Chapter Summaries

Qiushui was reprimanded for entering the Azure Cloud Sect’s forbidden ground, then tried to capture Zhong Shan, Princess Qian You, and Ru Yan when they came seeking the sect master. Zhong Shan loudly summoned the sect’s attention as Princess Qian You trapped Qiushui and Zhong Shan drove back his disciples, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• The Azure Cloud Sect’s master ordered Qiushui to kneel and warned him never to enter the forbidden ground again.
• Qiushui learned that Zhong Shan, Princess Qian You, and Ru Yan had arrived and ordered his eldest disciple to lure them to Azure Cloud Plaza so he could capture them.
• Zhong Shan, Princess Qian You, and Ru Yan entered the sect to seek its master and ask about Xiao Bing Yi’s sworn sons.
• Qiushui confronted the group, demanded Ru Yan as a yin soul, and revealed he had not informed the sect master of their arrival.
• Zhong Shan shouted across the sect to summon its attention as Princess Qian You trapped Qiushui with the God Binding Orb.
• Qiushui’s disciples charged, but Zhong Shan’s saber strike and Thunder Pillars forced them back across the plaza.

Zhong Shan and Princess Qian You confronted the Azure Cloud Sect, where Ru Yan revealed her connection to the sect master and asked him to summon Xiao Bing Yi. Ru Yan repaid Zhong Shan by giving him the underworld treasure and cultivation technique called “The Ten Halls,” while the Great Deer King learned someone claimed to know their whereabouts.

• Zhong Shan used a thunderous saber strike to draw out the Azure Cloud Sect Master, who slapped Qiu Shui after he accused Zhong Shan, Princess Qian You, and Ru Yan of causing trouble.
• Ru Yan addressed the sect master as Xiao Yuanfeng, and he fell to his knees, apologized, and agreed to notify Xiao Bing Yi.
• The Azure Cloud Sect Master sent a messenger to contact his adoptive father as memories of his adoptive mother, Ru Yan, returned to him.
• A disciple of Qiu Shui arrived at the Great Deer King's camp and claimed to know where Zhong Shan and Princess Qian You were.
• Ru Yan gave Zhong Shan “The Ten Halls,” a black handkerchief containing a ghost cultivation technique, as repayment for his help.

The Great Deer King’s army destroyed Azure Cloud Sect’s grand formation and much of the sect, but Xiao Wang and Great Radiance’s forces arrived before he could seize Zhong Shan and Princess Qian You. Ru Yan sang the song she had kept for a thousand years, and Xiao Wang finally turned toward her.

• The Great Deer King led three hundred thousand soldiers in a unified strike that broke Azure Cloud Sect’s formation and devastated the sect’s buildings and floating island.
• The Great Deer King greeted Zhong Shan and Princess Qian You, but a commanding voice interrupted him as the Great Radiance Emperor Dynasty’s army arrived.
• Xiao Wang and two other men blocked the Great Deer King, while Princess Qian You explained that a meeting between the commanders could trigger war between the dynasties.
• Ru Yan began singing the song Xiao Bing Yi had taught her, and Xiao Wang wept as he recognized it.
• Xiao Wang recalled how he had changed his name after Ru Yan’s death, then slowly turned toward her.

Ru Yan reunited with Xiao Wang, returned the Eternal Love Knot, and departed for the Netherworld, leaving him grieving over her painting. After the Great Deer King withdrew, Xiao Wang let Zhong Shan and Princess Qian You go, and they recovered the Mist Obscuring Divine Array and left.

• Xiao Wang descended to meet Ru Yan, who returned the Eternal Love Knot and told him she had waited a thousand years to see him once more.
• Ru Yan sang as she drifted into the Netherworld, leaving behind a painting of herself with Xiao Bing Yi; Xiao Wang collapsed in grief with the painting.
• Zhong Shan explained to Princess Qian You that Ru Yan had been exhausted by a thousand years of waiting and had chosen to leave after their reunion.
• The Great Deer King ordered his forces to withdraw, ending his pursuit of Zhong Shan and Princess Qian You.
• Xiao Wang ordered his generals to let Zhong Shan and Princess Qian You go, and Zhong Shan reclaimed the Mist Obscuring Divine Array from Xiao Qiu Shui's senior disciple before they flew away.

