Chapter Summaries

Maitreya devised a layered formation to trap the Jie Sect, while Lin Zhu foresaw danger for Zhao Gongming and his disciples. Zheng Lun challenged Silver Pass, and Zhao Gongming led the Biyou Palace disciples out to face him.

• Maitreya captured Chen Jiugong and Yao Shaosi, and Yaoshi Buddha ordered them beheaded.
• Maitreya proposed a Ten Thousand Demons Array hidden beneath a Three Powers Array, with the Human Seed Bag helping disarm the Jie Immortals; Zheng Lun agreed to lure them in.
• The North Sea Monster Alliance completed its formations a thousand miles from Silver Pass.
• Lin Zhu foresaw that Jin Chan and Mo Xie were in danger and warned them not to leave Silver Pass for the next hundred days.
• Zheng Lun challenged Silver Pass with three thousand Crow Soldiers, and Zhao Gongming led the Biyou Palace disciples out while Jin Chan and Mo Xie considered staying behind to defend the pass.

Zheng Lun lured the Jie Sect immortals into the Ten Thousand Demons Array, where Maitreya, Yaoshi Buddha, and Precious Moon Daoist trapped and killed nearly a hundred of them. After their bodies were returned to Silver Pass, Mo Xie set out for Golden Turtle Island to summon Zhao Gongming’s sisters, while Lin Zhu recognized the North Sea war as the greatest battle of the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.

• Zheng Lun defeated Fire Spirit Holy Mother and Guiling Shengmu with his nasal white light, then lured the pursuing Jie Sect immortals toward the Ten Thousand Demons Array.
• Zheng Lun tossed the heads of Yao Shaosi and Chen Jiugong into the air before retreating into the array, and Maitreya used the Human Seed Bag to seize the immortals’ weapons, treasures, and Divine Beasts.
• Yaoshi Buddha, Precious Moon Daoist, and Maitreya attacked the trapped immortals, and nearly a hundred Jie Sect disciples, including Zhao Gongming, died after three days in the array.
• North Sea Demon Soldiers returned the immortals’ bodies to Silver Pass, and Mo Xie agreed to travel to Golden Turtle Island to find Zhao Gongming’s sisters Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao.
• Lin Zhu calculated the events in the North Sea and concluded that its war had become the greatest battle of the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.

After learning that Zhao Gongming and nearly a hundred Jie Sect immortals had been killed, Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao went to Silver Pass to avenge their elder brother. They confronted Zheng Lun outside the pass, where he dismissed them as no threat.

• Jin Chan sent Mo Xie to Golden Turtle Island to tell the Three Xiaos that Zhao Gongming and the Jie Sect immortals had been harmed.
• Mo Xie met Hanzhi Xian, who guided him to Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao’s cave mansion.
• The Three Xiaos learned that Zheng Lun had lured the immortals into a Great Array and that Maitreya’s Human Seed Bag had taken their weapons.
• The Three Xiaos gathered their magical treasures and traveled to Silver Pass with Hanzhi Xian following them.
• After Hanzhi Xian carried the fallen immortals’ bodies back to Golden Turtle Island, the Three Xiaos went out to face the demons attacking the pass.
• Yunxiao demanded Zheng Lun identify himself, and he introduced himself while declaring that he did not fear the three sisters.

The Yunxiao sisters reached Silver Pass, captured Zheng Lun and his troops with the Hunyuan Golden Dou, and prepared to avenge their fellow Jie Sect disciples. The next morning they attacked the North Sea Alliance camp, where Qiongxiao unleashed the Golden Scissors against the surrounding demons.

• The Yunxiao sisters arrived at Silver Pass and Yunxiao captured Zheng Lun, his soldiers, and a unit of Demon Soldiers with the Hunyuan Golden Dou.
• The sisters released and beheaded the captives, and Yunxiao told Mo Xie and the others they would confront the North Sea Alliance the next day.
• Yaoshi Buddha advised Yuan Futong to lead the feudal lords into battle while he and his junior brothers watched from the rear.
• The Yunxiao sisters challenged the demon army, and Yunxiao burned away the Flower Demon's conjured flowers before capturing her with the Hunyuan Golden Dou.
• Yuan Futong and dozens of great demons surrounded the sisters, but the Hunyuan Golden Dou pulled at their weapons while Qiongxiao sent the Golden Scissors cutting toward them.

