Chapter Summaries

Sato Fumio summoned Heavenly and Ghost Immortal forces, while the narrator secretly restored his power and reflected on spiritual awakening and merit. The allied armies sounded their drums and horns to confront him, and he began forming seals and chanting.

• Sato Fumio summoned Li Jing, the Four Heavenly Kings, Nezha, Heavenly Soldiers, and Ghost Immortals with their forces.
• Sato Fumio greeted Li Jing and thanked the Ghost Immortal for agreeing to help in exchange for a promise to Empress Houtu.
• The narrator ate peanuts to restore his mystic power and gathered his aura while contemplating merit, awakening, and the mind.
• Li Jing ordered the Heavenly Soldiers to beat their war drums, and the Ghost Immortal ordered his troops to sound ivory horns.
• The narrator formed seals and chanted as the armies' battle sounds filled the battlefield.

As Li Jing and the Ghost Immortal launched an all-out assault, the narrator reflected on strength, survival, and his hopes for his followers. He snapped his fingers and summoned the Void Taiji Beast, leaving its arrival to face the charging armies.

• Li Jing and the Ghost Immortal ordered their troops to attack at the same time.
• The narrator argued that the strong set the terms and urged his followers to strengthen themselves and pursue their own path.
• The narrator snapped his fingers as Xue Pan gave him a lit cigar.
• The narrator called out, "Come out, Pikachu!" then corrected himself and summoned the Void Taiji Beast.

The narrator summoned the Void Taiji Beast and faced the Heavenly Realm and Underworld forces, but Nezha recognized him from their past wrestling match. The two stripped to wrestle again, and Nezha began losing when the girls channeling his power could no longer contain him.

• The narrator summoned the Void Taiji Beast, which scattered the soldiers, and Jin Buque brought the dazed Ming Yue to his side.
• Nezha recognized the narrator and announced that he wanted to wrestle him again, while Li Jing warned his son not to fall for the narrator’s tricks.
• The narrator provoked Nezha by stripping naked, and Nezha stripped too before they began wrestling in front of the assembled experts.
• Ming Yue regained some clarity as she watched the two men wrestle naked.
• The girls in the mortal world who were channeling Nezha’s power struggled to contain him after he removed his pants, leaving him in pain and at a disadvantage against the narrator.

The narrator defeated Nezha in another wrestling match by exploiting his weakness, winning their sworn wager. Nezha accepted the loss and called the narrator big brother.

• The narrator threw Nezha twice, while the watching Ghost Immortals and Four Heavenly Kings reacted in shock.
• Nezha challenged the narrator to wrestle again and swore to follow him if he lost, while the narrator swore to call Nezha grandpa if he lost.
• Nezha fought the narrator for half an hour but lost after the narrator exploited his weakness.
• Mo Liqing flew to alert Li Jing, while Nezha admitted defeat and knelt to call the narrator big brother.

The narrator recruited Nezha by making him swear loyalty, provoking a battle between the Heavenly Realm and Netherworld forces. As the two sides descended into a chaotic melee, the narrator and his companions prepared to flee while he deliberately inflamed the fighting.

• Nezha accepted the narrator as his Big Brother, got dressed, and attacked the Ghost Immortals who had mocked him.
• Li Jing learned that Nezha had defected and tried to convince the Netherworld leader that his son had been bewitched.
• The three other Heavenly Kings joined the fight after Netherworld fighters insulted the Heavenly Realm, drawing the two factions into a widespread battle.
• The narrator put Jin Buque and the others on the Taiji Beast and shouted insults at both sides, worsening the melee and its casualties.

Li Jing and the Ghost Immortal leader escalated their forces’ clash after both sides suffered casualties, while Big Brother secretly manipulated the chaos to turn Heavenly Realm, Earth Realm, and Sato clan fighters against one another. The battle spread, leaving Big Brother pleased that his opponents were fighting each other instead of focusing on him.

