Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi used the Yin River’s Yin Lice to kill the Earth Scorpion, then hurried to the hall and found Xia Zimo fighting seven or eight wandering martial artists. The chapter left Xia Zimo disarmed and surrounded as the men’s weapons fell toward her.

• Xu Yi used the Spirit Stone Wings and Return to Origin Steps to evade the Earth Scorpion and provoke it into chasing him.
• Xu Yi lured the Earth Scorpion into the Yin River, where the Yin Lice devoured it.
• Xu Yi crossed the river and hurried toward the hall after hearing a fierce fight.
• Xu Yi found Xia Zimo wounded and fighting seven or eight wandering martial artists beside two screens of light.
• Bone-piercing nails struck Xia Zimo, and a spiked club knocked her short sword away as the martial artists attacked her.

Xu Yi rescued the gravely wounded Xia Zimo and treated her with pills after learning the Blood Flame Fruit was poisonous to take directly. He questioned the surviving adventurer about the two curtains of light and learned that more martial artists were entering the exposed tomb, while Qi Ming and the others’ disappearance remained unexplained.

• Xu Yi protected Xia Zimo from the adventurers, broke their weapons, and knocked them down with a flurry of slaps.
• Xu Yi tried to give Xia Zimo the Blood Flame Fruit, but she warned him it was poisonous and could not be eaten directly.
• Xu Yi gave Xia Zimo Qi Ming’s Essence Restoration Pill and Qi Replenishing Pill, and she stopped coughing blood but fell unconscious.
• Xu Yi realized the tomb had been exposed and that the two curtains of light might be connected to Qi Ming, Xiong Kui, and the others’ disappearance.
• Xu Yi learned from the bald adventurer that the white curtain had been there first and that the black curtain appeared after people were drawn into the white one; he then knocked the man unconscious with a punch.

Xu Yi tested the strange light curtains in the Ancient Tomb and hid when newcomers blasted open the blocked passage. Outside the tomb, the Shui family arrived and drove away the crowd with Shui Mingyue’s deadly attack before preparing to set up a formation.

• Xu Yi confirmed that the white light curtain sucked in people tied to Dragon Binding Ropes, while the black light curtain severed the ropes, and he hesitated to enter either one.
• Xu Yi sensed an approaching group, hid near Xia Zimo, and survived as they blasted through the passage blocked with Thunderclap Pellets.
• More than a hundred people gathered outside the Ancient Tomb, but they hesitated to enter until the Shui family arrived on Cloud-Parting Cranes.
• Shui Zhongjing declared the tomb forbidden ground, and Shui Mingyue killed the man who challenged him and more than a dozen others, scattering the crowd.
• The Eagle-nosed Middle-aged Man praised Shui Mingyue and ordered Shui Zhongjing to lead the younger generation in setting up a formation.

Shui Zhongjing sealed the Ancient Tomb for the Shui family, but Lingxiao Pavilion arrived and challenged their claim to explore it. The chapter ended with Chen Fenglei ordering his men to seal the tomb as well.

• Shui Zhongjing and thirteen Shui family disciples placed five Soul Suppressing Steles around the original stele, causing the underground curtain of light to vanish and sealing the Ancient Tomb.
• The Eagle-nosed Middle-aged Man warned Shui Zhongjing to recover his strength because a fierce battle might be coming.
• Chen Fenglei arrived aboard a dragon boat and provoked Shui Zhongjing, but the Eagle-nosed Middle-aged Man struck him with an energy hammer and ordered him to stop.
• Zhou Shirong reminded Chen Fenglei to follow the Sect Master's instructions and prioritize securing the treasure, then stored the dragon boat in a circular disk.
• Shui Zhongjing asserted that the sealed tomb belonged to the Shui family, but Chen Fenglei rejected his claim and ordered his men to seal the tomb.

Chen Fenglei used the Seven Orifice Exquisite Pagoda to seal the tomb alongside Shui Zhongjing's Soul Suppressing Steles, leaving both sides unable to open it alone. Fairy Yuqing and the major powers of Guang'an arrived, and the seven forces formed two rival camps over the tomb expedition.

• Chen Fenglei and Lingxiao Pavilion sealed the tomb with the Seven Orifice Exquisite Pagoda, matching Shui Zhongjing's seal and creating an impasse.
• Fairy Yuqing arrived with Xue Zihan and the Tianshan Sect, and Zhou Shirong greeted them before asking Fairy Yuqing to resolve the standoff.
• Fairy Yuqing approached Shui Zhongjing, but he refused to withdraw from the competition for the tomb's opportunity.
• The Origin Qi Sect and the Yun, Feng, and Lei families arrived, bringing all seven major forces together at the thatched cottage.
• The Three Great High Gates agreed to unite against outsiders, while the Four Great Families closed ranks against them.

