Chapter Summaries

Su Changqing received three High Immortal divine offices and a summons from Great Emperor Ziwei to visit the Ziwei Heavenly Court. He set out for the Nine Heavens with Heavenly Venerate of Thunder Punishment and Nezha, reflecting on the power and methods of the heavenly court.

• Great Emperor Ziwei granted Su Changqing the offices of Purple Heaven Department Master, South Heaven Gate Commander, and True Monarch Shangyao Changqing, stunning the immortals in Thunder City.
• Heavenly Venerate of Thunder Punishment congratulated Su Changqing and explained that powerful immortals often held multiple divine offices.
• Su Changqing received a personal invitation from Great Emperor Ziwei to visit Ziwei Star, and Heavenly Venerate of Thunder Punishment said he and Nezha would accompany him.
• Heavenly Venerate of Thunder Punishment ordered the Thirty-six Thunder Dukes not to drink, then led Su Changqing and Nezha toward the Nine Heavens.
• As they traveled through the magnificent Ziwei Heavenly Court, Su Changqing compared its vastness with Fang Cun Immortal Mountain and thought of Bodhi Dao Ancestor and the Woodcutter.

Su Changqing attended the celestial court assembly in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, where Great Emperor Ziwei revealed he knew Su Changqing was Bodhi Dao Ancestor’s disciple and offered him three places for immortal estates. Su Changqing chose the former territory of the You Chao Clan in the Fourth Heaven, forcing Great Emperor Ziwei to consult the Barefoot Heavenly Venerate, who held it.

• Su Changqing entered the Lingxiao Treasure Hall with Nezha and the Heavenly Venerate of Thunder Punishment, then took his place beside the Heavenly Venerate of Thunder Punishment after a heavenly official announced his rank.
• Su Changqing reunited with Feng Jiuge and Feng Libo, who admired how far he had risen since their last meeting.
• Great Emperor Ziwei asked Su Changqing about Bodhi Dao Ancestor and explained that he had hoped to recruit Su Changqing as a disciple before Bodhi Dao Ancestor took him in.
• Great Emperor Ziwei offered Su Changqing his choice of three places for immortal estates, and Nezha urged him to choose the Nine Heavens.
• Su Changqing selected the former territory of the You Chao Clan in the Fourth Heaven, and Great Emperor Ziwei turned toward the Barefoot Heavenly Venerate, who held that land.

Su Changqing clashed with Barefoot Heavenly Venerate over the You Chao Clan’s former territory and challenged him to a fight to the death. He left the Lingxiao Treasure Hall demanding that the battle decide who lived and who died, and swore to destroy Barefoot’s dojo if Barefoot fell.

• Barefoot Heavenly Venerate claimed that his disciple Ku Zhu had been granted the You Chao Clan’s land, but Su Changqing insisted he wanted it for himself.
• Su Changqing learned from Barefoot Heavenly Venerate’s life script that Barefoot and Ku Zhu would obtain the You Chao Clan’s divine abilities, and he decided to stop them.
• Nezha condemned Barefoot Heavenly Venerate for seizing the You Chao Clan’s land and defended Su Changqing’s right to choose it.
• Su Changqing threatened to destroy Barefoot Heavenly Venerate and his entire sect, while Nezha offered to join the fight; Grand Emperor Ziwei asked Grand White Golden Star to settle the dispute.
• Grand White Golden Star said the land should go to whoever won a fight, and Barefoot Heavenly Venerate accepted the challenge.
• Su Changqing stood before the Lingxiao Treasure Hall and declared that the battle would decide their lives, promising to destroy Barefoot’s dojo if Barefoot died.

Su Changqing challenged Barefoot Heavenly Venerate over the You Chao Clan’s land, but Great Emperor Ziwei intervened and ordered Barefoot to yield. Ziwei then planned to test Su Changqing and the newly arrived Taiyin Star Lord with schemes, aiming to strengthen his Heavenly Court and reach the Primordial Dao Ancestor realm.

• Barefoot Heavenly Venerate asked Su Changqing why he was determined to claim the land, and Su Changqing said he owed the You Chao Clan a favor.
• Great Emperor Ziwei sent Barefoot Heavenly Venerate a message to abandon the land, so Barefoot yielded to Su Changqing.
• After the court emptied, Great Emperor Ziwei rebuked Barefoot for failing to eliminate the You Chao Clan’s lingering influence and discussed Su Changqing’s connection to them.
• Great Emperor Ziwei learned that the new Taiyin Star Lord had arrived and ordered Ku Zhu to test her and his daughter Ji Zi to test Su Changqing.
• Great Emperor Ziwei defended his schemes as a way to win Su Changqing and the Taiyin Star’s power, then ordered Ji Zi and Ku Zhu to be sent.

