Chapter Summaries

Chen Luo used the Wutong Leaf to help Ying Gou return to the Nether Land, where she took Zhong Kui and Cui Shanque with her. After the leaf sent Chen Luo back from the Yangmang Wilderness, he persuaded the Great Sages that the Western Regions Buddhist Sect had caused the Ghost Calamity, but Feng Bugui stopped him to ask about Feng Liancheng.

• Ying Gou tested Chen Luo’s Yin Yang Boundary and found that sending her to the Nether Land strained him, so she used the Wutong Leaf to stabilize the passage.
• Ying Gou took Zhong Kui and Cui Shanque into the Nether Land after Zhong Kui asked to pursue his own cultivation there.
• The Wutong Leaf shattered after Ying Gou crossed, and its teleportation force returned Chen Luo to the outside of the Yangmang Wilderness in his injured Golden Crow form.
• Chen Luo told Lang Qi and the other Great Sages that the Western Regions Buddhist Sect had driven Nether Land ghosts into Elephant Valley and that the Azure Dragon Emperor had helped seal the passage.
• Gan Tang prepared to take Chen Luo back to the Kirin Domain, but Feng Bugui approached and asked whether Chen Luo had seen Feng Liancheng.

Feng Nanzhi secretly intervened to stop Feng Bugui from examining Chen Luo’s Divine Soul, and Chen Luo returned to Mount Fangcun with the Bloodline Horn. Xiang Feitian accepted the horn and joined Mount Fangcun’s alliance, while Chen Luo prepared to write again.

• Feng Nanzhi ordered Feng Bugui not to trouble the Golden Crow, and a Tiger Clan Secret Guard delivered her command while Feng Bugui confronted Chen Luo outside the Yangmang Wilderness.
• Gan Tang shielded Chen Luo from Feng Bugui’s interrogation, then escorted him away and learned that the mysterious egg had consumed the Reincarnation Rule of the Nether Land.
• Feng Bugui returned to Mount Wei Hu and left after learning Feng Nanzhi was unavailable; Feng Feifei recognized that Feng Nanzhi was avoiding him.
• Chen Luo returned to Mount Fangcun, gave Xiang Feitian the Bloodline Horn, and revealed that Xiang Feitian’s elder brother had named him the new lord of the elephant clan.
• Xiang Feitian swore a bloodline oath and joined Mount Fangcun’s Mountains and Seas Alliance as its sixth lord, agreeing to keep the alliance secret for now.
• Chen Luo explained to Ao Lingling that Mount Fangcun would support Xiang Feitian, then began writing the second part of Legend of the White Snake.

Chen Luo revised the Legend of the White Snake so Lü Dongbin rescued Xu Xian, imprisoned Fahai, and sealed the pagoda’s power of conversion for twenty years. He continued the story with Xu Shilin and Hu Meiniang, setting up Jinba Bodhisattva’s scheme, then welcomed Martial Uncle Wen.

• Chen Luo wrote Lü Dongbin saving Xu Xian from suicide, imprisoning Fahai for as long as Bai Suzhen remained beneath the Leifeng Pagoda, and sealing the pagoda’s conversion power for twenty years.
• Xu Xian became Lü Dongbin’s disciple and departed with him to pursue a way to save Bai Suzhen.
• Chen Luo wrote that eighteen years later, Xu Shilin met Qi Baoshan and Hu Meiniang, who gained Bai Suzhen’s appearance from a portrait.
• Jinba Bodhisattva threatened Hu Meiniang and ordered her to bewitch and kill Xu Shilin so he could free Fahai.
• Hu Meiniang and Caiyin opened an embroidery shop near Xu Shilin’s home, and his adoptive parents recognized Hu Meiniang’s resemblance to Bai Suzhen.
• Martial Uncle Wen arrived and scolded Chen Luo for extending the story only to stop at another cliffhanger.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Luo returns from the Yangmang Wilderness and shares his findings with Wen Yun Sun, including the Crossing River of Fragrant Elephants.
• Wen Yun Sun reveals he's close to becoming a Saint and plans to use the Crossing River of Fragrant Elephants to aid his comprehension.
• Legend of the White Snake resumes updates, causing a stir among the Human Race and the Southern Wilderness, particularly the Snake and Fox Kingdoms.
• Fang Family's Ancestral Council discusses Bai Mo's use of a character from Chen Luo's book in Legend of the White Snake.
• Yan Baichuan and Grand Celestial Master Qingwei react to the new chapter, each with their own interpretations and plans.

