Chapter Summaries

Chu Yang confronted Fa Zun alone at Wangu Mountain and destroyed the Heavenly Demon strike with a single burst of Golden Sword Qi. Fa Zun’s demonic body collapsed, and his soul was cleansed, leaving him severely weakened and lifeless amid the ruins.

• Chu Yang traveled alone to Wangu Mountain after locating the strongest demonic aura.
• Chu Yang urged Fa Zun to stop sacrificing the continent, but Fa Zun refused and attacked.
• Fa Zun formed the Heavenly Demon Annihilation Star and sent it crashing toward Chu Yang.
• Chu Yang struck the Fallen Star with a strand of golden light, slicing it apart and piercing Fa Zun’s demonic body.
• The Golden Sword Qi consumed Fa Zun’s demonic aura, cleansed his soul, and left his body collapsed in the ruins.

After Fa Zun regained his senses, he took his own life to atone for his crimes. Thousands of years later, Li Qingxu emerged from seclusion as a Quasi-Saint and accepted Li Beixuan and Yao Ji’s relationship and coming child, promising to speak with the Jade Emperor.

• Chu Yang confronted Fa Zun, who realized the devastation he had caused and killed himself to make amends to his former brothers.
• Li Qingxu emerged from thousands of years of seclusion on Daluo Mountain after attaining the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Li Beixuan confessed to Li Qingxu that he and Yao Ji had become Dao Companions and that she was several months pregnant.
• Li Qingxu welcomed their child as a blessing and told Li Beixuan to take Yao Ji to rest on Daluo Mountain.
• Li Qingxu promised to handle the matter with the Jade Emperor and told the couple to focus on the child.

Li Qingxu arrived at the Yaochi Grand Meeting, where Chan Sect and Interception Sect disciples were fighting and humiliating the Jade Emperor. Recognizing the confrontation as the prelude to the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, he intervened with his Quasi-Saint pressure.

• Yao Ji reminded Li Qingxu that her elder brother was holding the Peach Festival at Yaochi, and Li Qingxu agreed to go.
• Li Qingxu reached the South Gate of Heaven and followed an immortal maiden through the Thirty-Three Heavens to Yaochi.
• Li Qingxu found the Grand Meeting in chaos as Chan Sect and Interception Sect disciples fought above the banquet and frightened the guests.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother mocked the Chan Sect, and Guangchengzi insulted the Interception Sect disciples, escalating the confrontation.
• Li Qingxu recognized the scene as the prelude to the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation and unleashed his Quasi-Saint pressure, freezing the flying treasures and dispersing the surging magical power.

Li Qingxu stopped the Chan Sect and Interception Sect disciples from fighting at Yaochi, then apologized to the Jade Emperor and restored the Peach Festival with gifts of spirit fruits. As the banquet resumed, he watched Changxi dance and considered how to speak privately with the Jade Emperor about Yao Ji.

• Li Qingxu invoked the Jade Emperor's authority and the Dao Ancestor's name to stop the sect disciples from fighting.
• Guangchengzi and Golden Spirit Holy Mother blamed their behavior on drinking too much, and Li Qingxu ordered them to leave Yaochi with their disciples.
• Li Qingxu apologized to the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother for his junior disciples and promised to discipline them.
• Li Qingxu presented rare spirit fruits to the Jade Emperor, Queen Mother, Zhen Yuanzi, Ancestor Minghe, and other distinguished guests, and the banquet resumed.
• The Jade Emperor invited Li Qingxu to the dais, where he watched Changxi lead the dance and considered how to discuss Yao Ji with the Jade Emperor.

After the Peach Festival ended, the Jade Emperor recruited wandering cultivators to serve in the Heavenly Court. Li Qingxu then told him that Li Beixuan and Princess Chang Yao Ji had become Dao Companions and were expecting a child, and they agreed to keep the matter secret for now.

• The mighty guests departed after the Peach Festival, and the Jade Emperor invited the Rogue Immortals to serve in Heaven.
• Many Rogue Immortals accepted, and Taibai Jinxing began recording their names and cultivation levels.
• After the others left, the Jade Emperor asked Li Qingxu why he had stayed behind.
• Li Qingxu revealed that Li Beixuan and Princess Chang Yao Ji had secretly become Dao Companions and that Yao Ji was pregnant.
• The Jade Emperor said he already knew and offered to announce the relationship or keep it hidden.
• Li Qingxu chose secrecy to preserve the authority of the Heavenly rules, and the Jade Emperor agreed.

