Chapter Summaries

Lin Qi escaped the Weak Water with the help of several Spirit Transformation Dao Lords, and the rescued disciples reunited with their sects. Dao Lord Hua Su attacked Fu Qingyun over Mountain Sea Academy’s losses, and Fu Qingyun’s ambush on Lin Qi left both Lin Qi and Zhe Yuan injured as the chapter ended.

• Lin Qi drew several sect elders to her side by shouting that their disciples were behind her, and Dao Lord Guan Xuan pulled her from the Weak Water.
• The sect Dao Lords rescued their surviving disciples, but Mountain Sea Academy found only two, prompting Dao Lord Hua Su to attack Fu Qingyun.
• Fu Qingyun pursued Lin Qi as she prepared to leave, but Dao Lord Guan Xuan and Dao Lord Hua Su blocked her.
• Fu Qingyun struck Lin Qi with a Spiritual Sense attack, shattering Lin Qi’s Octagonal Prism, while Zhe Yuan used his White Jade Folding Fan to weaken the blow.
• Dao Lord Guan Xuan pierced Fu Qingyun’s abdomen and Dao Lord Hua Su wounded her shoulder, while Lin Qi and Zhe Yuan were left pale from the attack’s aftershock.

Lin Qi and the sect cultivators confronted Azure Sea Pavilion over its attacks on their disciples, and the four other great sects killed several Azure Sea Pavilion elders. The Devil Race arrived seeking its Great Witch God, and Lin Qi suspected they meant Luo Ci.

• Lin Qi told Zhe Yuan that she would not demand ransom, while cultivators from the five great sects ended the fight and confronted Azure Sea Pavilion.
• Dao Lord Hua Su and Dao Lord Guan Xuan accused Azure Sea Pavilion of attacking their disciples, and the Azure Cloud Pavilion Master claimed Lin Qi had killed her disciple Xi He.
• Dao Lord Tian Xuan encouraged the sects to retaliate, and Azure Sea Pavilion's cultivators dragged the Azure Cloud Pavilion Master away.
• When Azure Sea Pavilion elders surfaced, cultivators from the other four great sects attacked and killed several of them.
• Tian You, chieftain of the Devil Race, arrived and announced that he had come to bring the Great Witch God back to the Devil Race.
• Lin Qi recalled that Luo Ci had obtained the Heavenly Demon Scepter and wondered whether he was the Great Witch God.

The Devil Race arrived at the Heavenly Demon Palace seeking Luo Ci, whom they believed to be the Great Witch God, while human cultivators debated how to respond. Lin Qi learned that Luo Ci had not emerged and that the Blood Fiend calamity in the northwest had devastated far less territory than it had in her previous life.

• Tian You asked Fu Cang and the other human Venerables to hear the Devil Race’s explanation, and both sides spent half an hour arguing without reaching a resolution.
• Lin Qi asked Dao Lord Guan Xuan whether Luo Ci had escaped, and he told her Luo Ci was still beneath the Weak Water and might be hiding from the Devil Race.
• Lin Qi asked whether the Tianyi Sect would hand Luo Ci over, and Dao Lord Guan Xuan said the sect’s leaders and Venerables would decide what to do.
• Lin Qi asked about disasters threatening the Southern Continent, and Dao Lord Guan Xuan described a Blood Fiend calamity in the northwest that had affected Azure Sea Pavilion territory and parts of Wutai Sword Pavilion.
• Lin Qi realized the calamity had ravaged less than one-tenth of the area it had in her previous life, sparing countless people.

After Luo Ci accepted the Devil Race’s request to become their Great Witch God, Venerable He Yuan arrived and the Azure Cloud Pavilion Master accused Lin Qi of killing Xi He. Venerable He Yuan fixed his attention on Lin Qi, leaving her crushed by his pressure as the confrontation began.

