Chapter Summaries

Meng Qi and his companions rescued Ruan Yushu from the Primordial Demon's consciousness, confirmed that Qi Zhengyan was unharmed, and hurried toward the Demon Realm fragment's entrance. They were stopped by a terrifying dried-corpse monster as the fragment's Buddhist radiance contracted around it.

• Meng Qi, Jiang Zhiwei, and Zhao Heng overcame Ruan Yushu's musical attacks, and Meng Qi used Dragon Fish Jerky and a long list of dishes to restore her clarity before the Buddha's Green Lamp helped purge the demonic consciousness.
• Ruan Yushu rejoined the group after taking a Filth Removal Pill, and Meng Qi found Qi Zhengyan approaching with no trace of possession.
• Qi Zhengyan explained that Rose Haze Ripple had burned away the Primordial Demon's consciousness, and the Buddha's Green Lamp confirmed he and the others were free of corruption.
• Meng Qi urged the group to return to the entrance quickly while trying to kill another fiend for Demon Crystals, as Star Lord Wu Qu and the Queen Mother of the West arrived outside the Extreme Heaven Palace.
• Jade Glow Yuanjun saw the Buddhist radiance contracting toward a point and cautiously headed toward it, while Meng Qi and his companions encountered a dried-corpse monster with one half black and the other shining with glazed light.

Meng Qi and his companions fought the dried corpse, an Exterior-level demon, but their strongest attacks failed to defeat it and left most of them unconscious or exhausted. With the demon’s shadows frozen, Jiang Zhiwei unleashed Twenty-Three Swords at the cost of burning her Primordial Spirit, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Ruan Yushu played Phoenix Cry Nine Heavens, briefly halting the dried corpse, while Meng Qi opened his eighth aperture and struck it with a lightning-infused saber.
• Qi Zhengyan, Zhao Heng, and Jiang Zhiwei followed with coordinated attacks, and Zhao Heng’s seal wounded the dried corpse and weakened its Demonic Qi.
• The dried corpse scattered into shadows, attacked Zhao Heng, and left him unconscious; Ruan Yushu played the Twelve Divine Sounds of Langhuan before collapsing.
• Meng Qi burned his essence with the Body Sacrifice Art and attacked with Yin Fire and Eight Divisions Heavenly Dragon Fire, but the dried corpse’s Demonic Flame swallowed them and its shadows badly wounded Zhao Heng.
• As Meng Qi’s companions fell and the demon evaded their attacks, Jiang Zhiwei burned her Primordial Spirit and unleashed Twenty-Three Swords, freezing the demon’s scattered shadows.

Meng Qi and the others survived the battle with the Primordial Demon after Jiuzhen used the Buddha’s Green Lamp to destroy the demonic qi and collapse the Demon Realm fragment. Jiuzhen passed Meng Qi a Bodhi Seed that let him glimpse the meaning of “Only I Am Supreme,” and Meng Qi asked Jade Glow Yuanjun to let him join Immortal Trace.

• Jiang Zhiwei collapsed after using Twenty-Three Swords, and Meng Qi gave her a Great Return Pill while Jiuzhen suppressed her fading Primordial Spirit.
• Jade Glow Yuanjun attacked the weakened monster, giving the Buddha’s light the chance to suppress its demonic nature.
• Jiuzhen explained that he had been suppressing the Primordial Demon for years and asked Meng Qi for the Buddha’s Green Lamp.
• Meng Qi handed Jiuzhen the Green Lamp, and Jiuzhen used it to destroy the Primordial Demon as the Demon Realm fragment began to collapse.
• Jiuzhen gave Meng Qi a Bodhi Seed that let him briefly comprehend “Only I Am Supreme,” then vanished as the seed crumbled.
• Facing Jade Glow Yuanjun and fearing the consequences of the Buddha’s Palm, Meng Qi asked to join Immortal Trace.

After the Demon Realm collapsed, Meng Qi agreed to join Immortal Trace, while his group returned to the Lord of Six Paths Samsara and received their mission rewards. They divided the spoils and prepared for their next reincarnation mission, with Meng Qi keeping the truth about Buddha’s Palm from Zhao Heng.

