Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi tracked the wounded Five-Claw Dark Dragon, then waited with the cursed Garrison Commanders while Wushi Deputy Prefecture Lord delayed his promised rescue. When You Huoli’s curse began to erupt, Lin Yi used a pill to suppress it, leaving the others asking whether he had more.

• Lin Yi used the Heavenly Mystery Dao Eye to locate the Five-Claw Dark Dragon and decided to pursue it later for its Void Flame Lotus.
• Lin Yi cultivated Shocking Thunder while Qian Xuan mocked him, and the others returned from searching without finding the dragon.
• Wushi flew past the group and told Li Huo Li by private voice transmission that he would return to remove their curses after finishing urgent business.
• As the curse spread, Kun Haori suggested Wushi might be testing them, and the group began to believe Lin Yi’s composure showed he was prepared.
• You Huoli collapsed as the curse neared his heart, but Lin Yi fed him a pill that stopped the curse from spreading.
• Fu Feng and Gai Duanjian asked Lin Yi whether he had any more of the pill.

Lin Yi traded a life-saving pill to Qian Xuan for three treasures, then received the Li Fire Domain cultivation secret technique from You Huoli. He began cultivating beneath the Fire Sea and shocked everyone by reaching the beginner stage in minutes.

• Qian Xuan offered Crimson Heart Flame, the Crimson Heart Boa heart, and Flame Lotus Fruit for Lin Yi's pill, which suppressed the curse spreading toward his heart.
• Lin Yi accepted the treasures, and You Huoli thanked him for saving his life before agreeing to pass on the Li Fire Domain cultivation secret technique under two conditions.
• You Huoli used the Fifth Tong Pass treasure to transmit the technique, and Lin Yi realized Blazing Flame Fire could serve as his natal Li Fire.
• Lin Yi dove into the Fire Sea to cultivate the Li Fire Domain while the others questioned You Huoli about what he had taught him.
• A few minutes later, fire power surged beneath the sea as Lin Yi reached the beginner stage of Li Fire, astonishing everyone; Qian Xuan suspected he had swallowed the Flame Lotus Fruit.

Lin Yi refined rare fire treasures beneath the Fire Sea and raised his Li Fire Domain to major mastery. Deputy Prefecture Lord Wushi removed the Black Thread Curse from the others, then recognized Lin Yi as a Descender from Blue Star and exposed his assumed identity as Qin Jian.

• Lin Yi used the Flame Lotus Fruit and a Phoenix Heart Fruit to strengthen his Li Fire Domain, then refined Deep Blue Spirit Fire and reached major mastery.
• The Blue-Purple Flame erupted through the Fire Sea, startling the Garrison Commanders as they realized Qin Jian's domain had advanced with astonishing speed.
• Deputy Prefecture Lord Wushi arrived and removed the Black Thread Curse from the five afflicted people, explaining that he had delayed to protect a plan against Bai Ze.
• Kun Haori and Lei Buping blamed Qian Xuan for disrupting the plan, while Wushi said he would investigate and ordered the Commanders to eliminate the Monster Kings.
• Lin Yi emerged from the Fire Sea, and Wushi revealed that he knew Lin Yi was a Red Talent Descender from Blue Star rather than Qin Jian.

Lin Yi fought Wushi, who recognized him as a Descender but spared him after he passed a test and agreed to keep Qin Jian alive. Wushi offered to take Lin Yi as his disciple and pass on the Wither and Bloom Domain; Lin Yi accepted and swore not to harm innocent people in the Ancient Domain.

• Lin Yi unleashed the Li Fire Domain and attacked Wushi, but Wushi evaded his powerful strike and praised his combat instincts.
• Wushi revealed he knew Lin Yi was a Descender impersonating Qin Jian and agreed to let him continue the disguise, provided Qin Jian stayed alive and Lin Yi did not threaten Tong Pass Prefecture.
• Lin Yi told Wushi he had comprehended the Wither and Bloom Domain, and Wushi offered to make him his disciple and teach him the Domain using its Fundamental Diagram.
• Wushi pressed Lin Yi to accept by threatening to expose him, and Lin Yi agreed to become his disciple.
• Lin Yi knelt and offered Wushi tea, then swore to honor his master, uphold the Dao, and not harm innocent people in the Ancient Domain.

