Chapter Summaries

Xu Xiaoshou realized Bei Huai’s apparent death was part of a plan involving Saint Emperor Qilin, while Shen Yi’s avatar fled into the Ran Ming Ruins. As the Qilin broke through the Four Symbols Secret Realm and emerged into the skies, Xu Xiaoshou remained with Shen Yi and asked to learn the Hungry Ghost Path immediately.

• Xu Xiaoshou inferred that Bei Huai had sacrificed his divine soul to bring forth a greater power, and Shen Yi sensed the approaching threat of a Saint Emperor.
• Saint Emperor power shook Gongyang Mountain, and Shen Yi’s avatar entered the Ran Ming Ruins while urging Xu Xiaoshou to run.
• Xu Xiaoshou steadied himself, decided he could face the danger, and asked Shen Yi how to begin learning the Six Paths of Ancient Martial Arts.
• The Saint Emperor Qilin broke through the Four Symbols Secret Realm as Mu Lin accused Dao Qiongchang of endangering the Holy Spirit Continent.
• The Qilin emerged into the skies, its Ghost Beast power sending spectators fleeing, while Xu Xiaoshou and Shen Yi calmly agreed to begin the Hungry Ghost Path training at once.

Dao Qiongchang decided to make a flamboyant entrance into the world while concealing his plans. At Gongyang Mountain, Xu Xiaoshou grasped the Human Realm Dao as Shen Yi battled Bei Huai’s possessed Saint Emperor Qilin, and the chapter ended with Shen Yi asking Xu Xiaoshou to keep learning.

• Dao Qiongchang studied the Heavenly Secrets Compass, worried that the Saint Emperor’s merging with the Dao had exposed him, then resolved to enter the world while keeping his plans secret.
• Bei Huai possessed the Saint Emperor Qilin, prompting Shen Yi to activate the Human Realm Dao as Xu Xiaoshou watched and tried to understand it.
• Xu Xiaoshou realized the Human Realm Dao treated the human world as one body whose parts naturally lent strength to one another.
• The Saint Emperor Qilin attacked with earth-element power, but Shen Yi met its claw with Divine Penetration and pierced through its foreclaw and torso.
• Bei Huai used the Azure Dragon’s wood-element power to heal the Qilin and revealed that its Five-Element powers could sustain it, while Shen Yi’s body began to fail.
• After Xu Xiaoshou said he had gained much from watching, Shen Yi asked whether he was ready to continue, and Xu Xiaoshou agreed.

Xu Xiaoshou comprehended the Hungry Ghost Path as Shen Yi fought Bei Huai, but Bei Huai severed the link to Shen Yi’s true body and left Xu Xiaoshou exposed. When Bei Huai cornered him, Xu Xiaoshou called for help, and the voice on the other end stunned the Saint Emperor Qilin: Ba Zunan.

• Shen Yi summoned the Ghost Gate and taught Xu Xiaoshou the principles of the Hungry Ghost Path, prompting Xu Xiaoshou to grasp how it reversed spirit and flesh between illusion and reality.
• Bei Huai detected that Shen Yi’s true body was in the Ran Ming Ruins and used the Saint Emperor Qilin’s power to sever the connection, making Shen Yi’s Hungry Ghost form vanish.
• Left without Shen Yi’s protection, Xu Xiaoshou faced the Saint Emperor Qilin and briefly held up Greed God as Bei Huai demanded it.
• Xu Xiaoshou refused to surrender Greed God, put the cat in his chest, and activated a communication pearl while warning Bei Huai that he would one day confront his true body.
• A hoarse voice answered Xu Xiaoshou’s call, and Bei Huai recognized Ba Zunan.

Ba Zunan and his companions reached Tiansang Spirit Palace to enlist Ye Xiaotian’s help rescuing Xu Xiaoshou in the Central Region. As the group prepared to leave, Xiao Qixiu challenged Ba Zunan, who instead urged him to look beyond the Spirit Palace; a communication pearl then signaled that the others had arrived.

