Recaps

After struggling to cultivate the Heavenly Spear Technique, Xu Yi received an unexpected transfer order assigning him to the Circuit Court’s Divine Dragon Guard. He accepted the order and left the Discipline Department, arranging for Steward Fang to be appointed as a clerk there.

• Xu Yi studied Elder Qin’s Heavenly Spear Technique and spent three days trying to condense his divine sense into a spear, forming only half a shaft.
• Han Xuedao informed Xu Yi that Xu Mingyuan had arrived to announce an important appointment.
• Xu Mingyuan told Xu Yi that he was being transferred to the Circuit Court to serve in the Divine Dragon Guard, and Xu Yi asked whether he could refuse.
• Han Xuedao and Xu Mingyuan persuaded Xu Yi to accept the transfer, which he could only avoid by giving up his Official Status.
• Xu Yi completed the Discipline Department procedures with Han Xuedao and asked him to arrange a clerk position for Steward Fang.

Xu Yi prepared Cold Sun Peak for his temporary departure, reassured Yan Zi, and traveled to Youxian City to take up his post at the Jiannan Road Court. He reached the guarded central district and awaited the official assigned to guide him.

• Xu Yi told Zhao Wuliang and Steward Fang that he was leaving for the Path Court, appointed Zhao Wuliang to manage Cold Sun Peak, and confirmed Steward Fang's prefecture office appointment.
• Yan Zi asked to accompany Xu Yi, but he urged her to focus on cultivation and promised to take her with him if she reached the Yin Venerate Realm.
• Xu Yi received his transfer order and traveled through more than ten teleportation arrays to Youxian City, spending three thousand Spirit Stones.
• Xu Yi toured Youxian City by carriage and learned about Three Suns Holding Sacred, the offices of the Path Court, the Exalted One's residence, and the spirit pool.
• Xu Yi presented his seal at a checkpoint near the restricted central district, where a middle-aged man in green robes arrived to guide him.

Xu Yi arrived at the Path Court, learned that his transfer to the Divine Dragon Guard might be connected to Princess Yinqiu’s wedding, and settled into his new residence. After three days of cultivation, he formed the Heavenly Spear, but it repeatedly shattered almost as soon as he summoned it.

• Xu Yi completed his transfer formalities, received his uniform and identification token, and was escorted to an official residence on the outermost ring.
• Xu Yi offered Clerk Su one hundred spirit stones to learn why he had not yet been told when to report to the Divine Dragon Guard.
• Clerk Su speculated that Xu Yi’s transfer was connected to Princess Yinqiu’s wedding and that he might be assigned to escort her.
• Xu Yi dismissed Clerk Su’s explanation as uncertain and returned to cultivating the Heavenly Spear Technique.
• Xu Yi formed a spiritual-sense spear after three days of effort, but it shattered shortly after he summoned or launched it, even after he rested.

Xu Yi failed to condense the Heavenly Spear, but discovered that divine-sense particles could form powerful thought walls and enhance the Lightning Control Art. A mysterious white-robed man then visited him and hinted at hostility over Xu Yi’s past actions, leaving their meeting on the brink of confrontation.

• After exhausting himself through repeated attempts to condense the Heavenly Spear, Xu Yi realized divine-sense particles could strengthen his defenses but could not form a cohesive spear.
• Xu Yi adapted the Lightning Control Art to use divine-sense particles, gaining exceptional speed and maneuverability that surpassed the Swift Body Talisman over short, turning routes.
• After several days of testing, Xu Yi rested in a bathtub before a white-robed man entered his courtyard under the concealment of a Body Concealing Pill.
• Xu Yi questioned the man’s motives and wondered whether his visit could explain Xu Yi’s promotion and transfer to the Road Court.
• The white-robed man called Xu Yi thick-skinned and black-hearted, hinted that Xu Yi’s actions had earned him trouble at the Road Court, and then insisted on being treated as a guest.

