Chapter Summaries

After Li Wan'er identified Zhang Xiaofan’s iron staff as the Devil Dao treasure Soul Eater, she warned Qingyun’s leaders of two ancient threats and withdrew to Huanyue Cave Abode to seek a realm beyond Taiqing. In seclusion, she merged her primordial spirit with her golden core, forming a purple figure within her dantian.

• Daoxuan announced that the ten highest-ranking tournament disciples would leave the mountain for training.
• Li Wan'er identified Zhang Xiaofan’s staff as Soul Eater and reassured the leaders that he could master it for righteous purposes.
• Li Wan'er predicted that Zhang Xiaofan could become the Zhu Xian Sword’s master and warned that the Southern Border demon god and Shura threatened Shenzhou Haotu.
• Li Wan'er entered Huanyue Cave Abode to pursue a realm beyond Taiqing and began experimenting with merging her golden core and primordial spirit.
• Li Wan'er’s golden core cracked and burst as her primordial spirit merged with it, leaving a purple, miniature likeness of herself in her dantian.

Li Wan'er formed a legendary purple Nascent Soul and faced the Lightning Tribulation outside the Huanyue Cave Abode. After surviving the barrage, she was badly injured, and Tian Buyi gave her Da Huang Pills to treat her wounds.

• Li Wan'er broke through to the Nascent Soul realm and discovered that she had formed a purple Nascent Soul.
• A Lightning Tribulation descended above the Huanyue Cave Abode, and Daoist Daoxuan ordered the peak chiefs to guard Li Wan'er without disturbing her.
• Li Wan'er shattered the first two lightning bolts, then fought off a growing barrage of silver lightning.
• After enduring the seventy-seventh bolt and another incense stick's worth of tribulation, Li Wan'er collapsed, injured, when the storm ended.
• Tian Buyi handed Li Wan'er a bottle of Da Huang Pills so she could tend to her injuries.

After two years in seclusion, Li Wan'er consolidated her breakthrough, mapped out the Qi Refinement True Formula, and presented it to Qingyun’s leaders. As the Orthodox Dao prepared to investigate the Demonic Cult’s move at Liupo Mountain, Li Wan'er set out to travel and test her new power.

• Li Wan'er emerged from seclusion after two years and named the cultivation stages she had charted the Qi Refinement True Formula.
• Li Wan'er gave the manual to Daoxuan, and Qingyun’s peak leaders memorized it and praised her contribution.
• Tian Buyi reported that Lu Xueqi, Zeng Shushu, Lin Jingyu, and Zhang Xiaofan had reached the ninth level of Yuqing while Orthodox Dao and Demonic Cult disciples clashed.
• Li Wan'er rejected Shui Yue’s suggestion to destroy the Demonic Cult, arguing that righteousness and demonic paths were interdependent and did not define a person’s goodness.
• Daoxuan sent Tian Buyi, Shui Yue, Cangsong, and Zeng with Qingyun disciples to investigate the Demonic Cult’s activity at Liupo Mountain.
• Li Wan'er said she would travel, then transformed into a sword and flew away.

Li Wan'er traveled to Flowing Wave Mountain, where righteous and demonic forces were clashing, and reunited with Qingyun Sect disciples. After Bi Yao told Wan Renwang about Li Wan'er, he suspected she was Shui Yue's long-secluded disciple, whose background Qingyun had kept secret.

• Li Wan'er journeyed through towns and villages, intervening in two demon-beast attacks and witnessing the devastation ordinary people faced.
• At Flowing Wave Mountain, Li Wan'er met Bi Yao fleeing Song Daren, Du Bishu, and Tian Ling'er, recognized her as the Ghost King Sect's young mistress, and urged her to return to her father.
• Li Wan'er watched Lu Xueqi drive off Elder Nian and Wild Dog Daoist, then joined Qingyun's elders and learned that the Demonic Cult appeared to be searching for something.
• Li Wan'er suggested that the righteous sects monitor the Demonic Cult's movements and destroy whatever it was seeking.
• Bi Yao told Wan Renwang about Li Wan'er, and he suspected she was Shui Yue's secluded disciple, whose circumstances Qingyun had kept secret.

