Chapter Summaries

Western Qi routed Chaoge’s army after Yin Hong’s treasures failed against Nezha and Deng Chanyu, while Lin Zhu pressured Chi Jingzi into going to Western Qi to confront his disciple. Lin Zhu then visited Xuan Du, who lamented that Chi Jingzi’s lineage was destined to lose its inheritance.

• Yang Jian killed Pang Hong with help from the Howling Celestial Hound, and Shi Zongheng crushed Liu Fu with his iron club.
• Yin Hong’s Yin Yang Mirror failed to harm Nezha, and Deng Chanyu struck Yin Hong with her Five-Colored Divine Flying Stone, driving him from the battlefield.
• Jiang Ziya ordered Western Qi’s troops to pursue Chaoge’s retreating army, which lost nearly forty percent of its forces.
• Lin Zhu accused Chi Jingzi of aiding Chaoge, then claimed Yin Hong had used the Yin Yang Mirror to massacre Western Qi’s troops.
• Chi Jingzi hurried toward Western Qi to confront Yin Hong, and Lin Zhu later visited Xuan Du, who predicted Chi Jingzi’s lineage would lose its inheritance.

Lin Zhu secured the Taiji Diagram from Xuan Du and arranged for Jiang Ziya to lure Yin Hong onto it, while Chi Jingzi failed to persuade Yin Hong to change sides. Jiang Ziya drew Yin Hong into pursuit, then crossed a Golden Water Bridge and vanished, leaving Yin Hong to follow.

• Lin Zhu obtained the Taiji Diagram from Xuan Du after agreeing to witness Western Qi's alliance and march.
• Chi Jingzi confronted Yin Hong at the Chaoge camp and urged him to honor his oath and aid Zhou, but Yin Hong refused and threatened him with the Yin Yang Mirror.
• Yaoshi Buddha told Su Hu that the conflict between Yin Hong and Jiang Ziya would benefit the Western Sect, and Su Hu agreed to watch them fight.
• Lin Zhu asked Jiang Ziya to lure Yin Hong onto the Taiji Diagram, and Jiang Ziya agreed to serve as bait.
• Jiang Ziya appeared alone outside the Chaoge camp and fled when Yin Hong pursued him, then crossed a Golden Water Bridge and disappeared.

Lin Zhu used the Taiji Diagram to make Yin Hong fulfill his oath and perish, while the Western Sect prepared to attack Western Qi under Yang Tianyou’s command. Lin Zhu then summoned Princess Long Ji and began warning her about Yang Tianyou’s identity and connection to Yang Jian and Yang Chan.

• Lin Zhu trapped Yin Hong in the Taiji Diagram, where visions of victory, his mother, and Chi Jingzi failed to save him.
• Lin Zhu gathered the diagram, and Yin Hong turned to powder; his heroic spirit flew to the Investiture of the Gods Platform.
• Yaoshi Buddha learned Yin Hong was dead and ordered Yang Tianyou to lead the Chaoge army against Western Qi the next day.
• Lin Zhu celebrated Yin Hong’s defeat with his followers but worried that Yang Tianyou might recognize Yang Jian and Yang Chan or have his identity exposed.
• Lin Zhu summoned Princess Long Ji and asked whether she remembered Yang Tianyou and wanted to know where he was.

Lin Zhu revealed to Princess Long Ji that Su Hu was Yang Tianyou reborn, while Su Hu led Chaoge's army against Western Qi and suffered a defeat. Yaoshi Buddha then urged Su Hu to exploit his family ties with Yang Jian and Yang Chan, and lent him the Glass Bead for his next challenge.

• Lin Zhu told Princess Long Ji that Su Hu was Yang Tianyou's reincarnation and warned that he might use familial affection to sway Yang Jian.
• Su Hu challenged Jiang Ziya outside Xi Qi City, and Wei Hu and Nan Gongshi killed Bi Huan and Gou Zhang in battle.
• Nezha killed Su Quanzhong with the Universe Ring, while Yang Jian forced Su Hu to flee after Su Hu recognized his son.
• Jiang Ziya led Western Qi's victorious army back into the city as the Chaoge troops retreated.
• Yaoshi Buddha urged Su Hu to persuade Yang Jian and Yang Chan to join him, then lent Su Hu the Glass Bead for protection.

