Chapter Summaries

Young Master Xu and Ambassador Song confronted Gong Xiuhua and showed him Shadow-Sound Pearl footage of Xu Yi’s pursuit of Liu Xiangdao and his exploits in Shatai Valley. The images left Gong Xiuhua watching his fellow disciple’s death as Young Master Xu’s secret tracking and Xu Yi’s actions came to light.

• Young Master Xu arrived with Ambassador Song and tried to persuade Gong Xiuhua to focus his grief on their common enemy, but Gong Xiuhua threatened him.
• Young Master Xu revealed that a Netherworld Bird had tracked the person they both sought and produced a Shadow-Sound Pearl recording.
• Ambassador Song recognized the disguised Young Man in Green as someone entering the Tianxia Association in Lihuo City, then watched as the recording revealed Xu Yi’s true appearance.
• The Shadow-Sound Pearl showed Xu Yi attacking Liu Xiangdao with a Swift Body Talisman, and Gong Xiuhua stared at the scene in grief.
• The recording continued through Xu Yi’s exploits in Shatai Valley while Ambassador Song reacted to the fights, the Coral Horn, and Xu Yi’s clever deception.

Young Master Xu bargained with Gong Xiuhua for Tianyi Dao’s fragment of the Heavenly God Chart in exchange for Xu Yi’s whereabouts, then revealed eight Black Cultivators as his force. Gong Xiuhua left them to capture Xu Yi alive, and the dragon boat headed toward Shatai Valley.

• Young Master Xu showed Gong Xiuhua footage of Xu Yi defeating Tianyi Dao’s men and offered to trade Xu Yi’s whereabouts for the Heavenly God Chart fragment.
• Gong Xiuhua returned the Shadow-Sound Pearl and demanded Xu Yi’s location, but Young Master Xu insisted on receiving the fragment first.
• Gong Xiuhua attacked Young Master Xu, drawing out eight black-cloaked reinforcements who stopped his golden palm with walls of Killing Intent.
• Gong Xiuhua recognized the eight fighters as Black Cultivators from the Sin Army and agreed to let Young Master Xu pursue Xu Yi, insisting he be captured alive.
• Young Master Xu, Ambassador Song, and the eight Black Cultivators boarded the dragon boat and set off for Shatai Valley.

Young Master Xu considered whether to recruit or kill Xu Yi, whose talent for making extraordinary talismans had impressed him, while plotting to keep him from falling into anyone else’s hands. After reaching Shatai Valley, Young Master Xu ordered the assembled fighters to search for Xu Yi and capture him for the manor.

• Young Master Xu told Ambassador Song that powerful forces were gathering the fragments of the Heavenly God Chart and that he expected to obtain Gong Xiuhua’s fragment.
• Young Master Xu recalled his hatred of Xu Yi, then weighed it against his admiration for Xu Yi’s talent and suspected that he made extraordinary wind-element talismans.
• Young Master Xu traced his suspicions to Ghost Bird reports and clues connecting Xu Yi, Steward Fang, and the Tianxia Association to wind-element talismans.
• Young Master Xu’s dragon boat reached Shatai Valley, where he stopped a large battle and heard how Xu Yi had turned Tianyi Dao members against one another.
• Young Master Xu ordered Ambassador Song to declare Xu Yi a wanted criminal and offer a reward for his capture, intending to use the people in Shatai Valley to find him.

Young Master Xu persuaded Ambassador Song to suspend the tournament and organize a prefecture-wide hunt for Xu Yi. Seeking a frigid pool in Crimson Fire Gorge so he could take the Rebirth Pill, Xu Yi was saved from a Fire Eye Spider by a pink Ice Fire Rabbit, which fled after he tried to thank it.

