Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi faced an alliance of Soul Sensing Ancestors while calmly sharing dinner with Yan Zi, killing two attackers without effort. The remaining experts submitted to his invitation, and he ordered Qing Mingzi to debone fish for his little sister as another Ancestor protested.

• Yan Zi spotted more than forty Soul Sensing Ancestors arriving, and Xu Yi dispelled his formation and destroyed a grotesque-faced attacker’s spear with True Fire Malice.
• Xu Yi continued eating and invited the assembled experts to join him, while the Ancestors struggled to reconcile his composure with their expectations.
• The Yellow Robe Old Man named Elder Balu died suddenly, and a fleeing red-robed old man also fell dead after Xu Yi warned the crowd not to move.
• The Soul Sensing experts landed on the Green Flat, and Qing Mingzi introduced himself as the National Preceptor of the Yuezhi Kingdom and professed peaceful intentions.
• Xu Yi told Qing Mingzi to pick the bones from the Osmanthus Vinegar Fish for Yan Zi, prompting a golden-furred giant to call for the group to attack.

Xu Yi forced the Soul Sensing Ancestors to serve him and Yan Zi, then ordered them to gather Precious Medicine to restore Yan Zi’s Life Source Power. Yan Zi had regained her brown hair and lost most of her aged appearance, while Xu Yi’s search for medicine continued.

• Xu Yi killed several people who resisted and made Qing Mingzi, Yin Jizi, and the other Soul Sensing Ancestors wait on him and Yan Zi at a feast.
• Xu Yi gave the Soul Sensing Ancestors a written order to find Precious Medicine, then flew away with Yan Zi as the crowd proclaimed the Great Yue Myth invincible.
• Yang Yanzi proposed resisting Xu Yi, but Xu Yi killed him with a mysterious technique, and the other Ancestors pledged to obey.
• In Great Yue’s Taiji Hall, Auspicious Duck realized that Xu Yi had used thousands of pieces of Precious Medicine to replenish Yan Zi’s Life Source Power.

After Auspicious Duck explained that precious medicines could nourish Xu Yi more effectively than spirit stones, Xu Yi realized he had misunderstood the value of the world he was in. He began consuming the medicines to test their power while Yan Zi continued recovering.

• Auspicious Duck complained that Xu Yi had given it too few fruits, then accepted a spirit stone to explain his advice.
• Auspicious Duck told Xu Yi to gather and use the world's precious medicines, explaining that their power could be absorbed directly by the body.
• Xu Yi reconsidered Old Cangtou's beliefs about travel between worlds and recognized the value of the Starry Sky Breath Locking Technique taught by Fierce Rhinoceros.
• Xu Yi gave Auspicious Duck more than a hundred precious medicines and sent it to fetch King Minister with instructions to prepare something.
• Xu Yi sealed the golden palace, sat near Yan Zi, and spent more than ten hours consuming precious medicines as his body grew fuller and his skin began to gleam.

Xu Yi cultivated with hundreds of thousands of Precious Medicines while collecting iron essence, then met Yuan Qinghua as he prepared to leave Great Yue. Yuan Qinghua described how Xu Yi’s fame had overwhelmed his household, and the chapter left their reunion in progress.

• Yan Zi regained her youth and returned to Xu Yi’s side.
• Auspicious Duck gathered Life-Death Gus from the Soul Sensing Ancestors and demanded Precious Medicines, collecting nearly half a million over two months.
• Xu Yi consumed more than three hundred thousand Precious Medicines, developed a faint Taiji Halo, and stored the remainder when the medicine stopped helping.
• King Minister brought Xu Yi a piece of iron essence, but it would not fuse with Xu Yi’s golden piece.
• Yuan Qinghua visited Xu Yi and explained that admirers had filled his courtyard with valuables, forcing him to move away with his family.

Xu Yi entrusted his treasures and future plans to his allies before leaving Great Yue to cultivate in seclusion. He returned to the Dark Mountain with Yan Zi, the Auspicious Duck, and the little red carp, then entered the mountain through a newly created True Soul Space.

• Xu Yi gave Yuan Qinghua a Sumeru Ring filled with Precious Medicines and let Yan Zi keep Tiger Head company, promising to arrange a stroke of fortune for him.
• Xu Yi told Qing Mingzi, Lotus Great Master, and the other Soul Sensing Ancestors that he had reached the Late Soul Sensing Stage and instructed them to cultivate Precious Medicines for a chance to obtain Earth Soul Talismans.
• Xu Yi left the Golden Hall with Yan Zi and the Auspicious Duck, carrying Tiger Head back inside and asking the others to watch over him.
• Xu Yi stopped at a lake, reunited Yan Zi with the little red carp, and invited it along for another stroke of fortune.
• Xu Yi returned to the Dark Mountain, created a True Soul Space, brought Yan Zi, the Auspicious Duck, and the little red carp inside, and activated the boundary marker to enter the mountain.

