Chapter Summaries

Shen Gui arranged for Xuan Nü to assist Xuanyuan, while Yaochi and Yao Ji judged him for his schemes. As the decisive battle against Chi You approached, Shennong’s youngest daughter ran away and reached the East Sea alone.

• Yaochi asked Shen Gui who should assist Xuanyuan, and Shen Gui agreed to let her send Xuan Nü against Chi You.
• Shen Gui told Yao Ji not to spread their discussion, but Yao Ji left in disgust after criticizing him.
• Chi You set the decisive battle for three days later, and Shennong, Bei Mingzheng, and Xuanyuan prepared for war with Guang Chengzi’s help.
• Shennong’s youngest daughter ran away because she thought he no longer liked her, and she headed east to see the sea he had promised to show her.
• The girl reached the East Sea alone without feeling hungry, thirsty, or tired.

Zhunti placed a spiritual mark on the Human Emperor's daughter to draw the Dragon Race into conflict, while the Demon Ancestor watched and revealed Nu Ba's connection to him. The story shifted to Ao Bing, who still resented his past defeat by Nu Ba and feared the threat she posed to the Dragon Race.

• A girl explored the East Sea shore as Zhunti and a shadowed figure watched her.
• The shadowed figure identified Nu Ba as his former subordinate and questioned Zhunti's plan to use the girl against the Dragon Race.
• Zhunti placed spiritual light on the girl's amulet, sending an invisible ripple into the East Sea while the shadowed figure did not intervene.
• Ao Bing recalled discovering that Nu Ba drained water spiritual energy, defeating him, and then disappearing despite his and Ao Guang's search.

Ao Bing tracked the aura of the woman in green to a girl wearing her talisman and attacked her after she refused to explain its origin. The talisman protected the girl, and Ba sensed it had shattered, prompting Ying Long to go check on her near the East Sea.

• Ao Bing followed the woman in green’s faint aura to a little girl on the East Sea shore and discovered it came from her talisman.
• The girl said the talisman came from Sister Nu Ba, but Ao Bing threatened to eat her when she refused to tell him more.
• The talisman’s yellow light burned Ao Bing’s claw, and he angrily sent towering waves toward the girl.
• Ba sensed that the talisman she had given the girl had shattered and worried that the girl was in danger.
• Ying Long offered to gather information near the East Sea while Ba continued suppressing the Drought Qi within her body.

Ba recalled how her uncontrollable Drought Qi had made her a feared outcast, and how she had met Ying Long and Girl. After a black-clad figure revealed that Girl had drowned in the East Sea, Ba left the cave to go there.

• Ba remembered fleeing from those who feared her Drought Qi and how Ying Long had befriended her and promised to help.
• Ba recalled meeting Girl during a flood in Shennong's time and leaving her a protective talisman before departing.
• A black-clad figure appeared in Ba's cave and explained that she had followed Ba's aura from a girl drowning in the East Sea.
• Ba asked whether the figure had saved Girl, and the figure said she had not.
• Ba thanked the figure and left the cave for the East Sea.

Ao Bing admitted killing the girl, and Ba moved to kill him in revenge. Ying Long shielded Ao Bing and asked Ba to hear his explanation, but Ba suspected Ao Bing had murdered the girl to retaliate against her.

• Ao Bing buried the drowned girl and apologized, but refused to seek out her family because he feared causing conflict between humans and the Dragon Race.
• Ying Long arrived and demanded to know what had happened.
• Ba appeared, recognized Ao Bing, and attacked him by making his blood and magic power burn away.
• Ying Long used his Natal Dragon Pearl to protect Ao Bing and pleaded with Ba to listen to him.
• Ao Bing explained that he had met Ba before, and Ba accused him of killing the girl to avenge her earlier lesson.

Ao Bing admitted that he had killed Girl while under someone’s control, and Ying Long recognized that the death of Shennong’s daughter could spark a conspiracy against the Dragon Race and humanity. After Chi Songzi and Ao Guang arrived, Ao Guang sealed Ao Bing’s cultivation and asked everyone to await the Heavenly Emperor’s judgment.

