Recaps

Xu Yi found Zhang Jichao in hiding and intervened as Zhang Bo and the Imperial Court elders moved to arrest him. After Xu Yi revealed himself as the destroyer of the Dry Yang Extreme Land, he defeated Zhang Bo and left the elders stunned.

• Xu Yi carried Huang Mei through the air, and Huang Mei slipped back into Xu Yi's Starry Sky Ring to return to his nest.
• Zhang Bo confronted Zhang Jichao in his hidden cave and brought twenty-three Imperial Court elders to surround him.
• Xu Yi arrived, intending to use Zhang Jichao as a middleman to negotiate with Emperor Lord Chu Jiang.
• Zhang Jichao rebuked Zhang Bo, and Zhang Bo recognized Xu Yi as Old Demon Kongxu.
• Xu Yi attacked Zhang Bo with the Immortal Slaying Sword, shattered his Soul Guard, and sent him crashing into a crag.

Xu Yi met Emperor Lord Chu Jiang to negotiate for Heavenly Heart Lightning to help him break through to the Thunder Infant Realm. He offered to help Chu Jiang and the other Emperor Lords escape the sealed Tian Huan Star Domain, and Chu Jiang agreed to gather them for the deal.

• Xu Yi went with Zhang Jichao to meet Emperor Lord Chu Jiang and heard the old Emperor Lord advise him to prepare for his eventual tribulation.
• Chu Jiang demanded compensation for the Dry Yang Extreme Land Xu Yi had used, but Xu Yi threatened to take his deal to Emperor Qin Guang instead.
• Xu Yi asked Chu Jiang to draw enough Heavenly Heart Lightning for his breakthrough, and Chu Jiang initially refused because the strain could cost him his life.
• Xu Yi offered to help Chu Jiang escape the Tian Huan Star Domain in exchange for the Emperor Lords' assistance, and Chu Jiang agreed to rally the others.
• Xu Yi explained how he had learned the truth about the domain's seal from Yu Fengzi and the Soul Suppressing Stele, and Chu Jiang vowed to make the one who sealed them pay if they escaped.

Xu Yi questioned Emperor Lord Chu Jiang about the sealed Tian Huan Star Domain and the path of cultivation, then rested before being summoned to meet four other Emperors. He left the chapter greeting Emperor Qin Guang, whom he remembered from his time in the Yin Court.

• Xu Yi and Emperor Lord Chu Jiang discussed the worlds beyond the Tian Huan Star Domain, the loss of Profound Yellow Qi, and the Earth Infant Transforming Wheel.
• Emperor Lord Chu Jiang explained that refining the Supreme Godhead had gradually turned his Thunder Embryo into an Earth Soul over more than two hundred years.
• Zhang Jichao escorted Xu Yi to the Pine Sea Pavilion, where Xu Yi prepared himself, slept for seven days and nights, and recovered.
• After Xu Yi awoke, Zhang Jichao brought him to Cang Yun Peak, where Emperor Lord Chu Jiang introduced him to Emperors Bai Bo, Zheng Hui, Shi Ye, and Qin Guang.
• Xu Yi greeted the four Emperors and thanked Emperor Qin Guang for the kindness he had received from the Yin Court.

Xu Yi used Heavenly Heart Lightning to temper the Crimson Flame Thunder Monkey’s Immortal Infant and his own, while the Five Great Emperors maintained the lightning field and concealed themselves. His second Immortal Infant endured excruciating pain, and the Emperors were running out of strength as the chapter ended with Xu Yi’s tribulation intensifying.

• Emperor Shi Ye summoned Dry Lightning, and Emperor Qin Guang drew down Heavenly Heart Lightning for Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi transformed into the Crimson Flame Thunder Monkey and entered the lightning unharmed, astounding the Five Great Emperors.
• Xu Yi used the lightning to temper the monkey’s Immortal Infant, and Emperor Bai Bo took over maintaining the field from the exhausted Emperor Qin Guang.
• After two days, Xu Yi’s own Immortal Infant entered the lightning, revealing that he had Dual Infants and shocking the Five Great Emperors.
• Emperor Lord Chu Jiang warned that the hidden formation could not hold much longer, so Emperor Zheng Hui strengthened the lightning field as Xu Yi cried out in agony.

