Chapter Summaries

Ling Xiao stood firm against Lu Ya, Kong Xuan, and the Phoenix Clan after Yuanshi Tianzun and the Western Sages backed him. With his enemies withdrawing, he exchanged gifts with Yuanshi Tianzun and reaffirmed his Dao companion bond with Wangshu.

• Yuanshi Tianzun realized Ling Xiao intended to strengthen his Foundation with the Merit Golden Lotus, while Jieyin defended the Western Sages’ trade with him.
• Ling Xiao challenged Lu Ya, but Ancestor Kunpeng persuaded Lu Ya to endure the humiliation and retreat with the Demon Clan.
• Kong Xuan and the Three Maidens of Jinling withdrew, while Holy Mother Turtle Spirit threatened Ling Xiao and he called her an idiot fit for a museum.
• Yuanshi Tianzun offered Ling Xiao the Three Treasures Jade Scepter, but Ling Xiao declined it and gave him three Enlightenment Tea Leaves instead.
• Ling Xiao explained to Wangshu that he would not betray trust for a gift, and Wangshu reminded him to keep his promise to massage her shoulders and legs.

Ling Xiao massaged Wangshu before the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas debated joining the Heavenly Court. Ji Meng and Dingguang Immortal then tried to recruit the Dragon Clan into the Demon Court, but Ao Guang refused their offer.

• Ling Xiao massaged Wangshu’s shoulders and legs at her request.
• Ao Guang told Ao Qin, Ao Run, and Ao Shun that the Dragon Clan should seek an alliance to gain luck and merit, and they agreed to join the Heavenly Court.
• Ao Guang revealed that the Dragon Clan’s sages had advised them to follow the Heavenly Dao, prompting his three brothers to rough him up for keeping them in the dark.
• Prime Minister Turtle announced that Ji Meng and Dingguang Immortal had arrived, and the Dragon Kings agreed to meet them.
• Ji Meng and Dingguang Immortal offered the Dragon Clan power and a place in the Demon Court, but Ao Guang calmly declined their goodwill.

Ao Guang rejected Ji Meng and Dingguang Immortal’s attempt to recruit the Dragon Clan into the Demon Court, so the two plotted an assault on the East Sea Spring Eye. Ling Xiao chose not to interfere, gained the Creation Water Spirit, and began refining the World-Ending Black Lotus and Merit Golden Lotus as trouble gathered in the Four Seas.

• Ao Guang refused to pledge the Dragon Clan to the Demon Court and warned Ji Meng and Dingguang Immortal not to press the matter.
• Ji Meng and Dingguang Immortal left the East Sea Dragon Palace, and Ao Guang ordered the Dragon Clan to gather in the East Sea before setting out for Penglai Immortal Island.
• Ji Meng trapped Ao Guang, while Dingguang Immortal recruited Demon Court experts to incite the Four Seas Water Tribes to attack the East Sea Spring Eye.
• Ling Xiao reviewed the system’s choices and selected the option to let Ji Meng and Dingguang Immortal carry out their scheme, earning the Creation Water Spirit.
• Ling Xiao told Wangshu he would refine the World-Ending Black Lotus and the Merit Golden Lotus, then began cultivating beneath the Ren Water Peach of Immortality tree.

The Dragon Clan fought the Four Seas Water Tribes to defend the East Sea Spring Eye while Ling Xiao reached the peak of the Golden Immortal of Grand Dao. The battle left the Dragon Clan near defeat, and two powerful newcomers arrived as the chapter ended.

• Ao Qin, Ao Run, and Ao Shun rallied the Dragon Clan to defend the East Sea Spring Eye from the Four Seas Water Tribes led by Ji Meng and Dingguang Immortal.
• The Dark Yin Thunder Turtle Clan's patriarch confronted the three Dragon Kings, who burned their essence blood and dragon souls to fight him.
• Ling Xiao absorbed the origins of the World-Destroying Black Lotus and Merit Golden Lotus and advanced to the peak Golden Immortal of Grand Dao.
• Ling Xiao told Wangshu that the Dragon Clan's fallen warriors could receive Heavenly Dao Merit and retain memories through reincarnation, while the Dragon Clan's great beings might refrain from intervening.
• The three Dragon Kings killed the Dark Yin Thunder Turtle Clan's patriarch, but the Dragon Clan suffered heavy losses and two Golden Immortals of Grand Dao arrived.