The Three Xiaos sisters annihilated the North Sea Alliance’s great demons and confronted Yaoshi Buddha, Baoyue, and Maitreya Daoist over Zhao Gongming’s death. Yaoshi Buddha and Baoyue fled, while Maitreya escaped badly injured, and the sisters challenged the remaining enemies to meet them at Silver Pass.

• Bixiao used yin and yang fire and the Five Thunders Divine Method to destroy the fleeing souls of the North Sea Alliance’s great demons.
• Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao called out Yaoshi Buddha, Baoyue, and Maitreya Daoist to avenge Zhao Gongming.
• Yaoshi Buddha persuaded Maitreya to fight the sisters, then quietly fled the North Sea camp with Baoyue.
• Maitreya fought Yunxiao’s Hunyuan Golden Dou and Qiongxiao’s Golden Scissors, but the sisters destroyed his Human Seed Bag.
• Maitreya escaped after losing a hand and both feet, and Yunxiao challenged Yaoshi Buddha and Baoyue to face them at Silver Pass.

Maitreya recruited Yaoshi Buddha to obtain the Precious Lotus Lamp so the Western Sect could answer the Three Xiaos’ demand. After the North Sea was pacified, Jin Chan took Mo Xie to Western Qi, while Yaoshi returned to Spirit Mountain and summoned Yang Jiao.

• Maitreya met Yaoshi Buddha and Precious Moon Daoist, then suggested that Yaoshi’s disciple Yang Jiao could obtain the Precious Lotus Lamp from Princess Yunhua.
• Yaoshi agreed to find Yang Jiao and left the other two Quasi-Saints waiting for him.
• Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao waited in Silver Pass as Fu Hao’s army cleared the scattered demon forces.
• Jin Chan told Wen Zhong that he would take Mo Xie to Western Qi before returning to Zhaoyao Mountain.
• At Spirit Mountain, Yang Jiao was practicing spear techniques when an attendant summoned him to meet Yaoshi Buddha.

Yaoshi Buddha sent Yang Jiao to borrow the Precious Lotus Lamp from Princess Yunhua and join the campaign against Shang. Yang Jiao reunited with his mother, obtained the lamp, and set out for Silver Pass, while Lin Zhu realized the treasure would soon enter the conflict.

• Yaoshi Buddha told Yang Jiao to descend the mountain, retrieve the Precious Lotus Lamp from Princess Yunhua, and head to Silver Pass.
• Yang Jiao traveled to the Heavenly Court and reunited with Princess Yunhua, who had long been separated from her children.
• Princess Yunhua gave Yang Jiao the Precious Lotus Lamp and taught him how to use it.
• Jin Chan and Mo Xie arrived in Xi Qi City and reported that Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao were waiting at Silver Pass for the Western Sect to answer for its actions.
• Lin Zhu realized that Yang Jiao's acquisition of the Precious Lotus Lamp would bring the treasure into the conflict.

Yang Jiao joined Yaoshi Buddha with the Precious Lotus Lamp as Lin Zhu’s forces broke the Red Sand Array and rescued King Wu and the others. The chapter left Yang Jiao preparing to confront the Three Xiaos at Silver Pass.

• Yang Jiao handed the Precious Lotus Lamp over to Yaoshi Buddha, while Lin Zhu sent Jin Chan and Mo Xie back to Zhaoyao Mountain.
• Lin Zhu ordered Yang Jian and Shi Zongheng to break the Red Sand Array and told Jiang Ziya to prepare a celebration.
• Shi Zongheng and Yang Jian killed Zhang Tianjun, cleared away the red sand, and rescued Bo Yikao, King Wu, Nezha, and Lei Zhenzi.
• Lin Zhu revived the rescued men with golden pills, ordered Zhao Jiang beheaded, and celebrated as Western Qi received Merit.
• Shen Gongbao retreated with Deng Zhong and waited for Grand Tutor Wen’s forces to arrive from the North Sea.
• Yaoshi Buddha told Yang Jiao to use the Precious Lotus Lamp against the Three Xiaos without killing too many humans.

