Recaps

Xu Yi reunited with A Li in the Great Desolate World and learned how A Li had found his way into the Loose Immortal Academy. A Li explained the Southern Heavenly Court’s hierarchy and his work, leaving Xu Yi with an invitation to join the academy.

• Xu Yi and A Li joyfully reunited, and Xu Yi introduced him to Old Desolate, who argued with A Li before retreating into the Starry Sky Ring.
• A Li recounted how Auspicious Duck helped him thrive, brought him to the Great Desolate World, and enabled him to join the Loose Immortal Academy.
• A Li told Xu Yi that he had met Qiu Wa before arriving in the Great Desolate World and secretly given her an Origin Seal Bead.
• A Li invited Xu Yi to join the Loose Immortal Academy and explained that he could not abandon his post or his master's kindness.
• A Li described the Southern Heavenly Court’s nine-rank system, its governing hierarchy, and the academy’s role in managing independent cultivators and local powers.

Xu Yi decided to join the Loose Immortal Academy under his own identity and let A Li arrange a Ding Shen post. A Li secured Lu Mingxuan’s help, and the chapter ended with Lu Mingxuan presenting Xu Yi’s appointment certificate.

• Xu Yi chose to stay with A Li and seek a post at the Loose Immortal Academy without revealing his current identity.
• A Li asked Lu Mingxuan to help Xu Yi obtain a Ding Shen position and offered him five thousand Profound Yellow Pills.
• Lu Mingxuan said a post required thirty to fifty thousand Profound Yellow Pills, so A Li offered his Fire Repelling Pearl as well.
• Lu Mingxuan agreed to approach Director Fang, and A Li later told Xu Yi the arrangement had gone smoothly.
• Lu Mingxuan summoned A Li and Xu Yi to the academy’s reception hall and placed an appointment certificate on the table, startling A Li.

After Lu Mingxuan cheated Xu Yi and A Li out of thirty thousand Profound Yellow Pills, Xu Yi joined the Loose Immortal Academy as a Yellow Turban Strongman. With the major inspection approaching, Lu Mingxuan kept them sidelined, leaving A Li worried that Xu Yi would miss his chance to earn merit and advance.

• Lu Mingxuan gave Xu Yi a strongman's appointment certificate instead of the promised Ding Shen position, then took another thirty thousand Profound Yellow Pills to secure a promotion that he never arranged.
• Xu Yi comforted A Li and gave him another Fire Repelling Pearl, while the two waited in vain for Lu Mingxuan to return or answer the Ruyi Pearl.
• Xu Yi declined to seek help from Director Zhong and completed the process to become a Yellow Turban Strongman in A Li's squad.
• Lu Mingxuan sent a subordinate to promise Xu Yi a Ding Shen position within three years, then avoided the pair and left them without assignments.
• A Li worried that Xu Yi would miss the major inspection and lose a chance to earn merit, while Huang Mei mocked his fixation on rank.

Xu Yi asked A Li why the Loose Immortal Register had failed to gain support from the immortal palaces. Meanwhile, Lu Mingxuan and Director Fang scrambled to secure Envoy Jiang’s favor and advance Lu’s bid for a Director position, leaving Lu desperate to raise three hundred thousand Profound Yellow Pills.

• Xu Yi asked A Li why the immortal palaces had not helped establish the Loose Immortal Register, and A Li said they were too arrogant to cooperate.
• Lu Mingxuan urged Director Fang to help him compete for a Director position and bribed him with two Sumeru Rings.
• Director Fang advised Lu Mingxuan to let Director Han sound out Envoy Jiang, then had an informant reveal when Jiang was leaving.
• Lu Mingxuan learned Envoy Jiang wanted three hundred thousand Profound Yellow Pills and agreed to pay so Chen Fangyuan would not gain the advantage.
• Lu Mingxuan asked Director Fang for a loan and offered seven percent interest, but Director Fang told him to bargain with Jiang first.

Lu Mingxuan gathered money and favors to improve his chances of becoming a Director, while Xu Yi negotiated for a Ding God appointment. After Xu Yi received the position, Lu Mingxuan hurried to meet Jiang Zhun, and his whereabouts became unknown.

