Yi frightened Lu Zhenhai with a lightning strike and took the jade token from him.
• Chen Fangge thanked Xu Yi for saving his life and gave him a Ruyi Pearl to establish contact.
• Xu Yi traveled to Song Youlong’s mansion and presented the jade token and five Incense Beads while explaining his request.
• Song Youlong promised to help because of his old friendship with the Lu family’s ancestor, then asked to handle Xu Yi’s Four-Colored Seal.

Xu Yi killed Cao Cangshui and Song Youlong after they tried to seize his treasures and corpse, then recovered while Huangmei examined their resources. He discovered the blank appointment writ he had sought: a substantive post as City God of Anlu City God's Mansion.

• Song Youlong summoned Cao Cangshui to confront Xu Yi and demand the corpse.
• Song Youlong attacked Xu Yi, but Xu Yi killed Cao Cangshui and then refined Song Youlong with the Thunder Cage Net.
• Xu Yi collapsed from the strain, recovered in the concealed courtyard, and examined the two Ghost Immortals' resources.
• Huangmei emerged from the Starry Sky Ring, absorbed the men's memories, and told Xu Yi that their Gold Order Talismans held Incense Spirit Essence.
• Huangmei found a blank writ of appointment among Song Youlong's resources, naming Xu Yi to the substantive post of City God of Anlu City God's Mansion.

Xu Yi registered the Gold Order Talisman and secured an official post as Anlu City God, then encountered Li Jinhuan, the Divine Lord of Jiangbei Earth God Palace, who confronted him over killing Song Youlong and Cao Cangshui. The chapter ended with Li Jinhuan challenging Xu Yi’s confidence and asking whether he thought he could fight his way out of the Eastern Judgment Prefecture.

• Xu Yi bound the Gold Order Talisman to himself, learned that it gathered Incense Spirit Essence, and muddled the memories of witnesses before slipping out of Song Mansion.
• Xu Yi traveled to the Eastern Judgment Prefecture, registered his identity, and obtained a duplicate register for Anlu City God's Mansion.
• While leaving the mountain, Xu Yi met Li Jinhuan, who introduced himself as the newly appointed Divine Lord of Jiangbei Earth God Palace.
• Li Jinhuan accused Xu Yi of killing Song Youlong and Cao Cangshui and said he would kill him after they finished their tea.
• Xu Yi calmly offered Li Jinhuan tea, and Li Jinhuan challenged him to explain how he expected to fight and escape the Eastern Judgment Prefecture.

Xu Yi secured Official Status and avoided Li Jinhuan’s attempt to entrap him, agreeing to owe him a favor. As Xu Yi prepared to take up his post as Anlu City God, Mu Kuang arrived to arrest him over the murders of Song Youlong and Cao Cangshui, and Xu Yi challenged the legality of the accusation.

• Xu Yi refused to confess to Li Jinhuan, who abandoned his plan to attack him after he obtained Official Status.
• Li Jinhuan demanded that Xu Yi owe him a favor in exchange for the trouble caused by the destruction of the Huaiyou City God's Mansion and the deaths of Cao Cangshui and Song Youlong.
• Xu Yi left to take up his post as Anlu City God, but Mu Kuang, Director of the Punishment Department, confronted him.
• Xu Yi cited the Great Edict of the Underworld to object when Mu Kuang's men tried to seize him.
• Mu Kuang said Xu Yi was a prime suspect in the murders of Song Youlong and Cao Cangshui, and Xu Yi demanded to know the grounds for suspicion.