Chapter Summaries

Chi Yu struggled with Xie Xiyi’s possessive affection while they waited for Xiaoqiu to stabilize, then contacted Suoluo and Qiye for spirit stones. Suoluo and Qiye learned Chi Yu had survived and agreed to help him while keeping Xie Xiyi’s family history secret.

• Xie Xiyi moved the ring made from his own finger bone onto Chi Yu’s ring finger and called him his wife, leaving Chi Yu conflicted but unable to reject the intimacy.
• Chi Yu stayed in the Yu Dynasty for two days, recorded a message for Xiaoqiu, and contacted Suoluo and Qiye to ask for spirit stones.
• Qiye rushed to tell Suoluo that Long Junior Brother had contacted them and survived, and Suoluo replied to Chi Yu with relief.
• Suoluo learned Chi Yu needed spirit stones and told Qiye to bring the ledger so they could send him money.
• Suoluo decided to cover their past support of Zhiguan themselves and hide Xie Xiyi’s family history from Chi Yu, and Qiye agreed.

Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi left the Wasteland after Chi Yu settled his debt, and Xie Xiyi explained that the Xie Clan had accepted its destruction as ordained fate in exchange for a chance to survive. The chapter left Chi Yu learning that the Buddhist Sect had helped bring about the clan’s suffering to avert Xie Xiyi’s revenge against the world.

• Suoluo and Qiye sent Chi Yu five hundred years of Jade Talisman account records and a Sumeru Ring filled with Top-Grade Spirit Stones, which Chi Yu used to repay Duyu and give him extra stones.
• Chi Yu told Wu Yunsu that Xiaoqiu was alive and recovering in the Yu Dynasty’s Imperial Palace, and Wu Yunsu spared the Immortal Alliance cultivators before flying toward the Wasteland.
• Chi Yu asked Xie Xiyi whether they would go to Myriad Firmament Continent to rescue the Xie Clan, and Xie Xiyi said they would not because the clan had chosen to follow its fate.
• Xie Xiyi told Chi Yu that everyone in the Xie Clan knew the Forbidden Curse but had not used it because they were gambling on overturning their ordained fate.
• Xie Xiyi explained that the Buddhist Sect had helped the Heavenly Dao destroy the Xie Clan because Xie Xiyi would otherwise have sought revenge by destroying the world, and that following heaven’s will had allowed the clan to survive.

Chi Yu told Xie Xiyi about his system and its mission, but Xie Xiyi’s attempt to remove it sent the system away through a time-based Forbidden Technique. In another world, Xie Xiyi crushed the system and reunited with a boy who called him big brother.

• Chi Yu confessed that the system had sent him back five hundred years and tasked him with killing Xie Xiyi, then described the Forbidden Curse abilities it had absorbed.
• Xie Xiyi explained that Backtracking was a Divine Art he had never mastered, while Chi Yu concealed what Seizure did.
• Xie Xiyi used Talismanic Rune Chains to examine Chi Yu and tried to pull the system out of him, but a time-based Forbidden Technique made its light vanish.
• Chi Yu discovered his System Panel was gone, and Xie Xiyi promised to compensate him.
• In another world, Xie Xiyi caught the system’s ball of light outside a secondary school, declared he had changed his mind, and crushed it.
• Xie Xiyi picked up a boy’s schoolbag and accepted his locker-key bracelet, slipping it onto his wrist.

Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi continued fighting the cultivators of Myriad Firmament Continent, while Xie Xiyi confessed his love to Chi Yu. As the Immortal Sects turned toward suing for peace, Xie Qingning left with the Canghai Sect, and a flashback followed Ruoku arriving in Great Xia and sensing an unusual number of cultivators there.

