Recaps

Xu Yi killed the black-robed youth after invoking the Great Yue Royal Court Edict, then learned from Gu Jianming that the Black Dragon Hall could still threaten Uncle Mu and Qiu Wa. Gu Jianming arranged for Xu Yi to take over Furong Town's office in Guang'an City, where the family would be safer but Xu Yi might face new dangers.

• Xu Yi executed the black-robed youth after the youth finished kowtowing, then helped Uncle Mu leave the scene.
• Gu Jianming found Xu Yi at a clinic and realized Xu Yi had invoked the Great Yue Royal Court Edict to discourage retaliation.
• Gu Jianming warned that the Black Dragon Hall might target Uncle Mu and Qiu Wa, and Xu Yi agreed to serve as a lifelong honorary adviser to Furong Town's Constabulary Office.
• Gu Jianming advised Xu Yi to take Uncle Mu and Qiu Wa to Guang'an City, where strict laws would protect them.
• Gu Jianming arranged for Xu Yi to take over the Furong Town office in Guang'an City using his official status.

Xu Yi traveled to Guang'an after obtaining the iron essence, while Jiang Shaohuan learned his son had stolen it and resolved to kill anyone who knew the secret. In Guang'an, Xu Yi prepared for the danger he expected from Black Dragon Hall and headed to Iron Cat Ear Alley.

• Gu Jianming arranged a carriage for Xu Yi, who set off for Guang'an at once.
• Clerk Xing told Jiang Shaohuan that the iron essence was missing, and Jiang destroyed the meeting hall in fury.
• Jiang Shaohuan recalled how he had stolen the iron essence from a tribute caravan and secretly kept it, then killed Clerk Xing to protect the secret.
• Xu Yi tended to Uncle Mu and Qiu Wa, handled documents at the Furong Town Constabulary Office, and left for the market district.
• Xu Yi bought a jar of ten-year-old Bamboo Leaf Green, asked for directions to Iron Cat Ear Alley, and hurried there, expecting Black Dragon Hall to pursue him.

Xu Yi visited Master Zhou to learn about the danger posed by Black Dragon Hall and the rules governing duels in Guang'an City. Master Zhou explained that the authorities would not protect Xu Yi, but that challengers could not target someone of a lower cultivation realm, and he revealed how he had deduced Xu Yi’s exceptional Soul Power.

• Xu Yi tested the iron gall and found that it could instantly transform into any shape he imagined, then went to find Master Zhou in Iron Cat Ear Alley.
• Master Zhou happily accepted Xu Yi’s wine and told him that the Prefect’s Office knew about his actions in Furong Town but would not shield him from Black Dragon Hall.
• Xu Yi asked whether the city’s duel rules let powerful martial artists force weaker opponents to fight, and Master Zhou explained that challengers could not have a higher realm than their opponents.
• Master Zhou warned Xu Yi that Black Dragon Hall could hire experts and that Xu Yi needed to become the strongest at Body Tempering Peak to survive.
• Master Zhou revealed that he had deduced Xu Yi’s extraordinary Soul Power from his questions about the soul and his rapid cultivation.

Master Zhou gave Xu Yi the Overlord Strength Art in exchange for wine for the rest of his life, then sent him to explore East City. Xu Yi entered the bustling city built for martial cultivators and was amazed by its extraordinary people and mounts.

• Master Zhou assured Xu Yi he would keep his secrets and explained that their past exchanges had been fair.
• Master Zhou gave Xu Yi the Overlord Strength Art and explained that it could repeatedly unleash the Strength of three oxen but required rare medicinal ingredients.
• Master Zhou said he and his late master had failed to cultivate the art because of its painful meridian reversal, but believed Xu Yi's exceptional Soul Power might let him succeed.
• Xu Yi agreed to provide Master Zhou with wine for the rest of his life in exchange for the art.
• Master Zhou urged Xu Yi to prepare for battle and look around East City, so Xu Yi headed there.
• Xu Yi entered East City and saw its vast crowds, unusual residents, and remarkable mounts, including a White Eagle that carried its rider into the clouds.

Xu Yi hired Yuan Qinghua to guide him through the eastern part of Guang'an City and help him shop and bargain. As they approached a public duel, Yuan explained the arena’s betting customs and the colored flags that marked fighters’ realms, while Xu Yi asked how the system prevented concealed fighters from exploiting the wagers.

