Recaps

Xu Yi destroyed the Golden Armored Giant God by combining his iron essence with Fire Gang Malice, killing the eight thousand Golden Talisman Army soldiers and their commanders. He collected the transformed iron essence as the battlefield fell into shock.

• Dong Xuanji accused the Giant Man commander of disloyalty as Xu Yi quietly approached the Golden Armored Giant God.
• The three commanders and eight thousand Golden Talisman Army soldiers poured their power into the giant, strengthening it as Xu Yi charged.
• Xu Yi used his iron essence and Fire Gang Malice to break down the Golden Armored Giant God before it could unleash its attack.
• The eight thousand soldiers and all three commanders died when the giant was destroyed.
• Xu Yi collected the enlarged iron essence and realized his Fire Gang Malice had caused its transformation.

Xu Yi dismantled the Golden Armored Giant God, seized the Son of Heaven of Great Yue, and forced him to order an attack on Dong Xuanji. Using the resulting crowd to search for the elusive Ghost Master, Xu Yi spotted him disguised as Ancestor Yuan.

• Xu Yi’s iron essence broke down a gold plaque, collapsing the Golden Armored Giant God, then swelled in an unfamiliar transformation.
• Xu Yi shattered the Son of Heaven of Great Yue’s barrier and demanded the title King of Yue, which the terrified ruler agreed to grant.
• Xu Yi demanded Dong Xuanji’s death, and the Son of Heaven ordered his ministers to seize the supposed traitor.
• Xu Yi used the crowd’s movement to search for the Ghost Master, whom he knew was unlikely to join the attack on Dong Xuanji.
• Xu Yi’s perception caught Ancestor Yuan lifting his head restlessly, revealing that he was the Ghost Master in disguise.

Dong Xuanji sacrificed the Son of Heaven of Great Yue and the Dragon Lock Imperial Qi to cripple Xu Yi, then turned the survivors against him. As Xu Yi faced a mass attack, a huge gray figure arrived from the east, vowing to kill him.

• Dong Xuanji and four secret guards used the Star Shaking Dragon Art to detonate the Son of Heaven of Great Yue’s Dragon Lock Imperial Qi, killing the sovereign and wounding Xu Yi severely.
• Ye Tiangao condemned Dong Xuanji for consuming Great Yue’s national fortune, and Dong Xuanji killed him with Sword Qi.
• Xu Yi discovered that the Dragon Lock Imperial Qi had clogged his meridians and prevented his wounds from healing or his baleful intent from forming.
• Dong Xuanji urged the surviving crowd to kill Xu Yi, and more than a thousand people charged at him.
• A huge gray figure swept in from the eastern horizon and threatened to extract Xu Yi’s soul and refine his spirit.

Wang Xuanji arrived as Great Yue’s final contingency and, impressed by Xu Yi’s strength and unusual fortune, offered to take him as a disciple. Xu Yi rejected the offer in spirit and stalled for time while his injuries slowly healed.

• Wang Xuanji attacked Xu Yi with soul sense, but Xu Yi’s soul shattered the blade without harm.
• Dong Xuanji identified Wang Xuanji as the Deputy High Priest, prompting the gathered officials to bow in reverence.
• Dong Xuanji explained that he had summoned Wang Xuanji after the Golden Armored Giant God and Dragon Lock Imperial Qi failed to kill Xu Yi.
• Wang Xuanji offered to accept Xu Yi as his disciple, despite Dong Xuanji’s demand that Xu Yi be executed.
• Xu Yi challenged Wang Xuanji while secretly buying time for the medicinal power in his body to heal his injuries.

Wang Xuanji demonstrated three powerful Secret Guards techniques to show Xu Yi the overwhelming gap between the Condensed Liquid Realm and the Soul Sensing Realm, then offered to teach them if Xu Yi joined his tutelage. Wang Xuanji expected Xu Yi to accept, while Dong Xuanji anxiously worried that his superior had underestimated Xu Yi’s cunning.

