Chapter Summaries

After Shen Gongbao learned that Plague God Lü had been defeated, he withdrew his depleted army and went searching for reinforcements. Yang Chan rescued Shi Ji from the Black Bear Demon and persuaded her to leave White Bone Cave and join the campaign for Western Qi.

• Shen Gongbao learned that Plague God Lü had vanished after being beaten by a Western Qi Daoist, then withdrew his remaining troops and set out to seek powerful allies.
• The Black Bear Demon, aided by an Azure Wolf and a flood dragon, tried to force Shi Ji to become his wife or die.
• Yang Chan arrived and used the Three Lights Divine Water to kill the Black Bear Demon and his companions, then slew the fleeing wolf and flood dragon with the God-Slaying Spear.
• Yang Chan told Shi Ji that the Great Calamity had begun and invited her to enter it by aiding Western Qi.
• Shi Ji worried that Nezha would seek revenge, but Yang Chan reassured her, and Shi Ji left for Western Qi with Biyun and Caiyun.

Little Yang Chan rescued Shi Ji and brought her back to Western Qi, where Lin Zhu used medicine from the three Saints of Fire Cloud Cave to begin curing the plague. In Chaoge, Di Xin ordered Zhang Shan to march on Western Qi with one hundred thousand troops, while Shen Gongbao encountered a strange dwarf practicing martial arts on a dragon-shaped mountain.

• Little Yang Chan reached White Bone Cave, defeated the Black Bear Demon and his allies, and persuaded Shi Ji to return to Western Qi.
• Shi Ji thanked Lin Zhu, and Little Yang Chan reported meeting the three Saints of Fire Cloud Cave and delivered their medicine and Bupleurum Divine Herb.
• Lin Zhu assigned his disciples to use the pills to cure Western Qi's rulers, ministers, soldiers, and civilians, and asked Shi Ji to cultivate the divine herb.
• Di Xin dismissed the threat at Silver Pass and appointed Zhang Shan to lead one hundred thousand troops against Western Qi.
• Zhang Shan handed Three Mountains Pass to Hong Jin and marched toward Western Qi with Qian Bao, Li Jin, Sang Yuan, and Ma De as vanguards.
• Shen Gongbao wandered with the Suspended-Eyed White-Striped Divine Tiger and saw a round-faced dwarf practicing martial arts on a dragon-shaped mountain.

Shen Gongbao tricked Tu Xingsun into joining the Da Shang Army by demonstrating his Divine Incantation and promising worldly pleasures. He urged Tu Xingsun to steal treasures from Ju Liusun's cave before descending the mountain to fight Western Qi.

• Shen Gongbao found Tu Xingsun practicing on Clamping Dragon Mountain and won his trust by flattering him.
• Tu Xingsun refused to call Shen Gongbao Martial Uncle until Shen Gongbao used the Divine Incantation, causing Tu Xingsun to fall from the sky.
• Tu Xingsun learned Shen Gongbao sought allies for Da Shang's war against Western Qi and agreed to join after hearing about beautiful women and worldly benefits.
• Shen Gongbao advised Tu Xingsun to steal treasures from Ju Liusun's cave mansion before going to battle.

Shen Gongbao sent Tu Xingsun to Western Qi with the Binding Immortal Rope, then encountered a Golden Winged Dapeng over the East Sea. His Divine Incantation battered the bird with hail until it identified itself as Yu Yi Xian of the Jie Sect.

• Shen Gongbao persuaded Tu Xingsun to steal the Binding Immortal Rope from Ju Liusun and join the Chaoge army.
• Tu Xingsun left for Western Qi, while Shen Gongbao rode toward the East Sea to seek another capable ally.
• A Golden Winged Dapeng attacked Shen Gongbao and the Divine Tiger, but Shen Gongbao's Divine Incantation made it miss and fall into the sea.
• Shen Gongbao repeatedly invoked his Divine Incantation, and a hailstorm battered the Golden Winged Dapeng into the water.
• The injured Golden Winged Dapeng told Shen Gongbao that it was Yu Yi Xian of the Jie Sect.

