Chapter Summaries

Xiang Yuan, Bai Wuyan, and Sword Venerable Su Ran stopped the Heavenly Court from descending into the Lower Abyss Realm, but the Heavenly Emperor’s attack sealed their Primordial Spirits. After Xiang Yuan spent half a month healing and unsealing the two women in Western Kunlun, Sword Venerable Su Ran revealed that Bai Wuyan had invited her through a jade disc, leaving Bai Wuyan to suspect another version of the Queen Mother of the West was involved.

• Xiang Yuan fell into the sealed Jade Pool as the Heavenly Court appeared above Western Kunlun, and Ji Ao’s transformed body was destroyed by Bai Wuyan, Sword Venerable Su Ran, and Xiang Yuan.
• Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran joined forces against the descending Heavenly Court, and Xiang Yuan used his Three-Headed Six-Armed Dharma Form to help break the Heavenly Emperor’s jade finger and sever the Court’s route into the Lower Abyss Realm.
• The unknown Heavenly Emperor’s furious roar sealed Xiang Yuan’s and Bai Wuyan’s Primordial Spirits, and Western Kunlun concealed itself again after the group fell into the Jade Pool.
• Xiang Yuan recovered and found Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran unconscious atop him, then carried them into the palace and spent half a month breaking their seals.
• Bai Wuyan awakened and demanded that Xiang Yuan kill Sword Venerable Su Ran, but Sword Venerable Su Ran produced a jade disc and said Bai Wuyan had invited her to watch the show.
• Bai Wuyan realized that someone besides her could control Jambu Gate and wondered whether another version of the Queen Mother of the West existed among the three thousand worlds.

Xiang Yuan struggled to keep Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran from fighting while they recovered in Western Kunlun, and their rivalry exposed their shared history with him. More than half a month later, Bai Wuyan revealed that Xiang Yuan could absorb sealed Western Kunlun into his small world and take it back to the Dry Abyss Realm.

• Xiang Yuan gave blood medicine to Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran, but Bai Wuyan noticed and attacked Sword Venerable Su Ran once she recovered.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran revealed that the Queen Mother of the West's Immortality Medicine had restored her youth and that she had stayed in contact with Xiang Yuan, provoking Bai Wuyan into another fight.
• Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran repeatedly recovered and fought for three days and nights, until Xiang Yuan used a golden talisman to suppress them and threatened to cut off their great medicine.
• Xiang Yuan sided with Bai Wuyan during a later fight, letting her overpower Sword Venerable Su Ran; afterward, both women restrained their provocations.
• More than half a month later, Bai Wuyan explained that Jambu Gate sought to take Western Kunlun back to the Dry Abyss Realm, but she could not unseal or move the mountain.
• Bai Wuyan told Xiang Yuan that his method of cultivating a small world would let him absorb Western Kunlun into his own world.

Xiang Yuan and Bai Wuyan worked with Sword Venerable Su Ran to absorb Western Kunlun into Xiang Yuan’s small world, but Bai Wuyan later confronted the Corpse Queen Mother about the schemes surrounding Western Kunlun and Xiang Yuan. The chapter ended with Xiang Yuan seeking Jingyun’s help over the legends linking him to the Queen Mother of the West, only to be told to get lost.

• Xiang Yuan persuaded Sword Venerable Su Ran to help him transform his small-world projection into reality and draw Western Kunlun inside.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran tried to take Xiang Yuan through Jambu Gate to Sword Heart Studio, but Bai Wuyan intercepted him and brought him to Unrivaled Palace.
• Xiang Yuan moved Western Kunlun into the Cold Pool Grotto-Heaven while Bai Wuyan went to the Yellow Springs Dao forbidden ground to question the Corpse Queen Mother.
• The Corpse Queen Mother confirmed that she had arranged for Sword Venerable Su Ran to help retrieve Western Kunlun, but denied arranging Xiang Yuan’s connection to Bai Wuyan.
• Bai Wuyan returned angry and continued cultivating with Xiang Yuan, who later traveled to Kunlun Mountain to ask Jingyun about the legends linking him to the Queen Mother of the West.
• Jingyun told Xiang Yuan to get lost before he could finish explaining.

