Chapter Summaries

Chu He used Bitter Crocodile to lure the Black Crocodile into leaving its encampment, where it met Kongming Great Sage and began a fierce battle. Chu He watched from concealment until he suddenly spoke beside the Black Crocodile, revealing a third party was present.

• The Black Crocodile used a fused pearl to contact Bitter Crocodile, who claimed Chu He had trapped him in a formation and earned an extra month of his vacation.
• Chu He put Valley Crocodile in the Universe Bag, left Lin City, and headed toward the Endless Sea to wait for the Black Crocodile.
• After the pearl shattered, the Black Crocodile decided to investigate the Barbarian Domain itself and secretly set out, while the other crocodiles prepared a feast for its return.
• Kongming Great Sage intercepted the Black Crocodile, which assumed he had been secretly following it, and they began fighting across the sea and through the void.
• Chu He concealed himself above the battle, watched while eating pills and playing chess, then spoke beside the Black Crocodile and told it to move farther away.

Kongming Great Sage wounded Black Crocodile during their battle, while an unseen third party repeatedly distracted the crocodile and then captured it with a Golden Fishing Net. Black Crocodile continued resisting as the mysterious attacker shoved a giant golden hook into its open mouth.

• An unseen presence startled Black Crocodile, letting Kongming Great Sage slash open its waist and drive it onto the defensive.
• Black Crocodile called for a truce after sensing a third party, but Kongming Great Sage used the pause to strike its wounded waist again.
• The unseen voice admitted it was watching the battle, and Black Crocodile fled while Kongming Great Sage hesitated.
• The mysterious attacker cast a Golden Fishing Net over Black Crocodile and tightened it as the crocodile struggled.
• Black Crocodile forced the net open slightly, but a huge golden hook descended and filled its open mouth.

Chu He captured Black Crocodile and brought it back to the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, while Kongming Great Sage fled in fear and resolved to investigate the strange region. After tending to Thunder Saint’s injuries, Chu He left it suspicious of his kindness.

• A mysterious fishing line hooked Black Crocodile and dragged it away, leaving Kongming Great Sage frozen with fear.
• Kongming Great Sage cautiously retreated, then fled at full speed and decided to return and discuss the dangers of the region.
• Chu He traveled home while scattering cultivation methods, pills, and other opportunities along his route.
• Chu He returned to the Book Repository, where the Willow Tree and Little Turtle had enjoyed the Spirit Rain.
• Chu He entered the Demon Suppressing Pagoda and tipped the injured Black Crocodile, called Thunder Saint, out of his Universe Pouch.
• Chu He gave Thunder Saint a Pill and poured Saint Spirit Wine on its wounds, but Thunder Saint grew suspicious as the other beasts avoided its gaze.

Thunder Saint was thrown into Chu He's oil cauldron and struggled against the chains, while a wounded Big Black Rat vowed revenge after failing to enter the Barbarian Domain. In Lin Commandery, Xia Yuan learned that few people intended to flee the coming crisis and embraced the belief that a new era was about to begin.

• After his wounds healed, Thunder Saint was cast into Chu He's oil cauldron, where chains repeatedly dragged him back as he tried to escape.
• Valley Crocodile urged Thunder Saint to stop struggling, recalling his own years of resistance, but Thunder Saint fought harder.
• A wounded Big Black Rat emerged in the Heng Domain, regretted ignoring Third Brother's warning, and led countless rats toward another domain to recover and seek revenge.
• Two crocodiles at the Crocodile Clan's temporary encampment worried about Thunder Saint's long absence, then announced an early feast.
• Meng Yi told Xia Yuan that most people in Lin Commandery had refused to evacuate despite the Qin Clan's warning of a coming crisis.
• Xia Yuan and Meng Yi agreed that the coming era belonged to both of them.

Chu He found the sealed Heavenly Demon Ha Yong beneath an ancient altar in Tong You Valley and forced it to come up so they could settle compensation. Ha Yong began breaking free of its formation, and Chu He prepared to welcome it into the Demon Suppressing Pagoda’s third floor.

• Chu He left the Demon Suppressing Pagoda after tormenting Thunder Saint and went to investigate Tong You Valley.
• Chu He found an ancient altar, shattered its cover, and discovered a deep abyss below it.
• Chu He stared down at Heavenly Demon Ha Yong, whose Demon Eyes opened briefly before his righteous gaze scorched them shut.
• Ha Yong apologized to Chu He after learning Chu He had targeted it because it had frightened him.
• Chu He demanded that Ha Yong come up and pay compensation, and Ha Yong began breaking free from the formation disk.
• Chu He welcomed the surge of demonic energy as a sign that the Demon Suppressing Pagoda’s third floor would receive its first prisoner.