Character Developments

• Chen Luo continues to grow in confidence and capability, successfully navigating the Yangmang Wilderness and obtaining valuable resources.
• Wen Yun Sun shows his affection and guidance towards Chen Luo, promising to help him understand the path of the Nine Thousand Li.
• Bai Mo's actions in Legend of the White Snake spark discussions and interpretations among the Human Race, demonstrating his influence and the impact of his writing.

Significant Themes

• The power of literature and storytelling, as seen in the reactions to Legend of the White Snake and the potential for characters to cross over between stories.
• The relationships between different races and factions, as exemplified by the interactions between the Human Race, the Southern Wilderness demons, and the Daoist sect.

Character Interactions

• Chen Luo and Wen Yun Sun's relationship deepens as they discuss the path of the Nine Thousand Li and Wen Yun Sun's impending ascension to Sainthood.
• The Fang Family's Ancestral Council members debate the implications of Bai Mo's use of a character from Chen Luo's book, leading to a decision to increase resource allocation for Legend of the White Snake.
• Yan Baichuan and Grand Celestial Master Qingwei react to the new chapter, each with their own interpretations and plans, reflecting their respective factions' interests.

Chen Luo learned from Wen Yun Sun how Confucian cultivation progressed through Nine Thousand Li and how Great Scholars constructed Home, Country, and World from their principles. After reporting that the wolf clan and the Barbarian God had helped destroy the elephant clan, he watched Wen Yun Sun leave to alert the Eastern King and make arrangements.

• Chen Luo entered Wutong Forest, paid respects to Wen Yun Sun and Bamboo Saint’s staff, and accepted Wen Yun Sun’s instruction with the proper rites.
• Wen Yun Sun explained the Great Dao of Elegant Script, the stages of cultivation, and how a Great Scholar’s principles became rules within Home, Country, and World.
• Wen Yun Sun showed Chen Luo his Righteous Qi World, and Chen Luo sensed that it could destroy itself to strike a powerful enemy.
• Wen Yun Sun advised Chen Luo to plan a grand, detailed inner world for Nine Thousand Li, then explained the two methods of advancing from Six Thousand Li to become a Great Scholar.
• Chen Luo worried about how long First Senior Brother’s Poetic Sword Dao could support him as he advanced, but decided to prepare for the step after reaching the end of Six Thousand Li.
• Chen Luo reported that Xiang Feitian had implicated the wolf clan and the Barbarian God in the elephant clan’s destruction, so Wen Yun Sun left to inform the Eastern King and make arrangements.

Emperor Ye Heng learned that Chen Luo was the former White Ze and resolved to secretly reward him, while new episodes of Legend of the White Snake stirred human and demon listeners alike. Shi Man'er secured Chen Luo’s promise to write a major story about the Ape-Monkey Clan, then warned him of an approaching peach-blossom calamity before Ao Lingling relayed the Kirin King’s summons.

• Ye Heng learned from Yan Baichuan that Chen Luo was the former White Ze, used a forbidden art to shield their conversation, and planned to grant Lin'an City to Ye Dafu for Chen Luo to receive later.
• Xu Laoqi heard the latest Legend of the White Snake chapter, in which Xiao Qing rescued Xu Shilin and Xu Jiaorong revealed his origins.
• Listeners in Central Capital City were moved by the story’s songs, and newly ranked scholars vowed to go to West Lake and attack Leifeng Pagoda.
• A Human Race Master Teacher in Yu Yuan Kingdom inspired young snake demons to study so they could one day rescue Lady White Snake.
• Shi Man'er asked Chen Luo to write a story for the Ape-Monkey Clan, and Chen Luo promised a long tale with powerful protagonists.
• Shi Man'er warned Chen Luo that the Ape Clan Holy Monarch foresaw a peach-blossom calamity, then Ao Lingling told Chen Luo that the Kirin King wanted him to return to the Kirin Domain.

