Chapter Summaries

Underworld Lord Shaobai challenged the Qiankun Dao Sect’s formation and fought Wen Yuan, whose stellar archery he countered with Taisu qi and hidden Geng Metal sword pellets. Shaobai killed Wen Yuan, leaving the gathered armies poised for the battles ahead.

• Xuanjing Immortal Monarch decided that Penglai’s juniors would fight first, then ordered Zhaozhen True Lord, Zhaoye, and Zhaohong to target Wanshou’s Five Calamities.
• Jiang Sheng explained how his four Zhu-Lu-Xian-Jue swords had advanced alongside his cultivation and showed the Ling generation his Qingping Sword.
• At Northern Heaven Pass, the allied armies of Penglai, Qinghua, and Tianhe faced Wanshou’s forces, while Xuanjing Immortal Monarch invited someone to issue the first challenge.
• Underworld Lord Shaobai challenged the Qiankun Dao Sect, and Wen Yuan answered with his Star-Measuring Ruler and the Myriad Stars Pierce Fate technique.
• Shaobai cleaved apart Wen Yuan’s stellar arrow with Taisu qi, then used twelve Geng Metal sword pellets and further attacks to destroy Wen Yuan’s body, soul, and True Spirit.

Crested Ibis Demon Monarch challenged the Qiankun Dao Sect’s True Lords and used a feigned weakness to lure True Lord Qifeng into her World-Purifying Bright Flame, killing him. She then survived True Lord Baifeng’s Four Symbols Soul-Extinguishing Wind and unleashed Ten Directions Annihilation against him.

• Underworld Lord Shaobai received great merit for his victory, while Crested Ibis Demon Monarch rushed out to challenge the Qiankun Dao Sect.
• True Lord Qifeng and True Lord Baifeng attacked Crested Ibis Demon Monarch with coordinated formations and seasonal wind techniques.
• Crested Ibis Demon Monarch feigned being weakened, luring Qifeng close before killing him with World-Purifying Bright Flame.
• Baifeng unleashed Four Symbols Soul-Extinguishing Wind and believed he had destroyed Crested Ibis Demon Monarch, but she appeared unharmed beside him.
• Crested Ibis Demon Monarch swept her Magpie-Feather Flying-Fire Fan and attacked Baifeng with Ten Directions Annihilation.

The Crested Ibis Demon Monarch defeated the Qiankun Dao Sect’s Bai Feng, but Jin Yang attacked her with a strange black flame and blade. Jiang Sheng intervened and crossed swords with Jin Yang, then drew the Qingping Sword to personally test his opponent.

• The Crested Ibis Demon Monarch killed Bai Feng with Southern Ming Separation Fire, leaving the Qiankun Dao Sect’s Feng and Yuan generations devastated.
• Immortal Lord Wanshou asked Jin Yang to act, and Jin Yang vanished before attacking the Crested Ibis Demon Monarch with a black blade and ghostly fire that corrupted her Separation Fire.
• Jiang Sheng used the Zhu-Xian Sword to stop Jin Yang’s blade from striking the Crested Ibis Demon Monarch, then battled him across the sky.
• After hundreds of exchanges, Jiang Sheng recalled the Zhu-Xian Sword, having used it to test Jin Yang’s skill rather than decide the fight.
• Jiang Sheng drew the Qingping Sword and announced that he would personally test Jin Yang’s measure.

Jiang Sheng fought Jin Yang, the Yuanyang Dao Sect disciple who had fallen into the demonic path and wielded Netherfire black flames, after recognizing him on the battlefield. Jin Yang briefly suppressed Jiang Sheng, but Jiang Sheng overcame him and ended the fight by severing his arms and head.

• Jiang Sheng recognized Jin Yang and learned that he had reforged his Great Sun Golden Wheel into the black blade Falling Sun.
• Jin Yang unleashed Netherfire black flames, countless incarnations, and a rain of attacks, pushing Jiang Sheng onto the defensive.
• Profound Lord Zizai watched Jin Yang’s performance and reflected that he and Longevity Immortal Monarch had cultivated Jin Yang as a weapon against orthodox Daoist prodigies.
• Jiang Sheng swallowed Jin Yang’s magical artifacts with Universe in the Sleeve, then blocked the Soul-Shattering Awl with his Blazing Sun Gold Striker.
• Jiang Sheng turned the fight around and used Heaven-Cutting: Severing Time to sever Jin Yang’s raised arms and head.

Jiang Sheng repeatedly killed Jin Yang, but Jin Yang revived through a mysterious Black Lotus and continued fighting with demonic power. As both warriors expanded into colossal forms, Jiang Sheng prepared to destroy the lotus sustaining Jin Yang.

