Chapter Summaries

Blue Ice learned that Liu Qingshan had sent for her and traveled toward East Xia City with Ouyang Haotian, who invited her to visit the Mystic Heaven Way. Meanwhile, Li Xiaoya was ambushed by three Heavenly Earth Demon Sect cultivators near the city.

• A bounty hunter gave Blue Ice a Bounty Order bearing her portrait and a Jade Slip message from Liu Qingshan asking her to meet him at the East Xia Inn within a year.
• Blue Ice confirmed her identity, left her soul mark on the Bounty Order, and learned that Liu Qingshan was the Heavenly Dao Sect cultivator rumored to have fallen in the Southwestern Ancient City.
• Ouyang Haotian escorted Blue Ice toward East Xia City, questioned her about Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong, and invited her to join the Mystic Heaven Way.
• Three black-armored Heavenly Earth Demon Sect cultivators ambushed Li Xiaoya near East Xia City and demanded to know what he had done.

Li Xiaoya escaped a false accusation by Black-Armored Cultivators and learned that Blue Ice had been found. Back at his cave abode, he accepted Lingyu as his disciple, gave her cultivation gifts, and began explaining the next stage of her training.

• A spotted Black-Armored Cultivator tested Li Xiaoya with a Black-Red Fireball, decided he was not the wanted killer, and let him go; the three cultivators returned to hiding.
• A message announced that the bounty mission was complete, and Li Xiaoya realized Blue Ice had been found and the bounty Jade Plaque was returning to East Xia City.
• Li Xiaoya returned invisibly to his cave abode and found that Lingyu had reached middle True Cultivation after advancing half a month earlier.
• Lingyu formally bowed to become Li Xiaoya's disciple, and he accepted her while teasing her about becoming a burden.
• Li Xiaoya gave Lingyu elixirs, a Wish Stone, and Ten-Thousand-Year Agarwood Buddhist Beads, then began explaining her next cultivation method.

Li Xiaoya sold materials and artifacts at the Secret Market, then bought Golden Core Stage materials for his Teleportation Armor. While waiting for Lingyu at the East Xia Inn, he considered where to leave her when he departed the Origin Continent, but she arrived calling for help.

• Li Xiaoya and Lingyu left the Gu Household, and he sent her to search the Market District for a Teleportation Spirit Token while he went to the Secret Market.
• Li Xiaoya sold materials, Dharma Artifacts, and Spiritual Artifacts to Steward Hai for three million spirit stones.
• Li Xiaoya bought materials worth six million four hundred sixty thousand spirit stones, and Steward Hai reported his visit to the chief steward, who ordered him to maintain high prices and sell Li Xiaoya what he requested.
• Li Xiaoya waited for Lingyu at the East Xia Inn and considered possible places for her to stay after he left the Origin Continent.
• Lingyu arrived at the inn, cried out for Li Xiaoya to save her, and rushed toward him.

Li Xiaoya protected Lingyu from a fat cultivator and confronted her about her dishonesty, then learned that Dragon Tomb Market might sell the Teleportation Spirit Token he needed. After reserving a room at the East Xia Inn for Blue Ice, he left with Lingyu while several cultivators watched them with divine sense.

• Li Xiaoya drove away the fat cultivator and his two lackeys when they chased Lingyu into the East Xia Inn.
• Li Xiaoya made Lingyu confess that she had tricked the fat cultivator into giving her the Wood Spring Art, then warned her not to lie to him again.
• Lingyu told Li Xiaoya that a Teleportation Spirit Token cost over a million spirit stones and that Dragon Tomb Market might sell one.
• Li Xiaoya revealed that Core Condensation Stage cultivators were waiting outside for Lingyu and promised to protect her as his disciple.
• Li Xiaoya paid to reserve the inn's best room for Blue Ice and instructed the manager to keep the arrangement confidential.
• Li Xiaoya left the inn with Lingyu as several cultivators swept them with divine sense.

Li Xiaoya returned to his cave abode with Lingyu, who suspected that he was really Li Xiaoya, then arranged for Second Better to make a third set of Teleportation Armor. After waiting several days for Blue Ice, Li Xiaoya went in disguise to buy Teleportation Spirit Tokens, and the chapter ended with a seller asking why he needed them.

