Recaps

Qingxuan arranged for Fu Ze to possess Lianchi, while Chi Yu and the others collected treasures before a swarm of Yaoshou separated them. Lianchi was possessed, and Chi Yu waited in a cave until Qingxuan arrived to find him.

• Qingxuan persuaded Fu Ze to possess Lianchi in exchange for learning part of the secret about Xuanji's family, and they signed a Soul Contract.
• Lianchi, Chi Yu, and Qingxuan collected rare treasures, shared them equally, and Chi Yu gave Lianchi Foundation-Nourishing Pills.
• Thousands of Yaoshou attacked the group, forcing the three to flee separately; Chi Yu escaped and took shelter in a cave.
• Qingxuan showed Lianchi the Soul Pearl, and Fu Ze possessed him, causing Lianchi severe pain in his Spiritual Realm.
• After waiting four hours, Chi Yu contacted Lianchi, who said Qingxuan would come find him; Qingxuan soon arrived at Chi Yu's cave.

Chi Yu traveled with Qingxuan through the Tiangang Secret Realm, keeping his distance despite Qingxuan’s offer of protection. An unseen attacker ambushed Chi Yu with increasingly powerful sword qi, and the chapter left him wounded, nearly out of spiritual power, and still refusing Qingxuan’s help.

• Chi Yu met Qingxuan, learned that Senior Brother Lianchi had left him in Qingxuan’s care, and agreed to travel with him toward Senior Brother Jingguan.
• Qingxuan killed a Spirit-Devouring Ant on Chi Yu’s shoulder, noticed Chi Yu’s advanced divine sense, and confessed that he wanted to protect him; Chi Yu declined the offer.
• Qingxuan chose a detour around a nascent soul stage greater demon, and Chi Yu collected spirit items and defeated their guardian Yaoshou on the way.
• An unseen attacker struck Chi Yu’s shoulder with sword light, but Chi Yu refused Qingxuan’s offer to intervene and tried to locate the attacker himself.
• The attacker continued to wound Chi Yu with sword qi from hidden positions, while Chi Yu taunted the assailant and refused to ask Qingxuan for help.
• With his spiritual power nearly exhausted, Chi Yu ducked behind a boulder to take pills, but an incoming qi blade forced him to roll and knocked the pills from his hand.

Chi Yu escaped Fu Ze’s attack through the Forbidden Curse and was rescued by a man he mistook for Senior Brother Xuanji. After realizing the man was not behaving like the Senior Brother he knew, Chi Yu learned that he was Xie Xiyi, who had come to the Tiangang Secret Realm to retrieve a Buddhist Sect Treasure.

• The Forbidden Curse transported Chi Yu away as Fu Ze’s Sword Technique struck, and its counterattack sliced through Fu Ze’s body.
• Qingxuan questioned Fu Ze about Chi Yu’s disappearance, but Fu Ze said Chi Yu might have left the secret realm.
• Xie Xiyi found the badly injured, temporarily blind Chi Yu and gave him a pill; Chi Yu mistook him for Senior Brother Xuanji and clung to him.
• Chi Yu realized Xie Xiyi was not Senior Brother Xuanji after he explained that Chi Yu might remain blind until reaching the Nascent Soul Stage.
• Chi Yu used his divine sense to examine Xie Xiyi and learned that he had come to the Tiangang Secret Realm to retrieve a Buddhist Sect Treasure bead.

Chi Yu rejected Xie Xiyi’s offer of body parts but was forced to receive his golden eyes, then followed him as Xie Xiyi went searching for another prayer bead. Meanwhile, Qingxuan asked Fu Ze about Xuanji’s family, learning that they had many Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators.

