Recaps

Xu Yi destroyed the Demon Hunting Squad and defeated the two remaining Yuan Monarchs while rescuing Yan Zi. Elder Yu Zhi Qiu arrived, and Xu Yi demanded to know whether he would have rescued Yan Zi if Xu Yi had not come; Yu Zhi Qiu admitted he would not, before asking Yan Zi to reveal who she was.

• Ding Tao Ming warned Xu Yi that the other two Yuan Monarchs and the Demon Hunting Squad were coming, and Xu Yi waited for them to arrive.
• Upper Clarity Yuan Monarch and Inspiration Yuan Monarch found Upper Clarity Yuan Monarch's remains, then Inspiration Yuan Monarch attacked Xu Yi without effect.
• Xu Yi summoned the Three Hearts Two Minds Sword formation, destroyed the Demon Hunting Squad's flying ship and its Divine Embryo Realm Immortal Lords, and knocked both Yuan Monarchs from the sky.
• Elder Yu Zhi Qiu arrived with dozens of death soldiers, and Xu Yi challenged him over whether he would have rescued Yan Zi without Xu Yi's intervention.
• Elder Yu Zhi Qiu admitted he would not have risked rescuing Yan Zi and asked her to tell Xu Yi who she was.

Xu Yi reunited with Yan Zi after learning that A Yan had impersonated her to protect her, and he saw how Yan Zi had spent their years apart waiting for him. The chapter ended with Yan Zi telling Xu Yi that she had done little else but wait for his return.

• Elder Yu Zhi Qiu explained that A Yan had used Qi Transformation Pills to impersonate Yan Zi and serve as a decoy for the Great Sun Divine Palace.
• Xu Yi thanked A Yan with a thousand Wish Pearls and gave Elder Yu Zhi Qiu the captured leaders and scattered resources.
• Xu Yi reunited with Yan Zi at her mountain home, where she welcomed him and cooked a meal of his favorite dishes.
• Xu Yi saw the hundreds of green robes Yan Zi had sewn while waiting for him to return.
• Yan Zi told Xu Yi that, apart from cultivating and sewing, she had spent the years waiting for him.

Xu Yi investigated Qiu Wa’s disappearance and learned that gifted demon beasts sometimes vanished for unknown reasons, possibly entering the forbidden Southern Continent. He then heard that the Sky Lung prophecy might be mistaken and set out with Elder Yu Zhi Qiu and Yan Zi to inspect the supposed Sky Lung himself.

• Xu Yi confronted Elder Yu Zhi Qiu about Qiu Wa, and Yu explained that gifted demon beasts sometimes disappeared without a trace.
• Xu Yi contacted Shi Erli, who confirmed that gifted demon beasts vanished across the continents and were rumored to enter the forbidden Southern Continent.
• Elder Yu Zhi Qiu told Xu Yi that another transport team would arrive in two months and refused to abandon the Golden Core Society.
• Xu Yi told Elder Yu Zhi Qiu that Shi Erli’s account cast doubt on the Sky Lung, but Yu insisted he had seen it himself.
• Xu Yi took Elder Yu Zhi Qiu and Yan Zi aboard the Sun Moon Shuttle to see the Sky Lung.

Xu Yi investigated the Sky Lung and concluded that the Dream Weaving Department had fabricated the records about it. After the Sun Moon Shuttle passed through the apparent passage without crossing into another world, Xu Yi left the shuttle to inspect the Sky Lung directly.

• Xu Yi piloted the Sun Moon Shuttle with Elder Yu Zhi Qiu and Yan Zi to the Sky Lung, where they saw its erratic throbbing for themselves.
• Xu Yi recalled Shi Erli's account and argued that the Dream Weaving Department had fabricated the Sky Lung's history to conceal the truth about the Northern Continent.
• Xu Yi flew the Sun Moon Shuttle into the Sky Lung, but its coordinates and energy gauge showed that it had not crossed into another world.
• Xu Yi returned the shuttle to the Sky Lung's location, instructed Yan Zi, and flew outside to examine it.
• Xu Yi protected himself from the astral winds, transformed into a violent ape, and opened his third eye to expose illusions.

