Chapter Summaries

Jiang Sheng rescued Azure Serpent from the Vine Dragon Demon Venerable and learned that Qingqiu may be connected to the Autumn Rain Heavenly Garment. At Kunlun Jade Pool, Lin Fan persuaded Lingyin to travel to the Jurong World, and Dao Lord Golden Mother allowed her to go while warning him to bring her back safely.

• Jiang Sheng blocked the Vine Dragon Demon Venerable’s strike against Azure Serpent and insisted that Azure Serpent be allowed to explain his accusations.
• Azure Serpent said he had overheard someone from Qingqiu mention the Autumn Rain Heavenly Garment and a secret realm restriction, and the Vine Dragon Demon Venerable sent him and Jiang Sheng away.
• Jiang Sheng freed Azure Serpent, took him into his sleeve, and reported the events to Lin Fan, who said the matter might truly involve Qingqiu.
• Lin Fan persuaded Lingyin to attend the Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet and travel to the Jurong World, promising she would not be forced to choose a husband.
• Lin Fan paid respects to Dao Lord Golden Mother, who permitted Lingyin to return to the Jurong World but warned him to bring her back unharmed.

Lin Fan escorted Lingyin away from Yaochi, where Minghui Lanqing Moon Lord Divine Sovereign told Daoist Lord Golden Mother that the nine Xuanmen worlds faced a tribulation sooner than expected. In Jurong World, Jiang Sheng connected Qingqiu to the Autumn Rain Heavenly Garment and decided to investigate before its Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet.

• Lin Fan assured Daoist Lord Golden Mother that Ling Zhao would keep Lingyin safe, then left Yaochi with Lingyin.
• Minghui Lanqing Moon Lord Divine Sovereign told Daoist Lord Golden Mother that Qinghua and Penglai's Daoist Lords wanted Kunlun Yaochi to enter the Three Realms Great Thousand World and warned that less than three thousand years remained.
• Daoist Lord Golden Mother worried over the coming tribulation and wondered why her fellow Xuanmen Daoists were in such a hurry.
• Yousu Xue and Yousu Yue discussed Qingqiu's Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet and worried about Niu acting recklessly.
• Jiang Sheng suspected Qingqiu had discovered the hidden legacy of the Tianhe Dao Sect's Taiyi Yuzhen Xuanying Xiaolei Yangji Daoist Lord and resolved to investigate Qingqiu before the banquet.

Zhong Yuxiu learned that Penglai’s Ling Yuan had arrived in Jurong World and prepared to confront him, while Yousu Zhao and Scarlet Peng Young Lord secretly coordinated a dangerous scheme. Jiang Sheng returned Zhong Yuxiu’s Heaven-Qilin Star Compass in exchange for information and challenged him to prove himself at the Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet.

• Zhong Yuxiu learned that Ling Yuan had come to Jurong World and left Beautiful Azure Celestial Garden with his restored treasures to meet him.
• Yousu Zhao told Scarlet Peng Young Lord that their scheme was already underway, and Scarlet Peng handed him command of ten thousand troops, including three thousand Fire Crow soldiers.
• Yousu Zhao revealed that he had also dispatched three thousand elite Gray Fox soldiers and claimed their forces could not be stopped in Luwu World.
• Zhong Yuxiu met Jiang Sheng at a bamboo pavilion, where Jiang Sheng offered to return the Heaven-Qilin Star Compass in exchange for information.
• Jiang Sheng challenged Zhong Yuxiu to face him at the Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet and warned that no one would save him there.
• After Jiang Sheng left, Zhong Yuxiu read the information he had left behind and silently finished his tea.

Jiang Sheng forced Azure Serpent, Yellow Squirrel, White Wolf, and Black Bear Spirit to provoke Qingqiu and scatter Black Lotus talismans among the Yousu Clan. The four demons escaped after confronting Qingqiu’s seven-tailed spirit foxes, while Ink Lotus Offshoots secretly took root across Qingqiu.

