Recaps

Xie Xiyi destroyed Taixuzi’s divine clone, slaughtered the cultivators sent after him, and turned on Chi Yu before a mysterious Forbidden Curse pulled Chi Yu into a secret realm. Chi Yu woke alone in the grass with his earring missing and called for Ling Hezhou and Ling Tian.

• Xie Xiyi melted Taixuzi’s divine clone, captured its Nascent Soul Spirit, and sent a Puppet to summon more cultivators.
• Taixuzi ordered Nascent Soul cultivators to attack Xie Xiyi, while Chi Yu, Ling Hezhou, and Ling Tian hurried toward the battle.
• Xie Xiyi slaughtered the arriving cultivators and captured their Nascent Soul Spirits before Chi Yu reached him with a bottle of spirit wine.
• Xie Xiyi told Chi Yu to run, then trapped him in a modified formation and prepared to kill him with a Forbidden Curse.
• A powerful Forbidden Curse opened a secret realm and swallowed Chi Yu, leaving Xie Xiyi intrigued by his servant’s hidden power.
• Chi Yu landed in a grassy place, realized his earring was missing, and called for Ling Hezhou and Ling Tian.

Chi Yu searched the secret realm for his missing Soul Pearl with help from the twin cultivators Suoluo and Qiye, but the search failed and he learned he had been taken to Zizai Continent. A young diviner named Zhiguan said the pearl was still on Chi Yu and that he would recover it when the right opportunity came.

• Chi Yu hired Suoluo and Qiye to search the secret realm for his Soul Pearl, and they found nothing within its bounds.
• Chi Yu discovered that Xie Xiyi's coordinates had vanished from his system panel, while the Soul Pearl remained missing after repeated searches.
• After the secret realm closed, Chi Yu paid the brothers and learned they were in Zizai Continent rather than Wangxian Continent.
• Suoluo brought Chi Yu to Zhiguan, who divined that the Soul Pearl was still on him and would return when the right opportunity arose.
• Qiye defended Zhiguan's divination and asked him to examine Chi Yu's circumstances next.

Chi Yu entered the Chan Sect after passing the Mind-Certifying Terrace and was assigned to the Dao class. When he reached his dormitory, Xuanji tricked him into paying Xiaoqiu a top-grade spirit stone to move out of a room that belonged to Xiaoqiu, not Xuanji.

• Zhiguan read Chi Yu's fortune, and Chi Yu decided to study at the Chan Sect after confirming his Soul Pearl was on him.
• Suoluo and Qiye guided Chi Yu to the Mind-Certifying Terrace, where he passed an illusion of the three and eight sufferings and earned a place in the Dao class.
• The Chan master gave Chi Yu a dormitory token, and Suoluo and Qiye explained that the Chan Sect provided students with lodging and cultivation resources.
• Chi Yu ran into Xuanji at the dormitory, and Xuanji demanded five hundred middle-grade spirit stones for him to move out.
• Chi Yu offered Xuanji a top-grade spirit stone, but Xiaoqiu took it and revealed that the room was his own dormitory and Xuanji lived elsewhere.

Chi Yu settled into his new dormitory, befriended Xiaoqiu by sharing his cooking, and learned that Xiaoqiu served Xie Xiyi. The next day, Chi Yu arrived at the Dao Di Chan Abode and sat beside Xie Xiyi, asking the senior cultivator his name.

• Chi Yu spent a hundred million on an extra-spacious single room, turned one room into a kitchen, and cooked a meal for himself.
• Xiaoqiu visited Chi Yu after smelling the food, accepted a bowl, and returned his washed dishes while asking Chi Yu's name.
• Chi Yu told Xiaoqiu his name was Long Aotian and offered to cook for him without asking for the Top-Grade Spirit Stone back.
• Xiaoqiu returned to Xie Xiyi's luxurious residence and praised Chi Yu's cooking, while Xie Xiyi watched Chi Yu from his window.
• Chi Yu arrived at the Dao Di Chan Abode the next day, sat beside Xie Xiyi, and asked his name.