• Chi Yu tried to persuade Xie Xiyi to protect his reputation, but Xie Xiyi said he preferred to act freely and confessed that he loved Chi Yu.
• After wave upon wave of cultivators died fighting Xie Xiyi, the Immortal Sects began favoring peace, and Fu Ze warned the Mo Family Head that they might seize the Xie Clan by force.
• The Mo Family Head refused to give up the Xie Clan, and Canghai Sect disciples arrived at the Mo estate to take the Xie Clan disciples as guests.
• Xie Qingning crippled the dantians of the Mo Family disciples who stood nearby, then left with the Canghai Sect; aboard the Flying Boat, she and Xie Bo'an discussed their gamble on their eldest brother.
• Five hundred years earlier, Ruoku traveled to Eastern Mirror Continent and sensed an unusual number of cultivators upon entering Great Xia.

Ruoku recounted how the emperor and empress sent Xie Xiyi away to protect him from his prophesied fate, while Xie Xiyi and Chi Yu rested after a battle and grew closer. The chapter ended with Xie Xiyi giving Chi Yu arm rings made from his own ribs and Chi Yu suffering another painful craving.

• Ruoku learned of Xie Xiyi’s violent past and told the emperor and empress that Xie Xiyi’s Demonic Heart came from a previous cycle and could help him survive the Heavenly Dao.
• The empress agreed to let Xie Xiyi go to Zizai Continent, and she deliberately showed him fear before leaving him so he would sever his attachment to home.
• In the present, Chi Yu saw Xie Xiyi discard earrings he had meant to give his late mother and understood that Xie Xiyi still grieved for her.
• Xie Xiyi gave Chi Yu arm rings engraved with Auspicious Words, explaining that they could make his beautiful wishes come true and that he had forged them from his original body’s ribs.
• That night, Chi Yu’s craving returned, bringing him intense pain as he understood that his feelings for Xie Xiyi were mutual.

Chi Yu resisted Xie Xiyi’s attempts to persuade him into Spiritual Communion, while Xie Xiyi confessed that they would love each other and remain together. In the Wasteland, Xiaoqiu woke after five hundred years of unconsciousness and recognized Wu Yunsu, though he also remembered Long Aotian and the Yaomo.

• Chi Yu explained to Xie Xiyi that Spiritual Communion was addictive, but Xie Xiyi respected his refusal despite his own desire.
• Xie Xiyi asked whether Chi Yu loved him and declared that they would love each other, insisting he would never let Chi Yu go.
• Xiaoqiu awoke in the Yu Dynasty after five hundred years, still dreaming of Long Aotian and realizing how important Aotian-ge was to him.
• Wu Yunsu urged Xiaoqiu to wake and see Aotian-ge, admitting his guilt and how much Xiaoqiu’s presence meant to him.
• Xiaoqiu opened his golden eyes, called Wu Yunsu noisy, and recognized him as the Yaomo.

After waking from a five-hundred-year sleep, Xiaoqiu was carried outside by Wu Yunsu, but he fell asleep again before accepting that the reunion was real. As Tingyun prepared the Ten Thousand Swords Sect to fight Xie Xiyi, Chi Yu reunited with Xie Xiyi and they discussed the privacy of their spiritual bond.

• Wu Yunsu told Xiaoqiu that he had slept for five hundred years and that Aotian-ge was alive, but Xiaoqiu doubted him and fell asleep again.
• Tingyun and the Ten Thousand Swords Sect's leader agreed that war against Xie Xiyi was necessary and set their attack for seven days later, when Xie Xiyi's vitality would be weakest.
• Chi Yu used the arm ring to call for Senior Brother Xuanji, and Xie Xiyi appeared before him.
• Xie Xiyi teased Chi Yu that he could not touch him, making Chi Yu blush.
• Chi Yu told Xie Xiyi that he would not examine his memories or state of mind, and Xie Xiyi promised not to examine Chi Yu's either.

Chi Yu sensed the turbulent emotions beneath Xie Xiyi’s calm exterior and avoided responding to his flirtation, while Xie Xiyi let the matter drop. As several days passed, Chi Yu noticed demonic cultivators spreading through the Cultivation World and connected their rise to events from the original novel.

