Recaps

Xu Yi settled the dispute over He Binji’s oath by promising the others an equal share of the cave’s resources apart from the Black Light Treasure. Before they could finish thanking him, Donghua Immortal Sect cultivators arrived with a Sacred Court order requiring cultivators in the Mystic Desolation Hall to group together against the Black Origin People.

• Xu Yi told the group that He Binji had acted out of self-interest and that their Soul Restriction oaths left them responsible for their own bargains.
• Xu Yi offered the others an equal share of the Black Origin People’s cave resources, excluding the Black Light Treasure, and they accepted his decision.
• A blast destroyed the boulder sealing the cave, revealing eight green-robed Yang Venerates and two purple-robed Donghua Immortal Sect cultivators.
• Xu Yi asked the newcomers why they had come, and the round-faced man explained that the Sacred Court had ordered all cultivators to travel in groups and confront the Black Origin People.
• Xu Yi noticed He Binji’s trembling lips, put away the Boundary Barrier Pearl, and read his thoughts.

Xu Yi and He Binji realized the Holy Court's men had trapped them and forced them out under threat of a Spirit Cannon. As the group was carried through concealing mist, Xu Yi learned they were being treated as captives for labor and found himself bound by strange ribbons.

• He Binji warned Xu Yi that the Holy Court's forces were blocking their way and urged the group to fight, but he changed his mind when the men revealed a Spirit Cannon.
• Xu Yi lowered the barrier and led everyone outside, where a purple-robed man used a conch shell to seal their senses in mist and pull them westward.
• Xu Yi pierced the mist with his divine sense and discovered that the Spirit Cannon was aimed at them and that their captors planned to take them as laborers.
• Xu Yi overheard the purple-robed men call his group fat sheep and learned that the Holy Court and the Eight Great Immortal Sects were investigating the Ultimate Heavenly God Hall.
• Solid ribbons emerged from the mist and wrapped around everyone, and Xu Yi found that he could not tear the ribbon bound to his arm.

Xu Yi arranged for He Binji and the others to escape the mist, securing He Binji’s Inheritance Notes and the He family’s research in exchange for promising to retrieve a Black Light Treasure. After freeing the group and drawing their pursuers away, Xu Yi watched them escape through portals and was left alone.

• Xu Yi proposed that He Binji leave the Heavenly God Hall in exchange for a Black Light Treasure, and He Binji agreed while raising concerns about his oath to the Soul Restriction Talisman.
• Xu Yi told the others He Binji would leave and offered to share the Inheritance Notes; He Binji transmitted the notes, his theories, and the He family’s preparations to Xu Yi.
• After learning that a stronger pursuer was approaching, Xu Yi used the Shapeshifting Bone Sword to cut the ribbons binding the group and charged at the Spirit Cannon.
• The round-faced man in purple, the square-faced man in purple, and their green-clad escorts attacked Xu Yi, giving He Binji and the others time to flee.
• He Binji gave Xu Yi a Sumeru Ring, and the group destroyed the Soul Restriction Talisman before using a blood formation and source pearls to escape through portals.

Xu Yi escaped He Binji’s group and tried to evade the two men in purple, but their Spirit Cannon blasted him into the ground. He survived by using Green Origin Beads, while the men began searching for his Sumeru Ring and Wang returned to confront them.

• Xu Yi avoided fighting the two men in purple so he could escape and study the Inheritance Notes He Binji had imprinted in his mind.
• The round-faced man in purple fired the Spirit Cannon at Xu Yi as he fled.
• Xu Yi used a Magnetic Core Bead to blunt the blast and swallowed Green Origin Beads to dispel the strange force injuring him.
• The square-faced man in purple urged his companion to search for Xu Yi’s Sumeru Ring and the golden treasure before Wang returned.
• Wang arrived, rebuked the two men for using the Spirit Cannon, and began searching the blast site.

Xu Yi turned the Spirit Cannon attack against his pursuers, killing the bearded middle-aged man and capturing the two men in purple. He hid with them in a cave and prepared to question them about the forces exploring the Heavenly God Hall.

