Recaps

Xu Yi revealed himself to Zhong Shenxiu, forced him to punish corrupt officials and the Zhang brothers, and secured Zhang Zhongxing and Xiu Niang’s escape from Jianghuai. After sending the couple away, Xu Yi returned to bid farewell to his neighbors before leaving the city.

• Xu Yi revealed that he was Old Demon Kongxu and demanded that Zhong Shenxiu clean up corruption in Jianghuai Earth Palace.
• Zhong Shenxiu recognized Xu Yi’s power, apologized, and ordered soldiers to drag away Zheng Xiong, the underworld officials, and the Zhang brothers.
• Xu Yi secretly planted an Origin Seal Bead in Zhong Shenxiu’s shoulder and used it to frighten him into letting Zhang Zhongxing and Xiu Niang go.
• Xu Yi took Zhang Zhongxing and Xiu Niang to Guazhou Ferry, gave Zhang Zhongxing a Sumeru Ring, and urged them to leave Jianghuai.
• Xu Yi returned to the city gate’s docks and began saying goodbye to his neighbors, who gathered to see him off.

Xu Yi left Tokyo City, reunited with Master Cen, and later met Silver Venerable Wang Buyi to ask about the world's structure. Silver Venerable took him into the astral winds to show him the starry sky.

• Several hundred people escorted Xu Yi to the city gates as he left Tokyo City.
• Xu Yi met Master Cen at the ferry, spent the night aboard his pleasure boat, and slipped away before dawn.
• A demonic fog and fierce winds struck Master Cen's boat convoy, but golden light protected his pleasure boat and helped rescue the other vessels.
• Xu Yi contacted Silver Venerable Wang Buyi with his Ruyi Pearl and met him two hours later.
• Silver Venerable recognized Xu Yi as Old Demon Kongxu, the Yin Court's wanted enemy, but refused to turn him in.
• Xu Yi asked Silver Venerable about the world's structure, and Silver Venerable took him into the layer of starry-sky astral winds.

Xu Yi rose into the True Gang Void with Silver Venerable and saw that the world was a planet called Qin Guang Star, then learned how the Immortal Realm and its appointed rulers were organized. He left Silver Venerable to put his Roving Official Seal to use and obtain incense offerings, remembering that Huang Mei could help him.

• Xu Yi endured the Starry Sky Gale Force and reached the True Gang Void, where he saw the spherical Qin Guang Star.
• Silver Venerable explained that Qin Guang Star was one planet in the Immortal Realm and described the Fragment Worlds, the Main World, and the appointments of the Investiture Platform and Imperial Decree Platform.
• Xu Yi listened to Silver Venerable’s account of the Immortal Realm and resolved to one day explore its planets himself.
• Xu Yi left Silver Venerable after two days and decided to use his Roving Official Seal to obtain incense offerings for the damaged Dark Gourd.
• Xu Yi remembered Huang Mei could explain how to use the seal and slapped his forehead.

Xu Yi freed the Desolate Charm Old Ancestor and persuaded him that an enemy had sealed the Starry Sky Ring, then planned to claim an Underworld Court post through the Roving Official Seal. Disguised and carrying out preparations, Xu Yi reached Fengdu City, where he would need to settle his official appointment.

• Xu Yi released the Desolate Charm Old Ancestor and fabricated a story about an enemy sealing the Starry Sky Ring, convincing him despite his suspicions.
• Xu Yi and the Desolate Charm Old Ancestor agreed that Xu Yi should claim a post with the Roving Official Seal and travel to Fengdu City to make it official.
• Xu Yi changed into a Nu Chi Ape to avoid problems with his registered bloodline, and the Desolate Charm Old Ancestor explained the route and local taboos.
• Xu Yi created a bearded disguise with pure qi and a Ruyi Pearl, then headed west with the Desolate Charm Old Ancestor.
• Xu Yi arrived in Fengdu City, a cultivator settlement inside the netherworld barrier that had grown around the Underworld Court's Foreign Affairs Department.