Ying Long and Yellow Dragon joined the Dragon Clan’s defense against Ji Meng’s attack on the East Sea Spring Eye, but Ji Meng unleashed a monstrous figure that threatened to destroy it. The Dragon Clan’s ancestors sacrificed themselves to contain the explosion and free their descendants from the Heavenly Dao’s shackles, and Ling Xiao arrived as the survivors mourned them, preparing to suppress the spring eye with the Creation Water Spirit.

• Ying Long and Yellow Dragon arrived at the East Sea Spring Eye, learned that Ji Meng and Dingguang Immortal had incited the Four Seas Water Tribes, and helped the Dragon Kings turn the battle around.
• Ji Meng sent Dingguang Immortal away, controlled the Water Tribes into attacking and self-destructing inside the spring eye, and summoned a ten-million-zhang monster.
• Ying Long and Yellow Dragon led the Dragon Clan away from the impending blast, while Chenlong and the Dragon Clan’s ancestors stayed behind to suppress the East Sea Spring Eye.
• The monster exploded, and the Dragon Clan’s ancestors perished to protect the spring eye and remove the Heavenly Dao’s shackles from their descendants.
• Ao Qin, Ao Run, and Ao Shun mourned the ancestors as Ling Xiao arrived, reunited with Ao Guang, and prepared to suppress the East Sea Spring Eye with the Creation Water Spirit.

Ling Xiao suppressed the East Sea Spring Eye with the Myriad Stars Grand Formation and the Creation Water Spirit, freeing the Dragon Clan from its burden and securing its allegiance to the Heavenly Court. Meanwhile, Holy Mother Turtle Spirit and the others plotted to undermine the Heavenly Court by targeting Yaoji, as the Jade Emperor’s decree arrived at the East Sea Dragon Palace.

• Ling Xiao used the Myriad Stars Grand Formation and Creation Water Spirit to stabilize the East Sea Spring Eye, enrich the Four Seas, and free the Dragon Clan from its Heavenly Dao burden.
• Ao Guang and the Dragon Clan bowed to Ling Xiao, who promised that the Jade Emperor’s decree about their ascent to heaven would arrive at the Dragon Palace.
• Ji Meng left in anger for Phoenix Perch Mountain after his plan to bring the Dragon Clan into the Demon Court failed.
• Holy Mother Turtle Spirit and the others accused Ling Xiao of taking the Sect of Interception’s treasures and plotted to weaken the Heavenly Court by exploiting Yaoji’s relationship with a mortal.
• Ominous tribulation qi tainted the conspirators’ primordial spirits, and the Jade Emperor’s decree arrived at the East Sea Dragon Palace.

The Dragon Clan accepted Heavenly Court posts and began governing the rivers and seas under Ao Guang’s leadership. At Penglai Immortal Island, Ling Xiao reaffirmed his intention to support the Heavenly Dao, welcomed Tai Xuan and Xingtian, and asked what Houtu wanted from him.

• Ling Xiao had Venus Tai Bai read the Jade Emperor’s decree appointing Ao Guang, Ao Qin, Ao Run, and Ao Shun as the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas, with Ao Guang also named Sea God of the Heavenly Court.
• Ling Xiao instructed Ying Long and Ao Guang to organize Dragon Clan officials across the waterways, subject to the Jade Emperor’s approval, and Ao Guang thanked him.
• The Dragon Clan took up posts across the rivers, lakes, and waterways, while Ao Guang offered tribute to the Heavenly Court and the Jade Emperor rewarded the Dragon Kings.
• Wangshu asked Ling Xiao which side he would support in the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, and Ling Xiao said he would stand with Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao while acting against disciples who brought calamity upon the Primordial Wilderness.
• Ling Xiao and Wangshu welcomed Tai Xuan and Xingtian, who delivered Houtu’s Mysterious Yin Jade Hairpin for Wangshu, then shared Enlightenment Tea with them.
• After Tai Xuan advanced to the middle stage of Golden Immortal of Grand Dao, Ling Xiao asked what Houtu needed him to do.

Ling Xiao agreed to travel to the Netherworld to help cleanse the seven emotions and six desires polluting Houtu’s origin. Meanwhile, the Sect of Interception sent Yun Xiao and Fairy Caiyun to seek peace with Pingxin, and they found Ling Xiao at the Netherworld gateway.

• Tai Xuan explained that accumulated emotions and desires had polluted Houtu’s origin and asked Ling Xiao to purify them.
• Ling Xiao agreed to go to the Netherworld with Xingtian and Tai Xuan, while Wangshu stayed behind to cultivate.
• At Biyou Palace, Lu Ya, Duobao, and Our Lady of Golden Spirit blamed Ling Xiao and Houtu for the punishments suffered by fallen Sect of Interception disciples.
• Tongtian asked his disciples to carry his decree to the Netherworld, and Yun Xiao volunteered with Fairy Caiyun.
• At the East Sea gateway, Yun Xiao and Fairy Caiyun saw Ling Xiao beside Xingtian and Tai Xuan, and Yun Xiao was overwhelmed with regret.

