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.