Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi intervened when Tong Fengchao’s forces tried to take control of the dispute, overpowering the golden-armored soldiers and punishing Su Guangzhao. He freed Gong Xiuhua from Gong Dao Yi’s grasp, but Gong Xiuhua remained trapped in an Attached Spirit Sky Snail web that required a True Spirit Circle cultivator to break.

• Tong Fengchao requisitioned the location for the Tiger Fang Guard and ordered everyone to withdraw, while declining to interfere in the family dispute.
• Xu Yi arrived and repelled the golden-armored soldiers’ killing intent, then knocked Su Guangzhao unconscious and crushed his Shadow-Sound Pearl.
• Xu Yi confronted Gong Dao Yi and struck him away, freeing Gong Xiuhua from his grasp.
• Gong Xiuhua coughed up heart’s blood but remained bound in the web, and Qiu Dao Ming explained that only a True Spirit Circle cultivator could destroy the Attached Spirit Sky Snail’s divided soul and release him.

Xu Yi confronted Gong Dao Yi and Tong Fengchao over taking Gong Xiuhua to the Discipline Department, then used a Shadow-Sound Pearl to stop Tong from forcing him out. The chapter left Tong panicking as Xu Yi publicly questioned whether he had made a deal with Gong Dao Yi in exchange for military funding.

• Xu Yi said he had come to take Gong Xiuhua in for questioning, while Su Jianming persuaded Gong Dao Yi not to resist because there was no evidence against her.
• Xu Yi asked Tong Fengchao to help break Gong Xiuhua free, then challenged him to return to the Discipline Department when Tong refused.
• Su Jianming urged Tong Fengchao to use his military authority against Xu Yi, and Tong ordered the Seventh Squad of the A-Character Unit to clear the hall.
• Xu Yi produced a Shadow-Sound Pearl and repeatedly asked whether Tong intended to conduct official business there, leaving Tong too wary to answer.
• Xu Yi said he would leave if Tong was conducting business, then challenged him to explain why he was driving them out and suggested he had an unspeakable deal with Gong Dao Yi over army sponsorship.

Tong Fengchao abandoned his attempt to interfere after Xu Yi exposed his fear of the Discipline Department, and Xu Yi freed Gong Xiuhua before leaving him to settle matters with his family. Gong Xiuhua crippled Gong Zhongyue and renounced the Gong family, leaving Gong Dao Yi and Su Qin to face his departure.

• Tong Fengchao stormed away and dismissed Su Jianming from the march after Su Jianming kept urging him to stay.
• Xu Yi sent the Soul Sensing Realm experts away, freed Gong Xiuhua from his restraints, and departed.
• Su Qin begged Gong Xiuhua for forgiveness, while Gong Xiuhua confronted Gong Dao Yi about whether he had planned to cripple him.
• Gong Xiuhua seized Gong Zhongyue and struck his lower abdomen, crippling him as Gong Dao Yi and Su Qin rushed to intervene.
• Gong Xiuhua declared that he no longer existed in the world and left, telling Gong Dao Yi their debts were settled.

Gong Xiuhua left Gong Zhongyue alive but destroyed his Qi Sea, setting off a violent family breakdown. Xu Yi reunited with his companions, hosted them at Cold Sun Peak, then returned to seclusion to study Zhao Tingfang’s notes and investigate his True Spirit Circle.

• Gong Xiuhua vanished after leaving Gong Zhongyue alive, but Gong Zhongyue soon discovered that his Qi Sea had been destroyed.
• Gong Zhongyue blamed Su Qin and beat her while Gong Dao Yi erupted in fury.
• Xu Yi explained that he had bluffed Tong Fengchao about the Official Law to make him leave Tianyi Dao’s main hall.
• Xu Yi and his companions met Gong Xiuhua, then gathered at Cold Sun Peak for a feast that lasted until dawn.
• Xu Yi sealed his cave and resumed studying Zhao Tingfang’s notes, identifying the halo above his True Soul Figure as the True Spirit Circle but remaining puzzled by his soul thoughts’ limited power.

Xu Yi decided to seek the Thunder Spirit Land to perfect his True Spirit Circle and prepared wind talismans for the Gloomy Forbidden Area. Far away, Young Master Xu struggled with her feelings for Xu Yi as Old Qin urged her to let the impossible affair go and warned her not to endanger him.

• Xu Yi concluded that he needed to achieve True Soul Complete to be promoted to Third-rank Star Official and decided to seek the Thunder Spirit Land.
• Xu Yi returned to preparations for mining the Spirit Mine Vein and began refining Swift Body Talismans and Swift Wind Talismans.
• Young Master Xu listened to Old Qin's flute and gave him her last flask of Drunken Beauty before her arranged marriage into the Bai family.
• Old Qin reminded Young Master Xu of his prophecy and urged her to keep her feelings for Xu Yi as a memory, warning that the Exalted One had already shown Xu Yi favor.

