Chapter Summaries

Chi Yu endured a demon army’s siege until Wu Yunsu arrived with a Soul Pearl, allowing the black mist to restore Xie Xiyi’s body. Xie Xiyi awoke gravely weakened, questioned Chi Yu about his feelings and secrets, and was warned that his poisonous blood could burn through the Secret Realm.

• Chi Yu held off the Demon General and his forces inside a cave with the Talisman Ring until Wu Yunsu arrived and took him away.
• Wu Yunsu gave Chi Yu a Soul Pearl containing nascent soul spirits, which Chi Yu brought to the Secret Realm for the black mist.
• The black mist used the spirits to form a cocoon and quickly create Xie Xiyi’s new body, but Xie Xiyi awoke coughing corrosive black blood and said his essence was depleted.
• Xie Xiyi asked whether Chi Yu truly loved him and pressed him to reveal what he was hiding; Chi Yu admitted he had lied for Xie Xiyi’s own good.
• Xue Yi warned Chi Yu to stop Xie Xiyi from coughing up more blood before it burned through the Secret Realm.

Xie Xiyi pressed Chi Yu to reveal his secrets by claiming his Origin was depleted and he was near death, and Chi Yu confessed that he was immune to Xie Xiyi’s poison. Xie Xiyi used Chi Yu’s concern to persuade him to kiss, and the chapter ended with them sharing a deep, painful kiss.

• Xue Yi warned Chi Yu not to trust Xie Xiyi too much, but Chi Yu insisted that he trusted Senior Brother Xuanji.
• Xie Xiyi asked Chi Yu to reveal what he was hiding, and Chi Yu admitted that he came from another world and had many friends.
• Claiming that his Origin was depleted, Xie Xiyi pressed Chi Yu for a more important secret, and Chi Yu confessed that he was immune to his poison.
• Xie Xiyi held Chi Yu and asked him to let him suck on his tongue; fearing that Xie Xiyi might die, Chi Yu agreed to kiss him despite his inexperience.
• Xie Xiyi deepened the kiss, and the poison in his mouth made Chi Yu’s lips and throat ache and grow numb.

Xie Xiyi overwhelmed Chi Yu with kisses and used a black chain to torment him, insisting he was doing it for Chi Yu’s own good. Afterward, Chi Yu worried that Xie Xiyi’s damaged essence meant he might not have long to live.

• Xie Xiyi pinned Chi Yu down and kissed him while a black chain crawled beneath Chi Yu’s robes.
• Chi Yu pleaded for Xie Xiyi to stop, but Xie Xiyi withdrew only his hands and let the chain continue.
• Xie Xiyi coughed up dark blood, and Chi Yu stopped trying to pull the chain away out of concern for him.
• Chi Yu eventually begged Xie Xiyi to let the chain out, but Xie Xiyi refused and urged him to endure it.
• After the chain returned to Xie Xiyi’s sleeve, Chi Yu asked how much time Xie Xiyi had left and feared his damaged essence was life-threatening.

Chi Yu traveled with Wu Yunsu through the Demon Realm while gathering Nascent Soul Spirits to help Xie Xiyi recover. After securing the Yintian Demon Emperor’s cooperation and killing several cultivators for their spirits, Chi Yu returned to the Secret Realm to give them to Xie Xiyi.

• Chi Yu left Xie Xiyi in the Secret Realm and went with Wu Yunsu to seek Nascent Soul Spirits, while Xie Xiyi secretly grew stronger as he expelled tainted blood.
• Wu Yunsu told Chi Yu that Ye Shang had ordered him to bring the Yintian Demon Emperor to the royal capital, and Chi Yu persuaded the emperor to go along without fighting.
• Chi Yu and Wu Yunsu discussed the dangers of demonic cultivation, and Wu Yunsu reflected on his feelings for Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi’s love for him.
• At the Northwestern Demon Kingdom, Chi Yu befriended the Yintian Demon Emperor through flattery and convinced him to return with them.
• When cultivators fled from the demon army, Chi Yu killed them and collected their Nascent Soul Spirits without using the Forbidden Curse.
• After reaching the royal capital, Chi Yu brought the Soul Pearl to Xie Xiyi, who absorbed its contents, and asked how he felt.

