Chapter Summaries

Dugu Yueli met Jiang Zhenqing to explain the Nine Dust Alliance’s control of the Dao Palace and stop him from challenging their authority. She claimed Lin Heng had entrusted the Dao Palace Token to her because her standing with him matched Yun Yao and the others, leaving Jiang suspicious that she had invented a romance to deter him.

• Dugu Yueli entered the hall and apologized to Jiang Zhenqing for her father’s conduct, explaining that she led the Nine Dust Alliance and was at odds with him.
• Jiang Zhenqing questioned why the alliance had taken control of the Dao Palace, then admitted he had planned to seize its command from Lin Heng.
• Dugu Yueli realized that blaming Lin Heng as her uncle had instructed could provoke Jiang to join forces with the alliance, so she insisted the takeover had not been their intention.
• Dugu Yueli said Lin Heng had given her the Dao Palace Token because he regarded her as no less important than Yun Yao and his other Dao companions.
• Jiang Zhenqing mistook her words as proof of an intimate relationship with Lin Heng, and Dugu Yueli left after warning him not to pursue control of the Dao Palace.
• Jiang Zhenqing’s attendants argued that the Dugu Clan would never accept Lin Heng becoming involved with another Kirin Girl, and Jiang concluded Dugu Yueli had likely been deceiving him.

Jiang Zhenqing drove members of the Heavenly Mystery Imperial Office out of the Dao Palace, while Su Qingchuan and Su Yang kept them calm according to Lin Heng’s plan. The Nine Dust Alliance then plotted to ambush Lin Heng, leaving Dugu Hongxuan suspecting that he was being set up.

• Dugu Yueli told Qin Hongyi that Jiang Zhenqing wanted to seize the Dao Palace, not defend Lin Heng, and said she had concealed the full story from him.
• Four days later, Jiang Zhenqing expelled Su Yang, Su Qingchuan, Luo Xiaochuan, and others from the Dao Palace, prompting Su Qingchuan and Su Yang to follow Lin Heng’s instructions and keep the Imperial Office members from retaliating.
• Su Yang told Yun Yao and the other women about Lin Heng’s plans, and they calmed the Imperial Office members while guessing that Chen Changqin and Sun Hao were involved.
• Dugu Wuwu and Dugu Xin were baffled when the Imperial Office members stayed peaceful, then decided to lure Lin Heng into the Dao Palace and ambush him if he resisted.
• Dugu Xin ordered Dugu Hongxuan to lead hidden axemen and swordsmen against Lin Heng, and Dugu Hongxuan suspected the plan was really aimed at him.

Dugu Hongxuan secretly told Dugu Xuexue that her father planned to lure Lin Heng into the Dao Palace, hoping she would pass the warning to Dugu Yueli. Lin Heng returned to the Heavenly Mystery Imperial Office with Hua Qi restored to a physical body and began hearing reports from its leaders about the Dao Palace crisis.

• Dugu Hongxuan decided to tell Dugu Xuexue about her father's plan so she could warn Dugu Yueli without making him take the blame.
• Dugu Hongxuan apologized to Dugu Xuexue, won her forgiveness with a sugar figurine, and told her that Third Uncle intended to trick Lin Heng into the Dao Palace.
• Two days later, Lin Heng returned to cheers from the Imperial Office, accompanied by Hua Qi and another woman; Hua Qi's new physical body surprised Leng Qingyun and Yun Yao.
• Lin Heng reassured the crowd that he would address the Dao Palace matter, then summoned the core members to a meeting and listened as they reported what had happened in his absence.
• Lin Heng praised Su Qingchuan for keeping the Imperial Office orderly and addressed him as a fellow Daoist, reflecting how much Lin Heng's cultivation had advanced.

Lin Heng explained that he had handed the Dao Palace Token to Dugu Yueli to move the coming battle to a larger battlefield, then ordered his allies to prepare to cross the Immortal Sea. When he entered the Dao Palace city alone to meet with the Nine Dust Alliance, Dugu Yueli warned him that her father planned to capture him, and stepped in to help him escape.