• The bearded middle-aged man argued with the round-faced and square-faced men in purple over the Sumeru Ring and their unauthorized use of the Spirit Cannon.
• The three men found the Sumeru Ring, but three hidden Magnetic Core Beads exploded and gravely wounded them.
• Xu Yi struck the bearded middle-aged man with his golden streak, captured his soul with the Soul-Summoning Banner, and took his Sumeru Ring.
• Xu Yi forced the two wounded men in purple to follow him to a concealed mountain cave, where he set up protective barriers.
• Xu Yi threatened the captives with the golden streak and explained that he intended to question them about the factions exploring the Heavenly God Hall.

Xu Yi intimidated two Donghua Immortal Sect cultivators, and Old Zhao realized the sect’s signal talismans might offer a way out. The chapter ended with Xu Yi asking about the purple talismans and Old Zhao explaining their different grades.

• Xu Yi warned the two purple-robed men that the Donghua Immortal Sect would learn of their companion’s death, leaving them convinced they would die.
• Old Zhao suddenly saw a possible solution and asked Xu Yi about his cultivation, then explained that Wang had gone to collect the sect’s signal talismans.
• Xu Yi produced a jade box containing three purple tokens from the bearded man’s Sumeru Ring and asked about their colors.
• Old Zhao explained that white tokens were kin talismans, yellow tokens were issued to Outer Sect Disciples, and the purple tokens were trial talismans.

Xu Yi learned how to impersonate the dead bearded middle-aged man and gain access to the Donghua Immortal Sect using his identity token. After securing the token and adopting the man's appearance, he set off with the two purple-clad men to rejoin the group, unaware that they intended to undermine him later.

• The round-faced and square-faced men in purple proposed that Xu Yi impersonate the dead bearded middle-aged man, and explained how the man's identity token and recent transfer would make the disguise plausible.
• Xu Yi questioned the plan until the two men explained that the bearded man's identity token could grant him access to the sect's checkpoints and restrictions.
• Xu Yi and the two men retrieved the bearded middle-aged man's corpse, used the three men's blood to open the restricted box, and claimed their identity tokens.
• Xu Yi changed his appearance to resemble the bearded middle-aged man, while the two purple-clad men agreed to call him Brother Wang.
• The three men headed to rejoin the main group as the two purple-clad men privately planned to make Xu Yi pay once they entered the sect.

Xu Yi forced Zhao and Cao to swallow Heart-Devouring Worms, then had them help him impersonate Wang Qianqiu before Steward Liu. He took possession of the Spirit Cannon, but learned its secondary token could be controlled by the immortal sect’s primary token.

• Xu Yi bound Zhao and Cao and made them swallow Heart-Devouring Worms, then watched as they healed their injuries and discussed how to survive under his control.
• Zhao asked Xu Yi to remove the worms’ restriction someday, and the two men helped him learn about the bearded man’s background and his history with Steward Liu.
• Xu Yi told Zhao and Cao to address him as Wang Qianqiu and hand over the Spirit Cannon to preserve his disguise.
• Zhao gave Xu Yi the Sumeru Ring containing the Spirit Cannon, while Cao warned him that the sect’s primary token could disable the cannon or turn it against him.
• Zhao explained that Wang Qianqiu’s position as a trial disciple made him more fortunate than outsiders seeking entry by offering Black Light Treasures.

Disguised as Wang Qianqiu, Xu Yi returned to Steward Liu with the captured group and offered him a valuable Sumeru Ring. Liu Zhenlin discovered its treasures and called for his finest wine, leaving Xu Yi on the verge of gaining his favor.

• Xu Yi learned that disciple ranks depended on more than cultivation and followed the purple-clad men to the Donghua Immortal Sect’s gathering site.
• Xu Yi led his group to Liu Zhenlin and reported for duty, presenting a Sumeru Ring as a personal gift.
• Liu Zhenlin questioned whether Xu Yi had stolen from the captives, then accepted the ring after Xu Yi insisted on his sincerity.
• Liu Zhenlin discovered the ring contained over thirty thousand spirit stones, pills, divine weapons, and a Wind Element Mystical Talisman.
• Liu Zhenlin ordered his maids to serve Spring Blossom Autumn Dew.

