Chapter Summaries

Yun Zhongzi returned to Chentang Pass and found Nezha dead and the town devastated by Interception Sect disciples. After binding the attackers and judging that Chentang Pass’s calamity could not be undone, he killed the Grand Unity Golden Immortals and sent their True Spirits toward the Investiture Altar.

• Yun Zhongzi returned to Chentang Pass and saw Nezha’s corpse and the frozen devastation across the town.
• Immortal Dingguang blamed the disaster on Li Jing and the Interception Sect disciples, while Yun Zhongzi deduced that Li Jing’s actions had driven Nezha to die.
• Yun Zhongzi collected Nezha’s corpse and bound dozens of Grand Unity Golden Immortals as the scene resumed and the people of Chentang Pass cried out amid the ruins.
• Yun Zhongzi recognized that Chentang Pass’s people were fated to suffer the calamity and could not be saved by resurrection.
• The Interception Sect disciples begged Yun Zhongzi and Immortal Dingguang for help, but Immortal Dingguang urged Yun Zhongzi to punish them.
• Yun Zhongzi cut the Interception Sect disciples into eight pieces, and their shattered True Spirits flew toward the Investiture Altar.

Yun Zhongzi learned that the Internet had vanished and Interception Sect was in turmoil, then prepared to return and investigate. After condemning Li Jing’s failures in Chentang Pass, he faced Li Jing’s furious accusation that his late arrival had caused the deaths.

• Immortal Dingguang told Yun Zhongzi that Interception Sect’s Acting Sect Master had summoned him to help restore the vanished Internet and described the chaos it caused.
• Immortal Dingguang revealed that Duobao was responsible for the crisis and that the sect’s affairs and senior disciples remained in danger; Yun Zhongzi struck Dingguang with sword radiance despite his deferential apology.
• Yun Zhongzi told Li Jing that he had sentenced the culprits in Chentang Pass to death and asked Li Jing to handle the aftermath.
• Li Jing blamed the Jie Sect Disciples and Yun Zhongzi for the disaster, but Yun Zhongzi condemned Li Jing’s judgment, character, and leadership and threatened to petition the Human Emperor to remove him.
• Li Jing angrily accused Yun Zhongzi of causing the deaths by returning too late.

Li Jing blamed Yun Zhongzi for the deaths at Chentang Pass, while the soldiers and officials defended Yun Zhongzi and condemned Li Jing’s decisions. Yun Zhongzi bound Li Jing in midair, leaving his fate in his hands.

• Li Jing accused Yun Zhongzi of causing the tragedy at Chentang Pass by arriving too late and claimed the blame belonged to the Jie Sect.
• Immortal Dingguang secretly mocked Li Jing and reflected on his own role in stirring up trouble for Yun Zhongzi.
• Yun Zhongzi asked the soldiers whether Li Jing usually behaved this way, and they said Li Jing had mishandled the crisis and driven Nezha to his death.
• Li Jing drew his sword and threatened the soldiers and officials who spoke against him.
• Yun Zhongzi conjured chains that bound Li Jing’s limbs and suspended him in midair.

Yun Zhongzi whipped Li Jing until his anger and blame gave way to clear remorse, then claimed Evil had possessed him and that the Divine Whip had driven it out. The officers accepted Yun Zhongzi’s explanation, while Li Jing was left bloodied and embarrassed.

• Li Jing accused Yun Zhongzi of taking revenge and demanded that Chentang Pass’s officers save him, but they questioned his behavior and stayed back.
• Yun Zhongzi asked whether Li Jing had always been so irresponsible, and the officers agreed that his conduct was unlike him.
• Yun Zhongzi lashed Li Jing with a Willow Whip until Li Jing stopped cursing, begged for mercy, and admitted that he had wrongly blamed Yun Zhongzi.
• Li Jing said that Evil had invaded his body and corrupted his mind, and Yun Zhongzi told the officers that he had dispelled it with his Divine Whip.
• Yun Zhongzi warned that Evil which could not be expelled must be killed, while Li Jing looked awkwardly on.

Yun Zhongzi forced Li Jing to stop provoking him, then learned from Immortal Dingguang that the Interception Sect had summoned him and his fellow disciples over accusations tied to the vanished Internet and its wealth. Yun Zhongzi considered returning to the sect, while Immortal Dingguang warned that his fellow disciples might get into trouble without his guidance.

