Chapter Summaries

Haotian grew angry when the dragon race and Chan Sect failed to arrive, while the Buddhist Sect sent only the Eighteen Arhats. He led the Heavenly Court’s million-strong army toward Northern Continent of Uttarakuru, while Gu Changsheng watched the conflict unfold as planned.

• The Eighteen Arhats arrived at the Heavenly Court and said Tathagata had sent them to help eliminate the demons of Northern Continent of Uttarakuru.
• An Immortal Official urged Haotian to wait for the dragon race and Chan Sect, warning that the demon race was dangerous, but Haotian rebuked him and rallied the court to attack.
• Haotian ordered the Heavenly Court’s forces to prepare an assault through the North Heavenly Gate, and a million soldiers gathered amid Tribulation Clouds and war drums.
• Gu Changsheng observed that Haotian was moving against the demon race and said the conflict would benefit him and fit his calculations.
• Haotian commanded his immortal ministers to follow him and take down Northern Continent of Uttarakuru.

The Heavenly Court army invaded the Northern Continent of Uttarakuru, where Kunpeng Demon Master and Bing Yi Demon God led the demon forces into battle. Both sides suffered heavy losses as the demons overwhelmed the Heavenly Court formations, and the conflict drew the attention of powerful figures across the Primordial world.

• Kunpeng Demon Master gathered the demons above the Northern Darkness Sea and ordered Bing Yi Demon God to wait for the right moment to act.
• Haotian led a million Heavenly Court soldiers to the demons’ territory and declared that he would crush the demon race.
• Kunpeng Demon Master ordered the attack, and Bing Yi Demon God led hundreds of thousands of demons against the Heavenly Court from behind.
• The Heavenly Court immortal officials formed defensive formations, but demon attacks broke through and killed many soldiers and officials.
• Taibai Jinxing fought a powerful demon god and was wounded, while Haotian watched the battle in anger.
• Primordial Great Experts and Buddhist disciples at Great Thunderclap Monastery turned their attention to the battle.

The Heavenly Court and the Northern Continent of Uttarakuru demon race fought a devastating battle until the Queen Mother persuaded Haotian to withdraw. Duobao Tathagata revealed that the Buddhist Sect’s scheme had still succeeded and said Chenxiang would take the stage next, while Haotian returned to Yaochi to confront the Queen Mother.

• Duobao Tathagata and the Buddhist Sect planned to benefit from the war between the Heavenly Court and the demon race.
• The Heavenly Court and demon race suffered heavy casualties as Li, Nezha, and the other immortals fought the demons.
• The Queen Mother warned Haotian that the battle might be someone else’s scheme, and Haotian ordered the Heavenly Court to withdraw.
• Duobao Tathagata identified the Queen Mother as the one who had warned Haotian, then said Chenxiang would take the stage next.
• Haotian returned to the Hall of the Exalted, dismissed the shaken immortal officials, and went to Yaochi, where the Queen Mother saw him approaching with a grim expression.

Haotian followed Queen Mother’s advice to suspect the Buddhist Sect and ordered Taibai Jinxing to refine more demon-core pills. As the Heavenly Court and the demon race continued their clashes, Gu Changsheng sent the Chan Sect immortals away to cultivate and prepared Ziwei for future training, while Ancient Buddha Randeng dispatched Chenxiang to Northern Continent of Uttarakuru.

• Queen Mother advised Haotian that the Buddhist Sect may have manipulated the conflict over the Demon Cores and urged him to take advantage of the war with the demon race.
• Haotian visited Taibai Jinxing, praised his immortal pills, and ordered him to refine more for the Heavenly Court.
• The Heavenly Court plundered a demon mountain in Northern Continent of Uttarakuru, prompting Kunpeng Demon Master to order retaliation as smaller clashes continued.
• Guang Chengzi, Chijingzi, and the other Chan Sect immortals left Purple Mansion Continent after improving their understanding of the Dao De Jing.
• Gu Changsheng praised Ziwei’s cultivation and told her he would let her leave the mountain for experience after some time.
• Ancient Buddha Randeng sent Chenxiang to Northern Continent of Uttarakuru after years of cultivation.