• Li Jing became enraged after Earth Realm experts killed his men and challenged the Ghost Immortal leader to battle.
• Li Jing ordered his forces to beat the drums, and the Ghost Immortal leader ordered his forces to sound the horns and attack.
• Big Brother, disguised as two Sato clan members, argued with Sato Fumio and used conflicting names to make the sides accuse each other of being impostors.
• Heavenly Realm and Earth Realm experts near the Sato clan charged at its fighters, drawing them into the expanding battle.
• Big Brother reflected that he had planned the conflict to exploit Nezha’s temperament, anger Li Jing, and turn the gathered forces against one another.

The narrator fled the Heavenly and Nether Realm forces with Nezha, who renounced his divine position and severed ties with his family to protect them. After collecting Xiao Ling'er, Xiao Goudan, and Little Third in the human world, the group prepared false letters to conceal their loyalties, but Jin Buque suddenly sensed trouble.

• The narrator ordered a retreat and brought Nezha aboard the Void Taiji Beast, where Nezha bid farewell to Li Jing.
• Nezha wrote and burned a declaration renouncing his divine position and family ties, then asked the narrator for a new name and became Lingzhu Zi.
• The Void Taiji Beast carried the group to the human world, where the narrator collected Xiao Ling'er, Xiao Goudan, and Little Third.
• Little Third first wrote a farewell letter that could endanger the Old Dragon King, so the narrator corrected him and had him write a hostile declaration severing ties with Ao Bing.
• Jin Buque suddenly shouted that something was wrong.

Jin Buque realized he had left Ming Yue behind, and Big Brother rushed back to save her. As Ming Yue was about to be seized by the gathered factions, Big Brother burst through a rift and ordered her to crouch.

• Jin Buque told Big Brother that he had forgotten Ming Yue while collecting Xiao Hu and Xiao Er's divine soul fragments.
• Big Brother sent the brothers to his world and hurried back for Ming Yue, blaming himself for leaving her behind.
• Erlang Shen, Zuo Fu, and You Bi helped stop the fighting among the Heavenly Realm, the Underworld, and the Sato clan, whose forces then counted casualties.
• A Sato clan expert spotted Ming Yue, and Sato Fumio ordered his men to capture and interrogate her.
• As six experts moved to seize Ming Yue, she cried out for Big Brother to save her.
• Big Brother burst through a rift, frightened the attackers and their leaders, and told Ming Yue to squat down.

A Zi rescued Ming Yue from the experts, then escaped through a spatial rift after distracting Erlang Shen by making him chase the Howling Celestial Dog. He returned to the palace where Jin Buque and the others had been anxiously waiting.

• A Zi arrived in time to save Ming Yue, destroyed several attackers with his dominance, and carried her on his back.
• Erlang Shen confronted A Zi, but A Zi tricked him into chasing the Howling Celestial Dog and then escaped with Ming Yue through the spatial rift.
• A Zi joked and sang to cheer Ming Yue as they traveled back.
• Jin Buque blamed himself for Ming Yue's danger, while Gouzi, Lingzhu Zi, and Xue Pan tried to reassure him as they waited for A Zi.
• A Zi returned to the palace, announcing himself with a loud, boastful laugh.

After ten years, the narrator established the Wuji Sword Sect in the newly named Wuji Realm, where he and his companions watched Xiao Goudan train. Xiao Goudan exposed the narrator’s drunken visit to Xiao Ling'er, but backed down after the narrator threatened him.

• The narrator described how the Void Taiji Beast had renewed his world and how he named it the Wuji Realm.
• The narrator and his companions lounged at the training ground while Xiao Goudan practiced the Toad Godly Skill alongside hundreds of frogs.
• The narrator praised Xiao Goudan, who revealed that he had overheard the narrator visiting Xiao Ling'er drunk and teasing her about his cultivation.
• Xiao Ling'er blushed as the others looked at her, and the narrator privately regretted forgetting to isolate the sound.
• The narrator threatened to send Xiao Goudan to the Ten Thousand Snake Cave, so Xiao Goudan claimed he had heard nothing and the narrator approved of his submission.