Chi Yu learned that Xie Xiyi was the Anuttara Buddhist Sect’s designated Buddha’s Chosen, then impressed Lecturer Hong with an impromptu discourse on Daoism and Zen. After class, Chi Yu found out what resources the Dao classes provided and heard that Xie Xiyi was being kept from joining the sect because of his rebellious streak, demonic heart, and obsessive mind.

• Chi Yu realized he had somehow traveled to a time when Xie Xiyi was the designated Buddha’s Chosen, and worried briefly about returning to his high school exams.
• Lecturer Hong caught Chi Yu distracted in class and asked him to share his insights, so Chi Yu delivered a long explanation of Daoism, Zen, and cultivating the mind.
• Lecturer Hong asked Chi Yu about the Dao De Jing, and Chi Yu offered to copy it out for him.
• After class, Chi Yu asked what resources Dao classes provided and learned that students received tea, spirit stones, and Dao Embryos each month.
• A cultivator told Chi Yu that Xie Xiyi had been designated Buddha’s Chosen but could not enter the Anuttara Buddhist Sect until his rebellious streak, demonic heart, and obsessive mind were worn away.

Chi Yu sold several scriptures to Lecturer Hong for spirit stones, then befriended Xiaoqiu and argued with Xie Xiyi about how Xiaoqiu was treated. Xie Xiyi sent Xiaoqiu to live with Chi Yu, who introduced himself as Long Aotian.

• Chi Yu gave Lecturer Hong a copy of the Dao De Jing and several other scriptures, earning a total of one hundred and ninety Top-Grade Spirit Stones, and declined an invitation to join the Anuttara Buddhist Sect.
• Xiaoqiu told Chi Yu that he was an imperial prince and explained that Xie Xiyi had been deposed after a Chan master urged him to become a monk.
• Xie Xiyi told Chi Yu to associate less with servants, but Chi Yu defended Xiaoqiu and criticized Xie Xiyi for neglecting him.
• Xie Xiyi proposed that Xiaoqiu live with Chi Yu, and Chi Yu agreed on the condition that Xie Xiyi pay five hundred middle-grade spirit stones per month.
• Chi Yu announced that his name was Long Aotian, and Xie Xiyi later ordered Xiaoqiu to move in with him.

Chi Yu settled into his dormitory with Xiaoqiu, who grew closer to him as they shared a room. When Suoluo and Qiye came looking for work, Chi Yu proposed ways they could make money from cultivators across the world, including creating a new communication artifact.

• Xie Xiyi gave Xiaoqiu spirit stones and let him move in with Chi Yu as part of their wager.
• Chi Yu planted vegetables, rearranged his room, and bought Xiaoqiu a spirit-treasure bed.
• Chi Yu warned Xiaoqiu not to reveal the crown prince's private affairs and urged him to protect his prince.
• Suoluo and Qiye asked Chi Yu for work, but he refused to hire them directly.
• Chi Yu suggested they sell guides to Chan sects and develop an artifact that enabled people to communicate across realms.

Chi Yu took Little Ball out to enjoy a child’s day of play, while Xie Xiyi reflected on the prophecy that had shaped his future and considered Chi Yu better suited to be the Buddhist scion. The chapter left Chi Yu and Little Ball on the mountain, appreciating a long, straight stick.

• Chi Yu decided his weak Foundation Establishment cultivation and inadequate method meant he needed to seek opportunities outside.
• Chi Yu persuaded Little Ball to take a break from cultivation and learn about joy by playing in the mortal world.
• Xie Xiyi arrived and questioned where Chi Yu was taking Little Ball, but Little Ball chose to go shrimp fishing with Chi Yu.
• Xie Xiyi went to hear sutras at the Anuttara Buddhist Sect and reflected that a prophecy had blocked his hopes of becoming emperor.
• Chi Yu found a long, straight stick on the mountain, and Little Ball tried to find Chan insight in it.

Chi Yu took Xiaoqiu fishing, then persuaded Xie Xiyi to give him a Foundation Establishment cultivation method. As he began to suspect he had returned from the future with a mission, he asked Xie Xiyi to explain the method, leaving Xie Xiyi incredulous that he could not understand it.