• Chi Yu gave Xie Xiyi the Zhengtong Buddhist Sect’s Righteous Object and realized that he was not the Senior Brother Xuanji he knew.
• Xie Xiyi offered Chi Yu his golden eyes, a Buddha Bone sword, finger-bone beads, and heart’s blood in exchange for the prayer bead.
• Chi Yu refused the gifts, but Xie Xiyi restrained him and forced the golden eyes into his sockets, restoring his sight and granting him the Illusion-Piercing Supernatural Ability.
• Xie Xiyi left to search for another prayer bead and told Chi Yu to follow if he wished; Chi Yu demanded that he remove the eyes but was too afraid to do it himself.
• Qingxuan asked Fu Ze how he was faring in Lianchi’s body, and Fu Ze explained that Lianchi’s spirit remained inside it.
• Fu Ze told Qingxuan that Xuanji’s mortal family included many Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators, including ten Golden Core relatives serving as guards for Xuanji’s younger sister.

Qingxuan and Fu Ze speculated that the Great Xia Imperial Clan’s unusual cultivation came from a hidden bloodline secret, while Xiaoqiu struggled under Wu Yunsu’s orders outside the secret realm. Inside, Chi Yu questioned Xie Xiyi about leaving the Buddhist sect, and Xie Xiyi began explaining his discovery of a loophole in the heavenly Dao.

• Qingxuan proposed that the Great Xia Imperial Clan might reproduce through a powerful “queen” who bestowed exceptional aptitude on its descendants, and planned to test the theory on Xuanji’s boy attendant.
• Qingxuan told Fu Ze to stay hidden, promised to take Long Junior Brother away after the secret realm closed, and planned for Mingxin to abduct the boy attendant.
• Wu Yunsu used a Gu Worm to force Xiaoqiu to dig land and serve him while Xuanji remained in the secret realm.
• Chi Yu asked Xie Xiyi to remove his eyes, but Xie Xiyi refused and explained that he had properly returned to secular life rather than betrayed the Buddhist sect.
• Xie Xiyi told Chi Yu he had discovered a loophole in the heavenly Dao, then compared the world’s people to Go pieces controlled by a player.

Xie Xiyi explained that the Heavenly Dao had engineered the Xie Clan’s destruction to advance the Haoyuan Realm, while Chi Yu learned Xiaoqiu’s remains were with Xie Xiyi and searched for a way home. Chi Yu resolved to wait for the Tiangang Secret Realm’s exit, as Xiaoqiu waited there for Aotian-ge to return.

• Xie Xiyi told Chi Yu that the Heavenly Dao had orchestrated the Xie Clan’s destruction over two thousand years, turning its members into medicinal resources and cultivating geniuses from their remains.
• Xie Xiyi confirmed that the Thousand Mountains Brew came from the Xie Clan and revealed that Xiaoqiu was preserved in a pendant of glittering sand.
• Xie Xiyi told Chi Yu he could return to his original world through the Tiangang Secret Realm’s exit, which would appear in ten days or more.
• Chi Yu decided to wait for the exit so he could return to Senior Brother Xuanji and protect Xiaoqiu.
• Xiaoqiu endured Wu Yunsu’s errands and resolved to complain to Aotian-ge when he returned.
• When the Tiangang Secret Realm opened again after seven days, Xiaoqiu waited at its exit for Aotian-ge and changed his braid to the high ponytail Aotian-ge had first tied for him.

Xiaoqiu and Wu Yunsu learned that Chi Yu had vanished into a rift in the Tiangang Secret Realm, and Lecturer Hong confirmed that no one could bring him back because the event was heaven’s will. Wu Yunsu urged Xiaoqiu to focus on cultivating so he might live long enough to see Chi Yu again.

• Xiaoqiu discovered that Chi Yu had not emerged from the Tiangang Secret Realm, and Jingguan suggested he might have entered a rift.
• Wu Yunsu took the distraught Xiaoqiu to Lecturer Hong, who reassured them that Chi Yu was unharmed and might have been sent to the past or future.
• Lecturer Hong contacted Venerable Hanshan, who said Chi Yu was never meant to remain in this realm and could not be brought back.
• Wu Yunsu stopped Xiaoqiu from continuing to plead with Lecturer Hong and told him to cultivate in case Chi Yu had gone to the future.
• Wu Yunsu planned to certify his heart at the Mind-Certifying Terrace and enter the Bitter Truth Chan Abode with Xiaoqiu.