• Xu Yi rejected Yuan Qinghua’s five-gold-coin fee and offered him one-tenth of the money he saved through bargaining.
• Yuan Qinghua accepted the deal and introduced himself as an experienced guide who had worked in the city for seven or eight years.
• Yuan Qinghua showed Xu Yi around and entertained him with stories as they walked through the city.
• Xu Yi spotted two men fighting on a platform and realized he was watching Guang'an City’s life-and-death duels.
• Yuan Qinghua explained the arena’s betting customs and how colored flags indicated the fighters’ realms.
• Xu Yi asked how duel organizers prevented fighters from hiding their realms and betting on themselves.

Xu Yi and Yuan Qinghua visited Linglong Pavilion to buy medicinal ingredients for the Overlord Strength Art. The shop lacked two of the seven requested ingredients, and the chapter ended with the attendant offering to sell the other five and notify them when the missing items arrived.

• Yuan Qinghua explained how the duel’s Realm Tester verified both fighters’ cultivation, reassuring Xu Yi that the rules prevented a stronger opponent from entering the ring.
• Yuan Qinghua learned that Xu Yi had reached Body Tempering Peak and praised him, but Xu Yi urged him to focus on their errand.
• Yuan Qinghua led Xu Yi to Linglong Pavilion and explained that its animated sign was a formation made with jade, Law Patterns, and three Green-Gold Snake Demons.
• At the VIP room, Yuan Qinghua ordered seven medicinal ingredients needed for the Overlord Strength Art, while Xu Yi sampled the tea and pastries.
• The attendant reported that Linglong Pavilion was out of century-old Crimson Gold Snake Eye and Bear King Gallbladder and offered to sell the other five ingredients.

Xu Yi and Yuan Qinghua arranged for Linglong Pavilion to gather the seven ingredients needed for the Overlord Strength Art, then paid with Xu Yi’s thousand-gold Gold Cake. After exchanging it for notes and coins, Xu Yi noticed Linglong Pavilion had given him too much change.

• Xu Yi learned that Linglong Pavilion lacked a hundred-year-old Crimson Gold Snake Eye and a Bear King Gallbladder, but could procure them by order.
• Yuan Qinghua bargained the price down to one hundred and twenty gold, secured a two-month deadline, and reduced the deposit to thirty gold.
• Xu Yi surprised Yuan Qinghua and the brown-haired woman by paying with a Gold Cake worth a thousand gold.
• Steward Wu brought Xu Yi the requested gold notes and coins, but Xu Yi noticed the total amounted to one thousand gold instead of the expected nine hundred and seventy.

Xu Yi arranged to attend Linglong Pavilion’s private auction to find armor and a heavy weapon for his coming duel, while Yuan Qinghua took the green blade to sell. The auction began with a carved Ginseng Baby, and the gathered guests reacted with surprise.

• Steward Wu waived Xu Yi’s deposit and invited him to Linglong Pavilion’s auction, where Xu Yi planned to buy equipment for his duel.
• A brown-haired woman gave Xu Yi a cloak and numbered plate to conceal his identity at the auction.
• Xu Yi gave Yuan Qinghua the green blade he had taken from the Black-robed youth to sell.
• Xu Yi entered the private auction room and sensed several powerful guests among the crowd.
• An old man in silver robes presented the first item, a wooden carving that the guests recognized as a Ginseng Baby.

Xu Yi watched the auction as Qi Ming won the Ginseng Baby, then waited for the dragon crocodile hide he wanted to appear. After the hide's durability was challenged, Gao Junmo revealed himself to test it.

• Qi Ming identified himself as a Pill Cauldron Sect Pill King, won the Ginseng Baby, and promised to sell Divine Essence Pills publicly if he succeeded in making them.
• Three people followed Qi Ming after he left, while Xu Yi resisted the temptation to pursue him for a chance at a Divine Essence Pill.
• After thirteen auction items, the silver-robed elder presented dragon crocodile hide and demonstrated its resistance to stretching, weapons, and fire.
• A guest questioned whether the hide could withstand attacks from martial arts experts or absorb the impact of punches and kicks.
• The silver-robed elder invited a Qi Sea Realm expert to test the hide, and the black-robed figure removed his mask to reveal Gao Junmo.

At an auction, Gao Junmo demonstrated that the Dragon Crocodile Hide could withstand his sword and a devastating punch, driving its price sharply upward. Elder Shui revealed his identity and persuaded Gao Junmo to withdraw, leaving the hide’s bidding contest unresolved.

• Gao Junmo tested the Dragon Crocodile Hide with his sword and a powerful punch, proving it resisted both piercing and impact.
• The crowd became eager to buy the hide, and the silver-robed elder opened bidding at five hundred gold.
• Number Seven, Gao Junmo, and Number Twenty-Nine competed as the price rose above one thousand gold.
• Number Twenty-Nine revealed himself as Elder Shui of the Shui family and asked Gao Junmo to stop bidding in exchange for a favor.
• Gao Junmo accepted Elder Shui’s offer and left the auction, leaving Number Seven and Elder Shui to compete for the hide.

