Arc 22The Journey to the West Begins

Su Yi freed Jiuying, forced Bian Zhuang into his plans, and assembled a new group for a journey to retrieve Sun Wukong. He left Ye Xiaxuan to find her own way through the Immortal Realm while weighing the Heavenly Dao’s influence over them.

  • Su Yi pressured the demons and demigods to share the ancient true dragon’s treasures, then invited them to join the Jie Sect.
  • Su Yi made Jinchanzi discard his cultivation and arranged for him to take the Buddha’s place, then recruited Jiang Wuying and freed Jiuying from God-Weeping Ridge.
  • Su Yi defeated Bian Zhuang’s forces, gave him the name Zhu Bajie, and secured Great Emperor Ziwei’s agreement to lend him to the Jie Sect.
  • Su Yi renamed Zhu Bajie Tang Sanzang and decided to recruit Sun Wukong, while the ancient true dragon accepted the name Little White Dragon.
  • Su Yi arranged for the Primordial Heavenly Venerable and Sect Leader Tongtian to teach Xu Diandian, giving her their wooden carvings and powerful treasures.
  • Su Yi and Ye Xiaxuan entered the Heavenly Palace, where Su Yi reunited with Zhao Gongming and subdued Yang Jian after Yang Jian tried to protect the Heaven-Howling Dog.
  • Ye Xiaxuan fought a sword immortal to earn access to the higher heavens and advanced to second-grade Mortal Immortal, while Su Yi bought a residence and learned that Taoism and Buddhism were competing through the Journey to the West Calamity.
Chapters 526–550 Vol. 6 Read

Ch. 526Forced to split the loot

Su Yi subdued the ancient true dragon and forced Jiang Wuying, Nangong Si, and the gathered demons and demigods to share its treasures. He declared them all allies after they took their loot.

  • The ancient true dragon recognized Su Yi, shrank, and fawned at his feet in fear.
  • Su Yi asked whether the dragon had treasure, and the dragon spat out its magical treasures and spirit stones.
  • Su Yi called Jiang Wuying and the others over to split the loot, threatening them when they hesitated.
  • The demons and demigods, including Jiang Wuying and Nangong Si, each took a treasure under Su Yi's pressure.
  • Su Yi declared that they had killed the Buddhist monk and shared the loot together, so they were all on the same side.

Ch. 527Jinchanzi's past

Su Yi finished dividing the spoils after killing a Buddhist bodhisattva and urged the gathered demons to join the Jie Sect. Jinchanzi recognized Su Duanhun near Ice Wind City, recalled their past together, and returned to greet him, leaving Jiang Wuying and the others terrified by the Buddhist elder.

  • Su Yi showed the gathered demons a recording of the spoils division and invited them to seek out his master on Golden Ao Island to join the Jie Sect.
  • Jinchanzi arrived near Ice Wind City, spotted Su Duanhun beside the destroyed Numinous Buddha Temple, and avoided approaching after recognizing him.
  • Jinchanzi recalled how Su Duanhun had rescued him from the Six-Winged Heavenly Cicada and later befriended him.
  • After entering Ice Wind City, Jinchanzi reconsidered and went back out to greet Su Duanhun.
  • Jiang Wuying, Nangong Si, and the others fled when Jinchanzi appeared, while Jiang Wuying identified him as Elder Jinchan.

Ch. 528You Be the Buddha

Su Yi reunited with Jinchanzi and ordered him to cripple his cultivation, promising to make him the Buddha after an escort to Spirit Mountain. He began shaping the journey into a new version of Journey to the West, while the Buddha accepted Su Yi’s command to step down.

