Recaps

Xu Yi recited Free and Easy Wanderings before the Golden Roc Demon King, who praised it as an auspicious masterpiece and agreed to have it carved in stone. Tu Wuming then accused Xu Yi of stealing the work, and Xu Yi challenged him by claiming the version Tu had read was missing a line.

• Xu Yi recited Free and Easy Wanderings, and the Golden Roc Demon King asked who had written it.
• Xu Yi claimed the work as his own, and the Golden Roc Demon King praised its meaning and agreed to have it carved into stone.
• Tu Wuming accused Xu Yi of claiming a work by Old Fifth Son, and others joined in attacking him.
• Xu Yi challenged Tu Wuming to recite the piece and pointed out that his version was missing a line.
• Tu Wuming denied that any line was missing and accused Xu Yi of inventing a continuation.

Xu Yi outmaneuvered Tu Wuming at the banquet, then ingratiated himself with the other major demons while considering whether to seek an official position under the Golden Roc Demon King. White Wolf arrived at Xu Yi’s quarters and questioned his sudden rapport with Tu Wuming.

• Xu Yi added the line “The Utmost Person has no Self, the Divine Person has no Merit, and the Saint has no Name” to the Free and Easy Wanderings, silencing Tu Wuming and impressing the Golden Roc Demon King.
• The Golden Roc Demon King gave Xu Yi a seat at the banquet, then left with White Wolf as the gathering resumed.
• Xu Yi apologized to Tu Wuming and flattered him, then won over Chu Suiyi, Lang Tianyun, and Jiang Xiaofo by praising their reputations and drinking with them.
• After the banquet, Xu Yi pondered how to capture his intended prey and whether to establish an official identity in the Golden Roc Demon King's Mansion.
• White Wolf visited Xu Yi and remarked on his ability to turn the world upside down by becoming friendly with Tu Wuming.

Xu Yi persuaded White Wolf that his apparent reconciliation with Tu Wuming came from uncertainty about the Great King's intentions and a desire to avoid getting caught in their dispute. White Wolf reassured him, promised him a high-ranking fourth-rank post, and arranged for Xu Yi to retrieve its official seal from a secret realm.

• Xu Yi asked White Wolf about the Great King's view of his feud with Tu Wuming and explained why he had apologized to Tu Wuming.
• White Wolf accepted Xu Yi's explanation, apologized for leaving without warning, and clarified that the Great King had treated Tu Wuming well to attract others, not to undermine White Wolf.
• White Wolf told Xu Yi that the Great King planned to grant him a high-ranking fourth-rank post and offered to help with trouble back home.
• Xu Yi accepted the appointment, and White Wolf explained that Xu Yi would retrieve his official seal from a secret realm before completing the formalities.

Xu Yi decided to pursue opportunities on both sides and, with the Desolate Charm’s help, lured Chu Suiyi into the Four-Colored Seal. He left Chu trapped inside while the Desolate Charm emerged satisfied.

• Xu Yi rejected the Desolate Charm’s warning and paid it five Incense Beads to help him plan a risky scheme.
• Xu Yi found Chu Suiyi’s cave and offered him a hundred Incense Beads to mediate with Tu Wuming.
• Chu Suiyi accepted the gift and let Xu Yi into his cave to discuss a treasure for Tu Wuming.
• Xu Yi placed the Four-Colored Seal before Chu Suiyi, and the seal’s portal sucked Chu inside.
• Xu Yi entered the seal after Chu Suiyi and emerged a few dozen breaths later with the satisfied Desolate Charm.

After confirming Chu Suiyi’s death, Xu Yi killed Lang Tianyun and Jiang Xiaofo to collect their resources and demon bounties. He then prepared to pursue Tu Wuming, but Huang Mei stopped him with a suggestion that might help.