Xu Yi challenged Elder Shui’s attempt to control the auction and kept bidding against him for the Dragon Crocodile Hide. Elder Shui was determined to win the hide but had limited funds available because he was saving for the auction’s grand finale.

• Elder Shui pressured Number Seven to withdraw, then bid 1,150 gold for the Dragon Crocodile Hide.
• Xu Yi bid 1,200 gold and rebuked Elder Shui for trying to take control of the Linglong Pavilion auction.
• The silver-robed elder continued the bidding, and Xu Yi raised his offer to 1,350 gold as Elder Shui countered with 1,400.
• Elder Shui offered to overlook Xu Yi’s earlier insult, but Xu Yi bid 1,450 gold, prompting Elder Shui to raise the price to 1,500.
• Elder Shui recalled the dragon crocodile’s formidable defense and realized the hide was far more valuable than the auctioneers seemed to know.

Xu Yi won the Dragon Crocodile Hide for eighteen hundred gold, then learned that Linglong Pavilion’s grand finale was an iron essence resembling the White Iron Gall he already carried. As the auctioneer demonstrated its transformations and weapon power, Xu Yi kept his doubts about its true effectiveness to himself.

• Xu Yi raised his bid to eighteen hundred gold, causing Elder Shui to withdraw rather than risk money needed for the final auction item.
• The silver-robed elder sold the Dragon Crocodile Hide to Xu Yi, who grieved over spending most of his gold.
• The silver-robed elder revealed the auction’s grand finale: a white, egg-sized iron essence that Xu Yi recognized as the same kind of object as the one in his pouch.
• The silver-robed elder explained that iron essence could change shape and demonstrated its forms to the excited crowd.
• Xu Yi asked about its other uses, watched it become a sword, and silently judged that its combat power was limited against strong opponents.

Xu Yi watched iron essence spark a fierce bidding war at Linglong Pavilion after learning it could produce weapons that advanced in rank. Elder Shui won the iron essence with a Divine Essence Pill, and Xu Yi left with Dragon Crocodile Hide before Yuan Qinghua met him outside.

• Steward Li explained that the Divine Intent Sword had been forged from iron essence and changed from white to red over time.
• Xu Yi questioned why the owner would sell such a rare treasure, and Steward Li said they had failed to forge it.
• Bidding for the iron essence surged after Steward Li set the starting price at two thousand gold.
• Elder Shui won the iron essence by offering a Divine Essence Pill, silencing the other bidders.
• Xu Yi collected the Dragon Crocodile Hide and left Linglong Pavilion, where Yuan Qinghua asked whether he had acquired anything.

Xu Yi agreed to hire Yuan Qinghua after learning about the Blood Curse and deciding he could use Yuan Qinghua’s help with betting on arena fights. They sealed their employment agreement with the curse, and Xu Yi left after telling Yuan Qinghua where he lived.

• Yuan Qinghua told Xu Yi he had sold the green blade for one hundred and fifty gold and handed over the proceeds, and Xu Yi gave him ten gold as thanks.
• Yuan Qinghua asked Xu Yi to hire him and offered to bind himself with a Blood Curse, which would punish either party for breaking their vows.
• Xu Yi noticed the bets beneath the arena and decided to hire Yuan Qinghua to help him make money betting on fights.
• Yuan Qinghua and Xu Yi recited their respective vows and sealed them with blood, sending bloody light into both their chests.
• Xu Yi told Yuan Qinghua where he lived and left.

Xu Yi welcomed recovering Uncle Mu and Qiu Wa back into a peaceful courtyard, but Jiang Shaohuan arrived with armed men and a giant tiger, accusing Xu Yi of killing his son. Xu Yi dismissed the show of force and began dictating terms, leaving Jiang Shaohuan enraged.

• Xu Yi brought Qiu Wa pastries and helped Uncle Mu sit in the courtyard while they traded stories.
• Qiu Wa proposed a storytelling contest, and Xu Yi began telling her the story of the Princess and the Pea.
• Jiang Shaohuan's black-armored soldiers surrounded the courtyard, and he arrived astride a giant white tiger to confront Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi struck the tiger, pulled out its whiskers, and mocked Jiang Shaohuan, recognizing that he wanted the valuable iron essence.
• Xu Yi remained calm and told Jiang Shaohuan to remove his soldiers and tiger from the courtyard.

