Chapter Summaries

Chen Luo learned that Feng Ling might have been Feng Nanzhi, welcomed his sister Chen Xuan to Mount Fangcun, and rejected the Buddhist Sect’s offer to end their conflict. After Brown Bar threatened him, Chen Xuan pursued the Bodhisattva and seized him as a way into the Netherworld.

• Chen Luo let the injured Xiang Feitian leave, then learned from Black Chicken Brother that the Elephant Clan might have a fourth Ancestral Demon and that Feng Ling could have been Feng Nanzhi.
• Feng Nanzhi asked her Shadow Guard about Chen Luo’s Golden Crow whereabouts, while Chen Xuan visited Dongcang City and learned that Chen Luo had gone to Mount Fangcun.
• Chen Xuan reached Mount Fangcun, reunited with Chen Luo, heard about his life in the Southern Wilderness, and learned he had exchanged tokens with Sixth Senior Sister.
• Brown Bar offered Moriel’s head and sarira as an apology, then asked Chen Luo to end Legend of the White Snake and cooperate with the Buddhist Sect; Chen Luo refused and demanded that the sect submit to Mount Fangcun.
• Brown Bar threatened Chen Luo and destroyed Ma Zouri’s Imprint Talisman before leaving, and Chen Luo discovered that Chen Xuan had departed for secluded cultivation.
• Chen Xuan followed Brown Bar through the void, fought him, and forced him to lead her toward the Netherworld.

Chen Luo expanded Fangcun Academy and celebrated rising cultivation while four injured Bodhisattvas entered the Elephant Clan’s forbidden land seeking Netherworld rules to rebuild their power. Their plan went awry when a Blood Sea Demonic Beast emerged from the ruins, and the Azure Dragon Emperor announced across the Southern Wasteland that the Elephant Clan was on alert.

• Chen Luo wrote new Liaozhai stories and four Classic of Mountains and Seas texts for Fangcun Academy, prompting a Jun Ji Kingdom Spirit Demon to break through to Great Sage and leaving the Peng Clan repeatedly blocked from joining the Mountain Sea allies.
• Chen Luo received Ye Dafu’s report that West Lake’s income had nearly reached half of Mount Fangcun’s, then decided to seek control of all Lin’an City for him.
• Sullivan and three other Bodhisattvas entered the Elephant Clan’s fog to use a Nether Elephant’s origin aura and the forbidden land’s rules to restore their Netherworld Dharma Idols.
• The Bodhisattvas reached a canyon and broke the Pagoda Tower, but a Blood Sea Demonic Beast emerged from the opening, devoured Sullivan, and seized the others.
• The Azure Dragon Emperor’s image appeared over the Southern Wasteland and declared that the Elephant Clan was on alert as the fog over its territory began to thin.

The Azure Dragon Emperor revealed that the Elephant Clan had vanished and a Netherworld Ghost Calamity was spreading through its territory, then sent out Wutong Leaves to recruit demons to investigate. Chen Luo received a leaf and agreed to search for the treasure Crossing River of Fragrant Elephants for Wen Yun Sun, while the wounded Xiang Feitian arrived at Mount Fangcun seeking help.

• The Azure Dragon Emperor showed the ruined, empty Yangmang Wilderness and four shattered Primordial Ancestor Stars, revealing that four Ancestor Demons had entered Nirvana.
• The Azure Dragon Emperor exposed Netherworld Death Qi pouring from a canyon, announced that holders of his Wutong Leaves could enter the territory, and promised them seats at his Dao lecture.
• Chen Luo found a Wutong Leaf repeatedly following him, and Wen Yun Sun explained that he hoped Chen Luo would find Crossing River of Fragrant Elephants, a treasure that could aid his path to sainthood.
• Chen Luo agreed to search the Elephant Clan's territory and summoned Old Zhong to prepare for the journey and the Ghost Calamity.
• Xiang Feitian arrived wounded at Jingze Lake clutching a bloodstained Wutong Leaf and wondered whether the Mount Fangcun Master would help him.

