Chapter Summaries

Ji Wuhen discovered a hidden divine lake and an Eternal Green Lotus beneath the Tenth Peak, while Su Changqing followed and realized it was tied to Great Emperor Qing’s legacy. As Ji Wuhen rushed toward the lotus, Su Changqing recognized that the treasure might offer a path to the Grand Luo Emperor realm.

• Ji Wuhen ended his cultivation, lamented that he could not match Su Changqing, and noticed a pillar of light striking the Tenth Peak.
• Ji Wuhen leapt into a narrow crack in the mountain, and Su Changqing followed him.
• After falling for half a day, Ji Wuhen reached a vast divine lake and saw an Eternal Green Lotus surrounded by a Dao Platform and divine remains.
• Su Changqing suspected that Great Emperor Qing had been slain by Great Emperor Ziwei and left to nourish the lotus, and recalled that Ji Wuhen was destined to receive Great Emperor Qing’s inheritance.
• Ji Wuhen charged across the water toward the Eternal Green Lotus, believing it could help him reach the Grand Luo Emperor realm.

Su Changqing stole the Eternal Green Lotus Fruit from Ji Wuhen, then swallowed its thirty-six seeds and advanced to perfected Grand Luo Heavenly Venerate. He sensed another treasure left by Great Emperor Qing, while Ji Wuhen survived and concluded that Ku Zhu had attacked him.

• Ji Wuhen reached for the Eternal Green Lotus, but Su Changqing kicked him into the divine lake with the Heavenly Cripple Foot.
• Su Changqing used water from the Taiyin Long River to pluck the Green Lotus Fruit, then removed and swallowed all thirty-six seeds.
• Su Changqing absorbed the seeds’ essence and advanced to perfected Grand Luo Heavenly Venerate.
• Su Changqing sensed the distant Eternal Green Lotus Pagoda and decided to retrieve it when he had the chance.
• Ji Wuhen pretended to be dead until Su Changqing left, then healed himself and concluded that Ku Zhu had used the Heavenly Cripple Foot.

Su Changqing met Taiyi Savior Heavenly Venerate in the Nine Heavens and asked him to assess a divine ability he had recently acquired. The chapter ended as Su Changqing unleashed a saber strike that tore through the starry sky and shattered dozens of uninhabited stars.

• Ji Wuhen sent a transmission decree to Taiyi Savior Heavenly Venerate after failing to swallow the Green Lotus Fruit.
• Su Changqing reached Shangyao Star, where Taiyi Savior Heavenly Venerate arrived on the Nine Spirits Yuan Sheng and spotted him outside the star palace.
• Su Changqing explained that the figure sleeping in the palace was a transformation and invited Taiyi Savior Heavenly Venerate to tour the Nine Heavens with him.
• Su Changqing asked Taiyi Savior Heavenly Venerate to guide him on a divine ability he had obtained after exterminating the Six Desires Demon Realm.
• Su Changqing summoned the Frost Snow Saber and unleashed a strike that tore through the void and shattered dozens of uninhabited stars.

Su Changqing ambushed and killed Taiyi Savior Heavenly Venerate on Shangyao Star, revealing that he had reached Grand Luo Heavenly Venerate Perfection. An unseen emperor-level figure investigated afterward and suspected Daoist Lord Lu Ya might be involved.

• Taiyi Savior Heavenly Venerate praised Su Changqing’s saber mastery as Su bowed toward the Frost Snow Saber.
• Su Changqing used the Immortal-Slaying Flying Saber to sever all nine of Nine Spirits Yuan Sheng’s heads and his primordial spirit.
• Su Changqing unleashed Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, Candle Dragon Eyes, and the Frost Snow Saber against Taiyi Savior Heavenly Venerate, badly wounding him.
• Taiyi Savior Heavenly Venerate realized Su Changqing had reached Grand Luo Heavenly Venerate Perfection, but Su Changqing denied that his victory depended on an ambush.
• Su Changqing destroyed Taiyi Savior Heavenly Venerate’s primordial spirit and Grand Luo Golden Mansion, then vanished without taking the Golden Mansion.
• An unseen emperor-level figure examined the aftermath and wondered whether Daoist Lord Lu Ya was responsible.

After Taiyi Savior Heavenly Venerate was killed, Su Changqing repaired the shattered Shangyao Star and promptly left. The star lords decided they would move to the Fourth Heaven to seek him out if he would not return to them.

