Chapter Summaries

Downton met Ao Guang and his son Ao Bing after overpowering the demon clan, then gave Ao Bing two powerful spiritual treasures as a meeting gift. Shen Gongbao arrived and objected to Downton’s claims about the Twelve Golden Immortals, leaving the two men facing off.

• Ao Run flirted with Downton, while Selina proposed taking her back to Gotham and Mera asked whether they had returned to her home.
• Ao Guang ordered his dragon descendants to press the Ruyi Staff deeper, tightening its chains around the subdued demons as Clark felt relieved that the killing had stopped.
• Ao Guang introduced his youngest son, Ao Bing, and Downton introduced Selina, Lex, Clark, and his two prisoners.
• Downton gave Ao Bing the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle and the Purple-Gold Gourd, claiming both could defeat one of the Twelve Golden Immortals.
• Shen Gongbao arrived, let Ao Bing keep the treasures, and accused Downton of rudely slandering his Yuxu senior brothers.

Downton mocked Shen Gongbao, then overwhelmed the East Sea Dragon Palace by driving the seawater away and freeing the Golden-Hooped Staff. He carried Ao Bing toward Chentang to display his power before Great Shang and Yuxu Palace, with Shen Gongbao and the Dragon King’s forces swept along behind him.

• Downton teased Shen Gongbao about his stutter and equipped Ao Bing with treasures while joking that he had captured a wild Little White Dragon.
• Ao Guang and Shen Gongbao drew their weapons and challenged Downton after he mentioned Nezha and the Spirit Pearl and Demon Orb.
• Downton struck the seafloor with the Ruyi Staff, pushing the sea back nearly one hundred and fifty kilometers and leaving the Dragon King, Shen Gongbao, and the demons stunned.
• Downton smashed the stone pillar and freed the Golden-Hooped Staff, killing many weak demons as the staff and chained dragons and demons flew toward land.
• Downton carried Ao Bing toward Chentang and ordered Shen Gongbao to follow, while Ao Guang and the others were dragged along behind them.

Downton dragged the Ruyi Rod and a million demons toward Chentang Pass, prompting Yin Shiniang to mobilize its defenses while Nezha grew excited by the approaching spectacle. The chapter ended with Nezha knocking the Barrier Beasts together and following his mother toward the impending battle.

• Shen Gongbao chased after Downton, worrying that the Spirit Pearl and Demon Pill swap would be exposed to the Chan Sect.
• Clark and Selina carried Vico and Mera after Downton, while Lex recorded the closing sea and then flew after them.
• Downton stopped the Ruyi Rod above the mountains, flinging the chained demons and dragons into a tangled mass.
• Yin Shiniang prepared Chentang Pass for the incoming demon disaster and ordered the Barrier Beasts to protect Nezha.
• Nezha urged Yin Shiniang to let him help, but she sent him inside before riding out with the troops.
• Nezha rushed back out, smashed the Barrier Beasts' heads together, and followed Yin Shiniang toward the battle.

Downton freed Ao Run, acquired the local Golden Cudgel, and accidentally released the million demons from their chains. Ao Guang realized the East Sea dragon clan would face retaliation and sought Downton’s protection, while Madam Yin and Nezha were still rushing toward them.

• Madam Yin and Nezha raced toward Downton as he held the million demons down with the Ruyi Staff.
• Ao Run pleaded with Downton to free her, and he told her the staff’s release would make her escape inevitable.
• Downton persuaded the Golden Cudgel to shrink and fly into his hand, freeing the demons from the staff’s suppression.
• The demons and dragons discovered their chains had become ordinary iron and broke free, while Ao Guang feared the Jade Void Palace and the other clans would retaliate against his East Sea branch.
• Ao Guang broke his chain, knelt before Downton, and called him “Father,” as another figure also hurried over and knelt; Madam Yin and Nezha remained far away.

Downton freed the East Sea Dragon Clan and a million sea demons, then considered bringing them to his world despite warnings from Shen Gongbao. Lex objected to the plan, saying he only needed a few samples of each type for his experiments.

• Downton accepted Ao Guang's offer to take in the East Sea Dragon Clan and agreed to bring them back to his world.
• Ao Run urged Downton to take in the million surviving demon clans as well, and Selina warmly embraced both of them.
• Ao Guang's family and the freed demons reacted to Downton's power, while Ao Shun and Ao Qin discussed visiting Qingqiu and marrying foxes.
• Shen Gongbao warned Downton that freeing the demons had angered Jade Void Palace and Golden Turtle Island, but Downton dismissed the threat.
• Downton asked Lex whether he could bring the million demons to their world, and Lex objected that he only needed a few specimens of each type.