• Xu Yi verified Chu Suiyi’s death with the Merit Jade and turned his attention to the Star Spirit Essences offered for demons on the Demon Ranking.
• Xu Yi visited Lang Tianyun and Jiang Xiaofo, offering them gifts and asking them to help him reconcile with Tu Wuming.
• Lang Tianyun took the Four-Colored Seal and was pulled into its portal, while Xu Yi trapped Jiang Xiaofo in Thunder Cage Nets and killed him.
• Xu Yi entered the crystalline space and killed Lang Tianyun, then gathered the resources and erased traces of spiritual power from the cave dwelling.
• Xu Yi returned to his quarters, checked that nobody had visited, and decided to target Tu Wuming next.
• As Xu Yi was about to leave for his final check, Huang Mei offered him a useful idea, and Xu Yi accepted it.

Xu Yi tried to kill Tu Wuming in his palace, but Tu Wuming’s Starry Sky Snake exposed his intent and the two fought fiercely. White Wolf arrived as Xu Yi was badly wounded, confronting Tu Wuming.

• Xu Yi visited Tu Wuming at night, apologized, and offered three hundred Incense Beads and two Fourth Order Mystical Talismans.
• Xu Yi presented the Four-Colored Soul-Hooking Seal, but Tu Wuming’s Starry Sky Snake sensed his killing intent and exposed the plot.
• Xu Yi attacked Tu Wuming with his Maxim heavy machine gun while Huang Mei sent clear Qi and corpse miasma fleeing from the palace.
• Tu Wuming summoned the Dragon of Stars and overwhelmed Xu Yi’s defenses with silver arrows and a massive dragon strike.
• A burst of red light disrupted the attack, and Xu Yi fell gravely wounded as White Wolf confronted Tu Wuming.

Xu Yi and Tu Wuming accused each other of plotting murder on Fubo Mountain, drawing the Golden Roc Demon King into a public dispute that threatened to disrupt his new domain. In the Main Hall, both sides defended their accounts, and the Great King had yet to judge the case.

• Tu Wuming accused White Wolf of sending Xu Yi to kill him, while Xu Yi denied the charge and claimed Tu Wuming had attacked him.
• The Golden Roc Demon King ordered cultivators of the second realm and above to gather in the Main Hall and discuss the incident.
• Tu Wuming rallied other cultivators by accusing White Wolf of plotting the ambush and suggesting he would leave if White Wolf were spared.
• The Golden Roc Demon King told Xu Yi and Tu Wuming that he would judge the matter if they could not establish the truth.
• Tu Wuming insisted that Xu Yi had come to kill him at White Wolf's urging, and White Wolf rejected the accusation.

Xu Yi and Tu Wuming accused each other of attempting murder before the Golden Roc Demon King postponed judgment for lack of evidence. Xu Yi then implicated Tu Wuming in the disappearances of Chu Suiyi, Lang Tianyun, and Jiang Xiaofo, prompting a search as Tu Wuming blamed White Wolf.

• Tu Wuming accused Xu Yi of attacking him, while White Wolf denied sending Xu Yi to provoke him.
• Xu Yi asked the Golden Roc Demon King to prevent interruptions and argued that Tu Wuming had tried to kill him after receiving the Four-Colored Seal.
• Xu Yi challenged Tu Wuming’s oath and revealed his Illusory Demon as evidence that he had a spirit pet with him.
• The Golden Roc Demon King postponed the trial, but Xu Yi claimed Tu Wuming had also targeted Chu Suiyi, Lang Tianyun, and Jiang Xiaofo.
• White Wolf ordered the Fubo Guards to search the three missing men’s residences, and Tu Wuming accused White Wolf of helping Xu Yi.

Xu Yi accused Tu Wuming of arranging the deaths of Chu Suiyi, Lang Tianyun, and Jiang Xiaofo, then persuaded witnesses to identify a figure they had seen during Xu Yi and Tu Wuming’s fight. The witnesses produced matching portraits, but Xu Yi’s reaction suggested something unexpected had happened, and Tu Wuming cried that it was happening again.

