Chapter Summaries

Xiao Huo arrived to help Little Stone and Shi Potian, then devastated the West Sea Dragon King's army with a Fire Lotus. Ao Run summoned his brothers and their forces, leaving the dragons preparing to retaliate against Xiao Huo's group.

• Little Stone welcomed Shi Potian, who said he had reached Level Four after gaining opportunities in another world.
• Xiao Huo arrived as a Vermilion Bird and warned everyone before unleashing Fire Lotuses from a Gourd.
• Xiao Huo threw a multicolored Fire Lotus infused with Solar True Fire, wiping out most of the West Sea army and evaporating the seawater across a huge crater.
• Ao Run transformed into a dragon and raised towering waves as he threatened Xiao Huo.
• Ao Guang and the other dragon brothers arrived with their armies, and Ao Run blamed Xiao Huo's group for the destruction.
• Ao Guang and his brothers grew furious and declared that they would punish those who attacked the Dragon Clan.

The Four Seas Dragon Kings unleashed Summoning Wind and Rain against Esdeath’s group, but Su Wuming, Cherry, and Little Stone broke their storm. As the Dragon Kings prepared a deadly Formation, Lin Jiu arrived and activated his Immortal Slaying Talisman Array.

• Ao Guang rallied the Four Seas Dragon Kings to summon Wind, Thunder, Rain, and Lightning, leaving Xiao Huo’s group struggling against the storm.
• Su Wuming and Cherry arrived, transformed into raging storms, and helped disrupt the Dragon Kings’ Summoning Wind and Rain; Little Stone added his Cyan Heaven Tribulation Light and broke the Divine Ability.
• Su Wuming and Cherry returned to human form and warned that the Dragon Kings had not yet used their full strength, while Esdeath reassured the group.
• Ao Guang ordered the Sea Clan to set up a Formation despite Ao Run’s warning about the group’s ties to the Heavenly Court.
• Lin Jiu arrived and activated the Immortal Slaying Talisman Array, explaining that he had learned its power from the ruins of the Immortal Slaying Sword Array.

Lin Jiu used the Immortal Slaying Talisman Array to break the enemy formation, but the Four Seas Dragon Kings attacked the group. Hong Hong of Tushan joined the battle to protect them, and Zhang Chulan and a Taoist priest arrived, unleashing heavenly thunder against the Dragon Kings and the Sea Clan.

• Lin Jiu explained that his talisman array wielded only a fraction of the Immortal Slaying Sword Array's power, then used it to scatter the enemy forces and break their formation.
• The Four Seas Dragon Kings transformed into Divine Dragons and attacked, while Esdeath, Ace, Natsu, Xiao Huo, Little Stone, Shi Potian, Hashirama, and Madara countered them.
• Hong Hong of Tushan arrived, shattered the Dragon Kings' attack, and declared that the group was under her protection.
• Hong Hong of Tushan held back two Dragon Kings, while a thunderbolt and a blade strike hit another Dragon King.
• Feng Baobao arrived and told the group that Zhang Chulan and a Taoist priest were controlling the heavenly thunder, which continued striking the Four Seas Dragon Kings and their Sea Clan.

Zhang Chulan, Old Celestial Master, and their allies fought the Four Seas Dragon Kings, who summoned a powerful Five-Clawed Golden Dragon phantom. As the battle continued, Candle Dragon emerged and headed for the West Sea, prompting Jiang Zhen to set out to confront him.

• Zhang Chulan explained that he and Old Celestial Master had combined Heavenly Tribulation and Heavenly Punishment to unleash a powerful Lightning Technique.
• The Four Seas Dragon Kings summoned a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon phantom with Golden Immortal strength, and both sides resumed fighting.
• Candle Dragon sensed Ao Guang's use of a Dragon Clan secret technique and rushed toward the West Sea.
• A red-robed, three-eyed man also headed for the West Sea, recalling that Eldest Brother had charged him with protecting Elder Sister-in-Law.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate and the Jade Emperor sensed Candle Dragon's Half-step Taiyi Golden Immortal aura, and Jiang Zhen agreed to go to the battlefield.
• Tathagata sensed the ancient Dragon Clan aura and wondered whether Candle Dragon had returned because the Dragon Clan was in trouble.