Chen Luo unexpectedly broke through to the fourth rank of Martial Dao, gaining a Dharma Body and two lives, then set out for the Kirin Domain. At Mount Wei Hu, Feng Nanzhi received the final Kirin Tablet Fragment from the dying Feng Wu and prepared to complete the White Tiger trial.

• Chen Luo broke through to the fourth rank, formed a Martial Dao True Body, infused it with his Seven Souls, and gained the strength to battle a first-rank cultivator.
• Chen Luo saw a determined red-haired figure walking the Seven-Colored Great Dao, solidified his six-thousand-li path, and noticed a green lotus at its end.
• Chen Luo’s breakthrough sent power through the Martial Dao, strengthening human martial artists; Xiang Jixuan rejected a call to suspend the literary-martial exchange and urged it to continue.
• Chen Luo left Mount Fangcun and continued toward the Kirin Domain after confirming his breakthrough to Ao Lingling.
• Feng Wu returned to Feng Nanzhi with the last Kirin Tablet Fragment, then died after removing it from his body.
• Feng Nanzhi promised to restore the Tiger Clan’s glory, burned Feng Wu’s remains, and asked her ancestor to help complete the White Tiger trial.

Chen Luo learned that his egg contained newly forming Innate Power of Evolution, then heard that the Kirin Domain’s disturbances signaled the return of the Kirin Tomb. The Kirin King offered him a place in the tomb, and Chen Luo asked why he had been chosen.

• Black Chicken Brother brought Chen Luo to Micheng City, where Gan Tang took him to meet the Kirin King and the five city lords.
• The Kirin King examined Chen Luo’s egg and recognized that it contained Innate Power of Evolution, warning him to keep it secret and consult the Azure Dragon Emperor.
• The Kirin King explained that the previous Kirin Lord’s remains had become the Kirin Tomb and that the reunited Kirin Tomb Steles would make it reappear.
• The Kirin King offered Chen Luo a place in the Kirin Tomb, and Chen Luo asked him to explain why he had chosen him.

Chen Luo learned why the Kirin Bloodline had recognized him and agreed to enter the Kirin Tomb, then proved his strength in a spar with Huo Dou Great Sage. Meanwhile, Feng Nanzhi prepared to claim the Kirin Essence Blood and briefly wondered who the Kirin Domain would send into the tomb.

• The Kirin King explained that the Primordial Kirin's will had sent energy to Chen Luo through the Kirin Heart, apparently recognizing him, and described the dangerous portal fragments and entry limit for the Kirin Tomb.
• Chen Luo agreed to enter the Kirin Tomb, and Huo Dou Great Sage challenged him to a spar while suppressing his cultivation to the first grade.
• Chen Luo revealed his Great Sun Golden Crow power and fought Huo Dou Great Sage with multiple Golden Crows and a flaming storm, ultimately earning his acknowledgment.
• The Kirin King celebrated Chen Luo's acceptance with a family hot-pot gathering, while Gan Tang and the city lords accepted the spar's result.
• At Mount Wei Hu, Feng Nanzhi and Feng Feifei discussed the Kirin Tomb Stele; Feng Nanzhi dismissed concerns about a trap and decided against investigating the Kirin Domain.
• Feng Nanzhi privately wondered why she had thought of Chen Luo, assuming the Kirin Domain would never send a fifth-grade Golden Crow.

Chen Luo returned to Mount Fangcun, prepared for the approaching Kirin Tomb, and finished writing the ending of Legend of the White Snake with help from Ancestor Egg’s Innate Power of Evolution. Meanwhile, Li Changgu forced Cang Fu to reveal the Azure Dragon lineage’s plans for the Kirin Tomb, and the chapter ended as the book’s spirit began to emerge.

• After three days of drinking with the Kirin Domain’s leaders, Chen Luo brought the Kirin Tomb gate fragment back to Mount Fangcun and began writing extra chapters to strengthen himself.
• In the Yuan Sea, Li Changgu caught Cang Fu, accused him of helping the barbarians cross the sea, and made him reveal his true name and agree to spy for the Town Profound Division.
• At Azure Sky Mountain, the Azure Dragon Kings planned to send Cang Ming and Cang Xiu into the Kirin Tomb to seize the Kirin Bloodline and advance their plans for dominance.
• Chen Luo wrote Xu Shilin’s trials, reunion with Bai Suzhen, and eventual rise to sainthood, then used Ancestor Egg’s power to write a newborn girl’s reincarnation with a golden-cymbal birthmark.
• The manuscript of Legend of the White Snake burst into light as its Book Spirit began to emerge.