• The Fubo Guards reported that Chu Suiyi, Lang Tianyun, and Jiang Xiaofo were missing from their residences, with no signs of a struggle.
• Xu Yi accused Tu Wuming of having an accomplice present during their fight, while Tu Wuming denied the accusation before the Golden Roc Demon King.
• The Golden Roc Demon King offered a reward for anyone who could identify the suspect, and Xu Yi urged witnesses to come forward.
• Thirteen witnesses independently drew the same portrait of a tall, burly man with a thick, curly beard.
• Xu Yi stared at the matching portraits in bewilderment, and Tu Wuming shouted that it was happening again.

Xu Yi framed Tu Wuming for the murders by making the evidence point to Lei Chiyan, whose Yin Court appointment supplied a convincing motive. The Golden Roc Demon King concluded Tu Wuming was guilty and pressed him to allow an inspection of his Starry Sky Ring.

• Xu Yi identified the figure in the portraits as Lei Chiyan, and the Golden Roc Demon King retrieved an intelligence report confirming Lei Chiyan's identity and assignment.
• The witnesses accepted the report as proof that Lei Chiyan had killed Chu Suiyi, Lang Tianyun, and Jiang Xiaofo, while Tu Wuming protested that Xu Yi had framed him.
• Xu Yi's concealed plan was revealed: he had used pure qi and Huangmei's corpse puppet to portray Lei Chiyan and redirect suspicion toward Tu Wuming.
• Xu Yi proposed searching Tu Wuming's Starry Sky Ring for the stolen spoils, and Tu Wuming resisted because it could expose his other crimes.
• White Wolf offered his own ring for inspection, Xu Yi agreed to have his searched as well, and the Golden Roc Demon King declared that the evidence pointed to Tu Wuming.

The Golden Roc Demon King ordered Tu Wuming’s Starry Sky Ring searched after Tu accused Xu Yi, but Xu Yi’s belongings revealed nothing. When Tu’s possessions were examined, evidence tied him to the deaths of Chu Suiyi and the others, leaving Tu desperately denying responsibility.

• White Wolf and Xu Yi emptied their rings for inspection, and Tu Wuming found no evidence among their possessions or in Xu Yi’s Four-Colored Seal.
• The Golden Roc Demon King identified the Four-Colored Seal as a damaged Ancient Relic with no function.
• Tu Wuming emptied his rings, revealing a Hundred Million Soul Bead that shocked the assembled crowd.
• Xu Yi searched Tu Wuming’s possessions and asked witnesses to identify anything connected to Chu Suiyi, Lang Tianyun, and Jiang Xiaofo.
• The Golden Roc Demon King recognized two Fourth Order Mystical Talismans as ones he had once given away and declared them evidence against Tu Wuming.
• Tu Wuming insisted that Xu Yi had shared the box and blamed Xu Yi for the deaths, but the Golden Roc Demon King rejected his denials.

Xu Yi exposed Tu Wuming’s treachery with a scheme built around the talismans and the Incense Bead, and the Golden Roc Demon King killed Tu Wuming when he tried to escape. The king rewarded Xu Yi with two Star Spirit Essences, while White Wolf helped frame the affair as Heaven’s will.

• The Golden Roc Demon King showed that he had privately given Chu Suiyi the two strange talismans, leaving Tu Wuming stunned as the evidence exposed his betrayal.
• Xu Yi’s scheme, aided by Huang Mei’s abilities, connected the talismans to Tu Wuming and made him appear responsible for the plot.
• Tu Wuming offered the Golden Roc Demon King his Starry Sky Ring, then transformed into a burning Dragon of Stars and fled with it.
• The Golden Roc Demon King formed a giant hand from the clouds, seized Tu Wuming, and killed him before drawing in his scattered resources.
• White Wolf called Tu Wuming’s exposure Heaven’s will and indirectly urged a reward for Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi asked the Golden Roc Demon King to reward White Wolf, but the king gave Xu Yi a jade box containing two Star Spirit Essences.

After Xu Yi helped bring down Tu Wuming, White Wolf visited to thank him and reassure him that he remained secure under the Great King’s power balance. Xu Yi accepted White Wolf’s Star Spirit Essence and persuaded him to explain the cultivation system, leaving Xu Yi with a guide to the doubts he could no longer afford to delay resolving.

