Recaps

Xu Yi used the Sky-Illuminating Mirror to copy a divine ability from a golden leaf, then hurried to Starry Sky Prefecture after celebrating his appointment. Meanwhile, Chen Bingying learned that Xu Yi had appeared alive and joined his relatives in suspecting that someone had sent an impostor.

• Xu Yi spent ten thousand Profound Yellow Essence to reveal the fifth golden leaf and used the Ruyi Pearl to record the Spirit Official Three Lives Aspect before the Sky-Illuminating Mirror vanished.
• Xu Yi rewarded the Golden Clothed Attendant, returned to Reverse Star Palace, hosted a two-day banquet, and left for Starry Sky Prefecture with Huang Mei.
• Chen Bingying indulged in pleasure aboard a boat on Fairy Lake until his Third Uncle seized him and brought him before the Chen Lineage elders.
• Chen Zhaojiang showed Chen Bingying footage of Xu Yi entering Starry Sky Prefecture, contradicting the report that Xu Yi had been killed.
• Chen Bingying blamed Hong Tianming for sending an impostor, and Chen Zhaohai agreed that this explanation was necessary for the time being.

After the Chen family seized control of the Starry Sky Prefecture, Xu Yi was lured there and trapped by the new Prefect Judge, Peng Huizu. Xu Yi refused to resist arrest, while Chen Zhaojiang believed Peng’s scheme had succeeded.

• Third Ancestor Chen and Sixth Ancestor Chen decided to use Chen Bingying’s story to calm the other families while planning a swift, ruthless response.
• Xu Yi returned to Xishan Road and spent three days clearing his official backlog before receiving an urgent summons to the Starry Sky Prefecture.
• Xu Yi entered Starry Sky Island, realized the barrier was under someone else’s control, and found Chen Zhaohai, Chen Zhaojiang, Peng Huizu, and their allies waiting for him.
• Peng Huizu accused Xu Yi of corruption and offered him a chance to resist arrest, but Xu Yi recognized the trap and surrendered without a fight.
• Chen Zhaojiang told Chen Zhaohai that Peng Huizu had forced Xu Yi into a position where resisting would make him appear guilty.

Peng Huizu’s trap against Xu Yi failed when Xu Yi revealed overwhelming strength and escaped Starry Sky Island, though Chen Bingjun was killed. Peng Huizu expected Xu Yi to remain on the Starry Sky Ancient Path and fight the charges through the Central Court.

• Chen Zhaohai and Chen Zhaojiang discussed Peng Huizu’s careful plan as Red-Eyed Old Demon and Sea-Suppressing Dragon King tried to bind Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi broke through their blockade, knocked Chen Zhaohai away, and seized Chen Bingjun before escaping Starry Sky Island.
• Peng Huizu’s Heaven-Enveloping Net caught Xu Yi and Chen Bingjun, but Xu Yi used a sea of flame to destroy the nets, killing Chen Bingjun and escaping after resisting two cloaked figures’ attacks.
• Chen Zhaohai and Chen Zhaojiang confronted Peng Huizu over Chen Bingjun’s death, and Peng Huizu insisted that Third Uncle had ordered results at any cost.
• Peng Huizu told the Chen brothers that Xu Yi would not abandon his official title and could challenge their case through his allies in the Central Court, including Hong Tianming.

Peng Huizu and the Chen family realized Suijie might aid Xu Yi, while Xu refused to abandon his Southern Heavenly Court post or his vendetta against the Jianlan Hội. Disguised as Xue Xiang, Xu Yi helped Ning Wuyou plan an attack on the Starry Sky Prefecture and arranged to bring in the Reverse Star Palace, as Chen Zhaojiang arrived to offer compensation.