Zhong Shan prepared Zhong Zheng and the Great Rong Merchant Guild to establish a foothold on the Divine Continent, revealing that his external incarnation had been there for years. After the guild party and Dark Emperor departed, Zhong Shan helped Princess Qian You clear her remaining poison, and she hinted at a wondrous use of the World Cleansing Snow Lotus for divine sense.

• Zhong Shan ordered Zhong Zheng to lead thirty loyal members to the Divine Continent in one month and establish the Great Rong Merchant Guild, with Golden Core Stage Shadow Guards assigned to protect them.
• Zhong Shan revealed that an immortal had helped him create a puppet clone that had lived on the Divine Continent for four years, and he warned Zhong Zheng to be discreet when they met.
• Zhong Shan sent Dark Emperor to accompany Zhong Zheng's party and explore the Divine Continent, while instructing him to return when war began with the Yin Moon Imperial Dynasty.
• One month later, Zhong Zheng and the thirty founding elders set out for the Divine Continent with supplies and trade goods, and Dark Emperor departed quietly as the Great Zheng Dynasty continued building its strength.
• In a mountain valley in the Great Radiance Emperor Dynasty, Princess Qian You confirmed that the remaining poison was gone and asked Zhong Shan to give her the World Cleansing Snow Lotus and bridal sedan; he refused the flower but gave her the sedan.
• Princess Qian You returned the World Cleansing Snow Lotus to Zhong Shan and asked whether he knew its wondrous use for divine sense.

Princess Qian You explained how the World Cleansing Snow Lotus could help form a Root Divine Sense, then traveled with Zhong Shan toward Feng Ling City. They encountered Nian Youyou, who had captured another Feng Shui Fish and confronted Zhong Shan, before A Da and A Er arrived.

• Princess Qian You explained the Root Divine Sense and taught Zhong Shan a method for purifying treasures with the World Cleansing Snow Lotus.
• Ten days later, Princess Qian You and Zhong Shan spotted Nian Youyou subduing a man and taking his Feng Shui Fish.
• Nian Youyou joined them, teased Zhong Shan, and proposed becoming his Dao Companion while Princess Qian You challenged her.
• Zhong Shan asked Nian Youyou about Qing Si, read her startled reaction, and thanked her for bringing news of Qing Si.
• A Da and A Er arrived at the mountain where Zhong Shan and Princess Qian You stood with Nian Youyou.

Zhong Shan and Princess Qian You learned that Feng Ling City’s Feng Shui Fish were linked to a coming grand formation, then entered a guarded valley to investigate. Inside, they found Nian Youyou and a mysterious white-haired man, while Nian Youyou’s charm failed to affect Zhong Shan.

• Nian Youyou fled after A Da and A Er arrived, and Zhong Shan learned that Xiao Wang had taken three years to recuperate while keeping his post as Grand Commandant.
• A Da and A Er told Zhong Shan and Princess Qian You that Feng Shui Fish had spread from Feng Ling City and that the Cold Abyss Crown Prince had sealed off a suspected site.
• Zhong Shan and Princess Qian You followed A Da and A Er to the forbidden valley, where soldiers guarded a vast red screen and Nian Youyou slipped inside.
• Zhong Shan disguised himself in Great Radiance armor, and the group entered the valley to find sixty-four peaks arranged around a desolate center and a white-haired man seated on a platform.
• Nian Youyou joined Zhong Shan, asked him to avenge her against the white-haired man, and admitted that Bei Qing Si had said he was different before teasing that she liked him more for it.

Nian Youyou, Xie Yan, and Chu Ba Mo Luo confronted the White Robed Man, who revealed overwhelming power and named himself Xuan Yuan. After Xuan Yuan said he would guard the seal for four more months, Nian Youyou left after claiming Zhong Shan was her Dao Companion, and Zhong Shan and Princess Qian You returned.

• Xie Yan ordered Chu Ba Mo Luo to attack the White Robed Man after Nian Youyou claimed he had bullied her.
• The White Robed Man stopped Chu Ba Mo Luo’s fiery sword strike with one hand and knocked him back, prompting Chu Ba Mo Luo to bow and thank him for showing mercy.
• Xuan Yuan identified Xie Yan as a Demon Seed bearer and told Nian Youyou that he would guard the seal for four more months before leaving the place unprotected.
• Xie Yan proposed becoming Nian Youyou’s Dao Companion, but she pointed to Zhong Shan and said she had already found one.
• Zhong Shan insulted Xie Yan by saying he had the dignity of his previous life but only the skin of this one, and Nian Youyou then flew away.
• Xie Yan left with Chu Ba Mo Luo, and Zhong Shan and Princess Qian You headed back, trusting Xuan Yuan to protect the seal for the next four months.

