Chapter Summaries

After the Buddhist sect withdrew from Penglai, the Eight Immortals entered seclusion while the Dragon Kings dealt with the aftermath. On Mount Hua, Fox Demon Yu'er fell in love with Liu Yanchang, rescued him from despair, and secretly pledged herself to him.

• The Eight Immortals reassured Li Xiuyuan, sent him to cultivate, and then began their own seclusion after reflecting on how Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Kong Xuan had saved them.
• The South Sea's Sea-Patrolling Yaksha reported the battle to the Dragon Kings, and Ao Guang returned to rebuild the Crystal Palace while the South Sea Dragon King secretly departed.
• Fox Demon Yu'er, disguised as Third Holy Mother, met Liu Yanchang when he prayed before traveling to the capital for the imperial examinations and began waiting for his return.
• After Liu Yanchang failed the examinations and tried to end his life, Fox Demon Yu'er brought him to Third Holy Mother Hall and comforted him.
• Fox Demon Yu'er and Liu Yanchang pledged their love, and months later she moved into his home while still wearing Third Holy Mother's appearance.

The Fox Demon Yu'er gave birth to Liu Chenxiang while Old Ancestor Bodhi sensed Demonic Qi and wondered what it meant. Five years later, Disheveled Immortal and True Lord of the Southern Sea confronted the Qingfu Spider Demon in Northern Continent of Uttarakuru.

• Liu Yanchang welcomed his son, and Yu'er named him Liu Chenxiang.
• Old Ancestor Bodhi sensed Demonic Qi above Liu Manor but could not identify its source, then vanished believing the birth would hurt Gu Changsheng.
• Yang Jiao and Yang Jian told Yang Chan that Yu'er had given birth, and they planned to let Haotian learn of the marriage gradually.
• Liu Chenxiang grew to five as the Four Great Continents became unusually peaceful.
• Disheveled Immortal and True Lord of the Southern Sea arrived at the Qingfu Spider Demon's mountain intending to take demon cores, and the demon challenged their intrusion.

Disheveled Immortal and True Lord of the Southern Sea attacked Qingfu Spider Demon, took his Demon Core, and killed both him and his wife despite promising to spare him. The immortals returned toward the Heavenly Court while the couple’s soul lights flew toward the Netherworld Underworld.

• Disheveled Immortal and True Lord of the Southern Sea attacked Qingfu Spider Demon, and Disheveled Immortal severed his arm with a sneak attack.
• Qingfu Spider Demon's wife came out of the demon cave and refused to abandon her wounded husband.
• Disheveled Immortal promised to spare Qingfu Spider Demon if his wife surrendered her Demon Core, and she gave it to him.
• True Lord of the Southern Sea and Disheveled Immortal killed Qingfu Spider Demon and his wife, then took their Demon Cores.
• Disheveled Immortal and True Lord of the Southern Sea flew toward the North Heavenly Gate as the couple's soul lights headed for the Netherworld Underworld.

Great Emperor Fengdu sent two demons to be reincarnated as humans, while Gu Changsheng learned Wenmei remained in Northern Continent of Uttarakuru and suspected Buddhist Sect involvement. On Purple Mansion Continent, Nu Xi Shi angrily confronted Gu Changsheng, who invited her into the grand hall.

• Great Emperor Fengdu sent two demons to be reincarnated as humans and granted them a destined marriage.
• Gu Changsheng learned Wenmei was still in Northern Continent of Uttarakuru and suspected the Buddhist Sect was plotting.
• The Disheveled Immortal and True Lord of the Southern Sea gave Demon Cores to Golden Star, who used them to refine immortal pills for a breakthrough.
• A fairy told Queen Mother that Yang Chan had secretly married Lord Liu, and Queen Mother ordered her to keep it secret.
• Nu Xi Shi arrived at Purple Mansion Continent and accused Gu Changsheng of scheming, then accepted his invitation to enter the Purple Mansion Grand Hall.

Nu Xi Shi confronted Gu Changsheng about the Buddhist Sect’s scheme involving her disciple, Yang Chan, and learned that Yang Chan was safe at Mount Hua. After visiting Yang Chan, Nu Xi Shi destroyed an immortal mountain belonging to an unidentified figure, who vowed to discover who was responsible.

