Chapter Summaries

Jiang Sheng continued investigating the uncertainty surrounding Qiyuan while cultivating, as Underworld Lord Shaobai sought to learn his intentions and brought him news of a treasure in Wood Origin World. The chapter ended with Jiang Sheng suspecting that the treasure might be connected to the Tianhe Dao Sect and the Star River Exquisite Umbrella.

• Jiang Sheng praised Tian Ming'an for containing eight people in East Linghua Continent and ordered him to verify their identities without causing a commotion.
• Jiang Sheng wondered where Qiyuan had gone, then resumed cultivating toward the Void Refinement Extreme Realm.
• Underworld Lord Shaobai urged the Azure Flood Dragon to seek allies, but the Azure Flood Dragon chose to keep drinking and leave the struggle to him.
• Underworld Lord Shaobai encountered Princess Lingluo on his way to Cloud Perch Continent, where she hinted that Jiang Sheng was troubling him.
• Underworld Lord Shaobai visited Jiang Sheng and told him that a treasure connected to a fallen Tianhe Dao Sect Daoist Lord had been found in Wood Origin World.
• Jiang Sheng linked the news to the suspected appearance of the Star River Exquisite Umbrella in Luwu World.

Jiang Sheng rejected Nether Lord Shaobai’s invitation to seek a Pure Yang legacy, suspected the Wood Origin World lead was a trap, and sent sects to search for Master Violet Extremity. He then reunited with Bai He, who said she had come at Ye Wenshu’s request to help him.

• In a ruined grotto-heaven, Lingluo told the crimson-haired yaksha that Nether Lord Shaobai refused to confront Jiang Sheng, but the yaksha predicted Shaobai would eventually clash with him.
• At Foothill Cloud Immortal Palace, Jiang Sheng refused Nether Lord Shaobai’s offer to explore a Dao Lord’s legacy, arguing that the danger outweighed the opportunity.
• After Shaobai departed, Jiang Sheng suspected something was wrong with the Wood Origin World and decided to find Master Violet Extremity for information.
• Jiang Sheng sent disciples with jade letters to six sects, ordering them to search for Master Violet Extremity.
• Jiang Sheng welcomed Bai He, whom he had not seen since their duel in the Dixuan World 1,100 years earlier.
• Bai He told Jiang Sheng that she had come to Tianyuan World at Ye Wenshu’s request to lend him a hand.

Jiang Sheng sent Bai He to investigate signs of Daoist Lord Yangji’s legacy in Wood Origin World, while she pursued the lead after leaving Tianyuan World. A trap folded her into a hidden region of Chaos, where a blood-baleful yaksha approached.

• Jiang Sheng asked Bai He to investigate the reported Pure Yang legacy in Wood Origin World, and she agreed.
• After leaving Tianyuan World, Bai He learned that an ancient fallen star in Wood Origin World might be connected to Daoist Lord Yangji.
• Bai He dismissed Mingguang Temple’s forces from Tianyuan World and traveled alone toward Wood Origin World.
• Sensing danger in the turbulent void, Bai He used her jade vase and golden bell to suppress the currents and search for an ambush.
• A force folded Chaos space around Bai He and transported her into a hidden region.
• A towering yaksha approached through crimson Chaos mist as Bai He recognized it.

Bai He fought the yaksha Duo Yan in the Wood Origin World, while Underworld Lord Shaobai tried to recruit Purple Extremity Adept and Withered Vine for a scheme beyond the Tianyuan World. Purple Extremity Adept fled the banquet but became caught between Bai He and Duo Yan as Bai He unleashed her World-Purifying Heart Lotus Method.

• Bai He recognized that Jiang Sheng had tricked her into confronting Duo Yan and attacked him with her Buddhist Dharma Image.
• Underworld Lord Shaobai urged Purple Extremity Adept and Withered Vine to seek opportunities beyond the Tianyuan World, but Withered Vine recalled that True Lord Qiyuan had also lost to Lingyuan.
• Princess Lingluo told Underworld Lord Shaobai that Lingyuan was asking about Purple Extremity Adept, and Purple Extremity Adept hurriedly left the banquet for the Wood Origin World.
• Purple Extremity Adept encountered Bai He and Duo Yan battling in the turbulent void and realized he was caught in their fight.
• Duo Yan unleashed Horned Dragon Burns the Heavens, and Bai He answered with Watching the Tides, Listening to the Waves, filling the void with purifying lotus radiance.