• Meng Qi asked to join Immortal Trace, and Jadexia Yuanjun agreed, telling him to burn his talisman after returning to reality.
• The Demon Realm shattered, the Primordial Demon perished, and the Lord of Six Paths Samsara doubled the group’s mission rewards before returning them.
• Meng Qi warned Qi Zhengyan and Ruan Yushu to keep quiet about Immortal Trace and Mythos, while telling Zhao Heng only that Jadexia Yuanjun had arrived after Jiang Zhiwei weakened the demon.
• Jiang Zhiwei revealed that she had opened all nine apertures during her sword strike, and the Lord of Six Paths Samsara awarded her and Meng Qi opportunities to Shake the Lot.
• Jiang Zhiwei drew five hundred Merit Points, while Meng Qi drew an Obscuring Leaf that concealed his body and aura from those below the third heaven of Outer Scenery.
• Ruan Yushu exchanged the group’s Demon Realm spoils for five thousand Merit Points, which the five companions split evenly.

Meng Qi and his companions completed exchanges and discussed disguising their techniques and treasures for future missions. Meng Qi completed the First Volume of Yi Jin Jing, while Qi Zhengyan chose the Spiritual Officer Golden Eye to disguise his Cosmic Mirror.

• Meng Qi invited Zhao Heng to discuss exchanges, and Zhao Heng explained why he wanted another Exterior sword technique to conceal his use of the Shocking World Eight Swords.
• Zhao Heng exchanged for the general outline and first form of Emperor's Sword Technique and bought a Merit Certificate for protection.
• Meng Qi offered to share the team's incomplete First Volume of Yi Jin Jing, but Zhao Heng declined because it would offer him little benefit.
• Meng Qi paid to complete and reorder the Yi Jin Jing into thirteen poses, then exchanged for a Great Return Pill and kept Merit Points for future needs.
• Qi Zhengyan asked how to disguise his Cosmic Mirror, and Zhao Heng recommended the Spiritual Officer Golden Eye as a matching divine-path Treasure Weapon.

Meng Qi and his companions prepared for their next mission by improving their skills, replacing equipment, and reviewing the mission briefing. They learned they must rescue Du Huai Shang and assassinate Zuo Han Feng in Da Ning, then Jiang Zhiwei asked Meng Qi what he wanted to discuss privately.

• Qi Zhengyan tested a golden vertical eye that concealed his identity and offered defensive and combat abilities, then bought Ten Thousand Miles of Snow to broaden his techniques.
• Qi Zhengyan discovered that arranging the Nine Poses of the Yi Jin Jing correctly required 300 Merit Points and granted a partial Yi Jin Jing inheritance; he and Ruan Yushu made the adjustment, and Jiang Zhiwei did so as well.
• Ruan Yushu replaced her Jade Falling Immortal Talisman and exchanged for the Sending Off Curse, while Jiang Zhiwei bought the general outline and forms of two Outer Scenery sword arts.
• Meng Qi and his companions pooled Merit Points to learn that their next mission was to rescue Du Huai Shang in Da Ning and assassinate Zuo Han Feng.
• The group discussed preparing for a world of God and Demon Martial Arts, and Zhao Heng left after growing closer to them.
• Jiang Zhiwei asked Meng Qi to explain the matter he had wanted to discuss privately.

Meng Qi joined the Immortal Trace as a provisional member and learned its rules, goals, and benefits from Jade Glow Yuanjun. After signing the Six Paths-witnessed contract, he went to choose an unclaimed title.

• Meng Qi told Jiang Zhiwei, Ruan Yushu, and Qi Zhengyan that he had joined the Immortal Trace, while keeping the reason for his decision secret.
• Meng Qi used the talisman to enter the Immortal Trace and followed Jade Glow Yuanjun to Biyou Palace.
• Jade Glow Yuanjun explained the Immortal Trace's goals, task system, secrecy rules, and membership requirements to Meng Qi.
• Meng Qi signed the contract, becoming a provisional member, and learned that full members gained access to techniques and special missions.
• Jade Glow Yuanjun led Meng Qi to choose a title, showing him which titles were already occupied.

Meng Qi examined the available titles and learned about the dangers, secrets, and incomplete inheritances tied to ancient figures. After weighing his options and deciding he needed a powerful title with a suitable art, he chose Yuanshi Tianzun.

