Chapter Summaries

Yang He’s new Purple Mansion Heavenly Palace took shape, but he was trapped in Jiuqu Town as the Seven Attendant Immortals began trying to impart the Dao to everyone inside the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation. Outside the formation, Daoist Rādharana discovered that Shen Gongbao was inside and set out to confront him, promising to make him lord of the Twenty-Four Heavens.

• Yang He completed his Purple Mansion Heavenly Palace and searched Jiuqu Town for Daoist Rādharana, but could not find him.
• Wuyun Xian appeared and tried to assimilate Yang He; Yang He escaped by destroying most of his body.
• Qiushou Xian, Lingya Xian, Jinguang Xian, Chang'er Dingguang Xian, Piluxian, and Jingu Xian Ma Sui appeared and began imparting the Dao to the town’s inhabitants and hidden immortals.
• Western Zhou scouts encountered Daoist Rādharana outside the formation and fled when a circular boundary cut through the surrounding land, trapping a hundred-li area in dense yin energy.
• Daoist Rādharana learned that Shen Gongbao was near the formation’s southern edge and entered the yin fog to meet him, offering to make him lord of the Twenty-Four Heavens.

Yang He baited Ma Shan into pursuing him through Jiuqu Town as the Seven Attendant Immortals transformed the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation into Sect Leader Tongtian’s sacred ground. After Ma Shan killed One Qi Immortal, Yang He reappeared to claim the corpse and taunted Ma Shan about the Sea-Calming Pearls.

• Daoist Rādharana ordered Ma Shan to find Shen Gongbao within half an hour while the Seven Attendant Immortals corrupted Jiuqu Town and its people.
• Yang He decided to stop hiding and head back toward the Hun Yuan Golden Dou, then used a counterfeit Heaven-Opening Bead to provoke Ma Shan.
• One Qi Immortal offered to help Ma Shan enter the Hun Yuan Golden Dou, but Ma Shan burned him to death before he could explain the Corpse Daoist’s secret.
• Yang He reappeared behind Ma Shan and tucked One Qi Immortal’s corpse into his sleeve.
• Yang He told Ma Shan that treasure belonged to the capable.

Yang He used gu insects and Spiritual Vision to make Ma Shan perceive the lingering authority of Sect Leader Tongtian, driving him into a cultivation deviation. Daoist Rādharana then turned Ma Shan’s karmic fire on Yang He, who died but received the Twenty-Four Heavens technique before the Lore roleplay ended.

• Ma Shan attacked Yang He with karmic fire, but Yang He evaded the attack and released gu insects that clung to Ma Shan.
• Yang He used the insects to expose Ma Shan to the lingering terror of Sect Leader Tongtian, causing Ma Shan to lose control of his cultivation.
• Ma Shan’s karmic fire consumed him, and his soul vanished as Daoist Rādharana watched from the town gate.
• Daoist Rādharana redirected Ma Shan’s karmic fire onto Yang He, who severed his life force and received the Twenty-Four Heavens technique.
• Yang He died, and the system declared the Imperial Yin Ghost Immortal roleplay concluded.

Yang He examined Daoist Rādharana’s Twenty-Four Heavens inheritance and learned that forging it would require consecrating the Sea-Calming Pearls and accepting serious risks. After his Spiritual Vision exceeded one million, he saw Three Corpses Gods attached to mortals and other beings, then considered using the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation to forge the Immortal Court.

• Yang He inherited the Twenty-Four Heavens through karmic fire and discovered it was a Buddhist method designed for the Sea-Calming Pearls.
• Yang He weighed returning the pearls to Daoist Rādharana against forging the Twenty-Four Heavens, which could leave him vulnerable to the old schemer’s attempt to seize them.
• Yang He noticed that his Spiritual Vision had passed one million and saw Three Corpses Gods attached to Old Man Yang and the children nearby.
• Yang He concluded that mortals and other beings had changed over the past three thousand years and wondered whether slaying the Three Corpses meant becoming human.
• Yang He inherited the Purple Mansion Heavenly Palace and considered completing the Sea-Calming Pearls’ required steps in the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation while Sect Leader Tongtian was occupied.

Yang He entered the transformed Jiuqu Town, where the Jie Sect was cultivating Dao Seeds amid the coral-filled Nine Bends Yellow River Formation. He possessed a weak Elephant-headed Daoist and decided to try growing mature Dao Seeds before Sect Leader Tongtian descended.

