Chapter Summaries

Ancestor Azure Dragon led the Dragon Clan in an assault on the Heavenly Court, breaking its formation and starting a fierce battle. Nezha fought the Four Dragon Kings as both sides suffered casualties.

• Ancestor Azure Dragon attacked the South Heavenly Gate’s formation after the Heavenly Court’s forces refused to withdraw.
• Ancestor Azure Dragon shattered the formation, and the Dragon Clan stormed into the Heavenly Court.
• Nezha taunted the Dragon Clan, pierced a divine dragon with his Fire-Tipped Spear, and ripped out its tendons.
• The Dragon Clan and Heavenly Soldiers and Generals clashed, while the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King ordered his forces to capture the invaders.
• Nezha confronted the Four Dragon Kings, and they fought until the sky darkened and the earth dimmed.

The Dragon Clan and Heavenly Court continued their bloody battle as Duobao Tathagata celebrated the weakening of both sides and cast a dissenting bodhisattva into the mortal world, where he was reborn as Li Xiuyuan. Meanwhile, Haotian suspected a plot behind the Dragon Clan's attack and sought Taishang Laojun's counsel, leaving with a hopeful plan.

• The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King ordered another charge as Dragon Clan members and heavenly soldiers died in the battle.
• At Great Thunderclap Monastery, Duobao Tathagata celebrated the declining destinies of the Dragon Clan and Heavenly Court, then rebuked a bodhisattva for naming Changsheng Heavenly Venerate as a possible variable and cast him into the mortal world.
• The bodhisattva's soul entered a newborn, whom the child's father named Li Xiuyuan, and Gu Changsheng recognized that Li Xiuyuan had descended into the world.
• Queen Mother told Haotian that the Dragon Clan's sudden attack seemed suspicious, and Haotian wondered whether Changsheng Heavenly Venerate was behind it.
• Haotian visited Taishang Laojun at Doushuai Palace, and Laojun wrote a character in the air to show him a plan that delighted him.

The Dragon Clan fought the Heavenly Court as Taishang Laojun and Ancestor Crimson Dragon entered the battle, while the fighting devastated the Primordial World and harmed countless humans. At the Dragon Clan Ancestral Land, the Phoenix Clan arrived under Kong Xuan, and Ancestor Candle Dragon revealed the Ancestor Dragon Spear before clashing with Elder Bi Li.

• Taishang Laojun descended with the Eight Trigrams Furnace and battled Ancestor Azure Dragon as Dragon Clan forces and Heavenly Court troops suffered heavy losses.
• Ancestor Crimson Dragon appeared and slew many Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, giving the Dragon Clan the upper hand.
• Ancestor Candle Dragon celebrated the Dragon Clan’s expected victory with several hundred old dragons at the Ancestral Land.
• Kong Xuan and Phoenix Clan elders arrived, and Kong Xuan declared that the Dragon Clan’s destruction had come.
• Ancestor Candle Dragon brought out the Ancestor Dragon Spear and challenged the Phoenix Clan.
• Elder Bi Li attacked Ancestor Candle Dragon, and the two quasi-saints began a battle that shook the Dragon Clan Ancestral Land.

The Phoenix Clan attacked the Dragon Clan Ancestral Land while Kong Xuan fought Ancestor Candle Dragon and seized the damaged Ancestor Dragon Spear. At the same time, the Dragon Clan forces advanced on the South Heavenly Gate, driving Haotian’s Heavenly Court Destiny into decline.

• Kong Xuan led the Phoenix Clan in an assault that shattered the Dragon Clan Ancestral Land, while Qingluan, Honghu, and other Phoenix experts suppressed the defending dragons.
• Ancestor Candle Dragon fought Kong Xuan, but the damaged Ancestor Dragon Spear could not overcome the Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Kong Xuan knocked Candle Dragon back, seized the Ancestor Dragon Spear, and tossed it to Yuezhuo before continuing their battle.
• Ancestor Azure Dragon and Ancestor Crimson Dragon led the Four Dragon Kings and other Dragon Clan followers toward the South Heavenly Gate, suppressing Marshal Wang along the way.
• Haotian felt the Heavenly Court Destiny declining and grew furious at the Dragon Clan.

