Recaps

Xu Yi turned Cao and Fan’s attempt to extort him over a broken God-Weighting Pearl against them by claiming they had destroyed a book from Elder Bai and displaying Elder Bai’s jade token. Cao and Fan backed down rather than risk confronting Elder Bai, leaving them humiliated and vowing to wait for another chance.

• Cao showed Xu Yi two fragments of a God-Weighting Pearl and threatened to bring the Law Enforcement Hall into the dispute unless Xu Yi compensated him.
• Xu Yi claimed that Cao and Fan had damaged a book Elder Bai gave him to study, then asked Liu Zhenlin to testify.
• Xu Yi showed Elder Bai’s jade token and challenged Cao and Fan to notify the Law Enforcement Hall while he contacted Elder Bai.
• Cao and Fan privately discussed the risk of antagonizing Elder Bai and decided to swallow their humiliation for now.

Xu Yi forced Cao and the handsome young man to provide written accounts of their dispute after demonstrating his connection to Elder Bai. He left Liu Zhenlin waiting as he vanished with the statements.

• Cao and the handsome young man tried to leave, but Xu Yi sealed the space with a Boundary Barrier Pearl and blocked them.
• Xu Yi contacted Elder Bai, whose immediate response frightened the two men into apologizing.
• Xu Yi asked Cao and the handsome young man to write accounts of what happened, and destroyed their blood-written statements as inadequate evidence.
• Xu Yi threatened to summon Elder Bai, prompting both men to write their accounts in ink before leaving.
• Xu Yi collected the statements, asked Liu Zhenlin to wait, and vanished.

Xu Yi subdued Cao and Fan with Heart-Devouring Worms, then Liu Zhenlin saw through his disguise as Wang Qianqiu. Xu Yi exchanged his merit points for Blood Condensing Balls and returned to Peak Seventy-Four, where a strange sensation stirred in his divine sense.

• Cao and Fan plotted to ambush Xu Yi after leaving Shang Gong Island, but realized he might be Wang Qianqiu.
• Xu Yi restrained Cao and Fan with his divine sense, fed them Heart-Devouring Worms, and took their Sumeru Rings and merit points.
• Xu Yi returned to Liu Zhenlin, who deduced that he was not Wang Qianqiu and correctly guessed how he had obtained Wang Qianqiu's signal talisman.
• Xu Yi exchanged all ten merit points for Blood Condensing Balls and returned to Peak Seventy-Four on Azure Dragon Island.
• After cooking and eating, Xu Yi sensed a strange disturbance in his divine sense.

Xu Yi cultivated in seclusion until the Blood Condensing Balls tainted his blood and forced him to stop. Tu Ling retrieved the Hidden Spirit Pearl from Xu Yi’s peak, only to be confronted by Xu Yi, who revealed he had been watching him.

• Xu Yi returned the Hidden Spirit Pearl to the immortal nanmu tree and reasoned that Liu Zhenlin was unlikely to expose him after learning his identity.
• Xu Yi spent over a month refining five Blood Condensing Balls, greatly increasing his strength before sensing that his blood had become tainted and halting his cultivation.
• Tu Ling repeatedly pressed Song Tianfang for news of Wang Qianqiu, then ordered him to watch Peak Seventy-Four after receiving a communication.
• Song Tianfang reported that Xu Yi had left his cave abode, and Tu Ling hurried to Peak Seventy-Four to retrieve the Hidden Spirit Pearl.
• Tu Ling questioned Huang Nu, Xu Yi’s attendant and Tu Ling’s spy, before Xu Yi appeared and addressed him as Brother Tu.

Xu Yi captured Tu Ling and forced him to reveal that an important figure had orchestrated the attack, though Tu Ling knew little about the figure’s motives. Xu Yi planted a Heart-Devouring Worm in Tu Ling to prevent him from betraying him, while realizing he was running low on the worms.