Chen Luo negotiated with Xiang Feitian to retrieve an important bone horn from the Yangmang Wilderness and learned that the Elephant Clan had been betrayed by the Western Regions Buddhist Sect and an unknown Demon Race faction. Two days later, Chen Luo defended Bao Chengzhu from the Tiger Clan as the Wutong Leaf holders gathered at the wilderness, while a mysterious figure in the Nether Land searched for Zhang Feng.

• Wen Yun Sun gave Chen Luo a map of the Yangmang Wilderness and suggested he search its treasure sites.
• Xiang Feitian offered Chen Luo a Wutong Leaf and a map in exchange for retrieving a bone horn, but Chen Luo revealed he already had a leaf.
• Xiang Feitian admitted that the Western Regions Buddhist Sect had poisoned the Elephant Clan through its incense and that an unknown Demon Race faction had helped slaughter the Elephant Ancestors.
• Wen Yun Sun reasoned that Xiang Feitian had concealed details about Elephant Valley, while Chen Luo confirmed that Crossing River of Fragrant Elephants remained in the Yangmang Wilderness.
• At the wilderness entrance, Chen Luo intervened when the Tiger Clan attacked Bao Chengzhu for becoming a Great Sage, and Gan Tang struck down a Tiger Clan Great Sage who challenged Chen Luo.
• In the Nether Land, a petite figure failed to find Zhang Feng, told him to keep hiding, and sealed herself for ten breaths by crashing into the ground.

Chen Luo entered the Yangmang Wilderness, where he became lost and set out to find a landmark, then intervened in Feng Liancheng’s pursuit of Bai Wei. Meanwhile, Azure Dragon Emperor told the Lord of the Sacred Hall that a demon sought to become an Emperor Demon and called Chen Luo a potential opportunity for the world; the chapter ended with Chen Luo closing in on Feng Liancheng while Bai Wei’s Wutong Leaf failed to teleport her out.

• The demons entered the Yangmang Wilderness through their Wutong Leaves, while Chen Luo’s leaf glowed red instead of green.
• The Peacock Clan’s four Great Sages discussed seeking Elephant Valley’s secret and targeting Chen Luo for his Golden Crow bloodline.
• Azure Dragon Emperor met with the Lord of the Sacred Hall, revealed that a demon was using the Elephant Clan’s fortune to seek the Emperor Demon realm, and described Chen Luo as a variable or opportunity for the world.
• Chen Luo found himself lost in the wilderness, used his shoe to choose a direction, and flew off seeking a landmark.
• Feng Liancheng cornered Bai Wei and tried to force her out, but she escaped his first attempt by using an illusion.
• Chen Luo flew past Bai Wei and charged at Feng Liancheng, drawing the Tiger Clan Great Sages after him; Bai Wei’s Wutong Leaf hesitated and did not teleport her away.

Chen Luo defeated Feng Liancheng and forced him to reveal that the Gu Sect traded a Great Scholar’s Literary Heart through the Winged Tiger lineage to the Western Regions Buddhist Sect, with the heart connected to the Martial Emperor and the Purple Cloud Palace. After Chen Luo spared Feng Liancheng for offering another secret, Feng Liancheng began to tell him about the White Tiger Empress, Feng Nanzhi.

• Chen Luo chased down Feng Liancheng, disabled his Wutong Leaf’s escape, and activated Golden Crow Patrols the Heavens to overpower him.
• The Peacock Great Sages defeated the Roc and Cong Great Sages guarding the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, then set out to find the Golden Crow.
• Chen Luo forced Feng Liancheng to swallow a pill and carried him away after Qingqiu Bai Wei killed the remaining Tiger Clan Great Sage.
• Feng Liancheng told Chen Luo that the Gu Sect had traded three Great Scholars’ Literary Treasures and a Great Scholar’s Literary Heart, which the Western Regions Buddhist Sect wanted and which was related to the Martial Emperor.
• Feng Liancheng revealed that the Gu Sect’s Sect Master had said the Literary Heart came from the Purple Cloud Palace.
• Chen Luo agreed to spare Feng Liancheng if he shared valuable information, and Feng Liancheng began revealing a secret about the White Tiger Empress, Feng Nanzhi.

Feng Liancheng revealed that Feng Nanzhi’s White Tiger Bloodline was incomplete and might erupt when she advanced to the Ancestor Demon Realm, while Chen Luo realized Feng Ling might be Feng Nanzhi. Chen Luo killed Feng Liancheng after exposing his identity, and Feng Bugui later told Feng Nanzhi that Liancheng was dead.

