Recaps

Xu Yi searched the Cliff Gathering for cultivation techniques and bargained with Wang Ting over a Yellow-grade technique jade slip. Wang Ting refused Xu Yi’s offer of twenty Profound Yellow Pills, leaving the deal unresolved.

• Xu Yi bought two old spirit plants from Jiang Xiao for six Profound Yellow Pills, appreciating her past generosity toward him.
• Xu Yi examined more than sixty technique jade slips at the Cliff Gathering without buying any.
• Xu Yi returned to Wang Ting’s stall and asked the price of a worn jade slip; Wang Ting demanded fifty Profound Yellow Pills.
• Xu Yi accused Wang Ting of raising the price from forty and countered with an offer of twenty Profound Yellow Pills.
• Xu Yi explained that the Transmission Hall paid ten Profound Yellow Pills for techniques, while Wang Ting rejected the offer and kept the jade slip.

Xu Yi bought Song Chu’s dwindling Bodhi Leaf defensive treasure and Wang Ting’s jade pendant at the Cliff Gathering. A confrontation between Jiang Xiao and Ye Zhifan then drew Xu Yi into the crowd, where he saw Jiang Xiao driven to the brink.

• Xu Yi learned from Zhang Yushang that Song Chu’s Bodhi Leaves were an aging defensive treasure and bought them for twenty Profound Yellow Pills.
• Wang Ting chased after Xu Yi and accepted twenty Profound Yellow Pills for the jade pendant after Xu Yi refused to pay twenty-five.
• Xu Yi finished his purchases and told Zhang Yushang he was ready to leave.
• Jiang Xiao shouted that Ye Zhifan had snatched her things, and Xu Yi hurried toward the commotion.
• Zhang Yushang stopped Xu Yi until Xu Yi assured him he would not risk exposing his identity, then Xu Yi saw Jiang Xiao confronting Ye Zhifan.

Ye Zhifan tried to humiliate Jiang Xiao after switching her spirit plants, but Xu Yi intervened and exposed his deception. The chapter ended with Ye Zhifan admitting his crime and the Cliff Gathering’s organizers and attendees condemning him.

• Ye Zhifan accused Jiang Xiao of making up the spirit plants’ value and used his friends to shame her.
• Ye Zhifan revealed that he had switched Jiang Xiao’s plants to punish her for supposedly criticizing him to Shao Zijun.
• Xu Yi stepped between Ye Zhifan and Jiang Xiao, saying he had bought plants from her and could identify their quality.
• Xu Yi prepared a medicinal mixture with azure flames to demonstrate his skill and named the Dragon Halberd Grass, Darkwood Holly, and Suspended Moon Fruit Ye Zhifan had switched.
• Ye Zhifan accidentally admitted switching two of the plants, and Kong Xuanming condemned him and barred him from the Cliff Gathering.

Xu Yi studied a mathematical cultivation art in seclusion and deciphered it into the Great Art of Transforming Qi, a technique that could neutralize attacks by turning them into shapes. He left the quiet chamber eager to test his new ability as a hunting operation approached.

• Xu Yi defended his elder sister from Ye Zhifan, then refused Zhang Yushang's Profound Yellow Pill before returning to Yinghai Peak.
• Xu Yi rented a quiet chamber at Zishentang and used Mysterious Intent to open the cultivation art's Mysterious Point.
• Xu Yi analyzed the art for ten days and discovered how its mathematical method could turn attacks into shapes and regularize them.
• Xu Yi tested the Great Art of Transforming Qi by erasing an energy attack, while Huang Mei praised the divine ability and reminded him that the hunting operation was near.

Xu Yi arranged to join Yinghai Peak’s hunt and traveled by Starry Sky Boat to the Chaotic Abyss Sea. After arriving, he declined a team invitation and began surveying the dangerous wilderness alone, where he sensed a charging porcupine-like beast.