Li Wan'er killed Bloodsucking Fiend before the Righteous and Demonic factions clashed in a battle that spread across the battlefield. As the fighting raged, Wan Renwang ordered the Ghost King Sect to withdraw, prioritizing a greater matter.

• Li Wan'er destroyed Bloodsucking Fiend's five ghosts and killed him, then reunited with Shui Yue and Xiao Yicai as Wan Renwang and other Demonic Cult leaders arrived.
• Shui Yue told the demons that Wan Jianyi was dead, prompting Ancestor Duanmu, Baiduzi, and Crimson Blood Ancestor to voice their hatred and disbelief.
• The Demonic Cult attacked the Righteous encampment from the front and rear, forcing Xiao Yicai to divide the defenders while disciples fought across the battlefield.
• Cangsong Taoist battled Baiduzi, Tian Buyi and Su Ru held off Ancestor Duanmu and Crimson Blood Ancestor, and the younger disciples fought other Demonic Cult forces.
• Wan Renwang and Qinglong Taoist assessed the Righteous disciples, and Wan Renwang ordered the Ghost King Sect to gather and withdraw with Bi Yao.

After the battle, Wan Renwang learned of Wan Jianyi’s legendary strength and Li Wan’er warned the Demonic Cult that releasing the Kui Ox would bring disaster. The Kui Ox emerged, and both the Demonic Cult and Qingyun forces rushed toward the sea, where a thunderous shock sent the Qingyun disciples tumbling from their magical treasures.

• Baiduzi and Red Blood Old Demon retreated, while Tian Buyi and Su Ru killed the wounded Duanmu Patriarch and Xiao Yicai let the remaining Demonic Cult fighters flee.
• Wan Renwang introduced Qinglong, who recounted how Wan Jianyi defeated the Holy Sect’s defenders, spared Zhuque, and escaped after losing his right arm.
• Li Wan’er appeared in the Demonic Cult camp, warned Wan Renwang that the Kui Ox would destroy the Demonic Cult and endanger Shenzhou Haotu, then defeated and killed Red Blood Old Demon.
• The Kui Ox emerged with a howl, and Wan Renwang led the Demonic Cult forces toward it despite Li Wan’er’s warning.
• Xiao Yicai led the Qingyun camp toward the disturbance, and its disciples swept aside a group of Demonic Cult attackers before a massive thunderclap sent them falling with their magical treasures.

The Qingyun Sect disciples became trapped in the Demonic Cult’s storm altar as the Kui Ox emerged, and Zhang Xiaofan revealed that he had cultivated several conflicting arts while saving Tian Ling’er. He later woke in Changhe City as the survivors traveled back to Qingyun, with Lu Xueqi asking if he was all right.

• Lu Chen and the others killed Baiduzi, forcing Elder Nian and Wild Dog Daoist to retreat, while Bi Yao warned that the altar would summon the Kui Ox.
• Tian Buyi ordered the disciples to escape, but the storm barrier sealed them inside as Demonic Cult members powered the altar.
• The Kui Ox appeared and attacked the trapped disciples, while the Ghost King used the Fulong Cauldron to capture it.
• Hua Yao struck the Kui Ox, and Zhang Xiaofan intervened to protect Tian Ling’er, revealing signs that he had cultivated several different arts before collapsing.
• Zhang Xiaofan’s intervention broke the altar and freed the Kui Ox; half a day later, he woke in Changhe City, where Lu Xueqi asked if he was all right.

Zhang Xiaofan returned to Qingyun and faced an inquiry over using Buddhist and Demonic Cult arts and carrying the Devil Dao treasure Shi Hun. As Qingyun and Orthodox Dao leaders assembled to judge him, the Poison God, Ghost King, Madam Sanmiao, and Yuyangzi prepared to attack Qingyun, while Bi Yao hurried toward the mountain to protect Zhang Xiaofan.