Shen Gongbao freed Yu Yi Xian and tricked him into joining the journey to Western Qi by claiming Jiang Ziya had insulted the Jie Sect. After Western Qi recovered from the plague, Chaoge's army arrived outside the city, and Jiang Ziya gathered the court and generals to prepare.

• Shen Gongbao suppressed Yu Yi Xian beneath the sea, stopped the hail, and persuaded him to go to Western Qi by falsely claiming Jiang Ziya had killed Jie Sect disciples and threatened him.
• Western Qi's soldiers and civilians recovered from the plague after receiving the Saint's elixir and water sprinkled with Willow Branches.
• Jiang Ziya reminded the Chan Sect disciples that Lin Zhu had saved Western Qi and urged them to honor their Martial Uncle.
• A scout reported that Zhang Shan had led one hundred thousand Chaoge troops to camp outside Xi Qi City.
• Jiang Ziya summoned Western Qi's officials and generals to the Silver Peace Hall, where King Wu Bo Yikao also arrived.

Jiang Ziya led Western Qi’s army against Zhang Shan’s Chaoge forces, and Deng Jiugong killed Qian Bao before Western Qi routed the enemy. Tu Xingsun arrived at Zhang Shan’s camp, healed his shoulder, and was welcomed as an honored guest.

• Jiang Ziya learned that Zhang Shan had brought one hundred thousand Chaoge troops to Western Qi and led his generals to meet them in battle.
• Deng Jiugong fought Qian Bao and killed him after driving him into retreat.
• Western Qi charged the Chaoge army, and Deng Chanyu struck Zhang Shan’s shoulder with a flying stone, forcing him to retreat.
• Tu Xingsun arrived at the Chaoge camp and announced that he had come to serve the Imperial Court.
• Tu Xingsun healed Zhang Shan’s shoulder with an immortal pill, and Zhang Shan welcomed him and described the battle.

Tu Xingsun joined Zhang Shan’s Chaoge army and captured Nezha, Deng Chanyu, and Yang Jian with his Binding Immortal Rope. After a victory feast, he drunkenly headed for the tent where Deng Chanyu was held, while Nezha and Yang Jian hung beneath the flagpole.

• Tu Xingsun healed Zhang Shan’s wounds and promised to capture Western Qi’s generals for Chaoge.
• Tu Xingsun challenged Xi Qi City, defeated Nezha with his Binding Immortal Rope, and had him taken to camp.
• Jiang Ziya led Western Qi’s forces out to confront Tu Xingsun, who captured Deng Chanyu after she pursued him.
• Yang Jian chased Tu Xingsun, but Tu Xingsun escaped his attack with Earth Escape and captured him as well.
• Tu Xingsun returned to camp, celebrated with Zhang Shan and Deng Zhong, then drunkenly headed toward Deng Chanyu’s tent.

Lin Zhu sent Shi Zongheng to rescue Deng Chanyu from Tu Xingsun, while Yang Jian revealed that he had secretly escaped and planned to help Nezha. Shi Zongheng reached Deng Chanyu’s tent just as Tu Xingsun assaulted her, leaving her laughing at his antics.

• Zhang Shan celebrated Tu Xingsun’s victory, and the drunken Tu Xingsun went to Deng Chanyu’s tent with lustful intentions.
• Lin Zhu told Shi Zongheng to sneak into the Chaoge Military Camp, rescue Deng Chanyu, and use a substitute in her place.
• Nezha fretted about Deng Chanyu’s safety while hanging from a flagpole, and Yang Jian revealed that his true body had escaped in disguise.
• Tu Xingsun entered Deng Chanyu’s tent and tried to grab her, but her height left him clinging to her leg as he tore her armor.
• Shi Zongheng appeared on a tent rope and reassured Deng Chanyu, who laughed at his comical antics.

Yang Jian, Nezha, and Shi Zongheng rescued Deng Chanyu and the prisoners, then set Chaoge Military Camp ablaze before returning to Western Qi. The next day, Western Qi defeated and captured Li Jin as Yang Jian and Shi Zongheng confronted Tu Xingsun in battle.