Li Qingxu secured the Jade Emperor’s agreement to keep Yao Ji and Li Beixuan’s marriage and pregnancy secret until the time was right. After three hundred years of nourishing the unborn child at Daluo Mountain, Yao Ji went into labor as auspicious signs filled the sky, leaving Li Beixuan anxiously waiting outside the delivery hall.

• Li Qingxu confirmed that the Jade Emperor would not report the Yaochi quarrel to the Dao Ancestor and promised to ensure Li Beixuan formally married Yao Ji when they made their relationship public.
• Li Qingxu returned to Daluo Mountain and told Li Beixuan and Yao Ji that their marriage and pregnancy would remain secret for now.
• Li Beixuan promised Yao Ji that they would announce their marriage after he proved the Dao and became a Saint, and Li Qingxu arranged nourishing meals and spiritual resources for her and the unborn child.
• The Immortal Fetus remained in Yao Ji’s womb for three hundred years, absorbing the essence of Daluo Mountain and transforming its innate nature.
• Auspicious purple qi and rosy clouds appeared over Daluo Mountain as Yao Ji went into labor, while Feng Jiu assisted inside and Li Beixuan paced anxiously outside the hall.

Yao Ji gave birth to three children, and Li Qingxu named them Li Jiao, Li Jian, and Li Chan. A year later, he summoned the gifted siblings to Qingxu Hall to teach them cultivation and begin their path.

• Yao Ji gave birth to two boys and a girl, and Li Beixuan rushed in to celebrate with her and their newborns.
• Li Beixuan asked Li Qingxu to name the children, and Li Qingxu named them Li Jiao, Li Jian, and Li Chan.
• The three children quickly learned to speak and walk, while Li Qingxu nourished them with Innate Spirit Fruits.
• A year later, Li Qingxu called Li Jiao, Li Jian, and Li Chan to Qingxu Hall and announced that he would teach them cultivation techniques.
• Li Jiao, Li Jian, and Li Chan eagerly awaited the start of their cultivation lessons.

Li Qingxu assigned Li Jiao, Li Jian, and Li Chan cultivation arts suited to their talents and lectured them for three hundred years. The siblings reached the Human Immortal Realm and left Qingxu Hall for Xuanji Hall.

• Li Qingxu taught Li Jiao the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, Li Jian the Dao One Golden Chapter, and Li Chan the Jade Purity Immortal Art.
• Li Qingxu began lecturing on the Dao, and the three siblings entered deep states of Comprehending the Dao as distinct visions appeared around them.
• Three hundred years passed as Li Qingxu taught the siblings the principles of their arts, and they grew from children into young adults.
• Li Jiao, Li Jian, and Li Chan broke through to the Human Immortal Realm, then thanked Li Qingxu and left Qingxu Hall for Xuanji Hall.

Li Qingxu and the Chan Sect’s disciples returned to Kunlun Mountain after Primordial Heavenly Venerate urgently summoned them. He revealed that Xuanmen’s accumulated Karma had set a new Measure Tribulation in motion, threatening the survival of all who were not Saints.

• Primordial Heavenly Venerate summoned Li Qingxu to Kunlun Mountain, where Guangchengzi, True Person Huang Long, and the other Chan Sect disciples also arrived.
• Li Qingxu led his junior brothers into the Jade Void Palace and greeted Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Burning Lamp Daoist.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate told the disciples that the Dao Ancestor had summoned the Saints to the Purple Firmament Palace and warned them of an impending catastrophe.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate explained that Xuanmen’s interference in past calamities had accumulated vast Karma, causing a new Measure Tribulation to begin.
• Guangchengzi and the other disciples were shaken when Primordial Heavenly Venerate warned that everyone who was not a Saint faced annihilation.

The Primordial Heavenly Venerate explained how the Investiture of the Gods could preserve disciples who died in the Measure Tribulation, but warned that those listed would be bound to the Heavenly Court. He urged his disciples to recruit protégés who could face the Jie Sect in their stead and promised to protect Li Qingxu on Kunlun Mountain.

• The Primordial Heavenly Venerate told Guangchengzi and the others that the Measure Tribulation could not be prevented, and described how the Investiture of the Gods could recreate the bodies of those whose Karma had dissipated.
• The Primordial Heavenly Venerate warned that listed spirits would be bound to the list, lose their freedom to cultivate, and have to serve the Jade Emperor in the Heavenly Court.
• Guangchengzi argued that Jie Sect disciples should fill the list, while Li Qingxu cautioned that Tongtian would defend his disciples and that the sects might clash.
• The Primordial Heavenly Venerate instructed his disciples to recruit protégés and send them to face Jie Sect disciples if conflict became unavoidable.
• The Primordial Heavenly Venerate promised to protect Li Qingxu if he returned to Kunlun Mountain when facing danger, and Li Qingxu thanked him before leaving the Jade Void Palace with the others.