• Yang He brought twelve Sea-Calming Pearls into the Lore World and arrived in Jiuqu Town, where the coral-filled formation’s yin qi nearly overwhelmed him.
• He saw Lingya Xian and the Seven Attendant Immortals overseeing Elephant-headed Daoists, whose cultivation produced immature Jie Sect Dao Seeds when they died.
• Yang He possessed a frail Elephant-headed Daoist and began using yin qi to restore himself while strengthening the Dao Seed in its Numinous Palace.
• Yang He realized he might force the possessed Elephant-headed Daoist to grow a mature Jie Sect Dao Seed and decided to try producing two or three.

Yang He discovered that he could ripen Jie Sect Dao Seeds by balancing yin energy with karmic fire, but Yu Hua caught him and Lingya Xian began to awaken. After Yang He repeatedly escaped by sacrificing his Elephant-headed Daoist bodies, Lingya Xian confronted True Man Du'e over the missing Dao Seed.

• Yang He failed to ripen a Jie Sect Dao Seed safely because the defective Elephant-headed Daoists could not withstand the yin energy.
• Yang He used the Bone Accumulating Fire Incantation and karmic fire to strengthen an Elephant-headed Daoist and rapidly mature its Dao Seed.
• Yu Hua discovered Yang He in a coral cave, but Yang He made the Elephant-headed Daoist explode and escaped by ending his roleplay.
• True Man Du'e questioned Yu Hua about the stolen Dao Seed, then chased another Elephant-headed Daoist being used by Yang He.
• Yang He greeted True Man Du'e before sacrificing the second Elephant-headed Daoist and disappearing with its Dao Seed.
• Lingya Xian awakened and addressed True Man Du'e as the entire street trembled.

Yang He stole five immature Jie Sect Dao Seeds from the Seven Attendant Immortals, then consumed one while attempting to master the Five-Colored Divine Light and devise a way to counter Daoist Rādharana. As Yang He formed a new method in his Numinous Palace, the Seven Attendant Immortals welcomed Sect Leader Tongtian’s arrival.

• Lingya Xian planted two Dao Seeds in True Man Du'e, forcing him to bear the cost of Shen Gongbao’s escape and leaving him with three dangerous seeds to nurture.
• Yang He returned to Jiuqu Town and stole more Dao Seeds, provoking the Seven Attendant Immortals to seal their disciples inside coral cave abodes.
• Yang He hid underground and consumed an immature Jie Sect Dao Seed, enduring pain as coral patterns spread across his body.
• Yang He comprehended scriptures and inheritances in his Numinous Palace, combining them into a new method while considering how to avoid Daoist Rādharana.
• The Seven Attendant Immortals looked toward the boiling ocean above the formation and welcomed Sect Leader Tongtian.

Yang He completed the Five Directions Mysterious Light Cave True Secret Record after Venerable Lord of Primordial Beginning intervened to save him, while both saints entered the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation. Outside the formation, Venerable Lord of Primordial Beginning prepared to restore the Twelve Golden Immortals, and Yang He stayed behind in the formation to pursue Daoist Rādharana.

• Ji Fa and Jiang Ziya led Western Qi's army toward the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation as their supplies dwindled and Jiang Ziya expected Chan Sect to break the formation within fifteen days.
• Venerable Lord of Primordial Beginning transformed a mountain range into a living path and revealed the bodies of the Twelve Golden Immortals; South Pole Immortal ordered Jiang Ziya to send one hundred and twenty thousand soldiers to carve the mountains without touching their pupils.
• Yang He completed the Body Integration Realm while sensing that saints had arrived, and Sect Leader Tongtian emerged from the sea as the Seven Attendant Immortals and the Four Great Disciples gathered nearby.
• Lingya Xian intensified the Dao Seed backlash in Yang He's body, but Venerable Lord of Primordial Beginning touched Yang He's brow and restored him, completing the Five Directions Mysterious Light Cave True Secret Record.
• Yang He spotted Daoist Rādharana leaving through an alley and attached his consciousness to a wisp of yin energy instead of returning to the Main World.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother moved to confront Yang He, but Daoist Duobao stopped her and said they needed to find the Twelve Golden Immortals' bodies while Yunxiao remained difficult to face.

Yang He hid in a Buddhist hall while the Seven Attendant Immortals tried to locate him and stop the Twelve Golden Immortals from approaching. He refined the Twenty-Four Heavens using the Sea-Calming Pearls, then returned to the Lore World with another twelve pearls, unable to bring back the Upper Clarity Qi.