Su Changqing learned that Great Emperor Ziwei planned to remake the Investiture of the Gods and suspected that the Sun Palace had belonged to Di Jun and Haotian before Ziwei seized it. As he and Nezha traveled toward the Eighth Heaven, Feng Libo and Feng Jiuge arrived to meet him.

• The Heavenly Venerate of Thunder Punishment warned Su Changqing to refuse if Great Emperor Ziwei ordered him onto the Investiture of the Gods.
• Su Changqing recalled Great Emperor Ziwei's Life Script and learned that Ziwei intended to place countless immortals and gods on a new Investiture of the Gods to strengthen his rule.
• Su Changqing suspected that Haotian was hiding in the Sun Palace and reasoned that Di Jun and Haotian had both once controlled it.
• Su Changqing concluded that Ziwei had killed the Lord of the Myriad Gods Division to seize the Sun Palace, and connected the fallen lord's remnant to his mount, the Flying Black Tiger.
• Su Changqing and Nezha traveled toward the Eighth Heaven, where Feng Libo and Feng Jiuge caught up with them and bowed in greeting.

Su Changqing reunited with Feng Libo and Feng Jiuge, then traveled to You Chao Lake to establish his immortal residence. After learning the Barefoot Heavenly Venerate had once killed You Chao clansmen there, he threatened to crush him in retaliation, while the Grand White Golden Star relayed Great Emperor Ziwei’s decree.

• Feng Libo and Feng Jiuge reunited with Su Changqing and accepted his invitation to establish immortal residences alongside him in the Fourth Heaven.
• Su Changqing sped toward the Fourth Heaven with Nezha and the Feng brothers, leaving the Grand White Golden Star struggling to catch up with Great Emperor Ziwei’s decree.
• Su Changqing arrived at You Chao Lake and saw the footprint the Barefoot Heavenly Venerate had left above it, stirring his resolve for revenge.
• The Grand White Golden Star delivered Great Emperor Ziwei’s order allowing Ku Zhu to remain in the area and cultivate at a distance.
• Su Changqing said Ku Zhu could stay if he appeared, but threatened to crush him if he did not, comparing it to the Barefoot Heavenly Venerate’s past attack on the You Chao Clan.

Su Changqing hunted down Ku Zhu at You Chao Lake and overwhelmed him with lightning and water-controlling powers. After learning Ku Zhu had helped slaughter the You Chao Clan, Su Changqing declared that he would wipe out the Jade Blue Bird Clan.

• Su Changqing used his Divine Eye to find Ku Zhu hiding in You Chao Lake and challenged him with heavenly lightning.
• Ku Zhu resisted the first bolt with his Buddhist beads, but fled when Su Changqing unleashed dozens more.
• Su Changqing drained back the lake and sent a towering wave crashing over Ku Zhu, then trapped him in a prison of water.
• Grand White Golden Star urged the others to stop Su Changqing, but Feng Jiuge and Feng Libo stood by their friend, while Nezha was eager to join the fight.
• Su Changqing examined Ku Zhu's Life Script and learned he had killed tens of thousands of You Chao Clan members.
• Ku Zhu revealed he belonged to the Jade Blue Bird Clan, and Su Changqing declared that the clan would cease to exist.

Su Changqing used his authority as Purple Heaven Department Master to condemn the Jade Blue Bird Clan to gradual extinction, leaving Ku Zhu alive to witness it. After breaking through to Pure Yang Five Tribulations, he learned more about the ranks of his Heavenly Court titles and prepared for the Barefoot Heavenly Venerate’s eventual arrival.

• Su Changqing issued decrees targeting the Jade Blue Bird Clan, imposing severe punishments on those who kept or shed its bloodline, and sent the decree to the Thunder Department.
• Ku Zhu demanded to know why Su Changqing was destroying his clan, and Su Changqing said only blood could cleanse the You Chao Clan’s grievance.
• Su Changqing spared Ku Zhu but promised he would watch the Jade Blue Bird Clan disappear; his aura then surged as he broke through to Pure Yang Five Tribulations.
• Nezha departed to cultivate, while Feng Jiuge praised Su Changqing’s actions and Grand White Golden Star prepared to return to the Heavenly Court.
• Grand White Golden Star explained that Su Changqing’s titles reflected different ranks and functions, and warned that the Barefoot Heavenly Venerate might come for Ku Zhu.
• Su Changqing agreed to give Grand White Golden Star face, while privately waiting for the chance to kick both Ku Zhu and the Barefoot Heavenly Venerate away.