Xu Yi saved the Five Great Emperors from the Heavenly Killing Intent by pulling them and the golden whip into the Four-Colored Seal Space, then put them to sleep and rested. While he slept, the Tian Huan Star Domain erupted into turmoil, and after waking he realized he had been checking the sky from the wrong vantage point.

• Xu Yi's thunder infants endured the strengthened lightning field while the Five Great Emperors struggled to maintain the Heaven Concealing Hidden God Great Formation.
• When the formation collapsed, the golden whip of light struck the Five Great Emperors, and Xu Yi pulled them into the Four-Colored Seal Space.
• Xu Yi used Cloud Crane Pure Qi to protect their belongings, gave each Emperor a Stone Pill, then left the space and fell asleep after telling Desolate to wake him in five days.
• The golden whip's arrival triggered upheaval across the Tian Huan Star Domain, and Auspicious Duck realized that fate's thread led back to Xu Yi.
• After Desolate woke him five days later, Xu Yi checked the clear sky, then realized he had been looking from the wrong place.

Xu Yi escaped the Tian Huan Star Domain through a shattered starry-sky passage and brought the Five Great Emperors with him. After they awakened and gained Earth Infants from the Living Being Imprint, Emperor Bai Bo questioned Xu Yi about his method for destroying the Heavenly Killing Intent, leaving the group’s trust uncertain.

• Xu Yi was swept through a starry-sky storm caused by the severed finger and sensed the Living Being Imprint upon entering the profound yellow world.
• Xu Yi brought the Five Great Emperors out of the Four-Colored Seal Space and spent ten days searching the starry sky for a place to land.
• The Five Great Emperors awakened, and Xu Yi confirmed that he had kept his promise and brought them out of the Tian Huan Star Domain.
• The Living Being Imprint stirred the Five Great Emperors, and each developed an Earth Infant.
• Emperor Bai Bo asked Xu Yi how he had destroyed the Heavenly Killing Intent, while Emperor Qin Guang and Emperor Lord Chu Jiang challenged Bai Bo’s intent.

Xu Yi stood firm against Bai Bo’s attempt to pressure him, then traveled with the Emperor Lords across the starry expanse toward the Great Desolate World. The group rested on an ancient dragon corpse before continuing their long journey.

• Xu Yi warned Bai Bo that he could abandon the group to perish, and Bai Bo backed down after Emperor Zheng Hui intervened.
• After three days of flight, the group discovered a colossal dead dragon, and the Emperor Lords rushed to inspect it.
• Emperor Qin Guang stayed back with Xu Yi, explaining that the dragon’s treasures had likely already been taken and asking Xu Yi to call him Daoist Friend Qin.
• Emperor Shi Ye tried to damage the dragon corpse with a silver dagger, while Xu Yi ate and drank; Xu Yi defended his way of life when Bai Bo criticized him.
• Emperor Zheng Hui ordered the group to resume their journey toward the Great Desolate World, and Xu Yi continued traveling without showing fatigue.

After reaching the Great Desolate World's border, Xu Yi and the others encountered Sheng Teng, a Southern Heavenly Court patrol officer who selected five cultivators with Supreme Seeds for the Gathering Jade Slip. A rival patrol officer, Kong He, arrived and demanded three of them, leaving the group caught in a dispute over who would take them.

• Emperor Zheng Hui recognized the Profound Yellow Halo as a sign that they had reached the edge of the Great Desolate World.
• Xu Yi warned the group to be on guard, and Sheng Teng arrived in a flying ship and identified himself as a Southern Heavenly Court border patrol officer.
• Sheng Teng inspected the group, discovered that five had condensed Supreme Seeds, and invited those five aboard his ship.
• Kong He arrived in a delta-wing ship and used a wave of light to drive Sheng Teng's craft away from the cultivators.
• Kong He told Sheng Teng that he would take three cultivators and leave him two.

Kong He and Sheng Teng divided the Five Great Emperors between their vessels, leaving Xu Yi to continue alone through the stars. Aboard Sheng Teng’s ship, Emperor Bai Bo and Emperor Shi Ye agreed to betray Xu Yi by showing Sheng Teng an image of the Heavenly Killing Intent, while Emperor Zheng Hui reluctantly went along.