Young Master Xu defied the Exalted One’s plans and asked Old Qin to arrange something for her, while Xu Yi prepared for his expedition and received a mysterious visitor promising him a great fortune. The visitor, Gu Mou, had yet to reveal what he was offering.

• Young Master Xu insisted that the Exalted One let her capture the Earth Soul on her own terms, and Old Qin agreed to report her request.
• After deciding to marry if the man had no feelings for her, Young Master Xu told Old Qin what she wanted and left him stunned.
• During seven days of seclusion, Xu Yi made Swift Body and Swift Wind Talismans and worked out how to produce fire-element talisman paper.
• Old Cai confessed that he had kept a persistent visitor waiting, and Xu Yi told him to bring the man in.
• Xu Yi met the visitor, who introduced himself as Gu Mou and said Heaven intended to send Xu Yi a great fortune.

Xu Yi met Gu Mou, who offered information about a Spirit Mine Vein in the Gloomy Forbidden Area in exchange for an Earth Soul Talisman. Xu Yi rejected the price as unreasonable, leaving the deal unresolved.

• Gu Mou told Xu Yi that Old Yu had referred him and explained how they had built reputations as sources of information and opportunities.
• Gu Mou offered to sell Xu Yi the location of a Spirit Mine Vein that he claimed could yield at least five hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
• Gu Mou explained that decades of exploring the Gloomy Forbidden Area and collecting maps let him find the vein again, and promised not to charge Xu Yi if the search yielded nothing.
• Gu Mou demanded an Earth Soul Talisman as payment, and Xu Yi objected that the talisman was too valuable for the information offered.

Xu Yi agreed to partner with the middle-aged man in black robes, who spent more than twenty days teaching him about the Gloomy Forbidden Area and mining. When Steward Fang reported that several Yin Venerables wanted to join the expedition, the black-robed man warned that a Sincere Grade agreement might not keep them from betraying the team if they found a vast spirit mine.

• The middle-aged man in black robes offered Xu Yi his knowledge of the Gloomy Forbidden Area, Five Elements Spirit Mine Veins, and mining in exchange for an Earth Soul Talisman.
• Xu Yi tested the man by grabbing him and accusing him of working for the Chen family, then apologized and agreed to partner with him after the man passed the test.
• Xu Yi invited the man to Cold Sun Peak, where he taught Xu Yi about the Gloomy Forbidden Area for more than twenty days while Xu Yi studied fire-element Talisman Patterns at night.
• Steward Fang told Xu Yi that several Yin Venerables were willing to join the expedition and had agreed to sign a Sincere Grade agreement through a Martial Edict.
• Xu Yi approved Steward Fang's arrangements but the middle-aged man in black robes warned that powerful recruits might be tempted to betray them if they found a great quantity of spirit stones.

Xu Yi settled the rules for his mining team and decided to rent a dragon boat for their expedition into the Gloomy Forbidden Area. As the strange fog began to clear, he finalized arrangements with the team and met the Yin Venerables who agreed to join.

• Mr. Gu persuaded Xu Yi and Steward Fang to inspect Sincere Grade cultivators' Sumeru Rings and require Yin Venerables to take the Life-Death Gu.
• Xu Yi considered buying a large dragon boat, then realized he could rent one instead.
• Xu Yi told Steward Fang to organize the team and continued studying Spirit Mine Veins with Mr. Gu.
• Zhao Wuliang reported that the fog over the Gloomy Forbidden Area would disperse within two days, while Steward Fang reported that the team had accepted the new rules.
• Half of the six Yin Venerables left when they heard the conditions, and Xu Yi met the three who stayed and completed the formalities with them.

Xu Yi led a five-hundred-person group aboard Qiu Dao Ming’s Endless Flying Boat to enter the Gloomy Forbidden Area. After teleporting in, they found a dim, spiritually rich landscape, but the middle-aged man in black admitted he did not know where the Spirit Mine Vein was.

• Qiu Dao Ming provided the Endless Flying Boat for Xu Yi’s expedition, and Xu Yi assembled a group of five hundred people for the journey.
• Xu Yi’s party flew to Ren Kong City, completed the Sacred Court’s entry formalities, and entered a teleportation array aboard the dragon boat.
• Xu Yi and the others arrived in the Gloomy Forbidden Area beneath a gray, hazy sun and identified a Blue Separation Flower to determine direction.
• When Xu Yi asked which way to go, the middle-aged man in black admitted he had never visited that area and could not locate the Spirit Mine Vein.