Chu He fed Heavenly Demon Ha Yong a Demon Pearl and subjected it to a trial beneath the Thunder Prison World’s lightning. When a storm of high-quality Spirit Rain began beneath the Willow Tree, Chu He and Little Turtle meditated outside the pagoda, while Ha Yong called out that he could help with the great changes to come.

• Chu He brought Heavenly Demon Ha Yong into the third floor of the Demon Suppressing Pagoda and gave it a Demon Pearl to restore its strength.
• Chu He chained Ha Yong beneath a lightning sphere and ordered it to endure divine thunder for forty-nine years; Ha Yong protested as the bolts struck it.
• Chu He sensed green smoke rising beneath the Willow Tree, and thunderclouds gathered as high-quality Spirit Rain began to fall.
• Chu He left the pagoda and sat with Little Turtle in the courtyard, where they swallowed pills and meditated in the rain.
• The Willow Tree spread its branches over the Book Repository courtyard while leaving Chu He and Little Turtle beneath an opening; Ha Yong continued calling for Chu He to let it out.

After five years of Spirit Rain, the rain finally began to stop as martial artists across Lin City grew stronger. Chu He rescued the battered Heavenly Demon Ha Yong from Thunder Prison and treated it, but promised to subject it to another long trial in the future.

• Five years of Spirit Rain filled Lin City and its surrounding regions with martial artists, and Xia Yuan sensed that a great age was drawing near as the rain weakened.
• Meng Yi continued consolidating his Emperor Realm breakthrough, while Chu He finished cultivating and noted that the Willow Tree's blue smoke had faded.
• Chu He entered Thunder Prison and found Heavenly Demon Ha Yong barely alive after five years of lightning strikes.
• Chu He realized the Demon Pearl had helped Heavenly Demon Ha Yong endure by healing its injuries, then fed it pills and applied Saint Spirit Wine.
• Chu He promised Heavenly Demon Ha Yong a vacation but said he would keep giving it chances to survive a forty-nine-year trial, leaving it trembling in fear.

After the five-year Spirit Rain ended, Chu He relaxed with Zhao Yuling and Lin Xueling, returned to Tong You Valley with the beasts, and brought them back to the Demon Suppressing Pagoda. He visited the badly injured Heavenly Demon Ha Yong and waited for it to explain its secret and the coming great change.

• Chu He left the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, reunited with Zhao Yuling and Lin Xueling, and tried playing cards before taking them and Little Turtle bungee jumping.
• Half a month later, Chu He swept Tong You Valley, gathered four crocodiles, three dragons, and one tiger, and rode back toward Lin City with them.
• Chu He offered You Shi and You Wang three days off if they sang, but their roars drove him to sing The Sounds of Jianghu himself as the beasts applauded.
• Chu He returned to Lin City and put the eight beasts on the second floor of the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.
• Chu He found Heavenly Demon Ha Yong still badly injured on the third floor and asked about its secret and the great change to come while grilling a sheep with lightning.

After listening to Heavenly Demon Ha Yong’s stories, Chu He planned to grow stronger and capture the Dao Realm Heavenly Demon who had used Ha Yong as a chess piece. Meanwhile, the Crocodile Clan learned that Bitter Crocodile and Thunder Crocodile had vanished, and Lotus Crocodile devised a scheme to lure other clans into the Eight Desolations Domain.

• Chu He listened to Ha Yong for three days and nights, then rewarded him before leaving the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.
• Chu He resolved to capture the Dao Realm Heavenly Demon and looked forward to suppressing him beneath Heavenly Thunder.
• Kun Crocodile and Lotus Crocodile learned that Bitter Crocodile and Thunder Crocodile had disappeared while investigating the Human Clan.
• Lotus Crocodile proposed spreading news of a Dao Venerable Divine Miracle in the Eight Desolations Domain to draw other clans there.
• Lotus Crocodile told Kun Crocodile to make the fabricated news seem accidental and to create urgency so powerful experts would investigate.

Lotus Venerable’s scheme sent Great Saint experts toward the Eight Desolations Domain, hoping to turn them against the Human Clan. Meanwhile, Chu He enjoyed Lin City’s return to normal after the Spirit Rain, met Chen Xiaoyao again, and rewarded a singing girl with a Pill.

• Lotus Venerable arranged for allied Great Saints to learn of a supposed opportunity, expecting them to blame the Human Clan when they failed to find it.
• Chu He observed that the Spirit Rain had changed Lin City’s residents, who now focused on their own cultivation and plans to enter the martial world.
• Chu He visited a restaurant, where he recognized Chen Xiaoyao, the former horse seller, and heard that he no longer sold horses.
• Chu He reflected on his long life and his progress toward the Sixth Turn of the Nine Transformations Golden Body Technique.
• Chu He gave a Pill to the singing girl at the restaurant, and she immediately sat down to absorb it.

