Chapter Summaries

Jiang Sheng, Kong Zhen, and Xuanyi were swept into the North Sea Sea Eye, where they learned that the real Ao Shun had been imprisoned by a disguised Dragon Monarch named Ao Ying. After the three reunited, the false Ao Shun received a warning from a mysterious visitor and resolved to send them to the Return Ruins if he could not obtain the Black Dragon Crown and North Sea Dragon King Seal.

• A disguised Upper Three Realms expert swept Jiang Sheng, Xuanyi, and Kong Zhen into the North Sea Sea Eye and sealed it with Restrictive Wards.
• Jiang Sheng woke on Ao Shun's body, injured and protected by the Judicial Heavenly Monarch Seal, and learned that Xuanyi and Kong Zhen were unconscious nearby.
• Ao Shun told Jiang Sheng that Ao Ying, a North Sea Dragon Monarch who returned from travels across worlds, had imprisoned him and replaced him; Ao Shun suspected the returning Ao Ying was an impostor wearing the real one's skin.
• Kong Zhen and Xuanyi awakened and joined Jiang Sheng, each protected by powerful treasures, and the three prepared to work together to escape.
• A mysterious visitor warned the false Ao Shun not to disrupt the grand scheme, and the false Ao Shun decided to send the Sea Eye captives to the Return Ruins if he failed to obtain the Black Dragon Crown and North Sea Dragon King Seal.

Shen Gongzhi, disguised as Ao Ying, recalled how he had replaced the North Sea Dragon King and resolved to seize Ao Shun’s seal before his cover was exposed. He attacked Ao Shun, Jiang Sheng, Xuanyi, and Kong Zhen in the Sea Eye, trapping them in his domain.

• Shen Gongzhi remembered witnessing Ao Ying’s brutal death and taking his identity to infiltrate the North Sea Dragon Palace for Panfeng World.
• He worried that the trapped True Disciples and another hidden pawn could expose or replace him, so he decided to take Ao Shun’s seal by force.
• Ao Shun explained that Jiang Sheng, Xuanyi, and Kong Zhen could climb his North Sea dark iron chains to escape the Sea Eye.
• Shen Gongzhi appeared and threatened to kill the North Sea Dragon Palace and the three True Disciples while wearing Ao Ying’s face, framing Ao Shun for the deaths.
• Shen Gongzhi seized control of the Sea Eye with his domain, preventing Xuanyi and Kong Zhen from fleeing or taking their own lives, then commanded everyone to come to him.

Shen Gongzhi captured Jiang Sheng, Xuanyi, and Kong Zhen and imprisoned them in the North Sea Dragon Palace while seeking leverage against Ao Shun. As Jiang Sheng secretly consulted a True Lord, they realized their movements had been leaked from within Xuanmen, but they did not know whether Qinghua or Penglai was compromised.

• Shen Gongzhi seized Jiang Sheng, Xuanyi, and Kong Zhen from the Sea Eye, then threatened Ao Shun with a forty-eight-hour deadline to answer him.
• Shen Gongzhi confiscated the three captives’ treasures and locked them in a hidden dungeon, giving them forty hours to trade information or inheritances for their lives.
• Xuanyi and Kong Zhen argued about their chances of rescue while Shen Gongzhi watched them, and he learned that both the Demon Emperor Palace and Qinghua Dao Sect could send aid.
• Jiang Sheng secretly communicated with a True Lord, who told him that the trouble at the North Sea Dragon Palace pointed to a problem within Xuanmen.
• Jiang Sheng recalled that only a few people knew his and Xuanyi’s movements, and wondered whether the leak had come from Qinghua or Penglai.

Daoist Lord Miaoyan uncovered True Lord Hongyu as a traitor within the Qinghua Dao Sect and sent three True Lords to confront him in the North Sea. The chapter ended as True Lord Hongyi prepared to cleanse the sect and warned everyone else to stay away.