• White Wolf praised Xu Yi for exposing Tu Wuming’s misdeeds and thanked him for removing a threat to his position.
• White Wolf offered Xu Yi his sole Star Spirit Essence, and Xu Yi accepted it after learning that White Wolf had no spare supply.
• White Wolf explained that the Great King’s balancing of power did not mean he had turned against White Wolf, and Xu Yi affirmed that he would stay with him.
• Xu Yi invited White Wolf to drink and asked him to guide him through cultivation because Xu Yi lacked a proper teacher and needed answers soon.
• White Wolf agreed and began explaining cultivation to Xu Yi.

Xu Yi questioned White Wolf about cultivation, learning the distinctions between Ghost Immortals, gods, and Human Immortals, as well as the Five Realms of Spirit Endowment. White Wolf told him to skip the secret-realm seal competition and attend the ceremony in three days, while Xu Yi spent the intervening days receiving influential guests.

• Xu Yi asked White Wolf about advancing through the Ghost Immortal Realm and the path to becoming a Human Immortal.
• White Wolf explained how Ghost Immortals could become Yin Gods, and how Human Immortals forged indestructible golden bodies.
• Xu Yi asked about White Wolf's Spirit Endowment and learned that magical power and personal insight shaped its strength.
• White Wolf told Xu Yi that the Great King had excused him from the secret-realm seal competition and instructed him to attend the ceremony in three days.
• Xu Yi spent the next three days hosting banquets and building connections with influential figures in the Golden Roc Demon King's Mansion.

After Xu Yi received a fourth-grade post from the Golden Roc Demon King's Mansion, he left to investigate Xia Sibo's warning that someone was trying to harm him. Meanwhile, a gathering of powerful underworld officials met secretly at Banshan Garden and urged Duan Haiping to take charge.

• Xu Yi earned a high-ranking fourth-grade post after helping defeat Tu Wuming and protect the Golden Roc Demon King's reputation.
• Xu Yi repeatedly visited White Wolf, then said farewell and received White Wolf's promise to help if he encountered trouble.
• Xu Yi returned to Fengdu City after Xia Sibo sent him alarming news and confronted him in his study, demanding to know who was targeting him.
• More than twenty Ghost Immortals gathered in Banshan Garden, where a deputy commissioner urged Duan Haiping to step forward and lead them.

Duan Haiping gathered officials and brokers to plan against Lei Chiyan, but revealed that their secret dealings with evil cults had been exposed to Duan Mingyu. The group feared Lei would force the secret into the open if he failed his three-month task, leaving them to seek a plan before either outcome threatened them.

• Wu Mingli and Kong Yanzhang urged Duan Haiping to wait for Lei Chiyan to miss his deadline before acting against him.
• Duan Haiping began explaining that Duan Mingyu had fallen into Lei Chiyan's trap, but Kong Yanzhang demanded that he get to the point.
• Duan Haiping admitted that Duan Xingbo had accidentally let their secret slip in front of Duan Mingyu.
• Wu Mingli explained that the officials had used Yin Court resources to funnel money to evil cult members for profit.
• Kong Yanzhang warned that Lei Chiyan could torture Song Huaishan and Duan Mingyu for the secret if he failed his task.
• Duan Haiping said Lei's success or failure could both endanger them and asked the gathered men to devise a plan.

Duan Haiping and the others discussed their failure to locate Duan Mingyu and Song Huaishan when a cloaked man revealed that Lei Chiyan had killed three great fiends. After confirming the news and learning Lei Chiyan would receive Star Spirit Essence, the group agreed to consider working with the cloaked man against him.

• Duan Haiping and the others admitted they could not find Duan Mingyu and Song Huaishan after Lei Chiyan took them away on a secret mission.
• A cloaked man entered the meeting and announced that Lei Chiyan had killed Chu Suiyi, Lang Tianyun, and Jiang Xiaofo.
• The cloaked man removed his disguise and displayed an object that convinced the group of his identity, then argued that Lei Chiyan threatened their interests.
• Duan Xingbo used the Ruyi Pearl to verify the cloaked man's report and received confirmation of Lei Chiyan's victory.
• Kong Yanzhang and Wu Mingli supported cooperating with the cloaked man, fearing Lei Chiyan would grow stronger after receiving Star Spirit Essence.