Xu Yi discovered that the mysterious white-robed guest was Young Master Xu, the powerful figure he had believed died at Shatai Valley. After confronting him, Xu Yi tried to reconcile, while Young Master Xu’s anger mingled with the inexplicable feelings that had grown from their past encounter.

• Xu Yi tested the white-robed guest with his divine sense and served him tea while trying to understand his relaxed behavior.
• When the guest tried to leave, Xu Yi shut the gate and seized him, but the guest threatened to end Xu Yi’s official career if he was not released by noon.
• Xu Yi tore the guest’s clothing and recognized him as Young Master Xu.
• Xu Yi recalled believing Young Master Xu had died in the battle at Shatai Valley and realized he had been behind the events surrounding their meeting.
• Xu Yi apologized and offered to make amends, explaining that he had captured an image of Young Master Xu’s naked body but had not shared it.
• Young Master Xu cursed Xu Yi and remembered how Xu Yi had rescued him at Shatai Valley, wondering again why Xu Yi had spared him.

Xu Yi sought reconciliation with Young Master Xu, who had recognized him by recalling their earlier physical encounter but remained troubled by feelings Xu Yi did not share. Young Master Xu left their settlement unresolved, and Xu Yi learned he had been ordered to report to the Divine Dragon Guard, deepening his suspicions about the Xu family's influence.

• Young Master Xu learned Xu Yi had identified him by recognizing his back through touch, and his embarrassment and affection for Xu Yi intensified.
• Xu Yi offered a million spirit stones to settle their grievances, but Young Master Xu said he would think about the terms and left the matter open.
• Young Master Xu told Xu Yi that someone would contact him with instructions, leaving Xu Yi anxious about what he would demand.
• Xu Yi decided to investigate the Xu family's background and consider fleeing to the Chaotic Star Sea if necessary.
• Lord Fan informed Xu Yi that the Divine Dragon Guard had ordered him to report for duty that afternoon, convincing Xu Yi that Young Master Xu wielded great influence.

Young Master Xu resisted Old Qin’s warning and agreed to a wager about Xu Yi’s fate. At the Divine Dragon Guard, Xu Yi attended his first meeting, where officers discussed who would guard Jinyang Palace, and he stayed silent while others volunteered.

• Young Master Xu told Old Qin he would honor his promise to his father, and Old Qin warned him that closeness to Xu Yi would bring disaster.
• Old Qin proposed a wager on Heaven’s will, and Young Master Xu asked for its terms.
• Xu Yi entered the Divine Dragon Guard offices, studied the assembled officers, and greeted the commanders at his welcome meeting.
• Vice Commander Cao explained Princess Yinqiu’s planned marriage and called for volunteers to serve as deputy guard at Jinyang Palace.
• More than ten officers volunteered, while Xu Yi remained seated after researching the Guard’s rules and the officers’ backgrounds.

Xu Yi tried to avoid the competition for the lucrative Jinyang Palace guard post, but Vice Commander Cao declared that Xu Yi was meant to take charge of it and praised his supposed strength. Xu Yi realized Cao had made the other Divine Dragon Guard leaders resent him, and the chapter ended with them openly challenging the assignment.

• Xu Yi chose not to put himself forward for the Jinyang Palace guard post because he wanted to avoid trouble.
• Vice Commander Cao prompted Left Vice Commander Zhong to explain the post’s benefits to Xu Yi, then said Xu Yi’s exceptional promotion had primarily been for guarding Jinyang Palace.
• Vice Commander Cao described Xu Yi’s achievements and asked whether he considered himself too good to compete with his colleagues, turning the room’s attention and resentment toward him.
• Xu Yi suspected that Young Master Xu had arranged the assignment to set him up with powerful enemies.
• Vice Commander Cao declared that Xu Yi would take charge of the palace guard post and called him a first-rate powerhouse, prompting several officials to object and criticize Xu Yi.

