Chapter Summaries

Yang Jian and Nezha secretly worked together to turn the Heavenly Court’s assault on the Eight Immortals toward the Four Dragon Kings. The Dragon Kings tried to flood Penglai Immortal Island but were driven back by Tieguai Li’s flames.

• Giant Spirit God attacked Lu Dongbin, knocked him and the Yin-Yang Twin Swords aside, and demanded that the Eight Immortals surrender.
• A man beside the Eight Immortals struck Giant Spirit God down with an iron staff, then fought Nezha in the air.
• Yang Jian revealed his identity to Nezha and told him to fake defeat to lure out the Four Dragon Kings.
• Nezha pretended to lose and urged the Four Dragon Kings to capture the Eight Immortals, prompting Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li to order them forward.
• The Four Dragon Kings summoned water to flood Penglai Immortal Island, but Tieguai Li’s flames forced them back and singed the East Sea Dragon King.

The Eight Immortals, Yang Jiao, and Yang Jian went to the Heavenly Court to answer for their conflict with the Four Dragon Kings. After the Inspector Spirit Official traced the trouble to Prince Moji’s seizure of Lan Caihe’s jade tablet, Haotian proposed splitting the tablet between the sides, leaving the Dragon Kings resentful.

• Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li brought the Eight Immortals, Yang Jiao, and Yang Jian to the Heavenly Court for an investigation.
• Haotian questioned the Eight Immortals and the Four Dragon Kings, who blamed each other for the conflict and the deaths of a million Water Tribe members.
• The Inspector Spirit Official reported that Prince Moji had seized Lan Caihe’s jade tablet and imprisoned him, while the Eight Immortals’ treasures had caused little damage.
• Taibai Jinxing proposed dividing the jade tablet between the Eight Immortals and the Four Dragon Kings.
• Haotian and the immortal officials approved the proposal, while the Four Dragon Kings silently seethed at the settlement.

Haotian gave the Four Dragon Kings half a jade tablet and let the Eight Immortals go, leaving the Dragon Clan furious over its losses. The Four Dragon Kings set out for the Dragon Clan Holy Land to seek Candle Dragon, while Haotian suspected a hidden scheme and barred Heavenly Court immortals from descending to the mortal realm.

• Haotian divided the jade tablet between Lan Caihe and the Four Dragon Kings, then made them and the Eight Immortals share imperial wine.
• Yang Jiao and Yang Jian escorted the Eight Immortals back to Penglai Immortal Island before returning to Purple Mansion Continent.
• The Four Dragon Kings saw the devastation in the East Sea and, recalling past injustices against the Dragon Clan, resolved to seek Candle Dragon at the Dragon Clan Holy Land.
• Taibai Jinxing warned Haotian that the Four Dragon Kings had not truly reconciled with the Eight Immortals, and Haotian said he was testing them for disloyalty.
• Haotian ordered that no Heavenly Court immortal could descend to the mortal realm without permission and vowed to destroy whoever plotted against the Heavenly Court.

Candle Dragon emerged from seclusion and heard the Four Dragon Kings’ account of the Eight Immortals and Haotian. Bodhi urged him to oppose the Heavenly Court before an immense figure appeared in the sky.

• Candle Dragon recovered his strength, killed an old dragon who had angered him, and ordered the Four Dragon Kings seized for disgracing the Dragon Clan.
• The Four Dragon Kings pleaded with Candle Dragon to avenge them, and the East Sea Dragon King blamed Haotian and the Eight Immortals for the deaths of a million Water Tribe members.
• Bodhi appeared and warned Candle Dragon that Haotian and Changsheng Heavenly Venerate were responsible, urging him not to accept the Heavenly Court’s oppression.
• Candle Dragon told the Four Dragon Kings that he understood, and an immense figure appeared above the Dragon Clan followers as he prepared to act.

Ancestor Azure Dragon persuaded the Dragon Clan to wait for Ancestor Crimson Dragon before attacking the Heavenly Court. In the lower realm, the Seven Fairies secretly began visiting the Warm Spring of Ablution, while Chan Master Wu Chao summoned his disciple about an important matter for the Buddhist Sect.