• Jiang Sheng offered the four demons a long sentence guarding Penglai estates or a dangerous mission at Qingqiu, and they accepted the mission after he warned them they could not escape the calamity stirred in their souls.
• Jiang Sheng gave each demon Black Lotus talismans and an elixir, then ordered them to wait half a year before causing a commotion at Qingqiu.
• The four demons attacked Qingqiu’s outskirts, drawing out its Red Fox Daoist Soldiers and two seven-tailed spirit foxes.
• When the spirit foxes overwhelmed them, Azure Serpent, Black Bear Spirit, White Wolf, and Yellow Squirrel scattered their talismans and fled, briefly trapping their pursuers in an illusion.
• The spirit foxes returned without noticing the Black Lotus seeds among their fur, and an exquisite Black Lotus sprouted beside Qingqiu’s waters.

Jiang Sheng met Lingluo in the ruins of Yellow Sand City and learned that her red mandala flowers came from a Jiuyou World acquaintance called Elder Sister Meng. A mysterious gaze entered Jiang Sheng’s consciousness, and a voice warned that the Seven-Marvel Ink Lotus had caught someone’s attention and invited him to the sea of far-shore flowers in Jiuyou World.

• Jiang Sheng concluded that Qingqiu’s array had marked the four demons with its azure fox fragrance and warned them to flee before Qingqiu tracked them down.
• Jiang Sheng traveled to Yellow Sand City and met Lingluo among the ruins of Yellow Sand Palace.
• Jiang Sheng explained that he had sent the four demons to Qingqiu without expecting them to uncover its strength, relying on Penglai’s standing to shield himself from their accusations.
• Lingluo revealed that an elder sister from Jiuyou World had taught her arts and given her the means to create red mandala flowers.
• Jiang Sheng used his Truth-Seeing Golden Pupils on Lingluo’s manjusaka, whereupon a mysterious pair of eyes appeared in his consciousness and vanished after examining him.
• A voice in Jiang Sheng’s consciousness identified the Seven-Marvel Ink Lotus as a wondrous union of yin and yang and invited him to Jiuyou World’s sea of far-shore flowers.

Jiang Sheng withdrew to await the Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet while Lingluo stayed at Plum Ridge Snow Garden, where Yousu Xue questioned her about the escaped raiders. In Luwu, Tian Ming'an and Green Ox tracked Qingqiu’s gray fox soldiers, and the chapter ended as their king trapped two local sect elders with the Gray Nether Heart-Abandoning Art.

• Jiang Sheng decided to rest in the yellow-sand halls until the Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet, while Lingluo went to stay with Yousu Xue in Qingqiu.
• Yousu Xue asked Lingluo whether she knew who had directed the raiders that plundered near Qingqiu, and Lingluo denied knowing anything.
• Tian Ming'an and Green Ox identified the hidden demons in Mount Wangwu as gray fox Daoist Soldiers from Qingqiu’s Yousu Clan and waited for them to reveal themselves.
• Elder Xuan Tao of Pine Creek and Elder Pan Yue of the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect attacked the gray fox soldiers, but their king emerged and scattered their techniques.
• The gray fox king used the Gray Nether Heart-Abandoning Art to seize control of Xuan Tao and Pan Yue and ordered them to destroy their own souls.

Tian Ming'an rescued Xuan Tao and Pan Yue from the gray fox demon king, subdued the fox and his reinforcements, and learned that Qingqiu sought a magical treasure fragment linked to Daoist Lord Yangji's legacy. After reporting to Jiang Sheng, Tian Ming'an was told to bring the captives to the Three Realms and hand them to Ling Yu.

