Chapter Summaries

Shen Fei watched Yun Tianhe and his companions encounter the Five Poison Beast, then joined them on an outing that led to a starving village. The villagers explained that cutting down their K'un-Lun Sacred Wood forest had caused the Crescent Moon River to dry up.

• Murong Ziying caught Yun Tianhe, Liu Mengli, and Han Lingsha after their outing and sent them to the Valley of Reflection, where Shen Fei brought them food.
• Shen Fei found advanced Qionghua Sect cultivation manuals and sword techniques in the Library Pavilion.
• Yun Tianhe rescued a Five Poison Beast, which befriended him and later left the sect after giving him its collected gems.
• When Murong Ziying left on a mission, Shen Fei, Yun Tianhe, Liu Mengli, and Han Lingsha traveled to the desert near Bozhen Town.
• Shen Fei stopped Ulan from smothering her infant, and Yun Tianhe and the others shared food and water with the starving villagers.
• The village chief explained that the Crescent Moon River had dried up after villagers cut down the upstream forest of valuable K'un-Lun Sacred Wood.

Shen Fei and his companions tried to help Crescent Moon Village, but Su Yao refused to lend Qionghua Sect’s Water Spirit Orb because the demon realm’s invasion was imminent. After being sent to the Valley of Reflection, Shen Fei considered the sect’s fate, and the group discovered the Wangshu Sword glowing in Yun Tianhe’s room.

• The village chief explained that Crescent Moon Village could not recover without restoring its water veins, and Murong Ziying promised to seek a solution and arrange supplies.
• Murong Ziying revealed that the Water Spirit Orb belonged to Qionghua Sect, but Su Yao rejected their request to borrow it, citing the impending invasion of the demon realm.
• Murong Ziying arranged for disciples to deliver food and water to Crescent Moon Village, then ordered Shen Fei, Han Lingsha, Liu Mengli, and Yun Tianhe to reflect in the Valley of Reflection.
• Shen Fei considered Qionghua Sect’s sources of wealth and weighed whether to let the sect fall so he could obtain its treasures and manuals, but decided to first investigate Xuanxiao’s situation.
• Liu Mengli brought Shen Fei to Yun Tianhe’s room, where Han Lingsha used a Ringing Bell Talisman to wake him and they found the Wangshu Sword glowing in midair.

Shen Fei, Yun Tianhe, Han Lingsha, and Liu Mengli followed the Wangshu Sword into the Qionghua Sect’s forbidden Sword Forest, where Yun Tianhe’s jade pendant opened a hidden gate. Inside, they found Xuanxiao frozen beside the Yihe Sword, and he recognized Yun Tianhe as the son of Yun Tianqing and Su Yu.

• Han Lingsha explained that a strange sound had led her and Liu Mengli to Yun Tianhe’s room, and Shen Fei realized the Yihe Sword was resonating with the Wangshu Sword.
• The four followed the Wangshu Sword into the Sword Forest, where Kuizhao attacked them and Shen Fei guided them past other talisman spirits.
• Yun Tianhe’s jade pendant opened the sealed Stone Gate, and the group entered a cavern split between scorching lava and freezing ice.
• The Wangshu Sword led them into the ice cavern, where they found Xuanxiao sealed in an ice pillar beside the Yihe Sword.
• Xuanxiao spoke to Yun Tianhe, learned he was Yun Tianqing and Su Yu’s son, and asked his name.

Yun Tianhe and his companions met Xuanxiao in the Qionghua Sect’s forbidden area, where he revealed his connection to Yun Tianhe’s parents and the twin swords. After Murong Ziying agreed to keep the encounter secret, Shen Fei considered the larger threats facing Han Lingsha and the Huanming Realm.