Chu He comprehended Heaven and Earth Nature for three months and prepared to use the approaching demons and monsters to aid his breakthrough. He waited in Lin City as the Great Domains drew closer, ready to lure more crocodiles into the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.

• A songstress underwent Marrow Cleansing and Tendon Washing after receiving Chu He's reward, then continued singing and dancing.
• Chu He sent his Dharma Aspect Golden Body across the Barbarian Domain to survey the land and comprehend Heaven and Earth Nature while his body returned to the Book Repository.
• After three months, Chu He sensed that the Sky-Opening Plan was close to succeeding and decided to wait for demons and monsters to appear before breaking through.
• Chu He pulled the beasts out of the oil cauldron, opened the barrier to the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, and knocked Thunder Crocodile flat after it roared at him.
• Kun Crocodile arrived at the crocodile clan's temporary encampment, inspected where Bitter Crocodile and Thunder Crocodile were trapped, and waited cautiously.
• Chu He watched the crocodiles from beneath the willow tree, then cast his fishing rod into the void and reeled in a sheep.

A crimson Divine Eagle and other Great Saint experts approached the Eight Desolations Domain, while Big Black Rat lured Demon Wolf into Tong You Valley to search for their sealed Third Brother. Demon Wolf found the seal broken and encountered an unseen presence that suddenly grabbed at it.

• The Divine Eagle concealed its presence as it approached the Eight Desolations Domain, followed by Great Saint-level experts selected by the Crocodile Clan.
• Big Black Rat brought Demon Wolf to Tong You Valley and claimed its little ones had eaten Third Brother's provisions, so it felt guilty about meeting him.
• Demon Wolf entered Tong You Valley alone and searched for Third Brother, but found no trace of his aura.
• Demon Wolf discovered the shattered altar and abyss, then wondered whether Third Brother had escaped the seal.
• An unseen voice offered to lead Demon Wolf to Third Brother, then an enormous golden face appeared behind it and transformed into a hand reaching to grab it.

Chu He captured Demon Wolf and imprisoned it beside the battered Heavenly Demon Ha Yong, while Big Black Rat grew concerned that events in Tong You Valley threatened the Dao Venerable's plan. Elsewhere, Great Sage experts from several races gathered at Bonfire Island and suspected that someone had deliberately leaked false news.

• Chu He sealed Demon Wolf in the Demon Suppressing Pagoda and placed it beside Heavenly Demon Ha Yong, who warned it to cherish its remaining time and suggested it self-detonate.
• Demon Wolf realized it might suffer the same torment as Heavenly Demon Ha Yong and cursed Big Black Rat for tricking it into investigating.
• Big Black Rat suspected that a terrifying presence in Tong You Valley had disrupted the Dao Venerable's plan, then burrowed away to deal with the unexpected danger.
• Great Sage experts from other races searched the Eight Desolations Domain, found signs of demonic activity, and followed the Human Clan's Heaven-Opening Great Array to Bonfire Island.
• The experts discovered one another at Bonfire Island and suspected someone had deliberately spread the news, before Kun Crocodile arrived and asked why they had gathered there.

Kun Crocodile led six suspicious Great Sages toward the Human Clan’s refuge, while Sage Yu set out to investigate Bonfire Island. As a terrifying presence approached the Xia Clan, Chu He waited at Lin City with his newly carved jade flute.

• Sage Yu left the Human Clan’s encampment to investigate Bonfire Island, and Guardian Yu ordered news sent to the East Cang Domain.
• Kun Crocodile told six Great Sages that the Human Clan had withdrawn to a small domain, and they followed him toward the Barbarian Domain while suspecting the Crocodile Clan had a hidden motive.
• Crocodiles at the Crocodile Clan’s encampment prepared a feast to welcome Kun Sage’s supposed triumphant return.
• Chu He finished carving a jade flute and waited on Lin City’s walls, preparing to play for the approaching visitor.
• Meng Yi sensed a powerful enemy nearing the Xia Clan, and Xia Yuan ordered preparations while anticipating another opportunity for the clan.

Chu He used his Jade Flute to ensnare the Kun Crocodile and six other Great Saints in a spiritual illusion, making them laugh, sing, and dance as the music spread across the Xia Clan territory. The seven beasts remained trapped in their performance while the people below endured the overwhelming sound.

• The Kun Crocodile and six Great Saints crossed the Xia Clan territory and ignored Chu He's order to stop.
• Chu He played his Jade Flute, creating an illusory world that drew the seven beasts in and attacked their souls.
• The Kun Crocodile began laughing, singing, and dancing, while the other six beasts tried to retreat.
• The flute music caught all six beasts, and the seven Great Saints sang and danced together in the void.
• Chu He spread the music and the beasts' accompaniment across the Xia Clan territory, leaving Xia Yuan and the people in Lin City overwhelmed by the sound.