• Xu Yi asked Li Ping to help transfer his organizational affiliation to Fenghua Hall so he could join the hunt, and Li Ping arranged it.
• Xu Yi received Fenghua Hall’s notice and boarded the Starry Sky Boat, where disciples discussed his recent progress and reputation as Zhong Ruyi.
• At the Chaotic Abyss Sea, He Feng and Wei Zhen explained the hunt’s rules, and Chen Bing invited Xu Yi to join his team.
• Xu Yi declined Chen Bing’s invitation, then left the Starry Sky Boat and entered the turbulent wilderness.
• Xu Yi opened his senses and detected a spiked, porcupine-like wild beast charging through the trees.

Xu Yi tested his strength and the Incense Spirit Pearls on a wild boar, then hunted Green Ferocious Beasts in the Chaotic Abyss Sea to build merits and earn an Infant Transformation Pill. After killing more than fifty beasts over three days, he continued onward while remaining wary of unseen observers.

• Xu Yi lured a wild boar with an Incense Spirit Pearl, tested its range, and killed it to obtain an Original Ferocious Beast core.
• Xu Yi decided to hunt Green Ferocious Beasts to accumulate merits and pursue the Infant Transformation Pill he needed to enter the Life Wheel Realm.
• Xu Yi used Incense Spirit Pearls to draw beasts toward him and killed a powerful Sabertooth Tiger with the Unknowing Sword and its fang.
• Xu Yi hunted for three days, killing more than fifty Green Ferocious Beasts and using the tiger's fang to pierce their defenses.
• Xu Yi continued deeper into the Chaotic Abyss Sea while suspecting that two Inner Sect Disciples were watching from a concealed Starry Sky Boat.

Xu Yi returned to the Starry Sky Boat after avoiding the Red-Clothed Bandits, only to learn that they had attacked the hunting party and killed several cultivators. The bandits trapped the boat with Chaotic Star Stones and fought Wei Zhen and He Feng, leaving the battle poised to escalate when Zuo Menghai summoned a Blood Sea Giant.

• Xu Yi raced back toward the gathering point, but his star token transported him to the Starry Sky Boat before he reached it.
• Chen Bing told Xu Yi that the Red-Clothed Bandits had forced the hunting party to crush their star tokens and that several senior brothers had died.
• The Red-Clothed Bandits used four Chaotic Star Stones to trap the Starry Sky Boat, and Wei Zhen and He Feng went out to confront them.
• Zuo Menghai, Yang Nian, and Kui Long attacked Wei Zhen and He Feng, who countered with their True Dragon Art.
• Zuo Menghai unleashed a flood of blood that formed a giant, shocking Wei Zhen.

Wei Zhen and He Feng were overwhelmed by the Red-clothed Bandits, while Xu Yi stayed behind to protect the Outer Sect Disciples. After his Bodhi Leaves ran out, Xu Yi revealed the power of his Coordinate Axis and defeated Yang Nian and Kui Long, leaving the sealed Starry Sky Boat and its passengers in danger.

• The blood-colored giant exploded, blasting apart Wei Zhen and He Feng’s dragons and sending them flying as Sun Yewang led the Outer Sect Disciples out of the Starry Sky Boat.
• Xu Yi used his Bodhi Leaves to hold back Yang Nian and Kui Long while the disciples retreated into the boat, which Wei Zhen sealed with its control jade token.
• Zuo Menghai and Kui Long broke through Wei Zhen and He Feng’s defenses, knocked them unconscious, and took their Starry Sky Rings.
• Yang Nian and Kui Long joined forces against Xu Yi until he used his final Bodhi Leaf and drew a Coordinate Axis in the air.
• Kui Long’s attack dissolved against the frame, and Xu Yi killed Yang Nian and Kui Long with the X Spear and Y Spear before collecting their belongings.

Xu Yi used the Great Art of Transforming Qi to withstand Zuo Menghai’s attacks, then defeated him with the keyboard’s sorrowful illusions. Zuo Menghai’s Life Radiance returned to heaven and earth, leaving Xu Yi with only a negligible wisp for Huang Mei.