• Chi Yu sensed Xie Xiyi’s turbulent emotions through their shared heart and chose to avoid responding, since anything he said might sound flirtatious.
• Xie Xiyi did not continue trying to provoke a reaction from Chi Yu.
• Several days passed, and Chi Yu noticed that demonic cultivators had become more numerous.
• Chi Yu recalled that demonic cultivators inspired fear through massacres and by spreading demon seeds that transformed mortals and cultivators.
• Chi Yu remembered that the Demon Realm’s seal had loosened in the original novel, creating opportunities for Yang Min.

Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi encountered Fu Ze while he was fleeing demonic cultivators in the Wasteland, and Xie Xiyi destroyed their pursuers. Chi Yu recognized that Fu Ze had returned to the Myriad Firmament Continent and suspected him of using jade marrow, leaving Fu Ze terrified.

• The Immortal Sects pressured Fu Ze to join the campaign against Xie Xiyi, and the Mo Family Head accused him of abandoning the family after benefiting from its glory.
• Fearing Xuanji, Fu Ze deserted the Immortal Sect and fled to the Wasteland, where demonic cultivators chased him from his hiding place.
• Fu Ze tried to escape into a cultivator city but encountered Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi, then revealed himself when he recognized Xuanji.
• Xie Xiyi slaughtered the pursuing demonic cultivators with forbidden curses, while Fu Ze trembled before him.
• Chi Yu questioned Fu Ze about leaving five hundred years earlier, then suggested that he had used jade marrow on the Myriad Firmament Continent, terrifying Fu Ze.

Chi Yu discovered that the person occupying Lianchi’s body was Fu Ze, an unorthodox cultivator who had possessed him for five hundred years, and attacked him. Fu Ze took Chi Yu hostage, while Xie Xiyi confronted him; Chi Yu admitted he relied on Xie Xiyi, who declared that Chi Yu loved him, and Chi Yu denied it.

• Chi Yu used his Illusion-Piercing Supernatural Ability to learn that Fu Ze had possessed Lianchi, whose living body remained trapped as a white cocoon in the Spiritual Realm.
• Chi Yu kept Fu Ze close while he and Xie Xiyi traveled with him, and he realized Qingxuan had likely helped Fu Ze possess Lianchi.
• Chi Yu attacked Fu Ze and accused him of taking Lianchi’s body, but Fu Ze admitted the possession and threatened to self-detonate.
• Fu Ze seized Chi Yu by the throat as a hostage, and Xie Xiyi teleported in to face him.
• Chi Yu told Xie Xiyi that he was the source of his courage, and Xie Xiyi said Chi Yu loved him; Chi Yu blushed and denied it.

Xie Xiyi extracted Lianchi’s Nascent Soul Spirit from Fu Ze’s damaged body after Chi Yu persuaded him to spare Lianchi. Chi Yu then used the Auspicious Words to wish for Lianchi to awaken, though Xie Xiyi warned that someone would have to pay the price.

• Fu Ze tried to flee, but Xie Xiyi’s Forbidden Curses immobilized him and drained his Spiritual Power.
• Xie Xiyi threatened to kill Fu Ze and destroy Lianchi’s body, then demanded a reward from Chi Yu before agreeing to help.
• Chi Yu kissed Xie Xiyi’s mask, and Xie Xiyi extracted Lianchi’s Nascent Soul Spirit from Fu Ze’s Spiritual Realm, severely damaging the body.
• Chi Yu used his Illusion-Piercing Supernatural Ability and learned that Lianchi’s Prajna did not want to keep the body.
• Xie Xiyi told Chi Yu that the Auspicious Words could make a sincere wish come true, but that someone would pay the price.
• Chi Yu pressed his palms together and wished for Lianchi to awaken.

Lianchi returned to the Mo Family after reclaiming his body and began confronting the family’s corruption, while Chi Yu realized he might be planning to purge his own clan. The chapter leaves Lianchi heading to challenge the Mo Family’s deeds, with Chi Yu recognizing the danger of what he intends to do.