• Peng Huizu explained that Suijie could support Xu Yi, prompting the Chen family to reconsider the danger facing them.
• Xu Yi rejected Huang Mei's suggestion to let matters go and hurried to the Big Dipper Palace after Ning Wuyou summoned him.
• Ning Wuyou decided to attack the Starry Sky Prefecture, and Xu Yi proposed persuading Suijie and the Reverse Star Palace to join the operation.
• Ning Wuyou put Xue Xiang in charge of the operation, while Xu Yi hid when Chen Zhaojiang arrived as Peng Huizu's envoy.
• Chen Zhaojiang offered twenty towers of Profound Yellow Fiend as compensation for the attack on Kongming Island, with five towers to be paid upfront.

Xu Yi stirred Reverse Star Palace into preparing an attack on Starry Sky Prefecture after claiming the central court might replace him as Palace Master. The chapter left him welcoming Li Tieya, the newly appointed Prefect of Big Dipper Palace, as a close friend.

• Chen Zhaojiang returned to Starry Sky Island, where Peng Huizu warned that Reverse Star Palace might attack and began reorganizing personnel and moving troops toward Xishan Road.
• Xu Yi told Reverse Star Palace’s generals and saints that the central court might replace him because the organization had accomplished little, prompting them to pledge their support.
• Xu Yi said Starry Sky Prefecture was vulnerable during its reorganization and urged Reverse Star Palace to seize Profound Yellow Towers, leading the generals to compete to lead the attack.
• Li Tieya arrived from Big Dipper Palace, and Xu Yi welcomed him and introduced him as his longtime friend and the newly appointed prefect.

Xu Yi, posing as Palace Master Suijie, agreed to join Big Dipper Palace in an immediate attack on Starry Sky Prefecture. He left to coordinate with them while Reverse Star Palace prepared to march that night.

• Li Tieya arrived on Deputy Palace Master Xue's orders and explained that Palace Master Ning wanted to exploit the turmoil in Starry Sky Prefecture, offering twenty towers' worth of Profound Yellow Fiend if Reverse Star Palace helped.
• Xu Yi consulted Reverse Star Palace's leaders, who eagerly supported joining Big Dipper Palace in a campaign against Starry Sky Prefecture.
• Xu Yi agreed to send the strongest forces and told Li Tieya they would attack in three days, but Li Tieya urged an immediate strike to prevent leaks and complications.
• Chen Tuanfeng and the other leaders backed Li Tieya's call to attack that night, and Xu Yi confirmed Reverse Star Palace would join the operation.
• When Li Tieya asked who would coordinate with Big Dipper Palace, Xu Yi volunteered to go himself, leaving the Three Saints to oversee the army.

Xu Yi united the Big Dipper Palace and Reverse Star Palace under Ning Wuyou’s command, and their armies attacked the Starry Sky Prefecture from both sides. Peng Huizu faced the siege at Starry Sky Island as Xue Xiang rejected his attempt to negotiate and ordered the assault to intensify.

• Xu Yi left Li Tieya at the Reverse Star Palace as a liaison while he returned to the Big Dipper Palace to report his agreement with Suijie to Ning Wuyou.
• Ning Wuyou summoned the Route Prefects and ordered them to join the campaign, launching a major war across the Starry Sky Ancient Path.
• Chen Zhaojiang and Chen Zhaohai panicked as reports of attacks and collapsing defenses flooded the Starry Sky Hall, while Peng Huizu stayed composed.
• Third Ancestor Chen arrived, rebuked the Chen family elders, and joined Peng Huizu as the Big Dipper Palace and Reverse Star Palace armies converged on Starry Sky Island.
• Peng Huizu called for Ning Wuyou and Suijie to negotiate, but Xue Xiang went out in Ning Wuyou’s place and demanded Profound Yellow Fiend before withdrawing.
• Peng Huizu accused Ning Wuyou of risking her future for Xu Yi, but Xue Xiang exposed Peng Huizu’s alleged scheme with Hong Tianming and ordered the armies to intensify their attack.