• Director Fang agreed to lend Lu Mingxuan two hundred thousand Profound Yellow Pills, and Lu Mingxuan collected another fifty thousand from his subordinates.
• Lu Mingxuan asked Xu Yi for more money in exchange for arranging his promotion, and Xu Yi offered thirty thousand Profound Yellow Pills plus a possible loan from his family.
• Lu Mingxuan promised to arrange Xu Yi's appointment first, and Director Fang agreed to help after hearing about the fee and loan.
• On the morning of the third day, Xu Yi received his Ding God appointment document, and Director Fang transferred another Ding God to make room for him.
• After receiving Director Fang's loan, Lu Mingxuan hurried to Shao Yi Immortal Palace to meet Jiang Zhun, after which no one heard from him.

Director Fang and Director Tong discovered that Lu Mingxuan had fled after losing their Profound Yellow Pills, leaving his Jia Shen position vacant. Director Fang tried to recruit Xu Yi for the post, but Xu Yi hesitated as the chapter ended.

• Director Fang and Director Tong learned that Lu Mingxuan had been sentenced to scrub Shao Yi Palace after offending the Shao Yi Righteous Immortal, and they decided they could do nothing to help him.
• Three days later, Lu Mingxuan resigned from the Loose Immortal Academy and promised to repay his debts, leaving Director Fang and Director Tong furious over their lost Profound Yellow Pills.
• Director Fang and Director Tong argued over who should bear the loss, while Director Fang later learned that Jia Jia Squad members were demanding repayment of their loans.
• Zhang Guanglu offered Director Fang thirty thousand Profound Yellow Pills for Lu Mingxuan's vacant Jia Shen position, but Director Fang returned the ring and warned him the post was dangerous.
• Director Fang offered Xu Yi the vacant Jia Shen position for a large payment, and Xu Yi hesitated because he had only recently been promoted to Ding Shen.

Xu Yi accepted a Jia Shen appointment by paying Director Fang thirty thousand Profound Yellow Pills, then avoided paying the remaining hundred thousand. He arrived at Fenghua Hall for verification, where Director Fang waited to punish him if he passed.

• Director Fang persuaded Xu Yi to take the Jia Shen position and demanded thirty thousand Profound Yellow Pills immediately, with the balance due within seven days.
• Director Fang secured Xu Yi's appointment, while A Li panicked over the deal and Xu Yi revealed he had a plan.
• After Xu Yi disappeared and missed the payment deadline, Director Fang realized he had been tricked and vowed to make him suffer if he passed verification.
• Xu Yi attended the verification assembly at Fenghua Hall and met academy envoys Xia Qijie and Qiu Ze as Director Fang glared at him.

Xu Yi stunned the Loose Immortal Academy gathering by reporting thirteen registered immortal households, surpassing Fan Cheng and drawing accusations of unfair advantage. After he explained that Jiang Zhun had honored an earlier agreement, the academy’s envoys faced pressure to decide whether Xu Yi’s result qualified him for promotion.

• Director Long announced that the A-rank Deities would be judged on their results, with the lowest-ranked person stripped of their position and punished.
• Xu Yi interrupted Fan Cheng’s report and announced that he had registered thirteen immortal households, prompting Director Fang to accuse him of lying.
• Director Long verified Xu Yi’s purple jade talisman and confirmed the thirteen registrations, while Fan Cheng demanded a review.
• Xu Yi explained that the households were in the Southern Territory and credited Jiang Zhun, who confirmed by Ruyi Pearl that he had handled the matter as agreed.
• Fan Cheng and Director Fang argued that Xu Yi had benefited from his predecessor’s work and that his result should not count toward promotion.

Xu Yi faced opposition from the Directors of Merit over his promotion, but a message from Jiang Zhun confirmed that he had won the competition. Director Long followed the rules and announced Xu Yi as the winner, while Fan Cheng protested and was ordered dragged out.