• Ao Bing told Ba and Ying Long that he had killed Girl but had never intended to harm her, and Ying Long concluded that someone had controlled him.
• Ying Long warned that Girl’s death could bring calamity upon the Dragon Race, while Ba suspected that Hou was behind the scheme.
• Chi Songzi arrived at Girl’s tomb, identified her as the Daughter of the Human Emperor, and demanded to know who had killed her.
• Ao Guang arrived, learned that Ao Bing was responsible, sealed his cultivation, and forced him to kneel before Girl’s tomb.
• Ao Guang promised to accept the Dragon Race’s punishment and asked everyone to wait for the Heavenly Emperor’s judgment; Chi Songzi agreed to wait.

Shen Gui hurried to the East Sea after learning that the girl had died, hoping Nuwa could save her. Nuwa preserved the remnants of the girl’s essence in a spirit pearl inside the Universe Cauldron, leaving open the possibility that she could regain a complete consciousness.

• Shen Gui learned the girl was dead and left Moon-Gazing Palace for the East Sea, summoning Nuwa for help.
• Ao Guang, Ying Long, Ba, Chi Songzi, and Ao Bing waited on the shore with the girl’s corpse while Ao Guang secretly notified Candle Dragon and Chi Songzi contacted Shennong.
• Shen Gui arrived and asked Nuwa to see whether the girl could be saved.
• Nuwa explained that the girl’s soul had nearly dispersed, then gathered her remaining essence into a spirit pearl and placed it in the Universe Cauldron to nurture it.
• Nuwa asked what had happened, and Shen Gui told Ao Guang to recount the events.

Wangshu confronted Luohu over the plot against the Dragon Race and learned who was responsible. She then joined Shen Gui and the others, where she revealed that she knew the culprit but had not yet named them.

• Wangshu caught up with Luohu in the chaos and accused her of plotting against the Dragon Race.
• Luohu denied being behind the plot and, after Wangshu pressed her, told her who was responsible before leaving.
• Shen Gui questioned Nuwa about who could secretly control Ao Bing’s mind, and Nuwa said the culprit was likely at least a Quasi-Saint.
• Wangshu arrived at the East Sea, was greeted as Heavenly Consort, and told Shen Gui that she knew who was plotting against the Dragon Race.
• Shen Gui laughed at Wangshu’s concern, then asked her to name the culprit.

Wangshu revealed that someone other than Ba had plotted against the Dragon Race and the girl, but withheld the culprit’s identity from everyone except Shen Gui. Shen Gui fled the tension between Wangshu and Nuwa, then learned that Shennong was already on his way to meet them.

• Wangshu told Shen Gui privately that Ba had named the person behind the plot, then said Ba was not responsible.
• Ba thanked Wangshu for clearing up her suspicion, while Nuwa and Wangshu pressured Shen Gui to share what he had learned.
• Candle Dragon arrived after Ao Guang summoned him, and Shen Gui used the interruption to take him toward Shennong.
• Nuwa returned to Wa Huang Heaven and Wangshu went to the Lunar Star; Ao Guang, Ao Bing, Ying Long, and Ba set off after Shen Gui.
• Shen Gui slowed down after the two goddesses left, and Chi Songzi told him that Shennong was already coming to meet them.

Shennong arrived at the East Sea after learning his daughter had suffered a calamity, and Shen Gui explained that her soul essence had been saved by Nuwa. After hearing how someone had plotted against both the Human Race and the Dragon Race, Shennong asked Shen Gui how he intended to resolve the matter.

• Candle Dragon arrived at the East Sea in response to Ao Guang’s urgent summons, but Shen Gui pulled him away before he could learn what had happened.
• Ao Guang explained the plot against the Dragon Race, and Candle Dragon agreed that the Human Race and Dragon Race should discuss a settlement with Shennong.
• Shennong rushed to the East Sea and saw his daughter’s body in Ba’s arms, then learned from Chi Songzi that Nuwa had saved her soul essence.
• Shennong asked Shen Gui who had plotted against both races, but Shen Gui said he had no evidence and asked how anything could be done without it.
• Shennong set aside his anger and asked Shen Gui how he intended to handle the matter.

Shen Gui advised Shennong to settle Ao Bing’s conflict with the girl in the future and proposed an alliance linking the human race’s and Dragon Race’s fortunes. He also suggested that the Demon Race could join such an arrangement, leaving Shennong to consider a plan meant to thwart whoever was stirring conflict.