• Young Master Xu convinced Ambassador Song to announce a hunt for Xu Yi, promising rewards that included the chance for a first-tier sect to become a second-tier sect.
• Ambassador Song organized the sects into a disciplined army and ordered them to search together without splitting up.
• Xu Yi traveled to Crimson Fire Gorge, hoping its volcanic terrain concealed a frigid pool where he could take the Rebirth Pill.
• A Fire Eye Spider trapped Xu Yi in its invisible web, but a pink Ice Fire Rabbit froze and devoured the spider.
• Xu Yi pursued the rabbit and offered it a Precious Medicine in thanks, but it startled at his demon-language speech and vanished.

Xu Yi found a group of Ice Fire Rabbits trapped by cultivators behind a waterfall and decided to rescue them, both because they were related to King Bala and because the pink rabbit had helped him. He asked the hunters to give him one rabbit, but they secretly debated ambushing him and stealing his powerful soul banner.

• Xu Yi followed the trail of changing temperatures to a waterfall and used his Mechanical Bird to discover a hidden clearing behind it.
• Xu Yi found the Pink Rabbit and five other Ice Fire Rabbits alive but pinned by tiny darts, while a dozen cultivators held them in a sealed trap.
• Xu Yi recognized that the cultivators had lured the rabbits with Begonia Radishes and trapped them to harvest their valuable demon cores.
• Xu Yi asked the cultivators to give him one Ice Fire Rabbit and offered a generous gift in return.
• The cultivators discussed Xu Yi through voice transmission, weighing the value of the rabbits against the danger of his third-tier soul banner and plotting to attack him together.

Xu Yi confronted the twelve cultivators who had plotted to seize his six Ice Fire Rabbits and used the Soul-Summoning Banner to discourage an attack. He demanded that they agree to a division or face exposure, leaving the group to decide quickly.

• Xu Yi revealed his Soul-Summoning Banner and message orb, accused the cultivators of plotting against him, and threatened to expose them.
• The Hemp-clothed Daoist priest and the Leopard-headed middle-aged man denied their intentions, then argued that Xu Yi should not claim a rabbit for himself.
• Xu Yi activated the Soul-Summoning Banner, shaking the cultivators’ spiritual platforms and proving that he could threaten them with its power.
• The Hemp-clothed Daoist priest apologized and accepted Xu Yi’s request for one Ice Fire Rabbit, but Xu Yi said he still did not trust them.
• Xu Yi demanded that the group agree on how to divide the rabbits or he would notify the main force, and the cultivators had to decide quickly.

Xu Yi forced the cultivators to meet his demands, then used their assumptions about his plan to hurl all six Ice Fire Rabbits into the cold pool. He had intended to save them from the beginning, and the chapter left the others stunned by his move.

• Xu Yi made the cultivators agree to tie up the Ice Fire Rabbits, remove the Black Prison Nails, and give them an antidote.
• The Hemp-clothed Daoist priest’s group revived the rabbits and took down the net of light over the cold pool.
• Xu Yi delayed choosing a rabbit while the cultivators suspected he planned to escape through the pool.
• Xu Yi declared that he wanted all six rabbits, broke their bindings, and threw them into the cold pool.
• Xu Yi’s unexpected rescue worked because the cultivators misjudged his intentions across the divide between humans and demons.

Xu Yi released the Ice Fire Rabbits and used a message sphere to deter the Leopard-headed middle-aged man and his companions from attacking him. When the Young Master’s forces arrived to hunt him, Xu Yi maneuvered to avoid suspicion and greeted Elder Zhao and Brother Su as if nothing had happened.

• Xu Yi had the Hemp-clothed Daoist priest bind and detoxify the rabbit before canceling the light net, then released the Ice Fire Rabbits.
• The Leopard-headed middle-aged man attacked Xu Yi, but Xu Yi reported the group’s location and appearances through a message sphere, making them fear retaliation from Tianyi Dao.
• Xu Yi argued that humans and demons were both cultivators, enraging the Leopard-headed middle-aged man until he spat black blood.
• Xu Yi heard the Young Master’s forces closing in and warned the Hemp-clothed Daoist priest and the others to retreat before they were questioned.
• After the group fled, Xu Yi climbed the cave wall and dropped back down as dozens of people rushed inside.
• Xu Yi greeted Elder Zhao and Brother Su warmly and asked whether they had captured the rebels.