• Daoist Lord Miaoyan brought evidence of a traitor to Mingyang Daoist Lord, who ordered him to cleanse the sect without seeing Hongyu.
• Daoist Lord Miaoyan ordered True Lord Huayu, True Lord Lanjing, and True Lord Hongyi to capture Hongyu and take control of the North Sea Sea Eye.
• The three True Lords traveled to the North Sea in their true bodies and confronted True Lord Hongyu.
• True Lord Hongyu admitted killing True Lord Lan Hua because she had traced his actions to him, but denied joining the Panfeng World.
• True Lord Hongyi summoned his power and warned all uninvolved persons to stay away while the Qinghua Dao Sect conducted its affairs.

Penglai True Lord Yu Ming revealed himself in the North Sea Dragon Palace and hunted Shen Gongzhi, who was secretly a Sea-Parting Heavenly God from the Panfeng World. Shen Gongzhi fled into the clash between the Qinghua Dao Sect and True Lord Hong Yu, where Hong Yu fell and Yu Ming rejoined the other True Lords.

• True Lord Yu Ming revealed himself in the dark prison, sent Jiang Sheng and the others away, and confronted Shen Gongzhi in his true form.
• Yu Ming struck Shen Gongzhi twice, badly injuring him, then pursued him through the North Sea as Shen Gongzhi tried to escape through the Sea Eye.
• Shen Gongzhi fled toward a familiar aura and witnessed True Lord Hongyi, True Lord Lan Jing, and True Lord Hua Yu kill True Lord Hong Yu.
• Yu Ming caught up with Shen Gongzhi beside the three Qinghua True Lords and said he had arrived at the right time, telling Hongyi that Hongyi owed him a favor.

Shen Gongzhi agreed to confess to Qinghua Dao Sect, while the sect pressed the North Sea Dragon Palace to submit under the pretext of protecting it from Panfeng World. As Ao Han and Ao Lin tried to stall for help from the other seas, Yuanyi True Lord blocked Ao Zhen from bringing support from the East Sea.

• True Lord Hongyi threatened Shen Gongzhi with Qinghua Dao Sect's Immortal-Slaying God-Beheading Platform, and Shen Gongzhi agreed to cooperate and identify the chief culprit.
• True Lord Hua Yu rescued Ao Shun, and Yu Ming True Lord brought Jiang Sheng, Xuanyi, and Kong Zhen to the North Sea Dragon Palace, where leaders from Qinghua Dao Sect, Penglai Dao Sect, and the Demon Emperor Palace gathered.
• Ao Han and Ao Lin joined the negotiations, and True Lord Hongyi argued that the North Sea Dragon Palace could not protect the North Sea and should accept Qinghua Dao Sect's help.
• Ao Han refused Qinghua Dao Sect's offer and tried to stall while awaiting support from the East Sea and South Sea Dragon Palaces.
• Yuanyi True Lord intercepted Ao Zhen as he set out from the East Sea for the North Sea and warned him not to interfere, invoking Penglai Dao Sect's Ancestor Dejing.

Ao Zhen reported to the Azure Dragon Ancestor that Penglai had blocked his journey to aid the North Sea, and the ancestor decided to abandon the North Sea Dragon Palace for now. As Qinghua and the Demon Emperor Palace competed for Ao Han’s allegiance, the Azure Dragon secretly met the South Sea’s ancestral dragons to plan for Panfeng World’s arrival.

• True Lord Yuanyi stopped Ao Zhen from traveling north and warned him to return, while other sects blocked the South Sea Dragon Monarch.
• Ao Zhen told the Azure Dragon Ancestor that Yuanyi had stopped him and that Dejing wanted to meet; the ancestor ordered him not to go to the North Sea.
• Ao Zhen left the innate Sea Realm worried that the Azure Dragon Ancestor’s plans to work with Panfeng World could lead to war with Penglai.
• With no reinforcements from the East or South Sea, Ao Han heard Demon Lord Kong Ling offer the Demon Emperor Palace’s support while True Lord Hongyi urged him to ally with Qinghua.
• The Azure Dragon sent a golden thought to the South Sea and met the Scarlet Dragon Ancestor and Flame Dragon Ancestor, who agreed to seek support from the West and North Seas before Panfeng World arrived.