After Primordial Heavenly Venerate ordered Li Qingxu to find the person born with the Appearance of the Flying Bear, Li Qingxu set out to seek Jiang Ziya and Shen Gongbao, bringing three young disciples along. The group descended from Daluo Mountain toward the mortal world as Li Qingxu searched for them.

• Primordial Heavenly Venerate told Li Qingxu that the Measure Tribulation was about to erupt and ordered him to find the person who could oversee the Investiture of the Gods.
• Li Qingxu recognized Jiang Ziya and Shen Gongbao as the two people with the Appearance of the Flying Bear and decided to bring both under his wing.
• Li Qingxu invited Li Jiao, Li Jian, and Li Chan to accompany him, and the three received permission from their parents.
• Jiu Feng transformed into a giant phoenix and carried Li Qingxu and the three siblings down from Daluo Mountain.
• Li Qingxu scanned the land with his Spiritual Sense while the group flew toward the mortal realm.

Li Qingxu brought Li Jiao, Li Jian, and Li Chan to Guanjiang Estuary to confront the Three-Headed Dragon that had nearly killed their mother, Fairy Yao Ji. After the siblings attacked, the dragon emerged from the river and recognized them as Yao Ji’s children, and the battle began.

• Li Qingxu flew with the three siblings to Guanjiang Estuary, where Li Chan sensed a hidden, sinister aura in the river.
• Li Qingxu revealed that the late Golden Immortal Three-Headed Dragon had nearly killed Fairy Yao Ji and told the siblings they could fight it together.
• Li Jiao, Li Jian, and Li Chan plunged into the river, forcing the Three-Headed Dragon to emerge.
• Li Jiao identified the dragon as their mother’s attacker, and the dragon mocked the siblings before swinging its tail at them.

Li Jiao, Li Jian, and Li Chan fought the Three-Headed Dragon at Guanjiang Estuary, using their powerful techniques and treasures to overpower it. Li Jiao struck the wounded dragon away across the land, while Li Qingxu watched from the Cloud Platform, pleased by his apprentice’s strength.

• Li Jiao stopped the Three-Headed Dragon’s sweeping tail and threw the beast into the bank of Guanjiang Estuary.
• Li Jian used Move Mountains and Fill Seas to send several mountains crashing down, forcing the injured dragon to flee the pit.
• The Three-Headed Dragon attacked the siblings with flames, poison, and Nine Nether Poison Water, but Li Chan blocked them with the Precious Lotus Lamp.
• Li Jiao used Golden Light of Ground-Traversing and Subduing Dragons and Taming Tigers to punch through the dragon’s scales and send it flying into a barren plain.
• Li Qingxu watched Li Jiao’s display of strength and approved of his mastery of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique and Heavenly Dipper Dharma.

Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan pinned down the Three-Headed Dragon and confronted it over its past attack on their mother, Yao Ji. They spared it from immediate destruction after it warned that its Lustful Qi would harm the Primordial World and offered to become Yang Jian’s weapon.

• The Three-Headed Dragon tried to flee, but Li Jian aimed a True Fire Divine Bow at it while Li Chan used the Precious Lotus Lamp to slow its escape.
• Li Jian shot the Three-Headed Dragon through the body and pinned it to the ground with a Golden Arrow.
• Yang Jiao confronted the dragon over grievously wounding Yao Ji, while Yang Jian prepared to kill it.
• The Three-Headed Dragon begged for mercy, warning that its death would release Lustful Qi and offering its body as a regenerating weapon.
• Li Jian ordered the Three-Headed Dragon to transform into a weapon suited to him, then removed the arrow pinning it down.

Li Jian accepted the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade, which had been the Three-Headed Dragon, after Li Qingxu left the decision to spare or kill the beast to him. Li Jian chose to keep it and use its power against evil, and the group set off for Zhaoge.

• The Three-Headed Dragon transformed into the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade, and Li Jiao and Li Chan declined to take it.
• Li Jian claimed the blade, and the Three-Headed Dragon offered to serve him in exchange for mercy.
• Li Jian asked Li Qingxu for permission to keep the beast, and Li Qingxu told him to follow his own heart.
• Li Jian chose to spare the Three-Headed Dragon and use its power to slay demons and protect living beings.
• Li Qingxu led the three siblings onto Jiu Feng, and they flew toward Zhaoge.