The Dragon Clan withdrew from the Heavenly Court after Duobao Tathagata revealed that the Phoenix Clan was attacking the Dragon Clan Ancestral Land. Haotian blamed Changsheng Heavenly Venerate for the conflict, then handed Heavenly Court affairs to the Queen Mother and entered seclusion to pursue the Dao of Hunyuan.

• Haotian confronted Ancestor Crimson Dragon as the Dragon Clan attacked the Heavenly Court, and Duobao Tathagata arrived with Buddhist forces.
• Duobao Tathagata revealed that the Phoenix Clan Army was slaughtering Dragon Clan followers at the Dragon Clan Ancestral Land.
• Ancestor Crimson Dragon and Ancestor Azure Dragon led the Dragon Clan away from the Heavenly Court to defend their home.
• Haotian ordered the wounded treated and the meritorious rewarded, then told the Queen Mother that Changsheng Heavenly Venerate was behind the conflict.
• The Queen Mother took charge of Heavenly Court affairs, and Haotian entered seclusion to focus on proving the Dao of Hunyuan.

With the Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan fighting again, their battle devastated the Primordial World while Duobao Tathagata waited to benefit from their losses. The Dragon Clan Ancestral Land was blasted through as the conflict continued.

• Yaochi took charge of the Heavenly Court while His Majesty entered seclusion and sent Taibai Jinxing to the lower realm.
• Kong Xuan severely wounded Ancestor Candle Dragon at the Dragon Clan Ancestral Land and prepared to kill him.
• Ancestor Crimson Dragon, Ancestor Azure Dragon, and other Dragon Clan followers arrived and attacked the Phoenix Clan.
• Kong Xuan fought Ancestor Crimson Dragon while Ancestor Azure Dragon battled Yuan-chu, Qingluan, and the other Phoenix Clan elders.
• Duobao Tathagata hoped the Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan would weaken each other so the Buddhist Sect could profit.
• The fighting shattered the Primordial World and blasted through the Dragon Clan Ancestral Land.

The Dragon and Phoenix Clans fought a devastating battle while the Kirin Clan chose to stay out of the conflict. Gu Changsheng appeared above the Dragon Clan Ancestral Land, and the Dragon Ancestors accused him of scheming against them.

• Black Kirin told the Kirin Clan experts not to interfere in the battle, which he believed had been deliberately engineered.
• Ancestor Crimson Dragon and Ancestor Candle Dragon attacked Kong Xuan, who challenged them to fight him together as the clans clashed around them.
• The peng bird and Phoenix Clan elders joined the fight to protect Kong Xuan, while the battle devastated the land beneath the Tribulation Clouds.
• Gu Changsheng appeared above the Dragon Clan Ancestral Land and Kong Xuan bowed to him as his Master.
• Ancestor Crimson Dragon accused Gu Changsheng of scheming behind the conflict, while Ancestor Candle Dragon felt uneasy at his arrival.

Gu Changsheng challenged the Dragon Clan’s three ancestors in Chaos and overwhelmed them with his Chaos Domain and Chaos Bell. As he prepared to destroy Crimson Dragon, Candle Dragon begged for mercy and offered the Dragon Clan’s submission.

• Gu Changsheng demanded that the Dragon Clan’s ancestors become his mounts or face him together, and he went to Chaos to fight them.
• Crimson Dragon, Azure Dragon, and Candle Dragon accepted the challenge and attacked Gu Changsheng in Chaos.
• Gu Changsheng trapped Crimson Dragon and Azure Dragon with the Chaos Bell, then drew all three ancestors into his Chaos Domain.
• The three ancestors failed to escape or break through Gu Changsheng’s power, and he suppressed them with the Chaos Bell.
• Gu Changsheng seized Crimson Dragon and threatened to destroy him, prompting Candle Dragon to plead for mercy and offer the Dragon Clan’s submission.

After defeating the Dragon Clan, Gu Changsheng accepted its submission and ended its conflict with the Phoenix Clan, bringing the Dragon Clan’s fortune under his control. The Dragon Clan’s ancestors ordered their people to cultivate and guard the seas, while the Four Dragon Kings were reprimanded for provoking the disaster.