Peng Huizu revealed his plan to use the Jianlan Hội and newly arrived Heavenly Court Imperial Guards to crush the Big Dipper Palace and Reverse Star Palace. As battle threatened to turn against them, Huangmei received Suijie's promise of reinforcements and urged the Reverse Star Palace troops to hold their ground.

• Third Ancestor Chen knocked Chen Zhaohai unconscious, then agreed with Peng Huizu that it was time to reveal their hidden trump card.
• Third Ancestor Chen opened four Cosmic Sea Teleportation Arrays, which brought more than ten thousand Heavenly Court Imperial Guards onto the battlefield.
• Peng Huizu declared that his Starry Sky Prefecture would replace the Big Dipper Palace and Reverse Star Palace as the dominant power on the Starry Sky Ancient Path.
• Ning Wuyou ordered the Big Dipper Palace troops to fight on, while Huangmei tried to steady the increasingly unsettled Reverse Star Palace ranks.
• Huangmei received a message from Suijie promising reinforcements within half an incense stick, then challenged the troops to keep fighting.

Jianlan Hội's army completed its encirclement of Starry Sky Prefecture and attacked Reverse Star Palace and Big Dipper Palace. As the defenders struggled to hold the formation, Peng Huizu detected the approaching Wuyuan Witch clan and led the Jianlan Hội's Old Ancestors to intercept them.

• The leaders of the eight great families joined Third Ancestor Chen and Peng Huizu, and Third Ancestor Chen confirmed their agreement to settle in Starry Sky Prefecture after defeating Big Dipper Palace and Reverse Star Palace.
• Peng Huizu took command of the assembled army of over a hundred thousand, and the battle began, splitting Youtan Star apart in the aftermath.
• Xu Yi disguised himself as Suijie and told the defenders to hold their formation while they waited for Saintess Ning's plan and reinforcements.
• Peng Huizu predicted that Xu Yi had called on the Wuyuan Witch clan, identified their approach from the southeast, and led the Jianlan Hội's Old Ancestors and their guards to meet them.
• Peng Huizu and more than ten thousand personal guards engaged the approaching force of over a thousand Wuyuan Witch clan members.

Xu Yi let the battle reach its breaking point before revealing that Xue Xiang’s intelligent Titan Dragon Python could control the beast tide on the Starry Sky Ancient Path. With the Jianlan Hội’s encirclement shattered and the armies fleeing the approaching beasts, Xu Yi’s allies recognized that Peng Huizu had fought on Xu Yi’s home turf.

• The Wuyuan Witch clan arrived to rescue Suijie, broke through the encirclement, and boosted the morale of the Big Dipper Palace and Reverse Star Palace.
• Peng Huizu rallied the Jianlan Hội and pressed the allied forces, while Xu Yi pretended to sleep before heading toward the Big Dipper Palace.
• Xu Yi crossed the battlefield disguised as Xue Xiang, then caused a commotion as a beast tide swept in and threw the armies into chaos.
• Suijie reorganized the troops and led them east, but another stretch of dark fog and the approaching beast tide blocked their path.
• A gigantic Titan Dragon Python burst from the tide, and Suijie recognized it as Xue Xiang’s Marshal-class beast; Huangmei realized Xu Yi had controlled the beast tide with his Heavenly Card.

Xu Yi’s forces took advantage of a beast tide to rout Peng Huizu’s group, while Xu Yi rode Big Yellow away from the battlefield to pursue one of his enemies. Peng Huizu escaped with two iron guards and resigned himself to abandoning the Southern Heavenly Court, though he did not know that Xu Yi was chasing him.

• Big Yellow’s Titan Dragon Pythons trapped Peng Huizu’s forces in a beast tide, and Peng Huizu’s attempts to keep his followers organized failed.
• A cultivator detonated more than a thousand life wheels, opening gaps that allowed many of Peng Huizu’s people to escape.
• Venerable Moyun and the Divine Fire Demon King led Xu Yi’s troops into an attack, and Ning Wuyou ordered the Big Dipper Palace to join them.
• Xu Yi changed into Xue Xiang, instructed Big Yellow to control the beast tide, then rode him away to pursue a great enemy.
• Peng Huizu fled with his two iron guards, reflected on his defeat, and said he would seek a future outside the Southern Heavenly Court.