• Luo Ci refused the Devil Race’s invitation at first but agreed after Venerable Jin An spoke with him, then signed a contract with Chieftain Tian You.
• Chieftain Tian You led the Devil Race cultivators away after Luo Ci’s demonic qi stabilized.
• Venerable He Yuan arrived as the sects prepared to leave, and the Azure Cloud Pavilion Master called him Master and asked him to punish her.
• The Azure Cloud Pavilion Master accused Lin Qi of killing Xi He and declared she would avenge her grand-disciple.
• Venerable He Yuan turned his oppressive gaze on Lin Qi, nearly making her collapse.

Venerable He Yuan attacked Lin Qi and Ye Jian over Xi He's death, while Venerable Jin An tried to protect them. Lin Qi defied He Yuan despite being crushed beneath his Mahayana pressure, refusing to kneel completely.

• Venerable He Yuan demanded that Lin Qi pay for killing his grand-disciple, and the Azure Cloud Pavilion Master showed a scene of Lin Qi killing Xi He and accused her of stealing Xi He's spirit pet.
• Lin Qi remembered the Weak Water Moon Rabbit and told the Sky-Piercing Green Vine to destroy the evidence, but he hid the rabbit inside an egg instead.
• Venerable Jin An blocked He Yuan's aura and refused to let him harm Lin Qi, while He Yuan insisted on taking revenge.
• Ye Jian defended Lin Qi and accused the Azure Sea Pavilion of secretly slaughtering disciples in the Heavenly Demon Palace, prompting He Yuan to crush her to the ground.
• Lin Qi shielded Ye Jian with gauze and denounced He Yuan for using Mahayana power against a Golden Core cultivator.
• He Yuan shattered Lin Qi's defenses and forced her to one knee, but Lin Qi braced herself against the ground and declared she would not die on her knees.

Lin Qi accepted Venerable He Yuan’s challenge to take one move from him after he suppressed his cultivation to the Nascent Soul stage, refusing to let Venerable Jin An risk herself for her. Venerable He Yuan lowered his cultivation and prepared to strike, leaving Lin Qi facing the test.

• Lin Qi defied Venerable He Yuan, and Venerable Jin An intervened with Three Springs Drifting Snow to prevent him from attacking her.
• Ancestor Fu Cang urged Venerable He Yuan to stop bickering with a young disciple, so he offered to spare Lin Qi if she survived one move from him.
• Venerable Jin An resisted the challenge and offered to fight Venerable He Yuan herself, but he agreed to suppress his cultivation to the Nascent Soul stage.
• Lin Qi accepted the terms, saying Fairy Xi He’s death would be settled after the move, and rejected Venerable He Yuan’s suggestion that she should have joined the Azure Sea Pavilion.
• Venerable He Yuan suppressed his cultivation from Mahayana through Spirit Transformation to Nascent Soul.

Venerable He Yuan unleashed Crane Shadow Sword Heart against Lin Qi, who fought back with her Ice Phoenix Divine Art and two powerful sword techniques. He Yuan’s attack overwhelmed her defenses, and the chapter left the immortal crane before Lin Qi as her strength faded.

• Venerable He Yuan suppressed his cultivation to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage and began gathering Crane Shadow Sword Heart against Lin Qi.
• Lin Qi endured the sword aura’s wounds and combined her five phantom phoenixes into an enormous ice phoenix.
• Venerable He Yuan’s immortal crane destroyed Lin Qi’s ice phoenix, leaving her coughing blood and her spiritual energy severed.
• Lin Qi wielded the Small Wooden Sword and a black short blade to unleash the Righteousness Sword and Propriety Sword.
• The immortal crane swept aside and shattered Lin Qi’s two sword characters, then descended before her as Venerable He Yuan named his move Crane Shadow Sword Heart.

Lin Qi endured Venerable He Yuan’s Crane Shadow Sword Heart as he closed in to kill her, while Venerable Jin An was prevented from intervening. At the brink of the attack’s full power, Lin Qi revealed the Ice Mist Pipe and unleashed its mysterious bubble.