• Lin Heng told Yun Yao and the others to leave secretly for Falling Snow City in five days and cross the Immortal Sea with him.
• Lin Heng invited Lin Jinren to speak with him, then spent time making amends to the little demonesses at home.
• Dugu Wuwu invited Lin Heng to the Dao Palace city alone, and Lin Heng accepted despite suspecting a trap.
• Dugu Tao welcomed Lin Heng, who sensed hidden ambushers as he entered the First Hall and openly challenged Dugu Wuwu over the Nine Dust Alliance taking the Dao Palace.
• Dugu Yueli arrived with Leng Qingqiu, warned Lin Heng that her father intended to capture him, and told him she would send him away.

Dugu Yueli challenged her father and the elders for secretly summoning Lin Heng, then defended him against their accusations. Lin Heng called on Prince Jing to intervene, threatening to expose the rumor-spreading against King Le.

• Dugu Yueli confronted Dugu Wuwu and Dugu Xin over hiding their plan to keep Lin Heng in Dao Palace.
• Lin Heng interrupted the argument by pointing out that Jiang Zhenqing was enjoying the spectacle, and Jiang suggested the Dugu Clan tie Lin Heng up and beat him.
• Dugu Wuwu accused Dugu Yueli of protecting Lin Heng despite his past kidnapping of her, but she argued that their old grievances were settled and reminded him that Lin Heng had helped the Nine Dust Alliance.
• Lin Heng silently resolved to give Dugu Yueli a fateful chance, while Leng Qingqiu misheard this as a chicken chance and began plotting to use his secret against him.
• Lin Heng shielded Dugu Yueli and asked Prince Jing to speak for him, warning that the Female Emperor and King Le might learn what Jiang had done.

Lin Heng forced Jiang Zhenqing to abandon the Dugu Clan and publicly support him, then Dugu Hongxuan stormed into the hall believing a smashed cup was the signal to attack. The chapter ended with Lin Heng disarming Dugu Hongxuan and Dugu Wuwu ordering him punished.

• Lin Heng pressured Jiang Zhenqing with the threat of exposing his connection to Jiang Qian, and Jiang Zhenqing admitted Jiang Qian was his woman.
• Jiang Zhenqing ended the confrontation and declared that he would side with his younger sister and Lin Heng rather than help the Dugu Clan.
• Jiang Zhenqing smashed a wine cup as a gesture of support, but Dugu Hongxuan mistook it for the signal to attack and led armed men into the hall.
• Lin Heng took Dugu Hongxuan's saber while Jiang Zhenqing's pressure immobilized him, and Dugu Hongxuan revealed that he had expected the cup to signal an attack.
• Dugu Wuwu called Dugu Hongxuan a rebel and ordered him dragged out for ten thousand lashes.

Lin Heng gave Dao Palace City to the Nine Dust Alliance and claimed the Heavenly Mystery Imperial Office would leave to gather resources, while hinting to Dugu Yueli that he had found a way to survive the coming danger. The chapter ended with Dugu Yueli kissing Lin Heng to persuade him to explain, and Lin Heng teasing her that her Second Brother had seen.

• Lin Heng stopped Dugu Wuwu from punishing Dugu Hongxuan and said the Heavenly Mystery Imperial Office would give up Dao Palace City to the Nine Dust Alliance.
• Lin Heng said his people would travel to a Heaven and Earth Stones mine near Falling Snow City to gather resources, then left Dao Palace with Dugu Yueli and Leng Qingqiu.
• Jiang Zhenqing followed Lin Heng, suspicious of his decision to abandon Dao Palace, while Dugu Hongxuan slipped away to avoid blame.
• Outside Dao Palace, Lin Heng told Dugu Yueli that he had found a way to face the coming danger, but withheld the explanation until she kissed him.
• Dugu Yueli reluctantly kissed Lin Heng, who teased her that her Second Brother had seen it.

Lin Heng kissed Dugu Yueli, then arranged to give her a share of an opportunity the next day. Dugu Yueli threatened Dugu Hongxuan into keeping the kiss secret, but caught him mocking her and sent him flying across the sky.