• Ba Zunan arrived at Goose Lake with Storyteller and Xuan Wuji, and Zhao Xidong and Xiao Qixiu recognized him before Xuan Wuji forced them to hear his request for Ye Xiaotian.
• Ba Zunan told Ye Xiaotian that Xu Xiaoshou was in danger at Gongyang Mountain in the Qilin Realm, and Qiao Qianzhi helped persuade Ye Xiaotian to go despite his refusal.
• While they waited through the night, Xuan Wuji questioned Qiao Qianzhi about his unusual techniques, and Qiao described himself as a spiritual array great grandmaster.
• At dawn, Xiao Qixiu drew his sword and challenged Ba Zunan, but Ba refused to fight and compared Xiao’s path to the wider potential of Burning Qin, Boiling Crane, Ye Xiaotian, and Xu Xiaoshou.
• Ba Zunan’s words left Xiao Qixiu stunned and prompted Qiao Qianzhi to enter enlightenment before Ba received a message that the others had arrived.

Xu Xiaoshou used a communication pearl to provoke Bei Huai with fabricated insults attributed to Ba Zunan, but Bei Huai attacked him to seize Greed God. Xu Xiaoshou fought back and unveiled his second awakening, the Limit Giant, leaving Bei Huai stunned by the enormous new form.

• Xu Xiaoshou relayed and embellished messages between Ba Zunan and Bei Huai, claiming each had insulted and threatened the other.
• Xu Xiaoshou tried to bargain with Bei Huai, offering to lure Old Eight and his rescuer into a trap, but Bei Huai ignored the offer and attacked to take Greed God.
• Xu Xiaoshou used Divine Agility Moment, Berserk Giant, Great Feast, and Wuxiu's Scarlet-Scorching Hand to withstand the Saint Emperor Qilin's strike.
• Xu Xiaoshou absorbed the Qilin's power with the Dragon Orb and activated his second awakening, transforming into the colossal Limit Giant.
• Bei Huai and the Qilin marveled at Xu Xiaoshou's unprecedented form as its scorching breath warped the Qilin Realm and drew the attention of its inhabitants.

Xu Xiaoshou awakened as a skeletal giant in the Qilin Realm, where Bei Huai trapped him in the Netherworld Domain and drained his power. By using the Dragon Orb to absorb the Heavenly Ancestor's Inheritance, Xu Xiaoshou regrew his flesh, countered Bei Huai's technique, and launched the Heavenly Ancestor's Hand at him.

• Trial-takers saw a golden-jade skeletal hand reach through the Four Symbols Secret Realm, while Yu Zhiwen recognized its Dao patterns as Xu Xiaoshou's and worried about his condition.
• Xu Xiaoshou regained consciousness as a skeletal giant whose immense size let him nearly encompass the Qilin Realm, but his power rapidly dwindled from activating two second awakenings.
• Bei Huai unleashed the Heavenly Sophora Dharma Idol · Netherworld Domain, piercing Xu Xiaoshou's lower body with spectral branches and disguising the soul-draining pain as pleasure.
• Xu Xiaoshou used the Dragon Orb to release the Heavenly Ancestor's Inheritance, absorbed it into his giant body, and reversed the Netherworld Domain's energy drain.
• Xu Xiaoshou summoned the Life Dao Disk, restored his flesh, and formed the Heavenly Ancestor's Crimson Scorched Hand before striking at Bei Huai.

Xu Xiaoshou challenged Saint Emperor Bei Huai with the Heavenly Ancestor’s Scorching Hand, but Bei Huai’s five-element defenses and World-Sinking Soil overwhelmed him. Xu Xiaoshou reversed time with his scepter, became a Limit Giant, and struck back at Bei Huai as the chapter ended.

