Chapter Summaries

The Heavenly Dao Husk Sphere enchanted Song Shuhang’s discarded shoe and used it to track its owner. Song Shuhang got Spotted Dragon Two’s permission to move Fairy Cheng Lin’s Jade Lake Secret Realm, but their call ended when Spotted Dragon Two noticed they were being tracked.

• The Heavenly Dao Husk Sphere repeatedly cast spells on Song Shuhang’s shoe until it became Sneakers +10 and produced a tracking line.
• Song Shuhang received Fairy Cheng Lin’s forwarded call and spoke with Spotted Dragon Two after recovering his spiritual power in the Core World.
• Song Shuhang asked to move Fairy Cheng Lin’s Jade Lake Secret Realm into his Core World, and Spotted Dragon Two authorized him to do so.
• Spotted Dragon Two noticed a corpse-like existence tracking them, warned Song Shuhang not to contact him for a while, and ended the call.

Song Shuhang suspected the Heavenly Dao Husk Sphere had remotely interfered with him and asked Lady Dragon Network to monitor for further attacks. He left with a virus alert feature and a plan to redirect future interference toward hostile contacts on his friends list.

• Song Shuhang suspected the Heavenly Dao Husk Sphere had remotely targeted him, though Pavilion Master Chu had sensed nothing.
• Song Shuhang contacted Lady Dragon Network, who found an external signal in her logs and agreed to add an alert feature to the "Cultivation" function.
• Song Shuhang told Pavilion Master Chu and Stele Fellow Daoist that Lady Dragon Network would warn him if the interference happened again.
• Song Shuhang revealed that he could redirect the remote attack toward enemies on his friends list, including Demon Emperor Hezhi and the Lord of Imperishability.
• Song Shuhang flicked Onion Lady's shoot, accidentally sending its tip flying off.

Song Shuhang accidentally severed Onion Lady’s onion tip, taped it back on, and promised her a raise before investigating the Core World’s location. He used a marked saber to return to the Present World, where the memories of Profound Sage Tyrannical Song returned to everyone and cultivators greeted him.

• Song Shuhang accidentally flicked off Onion Lady’s onion tip, taped it back on, and agreed to raise her salary.
• Song Shuhang opened a hole in the Core World and learned from Pavilion Master Chu that they were stuck between the Heavenly Dao Little Black Room and the Present World.
• Song Shuhang messaged Demon Emperor Hezhi and concluded that the Heavenly Dao Little Black Room’s effect had ended.
• Song Shuhang used the Divine Weapon Compendium to locate a treasured saber on Tiantian Island and opened a spatial passage to it.
• Song Shuhang stepped into the Present World, restoring everyone’s memories of Profound Sage Tyrannical Song, and the cultivators present saluted him.

Song Shuhang returned to the Present World, where his presence sent the cultivators of Tiantian Island into a state of enlightenment. He left with Chu Chu and Tiantian, then arranged to meet Fairy Bie Xue in the Jiangnan Region to discuss unusual ingredients.

• The cultivators of Tiantian Island bowed to Song Shuhang, and his lingering aura inspired them to enter enlightenment.
• Song Shuhang quietly left with Chu Chu and learned that Tiantian was awake but still recovering from her soul damage.
• Chu Chu told Song Shuhang that her cultivation and Immortal Chef skills had advanced rapidly with the Chef's Heart and Senior Tian Tian's help.
• Song Shuhang offered to ask Fairy Bie Xue to guide Chu Chu in the Immortal Chef path.
• Fairy Bie Xue called to ask whether Senior White was with Song Shuhang, then agreed to meet him in the Jiangnan Region to inspect his unusual ingredients.

Song Shuhang gave Chu Chu a wooden saber branded as a spatial-jump coordinate and took her back to the Jiangnan Region. The next morning, a teenage boy told his companions about the powerful artifacts he had touched while meeting Profound Sage Tyrannical Song.