Xu Yi used gifts and flattery to win Liu Zhenlin’s favor while maintaining his Wang Qianqiu identity. Liu grew suspicious of Wang’s changed behavior but accepted an explanation, and Xu Yi left for a stone chamber, where he secretly gave Spirit Stones to a maid.

• Xu Yi refused Liu Zhenlin’s valuable wine, but Liu called him a brother and warmly accepted his gifts, especially the Sumeru Ring and talisman.
• The round-faced and square-faced men in purple saw Liu treating Xu Yi like a close friend and concluded Xu’s growing influence could help them escape his control and advance.
• Xu Yi reflected that he had befriended Liu to strengthen his position in the Heavenly God Hall and possibly join the Donghua Immortal Sect.
• Liu Zhenlin sent Xu Yi to rest in a temporary stone chamber and then asked a maid whether Wang Qianqiu seemed different; she suggested he had adjusted to his new status.
• Liu Zhenlin ordered his maids to ask Zhao and Cao whether anything unusual had happened, while Xu Yi overheard and felt reassured.
• After arriving at the chamber, Xu Yi stopped the maid escorting him and slipped dozens of Spirit Stones into her sleeve, astonishing her.

Xu Yi searched the Donghua Immortal Sect disciples’ belongings for the tracking art that had led his pursuer to him and found Life Profound Mechanism. After learning how to open its jade tally, he mastered the art and discovered it tracked people through their unique qi and blood.

• Xu Yi searched the booklets from six Sumeru Rings and found a letter showing that Dongfang Tuo had taught his cousin Life Profound Mechanism.
• Xu Yi found Liu Zhenlin’s cultivation notes and a jade tally in Wang Qianqiu’s Sumeru Ring.
• The round-faced man in purple and the square-faced man in purple identified the art and explained how to undo the tally’s restriction.
• Xu Yi learned the Jade Unsealing Incantation, opened the tally, and memorized Life Profound Mechanism.
• Xu Yi understood that Life Profound Mechanism identified a person by their breathing and unique qi and blood, allowing the practitioner to track them.

After mastering Life Profound Mechanism and studying the He family's records, Xu Yi joined Liu Zhenlin for a chess game, only to hear that no Precious Medicines remained in Bing District. The report linked their disappearance to Black Origin People, leaving Liu Zhenlin wondering whether they could recognize Precious Medicines.

• Xu Yi mastered Life Profound Mechanism, tested it on the two men in purple, and noted that holding one's breath could defeat it.
• Xu Yi memorized He Binji's inheritance notes and the He family's records, including their method for leaving the Heavenly God Hall freely.
• The round-faced and square-faced men in purple told Xu Yi that Liu Zhenlin had only sent maids to ask about him, and Qiu Lu then invited him to play chess with Liu Zhenlin.
• A burly man in purple reported that his squads had searched all of Bing District without finding any Precious Medicines.
• Xu Yi asked whether the searchers had seen images or traces of Precious Medicines, and the burly man said images had appeared before attacks by Black Origin People.
• Liu Zhenlin wondered whether the Black Origin People could recognize Precious Medicines.

Xu Yi deduced that some Origin People had recovered their memories and were collecting Precious Medicines, then sensed a larger group approaching during an attack on the camp. Liu Zhenlin refused to activate the incomplete Demon-Slaughtering Blood Formation, leaving the cultivators struggling against the powerful Black Origin Person.

• Xu Yi explained that an Origin Person with recovered memories had likely led the Black Origin People to clear out the Precious Medicines, and Liu Zhenlin confirmed other districts had seen the same pattern.
• Liu Zhenlin praised Xu Yi and played chess with him until a Black Origin Person suddenly appeared and swallowed a cultivator.
• Xu Yi sensed strange presences approaching and secretly warned the round-faced man in purple and the square-faced man in purple to escape when they could.
• Liu Zhenlin declined to activate the incomplete Demon-Slaughtering Blood Formation and ordered the cultivators to attack the Black Origin Person.
• Xu Yi observed that the Black Origin Person was difficult to detect and nearly impossible to hurt without striking its hidden Origin Pearl, while it killed three people and drank blood from the troughs.