• The gray fox demon king used the Gray Nether Heart-Abandoning Art to destroy Xuan Tao and Pan Yue's bodies and capture their primordial spirits.
• Tian Ming'an attacked the gray fox king, defeated him with his sword technique, and revealed he was True Lord Yuchen Lingyuan's personal disciple.
• Tian Ming'an forced the gray fox king to release Xuan Tao and Pan Yue, then used an Azure Profound Heavenly Thunder talisman to defeat the fox king's reinforcements.
• Tian Ming'an questioned the gray fox king, Xuan Tao, and Pan Yue, learning that Qingqiu sought a magical treasure fragment tied to Daoist Lord Yangji's legacy and that the Autumn Rain Heavenly Garment was absent.
• Jiang Sheng instructed Tian Ming'an to take the captives to the Three Realms and hand them over to Ling Yu while he and Ling Zhao handled the rest.

Tian Ming'an returned to Penglai, where Ling Yu revealed that Qingqu planned to use the Autumn Rain Heavenly Garment to infiltrate Patriarch Yang Ji's legacy. Penglai and Tianhe agreed to coordinate against Qingqu, while the Golden Palace Heavenly Emperor reflected on Jiang Sheng's work in the Mountain Sea Realm and hinted at plans of his own.

• Tian Ming'an returned to Penglai and met Ling Yu, who told him that Ming Chong had been murdered and his skin sac used to make the Autumn Rain Heavenly Garment.
• Ling Yu linked Qingqu’s search for Patriarch Yang Ji’s legacy to the garment and said Penglai would coordinate with Tianhe.
• Lingwei traveled to the Tianhe Dao Sect, where Mingfang agreed to send forces to Qingqu for the Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet and ask Penglai for support.
• Daoist Lord Yueheng met Daoist Lord Dejing, while the Golden Palace Heavenly Emperor decided to tolerate Tianhe’s response to its recent tribulations.
• The Golden Palace Heavenly Emperor told Shenxiao Emperor that Jiang Sheng’s actions in the Mountain Sea Realm had inspired him regarding the Deity-Rank Ghost-God Diagram and the Heavenly Investiture List.

Lin Fan reunited with Jiang Sheng in the ruins of the Yellow Sand Royal Palace and discussed the coming Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet in Qingqiu. After hearing about Thunder-Gathering Mountain’s and Qingqiu’s marriage ambitions, Lin Fan began plotting to help Kui Yue marry Yousu Yue, while Jiang Sheng warned him not to provoke Thunder-Gathering Mountain.

• Lin Fan teased Jiang Sheng about leaving Princess Lingyin to him, and Lingyin compared Jiang Sheng’s gentle appearance with his reputation for defeating Qiyuan.
• Lingyin asked about Jiang Sheng and Lin Fan’s plans for the Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet, where they expected to challenge Qingqiu’s Myriad Forms Demon Venerable.
• Lingyin explained that her brother Kui Yue wanted to marry Yousu Yue, though Yousu Yue and Yousu Xue hoped to take husbands into their household and contend for Qingqiu’s patriarch position.
• Lin Fan proposed a plan to help Kui Yue marry Yousu Yue without marrying into her household, and Lingyin agreed to fetch her brother despite suspecting Lin Fan’s motives.
• Jiang Sheng warned Lin Fan that involving Kui Yue and Yousu Yue could make enemies of Thunder-Gathering Mountain, whose Great Sage Kuiniu was renowned as a leading master of thunder arts.

Lin Fan and Jiang Sheng discussed why the Shanhe sects needed to prevent Qingqiu from allying with the Qiankun Dao Sect, and agreed Thunder-Gathering Mountain had to take a stand. Kui Yue arrived at Yellow Sand City seeking Lin Fan’s help to marry Yousu Yue, but immediately challenged him to a fight.

• Lin Fan explained that Qingqiu’s invitation to Zhong Yuxiu threatened the balance between the Three Realms and argued that Thunder-Gathering Mountain could not remain neutral.
• Jiang Sheng said he would have killed Zhong Yuxiu at Qingqiu’s banquet and showed Lin Fan the Qingping Sword.
• Lingyin left Thunder-Gathering Mountain with Kui Yue after telling him Lin Fan could help him marry Yousu Yue.
• Kui Yue arrived at Yellow Sand City and entrusted Lin Fan with arranging his marriage to Yousu Yue.
• Kui Yue asked Lin Fan to fight him for three hundred rounds, leaving Lin Fan stunned.

