Vol. 17The Demon Magistrate’s Challenge

Xu Yi pursued the Demon Core Stone through a Demon Palace expedition, entered the Demon Domain, and became a magistrate before conflicts over justice and power drew him back into sect affairs. After exposing corruption and defending Ask Immortal Pavilion, he challenged the Third Holy Son and left their conflict poised for a public contest.

  • Xu Yi defeated the Yuan family and rescued Princess Yinqiu before traveling to Three Flower Sea, where Master Jiao Da recruited him for an expedition to a Demon Palace that might hold a Demon Core Stone.
  • Xu Yi qualified for the expedition and asked Master Jiao Da for a Demon Core Stone, but the Third Holy Son plotted his death while Kong Cang sought help to kill him.
  • Xu Yi escaped Jiao Da’s Demon Palace trap, reached the Demon Domain, and accepted appointment as magistrate of Spring Flower Sea.
  • Xu Yi broke through his second Dragon Gate with Demon Core Stones, killed King Black Rock, and went with the demon lords to answer the Legal System Court’s summons.
  • Xu Yi used his poems to win entry to the Scattered Society and Long Jingxiu’s support before returning to cultivation and sect affairs.
  • After Dongfang Tuo died accusing Liu Tongzhou, Xu Yi forced Liu Tongzhou to confess that Lord Chen had stolen the Golden Soul Fruit.
  • Xu Yi challenged the Purple Mansion Lords over their treatment of disciples, escaped the Donghua Immortal Sect, and defended Ask Immortal Pavilion from the Inner Court.
  • Xu Yi wounded the Third Holy Son and fled with the Sheep Fat Jade Pure Bottle before proposing a contest based on rupturing the Holy Son’s internal organs.
Chapters 1611–1711 Read from Ch. 1611

Arc 65The Demon Palace Expedition

Xu Yi subdued the Yuan family and intervened in a conflict on Kongling Island before heading to Three Flower Sea. There, Master Jiao Da recruited him for an expedition to a Demon Palace that might yield the Demon Core Stone Xu Yi needed.

  • Xu Yi defeated Lei Xiaokun, Yuan Long, and their allies, then captured Yuan Long and Yuan Tiansi and learned how the Yuan family’s experiment could explain his petrified meridians.
  • Xu Yi brought the two captives to Kongling Island, where he rescued Princess Yinqiu from Kong Tengyun and killed Kong Feng after the arriving forces attacked.
  • Xu Yi gave Yu Yinqiu protective talismans, removed the Heart-Devouring Worms from three local leaders, and parted from Yuan Tiansi and Yuan Long before traveling toward Three Flower Sea.
  • Xu Yi obtained Zhi Feng Gourds to store seawater, and Lord Lu canceled his official registration to conceal Xu Yi’s connection to Princess Yinqiu.
  • The Third Holy Son decided to arrange Xu Yi’s death, while Kong Cang sought Venerable Xia’s help in borrowing “Offense” to kill Wang Qianqiu.
  • Xu Yi reached Three Flower Sea, entered Jiao Mansion using Yuan Tiansi’s secret phrase, and qualified for Master Jiao Da’s expedition after passing a crystal test.
  • Xu Yi asked Master Jiao Da for a Demon Core Stone, and Master Jiao Da revealed that his Sea Ghost Team had discovered a Demon Palace near the deep sea.
Chapters 1611–163525 summaries Read

Arc 66The Demon Domain Magistrate

Xu Yi uncovered Jiao Da’s demon palace trap, entered the Demon Domain, and used Demon Core Stones to break through his second Dragon Gate. After taking office in Spring Flower Sea, he killed King Black Rock and was summoned to face the Legal System Court, where the Dragon Presiding Judge would hear the case.