  • The demons and demigods fled when Jinchanzi appeared, while the ancient true dragon stayed by Su Yi and insulted the monk.
  • Su Yi recognized Jinchanzi as the Blood-Winged Black Mosquito and asked why he had become a monk; Jinchanzi said he had come to convert Jiuying.
  • Su Yi told Jinchanzi to cripple his cultivation and promised to make him the Buddha after someone escorted him to Spirit Mountain.
  • Jinchanzi discarded his cultivation and Dao fruit, causing golden blood to rain over Spirit Mountain and alarming the Buddha and the other Buddhist figures.
  • The Buddha sensed Su Yi’s presence and withdrew his divine sense; Su Yi then ordered him to give up his position to Jinchanzi, and the Buddha agreed.

Ch. 529No Entry for the Living

Su Yi entered Ice Wind City and agreed to free Jiang Wuying’s ancestor, Jiuying, despite Nangong Si’s warning that the Heavenly Court had dispatched Bian Zhuang. He sent Nangong Si to summon Bian Zhuang and ordered Jiang Wuying to spread rumors about Jinchanzi, then led her to Jiuying’s prison, where Ji Wudi barred their way.

  • Jiang Wuying and Nangong Si were stunned when Jinchanzi crippled his own cultivation after confronting Su Yi.
  • Su Yi ordered Nangong Si to seal Ice Wind City and confronted Jiang Wuying about rescuing Jiuying.
  • Jiang Wuying knelt and promised that her lineage would follow the Jie Sect if Su Yi freed her ancestor, while Nangong Si warned that the Heavenly Court had sent Bian Zhuang.
  • Su Yi told Jiang Wuying to spread rumors that Jinchanzi had lost his cultivation and that eating his flesh granted great benefits, then sent Nangong Si to fetch Bian Zhuang.
  • Su Yi led Jiang Wuying to Jiuying’s prison, where Ji Wudi stood guard and warned them that the living could not enter.

Ch. 530A stale meme, huh?

Su Yi confronted Ji Wudi at God-Weeping Ridge and revealed that his Mortal Immortal cultivation was a disguise. Ji Wudi challenged him to a sword match before Su Yi could rescue Jiuying, but the duel stalled when Su Yi said he had given his sword to his wife, who was also his disciple.

  • Jiang Wuying asked Su Yi whether he could defeat Ji Wudi, and Su Yi sent her and the others away while he went to rescue Jiuying.
  • Ji Wudi struck Su Yi with sword qi, then recognized him as Su Duanhun when Su Yi remained unharmed.
  • Su Yi admitted his cultivation was fake, and Ji Wudi revealed he had guarded God-Weeping Ridge for tens of thousands of Dao Years hoping to fight him again.
  • Ji Wudi challenged Su Yi to a sword match, but Su Yi said he had given his sword to his wife and disciple.
  • Ji Wudi became indignant after learning Su Yi had married his disciple and complained that women would slow down his sword draw.

Ch. 531Too Narrow-Your Horizons Were Too Narrow

Su Yi borrowed Sect Leader Tongtian’s Immortal-Slaying Sword to face Ji Wudi, who had challenged him over the loss of Soul Severing. Su Yi effortlessly countered Ji Wudi’s opening attacks and sent him flying, leaving their duel unfinished.

  • Ji Wudi denounced Su Duanhun for giving Soul Severing to a woman and demanded that Su Yi fight him.
  • Su Yi summoned the Immortal-Slaying Sword from Sect Leader Tongtian, whose sword spirit could not resist being borrowed.
  • The Immortal-Slaying Sword’s aura shook Ice Wind City, and Jiang Wuying learned that Su Yi had the Immortal-Slaying Sword as well as the Purple Lightning Hammer.
  • Ji Wudi launched the Nine God-Slaying Swords and followed with Sigh for the Stars, but Su Yi blocked both attacks with ease.
  • Su Yi swept his sword and sent Ji Wudi flying several hundred meters, with seven strikes left.

Ch. 532Just Kneel and Be Done with It

Su Yi defeated Ji Wudi and broke the Buddhist seal imprisoning Jiuying, who immediately recognized him and followed him. As Su Yi prepared to leave with Jiuying, Ji Wudi warned that Bian Zhuang and the Heavenly Court were approaching.

