Chapter Summaries

After two thousand years of confronting Qi WuHuo, the God and Devil of Creation broke their chess game and tried to escape, but Qi WuHuo pulled him down into the Six Realms. Their descent stirred the world, and on Flower Fruit Mountain an immortal stone burst open to reveal a Stone Monkey.

• The God and Devil of Creation attacked Qi WuHuo, then abandoned his divine body and severed their chessboard to escape.
• Qi WuHuo reformed the starry chessboard and dragged the God and Devil's true spirit down toward the Six Realms.
• Empress Nuwa, Empress Houtu Earthly Deity, Shakyamuni Buddha, and the Jade Emperor sensed Qi WuHuo's return, while Bi Xia murmured for her father in her sleep.
• Qi WuHuo and the God and Devil descended into the world, stirring the Dao and shifting the balance of fate.
• The immortal stone on Flower Fruit Mountain burst apart, and a Stone Monkey emerged and sat alone atop the mountain, gazing at the world.

The Jade Emperor and Empress Houtu learned of the stone monkey’s birth, while Zhao Ji wandered into an unfamiliar part of the mountains. He found a Daoist and a powerful man playing Go beside a stream.

• The Thousand-Mile Eye and Wind Ear reported the stone monkey’s birth to the Jade Emperor, who decided to leave it alone.
• Yang Jian told the Jade Emperor that the Six Realms were steadily restricting the Innate Spirits and Demons.
• Empress Houtu explained to Empress Nuwa that the monkey had once been the Saint Embryo connected to Wuhuo, and Empress Nuwa lamented that Bi Xia’s father had not returned.
• Zhao Ji left home to gather a Spirit Tree branch, carrying food from his mother after arguing with his father about marriage.
• Zhao Ji caught a rabbit and resolved to reconcile with his father, but became lost while following a stream through the mountains.
• Zhao Ji found a black-robed Daoist and a towering man playing Go, then hurried up to their board.

Zhao Ji watched Qi WuHuo defeat the ancient god in a game of Go, only to discover that three hundred years had passed and everyone he loved was gone. He followed the pouch’s directions to Square Inch Mountain, while Qi WuHuo returned to Yun Qin after a long separation.

• Zhao Ji became absorbed in Qi WuHuo’s Go match, and Qi WuHuo defeated the ancient god, ending their long conflict.
• Qi WuHuo gave Zhao Ji a brocade pouch and directions to return home, but Zhao Ji discovered that three hundred years had passed and his family had died.
• Zhao Ji visited his parents’ graves, opened the pouch, and set off for Square Inch Mountain with his axe.
• Yun Qin lamented how long she had waited for Qi WuHuo, then turned and saw him standing behind her.
• Qi WuHuo told Yun Qin that he had returned.

Qi WuHuo reunited with Yun Qin and their daughter Bi Xia after two thousand years, then told Empress Houtu that the God and Devil had been defeated and its remnant given a chance to become part of the world. He left with Yun Qin and Bi Xia to travel the mortal world before fulfilling a promise at the Heavenly Court.

• Qi WuHuo returned to Yun Qin, and the two embraced after their two-thousand-year separation.
• Bi Xia reached the summit of Mount Tai, recognized Qi WuHuo as her father, and asked him to hold her.
• Qi WuHuo explained to Empress Houtu that the God and Devil had been defeated and its remaining spirit might one day be reborn as the God of War of Mount Tai.
• Qi WuHuo said he would eventually go to the Heavenly Court to fulfill an old promise, but first he planned to travel the mortal world with Yun Qin and Bi Xia.
• Qi WuHuo departed with Yun Qin and Bi Xia, promising their daughter candied hawthorn as they left.

Qi WuHuo took Bi Xia through the Human World, then brought her to the Jade Emperor’s birthday banquet in the Ninth Heaven. When Bi Xia asked to see how powerful her father had once been, Qi WuHuo asked whether his armor was still there, signaling his return to battle against the remaining Innate Spirits and Demons.

• Qi WuHuo visited the Capital City with Bi Xia and remembered his old friends while tasting a dish whose recipe had endured for two thousand years.
• Qi WuHuo took Bi Xia around the Human World and then brought her to the Jade Emperor’s birthday feast in the Ninth Heaven.
• Qi WuHuo told Zhang Xiaoyu he had returned to fulfill their old promise and would leave the Heavenly Court, while promising to visit every year.
• The immortals discussed the remaining disasters and the battles against the Innate Spirits and Demons as the Jade Emperor and Zhentian Great Emperor Lord arrived.
• Bi Xia asked Qi WuHuo to show her how powerful he had been, and he asked the Jade Emperor whether his armor was still there.

Qi WuHuo celebrated Bi Xia’s birthday by extinguishing the Heat Death Tribulation and subduing the Cold Silence, then led the Immortals and Gods to destroy the Innate Spirits and Demons. After the Final Tribulation ended, Qi WuHuo left with his wife and children, setting aside his title and saying farewell to his fellow Daoists.

• Qi WuHuo donned Zhentian Great Emperor Lord’s armor and gave Bi Xia the sealed Heat Death Tribulation as a birthday present, which she passed to Zhang Xiaoyu.
• Qi WuHuo strengthened the black serpent at Xuan Ming’s place, enabling it to enter the North Sea and begin thawing the frozen waters while containing the Cold Silence Tribulation.
• Zhang Xiaoyu beat the Heavenly Drum as Qi WuHuo set out with the Immortals and Gods to confront the remaining Innate Spirits and Demons.
• Qi WuHuo arrived at the battlefield, and the assembled forces bowed to him as the Innate Spirits and Demons fled in terror.
• Qi WuHuo used Sever Heaven to destroy the Innate Spirits and Demons, ending the Final Tribulation before Bi Xia’s eyes.
• Qi WuHuo said farewell to the Immortals and Gods, then departed with his wife and children as his armor and celestial presence faded away.

More than a century after the great battle, Qi WuHuo lived quietly in Yong'an Town as a teacher and physician, where the Three Dao Ancestors visited him and accepted his choice to follow his own path. After they departed, Qi WuHuo met a monkey from Flower Fruit Mountain who had come seeking Immortal Destiny and introduced himself as Qi WuHuo.

• The legend of True Martial Great Dao Lord faded from the Celestial Realm while his memory endured among mortals, and Yang Jian rose to prominence.
• Butcher Zhang brought liquor and braised meat to Qi WuHuo and his three guests, and Taishang welcomed him to share their meal.
• Yuqing Primordial Celestial Venerable invited Qi WuHuo to travel onward with the Three Dao Ancestors, but Qi WuHuo said he was already walking his own path.
• The Three Dao Ancestors said farewell to Qi WuHuo at the town gate and went their separate ways.
• Qi WuHuo found the townsfolk gathered around a monkey who had taken clothes and noodles, paid for them, and asked the monkey who he was.
• The monkey said he had come from Flower Fruit Mountain seeking Immortal Destiny, and Qi WuHuo introduced himself.