Recaps

Xu Yi brought Liu Qi to Futuo Mountain to test the Lesser Flame Formation, but Liu Qi betrayed him and trapped him in its fire to steal his treasures. Xu Yi endured the heat inside an iron essence sphere and, as Liu Qi waited for him to die, thought of a possible way out.

• Xu Yi led Liu Qi to the cave dwelling in Futuo Mountain and explained the strength of its training room.
• Liu Qi described how Spirit Stones activated formation flags and demonstrated the Lesser Flame Formation, then controlled the flames back toward them.
• The flames suddenly surged at Xu Yi, who enclosed himself in an iron essence sphere as Liu Qi revealed his betrayal and tried to kill him.
• Liu Qi intensified the fire around the sphere, while Xu Yi took top-grade pills to endure the heat.
• After Xu Yi stayed silent for dozens of breaths, Liu Qi grew impatient, and Xu Yi recalled a figure who might help him escape.

Xu Yi escaped Liu Qi’s Lesser Flame Formation with Yan Zi’s help, then captured Liu Qi’s Yin Soul and forced him to reveal the formation formula. After deciding to search for the immortal realm’s entrance in the far west, Xu Yi joined Yan Zi for a birthday feast.

• Yan Zi disrupted Liu Qi’s spellcasting with Thunderclap Pellets and arrows, letting Xu Yi escape the flames and kill Liu Qi with Finger Sword.
• Xu Yi used the Yin Extremity Bead and Soul Transformation Art to trap Liu Qi’s Yin Soul and force him to reveal the Lesser Flame Formation formula.
• Xu Yi tested the formation, then pressed Liu Qi for the location of the immortal realm’s entrance; Liu Qi offered to guide him, but Xu Yi destroyed his Yin Soul.
• Xu Yi concluded the entrance lay somewhere in the far west and decided to search for it himself.
• Yan Zi prepared a feast, and Xu Yi praised her cooking and asked for wine.

Xu Yi followed Second Young Master Zhu into the wilderness and discovered that he was Li Xiuluo in disguise, attempting to kill Young Master Zhu. After Xu Yi stopped the attack, Li Xiuluo revealed that Marquis Wu Cheng had arranged the possession as part of a plot against the Duke Cheng's Mansion.

• Xu Yi left Yan Zi with two top-grade pills and followed Young Master Zhu on a Sky Horse.
• Li Xiuluo, disguised as Second Young Master Zhu, ambushed Young Master Zhu in the wilderness and struck him down.
• Xu Yi arrived, stopped Li Xiuluo's attack, and knocked Young Master Zhu unconscious.
• Xu Yi recognized Li Xiuluo and pressed him about his plans and connection to Marquis Wu Cheng.
• Li Xiuluo explained that Marquis Wu Cheng had stoked Second Young Master Zhu's hatred so Li Xiuluo could possess him and kill Young Master Zhu, taking control of the Duke Cheng's Mansion.

Xu Yi learned that the Ghost Master was tied to Marquis Wu Cheng and that a powerful pursuer was hunting the green-robed woman. Meanwhile, Old Ancestor Wen pursued Xia Zimo across Azure Dragon Mountain and discovered that her strength did not match her advanced appearance and intelligence.

• Xu Yi asked Li Xiuluo to tell the Ghost Master that he could provide Heavenly Thunder Pearls, and Li Xiuluo promised not to oppose him even if ordered to.
• Li Xiuluo killed Young Master Zhu, swallowed his soul, and burned his corpse to protect their identities.
• Li Xiuluo told Xu Yi that someone who seemed at least as powerful as a Soul Sensing Ancestor was chasing a monster resembling Xia Zimo, and Xu Yi rushed away.
• Old Ancestor Wen tracked Xia Zimo, mistook her for an injured great demon at the Forming Stage, and chased her with his Carpet Demon.
• Old Ancestor Wen saw that Xia Zimo had only late Ignorance Stage blood vitality despite her human appearance and intelligence, but he could not identify her kind.

Xia Zimo escaped Old Ancestor Wen's pursuit but was cornered as Purple Fire Heavenly Monarch Yao Junchi arrived. Old Ancestor Wen and Yao Junchi tested each other's strength, leaving the Mysterious Monster's fate unresolved.