Lin Fan and Kui Yue tested each other in a fierce spar, and both sides recognized the strength of their opponents. Kui Yue returned to Thunder-Gathering Mountain, where he discussed Penglai’s alliance and the approaching Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet with his father, while remaining determined to pursue Yousu Yue and fight the gathered heroes.

• Kui Yue and Lin Fan fought for over a hundred exchanges, devastating Yellow Sand City before Kui Yue departed with Lingyin.
• Lin Fan explained the strength of Thunder-Gathering Mountain’s Nine-Shock Radiant Thunder Baleful Art and Kui Yue’s Kui Thunder Tyrant Body Formula, while Jiang Sheng assessed how quickly he could defeat Kui Yue.
• On their way back, Kui Yue told Lingyin that Lin Fan was formidable and that Jiang Sheng’s unfathomable strength might decide a fight within twelve hundred breaths.
• Kui Yue returned to Thunder-Gathering Mountain and told Kui Zhen that Jiang Sheng seemed more fearsome than Lin Fan.
• Kui Yue and Kui Zhen discussed Thunder-Gathering Mountain’s cooperation with Penglai, and Kui Yue argued that Qingqiu had already broken the powers’ neutrality.
• Kui Yue declared that he would pursue Yousu Yue and looked forward to fighting the heroes at Qingqiu’s Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet.

The Qingqiu Fox Clan held its great sacrifice at Moon-Drawing Mountain to seek blessings before the Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet. As the successful rite left Qingqiu under auspicious rain, Yousu Zhao eyed the coming struggle for power, while Zhong Yuxiu anticipated his fatal duel with Jiang Sheng and wondered whether Lingyuan had arrived.

• Yousu Zhao spoke with Zhong Yuxiu and Young Lord Chipeng before the ceremony, while Zhong Yuxiu worried that Chipeng might prey on Qingqiu’s young fox descendants.
• Yousu Lian began the ritual, and Yousu Yue and Yousu Xue climbed the Moonlight Terrace to offer incense and lead the sacrifice.
• Three thousand six hundred fox maidens danced as the gathered clans chanted prayers for Qingqiu’s prosperity and the success of the Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet.
• Heaven answered with thunder and heavy rain, which the foxes took as a sign that the sacrifice had succeeded and Qingqiu had received a blessing.
• Yousu Zhao regarded Yousu Yue and Yousu Xue as rivals, while Zhong Yuxiu thought of his coming fight with Jiang Sheng and wondered if Lingyuan would soon reach Qingqiu.

As the ten-thousand-chariot banquet began gathering powerful guests at Qingqiu, rival prodigies from several great worlds nearly clashed outside its gates. Their standoff reached a climax when True Lord Yuchen Lingyuan arrived in an imposing procession from the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect.

• Kui Yue, Lingyin, and Lin Fan traveled to Qingqiu for the ten-thousand-chariot banquet, where guests from across All Heavens and Myriad Worlds had gathered.
• Yousu Mu welcomed Demon Monarch Lu Jiu and Demon Lord Yingzhen from Kuocang World, while Yousu Zhen awaited guests from Zhuming World.
• The Crested Ibis Demon Monarch and Flame Owl Demon Monarch arrived and challenged Lu Jiu and Yingzhen, escalating tensions between Kuocang World and Zhuming World.
• Demon Monarch Jinyu and True Lord Guiyuan arrived as guests of Yousu Zhao, and Jinyu's attempt to mediate sparked further clashes among the Cave Profound prodigies.
• Fang Rui greeted Kui Yue and Lingyin, while Yousu Yue welcomed them to Qingqiu; Lin Fan concealed his identity as Lingyin's attendant.
• True Lord Yuchen Lingyuan arrived from the Little Penglai Immortal Realm with a grand procession, drawing the attention of the gathered prodigies and Qingqiu's hosts.