  • Su Yi defeated Ji Wudi with a casual finger strike after enduring his sword attacks, and Ji Wudi agreed to let him free Jiuying.
  • Su Yi broke Jiuying’s seal with one stamp, and the nine-headed beast emerged as Ice Wind City trembled.
  • Jiang Jiuying watched her ancestor return, while Xiangliu arrived and mistakenly assumed he had caused Jiuying’s release.
  • Jiuying transformed into a fluffy white creature, ran to Su Yi, and Xiangliu recognized Su Yi and nervously greeted him.
  • Su Yi prepared to leave with Jiuying as Ji Wudi warned that Bian Zhuang, a great god of the Heavenly Court, was coming.

Ch. 533Are You Going to Fight or Not?

Su Yi and Ji Wudi faced Bian Zhuang and the Heavenly Court’s forces after Jiuying was freed. Ji Wudi refused to intervene and settled in to watch as Bian Zhuang mistook Su Yi for an insignificant lackey and ordered him to surrender.

  • Ji Wudi realized that fighting Bian Zhuang and the Heavenly Court’s army could bring down greater forces, so he refused to fight and teased Su Yi about facing the consequences of rescuing Jiuying.
  • Bian Zhuang arrived above Ice Wind City and demanded to know why Jiuying had escaped from God-Weeping Ridge.
  • Ji Wudi pointed out Su Yi and Jiuying to Bian Zhuang, then clarified that he would only watch and would not join the fight.
  • Bian Zhuang suspected that Ji Wudi had allowed Jiuying to escape as part of a hidden arrangement between the Heavenly Court and the Buddhist Sect.
  • Bian Zhuang ordered Su Yi to surrender, while Ji Wudi and the hidden Xiangliu recognized how badly he underestimated Su Yi.

Ch. 534Two Modes Dust Formation

Su Yi claimed to be a direct disciple of the Supreme Purity Numinous Treasure Celestial Venerable and challenged Bian Zhuang to let Jiuying go. Bian Zhuang attacked with the Two Modes Dust Formation, but Su Yi and Jiuying remained unharmed.

  • Su Yi identified himself as the Supreme Purity Numinous Treasure Celestial Venerable’s direct disciple and demanded that Bian Zhuang become a pig-head to earn his life.
  • Bian Zhuang questioned Su Yi’s identity, but Ji Wudi accused him of bluffing and urged him to attack.
  • Bian Zhuang ordered the heavenly soldiers and divine generals to capture Jiuying and kill Su Yi, shifting God-Weeping Ridge into a formation-created small world.
  • Bian Zhuang activated the Two Modes Dust Formation and unleashed its divine light on Su Yi and Jiuying.
  • Su Yi stood unharmed after the attack and asked Bian Zhuang if that was all.

Ch. 535Turn into a pig's head for me first

Su Yi effortlessly broke the Two Modes Dust Formation at God-Weeping Ridge, leaving Bian Zhuang and the heavenly army defeated and Ji Wudi stunned by the gap between their strength. Su Yi denied being Su Duanhun, then stopped Bian Zhuang from fleeing and demanded that he turn into a pig's head.

  • Bian Zhuang ordered Ji Wudi to kill Su Yi, but Ji Wudi refused to take orders from him.
  • Su Yi took one step and broke the Two Modes Dust Formation, causing the heavenly soldiers and divine generals to fall and Bian Zhuang to suffer severe injuries.
  • Ji Wudi realized Su Yi had been far stronger than him all along, questioned whether he was a Quasi-Sage, and then left as a streak of sword light.
  • Bian Zhuang recognized the name Su Duanhun, but Su Yi denied being him and claimed to be a disciple of the Supreme Purity Numinous Treasure Celestial Venerable who wielded the Immortal-Slaying Sword.
  • Bian Zhuang tried to leave to report to the Jade Emperor, but Su Yi dragged him down and asked him to turn into a pig's head.

