Chapter Summaries

Ji Shu stopped the Asuras’ assault and learned that the Asura Queen was Moon Fairy, the last survivor of the ancient War of Gods and Demons. After appointing her an Asura God and mastering the Moon God Immortal Scripture, he left to stabilize the other realms and appointed a god to govern the Hungry Ghost Path.

• The Asura Queen surrendered to Ji Shu, who dismissed the Eight Fiends Mystic Fire Array and questioned her about governing the Asuras.
• The Asura Queen revealed that she was Moon Fairy, whose Moon God Immortal Scripture had preserved her sanity and enabled her to become ruler of the Asura Blood Sea.
• Ji Shu used the Investiture of the Gods to make Moon Fairy an Asura God and charged her with keeping the Asuras from bringing calamity to other realms.
• Moon Fairy shared her cultivation knowledge with Ji Shu, who swiftly perfected the Moon God Immortal Scripture and manifested a crescent-moon phenomenon.
• Ji Shu left the Asura Realm and later found the Hungry Ghost Path, where he appointed a meritorious human to govern the rampant evil ghosts and protect the realm from collapse.

After Ji Shu ascended, Bi Yao and Lu Xueqi helped Yue Lao invest gods while the Mortal Realm grew peaceful. Years later, Murong Bo reached the Ascension Gate, where Xiao Yuanshan hesitated to enter after hearing screams from beyond it.

• Ji Shu planted Peaches of Immortality seeds, explained the Five Scrolls of the Heavenly Book to Bi Yao and the others, and ascended through the Immortal Gate.
• Bi Yao and Lu Xueqi stayed at Mountain Sea Gate and helped Yue Lao appoint gods, bringing peace and good order to the Mortal Realm.
• Qingyunzi and Wan Jianyi heard Yue Buqun tell Ji Shu's story, then followed him and discovered that he served Bi Yao, Yue Lao, and the others.
• Yue Buqun explained that Mountain Sea Gate had taken him in as a disciple, and Bi Yao and Lu Xueqi learned more about Ji Shu's deeds and longed for him.
• Murong Bo reached Kongsang Mountain and approached the Ascension Gate, where he met Xiao Yuanshan hesitating to ascend after hearing screams from beyond it.

Ji Shu entered the Legend World, awakened Supreme Treasure Refining Talent, and discovered that cultivation advanced far faster there than in the Zhu Xian World. After rescuing Fang Yuyin from drowning, he learned that her village needed help and recognized the world from the name Liu Shan Gen, agreeing to accompany her to Fengle Village.

• Murong Bo entered the Ascension Gate, and Xiao Yuanshan heard his miserable scream and decided to cultivate longer before trying it himself.
• Ji Shu entered a Black Hole, accepted the quest to become the Number One Expert Under Heaven and unite the Six Realms, and arrived in the Legend World.
• Ji Shu awakened Supreme Treasure Refining Talent and found that the rich Spiritual Essence let his cultivation progress hundreds of times faster than in the Zhu Xian World.
• Ji Shu rescued Fang Yuyin from drowning at a river and used his power to clothe her.
• Fang Yuyin begged Ji Shu to save Fengle Village, and he recognized the world after hearing her name and Liu Shan Gen's name.
• Ji Shu agreed to follow Fang Yuyin to Fengle Village.

Ji Shu accompanied Fang Yuyin to Fengle Village and learned that the Five Manifestations God forced the villagers to sacrifice a young woman nearly every month. He cultivated in the village’s rich Spiritual Essence while Fang Yuyin went to prepare dinner, where Liu Shan Gen stopped her.

• Fang Yuyin led Ji Shu toward Fengle Village and explained how the Five Manifestations God oppressed its villagers with monthly sacrifices.
• Ji Shu noticed that Spiritual Essence grew denser as they entered the village, suggesting a spirit spring or another source nearby.
• A Zhen told Liu Shan Gen that Fang Yuyin had brought Ji Shu home, and Liu Shan Gen grew jealous and warned her to be cautious.
• Ji Shu cultivated in Fang Yuyin’s home, steadily advancing his cultivation while she went to pick vegetables for dinner.
• Liu Shan Gen blocked Fang Yuyin outside her house and asked what she wanted.