Xu Yi recognized Vice Commander Cao’s meeting as a trap and challenged Right Vice Commander Qin, provoking the senior officer by staking his Sumeru Ring. Vice Commander Cao allowed the match under the ten-move rule, and Xu Yi argued that the terms should let him attack as well as defend.

• Xu Yi concluded that Vice Commander Cao had arranged the meeting as a test and decided he had to face the challenge.
• Vice Commander Cao and Left Vice Commander Zhong proposed settling the dispute with a fight, and Right Vice Commander Qin urged Xu Yi to accept.
• Xu Yi challenged Right Vice Commander Qin directly, then offered his Sumeru Ring if he lost.
• Right Vice Commander Qin accepted the fight, while Vice Commander Cao warned Xu Yi for showing disrespect and then permitted the match.
• Xu Yi questioned the fairness of surviving ten moves without a life-or-death agreement, and Right Vice Commander Qin said Xu Yi would win if he could even scratch him.

Xu Yi defeated Right Vice Commander Qin in a brief duel and took up his post as Left Vice Commander of the Divine Dragon Guard. On his first day assigned to guard Jinyang Palace, he met Young Master Xu again, who asked whether Xu Yi still wanted to reconcile.

• Xu Yi cut Right Vice Commander Qin and stepped outside the marked battle area, winning their contest and astonishing the onlookers.
• Vice Commander Cao welcomed Xu Yi to the Divine Dragon Guard, and Xu Yi learned about his duties and the force under his authority.
• Xu Yi resolved to prioritize protecting Jinyang Palace despite the resentment his appointment had caused among the officers.
• Xu Yi led his five hundred personal guards to relieve the troops at Jinyang Palace and encountered Young Master Xu by Springwave Lake.
• Young Master Xu asked whether Xu Yi still wanted to reconcile with him.

Young Master Xu assigned Xu Yi to welcome the Heir of the Yun Family at Jinyang Palace and gave him a Spiritual Connection Jade, while warning him not to worry about his safety. As the reception approached, Xu Yi practiced with his bone sword until Mr. Feng rushed him to prepare for the arriving guest.

• Young Master Xu told Xu Yi to serve as the welcoming envoy at Jinyang Palace’s banquet for the Heir of the Yun Family and gave him a Spiritual Connection Jade.
• Old Qin warned Young Master Xu not to act out at the reception, said he would smooth things over with the Exalted One, and reminded him that he would leave for Guide after the grand ceremony in three days.
• Xu Yi took up his palace guard duties and practiced refining his bone sword with the Sword Control Art.
• The Spiritual Connection Jade changed color and relayed voices urging Xu Yi to get ready for the reception.
• Mr. Feng hurried Xu Yi to change into a red robe and pin on a blue three-star twin lotus as the Heir of the Yun Family approached.

Xu Yi prepared to serve as reception envoy at a lavish banquet and mistakenly concluded that Young Master Xu planned to elope with County Princess Yinqiu. Their exchange through the Spiritual Connection Jade left Yinqiu amused by his misunderstanding while Xu Yi feared the danger of exposing the scheme.

• Xu Yi organized his five hundred-man commanders, arrived at Jinyang Palace, and marveled at the banquet preparations and Precious Medicine served as fruit.
• Xu Yi used the Spiritual Connection Jade to tell Young Master Xu he had guessed the plan and warned that involving County Princess Yinqiu was reckless.
• Yu Yinqiu mistook Xu Yi's warning for a rejection of her feelings, became distraught, and then realized he had misunderstood her identity as Young Master Xu.
• Xu Yi warned Young Master Xu not to elope with County Princess Yinqiu and refused to follow into danger, prompting Yu Yinqiu to cut off the connection.
• Yu Yinqiu laughed at Xu Yi's misunderstanding, while Xu Yi worried he could neither prove the scheme nor safely report Young Master Xu.

Xu Yi handled the Jinyang Palace banquet reception and learned that the Heir had sent Third Young Master Yun in his place. He reunited with Yun Mingmie, warned him against seeking revenge, and left them on apparently friendly terms.