Chen Luo gained the Exquisite White Snake Pagoda from the final chapter of Legend of the White Snake and prepared to enter the Kirin Domain. The finale sparked political reactions and a rush by demon clans seeking to become the subject of his next book, while Chen Luo realized that the book’s sudden boost came from its readers in Great Xuan.

• Chen Luo received the Exquisite White Snake Pagoda, whose protective will and venomous snakes could shield him or trap and attack enemies.
• Fang Huaji interpreted the finale as Bai Mo siding with the Fang Family and ordered the clan to spread the chapter and deepen its ties with Mount Fangcun.
• Ye Heng stayed calm about the story’s apparent allusion to the Marquis of Wu, while Yan Baichuan recognized its ending as a clue about the Great Cycle of Heaven and Earth.
• Ye Dafu used the finale to devise promotions and property schemes intended to draw scholars and attention to Lin'an City.
• Demon clans flocked to Mount Fangcun and Jingze Lake hoping to feature in Chen Luo’s next novel, but Chen Luo had sealed the mountain as he prepared to enter the Kirin Domain.
• Chen Luo noticed that the finale had raised his cultivation unusually much and realized that readers across Great Xuan had nourished the book.

Chen Luo entered the Kirin Tomb and immediately became caught between two Great Sages fighting over the Kirin Bloodline. He repelled their assault with the Exquisite White Snake Pagoda and Golden Crow flames, then fled when more demons approached, while Feng Nanzhi noticed the battle but chose not to turn back.

• The Kirin Tomb opened, and Feng Nanzhi entered after entrusting her bloodline power to Feng Feifei.
• Chen Luo followed a drop of Hidden Kirin essence blood through the boundary passage and emerged in the Kirin Tomb.
• Chen Luo appeared in the midst of a battle between the Yousu Great Sage and the Kui Niu Great Sage, who redirected their attacks against him.
• Chen Luo blocked their combined strike with the Exquisite White Snake Pagoda, then suppressed the Kui Niu Great Sage and countered the Yousu Great Sage's Lustful Fire with Golden Crow flames.
• Chen Luo fled when he sensed others approaching, and the Yousu Great Sage and Kui Niu Great Sage also withdrew as two Dragon Kings arrived.
• Feng Nanzhi noticed the battle from afar, considered turning back, and continued on her original route.

Chen Luo found a hidden supreme-grade Kirin Pill Fruit, but Feng Nanzhi killed Great Sage Green Lion and ordered Chen Luo to hide. She denied being Feng Ling, then vanished after revealing that the incomplete White Tiger would soon be a thing of the past, leaving Chen Luo confused as Niu Dafa arrived.

• Chen Luo followed the Hidden Kirin essence blood to a concealed stone forest and discovered a hot spring lake with a Kirin Pill Fruit at its center.
• Niu Dafa entered the Kirin Tomb through a boundary passage opened by a fragment in his Treasure Vault and set off to find someone who could explain where he was.
• Great Sage Green Lion attacked Chen Luo and claimed the supreme-grade Kirin Pill Fruit, but Feng Nanzhi appeared and killed him with Sky Tear.
• Feng Nanzhi told Chen Luo to hide while she took control of the Kirin Tomb, denied being Feng Ling, and warned that the incomplete White Tiger would soon disappear.
• Chen Luo refused to hide, and Niu Dafa flew over on a flashy cloud and greeted him.

Chen Luo recruited Niu Dafa after learning the Kirin Tomb might contain the sealed Kirin Bloodline, while Kirin King revealed that Chen Luo’s White Marsh Bloodline could resolve its chaos. Feng Nanzhi opened a hidden seal, drawing several dangerous figures toward it as Chen Luo and Niu Dafa followed the disturbance.