• Meng Qi asked why several powerful titles remained unchosen, and Jade Glow Primordial Lord explained that some arts had special requirements, were incomplete, or carried dangerous inheritances.
• Jade Glow Primordial Lord revealed that Taiyi Savior Heavenly Worthy was rumored to be an incarnation of the Azure Emperor, who might also have become Medicine Master Tathagata; Meng Qi rejected the title.
• Meng Qi considered Qingyuan Miaodao True Lord and learned that he was also called Erlang Manifest Sage True Lord and had practiced the Eight-Nine Arcane Art.
• Jade Glow Primordial Lord warned Meng Qi against choosing Yuding Zhenren because the similar Nine-Turn Arcane Art could expose his identity, and explained that Yuanshi Tianzun's inheritance was incomplete.
• Meng Qi reviewed the remaining titles and chose Yuanshi Tianzun.

Meng Qi chose the title Yuanshi Tianzun and learned three Outer Scenery techniques from the Yuanshi Golden Chapter. Jade Glow Yuanjun equipped him with his Immortal Trace items and brought him to choose a mission, where he met Doumu Yuanjun.

• Meng Qi chose the title Yuanshi Tianzun, and Jade Glow Yuanjun reassured him that the other members would not punish him for it, though enemies might target him first.
• Jade Glow Yuanjun opened the Yuanshi Tianzun cabinet and helped Meng Qi select Heaven and Earth Inverted, Immovable Golden Lotus, and the Three Treasures Ruyi Fist.
• Meng Qi studied the Yuanshi Golden Chapter’s techniques and memorized their true intent.
• Jade Glow Yuanjun gave Meng Qi an Immortal Trace Buckle, an Immortal Roaming Talisman, and a Yuanshi Tianzun Mask, warning him not to pass on the cultivation arts beneath his title.
• Meng Qi followed Jade Glow Yuanjun to the Immortal Traces Workshop to choose a mission and encountered Doumu Yuanjun.

Meng Qi joined the Immortal Trace and accepted a mission to rescue Qin Qing from Heaven’s Village in the Nine Villages World. He returned there near Jushen Manor and began practicing Yi Jin Jing in a ruined temple, where approaching footsteps interrupted his meditation.

• Meng Qi met Doumu Yuanjun, who cryptically expressed hope that he would eventually see Wuji, Daoyi, and the Open Heaven Seal.
• Meng Qi accepted the Northern Darkness squad’s mission to rescue Qin Qing and learned about Nine Villages and its powerful village lords.
• Jade Rosy Clouds Yuanjun gave Meng Qi a map, and he spent two hundred Merit Points to extend his stay in the world by a month.
• Meng Qi used the Samsara Talisman to enter the True Martial Suspicious Tomb and chose the exit closest to Jushen Manor.
• Meng Qi reached a ruined mountain temple, lit a fire, and practiced Yi Jin Jing until he sensed travelers approaching.

Meng Qi overheard Madam Red Thread and Desert Camel defending Jushen Manor against Moon Village’s forced marriage scheme and joined them on their journey to help Miss Huangfu. He exposed the hidden speaker with a thunderous shout, knocking an attacker from the roof.

• A group of martial artists took shelter in the Ruined Temple, where Meng Qi secretly cultivated the Yi Jin Jing.
• Madam Red Thread and Desert Camel arrived, followed by a concealed voice that questioned their plans to go to Jushen Manor.
• Madam Red Thread accused Moon Village of forcing Miss Huangfu to marry and named Wen Qichang and Chi Feng among those who owed Huangfu Tao their lives.
• Meng Qi praised Madam Red Thread and Desert Camel, then introduced himself as Qingyuan and offered to accompany them to Jushen Manor.
• Meng Qi used Thunderous Utterance to call the hidden speaker down, and someone fell from the roof twitching as if struck by lightning.

Meng Qi killed Moon Village attackers at the temple and set out with Madam Red Thread and the Desert Camel to reach Jushen Manor before reinforcements arrived. On the snowy road, he continued cutting down ambushers while asking his companions to tell him about Moon Village's experts.

• Meng Qi killed a Moon Village enforcer with Thunderous Utterance and explained that he had imitated the Sound of Heavenly Punishment.
• Nine Moon Village disciples surrounded Meng Qi, and he killed them all with one saber slash that the Desert Camel recognized as resembling Huangfu Tao's White Steed Fleeting.
• Meng Qi evaded questions about his background, then proposed traveling through the night to Jushen Manor, and Madam Red Thread and the Desert Camel agreed to accompany him.
• Meng Qi left the temple despite the Desert Camel's warning, intending to reach Jushen Manor before Moon Village could send reinforcements.
• Moon Village assassins ambushed the group on the snowy road, and Meng Qi killed two while asking the Desert Camel to explain the village's experts.