Su Hu used his new Glass Bead treasure to lure Yang Jian out of Xi Qi and tried to reveal that he was Yang Jian’s father, Yang Tianyou reincarnated. Yang Jian fled the attack, and Long Ji and Yang Chan confronted Su Hu, who withdrew and vowed to fight again the next day.

• Yaoshi Buddha lent Su Hu the Glass Bead and told him to use family ties to turn Yang Jian and Yang Chan against Western Qi.
• Lin Zhu sent Long Ji and Yang Chan to follow Yang Jian and prevent Su Hu from using underhanded tactics.
• Jiang Ziya sent Yang Jian to meet Su Hu outside Xi Qi, where Su Hu declared that he was Yang Jian’s father and Yang Jian attacked him.
• Su Hu unleashed the Glass Bead, forcing Yang Jian to escape with Earth Escape while Lin Zhu protected Xi Qi from the falling beads.
• Long Ji and Yang Chan confronted Su Hu, who admitted nothing and rode back to his camp, promising to settle matters on the battlefield the next day.

Su Hu used a magical treasure to drive Yang Jian back to Xi Qi, then captured Huang Feihu alive during battle. As Jin Zha and Mu Zha pursued him to rescue Huang Feihu, Maitreya blocked their way.

• Yang Jian returned to Xi Qi after Su Hu activated a treasure, and Lin Zhu and Princess Long Ji explained Su Hu’s past identity to Yang Jian and Yang Chan.
• Yaoshi Buddha advised Su Hu to capture Western Qi generals, and Maitreya agreed to accompany him into battle.
• Deng Chanyu struck Zhao Bing with her God Flying Stone, allowing Huang Feihu to kill the Jizhou general.
• Su Hu used the Glass Bead to capture Huang Feihu alive and returned toward his formation.
• Jin Zha and Mu Zha pursued Su Hu, but Maitreya appeared and blocked their path.

Su Hu and Maitreya captured Huang Feihu, Jin Zha, and Mu Zha, forcing Jiang Ziya to seek Lin Zhu’s help. Lin Zhu sent Yang Jian, Shi Zongheng, and Yang Chan to confront the Chaoge army, where Su Hu met his children and urged them to surrender.

• Su Hu used the Glass Bead to capture Huang Feihu, while Maitreya trapped Jin Zha and Mu Zha in the Human Seed Bag, prompting Jiang Ziya to retreat.
• Yaoshi Buddha advised the captured generals to surrender, but Huang Feihu and the Jin Zha brothers refused and were placed under guard.
• Jiang Ziya asked Lin Zhu for help, and Lin Zhu planned a counterattack with Yang Jian, Shi Zongheng, and Yang Chan.
• Lin Zhu privately instructed Yang Jian and Shi Zongheng and told Yang Chan to protect them during the battle.
• Yang Jian, Shi Zongheng, and Yang Chan confronted Su Hu and Maitreya outside the Chaoge camp, where Su Hu recognized his children and urged them to join him.

Yang Chan’s Precious Lotus Lamp power helped Yang Jian and Shi Zongheng capture Su Hu, whom Lin Zhu identified as Yang Tianyou and sent to the Heavenly Court with Princess Long Ji. Yaoshi Buddha and Maitreya returned to Spirit Mountain after losing their treasures, while Shen Gongbao met Yin Jiao at Nine Immortals Mountain and began plotting to draw him into his schemes.

• Yang Jian and Shi Zongheng’s incarnations vanished into Maitreya’s Human Seed Bag, prompting Yang Chan to unleash the Precious Lotus Lamp and melt the bag and Su Hu’s Glass Beads.
• Yang Jian and Shi Zongheng reappeared, captured Su Hu, and returned with Yang Chan to Western Qi.
• Lin Zhu identified Su Hu as Yang Tianyou and sent Princess Long Ji, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan to escort him to the Heavenly Court and reunite the family.
• Yaoshi Buddha and Maitreya lamented their destroyed treasures, then returned to Spirit Mountain while Baoyue stayed to hold back Western Qi.
• Shen Gongbao entered Peach Spring Cave by accident, met Yin Jiao, and began thinking of how to manipulate him.

Shen Gongbao persuaded Yin Jiao to seek revenge for Yin Hong by pretending to ask Guang Chengzi for permission to travel. At Lion Cliff, Yin Jiao ate several Creation Golden Pills and grew three heads and six arms, and Guang Chengzi prepared to arm and train him for battle.

