Recaps

Xu Yi defeated the Demon Kun, gathered more information about the ingredients for the Nine Spirit Sacred Blood Pill, and celebrated the end of exams with his roommates. As their month-long vacation began, he asked them to use their influence to gather the pill’s ingredients.

• Xu Yi destroyed the Demon Kun with the Nine Star Flowing Fire Technique, and the giant eagle fled rather than challenge him.
• Xuan Lengyan sent Xiao Tang to deliver books on clothing and etiquette for Xu Yi to study, while his submitted Ding Wen still received no reply.
• Xu Yi searched the scripture library and found information on four more Precious Medicines, but found no trace of the Four Divine Blood.
• After the midterm graduation exams, Xu Yi joined his roommates from Dormitory 137 for a banquet as the academy began its month-long vacation.
• Xu Yi gave Jiang Fei, Duan Tiandai, Meng Wanzhou, and Tie Dagang a list of the Nine Spirit Sacred Blood Pill’s ingredients and asked them to gather them; Jiang Fei and Duan Tiandai then bet on who would collect more.

Xuan Lengyan ordered Xu Yi to accompany her to a birthday banquet as a distinguished young gentleman, and gave him a Two Realms Pearl as payment. Xu Yi retrieved two treasures, learned that Qiu Wa had been sent away to cultivate safely, and was forced to dress for the trip with Xuan Lengyan.

• Xuan Lengyan told Xu Yi he would play the part of a distinguished young gentleman at a birthday banquet and gave him a Two Realms Pearl.
• Xu Yi traveled east to a remote town, opened a black lacquered box with his gray badge, and took the two treasures inside.
• Xuan Lengyan told Xu Yi that she had found Qiu Wa a place to cultivate, and Xu Yi confirmed through the Ruyi Pearl that Qiu Wa was safe.
• Xuan Lengyan cut off Xu Yi's call with Qiu Wa and reminded him that she was his teacher and Qiu Wa's older sister.
• Xuan Lengyan asked whether Xu Yi had studied the clothing booklets, then made him change into the outfit she had brought.

Xuan Lengyan disguised Xu Yi as Young Master Yiling from the Ancient Lands and brought him to a birthday gathering on the Su family's island. There, Xu Yi met the refined Tao Jingsheng and the birthday girl, Su Xingchun, who challenged Xuan Lengyan to compose a poem.

• Xuan Lengyan dressed Xu Yi in fine clothes, crowned him, and told him to pose as Young Master Yiling from the Ancient Lands.
• Xuan Lengyan teleported Xu Yi from Minglun Hall to the Jade Pot Immortal Sea and brought him to the Su family's island.
• At the crowded birthday gathering, Xuan Lengyan introduced Xu Yi to guests while he tried to stay quiet and aloof.
• Tao Jingsheng greeted Xuan Lengyan warmly, and she introduced him to Xu Yi as a promising young talent.
• Su Xingchun interrupted Tao Jingsheng's invitation to sit with Xuan Lengyan, then challenged Xuan Lengyan to compose a poem.

At Su Xingchun’s birthday gathering, she challenged Xuan Lengyan to a poetry contest and used the result to threaten the Xuan clan’s reputation. Xu Yi stepped in with footage of his own, and the guests reacted in shock as he began to counter her scheme.

• Su Xingchun invited Xuan Lengyan to compose poems from paintings, and the guests judged Xuan the loser.
• Su Xingchun pressed Xuan to continue competing and threatened to spread footage of the contest, putting the Xuan clan’s honor at risk.
• Su Xingchun appealed to Tao Jingsheng for support, but he tried to calm both women instead of taking sides.
• Xu Yi stepped in to defend Xuan and revealed that he had a clip of the contest on a Ruyi Pearl.
• The guests erupted when Xu Yi activated the footage, while Xuan warned him that Su Xingchun was dangerous.

