Chapter Summaries

Fahai overcame the first part of his inner demon tribulation after following Qin Jiuge’s guidance, then left Jinshan Temple to face the remaining trials around Qiantang River. Meanwhile, Bai Suzhen and Qing She continued learning to be human, and Bai Suzhen explained that becoming immortals would protect them through rules.

• Bai Suzhen and Qing She vanished from the pool, while Qin Jiuge dismissed their appearance and turned his attention back to Fahai.
• Fahai resisted the demons in his illusion without killing them, refined his heart, and emerged with a clearer mind.
• Yuanjue asked Fahai whether Qin Jiuge could help him cross his tribulation, and Fahai struck his forehead before explaining that their tribulations were tied together.
• Fahai told Yuanjue that Qin Jiuge’s guidance could help him reach the Great Emperor Realm, then left Jinshan Temple to face the remaining two-thirds of his tribulation around Qiantang River.
• Bai Suzhen and Qing She walked through the city as Qing She mocked the people staring at them, and Bai Suzhen explained that immortality and its rules would keep others from harming them.

White Snake explained to Qing She why Demon Race members needed to cultivate into immortals for protection, and Qing She resolved to learn from her sister. At Qiantang River, Bai Suzhen and Qing She spotted Qin Jiuge, whom Bai Suzhen believed could help her overcome her tribulation, as rain drove people from the riverbank.

• White Snake warned Qing She that members of the Demon Race risked being eaten by other demons and needed to become immortals to live safely under the Evil God lords' rules.
• White Snake explained that transforming into human form and undergoing tribulation gave demons a chance to cultivate efficiently enough to reach the Great Emperor Realm.
• Qing She promised to learn how to be human and said she and her sister must avoid being eaten by the White Cranes.
• Fahai arrived at Qiantang River, and Qin Jiuge came as well, hoping to help Fahai overcome his difficulties and gain benefits.
• Qing She spotted Qin Jiuge and urged Bai Suzhen to approach him, while Bai Suzhen sensed his great fortune and considered his potential to help her break through to the Great Emperor Realm.
• Rain fell over the river, sending pedestrians from the shore and prompting boatmen to leave while Bai Suzhen and Qing She remained aboard their chartered boat.

Fahai realized his Half-step Supreme Realm tribulation had become Qin Jiuge’s as well, leaving Qin unable to withdraw. Qin Jiuge met Bai Suzhen and Qing She at West Lake and joined them on their boat, where he and Bai Suzhen talked as their bond grew.

• Fahai explained that his tribulation involved choosing between demons and humans, and he persuaded Qin Jiuge that they were bound to face it together.
• Qin Jiuge accepted that he could not retreat and went down to the shore as Bai Suzhen and Qing She approached by boat.
• Bai Suzhen invited Qin Jiuge aboard to shelter from the rain, while Qing She teased her about his apparent fate with her.
• Qin Jiuge and Bai Suzhen chatted easily inside the boat, and Qing She felt jealous watching them get along.

Qin Jiuge arrived at Bai Mansion with Fahai, who teased him about White Snake’s affection and agreed to leave the matter in Qin Jiuge’s hands. Qin Jiuge entered the mansion and yielded to Bai Suzhen’s advances, leaving them together inside.

• Qing She transformed into her snake form and secretly watched White Snake and Qin Jiuge from the pond.
• Fahai teased Qin Jiuge about being captivated by White Snake, then said he would not interfere if Qin Jiuge kept her as a demon pet.
• Fahai departed, leaving Qin Jiuge alone at Bai Mansion’s entrance with White Snake.
• White Snake invited Qin Jiuge inside and tried to tempt him, while he pretended to be affected without raising her suspicions.
• Qin Jiuge entered Bai Mansion with White Snake, and the two began intimate relations.

Qin Jiuge promised Bai Suzhen he would marry her after the Realgar Festival, while recognizing that the Half-step Supreme Realm tribulation was drawing in Bai Suzhen and Qing She. The chapter left Qing She faintly sensing her tribulation and looking toward Fahai.

• Qing She grew increasingly flustered by the sounds from the Lotus Pond and asked why her body was growing hotter.
• Bai Suzhen acted aggrieved and demanded that Qin Jiuge marry her, while Qin Jiuge played along and considered how the tribulation was involving more people.
• Qin Jiuge promised Bai Suzhen that his family would propose marriage after the Realgar Festival and explained his background.
• Qin Jiuge realized Qing She was likely Bai Suzhen's tribulation, while Qing She sensed something indistinctly and looked toward Fahai.
• Fahai's expression suddenly changed as he waited outside.