• After Yaoshi Buddha and Maitreya returned to Spirit Mountain, Precious Moon Daoist temporarily took command of the Chaoge army as the fighting paused.
• Shen Gongbao told Yin Jiao that Yin Hong had died at Jiang Ziya's hands and urged him to ask Guang Chengzi to descend the mountain.
• Yin Jiao told Guang Chengzi he wanted to travel for experience, and Guang Chengzi sent him to Lion Cliff to find a weapon.
• Yin Jiao entered a hidden cave mansion and ate the purple beans, unaware they were supreme-grade Creation Golden Pills.
• The pills transformed Yin Jiao into a three-headed, six-armed figure, and Guang Chengzi promised to teach him weapons and Daoist arts for the battlefield.

Yin Jiao descended from Nine Immortals Mountain with Shen Gongbao’s encouragement, recruited Wen Liang and Ma Shan on White Dragon Mountain, and led them toward Western Qi. Meanwhile, Princess Long Ji brought Yang Jian, Yang Chan, and Yang Tianyou through the South Heaven Gate to Princess Yunhua’s residence, where they reunited with their mother as Emperor Haotian came to meet them.

• Guang Chengzi gave Yin Jiao the Fantian Seal, Soul Falling Bell, and Twin Swords, and sent him to assist Western Qi’s enemies under Heaven’s command; Yin Jiao swore he would not change his mind.
• Yin Jiao met Shen Gongbao in the Peach Forest, then traveled toward Western Qi and encountered Wen Liang and Ma Shan on White Dragon Mountain.
• Yin Jiao persuaded Wen Liang and Ma Shan to abandon banditry, burn their stronghold, raise Chaoge’s banner, and join his campaign.
• Princess Long Ji forced her way through the South Heaven Gate with Yang Jian, Yang Chan, and Yang Tianyou, while Heavenly Generals reported her arrival to Emperor Haotian.
• Emperor Haotian headed to Princess Yunhua’s residence, where Yang Jian and Yang Chan knelt before their mother.

Yunhua reunited with Yang Jian and Yang Chan, learned that Yang Jiao had died, and blamed Yang Tianyou before Haotian sentenced him to a million years in the Underworld. Meanwhile, Lin Zhu learned that the hungry Chaoge forces had marched out to fight, and Jiang Ziya spotted an unfamiliar Daoist above their formation.

• Yin Jiao recruited two generals at White Dragon Mountain and continued toward Western Qi under Chaoge's banner.
• Long Ji, Yang Jian, and the others brought Yang Tianyou to Yunhua, where she tearfully reunited with her children.
• Yang Jian returned the Precious Lotus Lamp and explained Yang Jiao's crimes and death, prompting Yunhua to attack Yang Tianyou.
• Haotian ordered the Golden Warriors to take Yang Tianyou to the Underworld for a million years before sending him into the Animal Realm.
• Haotian gave Long Ji, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan spiritual artifacts and medicines before they returned to the mortal realm.
• Lin Zhu heard that the Chaoge forces had challenged Western Qi to battle, and Jiang Ziya saw an unfamiliar Daoist above their formation.

Princess Long Ji, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan returned to Western Qi as Precious Moon Daoist prepared to destroy Xi Qi City with his Moonlight Treasure Mirror. Lin Zhu promised to counter him and began guiding the three juniors in their cultivation.

• Yang Jian told Princess Yunhua what had happened to Yang Jiao, and Haotian sent Yang Tianyou to the Eighteen Levels of Hell before the Animal Realm.
• With Chaoge's provisions running low, Precious Moon Daoist and Zhang Shan sent their army to attack Western Qi.
• Precious Moon Daoist defeated Shi Ji with the Moonlight Treasure Mirror, while Lin Zhu secretly saved her soul; Jiang Ziya then withdrew his troops.
• Zhang Shan urged Precious Moon Daoist to attack Xi Qi City, and Baoyue agreed to burn its soldiers and civilians with his mirror the next day.
• Jiang Ziya asked Lin Zhu for a way to counter Baoyue, and Lin Zhu promised to send a disciple into battle if Long Ji and the others did not return.
• Long Ji, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan returned to Western Qi with treasures from the Heavenly Court, and Lin Zhu instructed them in their cultivation.