• Yun Zhongzi warned Li Jing that he would kill him if he truly became possessed, and the officials of Chentang Pass blamed Li Jing’s behavior on evil influence.
• Yun Zhongzi struck Li Jing again when he suspected the evil aura had returned, then healed him after Li Jing begged him to stop.
• Immortal Dingguang asked Yun Zhongzi to return to the Interception Sect, explaining that Duobao had called him back to help investigate and restore the Internet.
• Immortal Dingguang said rumors accused Qingyuan’s disciples of exploiting the Internet’s collapse and stealing sect members’ online wealth.
• Immortal Dingguang urged Yun Zhongzi to return so he could keep Wuzhiqi, Yuan Hong, Golden-Winged Great Peng, and the others from making trouble.

Yun Zhongzi returned to Golden Ao Island amid a growing feud between Daoist Duobao’s faction and Qingyuan’s disciples. He challenged Duobao’s claim to be Acting Sect Master, and Duobao revealed the Qingping Sword.

• Yun Zhongzi left Chentang Pass after warning Li Jing to handle matters carefully, then taught Lady Yin how to build a temple to revive Nezha.
• Wuzhiqi, Yuan Hong, and other disciples gathered on Golden Ao Island, angry over accusations that they had manipulated the Internet and stolen virtual currency.
• Yun Zhongzi returned and found his faction facing Daoist Duobao’s supporters, including Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiāo.
• Daoist Duobao mocked Yun Zhongzi’s influence and suggested that he become Acting Sect Master.
• Yun Zhongzi questioned why the Interception Sect had an Acting Sect Master, and Daoist Duobao revealed the Qingping Sword.

Daoist Duobao used the Qingping Sword to assert that he was the Interception Sect’s Acting Sect Master, but Yun Zhongzi challenged his account of how he gained authority. Duobao attacked when Yun Zhongzi refused to acknowledge his position, and Yun Zhongzi crushed the incoming seal with his bare hand.

• Daoist Duobao revealed the Qingping Sword and demanded that Yun Zhongzi recognize him as the Acting Sect Master of the Interception Sect.
• Yun Zhongzi questioned Duobao’s authority, noting that his master had been the sect’s Vice Sect Master and had never transferred power.
• Duobao claimed Yun Zhongzi’s master had vanished into a mysterious spacetime after entrusting him with the Qingping Sword and the sect’s affairs.
• Yun Zhongzi suspected that someone had plotted against his master, while Duobao insisted they focus on the sect’s future and stop dwelling on the past.
• Duobao lost his temper and hurled a suppressive seal at Yun Zhongzi to discipline him.
• Yun Zhongzi met the seal with his palm and crushed it into nothingness using the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique.

Yun Zhongzi crushed Daoist Duobao’s Innate Spiritual Treasure and challenged his authority as Acting Sect Master. He warned that a clash between their Saint sword qi could destroy Golden Ao Island, leaving Duobao to decide whether to press the confrontation.

• Yun Zhongzi crushed the Innate Spiritual Treasure Daoist Duobao had attacked him with and mocked Duobao by asking him to bring out more treasures.
• Daoist Duobao accused Yun Zhongzi of defying his superior, but Yun Zhongzi and his supporters argued that Duobao had attacked him first.
• Daoist Duobao invoked his authority as Acting Sect Master and threatened the disciples with the Qingping Sword, silencing Yun Zhongzi’s supporters.
• Daoist Duobao demanded that Yun Zhongzi recognize him as Acting Sect Master, and Yun Zhongzi hinted that he might also have Saint sword qi protecting him.
• Yun Zhongzi warned that opposing Saint sword qi could destroy Golden Ao Island and kill countless disciples, then said Duobao’s side might still lose even without it.

Yun Zhongzi confronted Daoist Duobao over his master’s disappearance and the Interception Sect’s collapsed Internet, then left with nearly half the disciples. Meanwhile, Lady Yin rebuilt Nezha’s temple on Cui Ping Shan by helping the people, and its incense flourished.

• Yun Zhongzi accused Daoist Duobao of causing his master’s disappearance and failing to resolve the Internet’s collapse, and the two sides clashed at Preaching Cliff.
• Yun Zhongzi left with a large group of Jie Sect Disciples, while Daoist Duobao portrayed himself as powerless and won the remaining disciples’ sympathy.
• Yun Zhongzi learned that Jie Sect Disciples had used the search for him as a pretext to kill people at Chentang Pass, where Nezha had died.
• Yun Zhongzi gathered trusted disciples to learn what had happened in the Interception Sect, but postponed investigating his master’s disappearance while he stabilized the sect.
• After Chentang Pass began rebuilding, Lady Yin secretly built a temple for Nezha on Cui Ping Shan and helped local people until the temple’s incense flourished.

