Chapter Summaries

Human Emperor Xin and Lady Shi Ji used a fake corpse to force Li Jing to answer for Biyun Boy’s supposed death. After Randeng urged Li Jing to blame Nezha, Li Jing named him as the culprit, and Di Xin revealed that Nezha was now his disciple.

• Human Emperor Xin crafted a fake corpse of Biyun Boy with the Heaven-Shaking Arrow, and Lady Shi Ji carried it to Chentang Pass to confront Li Jing.
• Li Jing pleaded that he had not shot the arrow, and Lady Shi Ji gave him three days to find the culprit.
• Li Jing recalled Jin Zha and Mu Zha rejecting his accusations against Yin Shiniang and being slapped away after he demanded to see their masters.
• Randeng told Li Jing to blame Nezha so Lady Shi Ji would attack him and the Chan Sect could use the conflict against her.
• Li Jing went to White Bone Cave and accused Nezha of killing Biyun Boy, while Di Xin told Lady Shi Ji to accept his offer for more time and revealed Nezha was his disciple.

Di Xin secretly followed Li Jing and discovered that he planned to lure Nezha into a trap. Li Jing murdered Bigan, while Di Xin’s disguised intervention helped bring Nezha to the wine shop, where Li Jing tried to coax him into coming home.

• Di Xin concealed his aura and secretly followed Li Jing after leaving White Bone Cave.
• Li Jing learned from Bigan that Yin Shiniang and Nezha were in the palace, then persuaded Bigan to arrange a meeting with Yin Shiniang.
• Li Jing told Yin Shiniang he wanted to apologize to Nezha, then murdered Bigan after she left to fetch the child.
• Di Xin disguised himself as Yin Shiniang and led Nezha from the palace to the wine shop.
• Nezha recognized Li Jing, rejected his offer to come home, and taunted him with the Four Symbols Pagoda.

Li Jing attacked Yin Shiniang and captured Nezha under Randeng’s orders, planning to provoke a conflict between the Human Emperor and the Jie Sect. Di Xin revealed that he had secretly protected Yin Shiniang and Bigan, then went to save Nezha as Li Jing presented the boy to Shi Ji.

• Randeng appeared and used his Quasi-Sage pressure to immobilize Yin Shiniang and Nezha.
• Li Jing beat Yin Shiniang to death and sealed Nezha inside the Exquisite Pagoda.
• Randeng told Li Jing to deliver Nezha to Shi Ji so she would kill him and spark a war between Di Xin and the Jie Sect.
• Di Xin revealed that he had concealed and protected Yin Shiniang and Bigan, then promised to save Nezha.
• Li Jing brought the bound Nezha to White Bone Cave and urged Shi Ji to avenge her child attendant.

Nezha’s rage erupted after Li Jing and Daoist Randeng tried to use Shi Ji against him, and he transformed into a three-headed, six-armed demon form that briefly overwhelmed Randeng. As Randeng moved to destroy the exhausted Nezha, Human Emperor Golden Light descended from the sky.

• Li Jing left Shi Ji to confront Nezha, but Nezha broke free and bit a chunk from Li Jing’s neck.
• Daoist Randeng appeared, blasted Nezha away from Li Jing, and urged Shi Ji to deal with the supposedly demonized child.
• Nezha broke Randeng’s restraints, manifested Three Heads and Six Arms, and shattered Randeng’s golden attack with a single punch.
• Nezha’s rampage forced Randeng back and drew a mass of Karma above him, but Nezha soon exhausted himself and fell.
• Randeng prepared to destroy Nezha as Shi Ji rushed to save him, when Human Emperor Golden Light poured down from the firmament.

Di Xin rescued Nezha from Randeng and revealed that Yin Shiniang was still alive. After mother and son reunited, Nezha decided to sever his ties with Li Jing by returning the flesh and blood he had received from his father.

• Di Xin arrived at White Bone Cave, healed Nezha, and immobilized Randeng and Li Jing with a gesture.
• Di Xin brought Yin Shiniang out of a spatial rift, and Nezha reunited with his unharmed mother.
• Di Xin explained that the figures at the banquet had been fabricated Dharma bodies, while Nezha vowed to kill Li Jing for trying to kill Yin Shiniang.
• Yin Shiniang warned Nezha against openly killing his father and suggested they do it secretly, but Nezha rejected the idea of sparing Li Jing.
• Nezha resolved to cut off his flesh and blood and return it to Li Jing so he could sever their father-son ties.