Xu Yi, posing as Lei Chiyan, sought an official appointment in Fengdu City and paid Zhen Ping and his connections to reach Xia Sibo’s household. The chapter ended with Steward Xia accepting gifts and promising to consider the request, while Xu Yi remained silent and ignored.

• Xu Yi hired Zhen Ping to help secure an official appointment and revealed his white Roving Official Seal.
• Zhen Ping contacted Xia Sibo’s network, and Xu Yi gave him three hundred and fifty Incense Beads to cover the expenses.
• Zhen Ping and Xu Yi met Wu Quan, who brought them to Steward Xia at Xia Sibo’s residence.
• Steward Xia warned that appointments were only three days away and the good posts might already be taken.
• Wu Quan presented gifts for Steward Xia and Xia Sibo, and Steward Xia said he knew about their request.
• Steward Xia dismissed them without acknowledging Xu Yi, leaving Old Demon Kongxu unable to speak.

After Xu Yi offered Steward Xia three hundred Incense Beads to secure an appointment, Xia Sibo refused the request and ordered the gift returned. Zhen Niang persuaded her brother to seek an extension instead, hoping the favor would help her become Xia Sibo’s principal wife.

• Xu Yi hosted Steward Xia and Wu Quan after leaving the Xia estate, and Wu Quan explained that Steward Xia’s influence came from his sister, Zhen Niang.
• Steward Xia presented Xia Sibo with three hundred Incense Beads and explained Xu Yi’s request for help obtaining an appointment.
• Xia Sibo refused the request because appointments were already set and ordered Steward Xia to return the gift.
• Zhen Niang summoned Steward Xia and urged him to keep Xu Yi waiting until her grandfather’s birthday had passed and she could pursue becoming Xia Sibo’s principal wife.
• Steward Xia agreed to negotiate an extension, and Zhen Niang instructed him to treat Xu Yi respectfully so he would not refuse.

Xu Yi attended the official appointments at the Bureau of Officials, where Kong Xiang mocked him and Xia Sibo left him off the list. Xu Yi then struck the Bureau’s Scorching Thunder Drums, setting off an alarm across Fengdu City and leaving the officials stunned.

• Kong Xiang revealed Xu Yi’s identity as Lei Chiyan and ridiculed him for being a rogue cultivator with a Roving Official Seal.
• Xu Yi refused to show Xia Sibo respect, citing the Great Edict of the Underworld and their equal rank and grade.
• Xia Sibo announced appointments for nineteen officials, but Xu Yi’s name was not among them.
• Xu Yi protested the omission, then struck the Scorching Thunder Drums with two streams of clear energy.
• The thunder alarm spread through the Bureau of Officials and beyond, and Xia Sibo called Xu Yi an ignorant brute before leaving.

Xu Yi struck the Scorching Thunder Drum and was escorted to the Palace Front Division’s main hall, where powerful officials gathered to hear his case. Yang Wushang questioned Xu Yi and warned him of the consequences if his grievance failed to convince them.

• Xu Yi stepped forward after a man in yellow called for the person who had struck the Scorching Thunder Drum, and the guards escorted him to the Council Hall.
• Kong Xiang and the others were ordered to follow as witnesses, then entered a hall filled with Yang Wushang, the twelve Palace Front Division commanders, and the Eastern and Western Underworld Lords.
• Yang Wushang rebuked Xia Sibo for the disturbance, and Xia Sibo knelt to accept the blame.
• Yang Wushang recalled that the Scorching Thunder Drum had not sounded in seventy years and that its previous claimants had met grim ends.
• Yang Wushang asked Xu Yi who he was and what grievance had driven him to strike the drum, warning him of the consequences if he could not persuade the officials.

Xu Yi struck the Scorching Thunder Drum to challenge the Underworld Court’s official selection and forced Yang Wushang to hear his complaint. The Eastern Underworld Lord asked what service Xu Yi had rendered, and Xu Yi’s claim that he wounded Old Demon Kongxu and pursued him for three thousand li shocked the hall.