Xiang Yuan failed to get answers about Upper Zhou and the gods from Que Xin, so he went to Sword Heart Studio to question Sword Venerable Su Ran. He used Shang Qingmeng and Ziping to restrain her, but Su Ran bit his neck anyway.

• Xiang Yuan raided Fairy Qingluan's herb garden at Kunlun Mountain, continuing their grudge over her betrayal in the Blue Star Realm.
• After spending two months in the Heavenly God Realm, Xiang Yuan returned to the Dry Abyss Realm and went to True Heart Dao to ask about Upper Zhou and the gods.
• Que Xin left Xiang Yuan two brocade pouches whose slips both refused to answer his questions, so Xiang Yuan left True Heart Dao frustrated.
• Xiang Yuan hurried to Bishui County and was about to get intimate with Ziping when Sword Venerable Su Ran abducted him to Sword Heart Studio.
• Xiang Yuan warned Su Ran that Shang Qingmeng and Ziping would learn if she detained or mistreated him, and they arrived at the grotto-heaven entrance.
• Su Ran abandoned her plan to drain Xiang Yuan and instead bit his neck, despite his effort to keep her in check.

Xiang Yuan sought answers from Sword Venerable Su Ran, learned that Bai Wuyan’s past life as the Queen Mother of the West was killed by the Celestial Emperor, and left Sword Heart Studio after three days. Back at the Overlord Residence, he received a wedding invitation from Yue Huanjiang and Qu Rou and wondered whether it was genuine or a trap.

• Xiang Yuan bargained with Sword Venerable Su Ran for a divination, and she revealed that the Celestial Emperor had killed Bai Wuyan in her past life as the Queen Mother of the West.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran could not recall why Upper Zhou existed or divine its origins, so Xiang Yuan withheld Bai Wuyan’s VIP treatment while she treated her wounds and taught him small-world cultivation methods for three days.
• Shang Qingmeng and Ziping entered the grotto-heaven, misunderstood Sword Venerable Su Ran’s relationship with Xiang Yuan, and argued with her before she teleported them all to Ziping’s courtyard.
• Xiang Yuan left Sword Heart Studio and returned to the Overlord Residence, where Xiao Lingyue told him she and Xiao Lingyan had attended the coronation ceremony in Shendu while he was away.
• Xiao Lingyue gave Xiang Yuan a wedding invitation for Yue Huanjiang and Qu Rou, and he wondered whether the invitation was sincere or a trap.

Xiang Yuan gathered allies and prepared to attend Yue Huanjiang and Qu Rou’s suspicious wedding in Jiangdong, while arranging to pass the Heavenly Emperor’s reincarnated body to the hidden mastermind. At the wedding gathering, he reunited with Yue Huanjiang and Qu Rou and asked his elder brother how he had managed to marry his own master.

• Xiang Yuan decided to attend Yue Huanjiang and Qu Rou’s wedding despite suspecting it was a scheme to draw out Ji Wuzhou.
• Xiang Yuan persuaded Ji Wuzhou to join the plan and obtained support from Bai Wuyan, then secretly took her Pure White Golden Wheel.
• Xiang Yuan visited Qing Zhuying, received her letter for Qu Rou, and was thrown into the cold pool by Bai Wuyan after putting an arm around Qing Zhuying.
• Xiang Yuan decided to give Senior Jiang’s formidable body to the hidden mastermind and traveled with Xiao Lingyue and Chan'er to Jiangdong.
• Xiang Yuan and his companions met Yue Huanjiang and Qu Rou aboard a pleasure boat, and Qu Rou asked him to look after Qing Zhuying.
• Xiang Yuan pulled Yue Huanjiang aside and asked how he had managed to marry his own master.

Xiang Yuan uncovered that the Jade Sun Sect had stirred up Yue Huanjiang and Qu Rou’s marriage, but he stayed to guard the wedding and face the sect’s representatives. As the ceremony began, guests from several major powers arrived, leaving Xiang Yuan to wonder whether they served the hidden mastermind.