Su Changqing established Shangyao True Lord's Mansion and rejected Great Emperor Ziwei's attempt to match him with Ji Zi because he already had a Dao companion. Great Emperor Ziwei revealed that he planned to recruit Su Changqing and use the campaign against the Six Desires Demon Realm to unify the Nine Heavens and revive the Investiture of the Gods.

• Grand White Golden Star told Su Changqing that the Heavenly Court would gather an army and attack the Six Desires Demon Realm in a hundred years, while Su Changqing kept Ku Zhu imprisoned and resumed cultivating.
• Three months later, Shangyao True Lord's Mansion was completed, and immortals, gods, and great clans arrived with congratulatory gifts.
• Grand White Golden Star introduced Ji Zi, Great Emperor Ziwei's daughter, but Su Changqing rejected the match and said he already had a Dao companion in the lower realm.
• Ji Zi returned to Ziwei Star, where Great Emperor Ziwei explained Su Changqing's strength and urged her to win him over.
• After Ji Zi left, Great Emperor Ziwei revealed his scheme to bind Su Changqing, unify the Nine Heavens through the campaign, and place immortals and gods in the Investiture of the Gods.

Su Changqing reunited with Ji Xingyue in the Fourth Heaven, where she offered to manage the treasures he had received and told him about troubles in the Taiyin Palace. They discussed their recent experiences and their plans, ending with Ji Xingyue proposing that they become Dao companions and unite the Taiyin and Sun Palaces.

• Su Changqing considered using his time in the Fourth Heaven to claim opportunities before leaving the Heavenly Court for Fang Cun Mountain.
• Ji Xingyue arrived at True Lord Manor with congratulatory gifts from the Taiyin Palace, and she and Su Changqing reunited.
• Ji Xingyue advised Su Changqing to keep his treasures for rewarding his subordinates and friends, then said she would stay and manage them.
• Ji Xingyue told Su Changqing that a female official had joined the Six Desires Demon Realm and stolen Taiyin Long River water, angering the rulers of three thousand stars.
• Ji Xingyue condemned the treatment Su Changqing had suffered from Qiankun Dao Ancestor and discussed Great Emperor Ziwei's efforts to win him over.
• Ji Xingyue proposed becoming Dao companions and uniting the Taiyin Palace and Sun Palace, hoping their union would bring congratulations and gifts from across the worlds.

Su Changqing visited You Chao Cangqing in the Sun Palace and tried to persuade the old guardian to accept a Nine Thousand Year Old Flat Peach and keep living. You Chao Cangqing refused and urged Su Changqing to kill him, leaving Su Changqing to finally attack with the Cloud-Turning Seal.

• Ji Xingyue told Su Changqing that saving You Chao Cangqing might require entering the underworld’s Six Paths of Reincarnation, ruled by the North Yin Great Emperor Fengdu.
• Su Changqing entered the Sun Palace and reunited with You Chao Cangqing, who was astonished that he had reached Pure Yang Five Tribulations.
• Su Changqing told You Chao Cangqing that You Chao Yin Yue and other descendants of the You Chao Clan remained, but Cangqing said he had resolved to die.
• Su Changqing offered You Chao Cangqing a Nine Thousand Year Old Flat Peach that could reverse life and death, but Cangqing refused it and warned that delaying would endanger Su Changqing’s inheritance trial.
• You Chao Cangqing urged Su Changqing to strike, and Su Changqing formed the Cloud-Turning Seal, combining it with lightning arts as Cangqing praised his technique.

Su Changqing entered the Sun Palace’s main hall after honoring You Chao Cangqing, who had died teaching him the Cloud-Turning Thrust. The Sun Palace Spirit offered him three inheritance paths, each demanding a profound transformation before he could claim the fourth inheritance.

• You Chao Cangqing used the Cloud-Turning Thrust against Su Changqing’s Cloud-Turning Seal, then died after his golden spear shattered.
• Su Changqing broke the Nine Thousand Year Old Flat Peach to nourish You Chao Cangqing’s soul and vowed to visit the underworld for him and Jiang Xingxing.
• Su Changqing entered the Sun Palace’s main hall and saw a powerful, indistinct figure he suspected was Haotian.
• The Sun Palace Spirit revealed that the Heluo Books had returned to the Sun Star and explained Haotian’s history and the collapse of the Thirty-three Heavens.
• The Sun Palace Spirit presented three paths: master the Heluo Books, condense the Chaos Bell’s divine forbidden, or replace his human bloodline with Golden Crow bloodlines and become nine suns.

