Chapter Summaries

Bi Yao and Lu Xueqi continued fighting as the demonic faction attacked Qingyun Sect, while Cang Song revealed himself as part of a trap against Wan Renwang and Yu Yangzi. Wan Jianyi activated the Zhu Xian Sword Formation, turning the battle against the demonic forces, and You Ji tried to escape with Bi Yao as Shui Yue blocked their way.

• Bi Yao healed her wounded palm and resumed her duel with Lu Xueqi, while the demonic faction's morale surged after she blocked Slaying Ghosts and Gods.
• Wan Renwang greeted Dao Xuan, but Cang Song stabbed Dao Xuan and then attacked Wan Renwang, exposing the ambush against the demonic leaders.
• Dao Xuan revealed Cang Song had never betrayed Qingyun Sect, and the demonic cultivators scattered as the Orthodox Path forces turned against them.
• Dao Xuan offered Wan Renwang a chance to surrender, but Wan Renwang refused and told Qing Long to escape with Bi Yao if he could.
• Wan Jianyi drew the Zhu Xian Sword and activated the Zhu Xian Sword Formation, prompting You Ji to flee with Bi Yao while White Tiger and Xuan Wu held off Tian Buyi and Su Ru.
• Shui Yue appeared between You Ji and Bi Yao, blocking their escape.

The Ghost King Sect’s attack on Qingyun Sect collapsed when the Zhu Xian Sword Formation activated, forcing the Demonic Path fighters to retreat while Wan Renwang remained to hold off Dao Xuan. Xiaobai recognized the formation, warned the Ghost King Sect disciples to flee, and then joined the battle after discovering Bi Yao’s Fox Clan bloodline and her connection to someone Xiaobai knew.

• Wan Renwang stayed behind to buy time for Bi Yao and the others, fighting Dao Xuan despite his injuries and poison.
• Xiaobai appeared beside Tian Ling Er, who warned the Blood Sea Twelve Devils that their Young Sect Leader would die if they went up the mountain.
• Xiaobai sensed the Zhu Xian Sword Formation and broke through part of its concealment, causing the formation’s baleful aura to surge across the battlefield.
• Xiaobai ordered the Ghost King Sect disciples to retreat and flew toward the fighting above as You Ji and the others struggled to escape.
• Xiaobai struck Shui Yue away, recognized Bi Yao’s Fox Clan bloodline and familiar scent, and confronted the Orthodox Path alliance with her nine tails revealed.

Xiaobai intervened at Tongtian Peak, revealed herself as the Nine-tailed Sky Fox, and devastated Heavenly Sound Temple after they provoked her over the destruction of Fox Qi Mountain. Qingyun Sect and the other factions withdrew, and Xiaobai left Qingyun Sect with a choice: let the Ghost King Sect go or face her in battle.

• Xiaobai condemned Heavenly Sound Temple for destroying Fox Qi Mountain and launched a massive five-element attack at its forces.
• Tian Buyi ordered Qingyun disciples to withdraw, and Incense Valley, Blood Refinement Hall, Joyous Union Sect, Ghost King Sect, and Longevity Hall followed suit.
• Xiaobai's Elemental Ball erased much of Heavenly Sound Temple's forces and carved a huge hollow into Tongtian Peak.
• You Ji identified Xiaobai as the legendary Nine-tailed Sky Fox, and Xiaobai explained that she had come to support the Ghost King Sect and Bi Yao.
• Xiaobai told Qingyun Sect she would protect the Ghost King Sect unless they withdrew, then asked whether they chose war or peace.

Shui Yue challenged Xiaobai as the battle at Tongtian Peak trapped the Qingyun Sect, Incense Valley, and Demonic Path forces in a tense standoff. Xiaobai fought Dao Xuan and Wan Jianyi to help the Ghost King Sect escape, while Lu Yuan offered the Beast God a bargain to obtain its and Ling Long’s cultivation knowledge in exchange for promising to resurrect Ling Long.

• Shui Yue insisted on confronting Xiaobai, but the arrival of fleeing Demonic Path forces left the factions surrounded at Tongtian Peak.
• Xiaobai admitted that she had killed Heavenly Sound Temple disciples in revenge for the Fox Clan and rejected the abbots’ appeals to end the conflict.
• Xiaobai asked Yun Yilan to help secure the Ghost King Sect’s escape, but Dao Xuan demanded that she defeat either him or Wan Jianyi and forbade her from taking the Ghost King Sect with her.
• Xiaobai attacked Dao Xuan and Wan Jianyi, ordered the Ghost King Sect to help its members retreat, and warned Incense Valley to stay clear.
• At a mountain cave in the Southern Border, Lu Yuan offered to resurrect Ling Long and tell the Beast God what had happened in exchange for the Beast God’s and Ling Long’s witchcraft knowledge and cultivation experience.
• Lu Yuan reassured the Beast God that Ling Long had not denied it and argued that it would have little reason to cause havoc, prompting the Beast God to ask for the deal’s terms.