• Xu Yi stopped Tu Ling and destroyed the Boy in Green Uniform, then took Tu Ling to his cave abode.
• When Tu Ling refused to confess, Xu Yi carried him far out over the sea and threatened to kill him until Tu Ling agreed to talk.
• Tu Ling named the important figure behind the scheme and swore with a Soul Restriction Talisman that he was telling the truth.
• Xu Yi questioned Tu Ling about how he had drawn the figure’s attention, but Tu Ling could offer no clear answer.
• Xu Yi decided he needed to keep Tu Ling under control and planted a Heart-Devouring Worm in him, leaving Tu Ling horrified.

Xu Yi sought Elder Bai’s help while trying to resolve his cultivation problems and secure support within the Donghua Immortal Sect. Elder Bai gave him a jade token marked “Canon,” leaving Xu Yi with access to a new resource.

• Xu Yi ordered Tu Ling to return the Hidden Spirit Pearl on schedule and warned him that the Heart-Devouring Worms were gone.
• Xu Yi realized Elder Bai was crucial to his plans and hurried to Shang Gong Island after hearing Elder Bai’s messages through the communication pearl.
• Elder Bai thanked Xu Yi for introducing him to mathematics, then asked him to explain the Hidden Edge Style.
• Xu Yi shared food and wine with Elder Bai and asked how to remove impurities from qi and blood gained through external means.
• Elder Bai said he could not help with the problem directly, but gave Xu Yi a green jade token marked “Canon.”

Xu Yi received a Classic Pavilion token from Elder Bai in exchange for delicacies, then found himself assigned a vast course of numerology study. After ordering Xu Yi to explain the Dong Cao Arithmetic Classic in seven days, Elder Bai sent him to the Classic Pavilion with the token.

• Elder Bai gave Xu Yi a Classic Pavilion token and demanded the delicacies from his Sumeru Ring, so Xu Yi handed over only a tenth of his stores.
• Xu Yi read two booklets on numerology but struggled to understand their advanced principles.
• Xu Yi explained Hidden Edge Style to Elder Bai, who had improved enough to master it after nearly two hours of instruction.
• Elder Bai gave Xu Yi a Sumeru Ring packed with numerology books and ordered him to teach the Dong Cao Arithmetic Classic to him in seven days.
• Xu Yi agreed to Elder Bai's demand, took the Classic Pavilion token, and headed for the pavilion.

Xu Yi bribed Brother Lu to obtain three books from the Classic Pavilion, then spent months studying mathematics for Elder Bai. After mastering Qiankun Yi Shu, he used his month of free time to plan a temporary departure from the immortal sect.

• Xu Yi secretly surveyed the Classic Pavilion with his divine sense, then bribed Brother Lu with two mid-grade Spirit Stones for help finding useful texts.
• Xu Yi borrowed Vital Energy Ultimate Solution, Spirit Blood Technique, and The Appearance of the World, copied them with Shadow-Sound Pearls, and left the pavilion.
• Xu Yi mastered the Dong Cao Arithmetic Classic and explained it to Elder Bai, who assigned him further mathematical texts to study.
• Over three months, Xu Yi studied dozens of classics, deliberately making his explanations more difficult so Elder Bai would give him longer deadlines.
• After mastering Qiankun Yi Shu, Xu Yi checked with Tu Ling and decided to leave the immortal sect temporarily because the important figure had not yet acted.

Xu Yi left the Donghua Immortal Sect and went to the Ask Immortal Pavilion to gather materials for the Three Venerables Blood Transmutation Secret Art. Meanwhile, a crowned man learned of Xu Yi’s departure and clashed with Brother Wang over his interest in Xu Yi; Xu Yi had not yet begun preparing the secret art.

• Xu Yi paid three thousand Spirit Stones for a round-trip teleportation jade token, left the sect, and sent Tu Ling a message.
• Tu Ling waited two days before reporting Xu Yi’s departure to the crowned man.
• The crowned man called Brother Wang, who warned him not to touch Xu Yi and threatened him with a Heart Oath.
• The crowned man concealed his covetousness and told Brother Wang that Xu Yi would return within a month.
• Xu Yi arrived at the Ask Immortal Pavilion and sought materials for the Three Venerables Blood Transmutation Secret Art, which could turn the bloodline of a great demon or mighty being into pure spirit blood.