• Kong He demanded two of the Five Great Emperors, and Sheng Teng sent Emperor Qin Guang and Emperor Lord Chu Jiang aboard Kong He’s vessel while taking the other three with him.
• Xu Yi accepted that the rescued Emperors owed him no gratitude and continued toward the Great Desolate World as Huang Mei berated him.
• Sheng Teng questioned Emperor Bai Bo, Emperor Shi Ye, and Emperor Zheng Hui about their past and treasures, dismissing most of what they offered as worthless.
• Emperor Bai Bo proposed using the Heavenly Killing Intent to redirect trouble toward Xu Yi, and Emperor Shi Ye agreed while Emperor Zheng Hui reluctantly consented.
• Emperor Bai Bo showed Sheng Teng an image of the golden whip, and Sheng Teng asked how a cultivator had triggered the Heavenly Punishment and escaped it.

Sheng Teng pursued Xu Yi for the Starry Sky Ring, but Xu Yi’s decoy and the three emperors’ forced attack led to the Myriad Bone Skeleton being caught in a powerful lightning assault. Sheng Teng watched in shock as the skeleton endured the purple lightning.

• Sheng Teng believed Emperor Bai Bo’s claim about Xu Yi’s treasure and turned the Starry Sky Vessel around to pursue him.
• Sheng Teng ordered Xu Yi to hand over the Starry Sky Ring, and Xu Yi sent a ring into the vessel that made Sheng Teng realize he had been deceived.
• Sheng Teng forced Emperor Bai Bo, Emperor Zheng Hui, and Emperor Shi Ye to attack Xu Yi while he recorded the battle from the vessel.
• Xu Yi and Huang Mei discussed his improved control of the Myriad Bone Skeleton as the three emperors launched a combined attack.
• The emperors’ purple lightning seized the Myriad Bone Skeleton and engulfed it, leaving Sheng Teng stunned by its power.

Xu Yi used the Myriad Bone Skeleton to defeat Emperor Zheng Hui, Emperor Bai Bo, and Emperor Shi Ye, then tried to trick Sheng Teng into letting him aboard the Starry Sky Boat. Sheng Teng saw through the maneuver and unleashed the boat’s full power, leaving Xu Yi and the skeleton under a relentless barrage.

• Emperor Zheng Hui, Emperor Bai Bo, and Emperor Shi Ye burned their Immortal Infants and struck the Myriad Bone Skeleton with three massive spiritual weapons, but could not damage it.
• Xu Yi sent the Myriad Bone Skeleton after the three Emperors, whose swift movements let it catch and kill all three.
• Sheng Teng recognized the skeleton’s starlight movement as the lost Outer Heavenly Demons’ divine art and blasted it away with the Starry Sky Boat.
• Sheng Teng swore a Heavenly Oath to recruit Xu Yi and obtain the skeleton, but Xu Yi’s attempts to board the boat were rejected.
• Xu Yi made the Myriad Bone Skeleton attack the Starry Sky Boat, landing more than ten blows without damaging it.
• Sheng Teng activated the Starry Sky Boat’s full energy and blasted the Myriad Bone Skeleton repeatedly, causing Xu Yi pain inside it.

Xu Yi used the Dark Gourd to destroy Sheng Teng and absorb a vast quantity of Profound Yellow Qi, disrupting nearby vessels. As the gourd’s transformation ended, a colossal serpent dragged Xu Yi and the collapsing rainbow bridges into its mouth.

• Xu Yi surrendered the Heavenly Demon Bone to Sheng Teng, then used the Dark Gourd’s clear light to destroy the Starry Sky Boat and kill him.
• The Dark Gourd formed a rainbow bridge and absorbed Profound Yellow Qi, while Xu Yi wondered whether it was transforming like the earth souls of Emperor Qin Guang and the others.
• The surge of Profound Yellow Qi disrupted Kong He’s vessel, leaving Kong He, Emperor Qin Guang, and Emperor Lord Chu Jiang unable to continue searching for Xu Yi.
• After the gourd returned to Xu Yi’s neck, a powerful suction pulled him away, and he entered the Myriad Bone Skeleton to protect himself.
• Xu Yi and the collapsing rainbow bridges were swept into the mouth of a gigantic serpent spanning the starry sky.