• Old Ancestor Wen tracked the low-cultivation, humanlike demon across the mountains and waited for it to reappear on the Demon Searching Disk.
• Xia Zimo rested on a cloud pine, reflected on her demon nature, and listened as Auspicious Duck urged her to contact Xu Yi.
• Auspicious Duck tried to activate Xia Zimo's sound-transmitting orb, but Xia Zimo shattered it and told the duck to flee while she held off their pursuers.
• Yao Junchi arrived and challenged Old Ancestor Wen, and their divine-sense beams collided with enough force to flatten the surrounding trees.
• Old Ancestor Wen concealed his disadvantage against the stronger Yao Junchi to keep him from taking the Mysterious Monster he had pursued for nearly twenty days.

Old Ancestor Wen and Yao Junchi prepared to capture the Mysterious Monster, but Yao Junchi revealed a magical artifact and their rivalry intensified. Old Ancestor Wen summoned Wen Shouhe to help block the monster, leaving the two factions gathered at the cliff as they awaited the capture.

• Yao Junchi proposed that he and Old Ancestor Wen race to strike the monster first, but Old Ancestor Wen insisted he would destroy it if necessary.
• Yao Junchi revealed a lower-grade magical artifact, making Old Ancestor Wen fear he might lose their confrontation.
• Yao Junchi arrived in a golden carriage, drained six beautiful women of their yin essence, and mocked Old Ancestor Wen by offering him Yao Wuhui.
• Old Ancestor Wen's thunderous shout injured Yao Wuhui, who lamented his failed attempt to become powerful through the Art of Thunder.
• Old Ancestor Wen summoned Wen Shouhe and introduced him to Yao Wuhui, but Wen Shouhe rejected him and ate a spotted viper.
• Wen Shouhe asked why Old Ancestor Wen had summoned him, while Old Ancestor Wen considered how they could block the Mysterious Monster from both sides.

Yao Junchi and Old Ancestor Wen agreed to let Yao Wuhui and Wen Shouhe pursue Xia Zimo, while Yao Junchi’s Heart Oath forced her to remain within a hundred li. Guided by Auspicious Duck’s Qian Hexagram, Xia Zimo fled southeast, but both pursuers gained on her and coveted her for their own reasons.

• Yao Junchi swore a Heart Oath that gave Xia Zimo an incense stick to survive within a hundred li while Yao Wuhui and Wen Shouhe hunted her.
• Xia Zimo resolved to fight rather than flee, and Auspicious Duck cast the Qian Hexagram, told her to head southeast, then shrank and collapsed.
• Xia Zimo flew southeast as Yao Wuhui rode a White Snow Goose and Wen Shouhe pursued on a Mechanical Bird.
• Yao Junchi and Old Ancestor Wen saw Xia Zimo’s winged form, while Wen Shouhe and Yao Wuhui each resolved to capture her for their own purposes.
• Yao Wuhui used silver needles and a forbidden technique to speed up his Snow Goose, then attacked Xia Zimo with Geng Metal Fiend Qi.
• Xia Zimo sensed Yao Wuhui’s palm strike and twisted aside to dodge it.

Xia Zimo fought off Yao Wuhui and Wen Shouhe as they tried to capture her, revealing abilities that astonished the Soul Sensing experts watching nearby. Old Ancestor Wen joined the battle, but his Carpet Demon suddenly died and plunged from the sky.

• Yao Wuhui and Wen Shouhe cornered Xia Zimo, who broke through Wen Shouhe's Armor Piercing Force and wounded him with a stream of air.
• Yao Junchi pulled Xia Zimo back with his profound art, but she escaped the force and turned toward the southeast.
• Wen Shouhe trapped Xia Zimo in Netherworld Tiger Prison and struck her wing with his golden blade, tearing away several feathers.
• Xia Zimo burned the feathers Yao Wuhui tried to seize, revealing an innate ability that amazed Old Ancestor Wen and Yao Junchi.
• Old Ancestor Wen flew toward the formation to capture Xia Zimo, cut apart Yao Junchi's divine sense, and then watched his Carpet Demon plunge to the ground, lifeless.

