Chapter Summaries

Yang Jian forced the Bull Demon King to help capture Chenxiang and his allies, while Shi Yongheng watched Chenxiang encounter a young fox spirit. Chenxiang and the fox escaped together, with Xiaotian Dog pursuing him.

• Princess Iron Fan stopped Yang Jian from fighting the Bull Demon King by telling him Chenxiang was alive and had left through Cuiyun Cave's back door.
• Yang Jian found Chenxiang and tried to strip him of his powers, but the Hundred Flowers Fairy threatened to reveal his actions to the gods if he harmed the boy.
• Yang Jian took Princess Iron Fan captive and ordered the Bull Demon King to kill Liu Yanchang and capture Chenxiang, the Hundred Flowers Fairy, the flower fairies, and the East Sea's fourth princess.
• Shi Yongheng spotted Chenxiang and a young fox spirit playing tricks on each other in the mortal world.
• Chenxiang ran into Xiaotian Dog, but the fox spirit rescued him and fled with him; Chenxiang claimed an enemy was pursuing him.

Yang Jian secretly protected Chen Xiang while steering him toward Sun Wukong to become his master, but Chen Xiang’s journey escalated into a clash involving the Lotus Lantern and Yang Jian. The chapter ended with Yang Jian mobilizing troops to stop Chen Xiang from reaching Mount Emei, while the Jade Emperor reacted to his descent.

• Xiaoyu stopped her grandmother from killing the unconscious Chen Xiang, though her grandmother wanted the Lotus Lantern to aid their revenge against Sun Wukong.
• Chen Xiang traveled with Xiaoyu, Ao Chun, and Ding Xiang, and they tricked Zhu Bajie into taking them as disciples; Yang Jian secretly watched over Chen Xiang and later fought Zhu Bajie.
• Chen Xiang and his companions channeled their divine power through the Lotus Lantern and forced Yang Jian back, while the Xiaotian Dog later stole the lantern and its wick, which Xiaoyu’s grandmother fed to Xiaoyu.
• Zhu Bajie decided to take Chen Xiang to Mount Emei so he could seek Sun Wukong as his master, and Yang Jian ordered the Meishan Brothers to gather troops and stop him.
• The Jade Emperor angrily berated Yang Jian for going to Mount Emei, while the Queen Mother noticed his hidden delight.

Yang Jian provoked Sun Wukong into a fight, then years later led Heaven’s forces against Liu Chenxiang and his allies after Chenxiang rebelled to save his mother. The chapter ended with the Heavenly army facing the rebels at Thunder Accumulation Mountain.

• Chang'e worried about Chenxiang as the Heavenly Court opened a mirror and watched Yang Jian confront Sun Wukong at Emei Mountain.
• Yang Jian provoked Sun Wukong, and the two fought until the Jade Emperor intervened and stopped them.
• Sun Wukong trained Chenxiang, who grew stronger after taking Taishang Laojun’s pills but later released hundreds of thousands of evil ghosts from the Eighteen Levels of Hell.
• The Queen Mother gave Yang Jian the Qiankun Bowl and Illusory Realm and ordered him to subdue the escaped ghosts and crush the rebels at Thunder Accumulation Mountain.
• Yang Jian arrived with one hundred thousand Heavenly soldiers as Liu Chenxiang, Bull Demon King, and Sun Wukong prepared to resist him.
• Liu Chenxiang accused Yang Jian of imprisoning his sister for power, and Sun Wukong loudly praised Chenxiang’s words.

Shi Yongheng rescued Yang Jian, Xiaotian Dog, and Old Kang, then explained that Yang Jian had been training Chenxiang to change the Heavenly Rules. Later, Shi Yongheng broke through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, a development that stirred the Three Realms and obscured heavenly secrets.

• Chenxiang and his allies fought Yang Jian and the Heavenly troops, leaving Yang Jian gravely wounded and stripped of his magical power.
• The Queen Mother sent the Four Heavenly Kings to kill Yang Jian and Xiaotian Dog, but Shi Yongheng appeared, injured the attackers, and healed the two.
• Shi Yongheng took Yang Jian, Xiaotian Dog, and Old Kang to Mount Hua, gave Xiaotian Dog a protective mark, and revealed that Yang Jian had been nurturing Chenxiang to change the Heavenly Rules.
• Chenxiang and Bull Demon King went to the Heavenly Court to seek the Third Holy Mother's release, but the court refused, prompting Chenxiang to wreak havoc in the Heavenly Palace.
• Yang Jian blocked Nezha from attacking the Queen Mother and Jade Emperor, then fought Sun Wukong; Chenxiang lost his magical power, and Sun Wukong was injured and imprisoned.
• Shi Yongheng broke through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm at Mount Hua, causing a thunderous sign that stirred the immortals and gods of the Three Realms.