• Ancestor Azure Dragon urged Ancestor Candle Dragon to wait for Ancestor Crimson Dragon before attacking the Heavenly Court, and the Dragon Clan prepared for battle.
• Peony Fairy told Little Seven about the Warm Spring of Ablution and encouraged her to visit it despite Haotian’s ban on descending to the mortal world.
• Little Seven persuaded the other Seven Fairies to sneak through the West Heavenly Gate by claiming they were gathering immortal herbs.
• The Seven Fairies bathed in the Warm Spring of Ablution and later returned there regularly to play.
• Chan Master Wu Chao summoned his disciple and said he had an important matter concerning the Buddhist Sect.

Chan Master Wu Chao sent a Buddhist disciple to be reborn as Dong Yong, while Great Emperor Fengdu secretly altered his soul. As the Eight Immortals learned that the Buddhist Sect was backing the Northern Barbarian Dragon Mother against the Southern Dynasty Human Ancestor, the conflict escalated with Buddha Ancestor sending three demons to aid the Dragon Mother.

• Chan Master Wu Chao sent a Buddhist disciple to reincarnate, and Great Emperor Fengdu tampered with the disciple’s soul before he was reborn as Dong Yong.
• The Eight Immortals learned that the Northern Barbarian Dragon Mother was the Great Roc, and they decided to support the Southern Dynasty Human Ancestor against the Buddhist Sect’s plans.
• Buddha Ancestor ordered Chunmu Great Demon, Taomu Great Demon, and Willow Wood Great Demon to help the Northern Barbarian Dragon Mother seize the Human Ancestor’s realm.
• The three demons arrived outside the northern capital and told the guards they had come to assist the Dragon Mother.

Willow Wood Great Demon and two other Buddhist Sect demons offered to help the Northern Barbarian Dragon Mother destroy the Southern Dynasty with the Heavenly Gate Formation. After the Song army’s Yang Zongbao was captured during a challenge, Lu Dongbin rescued him and the Eight Immortals arrived to find a way to break the formation.

• Willow Wood Great Demon tore down the recruitment proclamation, then introduced himself, Peach Wood Great Immortal, and Wood Great Immortal Chun to the Northern Barbarian Dragon Mother as disciples of the Buddhist Sect who would help destroy the Southern Dynasty.
• Willow Wood Great Demon proposed the Heavenly Gate Formation, and the Northern Barbarian Dragon Mother ordered her army to attack the Southern Dynasty; the demons set up the formation and sent a challenge letter.
• The Human Co-Lord ordered the Yang Family to march against the Northern Barbarian Dragon Mother, and Yang Zongbao led the Song army to the Heavenly Gate Formation.
• Chunmu Great Demon seized Yang Zongbao and attacked the soldiers, but Lu Dongbin severed the demon’s arm with a sword and rescued Yang Zongbao.
• The Eight Immortals of Penglai arrived to aid the Southern Dynasty, recognized the formation’s demonic and baleful power, and discussed how to break it.

Zhang Guolao sought Gu Changsheng’s help in breaking the Heavenly Gate Formation that blocked the Eight Immortals from aiding the Southern Dynasty. Gu Changsheng showed him the formation and declared that such formations were only a minor path.

• The Eight Immortals found the Heavenly Gate Formation difficult to break, so Zhang Guolao left to ask his master for guidance while Yang Zongbao ordered the army to hold the city.
• The three demons discovered that several immortals were assisting the Southern Dynasty, but Ancient Buddha Randeng reassured them that an Arhat Venerable inside the formation would prevent the Eight Immortals from breaking it.
• Zhang Guolao reached Kunlun Mountain, where Kong Xuan escorted him to the Purple Mansion Grand Hall to meet Gu Changsheng.
• Zhang Guolao told Gu Changsheng about the battle between the Southern Dynasty Dragon Ancestor and the Northern Barbarian Dragon Mother, and asked for help with the formation.
• Gu Changsheng conjured an image of the layered Heavenly Gate Formation, and Zhang Guolao could not find its weakness.