• Venerable Jin An recognized Venerable He Yuan’s Crane Shadow Sword Heart and tried to rescue Lin Qi, but Venerable Fu Cang blocked her.
• Lin Qi endured the crane’s hurricane and Sword Qi, with the Medicine Jade Ring sustaining her as her body was badly injured.
• Venerable He Yuan advanced on Lin Qi and increased the pressure until she was forced to one knee as the crane closed to ten meters.
• Lin Qi met Venerable He Yuan’s gaze, then revealed an azure pipe that Venerable Jin An recognized as the missing Ice Mist Pipe.
• Lin Qi poured her remaining spiritual energy into the Ice Mist Pipe, releasing a pale-blue transparent bubble.

Lin Qi used the Ice Mist Pipe to trap Venerable He Yuan and expose his illicit relationship with the Azure Cloud Pavilion Master, revealing that they were Fairy Xi He's parents. Venerable Jin An stopped the Azure Cloud Pavilion Master from attacking Lin Qi, while the scandal spread among the gathered cultivators.

• Lin Qi, badly injured by the immortal crane phantom, used the Ice Mist Pipe to envelop Venerable He Yuan in a second Ice Mist Bubble.
• The bubbles revealed memories of the Azure Cloud Pavilion Master calling He Yuan “Master” and naming their daughter Xi He.
• Venerable Jin An and a Mahayana Venerable confirmed that the Ice Mist Pipe drew out real memories rather than illusions.
• The Azure Cloud Pavilion Master attacked Lin Qi, but Venerable Jin An struck her down and warned Venerable Fu Cang not to interfere.
• The gathered cultivators realized Xi He was He Yuan and the Azure Cloud Pavilion Master's daughter, and began whispering about the scandal.

The Azure Cloud Pavilion Master and Venerable He Yuan’s affair was exposed, provoking public outrage and forcing her to return to Azure Sea Pavilion. The Ice Mist Bubble revealed how He Yuan’s crushing expectations and Xi He’s repeated schemes shaped their past, leaving the crowd to witness the extent of her cruelty.

• The crowd condemned the Azure Cloud Pavilion Master and Venerable He Yuan, and she threatened them with her sword until Venerable Fu Cang ordered her back to Azure Sea Pavilion.
• The Azure Cloud Pavilion Master left Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring, fearing the punishment awaiting her and Venerable He Yuan.
• The Ice Mist Bubble showed how Venerable He Yuan devoted himself to cultivating Xi He and expected her to become exceptional.
• Xi He struggled to keep pace with other cultivators, failed her first attempt to Form Golden Core, and disappointed Venerable He Yuan.
• The memories showed Xi He plotting to kill a fellow disciple at seven and Venerable He Yuan covering up her crimes as similar incidents multiplied.

Lin Qi was nearly killed by Venerable He Yuan after his cultivation surged to Mahayana, but an unseen force blocked his sword and helped Venerable Jin An sever his arm. Taiji Daojun finally appeared, catching He Yuan’s sword and revealing herself as the patriarch.

• Venerable Fu Cang recognized He Yuan’s efforts to cover up the past and stayed to prepare to intervene.
• Venerable He Yuan broke free of Lin Qi’s Ice Mist Bubbles, became enraged, and attacked her with Mahayana-level power.
• Venerable He Yuan trapped Lin Qi with five immortal crane phantoms and sent his sword toward her as Venerable Jin An rushed to stop him.
• A black-and-white Tai Chi diagram blocked He Yuan’s sword, while Venerable Jin An’s strike severed one of his arms after his spiritual energy stalled.
• Taiji Daojun appeared in black Daoist robes, caught He Yuan’s sword, and tossed it aside.

Venerable Tai Chi returned to save Lin Qi and confronted Venerable He Yuan for bullying his grand-disciple. He Yuan attacked Tai Chi, and their battle began.

• Venerable Tai Chi stopped Venerable He Yuan from killing Lin Qi and revealed himself as her ancestor.
• Lin Qi introduced herself as True Monarch Qingyun’s direct disciple, and Tai Chi promised to deal with those who had bullied her.
• Venerable He Yuan recognized Tai Chi from the Firmament Cave Abode and threatened him when Tai Chi challenged him.
• Tai Chi declared that the grudge against his grand-disciple had to be repaid and summoned his black-and-white sword.
• Venerable He Yuan launched his Crane Shadow Sword Heart technique at Tai Chi.