• Xuanxiao told Yun Tianhe that he had been his parents’ senior brother and explained that Wangshu had belonged to Su Yu while Yihe had been his own sword.
• Xuanxiao was shocked to learn that Yun Tianhe was not sensitive to cold, then recognized the Spirit Light Algae Jade and recalled his former companions.
• Murong Ziying entered the forbidden area and, after learning Xuanxiao’s identity, agreed not to tell the sect leader or punish the group.
• Xuanxiao sent Yun Tianhe and his companions away, and Shen Fei considered how to stop the Qionghua Sect’s plans from endangering Han Lingsha and the Huanming Realm.
• Han Lingsha questioned Murong Ziying about his claimed ignorance of Yun Tianhe’s parents, but he insisted that he had not known about them.

Han Lingsha gave Murong Ziying a Nine-Dragon Silk Sword Tassel, and Shen Fei warned Han Lingsha and Liu Mengli that the Qionghua Sect was hiding something about Yun Tianhe’s parents. Three days later, Yun Tianhe led the group to ask Elders Qingyang and Chongguang about freeing Xuanxiao, and they agreed that Xuanxiao could escape after seeing Yun Tianhe use the Gyo Ice Art.

• Han Lingsha offered Murong Ziying her Nine-Dragon Silk Sword Tassel, and he agreed to keep it while searching for a suitable sword.
• Shen Fei told Han Lingsha and Liu Mengli that the Qionghua Sect’s accounts of Yun Tianhe’s parents and the forbidden grounds did not add up, and he planned to investigate secretly.
• Yun Tianhe revealed that he had sworn brotherhood with Xuanxiao and wanted to help him escape confinement, so the group went to seek the Three Cold Artifacts from Elders Qingyang and Chongguang.
• Elder Chongguang taught Han Lingsha a cultivation method suited to her, while Qingyang recognized her connection to the Wangshu Sword.
• Yun Tianhe demonstrated the Gyo Ice Art, and Qingyang concluded that Xuanxiao could escape his confinement.

Shen Fei and his companions began searching for the Three Cold Artifacts, starting in Jimo, where they learned the Fox Immortal was terrorizing the townspeople. After Shen Fei reunited the group with Xia Yuanchen, they followed him into Yinxiang Mountain to rescue Lianbao.

• Qingyang told the group what was known about the Three Cold Artifacts, and Chongguang assigned them the search while warning Qingyang that Xuanxiao’s possible escape and Han Lingsha’s arrival troubled him.
• Murong Ziying and the others traveled to Jimo to search for the Guang Ji Cold Diagram, but found the townspeople rushing to deliver offerings to the Fox Immortal.
• Shen Fei learned that the Fox Immortal had been causing storms and droughts, while Xia Yuanchen had been helping protect Jimo from the worst of his harm.
• Shen Fei met Xia Yuanchen, who feared the Fox Immortal had taken Lianbao, and summoned Murong Ziying, Han Lingsha, Liu Mengli, and Yun Tianhe to help.
• The group followed Xia Yuanchen into Yinxiang Mountain, where he heard Lianbao calling out and hurried toward her.

Shen Fei and the others found Lord Fox the Third holding Xia Yuanchen and Lianbao under a spell, and fought him until Murong Ziying forced him to surrender. The spells were lifted and the fox immortal fled, while Han Lingsha suffered a sudden dizzy spell and Shen Fei resolved to seek Zhu Long’s help to strengthen Yun Tianhe.

• After Xia Yuanchen vanished using an earth-element immortal art, Shen Fei realized the Five Elemental Arts could be used for movement as well as attacks.
• The group split up to search Yinxiang Mountain, and Shen Fei used Observation Haki to locate Xia Yuanchen, Lianbao, and Lord Fox the Third.
• Lord Fox the Third admitted he had controlled Xia Yuanchen and Lianbao, and Shen Fei kicked him back before rescuing them.
• Lord Fox the Third attacked with a hurricane and a falling mountain, but Murong Ziying shielded the group and Yun Tianhe shattered the mountain with the Wangshu Sword; Han Lingsha suddenly became dizzy.
• Murong Ziying overpowered Lord Fox the Third, who surrendered and removed the spells; Murong warned him against further wrongdoing, and the fox immortal fled.