• Xu Xiaoshou revealed his identity and challenged Bei Huai, gaining millions of Passive Value from spectators across the Qilin Realm.
• Xu Xiaoshou attacked Bei Huai with the Heavenly Ancestor’s Scorching Hand, while Bei Huai used the Five-Life Emperor Realm’s five elemental worlds to weaken it.
• Xu Xiaoshou broke through the five worlds, but Bei Huai trapped his skeletal giant form in World-Sinking Soil and battered it with earth clods.
• Xu Xiaoshou activated the Time Dao Disc and declared that time and fate were in his grasp, reversing the flow of events.
• Xu Xiaoshou reached the ultimate Limit Giant form, seized the Saint Emperor Qilin, and crushed it while declaring that he could cross the hurdle no one else could.

Xu Xiaoshou fought Bei Huai, who possessed the Saint Emperor Qilin, at Gongyang Mountain, surviving the Qilin’s counterattacks and hidden soul weapon. The chapter ended with Xu Xiaoshou tearing the Qilin in two and claiming he would slay a Saint Emperor.

• Xu Xiaoshou used the Heavenly Ancestor's Scorching Hand to crush the Saint Emperor Qilin, but Bei Huai ignited its soul with Soul Sacrifice to restore its strength.
• Xu Xiaoshou tried to reach the Qilin’s independent will through Soul Reading, triggered Bei Huai’s soul trap, and severed part of his own soul to escape it.
• The Saint Emperor Qilin unleashed its Primordial Yellow God-Slaying Light, pierced the Limit Giant, and forced Xu Xiaoshou back before attacking again.
• Xu Xiaoshou used Immovable Wisdom King to withstand the Qilin’s second divine light and send its attack’s backlash into it, then clapped the weakened Qilin between his hands.
• The Saint Emperor Qilin released a Soul-Scattering Nail that grazed Xu Xiaoshou’s soul, but he dodged its lethal strike and tore the Qilin’s head from its body.

In the Sorrowful Emperor Realm, Bei Huai studied life through bizarre incarnations and discovered that Joy had eaten a sprout and then grown it on his head. After learning that A Qi had been injured by Xu Xiaoshou in the Four Symbols Secret Realm, Bei Huai prepared to pursue him, but Hua Changdeng arrived and ordered him to halt.

• Bei Huai recorded Sprout's birth and watched Joy eat the young spiritual grass, then sprout it from his own head and begin speaking.
• Bei Huai revised his research diary and concluded that Joy's strange change might be a new form of life.
• Skinny showed Bei Huai images from the Four Symbols Secret Realm, and Beauty revealed the battle at Gongyang Mountain and the Saint Emperor Qilin's defeat.
• Bei Huai learned that A Qi had been injured, recorded Xu Xiaoshou as a new research subject, and prepared to lead his incarnations to find him.
• A silver moon, a star chart, and a mountain projection warned Bei Huai to halt before Hua Changdeng appeared with Ghost Hunter and confronted him.

Xu Xiaoshou defeated the Saint Emperor Qilin but was nearly overcome by the backlash from his giant transformations. As he tried to arrange safeguards against passing out, Mental Awakening broke him free of Greed God’s control and left him dazed.

• The Limit Giant’s battle with the Saint Emperor Qilin devastated Hundred-Rift Beast Mountain and damaged nearby commanderies, while Holy Mountain headquarters coordinated relief and gathered reports.
• Dao Qiongchang assessed Xu Xiaoshou’s combat power and predicted that the backlash from his transformations would leave him unconscious and vulnerable.
• Xu Xiaoshou discarded the Qilin’s corpse into a spatial torrent after Long Xing refused to store it in the Apricot Realm.
• Jinren warned Xu Xiaoshou that the accumulated backlash could leave him helpless for days and advised him to enter the Life Dao Disk before passing out.
• Xu Xiaoshou ordered Greed God to keep the Life Dao Disk and Unity of Heaven and Man active, but Mental Awakening triggered and freed him from Greed God’s control.