Ch. 536So Strong

Su Yi forced Bian Zhuang to adopt a comical pig-headed appearance and keep him company, then let Bian Zhuang’s troops go. After they departed, Bian Zhuang challenged Su Yi and discovered that Su Yi could destroy his attacks and divine weapon with ease.

  • Su Yi repeatedly made Bian Zhuang change his pig-headed appearance and declared that Bian Zhuang would follow him under a new name.
  • Su Yi threatened Bian Zhuang’s thirty-six thousand heavenly soldiers and divine generals with the Immortal-Slaying Sword, and Bian Zhuang ordered them to leave.
  • Bian Zhuang told his departing troops to report that he would follow the Jie Sect, then returned to his original appearance and challenged Su Yi.
  • Bian Zhuang attacked Su Yi with an arrow and a divine battle-axe, but Su Yi destroyed the arrow and shattered the axe between two fingers.
  • Su Yi invited Bian Zhuang to test his remaining magical treasures.

Ch. 537It's Been Too Long Since Someone Put You in Your Place

Su Yi recruited Bian Zhuang to accompany Ye Xiaxuan on a dangerous journey toward Spirit Mountain and renamed him Zhu Wuneng, then confronted Great Emperor Ziwei over borrowing him. The chapter ended with Su Yi drawing the Immortal-Slaying Sword after Great Emperor Ziwei objected.

  • After Su Yi broke Bian Zhuang’s divine artifact, Bian Zhuang gave up resisting and agreed to join Su Yi’s project.
  • Su Yi told Bian Zhuang to wait in Ice Wind City for Ye Xiaxuan, provoke her into battles, and use the name Zhu Wuneng, with the courtesy name Bajie.
  • When Bian Zhuang mentioned serving Great Emperor Ziwei, Su Yi immediately went to find him and the Great Emperor of Longevity playing a board game.
  • Su Yi beat the two great emperors at their game and asked Great Emperor Ziwei to lend him Bian Zhuang.
  • Great Emperor Ziwei objected because he had promised Bian Zhuang to the Buddhist Sect for the Journey to the West Calamity, so Su Yi knocked over the board and drew the Immortal-Slaying Sword.

Ch. 538It cannot be said, it cannot be said

Su Yi forced Great Emperor Ziwei to lend Zhu Bajie to him by beating Ziwei into submission, then had Ziwei order Zhu Bajie to follow him. After Ziwei departed, rumors spread among the Immortal Emperors, who mistakenly blamed Tongtian for the beating.

  • Great Emperor Ziwei dismissed Su Yi’s claim about the Immortal-Slaying Sword, so Su Yi punched and kicked him until he agreed to lend Zhu Bajie.
  • Su Yi brought Great Emperor Ziwei to Zhu Bajie, and Ziwei ordered Tianpeng to do whatever God Su told him.
  • Great Emperor Ziwei left Ice Wind City after reassuring Zhu Bajie that the Jade Emperor would not object to his new assignment.
  • The Great Emperor of Longevity told Great Emperor Houtu that Ziwei had been beaten, and Houtu later told Eastern Emperor Taiyi that Tongtian had done it.

Ch. 539Journey to the West as a group

Su Yi assembled his Journey to the West group and decided to recruit Sun Wukong from the Heavenly Court’s prison. Meanwhile, Sect Leader Tongtian and Primordial Heavenly Venerable prepared to use the ensuing Buddhist conflict as a chance to destroy Buddhism.

  • Sect Leader Tongtian denied causing the chaos to Primordial Heavenly Venerable, then agreed to join forces with him against Buddhism.
  • Su Yi renamed Zhu Bajie Tang Sanzang and had the ancient true dragon transform into a van, which he called Little White Dragon.
  • Zhu Bajie told Su Yi that Sun Wukong was imprisoned after challenging the Heavenly Court and beating him in a fight.
  • Su Yi decided Sun Wukong would join the group as the fourth junior brother and set off to retrieve him from the heavenly prison.
  • Su Yi warned the ancient true dragon that he could find a white dragon instead, so it accepted the name Little White Dragon.

