Arc 3The Other Shore

Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi traveled through the City of Ultimate Bliss and Luqiu, facing demonic threats as Chi Yu grew stronger and chose to protect others. After uncovering the truth behind Flower Lady and saving Wu Yunsu, Chi Yu resolved to help Xie Xiyi overcome his demonic heart.

  • Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi reached the City of Ultimate Bliss, where they uncovered the pleasure palace’s illusion that drained cultivators’ spiritual energy and fought the demons there.
  • Xie Xiyi rescued the infected townspeople from demonic energy, while Chi Yu vowed to cultivate harder so he would not always need protection.
  • Chi Yu found and bonded with Little White, then entered Luqiu, where he revived a giant centipede and learned that his Rejuvenation spell was a dangerous Forbidden Technique.
  • After reaching the Fourth Layer of Foundation Establishment, Chi Yu told Xie Xiyi he wanted to become his Other Shore and decided to stay in town to kill demons preying on children with Spiritual Roots.
  • Chi Yu investigated Luqiu’s guarded back mountain with Xie Xiyi, where they found the dead spider yaomo and learned Flower Lady’s tragic history through Xie Xiyi’s illusion.
  • Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi rescued Wu Yunsu, whom Xie Xiyi chose to raise and teach, and exposed the Town Magistrate’s plot to feed them to Flower Lady.
  • Chi Yu gave the Town Magistrate supplies to help the mortals flee, then declared Wu Yunsu his godson and continued training under Xie Xiyi.
  • Xie Xiyi explained that his demonic heart stirred destructive urges, and Chi Yu resolved to help him overcome them despite Xiaoqiu’s warning about the danger.
Chapters 51–75 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 51The Nuclear Blast Anthem

After Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi made peace, they returned to the village and spent the night discussing the Forbidden Curse, Xie Xiyi’s future, and cultivation. The chapter left Chi Yu reflecting on his goal of returning home while learning that Xie Xiyi’s Chan cultivation required lifelong celibacy.

  • Xie Xiyi forgave Chi Yu, removed the binding hair tie, and the group returned to the village after reporting that they had eliminated the demon.
  • Chi Yu asked Xiaoqiu whether he had been afraid during the fight, and Xiaoqiu said experience would eventually make Chi Yu capable of killing people.
  • Chi Yu joined Xie Xiyi on a rooftop and asked about the Forbidden Curse and why Xie Xiyi might defect, but Xie Xiyi refused to discuss his reasons.
  • Chi Yu said his goal was to return home and apologized for trying to direct Xie Xiyi’s life after urging him to become the Buddha-son.
  • Xie Xiyi criticized Chi Yu’s mistake in turning his back on the demon and explained that Chan cultivation required celibacy, while Chi Yu said he had no plans to seek a Dao companion.

Ch. 52Guards, drag them away and behead them

Chi Yu, Xie Xiyi, and Xiaoqiu traveled west and entered the City of Ultimate Bliss, where they found a prosperous city filled with gambling houses. Xiaoqiu and Xie Xiyi went into one to gamble while Chi Yu watched warily.

  • Chi Yu left cultivation supplies for the village chief, then set off with Xie Xiyi and Xiaoqiu and gave Xiaoqiu a Recording Stone filled with songs.
  • Xiaoqiu replayed Chi Yu's music, and Xie Xiyi sealed Xiaoqiu's mouth when he teased that the Crown Prince liked listening to it.
  • The group traveled west, defeated a few weak demons and monsters, and reached the City of Ultimate Bliss, where entry cost five high-grade spirit stones each.
  • Xiaoqiu suggested visiting a gambling house, and Chi Yu warned him that gambling was addictive, but Xie Xiyi entered one and Xiaoqiu followed.
  • Xiaoqiu played Mantouzi while Chi Yu watched without gambling, and Xie Xiyi surveyed the gambling house with an inscrutable smile.

Ch. 53Page 53

Chi Yu, Xie Xiyi, and Xiaoqiu met Qingxuan at a gambling house, where Xie Xiyi challenged him to a high-stakes dice game and won. They then traveled together and discussed their demon-hunting assignments, ending with Xie Xiyi knocking Chi Yu on the head for talking too much.