Meng Qi escorted the Desert Camel and Madam Red Thread toward Jushen Manor while killing Moon Village pursuers, including Bai Zhanlong, with overwhelming saber skill. They arrived at dawn as Moon Village’s wedding procession brought the bride early, and Meng Qi decided to find Eldest Miss Huangfu and learn what she wanted.

• The Desert Camel explained Moon Village’s hierarchy and its Four Great Protectors and Eight Garrison Generals as Meng Qi cut down hidden pursuers along the snowy road.
• The Desert Camel suspected Mr. Wash Moon was using the Heavenly Origin Emperor contest to secure a marriage alliance with Jushen Manor.
• A moonlit attacker ambushed the group, but Meng Qi killed him with a single saber strike, and the Desert Camel identified him as Bai Zhanlong.
• Meng Qi said the road ahead should be clear after defeating Bai Zhanlong and continued toward Jushen Manor with his companions.
• The group reached Jushen Manor at dawn and saw Moon Village’s wedding procession arriving early to bring the bride.
• Meng Qi told the Desert Camel and Madam Red Thread to enter Jushen Manor and find Eldest Miss Huangfu.

Meng Qi entered Jushen Manor openly and urged Huangfu Fei to abandon the forced marriage rather than sacrifice herself to preserve the estate. As the wedding procession arrived, he stood alone in its way while Huangfu Fei considered his words.

• Meng Qi walked through Jushen Manor's gates using his composed manner to pass the guards, with Madam Red Thread and the Desert Camel following him.
• Meng Qi defeated Zhong Ning with seven precise saber strikes, then entered Huangfu Fei's room with his companions.
• Meng Qi argued that Jushen Manor's martial arts inheritance mattered more than its property and reminded Huangfu Fei of her love for He Canshang.
• When the wedding procession arrived, Meng Qi left to hold it off and promised that no one would enter Huangfu Fei's room.
• Wen Hengshui entered the courtyard with his experts, and Meng Qi challenged him to get past him to take the bride.

Meng Qi, posing as Daoist Qingyuan, used Huangfu Tao’s token to claim the right to test Wen Hengshui’s wedding procession in martial combat. He defeated Red Eyebrow Saber King and left Moon Village’s experts facing his next challenge.

• Meng Qi proposed that Wen Hengshui’s procession could pass if someone defeated him, and claimed he was testing the groom on Huangfu Fei’s family’s behalf.
• Zhong Ning challenged Meng Qi’s authority, but Meng Qi showed Huangfu Tao’s Jade Pendant, shocking Jushen Manor’s disciples and frightening the defectors.
• Wen Hengshui accepted the contest and sent Red Eyebrow Saber King to fight Meng Qi.
• Meng Qi and Red Eyebrow Saber King exchanged several saber strikes as Meng Qi gradually set a trap with his lightning-infused attacks.
• Meng Qi’s final thunderous saber strike overwhelmed Red Eyebrow Saber King, who staggered back bleeding, and Meng Qi invited the next opponent forward.

Meng Qi defeated the Red Eyebrow Saber King, then faced the Half-step Outer Scenery Azure Blood Dragon King to prevent the wedding from proceeding. He outmaneuvered and defeated the Dragon King, but stood at the bridal chamber door with his strength nearly spent.

• Meng Qi decisively defeated the Red Eyebrow Saber King, shocking the guests and revealing his mastery of powerful saber techniques.
• Wen Hengshui sent the Azure Blood Dragon King to fight Meng Qi, while the gathered guests feared the Half-step Outer Scenery expert would settle the matter.
• The Azure Blood Dragon King attacked Meng Qi with Yin Wind and phosphorescent fire, but Meng Qi resisted and used the Illusory Demon Movement Technique to evade his strikes.
• Meng Qi reached the Subtle realm during the battle and deliberately led the Azure Blood Dragon King into misjudging his movement pattern.
• Meng Qi used Flowing Light to expose the Dragon King's defenses, then unleashed Heavenly Thunder Guiding Saber and struck him down.
• Meng Qi sheathed his weapons and stood before the door as the wounded Azure Blood Dragon King retreated, concealing how exhausted he was.

Meng Qi defeated the Azure Blood Dragon King and used the pause to tell Huangfu Fei and Madam Huangfu that Huangfu Tao was alive but controlled by an evil ghost. He learned that Huangfu Fei had given the Xuanwu Pendant to He Canshang, and promised to seek a way to destroy the ghost and free Huangfu Tao.

