Chapter Summaries

Nezha decided not to provoke Shiji or the Dragon Clan and planned to cultivate, while the group discussed his growing connection to the Spirit Pearl Child and the Indestructible Scripture. With Esdeath's suggestion, Nezha considered going out to exorcise demons, but his plans to learn Spearplay ran into concerns about revealing the Chat Group to Taiyi Zhenren.

• Zhang Chulan told Nezha that checking whether his lotus root was an Innate Spiritual Root could reveal whether its appearance had been an accident.
• Nezha said he would avoid the Qian Kun Bow and Zhen Tian Arrow, leave the Dragon Clan alone, and cultivate at home as he sensed the Spirit Pearl Child within himself.
• Little Stone explained that the Indestructible Scripture adapted to each cultivator and could develop their existing Divine Abilities.
• Esdeath suggested that Nezha go exorcise demons, and Nezha agreed that it would give him something to do while cultivating.
• Nezha asked the group to teach him Spearplay, but Yang Jian warned that learning Taiyi Zhenren's style early could expose the Chat Group.
• Sword God Li offered to find Nezha a different kind of Spearplay created by a mortal spear user.

Nezha joined Li Jing and Madam Yin on a demon-exorcising trip to investigate a village where a demon was reportedly posing as a god. After Nezha sensed danger and spotted a Bird Yokai, Madam Yin fought it while it charged at Nezha.

• Li Jing told Nezha that a demon was reportedly eating people and demanding tribute from a village south of the city, then warned him to be cautious.
• At the village outskirts, Nezha smelled a fishy, rusty-weapon scent, and Madam Yin suspected something had already happened to the villagers.
• Li Jing used Earth Escape to investigate the village while Madam Yin and Nezha waited with Li Er.
• Nezha sensed someone watching them, threw his spear at a large tree, and revealed a Bird Yokai hiding there.
• Madam Yin blocked the Bird Yokai's Feather Blades with her Flying Swords while Nezha retrieved his spear, and the Bird Yokai charged at him.

Nezha killed a Bird Yokai, but Li Jing discovered that the village ahead had been slaughtered and its people’s hearts collected for someone else. He sent Madam Yin and Nezha back to Chen Tang Guan while he and Li Er investigated the village.

• Nezha killed the Bird Yokai with his spear and flames, then assured Madam Yin that he was unharmed.
• Madam Yin accused Li Er of endangering Nezha, and Li Jing arrived and rebuked Li Er after hearing what happened.
• Li Jing revealed that the village was full of corpses with their hearts torn out, apparently collected by Bird Yokai for a powerful being or Evil Cultivator.
• Li Jing warned that attacking the Bird Yokai recklessly could alert the force behind them and ordered Madam Yin and Nezha to return while he investigated with Li Er.
• Madam Yin explained to Nezha that Li Jing had not punished Li Er immediately because he was a family retainer and killing him casually could have serious consequences.

Madam Yin taught Nezha why Li Jing had handled Li Er’s betrayal without killing him openly, and Li Jing returned with a story that Li Er had died fighting Demons and Monsters. Later, Nezha asked the Starry Sky Chat Group who might be behind the threat, and Zhang Chulan suspected One Qi Immortal Ma Yuan.

• Madam Yin explained that Li Er’s death had to be presented as an honorable sacrifice so the servants would accept it and Li Er’s descendants would be cared for.
• Li Jing returned alone and announced that Li Er had died fighting Demons and Monsters, then gave wealth and support to Li Er’s relatives.
• Li Jing and Madam Yin agreed that the Demon’s situation still seemed suspicious and needed further investigation.
• Nezha entered the Starry Sky Chat Group and asked its members for their thoughts about the person behind the threat.
• Zhang Chulan connected the threat to a powerful man-eating cultivator from Skull Mountain, and Nezha identified him as One Qi Immortal Ma Yuan.