Qin Jiuge warned Fahai that Qing She was part of his tribulation, then returned to Heavenly Absolute City and learned that the Sky Profound Four Elders had made a flawed breakthrough to the Great Emperor Realm. The elders asked him to help them find the resources needed to repair their cultivation foundation.

• Qin Jiuge told Fahai that Qing She, not only White Snake, was involved in his tribulation and that Fahai would bear most of it.
• Fahai realized he would have to overcome his own prejudice against demonic nature to pass Qing She's tribulation.
• Qin Jiuge returned to Heavenly Absolute City, where Feng Jiuqing, Zhao Huanhuan, Feng Ming, and the Sky Profound Four Elders had gathered.
• White Tiger Quasi-Emperor explained that the elders' breakthrough had succeeded but required ten portions of treasures instead of the five they had prepared, leaving their cultivation weak.
• Qin Jiuge said the elders needed heaven-defying Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to repair their foundation, and the elders pleaded with him to identify the resources.

Qin Jiuge agreed to accompany the Sky Profound Four Elders to seek the Heavenly Ghost Ganoderma near Heavenly Absolute City. As they headed to Heavenly Ghost Forest, White Snake and Qing She discussed the powerful cultivators passing nearby, while Fahai watched Qin Jiuge depart.

• Feng Jiuqing mentioned that Underworld Spirit Supreme possessed a hundred-thousand-year-old Heavenly Ghost Ganoderma near Heavenly Absolute City, prompting the Sky Profound Four Elders to look to Qin Jiuge for help.
• Qin Jiuge agreed to seek the treasure and led the Sky Profound Four Elders toward Heavenly Ghost Forest, hoping to obtain it peacefully.
• White Snake warned Qing She to avoid the powerful cultivators passing Bai Mansion, believing they could refine the sisters into a demon core.
• Qing She asked whether Little Immortal was one of those dangerous cultivators, and White Snake dismissed the possibility, assuming his cultivation was below theirs.
• Fahai sensed Qin Jiuge among the cultivators heading to Heavenly Ghost Forest and wondered about his intentions there.

Feng Jiuqing led Qin Jiuge and their group into the Heavenly Ghost Forest to seek the ten-thousand-year spirit mushroom, urging them to follow the proper courtesies and meet Underworld Spirit Supreme’s Black and White Boys. The boys appeared in a sinister canyon and demanded to know who the visitors were and why they had come.

• Feng Jiuqing explained that they needed to greet Black Child and White Child before seeking the spirit mushroom, and Qin Jiuge let her lead the operation.
• Feng Jiuqing guided the group through the Heavenly Ghost Forest to a sinister canyon, where the others prepared for possible danger.
• Feng Jiuqing warned the group not to oppose the spirit mushroom’s guardians and to follow the established rules and courtesies.
• Black Child and White Child appeared, discussed protecting Supreme’s spirit medicine, and asked the visitors which faction they belonged to and what business they had.

Qin Jiuge negotiated with the Black and White Twin Cranes for Ghost Spirit Ganoderma by offering them his future favor, and they reached a deal. The Sky Profound Four Elders received the medicines, while Feng Jiuqing left Feng Ming behind as she departed.

• White Child and Black Child refused to sell their medicines and threatened to fight when Feng Jiuqing offered to trade.
• Qin Jiuge identified the Black and White Boys as the true bodies of the Black and White Twin Cranes and offered them his future favor in exchange for a hundred-thousand-year-old Ghost Spirit Ganoderma.
• The Twin Cranes negotiated with Qin Jiuge and secured his and Feng Jiuqing's favors in exchange for one hundred-thousand-year-old and three ten-thousand-year-old Ghost Spirit Ganodermas.
• The Sky Profound Four Elders thanked Qin Jiuge, and the Vermilion Bird Quasi-Emperor showed him tearful gratitude.
• Feng Jiuqing left, apparently to speak with Li Tianran, while Feng Ming remained behind.

Qin Jiuge took Feng Ming as his woman, and she asked him to give her the status she deserved. He brought her to Wutong Pavilion, where Sima Lang and Wang Jian reacted with surprise and amusement.

• Qin Jiuge pulled Feng Ming into his arms, and she accepted becoming his woman.
• Feng Ming asked Qin Jiuge whether she still belonged to him and what status he would give her.
• Qin Jiuge promised Feng Ming he would give her the status she deserved, and she was reassured.
• Qin Jiuge brought Feng Ming to Wutong Pavilion instead of the Eldest Princess's residence.
• Sima Lang reacted with alarm at seeing them together, while Wang Jian joked that Feng Ming had married into the Qin Family long ago.

Qin Jiuge and Feng Ming arrived at the Eldest Princess Mansion, where Feng Liuxing lamented how far Qin Jiuge had surpassed him and learned that Feng Jiuqing had gone to the Chaos Mist. After Qin Jiuge left, news of his relationship with Feng Ming spread through both dynasties, while Zhao Huanhuan grew jealous at Cloud Sea Island.