• Chi Yu and Xiaoqiu caught no fish, and Xie Xiyi explained that the fish and shrimp had been steeped in Buddhist chants and were vegetarian.
• Xie Xiyi offered to help Chi Yu with anything he needed, and Chi Yu asked for a high-quality Foundation Establishment cultivation method in exchange for his gratitude and friendship.
• Xie Xiyi gave Chi Yu the method, and Chi Yu urged him not to defect from the Buddhist sect before admitting he would not become Buddha-son because he did not want to shave his head.
• Chi Yu found the cultivation method difficult to understand and recalled that he had been Zizai Continent's Long Aotian five hundred years earlier, perhaps after returning to the past with a mission.
• Chi Yu asked Xiaoqiu to take him to Xie Xiyi so he could ask for an explanation, and Xie Xiyi reacted with disbelief that he could not understand a basic cultivation method.

Chi Yu helped Suoluo and Qiye plan a cheaper Communication Jade Token business and invested in their project. By the end, they had accepted his funding and his offer of a one-third stake.

• Xie Xiyi agreed to teach Chi Yu a mental cultivation method, and Chi Yu understood it after two hours of instruction.
• Chi Yu hinted that he could share ancient musical pieces with Xie Xiyi, leaving him intrigued.
• Suoluo and Qiye showed Chi Yu their Communication Jade Tokens and explained that adamantine gold made them expensive.
• Chi Yu urged them to find a cheaper substitute and keep the final production cost low so their tokens could reach Qi Refining cultivators.
• Chi Yu invested five Top-Grade Spirit Stones in the business in exchange for one-third of its shares, and Suoluo and Qiye accepted.

Chi Yu tried to befriend his classmates, impressed the Chan classroom with an explanation of his Dharma name and a clever answer to Lecturer Hong, and invited Xie Xiyi to share his cooking. Xie Xiyi followed him back to his quarters, where Xiaoqiu awkwardly greeted the crown prince.

• Chi Yu arrived late to class again and told Xie Xiyi he wanted to grow close to him and make friends with everyone.
• Chi Yu introduced himself to Lianchi and explained the grand meaning he gave to his Dharma name, Long Aotian, leaving the class and Lecturer Hong captivated.
• Lecturer Hong asked what made leaves move, and Chi Yu answered that the leaves and wind moved while he remained still.
• After class, Chi Yu left his admirers to walk back with Xie Xiyi and invited him to try his cooking.
• Chi Yu returned to his quarters with Xie Xiyi, where Xiaoqiu, waiting for lunch, stood up guiltily when he noticed the crown prince.

Chi Yu visited Lecturer Hong and Venerable Hanshan, who recognized his exceptional potential and gave him a Buddhist treasure that could help fulfill his wish to return home. The chapter ended with Venerable Hanshan explaining that Chi Yu would not become Zhengtong's Buddha-son because his heart was attached to another home.

• Lecturer Hong summoned Chi Yu, and a message butterfly led him up a mountain to meet Lecturer Hong and Venerable Hanshan.
• Venerable Hanshan examined Chi Yu and praised his talent, saying he was not from this world.
• Venerable Hanshan gave Chi Yu a supreme Buddhist pearl that could help him fulfill his wish, asking for nothing in return.
• Chi Yu thanked Venerable Hanshan, put the pearl in his Sumeru Ring, and left to cultivate.
• Lecturer Hong asked whether Venerable Hanshan intended to make Chi Yu Zhengtong's Buddha-son, and Venerable Hanshan said Chi Yu's attachment to home made him unsuitable.

Chi Yu asked Xie Xiyi about the luminous pearl Venerable Hanshan had given him, then spent time with the Crown Prince and obtained a manual for training his divine sense. The chapter left off with Zhiguan visiting Chi Yu, who could not understand his gestures.