• Xiang Yuan teased Yue Huanjiang about his feelings for Qu Rou, and Qu Rou revealed that the Jade Sun Sect had been fanning the flames behind their marriage.
• Xiang Yuan identified the Jade Sun Sect as a rising overseas power led by Zhang Tianyang and decided to attend Yue Huanjiang’s wedding with his people rather than leave.
• Three days later, Xiang Yuan attended the wedding at the Yue Residence, where he promised Hongxiao and Qingli he would help them find a chance to marry Yue Huanjiang.
• Zhang Tianyang arrived with Qu Kuan and Shui Xianghui, and Xiang Yuan suspected he was the Jade Sun Sect’s leader.
• Representatives from Yankong Temple and the Eternal Joy Sect arrived, prompting Xiang Yuan to wonder whether they had come to target the demon newlyweds or support the hidden mastermind.

Xiang Yuan attended Yue Huanjiang and Qu Rou’s wedding, where the Jiangdong Sun Clan discovered that the guests included several Upper Three Realms experts. As the newlyweds completed their ceremony, Zen Master Pojing challenged Xiang Yuan, who answered by displaying formidable power and drawing the Storm Mist Blade.

• Zen Master Pojing and Mingxiaozi arrived at Yue Residence, and Xiao Lingyue and Xiang Yuan assessed their strength and the deeper powers of the Dry Abyss Realm.
• Sun Hao, Sun Qian, and Sun Shanwei arrived to investigate the banquet, recognized Zhang Tianyang and the two Upper Three Realms guests, and retreated to an empty table after discovering Xiang Yuan was Prince Xiang.
• Yue Huanjiang welcomed Qu Rou in her bridal sedan, and the two bowed to Heaven and Earth and drank their nuptial wine while Xiang Yuan, Xiao Lingyue, and Chan'er watched.
• Zen Master Pojing challenged Xiang Yuan to an audience and drew his monk's blade, prompting Xiang Yuan to reshape the courtyard with the Formless Seal Method and summon the Storm Mist Blade.

Xiang Yuan defeated Zen Master Pojing in a clash of blades and Buddhist Dharma, then Chan'er drove off Mingxiaozi when he came to the Yue Residence for a meal. Xiang Yuan questioned the remaining Daoist, Wangji, and learned that he served Zhang Tianyang, leaving Xiang Yuan stunned by the identity of the hidden mastermind.

• Xiang Yuan used Sky in One Hue to overpower Zen Master Pojing, who escaped the blade's force with his Buddhist technique.
• Zen Master Pojing summoned a demonic Buddha and challenged Xiang Yuan's Buddhist Dharma, but Xiang Yuan's golden Buddha and Pure White Golden Wheel defeated him.
• Mingxiaozi said he had only stopped by the Yue Residence to rest and eat, so Xiang Yuan ordered Chan'er to attack him.
• Chan'er nearly caught Mingxiaozi with the Ancient Mirror of Reincarnation and then used Sun and Moon Shining Together, but she ultimately let him return to his seat.
• Xiang Yuan asked the middle-aged Daoist whether he served the Jade Sun Sect's mastermind, and Wangji acknowledged that he served Zhang Tianyang, the sect master's name from his mortal days.

Xiang Yuan reunited with Daoist Wangji, learned that his senior uncle had arranged the wedding to lure him to Jiangdong, and rejected the invitation to join the Jade Sun Sect. Before Wangji left, Xiang Yuan offered him Senior Jiang as a supposed promising prospect, leaving him stunned and unsure whether to accept.

• Xiang Yuan recognized Daoist Wangji as his Great Martial Uncle, and the two exchanged tearful greetings before Wangji gave meeting gifts to Xiang Yuan, Xiao Lingyue, and Chan'er.
• Daoist Wangji told Xiang Yuan that he had arranged the wedding to lure him to Jiangdong and tried to recruit him to the Jade Sun Sect on behalf of the Heavenly Emperor.
• Xiang Yuan rejected the offer, saying that his true heart did not agree with the Heavenly Emperor's plans, even after Wangji warned that his master might have arranged his choices in advance.
• Daoist Wangji wrote that the promised reward was the title of Great Yi Savior from Suffering, but Xiang Yuan said he would still not join him and joked that the True Heart Dao had placed its bets on every side.
• Xiang Yuan pulled Senior Jiang out from beneath the banquet table and offered him to Daoist Wangji as a promising prospect to take to the Jade Sun Sect.
• Daoist Wangji stared at Senior Jiang in alarm and hesitated over whether to accept him.

