Chapter Summaries

Xue Zihan exposed Xu Yi as Mountain Carving and accused him of exploiting the spirit garden’s destructive restriction. Xu Yi tried to flee, but Xue Zihan trapped him with Sword Qi, while the crowd realized he had swindled them.

• Xue Zihan arrived and warned Jun Wuhui that the Daoist was Mountain Carving.
• Xue Zihan demanded her Sumeru Ring, and Xu Yi produced it while claiming he had taken it from an attacker.
• Xue Zihan explained that forcibly breaking the spirit garden’s restriction destroyed its medicines and soil, revealing why Xu Yi had misled everyone.
• Xu Yi tried to attack Xue Zihan and escape, but she sealed his route with Sword Qi from the Autumn Water Sword.
• The crowd recognized Xu Yi’s flight as proof of the deception, and Zhou Shirong, Liu Fengzhu, and Shui Zhongjing despaired over their losses.

Xu Yi used the Heavenly Thunder Pearl to stop the cultivators from attacking him, then sowed doubt about Xue Zihan and the spirit garden to keep them from silencing him. The crowd turned against Xue Zihan’s attempts to strike him, and Xu Yi continued spinning a false tale about their past.

• Shui Zhongjing realized he had lost the Heavenly Thunder Pearl and spat blood as Xu Yi threatened the surrounding cultivators with it.
• Xu Yi claimed Xue Zihan had ulterior motives and questioned whether the spirit garden was as she had described, prompting cultivators to block her attack.
• Jun Wuhui asked Xue Zihan to let Xu Yi speak, while Xu Yi winked at her and launched into a fabricated story about their history.
• Xu Yi claimed he had found and entered another spirit garden before Xue Zihan pursued him, angering her and drawing protests from the crowd.

Xu Yi spun a mostly true story to turn the crowd against Xue Zihan, then launched a staged attack to stop her from exposing him. Xue Zihan struck back with her Autumn Water Sword, while Xu Yi barely dodged and pretended to be terrified.

• Xu Yi claimed he had found another spirit garden and deceived the crowd into a deal because he could not compete with them alone.
• Xue Zihan challenged Xu Yi to show the Precious Medicine he claimed to have taken from a spirit garden, and he produced a Blood Flame Fruit.
• Xu Yi accused Xue Zihan of trying to capture him and monopolize spirit gardens, then challenged her to break another restriction.
• Xue Zihan could not answer Xu Yi’s accusations, and the crowd began to favor his account.
• Xu Yi shouted that Xue Zihan was pursuing him over their old grievance at Yanbo Lake and charged at her.
• Xue Zihan attacked with the Autumn Water Sword, but Xu Yi rolled aside and yelped as if frightened.

Xu Yi stirred up a fight between Xue Zihan and the other cultivators, then shattered the spirit garden’s restriction to unleash a scramble for the Precious Medicine. The chapter ended with Zhou Shirong attacking those who seized the medicines promised to him.

• Xu Yi provoked Xue Zihan into attacking him, and Shui Zhongjing, Liu Fengzhu, and others shielded him from her Sword Qi.
• Shui Mingyue stopped the escalating fight and demanded that Xu Yi lift the restriction so the truth could be revealed.
• Xu Yi broke the spirit garden’s restriction with the Five Elements Flags and the Minor World-Breaking Technique, sending everyone rushing for the Precious Medicine.
• Jun Wuhui killed a man who took the Wulou Fruit, but another young man in yellow seized it, while someone else took the Yintian Kui.
• Zhou Shirong flew into a rage over the stolen medicines and attacked whoever held the Wulou Fruit or Yintian Kui.

Xu Yi escaped the chaotic spirit garden with the Precious Medicine, but Xue Zihan and Shui Mingyue pursued him and trapped him. Zhou Shirong arrived after tracking Xu Yi with Qianji Incense, leaving Xu Yi surrounded by three enemies.

• Xu Yi used the Return to Origin Steps to flee the garden as Xue Zihan and Shui Mingyue pursued him.
• Xu Yi shook off the two women by weaving through the forest, but Xue Zihan later spotted him from a black eagle and Shui Mingyue caught up.
• Xue Zihan and Shui Mingyue trapped Xu Yi between them and demanded that he return everything he had taken.
• Xu Yi threatened to use the Heavenly Thunder Pearl, making the women hesitate because it could destroy their stolen treasures along with him.
• Zhou Shirong arrived and confronted Xu Yi after Liu Fengzhu had used Qianji Incense to mark him.

Xu Yi provoked Zhou Shirong with claims about his history with Xue Zihan, then used the name of her horse Feixue to send Zhou into a rage. He struck Zhou unconscious and escaped into the woods, leaving Xue Zihan and Shui Mingyue stunned before two newcomers arrived.