Xu Yi returned to Banshan Garden disguised as Old Demon Kongxu and proposed an extreme scheme to kill Lei Chiyan by destroying an ancient temple. The gathering recoiled at the danger, and Duan Haiping warned Xu Yi that his real purpose might be to harm them.

• Duan Haiping urged Old Demon Kongxu to help them deal with Lei Chiyan, whose mission to Fubo Mountain threatened them.
• Xu Yi revealed that he had returned to raise his standing and make others think twice before opposing him.
• Xu Yi proposed destroying an ancient temple guarded by the Catching Thieves Division, which would implicate Lei Chiyan and Xu Yi while drawing the Emperor Lord's attention.
• Kong Yanzhang rejected the plan as dangerously reckless, and Wu Mingli accused Xu Yi of joking.
• Xu Yi insisted the temple plot was the only way to kill Lei Chiyan in one strike, while Huang Mei condemned him for pursuing it.
• Duan Haiping warned Xu Yi that he seemed more intent on harming the group than helping them kill Lei Chiyan.

Xu Yi used the officials’ secrets and Lei Chiyan’s connection to Long Wenzhang to intensify their fear of Lei Chiyan. He proposed destroying the ancient temple to trap him, and the meeting turned to planning the attack while keeping themselves safe.

• Xu Yi warned the officials that Lei Chiyan could uncover their collusion with the Mani Sect and the Fire-Worshipping Sect, and claimed the Golden Roc Demon King's Mansion had investigated them.
• Duan Xingbo suggested warning the Yin Lord about the Golden Roc Demon King's Mansion, so Duan Haiping angrily ordered him out.
• Xu Yi revealed that one of Lei Chiyan’s targets, Lang Tianyun, had violated Long Wenzhang’s daughter, making it unlikely that Long Wenzhang would rein Lei Chiyan in.
• Xu Yi tried to leave, but the officials urged him to stay and advise them on dealing with Lei Chiyan.
• Xu Yi proposed destroying the ancient temple to set a deadly trap for Lei Chiyan, and Wu Mingli supported him as the officials began discussing how to avoid the fallout.

Lei Chiyan’s Catching Thieves Division annihilated Duan Haiping’s gathering at Banshan Garden, while Xu Yi escaped through the encirclement. After the Scorching Thunder Drum summoned Fengdu’s highest officials, the Central Palace promoted Lei Chiyan to Deputy Commander of the Ministry of Punishment.

• Duan Xingbo warned Duan Haiping that Lei Chiyan was mustering the Catching Thieves Division to purge its ranks, but Duan Haiping dismissed the warning.
• The Catching Thieves Division army destroyed Banshan Garden and surrounded Duan Haiping and the gathered officials.
• Lei Chiyan ordered the troops to kill without mercy, and Xu Yi used his Maxim gun to break through the formation and escape.
• The army killed Duan Haiping and the others before withdrawing in eighteen formations.
• The Scorching Thunder Drum sounded 108 times, summoning Fengdu’s highest-ranking officials to a joint council meeting.
• Xu Yi accepted the Central Palace’s decree promoting Lei Chiyan to Deputy Commander and discreetly gave the eunuch a Sumeru Ring.

After Xu Yi received an unusually prestigious reward edict from the Central Palace, Long Wenzhang warned him that exposing officials’ collusion with a heretical cult had earned him powerful enemies. Xu Yi remained determined to face the consequences and began rewarding the soldiers who served in the raid.

• A stout eunuch congratulated Xu Yi on receiving an edict from the Central Palace and called him Favored by the Emperor.
• Long Wenzhang told Xu Yi that the Western Underworld Lord and other powerful figures resented him for exposing officials who colluded with a heretical cult.
• Xu Yi said he had no choice but to make enemies, and Long Wenzhang promised to approve the resources needed to expand the Wind Message Battalion.
• Xu Yi inspected more than three hundred soldiers at the Catching Thieves Division’s drill ground.
• Xu Yi promoted Tong Shanhe three ranks, awarded him fifty Incense Beads, and appointed him Clerk Chief of the main offices.