Ch. 540Xu Diandian's path opened wide

Su Yi visited Earth and Xu Diandian, whose talent far exceeded the limited training available to her. After she refused to become his disciple but asked for every immortal to teach her, Su Yi summoned the Primordial Heavenly Venerable and Sect Leader Tongtian to meet her.

  • Su Yi checked on Ye Xiaxuan and saw that Earth's spiritual energy had surged as the Heavenly Dao drew power from three thousand minor worlds.
  • Su Yi visited Xu Diandian at the Galaxy Special Forces, where Ouyang Tieniu and Li Youyou cared for her and she practiced the incomplete Dragon Elephant Limitless Fist Art.
  • Su Yi offered to take Xu Diandian as his disciple, but she refused because she wanted to grow strong enough to protect her mother and Su Yi.
  • Su Yi offered to find Xu Diandian a powerful master, and she asked whether she could have all the immortals depicted in his wooden carvings teach her.
  • Su Yi summoned the Primordial Heavenly Venerable and Sect Leader Tongtian, who both arrived, while the Primordial Heavenly Venerable resolved to overcome his fear of Su Duanhun.

Ch. 541The truth came out

Su Yi confronted Primordial Heavenly Venerable and Sect Leader Tongtian, overwhelming them in his domain as they sparred. After Primordial Heavenly Venerable recognized Su Yi as their former master, both Sages paid their respects, and Su Yi asked them to jointly teach the child from the room.

  • Primordial Heavenly Venerable tried to pull Su Yi into his domain for a fight, but Su Yi resisted and told him to speak openly with Sect Leader Tongtian present.
  • Su Yi dragged Primordial Heavenly Venerable and Sect Leader Tongtian into his own domain, where their powers failed, and beat them both.
  • Primordial Heavenly Venerable recognized Su Yi as their former master, and Sect Leader Tongtian realized Su Yi had created the Three Pure Ones and once cared for them as Daoist Hongjun.
  • Primordial Heavenly Venerable and Sect Leader Tongtian bowed to Su Yi and called him Master, but Su Yi denied the title.
  • Su Yi asked Primordial Heavenly Venerable and Sect Leader Tongtian to take the child from the room as their shared disciple.

Ch. 542He Had to Find the Monkey in Secret

Su Yi arranged for Xu Diandian to become the disciple of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable and Sect Leader Tongtian, while insisting that they teach her on Earth and let her cultivate gradually. After explaining the arrangement, he left to secretly find the monkey.

  • Su Yi told the Primordial Heavenly Venerable that he was not his master and said the Sage could choose whether to teach Xu Diandian.
  • Xu Diandian served tea to the Primordial Heavenly Venerable and Sect Leader Tongtian, and Su Yi gave her their wooden carvings so she could summon them to teach her.
  • After learning that Xu Diandian had wanted to take everyone as her master, Su Yi agreed that she should take only the two Sages.
  • Sect Leader Tongtian gave Xu Diandian a Sea-Calming Pearl, and the Primordial Heavenly Venerable gave her the Ten Thousand Divine Lamps.
  • Su Yi sealed the divine lamp's power to keep Xu Diandian from advancing too quickly, then said goodbye and left to find the monkey in secret.

Ch. 543A low-key opening to a prison break

After Ye Xiaxuan emerged from seclusion, Su Yi brought her to the Heavenly Palace and tasked her with entering the Twenty-Eighth Heaven to rescue Sun Wukong as a test of her composure. She approached the Southern Heavenly Gate with an identity jade token, but her attempt to bluff the guards began badly.

  • Su Yi told Ye Xiaxuan that she would rescue Sun Wukong, who was imprisoned in the Myriad Tribulations Heavenly Prison, and become his master.
  • Su Yi gave Ye Xiaxuan an identity jade token that concealed her cultivation and instructed her to lead him to the prison without fighting.
  • Ye Xiaxuan learned that Sun Wukong was an eighth-grade Daluo Golden Immortal while she was only at the peak of the Ascension Stage, but agreed to try the mission.
  • Ye Xiaxuan and Su Yi approached the Southern Heavenly Gate, where the Heavenly King of Growth demanded to inspect their identity jade tokens.
  • Ye Xiaxuan arrogantly refused the Heavenly King of Growth's request, and Su Yi worried that she had made a mistake.