Xu Yi uncovered how the Sun Radiance Token and the Sun Moon Shuttle could locate the hidden spatial rifts sealing off the Northern Continent World, and he set plans in motion to open the skies. Elder Yu Zhi Qiu later offered Xu Yi the last two doses of Pill Source while reflecting on the deaths of Old Zheng and the others.

• Xu Yi saw through the Sky Lung illusion and, with Yan Zi, realized the prophecy pointed to the Sun Moon Shuttle and the Sun Radiance Token.
• Xu Yi inferred that the Sun Radiance Token could seek spatial rifts and used the shuttle's recorded route and the Starry Sky Breath Locking Technique to search for one.
• Xu Yi sensed that a weathered blue banner concealed the spatial rifts and told Elder Yu Zhi Qiu to gather flying ships and Starry Sky Stones.
• Elder Yu Zhi Qiu gave Xu Yi the last two doses of Pill Source and explained that Old Zheng's death had likely made its refinement impossible.

Xu Yi visited Yonghui City to deliver spirit wine and found the two groups who had followed Han Zhongjun reunited at Shi Erli’s estate. After hearing how they had been stranded and gathered there hoping to find him, Xu Yi spoke privately with Shi Erli about using their connections before returning to the Western Continent.

• Xu Yi accepted Elder Yu Zhi Qiu’s jade box and arranged to settle the larger matter at midnight after handling a personal errand.
• Xu Yi and Yan Zi arrived in Yonghui City, where the three city lords watched them, and Xu Yi headed to Shi Erli’s estate.
• City Lord Heifu argued with City Lord Bai Ye over their losses from their previous battle with Xu Yi, while City Lord Huangdan tried to calm them.
• Xu Yi brought spirit wine for Lu Huo and went to see Shi Erli, but found Xi Mengfan, Elder Wu, Elder Ma, Kong Shao, You Xian, the three Ming brothers, and the others waiting there.
• Miao Chunsheng explained that the two groups had arrived seeking Xu Yi, and Shi Erli apologized for keeping them under close watch.
• Shi Erli urged Xu Yi to make use of the stranded cultivators’ connections, then invited him to their usual place for a meal and told him to bring wine.

Xu Yi confirmed he had both a flying craft and the Sun Radiance Token, but said he would not return to Xizhou until he had a plan to protect himself from the Gong and Han families. The others set aside their hopes of leaving immediately and agreed to help him build connections and secure an official post.

• Xu Yi told the visitors he had obtained the flying craft and Sun Radiance Token, prompting them to celebrate.
• Xu Yi said he would not dare return to Xizhou until he had resolved the danger posed by the Gong and Han families.
• Ming Erde offered to take back the Sun Radiance Token, but Xu Yi’s hard stare frightened him into apologizing.
• Xi Mengfan backed Xu Yi’s demand that everyone help protect him, reminding them that Xu Yi had avenged the Ming family and defeated Gong Xian and Han Zhongjun.
• Xi Mengfan, Elder Wu, and Elder Ma offered to help Xu Yi become an elder, while Ming Sihuo, You Xian, and Kong Shao advised him to seek a post in the Ancestral Court or become a prefectural governor.

Xu Yi forced Xi Mengfan, Ming Erde, and the others to record pledges of allegiance before secretly planning to leave them behind temporarily. He said farewell to the Black-striped Flood Dragon Shark, then reached the Sky Lung near midnight and jumped out of the Sun Moon Shuttle alone.

• Xu Yi ordered Miao Chunsheng to record Xi Mengfan, Ming Erde, and the others publicly cursing Gong House members as pledges of allegiance.
• Miao Chunsheng finished recording the pledges, and Xu Yi took the Ruyi Pearl and falsely told the group to prepare to leave in two days.
• Xu Yi picked up Yan Zi and flew by Sun Moon Shuttle to find the Black-striped Flood Dragon Shark in the Savage Wilderness Realm.
• Xu Yi gave the Black-striped Flood Dragon Shark more than a thousand First-grade Demon Cores and sent the Origin Seal Bead and a Sumeru Ring for Lu Huo.
• Xu Yi left the Savage Wilderness Realm and reached the Sky Lung near midnight, leaving Yan Zi to pilot the shuttle as he leapt out.

