Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi investigated the icy mine and sensed a colossal creature that might be connected to the Supreme Spirit Demon Jade. When the long-bearded old man reacted to the treasure, Xu Yi exposed him as a suspected conspirator and restrained him.

• Xu Yi agreed to investigate the mine for the Supreme Spirit Demon Jade and told the man in black to follow his instructions.
• Xu Yi entered the frozen passage with the long-bearded old man, then went ahead alone after asking him to cover the rear.
• Xu Yi sensed a colossal creature deep in the ice, felt the ground shake, and hurried back.
• Xu Yi told the long-bearded old man that a Mysterious Monster might have produced the jade, and the old man reacted with sudden fury.
• Xu Yi seized the old man's Dazhui Acupoint, revealed the Hidden Spirit Pearl's images of him repeatedly tasting blood, and accused him of plotting to kill Xu Yi.

Xu Yi exposed Third Elder Zhou as a Zhou Family spy and deduced that he had infiltrated the mining team to reveal Xu Yi’s location to powerful allies. Third Elder Zhou remained silent as Xu Yi began to infer the strength and purpose of the people waiting for him.

• Xu Yi removed the Life-Death Gu from Third Elder Zhou and demanded to know who was waiting to meet him and why he had performed a blood-sucking ritual.
• Xu Yi revealed that he had identified Third Elder Zhou through his reaction to the Immortal Slaying Spear and confirmed his identity with Zhao Wuliang’s help.
• The chapter recounted how Third Elder Zhou had secretly taken the Zhou Family’s Soul Locking Bottle and Immortal Slaying Spear, then returned to help the family seek revenge on Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi accused Third Elder Zhou of targeting him despite the Zhou Family’s repeated provocations, but Third Elder Zhou shut his eyes and refused to answer.
• Xu Yi deduced that Third Elder Zhou had infiltrated the team to pinpoint Xu Yi’s location for a small group of exceptionally powerful allies, and Third Elder Zhou’s reaction suggested the guess was correct.

Xu Yi uncovered Third Elder Zhou’s scheme to guide two hired experts to his location using Zhou’s blood, then captured and froze Zhou deep in the mine as bait. He left the mine shaft and released the remaining Yin Venerable experts, while the man in black questioned whether Song had truly died.

• Xu Yi deduced that Third Elder Zhou had recruited the Zhao, Jiang, and Feng Families and Gong Dao Yi to fund two experts, and that Zhou used his blood to help a tracking formation locate him.
• Xu Yi used the Hidden Spirit Pearl to confirm that Third Elder Zhou had secretly cut his finger in the mine shaft and sent blood as a signal.
• Xu Yi cut Third Elder Zhou’s cheek to leave a fresh blood trail, knocked him unconscious, and froze him deep inside the mine as bait for his rescuers.
• Xu Yi escaped the mine shaft and told the two remaining Yin Venerable experts that Long Beard Old Man had died, then promised to remove their Life-Death Gu if they came to Cold Sun Peak.
• The two Yin Venerable experts left, and the man in black asked Xu Yi whether Song was really dead.

Xu Yi concealed himself near the mining pit and waited for the enemies pursuing him. The Black-haired Daoist and the yellow-bearded middle-aged man finally reached the abandoned site after a grueling chase guided by Third Elder Zhou’s search compass.

• Xu Yi sent the black-clad middle-aged man away, then hid in a nearby mining pit using the Hidden Spirit Pearl.
• After waiting two days, Xu Yi sensed the arrival of the Black-haired Daoist and the yellow-bearded middle-aged man and withdrew his perception.
• The two pursuers searched the mining pit and wondered where the mining team had gone.
• The Black-haired Daoist and the yellow-bearded middle-aged man recalled how Yun Mingmie's moving dragon boat and Third Elder Zhou’s intermittent signals had repeatedly frustrated their pursuit.
• After Third Elder Zhou sent another signal, the two pursuers gathered themselves and headed toward their target, tens of thousands of li away.