  • Xie Xiyi said he had no interest in gambling while Chi Yu and Xiaoqiu watched Xiaoqiu play Mantouzi.
  • Qingxuan met Chi Yu and proposed traveling together, and Xie Xiyi agreed.
  • Xie Xiyi challenged Qingxuan to a dice game for one top-grade spirit stone and won when his dice landed stacked.
  • Qingxuan paid Xiaoqiu the spirit stone, and the group left the gambling house together without Qingxuan's senior brother Mingxin.
  • Chi Yu learned that Qingxuan had killed six of the five hundred mid-stage Foundation Establishment demons in his assignment and told him their group had completed one of three hundred eighth-level Qi Refining demons.
  • Xie Xiyi rapped Chi Yu on the head when Chi Yu began saying that he was holding the group back.

Ch. 54What did it matter to me whether they lived or died?

Chi Yu accompanied Qingxuan to investigate the City of Ultimate Bliss’s lavish Extreme Bliss Palace while the unseen Crown Prince followed nearby. The chapter ended as a beautiful woman entered their private room.

  • Xie Xiyi left after striking Chi Yu, and Xiaoqiu ran after him while Chi Yu declined Qingxuan’s offer to join his team.
  • Qingxuan warned Chi Yu that the city’s unnatural cleanliness suggested a powerful presence was lurking there, and Chi Yu learned Xuanji had wagered a top-grade spirit stone to draw attention.
  • Chi Yu discovered that the Crown Prince’s coordinates overlapped with theirs, though he could not see him, and agreed to investigate the Extreme Bliss Palace with Qingxuan.
  • Qingxuan took Chi Yu into the lavish palace, where Chi Yu realized it was a pleasure house and grew uncomfortable.
  • A beautiful woman entered their private room after Qingxuan arranged for the best room.

Ch. 55A hands-on lesson

Qingxuan awoke after Wanwan’s pipa illusion and killed the apparent female cultivator, revealing a male cultivator beneath the pixelation. He explained that the Extreme Bliss Palace used illusions to drain cultivators’ innate spiritual energy, while Xie Xiyi had arrived in time to protect Chi Yu.

  • Qingxuan awoke to Chi Yu’s concern and killed the pipa player, whose body was revealed to be a male cultivator.
  • The pipa music stopped, and Mingxin collapsed beside the table.
  • Qingxuan asked Xie Xiyi when he had arrived, and Xie Xiyi said he had been there for a long time.
  • Qingxuan realized that the Extreme Bliss Palace used illusions to extract cultivators’ innate spiritual energy and gradually drain them.

Ch. 56You are my best friend

Xie Xiyi and Chi Yu fought the demon seeds in the Extreme Bliss Palace while Xie Xiyi used the battle to teach Chi Yu swordsmanship. Qingxuan could not persuade Xie Xiyi to help Mingxin, and the chapter ended with the red mist engulfing Mingxin.

  • Xie Xiyi refused Qingxuan's suggestion to make a plan and led the group to confront the masked female cultivators.
  • Mingxin fought the women, while Xie Xiyi blocked stray attacks from reaching Chi Yu and coached him through sword techniques.
  • The palace's seductive sounds overwhelmed Mingxin, and Qingxuan tried unsuccessfully to wake him from the illusion.
  • Xie Xiyi refused to help Qingxuan and Mingxin, instead continuing Chi Yu's sword lesson as demon seeds poured from the dome.
  • When the red mist surged through the palace, Qingxuan fought while carrying Mingxin and eventually watched the mist engulf him.

Ch. 57Chapter 57

Xie Xiyi used the Chan Sect’s Execution Method to destroy the Demon Seeds in the Extreme Bliss Palace, while Qingxuan rescued Mingxin from an illusion that had drained much of his spiritual energy. Afterward, Chi Yu promised to cultivate harder and called Xie Xiyi his best friend, despite Xie Xiyi’s warnings against forming close ties.

