Chapter Summaries

Xiao Long and Bi Xiao arrived in Chaoge to congratulate King Zhou on his ascension, meeting Wen Zhong before the celebrations. Seeing Ji Chang attend in person, Xiao Long concluded that the Chan School was conspiring with him and recalled how Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Laozi had targeted the Jie Sect.

• Xiao Long and Bi Xiao met Wen Zhong, who welcomed them and arranged for their stay in Chaoge.
• After Di Yi's funeral and King Zhou's enthronement celebration, Wen Zhong brought Xiao Long and Bi Xiao to the festivities.
• Xiao Long saw Ji Chang arrive in person and took it as proof that the Chan School had colluded with him.
• Xiao Long recalled the Chan School's intervention in the Investiture of the Gods and accused Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Laozi of conspiring against Tong Tian Cult Master and the Jie Sect.

Xiao Long attended King Zhou’s birthday gift-giving assembly, where he presented the Dragon Tiger Pill and then demonstrated an extraordinary papermaking technique. The court fell silent at the technique’s potential benefit to Great Shang.

• Xiao Long wondered why Hongjun had dealt with Tong Tian Cult Master despite giving him the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and four immortal swords, then resolved to finish the assembly and return to Three Lives Island to cultivate.
• King Zhou received gifts from the Three Schools, beginning with a young attendant from the Human School who brought an immortal pill.
• Guang Chengzi of the Chan School arrived, and Bi Xiao identified him as one of the Twelve Golden Immortals.
• Xiao Long presented the Dragon Tiger Pill, prompting varied reactions from the officials and making Bi Xiao blush as she recalled an erotic scene.
• Xiao Long revealed the Papermaking Technique, and the court fell silent at its potential to benefit Great Shang.

Xiao Long gave King Zhou the papermaking technique, then planted incense in Nuwa Palace before returning to his courtyard. Nuwa appeared there and questioned him about his marriage to Medusa and the others, intending to take Medusa to Wa Huang Palace and teach her.

• Xiao Long gave King Zhou the papermaking technique, hoping it would earn the king prestige.
• Xiao Long placed several sticks of incense on the altar in Nuwa Palace and left without lighting them.
• Xiao Long returned to his courtyard and found Nuwa waiting there.
• Nuwa asked Xiao Long whether he was the husband of Medusa, Bai Suzhen, Yao Xueling, and Xiao Qing.
• Nuwa explained that she wanted to bring Medusa to Wa Huang Palace and personally teach her.

Nuwa took Medusa, Yao Xueling, Bai Suzhen, and Xiao Qing to Wa Huang Palace to cultivate after Xiao Long agreed to let them go. After Nuwa departed, Xiao Long reassured the others and searched for Bi Xiao, discovering that she was arguing with another woman.

• Nuwa asked Xiao Long for permission to take Medusa, Yao Xueling, Bai Suzhen, and Xiao Qing to Wa Huang Palace, and he agreed.
• Xiao Long persuaded the four women to accept Nuwa's offer so they could grow stronger and help him in the future.
• Nuwa collected the four women in the Map of Mountains and Rivers and told Xiao Long he could seek her help at Wa Huang Palace.
• Xiao Long explained Nuwa's departure to Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others, then went to find Bi Xiao.
• Xiao Long used Bi Xiao's hair and the Dragon Scale of Candle Dragon to locate her, and found her arguing with another woman.

Xiao Long stopped Bi Xiao from fighting Deng Chanyu, but after learning that Deng Chanyu's soldiers had harassed Bi Xiao, he let Bi Xiao decide their punishment. The chapter left Bi Xiao holding Xiao Long's Jade Ruyi as she prepared to deal with the soldiers.

• Xiao Long pulled Bi Xiao away from her argument with Deng Chanyu.
• Bi Xiao explained that Deng Chanyu's soldiers had harassed her and that Deng Chanyu had stopped her from killing them.
• Deng Chanyu apologized for failing to discipline her soldiers and asked Xiao Long to spare them.
• Xiao Long gave Bi Xiao his Jade Ruyi and told her to settle the matter herself.
• Bi Xiao happily accepted the Jade Ruyi and called Xiao Long her Martial Uncle.