After Chi Yu disappeared in the Tiangang Secret Realm, Xiaoqiu struggled to accept Zhiguan’s divination that Long Junior Brother was at a dead end. Wu Yunsu joined the Bitter Truth Chan Abode to stay beside Xiaoqiu, while Xiaoqiu began to suspect Qingxuan had caused Aotian-ge’s disappearance.

• Wu Yunsu comforted Xiaoqiu and decided to have his heart certified so he could protect him.
• Suoluo and Qiye joined Xiaoqiu, and Zhiguan’s divination showed that Senior Brother Long’s reading was a dead end.
• Wu Yunsu passed the Mind-Certifying Terrace and persuaded the Chan master to assign him to the Bitter Truth Chan Abode.
• Qingxuan apologized for failing to save Long Junior Brother, said Lianchi was probably fine, and left with Mingxin.
• Zhiguan warned Xiaoqiu that Qingxuan and Mingxin felt suspicious, and Xiaoqiu vowed not to let Qingxuan get away with it if he had harmed Aotian-ge.

Xiaoqiu struggled with Long Aotian’s disappearance and wanted to investigate Qingxuan, while Wu Yunsu urged him to focus on cultivation until Xuanji returned. Elsewhere, Qingxuan and Mingxin discussed a concealed plan against Xuanji, and Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi followed a red thread toward the Buddhist Sect’s lost Righteous Object.

• Xiaoqiu said he would investigate what happened to Long Aotian, and Wu Yunsu agreed that Qingxuan was suspicious while deciding to watch Xiaoqiu until Xuanji left seclusion.
• Wu Yunsu passed the Bitter Truth Chan Abode’s test and showed Xiaoqiu his Jade Token.
• Qingxuan told Mingxin to act carefully against Xuanji and suggested that Xuanji might need to die if their suspicions about his family proved true.
• Chi Yu used his Illusion-Piercing Supernatural Ability to find the direction of the lost Buddhist Sect Righteous Object, and Xie Xiyi followed him southwest.
• After class, Wu Yunsu used a Wenxin Gu to tell Xiaoqiu to cultivate, but Xiaoqiu insisted he needed to learn whether Qingxuan had caused Long Aotian’s disappearance.

Wu Yunsu agreed to help Xiaoqiu investigate the circumstances surrounding Xuanji and the others, using demon corpses to feed his gu worms despite the risk of demonic blood affecting him. While Wu Yunsu refined the gu, Xiaoqiu went to the market for more demon corpses and unexpectedly saw Lianchi, then encountered Qingxuan, Jingguan, and Wuyou gathering information about the secret realm.

• Wu Yunsu offered to refine gu with Xiaoqiu's demon corpses and investigate with him, warning that the gu would need to consume many demons before they could secretly infest Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators.
• Wu Yunsu suspected that Xuanji's death seclusion, Chi Yu's disappearance in the Tiangang Secret Realm, and his own loss of cultivation were connected, but agreed to stand by Xiaoqiu because they were companions.
• Wu Yunsu began separating the demonic blood energy from his human cultivation and estimated the process would take another ten days, while Xiaoqiu decided to seek more demon corpses at the market.
• Xiaoqiu spotted Lianchi at the market and chased after him, but Lianchi disappeared before Xiaoqiu could catch up.
• Qingxuan, Jingguan, and Wuyou met Xiaoqiu, and Qingxuan said he was gathering information about the secret realm to help find Long Junior Brother.

Fu Ze abducted Xiaoqiu from the Market District, and Wu Yunsu discovered he was missing after the Tracking Gu lost contact. Wu Yunsu suspected Qingxuan and asked Lecturer Hong to help recover Xiaoqiu.