Xu Yi and the middle-aged man in black finally located the Spirit Mine Vein after navigating the Gloomy Forbidden Area, but another dragon boat arrived just as they neared it. Recognizing the Yun family’s banner, the group realized they had encountered a powerful rival, and Gu Mou urged Xu Yi to avoid a confrontation.

• Xu Yi piloted the boat north while the middle-aged man in black searched for familiar terrain, then followed his directions northeast after they found a landmark.
• The middle-aged man in black taught Xu Yi to identify local terrain and plants as they traveled toward the Spirit Mine Vein.
• The pair reached the area near a Thousand-Hand Tree, and Xu Yi called everyone onto the deck to prepare for their destination.
• Xu Yi and the others spotted a large dragon boat approaching, and they realized that another buyer had found the Spirit Mine Vein.
• The group recognized the Sword Orchid Banner as the Yun family’s emblem, and Qiu Dao Ming explained the family’s high standing in Guide Road.
• Gu Mou advised Xu Yi to avoid provoking the Yun family and promised to find him a Metal-element Spirit Mine Vein instead.

Xu Yi faced the vastly stronger Yun family force and captured the Seventh Young Master after pretending to accept a Life-Death Gu. His sudden reversal left the three black-robed men unable to attack without risking the captive.

• Xu Yi sensed that the opposing dragon boat had four True Spirit Circle cultivators and more than two hundred Yin Venerables, far outnumbering his side.
• Two black-robed men killed or wounded more than a dozen people, including Gong Xiuhua and Qiu Dao Ming, then ordered Xu Yi to step forward and swallow a Life-Death Gu.
• Xu Yi pretended to submit, then used thirteen Swift Body Talismans and the Coral Horn to break the Seventh Young Master's shield and seize him.
• The three black-robed men reacted in fury, but the Seventh Young Master's capture forced them to hold back.

Xu Yi defeated the Yun Household’s attackers, killing three black-robed experts and capturing the youth in snow-white clothes. He left the youth alive after forcing an object down his throat, while the battle’s aftermath unfolded aboard the dragon boats.

• Xu Yi seized the youth in snow-white clothes’ Sumeru Ring while repelling the three black-robed men’s attacks, but the youth broke free and wounded Xu Yi’s spirit with a white arrow.
• Xu Yi recovered and killed the long-browed black-robed man, then used the Soul-Summoning Banner and Immortal Slaying Spear to kill the other two black-robed men and capture their True Souls.
• Xu Yi captured the Man in green robe and sent him aboard the Endless Flying Boat, where the middle-aged man in black beat him.
• Xu Yi forced an object down the youth in snow-white clothes’ throat and released him, while the youth angrily challenged Xu Yi to kill him.

Xu Yi forced the young Yun family noble to help him locate a Spirit Mine, then led the group into a mine shaft where they discovered an enormous, intact vein. The group prepared to claim the fortune, while Xu Yi urged them to get to work so he could continue searching for Five Elements Spirit mines.

• Xu Yi revealed that the youth in snow-white clothes had swallowed the Life-Death Gu and ordered him to lower his dragon boat and summon the people aboard.
• The man in black robes found a cave entrance and recognized signs that Two-headed Dirty Black Snakes had discovered the Spirit Mine.
• The man in black robes poured Crimson Phosphorus Sand into the cave, and the group entered after hearing no response.
• Xu Yi made the youth in snow-white clothes lead the way through the mine shaft, where they found pits left by the demonic beasts and a vast Spirit Mine Vein.
• Xu Yi told the man in black robes to begin mining, eager to secure the vein and continue searching for Five Elements Spirit mines.

Xu Yi questioned Yun Mingmie after forcing him and his subordinates to mine, seeking information about an unusual talisman. Yun Mingmie agreed to cooperate, and the chapter ended with Xu Yi asking what the talisman was.

• Qiu Dao Ming and the others finished their first day of mining, said goodbye to Xu Yi, and asked him to host a feast when he returned to Huaixi.
• Xu Yi left the mine to rest while Yun Mingmie continued laboring with his subordinates, then Yun Mingmie confronted him in anger.
• Xu Yi calmed Yun Mingmie with tea and offered to settle things if he answered questions and lent him his men longer.
• Xu Yi pressured Yun Mingmie to cooperate by reminding him of his royal status and the future he would lose if he died.
• Xu Yi showed Yun Mingmie a cyan talisman with a black mark and asked what kind it was.

Xu Yi questioned Yun Mingmie about composite talismans, the Spirit Opening Pill, and the True Spirit Circle, learning how divine sense was formed. Yun Mingmie began explaining the path to opening the circle, but Xu Yi’s final question remained unanswered.