• Xu Yi claimed the official selection was unjust and demanded redress, while Yang Wushang dismissed him as a madman.
• Xu Yi knocked away the guards sent to remove him and argued that his merits should have earned him a post.
• Xu Yi invoked the Great Edict, warning Yang Wushang that striking him before hearing his full statement would provoke public outrage.
• The Eastern Underworld Lord asked Xu Yi to name his achievements after learning that he was a White-Talisman roving official.
• Xu Yi said he had wounded Old Demon Kongxu and pursued him for three thousand li, stunning the hall.

Xu Yi proved that Lei Chiyan had wounded Old Demon Kongxu and demanded an official post for his merit. The Eastern Underworld Lord backed him, but several commanders opposed reopening the appointment roster and offered other rewards instead.

• Xu Yi showed the court Ruyi Pearl footage of Lei Chiyan fighting Old Demon Kongxu, proving the battle was real and that Kongxu had fled wounded.
• The Eastern Underworld Lord praised Xu Yi, while Kong Xiang realized he had challenged someone far stronger than he had believed.
• Xu Yi confronted Yang Wushang over why the Officials Department had ignored his recorded merit, and Yang blamed Xia Sibo and called on Xia Enming to explain.
• The Eastern Underworld Lord demanded that Xu Yi receive an official post, citing the Officials Department's negligence and the need to answer public opinion.
• Commander Feng and six other commanders opposed changing the appointment roster, suggesting Incense Beads, Immortal Spirit Beads, or a future position as compensation.

Xu Yi confronted the officials over his appointment and then negotiated privately with Xia Sibo, demanding a powerful post that could help him gather Incense. Xia Sibo had not yet answered, leaving their deal unresolved.

• Xu Yi rejected Eastern Underworld Lord’s offer and threatened to take his grievance to the Cantilever Platform.
• Xia Sibo asked Yang Wushang to let him resolve the dispute, and Yang Wushang and the other officials left the hall.
• Xu Yi revealed that Steward Xia had kept the three hundred Incense Beads and threatened Xia Sibo over the breach of rules.
• Xu Yi demanded that Xia Sibo help him find an accessible, powerful official post for gathering Incense, offering a favor if Xia Sibo succeeded.

Xu Yi used Xia Sibo’s knowledge and political maneuvering to secure the post of Acting Chief of the Catching Thieves Division, with three months to capture two demons on the Demon Ranking. After taking up the post on Mount Shaoze, Xu Yi hinted that he planned to recruit more people, leaving Xia Sibo worried about what he would do next.

• Xia Sibo realized Xu Yi had deliberately chosen him and agreed to help in exchange for settling their grudge and protecting himself from blame.
• Xu Yi rejected the idea of becoming a Judge and asked Xia Sibo for a powerful post and guidance on quickly lighting the Dragon of the Starry Sky.
• Xia Sibo told the powerful figures that Lei Chiyan had accepted the post of Chief of the Catching Thieves Division on condition that he capture two ranked demons within three months.
• Yang Wushang and the others approved the appointment, and Long Wenzhang insisted that the condition be written into the agreement.
• Xu Yi signed the document and took up his post at the Catching Thieves Division office on Mount Shaoze.
• Xia Sibo warned Xu Yi not to cause trouble, but Xu Yi asked him to find potential recruits, leaving Xia Sibo uneasy.

Xu Yi took command of the Catching Thieves Division and summoned its eighteen battalion captains to establish his authority and gather strength. His appointment stirred the factions competing for the post, while Long Wenzhang and Brother Zuo decided to test him by letting Song Huaishan challenge him; the chapter ended as Xu Yi ordered the captains to introduce themselves.