Gu Changsheng taught Zhang Guolao the Law of Formations and sent him to recruit Mu Guiying, who joined the Eight Immortals at the Heavenly Gate Formation. There, Mu Guiying and Yang Zongbao fought, grew fond of each other, and married with the Eight Immortals' help.

• Gu Changsheng taught Zhang Guolao the Law of Formations and ordered him to take Mu Guiying as his disciple.
• Zhang Guolao found Mu Guiying at her family’s stronghold, recruited her, and took her toward the Southern Dynasty border.
• Yang Zongbao asked to attack the Heavenly Gate Formation, but He Xiangu warned him that a reckless assault could cost Great Song its national fortune.
• Zhang Guolao arrived with Mu Guiying, and she challenged Yang Zongbao after calling him a lecher.
• Yang Zongbao and Mu Guiying fought, came to admire each other, and married in the city with the Eight Immortals acting as matchmakers.

Mu Guiying and Yang Zongbao learned formation methods from Zhang Guolao and broke the Heavenly Gate Formation after the Eight Immortals helped them defeat its guardians. After the three demons were slain, Ancient Buddha Randeng arrived and accused the Eight Immortals of killing Buddhist disciples.

• Zhang Guolao taught Mu Guiying and Yang Zongbao methods for breaking formations, and they led their troops against the Heavenly Gate Formation.
• Mu Guiying and Yang Zongbao found a weakness in the formation but were forced to retreat after fighting Chunmu Great Demon, Willow Wood Great Demon, and Taomu Great Demon.
• The Eight Immortals ambushed the three demons outside the formation, and Lu Dongbin and Tieguai Li killed Chunmu Great Demon and Taomu Great Demon.
• Mu Guiying and Yang Zongbao repeatedly baited Willow Wood Great Demon outside the formation, where the Yin-Yang Twin Swords killed him.
• Mu Guiying and Yang Zongbao broke the Heavenly Gate Formation and reported their success to the Eight Immortals.
• Ancient Buddha Randeng arrived from Spirit Vulture Mountain and accused the Eight Immortals of killing Buddhist disciples.

Ancient Buddha Randeng attacked the Eight Immortals, but Kong Xuan arrived to protect them and confronted him. Kong Xuan overwhelmed Randeng, leaving him badly injured as their battle continued.

• Ancient Buddha Randeng attacked the Eight Immortals with Buddhist light, overpowering their spiritual treasures.
• Kong Xuan appeared and ordered Ancient Buddha Randeng to leave, threatening to spare his life only if he did.
• Kong Xuan shattered Randeng's Buddhist light and trapped him with the Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Ancient Buddha Randeng fought back, but Kong Xuan struck him repeatedly and made him spit Buddha's Blood.
• Kong Xuan unleashed the Five-Colored Divine Light again and suppressed Ancient Buddha Randeng, who sensed impending doom.

After the Eight Immortals returned to Penglai to cultivate, Chan Master Wu Chao sent Dong Yong down the mountain to honor his family and marry. Dong Yong met the Little Seven Fairy Maiden after she lost her clothes at a spring, and their first encounter left her favorably disposed toward him.

• Kong Xuan drove Ancient Buddha Randeng away, then ordered the Eight Immortals to return to Penglai while Mu Guiying and Yang Zongbao continued the northern campaign.
• The Northern Barbarian Dragon Mother allied with the Southern Dynasty Human Ancestor and agreed never to invade again, after which Mu Guiying and Yang Zongbao returned to court.
• After about ten years of cultivation, Chan Master Wu Chao told Dong Yong to descend the mountain, care for his family, and marry; Dong Yong agreed.
• Dong Yong returned to his ill father, cared for him until he died, and sold himself into servitude to afford his burial.
• The Little Seven Fairy Maiden secretly bathed in the Warm Spring of Ablution, lost her immortal garments, and called to Dong Yong for help.
• Dong Yong returned the Little Seven Fairy Maiden's garment, and she asked about his family after becoming favorably impressed by him.