After becoming Wushi’s disciple, Lin Yi received the original Wither and Bloom Fundamental Diagram and quickly mastered the matching Withering Glory Fist. He followed his wounded enemy, the Five-Clawed Dark Dragon, to its hiding place in the Endless Fire Domain and attacked it.

• Wushi told Lin Yi about his five deceased masters, his other disciple Gai Yuan, and his connection to Yu Huachen, who had gone to the Supreme Region.
• Wushi gave Lin Yi the original Wither and Bloom Fundamental Diagram and taught him the Withering Glory Fist, which Lin Yi mastered and demonstrated over the Fire Sea.
• Wushi said he planned to recommend Lin Yi as Tong Pass Prefecture’s vice prefecture lord, and Lin Yi eagerly agreed despite Wushi’s teasing.
• The wounded Five-Clawed Dark Dragon recovered beneath a rock vein in the Endless Fire Domain and vowed revenge for the destruction of its forces.
• Lin Yi tracked the Five-Clawed Dark Dragon with his Heavenly Mystery Dao Eye, suppressed its Domain, and struck its right eye with Wither Power before activating Thunder Prison Control.

Lin Yi killed the Five-Clawed Dark Dragon, claimed its Void Flame Lotus, and excavated Fire Yuan Stone mines before entering seclusion to perfect his Li Fire Domain. At Fifth Tong Pass, Qian Hengsheng tried to buy the Garrison Commanders’ support for Qian Xuan’s appointment as Deputy Prefect, but they stayed silent rather than abandon their support for Qin Jian.

• Lin Yi killed the Five-Clawed Dark Dragon and extracted its valuable materials, including incomplete Void Flame and the Red-Grade Void Flame Lotus.
• Lin Yi stored the Void Flame Lotus in the Spirit Vine World, excavated several Fire Yuan Stone veins, and began cultivating to perfect his Li Fire Domain.
• Fu Feng, Qian Xuan, and the other Garrison Commanders arrived at Fifth Tong Pass, where Qian Hengsheng, Kun Yuan, and Tai Shang Liangbai were waiting.
• You Huoli named Qin Jian as the strongest candidate for Deputy Prefect, but Qian Hengsheng challenged the recommendation and claimed the position should go to him or his grandson.
• Qian Hengsheng offered the Garrison Commanders Golden Spirit Fruits to support Qian Xuan, but none accepted the offer.

Lin Yi arrived at a gathering of Tong Pass elders after perfecting his Li Fire Domain and faced questions about Tai Shangxun and Tai Shang Xu. He left the elders openly defying Qian Hengsheng and Tai Shang Liangbai, while the two families’ suspicions and hostility remained unresolved.

• Lin Yi broke through to Martial Saint Seventh Realm Perfection after refining Crimson Heart Flame and Void Flame to perfect the Li Fire Domain.
• Kun Yuan welcomed Lin Yi, but Tai Shang Liangbai demanded to know where Tai Shangxun was, and Lin Yi challenged his authority to question him.
• Qian Hengsheng accused Lin Yi of failing to control Tai Shangxun, and Lin Yi said Tai Shangxun had disobeyed orders and abandoned his post to seek the Black Mountain secret realm.
• Lin Yi mocked Qian Hengsheng for intervening and warned him to address him as Garrison Commander Qin, angering both Qian Hengsheng and Tai Shang Liangbai.
• Tai Shang Liangbai asked whether Lin Yi had harmed Tai Shang Xu, and Lin Yi denied it while raising the claim that Void Sword Son had entered the secret realm to assassinate him.
• Lin Yi warned that he would retaliate if the Tai Shang Family meant him harm, and Tai Shang Liangbai accused him of threatening the family.

After the Fire Domain trial, Wushi appointed Lin Yi as the Northern Guard Deputy Prefect and forced him to accept the role despite his attempts to avoid the work. Lin Yi acknowledged the position with his own blood and discovered that its Jade Token let him receive messages from the other Deputy Prefects.

• Wushi announced that Qin Jian had won the Deputy Prefect position and Secret Realm core slot, while Qian Xuan was punished with thirty years of guard duty at the Second Tong Pass.
• Wushi revealed that he had taken Lin Yi as his disciple and brought him to a secluded study to confer the Northern Guard Deputy Prefect position.
• Wushi explained the Deputy Prefect's duties, but Lin Yi tried to trade the position to the Qian Family and share the benefits with Wushi.
• Wushi froze the study with his Domain and made Lin Yi agree to hold the position and fulfill its duties in exchange for access to the Tong Pass Treasury.
• Lin Yi acknowledged the Identity Jade Token with his own blood and received its inheritance information and messages from other Tong Pass Deputy Prefects.