• Nu Xi Shi arrived at Purple Mansion and demanded that Gu Changsheng explain why he had not told her about Yang Chan’s predicament.
• Gu Changsheng revealed that the Buddhist Sect had framed Yang Chan and sent Nu Xi Shi an image of its scheme; he admitted he had made arrangements of his own.
• Nu Xi Shi agreed to leave the Buddhist Sect for later and went to Mount Hua, where Yang Chan explained that a fox demon had taken her appearance and borne Liu Yanchang’s son.
• Nu Xi Shi encouraged Yang Chan to preserve her Dao Heart and continue cultivating, then departed.
• Nu Xi Shi destroyed the pavilions and spiritual energy on an immortal mountain while its owner was away.
• The mountain’s returning owner found the ruins, failed to identify the culprit through deduction, and vowed to uncover the truth.

After emerging from seclusion, Haotian learned that Yang Chan had secretly married Liu Jun and borne a son. Taibai Jinxing advised him to avoid a public Heavenly Court intervention, and Haotian ordered Taibai to have Yang Jiao and Yang Jian capture their sister.

• Nu Xi Shi refined five spirit pearls and sent them into the Primordial World.
• Haotian emerged from seclusion, and Queen Mother told him that Yang Chan had secretly married Liu Jun and borne a son.
• Haotian summoned Taibai Jinxing and Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li to discuss Yang Chan.
• Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li offered to capture Yang Chan, but Taibai Jinxing argued that the Heavenly Court should avoid making a public spectacle of it.
• Taibai Jinxing proposed that Yang Jiao and Yang Jian capture their sister, and Haotian ordered him to go to Guanjiang Pass and urge them to act.

Yang Jiao and Yang Jian followed Haotian’s decree to seize Yang Chan, but discovered that the woman living as her was actually the Fox Demon Yu'er. They imprisoned Yu'er at Mount Hua while Liu Yanchang remained with Chenxiang, and Yang Chan learned that the plan had succeeded.

• Taibai Jinxing delivered Haotian’s decree ordering Yang Jiao and Yang Jian to capture Yang Chan, and the brothers agreed to go to Liu Manor.
• Yang Jiao and Yang Jian arrived at Liu Manor, knocked Liu Yanchang aside, and seized the Fox Demon Yu'er, who was disguised as Yang Chan.
• Buddhist light appeared to Liu Yanchang and promised that someone would teach Chenxiang spells so he could Split the Mountain to Save Mother.
• Yang Jiao and Yang Jian imprisoned Yu'er in an Innate Great Formation at Mount Hua after she revealed she was Yang Chan’s maidservant.
• Yang Jiao and Yang Jian told Yang Chan they had imprisoned Yu'er and explained Taibai Jinxing’s decree, and Yang Chan asked what should happen next.

After Ancient Buddha Randeng rescued Liu Yanchang and took Chenxiang to Spirit Vulture Mountain, Duobao Tathagata punished a Bodhisattva who questioned whether the Third Holy Mother had Demonic Qi. A baby found at Golden Mountain Temple was named Fa Hai, while a monk journeyed through the snow toward a demon mountain in the Northern Continent.

• Taibai Jinxing told Haotian that the Third Holy Mother had been captured, and Haotian ordered him to keep the matter secret.
• The Disheveled Immortal and True Lord of the Southern Sea tried to capture Liu Yanchang, but Ancient Buddha Randeng blocked them and took Chenxiang as his disciple.
• Ancient Buddha Randeng noticed Demonic Qi in Chenxiang but could not determine its source, then carried the child to Spirit Vulture Mountain.
• Duobao Tathagata rejected a Bodhisattva's claim that the Third Holy Mother possessed Demonic Qi and destroyed the Bodhisattva's true body with a golden lotus.
• The abbot of Golden Mountain Temple found a baby lying on a lotus in the river and named him Fa Hai.
• A monk carrying a Buddhist staff traveled through the snow toward a demon mountain, where two tiger demons waited in hiding.