Mud Bodhisattva warned Xuan Yuan and Cold Abyss Crown Prince that the seal beneath Feng Ling City would break in four months, while Xie Yan prepared to use his Demon Seed on Nian Youyou. A month later, Zhong Shan and Princess Qian You searched for Xiao Qiu Shui and his Feng Shui Fish, and Zhong Shan went to meet Nian Youyou again.

• Mud Bodhisattva told Xuan Yuan that the ten-thousand-year seal would break in four months, but Xuan Yuan chose to keep his promise and remain until then.
• Xie Yan revealed his Demon Seed to Chu Ba Mo Luo and said he intended to plant it in Nian Youyou to enslave her.
• Cold Abyss Crown Prince received Mud Bodhisattva’s warning that the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail would emerge in four months and decided to delay informing the city’s residents.
• Princess Qian You explained that Feng Shui Fish could help open or overcome the feng shui Grand Formation, then identified Xiao Qiu Shui as another likely owner.
• Zhong Shan went outside to meet Nian Youyou after A Da announced her arrival and noticed her unusual clothing.

Nian Youyou and Princess Qian Youyou traded barbs as Zhong Shan took them through Feng Ling City, where Xie Yan secretly arranged to plant a devil seed on a Black Jade Sky Tail and have it sold to Nian Youyou. The women argued over who would buy the flower, leaving the shopkeeper caught between them.

• Zhong Shan invited Nian Youyou to join him and Princess Qian Youyou on a stroll while A Er searched for Xiao Qiu Shui.
• Xie Yan showed Chu Ba Mo Luo and a shopkeeper a Black Jade Sky Tail, planted a devil seed in it, and ordered the shopkeeper to sell it to Nian Youyou.
• Zhong Shan and the two women entered Sky Tail Pavilion, where the shopkeeper presented the Black Jade Sky Tail as his rarest flower.
• Princess Qian Youyou and Nian Youyou both claimed the flower, each arguing that she had the stronger right to buy it.

Zhong Shan and Princess Qian You competed with Nian Youyou over a Black Jade Sky Tail, only for Princess Qian You to inhale Xie Yan’s demon seed hidden inside it. Nian Youyou agreed to explain how to save her in exchange for Zhong Shan picking her three thousand kinds of roses and saying something romantic with each, then revealed her proposed method involved a potent aphrodisiac.

• Princess Qian You and Nian Youyou argued over the Black Jade Sky Tail until the shopkeeper fell ill, and Zhong Shan had A Da secretly intervene.
• Princess Qian You traded a Jade Slip containing a method to transform a Re-Ascension Pill into a Nascent Soul Pill for the Black Jade Sky Tail, then inhaled it and fell into danger.
• Zhong Shan seized the shopkeeper and brought him back to the valley, where Xie Yan revealed that he had planted a demon seed in the Black Jade Sky Tail.
• A Da explained that the seed had to be removed within three days or it would take root and eventually control Princess Qian You’s thoughts.
• Nian Youyou offered another way to remove the seed in exchange for Zhong Shan giving her three thousand kinds of roses within a hundred years, each with a romantic line.
• Nian Youyou said the demon seed could be removed when Princess Qian You’s mind reached egolessness, then produced a potent aphrodisiac.

Zhong Shan used the Red Phoenix Mist to help Princess Qian You lose control long enough for him to remove the demon seed, while keeping his promise not to take advantage of her. Afterward, he spoke honestly about his existing relationships and left their future together to time and their feelings, and Qian You accepted his terms.

• Nian Youyou explained that Princess Qian You had to reach a peak of passion for the demon seed to lose its target, and Zhong Shan chose to help her without using Nian Youyou's medicine.
• Zhong Shan sealed Qian You's cultivation with A Da's help, brought her to a guarded bedroom, and used the Red Phoenix Mist to draw out the demon seed.
• After a day and night, Zhong Shan extracted the demon seed while restraining Qian You, then recovered as she waited beside him.
• Zhong Shan told Qian You about his wives and confidante, said he did not want another love debt, and declared that he would accept her if their feelings endured.
• Qian You agreed to let time reveal their feelings and decided that she would reserve the title "Mister" for Zhong Shan alone.