• Xu Yi claimed that Xue Zihan had once been his and revealed that he knew her horse was named Feixue, convincing Zhou Shirong that his accusations might be true.
• Enraged, Zhou Shirong abandoned caution and attacked Xu Yi with his Black Water Ye Saber.
• Xu Yi charged through Zhou Shirong's blade strikes and knocked him unconscious with a blow from his wooden staff.
• Xue Zihan caught Zhou Shirong and found him gravely wounded despite his enchanted robe remaining undamaged, while Xu Yi fled into the woods.
• A burly man in purple and an old man in black robes arrived as Xue Zihan and Shui Mingyue reacted to Zhou Shirong's injuries.

After escaping the ruined spirit garden, Xu Yi used the Spirit Stone Wings to flee, but Liu Fengzhu and Shui Zhongjing tracked him down and attacked. As he raced into the forest, Xu Yi realized they had a way to follow him and feared they would never stop pursuing him.

• Liu Fengzhu took the white crystal from Zhou Shirong and pursued the thief, while Shui Zhongjing sent Shui Mingyue to lead the Shui family disciples and followed Liu.
• Xu Yi used the Spirit Stone Wings to speed dozens of miles away, then hid in a hollow in a cliff and assessed his weapons and supplies.
• Xu Yi concluded that the Wailing Stick was his only reliable weapon against Qi Sea Realm experts, while the Spirit Stone Wings gave him a chance to escape.
• Liu Fengzhu and Shui Zhongjing found Xu Yi, and their Sword Qi narrowly missed him as he fled into the eastern forest.
• Xu Yi realized that his pursuers could track him by some secret means and feared they would keep following his trail.

Xu Yi faced Liu Fengzhu and Shui Zhongjing, two late-stage Qi Sea Realm experts, and used a Heavenly Thunder Pearl to force them to consider a fight without True Qi. Liu Fengzhu accepted Xu Yi’s challenge, while Shui Zhongjing remained wary of his schemes.

• Xu Yi prepared iron essence and branches, then waited beneath a tree for Liu Fengzhu and Shui Zhongjing to catch up.
• Xu Yi threatened them with a Heavenly Thunder Pearl and asked which one would risk leading the attack.
• Shui Zhongjing recognized Xu Yi and rejected his suggestion that they team up against Liu Fengzhu.
• Xu Yi proposed that they fight one-on-one without using True Qi, with the Heavenly Thunder Pearl as leverage.
• Liu Fengzhu accepted the challenge, believing he could defeat Xu Yi without risking the Heavenly Thunder Pearl.

Xu Yi faced Liu Fengzhu and Shui Zhongjing in a fight bound by Blood Oath talismans, relying on his physical strength and evasiveness against Liu’s attacks. Liu’s punches failed to wear him down, but Liu drew a treasured saber and forced Xu Yi onto the defensive, though the Dragon Crocodile Armor kept him unharmed.

• Xu Yi made Liu Fengzhu and Shui Zhongjing swear Blood Oaths not to use True Qi, while Shui Zhongjing let Liu take the lead in attacking him.
• Liu Fengzhu struck Xu Yi with a surprise punch, but Xu Yi met it head-on and stunned him with his strength.
• Liu Fengzhu used the Kirin Arm, but Xu Yi dodged and counterattacked with repeated punches aimed at Liu’s face.
• After more than a hundred exchanges, Liu Fengzhu grew exhausted while Xu Yi showed no sign of tiring.
• Liu Fengzhu drew a treasured saber and attacked relentlessly, but Xu Yi’s Dragon Crocodile Armor protected him from injury.

Xu Yi fought Liu Fengzhu with his armor and improvised tricks until he used a mysterious black stick to open a moment of weakness and kill him. Xu Yi collapsed to catch his breath while Shui Zhongjing stared in shock.

• Liu Fengzhu’s blue saber failed to break through Xu Yi’s Dragon Crocodile Armor, and Shui Zhongjing urged him to use his full strength.
• Xu Yi disrupted Liu Fengzhu’s attacks by toppling trees and using rocks and sticks, but Liu Fengzhu’s Entangling Blade battered his head.
• Liu Fengzhu cut down the nearby trees to deprive Xu Yi of his tricks, then charged as Xu Yi appeared to panic.
• Xu Yi suddenly charged with a pitch-black stick, struck Liu Fengzhu’s shoulder, and stabbed his eye while Liu Fengzhu faltered.
• Liu Fengzhu crumpled and died, while Xu Yi sank down to pant and Shui Zhongjing stood stunned.

Xu Yi used the terrain and a concealed Wailing Stick to kill Liu Fengzhu after enduring his attacks. Shui Zhongjing then pretended to seek peace and tried to take the stick, leaving Xu Yi poised for another fight.