• Song Shuhang wondered whether Fairy Bie Xue could guide Chu Chu's immortal-chef cultivation in exchange for information about Senior White.
• Song Shuhang found Tiantian Island Lord away buying medicinal ingredients, called to say goodbye, and learned the senior would return the next day.
• Song Shuhang carved a short saber from a branch of his Wooden Body, branded it with the Divine Weapon Compendium and his four Sage Seals, then gave it to Fairy Tiantian.
• Song Shuhang flew with Chu Chu back to the Jiangnan Region on the Jade Rabbit Fairy's Cloak.
• The next morning, a sword-riding teenage boy told his companions that he had touched Profound Sage Tyrannical Song's eighth-grade door-panel artifact and nearly touched his talking Immortal Divine Weapon.

Su Kongyun brought two junior clanspeople to Jiangnan University Town to deliver an invitation to Profound Sage Tyrannical Song, boasting about having met and touched him before. When Song Shuhang arrived, a mysterious prepaid thunder service struck him with twenty powerful bolts, leaving him unharmed and puzzled.

• Su Kongyun told his juniors about meeting Profound Sage Tyrannical Song and surviving his terrifying Heavenly Tribulation antics.
• Su Kongyun and his companions spotted Song Shuhang flying beneath dark clouds with two Fairies as thunder gathered overhead.
• Twenty Fifth-Grade divine thunderbolts struck Song Shuhang, but his Saber Intent Armor protected him without injury.
• A service prompt asked Song Shuhang to leave a five-star rating, and he found no suspicious people nearby.
• Song Shuhang recognized Su Kongyun among the three distant cultivators as the service ended.

Song Shuhang met Su Kongyun and his two junior companions, accepted an invitation to the Heavenly River Su Clan Annual Meeting, and agreed to accompany them to Fairy Bie Xue. He gave the juniors and Su Kongyun protective wooden sabers, including one for Su Clan's Sixteen.

• Su Kongyun approached Song Shuhang on his Door-Panel Flying Sword and delivered an invitation to the Su Clan Annual Meeting.
• Song Shuhang agreed to attend the meeting and offered to take Su Kongyun and his companions to find Fairy Bie Xue.
• Song Shuhang summoned the Shrimp Dragon Swift Chariot and let Su Kongyun, Su Xiaoxiao, and Su Ni ride with him.
• Song Shuhang gave Su Xiaoxiao and Su Ni Sacred Seal Wooden Sabers containing his Saber Intent for protection.
• Song Shuhang gave Su Kongyun two more wooden sabers, one for himself and one to pass on to Su Clan's Sixteen.

Song Shuhang visited Fairy Bie Xue’s new Abyssal Dining Pavilion, where Evil Delusions had appeared amid signs of the world’s coming upheaval. He asked her to guide Chu Chu in developing her Chef’s Heart, but Fairy Bie Xue put off hearing about the crisis.

• Su Kongyun accepted the two Sacred Seal Wooden Saber items from Song Shuhang, who flew with his companions to the Abyssal Dining Pavilion.
• Fairy Bie Xue watched Evil Delusions batter the pavilion’s protective formation and conserved them as a way to temper her Dao Heart.
• Song Shuhang arrived, and the Evil Delusions fled from his Merit Light; he brought Chu Chu, Onion Lady, Su Kongyun, and the three little ones inside.
• Fairy Bie Xue explained that the Evil Delusions had appeared after she moved a section of a Spirit Vein from the moon, and Song Shuhang connected them to the world’s collapse and the Heavenly Dao’s transition.
• Song Shuhang began to warn Fairy Bie Xue of the coming upheaval, but she refused to listen until another day, then noticed his Chef’s Heart and heard his request to guide Chu Chu.

Song Shuhang asked Fairy Bie Xue to guide Chu Chu in Immortal Chef cultivation, but Fairy Bie Xue was listless after being affected by evil delusions. He used his “Nourish... My Method” to restore her energy, then presented rare Magic Beasts and the Heavenly Tribulation Menu to secure her interest.

