Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi delayed Zhang Fengcheng and his companions by claiming Liu Shigu’s treasure was hidden elsewhere and bargaining for his life. He learned how the One Blood Kill poison worked, while the pursuers still sought the Martial Edict and the treasure.

• Xu Yi threatened to scatter his soul unless the pursuers let him live, claiming he had hidden Liu Shigu’s treasure elsewhere.
• Xu Yi showed a green mark on his shoulder and said Liu Shigu had poisoned him with One Blood Kill to ensure he retrieved the treasure.
• Zhang Fengcheng stopped A Qing and A Shui from provoking Xu Yi because he feared losing the treasure and the price he had paid for it.
• Zhang Fengcheng offered to bring Xu Yi into Black Stone Monastery, and Xu Yi pretended to accept while asking him to cure the poison.
• Zhang Fengcheng explained that One Blood Kill was a gu poison that only the poisoner’s bloodline could cure, though the sect master might suppress it.

Xu Yi was surrounded by Zhang Fengcheng and other pursuers, but he captured A Qing with the Coral Horn before reinforcements arrived. As factions converged on him for the Martial Edict, Xu Yi watched for a chance to escape on a Mechanical Bird.

• Zhang Fengcheng and two companions tried to seize Xu Yi as pursuers approached, and Xu Yi charged at the white-faced young man.
• Xu Yi pierced the young man's robe with the Coral Horn and took him hostage, threatening to kill him if anyone moved.
• A middle-aged Taoist Nun arrived with Lu Yan and Zhang Mo, and she challenged Zhang Fengcheng over who had captured Xu Yi.
• People from multiple factions gathered around them, and Zhang Fengcheng realized Yan Wuji had leaked the secret of Xu Yi's location.
• Xu Yi surveyed the encirclement and chose a Mechanical Bird as his safest possible escape route.

Xu Yi turned the crowd against Zhang Fengcheng by claiming Zhang had taken the Martial Edict and tried to kill him, while Zhang struggled to defend himself. A white-robed young master watched from afar and judged that Xu Yi’s perfectly coherent story was suspicious.

• Xu Yi told the gathered cultivators that Zhang Fengcheng had taken the Martial Edict and sent people to kill him, then offered his Sumeru Ring for inspection.
• Zhang Fengcheng denied Xu Yi’s accusations and argued that he would have welcomed a peak Liquid Condensation expert into Black Stone Monastery rather than kill him.
• Xu Yi accused Zhang of fearing that he would reveal the Martial Edict’s value to Soul Sensing Ancestors, and Zhang and the black-faced young man offered to swear oaths on their Yin Souls.
• A white-robed young master watched the dispute from a Mechanical Bird and discussed Xu Yi with Ambassador Song.
• The white-robed young master told Ambassador Song that Xu Yi’s story fitting together perfectly was its biggest flaw.

Xu Yi tried to force Zhang Fengcheng to surrender his Sumeru Ring, but a white-robed young master saw through his deception just as the crowd threatened Zhang. Ambassador Song arrived, asserted his authority, and left the dispute to the young master, whose interest in Xu Yi threatened to complicate the escape Xu Yi had planned.

• The white-robed young master told Ambassador Song that Xu Yi's sharp arguments suggested he was not as simple as he seemed, and questioned whether Zhang Fengcheng would behave so foolishly if he truly possessed the Martial Edict.
• Xu Yi blocked Zhang Fengcheng's attempts to swear a soul oath, while Zhang refused to let the crowd inspect his Sumeru Ring because doing so would ruin his standing in Black Stone Monastery.
• The crowd demanded Zhang surrender his ring and threatened to destroy Black Stone Monastery, prompting the white-robed young master to object that killing would not prove who had the Martial Edict.
• Ambassador Song arrived and asserted his authority as Deputy Envoy Jiufeng; the Python-robed Man punished himself, and the crowd bowed to Song.
• Zhang Fengcheng begged Ambassador Song to inspect his ring, but Song declined to intervene, so the white-robed young master offered to arbitrate and asked Xu Yi what he thought.
• Xu Yi accepted the young master's offer, recognizing that the man had seen through his trap, while keeping his attention on the young master's Mechanical Bird as a possible mount for his escape.

Xu Yi used the inspection of his Sumeru Ring to lure the white-robed young master close, then ambushed and captured him with a sound attack and the Coral Horn. As the crowd erupted in anger, Xu Yi had seized control of the Mechanical Bird and was poised to escape.