Xu Yi confronted Jiang Shaohuan, who wanted the iron essence back, and demanded compensation for the harm done to his family and courtyard. Jiang Shaohuan refused Xu Yi’s price, but panicked when Xu Yi threatened to auction the iron essence.

• Jiang Shaohuan withdrew his guards and tiger, then Xu Yi left him waiting while he carried the sleeping Qiu Wa to her room.
• Jiang Shaohuan threatened Xu Yi over his son’s death and demanded the iron essence, offering to settle the matter if Xu Yi returned it.
• Xu Yi agreed to return the iron essence but demanded compensation, eventually asking Jiang Shaohuan for eight hundred gold.
• Jiang Shaohuan smashed the side-room roof in anger, while Xu Yi insisted on his price and offered to cover the repair costs himself.
• Xu Yi threatened to send the iron essence to auction, and Jiang Shaohuan cried out in alarm because its true value could draw disaster.

Xu Yi tricked Jiang Shaohuan into paying nine hundred gold for the iron essence, then exposed Jiang’s threats as a bluff when an official announced a challenge against him. Xu Yi accepted the arbitration challenge, while Jiang left vowing to make him a scapegoat if he could not seize the treasure.

• Xu Yi pressured Jiang Shaohuan into paying nine hundred gold for the iron essence by threatening to sell it elsewhere.
• After collecting the money, Xu Yi returned with Jiang’s dead son’s fan and pretended Jiang had wanted to buy it, provoking Jiang’s furious insults.
• Jiang Shaohuan threatened to take the iron essence by force, but Xu Yi revealed he knew someone was waiting outside.
• Chen Bing entered and informed Xu Yi that Gao Pan had challenged him, with arbitration scheduled for the next day at noon.
• Xu Yi accepted the challenge, and Jiang Shaohuan left cursing and determined to use Xu Yi as a scapegoat if he could not obtain the iron essence.

Xu Yi entered Warrior’s Stillness during intense training, which sharpened his perception, then spent the evening with Qiu Wa and reflected on his old world. Master Zhou and Yuan Qinghua arrived with news of a high-profile duel in Guang'an City and a chance to bet.

• Xu Yi pushed himself through a grueling stone-lock exercise and entered Warrior’s Stillness until Qiu Wa’s call startled him out of it.
• Xu Yi discovered that his perception had become precise enough to sense tiny movements and sounds around him.
• Xu Yi cared for Uncle Mu, read beside the sleeping Qiu Wa, and wondered whether cultivation could let him return to his old world.
• Master Zhou and Yuan Qinghua arrived at Xu Yi’s home, eager to discuss a betting opportunity.
• Xu Yi learned that Guang'an City had announced its first Purple Banner duel between Body Tempering Peak experts of the year.

Xu Yi learned that betting houses had promoted the supposedly weak Divine Constable Yi to disguise the odds on Gao Pan’s arena fight. After revealing that he was Divine Constable Yi, Xu Yi sent Yuan Qinghua to bet a thousand gold on him, and Yuan Qinghua rushed off despite fearing for his new employer.

• Xu Yi asked Yuan Qinghua why people were boasting about Divine Constable Yi, and Yuan Qinghua explained how betting houses manipulated rumors and odds around Gao Pan’s fight.
• Xu Yi learned that Divine Constable Yi’s odds were two to one and complained that the betting houses had ruined his chance to profit.
• Yuan Qinghua urged Xu Yi to bet before Gao Pan’s odds fell further and showed him his own ticket, bought with thirty gold.
• Xu Yi ordered Yuan Qinghua to bet a thousand gold on Divine Constable Yi at the house offering the highest odds.
• Yuan Qinghua was shocked when Xu Yi revealed that he was Divine Constable Yi, then hurried into the darkness to place the bet.

As Xu Yi prepared for his life-or-death arena match against Gao Pan, Yuan Qinghua bet on Xu Yi and brought him information about Gao Pan’s past bouts. Xu Yi ignored the reports, relied on his strength and Dragon Crocodile Hide, and spent the morning comfortably before sending Yuan Qinghua to find them a house and household help.

• Master Zhou questioned Xu Yi’s confidence, and Xu Yi said he planned to use his strengths against Gao Pan’s weaknesses.
• Yuan Qinghua placed twelve hundred gold on Xu Yi to win and brought him reports on Gao Pan’s eight Death Arena bouts.
• Xu Yi thanked Yuan Qinghua but later threw the reports away, trusting his body and the Dragon Crocodile Hide to help him survive.
• Xu Yi slept deeply, woke to find Uncle Mu and Qiu Wa outside, and ate a huge breakfast prepared by Yuan Qinghua.
• Xu Yi gave Yuan Qinghua ten gold and told him to find a better house and hire maids and an older woman to manage the household.