Chu He ended his flute performance, captured the seven alien Great Sages, and continued protecting the Xia Clan as the Great Domains drew closer. Five years later, with the continents nearing their merger, Chu He anticipated a new era and a chance to break through.

• Chu He finished playing, put the beasts into his Universe Pouch, and returned to the Book Repository before entering the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.
• Sage Yu, shielded from the beasts’ singing, heard Chu He’s flute, sensed his cultivation barrier stir, and left with gratitude.
• Over the next five years, the Great Domains drew closer and disasters worsened, while Chu He’s flute music repeatedly suppressed calamities within the Xia Clan territory.
• Chu He cultivated, composed music, and taught the two girls as the Xia Clan recovered from its earlier period of rapid growth.
• Chu He told Zhao Yuling that a great change was near, and she wondered whether the Xia Clan would rise or fall in the coming era.

As the Eight Desolations Domain’s continents collided, fleeing clans and natural disasters converged on Xia Clan territory. Beneath the Willow Tree, Chu He played his Jade Flute and held back the disaster, leaving Xia Clan lands standing firm amid the upheaval.

• The eight Great Domains fused together, unleashing catastrophic quakes, floods, and magma as desperate clans rushed into Xia Clan territory.
• Zhao Yuling, Lin Xueling, and Meng Yi struggled to defend the borders against the invading clans and advancing disasters.
• At the Book Repository, Chu He watched the upheaval and played Father's Love on his Jade Flute.
• Chu He's music halted the clans and revealed a golden figure that caught the disasters in one palm and suppressed heaven and earth with the other.
• Living beings knelt in worship as the disasters vanished around Xia Clan territory, which remained firm amid the destruction.

After the world upheaval, Chu He found the newly merged continent still drifting and began hunting the escaped Heavenly Demons. He captured the Seventh Demon and Eighth Demon, who both said the other demons had left with Dead Rat, leaving Chu He suspicious of the rat.

• Chu He judged that the Sky-Opening Plan had left the merged continent unstable and decided the Feathered Imperial Dynasty should handle the consequences.
• Kongming Great Sage told Sage Yu that the Human Clan’s enemies had started fighting among themselves, so Hong Ancestor had ordered the clan to wait and observe.
• Chu He searched the reshaped world for the six Heavenly Demons still at large and captured the Seventh Demon, a snake, and the Eighth Demon, a leopard.
• The Seventh Demon and Eighth Demon both said Dead Rat had sought them out before they parted ways, and neither knew where it had gone.
• Chu He concluded that Dead Rat seemed suspicious because several demons had mentioned it.

Chu He prepared the demons and beasts in the Demon Suppressing Pagoda for another round of lightning and fire trials, then left to begin his breakthrough as Spirit Rain gathered. The chapter ended with Chu He on the Book Repository, ready to enter secluded cultivation.

• Chu He returned to the third level with Black Snake and Black Panther, praised Demon Wolf, then bound it beneath a lightning sphere and struck it with lightning.
• Chu He fed Black Snake and Black Panther pills and treasures, then chained them beneath lightning spheres as well.
• Chu He left Heavenly Demon Ha Yong aside because it had not recovered enough to withstand the lightning trials.
• Chu He entered the Fire Prison World and tossed the beasts, including the rebellious Great Saint-level beasts, into the oil cauldron.
• Chu He saw green smoke rise and Spirit Rain begin to gather, then went to the top of the Book Repository to start his breakthrough.

Chu He cultivated in a cauldron as Spirit Rain fell over Lin City, where the Fortune Spiritual Vein merged with the city and formed a dragon vein beneath it. Years later, a terrifying pressure from the Book Repository forced everyone to flee Lin Commandery, while the Xia Clan turned its attention to spreading across the newborn world.

• Chu He entered a cauldron filled with Spirit Milk and prepared treasures, swallowed pills, and began cultivating as Spirit Rain fell.
• The Fortune Spiritual Vein merged with Lin City, and the Cauldron of Fortune and Map of Mountains and Rivers helped form a dragon vein beneath the city.
• Over the following years, vegetation and living beings spread outward from Xia Clan territory as the fused Eight Desolations Domain gradually recovered.
• A deadly pressure emerged from the Book Repository, and a voice told Little Turtle to leave Lin City.
• Zhao Yuling gathered Little Turtle and her disciples, and they fled with the people of Lin City and its auxiliary capital across three commanderies.
• After the pressure faded, the Xia Clan's upper ranks decided to encourage the younger generation to spread throughout the land.