Chapter Summaries

After learning that the Jianlan Hội had secretly convened against him, Xu Yi received a temporary life-fire from Hong Tianming, who arranged for him to transfer to the Starry Sky Ancient Path in search of a way to restore his life. Xu Yi accepted the assignment and returned to Empty Island, where cultivators gathered to seek his discipleship.

• Xu Yi told Hong Tianming he did not regret killing Wu Xiuxian, and Hong warned him that the Jianlan Hội had secretly met three days earlier.
• Hong Tianming examined Xu Yi and found that his life-fire was nearly extinguished, then gave him a purified wisp of life-fire that stabilized his life wheel for a few months.
• Hong Tianming said an Ancient Spirit Body Pill might restore Xu Yi's life and advised him to seek one among the tombs of the Starry Sky Ancient Path.
• Hong Tianming arranged for Xu Yi to transfer there, and Xu Yi accepted the assignment.
• Xu Yi returned to Empty Island, where dozens of cultivators gathered to ask Venerable Immortal Kongxu to accept them as disciples.

Xu Yi restored the Five-Colored Bead, collected his new appointment as Tower Master of Huisha Tower, and prepared to travel to the Starry Sky Ancient Path. At Wang Rongrong’s mansion, he learned that Su Bingjun had also assigned him to support the Reverse Star Palace, leaving Xu Yi with a concurrent post there.

• Xu Yi found Empty Island deserted, contacted Qiu Wa, Yu Zixuan, and Yi Bingwei, then went to Hesheng Studio to restore the Five-Colored Bead.
• He Beiyi gave Xu Yi his new Immortal Official Token and documents appointing him Tower Master of Huisha Tower on Qingmu Road, while securing him an additional Dao Source.
• Xu Yi asked Shopkeeper Tong to arrange a major purchase and went to Wang Rongrong’s mansion to request leave for secluded cultivation.
• Wang Rongrong told Xu Yi that Su Bingjun had placed his name on a list of top personnel ordered to support the Reverse Star Palace.
• Wang Rongrong said he had secured Xu Yi’s post as head of Wuji Hall, giving him a concurrent appointment at the Reverse Star Palace.

Xu Yi left Wuji Hall for Reverse Star Palace after reflecting on Suijie's influence and returned to Wuyuan, where he strengthened ties with the Witch clans. A mobilization order then sent him and other powerful figures aboard Starry Sky Boats, and he considered the Starry Sky Ancient Path and the role of Profound Yellow Essence in cultivation.

• Xu Yi agreed to leave Wuji Hall for Reverse Star Palace and warned Wang Rongrong to watch out for Su Bingjun.
• Visitors gathered at Wuji Cliff to see Suijie off, while Wang Rongrong, Gu Beiting, and Old Sui recognized how much Suijie had strengthened Wuji Hall and Treasure Gathering City.
• Xu Yi returned to Wuyuan, was welcomed by its Witch clans, and spent seven days visiting the poor and hearing their concerns.
• Xu Yi returned to Empty Island, then joined powerful figures at an assembly point after a troop-mobilization order was issued by the Middle Envoy and Zeng Chunming.
• The group boarded three Starry Sky Boats, and Xu Yi reviewed what he had learned about the Starry Sky Ancient Path and Profound Yellow Essence.

Xu Yi arrived at Boyue Island to serve as Guard Master of the Phoenix Power Guard and clashed with Reverse Star Palace officials over his assignment and treatment. Palace Steward Shao Ting delivered Xu Yi’s credentials, but Huang Mei warned that someone might already be stirring up trouble for him.

• Xu Yi traveled through the contested Starry Sky Ancient Path and reached Boyue Island, an important Reverse Star Palace base.
• A blue-robed steward assigned Xu Yi to Dragon Mount Prefecture, and Xu Yi slapped him for disrespecting his rank.
• Xu Yi slapped a Golden Armored General who arrived with soldiers and loudly accused Palace Steward Shao Ting of insulting a loyal reinforcement.
• Shao Ting called Xu Yi the Guard Master of the Yellow Dog Guard and tried to dismiss his complaints, but Xu Yi pointed out that the steward had sent him to the wrong prefecture.
• The blue-robed steward left Xu Yi his appointment documents, seal, command token, and storehouse keys.
• Huang Mei warned Xu Yi that he had already attracted trouble and wondered who was stirring the pot.