• Dugu Yueli discovered Dugu Hongxuan spying, and Lin Heng kissed her before arranging to meet her at an eastern city winery the next day.
• Leng Qingqiu watched Lin Heng and Dugu Yueli and imagined taking control from him.
• Dugu Yueli cornered Dugu Hongxuan and made him admit he had seen Lin Heng kiss her on the cheek.
• Dugu Yueli warned Dugu Hongxuan not to spread the story, then caught him mocking her after she turned away.
• Dugu Yueli struck Dugu Hongxuan and sent him flying as Dugu Xuexue spotted him from atop a qilin beast.

Lin Heng argued with Jiang Zhenqing over the Dao Palace’s transfer to the Nine Dust Alliance, then prepared to leave for Falling Snow City. He assigned Su Wanyue’s group to speed up construction of the new city, and ended by visiting Su Qiubai, who was frustrated by her family’s economic lessons.

• Jiang Zhenqing confronted Lin Heng and questioned why he had given up the Dao Palace, while Lin Heng blamed him for helping the Nine Dust Alliance take it.
• Jiang Zhenqing accused Lin Heng of possibly cooperating with Nine Dust Hall, then left after threatening to see how Lin Heng would contend with the Nine Dust Alliance without his help.
• Lin Heng prepared to head to Falling Snow City and told Su Wanyue to take more than sixty people to help finish the new city within five days.
• Su Wanyue eagerly accepted Lin Heng’s promise of a reward and hinted that she wanted him to offer up some romantic attention.
• Lin Heng went to see Su Qiubai, who complained that her family was forcing her to learn economic management instead of letting her fight enemies.

Lin Heng told Su Qiubai that Bai Zihe was likely a Medical Path fugitive with a hidden agenda and asked her to help test him before their trip to the Central Domain. The next morning, Lin Heng secretly trapped Little Yueli with the God-Sealing Art and abducted her.

• Lin Heng visited Su Qiubai, teased her about their families joining through marriage, and asked about Bai Zihe.
• Lin Heng explained that Bai Zihe’s real name was probably Bai Ziqiu and that his lineage traced to the Bai Clan’s Second Estate.
• Lin Heng warned Su Qiubai that Bai Zihe might be interested in collecting special bloodlines and recruited her to test his attitude toward traveling to the Central Domain.
• The next morning, Su Wanyue and the others left through the Dao Palace, while the Heavenly Mystery Imperial Office headed toward the new city and Falling Snow City.
• Little Yueli entered a secluded alley in the eastern city, where Lin Heng used the God-Sealing Art to immobilize and abduct her.

Lin Heng inspected the new city, learned that Bai Zihe was secretly digging up Heaven and Earth Stones, and ordered Wang Lei to buy them. He reached Mountain Sea Town carrying a sack, where Leng Qingqiu, Senior Niu, and Zhao Wanqing confronted him.

• Lin Heng told Bai Yi that the new city was for the Nine Dust Alliance, then privately explained his plan to him.
• Lin Heng checked on Su Wanyue's settlement work and heard Wang Lei's account of prejudice against local rogue cultivators.
• Wang Lei showed Lin Heng a stone Bai Zihe had hidden, and Lin Heng recognized it as a Heaven and Earth Stone.
• Lin Heng ordered Wang Lei to announce that he would buy Heaven and Earth Stones for ten Spirit Stones each.
• Lin Heng arrived in Mountain Sea Town with a sack over his shoulder and found Leng Qingqiu, Senior Niu, and Zhao Wanqing waiting for him.

Lin Heng accompanied Leng Qingqiu and Zhao Wanqing around town while concealing Dugu Yueli in a sack. Meanwhile, Meng Yutong led the arrivals from the Heavenly Profound Continent toward Falling Snow City, where Mu Li tried to draw her attention with a prescription for helping her conceive.

• Lin Heng claimed his sack held Human Lotus Root, and Leng Qingqiu made him carry it while he accompanied her and Zhao Wanqing around town.
• Zhao Wanqing gave Spirit Stones to beggars, while Lin Heng eyed her after noting her cultivation and Innate Cauldron Saint Body.
• Murong Ziyan opened the passage beyond the long river, allowing more than a thousand people from the Eastern Continent to cross.
• Dugu Zixuan told Meng Yutong to lead the arrivals across the Immortal Sea to Falling Snow City within seven days, while she stayed behind to work with Murong Ziyan.
• Meng Yutong boarded a star boat with the newcomers, and Mu Li followed her to discuss a prescription he claimed could help her conceive.