Xu Yi exposed Su Xingchun’s theft of his poems and challenged her to a contest to defend Xuan Lengyan. Su Xingchun completed a celebrated moon poem from a painting, leaving Xu Yi’s response pending.

• Xu Yi revealed that Su Xingchun had copied each of his ten poems, stunning the gathered crowd.
• Su Xingchun accused Xu Yi of using a secret art, and he challenged her for stealing his literary fame.
• Xu Yi said he had come to stand up for Xuan Lengyan and wagered that Su Xingchun would bow and apologize if she lost.
• Su Xingchun accepted a contest based on a painting, with Xu Yi agreeing to clear her name if she won.
• Su Xingchun wrote a poem about the bright moon that drew praise from the crowd, while Xu Yi remained silent.

Xu Yi exposed Su Xingchun for stealing his poem, forcing Tao Jingsheng to step in and challenge him. The chapter left Xu Yi facing Tao’s invitation to compete while Xuan Lengyan questioned the need for a contest.

• Xu Yi revealed an old booklet containing his poem, proving that Su Xingchun had plagiarized it.
• Xu Yi explained that he had recognized the poem from a placard and that he had written it years earlier.
• Tao Jingsheng claimed Xu Yi had used divination, easing the tension and giving Su Xingchun a way to save face.
• Xu Yi rejected Tao Jingsheng’s defense and demanded that Su Xingchun honor her wager.
• Xuan Lengyan stood beside Xu Yi, while Su Xingchun urged Tao Jingsheng to compete in her place.
• Tao Jingsheng challenged Xu Yi to take the field, and Xu Yi had not yet answered.

Xu Yi challenged Tao Jingsheng’s reputation by competing with him in poetry, then stunned the gathering with a modern poem that surpassed Tao’s work. Tao admitted defeat, and Xu Yi invited Xuan Lengyan to leave with him.

• Xu Yi challenged Tao Jingsheng to a literary contest and chose a painting of a towering tree amid brambles as their subject.
• Tao Jingsheng wrote a new-style poem that drew fervent praise from the crowd, while Xuan Lengyan urged Xu Yi to answer with a classical poem.
• Xu Yi dismissed Tao Jingsheng’s poem and wrote his own poem about two trees standing together in love.
• The hall fell silent as the crowd reacted emotionally to Xu Yi’s poem, and Tao Jingsheng admitted that he had lost.
• Xu Yi invited Xuan Lengyan to go somewhere else with him.

Xu Yi defended Xuan Lengyan from Su Xingchun’s taunts by revealing her Purple Quality Badge, leaving the crowd stunned by her achievement. The Dan Book confirmed that Xuan Lengyan had co-authored a rare Supreme Text praised by three Founding Elders.

• Su Xingchun received congratulations for publishing her sixth fixed text, while Xuan Lengyan and Xu Yi tried to leave.
• Su Xingchun mocked Xuan Lengyan’s lack of published work and suggested that her uncle had made her a vice dean through favoritism.
• Xu Yi stepped between Su Xingchun and Xuan Lengyan, then placed a Purple Quality Badge in Xuan Lengyan’s hand.
• Xu Yi used Xuan Lengyan’s blood to prove the badge was genuine, silencing Su Xingchun’s accusations.
• Su Xingchun and the crowd found Xuan Lengyan’s Supreme Text in the Dan Book and learned that three Founding Elders had commented on it.

Xu Yi used his Purple Quality Badge to force Su Xingchun to flee, then explained to Xuan Lengyan why he had made her the lead author of his Supreme Text. Xuan Lengyan accepted the badge and the prepared instructions, while their master-disciple relationship grew more familiar and she pressed him about the poem “To the Oak.”