Zhang Chulan identified Nezha’s foe as Ma Yuan, the powerful Man-eating Demon King, and proposed a plan for the chat group to enter Nezha’s world as rogue cultivators and help defeat him. Nezha agreed to arrange their intervention, while the group revealed that most members had reached Golden Immortal strength.

• Zhang Chulan recognized the Man-eating Demon King as Ma Yuan and warned Nezha that Ma Yuan had once torn open Yang Jian’s chest, making him too dangerous for Nezha to face alone.
• Xiao Huo said Nezha’s Samadhi True Fire could not burn Ma Yuan, but the group could help if they found a way to intervene without exposing their identities.
• Zhang Chulan proposed that Nezha tell his father about Ma Yuan and arrange a call for Human Race Rogue Cultivators, giving the group a legitimate way to enter Nezha’s world.
• The group explained that the worlds’ consciousnesses would conceal their origins from observers, and Nezha agreed to arrange the plan and notify them.
• The group said most of its members had reached Level Five, roughly the Golden Immortal realm, and Uncle Jiu described a Heaven-Opening Divine Talisman he had formed from Jiang Zhen’s Three Axes.

Nezha guided Li Jing to consult Daoist Shiji about the demons attacking a village, and Li Jing learned that Ma Yuan, a powerful heart-devouring demon on Skull Mountain, was responsible. Unable to fight Ma Yuan themselves and unable to persuade Shiji to intervene, Nezha proposed recruiting help from others.

• Nezha remembered that Li Jing knew Shiji and persuaded him to visit her for information about the demons.
• Li Jing returned from Skull Mountain and told Madam Yin and Nezha that Ma Yuan, the One Qi Immortal, was behind the attacks.
• Li Jing explained that Ma Yuan was a powerful True Immortal who devoured human hearts and had killed several Mysterious Immortals.
• Li Jing said Shiji refused to act because she did not want to become entangled in tribulation and was preparing to break through.
• Nezha proposed putting up a notice to recruit other members of the human race to help defeat Ma Yuan.

Nezha announced in the Chat Group that Li Jing had agreed to post notices seeking experts to fight the Evil Ways, and Zhang Chulan and Uncle Jiu volunteered to visit Chen Tang Guan. Yang Jian explained which members could safely enter the Investiture of the Gods World and warned them against interfering in major events, leaving Li Lianhua cleared to go as well.

• Li Jing agreed to post notices after Madam Yin suggested calling on experts, and Nezha said he would cultivate so he could join the demon exorcists.
• Nezha told the Chat Group that his father had agreed, and Zhang Chulan and Uncle Jiu volunteered to go to his world.
• Yang Jian warned that outsiders using certain cultivation paths could be mistaken for external demons, while Esdeath could go because she had become a dragon.
• Yang Jian explained that the Investiture of the Gods World held powerful beings beyond the group’s ability to challenge, and urged everyone to avoid meddling in major events.
• Natsu and the others accepted Yang Jian’s warning, and Yang Jian agreed that Li Lianhua could go.

Li Lianhua agreed to visit another world, while Sword God Li stayed behind to challenge the Immortal Realm in his own world. The group discussed traveling to the Dragon Palace and the Phoenix Clan for treasures, but Xiao Huo questioned why the Phoenix Clan had let Kong Xuan be taken by Sage Zhunti.

• Li Lianhua agreed to go on the trip, while Sword God Li said he would stay behind and prepare to fight his way into his world's Immortal Realm.
• Sword God Li explained that he believed the Immortal Realm was a Minor World and trusted that he could survive the ascent, with Jiang Zhen available as backup.
• Esdeath agreed to go, hinting that she had plans involving the East Sea Dragon Palace, and Zhang Chulan asked her to bring back treasures.
• Nezha and Zhang Chulan described the Dragon Clan's wealth, prompting Zhang Chulan to suggest that Xiao Huo seek treasures from the Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Huo questioned why the Phoenix Clan had not intervened when Sage Zhunti took Kong Xuan, and Uncle Jiu argued that Kong Xuan might not have been the Phoenix Clan's Crown Prince.