Before the Ghost Gate and in the Netherworld, Yun Xiao tried to reconcile with Ling Xiao, but he rejected her and declared that their past was over. Yun Xiao vowed to win him back as Ling Xiao continued on to see Houtu with Tai Xuan and Xingtian.

• Ling Xiao noticed Yun Xiao and Fairy Caiyun watching him before the Ghost Gate but headed for the spatial portal with Tai Xuan and Xingtian without acknowledging them.
• Yun Xiao blocked Ling Xiao and tearfully asked to start over, but he avoided her touch and entered the portal with his companions.
• In the Netherworld, Xingtian praised Ling Xiao for rejecting Yun Xiao, and Ling Xiao dismissed Yun Xiao and other Female Immortals as ungrateful.
• Fairy Caiyun confronted Ling Xiao over his insults, while Yun Xiao offered to play the zither and dance as they had before.
• Ling Xiao told Yun Xiao that the former Ling Xiao was dead and that she had chosen their separation; Yun Xiao vowed to win him back and asked whether he was going to see Houtu.
• Ling Xiao refused to explain his plans to Yun Xiao and urged Tai Xuan and Xingtian to continue with him.

Ling Xiao reached Pingxin in the Netherworld and learned that she wanted him to purify the accumulated Seven Emotions and Six Desires Qi. He agreed he could do so, but asked her to connect the Netherworld to the Primordial Earth Veins, leaving Pingxin to consider whether she would risk loosening her shackles.

• Ling Xiao learned how the Netherworld processed departed souls and saw Sect of Interception disciples and Phoenix Clan experts enduring punishment for their past-life sins.
• Ling Xiao chose the system's third Divine Choice and received the Red Dust Sword Dao Law.
• Tai Xuan and Xingtian brought Ling Xiao to the Reincarnation Office, where Xingtian explained that the Soul Cleansing Pool's Seven Emotions and Six Desires Qi burdened Pingxin and the Netherworld.
• Ling Xiao met Pingxin and said he could eliminate the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Qi, but only if she connected the Netherworld with the Primordial Earth Veins.
• Pingxin reacted with concern, and Ling Xiao asked whether she wanted to break free of her shackles and see the world outside.

Ling Xiao persuaded Pingxin to support awakening the Earth Dao and sharing authority over the Netherworld with Zhen Yuanzi, then began treating Pingxin’s wounds. Yun Xiao and Fairy Caiyun secured fair judgment for the dead Sect of Interception disciples, though Pingxin warned that most were deeply sinful.

• Ling Xiao told Pingxin that awakening the Earth Dao could free her from Heavenly Dao’s shackles and allow her and Zhen Yuanzi to govern the Netherworld together.
• Pingxin agreed to Ling Xiao’s plan on the condition that he first sort out the energy of her seven emotions and six desires.
• Yun Xiao and Fairy Caiyun arrived with Tongtian’s apology and asked Pingxin to spare the deceased Sect of Interception disciples and Phoenix Clan Quasi-Sages.
• Yun Xiao offered Supreme Purity energy, but Pingxin refused it and ruled that Sect of Interception disciples would be judged according to their own karma.
• Pingxin warned that nearly ninety percent of the fallen Sect of Interception disciples were deeply sinful, while the Phoenix Clan Quasi-Sages entered the Soul Cleansing Pool.
• Ling Xiao descended above the Soul Cleansing Pool to treat Pingxin’s seven emotions and six desires.

Ling Xiao refined the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Qi into his cultivation and the Pure Yang Sword, comprehending the Red Dust Sword Dao and naming the sword the Red Dust Sword Embryo. After he cleansed Pingxin of the Qi, she offered to witness his Heavenly Wedding with Wangshu, leaving Yun Xiao overcome with regret and vomiting blood.

• Ling Xiao sent the Pure Yang Sword into the Soul Cleansing Pool and used the Red Dust Sword Dao to refine the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Qi into the Red Dust Sword Embryo.
• Ling Xiao comprehended the Red Dust Sword Dao and planned for Pingxin and Zhenyuan to help temper the sword into a Primordial Treasure once they attained Sagehood.
• Pingxin explained that she had invited Ling Xiao to resolve the Qi and teased Yun Xiao about Ling Xiao's lost cultivation, making Yun Xiao and Fairy Caiyun feel ashamed.
• Ling Xiao cleansed Pingxin of the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Qi, and she thanked him and offered to witness his Heavenly Wedding with Wangshu.
• Ling Xiao welcomed Pingxin as a wedding witness, and Yun Xiao vomited blood from regret and distress as Fairy Caiyun tried to steady her.