Xu Yi arrived at Phoenix Power Guard after clashing with Shao Ting, while Xiong Chumo secretly encouraged their hostility. In Gongyue City, Xu Yi learned that the Dan Family dominated local affairs, then met his new subordinates at a welcome banquet, where Ren Cong suddenly flared with anger.

• Xiong Chumo visited Shao Ting, apologized for involving him with Xu Yi, and covertly fueled Shao Ting's resentment toward Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi left Boyue Mansion with Mi Fang, who escorted him to Phoenix Power Guard in Gongyue City.
• Mi Fang told Xu Yi that Dan Mingyu and the powerful Dan Family held great influence in Gongyue City, where Reverse Star Palace had lost its authority.
• Xu Yi arrived at Phoenix Power Guard and met its officials and six Tower Masters, including the subdued Jiang Dong and Ren Cong.
• At Xu Yi's welcome banquet, a wine cup shattered and Ren Cong's blood and qi surged as he reacted in anger.

Xu Yi backed Ren Cong after Dan Chunlai abducted Liu Ruxu, then stormed Yong Garden and brought Dan Chunlai back to the Phoenix Power Guard hall. Dan Chunlai threatened retaliation from the Dan Family as the assembled cultivators rushed to placate him.

• Jiang Dong revealed that Dan Chunlai had taken Liu Ruxu from the Flying Fish Tower and beaten Ren Cong's guards.
• Xu Yi declared that he would deal with Dan Chunlai and flew with Ren Cong to Yong Garden despite warnings about the Dan Family.
• Xu Yi seized Dan Chunlai and rescued Liu Ruxu, who reunited with Ren Cong.
• Xu Yi returned to the hall carrying Dan Chunlai, who vowed that the Dan Family would retaliate.
• Liu Mingzhao and other cultivators covered Dan Chunlai with a robe and hurried to placate him.

On his first day as Guard Master, Xu Yi defied Dan Mingyu’s demand to punish him and killed Dan Chunlai with Wrath of Burning Heaven. Dan Mingyu ordered the Purgatory Twin Envoys to attack, but Xu Yi set them ablaze as well.

• Dan Mingyu arrived at Phoenix Hall and demanded that Xu Yi strip and endure three hundred Withered Soul Whip lashes for capturing Dan Chunlai.
• Ren Cong pleaded with Dan Mingyu, explaining that Dan Chunlai had tried to assault his wife, but Dan Mingyu dismissed him.
• Xu Yi declared that Imperial Court law applied to Dan Chunlai, then killed him with a fireball and took his Life Wheel.
• Dan Mingyu ordered Shi Mi and Tan Fang to kill Xu Yi, but Xu Yi used Wrath of Burning Heaven to set both elders ablaze.
• Xu Yi recalled that he had refined the Sui clan’s Origin Fire and begun mastering Wrath of Burning Heaven before the battle at Sun Peak.

Xu Yi killed Dan Mingyu after defeating his guards and declared that the Imperial Court Code mattered more than powerful clans. His men rallied behind him, while Liu Mingzhao warned that the Dan Family’s retaliation would exceed the Phoenix Power Guard’s ability to handle.

• Xu Yi killed Shi Mi and Tan Fang, then blocked Dan Mingyu from leaving and urged his subordinates to fight the Dan Family’s attendants.
• Ren Cong and Jiang Dong led their followers into the battle, and more than half the people in the hall joined after Xu Yi warned them of the Dan Family’s likely retaliation.
• Xu Yi transformed into a giant, tore apart one of Dan Mingyu’s blue dragons, drove the others away, and captured Dan Mingyu.
• Xu Yi condemned Dan Mingyu under the Imperial Court Code and killed him, then took his resources, sealed his life-wheel, and sent his body into the Starry Sky Ring.
• Xu Yi declared that he would risk his life to defend his brothers-in-arms, and the assembled guards shouted that they would give their lives for him.
• Liu Mingzhao warned Xu Yi to report the killing to Tiger Wing Prefecture, but Xu Yi dismissed the need to hide the news or rely on the Phoenix Power Guard.