Xu Yi sought rare materials at Ask Immortal Pavilion for the Three Venerables Blood Transmutation Secret Art and agreed to help the pavilion in exchange for three of them. He remained at the pavilion as the Red Robe Middle-aged Man arranged the exchange.

• Xu Yi realized the Sabertooth Tiger blood he had stored could meet the secret art’s bloodline requirement and went to Ask Immortal Pavilion to obtain the needed materials.
• The Red Robe Middle-aged Man told Xu Yi the pavilion could provide Immortal Crane Grass, Xichanzi, and a Kunyu Zun, but not Dragon Tiger Pills or a suitable bloodline.
• The Red Robe Middle-aged Man reported Xu Yi’s request to the White-haired Daoist priest, who dismissed Xu Yi as someone who had taken a crooked path and ordered him kept for the upcoming gathering of the three branches.
• The Red Robe Middle-aged Man offered Xu Yi the three available treasures in exchange for his help, and Xu Yi agreed to serve the pavilion.
• The Red Robe Middle-aged Man began arranging the exchange while Xu Yi waited.

Xu Yi spent two days at Ask Immortal Pavilion studying number theory before joining its White-haired Daoist priest and several powerful guests for a meeting. He learned that the gathering concerned a dispute sparked by the theft of the Utmost Pure Spirit Lotus at a jointly organized auction.

• Xu Yi traded several million spirit stones and his remaining loot for Immortal Crane Grass, Xichanzi, and the Kunyu Zun, then studied mathematical classics at Ask Immortal Pavilion.
• Xu Yi met several renowned number theorists and found their knowledge superficial, while number theory led him to reconsider techniques such as Return to Origin Steps.
• The Scarlet Robe Middle-aged Man escorted Xu Yi to meet the White-haired Daoist priest and three other guests at Ask Immortal Pavilion.
• A Red-wart old man arrived after swallowing several people, then sat down to digest his meal as the White-haired Daoist priest began explaining the meeting's purpose.
• Xu Yi learned that the Utmost Pure Spirit Lotus had been stolen at an auction co-hosted by Ask Immortal Pavilion, Tianyu Tower, and the Mountain Sea Alliance, triggering a dispute among the organizers.

Xu Yi accompanied White-haired Daoist priest to negotiations with Tianyu Tower and Mountain Sea Alliance over the stolen Utmost Pure Spirit Lotus. The talks ended with White-haired Daoist priest rejecting their demand to strip Ask Immortal Pavilion of its remaining auction turns and declaring that the houses could part ways.

• White-haired Daoist priest explained that the negotiations concerned the theft of the Utmost Pure Spirit Lotus and promised the guest retainers a reward for joining him.
• White-haired Daoist priest led Xu Yi and the other retainers through a teleportation array to the West Pole Land, where representatives of Tianyu Tower and Mountain Sea Alliance arrived by dragon boat.
• The white-robed young man and the black-clothed middle-aged man blamed the theft for damaging the Three Alliances Auction's reputation and costing the houses ninety million spirit stones in compensation.
• The white-robed young man demanded that Ask Immortal Pavilion's turn in the auction rotation end, and the black-clothed middle-aged man supported the demand.
• White-haired Daoist priest rejected their terms, accused them of seeking a split, and declared that the houses could part ways.

The leaders of Ask Immortal Pavilion, Tianyu Tower, and the Mountain Sea Alliance negotiated over their dispute, with Elder Kong Si of the Holy Clan Kong Family arriving as a mediator. He rejected a direct fight between the leaders and proposed that Qi and Hong devise ability-based challenges for Gao’s side to complete.

• Gao refused to accept the terms proposed by Qi and Hong, while Qi suggested finding a mediator.
• Elder Kong Si arrived and framed the scandal involving a True Core Divine Venerate as the work of an outsider, then urged the three families to preserve their unity.
• Qi proposed a contest between representatives, with the result affecting turns as head merchant, but Gao grew suspicious of the offer.
• When the leaders threatened to take the field themselves, Elder Kong Si objected and ordered them to avoid a fight that would harm their relations.
• Elder Kong Si proposed that Qi and Hong each set a challenge based on a cultivator’s abilities for Gao’s side to attempt.