• Qingxuan told Fu Ze to make their move, and Fu Ze promised to handle it discreetly.
• Xiaoqiu returned to the demon stall and sorted through a delivery while Wu Yunsu tracked his location with a Tracking Gu.
• After Xiaoqiu vanished, Wu Yunsu found his bloodstained Communication Jade Talisman and learned the Tracking Gu could no longer sense him.
• The Market District manager confirmed Xiaoqiu was alive but refused to get involved in the struggles behind the scenes.
• Wu Yunsu returned to Luo Po and asked Lecturer Hong to bring Xiaoqiu back, saying he suspected Qingxuan had abducted him.

Wu Yunsu suspected Qingxuan had taken Xiaoqiu and, finding the Chan Sect too slow to act, set out to pursue his own lead. Meanwhile, Fu Ze brought Xiaoqiu to the Wasteland and prepared to investigate his family secret, while Wu Yunsu planted Gu Worms on Mingxin; the chapter ended with Mingxin growing jealous of the praise Wu Yunsu received.

• Wu Yunsu questioned Lecturer Hong about Qingxuan’s account of Long’s disappearance, then left determined to find Xiaoqiu himself.
• Fu Ze carried Xiaoqiu to the Wasteland and followed Qingxuan’s instructions to cripple Xiaoqiu and examine his root bones.
• Xiaoqiu woke and learned that Fu Ze had stolen his Sumeru Ring and Storage Bag and had abducted him to verify a family secret.
• Wu Yunsu used Gu Worms to attack cultivators and strengthen his worms, then went to Luopo Chan Sect to find Mingxin.
• Wu Yunsu pretended to collapse into Mingxin’s arms and secretly placed Gu Worms in his robes.
• Mingxin watched the senior brothers praise Wu Yunsu’s promise and felt resentful.

Wu Yunsu gathered cultivators to search for Xiaoqiu after learning Qingxuan had sent him to the Wasteland, and they resorted to a forbidden technique when their divinations failed. As Jingguan began the technique, Wu Yunsu’s Yaomo blood surged and he began turning demonic.

• Wu Yunsu learned from Qingxuan that Fu Ze had taken Xiaoqiu to the Wasteland, but resisted planting a Gu in Qingxuan and sought help instead.
• Zhiguan arrived and failed to divine Xiaoqiu’s location, while Wu Yunsu identified Qingxuan as the likely abductor.
• Suoluo and Qiye admitted they had not made a formation to locate jade talismans, and more cultivators arrived to join the search.
• Jingguan and Wuyou proposed using their sects’ forbidden techniques, and Jingguan began one with Xiaoqiu’s jade talisman as a vessel.
• The forbidden incantation triggered Wu Yunsu’s Yaomo blood, and Zhiguan realized he was about to turn demonic.

Fu Ze shattered Xiaoqiu’s dantian and prepared to remove his root bone, but Xiaoqiu secretly stole Fu Ze’s Sumeru Ring. Meanwhile, Wu Yunsu and his companions found the bloodied cave and learned Xiaoqiu was still alive, while Duyu and Xiao Jingyu carried the badly injured Xiaoqiu away to save him.

• Wuyou warned Wu Yunsu that consuming cultivators’ flesh and blood endangered his cultivation, then Jingguan used a forbidden technique to reveal Xiaoqiu’s location.
• Wu Yunsu and his companions followed the tracking bead to a hidden cave, where they found Xiaoqiu’s blood and Sumeru Ring but no sign of him.
• The tracking bead flashed again, and Wuyou realized Xiaoqiu was still alive.
• Fu Ze shattered Xiaoqiu’s dantian and forced him to swallow a pill before preparing to dig out his root bone.
• Xiaoqiu secretly took Fu Ze’s Sumeru Ring, while Duyu and Xiao Jingyu carried him away and discovered his dantian was shattered and his root bone missing.

Xiaoqiu was rescued by Duyu after Fu Ze shattered his dantian and removed his root bones, while Wu Yunsu's group believed Xiaoqiu had died. Qingxuan subdued Mingxin after Mingxin attacked him, and Chi Yu agreed to seek a Buddhist bead from an Azure Luan in exchange for Xie Xiyi's help with a request.