After Guanyin treated Sun Wukong, Chen Xiang persuaded him and the others to challenge the heavenly laws to save Yang Chan. Guanyin agreed to observe as they began seeking powerful allies, including the Bull Demon King.

• Guanyin began treating Sun Wukong and told Chen Xiang that the Queen Mother's Qiankun Bowl had sealed Mount Hua.
• Xiaoyu arrived at Mount Luojia to kill Sun Wukong, revealing that she had mastered the Heaven-Splitting Divine Palm and allied herself with Yang Jian.
• Yang Jian admitted he had not controlled Ding Xiang's thoughts, but had exploited her fears and resentment; Chen Xiang forgave her, and Xiaoyu fought him.
• Guanyin finished treating Sun Wukong, who awoke and vowed revenge on Yang Jian.
• Chen Xiang urged Sun Wukong, Ding Xiang, and Xiaoyu to join him in changing the heavenly laws and suggested recruiting the Bull Demon King.
• Guanyin agreed to accompany them as an observer.

Chen Xiang led an army to the Heavenly Court and demanded changes to the heavenly laws so he could free his mother. After the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother rejected his ultimatum, Guanyin proposed a wager over whether Chen Xiang could rescue the Third Holy Mother.

• Chen Xiang and his allies fought their way to the Soaring Firmament Palace, where Yang Jian challenged him with the Lotus Lantern and was defeated.
• Chen Xiang told Guanyin and the assembled immortals that the unjust heavenly laws had forced him to rebel and that he wanted his mother released.
• The Jade Emperor agreed that Chen Xiang had a point, but Queen Mother delayed her answer; when she later refused to amend the laws, Chen Xiang prepared to attack.
• Guanyin offered to wager that Chen Xiang could rescue his mother from beneath Mount Hua, with the Heavenly Court agreeing to amend the laws if she won.
• Queen Mother proposed a three-day limit, Guanyin clarified that heavenly days equaled mortal years, and the Jade Emperor suggested a three-month deadline.

Chen Xiang searched for the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe to rescue the Third Holy Mother, while Yang Jian secretly guided his trials and fought him to spur his growth. Yang Jian revealed that Ding Xiang’s wisdom was needed to awaken the axe and that only it could split Mount Hua and bring forth the new Heavenly Rules.

• Guanyin told Chen Xiang to find Pangu’s Heaven-Opening Axe, and the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother agreed that anyone caught interfering would lose their wager.
• Shi Yongheng and Willow Deity appeared at the Soaring Firmament Palace, where Shi Yongheng said the people’s will would determine whether the old or new Heavenly Rules prevailed.
• Sun Wukong fought Xiaoyu, and Yang Jian left the palace after Sun Wukong warned him not to interfere with Chen Xiang’s quest.
• Chen Xiang found the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe in the Kunlun Snow Mountains and passed its trials, but Yang Jian attacked him before he could lift it.
• Ding Xiang was pierced while protecting Chen Xiang, and Ao Chun and the others fought Yang Jian as their allies arrived.
• The Fourth Princess revealed that Yang Jian had staged Chen Xiang’s hardships to help him grow, and Yang Jian explained that Ding Xiang’s wisdom was needed to awaken the axe and reveal the new Heavenly Rules within Mount Hua.

Yang Jian revealed that he had secretly arranged the rebellion to bring forth a New Heavenly Edict, and Chen Xiang freed Yang Chan and married Xiaoyu. After the wedding, Shi Yongheng sent Willow Deity to the Primal Universe of the Devouring Universe to explore its cultivation system while he prepared to begin a new system himself.

• Xiaoyu explained that Yang Jian had secretly prepared the right time, place, and allies for Chen Xiang’s rebellion, and Yang Jian revealed that he had also arranged for Chen Xiang to take Taishang Laojun’s elixirs.
• Chen Xiang mastered the power of the Golden Cores, split Mount Hua open, and brought forth the New Heavenly Edict, freeing Yang Chan.
• Chen Xiang and Xiaoyu held their wedding in Liu Family Village, where Shi Yongheng gave them the Yin-Yang Jade Pendants.
• Shi Yongheng sent Willow Deity through a Void passage to the Primal Universe of the Devouring Universe, where she found her other-self and began cultivating that world’s system.
• Shi Yongheng made a Little Bell for himself, sent the Tianyu Divine Bell inside it to comprehend the Dao, and prepared to start a new system from scratch.