Xu Yi defeated Peng Huizu, reactivated the Starry Sky Ancient Path’s restriction, and secured Starry Sky Island to claim its Profound Yellow Towers. After the Jianlan Hội army was nearly destroyed, he arranged for the allied forces to withdraw, while Ning Wuyou asked him to give her an answer when he had figured things out.

• The Titan Dragon Python wrecked Peng Huizu’s Starry Sky Boat, and Xu Yi killed the two cloaked men before absorbing Peng Huizu’s life wheel into the Soul Locking Bottle.
• Xu Yi returned to Starry Sky Island, confirmed the Starry Sky Ancient Path was empty, and reactivated its restriction.
• The Jianlan Hội army broke apart under the beast tide and was nearly wiped out as Reverse Star Palace and Big Dipper Palace finished off its remaining forces.
• Xu Yi stationed Ren Cong and Li Xin on opposite sides of Starry Sky Island to keep others away from the Profound Yellow Towers.
• Ning Wuyou told Xue Xiang to warn Xu Yi that his time was running out and that he should come give her an answer once he had figured things out.
• Xu Yi ordered the allied forces to finish clearing the battlefield and return to their respective homes.

Xu Yi gathered nearly two hundred Profound Yellow Towers and collected Domain Realm Life Wheels from Reverse Star Palace and Big Dipper Palace after their victory over Starry Sky Prefecture. In seclusion, he sent the Sui clan's Origin Fire back into its Origin Token to strengthen it and turned his attention to mastering the Ruyi Curse.

• Xu Yi used Huang Mei's guidance to find nearly two hundred Profound Yellow Towers on Starry Sky Island and stored them in the Four-Colored Seal Space.
• Xu Yi and Reverse Star Palace's leaders gave the central authorities' envoy an account of their victory, and the envoy praised Palace Master Sui and promised rewards.
• After Ning Wuyou told him that the Northern Court would send an envoy, Xu Yi collected Domain Realm Life Wheels from Reverse Star Palace's commanders and Big Dipper Palace's members.
• Huang Mei began refining the gathered Life Wheels in seclusion while Xu Yi returned to True Spirit Cave to cultivate.
• Xu Yi realized he could strengthen the Sui clan's Origin Fire by sealing it in its Origin Token, then decided to pursue the Ruyi Curse while the fire was being nurtured.

Xu Yi failed to cultivate the Ruyi Curse and ended his seclusion, while the Southern Heavenly Court convened over the disaster on the Starry Sky Ancient Path. Hong Tianming accused Peng Huizu and his backers of causing the upheaval through their political maneuvering.

• Xu Yi tried to cultivate the first level of the Ruyi Curse for two days, failed to make progress, and ended his seclusion.
• Xu Yi considered returning to the Triangular Forbidden Zone to investigate the "Five Stars Emerge from the East."
• The Shangyang Bell summoned Southern Heavenly Court officials to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, where True Lord Yu Miao reported the crisis and departed with the other great lords and Saint Elders.
• Kong Zhongyun demanded a fuller account from Chen Qingbei, while Chen urged retaliation against the Big Dipper Palace and the Reverse Star Palace.
• Hong Tianming challenged Chen Qingbei's account and argued that Lu Zhongyi's transfer and Peng Huizu's purge had exposed the Starry Sky Prefecture to attack.
• Wei Pengyuan defended the central government's role in Lu Zhongyi's transfer, while Hong blamed Peng Huizu and his backers for the upheaval.