Xu Yi rewarded the Catching Thieves Division officers, sought Lord Xia Sibo’s help with personnel appointments, and revealed that he had received an imperial decree granting him access to the Scripture Depository Cave. The chapter ended with White Wolf informing Xu Yi that the Great King planned to appoint him Donghua Hall Policy Advisor.

• Xu Yi rewarded more than three hundred Catching Thieves Division officers for their contributions and assigned Tong Shanhe to oversee the Wind Message Battalion’s expansion.
• Xu Yi visited Lord Xia Sibo, gave him a share of the gains from the Duan family, and asked him to help secure approval for a sweeping list of personnel appointments.
• Lord Xia Sibo initially rejected Xu Yi’s appointment list, but agreed to help after learning Xu Yi had received an imperial decree from the Central Palace.
• Xu Yi returned to his bamboo hut, where White Wolf told him the Great King had decided to appoint him Donghua Hall Policy Advisor.

Xu Yi remembered his promise to visit Zhang Bao'er for Mid-Autumn Festival and traveled to Penglai Immortal Island, where he found her emerging from three months of seclusion. The chapter left them sharing a feast beneath the full moon.

• White Wolf told Xu Yi that he had been appointed Donghua Hall Policy Advisor and given an invitation to Immortal King City, while warning him about coming changes in the Demon King's Mansion.
• Xu Yi remembered that Zhang Bao'er had asked him to visit Penglai Immortal Island for Mid-Autumn Festival, and he decided to keep his promise.
• Long Wenzhang sent Xu Yi another invitation to Immortal King City, but Xu Yi chose to go to Penglai first.
• Zhang Bao'er emerged from her cave on Cold Moon Peak after three months of seclusion and fell asleep from exhaustion.
• Xu Yi woke Zhang Bao'er with the smell of grilled meat, and the two ate together beneath the Mid-Autumn moon.

Zhang Bao'er gave Xu Yi an invitation to Immortal King City, revealing that she had endured three months of hardship to earn it for him. Xu Yi tried to discourage her from developing feelings for him by recounting his painful history with the women in his life, but Zhang Bao'er teased him instead, leaving him embarrassed and furious.

• Zhang Bao'er gave Xu Yi an invitation to Immortal King City and explained that she had worked for three months to obtain it for him.
• Xu Yi realized Zhang Bao'er had noticed how he secretly protected her and Zhang Zhongxing, and her gratitude moved him.
• Xu Yi told Zhang Bao'er about his past relationships and the women he had hurt, hoping to keep her from falling for him.
• Zhang Bao'er called Xu Yi a scumbag and said she wanted a warm, gentle husband, then laughed at his blushing face.
• Huang Mei mocked Xu Yi from inside the Starry Sky Ring, so Xu Yi sealed the ring and locked Huang Mei inside.

Xu Yi visited Zhang Bao'er and Zhang Baoyu on Huaiyu Mountain, gave Zhang Bao'er a Sumeru Ring, and left before the siblings attended the Zhang family's Mid-Autumn gathering. At the gathering, Zhang Kuangxing welcomed Zhang Bao'er and urged her to grow closer to her relatives.

• Xu Yi accepted Zhang Bao'er's invitation, gave her a Sumeru Ring, and told her to keep cultivating.
• Zhang Baoyu arrived in a panic about Liu Chuanshan, then was delighted to see Xu Yi, who soon vanished to attend urgent business.
• Two servants summoned Zhang Bao'er and Zhang Baoyu to the Zhang family gathering, and Zhang Bao'er agreed to go after they mocked the siblings.
• Zhang Bao'er and Zhang Baoyu joined nearly five hundred relatives at Huaiyu Hall for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
• Zhang Kuangxing praised Zhang Bao'er for her diligence and encouraged her to grow closer to the clan.