• Ancestor Crimson Dragon agreed to submit the Dragon Clan to Gu Changsheng, and the three ancestors gave him their dragon essence as proof of submission.
• Gu Changsheng ordered the Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan to end their grievances, and Kong Xuan led the Phoenix Clan back to Immortal Volcano with the spoils of war.
• Gu Changsheng gave High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures to the Phoenix Clan and the three Dragon Clan ancestors, then left for Purple Mansion Continent as Chan Sect fortune increased.
• Ancestor Azure Dragon ordered the Dragon Kings to guard the waters and the rest of the Dragon Clan to cultivate at their ancestral land.
• Ancestor Candle Dragon blamed Mo Jie and the Four Dragon Kings for provoking the disaster, reprimanded them, and allowed them to continue guarding the Four Seas.

After the Dragon Clan withdrew and Buddhist destiny weakened, Duobao Tathagata blamed Gu Changsheng and waited for Buddha Mother Bodhi before making new plans. As floods and demons plagued the human lands, Nuwa sent her disciple Yang Chan to Guanjiang Pass with the Precious Lotus Lamp, and Gu Changsheng sensed her descent.

• The Four Dragon Kings headed for the South Sea while Candle Dragon guarded the Dragon Clan Ancestral Land and the three ancestors entered seclusion.
• Duobao Tathagata discovered that Buddhist destiny had weakened, blamed Gu Changsheng, and agreed to wait for Buddha Mother Bodhi before deciding what to do.
• With floods and demons harming the human race, Nuwa summoned Yang Chan and ordered her to descend to the mortal realm and visit her mother at Guanjiang Pass.
• Nuwa gave Yang Chan the Precious Lotus Lamp to protect her against evil spirits.
• After Yang Chan descended, Gu Changsheng sensed her arrival while drinking tea beneath the tea tree.

Old Ancestor Bodhi arranged for a Bodhisattva to enter reincarnation as Liu Yanchang, while Great Emperor Fengdu secretly altered the soul. At Guanjiang Pass, Yang Chan reunited with Yao Ji after saving her from the Nanmu Great Demon, and learned that her brothers were cultivating under Changsheng Heavenly Venerate.

• Old Ancestor Bodhi sent a Bodhisattva into reincarnation, intending to accept him as a disciple after he was born into Liu Manor as Liu Yanchang.
• Great Emperor Fengdu recognized the soul and secretly sent a ray of light into it before it entered reincarnation.
• The Nanmu Great Demon attacked Yao Ji at flood-ravaged Guanjiang Pass while she tried to protect the human survivors.
• Yang Chan appeared and used her divine lamp to burn away the Nanmu Great Demon and his primordial spirit.
• Yao Ji embraced Yang Chan, then told her that Yang Jiao and Yang Jian were in seclusion cultivating under Changsheng Heavenly Venerate.

Yang Chan pursued a Nine-Headed Malevolent Flood Dragon who was flooding human lands and followed him to the Eastern Ocean. With the help of the Dragon Maidens Ao Cunxin and Ao Tingxin, she found Ao Guang, who led the East Sea Water Tribe to confront the dragon.

• Yang Chan told her mother, Yao Ji, that Empress Nuwa had sent her to save the human race, then left to subdue demons.
• Yang Chan found a Nine-Headed Malevolent Flood Dragon causing a flood near Guanjiang Pass, wounded him with the Precious Lotus Lamp, and chased him east.
• Yang Chan met Ao Cunxin and Ao Tingxin in the Eastern Ocean and learned about her brothers' journey west with Tang Xuanzang.
• Ao Cunxin and Ao Tingxin brought Yang Chan to the Crystal Palace, where Ao Guang sent troops to search for the flood dragon.
• A Shrimp Soldier reported the dragon was devouring members of the Water Tribe, and Ao Guang led his forces to surround him.
• The Nine-Headed Malevolent Flood Dragon taunted Ao Guang and demanded the Dragon Clan, prompting Ao Guang to order his forces to attack.