The Dragon Mother emerged after Uncle Jiu shattered the Four Seas Dragon Kings’ golden dragon phantom and attacked Zhang Chulan, but Li Lianhua arrived and stopped her. Li Lianhua began fighting the early-stage Golden Immortal Dragon Mother while Sword God Li warned that he was in trouble.

• Uncle Jiu activated the Immortal Slaying Talisman Array, destroyed the golden dragon phantom, and left the Four Seas Dragon Kings gravely injured.
• The Dragon Mother emerged from the sea, learned that Esdeath’s group had defeated the Dragon Kings, and attacked Zhang Chulan with her dragon-headed cane.
• Li Lianhua arrived and cut the cane’s Golden Dragon form apart, then revealed that he and Sword God Li had both broken through to the Mysterious Immortal realm.
• Li Lianhua and Sword God Li debated who should fight first, and Li Lianhua charged the Dragon Mother.
• The Dragon Mother transformed into a True Dragon and tore through Li Lianhua’s sword qi as they clashed above the West Sea.
• Sword God Li watched the battle grow fierce and warned that Li Lianhua was in serious trouble.

Li Lianhua and Sword God Li fought the Dragon Mother until Candle Dragon intervened, and Jiang Zhen revealed his strength and negotiated an end to the conflict. Yang Jian then arrived to explain his role in the dispute involving the Dragon Clan.

• Sword God Li explained that the Dragon Mother’s near-impenetrable defense made Li Lianhua’s attacks ineffective, then joined Li Lianhua and broke her horns with their sword strikes.
• The Dragon Mother used Time Power to slow her opponents, but Jiang Zhen restored time and prevented the clash from turning against Li Lianhua and Sword God Li.
• Candle Dragon arrived and stopped the Dragon Mother, then recognized that Jiang Zhen had crossed a threshold beyond even the ancient gods’ reach.
• Candle Dragon privately warned the Dragon Mother that Jiang Zhen’s power and Time Divine Ability made further fighting dangerous, and she demanded an explanation from him instead.
• After Ao Run recounted how the dispute began, Jiang Zhen challenged the Dragon Clan’s account and called for Yang Jian to explain his involvement.
• Yang Jian descended and admitted some responsibility, but said the Dragon Clan’s daughter had brought the outcome upon herself and had wanted him to become Judicial God.

The Dragon Mother learned that Cun Xin had repeatedly mistreated Yang Jian and his allies, and agreed that Cun Xin had brought her misfortune upon herself. She asked Yang Jian to try to wake Cun Xin in exchange for allowing Esdeath to enter the Dragon Transformation Pool, and Yang Jian accepted responsibility for speaking with her.

• Candle Dragon showed the Dragon Mother memories of Cun Xin's past actions, and the Dragon Mother condemned Cun Xin's behavior toward Yang Jian, the Howling Celestial Dog, and his troops.
• The Dragon Mother revealed that Cun Xin had returned to the Dragon Clan and fallen into a long sleep, then offered Esdeath access to the Dragon Transformation Pool if Yang Jian helped Cun Xin recover.
• Jiang Zhen offered to take Esdeath to the pool himself, while Candle Dragon warned the Dragon Mother that Jiang Zhen was powerful enough to threaten the entire Dragon Clan.
• Yang Jian agreed to speak with Cun Xin, though he warned that she might not listen or believe him.
• The Dragon Mother told Candle Dragon to take Esdeath to the Dragon Transformation Pool, and Esdeath went after Jiang Zhen reassured her.

Jiang Zhen visited the Dragon Clan’s Dragon Transformation Pool with Candle Dragon and learned how it was made from the remains and power of dead dragons. As Esdeath entered the pool and began transforming, Jiang Zhen asked Candle Dragon to join an effort to separate the Three Realms before the era of declining Dharma.