• Xu Yi surprised Yang Nian and Kui Long with a deadly attack, then faced Zuo Menghai’s assault with the Coordinate Axis.
• Zuo Menghai burned his Life Wheel and intensified his attacks, but Xu Yi formed a second Coordinate Axis to contain them.
• Zuo Menghai summoned the weakened Blood Sea Giant, and Xu Yi hid inside the Myriad Bone Skeleton before calling forth the keyboard.
• Xu Yi’s poems filled the world with sorrowful illusions that brought down the Blood Sea Giant and broke through Zuo Menghai’s defenses, killing him.
• Xu Yi failed to collect most of Zuo Menghai’s Life Radiance, and Huang Mei complained after receiving only a negligible wisp.

Xu Yi returned with Wei Zhen and He Feng after defeating the Red-clothed Bandits, then received a brief message from A Li: “Northern Border.” At the Elite Hall, he learned that the hunt’s top-ranked disciples would receive Infant Transformation Pills only if they met the sect’s threshold.

• Xu Yi told Wei Zhen and He Feng that the Red-clothed Bandits had spared them out of respect for the Southern Pole Sect, and the three returned to the Starry Sky Boat.
• Xu Yi checked Huang Mei’s tally of the bandits’ resources and believed he could place among the top two on Yinghai Peak’s merit rankings.
• Xu Yi sensed A Li’s presence and received the words “Northern Border” before their mind-to-mind connection vanished.
• The Starry Sky Boat landed, and Xu Yi learned from Chen Bing that the final hunt’s rewards would be presented in the Elite Hall to disciples from all six peaks.
• Chen Bing explained that the top two disciples from each peak had to exceed a sect-set threshold to receive an Infant Transformation Pill.

Xu Yi learned that only a handful of disciples would be selected for the Inner Sect and that buying beast cores was forbidden. When Elder Lei announced the seven selected disciples, Xu Yi challenged the decision before the beast cores had been inspected, then demanded to know the lowest qualifying count as the hall turned against him.

• Chen Bing explained that disciples competed across two cohorts for a limited number of Inner Sect places and that buying or selling beast cores meant immediate expulsion.
• Elder Lei announced seven selected disciples, and Xu Yi stood up to object.
• Xu Yi identified himself as Zhong Ruyi and asked Elder Lei to let him explain why the selection was unjust.
• Xu Yi argued that the beast cores had not yet been inspected, and Chen Bing explained that disciples submitted them through a mechanism in each seat.
• Elder Lei told Xu Yi to submit his cores, but Xu Yi demanded to know how many cores the last selected disciple had turned in, provoking a deafening uproar.

Xu Yi presented an enormous haul of savage beast cores and demanded a place among the seven selected disciples, provoking objections from Tong Lin and Fu Sheng. Elder Lei approved a fight to settle the dispute, and Xu Yi challenged all seven at once.

• Xu Yi displayed seventy-six green cores and one hundred twenty-three primal cores, surpassing the other disciples’ reported totals.
• Elder Lei recalled Tao Jin had not hunted and proposed replacing the last disciple on the list with Xu Yi.
• Tong Lin and Fu Sheng argued that Xu Yi should not be selected, questioning how he obtained the cores and citing his Stone Infant status.
• Xu Yi defended his claim to a place and suggested a fight to silence doubts about his merit.
• Elder Lei granted Xu Yi’s request for a contest, and Xu Yi challenged all seven selected disciples to fight him together.
• Elder Lei silenced the hall and warned Xu Yi not to play tricks.

Xu Yi pressured Tong Lin, Fu Sheng, and four other disciples into a public fight, wagering his cores against their Infant Transformation Pills. He overwhelmed their combined attacks with the Unknowing Sword, leaving the onlookers astonished by his strength.

• Xu Yi proposed that the six disciples fight him, wagering their Infant Transformation Pills against his wild cores, and Elder Lei agreed to witness the contest.
• Tong Lin and Fu Sheng pushed the other four disciples into accepting the challenge, while Tao Jin declined to join.
• Elder Lei cleared an arena and started the fight, and Tong Lin, Pu Lengchen, Xiang Nan, and the others unleashed their techniques against Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi waited until the six attacks reached full strength, then used the Unknowing Sword to break through their encirclement and shatter their techniques.
• The crowd marveled at Xu Yi's profound Sword Qi, and Luo Fu defended her family friendship with Brother Ruyi.