• Chen Luo swore a bloodline oath to spare Feng Liancheng if his claims were true, then forced him to explain the White Tiger Bloodline’s flaw.
• Feng Liancheng explained that Feng Nanzhi’s incomplete White Tiger might erupt during her advance to the Ancestor Demon Realm and said she had secretly sought True Flame Bloodlines to balance it.
• Feng Liancheng recognized Chen Luo’s image of Feng Ling as resembling Feng Nanzhi from ten years earlier, and revealed that Feng Bugui was his uncle and adoptive father.
• Chen Luo returned to human form, revealed that he was Chen Luo, and killed Feng Liancheng with Arhat Subdues Tiger Fist before burning his corpse and taking his blood essence.
• At Mount Wei Hu, Feng Nanzhi learned that the Golden Crow had entered the Wild Desolation, then received Feng Bugui, who told her that Liancheng was dead.

Chen Luo followed a strange calling to Ya Sha Lake, where he stopped two Wolf Clan Great Sages from using human blood to bypass the lake’s restrictions and learned the lake could temper the body and conceal treasures. He entered the lake to explore its benefits, only to discover that it was made of sand rather than water.

• The Peng Clan, Peacock Clan, and other demons reacted to casualties in the Yangmang Wilderness, and Feng Bugui arrived to demand answers about Feng Liancheng’s death.
• Chen Luo sensed that Feng Liancheng’s essence blood could lead the Tiger Clan to him, so he buried it and disguised the site with barbarian blood.
• Following a mysterious calling, Chen Luo reached a lake where two Wolf Clan Great Sages were pouring human heart blood over themselves to evade its restrictions.
• Chen Luo killed one Wolf Clan Great Sage, disabled the other’s Wutong Leaf escape, and forced Lang Sankou to explain that Ya Sha Lake could temper the body and hide treasures.
• Chen Luo renamed the lake Ivory Lake, stored the blood jars, and jumped in, only to find himself sinking into sand instead of water.

Chen Luo endured Ivory Lake and received the Martial Emperor Ye Kai’s Open Taiping Divine Ability, then learned that wounded Great Sages had encountered the supposedly extinct Elephant Clan in Yangmang Wilderness. After collecting Ya Sha Lake and consulting his map, Chen Luo prepared to travel as the Golden Crow, but a voice called him to wait.

• Chen Luo used his Martial Dao True Intents to withstand Ivory Lake, then let its force temper his body and unknowingly absorbed a profound aura into his heart.
• The Martial Emperor Ye Kai appeared to Chen Luo and taught him Open Taiping, a devastating fist technique that shattered all seven hundred and twenty acupoints.
• Chen Luo recognized that his Martial Dao Literary Heart had enabled him to inherit Ye Kai’s Divine Ability and decided to study ways to use it without destroying himself.
• Outside Yangmang Wilderness, wounded Great Sages reported encountering Xiang Feitian in Nether Elephant Form, and the Luan Bird Great Sage linked the form to Elephant Valley.
• Chen Luo collected Ya Sha Lake, used Xiang Feitian’s map to locate nearby landmarks, and prepared to leave as the Golden Crow before an unseen voice addressed him.

Chen Luo met Niu Dafa, an Ox Clan merchant who offered to buy treasures found in the Yangmang Wilderness, and then flew toward the place where Crossing River of Fragrant Elephants had been stored. Meanwhile, four Peacock Great Sages contacted Niu Dafa to help them find Chen Luo.

• Chen Luo met Niu Dafa, concealed his role in destroying Ya Sha Lake, and accepted a Fifth Rank spirit plant after Niu Dafa declined it.
• Niu Dafa gave Chen Luo a communication jade talisman and explained that he bought treasures found in the Yangmang Wilderness, but not blood essence.
• Niu Dafa received a customer order and departed, while Chen Luo suspected the Azure Dragon Emperor had miscalculated by sending Great Sages into the wilderness.
• Chen Luo tossed aside Niu Dafa’s talisman and flew toward the place where Crossing River of Fragrant Elephants had been stored.
• Hua Ze Lei, Dao Ming Si, Xi Men, and Mei Zuo used a jade talisman to contact Niu Dafa, who told them he was on his way.