• Shi Zongheng appeared in Deng Chanyu’s tent and fought Tu Xingsun while another Shi Zongheng freed her.
• Yang Jian freed Nezha, and the two set Chaoge Military Camp on fire before flying back to Western Qi.
• Tu Xingsun captured Shi Zongheng’s monkey-hair clones repeatedly through the night, but Deng Chanyu and the prisoners escaped.
• Jiang Ziya led Western Qi’s army out to face Zhang Shan’s troops, and Huang Feihu captured Li Jin alive.
• Yang Jian tricked Tu Xingsun’s Binding Immortal Rope with a stone double, then Shi Zongheng charged Tu Xingsun and fought him.

After Tu Xingsun escaped capture by using Earth-Traversing Divine Art, Lin Zhu sent Shi Zongheng to help Deng Chanyu catch him. Their elaborate trap succeeded, but Tu Xingsun escaped again, leaving Lin Zhu to acknowledge that he had overlooked the dwarf’s earth-escape ability.

• Jiang Ziya celebrated Yang Jian and Shi Zongheng’s return to Xi Qi and ordered the captive Li Jin beheaded.
• Zhang Shan’s captives turned out to be Yang Jian’s stone form and Shi Zongheng’s illusion, and both vanished from the Chaoge camp.
• Lin Zhu ordered Shi Zongheng to capture Tu Xingsun for Deng Chanyu, then quietly explained his plan to him.
• Shi Zongheng lured Tu Xingsun into a city made from monkey hairs, where illusions of Deng Chanyu filled every room, and captured him.
• Deng Chanyu beat Tu Xingsun, but when she finally dropped him, he used Earth-Traversing Divine Art to escape underground.
• Shi Zongheng and Deng Chanyu reported their failure, and Lin Zhu admitted he had forgotten Tu Xingsun’s earth-escape skill.

Lin Zhu’s plan led to Tu Xingsun’s death in Princess Long Ji’s Illusion Array, leaving Zhang Shan’s Chaoge army without a capable general and ready to raise the Truce Banner. Shen Gongbao arrived in camp with Yu Yi Xian and learned of Tu Xingsun’s fate.

• Lin Zhu arranged with Princess Long Ji, Deng Chanyu, and Shi Zongheng to lure Tu Xingsun into an Illusion Array and kill him.
• Shi Zongheng baited Tu Xingsun into the array, where Tu Xingsun followed illusory beauties into a manor and became distracted by visions of Deng Chanyu.
• Deng Chanyu stabbed Tu Xingsun in the chest, then crushed his soul and spirit.
• Long Ji, Deng Chanyu, and Shi Zongheng returned to Western Qi after their victory, while Zhang Shan ordered his soldiers to raise the Truce Banner.
• Shen Gongbao arrived at the Chaoge camp with Yu Yi Xian, learned that Tu Xingsun had died and that Zhang Shan sought a truce, and prepared to fight Western Qi.

Shen Gongbao brought Yu Yi Xian to the Chaoge camp, where Yu Yi Xian killed Ji Yuzhong and drove Lei Zhenzi back during his challenge to Western Qi. Jiang Ziya withdrew to consider his options, while Lin Zhu hinted that he could defeat Yu Yi Xian but could not intervene.

• Tu Xingsun died after Deng Chanyu struck him in Princess Long Ji's Illusion Array, and Zhang Shan raised a truce sign while awaiting Shen Gongbao.
• Shen Gongbao returned with Yu Yi Xian, and Zhang Shan welcomed them before Yu Yi Xian agreed to fight Western Qi the next day.
• Lin Zhu warned his disciples that those caught in the tribulation would keep attacking Western Qi and urged them to prepare for battle.
• Jiang Ziya led Western Qi's forces out to face Yu Yi Xian, who accused him of insulting him and demanded a fight.
• Ji Yuzhong charged Yu Yi Xian and was killed, while Yu Yi Xian defeated Lei Zhenzi and forced him back to the Western Qi formation.
• Jiang Ziya withdrew with his troops, and Lin Zhu remarked that he could defeat Yu Yi Xian but was not in a position to act.

Yu Yi Xian attacked Xi Qi City with the Four Seas Water, but little Yang Chan's Three Lights Divine Water shielded the city. After Shi Ji confronted him and he withdrew his spell, Lin Zhu's arrangements left Yu Yi Xian lost in a watermelon patch.