• Fu Ze shattered Xiaoqiu's dantian and began digging out his root bones, but Duyu answered Xiaoqiu's call and drove Fu Ze away after severely injuring him.
• Duyu fed Xiaoqiu his heart's blood and brought him to the Yu Dynasty's Imperial Palace, where he and Xiao Jingyu decided to hide and protect him.
• Wu Yunsu's tracking bead went dark, and Wuyou concluded that Xiaoqiu was probably dead; Wu Yunsu then sent an order through the Mother Gu and Child Gu.
• Mingxin attacked Qingxuan in Luo Po, accusing him of excluding him and murdering a fellow disciple, but Qingxuan knocked him unconscious before he could finish.
• Xie Xiyi and Chi Yu found the Azure Luan's nest, and Chi Yu agreed to try to obtain the Buddhist bead in return for Xie Xiyi granting him a favor.

Chi Yu obtained the Buddhist Sect's Righteous Object from the Azure Luan by playing music, then urged Xie Xiyi to care for himself before they reached the Tiangang Secret Realm's exit. Xie Xiyi warned that leaving could kill Chi Yu, but Chi Yu chose to risk it and return to his own Senior Brother Xuanji and Xiaoqiu.

• Chi Yu played music in the Azure Luan's gorge until the Azure Luan called him over and gave him the Buddhist Sect's Righteous Object.
• Chi Yu told Xie Xiyi to care for himself, but Xie Xiyi said he felt no pain removing his Buddha Bones and eyeballs and asked Chi Yu to choose another reward.
• Xie Xiyi told Chi Yu the Tiangang Secret Realm's exit would open that night, and Chi Yu refused to ask for anything else before they headed for it together.
• Chi Yu joked with a Luopo Chan Sect disciple about receiving private lessons before reaching the exit with Xie Xiyi.
• Xie Xiyi warned Chi Yu that there was only a slight chance he would return to his original world and that he might die instead.
• Chi Yu said he would risk everything to return to his Senior Brother Xuanji and Xiaoqiu, then prepared to leave the secret realm.

After leaving seclusion, Xie Xiyi hurried to the Luopo Chan Sect intending to confess his feelings to Chi Yu, but learned that Chi Yu and others had disappeared and that Chi Yu was presumed dead. He flew to Chi Yu’s dormitory and called for him, finding the cottage empty.

• Xie Xiyi left the Infinite Secret Realm after refining twenty-six segments of Buddha Bone, and Venerable Shangshan let him go despite wanting to guide him toward becoming Buddha-son.
• Xie Xiyi hurried toward the Luopo Chan Sect, convinced he should tell Chi Yu about his feelings and persist until Chi Yu accepted him.
• At the sect, a Chan disciple told Xie Xiyi that Xiaoqiu and Lianchi were missing and that Chi Yu had been swept into a rift in the Tiangang Secret Realm and was likely dead.
• Xie Xiyi ignored the sect’s ban on flying with qi and rushed to Chi Yu’s dormitory, where memories of Chi Yu’s invitation to dinner returned to him.
• Xie Xiyi stood outside the cottage and quietly called Chi Yu’s name.

Xie Xiyi attacked Qingxuan after concluding he was responsible for Long Junior Brother’s disappearance and Xiaoqiu’s abduction, crippling him and nearly killing him despite the Chan Sect disciples’ objections. The Anuttara Buddhist Sect sentenced Xie Xiyi to Avīci Hell, and monks moved to subdue him.