• Wang Xuanji used Light Smoke Scattering into Maple Forest Crossing to move thirty zhang in an instant, shocking Xu Yi.
• Wang Xuanji detonated four Heavenly Thunder Pearls with his palms and emerged with only bleeding hands, demonstrating his extraordinary defense.
• Wang Xuanji unleashed Ground-Bound Yama, sending a purple sphere through the floor to destroy a distant palace wall.
• Wang Xuanji named the three techniques and offered to teach them to Xu Yi if he joined his tutelage.
• Dong Xuanji worried that Wang Xuanji’s confidence and lack of worldly experience had left him unprepared for Xu Yi’s treachery.

Xia Zimo’s corpse revealed its Mysterious Monster form, prompting Wang Xuanji and the Ghost Master to fight over her. Xu Yi broke free of the Dragon Lock Imperial Qi by swallowing two Demon Transformation Pills and transformed into a giant beast, charging the Ghost Master as he unleashed Soul Bodies.

• Fine patterns and colorful feathers appeared on Xia Zimo’s corpse, revealing her as the missing Mysterious Monster.
• Wang Xuanji shattered the light barrier with nine fused gray orbs and tried to seize Xia Zimo’s corpse.
• The Ghost Master intercepted the corpse, repelled Wang Xuanji’s soul-intent attack, and began carrying Xia Zimo away.
• Xu Yi swallowed two Demon Transformation Pills, cleared the Dragon Lock Imperial Qi from his meridians, and completed his third transformation.
• The Ghost Master mistook Xu Yi for a beast and sent innumerable Soul Bodies surging toward him.

Xu Yi fled toward the National Monument while the Ghost Master unleashed Ironback Yin Extremity Insects that resisted his ghost-controlling treasures and Fire Gang Malice. Wang Xuanji recognized the dangerous netherworld creatures and kept his distance as the swarm attacked Xu Yi.

• Xu Yi captured the Ghost Master's blood-devouring ghosts with the Blood River Flag, then attacked him and secured Xia Zimo's body against his chest.
• Wang Xuanji joined the confrontation, and the Ghost Master warned him about Xu Yi's strength and schemes.
• Xu Yi flew toward the National Monument, but the Ghost Master shattered an ink-black bottle and released Ironback Yin Extremity Insects.
• Wang Xuanji recognized the insects and retreated as the Ghost Master sent them after Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi's Wailing Stick and Blood River Flag failed to affect the insects, and his Fire Gang Malice only made them more vigorous.
• The Ghost Master explained that he had searched the netherworld for the insects and refined them with his yin essence to use against Xu Yi.

Xu Yi destroyed the Ironback Yin Extremity Insects by using his yin soul and Fire Gang Malice to break the Ghost Master's control over them. The Ghost Master then transformed into a phantom surrounded by Pure White Karma Fire, revealing a terrifying new level of power.

• Xu Yi stopped fleeing and enveloped himself in Fire Gang Malice as the Ironback Yin Extremity Insects surrounded him.
• Xu Yi used the Soul Splitting Art to send his lightning-tempered yin soul into the insects and destroy the Ghost Master's soul fragment controlling them.
• Xu Yi smothered the insects in Fire Gang Malice until they dissolved into a pool of yellow liquid, shocking Wang Xuanji.
• The Ghost Master howled in agony, and a white flame consumed Gaozuyuan's body, leaving a faint phantom.
• Wang Xuanji recognized the phantom's Pure White Karma Fire and declared that the Ghost Master had reached the Ghost Master's level.

The Ghost Master formed a Jade Bone Skeleton from the bones of countless victims and used it to attack Xu Yi. As cloud-tribulation clouds gathered, Xu Yi tried to flee, but the skeleton wounded him and resisted his attacks and Heavenly Thunder Pearls.