  • Xu Yi and the survivors escaped Jiao Da’s trap in the Demon Palace, where Xu Yi exposed Hu Jinghui and Lang Du and fought them with Feng Bing, who revealed himself as Kong Cang.
  • Xu Yi survived the battlefield’s destruction through the Dark Gourd and learned from Little Red Carp that he had reached demon territory with a demon mark on his chest.
  • Xu Yi discovered that Green Demons had manipulated humans and demons into conflict, then stayed in the Demon Domain and accepted appointment as demon magistrate of Spring Flower Sea.
  • Xu Yi studied Demon Race texts, traded a Green Demon Core for Demon Core Stones, and used them with another demon core to break through his second Dragon Gate.
  • Xu Yi returned to Spring Flower Sea, built a new demon palace, and captured the Red Tiger Demon Commander and King Black Rock after they challenged his authority.
  • After King Black Rock attacked him, Xu Yi killed him, accepted responsibility for the death, and went with Pingding Demon King and the other demon lords to answer a summons from the Legal System Court of Yellow Wind Territory.
Chapters 1636–166025 summaries Read

Arc 67Poems, Trials, and Betrayal

Xu Yi used his poetry to humiliate his rivals, gain entry to the Scattered Society, and earn Long Jingxiu’s support before returning to cultivation and sect affairs. At the Donghua Immortal Sect, Dongfang Tuo died seeking justice for his master, and Xu Yi forced Liu Tongzhou to reveal Lord Chen’s role in the theft of the Golden Soul Fruit.

  • Lord Dragon took Xu Yi under her protection as Xu Yi exposed Tu Min’s failure to defend Wuwei Demon Mansion and played evidence of Black Rock Demon Cave provoking Pingding Demon Cave.
  • Xu Yi invoked Demon King Ning Chen’s decree and demanded the Dragon Ascension Path, while Feng Jiu’s quarrel with Long Jingxiu erupted into a poetry challenge.
  • Xu Yi defeated Jiuhuang and astonished the four renowned scholars with his poems, winning their recommendation to join the Scattered Society.
  • Xu Yi withdrew his Dragon Ascension Path application, joined the Scattered Society, and composed more works that secured the members’ approval.
  • Long Ying told Xue Zihan that Xu Yi had written the poems, but Xue Zihan concealed their connection as Xu Yi completed his cultivation and strengthened his techniques.
  • Xu Yi learned that the Netherfire Abyss might contain a Fire Spirit Land, then received Elder Bai’s warning of upheaval and entered seclusion before the sect’s assessment.
  • At the assessment, Dongfang Tuo accused Liu Tongzhou of involvement in his master’s death, and Xu Yi stopped the Law Enforcement Hall from taking him away.
  • Dongfang Tuo died asking Xu Yi not to seek revenge, but Xu Yi pursued Liu Tongzhou, forced a confession, and learned that Lord Chen had stolen the Golden Soul Fruit.
Chapters 1661–168625 summaries Read

Arc 68Xu Yi’s Public Challenge

Xu Yi escaped the Donghua Immortal Sect after exposing the Purple Mansion Lords’ abuse of power, then returned to Holy Radiance City and defended Ask Immortal Pavilion from the Inner Court. His pursuit of the Third Holy Son led to a prolonged chase and a public challenge, with Sect Leader Zhu and Chong Xuzi intervening as the conflict escalated.

  • Xu Yi defeated Chen Liao and exposed how Xie Wu had killed him, then challenged Chong Xuzi and the Purple Mansion Lords over their treatment of lower-ranking disciples.
  • Xu Yi fought several Purple Mansion Lords, escaped the sect, and traveled to Holy Radiance City, where he met Sect Leader Zhu and discussed cultivation and the wider world.
  • Commander Long forced Gao Ziyang and other merchants to fold their businesses into Le Sheng Tang, but Xu Yi intervened and defeated the Inner Court cultivators who tried to seize Ask Immortal Pavilion.
  • Xu Yi defeated Kong Zhang and his companions, made Kong Zhang sign a pledge, and challenged the Third Holy Son to meet him at Yanliu River.
  • Xu Yi fought and wounded the Third Holy Son, stole the Sheep Fat Jade Pure Bottle, and spent more than two months fleeing while refining it and evading his pursuers.
  • The Third Holy Son summoned two clan elders, and Xu Yi escaped their attack with his last Extreme Water Bead before Sect Leader Zhu and Chong Xuzi confronted the Holy Race elders.
  • Xu Yi accused the Third Holy Son of arranging an earlier attack, rejected a fight to the death, and proposed that he win by rupturing the Holy Son’s internal organs.
Chapters 1687–171125 summaries Read
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