Xiang Yuan dealt with the Jade Sun Sect’s approach, sent Xiao Lingyue and Chan’er away to cultivate, and then returned to the Heavenly Sect to discuss its predicament with Ji Wuzhou. Ji Wuzhou chose to restart the Heavenly Court, leaving Xiang Yuan to help find powerful allies.

• Daoist Wangji accepted Xiang Yuan’s gift and left east with Senior Jiang, while the others recovered from their muddled conversation and departed Yue Residence.
• Xiang Yuan peeked into Yue Huanjiang and Qu Rou’s wedding chamber before sending Chan’er to the Yellow Springs Dao and Xiao Lingyue to Unrivaled Palace to seek guidance.
• Bai Wuyan confronted Xiang Yuan at White Lotus Palace, then went to instruct Xiao Lingyue while Xiang Yuan escaped to the Cold Pool Grotto-Heaven.
• Xiang Yuan told Ji Wuzhou that the Jade Sun Sect was gathering strength, and Ji Wuzhou weighed whether to make the Heavenly Sect the foundation of a new Heavenly Court.
• Ji Wuzhou committed to restarting the Heavenly Court and asked Xiang Yuan to recruit powerful allies, including Bai Wuyan, Sword Venerable Su Ran, and Old Daoist Quexin.

Xiang Yuan tried to recruit powerful figures for Ji Wuzhou’s future Heavenly Court while navigating the escalating gossip and rivalry at Sword Heart Studio. Sword Venerable Su Ran gave him access to a hidden boon in a familiar minor realm, leaving him poised to claim it.

• Xiang Yuan considered how to recruit forces such as Yellow Springs Dao, Unrivaled Palace, and Azure Cloud Sect without endangering the Heavenly Sect’s plans.
• Xiang Yuan visited Ziping and spun a story about her master that prompted Shang Qingmeng and Qin Zhaorong to arrive; Su Ran then pulled him into Sword Heart Studio’s pocket realm.
• Qin Zhaorong pieced together the gossip and persuaded Ziping to take her along to watch the confrontation.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran drew Xiang Yuan’s blood, while he tried to learn why she resented Bai Wuyan and sounded her out about joining the Heavenly Court.
• Su Ran rejected Xiang Yuan’s request for support but led him to a hidden boon in the minor realm where Sword Heart Studio and Unrivaled Palace had competed in swordsmanship.

Xiang Yuan discovered that the Earth Vein Fire Marrow seal was gone and learned that Sword Venerable Su Ran suspected him of stealing it, while Bai Wuyan revealed the history behind her feud with Su Ran. The chapter ended with Xiang Yuan confronting Bai Wuyan over Chan'er’s role as a supposed smokescreen, and Bai Wuyan throwing him into the Cold Pool.

• Sword Venerable Su Ran found the Earth Vein Fire Marrow seal missing and realized the imprisoned extraterritorial demons had been killed, then accused Xiang Yuan of secretly taking the marrow.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran drank Xiang Yuan’s blood until she became tipsy, nearly revealed secrets about Bai Wuyan, and was caught in an awkward scene by Qin Zhaorong, Shang Qingmeng, and Ziping.
• Xiang Yuan visited Bai Wuyan at Unrivaled Palace, where her choice to appear with loose hair and no sash angered Xiao Lingyue and stirred gossip among her disciples.
• Bai Wuyan told Xiang Yuan that Sword Venerable Su Ran was the reincarnation of Six Paths and explained that her efforts to protect Su Ran had led to their feud.
• Xiang Yuan told Bai Wuyan that Chan’er had also been called the reincarnated one, and Bai Wuyan insisted that Su Ran was the true reincarnation while Chan’er had been used as a smokescreen.
• Bai Wuyan admitted that Queen Mother of the West had arranged Chan’er’s role, then threw Xiang Yuan into the Cold Pool after he stood his ground for Chan’er.

Xiang Yuan considered how to draw Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran toward Dry Abyss Realm’s Heavenly Court, then continued cultivating and acting out a myth with Lay Practitioner Bai Yue and Ji Muqing in the Heavenly God Realm. The chapter ended when Secretary Baize sent him a seal from Black Tortoise Firstborn Manor, suggesting that something had happened there.