• The Seven Attendant Immortals used Dao seeds and their formation to attack the advancing mountains and searched for Yang He, while Lingya Xian lost his trail and failed to contact the Four Great Disciples.
• Yang He emerged from a faceless Buddha statue in a hidden Buddhist hall and realized Daoist Rādharana had prepared the chamber to conceal and influence him.
• Yang He pretended to follow the incense's suggestions and refined the Twenty-Four Heavens with twelve Sea-Calming Pearls as Daoist Rādharana secretly watched.
• Yang He considered the Immortal Skin lineage, the Upper Clarity Qi, and the conflict between the Chan and Jie Sects, then concluded that the Heavenly Court might explain the Sages' struggle.
• After three days, Yang He returned briefly to the Main World, then came back to the Lore World with twelve more Sea-Calming Pearls and confirmed that he could not bring the Upper Clarity Qi with him.

Yang He entered the Nine-Bend Ghost Lore as the Three Corpses Daoist to retrieve Grandmaster Taiyi’s skin and help him escape Ghost God Transformation. After Daoist Lu Ya sent him into the Saint-ruled formation, the Four Great Disciples spotted him and ordered Lingya Xian and the Seven Attendant Immortals to deal with him.

• Yang He decided to recover selected skins of the Twelve Golden Immortals, beginning with Grandmaster Taiyi’s, and ended the Imperial Yin Ghost Immortal’s Lore by severing his life force.
• Yang He entered the Nine-Bend Ghost Lore as the Three Corpses Daoist and took Grandmaster Taiyi’s skin from the Flesh and Blood Daoist Temple.
• Daoist Lu Ya sent Yang He out of the Hun Yuan Golden Dou and gave him a straw doll that could block one calamity.
• Yang He pushed through the formation’s corrosive smoke and living coral branches while heading toward the mountains with Grandmaster Taiyi’s skin.
• Wudang Holy Mother, Daoist Duobao, Golden Spirit Holy Mother, and Turtle Spirit Holy Mother saw Yang He in a golden mirror and ordered Lingya Xian and the Seven Attendant Immortals to handle him.

Yang He tried to scout the twelve mountains but was hunted by Lingya Xian while Golden Spirit Holy Mother's influence weakened him. Just as Lingya Xian's attack seemed to kill him, the Nuo Xiang Ghost merged with the Skin Pouch of Grandmaster Taiyi, and an ancient figure appeared in the alley.

• Yang He used his Pupil Ghost to glimpse the twelve mountains and saw the formation on Dao Xing Tianzun's mountain consuming soldiers while its carving remained unfinished.
• Lingya Xian caught up with Yang He, crushed him with its trunk, and mocked him as an inferior corpse immortal.
• Yang He headed toward the Imperial Yin Ghost Immortal's Buddhist hall, but discovered Daoist Rādharana had moved it and could not use the straw effigy against Lingya Xian.
• Lingya Xian's tusks struck Yang He, causing faces to spread through his body as he prepared to die and switch identities.
• The Nuo Xiang Ghost merged into the Skin Pouch of Grandmaster Taiyi, which told Yang He to put it on and shielded him from the Sage's corrosion.
• Lingya Xian turned back after hearing a cough and saw an ancient-looking man stretching in the alley.

Yang He and Grandmaster Taiyi used Taiyi’s skin pouch and lingering consciousness to frighten Lingya Xian into fleeing, then approached the Four Great Disciples to speak with them. Daoist Duobao agreed to meet them, while Golden Spirit Holy Mother was ordered to bring them in.

• Grandmaster Taiyi took control of Yang He’s body and appeared before Lingya Xian, who pierced and shredded the old man, believing the apparition was a trick.
• Grandmaster Taiyi reappeared from a corpse spot on Lingya Xian’s elbow and invaded his body, forcing Lingya Xian to tear off his own arm and flee.
• Yang He collected Lingya Xian’s flesh and bones, then followed Grandmaster Taiyi’s directions toward the Three Maidens of the Clouds’ residence instead of Taiyi’s mountain.
• Grandmaster Taiyi told Yang He that he wanted to meet the Four Great Disciples and seek an opportunity for Yang He and Nezha before he vanished.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Wudang Holy Mother, Turtle Spirit Holy Mother, and Daoist Duobao recognized Yang He’s unusual nature, and Golden Spirit Holy Mother called for his death.
• Daoist Duobao stopped Turtle Spirit Holy Mother from sending an evil creature after them and agreed to meet Yang He and Grandmaster Taiyi, ordering Golden Spirit Holy Mother to bring them in.