A monk persuaded Demon King Hu Sha to take refuge in Buddhism by warning that the Heavenly Court was killing demons to refine immortal pills. On Spirit Vulture Mountain, Ancient Buddha Randeng sent Chenxiang to retrieve a Pangu Axe fragment from the Northern Sea so he could save his imprisoned mother by splitting Mount Hua.

• Two tiger demons brought a monk to Demon King Hu Sha, who prepared to eat him.
• The monk told Hu Sha that the Heavenly Court had slain the Qingfu Spider Demon and was capturing demons to refine immortal pills.
• The monk offered Hu Sha refuge in Buddhism, and Hu Sha agreed to await Buddhism's orders.
• Ancient Buddha Randeng told Chenxiang that his mother, the Third Holy Mother, was imprisoned beneath Mount Hua.
• Ancient Buddha Randeng instructed Chenxiang to retrieve a Pangu Axe fragment from the Northern Sea so he could split Mount Hua and free his mother.
• Ancient Buddha Randeng gave Chenxiang a spiritual treasure to use against the Northern Sea Water Tribe if they obstructed him.

Gu Changsheng sent Kong Xuan to give the North Sea Dragon King the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe fragment for Liu Chenxiang to refine, planning to reclaim it later. He also ordered Yang Jiao and Yang Jian to stop Chenxiang from splitting the mountain, and Chenxiang arrived at the North Sea seeking the fragment.

• Ancient Buddha Randeng gave Chenxiang a spirit treasure and sent him toward the North Sea.
• Gu Changsheng sent Kong Xuan to deliver a spirit treasure and the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe fragment to the North Sea Dragon King for Chenxiang.
• Gu Changsheng told Yang Jiao and Yang Jian to stop Chenxiang when he tried to split the mountain, and they agreed.
• Kong Xuan reached the North Sea, alarmed its inhabitants, and delivered Gu Changsheng's decree and spirit treasure to the North Sea Dragon King.
• Liu Chenxiang dove into the North Sea and told the Sea-Patrolling Yaksha that he had come to request a treasure from the North Sea Dragon Palace.

Chenxiang forced the North Sea Dragon King to let him search the Dragon Palace treasury, where he found the fragment his master wanted. Ancient Buddha Randeng forged it into a Spirit Axe, taught Chenxiang the Method of Splitting Mountains, and sent him onward with instructions to return the axe after splitting Mount Hua.

• Chenxiang defeated Crown Prince Ao Yin and pressured the North Sea Dragon King into opening the treasury.
• Chenxiang lifted the treasury’s treasures with a spell, found the fragment, and left the North Sea.
• The North Sea Dragon King told Ao Yin that Changsheng Heavenly Venerate had arranged the encounter and that they should not interfere.
• Chenxiang returned the fragment to Ancient Buddha Randeng, who spent a year forging it into a Spirit Axe.
• Ancient Buddha Randeng gave Chenxiang the axe and taught him the Method of Splitting Mountains.
• Chenxiang practiced the technique outside Round Awakening Cave, nearly shattering Spirit Vulture Mountain.

Chenxiang returned with the Spirit Axe to split Mount Hua and rescue his mother, but Yang Jiao and Yang Jian confronted him. After Yang Jiao killed Liu Yanchang, Chenxiang attacked in rage, and the battle began.

• Chenxiang left Spirit Vulture Mountain with the Spirit Axe after Ancient Buddha Randeng ordered him to split Mount Hua and rescue his mother.
• Chenxiang reunited with Liu Yanchang and took him to Mount Hua, while Yang Jiao and Yang Jian set out to stop him.
• Chenxiang's first strike against Mount Hua was blocked by Yang Jian's Three-Pointed Double-Edged Divine Halberd, and the brothers appeared.
• Yang Jiao killed Liu Yanchang with a streak of light, causing Liu Yanchang's soul to drift away.
• Furious over his father's death, Chenxiang attacked Yang Jiao with the Spirit Axe as Yang Jiao and Yang Jian prepared to fight back.