• Xie Xiyi found the dormitory empty and saw malicious thoughts in the threads surrounding Qingxuan, then accused him of causing Long Junior Brother and Xiaoqiu’s disappearance.
• Xie Xiyi drew his sword, defeated Qingxuan, shattered his dantian, and severed the meridians in his wrists.
• Jingguan and other Dao Di Chan Abode disciples intervened, but Xie Xiyi used the Anuttara Buddhist Sect’s Cessation Dharma Gate to attack the crowd.
• Lecturer Hong restrained Xie Xiyi and told him that an investigation found Long Junior Brother had been swallowed by a secret-realm rift and Xiaoqiu had been abducted by an unorthodox cultivator, with no evidence implicating Qingxuan.
• Xie Xiyi drove his sword through Qingxuan’s chest and refused to stop, even after Lecturer Hong warned that he would lose his chance to become Buddha-son.
• Monks announced Venerable Shangshan’s decree sentencing Xie Xiyi to Avīci Hell, then ordered the others to help subdue him.

After Xuanji was captured for attacking Qingxuan, the monks secretly let him escape, while Qingxuan planned to leave Luo Po and eliminate the boy connected to Xuanji. Wu Yunsu learned what had happened and blamed his own weakness for Xuanji’s predicament.

• Monks bound Xie Xiyi with Carved Artifacts and took him away, while Lecturer Hong removed some of his sword intent from Qingxuan.
• Qingxuan pretended to forgive Mingxin and ordered him to provoke the adolescent boy who had once been a demon, intending to eliminate him.
• Wuyou announced that Xuanji had escaped, and Qingxuan decided to leave Luo Po at once.
• Qingxuan and Mingxin departed Luo Po, while Qingxuan realized Xuanji’s lingering sword intent would continue damaging him.
• Wu Yunsu learned through the Child Gu that Xuanji had escaped and Qingxuan had been crippled, then regretted failing to kill Qingxuan earlier.

After learning that Xiaoqiu and Chi Yu had died, Xie Xiyi suppressed his Demonic Heart and set out to hunt Qingxuan, driven by grief and rage. Qingxuan and Mingxin fled toward Myriad Firmament Continent, preparing for Xuanji’s pursuit, but their Flying Artifact entered a Wind Spirit Eye.

• Wu Yunsu decided to rely on himself to avenge Xiaoqiu because Mingxin could not attack Qingxuan.
• Xie Xiyi grieved over Xiaoqiu and Chi Yu’s deaths, nearly lost control to his Demonic Heart, and suppressed it with his Buddha Bone.
• Xie Xiyi sealed away his tears and continued hunting Qingxuan, while the Love Poison’s corruption worsened.
• Qingxuan warned Mingxin that Xuanji might pursue them and asked for his Protective Artifact, which Mingxin handed over.
• Qingxuan contacted Fu Ze and planned to use Xuanji as a path into an Immortal Sect on Myriad Firmament Continent.
• Their Flying Artifact entered a Wind Spirit Eye, and Mingxin took control of it as the storm jolted the craft.

Xie Xiyi cursed Qingxuan with an Attack Imprint Forbidden Curse that would torment him and consume the cultivation of any body he possessed for five hundred years. After Xie Xiyi left, Fu Ze and two cultivators from the Mo Family found Qingxuan and learned that he had been cursed.

• Xie Xiyi activated the Forbidden Curse sealed in a Top-Grade Spirit Stone and told Qingxuan he would claim his life in five hundred years.
• Xie Xiyi left Qingxuan alive, enduring agony, and admitted that Forbidden Techniques were his last hope of bringing back his junior brother, Chi Yu, and Xiaoqiu.
• Fu Ze arrived with two Mo Family cultivators and hesitated outside the cave when he heard Qingxuan groaning.
• The group found Qingxuan bound to a stone bed, and Fu Ze released him from the Immortal-Binding Rope.
• A Mahayana Stage cultivator examined Qingxuan and identified the curse as a rare offensive Forbidden Curse with exceptionally complete runes.

Xie Xiyi tried to prepare a forbidden time curse so he could bring Chi Yu and Xiaoqiu back, but he could not complete it and resolved to keep trying. Weeks later, Qingxuan learned that Xuanji had fought a Mo Family senior to a draw and had been spotted giving alms on Wangxian Continent.