The leaders of the Three Great High Gates and Four Great Families agreed that younger disciples would explore the Ancient Tomb, setting entry limits and drawing lots for the order. The Tianshan Sect entered first and discovered signs that someone had already reached the tomb.

• Elder Lei argued that the Ancient Tomb should be a trial for the younger generation, and Chen Fenglei challenged his motives.
• Old Ancestor Shui explained that the tomb’s Yin restriction suppressed powerful blood and qi, and Qiu Changtian entered briefly before retreating with frost on his face.
• Old Ancestor Shui reset the Soul Suppressing Stele, allowing Qi Sea Realm disciples to enter; the groups agreed on seven places each, with nine for the Shui Family.
• The leaders drew lots, and Fairy Yuqing secured the first entry for seven Tianshan Sect disciples.
• Xue Zihan spotted a faint footprint inside the tomb, and Jun Wuhui organized the Tianshan Sect disciples to follow the traces at full speed.

Xu Yi seized Xue Zihan when she mistook him for dead, then used her as a hostage while trying to protect Xia Zimo from the Tianshan Sect disciples. The standoff continued as Xu Yi finally saw Xue Zihan’s face and was stunned by her beauty.

• Jun Wuhui blasted open the blocked passage, and the Tianshan Sect disciples entered a hall littered with bodies and a dead Flame Python.
• Jun Wuhui ordered the disciples to search the fallen for treasures and kill anyone still alive, while Xiaowan suggested entering the white Space Gate.
• Xue Zihan found Xu Yi’s Sumeru Ring and searched him, but Xu Yi suddenly sat up and seized her Dazhui Acupoint.
• Xu Yi called out to Xia Zimo to make the disciples think she was connected to him, and Xia Zimo woke and traded insults with him.
• Xia Zimo attacked Jun Wuhui with a silver shuttle, but he deflected it and slapped her; Xu Yi threatened to cut her face, then saw Xue Zihan and was struck by her beauty.

Xu Yi extorted forty thousand gold from the Tianshan Sect, escaped through the black light curtain, and emerged in a vast gorge. He discovered that he had brought a flask and a leather pouch with him in the Sumeru Ring.

• Xu Yi pretended to seek compensation for the deaths of his bandits and demanded forty thousand gold from Jun Wuhui.
• Xu Yi snatched Xue Zihan’s Sumeru Ring and threatened her while the Tianshan Sect gathered the money.
• Jun Wuhui tried to rescue Xue Zihan when Xu Yi reached for the money, but Xu Yi anticipated him and shoved her toward Jun Wuhui.
• Xu Yi took the money bag, fled through the black light curtain, and Xue Zihan pursued him after Jun Wuhui’s attack missed.
• Xu Yi awoke beside a river in a gorge, drank the water, and retrieved a flask and leather pouch from the Sumeru Ring.

Xu Yi discovered a garden of Precious Medicines and the spiritual soil he needed to save Qiu Wa inside the tomb, but a warding restriction stopped him from reaching it. The chapter ended with him preparing to confront the barrier.

• Xu Yi used rare medicines to treat Qiu Wa, then followed the river upstream through a pocket world he realized was inside the Ancient Tomb.
• Xu Yi entered a ruined hut and found a journal identifying the tomb’s master as King of Killing Jiang Hentian, along with a robe and whisk that he stored in his Sumeru Ring.
• Xu Yi discovered a small garden containing nearly twenty Precious Medicines and more than a thousand handfuls of spiritual soil, which could help save Qiu Wa.
• A deep-blue warding net struck Xu Yi and hurled him into the hut when he approached the garden, and he returned to inspect the barrier.

Xu Yi broke into a warded medicinal garden, but its treasures and soil self-destructed before he could save Qiu Wa, so he followed the sound of fighting. Elsewhere in the valley, Shui Zhongjing and Shui Mingyue were being pushed back by Jun Wuhui and another Tianshan Sect disciple.

• Xu Yi used the Five Elements Flags and the Minor World-Breaking Technique to break the ward around the medicinal garden.
• Xu Yi pulled up Precious Medicine, but the plants and spiritual soil crumbled to ash, leaving him grieving the loss of his chance to save Qiu Wa.
• Xu Yi realized the ward had destroyed the garden's contents when breached, cursed King of Killing, and headed toward nearby fighting to assess the situation.
• Shui Zhongjing fought Jun Wuhui and another Tianshan Sect disciple while trying to protect Shui Mingyue, and Jun Wuhui wounded his shoulder with the Three Yuan Finger.
• The gathered Shui family and Tianshan Sect fighters continued their two-on-two battle, with the Tianshan Sect gaining the advantage as Shui Zhongjing split his attention between both opponents.