Nezha tried to cut flesh from his arm to sever his bond with Li Jing, but Yin Shiniang and Di Xin stopped him and offered another way. With Di Xin’s authority as Human Emperor, Nezha cut off his hair and declared their father-son bond ended, leaving him free to confront Li Jing without fear of being judged a patricide.

• Nezha charged out of the cave and prepared to cut flesh from his arm in front of the immobilized Li Jing.
• Yin Shiniang seized Nezha’s knife hand and pleaded with him to spare himself, while Shi Ji asked Di Xin to intervene.
• Di Xin told Nezha that he could use his hair in place of his head to sever his bond with Li Jing, and declared that Great Shang’s human law would compel Heaven to accept it.
• Nezha cut off his hair, declared that he and Li Jing were no longer father and son, and cast the severed lock at Li Jing.
• Di Xin’s Human Emperor fortune shattered the Heavenly Dao’s pressure and severed the pair’s bloodline karma.
• Nezha pressed his sword to Li Jing’s throat and prepared to settle their private grudge.

Nezha prepared to kill Li Jing for his crimes, while Di Xin rejected Li Jing’s pleas and mocked Randeng for invoking Yuanshi Tianzun. Di Xin grew suspicious of Randeng’s provocation, unaware that Jieyin and Zhunti had arranged it to provoke a clash with Yuanshi Tianzun.

• Nezha cut Li Jing’s neck and declared that their bond had ended when Li Jing harmed Yin Shiniang and slandered him.
• Li Jing begged Yin Shiniang and Di Xin to spare him, but Yin Shiniang turned away and Di Xin condemned his actions.
• Randeng called on Di Xin to spare Li Jing and respect Yuanshi Tianzun, but Di Xin challenged the Saint to appear in person.
• Randeng warned that defying a Saint could bring disaster upon Great Shang, and Li Jing claimed that killing him would mean rebelling against Heaven.
• Di Xin suspected Randeng was deliberately provoking him, while Jieyin and Zhunti watched and revealed that Jieyin had prompted Randeng to provoke a clash with Yuanshi Tianzun.

Di Xin refused to release Randeng after Yuanshi Tianzun descended and ordered him to withdraw. As Yuanshi Tianzun confronted him, Di Xin summoned Great Shang’s human fortune into a nine-clawed Golden Dragon of Luck to challenge the Sage’s pressure.

• Di Xin seized Randeng with the Human Emperor’s Fortune and began crushing him, but Yuanshi Tianzun intervened with Jade Pure Immortal Light and rescued him.
• Yuanshi Tianzun descended in a Sandalwood Chariot and ordered Di Xin to release Randeng and withdraw.
• Di Xin accused Randeng of trying to kill his disciple and plotting against Great Shang, then openly refused Yuanshi Tianzun’s command.
• Yuanshi Tianzun pressed his Sage power against Di Xin, who summoned humanity’s fortune from Chaoge and formed a nine-clawed Golden Dragon of Luck to resist him.

Di Xin’s Golden Dragon of Luck was overpowered by Yuanshi Tianzun until an indifferent, mysterious voice challenged Yuanshi’s claim that a Saint was the primordial world’s heaven. The Six Saints reacted with shock and fear, while Yuanshi froze in terror before the voice’s identity was revealed.

• Yuanshi Tianzun’s Saintly power overwhelmed Di Xin’s Golden Dragon of Luck and drove it back.
• Di Xin prepared to overdraw Great Shang’s national fortune again as Yuanshi declared that a Saint was the primordial world’s heaven.
• An indifferent voice pierced Yuanshi’s pressure and asked who had made that claim.
• Jieyin ordered Spirit Mountain sealed, Laozi lost a furnace of golden pills, and Tongtian rejoiced at the voice’s arrival.
• Yuanshi Tianzun recognized the voice and was seized by terror.

Di Xin’s Golden Dragon of Luck struck Yuanshi Tianzun after an unseen voice shattered the saint’s Dao heart and dispersed his power. Yuanshi returned to apologize and accepted the voice’s warning not to personally attack juniors again.