Old Ancestor Wen and Yao Junchi paused their clash as powerful newcomers raced toward Azure Dragon Mountain, drawn by the Mysterious Monster. As Xia Zimo faltered under Wen Shouhe and Yao Wuhui’s attacks, Yao Wuhui moved to claim her, and Wen Shouhe unleashed another forbidden move.

• Yao Junchi explained that his Mid Soul Sensing Stage divine intent had killed the Carpet Demon, while Old Ancestor Wen questioned how many times Wen’s extraordinary artifact could be used.
• When newcomers approached, Old Ancestor Wen and Yao Junchi stopped fighting and waited on the cliff as forces converged on Azure Dragon Mountain.
• A dragon boat’s Demon Searching Disk revealed that the Mysterious Monster’s demon essence was erupting, and a scarred Wuji Temple Daoist seized control of the boat to race southeast.
• Passengers recognized Old Ancestor Wen and Yao Junchi and watched the battle, while one red-eyed man leaped from the dragon boat.
• Xia Zimo lost the ability to fight back, and Yao Wuhui tore at her clothing and rushed toward her, intending to make her his bedmate.
• Wen Shouhe attacked Yao Wuhui and Xia Zimo with his blade aura, then unleashed the forbidden move Netherworld Tiger Prison.

A scar-faced Daoist shattered Wen Shouhe’s killing attack, rescued Xia Zimo, and crippled Yao Wuhui by destroying his dantian. After Old Ancestor Wen’s divine-sense strike failed and wounded him, the Daoist seized Yao Wuhui and charged at Wen Shouhe, who tried to flee before turning back in shame and fury.

• Wen Shouhe unleashed his strongest attacks, and Yao Wuhui used Xia Zimo as a shield against them.
• A scar-faced Daoist’s Qi Dragon shattered Wen Shouhe’s attack, and he caught Xia Zimo while seizing Yao Wuhui.
• The Daoist broke Yao Wuhui’s magic robe and struck his dantian, while Old Ancestor Wen’s divine-sense attack shattered against the Daoist’s spiritual platform.
• The Daoist destroyed Yao Wuhui’s dantian, crippling the celebrated young powerhouse.
• The Daoist grabbed Yao Junchi and charged at Wen Shouhe, who fled briefly before turning back in shame and fury.

Xu Yi dispelled Wen Shouhe’s saber attack with his energy-circle technique, stunning the onlookers and leading them to identify him as a second Boundless Sea talent from Wuji Temple. The chapter ended with Xu Yi’s abilities drawing attention from powerful observers, followed by the author’s notice that regular updates would resume after the Lantern Festival.

• Wen Shouhe turned back and attacked Xu Yi with a torrent of saber energy, determined to erase his earlier humiliation.
• Xu Yi used spiraling rings of energy to redirect and dispel Wen Shouhe’s attack while carrying Xia Zimo and the unconscious Yao Wuhui.
• The spectators recognized Xu Yi’s immense energy as evidence that he possessed the Boundless Sea, and Jiang Nanxun compared his technique with the Jiang family’s Stars Shift and Heavens Turn.
• Second Master Jiang reassured Jiang Nanxun that his family’s technique could counter Xu Yi’s energy circles, and Jiang Nanxun declared that he would not admit defeat.
• A young man asked the handsome scholar in white whether Xu Yi could rival Xue Muhua, but the scholar dismissed the comparison.

The scar-faced Daoist battled Wen Shouhe, whose Undefeated Golden Body made him impervious to ordinary attacks. The Daoist defeated him with a deep-green rod, leaving Jiang Nanxun stunned.

• The scar-faced Daoist launched a powerful Qi Dragon at Wen Shouhe, but Old Ancestor Wen intervened with a killing-intent Qi spear.
• The white-clothed scholar shattered the spear and criticized the scar-faced Daoist for faltering, then Wen Shouhe attacked him.
• The scar-faced Daoist and Wen Shouhe recognized each other's Undefeated Golden Body and traded more than a hundred blows without injuring each other.
• Wen Shouhe tried to wear down the scar-faced Daoist, confident his near-mastered fourth layer would outlast the Daoist's third layer.
• The scar-faced Daoist knocked Wen Shouhe away, then struck him with a deep-green rod, making him scream and collapse.
• Jiang Nanxun watched the sudden defeat in astonishment.