Xu Yi defeated Tong Lin, Fu Sheng, and the others, but Fu Sheng’s sneak attack and Tong Lin’s attempt to challenge the result earned them severe punishments from Elder Lei. Tao Jin then challenged Xu Yi to withstand three moves, wagering his three Infant Transformation Pills, and the two prepared to fight.

• Xu Yi withdrew his attack after Elder Lei stopped the contest, but Fu Sheng launched a sneak attack and was defeated; Elder Lei sentenced him to three years in the Dark Prison and expulsion from the Southern Pole Sect.
• Tong Lin tried to use Tao Jin’s absence to dispute the result, so Elder Lei condemned him to thirty years of hard labor on Sky Horse Star.
• Tao Jin challenged Xu Yi, saying Xu Yi only needed to withstand three moves, and Xu Yi accepted while wagering the Infant Transformation Pills.
• Tao Jin offered the three pills prepared for him, and Xu Yi agreed to fight, calculating that the pills could help him break into the Life Wheel Realm.
• The disciples gathered to watch as the arena was cleared for Xu Yi and Tao Jin’s match.

Xu Yi faced Tao Jin in a public duel, where Tao Jin first overwhelmed him with water-based Profound Intent. Xu Yi revealed that he had also comprehended Profound Intent and defeated Tao Jin with mastery of all five elements, leaving Tao Jin pinned to the ground.

• Xu Yi attacked Tao Jin with ten thousand streams of Sword Qi, and Tao Jin turned them into a whirlwind that shattered Xu Yi's layered defenses.
• Tao Jin moved the fight outside and trapped Xu Yi in a cage of five water dragons, declaring that Xu Yi had lost.
• Xu Yi broke free by forming an identical cage with fire and revealed that he had comprehended Profound Intent too.
• Xu Yi summoned five dragons for each of the five elements, merged them into a giant five-colored dragon, and crushed Tao Jin's Golden Protective Shield.
• Xu Yi released Tao Jin and acknowledged his graciousness after winning the duel.

Xu Yi claimed all the Infant Transformation Pills and received additional rewards for rescuing disciples during the hunt. He later confronted Xue Ba, who suspected his identity, and the two traded threats as Xu Yi’s hidden recording plan remained in motion.

• Elder Lei gave Xu Yi nine Infant Transformation Pills, a thousand Profound Yellow Pills, and a jade token as rewards for his contributions.
• Xu Yi returned to Yinghai Peak, where the disciples thanked him for winning every slot and saving them during the hunt; he promised to host a banquet.
• The Ruyi Pearl began bouncing after Xu Yi returned to his cave, and he went to meet Xue Ba at Zhuangri Pavilion.
• Xue Ba demanded the Profound Yellow Pills from the beast cores and accused Xu Yi of impersonating Zhong Ruyi and killing Dong Chao.
• Xu Yi denied being anyone but Zhong Ruyi and threatened to reveal Xue Ba’s role in Dong Chao’s plot if Xue Ba exposed him.
• Xu Yi continued playing along with Xue Ba’s scheme while Huang Mei hid with the Ruyi Pearl to record their exchange.

Xu Yi killed Xue Ba and concealed the murder, then paid respects to Zhong Ruyi at Abyss of Silence Cliff. Back at Yinghai Peak, he accepted a loan offer and learned the lender expected him to fail his breakthrough and remain an Outer Sect Disciple.

• Xue Ba revealed his plan to kill Xu Yi and cover it up with a disguised Zhong Ruyi, but Xu Yi killed Xue Ba and destroyed his Life Wheel's radiance.
• Xu Yi erased evidence at Zhuangri Pavilion and escaped; nearly a year later, the sect discovered Xue Ba's death and assumed he had died while traveling.
• Xu Yi offered wine, incense, joss paper, and Xue Ba's severed head to Zhong Ruyi at Abyss of Silence Cliff, then threw the head into the abyss.
• Xu Yi visited Li Ping at Yinghai Peak, and Li Ping offered to arrange a two-thousand-Profound Yellow Pill loan at five percent annual interest.
• Li Ping explained that the lender expected Xu Yi to fail his breakthrough and remain an Outer Sect Disciple so he could continue joining hunts; Xu Yi accepted and asked who the lender was.