Jiang Sheng arrived at Qingqiu and effortlessly repelled three demon monarchs who challenged him, leaving the gathered demons wary of his strength. As tensions eased, Zhu He of Qin Mountain and a second procession from Ice Abyss River arrived at the Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet.

• Jiang Sheng's arrival as True Lord Yuchen Lingyuan silenced the demons and drew complicated reactions from Zhong Yuxiu, Young Lord Chipeng, and the others.
• Demon Monarch Jinyu attacked with a Golden-Winged Roc's sonic force, but Jiang Sheng dispelled it with his Truth-Seeing Golden Pupils.
• Jiang Sheng shattered Demon Monarch Lu Jiu's nine-tailed tiger phantom with an Azure Lotus sword attack and destroyed Demon Lord Yingzhen's Yinglong phantom with a single sword light.
• The Crested Ibis Demon Monarch urged the gathered demons to stop testing Jiang Sheng and settle any grievances at the banquet.
• Zhu He of Qin Mountain and a procession from Ice Abyss River arrived, and Zhu He greeted Jiang Sheng and the demon monarchs.

The guests gathered for Qingqiu’s Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet as Yousu Lian prepared a hidden array to stabilize the clan’s failing fortune. The chapter ended with Jiang Sheng planning to contact his sect before the banquet began in five days.

• Zhu He and Liuyu arrived, and Yousu Xue offered to receive Jiang Sheng while Yousu Zhao’s allies refused to confront him.
• Yousu Lian told the Yousu royals that Qiyuan and Chipeng were staying with Yousu Zhao, then revealed Qingqiu’s fortune was wavering and a Ten-Thousand-Year Tribulation threatened the clan.
• Lin Fan described the Three Realms to Lingyin and Kui Yue, who both said they wanted to visit, while Kui Yue and Lin Fan suspected Qingqiu’s guest lodgings had a purpose.
• At Plum Ridge Snow Garden, Yousu Xue said she had helped Jiang Sheng partly because he came from Penglai.
• Yousu Xue told Jiang Sheng the banquet would begin in five days, and he decided it was time to contact his sect.

Yousu Lian prepared Qingqiu’s Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet to stabilize the clan’s faltering fortune, while the arriving guests and their hidden alliances gathered around Moon-Drawing Mountain. Jiang Sheng learned that Yousu Xue had helped him because he came from Penglai, and he decided to contact his sect before the banquet began in five days.

• Zhu He and Liuyu arrived, and Yousu Xue offered to host Jiang Sheng after Yousu Zhao’s allies refused to get involved with him.
• Yousu Lian told Qingqiu’s royal heirs that Qiyuan and Chi Peng were staying with Yousu Zhao and revealed that Qingqiu was allied with the Qiankun Dao Sect.
• Yousu Lian privately revealed that Qingqiu’s fortune had begun to waver at the 41,000-year mark and hoped the banquet would help the clan survive the coming calamity.
• Lin Fan described the Three Realms’ scale and splendor to Lingyin and Kui Yue, who both resolved to visit it.
• Yousu Xue told Jiang Sheng that she had helped him because he came from Penglai, then said the banquet would begin in five days.
• Jiang Sheng watched Yousu Xue leave and decided it was time to contact his sect.

At Qingqiu’s banquet, the guests from the sacred lands struggled to choose among fourteen prestigious seats while waiting for Jiang Sheng and Zhong Yuxiu. Jiang Sheng rejected the two seats left open for them and ordered Demon Lords Jin Yu and Chi Peng to surrender theirs.

• Yousu Lian welcomed the honored guests and invited them to choose among the fourteen seats in the Cloud Hall Palace.
• Demon Lord Jin Yu took the third seat on the left, while the other guests gradually filled most of the remaining seats.
• Kui Yue, Fang Rui, and Lingyin claimed seats on the left, and Lin Fan stood beside Lingyin as her attendant.
• True Lord Guiyuan took the fifth seat on the right, leaving the first and second seats on the left for Zhong Yuxiu and Jiang Sheng.
• Jiang Sheng asked Yousu Lian whether anyone could sit in the fourteen seats, then ordered Jin Yu and Chi Peng to get up so he could take their seats.

