Recaps

Xu Yi killed ten Yang Venerate experts with his hidden techniques, then gave two Black Origin Beads to Liu Zhenlin before leaving for Earth Pillar Hall with Dongfang Tuo and Xu Nian. When the two tested his speed in flight, Xu Yi overtook them and raced far ahead.

• Xu Yi used the Hidden Spirit Pearl and Shapeshifting Bone Sword to kill ten gravely injured Yang Venerate experts amid the smoke.
• Dongfang Tuo praised Xu Yi and gave him two Black Origin Beads and a Three Yang Bead, while Xu Yi passed the two Black Origin Beads to Liu Zhenlin.
• Xu Nian warned Dongfang Tuo to distrust Xu Yi, but Dongfang Tuo defended him and handed Liu Zhenlin the seven Black Origin Beads belonging to the sect.
• Liu Zhenlin gave Xu Yi three Green Origin Beads, and Xu Yi left with Dongfang Tuo and Xu Nian for Earth Pillar Hall.
• Xu Nian and Dongfang Tuo accelerated ahead to test Xu Yi, but Xu Yi used his Body Shooting Art to overtake them and shoot more than thirty li forward.

Xu Yi, Dongfang Tuo, and Xu Nian entered a dangerous region known as a corner of the Primordial Era, where Xu Yi sensed the sorrowful will of humanity’s ancient ancestors. After briefly disappearing, Xu Yi urged the others to act alone rather than contact Immortal Lord Cheng and their companions.

• Xu Yi outpaced Xu Nian and Dongfang Tuo with the Body Shooting Art, and Dongfang Tuo praised his hidden inheritance.
• Dongfang Tuo warned Xu Yi to use Green Origin Beads and linked their divine senses as they entered a gate of light.
• Xu Yi endured the violent spiritual energy with Green Origin and Three Yang Beads, then sensed the ancient sorrow and grandeur of the Primordial Era.
• Xu Nian and Dongfang Tuo discussed the region’s violent spiritual energy and questioned what had become of the original Primordial World.
• Xu Yi vanished from Xu Nian’s divine sense and reappeared, prompting Xu Nian to suspect he possessed a Hidden Spirit Pearl.
• Xu Yi stopped Dongfang Tuo from contacting Immortal Lord Cheng and suggested the three of them act alone for a while.

Xu Yi persuaded Xu Nian and Dongfang Tuo to explore Earth Pillar Hall with him by revealing that he had obtained the Heavenly God Hall’s Inheritance Notes. The three agreed to travel together, then Xu Nian proposed rules for dividing any treasures they found.

• Xu Yi demonstrated the healing effect of a Seven-Colored Flower and claimed he had obtained some of the Heavenly God Hall’s Inheritance Notes.
• Xu Yi said he had hidden the Soul-Summoning Banner in a spiritual cave to nourish it, and invited Xu Nian and Dongfang Tuo to explore with him.
• Xu Yi argued that the immortal sect’s exploration order did not apply to him, while Dongfang Tuo decided to join him.
• Xu Nian agreed to travel together and proposed dividing treasures equally when possible, but otherwise letting each person claim what they could.

Xu Yi led Xu Nian and Dongfang Tuo through Earth Pillar Hall using Crimson Flame Sand to locate the Cold Spirit Snow Wall and its Immortal Wish Berries. After Xu Nian was struck by the wall’s protective barrier, Xu Yi explained how they could retrieve the berries, and Dongfang Tuo proposed sending Xu Nian to do it.

• Xu Yi took the lead after Dongfang Tuo argued that his treasure-hunting knowledge made him best suited to guide them.
• Xu Yi scattered Crimson Flame Sand across the wilderness until its color revealed the nearby Cold Spirit Snow Wall.
• Xu Nian rushed toward the cliff and was blasted back by its protective barrier, while Dongfang Tuo treated his injuries.
• Xu Yi explained that they needed to enter the Mind Pool and use divine sense to pluck Immortal Wish Berries near the wall’s peak.
• Dongfang Tuo suggested that he and Xu Yi send Xu Nian up, and Xu Nian insisted he could retrieve the berries without their help.

Xu Yi enlisted Xu Nian and Dongfang Tuo to help him retrieve Immortal Wish Berries from a cliff protected by the Mind Pool. After his divine sense broke through the obstruction, he gathered the berries and left Xu Nian to decide whether to keep them safe.

