Chapter Summaries

Fairy Yaoji fought the Three-Headed Flood Dragon, which used a forbidden art to gain Daluo Golden Immortal strength and grievously wounded her. She killed it with the Phoenix Hairpin but, badly injured and drained of power, fell from the sky while trying to escape.

• Fairy Yaoji attacked the Three-Headed Flood Dragon and forced it to flee with her sword strikes.
• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon used a forbidden secret art to raise its strength and struck Yaoji through her immortal shield.
• Yaoji unleashed the Phoenix Hairpin and killed the Three-Headed Flood Dragon, exhausting nearly all her immortal power.
• Yaoji fled while demonic power ravaged her meridians, then lost consciousness and fell from the sky.

Yaoji woke in Yang Tianyou’s home after he rescued her from the roadside and learned that her injuries left her unable to travel safely. She accepted his offer to stay and recover, planning to return to the Heavenly Court in secret once she healed.

• Yaoji woke in an unfamiliar wooden room and examined her severe injuries, finding that demonic power still ravaged her body.
• Yang Tianyou entered with medicinal soup and explained that he had found Yaoji unconscious and brought her home.
• Yaoji thanked Yang Tianyou for saving her, and he urged her to rest and drink the soup he had prepared.
• Yang Tianyou offered Yaoji a place to recover, promising to sleep in another room and not disturb her.
• Yaoji decided to stay until she healed rather than seek help from her elder brother, and promised to repay Yang Tianyou.

Yaoji recovered from her injuries while Yang Tianyou cared for her, and the two grew close until she chose to stay with him and marry him. On Mount Sumeru, Zhunti and Jieyin watched their wedding and declared their plan complete.

• Yang Tianyou cared for Yaoji as she slowly recovered, and they began sharing stories and growing fond of each other.
• As her injuries healed, Yaoji realized she did not want to return to the Heavenly Court or leave Yang Tianyou.
• Yaoji told Yang Tianyou she would stay and asked him to marry her, and he agreed.
• Yaoji and Yang Tianyou held a simple wedding in their thatched cottage.
• Zhunti and Jieyin watched the wedding at Mount Sumeru and said their plan had succeeded.

Primordial Lord Tianzun discovered that Fairy Yaoji had secretly married a mortal and borne him three children, and waited for Haotian to learn the truth so he could use her violation of the Heavenly Rules against him. Haotian found Yaoji in the mortal world through the Haotian Mirror and was left in shock.

• Primordial Lord Tianzun saw Fairy Yaoji living with a mortal husband and their three children, then decided to wait for Haotian to discover her secret.
• Haotian worried about Yaoji’s long absence and searched the Heavenly Court with his Divine Sense.
• Haotian learned that Yaoji had descended to the lower realm and used the Haotian Mirror to find her.
• Haotian and Yaochi saw Yaoji happily standing with her mortal husband and three children, leaving Haotian furious and Yaochi stunned.

Haotian tried to secretly bring Yaoji and her mortal family to the Heavenly Court, but Yuanshi Tianzun exposed the plan and forced him to promise to punish his sister. The chapter left Haotian furious at Yuanshi and convinced that the Saint had orchestrated the affair.

• Yaochi stopped Haotian from personally descending to the mortal realm and urged him to retrieve Yaoji and her family in secret.
• Haotian summoned Taibai Jinxing and ordered him to bring Yaoji, her mortal partner, and their three children safely to the Heavenly Court.
• After Taibai Jinxing left, Yuanshi Tianzun sent Immortal Weng of the South Pole to confront Haotian with an Imperial Edict.
• Yuanshi accused Haotian of shielding Yaoji and demanded that he punish her for violating the Heavenly Rules.
• Haotian vowed to apprehend and punish Yaoji, then erupted in anger and accused Yuanshi of going too far and being behind the affair.

Haotian ordered Yang Tianyou and Yaoji’s three children executed and Yaoji returned to the Heavenly Court, then announced the affair to the Three Realms and held the Human Clan accountable. Yaochi realized the order was an open scheme to force the Human Clan to intervene, while Taibai Jinxing grasped Haotian’s intent and waited for reinforcements.

• Haotian rejected Yaochi’s pleas and ordered Yang Tianyou and Yaoji’s three children executed while Yaoji was taken back to the Heavenly Court for judgment.
• Haotian announced the affair across the Three Realms and blamed the Human Clan, prompting Yaochi to realize he was forcing them to intervene and save the children.
• Yaochi agreed to Haotian’s plan despite its cost to the Heavenly Court’s reputation.
• Taibai Jinxing received Haotian’s edict ordering him to execute Yang Tianyou and the children and escort Yaoji back.
• Taibai Jinxing inferred Haotian’s true intent, stopped traveling, and waited for the Heavenly soldiers sent to assist him.