Bi Xiao used the Jade Ruyi against Deng Chanyu’s soldiers, killing several before turning its strange wind on the rest. Deng Chanyu attacked Bi Xiao and tried to seize the treasure, but Xiao Long caught it and blocked her strike.

• Bi Xiao blew on the Jade Ruyi and froze several soldiers who had mocked her to death.
• Deng Chanyu discovered the soldiers were dead and angrily condemned Bi Xiao and Xiao Long.
• Bi Xiao attacked the remaining soldiers with a strange wind that left them incapacitated.
• Deng Chanyu struck Bi Xiao’s finger, making her drop the Jade Ruyi, and moved to take it.
• Xiao Long caught the Jade Ruyi and blocked Deng Chanyu’s attack, so she launched a spell that sent multicolored stones at him.

Xiao Long recognized Deng Chanyu by her Five-Colored Flying Stones and tried to recruit her into the Jie Sect, but she refused after seeing him and Bi Xiao fight. He left the encounter by teasing Deng Chanyu with an offer to make her his twenty-first concubine, confusing both women.

• Xiao Long recognized Deng Chanyu when he saw her Five-Colored Flying Stones.
• Bi Xiao attacked Deng Chanyu, and Xiao Long stopped their fight after Bi Xiao kicked her.
• Xiao Long invited Deng Chanyu to join the Jie Sect, but she refused because she thought its members killed innocent people.
• Xiao Long changed tactics and asked Deng Chanyu to become his twenty-first concubine, leaving Deng Chanyu and Bi Xiao baffled.

Xiao Long exposed the double standard in Deng Chanyu’s accusation and invited her to join the Jie Sect. After Deng Chanyu consulted Deng Jiugong, she returned, and Xiao Long suggested that Bi Xiao take her as a disciple.

• Deng Chanyu attacked Xiao Long with her Five-Colored Flying Stones after he teased her.
• Xiao Long pointed out that Deng Chanyu’s attack could have killed ordinary soldiers, leaving her embarrassed and speechless.
• Xiao Long invited Deng Chanyu to join the Jie Sect, and she agreed to discuss it with Deng Jiugong first.
• Deng Chanyu returned after speaking with Deng Jiugong, and Xiao Long suggested that Bi Xiao take her as a disciple.

Xiao Long secured Deng Chanyu’s request to become his disciple and returned with her to the Myriad Immortals Archipelago. There, the five remaining Saints confronted Tong Tian Cult Master and proposed the Investiture of the Gods, leaving him facing the crisis he had foreseen.

• Xiao Long persuaded Deng Chanyu to ask him to take her as his disciple, and he accepted after feigning hesitation.
• Xiao Long and Deng Chanyu returned to the Myriad Immortals Archipelago and told Tong Tian Cult Master what had happened in Chaoge.
• Laozi, Primordial Heavenly Venerate, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti arrived at Biyou Palace to discuss the Investiture of the Gods.
• Nuwa declared the Shang Tang Dynasty’s destiny had run out after King Zhou harassed her, and she sided with the other Saints.
• The five Saints proposed the Investiture of the Gods to Tong Tian Cult Master, who summoned all his disciples because he knew he could not refuse.

As the Investiture of the Gods was signed, Tong Tian Cult Master kept Xiao Long off the list but returned the Jie Sect disciples’ refined magic treasures to them. With the great calamity approaching, Xiao Long considered his own treasures and Bi Xiao’s plans to challenge him.

• Daoist Duobao, Wudang Holy Mother, Golden Spirit Holy Mother, and others signed the Investiture of the Gods, but Tong Tian Cult Master had Xiao Long sit beside him instead of signing.
• Nuwa raised no objections to Xiao Long being spared, and the other four Saints eventually accepted Tong Tian Cult Master’s condition while inscribing everyone else.
• Tong Tian Cult Master gathered the Jie Sect disciples and returned their completed magic treasures as the great calamity approached.
• Tong Tian Cult Master returned the Sea Calming Divine Pearl to Zhao Gongming after tempering its ferocity.
• Tong Tian Cult Master gave the Primordial Golden Dou to Cloud Heaven, and Bi Xiao resolved to challenge Xiao Long once she mastered it.
• Xiao Long dismissed Bi Xiao’s confidence and thought that his Small Gourd and Zhu Xian Sword would keep him ahead.