Yang He entered Empress Yunxiao’s residence with Grandmaster Taiyi’s remnant soul and negotiated with the Four Great Disciples for the Twelve Golden Immortals’ skin pouches. Empress Yunxiao sent him back to the Hun Yuan Golden Dou, where Grandmaster Taiyi explained how the pouches could strengthen Yang He’s divine ability before his consciousness faded further.

• Golden Spirit Holy Mother transported Yang He and Grandmaster Taiyi into Empress Yunxiao’s residence, where they faced the Four Great Disciples.
• Grandmaster Taiyi asked the Four Great Disciples for the Twelve Golden Immortals’ skin pouches, and Daoist Duobao agreed to let Yang He seek them.
• Empress Yunxiao appeared, peeled Grandmaster Taiyi’s skin pouch from Yang He, and sent Yang He into the Hun Yuan Golden Dou.
• Yang He returned to the courtyard of the Flesh and Blood Daoist Temple, while Daoist Lu Ya sensed the danger and hurried away.
• Grandmaster Taiyi told Yang He to choose eight of the twelve skin pouches to refine and add another support banner to his divine ability.

Yang He helped Grandmaster Taiyi forge a banner from eight skin pouches as Grandmaster Taiyi’s consciousness faded, then learned to seek the Old Daoist Riding a Green Ox at Jiepai Pass. Before the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation collapsed, Empress Yunxiao appeared and sent Yang He to Grandmaster Taiyi’s mountain range.

• Grandmaster Taiyi told Yang He that he had chosen to face the Investiture of the Gods calamity and asked him to find a way for Nezha to become a Karmic Fire Immortal.
• Yang He selected eight skin pouches, and Grandmaster Taiyi guided him in sewing them into a banner while Yang He memorized the method.
• As his consciousness neared its end, Grandmaster Taiyi warned Yang He away from Jade Void Palace and told him to find the Old Daoist Riding a Green Ox at Jiepai Pass in two years.
• Yang He realized the Old Daoist Riding a Green Ox might be Grand Supreme Elder Lao and resolved to wait for him near Jiepai Pass.
• Empress Yunxiao appeared at the Flesh and Blood Daoist Temple and used the Hun Yuan Golden Dou to send Yang He to Grandmaster Taiyi’s mountain range.

Yang He collected Grandmaster Taiyi’s remains to fill his skin pouch, then confronted an uncanny imitation of his master and ended his role-playing allusion by dying. He resolved to become an immortal during the Immortal Slaying Array and chose Daoist Rādharana as his stepping stone.

• Yang He reached the Twelve Golden Immortals’ mountains and saw the battlefield’s destruction as the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation began to fail.
• Yang He excavated Grandmaster Taiyi’s remains and spent two days filling the Skin Pouch of Grandmaster Taiyi.
• A near-perfect imitation of Grandmaster Taiyi demanded the skin pouch, but Yang He refused and extinguished his life force.
• After the role-playing allusion ended, Yang He resolved to become an immortal during the Immortal Slaying Array.
• Yang He identified Daoist Rādharana as his stepping stone.

As the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation collapsed, Yang He sacrificed his Corpse Wheel Small World to complete the Twenty-Four Heavens, then fused them with the Flesh and Blood Daoist Temple before destroying his own soul. Daoist Rādharana claimed the completed treasure but remained disturbed by Yang He's warning and the mystery surrounding him.

• Daoist Rādharana searched the ruined Jiuqu Town for the Sea-Calming Pearls and watched Shen Gongbao awaken and begin refining them.
• Yang He merged his Corpse Wheel Small World into the Sea-Calming Pearls, accelerating the formation of the Twenty-Four Heavens while his cultivation and soul suffered catastrophic damage.
• The collapsing Nine Bends Yellow River Formation forced Daoist Rādharana to guard the Buddhist hall as Yang He completed the Twenty-Four Heavens.
• Yang He generated the Twenty-Four Heavens as a Resident Character and fused them with the compatible Flesh and Blood Daoist Temple.
• Yang He warned Daoist Rādharana to be more careful next time, then dispersed his soul and died.
• Daoist Rādharana took the Twenty-Four Heavens into his Daoist grounds but wondered why he still felt unsettled.