Lu Yuan explained the Reincarnation and Continued Fate ritual to the Beast God and persuaded him to guard the Bitter Love Tree seed, giving him a reason to protect humanity while waiting for Ling Long to return. Just as Lu Yuan prepared to plant the seed, unexpected information arrived, and he vanished to deal with a problem, leaving the Beast God waiting.

• Lu Yuan and the Beast God spent hours overcoming their language barrier, then shared food and drink while discussing the world's history and inheritances.
• Lu Yuan explained that the ritual could reunite the Beast God with Ling Long across reincarnations, but required the Bitter Love Tree and cooperation from both of them.
• The Beast God asked why Lu Yuan trusted him not to seize the ritual or harm him, and Lu Yuan cited the missing Bitter Love Tree and his belief that the Beast God could be reasoned with.
• Lu Yuan asked the Beast God to guard the Bitter Love Tree and remain near it, arguing that this would also help protect humanity from destruction.
• Lu Yuan revealed that the seed was fused with him and would die if he died, then prepared to bury it beneath their mountain peak.
• After information about a problem with an earlier move reached him, Lu Yuan disappeared, and the Beast God hoped he would return alive.

Xiaobai and the Demonic Path forces were pushed toward defeat as Yun Yilan joined Qingyun Sect’s assault. Wan Renwang prepared to sacrifice himself so Bi Yao could escape, but Xiaobai revealed she had called for reinforcements, and Lu Yuan arrived under Dongfang Yuan’s identity, drawing his sword against Qingyun Sect.

• Yun Yilan struck Xiaobai with the Profound Fire Mirror while she was already fighting Wan Jianyi, Dao Xuan, Cang Song, and Shui Yue.
• You Ji pulled Bi Yao away from Lu Xueqi and brought her to the badly wounded Wan Renwang, who urged her to escape with You Ji and leave him and Qing Long behind.
• Wan Renwang ordered Qing Long and the others to fight with everything they had, but Xiaobai sealed Wan Renwang’s Mana and told him she had called for reinforcements.
• Lu Yuan arrived in Dongfang Yuan’s identity, told the others to wake Bi Yao, and raised his sword toward Qingyun Sect, warning them not to touch his woman.

Dongfang Yuan's clone intervened in the battle between the Orthodox Path alliance and the demonic sects, cured Wan Renwang's poison, and fought Wan Jianyi to protect the demonic sects. The clone abruptly collapsed during the clash, while Lu Yuan's main body prepared to break through to the third order in the Death Swamp.

• Lu Yuan told Dao Xuan that the Qingyun Sect had chosen to stand against him, then vowed to protect the Ghost King Sect, the Joyous Union Sect, and the Blood Refinement Hall.
• Lu Yuan removed the poison from Wan Renwang, restoring his ability to fight, and Wan Renwang taunted Cang Song about his rescue.
• Wan Jianyi attacked Lu Yuan with the Zhu Xian Sword, and Lu Yuan countered with his Insulation Claw and Taixu Bone Sword.
• As Wan Jianyi unleashed the Zhu Xian Sword Formation, Lu Yuan transformed into Half-Dragon Form, then suddenly fell unconscious into a crater.
• Lu Xueqi dragged the fallen Lu Yuan to the Qingyun Sect's side, while Bi Yao attacked and Wan Renwang blocked Dao Xuan.
• At the Death Swamp, Lu Yuan's main body resolved to break through to the third order before returning to the battle.

Lu Yuan returned to Tongtian Peak after fusing most of his origin and stopped the Orthodox Path forces from killing Xiaobai. He exposed Heavenly Sound Temple’s concealment of the Grass Temple Village tragedy, then destroyed its representatives and absorbed Dongfang Yuan’s incarnation, leaving him at the Fourth Layer of the Third Order.