• Director Fang and the other Directors of Merit opposed Xu Yi's promotion, and Xu Yi appeared to withdraw.
• Director Fang had Xu Yi play Jiang Zhun's message aloud, which congratulated him on winning first place and becoming Director of Merit.
• Envoy Xia Qijie and Envoy Qiu Ze insisted that the academy follow its rules and award the post to the winner.
• Director Long announced Xu Yi as the final winner and approved his promotion to Director of Merit.
• Fan Cheng protested that Xu Yi had only been lucky, and Xia Qijie ordered the Clean Hall strongmen to drag him out.

Xu Yi took office as Director of Sophora Blossom Hall and received a month to prove he could handle Director Liu’s unfinished work. As he studied the Zhao family case through the night, Fan Cheng worried Xu Yi might succeed and urged Director Long to act.

• Director Fang proposed that Xu Yi keep his Director position only if he completed Director Liu’s unfinished work within a month, and Xia Qijie and Qiu Ze supported the challenge.
• Xu Yi promised Director Fang one hundred thousand Profound Yellow Pills the next day in exchange for help obtaining the Zhao family case files, and Director Fang arranged to send them.
• Xu Yi formally took his seat in Sophora Blossom Hall, gave A Li two hundred thousand Profound Yellow Pills to cultivate, and stayed up all night reviewing the case files.
• Fan Cheng told Director Long he could not wait a month and feared Xu Yi might complete the work, while Director Long urged him to wait for the outcome.

Director Long explained the Sima Family’s tangled dispute over Sima Fang’s tomb and warned Fan Cheng away from Xu Yi’s Director position. Meanwhile, Xu Yi provoked Director Fang over a delayed delivery of one hundred thousand Profound Yellow Pills, leaving Fang furious but powerless.

• Director Long told Fan Cheng how Sima Rui and Sima Jin both claimed to be Sima Fang’s legitimate grandson, turning the family’s dispute into a high-profile case that had cost two Directors their positions.
• Fan Cheng decided not to pursue Xu Yi’s position and hurried off to consult his great-uncle.
• Director Fang went to confront the sleeping Xu Yi about the overdue one hundred thousand Profound Yellow Pills, but Xu Yi feigned surprise and offered to return Fang’s thirty-thousand-pill deposit instead.
• Director Fang tore up an official paper in rage, while Xu Yi casually called him “Old Fang” and offered him tea.

Xu Yi arranged a public hearing at Sima Fang’s tomb to resolve the century-long dispute between the Sima Family’s branches, despite Director Fang’s efforts to undermine him. Before the packed crowd, Xu Yi sealed the site against thought transmission and began the proceedings with a tribute to Sima Fang.

• Director Fang left Xu Yi’s room in a rage, while Xu Yi dismissed Old Desolate’s concerns about the case and urged him to read books.
• Fan Cheng told Director Fang and Director Long that Xu Yi had sent Hero’s Posts announcing a public hearing for August thirteenth.
• Director Fang argued that the Sima Family’s main and second branches would reject any ruling, while Director Long noted that over sixty families had confirmed their attendance.
• More than a thousand cultivators gathered at Sima Fang’s tomb, joined by Loose Immortal Academy envoys, Sima Family leaders, and representatives of prominent families.
• Xu Yi used Yellow Turban Strongmen to establish the Five Elements Void Locking Great Formation, preventing the crowd from transmitting thoughts.
• Xu Yi offered incense and paid tribute to Sima Fang, declaring that he would resolve the dispute troubling the deceased’s descendants.

Xu Yi settled the century-long dispute between Sima Rui and Sima Jin by making them honor Sima Fang at his grave, and the crowd accepted the result. His clever ruling earned him notice from a mysterious woman, while Director Fang was punished and Xu Yi’s fame grew without bringing him official rewards.

• Xu Yi asked Sima Rui and Sima Jin to offer incense and show their respect at Sima Fang’s grave.
• Sima Rui wept convincingly, while Sima Jin struggled under the crowd’s pressure and failed to perform the same display.
• Xu Yi declared that the difference between their reactions made the truth plain, and Director Fang failed to challenge his ruling.
• A woman watching from a golden carriage praised Xu Yi’s handling of the case and ordered her maid to record his name.
• Xu Yi became famous across the Loose Immortal Academy, and An Daozhen punished Director Fang with five lashes of the Soul Burning Whip.