• Tian Buyi defended Zhang Xiaofan after Daoist Cangsong and Xiao Yicai raised accusations about his arts and the missing Incense Valley treasure.
• Zhang Xiaofan returned to Qingyun and was confined pending an inquiry, while Bi Yao learned of the Holy Cult's plans and rode toward the mountain.
• The Poison God, Ghost King, Madam Sanmiao, and Yuyangzi agreed to attack Qingyun and destroy it.
• Daoxuan convened Qingyun elders, disciples, Heavenly Sound Temple, and Incense Valley in Yuqing Hall, where Zhang Xiaofan stood before them with Shi Hun on display.
• Daoxuan introduced Divine Monk Puhong and Shangguan Ce as the Orthodox Dao representatives who had come because of Zhang Xiaofan.

Daoxuan questioned Zhang Xiaofan about his Great Brahma Prajna and Bloodthirsty Pearl, but Li Wan'er defended him and exposed Heavenly Sound Temple’s role in the Caomiao Village massacre. She then revealed that Shangguan Ce was the impostor Zhou Yin and announced a Demonic Cult attack on Qingyun.

• Daoxuan confronted Zhang Xiaofan about possessing the Great Brahma Prajna and Bloodthirsty Pearl, and Zhang admitted both while refusing to explain them.
• Lu Xueqi and other Qingyun disciples pleaded for Zhang Xiaofan, while Mister Shangguan demanded the return of Incense Valley’s Mysterious Fire Mirror and clashed with Tian Buyi.
• Li Wan'er argued that Puzhi had taught Zhang Xiaofan the Great Brahma Prajna and accused Heavenly Sound Temple of concealing its responsibility for the Caomiao Village massacre.
• Master Puhong acknowledged Li Wan'er's claims, and she knocked out Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu before killing the disguised Shangguan Ce and exposing him as Zhou Yin.
• Li Wan'er ordered Qingyun to meet the Demonic Cult beyond Rainbow Bridge, where the demonic forces and their leaders arrived to attack.

Li Wan'er single-handedly stopped the Demonic Cult's attack on Qingyun, killing Madam Sanmiao and forcing the other leaders to flee. After the war, the factions recovered and ten years passed while Li Wan'er remained sealed inside the Huanyue Cave Abode.

• Li Wan'er held back the five Demonic Cult leaders while Qingyun, Heavenly Sound Temple, and Incense Valley fought the invading disciples.
• Li Wan'er unleashed five sword arts, killed Madam Sanmiao, and drove Ghost King, Qinglong, Yuyangzi, and the remaining leaders to flee.
• Li Wan'er ordered the captured Demonic Cult disciples released and instructed Qingyun to let Zhang Xiaofan and Jingyu decide how to resolve their grievances with Heavenly Sound Temple.
• The Demonic Cult's defeat left its factions weakened, and Ghost King resolved to use the opportunity to unite them under the Ghost King Sect.
• Ten years after the war, Li Wan'er had not left the Huanyue Cave Abode, and even Daoxuan could not pass through its barrier.

After ten years in Huanyue Cave Abode, Zhang Xiaofan left for Death Swamp to seek the third volume of the Heavenly Book, while Li Wan'er departed separately. Li Wan'er reached the Heavenly Emperor's Treasure Vault, where a golden pillar of light erupted from the ancient tree.

• Qingyun Sect's younger generation advanced, with Zhang Xiaofan reaching the third level of the Shangqing Realm and several others entering the Shangqing Realm.
• Li Wan'er told Zhang Xiaofan to go to Death Swamp for the third volume of the Heavenly Book and bring back a copy for her.
• After Zhang Xiaofan left, Li Wan'er left Huanyue Cave Abode unseen and headed west.
• In Great King Village, Li Wan'er saw Zhou Yixian and Zhou Xiaohuan meet Qin Wuyan, who asked them to divine his fortune.
• Li Wan'er encountered Bi Yao in Death Swamp and passed her without a fight.
• Li Wan'er arrived at the Heavenly Emperor's Treasure Vault, and a huge pillar of golden light shot into the sky from the ancient tree.

Li Wan'er obtained Heavenly Book Volume Three and used the mysterious liquid from the Heavenly Emperor's Treasure Vault to advance to the late Nascent Soul stage. After emerging from ten years of seclusion and warning Wan Jianyi that the Beast God would rise from the Southern Border's Ten Thousand Great Mountains, she infiltrated Incense Valley and reached its Mystic Fire Forbidden Ground.