• Chen Luo showed Niu Dafa the remains of Green Lion Great Sage, and Niu Dafa realized they were in the Kirin Tomb and begged to travel with him.
• Niu Dafa swore a Bloodline Oath and told Chen Luo that the Fifth-Generation Kirin Lord had transformed into the tomb to seal the Kirin Bloodline, so Chen Luo agreed to take him along.
• Gan Tang learned from Kirin King that the Kirin Lord’s bloodline had returned to chaos and that Chen Luo’s White Marsh Bloodline could resolve it, though Chen Luo would choose what to do after encountering it.
• Feng Nanzhi threw her Kirin Tomb Token into a heart-shaped pit, opening a bottomless black hole, and plunged into it.
• Chen Luo followed Niu Dafa’s hearing toward the earth’s rumbling, while Cang Ming and Cang Xiu sensed that the seal had emerged and set off toward it.
• A one-eyed figure stepped through a portal and rushed toward the disturbance.

Feng Nanzhi and Chen Luo entered the Kirin Battle Arena, where Chen Luo’s disguise was stripped and he learned that Niu Dafa served the Dao Sect. After two Azure Dragon Lords insulted Yun Siyao, Chen Luo challenged them to a battle to the death.

• Feng Nanzhi entered the Kirin Battle Arena, offered her White Tiger essence blood to the Kirin statue, and passed into the stone-door passage.
• Chen Luo and Niu Dafa entered the arena, but the Kirin statue repelled Chen Luo when he tried to attack it without meeting its requirements.
• Niu Dafa returned to warn Chen Luo that two Azure Dragon Lords were nearby, and the arena’s force dispelled Chen Luo’s Blood Body Transformation.
• Chen Luo learned that Niu Dafa was a Dao Sect disciple raised at White Jade Palace, and Niu Dafa agreed to keep Chen Luo’s identity secret.
• Cang Ming and Cang Xiu arrived, questioned Chen Luo about Yun Siyao, and Cang Ming threatened to make her a cauldron for the Azure Dragon lineage.
• Chen Luo challenged Cang Ming and Cang Xiu, activating the arena’s death match, while his Martial Dao True Body appeared beside him.

Chen Luo defeated Cang Ming and Cang Xiu in the Qilin Battle Arena, using his Martial Dao True Body and a poem that transformed it into Yue Wumu to overcome the Destruction Azure Dragon. After the arena declared humanity victorious, Chen Luo heard Feng Ling roar in pain beyond the passage and rushed to investigate.

• Cang Ming attacked Chen Luo, but Chen Luo and his Martial Dao True Body wounded him and trapped Cang Xiu inside the Exquisite White Snake Pagoda.
• Cang Ming transformed into an Azure Dragon and unleashed Painting the Sea, Dividing the Borders, but Chen Luo battered him with the Martial Dao True Body and pinned him down with countless sword shadows.
• Cang Xiu broke free using the Destruction Azure Dragon's soul, whose power overwhelmed Chen Luo's Red Dust Qi and forced him to defend himself with the pagoda.
• Chen Luo wrote a poem that transformed the Martial Dao True Body into an armored Yue Wumu, which subdued the Destruction Dragon Soul and weakened Cang Xiu through their bound souls.
• Chen Luo killed Cang Xiu, and the Qilin Battle Arena declared humanity victorious; Niu Dafa began collecting the dragon remains.
• Chen Luo heard Feng Ling roar in pain beyond the passage and hurried off to investigate, leaving Niu Dafa to collect the remains.

Chen Luo rescued Feng Nanzhi from a mysterious power consuming her bloodlines, separated the Kirin and White Tiger bloodlines, and claimed the Kirin Bloodline for himself. A remnant of the power triggered Feng Nanzhi’s instincts, leaving Chen Luo trapped beneath the White Tiger Empress as she moved to claim him.