Xu Yi struggled to survive inside the Titan Dragon Python while avoiding the Four-Colored Seal because its owner might be nearby. After the python’s herders turned it toward the Southern Pole Sect, Xu Yi remained trapped and weighed a risky plan to escape.

• Xu Yi endured the violent currents inside the Titan Dragon Python by shielding himself with the Immortal Slaying Sword, which was eventually refined away.
• Senior Brother Su and the Yellow-clothed woman arrived in a Starry Sky Boat, discussed the Southern Pole Sect’s upcoming recruitment and Tao Jin, then called the python back toward the sect.
• Xu Yi waited nearly three hours inside the python, unable to sense the outside or safely use the Four-Colored Seal, and considered breaking through its crystallized interior.
• Huang Mei suggested using Magnetic Core Beads to make the huge golden crystal inside the python vibrate, but Xu Yi rejected the idea as too dangerous.

Xu Yi escaped the black sea by climbing a cliff through crushing, corrosive fog after the wolf pup clamped onto the crystal and frightened away the giant serpent. He reached the clear air above the fog and killed Dong Chao, whom he recognized as the person who had thrown someone down the cliff.

• Xu Yi released the wolf pup, which woke and lunged at the crystal, provoking the giant serpent to howl and then flee into the sea.
• Huang Mei urged Xu Yi to escape, but Xu Yi realized the fog and black sea made fleeing across the surface impossible and headed for a cliff to the south.
• Xu Yi climbed the cliff inside the heavy black fog, losing the ability to extend his perception as the pressure and corrosion intensified.
• An object struck the Myriad Bone Skeleton and tore away its left arm; Xu Yi sensed it had been a person thrown from above and took hope that the cliff had an end.
• Xu Yi climbed out of the fog into clear air, restored his physical body, and sprang onto the cliff.
• Xu Yi identified Dong Chao as the person who had thrown someone down and killed him with Sword Qi.

After killing Dong Chao, Xu Yi learned how the servant had plotted to impersonate Zhong Ruyi and asked Huang Mei how he could enter the Southern Pole Sect in Zhong Ruyi’s place. Huang Mei explained that Dong Chao had prepared the documents and blood needed for the sect’s verification, leaving Xu Yi with a possible way in.

• Xu Yi brought Huang Mei out and made him swallow Dong Chao’s immortal soul before telling the story.
• Huang Mei explained that Dong Chao had served Zhong Ruyi for thirteen years and was planted by Xue Ba to kill him and seize his identity.
• Xu Yi learned that Zhong Ruyi had been a Profound Infant First Realm cultivator at sixteen and resolved to remember Xue Ba’s name.
• Xu Yi asked how to join the Southern Pole Sect, and Huang Mei warned that it usually required noble family connections and a recommendation.
• Xu Yi threatened to put Huang Mei in the Four-Colored Seal, so Huang Mei revealed that Dong Chao had Zhong Ruyi’s jade registry, recommendation letter, and blood ready for the sect’s verification.
• Huang Mei said that after passing the blood test, Xu Yi could receive a token and that many young noblemen at the mountain gate planned to break through that night.

Xu Yi weighed impersonating Zhong Ruyi to enter the Southern Pole Sect, but learned that Xue Ba was far stronger than he expected and decided to flee. Before he could escape, a patrol cultivator spotted him, and Xu Yi changed his appearance to Zhong Ruyi as he was escorted back to the sect.

• Xu Yi asked Huang Mei about the Profound Yellow Pills and resources carried by Dong Chao and Sheng Teng.
• Huang Mei explained that Profound Yellow Pills were valuable hard currency and that Dong Chao had kept a detailed booklet about Zhong Ruyi's life.
• Xu Yi realized that impersonating Zhong Ruyi would require fooling Xue Ba, who was in the Middle Stage of the Life Wheel Realm.
• Xu Yi abandoned the plan to enter the Southern Pole Sect and prepared to slip away under cover of night and mountain mist.
• A mountain-patrolling cultivator spotted Xu Yi, who changed his appearance into Zhong Ruyi and was escorted toward the southern peak.

Xu Yi, disguised as Zhong Ruyi, struggled to keep his composure without the sleeping Dark Gourd and faced mockery from Gao Cheng and the other cultivators. After oversleeping on the day of the selection, he staged his own death to reprimand Huang Mei, then left Huang Mei frightened and chastened.