The narrator stopped Xue Pan and Gouzi from pressing Xiao Goudan about his supposed date with Qing Cuihua, then reflected on how excessive kindness could awaken greed in others. The chapter ended with the narrator describing his own muddled, upside-down state of mind.

• Xue Pan and Gouzi questioned Xiao Goudan about claiming he had been drunk when he had gone on a date with Qing Cuihua.
• The narrator threatened to make Xue Pan and Gouzi practice his new fist technique, prompting Xue Pan to flee with an excuse.
• The narrator caught Gouzi trying to escape and made him pretend to believe Xiao Goudan had really drunk with them.
• The narrator let Gouzi leave after kicking him for sitting back down instead of going to the toilet.
• The narrator explained that giving too much could make people take kindness for granted and become greedy for more.
• The narrator concluded by describing himself as awake as though dreaming and dreaming while awake, with heaven and earth turned upside down.

The narrator explained how losses could become blessings when people reflected on them, changed, and cultivated their hearts. The chapter ended with advice to use confidence and pride wisely, treating others with respect and learning from their strengths.

• The narrator argued that losses only became blessings when people understood their mistakes and grew from them.
• The narrator described how personal reflection, karmic encounters, and a master’s guidance could help someone comprehend and cultivate the Dao.
• The narrator explained two kinds of blessed people and how their light could influence others, build confidence, and help them solve problems.
• The narrator warned that confidence and pride could turn into arrogance if people misused them.
• The narrator urged readers to direct pride toward matters rather than people and said good or bad things depended on how they were used.

The narrator reflected on selfish readers who demanded free guidance while criticizing the writer, and on the patience required to help people despite human nature. He then led everyone back from the training ground to the dining hall for a celebratory meal.

• The narrator argued that readers who resisted unwanted ideas and demanded more help revealed their selfishness and unstable hearts.
• The narrator recalled messages from readers who said his book had helped them overcome insecurity, depression, family troubles, and fear.
• The narrator compared helping others to ferrying passengers across a river and said that compassion was needed to endure their suspicion and ingratitude.
• The narrator thought of his former teacher, who had stopped saving people after being hurt by human nature.
• The narrator led everyone from the training ground to the dining hall and called for barbecue, extra food, and drinks.

The narrator woke to Xiao Ling'er reminding him about Little Duck’s parent-teacher conference, then recalled how he and Jin Buque had found the duck fleeing through a murky world. After the narrator rejected a Buddha Ancestor Dharma Body that claimed to be the Tathagata, Jin Buque went to retrieve the duck while the narrator confronted the apparent demon.

• Xiao Ling'er woke the narrator and reminded him that he had to attend Little Duck’s parent-teacher conference.
• The narrator recalled that he and Jin Buque had encountered a golden-feathered duck begging for help while exploring the void.
• The narrator’s reflexive kick sent the duck flying, and he explained to Jin Buque that his body automatically attacked approaching strangers.
• A Buddha Ancestor Dharma Body appeared and asked whether they had seen the duck, but the narrator stopped Jin Buque from worshipping it and sent him after the duck.
• The Dharma Body claimed to be the Western Heaven Tathagata and defended using a benevolent appearance to save people, while the narrator accused it of being a demon and rejected its act.

The narrator and Jin Buque fought a Centipede spirit that had disguised itself as the Buddha. After Jin Buque helped weaken it and resisted its attempt to turn him against the narrator, they beat the spirit’s Buddha manifestation into submission.

• The narrator rejected the false Buddha’s teachings, drew his sword, and attacked it with sword strikes and incantations.
• The false Buddha revealed itself as a giant Centipede spirit, whose hard shell resisted the narrator’s sword.
• Jin Buque returned with the little duck and transformed into a colossal toad, pinning the Centipede spirit beneath him.
• The narrator blasted the Centipede spirit with a powerful golden attack, badly wounding it.
• The Centipede spirit resumed its Buddha disguise and tried to control Jin Buque, but Jin Buque pretended to succumb before punching it.
• The narrator joined Jin Buque in beating the spirit’s manifestation until it offered them blessings and sang “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.”