  • Xie Xiyi stopped Chi Yu from pleading for Mingxin and guided him through sword practice until he reached his limit.
  • Xie Xiyi destroyed the Demon Seeds with the Execution Method, opening the palace doors and releasing the city’s concealed demonic energy.
  • Qingxuan found Mingxin, used his Divine Sense to wake him, and learned that Mingxin’s cultivation had fallen to early Foundation Establishment.
  • Qingxuan warned Mingxin to avoid Xie Xiyi and Long Junior Brother as demonic cultivators remained to be confronted.
  • Chi Yu asked whether Xie Xiyi could save him from a Demon Seed, then promised to cultivate twenty hours a day.
  • Xie Xiyi told Chi Yu not to form close ties with other cultivators, but Chi Yu declared that Xie Xiyi was his best friend.

Ch. 58I Can Only Repay You with Myself

Chi Yu reflected on why Xie Xiyi had become his one and only best friend, then followed him through the chaos in the City of Ultimate Bliss to find Xiaoqiu. As Xie Xiyi waited for the Wenxin Lotus’s owner, Chi Yu began to suspect that his senior brother might be connected to the future villain and asked Xiaoqiu about Xie Xiyi’s mortal-world name.

  • Chi Yu told Xie Xiyi that he had only ever called him his best friend and meant it sincerely.
  • Xie Xiyi pulled Chi Yu out of the path of a black flame, and Chi Yu jokingly offered himself as repayment.
  • Xie Xiyi and Chi Yu flew to the tavern, where Xie Xiyi killed the cultivators attacking Xiaoqiu’s ward.
  • Xie Xiyi explained that the Wenxin Lotus had driven the cultivators mad and waited for its owner, while Chi Yu noticed Xie Xiyi’s apparent pleasure in the hunt.
  • Chi Yu wondered whether Xie Xiyi was the future villain and asked Xiaoqiu what name Xie Xiyi had used in the mortal world.
  • Xiaoqiu revealed Chi Yu’s question to Xie Xiyi, who asked Chi Yu why he wanted to know.

Ch. 59Stop Giving Off That Scent of Sadness

Chi Yu watched the City of Ultimate Bliss collapse into chaos and struggled with Xie Xiyi’s harsh view of compassion and survival. Xie Xiyi offered him two chances to save people, and Chi Yu chose to keep them for later as they waited for the crisis to pass.

  • Chi Yu learned that Xiaoqiu’s proposed Dharma name, Zhihai, had been chosen by Xie Xiyi as a joke about Xiaoqiu’s lack of wit.
  • Chi Yu saw Golden Armored Cultivators trying to restrain people tainted by demonic qi and asked Xie Xiyi whether they should help.
  • Xie Xiyi warned Chi Yu against showing indiscriminate compassion, while Xiaoqiu explained that Xie Xiyi’s ability let him see what people were truly like.
  • Chi Yu reflected that he could not accept the cultivation world’s law of the jungle, though he lacked the power to intervene in the chaos.
  • Xie Xiyi mistook Chi Yu’s troubled thoughts for sadness over his warning and offered to help him save one person, then agreed to help save two.
  • Chi Yu declined to use either opportunity on the Golden Armored Cultivators and decided to save them for people who truly needed help.

Ch. 60Page 60

Chi Yu watched Xie Xiyi confront the demonic cultivators draining the City of Ultimate Bliss, while Xie Xiyi taught him to face danger rather than flee. Xie Xiyi used the Cessation Dharma Gate to purify the city’s blood energy and fought several demonic cultivators; by the chapter’s end, two of them had fallen, but the battle was not yet over.

  • Xie Xiyi explained that the infected cultivators were being used as a blood pool and warned Chi Yu that trying to save them would transfer the demonic energy to him.
  • Mingxin attacked the demonic cultivator above the black clouds, and Xie Xiyi urged Chi Yu to fight rather than flee when facing stronger opponents.
  • Xie Xiyi flew into battle, and Xiaoqiu told Chi Yu that surviving by any means was also a valid choice.
  • Xie Xiyi used the Cessation Dharma Gate to return healthy blood energy to the infected cultivators and dispel the demonic energy.
  • Chi Yu watched Xie Xiyi fight several demonic cultivators alone and resolved to cultivate harder so he would not need protection.
  • Two demonic cultivators’ corpses fell from the sky as Xie Xiyi’s battle continued.