• Xu Yi invoked Golden Core Society rules and threatened to report Su Xingchun, who spat blood and fled.
• Xuan Lengyan accompanied Xu Yi to a quiet spot and guessed that he had listed her as lead author to shield himself from the status and attention brought by the Supreme Text.
• Xu Yi explained that the Golden Core Society had promoted his essay to the Dan Book and awarded it a Purple Quality Badge and a Black Quality Badge.
• Xuan Lengyan accepted the Ruyi Pearl containing instructions for the award ceremony and teased Xu Yi when he suggested ending their master-disciple relationship.
• Xuan Lengyan asked Xu Yi who had written “To the Oak,” while he silently blamed Qiu Wa for sharing the secret.

Xu Yi helped Xuan Lengyan send Tao Jingsheng away and explained his motives, then bickered with her about their teacher-disciple relationship. Their exchange ended when Uncle Nine suddenly appeared beside Xuan Lengyan.

• Xu Yi sensed Tao Jingsheng approaching and vanished, leaving Xuan Lengyan to meet him.
• Tao Jingsheng tried to explain why he had sided with Su Xingchun, but Xuan Lengyan told him Su Xingchun had already visited.
• Tao Jingsheng left, and Xu Yi emerged to mock his performance and explain why mentioning Su Xingchun had driven him away.
• Xuan Lengyan struck Xu Yi for teasing her, then asked him to analyze Tao Jingsheng and explain how he had sensed his approach.
• Xu Yi and Xuan Lengyan resumed their argument, and Xu Yi disappeared just as Uncle Nine appeared beside her.

After Xuan Lengyan was taken away by Uncle Xuan Jiu, Xu Yi tried to escape the danger by posing as the offended Young Master Yiling and persuading Su Xingchun to send him away. He vanished through the teleportation array, but Feng San arrived too late to stop him and revealed that Young Master Yiling was actually Xu Yi.

• Uncle Xuan Jiu took Xuan Lengyan to meet the clan elders, leaving Xu Yi behind and warning him to watch his back.
• Xu Yi went to Su Xingchun and claimed he wanted to leave after Uncle Xuan Jiu threatened him for helping Xuan Lengyan.
• Su Xingchun believed Xu Yi had fallen out with Xuan Lengyan, offered him friendship, and ordered a teleportation array prepared.
• Xu Yi used the array and the Two Realms Pearl to disappear, while Su Xingchun began plotting to win his favor and turn him against Xuan Lengyan.
• Feng San rushed in and told Su Xingchun that Young Master Yiling was really Xu Yi, Xuan Xuan's disciple and a student of the Golden Core South Courtyard.

Su Xingchun learned that Xu Yi had fooled her and sent the Five Demons of Lijiang River after him. Xu Yi reached a city’s river, but the Five Demons caught up, slaughtered witnesses, and drew the attention of nearby cultivators.

• Su Xingchun discovered Xu Yi had escaped and ordered the Five Demons of Lijiang River to hunt him near the Wasteland.
• Xu Yi used Jiang Fei’s qi-reading trick to find a city and raced toward it while five pursuers closed in.
• The Five Demons attacked Xu Yi with divine abilities, wounding him as he continued toward the city.
• The Five Demons surrounded Xu Yi on the river, and Su Tao destroyed a pleasure boat and killed its occupants.
• Cultivators recognized the Five Demons of Lijiang River and moved to challenge them, but one of their leaders was immediately cut in half.

Xu Yi destroyed the Five Demons of Lijiang River and escaped Tao Jingsheng’s attack, but Phoenix City suffered heavy casualties. He then tricked Xuan Lengyan into believing he had captured Xu Yi and began negotiating with her.

• Xu Yi killed the Five Demons of Lijiang River with his Nine Star Flowing Fire Technique after they drove the fleeing cultivators away.
• Tao Jingsheng immobilized Xu Yi, but Xu Yi unleashed six volcanoes that devastated the city wall and surrounding area before Tao Jingsheng attacked Phoenix City and disappeared.
• Xu Yi reached the Golden Core Society’s Phoenix City branch and entered a secret refining chamber, shaken by Tao Jingsheng’s Calamity Tribulation Realm power.
• Xuan Lengyan contacted Xu Yi through the Ruyi Pearl, and he disguised a cloak as a wounded person to make her believe he had captured Xu Yi.
• Xuan Lengyan pleaded for him to treat Xu Yi, while he offered to negotiate practical terms.