Xie Xiyi and Chi Yu left the secret realm and discussed Xie Xiyi’s failing strength, while Wu Yunsu learned that Ye Shang Demon Venerable was delaying an invasion of the Cultivation World. Chi Yu considered the Demon Realm’s unusual rifts but could not identify what they meant, and concluded they probably had nothing to do with them.

• Xie Xiyi went with Chi Yu out of the secret realm and learned they were in the Demon Realm.
• Xie Xiyi explained that his strength was fading, and Chi Yu promised to protect him if he lost his forbidden curses.
• Ye Shang Demon Venerable told Wu Yunsu the Demon Realm would attack after the rifts weakened the laws and divided the Immortal Sect’s forces.
• Wu Yunsu warned Ye Shang Demon Venerable about a masked fiend who had killed many Immortal Sect disciples, but the Demon Venerable postponed revising his plan until he verified the matter.
• Wu Yunsu reported the conversation to Chi Yu, who reflected on how the many rifts differed from the events in Divine Path before deciding they probably had nothing to do with them.

Chi Yu worried that Xie Xiyi might resent his wish to return home, but Xie Xiyi promised to go with him and insisted they would always be together. Meanwhile, cultivators from several continents gathered in Zizai Continent to debate the Demon Realm’s seal, while Venerable Shangshan warned that intervening could bring about the Supreme Demon Kingdom.

• Chi Yu asked Xie Xiyi whether he could help him return home, and Xie Xiyi promised he would go with him.
• Xie Xiyi told Chi Yu that nothing could separate them unless Chi Yu chose to leave, and a chain wound around Chi Yu’s ankle.
• Qiye reported to Suoluo that cultivators from Penglai Continent and the Northern Wilderness Realm had come to discuss the Demon Realm’s seal with the Venerable.
• Suoluo warned Qiye to remain in Zizai Continent because the Demon Realm’s seal and Nine Nether’s seal were both in trouble.
• At the Anuttara Buddhist Sect Hall, Venerable Shangshan warned that the world had already been destroyed twice and could become the Supreme Demon Kingdom if the cultivators intervened.
• Mighty cultivators challenged Shangshan, demanding evidence and blaming his earlier counsel for the losses in Myriad Firmament Continent.

Chi Yu was drawn into the Demon Realm’s battle against the Immortal Sect cultivators and fought to survive while Wu Yunsu tried to protect him. As the battlefield shifted, the cultivators realized the rifts formed an unknown formation, and the demon army began moving in response to a signal.

• Hanshan and the Buddhist Sect venerables of Zizai Continent failed to persuade the cultivators from Penglai Continent and the Northern Wilderness Realm to stay out of the conflict.
• Chi Yu realized the rifts were connected to the Heavenly Dao, but Wu Yunsu announced that the Demon Realm’s seal had broken and led him toward the assembled army.
• Wu Yunsu warned Chi Yu to flee, but Yintian Demon Emperor pulled Chi Yu back as the armies met, while Ye Shang Demon Venerable treated him as a friend of the Demon Realm.
• Tingyun recognized Chi Yu among the fighters and searched for Xie Xiyi, intending to kill him if he appeared.
• Chi Yu fought the Immortal Sect cultivators, using the forbidden curse to survive and collecting fleeing nascent soul spirits with the Soul Pearl, while Wu Yunsu helped shield him.
• After the battle shifted, the cultivators discovered that the rifts formed an unknown formation; the Falcon-Shaped Yaomo signaled the demon army to act, and Chi Yu sensed danger just before a sword strike came at him.

Xie Xiyi killed Taixuzi, but the Heavenly Dao brought the Demon Kingdom into the world, unleashing a catastrophe across the battlefield. After Tingyun struck Chi Yu while Xie Xiyi was distracted, Xie Xiyi entered the Demon Kingdom through the rift, which began closing behind him.

• Xie Xiyi killed Taixuzi and crushed his Nascent Soul Spirit despite Chi Yu warning him not to use Forbidden Curses while recovering.
• Ye Shang Demon Venerable revealed that he had opened a passage to the Demon Kingdom, and the bowl's ringing and demonic music caused cultivators and Demon Cultivators to die or attack one another.
• The venerables of Zizai Continent joined the battle, and their Dharma Lotus shielded the Immortal Sect's cultivators from the ringing.
• Tingyun attacked Xie Xiyi, but Chi Yu broke free from Xie Xiyi's embrace to defend him, and the blow shattered Chi Yu's sword and left him gravely wounded.
• Xie Xiyi caught Chi Yu and insisted he was not dead, then killed Tingyun and flew toward the enormous rift.
• The Heavenly Demons escorted Xie Xiyi into the Demon Kingdom, and the rift began closing before Ye Shang Demon Venerable could enter.