• Xu Yi replaced the Main Hall statue with one of himself, summoned the eighteen battalion captains, and planned to use the Division to help him kill two demons on the Demon Ranking.
• Song Huaishan confronted Long Wenzhang over losing the commander's post, and Long Wenzhang urged him to seize the moment to challenge Xu Yi.
• Brother Zuo warned Long Wenzhang that Lei Chiyan might be disguising great ambition behind his boorish manner and could eventually threaten Long Wenzhang's position.
• Long Wenzhang and Brother Zuo agreed to let Song Huaishan clash with Lei Chiyan so they could gauge his strength.
• Xu Yi waited until the appointed meeting time, welcomed all eighteen captains, and ordered them to state their names and pay their respects.

Xu Yi confronted the Catching Thieves Division commanders and ordered them to remain for a month-long discipline competition, summoning their deputies to handle district affairs. When Song Huaishan and Duan Mingyu defied his order, Xu Yi trapped them in Forbidden Fire Cages, leaving the other commanders stunned.

• Xu Yi demanded that the eighteen commanders follow protocol, but Duan Mingyu and Song Huaishan mocked his authority while the others joined in.
• Xu Yi summoned the deputy commanders and announced a month-long competition to reform discipline, ordering the commanders to stay and participate.
• Song Huaishan tore up his order, and Duan Mingyu set his own document on fire and refused to comply.
• Xu Yi trapped Song Huaishan and Duan Mingyu in Forbidden Fire Cages, which they could not break through.

Xu Yi used the Forbidden Fire Cage and threats of disciplinary campaigns to break the Catching Thieves Division commanders’ resistance. After everyone else pledged allegiance, Li Kang revealed that he had only pretended to submit and still trusted Commander Long to stop Xu Yi.

• Xu Yi knocked out Song Huaishan and Duan Mingyu for tearing up an official document and had them dragged to prison.
• Xu Yi ordered a campaign to rectify the Catching Thieves Division and a self-inspection campaign, frightening the district commanders into fearing they would lose their posts.
• Li Kang agreed to speak privately with Xu Yi, then Xu Yi told the others he had forgiven Li Kang and let him leave.
• The commanders offered their allegiance one by one until even the final three holdouts surrendered.
• After the hall emptied, Xu Yi brought Li Kang back, and Li Kang defied him, insisting Commander Long would not let Xu Yi act recklessly.

Xu Yi secured the captains’ submission and visited Long Wenzhang to propose creating an intelligence-gathering force. Long Wenzhang and Master Zuo heard him out, but Xu Yi’s motives and the commander’s response remained unresolved.

• Xu Yi showed Li Kang the other captains pledging allegiance, and Li Kang gave up his resistance.
• Xu Yi visited Long Wenzhang, who had been debating whether to summon him after hearing of the day’s events.
• Xu Yi proposed punishing Song Huaishan and Duan Mingyu, and Long Wenzhang offered to take them off his hands.
• Xu Yi proposed forming the nineteenth battalion, the Wind Message Battalion, by combining the battalions’ messenger teams.
• Master Zuo advised Long Wenzhang to let Xu Yi explain, and Long Wenzhang asked Xu Yi what sort of man he thought he was.

Xu Yi negotiated with Long Wenzhang, securing approval for his Wind Message Battalion and an agreement that Long would not oppose his bid to lead the Catching Thieves Division. He then visited Xia Sibo, where he confronted the aftermath of Steward Xia’s punishment, and Xia Sibo asked why he had come.

• Xu Yi assured Long Wenzhang that he did not intend to threaten his position and promised to serve only one term as head of the Catching Thieves Division.
• Long Wenzhang and Master Zuo privately agreed to accept Xu Yi’s terms and make him a potential ally.
• Xu Yi signed a written promise, and Long Wenzhang approved his request to establish the Wind Message Battalion while declining to protect him from other enemies.
• Xu Yi visited Xia Sibo’s estate, where Steward Xia apologized for secretly taking his three hundred Incense Beads and explained that Xia Sibo had beaten him.
• Xu Yi called Xia Sibo “Old Xia” and complained about Steward Xia’s punishment, causing Steward Xia to faint.
• Xia Sibo led Xu Yi into his study and asked what he wanted, saying their accounts should already have been settled.