Ch. 61It must have divine beast blood

After Xie Xiyi killed the demonic cultivators in the City of Ultimate Bliss, he and Chi Yu left the city and continued west. Chi Yu picked up a dragon-headed spirit beast and named it Xiaobai, but Xiaoqiu warned that Moonlits were difficult to keep.

  • Qingxuan persuaded Mingxin to let Xie Xiyi handle the demonic cultivators, and Mingxin agreed not to oppose him.
  • Xie Xiyi finished off the last demonic cultivator and asked Chi Yu if he was afraid of him; Chi Yu denied it and changed the subject.
  • Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi stayed overnight, then left the half-emptied City of Ultimate Bliss after its inhabitants discovered the city lord and many women were dead or transformed corpses.
  • Chi Yu asked Xie Xiyi whether anyone had ever tried to tempt him, and Xie Xiyi teased that Chi Yu had offered himself to him.
  • Chi Yu found a dragon-headed Moonlit Thousand-Mile White eating wild scallions, brought it back, and named it Xiaobai after declaring it a divine beast.
  • Xiaoqiu identified Xiaobai as a Moonlit and told Chi Yu that the spirit beasts were difficult to keep.

Ch. 62Its name was Phantom Lightning

Chi Yu bonded with a Moonlit Thousand-Mile White, convinced it possessed divine beast blood despite Xie Xiyi’s mockery. Near Luqiu, Chi Yu discovered a town of mortals touched by demonic qi, then revived a child’s giant centipede after accidentally killing it, drawing the townspeople’s wary attention.

  • Chi Yu formed a master-pet pact with the Moonlit Thousand-Mile White, which he named Little White, and insisted its divine beast bloodline would awaken.
  • Xie Xiyi gave Chi Yu a spirit beast pouch, and Little White willingly entered it.
  • As the group approached Luqiu, Chi Yu used his divine sense and found that every resident was a mortal despite demonic qi in the air.
  • Chi Yu killed a giant centipede named Tutu, then revived it with Rejuvenation, reducing his age from seventeen to sixteen.
  • The child reunited with Tutu, and the child’s father invited Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi into Luqiu.

Ch. 63Doing all I can to become your farther shore

Chi Yu investigated the strange child and his venomous centipede while Xie Xiyi questioned Chi Yu’s use of a Forbidden Technique. Xie Xiyi warned him not to use it again, and Chi Yu ended by asking what Xie Xiyi could see with his supernatural powers.

  • Chi Yu asked Xiaoqiu to give the child an antidote pill and learn why he had let the centipede bite people.
  • Chi Yu learned that Xie Xiyi’s supreme-grade Spirit Sword was named Phantom Lightning, which was also the sword name of the man who had bullied Chi Yu.
  • Chi Yu decided the resemblance was probably a coincidence, while Xie Xiyi noticed his sorrow fade and worried that his growing attention to Chi Yu could complicate his path to becoming Buddha-son.
  • Xie Xiyi identified Chi Yu’s Rejuvenation spell as a Forbidden Technique and warned that its consequences could damage his foundations and follow him into the future.
  • Chi Yu promised not to use Rejuvenation again and asked Xie Xiyi what his supernatural powers let him see.

Ch. 64Page 64

Chi Yu investigated the village’s poisonous creatures, then had an epiphany that resolved his determination to save Xie Xiyi rather than kill him. After advancing three cultivation realms, he told Xie Xiyi that he intended to deliver him.

  • Chi Yu left Xie Xiyi with the child’s father and questioned Xiaoqiu, who reported that the child’s wounds had been treated and that venomous creatures were common in the village.
  • Chi Yu and Xiaoqiu discussed the powerful demon nearby and Xie Xiyi’s Illusion-Piercing Supernatural Ability.
  • Chi Yu decided he would give up killing Xie Xiyi and seek another way home, then had an epiphany that raised his cultivation to the Fourth Layer of Foundation Establishment.
  • Xiaoqiu guarded Chi Yu while he stabilized his cultivation, and Xie Xiyi came to keep watch over him.
  • After waking, Chi Yu thanked Xie Xiyi and realized that Xie Xiyi had sent him away to make him cautious about drinking tea.
  • Chi Yu grasped Xie Xiyi’s hand, explained his insight into the mind, and told him he would deliver him.