• Hidden Grand Luo Emperor beings watched Shangyao Star and remarked on Su Changqing’s strength and the danger of Lu Ya’s return.
• The Nine Luminaries Star Lords and Seven Luminaries Star Lords told Su Changqing that Taiyi Savior Heavenly Venerate had been killed and Shangyao Star was breaking apart.
• Su Changqing used his mana to stabilize Shangyao Star and heal its devastation.
• Su Changqing departed, refusing the star lords’ request to stay and rule Shangyao Star.
• The sixteen star lords realized Su Changqing wanted to avoid being pressed into service by Great Emperor Ziwei and resolved to move to the Fourth Heaven to find him.

Great Emperor Ziwei investigated Taiyi Savior Heavenly Venerate’s death and discovered that the Eternal Green Lotus had vanished. After tracing the thief through the river of time, he suspected Su Changqing and turned his attention to Ji Wuhen, Great Emperor Qing’s chosen descendant.

• Great Emperor Ziwei searched the myriad heavens for Taiyi Savior Heavenly Venerate’s killer, then found the Heavenly Venerate dead at his collapsing dao ground.
• Great Emperor Ziwei descended into Ziwei Star’s core and discovered that the Eternal Green Lotus was gone, with the injured Ji Wuhen in the divine lake.
• Ji Wuhen told Great Emperor Ziwei that someone had kicked him and claimed he had meant to offer the lotus to the emperor.
• Great Emperor Ziwei realized Great Emperor Qing had chosen Ji Wuhen as his successor and used Ziwei Starlight to reveal the culprit’s image in the river of time.
• Ji Wuhen identified the figure as Ku Zhu, but Great Emperor Ziwei ruled that out and suspected Su Changqing among several possibilities.
• Great Emperor Ziwei warned Su Changqing that he would die if he had killed Taiyi Savior Heavenly Venerate, then told Ji Wuhen that Great Emperor Qing’s interest suggested he had exceptional talent.

Great Emperor Ziwei took Ji Wuhen as his disciple and prepared him to become a son-avatar before the Day of Destruction. In the Fourth Heaven, Su Changqing crippled Ku Zhu, turned his feet into fishing rods, and began fishing the heavens, leaving Ku Zhu cursing him.

• Great Emperor Ziwei welcomed Ji Wuhen as his disciple, placed a palm on his head, and extinguished his soul to make him a son-avatar.
• Great Emperor Ziwei looked toward the distant heavens and vowed to forge his own Dao when the Day of Destruction began and the Nine Realms became one.
• Su Changqing freed Ku Zhu from a water prison and said he would spare the last Jade Blue Bird, but punish him by taking his legs.
• Su Changqing shattered Ku Zhu's knees and snapped off the Jade Blue Bird's feet, leaving him a footless bird.
• Su Changqing turned Ku Zhu's feet into emerald fishing rods and cast them down from the Fourth Heaven to fish the heavens.
• Ku Zhu fled and cursed Su Changqing to never catch a fish.

After nearly sixty-four years in the Upper Realm, Su Changqing sensed that his fishing hook had caught two people from the lower realm. Ding Xiu ascended to seek him, while Cheng Shifei was pulled skyward by Su Changqing’s hook.

• Su Changqing sensed movement on his fishing rods and realized he had hooked two people.
• In the lower realm, Ding Xiu prepared to ascend after outliving Jin Yichuan and Lu Jianxing.
• Cheng Shifei watched Ding Xiu enter the heavenly lightning, then decided to attempt ascension himself.
• A jade-green fishhook appeared on Cloud Dragon Mountain, and Cheng Shifei grabbed it.
• The fishing line recoiled and pulled Cheng Shifei toward the sky as he shouted in protest.

Cheng Shifei saved Ding Xiu from the heavenly lightning with an enormous fishhook, and the two were carried upward into the Upper Realm. They reached the Second Heaven and saw a Thunder God greeting them, while the fishhook continued to rise.

• Cheng Shifei discovered that the fishhook kept the heavenly lightning from striking him, while Ding Xiu was badly injured and feared he would die.
• Cheng Shifei reunited with Ding Xiu on the massive azure jade fishhook and saved him from the lightning.
• Ding Xiu warned Cheng Shifei that an Upper Realm expert had hooked them and told him to follow his plans when they met the person.
• Ding Xiu advised Cheng Shifei to invoke the Marquis and Her Majesty if the person was friendly, or to criticize the Marquis if they were hostile.
• The fishhook carried them through the First Heaven, where immortal spiritual energy helped their injuries recover, and continued toward higher realms.
• In the Thunder Department of the Second Heaven, Cheng Shifei and Ding Xiu saw a towering Thunder God smile and greet them with cupped hands.

Su Changqing reunited with Cheng Shifei and Ding Xiu after fishing them up to the Upper Realm, where they learned he had become a Grand Luo Heavenly Venerate. He began recounting his experiences since ascending, leaving the two men astonished.

