Chapter Summaries

At the Gathering of Extraordinary Fates, Huang Qidao claimed he had persuaded Ning Wuyou to marry Wang Guanyuan, but an unseen speaker accused him of coercing her. Xu Yi then appeared, took Ning Wuyou from Wang Guanyuan, and recognized her as Xue Zihan, while Shishui realized his security had failed.

• Huang Qidao boasted that he had arranged Ning Wuyou and Wang Guanyuan’s union and promised to explain how he persuaded her.
• An unseen speaker accused Huang Qidao of threatening Ning Wuyou with Xu Yi’s life, and Wang Guanyuan angrily demanded the speaker reveal himself.
• Xu Yi used a feint to cut apart Wang Guanyuan’s attack and seize Ning Wuyou, causing Wang Guanyuan to spit blood.
• Xu Yi recognized Ning Wuyou as Xue Zihan, and she told him that her memories had returned after an inner barrier shattered.
• Xu Yi guessed that the Immortal Mechanism Ball’s dissolution had removed the Auspicious Duck’s final wisp of devotion and ended the veil over Ning Wuyou’s memories.
• Shishui shouted at Xu Yi, stunned that he had bypassed the precautions meant to keep him out of the Gathering of Extraordinary Fates.

Xu Yi and Xue Zihan faced the Northern Court’s attempt to keep Ning Wuyou from leaving, while Bei Woqing and Nirvana Bodhisattva intervened in the dispute. Wang Guanyuan challenged Xu Yi to a death match, and the chapter ended as he launched his sword attack.

• Xu Yi rejected Shishui’s demand to leave Ning Wuyou behind and prepared to take her away with him.
• Huang Qidao tried to make Xue Zihan hesitate, but Xu Yi reassured her, and they openly showed their affection.
• Bei Woqing argued that the Northern Court should let Xu Yi and Ning Wuyou become Dao companions, while Shishui insisted she remained under Northern Court authority.
• Nirvana Bodhisattva proposed settling the dispute through martial combat, and Wang Guanyuan challenged Xu Yi to a fight to the death.
• Xu Yi and Wang Guanyuan signed an oath document, then Wang Guanyuan formed three swords from streams of pure qi and attacked.

Xu Yi fought Elder Qingfeng, Elder Mingyue, and Shishui after Qingfeng intervened in Xu Yi’s duel with Wang Guanyuan. Xu Yi defeated all three, leaving the hall stunned by his strength.

• Elder Qingfeng rescued the burned Wang Guanyuan from Xu Yi’s inferno and challenged Xu Yi, who insisted Qingfeng had broken the duel oath by interfering.
• Xu Yi challenged Elder Qingfeng, then countered his Sacred Spirit Domain attack with the Ultimate Fire Technique and blasted him into the hall wall.
• Elder Mingyue and Shishui attacked Xu Yi together while Wang Guanyuan revealed that Xu Yi had entered the Golden Domain.
• Xu Yi used Roar of Ten Thousand Thunders and Yin-Yang Realm Separation to erase their attacks, then blasted Elder Mingyue and Shishui into the wall with his fire techniques.
• Xu Yi’s flames vanished into a giant fire dragon above him, and the silent onlookers marveled that he had defeated three powerful cultivators.

After defeating Wang Guanyuan, Xu Yi resisted the Dao Ancestor’s decree that bound Ning Wuyou to Wang Guanyuan, and the Dark Gourd destroyed the decree and its bearer. Xu Yi took Huang Qidao hostage as the crowd turned against him and Nirvana Bodhisattva prepared to intervene.

• Xu Yi concealed himself and swallowed two Ten Thousand Year Spiritual Plants to recover from the backlash of his fight with Wang Guanyuan.
• Xu Yi asked Nirvana Bodhisattva to witness Wang Guanyuan’s concession, but Wang Guanyuan refused to give up Ning Wuyou and claimed Heaven’s will favored him.
• A Dao Ancestor’s decree named Wang Guanyuan and Ning Wuyou as cultivation partners, forcing everyone present to bow except Xu Yi, who struggled to remain standing.
• The decree’s attendant attacked Xu Yi, but Xu Yi’s Dark Gourd destroyed the decree, the attendant, and the white crane.
• Xu Yi seized Ning Wuyou and took Huang Qidao hostage, while the crowd erupted and Nirvana Bodhisattva declared he would answer the wicked act with a lion’s wrath.