Chenxiang traveled to the Northern Continent of Uttarakuru, where he rescued two demons from heavenly soldiers and learned they were headed to meet Kunpeng Demon Master. He joined them on the journey to the Northern Darkness Sea.

• Ancient Buddha Randeng encouraged Chenxiang to split the mountain and save his mother, while planning to use the conflict to benefit the Buddhist Sect.
• Chenxiang arrived in the devastated Northern Continent of Uttarakuru and found heavenly soldiers capturing two demons who were trying to reach the Northern Darkness Sea.
• Chenxiang attacked the heavenly soldiers with the Spirit Axe, killing two and forcing the rest to flee.
• The two demons thanked Chenxiang and told him their race was recovering from its losses under Kunpeng Demon Master's orders.
• Chenxiang said he was human and traveling to the Northern Darkness Sea too, then set out with the two demons, who doubted his claim.

Demons gathered at the Northern Darkness Sea to urge Kunpeng Demon Master to continue fighting the Heavenly Court, but he warned that their recent clash had been manipulated. After a demon charged the North Heavenly Gate and was killed, Chenxiang introduced himself and asked Kunpeng Demon Master to help take down Haotian.

• Yu Shi Qie and Bing Yi Demon God urged Kunpeng Demon Master to attack the Heavenly Court, but he said the demon race had already suffered heavy losses.
• Kunpeng Demon Master warned the demons that someone had schemed to provoke their clash with the Heavenly Court.
• A grieving great demon charged the North Heavenly Gate to avenge his family, but a heavenly general killed him in one strike.
• Chenxiang introduced himself as the son of the Third Holy Mother and Liu Yanchang, and Kunpeng Demon Master noticed that he carried Demonic Qi.
• Chenxiang asked Kunpeng Demon Master to help him take down Haotian, and Kunpeng Demon Master questioned whether he understood whom he was addressing.

Chenxiang persuaded Kunpeng Demon Master and the demons to attack the Heavenly Court, and Kunpeng led the horde through the North Heavenly Gate. The battle left both sides with heavy casualties as Kunpeng confronted Haotian.

• Chenxiang urged Kunpeng Demon Master to stop enduring the Heavenly Court’s attacks and fight alongside the demon race.
• Kunpeng Demon Master agreed, and the demons declared that they would breach the Hall of the Exalted.
• The demon horde attacked the North Heavenly Gate, prompting Haotian to order the Heavenly Court to exterminate them.
• Heavenly soldiers, immortal officials, and demons fought fiercely as Nezha the Third Crown Prince and the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King joined the defense.
• Bing Yi Demon God suppressed Taibai Jinxing while other Demon Gods battled the Heavenly Court’s immortals.
• Kunpeng Demon Master challenged Haotian over his past and fought him with the Demon Master Palace against Haotian’s Mirror.

The demon race and the Heavenly Court resumed their war, and Kong Xuan joined the demons to fight against Haotian’s forces. As the Heavenly Court’s defenses faltered, Zhenyuanzi traveled toward Purple Mansion Continent.

• Duobao Tathagata learned that the demon race and the Heavenly Court were fighting again because of Chenxiang, and the Buddhist sect chose to chant rites for the fallen.
• Gu Changsheng sent Kong Xuan to join the fighting in the Northern Continent of Uttarakuru.
• The demon race attacked the Heavenly Court, while Haotian battled Kunpeng Demon Master and the Queen Mother defended the Peach Garden.
• Zhenyuanzi left Longevity Mountain for Purple Mansion Continent after securing the Ginseng Fruit Tree and its grounds.
• Kong Xuan arrived to support Kunpeng Demon Master and struck down Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, pushing the Heavenly Court toward losing the North Heavenly Gate.

