Chapter Summaries

Chen Ping'an negotiated with Shuang Jiang, resolved a problem with refining his fire-aligned Destiny Item, and received Nian Xin's help transferring the Golden Talisman and Jade Scroll onto Green Talisman Paper. As sword cultivators departed the Sword Qi Great Wall for the Vast Heaven and Earth, a moon fell toward the wall and Dong Sangeng charged to meet it.

• Shuang Jiang revealed that he had secretly prepared a hidden flaw in Chen Ping'an's heart, while Chen Ping'an discovered that water-fire conflict in his Human Body Small World was obstructing his item refinement.
• Chen Ping'an struck a bargain with Shuang Jiang for Suppressive Magic and information, then asked Nian Xin about customs involving the five poisons.
• Nian Xin transferred the characters from the Golden Talisman and Jade Scroll onto Green Talisman Paper, then began carefully unweaving Shuang Jiang's Daoist Robe to study its threads.
• Song Gaoyuan traveled to Inverted Mountain and reunited with Patriarch Rong Guan, while Song Pin and Xuan Shen took Sun Zao and Jin Luan toward their new home in Golden Armor Continent.
• Pu He brought Ye Du and another girl away from the Sword Qi Great Wall, Deng Liang began his journey home with a letter from Chen Ping'an, and the remaining visiting sword cultivators departed.
• A moon was dragged from the Savage World toward the Sword Qi Great Wall, and Dong Sangeng flew straight at it.

Chen Ping'an refined the Spirit's remains, acquired the Judgment Cleaver, and prepared to leave the prison. He released a hidden contract so his student could act freely, then withdrew to the Rest Pavilion as departure approached.

• Chen Ping'an finished refining the Spirit's remains, and Frostfall traded him the Judgment Cleaver for an answer Chen Ping'an admitted he did not know.
• The Execution Officer announced they were leaving and offered Chen Ping'an one of the two women; Chen Ping'an declined, and Chang Ming chose to accompany him toward the Lotus Root Blessed Land.
• Chen Ping'an explored his inner world and found a sturdy Bridge of Longevity, but decided to postpone crossing it until he had refined more martial fortune.
• Chen Ping'an faced the Great Demon Qing Qiu, who mocked Chang Ming, and challenged him with the Judgment Cleaver until Qing Qiu fled.
• Chen Ping'an wrote and signed a Contract Release with his blood and life-bound spiritual light, then sent it through Nian Xin to Old Deafy for delivery to Wei Jin and Cui Dongshan.
• Chen Ping'an sat alone in the Rest Pavilion, where Shuangjiang teased him about a pact involving a beloved girl.

Chen Ping'an refined the Five Thunder Seal, heard Shuangjiang explain the consequences of refining treasures and the cultivation thresholds ahead, then entered the Cave Mansion Realm within the prison. He emerged with Frostfall having identified six qi mansions suitable as Crown Prince sites for his future cultivation.

• Chen Ping'an traded a Golden Body Fragment for Shuangjiang’s account of the Five Thunder Seal, learned its history, and moved it into his palm to invoke it more quickly.
• Chen Ping'an discussed Zhi Gui’s old contract and his childhood in Mud Bottle Alley, explaining that he had saved her without expecting repayment and would judge any later reckoning on its own merits.
• Shuangjiang reviewed Chen Ping'an’s treasures and advised him on the Cave Mansion, Sea Gazing, and Dragon Gate realms, warning him that damaged Destiny Items could harm his cultivation foundations.
• Chen Ping'an chose to enter the Cave Mansion Realm in the prison and asked Frostfall to locate qi mansions suited to become Crown Prince sites.
• Chen Ping'an opened his Human Body Small World, witnessed its creation, and entered the Cave Mansion Realm while Frostfall watched the Spiritual Energy flood.
• Frostfall reported that he had found six suitable qi mansions and claimed the promised Little Summer Coin.

Outsider cultivators helped prepare the Sword Qi Great Wall’s residences and formations as Guo Zhujiu kept three Golden Core sword cultivators from joining the battle on the wall. At Spring Banner Studio, Yun Qian agreed to lead a group of Yulong Sect cultivators on a disguised journey north, while the battle raged and Chen Ping'an prepared to stitch a demon sword cultivator’s true name.