Xu Yi fought off the factions trying to seize his Dark Gourd, but Zhen Lingrong’s plan to rescue Ning Wuyou ended with Ning Wuyou being carried toward Western Heaven by the Ancestor Buddha Court. Xu Yi escaped into Tongtian Hall with Huang Qidao and began recovering, while Huangmei warned him they could not stay.

• Nirvana Bodhisattva, Elder Guangju, and Bei Woqing attacked Xu Yi after mistaking his Dark Gourd for the Immortal Slaying Flying Dagger.
• Xu Yi used Eight Parts of World Qi and source fire to withstand the attackers, while Bei Woqing accused him of colluding with Xu Nimo and ordered his people to seize him.
• Zhen Lingrong directed Xu Yi to capture Huang Qidao and create an opening for Ning Wuyou’s escape, but a Shangqing Temple cultivator seized Ning Wuyou and the Purple Gold Alms Bowl carried her toward Western Heaven.
• Huang Qidao told Xu Yi to head west to Tongtian Hall, where he opened the restrictions and let Xu Yi inside.
• Xu Yi knocked Huang Qidao unconscious and swallowed several Ten Thousand Year Spiritual Plants, while Huangmei urged him to leave before the hall became a dead end.

Xu Yi escaped the Tongtian Hall as pursuers closed in and fled to the Starry Sky Ancient Path, where he began refining Profound Yellow Essence Qi and Dao Source. He aimed to break through from the Gold Domain to the Sacred Spirit Domain while preparing for the danger that his location would be discovered.

• Xu Yi learned from Huang Qidao that a Starry Sky passage led out of the hall, but the damaged restriction blocked their escape route.
• Xu Yi stunned Huang Qidao, entered the Four-Colored Seal, and left Huang Mei to draw the pursuers east; Huang Qidao escaped as the restriction shattered.
• Xu Yi emerged from the seal, broke through the remaining restrictions with source fire, and fled aboard the Starry Sky Boat as the Tongtian Hall collapsed.
• Xu Yi discarded his Southern Court tokens and message talismans, then traveled through the Starry Sky Ancient Path to the Triangular Forbidden Zone, where Xiong Bei Ming, Ning Wuque, and Gold Corpse Old Cao waited.
• Xu Yi refined the Profound Yellow Fiend Qi into Profound Yellow Essence Qi, sent the three men to protect Yan Zi and the others, and began refining the essence qi and Dao Source for his breakthrough.

Xu Yi continued refining pure Profound Yellow Beads as the Southern Heavenly Court’s forces surrounded him and demanded the Immortal Slaying Flying Dagger. He challenged Imperial Envoy Su Baichen to attack, threatening to destroy his Life Wheel and send the treasure’s location to the Ancestor Buddha Court.

• Xu Yi refined more than three hundred Pure Profound Yellow Beads, strengthening his body, Life Wheel, and Domain Root.
• Thousands of Wind and Thunder Guards arrived with three Great Venerables and Imperial Envoy Su Baichen to encircle Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi defended his actions at Qiyu Palace, blaming Bei Woqing and the Heavenly Court for driving him into conflict.
• Su Baichen offered to forgive Xu Yi’s offenses if he surrendered the Immortal Slaying Flying Dagger, but Xu Yi refused to trust him.
• Xu Yi claimed he had hidden the dagger and threatened to burn his Life Wheel and reveal its whereabouts to the Ancestor Buddha Court if attacked.
• Su Baichen insisted the Sovereign had divined that the dagger was along the Star River Ancient Path, while Xu Yi countered that calamity qi had obscured the secrets of heaven.

Xu Yi tried to stall the Southern Heavenly Court, but its leaders threatened him with Xuan Xuan and revealed they had captured Yu Yinqiu as well. As Yu Yinqiu and Xuan Xuan began burning their life wheels, the Northern Court and Evil Court forces arrived, and Xu Yi unleashed a catastrophic Profound Yellow Storm that swept through all three factions.

• Xu Yi pretended to accept the Great Venerable position while demanding a public investiture, but Su Baichen brought out the sealed Xuan Xuan to force him to surrender the Immortal Slaying Flying Dagger.
• Kong Xiaoyi exposed Xu Yi's past and Hong Tianming's efforts to protect the women close to him, while Huang Qidao revealed that the Northern Court had arrived and Li Xiyi demanded repayment for the Profound Yellow Tower and Profound Yellow Fiend.
• Kong Xiaoyi threatened Xuan Xuan, and Huang Qidao revealed that the Northern Court held Yu Yinqiu; Yu Yinqiu said Yan Zi, Qiu Wa, and A Li had died saving her, then began burning her life wheel.
• Xuan Xuan also began burning her life wheel, and Xu Yi learned that Qiu Wa had broken their blood contract; Xiong Bei Ming arrived but was killed by a beam of light.
• The Evil Court's army arrived under Zhu Yuandao, and Xu Yi swallowed a World Tree Seed and dissolved his remaining Pure Profound Yellow Beads, triggering a storm that collapsed the three ancestral veins and swept away the armies.