Zhong Shan returned the demon seed to Xiao Qiu Shui, thwarting Xie Yan’s scheme, while Princess Qian You and the others stayed in Feng Ling City to witness the seal opening. The ancient seal broke under the Cold Abyss Crown Prince’s volley of arrows, leaving the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail’s emergence imminent.

• Zhong Shan planted the demon seed back into Xiao Qiu Shui, and A Er carried him out of the city after Princess Qian You ordered it.
• Xie Yan mistook the demon seed’s return to normal for a failed extraction and believed Princess Qian You would become his female slave in six months.
• Three months later, residents fled Feng Ling City as authorities warned that the Feng Shui formation sealed the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail, but the Cold Abyss Crown Prince and others stayed to watch.
• A dense fog covered the city, and the valley’s twenty-four-layer compass formation awakened as golden light and a swastika seal appeared over the Heavenly Pool.
• Nian Youyou identified the formation as a ten-thousand-year Time-Limited Array, and the Cold Abyss Crown Prince ordered ten thousand Armor Piercing Arrows fired at the seal.
• The arrows shattered the swastika symbol, breaking the seal over the Heavenly Pool.

The Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail emerged from the sealed opening at Heaven Pool and devoured cultivators, weapons, and Chu Ba Mo Luo’s attack. It chased Chu Ba Mo Luo and Xie Yan away, while the four city gates were sealed, trapping everyone in Feng Ling City.

• Four explosions sounded at Feng Ling City's gates as the seal opened and the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail emerged from Heaven Pool.
• Princess Qian You explained that the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail had produced all the Heavenly Tail flowers in Feng Ling City.
• The Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail swallowed cultivators and their attacks, while people holding Feng Shui Fish escaped its notice.
• Princess Qian You offered Zhong Shan a Feng Shui Fish, but he refused; A Da later took one from a nearby person and gave it to Zhong Shan.
• The Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail swallowed Chu Ba Mo Luo’s Giant Blade Flame Sun and Giant Sword, then chased him and Xie Yan away.
• Cold Abyss Crown Prince’s subordinate reported that all four city gates had been sealed, trapping everyone inside Feng Ling City.

Zhong Shan and his companions remained trapped in Feng Ling City as the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail devoured people, Heavenly Tails, a mountain, and a lake. After studying the lightning and the sealed city, Zhong Shan concluded they were still inside the feng shui Grand Formation.

• Zhong Shan stayed near the place that had sealed the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail, believing the Feng Shui Fish made it safer, while A Da and A Er investigated the city.
• Purple lightning killed a man attempting to fly out, and A Da reported that the city gates had vanished and ordinary Heavenly Tails were eating people throughout Feng Ling City.
• A Da revealed that Chu Ba Mo Luo had been eaten while trying to save Xie Yan, and that the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail could be seen but not sensed with divine sense.
• A Er showed Zhong Shan a Memory Crystal of the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail devouring a gold mountain and draining a lake, then eating other Heavenly Tails and spitting out two smaller ones.
• Zhong Shan observed the growing lightning and white mist surrounding Feng Ling City, then wrote the city's name and declared that they were still inside the feng shui Grand Formation.

Zhong Shan and the others discovered that Feng Ling City was trapped inside a Nine Heavens Divine Lightning Extermination Formation meant to destroy the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail at the cost of the city's inhabitants. As the Heavenly Tails grew stronger and the Cold Abyss Crown Prince's army was routed, Zhong Shan remained calm, and the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail pursued the fleeing prince toward them.

• Zhong Shan realized the broken formation was only a smaller formation within the grand formation spanning Feng Ling City.
• Princess Qian You identified the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning Extermination Formation and explained that it would call down lightning powerful enough to destroy the city along with the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail.
• Nian Youyou confirmed the formation, while Zhong Shan calmly served tea as A Da reported that Heavenly Tails were multiplying and attacking people throughout the city.
• A Er reported that the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail had begun eating Feng Shui Fish and floating islands, while Zhong Shan told the others they would be safe as long as they stayed with him.
• A Da returned with news that the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail had devoured thousands of soldiers, defeated the Cold Abyss Crown Prince's three-hundred-thousand-man army, and was chasing the prince toward them.