• Wang Jian teased Sima Lang for being shocked by Feng Ming's newfound feminine manner beside Qin Jiuge.
• Qin Jiuge and Feng Ming arrived at the Eldest Princess Mansion and found Feng Liuxing there.
• Feng Liuxing complained that Qin Jiuge's cultivation had advanced beyond his reach and said Feng Jiuqing had gone to the Chaos Mist to seek insight.
• Qin Jiuge said he planned to visit the Eternal Star Gate and go beyond the Hell Gate to pursue a realm above the Great Emperor Realm.
• News that Feng Ming had become another of Qin Jiuge's madams spread through the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty and the Sky Phoenix Dynasty, and Zhao Huanhuan grew angry at Cloud Sea Island.

Zhao Huanhuan demanded that Zhao Tianming help her challenge the difference between her and Feng Ming, but he failed to dissuade her. Meanwhile, Qin Jiuge visited the pampered Hellhound and found him enjoying a life of luxury.

• Zhao Huanhuan asked Zhao Tianming to find a way to improve her standing, and he told her that challenging Qin Jiuge was impossible.
• Zhao Huanhuan insisted that she and Feng Ming deserved equal treatment because both were maidservants, and she blocked Zhao Tianming from leaving.
• Zhao Tianming explained Feng Ming’s origins, closeness to Feng Jiuqing, and friendship with Divine Emperor Lord, but Zhao Huanhuan remained unconvinced.
• Zhao Huanhuan decided not to tell Qin Jiuge about her complaint because she feared losing everything.
• Qin Jiuge found the Hellhound relaxing in human form and scolded him for living more comfortably than his master.
• The Hellhound straightened up and asked Qin Jiuge why he had arrived without sending word.

Qin Jiuge opened Hell Gate and entered the Repentance World, leaving Fahai to face his Half-step Supreme Realm tribulation alone. Gufeng Shangren and Sophora Fairy recognized the danger of the world Qin Jiuge had entered.

• Qin Jiuge teased the Hellhound before ordering it to open Hell Gate.
• The Hellhound broke the arrays concealing the scarlet gate and told Qin Jiuge he could dominate the world beyond it.
• Qin Jiuge entered Hell Gate and disappeared from the Evil God World.
• With Qin Jiuge gone, Fahai faced his karmic force by battling his Inner Demon and seeking inwardly.
• Sophora Fairy and Gufeng Shangren noted Qin Jiuge had entered the Repentance World and recalled that its inhabitants were not human.

After Qin Jiuge vanished from the Sky Profound Imperial Dynasty, Li Xuanmiao and the Sky Profound Four Elders wondered if he had died, while Gufeng Shangren and Sophora Fairy remained curious about his fate. In the Repentance World, Qin Jiuge swiftly destroyed the attacking Repentance Soul Bodies and continued onward with the chastened Hellhound following him.

• Li Xuanmiao and the Sky Profound Four Elders noticed Qin Jiuge's figure and aura had disappeared, and they wondered whether he had died.
• Vermilion Bird Quasi-Emperor worried that Qin Jiuge would not restore their bodies, while Azure Dragon Quasi-Emperor reminded her of their debt to him.
• Li Xuanmiao said Qin Jiuge was unlikely to die and recalled how traveling with him had helped their group gain treasures and strength.
• Repentances swarmed Qin Jiuge in the Repentance World, but he summoned the Ghost Soul Blade and destroyed their Soul Bodies.
• Qin Jiuge rebuked the Hellhound for failing to warn him about the Repentances, forgave him with a warning, and continued onward as the Hellhound followed.

Qin Jiuge and the Hellhound entered the Hundred-Eyed Ghost's territory to seek powerful foes whose origins Qin Jiuge could devour. The Hundred-Eyed Devil Master appeared and threatened them, but Qin Jiuge judged his strength to be limited, provoking him into a murderous rage.

• The Hellhound eagerly killed the Repentances along the way to appease Qin Jiuge after its earlier mistake.
• Qin Jiuge threatened to devour the Hellhound if it failed to lead him to the Hundred-Eyed Ghost and the Three-Headed Demon King.
• The Hellhound led Qin Jiuge into the Hundred-Eyed Ghost's swampy territory and loudly called for the Hundred-Eyed Ghost to appear.
• Qin Jiuge sensed the Hundred-Eyed Devil Master above them, and the Devil Master appeared with a Wolf-Tooth Mace and threatened to kill the Hellhound and Qin Jiuge.
• Qin Jiuge dismissed the Hundred-Eyed Devil Master's late-stage Great Emperor Realm strength, enraging him, while the Hellhound readied itself to protect Qin Jiuge.