The Three Mystic Sects tightened their grip on the Shanhe Grand World as the other powers hoped the approaching Panfeng World would check Xuanmen. The Qinghua Dao Sect secured the North Sea Dragon Palace, Penglai prepared to pressure the East Sea, and the Panfeng World accelerated toward Shanhe.

• Azure Dragon promised that the East Sea Dragon Palace would answer the South Sea Dragon Palace's call when the Panfeng World arrived.
• True Lords Hongyi and Lanjing forced Ao Han to accept an alliance with the Qinghua Dao Sect, while Demon Lords Kong Ling and Bai Kong withdrew from the North Sea.
• True Lord Yuming told Jiang Sheng that Penglai would support Qinghua's takeover of the North Sea in exchange for Qinghua's support in claiming the East Sea, and ordered preparations to confront the East Sea Dragon Palace.
• The Panfeng World's Heavenly Emperors discussed their lost covert pawn and the need to reach Shanhe before the Four Seas Dragon Palaces weakened further.
• The Panfeng World suddenly increased its speed and raced through the Chaos Void toward the Shanhe Grand World.

Jiang Sheng and Lingwei prepared Penglai Dao Sect to publicly execute Ao Bing, expecting the East Sea Dragon Palace and other dragon clans to intervene. On the third day of the tenth month, Ao Bing was brought to the Dragon-Slaying Platform as the execution began.

• Jiang Sheng discussed the tense East Sea with Le Fang before meeting Lingwei, who set Ao Bing’s execution for the third day of the tenth month and enlisted Dao-generation elders to help.
• Penglai spread word of Ao Bing’s execution across the Shanhe World, while dragons from the East, South, and West Seas gathered at the Crystal Dragon Palace to oppose the sect.
• Jiang Sheng visited Ao Bing in the Thunder Prison and brought him a final meal, telling him that the East Sea Dragon Palace might come to rescue him.
• Penglai’s disciples assembled on the Rainbow Radiance Road as elders set up the Dragon-Slaying Platform beyond the immortal island.
• Law-enforcement disciples brought the chained Ao Bing out before the gathered crowd.

As Penglai prepared to execute Ao Bing, Ao Yi led the Four Seas Dragon Palaces in an assault, timed to coincide with Panfeng World's arrival and invasion of Shanhe World. The Three Mystic Sects fought to repel Panfeng while the Dragon Palaces blocked their True Lords, leaving Penglai surrounded and the world on the brink of war.

• Penglai dragged Ao Bing to the Dragon-Slaying Platform, where Lingwei ordered his execution as aquatic clans gathered in the East Sea.
• Ao Yi held back the Dragon Palaces until Panfeng World arrived, then rallied the forces of the Four Seas to storm Penglai.
• Ao Yi confronted Ling Yu and declared the Dragon Palaces' rebellion as darkness spread across Shanhe World.
• Panfeng World's rulers ordered their Divine Lords and Star Lords to break through Shanhe World's barrier, and the Three Mystic Sects went to intercept them.
• The Dragon Monarchs obstructed the Three Mystic Sects' True Lords while hundreds of millions of aquatic forces surrounded Penglai, leaving Ao Yi confident that the Dragon Palaces had the advantage.

The Three Mystic Sects fought Panfeng World’s forces while the Buddhist Sect and Demon Race held back, and the Dragon Palaces pursued their own plans. The Four Sea Dragon Ancestors joined forces with Panfeng World’s five Heavenly Emperors to tilt Panfeng World toward Shanhe World and connect the realms over the Southern Region.