• Yun Mingmie explained that the Adamant Talisman was a composite talisman combining metal and wind, then described the rare Talisman Masters who created such talismans.
• Xu Yi found a golden pill in Yun Mingmie’s Sumeru Ring and pressured him into identifying it as a Spirit Opening Pill used to cultivate a True Spirit Circle.
• Yun Mingmie explained that a True Spirit Circle fused soul sense with the true soul to form divine sense, which had overwhelmed Xu Yi’s defenses against the three servants.
• Xu Yi asked whether he needed the Spirit Opening Pill to open a True Spirit Circle, and Yun Mingmie began to correct his understanding.

Xu Yi pressed Yun Mingmie about the Spirit Opening Pill, the Yun family’s techniques, and how he had escaped Xu Yi’s control. Yun Mingmie finally agreed to record the Heart Reversal Art for Xu Yi.

• Yun Mingmie explained that the Spirit Opening Pill let royal clansmen form stronger divine consciousness, then offered to buy it back from Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi showed Yun Mingmie jade slips from his servants, but Yun Mingmie refused to reveal the Yun family’s sealed inheritance.
• Xu Yi claimed he had cultivated a True Spirit Circle and refused to return the pill, leaving Yun Mingmie coughing blood.
• Yun Mingmie revealed that the white smoke was divine consciousness from the Yang Venerable and that he had escaped control by reversing his bloodline.
• Xu Yi threatened Yun Mingmie with the Life-Death Gu bottle, so Yun Mingmie agreed to record the Heart Reversal Art.

Xu Yi learned the Heart Reversal Art from Yun Mingmie, then left Steward Fang in charge of the gold-element mine while taking Yun Mingmie and a group of experts to search for another vein. After several days of searching, the black-robed middle-aged man spotted a promising location.

• Xu Yi learned the Heart Reversal Art from Yun Mingmie and tested it, suffering a backlash as his heart's blood flowed in reverse.
• Xu Yi promised Yun Mingmie he would let him go home, but instead brought him along to inspect the mining operation.
• Steward Fang reported that the mine had yielded thirty thousand Spirit Stones, and Xu Yi gave him the Great Evolution Array of Rotation and left him in charge.
• Xu Yi boarded Young Master Yun's dragon boat with Yun Mingmie, the black-robed middle-aged man, a hundred Yin Venerable soldiers, and three recruited experts to find a gold-element Spirit Mine Vein.
• After searching southeast for days, the black-robed middle-aged man spotted a location and hurried west off the dragon boat.

Xu Yi discovered and began mining several gold Spirit Mine Veins, but Steward Fang called him back after the main mine developed a mysterious freezing fault. The man in black went inside to investigate while Yun Mingmie was ordered to help retrieve Xu Yi’s scattered teams.

• Xu Yi used the Immortal Slaying Spear to uncover a gold Spirit Mine Vein and left five of Yun Mingmie’s men behind to mine it under the Shadow-Sound Pearl’s watch.
• The man in black found seven gold Spirit Mine Veins over eighteen days, and Xu Yi sent out his final team of Silver Armored Guards to mine them.
• Steward Fang summoned Xu Yi back, and Xu Yi persuaded three Yin Venerable experts to stay two more days for a thousand Spirit Stones per day.
• Xu Yi returned to learn that the main mine had developed a fault after yielding over two hundred thousand Spirit Stones, with bone-chilling cold preventing further digging.
• The man in black entered the mine to investigate, while Xu Yi ordered Yun Mingmie to leave half his men behind and use the rest to retrieve Xu Yi’s teams.

Xu Yi evacuated the miners after Old Gu returned from the mine in a near-frozen state and warned him of a Two-headed Dirty Black Snake that might have formed Supreme Spirit Demon Jade. Old Gu explained how the rare inverted Spirit Mine Vein could have drawn the snakes deeper into the mine, but he had not yet revealed his full guess about the disturbance inside.

• Old Gu returned covered in ice, and Xu Yi warmed him with Fire Gang Malice until he recovered enough to speak.
• Old Gu told Xu Yi to evacuate the miners, so Xu Yi sent Steward Fang and the Number One Under Heaven Sect away with their pay and mined Spirit Stones.
• The rocks began trembling as the miners departed, and Xu Yi ordered the silver-armored guards to wait farther away or leave.
• Old Gu identified the creature in the mine as a Two-headed Dirty Black Snake and linked it to the possible formation of Supreme Spirit Demon Jade.
• Old Gu explained that an inverted Spirit Mine Vein concentrated stronger spiritual energy deeper inside, drawing the Two-headed Dirty Crows to the richer deposits.
• Xu Yi asked whether the creature had caused the disturbance, and Old Gu said he had a bold guess but did not know the full situation.