Chapter Summaries

Yang Jian left Luofu Cave for Buzhou Mountain to strengthen himself before rescuing his mother from Peach Mountain. Qin Mu visited Zhao Gongming and told him to intervene only if Haotian or others threatened Yang Jian during the coming battle.

• Yang Jian accepted Zhao Gongming’s route and protective talisman, then departed for Buzhou Mountain to temper his body and prepare to split Peach Mountain.
• Qin Mu appeared at Luofu Cave, where Zhao Gongming served him tea and praised Yang Jian’s breakthrough into the Primordial Unity realm.
• Zhao Gongming warned Qin Mu that Haotian had prepared a large force and nine divine talismans to defend Peach Mountain.
• Qin Mu explained that rescuing his mother was Yang Jian’s tribulation and Dao, so he would not split the mountain in Yang Jian’s place.
• Qin Mu instructed Zhao Gongming to stop Haotian or anyone else from interfering if they moved against Yang Jian during the battle at Peach Mountain.

Qin Mu sent Zhao Gongming to watch over the battle at Peach Mountain and warned that the Western Heavenly Court would face consequences if Haotian went too far. On his way to Buzhou Mountain, Yang Jian intervened when he found demons attacking a wounded black hound.

• Qin Mu told Zhao Gongming that Yang Jian had to win at Peach Mountain, and Zhao Gongming agreed to go there.
• Qin Mu warned Zhao Gongming that they would make Haotian stop if he refused to let the matter rest, then departed Luofu Cave.
• Zhao Gongming summoned his golden whip and looked forward to fighting at Peach Mountain.
• Yang Jian rode toward Buzhou Mountain and sensed a connection to a black hound being attacked in a forest.
• A blue-faced demon general prepared to kill the wounded hound, but Yang Jian arrived and broke the demon's blade with his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade.

Yang Jian rescued the wounded Howling Sky Hound from demons hunting the last survivor of the Celestial Demon Clan and learned that the Black Baleful Demon King had ordered the clan’s slaughter. After Howling Sky Hound recognized Yang Jian’s master, Qin Mu, as a figure no one should provoke, the two stood together with the Demon King still ahead.

• The green-faced demon general threatened Yang Jian and revealed that the Black Baleful Demon King had sent the demons to capture Howling Sky Hound for his Heavenly Demon True Blood.
• Yang Jian broke the demons’ Myriad Demon Soul-Locking Array, defeated the green-faced general, and killed the warriors who had pursued Howling Sky Hound.
• Howling Sky Hound condemned the demons for murdering his family and clan, and Yang Jian killed them all after confirming that Howling Sky Hound wanted no survivors.
• Howling Sky Hound gave his name and explained that he had chosen it to keep the Celestial Demon Clan’s memory alive and avenge its destruction.
• Howling Sky Hound learned Yang Jian’s identity and recognized Qin Mu as the Sect of Interception’s Senior Brother, a figure the Demon Race had warned others never to provoke.

Yang Jian saved the wounded Howling Sky Hound and accepted its pledge to follow him, after they recognized the shared pain of losing their families. The two set off for Buzhou Mountain, with the Howling Sky Hound’s revenge against the Black Baleful Demon King postponed until they were stronger.

• Yang Jian told the Howling Sky Hound that he understood its suffering because the Heavenly Court had destroyed his family and imprisoned his mother beneath Peach Mountain.
• The Howling Sky Hound pledged to follow Yang Jian, explaining that it wanted revenge on the Black Baleful Demon King but was too weak to fight him.
• Yang Jian accepted the Howling Sky Hound’s oath and warned it to wait until they had both recovered and grown stronger before seeking revenge.
• Yang Jian used Taiyi divine power to suppress the Howling Sky Hound’s injuries, then led it northwest toward Buzhou Mountain.

After the system prompted Qin Mu to guide Yang Jian through splitting Peach Mountain to save his mother, Qin Mu went to Longevity Mountain to arrange support for his disciple’s journey through Buzhou Mountain. Zhenyuanzi agreed to welcome Yang Jian and prepare ripe Ginseng Fruits for him when he arrived at Wuzhuang Temple.