• Lin Zhu sent Shi Zongheng, Deng Chanyu, and little Yang Chan to attack Yu Yi Xian together, forcing him to flee in his Golden Winged Dapeng form.
• Yang Chan asked Lin Zhu for the Golden Winged Dapeng as a mount, and Lin Zhu assigned Shi Ji to drive Yu Yi Xian away.
• Yu Yi Xian flooded Xi Qi City with the Four Seas Water, unaware that Yang Chan had concealed the city with Three Lights Divine Water.
• Shi Ji confronted Yu Yi Xian at dawn, and he withdrew the flood before flying back toward the Chaoge Military Camp.
• Yu Yi Xian flew for hours in scorching heat, landed in a watermelon patch, and saw an old man eating watermelon.

Lin Zhu and Shi Zongheng trapped Yu Yi Xian in a watermelon and forced him to swear an oath to serve little Yang Chan as her mount for one million years. Shen Gongbao learned Yu Yi Xian had been captured, while Yaoshi Buddha, Baoyue, and Maitreya returned to Jizhou to support Su Hu.

• Yu Yi Xian fled to a watermelon field after Shi Zongheng, Deng Chanyu, and Yang Chan of Western Qi defeated him, and he ate a watermelon offered by the disguised Lin Zhu.
• Shi Zongheng, who had hidden inside the watermelon, attacked Yu Yi Xian from within his belly, while Lin Zhu revealed himself and demanded that Yu Yi Xian become little Yang Chan's mount.
• Lin Zhu explained little Yang Chan's distinguished background and promised to restore Yu Yi Xian's freedom after one million years, so Yu Yi Xian swore an oath and transformed into a Golden Winged Dapeng.
• Lin Zhu brought Shi Zongheng and little Yang Chan out, and Yang Chan thanked Lin Zhu and Shi Zongheng for securing her mount.
• Shen Gongbao divined that Yu Yi Xian had been reduced to a mount, hung a Truce Banner at the Chaoge camp, requested aid from Chaoge, and left to seek allies.
• Yaoshi Buddha, Baoyue, and Maitreya returned to Jizhou to help Su Hu manage Chong City's affairs and prepare to contend with the Jie Sect.

Jiang Ziya accepted Lin Zhu’s advice to wait until Chaoge and its allies were weakened before Western Qi marched. Di Xin sent Su Hu to fight Western Qi, but Yaoshi Buddha persuaded him to lead Jizhou’s army into the conflict to intensify the tribulation, while Chi Jingzi summoned his disciple Yin Hong.

• Jiang Ziya asked Lin Zhu whether Western Qi should attack Chaoge, and Lin Zhu advised waiting until other armies had fought Chaoge to exhaustion.
• Di Xin asked his officials to recommend a general, and one urged him to order Su Hu of Jizhou to campaign against Western Qi.
• Yang Tianyou rejected Di Xin’s edict, but Yaoshi Buddha told him the Western Sect needed to inflame the conflict, so he gathered fifty thousand troops and marched toward Western Qi with Su Quanzhong as vanguard.
• Chi Jingzi sensed a sudden impulse, calculated its cause, and summoned Yin Hong, the disciple he had rescued and trained for more than ten years.

Chi Jingzi sent Yin Hong to Western Qi with three magical treasures after making him swear an oath that the Heavenly Dao sealed. At Two Dragon Mountain, Yin Hong defeated and revived four bandit generals, then recruited them and their followers for Western Qi.

• Chi Jingzi told Yin Hong to assist Jiang Ziya in defeating Shang and gave him the Purple Ribbon Immortal Garment, the Yin Yang Mirror, and the Water Fire Edge.
• Chi Jingzi recalled Yin Hong and asked him to swear he would not turn against Western Qi; Yin Hong swore that his limbs would turn to flying ash if he harbored other intentions, and the Heavenly Dao sealed the oath.
• Yin Hong traveled toward Western Qi and fought two generals at Wasp Ridge on Two Dragon Mountain, knocking them from their horses with the Yin Yang Mirror.
• Yin Hong used the Yin Yang Mirror to defeat a third general, then revived the three after the fourth pleaded for their lives.
• Yin Hong learned the four generals were Pang Hong, Liu Fu, Gou Xin, and Bi Huan, and recruited them and their three thousand followers to join Western Qi.
• The four generals burned their stronghold, raised the banner of Western Qi, and set out with Yin Hong for Qi Mountain.