After driving Hu San away, the group received the Guang Ji Cold Diagram from Xia Yuanchen to help save Xuanxiao. They agreed to stay in Jimo for the Lantern Festival, while Shen Fei stayed behind to ask Xia Yuanchen about the Five Spirit Orbs.

• Murong Ziying and the others drove Hu San from Yinxiang Mountain, and Xia Yuanchen promised to arrange protection for the area.
• At Xia Yuanchen’s home, Han Lingsha asked whether immortals could extend mortal lifespans, and Xia Yuanchen’s memories of his deceased beloved Jing Lan left her discouraged.
• Xia Yuanchen gave the Guang Ji Cold Diagram to Yun Tianhe, who could hold it without suffering from its cold energy.
• Xia Yuanchen offered the Kaiyuan Moon-Chasing Bow to Yun Tianhe, but Shen Fei accepted it instead to avoid complicating Yun Tianhe’s ties with Liu Mengli and Han Lingsha.
• The group agreed to attend Jimo’s Lantern Festival with Xia Yuanchen and Lianbao, while Shen Fei stayed behind to ask Xia Yuanchen about the Five Spirit Orbs.

Shen Fei learned that the Spirit Orb was in the Divine Realm and told Xia Yuanchen that Jing Lan had stayed by his side through six lifetimes. After the group celebrated Jimo’s lantern festival, Han Lingsha and Liu Mengli fell unwell, but they joined the others in searching Emperor Yan Shinnō Cave for the next Cold Artifact.

• Shen Fei asked Xia Yuanchen about the Five Spirit Orbs and learned that the Spirit Orb was in the Divine Realm, then asked him to watch for the Fire Spirit Orb and Thunder Spirit Orb.
• Shen Fei revealed to Xia Yuanchen that Jing Lan had been by his side through six lifetimes, and Xia Yuanchen recognized her in Lianbao.
• Shen Fei reconsidered how to oppose Heaven and wondered whether Xuanxiao might cooperate with him, while Murong Ziying warned him against seeking shortcuts to immortality.
• The group celebrated Jimo’s lantern festival together, where local children thanked them for driving away the fox immortal.
• After returning to the Qionghua Sect with the Guang Ji Cold Diagram, Han Lingsha and Liu Mengli felt unwell, then joined the others in entering Emperor Yan Shinnō Cave to seek another Cold Artifact.
• The group struggled with the cave’s intense heat, and Han Lingsha asked Yun Tianhe to teach them Gyo Ice Art.

Shen Fei and his companions searched Emperor Yan Shinnong Cave for the Three Cold Artifacts, using the Gyo Ice Art to withstand its heat and meeting Chu Bihen, who led them to the Blazing Flame Stone. After Yun Tianhe removed the stone, the Lava Beast King appeared and challenged them.

• Yun Tianhe taught Shen Fei, Murong Ziying, Liu Mengli, and Han Lingsha the Gyo Ice Art, and the group used it to endure Shinnō Cave's heat.
• Shen Fei and his companions explored the cave, withdrew to rest, and later found the collapsed Chu Bihen, who agreed to guide them to the Suoluo Fruit in exchange for help finding an item.
• Chu Bihen brought the group to the Moonlit Netherworld, where her sister Chu Han Jing revealed the Blazing Flame Stone's location after Chu Bihen pressured her.
• Yun Tianhe removed the Blazing Flame Stone, triggering a tremor and the arrival of the Lava Beast King.
• Liu Mengli asked the Lava Beast King to let them take the Blazing Flame Stone so they could help someone.

Shen Fei and the others defeated the Lava Beast King, and Yun Tianhe used the Wangshu Sword to kill it. Back in the Moonlit Netherworld, Chu Bihen tried to become immortal with the Blazing Flame Stone but exploded, and Chu Han Jing vanished, leaving a Suoluo Fruit behind.

