Chapter Summaries

Donghuang Ziyou held a tournament to select Cave Origin Heaven’s martial arts alliance leader, and the Xuantian Holy Lord defeated his rivals. Yang Jing then accused Xiao Wei and the Divine Intent Sect of ties to the disgraced Supreme Profound Sect, but with no evidence to prove it, Lin Xuan revealed that he had a way to expose the truth.

• Donghuang Ziyou set a one-round martial arts contest to choose the alliance leader, and the Xuantian Holy Lord defeated the other three Holy Lords.
• Guo Shengxing, Guo Yunqi, and Xiao Wei celebrated the Xuantian Holy Lord’s apparent victory and imagined gaining power and influence from his rise.
• Yang Jing and Yang Huan accused Xiao Wei of being a surviving member of the Supreme Profound Sect and denounced the Divine Intent Sect for mistreating the Windclear Sect.
• Guo Shengxing and Guo Yunqi denied Yang Jing’s claims and accused him and Yang Huan of lying, while Yang Jing could offer no evidence.
• Donghuang Ziyou asked Yang Jing for proof, and Lin Xuan told his daughters he could help prove the accusation before privately explaining his method to Donghuang Ziyou.

Lin Xuan’s psychological strategy exposed Xiao Wei and the Guo family’s lies, and Xiao Wei’s attempted escape confirmed his identity as a remnant of the Shangxuan Sect. Donghuang Ziyou praised Lin Xuan’s method and decided to promote it through the Ministry of Punishment.

• Donghuang Ziyou questioned Yang Jing’s accusation, and Yang Jing identified Xiao Wei as a remnant of the Shangxuan Sect.
• Donghuang Ziyou separated Xiao Wei and Guo Shengxing from Guo Yunqi, then had Ruoying tell Guo Shengxing that Guo Yunqi had confessed.
• Guo Shengxing entered the hall and revealed everything, while Xiao Wei grew anxious outside and tried to flee.
• Donghuang Ziyou captured Xiao Wei and threw him into the hall, exposing his disguise and confirming the accusation.
• Lin Xuan explained that his strategy was called the Prisoner’s Dilemma, and Donghuang Ziyou decided to promote it through the Ministry of Punishment.

Donghuang Ziyou exposed the Divine Intent Sect’s crimes, punished its leaders, and appointed the restored Yang Jing as Cave Origin Heaven’s martial arts alliance leader. After the tournament ended, she took Lin Xuan and their daughters to see the sunset’s golden rainbow.

• Yang Jing and Yang Huan thanked Lin Xuan and Donghuang Ziyou as the crowd celebrated the exposure of the Divine Intent Sect’s crimes.
• Guo Shengxing begged the Sacred Lord of Mysterious Heaven for help, but the Sacred Lord rebuked him and withdrew from the tournament and the alliance leader selection.
• Donghuang Ziyou praised Yang Jing, named him martial arts alliance leader, healed his legs, and gave him a cultivation jade slip.
• The Holy Maiden of Mysterious Heaven slapped Guo Yunqi before leaving with the Sacred Lord of Mysterious Heaven, while Yang Jing was ordered to take Guo Shengxing, Guo Yunqi, and Xiao Wei away under guard.
• Donghuang Ziyou took Lin Xuan, Xuanhan, Xuanzhu, and Xuanxi from Divine Martial Mountain to see the golden rainbow at sunset.

Lin Xuan, Donghuang Ziyou, and their four daughters enjoyed the sunset on Feixia Mountain before sharing a meal of fish soup. The family ended the outing happily, with Xuanzhu reflecting that sharing the limited tableware had brought them closer.

• Xuanzhu and her sisters admired the golden evening scenery while Donghuang Ziyou let them play.
• When the girls wanted fish, Donghuang Ziyou caught more than ten Black-Eyed Mandarin Fish from the river.
• Donghuang Ziyou brought out rare spirit treasures as cooking utensils, and Lin Xuan cleaned the fish and made soup.
• The family shared the fish and soup using two jade plates, with the girls sharing one plate and their parents sharing the other.
• Xuanzhu said that having fewer things to use had brought the family closer, and Lin Xuan and Donghuang Ziyou smiled at her observation.

Lin Xuan built a tent on the mountaintop so Xuanzhu and her sisters could try camping, and the family squeezed inside to sleep together. The girls and Lin Xuan fell asleep, while Donghuang Ziyou watched Lin Xuan and felt satisfied that he was her man.

