Vol. 21The Road to Guangcheng

Xu Yi rose through the South Academy, advanced his cultivation, and defended his allies against enemies inside and outside the academy. He left to pursue Guangcheng Immortal Mansion, while Xuan Lengyan and Qiu Wa waited for him in Central City.

  • Xu Yi led Dormitory 137 through the Orchid Grass trial and earned a place with his dormmates in Room Thirty-Six.
  • After Vice-Dean Xuan attacked him over their encounter at a spirit spring, Xu Yi exposed their conflict publicly and made her wary of acting against him.
  • Xu Yi settled the scandal and the fight over Room Thirty-Six’s spirit ground, then became Xuan Lengyan’s personal disciple and advanced his alchemy research and cultivation.
  • After mastering the Nine Star Flowing Fire Technique, he faced a Demon Kun alongside the White Giant Eagle.
  • Xu Yi defended Xuan Lengyan at the Su family’s birthday banquet, escaped Su Xingchun’s pursuit, and uncovered abuses at Thousand Illusions Sect while rescuing Yan Zi.
  • He helped Yan Zi form a fire spiritual root and left for Golden Core Academy.
  • Xu Yi defeated the Ming Dao Society’s challenge, survived the Big-Eyed Elder’s attack, and reunited with Xuan Lengyan.
  • He left the academy to pursue Guangcheng Immortal Mansion, then met Xuan Lengyan and Qiu Wa in Central City.
Chapters 2014–2118 Read from Ch. 2014

Arc 81From Trial to Room Thirty-Six

Xu Yi led Dormitory 137 through the Orchid Grass trial, outwitting and defeating Iron Armored Beasts before the group earned a place together in Room Thirty-Six. After Vice-Dean Xuan attacked him over their encounter at a spirit spring, Xu Yi publicly turned the conflict into a scandal and left her wary of acting against him.

  • Xu Yi won the dorm leader contest by defeating Tie Dagang at arm wrestling, then led Dormitory 137 in gathering Orchid Grass and sharing its rewards.
  • Xu Yi devised a plan to flood a cavern and kill six Iron Armored White Beasts, securing their armor and enough merit for the group.
  • Xu Yi entered the final trial alone, hunted beasts beyond the designated grounds, and was injured after a giant eagle dropped him into a spirit spring beside Hao Xuanyuan.
  • Xu Yi returned before the deadline, and he and his four dormmates were assigned together to Room Thirty-Six.
  • After Xu Yi submitted thirty-seven Essence Armors, Supervisor Hong summoned him to meet the woman from the spring, who attacked him when he refused a Forgetfulness Pill.
  • Xu Yi missed classes while recovering, then faced Vice Dean Xuan in a He Ye Fruit lesson, where she gave him a Major Demerit and demanded he take a Forgetfulness Pill.
  • Xu Yi accused Vice Dean Xuan of targeting him over their encounter, recited a poem, and declared their relationship over, sparking rumors across the academy.
  • Xu Yi hid in Supervisor Hong’s room and pressured him to arrange a meeting with Vice Dean Xuan, who recognized that further action against Xu Yi could strengthen the scandal.
Chapters 2014–203825 summaries Read

Arc 82Xu Yi’s South Academy Rise

Xu Yi survived a scandal and a fight over Room Thirty-Six’s spirit ground, then became Xuan Lengyan’s personal disciple and advanced his research and cultivation. The arc left him confronting a Demon Kun alongside the White Giant Eagle after mastering Xuan Lengyan’s Nine Star Flowing Fire Technique.