Xu Yi used eight Origin Blast Beads to collapse the mine and provoke a colossal Two-headed Dirty Black Snake into attacking the Black-haired Daoist and the yellow-bearded middle-aged man. The two men escaped, then realized the snake was still weakened and Xu Yi had likely tried to trick them into fighting it.

• The Black-haired Daoist and the yellow-bearded middle-aged man followed their compass to the mine and agreed to divide any treasure they found.
• The two men discovered Third Elder Zhou frozen to death in the icy cave and sensed danger deeper inside.
• Xu Yi waited for them to disturb the earth's veins, then hurled eight Origin Blast Beads into the mine and hid with the Hidden Spirit Pearl.
• A colossal Two-headed Dirty Black Snake emerged and attacked the two men, who fled after deflecting its ice arrows.
• The Black-haired Daoist and the yellow-bearded middle-aged man deduced that Xu Yi had set the trap and that the snake had let them escape because it was weakened while digesting spirit ore.

The Black-haired Daoist and the yellow-bearded middle-aged man attacked the serpent demon, believing it was drawing power from a Supreme Spirit Demon Jade. They disrupted its ritual and struggled against its strengthened assault, leaving the Black-haired Daoist preparing a blood-drawn technique as the yellow-bearded middle-aged man’s Great Strength Talisman began to fade.

• The Black-haired Daoist and the yellow-bearded middle-aged man realized the serpent demon was absorbing energy from the Supreme Spirit Demon Jade and rushed to attack it.
• The two men struck the serpent demon with powerful attacks, but it recovered from its injuries while Xu Yi stayed buried and silent beneath the collapsing mine.
• The Black-haired Daoist and the yellow-bearded middle-aged man used their divine senses to collapse the ground and stop the serpent demon’s energy-gathering ritual.
• The serpent demon lunged at the two men and bombarded them with ice arrows, forcing them to fight while their Protective Light Barriers weakened.
• The yellow-bearded middle-aged man used a Great Strength Talisman to lift and hurl the serpent demon, but its power began to fade.
• The Black-haired Daoist spilled his blood and began drawing strange talismanic symbols.

The Black-haired Daoist and Yellow-bearded Middle-aged Man battled the snake demon until it overwhelmed them, while Xu Yi stayed hidden underground. After their desperate escape attempt ended in an explosion, Xu Yi emerged and rushed toward the apparently lifeless demon, only to be attacked.

• The Black-haired Daoist used a bone sword to sever one of the snake demon’s heads, but the demon summoned the Supreme Spirit Demon Jade and began healing.
• The Black-haired Elder and Yellow-bearded Middle-aged Man called for Xu Yi to help, but he refused to reveal himself while hidden underground.
• The snake demon unleashed blood-red ice arrows, forcing the two men to abandon their bodies and flee as True Soul Figures.
• The snake demon used the Supreme Spirit Demon Jade to drag the fleeing souls back, and the two detonated themselves, blasting the surrounding area and wounding the demon.
• Xu Yi burst from the collapsed earth and approached the seemingly lifeless snake demon, but it lunged at him and he escaped with a Swift Body Talisman.

Xu Yi fought the wounded snake demon, but its Twin Companion Demon ability and filthy torrent nearly killed him. After escaping with a Swift Wind Talisman and recovering from his injuries, he prepared to finish the demon.

• The snake demon revealed that it had feigned death to draw Xu Yi out, and Xu Yi attacked after realizing it was stalling to recover from its injuries.
• Xu Yi repeatedly struck the snake demon’s wounds with the Coral Horn, weakening it until it shed its damaged body and emerged as a smaller Twin Companion Demon.
• The snake demon trapped Xu Yi inside its body and flooded him with filth, corroding the iron essence that protected him.
• Xu Yi used a Swift Wind Talisman to blast his way free, but the force injured him badly and left the iron essence twisted and weakened.
• The snake demon pursued Xu Yi and unleashed ice arrows, while Xu Yi dodged, took pills, and healed his body with his Immaculate Body.
• After restoring himself, Xu Yi decided to finish the snake demon once and for all.