• Jiang Sheng beheaded Jin Yang, but Jin Yang revived as his severed body and limbs reunited.
• Jin Yang attacked Jiang Sheng with Nine Nether Heavenly Demon Banners, but the Xuanyuan Diamond Bracelet blocked them and Jiang Sheng shattered Jin Yang’s head.
• Jin Yang regenerated through a Black Lotus, and Jiang Sheng used Heaven-Cutting: Past-Gazing to destroy his body, soul, and True Spirit.
• A vast Black Lotus restored Jin Yang again, and he resumed the fight with black flames, demonic artifacts, and a towering demon-god form.
• Jiang Sheng transformed with Heavenly Law, Earthly Form, matched Jin Yang’s colossal size, and declared he would kill him again by targeting the lotus within him.

Jiang Sheng discovered the Seven-Marvel Ink Lotus inside Jin Yang and tore Jin Yang’s body apart, but an unknown power took control of him and launched a fierce counterattack. Jiang Sheng turned the fight around with his treasures and sword arts, leaving the enemy battered and poised to strike with Heaven-Cutting: Evolution of Creation.

• Jin Yang used the Mysterious Radiance: Immortality Seal, but Jiang Sheng countered with the Five Thunder Baleful Seal and wounded him with the Three Calamities Tribulation Wheel.
• Jiang Sheng’s attacks ripped Jin Yang’s body apart, but True Lord Lingfeng caught the Tribulation Wheel and “True Lord Jing Kan” restored Jin Yang through Dark Profundity power.
• The being controlling Jin Yang attacked Jiang Sheng with Falling Sun and black flames, while Xuanjing Immortal Monarch urged the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect’s elders to trust Lingyuan.
• Jiang Sheng countered the enemy’s black lotus, Netherworld phoenix, and Nine Nether Heavenly Demon Banners, then declared that he would slay the impostor.
• Jiang Sheng struck the impostor with the Four Symbols Azure Lotus Palm and Thousand-Star Treasure Gourd, then used the Star-Falling Demon-Suppressing Tower and Zhu-Lu-Xian-Jue to cut away his limbs.
• Jiang Sheng unleashed Heaven-Cutting: Evolution of Creation against the battered impostor.

Jiang Sheng used the Genesis Sword to destroy Jin Yang and the Black Lotus, after which Xuanjing Immortal Monarch ordered the Eastern Heaven forces to attack the Qiankun Dao Sect. The battle turned into a rout, leaving Han Yuan surrounded and facing Jin Qiong.

• Jiang Sheng struck Jin Yang with the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, cutting apart his body, soul, Dao Fruit, and fortune while badly wounding the Black Lotus within him.
• Jiang Sheng used Evolution of Creation to form the Genesis Sword and cleave chaos into a new heaven and earth, making Jin Yang vanish.
• Xuanjing Immortal Monarch ordered the assembled forces to attack, and the Five Calamities and Integration True Lords of both sides clashed.
• True Lord Shihua and the other Eastern Heaven cultivators attacked the Qiankun Dao Sect as Ling Yu, Lin Fan, and their allies overwhelmed its Feng generation and Yuan generation.
• As Qiankun Dao Sect disciples fell around him, Han Yuan was wounded by Jin Qiong's Heavenly Peng Golden Feather, and Jin Qiong declared that Han Yuan would die next.

As the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect and Qiankun Dao Sect fought a devastating battle, Jiang Sheng confirmed that a Heavenly Demon had been behind Jin Yang and dismissed it as nothing more than this. Xuanjing Immortal Monarch then entered the fray, challenging Longevity Immortal Monarch.

• The Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect’s forces overwhelmed the Qiankun Dao Sect as soldiers and Upper Three Realms cultivators fell across Northern Heaven Pass.
• Longevity Immortal Monarch confronted the returning “True Lord Jing Kan,” who showed no concern over his defeat by Jiang Sheng and praised Jiang Sheng’s potential.
• Jiang Sheng examined two lotus seeds left after he freed Jin Yang and destroyed the Black Lotus, then discussed the Heavenly Demon with Xuanjing Immortal Monarch.
• Jiang Sheng told Xuanjing Immortal Monarch he had defeated that Heavenly Demon twice before and declared the fight nothing more than this.
• Xuanjing Immortal Monarch praised Jiang Sheng, revealed a golden whip, and challenged Longevity Immortal Monarch after manifesting his immense power.