• Xu Yi decided to remain neutral and began receiving the banquet guests.
• Ambassador Hong welcomed Third Young Master Yun after learning the Heir was meeting with the Vice Venerable.
• Xu Yi spotted Yun Mingmie at the banquet and met him privately in a corner.
• Yun Mingmie demanded that Xu Yi return the Life-Death Gu bottle and threatened to use his connections against him.
• Xu Yi revealed his promotion and position in the Divine Dragon Guard, then promised to return the bottle if Yun Mingmie caused no trouble.
• Yun Mingmie accepted that he could not overpower Xu Yi, and the two called themselves friends.

At Princess Yinqiu’s wedding gathering, Xu Yi waited for Young Master Xu while enduring the guests’ festivities. When Young Master Xu finally contacted him, he demanded that Xu Yi humiliate Third Young Master Yun, leaving Xu Yi alarmed by the danger.

• Xu Yi spoke with Yun Mingmie about traveling together and asking him about Guide Road customs, but Yun Mingmie was called away to hear Third Young Master Yun’s poetry.
• Xu Yi searched the gathering for Young Master Xu while keeping watch on his Spiritual Connection Jade.
• Ambassador Hong announced Third Young Master Yun’s gift to Princess Yinqiu, and Third Young Master Yun presented a rare high-grade Water Spirit Stone on behalf of the Yun family heir.
• Young Master Xu contacted Xu Yi through the Spiritual Connection Jade and ordered him to make Third Young Master Yun leave humiliated.
• Xu Yi protested that carrying out the order at the wedding gathering would be like committing suicide.

Xu Yi was pressured by Young Master Xu and Princess Yinqiu to provoke Third Young Master Yun during the betrothal ceremony. After Ambassador Hong tried to stop him, the princess intervened and forced Yun San to accept the contest, leaving the ceremony poised for a battle of wits.

• Young Master Xu threatened Xu Yi into speaking against Third Young Master Yun, promising a reward if he made Yun lose face.
• Xu Yi challenged Yun San on behalf of Princess Yinqiu, arguing that the absent Heir of the Yun Family made the gift presentation improper.
• Yun San accepted the challenge, while Ambassador Hong ordered attendants to seize Xu Yi.
• Princess Yinqiu spoke from behind the curtain, rebuked Ambassador Hong, and framed the contest as a battle of wits.
• Yun San told Ambassador Hong to stop obstructing the contest or risk making the Heir of the Yun Family look bad.

Xu Yi challenged Third Young Master Yun and the Yun delegation to a poetry contest, claiming he could recite Princess Yinqiu’s hidden poems. The draw selected Jiangnan as the subject, leaving Xu Yi to face a contest on a topic rich in local significance.

• Xu Yi proposed competing in poetry using Princess Yinqiu’s poems, prompting laughter from the Yun family and concern from Young Master Xu.
• Xu Yi refused to back down and traded barbs with Third Young Master Yun, who agreed to the contest.
• Xu Yi proposed drawing a random page from Three Hundred Poems of Enlightenment to determine the subject, and Third Young Master Yun accepted.
• Ambassador Hong drew the number eighteen, and a Second-rank Star Official identified its poem as a work about Jiangnan.
• The hall erupted at the choice of Jiangnan, a region with deep historical and cultural significance to Jiannan’s nobles and poets.

Xu Yi competed with Third Young Master Yun in a poetry contest on Jiangnan and answered Yun’s praised poem with a far more moving one. Third Young Master Yun disputed its authorship rather than concede the wager, leaving his reputation damaged.

• Third Young Master Yun wrote a poem about Jiangnan that drew loud praise from the audience.
• Xu Yi proposed wagering Princess Yinqiu’s top-grade Water Spirit Stone against becoming a slave in the Yun household, and Third Young Master Yun accepted.
• Xu Yi wrote a poem ending with a white-haired speaker longing to see Jiangnan, stunning Third Young Master Yun and silencing the venue.
• A middle-aged man in purple robes questioned whether Princess Yinqiu could have written the poem, inadvertently admitting it surpassed Third Young Master Yun’s poem.
• Third Young Master Yun also challenged the poem’s authorship rather than concede, and the audience mocked him.