Yang Chan pursued the Nine-Headed Malevolent Flood Dragon to the East Sea, where the Eight Immortals helped her defeat him. After visiting Penglai Immortal Island and hearing about her brothers, Yang Chan departed.

• The Nine-Headed Malevolent Flood Dragon attacked the East Sea Dragon Palace, but Yang Chan drove him away with the Precious Lotus Lamp.
• Ao Guang ordered Ao Cunxin and Ao Tingxin to return to the Crystal Palace while Yang Chan chased the flood dragon toward Penglai Immortal Island.
• The Eight Immortals recognized Yang Chan and attacked the flood dragon, with Lu Dongbin's swords severing two of its heads.
• Yang Chan and the Eight Immortals burned the Nine-Headed Malevolent Flood Dragon to death, including his primordial spirit.
• Yang Chan visited Penglai Immortal Island, heard about Yang Jiao and Yang Jian, and departed after a day.

Yang Chan slew demons across the human world, earned the title Third Holy Mother, and reunited with her family at Guanjiang Pass. The Heavenly Court decreed that she would take charge of Mount Hua, and Taibai Jinxing delivered the decree to Yao Ji’s residence.

• The Eight Immortals left Penglai Immortal Island to fight demons, while Ao Cunxin and Ao Tingxin watched them depart.
• Yang Chan used the Precious Lotus Lamp to wipe out demons in human cities, and the people honored her as the Third Holy Mother.
• Yang Chan directed Li Xiuyuan to seek discipleship from the Eight Immortals on Penglai Immortal Island.
• Yang Chan reunited with Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yao Ji at Guanjiang Pass.
• Queen Mother ordered Taibai Jinxing to confer the title of Third Holy Mother on Yang Chan and grant her Mount Hua as her immortal abode.
• Taibai Jinxing delivered the decree to Yang Chan at Yao Ji’s residence and asked Yao Ji what she thought.

Yang Chan traveled to Mount Hua to cultivate and encountered Yu'er, a fox demon who lured her toward the Myriad Demon Cave. After Yang Chan exposed Yu'er and summoned the Myriad Mountain Great Demon, she confronted the Sheep Demon and challenged his assumption that she was powerless.

• Yang Chan decided to cultivate on Mount Hua, and Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yao Ji agreed to her departure.
• Yang Chan arrived at Mount Hua, sensed Demonic Qi, and found an unconscious woman on the road.
• The woman, Yu'er, claimed that the Myriad Mountain Great Demon had captured her father and agreed to lead Yang Chan to the Myriad Demon Cave.
• Yang Chan recognized Yu'er as a fox demon and trapped her before Yu'er called for the Myriad Mountain Great Demon.
• The Sheep Demon appeared, demanded that Yang Chan become his wife, and threatened her.
• Yang Chan dismissed the demon as weak and asked why he thought she had captured Yu'er.

Yang Chan defeated the Myriad Mountain Great Demon, took the Fox Demon Yu'er as her maid, and established Third Holy Mother Hall at Mount Hua. After learning that a Buddha had appeared there, Yang Jian asked Gu Changsheng for guidance and learned that the Buddhist Sect was plotting against Yang Chan; Gu Changsheng told him how to counter the scheme.

• Yang Chan used the Precious Lotus Lamp to burn the Myriad Mountain Great Demon to ash, then spared the Fox Demon Yu'er and made her a maid.
• Yang Chan established Third Holy Mother Hall at Mount Hua, dispelled the mountain’s Demonic Qi, and gained worshippers by healing the sick and diverting floods.
• A Buddha passed by Third Holy Mother Hall and said the incense offerings would ultimately belong to the Buddhist Sect.
• Yang Chan told Yang Jiao and Yang Jian about the Buddha, and Yang Jian consulted Gu Changsheng through his sea of consciousness.
• Gu Changsheng identified the Buddhist Sect’s plot against Yang Chan and gave Yang Jian a plan involving Liu Yanchang.
• Yang Jian returned and told Yang Jiao and Yang Chan about Gu Changsheng’s guidance, and Yang Jiao grew angry at the Buddhist Sect.