Nezha urged the group to focus on finding help for his world, but Su Wuming revealed that he and Cherry were already completing Chat Group missions to hunt Illegal Transmigrators. The others learned they could accept missions too, and several began pursuing them instead of joining Nezha.

• Hong Hong of Tushan declined to visit Nezha's world because she needed to watch over her ancestor and handle Tushan matters, while Yang Jian assured her that Tushan would be safe during the calamity.
• Su Wuming told Zhang Chulan that he and Cherry were already on missions in a Modern World and explained that they had gained resources by defeating Transmigrators.
• The group learned that the Chat Group offered many missions, mostly involving Illegal Transmigrators, and Su Wuming described the rewards he and Cherry had received.
• Little Stone began accepting missions to gather resources, planning to send an incarnation into Minor Worlds and catch any escaping systems.
• Long Kui chose to stay in the Sword Immortal World, while Shi Potian declined to go because he was investigating his world's secrets.

Zhang Chulan, Uncle Jiu, Li Lianhua, and Esdeath arrived at Chen Tang Guan to help Li Jing deal with Ma Yuan, a powerful demon at Skull Mountain. After learning that the four were Golden Immortals, Li Jing prepared to lead them there, while Uncle Jiu suggested that Nezha accompany them because he seemed fated with Skull Mountain.

• Xiao Huo declined to join the mission because he was gathering Strange Fire to awaken his family's Dou Emperor Bloodline.
• Zhang Chulan, Uncle Jiu, Li Lianhua, and Esdeath traveled to Chen Tang Guan after Nezha approved their request.
• Zhang Chulan introduced the group to Li Jing and said they were all Golden Immortals, while Li Jing explained that Ma Yuan was a True Immortal whose combat strength might rival a Mysterious Immortal.
• Nezha arrived and asked to join the trip to Skull Mountain, but Li Jing refused because it was dangerous.
• Uncle Jiu advised Li Jing to let Nezha go, saying the child seemed to have a connection with Skull Mountain.

Li Jing led Zhang Chulan and the others to Skull Mountain, where they rescued an unconscious cultivator and confronted Ma Yuan. After the group destroyed Ma Yuan despite his Indestructible Body, Shiji fled into her cave, leaving Nezha with one fewer future opponent.

• Li Jing agreed to Uncle Jiu's plan and led the group to Skull Mountain, warning Nezha not to act alone.
• Nezha struck Ma Yuan as the demon attacked an unconscious female cultivator, and Zhang Chulan covered her with a garment.
• Li Jing explained that Ma Yuan's appearance came from his demonic bloodline, and Uncle Jiu discovered that Ma Yuan possessed an Indestructible Body.
• Zhang Chulan battered Ma Yuan with thunder, Li Lianhua severed his five limbs, Esdeath froze him, and Uncle Jiu burned him to ash with a talisman.
• Shiji witnessed Ma Yuan's death, retreated into her cave, and resolved not to leave unless her life depended on it.

Xiao Shi recounted entering the Laughing Proud World as a six-year-old and overpowering a man who tried to kidnap him. After reaching the Lin Family’s territory, he examined the Bixie Sword Manual and explained how its cultivation consumed qi, blood, and vitality.

• Xiao Shi chose the Laughing Proud World for his mission and changed his avatar back to its six-year-old Blood Moving Realm state.
• Xiao Shi entered a city while searching for Mount Hua, where he suspected the Transmigrator might be.
• A man tried to abduct Xiao Shi and claimed to be his father, so Xiao Shi struck him and shattered more than half his bones.
• Xiao Shi learned he was in the Lin Family’s territory, where the Fuwei Escort Agency was located, and went to inspect the Bixie Sword Manual.
• Xiao Shi explained that the manual consumed vitality and qi, blood, and yang energy, while Zhang Chulan inferred that pills and medicine could preserve the practitioner’s health and lifespan.