Chen Luo discovered he could use the Book of Buddhas and Demons to transmit Elephant Clan Divine Abilities to others, earning a growing procession of Great Sages as he gathered Elephant Garden Breath. Meanwhile, Zhang Feng recovered her strength in Elephant Valley and vowed to take revenge on Yinggou.

• The Peacock Great Sages attacked Niu Dafa for the Golden Crow's location, but he defended himself with sealed Divine Abilities and later headed toward Ya Sha Lake.
• Chen Luo reached Elephant Garden and discovered that his Buddhist inheritance let him transmit the Divine Ability Elephant Devouring Heaven to Zhu Yaoshou.
• Chen Luo passed Eye-Dotting Kill to Xi Liuliu, who used it to kill a wolf Great Sage, then continued gathering Elephant Garden Breath with Zhu Yaoshou and other Great Sages following him.
• Niu Dafa found the contact talisman Chen Luo had discarded and complained that the Golden Crow had thrown away his contact information.
• Zhang Feng awakened to the Ancient Netherworld Laws in Elephant Valley, regained her strength, and vowed to refine Yinggou into a Blood Pet.

Xiang Feitian wondered whether Mount Fangcun and Bai Ze were connected to Buddhism, while Chen Luo gathered ten wisps of Elephant Garden’s aura and entered the Elephant House. There, an Elephant Monk gave Chen Luo Crossing River of Fragrant Elephants and revealed that the Ancient Buddhist Sect had entered the Nether Land to save the Great Thousand.

• Xiang Feitian heard Buddhist chanting arising within his heart, and Black Chicken Brother urged him to treat Mount Fangcun as his chance to revive the Elephant Clan.
• Chen Luo auctioned the tenth Divine Ability to a Hippopotamus Great Sage, whose Wind Crystal stirred Mister Egg and left a strange character imprinted on its shell.
• Chen Luo collected ten wisps of Elephant Garden’s aura, entered the Elephant House, and encountered the Buddhist intent of an elephant-headed monk.
• The Elephant Monk explained that the Western Regions Buddhist Sect was corrupted by Heavenly Demons and, after learning the Elephant Clan had been exterminated, gave Chen Luo Crossing River of Fragrant Elephants.
• Before disappearing, the Elephant Monk said the Ancient Buddhist Sect had entered the Nether Land as part of a ten-thousand-year plan, declaring, “If I do not enter hell, who will?”

Chen Luo learned that the Ancient Buddhist Sect had entered the Nether Land and accepted the task of finding Xiang Feitian’s bone horn in the Rushi Realm. As Chen Luo flew toward the Silver Sand River, the demon Great Sages discovered that Xiang Feitian’s Nether Elephant state was real, while Gan Tang worried that Chen Luo was heading into danger.

• Chen Luo thanked Elephant Monk, heard his disciple’s prayer beads recall their promise to meet again after a hundred turns, and carefully collected the scattered beads.
• In Dongcang City, one hundred Shaolin martial monks absorbed premium blood essence and broke through to the Sixth-Rank Martial Immortal Realm, drawing the Martial Dao’s Seven-Colored Great Dao and Moon Illusions into the sky.
• Chen Luo resolved to find Xiang Feitian’s bone horn in the Rushi Realm before visiting Elephant Valley, and flew toward the source of the Silver Sand River.
• Niu Qing and Niu Hong told the demon Great Sages that Xiang Feitian had driven them back in his Nether Elephant state, prompting Feng Bugui to question the Luan Bird Great Sage about the state’s origins.
• The Luan Bird Great Sage explained that a powerful elephant demon’s lingering obsession could keep it both alive and dead, while Gan Tang remembered Chen Luo’s route and feared he could not handle Xiang Feitian.

Chen Luo encountered the Nether Land’s deadly influence while searching the Silver Sand River for the Rushi Realm and Xiang Feitian’s bone horn. After a giant elephant ghost ambushed him, Chen Luo began reciting the Heart Sutra in an attempt to save it.