Xu Xiaoshou used Jinren’s formations and Greed God’s Three Aversions Eye to keep fighting as Bei Huai’s remnant soul attacked him with the Soul-Scattering Nail. When Void General Red was overwhelmed by Bei Huai’s power, Xu Xiaoshou invoked the Heavenly Ancestor’s command, leaving Red to battle the remnant soul to the death.

• Jinren told Xu Xiaoshou to use a Sealing Formation to hide his soul fluctuations and placed a Cycle Formation on Greed God so it could keep using the Three Aversions Eye.
• Xu Xiaoshou warned Greed God that he might die and placed the Cycle Formation on it, while Greed God agreed to keep controlling him.
• Bei Huai’s remnant soul escaped the shattered Saint Emperor Qilin, realized Xu Xiaoshou was near his limit, and contracted the Soul-Scattering Nail to attack him.
• Void General Red appeared and knocked the Soul-Scattering Nail away, but Bei Huai’s Saint Emperor power left Red helpless and grief-stricken.
• Xu Xiaoshou invoked the Heavenly Ancestor’s authority and ordered Red to fight until death, prompting Red to charge and split Bei Huai’s remnant soul with his greatsword.

Xu Xiaoshou and Void General Red fought Bei Huai’s remnant soul, but Bei Huai sacrificed himself to unleash a soul-transfer formation aimed at sending Xu Xiaoshou to the Sorrowful Emperor Realm. Lei Xier arrived to protect Xu Xiaoshou, and the chapter ended as they prepared to counter the formation together.

• Xu Xiaoshou ordered Void General Red back to his soul space, and Bei Huai’s remnant soul ignited its final power for a last attack.
• Yu Zhiwen tried to leave the Four Symbols Secret Realm, but Dao Qiongchang ordered everyone to remain in place.
• A Qi obeyed Bei Huai’s final will and began the Three-Day Soul Transfer, creating a passage through three layers of heaven.
• Xu Xiaoshou prepared to use the Time Ancestor Shadow Staff, but Lei Xier appeared and resisted the formation with her God-Devil Pupils.
• Xu Xiaoshou put away the staff, and he and Lei Xier began their techniques together.

Xu Xiaoshou summoned the Gate of Hell and entered the Hungry Ghost Path while Lei Xier and Ye Xiaotian held back Bei Huai’s destructive attacks. The Hungry Ghost fist struck Bei Huai’s remnant soul and will, leaving the battle’s outcome poised on that blow.

• Lei Xier sacrificed her essence blood and used the Supreme Life Demon Domain to empower Blood-Weeping Sahua against Bei Huai’s destructive light, then Greed God swallowed her as she fell.
• Xu Xiaoshou used ancient sword arts to form a nine-sword array and summon the Gate of Hell, opening a passage to the Hungry Ghost Path.
• Bei Huai’s will destroyed Blood-Weeping Sahua and unleashed beams of destruction, but Daoist Ye Xiaotian arrived and used spatial profound meaning to block them.
• Ye Xiaotian became the lord of the Central Origin Realm during his Saint Tribulation and redirected the spatial storm against Bei Huai’s attacks.
• Xu Xiaoshou opened the Hungry Ghost Path, transformed his arm into a vast Hungry Ghost fist, and struck Bei Huai’s hidden remnant soul and will.

In Half-Moon Bay, Ba Zunan and Storyteller encountered Heavenly Secrets practitioner Nangong Youshu, who tried to recruit them and ask for an autograph. After defeating Bei Huai’s remnant soul, Xu Xiaoshou prepared to recover while Ye Xiaotian continued his tribulation and Dao Qiongchang received an auspicious reading at Holy Firmament Hall.