Shi Yongheng, a man from Earth reborn in the Jade Dynasty World, spent decades sweeping Tongtian Peak and cultivating, eventually reaching the ninth level of Yuqing and becoming keeper of the Scripture Depository. He reflected on whether immortality was possible, then sat on Fenghui Peak and practiced the Taiji Xuanqing Dao.

• Shi Yongheng realized he had arrived in the Jade Dynasty World before Tian Chengzi became sect leader and continued sweeping Rainbow Bridge and cleaning the Scripture Depository.
• Over thirty years, Shi Yongheng cultivated to the ninth level of Yuqing and asked Tian Chengzi for permission to guard the Scripture Depository, which Tian Chengzi granted.
• Shi Yongheng visited Huanyue Cave Abode, Myriad Bat Ancient Cave, and Mount Sumeru, obtaining the fifth, first, and fourth volumes of the Heavenly Book and collecting Demonic Cult techniques.
• Shi Yongheng stood on Fenghui Peak, wondered whether immortality existed, and began cultivating the Taiji Xuanqing Dao as the sun set.

After breaking through to Shangqing, Shi Yongheng declined an elder position and left Qingyun Sect to travel. He began his journey by spending several days enjoying himself in Heyang City, while the mystery of his battered bell remained unsolved.

• Shi Yongheng broke through a long-standing bottleneck and reached the first level of Shangqing, though he still could not understand the battered bell at his waist.
• After sweeping the Founder Ancestral Hall, Shi Yongheng was summoned to Yuqing Hall, where Tian Chengzi congratulated him and offered him an elder position.
• Shi Yongheng refused the position, asked Tian Chengzi to find someone else to clean the peak during his travels, and set out to gain experience.
• Shi Yongheng arrived in Heyang City and spent several days eating, drinking, and enjoying the bustling streets.

After nearly a century of cultivation, Shi Yongheng encountered the Demonic Cult’s assault on Qingyun and killed attackers who were slaughtering civilians in Heyang City. The battle between Tian Chengzi and Qiu Wangyu raged above Qingyun, with Qiu Wangyu demanding the sect’s spirit vein as Tian Chengzi’s attack faded.

• Shi Yongheng, now over one hundred and fifty years old and at the sixth level of Shangqing, noticed Demonic Cult forces streaming toward Qingyun.
• Demonic Cult disciples attacked Heyang City and killed civilians as the sect’s defenders prepared for battle.
• Qiu Wangyu demanded Qingyun’s spirit vein, and Tian Chengzi led the Qingyun disciples against the invading forces.
• Tian Chengzi charged into the sky to fight Qiu Wangyu as the righteous-demonic war began.
• Shi Yongheng killed Demonic Cult disciples who were attacking Heyang’s civilians and then watched the battle from the city wall.
• Tian Chengzi’s Seven-Star Sword strike clashed with Qiu Wangyu’s Ghost Claws, and Qiu Wangyu called on him to surrender Qingyun’s spirit vein.

Shi Yongheng returned to Qingyun Mountain during the battle between the righteous and demonic factions, rescued Qingyun disciples, and helped defeat Demonic Cult fighters. Three days later, Wan Jianyi and four others invited Cang Xuan to join a dangerous mission into the Wilderness, and Cang Xuan took time to consider.

• Tian Chengzi activated the Zhu Xian Sword Formation, wounded the demon shadow, and defeated Qiu Wangyu as the Demonic Cult began to retreat.
• Shi Yongheng left Heyang City, fought his way into the battle, and killed Demonic Cult experts who were pressing Tian Buyi and Zeng Shuchang.
• Shi Yongheng used Heavenly Sword to kill the Demonic Cult fighters surrounding Tian Buyi and Zeng Shuchang, then went to Tongtian Peak.
• Shi Yongheng told Tian Chengzi and the others that he had killed more than a hundred Demonic Cult disciples in Heyang City, and he reunited with his disciple Cang Xuan.
• Wan Jianyi, Cangsong, Tian Buyi, Zeng Shuchang, and Shang Zhengliang invited Cang Xuan to infiltrate the Wilderness to locate the Demonic Cult's sacred ground, and Cang Xuan said he would consider it.