• An unseen voice made Yuanshi Tianzun tremble and lose control of his saintly power.
• Di Xin’s Golden Dragon of Luck smashed Yuanshi Tianzun’s chariot and blasted him hundreds of thousands of li away.
• Shi Ji, Yin Shiniang, Nezha, and Li Jing stared in shock as Randeng recognized the voice and feared that Qin Xuan had appeared.
• Di Xin suspected the unseen speaker was Dao Venerable Qin Xuan, but the void gave no further sign.
• Yuanshi Tianzun returned, bowed to the empty sky, and apologized for his earlier words.
• The voice warned Yuanshi not to personally attack a junior again, and Yuanshi promised to obey.

Di Xin was about to kill Randeng when Hongjun intervened and asked him to spare Randeng. Qin Xuan challenged Hongjun to offer a trade, then made Hongjun owe Di Xin a favor instead.

• Yuanshi Tianzun abandoned Randeng and fled, while Randeng begged Di Xin to spare his life.
• Di Xin prepared to kill Randeng, but Hongjun appeared and froze time to stop him.
• Hongjun asked Di Xin to spare Randeng, and Di Xin hesitated rather than challenge Hongjun directly.
• Qin Xuan demanded that Hongjun offer a Primordial Supreme Treasure to save Randeng, but Hongjun said he had nothing to trade.
• Qin Xuan rejected Hongjun's offer of a favor to himself and required Hongjun to owe Di Xin a favor instead.

Di Xin spared Randeng at Hongjun’s request, then left Li Jing’s fate to Nezha. Yin Shiniang killed Li Jing with strength granted by Di Xin, while Di Xin sensed that something was wrong.

• Di Xin agreed to let Hongjun take Randeng away, and Hongjun vanished with him through frozen space-time.
• Di Xin asked Nezha whether Li Jing should live or die, and Nezha chose to kill him.
• Yin Shiniang stepped between Nezha and Li Jing, and Di Xin infused her with Human Emperor mana.
• Yin Shiniang threw Nezha aside and strangled Li Jing, twisting his neck until he died.
• Nezha felt a heavy shackle break from his soul, while Di Xin frowned and sensed something was wrong.

After Li Jing died, his soul was drawn into the Underworld instead of returning to the Investiture of the Gods, and Di Xin let it go, trusting Qin Xuan’s connection to Pingxin Niangniang. Di Xin then took Yin Shiniang away against her will, while Shi Ji watched him depart and began to cry.

• Di Xin sensed that Li Jing’s karmic bond with Nezha had not fully vanished, but he held back when Li Jing’s soul was carried toward the Underworld.
• Di Xin reassured Yin Shiniang that her grievances were settled, and Shi Ji invited her and Nezha to rest at White Bone Cave.
• Yin Shiniang refused the invitation and told Nezha to follow his Master and Di Xin, while Nezha offered to escort her home.
• Di Xin silenced and compelled Yin Shiniang to agree to his escort, then carried her away from Skull Mountain.
• Shi Ji watched Di Xin disappear into the clouds, recalled his confrontations with Yuanshi Tianzun and Hongjun, and began to cry.

Di Xin stopped Yin Shiniang from killing herself by promising to publicly portray her as a loyal hero who executed the traitor Li Jing. After helping her recover, he returned with her to White Bone Cave, where Nezha asked whether matters at Chentang Pass had been settled.

• Di Xin removed the spell restricting Yin Shiniang’s throat and confronted her about planning to die after returning to Chentang Pass.
• Yin Shiniang confessed that she had killed Li Jing and wanted to die so Nezha would not suffer from her infamy.
• Di Xin promised to issue an edict declaring Li Jing a traitor and presenting Yin Shiniang as a hero who protected Great Shang.
• Yin Shiniang abandoned her plan to die, then collapsed from exhaustion and the backlash of the mana Di Xin had used to kill Li Jing.
• Di Xin caught Yin Shiniang, restored her with gentle mana, and asked whether she still wanted to return to Chentang Pass.
• Di Xin brought Yin Shiniang back to White Bone Cave, where Nezha asked whether matters at Chentang Pass had been handled.

Nezha reunited with Yin Shiniang, and Di Xin said they could return to Chaoge whenever they wished. Lady Shi Ji kept Di Xin at White Bone Cave and spent three days and nights alone with him, leaving the details obscured.

• Yin Shiniang said she no longer felt a need to return, and Nezha asked Di Xin when they would go back to Chaoge.
• Di Xin said they could leave anytime, so Lady Shi Ji arranged for Nezha and Yin Shiniang to take a walk while she pulled Di Xin into White Bone Cave.
• Lady Shi Ji brought Di Xin to the hot spring and openly told him she was hungry and had chosen him.
• Lady Shi Ji pulled Di Xin into the spring and began undressing him as a supreme power shielded White Bone Cave from view.
• The stone doors stayed shut for three days and nights, and Di Xin later recalled how fiercely Shi Ji had eaten.