Xu Yi exploited the Two-headed Dirty Black Snake’s irresistible hunger for spirit stones to make it fall into a deep sleep. He recovered the Coral Horn, found it shattered, and crawled into the snake demon’s belly, where he discovered the Supreme Spirit Demon Jade.

• Xu Yi drove the Coral Horn into the snake demon’s head, then blasted its fallen body with Origin Blast Beads, only for a smaller snake demon to emerge.
• Xu Yi realized the snake demon could not resist spirit stones and fed it heap after heap until it swallowed tens of thousands and fell asleep.
• Xu Yi pulled the Coral Horn from the snake demon’s head and found it cracked apart, leaving only a tiny metal rod.
• Xu Yi forced open the snake demon’s jaws, crawled into its belly, and found the Supreme Spirit Demon Jade attached to the flesh wall and surrounded by spirit stones.

Xu Yi recovered the treasures left after killing the snake monster and examined the Supreme Spirit Demon Jade with Brother Gu, who explained how the jade had formed. The chapter ended with Xu Yi putting the jade away after Brother Gu became absorbed in admiring it.

• Xu Yi severed the snake monster's suction cup, removed the Supreme Spirit Demon Jade, and watched the monster crumble into ash.
• Xu Yi recovered the battered iron essence, the Jade Bone Sword, and the unlucky duo's Sumeru Rings, which contained more than eight hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
• Xu Yi tested the Jade Bone Sword's strength and sharpness, then spent half an hour reviewing the battle.
• Brother Gu arrived with nearly two hundred silver-armored soldiers, and Xu Yi asked why the Supreme Spirit Demon Jade had absorbed spiritual energy inside the monster but not outside it.
• Brother Gu explained that the jade's quality reflected the high-grade Spirit Stones the snake monster had consumed and marveled at its rarity.
• Xu Yi let Brother Gu inspect the Supreme Spirit Demon Jade, then put it back into his Sumeru Ring when the man became absorbed in it.

Xu Yi learned more about the Supreme Spirit Demon Jade, then used Yun Mingmie's royal family banner to extort Spirit Stones from another dragon boat. He returned Yun Mingmie's Sumeru Ring but kept its thirty thousand Spirit Stones, urging him to continue making scores.

• The middle-aged man in black explained that the Supreme Spirit Demon Jade had become the dead snake demon's demon core and said he knew little about its specific effects.
• Yun Mingmie arrived with 2,300 metal-element Spirit Stones, and Xu Yi asked the middle-aged man in black to inspect several Shadow-Sound Pearls.
• Xu Yi delayed releasing Yun Mingmie and boarded the Yun family's dragon boat with the middle-aged man in black.
• When another dragon boat fled from the Sword Orchid Banner, Xu Yi demanded Spirit Stones as compensation for the supposed insult to the Yun family's dignity.
• The other boat handed over two mid-grade Spirit Stones and twenty-five thousand Spirit Stones before escaping.
• Xu Yi gave Yun Mingmie five thousand Spirit Stones, returned his Sumeru Ring, and kept the thirty thousand Spirit Stones inside while encouraging him to continue extorting travelers.

Xu Yi and Yun Mingmie profited from robbing flying boats before escaping the Gloomy Forbidden Area as its fog closed in. After returning, Xu Yi refused to remove Yun Mingmie's Life-Death Gu, promising to do so in two years, and then traveled with the man in black to Cold Sun Peak.

• Xu Yi and Yun Mingmie robbed twelve flying boats, earning Xu Yi more than four hundred thousand spirit stones and Yun Mingmie around one hundred and seventy to one hundred and eighty thousand.
• The man in black warned that the Gloomy Forbidden Area was about to be sealed by fog, so Yun Mingmie piloted the dragon boat through a light curtain to an unnamed island.
• The man in black told Xu Yi to wait for a post-trip auction to trade spirit stones, and Xu Yi left the merchants with Yun Mingmie.
• Yun Mingmie asked Xu Yi to remove the Life-Death Gu, but Xu Yi refused and said he would remove it in two years if they both remained safe.
• Xu Yi and the man in black used a teleportation array and arrived in the grand council hall on Cold Sun Peak.