After losing his authority at the Loose Immortal Academy, Xu Yi focused on studying its records and spent time posing as Shao Yi Righteous Immortal at the Fahua Gathering. He returned with Profound Yellow Essence and helped A Li prepare to visit his master, then learned that Sima Rui had come to see him.

• Xu Yi lost his external affairs duties to Long Guang and decided to strengthen his fundamentals by studying the academy’s archives.
• Three months later, Xu Yi attended the Fahua Gathering as Shao Yi Righteous Immortal, explained his changed appearance and reduced cultivation, and received gifts from old friends.
• Jiang Zhun told Xu Yi that eleven pieces of Profound Yellow Essence had formed, and Xu Yi collected them.
• A Li broke through to the Second Realm of Yang Fish and asked Xu Yi for permission to visit his master; Xu Yi gave him Profound Yellow Pills to bring along.
• Visitors arrived with gifts for Xu Yi, but he turned them away until a Yellow Turban Strongman showed him Sima Rui waiting outside the academy.

Xu Yi agreed to help Sima Rui sell resources at the Immortal Forest Gathering and accepted an enigmatic white bone key that stirred the Dark Gourd. Sima Rui began recording their transaction and placed a powerful fire-colored pearl on the table, leaving Xu Yi to inspect the goods.

• Xu Yi met Sima Rui, who thanked him for his help and asked him to sell resources at the Immortal Forest Gathering.
• Huang Mei explained that the gathering was a major marketplace and that Ding Shen and Jia Shen had likely sought Xu Yi’s help for the same reason.
• Sima Rui gave Xu Yi a white bone key as thanks, and Xu Yi accepted it after the Dark Gourd rippled faintly.
• Sima Rui activated a Ruyi Pearl to record their transaction, claiming his family elders had required the precaution.
• Sima Rui placed a fire-colored pearl on the table, and its blazing yang energy heated the room until the chair began to scorch.

Sima Rui asked Xu Yi to sell a Phoenix Gall at the Immortal Forest Gathering, giving Xu Yi a chance to obtain one of the rare materials he needed. After agreeing to the deal, Xu Yi worried about raising enough funds for the gathering, and Desolate Charm warned him to deal with Fang.

• Sima Rui showed Xu Yi a Phoenix Gall inherited from his ancestor and asked him to sell it at the Immortal Forest Gathering for at least one million Profound Yellow Pills.
• Xu Yi agreed to sell the Phoenix Gall, concealing his excitement because he needed it for the second level of the Ding Yuan Technique.
• After Sima Rui left, Xu Yi learned from Jiang Zhun that the Immortal Forest Gathering would begin in three days.
• Xu Yi calculated that buying the Phoenix Gall would leave him with only six Profound Yellow Essences, but decided he could not part with any of his treasures.
• Desolate Charm mocked Xu Yi for being unable to sell anything and warned him that he would face trouble unless he got rid of Fang.

Xu Yi suspected that Envoy Xia’s order to deliver a document to Tongcheng Academy concealed a trap, so he postponed the trip and went to the Immortal Forest Gathering seeking information and influential allies. In Xianlin City, he found the guide Liu Xiangdong, who immediately told him that Tong Ming had tricked him.

• Xu Yi emerged exhausted from the underground refining room, slept, and then received Long Guang’s order to deliver a document to Tongcheng Academy.
• Xu Yi examined the document repeatedly, suspected it contained hidden killing intent, and struggled to find anyone willing to advise him.
• Xu Yi postponed delivering the document and left for the Immortal Forest Gathering, hoping to resolve his problems and gain powerful allies.
• At Xianlin City’s gate, Xu Yi hired Tong Ming to lead him to the famously well-informed guide Liu Xiangdong.
• Xu Yi paid Tong Ming four times the usual fee and met the blind, lame Liu Xiangdong, who told him Tong Ming had tricked him.