• Ding Xiu and Cheng Shifei traveled through the Third Heaven on a fishhook and drew the hostility of a gigantic jade-green bird.
• The fishhook carried them to True Lord Manor in the Fourth Heaven, where Ding Xiu bowed to the figure waiting there.
• Cheng Shifei recognized Su Changqing as his long-lost senior brother, and Ding Xiu realized who he was as well.
• Su Changqing explained that he had fished the two of them up and called their reunion a fated bond.
• Su Changqing revealed that he was a Grand Luo Heavenly Venerate and briefly recounted his experiences after ascending with Jiumozhi.

Su Changqing offered Cheng Shifei and Ding Xiu three paths of cultivation and had them choose their main paths. Since he had no time to teach them before visiting the underworld, he decided to find each of them a teacher, then appeared above Thunder City.

• Cheng Shifei mentioned that Jiang Han had ascended fifteen years earlier, and Su Changqing said he likely had not come to the Nine Heavens World.
• Su Changqing offered Cheng Shifei and Ding Xiu a choice between lightning arts, the blade, and the Seventy-Two Earth Fiend Transformations, warning them to focus on one main path.
• Cheng Shifei chose lightning arts, while Ding Xiu chose the blade.
• Su Changqing said he would find each of them a teacher before traveling to the underworld.
• Su Changqing's eyes appeared above Thunder City, startling the gods of the Thunder Department, and he announced, "It is me."

Su Changqing summoned Heavenly Thunder Duke and ordered him to teach his talented lower-realm friend the Dao of Lightning at True Lord Manor. He then told Cheng Shifei that he had found him a formidable instructor, leaving Cheng Shifei eager to learn who it was.

• Su Changqing summoned Heavenly Thunder Duke and ordered him to live at True Lord Manor and teach his lower-realm friend the Dao of Lightning.
• Heavenly Thunder Duke eagerly accepted the order, while the other Thunder Dukes envied his chance to receive Su Changqing's guidance.
• Su Changqing vanished from Thunder City, and the Thunder Dukes discussed his loyalty and Heavenly Thunder Duke's good fortune.
• Divine Firmament Thunder Duke slapped Heavenly Thunder Duke flying as he prepared to leave for True Lord Manor.
• At True Lord Manor, Su Changqing told Cheng Shifei he had found him a Thunder Duke to teach him heavenly lightning, but did not reveal the instructor's name.

Su Changqing arranged for Heavenly Thunder Duke to teach Cheng Shifei and gave Ding Xiu a demonstration of his Heaven Burying Slash, promising to find him a saber-path master. Half a year later, Su Changqing was still cultivating beside the Immortal Pools.

• Heavenly Thunder Duke arrived at True Lord Changqing's Mansion and began teaching Cheng Shifei the Way of Heavenly Lightning.
• Su Changqing demonstrated the Heaven Burying Slash for Ding Xiu and offered to find a Grand Luo Heavenly Venerate to take him as a disciple if he comprehended its saber intent.
• Cheng Shifei considered switching to the saber path, but Su Changqing warned him to master heavenly lightning, and Cheng Shifei fell silent.
• Half a year passed as Su Changqing cultivated beside the Immortal Pools while the fishing rods remained untouched.

Su Changqing sought a chance to advance beyond the perfected realm of Grand Luo Heavenly Venerate while discussing how to protect Ji Xingyue and enter the Nine Netherworlds. Nezha revealed he knew a route into the underworld and proposed that they go there together.

• Ji Xingyue suggested that Su Changqing seek control of the Chaos Bell or open a new realm, but he said he had already condensed one hundred and eighty Xiantian Divine Forbidden and insisted on sending her to Fang Cun Mountain for safety.
• Nezha arrived at True Lord Manor and told Su Changqing that Ji Wuhen had killed Ku Zhu with a single hammer and gained a reputation for formidable strength.
• Su Changqing asked Nezha about entering the Nine Netherworlds, and Nezha explained that the underworld was ruled by the North Yin Great Emperor and had become difficult to enter.
• Nezha said he knew a route into the underworld and proposed that he and Su Changqing overturn King Yama's Palace and seize the Book of Life and Death.
• Su Changqing jokingly agreed to take seven while Nezha took three, leaving Nezha frozen in confusion.

Nezha told Su Changqing that the Book of Life and Death was at the foot of Buzhou Mountain and explained how the underworld gates opened during the seventh month. Su Changqing planned to enter then, while preparing Ji Xingyue and their unborn child for the coming chaos.

• Nezha told Su Changqing that the Book of Life and Death was at the foot of Buzhou Mountain and asked to see it if Su Changqing obtained it.
• Nezha explained that the underworld gates opened on the first day of the seventh month for Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's birthday and warned Su Changqing about the Bodhisattva's power.
• Su Changqing gave Nezha a Moon Laurel Fruit, and Nezha left delighted, promising to visit often.
• Su Changqing told Ji Xingyue he would wait until the seventh month to enter the underworld and would use the next sixty-eight years to prepare.
• Su Changqing planned to send Ji Xingyue to Fang Cun Mountain for safety and used his power to help their unborn child refine its bloodline.