The narrator interrogated Awesome Duck and the Centipede spirit after bringing them to the Wuji Sword Sect’s council hall. Awesome Duck claimed its name was carved into its bleeding backside, and the Centipede spirit confessed that it was called Bu Shoulu and begged for mercy.

• The narrator threatened to cook Awesome Duck until it admitted it could speak human language.
• Awesome Duck said its name was Awesome Duck and showed the narrator the name carved into its bleeding backside.
• The narrator handed Awesome Duck to Jin Buque and warned him to eat it if it misbehaved.
• The narrator questioned the bottled Centipede spirit and threatened to turn it into food or medicine.
• The Centipede spirit confessed that its name was Bu Shoulu and pleaded to be spared.

The narrator gave the Centipede spirit to Xue Pan as a safeguard and reflected on gratitude, eating other living beings, and awakening before composing a poem. He then took over Jin Buque’s school-related task and headed to the Wuji Realm Nine-Year Compulsory Education Tuition-Charging School, where Awesome Duck had already been enrolled.

• The narrator handed the Centipede spirit to Xue Pan and explained that it could serve as food if it could not be tamed.
• The narrator reflected on gratitude toward living beings and on the consequences of harming them without appreciation.
• The narrator composed a poem called “Awakening” after giving Awesome Duck and Bu Shoulu to Jin Buque and Xue Pan.
• After breakfast, the narrator went to the Wuji Realm Nine-Year Compulsory Education Tuition-Charging School to handle Jin Buque’s task.
• The narrator explained why Jin Buque had enrolled Awesome Duck and why education helped it protect itself from being deceived.

Jin Buque asked Big Brother to attend Awesome Duck’s parent-teacher meeting after Awesome Duck refused to pay for the school’s extra classes. Big Brother sat with Awesome Duck as the meeting began, where the teacher praised Zhuzhuxia and called him and his father forward for an award.

• Awesome Duck refused his teacher’s demands to pay for extra classes and warned him not to call his parent.
• The school contacted Jin Buque, who asked Big Brother to attend Awesome Duck’s parent-teacher meeting.
• Big Brother reassured Awesome Duck that he would stay calm and hear what the school had to say.
• A wild boar teacher opened the meeting, thanked the parents, and praised Zhuzhuxia’s participation and studies.
• The wild boar called Zhuzhuxia and his father forward to receive an Outstanding Student Certificate.

Big Brother watched Wild Boar flatter Zhuzhuxia’s father, discovered they were relatives, and sat through the teacher’s awards and speeches. When Wild Boar publicly mocked Awesome Duck for ranking last, the crowd joined in, leaving Big Brother angry as the chapter ended.

• Wild Boar thanked Zhuzhuxia’s father and praised Zhuzhuxia, while Big Brother used the Eye of the Divine and discovered that they were relatives.
• Wild Boar presented awards and praised several students before Big Brother tried to leave the meeting.
• Wild Boar called Awesome Duck and his parent to the podium and introduced Awesome Duck as a student who could do nothing right and ranked last in every exam.
• The parents and students in the audience laughed and mocked Awesome Duck, whose face turned livid as Big Brother’s anger grew.

Big Bro explained how he used the little self and higher self to influence others, then decided to take Awesome Duck away from the hostile group. When he saw them bullying Awesome Duck, he angrily defended him and blamed the teacher for failing to do his job.

• Big Bro described moving beyond the higher self and presented his cultivation mantra, claiming he could influence others through billions of Dharma bodies and phantom projection.
• Big Bro returned his attention to the group and decided he would leave with Awesome Duck once the time was right.
• After hearing the group continue to ramble, Big Bro saw Awesome Duck looking close to tears and became furious.
• Big Bro cursed out the people mocking Awesome Duck and told them his schooling was none of their business.
• Big Bro confronted the wild boar, arguing that teachers should be responsible for students' studies and criticizing him for blaming the child.