• Wan Renwang led the Demonic Path’s retreat while Dao Xuan challenged Yun Yilan over Incense Valley’s refusal to fight.
• The Water Kirin attacked the Demonic Path near Azure Water Pool, but a distant pillar of light disrupted spells across the battlefield.
• Lu Yuan arrived and blocked the Zhu Xian Sword for Xiaobai, then told Bi Yao to lead the Blood Refinement Hall disciples down the mountain.
• Lu Yuan explained his divided identity and asked the Orthodox Path coalition to resolve the conflict without fighting.
• Lu Yuan rejected Heavenly Sound Temple’s accusations and condemned its concealment of Pu Zhi’s role in the Grass Temple Village tragedy.
• Lu Yuan absorbed Dongfang Yuan’s incarnation, reached the Fourth Layer of the Third Order, and killed the Heavenly Sound Temple representatives with an invisible force.

Lu Yuan faced Qingyun Sect’s leaders and offered to let them attack without retaliation, while Lu Xueqi chose to settle their personal conflict privately. Dao Xuan wielded the Zhu Xian Sword against Lu Yuan, whose Heavenly Moat stopped a spatially shattering strike in midair.

• Lu Yuan revealed his Supreme Clarity Realm power, promised not to strike back, and declared that anyone who attacked him would end their bond with him.
• Lu Yuan explained that Tian Ling Er had chosen neutrality, and Lu Xueqi confronted him over forcing her to choose between him and Qingyun Sect.
• Dao Xuan took the Zhu Xian Sword from Wan Jianyi, and Lu Yuan absorbed Wan Jianyi’s baleful energy before asking Lu Xueqi to decide whether to fight.
• Lu Xueqi said she and Lu Yuan could resolve their conflict privately, so Lu Yuan faced Dao Xuan while promising only to defend himself.
• Dao Xuan attacked with Zhu Xian Sword Qi and the Zhu Xian Sword Formation, but Lu Yuan blocked the attacks and stopped Dao Xuan’s spatially shattering sword strike with Heavenly Moat.

Lu Yuan defeated Dao Xuan and used the Zhu Xian Sword to reveal Heavenly Book Volume 5, learning that the sword came from a fallen Intercepting Sect disciple and that a great calamity had shaped the world. He left the sword with its owner and considered how the Zhu Xian World might avoid decline by developing into a fuller Cultivation World.

• Lu Yuan blocked Dao Xuan’s peak strike, explained how he could control Mana, and invited Dao Xuan to continue fighting.
• Dao Xuan attacked Lu Yuan with the Zhu Xian Sword, but Lu Yuan rendered his spells ineffective and disarmed him after a brief clash.
• Lu Yuan removed the baleful aura from Dao Xuan and said he wanted only the information recorded on the Zhu Xian Sword, not the sword itself.
• Lu Yuan poured Mana into the Zhu Xian Sword and revealed a more complete version of Heavenly Book Volume 5, astonishing Dao Xuan, Wan Jianyi, and the other Qingyun Sect elders.
• Lu Yuan learned that the Zhu Xian Sword came from a fallen Intercepting Sect disciple and that a great calamity had been recorded in its history.
• Lu Yuan concluded that the Zhu Xian World risked decline and considered the resources, formations, and cultivation practices it would need to develop into a true Cultivation World.

At the foot of Tongtian Peak, Lu Yuan explained that he would eventually leave this world and asked Tian Ling Er, Lu Xueqi, Yan Hong, and Jin Ping'er whether they would accept his future. After Tian Ling Er, Yan Hong, and Jin Ping'er agreed, Lu Xueqi accepted by arguing that future wars between worlds would make them comrades, and the group’s tension gave way to laughter and teasing.

• Lu Yuan met Tian Ling Er again at the foot of Tongtian Peak, then asked Bi Yao and Lu Xueqi to stay while he settled matters with them.
• Yan Hong and Jin Ping'er arrived, and Lu Yuan reflected on the heart tribulations that had shaped his choices and understanding.
• Lu Yuan explained that he would eventually leave this world, described the risks of waiting for him or attempting Ascension, and asked the women whether they were willing to go with him.
• Yan Hong and Jin Ping'er agreed, and Tian Ling Er said she wanted to go with Lu Yuan.
• Lu Xueqi asked what future awaited their world, and Lu Yuan said it would face slaughter or cooperation with other worlds.
• Lu Xueqi concluded that they would become comrades against outsiders, easing the conflict; Bi Yao and Tian Ling Er teased Lu Yuan as You Ji and Shui Yue watched, while Wan Jianyi envied his ability to cross worlds.

Decades after Lu Yuan’s deeds were suppressed in the Fox Spirit World and the Zhu Xian World, he discussed the worlds’ political balance and his plans with the Beast God. Lu Yuan intended to connect worlds and continue cultivating rather than ascend immediately, leaving his farewell for a later day.