• Fairy Bie Xue recognized that Chu Chu had reached the threshold of Chef's Heart, and Song Shuhang asked her to train Chu Chu in exchange for rare ingredients.
• Fairy Bie Xue declined to discuss the arrangement because evil delusions had left her unmotivated, but Song Shuhang mistook her state for possession and used his method to revive her.
• Song Shuhang accidentally summoned Puppet Fairy instead of a Magic Beast, and she revealed that her new core let her move around and use the Shrinking Objects to Inches Spell.
• Puppet Fairy produced a sheep-like Magic Beast from the Black Dragon World, and Fairy Bie Xue inspected it and asked about its wool and the available supply.
• Song Shuhang revealed that the Magic Beasts were only part of the deal and offered Fairy Bie Xue the Heavenly Tribulation Menu, which could turn heavenly tribulations into food.

Song Shuhang gave Fairy Bie Xue the Braised Tribulation Lightning recipe and supplies in exchange for her promise to guide Chu Chu’s cultivation. He left Chu Chu with Fairy Bie Xue and Puppet Fairy while he headed back to Jiangnan University Town, where Qingwu noticed the soil had started tasting strange.

• Fairy Bie Xue agreed to review the Braised Tribulation Lightning recipe and teach Chu Chu after Song Shuhang sent it to her.
• Song Shuhang supplied Fairy Bie Xue with cylindrical Tribulation Lightning taken from Ding Gan, and she agreed to experiment with the recipe and guide Chu Chu.
• Song Shuhang gave Chu Chu a wooden saber and left her in Fairy Bie Xue’s care, while Puppet Fairy stayed with her for protection.
• Song Shuhang headed toward Jiangnan University Town to visit his school again and asked Su Kongyun to give Fairy Bie Xue his invitation.
• Qingwu pulled her roots from the school woods and wondered whether the soil had gone bad because it tasted strange.
• Young Master Phoenix Slayer remembered that he had meant to buy beast fur from Song Shuhang to support his business.

Song Shuhang returned to Jiangnan University Town and met Willow Tree Demon Qingwu after a call from Young Master Phoenix Slayer about buying soft fur. He discovered that an Evil Delusion-like aura lingered deep beneath the school, though the source had already escaped.

• Song Shuhang traveled to Jiangnan University Town with Onion Lady and reflected on how his experiences had made him feel out of place among the students.
• Young Master Phoenix Slayer called to buy spirit beast or Magic Beast fur, but Song Shuhang explained that the fur had been sacrificed and recorded a plan to modify the Hair-Growth Technique.
• Song Shuhang met Willow Tree Demon Qingwu, thanked her for watching over the school while posing as him, and gave her water from the Living Spring.
• Qingwu told Song Shuhang that the school's soil smelled sour, and he sensed an aura like the one left by an Evil Delusion deep underground.
• Song Shuhang realized the Evil Delusion had likely sensed Qingwu and escaped.

Song Shuhang asked Senior White Two for help dealing with Evil Delusion and suppressing Known Throughout the World, while pitching a plan to roast Boss Fat Ball in a private group chat. Senior White Two arranged to send him useful items through Hamster Fiend, leaving Song Shuhang ready to receive them.

• Song Shuhang checked with Sparrow Demon Xiao Cai about Wenzhou City and warned her to watch for Evil Delusion and contact nearby Confucian School disciples if anything happened.
• Song Shuhang promised to forge a Natal Dharma Artifact for Xiao Cai when he returned to Wenzhou City, and planned to prepare one for Chu Chu after she reached the Third-Grade Realm.
• Song Shuhang asked Senior White Two how to handle Evil Delusion, suppress Known Throughout the World, and obtain Eighth-Grade Sacred Ape Tail Hair.
• Song Shuhang proposed using the cultivation chat group to add Boss Fat Ball and mute it while he and Senior White Two roasted it, and Senior White Two agreed to help improve the plan.
• Senior White Two promised to send Hamster Unit intelligence on Evil Delusion and a ring that could suppress Known Throughout the World for twenty-four hours after charging.
• Hamster Fiend arrived with the promised items, and Song Shuhang asked it to call him Venerable Song rather than Tyrant Song.