• Xu Nian tried to approach the berries with his divine sense and True Essence, but the Mind Pool blocked him and the cliff absorbed his spell, causing him to fall and injure himself.
• After Xu Nian recovered, Xu Yi explained his plan and asked him and Dongfang Tuo to push him into the Mind Pool with their divine senses.
• Xu Nian and Dongfang Tuo pushed Xu Yi three zhang into the Mind Pool, where Xu Yi sent a spear of thought toward the berries.
• Xu Yi's spear of thought suddenly surged through the Mind Pool, severed more than a dozen Immortal Wish Berries, and gathered them.
• Xu Nian asked how Xu Yi had overcome the Mind Pool, but Xu Yi refused to reveal his sect's secret technique.
• Xu Yi gave Xu Nian a Sumeru Ring containing thirteen berries and asked whether he would keep them safe.

Xu Yi led Xu Nian and Dongfang Tuo across the River of Sorrow, where Xu Nian’s probing divine sense provoked a school of blood-feeding white fish. The fish pursued them until Xu Yi and Dongfang Tuo escaped with a wind talisman, leaving Xu Nian behind.

• Xu Yi explained that the Immortal Wish Berries were bait for birds and beasts, and Xu Nian handed his ring back before the three flew west.
• Xu Yi recognized the River of Sorrow and warned Xu Nian and Dongfang Tuo to avoid the strange red clouds and cross quickly without disturbing the white-scaled fish.
• Xu Nian used his divine sense to seize a fish, provoking the school; Xu Yi tossed a Green Origin Bead to draw the fish away as the river froze beneath their water arrows.
• The fish pursued the three across the river, and Xu Yi and Dongfang Tuo each spent three Green Origin Beads to divert them.
• Xu Yi grabbed Dongfang Tuo, activated a Raging Wind Talisman and the Exquisite Pagoda’s Protective Light Barrier, and sped away, leaving Xu Nian behind.

Xu Yi and Dongfang Tuo encountered a starving Sabertooth Tiger after a talisman’s power hurled them onto the riverbank, while Xu Nian crashed into the same clearing. The tiger overwhelmed Dongfang Tuo’s fireballs, and Xu Yi threw a Green Origin Bead toward Xu Nian as the beast lunged.

• Xu Nian fled the school of fish with a wind talisman, but the crimson clouds flared and marked his path with red light.
• Xu Yi and Dongfang Tuo were hurled from the River of Sorrow onto the bank, where they met a gaunt Sabertooth Tiger.
• Xu Yi realized the tiger was a rare surviving large beast from the Primordial Era, and the tiger’s hunger fixed on the newcomers.
• Xu Nian crashed into the clearing, and the tiger knocked him down before Dongfang Tuo drove it away with blazing swords.
• Dongfang Tuo attacked the tiger with fireballs, but it shattered them with black baleful energy and lunged at him.
• Xu Yi threw a Green Origin Bead toward the terrified Xu Nian as the tiger closed in on Dongfang Tuo.

Xu Yi fought the Sabertooth Tiger to protect Dongfang Tuo after Dongfang Tuo saved Xu Nian, who fled when the tiger attacked. Xu Yi finally strangled the exhausted beast at the foot of Green Ridge Peak.

• Xu Nian begged Dongfang Tuo to save him, and Dongfang Tuo used a talisman to distract the Sabertooth Tiger long enough for Xu Nian to escape.
• The Sabertooth Tiger turned on Dongfang Tuo, and Xu Yi used a Swift Body Talisman to crash into it and save him.
• Xu Yi attacked the tiger's eyes with the Shapeshifting Bone Sword, but the tiger trapped the weapon in a web of baleful energy.
• Xu Yi charged the tiger and locked his arms around its neck, enduring its blows and its desperate collisions through the forest.
• The Sabertooth Tiger exhausted its dark baleful energy, and Xu Yi held it until it lay silent at the foot of Green Ridge Peak.

Xu Yi killed the Sabertooth Tiger, extracted its golden Primordial blood, and learned why its bloodline was so rare. Dongfang Tuo then tested the tiger’s tooth with a blood-red jade, which exploded as the chapter ended.