The Human Clan deliberated over Yang Tianyou and Yaoji’s affair and decided to sacrifice Yang Tianyou publicly while secretly saving his True Spirit and taking in the three children. Yuanshi Tianzun’s plans were thwarted, while Jieyin and Zhunti concluded that Haotian’s actions had deepened the conflict between him and Yuanshi.

• Martial Ancestor asked the Human Clan leaders to judge Yang Tianyou and Yaoji’s affair, and Fuxi said he could find no evidence of a plot behind it.
• Fuxi argued that Yang Tianyou had to bear the blame because Haotian had made the affair public, and Suiren said the Human Clan could not shift the responsibility onto Yaoji.
• Wu ordered Fuxi to secretly preserve Yang Tianyou’s True Spirit, send him into reincarnation, and bring the three children to Huoyun Cave for the Human Clan to raise.
• Yuanshi Tianzun realized Haotian’s public announcement had disrupted his plan to save one of the children and use him against Haotian, then insisted Yaoji must face severe punishment.
• Jieyin and Zhunti agreed that Haotian had drawn the Human Clan into the affair and made his conflict with Yuanshi irreconcilable.

Taibai Jinxing arrived with Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to take Yaoji back to the Heavenly Court, then revealed an imperial decree ordering Yang Tianyou and his sons executed. Yaoji fought to protect her family as Yang Tianyou faced the Heavenly General, and the chapter ended with their family under attack.

• Taibai Jinxing confronted Yaoji and revealed that she was the Jade Emperor’s younger sister, ordering her to return to the Heavenly Court.
• Yaoji agreed to go but begged Taibai Jinxing to spare Yang Tianyou and their children.
• Taibai Jinxing announced the imperial decree sentencing Yang Tianyou and his three sons to execution.
• Yaoji attacked Taibai Jinxing and the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals while ordering Yang Tianyou to flee with the children.
• Yang Tianyou sent Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan to escape, then charged the approaching Heavenly General with a firewood axe.

Taibai Jinxing used Haotian’s Imperial Edict to seal Yaoji and killed Yang Tianyou while the Heavenly Court pursued their three children. Fuxi secretly preserved Yang Tianyou’s soul and followed the pursuit to save the children.

• Yaoji tried to reach Yang Tianyou, but Taibai Jinxing blocked her while a Heavenly General hesitated to kill her husband.
• Taibai Jinxing fired an immortal-light attack at Yang Tianyou and used Haotian’s Imperial Edict to suppress and bind Yaoji.
• Yang Tianyou died after telling Yaoji he had no regrets about marrying her, and Taibai Jinxing ordered the hesitant Heavenly General to receive one hundred Heavenly Lightning Whips.
• Taibai Jinxing left some Heavenly Generals to guard Yaoji and led the rest to pursue her three children.
• Fuxi revealed that he had preserved Yang Tianyou’s soul, then followed Taibai Jinxing to save the children.

Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan faced execution by the Heavenly Court until Heavenly Emperor Fuxi arrived to protect them. Fuxi challenged Taibai Jinxing's authority and took the children back to Huoyun Cave as the Heavenly forces withdrew.

• Taibai Jinxing and a heavenly general blocked the fleeing Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan, and prepared to execute them under the Jade Emperor's decree.
• Yang Jiao charged the heavenly general to give Yang Jian and Yang Chan time to escape, but a voice from the Ninth Heaven stopped the attack.
• Heavenly Emperor Fuxi descended, reassured the children, and said he had come to take them to Huoyun Cave.
• Taibai Jinxing argued that the children were to be executed for violating the Heavenly Rules, but Fuxi condemned the Heavenly Court for killing Yang Tianyou and threatening the children.
• Fuxi released his overwhelming aura and demanded to know what the Heavenly Court would do if he opposed it, so Taibai Jinxing withdrew with the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.

Fuxi rescued Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan, told them their father was dead and that their mother could only be saved by their own strength, then brought them to Huoyun Cave. The siblings began training under the Human Clan’s ancestors, with Wu personally taking Yang Jian as his disciple.