• Lianchi thanked Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi, then left for Myriad Firmament Continent after Xie Xiyi repaired his injuries with a Forbidden Curse.
• Lianchi returned to the Mo Family’s clan grounds, where younger family members respectfully called him Great-Uncle.
• Lianchi reflected on the Cultivation World’s cruelty and his family’s role in exploiting others for cultivation resources.
• Lianchi resolved that the Mo Family’s actions were intolerable and that changing the family was within his power.
• Chi Yu realized Lianchi might be planning to purge his own family.

Lianchi killed the Mo Family Head and the remaining Mo Family disciples with Xie Xiyi’s Forbidden Curses, then was hunted down and rescued by Xie Xiyi and Chi Yu. As the Demon Realm’s seal began to break, Chi Yu explained that he wanted to protect the weak, not become a savior.

• Xie Xiyi stopped Chi Yu from rushing to help Lianchi and revealed that the Forbidden Curses he had given Lianchi would protect him.
• Lianchi killed the Mo Family Head and slaughtered the Mo Family disciples who had remained behind, prompting the Ten Thousand Swords Sect to order his capture.
• The Immortal Sects tracked down and nearly killed Lianchi after his Forbidden Curses ran out, but Xie Xiyi stopped them and Chi Yu gave Lianchi a healing pill.
• Lianchi thanked Xie Xiyi and Chi Yu, while Xie Xiyi and Chi Yu argued over Xie Xiyi’s habit of prolonging his enemies’ suffering.
• A rift opened in the sky and the Demon Clan poured out as the Demon Realm’s seal began to break; Chi Yu said he wanted to protect the weak and innocent.

Chi Yu, Xie Xiyi, and Lianchi fought demonic cultivators after discovering that the rift to the Demon Realm had opened unusually easily. Xie Xiyi’s Forbidden Curse continued killing the attackers despite its apparent cost, while Chi Yu joined the battle and impressed Xie Xiyi with his swordsmanship.

• Demonic cultivators discovered Chi Yu, Xie Xiyi, and Lianchi and charged at them.
• Xie Xiyi’s Forbidden Curse shredded the attackers, but he tensed when it seemed to exact a price from him instead.
• Lianchi noted that the rift to the Demon Realm had opened unusually easily, and Chi Yu urged Xie Xiyi to stop killing the demonic cultivators and flee.
• Xie Xiyi refused to run, so Chi Yu and Lianchi drew their swords and joined the fight beside him.
• Chi Yu swiftly slew demonic cultivators at the Golden Core Realm and below while Xie Xiyi watched him closely.

Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi returned to the Myriad Firmament Continent, where Xie Xiyi dumped captured demonic cultivators and Xie Clan members at the Immortal Sect. The Immortal Sect sent Tingyun to kill Xie Xiyi, and the chapter ended with Tingyun trapping him in a formation while Chi Yu remained at his side.

• Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi took the captured demonic cultivators and Xie Clan members to the Immortal Sect on the Myriad Firmament Continent.
• The Immortal Sect quickly dealt with the demonic cultivators, realized Xie Xiyi had taken the Xie Clan members, and decided to pursue him.
• Tingyun told the Ten Thousand Swords Sect's sect leader that he had an eighty percent chance of killing Xie Xiyi if he staked his life on it.
• Chi Yu worried about Xie Xiyi's dwindling Nascent Soul Spirits, but agreed to leave for Duyu with the people they had taken.
• Tingyun confronted Xie Xiyi and revealed that he was a body-disintegrated rogue immortal who could use Forbidden Curses without paying a price.
• Xie Xiyi noticed that Tingyun's group had trapped the area in a formation containing Forbidden Techniques and condensed immortal power.

As Xie Xiyi struggled against Tingyun’s formation, Chi Yu realized his senior brother could truly die and confessed that he wanted to become his Dao companion. The battle remained unresolved as Xie Xiyi fell silent at Chi Yu’s declaration.