Xu Yi learned that Ambassador Song’s men had come to capture him alive on Young Master Xu’s orders, and he realized his leverage over Young Master Xu had failed. As Xu Yi prepared to fight his way out of the cave, Young Master Xu watched from a dragon boat and asked Ari whether he planned to test Xu Yi himself.

• Xu Yi questioned the high-cheekboned Daoist and learned that Ambassador Song had ordered the group to take him into custody as a wanted criminal.
• Xu Yi suspected Young Master Xu had tracked him and realized that the recording he had made to threaten Young Master Xu might no longer protect him.
• The high-cheekboned Daoist urged Xu Yi to surrender, promising that he would be kept alive, but Xu Yi feared capture and resolved to fight.
• Young Master Xu watched the cave from a dragon boat as Ambassador Song argued that the surrounding force could easily capture Xu Yi.
• Ari predicted that Xu Yi would not surrender without a fight, and Young Master Xu asked whether Ari intended to go down and test him.

Xu Yi tried to surrender to Young Master Xu, but the Hemp-clothed Daoist priest and the Leopard-headed middle-aged man moved to silence him. An Ice Fire Rabbit intervened from the cold pool, leaving Xu Yi to face the gathering forces while telling the rabbit they were even.

• Xu Yi asked to surrender only to the noble young master, while the high-cheekboned old man agreed to bring him over.
• The Hemp-clothed Daoist priest attacked Xu Yi, but the high-cheekboned old man stopped his next strike and demanded an explanation.
• The Hemp-clothed Daoist priest accused the high-cheekboned old man of conspiring with Xu Yi as they argued over the failed pursuit of the Ice Fire Rabbits.
• The Leopard-headed middle-aged man sent a killing attack at Xu Yi, who prepared to fight back despite his injuries.
• An Ice Fire Rabbit burst from the cold pool and struck the attack with icy mist, shaking the mountainside.
• Xu Yi told the Ice Fire Rabbit through the Azure Moon Horn that they were even and urged it to leave.

Xu Yi killed the Hemp-clothed Daoist priest and silenced the Leopard-headed middle-aged man to keep the Ice Fire Rabbit family’s hiding place secret. He changed his plan and stayed with Old Man Su, demanding that the honored guest be summoned there.

• The pink rabbit revealed that the Ice Fire Rabbits had helped Xu Yi, and the Hemp-clothed Daoist priest attacked him while accusing him of aiding demons.
• Xu Yi used the Soul-Summoning Banner, Mechanical Bird, and Coral Horn to kill the Hemp-clothed Daoist priest and take his Sumeru Ring.
• Xu Yi agreed to accompany Old Man Su, while the pink rabbit urged him not to worry about the Ice Fire Rabbit family’s safety.
• When the Leopard-headed middle-aged man threatened to expose what was in the pool, Xu Yi used the Soul-Summoning Banner to make him disappear.
• Xu Yi decided to stay and guard the pool, told Old Man Su to summon the honored guest, and swallowed Clarity Pills mixed with Soul Replenishing Liquid.

Xu Yi remained trapped in a standoff until Young Master Xu sent Ari and seven Sin Army cultivators to seize him alive. After their united souls countered the Soul-Summoning Banner, an icy mist rose from the pool, and Xu Yi urged the Ice Fire Rabbit clan to flee.

• Xu Yi replenished his exhausted yin soul while more than twenty Soul Sensing experts hesitated to attack him.
• On the dragon boat, Ambassador Song complained that his forces had failed, and Young Master Xu ordered Ari to bring Xu Yi back alive.
• Ari and seven cloaked Sin Army cultivators entered the cave and announced that Xu Yi must come with them.
• The eight cultivators joined their divided souls to resist the Soul-Summoning Banner, and Xu Yi's attack on A Jin was stopped by Ari's purple-qi palm.
• Icy mist burst from the pool, and Ari recognized the scent of Water element Spirit Stones.
• Xu Yi sent a message urging the Ice Fire Rabbit clan to escape and considered resisting capture despite the order to take him alive.