Taiji Daojun defeated Venerable He Yuan with a sword strike that wounded his divine soul, then defended Lin Qi’s actions against Venerable Fu Cang. He declared the feud a private matter between their lineages and challenged the Azure Sea Pavilion to fight if it chose to intervene.

• Venerable Tai Chi shattered Venerable He Yuan’s sword attack and pierced his defenses with a blade that struck his soul.
• Venerable He Yuan collapsed in agony as his divine soul was grievously wounded, and Taiji Daojun said he had meant to make him suffer for bullying Lin Qi.
• Venerable Fu Cang argued that Lin Qi had agreed to receive He Yuan’s attack, but Lin Qi said she had been forced into the fight and accused He Yuan of restoring his Mahayana cultivation to attack her.
• Taiji Daojun declared that his lineage would not endure the humiliation and said the feud did not involve the two sects unless the Azure Sea Pavilion made it official.
• Taiji Daojun told the Azure Sea Pavilion that he was ready to fight rather than continue arguing.

After the Heavenly Demon Palace disaster, Lin Qi revealed the recovered corpses to the grieving sects. The survivors mourned their dead and renewed their anger toward Azure Sea Pavilion.

• Venerable Tai Chi brought the Tianyi Sect disciples away from the Heavenly Demon Palace and urged Venerable Fu Cang to address Mountain Sea Academy’s losses.
• Venerable Fu Cang offered to send Azure Sea Pavilion cultivators back into the palace, but Luo Ci declared that no survivors remained inside.
• Luo Ci explained that the Heavenly Demon Scepter let him sense conditions within the palace, and Venerable Fu Cang fled with the Azure Sea Pavilion cultivators.
• Lin Qi asked Mountain Sea Academy to stay and laid out several dozen corpses she had recovered from the palace.
• The sects identified their dead and wept, while some survivors voiced their desire to kill the Azure Sea Pavilion cultivators.

After the survivors left the Heavenly Demon Palace mourned their dead, Lin Qi turned their gratitude into promises of compensation for the resources she had spent saving them. Taiji Daojun reassured Lin Qi that she need not worry about others’ opinions and gave her an emerald branch that filled her with pure spiritual energy.

• Lin Qi apologized for failing to bring every disciple out alive, and the survivors thanked her for protecting them and clearing the palace’s formations.
• Dao Lord Ting Sui and representatives of the other sects promised to report Lin Qi’s deeds and compensate her for the resources she had used.
• Lin Qi asked that Zhe Yuan be excluded from repayment because he had already saved her life and settled their favor.
• Lin Qi told Taiji Daojun she feared her blunt request for repayment made her seem worldly, but Taiji Daojun said she only needed to understand her own motives.
• Taiji Daojun gave Lin Qi a palm-sized emerald branch, whose spiritual energy cleared her mind.

Lin Qi learned how to restore Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring and used the two scepters with Luo Ci to draw back the Weak Water. As Heavenly Demon Palace returned to its original state, Lin Qi discovered she had gained control of its Spirit Array Secret Realm and Spiritual Medicine Secret Realm.

• Venerable Tai Chi gave Lin Qi a Bodhi Leaf and the Returning Light Mirror, explaining that burying the mirror beneath Heaven and Earth Crossing Immortal Spring could gradually restore it.
• Luo Ci explained that activating the Heavenly Demon Scepter and Heavenly Spirit Scepter together would return the Weak Water and draw down the Heavenly River, and Lin Qi read the booklet explaining the scepters' responsibilities.
• Lin Qi and Luo Ci channeled spiritual and demonic energy into their scepters, causing the Weak Water to withdraw and form a barrier around Heavenly Demon Palace.
• Lin Qi sensed a connection to the Spirit Array Secret Realm and reclaimed its scattered arrays, then discovered she also controlled the Spiritual Medicine Secret Realm.
• Lin Qi realized that the scepters' inheritor would become the Great Witch God and that Heavenly Demon Palace's treasures were ultimately meant for the Devil Race.