Xu Yi returned to Cold Sun Peak with Yan Zi after bringing Auspicious Duck and Little Red Carp to the Great World, where each chose to leave and pursue cultivation independently. He appointed Yan Zi the sect’s First Vice Sect Master, and the gathered followers fell silent after he made clear that his decision was final.

• Xu Yi arrived in Shatai Valley with Yan Zi, Auspicious Duck, and Little Red Carp after mastering stable spatial travel.
• Auspicious Duck left Xu Yi to cultivate in the Great World, though he promised to repay Xu Yi a favor.
• Xu Yi released Little Red Carp into the Sea of Forgetfulness so it could pursue its cultivation.
• Xu Yi brought Yan Zi to Cold Sun Peak and summoned the sect’s followers to the main hall.
• Xu Yi appointed Yan Zi First Vice Sect Master and declared that her word would stand in his absence.
• The gathered followers objected to Yan Zi’s appointment, but Xu Yi’s rebuke silenced them.

Xu Yi rushed to the Civil Administration Department before his leave expired and chose to join Huaixi’s Discipline Department. The chapter ended with him accepting the First Division chief position, while Feng Ting Shu reacted in silence to the appointment.

• Steward Fang warned Xu Yi that he had to choose a post before his leave expired, and Xu Yi realized he had only one day left.
• Xu Yi hurried to the Civil Administration Department and told Lord Zhu that he wanted to join the Discipline Department.
• Lord Zhu said the only available opening was Chief of the First Division, a post beneath Xu Yi’s rank, but Xu Yi accepted it and received his jade token.
• Lord Zhu instructed Xu Yi to wait at Heavy Sword Peak the next morning, and Feng Ting Shu learned that Xu Yi had become the First Division chief.

Xu Yi avoided Feng Ting Shu and Big Beard Zhu’s scheme to ruin his appointment by staying calm and secretly recording their meeting. After learning how he had outmaneuvered them, Feng Ting Shu left, while Xu Yi focused on the Hidden Spirit Pearl Big Beard Zhu had used.

• Feng Ting Shu confronted Big Beard Zhu for failing to bait Xu Yi into an outburst, and Big Beard Zhu revealed that Xu Yi had not taken the trap.
• Big Beard Zhu used a Hidden Spirit Pearl to show Feng Ting Shu a recording of his appointment meeting with Xu Yi.
• Big Beard Zhu explained that Xu Yi had secretly carried a Shadow-Sound Pearl, so he had approved Xu Yi’s appointment rather than risk being exposed.
• Feng Ting Shu left after Big Beard Zhu tried to reassure him that Xu Yi’s new post would limit his rise.
• Xu Yi descended from Qianxiu Rock after secretly observing the meeting and learning that Big Beard Zhu and Feng Ting Shu were conspiring against him.
• Xu Yi realized that Big Beard Zhu’s Hidden Spirit Pearl, rather than the conspiracy itself, was what he had stayed behind to investigate.

Xu Yi disguised himself and used a lavish bribe to lure Big Beard Zhu outside the mountain gate, making him believe the Zhou Family wanted to join forces against Xu Yi. Big Beard Zhu followed Xu Yi toward Bayi City, unaware that the message was a trap.

• Xu Yi took a Body Concealing Pill, disguised himself, and bribed a mountain patrolman to deliver a coded message to Big Beard Zhu.
• Big Beard Zhu interpreted the message as proof that Feng Ting Shu and the Zhou Family wanted to discuss dealing with Xu Yi, and decided to meet them.
• Xu Yi met Big Beard Zhu outside the mountain gate and paid the patrolman more than twenty Spirit Stones in total.
• Xu Yi claimed the Zhou Family was determined to deal with his target and urged Big Beard Zhu to hurry to a meeting.
• Xu Yi boarded a Mechanical Bird and flew northwest toward Bayi City with Big Beard Zhu following.

Xu Yi escaped Big Beard Zhu after stealing from his Sumeru Ring and returned to Cold Sun Peak, where he delegated the Number One Under Heaven Sect’s rapid expansion to Zhao Wuliang and recruited Steward Fang to help manage it.

• Xu Yi paralyzed Big Beard Zhu, took something from his Sumeru Ring, and escaped into the river after Big Beard Zhu recognized him as Feng and attacked.
• Xu Yi evaded Big Beard Zhu, changed his appearance, and returned to Cold Sun Peak late at night.
• Yan Zi welcomed Xu Yi with a late-night meal, but Zhao Wuliang and Steward Fang arrived to discuss the sect’s expansion.
• Xu Yi refused to handle the sect’s administrative burdens and asked Steward Fang to join the Number One Under Heaven Sect.
• Xu Yi appointed Steward Fang Deputy Strategist and told Zhao Wuliang that both men could earn further promotions through merit.