• Zhang Fengcheng threatened Xu Yi and handed his Sumeru Ring to the white-robed young master for inspection.
• Xu Yi presented his own Sumeru Ring and a supposed gift from his mentor, then pulled back just as the white-robed young master reached for it.
• Xu Yi activated the Soul-Shaking Bell twice, disrupting the crowd and striking the white-robed young master at close range.
• Xu Yi leapt onto the Mechanical Bird, pierced the young master's soul garment with the Coral Horn, and seized him by the Dazhui Acupoint.
• The onlookers erupted in accusations and threats as the white-robed young master fell into Xu Yi's hands.

Xu Yi used Young Master Xu as a hostage and forced Ambassador Song to provide Earth Tendon Rope, while Young Master Xu treated the confrontation as a game. The chapter ended with Xu Yi demanding to know whether Ambassador Song would pay a ransom.

• Ambassador Song threatened Xu Yi, then kicked a red-robed man into the woods for acting without orders.
• Xu Yi kept Young Master Xu in his grasp and warned him to stay quiet, while Young Master Xu teased him about seeking a reward.
• Xu Yi demanded rope, and Ambassador Song supplied a bundle of Earth Tendon Rope after Young Master Xu urged him to hurry.
• Young Master Xu bound himself at Xu Yi's instruction, and Xu Yi warned him that any escape attempt would put his life at risk.
• Xu Yi asked Ambassador Song whether he would ransom Young Master Xu and told him to name his price.

Xu Yi ransomed Young Master Xu from Ambassador Song for forty-seven spirit stones, then fled aboard a Mechanical Bird. As Xu Yi flew in erratic directions, Young Master Xu criticized his piloting, and Xu Yi threatened him into silence.

• Xu Yi demanded thirty spirit stones for Young Master Xu, and Ambassador Song gathered contributions from the assembled sect leaders.
• After collecting thirty-seven spirit stones, Xu Yi raised his price to forty-seven, prompting Ambassador Song to pay ten more.
• Xu Yi placed the stones in his Sumeru Ring, took off in the scarlet Mechanical Bird with Young Master Xu, and warned Ambassador Song not to pursue them.
• The crowd clamored to chase Xu Yi, but Ambassador Song left after Zhang Fengcheng promised Black Stone Monastery would recover Young Master Xu and cover the losses.
• Xu Yi flew the Mechanical Bird in erratic directions, and Young Master Xu complained until Xu Yi threatened him into silence.

Xu Yi confronted Young Master Xu, who had deduced that he was a World Child and explained how he found him. Xu Yi learned about the Central Profound Continent and the meaning of the World Child title, but the two had yet to discuss what Young Master Xu wanted from him.

• Young Master Xu revealed that Xu Yi was a transmigrator and a World Child, identifying his unusual clothes, treasures, cultivation, and lack of knowledge about spirit stones.
• Young Master Xu explained that a star chart had detected a brief burst of spatial power, leading him to find Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi asked about the Central Profound Continent, and Young Master Xu described it as vastly more advanced than the worlds its World Children came from.
• Young Master Xu said World Children entered the Central Profound Continent by their own ability and that several had become Path Venerables.
• Xu Yi dismissed those World Children as exceptional people who had seized an opportunity, while still seeking answers from Young Master Xu.

Xu Yi learned that the Martial Edict allowed Soul Sensing cultivators to establish sects under the Sacred Court, but that doing so brought serious risks. Young Master Xu tried to recruit him and warned that Xu Yi lacked the strength to found and defend a sect, while Xu Yi refused to join his organization.

• Young Master Xu praised Xu Yi as an unusually intelligent World Child and explained that he had sought him out to recruit him.
• Xu Yi asked Young Master Xu why people pursued the Martial Edict, and Young Master Xu offered five hundred spirit stones for it while explaining its purpose.
• Young Master Xu explained that Soul Sensing cultivators could use a Martial Edict to establish a sect, which would pay tribute to the Sacred Court and face attacks when the martial ban was lifted.
• Xu Yi denied having the Martial Edict and refused to join Young Master Xu's organization, saying he wanted to follow his own path.
• Young Master Xu warned Xu Yi that he could not reach the Soul Sensing Realm within three months and that established sects would likely destroy any sect he founded.

Xu Yi refused Young Master Xu’s demand that he submit, then secretly incapacitated him and reached Lihuo City. He arranged for Madam Feng to deliver a sealed bamboo tube to Young Master Xu after he woke, while Li San greeted him at the inn.

• Xu Yi rejected Young Master Xu’s threats and asked him for directions to the nearest town, claiming he would release him afterward.
• Young Master Xu directed Xu Yi to fly southwest to Lihuo City, and Xu Yi used a hidden trick to numb his Divine Gate acupoint and knock him unconscious.
• Xu Yi arrived at Lihuo City and stayed at the Donglai Inn, where he paid Madam Feng to handle an errand.
• Xu Yi gave Madam Feng a sealed bamboo tube to pass to Young Master Xu when he woke, then left the inn room.
• Li San, the guide Xu Yi had hired at the city gates, approached him in the inn’s main hall.

