Chapter Summaries

Yang Jian captured and executed the Green Ox Demon after Princess Long Ji and Yang Chan trapped him in an Illusion Array, and his heroic spirit flew to the Investiture of the Gods Platform. After Chaoge suffered another defeat, Shen Gongbao left to seek reinforcements and arrived at White Deer Island, where a female immortal confronted him.

• Princess Long Ji explained the Illusion Array to Yang Chan while Yang Jian entered the Green Ox Demon's belly and bound his organs.
• Yang Jian forced the Green Ox Demon to surrender and brought him before Lin Zhu, who ordered his execution.
• Yang Jian killed the Green Ox Demon, whose heroic spirit flew to the Investiture of the Gods Platform, while Lin Zhu collected the Diamond Cutter and Jade Purification Bottle.
• Shen Gongbao refused to request aid from Chaoge and left the camp to find powerful allies.
• Shen Gongbao arrived at White Deer Island, where a female immortal accused him of spying on her island.

Shen Gongbao persuaded the Ten Heavenly Lords of White Deer Island to aid Chaoge against Western Qi, while Lin Zhu learned of their plans and left Western Qi in search of Yun Zhongzi. He entrusted the city’s affairs to Jiang Ziya and charged his followers with protecting one another during his absence.

• Shen Gongbao reached White Deer Island, where Hanzhi Xian agreed to report his plea to Tongtian Sect Leader and directed him to the assembled Jie Sect Daoists.
• Shen Gongbao told Qin Tianjun and the other Heavenly Lords about Chaoge’s losses, and they agreed to go to Western Qi after Golden Light Holy Mother returned.
• Shen Gongbao suggested they wait a few days at White Deer Island, while Lin Zhu perceived that he had persuaded the Jie Sect disciples to join the conflict.
• Lin Zhu summoned Deng Chanyu, Long Xuhu, Long Ji, little Yang Chan, and Yang Jian, then left Jiang Ziya in charge of Western Qi’s military and civil affairs.
• Lin Zhu rode toward Yun Zhongzi’s Jade Pillar Cave at Zhongnan Mountain, intending to seek the destined hundredth son of King Wen, Lei Zhenzi.

Lin Zhu learned that Chong Heihu had returned to Caozhou and went to Yun Zhongzi’s cave to see Lei Zhenzi prepare to descend the mountain. Sent to find a weapon, Lei Zhenzi accidentally ate two Immortal Apricots from an Innate Spiritual Root.

• Lin Zhu discovered that Chong Heihu had led the Flying Tiger Soldiers back to Caozhou and set out for Zhongnan Mountain to visit Yun Zhongzi.
• Yun Zhongzi told Lei Zhenzi to go to Western Qi and instructed him to find a weapon in the back mountain.
• Lei Zhenzi wandered through the mountain and, while reaching a cliff ledge, grabbed a flying staff.
• Lei Zhenzi found two fragrant fruits growing on an apricot tree and swallowed them without realizing they were Immortal Apricots.

Lei Zhenzi gained wings and a thunder god’s appearance after eating Immortal Apricots, and Hunyuan Saint Lin Zhu taught him the Wind and Thunder Law. Meanwhile, Shen Gongbao led the Ten Heavenly Lords to Western Qi to challenge Jiang Ziya with their arrays, where Lei Zhenzi reunited with his family.

• Lei Zhenzi sprouted Wind-Thunder Divine Wings and transformed after eating two Immortal Apricots.
• Hunyuan Saint Lin Zhu inscribed wind and thunder on Lei Zhenzi’s wings and taught him the Startling Goose Escape Technique and Five Thunders Divine Method.
• Shen Gongbao escorted the Ten Heavenly Lords and their perfected arrays to Western Qi, where they planned to challenge Jiang Ziya with arrays.
• Jiang Ziya discussed Chaoge’s reinforcements with Western Qi’s generals, and Yang Jian urged him not to worry.
• Lei Zhenzi arrived at Silver Peace Hall, where Jiang Ziya welcomed him and Tai Si embraced him in tears.

Lei Zhenzi arrived in Xiqi City and reunited with his family before the Ten Heavenly Lords set up the Ten Ultimate Arrays outside the city. Jiang Ziya inspected the arrays but could not discern their secrets, leaving Western Qi with no plan to counter them.