Song Gongbo faced pressure from Dan Fubo to punish Suijie after Suijie killed the Dan Family’s chief steward and captured Dan Fubo’s nephew. Shao Ting and Xiong Chumo added pressure against Suijie, leaving Song Gongbo still searching for a way to act without provoking his troops or the Dan Family.

• Liu Hao told Song Gongbo that Dan Fubo had arrived in the main hall in a rage over Suijie’s actions.
• Song Gongbo tried to placate Dan Fubo, who demanded justice for the death of his family’s chief steward and the capture of his nephew.
• Liu Hao announced that Shao Ting and Xiong Chumo had come to see Song Gongbo.
• Xiong Chumo condemned Suijie and warned that he would bring disaster, while Shao Ting invoked the Reverse Star Palace’s principles and left the decision to Song Gongbo.
• Dan Fubo pressed Song Gongbo to act, but Song Gongbo remained torn between the Dan Family’s demands and the risk of punishing Suijie unjustly.

Dan Fubo learned that Suijie had raided the Dan Family’s branches in Gongyue City and killed Dan Mingyu, then tried to pressure Song Gongbo into stopping him. Dan Fuhai dismissed the outrage and ordered Suijie killed, while acknowledging that some Dan Family members had behaved disgracefully.

• Dan Fubo received word that the Phoenix Power Guard had raided all six Dan Family branch halls in Gongyue City and that Suijie had killed Dan Mingyu.
• Song Gongbo confirmed the report, and Dan Fubo accused him of secretly backing Suijie and demanded that he suspend Suijie and send him to Tongtian Palace to beg forgiveness.
• Suijie told Song Gongbo that he had compiled evidence of more than a hundred Dan Family crimes and invited him to a showcase of the investigation’s results three days later.
• Song Gongbo promised Dan Fubo that he would not interfere in Suijie’s affairs or report them, and Dan Fubo left to return to Tongtian Palace.
• Dan Fuhai told Dan Fubo that the family could kill Suijie easily and ordered him to do so, while noting that some Dan Family members had acted disgracefully.

Xu Yi prepared the Phoenix Power Guard to expose the Dan Family’s crimes at a public exhibition in Gongyue City. As the exhibition opened, Xu Yi confronted Liu Mingzhao about his secret contacts with both the Dan Family and Song Gongbo, leaving Liu shaken and wary.

• Dan Fuhai and Dan Fubo chose a person to handle Suijie discreetly and agreed to act on the date Suijie had set.
• The Phoenix Power Guard built an exhibition displaying evidence of the Dan Family’s crimes, while Xu Yi’s recent leadership had revived the soldiers’ morale.
• Officials gathered outside Chunxuan Hall and urged Liu Mingzhao to wake Xu Jie before the exhibition, but Xu Yi emerged and ordered them to open the seals and attend to their duties.
• Liu Mingzhao warned Xu Yi that the Dan Family was likely planning trouble, and Xu Yi revealed that he knew the family had contacted him.
• Liu Mingzhao admitted that Song Gongbo had also contacted him and said he had considered replacing Xu Yi, but had abandoned the idea after recent events.
• Xu Yi told Liu Mingzhao to take care and headed for the training grounds, leaving Liu trembling behind.

Xu Yi’s public display of the Phoenix Power Guard’s spoils turned into an ambush when Li Tieya and the Great Wind Bandits attacked him. Xu Yi’s prepared Qi Zu Great Formation then trapped the attackers, leaving the pirates to surrender and the Phoenix Power Guard to bind them.