The Black Jade Talisman automatically sealed everyone and everything in Feng Ling City except Zhong Shan, giving him a chance to act while the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail was immobilized. Zhong Shan tried to purify the beast with the World Cleansing Snow Lotus, and the lotus began to wither as the attempt continued.

• The Cold Abyss Crown Prince led the pursuing Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail toward Zhong Shan, Princess Qian You, Nian Youyou, A Da, and A Er, then tried to escape by drawing the beast’s attention to them.
• The Black Jade Talisman reacted to the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail’s suction, released a phantom that spread black light, and sealed the city, its inhabitants, the beast, and the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning.
• Zhong Shan realized the talisman’s seal would fade and decided to use the opportunity to purify the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail into his Root Divine Sense.
• Zhong Shan carried the sealed Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail into the valley, sat with it on the World Cleansing Snow Lotus, and activated the lotus.
• After a day and night, the lotus stopped turning, and its petals began to dry, fall away, and wither.

Zhong Shan defeated the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail inside his Niwan Palace, gaining it as his Root Divine Sense and advancing to the sixth level of the Golden Core Stage and the Red Phoenix Heavenly Scripture. After the city’s seals vanished and Feng Ling City became safe, Zhong Shan and the others escaped, then headed back to the Great Luo Heavenly Dynasty.

• Zhong Shan forced the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail to destroy its consciousness and strength, then made it his Root Divine Sense as he reached the sixth level of the Golden Core Stage.
• The World Cleansing Snow Lotus withered away, and its energy doubled the Red Phoenix Pink Lotus and advanced the Red Phoenix Heavenly Scripture to its sixth level, Beginning of Illusion Breaking.
• Zhong Shan warned Princess Qian You and the others to leave as the lightning and talisman seals across Feng Ling City disappeared.
• A Da carried Zhong Shan and the others out through the East Gate as terrified cultivators streamed from the city and its Heavenly Tails returned to harmless plants.
• Nian Youyou invited Zhong Shan to the Eternal Life Realm, but he declined, and she flew away after reminding him of his promise.
• Zhong Shan ordered A Da to take the group back to the Great Luo Heavenly Dynasty, while Feng Ling City was abandoned and gained a reputation as the city of nightmares.

After months of underwater cultivation, Zhong Shan mastered the sixth layer of the Red Phoenix Heavenly Scripture and returned toward the Imperial Capital with Princess Qian You to take part in the coming Imperial Examination. In the capital, Marquis Qitian plotted to win Qian You back and urged Mister Shui Jing to compete in the examination.

• Xie Yan erected a cenotaph for Chu Ba, then cast a spell that caused Xiao Qiu Shui to fly away from the former Azure Cloud Sect.
• Zhong Shan used the Red Phoenix Heavenly Scripture’s illusion-breaking power to perceive the laws of Heaven and Earth and unleash two Heavenly Law, Wave Cutting strikes.
• Princess Qian You told Zhong Shan that Gu Lin had recovered, returned with the Myriad City Treasure Mirror, and become Marquis Qitian, while an imperial edict summoned her back for the Imperial Examination.
• Zhong Shan agreed to return to the Imperial Capital with Princess Qian You, A Da, and A Er, despite doubting he could succeed in the examination.
• Marquis Qitian told his officials he would wait for Qian You’s return and declared that he planned to win her back.
• Marquis Qitian urged Mister Shui Jing to enter the Imperial Examination, but Mister Shui Jing answered only with a sigh and a shake of his head.

Zhong Shan and Princess Qian You reached the Ancient Saintly Capital, where he witnessed the Great Luo Heavenly Dynasty’s immense power and defenses. Marquis Qitian arranged a vast display of petals to welcome Princess Qian You and begin his attempt to win her back.

• Princess Qian You learned that Marquis Qitian had sent a thousand men to find and escort her, and she continued toward the capital with Zhong Shan, A Da, and A Er.
• Zhong Shan saw the Ancient Saintly Capital’s immense destiny qi, the Emperor’s celestial image, and the floating islands of the Great Luo Heavenly Stars Formation.
• Princess Qian You explained the capital’s rule against spells affecting areas larger than ten zhang, and Zhong Shan resolved to make the future capital of Great Zheng even greater.
• An enormous spell filled the sky with countless petals as Princess Qian You’s party approached the capital’s central plaza.
• Marquis Qitian awaited Princess Qian You with Mister Shui Jing and other followers, having spent his credit for permission to stage the romantic welcome.