Ch. 65Joy for no reason meant longing for love

Chi Yu told Xie Xiyi he wanted to become the person closest to him and help him through future troubles, and Xie Xiyi secretly welcomed the sentiment. After Xie Xiyi hinted that the town’s demons were “good, yet not good” and “evil, yet not evil,” Chi Yu investigated the townspeople and returned to the Town Magistrate’s lodgings with new questions about how mortals used demons.

  • Chi Yu declared that he wanted to become Xie Xiyi’s Other Shore, but Xie Xiyi dismissed his words as delirious and made him swallow two Delusion-Breaking Pills.
  • Xiaoqiu revealed that he had been standing guard nearby, teased Chi Yu about his sentimental speech, and was sent away by Xie Xiyi.
  • Xie Xiyi admitted that Chi Yu’s words were lovely and said he hoped Chi Yu would become his Other Shore if he ever fell into trouble.
  • Xie Xiyi told Chi Yu that the demons were “good, yet not good” and “evil, yet not evil,” then left him to handle them.
  • Chi Yu used his divine sense to listen to townspeople, heard a child being made to endure painful bites from Yaya, and wondered how mortals survived demonic qi.
  • Chi Yu returned to the Town Magistrate’s lodgings and saw a village woman and her child bringing abundant food to the magistrate.

Ch. 66From then on, his heart began to distinguish

Chi Yu and Xiaoqiu hunted demons and cultivated near the town, where they discovered several weak creatures watching them. As Xiaoqiu encouraged Chi Yu to learn from others, Xie Xiyi’s heart stirred at the thought that Chi Yu had become one of his weak spots.

  • Chi Yu learned that demons in the Wasteland preyed on children with Spiritual Roots and decided to stay in town to kill more demons.
  • Chi Yu left town with Xiaoqiu while Xie Xiyi secretly followed them, and Xiaoqiu suggested that Xie Xiyi might be a weak spot for Chi Yu too.
  • Chi Yu promised Xiaoqiu that he would cultivate hard enough to protect Xie Xiyi, and Xie Xiyi felt his heart begin to stir.
  • Chi Yu and Xiaoqiu found few demons while hunting, then activated a formation ward and cultivated in the wilderness.
  • Xiaoqiu spotted a green snake, a black scorpion, and a golden toad watching them, prompting Chi Yu to reflect on staying alert.
  • Xiaoqiu reassured Chi Yu that they could learn from each other, and Chi Yu accepted his encouragement.

Ch. 67Page 67

Chi Yu returned to town with Xiaoqiu and learned that a powerful Yaomo might be on the back mountain. As Xie Xiyi began noticing Chi Yu's appearance and questioning the effect he had on his cultivation, Chi Yu set out to investigate the mountain alone.

  • Chi Yu marked several insects and returned to town with Xiaoqiu, who befriended the Town Magistrate's child, Xiaojing.
  • Chi Yu collected the lotuses that formed during Xie Xiyi's meditation, but Xie Xiyi told him to keep them and criticized him for killing only one Yaomo.
  • After Chi Yu left, Xie Xiyi noticed that he had begun distinguishing Chi Yu's appearance and recalled a strange desire involving him.
  • Chi Yu checked the marked insects and learned from Xiaoqiu that the insects came from the guarded back mountain, where Xiaoqiu sensed a dangerous presence.
  • Chi Yu told Xiaoqiu he would investigate the back mountain alone, promising to return and directing Xiaoqiu to seek Xie Xiyi if he did not come back.

Ch. 68Senior Brother Xuanji, I'm begging you

The town magistrate and elders sought three gu insects from the imprisoned Flower Lady to control the cultivators who had arrived. Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi reached the cave after discussing Xie Xiyi’s growing awareness of Chi Yu, but Xie Xiyi stopped Chi Yu before he could approach it.