• Ao Guang reprimanded Ao Run for causing trouble and warned that the Dragon Kings would seize him and make him apologize if it happened again.
• Candle Dragon brought Jiang Zhen into Dragon Abyss, where he revealed that it was the Dragon Clan’s graveyard and that its Dragon Transformation Pool lay deep within.
• Jiang Zhen identified the pool’s Dragon Pearls, Essence Blood, Dragon Qi, Dragon Souls, and Ancestor Dragon Pearl as the sources of its power.
• Candle Dragon invited Esdeath to enter the pool, and Dragon Qi awakened her Dragon Blood as crystal-white scales covered her body.
• Jiang Zhen told Candle Dragon that the world was nearing an era of declining Dharma and asked him to help separate the Three Realms for merit.

Jiang Zhen persuaded Candle Dragon to support separating the Three Realms, while warning him not to interfere. In Dragon Abyss, Esdeath emerged from the Dragon Transformation Pool as a Five-Clawed True Dragon, and Jiang Zhen took her away.

• Jiang Zhen explained his plan to separate the Three Realms and persuaded Candle Dragon to help, suggesting he might advance further if it succeeded.
• Candle Dragon agreed to help after Jiang Zhen warned him of the consequences of opposing the plan.
• Dragon bones trembled as Esdeath leaped from the Dragon Transformation Pool, revealing herself as a Five-Clawed Ice Dragon with a True Dragon Bloodline.
• Jiang Zhen told Esdeath her bloodline could let her reach the Golden Immortal or Taiyi Realm, while she asked how to become a Nine-Clawed True Dragon.
• Candle Dragon asked Esdeath to leave descendants, but she refused, and Jiang Zhen then took her away from Dragon Abyss.
• Candle Dragon recognized Jiang Zhen's mastery of the Space Law and called him unfathomable.

Cun Xin accepted that Yang Jian would not return to her and asked to learn from her grandmother, while Esdeath set off to travel the world. Uncle Jiu searched for traces of ancient battles at Golden Rooster Ridge, then followed a youth's directions toward a dangerous mountain where giant birds lived.

• Cun Xin asked Yang Jian if they still had a chance, and he told her their relationship was over.
• Cun Xin decided to learn from her grandmother, and Ao Run took her away from the West Sea.
• Esdeath told Jiang Zhen she planned to travel around the world, then left Mount Buzhou.
• Uncle Jiu searched the ruins of Golden Rooster Ridge but found no traces of the ancient battlefield.
• A youth told Uncle Jiu about an unvisited mountain inhabited by powerful giant birds, and Uncle Jiu gave him a spear infused with blood.

Lin Jiu tracked a Five-Colored Peacock to a cave, where it wielded Five Elements Power against an Earth Immortal Mountain Lord and healed on a five-colored stone. After the Peacock left, Lin Jiu examined the stone and prepared to break it with his Black Whip.

• The Youth returned his divine spear to his master, who told him to make good use of it.
• Lin Jiu found a Five-Colored Peacock and realized it had gained its plumage by absorbing Five Elements Power.
• Lin Jiu watched the Peacock battle an Earth Immortal Mountain Lord, pierce it with Five Elements Annihilation Divine Needles, and drive it away before it fled.
• Lin Jiu followed the Peacock to a cave, where he found it healing on a powerful five-colored stone, and waited for it to leave.
• After a month, the Peacock rushed out with powerful baleful energy, and Lin Jiu struck the stone with his palm before taking out a Black Whip.

Uncle Jiu uncovered a feather and a dangerous Blood Pearl that had corrupted a peacock, then captured the creature and planned to take both to Jiang Zhen. Meanwhile, Li Lianhua and the Old Sword God traveled toward Golden Ao Island to seek a possible Sword Dao Inheritance, reassured that Jiang Zhen believed the journey would not be very dangerous.

• Uncle Jiu used the Mountain-Driving Whip to break open a stone and found a feather and a solidified Blood Pearl containing terrifying Malevolent Energy.
• Uncle Jiu realized the Blood Pearl had corrupted the peacock and decided to bring it and the feather to Jiang Zhen for help.
• The peacock rushed in, but Uncle Jiu trapped it in a shrinking Talisman cage and found its Spiritual Intelligence gone.
• Li Lianhua and the Old Sword God set out for Golden Ao Island to search for a possible Sword Dao Inheritance left by Sect Leader Tongtian.
• The Old Sword God told Li Lianhua that Jiang Zhen had approved their search and believed they would face little danger.