Jiang Sheng forced Demon Lord Jin Yu and Demon Lord Scarlet Peng to give up their seats, then used his Taiyi Azure Duckweed Sword to keep them at bay while his companions took the remaining places. As Qingqiu’s banquet began, Zhong Yuxiu arranged to meet Jiang Sheng in the Qingqiu Illusion Realm to exchange for the Heaven-Qilin Star Compass and settle their rivalry.

• Jiang Sheng struck at Demon Lord Jin Yu and Demon Lord Scarlet Peng with the Taiyi Azure Duckweed Sword, forcing both Demon Lords to retreat from their seats.
• Jiang Sheng took the first seat, and Lin Fan, Lingyin, Fang Rui, Kui Yue, and Zhong Yuxiu filled the other vacant seats while Jin Yu and Scarlet Peng were left standing.
• Jiang Sheng blocked Scarlet Peng and Jin Yu with the Immortal-Slaying Sword until Yousu Zhao asked Yousu Lian to add a seat for the two guests.
• Yousu Lian began the banquet with music and dances, and Demon Lord Vermilion Ibis requested fox maidens rather than young fox clansmen as attendants.
• Zhong Yuxiu told Jiang Sheng that she had located the Heaven-Qilin Star Compass and proposed they exchange it in the Qingqiu Illusion Realm.
• Jiang Sheng agreed to meet Zhong Yuxiu in the Qingqiu Illusion Realm, where they would exchange what they sought and determine their superiority, life, and death.

Qingqiu hosted a banquet for the prodigies of the All Heavens and Myriad Worlds, where fourteen prestigious seats prompted a tense contest. After the other guests took their places, Jiang Sheng ordered Demon Lord Jin Yu and Demon Lord Chi Peng to give up their seats, leaving the hall poised for a confrontation.

• Yousu Lian welcomed the sacred lands' prodigies to Qingqiu's cloud hall and invited them to choose among fourteen distinguished seats.
• Demon Lord Jin Yu and several other guests took seats while the others hesitated over the most prestigious places.
• Kui Yue, Fang Rui, Lingyin, and Lin Fan arrived, and Zhong Yuxiu and True Lord Guiyuan continued waiting for Jiang Sheng.
• True Lord Guiyuan took the fifth seat on the right, leaving the first and second seats on the left for Zhong Yuxiu and Jiang Sheng.
• Jiang Sheng arrived with Yousu Xue, questioned Yousu Lian about the seats, then ordered Demon Lord Jin Yu and Demon Lord Chi Peng to get up so he could take their places.

Jiang Sheng used the Taiyi Qingping Sword to drive Demon Monarch Jin Yu and Demon Monarch Chi Peng from their seats, then arranged places for his companions before Qingqiu added another seat for the two demons. As the Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet began, Jiang Sheng and Zhong Yuxiu agreed to exchange the Heaven-Qilin Star Compass and settle their rivalry in the Qingqiu Illusion Realm.

• Jiang Sheng struck at Demon Monarch Jin Yu and Demon Monarch Chi Peng with the Taiyi Qingping Sword, forcing them to abandon their seats.
• Jiang Sheng invited Lin Fan to take a seat, and Lin Fan, Lingyin, Fang Rui, Kui Yue, and Zhong Yuxiu moved into the newly claimed places.
• Jiang Sheng blocked the two demon monarchs with the Zhu-Xian Sword, but Yousu Zhao persuaded Yousu Lian to add a seat so they could sit down.
• Yousu Lian opened the Ten-Thousand-Chariot Banquet with music and dancing, while the Yousu Clan's fox maidens attended the guests.
• Zhong Yuxiu told Jiang Sheng that he wanted the Heaven-Qilin Star Compass back and proposed making the exchange in the Qingqiu Illusion Realm; Jiang Sheng agreed to settle their victory and defeat there.