• Chen Luo found Feng Nanzhi unconscious in the oasis, where a mysterious power was draining her White Tiger Bloodline and the Kirin Bloodline.
• Chen Luo used Blood Body Transformation to intervene, and the Power of Evolution from the Ancestor Egg drove the ominous power out of both bloodlines.
• The spirit of the Kirin Tomb told Chen Luo to use Bai Ze’s Monster Divination, and he separated the bloodlines, taking the Kirin Bloodline while restoring Feng Nanzhi’s White Tiger Bloodline.
• Feng Nanzhi awakened with her instincts stirred by the returning bloodline and her attraction to Chen Luo’s Kirin Bloodline, but she warned him to leave.
• A tiny remnant of the ominous power made Chen Luo transform into the Golden Crow, and Feng Nanzhi lost control of her instincts and restrained him.
• The Green Silk Bracelet’s Jade Dragon Phantom tried to break Feng Nanzhi’s hold, but her White Tiger Phantom overwhelmed it, and she climbed onto Chen Luo.

Chen Luo and Feng Nanzhi woke after their accidental intimacy, settled their political and personal disagreements, and discovered that Chen Luo had refined the Kirin Bloodline and gained control of the Kirin Tomb. They returned to the Southern Wilderness, where Feng Nanzhi departed and Chen Luo realized his black-hair bracelet had broken, leaving his situation with the Kirin Domain in doubt.

• Chen Luo woke beside Feng Nanzhi, realized they had been intimate, and discovered that his Kirin Bloodline had been refined.
• Feng Nanzhi questioned Chen Luo about his plans in the Southern Wilderness, and Chen Luo insisted he had come to avoid trouble rather than act for the Human Race.
• Chen Luo offered to take responsibility for what had happened, but Feng Nanzhi declared their debts settled and told him to leave the incident in the past.
• Chen Luo transformed into a Kirin, claimed the Kirin Tomb's source, and received Feng Nanzhi's help sealing the previous Kirin Lord's painful memories.
• Chen Luo and Feng Nanzhi left the Kirin Tomb and returned to the Southern Wilderness, where Niu Dafa joined them and Feng Nanzhi departed.
• Chen Luo prepared to return to the Kirin Domain, but his black-hair bracelet snapped and fell to the ground.

Yun Siyao learned that Chen Luo’s Black Silk Dragon Soul bracelet had broken and confronted him in the Exquisite White Snake Pagoda. She forgave him after hearing what happened in the Kirin Tomb, but declared that she was angry and left him to face the displeased Dragon Emperor.

• Yun Siyao tried to leave the Cloud Dragon Heavenly Palace, but Dragon Marquis Fubo blocked her until the Cloud Dragon Old Dragon Emperor intervened and asked what had happened.
• Yun Siyao projected her soul into Tianjue Forest and learned from Bai Xiao that Chen Luo had entered the Kirin Tomb.
• Chen Luo struggled to write to Yun Siyao about the broken bracelet, then faced her when she appeared in the Exquisite White Snake Pagoda.
• Yun Siyao made Chen Luo kneel toward the bamboo forest and struck his palm twice for endangering his cultivation and future Dao.
• Chen Luo explained what happened in the Kirin Tomb, and Yun Siyao forgave him while admitting she would remain angry for a while.
• Yun Siyao disappeared, and the Dragon Emperor struck Chen Luo into a wall, saying he was in a poor mood.

Feng Nanzhi concealed from Feng Feifei that Chen Luo had taken the Kirin Bloodline, then ordered an attack on Wolf Territory in retaliation for the suspected trap. After Chen Luo returned to the Kirin Domain with the bloodline, the Kirin King brought him to the Kirin Beast Blood Array and prepared to make him its new master.

• Feng Nanzhi told Feng Feifei that the Kirin Bloodline had been dangerous and was now in the Golden Crow's hands, while hiding what had happened between her and Chen Luo.
• Feng Nanzhi ordered the Nine-Tailed Tiger and Sword Tiger lineages, along with the Lion and Leopard Clans, to wipe out Wolf Clan bloodlines across six hundred li of Wolf Territory.
• Bei Jia warned Wolf Annihilation that their scheme against Feng Nanzhi had failed and that the Tiger Clan might retaliate; she revealed she had moved collateral clans and branch lineages to the edge of Wolf Territory for Feng Nanzhi to attack.
• Chen Luo returned to Snow Brocade Village, where the Kirin King and city lords celebrated his recovery of the Kirin Bloodline.
• The Kirin King took Chen Luo to the Kirin Beast Blood Array and told him to transform so the Kirin Heart could grant him authority as the new master of the Kirin Domain.