• Meng Qi defeated the Azure Blood Dragon King, then delayed Wen Hengshui by proposing to ask Madam Huangfu and Huangfu Fei about changing the marriage challenge.
• Huangfu Fei and Madam Huangfu agreed to give up Jushen Manor to protect its inheritance and disciples, then asked Meng Qi about the Jade Pendant and Huangfu Tao.
• Meng Qi explained that an evil ghost in the mausoleum had possessed Huangfu Tao and other visitors, and deduced that Huangfu Tao had created his own techniques from the Thunder Mark.
• Meng Qi probed Huangfu Fei about an item Huangfu Tao had taken from the mausoleum, and she revealed that she had given the Xuanwu Pendant to He Canshang.
• Meng Qi told them the Xuanwu Pendant could help destroy the evil ghost and said Huangfu Tao had entrusted him to find a way to free him; Huangfu Fei promised to retrieve the pendant from He Canshang.

Meng Qi arranged for trusted Jushen Manor disciples to escape, then led Huangfu Fei and her mother toward the ancestral hall under the pretense of honoring her ancestors. He left the manor’s guards stunned by taking Wen Hengshui hostage, creating a chance for them to flee.

• Meng Qi asked Huangfu Fei to identify trustworthy disciples and arranged for Madam Red Thread and Desert Camel to guide Qi Shaochong, Xia Yanyun, and Huang Ling out of the manor.
• Huangfu Fei wrote letters for the disciples and revealed that the room was one of her father's secret strongholds.
• Meng Qi told Wen Hengshui that Huangfu Fei had agreed to marry him if he first accompanied her to pay respects at the Huangfu family's Ancestor's Ancestral Hall.
• As the group approached the hall, Meng Qi attacked Wen Hengshui, enduring Red Eyebrow Saber King's strike and countering Azure Blood Dragon King's palm.
• Meng Qi sealed Wen Hengshui's pressure points and held a sword to his neck, ordering the guards to prepare a snow carriage and warning them not to approach Huangfu Fei or Madam Huangfu.

Meng Qi escaped Jushen Manor with Huangfu Fei and Madam Huangfu by taking Wen Hengshui hostage, then used the hostage to lure and badly injure the Azure Blood Dragon King. He left the Dragon King behind and drove the carriage into the snowy wilderness with the others.

• Meng Qi threatened the Azure Blood Dragon King and Red Eyebrow Saber King with Wen Hengshui’s life while Huangfu Fei and Madam Huangfu joined him.
• Meng Qi forced the manor servants to prepare a carriage and escaped with the two women and Wen Hengshui as his hostage.
• Meng Qi treated his injuries during the journey and kept watch for Moon Village’s pursuers.
• The Azure Blood Dragon King ambushed the carriage, and Meng Qi threw Wen Hengshui into the air to draw him away from the women.
• Meng Qi changed direction in midair and struck the Azure Blood Dragon King with Yin Fire and Eightfold Heavenly Dragon Fire, gravely injuring him.
• Meng Qi returned to the carriage and rode away, leaving the Azure Blood Dragon King holding Wen Hengshui.

Meng Qi, Madam Huangfu, and Huangfu Fei fled into a snowy forest to evade Mr. Wash Moon, while Madam Huangfu urged her daughter to exchange Jushen Manor’s martial arts for Meng Qi’s guidance. Just as Meng Qi agreed to teach Huangfu Fei, Mr. Wash Moon began destroying the forest to flush them out.

• Meng Qi abandoned the carriage and led Madam Huangfu and Huangfu Fei into the forest, using the horses to mislead their pursuer and covering their tracks.
• Madam Huangfu told Huangfu Fei to offer the Five Thunders True Spell and Shenxiao Spear Technique in exchange for Meng Qi’s instruction, explaining that their arts might complement his.
• Madam Huangfu persuaded Huangfu Fei that Meng Qi’s knowledge and guidance could help restore their martial inheritance and strengthen her prospects.
• Huangfu Fei asked Meng Qi to teach her and offered to demonstrate Jushen Manor’s techniques; Meng Qi agreed to exchange insights into their similar Thunderbolt Righteous Laws.
• A thunderous crash sounded as Mr. Wash Moon began destroying the forest, threatening to expose the fugitives.