• Chen Luo dodged fleeing Great Sages who tried to use him as a shield, but blocked their escape until dark-blue attacks killed them; Zhong Kui identified the attackers’ aura as belonging to the Nether Land.
• Ying Gou told Monk Yixing that she had accidentally sealed her magical power while trying to seal her five senses, and Yixing placed a Buddhist seal on her that would lift within three days.
• Yixing told Ying Gou that a yang-bodied woman had descended into the netherworld and killed several Bodhisattvas, then hurried away to receive her; Ying Gou continued searching for Zhang Feng.
• Chen Luo followed the Silver Sand River upstream, found signs of danger, and detected an unstable space opening nearby.
• A gigantic First Rank elephant ghost burst through the opening, struck Chen Luo, and wrapped him in its trunk while Zhong Kui tried to restrain it.
• At Zhong Kui’s suggestion, Chen Luo began reciting the Heart Sutra to save the elephant ghost as it prepared to attack him.

Chen Luo freed Xiang Feitian, learned how the Elephant Clan was destroyed, and retrieved the Bloodline Horn before escaping the collapsing Rushi Realm. After Zhong Kui drove off the Peacock Great Sages, Chen Luo tried to teleport away, but Maternal Granduncle blocked him and ordered him to continue his mission.

• Chen Luo used the Heart Sutra to free Xiang Feitian from his demonic form and learned that the Elephant Clan had been wiped out.
• Xiang Feitian revealed that two unknown Wolf Clan Ancestral Demons and two Barbarian Gods had joined the attack, then led Chen Luo to the Elephant Ancestor's skull.
• Xiang Feitian sacrificed his remnant soul to activate the Bloodline Horn and entrusted it to Chen Luo for the surviving Elephant Clan.
• Chen Luo escaped the collapsing Rushi Realm, but the Peacock Great Sages ambushed him until Zhong Kui's appearance frightened them into fleeing.
• Chen Luo tried to use the Wutong Leaf to return, but Maternal Granduncle stopped the teleportation and ordered him to continue his work.

Chen Luo flew toward the ruins of Jusaluo while learning that Zhong Kui’s strength depended on Chen Luo’s cultivation and had reached its current limit. Elsewhere, Gan Tang defended Chen Luo’s reputation, Feng Nanzhi ordered him watched, and Lang Feixian received a gift and a cryptic message from Siyao before Chen Luo reached Elephant Valley.

• Chen Luo promised the Azure Dragon Emperor to handle the matter of Elephant Valley and set out for Jusaluo, unaware that three days had passed outside during his journey.
• Demon Race Great Sages praised Chen Luo for sharing the Elephant Race’s inherited Divine Abilities, and Gan Tang threatened anyone who questioned his talent.
• Feng Nanzhi ordered Secret Guards to watch Chen Luo in the Yangmang Wilderness and refused to involve Feng Bugui, who was searching for Feng Liancheng’s killer.
• Yun Xiaoyi delivered Azure Dragon True Dragon Essence Blood and a chess diagram from Siyao to Lang Feixian, who realized that Siyao had not asked about either senior brother.
• Chen Luo learned that Zhong Kui had become a Heavenly Dao Being, could fight Third Rank Netherworld ghosts, and was limited by Chen Luo’s own cultivation; Chen Luo then spotted the ruins of Jusaluo.

Chen Luo entered Elephant Valley with thirteen Demon Race Great Sages, then slipped away during a fight with Netherworld ghosts. After confirming his mission was complete, he realized Elephant Valley’s reincarnation secret could benefit humanity and hurried deeper into the valley to seize it.

• Chen Luo met Zhu Yaoshou at Jusaluo, learned that Great Sages planned to enter Elephant Valley together, and agreed to escort them in exchange for 150,000 taels of Moonlight Stone.
• Zhong Kui sensed Heaven’s Dao Power in the Netherworld Death Qi, and Chen Luo led the Great Sages into Elephant Valley after they swore a bloodline oath.
• Chen Luo used his Yang flames to guide the group through the Death Qi, then deliberately charged at approaching Netherworld ghosts and used the confusion to slip away.
• Zhang Feng, who was absorbing Elephant Valley’s reincarnation rules, sent Rank Three Netherworld ghosts to stop the intruder, while the Great Sages pursued Chen Luo after realizing he was missing.
• Chen Luo hid in a cave with Zhong Kui, confirmed through the Wutong Leaf that entering Elephant Valley had completed his mission, and prepared to leave.
• After Zhong Kui reminded him that humans were also a race, Chen Luo decided to seize Elephant Valley’s reincarnation secret for humanity and ran toward the valley’s depths.