Meng Yutong rejected Mu Li’s offer to help regulate her body in exchange for Lin Heng’s company. Meanwhile, Leng Qingqiu blackmailed Lin Heng into helping her take revenge on Yun Yao and the others, leaving him to agree after she threatened to expose his secret with Dugu Yueli.

• Mu Li provoked Meng Yutong about conceiving and offered her an ancient cultivation method in exchange for Lin Heng accompanying her for a month.
• Meng Yutong drove Mu Li away and resolved to put a lock on Lin Heng to keep others from taking advantage of him.
• At the manor, Leng Qingqiu teased Lin Heng about the sack containing Dugu Yueli while Zhao Wanqing stayed close to him.
• Leng Qingqiu told Lin Heng she planned to secretly give Yun Yao and the others pills that would make lewd activity dangerous.
• Leng Qingqiu threatened to expose Lin Heng’s secret with Dugu Yueli, so he agreed to help her teach the others a lesson.

Lin Heng brought Dugu Yueli back to Falling Snow City and used his Golden Lotus Pattern to prevent her from using divine abilities. He revealed that he had kidnapped her to offer her a chance to leave the Dao Palace and join a plan to move the battlefield north across the Immortal Sea.

• Lin Heng agreed to Leng Qingqiu's demand in exchange for a share of the antidote pills and promised not to cause trouble for Senior Niu again.
• After returning to Falling Snow City, Lin Heng freed Dugu Yueli from the sack but restrained her divine abilities with the Golden Lotus Pattern.
• Dugu Yueli questioned Lin Heng about the restraint, and he admitted an old senior had taught him the method.
• Lin Heng told Dugu Yueli she could bring her trusted followers out of the Dao Palace and cross the Immortal Sea north with them.
• Lin Heng explained that they planned to shift the battlefield and strike at the Yellow Dragon while using the Great Wall Dao Palace to absorb the frontal attack.

Lin Heng told Dugu Yueli that he planned to cross the Immortal Sea and Demon Forest to raid the Immortal Clan’s Central Domain while Jiang Zhenqing defended Dao Palace City. Dugu Yueli agreed to join him and recruit allies, while Qin Hongyi learned she had been taken by Lin Heng and reacted with anger and surprise.

• Lin Heng explained his plan to cross the Demon Domain and strike the Immortal Clan’s heartland, with Jiang Zhenqing staying behind to defend Dao Palace City and draw the Supremes.
• Lin Heng said he had already arranged the details and asked Dugu Yueli whether she would go to the Central Domain with him.
• Dugu Yueli agreed to join the expedition and said she would recruit people who trusted her, and Lin Heng gave her three days before the Heavenly Mystery Imperial Office set sail.
• Dugu Yueli contacted the Shadow Alliance to arrange a meeting with Qin Hongyi, while Qin Hongyi searched for her and Dugu Wuwu dismissed his concerns.
• Qin Hongyi learned that Lin Heng had taken Dugu Yueli and, after reading the serious matter in the message, reacted with anger and surprise.

Lin Heng launched a secret sea voyage to lead his forces toward the Central Domain while the Old Lin Family prepared to guide them toward the immortal clans. The chapter left the expedition underway, with Bai Yi warning that Lin Heng's plan faced obstacles and the Changlin Clan secretly ready to show them the way.

• Qin Hongyi brought over a hundred people, including Dugu Xuexue, Dugu Hongxuan, and Dugu Han, to join Dugu Yueli in Falling Snow City, and they prepared to sail north.
• Lin Heng led thousands of cultivators across the Endless Immortal Sea as its great demons stayed hidden from their formidable convoy.
• Bai Yi questioned whether Lin Heng could attack the immortal clans before they had time to return and defend the Central Domain, and Lin Heng admitted he could not identify a target in advance.
• Mu Qiuhong informed the Old Lin Family that Lin Heng had left Falling Snow City, and Lin Tianhe arranged for Lin Yi and himself to return and prepare to guide the expedition through the Demon Forest.

Lin Heng returned to the Great Flame Demon Domain with more than a thousand cultivators, where five Demon Race leaders welcomed him as their revered lord. After meeting Sun Hao and Yu Ling, Lin Heng prepared to hear what had happened in the domain, while Meng Yutong insisted on accompanying him.