Xu Yi and the others watched as Elder Kong Si arranged a series of challenges between Tianyu Tower and Ask Immortal Pavilion, after a Pill Stone test ruled out anyone with a True Core. Qi Qun’s flute defeated the first challenger, and the Red-wart old man entered the circle to face him next.

• Elder Kong Si pressured the white-haired Daoist priest into accepting challenges from Qi and Hong, while the priest warned against a hidden True Core Divine Venerate.
• The white-robed young man tested the crowd with a Pill Stone, and the white-haired Daoist priest secretly offered Xu Yi’s side ten million spirit stones for each challenge.
• Qi Qun challenged Tianyu Tower’s fighters to leave a circle while he played his flute, and the short, stocky old man volunteered.
• Qi Qun’s flute overwhelmed the short, stocky old man with fear and left him unconscious and badly injured.
• The white-haired Daoist priest persuaded the Red-wart old man to enter the circle, where he used a Conch shell to counter Qi Qun’s music.
• Qi Qun raised his flute and sent white mist toward the Red-wart old man as the duel continued.

After the white-robed young man’s Divine Skill defeated the Red-wart old man, Xu Yi stepped forward to challenge him on behalf of the Ask Immortal Pavilion. Xu Yi secured a promise of a Dragon Tiger Pill and a hundred Blood Condensing Balls if he won, then prepared to enter the ring.

• The white-robed young man’s mist overwhelmed the Red-wart old man, who collapsed in the ring, and Elder Kong Si praised the young man’s Divine Skill.
• The White-haired Daoist priest realized he could not confidently defeat the white-robed young man himself.
• Xu Yi offered to challenge the white-robed young man, and the others urged him to reveal his face.
• Xu Yi asked the White-haired Daoist priest for a Dragon Tiger Pill and a hundred Blood Condensing Balls as his reward for winning.
• The White-haired Daoist priest agreed to provide the treasures within three days if Xu Yi succeeded, and the white-robed young man challenged Xu Yi to enter the ring.

Xu Yi defeated the white-robed youth by walking through his flute technique, winning the first contest and declining Elder Kong Si’s invitation in favor of staying with Gao. The next contest began as the Red-wart old man fought the Thin black-clothed man, who endured more than a hundred punches without apparent injury.

• Xu Yi walked through the white mist from the white-robed youth’s flute until the flute cracked and the youth collapsed, winning the contest.
• Elder Kong Si recognized that the flute technique used Intent, but Xu Yi kept secret how he had resisted it and declined Kong Si’s invitation.
• Gao privately urged Xu Yi to join Ask Immortal Pavilion, and Xu Yi reassured him that he would not change sides on a whim.
• The Black-clothed middle-aged man proposed a contest of brute strength between the Thin black-clothed man and an opponent chosen by Gao.
• The Red-wart old man charged the Thin black-clothed man and struck him with over a hundred punches, but his opponent showed no sign of injury and said the blows lacked strength.

Xu Yi entered the contest against the Thin black-clothed man after the Red-wart old man was killed, despite warnings from the White-haired Daoist priest and Elder Kong Si. He survived the opponent’s strongest-looking attacks without injury, leaving the arena stunned.

• The Thin black-clothed man killed the Red-wart old man with a single blow, and the White-haired Daoist priest found no one willing to fight next.
• Xu Yi volunteered to face the Thin black-clothed man, while the White-haired Daoist priest and Elder Kong Si tried to dissuade him.
• The Thin black-clothed man struck Xu Yi with a barrage of punches, sending him flying, but Xu Yi landed unharmed and challenged him to use his technique.
• The Thin black-clothed man transformed into a huge blue-faced, tusked monster and crushed Xu Yi beneath a powerful attack.
• Xu Yi sprang upright without a scratch, leaving everyone in the arena staring at him.