Li Lianhua and Sword God Li entered Golden Ao Island and were drawn into the sword qi inside Biyou Palace, while Jiang Zhen prepared to reveal Yang Jiao’s origins. After learning he had once been Yang Jian’s brother and hearing what happened to his family, Yang Jiao was left to decide what he would do next.

• Li Lianhua and Sword God Li found Golden Ao Island in ruins and entered Biyou Palace, where the Four Immortal Slaying Swords’ Sword Intent drew them into an ocean of sword qi.
• Jiang Zhen noticed the two had found the place and arranged for Lin Jiu to give Yang Jiao a Five-Colored Peacock.
• After three years of cultivation, Yang Jiao reached the Heavenly Immortal realm and came to Jiang Zhen as his apprenticeship ended.
• Jiang Zhen revealed that Yang Jiao had been a wandering soul reborn from a stone and awakened memories of his former life as Yang Jiao.
• Jiang Zhen told Yang Jiao what had happened to his parents, siblings, and brother-in-law, then asked what he planned to do.

Yang Jiao received his divine treasures from Jiang Zhen and went to Liujia Village to question Liu Yanchang about Yang Chan. He then found Zhu Bajie and demanded that Chenxiang come out, but the people at the Altar Cleanser Envoy Temple denied Chenxiang was there.

• Yang Jiao told Jiang Zhen he would seek out his brother-in-law and nephew, find his Third Sister, and confront the Heavenly Court.
• Jiang Zhen helped Yang Jiao obtain the Silver Dragon Halberd, Nine Dragon Sea Covering Seal, Divine Bow and arrows, Bright Lamp, and armor.
• Yang Jiao met Liu Yanchang in Liujia Village, learned that Yang Chan was trapped within Mount Hua, and told Liu to teach Chenxiang well when he returned.
• Yang Jiao arrived at the Altar Cleanser Envoy Temple and questioned Zhu Bajie about Chenxiang.
• When the temple's residents denied Chenxiang was there, Yang Jiao demanded that they make Chenxiang come out.

Yang Jiao confronted Chenxiang and demanded that Zhu Bajie send him back to Liujia Village, then revealed that he was a survivor of the Yang family of Guangjiang Pass. He spared Zhu Bajie for having saved the Yang family before, but warned him to carry out the order.

• Yang Jiao took the Lotus Lantern, knocked Chenxiang aside, and bent Ao Chun's rake with a punch.
• Yang Jiao showed that the Lotus Lantern rejected Chenxiang and scolded him for forgetting his search for his mother.
• Yang Jiao ordered Zhu Bajie to return Chenxiang to Liujia Village and strip him of his memories and cultivation.
• Zhu Bajie challenged Yang Jiao's demand, then recognized him as a member of the Yang family of Guangjiang Pass.
• Yang Jiao said he had returned from death, spared Zhu Bajie because he had once saved the Yang family, and warned him to send Chenxiang back.

Zhu Bajie explained the Yang family’s tragic history to Chenxiang and revealed that Yang Jiao, the man who had just left, was Chenxiang’s eldest maternal uncle. The chapter ended with Chenxiang learning how his grandmother Yao Ji and her family were destroyed by the Heavenly Court.

• Yang Jiao left, and Zhu Bajie recognized him and brought Chenxiang and the others aside to explain their connection.
• Zhu Bajie told Chenxiang that his grandmother was Yao Ji, the Jade Emperor’s sister and a powerful Heavenly Court War God.
• Zhu Bajie recounted how Yao Ji met Yang Tianyou after the Three-headed Flood Dragon wounded her, then had three children: Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan.
• After the Heavenly Court discovered the family, Yang Tianyou and Yang Jiao were killed, while Yao Ji was imprisoned beneath Peach Mountain and her children’s sealed powers were released.
• Zhu Bajie said he secretly saved Yang Jian and Yang Chan, but the Jade Emperor later burned Yao Ji to death, prompting Yang Jian to kill nine Golden Crows.
• Zhu Bajie revealed that Yang Jiao had survived and was Chenxiang’s eldest maternal uncle.