• True Lord Yuming introduced himself to Heavenly Punishment, Heavenly Execution, and Heavenly Abyss, then badly wounded all three with one sword strike.
• True Lord Yuanyi and the other True Lords of the Three Mystic Sects held their lines against superior numbers of Divine Lords and Star Lords.
• Daoist Lord Dejing, Jingxuan Daoist Lord, and Daoist Lord Qingyan discussed Panfeng World’s deployment and waited for the Dragon Palaces to act.
• Azure Dragon, Scarlet Dragon, Flame Dragon, and Star Dragon met in the South Sea Grotto-Heaven and planned to connect Panfeng World to the South Sea, drawing the Buddhist Sect into the conflict.
• The four Dragon Ancestors emerged from the South Sea and joined Panfeng World’s five Heavenly Emperors in tilting Panfeng World toward Shanhe World, connecting the realms over the Southern Region.

Panfeng World invaded Shanhe World as the Dragon Palaces attacked the Tianhe Dao Sect, prompting Daoist Lord Yueheng and Daoist Lord Dejing to confront the Dragon Ancestors. At Penglai, Jiang Sheng defended the Dragon-Slaying Platform by killing Crown Prince Liuyu and warned the three seas’ armies not to cross his sword mark.

• Panfeng World’s forces crossed the newly opened breach into Shanhe World and began occupying the South Sea.
• Daoist Lord Yueheng appeared to fight Azure Dragon, Scarlet Dragon, Flame Dragon, and Star Dragon, and Daoist Lord Dejing joined the battle.
• The three seas’ dragon forces surrounded Penglai and demanded Ao Bing’s release and Penglai’s return to the Eastern Region Continent.
• Jiang Sheng drew a sword mark before the Dragon-Slaying Platform and declared that anyone who crossed it would die.
• Crown Prince Liuyu crossed the mark, but Jiang Sheng’s Qingping Sword and four spirit swords killed him in a single breath.
• The three seas’ forces recoiled in fear, and Jiang Sheng repeated his warning as no one dared advance.

Jiang Sheng executed Ao Bing despite the Three Seas Dragon Palaces’ attack, and Penglai’s retired elders arrived to strengthen its defense. Beyond Shanhe World, Daoist Lord Yueheng and Daoist Lord Dejing used their pure yang supreme treasures to overwhelm the four dragon ancestors, leaving Scarlet Dragon Ancestor gravely injured.

• Jiang Sheng cut down Ao Bing on the Dragon-Slaying Platform, while his swords destroyed Ao Yi’s attempt to stop the execution.
• Penglai’s retired Dao-generation elders and forces from the thirty-six East Sea islands appeared, and Lingwei called on Penglai’s disciples to attack the invaders.
• Daoist Lord Yueheng summoned the Endless Star and wielded the Heavenly Radiant Zhengyang Ruler to knock Scarlet Dragon Ancestor into Panfeng World’s barrier.
• Daoist Lord Yueheng shattered Scarlet Dragon Ancestor’s skull with another strike while Daoist Lord Dejing wounded Flame Dragon Ancestor with the Water-Fire Soul-Refining Scissors.
• Daoist Lord Dejing blocked Azure Dragon and Star Dragon as Daoist Lord Yueheng continued attacking Scarlet Dragon Ancestor, leaving the two Dao Lords with the upper hand.

Daoist Lord Yueheng and Daoist Lord Dejing fought the Four Seas Dragon Ancestors, while Daoist Lord Qingyan visited Azure Dragon Ancestor and Dark Dragon Ancestor chose to stay out of the conflict. In the Chaos Void, Yueheng turned Scarlet Dragon Ancestor’s attack back on him and shattered his body with the Heavenly Radiant Zhengyang Ruler.