Bai He tried to convert Duo Yan with the Buddhist Sect’s Tideviewing Sound, but Lingluo intervened and joined him against her. Revealing that they were siblings whose powers reinforced one another, the yaksha and rakshasa cornered Bai He and demanded that she teach the Dharma in their world for three thousand years.

• Bai He’s Tideviewing Sound nearly converted Purple Extremity Adept and began washing away Duo Yan’s battle lust and nature.
• Lingluo appeared, blocked Bai He’s attack on Purple Extremity Adept, and joined forces with Duo Yan to break through the Buddhist light.
• Duo Yan and Lingluo trapped Bai He between them, forcing her to propose that they withdraw rather than continue fighting.
• Duo Yan revealed that he and Lingluo could share and strengthen their cultivation, raising both of their auras to the late stage of Void Refinement.
• Lingluo asked Bai He to enter their world and teach its beings the Dharma for three thousand years.

Jiang Sheng learned that Bodhi Huijian Venerable had gone to the Fahua World to pursue a coveted Fruition Rank, then sensed Bai He was in danger and arrived to save her from Duo Yan and Linguo. After demonstrating his overwhelming sword power and trapping the Asura twins with four immortal swords, he invited them to Little Penglai to discuss their actions.

• Ye Wenshu warned Jiang Sheng that Bodhi Huijian Venerable had gone to the Fahua World and that factions were competing for a new Fruition Rank.
• Jiang Sheng used the ink lotus seed he had placed on Bai He to sense her location and discovered Duo Yan and Linguo were close to capturing her.
• Duo Yan and Linguo trapped Bai He in an Asura Purgatory, where she prepared to burn her origin rather than be taken prisoner.
• Jiang Sheng arrived and used Break Ten Thousand Laws to destroy the Asura Purgatory and free Bai He.
• Jiang Sheng summoned four immortal swords that blocked the escape of Lingluo, Duo Yan, and the Purple Extremity Adept.
• Jiang Sheng invited Lingluo and Duo Yan to Little Penglai to discuss the matter.

Jiang Sheng overcame Lingluo’s illusory domain, then let her and Duo Yan leave after striking a secret bargain. He demanded the Five Aggregates Purple Qi Pearl from Purple Extremity Adept, who refused and launched an attack, leaving them on the brink of battle.

• Bai He urged Jiang Sheng to demand concessions from Duo Yan and Lingluo, while the two recognized the danger posed by his sword formation.
• Lingluo drew Jiang Sheng’s divine sense into her dreamlike domain and tried to bargain for their release.
• Jiang Sheng saw through Lingluo’s illusion, manifested his Qingping Sword within it, and accepted information from her in exchange for a chance to leave.
• Jiang Sheng released Duo Yan and Lingluo after Lingluo swore an oath, despite Bai He’s objections.
• Jiang Sheng demanded Purple Extremity Adept’s Five Aggregates Purple Qi Pearl, and Purple Extremity Adept attacked instead of surrendering it.

Jiang Sheng returned to Foothill Mountain with Bai He, explained why he had spared Duo Yan and Lingluo, and asked Bai He to guard his home while he left the Tianyuan World. He learned that Zhong Yuxiu was hiding in the Jurong World and set out to find him.

• Bai He questioned Jiang Sheng about sparing Purple Extremity Adept, Duo Yan, and Lingluo, and Jiang Sheng promised to explain after they returned to Foothill Mountain.
• Jiang Sheng gave Bai He the Five Aggregates Purple Qi Pearl to deliver to Her Highness of the Mysterious Lady Palace, then explained that he had spared the Rakshasa twins because Lingluo had shared valuable information.
• Jiang Sheng asked Bai He to guard Foothill Mountain while he handled business outside the Tianyuan World, and Bai He agreed.
• Jiang Sheng recalled Lingluo's revelation that Zhong Yuxiu had recovered his cultivation and gone to the Jurong World to seek a powerful demon.
• Jiang Sheng decided to pursue Zhong Yuxiu in the Jurong World and called out to him.