• The Ghost Master formed the Jade Bone Skeleton and explained how he had forged and nurtured it.
• Cloud-tribulation clouds gathered above the Imperial Arena as the skeleton neared completion.
• Xu Yi recognized the danger and tried to escape toward the National Monument.
• The Jade Bone Skeleton caught Xu Yi and pierced his left arm, drinking his blood.
• Xu Yi's Fire Gang Malice and lightning-infused Yin soul failed to harm the Ghost Master or the skeleton.
• Xu Yi detonated two Heavenly Thunder Pearls, blasting both himself and the Jade Bone Skeleton away without damaging it.

Xu Yi fought the Ghost Master's Jade Bone Skeleton with his demon body, Heavenly Thunder Pearls, and Coral Horn, but struggled to injure it. The Coral Horn finally left a small mark on the skeleton, provoking the Ghost Master as the cloud tribulation gathered overhead.

• Xu Yi used the Return to Origin Steps and flying slabs to evade and delay the Ghost Master's attacks, but the Jade Bone Skeleton kept closing in.
• Xu Yi stopped fleeing and struck the skeleton with the Demonic Ox Great Strength Fist, but the blow only drove it partly into the ground and left Xu Yi numb.
• The Jade Bone Skeleton tore flesh from Xu Yi's arm, so Xu Yi detonated two Heavenly Thunder Pearls to blast them apart.
• Xu Yi thrust the Coral Horn at the skeleton, which stopped the weapon but staggered back with a faint white mark on its ribs.
• The Ghost Master explained the Jade Bone Skeleton's exceptional bone strength and, enraged by the damage, charged Xu Yi again.

Xu Yi fought Ghost Master across the imperial grounds and weakened him with the Coral Horn, Heavenly Thunder Pearls, and Fire Gang Malice. Ghost Master escaped after distracting Xu Yi by threatening Yan Zi, leaving Xu Yi regretting the moment of hesitation.

• Ghost Master charged Xu Yi, and the two fought across the imperial grounds until Xu Yi detonated his last four Heavenly Thunder Pearls and blasted them apart.
• Xu Yi rose from the mud and attacked Ghost Master again, then trapped him against the Jade Bone Skeleton as a crimson flame erupted and forced Ghost Master's Yin Body out.
• Xu Yi pursued Ghost Master with Fire Gang Malice, striking his fading Yin Body with baleful rain.
• Ghost Master shouted that Yan Zi's life was at stake, distracting Xu Yi long enough to escape the rain of gang malice.
• Dong Xuanji and four secret guards tried to ensnare Ghost Master with a web of light, but Ghost Master sank into the mud and fled northwest.
• Xu Yi realized Ghost Master had used Yan Zi to create an opening and regretted letting him escape.

Xu Yi used the Quiet Fire Bottle’s Earth Spirit Fire to drive the Ghost Master from the Jade Bone Skeleton, then claimed the skeleton and fled. Badly injured and nearly out of Life Source Power, he swallowed three Precious Medicine fruits to recover.

• The Ghost Master used Yan Zi to restrain Xu Yi, then escaped Dong Xuanji and the others by diving underground and slipping through their formation.
• The battle ended as the Calamity Cloud vanished, leaving Xu Yi gravely wounded and the imperial grounds in ruins.
• Xu Yi recognized that the Ghost Master’s hold on the Jade Bone Skeleton had weakened and baited him into a final attack.
• Xu Yi opened the Quiet Fire Bottle and endured its Earth Spirit Fire while clinging to the Jade Bone Skeleton, forcing the Ghost Master’s Yin Body to flee.
• Xu Yi seized the Jade Bone Skeleton and escaped the flames by driving his Fire Gang Malice through his feet.
• Xu Yi sat down and swallowed a Golden Apricot Fruit, Earth Essence Peach, and Vermillion Dragon Banana to replenish his depleted Life Source Power.

Xu Yi used three Precious Medicines to heal his shattered legs while Wang Xuanji revealed that he wanted to uncover the secret behind Xu Yi’s supposed thousand medicines. Wang Xuanji then activated a seven-colored array disk to expose the legendary Nine Heavens True Dragon Sword beneath the National Monument, leaving Xu Yi sensing a sudden change in the heavens.