  • The magistrate and elders entered the mountain and discussed using Flower Lady’s gu insects against the three cultivators.
  • The magistrate asked Flower Lady for three controlling gu insects, and she sent them to him from inside her cage.
  • Flower Lady sensed Chi Yu silently entering the mountain after the magistrate and elders left.
  • Chi Yu got lost in the mountain until Xie Xiyi appeared and offered to lead him out.
  • Chi Yu learned that Xie Xiyi had only recently begun noticing what he looked like, and the two shared a quiet moment of happiness.
  • Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi reached the cave, where Chi Yu added concealment talismans before Xie Xiyi stopped him.

Ch. 69Such good protein-so nourishing!

Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi explored the insect-filled cave and followed a passage to a caged spider yaomo. Chi Yu discovered that the Golden Core Stage yaomo was already dead and had been eaten hollow.

  • Xie Xiyi accompanied Chi Yu into the cave, where insects watched them from the ceiling.
  • Chi Yu told Xie Xiyi his real name and explained that he lacked basic knowledge of the cultivation world.
  • Xie Xiyi chose a passage for them, and they reached a cage surrounded by poisonous insects and a foul stench.
  • Chi Yu cut through the cage and fought off insects that swarmed from the spider yaomo.
  • Chi Yu inspected the spider yaomo and found its front gnawed hollow, revealing that it had been dead for a long time.

Ch. 70Page 70

Xie Xiyi uncovered the spider demon’s tragic history, killed her when she tried to possess him, and later reunited with Chi Yu, who had caught her offspring. The surviving demon transformed into a baby, leaving Chi Yu unable to treat it as food for Xiaobai.

  • Chi Yu realized a second demon, likely the spider demon’s child, had escaped, and Xie Xiyi sent him to track it down.
  • Xie Xiyi burned the spider demon’s corpse and entered an illusion revealing how Flower Lady fell in love with Ze Xiu, was trapped by a Gu, and was eventually devoured by her own child.
  • Flower Lady tried to possess Xie Xiyi, but his Buddha Bone overwhelmed and killed her Nascent Soul Spirit.
  • Chi Yu returned with a plump white bug and suggested feeding it to Xiaobai after Xie Xiyi cleansed its Demonic Qi.
  • The white bug transformed into a crying baby with a worm’s lower body, and Chi Yu promised not to feed it to Xiaobai.

Ch. 71A demonic heart

Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi spared the demon-human hybrid Wu Yunsu and left it on the mountain, where Gu Worms kept it from escaping. Back at the lodgings, Xie Xiyi destroyed Gu Worms hidden near their meal, and Chi Yu confronted the Town Magistrate over a suspected poisoning.

  • Chi Yu argued that the demon should be killed, but Xie Xiyi chose to keep it and try to deliver it into cultivation.
  • Chi Yu dressed the half-transformed demon, and Xie Xiyi named it Wu Yunsu; Chi Yu realized he had met Wu Yunsu five hundred years in the future and suspected history could not be changed.
  • Wu Yunsu fell from Xie Xiyi’s hands at the foot of the mountain, and Xie Xiyi explained that a Gu Worm inside it prevented it from leaving.
  • Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi returned to the lodgings, where the Town Magistrate served them a meal that Xiaoqiu believed included braised pork.
  • Xie Xiyi spotted three Gu Worms approaching the table and destroyed them with his sword, breaking the dishes as well.
  • Chi Yu pointed his sword at the Town Magistrate and accused him of poisoning the food, but the Town Magistrate denied it.

Ch. 72Page 72

Chi Yu exposed the Town Magistrate’s plan to feed cultivators to demons, freed Wu Yunsu from the Mother Gu, and offered the townspeople a way to flee. He left with Xie Xiyi and Xiaoqiu, then jokingly declared himself Wu Yunsu’s godfather, stirring an unsettling impulse in Xie Xiyi.