• Shen Gui told Shennong that Ao Bing should face limited punishment until the girl regained her spiritual awareness and could settle their karmic entanglement herself.
• Shennong agreed to let the girl resolve her dispute with Ao Bing in the future.
• Shen Gui warned that someone had long schemed to set the human race and Dragon Race against each other, and said their relationship needed to be secured.
• Shen Gui proposed making the Dragon Race the human race’s Guardian Divine Beast, linking their fortunes so both races could grow stronger.
• Shen Gui added that the Demon Race could also ally with the human race, potentially bringing both sides greater benefits.

Shen Gui secured Shennong and Candle Dragon’s agreement to a future alliance between the Human, Demon, and Dragon Races through the Twelve Zodiac Guardians. The alliance was postponed until the Human Race’s civil war ended, while Ba and Ying Long offered to protect Shennong without joining the fighting.

• Shennong agreed to the proposed three-race alliance after Shen Gui promised it would have no leader or subordinate.
• Shen Gui proposed that eleven Demon Race tribes and the Dragon Race become the Human Race’s Twelve Zodiac Guardians, sharing benefits without sharing harm; Shennong and Candle Dragon accepted the plan.
• Shennong asked to delay the alliance until the Human Race’s civil war was settled, and Shen Gui agreed.
• Ba and Ying Long offered to protect Shennong, and he accepted after they promised not to intervene in the civil war.
• Shennong, Chi Songzi, Ying Long, and Ba departed with girl's corpse, while Shen Gui warned Ao Guang and Ao Bing to stay alert and then returned home to watch the battle through the Sky-Gazing Mirror.

Chi You and Xuanyuan led their armies onto the battlefield, each determined to unite the human race under his leadership, while their champions and forces split into separate clashes. Guang Chengzi lured Chi You away but discovered his treasures could not stop him, and Chi You’s powerful saber strike threatened to overwhelm him.

• Chi You led the Jiuli army out, while Xuanyuan, Shennong, and Bei Mingzheng brought their forces to the battlefield.
• Chi You and Xuanyuan exchanged their rival visions for the human race before agreeing to settle their dispute in battle.
• Guang Chengzi drew Chi You away from the armies, and the Grand Unity Golden Immortals on both sides departed to fight elsewhere as the two armies clashed.
• Guang Chengzi attacked Chi You with the Luopo Bell and Male-Female Swords, but Chi You resisted the bell and knocked the swords aside.
• Chi You closed in and struck with his saber, leaving Guang Chengzi certain he could not block the blow.

Chi You overwhelmed Guang Chengzi in battle until Xuan Nü intervened to save the Sage’s disciple. Chi You turned his attention to Xuan Nü and attacked her.

• Chi You struck Guang Chengzi down and mocked him for being too weak, while Guang Chengzi wondered how Chi You could wield such strength without attaining Daluo.
• Guang Chengzi tried to defend himself with the Male-Female Swords and his spiritual treasures, but Chi You struck him down again and prepared to kill him.
• Xuan Nü appeared and deflected Chi You’s saber, saving Guang Chengzi, then bluntly told him he was too weak.
• Chi You asked who Xuan Nü was, and she explained that she was there only to prevent him from killing Yuqing’s disciple.
• Chi You charged at Xuan Nü with his saber.

Xuan Nü fought Chi You and drove him back, while Guang Chengzi’s Yuqing Divine Thunder helped prompt Chi You to leave for another battlefield. Guang Chengzi believed he had impressed Xuan Nü, but she berated him for ending her fight, leaving him frozen in embarrassment.

• Xuan Nü charged Chi You and used her combat experience to suppress him in close combat.
• Guang Chengzi recovered enough to cast Yuqing Divine Thunder, which Chi You took without injury.
• Chi You retreated to support another battlefield and warned Guang Chengzi not to interfere in human affairs again.
• Guang Chengzi mistakenly believed his thunder had made Chi You retreat and asked Xuan Nü if it had injured her.
• Xuan Nü scolded Guang Chengzi for interrupting her battle, and he froze in embarrassment.

