Recaps

Xu Yi hid the stolen iron essence, entered the Alchemy Hall’s Guili Room, and discovered the essence could break down weapons into useful materials. After defending Yuan Qinghua from Young Master Yun, Xu Yi secured a deal with Elder Qi Ming to seek a treasured cauldron in a tomb, then began looking for a blood artifact to protect himself from ghosts.

• Xu Yi hid the iron essence and joined Elder Song in forging a Blood Artifact, earning Elder Song’s favor and a place in the Guili Room.
• Xu Yi used the iron essence to break down weapons, passed his first work inspection with thirty catties of refined metal, and tested the essence in Forge Room Number Nine.
• Xu Yi learned Yuan Qinghua had secured rare medicines, then confronted Young Master Yun after he beat Yuan Qinghua and seized the herbs.
• Xu Yi defeated Young Master Yun and Wu Gang, took them to the Patrol Division, and negotiated ten thousand gold from the Yun family for their release.
• Xu Yi met Elder Qi Ming, agreed to help recover a treasured cauldron from a Supreme Elder’s tomb in exchange for Divine Essence Pills, and received a Sumeru Ring.
• Xu Yi asked Fatty Steward about Yin artifacts, then confronted Elder Song for a blood artifact that could counter ghosts as he prepared for the tomb expedition.

Xu Yi forged the Wailing Stick, then traveled with Qi Ming through Villain Valley and defeated the demons at Madam Jiang’s hall. They entered an ancient tomb, where they encountered deadly Yin Lice, discovered a Blood Flame Fruit, and met the Yin Mountain Sect raiders.

• Xu Yi bribed Steward Xie to smuggle out the Soul-Slaying Sword, then used the iron essence to recover its Three Yin Wood and forged the Wailing Stick through repeated experiments.
• Xu Yi and Qi Ming left Guang'an City in disguise and fought their way through Longjing Pass before traveling toward Villain Ridge.
• Xu Yi and Qi Ming entered Madam Jiang’s feast, where Xu Yi exposed her as a Yin Vine Demon and fought her alongside the bandits.
• Xu Yi used the Wailing Stick to swallow the Original Ghost after it grew powerful by devouring its victims, then he and Qi Ming continued deeper into the valley.
• Xu Yi and Qi Ming entered the ancient tomb after Qi Ming revealed its hidden passage, while the Soul Suppressing Stele’s destruction drew other factions toward the tomb.
• Xu Yi and Qi Ming fled a swarm of Yin Lice and reached a vast chamber, where they found a Blood Flame Fruit beyond their reach.
• Xu Yi disarmed four Yin Mountain Sect raiders, then heard their long-haired Senior Brother propose that they share the tomb’s treasures and fight its evil beast.

Xu Yi fought through the Ancient Tomb, saved the Yin Mountain Bandits, and entered a pocket world where he found King of Killing Jiang Hentian’s garden. The garden’s owner emerged and agreed to auction its Precious Medicines, while Xu Yi’s fate and Qiu Wa’s recovery remained unresolved.

• Xu Yi killed the Flame Python from inside its mouth, then gave the Yin Mountain Bandits Essence Restoration Pills and learned the tomb belonged to King of Killing Jiang Hentian.
• Xu Yi swore not to pass on the Minor World-Breaking Technique, learned it from Xiong Kui, and used it to break the barrier around the Blood Flame Fruit.
• Xu Yi lured the Earth Scorpion into the Yin River, where the Yin Lice devoured it, then found Xia Zimo fighting adventurers and helped her recover.
• The major factions gathered outside the tomb and agreed to send limited numbers of Qi Sea Realm disciples inside, while Xue Zihan spotted tracks leading into it.
• Xu Yi tricked Jun Wuhui into paying him forty thousand gold, escaped through the black light curtain, and woke in a pocket world inside the tomb.
• Xu Yi found Jiang Hentian’s journal and a garden of Precious Medicines, but breaking its ward destroyed the plants and spiritual soil he hoped to use for Qiu Wa.
• The Shui family and Tianshan Sect fought over another protected garden until a Daoist emerged, demonstrated control of its restriction, and claimed it had once been his.
• Xia Zimo persuaded the Daoist to sell the garden’s Precious Medicines to the highest bidders, and he agreed to hold an auction.

Xu Yi deceived cultivators into trading for the spirit garden’s treasures, then killed Liu Fengzhu and Shui Zhongjing while escaping their pursuit. At the tomb, he seized the revived Daoist and the Myriad Transformation Cauldron, but a flood swept him and Xue Zihan into a sealed chamber with no apparent exit.

• Xu Yi impersonated a powerful Daoist and traded Precious Medicines and spirit soil for treasures, but Xue Zihan exposed his deception and the cultivators turned against him.
• After escaping the spirit garden, Xu Yi killed Liu Fengzhu and Shui Zhongjing with the Wailing Stick and a hidden poisoned stinger, then took their Sumeru Rings.
• Xu Yi found a giant coffin and a reanimation formation, where the revived Daoist attacked the gathered cultivators and drained their blood.
• Xu Yi seized the Daoist and escaped the encirclement, then threatened him into releasing the Myriad Transformation Cauldron.
• The Daoist opened the Yin Pool’s floodgate, unleashing green water as he abandoned his body and fled, while Xue Zihan struck Xu Yi and leaped into the torrent after him.
• Xu Yi bound Xue Zihan with the Dragon Binding Net and stored the Daoist’s corpse, then found himself trapped in a dark chamber behind a sealed Stone Gate.