Xu Yi prepared for the duel and went to the government’s venue, where his cultivation was confirmed as Body Tempering Peak. Director Gao Junmo praised him for fighting violence with violence, but Zhong Shu openly questioned Xu Yi’s intelligence as the chapter ended.

• Xu Yi asked Yuan Qinghua to buy a sturdy Dragon Binding Rope, then reassured Qiu Wa before leaving for the duel.
• At the government venue, Uncle Ning tested Xu Yi’s blood and confirmed that Yi Xu was at Body Tempering Peak.
• Director Gao Junmo summoned Xu Yi and praised him for killing the violent thugs at the docks, saying the government had wronged him.
• Xu Yi answered Gao Junmo boldly, winning his approval, while Bai Han and Pei Lin joined in the praise.
• Zhong Shu said he distrusted boastful men who were crude and stupid, and Xu Yi wondered why he had taken a dislike to him.

Gao Junmo promised Xu Yi a White uniform if he survived three bouts against the Black Dragon Hall, while the Black Dragon Hall's leaders prepared for the arena fight. Ma Wensheng revealed that the overall hall master had invested a hundred thousand gold in Gao Pan, raising the stakes if he lost.

• Gao Junmo told Xu Yi that the Black Dragon Hall would get only three chances to challenge him and promised him a White uniform if he survived them.
• Gao Junmo escorted Xu Yi out, while Jiang Shaohuan waited anxiously for Gao Pan and Ma Wensheng in another room.
• Jiang Shaohuan warned Gao Pan that Xu Yi was dangerous, but Gao Pan dismissed his concerns and boasted of his skill and magical armor.
• Ma Wensheng urged Gao Pan and Jiang Shaohuan to consider the consequences of defeat and disclosed that the overall hall master had invested a hundred thousand gold in Gao Pan.

Ma Wensheng warned Gao Pan about the cost and danger of the coming fight and gave him a concealed poison weapon as a last resort. Xu Yi entered the enormous martial arena and saw Gao Pan waiting as the spectators watched through projection walls.

• Ma Wensheng told Gao Pan that the decisive battle could cost the Black Dragon Hall a fortune and urged him not to underestimate his opponent.
• Ma Wensheng demonstrated a hidden green stinger in a snake-shaped ring, then handed it to Gao Pan as an emergency weapon worth one thousand gold.
• Gao Pan resolved to avoid using the stinger because he feared the Black Dragon Hall's miserly Hall Master would punish him for wasting it.
• Xu Yi waited until the hourglass ran out, then followed a young man in blue through lifts toward the arena.
• Xu Yi emerged into the vast martial arena, saw Gao Pan rise from the ground nearby, and took in the enormous stands and projection walls surrounding them.

Xu Yi faced Gao Pan on the Ascending Dragon Platform in a high-profile duel backed by the Patrol Division and the Black Dragon Hall. Xu Yi distracted the crowd and seized his chance, disarming Gao Pan with a surprise strike as the arena erupted.

• Xu Yi surveyed the arena while Gao Pan grew angry at being ignored, and the host announced that the duel had no restrictions or prohibition against killing.
• Gao Pan basked in the crowd's cheers, but Xu Yi interrupted his introduction to ask spectators who had bet on him to stand and cheer.
• The spectators cheered Xu Yi, and Gao Pan grew eager to prove that he was more popular.
• Xu Yi used his speech to close the distance and find an opening, then rushed Gao Pan before he could begin his own address.
• Gao Pan dodged Xu Yi's punch to the head, but Xu Yi struck his spear and knocked it from his grasp.

Xu Yi ambushed Gao Pan and kept him from reaching his silver spear, forcing the stronger fighter into a brutal contest of punches. The arena hailed Gao Pan as the War God, but he grew terrified as the crowd’s cheers trapped him in a fight he could not afford to lose.

• Xu Yi seized the initiative with a surprise attack, while Gao Pan defended himself under a storm of insults from the spectators.
• Gao Pan’s golden armor absorbed Xu Yi’s blows, and his Armor Breaking Fist forced Xu Yi to dodge while Gao Pan repeatedly tried to reach his silver spear.
• Xu Yi kept blocking Gao Pan’s path, so Gao Pan challenged him to trade punches until one of them gave out.
• Gao Pan and Xu Yi exchanged hundreds of blows without dodging, turning the match into a contest of strength and endurance.
• The spectators chanted for Gao Pan as the War God, while Gao Pan secretly feared the relentless brawl and felt unable to change course.