Xu Yi secured Xia Sibo’s help and spent half a month building the Wind Message Battalion, binding its officers to him with Heavenly King's Heart Lock Pills. A month later, the new force still had no reliable leads on the Old Devils, leaving Xu Yi with little more than a month to solve his urgent problem.

• Xu Yi asked Xia Sibo to watch his back and report on his opponents’ movements, and Xia Sibo agreed to keep an eye on things.
• Xu Yi spent half a month organizing the Wind Message Battalion and rejected pleas to release Song Huaishan and Duan Mingyu.
• Xu Yi offered the battalion’s officers Heavenly King's Heart Lock Pills, and they accepted them and pledged loyalty to him.
• Xu Yi rewarded the officers with Incense Beads and ordered the Wind Message Battalion to track down the Old Devils.
• After another month passed without useful intelligence, Xu Yi realized he had little time left and still needed to find a way to fill another slot.

Xu Yi learned from Chen Fangge that the Golden Roc Demon King was about to establish a Demon King's Mansion, creating a rare chance for powerful demons to gain official posts. Xu Yi traveled to Fubo Mountain to pursue the opportunity and, while dining with Chen Fangge, prepared to learn more about the Golden Roc Demon King.

• Chen Fangge contacted Xu Yi and invited him to join the Golden Roc Demon King's new system, explaining that many demons would seek its positions and incense offerings.
• Xu Yi arranged the Catching Thieves Division's affairs, sent messages to Long Wenzhang and Xia Sibo, and traveled by teleportation array to Fubo Mountain.
• Xu Yi met Chen Fangge at the North Sea shore and tested his identity by discussing their shared past.
• Chen Fangge showed Xu Yi the bustling settlement around Fubo Mountain and explained that the Demon King's Mansion would be established in three days.
• Chen Fangge led Xu Yi to Wangbei Tower, where they took a table on the top floor and ordered the Eight Delicacies Feast.

Xu Yi watched a fraudulent trade at Wangbei Tower and stepped in after a fake Qianyuan Bead cost Baoyu his Wenxue Pills. Baoyu was left intimidated into silence, while Xu Yi prepared to confront the con artists.

• Xu Yi ate with Chen Fangge at Wangbei Tower and noticed Baoyu considering a trade with a red-robed young man for a Qianyuan Bead.
• Liu San urged Baoyu to exchange his Wenxue Pills for the bead, and Baoyu agreed despite another offer from a bystander.
• A red-skinned peanut Xu Yi had thrown shattered the Qianyuan Bead, exposing it as a fake, and the red-robed young man offered an Incense Bead instead of returning the pills.
• Baoyu demanded his Wenxue Pills back, but Liu San discouraged him by warning that he would damage the Zhang family's reputation.
• Xu Yi told Chen Fangge the con artists would not get away with it and rose from his seat, while Baoyu blocked their way before Liu San's warning made him falter.

Xu Yi intervened when Zhang Baoyu was being swindled, then attacked the group after they invoked Red Eagle Master to intimidate him. He killed Red Eagle Master with a Maxim machine gun and collected the scattered resources.

• Xu Yi recognized Zhang Baoyu and demanded three thousand Incense Beads from the red-robed young man as compensation for a destroyed peanut.
• The round-faced young man threatened Xu Yi while the crowd reacted to the name of Red Eagle Master.
• Xu Yi struck the round-faced young man with a dark-blue flame, but Red Eagle Master arrived and extinguished it with a cold cloud.
• Red Eagle Master challenged Xu Yi, who revealed a Maxim machine gun and killed him with Thunder Bullets.
• Xu Yi absorbed Red Eagle Master's pure airflow and took the resources scattered on the ground.