Xu Yi sent Yan Zi into seclusion to cultivate, then heard Steward Fang’s advice about his new government post. Steward Fang explained the Discipline Department’s factions and warned that Xu Yi could face trouble because he was not appointed Deputy Head Official of the First Section.

• Xu Yi gave Yan Zi cultivation resources and told her to pursue a breakthrough, so she went into seclusion.
• Steward Fang returned to ask about the old senior and the materials for making fire-element talisman paper, and Xu Yi postponed explaining the truth.
• Steward Fang asked about Xu Yi’s government post and advised him not to fight over the position itself.
• Steward Fang outlined the Discipline Department’s power structure and its rival factions.
• Steward Fang warned Xu Yi that he might be challenged because he was not made Deputy Head Official of the First Section, then began explaining the First Division’s authority.

Steward Fang briefed Xu Yi on the Discipline Department’s power and the resources available to a Star Official, then gave him research on Huaixi Prefecture’s officials and materials for talisman paper. Back in his cave abode, Xu Yi figured out how to sense the Hidden Spirit Pearl and tested that he could detect it even when it was concealed.

• Steward Fang explained the Discipline Department’s authority and described the lawful cultivation resources Xu Yi could access as a Star Official.
• Steward Fang gave Xu Yi a collection of notes on officials in Huaixi Prefecture’s departments and materials for making fire-element talisman paper.
• Xu Yi appointed Steward Fang as military adviser, gave him the Restriction Token for Cold Sun Peak, and assigned him and Zhao Wuliang to reorganize the sect.
• Xu Yi examined the Hidden Spirit Pearl and discovered that using his soul sense to locate its weight let his perception detect its faint presence.
• After two hours of practice, Xu Yi learned to sense the Hidden Spirit Pearl in different positions, including when it was hidden in his sleeve or waist pouch.

Xu Yi began his new post in the Discipline Department after studying the Huaixi officials and finding that its leaders had arranged a deliberately discourteous welcome. He arrived alone at Snow Plum Ridge and introduced himself directly to the assembled staff, leaving them to respond to his challenge to introduce themselves in turn.

• Xu Yi studied Steward Fang’s documents overnight and memorized the Discipline Department’s personnel.
• Deputy Division Chief Zhang completed Xu Yi’s joining formalities, but the deputy directors refused to meet him and Wang Fengqi sent him to Snow Plum Ridge without an escort.
• Xu Yi pointed out that Wang Fengqi should have accompanied him, then let Deputy Division Chief Zhang leave and traveled to Snow Plum Ridge alone.
• Xu Yi entered the Huaixi Supervision and Censorate Office, where the staff had expected Steward Wang to bring him and reacted with mockery when he arrived alone.
• Xu Yi showed his credentials, stated his rank and appointment, and asked the assembled staff to introduce themselves.

Xu Yi asserted his authority over the First Division by humiliating and beating Deputy Director Leng Xing, despite the Official Law forbidding officials from fighting. He then invoked a regulation requiring subordinates to salute a superior, leaving Leng Xing collapsed in shock and blood.

• Leng Xing challenged Xu Yi’s attempt to establish authority, but Xu Yi insulted him and claimed the head seat.
• When Leng Xing argued that his rank entitled him to the seat, Xu Yi pretended to yield before striking him twice and knocking him unconscious.
• The Red-faced Fatty warned Xu Yi that fighting violated a grave prohibition under the Official Law, but Xu Yi revived Leng Xing with a nudge.
• Xu Yi stopped Leng Xing from leaving and recited the regulation requiring lower-ranking officials to salute their superior.
• Leng Xing heard the regulation, howled, vomited blood, and toppled over.

Xu Yi established his authority by beating Leng Xing under an obscure clause of the Official Law, then buried himself in department records. Elsewhere, Feng Ting Shu plotted against Xu with Director Zhao’s backing, but Big Beard Zhu stormed into Feng’s courtyard and confronted him in a fury.

• Xu Yi cited a forgotten clause in the Official Law to justify beating Leng Xing, then dismissed the meeting and ordered Deng Ming to prepare department records.
• Feng Ting Shu showed a newly built courtyard to a purple-robed man, who revealed that Director Zhao wanted Xu taken down in exchange for a path to becoming a two-star official.
• Feng Ting Shu said he had bribed people in the Discipline Department and prepared another move against Xu, expecting Xu’s induction to end in humiliation.
• Big Beard Zhu burst into Feng Ting Shu’s courtyard and accused him of hiding something, then tried to punch him.
• Old Xia stepped between Big Beard Zhu and Feng Ting Shu, but Big Beard Zhu shoved him aside and warned him not to interfere.