Tong Tian Cult Master gave San Xiao the Primordial Golden Dou and Golden Flood Dragon Scissors, then returned Xiao Long’s forged Zhu Xian Sword to him. Xiao Long left without the Small Gourd, which Tong Tian Cult Master said was not yet ready.

• Tong Tian Cult Master gave San Xiao the Primordial Golden Dou and Golden Flood Dragon Scissors, and Bi Xiao eagerly claimed the scissors.
• Tong Tian Cult Master returned the magic treasures his former disciples had made or refined for him.
• Daoist Duobao and the other Direct Disciples mistook the baleful sword for one of the Four Swords of Zhu Xian, but Tong Tian Cult Master said Xiao Long had provided its materials and he had forged it for him.
• Tong Tian Cult Master returned the Zhu Xian Sword to Xiao Long, making the other disciples envious and Bi Xiao resentful.
• Tong Tian Cult Master said Xiao Long’s Small Gourd needed more time to take shape, and Xiao Long stepped back without it.

Xiao Long planted the Zhu Xian Sword on Three Lives Island, but its overwhelming baleful aura remained sealed only temporarily. He decided to contact Feng Qingxue and have her retrieve the Heavenly Book from Zhang Xiaofan, leaving him to begin making arrangements from the sea near the island.

• Jie Sect disciples envied Xiao Long over the treasure Tong Tian Cult Master held, and Tong Tian Cult Master warned them not to interfere in mortal dynasties.
• Bi Xiao challenged Xiao Long, but her sisters dragged her away after he refused to fight while he could not safely use the Zhu Xian Sword.
• Xiao Long planted the Zhu Xian Sword at Three Lives Island and moved Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, and the others to Three Immortals Island.
• Xiao Long decided that Feng Qingxue and the headmaster of Tian Yong City could retrieve the Heavenly Book from Zhang Xiaofan, who owed him a favor.
• Xiao Long cast a spell over the sea to contact Feng Qingxue, who had returned to Youdu and reached the Tribulation Crossing Realm.

Xiao Long sent Feng Qingxue to obtain the four volumes of the Heavenly Book from Zhang Xiaofan, then began cultivating them to gain control of the Zhu Xian Sword. After reaching Minor Accomplishment, he tried to communicate with the sword and got some response.

• Xiao Long ordered Feng Qingxue to travel to the world of Jade Dynasty and obtain the four volumes of the Heavenly Book from Zhang Xiaofan, by force if necessary.
• Xiao Long told Feng Qingxue that someone would bring her a spaceship so she could leave her world, and she agreed to follow his orders.
• Zhang Xiaofan gave Feng Qingxue the contents of the four volumes, which she passed on to Xiao Long.
• Xiao Long divided the copied volumes among his main body and clones so they could cultivate them in parallel.
• After his main body reached Minor Accomplishment in the Heavenly Book, Xiao Long tried to communicate with the Zhu Xian Sword and made some progress.

Xiao Long searched Taiyi True Man’s Golden Light Cave for the Precious Lotus Lantern but found no trace of it. He destroyed the pond’s lotus roots to use them for clones resistant to the Zhu Xian Sword’s fiendish aura, then left while remaining wary of Yang Chan.

• Xiao Long slipped into Golden Light Cave while Taiyi True Man was away and searched its Lotus Pond for the Precious Lotus Lantern.
• Xiao Long found no lantern and realized the stories about it being in Taiyi True Man’s cave were false.
• Xiao Long decided the pond’s lotus roots could be used to make clones unaffected by the Zhu Xian Sword’s Demonic Fiend Qi.
• Xiao Long trampled every lotus root, then left the cave invisibly, thinking Taiyi True Man would find them gone when he returned with Nezha’s primordial spirit.
• Xiao Long remained cautious of Yang Chan because she was considered the Precious Lotus Lantern’s owner and his clone seemed to be close to her.

Xiao Long made five lotus clones near Kunlun Immortal Mountain and went to retrieve a True Immortal Realm clone. He found it with a beautiful woman by a lake and decided to claim her for himself.