• A Mahayana Stage cultivator questioned Qingxuan about Xuanji’s forbidden curse and promised the Mo Family would try to suppress it.
• Xie Xiyi explained the terrible price of forbidden curses and chose to offer his demonic heart to power a time curse instead of using his clan’s divine blood.
• Xie Xiyi repeatedly failed to write the time curse, steadied himself with the Buddhist Sect’s righteous object, and vowed to bring Chi Yu back.
• Several dozen days later, Fu Ze told Qingxuan that Xuanji had fought a Mo Family Spirit Severing Stage senior to a draw.
• Qingxuan warned Fu Ze that Xuanji knew forbidden curses, then learned the clash had taken place while Xuanji was giving alms on Wangxian Continent.

Qingxuan ordered Fu Ze to kill the beggar children Xie Xiyi had taught, fearing Dharma Giving would strengthen him, but Xie Xiyi retaliated and continued filling the Buddhist Sect's Righteous Object while evading his pursuers. After the Mo Family surrounded him in a forest, Xie Xiyi faced their demand to surrender with nowhere left to retreat.

• Qingxuan told Fu Ze to kill the beggar children and promised Mingxin that he would make him master of a future Immortal Sect.
• Xie Xiyi discovered the beggar children had been attacked, sheltered the survivors, then killed the Spirit Severing Stage cultivator responsible before withdrawing from a Mahayana Stage opponent.
• Xie Xiyi traveled in hiding for two months, practicing Dharma Giving to fill his prayer bead and continuing to practice the Time Runes.
• A Tribulation Transcendence ancestor and dozens of cultivators confronted Xie Xiyi and demanded he join the Mo Family; he refused and fought, then fled when the ancestor prepared to attack personally.
• After a hunt lasting over a month, the Mo Family surrounded Xie Xiyi in a forest and ordered him to surrender alive.

Xie Xiyi escaped his pursuers by diving into the Nine Nether Dark River, intending to use its power to write the Time Forbidden Curse and return to the past to save Chi Yu and Xiaoqiu. After a year of failed attempts left him near death, his bloodline alerted him that something had happened, and he lost control.

• Xie Xiyi lured the cultivators to the Nine Nether Dark River, then jumped into it as the Tribulation Transcendence patriarch tried to seize him.
• Xie Xiyi rescued a snow-white fox Yaoshou from the river and sent it safely back through the fissure.
• Xie Xiyi used the Buddhist Sect's Righteous Object and the river's Netherworld aura to attempt the Time Forbidden Curse, hoping to return to the past and save Chi Yu and Xiaoqiu.
• Xie Xiyi spent a year failing to write the curse as the Netherworld Death Qi destroyed his cultivation and damaged his body.
• Xie Xiyi's bloodline revealed that something had happened to the Xie Clan, and his eyes turned black as he lost his remaining reason.

Chi Yu woke to find that the world had changed and learned that Senior Brother Xuanji and Xiaoqiu were gone. After discovering his cultivation had risen to the sixth layer of Foundation Establishment, he joined a group of Immortal Sect cultivators and set out with his grief hidden behind his familiar smile.

• Chi Yu woke when the nascent soul spirit inside a blood-red soul pearl called to him and hurriedly searched the secret realm for news of Senior Brother Xuanji and Xiaoqiu.
• Ling Hezhou noticed Chi Yu had suddenly reached the sixth layer of Foundation Establishment.
• Chi Yu learned he was in the Heavenly Lake Secret Realm on Wangxian Continent, and that the Anuttara Buddhist Sect had no Buddha-son; a candidate had betrayed it five hundred years earlier.
• A lustrous spinal bone fell from Chi Yu, and he picked it up in tears while thinking of Senior Brother Xuanji and Xiaoqiu.
• Chi Yu quickly composed himself and asked a group of Immortal Sect cultivators if he could join them, then reassured Ling Hezhou that he was fine.
• Ling Tian noticed something was wrong with Chi Yu's eyes, cultivation, and spiritual radiance.