Xu Yi arrived at Azure Dragon Mountain and attacked Yao Wuhui after seeing Xia Zimo’s suffering, while Marquis Wu Cheng recognized him and prepared to strike. Feng Xifeng intervened to enforce one-on-one contests for the Mysterious Monster, then clashed with Old Ancestor Wen as Xu Yi watched.

• Xu Yi reached Azure Dragon Mountain, saw Xia Zimo in distress, and shattered Yao Wuhui’s dantian.
• Marquis Wu Cheng recognized Xu Yi and urged his Sky Horse forward, but Feng Xifeng severed the heads of the horses beneath him and his retainers.
• Feng Xifeng proposed that the contenders seek the Mysterious Monster through one-on-one fights and called on Old Ancestor Wen and the Soul Sensing Ancestor to watch.
• Old Ancestor Wen attacked Feng Xifeng with a storm of Qi cones, and Feng Xifeng’s silver sword light shattered them.
• Feng Xifeng protected Xu Yi from the Qi cones and drew the Divine Intent Sword, then unleashed a torrent of silver light against Old Ancestor Wen’s attack.

Yao Junchi rescued Yao Wuhui and, bound by his Heart Oath, urged Old Ancestor Wen to deal with Xu Yi. Old Ancestor Wen attacked Feng Xifeng, who stopped his divine spear with the forbidden sword technique Divine Phoenix Spreads Its Wings, but Wen remained intent on claiming the treasure and Mysterious Monster.

• Yao Junchi seized Yao Wuhui from Xu Yi, treated him with pills, and left after declaring he would support Old Ancestor Wen against Xu Yi.
• Old Ancestor Wen threatened Feng Xifeng, who argued that the Soul Sensing Ancestors should leave the contest to the younger generation.
• Old Ancestor Wen forged and hurled a powerful Qi spear at Feng Xifeng.
• Feng Xifeng used Divine Phoenix Spreads Its Wings and the Divine Intent Sword to destroy the spear, astonishing the gathered cultivators.
• Old Ancestor Wen refused to withdraw, and Feng Xifeng promised not to use the Divine Intent Sword when competing for the Mysterious Monster.

Feng Xifeng rallied the gathered young talents to stop Old Ancestor Wen from joining the contest, but Xu Yi exposed Feng's hidden motive and rejected his demand for Wen Shouhe's Sumeru Ring. Old Ancestor Wen laughed as Feng's standing among the crowd faltered.

• Feng Xifeng called on the gathered guests to oppose Old Ancestor Wen entering the contest, and Second Master Jiang and others backed him.
• Old Ancestor Wen agreed to stand aside, while inwardly planning to wait for the contestants to weaken one another before taking the Mysterious Monster and Xu Yi's blue staff.
• Old Ancestor Wen rescued Wen Shouhe from the cliff and demanded that Xu Yi return Wen Shouhe's Sumeru Ring.
• Feng Xifeng ordered Xu Yi to hand over the ring, but Xu Yi challenged his authority and accused him of using Xu Yi as a pawn to claim the Mysterious Monster.
• Old Ancestor Wen laughed at Xu Yi's denunciation of Feng Xifeng.

Xu Yi used Feng Xifeng’s hidden motives to turn Old Ancestor Wen and the gathered cultivators against him, hoping to keep the Sword King from using his Divine Intent Sword and create a chance to escape. Pressured into the open, Feng Xifeng proposed that no one use weapons in the contest, leaving the crowd silent as they weighed the deal.

• Xu Yi exposed Feng Xifeng’s plan to claim the Mysterious Monster as a gift for his master, hoping to disrupt Feng’s arrangements and weaken his standing with the crowd.
• Feng Xifeng admitted he had come for the Mysterious Monster, while Old Ancestor Wen mocked his motives and argued that he was entering the contest himself.
• Old Ancestor Wen challenged Feng Xifeng’s promise not to use a sword, pointing out that he could still use sword techniques or another weapon.
• Feng Xifeng proposed a pact forbidding everyone in the contest from using weapons, and the gathering fell silent as its members considered the consequences.

The factions debated how to compete for the Mysterious Monster without damaging it, while Xu Yi tried to find a way out of the gathering. They divided into seven groups and agreed that Xu Yi, disguised as an expert from Wuji Temple, could leave with the monster.