• Tingyun attacked Xie Xiyi and Chi Yu with a formation of golden swords while Xie Xiyi shielded Chi Yu with forbidden curses.
• Xiaoqiu urged Wu Yunsu to find Aotian-ge, saying he had dreamed Wu Yunsu could save him, and Wu Yunsu left to track Chi Yu through the Child Gu.
• Xie Xiyi’s forbidden curses weakened as their costs consumed his stored nascent soul spirits, while Tingyun and Xie Xiyi injured each other in the battle.
• Chi Yu realized Xie Xiyi was not invincible and feared that he could die protecting him.
• Chi Yu confessed to Xie Xiyi that he loved him and wanted to marry him as his Dao companion, leaving Xie Xiyi stunned.

Xie Xiyi used his Origin Power to open a passage to the Demon Realm and escaped Tingyun’s final attack with Chi Yu. Chi Yu later woke inside the Talisman Rings beside Xie Xiyi’s collapsed body and realized they were in the Demon Realm.

• Xie Xiyi used his black chains to counter Tingyun’s golden swords, while Chi Yu watched him suffer increasingly severe wounds.
• Wu Yunsu arrived but could not get through the formation, and he retreated after a Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivator threatened him.
• Xie Xiyi used his Origin Power to open passages to the Demon Realm and Nine Nether, then escaped into the Demon Realm with Chi Yu as Demon Cultivators blocked Tingyun’s attack.
• Wu Yunsu followed Xie Xiyi and Chi Yu through the rift after noticing the opening.
• Chi Yu woke inside the Talisman Rings, found Xie Xiyi unconscious and gravely weakened, and set up a Barrier around them in the Demon Realm.

Wu Yunsu was captured by demon troops and taken to the Royal City as a gift for the Demon Venerable. After enduring humiliation and injury, he was brought before the ruler, who summoned him closer and ordered him to sit on his thigh, then stopped him at the last moment.

• Wu Yunsu was captured by several Demon Generals, and his Gu Worm persuaded them to preserve him as a gift for the Demon Venerable.
• The Demon Generals shackled Wu Yunsu and dragged him through the Royal City, where one whipped and injured him while the residents jeered.
• A Demon General brought Wu Yunsu into the Demon City and presented him to the Demon Venerable as a beautiful cultivator.
• The Demon Venerable studied Wu Yunsu, ordered him closer, and invited him to sit on his thigh.
• Wu Yunsu approached the throne, but the Demon Venerable told him to wait just as he was about to sit.

Wu Yunsu learned that the Demon Lord was his elder brother and agreed to serve him while hiding his distrust. Meanwhile, Xue Yi warned Chi Yu that Xuanji’s excessive use of Forbidden Curses would bring severe backlash, potentially preventing him from being with Chi Yu.

• The Demon Lord revealed that Wu Yunsu was his younger brother and offered to make him a king if they ruled the Demon Realm together.
• Wu Yunsu learned that the Demon Lord had eaten their grandfather and uncles, then pretended to trust him so he could use his new status to his advantage.
• Chi Yu brought the lifeless Xie Xiyi to an inn and discovered that the black mist had receded further.
• Xue Yi explained that Xuanji’s use of Forbidden Curses had accumulated karmic burdens and would bring backlash across his past, future, and successive lives.
• Chi Yu realized that the backlash could prevent Xuanji from obtaining what he wanted most, including a romantic relationship with Chi Yu.

Chi Yu continued searching for a rift out of the Demon Realm while fighting demon cultivators and enduring its dangerous environment. He took shelter from a Crimson Storm, but a regiment of demon cultivators found him and considered taking him to His Venerable.

• Chi Yu spent several days fleeing demon cultivators and used Senior Brother Xuanji's forbidden curses against stronger enemies.
• Chi Yu studied how the artifact Xie Xiyi had refined removed demonic qi by transferring it into the surrounding area.
• Chi Yu sheltered in a cave abode when a Crimson Storm swept through and dissolved a demon cultivator's corpse.
• A regiment of demon cultivators entered the cave abode and spotted Chi Yu.
• The Demon General leading the regiment proposed keeping Chi Yu for cultivation or offering him to His Venerable.