Shen Gongbao persuaded Yin Hong to abandon his march to aid Western Zhou and redirect his troops toward Chaoge. Meanwhile, Jiang Ziya learned that Su Hu was advancing on Western Qi with fifty thousand troops, and Huang Feihu warned that sect disciples might be among them.

• Shen Gongbao met Yin Hong on the road and challenged his plan to help King Wu attack his own father.
• Shen Gongbao argued that Yin Hong could inherit Da Shang’s throne, convincing him to switch banners and lead his army toward Chaoge.
• Shen Gongbao continued searching for allies to keep Western Qi in check.
• Scouts reported that Su Hu had captured Chong City and was leading fifty thousand troops toward Western Qi.
• Jiang Ziya gathered Western Qi’s officials, and Huang Feihu described Su Hu’s generals while warning that sect disciples could make the threat more dangerous.

Su Hu led Chaoge’s army against Western Qi, while Jiang Ziya’s forces prepared to resist. As Yin Hong attacked Western Qi’s flank, the armies collided in battle, and Ji Boliu was killed.

• Jiang Ziya and Western Qi’s generals debated Su Hu’s threat before preparing to fight Chaoge’s army.
• Su Hu joined Zhang Shan’s force, took command, and ordered the combined army to attack Western Qi.
• Su Hu and Jiang Ziya exchanged accusations and demands for surrender outside Xi Qi City.
• Su Quanzhong fought Ji Boliu while Yin Hong led troops to attack Western Qi’s flank.
• Su Hu and Jiang Ziya ordered their armies to charge, and Su Quanzhong killed Ji Boliu in the ensuing melee.

Su Hu and Yin Hong led Chaoge’s forces to a costly victory over Jiang Ziya’s army, then Yin Hong used the Yin Yang Mirror to capture Huang Gun and Huang Feihu. After learning that Huang Feihu was the Martial Accomplishment King who had helped him escape years ago, Yin Hong recognized him.

• Su Hu’s army and Yin Hong’s reinforcements defeated Jiang Ziya’s forces, and Ji Boliu fell while Lei Zhenzi drove Su Quanzhong from the battlefield.
• Su Hu explained to Yin Hong that he had severed ties with Su Daji and was campaigning to defend the realm, and Yin Hong accepted his explanation.
• Yin Hong challenged Western Qi beneath Xi Qi City and used the Yin Yang Mirror to knock Huang Gun and Huang Feihu unconscious and capture them.
• Yin Hong restored the captives’ consciousness with the mirror, and Huang Feihu identified himself as the Martial Accomplishment King who had helped Yin Hong escape.
• Yin Hong recognized Huang Feihu and confirmed his identity.

Yin Hong freed Huang Feihu and Huang Gun out of gratitude, then led Chaoge’s forces against Western Qi again. Nezha faced Yin Hong while Yang Jian and Shi Zongheng intercepted his allies, and Yang Jian gained the upper hand over Pang Hong.

• Yin Hong recognized Huang Feihu, released him and Huang Gun, and declared that they would owe each other nothing when they next met in battle.
• Huang Feihu returned to Western Qi and told Jiang Ziya that Yin Hong had spared them; Jiang Ziya resolved to face Yin Hong and investigate his mirror.
• Lin Zhu told his disciples he could deal with Yin Hong’s mirror and sent Nezha to challenge him, while planning to make Yin Hong suffer the consequences of his oath.
• Yin Hong challenged Western Qi, and Nezha met him in battle as Yang Jian and Shi Zongheng intercepted Pang Hong and Liu Fu.
• Yang Jian endured Pang Hong’s mace blows unharmed, then his Howling Celestial Hound bit Pang Hong’s leg as Yang Jian brought his blade to Pang Hong’s chest.