Chi You joined the battle between the Grand Unity Golden Immortals and overwhelmed Xuanyuan’s forces with a single distant saber strike. After ordering the Jiuli army to advance, Chi You left Xuanyuan’s camp retreating under Feng Hou’s warning that he was unbeatable.

• Chi You arrived as Feng Hou and Chi Songzi’s forces were suppressing the Jiuli Tribe’s Grand Unity Golden Immortals, and Feng Hou ordered a retreat.
• Chi You swung his black saber from afar, breaking through Xuanyuan’s defenses and killing four Grand Unity Golden Immortals while the others escaped.
• Chi You ordered the Jiuli army to advance and capture Shennong and Xuanyuan alive.
• Feng Hou warned Xuanyuan that Chi You was unbeatable, and Xuanyuan ordered the Youxiong army to withdraw.

As the human armies retreated from Jiuli, Chi You pressed the pursuit while mourning the Grand Unity Golden Immortals lost in battle. Huaxu ordered the Feng Clan to betray Shennong’s forces, leaving his retreating army in chaos.

• Bei Mingzheng and Shennong ordered their armies to withdraw after Jiuli launched a full-scale offensive.
• Xiong Da reported that Chi You had killed Lang Mie and three other Grand Unity Golden Immortals, while Chi Songzi told Shennong that Lei Yunzi and Huo Chizi had fallen.
• Xuanyuan learned that Da Hong had died, but his prepared retreat kept the Youxiong army in formation and frustrated Jiuli’s pursuit.
• Chi You ordered his generals to hasten the pursuit, dismissing Man Jiao and Li Shi’s concerns that the retreat seemed unusually well prepared.
• Huaxu ordered Feng Lingzi to begin the plan, and Feng Clan warriors attacked the other tribes in Shennong’s retreating army, throwing it into chaos.

The Feng Clan suddenly attacked Shennong’s army, throwing the battlefield into chaos and giving Chi You a chance to reach Shennong. Ying Long intercepted Chi You while Chi Songzi escorted Shennong away.

• Chi Songzi discovered that the Feng Clan had attacked Shennong’s warriors and urged the guards to escort Shennong toward the main camp.
• Xuanyuan recognized that Shennong’s disorder left the Youxiong army’s left flank exposed and ordered his warriors to abandon baggage and retreat.
• Chi You charged into Shennong’s chaotic army, hoping to capture him before he escaped.
• Chi Songzi prepared to face Chi You, but Ying Long appeared and told him to get Shennong to safety.
• Ying Long identified himself as a Dragon Race warrior and fought Chi You to keep him from reaching Shennong.

Chi You pursued Shennong while Feng Bo, Yu Shi, Ying Long, and Ba intervened to protect the Human Emperor. Ba stopped Chi You and Feng Bo with a single wave, sending them flying as Shennong continued to retreat.

• Feng Bo and Yu Shi arrived, and Chi You left Ying Long to them before chasing Shennong.
• Yu Shi fought Ying Long while Feng Bo followed Chi You toward Shennong.
• Ba appeared to block Chi You, allowing Chi Songzi to continue leading Shennong away.
• Feng Bo warned Chi You that Ba was too powerful, but Chi You attacked her anyway.
• Ba waved her hand, and her scorching force sent Chi You and Feng Bo flying backward.

After the Feng Clan’s defection brought the Jiuli Tribe victory at the Battle of Jiang Water, Xuanyuan and Shennong retreated south while Chi You failed to capture either of them. Chi You resolved to become stronger, and Guang Chengzi returned to Xuanyuan’s army unaware that Xuanyuan had once planned to sacrifice him.

• Xuanyuan ordered his army and the Northern Six Tribes to abandon their camp and retreat south after their forces collapsed.
• Chi You lamented that he was too weak to overcome Ba and capture Shennong, and Yu Shi offered a way for him to grow stronger quickly.
• The Battle of Jiang Water ended in a sweeping Jiuli victory, but Chi You let Xuanyuan, Shennong, and the Northern Six Tribes withdraw.
• Xuanyuan welcomed Guang Chengzi back and concealed that he had intended for Chi You to kill him.
• Guang Chengzi blamed himself for Xuanyuan’s defeat and promised to help him recover.