Xu Yi escaped Young Master Xu’s retaliation and arrived at the Tianxia Association in Lihuo City. Young Master Xu recovered his Sumeru Ring and vowed to pursue Xu Yi, while Xu Yi entered the merchant association to see what it offered.

• Madam Feng opened the inn room and was choked by a fair hand, prompting Young Master Xu to destroy the third-floor railings and city guards to surround the inn.
• Ambassador Song arrived with the Wind Correction Department, rescued Young Master Xu, and apologized, but Young Master Xu ordered him not to pursue the criminal without permission.
• Young Master Xu retrieved his Sumeru Ring and a letter from a bamboo tube by a river, then vowed to play along with Xu Yi’s challenge.
• Xu Yi regretted returning Young Master Xu’s ring as Li San guided him through Lihuo City.
• Li San brought Xu Yi to the Tianxia Association, where Xu Yi entered its quiet main hall and saw people using a glowing device.

Xu Yi used an automatic sales machine to buy treasures that would help him understand his yin soul, hide his identity, recover in battle, and protect himself. After spending all but the Spirit Stones he had reserved, he left with a powerful Soul Garment.

• Xu Yi studied the automatic sales machine and used its catalog to choose a Soul Measuring Tablet for one Spirit Stone.
• Xu Yi bought a Body Concealing Pill for five Spirit Stones so he could hide his identity and escape if Young Master Xu pursued him.
• Xu Yi purchased a Source Pill for twenty Spirit Stones, accepting its risks in exchange for rapid recovery and healing.
• Xu Yi spent his remaining twenty Spirit Stones on a Soul Garment, a protective layer of spiritual energy that could resist attacks and shield his head.

Xu Yi entered the Tianxia Association’s VIP room, hoping to learn where he could find a Rebirth Pill and join an auction. He earned a lifetime membership with his mid-grade Spirit Stone and asked to use it as collateral while he sought essential equipment.

• After spending more than forty Spirit Stones, Xu Yi accepted the invitation to enter the VIP room and used a Body Concealing Pill to disguise himself.
• A young man in crimson robes escorted Xu Yi to a stone chamber, where an old Tianxia Association usher demanded five hundred Spirit Stones for approval.
• Xu Yi revealed a mid-grade Spirit Stone, impressing the usher, who offered him lifetime membership and better service if he auctioned a treasure.
• Xu Yi asked for a Rebirth Pill, but the usher said the association had none and that such pills had not appeared on the market for a long time.
• Xu Yi agreed to join the auction and asked whether the association could hold his mid-grade Spirit Stone as collateral until the sale.

Xu Yi measured his Yin Soul and discovered that its resilience was extraordinarily high despite having no measurable strength, an anomaly that destroyed the Soul Measuring Tablet and the Tianxia Association’s Central Soul Instrument. As the auction began, he watched the first lot, a Soul-Charming Cat.

• The old man waived Xu Yi’s transaction fees, gave him the auction plaques, and arranged for his Spirit Stones to be auctioned midway through the sale.
• Xu Yi secured Auction Room Seven, checked it for hidden surveillance devices, and used the Soul Measuring Tablet to measure his Yin Soul.
• The tablet recorded no strength and fifth-tier resilience before it shattered, while the Central Soul Instrument at the Tianxia Association exploded as well.
• The white-haired old man questioned his staff about the Central Soul Instrument’s destruction and suspected an anomalous soul type had appeared.
• Xu Yi realized his Yin Soul’s resilience explained his unusual abilities, then watched the auctioneer introduce a Soul-Charming Cat as the first lot.

Xu Yi attended an auction, bought Soul Replenishing Liquid, and watched a mid-grade Spirit Stone sell for a staggering price. He recognized the auction’s elemental talisman papers as far purer than those he had encountered in Great Yue and secured three Wind element Talisman Papers.

• Xu Yi bought one hundred and eighty drops of Soul Replenishing Liquid for three hundred and twenty Spirit Stones.
• A mid-grade Spirit Stone sold for two thousand four hundred Spirit Stones, leaving Xu Yi considering how to acquire a powerful long-range magical treasure.
• Xu Yi rejected several long-range magical treasures because he feared they could not kill Soul Sensing Realm cultivators in one strike.
• Xu Yi noticed that Water, Wood, Earth, Fire, and Lightning element Talisman Papers went unsold at the auction.
• Xu Yi bid three hundred Spirit Stones for three Wind element Talisman Papers and won them.
• Xu Yi compared the auction’s marked, blue-green Fire element Talisman Paper with the inferior paper from Great Yue and concluded that Great Yue’s talisman paper was impure.