Xiao Shi revealed that he sold the Bixie Sword Manual back to the Lin Family by force and learned about Ye Ling, a renowned Mount Hua swordsman suspected of being a Transmigrator. Zhang Chulan deduced Ye Ling had raided several sites for treasures, while Xiao Shi explained he had lured Ye Ling down from Mount Hua rather than challenging him on the mountain.

• Xiao Shi said he had sold the Bixie Sword Manual to the Lin Family after breaking Lin Zhennan’s arms when they resisted.
• Xiao Shi told the group that Ye Ling had become Mount Hua’s chief disciple and earned the title Little Sword Immortal after wiping out eighteen bandit strongholds.
• Xiao Shi reported that Ye Ling had gone to Xiangyang and that Mount Hua had since gained disciples and Yue Buqun had grown stronger.
• Zhang Chulan concluded Ye Ling was a Transmigrator who had likely searched Xiangyang and Mount Zhongnan for treasures and martial arts legacies.
• Xiao Shi said he had traveled to Mount Hua but lured Ye Ling down instead of challenging him on the mountain.

Little Stone explained how he lured out and killed Ye Ling, a Transmigrator in the Mount Hua Sect, before capturing his fleeing system. Li Lianhua then accepted a mission to kill a Transmigrator in the Legend of the Condor Heroes World and prepared to send his younger self to find the target.

• Little Stone said he had killed Tian Boguang and spread the news to draw out Ye Ling, Mount Hua's Senior Disciple Brother.
• Little Stone attacked Ye Ling and smashed his chest, causing the system to flee until Little Stone's main body captured it for the Chat Group.
• Little Stone said Yue Buqun and his wife sought revenge, clashed with Mount Song, and Lin Zhennan learned the Bixie Sword Manual.
• Li Lianhua revealed his mission to kill a Transmigrator in the Legend of the Condor Heroes World for most of the target's gains.
• Zhang Chulan explained that parallel worlds offered many Transmigrator missions, and the group began searching for missions in their own worlds.
• Li Lianhua summoned his unpoisoned fifteen-year-old self and said he would find the Transmigrator by following the protagonist, then kill him.

Li Lianhua arrived in the Legend of the Condor Heroes world and discovered soldiers killing villagers while searching for a fugitive tied to a prince’s assassination and the abduction of his Princess Consort. After stopping the soldiers, Li Lianhua suspected the fugitive might be a Transmigrator.

• Li Lianhua appeared outside a small village and followed a busy road toward smoke in the distance.
• Li Lianhua found soldiers led by a Captain torturing villagers and killing several of them while demanding information about a fugitive.
• Li Lianhua rushed in and severed the soldiers’ thumbs, then challenged the Captain over the villagers’ deaths.
• The Captain claimed the fugitive had taken part in assassinating a Great Jin Prince and abducting the Princess Consort, and that he was searching for her under the Prince’s orders.
• Li Lianhua wondered whether he had stumbled onto a Transmigrator’s trail.

Li Lianhua questioned a captain and learned how a powerful young man had rescued the Princess Consort and her son from the Prince’s forces. He concluded that the young man was likely a Transmigrator, but the captain said the fugitives had probably already left the area.

• Li Lianhua threatened the captain until he agreed to explain the Prince’s conflict with the fugitives in private.
• The captain said a young man had defeated the Young Prince at a marriage tournament, severely injuring him with his bare hands.
• The captain recounted how Ouyang treated the Young Prince, a Quanzhen Taoist fought at the Prince’s Mansion, and a group later attacked the mansion and took the Princess Consort and Young Prince.
• The captain said the Princess Consort’s former husband had returned, the Young Prince was not the Prince’s biological son, and the former husband’s ally used a heavy, blunt sword to defeat the Prince’s forces and escape with the Prince as a hostage.
• Li Lianhua identified the powerful young man as a likely Transmigrator who possessed Dugu Qiubai’s heavy sword and might rival the Five Greats.
• The captain said scouts had spotted the fugitives about ten days earlier, but they had found no trace of them during their search, so the group had likely left.