• Xu Yi recovered his strength and held the Sabertooth Tiger’s corpse as Dongfang Tuo arrived and conceded defeat.
• Xu Nian emerged from the woods and watched as Xu Yi stored the tiger’s corpse, while Dongfang Tuo gave Xu Yi a Liquid Restraining Bottle.
• Dongfang Tuo taught Xu Yi how to draw the tiger’s blood without damaging its body, and Xu Yi collected the golden blood in the bottle.
• Dongfang Tuo identified the blood as a pure Primordial bloodline and explained why savage beasts were rare in Earth Pillar Hall.
• Dongfang Tuo examined the tiger’s tooth, brought out a blood-red jade, and linked them with two drops of blood; the jade then exploded.

Xu Yi and Dongfang Tuo disputed Xu Nian’s demand for the Sabertooth Tiger’s Primordial Sword Tooth, while Dongfang revealed that the teeth bore rare Dao patterns. Xu Nian reluctantly accepted Dongfang’s proposal to postpone dividing the treasure and pursue the next one.

• Xu Nian tried to seize the Sabertooth Tiger’s corpse, but Dongfang Tuo sent it to Xu Yi, who stored it in his Sumeru Ring.
• Xu Nian demanded the Primordial Sword Tooth, claiming he had only agreed to let Xu Yi take the lion’s share of the spoils.
• Xu Nian privately urged Dongfang Tuo to help him claim the tooth, but Dongfang proposed delaying the dispute and seeking the next treasure first.
• Dongfang Tuo secretly told Xu Yi that the Sabertooth Tiger’s teeth bore Dao patterns and warned him to guard the extraordinary treasure carefully.
• Xu Nian reluctantly agreed to Dongfang Tuo’s proposal after failing to sway him or overcome Xu Yi’s strength.

Xu Yi, Xu Nian, and Dongfang Tuo traveled south while Xu Yi searched for the treasure indicated by his notes. He identified a nearby Golden Soul Fruit guarded by White Bone Ants, and the three stopped more than ten li from the nest to plan their approach.

• Xu Nian agreed to postpone dividing the Sabertooth Tiger's corpse, and Xu Yi gave it to Dongfang Tuo to hold.
• Xu Nian tried to persuade Dongfang Tuo to offer the tiger's fang to an Immortal Venerable, but Dongfang Tuo refused to give him a clear answer.
• Xu Yi found a three-colored vine and led the group east, revealing that they were seeking a Golden Soul Fruit.
• Xu Yi explained that White Bone Ants nested near ripened Golden Soul Fruits and warned the others to avoid approaching within ten li.
• Xu Yi, Dongfang Tuo, and Xu Nian sensed the nest and three Golden Soul Fruits, then stopped at a cautious distance.

Xu Yi, Xu Nian, and Dongfang Tuo lured the White Bone Ants away from their cave and discovered three Golden Soul Fruits surrounded by purple light. Xu Yi claimed the fruits, and the chapter ended with Xu Nian demanding they settle ownership elsewhere before the ants returned.

• Xu Nian secretly sealed off a secluded valley and contacted Immortal Lord Song to report important information.
• Xu Yi gave Dongfang Tuo a bottle of strange brew, then had Xu Nian use his blood to enhance the Immortal Wish Berries' allure.
• White Bone Ants, many-legged worms, and iron-backed armored insects converged on the berries and fought, giving the three men a chance to approach the cave.
• Xu Yi and the others found three Golden Soul Fruits surrounded by purple light, which they recognized as the Treasure of Purple Light.
• Xu Yi cut the fruits' roots with his divine sense and stored all three in his Sumeru Ring, while Xu Nian accused him of keeping the treasure for himself.
• Xu Nian demanded that Xu Yi settle ownership with him elsewhere before the White Bone Ants returned.

Xu Yi exposed Xu Nian’s secret message to Immortal Lord Song and revealed that their supposed chance encounter was a scheme to seize the Dao pattern sword tooth. Immortal Lord Song tried to pressure Dongfang Tuo into surrendering the treasure, leaving his demand unanswered.