Chenxiang repeatedly attacked Yang Jiao and Yang Jian to rescue his mother, but they overwhelmed him until Ancient Buddha Randeng intervened. The confrontation escalated when Kong Xuan arrived, leaving the two sides at a stalemate as Haotian watched from the Heavenly Court.

• Chenxiang charged Yang Jiao and Yang Jian with the Spirit Axe, accusing them of harming his father and imprisoning his mother, but they repeatedly blasted him away.
• Yang Jian told Chenxiang that the Heavenly Court had ordered his mother imprisoned beneath Mount Hua and advised him to petition Haotian if he objected.
• Ancient Buddha Randeng appeared to protect Chenxiang and challenged the Yang brothers, who defended the Heavenly Court's decree and refused to back down.
• Randeng summoned Buddhist forces, but Kong Xuan's Five-Colored Divine Light shattered a Buddha's body and stopped the attack.
• Randeng and Kong Xuan's sides faced off in a stalemate while Haotian watched the scene through the Haotian Mirror and Taibai Jinxing said he had something to report.

Haotian ruled that the Third Holy Mother would remain imprisoned for a hundred years for secretly marrying Liu Yanchang, ending the confrontation at Mount Hua. Chenxiang left with Ancient Buddha Randeng and pleaded for guidance at Round Awakening Cave.

• Taibai Jinxing asked Haotian whether Chenxiang could rescue the Third Holy Mother, and Haotian decreed that she must serve a hundred years of imprisonment.
• At Mount Hua, Kong Xuan challenged Ancient Buddha Randeng to fight in the Chaos and demanded that he leave.
• Taibai Jinxing delivered Haotian's decree, and Ancient Buddha Randeng led Chenxiang and the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas away.
• Kong Xuan accepted the hundred-year delay, then departed with Taibai Jinxing, Yang Jiao, and Yang Jian leaving Mount Hua.
• Ancient Buddha Randeng and Chenxiang took Liu Yanchang's soul to Round Awakening Cave, where Chenxiang begged his master for guidance.

Chenxiang agreed to train for ten years before persuading the demons of Northern Continent of Uttarakuru to rebel against the Heavenly Court, unaware that Ancient Buddha Randeng intended to use the rebellion to rescue his mother. Gu Changsheng prepared to exploit the conflict, while Haotian confronted Taibai Jinxing about secretly refining immortal pills and waited to see what the Buddhist Sect would do.

• Ancient Buddha Randeng told Chenxiang to cultivate for ten years, then rally the demons of Northern Continent of Uttarakuru against the Heavenly Court so he and Buddha Mother Bodhi could rescue Chenxiang's mother.
• Ancient Buddha Randeng sent Liu Yanchang's soul to the Netherworld Underworld, and Chenxiang began cultivating on Spirit Vulture Mountain.
• Kong Xuan reported to Gu Changsheng, who predicted that Ancient Buddha Randeng would scheme against the Heavenly Court and decided to let the factions clash while he reaped the benefits.
• Haotian asked Taibai Jinxing to present his secretly refined immortal pills, warned him to exercise restraint, and watched him leave the Hall of the Exalted.
• Haotian told the Queen Mother that he had acted partly to discover the Buddhist Sect's plans, and they agreed the coming hundred years would reveal what it would do.

Demon Master Kunpeng learned that the Heavenly Court had been hunting Northern Continent demons for their Demon Cores and vowed to intervene. When Disheveled Immortal and True Lord of the Southern Sea pursued the wounded Chenghuang into the Northern Darkness Sea, Kunpeng trapped them, and they threatened that Haotian would send troops.

• Chenghuang, Dang Kang, and other demons asked Kunpeng to protect them from the Heavenly Court's attacks and the seizure of their Demon Cores.
• Kunpeng ordered the demons to alert him when the Heavenly Court's immortals arrived.
• Months later, Chenghuang fled to the Northern Darkness Sea with one arm severed while Disheveled Immortal and True Lord of the Southern Sea pursued him.
• Disheveled Immortal and True Lord of the Southern Sea threatened to capture Kunpeng before realizing who he was, then tried to flee.
• Kunpeng trapped the two immortals in demonic light, and they warned him that Haotian would send Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.