Xu Yi endured a beast tide and the attacks of the three Heavenly Courts while purging impurities and advancing to the Sacred Spirit Domain. After Ice Fire Rabbit stabilized his yin and yang, Xu Yi emerged and killed Li Xiyi, then immobilized Zhu Yuandao.

• A massive beast tide interrupted Zhu Yuandao’s assault on Xu Yi as the three forces formed battle arrays to resist it.
• Xu Yi released ten thousand zhang of auspicious light, revealing that he was about to achieve the Sacred Spirit Domain, and the great powers rushed to kill him.
• A colossal Imperial-grade Titan Dragon Python and hundreds of its kind protected Xu Yi, while Big Yellow fought Su Baichen, Li Xiyi, and Zhu Yuandao and suffered severe wounds.
• Xu Yi absorbed the World Tree Seed but struggled to balance his twin life wheels, so Huang Mei brought Ice Fire Rabbit out to unleash ice and fire and stabilize him.
• After Xu Yi emerged from the ice and fire, the Tai'a Bone Sword attacked Big Yellow and severed the Titan Dragon Python’s head.
• Xu Yi seized Li Xiyi, tore off his head, and destroyed his life wheel, then immobilized Zhu Yuandao as the golden Tai Chi Pestle halted in midair.

Xu Yi slaughtered the attacking army after reaching the Sacred Spirit Domain, then confronted Jiang Taiyu at South Heaven Gate. Xia Zimo intervened to save him, and Xu Yi escaped through the Four-Colored Seal with a lingering wound.

• Xu Yi killed Zhu Yuandao and destroyed his life wheel after killing Li Xiyi, while the beast tide collapsed under the experts' assault.
• Xu Yi used the Longevity Sword and Spirit Calming Technique to shatter Su Baichen's Tai'a Bone Sword, killing hundreds and driving Su Baichen to flee.
• Xu Yi trapped the fleeing army in his Sacred Spirit Domain and killed more than twenty thousand cultivators with the Yin-Yang Realm Separation, then consumed spiritual plants to recover.
• Xu Yi reached South Heaven Gate and attacked Jiang Taiyu, but Jiang Taiyu deflected the Longevity Sword and struck Xu Yi's shoulder with a deadly ripple.
• Xia Zimo disrupted Jiang Taiyu's attack and sacrificed herself to save Xu Yi, who activated the Four-Colored Seal and escaped with Huang Mei.

Huang Mei explained Xia Zimo’s fate and her sacrifice to save Xu Yi, who mourned her and used the Ancestral Buddha’s True Intent to heal his wound and advance the Ruyi Curse. As the Ancestor Buddha Court and the Southern Heavenly Court converged on him, their forces prepared to fight over who would kill him.

• Huang Mei told Xu Yi that Xia Zimo had become a Tribulation Fiend, regained part of her memories, rescued Ning Wuyou, and sacrificed herself to save him.
• Xia Zimo’s Tribulation Pearl revealed that Ning Wuyou had burned her Fate Wheel and died after being taken to the Ancestor Buddha Court.
• Xu Yi clutched the pearl, grieved for Xia Zimo, and recited scripture as the Ancestral Buddha’s True Intent began healing his wound.
• Xu Yi continued chanting and activated the Ruyi Curse, finally understanding its second level as four dragons of earth, water, fire, and wind appeared around him.
• Six Buddha Lords and three hundred Buddhas arrived, followed by six Imperial Envoys of the Southern Heavenly Court, including the restored Su Baichen, who declared they had orders to execute Xu Yi.

Xu Yi fought off a coalition of the Three Thousand Realms’ greatest experts while continuing to refine the Ancestral Buddha’s True Intent. After the Buddha Ancestor intervened to save the attackers from Xu Yi’s near-fatal strike, the gathered experts realized Xu Yi’s strength far exceeded his apparent realm.