Song Shuhang studied a guide to Evil Delusion and prepared to learn how to detect and capture them. Meanwhile, Ji Shuangxue watched her father practice a sword technique he had learned from Master Song, then found dense fog outside her family’s courtyard.

• The Hamster Fiend gave Song Shuhang a ring that suppressed Known Throughout the World and a translated guide to Evil Delusion before hiding nearby.
• Song Shuhang read about Evil Delusion detection and capture, learned that experience or great power was needed, and resolved to memorize the guide.
• Ji Shuangxue saw her father, Joseph, practicing a greatsword technique that Master Song had taught him and considered asking Master Song to teach him something else.
• Ji Shuangxue left her courtyard and found dense fog outside, although the courtyard itself remained clear.

A supernatural fog attacked Joseph’s home, and he struck a hidden creature with his Holy Light Slaying Evil Sword. Song Shuhang sensed the clash and rushed there with his Primordial Spirit, leaving his body in Stele Fellow Daoist’s care.

• Ji Shuangxue and Joseph saw the fog outside grow unnaturally thick, while a neighbor went out and fell after opening his gate.
• Joseph shut his family inside as the fog pressed against their windows and a shadow attacked through the courtyard.
• Joseph used the Holy Light Slaying Evil Sword to wound the creature, but the strike left him drained.
• Song Shuhang sensed the clash between Evil Delusion and holy light, entrusted his body to Stele Fellow Daoist, and sped toward Joseph’s home with his Primordial Spirit and weapons.

Song Shuhang discovered that his nominal disciple Joseph had unexpectedly wielded Holy Light against a Rending-Claw Evil Delusion. Surrounded by a pack of the monsters and unable to retreat, Joseph received Song Shuhang’s aid and unleashed the Holy Light Cross Sword.

• Song Shuhang entered the fog-shrouded residential area and found Joseph facing a wounded Rending-Claw Evil Delusion.
• The Evil Delusion feinted and attacked Joseph from the side, but Song Shuhang struck it with the Powerhouse Appraisal Technique, allowing Joseph to land a sword blow.
• Eleven more Rending-Claw Evil Delusions entered Joseph’s courtyard, leaving him exhausted and unable to retreat from the monsters threatening his family.
• As the Evil Delusions attacked, Joseph heard Song Shuhang’s voice, felt new power surge through him, and swung his sword with Song Shuhang’s guidance.
• Joseph unleashed the Holy Light Cross Sword, enveloping all eleven Rending-Claw Evil Delusions in its radiance.

Joseph used Holy Light Swordsmanship to destroy eleven Claw Evil Delusions, while Song Shuhang watched over the aftermath and considered Joseph’s potential as a cultivator. The residents fell unconscious as the mist’s effects faded, and Song Shuhang went to help the neighboring households.

• Joseph’s Holy Light Cross Sword killed the eleven Claw Evil Delusions and burned their remains to ashes.
• Joseph believed his master had secretly guided and empowered his sword strike, while Song Shuhang considered accepting him as a disciple because of his connection to Holy Light.
• Song Shuhang decided not to erase Ji Shuangxue and her mother’s memories, and the Hamster Fiend explained that the mist would make them unconscious and blur their memories.
• Joseph rushed inside to protect his unconscious wife and daughter, while Song Shuhang buried a Sacred Seal Wooden Saber in the courtyard as a coordinate.
• Song Shuhang went to the neighboring homes to help their unconscious residents, and the Hamster Fiend identified the Claw Evil Delusions as wandering soul-based Ghost Claws that were cleared when their mist dispersed.