After returning from the Gloomy Forbidden Area, Xu Yi strengthened his position in the Discipline Department by rewarding his superiors and assigning work to his subordinates. When Deputy Envoy Cen arrived with word that Elder Qin was waiting, Xu Yi traveled to Green Island to meet him.

• Xu Yi returned to Cold Sun Peak, heard reports from Steward Fang and Zhao Wuliang, and learned that Yan Zi had formed Water Gang Sha.
• Xu Yi visited Han Xuedao, Guan Zongyuan, and Tong Potian, giving them spirit stones as tokens of appreciation and securing warmer relations with his superiors.
• Xu Yi returned to his office, assigned Zhao Xing and Zhou Rui tasks, and weighed whether to attend the auction or visit Elder Qin first.
• Deputy Envoy Cen arrived and told Xu Yi that Elder Qin had called for him, so Xu Yi traveled with Cen to Green Island.
• Xu Yi reached the bamboo house and heard Elder Qin speaking from a distance, though Elder Qin did not appear.

Xu Yi traded for Elder Qin’s guidance about cultivation and learned how the True Spirit Circle transforms soul sense into divine sense. After Xu Yi declined Elder Qin’s offer to become his disciple, Elder Qin explained how divine sense strength was measured and began describing the circle’s color changes.

• Xu Yi agreed to obtain up to ten Mid-grade Water Spirit Stones for Elder Qin in exchange for answers to his cultivation questions.
• Elder Qin explained that the True Spirit Circle linked the true soul and soul sense, allowing them to merge into divine sense capable of attacking a cultivator’s spiritual platform.
• Xu Yi revealed that he had already cultivated a True Spirit Circle, surprising Elder Qin.
• Elder Qin offered to take Xu Yi as his disciple, but Xu Yi declined because he could not abandon his worldly responsibilities and search for Qiu Wa and Xia Zimo.
• Elder Qin said divine sense had seven measurable levels and that reaching the second level allowed it to invade a spiritual platform.
• Elder Qin explained that divine sense strength depended on the degree of fusion between the true soul and soul sense, as reflected in changes to the True Spirit Circle’s color.

Xu Yi clashed with Elder Qin while learning about Divine Sense and the True Spirit Circle, then received instructions on how the Yun family's Spirit Opening Pill could strengthen his Divine Sense. He left with a secret method and a guidebook, having learned that opening one’s spirit could only be done once.

• Elder Qin explained the seven ranks of Divine Sense and clarified that True Spirit Circle Perfection involved forming an inner partition, while Yin Venerate Divine Sense strength depended on how thoroughly the true soul and soul consciousness melded.
• Xu Yi challenged Elder Qin over his sarcasm and told him the story of Lord Qin Loved Dragons, prompting Elder Qin to give him a jade slip containing a secret method for severing the True Spirit Circle.
• Elder Qin gave Xu Yi a booklet titled Introduction to Divine Sense after Xu Yi asked what Divine Sense was used for.
• Xu Yi asked Elder Qin about the Spirit Opening Pill, and Elder Qin recognized it as a Yun family treasure and asked where Xu Yi had found it.
• Elder Qin explained that using the Spirit Opening Pill while severing the True Spirit Circle could raise newly formed Divine Sense to the second rank, and that one could open one's spirit only once.

Xu Yi consulted Elder Qin about three jade slips, a bone sword, and his ruined iron essence, receiving advice and a Sword Control Art. He left with an Earth Soul Talisman for the man in black and departed Bayi City after giving Deputy Envoy Cen a thousand spirit stones.