Xu Yi forced Third Young Master Yun to continue their poetry contest, then recited Princess Yinqiu’s poems to prove their authorship and devastate the Yun family’s standing. As the hall fell silent, a White-robed jade-like man arrived, praising the spectacle he had missed.

• Xu Yi rebuffed Ambassador Hong’s attempt to end the gathering and pressured Third Young Master Yun to continue the contest.
• Third Young Master Yun demanded another topic, and Ambassador Hong drew the sea as the subject.
• Xu Yi wrote a poem about the sea, leaving Young Master Xu in tears and Third Young Master Yun trembling with shame.
• Xu Yi recited thirteen poems from Three Hundred Poems of Enlightenment and challenged the middle-aged man in purple robes to deny Princess Yinqiu’s authorship.
• The audience recorded Xu Yi’s recitation and showered him with silk handkerchiefs as Third Young Master Yun turned ashen.
• A White-robed jade-like man arrived and praised the spectacle.

Xu Yi left the banquet after Princess Yinqiu departed, while the Heir of the Yun Family investigated Xu Yi and discovered a possible connection between him and the County Princess. The Heir killed his informant and ordered Third Young Master Yun to deal with Xu Yi.

• The Heir of the Yun Family arrived at the banquet and asked who had written the poems, while Xu Yi reminded him of their wager.
• Princess Yinqiu refused to meet the Heir, returned to the palace, and Xu Yi left to resume his palace security duties.
• Third Young Master Yun apologized to the Heir, who dismissed his concerns about the wager and called the County Princess a furnace.
• Moon Dagger reported Xu Yi's rapid rise and revealed that the County Princess had disguised herself as a man and visited Huaixi around the time Xu Yi first appeared there.
• The Heir killed Moon Dagger and ordered Third Young Master Yun to deal with Xu Yi, then vanished.

Xu Yi tried to withdraw from escorting Princess Yinqiu, but Young Master Xu insisted the decision was final and promised he would return safely. As Yun Mingmie sought to trade information for his Life-Death Gu, Xu Yi suspected the Yun family was preparing to move against him and confronted him about the danger.

• Xu Yi told Young Master Xu he would not command the Jinyang Palace guards, but Young Master Xu said the trip to Guide Road Court was already decided and promised to protect him.
• Young Master Xu reflected on his doomed feelings for Yun Zhongge, while Old Qin urged him to let go and showed him a necklace set with a black Water Spirit Stone.
• Xu Yi learned that Yun Mingmie wanted to exchange important information for the bottle of Life-Death Gu.
• Xu Yi accused Yun Mingmie of fearing that the Yun family would kill him and drag Yun Mingmie down with him, and Yun Mingmie could not deny the danger.

Xu Yi learned that Princess Yinqiu’s wedding journey was dangerous and recognized her as Young Master Xu after seeing Yun Mingmie’s portrait. The discovery left him wondering why she had kept him close, while Yun Mingmie regained his freedom from the Life-Death Gu and departed.

• Yun Mingmie warned Xu Yi that the Heir’s marriage plans and the wedding escort put Xu Yi at risk of being killed on the road.
• Yun Mingmie described Princess Yinqiu as a woman who dressed as a man and behaved outrageously, prompting Xu Yi to ask for her portrait.
• Xu Yi recognized the portrait as the woman he had rescued in Shatai Valley and realized Young Master Xu and Princess Yinqiu were the same person.
• Xu Yi wondered why Princess Yinqiu had kept him near her and transferred him to the Court of Roads if she had not meant to take revenge.
• Xu Yi gave Yun Mingmie the Life-Death Gu bottle, and Yun Mingmie crushed it and left with a message bead from Xu Yi.