Xu Yi tried to protect the Ice Fire Rabbits from Ari and the seven cloaked men, but the rabbits emerged from the Cold Fire Pool and joined the fight. The Sin Army veterans shifted their formation to target Gray Rabbit, leaving the battle unresolved.

• A Yue identified the Cold Fire Pool and used red powder to draw out the Ice Fire Rabbits, while Xu Yi attacked him with three Heaven’s Thunder Pearls.
• Ari realized Xu Yi had no True Fiend Qi and told the other cloaked men that Xu Yi’s meridians had been severed.
• Pink Rabbit, Gray Rabbit, and a white rabbit emerged from the pool, and Xu Yi declared he would fight beside them.
• The three late-stage Ice Fire Rabbits battled the eight cloaked men, who used coordinated Killing Intent attacks to counter them.
• Ari’s group changed tactics and concentrated their attacks on Gray Rabbit, prompting Pink Rabbit and the white rabbit to rush to her defense.

Xu Yi used the Soul-Summoning Banner to rescue Ari and the other cloaked figures, then fought off the crowd that turned on the Ice Fire Rabbits. His soul was nearly spent, and he urged the rabbits to retreat as the attackers scattered.

• Xu Yi sent three divided souls into the Soul-Summoning Banner, which swept Ari and the seven other cloaked figures inside and ended their assault.
• Ari urged the onlookers to seize the Ice Fire Rabbits, and the gathered experts attacked them while Xu Yi struggled to recover his soul.
• Xu Yi charged into the formation and killed the first Liquid Condensation expert to attack with the Soul-Summoning Banner.
• Xu Yi killed the red-clad young man with another strike from the banner, frightening the crowd into weakening their attacks and scattering.
• Xu Yi told the Ice Fire Rabbits to retreat because he could no longer hold on.

Xu Yi killed A Yue by using the Soul-Summoning Banner to hold the Sin Army’s souls together while he attacked, but the surviving members retaliated and left him badly injured. As the Ice Fire Rabbits faced a choice between saving Xu Yi and saving the last young rabbit, both were in immediate danger.

• A Yue spread red powder to lure the Ice Fire Rabbits, while Xu Yi told them to hold off the Sin Army as he targeted A Yue.
• Xu Yi shattered his soul armor and used the Soul-Summoning Banner and Soul-Shaking Bell to restrain the Sin Army’s linked souls.
• Xu Yi’s Mechanical Bird pierced A Yue’s defenses and killed her, enraging the other seven members of the Sin Army.
• A Shui and A Huo struck Xu Yi with Baleful Intent, but he swallowed a Source Pill and began healing.
• A Shui crushed the bottle, and the two young rabbits leaped from the pool toward the red powder; Ari killed one and sent the others’ attacks toward the remaining rabbit and Xu Yi.

Xu Yi and the Ice Fire Rabbits fought the cloaked figures until the mountain collapsed, leaving the rabbits and several others badly injured or missing. As rescuers searched the ruins, Young Master Xu learned Xu Yi was still unaccounted for, while Ari confronted Ambassador Song over the deaths of his comrades.

• The pink Ice Fire Rabbit sacrificed itself to block the black energy attack, and Xu Yi sent a soul thread from the Soul-Summoning Banner into the sky before the mountain collapsed.
• Young Master Xu ordered a rescue after the collapse, and the searchers dug out the survivors and three badly wounded Ice Fire Rabbits.
• Ambassador Song reported that four people, including Xu Yi, were missing and might have fallen into a strange, freezing pool that resisted their senses.
• Young Master Xu saw that a rescuer's leg had frozen solid and realized the mission to capture the Talisman Master had likely failed.
• Ambassador Song tore off Ari's cloak and berated the convicts, and Ari answered that two of his battlefield brothers had died while holding their grievance beads.