• Xu Yi swallowed three earth-, wood-, and water-phase Precious Medicines, and their combined power regrew flesh and channels over his bones.
• Wang Xuanji watched Xu Yi’s recovery and concluded that the rare medicines could prove Xu Yi had found a secret realm filled with treasures.
• Most people fled the Blood Sea Killing Arena, while Dong Xuanji and four secret guards stayed to protect Wang Xuanji.
• Wang Xuanji sent a seven-colored array disk toward the Imperial City’s center and used it to draw blood from across the city.
• Wang Xuanji’s beam melted the National Monument’s stone casing and revealed the Nine Heavens True Dragon Sword, the legendary Sword of Founding.
• Dong Xuanji recognized the sword, and Xu Yi sensed a change in the heavens as the sword’s true name was spoken.

Xu Yi watched Wang Xuanji unleash the Nine Heavens True Dragon Sword’s thunder while he held Xia Zimo’s body, and the strikes drove him to consume nearly all the pills and medicines in his Sumeru Ring. The chapter ended as the medicines’ power overwhelmed him and his Yin God split into two figures.

• The National Monument shattered, revealing a yellow underground Dragon River and the Nine Heavens True Dragon Sword.
• Dong Xuanji realized the sword had been nourished by the river’s Dragon Lock Imperial Qi, whose release could endanger Great Yue’s fortunes.
• Wang Xuanji summoned thunder through the sword and struck Xu Yi twice, blasting his back while targeting him to preserve Xia Zimo’s Demon Corpse.
• Xu Yi abandoned his wish to die peacefully, swallowed pills and medicines from his Sumeru Ring, and began rolling in agony as their power erupted.
• Xu Yi’s Yin God split into two figures under the strain of the medicines.

Xu Yi endured the destructive and restorative effects of his pills and transformed into a gigantic demon body that withstood Wang Xuanji’s lightning strikes. He survived the ordeal holding Xia Zimo, while the author’s note apologized for irregular updates and promised to try to post more consistently.

• Xu Yi’s Yin Soul split as the Demon Transformation Pills and restorative medicines alternately damaged and repaired his body.
• Wang Xuanji attacked Xu Yi with lightning from the Nine Heavens True Dragon Sword, confident in the weapon’s power and history.
• Xu Yi’s transformation finished, and he stood unharmed after Wang Xuanji’s lightning strikes had stopped affecting him.
• Xu Yi snapped the Dragon Binding Rope, held Xia Zimo in his left palm, and survived despite expecting to die.
• The author apologized for inconsistent updates, described personal difficulties, and said he would try to update more steadily.

Xu Yi completed his demonic transformation, shattered Wang Xuanji’s Nine Heavens True Dragon Sword, and killed him and his mount in a matter of moments. His killing intent continued to rise as Dong Xuanji and the four Secret Guards stood stunned.

• Xu Yi’s exhausted medicines left him with a completed demonic transformation and twelve destroyed meridians, while his body’s power summoned immense Calamity Clouds.
• Wang Xuanji strengthened the Nine Heavens True Dragon Sword with his blood and tried to slow Xu Yi with a blade of Baleful Intent.
• Xu Yi charged through the blast, crushed the Nine Heavens True Dragon Sword, and killed Wang Xuanji with a single grip.
• Xu Yi absorbed Wang Xuanji’s Yin Soul with the Blood River Flag, which gained another blood-red skull.
• Wang Xuanji’s gray mount attacked Xu Yi as he fell, but Xu Yi struck it down and killed it.
• Dong Xuanji and the four Secret Guards watched in shock as Xu Yi’s killing intent continued to grow.

Xu Yi killed Dong Xuanji and destroyed the imperial palace, then was pulled into a starry-sky vortex and fell into Dragon River gravely wounded. At Qi Tian Hall, Xia Xingguang ordered an investigation near Mount Tiankui and arranged for the Azure Wind Wolf’s son to inherit his father’s territory.