• Xu Yi reassured Huang Mei that he could deal with Xue Ba as he had Sheng Teng if necessary, though he worried that the Dark Gourd had stopped responding.
• Gao Cheng and other cultivators surrounded Xu Yi with mocking congratulations until a mountain patrol cultivator dispersed them.
• Xu Yi checked his cave dwelling for surveillance, set up concealment wards, ate, and began reading Dong Chao's diaries about Zhong Ruyi before falling asleep.
• Senior Brother Cao woke Xu Yi with a whip after he slept past the appointed time, while Gao Cheng and the others mocked him as the sleepy young master Zhong Ruyi.
• After the crowd left, Xu Yi stabbed himself and pretended to be dead, frightening Huang Mei before warning him not to let his carelessness get Xu Yi killed again.

Xu Yi passed the Southern Pole Sect’s identity inspection while posing as Zhong Ruyi, then endured Fu Mei’s public rejection and kept up his act. The sect’s selection began with a test of candidates’ Profound Infant purity, and Xu Yi was about to be tested.

• Xu Yi used Zhong Ruyi’s blood to pass inspection and received a Southern Pole Sect Token.
• Fu Mei returned Zhong Ruyi’s Charm Whisper Heart and rejected him, while a brocade-clad young man crushed the heart underfoot.
• Xu Yi considered retaliating but followed Charm’s advice and continued acting as a heartbroken, defeated Zhong Ruyi.
• Zhang Che and the other sect disciples assembled to select new disciples from among the candidates.
• Cao Bing explained that the candidates would use Infant Nurturing Stones to test the purity of their Profound Infants, then began the examination.

Xu Yi took the Infant Nurturing test after Tao Jin displayed Heaven Grade talent, and his vision surpassed anything the selectors had seen before. The chapter ended with the peaks fighting to claim Xu Yi after Zhang Che called his Raging Sea Golden Dragon an unprecedented Emperor Grade result.

• Tao Jin tested at Heaven Grade with the Jade Sea Kirin vision, drawing attention from the Southern Pole Sect peaks.
• Xu Yi waited until the other candidates had finished before approaching the Infant Nurturing Stone.
• Gao Cheng mocked Xu Yi and insisted he could not possibly achieve First Grade talent.
• Xu Yi touched the stone, which unleashed a vast golden dragon vision that Zhang Che suspected was Emperor Grade.
• Qin Shuyou, Hong Yun, and Gao Gong each declared that their peak would claim Xu Yi.

Xu Yi’s Infant Nurturing Stone produced two Emperor-grade phenomena, but its final black-and-white color revealed a Mute Phenomenon and aptitude below fifth grade. Zhang Che left the decision about Zhong Ruyi’s peak placement to the Sect Master, while Gao Cheng privately threatened Xu Yi.

• A second Emperor-grade phenomenon appeared for Zhong Ruyi, stunning the selection officials and prompting candidates to turn on Gao Cheng and Fu Sheng.
• Luo Fu told Fu Sheng that she and Zhong Ruyi had been betrothed for three years, then rejected Fu Sheng’s advances.
• Zhang Che ruled that the Sect Master would decide which peak Zhong Ruyi joined, and the officials departed as the phenomena ended.
• The Infant Nurturing Stone showed half black and half white, revealing that Xu Yi had a Mute Phenomenon and an aptitude below fifth grade.
• Gao Cheng secretly told Xu Yi that he was trash and threatened to grind him down.

After the selection mishap, Xu Yi chose to stay at Zishentang and was assigned to oversee spirit fields on Zhongjiang Mountain. He learned that advancing to the Third Realm would require far more Profound Yellow Pills than he could afford, and the chapter ended when Dong Chao’s Ruyi Pearl stirred, signaling a connection to Xue Ba.

• Xu Yi reasoned that his Dual Infant had confused the Infant Nurturing Stone’s assessment, then decided to remain at Zishentang rather than risk drawing Xue Ba’s attention by leaving.
• Cao Bing offered the rejected candidates a choice between becoming Outer Sect Disciples at Zishentang or leaving, and everyone chose to stay.
• Xu Yi received an assignment overseeing spirit fields on Zhongjiang Mountain, along with a small salary and books he had requested from Steward Huang.
• Xu Yi studied the cultivation requirements for advancing to the Third Realm and concluded that his Dual Infant might require at least five hundred Profound Yellow Pills and two Destiny Seeds.
• Xu Yi’s Ruyi Pearl stirred, and he recognized that Dong Chao’s pearl was linked to Xue Ba.