Xu Yi bought Wind element Talisman Paper at the auction, discovered how valuable elemental Spirit Stones were, and could not afford the Wind element Spirit Stone. After exchanging his winnings, he used Soul Replenishing Liquid to restore his Yin Soul and waited in the Treasure Exchange Room as someone approached him.

• Xu Yi stayed silent as sects demanded the identity of the buyer of the Wind element Talisman Paper, and he realized the auctioneer had used the sale to draw out a Talisman Master.
• Xu Yi watched Fire and Water element Spirit Stones sell for high prices, then gave up bidding on a Wind element Spirit Stone when its price exceeded his remaining funds.
• Xu Yi left the auction with Soul Replenishing Liquid, a two-thousand-value Crystal Token, and eighty Spirit Stones after exchanging his winnings.
• Xu Yi consumed Soul Replenishing Liquid and practiced the Meditation Method to strengthen his exhausted Yin Soul while waiting for someone to find him.
• Xu Yi sensed someone approaching, changed his face, then realized his token number and storage device could still identify him before a visitor spoke outside the door.

Xu Yi met with Steward Fang of the Tianxia Association, obtained the Wind element Spirit Stone, and was mistaken for a Yin Venerable. He used his Soul-Summoning Banner to convince Steward Fang and Old Man Su of his power, leaving them apologizing and treating him as a senior.

• Steward Fang visited Xu Yi with Old Man Su and offered him the Wind element Spirit Stone for two thousand Spirit Stones.
• Xu Yi accepted the Spirit Stone and learned that Steward Fang wanted him to supply extraordinary talismans to the Tianxia Association.
• Xu Yi said he crafted talismans himself but was only practicing, and Old Man Su mistook him for a Yin Venerable.
• Xu Yi displayed his third-tier soul-element Soul-Summoning Banner, overwhelming Old Man Su and Steward Fang.
• Steward Fang and Old Man Su apologized to Xu Yi and asked him to forgive their discourtesy.

Xu Yi learned about talisman-making and accepted supplies from Steward Fang before leaving the Tianxia Association. Steward Fang and Old Su suspected Xu Yi was a World Child, then received an order to destroy the Shadow-Sound Pearls’ Total Crystal Core.

• Xu Yi asked Old Su how talisman-making revealed his cultivation, and Old Su explained the requirements for drawing Talisman Patterns.
• Steward Fang explained why talismans were rare and offered to seek a Rebirth Pill if Xu Yi produced one.
• Steward Fang gave Xu Yi books, Clarity Pills, practice talisman paper, and a Skull Token, which Xu Yi accepted before departing.
• Steward Fang and Old Su speculated that Xu Yi was a World Child and discussed how his lack of backing could benefit the Tianxia Association.
• The Head Shopkeeper of the Lihuo City branch arrived with an order to destroy the Shadow-Sound Pearls’ Total Crystal Core under the supervision of someone sent from above.

Xu Yi learned that Liu Shigu's son, Liu Xiangdao, was a powerful disciple of Tianyi Dao Sect and traveled from Lihuo City to Autumn Water City by Teleportation Gate. He left the city and headed toward its gate, where people were watching for customers.

• Steward Fang and the Head Shopkeeper discussed an ambiguous order from the Prefecture to destroy Lihuo City's Shadow-Sound Pearl master core.
• Li San told Xu Yi that Liu Shigu's son, Liu Xiangdao, was a Mid Soul Sensing Stage personal disciple and Palace Hall Master of Tianyi Dao Sect.
• Xu Yi paid Li San to guide him to Bargain Pavilion's Teleportation Gate and bought passage to Autumn Water City.
• Xu Yi traveled twenty thousand li through the Teleportation Channel in less than half an hour and bought a Local Scenery Atlas upon arrival.
• Xu Yi headed southeast toward the city gate, where more than ten people were watching visitors for potential customers.

Xu Yi rented a refining room in the Secret Refining Hall, formed a soul garment, and studied the Northern Sacred Court’s system of rule. He learned that grievance marked killers as dark cultivators, leaving them vulnerable to anyone and helping the Court enforce its authority.

• Xu Yi hired a middle-aged guide to lead him to the Secret Refining Hall and rewarded him with Crystal Coins.
• Xu Yi rented a refining room, checked it for surveillance, and put on the soul garment, sensing its connection to his yin soul.
• Xu Yi read Steward Fang’s books and learned how the Northern Sacred Court divided its territory among circuits, prefectures, sects, and cities.
• Xu Yi learned that victims’ Heavenly and Earthly Souls could be turned into grievance that clung to their killers.
• Xu Yi realized the Court used grievance to identify dark cultivators and enforce its laws, explaining Ambassador Song’s confidence around powerful cultivators.