Xu Yi absorbed the ancient formation’s restriction with the Four-Colored Seal and seized the blue banner, but its killing intent pierced his divine embryo and left him struggling to endure the spiritual damage. He was unable to remove the banner from the Purple Domain Space and fell back into the Sun Moon Shuttle.

• Xu Yi used the Four-Colored Seal to absorb the restriction around the blue banner while Yan Zi controlled the Sun Moon Shuttle and recovered the falling seal.
• Xu Yi emerged from the Four-Colored Seal, found the sky banner unguarded, and grabbed it, triggering a Clear Light that pierced his spiritual platform and divine embryo.
• Xu Yi recharged the Four-Colored Seal with spirit crystals and pulled himself and the banner into the Purple Domain Space.
• The Clear Light entered the banner, which shrank to palm size, while Xu Yi steadied his spirit against the remaining attack.
• Xu Yi could not dislodge the banner from the Purple Domain Space and fell out into the Sun Moon Shuttle.

After moving the Azure Green Banner, Xu Yi discovered that spatial fissures were pouring starry sky power into the Northern Continent, unleashing a world-wide rush toward what people believed was a chance at immortality. He reached Yonghui City amid the upheaval and found that Shi Erli and the others had left, then went to see Elder Yu Zhi Qiu.

• Xu Yi sensed the surge of starry sky power, found a leaking spatial fissure, and deduced that the sealed fragments were venting their pent-up force.
• Two cultivators headed into the spatial fragment, believing the upheaval offered a chance to ascend to the Immortal Realm, while Xu Yi watched from hiding.
• The removal of the Azure Green Banner shook the Four Continents, drawing creatures and cultivators toward spatial fissures as sacred sites and ancient bells responded.
• Energy gathered around Xu Yi and flowed into the gourd at his neck while Yan Zi piloted the Sun Moon Shuttle to Yonghui City.
• Xu Yi found Yonghui City in turmoil and learned that Xi Mengfan, Shi Erli, and Miao Chunsheng had left, then went to visit Elder Yu Zhi Qiu.

Xu Yi and Elder Yu Zhi Qiu discussed the consequences of the starry-sky rifts opening, and Xu Yi concealed his role in the cataclysm. A month later, Xu Yi returned to the Western Continent by a newly mapped shortcut, leaving Yan Zi behind by mutual choice.

• Xu Yi urged Elder Yu Zhi Qiu to flee, but Yu Zhi Qiu said the Golden Core Society had already left and he had decided to stay in the Northern Continent World.
• Elder Yu Zhi Qiu worried that investigators might trace the cataclysm to Xu Yi, so Xu Yi convinced him that powerful figures would never believe he had caused it.
• Xu Yi claimed he had arrived only after cultivators were already soaring into the sky, and Elder Yu Zhi Qiu accepted his explanation.
• A month later, Xu Yi crossed a starry-sky rift to the Western Continent after learning that the rifts remained open and cultivators were traveling between the worlds.
• Xu Yi used a Starry Sky Coordinates Handbook to take a shorter route and waved goodbye to Yan Zi, who had chosen to stay behind to avoid becoming a weakness for him.

Xu Yi strengthened Yan Zi and arranged protection for her before returning to Cangyou Peak, where he dismissed Pan Meiren, Qin Shousheng, and Dong Xinchang to keep them out of danger. Xi Mengfan then arrived with news that the territory temple’s officiant had been replaced by Gang Hongzhen, a figure connected to the lord of Yizhou Territory.

• Xu Yi used seven black wish pearls to raise Yan Zi to the Mortal Transformation Third Realm, gave her talismans and white wish pearls, and arranged a contact point through Shi Erli.
• Xu Yi reflected on his desire to grow stronger to protect those close to him, then traveled through a spatial rift aboard the Sun Moon Shuttle.
• Pan Meiren, Qin Shousheng, and Dong Xinchang pleaded with Xu Yi after he returned and dismissed them.
• Xu Yi explained that powerful enemies might endanger them, and the three accepted his resources and left.
• Xi Mengfan arrived and told Xu Yi that Gang Hongzhen from Yizhou Territory had replaced the territory temple’s officiant.