Xu Yi accepted two thousand Profound Yellow Pills from Elder Song and used them to break through to the Life Wheel Realm. He formed two golden Life Wheels and emerged with a deeper understanding of the Profound Intent and a new direction for improving the Great Art of Transforming Qi.

• Li Ping told Xu Yi that Elder Song wanted a written pledge in exchange for two thousand Profound Yellow Pills, but Xu Yi insisted on receiving the pills before signing.
• Song Yuanyou arrived, gave Xu Yi the pills, and recorded their exchange with a Ruyi Pearl as Xu Yi wrote the pledge.
• Xu Yi rented a luxurious meditation room at Zishentang and began his carefully prepared Life Wheel breakthrough.
• Xu Yi endured the dissolution of his Profound Infant, seized a second connection with the Profound Intent, and formed two golden Life Wheels, though his twin wheels prevented the celebratory drum from sounding.
• Xu Yi realized his perfected Life Wheels had raised him to the Second Realm of Life Wheel and concluded that adding a Z-axis to the Great Art of Transforming Qi could let it swallow attacks outright.

Xu Yi completed the Great Art of Transforming Qi and learned he would have to repay Song Yuanyou’s Profound Yellow Pills after advancing to the Inner Sect. Meanwhile, Luo Fu bought a Charm Whisper Heart believing Zhong Ruyi remained devoted to her, but Long Zhen and Chen Qianqian told her his Life Wheel was worthless and demanded their gifts back.

• Xu Yi established the Z-axis in his reconstruction and completed the Great Art of Transforming Qi, then complained that advancing to the Inner Sect would bar him from hunting.
• Song Yuanyou learned Xu Yi had broken through and ordered Li Ping to tell him that his contract required repayment of the principal and interest within a year.
• Tao Jin dismissed Xu Yi as an unworthy rival after hearing of his breakthrough.
• Luo Fu bought a Charm Whisper Heart and believed Zhong Ruyi might soon form a superior Life Wheel, enjoying the status she gained from their supposed relationship.
• Long Zhen and Chen Qianqian told Luo Fu that Zhong Ruyi had formed a worthless Life Wheel and demanded that she return their gifts.

After becoming an Inner Sect Disciple, Xu Yi visited his cousin Jiang Xiao and learned that Ye Zhifan was publicly smearing her, so he went to help. At Langya Hall, Li Zhenghe’s companions began discussing his troubles with a woman.

• Luo Fu crushed the Charm Whisper Heart and demanded that Zhong Ruyi repay the two Profound Yellow Pills he still owed her.
• Li Ping told Xu Yi that Song Yuanyou expected him to repay three thousand Profound Yellow Pills within a year and gave him a Ruyi Pearl for staying in contact.
• Xu Yi registered as an Inner Sect Disciple but kept his cave dwelling, then traveled to Cold Star Peak after Jiang Xiao invited him to celebrate his breakthrough.
• Jiang Xiao gave Xu Yi six Profound Yellow Pills, then Shao Zijun arrived and warned that Ye Zhifan was smearing Jiang Xiao at a gathering.
• Jiang Xiao and Shao Zijun rushed to confront Ye Zhifan, and Xu Yi followed to help Jiang Xiao.
• At Langya Hall, Zhang Tai told the gathered cultivators that Li Zhenghe had been saddled with an ugly woman.

At a poetry gathering, Li Zhenghe and the other cultivators falsely accused Jiang Xiao of pursuing him, but Xu Yi interrupted and demanded repayment of a loan Li Zhenghe owed Elder Song. Xu Yi restrained Li Zhenghe and contacted Elder Song, who angrily refused to get involved, leaving Xu Yi to handle the matter himself.

• Zhang Tai spread a story that Jiang Xiao had written love poems for Li Zhenghe, and the gathering mocked her when she arrived.
• Shao Zijun defended Jiang Xiao and accused Li Zhenghe of inventing the story, while Liu Changlun ordered the women to leave.
• Xu Yi entered the pavilion and demanded that Li Zhenghe repay three thousand Profound Yellow Pills owed to Elder Song.
• Xu Yi said he had witnessed Li Zhenghe borrow two thousand Profound Yellow Pills from Elder Song Yuanyou at five percent annual interest, then seized Li Zhenghe when he tried to evade him.
• Xu Yi contacted Elder Song through a Ruyi Pearl, but Elder Song angrily told him to handle the matter himself and ended the connection.