The Heavenly Court and the demon race suffered heavy casualties as Haotian battled Kunpeng Demon Master and Kong Xuan. Taishang Laojun intervened and urged both sides to withdraw, leaving Kunpeng to consider the consequences of defying him.

• Nine Heavens Xuannü killed Yu Shi Qie, while Bing Yi Demon God fought Taibai Jinxing and Haotian battled Kunpeng Demon Master and Kong Xuan.
• Kong Xuan and Kunpeng Demon Master battered Haotian as the fighting devastated the Heavenly Palace and killed gods, immortals, demons, and devils.
• Chenxiang challenged Haotian to release his mother, but Haotian struck him away and called him like his father.
• Taishang Laojun arrived on the Horned Green Ox and called for the fighting to stop, warning that the Heavenly Dao might punish them.
• Taishang Laojun urged the demon race to return to the Northern Continent of Uttarakuru, and Kunpeng considered the Buddhist Sect as both sides weighed his demand.

After the demon race withdrew from the Heavenly Court, Haotian allowed Chenxiang to split the mountain and save his mother. The battered Heavenly Court then learned that its 108 star gods had rebelled, and Haotian collapsed after spitting blood at Yaochi Holy Land.

• Kunpeng Demon Master agreed to Taishang Laojun's mediation, withdrew the demon race, and returned to Demon Master Palace to heal his injuries.
• Taishang Laojun detected Demonic Qi on Chenxiang and persuaded Haotian to let him split the mountain to save his mother.
• Haotian ordered Taibai Jinxing to distribute immortal pills to the wounded, then learned the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Star Gods and Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Star Gods had rebelled and descended from the Heavenly Palace.
• Haotian ordered Taibai Jinxing to suppress the rebels, then left the devastated Hall of the Exalted and went to Yaochi Holy Land.
• Haotian spat out blood essence after drinking Nectar and Jade Liquid, and Queen Mother helped him onto the imperial seat.

After Haotian entered seclusion, Zhenyuanzi visited Gu Changsheng and asked whether the Buddhist Sect had plotted the clash between the Heavenly Court and the demon race. Meanwhile, Chenxiang arrived at Mount Hua under Haotian’s decree to rescue his mother, and the watching factions awaited the outcome as he struck the mountain with his Spirit Axe.

• Haotian entered seclusion, and Yaochi began arranging the Heavenly Court’s recovery.
• Zhenyuanzi visited Gu Changsheng and asked whether the Buddhist Sect was behind the conflict between the Heavenly Court and the demon race.
• Gu Changsheng showed Zhenyuanzi a view of Mount Hua, where Chenxiang was preparing to rescue his mother.
• Chenxiang told Yang Jiao and Yang Jian that Haotian had ordered him to split Mount Hua, and Yang Jiao told him to proceed.
• Buddhist leaders, Queen Mother, the Eight Immortals, and other powerful beings watched as Chenxiang struck Mount Hua with the Spirit Axe.

Yang Chan revealed that Fox Demon Yu'er had been imprisoned beneath Mount Hua in her place, and told Chenxiang that Yu'er was his mother. The revelation exposed Randeng's scheme and brought merit to Yang Chan and the Chan Sect.

• Mount Hua split open, and Fox Demon Yu'er emerged in the form of a white-haired woman as Chenxiang freed her.
• Yang Chan appeared in the void, leaving the Primordial Great Experts confused about who had been imprisoned beneath Mount Hua.
• Yu'er tried to reunite with Chenxiang, but he rejected her and insisted that Yang Chan was his mother.
• Yang Chan explained that Yu'er had impersonated her, married Liu Yanchang, and given birth to Chenxiang.
• Randeng spat blood after realizing his plan to weaken the Heavenly Court had failed, while the Heavenly Dao sent merit to Yang Chan and the Chan Sect.

Chenxiang rejected Fox Demon Yu'er after learning she was his real mother, while Ancient Buddha Randeng attacked Yang Chan and her brothers in anger over Buddhism’s failed scheme. Gu Changsheng sent Kong Xuan to stop Randeng, as he stayed behind to discuss the Dao with Great Immortal Zhenyuan.