Kunpeng Demon Master killed the Disheveled Immortal and True Lord of the Southern Sea after they challenged him in Northern Continent of Uttarakuru. Haotian summoned the Eight Immortals and other officials, and the Heavenly Court began debating how to respond to the demon race.

• Kunpeng Demon Master killed True Lord of the Southern Sea, and Chenghuang destroyed his fleeing primordial spirit.
• Kunpeng Demon Master crushed the Disheveled Immortal, whose primordial spirit Chenghuang then reduced to ash.
• Lan Caihe vomited blood on Penglai Immortal Island, but the Eight Immortals did not realize his previous life as the Barefoot Immortal connected him to the Disheveled Immortal’s death.
• Haotian summoned the Eight Immortals and other immortals to the Hall of the Exalted, where Taibai Jinxing revealed that the demon race had killed the Disheveled Immortal and True Lord of the Southern Sea.
• Several immortal officials urged Haotian to suppress or wipe out the demon race of Northern Continent of Uttarakuru, while Taibai Jinxing frowned.

Haotian ordered Taibai Jinxing to invite Gu Changsheng to join a campaign against the demons of Northern Continent of Uttarakuru. As the Immortals of Chan Sect discussed the conflict with Gu Changsheng, he predicted that Taibai Jinxing would arrive shortly.

• Taibai Jinxing warned Haotian that the demons of Northern Continent of Uttarakuru were powerful and urged him to seek help from the dragon race, Buddhism, and the Immortals of Chan Sect.
• Haotian sent Taibai Jinxing to invite Gu Changsheng and dispatched another immortal official to summon the dragon race and Buddhism.
• Guang Chengzi, Chijingzi, Grand Unity True Person, True Person Yuding, and the other Immortals of Chan Sect visited Gu Changsheng at Purple Mansion Continent.
• The Immortals of Chan Sect told Gu Changsheng that the Heavenly Court and demons had clashed after the Heavenly Court hunted demons for their cores.
• Guang Chengzi and the others speculated that Haotian would gather allies, and Gu Changsheng predicted Taibai Jinxing would arrive shortly.

Taibai Jinxing failed to secure Changsheng Heavenly Venerate’s help for Haotian after Kong Xuan barred him from Purple Mansion Continent, while Gu Changsheng kept the Chan Sect immortals focused on cultivation. At Great Thunderclap Monastery, Duobao Tathagata agreed to assist the Heavenly Court against the demons of Northern Continent of Uttarakuru, then revealed Haotian’s deeper motive.

• Taibai Jinxing asked Kong Xuan to let him see Changsheng Heavenly Venerate, but Kong Xuan refused and threatened him with Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Gu Changsheng ordered the Chan Sect immortals not to get involved in the Heavenly Court’s affairs, then began explaining the Dao De Jing to them.
• A Heavenly Court immortal official asked Duobao Tathagata to help suppress the demons of Northern Continent of Uttarakuru, and Duobao agreed to send aid.
• The Buddhas questioned Haotian’s reason for going to war, and Duobao said Haotian was trying to conceal the Heavenly Court’s crimes.

The Heavenly Court’s plan to attack the demons of the Northern Continent of Uttarakuru prompted the Dragon Kings to refuse involvement, while Duobao Tathagata sent the Eighteen Arhats as Buddhist support. With the dragon clan and Chan Sect absent, Haotian’s assembled army waited for reinforcements before marching.

• Duobao Tathagata sent the Eighteen Arhats to support the Heavenly Court’s campaign against the demons.
• The Four Dragon Kings learned that Heavenly Court officials had used dragon clan members and demons as ingredients for immortal pills, then received Haotian’s order to join the campaign.
• The Four Dragon Kings consulted Ancestor Candle Dragon, who ordered the dragon clan not to interfere, and Ancestor Azure Dragon agreed.
• The dragon clan sealed the Crystal Palace and stayed out of the campaign, while Duobao Tathagata dispatched the Eighteen Arhats.
• Taibai Jinxing returned to the Hall of the Exalted without reinforcements, and Haotian’s million soldiers waited as the assembled officials questioned whether to march.