Chapter Summaries

Zheng Fa stayed trapped behind Thunderclap Temple’s golden net and distrusted Nishang Yuanjun’s offer to help him escape, choosing to prepare a clone before approaching Jade Pool. Meanwhile, Senior Sister Zhang prepared Nine Mountains Sect to lure the enemy into an attack, but the invading Golden Immortals found Xuanwei Sea abandoned.

• Zheng Fa followed the departing group to Jade Pool, saw Thunderclap Temple’s strict checkpoint, and received Nishang Yuanjun’s messages offering help and warning that Heaven-Shaking Demon Emperor planned to invade Nine Mountains Sect.
• Zheng Fa suspected Nishang Yuanjun might be leading him into Lu Mo’s trap, so he sent a warning to Dragon Lord Shuyu and planned to create a third clone before sending it toward Jade Pool.
• Senior Sister Zhang told Yun Wuji that Nine Mountains Sect would abandon Xuanwei Sea and welcome the enemy, while preparing the Sun-Shooting Army and Immortal-Slayer Legion to face them.
• Azure Abyss Dragon King persuaded Heaven-Shaking Demon Emperor and Peacock Great Emperor to attack Xuanwei Sea first, while Xuan Chengzi decided Supreme Dao should also seek the Primordial Purple Qi and test Nine Mountains Sect.
• Peacock Great Emperor’s group entered Xuanwei Sea and found Shuyu Dragon Palace and Nine Mountains Sect’s breeding grounds deserted, prompting Azure Abyss Dragon King to celebrate while Peacock Great Emperor grew suspicious.

Zheng Fa formed his third avatar while Senior Sister Zhang and the Sun-Shooting Army prepared a long-range strike against the Golden Immortals invading Eastern Continent. Their arrows devastated the Heaven-Shaking Demon Emperor and pursued the enemy across multiple seas, leaving Senior Sister Zhang to warn that any Golden Immortal who entered Nine Mountains and harmed its people would be slain.

• Zheng Fa condensed his third avatar with help from new believers and sent it toward Jade Pool while he watched the battle through a livestream.
• Senior Sister Zhang coordinated the Eight-Trigram Diagram with the Sun-Shooting Army, which fired a powerful arrow from Vast Sun Mountain at the invading Golden Immortals.
• The Heaven-Shaking Demon Emperor attacked evacuees, but the arrow shattered his Golden Immortal Domain and badly injured him, forcing the invading group to flee.
• The Sun-Shooting Army fired again after the attackers reached Xuanwei Sea, destroying the Heaven-Shaking Demon Emperor's Immortal Body and driving the survivors toward North Sea.
• Another arrow killed the Heaven-Shaking Demon Emperor after the group crossed into North Sea, and Senior Sister Zhang warned the remaining Golden Immortals not to harm Nine Mountains' people.

Senior Sister Zhang secured the North Sea’s submission while Nine Mountains Sect planned to expand into Northern Continent and Thunderclap Temple retreated to repair its Pure Land. At Jade Pool, Nishang Yuanjun confronted Zheng Fa, who had arrived there in disguise.

• Senior Sister Zhang let Peacock Great Emperor and Blissful Heavenly Maiden retreat, then persuaded Xuan Chengzi to restore trade with Nine Mountains Sect and spared Supreme Dao for the time being.
• Senior Sister Zhang forced Azure Abyss Dragon King to surrender the North Sea’s Sea-Calming Seal and submit to Nine Mountains Sect.
• Sword Dao Body and Senior Sister Zhang proposed taking Northern Continent to strengthen Nine Mountains Sect and make up for its lost trade revenue, while acknowledging that they needed more intelligence first.
• Lu Mo accepted that Heaven-Shaking Demon Emperor had been killed, ordered Thunderclap Temple to repair the Pure Land and avoid Nine Mountains Sect, and said they could not let Zheng Fa escape.
• Zheng Fa arrived at Jade Pool in disguise, explored its forest-like center, and ate a fruit before Nishang Yuanjun approached him.