Jiang Sheng disguised himself as an ox demon and traveled with a band of demons to Jurong World, where they learned that Qingqiu's Yousu Clan was holding a Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet to find a husband for one of its noble ladies. After the demons split up upon arrival, Master Huang offered Jiang Sheng a chance to accompany him to meet True Lord Yellow Sand.

• Jiang Sheng disguised himself as Green Ox and joined demons traveling to Jurong World.
• Master Huang explained that Qingqiu's Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet was held once every ten thousand years and would seek a husband for a Yousu Clan noble lady.
• Jiang Sheng wondered whether Zhong Yuxiu had come to Jurong World for the banquet while the other demons dreamed of its riches and marriage prospects.
• The demons reached Jurong World and split up, with Master Huang taking some to visit True Lord Yellow Sand.
• Master Huang invited Jiang Sheng to accompany him to pay respects to True Lord Yellow Sand.

Jiang Sheng entered Jurong World with Master Huang and learned that its demons received a chance to advance through an awakening of their bloodlines. As they reached Yellow Sand City, True Lord Yellow Sand ordered a hunt for the Radiant Golden Ox and Lin Fan, who were hiding nearby.

• Jiang Sheng entered Jurong World with Master Huang and observed that its wild energy stirred demons into a restless awakening.
• Master Huang explained that demons entering Jurong World could advance a stage within three to five years, and Jiang Sheng glimpsed a strange layer along the world's boundary that seemed to cause the effect.
• Jiang Sheng and the demons traveled west to Yellow Sand City, where he studied the sandstorm surrounding the city and sensed its unusual powers.
• True Lord Yellow Sand raged over the damage the Radiant Golden Ox and Lin Fan had caused and ordered a search, offering rewards for their capture or whereabouts.
• In an underground chamber outside Yellow Sand City, the Radiant Golden Ox asked Lin Fan how long they had to hide, and Lin Fan assured him the danger would soon pass.

Niu Kui and Lin Fan were driven into a deadly battle in True Lord Yellow Sand's territory, while Jiang Sheng discovered Lin Fan's wanted poster and secretly sent an avatar onward. Just as Lin Fan prepared to sacrifice his avatar to save Niu Kui, a clear wind erased the rat demons, and a green-robed Daoist arrived to address him as Lin Yunxuan.

• Niu Kui and Lin Fan fled the rat demons pursuing them toward the yellow-sand storms, but the gray weasel demon ordered his forces to drive them toward Yellow Sand City.
• Jiang Sheng entered Yellow Sand City with Master Huang, recognized Lin Fan on a wanted poster, and sent a lotus-born avatar toward the Western Extremity while True Lord Yellow Sand searched for the unusual presence he had sensed.
• The gray weasel demon's forces trapped Lin Fan and Niu Kui for days, and Niu Kui was badly wounded as Spirit Transformation Realm rat demons harried him.
• Lin Fan prepared to unleash a solar strike that would destroy his avatar to free Niu Kui, despite the rat demons' attempts to make him hesitate.
• A clear wind swept across the battlefield and erased the rat tide, then a green-robed Daoist arrived and asked Lin Yunxuan whether he had forgotten what he had learned.

Jiang Sheng reunited with Lin Fan in Zheluo and enlisted Princess Lingluo’s help in planning against Zhong Yuxiu, who was using Qingqiu’s succession struggle to secure the Yousu Clan’s resources. Lin Fan revealed that he had come to Jurong World to investigate an Autumn Rain Heavenly Garment, a robe forged by murdering True Disciples, and vowed to bring everyone involved to justice.

• Jiang Sheng rescued Lin Fan and Niu Kui from Yellow Sand City and brought them to a distant oasis in Zheluo.
• Lin Fan told Jiang Sheng that his true body was occupied with a secret investigation, while Jiang Sheng explained that he had come to Jurong World to pursue Qiyuan.
• Princess Lingluo told Jiang Sheng that Zhong Yuxiu would attend Qingqiu’s Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet and described his alliance with Yousu Zhao against princesses Yousu Yue and Yousu Xue.
• Jiang Sheng recognized that Lingluo wanted him to help the princesses stop Zhong Yuxiu, and she agreed to arrange a discussion with them.
• Lin Fan revealed that he was investigating an Autumn Rain Heavenly Garment last seen in Jurong World and vowed to send everyone responsible to the Fallen Immortal Platform.