Xu Yi surrendered Zhong Ruyi’s eight Profound Yellow Pills to Xue Ba’s servant and worried that gathering enough pills for a breakthrough would take far more effort than he expected. After he fell asleep, Jiang Xiao, Zhong Ruyi’s cousin and sister figure, visited him and reminded him that she cared more about his safety than his cultivation.

• Xue Ba ordered Xu Yi to hand over Zhong Ruyi’s Profound Yellow Pills, and Xu Yi realized that even a Life Wheel Realm cultivator prized the scarce pills.
• A manservant collected the eight pills, leaving Xu Yi with only thirteen and far short of the amount he needed to advance.
• Xu Yi drank wine and fell asleep in the pavilion while Huang Mei complained about having to guard him.
• Jiang Xiao arrived, scolded and teased Xu Yi, and encouraged him not to measure his worth only by his cultivation.
• Jiang Xiao performed a spell that made lifelike flowers appear on her Ruyi, and Xu Yi recognized the childhood game behind it.
• Jiang Xiao asked Xu Yi what she considered her greatest gain from ten years at the Southern Pole Sect.

Xu Yi received Jiang Xiao’s support and was assigned to the Garden of Ease, where he learned how low-ranking disciples were ranked and treated. He arrived at Number Seven Nursery, resolved to make the best of his circumstances, and kept his promise to avenge Zhong Ruyi.

• Jiang Xiao encouraged Xu Yi to pursue medicinal arts despite his blocked cultivation path and arranged for him to work at the Garden of Ease.
• Jiang Xiao gave Xu Yi a Ruyi Pearl, two Profound Yellow Pills, and clothes and gifts sent by Zhong Ruyi’s mother.
• Xu Yi ate the pastries, remembered Zhong Ruyi, and vowed to kill Xue Ba for him.
• A Zishentang worker took Xu Yi to the Garden of Ease, where a Menial Worker sent him away from Earth Moist Pavilion to Number Seven Nursery.
• Xu Yi assessed the hierarchy among the sect’s disciples and accepted that he would have to make the best of his lowly position.

Xu Yi settled into his new attendant post at Number Seven Nursery, winning over the menial workers by rewarding them and learning their work. After Xue Ba berated him over his apparent failure as a Stone Infant, Xu Yi claimed his Profound Embryo was third-grade and gained room to change Zhong Ruyi’s behavior without raising suspicion.

• Xu Yi furnished his cave, gave three hundred Profound Yellow Stones to the menial workers, and delegated their distribution to Jia Qin and Zhen Huang.
• Xu Yi worked alongside the menial workers and learned about the spirit plants, including that their heavenly spirits had been destroyed to prevent them from developing awareness.
• Xu Yi ate roasted pork belly alone and received a call from Xue Ba through the Ruyi Pearl.
• Xu Yi told Xue Ba that someone, likely Gao Cheng, had tampered with the Infant Nurturing Stone and claimed he had a third-grade Profound Embryo.
• Xue Ba told Xu Yi to stop acting like a coward and change how people saw Zhong Ruyi, allowing Xu Yi to behave more freely.

Xu Yi went to Earth Moist Pavilion, where Gao Cheng and Huang Xing tried to extort him by threatening his position at Number Seven Nursery. Xu Yi turned on them and smashed them through the pavilion’s pillars, bringing down half the building.

• Xu Yi finished breakfast, checked Number Seven Nursery, and headed to Earth Moist Pavilion after Huang Xing summoned him.
• Gao Cheng entered a sealed room and demanded ten Profound Yellow Pills in exchange for leaving Xu Yi and the nursery alone.
• Gao Cheng revealed that Huang Xing had helped set up the threat, and Huang Xing promised Xu Yi he would be safe while he remained chief steward.
• Xu Yi challenged Huang Xing’s promise and grabbed both men before they could react.
• Xu Yi slammed Gao Cheng and Huang Xing into each other, then hurled them through pillars and collapsed half of Earth Moist Pavilion.