• Xu Yi hurled five stones at near-light speed, killing Dong Xuanji and four other cultivators, then absorbed their black mist into the Blood River Flag.
• Xu Yi demolished the golden palace, mourned Xia Zimo, and fled toward the outer city as the Calamity Cloud gathered.
• A blue vortex appeared in the sky and drew Xu Yi inside with a beam of light; he fell back out with his demon body severely wounded, and the Calamity Cloud dissipated.
• Xu Yi plunged into the waters of Dragon River while, at Qi Tian Hall, Xia Xingguang spat blue blood and the star chart dimmed as more than a thousand Spirit Stones were drained.
• Xia Xingguang ordered a search around Mount Tiankui and appointed the Azure Wind Wolf’s son as successor, threatening to execute anyone who resisted.

Xia Xingguang opened a Stellar Tunnel to reach Xia Zimo, but Xu Yi was dragged into it with her and suffered catastrophic injuries before falling into the Dragon River. As the Third Prince feared for his own life and Xu Yi’s Sumeru Ring, he offered vast rewards for the demon king’s body and ring, prompting a crowd to search the river.

• Xia Xingguang used the demonic essence of thousands of demons and her own power to open a Stellar Tunnel toward Xia Zimo, despite the first attempt failing.
• The tunnel’s spatial force seized Xu Yi as he protected Xia Zimo, severing his arms and tearing open his abdomen before casting him into the Dragon River.
• Xu Yi sank beneath the muddy waters, and the Calamity Cloud dispersed while onlookers gathered but stayed back from the Imperial Grounds.
• The Third Prince searched the battlefield for Xu Yi and, finding no trace of him, offered high titles and rewards for Xu Yi’s corpse or Sumeru Ring.
• The Third Prince’s reward drove the crowd toward the Dragon River, whose waters surged beneath them.

Yan Zi escaped after Li Xiuluo defied the Ghost Master and released her. The Ghost Master revealed that he knew the poem Li Xiuluo’s late wife had written, prompting Li Xiuluo to pursue him and question whether his life had been manipulated.

• Yan Zi woke in a mountain valley, where Li Xiuluo warned her about the talking toad inhabited by the Ghost Master's divided soul.
• Li Xiuluo blocked the toad's attack and let Yan Zi leave on her Mechanical Bird.
• The Ghost Master's avatar appeared after the toad burst apart and accused Li Xiuluo of betraying him.
• Li Xiuluo explained that he had freed Yan Zi because he believed the Ghost Master would harm her after Xu Yi injured him.
• The Ghost Master recited Li Xiuluo's deceased wife's private poem, then vanished after strengthening his shadow with black liquid.
• Li Xiuluo pursued the Ghost Master and realized that the opportunities that had shaped his life might have been deliberately arranged.

Li Xiuluo followed the Ghost Master to a black marsh and saw him use the Essence Transformation Technique through a Ten Thousand Claw Blood River Beast, sacrificing his purity to gain immense power. The Ghost Master emerged transformed and asked Li Xiuluo why he had pursued him.

• Li Xiuluo chased the Ghost Master's split soul to a vast black marsh, where it entered a huge submerged sphere.
• The sphere awakened the Ten Thousand Claw Blood River Beast, which drained the blood qi from more than ten thousand aquatic beasts.
• Li Xiuluo recognized the Ghost Master's use of the Essence Transformation Technique and realized it had dimmed his karmic flames.
• The sphere exploded, and the Ghost Master appeared in a nearly solid Yin Body with greatly increased power.
• The Ghost Master asked Li Xiuluo why he had pursued him, and Li Xiuluo bowed and said he sought an explanation.

Ghost Master provoked Li Xiuluo with an illusion of A Luo, then devoured his Yin Soul and fled on the Blood Bat King Skeleton. At the end, a woman slipped through a city gate in a snowstorm.