• Murong Ziying protected Liu Mengli from the Lava Beast King while Shen Fei wounded its eye, and Yun Tianhe later killed it with the Wangshu Sword.
• The group returned to the Moonlit Netherworld with Han Lingsha, and Shen Fei secretly stored the Lava Beast King's corpse.
• Chu Bihen took the Blazing Flame Stone from Yun Tianhe and prepared to become immortal despite Chu Han Jing's warning that selfish desires would lead to her destruction.
• Shen Fei suggested that Chu Bihen and Chu Han Jing merge with the stone together, but Chu Bihen rejected the idea and began merging with it alone.
• Chu Bihen's spiritual power turned violent, and she exploded, devastating the Moonlit Netherworld.
• Chu Han Jing told the others to take the Suoluo Fruit, then vanished as the fruit appeared atop the Suoluo Tree.

After obtaining the Suoluo Fruit, Shen Fei and the others rested at Qingluan Peak, where Liu Mengli paid respects to Yun Tianqing and Su Yu. The group then traveled to Chaohu Lake to investigate reports of water demons near Hundred Feather Isle, where they prepared to borrow a boat and search for the final Three Cold Artifact.

• Shen Fei suggested the group rest at Qingluan Peak, and Yun Tianhe eagerly led them back to his childhood home.
• Liu Mengli asked to visit Yun Tianqing and Su Yu's tomb, and Yun Tianhe brought the group to Stone Sink Creek Cave.
• Yun Tianhe said he planned to leave the Qionghua Sect after finding the final Three Cold Artifact, and Shen Fei and the others said they would leave with him.
• The group traveled to Chaohu Lake, where Shen Fei revived Ahai after the fishermen reported demons near Hundred Feather Isle.
• Murong Ziying decided they should investigate the water demons, and the fishermen lent them a boat to search the area.

The group reached the sunken Juchao Kingdom beneath Chaohu Lake, where they hoped to learn about the Three Cold Artifacts and encountered demons who might help them investigate. Murong Ziying prepared to attack the Locust Tree Demons, but Yun Tianhe and Liu Mengli defended them as the chapter ended in a dispute over who had harmed whom.

• Shen Fei guided the group’s boat to the great whirlpools, and Murong Ziying taught everyone the Water Breathing Art before they descended underwater.
• Han Lingsha recognized the underwater city as the legendary Juchao Kingdom, and the group decided to investigate before attacking its demons.
• Huai Zhi vouched for the group at the city entrance and led them inside, where they reunited with the other Locust Tree Demons.
• Huai Mi accused Murong Ziying of killing her parents at Nüluo Rock, prompting him to draw the Shetian Sword and prepare to attack.
• Yun Tianhe blocked Murong Ziying, while the Locust Tree Demons denied harming fishermen and Liu Mengli argued that their parents’ actions did not justify killing them.

Shen Fei and his companions defended Huai Mi and the Locust Tree Demons from Murong Ziying, then learned that Chaohu Lake’s whirlpools were caused by the passing Huanming Realm. They obtained the Kun Scale from Prime Minister Turtle and split up, with Yun Tianhe and Han Lingsha taking it to Xuanxiao while Shen Fei accompanied Liu Mengli to Shouyang County.

• Murong Ziying tried to attack the Locust Tree Demons, but Yun Tianhe, Han Lingsha, Liu Mengli, and Shen Fei opposed him, and he left after Shen Fei challenged his judgment of yokai.
• Huai Mi explained that whirlpools caused by the Huanming Realm had been pulling fishermen into Chaohu Lake, and that the Locust Tree Demons had been rescuing them.
• Huai Mi led the group to Prime Minister Turtle, who gave them the Kun Scale and warned them that Han Lingsha’s yin-cold constitution made it unsafe for her to touch.
• Huai Mi showed the group the Juchao Kingdom, where humans and yokai lived together and young yokai and half-yokai studied at Juchao Academy.
• After leaving the Juchao Kingdom, the group returned to Hundred Feather Isle and found Murong Ziying gone; Yun Tianhe and Han Lingsha took the Kun Scale to Xuanxiao, while Shen Fei stayed with Liu Mengli to help notify fishermen through Shouyang County.