Ling Xiao pressed Houtu to honor her promise, allowing Zhen Yuanzi to connect the Netherworld to the Primordial Earth Veins and awaken the Earthly Dao. As Zhen Yuanzi began the process, Yun Xiao and Fairy Caiyun realized the Sect of Interception may have lost its greatest opportunity.

• Ling Xiao dismissed Yun Xiao's questions about his relationship with Wangshu and asked Houtu to let Zhen Yuanzi connect the Netherworld to the Primordial Earth Veins.
• Houtu opened a Space Gate, and Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun arrived at the Reincarnation Office.
• Tai Xuan and Xingtian mocked Yun Xiao and Fairy Caiyun, suggesting Ling Xiao was the Sect of Interception’s lost chance to change its fate.
• Zhen Yuanzi summoned the Earth Book and revealed the Primordial World’s earth veins, with a blank area where the Netherworld belonged.
• Houtu opened the Netherworld’s World Barrier, and Zhen Yuanzi vowed to join it to the earth veins and awaken the Will of the Earthly Dao.

As Zhen Yuanzi connected the Primordial Earth Veins to the Netherworld to awaken the Earthly Dao, the Heavenly Dao attacked him, and Ling Xiao watched as the conflict escalated. Just as the Heavenly Dao tried to erase Zhen Yuanzi from the river of life, Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared to challenge it.

• Daoist Duobao told Sect Master Tongtian that Ling Xiao had purified the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Qi and helped Zhen Yuanzi awaken the Earthly Dao with his Red Dust Sword Dao.
• The Eye of Heavenly Punishment sent blood-red lightning toward the Netherworld, but Pingxin used Pangu Shrine to protect it.
• Zhen Yuanzi connected the Primordial Earth Veins to the Netherworld with the Earth Book, while Pingxin gave him control of the Netherworld and the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• The Heavenly Dao abandoned its lightning assault and formed a giant hand to erase Zhen Yuanzi from the river of life.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun confronted the Heavenly Dao, asking why it had rebelled and declaring that he must establish destiny for the people.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun protected Zhen Yuanzi’s True Spirit and helped the Earthly Dao awaken, transforming the Primordial World. After Zhen Yuanzi accepted Hongjun as his master, Hongjun advised him to become a Heavenly Dao Sage while retaining his ties to the Earthly Dao.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun used the Creation Jade Plate to protect Zhen Yuanzi’s True Spirit from the Heavenly Dao and enable the Earthly Dao to awaken.
• The Western World was renewed, and Jieyin and Zhunti discussed their new prospects and their debt to Hong Yun.
• The Heavenly Dao Sages reacted with shock to Hongjun’s defiance, and Tongtian spat blood before falling from the Cloud Terrace.
• Zhen Yuanzi, Pingxin, Ling Xiao, and others received merit as the awakened Earthly Dao merged with the Netherworld and the Primordial Earth Veins.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun asked Zhen Yuanzi to become his disciple, and Zhen Yuanzi accepted and received the Azure Wood Purifying Heart Pagoda.
• Zhen Yuanzi asked which path to take, and Hongjun advised him to become a Heavenly Dao Sage; Zhen Yuanzi agreed.

Zhen Yuanzi and Pingxin attained Sagehood after the Earthly Dao awakened, while Tongtian learned that Ling Xiao had helped Zhen Yuanzi and concluded that Ling Xiao had deceived the Sect of Interception. The chapter ended with Tongtian and his disciples turning against Ling Xiao and vowing not to stop until one side was dead.

• Pingxin broke free of her restraints and entered the Six Paths of Reincarnation to comprehend the Earthly Dao alongside Zhen Yuanzi.
• Yun Xiao and Fairy Caiyun left the Netherworld after learning Tongtian had injured his foundation, and Yun Xiao departed without receiving a glance from Ling Xiao.
• Fairy Caiyun told Tongtian and the Sect of Interception disciples what had happened in the Netherworld, and Tongtian spat blood upon hearing the news.
• Zhen Yuanzi and Pingxin announced that they had attained Sagehood, as a Sage's might swept across the Primordial World.
• Holy Mother Wudang connected Ling Xiao to Zhen Yuanzi's Hongmeng Purple Energy, and Tongtian divined that Ling Xiao had helped Zhen Yuanzi achieve Sagehood.
• Tongtian and the Sect of Interception disciples accused Ling Xiao of deceiving them, and Tongtian declared that they would not rest until one side was dead.