• Ghost Master conjured an illusion of A Luo and taunted Li Xiuluo with claims about their past.
• Ghost Master revealed that he had planned to devour Li Xiuluo’s Yin Soul to restore and purify his own.
• Li Xiuluo’s Yin Soul collapsed under Ghost Master’s provocation, and Ghost Master used hand seals to draw it into his mouth.
• Ghost Master summoned the restored Blood Bat King Skeleton and rode it west into the dawn.
• A lithe woman darted through a city gate as wind drove snow over the walls.

Yan Zi disguised herself and tried to reach Futuo Mountain after seeing the Royal Court’s wanted notices for Xu Yi and his companions. Auspicious Duck disrupted the mountain checkpoint to help her escape, then reunited with her in the woods.

• Yan Zi saw wanted posters accusing Xu Yi and his companions of crimes, and she disguised herself before heading toward Futuo Mountain.
• Yan Zi worried Xu Yi might enter a trap while searching for her and continued toward the mountain despite the Royal Court’s heightened security.
• Yan Zi approached a heavily guarded checkpoint and feared the soldiers would expose her disguise.
• Auspicious Duck appeared nearby, drawing almost a thousand guards away from the checkpoint as they chased him for the reward on his capture.
• Yan Zi retreated into the western woods, where Auspicious Duck found her and boasted that he had saved her.

The Auspicious Duck rescued Yan Zi and, persuaded by the promise of Xu Yi’s Precious Medicines, used his divination to point her toward Xu Yi. Yan Zi followed his vague directions west and reached a vast marshland by dusk.

• The Auspicious Duck explained that he had waited at the outpost after divining that Yan Zi would be in danger, then rescued her from the soldiers.
• Yan Zi asked the Auspicious Duck to divine Xu Yi’s whereabouts, but he refused, saying his earlier readings showed Xu Yi was doomed and that further divination could not be trusted.
• Yan Zi offered the Auspicious Duck a reward and told him Xu Yi’s Sumeru Ring held more than a thousand Precious Medicines.
• The Auspicious Duck swallowed the Precious Medicines Yan Zi gave him, cast a divination with three ancient coins, and told her to go west until Tai Yin Star reached the tip of an osmanthus branch.
• After the Auspicious Duck fell asleep from the divination, Yan Zi put him in her Spirit Beast Pouch and traveled west, reaching a vast marshland by dusk.

Yan Zi followed Auspicious Duck’s prophecy west and discovered a gigantic grass ball hiding a charred Demon Corpse with Xu Yi’s Sumeru Ring. Auspicious Duck recognized the monster as Xu Yi, who had apparently taken many Demon Transformation Pills.

• After the snow stopped, Yan Zi reached a vast river and made a raft from a cassia tree to continue west.
• Yan Zi spotted a gigantic grass ball in the river and used Sword Qi to tear it apart.
• Yan Zi found a hideous, charred Demon Corpse and recognized Xu Yi’s Sumeru Ring on its finger.
• Yan Zi removed the ring and found Xu Yi’s Wailing Stick inside, but could not find Xu Yi.
• Yan Zi woke Auspicious Duck by shouting that she had found Xu Yi.
• Auspicious Duck saw the Demon Corpse and realized that it was Xu Yi, who had been eating Demon Transformation Pills.

Yan Zi forced Auspicious Duck to use his inherited copper coins to search for Xu Yi’s soul after he declared Xu Yi dead. The Man Coin rang and sprang away from Xu Yi’s forehead, leaving Auspicious Duck stunned.

• Auspicious Duck recognized the demon corpse as Xu Yi and told Yan Zi that Xu Yi had died after taking multiple Demon Transformation Pills.
• Yan Zi refused to accept Xu Yi’s death and threatened Auspicious Duck with her sword until he agreed to help.
• Auspicious Duck used the Heaven, Earth, and Man coins to divine where Xu Yi’s soul had gone.
• The crimson Man Coin rang and sprang away when it touched Xu Yi’s forehead, and Auspicious Duck tried again in shock.