Xu Yi warned Liu Zhenlin that the Black Origin Person’s arrival was a trap, but Liu pressed on and the camp was overrun by nineteen more. Liu used a wind chime to draw the Black Origin people into the Blood Restraining Demon Slaying Great Formation, and the chapter ended as the formation activated just after the chime’s power failed.

• Xu Yi warned Liu Zhenlin that the Black Origin Person might be a vanguard, but Liu ordered the cultivators to hold their ground and attack it.
• Nineteen Black Origin people ambushed the camp, shattered the defensive formations, and began slaughtering cultivators while draining the blood troughs.
• Xu Yi urged Liu to retreat, but Chunxue reminded Liu of his superior’s treasure, and Liu promised rich rewards to rally the survivors.
• Liu pricked his finger and used a wind chime to slow the Black Origin people and lure them into the blood formation.
• The cultivators poured their blood into the troughs as the wind chime’s ripples weakened, and Liu sent a blood-marked token into the formation.
• The chime’s power stopped and the Black Origin people regained their senses, but the formation’s grooves suddenly blazed with white light.

Xu Yi and Liu Zhenlin’s array refined nineteen Black Origin People into a giant that shattered the net and trapped most of the cultivators in a sealing domain. Xu Yi sent Liu Zhenlin away but stayed to attack the giant, and his strikes failed to break its Origin Pearl barrier, leaving him in danger.

• The Blood Banishment Demon Array refined the nineteen Black Origin People into black qi, which fused into a towering giant and broke the array’s light net.
• Xu Yi bound Liu Zhenlin and the maids with Clear Wind Silk, then used a Raging Wind Talisman to send them out of danger.
• The Black Origin Giant sealed most of the cultivators in a light array, and Xu Yi’s order to form an array went unanswered amid the panic.
• Xu Yi attacked the giant’s Origin Pearl barrier with the Shapeshifting Bone Sword, but more than a hundred strikes failed to crack it.
• Xu Yi donned three sets of fourth-tier battle armor and tried to evade the giant, but its sealing domain restricted his movement.

Xu Yi risked his life to destroy the Black Origin Giant before it could recover, then used a Black Origin Bead and spirit medicine to heal his battered body. He survived, but his Qi Sea remained inaccessible as he turned to collect the fallen cultivators’ Sumeru Rings.

• Xu Yi was trapped by the Black Origin Giant’s hands, so he swallowed Green Origin Beads and endured being mangled and thrown into its maw.
• Xu Yi crushed more than thirty Magnetic Core Beads, blasting the Black Origin Giant apart and sending his soul out of his ruined body.
• Xu Yi used the Shapeshifting Bone Sword to shatter the barriers around the Giant’s nineteen Origin Beads, preventing it from reforming, then returned his soul to his body.
• Xu Yi used a Black Origin Bead and spirit medicine to stabilize his soul and heal his injuries, but he could not sense his Qi Sea.
• Xu Yi prepared to search the battlefield for the Sumeru Rings of the more than a hundred dead Yang Venerate experts.

Xu Yi surveyed the aftermath of the battle, counted his costly losses, and decided to continue posing as Wang Qianqiu while weighing his next move. After rejoining Liu Zhenlin, Xu Yi invented an account of the fight that Liu believed, leaving him in Liu’s favor.

• Xu Yi found no Sumeru Rings amid the powder and lamented the weapons, armor, and Green Origin Beads he had spent, though he reminded himself that his eighteen remaining Black Origin Beads were immensely valuable.
• Xu Yi decided to keep playing Wang Qianqiu but worried that Liu Zhenlin’s attention would restrict him in the Earth Pillar Hall.
• When the purple-robed man approached, Xu Yi put on a bloodied, ragged appearance and followed him back to Liu Zhenlin.
• Liu Zhenlin scolded Xu Yi, then had his maids clean and dress him before inviting him to sit and explain what had happened.
• Xu Yi claimed that a desperate cultivator had detonated Magnetic Core Beads to drive off the Black Origin Person, and that a lucky Tier Four battle suit had saved him.
• Liu Zhenlin accepted Xu Yi’s story, consoled him over the destroyed suit, and praised his promising future.