• Xiao Long learned that Yang Chan had begun cultivating under Lotus Fairy, and the clone following her had become Lotus Fairy's personal disciple.
• Xiao Long created five lotus clones near Kunlun Immortal Mountain, where Queen Mother of the West resided.
• Taiyi True Man discovered the lotus roots were missing and went to seek help from Primordial Heavenly Venerate to restore Nezha's body.
• Xiao Long sensed that his other clone had reached the True Immortal Realm and was waiting near Kunlun Immortal Mountain.
• Xiao Long found the clone by a lake with a beautiful woman and walked toward them, deciding to requisition her.

Queen Mother of the West recognized Xiao Long as the thief who had stolen medicine from Kunlun Immortal Mountain and captured him. She sealed his cultivation and forced him to serve in her medicine garden, where he later swallowed his clone and absorbed some of the ten-thousand-year Earth Core Flame.

• Queen Mother of the West recognized Xiao Long and demanded that he atone for stealing medicine by guarding her garden for a hundred years.
• Xiao Long tried to deny the theft and invoked Tong Tian Cult Master, but Queen Mother of the West suppressed him anyway.
• Xiao Long's clone asked Yang Wanjin what was happening, and she explained that Xiao Long was being punished for stealing her things.
• Queen Mother of the West took Xiao Long to Kunlun Immortal Mountain, sealed his cultivation, and put him to work as a medicine garden attendant.
• After Queen Mother of the West left, Xiao Long swallowed his arriving clone and absorbed some of the ten-thousand-year Earth Core Flame.

Xiao Long merged with his clone, broke through to the Golden Immortal realm, and escaped Queen Mother of the West's seal. He took his clone's appearance and reunited with Yang Wanjin, ending the chapter kissing her.

• Xiao Long broke Queen Mother of the West's seal, and she discovered he had vanished from the herb garden.
• Xiao Long merged with his clone and learned the clone had won Yang Wanjin's affection by reciting copied poetry and prose.
• Xiao Long disguised himself as his clone and concealed his cultivation before meeting Yang Wanjin.
• Xiao Long comforted Yang Wanjin over the escaped thief, then kissed her.
• Yang Wanjin asked Xiao Long why he was so bad.

Xiao Long spent a year with Queen Mother of the West on Kunlun Mountain and learned that the Kunlun Mirror had shattered, leaving her with only a few fragments. He finally told Yang Wanjin he had to leave for an important matter and promised to return after the Investiture of the Gods, leaving her panicked about being abandoned again.

• After their lovemaking, Xiao Long and Yang Wanjin teased each other about what had happened between them.
• Xiao Long learned that the Kunlun Mirror had shattered and that Yang Wanjin possessed only a few fragments, so he asked her for a tiny piece to test against the baleful aura of his Zhu Xian Sword.
• Xiao Long stayed with Queen Mother of the West on Kunlun Mountain for a year before deciding he had to leave.
• Xiao Long realized Yang Wanjin had fallen deeply in love with him and worried that leaving would hurt her.
• Xiao Long told Yang Wanjin he had an important matter to attend to and promised to return after the Investiture of the Gods.

Xiao Long left Queen Mother of the West after a night together and returned to his cave dwelling, where he recovered with the tonics she had given him. Equipped with a defensive treasure and confident in his other powers, he prepared to continue his journey.

• Queen Mother of the West believed Xiao Long’s promise to return after the Investiture of the Gods War and urged him to leave the next day.
• Xiao Long spent the night with Queen Mother of the West and left the following day carrying her tonics.
• Xiao Long returned to his cave dwelling, brewed the tonics into soup, and quickly restored his vitality.
• Xiao Long considered his new defensive treasure and other abilities, then grew confident about his strength.

Xiao Long encountered an unfathomable woodcutter near Kunlun Mountain, then was ambushed by a richly dressed, powerful man. He enlarged his body and prepared to fight back with the Jade Ruyi and an iron halberd.

• Xiao Long saw a seemingly ordinary woodcutter heading toward Kunlun Mountain and wondered about his identity.
• Xiao Long waited for the woodcutter, but a powerful richly dressed man suddenly attacked him.
• Xiao Long dodged the attack and suspected the man might be Lu Ya.
• The man said he had come to kill Xiao Long and attacked again.
• Xiao Long enlarged his body with First Calabash Brother's Great Divine Ability and readied the Jade Ruyi and an iron halberd.