Lin Qi returned the Heavenly River to its proper place and secretly plundered the Heavenly Demon Palace’s secret realms while traveling back to the sect. She discovered that the egg in her Phoenix Feather Bracelet space was changing, and its appearance seemed familiar.

• Lin Qi restored the Heavenly River, then rode the Tai Chi Yin-Yang Diagram back with Dao Lord Guan Xuan and the Tianyi Sect disciples.
• Lin Qi recovered from her injuries, practiced with Ye Jian, and secretly entered the Spiritual Medicine Secret Realm and Spirit Array Secret Realm to gather medicines and study formations.
• Lin Qi filled the Underground Palace’s Breathing Soil with rare spiritual medicines and set aside a Bone Sculpting Flower for Senior Brother Tan.
• Lin Qi examined the egg in her Phoenix Feather Bracelet space and saw its shell thinning and turning red.
• Lin Qi recognized the curled creature inside the egg as familiar and confronted the guilty-looking Sky-Piercing Green Vine.

Lin Qi learned that Sky-Piercing Green Vine had hidden the Weak Water Moon Rabbit inside the Fate Stone Egg, which had begun transforming it into a new creature. Jin Jun explained that the egg could absorb and fuse traits to create exceptional life, and the shell began cracking as Lin Qi wondered whether an Armadillo Beast would emerge.

• Lin Qi confronted Sky-Piercing Green Vine, which confessed that it had hidden the Weak Water Moon Rabbit inside the egg rather than eating it.
• Jin Jun identified the egg as the Fate Stone Egg and explained that it could nurture life despite lacking a divine soul and a fixed form.
• Jin Jun revealed that the Fate Stone Egg could absorb, purify, and fuse traits, while Sky-Piercing Green Vine named the Armadillo Beast as a highly talented rabbit-like divine beast.
• Lin Qi recalled the Armadillo Beast's destructive reputation, and the Fate Stone Egg's shell began to crack.

Lin Qi confronted the Sky-Piercing Green Vine for secretly hiding the Weak Water Moon Rabbit, while a Fate Stone Egg hatched into a newborn Armadillo Beast. The Sky-Piercing Green Vine begged Lin Qi not to abandon them, and Lin Qi ended by stroking their head.

• A newborn Armadillo Beast emerged from the Fate Stone Egg and clung affectionately to Lin Qi.
• Lin Qi rebuked the Sky-Piercing Green Vine for deceiving her and warned that the Azure Cloud Pavilion Master could use the Weak Water Moon Rabbit against her.
• Lin Qi said she could dissolve their contract, prompting the Sky-Piercing Green Vine to cry and plead for another chance.
• Lin Qi offered to help the Sky-Piercing Green Vine return to the Northern Lands or settle in a Blessed Land, but they refused to be left behind.
• The Sky-Piercing Green Vine begged Lin Qi not to throw them away, and Lin Qi raised a hand to stroke their head.

Lin Qi punished the Sky-Piercing Green Vine, contracted the Armadillo Beast, and examined the transformed Emperor Phoenix Sword. She visited Lin Jue and learned that Heavenly Punishment had left him gravely weakened, then suggested he return to the Upper Realm.

• Lin Qi let the Sky-Piercing Green Vine stay in her space but warned it that further trouble would bring punishment.
• Lin Qi formed a contract with the newly born Armadillo Beast, which told her the Emperor Phoenix Sword was made from an ice phoenix and carried an emperor's aura.
• Lin Qi saw that the Small Wooden Sword had transformed into the icy Emperor Phoenix Sword, and the Sky-Piercing Green Vine said its pressure could cow all beasts.
• Lin Qi stopped in Merchant City, visited her great aunt, and then went to see Lin Jue.
• Lin Jue told Lin Qi that Heavenly Punishment had injured his right arm after he nearly killed a female cultivator, and Lin Qi suggested he return to the Upper Realm.