Ji Shu followed Fang Yuyin to the Five Manifestations God’s temple, where he exposed and destroyed the ghost possessing Liu Shan Gen. The Five Manifestations God emerged and tried to bargain with Ji Shu, who demanded it offer up its Primordial Spirit.

• Fang Yuyin asked Ji Shu to protect her when the villagers sent her to the Five Manifestations God, and Ji Shu agreed to follow her.
• After the villagers escorted Fang Yuyin into the temple, Liu Shan Gen attacked Ji Shu with a hairpin.
• Ji Shu saw that Liu Shan Gen was possessed by a Vicious Ghost, pierced his brow, and burned the fleeing ghost with Pure Yang True Fire.
• The Five Manifestations God came out of the temple and asked Ji Shu to spare the female ghost, offering to submit to him instead.
• Ji Shu demanded that the Five Manifestations God offer up its Primordial Spirit, but it refused and tried to tempt him with the young maiden in the temple.

Ji Shu subdued and killed the Five Manifestations God, learning about the Six Realms and the demon’s Soul Splitting Technique. He left considering whether he could develop a safer version of the technique.

• Ji Shu beheaded the Five Manifestations God, cut off his escaping Primordial Spirit’s limbs, and subdued him with a charm.
• Ji Shu questioned the Five Manifestations God about his cultivation, techniques, and the world’s Six Realms.
• The Five Manifestations God revealed that he was a minor Demon Realm deity who had secretly entered the Mortal Realm and terrorized villagers for worship.
• Ji Shu killed the Five Manifestations God, freeing the souls of his victims and causing the demon’s linked female ghost to vanish.
• Ji Shu learned that the Five Manifestations God had used the Soul Splitting Technique and considered studying it to create a version without side effects.

After killing Five Manifestations God, Ji Shu returned to Fengle Village and cultivated the secret arts he had obtained, eventually reaching great perfection in the Supreme Immortal Scripture and forming a Primordial Spirit. His strength surged, though the stable world limited how much destruction he could cause with a single strike.

• Fang Yuyin rejoiced that Ji Shu had slain Five Manifestations God and returned with him to Fengle Village.
• Fang Yuyin and her family celebrated with the villagers, who treated Ji Shu as a savior and secretly made a longevity tablet for him.
• Ji Shu perfected the Charm Technique and Soul Hooking Technique, then let the Myriad Laws Dao Sword Art devour the soul-splitting ghostly energy from the perfected Soul Splitting Technique.
• Ji Shu comprehended the Great Yin-Yang Method and integrated its essence into the Supreme Immortal Scripture.
• Ji Shu's Supreme Immortal Scripture reached great perfection, forming a Primordial Spirit within his Golden Core and increasing his strength a hundredfold.

Ji Shu left Fengle Village, traveled to Jiangdu City, and suspected that the Painted Skin story was unfolding there. Demon Slayer Xia Bing found him at his inn and asked him to help capture the fox demon, admitting that she was hungry.

• Ji Shu said goodbye to Fang Yuyin and vanished, leaving her and A Zhen regretful that he had departed.
• Ji Shu crossed the Western Desert on foot and reached Jiangdu City, where he recognized its name from the Painted Skin World.
• Ji Shu checked into an inn and heard that people in Jiangdu City had recently been found with their hearts dug out; he suspected Xiao Wei had entered the prince's residence to become Wang Sheng's wife.
• Xia Bing entered Ji Shu's room, introduced herself as a Demon Slayer, and asked him to join her in capturing the fox demon.
• Xia Bing told Ji Shu she had noticed him at the city gate and pleaded for help because she had not eaten all day.

Ji Shu drew Xia Bing’s Demon Subduing Rod with ease, stunning her and Pang Yong, who had dismissed the existence of demons. After Pei Rong warned Pang Yong of a possible fox demon in the prince’s manor, Pang Yong set out to hunt it with Xia Bing, while still underestimating Ji Shu.