Yang Jiao used the Precious Lotus Lamp to kill the Three Xiaos, Wen Zhong, and Fu Hao at Silver Pass, then stayed in the pass despite Yaoshi Buddha summoning him. Lin Zhu told Yang Jian and Yang Chan that their elder brother had stirred up serious karmic conflicts and asked them to handle the matter.

• Yang Jiao arrived at Silver Pass and challenged Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao on Yaoshi Buddha's orders.
• Yang Jiao raised the Precious Lotus Lamp, which overwhelmed the Three Xiaos' treasures and burned them, Wen Zhong, and Fu Hao to ash.
• Yang Jiao collected the surviving Hunyuan Golden Dou and Golden Scissors, then entered Silver Pass and ignored Yaoshi Buddha's summons.
• Lin Zhu summoned Yang Jian and Yang Chan and explained that Yang Jiao had used Princess Yunhua's Precious Lotus Lamp to kill the Three Xiaos, Wen Zhong, and Fu Hao.
• Yang Jian and Yang Chan volunteered to go to Silver Pass and deal with Yang Jiao.

Yang Jian and Yang Chan went to Silver Pass to confront their elder brother Yang Jiao, who had grown arrogant after taking the Precious Lotus Lamp. While Yang Jian tried to persuade him to change course, Yang Chan secretly swallowed the lamp’s wick as Lin Zhu had instructed.

• Lin Zhu sent Yang Jian and Yang Chan to Silver Pass, advising Yang Jian to appeal to Yang Jiao’s family affection and teaching Yang Chan an emergency method.
• Yang Jiao joyfully reunited with his siblings and invited them inside Silver Pass, declaring that the three of them should rule together.
• Yang Jian realized Yang Jiao had become ambitious and tried to persuade him to serve a wise lord, but Yang Jiao boasted that the Precious Lotus Lamp made him invincible.
• Yang Chan asked to see the Precious Lotus Lamp, and Yang Jiao handed it to her while Yang Jian distracted him with a toast.
• Following Lin Zhu’s instructions, Yang Chan tore out the lamp’s wick, swallowed it, and began refining its spiritual energy.

Yang Jian confronted Yang Jiao over the Precious Lotus Lamp, and Yang Jiao died after trying to attack Yang Chan with it. Meanwhile, Shen Gongbao sought reinforcements for Da Shang and found a Daluo Daoist on an island.

• Yang Jian warned Yang Jiao to return the Precious Lotus Lamp and aid King Wu, but Yang Jiao refused and challenged him to a fight.
• After their spear-and-blade duel, Yang Jiao tried to activate the Precious Lotus Lamp, but its wick would not ignite.
• Yang Chan appeared and urged Yang Jiao to return to the Heavenly Court; Yang Jiao lunged at her and turned to ashes, with his soul flying to the Investiture of the Gods Platform.
• Lin Zhu helped Yang Chan refine the Lamp Wick, assigned Yang Jian to keep the Precious Lotus Lamp, and took the Hunyuan Golden Dou and Golden Scissors to return to Biyou Palace.
• Shen Gongbao traveled across the sea seeking reinforcements for Da Shang and encountered a red-robed Daoist on a perilous island.
• Shen Gongbao introduced himself as Da Shang's State Preceptor and invited the Daluo Daoist to assist King Di Xin.

After returning to Western Qi, Lin Zhu let Jiang Ziya lead the fight against Lü Yue, a Jie Sect plague immortal Shen Gongbao had persuaded to join the Chaoge army. Lü Yue’s disciple Zhou Xin challenged Jin Zha and struck him with a magical Pan'er, leaving him clutching his head in agony.

• Lin Zhu, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan returned to Western Qi and learned that Lü Yue had joined the Chaoge forces after Shen Gongbao enraged him with claims about Jie Sect casualties.
• Lin Zhu told Jiang Ziya to remove the Truce Banner and fight, while he stayed back because he had once taught Lü Yue.
• Zhou Xin volunteered to challenge Western Qi, and Jiang Ziya sent Jin Zha out to meet him.
• After fighting evenly for dozens of exchanges, Zhou Xin feigned retreat and struck Jin Zha repeatedly with a Pan'er.
• Jin Zha staggered back to the Prime Minister’s Residence and collapsed, crying out in pain from his splitting headache.