Inside the Demon Kingdom, Xie Xiyi endured its laws until the Kingdom’s ruler intervened and strengthened his chains. Xie Xiyi released the Xie Clan, and the chapter revealed how the Demon Kingdom’s Xie Xiyi had once lived as a benevolent ruler before the cultivators destroyed his family.

• Xie Xiyi crossed the Demon Kingdom’s beautiful, spiritual landscape as its laws crushed his body and broke his chains.
• The Demon Kingdom’s Xie Xiyi stopped the laws from destroying him, restored his chains, and asked what he wanted.
• Xie Xiyi expelled the imprisoned Xie Clan members from the black mist, but the Demon Kingdom’s Xie Xiyi vanished when Xie Qingning called to her eldest brother.
• The chapter recounted how King Xie Xiyi had ruled Great Xia peacefully and devotedly cared for his family.
• After Tinghan brought Dong Sheng to Great Xia, cultivators from six continents attacked, exterminated the Xie Clan, and turned its members into divine-grade Human Pills.
• Xie Xiyi and Xie Qingjing escaped the massacre, but cultivators shattered Xie Xiyi’s body and captured Xie Qingjing after he hid Xie Xiyi’s nascent soul in a Soul Pearl.

The Demon Kingdom's Xie Xiyi explained that the Heavenly Dao had reset the world line and agreed to give Xie Xiyi power despite recognizing its trap. He healed Chi Yu, then took possession of Xie Xiyi’s body, leaving Xie Xiyi’s Nascent Soul Spirit in Chi Yu’s hand.

• The Demon Kingdom's Xie Xiyi recognized that the other Xie Xiyi came from a reset world and understood that the Heavenly Dao was using him as bait.
• The Demon Kingdom's Xie Xiyi agreed to give Xie Xiyi power, then healed Chi Yu and removed Tingyun’s Forbidden Curse.
• Chi Yu awoke and reunited with Xie Xiyi, while the Demon Kingdom's Xie Xiyi revealed that the world had restarted twice before.
• Xie Xiyi demanded a Soul Contract before surrendering his body, but the Demon Kingdom's Xie Xiyi said it would be useless.
• The Demon Kingdom's Xie Xiyi took possession of Xie Xiyi’s body, leaving his Nascent Soul Spirit in Chi Yu’s palm.

Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi prepared to leave the Demon Kingdom, gathering rare treasures and helping the Xie Clan survive. Before they departed, the Demon Kingdom's Xie Xiyi gave Xie Xiyi his power and urged him to destroy the Heavenly Dao, while the Demon Kingdom began collapsing around them.

• Chi Yu reassured Xie Xiyi that he loved him, while the Demon Kingdom's Xie Xiyi reunited with his family and restored Xie Qingjing's body.
• Xie Xiyi told Chi Yu that the Demon Kingdom's power could open barriers between worlds and send them home.
• Chi Yu and his companions harvested spiritual plants and spirit stones, and the Demon Kingdom's Xie Xiyi gathered the world's treasures into jade and called it a betrothal gift for Chi Yu.
• The Demon Kingdom's Xie Xiyi transferred all his power to Xie Xiyi and asked him to destroy the Heavenly Dao before taking everyone to a world without cultivators.
• Xie Xiyi and Chi Yu entered the black mist as the Demon Kingdom collapsed, and Xie Xiyi shattered Heavenly Demons that attacked the Demon Kingdom's Xie Xiyi.

Chi Yu returned with Xie Xiyi to the battlefield, then went to the Demon Realm to find Wu Yunsu and learn what had happened to Phantom Lightning. Xie Xiyi repaired the broken sword, and Chi Yu answered his teasing with a bold touch as the demon emperors continued attacking Ye Shang Demon Venerable.