• Xiaoqiu told Chi Yu that the luminous pearl was a token for a future Buddha-son, but Chi Yu decided it had nothing to do with his own future.
• Chi Yu visited Xie Xiyi to ask how to fill the pearl, and Xie Xiyi admitted he did not know.
• Chi Yu persuaded Xie Xiyi to play the guqin, but the music overwhelmed Chi Yu and exposed his unusually weak divine sense.
• Xie Xiyi warned Chi Yu about his weakness and gave him a manual for training his divine sense after Chi Yu begged for one.
• Zhiguan came to see Chi Yu, who invited him to a meal and asked him to write down what he wanted to say.

Chi Yu encouraged Zhiguan to speak despite his stutter and discovered that a short tongue made the problem harder to fix before Zhiguan reached Golden Core. Zhiguan gained confidence from Chi Yu’s praise, while Xiaoqiu ran to complain to Xie Xiyi about him.

• Lianchi brought Qingxuan to settle into the Dao Di Chan Abode and told him that senior brother Xuanji had quickly refined four Buddha Bones and entered Second Chan.
• Lianchi told Chi Yu that Qingxuan’s senior brother had been assigned to a crowded dormitory after demanding another assessment and making a fuss.
• Lianchi recognized Zhiguan as the little stutterer, upsetting him, and Chi Yu comforted him while Xiaoqiu grew jealous.
• Chi Yu asked Zhiguan whether he wanted to change his stutter, then encouraged him to speak and praised him for managing a word.
• Chi Yu noticed Zhiguan’s tongue was congenitally short and explained that the condition could only be corrected once he reached Golden Core.
• Xiaoqiu ran to Xie Xiyi’s palace and complained that Zhiguan played the victim and used dirty tricks.

Xiaoqiu sought comfort from Chi Yu after Xie Xiyi dismissed his jealousy, while Chi Yu welcomed the newly arrived Qingxuan and chatted with him. On the way to class, Chi Yu introduced Qingxuan to Xie Xiyi and noticed Xie Xiyi seemed to dislike him.

• Xiaoqiu complained to Xie Xiyi about Zhiguan, but Xie Xiyi scolded him and ordered him to cultivate.
• Xiaoqiu pretended that Xie Xiyi had insulted him, and Chi Yu comforted him with an embrace and snacks.
• Qingxuan visited Chi Yu, gave him a gift, and revealed that he came from the Five Aggregates Sect on the Eastern Mirror Continent and made talismans.
• Chi Yu encountered Xie Xiyi and Qingxuan on the way to class, introduced them, and asked Qingxuan about buying talismans.
• After they reached the classroom, Chi Yu quietly asked Xie Xiyi whether he disliked Qingxuan.

Chi Yu joined Xie Xiyi’s Hongbao Trial team and persuaded him to share a sword manual and give private lessons. He began sword training while keeping his cultivation and the Forbidden Curse in mind.

• Lecturer Hong announced that the Hongbao Trial would take place in three months, and Lianchi explained its purpose and rewards to Chi Yu.
• Xie Xiyi refused Qingxuan’s request to join his team and said he would team up with Chi Yu, who was to bring Xiaoqiu along.
• Chi Yu chose sword cultivation, and Xie Xiyi gave him a sword manual after Chi Yu asked for one.
• Chi Yu brought Xie Xiyi homemade dried melon and asked him to explain the manual, securing private lessons despite Xie Xiyi’s attempts to send him away.
• Chi Yu bought a mid-grade spirit sword and began practicing two hours a day; he also wondered whether the Forbidden Curse was still active and what triggered its deadly form.

Chi Yu received Xie Xiyi’s Breath-Concealment Method and gave him a spirit-treasure guqin in return, then teamed up with him for the Hongbao Trial. The chapter ended with Qingxuan visiting Chi Yu and revealing that he had teamed up with his senior brother from the Bitter Truth Chan Abode.