• Buddhism’s scheme failed, its merit and karmic fortune declined, and Duobao Tathagata spat blood in anger.
• Chenxiang recoiled from Fox Demon Yu'er and resented that his real mother was a demon.
• Ancient Buddha Randeng confronted Yang Chan, but Yang Jiao and Yang Jian blocked him and began fighting.
• Gu Changsheng told Kong Xuan to curb Randeng’s arrogance, then accepted Great Immortal Zhenyuan’s Ginseng Fruits and discussed the Dao with him.
• At Mount Hua, Randeng attacked Yang Jiao and Yang Jian with the Purple Gold Alms Bowl while Yang Jian charged with his divine halberd.

Yang Jiao and Yang Jian fought Ancient Buddha Randeng as Chenxiang rejected Yu’er’s claim that she was his mother. Kong Xuan joined the battle, and Old Ancestor Bodhi appeared to confront him while Gu Changsheng watched without intervening.

• Yang Jian knocked the Purple Gold Alms Bowl away, and Yang Jiao joined him in fighting Ancient Buddha Randeng.
• Chenxiang threatened Yu’er and refused to believe she was his mother.
• Kong Xuan appeared and used the Five-Colored Divine Light against Ancient Buddha Randeng.
• Old Ancestor Bodhi intervened and challenged Kong Xuan while Ancient Buddha Randeng resumed fighting Yang Jiao and Yang Jian.
• Zhenyuanzi offered to join the battle, but Gu Changsheng told him to wait.

Nu Xi Shi interrupted Kong Xuan and Old Ancestor Bodhi’s battle, then accused the Buddhist Sect of scheming against her disciple Yang Chan through Liu Yanchang and Chenxiang. After Yu'er, the Fox Demon learned Liu Yanchang was a Buddhist disciple and attacked Bodhi, he killed her, leaving Chenxiang devastated; Nu Xi Shi accepted six High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures and gave them to Yang Chan.

• Nu Xi Shi arrived and stopped Kong Xuan and Old Ancestor Bodhi’s clash, accusing the Buddhist Sect of scheming through Liu Yanchang and Chenxiang.
• Yu'er, the Fox Demon, realized Liu Yanchang was a Buddhist disciple and charged at Old Ancestor Bodhi, who killed her despite her tearing his robes.
• Chenxiang cried out in anguish as Yu'er died, while Nu Xi Shi demanded that Bodhi answer for scheming against her disciple.
• Old Ancestor Bodhi offered Nu Xi Shi six High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures to settle the dispute, and she consulted Yang Chan.
• Yang Chan agreed to follow her master’s decision, so Nu Xi Shi accepted the treasures and gave them to Yang Chan.

After Buddhism’s failed scheme at Mount Hua, it retreated and chose to avoid a direct clash with Gu Changsheng and Chan Sect. Yang Chan divided the captured treasures with her brothers, while Buddhism began a new plan to spread its teachings through Fa Hai; Zhenyuanzi and Gu Changsheng discussed why Buddhism had not attacked Purple Mansion Continent.

• Old Ancestor Bodhi and Ancient Buddha Randeng withdrew after Nu Xi Shi departed, and Yang Chan offered her six High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures to Yang Jiao and Yang Jian, who each kept one and urged her to keep the rest.
• Yang Chan watched Liu Chenxiang leave Mount Hua in a daze after losing his mother.
• At the Great Thunderclap Monastery, Duobao Tathagata and the other Buddhist leaders agreed to avoid a direct conflict with Gu Changsheng and Chan Sect, and Old Ancestor Bodhi ordered Chan Master Wu Chao to take Fa Hai as his disciple.
• Chan Master Wu Chao went to Golden Mountain Temple, where Fa Hai accepted him as his master and began studying Buddhist teachings.
• Zhenyuanzi thanked Gu Changsheng for their discussion of the Dao and noted that Buddhism had not sent anyone to attack Purple Mansion Continent.