• Xu Nian urged Xu Yi and Dongfang Tuo to flee the White Bone Ants’ nest, but Xu Yi chose to face the approaching newcomer.
• Immortal Lord Song arrived, and Xu Yi questioned why he had come to the wrong meeting place, making Xu Nian lose his composure.
• Immortal Lord Song realized Xu Nian had arranged to meet him, exposing their plan to take the Dao pattern sword tooth from Dongfang Tuo.
• Xu Nian accused Xu Yi of secretly following him, while Xu Yi’s earlier suspicions and use of the Hidden Spirit Pearl came to light.
• Immortal Lord Song invoked the sect’s interests and praised Dongfang Tuo’s service as he urged him to hand over the treasure.

Dongfang Tuo exposed Immortal Lord Song’s attempt to seize Wang Qianqiu’s treasure, prompting Immortal Lord Song to attack him and Xu Yi. Xu Yi resisted with his golden streak and strange liquids, and the chapter ended as a colossal object rushed toward them.

• Dongfang Tuo challenged Immortal Lord Song’s claim that he was acting for the sect and defended Wang Qianqiu’s right to keep his treasure.
• Immortal Lord Song attacked Dongfang Tuo and Xu Yi with a sea of fire, but Xu Yi escaped with Dongfang Tuo and treated his wounds.
• Dongfang Tuo told Xu Yi to do as he pleased, and Xu Yi turned his golden streak against Immortal Lord Song and Xu Nian.
• Immortal Lord Song’s silver streak could not destroy Xu Yi’s golden streak or injure Xu Yi, while Xu Nian dodged a bottle of dark green liquid that withered the plants and soil it struck.
• Immortal Lord Song prepared to end the stalemate, but a colossal object charged toward them along the ground.

Xu Yi used Death Wine and the scent of Immortal Wish Berries to lure the White Bone Ant army into killing Xu Nian and Immortal Lord Song. He and Dongfang Tuo escaped with the Sumeru Rings, and Xu Yi explained how he had protected them from the ants.

• Xu Yi sent bloodied Immortal Wish Berries toward Immortal Lord Song, drawing the White Bone Ant army into attacking him and Xu Nian while avoiding Xu Yi and Dongfang Tuo.
• Xu Nian realized Xu Yi had lured the ants there and pleaded for mercy, then tried to use a communication bead before the ants devoured him and his soul.
• Xu Yi struck Immortal Lord Song's barrier with three Magnetic Core Beads, leaving him unable to escape the ants, which soon destroyed his body and soul.
• Xu Yi collected the two Sumeru Rings, and he and Dongfang Tuo fled more than a hundred miles from the ant swarm.
• Dongfang Tuo asked whether Xu Yi's wine had kept the ants away, and Xu Yi explained that Death Wine made them seem lifeless to the insects.

Xu Yi gave Dongfang Tuo a Golden Soul Fruit and helped him explain the deaths of Immortal Lord Song and Xu Nian with a recording of the White Bone Ants. Immortal Lord Cheng believed Dongfang Tuo’s account, abandoned plans to explore the cavern, and appointed him to lead the Wù-character Cave Dwelling.

• Xu Yi offered Dongfang Tuo two Golden Soul Fruits, but Dongfang Tuo accepted only one.
• Immortal Lord Cheng contacted Dongfang Tuo to demand an explanation for Xu Nian and Immortal Lord Song’s deaths.
• Xu Yi showed Dongfang Tuo a recording of the White Bone Ants devouring the two men, giving Dongfang Tuo evidence for his account.
• Immortal Lord Cheng accepted Dongfang Tuo’s explanation and decided the sect would return to the cavern after the Heavenly God Hall’s restrictions lifted.
• Immortal Lord Cheng appointed Dongfang Tuo to take charge of the Wù-character Cave Dwelling.

Xu Yi accepted Dongfang Tuo’s invitation to travel with him, using a Transformation Pill to disguise himself as the guest elder Mr. Xue. They reached a gathering near a snow-capped peak, where the Yu Family announced that the barrier was about to disappear and called for matters to be settled first.

• Xu Yi gave Dongfang Tuo Xu Nian’s and Immortal Lord Song’s Sumeru Rings to help him pass the checkpoints.
• Dongfang Tuo gave Xu Yi a Transformation Pill and suggested he pose as a hired guest elder so he could explore without drawing attention.
• Xu Yi took the pill, changed into a red-faced burly man in a green robe, and accompanied Dongfang Tuo toward their destination.
• Xu Yi and Dongfang Tuo reached a group of treasure hunters near a snow-capped peak, where Dongfang Tuo introduced Xu Yi as Mr. Xue.
• Second Young Master Yu called out from the Yu Family’s camp that the barrier was about to disappear and urged the groups to settle matters beforehand.