Xu Yi forced Li Zhenghe and Zhang Tai to confess that Ye Zhifan had arranged a scheme against Jiang Xiao, then took them to confront Ye Zhifan at You Yue Peak. The chapter ended with Ye Zhifan threatening Xu Yi as his banquet guests turned hostile.

• Xu Yi used Elder Song and the debt of two thousand Profound Yellow Pills to pressure Li Zhenghe into confessing that Ye Zhifan had made him frame Jiang Xiao.
• Shao Zijun learned that Jiang Xiao had taken the blame for her, while Jiang Xiao smiled through tears at Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi confronted Zhang Tai, who admitted his guilt and gave Jiang Xiao ten Profound Yellow Pills as compensation.
• Xu Yi declared he would deal with Ye Zhifan and marched Li Zhenghe and Zhang Tai toward You Yue Peak despite Jiang Xiao's warning.
• Xu Yi arrived at Ye Zhifan's banquet, where Ye Zhifan threatened him and the gathered guests watched with hostility.

Xu Yi confronted You Yue Peak over Ye Zhifan’s mistreatment of Shao Zijun, defeating Ye Zhifan and forcing witnesses to explain what happened. Shen Ao challenged Xu Yi to answer for storming the peak, and they began a fierce hand-to-hand fight.

• Xu Yi broke Ye Zhifan’s Heaven Shaking Art and knocked him down with a single punch.
• Xu Yi struck Ye Zhifan twice more, leaving him cracked and barely conscious on his knees.
• Shen Ao emerged from seclusion and accused Xu Yi of making trouble at You Yue Peak.
• Xu Yi had Li Zhenghe and Zhang Tai recount the events, prompting the crowd to recognize Ye Zhifan’s wrongdoing.
• Shen Ao demanded that Xu Yi kneel or be beaten, and Xu Yi taunted him into a fight.
• Xu Yi and Shen Ao charged at each other and traded blows in close combat.

Xu Yi defeated Shen Ao with a strange box-like divine ability, then used it to neutralize a golden sword that nearly shattered his Dao Heart. Tao Jin’s vow to surpass Xu Yi was interrupted by Zhang Daohan’s sudden arrival.

• Xu Yi overwhelmed Shen Ao in close combat, then trapped Shen Ao’s Marry-Myself Divine Ability inside a light-box and pinned him to a cliff with a spear.
• Shao Zijun celebrated Xu Yi’s victory as the crowd discussed his rapid rise from menial worker to powerful cultivator.
• Tao Jin watched Xu Yi’s victory and vowed to make him understand, despite feeling left behind.
• A golden sword struck at Xu Yi, but he enclosed it in another box and made it disappear.
• Tao Jin demanded to know what divine ability Xu Yi had used and turned to find Zhang Daohan standing behind him.

After Xu Yi displayed his golden Life Wheel and defended himself against Elder Meng, Shao Yong protected him from punishment and from Zhang Daohan’s attempts to claim him. Xu Yi later went to the Transmission Hall as a newly inducted Inner Sect Disciple to choose a cultivation method.

• Zhang Daohan explained to Tao Jin that Zhong Ruyi’s numerology-based divine ability came from a fortuitous encounter, and Tao Jin vowed to surpass him.
• Shao Yong argued with Zhang Daohan over how to handle Xu Yi and insisted that Xu Yi had been right to stand up for his sister and oppose Ye Zhifan.
• Xu Yi listed Ye Zhifan’s offenses and summoned his pure-gold Life Wheel while Elder Meng questioned him, drawing the attention of hidden observers.
• Shao Yong announced that the Punishment Hall would judge the matter and warned Zhang Daohan not to take Xu Yi from Yinghai Peak.
• The next morning, Xu Yi arrived at the Transmission Hall to choose a cultivation method, and Elder Ye Shangong came out to receive him.