Ch. 544I insist on going to prison

Ye Xiaxuan and Su Yi reached the Southern Heavenly Gate, where Ye Xiaxuan demanded to enter without showing identification. After Su Yi revealed his identity as a Jie Sect disciple, Ye Xiaxuan insisted on being sent to the Myriad Tribulations Heavenly Prison in the Twenty-Eighth Heaven, and Su Yi let her press the demand.

  • Ye Xiaxuan challenged the Heavenly King of Growth at the gate, while his aura failed to affect her and the heavenly soldiers prepared to attack.
  • Su Yi handed over his identity jade token and apologized for Ye Xiaxuan’s behavior; the Heavenly King of Growth recognized Su Yi as a personal disciple of the Supreme Purity Numinous Treasure Celestial Venerable.
  • Su Yi offered the Heavenly King of Growth the Purple Lightning Hammer, but the Heavenly King refused it and let the group enter.
  • Ye Xiaxuan heard the Heavenly King mention the heavenly prison and decided it would be a shortcut to the Twenty-Eighth Heaven and Sun Wukong.
  • The Heavenly King warned Ye Xiaxuan that the Myriad Tribulations Heavenly Prison weakened anyone inside, but she insisted on going, while Su Yi pretended not to notice.

Ch. 545Where Did This Brother-in-Law Come From?

Su Yi and Ye Xiaxuan entered the Heavenly Palace after the Heavenly King of Growth refused to send her to the Myriad Tribulations Heavenly Prison. At the Food God Residence, they encountered Zhao Gongming, who greeted Su Yi as his brother-in-law and revealed that he had believed Su Yi died long ago.

  • The Heavenly King of Growth let Su Yi and Ye Xiaxuan pass into the Heavenly Palace rather than risk provoking them.
  • Ye Xiaxuan admired Su Yi's appearance as they explored the Heavenly Palace, and she broke through in cultivation while absorbing its abundant spiritual energy.
  • Su Yi led Ye Xiaxuan to the Food God Residence, where a numbered-token array kept her from entering until a boy escorted them inside.
  • Su Yi claimed Zhao Gongming as his friend, and Zhao Gongming recognized him as his brother-in-law.
  • Zhao Gongming asked where Su Yi had been and was astonished to learn he had survived and lived in the Origin World.

Ch. 546When Foodies Meet, the Dog Suffers

Su Yi joined Zhao Gongming for a meal, only to learn that Zhao had brought in the Heaven-Howling Dog to be cooked. Su Yi agreed to prepare the dog, and the chapter ended with him asking how Chang'e's rabbit had become the dog's big brother.

  • Su Yi sat down with Zhao Gongming and learned that he had ordered dog meat.
  • Zhao Gongming revealed that he had brought in a dog and had the Kitchen God's disciple prepare it, then stopped a customer from leaving with an Immortal-Binding Rope.
  • The Kitchen God's disciple reported that the dog had woken up and identified itself as the Heaven-Howling Dog, so Zhao Gongming asked Su Yi to cook it instead.
  • Zhao Gongming noticed Ye Xiaxuan and learned she was Su Yi's current wife, then naturally greeted her as his little sister.
  • Su Yi and Zhao Gongming found the bound Heaven-Howling Dog cursing them; the dog tried to bargain for its freedom by offering to catch Chang'e's rabbit.
  • Su Yi judged the Heaven-Howling Dog barely edible and asked why Chang'e's rabbit was its big brother.

Ch. 547A dog's life spared

Su Yi nearly killed the Heaven-Howling Dog, but Yang Jian intervened and challenged him to a fight. After Su Yi defeated Yang Jian in one move, Ye Xiaxuan persuaded him to spare the dog because it could take her to the Heavenly Prison.