• Fuxi told the three siblings that Yang Tianyou was dead and that they could save their mother by cultivating until they were strong enough to reach the Heavenly Court.
• Fuxi buried Yang Tianyou, and Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan vowed to care for one another, cultivate, and bring their mother back.
• Fuxi brought the siblings to Huoyun Cave, where the Human Clan’s ancestors welcomed them and Ziyi took Yang Chan as her disciple.
• Shennong took Yang Jiao as his disciple and offered to teach him the Dao of protection.
• Wu chose Yang Jian as his disciple, saying that only the purest, most extreme power could guide his hatred, and Yang Jian accepted.

Primordial Lord Tianzun sent Guang Chengzi and Immortal Weng of the South Pole to pressure Haotian into severely punishing Yaoji. Haotian yielded to their demand to attend the trial, and ordered Yaoji brought before him.

• Primordial Lord Tianzun ordered Guang Chengzi and Immortal Weng of the South Pole to prevent Haotian from showing Yaoji leniency.
• Haotian planned to sentence Yaoji to ten thousand years in the heavenly prison after Taibai Jinxing returned her to the Heavenly Court.
• Guang Chengzi and Immortal Weng of the South Pole arrived and invoked Primordial Lord Tianzun and the Dao Ancestor to demand a strict trial.
• Haotian ordered the pair to leave, but they refused and threatened to report him to Primordial Lord Tianzun.
• Haotian suppressed his anger and allowed Guang Chengzi and Immortal Weng of the South Pole to observe the proceedings.
• After Taibai Jinxing reported that he had brought Yaoji back, Haotian ordered her brought before him.

Haotian sentenced Yaoji to be suppressed beneath Peach Mountain after Guang Chengzi and Immortal Weng of the South Pole demanded a harsher punishment for her. He resolved to seek help from the Human Clan at Huoyun Cave to find a way to rescue her.

• Yaoji admitted her guilt after learning that her children had been rescued and taken to Huoyun Cave.
• Haotian initially sentenced Yaoji to ten thousand years of confinement, but Guang Chengzi and Immortal Weng of the South Pole demanded that she endure repeated punishment by astral winds and divine lightning.
• Haotian angrily confronted the two Chan Sect disciples, but Yaoji offered to accept any punishment to spare her elder brother further trouble.
• Haotian decreed that Yaoji would be suppressed beneath Peach Mountain for all eternity, and Taibai Jinxing took her away.
• Haotian told Yaochi that he would go to Huoyun Cave and discuss with the Human Clan how to rescue Yaoji.

Yang Jian broke Peach Mountain with the Mountain-Splitting Axe and reunited with his mother, Yaoji, after tens of thousands of years. He and his siblings took her toward Huoyun Cave, while Haotian learned that she had been rescued and raged at his failed guards.

• Yang Jian repeatedly struck Peach Mountain until he shattered its barrier and split the mountain in two.
• Yang Jian, Yang Jiao, and Yang Chan found Yaoji in the cave and embraced her in tears.
• Yang Jiao urged the family to flee to Huoyun Cave before the Heavenly Court's army arrived.
• Yang Jian and Yang Chan reassured Yaoji that their master and the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors had prepared for her arrival.
• The four set off for Huoyun Cave, and a heavenly general reported Yaoji's rescue to Haotian.
• Haotian learned that Yaoji's children had freed her and berated the guards for failing to protect Peach Mountain.

Haotian first considered delaying action against Yaoji and her three children until the Heavenly Court could learn whether Huoyun Cave was involved. After Guangchengzi and Immortal Weng of the South Pole demanded Yaoji’s arrest, Haotian ordered Taibai Jinxing to lead troops to seize them.

• A heavenly general reported that Yang Jian had reached Primordial Unity Golden Immortal while Yang Jiao and Yang Chan had reached Golden Immortal, and Haotian dismissed the general and ordered him punished.
• Taibai Jinxing advised Haotian to investigate Huoyun Cave’s possible role before acting, warning that an attack could provoke the Human Clan.
• Haotian agreed to send an envoy to Huoyun Cave, but Guangchengzi and Immortal Weng of the South Pole arrived and demanded that Yaoji be captured for violating the Heavenly Rules.
• Haotian rejected Taibai Jinxing’s caution and ordered him to lead Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to seize Yaoji, Yang Jian, Yang Jiao, and Yang Chan.

Taibai Jinxing intercepted Yaoji and her three children as they fled toward Huoyun Cave and defeated the siblings. The Heavenly Court’s forces took the family into custody to face judgment.