Feng Ting Shu was summoned to court after Big Beard Zhu accused him of taking something, while Xu Yi researched the Discipline Department’s records to learn how to perform his duties. The chapter left Xu Yi uncovering something striking in the meeting minutes.

• Big Beard Zhu demanded that Feng Ting Shu return something he claimed Feng had taken, but Feng denied knowing what he meant.
• Feng Ting Shu avoided involving Director Zhao and invited Xia Dao Gan to share a meal from Qingfeng Xuan.
• An official from the Discipline Department’s Prison Litigation Division served Feng Ting Shu with a summons to appear in court within an hour.
• Feng Ting Shu kicked over the arriving feast and rushed out, while Xia Dao Gan left in annoyance.
• Xu Yi reviewed the First Division’s archives for three hours and found a passage in the meeting minutes that caught his attention.

Xu Yi demanded the Boundary Barrier Pearl from Deputy Director Leng, who plotted with Zhao Xing and Zhou Rui to resist him and ally with Director Feng. As Xu Yi left the office to visit the Ten Thousand Treasure Library, two visitors arrived, and he recognized the man in black as someone connected to a scheme he had set in motion.

• Xu Yi learned that Deputy Director Leng had the Boundary Barrier Pearl and ordered Envoy Liu to tell him to bring it the next morning.
• Envoy Liu relayed Xu Yi's demand to Leng Xing, who became furious about the humiliation he had suffered.
• Zhao Xing and Zhou Rui urged Leng Xing to withhold the pearl through official procedures and seek an alliance with Director Feng.
• Xu Yi decided to visit the Ten Thousand Treasure Library to investigate the Hidden Spirit Pearl and the Taiji Halo around his True Soul Figure.
• Two figures descended outside the Director's office, and Xu Yi recognized the black-robed man and realized his planted scheme had come to fruition.

Xu Yi was summoned to the Prison Litigation Department as a witness in Big Beard Zhu’s complaint against Feng Ting Shu over the missing Hidden Spirit Pearl. Feng Ting Shu blamed Xu Yi for the theft, and the court prepared to question both men.

• Liu Wen and Xia Dao Gan invited Xu Yi to appear as a witness, and Xu Yi agreed to go to court in uniform.
• Director Qin explained that Big Beard Zhu had sued Feng Ting Shu to recover the Hidden Spirit Pearl and protect himself from the consequences of losing it.
• Officials from several departments gathered as Feng Ting Shu arrived and heard Big Beard Zhu’s accusation.
• Feng Ting Shu denied stealing the pearl and accused Xu Yi, prompting Deputy Director Zhao to call for both suspects to be questioned.

At a hearing over the theft of the Hidden Spirit Pearl, Big Beard Zhu accused Feng Ting Shu, while Feng denied the charge and demanded evidence. Zhu called for the mountain patrol rider Cao Bing as a witness, leaving the case poised for testimony.

• Director Qin summoned Xu Yi to court, and Xu asked whether Qin or Feng Ting Shu was handling the case.
• Big Beard Zhu recounted how a mountain patrol rider lured him away before a man in green stole his Sumeru Ring and escaped into a lake.
• Xu Mingyuan accused Feng Ting Shu of stealing the Hidden Spirit Pearl, while Feng was stunned by Zhu's account.
• Feng denied the charge and demanded evidence, and Deputy Director Zhao defended him as Xu Mingyuan and Zhao argued.
• Director Qin asked Zhu for proof, and Zhu called the mountain patrol rider Cao Bing as a witness.

Cao Bing testified that Feng Ting Shu had sent a green-uniformed man to bribe him and summon Big Beard Zhu using a phrase linked to the Hidden Spirit Pearl. Big Beard Zhu admitted conspiring with Feng Ting Shu against Xu Yi but concealed the pearl’s wider connections, leaving his confession under questioning.

• Big Beard Zhu urged Cao Bing to recount what had happened, and Director Qin promised to forgive his minor offenses if his testimony helped the case.
• Cao Bing testified that a man in green gave him twelve Spirit Stones and promised ten more to deliver a message to Big Beard Zhu.
• Cao Bing said Big Beard Zhu agreed to meet the man after hearing the words “The goddess dreamed, but her traces vanished.”
• Director Qin dismissed Cao Bing and invited Big Beard Zhu to continue explaining his actions.
• Big Beard Zhu admitted that Feng Ting Shu had asked him to help deal with Xu Yi and that he had agreed for the promised benefits.
• Big Beard Zhu claimed the phrase pointed to the Hidden Spirit Pearl and said it convinced him to follow Cao Bing, while Feng Ting Shu remained silent despite his anger.