Disguised as Nishang Yuanjun’s maid, Zheng Fa learned that Jianmu could offer a route out of the Western Continent, but it might lead into Chaos. Nishang Yuanjun asked him to help recover the Jade Pool from Blissful Heavenly Maiden and find the missing immortals, but Blissful Heavenly Maiden arrived with Peacock Great Emperor and revealed she had been waiting for him.

• Nishang Yuanjun met Zheng Fa in the forest, disguised him as a Jade Pool maid, and led him to Nishang Palace atop Jianmu.
• Nishang Yuanjun explained that Jianmu connected the Western Continent to the Jade Pool Immortal Realm, though that realm had become a sea of Chaos.
• Nishang Yuanjun said Blissful Heavenly Maiden had seized control of the Jade Pool and that Water Mother and the other Golden Immortals had disappeared around the time Jile attained the Dao.
• Zheng Fa and Nishang Yuanjun suspected that the false Divine Lord Lingxi had been part of a scheme targeting Water Mother as well as Venerable Tianhe.
• Nishang Yuanjun asked Zheng Fa to help find the missing ladies and reclaim the Jade Pool, explaining that she no longer trusted the Supreme Dao.
• Blissful Heavenly Maiden arrived with Peacock Great Emperor, denied being deceived by the World-Honored One, and said she had been waiting for Zheng Fa.

Zheng Fa and Nishang Yuanjun escaped Western Continent through Jianmu and entered the ruined Jade Pool Immortal Realm, where Lingxi's True Spirit began guiding them. As they flew through dangerous spacetime currents, Zheng Fa offered Nishang a chance to join the Nine Mountains Sect and learn his transformation arts.

• Zheng Fa used a Golden Crow clone to lure Blissful Heavenly Maiden and Peacock Great Emperor away while Nishang Yuanjun hid with the Aurora Mirror and headed for Jianmu.
• Zheng Fa reappeared beside Nishang at Jianmu's summit after his clone died, and the two escaped through the Heaven-and-Earth Fetal Membrane in a black flower.
• Nishang explained that the Jade Pool Immortal Realm had become a desolate expanse of Chaos and that she no longer knew how to return to Xuanwei.
• Lingxi's True Spirit emerged from the Mandarin Duck Treasure Mirror and appeared to guide Zheng Fa and Nishang through the realm's spacetime currents.
• Zheng Fa transformed into a Golden-Winged Great Peng and carried Nishang through the currents, then offered to teach her the Earthly Fiend Seventy-Two Transformations if she joined the Nine Mountains Sect.

Zheng Fa found the abandoned Jade Tower Profound Terrace and learned that Water Mother and three other Golden Immortals had entered the dangerous Grand Array of Heavenly Stars. He agreed to enter the formation after arranging the Nine Mountains Sect, whose leaders also began preparing to test his plans for the Human Race.

• Zheng Fa and Nishang Yuanjun reached the ruined Jade Tower Profound Terrace, where they found no sign of Water Mother.
• Zheng Fa identified a wall-sized formation painting and, with Nishang Yuanjun, discovered a jade slip saying Water Mother had vanished inside the Grand Array of Heavenly Stars with Supreme Yin, Azure Maiden, and the Divine Maiden.
• Zheng Fa suspected Lu Mo had lured Water Mother into the formation with a genuine but perilous relic of the Ancient Heavenly Court, and he agreed to enter it to seek her.
• Zheng Fa told Nishang Yuanjun to wait while he arranged affairs in the Nine Mountains Sect before entering the formation.
• The Heavenly Emperor Body told Old Yuan, Senior Sister Zhang, and the others that Zheng Fa wanted to test his ideas for the Nine Mountains Sect and the Human Race, and they agreed to try.

Nine Mountains Sect held its first General Assembly to establish the Nine Mountains Immortal Court and vote on its fundamental and organizational laws. The assembly approved its institutional leaders, including the Nine Nether Emperor as President of the Inspectorate, bringing him and the Underworld further into the Immortal Court.