Zhu Bajie explained that Yang Jiao had returned as a powerful Heavenly Immortal and warned Chenxiang that Yang Jiao might attack him over the Yang family's past and Chenxiang's failure to act. He gave Chenxiang two choices: return to Liujia Village and live as an ordinary person, or refuse and face Yang Jiao without protection.

• Chenxiang and the others reacted in disbelief when Zhu Bajie revealed that the young man was Yang Jiao, Yang Jian and Yang Chan's elder brother.
• Zhu Bajie described Yang Jiao's past courage and present strength, judging that he could rival Yang Jian and might be able to kill Zhu Bajie.
• Zhu Bajie scolded Chenxiang for neglecting his promise to save his mother and explained why Yang Jiao could resent the Yang family's repeated tragedy and Chenxiang's inaction.
• Zhu Bajie told Chenxiang that Yang Jiao likely wanted him to return to Liujia Village as a mortal, and warned that resisting could bring an attack he could not prevent.
• Zhu Bajie left for his meditation quarters, while Chenxiang and the others fell silent.

The Eighth Crown Prince suggested that Yang Jian may have hidden the Third Holy Mother to protect her and the Yang family, leaving Chenxiang uncertain whether to return. Meanwhile, Yang Jiao arrived at Mount Hua and revealed himself to Yang Chan as her long-lost elder brother.

• The Eighth Crown Prince told Chenxiang that Yang Jian may have secretly imprisoned the Third Holy Mother to keep the Heavenly Court from discovering her relationship with a mortal.
• The Eighth Crown Prince speculated that Yang Jiao might oppose Chenxiang because he had returned after years in Hell to find his younger sister facing a fate like their mother’s.
• Chenxiang admitted he did not know whether to go back, then asked Xiao Yu what she would choose; she said she could not know whether his uncle would acknowledge him.
• Yang Jiao went to Mount Hua, where Yang Chan sensed someone approaching and wondered who knew about her hiding place.
• Yang Jiao saw Yang Chan, recognized her as his younger sister, and greeted her by saying, “Third Sister! Long time no see!!!”

Yang Jiao reunited with Yang Chan at Mount Hua, explained how he had survived, and confronted her about her imprisonment and Liu Yanchang and Chenxiang’s choices. He left to settle matters himself, while the Jade Emperor told Erlang to begin the next move.

• Yang Chan doubted Yang Jiao’s claim that he was her eldest brother until he recounted their family history and explained how he had survived and regained his memories.
• Yang Jiao criticized Yang Chan’s relationship with Liu Yanchang and questioned Chenxiang’s actions, including his romance with a Little Fox.
• Yang Jiao said he would send Chenxiang back to the village and seek an explanation from Erlang, while Yang Chan urged him not to fight the Heavenly Court.
• Yang Jiao revealed that the Heavenly Court already knew about Yang Chan’s situation and said he would handle the matter himself before leaving Mount Hua.
• The Jade Emperor watched the scene and told Erlang it was time to begin and to have his people prepare to act.

The Heavenly Court sent the Four Heavenly Kings, Nezha, and the Five Extreme Gods of War to seize Chenxiang, while Yang Jian and the Jade Emperor planned to draw Yang Jiao into the conflict. Zhu Bajie warned Chenxiang to flee, but the Heavenly forces arrived before he could act.

• Yang Jian persuaded the Jade Emperor to send the Five Extreme Gods of War and other forces, hoping their attack would bring Yang Jiao into the situation.
• Chenxiang devoted himself to cultivation, and Zhu Bajie contacted Sun Wukong for help if the crisis came.
• Zhu Bajie warned Chenxiang that the Five Extreme Gods of War had arrived and explained their powers and their history with Yang Jian.
• The Four Heavenly Kings, the Five Extreme Gods of War, Nezha, and King Li appeared with Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to take Chenxiang away.
• Zhu Bajie pleaded for Chenxiang, but King Li challenged him to say whether Chenxiang should be spared.