Xu Yi sought an audience with Territory Lord Meng Fan to protect himself from the Gong family, but arrived at Little Buddha Mountain to find the visit had been turned into a public trap. Blood Mysterious Yellow accused him of stealing the young master's Snow Baby Fruit and demanded he return it.

• Xi Mengfan urged Xu Yi to seek a post from Territory Lord Meng Fan, and Xu Yi agreed to try rather than resign and hide.
• Xi Mengfan enlisted Elder Ma and Elder Wu to secure Xu Yi an audience through Elder Meng Jiao.
• Xu Yi traveled to Little Buddha Mountain, where many Prefects had gathered to submit reports and his arrival drew attention.
• Blood Mysterious Yellow and armored soldiers entered Xu Yi's room as Prefects, including Ming Liding, gathered to watch.
• Blood Mysterious Yellow accused Xu Yi of taking the young master's Snow Baby Fruit and ordered him to return it.

Xu Yi escaped Little Buddha Mountain after Meng Fan’s officials tried to capture him, while Gong Yushang revealed that Xu Yi was far more dangerous than Meng Fan had understood. Gong Yushang offered Meng Fan a lecturer’s position at Biyou Academy to secure his continued involvement, and Meng Fan weighed the proposal.

• Xu Yi realized Meng Fan had arranged to frame him, resisted Blood Mysterious Yellow’s attack, and found that a Teleportation Talisman could not work under the Field Restriction.
• Xu Yi fled the pursuing officials, and a mysterious beam killed several pursuers, causing the rest to mistake Xu Yi for the attacker and hesitate.
• Xu Yi escaped Little Buddha Mountain as Meng Fan and Gong Yushang watched the events on a crystal screen.
• Gong Yushang told Meng Fan that he had fought Xu Yi when Xu Yi was in the Transcendent Realm and that Xu Yi had since become a Divine Embryo capable of killing others at that stage.
• Meng Fan accused Gong Yushang of concealing the danger, and Gong Yushang offered him a lecturer’s position at Biyou Academy; Meng Fan began considering the offer.

Meng Fan and Gong Yushang wagered on whether the Three Fiends of Qiongqi could defeat Xu Yi, as Gong Yushang argued that Xu Yi’s immense fortune might protect him. Their fight began, with Tail of Qiongqi’s corpse qi overpowering Xu Yi’s sword intent.

• Meng Fan questioned whether Gong Yushang could defeat Xu Yi, and Gong Yushang said killing him was difficult because Xu Yi had tremendous fortune.
• Gong Yushang showed Meng Fan the Three Fiends of Qiongqi confronting Xu Yi on the crystal screen.
• Meng Fan and Gong Yushang wagered that Gong Yushang would double his offer if the Three Fiends failed, while Meng Fan would help kill Xu Yi if they succeeded.
• Tail of Qiongqi deflected Xu Yi’s True Spirit Sword intent with waves of qi while Body of Qiongqi taunted him and Head of Qiongqi watched.
• Tail of Qiongqi’s corpse qi began to overpower Xu Yi’s sword intents, though Xu Yi did not recognize what he was facing.

Xu Yi used the Demon-Ghost Aspect to shatter the short, stocky man's corpse aura and defeat the middle-aged man with yellow hair. As the Three Fiends of Qiongqi continued their ambush, the white-haired elder attacked with a cube of condensed corpse aura.

• The short, stocky man sent a colossal ghostly face of corpse aura to devour Xu Yi, who tried the Soul-Summoning Banner and Chiwu Worm before the banner shattered.
• Xu Yi summoned the Spirit Official Three Lives Aspect, and its Du Ling Arm shattered the ghostly face, injuring the short, stocky man.
• The middle-aged man with yellow hair used the Blood Sea Rebirth Technique to transform into an eight-armed monster and attack Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi struck the monster with the Thousand Mountains Arm and blasted him into the river, forcing him back into human form.
• Xu Yi advanced on the short, stocky man and the middle-aged man with yellow hair, but the white-haired elder sent a cube of condensed corpse aura at him.