Xu Yi’s attempt to fool Xuan Lengyan nearly exposed him, but he convinced her he was genuinely in danger. After returning to Xuanqing Sect, he found True Man Scarlet Fire unusually friendly and went to see Sect Leader Hongyi.

• Xu Yi disguised himself as a cloaked man and demanded that Xuan Lengyan remain his friend and end her master-disciple relationship with him.
• Xuan Lengyan recognized Xu Yi’s deception, but he pretended she had misunderstood and ended their call after accusing Uncle Nine of trying to kill him.
• Uncle Xuan Jiu sent Xuan Lengyan a recording of Xu Yi’s fight, and she laughed at his failed efforts to escape their master-disciple bond.
• Xu Yi traveled by teleportation array to Jinming City and returned to his mountain in Xuanqing Sect.
• Xu Yi learned that True Man Scarlet Fire’s improved attitude came from Guanglong Hall’s generous offerings, then asked to see Sect Leader Hongyi.

Xu Yi met Sect Leader Hongyi, whose confusion was eased by Xu Yi’s poems, and received guidance on cultivation and the wider world. Hongyi explained the Central Continent’s Immortal Hall and shared uncertain legends about the primeval world and eternal life.

• True Man Scarlet Fire told Xu Yi that Sect Leader Hongyi wanted to meet him and led him to the back hills.
• Xu Yi watched Hongyi farming, then recited two poems that moved Hongyi and helped him dispel his confusion.
• Hongyi explained the hidden apertures, the Mysterious Palace, and the cultivation steps leading toward the Calamity Tribulation Realm.
• Hongyi told Xu Yi that the Immortal Hall was an alliance of the Central Continent’s powerful forces, not a sect or dynasty.
• Hongyi described legends of the sealed primeval world and said he had never met anyone who lived beyond a thousand years.

Xu Yi learned that an injured hidden aperture was preventing his advancement, and Sect Leader Hongyi urged him to break through quickly. He returned to Guanglong Hall, approved a plan to trade Origin Pills for an Obsidian Furnace, learned news of Yinqiu and Yan Zi, and then went to meet Tang Shanhai.

• Sect Leader Hongyi explained the layers of Tribulation Crossing and revealed that Xu Yi's hidden aperture was injured, preventing him from advancing to Spiritual Root Layer Two.
• Xu Yi left Xuanqing Sect and returned to Guanglong Hall, where Desolate Ancestor welcomed him and reported on the hall's growth.
• Xu Yi praised Desolate Ancestor's work and approved using Guanglong Hall's surplus Origin Pills to buy an Obsidian Furnace.
• Desolate Ancestor told Xu Yi that Yinqiu had joined Fengqi Sect in the Tainted Realm and that Yan Zi had refused his help.
• Tang Shanhai contacted Xu Yi and asked him to visit Guanglong Trading Company, so Xu Yi went to meet him.

Xu Yi met Deng, the head of Guanglong Trading Company, who revealed why the company had supported him and told him about Guangcheng Immortal Mansion. After Xu Yi proved he could activate the Heavenly Fate Stone, Deng proposed a deal for treasures from the ancient ruin, leaving Xu Yi questioning his confidence.

• Tang Shanhai ushered Xu Yi into a secret chamber, where Deng revealed that he had backed Xu Yi because he believed him to be an exceptional World Child.
• Deng told Xu Yi that the seals on Guangcheng Immortal Mansion were weakening and that only certain World Children could enter it.
• Deng gave Xu Yi a Heavenly Fate Stone, and Xu Yi lit it by circulating his blood and qi.
• Deng explained that Guangcheng Immortal Mansion had belonged to the immortal Guangchengzi and offered Xu Yi an Obsidian Furnace in exchange for a treasure if Xu Yi obtained three or more.
• Xu Yi questioned why Deng was so confident he would find treasures in the mansion.