After reviewing evidence of the disaster on the Starry Sky Ancient Path, officials discussed restoring Starry Sky Prefecture and finding a new prefectural judge. Kuang Zhaohui and Xue Baimei declined the post, while Duan Liuliu accepted it but asked for more time to meet the Profound Yellow Fiend quota.

• Hong Tianming presented testimony and footage showing Peng Huizu's attempt to capture Xu Yi and the battle amid a beast tide.
• Kong Zhongyun pressed the officials to agree on a response, and Zhao Ruyi identified diplomacy and restoring Starry Sky Prefecture as urgent priorities.
• The officials selected Kuang Zhaohui, Xue Baimei, and Duan Liuliu as candidates for prefectural judge and summoned them.
• Kong Zhongyun required the new judge to deliver thirty percent of last year's Profound Yellow Fiend quota by year-end, seventy percent the next year, and the full amount the year after.
• Kuang Zhaohui and Xue Baimei refused the appointment because they lacked the resources and expertise to meet the quota.
• Duan Liuliu accepted the post, asking for no quota by year-end and promising the full quota next year and one hundred and twenty percent the year after.

Kong Zhongyun demanded a thirty-percent share of the Profound Yellow Fiend and asked the officials to find someone who could meet the quota. Chen Qingbei recommended Xu Yi, while Hong Tianming argued that recruiting him required addressing the Jianlan Hội’s role in Starry Sky Prefecture’s fall and reforming the appointment system.

• Duan Liuliu said he could not deliver thirty percent of the Profound Yellow Fiend, but Kong Zhongyun refused to lower the requirement and dismissed him and the other two officials.
• Kong Zhongyun revealed that he had practiced mind-reading and pressed Chen Qingbei to share his ideas.
• Chen Qingbei recommended Xu Yi, citing his record and the seven Tower Masters who had escaped Starry Sky Prefecture with him.
• Hong Tianming confirmed that he could contact Xu Yi but warned that Xu Yi would not return without an explanation for the Jianlan Hội’s attempt to kill him.
• Hong Tianming demanded an investigation into the Jianlan Hội’s influence and reform of the official appointment system, drawing objections from Song Yunhui.

Kong Zhongyun and the officials offered Xu Yi the acting Prefect Judge post in Starry Sky Prefecture, and Xu Yi accepted after securing a condition about the officials assigned there. The chapter ended with Xu Yi reaching the Inspector's Hall, where Hong Tianming was waiting.

• Hong Tianming argued that Peng Huizu was not solely responsible for Starry Sky Prefecture's collapse, and Kong Zhongyun contacted Xu Yi through his star talisman.
• Hong Tianming told Xu Yi the officials wanted him to serve as acting Prefect Judge and deliver the required Profound Yellow Fiend quota for three consecutive years.
• Xu Yi initially refused, citing the danger of returning, but then agreed to take the post and guaranteed he could deliver forty percent within the year.
• Xu Yi demanded that every official dispatched to Starry Sky Prefecture have risen through the selection-based system, and Kong Zhongyun accepted the condition.
• Xu Yi stored the Profound Yellow Tower in the Four-Colored Seal Space, traveled to the Great Desolate World, and arrived at the Inspector's Hall the next morning, where Hong Tianming waited.

Xu Yi met with Hong Tianming, secured a path to becoming acting Prefect Judge, and bargained for resources and the secret method for refining Profound Yellow Beads. After celebrating with Lu Zhongyi and He Beiyi, he returned to Empty Island and reunited with Yi Bingwei.

• Hong Tianming told Xu Yi he could serve as acting Prefect Judge and outlined how his rank might rise in the coming years.
• Xu Yi requested supplies, and Hong Tianming offered limited Dao Source and Profound Yellow Essence while refusing to provide Profound Yellow Beads.
• Xu Yi asked Hong Tianming to obtain the method for refining Profound Yellow Beads and promised to supply hundreds each year if he succeeded.
• Hong Tianming told Xu Yi that Lu Zhongyi and He Beiyi were waiting in the south city and that Yu Zixuan and Yi Bingwei were on Empty Island.
• After drinking with Lu Zhongyi and He Beiyi until dawn, Xu Yi returned to Empty Island, teased Yi Bingwei, and embraced and kissed her.