• Li Xiaoya led Lingyu back to the Gu Household, gave her elixirs and artifacts, and warned her not to reveal the Spiritual Artifacts.
• Lingyu confronted Li Xiaoya, citing his fight with the East Xia Six Wolves as evidence that he was Li Xiaoya, but he denied it and trusted she would keep his secret.
• Li Xiaoya sent Second Better Mid-grade Spirit Stones and materials to refine a third set of Teleportation Armor, then learned that the Super Teleportation Formation used one Teleportation Spirit Token per person.
• After waiting three or four days for Blue Ice, Li Xiaoya disguised himself and went to the Dragon Tomb Market to buy four Teleportation Spirit Tokens.
• A brocade-clad cultivator demanded four million spirit stones per token; when Li Xiaoya tried to leave, the cultivator stopped him and asked what he needed the tokens for.

Li Xiaoya disguised himself and bargained for four Teleportation Spirit Tokens at the Dragon Tomb Market before escaping into a secluded lane. The market manager recognized the buyer as a possible Li Xiaoya and ordered the city sealed, but the great restriction formation began activating just as the gate was closed.

• Li Xiaoya persuaded a Dragon Tomb Market cultivator to sell him four Teleportation Spirit Tokens for one million spirit stones each.
• After leaving the market, Li Xiaoya vanished in a secluded lane using his divine sense to check for witnesses.
• The manager realized the buyer might be Li Xiaoya and ordered the cultivator to alert the Gu Household to activate the city's great restriction formation.
• The manager showed Li Xiaoya's portrait to the Black-Armored Cultivator at East Xia City's gate and ordered the gate closed and Li Xiaoya captured alive.
• A whistle sounded as black-gray light gathered overhead and a barrier began enveloping the city.

Blue Ice and Ouyang Haotian arrived at East Xia City and found its city-defense restrictions activated while the Gu Household organized a search for Li Xiaoya. Li Xiaoya returned to his cave abode in disguise, but cultivators found his location and appeared at his door as he realized he was in danger.

• Blue Ice and Ouyang Haotian saw East Xia City’s defenses active and, unable to enter openly, Ouyang Haotian used blue light to take them inside.
• Family Head Gu told the gathered cultivators that orders from above identified Li Xiaoya as being somewhere in East Xia City and urged them to help find him for the bounty.
• The Dragon Tomb Market steward showed the crowd a portrait of Li Xiaoya’s disguise, and someone recognized him near the Market District.
• Li Xiaoya restored his original appearance in his cave abode, examined four Teleportation Spirit Tokens, and meditated while waiting for Blue Ice.
• Several Golden Core Stage Cultivators and Old Man Gu arrived outside Li Xiaoya’s cave abode, and Li Xiaoya realized they had found him.

Li Xiaoya convinced Steward Gu to let him abandon his cave abode after the Dragon Tomb Market chief steward tested him while searching for him. The search led the chief steward and Family Head Gu to the frozen East Xia Inn, where Blue Ice and Ouyang Haotian waited inside.

• Li Xiaoya let the chief steward seize his arm, but a report of two suspicious cultivators interrupted the test and prompted the chief steward and Family Head Gu to leave.
• Li Xiaoya learned that the city’s protective restrictions had been activated to search for him, then demanded a refund and persuaded Steward Gu to end his cave-abode rental.
• Li Xiaoya gave Steward Gu a small bag of spirit stones and returned to his cave abode to pack before leaving for the East Xia Inn.
• The chief steward and Family Head Gu found the East Xia Inn encased in ice, and a black-armored cultivator reported that a nascent soul realm cultivator had frozen it.
• The chief steward called out to the people inside, while Blue Ice asked the inn steward whether Li Xiaoya had told her to wait there.

Ouyang Haotian brought Blue Ice through East Xia City’s restrictions and took her to the East Xia Inn, where they learned Li Xiaoya was connected to the Gu Household. Li Xiaoya left the Gu Household but turned back toward the inn after hearing that a powerful cultivator had frozen it, while Ouyang Haotian’s pursuit of Blue Ice continued.