Xu Yi learned why strange barriers formed around cultivators’ cave dwellings in the Heavenly God Hall and why the gathered factions sought the medicines inside them. As the groups prepared to explore the Wu Zi Hao Cave Dwelling, Song Qiuhu tried to take charge, prompting an argument that Dongfang Tuo defused.

• Xu Yi recognized the Yu Family’s Great Elder and Second Elder as powerful figures, and Dongfang Tuo explained that they had gained their strength from points of origin granted by the Sacred Court.
• Song Qiuhu volunteered to represent the Donghua Immortal Sect in negotiations, then returned and told the disciples to follow his instructions.
• Xu Yi examined a snow wall concealed by a strange barrier, and Dongfang Tuo explained that such barriers surrounded cave dwellings where cultivators had died after the Heavenly God Hall’s spiritual energy rejected them.
• Dongfang Tuo explained that the factions hoped to find medicinal plants and surviving treasures in the Wu Zi Hao Cave Dwelling.
• Huang challenged Song Qiuhu for trying to take charge despite Immortal Lord Cheng’s instructions, and Song argued that the Donghua Immortal Sect needed a powerful ally.
• Dongfang Tuo urged the disciples to work together instead of arguing over leadership.

Song Qiuhu lost his bid to lead the treasure negotiations, and the factions agreed that whoever claimed a treasure could keep it. When the barrier began to vanish and seven Treasures of Purple Light appeared, the Yu Family tried to seal the area, but a Green Bird escaped, prompting the Great Elder Yu to accuse the Taiqing Upper Sect of breaking their agreement.

• Dongfang Tuo defused Song Qiuhu's dispute with the middle-aged man and promised to acknowledge Song Qiuhu's contributions to Immortal Lord Cheng.
• Song Qiuhu explained that the factions had agreed to race for treasures, with no attacks allowed once a treasure was placed in a Sumeru Ring.
• Xu Yi and the other cultivators rushed toward the fading barrier and saw seven Treasures of Purple Light and a lifelike cultivator's remains inside the cave.
• The Yu Family deployed formation flags to seal off the area, but a Green Bird escaped through the array's edge.
• The Great Elder Yu accused Pei of undermining their agreement and appealed to Song Qiuhu and the others for support.

The Yu Family broke through the strange wall, but the jade corpse’s vapor made the cave too dangerous to enter and its pillar of light drew powerful outsiders to the scene. As the factions’ formations clashed, new arrivals disrupted the struggle, leaving the contest for the Treasures of Purple Light unresolved.

• Dongfang Tuo took charge and urged Great Elder Yu to focus on breaking the strange wall, while Xu Yi secretly resolved to seize the Sage Fruit among the treasures.
• Great Elder Yu’s disciples exhausted their Fire Spirit Stones and shattered the wall, releasing a pillar of spiritual energy from the jade corpse that announced the cave’s treasures to the world.
• Great Elder Yu touched the corpse’s vapor, suffered severe injuries, and forced the others to probe the cave with divine sense instead of entering.
• The Crimson-Eyed Daoist arrived and used Water Dragon Devours the Heavens to shatter the Yu Family’s protective formation.
• The Taiqing Upper Sect’s young man surnamed Pei formed A Thousand Formations Split by One Sword to block the Crimson-Eyed Daoist, then two newcomers’ water and fire Bagua diagrams appeared and shattered hundreds of sword blades.

Yin Lord Song Tianfang and Yang Lord He Shuming broke the Thousand Swords Array, but Immortal Lord Fang used the Dragon Mother Ancient Shell to protect the cave abode. Xu Yi collapsed after strange white Qi entered his body, and while others believed he had been struck at random, he understood it had followed his divine sense.