Yin Shi King persuaded the Burial Heaven Great Emperor to join an attack on the Nine Heavens World, revealing that he had found the Book of Earth and obtained a fragment of the Investiture of the Gods. Meanwhile, Su Changqing prepared to enter the underworld during Ghost Month to seek a chance to advance his cultivation, leaving with a second plan in reserve.

• Yin Shi King summoned the Burial Heaven Great Emperor and argued that they needed to seize the Nine Heavens World before the demon gods returned.
• Yin Shi King revealed he had found the Book of Earth and obtained a fragment of the Investiture of the Gods, proposing an alliance with the North Yin Great Emperor to suppress Ziwei.
• The Burial Heaven Great Emperor threatened Yin Shi King but ultimately agreed that they would gather their forces and attack the Nine Heavens World.
• Ji Xingyue offered Su Changqing Ji Ni’s help as Su Changqing prepared to travel to the First Heaven before the underworld gates opened.
• Su Changqing explained that observing the Six Paths of Reincarnation or studying the North Yin Great Emperor’s Book of Life and Death might help him break through his cultivation bottleneck.

Su Changqing hurried from the Fourth Heaven to the Great Zhou Dynasty and arrived at Buzhou Mountain to enter the underworld. At its foot, he saw worshippers seeking protection from the Three Disasters and Six Tribulations.

• Su Changqing sped past South Heaven Gate, startling the Four Heavenly Kings before they recognized him as the Guardian Envoy.
• Su Changqing reflected on the fallen Thirty-three Heavens and the immortals who had left the Nine Heavens, then decided to enter the underworld within a month.
• Su Changqing reached Buzhou Mountain and saw Xiong Da and Xiong Er resting nearby, but he did not approach them.
• Worshippers at Buzhou Mountain mistook Su Changqing for a heavenly immortal and pleaded for help enduring the Three Disasters and Six Tribulations.

Su Changqing left a lightning-path opportunity beneath Buzhou Mountain, prompting the gathered cultivators to interpret his words in wildly different ways. He then entered the underworld and, realizing he could not cross it within a month, decided to make the North Yin Great Emperor come find him.

• Nearly a million people gathered at Buzhou Mountain, but an invisible barrier kept them a hundred zhang from Su Changqing.
• Su Changqing told the crowd that they could avoid the Three Disasters and Six Tribulations by not breaking through, then vanished and left behind a deep pit containing a lightning-path opportunity.
• The crowd argued over the meaning of Su Changqing's advice, and an old Daoist realized he could use a secret art and bury himself to fool Heaven during a breakthrough.
• A man declared he would kill himself and reincarnate until he gained an exceptional fate, then slit his throat.
• Su Changqing entered the underworld and, after calculating the time needed to cross its Eight Hundred Li Sand Sea, decided to make the North Yin Great Emperor come find him.

Su Changqing entered the underworld seeking the Book of Life and Death and headed toward King Yama’s Palace after encountering its officials. The chapter left him approaching the palace, while Black and White Impermanence remained unaware of the danger above them.

• Su Changqing crossed the Eight Hundred Li Sand Sea and drank Meng Po’s Soup at the Yellow Springs Inn without being affected.
• Meng Qi realized Su Changqing was a Grand Luo Heavenly Venerate and warned San Qi that he had come to fight.
• Su Changqing spotted Black and White Impermanence escorting souls, examined their Life Scripts, and learned that Black Impermanence would die in his later battle.
• Black and White Impermanence escorted the souls to King Yama’s Palace beside the Nether River, and Su Changqing headed directly for the palace.

Su Changqing infiltrated King Yama's Palace and learned that the Underworld was searching for a living person who had entered the Eight Hundred Li Sand Sea. After King Yama left to investigate, Su Changqing disguised himself as him and confronted Mu Suli, intending to obtain a volume of the Book of Life and Death.

• King Yama questioned Black and White Impermanence about a living person in the Eight Hundred Li Sand Sea, then set out with Ox-Head and Horse-Face to investigate.
• Su Changqing suspected the North Yin Great Emperor knew he had arrived and decided to interrogate the judge while King Yama was away.
• Su Changqing used a spell to conceal his immortal aura and transform himself into King Yama.
• Mu Suli and the other Yin Officials were surprised when the disguised Su Changqing returned to the palace.
• Su Changqing planned to deceive Mu Suli into handing over one of the ten volumes of the Book of Life and Death.