• Tushan Honghong, Tushan Rongrong, Dongfang Huaizhu, and Yue Ti Xia concealed most of Lu Yuan’s history to preserve peace and aid human-demon unification.
• The Qingyun Sect, Incense Valley, Ghost King Sect, and Joyous Union Sect suppressed news about Lu Yuan, while the weakened Heavenly Sound Temple and Longevity Hall faced pressure from the shifting balance of power.
• The Beast God questioned Lu Yuan’s ruthless calculations and his plans for the sapling, and Lu Yuan explained that the Beast God had chosen to let Ling Long’s soul enter reincarnation.
• Lu Yuan warned that Taotie would grow intelligent and could suffer if it transformed and lost someone it loved, prompting the Beast God to consider its future.
• The Beast God asked how Lu Yuan would manage his relationships before ascending, and Lu Yuan said he did not need to ascend because he could connect worlds and return to his original world.
• Lu Yuan told the Beast God that he would remain neutral while he worked to merge worlds and cultivate, and the Beast God asked to see him off when he eventually left.

After mastering the five volumes of the Heavenly Book, Lu Yuan used the Power of Destiny and the Taixu Bone Sword to open a passage toward the Fox Spirit World. The Void Bone Spears there began responding to him, leaving Dongfang Huaizhu, Yue Ti Xia, and Tushan Yaya wondering whether he was returning or in danger.

• After a year of cultivation, Lu Yuan mastered the Heavenly Book's fifth volume and reached the technique's limit, beyond the Beast God's strength but short of the Fourth Order.
• Near the Bitter Love Tree, Lu Yuan demonstrated the manifested form of fate to Bi Yao and the Beast God, explaining how it could predict and manipulate events.
• Lu Yuan used a Bitter Love Tree leaf to search for the Fox Spirit World, but found many worlds connected to similar trees instead.
• Lu Yuan used the Taixu Bone Sword as a unique guide and pulled open a starry passage through the void.
• In the Fox Spirit World, the Void Bone Spears began trembling; Dongfang Qinlan alerted Dongfang Huaizhu and Yue Ti Xia, while Tushan Rongrong found Tushan Yaya's Taixu Ancient Sword humming.
• Tushan Yaya assumed Lu Yuan had run into trouble, complained that he had not sent word, and left to find Tushan Honghong.

Lu Yuan returned to the Fox Spirit World with Bi Yao and found that humans and demons had lived peacefully together during his thirty-year absence. Their visit to a museum commemorating his treaty with Huan Du Qingtian left Lu Yuan amused by its embellished history and surprised by how well the peace had endured.

• Lu Yuan brought Bi Yao through a passage into the Fox Spirit World and explained that they had arrived near its border.
• Lu Yuan and Bi Yao walked through a city where humans and demons mingled peacefully, while Bi Yao remarked on the demons’ strange appearances.
• Lu Yuan recalled that Bi Yao was the only one free to accompany him, while the others remained occupied with their responsibilities.
• After hearing a storyteller recount Li Muchen, Lu Yuan realized that thirty years had passed in the Fox Spirit World while he was away.
• Lu Yuan and Bi Yao visited a museum that charged admission to display objects from Lu Yuan’s past, including utensils labeled as witnesses to his treaty with Huan Du Qingtian.
• Lu Yuan criticized the museum’s embellished account but acknowledged that the Southern Kingdom and the One Qi Dao Alliance had maintained peace between humans and demons.

Lu Yuan and Bi Yao went to Tushan to meet Tushan Honghong, but Tushan Yaya attacked Lu Yuan over the Golden Bell he had given Bi Yao. Tushan Rongrong relayed Big Sister’s permission for Bi Yao to visit and reminded Lu Yuan that he owed Li Muchen an explanation, while Lu Yuan left carrying Tushan Yaya.

• Bi Yao agreed to visit Tushan with Lu Yuan, and he warned her that Tushan Yaya might react badly to their relationship.
• Tushan Yaya confronted Lu Yuan over giving Bi Yao the Golden Bell and challenged Bi Yao to a fight before Lu Yuan restrained her.
• Bi Yao refused to back down, and Tushan Yaya criticized Lu Yuan’s choice of partner after realizing Bi Yao misunderstood her relationship with him.
• Tushan Rongrong told them that Big Sister had approved Bi Yao’s visit, barred someone from going up, and said Lu Yuan owed Li Muchen an explanation.
• Lu Yuan decided to investigate Li Muchen’s situation and left for Tushan Honghong with Tushan Yaya over his shoulder, despite Tushan Rongrong trying to stop him.