Downton and Lex decided how to divide and screen the million East Sea demons, assigning some as test subjects and sending others with the Dragon Kings to different worlds. As Lex selected demons, a Great Shang force approached Chentang Pass, led by a woman in purple armor.

• Downton agreed to Lex’s warning about the demons and assigned ten thousand who had eaten the most people as research subjects, while limiting how many would enter Earth’s oceans.
• Downton gave three Dragon Kings one hundred thousand relatively peaceful demons each to face the Atlanteans and assigned Ao Qin to lead the rest to another world after Ao Guang and Ao Shun maneuvered him into volunteering.
• Lex used Jarvis to screen the demons, while Mera worried about having human-eating demons as neighbors and Shen Gongbao considered sending his family to Downton.
• A mounted Great Shang force approached Chentang Pass, and Ao Guang told Downton that its commander and party had arrived.
• A woman in purple armor led the troops forward and stopped at a distance from Downton and the others.

Madam Yin confronted Downton and his million demons, only for Nezha to arrive and reveal that he was the Demon Orb. Nezha transformed into a towering, fiery warrior and challenged the horde, and Downton called for Ao Bing to face him.

• Madam Yin reached the demon gathering and challenged Downton, fearing he would attack Chentang Pass.
• Downton joked with Madam Yin while his demons argued over whether to eat humans and begged to avoid Lex’s experiments.
• Nezha appeared beside Madam Yin after Downton’s spit shattered trees, and Madam Yin tried to send him away.
• Nezha told Madam Yin that he was the Demon Orb and that only the Heavenly Thunder Curse of Primordial Lord of Heaven could destroy him.
• Nezha transformed into a towering, flame-covered warrior and ordered Madam Yin to flee with the people of Chentang Pass.
• Downton praised Nezha and called for Ao Bing to face him.

Downton forced Ao Bing to fight Nezha, then brushed aside Lady Yin and the Chentang Pass soldiers while watching the battle with Lex. Lex bet on Ao Bing because his movements were smoother, but Downton chose Nezha, whose desperate reason to win remained unstated as Lady Yin got back to her feet.

• Downton summoned Ao Bing and ordered him to fight Nezha, warning that he would intervene if Ao Bing lost.
• Nezha attacked Downton, who caught his punch and tossed him and Ao Bing aside; Ao Bing then struck Nezha and buried his head in the ground.
• Downton blew away the soldiers and horses, broke Lady Yin's sword with his toes, and spun her until she vomited.
• Downton returned to Lex, who analyzed the fight and bet on Ao Bing because Nezha's movements were uncoordinated.
• Downton bet on Nezha, pointing out that Nezha had a reason he could not afford to lose as Lady Yin climbed back up.

Lex urged Ao Bing to stop holding back, and Ao Bing gained the advantage over Nezha as the fight escalated. Taiyi Zhenren and Li Jing arrived, recognized the fighters, and sent Taiyi’s magic treasures to help Nezha, but the treasures’ departure left them falling from the sky.

• Lex threatened Ao Bing’s family to push him to fight Nezha without restraint.
• Ao Bing returned to the fight, bound Nezha with his dragon tail, and battered him with golden hammers.
• Lady Yin threw her sword to Nezha, accidentally striking him while he was still bound and fueling his flames.
• Taiyi Zhenren resolved to take Nezha as his disciple and spotted the overwhelming demonic aura of the escaped East Sea demons.
• Taiyi Zhenren and Li Jing recognized Nezha and rushed to intervene as Ao Bing beat him.
• Taiyi Zhenren sent his magic treasures to help Nezha, but he and Li Jing fell when the Wind Fire Wheels flew away.

Nezha received Taiyi Zhenren’s many magical treasures and turned the fight around, beating Ao Bing while their families watched. As Lady Yin urged Li Jing to seek reinforcements for Chentang Pass, Ao Run pressed Ao Guang and the other Dragon Kings to arm Ao Bing with their hidden treasures.

• Taiyi Zhenren’s treasures reached Nezha just as Ao Bing was about to strike, and Nezha used them to block the hammer and transform into a three-headed, six-armed form.
• Nezha used the treasures to overpower Ao Bing, leaving him badly beaten and bound while Taiyi Zhenren shouted advice from the sidelines.
• Lady Yin warned Li Jing that Downton’s demon forces threatened Chentang Pass and urged him to report to Chaoge, but Li Jing insisted she go instead.
• Lady Yin told Li Jing that Nezha was their son regardless of his origin and that Taiyi Zhenren should not be dragged into the conflict.
• Ao Run criticized Ao Guang for giving Ao Bing only a pair of hammers, and Ao Guang admitted he had hidden only one reverse scale.
• Ao Run produced a hidden pearl and ordered Ao Qin and Ao Shun to bring out their treasures for Ao Bing.