• Ba Zunan and Storyteller walked through Half-Moon Bay, where Nangong Youshu preached for the Heavenly Mechanism Divine Sect and tried to draw them into conversation.
• Nangong Youshu revealed that his sect’s practitioners were widespread across the Southern Domain, but he would not identify their boss; Ba Zunan and Storyteller left as locals called after them.
• Xu Xiaoshou reflected that defeating Bei Huai had perfected his Great Daos and left him with enough Passive Value to strengthen himself, though he was exhausted and facing trouble from several Saint Emperor clans.
• Xu Xiaoshou entrusted his safety and recovery to Little Fat Cat, Long Xing, Ye Xiaotian, and Jinren, then entered the Apricot Realm and fell unconscious.
• Greed God put Xu Xiaoshou and Lei Xier into a pill cauldron, intending to refine them into a fragrant pill, and the Dragon Apricot Spirit agreed to receive one.
• Dao Qiongchang saw eighteen auspicious hexagrams on the Heavenly Secrets Compass and announced that the awaited moment had arrived.

Aunt Xiang tried to warn her allies and get her people out of Yujing before Dao Qiongchang’s forces struck. She returned to Dong’s Teahouse, where Dao Qiongchang confronted her and Meier was killed.

• Aunt Xiang crushed a Red Peril Talisman to warn the Xiang Family and allied factions, then raised her aura to the Sovereign Stage and prepared to flee Quiet Osmanthus Pavilion.
• Aunt Xiang sent Yingying and Sparrow away with rings and ordered Dongdong, Meier, and A Yao to meet her at Dong’s Teahouse; she accused the three maidservants of betrayal, then revealed it was a test and told them to gather their belongings.
• An explosion destroyed Quiet Osmanthus Pavilion, and Dongdong and Meier waited near the teahouse while A Yao traveled there with her pipa.
• Aunt Xiang realized Saint Emperor’s Guidance had led her back to Yujing, and White Robes surrounded Dong’s Teahouse before domains enclosed the area.
• Meier used her Flower-and-Bird Scroll to reach Aunt Xiang through the domains, but Dao Qiongchang killed her with a strike that severed her head and sealed her power.
• Dao Qiongchang faced Aunt Xiang and greeted her by name, asking whether he had frightened her.

Aunt Xiang was trapped by Dao Qiongchang in a Hundred-Realm Spirit-Severing Formation after Meier died, while Dongdong and A Yao struggled outside to understand what had happened. Dao Qiongchang used the Great Reincarnation Technique and Aunt Xiang’s blood to send Shen Yi away, then waited as reinforcements approached the formation.

• A Yao reached Dong's Tea Shop, recognized Dongdong, and was struck down when Dongdong mistook her for a possible traitor.
• Dongdong accidentally wounded A Yao with her Taixu aura, then saved her with pills and admitted she was too afraid to enter Aunt Xiang’s domain.
• Aunt Xiang found Meier dead and failed to summon her phantom as Dao Qiongchang revealed the formation trapping her and accused her of being Saint Slave’s summoner.
• Dao Qiongchang used the Great Reincarnation Technique to trap Aunt Xiang in an illusory attack, then drew her blood and activated the cloth doll to send Shen Yi away to the Western Region.
• Several newcomers arrived outside the formation, calling out to Aunt Xiang and reciting the names of the Seven Star Sword Formation.

Xuan Wuji and Ye Xiaotian fled Saint Emperor Wangze’s Heavenazure Finger after Ye Xiaotian had sealed his sainthood, and Ye Xiaotian used Spatial Profound Meaning to divert their escape to Siling Mountain. They arrived beneath an Ancestral Origin Emperor Tribulation, where Ye Xiaotian called for Wei An to open the gates.

• Xuan Wuji received a warning that Xiang Yaoyao was in danger in Yujing City and planned to take Ye Xiaotian there after his saint tribulation.
• Ye Xiaotian successfully sealed his sainthood as a Space Profound-Meaning Demi-Saint and destroyed the remnants of the spatial passage left by Bei Huai’s soul sacrifice.
• Saint Emperor Wangze’s Heavenazure Finger attacked Ye Xiaotian and Xuan Wuji, and Ye Xiaotian blocked it with the Heaven-Bending Hand but suffered severe injuries.
• Xuan Wuji used a teleportation array disk to escape with Ye Xiaotian, and Ye Xiaotian redirected their random spatial jump away from Yujing City.
• Ye Xiaotian and Xuan Wuji emerged at Siling Mountain, where Ye Xiaotian called out to Wei An to open the gates.