The Thin black-clothed man unleashed a blow that cracked the West Pole Mystic Ice, but Xu Yi emerged unharmed. After negotiating a higher payment, the Thin black-clothed man used his trump card and transformed into a giant to attack Xu Yi, who transformed in reply as the battle escalated.

• The Thin black-clothed man's attack cracked the West Pole Mystic Ice, while Xu Yi stood unharmed and left him astonished.
• The Thin black-clothed man asked the Black-clothed middle-aged man to triple his reward before risking his foundation with a trump card, and the man agreed.
• The White-haired Daoist priest urged caution, but Xu Yi told the Thin black-clothed man to hurry up and attack again.
• The Thin black-clothed man drove seven dark steel spikes into his acupoints and transformed into a giant.
• Xu Yi transformed into a monster as the giant's hammer crashed down, shaking the West Pole Ice Layer.

Xu Yi transformed during his fight with the Thin black-clothed man and killed him, but discovered that the transformation had spread foul blood through his meridians and clouded his spiritual sense. He rejected Elder Kong Si's offer to help him attain Point Origin, and the chapter ended when someone cried that the seal had broken.

• Xu Yi transformed using the vital blood from ten Blood Condensing Balls and crushed the Thin black-clothed man into minced flesh.
• Xu Yi realized that his transformation had polluted his bloodline and further disrupted his spiritual sense.
• Elder Kong Si offered Xu Yi the Kong clan's help in attaining Point Origin, alarming the White-haired Daoist priest.
• Xu Yi thanked Elder Kong Si but deferred the offer, avoiding a commitment to the Kong clan.
• Someone shouted that the seal had broken.

Xu Yi witnessed the West Pole Spirit Spring emerge and kill Elder Kong Si before fleeing with the White-haired Daoist priest as a Faceless Man rose from the spring and shattered the ice across the West Pole Land. Three days later, Xu Yi returned to Ask Immortal Pavilion, where the White-haired Daoist priest had rewarded him with pills and hundreds of Blood Condensing Balls.

• A fissure split the West Pole Ice Layer, revealing a glowing spring, and Elder Kong Si drove the others back with a red handkerchief-shaped treasure.
• Elder Kong Si tried to collect the spring water, but its vapor froze and shattered him, destroying his Sumeru Ring as well.
• Xu Yi seized the White-haired Daoist priest and fled, prompting the others to escape as the spring churned.
• A green Faceless Man emerged from the spring and roared, shattering the ice across ten thousand li and turning the West Pole Land into a sea.
• Three days later, Xu Yi visited the White-haired Daoist priest at Ask Immortal Pavilion and thanked him for the Dragon Tiger Pills and hundreds of Blood Condensing Balls.

Xu Yi returned to the Donghua Immortal Sect and began refining spiritual blood, but Liu Zhenlin invited him to meet Immortal Lord He. Wary of the connection between Immortal Lord He and Tu Ling, Xu Yi went with Liu Zhenlin to Deep Sky Island, where the meeting awaited.

• The White-haired Daoist priest urged Xu Yi to keep the Western Extreme Ice Sea affair secret, and Xu Yi returned to the Donghua Immortal Sect.
• Xu Yi set up the Star Pattern Heaven Protecting Formation at Peak Seventy-Four and went into seclusion.
• After more than ten days, Xu Yi prepared to refine nine drops of spiritual blood but received word that Liu Zhenlin had come to see him.
• Liu Zhenlin invited Xu Yi to drink at his residence and meet Immortal Lord He, who had emerged from seclusion.
• Xu Yi examined Liu Zhenlin's blood and vital energy, then accepted the invitation while suspecting Immortal Lord He's gathering was meant for him.
• Xu Yi and Liu Zhenlin arrived at Deep Sky Island, and Liu Zhenlin praised its carefully cultivated scenery.

Xu Yi attended a banquet with Liu Zhenlin, where he drank poisoned wine and appeared to collapse. Chen Xiong revealed that he had reached the Yang Venerable Realm and accused Liu Zhenlin of building power against Immortal Lord He, while Liu realized his master was likely behind the attack on Wang Qianqiu.