Li Lianhua freed the villagers and set out to build his reputation while hoping to draw out the Transmigrator. As the Red-Clad Sword Immortal’s name spread, he learned of a dangerous bandit force and the officials’ urgent efforts to deal with it.

• Li Lianhua made the captain release the villagers, then left while they bowed to him.
• Li Lianhua told the Starry Sky Chat Group that he would travel to the Iron Palm Gang, kill Qiu Qianren, and use the resulting fame to lure out the Transmigrator.
• Li Lianhua hunted bandits and robbers on his way, earning a growing reputation as the Red-Clad Sword Immortal.
• The County Magistrate warned the general that a powerful bandit group had defeated previous campaigns and that Patriarch Zhao’s abducted daughter had to be found soon.
• The general claimed his troops were searching for the bandit stronghold, while the County Magistrate described the strength of the bandits’ leaders.

The County Magistrate and the general discussed the dangers posed by the unusually disciplined Mountain Bandits and agreed to seek help from the Red-Clad Sword Immortal. The general planned to see how the swordsman measured up and hoped his involvement would shield the army from blame if the campaign went wrong.

• The County Magistrate explained that the Mountain Bandits included dangerous Jianghu figures, and the general said their familiarity with the terrain made a direct assault costly.
• The County Magistrate proposed recruiting a Jianghu expert and told the general that the Red-Clad Sword Immortal had killed many bandits while traveling alone.
• The general told the County Magistrate to find the Red-Clad Sword Immortal and bring him in for a meeting.
• After the County Magistrate left, the general told his personal guard that the Zhao Family and the stronghold leaders made the campaign risky, and that the swordsman’s involvement could distance the army from any failure.

Song Yuan, the County Magistrate of Changling County, asked Li Lianhua to rescue the Zhao Family’s daughter from a powerful bandit stronghold. Li Lianhua agreed to consider helping if Song Yuan accepted one condition, which he had not yet revealed.

• Song Yuan visited Li Lianhua and asked him to deal with the mountain bandits threatening Changling County.
• Song Yuan explained that the bandits had killed the county commandant, scattered over a hundred soldiers, and included a formidable Shaolin outcast, a scholar versed in military formations, and a mysterious leader.
• Song Yuan said the bandits had also captured the Zhao Family’s daughter, while a newly arrived general focused on revenge instead of rescuing her.
• Li Lianhua questioned whether the Zhao Family’s daughter was still safe and declined Song Yuan’s offer of five hundred taels.
• Li Lianhua said he would help if Song Yuan agreed to a condition.

Li Lianhua persuaded Song Yuan to spread her name and news of her journey to Jiaxing while agreeing to deal with the mountain bandits. As Li Lianhua set out with Song Yuan and the constables, the general prepared to wait for her to fail before confronting her.

• Li Lianhua asked Song Yuan to spread her name beyond the Five Greats and announce that she was going to Jiaxing, explaining that she was searching for a dangerous person.
• Li Lianhua told Song Yuan that the Five Greats were only Innate Realm fighters and described legendary martial artists who had captured the Great Liao Emperor amid a massive army.
• Song Yuan agreed to help Li Lianhua, and she promised to go up the mountain the next day to deal with the bandits.
• Li Lianhua refused to meet the newly arrived general, so Song Yuan instructed a servant to tell the military camp that she would suppress the bandits the next morning.
• The general's soldiers grew angry at Li Lianhua's refusal, but the general ordered them to wait until she failed before making a move against her.
• Li Lianhua arrived at the city gate with her sword, where Song Yuan and several constables joined her as she set out for the mountain.