• Xie Xiyi warned Chi Yu to conceal his cultivation habits and gave him a Breath-Concealment Method after frightening him with the danger of being refined into pills.
• Chi Yu tried to use his system to obtain a guitar, received underwear instead, and bought a spirit-treasure guqin for Xie Xiyi.
• Xie Xiyi accepted Chi Yu’s guqin and gave Xiaoqiu Top-Grade Spirit Stones to buy a musical instrument of his own.
• Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi joined Group D for the Hongbao Trial, and Chi Yu gave Xie Xiyi one of the Jade Tokens for messaging.
• Chi Yu teased Xie Xiyi by offering to call him Dad and asking about his fragrance, then fled with a tea cake after Xie Xiyi threw it at him.
• Qingxuan visited Chi Yu and said he had teamed up with his senior brother from the Bitter Truth Chan Abode.

Chi Yu described his speculative ideas for mass-producing talismans and pills, then faced Qingxuan’s troublesome senior brother Mingxin and received a warning from Xie Xiyi to train harder. The chapter ended with Chi Yu calling Xiaoqiu his best friend while Xie Xiyi walked away.

• Chi Yu told Qingxuan that cultivation, talismans, and pills might be explained through chemical reactions and contracts, prompting Qingxuan to leave in a hurry.
• After more than half a month without Qingxuan visiting, Mingxin demanded that Chi Yu show him respect, and Chi Yu retreated behind his dormitory’s restrictions.
• Xie Xiyi confronted Mingxin for trying to break through the restrictions, and Qingxuan took Mingxin away after warning him to stop causing trouble.
• Xie Xiyi told Chi Yu to cultivate twenty hours a day and warned that he would not always protect him.
• Chi Yu declared Xiaoqiu his best friend, and Xie Xiyi left as Xiaoqiu happily embraced him.

Chi Yu continued cultivating and helping Zhiguan with his stutter while preparing for the Hongbao Trial. After Xie Xiyi criticized his swordsmanship for lacking real combat experience, Chi Yu tried to slaughter a rabbit but ultimately let it go, leaving his first kill unresolved.

• Chi Yu reached the eighth layer of Qi Refining in divine sense training, improved his swordsmanship, and sent Xie Xiyi gifts through Xiaoqiu.
• Xie Xiyi accepted Chi Yu's gifts and later entered seclusion, while Chi Yu kept practicing speech with Zhiguan and encouraged Suoluo and Qiye to help.
• Xie Xiyi emerged from seclusion before the Hongbao Trial, and Chi Yu showed him his swordsmanship.
• Xie Xiyi pointed out that Chi Yu had never killed anything and told Xiaoqiu to protect him during the trial.
• Chi Yu tried to slaughter a wild rabbit that night but released it, claiming rabbit did not taste good.

Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi collected their Hongbao Trial mission, then waited while Xiaoqiu failed his mind certification for the sixth time. As they set off, Chi Yu used his tracking map to catch Xie Xiyi playing hide-and-seek and had him buy ingredients at West Hua Market.

• Chi Yu drew a Group D mission requiring the team to kill 300 demons, demonic beasts, or demonic cultivators at the eighth layer of Qi Refining or higher.
• Xiaoqiu entered an ordinary-life illusion but failed to earn a Jade Token, and Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi encouraged him to try again after the trial.
• Chi Yu and Xiaoqiu gathered spiritual plants while Xie Xiyi walked ahead and concealed his presence.
• Chi Yu tracked Xie Xiyi through his system map and sent him a message asking him to buy spirit rice and other ingredients at West Hua Market.
• Xie Xiyi bought the requested ingredients and silently appeared behind Chi Yu.

Chi Yu, Xie Xiyi, and Xiaoqiu traveled toward the Wasteland, where Chi Yu’s curiosity about Xie Xiyi’s hair and fragrance led him to use the same scented balm. The chapter left them aboard the Flying Boat at night, with Chi Yu still unaware that Xie Xiyi regretted sharing it.

• Chi Yu rejected Wangxian Continent because many students had gone there, and the group chose the Wasteland instead.
• Chi Yu piloted the flying artifact and improved his control over his spiritual power while traveling with Xie Xiyi and Xiaoqiu.
• At a meal stop, Chi Yu tied Xie Xiyi’s hair with the gift he had given him and noticed its familiar fragrance.
• Xie Xiyi gave Chi Yu a bottle of scented balm, and Chi Yu used it to bathe, making his scent resemble Xie Xiyi’s.
• Xie Xiyi tried to scare Chi Yu by claiming the balm came from a demonic beast, but Chi Yu responded without being frightened.