Xu Yi and Liu Zhenlin led their surviving forces toward the southwest, where they found three sects watching three Inner Sect Disciples battle a Black Origin Giant. Xu Yi recognized the disciples’ extraordinary True Essence, but the fight was still underway.

• Xu Yi reassured Liu Zhenlin that other regions had likely suffered similar losses, and Liu led the survivors onward.
• Xu Yi sensed a battle to the south, and the group headed toward it after a purple-robed man reported the fighting.
• Liu Zhenlin said Immortal Lord Cheng was stationed there and led his force toward the battlefield.
• Xu Yi saw forces from the Donghua Immortal Sect, Taiqing Upper Sect, and Purple Extreme Pavilion gathered around a Black Origin Giant.
• Xu Yi recognized the three white-clothed fighters as Inner Sect Disciples and observed that their True Essence attacks were unusually powerful.

Xu Yi defended Liu Zhenlin from Xu Nian’s accusations, then survived Xu Nian’s lethal attack and apologized for his offense. The confrontation ended with Xu Yi badly injured but recovering, while Xu Nian held back from striking him again in front of the assembled sects.

• Xu Yi watched three Inner Sect Disciples battle the Black Origin Giant before arriving with Liu Zhenlin’s group at the sects’ camp.
• Liu Zhenlin reported that his team had returned with the Spirit Cannon but no Black Origin Beads, and Xu Nian berated him for his failure.
• Xu Yi interrupted Xu Nian’s attack on Liu Zhenlin, drawing the assembled cultivators’ attention and angering Xu Nian.
• Xu Nian struck Xu Yi with his Ice Dragon Technique ten times, leaving him frostbitten and gravely wounded.
• Xu Yi healed himself with pills and a Green Origin Bead, then apologized to Xu Nian for his offense.

Xu Yi shifted blame for Liu Zhenlin’s failed hunt onto Immortal Lord He, then watched the three Inner Sect Disciples defeat the Black Origin Giant with the aid of a Divine Treasure. The Black Origin Beads fell, but Gao used the Lanke Flute’s purple-black curtain to gather them, sparking a dispute with the other sects.

• Xu Yi explained that a natural disaster had caused Liu Zhenlin’s district to fail, then noted that Immortal Lord He had ordered the formation that provoked it.
• Xu Nian warned Xu Yi to last longer in the immortal sect, while Liu Zhenlin rebuked Xu Yi and stepped back to watch the battle.
• The Black Origin Giant’s restrictions vanished, but the phoenix-eyed youth from the Purple Extreme Pavilion used a Divine Treasure to trap it again.
• Liu Zhenlin told Xu Yi that Divine Treasures were refined by True Core Realm Immortal Lords using Heart Soul and explained that Point Origin set them apart from ordinary Rogue Cultivators.
• The three Inner Sect Disciples reduced the Black Origin Giant until it burst into Black Origin Beads, which Gao gathered with a purple-black curtain.
• The sword-browed youth from the Taiqing Upper Sect challenged Gao for using Senior Chess Sage’s Lanke Flute to compete over the spoils.

Immortal Lords Gao, Pei, and Cheng agreed to award the fifteen remaining Black Origin Beads through deadly matches among the sects’ Trial Disciples. While Xu Yi worried that the contest would keep him from reaching Earth Pillar Hall, Liu Zhenlin warned him that he lacked the protection needed to enter.

• Immortal Lord Gao claimed five source beads for using the Lanke Flute, then proposed that Trial Disciples compete for the fifteen remaining beads.
• The sects set fifteen three-way bouts, with each victor winning a bead and the two losers dying, and barred anyone who won three bouts from competing again.
• Xu Nian promised any Trial Disciple who won a Black Origin Bead one waived assessment round and a major merit.
• Xu Yi remained focused on reaching Earth Pillar Hall while maintaining his Wang Qianqiu identity.
• Liu Zhenlin warned Xu Yi not to enter the ring and explained that Earth Pillar Hall required a Three Yang Bead, which only Outer Sect Disciples received.
• A battle already underway suddenly took a startling turn.