The Holy Palace’s Half-Saints debated how to respond to the Saint Emperor conflict, then welcomed Ye Xiaotian after his spatial Upanishad canonization. When Saint Emperor Wangze attacked Siling Mountain, Ye Xiaotian rushed to Saint Mystery Gate and called on Lord White Dragon for help.

• Long Rongzhi, Chi Jia, Lou Yu, Da Yao, and Xiao Yao argued over who would represent the Holy Palace in talks with Dao Qiongchang and the Saint Emperor clans.
• Da Yao suggested bringing back Qiao Qianzhi to watch Xiao Yao, but the Half-Saints reconsidered after recalling the dangers of pairing Xiao Yao with Zhong Yuanzi.
• The Half-Saints sensed a new Saint’s spatial fluctuations and learned that Ye Xiaotian had returned to the Holy Palace after being canonized through Upanishads.
• Ye Xiaotian arrived at Siling Mountain with Xuan Wuji, but Saint Emperor Wangze attacked him with Heavenazure Finger.
• Chi Jia used Saint Guardian: World Defense to block the attack while Ye Xiaotian reached Saint Mystery Gate and called on Lord White Dragon for help.

Five Declines of Heaven and Man negotiated with the Bloodworld Pearl for a chance to obtain a Half-Saint Godhood and examined several of its visions. The final image revealed a mysterious man holding the Heavenly Secrets Compass, who noticed Five Declines and addressed him as a new friend.

• Five Declines of Heaven and Man received Yama Huangquan’s orders to take Lei Xier on missions and find Ye Xiaotian, while the Bloodworld Pearl stabilized his Half-Saint realm by consuming the dead at Hundred-Rift Beast Mountain.
• Five Declines rejected the Bloodworld Pearl’s vision of Ye Xiaotian, then demanded a clear opportunity to obtain a Half-Saint Godhood and proposed cooperating with the Seven Trees Emperor.
• The Bloodworld Pearl showed Xu Xiaoshou’s secret space and revealed a Dragon Apricot branch, which Five Declines planned to use to contact the Dragon Apricot Spirit and reach Xu Xiaoshou.
• Five Declines studied a vision of Xiang Yaoyao and a mysterious concealed figure facing White Robes in Yujing City, then ordered the Bloodworld Pearl to reveal the figure clearly.
• The vision revealed a middle-aged man holding the Heavenly Secrets Compass, and the man turned toward Five Declines and called him a new friend.

At Yujing City, Holy Spirit Hall trapped Aunt Xiang and killed the Ghost-God Gang and Xiang Family rescuers, while Dongdong and A Yao discovered suspicious informants and went into hiding. Dao Qiongchang then used his Heavenly Secrets arts to seize Five Declines of Heaven and Man across realms and demanded to know how he obtained the Devouring Body.

• Holy Spirit Hall sealed Chaoling Street, and Dao Qiongchang captured Aunt Xiang as the Ghost-God Gang and Xiang Family deathsworn were killed or subdued.
• Dongdong and A Yao turned back from the guarded South City Gate and spotted Old Zhao, the carriage driver who had taken them from Quiet Osmanthus Pavilion.
• Dongdong killed Old Zhao and Old Wu after finding a note listing Aunt Xiang, Dongdong, and A Yao, then stopped herself from attacking the noodle shop and hid with A Yao.
• Dao Qiongchang reviewed his Heavenly Secrets records about Five Declines of Heaven and Man and asked how he had obtained the Devouring Body.
• Five Declines of Heaven and Man tried to use Spirit-Sacrificing Forbidden Walk, but Dao Qiongchang crossed realms, imprisoned and stripped him from the Dao laws, shattered his mask, and demanded an answer.