• Xie Xiyi brought Chi Yu back to the battlefield after the war had ended, and Chi Yu asked to find Wu Yunsu and Phantom Lightning.
• Xie Xiyi took Chi Yu to the Demon Realm, where several demon emperors were fighting Ye Shang Demon Venerable over his reckless plan and its disastrous failure.
• Wu Yunsu found Chi Yu and gave him the shattered pieces of Phantom Lightning, which Xie Xiyi quickly restored.
• Xie Xiyi teased Chi Yu by touching his wrist and hand while Wu Yunsu watched the battle, and Phantom Lightning fled into Wu Yunsu's arms.
• Chi Yu overcame his bashfulness and stroked Xie Xiyi's palm in return.

Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi secured Wu Yunsu’s freedom from the gu, then returned to the Wasteland, where Chi Yu caught up with Duyu and Xiaoqiu. Xiaoqiu revealed that a dream had prompted him to send Wu Yunsu to find Chi Yu, saving Chi Yu and His Highness in the Demon Realm.

• Xie Xiyi forced Ye Shang Demon Venerable to remove the gu from Wu Yunsu, then sent Ye Shang back to the Demon Emperors’ meeting.
• Chi Yu, Xie Xiyi, and Wu Yunsu returned to the Wasteland, where Duyu described the defenses he had organized against demons and monsters.
• Chi Yu gave Duyu a Storage Bag of Top-Grade Spirit Stones and asked whether he or His Majesty took the top or bottom role; Duyu fled when Xie Xiyi appeared.
• Chi Yu noticed Xie Xiyi’s curse markings had vanished and praised his restored face.
• Chi Yu asked Xiaoqiu whether he had dreamed of the future, and Xiaoqiu confirmed that his dream led him to send Wu Yunsu to find Chi Yu.

Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi prepared to hold a bonding ceremony, while Chi Yu tried to delay their physical intimacy and Xie Xiyi agreed to marry him the day after tomorrow. Their invitation left friends and powerful diviners wondering how Xie Xiyi had returned from the Demon Kingdom unharmed.

• Chi Yu reasoned that Xie Xiyi’s power from the Demon Kingdom had been inevitable in the Heavenly Dao’s contest, then Xie Xiyi lost his present memories again and changed the subject to the late hour.
• Xie Xiyi found Chi Yu wearing adamantine iron underpants and questioned his resistance to intimacy; Chi Yu asked to date for a few years, so Xie Xiyi set their bonding ceremony for the day after tomorrow.
• Chi Yu agreed to the ceremony and privately resolved to put off intimacy for as long as he could.
• The next day, Chi Yu asked Xiao Jingyu to write invitations and sent them to his friends.
• Suoluo and Qiye were surprised by the news, while Shangshan and Hanshan discussed Xie Xiyi’s return from the Demon Kingdom and failed to divine the hidden truth.

Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi’s Bonding Ceremony brought together friends and elders from across the Cultivation World, while Shangshan and Hanshan confirmed their suspicions about Xie Xiyi’s connection to the power of laws. After the wedding banquet, the couple entered the bridal chamber, where Chi Yu stopped Xie Xiyi to say something.

• Lianchi planned to reincarnate and cultivate anew after attending Long Junior Brother’s Bonding Ceremony, while Ling Zhenbai’s invitation healed him and helped him break through to the Mahayana Stage.
• Duyu arranged enchanted wedding robes for Chi Yu and told him that he and His Majesty had followed mortal wedding customs for their own wedding.
• At the Bonding Ceremony, Chi Yu warmly greeted guests he had not seen in five hundred years and praised Ling Zhenbai for overcoming his stutter.
• Shangshan used supernatural sight to glimpse the power of laws around Xie Xiyi, and he and Hanshan concluded that their suspicions were nearly confirmed.
• After the banquet, Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi drank nuptial wine in the bridal chamber, but Chi Yu stopped Xie Xiyi and said he had something to tell him.

On their wedding night, Chi Yu fled when Xie Xiyi pressed him to consummate their marriage, despite insisting that he loved him. Xie Xiyi brought him back to the bridal chamber, while their friends watched from outside and Ling Zhenbai suspected that a Forbidden Curse connected the two men.

• Xie Xiyi offered Chi Yu a chance to take the lead, but Chi Yu could not overcome his fear and ran from the bridal chamber.
• Duyu and the others gathered outside to eavesdrop, and Xie Xiyi burst out after Chi Yu escaped.
• Xie Xiyi used a spell to return Chi Yu to the bridal chamber and demanded to know why he was afraid.
• Duyu and the others climbed onto a wall to watch the couple's spiritual-power clashes through the windows.
• Ling Zhenbai said he could not divine whether the marriage would be consummated and suggested Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi shared a Forbidden Curse.