Lü Yue’s disciples used plague arts to afflict Jin Zha and Mu Zha, leaving Jiang Ziya unable to identify or cure their ailments. Lin Zhu warned his disciples not to enter the battle without permission, while Lü Yue sent Zhu Tianlin to challenge Xi Qi next.

• Jin Zha volunteered to fight Zhou Xin, but Zhou Xin struck him with a plague art that left him suffering a severe headache.
• Lü Yue explained to Shen Gongbao that his disciples’ plague arts would torment their victims without an antidote, while Lin Zhu cautioned his disciples against joining the fighting on their own.
• Mu Zha went out to avenge Jin Zha, but Li Qi lured him into the Black Banner’s power and sent him back to Xi Qi gravely afflicted.
• Jiang Ziya summoned military doctors to treat Mu Zha, who joined Jin Zha in suffering from an unknown ailment.
• Lü Yue sent his third disciple Zhu Tianlin to challenge Xi Qi.

Lü Yue’s disciples continued challenging Western Qi, and Jiang Ziya struggled to find a way to counter their plague techniques. After Lei Zhenzi was struck down, Wu Ji went out to face Yang Wenhui, Lü Yue’s fourth disciple.

• Lü Yue sent Zhu Tianlin to challenge Western Qi, while Jiang Ziya worried that the plague afflicting Jin Zha and Mu Zha had spread to their physicians and attendants.
• Lei Zhenzi volunteered to fight Zhu Tianlin, but Zhu Tianlin’s spell left him dizzy and unable to fly, and he collapsed after returning to Jiang Ziya’s residence.
• At the State Preceptor’s Mansion, Lin Zhu told Long Ji and the others that the Chan Sect disciples’ misfortunes stemmed from past causes and that their turn to act would soon come.
• Lü Yue sent Yang Wenhui to challenge Western Qi, and Wu Ji persuaded Jiang Ziya to let him answer the challenge.
• Wu Ji charged Yang Wenhui with his spear after the two introduced themselves.

The Plague God Lü Yue challenged Western Qi, using his disciples’ strange arts before confronting Jiang Ziya in battle. Deng Chanyu struck Lü Yue with her Five-Colored Stone, forcing him to flee with Earth Escape.

• Yang Wenhui used a black whip on Wu Ji, who returned to the Prime Minister's Residence and smashed its furnishings before Jiang Ziya’s guards restrained him.
• Lü Yue announced that he would personally challenge Jiang Ziya, and Lin Zhu advised Jiang Ziya to take Yang Jian, Nezha, Deng Chanyu, and Shi Zongheng to meet him.
• Jiang Ziya and Lü Yue argued over Western Qi’s campaign before fighting, and Jiang Ziya began to lose ground.
• Lü Yue transformed into a Three Heads Six Arms form and fought Jiang Ziya, Yang Jian, Nezha, and Shi Zongheng while spreading plague.
• Deng Chanyu hit Lü Yue in the chest with her Five-Colored Stone, and Shi Zongheng grazed his calf before Lü Yue escaped using Earth Escape.

After Lü Yue was driven from battle, he ordered plague pills scattered through Xi Qi’s water, leaving the city’s soldiers and civilians unconscious. Lin Zhu protected his mansion, summoned bean soldiers to guard the gates, and sent Yang Chan to seek medicine while the city endured the calamity.

• Deng Chanyu struck Lü Yue with the Five-Colored Divine Flying Stone, and Shi Zongheng’s attack forced him to flee back to the Chaoge camp.
• Lü Yue ordered Zhou Xin, Li Qi, Zhu Tianlin, and Yang Wenhui to spread plague pills through Xi Qi’s water sources overnight.
• The plague incapacitated Xi Qi’s soldiers and civilians, while Lin Zhu’s mansion, Nezha, and Yang Jian remained unharmed.
• Yang Jian and Nezha visited Lin Zhu, who summoned Golden Armor Heavenly Generals from soybeans and ordered them to guard the city gates.
• Lin Zhu told Yang Jian and Nezha that Xi Qi’s people had to endure the calamity for several more days, then chose Yang Chan to seek medicine at Fire Cloud Cave.