Cang Xuan joined Wan Jianyi’s expedition to the Wilderness and returned with his cultivation advanced, while Shi Yongheng later learned how Qingyun had changed after the war and Tian Chengzi’s crimes. Shi Yongheng then tested his body with divine lightning and brought out his self-created sound technique, A Song of Red Dust.

• Cang Xuan chose to join Wan Jianyi and the others on their journey to the Wilderness, and Daoxuan welcomed his decision.
• Shi Yongheng learned from Wan Jianyi that the group had reached the Wilderness Sacred Hall, Tian Chengzi had murdered his master and been executed, and Daoxuan had secretly saved him.
• Shi Yongheng learned that Cang Xuan had reached the eighth level of the Yuqing Realm and heard Daoxuan describe Qingyun’s losses and new peak heads after the war.
• Shi Yongheng warned Daoxuan that Qingyun’s aging peak heads might soon step down and urged him not to neglect his cultivation.
• Shi Yongheng endured a lightning strike while tempering his body, then revealed his sound technique manual, A Song of Red Dust, and the Immortal Transformation Ancient Flute.

Shi Yongheng traveled through the Ten Thousand Mountains and reached the Southern Border, where he met Mu Qijiang and his granddaughter Mu Yina. After telling them about the world beyond the mountains and offering to take them along, he left town and entered an eerie forest strewn with bones.

• Shi Yongheng survived an encounter with a powerful brown bear in the Ten Thousand Mountains and continued toward the Southern Border.
• Shi Yongheng met Mu Qijiang and Mu Yina, learned he was among the Li Tribe, and heard the legend of Witch Linglong and the Beast Demon.
• Mu Yina asked Shi Yongheng about the world beyond the mountains and said she wanted to travel there; Mu Qijiang joined them by a riverside bonfire.
• Shi Yongheng offered to take Mu Yina and Mu Qijiang with him when he left, and told them he came from the Qingyun Sect of Middle Earth.
• Shi Yongheng left town the next day and reached a forest scattered with human and beast bones and flickering phosphorescent flames.

Shi Yongheng entered the Demon-Suppressing Ancient Cave and met the imprisoned Beast God, then discussed cultivation with him for half a year and advanced toward Taiqing. He left with Mu Qijiang and Mu Yina for Changhe City, where his comments offended a mysterious veiled woman.

• Shi Yongheng ignored a vaporous guardian’s warning and entered the Demon-Suppressing Ancient Cave, where he saw the Beast God and his strange beast.
• Shi Yongheng told the Beast God he had come to learn about Linglong, and the two began discussing cultivation after the Beast God’s suspicion eased.
• Shi Yongheng shared the Heavenly Book’s teachings while the Beast God explained witchcraft and gu techniques, allowing Shi Yongheng to reflect his primordial spirit into the void and open his path to Taiqing.
• After half a year, Shi Yongheng left the cave, took Mu Qijiang and Mu Yina from the Li Tribe, and brought them to Changhe City.
• Mu Yina asked about a black-clad veiled woman, and Shi Yongheng suggested she was either hiding peerless beauty or great ugliness, angering the woman.

Shi Yongheng accepted Mu Yina as his disciple and continued traveling through Shenzhou, witnessing the hardships ordinary people endured. In Changshan Town, he rescued a merchant caravan’s panicked horses during a thunderstorm, then sensed that the storm’s lightning dwarfed even the power of cultivators.

• Shi Yongheng told Mu Yina to continue cultivating Taiji Xuanqing Dao and promised to teach her A Song of Red Dust, while a black-clad woman wondered whether he belonged to Qingyun Sect.
• Shi Yongheng brought Mu Yina and Mu Qijiang to Qingyun, formally accepted Mu Yina as his disciple, and left her cultivation to Shui Yue.
• Shi Yongheng traveled for over a month and saw villages and towns where common people faced both peaceful lives and severe hardship.
• A thunderstorm packed Changshan Town’s inn with travelers, and a merchant caravan’s horses fled when thunder frightened them.
• A bamboo-hatted man quickly caught the runaway horses and returned them to the goateed steward before warning him that more thunder was coming.
• The storm’s lightning and thunder continued, and the man reflected that even the Divine Sword Controlling Lightning True Formula only borrowed a tiny trace of heavenly lightning.

