Recaps

Chi Yu survived Xie Xiyi’s pursuit by becoming his sword slave, while Xie Xiyi fought the immortal sects and pursued his own aims. After setting the young Yang Min on a path to cultivation, Chi Yu watched Xie Xiyi turn the tables on Taixuzi, whose true body fell into Xie Xiyi’s hands.

• Chi Yu used explosive talismans to scare off a young gentleman, bought protective robes, and fled the city with Ling Hezhou as a masked killer pursued them.
• Xie Xiyi killed Chi Yu, took Ling Hezhou, and left Chi Yu to revive, and Chi Yu then tracked Xie Xiyi and repeatedly sought to join him.
• Xie Xiyi made Chi Yu his sword slave, kept Ling Hezhou in a Soul-Guarding Pearl, and taught Chi Yu to cultivate despite his lack of qi apertures.
• Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi encountered Ling Tian, Yan Tongchen, and their allies, and Xie Xiyi killed or routed the cultivators while Chi Yu urged Ling Tian to flee.
• Xie Xiyi killed Ling Tian and kept Chi Yu close, while Chi Yu recorded his battles and tried to occupy him with music.
• Wu Yunsu fought Xie Xiyi and kidnapped Chi Yu, but Xie Xiyi emerged from Chi Yu’s curse mark and drove Wu Yunsu away.
• Chi Yu found seven-year-old Yang Min, healed his family and villagers, gave him guidance for entering an Immortal Sect, and told him to use the name Zhao Ritian.
• Xie Xiyi revealed himself to cultivators in Eastern Mirror Continent, destroyed a Thousand Mountains Brew cauldron, and set out to challenge the Xuanxiao Immortal Sect.
• Taixuzi lured Xie Xiyi into a formation that erased his memories of Chi Yu, but Xie Xiyi reversed Taixuzi’s servant contract and seized his split soul.

Chi Yu settled into the Chan Sect, drew closer to Xie Xiyi, and prepared for the Hongbao Trial while building friendships and a communication-token business. In the Wasteland, Xie Xiyi uncovered the dangerous curses bound to Chi Yu and saved him from a powerful demon tiger.

• Chi Yu was swallowed by a Forbidden Curse into a secret realm, where he lost the Soul Pearl and discovered he had arrived on Zizai Continent.
• Chi Yu joined the Chan Sect under the name Long Aotian, befriended Xiaoqiu, and learned that Xie Xiyi was the designated Buddha’s Chosen.
• Chi Yu persuaded Xie Xiyi to teach him cultivation, trained his divine sense and swordsmanship, and invested in Suoluo and Qiye’s communication-token business.
• As the Hongbao Trial approached, Xie Xiyi chose to team up with Chi Yu and Xiaoqiu, gave Chi Yu a sword manual, and warned Xiaoqiu to protect him.
• Chi Yu, Xie Xiyi, and Xiaoqiu entered the Wasteland, where Chi Yu defeated a yaomo with Explosive Talismans and then accepted a village chief’s request to kill a tiger demon.
• Xie Xiyi examined Chi Yu’s curses and found four incantations beneath his tongue that combined protection, location, tracking, and control, then kept Chi Yu’s cursed stones and gave him a body-tempering manual.
• When the tiger demon injured Chi Yu, Xie Xiyi killed it with one sword strike, and Chi Yu helped Xiaoqiu butcher the beast before smearing its blood on Xie Xiyi, who bound his hands.

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.

Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi traveled from Yanjing after negotiating with Xiao Jingyu and Duyu, while Xie Xiyi’s contemplation of Chi Yu grew increasingly intimate and unstable. They defeated Wu Yunsu’s demon siblings, then continued into the Wasteland as Xie Xiyi struggled with a lost half hour and his Demonic Heart.

• Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi learned about Xiao Jingyu and Duyu’s relationship, helped arrange spiritual roots for the emperor, and left Yanjing with Duyu’s dragon scale and a sealed portion of his Poison Sac.
• Xie Xiyi continued visualizing Chi Yu, gave him earrings, and nearly advanced before abandoning an illusory breakthrough that would have harmed his foundation.
• Wu Yunsu revealed that approaching demons were his siblings, and Chi Yu agreed to use him as bait while Xie Xiyi prepared extra talismans to protect him.
• Wu Yunsu secretly planted Gu Worms in his siblings, then Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi killed all seven yaomo when they attacked.
• Xie Xiyi’s younger sister recalled how his Demonic Heart had once driven him to slaughter Yaoshou and aristocratic scions before Chan Master Ruoku subdued him, and she resolved to bring him home.
• Xie Xiyi and Chi Yu shared an intimate visualization session, but Xie Xiyi later could not remember entering Chi Yu’s Spiritual Realm and warned that his Demonic Heart might have acted without his knowledge.
• Chi Yu reassured Xiaoqiu with a kiss and continued hunting Yaomo, while Xie Xiyi reconsidered removing his discriminating mind but kept putting it off when Chi Yu returned with gifts.
• Chi Yu cleared the area around camp, flew farther into the Wasteland, and attracted Qi Refining Stage Yaomo with his spiritual power fluctuations.