Lady Yin mourned Nezha at a temple in Cui Ping Shan, while Jin Zha and Muzha mistook his lingering presence for a spirit troubling her and went to tell Li Jing. Li Jing learned that a temple had appeared without authorization, but the chapter ended before he heard whom it honored.

• Lady Yin prayed to Nezha at the busy temple, grieving and asking him to recover as the misty Nezha comforted her.
• Jin Zha and Muzha followed Lady Yin to Cui Ping Shan, saw Nezha's statue, and suspected his ghost was pestering their mother.
• Jin Zha and Muzha left to report the temple to Li Jing, while Nezha continued protecting local people and fulfilling their wishes.
• Muzha told Li Jing that a new temple had appeared in Cui Ping Shan, and Li Jing asked whether it had been built without authorization.

Jin Zha and Muzha told Li Jing about a prosperous, unauthorized temple on Cui Ping Shan, where their mother had been worshipping. Believing the temple offered a chance to earn merit and restore the Human Emperor’s favor, Li Jing marched against it despite his sons’ warnings.

• Jin Zha and Muzha explained how they followed their mother to the newly built temple on Cui Ping Shan and noticed its strong Incense Power.
• Li Jing condemned the temple as an illicit shrine and decided that destroying it could earn him merit with the Human Emperor.
• Muzha and Jin Zha tried to dissuade Li Jing, but refused to identify the temple’s deity and urged him to leave the matter alone.
• Li Jing accused his sons of hiding a connection to the supposed evil god and demanded they explain what they knew.
• When the brothers stayed silent, Li Jing led tens of thousands of elite soldiers and retainers toward Cui Ping Shan.

Jin Zha and Muzha panicked after realizing their report about Lady Yin’s temple to Nezha might have prompted their father to attack it. Lady Yin revealed the temple had court approval, and Muzha urged her to hurry to Cui Ping Shan after warning that something terrible had happened.

• Jin Zha and Muzha worried that building a temple for Nezha could bring punishment on their family and decided to find Lady Yin.
• Lady Yin told her sons that the temple was dedicated to Nezha and that an expert had instructed her on how to revive him.
• Jin Zha and Muzha hid that their father had led soldiers and Immortals to besiege the temple as an evil shrine.
• Muzha accused Lady Yin of endangering the family, but she explained that she had official court approval and had the documents and seal to prove it.
• Muzha urged Lady Yin to hurry to Cui Ping Shan because something terrible had happened.

Lady Yin learned that Li Jing had taken an army to destroy Nezha’s temple on Cui Ping Shan and rushed to stop him. Li Jing’s forces reached the temple and prepared to break in, while its frightened caretakers hid inside.

• Muzha told Lady Yin that Jin Zha and he had unknowingly led Li Jing to believe the Cui Ping Shan temple was an unauthorized shrine, prompting him to march there with tens of thousands of soldiers.
• Lady Yin collapsed in shock, then recovered and ordered Jin Zha and Muzha to take her to Cui Ping Shan at once.
• Jin Zha used the Wind-Shielding Pearl to protect Lady Yin while he and Muzha traveled with her using Wind Escape.
• Li Jing gathered more than a hundred Immortals and tens of thousands of soldiers, then led them up Cui Ping Shan toward the temple.
• The temple’s commoner caretakers fled inside and shut the doors, and Li Jing ordered his soldiers to smash them down and kill anyone who resisted.

Li Jing led troops to massacre worshippers and destroy a temple he believed was an unauthorized evil shrine. When he discovered its idol depicted Nezha, he called it a frame-up and ordered the idol smashed and the temple burned, despite Jin Zha and Muzha pleading for mercy.

• Li Jing's soldiers stormed the temple, killing worshippers and destroying its buildings as the temple keeper protested.
• Li Jing accused the temple keeper of aiding demons and ordered him seized while soldiers searched the temple.
• Soldiers who found an idol resembling Nezha withdrew and urged Li Jing to inspect it.
• Li Jing saw the idol, feared the shrine was meant to slander him, and ordered it smashed and the temple set ablaze.
• Jin Zha and Muzha called out to their father, pleading with him to show mercy.

Li Jing burned down the temple and killed innocent people, while Lady Yin confronted him over his reckless actions and his treatment of Nezha. She revealed that the temple had the Human Emperor’s approval and threw its official documents at Li Jing.