Little Seven Fairy Maiden secretly married Dong Yong and stayed with him in the mortal realm, but her disappearance prompted Haotian to send Taibai Jinxing to investigate. Taibai found her at Dong Yong’s home and told her she had been deceived, leaving her confused and alarmed.

• Little Seven Fairy Maiden and Dong Yong fell in love, and she left the Heavenly Court to live with him after he confessed.
• At the Hundred Flowers Festival, Queen Mother discovered Little Seven was missing, and Haotian ordered Taibai Jinxing to investigate.
• Taibai Jinxing questioned the Warm Spring of Ablution’s Mountain God and Earth God, who said Little Seven had left with Dong Yong.
• Taibai Jinxing went to Dong Yong’s home and found Buddhist aura there before Little Seven opened the door to him.
• Little Seven begged Taibai Jinxing not to report her to Haotian, but he told her Dong Yong had deceived her and was not a good person.

Taibai Jinxing exposed Dong Yong as a Buddhist disciple and tried to arrest him, while Chan Master Wu Chao intervened to protect him. Little Seven Fairy Maiden turned against Dong Yong, but a thunderous blast and wave of baleful energy interrupted the confrontation.

• Taibai Jinxing told Little Seven Fairy Maiden that Dong Yong's meeting with her had been deliberately arranged, making her question his intentions.
• Dong Yong returned home, and Taibai Jinxing confronted and restrained him, accusing him of belonging to the Buddhist sect.
• Chan Master Wu Chao appeared and admitted Dong Yong was his disciple, while Taibai Jinxing demanded that he surrender Dong Yong under Haotian's decree.
• Little Seven Fairy Maiden learned Dong Yong had concealed his Buddhist ties, slapped him, and accused him of deceiving her.
• As Little Seven Fairy Maiden prepared to attack Dong Yong, a thunderous boom shook the Primordial Heaven and Earth and boundless baleful energy surged forth.

Crimson Dragon emerged from seclusion, and the Dragon Clan agreed to ally with the Buddhist Sect against Gu Changsheng and the Heavenly Court. The Four Dragon Kings set out to flood the Southern Continent of Jambudvipa, while Haotian learned of the Buddhist Sect’s plot and sought to keep the scandal secret.

• Crimson Dragon emerged from seclusion, and Candle Dragon and Azure Dragon rallied the Dragon Clan to attack the Heavenly Court.
• Old Ancestor Bodhi proposed that the Dragon Clan flood the Four Great Continents to draw Gu Changsheng into a trap and create grounds to fight the Heavenly Court.
• Candle Dragon, Azure Dragon, and Crimson Dragon agreed to cooperate with the Buddhist Sect, and the Four Dragon Kings departed to bring torrential rain upon the Southern Continent of Jambudvipa.
• Taibai Jinxing returned Little Seven Fairy Maiden to the Heavenly Court, while Zen Master Wuchao took Dong Yong away.
• Haotian learned that the Buddhist Sect had plotted against the Heavenly Court, and Taibai Jinxing advised him to keep the scandal from spreading across the Primordial World.

Haotian’s order for the Four Dragon Kings to bring rain became a catastrophic flood across the four continents, devastating the human race. After the Dragon Kings killed two Celestial Masters who challenged them, Haotian summoned them to the Heavenly Court, but they continued directing the deluge.

• Taibai Jinxing advised Haotian on handling Little Seven Fairy Maiden and Dong Yong, then an official reported that the Four Dragon Kings’ rain had flooded several provinces.
• Scholar Su urged the Human Co-Lord of Great Song to dredge waterways, evacuate people, provide relief, and question the Dragon Kings; Celestial Masters Zhang and Ge went to the Sky Dome.
• The East Sea Dragon King declared that he was flooding Southern Continent of Jambudvipa under Haotian’s decree, then killed Celestial Masters Ge and Zhang when they objected.
• Floods spread across the four continents, forcing people from their homes and leaving many vulnerable to demons, while human cultivators struggled to help.
• Haotian learned that the Four Dragon Kings’ rainfall had become uncontrollable and ordered them to appear before him; an immortal official delivered his decree as the Dragon Kings continued directing the rain.