• Song Tianfang and He Shuming shattered the Thousand Swords Array with their Water-Fire Twin Fish Dao and rushed toward the cave abode alongside the Crimson-Eyed Daoist.
• Immortal Lord Fang activated the Dragon Mother Ancient Shell, whose pale-blue barrier repelled attacks and forced the three Immortal Lords to withdraw.
• White Qi gathered and entered Xu Yi through his nostrils, leaving him motionless but alive; Dongfang Tuo ordered the Donghua Immortal Sect to protect him.
• Cultivators inside and outside the barrier worried that the growing crowd would intensify the fight over the cave abode's few treasures.
• Xu Yi recalled that the white Qi had mixed into his divine sense and followed it until it entered his body.

Xu Yi endured the strange white Qi as it repeatedly destroyed and repaired his meridians, while Immortal Lord Fang negotiated with the other inner-sect Immortal Lords over the Treasures of Purple Light. The factions agreed to give Fang two treasures and the Golden Box, but the treasures remained unobtained behind the lingering Qi.

• Xu Yi studied the familiar yet unrecognizable paths of the white Qi as it tortured his meridians.
• Immortal Lord Fang proposed claiming four of the seven Treasures of Purple Light, prompting the Yu Family's Great Elder to protest that Fang had no right to divide them with outsiders.
• Crimson-Eyed Daoist and the Yin Yang Two Lords rejected Fang's demand, while Fang warned that he could destroy the treasures rather than let them be taken.
• Fairy Qin urged Fang to offer a fair price, and Fang reduced his demand to two Treasures of Purple Light plus the Golden Box.
• Crimson-Eyed Daoist and the other inner-sect Immortal Lords accepted Fang's terms, and Fang declined to draw up a written agreement.

Wang Yao appeared at the cave and took the Treasures of Purple Light and the jade corpse, then faced eight point origin experts who challenged him over the spoils. As they attacked, Wang Yao effortlessly evaded their strikes while Xu Yi watched and endured the dissipating white Qi.

• After the white Qi vanished and a strange fragrance emerged from the cave, Wang Yao appeared and collected the seven Treasures of Purple Light and the jade corpse.
• The eight point origin experts surrounded Wang Yao, and Song Tianfang accused him of taking everything while the spectators recognized him as the Dust Sword Wang Yao.
• Wang Yao taunted the experts for wanting the spoils without daring to fight, so the Green-robed Fairy attacked him and the others joined in.
• Wang Yao dodged the eight experts' powerful attacks without striking back, even as their clashes opened deadly black holes.
• Xu Yi watched the battle while the white Qi slipped out of control and eroded his flesh, which felt less painful than its earlier torment of his meridians.

Wang Yao fought off eight experts until Song Tianfang and He Shuming joined their powers, but the Green-robed Fairy wounded him with her crystal-jade skull. Xu Yi recovered from the white Qi and discovered strange silvery lines and three nodes in his body as Wang Yao offered everyone a chance to seize the Treasure of Purple Light.

• Song Tianfang and He Shuming combined their water and fire Tai Chi symbols into a vast formation, but Wang Yao shattered it with his Dust Sword.
• Wang Yao’s sword strike stirred Xu Yi’s killing intent and dispelled the white Qi, allowing him to heal his injuries with Green Origin Beads and medicine.
• Xu Yi found silvery-white lines throughout his meridians and three hazy nodes in his head, dantian, and perineum.
• The Green-robed Fairy struck Wang Yao with her crystal-jade skull, wounding him before he forced the treasure to retreat with his sword.
• Wang Yao saw that his wounds were turning black, then told the crowd he would give them all a chance to obtain the Treasure of Purple Light.

Wang Yao challenged eight opponents to take one strike from his Dust Sword, and killed the Yu Family's Great Elder and Second Elder when they accepted. The remaining Immortal Lords conceded, but Song Tianfang and He Shuming stepped forward to fight him together.

• Wang Yao demanded that each of his eight opponents take a sword strike, and the Yu Family's Great Elder accepted the challenge.
• Wang Yao killed the Yu Family's Great Elder with one strike, and the Yu Family's Second Elder entered the arena to avenge him.
• The Yu Family's Second Elder used the Condensing Rock Divine Skill and layered defenses, but Wang Yao's Dust Sword pierced through them and killed him.
• Immortal Lord Fang conceded on behalf of the remaining Immortal Lords, while Song Tianfang hesitated to respond.
• Song Tianfang and He Shuming challenged Wang Yao together and began a blood-and-spirit-power ritual.