• Daoist Lord Yueheng pursued Scarlet Dragon Ancestor while Daoist Lord Dejing blocked Azure Dragon Ancestor and Star Dragon Ancestor, then struck Flame Dragon Ancestor into the Chaos Void.
• Daoist Lord Qingyan visited Azure Dragon Ancestor at the East Sea Eye, where Azure Dragon Ancestor said he would accept whatever happened as long as the Dragon Clan survived.
• Dark Dragon Ancestor rejected the Four Seas Dragon Palaces’ appeal and decided not to risk his life fighting Xuanmen.
• Scarlet Dragon Ancestor attacked Daoist Lord Yueheng with the Red Dragon Nine-Ridged Awl, but Yueheng used Returning Wind, Reversing Fire to send the weapon back and grievously wound him.
• Daoist Lord Yueheng struck Scarlet Dragon Ancestor with the Heavenly Radiant Zhengyang Ruler, using Shaking Mountains, Rattling Earth to break apart his enormous body.

Daoist Lord Yueheng killed Scarlet Dragon Ancestor, who glimpsed a hidden truth before his Pure Yang True Spirit entered reincarnation, while Flame Dragon Ancestor fled into another world. As the battle over the Heavenly Leak continued, the Great Jinchan Temple’s Bodhisattvas weighed how to benefit from the conflict and planned for the Buddhist Sect’s expansion.

• Daoist Lord Yueheng shattered Scarlet Dragon Ancestor’s Pure Yang True Spirit, and Scarlet Dragon Ancestor laughed that everyone would lose before entering reincarnation.
• Flame Dragon Ancestor fled from Daoist Lord Yueheng and found a world where he hoped to survive.
• Daoist Lord Dejing held Azure Dragon Ancestor and Star Dragon Ancestor at bay while Panfeng World’s forces remained occupied defending the Heavenly Leak.
• Daoist Lord Miaoyan watched the fighting at the Heavenly Leak as Xuanmen and Panfeng World battled over the passage between their worlds.
• Bodhisattva Baoguang, Chaoyin Bodhisattva, and Golden Cicada Bodhisattva discussed the Great Jinchan Temple’s advantage and its plans to claim the West Sea and unite the Buddhist temples.

Daoist Lord Yueheng returned victorious after the Scarlet Dragon died and the Flame Dragon fled, while Xuanmen secured the Heavenly Leak and prepared to invade Panfeng World. Penglai celebrated its East Sea victory and weighed how to share the coming campaign with the Buddhist Sect and Demon Race; the chapter ended with news that a bodhisattva from the Great Jinchan Temple had arrived on the Southern Domain Continent.

• Daoist Lord Dejing and Daoist Lord Yueheng confirmed the Scarlet Dragon's death and returned to Shanhe World, leaving the Azure Dragon Ancestor and Star Dragon Ancestor inside Panfeng World.
• Xuanmen sealed the Heavenly Leak against Panfeng's Upper Three Realms cultivators, gained control of the passage, and planned to use the conflict to claim Panfeng's fortune and merit.
• Patriarch Yueheng promised Tianhe Dao Sect's disciples access to sect resources and a chance to enter the Upper Three Realms before urging them to prepare for an invasion of Panfeng World.
• Jiang Sheng's two sword strikes killed Crown Prince Liuyu, and his assault helped Penglai defeat the aquatic clans of the Three Seas Dragon Palaces.
• Lingwei discussed Penglai's plans for the South Sea with Jiang Sheng and said the Demon Race and Buddhist Sect sought a share of Panfeng World.
• Lingwei told Jiang Sheng that a bodhisattva from the Great Jinchan Temple had arrived on the Southern Domain Continent.

Golden Cicada Bodhisattva came to negotiate the Buddhist Sect’s share of the campaign against the Panfeng World with Xuanmen. The talks ended with Daoist Lord Miaoyan proposing that the factions visit the Demon Race’s Golden Orchid Festival together, leaving the terms of their alliance unresolved.