Qin Jiuge and the Hellhound fought the Hundred-Eyed Devil Lord, with the Hellhound ultimately defeating him. The Hellhound explained that the domain did not suppress it because it was also a being of this world.

• The Hellhound dramatically vowed to sacrifice itself for Qin Jiuge, but Qin Jiuge saw through its performance and continued attacking the Hundred-Eyed Devil Lord.
• Qin Jiuge taunted the Hundred-Eyed Devil Lord while unleashing countless azure Ghost Soul Blade strikes.
• The Hellhound joined the battle, and Qin Jiuge left it to fight the Hundred-Eyed Devil Lord.
• The Hellhound gained the upper hand and explained that the domain did not suppress it because it shared the world's aura.
• The Hellhound crushed the Hundred-Eyed Devil Lord's head, killing him.

After the Hellhound killed the Hundred-Eyed Devil Lord, Qin Jiuge questioned his companion’s motives and searched the Ghost World for beings above the Great Emperor Realm. The Hellhound explained that Supreme Realm beings waited beyond the Three Heavenly Demon Passes, and Qin Jiuge pressed it to reveal its true plans and abilities.

• The Hellhound drained the Hundred-Eyed Devil Lord of his Blood Qi and assured Qin Jiuge that he would protect him.
• Qin Jiuge challenged the Hellhound’s loyalty, and the Hellhound cited their contract as proof that harming his master would doom him too.
• Qin Jiuge and the Hellhound continued advancing their cultivation in the Ghost World, with the Hellhound reaching the middle Great Emperor Realm.
• In the Blood Bone Land, Qin Jiuge asked why no Supreme Realm beings appeared, and the Hellhound explained that they dwelled beyond Heaven Beyond Heaven and were reached through the Three Heavenly Demon Passes.
• Qin Jiuge said he would return after reaching the Half-step Supreme Realm and demanded the truth about the Hellhound’s cultivation and intentions.
• The Hellhound resumed human form, agreed to obey Qin Jiuge, and began revealing everything it knew.

Qin Jiuge learned that the Hellhound’s rapid recovery came from his Primordial Howling Moon Heaven-Swallowing Demon Wolf bloodline, then returned with him to the Evil God World. There, White Snake and Qing She demanded Fahai return White Snake’s husband as the rising Qiantang River flood threatened Jinshan Temple.

• The Hellhound revealed his Ancestral Bloodline and told Qin Jiuge that his strength had recovered because of his powerful bloodline.
• Qin Jiuge learned the Hellhound carried the bloodline of the Primordial Howling Moon Heaven-Swallowing Demon Wolf and left with him for the Evil God World.
• Fahai urged White Snake and Qing She to turn back, but Qing She told White Snake she had sensed Little Immortal’s aura on Fahai.
• White Snake demanded that Fahai return her husband and threatened him as she and Qing She raised the Qiantang River waters.
• Jinshan Temple’s monks pressed Fahai to stop holding back, while Fahai realized the confrontation could no longer be concealed.

Fahai prepared to fight White Snake and Qing She at Jinshan Temple, but Qin Jiuge arrived and calmed the crisis by lowering the Qiantang River. Fahai stopped his monks from attacking, leaving Qin Jiuge and Bai Suzhen to settle their personal dispute.

• Fahai unleashed his power and raised Jinshan Temple as White Snake and Qing She stood ready to fight him.
• Qin Jiuge appeared, and Fahai recognized his aura as the Qiantang River's waters began to recede.
• White Snake accused Qin Jiuge of deceiving him and treating him as a tribulation, while Qing She urged him not to trust Qin Jiuge.
• Fahai lowered Jinshan Temple and told his monks not to attack, saying no evil consequence had occurred and that Buddhist compassion called for restraint.
• The monks accepted Fahai's decision and left Qin Jiuge and Bai Suzhen to resolve their own karmic entanglement.

Qin Jiuge reunited with Bai Suzhen and tried to reassure her that his feelings were genuine despite the calamity between them. Bai Suzhen softened toward him, but Qing She demanded a fuller explanation and refused to forgive him yet.

• Bai Suzhen persuaded Qing She to come with her to the Purple Bamboo Forest, where they met Qin Jiuge.
• Qin Jiuge reminded Bai Suzhen of their bond as Dao Companions and said his feelings for her had never changed.
• Bai Suzhen admitted she no longer knew what she should do about the wrongs she had committed and the karmic burden she carried.
• Qin Jiuge said Bai Suzhen should make amends for the harm caused and offered to help her.
• Qing She accused Qin Jiuge of leaving Bai Suzhen to suffer and demanded a clear explanation before she would forgive him.