• The system prompted Qin Mu to create a special Red Packet scenario by guiding Yang Jian to split the mountain and save his mother.
• Qin Mu arrived at Wuzhuang Temple, where Zhenyuanzi personally welcomed him and closed the temple to other guests.
• Qin Mu told Zhenyuanzi that Yang Jian was traveling toward Buzhou Mountain and hinted that he would soon pass through Wuzhuang Temple.
• Zhenyuanzi agreed to receive Yang Jian and said he wanted to meet the young man who defied heavenly law to save his mother.
• After Qin Mu left, Zhenyuanzi told Clear Wind and Ming Yue to prepare ripe Ginseng Fruits for Yang Jian's arrival.

Yang Jian and the injured Howling Sky Hound reached Longevity Mountain and went to pay their respects at Wuzhuang Temple, the Dao Field of Great Immortal Zhenyuan. Clear Wind and Ming Yue welcomed them, and a strange fragrance inside the temple made the Black Flood Dragon Spirit suspect they had smelled Ginseng Fruit.

• Yang Jian, the Howling Sky Hound, and the Black Flood Dragon Spirit traveled toward the ruins of Buzhou Mountain, sensing its ancient and dangerous aura.
• The Black Flood Dragon Spirit recognized a nearby immortal mountain as Longevity Mountain, where Great Immortal Zhenyuan's Wuzhuang Temple stood.
• Yang Jian decided to visit Zhenyuanzi out of courtesy and led the Howling Sky Hound up the mountain, where the earth energy helped calm its injuries.
• Clear Wind and Ming Yue greeted Yang Jian by name and invited him and the Howling Sky Hound into the temple, saying their master was waiting.
• A strange fragrance drifted from deeper inside Wuzhuang Temple, and the Black Flood Dragon Spirit wondered if it was Ginseng Fruit.

Yang Jian and the Howling Sky Hound visited Wuzhuang Temple, where Zhenyuanzi welcomed them and recognized Yang Jian’s strong foundation and the Hound’s wounded Heavenly Demon bloodline. He gave each of them a Ginseng Fruit to prepare them for the dangers of Buzhou Mountain, and they began refining the fruit’s power in the hall.

• Clear Wind and Ming Yue led Yang Jian and the Howling Sky Hound through Wuzhuang Temple to meet Zhenyuanzi.
• Zhenyuanzi praised Yang Jian’s cultivation and identified the Howling Sky Hound as a wounded remnant of the Heavenly Demon bloodline.
• Zhenyuanzi ordered Clear Wind and Ming Yue to bring two Ginseng Fruits for Yang Jian and the Howling Sky Hound.
• Yang Jian accepted the gift after Zhenyuanzi explained it would help prepare them for Buzhou Mountain.
• Yang Jian and the Howling Sky Hound consumed their Ginseng Fruits and began refining their power, causing the Hound’s wounds to heal and its bloodline to awaken.

Yang Jian refined a Ginseng Fruit at Wuzhuang Temple while Qin Mu traveled to Penglai to meet Daoist Duobao. Duobao accepted Qin Mu’s offer of a fortuitous opportunity for Yang Jian, and the Sect of Interception pledged to support him.

• Yang Jian refined the Ginseng Fruit under Zhenyuanzi’s protection, strengthening himself as the Howling Sky Hound recovered its bloodline.
• Zhenyuanzi told the Black Flood Dragon Spirit that fortuitous opportunities could strengthen Yang Jian but could not shield him from Pangu’s lingering might at Buzhou Mountain.
• Qin Mu arrived at Penglai and met Daoist Duobao, who asked when he would become a Saint.
• Qin Mu offered to help Duobao become a Saint, but Duobao chose to wait rather than claim the throne through force.
• Qin Mu revealed that he had come to give Duobao a fortuitous opportunity for Yang Jian, and Duobao pledged that the Sect of Interception would support his martial nephew.

Qin Mu arranged for Duobao’s disciple Fire Spirit to travel to Buzhou Mountain and meet Yang Jian, where both could temper their cultivation. After giving her an Innate Spiritual Treasure, he left Penglai to check on Yang Jian.