• Liu Zhenlin welcomed Xu Yi to a feast, and Xu Yi asked him to dismiss the dancers and attendants so they could drink alone.
• Qiu Lu brought Spring Flower Autumn Dew and secretly warned Xu Yi that someone else had given her the wine.
• Xu Yi drank the wine while using his divine sense to keep it from touching his flesh, then pretended to collapse.
• Liu Zhenlin accused Qiu Lu of poisoning Xu Yi, but Chen Xiong entered and revealed himself as the attacker.
• Chen Xiong subdued Liu Zhenlin and accused him of using his closeness to Wang Qianqiu to build power against Immortal Lord He.
• Liu Zhenlin realized Chen Xiong had secretly advanced to the Yang Venerable Realm and suspected Immortal Lord He had ordered Wang Qianqiu's ordeal.

Chen Xiong captured Xu Yi after Qiu Lu’s failed rescue attempt and brought him to Immortal Lord He’s cave. Wang Yao contacted Immortal Lord He to demand the Sumeru Ring, while the chapter revealed that he had identified Xu Yi as Wang Qianqiu and wanted the secrets he carried.

• Qiu Lu used a Swift Wind Talisman to rescue Xu Yi, but Chen Xiong caught up, killed her with his divine sense, and captured Xu Yi.
• Chen Xiong took Xu Yi to Immortal Lord He’s cave, where Immortal Lord He seized Xu Yi’s Sumeru Ring and wondered whether it was the Blood Concealment Ring.
• Wang Yao contacted Immortal Lord He and demanded the Sumeru Ring, then calmed down when He reminded him of their agreement and its Soul Restriction Talisman.
• Wang Yao had connected Xu Yi’s identities as Wang Qianqiu, Dongfang Tuo’s guest cultivator, and the Nameless One by tracing his fighting style and the Donghua Immortal Sect clue.
• Wang Yao had enlisted Immortal Lord He to watch or capture Wang Qianqiu, but He had grown determined to seize Wang Qianqiu’s secrets for himself.

Wang Yao and Immortal Lord He joined forces to capture Xu Yi, using Yanluo Immortal to weaken his soul and spirit. Xu Yi unexpectedly awakened before they could extract his Blood Concealment Ring and seized Immortal Lord He, who warned that his death would throw the Donghua Immortal Sect into an uproar.

• Wang Yao, anxious about Xu Yi's growing strength, made a deal with Immortal Lord He to capture him and divide his spoils.
• Immortal Lord He revealed that he had poisoned Xu Yi with Yanluo Immortal, which had begun to weaken Xu Yi's soul, spirit, and body.
• Immortal Lord He prepared a formation and jade spikes to extract Xu Yi's Blood Concealment Ring while Wang Yao urged him to hurry.
• Xu Yi suddenly awakened, destroyed the jade spikes, transformed into a giant demon, and grabbed Immortal Lord He, shattering his sword.
• Xu Yi confronted Wang Yao's projection and questioned Immortal Lord He, who pleaded that his death would cause turmoil in the Donghua Immortal Sect.

Xu Yi survived Yanluo Immortal’s attack and defeated Immortal Lord He, but the struggle left his meridians and apertures petrified and his cultivation severely impaired. He confronted the recovering Immortal Lord He, who remained trapped by the strange insects Xu Yi had put inside him.

• Xu Yi fed the last three Heart-Devouring Worms to Immortal Lord He, crushed his bones, and threw him aside.
• The Chiwu Worm devoured Yanluo Immortal as it attacked Xu Yi’s soul, allowing Xu Yi to regain consciousness.
• Xu Yi consumed Blood Condensing Balls and spirit blood, transformed into a giant demon, and defeated Immortal Lord He.
• Xu Yi refined Blood Condensing Balls to halt the force weakening his bloodline, but his meridians, acupoints, and apertures petrified in the process.
• Xu Yi confronted Immortal Lord He, who recovered enough to sit up and complained that Xu Yi was hounding him.