• Ouyang Haotian carried Blue Ice through East Xia City’s protective restrictions and learned from a frightened cultivator that the East Xia Inn was being watched for Li Xiaoya.
• At the inn, Blue Ice learned Li Xiaoya had arranged for her to contact Liu Qingshan at the Gu Household, and Ouyang Haotian insisted they wait for him there.
• Li Xiaoya collected his returned rent and deposit from Old Man Gu, then headed out of the city with Lingyu.
• After hearing that someone had frozen the inn, Li Xiaoya suspected Blue Ice was there, gave Lingyu a red orb, changed his appearance, and stealthily approached.
• Outside the inn, Dragon Tomb Market’s chief steward left to seek reinforcements while Family Head Gu stayed behind.
• Ouyang Haotian withdrew his threatening aura and praised Blue Ice’s resolve, but she challenged his claim that he was devoted and had few concubines.

Ouyang Haotian captured Li Xiaoya and brought him to Blue Ice, where Li Xiaoya revealed his true appearance and reunited with her. As they prepared to leave East Xia City, Li Xiaoya insisted on retrieving his disciple first.

• Blue Ice challenged Ouyang Haotian over his existing Dual Cultivation Partner, but he changed the subject by sensing Li Xiaoya nearby.
• Ouyang Haotian found Li Xiaoya hiding near the frozen East Xia Inn and subdued him after Li Xiaoya briefly escaped his attacks.
• Ouyang Haotian brought Li Xiaoya inside, where Blue Ice doubted his identity until Li Xiaoya restored his original appearance.
• Blue Ice and Li Xiaoya happily reunited, and they agreed to leave East Xia City with Ouyang Haotian before the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect arrived.
• Li Xiaoya stopped Ouyang Haotian from departing and said he needed to take his disciple with him.

Black Skeleton and the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect arrived in East Xia City too late to capture Li Xiaoya, who had escaped with Ouyang Haotian, Blue Ice, and Lingyu. As they traveled toward the Mystic Heaven Way, Ouyang Haotian questioned Li Xiaoya about why the sect was hunting him, and Blue Ice suddenly claimed to know the reason.

• Black Old Devil summoned the elders and Black Skeleton after the Secret Group reported that Li Xiaoya had been spotted in East Xia City.
• Black Skeleton and the others reached the East Xia Inn and learned that Ouyang Haotian had already taken Li Xiaoya away.
• Li Xiaoya rescued Lingyu from the fat man and his lackeys, then left East Xia City with her, Blue Ice, and Ouyang Haotian on an ice bird.
• Lingyu recognized Li Xiaoya as her Master and teased him about being too pretty, while he threatened to expel her if she failed to reach the Core Condensation Stage within five years.
• Ouyang Haotian questioned Li Xiaoya about the Demonic Path cultivators pursuing him, and Li Xiaoya blamed Dong Santong before admitting he did not know the reason.
• Blue Ice suddenly said she knew why the sect was hunting Li Xiaoya.

Li Xiaoya refused to return to the Mystic Heaven Way and set out with Lingyu and Blue Ice toward the Misty Sea Region, while Black Skeleton plotted to intercept him at a teleportation formation. The travelers detected an ambush, and Li Xiaoya struck at a masked female cultivator before sensing another dangerous threat.

• Blue Ice guessed that the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect wanted Li Xiaoya for his artifact-refining skill, and Ouyang Haotian agreed it was plausible.
• Li Xiaoya declined to return to the Mystic Heaven Way, and Lingyu and Blue Ice chose to travel with him to visit the injured Dong Santong.
• Blue Ice warned Ouyang Haotian not to follow them secretly, and he headed back toward the Mystic Heaven Mountain Range.
• Black Skeleton learned Li Xiaoya had bought four Teleportation Spirit Tokens and ordered his allies to guard the sect's formation and seek the Three Great Demon Dragon Kings' help.
• Li Xiaoya, Blue Ice, and Lingyu flew toward the Misty Sea Region, detected an ambush, and Li Xiaoya attacked a masked female cultivator before sensing a new danger.

Li Xiaoya and Blue Ice killed a masked cultivator who had been following them, then continued to the Misty Sea Region, where Li Xiaoya reunited with Dong Santong. The chapter left Li Xiaoya heading to check on his mother while Blue Ice and Dong Santong stayed behind with Lingyu.