After Su Yao expelled Shen Fei, Yun Tianhe, Han Lingsha, and Liu Mengli from Qionghua Sect, Murong Ziying gave them swords before the sect was rocked by the Huanming Realm’s arrival. Han Lingsha collapsed and Liu Mengli entered the demon realm, while Yun Tianhe was injured trying to follow her, leaving Murong Ziying questioning how Liu Mengli could be from the demon realm.

• Liu Mengli asked Shen Fei to look after Yun Tianhe, and Shen Fei promised to help her as well before they returned to Qionghua Sect.
• Xuanji and Huaishuo told Shen Fei and Liu Mengli that Su Yao had expelled the four friends after exposing Han Lingsha’s past and her unauthorized reading in the sect library.
• Murong Ziying gave Yun Tianhe, Han Lingsha, Liu Mengli, and Shen Fei swords he had forged for them, and they named them the Tianhe Sword, Lingsha Sword, Mengli Sword, and Ziyun Sword.
• A midnight explosion shook Qionghua Sect, Han Lingsha collapsed, and Shen Fei sent Yun Tianhe to find Liu Mengli while he cared for Han Lingsha.
• Yun Tianhe forced his way toward the demon realm and was injured; after waking, he told Shen Fei, Han Lingsha, and Murong Ziying that Liu Mengli had gone there and said she came from the demon realm.
• Murong Ziying doubted Liu Mengli’s identity, arguing that Qionghua Sect’s leaders and elders would have detected her Yokai Power.

Yun Tianhe and his companions confronted Su Yao at the forbidden grounds, where she revealed that she and Xuanxiao had used them to further Qionghua Sect’s plan to ascend. After Su Yao blamed Yun Tianhe’s parents for Xuanxiao’s fate, Shen Fei exposed the clues that had led him to suspect the conspiracy and challenged Yun Tianhe to question the sect’s version of events.

• Yun Tianhe, Murong Ziying, Han Lingsha, and Shen Fei went to the forbidden grounds to ask about Xuanxiao and found Yuan Yi guarding the entrance under Su Yao’s orders.
• Su Yao emerged and revealed that she and Xuanxiao had accepted and guided Yun Tianhe’s group as part of a plan to obtain the awakened Wangshu Sword.
• Su Yao said Qionghua Sect sought to ascend as a whole and claimed Yun Tianqing and Su Yu had abandoned Xuanxiao during the earlier battle, leaving him frozen for nineteen years.
• Yuan Yi read the sect’s secret record, and Su Yao used it to blame Yun Tianhe’s parents for Xuanxiao’s suffering and Qionghua Sect’s failed ascent.
• Shen Fei admitted that he had suspected Su Yao’s scheme and explained the clues that confirmed it, including her treatment of Yun Tianhe and Han Lingsha’s unchecked library searches.
• Shen Fei challenged Yun Tianhe to consider that Qionghua Sect, rather than his parents, might have been in the wrong.

Shen Fei challenged Qionghua Sect’s account of Yun Tianhe’s parents and exposed the sect’s invasion of the demon realm, while Yun Tianhe struggled to decide what to believe. After learning Liu Mengli had entered the demon realm, the group set out to find a way through its barrier, and the elders pointed them toward the Netherworld and Buzhou Mountain.