Xu Yi fused with the Demon-Ghost Aspect, broke free of the Three Fiends of Qiongqi, and killed two of them before capturing the white-haired old man. As Qianshan held the last fiend, Gong Yushang activated the Bixiu Sword, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• The white-haired old man trapped Xu Yi with black chains and attacked him with the Nine Nether Corpse-Piercing Nail, while Meng Fan urged Gong Yushang to intervene.
• Xu Yi used the nail draining his life force to clear impurities from his qi, then fused with the Demon-Ghost Aspect and shattered the chains.
• Xu Yi destroyed the Nine Nether Corpse-Piercing Nail, and Qianshan and Duling killed the short, stocky man and the middle-aged man with yellow hair.
• Duling bound the white-haired old man, and Qianshan seized his head as the old man called for the restriction to be lifted.
• Gong Yushang activated the Bixiu Sword, astonishing Meng Fan just as Xu Yi appeared to have won.

Xu Yi survived Gong Yushang’s elaborate killing trap, defeated the Bixiu Sword, and escaped into the East Flowing River. Gong Yushang explained to Meng Fan that he had involved him because only the larger forces of the times could hope to overcome Xu Yi’s extraordinary fortune.

• Xu Yi used the Duling Hand and Thousand Mountains Arm to block the Bixiu Sword, but it severed both defenses.
• A streak of golden light knocked the Bixiu Sword back and darkened its blade, while Gong Yushang and several distant figures vomited blood.
• Xu Yi seized the Bixiu Sword with his magic power, revealed his Demon-Ghost Aspect, and escaped using a Teleportation Talisman.
• Gong Yushang told Meng Fan that he had expected Xu Yi to survive, but had not expected him to kill the Three Fiends of Qiongqi and take the sword.
• Xu Yi appeared diving into the East Flowing River, and the crystal screen went blank as the Heavenly Net Smoke restriction failed.
• Gong Yushang told Meng Fan that he had drawn him into the trap to enlist the larger forces and the times against Xu Yi.

Gong Yushang and Meng Fan arranged to have Xu Yi branded a criminal after their failed attempt to kill him. Xu Yi recovered from his injuries in Purple Domain Space and examined the captured Bixiu Sword, which had only partially broken down.

• Meng Fan agreed to report Xu Yi to the Ancestral Court and add serious charges to the wanted notice, while Gong Yushang left after losing the Gong family's Bixiu Sword.
• Xu Yi escaped into Purple Domain Space, removed the tracking restriction, and used a Snow Baby Fruit and Spirit Wine to recover from his injuries.
• The Chiwu Worm absorbed the Three Fiends of Qiongqi's corpse energy and fell asleep as it grew larger.
• Xu Yi healed fully but found that his body's impurities had returned and that he could no longer use his Combined Aspect Supernatural Ability.
• Xu Yi examined the captured Bixiu Sword and saw it split into five elemental pieces without fully breaking down.

Xu Yi assembled the Bixiu Sword’s restrictions and barely refined it, while the Gong family decided to kill him and prepare for a Dragon of Fortune and a possible world-ending calamity. The chapter left Xu Yi considering how to use his wish beads to affect the divine fetus, though Clear Light still remained inside its cocoon.

• The Gong family’s elders argued over Xu Yi, and the Old Ancestor ordered them to make peace if possible or destroy him with all their strength.
• Gong Yushang said peace with Xu Yi was no longer possible and revealed she had set a contingency in motion to exhaust his fortune.
• The Old Ancestor told the clan to prioritize the Dragon of Fortune and gather resources against a possible calamity in the Four Continents.
• Xu Yi finished assembling the Bixiu Sword’s restrictions and used a forbidden Cloud Crane Art technique to establish a limited connection with it.
• Xu Yi assessed the four black wish beads and considered using their high-purity wish power to dissolve the murk around the divine fetus, but sensed that some Clear Light remained in its cocoon.

Xu Yi retrieved Meng Fan’s file and submitted his treasure declaration at Auspicious Chimes Immortal Mansion, hoping to prepare his revenge and maintain his standing in the Night Army. The city’s identification array then exposed him as a wanted criminal, and he found himself surrounded with the city sealed against escape.