• Li Jing ordered the temple burned after smashing its statue, and the fire consumed its occupants while Immortals guarded the area.
• Lady Yin saw the dead commoners and temple keeper, then struck Li Jing when he blamed her and dismissed her concerns.
• Lady Yin condemned Li Jing for failing to investigate before attacking the temple and for lacking affection toward Nezha.
• Li Jing insisted the temple was unauthorized and ordered Lady Yin to explain her actions to the Human Emperor.
• Lady Yin declared that the Human Emperor had approved the temple and threw the official documents at Li Jing.

After Li Jing discovered that Nezha’s temple had been legally approved, Lady Yin condemned him for killing its worshippers and destroying it, then sent reports to Chaoge and summoned the Ancestral Temple. As Li Jing faced an investigation and refused to accept blame, Jin Zha suggested rebelling against Great Shang.

• Li Jing found the temple’s approval documents and realized he had destroyed a legitimate temple and killed its people.
• Lady Yin accused Li Jing of ignoring her warnings, killing Nezha, and being unfit to command Chentang Pass, then vowed to report him to the Human Emperor.
• The nearby immortals withdrew, while a general escorted Lady Yin back; she and Li Jing ended the night at odds.
• Lady Yin sent a report to Chaoge and invited the Ancestral Temple and Yin Shang imperial family to investigate Li Jing.
• Muzha told Li Jing that Lady Yin had summoned investigators, and Jin Zha urged his father to rebel against Great Shang rather than let the Li family’s legacy be destroyed.

After his sons persuaded him that Yin Shang would punish the Li Family, Li Jing renounced his allegiance and fled with Jin Zha and Muzha to seek refuge in the Great Zhou Divine Dynasty. The three reached West Qi, where Li Jing doubted whether the city could offer him the future his sons had promised.

• Li Jing blamed Jin Zha and Muzha for the temple incident and listened as they urged him to leave Yin Shang.
• Jin Zha and Muzha praised the Great Zhou Divine Dynasty and convinced Li Jing that Yin Shang had treated him unfairly.
• Li Jing wrote a letter severing ties with Yin Shang and ordered the family to leave for Great Zhou.
• Li Jing, Jin Zha, and Muzha departed Chentang Pass under cover of night and traveled to West Qi.
• At West Qi City, Li Jing felt disheartened that the city seemed no larger than Chentang Pass.

Jin Zha brought word that his father, Li Jing, wanted to join West Qi, prompting Manjushri and Guangchengzi to arrange a grand welcome. Li Jing arrived alone, and after welcoming him, Ji Chang asked where his roster of followers was.

• Jin Zha told Manjushri that Li Jing had turned against Yin Shang and wanted to join West Qi.
• Manjushri informed Guangchengzi, who agreed to personally welcome Li Jing and ordered a grand ceremony.
• Ji Chang and West Qi’s officials welcomed Li Jing into the city, assuming he would later bring troops from Chentang Pass.
• Li Jing entered the banquet hall alone and declared that he had come to support West Qi’s cause.
• After exchanging pleasantries, Ji Chang asked Li Jing where his roster of followers was.

Li Jing arrived in West Qi alone, expecting his own allegiance to be enough, while Ji Chang and the Chan Sect disciples assumed he had brought Chentang Pass and its forces with him. The Immortals departed in disappointment, and Ji Chang explained that they valued Li Jing’s influence, territory, and ability to rally people, not just his personal presence.

• Ji Chang asked Li Jing to provide a roster of supporters, Immortals, troops, and strategic information from Chentang Pass.
• Li Jing admitted that he had come to join West Qi alone, leaving the banquet guests stunned and scornful.
• Leizhenzi rebuked Li Jing, while Ji Chang tried to save face by suggesting Li Jing had only come ahead to assess West Qi before returning to Chentang Pass.
• Guangchengzi and the other Chan Sect disciples realized Li Jing had brought no forces and left the banquet in disappointment.
• After the Immortals departed, Ji Chang explained that they expected Li Jing to bring his influence, territory, and ability to rally people to West Qi.

Li Jing sought refuge in West Qi after he could no longer remain at Chentang Pass, but his account of blaming and mistreating his youngest son angered Leizhenzi and Ji Chang. Ji Chang sent Li away for the night and decided he would never entrust him with an important post.

• Ji Chang questioned Li Jing about coming to West Qi without bringing allies or subordinates, and Li admitted he could not return to Chentang Pass.
• Li Jing explained that he had fled after family troubles and recounted how he had long suspected his youngest son was a demon and blamed him for bringing misfortune.
• Leizhenzi angrily accused Li Jing of neglecting his son, making him bear responsibility for the crisis at Chentang Pass, and destroying his temple after his death.
• Ji Chang dismissed Li Jing for the night and resolved never to give him an important office.