• Xia Bing argued with Pang Yong about demons and showed him the Demon Subduing Rod, but neither she nor Pang Yong could draw it.
• Ji Shu effortlessly drew the Demon Subduing Rod, leaving Xia Bing and Pang Yong shocked and prompting Pang Yong to reconsider his disbelief in Demon Slayers.
• Pang Yong asked Ji Shu to exchange moves, but Ji Shu declined and returned to his room.
• Pei Rong visited Pang Yong and told him there might be a fox demon in the prince’s manor.
• Pang Yong decided to lie in wait for the demon and rejected Xia Bing’s suggestion to ask Ji Shu for help, believing Ji Shu’s martial arts were weak.
• Xia Bing joined Pang Yong in the hunt, and Pang Yong left the inn after sharpening his saber.

Pang Yong and Xia Bing pursued a mysterious demon, only to discover that Ji Shu had already subdued it. Ji Shu questioned the captive, who revealed his name, kind, and cultivated techniques.

• Pang Yong and Xia Bing kept watch through the night and spotted a strange, scaled man fleeing across the rooftops.
• Pang Yong fought the man, was driven back, and saw him escape despite a serious sword wound healing quickly.
• Pang Yong tracked the demon to the inn and rushed to protect Ji Shu, but found the demon kneeling blankly before him.
• Xia Bing and Pang Yong realized Ji Shu had subdued the demon, and Pang Yong was stunned by Ji Shu's strength.
• Ji Shu questioned the captive, who identified himself as Xiao Yi, a Flying Lizard, and recited the techniques he cultivated.

Ji Shu subdued the Flying Lizard and learned that a thousand-year-old demon named Xiao Wei was hiding in the Captain's Mansion. He then mastered the Flying Lizard's techniques in a few hours, leaving Xia Bing in awe.

• Pang Yong questioned the Flying Lizard and learned that Xiao Wei, a Thousand-Year Spirit Fox, was at the Captain's Mansion, then hurried away.
• Ji Shu returned the Flying Lizard to its original form and trapped it in a bottle, while Xia Bing watched in amazement.
• Ji Shu learned that the Flying Lizard had targeted him because it thought his heart would taste good and believed no one nearby could defeat it.
• Ji Shu quickly mastered the Invisibility Technique, Shapeshifting Technique, Killing Sword Style, Heart Excavation Art, and Qi Devouring Method.
• Xia Bing realized that Ji Shu could master demon techniques with ease and became increasingly worshipful of him.

Ji Shu mastered Demon Race techniques, allowed Xia Bing to travel with him, and killed Xiao Wei with a single burst of Sword Qi before taking her under his control. As Ji Shu’s group tried to leave Jiangdu City, the city’s Commandant blocked their way and challenged them.

• Ji Shu finished mastering several Demon Race techniques, and Xia Bing asked to follow him; he agreed but warned he would not protect her.
• As Ji Shu and Xia Bing headed east, the wounded Pang Yong crashed into their path while fleeing Xiao Wei, the Thousand-year Fox Demon.
• Xiao Wei attacked Ji Shu, but he shattered her claw shadows, pierced her through the chest with the Azure Edge Sword, and compelled her to follow him.
• Pang Yong explained that he had exposed Xiao Wei’s identity at the prince’s residence, then rode after Ji Shu’s group as they left the city.
• At Jiangdu City’s eastern gate, the Commandant blocked Ji Shu, Xia Bing, and Xiao Wei, demanding to know why they were taking someone from the prince’s residence.

Wang Sheng confronted Ji Shu and Xia Bing at Jiangdu City’s gate, refusing to believe Ji Shu had captured the demons until Pang Yong exposed Xiao Wei as a Thousand-year Fox Demon. After Ji Shu and Xia Bing left, Wang Sheng realized his mistake and tried to catch up to apologize, but he could not find them.