Xuanjing Immortal Monarch and Longevity Immortal Monarch fought with Mahayana treasures, devastating the Northern Region of Yanzhou before Xuanjing appeared to trap Longevity in his sleeve. Longevity revealed that Xuanjing and the Eastern Heaven True Lords were instead trapped inside the Mountain River Sun-Moon Cauldron, where he planned to refine them into a Longevity Great Elixir.

• Xuanjing Immortal Monarch brought down the Darkgold Whip, forcing the Five Calamities True Lords to retreat and threatening Longevity Immortal Palace and the assembled Daoist Soldiers.
• Longevity Immortal Monarch used the Mountain River Sun-Moon Cauldron to block the whip, and the collision devastated the Northern Region of Yanzhou and killed many cultivators.
• Longevity Immortal Monarch used Universe in the Sleeve to gather Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect's True Lords, but Xuanjing tore the sleeve and then appeared to capture Longevity inside his own sleeve.
• Longevity's voice emerged from the sky, revealing that Xuanjing and the Eastern Heaven True Lords were trapped within the cauldron as Longevity prepared to refine them into a Longevity Great Elixir.

Longevity Immortal Monarch trapped Xuanjing Immortal Monarch and the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect’s True Lords in the Mountain River Sun-Moon Cauldron, revealing how he had tied the treasure to Yanzhou’s power. Jiang Sheng escaped because he had become part of Yanzhou, but he was left wondering how to save the captives when a voice addressed him.

• Longevity Immortal Monarch used the Mountain River Sun-Moon Cauldron to capture Xuanjing Immortal Monarch and the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect’s True Lords.
• Longevity Immortal Monarch explained that the Qiankun One-Qi Mountain-River Artifact Method linked the cauldron and his life to Yanzhou, allowing him to wield the province’s power.
• Longevity Immortal Monarch realized Penglai Lingyuan was not inside the cauldron because Lingyuan had become part of Yanzhou.
• Jiang Sheng discovered that Yanzhou’s dragon qi protected him because he had advanced to Integration there and shared in the province’s fortune.
• Jiang Sheng worried about rescuing Xuanjing Immortal Monarch and the others before an unknown voice called him Penglai Lingyuan.

Daoist Lord Langxiao Xuanming appeared before Jiang Sheng and explained that Wanshou had trapped Xuanjing and the others inside the Yanzhou Cauldron. He taught Jiang Sheng a method to infiltrate the cauldron, and Jiang Sheng set out to rescue them.

• Jiang Sheng prepared to fight after a mysterious voice startled him, then recognized Daoist Lord Xuanming and greeted him.
• Jiang Sheng explained that Xuanjing and the others had been captured in Yanzhou, and Xuanming revealed that Daoist Lord Xuanjian had asked him to help.
• Xuanming explained that Wanshou had used the Qiankun One-Qi Mountain-River Artifact Method to turn his Dharma treasure into the Yanzhou Cauldron, containing the whole region.
• Xuanming said Jiang Sheng’s Yanzhou Dragon Qi and fortune made him suited to infiltrate the cauldron, then taught him the Spirit Ban Void-Breaking Method.
• Jiang Sheng promised to rescue Xuanjing and departed, while Xuanming reflected that the Xuanmen Great Calamity might concern more than Senior Brother Kaiyuan.

Xuanjing Immortal Monarch used the Darkgold Whip to shield the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect from the fires inside Longevity Immortal Monarch’s Mountain River Sun-Moon Cauldron, while the trapped factions prepared for war. The Tianyuan Sacred Sect, Yinyang Orthodox Sect, Yuanyang Dao Sect, and Daoyi Palace assembled outside Northern Heaven Pass and opened fire on the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect’s defenses.

• Xuanjing Immortal Monarch drove back the heavenly fires with the Darkgold Whip, creating a protected area thirty million li wide and revealing that Longevity had placed Yanzhou inside the Mountain River Sun-Moon Cauldron.
• True Lord Yuanyi, True Lord Zhaozhen, and True Lord Hongyi organized the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect’s forces to build city passes and layered defensive formations beneath the Darkgold Whip’s protection.
• Longevity Immortal Monarch ordered the Tianyuan Sacred Sect, Yinyang Orthodox Sect, and Yuanyang Dao Sect to join the attack, and their leaders agreed to gather their armies with Daoyi Palace.
• The four allied factions assembled their forces outside Northern Heaven Pass, where True Lord Deyou ordered their Dharma Boats to fire tens of thousands of ship cannons at the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect.

The four-sect alliance failed to break the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect’s barrier and revealed its reluctance to fight, while resentment grew over Longevity Immortal Monarch using them as bait inside the Mountain River Sun-Moon Cauldron. Zhaozhen True Lord planned to contact True Lord Deyou, but Lingwei brought word that Lingyuan wished to speak with the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect’s leaders.