• Outsider Yin-Yang School cultivators and Mohist mechanism masters began opening Sword Immortal residences, while Guo Zhujiu sent three Golden Core sword cultivators to fight demons beyond the wall instead of joining the wall’s defenders.
• At Spring Banner Studio, Nalan Caihuan agreed to lend Yun Qian Immortal Money, and Shao Yunyan outlined Chen Ping'an’s plan for Yun Qian to lead sixty-two Yulong Sect cultivators on a disguised journey toward possible refuge.
• Sword cultivators and the Three Teachings Sages fought the demon tide beyond the wall, while Chen Li fought through the battlefield and an impostor posing as the young Yin Guan killed an elderly Golden Core sword cultivator.
• Wei Jin flew after the impostor, and a gray-robed elder discussed with Liu Cha the Sword Qi Great Wall’s preparations to raise the city into the sky.
• In the prison beneath the Sword Qi Great Wall, Chen Ping'an held a demon sword cultivator’s severed head as Nian Xin prepared to stitch its true name, and Shuang Jiang asked whether he had a Destiny Word.

The Sword Qi Great Wall’s defenders fought the Savage World’s Great Demons in a desperate battle, sacrificing their lives to turn the tide. The chapter ended as Dong Sangeng sent the collapsing Great Moon crashing toward the Demon Race Army while A Liang praised him.

• Wei Jin pursued the green-robed swordsman, but Qinghua blocked him until Lu Zhi arrived to fight the Great Demon.
• The Buddhist Sage transferred the battlefield’s wounds to himself and died, while Wu Chengpei unleashed Sweet Rain against tens of thousands of Demon Race fighters.
• Gao Kui challenged the Dragon Lord in his final sword strike, and Yang Zhi hurled the Wuding River toward the wall.
• The old Taoist priest sacrificed himself to crack Yao Jia’s Gold Essence throne, allowing Mi Hu to cleave it apart.
• Yao Chongdao trapped Huang Luan in a world of mist with his dying sword, and A Liang appeared and killed her.
• Dong Sangeng destroyed his sword intent to send the Great Moon crashing toward the Demon Race Army, and A Liang gave him a thumbs-up.

Chen Ping'an survived a failed attempt by Nian Xin to sew a demon’s true name into his back, then struck a final bargain with Shuangjiang to protect someone in the Fifth Continent. As the Sword Qi Great Wall’s defenders faced devastating losses and survivors departed, the chapter ended with Cheng Quan bringing young sword cultivators to Inverted Mountain and meeting an old True Person.

• Nian Xin nearly broke Chen Ping'an’s spine while sewing a fierce demon’s true name into his back, but Shuangjiang and Shuangjiang’s lingering talisman characters helped avert his death.
• Chen Ping'an discussed the dangers posed by the prison’s remaining Upper Five Realms demons with Shuangjiang, then agreed to a century-long pact in which Shuangjiang would secretly protect someone for the final Little Summer Coin.
• Li Cai took Chen Li and Gao Youqing toward Northern Juluzhou as her disciples, stopped Chen Li from attacking a shopkeeper, and urged both youths to practice their swords.
• Old Deafy borrowed Chen Ping'an’s Jade Hairpin for the Old Great Sword Immortal, while Shuangjiang and Chang Ming prepared to continue their dealings.
• Bai Lianshuang stayed behind to cover Ning Yao’s retreat, Chen Xi launched a fatal strike at Chongguang, and Nalan Shaowei sacrificed himself to block a spear for Chen Xi.
• Chen Sanqiu and Diezhang left Inverted Mountain aboard the Coral Jade, while Cheng Quan brought Yan Zhuo, Dong Huafu, and other young sword cultivators to meet an old True Person.

The chapter followed the Savage World’s conquest and Chen Ping'an’s transformation into part of the Sword Qi Great Wall, then shifted to Gu Can’s journey with Liu Chicheng and Chai Bofu, Jiang Shangzhen’s meeting with Madam Huan Sha, and Pei Qian’s preparations to travel. It left Pei Qian setting out for Northern Juluzhou as her account of Luopo Mountain’s people and places continued.

• The gray-robed old man explained that Chen Ping'an had merged with half the Sword Qi Great Wall, while Xiao Yu fought his shadow and then met Zhang Lu at the gate.
• The gray-robed old man proclaimed freedom of speech, cultivation, slaughter, life and death, and the Great Dao in the Vast Heaven and Earth, prompting Zhang Lu to call it a chaotic world.
• About two years earlier, Gu Can traveled across the ocean with Liu Chicheng and Chai Bofu, met the White Emperor City City Lord, and encountered the South Sea Lone Rider.
• Gu Can and Liu Chicheng opened the barrier around the Xielong Stone, where Chai Bofu searched for Horned Dragon Pearls as the others discussed its treasures and guardians.
• Jiang Shangzhen revealed Madam Huan Sha’s identity as Jiu Niang and persuaded her to go to Jade Guizong before accompanying her to Great Quan Capital City.
• Pei Qian prepared to journey to Northern Juluzhou with Li Huai, said goodbye at Luopo Mountain, and set out with travel money and her belongings.