Chi Yu fought and killed a yaomo, then reflected on his discomfort with killing and continued traveling with Xie Xiyi and Xiaoqiu. As they searched for stronger yaomo, Chi Yu showed Xie Xiyi a stick that made him happy, and Xie Xiyi listened to his thoughts on happiness.

• Xie Xiyi left Chi Yu to fight a fifth-level Qi Refining yaomo while he and Xiaoqiu watched.
• Chi Yu used Explosive Talismans to defeat the yaomo and, unable to strike it with his sword, killed it by detonating a talisman on its head.
• Xie Xiyi praised Chi Yu, who cheerfully accepted the compliment and later talked through his feelings about killing.
• Chi Yu began seeking stronger yaomo, and Xie Xiyi explained that the more powerful ones were cunning and harder to find.
• Chi Yu showed Xie Xiyi a smooth, straight stick and said that happiness was an advanced emotion with high demands.

Chi Yu, Xie Xiyi, and Xiaoqiu stayed in a village plagued by a tiger demon and agreed to kill it the next day. While they rested that night, Xie Xiyi teased Chi Yu for being afraid and offered him an embrace.

• Chi Yu led Xie Xiyi and Xiaoqiu to a village, where the village chief welcomed them and offered lodging.
• The village chief told Chi Yu that a tiger demon on Lotus Seedpod Mountain had been eating three young villagers each month and was near Foundation Establishment.
• Chi Yu promised to kill the demon the next day and gave the village chief five hundred low-grade spirit stones for the information and lodging.
• Chi Yu and Xiaoqiu ate melon seeds while Xie Xiyi went outside, and Xie Xiyi overheard Chi Yu secretly compare him to a cat.
• After dinner, Chi Yu asked Xie Xiyi about his golden eyes, and Xie Xiyi told him he was afraid before offering him an embrace.

Chi Yu asked Xie Xiyi about the forbidden curses on him, and Xie Xiyi examined the seal hidden beneath his tongue. Xie Xiyi explained that the curses were dangerous and revealed that the seal protected, located, tracked, and controlled Chi Yu.

• Xie Xiyi told Chi Yu he was hiding his fears from himself, and Chi Yu insisted they should still work together against the demon.
• Xie Xiyi tested Chi Yu’s grip and discovered that his Foundation Establishment cultivation was infused through a forbidden art.
• Chi Yu showed Xie Xiyi two cursed Top-Grade Spirit Stones and described the villain who had used forbidden curses to kill Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Xie Xiyi examined the curse beneath Chi Yu’s tongue and found four sets of incantations that would last about another year.
• Xie Xiyi warned Chi Yu that forbidden curses consumed their users and said Chi Yu’s tongue seal combined protection, location, tracking, and control.

Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi set out for Lotus Pod Mountain, where Xie Xiyi killed a powerful demon tiger that overwhelmed Chi Yu. After Chi Yu helped Xiaoqiu butcher the beast, he playfully smeared blood on Xie Xiyi, who restrained him as he called for help.

• Xie Xiyi kept Chi Yu’s Forbidden Curses and traded him a body-tempering manual, warning him not to use the curses.
• Chi Yu asked Xie Xiyi to inspect the Thousand Mountains Brew, and Xie Xiyi said it could restore spiritual power but would not improve innate aptitude.
• Chi Yu entered Lotus Pod Mountain to test the demon’s strength, but its roar injured him and he fled toward Xie Xiyi.
• Xie Xiyi killed the charging demon tiger with a single sword strike, and Xiaoqiu began salvaging its body for materials.
• After Chi Yu overcame his disgust and helped Xiaoqiu butcher the tiger, he smeared blood on Xie Xiyi, who bound his hands while Chi Yu pleaded for help.