• Li Wan'er took Heavenly Book Volume Three and the mysterious liquid from the Heavenly Emperor's Treasure Vault, then left for Qingyun.
• In Huanyue Cave Abode, Li Wan'er endured the liquid's violent energy, strengthened her Nascent Soul and physique, and advanced to the late Nascent Soul stage.
• Li Wan'er engraved the improved Qi Refinement True Formula in Huanyue Cave Abode and told Wan Jianyi to pass it to Daoxuan.
• Li Wan'er warned Wan Jianyi that the Beast God would soon emerge from the Southern Border's Ten Thousand Great Mountains, then set out to see Shenzhou.
• Li Wan'er secretly entered Incense Valley at night and followed a path into the Mystic Fire Forbidden Ground, where she found a vast circular altar.

Li Wan'er broke into the Mystic Fire Altar, killed Shangguan Ce, and freed the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox, whose child she believed Li Wan'er had killed. After explaining that she wanted the fox as a guide to the Southern Border, Li Wan'er set off into its mountains with her.

• Li Wan'er entered the Mystic Fire Altar and killed Shangguan Ce when he attacked her.
• Li Wan'er bypassed the Mysterious Fire Mirror barrier and found the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox imprisoned on the third floor.
• The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox accused Li Wan'er of killing Xiao Liu and unleashed demonic power, but the iron chain restrained her.
• Li Wan'er severed the chain and shattered the altar's dome, unleashing the lava beneath it and alarming Incense Valley.
• On a mountain peak, Li Wan'er told the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox that she was a Qingyun disciple and wanted her as a guide into the Southern Border.
• Li Wan'er and the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox traveled into the Southern Border's dangerous mountains.

Li Wan'er and Xiao Bai traveled through the Southern Border to the Demon-Suppressing Ancient Cave to investigate the rising baleful aura. At the cave, its guardian, the Fierce Spirit, recognized Li Wan'er's strength and suggested she might help stop the demonic beast crisis.

• Li Wan'er and Xiao Bai stopped at Heavenly Water Village for food before traveling to Seven-Li Stockade.
• The Patriarch welcomed the two women and arranged a place for them to stay overnight.
• Xiao Bai and Li Wan'er left Seven-Li Stockade and walked for three days toward the Demon-Suppressing Ancient Cave to avoid attracting the Beast God's attention.
• At the cave entrance, the Fierce Spirit appeared and forbade them from entering or leaving.
• Li Wan'er said they had come to investigate the world's rising baleful aura, and the Fierce Spirit voiced hope that she could help with the demonic beast crisis.

Li Wan'er entered the Demon-Suppressing Ancient Cave and confronted the sealed Beast God, who explained how fear and violence had shaped his past. They fought, but neither could kill the other while he remained sealed, and the Beast God vanished, promising a rematch after his release.

• Xiao Bai revealed that she had told Li Wan'er about the cave, and the sinister spirit warned her that the Beast Demon could be deadly.
• Li Wan'er reached the altar and met the Beast God, who asked why she wanted to kill him.
• The Beast God recounted how people feared him, how he began killing, and how the person closest to him tried to destroy him.
• Li Wan'er said the Beast God was dangerous because he could not control his bloodlust, and she declared her confidence that he could be killed.
• Li Wan'er and the Beast God clashed with sword qi and black mist, leaving him wounded while she remained unharmed.
• The Beast God admitted neither could kill the other while he was sealed, then disappeared and promised to fight Li Wan'er again after breaking free.

Li Wan'er learned that the Beast God was difficult to kill, then joined the righteous forces as the Demonic Cult revived him. After the Beast God emerged and challenged her over Linglong, Li Wan'er began activating the Eight Fierce Mystical Fire Formation against him.

• Li Wan'er told Xiao Bai that the sealed Beast God could fight her but could neither defeat her nor be killed by her, and they continued through the Southern Border.
• Ghost King and Ghost Mister prepared the Four Spirits Blood Formation while righteous cultivators led by Puhong, Tian Buyi, Cangsong, Shui Yue, and Yun Yilan gathered to stop them.
• Ghost King refused Tian Buyi's demand to abandon the revival, and the two sides clashed as vicious beasts attacked the righteous forces.
• The Beast God broke free, and Li Wan'er arrived to face him after he vowed to kill her and demanded to know whether Linglong had once granted his wish.
• Li Wan'er took Yun Yilan's Mysterious Fire Mirror and activated the Eight Fierce Mystical Fire Formation while the Beast God stood without resisting.