Su Changqing tried to claim all three Sun Palace inheritances, and Ji Xingyue confronted the Sun Palace Spirit on his behalf. The Spirit warned that granting Su Changqing everything could provoke Lu Ya, leaving Su Changqing to weigh the inheritance against the danger.

• Su Changqing asked to take all three inheritance rewards, but the Sun Palace Spirit refused.
• Ji Xingyue arrived with the Taiyin Palace and threatened to seal the Sun Palace Spirit unless it handed over every inheritance.
• The Taiyin Palace Spirit warned that Chaos Demon Gods might return within ten thousand years, and Su Changqing connected the threat to the strange fluctuations that had killed him in his future Life Scripts.
• The Sun Palace Spirit revealed that Lu Ya, the first owner of Su Changqing's Immortal-Slaying Flying Saber, might kill him if he received all three rewards.
• Ji Xingyue said Su Changqing should abandon the Sun Palace and return with her to Taiyin Star, while Su Changqing wondered how Lu Ya had survived for so long.

Su Changqing learned that accepting all three Sun Palace inheritances would open a final trial centered on Di Jun’s Heavenly Emperor Seal, and he shared the rewards with Ji Xingyue. As he began cultivating in the Taiyin Long River, he entered the Pure Yang Six Tribulations and prepared to condense his first Xiantian Divine Forbidden.

• The Sun Palace Spirit explained that taking all three rewards would open the fourth inheritance and require Su Changqing to meet one of three conditions within ten thousand years for the final trial.
• Su Changqing and Ji Xingyue left the Sun Palace with the revelation that its final inheritance was Di Jun’s complete Heavenly Emperor Seal, and they discussed Chaos God-Fiends.
• Su Changqing gave Ji Xingyue the Heluo Books inheritance and said he would condense three hundred and sixty Xiantian Divine Forbidden within himself, while keeping the nine Golden Crows for his own use.
• Ji Xingyue vowed to kill the Sun Palace Spirit if it refused to help Su Changqing, and told him he was more precious to her than her position as Master of the Taiyin Palace.
• Su Changqing entered the Pure Yang Six Tribulations, and Ji Xingyue drew the Taiyin Long River over him as he began to condense his first Xiantian Divine Forbidden.

Su Changqing tempered his body and primordial spirit with the Taiyin Long River, eventually becoming a Grand Luo Heavenly Venerate and starting a family with Ji Xingyue. Thirty years later, Nezha arrived at Su Changqing’s manor to challenge him, but Ji Xingyue told him Su Changqing was cultivating.

• Su Changqing condensed two Xiantian Divine Forbidden with the Taiyin Long River’s water and advanced his body to the Sixth Turn.
• Su Changqing and Ji Xingyue became intimate, discussed the possibility of having a daughter, and Ji Xingyue told him her uncle had warned her not to trust him.
• Over thirty years, Su Changqing integrated ninety-eight Xiantian Divine Forbidden, completed his Sixth Turn Body, and reached the Grand Luo Heavenly Venerate realm.
• Nezha arrived at Su Changqing’s manor, announced that he had reached the Mid-stage Grand Luo Heavenly Venerate, and demanded another fight.
• Ji Xingyue met Nezha and told him Su Changqing was cultivating, while Nezha realized she was pregnant and abandoned his plan to introduce Yang Chan to Su Changqing.

Nezha visits Su Changqing and discovers that Su has reached the mid-stage Grand Luo Heavenly Venerate realm and married Ji Xingyue, the Taiyin Star Lord. Ji Xingyue leaves for Taiyin Palace to recuperate after gifting Nezha a drop of Taiyin Long River water, while Nezha marvels at the power of his enhanced Fire-Tipped Spear.

• Nezha tries to sneak into the rear of Ji Xingyue's cultivation grounds, but she stops him with Taiyin power.
• Nezha attacks Ji Xingyue with his Fire-Tipped Spear, and she catches it before he recognizes the Taiyin Long River and asks who she is.
• Su Changqing arrives, tells Nezha he has also reached the mid-stage Grand Luo Heavenly Venerate realm, and introduces Ji Xingyue as his Dao companion.
• Ji Xingyue reveals that she is the Taiyin Star Lord, and Nezha is stunned by Su Changqing's marriage.
• Ji Xingyue gives Nezha a drop of Taiyin Long River water for his Fire-Tipped Spear and returns to Taiyin Palace to recuperate.
• Nezha tells Su Changqing that the gift will greatly strengthen his spear, then laughs that he has gained an unexpected advantage.