Tushan Honghong met Bi Yao and listened as she began recounting her story with Lu Yuan, while Lu Yuan reunited with Tushan Yaya and then returned to Godly Fire Mountain Manor. Yuan Mao briefed him on the state of Dragon Shadow Bookstore and handed him Li Muchen’s testimony, leaving him poised to learn what had happened during his absence.

• Tushan Rongrong told Tushan Honghong that Lu Yuan had left and trusted her, and Tushan Honghong agreed to question Bi Yao without deliberately making things difficult for her.
• Bi Yao introduced herself to Tushan Honghong, returned the Golden Bell, and began telling the story of how she first met Lu Yuan.
• Lu Yuan argued playfully with Tushan Yaya about the women he had pursued, then left to visit Huaizhu, Qin Lan, and Yue Ti Xia.
• Lu Yuan appeared in his former room at Godly Fire Mountain Manor, where Yuan Mao recognized him after testing his identity.
• Yuan Mao explained Dragon Shadow Bookstore’s growth, the Six Stars’ assignments, and the One Qi Dao Alliance’s condition, then gave Lu Yuan Li Muchen’s written testimony.

Lu Yuan reunited with Li Muchen in the Western Regions and explained why he would soon ascend again, while asking what she wanted to do after her rebellion. Li Muchen chose to remain and guard the Western Regions, then confessed that she liked him, and Lu Yuan embraced her.

• Lu Yuan met Li Muchen in the Western Regions and acknowledged the damage her rebellion had caused, while weighing her merits against her faults.
• Lu Yuan explained that he would stay for about two months before ascending again and described how worlds could fuse; Li Muchen decided to remain and guard the Western Regions.
• Lu Yuan told Li Muchen that another world was called Douluo and explained how its fusion with their world would affect cultivation and immortality.
• Li Muchen recalled their past and said she had learned to accept loving Lu Yuan silently, but Lu Yuan challenged her to say whether she truly liked him.
• Li Muchen firmly confessed that she liked Lu Yuan, and he embraced her.

Qian Renxue visited Hu Liena at Spirit Hall’s academy because she felt an uneasy premonition, but Hu Liena could not confirm it. Lu Yuan returned through a spatial tunnel, connected to the World Consciousness, and disappeared again.

• A teacher described the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to Spirit Hall students as a shared realm with no entry requirements.
• Qian Renxue told Hu Liena that the subordinate planes had mostly submitted and explained why she had come to ask about her premonition.
• Hu Liena said she would remain at the academy rather than go to the front lines, and Qian Renxue teased her about Yan’s unrequited hopes.
• Qian Renxue reflected on Spirit Hall’s unification of the world and its campaigns against Sun Moon Continent and the subordinate planes.
• Lu Yuan emerged above the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, calmed the World Consciousness, connected to it with a Red Thread, and vanished.

Du Tianhu discovered a hidden formation in the former Blood Refinement Hall ruins and met the transformed Yellow Bird and Black Water Mysterious Snake, who urged him to study it. The Beautiful Woman in Pink with Red Sash identified the formation as the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation and reflected on the fate of old friends.

• Du Tianhu retraced his steps beneath the starry sky and realized the stars concealed a profound formation.
• Little Black appeared and told Du Tianhu that the formation surpassed the Twelve Star Evil Formation and that only a handful of legendary figures could comprehend it.
• Xiao Huang arrived, confirmed Du Tianhu understood part of the formation, and promised to teach him Bean-to-Soldier Casting if he found her in Death Swamp.
• Du Tianhu recognized Xiao Huang and Little Black as the Yellow Bird and Black Water Mysterious Snake, then wondered what kind of formation they had shown him.
• The Beautiful Woman in Pink with Red Sash learned from Little Black that Du Tianhu had talent but would need years to master the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, then lamented her loneliness and the absence of old friends.

The chapter explained Yun Lan Sect’s standing among the Gama Empire’s powers and revealed that the Soul Hall regarded the sect as a tool. It ended with Yun Yun reading a letter from her first disciple while Nalan Yanran waited beside her, visibly displeased.

• The chapter outlined how the Alchemist Guild, Mitre Family, and Gama Imperial Family maintained their influence through pills, commerce, and military strength.
• Yun Lan Sect’s power was traced to its legacy, Yun Shan’s possible breakthrough, Yun Yun’s strength, and its four Dou Wang elders.
• The chapter revealed that the Soul Hall had manipulated Yun Shan and considered Yun Lan Sect a disposable tool, while Gu Xun’er remained safe in the Xiao Family without anyone acting against her.
• Yun Yun focused on the first letter from her first disciple, leaving her second disciple, Nalan Yanran, standing beside her with pursed lips.