• Qin Mu told Duobao that Yang Jian was heading to Buzhou Mountain to temper himself against its dangers.
• Qin Mu proposed sending Fire Spirit to Buzhou Mountain, and Duobao agreed that the journey would test her Dao of Fire and give Yang Jian a companion.
• Duobao summoned Fire Spirit, and Qin Mu gifted her the Crimson Flame Spirit Wheel, an Innate Spiritual Treasure.
• Duobao ordered Fire Spirit to descend the mountain and gave her a protective talisman capable of blocking one Quasi-Saint killing tribulation.
• Fire Spirit departed Penglai for Buzhou Mountain, and Qin Mu vanished from the hall to check on Yang Jian.

Yang Jian broke through to Daluo Golden Immortal at Wuzhuang Temple while the Howling Sky Hound reached Golden Immortal Late Stage. As they continued toward Buzhou Mountain, they found an innate spiritual medicine and were confronted by seven demons claiming it belonged to Plum Mountain.

• Yang Jian absorbed the Ginseng Fruit’s spiritual power and shattered his Taiyi Dao Fruit, becoming a Daluo Golden Immortal.
• The Howling Sky Hound awakened its Heavenly Demon bloodline and advanced to Golden Immortal Late Stage, then thanked Zhenyuanzi for the fruit.
• Yang Jian and the Howling Sky Hound left Wuzhuang Temple and continued toward Buzhou Mountain.
• They found an innate spiritual medicine in a valley and saw its treasure light rise from the rubble.
• A white ape and six other demons arrived, claimed the medicine as Plum Mountain territory, and threatened Yang Jian and the Howling Sky Hound.

Yang Jian challenged the Seven Monsters of Mount Mei over a Spiritual Medicine and fought the white ape after the demons used their formation to raise their king's power to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm. The chapter ended with the white ape and six demons combining their strength to attack Yang Jian with the One-Qi Water-Fire Staff.

• Yang Jian stopped the Howling Sky Hound and claimed the Spiritual Medicine, then sent the pig demon crashing into the mountainside with one palm.
• The white ape ordered the Seven Monsters of Mount Mei to form an array, which drew on their shared power and pushed him into the Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
• The white ape offered Yang Jian thirty percent of the Spiritual Medicine, but Yang Jian refused and summoned his Heaven-and-Earth Dharma Form to meet the ape's staff.
• Yang Jian parried the white ape's first two blows, cutting through its water-and-fire attacks and stabbing its chest with the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade.
• The six demons poured their mana into the white ape as he brought down a third blow, turning the water-fire qi into a grinding millstone aimed at Yang Jian.

Yang Jian defeated the Seven Monsters of Mount Mei by using his Heavenly Eye to break their formation, then accepted them as followers after revealing his plan to rescue his mother from Peach Mountain. The chapter left the Seven Monsters stunned to learn he was a senior disciple of the Sect of Interception under Saint Qin Mu.

• Yang Jian broke the Seven Monsters’ formation with his Heavenly Eye and forced them to surrender.
• Yuan Hong offered to guide Yang Jian to Buzhou Mountain, but Yang Jian declined and said he first had another matter to attend to.
• Yang Jian revealed that he planned to rescue his mother from Peach Mountain and accepted the Seven Monsters as followers, telling them to call him Second Master.
• The Howling Sky Hound told the Seven Monsters that Yang Jian was a disciple of Saint Qin Mu and a senior brother of the Sect of Interception.
• Yuan Hong and the other monsters reacted with awe and renewed their vows to follow Yang Jian.

Yang Jian gave Yuan Hong the Zenith Heaven Flower, left the Howling Sky Hound to oversee Plum Mountain, and headed for Buzhou Mountain. Yuan Hong broke through to the Great Luo realm and brought Plum Mountain’s demons under Yang Jian’s command, but a powerful azure-robed daoist arrived as they completed their submission.