• Jiang Nanxun supported Feng Xifeng's proposal to fight without weapons, while others objected that it disadvantaged weapon specialists.
• Feng Xifeng's attendant argued that an unarmed contest would help preserve the Mysterious Monster, and Marquis Wu Cheng called for clear rules.
• Xu Yi suspected Marquis Wu Cheng recognized him but was keeping his identity secret to avoid strengthening his backing.
• The Jiang household proposed one-on-one bouts, but the gathered factions rejected the idea and argued over how to decide the winner.
• The Auspicious Duck told Xu Yi to head southeast if he got into trouble, then its aura weakened further.
• Feng Xifeng, Second Master Jiang, Marquis Wu Cheng, and the other experts divided the competitors into seven factions, and Second Master Jiang said Xu Yi could take the Mysterious Monster and return to Wuji Temple.

Xu Yi used Xia Zimo to stop Marquis Wu Cheng’s attack, then agreed to fight him after Feng Xifeng negotiated a contest for the Mysterious Monster. The chapter ended with Xu Yi dashing southeast and Marquis Wu Cheng accusing him of trying to tire out his Mechanical Bird.

• Xu Yi turned to expose Xia Zimo behind him, forcing Second Master Jiang and Feng Xifeng to destroy the attack aimed at him.
• Xu Yi explained that he had used Xia Zimo as a shield because the others would not let her be harmed, then challenged Marquis Wu Cheng after Feng Xifeng offered to negotiate.
• Marquis Wu Cheng accepted Xu Yi’s challenge, hoping to avenge his son and defeat him with his family’s Nine Dragons Convergence art.
• Xu Yi darted southeast and told the others to follow, while Marquis Wu Cheng called him a coward and warned that his Mechanical Bird had over eight thousand li of flight left.

Xu Yi fled southeast while Marquis Wu Cheng and his allies pursued and attacked him through the forest. As Marquis Wu Cheng and the other experts joined forces, Xu Yi faced a dangerous barrage of attacks, including a Baleful Weapon.

• Xu Yi trusted Auspicious Duck’s direction and led Marquis Wu Cheng southeast, concealing his true intention to escape.
• Marquis Wu Cheng sent his retainers after Xu Yi, and the pursuers followed him into the forest as spectators scrambled to keep up.
• Xu Yi used Return to Origin Steps to race through the forest and deflect attacks while Marquis Wu Cheng’s group struggled to catch him.
• Marquis Wu Cheng offered the experts a reward, prompting Elder Lu to unleash Mountain Collapse Strength at Xu Yi.
• Marquis Wu Cheng fired a golden-purple Baleful Weapon as the other experts attacked Xu Yi from every direction.

Xu Yi endured a coordinated assault from Marquis Wu Cheng and his allies, then unleashed a devastating Qi Dragon that killed six fighters and crippled the Deer Crane Elders. He fled south again, still focused on escaping while Marquis Wu Cheng called for his remaining retainers to kill him.

• Feng Xifeng and Second Master Jiang agreed to divide Xu Yi’s green staff and Sumeru Ring if he died.
• Xu Yi used his prepared Qi spheres to deflect the attacks of Marquis Wu Cheng, Elder Lu, and Elder He, but their assault tore through his flesh.
• Xu Yi restored himself with a Top-grade Essence Restoration Pill and fled south as his attackers reacted in shock.
• Marquis Wu Cheng offered a hundred thousand gold to whoever killed Xu Yi, but Xu Yi’s Qi Dragon killed six Qi Sea Realm retainers and badly wounded Elder Lu and Elder He.
• Xu Yi absorbed the six dead fighters’ souls with his red banner and sent a wall of Qi toward the injured elders, but another wall of Qi intercepted it.
• Marquis Wu Cheng called on the Deer Crane Elders to kill Xu Yi, who continued fleeing after his counterattack.

Xu Yi used the gorge’s river to fend off Marquis Wu Cheng and the Deer Crane Elders while searching for a way to escape. He spotted a waterfall, but the three pursuers adapted their formation and began to break through his defenses.