Downton defeated Nezha with ease, disarmed him, and mocked his family before Taiyi Zhenren tried to trap Downton and evacuate Li Jing’s family. The chapter ended with Taiyi throwing the Mountain and River State Map toward Li Jing, Lady Yin, and Nezha while charging Downton to hold him off.

• Nezha emerged from the crater carrying the unconscious Ao Bing, but Downton quickly tore away Nezha’s extra heads and arms and freed Ao Bing.
• Downton made Nezha’s eighteen magical treasures vanish with his ring pendant, then threw Nezha back to Li Jing and Lady Yin.
• Downton taunted Nezha and proposed an outrageous bargain, while Li Jing refused and Taiyi Zhenren offered to replace the lost treasures.
• Taiyi trapped Downton in a replica of the Mountains and Rivers State Map, but Downton appeared behind him unharmed.
• Taiyi threw the map toward Li Jing’s family and charged Downton, declaring that he would hold him off.

Downton defeated Taiyi Zhenren and brought Li Jing’s family out of the Mountains and Rivers Map, while Clark explained that they would be taken to the Black Myth world. Nezha recovered, understood Downton’s behavior as a kind of prank, and chose to become his disciple.

• Taiyi Zhenren tried to send Li Jing’s family away in the Mountains and Rivers Map, but Downton pulled them back and told Clark to explain their situation and future plans.
• Clark introduced himself to Li Jing and Lady Yin, but Li Jing insulted him as a lowly barbarian slave, prompting Clark to demand basic respect before explaining what would happen to the family.
• Downton and Selina joked together while Clark tried to convince Li Jing and Lady Yin that Downton had freed the demon clan and did not intend to kill them.
• Nezha returned to his normal size, reassured his parents that Downton had only been messing with him, and said he wanted to follow Downton instead of joining Chan Sect.
• Nezha walked over to Downton, knelt, and asked him to accept him as a disciple.

Downton took Nezha as his disciple, promised to remove the Heavenly Thunder Curse, and prepared to take Nezha and his parents away. He also abducted Crane Child, who warned him that the Jade Void Palace would notice her disappearance.

• Nezha eagerly accepted Downton as his master after Selina offered to improve his appearance, and Downton promised to take him to other worlds.
• Li Jing told Downton that Yuanshi Tianzun had placed a Heavenly Thunder Curse on Nezha, and Downton promised to remove it.
• Downton stopped Taiyi Zhenren from sneaking away, returned his magical treasures, and told Li Jing, Madam Yin, and Nezha to leave with him.
• Downton pulled Crane Child out of thin air, tied her up, and declared that she would serve as his maid.
• Crane Child recognized Taiyi Zhenren, mistook his presence among the demons for defection, and warned Downton that the Jade Void Palace would notice her disappearance.

Downton moved a vast demonfolk population and the dragon clan to an unclaimed ocean, then returned with Crane Boy and Li Jing’s family to his gathering of allies. There, two versions of Nezha confronted each other, each insisting he was the real Nezha.

• Downton told Crane Boy he had brought her along to serve as Yuanshi Tianzun’s personal attendant, then finished sorting records with Lex while smoking with Clark and Selina.
• Downton transported 110,000 selected demonfolk to an unclaimed ocean, where they celebrated their new home and the dragons rejoiced at finding waters without other Dragon Kings.
• Diana and Clark agreed to lead the newcomers to Atlantis under Mera’s guidance, while Downton left to arrange the remaining demonfolk.
• Downton arrived with Crane Boy, Li Jing’s family, and Taiyi Zhenren to find his allies discussing the search for his missing remains and whether to attack Spirit Mountain or seek Guanyin or Bajie’s master.
• Demon Pill Nezha argued with Bajie over being called Nezha, then confronted Black Myth Nezha, who demanded to know what he was.

Black Monkey Nezha met the younger Demon Pill Nezha and learned that he was facing Li Jing's family from another world. Lady Yin reached out to the older Nezha and, after hearing how his father had treated him in his world, attacked Li Jing while Nezha tried to stop her.

• Black Monkey Nezha fought Demon Pill Nezha, then learned from Downton that the boy was his counterpart from a world where the Investiture of the Gods had not begun.
• Black Monkey Nezha refused Lady Yin's attempt to call him Zha'er, then offered to take Demon Pill Nezha and teach him.
• Bajie mistook Taiyi Zhenren for a pig, and Black Monkey Nezha used Taiyi's protest as an excuse to approach him before Lady Yin caught his wrist.
• Black Monkey Nezha told Lady Yin that he had taken revenge on Li Jing, and the Bull Demon King explained how Li Jing had destroyed the temple built for Nezha's rebirth.
• Lady Yin attacked Li Jing, beating him as she accused him of making Nezha suffer, while Black Monkey Nezha urged her to stop.