• The Heavenly Emperor Body invited the Nine Nether Emperor and Yan Changge to the General Assembly, where he announced the founding of the Nine Mountains Immortal Court and introduced anonymous voting on its laws.
• The disciples approved the Fundamental Law, establishing principles including Human Race sovereignty, equal rights, and shared ownership of resources.
• The assembly approved the Organizational Law, creating the General Assembly, Administrative Council, Divine Way Inspectorate, and Military Council, with Divine Way disciples assigned to supervise and enforce the law.
• The General Assembly approved Zheng Fa as President of the Military Council and Zhang Wuyi as President of the Administrative Council, each serving a fixed term without consecutive reappointment.
• The Heavenly Emperor Body announced the Nine Nether Emperor as President of the Inspectorate, explaining that his independence and the Underworld's Three Lives Stone would help supervise Nine Mountains Sect; the disciples approved the nomination, and the Emperor rose to acknowledge them.

The first General Assembly elected eleven Grand Elders, and the Nine Mountains Sect asked the Nine Nether Emperor to let its disciples explore the Underworld as a new source of resources. While touring the sect’s advanced projects, he learned that the Heavenly Derivation Array Disk could greatly reduce the Underworld’s workload, and offered to spend some of his savings on it.

• The Heavenly Emperor Body announced the Grand Elder election rules, and disciples voted Zheng Fa, Senior Sister Zhang, the Nine Nether Emperor, Qian True Person, the Dragon Lord Shuyu, Gu Chang, and five others onto the committee.
• The Heavenly Emperor Body explained the Immortal Court’s governing roles to the Nine Nether Emperor, then Senior Sister Zhang told him the Nine Mountains Sect was short of money and asked permission to develop the Underworld.
• Yan Changge explained that the Underworld had no spiritual materials, herbs, or spirit beasts, but the Nine Nether Emperor agreed to let Nine Mountains disciples explore it.
• The Heavenly Emperor Body showed the Nine Nether Emperor Heavenly Crafts Pavilion’s projects, including improved Immortal-Slayer Swords and Sun-Shooting Divine Bows, reconnaissance warships, and Senior Sister Zhang’s Heavenly Derivation Array Disk.
• Senior Sister Zhang explained that the Heavenly Derivation Array Disk could automate judgments and classifications in Underworld Reincarnation, and the Nine Nether Emperor offered to use some of his savings to acquire it.

Lunar Fairy explained that the Grand Array of Heavenly Stars could trap enemies, teleport travelers, and regulate Xuanwei Realm’s spiritual energy, while the trapped Water Mother remained in uncertain condition. After repeated failures to find the formation’s Gate of Life, Zheng Fa began gathering observations for Senior Sister Zhang to analyze with the Heavenly Derivation Array Disk.

• Lunar Fairy told Nishang Yuanjun that the Grand Array of Heavenly Stars trapped Water Mother and could convert Chaos into Stellar Power, a spiritual energy tied to the ancient Heavenly Court’s inheritance.
• Lunar Fairy explained that escape required finding the Gate of Life among thirty-six moving stars, while she and Azure Maiden admitted they had failed after tens of thousands of attempts.
• Nishang Yuanjun tried the simulated formation repeatedly, failed to get past the fourth star, and urged Zheng Fa to solve it, praising his defeat of Thunderclap Temple.
• Zheng Fa entered the formation but remained still as he observed the stars and their spirit talismans, then was cast out without finding the Gate of Life.
• Zheng Fa relayed observations to the Heavenly Emperor Body so Senior Sister Zhang could use the Heavenly Derivation Array Disk to deduce the formation, and he repeatedly asked Lunar Fairy to let him observe more star arrangements.

Zheng Fa used the Heavenly Derivation Array Disk to break through a simulated star array, then entered the real Grand Array of Heavenly Stars with Lunar Fairy, Azure Maiden, and Nishang Yuanjun to search for Water Mother. Meanwhile, the Nine Nether Emperor decided the Underworld needed its own array disk, despite lacking the resources to operate one.