• Xu Yi used the Heavenly Thunder Pearl threat to persuade Liu Fengzhu and Shui Zhongjing to fight him one at a time under a Blood Oath.
• Xu Yi used partially cut trees and scattered branches to disrupt Liu Fengzhu while hiding the Wailing Stick among them.
• Xu Yi struck Liu Fengzhu with the Wailing Stick, froze him with its Killing Intent, and killed him by driving it into his eye socket.
• Xu Yi took a Qi Replenishing Pill as Shui Zhongjing asked to make peace and requested to see the Wailing Stick.
• Xu Yi activated the Dragon Crocodile Armor as Shui Zhongjing drew the stick toward himself, and two streams of energy shot toward Shui Zhongjing, including a blade of True Qi aimed at his hand.

Xu Yi used the Five Elements Flags and Refined Iron to create an opening against Shui Zhongjing, but Shui Zhongjing shattered his armor and disarmed him. As Shui Zhongjing prepared to finish Xu Yi, the Green Light Bee King's Stinger struck him down.

• Shui Zhongjing ignored the Blood Oath and launched a relentless attack on Xu Yi with his Qi and Flame Spear.
• Xu Yi spread his Soul Power and used the Five Elements Flags to distract Shui Zhongjing, then bound him with Refined Iron.
• Xu Yi summoned the Heaven's Thunder Pearl, but Shui Zhongjing shattered the Dragon Crocodile Armor and sent the pearl flying away.
• Shui Zhongjing seized Xu Yi's bare foot, believing he had won, but the Green Light Bee King's Stinger pierced his forehead and made him collapse.
• Shui Zhongjing recognized the stinger as the poisoned weapon from Xu Yi's Snake Ring and fell into despair.

Xu Yi used the Snake Ring and Wailing Stick to kill Shui Zhongjing after defeating Liu Fengzhu, but the battle left him badly wounded and destroyed his Dragon Crocodile Armor. After recovering, he buried the armor and both men, took their belongings, and broke the seals on three Sumeru Rings.

• Xu Yi revealed how he had hidden the Snake Ring on his toe and used the Five Elements Flags and Heavenly Thunder Pearl to draw Shui Zhongjing into range for a poisoned strike.
• Shui Zhongjing collapsed from the Snake Ring's poison, and Xu Yi killed him with the Wailing Stick before collapsing from exhaustion and his wounds.
• Xu Yi recovered with pills, mourned the shattered Dragon Crocodile Armor, and gathered his scattered weapons and treasures.
• Xu Yi buried the armor fragments and buried Shui Zhongjing and Liu Fengzhu together after searching their bodies and taking their Sumeru Rings and magic robes.
• Xu Yi reached a cave and found that the three Sumeru Rings were sealed, then used the Five Elements Flags to break their seals.

After inspecting the storage rings he had collected, Xu Yi headed toward a gathering of people because he still needed to retrieve Qi Ming’s cauldron. He reached a vast black coffin suspended above an underground river and rushed toward it as others tried to open it.

• Xu Yi inspected Xue Zihan's, Shui Zhongjing's, and Liu Fengzhu's Sumeru Rings, then replaced his cramped ring with Shui Zhongjing's larger one.
• Xu Yi slept in the cave and woke the next morning to movements converging through the forest.
• Xu Yi decided to retrieve the cauldron for Qi Ming and to obtain what he needed to make a Divine Essence Pill.
• Xu Yi reached a subterranean river and saw a gigantic black coffin suspended above it by eight chains.
• Dozens of people climbed onto the coffin and struck it until it groaned, and Xu Yi rushed toward it.

Xu Yi and the other tomb raiders discovered the Pill Cauldron Sect’s Old Ancestor and the Myriad Transformation Cauldron in a pool inside the Giant Coffin, but a formation killed those who approached. As the group debated breaking the formation, the Origin Qi Sect’s Senior Brother drew their attention to the jade-like bones in the pool.

• Xu Yi crept along the Giant Coffin’s lid and spotted two corpses in a pool of flowing dark green water, including a Daoist wearing Pill Cauldron Sect robes and a golden cauldron.
• Several people lunged for the cauldron, but a crimson web sliced them apart, and the water and Daoist’s corpse began changing as the reanimation formation activated.
• Jun Wuhui warned that the Daoist was being reanimated, while Shui Mingyue explained how the Yin River water nourished the corpse without overwhelming it.
• Xue Zihan questioned the tomb’s design, and Zhou Shirong explained that the Pill Cauldron Sect’s Old Ancestor had used the tomb to preserve his corpse and yin soul.
• Jun Wuhui urged the group to break the formation and compete for the Myriad Transformation Cauldron, and the Origin Qi Sect’s Senior Brother claimed the jade-like bones were an even greater treasure.