• Xu Yi showed Elder Qin three jade slips from the Yun family, and Elder Qin kept them to study.
• Elder Qin identified Xu Yi's bone sword as a Shapeshifting Demon Bone and gave him a Sword Control Art and instructions to nourish it with high-grade Five Elements Spirit Stones.
• Elder Qin found Xu Yi's iron essence irreparably ruined and advised him not to rely on external treasures instead of cultivation.
• Elder Qin gave Xu Yi an Earth Soul Talisman in exchange for settling his promise to the man in black.
• Xu Yi gave Deputy Envoy Cen a Sumeru Ring containing a thousand spirit stones and left Bayi City.

Xu Yi prepared to break through the True Spirit Circle and endured an exhausting process that awakened his divine sense. After sleeping for two days, he woke to find the auction underway and his perception changed.

• Xu Yi returned the Earth Soul Talisman to the man in black, who swore to keep the Supreme Spirit Demon Jade secret.
• Xu Yi buried the iron essence, prepared for seclusion, and studied Elder Qin's Introduction to Divine Sense before taking a Spirit Opening Pill.
• Xu Yi sent split souls and soul thoughts toward the True Spirit Circle for five hours, then fused black and white Qi into gray strands that escaped just before the circle closed.
• Xu Yi collapsed and slept for two days and nights before Yan Zi woke him because Steward Fang had come about the auction.
• Xu Yi bathed, noticed his perception had vanished, and sensed that the world had changed again.

After developing divine sense, Xu Yi discovered its immense power and traveled to Bayi City for an exchange meeting before an auction. He set out Spirit Stones for trade, immediately drawing attention at the gathering.

• Xu Yi formed divine sense, learned he could control objects and move himself with ease, and left his cave after Yan Zi called him.
• Xu Yi ate a meal prepared by Yan Zi, then told Steward Fang that he might soon arrange for him to join the Discipline Department through Guan Zongyuan.
• Xu Yi flew to Bayi City and entered the United Merchant Association’s gathering at Zhao Tingfang’s estate in disguise.
• Xu Yi realized the gathering included nobles and wealthy families as well as Star Officers, then advertised the Spirit Stones he wanted to trade.
• Xu Yi’s stall caused an instant sensation among the attendees.

Xu Yi challenged the United Merchant Association’s rules at its exchange gathering and defeated Elder Qi with a divine sense attack. Steward Su Yunlai tried to recruit him by offering to meet his request for Spirit Stones, but doubted he could pay, and Xu Yi prepared to leave as armed figures appeared.

• Xu Yi set up a stall at the gathering, and when the Red Robe Middle-aged Man confronted him over the association’s rules, Xu Yi refused to comply.
• Elder Qi threatened to have Xu Yi escorted out, but Xu Yi’s divine sense attack injured Elder Qi’s True Soul Figure and left him writhing on the ground.
• Su Yunlai invited Xu Yi to speak privately and promised to satisfy him rather than risk disrupting the gathering.
• Xu Yi requested numerous mid-grade Spirit Stones and as many Fire Element Spirit Stones as possible, but Su Yunlai doubted he could afford them.
• Xu Yi rose to return to the gathering, and Su Yunlai summoned a dozen or so figures to stop him.

Xu Yi turned the Discipline Department’s accusation against him around after Envoy Liu recognized him as a senior official. He frightened Su Yunlai into agreeing to talk, then left to reopen his stall while Su Yunlai realized he had provoked Steward Xu.

• Su Yunlai accused Xu Yi of stealing his mid-grade gold Spirit Stones and ordered Envoy Liu to arrest him.
• Xu Yi struck Envoy Liu and revealed his identity, prompting Liu to turn on Su Yunlai and arrest him for making a false accusation.
• Xu Yi seized Su Yunlai and let Envoy Liu’s men bind him, then threatened to take him to the Discipline Department.
• Su Yunlai begged Xu Yi to negotiate because he feared Xu Yi would return to the exchange and make the dispute spread.
• Xu Yi dismissed Envoy Liu’s men and warned Su Yunlai that no one he chose to deal with escaped punishment.
• Su Yunlai recognized Xu Yi as Steward Xu of the Discipline Department.