• Nishang Yuanjun vouched for Zheng Fa, and Lunar Fairy and Azure Maiden gave him more time to test the array.
• Zheng Fa followed Senior Sister Zhang's deductions and passed all thirty-six stars, proving he could navigate the simulated array.
• Lunar Fairy offered Lunar Cassia Tree Origin if Zheng Fa rescued Water Mother, and Zheng Fa agreed to try.
• Lunar Fairy revealed that Water Mother had been missing and now seemed weak, so Zheng Fa led the three women into the real grand array.
• Zheng Fa flew through Chaos toward the center of the array as its rotation accelerated time to three hundred and sixty times the rate in the Nine Mountains Sect.
• The Nine Nether Emperor decided the Underworld needed a Heavenly Derivation Array Disk, while Yan Changge suggested Pang True Person's exploration team might find resources to fund it.

Uncle-Master Pang’s survey of the Underworld found no resources until a puppet revealed that Weak Water produced Spirit Stones. Senior Sister Zhang later told the Nine Nether Emperor that the Nine Mountains Sect planned to establish an Earth-Heaven Bank and expand its Merit system into a currency pegged to Spirit Stones.

• Uncle-Master Pang led an eight-year survey of the Underworld, but his disciples found no spiritual materials and suffered damage from the Yin Winds.
• Uncle-Master Pang used a surveying puppet to explore the River of Forgetfulness, where it sank past corpses and revealed Spirit Stones forming at the bottom of the Weak Water.
• Uncle-Master Pang and Yan Changge reported the discovery to the Nine Nether Emperor and explained their theory that Weak Water could produce Spirit Stones through its interaction with cultivators’ bodies or Spiritual Energy.
• Two years later, Senior Sister Zhang arrived in the Underworld and told the Nine Nether Emperor that the Nine Mountains Sect planned to establish an Earth-Heaven Bank to issue Nine Mountains Currency based on its Merit system and pegged to Spirit Stones.

Senior Sister Zhang explained Nine Mountains Currency and the Heaven-Earth Bank to the Nine Nether Emperor, who agreed to give the bank the River of Forgetfulness’s Spirit Stones in exchange for a Heavenly Derivation Array Disk and compensation for the Underworld’s labor. The chapter ended with Zheng Fa hearing the Nine Nether Emperor’s plan to use condemned Yin Souls to mine Spirit Stones, while Water Mother served her sentence nearby.

• Senior Sister Zhang explained how Nine Mountains Currency, backed by Spirit Stone reserves and managed through the Heaven-Earth Bank, could address the Xuanwei Realm’s currency problems.
• Senior Sister Zhang described the bank’s digital accounts and security system, including its use of accounts, secret keys, Divine Soul fluctuations, and Blockchain.
• Senior Sister Zhang insisted that the River of Forgetfulness’s Spirit Stones belonged to the entire Human Race of the Nine Mountains, and the Nine Nether Emperor agreed to the bank’s framework.
• Senior Sister Zhang outlined salaries and performance bonuses for the Underworld’s Spirit Stone suppliers, and the Nine Nether Emperor revealed that Spirit Stones formed from the corpses of cultivators of sufficient rank.
• The Nine Nether Emperor proposed using Yin Souls to mine Spirit Stones and assigning heinous criminals to the work before reincarnation; Zheng Fa heard the plan as Water Mother served time nearby.

Zheng Fa and the Jade Pool immortals found the Star Banner at the heart of the Remnant Grand Array of Heavenly Stars, but its defenses injured Azure Maiden and rejected Lunar Fairy. Zheng Fa’s Golden Crow transformation won the banner’s recognition, though he said he needed to advance a stage before he could refine it and rescue Water Mother.

• Azure Maiden used Jade Pool’s Spirit-Invoking Method to contact Water Mother, who explained that the Star Banner controlled the grand array and guided the group to it.
• Azure Maiden rushed for the Star Banner, but a carved Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf attacked and seriously wounded her.
• Lunar Fairy reached the Bronze Platform safely, but the Star Banner rejected her touch, leading the group to suspect that it required a particular status.
• Zheng Fa transformed into a Golden Crow, and the platform’s Demon God soul essences bowed to him as if welcoming the Demon Emperor.
• Zheng Fa took the Star Banner and told Water Mother and the others that he needed to advance a stage before he could refine it and free Water Mother.