• Yaoji and her children reunited and hurried toward Huoyun Cave, but Taibai Jinxing and the Heavenly Court army blocked their path.
• Taibai Jinxing announced that the Emperor had ordered all four to be captured, and Yaoji pleaded for her children to be spared.
• Yang Jian attacked Taibai Jinxing, but the fly whisk trapped his axe and Taibai Jinxing sealed his divine power with a palm strike.
• Yang Jiao and Yang Chan attacked together, but Taibai Jinxing absorbed their blows and bound them with silver threads.
• Yaoji rushed to defend her children but was stopped, and Taibai Jinxing ordered the Heavenly soldiers and generals to arrest all four and escort them to the Heavenly Court.

Haotian held court over Yaoji and her three children after Taibai Jinxing captured them, but he kept delaying judgment while weighing their appeals. Nuwa intervened to seek leniency, Primordial Lord Tianzun insisted Yaoji be suppressed again, and the arrival of Empress Houtu’s Dharma body left the dispute unresolved.

• Taibai Jinxing escorted Yaoji, Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan into Lingxiao Treasure Hall and reported their capture to Haotian.
• Yaoji admitted her crime and begged Haotian to spare her children, while Yang Jian defended their rescue of their mother as filial duty.
• Haotian acknowledged Yang Jian’s argument, then asked the siblings to speak again despite Guang Chengzi and Immortal Weng of the South Pole demanding severe punishment.
• Nuwa appeared and asked Haotian to pardon Yaoji and treat the three siblings lightly; Haotian agreed to follow her wishes.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun arrived, accepted leniency for the siblings but demanded that Yaoji be suppressed again, and Empress Houtu’s Dharma body appeared as the two Saints remained at odds.

Houtu mediated the dispute over Yaoji and her children, and Primordial Lord Tianzun accepted a compromise that reunited the family while requiring the children to earn Merit to redeem Yaoji’s sins. Nuwa gave Yang Chan the Precious Lotus Lantern, and Haotian sent the family to settle in the Heavenly Court.

• Houtu proposed ending Yaoji’s suppression while confining her to the Heavenly Court, and having Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan accumulate Merit to redeem her sins.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun agreed to Houtu’s compromise, and Haotian decreed Yaoji’s confinement and the children’s Merit obligation.
• Yaoji and her children thanked Nuwa and Houtu, while Houtu departed and Primordial Lord Tianzun left with Guang Chengzi and Immortal Weng of the South Pole.
• Nuwa bestowed the Precious Lotus Lantern on Yang Chan, who accepted it after Haotian and Yaoji urged her to do so.
• Haotian invited Yaoji and her children to settle in the Heavenly Court, and they left the Lingxiao Treasure Hall for Yaoji’s palace.

After Primordial Lord Tianzun humiliated Haotian over Yaoji’s affair, Haotian resolved to ask the Dao Ancestor to order the Chan Sect’s Twelve Golden Immortals to serve in the Heavenly Court. Yaochi agreed to support him, and Haotian set off alone for the Purple Sky Palace.

• Yaochi asked Haotian whether they would accept Primordial Lord Tianzun’s repeated humiliations, and Haotian vowed not to let the matter go.
• Haotian told Yaochi he planned to summon the Chan Sect’s Twelve Golden Immortals to the Heavenly Court, but she warned that Primordial Lord Tianzun would resist.
• Haotian explained that he would ask the Dao Ancestor at the Purple Sky Palace to intervene, using the Heavenly Court’s need for capable officials as his reason.
• Haotian admitted he did not know whether the Dao Ancestor would favor him over Primordial Lord Tianzun, but he resolved to try despite the risk of further humiliation.
• Yaochi agreed to stand by Haotian, but he told her to remain in the Heavenly Court and departed alone for the Purple Sky Palace.

Haotian went to Purple Firmament Palace and asked Hongjun to persuade Primordial Lord Tianzun to send Chan Sect disciples to serve in the Heavenly Court. Hongjun agreed, but warned Haotian to conduct himself well, leaving Haotian aware that he had spent their old bond and resolved to rely on the Wu Clan and Zhou Ming.

• Haotian entered Purple Firmament Palace and told Hongjun that the Heavenly Court lacked capable officials and needed Chan Sect disciples to fill divine posts.
• Hongjun silently scrutinized Haotian, who then begged for help by appealing to the years he and Yaochi had served him.
• Hongjun asked whether Haotian was certain, and Haotian accepted that his request would permanently break his relationship with Primordial Lord Tianzun.
• Hongjun agreed to speak with Primordial Lord Tianzun and warned Haotian that he would receive no further help based on their old bond.
• Haotian thanked Hongjun and left, deciding he could rely on Zhou Ming and the Wu Clan instead.