Xu Yi met Liu Xiangdong, the information broker known as Flower Eye, and discovered that Liu could intercept thought transmissions. After Xu Yi explained his own Sound Interception Technique, the two recognized each other as kindred spirits, and Xu asked Liu for help with a problem.

• Liu Xiangdong sensed Huangmei inside Xu Yi's Starry Sky Ring and revealed his ability to intercept thoughts.
• Xu Yi demonstrated that he could intercept voice transmissions, prompting Liu Xiangdong to ask him to become his master and teach him the art.
• Xu Yi explained the principles of Sound Interception Technique, and Liu Xiangdong lamented that the ability could not be learned.
• Liu Xiangdong revealed that his natural perception came from detecting scents despite being blind from birth, and explained why he had gone into hiding.
• Xu Yi asked Liu Xiangdong for help with a problem unrelated to private affairs, and Liu agreed because they shared the same path.
• Xu Yi gave Liu Xiangdong a Sumeru Ring containing a hundred thousand Profound Yellow Pills, and Liu protested that Xu Yi was treating him like a stranger.

Xu Yi learned from Liu Xiangdong where to seek Star Core Marrow, a True Dragon Eye, and help with Tongcheng Academy, then showed him the white bone key. After discovering Liu Xiangdong had secretly tried to report the key to Mr. Zhu, Xu Yi killed him and took his life wheel.

• Liu Xiangdong accepted Xu Yi's Sumeru Ring and told him that Si Fang Zhai had a True Dragon Eye, Qiuyue Hall might auction Star Core Marrow, and Jiguzhai had influential ties to Tongcheng Academy.
• Xu Yi showed Liu Xiangdong the white bone key, and Liu Xiangdong said he recognized its ancient patterns but could not remember where he had seen it.
• After Xu Yi left, Liu Xiangdong contacted Mr. Zhu with a Ruyi Pearl and said he had seen the white bone key.
• Xu Yi returned with Huang Mei, confronted Liu Xiangdong, and caught him trying to activate the Ruyi Pearl.
• Xu Yi snapped Liu Xiangdong's neck, took his life wheel, and stopped Huang Mei from consuming it.

Xu Yi learned that Mr. Zhu was pursuing the bone key and arranged to meet him at Dragon Horn Mountain, where he prepared an ambush. Mr. Zhu arrived quickly, and Xu Yi confronted him while concealing Liu Xiangdong’s fate.

• Xu Yi discovered that people could not change their appearance in Xianlin City and answered Mr. Zhu’s message using Liu Xiangdong’s voice.
• Huang Mei explained that Mr. Zhu had offered Liu Xiangdong a million Profound Yellow Pills to find the bone key twenty years earlier.
• Xu Yi decided to meet Mr. Zhu rather than let him trace Liu Xiangdong’s death back to him and his registrar position.
• Xu Yi chose Dragon Horn Mountain as the battlefield and hid a life-wheel with the Four-Colored Seal nearby.
• Mr. Zhu arrived, and Xu Yi answered his demand for Liu Xiangdong by pointing out that he had come to meet him.

Xu Yi tried to bargain with Mr. Zhu over the bone key, then attacked and fled when he realized Mr. Zhu was too dangerous to let go. Mr. Zhu pursued him through the cliffs and unleashed a fire dragon that burned even into the earth.

• Xu Yi showed Mr. Zhu an image of the bone key and demanded three hundred Profound Yellow Essence for it.
• Xu Yi attacked Mr. Zhu with the Taiyi Light Splitting Ruler, but the blows only left white marks on Mr. Zhu's body.
• Xu Yi fled, but Mr. Zhu chased him down and shattered Xu Yi's right arm with a punch.
• Xu Yi used earth escape and his Myriad Transformations technique to hide as a pine tree, while Huang Mei warned that Mr. Zhu had sharp sensory powers.
• Mr. Zhu spat out a gigantic fire dragon that scorched the cliffs and burrowed into the earth.

Xu Yi defeated Mr. Zhu with the Ruyi Universe Circle, the Spiritually Communicating Treasure, and Star Core Sand, but found only a mysterious lump of Blood Freeze where the body had vanished. After recovering, he went to Si Fang Zhai to demand the True Dragon Eye, leaving Head Shopkeeper Zhu wary of his pointed remarks.