• Wang Sheng and his soldiers threatened to arrest Ji Shu and Xia Bing, dismissing their claim that Ji Shu had captured the Heart-gouging Great Demon.
• Pang Yong arrived, apologized to Ji Shu, and confirmed that the Flying Lizard was the Heart-gouger Ji Shu had captured.
• Pang Yong revealed that Xiao Wei was a Thousand-year Fox Demon who had eaten human hearts, and Gao Xiang and Pei Rong backed up his account.
• Ji Shu and Xia Bing departed with the fox demon while Pang Yong rode away, leaving Pei Rong watching him go.
• Wang Sheng regretted bringing Xiao Wei to Jiangdu City and insulting Ji Shu, then searched for Ji Shu to apologize but returned without finding him.

Ji Shu traveled east through the Western Desert with Xia Bing and Pang Yong, learning Xiao Wei’s cultivation methods and refining them alongside the Demon Spirit Method. The group continued their journey as Ji Shu perfected new techniques, while the powerless Xiao Wei remained captive and wondered who he was.

• Ji Shu told Pang Yong that Lu Xueqi had taught him sword flight through the Qingyun Sect, then let Pang Yong and Xia Bing hear Xiao Wei describe the Six Realms and her techniques.
• Ji Shu mastered Earth Fiend Claws and explained its essence to Pang Yong, whose practice made him more awed by Ji Shu’s skill.
• Ji Shu continued cultivating Xiao Wei’s Demon Spirit Method and chose not to kill her, avoiding the aura that could draw the Demon Race’s pursuit.
• As the group traveled east, Xiao Wei’s feelings for Wang Sheng faded, and her thoughts focused on Ji Shu’s identity and whether he would kill her.
• Ji Shu perfected the Demon Spirit Method and used the Myriad Laws Dao Sword Art to refine Skin Painting Technique, Earth Fiend Claws, and Flying Flower Technique.

Ji Shu and his companions reached the run-down Guo Bei County, where he uncovered the innkeeper’s robbery scheme and learned of the dangerous town and haunted Lan Ruo Temple. After saving Pang Yong and Xia Bing from being drugged, Ji Shu left with them as they began to feel they were holding him back.

• Ji Shu, Pang Yong, and Xia Bing entered Guo Bei County, where Pang Yong noticed how much the town had changed since his last visit.
• Pang Yong and Xia Bing ate at You Jian Inn and fell asleep after being drugged, while Ji Shu remained awake.
• Two armed men demanded Ji Shu’s luggage, but Ji Shu killed them with the Flying Flower Technique and captured the fleeing innkeeper with the Immortal Binding Rope.
• Ji Shu used the Mind Bewitching Spell to learn that Guo Bei County was rife with crime and that Lan Ruo Temple was rumored to harbor ghosts and monsters.
• Ji Shu killed the innkeeper, woke Pang Yong and Xia Bing, and led them out of the inn; the two realized they had been drugged and considered finding another path so they would not hold Ji Shu back.

Ji Shu and his companions crossed the sinister Guo Bei County and reached Lan Ruo Temple, where Nie Xiaoqian tried to seduce him. After Ji Shu subdued and questioned her, he learned that a Thousand-Year Tree Demon commanded the temple’s ghosts and demons.

• Pang Yong, Ji Shu, and Xia Bing traveled through Guo Bei County, where the commoners watched them with murderous greed and the county magistrate planned to let Lan Ruo Temple deal with them.
• The group entered the ancient forest and took shelter at Lan Ruo Temple, while the fox demon and Flying Lizard hoped its powerful demonic aura would help them escape Ji Shu.
• During the night, Xia Bing and Pang Yong secured the temple doors and windows, but a strange wind opened them again and carried Nie Xiaoqian to Ji Shu.
• Nie Xiaoqian tried to charm Ji Shu, but he resisted, subdued her, and threatened to kill her if she alerted the temple’s great demon.
• Ji Shu questioned Nie Xiaoqian and learned that a Thousand-Year Tree Demon commanded many ghosts and demons at Lan Ruo Temple, where Nie Xiaoqian and the others lived difficult lives.

Ji Shu set out with Nie Xiaoqian to confront the Tree Demon, while Xia Bing and Pang Yong waited at Lan Ruo Temple. Yan Chixia intervened to protect Ji Shu when Granny appeared, and Ji Shu saw the demons gathering in the forest.