• Golden Cicada Bodhisattva announced that he would personally travel to the Southern Domain Continent to save its people.
• Golden Cicada Bodhisattva projected his thought into the Tianhe Dao Sect’s Starry Vastness Cave Heaven and asked Xuanmen for forty percent of the Panfeng World’s fortune and merit.
• Daoist Lord Dejing rejected the demand, while Golden Cicada Bodhisattva warned that Xuanmen could seal the Heavenly Leak and abandon Buddhist forces inside Panfeng.
• Daoist Lord Miaoyan proposed that Xuanmen and the Buddhist Sect contribute six and four Pure Yang beings, respectively, to the campaign.
• Golden Cicada Bodhisattva raised the danger of the Demon Emperor Palace interfering, and Daoist Lord Miaoyan suggested that the factions attend the North Region Continent’s Golden Orchid Festival together.

Jiang Sheng and other invited cultivators considered why the Demon Emperor Palace had summoned them to the Golden Orchid Festival, while Kong Xuan prepared to use the gathering to negotiate the Demon Race’s role in the unfolding calamity. The chapter left the Demon Race waiting for the other sacred lands to approach it.

• Jiang Sheng received the Demon Emperor Palace’s invitation to the Golden Orchid Festival and learned that he was the only one from Penglai invited.
• Jiang Sheng told Lingwei that the Demon Emperor Palace might be seeking an agreement with the sacred lands through the festival.
• Ning Chuan realized the Demon Emperor Palace had invited him alongside likely opponents Lingyuan and Xuanyi, and wished Senior Brother Mingxian were present.
• Xuanyi accepted his invitation because he intended to bring Xuan Xin back from the Demon Emperor Palace.
• Kong Xuan told Kong Ling that the Demon Race should use the calamity and festival to secure a place beyond the North Region Continent, rather than approach the other powers first.

As the Golden Orchid Festival approached, Jin Qiong told Xuan Xin that his eldest senior brother from the Qinghua Dao Sect would attend, and Xuan Xin agreed to meet him. Jiang Sheng and the Penglai Dao Sect delegation then arrived at the North Region Continent and saw the Vermilion-Purple Demon Kingdom.

• The Demon Emperor Palace prepared the Golden Orchid Festival to display the clans’ strength and select candidates for its Crown Prince Palaces.
• Jin Qiong visited Xuan Xin at his temple and told him the Three Sects and Two Temples had been invited to the festival.
• Xuan Xin learned his eldest senior brother would come and agreed to meet him rather than leave Jin Qiong to face the Qinghua Dao Sect’s pressure.
• Jiang Sheng traveled aboard a Penglai Dao Sect Dharma Boat with a demon escort toward the North Region Continent.
• The Dharma Boat reached the central demon kingdom, and Jiang Sheng looked down on its thirteen districts and the ancient tree at its center.

Jiang Sheng arrived in the Vermilion-Purple Demon Kingdom and was hosted by Yu Yi in Jade Radiance City ahead of the Golden Orchid Festival. Yu Yi revealed that the festival concerned the Demon Race’s bid to enter the Panfeng World, and that she had sought Jiang Sheng’s presence to improve her chances in a dangerous contest.

• The Golden Sparrow Demon King guided Jiang Sheng’s group into the Vermilion-Purple Demon Kingdom and told him the Penglai delegation would stay in Yu Yi’s Jade Radiance City.
• Yu Yi welcomed Jiang Sheng, offered him a spiritual spring bath, and admitted she had arranged alluring fox maidens in hopes of influencing the visiting disciples.
• Jiang Sheng inferred that Yu Yi had written his invitation and asked why the Demon Emperor Palace had summoned the Three Sects and Two Temples; Yu Yi said the thirteen royal cities were gathering talent for the Golden Orchid Festival.
• Yu Yi explained to a fox maiden that the festival would determine who could take part in the Demon Race’s effort to enter the Panfeng World, and that even the crown princes were risking their lives.
• Yu Yi said she had worked to host Penglai because Jiang Sheng’s abilities would increase her odds of victory, then revealed that the Horned Dragon Ancestral Tree was the ancestor of the Demon Race.