• Xu Yi trapped Mr. Zhu with the Ruyi Universe Circle and weakened him with repeated illusions from the Spiritually Communicating Treasure.
• Xu Yi used the Ruyi Universe Circle and Star Core Sand to hold Mr. Zhu down while the Golden Armored Generals hacked him apart.
• Xu Yi found no life wheel or resources, only a transparent lump of Blood Freeze, which he sealed in a jade box before cleaning the battlefield.
• Xu Yi recovered by the sea, then went to Si Fang Zhai and asked Head Shopkeeper Zhu to name a price for the True Dragon Eye.
• Xu Yi suggested that the True Dragon Eye had stopped attracting buyers, and Head Shopkeeper Zhu asked whether he was threatening him.

Xu Yi negotiated with Si Fang Zhai’s Head Shopkeeper Zhu to buy the True Dragon Eye for forty Profound Yellow Essences, then brought a mysterious treasure to Jiguzhai to sell. The chapter ended with Shopkeeper Su and Head Shopkeeper Lin discovering nested boxes inside Xu Yi’s jade box and wondering what lay within.

• Xu Yi pressured Head Shopkeeper Zhu with the threat of damaging Si Fang Zhai’s reputation, and Zhu agreed to sell the True Dragon Eye for forty Profound Yellow Essences.
• Xu Yi went to Jiguzhai and told Shopkeeper Su that he wanted to sell a Mystical Treasure for a high price.
• Xu Yi revealed a radiant jade box, drawing attention from the hall and prompting Shopkeeper Su to escort him to a private room.
• Shopkeeper Su summoned Head Shopkeeper Lin, who recognized the golden octagonal box inside the jade box as the long-lost Ancient-Modern Box.
• Shopkeeper Su identified the next, round container as the Flowing Water Box, while Xu Yi prepared to reveal what was inside.

Xu Yi presented an ancestral treasure to Jiguzhai and negotiated over using it as collateral, while hiding its true value. He revealed that his family needed a True Dragon Eye and Star Core Marrow, leaving Head Shopkeeper Lin and Shopkeeper Su to reconsider their offer.

• Xu Yi revealed a Starry Sky Treasure Box whose pure primordial energy stunned Shopkeeper Su and Head Shopkeeper Lin.
• Xu Yi claimed his ancestor had forbidden him to open the box and let Jiguzhai inspect it only while it remained sealed.
• Head Shopkeeper Lin offered ten pieces of Profound Yellow Essence, while Shopkeeper Su acted as if the amount was excessive.
• Xu Yi pretended to abandon the deal, prompting Shopkeeper Su and Head Shopkeeper Lin to ask what problem he was trying to solve.
• Xu Yi said his family needed a True Dragon Eye and Star Core Marrow, and that Si Fang Zhai had offered a True Dragon Eye for forty pieces of Profound Yellow Essence.

Xu Yi negotiated a five-year live pawn deal with Jiguzhai for the True Dragon Eye and Star Core Marrow, then followed Head Shopkeeper Lin to meet the proprietor. Huang Mei warned him that the meeting could end in disaster, but Xu Yi refused to back out.

• Head Shopkeeper Lin raised his offer to fifty pieces of Profound Yellow Essence, but Xu Yi said it was not enough for the True Dragon Eye and Star Core Marrow.
• After Xu Yi rejected a dead pawn and threatened to leave, Head Shopkeeper Lin agreed to procure the two treasures and issue a five-year pawn ticket, with twenty pieces of Profound Yellow Essence owed as interest for redemption.
• Head Shopkeeper Lin told Shopkeeper Su that the proprietor would decide whether to pursue the deal and that Jiguzhai could unseal Xu Yi's treasure if he failed to redeem it.
• Head Shopkeeper Lin led Xu Yi across the lake to a pavilion where more than ten Great Powers of Divine Diagram were gathered.
• Huang Mei warned Xu Yi that the plan could bring utter destruction, but Xu Yi said he would not turn back.