  • Chi Yu used a Truth-Telling Talisman to learn that the Town Magistrate had planned to feed them to Flower Lady and controlled her with a Mother Gu hidden in his heart.
  • Chi Yu removed and sealed the Mother Gu, then gave the Town Magistrate spirit stones, a Flying Boat, and Explosive Talismans so the townspeople could try to reach the Eastern Mirror Continent.
  • The Town Magistrate demanded that Chi Yu escort the mortals himself, but Chi Yu said they had to learn to rely on themselves and left with Xie Xiyi and Xiaoqiu.
  • Xie Xiyi explained that the venomous insects’ bites would eventually turn the mortals into jiangshi, while Chi Yu and his companions returned to the mountain and caught Wu Yunsu.
  • Chi Yu crushed the Mother Gu and declared Wu Yunsu his godson, while Xie Xiyi rejected the idea of being called his mother and warned Chi Yu against saying such things.
  • Xie Xiyi examined himself and sensed an unfamiliar impulse stirred by Chi Yu’s words, though he could not identify its source.

Ch. 73Was something wrong with the Forbidden Curse?

Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi continued their journey with Wu Yunsu, while Xie Xiyi struggled to suppress his demonic heart and grew displeased with Chi Yu’s attention to others. Xiaoqiu competed for Chi Yu’s affection, and the chapter left Xie Xiyi reacting sourly when Chi Yu said he liked him too.

  • Xie Xiyi made Chi Yu increase his daily cultivation to twenty-two hours after Chi Yu promised to do anything to earn his forgiveness.
  • Chi Yu made Wu Yunsu new clothes and asked Xie Xiyi to help teach Wu Yunsu and Xiaoqiu.
  • Xiaoqiu recited lessons Xie Xiyi had taught him, impressing Chi Yu, then proposed leaving Wu Yunsu in a mortal city.
  • Chi Yu rejected Xiaoqiu’s plan because Wu Yunsu was a demon and might be killed, then reassured Xiaoqiu by kissing his forehead and letting him kiss his cheek.
  • Xie Xiyi told Chi Yu to practice swordsmanship, and Chi Yu teased him by saying he liked him too.

Ch. 74Senior Brother Xuanji, come contemplate!

Xie Xiyi used Chi Yu’s mouth to investigate the Forbidden Curse, claiming he was contemplating, while struggling to suppress his demonic heart’s growing urges. Afterward, he asked to continue this unusual contemplation in the future, and Chi Yu protested when Xie Xiyi described his practice as finding purity in filth.

  • Chi Yu tried to reassure Xie Xiyi that he liked and admired him, and Xie Xiyi pinched his cheeks and explored his mouth.
  • Xie Xiyi examined the Forbidden Curse on Chi Yu’s tongue while calling the act contemplation, and he stopped only after Chi Yu asked if he was done.
  • Xie Xiyi explained that his demonic heart stirred with destructive urges and that Chan cultivation helped him suppress it.
  • Xie Xiyi told Chi Yu that part of his deluded mind resided in him and asked to keep contemplating him, prompting Chi Yu to accuse him of calling him dirty.
  • Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi resumed their banter while Xiaoqiu complained that he became unnoticed whenever the two of them were together.

Ch. 75You're Like a Puppy

Chi Yu learned that Xie Xiyi’s demonic heart might emerge and endanger him, then decided to help Xie Xiyi raise his cultivation so he could become the Buddha-son. During another visualization session, Xie Xiyi told Chi Yu to lick his finger, called him a puppy, and left Chi Yu furious.

  • Xiaoqiu warned Chi Yu that Xie Xiyi’s demonic heart had once nearly killed the Empress and might be dangerous to him.
  • Chi Yu reassured Xiaoqiu and resolved to help Xie Xiyi cultivate and overcome his demonic heart.
  • Chi Yu offered his tongue for Xie Xiyi to visualize, and Xie Xiyi told him to close his mouth and keep licking his finger.
  • Xie Xiyi called Chi Yu a puppy, so Chi Yu spat out his finger and stormed off.
  • Xie Xiyi admitted he had told Chi Yu to lick, while Xiaoqiu asked him to visualize someone else and was told to shut up.
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