Xu Yi exposed Liu Chuanfeng’s scheme against Zhang Baoyu, forced the gathered martial artists to surrender their Starry Sky Rings, and tried to comfort Zhang Baoyu after the betrayal. As they prepared to eat, a blinding light erupted over the sea west of Wangbei Tower, and the building began to disintegrate.

• The red-robed young man revealed that Liu Chuanfeng had arranged the fake Qianyuan Bead scheme to steal Zhang Baoyu’s Wenxue Pills, and Xu Yi returned the pills to Zhang Baoyu.
• Zhang Baoyu begged Xu Yi to spare Liu Chuanfeng, and Xu Yi let Zhang decide whether to deal with him.
• Xu Yi ordered everyone in Wangbei Tower to surrender their Starry Sky Rings, then drove the crowd out to spread word that Old Demon Kongxu had arrived at Fubo Mountain.
• Xu Yi reassured the shaken Zhang Baoyu, who asked whether Xu Yi would ever betray him, and Zhang suggested they go eat.
• A blinding light flared over the sea west of Wangbei Tower, boiling the seawater and causing the tower to disintegrate as chopsticks shot into the sky.

Xu Yi confronted the group Liu Chuanfeng brought to accuse him of corrupting Zhang Baoyu, and killed Liu with a precise Thunder True Spirit Power strike. A furious white-robed cultivator attacked Xu Yi with a fourth-tier talisman, leaving him surrounded by a collapsing sea of fire.

• Xu Yi and Chen Fangge witnessed the White Wolf defeat an Underworld powerhouse, after which the battlefield and Wangbei Tower returned to normal.
• Liu Chuanfeng led Zhang Baoyu’s Seventh Grandfather and six others to confront Xu Yi, claiming Xu Yi had bewitched the boy.
• Xu Yi knocked Zhang Baoyu unconscious and sent him back to the group, then used a Thunder Cage Net as a feint to strike Liu Chuanfeng with Thunder True Spirit Power.
• The white-robed, middle-aged man attacked Xu Yi with a purple fourth-tier talisman, whose flames enveloped him and began collapsing space.

Xu Yi helped White Wolf break the talisman field and gained his friendship, securing a minor post for Chen Fangge before joining him at the Golden Roc Demon King's palace. White Wolf introduced Xu Yi to the Golden Roc Demon King as a remarkable talent, leaving Xu Yi poised to meet the ruler.

• Xu Yi's divine weapon shattered the talisman field, and Chen Fangge praised his strength.
• White Wolf arrived, recognized Xu Yi's abilities, and agreed to take him to meet the Golden Roc Demon King.
• Xu Yi asked White Wolf to find Chen Fangge a position, and White Wolf granted him a ninth-rank minor post.
• Xu Yi followed White Wolf through a Stealth Formation to the Golden Roc Demon King's palace, where a banquet and appointments were underway.
• The Golden Roc Demon King praised White Wolf for defeating Wang Bodang, and White Wolf presented Xu Yi as a talent more valuable than capturing the Yin Court general.

Xu Yi faced Tu Wuming’s challenge at the Golden Roc Demon King’s investiture banquet and used his abilities to prove his strength while offering a congratulatory performance. He began forming an essay with Thunder Beads, captivating the Golden Roc Demon King as the display continued.

• White Wolf introduced Xu Yi as Old Demon Kongxu, but Xu Yi corrected him and said he was known as Empty Void Young Master.
• Tu Wuming disparaged Xu Yi’s reputation and questioned White Wolf’s claim that Xu Yi had shattered a fourth-tier, max-level fire talisman.
• White Wolf defended Xu Yi, and the Golden Roc Demon King praised his feat, prompting Tu Wuming to challenge the claim again.
• Xu Yi offered to perform for the Golden Roc Demon King, and the King removed the Golden Hall’s walls and roof to make room.
• Xu Yi revealed a Maxim heavy machine gun and fired Thunder Beads that burst into characters, forming an essay that the Golden Roc Demon King began reading aloud.