  • Zhao Gongming told Su Yi that Chang'e's rabbit had gained Heavenly Dao favor and was wreaking havoc across the Immortal Realm.
  • Su Yi chose to eat the Heaven-Howling Dog instead, but Yang Jian appeared to protect his dog.
  • Yang Jian challenged Su Yi, and Su Yi defeated and subdued him with a single move.
  • Ye Xiaxuan asked Su Yi to spare the Heaven-Howling Dog because it could take her to the Heavenly Prison.
  • Yang Jian agreed to take Ye Xiaxuan there, and Su Yi said they were going to break someone out of prison.

Ch. 548Back and forth-Su was very good at this

Ye Xiaxuan tried to reach Sun Wukong in the heavenly prison, but Yang Jian saw through her excuses, and Su Yi captured him and Heaven-Howling Dog. Su Yi then made Ye Xiaxuan continue her training alone, and Zhao Gongming explained that she could not enter the higher heavens without meeting strict cultivation requirements.

  • Ye Xiaxuan claimed Sun Wukong was her disciple, but Yang Jian realized she and Su Yi intended to stage a jailbreak and refused to take them to the heavenly prison.
  • Su Yi swept Yang Jian and Heaven-Howling Dog into his Universe in the Sleeve, then criticized Ye Xiaxuan for failing to deceive Yang Jian.
  • Ye Xiaxuan asked Zhao Gongming for help reaching the Twenty-Eighth Heaven, but Su Yi said he was training her and wanted her to get there herself.
  • Zhao Gongming explained that reaching higher heavens required entry tokens, registration, fees, and increasingly high cultivation, including Taiyi Golden Immortal cultivation to enter the Twenty-Eighth Heaven.
  • Ye Xiaxuan realized she had only First-grade Mortal Immortal cultivation and could not meet the requirements.

Ch. 549The First Battle

Su Yi brought Ye Xiaxuan to the First Heaven’s Heavenly City Bureau to begin her trials, insisting she earn a pass through a real fight despite Zhao Gongming’s influence. Ye Xiaxuan narrowly defeated a third-grade Earth Immortal and advanced to second-grade Mortal Immortal.

  • Zhao Gongming took Su Yi and Ye Xiaxuan to the Heavenly City Bureau, where the director offered to grant Ye Xiaxuan a pass without a challenge.
  • Su Yi refused special treatment and ordered the director to arrange a fight against a third-grade Earth Immortal.
  • The director lent Ye Xiaxuan an ordinary immortal sword so she would not rely on Soul Severing.
  • Ye Xiaxuan used Kong Wuliang’s Immortal-Slaying Sword Strike, adapted as the fight continued, and defeated the sword immortal after more than half an hour.
  • Ye Xiaxuan recovered quickly and advanced from first-grade to second-grade Mortal Immortal after the battle.

Ch. 550The Heavenly Dao's Game

Su Yi helped Ye Xiaxuan settle in the Second Heaven but left her to earn the immortal spirit stones needed to reach the Tenth Heaven. While drinking with Zhao Gongming, he learned more about the Journey to the West Calamity and considered how the Heavenly Dao might be using them as pieces in its plans.

  • Ye Xiaxuan realized she had no immortal spirit stones, so Su Yi told her to earn them herself and bought a residence in the Second Heaven.
  • Ye Xiaxuan went out to learn the costs and prices in the Immortal Realm while Su Yi stayed behind to drink with Zhao Gongming.
  • Su Yi isolated the courtyard so Zhao Gongming could explain that Taoism and Buddhism were vying for territory through the Journey to the West Calamity.
  • Su Yi reflected that the Heavenly Dao might be turning Ye Xiaxuan into a Heavenly Dao Guardian and using his attachments to influence him.
  • Su Yi decided to follow his own plans for now, knowing he could destroy the Heavenly Dao or create another universe if he chose.
Arc 22 of 35
Arc 22 of 35