• Xiang Yuan reasoned that Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran might favor Dry Abyss Realm’s Heavenly Court under Ji Wuzhou, and realized Sword Venerable Su Ran had repeatedly used him to undermine Zhang Tianyang.
• Bai Wuyan returned to Xiang Yuan, vented her anger on him, and sent him away from Unrivaled Palace; Xiang Yuan then visited Sword Venerable Su Ran, pitched the Heavenly Court under Broken Sampan, and received cultivation guidance.
• By mid-March, Xiang Yuan had made rapid cultivation progress while dividing his time between Unrivaled Palace and Sword Heart Studio, then returned to Overlord Residence to relax with Jiang Yingjun, Baoqin, and Xiao Lingyan.
• Xiang Yuan went to Purple Bamboo Grove to resume Buddhist cultivation and built a Yishui City soundstage, where he and Lay Practitioner Bai Yue and Ji Muqing played Xu Xian, Bai Suzhen, and Xiaoqing.
• Secretary Baize sent Xiang Yuan a small seal from Black Tortoise Firstborn Manor, and Xiang Yuan wondered whether an emergency had occurred at True Warrior Great Emperor’s sacred ground.

Xiang Yuan learned that the Celestial Emperor’s decree sending him to the Heavy Court Realm was part of a plan to make Jingyun reveal her allegiance. Jingyun gave him a jade sash to open an ascension passage, and Xiang Yuan arrived in the besieged Great Zhou capital, where its people mistook him for a summoned immortal.

• Baize and Guan Yan discussed the Celestial Emperor’s decree, and Baize suggested Xiang Yuan had been assigned work because he was idle.
• Jingyun revealed that the decree tested her position and gave Xiang Yuan a jade sash to open an ascension passage after he claimed a fortuitous opportunity.
• Xiang Yuan descended into the Heavy Court Realm during Great Zhou’s desperate sacrifice to Heaven, and the emperor and officials celebrated his arrival as an immortal.
• Xiang Yuan questioned a ceremonial official and learned that the Demon Emperor had thrown the world into chaos and was considered invincible.

Xiang Yuan descended into the Heavy Court Realm, healed the starving people of Great Zhou, and declared himself the Nine Heavens Demon-Subduing Patriarch. After discovering how powerful the realm’s laws made him, he went to Demon King City to confront the Demon Emperor, where he faced three demonic generals.

• Xiang Yuan questioned a ritual official, learned that the Demon Emperor had thrown the Heavy Court Realm into chaos, and sensed that the realm’s laws unusually welcomed him.
• Xiang Yuan used the five elements and a drop of his blood to create abundant food and healing rain across the capital, restoring the refugees and curing their ailments.
• Emperor Ji Bai thanked Xiang Yuan, who named himself True Warrior of the North, the Nine Heavens Demon-Subduing Patriarch, and ordered shrines built for Our Lady of Mount Li and Southern Pole Guanyin.
• Xiang Yuan studied the Heavy Court Realm’s laws overnight, concluded that he could wield power beyond the realm’s normal limits, and vanished from the imperial palace to seek the Demon Emperor.
• Xiang Yuan openly challenged the Demon Emperor atop the walls of Demon King City, and three demonic generals descended to confront him.
• The three-headed rakshasa mocked Xiang Yuan’s name, and Xiang Yuan answered by summoning an indescribable blade light.

Xiang Yuan destroyed the Demon Emperor’s imperial city and defeated his monstrous true form, then discovered the Demon Emperor had stolen the Heavy Court Realm’s Celestial Emperor Dao Seed. Xiang Yuan entered the Heavenly Palace and absorbed the Dao Seed, leaving him unsure what it had changed.

• Xiang Yuan killed Eight-Armed Rakshasa, Withered Bones Demon General, and Cold White Skin as they fled through the Imperial City.
• Xiang Yuan shattered the Demon Emperor’s defenses, split the Imperial City apart, and forced the Demon Emperor to reveal his monstrous body.
• The Demon Emperor transformed into a colossal demonic dragon and swallowed Xiang Yuan, while Xiang Yuan’s golden Buddha pinned and battered the dragon.
• Xiang Yuan followed the spiritual vein inside the dragon to a Heavenly Palace and realized the Demon Emperor had obtained the Celestial Emperor Dao Seed three years earlier.
• Xiang Yuan drew the Heavenly Palace into his body, received the Celestial Emperor Dao Seed, and found that he felt no different afterward.