Di Xin learned that Shi Ji’s tribulation had been removed and received the location of Kong Xuan at the Undying Volcano, but postponed his journey south after hearing that Deng Jiugong and Deng Chanyu had arrived in Chaoge. He visited their residence in disguise and overheard Deng Jiugong offering You Hun a gift when he entered the conversation.

• Di Xin completed the Skull Mountain mission, dispelled Shi Ji’s tribulation, and unlocked Kong Xuan’s location at the Undying Volcano.
• Di Xin returned to Chaoge with Yin Shiniang and Nezha, then learned from Fei Zhong that Deng Jiugong and Deng Chanyu had arrived.
• Di Xin ordered Fei Zhong to receive the Deng family properly and set out toward the Undying Volcano.
• Di Xin changed his mind and went in disguise to the Deng family’s residence in eastern Chaoge.
• Deng Jiugong offered You Hun a brocade box of pearls and jade, and Di Xin remarked that the pearls might buy two fine residences.

Di Xin visited Deng Jiugong before leaving Chaoge, but Deng Jiugong refused to let him meet Deng Chanyu before their wedding rites. After leaving, Di Xin concealed his presence and slipped back into the Deng estate, intent on seeing her anyway.

• You Hun and Deng Jiugong were startled by Di Xin’s arrival and paid their respects to him.
• Di Xin praised Deng Jiugong’s service and said he had to leave Chaoge on urgent business.
• You Hun suggested that Deng Chanyu meet Di Xin, but Deng Jiugong refused because it would violate propriety before the wedding rites.
• Di Xin accepted Deng Jiugong’s refusal and left the estate, telling him to await the wedding.
• After realizing Deng Jiugong’s refusal had only increased his curiosity, Di Xin concealed his presence and walked back into the estate unseen.

Deng Chanyu waited in the rear courtyard, wondering what kind of man Di Xin was, when he entered openly and she mistook him for an intruder. Their brief fight ended with Di Xin accidentally pulling off her boot and sock, prompting her to attack him with her Five-Colored Stone.

• Deng Chanyu reflected on the achievements of the Human Emperor and wondered about the man she was expected to marry.
• Di Xin entered the courtyard, and Deng Chanyu drew her sword and charged at him, believing he was an intruder.
• Di Xin deflected Deng Chanyu’s sword strike and caught her ankle when she followed with a kick.
• Di Xin released Deng Chanyu, but her momentum pulled off her boot and sock, leaving her right foot bare.
• Furious and humiliated, Deng Chanyu hurled her Five-Colored Stone at Di Xin, blasting a huge pit into the courtyard.

Deng Chanyu attacked Di Xin with the Five-Colored Stone, but he caught it barehanded, and she tried to kill herself rather than be violated. Di Xin stopped her and revealed he was the Human Emperor, leaving Deng Chanyu shocked and mortified.

• You Hun panicked at the crash from the rear courtyard, while Deng Jiugong calmly said his daughter was practicing martial arts.
• Deng Chanyu saw that Di Xin had caught her Five-Colored Stone barehanded and feared he would violate her.
• Deng Chanyu tried to slit her own throat, but Di Xin immobilized her and took away her sword.
• Deng Chanyu cursed Di Xin and threatened to haunt him if he touched her.
• Di Xin introduced himself as the Human Emperor, and Deng Chanyu's anger gave way to embarrassment.

Di Xin tried to recruit Kong Xuan into Great Shang, arguing that its growing fortune could help Yuan Feng escape the Heavenly Dao’s restraints. Yuan Feng, distrustful after a previous false promise, rejected him and ordered Kong Xuan to escort him out; outside the volcano, Di Xin stopped Kong Xuan, apparently intending to win him over through strength.

• Di Xin offered to bind Kong Xuan to Great Shang so its fortune could help Yuan Feng break free from the Heavenly Dao.
• Yuan Feng questioned whether she would benefit from Great Shang’s fortune and recalled that someone had made her a similar promise before.
• Yuan Feng summoned Kong Xuan and refused to reconsider Di Xin’s proposal, ordering her son to see him out.
• Kong Xuan escorted Di Xin from Undying Volcano and halted on its outskirts.
• As Kong Xuan turned to leave, Di Xin called him back.