Wei Jin, Mi Yu, and Wei Wenlong returned to Treasure Bottle Continent and continued toward Luopo Mountain, while Pei Qian and Li Huai began their overland journey from Bone Beach. Pei Qian reflected on her past and how much she missed her master.

• Wei Jin, Mi Yu, and Wei Wenlong disembarked at Old Dragon City, met the young city lord Fu Nanhua, and boarded a ferry north toward Luopo Mountain.
• Pei Qian and Li Huai explored Xuhen Workshop, spent their Little Summer token on assorted goods, and discovered that most of a bundle of talismans was blank paper.
• Pei Qian and Li Huai thanked Steward Su and Proprietor Huang, then gave them bamboo-leaf bookmarks before leaving the ferry at Bone Beach.
• Pei Qian and Li Huai visited Muyi Mountain, where Zhu Quan welcomed Pei Qian and declared her her goddaughter.
• Pei Qian led Li Huai to Mural City and remembered her childhood work as a street swindler and the master who had helped her change her life.

Wei Jin visited Divine Immortal Platform and then parted from Mi Yu and Wei Wenlong, who traveled to Luopo Mountain and settled there. As Mi Yu befriended Zhou Mili and encountered Cui Wei, Zhou Mili confessed that she was still waiting for Chen Ping'an to return home.

• Wei Jin paid his respects at a grave on Divine Immortal Platform, spoke briefly with Wind and Snow Temple's Old Ancestor, and left to travel toward Northern Juluzhou.
• Mi Yu and Wei Wenlong boarded Fanmo Ferry for Niujiao Mountain while Wei Jin rode his sword onward; Mi Yu asked Taihui Sword Sect to consider him for an unregistered consecrated position.
• At Luopo Mountain, Wei Bo welcomed Mi Yu and Wei Wenlong, accepted Chen Ping'an's letter, made Mi Yu an unannounced honorary retainer, and appointed Wei Wenlong to manage the mountain's finances.
• Wei Wenlong took over Luopo Mountain's major accounts and divided the daily bookkeeping with Chen Warm Tree, while Mi Yu spent his days with Zhou Mili.
• When Cui Wei approached, Mi Yu rebuffed him and questioned him about his master; Zhou Mili later shared her sunflower seeds and admitted she was waiting for Chen Ping'an to come home.

Mi Yu traveled south under the assumed identity Yu Mi to protect a group of Evergreen Palace cultivators, while other characters pursued their own journeys and duties across Treasure Bottle Continent. The party reached Yunshan Temple and easily dealt with its painted demon, who was to accompany them back to Evergreen Palace.

• Wei Bo asked Mi Yu to escort the Evergreen Palace cultivators on their journey south, and Mi Yu agreed to travel as Yu Mi while Wei Bo watched over Luopo Mountain.
• Mi Yu joined the Evergreen Palace group at Niujiao Mountain Ferry and accompanied Zhongnan, the Dragon Gate Realm elder, and three younger women south toward Red Candle Town.
• Shi Rou transformed into her ghostly true form to groom herself, while the Incense Child visited Luopo Mountain and bantered with Yuanlai and Zhou Mili.
• Yu Lu and Xie Xie visited Fisherman Teacher, traveled through Caiyi and Shuishui Kingdoms, and encountered the Four Fiends Su Dian and Shi Lingshan near an old battlefield.
• Mi Yu learned the Evergreen Palace group's assignments and observed the tensions among the women before accompanying them through Red Candle Town.
• In Yellow Flower Commandery, the Evergreen Palace cultivators easily defeated the Cave Mansion Realm painted demon at Yunshan Temple, who was to return with them to Evergreen Palace.

Jiang Shangzhen visited an old martial-world acquaintance in Mirage City while Li Liu revealed her overwhelming power at Xielong Stone and Chen Lingjun risked his river journey to bring rain to drought-stricken people. The chapter also followed Zuo as he sought Chen Ping'an’s allies and ended with Liu Qingfeng reading a story based on Chen Ping'an and Gu Can.