• Xu Yi opened the Phoenix Power Guard’s grounds to visitors and displayed the spoils seized from the Dan Family bandits.
• Six golden streaks attacked Xu Yi, overturning the display cases as fighting erupted across the training field.
• Li Tieya of the Great Wind Bandits revealed himself and used a black spinning top to attack Xu Yi’s Origin Fire shield.
• The Witch Clan’s Qi Zu Great Formation drained spiritual power, and more than a hundred Giant Witches appeared across the field.
• Li Tieya ordered the Great Wind Bandits to surrender, and Liu Mingzhao directed the Phoenix Power Guard to bind the pirates.

Xu Yi revealed that he had arranged the ambush that captured Li Tieya and the Great Wind Bandits, using the crisis to strengthen his position in Reverse Star Palace. He imprisoned the bandits and demanded ten thousand Profound Yellow Essences from the Dan Family for their release, leaving Li Xin to deliver the message.

• Xu Yi thanked the witch clan chiefs for their support and explained that he intended to challenge the Dan Family within the rules rather than rely on the witches to destroy them.
• The clan chiefs left three Golden Witches and nine Great Witches as Xu Yi's personal guards.
• Xu Yi visited Guard Prison, where Liu Mingzhao advised executing Li Tieya and the bandits, and Xu Yi teased him about being a Dan Family spy.
• Li Tieya accepted defeat, and Xu Yi offered to release the bandits in exchange for ten thousand Profound Yellow Essences from the Dan Family.
• Li Tieya chose Li Xin to carry Xu Yi's demand to the Dan Family, and Xu Yi watched Li Xin leave under guard.

Xu Yi released Li Tieya and the Great Wind Bandits, then used the resulting debt of gratitude to deepen their conflict with the Dan Family. After Li Xin’s apparent death inflamed the bandits, Dan Fuhai realized Suijie was targeting prominent clans for fame and warned that the Dan Family had become his chosen target.

• Li Tieya worried that Dan Fubo would betray Li Xin, and Xu Yi released the bandits after requiring them to stay out of Gongyue City.
• Xu Yi told Huang Mei that he had let Li Tieya go because he could not control him, while Huang Mei realized Xu Yi intended to use Li Tieya’s sense of obligation.
• Li Tieya lost contact with Li Xin after hearing a confrontation at Tongtian Palace and believed Dan Fubo had killed him, prompting the Great Wind Bandits to swear vengeance on the Dan Family.
• Xu Yi revealed that Li Xin was alive, unconscious, and captured, and that he had tasked Jin Junmei with handling him.
• Dan Fubo complained about his failure to secure Li Tieya, and Dan Fuhai explained that Suijie was targeting great Aristocratic Clans to gain fame.

Dan Fuhai planned to enlist Xiong Chumo and Shao Ting against Suijie, but Suijie arrived at Tongtian Palace with the Phoenix Power Guard and forced the Dan Family into a public standoff. The Dan Family could not attack without challenging the authority of the Reverse Star Palace, so Dan Fuhai let Suijie have his moment.

• Dan Fuhai told Dan Fubo to seek help from Xiong Chumo and Shao Ting and to move carefully against Suijie.
• Dan Fubo returned in alarm, reporting that Suijie had brought more than a thousand Phoenix Power Guard troops and over a hundred and thirty Spirit Cannons to Tongtian Palace.
• The Dan Family members gathered and demanded that Dan Fuhai respond, while a Spirit Cannon struck the palace's protective wards.
• Dan Fuhai said Suijie's open scheme left the Dan Family with no good response and allowed the family members to go outside.
• Dan Fubo saw thousands of onlookers and realized the Dan Family could not attack the Phoenix Power Guard without undermining the Reverse Star Palace's authority.

Xu Yi led the Phoenix Power Guard to the Dan Family and demanded a fine for Dan Mingyu’s crimes, then left after Dan Fuhai paid. The Dan Family’s Old Ancestor intervened, and Dan Fuhai resigned as family head, leaving Dan Fubo questioning his choice of successor.