Jiang Sheng explained the Autumn Rain Heavenly Garment’s horrific origins to Lingluo and trusted Lin Fan to investigate the artifact. In Qingqiu, Yousu Zhao pressed Zhong Yuxiu to accept a marriage alliance, while Zhong endured the proposal because his master had ordered it.

• Lin Fan left Zheluo Oasis with Niu Kui to visit his ancestral land and investigate the Niu Clan ancestor, while Jiang Sheng watched him depart.
• Lingluo asked Jiang Sheng about the Autumn Rain Heavenly Garment, and he revealed that its makers extracted a Shanhe Daoist Sect True Disciple’s Divine Ability and soul to create it.
• Jiang Sheng told Lingluo he would not interfere with Lin Fan’s investigation and invited her to meet the Qingqiu princesses.
• At Liqing Heavenly Garden, Yousu Zhao offered Zhong Yuxiu a marriage alliance and covert support for the Qiankun Dao Sect’s plans in Tianyuan World.
• Zhong Yuxiu privately resented the marriage but accepted that he had to obey Daoist Lord Qiantian, while Yousu Zhao confidently expected the alliance to proceed without trouble.

Lingluo brought Jiang Sheng to Qingqiu to meet the Yousu Clan, while Lin Fan and Niu Kui reached Thunder-Gathering Mountain to visit Great Sage Kuiniu. The mountain’s demon general welcomed Lin Fan and said the Great Sage was ready to meet him.

• Lingluo revealed that her network of female cultivators had connections across several sacred lands and that she was helping the Yousu Clan’s princesses in exchange for a favor.
• Lingluo used a handkerchief bearing Yousu Xue’s magical imprint to guide Jiang Sheng toward Plum Ridge Snow Garden, where Yousu Xue and another woman sensed their arrival.
• Lin Fan and Niu Kui crossed the Western Extremity toward Thunder-Gathering Mountain, while Zhenxing warned True Lord Yellow Sand not to pursue them.
• At the mountain’s foot, the ox demons recognized Niu Kui as a fellow pilgrim, and a demon general welcomed Lin Fan as an honored guest.
• The demon general told Lin Fan that Great Sage Kuiniu knew why he had come and had agreed to meet him.

Lin Fan met Great Sage Kuiniu, who agreed to reveal what he knew about the Autumn Rain Heavenly Garment if Lin Fan brought back a descendant and accompanied her to Qingqiu’s Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet. Meanwhile, Jiang Sheng agreed to help the Yousu princesses stop Qiyuan, and the two men discovered their plans might converge at the banquet.

• Lin Fan entered Thunder-Gathering Mountain and met Great Sage Kuiniu, who said the mountain had nothing to do with the matter Lin Fan was investigating.
• Great Sage Kuiniu asked Lin Fan to find one of his descendants and accompany her to the Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet in exchange for information; Lin Fan accepted.
• At Plum Ridge Snow Garden, Yousu Xue asked Jiang Sheng to stop Yousu Zhao’s reinforcements, and Jiang Sheng agreed in return for assurances that their affair would leave him free of further entanglements.
• Yousu Yue and Yousu Xue discussed their lack of control over their marriages and Yousu Yue’s feelings for a descendant of Great Sage Kuiniu.
• Jiang Sheng contacted Lin Fan, and they realized they might work together at the Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet; Lin Fan revealed that Kuiniu’s descendant was in Yaochi in the Kunlun World.

Jiang Sheng secretly watched True Lord Yellow Sand meet with the stronger demon lord Black Bear, who feared that Penglai had discovered their past crime. The two decided to flee Yellow Sand City quietly, while Jiang Sheng suspected their secret involved the Autumn Rain Heavenly Garment.

• Jiang Sheng learned that True Lord Yellow Sand had gone into seclusion and sent his True Spirit to investigate the palace.
• Jiang Sheng discovered that Yellow Sand City’s defenses had been deliberately weakened and that Yellow Sand was waiting for someone.
• Black Bear arrived at midnight, and Yellow Sand warned him that Ling Zhao, a True Disciple of Penglai, had come to the Western Extremity and might be investigating them.
• Black Bear and Yellow Sand feared Penglai would punish them if their deed came to light, and Jiang Sheng suspected it concerned the Autumn Rain Heavenly Garment.
• Yellow Sand told Black Bear to leave quietly with only what he needed and warn their other brothers to flee.