Xu Yi negotiated with the gray-haired elder for the Nine Spirit Sacred Blood Pill ingredients and traveled to Thousand Illusions Sect after receiving an invitation to You Hai’s birthday banquet. He arrived and met Feng Biao, who led him toward Yan Zi’s mountain residence.

• Xu Yi and the gray-haired elder swore an oath over the Nine Spirit Sacred Blood Pill ingredients and the Obsidian Furnace.
• Xu Yi hosted a reception at Guanglong Hall, then decided to visit Yan Zi at Thousand Illusions Sect.
• Tang Shanhai gave Xu Yi an invitation to You Hai’s birthday banquet, scheduled for the day after tomorrow.
• Xu Yi traveled to Thousand Illusions Sect and was welcomed at the mountain gate.
• Feng Biao met Xu Yi and guided him toward Yan Zi’s mountain residence, then offered to accompany him.

Xu Yi visited Yan Zi before her Heavenly Fate Stone assessment, confirmed she was not a World Child, and shared a meal with her while they discussed old friends. After Yan Zi left for the test, Xu Yi encountered a steward trying to ransack her mountain abode, and Feng Biao arrived as tensions rose.

• Xu Yi took Feng Biao’s Thousand Illusions Token, adjusted its restrictions, and used it to enter Yan Zi’s mountain abode.
• Xu Yi had Yan Zi gather her blood and qi around the Heavenly Fate Stone, which remained still, then shared a meal and memories with her.
• Yan Zi received word that her assessment was beginning and left, promising Xu Yi she would pass.
• Xu Yi finished the meal and heard a steward order attendants to search Yan Zi’s abode and seal the mountain gate.
• Feng Biao arrived and ordered the steward to leave, but the Red-faced Steward claimed the mountain range belonged to Elder Hong.

Xu Yi rushed to rescue Yan Zi after learning that Hong Shihu had attacked her, killing the steward who had abused her and driving Hong Shihu off. He healed Yan Zi and prepared to take her away, but discovered that Hong Shihu had drugged her with Spring and Sun.

• Xu Yi killed the Red-faced Steward and his attendants, took the steward’s memories, and hurried toward Hong Shihu’s cave abode.
• Xu Yi interrupted Hong Shihu’s attack on Yan Zi, stopped his water dragon, and drove him away with a sword strike.
• Xu Yi used spiritual liquid from the Jade Pure Bottle to heal Yan Zi’s abdominal wound and prepared to take her back with him.
• Xu Yi scolded Yan Zi for acting independently, then reassured her that she could bring him more trouble in the future.
• Yan Zi’s drugged body went limp in Xu Yi’s arms, and he realized Hong Shihu had poisoned her with Spring and Sun.

Xu Yi confronted Hong Shihu at the Thousand Illusions Sect's banquet after rescuing Yan Zi, killing a guest who attacked him and demanding an explanation. Feng Biao exposed Hong Shihu's misconduct, leaving Hong Shihu pleading that the accusation was false.

• Xu Yi subdued Yan Zi's chaotic energy but could not remove his hand without it flaring up again.
• Hong Shihu crashed into the banquet hall, and Xu Yi followed while carrying Yan Zi and pursued him despite You Hai's challenge.
• A red-robed man attacked Xu Yi with golden hammers, but Xu Yi killed him with Hun Tian Sword energy.
• Xu Yi fought off You Hai's white tiger attack and demanded that Hong Shihu explain his actions.
• Xu Yi called Feng Biao into the hall, and Feng Biao revealed what had happened between Hong Shihu and Yan Zi.
• Hong Shihu denied the accusations and claimed Feng Biao could not be trusted.