• Nie Xiaoqian told Ji Shu about her abuse by the Tree Demon and the people she had been forced to kill, and Ji Shu promised to free her from her suffering.
• Ji Shu introduced Nie Xiaoqian to Xia Bing and Pang Yong, then told them to wait at Lan Ruo Temple while he followed her toward the Tree Demon's lair.
• Yan Chixia intercepted Ji Shu and warned him that the Tree Demon was too dangerous, but Granny appeared before he could persuade Ji Shu to turn back.
• Yan Chixia attacked Granny with a Taiji diagram and urged Ji Shu to return to Lan Ruo Temple, where his friends were protected by a formation.
• Ji Shu used his enhanced vision to see demonic branches and glowing eyes gathering deep in the forest.

Ji Shu, Yan Chixia, and Nie Xiaoqian advanced toward Granny after Ji Shu’s sword strike injured her roots, but Granny unleashed her army of Fiend Gods to overwhelm them. Yan Chixia struggled against the horde and could no longer hold it back, leaving their escape uncertain.

• Ji Shu slashed into the forest with a hundred-zhang Sword Qi, making Granny scream and shocking Nie Xiaoqian and Yan Chixia.
• Ji Shu confirmed to Yan Chixia that he had made the strike and claimed his master was Yue Lingshan of the Mount Hua Sect.
• Yan Chixia used Palm Thunder to destroy demons and ghosts as the trio continued through the forest.
• Granny revealed that she had raised an army of hundreds of thousands of Fiend Gods and ordered them to attack Ji Shu and his companions.
• Yan Chixia fought the surrounding horde with Palm Thunder and his sword, then urged Ji Shu and Nie Xiaoqian to flee while he covered their retreat.
• Granny’s army encircled the trio, and Yan Chixia began to falter as his attacks could not stop the overwhelming numbers.

Ji Shu used a powerful thunder art to destroy the ghost army and force Tree Demon Granny to bargain for her survival. He appeared to accept her oath for Nie Xiaoqian’s sake, while secretly planning to sneak into her lair and kill her.

• Ji Shu summoned a storm of lightning that wiped out the Vicious Ghosts and Fiend Gods around him as Yan Chixia and Nie Xiaoqian followed.
• Tree Demon Granny threatened to destroy Nie Xiaoqian’s Ash Urn, then offered to let Nie Xiaoqian go in exchange for peace.
• Ji Shu asked Tree Demon Granny to send over Nie Xiaoqian’s Ash Urn, but left when she refused to trust him.
• Yan Chixia urged Ji Shu to wound Tree Demon Granny, and Tree Demon Granny swore she would never harm another mortal.
• Ji Shu said he would believe Tree Demon Granny for Nie Xiaoqian’s sake, while secretly planning to use the Invisibility Technique to enter her lair and kill her.

After the Thousand-Year Tree Demon surrendered to Ji Shu, he protected the Fox Demon and Flying Lizard from Yan Chixia and secretly left Lan Ruo Temple for Tree Demon Granny's lair. He had pretended to share a bed with Nie Xiaoqian to fool the demon's hidden sentries, leaving her unconscious while he traveled invisibly through the night.

• The group returned to Lan Ruo Temple, where Yan Chixia explained that the Thousand-Year Tree Demon had surrendered to Ji Shu without a fight.
• Yan Chixia offered to kill the Fox Demon and Flying Lizard, but Ji Shu warned that doing so could draw the Demon Race's attention, and Yan Chixia let the matter drop.
• Late at night, Ji Shu told Nie Xiaoqian to lie beside him, then knocked her unconscious and arranged the bed to make it look as though they were both asleep.
• Ji Shu used the Invisibility Technique and followed Nie Xiaoqian's directions toward Tree Demon Granny's lair, passing the evil ghosts guarding the route.
• Several Fierce Ghosts mistook Ji Shu's passing for a gust of wind and shuddered as they recalled his power and Tree Demon Granny's control over them.