• Lin Heng arrived at the Demon Pass Long Boundary with the Heavenly Mystery Imperial Office, startling the cultivators with the approaching demon auras.
• White Brow, Yan Gang, Shadow Hunter, Stone Roar, and Swamp Skull bowed to Lin Heng and welcomed him as their revered lord.
• Lin Heng told the demon leaders to transform into human form and accompany him to the prepared lodgings, while Bai Yi boasted to the cultivators about helping Lin Heng subdue the demons.
• Sun Hao and Yu Ling arrived, and Sun Hao ran to Wei Yanxianlan while Yu Ling approached Lin Heng.
• Meng Yutong called Yu Ling a vixen, and Lin Heng asked her to cover her charm with a veil after it affected the nearby male cultivators.
• Yu Ling offered to tell Lin Heng what had happened in the Great Flame Demon Domain, and Meng Yutong grabbed him and declared that she would go with him.

Lin Heng learned that demons from the Sand Dune and Tusu Demon Domains planned to pass through the Great Flame Demon Domain, potentially threatening its territory. He agreed to help the fox clan against the Sand Dune demons, then gathered his allies to plan an advance, while Meng Yutong discovered that Qin Hongyi and Dugu Yueli had joined Lin Heng’s side.

• Old Ancestor White Eyebrow told Lin Heng that Barbarian King Venerable had sent an envoy to investigate whether a Demon Venerable had appeared in the Great Flame Demon Domain.
• Yu Ling proposed that Lin Heng help the fox clan resolve its conflict with the wild boars of the Sand Dune Demon Domain in exchange for safe passage through the Tusu Demon Domain.
• Lin Heng recognized that the demons were testing his strength and decided to defeat the Sand Dune demons and claim their resources.
• Lin Heng and Meng Yutong discussed the demons’ motives, and Lin Heng said he would use the conflict to establish his power.
• Lin Heng gathered his core allies to plan their advance into the Sand Dune Demon Domain, and Meng Yutong learned that Qin Hongyi and Dugu Yueli were now on Lin Heng’s side.

Lin Heng and Dugu Feng discussed the Female Emperor and the confiscation of Prince Jing’s property before Little Black led Lin Heng to the Star-Suppressing Tower, where they found an injured Saint Ye. Saint Ye revealed that Little Black had carried him across the Immortal Sea, then warned Lin Heng that the Buddhist statue he had suppressed was troublesome.

• Dugu Feng visited Lin Heng and asked whether he had a connection to the Female Emperor, and Lin Heng said Prince Qi had wanted to recognize him as a little brother.
• Dugu Feng told Lin Heng that the Female Emperor had confiscated Prince Jing’s property to fund their journey to the Heavenly Action Continent.
• Little Black appeared with an injured foreleg and led Lin Heng and Dugu Feng to the Star-Suppressing Tower.
• Lin Heng brought Dugu Feng into the tower, where they found Saint Ye recovering beside a suppressed Buddhist statue.
• Saint Ye explained that Little Black had brought him across the Immortal Sea and pointed out that the Buddhist statue was troublesome.

Lin Heng reunited Saint Ye with Hua Qi, whose newly formed body sparked an argument before she identified the sealed Buddha statue as an incarnation of the dangerous Many-Faced Evil Luo Buddha. Saint Ye warned that the Buddha Master behind it could overwhelm them, but Lin Heng remained defiant.

• Lin Heng summoned Hua Qi, and she was surprised to find Saint Ye alive after his battle with the Buddha statue.
• Saint Ye grew angry that Hua Qi had received a body before him, while Hua Qi explained she had a complete Divine Soul and Saint Ye did not.
• Lin Heng told Saint Ye that Spirit Transformation True Blood could make him a body too, and Saint Ye blamed Hua Qi for needing rescue.
• Hua Qi identified the statue as the Many-Faced Evil Luo Buddha, which stole the divine essence of the dead.
• Saint Ye explained that the statue's Immortal Restriction could suppress immortal arts and warned that its creator might defeat them.
• Lin Heng dismissed Saint Ye's warning and challenged him and Dugu Feng to deal with the Buddha together.