Su Changqing finally visited the South Heaven Gate after Nezha reminded him of his forgotten command, where the Heavenly soldiers welcomed him and Nezha revealed the danger of the Six Desires Demon Realm. Su Changqing agreed to help destroy the six demons, while Nezha’s Life Script warned that the campaign concealed a scheme that would kill many of them.

• Nezha told Su Changqing that Great Emperor Ziwei had ordered him to visit the South Heaven Gate, and Su Changqing admitted he had forgotten his command.
• Su Changqing remembered Baiyun Fei, whom he intended to kill for helping Dao Fa Da Tianzun destroy his Nine Revolutions Profound Art.
• At the South Heaven Gate, Ao Guang sought Baiyun Fei, but Giant Spirit God told him that entry and troop-registry searches required the commander's approval.
• Giant Spirit God, the Four Heavenly Kings, and three thousand Heavenly soldiers welcomed Su Changqing with the Seven-Colored Auspicious Cloud Path.
• Nezha revealed that the Six Desires Demon Realm threatened the South Heaven Gate and asked Su Changqing to use Purple Heaven Divine Thunder against its six demons.
• Su Changqing agreed to join the campaign, while Nezha's Life Script revealed that Yin Shi King and Great Emperor Ziwei planned to sacrifice the Heavenly army and revive the Investiture of the Gods.

The East Sea Dragon King accused Baiyun Fei of stealing his treasures and murdering Turtle Prime Minister, and Su Changqing arranged a confrontation at the South Heaven Gate. Baiyun Fei denied the allegations, while the Dragon King claimed Baiyun Fei had betrayed him during their trip to the lower realm.

• Nezha offered to take Su Changqing to the Governor's Residence, but the East Sea Dragon King arrived at the South Heaven Gate and asked to report Baiyun Fei.
• The East Sea Dragon King accused Baiyun Fei of stealing the Four Seas Golden Bell and Dragon Palace treasures and killing Turtle Prime Minister.
• Nezha and the Four Heavenly Kings explained that Baiyun Fei had remained at the South Heaven Gate and had spent thirty years recovering from injuries.
• Su Changqing ordered a confrontation and warned that no one would leave until the truth was clear.
• Baiyun Market Master arrived, and Giant Spirit God asked whether the East Sea Dragon King's accusations were true.
• Baiyun Fei denied stealing from the Dragon Palace, while the East Sea Dragon King accused him of fleeing with the Four Seas Golden Bell and betraying the dragon clan.

Su Changqing revealed himself after Baiyun Fei accused him of stealing the Four Seas Golden Bell and killing Turtle Prime Minister. When the bell sounded from Su Changqing’s direction, the East Sea Dragon King ordered Baiyun Fei executed, leaving Su Changqing’s response to Baiyun Fei’s final question unresolved.

• Baiyun Fei accused Su Changqing of stealing the Dragon Palace treasure and killing Turtle Prime Minister, while Su Changqing told Nezha that Baiyun Fei had long plotted against him.
• Nezha revealed Su Changqing from the clouds, and Giant Spirit God explained that Su Changqing was True Lord Changqing Shangyao and Baiyun Fei’s superior.
• Baiyun Fei demanded a confrontation, then collapsed as he realized he could not escape the assembled heavenly forces.
• The East Sea Dragon King demanded the Four Seas Golden Bell, but Baiyun Fei insisted he had never taken it.
• The East Sea Dragon King struck the Four Seas Golden Bell with dragon blood, and its toll came from Su Changqing’s position.
• The East Sea Dragon King ordered Baiyun Fei taken away and executed, while Baiyun Fei asked Su Changqing whether he would have spared him if he had not spoken against him.

Su Changqing punished Baiyun Fei and reaffirmed his promise to aid the campaign against the Six Desires Demon Realm, but Yin Shi King attacked first, prompting a council in the Nine Heavens. At the council, Nezha proposed that he and his father swear brotherhood with Su Changqing, just as Great Emperor Ziwei entered.

• Su Changqing allowed the Giant Spirit God to cripple Baiyun Fei and send him to the Execution Immortal Platform, then said he would return to seclusion before keeping his promise to support the campaign.
• The Grand White Golden Star arrived and announced that Yin Shi King had attacked and advanced toward the Qingyun Realm, so Haotian summoned Su Changqing and Nezha to a council.
• At the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, Su Changqing examined the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li's script and saw that Li knew nothing of Great Emperor Ziwei's plan involving the Investiture of the Gods.
• Nezha suggested that he and the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li both swear brotherhood with Su Changqing, angering his father.
• Great Emperor Ziwei entered the hall as the assembled figures fell silent.