Xiang Yuan seized the Celestial Emperor Dao Seed, destroyed the Demon Emperor, and restored the Heavy Court Realm, where he uncovered clues linking its buried Heavenly Court to the Dry Abyss Realm. When an unexpected ascension passage opened, he fought off its first arrival before another passage brought an unfamiliar, heavily armed god carrying demonic aura.

• Xiang Yuan took the Celestial Emperor Dao Seed, causing the Demon Emperor to lose his power; the Thousand-Handed Great Buddha tore out and refined the Demon Emperor's heart until it crumbled to ashes.
• The Heavy Court Realm renewed itself, freeing the people the Demon Emperor had absorbed, and Xiang Yuan gained authority over the realm's laws of heaven and earth.
• Xiang Yuan explored the underground Heavenly Court ruins, found a mural of a human Celestial Emperor facing demonic claws, and suspected the Heavy Court Realm and Dry Abyss Realm had belonged to the same upper-realm Heavenly Court.
• Xiang Yuan opened an ascension passage for Jingyun, but it led somewhere other than the Heavenly God Realm; he attacked its opening and shattered the colossal hand that reached through it.
• Xiang Yuan's strongest strike cracked an ancient black mirror at the passage's far end but failed to close the passage, while a second passage opened and brought an unfamiliar god in golden armor whose aura was demonic.

Xiang Yuan watched two upper-realm Heavenly Courts clash through their avatars and helped protect the Heavy Court Realm with Guanyin Bodhisattva and King Frieza’s power. The confrontation escalated when both Heavenly Emperors projected their dharma images, leaving Xiang Yuan to silently root for the nine-fingered rival of his own Heavenly Emperor.

• The golden-armored demon god attacked the ascension passage, but the mysterious mirror absorbed his Sun True Fire and Southern Pole Longevity Great Emperor emerged to confront him.
• The two Deputy Heavenly-tier avatars clashed, unleashing disasters across the Heavy Court Realm, and Xiang Yuan used the True Martial Black Eagle Banner and Demon-Slaying Sword to shield its living beings.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva arrived and strengthened Xiang Yuan’s defenses, while King Frieza’s power reinforced the banner and protected Bai Yue.
• Northern True Martial, the Nine Heavens Demon-Subduing Patriarch, challenged Xiang Yuan, who punched and kicked him before the newcomer fled when Southern Pole Longevity Great Emperor manifested his Heavenly Emperor dharma image.
• The golden-armored demon god summoned his own Heavenly Emperor dharma image, and Xiang Yuan retreated behind Bai Yue’s protection before noticing that the rival Heavenly Emperor was missing half a finger.

Xiang Yuan copied the laws and chaotic Sword Qi of two battling Celestial Emperors in the Heavy Court Realm, drawing the realm into a brewing war between upper realms. Back in the Heavenly God Realm, he asked Jingyun about the rival emperor’s homeland, the Divine Firmament Realm.

• Xiang Yuan recognized the rival Celestial Emperor as the one whose finger he had severed and watched the two emperors clash while King Frieza protected him and Bai Yue.
• Xiang Yuan used his Celestial Emperor Dao Seed to absorb the laws spilling from the battle, rapidly advancing his cultivation as the Heavy Court Realm transformed.
• The Celestial Emperors fought with their dharma forms and magical treasures, then copied Xiang Yuan’s chaotic Sword Qi and used it against each other before withdrawing without a victor.
• The two upper realms kept their ascension passages open and began treating the Heavy Court Realm as a buffer zone, while Xiang Yuan paused to recover from copying their techniques.
• Xiang Yuan returned to Kunlun Mountain and complained to Jingyun that he had gotten into trouble; she warned him not to wander while the Heavenly God Realm prepared for major changes.
• Xiang Yuan asked Jingyun what the false emperor’s realm was called, and she answered that it was the Divine Firmament Realm.