As Purple Extreme Pavilion and Taiqing Upper Sect dominated the deadly arena bouts, Donghua Immortal Sect’s disciples refused to face the scholar in purple. Xu Nian tried to force Xu Yi to fight, but Liu Zhenlin invoked Immortal Lord He’s protection of him, and Yue Ziling challenged Xu Nian to enter the arena himself.

• The scholar in purple defeated his opponent in the seventh bout, while Donghua Immortal Sect’s disciples hesitated to accept his challenge.
• Xu Nian angrily ordered two disciples to fight, but both pleaded that they were too weak and refused.
• Xu Nian ordered Xu Yi into the arena, but Liu Zhenlin objected and revealed that Immortal Lord He intended to take Xu Yi as a personal guard.
• The scholar in purple challenged Xu Nian to fight, mocking Donghua Immortal Sect for lacking willing contenders.
• Xu Nian insulted Yue Ziling and Su Xiuzhong, and Yue Ziling replied that Xu Nian should enter the arena himself.

Xu Yi offered to fight for the Donghua Immortal Sect in exchange for two Black Origin Beads if he retrieved all eight remaining beads, and Dongfang Tuo accepted his pledge. The chapter ended with the crowd suspecting Xu Yi had a hidden advantage.

• Yue Ziling taunted Xu Nian, and Dongfang Tuo invoked the sect leaders' orders to keep the contest limited to trial disciples.
• Dongfang Tuo offered the trial disciples a Three Yang Bead and a chance to explore Earth Pillar Hall as rewards for fighting.
• Xu Yi agreed to enter the bouts but asked for two Black Origin Beads if he retrieved all eight remaining beads.
• Xu Nian and the others condemned Xu Yi's demand, but Xu Yi pledged his life if he failed.
• Dongfang Tuo agreed to Xu Yi's terms and asked Xu Nian to approve.

Xu Yi challenged Purple Extreme Pavilion and Taiqing Upper Sect to a single mass battle, wagering Donghua Immortal Sect’s claim to the remaining Origin Beads. Dongfang Tuo secured approval for special merit if Xu Yi succeeded, and Yue Ziling accepted the challenge while hiding that he believed Xu Yi could win.

• Xu Nian offered Xu Yi half the Origin Beads if he could claim them, and Dongfang Tuo promised to seek special merit for him if he retrieved all eight remaining beads.
• Dongfang Tuo contacted an elder in Donghua Immortal Sect’s Discussion Palace and received approval to promise Xu Yi special merit.
• Xu Yi asked Dongfang Tuo to remove the Boundary Barrier Pearl, then Dongfang Tuo announced that Wang Qianqiu would represent Donghua Immortal Sect.
• Xu Yi challenged Purple Extreme Pavilion and Taiqing Upper Sect to send as many trial disciples or lords as they wished into one decisive bout, with all eight Origin Beads at stake.
• Xu Nian and the assembled disciples jeered at Xu Yi, while Liu Zhenlin warned him against taking needless risks.
• Yue Ziling accepted Xu Yi’s challenge, despite knowing Xu Yi had the strength to sweep the field.

Xu Yi, posing as Wang Qianqiu, forced Purple Extreme Pavilion and Taiqing Upper Sect into a decisive bout by staking Donghua Immortal Sect’s claim and two mystical talismans. He annihilated their ten fighters with detonated Magnetic Core Beads and returned to his side, leaving the gathered cultivators stunned by his methods.

• Tang Chuan and Yue Ziling worried that Wang Qianqiu’s challenge concealed a trap, but agreed they could not avoid the fight.
• Dongfang Tuo offered two Level 1 Grade 3 Mystical Talismans and Donghua Immortal Sect’s claim to the other eight Origin Beads if Wang Qianqiu died, prompting Tang Chuan and Yue Ziling to accept the wager.
• Purple Extreme Pavilion and Taiqing Upper Sect each selected five fighters, including two men who had already won three bouts.
• Xu Yi beckoned the ten opponents into the arena, detonated fifteen Magnetic Core Beads, and killed them all in less than ten breaths.
• Xu Yi collected the ten Sumeru Rings and the last lingering soul, then returned to Liu Zhenlin and claimed he had survived by swallowing Green Origin Beads and taking a desperate gamble.