Yang He gave Daoist Rādharana the Twenty-Four Heavens to use, then returned to the Ghost Slaying Immortal Lore to search the ruined Nine Bends Yellow River Formation. Inside the destroyed Hun Yuan Golden Dou, Empress Yunxiao married him and left the treasure as her dowry before fading away.

• Yang He canceled his exchange for the Twenty-Four Heavens and lent them to Daoist Rādharana, expecting the Buddhist leader to invest resources in them.
• Yang He continued preparing Grandmaster Taiyi's skin pouch, then entered the Ghost Slaying Immortal Lore as the Three Corpses Daoist.
• Yang He found the ruined Hun Yuan Golden Dou and entered its shattered interior, where Daoist Lu Ya, Yang Jian, and the others had arranged a wedding scene.
• Empress Yunxiao appeared in her wedding gown, and Daoist Lu Ya officiated as she and Yang He completed the wedding rites.
• Empress Yunxiao gave Yang He the Hun Yuan Golden Dou as her dowry, then vanished into spiritual light as the hall crumbled.

Yang He concealed the damaged Hun Yuan Golden Dou and discovered that several of the Twelve Golden Immortals had turned toward Buddhism. After Daoist Rādharana gave him and his companions pills and left with the Twenty-Four Heavens, Rādharana met with the four defectors at Jiepai Pass to plan their next move.

• Yang He stored the damaged Hun Yuan Golden Dou in his Numinous Palace while Daoist Lu Ya concealed its aura and warned him not to reveal it.
• Yang He used Spiritual Vision to identify Venerable Manjushri Guangfa, Venerable Puxian, Daoist Cihang, and Jubao Tianzun as followers of Aniruddha's Flowing Great Seal, and he advised his companions to avoid the Twelve Golden Immortals' temples.
• Daoist Rādharana healed Yang He and the others, gave them Nine Revolutions Golden Elixirs, and told them they could join Jiang Ziya's army heading east.
• Yang He sensed changes in the Twenty-Four Heavens and thanked Daoist Rādharana, while Yang Ren led the group toward Qinglong Pass.
• Daoist Rādharana met the four defectors on a lone peak, discussed their progress toward completing the Nirvana Seal, and urged them to cooperate at Jiepai Pass.

Yang He left the Western Zhou army and traveled to Jiepai Pass to begin a two-year seclusion, where he forged a Five-Colored Kasaya for Ha Ji Mi and began cultivating with the cat. He hoped to reach the Tribulation Crossing Realm while waiting for Grand Supreme Elder Lao.

• Yang He gave Nezha the reforged Chaos Tunic, then traveled alone toward Jiepai Pass, exterminating evil entities along the way.
• Yang He found Jiepai Pass under Chan Sect control and made a cave beneath an old banyan tree where he could wait for Grand Supreme Elder Lao.
• Yang He forged Daoist Cihang’s pelt into a Five-Colored Kasaya by drawing the black cat’s Five-Colored Divine Light into it, then draped it over Ha Ji Mi.
• Yang He began teaching Ha Ji Mi the Five Directions Mysterious Light Cave True Secret Record, patiently guiding the cat through their shared cultivation.

Yang He forced the Corpse Wheel Small World into his Numinous Palace and successfully bore the Dao, reaching Soul Suppression with a Flesh and Blood Daoist Temple grotto-heaven. Four months later, he discovered that the black cat had mastered Five-Colored Divine Light and considered how to develop his abilities further.

• Yang He began bearing the Dao by drawing yin qi into his Numinous Palace, while Stone Crone Ghosts emerged and were consumed by his many heads.
• Seeing refugees flee war and evil creatures near Jiepai Pass, Yang He set up life-sacrifice stakes around the Banyan Tree to protect travelers and ward off threats.
• Yang He used pills and Purple Mansion Locks to force the Corpse Wheel Small World into his Numinous Palace, enduring severe pain as he guided the black cat's cultivation.
• Yang He completed bearing the Dao, reached Soul Suppression, and formed a Flesh and Blood Daoist Temple grotto-heaven within his Numinous Palace.
• After four months, Yang He watched the black cat demonstrate its transformations and learned that its true form was living Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Yang He considered replacing the limits of the Immortal Transformation Art and Nine Refinements Gu Worm Method after becoming an immortal, and thought about entering Old Ancestor Bodhi's Evil Moon Seven Stars Cave.