Xu Yi learned that Young Master Xu was Princess Yinqiu and composed a farewell poem for her before leaving. Princess Yinqiu wept behind the curtains, while Xu Yi departed without revealing that he knew her identity.

• Yun Mingmie warned Xu Yi not to join the wedding escort, then left after Xu Yi revealed he had secretly recorded their conversation.
• Miss Miao brought Xu Yi to meet Princess Yinqiu, who appeared as Young Master Xu and gave him a Sumeru Ring as a promised reward.
• Princess Yinqiu asked Xu Yi to write a poem for the man she loved, who was about to leave on a long journey.
• Xu Yi recited a poem expressing sorrow at their parting, and Princess Yinqiu retreated behind the curtains in tears.
• Xu Yi left without telling Princess Yinqiu that he knew who she was.

Xu Yi learned that Princess Yinqiu had arranged for him to leave and discovered the precious Spirit Stone she had returned to him. As he departed, Old Qin questioned him about his feelings for Yinqiu, and Xu Yi chose to honor her arrangements and walk away.

• Miss Miao told Xu Yi that Princess Yinqiu had appointed someone else to escort the wedding party and arranged for him to keep his Clerk Hall position while traveling abroad.
• Xu Yi gave Miss Miao a Sumeru Ring to return to Princess Yinqiu, then found a superior-grade Water element Spirit Stone in the necklace she had given him.
• Princess Yinqiu recognized the ring as the one she had lost in Shatai Valley and became lost in thought.
• On the southern jade bridge, Xu Yi accepted a ride from Old Qin, who asked what he planned to do about Princess Yinqiu.
• Xu Yi said he would follow Yinqiu's arrangements, resisted taking the wine she had brewed, and left; Old Qin later returned and drank it.

Xu Yi fled Youxian City to escape the Yun Family but was intercepted by Third Young Master Yun, who discovered his relationship with Princess Yinqiu and attacked him. The chapter ended as Third Young Master Yun sent more than a hundred divine-sense swords flying toward Xu Yi.

• Old Qin decided he would act as a villain because Xu Yi could not bring himself to make a necessary decision.
• Xu Yi left Youxian City, burdened by guilt over Princess Yinqiu’s devotion and gifts, and chose to seek a distant cultivation chamber instead of returning to Cold Sun Peak.
• Third Young Master Yun appeared in Xu Yi’s path, mocked his attempt to flee, and dismissed his Shadow-Sound Pearl as useless against the Yun Family.
• Xu Yi questioned Third Young Master Yun about the ambush and tried to learn how he had found him and why he wanted him dead.
• Third Young Master Yun provoked Xu Yi by insulting Princess Yinqiu, confirmed Xu Yi’s relationship with her, and threatened him with a fate worse than death.
• Xu Yi fled west, but Third Young Master Yun pursued him and unleashed more than a hundred divine-sense swords at him.

Xu Yi battled Third Young Master Yun, whose divine sense and Eight Winds Sword overwhelmed him despite his fourth-tier Hundred Spirits Battle Robe. As Third Young Master Yun’s Sword Tempest pinned Xu Yi beneath mountains of light, Xu Yi sensed that the compressed energy posed an imminent danger.

• Third Young Master Yun attacked Xu Yi with tiny swords of divine sense, and the two struggled as their spiritual defenses repeatedly shattered and re-formed.
• Third Young Master Yun summoned the Eight Winds Sword, but Xu Yi’s fourth-tier Hundred Spirits Battle Robe deflected the eight green swords.
• Xu Yi fled with Swift Body Talismans, but Third Young Master Yun caught up and struck him with a giant sword, devastating the forest and draining most of the robe’s Spirit Stone.
• Third Young Master Yun launched Sword Tempest, trapping Xu Yi beneath stacked mountains of light and driving him toward the ground.
• Xu Yi replenished the battle robe with another mid-grade Spirit Stone and sensed that the force compressing around him was dangerously gathering energy.