Ari and the remaining Sin Army killed Ambassador Song and formed the Great Evolution Array of Rotation to resist the cultivators who rushed to claim them. The array reflected the attackers’ energy in a devastating blast, leaving the survivors afraid and asking what kind of array it was.

• A Yue’s emerging soul was shattered, and Ari realized that A Huo’s grievance pearl meant he had died as well.
• A Xing killed Ambassador Song, captured his soul, and dissolved his body, declaring that the Sin Army would not live as slaves.
• Ari rejected Young Master Xu’s demand that they surrender and ordered the remaining cloaked figures to form the Great Evolution Array of Rotation.
• Hundreds of cultivators attacked, but the array absorbed their combined strike and returned it as a red blast that killed and wounded many.
• Young Master Xu returned on his Mechanical Bird, and the high-cheekboned old man apologized and asked him to identify the array.

Young Master Xu explained that the Great Evolution Array of Rotation reflected attacks and could only be overcome by waiting for its soul-power supply to run out. Ari revealed his Yin Soul Bathing cultivation and an Earth Soul Talisman, while Young Master Xu responded by producing a medium-grade Array Breaking Stone.

• Young Master Xu identified the Great Evolution Array of Rotation and explained that it turned attacks back on those who launched them.
• Young Master Xu said the array would eventually weaken because sustaining it drained the Yin Souls, and the crowd decided to wait.
• Ari’s Yin Soul emerged from its bath, revealing that he had reached the Perfected Mid Soul Sensing Stage.
• Ari produced an Earth Soul Talisman, stunning the crowd and making Young Master Xu fear the consequences of the Sin Army’s escape.
• Young Master Xu brought out a medium-grade Array Breaking Stone, prompting the crowd to hope they could break the array.

Ari used the Earth Soul Talisman to draw the Netherworld Divine General, then offered him a Sumeru Ring and continued toward becoming a Yin Venerable. As the Minor Yin Tribulation struck the Great Evolution Array of Rotation, Young Master Xu struggled to keep the formation together and recalled a battlefield tactic for avoiding repeated strikes.

• Young Master Xu rallied more than eighty Soul Sensing experts to draw the Array Breaking Stone’s formation while Ari activated the Earth Soul Talisman.
• The Netherworld Divine General confronted Ari over taking an Earth Soul, but accepted Ari’s Sumeru Ring and departed.
• A pure-white soul rushed toward Ari, and Young Master Xu warned the crowd that they would be trapped in Shatai Valley if Ari became a Yin Venerable.
• The Minor Yin Tribulation began as the crowd nearly completed the formation, and lightning bolts blasted two groups of cultivators into ashes.
• Many experts fled, but Young Master Xu kept the formation growing and recalled Master Qin’s story about soldiers hiding where spirit cannons had already struck.

Ari reached the Yin Venerable realm and used his True Soul to defeat Young Master Xu’s force, leaving the surviving Soul Sensing experts at his mercy. As Ari and the Black Cultivators collected the survivors’ Sumeru Rings and Life-Death Gu, he mourned the loss of their two brothers.

• Young Master Xu directed the cultivators to break Ari’s array, but the Calamity Cloud dispersed and Ari’s newly formed True Soul attacked them.
• Ari destroyed Young Master Xu’s Mechanical Bird, incapacitated him, killed two fleeing Soul Sensing experts, and erased nearly two hundred Condensed Liquid experts with his soul sense.
• Ari opened his eyes after attaining the Yin Venerable realm, and the five hooded figures congratulated him.
• Ari rejected their celebration, lamented their dead brothers, and ordered them to deal with the surviving Soul Sensing experts.
• A Jin collected the survivors’ Sumeru Rings, while A Tu revealed that the Life-Death Gu from the red-robed author of Minor Records of Cangshan had been taken.