• Yang Jian gave Yuan Hong the Zenith Heaven Flower and ordered him to subdue Plum Mountain’s demons and build up the mountain as a force.
• Yang Jian left the Howling Sky Hound behind to watch over Plum Mountain, then departed for Buzhou Mountain.
• Yuan Hong swallowed the flower and broke through to the Great Luo realm while the Howling Sky Hound and the seven freaks guarded him.
• Yuan Hong and the seven freaks subdued Plum Mountain’s spirits, replaced their banners with the Erlang Banner, and declared their allegiance to Yang Jian.
• A cloudlight descended over Plum Mountain, and Yuan Hong saw a powerful daoist in azure robes standing among the clouds.

Qin Mu visited Plum Mountain, recognized Yuan Hong and the Six Monsters, and reforged Yuan Hong’s staff into an Innate Spiritual Treasure before leaving. Yang Jian continued toward Buzhou Mountain, determined to save his mother, and encountered signs of a battle and someone being hunted.

• Qin Mu arrived at Plum Mountain, where Yuan Hong, the Six Monsters, and the Howling Sky Hound bowed to him.
• Qin Mu infused the One-Qi Water-Fire Staff with rare materials and transformed it into an Innate Spiritual Treasure for Yuan Hong.
• Qin Mu told Yuan Hong to guard Plum Mountain and warned him not to use the treasure to bully others before departing.
• Yuan Hong ordered the demons to keep the mountain in order and forbade killing mortals without cause or devouring the innocent.
• Yang Jian traveled toward Buzhou Mountain and told the Black Flood Dragon Spirit that he intended to split open Peach Mountain and save his mother.
• Yang Jian sensed a battle and blood qi ahead, and the Black Flood Dragon Spirit warned that someone was being surrounded and hunted.

Yang Jian rescued Fire Spirit, a disciple of the Sect of Interception, from four attackers and killed them all. After learning that Fire Spirit studied under Daoist Duobao, he introduced himself as Qin Mu’s disciple, surprising her with their chance meeting.

• Fire Spirit fought four beings led by a black-armored creature, who sought to kill her and seize her Fire Spirit Origin.
• Yang Jian recognized the Supreme Purity Dao resonance in Fire Spirit and intervened, killing the bone-spear wielder and blood-banner bearer.
• Yang Jian caught and killed the fleeing poison-hook wielder, then defeated the black-armored creature when it tried to escape underground.
• Fire Spirit introduced herself as a disciple of Daoist Duobao and asked Yang Jian which Sect of Interception master had taught him.
• Yang Jian identified himself as a disciple of Qin Mu, and Fire Spirit was astonished because she had met Qin Mu earlier.

Yang Jian and Fire Spirit decided to travel together to the remnants of Buzhou Mountain, where Yang Jian intended to temper his body and Fire Spirit sought a fortunate opportunity. Along the way, Fire Spirit explained that North Abyss Palace had tried to kill her for her Fire Spirit origin, while Yang Jian continued toward the mountain under Pangu’s lingering pressure.

• Fire Spirit said she was heading to Buzhou Mountain, and Yang Jian revealed that he was going there to temper his body.
• Yang Jian agreed to travel with Fire Spirit after considering the danger she faced, and they set out northwest together.
• As they neared Buzhou Mountain, Fire Spirit used her crimson radiance to resist the earth-vein Killing Intent while Yang Jian let Pangu’s lingering might temper his body through the Eight-Nine Arcane Art.
• Fire Spirit told Yang Jian that Qin Mu had mentioned a fortunate opportunity for her in Buzhou Mountain’s remnants and that North Abyss Palace had targeted her to refine a treasure.
• Fire Spirit marveled at Yang Jian’s strength and his rapid rise under Qin Mu, and the two continued toward Buzhou Mountain.

Venerable Yuanshi left Kunlun Mountain and went to Wa Huang Heaven after learning that Yang Jian had become Qin Mu’s disciple, shifting Fortune toward the Sect of Interception. The other Saints and Heavenly Courts watched his move, while Qin Mu sensed his arrival from the Primordial Land.