Zheng Fa pretended to undergo tribulation to expose Water Mother’s betrayal and rescue Lunar Fairy, Nishang Yuanjun, and Azure Maiden from the Year-Warding Goddess. He then questioned whether the figure before him was truly Water Mother, leaving her identity unresolved.

• Water Mother urged Lunar Fairy to give Zheng Fa the Lunar Laurel Seed, damaging Lunar Fairy’s origin so he could refine the Star Banner and escape.
• As Zheng Fa appeared to undergo tribulation, the Year-Warding Goddess ambushed Azure Maiden and revealed that Water Mother had converted to the World-Honored One and helped weaken the Jade Pool group.
• Nishang Yuanjun pretended to accept conversion, then tried to attack the Year-Warding Goddess, but her strike passed through the goddess’s illusory body.
• Zheng Fa revealed that he had only pretended to undergo tribulation, drew Nishang Yuanjun, Lunar Fairy, and Azure Maiden into his sleeve, and carried them to the Bronze Platform.
• Zheng Fa explained that he had suspected Water Mother because he sensed murderous intent near the cage and knew Jade Pool’s believers were nearly gone; he then asked whether she was truly Water Mother.

Zheng Fa deduced that the Water Mother in the array was a chaotic offshoot created when Water Mother advanced the Divine Way Method, and she had imprisoned herself to protect the Jade Pool. The Evil Water Mother dragged Zheng Fa and the others into her expanding prison, leaving them trapped in darkness with the Star Banner and Bronze Platform.

• Zheng Fa reasoned that Water Mother had entered the Grand Array of Heavenly Stars herself to study it and pursue a higher realm, rather than being trapped there by Lu Mo.
• Zheng Fa identified a flaw in the Divine Way Method, and the Ren-Water Flat Peach Tree revealed the twisted Evil Water Mother who claimed to be Water Mother's Dao Fruit.
• Evil Water Mother explained that Water Mother had imprisoned her and accused her of rejecting the result of her cultivation.
• Evil Water Mother expanded the black prison and pulled Zheng Fa, Lunar Fairy, Azure Maiden, Nishang Yuanjun, and the Bronze Platform inside.
• Zheng Fa protected the group on the Bronze Platform and told Lunar Fairy, Azure Maiden, and Nishang Yuanjun to shelter inside it as they plunged through the darkness.

Trapped with Evil Water Mother, Zheng Fa used the Yellow Court Scripture to save Lunar Fairy, Azure Maiden, and Nishang Yuanjun from demonic corruption, then proposed a Divine Office System to reform the Divine Way Method. Lunar Fairy and Azure Maiden refused to leave the prison, choosing to hold Evil Water Mother back so Zheng Fa could take Nishang Yuanjun to the Nine Mountains Sect.

• Azure Maiden woke and learned from Lunar Fairy and Nishang Yuanjun that Year-Warding and Water Mother had attacked them, and that Water Mother had become an Evil God while the Divine Way Method had reached a dead end.
• Evil Water Mother's whispers began corrupting the three Jade Pool cultivators, so Zheng Fa preached the Yellow Court Scripture until they recovered and his own understanding deepened.
• Zheng Fa invited Lunar Fairy and Azure Maiden to join the Nine Mountains Sect and proposed a Divine Office System that let cultivators rotate through divine roles before abandoning the Divine Way Method.
• Lunar Fairy and Azure Maiden declined to leave the prison, explaining that they had to prevent Evil Water Mother from escaping and harming Jade Pool cultivators.
• Lunar Fairy and Azure Maiden asked Zheng Fa to take Nishang Yuanjun with him, while they stayed behind to hold Evil Water Mother back.

Zheng Fa learned Lunar Fairy's Divine Way Method and quickly created a solar version, but he still could not use the Star Banner to escape the Bronze Platform. Meanwhile, Mu Qingyan's nightmare led her to a mysterious woman who said someone had shaken the Star Banner and broken the Grand Array of Heavenly Stars.