• Suijie’s soldiers publicly accused Dan Mingyu of crimes and demanded ten thousand units of Profound Yellow Essence from the Dan Family.
• As the incense stick nearly burned out, Dan Fuhai paid the fine on the family’s behalf, and Xu Yi led the Phoenix Power Guard away.
• Dan Fuhai returned to Tongtian Palace, endured the family members’ complaints, and was summoned by the Dan Family’s Old Ancestor.
• Dan Fuhai announced that the Old Ancestor would deal with Suijie and that he was resigning as family head in favor of Dan Fuqing.
• Dan Fuhai left the Patriarch’s Seal and returned to his cave abode, where Dan Fubo challenged his decision to make Dan Fuqing the successor.

Dan Fuhai warned Dan Fubo that the Dan Family was doomed because it was resisting the rising tide of support for Suijie, and urged him to leave with the younger generation. Meanwhile, Xiong Chumo learned that the Imperial Court planned to punish Xu Yi through Reverse Star Palace, though the consequences remained unclear.

• Dan Fuhai told Dan Fubo that Suijie’s real strength lay in understanding and stirring the tide of events, and advised him to leave the Dan Family with the younger clansmen.
• Dan Fubo trusted Dan Fuhai’s warning and decided to take little Hui, Tuohai, and the others away.
• Xiong Qi reported that an Imperial Court team had arrived at Reverse Star Palace, and Xiong Chumo scolded him for not reporting it sooner.
• Xiong Chumo contacted Shao Ting, who said he had taken the assignment to deliver a decree against Xu Yi for alleged dereliction of duty.

Xu Yi rejected the palace’s disciplinary decree and resigned as Guard Master of the Phoenix Power Guard. The Guard’s five hundred members and numerous cultivators then joined him in resigning or openly opposing the palace, leaving Shao Ting and Xiong Chumo stunned by the mass resistance.

• Shao Ting arrived at Bright Mountain with Xiong Chumo and read a decree fining Xu Yi and ordering him to stay home for three months.
• Xu Yi denounced the decree as wrongful and defended his record of fighting evil and protecting the innocent.
• Xu Yi resigned as Guard Master and placed his badge and tally on the ground.
• All five hundred members of the Phoenix Power Guard laid down their tallies and resigned.
• Zhong Qing, Qin Guangtian, Cao Dahua, Qin Yong, and others publicly opposed the palace decree, while Shao Ting realized it had been issued amid a volatile situation.

Shao Ting realized Xiong Chumo had misled him as Suijie gained offers from rival powers, while Xu Yi left Reverse Star Palace. Dan Fubo returned to Tongtian Palace expecting Suijie to be vulnerable, only to find the Dan Family under attack and its Old Ancestor trapped.

• Liu Sanyang and Kuang Jun offered Suijie posts at Starry Sky Prefecture and Big Dipper Palace, and Xu Yi left rather than join them.
• Dan Fubo received word that Suijie had lost his Official Status, so he led Dan Hui and three other Dan Family youths back toward Tongtian Palace.
• Dan Fubo and the youths arrived to find Tongtian Palace engulfed in battle and were swept into the fighting.
• Three saints of Reverse Star Palace controlled four dark bone dragons that trapped the Dan Family's Old Ancestor as Dan Family members were killed.

Dan Fubo died regretting that he had ignored Dan Fuhai’s warnings as the Dan Family was destroyed. At a bandit banquet, Xu Yi told the guests a heroic tale about Xue Xiang, then received a distant message from Wang Rongrong, suggesting she had arrived on the Star River Ancient Path.

• Dan Fubo realized too late that the Dan Family’s power was fragile and regretted provoking Suijie and disregarding Dan Fuhai’s advice.
• Xu Yi attended Li Tieya’s banquet on Iron Star Island, where Li Tieya and Li Xin toasted and praised him for helping Li Xin escape.
• Xu Yi recounted Xue Xiang’s story to the bandit leaders, who admired the unknown hero, while Huang Mei suspected Xu Yi was preparing another identity.
• Xu Yi and the other guests received pulsing signals from their Ruyi Pearls and withdrew to answer them.
• Xu Yi heard Wang Rongrong’s voice through his Ruyi Pearl and inferred that she had reached the Star River Ancient Path.