On their wedding night, Chi Yu resisted Xie Xiyi’s attempt to consummate their marriage, even while spiritual communion left him overwhelmed. Xie Xiyi discovered a faint glimmer inside Chi Yu and drew a rune chain from his navel, leaving Chi Yu horrified and unable to touch him.

• Chi Yu fought Xie Xiyi and begged him not to force him, so Xie Xiyi sealed Chi Yu’s meridians and began spiritual communion instead.
• Xie Xiyi removed Chi Yu’s quilt and clothes, but Chi Yu repeatedly regained his senses and refused to let him go further.
• Chi Yu stopped struggling when he noticed Xie Xiyi bleeding, but he resisted again when Xie Xiyi bit the back of his neck.
• Xie Xiyi noticed a faint glimmer inside Chi Yu and tested him until he located it.
• Xie Xiyi drew a tiny rune chain from Chi Yu’s Shenque Acupoint, and Chi Yu recoiled in horror as Xie Xiyi’s divine ability made him untouchable.

After Xie Xiyi removed the chain of Forbidden Curses from Chi Yu, the two consummated their marriage. When Chi Yu recovered, he criticized Xie Xiyi’s violent conduct but showed him affection, leaving Xie Xiyi reassured about Chi Yu’s feelings.

• Xie Xiyi pulled a long chain of Forbidden Curses from Chi Yu, and the chain dissolved into light that the Black Mist absorbed.
• Xie Xiyi and Chi Yu consummated their marriage, and Chi Yu remained conscious and cooperative through the painful encounter.
• After a long recovery, Chi Yu told Xie Xiyi that he had gone too far by risking injury from Chi Yu’s true yang.
• Chi Yu called Xie Xiyi a pervert, and Xie Xiyi promised to change his constitution so their next encounter would be gentler.
• Chi Yu kissed Xie Xiyi’s fingers and allowed him to caress his face and lips.

After Xie Xiyi and Chi Yu became intimate, Xie Xiyi learned that his altered constitution still caused Chi Yu discomfort. Shangshan later warned Chi Yu that Xie Xiyi should use the power he received from the Demon Kingdom sparingly, leaving Chi Yu worried about its consequences.

• Chi Yu helped Xie Xiyi change his constitution by swallowing the tainted blood from his fingers, then they continued their physical intimacy until dawn.
• Xie Xiyi and Chi Yu spent the next days together, but Xie Xiyi's bodily fluids remained cold and toxic until he adjusted them further.
• On the third day, Chi Yu left seclusion and learned that the venerables from Zizai Continent were still present.
• Shangshan asked Chi Yu what he and Xie Xiyi had encountered in the Demon Kingdom, and Chi Yu explained that Xie Xiyi had taken power from another version of himself there.
• Shangshan warned Chi Yu that Xie Xiyi's Innate Realm made him prone to obsession and urged him to persuade Xie Xiyi to use the Demon Kingdom's power sparingly.

Chi Yu agreed to let Xie Tinghan accompany him and Xie Xiyi to his homeland, though Xie Xiyi’s strange responses made him suspect that using the Demon Kingdom’s power had affected him. Xie Xiyi admitted he still planned to punish those who had used the Xie Clan’s flesh and blood, then disappeared after Chi Yu asked about the Heavenly Dao.

• Chi Yu told Xie Tinghan that his homeland had little spiritual energy and that returning there would mean giving up cultivation, but Xie Tinghan said staying with Chi Yu and Xie Xiyi was what mattered to him.
• Xie Xiyi agreed that Xie Tinghan could go with them, but told Chi Yu that the time to return home had not yet come.
• When Chi Yu asked whether using the Demon Kingdom’s power caused side effects, Xie Xiyi gave unrelated answers and urged Chi Yu to stay and pursue immortality instead.
• Chi Yu found that Xie Xiyi could answer normally when he avoided mentioning the Demon Kingdom, and asked him not to use his power so freely.
• Xie Xiyi said he still intended to deal with cultivators who had used the Xie Clan’s flesh and blood, and Chi Yu chose not to interfere.
• When Chi Yu asked about Xie Xiyi’s promise to destroy the Heavenly Dao, Xie Xiyi fell silent, then embraced him and vanished into the Black Mist.