Yang Chan entered secluded cultivation and arranged for Yu'er to protect the people of Mount Hua. At Penglai Immortal Island, Li Xiuyuan met Tieguai Li and the Eight Immortals, who told him he had to resolve his worldly ties before cultivating with them.

• Yang Chan transformed Yu'er into her likeness and entrusted her with protecting the people while she cultivated.
• Li Xiuyuan helped a lame man who guided him across the sea to Penglai Immortal Island.
• The lame man revealed himself as Tieguai Li, and Li Xiuyuan learned that he had reached the Eight Immortals' home.
• The Eight Immortals introduced themselves and welcomed Li Xiuyuan as one of their Mystic Sect.
• Lu Dongbin told Li Xiuyuan to sever his worldly ties and showed him a dream of abandoning his wife and parents to become a monk.

Li Xiuyuan learned that Buddhism had caused his family’s ruin and chose to cultivate under the Eight Immortals before returning to care for his parents. Duobao Tathagata sent Chan Master Wu Chao and Ancient Buddha Randeng to Penglai to retrieve him, and their arrival alarmed the East Sea Dragon King.

• Zhongli Quan showed Li Xiuyuan how Buddhism’s schemes had brought ruin to his family and explained that his father might have suffered the same fate as Elder Kou.
• Li Xiuyuan agreed to cultivate with the Eight Immortals, and Tieguai Li created a cave dwelling for him on Penglai Immortal Island.
• Duobao Tathagata learned that the Eight Immortals had won Li Xiuyuan over to the Daoist School and ordered Chan Master Wu Chao and Ancient Buddha Randeng to bring him back.
• Chan Master Wu Chao and Ancient Buddha Randeng appeared above Penglai Immortal Island, their Buddhist light stirring the East Sea and shaking the Dragon Palace.
• Ao Guang sent the Sea-Patrolling Yaksha to investigate, but the Yaksha was struck by Buddhist light and fell to the seabed, apparently dying.

Ancient Buddha Randeng and Chan Master Wu Chao attacked the Eight Immortals on Penglai Immortal Island, demanding Li Xiuyuan, while Ao Guang fled with his family to the South Sea Dragon King. As the Eight Immortals were being overwhelmed, Yang Jiao and Yang Jian arrived to help, and Yang Jian charged at Chan Master Wu Chao.

• Ao Guang ordered the Crystal Palace sealed, then took his family to the South Sea Dragon King’s refuge and explained that Randeng and Chan Master Wu Chao were attacking Penglai Immortal Island.
• Lu Dongbin denied that Li Xiuyuan was on Penglai Immortal Island, but Randeng and Chan Master Wu Chao demanded him and threatened the Eight Immortals.
• The Eight Immortals fought Randeng and Chan Master Wu Chao with their magical treasures, but Randeng overpowered them and blasted Lan Caihe aside.
• Yang Jian suddenly appeared and stabbed Chan Master Wu Chao, while Yang Jiao stepped in to block him.
• Yang Jiao said they had come to aid the Eight Immortals, and Yang Jian charged at Chan Master Wu Chao with his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Divine Halberd.

The Eight Immortals, Yang Jiao, and Yang Jian fought Ancient Buddha Randeng and Chan Master Wu Chao on Penglai Immortal Island. Kong Xuan arrived to block Randeng, forcing the two Buddhist figures to retreat and leaving Li Xiuyuan in their grasp.

• Yang Jian battled Chan Master Wu Chao while Yang Jiao and the Eight Immortals fought Ancient Buddha Randeng on Penglai Immortal Island.
• Queen Mother learned of the fighting from Thousand-Mile Eye and Wind-Following Ear, but agreed with Taibai Jinxing to leave the Buddhist Sect and the Eight Immortals to settle it themselves.
• Queen Mother questioned the immortal officials about the demons of Northern Continent of Uttarakuru, then dismissed them after Taibai Jinxing mentioned the Buddhist Sect's earlier battle with the demons.
• Ancient Buddha Randeng overwhelmed the Eight Immortals and attacked Yang Jiao, but Kong Xuan intervened with his Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Kong Xuan challenged Ancient Buddha Randeng, who recognized he could not take Li Xiuyuan and withdrew with Chan Master Wu Chao.