Xu Yi revealed himself as Young Master Yiling, killed Hong Shihu, and rescued Yan Zi. After forcing You Hai to free the Thousand Illusions Sect’s female cultivators and maids, Xu Yi confronted the Six Smoke Guests of the West Sea, leaving five of them badly injured when he killed the Red-faced Fatty.

• The Six Smoke Guests of the West Sea arrived, and You Hai pointed out Xu Yi as the man who had killed someone in the sect.
• Xu Yi ignored the long-faced man, held Yan Zi, and promised to avenge her by killing Hong Shihu.
• The purple-bearded youth recognized Xu Yi as Young Master Yiling, and Xu Yi killed Hong Shihu, captured his soul, and used his memories to find a pill that calmed Yan Zi’s aura.
• Xu Yi ordered You Hai to free the Thousand Illusions Sect’s female cultivators and maids, and You Hai sent Feng Biao to carry out the order.
• Xu Yi challenged the long-faced man, but the Red-faced Fatty demanded a fight; the Six Smoke Guests formed a shield against Xu Yi’s fireball, which destroyed the hall and left the Red-faced Fatty dead and the other five badly injured.

Xu Yi was confronted by Xue Kuang after defeating the Thousand Illusions Sect, but Duan Tiandai recognized Xu Yi as his Eldest Brother and turned on Xue Kuang. As Duan Tiandai threatened to kill him, a finely dressed middle-aged man stepped in to mediate.

• You Hai apologized to Xu Yi, who prepared to leave the Thousand Illusions Sect.
• Xue Kuang arrived and demanded that Xu Yi kneel and accept punishment or fight him.
• Duan Tiandai recognized Xu Yi, greeted him as his Eldest Brother, and slapped Xue Kuang for challenging him.
• Duan Tiandai ordered Wang Bao to attack You Hai and tried to finish off Xue Kuang, while the other young masters intervened.
• A finely dressed middle-aged man offered to mediate, citing his debt to the King of Northern Jin.

Xu Yi and Duan Tiandai confronted Xue Kuang and Hu Feng over the trouble on Duan Tiandai’s turf. Hu Feng tried to use his White Quality Badge and authority to have them seized, but Xu Yi revealed a Black Quality Badge and took command of the Golden Core Guards.

• Duan Tiandai refused to let Xu Yi settle the dispute peacefully and insisted on confronting Xue Kuang.
• Hu Feng introduced himself as the Golden Core Society’s chief affairs officer in Wufeng Country and summoned the Thirteenth Branch of Golden Core Guards with his White Quality Badge.
• Hu Feng ordered the guards to seize Xu Yi and Duan Tiandai, but Xu Yi swiftly grabbed and slapped Hu Feng.
• Xu Yi revealed a Black Quality Badge, which the captain verified, and the Golden Core Guards knelt and awaited his orders.

Xu Yi revealed his Black Quality Badge and disciplined the Thousand Illusions Sect’s You Hai and Hu Feng before visiting Duan Tiandai’s territory. After returning to Guanglong Hall, he helped Yan Zi form a fire spiritual root, then left for Golden Core Academy as the new term approached.

• Xu Yi told You Hai to release the female cultivators and stop recruiting them, then warned Hu Feng not to abuse the Golden Core Society’s name for profit.
• Xu Yi explained to Duan Tiandai that he had earned his Black Quality Badge by publishing a Ding Wen and asked him to keep it secret.
• Duan Tiandai reported that he had found only three of the rare ingredients Xu Yi needed for the Nine Spirit Sacred Blood Pill, then persuaded Xu Yi to visit his territory.
• Xu Yi stayed for more than ten days as Duan Tiandai and Duan Yong hosted him, and his identity as Young Master Yiling and a Black Quality Badge holder became known.
• Xu Yi refined four Spirit Derivation Pills and helped Yan Zi form a fire spiritual root and stabilize her cultivation.
• Xu Yi left Guanglong Hall for Golden Core Academy as the school term neared.