• Jiang Shangzhen reunited with Liu Zong in Mirage City, teased him about his life, and invited him to visit Madam Cao of Zhou.
• Li Liu shattered Xielong Stone, ordered the Fishing Immortal to take the South Sea Lone Riders to aid Shen Lin, and confronted Zheng Juzhong at Lu Shui Keng.
• Chen Lingjun persuaded Li Yuan to help him relieve a deadly drought, and Shen Lin granted him authority to bring rain before he continued his river journey.
• Yang Mu Mao visited Li Yuan after the rain and discussed a report ranking young cultivators, then left to watch Wei Jin challenge Heavenly Monarch Xie Shi.
• Chang Ming told Zuo about Chen Ping'an, but Zuo insisted he would bring his junior brother back himself; Jiang Shangzhen was later struck down by Zuo while pursuing him.
• Zuo introduced himself as Chen Ping'an’s senior brother to the Buried River Water God Matriarch, while Cui Dongshan gave Liu Qingfeng a published story about Gu Can and Chen Ping'an’s Case to read.

Zuo You delivered the Literary Sage’s book and five Bamboo Slips to the Buried River Water God Matriarch, while events across the continents showed preparations for war and the Sword Qi Great Wall’s survivors settling into the Fifth Continent. The chapter ended with the Throne Great Demon Jiu Ye slaughtering the Yulong Sect and demanding that its members kill one another.

• Zuo You visited Jade Purity Palace, gave the Water God Matriarch the Literary Sage’s book and five Bamboo Slips, and explained the Sage’s regard for her and her palace.
• Cui Dongshan told Lin Shouyi that Great Li’s cultivators and military would stand first against the Demon Race, while Liu Baozhen discussed a slanderous book about Chen Ping'an with Zhu He, Zhu Lu, and Liu Qingfeng.
• Liu Qingshan and Liu Boqi returned from their travels, while Zhi Gui discovered that the Grand River was named the Qi River and that her travel depended on a Contract Release letter.
• Old Master Guan abandoned his plans to skip court, and National Teacher Cui Chan watched people gather outside Great Li Capital City as Liu Xianyang returned to Longquan Sword Sect and declined to take Dong Gu’s place as eldest disciple.
• Ning Yao reached the Fifth Continent, broke through to the Jade Pu Realm, and took charge of the Yin Guan lineage as the Sword Qi Great Wall’s surviving sword cultivators organized their new city.
• Jiu Ye revealed that he was the former Throne Great Demon Qie Yun, killed Yulong Sect elders and cultivators, and forced the sect to kill its men before killing Fu Ke and attacking his surviving Dao Companion.

Pei Qian and Li Huai traveled through Mural City and along the Swaying River, where Pei Qian confronted thieves and challenged River God Xue Yuansheng over his inaction. After she stopped herself from striking him, the pair crossed the river and reunited with Li Liu, who left Wei Taizhen to accompany them.

• Pei Qian and Li Huai set up a Bao Fu Zhai stall in Mural City, but Pei Qian refused to sell their celadon brush washer cheaply after recognizing that a visiting cultivator wanted it.
• Pei Qian and Li Huai traveled to the Swaying River Shrine, where Pei Qian confronted a pickpocket who had stolen from worshippers and later defeated the gang leader who attacked her.
• Pei Qian recognized the old boatman as River God Xue Yuansheng and accused him of allowing people to suffer; she nearly struck him with a powerful punch but stopped after Li Huai invoked Chen Ping'an.
• Xue Yuansheng ferried Pei Qian and Li Huai across the river, explained his reasons for intervening selectively, and recalled Chen Ping'an as a reasonable young scholar.
• Li Liu appeared at the far bank and reunited with Li Huai, then left him the red thread and entrusted Golden Core Realm fox demon Wei Taizhen to accompany him and Pei Qian.
• Pei Qian asked Li Huai whether Chen Ping'an would return, then kicked him after realizing he had teased her with a song about stinky tofu.

Patriarch Nalan investigated Pima Sect’s dealings with Luopo Mountain and ordered the sect to end its business with them, prompting protests from Yan Su, Wei Yusong, and Zhu Quan. Elsewhere, Pang Lanxi agreed to help the shopkeeper pursue becoming a land goddess, Pei Qian and Li Huai continued their journey, and the chapter ended as an Immortal’s secret meeting discussed an unforeseen development.