• Lei Zhenzi arrived in Xiqi City, learned that King Wen Ji Chang had died, and was welcomed by Tai Si, Bo Yikao, and his brothers.
• Jiang Ziya dismissed his officials and waited for Chaoge's response, but the Ten Heavenly Lords set up ten arrays outside Western Qi overnight.
• Shen Gongbao and Qin Tianjun challenged Jiang Ziya, who defended Western Qi's campaign and agreed to inspect the arrays.
• Nezha insisted that the Ten Heavenly Lords guarantee safe entry and exit, and Jiang Ziya entered the arrays with Nezha, Yang Jian, Long Ji, Yang Chan, Deng Chanyu, Lei Zhenzi, and others.
• Jiang Ziya returned safely to Silver Peace Hall and admitted to Yang Jian that he had never studied arrays and knew none of the Ten Ultimate Arrays' secrets.

Jiang Ziya could not understand the Ten Deadly Arrays and raised a Truce Banner while Xiqi waited for help. Yao Tianjun began using the Soul Falling Array to seize Jiang Ziya’s soul, while Lin Zhu traveled to the East Sea and found the Stone Monkey’s unborn form.

• Jiang Ziya admitted to Yang Jian that he could not identify the arrays and ordered Xiqi to raise the Truce Banner until the State Preceptor from Zhu Lin returned.
• Qin Tianjun suggested attacking Xiqi City, but Yao Tianjun proposed killing Jiang Ziya with sorcery, and Shen Gongbao appointed him to do so within twenty-one days.
• Yao Tianjun placed Jiang Shang’s name on a Straw Effigy in the Soul Falling Array and began bowing to it, leaving Jiang Ziya sleepy and unable to manage affairs.
• Lin Zhu learned of Xiqi’s predicament, decided to wait until Jiang Ziya’s tribulation passed, and traveled to the East Sea seeking the Stone Monkey.
• Lin Zhu found the humanoid boulder containing the Stone Monkey and sent spiritual power into it.

Lin Zhu freed the Stone Monkey, named him Shi Zongheng, and took him as a disciple before riding toward Western Qi. As Yao Tianjun expected Jiang Ziya to die in the Soul Falling Array, Jiang Ziya’s soul left his body and flew toward Kunlun Mountain.

• Lin Zhu traveled to the Eastern Sea Coast and used spiritual power to awaken the Stone Monkey inside the giant stone.
• The Stone Monkey agreed to take Lin Zhu as his master, and Lin Zhu named him Shi Zongheng and freed him from the stone.
• Lin Zhu brought Shi Zongheng to Azure Sky Palace, introduced him to Jin Chan, and then set off for Western Qi.
• Jiang Ziya fell into a deathlike sleep, while Long Ji and the others guarded him and awaited Lin Zhu’s arrival.
• Yao Tianjun celebrated with Shen Gongbao and the Heavenly Lords, believing Jiang Ziya would soon die in the Soul Falling Array.
• Jiang Ziya’s soul rose from his body and drifted toward Kunlun Mountain.

Yao Tianjun’s Soul Falling Array pulled Jiang Ziya’s souls from his body, but Lin Zhu captured the last one before it could be lost. Lin Zhu sent Yang Jian and Long Ji to retrieve Jiang Ziya’s remaining souls from the straw effigy, and they began their midnight mission inside the array.

• Yao Tianjun used the Soul Falling Array to draw Jiang Ziya’s souls and spirits into a straw effigy, leaving Jiang Ziya unconscious in Xi Qi.
• Bai Jian refused to admit Jiang Ziya’s final soul to the Investiture of the Gods Platform, and Jiang Ziya drifted toward Kunlun Mountain.
• Lin Zhu intercepted Jiang Ziya’s soul with the Jade Purification Bottle and returned to the Prime Minister’s Residence.
• Princess Long Ji reassured Western Qi’s officials that Jiang Ziya’s body might still be saved, and Lin Zhu confirmed he had caught Jiang Ziya’s soul.
• Lin Zhu told Yang Jian and Long Ji to retrieve the straw effigy from Yao Tianjun’s array, with Long Ji creating an Illusion Array to distract Yao Tianjun.
• Yang Jian and Long Ji reached the array’s high platform, and Long Ji merged an Illusion Array into the Soul Falling Array.

Long Ji and Yang Jian stole Jiang Ziya’s Straw Effigy from Yao Tianjun, while Long Ji trapped Yao Tianjun in an illusion array. Lin Zhu restored Jiang Ziya’s souls and spirits, then appointed Long Ji to take command of breaking the Ten Ultimate Arrays.