Downton organized the million demons he had brought back, assigning their aquatic members to the Four Dragon Kings under the older Nezha while Ao Shun prepared to meet his brothers. As the gathering continued, Zhu Bajie asked Downton to bring Monkey Brother to their world, and Taiyi Zhenren and Crane Child struggled with the world’s strange aura.

• Madam Yin stopped beating Li Jing, and the older Nezha explained that he had already repaid his parents and saved Chentang Pass by sacrificing himself.
• Downton assigned the aquatic demons to the Four Dragon Kings under the older Nezha and arranged for Ao Shun to hand over his management duties before leaving with him in about a week.
• The Four Dragon Kings rejoiced at seeing Ao Shun, while Ao Shun mistook them for underfed children and offered to help them.
• Zhu Bajie asked Downton why he had not brought Monkey Brother from another world, and Downton promised he would bring him over eventually.
• Crane Child told Taiyi Zhenren that the world’s aura stirred resentment in her, and Taiyi agreed that its demonic energy made him want to attack demons.
• The older Nezha threatened Taiyi Zhenren for acting like his master, and Yang Jian explained that Taiyi had not yet taken his world’s Nezha as a disciple.

Downton left the banquet with Crane Child and traveled to Atlantis, where the city's defenses fired on him despite his assurances. He took the throne and forced Orm to kneel, leaving Orm crying and pleading that Atlantis had not meant to attack him.

• Taiyi Zhenren and the others learned Shen Gongbao's infamous role in the Investiture of the Gods, while Nezha and Demon Pill Nezha discussed their identities.
• Second Spider Sister teased Crane Child, and Downton left the feast with her after the group toasted and celebrated.
• Zhu Bajie told Shen Gongbao that their gathered forces intended to rebel against Heaven.
• Downton and Crane Child arrived near Atlantis, where its water cannons opened fire and Crane Child shielded them.
• Downton seized Atlantis's throne and made Orm kneel as Orm tearfully insisted the city had not intended to assassinate him.

Downton spared Orm after Mera pleaded for him, then ordered the Dragon Kings to settle in the sea without driving protected species extinct. Ao Guang accepted Orm’s challenge to earn the sea folk’s reverence, and his first sword strike split Atlantis’s council chamber and walls.

• Ao Run urged Downton to kill Orm, but Mera pleaded for her brother and Downton drew her into his arms before agreeing to spare him.
• Downton warned Orm not to attack him again, then ordered the Dragon Kings to settle in suitable waters and study Clark’s information on protected marine animals.
• Downton left Atlantis, while a little mermaid praised him and Mera directed her attention to the confrontation between Orm and Ao Guang.
• Orm challenged Ao Guang to prove his strength, and Ao Guang accepted, declaring that the sea folk would learn to revere the dragons as kings.
• As Orm took up his trident, Ao Guang slashed his sword and split the council chamber, Atlantis’s city district, and its walls in two.

Ao Guang transformed into a colossal dragon and crushed Atlantis’s palace, forcing Orm to abandon his challenge and beg for his people’s safety. After Clark arranged limits on the dragons’ hunting, the little mermaid decided she wanted to go to the surface.

• The old king blamed Atlantis’s defeat on the surface’s overwhelming strength before losing consciousness.
• Ao Guang transformed into a silver-white dragon, overwhelmed Orm, and destroyed the Atlantis palace as he grew to nearly thirteen kilometers long.
• Orm asked Clark to plead for Atlantis’s survival, and Clark explained that Ao Guang was a godlike Eastern Dragon King.
• Clark told Ao Guang that Downton required the dragons to follow rules protecting marine species, and Ao Guang promised to farm rather than overhunt.
• The little mermaid told Vulko she admired Downton’s authority and decided to go to the surface.

After returning from Atlantis, Tiffany convinced the Fisherman Kingdom's queen to pursue contact with the surface, but her mother forbade her from traveling there herself. Tiffany escaped confinement and surfaced near Gotham's docks, eager to explore.

• Tiffany returned to the Fisherman Kingdom and told her mother about the Eastern Dragon God and Lord Carl.
• Tiffany urged her mother to establish direct communication with the surface, and the queen agreed that the kingdom needed to move closer to the center of power.
• Tiffany argued that the queen should meet the surface king herself, but her mother recognized Tiffany's desire to go and confined her to her chambers.
• Tiffany escaped within two hours and surfaced near Gotham's docks, where she mistook people dumping oil barrels into the sea for a local custom.