• Xu Yi reached the end of the road at the gorge and stepped onto the river’s surface as Marquis Wu Cheng, Feng Xifeng, and Second Master Jiang encircled him.
• Xu Yi taunted Marquis Wu Cheng, then attacked the Deer Crane Elders with Hidden Edge Style and a barrage of Finger Swords while using Qi spheres to deflect Marquis Wu Cheng’s strike.
• Xu Yi’s Finger Swords forced the wounded Deer Crane Elders to defend themselves, and he searched the gorge while keeping all three opponents at bay.
• Xu Yi spotted the waterfall at the western end of the gorge and concealed his excitement as he continued to stall his pursuers.
• A hazy voice urged the Deer Crane Elders to change their formation, so Elder Lu and Elder He split apart and joined Marquis Wu Cheng in a triangle that weakened Xu Yi’s defense.

Xu Yi tried to escape through the waterfall while Marquis Wu Cheng, the Deer Crane Elders, and Feng Xifeng attacked him, but a Mysterious Monster sacrificed its feathers to shield him. Though Feng Xifeng’s Divine Intent Sword wounded Xu Yi, Xu Yi reached a hidden cavern behind the falls and struck Second Master Jiang with a Qi Dragon as he pursued.

• Xu Yi raced toward the waterfall’s opening while fending off attacks from Marquis Wu Cheng and the Deer Crane Elders.
• The Mysterious Monster shielded Xu Yi from the trio’s Killing Intent, burning its colorful feathers in the process.
• Feng Xifeng’s Divine Intent Sword struck Xu Yi as he escaped behind the waterfall, leaving a terrifying hole in his chest.
• Xu Yi entered a hidden stone cavern and sent a Qi Dragon blasting through its entrance.
• Second Master Jiang followed Xu Yi through the waterfall, but Xu Yi’s Qi Dragon shattered his defense and struck his chest.

Xu Yi recovered from his injuries in a cavern beneath the waterfall and tended to the unconscious Xia Zimo while enemies remained outside. He summoned five wandering spirits for help, only to discover they all belonged to the Zhongzhou Jiang Family.

• Second Master Jiang forced his way through the waterfall, but Xu Yi’s Qi Dragon shattered his armor and grievously wounded him before he plunged into the current and survived.
• Feng Xifeng and the others held back from entering the waterfall after seeing Second Master Jiang’s condition.
• Xu Yi secured the cavern with a spirit stone and three Crimson Small Flags, then fed Xia Zimo top-grade pills and moved her beside a fire.
• Xu Yi summoned five wandering spirits with the Yin Extremity Bead and captured them using the Soul Restraining Art.
• The five spirits realized they all came from the Zhongzhou Jiang Family, and two had belonged to the same branch and known each other.

Xu Yi coerced the Jiang family's wandering souls into revealing the first two layers of Stars Shift and Heavens Turn, then used his vast True Qi to break through the first layer. He realized his Boundless Sea had enabled his unusually rapid progress while he remained trapped on Azure Dragon Mountain.

• Xu Yi threatened the five Jiang family wandering souls and destroyed the hunchbacked old man when he refused to reveal the technique.
• The remaining four wandering souls revealed the method and first-layer principles of Stars Shift and Heavens Turn before Xu Yi erased their memories and released them.
• Xu Yi studied the technique and learned that Jiang Hentian had devised it around opening nine hidden meridians.
• Xu Yi endured intense pain as he forced True Qi through the Three Mountain Gate and broke through its barrier.
• Xu Yi tested Stars Shift and Heavens Turn, mastered its first layer, and recognized that his Boundless Sea had made the breakthrough possible.

Xu Yi broke through the Three Yang Pass, captured a wandering soul to learn the fourth layer of the Undefeated Golden Body, and discovered that he could cultivate it in the waterfall. He entered the torrent to begin tempering his body with the might of nature.

• Xu Yi studied the second layer of Stars Shift and Heavens Turn and endured its painful effects until he broke through the Three Yang Pass.
• Xu Yi used the Yin Extremity Bead to capture three wandering souls, released two after erasing their memories, and questioned the strongest one.
• Xu Yi learned the fourth layer of the Undefeated Golden Body from the captured soul, then erased its memories and released it.
• Xu Yi realized the waterfall could provide the natural force needed to cultivate the fourth layer.
• Xu Yi anchored himself to the stone wall with iron essence and leaped into the waterfall, where the pressure crushed against his body.