Jiang Sheng confronted True Lord Yellow Sand, defeated him in ten breaths, and captured him. After locating Black Bear Spirit, Jiang Sheng sent his avatar in pursuit and declared that none of Yellow Sand’s brothers would escape.

• True Lord Yellow Sand decided to abandon Yellow Sand City and flee, then ordered Black Bear and the other demons to run as well.
• Jiang Sheng appeared in Yellow Sand’s retreat, and Yellow Sand buried Yellow Sand City in a sandstorm before fleeing toward the edge of the Jurong World.
• Jiang Sheng scattered Yellow Sand’s Yellow Cloud Miasma and countered his Thousand-Bites Yellow Wind Baleful Force with the Heavenly Dragon Crossing the Sea Form.
• True Lord Yellow Sand unleashed Ten Thousand Rats Devouring Heaven, but Jiang Sheng shattered it with the Three Calamities Tribulation-Annihilating Sword Aura and captured him in his sleeve.
• Jiang Sheng sensed Black Bear Spirit’s location, sent his distant avatar after him, and told Yellow Squirrel that none of his brothers would escape.

Jiang Sheng pursued the Black Bear Spirit and his sworn brothers after capturing Yellow Squirrel, then revealed his identity and overwhelming power to the demons of Jurong World. He subdued Black Bear with the Four-Symbol Azure Lotus Seal and continued after the other fleeing demons.

• Jiang Sheng remained in Yellow Sand City while his incarnation tracked the fleeing Black Bear Spirit, and surrounding demons hesitated to challenge him.
• Black Bear met White Wolf and Azure Serpent at Azure Serpent's water palace, but Jiang Sheng appeared and the three demons fled in separate directions.
• Jiang Sheng killed the Scorpion Demon Lord with the Taiyi Azure Duckweed Sword, prompting the watching demons to recognize him as Ling Yuan True Lord and flee.
• Jiang Sheng's true spirit arrived above the marshlands and dense forests, where he transformed his garments and pursued the three demons.
• Jiang Sheng struck Black Bear with the Four-Symbol Azure Lotus Seal, interrupted his transformation, and sent him crashing into a crater.

Jiang Sheng pursued and captured White Wolf after suppressing Black Bear Spirit, then pursued Azure Serpent until the Vine Dragon Demon Venerable intervened. When the demon venerable challenged his authority, Jiang Sheng declared that he was Penglai Lingyuan.

• Jiang Sheng chased White Wolf across the demon territories while the great demons watched in alarm.
• White Wolf transformed into a colossal wolf beast, but Jiang Sheng used the Chaos Azure Profound Palm to suppress him and put him in his sleeve.
• Jiang Sheng sent the Zhu-Xian Sword after Azure Serpent, but the Vine Dragon Demon Venerable broke the sword’s attack and shielded his subordinate.
• The Vine Dragon Demon Venerable confronted Jiang Sheng and demanded that he stop acting recklessly in his territory.
• Jiang Sheng explained that Azure Serpent was connected to a matter concerning his Daoist Tradition, then revealed himself as Penglai Lingyuan.

Jiang Sheng confronted Azure Serpent in Vine Dragon Demon Venerable’s grotto, where Azure Serpent confessed to numerous crimes but denied knowing about the Autumn Rain Heavenly Garment. The chapter ended with Azure Serpent claiming that a distinguished person from Qingqiu had mentioned it.

• Vine Dragon Demon Venerable brought Jiang Sheng and Azure Serpent into Azure Vine Grotto and questioned Azure Serpent about his connection to Penglai.
• Vine Dragon Demon Venerable explained how he had settled in Jurong World to nurture its inhabitants and repay the karmic debt from consuming his original world.
• Under Vine Dragon Demon Venerable’s heart-questioning Divine Ability, Azure Serpent confessed that his group had raided sects and resource estates, including those belonging to Penglai and other Dao Sects.
• Jiang Sheng asked Azure Serpent about the Autumn Rain Heavenly Garment, and Azure Serpent said he did not know it but remembered that a distinguished person from Qingqiu had mentioned it.