Yang Chan used the Precious Lotus Lamp and Three Lights Divine Water to drive Baoyue Daoist away, but the Chaoge army suffered a crushing defeat at Western Qi and retreated with heavy losses. As Zhang Shan faced an approaching force, Yin Jiao’s army arrived and announced the Crown Prince’s presence.

• Lin Zhu instructed Yang Chan to master her techniques and fully unleash the Precious Lotus Lamp’s power.
• Baoyue Daoist’s Moonlight Treasure Mirror failed to overcome Yang Chan’s Three Lights Divine Water, and he fled when she revealed the Precious Lotus Lamp.
• Jiang Ziya led the Western Qi army in an attack, forcing Zhang Shan to retreat while Chen Jizhen stayed behind and was killed by Huang Feihu.
• The Chaoge army fled toward Chaoge, suffering heavy casualties and losing horses and weapons before Jiang Ziya called off the pursuit.
• Zhang Shan learned that a force of about ten thousand soldiers was approaching, and Yin Jiao’s army arrived as Wen Liang called for the commanding general to receive the Crown Prince.

Yin Jiao arrived with supplies to restore the defeated Chaoge army, while Shen Gongbao recruited Luo Xuan and Liu Huan to fight Western Qi. The next morning, Chaoge challenged Western Qi outside Xi Qi City, and the Western Qi leaders wondered whether reinforcements had arrived.

• Yin Jiao joined Zhang Shan and Deng Zhong, supplied their troops, and ordered them to rest before fighting Western Qi again.
• Shen Gongbao met Luo Xuan on Flame Fire Island and persuaded him to join the campaign against Western Qi by blaming Jiang Ziya for the deaths of Jie Sect disciples.
• Liu Huan arrived and joined Shen Gongbao and Luo Xuan as they prepared to head for Western Qi.
• The Chaoge army challenged Western Qi outside Xi Qi City at dawn, and the Western Qi leaders questioned whether Chaoge had received reinforcements.

Crown Prince Yin Jiao challenged Western Qi to avenge Yin Hong, using powerful treasures to defeat Nezha and capture Huang Gun and Huang Feihu. After learning Huang Feihu had once shown him kindness, Yin Jiao released both men, and Jiang Ziya sought counsel about how to face Yin Jiao’s weapons.

• Yin Jiao learned that Yin Hong had been reduced to ashes and marched against Western Qi, where he challenged Jiang Ziya to battle.
• Nezha fought Yin Jiao, but Yin Jiao struck him with the Fantian Seal and then used the Soul Falling Bell to defeat Huang Gun and Huang Feihu.
• Yang Jian warned Jiang Ziya about Yin Jiao’s treasures, and Jiang Ziya withdrew the Western Qi army into the city.
• Yin Jiao recognized Huang Feihu as the Martial Accomplishment King he had known before and released him and Huang Gun.
• Huang Gun and Huang Feihu returned to Western Qi and told Jiang Ziya what had happened, after which Jiang Ziya went to seek counsel.

Yin Jiao defeated Western Qi and released Huang Gun and Huang Feihu, while Lin Zhu promised Jiang Ziya that capable people would deal with Yin Jiao. Deng Jiugong captured Chaoge general Ma Shan, but Ma Shan survived every execution attempt and escaped amid the disciples’ Samadhi True Fire.

• Yin Jiao defeated Western Qi, wounded Nezha, captured Huang Gun and Huang Feihu, then released them to repay an old favor.
• Jiang Ziya sought Lin Zhu’s guidance, and Lin Zhu said he would send disciples to deal with Yin Jiao after the next battle.
• Deng Jiugong fought Ma Shan, captured him alive, and brought him to Jiang Ziya’s residence.
• Nan Gongshi and Jiang Ziya failed to behead Ma Shan, and Wei Hu’s Demon Subduing Pestle could not harm him.
• Jiang Ziya ordered Yang Jian, Jin Zha, Mu Zha, Nezha, Wei Hu, Lei Zhenzi, and the other disciples to burn Ma Shan with Samadhi True Fire.
• Ma Shan laughed, used the firelight to escape, and left Jiang Ziya and the disciples stunned.