Chen Luo encountered Yinggou, a powerful Nether Land ghost pursuing a Blood Sea Demonic Beast named Zhang Feng through Elephant Valley. Yinggou revealed that a rampaging Power of Rules had drawn them into the living world, and she enlisted Chen Luo to help catch Zhang Feng as they headed after her.

• Chen Luo and Zhong Kui discovered that Netherworld ghosts in Elephant Valley had physical bodies, while thirteen Demon Saints were attacked by sixteen third-grade ghost bees.
• Zhong Kui found Yinggou emerging from a mound, but she overpowered him and mistook him for a cute spirit she wanted to take home.
• Chen Luo arrived with the True Phoenix Bow, then fled with Zhong Kui after learning Yinggou might be stronger than a first-grade ghost; Yinggou caught up and climbed onto his back.
• Yinggou explained that she had followed a Power of Rules into the living world while pursuing Zhang Feng, a Blood Sea Demonic Beast, and said the rule connecting the two realms was reincarnation.
• Chen Luo deduced that the Power of Rules was tied to Elephant Valley’s reincarnation secret, which could potentially be refined into a Treasure of Rules.
• Yinggou asked Chen Luo to help catch Zhang Feng, promised him half the credit, and climbed onto his back to direct him toward her target.

Bai Xiao asked Wen Yun Sun to guide Chen Luo through the path from Six Thousand Li to Nine Thousand Li before Chen Luo advanced too far without instruction. Meanwhile, Chen Luo and Yinggou entered Elephant Valley, where Yinggou revealed the Nether Elephants’ origin and drew a Heavenly Tribulation; at the valley’s core, Lang Song used the Wolf Ancestor’s lingering power to wipe out his rivals, only to face a new threat.

• Bai Xiao told Wen Yun Sun that Chen Luo’s rapid cultivation meant he might reach the Fourth Rank before his teacher returned, and asked Wen Yun Sun to demonstrate the Dao without imposing a Half-Saint’s Confucian Heart Realm.
• Wen Yun Sun agreed to guide Chen Luo and asked whether Bai Xiao still contacted the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, who had married into the Azure Dragon lineage; Bai Xiao said he did not disturb her.
• Chen Luo carried Yinggou into Elephant Valley, where she explained that elephant souls used the Reincarnation Rules to avoid the River of Life and Death and became the Nether Elephants after reaching the Nether Land.
• After Yinggou revealed the Nether Elephants, a Heavenly Tribulation struck her, but she survived and demanded that Chen Luo carry her.
• Lang Song abandoned his agreement with the Tiger Clan, let the other Great Sages kill the two Tiger Clan Great Sages, then revealed that his wolf clan had caused the Elephant Ancestor’s destruction and summoned the Wolf Ancestor’s lingering power to slaughter their rivals.
• As Lang Song celebrated the Wolf Ancestor’s strength, a seductive voice asked him to become her Blood Slave.

Chen Luo and Ying Gou confronted Zhang Feng, who had trapped Ying Gou and planned to detonate a powerful Rule. Chen Luo’s Wutong Leaf suppressed it, but his egg swallowed the Rule, leaving Ying Gou without her prize.

• Ying Gou killed three Blood Slave Great Sages, and Chen Luo realized their blood had been prepared to seal her.
• Ying Gou found Zhang Feng, but Zhang Feng used the Rule hidden in her body and the Great Sages’ blood to immobilize her.
• Chen Luo arrived with Cui Shanque, who fought Zhang Feng while Ying Gou explained that Cui Shanque’s sealed spiritual light might let him become a Nether Land creature.
• Ying Gou broke free and approached Zhang Feng, who unleashed the Rule and threatened to destroy everything within a thousand kilometers.
• A red Wutong Leaf suppressed the vortex, but Chen Luo’s egg flew into it and swallowed the Rule.
• Ying Gou returned carrying Zhang Feng’s corpse and asked where the Rules had gone, while Chen Luo admitted that the egg had eaten them.