• Blue Ice froze the masked cultivator as she tried to release black vapor, and Li Xiaoya cut her down and destroyed her golden core and primordial spirit.
• Blue Ice revealed that the cultivator had followed them after they left Senior Ouyang, and Li Xiaoya suspected she belonged to the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect.
• Blue Ice asked Li Xiaoya to refine a Top-Grade Magic Treasure, and he agreed to help when he had time.
• Black Old Devil discovered that Twelve had died and sent a talisman back to have the Secret Group investigate.
• Two days later, Li Xiaoya brought Blue Ice and Lingyu through the mist to the island, where Dong Santong greeted them and said Li Xiaoya's mother was safe.
• Li Xiaoya headed to see his mother, while Lingyu tried to follow and he told her to wait with Blue Ice and Dong Santong.

Li Xiaoya reunited with his mother on the island, introduced her to Lingyu and Blue Ice, and told Blue Ice that they had found a way back to the Great Illusion Continent. After settling in to rest and cultivate, Li Xiaoya and Blue Ice sparred, and their battle continued as her water dragon shifted into a new form.

• Li Xiaoya returned to his mother and told her that he had found the Teleportation Spirit Token and Blue Ice Fairy, and that he had taken Lingyu as his disciple.
• Li Xiaoya introduced Lingyu and Blue Ice to Li Mother, then told Blue Ice that they could return to the Great Illusion Continent; Blue Ice said she wanted to go with them.
• Li Xiaoya ordered Lingyu to reflect on her conduct after she interrupted the elders, and then arranged a place for Blue Ice to stay.
• After they spent the afternoon talking and settled down to cultivate, Li Xiaoya and Blue Ice began sparring with water and fire attacks.
• Li Xiaoya shattered Blue Ice's water dragon's head and repelled its ice arrows, but the dragon's remaining body contracted and changed shape.

Li Xiaoya and his companions headed for the Super Teleportation Formation while the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect and Mystic Heaven Way searched for them. After Li Xiaoya discovered that enemies were closing in from multiple directions, the group tried to change course, but their escape remained uncertain.

• Li Xiaoya left Lingyu behind on the island because her cultivation was too low to survive the Super Teleportation Formation, and he promised to return someday.
• Li Xiaoya overheard eight Heavenly Earth Demon Sect cultivators searching the Misty Sea Region and learned that the sect and Mystic Heaven Way knew about his escape plan and the formation’s location somewhere at sea.
• Li Xiaoya rejoined Blue Ice, Dong Santong, and Li Mother, then explained the danger; Li Mother suspected the enemy had traced the search to the sea from her flight years earlier.
• Li Mother revealed that the formation lay deep beneath the sea and might be found or destroyed if they waited, so Blue Ice chose to continue with the group.
• Li Mother asked Blue Ice to remove her veil, but Li Xiaoya sensed Demonic Path cultivators approaching and warned Blue Ice to change direction.
• Li Xiaoya detected another group of Demonic Path cultivators ahead only a few li later.

Li Xiaoya and his companions evaded groups of Heavenly Earth Demon Sect cultivators while traveling toward a Super Teleportation Formation, but Black Skeleton ambushed them near their destination. After Li Xiaoya repeatedly helped the Flying Boat dodge his attacks, Black Skeleton trapped everyone inside a giant cauldron.

• Blue Ice used the Blue Pearl to conceal the Flying Boat and guide the group past searching Demonic Path cultivators.
• Li Mother told Li Xiaoya that they were only a few hundred li from the Super Teleportation Formation, and Blue Ice sped up the Flying Boat.
• Black Skeleton appeared and attacked the group with a massive skull that drew them into its suction.
• Li Xiaoya used his Heavenly Feather Wings and strength to push the Flying Boat clear of Black Skeleton's attacks while Blue Ice piloted it away.
• Black Skeleton intercepted the group and captured Li Xiaoya, Li Mother, Dong Santong, and Blue Ice inside a giant cauldron.

Li Xiaoya and his companions escaped Black Skeleton’s cauldron, but Black Skeleton pursued them and attacked with his enormous skeletal hand. Li Xiaoya returned from the sea and struck the hand with his Dragon-Devouring Wave, while Black Skeleton suddenly recognized someone approaching.