Xu Yi spent time with Little Fish and the two beauties before responding to Hong Tianming’s summons and taking charge of the restored Starry Sky Prefecture. He left the prefecture running smoothly, while the Evil Court and Northern Court urged stability after its destruction and reestablishment.

• Xu Yi took Little Fish to Sui Yang City for three days, then brought her and the two beauties to Empty Island when Hong Tianming summoned him.
• Xu Yi gave Qiu Wa a refined Five-Colored Bead that could attack and form a protective shield, and gave the two beauties Sumeru Rings filled with Profound Yellow Essence.
• Hong Tianming obtained the secret method for refining the Profound Yellow Bead and arranged for Xu Yi to receive officials, troops, resources, and equipment for the Starry Sky Prefecture.
• Xu Yi led the new personnel to the Starry Sky Ancient Path and used Xishan Road’s old hands to train others in operating the Profound Yellow Towers.
• After about a month, Xu Yi had the Starry Sky Prefecture running smoothly, while directives from the Evil Court and Northern Court called for stability and avoiding unrest.

Xu Yi discovered that the Triangular Forbidden Zone’s Vortex Fields could purify Profound Yellow Fiend Qi and collected the resulting energy to refine into beads. After mastering Hong Tianming’s secret method, he formed five pure Profound Yellow Beads and entered the Four-Colored Seal Space to test whether it could break them down.

• Xu Yi used his authority over the three borders to make the Triangular Forbidden Zone his private territory and found pure Profound Yellow Fiend Qi emerging from its Vortex Fields.
• Xu Yi tested the Vortex Fields by sending in Profound Yellow Fiend Qi and confirmed that they purified it, though the Four-Colored Seal could not break down the purified qi directly.
• Xu Yi collected the pure Profound Yellow Fiend Qi in a Profound Yellow Tower, then secluded himself in True Spirit Cave to study Hong Tianming’s method for condensing Profound Yellow Beads.
• Xu Yi mastered the method and used the collected qi to condense five unusually pure Profound Yellow Beads.
• Xu Yi entered the Four-Colored Seal Space to test whether the seal could break down the pure beads.

Xu Yi used the Four-Colored Seal to refine a Pure Profound Yellow Bead into powerful essence, then spent the year stockpiling and refining Profound Yellow Qi while expanding his private tower operation. After Ning Wuyou summoned him, Xu Yi arranged a secret meeting with her on Wuya Island.

• Xu Yi discovered that the Pure Profound Yellow Bead broke down in the Four-Colored Seal into essence far more potent than that from ordinary beads, giving him hope of reaching the Third Realm of Domain.
• Xu Yi gave Li Tieya a dozen Profound Yellow Towers to operate privately and spent the following year stockpiling and refining Profound Yellow Qi.
• The Southern Heavenly Court's central administration sent Xu Yi an imperial edict recognizing his meritorious service, while he continued cultivating and nurturing the Source Fire.
• Ning Wuyou summoned Xu Yi to the Big Dipper Palace, and he arranged to meet her secretly at Wuya Island that night.
• Xu Yi authorized Li Tieya to move private towers into Starry Sky Prefecture territory along Xishan Road, using an imperial edict to clear the area.
• Xu Yi reached Wuya Island, removed his cloak, and found Ning Wuyou waiting beneath an old pine.

Xu Yi reunited with Ning Wuyou and revealed that she was Xue Zihan, his beloved from a past life, then gave her a precious Pure Profound Yellow Bead. He returned to Reverse Star Palace to organize a new batch of Profound Yellow Towers and resumed seclusion to refine Profound Yellow Essence Qi.