Lin Yi became the Northern Guard Deputy Prefect, learned how to pursue a Real Domain, and agreed to complete Wither and Bloom before Wushi would take him to the Kun Family. He returned to Blue Star to leave resources with Elder Chen, then went back to Martial Saint City and decided that his companions could attend the Dragon Phoenix Banquet before returning to their Tong Passes.

• Lin Yi learned that the other Tong Pass Deputy Prefects were Eight-Realm Martial Saints and received Wushi's Real Domain Condensation Method and advice to conceal his advancement.
• Wushi told Lin Yi to complete Wither and Bloom within half a month, promising access to the Kun Family's Fundamental Diagram afterward, but refused to help him obtain Dui Marsh.
• Lin Yi learned there would be no ceremony for his new post, then met Elder Chen in Linhe City and gave him a Pouch filled with extraordinary resources for the Dragon Kingdom.
• Lin Yi returned to Martial Saint City as Lei Buping, Yang Fan, and the others arrived, and he allowed them to attend the Dragon Phoenix Banquet before returning to their Tong Passes.

After returning from the Endless Fire Domain, Lin Yi learned he would soon take up his Northern Guard duties and met Gu Tianxue, who had joined Tong Pass Prefecture. He brought her to the Treasure Vault to choose a treasure, where a mysterious Treasury Keeper appeared and led them onward.

• Wushi told Lin Yi to prepare to serve as Northern Guard Deputy Prefect after the Dragon Phoenix Banquet and warned him to perform his duties before seeking another Ancient Secret Realm quota.
• Gu Tianxue joined Lin Yi at Tong Pass Prefecture and learned he had become Deputy Prefect with Wushi as his master.
• You Huoli invited Lin Yi and Gu Tianxue to a banquet, while several Garrison Commanders greeted them respectfully.
• Lin Yi brought Gu Tianxue to the Tong Pass Prefecture Treasure Vault and insisted she be allowed inside as his wife and a fellow member of the prefecture.
• After Wushi opened the inner door, Lin Yi and Gu Tianxue met the mysterious Treasury Keeper, who led them farther into the vault.

Lin Yi and Gu Tianxue explored Tong Pass Prefecture’s Treasure Vault, where increasingly powerful relics came with conditions left by past officials. On the seventh floor, Lin Yi found treasures he wanted but had not yet chosen any, and he examined a second set of relics with a more manageable requirement.

• The Treasury Keeper explained that Shadowy Shadow filled the Dark Cliff and that visitors could choose treasures from the vault, but they had to keep their feet on the ground.
• Lin Yi and Gu Tianxue climbed through the lower floors, reading the Stone Steles and learning that relics belonged to past Garrison Commanders and Deputy Prefects, with conditions attached to taking them.
• Lin Yi found Gen Yan’s White Breath Soil, but the requirement to protect the Gen Family could no longer be fulfilled because the family had been exterminated.
• As the pressure grew on the fifth floor, Lin Yi carried Gu Tianxue on his back and continued climbing; on the sixth floor, he passed over several portions of Heaven and Earth Power, including Wonderful Sound.
• On the seventh floor, Lin Yi considered Gu Wushuang’s Three Flavored True Flame and Golden Grade Alien Star Stone but hesitated at the lifetime service requirement, then read Gu Moche’s condition to leave his most precious inheritance in the vault before death.

Lin Yi explored the Tong Pass Treasury with Gu Tianxue and discovered a rare portion of Yin-Yang Heaven and Earth Power. It rejected Lin Yi and burrowed into Gu Tianxue’s sleeve, leaving him with the treasure’s system description but no way to claim it.

• Gu Tianxue told Lin Yi that ancient records linked Gu Moche’s disappearance to the Far West Black Mist.
• Lin Yi found Wushi’s Qiankun Technique legacy, which required its recipient to swear never to become an enemy of the Ancient Domain, and chose not to take it.
• Lin Yi carried Gu Tianxue to the eighth floor, where the guard revealed the true Tong Pass Treasury and allowed him to choose one treasure.
• Gu Tianxue identified the Wolf Hair Brush and other treasures, but Lin Yi rejected them and focused on a portion of Yin-Yang Heaven and Earth Power.
• The Yin Yang Swimming Fish flew into Gu Tianxue’s hand, then escaped into her sleeve when she tried to give it to Lin Yi.
• Lin Yi briefly saw the system describe the Yin Yang Two Energies as a unique Red Grade treasure of Extreme Yin and Extreme Yang.