• Venerable Yuanshi judged that Yang Jian’s change of allegiance had harmed Chan Teachings’ Fortune and told Immortal Weng of the South Pole that he was leaving Kunlun.
• Guangchengzi, Chijingzi, True Man Taiyi, True Man Yu Ding, Yellow Dragon True Person, and Juliusun discussed Venerable Yuanshi’s departure and the growing struggle over the Investiture of the Gods.
• Venerable Yuanshi bypassed the Heavenly Court and Shouyang Mountain and went directly to Wa Huang Heaven to see Nuwa.
• Taishang Laozi learned that Venerable Yuanshi had gone to Wa Huang Heaven but chose not to intervene.
• Sect Master Tongtian linked Venerable Yuanshi’s visit to Yang Jian joining Qin Mu and warned that he would defend Sect of Interception disciples if they were targeted.
• Emperor Venerate and Haotian ordered watchfulness over the Saints’ moves, while Qin Mu looked toward Wa Huang Heaven and smiled faintly.

Venerable Yuanshi visited Nuwa to discuss the Investiture of Gods and warn that the Sect of Interception’s growing power could upset the Human Race’s Fortune. Nuwa refused to enter the conflict or oppose Qin Mu, but Yuanshi revealed that he had not come to ask her to act personally.

• Qin Mu anticipated that Venerable Yuanshi would respond after Qin Mu took Yang Jian as his disciple, and watched as Yuanshi entered Wa Huang Heaven.
• Venerable Yuanshi told Nuwa that the Investiture of Gods and the changing human dynasties involved the Human Race’s Fortune, despite her reluctance to interfere.
• Venerable Yuanshi warned that the Sect of Interception’s strength and Qin Mu’s influence could tilt the Human Race’s Fortune and endanger the Saints in the coming tribulation.
• Nuwa recalled the Saints’ failed attempt to suppress the Sect of Interception and said Qin Mu was not someone to provoke.
• Nuwa refused to join the struggle between the Chan Teachings and the Sect of Interception or let her disciples fill the Chan Teachings’ ranks in the tribulation.
• Venerable Yuanshi said he had not come to ask Nuwa to act personally.

Venerable Yuanshi asked Nuwa to let Ling Zhuzi reincarnate into the Human Race and join the Chan Teachings, believing he could answer the Tribulation of Calamity through mortal trials. After Nuwa explained the danger, Ling Zhuzi agreed to face the tribulation, though he looked to Nuwa before accepting Yuanshi’s offer of a sect.

• Venerable Yuanshi asked Nuwa for Ling Zhuzi rather than Yang Chan, saying Ling Zhuzi’s calamity-bound fate could be fulfilled through reincarnation.
• Nuwa used the River-Mountain Sheji Map to deduce that Ling Zhuzi faced a great mortal-world calamity and that keeping him in Wa Huang Palace could cost him his chance to overcome it.
• Nuwa summoned Ling Zhuzi and explained that reincarnation could let him break through the tribulation, while failure could leave him trapped within it.
• Ling Zhuzi chose to enter reincarnation, saying he wanted to face his own tribulation and pursue the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Venerable Yuanshi offered to have a Chan Teachings disciple accept Ling Zhuzi after reincarnation, and Ling Zhuzi looked to Nuwa before responding.

Venerable Yuanshi left Wa Huang Palace after securing Ling Zhuzi’s assent to a possible future connection with the Chan Teachings, then went to the Western Heavenly Court to approach Haotian about Yang Jian. The chapter ended with Haotian learning that Yang Jian had become Qin Mu’s disciple.

• Nuwa advised Ling Zhuzi that his life after reincarnation would depend on his own fortune, and Ling Zhuzi agreed to her counsel.
• Taishang Laozi and Sect Master Tongtian sensed Venerable Yuanshi’s departure; Tongtian concluded that Yuanshi had taken Ling Zhuzi as a replacement piece for Yang Jian.
• Sect Master Tongtian told Daoist Duobao that Yuanshi was likely heading to the Western Heavenly Court, ordered the Sect of Interception not to enter it without permission, and said to wait for Qin Mu before responding to Chan Teachings disciples causing trouble.
• Venerable Yuanshi went to Lingxiao Treasure Hall and met Haotian, who suspected he had come about the Investiture of the Gods.
• Venerable Yuanshi raised Yaoji’s son Yang Jian, and Haotian said he planned to send troops to suppress him for violating heavenly law.
• Venerable Yuanshi told Haotian that Yang Jian was Qin Mu’s disciple, startling the Heavenly Emperor.