• Xu Yi emerged from the Green-Mouthed Golden-Scaled Water Lion after hiding in the Purple Domain Space, then changed his appearance and headed to Auspicious Chimes Immortal Mansion to target Meng Fan.
• Xu Yi entered the Emei Mountain shop, retrieved Meng Fan’s file from the Night Army archives, and submitted his declaration of items to turn in.
• The city’s identification array recognized Xu Yi’s vital energy and alerted authorities to the Ancestral Court’s wanted notice.
• Xu Yi threw a cloak over himself and tossed a simple explosive device out the window as powerful auras surrounded the shop.
• A man outside ordered everyone to leave within ten breaths, while Xu Yi discovered that the city had sealed its entire field and blocked his rare talisman.

Xu Yi was trapped in a city search by Imperial Guard demons and Corpse Refining Guards, while Ming Erde identified him and urged his arrest. Xu Yi dodged the guards and secretly recited a line from the Ancestral Temple couplet to the officials, leaving them startled.

• Xu Yi assessed the encirclement and realized that the Imperial Guard’s Great Demons and Corpse Refining Guards made a quick escape unlikely.
• Ming Erde recognized Xu Yi beneath his cloak and persuaded the search party to inspect him so he could gain merit and eliminate his own threat.
• Two Corpse Refining Guards reached for Xu Yi’s cloak, but he dodged them and moved toward Yin Tao and the other Imperial Guard officials.
• Xu Yi stayed calm and challenged the officials’ demand to submit, making Yin Tao doubt Ming Erde’s identification.
• Xu Yi transmitted the Ancestral Temple couplet’s opening line to Yin Tao and the other officials, and all three jolted in surprise.

Xu Yi used the Demon Ancestor Seal to convince Yin Tao and the other Imperial Guard officers that he was a Divine Official, while Ming Erde tried to expose him. Yin Tao grew suspicious and demanded to inspect Xu Yi’s cloak, and Xu Yi led the group into a side room.

• Xu Yi presented the Demon Ancestor Seal, and Yin Tao and the other two officers greeted him as a Divine Official.
• The high-foreheaded youth attacked Ming Erde for shouting at Xu Yi, while Yin Tao asked Xu Yi to prove the seal was genuine.
• Ming Erde pointed out that the tracking jade disc had lost its target and argued that Xu Yi’s cloak concealed his qi and blood.
• Yin Tao knelt and insisted that Xu Yi remove his cloak, with the high-foreheaded and burly youths backing him.
• Xu Yi agreed to go with them into a side room, and Ming Erde followed in hopes of exposing him.

Xu Yi escaped exposure by taking the Water-Flowing Monkey form, then carefully evaded pursuit and completed his Night Army mission in Auspicious Chimes Immortal Mansion. After Shi Erli warned him not to trust anyone, Xu Yi left his next move hanging as he headed to the Staff Department.

• Xu Yi concealed his identity from Yin Tao and the officers, while Ming Erde was torn apart by the high-foreheaded youth and the burly youth, and Yin Tao swallowed his divine embryo.
• Xu Yi left Auspicious Chimes Immortal Mansion, hid in a river beast to check for tracking restrictions, and then received a warning from Shi Erli not to trust anyone or seek shelter with him.
• After studying Meng Fan's information, Xu Yi returned to the city and deposited the required treasures in a locker, completing his Night Army order and collecting his merit points.
• Xu Yi stayed in Auspicious Chimes Immortal Mansion and headed for the Staff Department.

Meng Fan heard Xi Mengfan’s information linking Xu Yi to the Night Walkers and decided to pursue it for political merit. Meanwhile, Xu Yi attended a meeting at a mountain god temple, where Master Sun reprimanded the late-arriving Wu Jiu.

• Jia Zixu persuaded Meng Fan to hear Xi Mengfan’s plea, and Xi admitted he had backed Xu Yi for profit before offering information about the Night Walkers.
• Xi Mengfan recalled that a nephew had once reported Xu Yi as a Night Walker, and Jia Zixu explained how that accusation could raise Xu Yi’s wanted status and earn Meng Fan merit.
• Meng Fan ordered Xi Mengfan to report everything he knew, hoping the case would help him secure a lecturer recommendation from Biyou Academy.
• Xu Yi arrived at the mountain god temple and observed Master Sun feeding wriggling embryonic infants to a Desolate Charm.
• Wu Jiu, chief of the Netherfire Bureau, arrived late, and Master Sun asked whether he knew he was late.