  • Vice Dean Xuan and Xu Yi swore Blood Oaths after negotiating over the scandal, and Xu Yi escaped the searchers while she silenced Supervisor Hong.
  • Xu Yi returned to Dormitory 137, received a Major Demerit, and spent half a month catching up on classes.
  • Xu Yi exposed Zhang Junyue’s deal with Su Jianting and helped Room Thirty-Six keep its Five Spirit Balance Ground, after which Tie Dagang became dorm leader.
  • Xu Yi persuaded Vice Dean Xuan to unlock his Starry Sky Ring, then outmaneuvered her revenge demand and won her as his alchemy mentor.
  • Xuan Lengyan took Xu Yi as her personal disciple, and Qiu Wa revealed her new abilities after eating two golden fruits.
  • Xu Yi isolated Earth Spirit Quality from He Ye Fruit and completed papers on medicinal properties after months of experiments and seclusion.
  • Xu Yi fought the White Giant Eagle in a spiritual spring, opened his final hidden apertures, and discovered the Wrathful Chi Aspect.
  • Xuan Lengyan taught Xu Yi the Nine Star Flowing Fire Technique, which he mastered before the Demon Kun attacked him at the spirit spring.
Chapters 2040–206525 summaries Read

Arc 83Poems, Pursuits, and Badges

Xu Yi defended Xuan Lengyan at the Su family’s birthday banquet, then escaped Su Xingchun’s pursuit and learned more about cultivation and Guangcheng Immortal Mansion. He rescued Yan Zi from Hong Shihu, exposed abuses at Thousand Illusions Sect, and left for Golden Core Academy after helping Yan Zi advance.

  • Xu Yi exposed Su Xingchun’s plagiarism, defeated Tao Jingsheng in a poetry contest, and revealed Xuan Lengyan’s Supreme Text and Purple Quality Badge.
  • After Uncle Xuan Jiu threatened him, Xu Yi escaped Su Xingchun’s trap, killed the Five Demons of Lijiang River, and survived Tao Jingsheng’s attack.
  • Xu Yi returned to Xuanqing Sect, where Hongyi explained his injured hidden aperture and the path toward the Calamity Tribulation Realm.
  • Deng identified Xu Yi as a World Child, gave him a Heavenly Fate Stone, and offered an Obsidian Furnace in exchange for treasures from Guangcheng Immortal Mansion.
  • Xu Yi visited Yan Zi at Thousand Illusions Sect, killed the Red-faced Steward, drove Hong Shihu away, and treated Yan Zi after discovering she had been poisoned.
  • Xu Yi killed Hong Shihu, defeated the Six Smoke Guests, and ordered You Hai to free the sect’s female cultivators and maids.
  • Xu Yi revealed his Black Quality Badge to the Golden Core Guards and warned Hu Feng not to misuse the Golden Core Society’s name.
  • Xu Yi stayed with Duan Tiandai, refined Spirit Derivation Pills, helped Yan Zi form a fire spiritual root, and left for Golden Core Academy as the term approached.
Chapters 2067–209225 summaries Read

Arc 84The South Academy Challenge

Xu Yi returned to the South Academy, defeated the Ming Dao Society’s public challenge, and survived a deadly attack while reuniting with Xuan Lengyan. After leaving the academy to pursue Guangcheng Immortal Mansion, he traveled to Central City, where Xuan Lengyan and Qiu Wa awaited him.

  • Xu Yi returned to the South Academy, studied alchemy for months, and agreed to face the Ming Dao Society after Su Jianting stirred up the students.
  • Xu Yi exposed Wang Minglun’s mistake about the He Ye Fruit, resisted the Water of Oblivion, and forced Sun Xijian to drink the Water of No Worries.
  • Sun Xijian revealed that Su Xingchun had supplied the Water of Oblivion, and Xuan Lengyan attacked Su Xingchun and killed her maid.
  • Xu Yi opened all 108 hidden apertures through fierce training, then joined Xuan Lengyan in fighting off the Big-Eyed Elder and his attackers.
  • Xu Yi defeated the Big-Eyed Elder with the Chiwu Worm’s help, and Xuan Lengyan revived him after he collapsed from the battle.
  • Xuan Lengyan gave Xu Yi the missing ingredients for the Nine Spirit Sacred Blood Pill and showed him that Qiu Wa was safe before leaving.
  • Xu Yi returned to the South Academy, used his Black Quality Badge to stop Lei Kun’s lesson, and told his roommates he planned to graduate early and enter Guangcheng Immortal Mansion.
  • Qiu Wa told Xuan Lengyan about Xu Yi’s past with four women, then met Xu Yi with Xuan Lengyan in Central City for the Moon Begging Festival.
Chapters 2093–211825 summaries Read
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