• Patriarch Nalan questioned Yan Su and Wei Yusong about a widely circulated book portraying Chen Ping'an, then ordered Pima Sect to sever its business with Luopo Mountain and the Great Li Song Clan.
• Wei Yusong threatened to leave his financial post, Yan Su threatened to join Luopo Mountain, and Zhu Quan declared that she would resign as Sect Master before falling silent in the Patriarch Hall.
• Pang Lanxi agreed to the shopkeeper’s request to pursue becoming a land goddess, while Muyi Mountain’s land goddess warned that the process was dangerous and suggested she become a nominal river goddess instead.
• Patriarch Nalan watched Pei Qian and Li Huai in the Mountain and River Scroll, then noticed a Golden Core Realm fox demon beside them before the scroll blurred.
• Pei Qian refused Li Huai’s request to teach him fistfighting, while the pickpocket returned home and gave his sister a piece of silver.
• A group of Immortals convened in a grotto-heaven, and their leader instructed the Qionglin Sect Master to warn Xu Xuan against pursuing too much and He Xiaoliang against provoking her before reporting an unforeseen development.

Lu Chen, Shan Qing, and Sun Daoren entered the Fifth Continent as its gates opened, while the sword cultivators of the Sword Qi Great Wall began building a city and establishing schools. Ning Yao settled a dispute between the Yin Guan and Execution Officer lineages, the Savage World’s demons planned their invasion, and Chen Ping'an advanced rapidly toward the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Lu Chen questioned why the Confucian Temple had opened the Fifth Continent to outsiders, and Sun Daoren noted that a sword cultivator had already reached the Unpolished Jade Realm there.
• Lu Chen assessed the Sword Qi Great Wall’s plans for its new city as its sword cultivators founded schools and debated who should choose their teachers and whether children could read the Yin Guan lineage’s book.
• Ning Yao returned with a head from the Savage World, ended the Patriarch Hall dispute, struck Qi Shou, and told Guo Zhujiu to record and distribute her observations.
• On Reed Flower Island, Qie Yun and Fei Ran planned to attack Tongye Continent and Fuyao Continent while forcing Chen Chunan to choose between defending his continent and preserving his reputation.
• Dragon Lord warned that he would strike sword cultivators who failed to advance, while Chen Ping'an continued breaking through realms and told Li Zhen he might visit him after reaching the Unpolished Jade Realm.

As Tongye Continent prepared for the demon invasion, Zuo You advised its leaders while refugees and cultivators fled north, and the chapter followed plans to protect Bottle Continent and confront the Savage World. It ended with Liu Cha challenging Chen Chunan at Southern Posuo Continent and Chen Chunan catching his sword strike, though a crack appeared in his moon.

• Fu Lingqing, Yu Xin, and Li Wanyong met Zuo You in the rain, discussed evacuating commoners and the continent’s defenses, and Zuo You defended the Temple Attendant Sages while correcting Li Wanyong.
• Wang Shizi brought a dispute over the Tongye Sect’s defensive preparations, and Fu Lingqing and Zuo You agreed on a compromise; Yu Xin then asked Zuo You about Tongye Continent’s Demon Suppressing Tower and why he remained to guard it.
• Yun Qian led Yulong Sect disciples toward Bottle Continent after the Old Heavenly Monarch urged her to go, while Huang Ting and Zhong Kui discussed Tongye Continent’s panicked flight and Cui Chan’s refusal to join the continents.
• At the Yang Family Shop, Li Liu and Ruan Xiu negotiated over a Great Demon’s fate with Old Man Yang, and a golden-eyed woman promised Chen Ping'an could return.
• Cui Chan left for Northern Juluzhou to meet Gao Cheng and discuss the cycle of reincarnation, while Cui Dongshan reacted with grief after Cui Chan departed.
• Ruan Xiu sent a fire dragon north and Li Liu parted the sea as cultivators formed defenses; Liu Cha then challenged Chen Chunan, who caught his sword strike in his sleeve, leaving a crack in his moon.

Bai Ze considered the Savage World’s invasion and refused the old scholar’s request to leave his refuge, though he gave him the Map of Mountain Search to aid Chen Chunan. As battles spread across the continents, Chen Ping'an completed his breakthrough to the Peak Realm and continued onward from the Sword Qi Great Wall.

• Qingying warned Bai Ze that the Vast Heaven and Earth could lose half its territory because its continents and powers would struggle to unite against the Savage World.
• The old scholar asked Bai Ze to help Chen Chunan of the Second Sage lineage, but Bai Ze refused to leave; he gave the old scholar the Map of Mountain Search instead.
• The Sage of Ritual arrived at Town Bai Ze and revealed that the scroll the old scholar had tried to hang was a portrait of him.
• Xiao Yu broke through Tongye Continent’s defenses and followed Zuo away from the Tongye Sect to fight him over the sea.
• At Shanshui Cave, Huai Qian told Liu Youzhou that his realm had fallen because he had been too clever, while Cao Ci declared he would reach the tenth realm and Yu Juanfu said she hoped to see it.
• Chen Ping'an reached the Peak Realm after shattering his Golden Core, read and discarded the Landscape Story, then set off with Zhankan in hand.