Shui Mingyue and the others freed a resurrecting Pill Cauldron Sect elder by feeding the Biochemical Array, then tried to kill him before his Yin Soul fully joined with his body. The elder proved nearly invulnerable and began draining their blood, leaving Jun Wuhui and the Tianshan Sect to bind him with a Dragon Binding Net.

• Shui Mingyue and the others offered blood and spirit birds to the pool until the Biochemical Array collapsed and the Daoist revived.
• Shui Mingyue attacked the Daoist with the Shui family's Array of Annihilation, but the Daoist emerged unharmed and revealed his scheme to use the tomb to preserve himself.
• Jun Wuhui led the Tianshan Sect and the other groups in a barrage of attacks, but the Daoist's body remained uninjured.
• The Daoist rushed among the Qi Sea Realm experts, biting through their throats and draining their blood while ignoring their attacks.
• Jun Wuhui ordered the Tianshan Sect to form a Dragon Binding Net, and the Daoist lunged at the disciples before they could complete it.

Xu Yi seized the trapped Taoist as a shield and escaped the crowd with the Heavenly Thunder Pearl, leaving the Qi Sea Realm experts afraid to approach him. As an Origin Qi Sect disciple stepped forward to sacrifice himself and kill Xu Yi, Xu Yi began to panic.

• The group subdued the Taoist with coordinated attacks and trapped him in the Dragon Binding Net.
• Xu Yi sprang from his hiding place, grabbed the Taoist, and escaped the encirclement using the Return to Origin Steps.
• The crowd recognized Xu Yi and reacted with shock, while Jun Wuhui feigned a willingness to die until Xue Zihan urged him to live.
• The Taoist begged Xu Yi to free him and promised to repay him handsomely.
• An Origin Qi Sect disciple agreed to act as a death soldier and advanced on Xu Yi, who warned him not to come closer.

Xu Yi used the rings of Shui Zhongjing and Liu Fengzhu to turn Shui Mingyue and Zhou Shirong against each other while keeping them at bay with the Dragon Binding Rope. He then beat the trapped Dao Master with the Wailing Stick and demanded the Myriad Transformation Cauldron, leaving the Dao Master terrified.

• Xu Yi revealed Shui Zhongjing's and Liu Fengzhu's Sumeru Rings, convincing Shui Mingyue that both men were dead and prompting him to vow revenge on Lingxiao Pavilion.
• Zhou Shirong ordered Sun Qiang to attack Xu Yi, but Xu Yi threatened to remove the Dragon Binding Rope and unleash the trapped Dao Master.
• The Dao Master offered to help Xu Yi if he freed him, but Xu Yi slapped him and explained that his powerful corpse body could not cultivate or use True Qi.
• Xu Yi tried to take the heavy Myriad Transformation Cauldron from the Dao Master's neck, then demanded that he undo the restriction.
• Xu Yi struck the Dao Master with the Wailing Stick, and the Dao Master stared at it in terror.

Xu Yi fought the Daoist for the Myriad Transformation Cauldron, but the Daoist unleashed a flood of Yin River water and escaped into the cauldron. Xu Yi pursued the treasure into the torrent, followed by Zi Han and Zhou Shirong.

• Xu Yi threatened the Daoist with the Wailing Stick, forcing him to release the Myriad Transformation Cauldron.
• The Daoist sent his soul into the cauldron and opened the Yin Pool’s floodgate, unleashing green water that sent everyone fleeing.
• Xu Yi hooked the cauldron and was dragged toward the torrent, while the Daoist abandoned his body and escaped from the flood.
• Zi Han struck Xu Yi with her sword and leaped into the green water after him.
• Zhou Shirong was hit by Finger Swords and fell into the torrent as he struggled upward.

Xu Yi survived the plunge into the green water and found himself trapped in a vast stone chamber with the unconscious Xue Zihan and the Daoist’s nearly indestructible corpse. He could not find a way through the chamber’s door or walls, leaving him trapped with no apparent escape.

• Zhou Shirong sank into the green water, received a streak of green light between his brows, and then swam rapidly toward the surface.
• Xu Yi slowed his fall with the iron essence, but Xue Zihan crashed into him twice and knocked him to the ground.
• Xu Yi struggled with whether to kill Xue Zihan, then bound her with the Dragon Binding Net and stored the Daoist’s corpse in his Sumeru Ring.
• Xu Yi explored the dark stone chamber and found a nearly sealed Stone Gate in its eastern wall.
• Xu Yi tried striking the Stone Gate and several spots on the walls, but none yielded, and he found no clue to an exit.