Li Qingxu and his disciples arrived above Chaoge and saw Great Shang flourishing under King Zhou, Di Xin. He resolved to support Di Xin against the feudal lords and powerful clans, believing he could change Great Shang’s fate and protect the Human Race’s standing.

• Jiu Feng carried Li Qingxu, Li Jiao, Li Jian, and Li Chan to the skies above Chaoge, where they marveled at the city’s immense population and powerful Human Race luck.
• Li Qingxu concealed the group and sensed that the Imperial Palace’s Human Emperor aura and the city’s prosperity showed Great Shang at the height of its golden age.
• Li Qingxu reflected that the feudal system and the great clans’ grip on office had driven Di Xin’s opponents to resist his reforms.
• Li Qingxu decided to side with Great Shang and Di Xin, fearing that Ji Fa’s rule would reduce the Human Emperor to a vassal of the immortals and spirits.
• Li Qingxu resolved to use his influence as Human Master to help change Di Xin’s fate and Great Shang’s fortunes.

Li Qingxu searched Chaoge City with his Spiritual Sense while Jiang Shang tried to defend a poor old man in a wine shop. The shopkeeper threw them both out, and the old man blamed Jiang Shang, leaving him bewildered and without work.

• Li Qingxu enveloped Chaoge City with his Spiritual Sense and listened for clues.
• The old man asked the wine-shop owner to let him drink two taels of wine in a corner, and the shopkeeper agreed.
• The old man repeatedly mocked a boastful customer by saying “Blow,” irritating him and angering the shopkeeper.
• The shopkeeper ordered Jiang Shang to throw the old man out, but Jiang Shang pleaded for him instead.
• The shopkeeper shoved Jiang Shang and the old man into the street, then the old man blamed Jiang Shang for getting them expelled.

Li Qingxu found Jiang Shang cast out by his parents after losing his job and offered to teach him. After recognizing Li Qingxu as the Human Master, Jiang Shang begged to become his disciple, and Li Qingxu accepted him as his second disciple.

• Li Qingxu sent Li Jiao, Li Jian, and Li Chan to explore Chaoge City while he went ahead on his own.
• Jiang Shang told his parents he had been fired for defending an old man, and they blamed him and forced him out of their home.
• Li Qingxu approached the dejected Jiang Shang and advised him that kindness given to the wrong person could bring trouble.
• Jiang Shang recognized Li Qingxu as the Human Master and begged him to teach him.
• Li Qingxu accepted Jiang Shang as his second disciple, and Jiang Shang completed the kowtow ceremony.

After Jiang Shang joined Li Qingxu’s sect, he said goodbye to his parents and accompanied his master into Chaoge City to explore its bustling streets. Li Qingxu watched the procession carrying his divine statue and the lively street performances, finding the vitality of ordinary life valuable as he walked with Jiang Shang.

• Jiang Shang told his parents he was leaving to learn a trade, and they sent him off with money, clothes, and flatbreads.
• Li Qingxu asked Jiang Shang to lead him to Song Family Street, where passersby could not perceive Li Qingxu’s presence.
• Jiang Shang learned that Old Bai had poisoned the wine shopkeeper with a family liquor before apparently dying himself.
• Li Qingxu and Jiang Shang saw a crowd carry Li Qingxu’s Human Master Divine Seat through the city after a Holy Grail toss signaled its approval.
• Jiang Shang explained Chaoge’s shops and street performances while Li Qingxu watched the crowds and performers and sensed the Human Race’s vitality.

Li Qingxu strolled through Zhaoge with his new disciple, Jiang Shang, and encountered familiar-seeming street scenes before reuniting with Li Jiao, Li Jian, and Li Chan at a melon stall. He introduced Jiang Shang as his disciple, and the three siblings welcomed him as their junior uncle.

• Li Qingxu bought candied hawthorns and shared one with Jiang Shang as they walked through the city.
• They watched a petty official extort two young men, after which one joined the soldiers and left his companion, Tianbao, behind.
• Li Qingxu and Jiang Shang came upon Li Jiao, Li Jian, and Li Chan arguing with Melon Boss over the price and ripeness of his watermelons.
• Li Qingxu introduced Jiang Shang to the three siblings as his newly accepted disciple, and they bowed to him as their junior uncle.