• The Northern Court Saint Emperor attacked Xu Yi and was killed by Dao Source flame in a single exchange.
• Xu Yi used the Dark Gourd to destroy the Purple Gold Alms Bowl and kill Lifeless Buddha Lord, then shattered Dragon Sky Temple Master of Shangqing Temple’s God-Beating Whip and killed him as well.
• The Buddha Ancestor ordered the attackers to kill Xu Yi before the Immaculate Wonderful Tree was lost, and Xu Yi fled toward the Starry Sky Ancient Path with his pursuers close behind.
• Dao Zhen Pavilion Master of Taiqing Pavilion drew four planets together to crush Xu Yi, but Xu Yi used the Ruyi Curse to turn their cores’ power into fire and unleashed Wrath of Burning Heaven.
• Xu Yi formed the Yin-Yang Realm Separation with his two golden Domain Roots, but the Buddha Ancestor’s hand blocked it and forced Xu Yi to withdraw his Domain Roots.
• Dao Zhen Pavilion Master and the other experts sensed they would have died without the Buddha Ancestor’s intervention and recognized that Xu Yi was far stronger than a Sacred Spirit Domain Realm cultivator.

Xu Yi used the Immaculate Wonderful Tree and the power of Primordial Chaos to survive the attacks of four Dao Gate Realm powerhouses. The Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree transformed his Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Aspect into the Emperor Lord Qing Hua Aspect as Xu Yi began the Nine Revolutions to Sainthood and moved toward opening a Dao Gate.

• The Immaculate Wonderful Tree flew into Xu Yi’s Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Aspect, and his recitation of the Classic of Virtue drew down the Dao Ancestor’s True Intent.
• Dao Zhen Pavilion Master called for help, and God Jiang Taiyu, Dao Yi Dao Ancestor, Bai Shui Dao Ancestor, and Wutian Ancestral Buddha descended their Dharma bodies to attack Xu Yi.
• Wutian Ancestral Buddha’s attack aged Xu Yi, but the Longevity Sword drove it away and the Immaculate Wonderful Tree restored him.
• The four powerhouses surrounded Xu Yi with earth, water, fire, and wind; Xu Yi absorbed their Primordial Chaos power and advanced to an Ancient Witch body.
• The Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree joined the Immaculate Wonderful Tree, transforming the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Aspect into the Emperor Lord Qing Hua Aspect as the Azure Green Banner and a severed finger arrived.
• Xu Yi began the final revolution of the Nine Revolutions Saint Creation Art, absorbing the Saint-grade Dao fruit and the severed finger as Wutian Ancestral Buddha realized he might open a Dao Gate directly.

Xu Yi opened three Dao Gates, merged with tribulation energy, and returned to the Starry Sky Ancient Path as a Dao Ancestor. The four Old Ancestors and countless beings across the Three Thousand Realms bowed to him.

• Emperor Lord Qing Hua used the Longevity Sword to open Xu Yi's first Dao Gate, and Xu Yi successfully entered the Dao Gate Realm.
• Xu Yi opened a second Dao Gate, revealing a path beyond the realm that the four Dao Ancestors had considered its pinnacle.
• Xu Yi opened a third Dao Gate and perceived the Three Thousand Great Worlds, learning the fates of his former companions and the origins of several artifacts.
• Xia Zimo appeared through the Tribulation Pearl and told Xu Yi that tribulation energy was Dao intent; she then dispersed as the pearl shattered.
• Xu Yi began merging with the Dao, but a Golden Crow warned him not to let the Dao destroy him, so he drew his thoughts together and refined the tribulation energy.
• Xu Yi returned to the Starry Sky Ancient Path as time resumed, and the four Old Ancestors and countless beings bowed to him.

Xu Yi defeated Wutian and the others after completing his merger with the Great Dao, then restored his friends and loved ones. He vanished into the unknown and awoke in an internet café on Blue Star, where five beautiful women gathered around him and his new life began.

• Xu Yi revealed that Wutian had tried to erase his will during the merger, then destroyed Jiang Taiyu, Bai Shui, Dao Yi, and Wutian.
• Xu Yi forgave Dao Zhen Pavilion Master and his followers before sending them into oblivion.
• Xu Yi used a wheel to bring back his friends and loved ones, and all the living beings across the three thousand Great Worlds shared in their joy.
• Xu Yi created a younger version of himself, embraced Qiu Wa and the five beauties, then sang of the Dao and vanished.
• Xu Yi awoke in an internet café, where Zhao Zhongliang demanded payment for overdue computer fees.
• A stunning woman took Xu Yi's arm, and four more beauties arrived, beginning Xu Yi's enviably happy life on Blue Star.