Lin Yi returned to Martial Saint City with Gu Tianxue, visited the Gu Main Lineage, and attended a Li Family banquet before entering seclusion to master the Wither and Bloom Domain. Ten days later, he completed the domain but discovered that accelerating plant growth also drained the surrounding soil of vitality.

• Lin Yi arrived at the Gu Family mountains with Gu Tianxue and spent the night in her private lakeside pavilion, where he ignored her attempt to entice him and focused on cultivation.
• Lin Yi visited the Gu Main Lineage Mansion, met Vice Clan Leader Gu Tie Zhang, and accepted a White Thunder Fruit before returning to Gu Tianxue's pavilion to cultivate.
• Lin Yi and Gu Tianxue attended Li Huo Li's banquet, where the Garrison Commanders sparred until Elder Shan Shan Li ordered them to stop.
• Lin Yi entered the Spirit Vine World for extended seclusion to comprehend the Shocking Thunder Domain and Wither and Bloom Domain before the Dragon Phoenix Banquet.
• Ten days later, Lin Yi completed the Wither and Bloom Domain, then found that its growth-accelerating Bloom Power also exhausted the soil through Wither Power.

Lin Yi investigated massacres of civilians in the Northern Territory and suspected the Qian Family was using Demonic Cultivators to undermine his appointment. The Qian Family sent the killers after Zhuge Jiujian, but a dazzling Golden Light arrived just as they were about to attack him.

• Lin Yi left Martial Saint City with Gu Tianxue, Chen Mu'er, and Zhuge Jiujian after receiving reports of Demonic Cultivators massacring villages.
• At a frozen mountain village, Lin Yi found the garrison soldiers had arrived too late to identify the attackers and sent Chen Mu'er to help bury the dead.
• A Qian Family expert used the Qian Heaven Domain to direct black-robed Demonic Cultivators to kill a Tong Pass advance envoy in exchange for Domain secret techniques.
• Zhuge Jiujian investigated a western village, recognized signs of demonic arts, and fled when four Martial Saint Demonic Cultivators ambushed him.
• The four attackers cornered Zhuge Jiujian and prepared to strike, but a dazzling Golden Light rushed toward them.

Zhuge Jiujian used the power hidden in the Sun-Chasing Dragon Roar Sword to drive off four Demonic Cultivators, while a mysterious figure later killed them at their lair. Lin Yi emerged from hiding and confronted the figure, who showed no concern about replacing the dead cultivators.

• Zhuge Jiujian unleashed a devastating sword strike through the Sun-Chasing Dragon Roar Sword, badly injuring two Demonic Cultivators and forcing the other two to flee.
• Gu Tianxue and Chen Mu'er arrived, and Zhuge Jiujian learned that Northern Guard Lord had pursued the fleeing Demonic Cultivators.
• The four Demonic Cultivators returned to their lair and blamed the Qian Family for misleading them; an unseen elder gave them a Blood Ganoderma to treat their injuries.
• When the Demonic Cultivators demanded the Domain secret technique and threatened to expose the Qian Family, the unseen elder restrained and killed them one by one.
• Lin Yi stepped out from hiding and questioned the mysterious figure, who dismissed the dead Demonic Cultivators as replaceable wild dogs.

Lin Yi confronted a mysterious Eight-Realm Martial Saint and learned the man was the son of the Withering Glory Old Freak and Wushi’s fellow disciple. After discovering Qian Hengsheng had secretly incited Demonic Cultivators against him, Lin Yi resolved to kill him and prepared to leave for the Dragon Phoenix Banquet.

• Lin Yi fought the mysterious man with the Withering Glory Fist, but the man’s superior technique overwhelmed him and revealed his formidable mastery.
• The mysterious man identified himself as the Withering Glory Old Freak’s son, denied that Demonic Cultivators had been involved, and warned Lin Yi about making accusations without evidence.
• After Lin Yi left, Qian Hengsheng emerged and thanked Wuchen Gongzi for protecting him; Wuchen Gongzi criticized his scheme and asked about Wushi’s trip to the Endless Fire Domain.
• Lin Yi secretly returned underground, saw Qian Hengsheng depart, and confirmed that he had arranged the attack to undermine Lin Yi’s position.
• Lin Yi marked Qian Hengsheng for death and decided to head toward the Dragon Phoenix Banquet after handling one more matter.