• Shen Fei told Yun Tianhe that Yun Tianqing and Su Yu had left Qionghua Sect because they opposed its plan to bind the demon realm and ascend.
• Su Yao expelled Shen Fei, Yun Tianhe, and Han Lingsha from Qionghua Sect, then Xuanxiao reprimanded her and ordered her to bring him the Water Spirit Orb.
• Murong Ziying asked Qingyang and Chongguang about the events of nineteen years earlier and told them Liu Mengli had disappeared into the demon realm.
• Qingyang explained that a Yiying Branch could cross the demon realm’s barrier and that the group would need to reach Wu Chang Hall in the Netherworld via Buzhou Mountain.
• Yun Tianhe, Han Lingsha, and Murong Ziying prepared to seek a way into the Netherworld, and Chongguang gave Han Lingsha the Red Soul Jade.

Shen Fei revealed that the Wangshu Sword had been draining Han Lingsha’s spiritual power and warned that the Qionghua Sect’s plan for collective ascension would provoke the Heaven Realm. As the group prepared to seek Mengli at Buzhou Mountain, Qingyang and Chongguang decided to intervene against Xuanxiao, while Murong Ziying was tasked with finding a way to stop the ascension plan.

• Shen Fei explained that Han Lingsha had awakened the Wangshu Sword and become its vessel, causing her worsening health, and Qingyang and Chongguang’s silence confirmed his account in broad terms.
• Yun Tianhe tried to take back the Wangshu Sword, but Han Lingsha stopped him and urged the group to find Mengli before confronting Xuanxiao and the Sect Leader.
• Shen Fei warned that the Heaven Realm would not allow the Qionghua Sect to ascend as a whole, prompting Qingyang and Chongguang to recognize the threat to their sect’s survival.
• Qingyang and Chongguang decided to leave seclusion and stop Xuanxiao, while Murong Ziying was told to travel to Buzhou Mountain and prevent the sect from obtaining enough Amethyst Stone.
• Shen Fei learned that the Qionghua Sect sought Amethyst Stone from the Huanming Realm as concentrated spiritual power for its ascension plan.

Elders Qingyang and Chongguang went to speak with Su Yao and Xuanxiao while Shen Fei and his companions traveled to Buzhou Mountain to seek the Netherworld entrance. There they found the Demon Sword and met Xiao Kui, who agreed to travel with Murong Ziying as he promised to suppress the sword’s baleful power and help her find her brother’s reincarnation.

• Elders Qingyang and Chongguang arrived at Sword Forest and asked to see Su Yao and Xuanxiao, and Su Yao left her cultivation to meet them.
• Shen Fei, Yun Tianhe, Han Lingsha, and Murong Ziying reached Buzhou Mountain and headed toward the Coiled Dragon Pillar in search of the Netherworld entrance.
• The group found the Demon Sword in a valley, and Han Lingsha heard malicious ghosts wailing when she touched it.
• Xiao Kui emerged from the sword and explained that she had sacrificed herself to help her brother forge it, and that she had remained inside it for over a thousand years seeking his reincarnation.
• Shen Fei reassured Xiao Kui that she could find her brother, and Murong Ziying offered to carry the Demon Sword and suppress its baleful power while helping her search.

Shen Fei, Yun Tianhe, Han Lingsha, and Murong Ziying reached the Coiled Dragon Pillar and met Zhu Long, who tested their resolve before agreeing to offer them a way into the Netherworld. The chapter left them facing Zhu Long’s challenge: defeat an ancient phantom to gain access to Wu Chang Hall.

• Murong Ziying stored the Demon Sword, and the four continued through Buzhou Mountain to the Coiled Dragon Pillar.
• Zhu Long appeared and challenged the group’s motives for entering the Netherworld, then told them to climb the pillar to learn more.
• After two days of climbing, Yun Tianhe called for Zhu Long and was struck by lightning when the Dragon God appeared.
• Zhu Long demanded that Yun Tianhe choose one of his friends to die as the price of entering the Netherworld, but Yun Tianhe refused to sacrifice anyone.
• Zhu Long relented and offered to open the passage to Wu Chang Hall if the group could defeat a phantom from ten million years ago.