Jun Wuhui and Shui Zhongjing tried to keep a patch of spiritual soil and its rare medicinal plants hidden, but Liu Fengzhu exposed it and forced the three sides to agree to share the treasure. Their first attempt to approach the black earth triggered a protective formation, and Liu Zhufeng prepared to break it.

• Zhou Shirong and Liu Fengzhu arrived as Jun Wuhui and Shui Zhongjing fought, and Liu Fengzhu stopped Zhou from leaving to seek Xue Zihan.
• Liu Fengzhu struck Shui Zhongjing, and their clash flattened the thicket and revealed rare medicines growing in spiritual soil.
• Shui Mingyue proposed that the Shui family, Jun Wuhui's side, and Liu Fengzhu's side split the treasure, and the others agreed.
• Several people rushed toward the black earth but were repelled by flashes of blue light from a protective formation.
• Liu Zhufeng summoned his treasure saber and prepared to break the formation with the Thirteen Styles of the Army Breaker.

The factions gathered around a Spirit Soil garden full of Precious Medicine, but an Abyssal Array rendered their attacks useless. After the crowd failed to break through, a Daoist emerged from the peach grove.

• Shui Zhongjing identified the barrier as an Abyssal Array after his attack vanished into it.
• Shui Zhongjing summoned Shui family experts, and Liu Fengzhu and Zhou Shirong were joined by Lingxiao Pavilion experts; the commotion drew people from several other factions.
• Newcomers rushed the barrier and were thrown back, while Liu Zhufeng offered first place to anyone who could break the array.
• The gathered experts attacked the Abyssal Array together, but the Spirit Soil garden remained untouched and they eventually stopped.
• A Daoist emerged from the eastern peach grove after singing a poem.

A mysterious Daoist appeared in the Ancient Tomb, claimed it had once been his garden, and astonished the gathered martial artists by controlling five flags without visible qi. He denied being an immortal, but the crowd still questioned his cultivation and his claim to the site.

• Jun Wuhui demanded to know who the Daoist was and why he had entered the forbidden ground.
• Liu Fengzhu recognized the lotus-patterned robe and asked whether the Daoist came from Wuji Temple.
• The Daoist said he had lived in the Ancient Tomb for nearly a hundred years and claimed it had once been his garden.
• Shui Zhongjing challenged the Daoist's story, so the Daoist made five black flags float in the air and sparked cries that he had reached the Object Manipulation Realm.
• The Daoist explained that the flags were made of Origin Heart Wood and denied having attained immortality.
• The crowd asked the Daoist what realm he had reached and what proof he had that the treasured land belonged to him.

A Daoist demonstrated that he could lift the restrictions over the Spiritual Soil Garden, then chose Jun Wuhui to speak with him about the outside world. After hearing Jun Wuhui’s account, the Daoist considered leaving the tomb but worried about what would happen to his garden.

• The Daoist used five small flags to lift the garden’s restriction web briefly, astonishing the gathered cultivators before letting it fall back into place.
• Jun Wuhui silenced the crowd by pointing out that the garden belonged to the Daoist, and the others began flattering him in hopes of receiving Precious Medicine.
• The Daoist recited a saying about worldly profit and gain, then chose Jun Wuhui to speak on behalf of the crowd.
• The Daoist asked whether the Ji Family still ruled and what had changed in the world, and Jun Wuhui gave him a detailed account.
• The Daoist said he might leave the tomb but hesitated over the fate of his Spiritual Soil Garden, while Jun Wuhui hoped to benefit from his decision.

Xia Zimo proposed that the Daoist auction his twenty-three precious medicines to the thirty-three people present, resolving their dispute while earning him money for entering the mortal world. The Daoist accepted her suggestion, leaving the group to compete for the medicines.

• Jun Wuhui suggested that the Daoist take the precious medicines outside, prompting the Daoist to offer the group a chance to request them.
• Xia Zimo interrupted Jun Wuhui and warned that there were too few medicines for everyone to receive one.
• Jun Wuhui tried to silence Xia Zimo, but Liu Fengzhu and the crowd accused him of seeking an unfair advantage.
• Xia Zimo reminded the Daoist that he would need money in the mortal world and suggested that the medicines go to the highest bidders.
• The Daoist praised Xia Zimo’s solution and agreed to sell the medicines through an auction.