Lin Zhu sent Yang Chan to obtain plague-curing medicine and summon Shi Ji, then organized Xi Qi’s disciples to defend against Lü Yue’s planned night raid. Lü Yue’s plague attack had failed to empty the city, and the chapter ended as Yang Jian confronted Zhou Xin at the East Gate, unharmed by his plague weapon.

• Lin Zhu sent Yang Chan to Fire Cloud Cave for medicine and instructed her to invite Shi Ji and her disciples to Xi Qi.
• Shen Gongbao and Lü Yue discovered that the identical soldiers on Xi Qi’s walls were illusory, then decided to attack the city at night.
• Lin Zhu assigned Yang Jian, Long Ji, Shi Zongheng, and Nezha to defend the four gates while Deng Chanyu and Long Xuhu guarded the palace and residence.
• Lü Yue ordered his four disciples to lead troops through Xi Qi’s gates, while he, Shen Gongbao, and Deng Zhong waited at camp.
• Zhou Xin entered through the East Gate and struck Yang Jian with Pan'er, but Yang Jian’s Eight Nine Arcane Art left him unharmed.

Lü Yue sent his four disciples to attack Western Qi, but Yang Jian, Princess Long Ji, Shi Zongheng, and Nezha defeated them at the city gates. Western Qi won a sweeping victory, while Lü Yue remained in his main camp awaiting news and received a report of disaster.

• Yang Jian killed Zhou Xin at the East Gate and drove his soldiers into a rout.
• Princess Long Ji killed Li Qi in the South Gate's Illusion Array, and his troops fled.
• Shi Zongheng's Golden Cudgel killed Zhu Tianlin at the West Gate as his soldiers ran away.
• Nezha killed Yang Wenhui at the North Gate after resisting his plague art.
• Western Qi won a sweeping victory, and defeated soldiers rushed into Lü Yue's camp with terrible news.

After Lü Yue’s disciples were defeated at Western Qi, Wei Hu forced Lü Yue to flee before he could attack the city. Little Yang Chan arrived at Fire Cloud Cave and requested an audience with the Three Saints.

• A routed soldier reported that Western Qi’s defenders had killed Lü Yue’s four disciples and defeated his forces, prompting Lü Yue to plan a personal attack.
• Wei Hu flew to the Chaoge camp to capture a general as an introduction gift, then challenged Lü Yue as he rode out toward Western Qi.
• Wei Hu overpowered Lü Yue with his Demon Subduing Pestle, and Lü Yue fled to Nine Dragon Island to forge the Plague Umbrella.
• Wei Hu entered Western Qi to meet Hunyuan Saint Lin Zhu after Lü Yue escaped.
• Yang Chan asked a young attendant at Fire Cloud Cave to request an audience with the Three Saints, and the attendant identified them as Sui Ren, Fuxi, and Shennong.

Little Yang Chan visited Fire Cloud Cave and received plague remedies from the Three Saints for the people of Western Qi, along with bupleurum to protect the Human Race from future disease. She returned with the medicine as Shen Gongbao learned that Lü Yue had fled after another defeat.

• The Three Saints welcomed little Yang Chan warmly after learning she was Lin Zhu’s disciple-granddaughter.
• Little Yang Chan told Fuxi, Shennong, and Sui Ren about Lin Zhu and Lü Yue’s plague attack on Western Qi.
• Fuxi asked Shennong to give little Yang Chan three pills to cure the plague afflicting Western Qi’s soldiers and civilians.
• Sui Ren urged Shennong to give little Yang Chan a lasting remedy, so Shennong showed her bupleurum and explained its protective power against plague.
• Little Yang Chan took the medicines and returned toward Western Qi after the Three Saints asked her to greet Lin Zhu.
• Shen Gongbao learned that Lü Yue had suffered another defeat and fled without returning to the military camp at Chaoge.