After Ma Shan escaped back to the Chaoge camp, Lin Zhu arranged for Yang Jian, Shi Zongheng, Nezha, and Yang Chan to face Yin Jiao’s forces. Di Xin ordered Li Jing arrested for his sons’ support of Western Qi, so Li Jing abandoned his post and flew toward Western Qi.

• Jiang Ziya went to Lin Zhu for help, and Lin Zhu promised to fight Chaoge while waiting for the right time to deal with Yin Jiao.
• Lin Zhu summoned Yang Jian, Shi Zongheng, Nezha, and Yang Chan and explained how they could counter Yin Jiao’s weapons.
• Ma Shan returned to the Chaoge camp and boasted to Yin Jiao and Wen Liang about escaping Western Qi’s attempts to kill him.
• A court official reported that Li Jing’s three sons were helping Western Qi, and Di Xin ordered Li Jing’s arrest and the extermination of his nine clans.
• Li Jing learned that imperial officers had arrived at Chen Tang Pass, left his commander’s seal behind, and flew toward Western Qi.

Li Jing fled Chen Tang Pass for Western Qi as the Western Qi army defeated Crown Prince Yin Jiao’s forces. Lin Zhu then went to Nine Immortals Mountain to question Guang Chengzi about the Fantian Seal, only to learn he had given it to Yin Jiao.

• Chaoge sent soldiers to arrest Li Jing for treason, but Li Jing escaped to Western Qi.
• Nezha killed Wen Liang, while Yang Chan knocked Ma Shan from his horse and Ma Shan escaped with Earth Escape.
• Yin Jiao’s Soul Falling Bell failed against Nezha and Yang Chan, and Shi Zongheng held back the Fantian Seal.
• Yang Jian wounded Yin Jiao and his Howling Celestial Hound tore his leg; Yin Jiao fled, and the Western Qi army routed Chaoge’s forces.
• Lin Zhu left Xi Qi City and confronted Guang Chengzi at Nine Immortals Mountain, asking to borrow the Fantian Seal.
• Guang Chengzi told Lin Zhu that he had already given the treasures in his cave, including the Fantian Seal, to Yin Jiao.

Lin Zhu and Guang Chengzi confronted Burning Lamp Daoist over his followers’ interference in the war, while Yin Jiao and Ma Shan received reinforcements from Shen Gongbao, Luo Xuan, and Liu Huan. Guang Chengzi then found Yin Jiao outside the Chaoge camp and demanded to see him.

• Lin Zhu exposed Guang Chengzi’s role in giving Yin Jiao the Fantian Seal and led him to confront Burning Lamp Daoist.
• Lin Zhu reminded Burning Lamp Daoist to inspect his Glass Lamp, and Burning Lamp discovered its wick was missing and agreed to go to Qi Mountain with them.
• Yin Jiao and Ma Shan lamented their defeat and Wen Liang’s death before a scout reported Shen Gongbao’s arrival with Luo Xuan and Liu Huan.
• Shen Gongbao promised that Luo Xuan and Liu Huan would challenge Western Qi, and Yin Jiao arranged lodging for the three reinforcements.
• Guang Chengzi arrived outside the Chaoge camp with the Yin Yang Sword and demanded that Yin Jiao come out, so Yin Jiao went to meet him.

Guang Chengzi confronted Yin Jiao, but his disciple refused to abandon Chaoge and drove him away with the Fantian Seal. Lin Zhu then arranged to lure Ma Shan out so Burning Lamp could retrieve the Glass Lamp wick, and little Yang Chan began the plan at dawn.

• Guang Chengzi went to Chaoge’s camp and urged Yin Jiao to return to righteousness, but Yin Jiao defended his allegiance to Shang and demanded that Jiang Ziya and his disciples be killed first.
• Yin Jiao fought Guang Chengzi with his Twin Swords and the Fantian Seal, forcing Guang Chengzi to retreat to the State Preceptor’s Mansion.
• Lin Zhu told Guang Chengzi that Yin Jiao’s oath would require several Spirit Flags to fulfill, then asked Burning Lamp how to retrieve the Glass Lamp wick from Ma Shan.
• Burning Lamp said he could suppress Ma Shan and recover the wick if someone lured him into a secluded place, so Lin Zhu enlisted little Yang Chan.
• Little Yang Chan arranged for Yu Yi Xian, in his Golden Winged Dapeng form, to help lure Ma Shan out, then called for Ma Shan to fight at dawn.