• Yao Tianjun pursued the thief who took Jiang Ziya’s Straw Effigy and was ensnared in Princess Long Ji’s illusion array, where he imagined himself killing the thief and receiving praise from the Heavenly Lords.
• Long Ji and Yang Jian delivered the Straw Effigy to Hunyuan Saint Lin Zhu, who returned Jiang Ziya’s souls and spirits to his body.
• Jiang Ziya woke after more than twenty days and learned from Lin Zhu that Chaoge’s Heavenly Lords had been plotting against him instead of attacking Western Qi.
• Lin Zhu decided to let Princess Long Ji lead the effort to break the arrays while Jiang Ziya recovered.
• Lin Zhu gathered the Western Qi generals and, finding none proficient in arrays, called Long Ji forward.

Long Ji accepted command of the Western Qi forces and prepared to break Chaoge's Ten Deadly Arrays as immortals gathered in Xi Qi City. After Yang Jian's trick left Yao Tianjun's Straw Effigy missing, Shen Gongbao saw the Chan Sect immortals arrive and grew uneasy about facing his fellow disciples.

• Lin Zhu named Long Ji to command Western Qi's army, and Long Ji issued a Military Order to break Chaoge's arrays.
• Yellow Dragon Perfected Person arrived and demanded that Western Qi build a Reed Shed and send its officials out to welcome the immortals, but Lin Zhu refused the welcome and arranged for Nan Gongshi and Wu Ji to build the shed.
• Yao Tianjun awoke from Yang Jian's illusion to find Jiang Ziya's Straw Effigy gone, then blamed Yang Jian for humiliating him.
• Yao Tianjun told Shen Gongbao that Western Qi's experts had stolen the Straw Effigy, and Shen Gongbao doubted his account until a scout reported that many immortals had arrived in Xi Qi City.
• Shen Gongbao and the ten Heavenly Lords saw the Chan Sect immortals descend over Xi Qi City, and Shen Gongbao worried that his fellow disciples would condemn him if he fought them.

Lin Zhu watched the Chan Sect immortals gather at Western Qi while Jiang Ziya worried that Long Ji of Jie Sect would claim most of the Merit for breaking the Ten Ultimate Arrays. Burning Lamp Daoist then sought command of the effort, beginning a contest for Fortune that Lin Zhu intended to win for Jie Sect.

• Yao Tianjun claimed that Western Qi experts had joined forces against him, and the arrival of capable cultivators at the Reed Shed made Shen Gongbao accept that Chan Sect disciples had come to help.
• Jiang Ziya recovered enough to leave his residence and went to greet the arriving immortals, concerned that Long Ji already held the Military Seal and would take much of the Merit.
• Lin Zhu assured Jiang Ziya that the immortals would not dare turn hostile and said Western Qi should instead worry about rivals contending with Long Ji for command.
• The arriving Golden Immortals, Guang Chengzi, and Burning Lamp Daoist bowed to Lin Zhu, who welcomed them and privately recognized Burning Lamp’s ambitions for future Fortune.
• Burning Lamp Daoist proposed leading the immortals in breaking the Ten Deadly Arrays, and Lin Zhu recognized that the struggle for Fortune had begun.

Lin Zhu rejected Burning Lamp Daoist’s bid to command the campaign and appointed Princess Long Ji to lead the effort to break Chaoge’s Ten Ultimate Arrays. After Long Ji assigned the first battle, both Western Qi and Chaoge prepared to face the Heavenly Destruction Array.

• Burning Lamp Daoist asked to command the immortals, but Lin Zhu named Long Ji instead and revealed her powerful lineage and backing.
• The immortals accepted Long Ji’s command, and she ordered Mu Zha to deliver a declaration of battle to Chaoge.
• Long Ji named Manjusri, Deng Hua, and Yang Chan to break Qin Wan’s Heavenly Destruction Array and privately told Yang Chan that Deng Hua was destined to face Tribulation.
• Mu Zha delivered the declaration to Shen Gongbao, who gathered the Ten Heavenly Lords to prepare for Western Qi’s attack.
• Qin Tianjun boasted that the Ten Heavenly Lords would defeat Western Qi’s generals and earn rewards.