Song Shuhang drove the evil fiends from a residential compound, healed its unconscious residents, and returned to Jiangnan University Town. As he patrolled the campus during class, he discovered three cultivators sneaking in and nervously avoiding Profound Sage Tyrannical Song’s name.

• The Nine-Rebirth Phoenix Saber returned to Song Shuhang, and he concluded it had driven the evil fiends away before healing the unconscious residents.
• Song Shuhang left the compound without repairing its shattered windows, and the Hamster Fiend flew back to Jiangnan University Town separately.
• Song Shuhang reunited with his roommates, who kept wanting to call him by strange variations of his name as the ring suppressing Known Throughout the World ran low on power.
• During class, Song Shuhang disguised the Evil Fiend Encyclopedia as a textbook and sent the invisible Overlord Shatter Saber to patrol for evil fiends.
• Song Shuhang spotted three rune-marked figures sneaking into Jiangnan University Town and heard them warn each other not to mention Profound Sage Tyrannical Song’s name.

Song Shuhang warned three Demon Catchers not to disturb his allies at Jiangnan University Town, then finished studying how to handle Evil Delusions. He learned that a massive, spell-resistant Great River Fiend had appeared near the Way of All Beings.

• Zhang Xiaofan suggested the Demon Catchers enter Jiangnan University Town under official identities, and the three withdrew to prepare.
• Song Shuhang used his Third Divine Eye to warn the Demon Catchers that the Willow Tree Demon, Onion Demon, and flying Hamster were not to be targeted.
• The Demon Catchers took Song Shuhang's warning as permission to enter the school, but decided to return later with official identities and avoid causing trouble.
• Song Shuhang finished memorizing the Fiend Encyclopedia and invited Tubo and Gao Moumou to order takeout from Chu Chu's Abyssal Dining Pavilion.
• Song Shuhang read the Nine Provinces Number One Group and learned that a huge Great River Fiend near the Way of All Beings resisted sealing spells and adapted to repeated attacks.

Song Shuhang identified Fairy Susu’s strange river fiend as a severed dragon fiend and explained how to restrain it. The group still could not reach Senior White, and Song Shuhang was left wondering why Snow Wolf Cave Master thought his account had been hacked.

• Sage Seven Cultivations and Venerable Yellow Mountain searched for records about the river fiend while the group failed to contact Senior White.
• Song Shuhang learned that Nine Provinces Group Two was upgrading for three days to add a virus warning function.
• After studying Fairy Susu’s photos and description, Song Shuhang identified the river fiend as a severed dragon fiend using information from Senior White Two’s Fiend Encyclopedia.
• Song Shuhang told Fairy Susu to restrain the fiend with the Golden Needle Sealing Dragon Formation, which could pin it down and make it weaken.
• Song Shuhang considered sending Fairy Susu a piece of Onion Lady to suppress the fiend, and Snow Wolf Cave Master asked whether Song Shuhang’s account had been hacked.

Song Shuhang attended afternoon classes while avoiding Zhang Xiaofan, then learned that a nearby residential complex had suffered a mysterious attack. He sent Onion Lady’s fresh tip to Fairy Susu to help investigate the Severed Dragon Fiend and prepared to visit the Way of All Beings.

• Song Shuhang ate Chu Chu’s practice dishes, which Fairy Bie Xue gave him for free while studying the Heavenly Tribulation Cookbook.
• Song Shuhang spotted Zhang Xiaofan auditing a class at Jiangnan University Town and quietly entered the classroom to avoid being noticed.
• Song Shuhang studied Ancient Language during class while waiting for the Evil Delusion to appear.
• Yangde warned Song Shuhang and his roommates about a mysterious incident near the university, where residents had been knocked unconscious and homes damaged.
• Song Shuhang learned that Fairy Susu’s Golden Needle Sealing Dragon Formation had stopped the Severed Dragon Fiend from growing, though it was weakening only slowly.
• Song Shuhang sent Onion Lady’s fresh tip to Fairy Susu by Flying Knife Message and prepared to travel to the Way of All Beings with the Hamster Unit.