• Dong Santong used his ability to teleport Li Xiaoya and the others out of Black Skeleton’s cauldron, and Blue Ice flew off in the Flying Boat.
• Li Xiaoya tried to hold off the pursuing Skull Head with Golden Light Fists, then escaped it with his Heavenly Feather Wings.
• Black Skeleton struck Li Xiaoya with a Long Spear, but the Immortal Dao Chain protected him and sent him plunging into the sea.
• Black Skeleton trapped Blue Ice, Dong Santong, and Li Mother in a skeletal hand, but Dong Santong repeatedly teleported them away as the hand pursued them.
• Li Xiaoya launched his Dragon-Devouring Wave at the skeletal hand, then emerged from the sea in Bright Silver Armor to protect Dong Santong and the others.
• Black Skeleton exclaimed in shock and turned toward a powerful presence approaching the battle.

Ouyang Haotian rescued Li Xiaoya and the others from Black Skeleton, then held Black Skeleton off so they could escape. After revealing that Li Xiaoya had the aptitude of the Five Immortal Roots, Ouyang Haotian provoked Black Skeleton into launching another attack.

• The Immortal Dao Chain protected Li Xiaoya from Black Skeleton’s spear, and Li Xiaoya used the Dragon-Devouring Wave to stall Black Skeleton’s skeletal hand until Ouyang Haotian shielded the group with ice.
• Ouyang Haotian confronted Black Skeleton over his deception and rejected his offer to split Li Xiaoya’s treasure, explaining that their agreement had not forbidden them from fighting.
• Black Skeleton attacked Ouyang Haotian and the ice shield, but Ouyang Haotian countered with giant hands of seawater that froze and knocked back Black Skeleton’s attacks.
• Ouyang Haotian told Li Xiaoya and the others to escape, and Li Xiaoya carried Li Mother and Dong Santong while Blue Ice followed.
• Ouyang Haotian intercepted Black Skeleton’s spear and destroyed his pursuing black figure, giving Li Xiaoya and the others time to fly several miles away.
• Ouyang Haotian told Black Skeleton that Li Xiaoya had the aptitude of the Five Immortal Roots, and Black Skeleton attacked him in fury.

Ouyang Haotian and Black Skeleton fought fiercely as Li Xiaoya and his companions fled, with Blue Ice leading them underwater aboard her Flying Boat. Black Skeleton unleashed a powerful treasure to attack Ouyang Haotian’s iceberg, and the battle continued as the group escaped.

• Ouyang Haotian froze Black Skeleton’s skeletal arms, but Black Skeleton transformed and fled after Li Xiaoya and the others, with Ouyang Haotian in pursuit.
• Black Skeleton summoned a True Immortal Spirit Treasure that unleashed enormous skulls, and Ouyang Haotian used the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Mountain to block them.
• Blue Ice took Li Xiaoya, Li Mother, and Dong Santong underwater aboard her Flying Boat, where they traveled faster through the sea.
• Li Xiaoya treated his injured mother and gave Dong Santong elixirs to restore his magic power.
• Black Skeleton formed a gigantic skeletal fist that struck Ouyang Haotian’s iceberg, but Ouyang Haotian enlarged the mountain and drove it toward Black Skeleton again.

Li Xiaoya and the others fled through the sea toward Li Mother’s marker while Ouyang Haotian fought off the pursuers. Ouyang Haotian’s avatar held Black Old Devil back, but the Fourth Elder appeared as the group continued their escape.

• Ouyang Haotian gained the upper hand against Black Skeleton, who warned that other Heavenly Earth Demon Sect cultivators were waiting ahead.
• Blue Ice surfaced the Flying Boat among reefs after Li Mother identified the direction of her marker.
• Li Xiaoya recognized Black Old Devil approaching, and Ouyang Haotian’s avatar appeared to confront him and buy the others time.
• Ouyang Haotian’s avatar used an Ice Spirit Crystal Shield and a water dragon to block Black Old Devil’s attacks while Li Xiaoya and the others raced onward.
• Li Xiaoya sensed the Fourth Elder approaching from the side and spotted him skimming across the sea toward them.