Princess Long Ji led Western Qi’s immortals to break the Heavenly Destruction Array, where Yang Chan and Manjusri killed Qin Tianjun Qin Wan after Deng Hua fell to the array. Western Qi prepared to challenge Zhao Jiang’s Earthly Fire Array next, while the Assembly of Heavenly Lords vowed to avenge Qin Wan.

• Princess Long Ji sent Deng Hua and Yang Chan to accompany Manjusri in testing the Heavenly Destruction Array.
• Deng Hua charged Qin Tianjun Qin Wan, pursued him into the array, and was killed by a lightning strike.
• Yang Chan wounded Qin Wan with her God-Slaying Spear, and Manjusri bound him with the Dragon Escape Stakes, allowing Yang Chan to kill him.
• Zhao Jiang started to charge out after seeing Qin Wan die, but Yellow Dragon Perfected Person persuaded him to return to the Earthly Fire Array.
• Princess Long Ji assigned Ju Liusun, Han Dulong, and Yang Jian to break the Earthly Fire Array.
• The Assembly of Heavenly Lords asked Shen Gongbao to let them take the field first and avenge Qin Tianjun.

Lin Zhu discussed the limits on Chaotic Origin cultivation with Guang Chengzi and considered a plan to undermine the Western Sect. At the Earthly Fire Array, Han Dulong died in the flames, and Yang Jian and Ju Liusun captured Zhao Tianjun.

• Lin Zhu explained that the Primordial World could support only two Chaotic Origins until its boundary membrane was repaired, and warned Guang Chengzi to manage the Chan Sect carefully.
• Guang Chengzi praised Burning Lamp Daoist’s leadership, while Lin Zhu decided to target the Western Sect’s rebel ally Yuan Futong.
• Zhao Tianjun challenged Western Qi from the Earthly Fire Array, and Han Dulong charged him despite Zhao’s warning.
• Zhao Tianjun lured Han Dulong into the array and burned him to ashes, sending his soul toward the Investiture of the Gods Platform.
• Ju Liusun and Yang Jian entered the array, and Yang Jian resisted its thunder and flames before driving Zhao Tianjun back.
• Ju Liusun bound Zhao Tianjun with the Binding Immortal Rope.

After Yang Jian and Ju Liusun captured Heavenly Lord Zhao, Western Qi prepared to break the Wind Howl Array by seeking a Wind Stabilizing Pearl. Meanwhile, Lin Zhu sent Jin Chan and Mo Xie to help Wen Zhong attack the North Sea demons and began teaching Shi Zongheng.

• Yang Jian and Ju Liusun captured Heavenly Lord Zhao after Zhao Jiang's array failed to defeat them, and Princess Long Ji ordered his merits recorded and had him hung outside the Reed Shed.
• Jiang Ziya asked who would break the Wind Howl Array, and Long Ji explained that Western Qi needed a treasure to stabilize its three combined winds.
• Grand Master Lingbao recommended Du'e Zhenren's Wind Stabilizing Pearl, so Long Ji sent San Yisheng and Huang Tian to retrieve it.
• Lin Zhu summoned Jin Chan and Mo Xie and ordered them to assist Wen Zhong in wiping out the Seventy-Two Great Demons of the North Sea.
• Lin Zhu asked Shi Zongheng what he wished to learn, and the Stone Monkey requested flight and immortality before demonstrating his cloud-riding technique.

Lin Zhu taught Shi Zongheng the Somersault Cloud and powerful divine arts while Jin Chan and Mo Xie joined Wen Zhong’s campaign against the North Sea. The chapter ended with Shi Zongheng completing three days of instruction and thanking his master.

• Lin Zhu taught Shi Zongheng the Somersault Cloud, a cloud-riding technique that could travel far beyond its stated range.
• Jin Chan and Mo Xie arrived in Chaoge and offered to help Wen Zhong campaign against the North Sea.
• Mo Xie warned the Nine-Tailed Fox, Su Daji, and the other demons not to cause further trouble while Wen Zhong was away.
• Lin Zhu imparted the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends Techniques and Thirty-Six Heavenly Stars Divine Powers to Shi Zongheng.
• After three days of comprehension, Shi Zongheng thanked Lin Zhu for his teaching.

Lin Zhu brought his disciple Stone Monkey to the East Sea, where Dragon King Ao Guang and the Turtle Prime Minister were considering entering the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation to secure the Dragon Clan's future. Lin Zhu arrived at the Dragon Palace, and Ao Guang eagerly welcomed the Hunyuan Saint.