• True Lord Deyou ordered the four-sect alliance’s Dharma Boats to fire on the radiant halo, but the barrier absorbed every shot, so he ordered a retreat.
• True Lord Zhangri accused Longevity Immortal Monarch of trapping the four sects and the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect in a fight while the Qiankun Dao Sect watched from the sidelines.
• True Lord Guanyuan proposed that the four-sect alliance work with the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect to escape the Mountain River Sun-Moon Cauldron, and the other leaders considered the idea.
• The alliance bombarded the barrier again the next day, then withdrew, confirming to Zhaozhen True Lord and the others that Deyou did not want a fight to the death.
• Zhaozhen True Lord decided to test Deyou and seek an understanding, but Lingwei arrived with a communication jade pendant and said Lingyuan wished to speak with them.

Jiang Sheng relayed Daoist Lord Xuanming’s method to the trapped immortals, but Xuanjing Immortal Monarch chose to study and seize the Mountain River Sun-Moon Cauldron instead of escaping. Meanwhile, Lady Daji warned Longevity Immortal Monarch that his actions and Dao Heart had changed, as calamity qi closed around him.

• Jiang Sheng learned that eight or nine days inside the Mountain River Sun-Moon Cauldron had amounted to less than ten hours outside and told the three True Lords about Daoist Lord Xuanming’s assessment and method.
• The three True Lords brought Jiang Sheng’s projection to Xuanjing Immortal Monarch, who declined to use the escape method and ordered Jiang Sheng to survey Yanzhou’s mountains, rivers, spirit veins, and arrays so he could attempt to claim the cauldron.
• Longevity Immortal Monarch pressured True Lord Ling Feng for interrupting his refinement until Lady Daji arrived and dispelled the pressure.
• Lady Daji challenged Longevity Immortal Monarch over his schemes against the allied factions and urged him to examine whether he was still himself.
• Lady Daji saw calamity qi enveloping Longevity Immortal Monarch, repaid her old favor, and left Jiuzhou World.

After Lady Daji warned him about fate, Longevity Immortal Monarch discovered that calamity qi had blinded his True Spirit and caused him to make disastrous decisions. He rejected her warning, doubled down on his plans, and Jing Kan watched as he destroyed his last chance to recover.

• Longevity Immortal Monarch examined himself and discovered that calamity qi had wrapped around his body and True Spirit, distorting his awareness and actions.
• He recognized that his choices had squandered the Qiankun Dao Sect’s forces and resources and alienated its allies.
• Longevity Immortal Monarch used the Mountain River Sun-Moon Cauldron to suppress the calamity qi and ordered True Lord Ling Feng to enter the cauldron as an inspector.
• He instructed True Lord Jingxing and True Lord Jing Xiao to guard the palace, then insisted that fate could be changed and that the Qiankun Dao Sect would prevail.
• True Lord Jing Kan observed Longevity Immortal Monarch and lamented that he had ignored Lady Daji’s warning and buried the sect’s final hope of turning the tide.

Daoist Lord Xuanming defied Dao Lord Kunhe’s attempt to drive him from Yanzhou by extending his presence across time and expounding scripture and Dharma. After Kunhe revealed that Xuanming had helped block a Heterodox Sect prodigy’s path to Pure Yang, Emperor Sichen appeared, and Xuanming asked why he had come.

• Dao Lord Kunhe confronted Daoist Lord Xuanming for entering Qiankun Dao Sect territory and used Kunyuan earth qi to expel him from Yanzhou.
• Daoist Lord Xuanming split his presence across the past, present, and future, then chanted scripture and expounded Dharma despite Kunhe’s efforts to disperse him.
• Kunhe destroyed Xuanming’s past and future manifestations, but Xuanming’s original self remained anchored in the present.
• Kunhe accused Xuanming of helping block a Heterodox Sect prodigy’s path to Pure Yang alongside Jun Ming and Xuan Jian, and described the other Daoist Lords’ absence during the tribulation.
• Emperor Sichen arrived in a Golden Crow Cloud Carriage, and Xuanming asked why he had come.

Emperor Sichen confronted Daoist Lord Xuanming over the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect’s past obstruction of his path, but Daoist Lord Junming arrived to help Xuanming and reveal that Sichen had walked into their trap. As Xuanming took Sichen away to fight, Daoist Lord Xuanjian appeared to face Kunhe and noticed that the Longevity Immortal Monarch was surrounded by calamity aura.