• Lunar Fairy suspected Water Mother had left a backup plan and taught Zheng Fa her Lunar Soul-Congealing Art in hopes he could activate the Star Banner.
• Zheng Fa used his time-accelerated avatar and affinity with the sun to comprehend the art, creating the Solar Soul-Refining Art and advancing his cultivation.
• Zheng Fa failed to draw a response from the Star Banner, while Azure Maiden and Lunar Fairy prepared to heal their injuries and have him cross his tribulation.
• Mu Qingyan's nightmare world shattered, and she encountered a mysterious woman who recognized her Spirit Transformation cultivation.
• The woman told Mu Qingyan that someone had shaken the Star Banner and broken the Grand Array of Heavenly Stars far sooner than expected.

Mu Qingyan learned that she was a seed of Water Mother, who wanted her to enter the Grand Array of Heavenly Stars and claim the God-Sealing List to pursue Grand Luo. Mu Qingyan chose to share the opportunity with the Nine Mountains Sect, leaving Water Mother baffled by her loyalty to the sect.

• Water Mother questioned Mu Qingyan about Xuanwei’s recent history and learned that the Great Freedom Devil Ancestor had emerged, the Tianhe Sect and Vast Sun Mountain had fallen, and Dao Fruits could die.
• Water Mother revealed that Mu Qingyan was a part of her, created when she divided her true self among the myriad worlds after her cultivation went awry, and urged her to attain True Immortal and enter the Grand Array of Heavenly Stars.
• Water Mother explained that the array held the God-Sealing List, her supreme treasure for attaining Grand Luo, and warned that an Evil God might emerge if the situation went wrong.
• Mu Qingyan refused to keep the opportunity to herself and proposed telling her master and the Nine Mountains Sect so they could use it together and prevent the Evil God from emerging.
• Water Mother threatened to keep Mu Qingyan with her if she revealed the secret, but Gu Chang’s arrival pulled Mu Qingyan out of the dreamscape.
• Mu Qingyan asked Gu Chang what he would do with an opportunity more valuable than everything the Nine Mountains Sect possessed, and he said he would hand it over to the sect for everyone to develop together.

Mu Qingyan led a Nine Mountains Sect research team that developed Spirit-Enhancing Water powerful enough to surpass the Supreme Dao’s Essence-Nourishing Pill. After the team celebrated its success, the Nine Nether Emperor appeared at Mu Qingyan’s courtyard and addressed Water Mother.

• Mu Qingyan joined Qian Taishang, Gu Chang, Elder Xiong, and the others to continue testing medicines on the Original Devil Ancestor’s Primordial Physical Body.
• Water Mother observed the team’s research and realized that Mu Qingyan was determined to remain with the Nine Mountains Sect rather than leave with her.
• The team used the Heavenly Derivation Array Disk to screen new formulas and eventually completed Spirit-Enhancing Water No. 100096, which had more than three times the efficacy of the Supreme Dao’s Essence-Nourishing Pill and one-tenth its side effects.
• The researchers celebrated their success, and Mu Qingyan silently showed Water Mother that her chosen Dao mattered more to her than any treasure.
• The Nine Nether Emperor appeared outside Mu Qingyan’s courtyard and revealed that he could see Water Mother with some preparation.

Nine Nether Emperor told Water Mother that Zheng Fa was trapped in the Grand Array of Heavenly Stars and negotiated for Mu Qingyan to remain with Nine Mountains Sect. Water Mother refused to surrender the array and register, while Zheng Fa entered the True Emptiness Tribulation and an unseen presence found Lunar Fairy and the Azure Maidens.

• Water Mother realized Zheng Fa had entered the Grand Array of Heavenly Stars and offered to help him escape if she could take Mu Qingyan away.
• Nine Nether Emperor agreed to let Water Mother seek other ways to help Zheng Fa but said Mu Qingyan could not be taken against her will or harmed.
• Nine Nether Emperor urged Water Mother to let Mu Qingyan stay at Nine Mountains Sect, where she could pursue the Dao and possibly become its next Sect Leader, but Water Mother refused to give up Jade Pool's treasures.
• Inside the array, Zheng Fa entered the True Emptiness Tribulation as Lunar Fairy and the three Azure Maidens recovered from their injuries.
• Lunar Fairy sensed danger, and an eerie voice declared that it had found them.