Chen Ping'an endured the torment of merging his Dao with half the Sword Qi Great Wall by repeatedly shattering his Golden Core, reaching the Peak Realm before trading blows and taunts with Li Zhen. Elsewhere, refugees entered the Lotus Root Blessed Land, Cao Jun confronted Zuo You, and Pei Qian quietly helped travelers before Chen Ping'an wondered whether his eldest disciple had reached the fifth realm.

• Dragon Lord warned Liu Bai that she would never kill Chen Ping'an herself, and she continued cultivating while watching him across the wall.
• Chen Ping'an described his imprisoned body and dwindling Sword Qi fortune, then shattered his Golden Core repeatedly until he reached the Peak Realm.
• Li Zhen taunted Chen Ping'an with a false display of Yao Chongdao's sword intent, and Chen Ping'an struck him before revealing a fake Nascent Soul Dharma image to frighten him.
• Jiang Shangzhen's group brought more than a million refugees into the Lotus Root Blessed Land, while Cao Jun went to the Tongye Sect and challenged Zuo You to remember their past.
• Pei Qian used her fist intent to lift falling logs away from a group of scholars, then told Wei Taizhen she had reached only the sixth realm as a Martial Cultivator.
• Chen Ping'an continued his slow stance and wondered whether his eldest disciple had reached the fifth realm.

Chen Ping'an spoke with Fei Ran on the wall, then used Little Refined characters to stage Ning Yao’s victory over tiny versions of himself before fighting off Dragon Lord’s sword stroke. Dragon Lord obscured the battlefield from Chen Ping'an’s view, while Fei Ran and Li Zhen later learned that Cao Ci had unexpectedly beaten Chen Ping'an three times in a row.

• Fei Ran visited Chen Ping'an on the wall, and they discussed Zhou Mi, Zhang Lu, the war, and Chen Ping'an’s prospects of reaching higher realms.
• Chen Ping'an refused Fei Ran’s wine, drove him away with a Five Thunder Divine Method, and recited a Roaming Immortal Poem assembled from borrowed lines.
• Chen Ping'an refined characters from his travelogue and arranged them into tiny figures of himself and Ning Yao, then watched Ning Yao topple them.
• Dragon Lord sent a powerful sword stroke at Chen Ping'an, who broke it with his fists and repeatedly attacked Dragon Lord with a Jade Realm Sword Immortal Dharma Appearance.
• Dragon Lord explained to Liu Bai that Chen Ping'an’s fist intent had not improved, and Chen Ping'an provoked Liu Bai into recognizing how he had affected her sword heart.
• Dragon Lord hid the battlefield from Chen Ping'an’s view; later, Fei Ran and Li Zhen asked whether Chen Ping'an had gone mad, and Dragon Lord said Cao Ci had beaten him three times in a row.

Pei Qian, Li Huai, and Wei Taizhen traveled through Northern Juluzhou, visiting spiritual sites and old acquaintances connected to Chen Ping'an while making their way toward Spring Dew Garden. The chapter left Li Huai beneath an old locust tree, remembering his family and childhood as his journey continued.

• Pei Qian, Li Huai, and Wei Taizhen encountered a Golden-backed Goose at Golden Light Peak and fled, while Pei Qian staged a clumsy fall to conceal her martial skill.
• Pei Qian and Li Huai watched Drumming Frogs absorb moon essence at Moonlight Mountain, and Pei Qian respectfully acknowledged the mountain spirits Jin Feng and Yu Lu.
• The group visited the Fire God Temple in Suijia City, where its Lord welcomed Pei Qian as Chen Ping'an's disciple and told her about changes across the surrounding lands.
• Pei Qian and Li Huai visited places tied to Little Millet and Chen Ping'an, then Liu Zhiqing escorted them by ferry from Golden Crow Palace to Spring Dew Garden.
• Pei Qian visited Lin Cheng'e at Spring Dew Garden, while Liu Zhiqing questioned Jin Feng and Yu Lu and allowed them to pursue Jin Feng's perceived opportunity.
• Li Huai stood beneath the old locust tree and remembered his parents, Li Liu, and his childhood in their hometown.