• Lin Zhu taught Shi Zongheng divine arts, named him Stone Monkey, and took him toward the East Sea to meet Ao Guang.
• The Turtle Prime Minister warned Ao Guang that the Dragon Clan's lack of a powerful patron left it vulnerable and urged him to send descendants to seek Divine Positions in the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
• Lin Zhu's Saint pressure reached the East Sea Dragon Palace, prompting Ao Guang and the Turtle Prime Minister to recognize an opportunity.
• Ao Guang led nearly a hundred thousand aquatic soldiers to greet Lin Zhu and Stone Monkey at the shore.
• Lin Zhu introduced himself as a Hunyuan Saint of the Jie Sect, and Ao Guang eagerly invited him to the Dragon Palace.

Hunyuan Saint Lin Zhu brought Shi Zongheng to the East Sea Dragon Palace to obtain a weapon, where the Ocean Stabilizing Divine Needle recognized Shi Zongheng and became his As-You-Wish Golden Hoop Staff. Lin Zhu promised the Dragon Clan a great fortune in exchange for a suit of armor, and the Dragon Kings gathered to help.

• Lin Zhu told Ao Guang that Shi Zongheng needed a weapon, and Ao Guang offered the Dragon Palace’s weapons for him to choose from.
• Shi Zongheng rejected and broke several weapons because they were too light, then a shrimp soldier reported that the divine iron at the bottom of the sea was glowing.
• Shi Zongheng tried and failed to lift the Ocean Stabilizing Divine Needle until Lin Zhu instructed him to communicate with it.
• The divine needle shrank into the As-You-Wish Golden Hoop Staff, and Shi Zongheng thanked Ao Guang for giving it to him.
• Lin Zhu promised Ao Guang a great fortune for the Dragon Clan if the Dragon Kings gathered a suit of armor for Shi Zongheng.
• Ao Guang summoned the South Sea, North Sea, and West Sea Dragon Kings, who agreed to provide the armor in exchange for Lin Zhu’s friendship.

Lin Zhu accepted Ao Lie and the West Sea Dragon Girl as disciples after obtaining the As-You-Wish Golden Hoop Staff and armor for Shi Zongheng. In a separate thread, San Yisheng and Chao Tian borrowed Du'e Zhenren's Wind Stabilizing Pearl, but Fang Bi and Fang Xiang stole it, and the pair encountered Huang Feihu on their way back to Western Qi.

• Lin Zhu had the Four Seas Dragon Kings provide armor for Shi Zongheng, then accepted Ao Lie and the West Sea Dragon Girl as disciples and sent them to Azure Sky Palace.
• Lin Zhu took Shi Zongheng toward Laozi's residence to return the Diamond Cutter and Mutton Fat Jade Bottle and ask for pills.
• San Yisheng and Chao Tian received Du'e Zhenren's Wind Stabilizing Pearl to help Western Qi break the Wind Howl Ultimate Array.
• At the Yellow River, San Yisheng and Chao Tian met Fang Bi and Fang Xiang, who had taken over the ferry crossing.
• Chao Tian let Fang Bi examine the pearl, and Fang Bi snatched it and fled with Fang Xiang toward the Chaoge army.
• San Yisheng and Chao Tian turned back toward Western Qi and met Huang Feihu and his troops.

Huang Feihu recovered the Wind Stabilizing Pearl from Fang Bi and Fang Xiang and brought the brothers to Western Qi. Long Ji sent Cihang Daoist, Fang Bi, and Nezha to break the Wind Howl Great Array, where Fang Bi died and Cihang Daoist prepared to enter the array.

• San Yisheng and Chao Tian told Huang Feihu that Fang Bi and Fang Xiang had stolen the Wind Stabilizing Pearl, and Huang Feihu chased after them.
• Huang Feihu caught the Fang brothers, reclaimed the Wind Stabilizing Pearl, and persuaded them to join Western Qi.
• Long Ji assigned Cihang Daoist, Fang Bi, and Nezha to break the Wind Howl Great Array, then gave the Wind Stabilizing Pearl to Cihang Daoist.
• Fang Bi fought Dong Tianjun and pursued him into the Wind Howl Array, where Dong Tianjun's winds and weapons killed him.
• Cihang Daoist answered Dong Tianjun's challenge and declared that he would break the Wind Howl Great Array.