• Xu Yi removed Ning Wuyou's veil and told her the story of Xue Zihan and Young Master Yiling, revealing their past relationship.
• Ning Wuyou recognized herself as Xue Zihan and shared a quiet night with Xu Yi before linking their Ruyi Pearls.
• Ning Wuyou gave Xu Yi thirteen Profound Yellow Beads and a secret purification method, while Xu Yi gave her a Pure Profound Yellow Bead.
• Xu Yi returned to Reverse Star Palace after Ren Cong reported that the selected personnel had completed their training.
• Xu Yi arranged to assign Profound Yellow Towers to trained recruits outside the factions' divided territories and ordered the factions to avoid conflict.
• Xu Yi entered seclusion to continue refining pure Profound Yellow Essence Qi.

After Desolate Ancestor awakened, he showed Xu Yi how to advance the Ruyi Curse, and Xu Yi spent more than a year cultivating in True Spirit Cave while managing the affairs of several factions. Once summoned to the Southern Heavenly Court’s central administration, Xu Yi arrived at Three Pure Ones Mountain and learned that his audience was scheduled for the next day.

• Desolate Ancestor awakened after nearly two years of sleep, and Xu Yi demanded that he share cultivation arts in exchange for the Jianlan Hội elders’ life wheels.
• Desolate Ancestor explained that Xu Yi needed an Immaculate Wonderful Tree to draw out the Ancestral Buddha’s True Intent and advance the Ruyi Curse, so Xu Yi hurried to True Spirit Cave.
• Xu Yi cultivated in True Spirit Cave for more than a year while arranging peaceful operations among Big Dipper Palace, Reverse Star Palace, and Starry Sky Prefecture.
• Xu Yi emerged from seclusion, handled official business, and distributed generous rewards to Ren Cong, Li Tieya, and their subordinates for gathering Profound Yellow Fiend.
• Wang Yang summoned Xu Yi to the Southern Heavenly Court’s central administration, and Xu Yi traveled with him and Desolate Ancestor to Three Pure Ones Mountain.
• An attendant received Xu Yi at Xunli Gate, led him to a guest room, and gave him a jade token recording the next day’s itinerary.

Xu Yi arrived at Three Pure Ones Mountain for his investiture ceremony and learned that Hong Tianming was in seclusion. At the ceremony, Song Zhendong unexpectedly announced Xu Yi’s promotion to Palace Lord of Starry Sky Palace, and He Beiyi warned him that accepting would make him a target.

• Xu Yi reunited with He Beiyi, who said Hong Tianming had been in seclusion for nearly half a year.
• Xu Yi entered Xunli Gate for the Yonghe Grand Ceremony and suspected his investiture had been arranged as a scheme.
• Song Zhendong presided over the ceremony as influential officials and He Beiyi gathered in Taihe Hall.
• Song Zhendong announced that Starry Sky Prefecture would become Starry Sky Palace and Xu Yi would be promoted to its Palace Lord, a Subordinate Third Rank official.
• He Beiyi sent Xu Yi a thought-message warning him not to accept the appointment because his cultivation and Dao Fruit did not qualify him and the court would target him.

Xu Yi accepted his appointment as a Third Rank Great Immortal and master of the Starry Sky Palace despite the uproar over his qualifications. Chen Taichong challenged his fitness for the post, but Xu Yi refused to accept the challenge and asked Song Zhendong to remove him.

• He Beiyi warned Xu Yi that the appointment ceremony was a trap, but Xu Yi accepted the Gold Register and kept the appointment.
• The officials in Taihe Hall protested Xu Yi's promotion and questioned his rank, cultivation, and achievements.
• Chen Taichong struck the Drum of Injustice and accused Xu Yi of being unfit to lead the Starry Sky Palace.
• Chen Taichong invoked a precedent in which a newly appointed official had to answer a public challenge to prove his worth.
• Xu Yi said the central authorities had chosen him and asked Song Zhendong to have Chen Taichong escorted out.