• Emperor Sichen explained his grudges against the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect and challenged Daoist Lord Xuanming, who questioned how Sichen had attained Pure Yang status.
• Emperor Sichen attacked Xuanming with his Flame Radiance Yang-Instrument Sword, while Dao Lord Kunhe joined him against Xuanming.
• Daoist Lord Junming arrived with the Cloud-Soaring Myriad Laws Fan, and Sichen recognized him as the one who had once nearly destroyed him.
• Xuanming revealed that he and Junming had come to block Sichen’s path, then used his silver roaming-dragon sword to take Sichen away into the chaotic starry sea.
• Daoist Lord Xuanjian appeared before Kunhe, revealed that his severe injuries had been a deception, and saw that calamity aura surrounded the Longevity Immortal Monarch.

Daoist Lord Xuanjian used the World-Saving Illumination Seal to drag Dao Lord Kunhe into the River of Time while Longevity Immortal Monarch continued refining his plans inside the Mountain River Sun-Moon Cauldron. There, the allied sects confronted Ling Feng True Lord over Longevity Immortal Monarch’s betrayal, and Ling Feng begged them to let him risk his life to repair the Qiankun Dao Sect’s standing.

• Daoist Lord Xuanjian opened the River of Time with the World-Saving Illumination Seal and struck Dao Lord Kunhe into it, then followed him inside.
• Longevity Immortal Monarch felt a sudden warning but found no flaw in the Mountain River Sun-Moon Cauldron and resumed cultivating.
• Inside the cauldron, True Lord Liuyang and True Lord Guanyuan confronted Ling Feng True Lord, accusing the Qiankun Dao Sect of betraying its allies and intending to refine them into pills.
• True Lord Deyou led the Tianyuan Sacred Sect disciples out to attack the barrier, and Sun Wielder, Moon Wielder, Lianri, and Caiyue of Daoyi Palace also departed.
• Ling Feng True Lord claimed Longevity Immortal Monarch had acted alone, then bowed and begged to risk his life and take responsibility for the Qiankun Dao Sect.

The four-sect alliance attacked the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect inside the Mountain River Sun-Moon Cauldron, and the sects’ True Lords fought across the battlefield. Ling Feng True Lord confronted Yuanyi True Lord of Solar Flame and was killed after his Jade Pixiu sacrificed itself to protect him.

• The allied forces of the Tianyuan Sacred Sect, Daoyi Palace, Yinyang Orthodox Sect, and Yuanyang Dao Sect advanced to battle the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect under pressure from the encroaching Yanzhou Dao Fire.
• Ling Yu and Lin Fan led the first clash against the Yuanyang Dao Sect, while Mingxian, Xuanyi, and the other disciples engaged their rival sects.
• Yu Ming True Lord used sword pellets and the Azure Firmament Cloud-Yang Sword to put True Lord Liuxiao in mortal peril.
• Ling Feng True Lord gathered the winds and challenged Yuanyi True Lord, who shattered his Dharma Image and battered him with the Great Sun Golden Ceremonial Mace.
• The one-horned Jade Pixiu shielded Ling Feng True Lord and died, after which Yuanyi True Lord killed Ling Feng True Lord and destroyed his True Spirit and life soul.

True Lord Ling Feng died in the Mountain River Sun-Moon Cauldron, scattering his inheritance and intensifying the calamity qi as the battle between the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect and the Four-Sect Allied Army grew more brutal. After True Lord Deyou also fell, Xuanjing Immortal Monarch began eroding the cauldron’s restrictions while Jiang Sheng killed the Qiankun Dao Sect’s defenders at Northern Heaven Pass and confronted Prince Youhua.

• True Lord Ling Feng’s death scattered fragments of his cultivation legacy across the battlefield, and his True Spirit was recorded on the Heavenly Investiture List as calamity qi gathered over Yanzhou.
• The Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect and the Four-Sect Allied Army continued their slaughter, with cultivators from both sides killing or gravely wounding numerous opponents.
• True Lord Zhaozhen, True Lord Zhaohong, and True Lord Zhaoye killed True Lord Deyou, scattering another Five Calamities True Lord’s soul and spirit.
• Xuanjing Immortal Monarch studied Jiang Sheng’s information and used the Spirit Restriction Void-Breaking Method to erode the Mountain River Sun-Moon Cauldron’s node marks.
• At Northern Heaven Pass, Jiang Sheng attacked the Qiankun Dao Sect’s defenders and killed True Lord Xuanyu and True Lord Xuanqi in fewer than three breaths.
• Jiang Sheng turned to Prince Youhua and asked whether he also intended to bar his way.