After three years of travel, Shi Yongheng returned to Qingyun Sect having reached the Taiqing Void Insight realm, and the years passed as the older generation departed and the younger disciples rose. He visited Dazhu Peak, where Su Ru was training her disciples, and reunited with Tian Buyi.

• Shi Yongheng returned to Tongtian Peak, where Daoxuan congratulated him on his cultivation; Cang Xuan and Mu Yina also met him.
• The older generation of Qingyun Sect retired and passed away, while Cang Xuan, Xiao Yicai, Qi Hao, and Mu Yina took the top four places at the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament.
• Cang Xuan advanced to Shangqing, while Xiao Yicai, Qi Hao, and Mu Yina reached the peak of the ninth, eighth, and seventh levels of Yuqing respectively.
• Shi Yongheng arrived at Dazhu Peak and watched Su Ru defeat and bind Song Daren and the other disciples with Amber Crimson Silk.
• Su Ru greeted Shi Yongheng as her Martial Uncle, and Tian Buyi arrived, surprised by Shi Yongheng's youthful appearance and welcoming his return from seclusion.

Shi Yongheng offered guidance and cultivation manuals to Dazhu Peak, while Tian Buyi and Su Ru returned from traveling with a new disciple, Du Bishu. The chapter ended with Shi Yongheng revealing that Daoxuan had also reached Taiqing as he continued pursuing a path beyond the realm’s third layer.

• Shi Yongheng agreed to guide Dazhu Peak’s disciples, and Tian Buyi and Su Ru left the mountain to travel while he watched over them.
• A year later, Tian Buyi and Su Ru brought a skinny child to Dazhu Peak and held his apprenticeship ceremony in Shoujing Hall.
• Tian Buyi first named the child Du Dashu, but Su Ru suggested Du Bishu, and Tian Buyi bestowed that name on the new sixth disciple.
• Song Daren and the other senior brothers welcomed Du Bishu, and Tian Buyi assigned Song Daren to teach him the sect rules and introductory arts.
• Shi Yongheng gave Tian Buyi four booklets, including his cultivation insights, and revealed that Daoxuan had reached Taiqing.
• Shi Yongheng had advanced to the second layer of Taiqing and considered breaking beyond its third layer with the four volumes of the Heavenly Book.

Forty years passed as Shi Yongheng’s disciples grew stronger and earned renown across Qingyun. Shi Yongheng visited Xiaozhu Peak, where Mu Yina’s fellow disciples discovered his high status as her master.

• Tian Buyi and Su Ru caught the Dazhu Peak disciples laughing and playing after Du Bishu was struck by Black-Jointed Bamboo.
• Over forty years, Song Daren reached the seventh level of Yuqing, Du Bishu reached the fourth, and Tian Buyi neared Taiqing after learning the Ten Thousand Swords Art.
• Mu Yina reached Shangqing, became an elder of Xiaozhu Peak, and gained renown as the Red Dust Fairy for her mastery of A Song of Red Dust.
• Cang Xuan became known as the Myriad Swords Venerable, while Wan Jianyi alone reached the Heavenly Sword realm in Qingyun and entered Taiqing.
• Shi Yongheng visited Xiaozhu Peak, where Wen Min offered to lead him to her Master before Mu Yina appeared and greeted him as her master.
• The Xiaozhu Peak disciples were astonished to learn that Shi Yongheng was Mu Yina’s master, and Wen Min began apologizing for her disrespect before he waved it aside.

Shi Yongheng secluded himself at Looking-Moon Terrace, where he studied the Heavenly Book and formed a golden core. He began training Lu Xueqi in swordsmanship, and she rapidly advanced under his guidance.

• Shi Yongheng visited Shui Yue on Xiaozhu Peak and moved to Looking-Moon Terrace to cultivate.
• After two years, Shi Yongheng formed a golden core, while Shui Yue introduced her gifted disciple Lu Xueqi and asked him to guide her.
• Shi Yongheng assigned Lu Xueqi morning tear-bamboo cutting and afternoon training under spiritual pressure, and gave her a wooden sword to begin sword practice.
• Lu Xueqi trained through the pressure, reached the third layer of Yuqing in a year, mastered sharp-sword techniques, and began practicing with a flexible sword.
• Lu Xueqi's sword skill made her a match for ordinary cultivators at the Jade Pure Fifth Layer despite her lower cultivation.