Zhen Yuanzi and Pingxin became Sages and used Earthly Dao power to refine Ling Xiao’s Red Dust Sword Embryo into a Primordial Treasure. After Ling Xiao left for Penglai Immortal Island, Hongjun considered arranging for him and Wangshu to become Dao companions.

• Zhen Yuanzi and Pingxin celebrated their Sagehood with Ling Xiao, while Zhen Yuanzi revealed that Tongtian might resent Ling Xiao over the spread of the Hongmeng Purple Energy secret.
• Ling Xiao asked Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi to help settle the karmic debt owed by the Demon Court, Old Ancestor Styx, and the Two Sages of the West, and said they should give the Western World a chance to revive first.
• Zhen Yuanzi and Pingxin infused the Red Dust Sword Embryo with Earthly Dao power and Seven Emotions and Six Desires Qi, completing its innate restrictions and raising it to a Primordial Treasure.
• Ling Xiao gave Pingxin Enlightenment Tea Leaves, joined the others in mocking the Sect of Interception, and then rode his new sword toward Penglai Immortal Island to see Wangshu.
• In Zixiao Palace, Hongjun enjoyed Enlightenment Tea and reflected on his growing command of Earthly Dao authority, then considered issuing a decree for Ling Xiao and Wangshu to become Dao companions.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun issued a Heavenly edict approving Ling Xiao and Wangshu as Dao companions, with their wedding set for one thousand years later. As Ling Xiao and Wangshu drew closer, the Three Xiao Sisters learned of the edict, and Yun Xiao fell into cultivation deviation from grief and regret.

• Hongjun announced that Ling Xiao and Wangshu could become Dao companions and ordered a Heavenly Wedding Ceremony one thousand years later.
• Wangshu vowed to share weal and woe with Ling Xiao but said they should not dual cultivate before the Thirty-Six Grade Pure World White Lotus formed.
• Ling Xiao entered the Pure Creation Dao Palace with Wangshu while treasures and restrictive laws concealed them from outside observers.
• Yun Xiao and Qiong Xiao wept over the edict, while Bi Xiao urged them to accept that they had driven Ling Xiao away.
• Yun Xiao's hair turned white as her life force dwindled, and Qiong Xiao tried to soothe her while Yun Xiao blamed herself and wished for death.

Jieyin and Zhunti apologized to Daoist Hong Yun and invited him to the Netherworld Blood Sea to settle old karma and seek an opportunity for Ling Xiao. Meanwhile, Lu Ya and his allies devised a scheme against Yaoji, unaware of the danger they were provoking.

• Zhunti told Jieyin that the Sect of Interception's female immortals had changed drastically after the Heavenly Marriage edict and their troubles with Ling Xiao.
• Jieyin and Zhunti arrived at Five Villages Temple, apologized to Daoist Hong Yun, and were forgiven; Zhen Yuanzi urged Hong Yun to go with them to the Netherworld Blood Sea.
• Lu Ya, Dingguang Immortal, Holy Mother Turtle Spirit, and their allies planned to awaken the Three-Headed Flood Dragon's evil nature and lure Yaoji away from the Thirty-three Heavens.
• Ling Xiao and Wangshu discussed the Two Sages of the West taking Daoist Hong Yun to confront Old Ancestor Styx and obtain the Karma Fire Red Lotus.
• A familiar electronic voice sounded in Ling Xiao's mind.

Ling Xiao chose to scheme against the Demon Court and obtained the Chaos Bell, then set out to meet the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother. Meanwhile, the Two Sages of the West and Hong Yun confronted Old Ancestor Styx over his karma and demanded the Karma Fire Red Lotus, leaving Styx puzzled about Ling Xiao’s influence over them.

• Ling Xiao chose the system mission to scheme against the Demon Court and received the Chaos Bell.
• Ling Xiao invited Wangshu to Lingxiao Palace, but she chose to remain on Penglai Immortal Island and receive the Two Sages of the West and Hong Yun if they visited.
• Ling Xiao departed for the Nine Heavens Clouds on the Red Dust Sword Embryo.
• Jieyin, Zhunti, and Hong Yun confronted Old Ancestor Styx at the Netherworld Blood Sea and pressured him to settle his karma with Hong Yun.
• Hong Yun demanded Old Ancestor Styx's Twelve-Grade Karma Fire Red Lotus as compensation.
• Old Ancestor Styx asked why Hong Yun and the Two Sages of the West were going to such lengths for Ling Xiao.