After the Eight Immortals learned that Hundred Flowers Fairy and Peony Fairy had reincarnated in Jiangnan, they prepared to travel there in disguise. Meanwhile, Chenxiang grieved his family’s deaths and aged rapidly from sorrow.

• Gu Changsheng told Zhenyuanzi that the Buddhist Sect would not dare retaliate because Chan Sect disciples stood behind him, then sent Kong Xuan to comprehend the Five Elements Law.
• Gu Changsheng reviewed how the Chenxiang affair had weakened the Heavenly Court and devastated the Buddhist Sect, then began scheming again.
• Chenxiang made symbolic graves for his parents, blamed himself for his mother’s death, and wept alone as grief rapidly aged him.
• The Eight Immortals emerged from seclusion, and Tieguai Li divined that Hundred Flowers Fairy and Peony Fairy had reincarnated in Jiangnan.
• The Eight Immortals agreed to visit Jiangnan and chose mortal disguises, then turned to He Xiangu to hear what role she would take.

The Eight Immortals discovered that the Human Clan faced a looming calamity from the Plague God and hurried toward Jiangnan, while Yang Chan sensed the danger as well. At Golden Mountain Temple, Chan Master Wu Chao arrived to deliver Duobao Tathagata’s decree to Fa Hai.

• The Eight Immortals traveled toward Jiangnan, and the East Sea Dragon King recognized their disguises before leaving the Eastern Ocean.
• Tieguai Li warned that the Human Co-Lord was in grave danger, and the Eight Immortals connected the threat to the 108 Star Gods and the Plague God.
• The Eight Immortals learned that Hundred Flowers Fairy’s absence had allowed the Plague God to run rampant, so they hurried toward Jiangnan; Yang Chan sensed a great calamity approaching.
• Duobao Tathagata announced that the Plague God would soon descend upon the Human Clan and chose Fa Hai to help save them.
• Chan Master Wu Chao went to Golden Mountain Temple, where Fa Hai greeted him and said he had reached the Golden Immortal realm; Wu Chao began delivering the Buddha Ancestor’s decree.

Chan Master Wu Chao sent Fa Hai to Jiangnan to combat the coming plague and spread Buddhism, while Bai Suzhen and Qing'er arrived at West Lake searching for the reincarnated man from Bai Suzhen's past. They met Xu Xian aboard his boat and shared tea with him.

• Chan Master Wu Chao told Fa Hai that the Plague God would soon run rampant in Jiangnan and ordered him to save people and spread Buddhist teachings.
• Fa Hai donned his Brocade Kasaya, took the Purple Gold Alms Bowl, and left Golden Mountain Temple for Jiangnan.
• Bai Suzhen told Qing'er she sensed the man from her previous life was at West Lake, and Qing'er accompanied her through the rain.
• Xu Xian invited Bai Suzhen and Qing'er aboard his Covered Boat to shelter from the rain.
• Qing'er introduced herself and Bai Suzhen to Xu Xian, who offered them Biluochun Tea.

Bai Suzhen and Qing'er were mistaken for demons by the Eight Immortals, and a battle began before Zhang Guolao recognized Bai Suzhen as an old disciple of the Interception Sect. After making peace, Bai Suzhen explained that she had come to find the person who once saved her.

• Bai Suzhen and Qing'er left Xu Xian behind with their umbrella and traveled to their cave abode.
• Lan Caihe spotted the women and reported their demonic aura, prompting Lu Dongbin and He Xiangu to investigate.
• The Eight Immortals confronted Bai Suzhen and Qing'er, and both sides fought until Zhang Guolao recognized Bai Suzhen from the Interception Sect.
• The Eight Immortals put away their treasures and greeted Bai Suzhen as a fellow Daoist after learning she was a white snake who had attained the Dao.
• Bai Suzhen told the Eight Immortals that she had come to find the person who saved her, while Qing'er shared her own origins.
• Tieguai Li apologized for frightening Bai Suzhen and Qing'er after hearing their stories.