The Dragon Phoenix Banquet gathered thousands of Martial Saints in Martial Saint City, where Domain Realm experts offered captured Yao Gods for the crowd to eat. The Venerable Saint arrived at night, recalled the banquet’s origins, and opened the evening festivities.

• Martial Saints from across the Ancient Domain gathered at the mountaintop plaza, while the Garrison Commanders discussed Qin Jian’s absence and Qian Xuan left after a tense exchange with Lei Buping.
• Qian Baisheng presented a captured Blue Loach Poison Dragon, and the assembled Martial Saints carved up and ate it alive.
• Tai Shangyuan offered a Black Cry Phoenix, and other renowned Domain Realm Martial Saints brought additional Yao God corpses for the feast.
• The Venerable Saint arrived with Wushi and dozens of Martial Saints, then explained how the Dragon Phoenix Banquet commemorated the betrayal of the Ancient Domain by a dragon and phoenix.
• The Venerable Saint declared the raw-meat stage over and announced a night banquet as maidservants cleared the plaza.

Lin Yi arrived at the Dragon Phoenix Banquet with a captured Demonic Cultivator and used the man's recitation of the Qian Family’s secret technique to implicate the family in colluding with Demonic Cultivators. After Lin Yi killed the witness and let rumors spread, Qian Baisheng attacked him at the banquet.

• Lin Yi arrived at the banquet carrying a bloodied Demonic Cultivator and claimed he had captured him while serving as Northern Guard Deputy Prefect.
• Lin Yi made the Demonic Cultivator recite the Qian Heaven Domain secret technique, prompting the Qian Family to try to silence him, and then killed him.
• Lin Yi implied the Qian Family had sent the Demonic Cultivator to the Northern Domain and promoted his Martial Saint Pills before taking a seat.
• Martial Saints at the banquet began believing the Qian Family had colluded with Demonic Cultivators, while the Qian Family realized Lin Yi had set them up.
• Qian Baisheng confronted Lin Yi over the accusation, then lunged at him with his perfected Qian Heaven Domain.

Lin Yi used the Withering Glory Fist to defeat Qian Baisheng after Qian Baisheng attacked him at the Dragon Phoenix Night Banquet. With Venerable Saint demanding an explanation, the dispute over whether the Qian Family colluded with Demonic Cultivators remained unresolved.

• Qian Baisheng used his perfected Qian Heaven Domain to suppress the Martial Saints and attack Lin Yi, while Fu Feng and Huang Xian failed to stop him.
• Lin Yi broke through the Domain’s restraints and struck Qian Baisheng with the Withering Glory Fist, sending him flying and leaving him briefly half-withered and half-bloomed.
• Venerable Saint praised Lin Yi’s mastery of the fist and asked how long he had studied it, so Lin Yi credited Wushi with secretly teaching him years earlier.
• Venerable Saint questioned Qian Baisheng about attacking Lin Yi, and Qian Baisheng accused Lin Yi of falsely blaming the Qian Family for colluding with Demonic Cultivators.
• Lin Yi asked whether the Demonic Cultivator’s Qian Heaven secret technique was genuine, and Qian Baisheng admitted it was before Kun Haori challenged his denial of the Qian Family’s involvement.

At the Dragon Phoenix Night Banquet, Lin Yi accused the Qian Family of colluding with Demonic Cultivators and used a truth-testing pearl to prove his claim. As Qian Baisheng tried to honor his promise to take his own life, the Qian Family’s ancient ancestor Qian Poqiong appeared and stopped him.

• A Qian Family Old Ancestor suggested that Lin Yi might have leaked the Qian Heaven Domain from the Tong Pass Prefecture Scripture Repository, but Wushi and Venerable Saint said its techniques could not be passed on from there.
• Lin Yi claimed Wushi had ordered him to kill the captured Demonic Cultivator after learning of its collusion with the Qian Family, and Wushi silently confirmed his account.
• Nangong Yunmiao presented the Nangong Family’s True Spirit Pearl, and Lin Yi used it to verify that his accusation against the Qian Family was true.
• Qian Baisheng vowed to kill himself if Lin Yi’s words were true, then attempted to do so after the pearl turned red.
• Qian Poqiong emerged from the void, seized Qian Baisheng’s wrist, and stopped him.