Recaps

Xu Yi learned that the Golden Core Society wanted him to heal the Sky Lung and negotiated a mission to the Western Continent with Xuan Lengyan and his companions. After uncovering how the vessel exploited Northern Continent experts, Xu Yi seized its leaders and began questioning Commander Shao about two jade seals.

• Xu Yi rescued Ning Wuque from the Donghua Merchant Alliance, then met Elder Yu Zhi Qiu, who revealed that Xu Yi and his companions were World Children and asked him to heal the Northern Continent’s Sky Lung.
• Xu Yi bargained for his companions to join the mission and secured resources, while Xuan Lengyan agreed to accompany him and delivered equipment for the group.
• Xu Yi and his companions boarded a supply vessel disguised as others, where they discovered it was transporting captured Heavenly Decline experts to the Western Continent.
• Xu Yi questioned Li Jia and learned that the vessel’s crew treated Heavenly Decline experts as resources for producing wish pearls, then killed Li Jia when he judged him a threat.
• Xuan Lengyan lured Squad Leader Liu into an ambush, Gold Corpse Old Cao killed him, and Xu Yi’s group fought Commander Shao’s forces before using Meng Temple Master’s bone flute to control the captive experts.
• Xu Yi revealed the Four-Colored Seal, which shattered the vessel’s spatial array and sent the ship plunging, then entered Purple Domain Space with Commander Shao, Meng Temple Master, and three squad leaders.
• Xu Yi defeated and bound the officers, learned how Wish Beads fused a Divine Infant with the body, and offered Commander Shao his life in exchange for an explanation of two jade seals.

Xu Yi survived the collapse of the Purple Domain Space, entered the army to obtain Wish Pearls, and rose through the ranks during the war for Guangling. After securing support for a post in Dongshan Prefecture, he uncovered Zhu Shisan’s message and departed with a growing band of soldiers.

• Xu Yi killed Meng Temple Master, escaped the collapsing Purple Domain Space, and began refining Wish Pearls to temper his body and break through.
• After Second Madam rescued Xu Yi, he protected her household, then joined Lei Ming on the journey to Guangling to seek Wish Pearls.
• Xu Yi enlisted in the army, took command of a merged squad, and killed Tong Ba during the battle for Guangling.
• Xu Yi gave Shen Wuhai his reward of twenty-four Wish Pearls to secure promotion to Regimental Commander, then led his unit into another battle.
• While fleeing enemy experts, Xu Yi mastered the Guidance of Wishes Art, refined 108 Wish Pearls, and broke through before killing Zhan Hong and returning to the battlefield.
• Xu Yi led the Fifth Company through the enemy ranks, distributed its reward, and arranged with Zhao Ling to seek a post in Dongshan Prefecture.
• Zhu Shisan told Xu Yi to find the old prefect’s treasure and return the Sun Radiance Token to the Sect Master, then died after using a fatal secret art.
• Xu Yi received his Army Commander’s seal and set out for Dongshan Prefecture with Zhong Wu and more than fifty soldiers.

Xu Yi secured his position as prefect of Dongshan, curbed Huang Kai’s attacks on commoners, and turned Pan Meiren and Dong Xinchang against the Black Lotus Cult. After his forces destroyed the cult’s local branch, Dong Xinchang went to Mr. Ge and Senior Brother, where his lies and hidden restraint were exposed.

• Xu Yi confronted Zheng Bahuo at the Dongshan Prefectural Office, then met Huang Kai on Fengqi Mountain and persuaded him to stop monsters from devouring commoners.
• Huang Kai killed Zheng Bahuo, gave Xu Yi the prefect’s seal, disbanded Fengqi Mountain, and left to travel the world.
• Xu Yi appointed his own officers as section chiefs, investigated the decline in wish power, and captured a young man carrying a Black Lotus Token.
• Cao Neng and Gong Chao fled Xu Yi’s office after a staged commotion, then returned with Qi Huan and Long Yu as the new Prefectural Judge and Prefectural Guard Captain.
• A Spirit Cannon destroyed the Prefectural Office, and Xu Yi brought the imprisoned Pan Meiren into his effort against the Black Lotus Cult.
• Xu Yi infiltrated the cult’s underground chamber as Dong Xinchang, captured its leaders, and made Dong Xinchang and Qin Shousheng record confessions before helping complete the cult’s Wish Power Golden Body.
• Dong Xinchang lured Niu Wudao into a trap, and Xu Yi’s forces defeated the Black Lotus branch as Gong Chao and Cao Neng tried to control the political fallout.
• Dong Xinchang met Mr. Ge and Senior Brother, who exposed his lies, while Dong Xinchang claimed a restriction prevented him from betraying the person who had trapped him.

Xu Yi left Dongshan after settling with the Black Lotus Cult and took a Staff Department post, where he uncovered a Night Army mission and became entangled in a case against Xi Yangchun and Jiang Churan. The stretch ended with Zuo Lieyang demanding to inspect Xu Yi’s Four-Colored Seal, and Xu Yi refusing unless everyone was searched again.

• Xu Yi defeated Senior Brother, bound him with Mr. Ge and Dong Xinchang, and negotiated a truce that let the surviving Black Lotus Cult members leave.
• Xu Yi rebuilt Dongshan Prefecture, then accepted a nominal third-rank position as a Staff Department officer when he had to give up the magistrate post.
• Xu Yi moved to Carefree Mountain, studied during six months of seclusion, and learned from Liu Junshi about lightning tribulations and the treasures used to survive them.
• Xu Yi watched Lord Guo die in the First Tribulation of Lightning, then suspected Song Zhong was a Church Night Walker after Jiang Churan arranged a suspicious meeting.
• Song Zhong entrusted Xu Yi with Station Number Seven and a Black-level mission to escort an important person, and Xu Yi took over the station’s credentials and resources.
• At a tribunal, Xu Yi accused Xi Yangchun and Jiang Churan of conspiring against him, but Chen Tieshou’s investigation exposed Xi’s secret message and Jiang’s false testimony.
• Xu Yi hid his mission resources and opened Station Number Seven’s armory, while Xi Mengfan recruited Tong Tiange to join an operation against Xu Yi.
• After Xu Yi assigned Night Walkers to protect the Huaimu Teleportation Array, Zuo Lieyang ordered a search of the staff officers’ rings and then demanded to inspect Xu Yi’s Four-Colored Seal.