Li Wan'er used the Eight Fierce Mystical Fire Formation to summon the Eight Desolate Fire Dragon and test whether the Beast God had become human. The Beast God accepted his death after learning the truth, and Li Wan'er gave the Mysterious Fire Mirror to Yun Yilan while sparing the Ghost King and his people.

• Dark clouds and fierce winds gathered over the Ten Thousand Mountains as the Beast God endured the Flame Sea and opened the fiery gate.
• The Eight Desolate Fire Dragon emerged and attacked the Beast God while Li Wan'er channeled her True Essence into the Mysterious Fire Mirror.
• The dragon vanished after the Beast God was defeated, and he realized that Linglong had truly made him human before he faded away.
• Li Wan'er gave Yun Yilan the Mysterious Fire Mirror and warned the Ghost King to keep his head down, sparing him and his people for Biyáo and Zhang Xiaofan's sake.

Li Wan'er defeated the threat from the Demonic Cult, named Zhang Xiaofan Qingyun's next protector, and left to seek transcendence. Fifty years later, Qingyun had grown stronger, and Zhang Xiaofan had reached Taiqing while Li Wan'er's lingering reputation kept the world in check.

• Li Wan'er sent the Demonic Cult away and told the Orthodox Dao members to return, then named Zhang Xiaofan Qingyun's second protector.
• Li Wan'er explained that she had surpassed Taiqing but could not advance further in Shenzhou, so she planned to travel the lands and the Endless Ocean in search of transcendence.
• Li Wan'er sent the complete Taiji Yin-Yang Scripture into Zhang Xiaofan's mind, cleansed and refined his magical treasure into an Immortal Artifact, and vanished.
• Fifty years later, Zhang Xiaofan reached Taiqing and condensed a Golden Core, while other Qingyun experts hesitated to advance because they feared another Lightning Tribulation.
• Qingyun's peaks gained many Peak Shangqing and Taiqing experts, while Li Wan'er's reputation continued to deter ambitious people across the world.

Li Wan'er, reborn as Xiao Yu in Wutan City, teased Xiao Yan before creating powerful Dou techniques and treasures for a secret realm. She entered seclusion, regained her fifth-turn Dou Zun strength, and advanced to the peak Nascent Soul stage.

• Li Wan'er recalled entering a mysterious tunnel during a tsunami and waking as Xiao Yu in Wutan City, where she had once beaten Xiao Yan for staring at her.
• Xiao Yan ran from Li Wan'er, then tried to excuse himself by claiming he had cultivation work and had only challenged Jia Lie'ao to defend the city.
• Li Wan'er warned Xiao Yan about his poor temperament, told him she would leave soon, and went to the Dou Technique Pavilion.
• Li Wan'er placed four Earth-tier high-grade Dou techniques and dozens of magic cores in a secret realm for someone to discover.
• Li Wan'er entered seclusion, restored her cultivation to the fifth-turn Dou Zun level, and broke through to the peak Nascent Soul stage.

Li Wan'er advanced to the peak of the Nascent Soul realm, advised Xiao Ning not to bully Xiao Yan after his Dou Qi vanished, and watched Xiao Zhan fail to find a cause for his son’s decline. As Xiao Yu, she joined Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment trip with exceptional potential and left Wutan City for the academy.

• Li Wan'er left her secret realm and told Xiao Ning to treat Xiao Yan normally and help him while his Dou Qi was gone.
• Xiao Zhan visited Xiao Yan, whose cultivation had fallen to three-stage Dou Qi, but could find nothing wrong with him.
• Xiao Yu bid farewell to her family and set out for Jia Nan Academy, intending to seek the fallen heart flame.
• At the Wutan City recruitment, Xiao Yu told Ruo Lin she was seventeen and at peak Dou Zhe, and Ruo Lin accepted her as a student with potential beyond S-class.
• Xiao Yu and the other recruits traveled to the Imperial Capital, then departed with the assembled teams for Jia Nan Academy.