Xu Yi disguised himself as a Daoist master to swindle the people gathered around the spirit garden, but Xia Zimo recognized him and maneuvered herself into his service. He freed her from Jun Wuhui’s control and asked the crowd to provide medicine for her injuries.

• Xu Yi recalled how he lost his treasures to a self-destructing formation and decided to impersonate a master to profit from the spirit garden.
• Xu Yi used his disguise and Minor World-Breaking Technique to convince the crowd that he was a powerful Daoist and the garden’s owner.
• Xia Zimo recognized Xu Yi by the Five Elements Flags and proposed handling trades for him, while Jun Wuhui angrily objected.
• Xu Yi accepted Xia Zimo’s offer and named her his Medicine Boy Attendant, then Jun Wuhui released her from his control.
• Xu Yi pointed out that Xia Zimo was injured and asked the crowd to lend her medicine, prompting them to offer bottles of remedies.

Xia Zimo recovered after swallowing Shui Zhongjing’s Great Returning Pills, then seized the gold notes offered to the Daoist and was sent away under the nickname Quail. As she left with her fortune, she heard something rush past her and ducked into the grass.

• Shui Zhongjing gave Xia Zimo his Great Returning Pills, and she swallowed both, quickly recovering and spitting out purplish-black blood.
• The Daoist promised Shui Zhongjing a chest of spiritual soil in return for the pills, then agreed to the crowd’s offers of gold for soil.
• Xia Zimo snatched the stack of gold notes and claimed she would keep the money safe for the Daoist.
• The Daoist dubbed Xia Zimo Quail and ordered her to put out a fire at his hut, sending her away from the crowd.
• Xia Zimo changed direction in the woods with her fortune, reflected on the Daoist’s cleverness, and dropped into the grass when she heard something rush by her ear.

Xia Zimo escaped the forest with her gold, while Xu Yi persuaded the gathered experts to trade him for the garden’s treasures. He spotted an array stone on Zhou Shirong’s pendant, recognizing it as the same kind of object Xiong Kui had possessed.

• Xia Zimo realized the spiritual garden’s soil and Precious Medicines were being destroyed by a self-destructing restriction, then found the cave exit and escaped with her gold notes.
• Xu Yi watched Xia Zimo leave and regretted losing the more than one hundred thousand gold she had taken.
• Jun Wuhui asked Xu Yi whether he would accept weapons, cultivation manuals, or equipment in exchange for spiritual soil and Precious Medicines.
• Xu Yi invited the experts to offer any items they had, then inspected Zhou Shirong’s collection.
• Xu Yi noticed the white stone pendant around Zhou Shirong’s neck and recognized it as an array stone like the blue one Xiong Kui had held.

Xu Yi traded rare Precious Medicines for Zhou Shirong’s formation stone and Liu Fengzhu’s Dragon Beard, then offered Shui Zhongjing a chance to choose two medicines in exchange for healing or strength-restoring pills. The exchange continued as Xu Yi moved through the stalls, promising that no one would leave empty-handed.

• Xu Yi offered Zhou Shirong two Precious Medicines for his white formation stone, and Zhou Shirong accepted and chose Wulou Fruit and Yintian Kui.
• Xu Yi went to Liu Fengzhu’s stall and selected the black cord Liu Fengzhu identified as a Dragon Beard.
• Xu Yi offered Liu Fengzhu three Precious Medicines for the Dragon Beard, and Liu Fengzhu hurried to choose them.
• Xu Yi assured the gathered traders that he had two more spiritual gardens and would give everyone a chance to receive treasures.
• Xu Yi reached Shui Zhongjing’s stall and offered him two Precious Medicines in exchange for healing or strength-restoring pills for his young attendant.

Xu Yi accepted pills and Heavenly Thunder Pearls from Shui Zhongjing, promising him medicines and spirit soil in return. As Jun Wuhui begged for a chance to trade, a sudden Gengjin Sword Qi shot toward Xu Yi, but an unseen force struck it in midair.

• Shui Zhongjing gave Xu Yi top-grade Essence Restoration Pills and Qi Replenishing Pills, then handed over a box of Heavenly Thunder Pearls in exchange for Xu Yi's promises of Precious Medicines and spirit soil.
• Jun Wuhui clung to Xu Yi and begged him to inspect the Tianshan Sect's trade goods after watching others secure deals.
• Xu Yi agreed to consider Jun Wuhui's offerings as the crowd erupted into a rush of tearful pleas.
• A sharp Gengjin Sword Qi suddenly flew toward Xu Yi's head while he was distracted by the crowd.
• A fierce wave of air collided with the Sword Qi and exploded before it reached Xu Yi.