The Four Dragon Kings defied Haotian’s decree and flooded the human world, prompting the Heavenly Court to mobilize against them. Gu Changsheng sent Kong Xuan to rally the phoenix clan and told his fellow immortals that the Buddhist Sect was behind the conflict.

• The North Sea Dragon King bit the Heavenly Court’s immortal official, and the Four Dragon Kings unleashed rain to flood the prehistoric world.
• Haotian ordered Taibai Jinxing to have Li lead one hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to capture the Four Dragon Kings.
• Gu Changsheng showed Kong Xuan the flooding and sent him to Immortal Volcano to enlist the phoenix clan against the dragon race.
• Gu Changsheng reflected that the Buddhist Sect’s scheme to weaken the Heavenly Court had already been anticipated in his plans.
• Guang Chengzi, Chijingzi, Grand Unity True Person, True Person Yuding, and other immortals visited Gu Changsheng for advice, and Chijingzi asked whether the Buddhist Sect was involved.

Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li and Nezha led the Heavenly Court’s army against the Four Dragon Kings, who had flooded the world in protest against Haotian. As Nezha fought the Dragon Kings and the Heavenly Soldiers captured their forces, Kong Xuan was set to recruit the Phoenix Clan to counter the Buddhist Sect’s influence.

• Gu Changsheng told the immortals that the Buddhist Sect had provoked the Dragon Clan and revealed that he had entrusted the response to Kong Xuan, the Phoenix Clan’s Crown Prince.
• Gu Changsheng explained that the Phoenix Clan would emerge from Immortal Volcano if its fortune increased, and the immortals discussed the Dao with him on Purple Mansion Continent.
• Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li summoned Nezha after receiving Haotian’s order to campaign against the Four Dragon Kings.
• The Four Dragon Kings confronted Li Jing and Nezha while their forces flooded the world, and Nezha charged into battle against them.
• Nezha wounded the Dragon Kings with his Fire-Tipped Spear and Qiankun Circle as Li Jing ordered the Heavenly forces to capture them and their troops.
• The Heavenly Soldiers and Generals overwhelmed the Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals while Nezha continued fighting the Four Dragon Kings.

Nezha, the Eight Immortals, and Heavenly Court’s forces defeated the Four Dragon Kings, who fled before Ancestor Azure Dragon led the Dragon Clan toward Heavenly Court. Meanwhile, Kong Xuan arrived at Immortal Volcano and went to meet its elders, who were discussing the war.

• Heavenly Soldiers and Generals suppressed the Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals while Nezha and the others overwhelmed the Four Dragon Kings.
• The Eight Immortals joined the battle, and Nezha pierced the East Sea Dragon King as the Dragon Kings’ forces suffered heavy losses.
• The Four Dragon Kings fled, and the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King led the Eight Immortals back to Heavenly Court, where Haotian ordered the defenses prepared for a Dragon Clan invasion.
• Ancestor Azure Dragon led the Dragon Clan toward Heavenly Court after the Four Dragon Kings returned in defeat.
• Kong Xuan arrived at Immortal Volcano, learned that its elders were discussing the war, and entered the main hall to greet them.

Kong Xuan led the Phoenix Clan elders and army to attack the Dragon Clan’s Ancestral Land while the Dragon Clan marched against the Heavenly Court. As tribulation clouds gathered over the primordial world, a colossal dragon appeared outside the South Heavenly Gate.

• The Phoenix Clan elders discussed striking the Dragon Clan while it fought the Heavenly Court, and Kong Xuan returned to the great hall.
• Kong Xuan told the elders that he had become Changsheng Heavenly Venerate’s disciple and relayed the offer of merit and fortune.
• The Phoenix Clan elders agreed to follow Kong Xuan, who ordered them to seize the Dragon Clan’s Ancestral Land.
• Kong Xuan and the Phoenix Clan elders led their army out of Immortal Volcano as Gu Changsheng watched from Purple Mansion Continent.
• Tribulation clouds gathered as the Dragon Clan advanced on the Heavenly Court, and an immense dragon appeared outside the South Heavenly Gate.