• Xuanzhu and her sisters discovered a nest of silver-thread worms and said they wanted to sleep outdoors like the worms.
• Lin Xuan promised to make a tent that night, and Donghuang Ziyou gave him the Cloudsoft Silk.
• Lin Xuan built a small tent from Cloudsoft Silk and branches, delighting the four little girls.
• Xuanzhu and her sisters insisted that Lin Xuan and Donghuang Ziyou sleep in the tent with them, so Lin Xuan arranged for the family to fit inside.
• Lin Xuan and Donghuang Ziyou stretched their legs across one another to make room, and the little girls soon fell asleep.
• Lin Xuan fell asleep, while Donghuang Ziyou studied his face and smiled to herself.

Lin Xuan used the Nine Dragons Illustration to transform Xiao Jiu into a golden, quasi-Saint Realm Nine-Headed Heavenly Python, then agreed to take Mu Youqing and the four little girls to Wenjie Academy. The group arrived as a gathering of Northern Profound Heaven’s young literary talents began, and the first riddle appeared on the Biyu Mysterious Curtain.

• Lin Xuan merged the Nine Dragons Illustration with Xiao Jiu, giving the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python golden scales, dragon horns, and quasi-Saint Realm cultivation.
• Xuanyou proudly called herself Xiao Jiu’s big sister, and the python lowered its heads and fawned on her.
• Mu Youqing arrived and invited Lin Xuan and the four little girls to a riddle-guessing event at Wenjie Academy; Lin Xuan agreed.
• Lin Xuan, Mu Youqing, and the four little girls traveled by Green-Winged Flying Bird Jade Carriage to Wenjie Academy.
• At the academy, Shangguan Jie and the other young talents gathered around the Biyu Mysterious Curtain, and Shangguan Jie revealed the riddle: “Where has Madam gone?”

Zhao Jinglun solved the first character riddle, but a harder one stumped the young scholars until Character Saint Qi Yunhe explained it. When an ancient, famously unsolvable riddle appeared, Lin Xuan arrived and immediately gave its answer: “field.”

• Zhao Jinglun solved the riddle asking where the husband had gone, identifying the character as “two.”
• The scholars could not solve the riddle about one character and thirteen dots, and Qi Yunhe arrived with Lu Xuguang and identified the answer as “juice.”
• Qi Yunhe taught the scholars through more than ten riddles before the ancient top-ten riddle appeared, which he admitted he had studied for over eight hundred years without solving.
• Lin Xuan arrived with Mu Youqing, Xuanzhu, and the others, and Qi Yunhe asked him to examine the unsolved riddle.
• Lin Xuan glanced at the riddle and said its answer was “field.”

Lin Xuan solved an ancient character riddle, then helped Qi Yunhe and Du Xuguang compile the Mystic Heaven Character Compendium at Wenjie Academy. When Du Xuguang’s wife went into labor, Lin Xuan and the others accompanied him to his residence, where they learned she was having a difficult birth.

• Lin Xuan explained that the answer to the character riddle was “field,” earning the scholars’ admiration.
• Qi Yunhe invited Lin Xuan to oversee the Mystic Heaven Character Compendium, and Lin Xuan agreed to help compile it.
• After three hours of guidance in the Heavenly Book Pavilion, Lin Xuan completed the dictionary work with Qi Yunhe and Du Xuguang.
• A messenger told Du Xuguang that Xu Yarong was about to give birth, so Du Xuguang invited Lin Xuan and the others to his residence.
• At the Du Residence, Nanny Wang warned Du Xuguang that Xu Yarong was having a difficult birth.

Xu Yarong suffered a mysterious difficult labor that the Southern Medical Saint Wang Wentuo could not resolve. After learning that the Emperor Consort Lin Xuan was nearby, Du Xuguang and Wang Wentuo went to seek his help.

• Du Xuguang found Xu Yarong in agonizing labor and sent his steward to bring Wang Wentuo to the manor.
• Wang Wentuo diagnosed Xu Yarong and tried to induce labor with golden needles, but baleful-white lightning burst from her body and injured him.
• Wang Wentuo tried again with the Golden Lotus Secret Art, but more lightning repelled him, leaving him unable to save Xu Yarong or the child.
• The steward announced that the banquet was ready for the Emperor Consort, and Wang Wentuo said Lin Xuan might be able to help.
• Du Xuguang and Wang Wentuo set out to invite Lin Xuan and pay their respects.

Lin Xuan safely delivered Du Xuguang and Xu Yarong’s son by guiding the lightning in her womb, then explained the child’s rare Heavenly Condemnation Thunder Body. He named the newborn Lei Zhen, leaving the Du family rejoicing over his extraordinary future.

• Lin Xuan reassured Xuanzhu and her sisters before heading to Xu Yarong’s bedside with Du Xuguang and Wang Wentuo.
• Lin Xuan used eight golden needles and the Five Elements Thunder Formula to guide the lightning and deliver a healthy baby boy.
• Lin Xuan explained that the child had an Innate Heavenly Condemnation Thunder Body and could excel in both physical cultivation and lightning arts.
• Lin Xuan told Du Xuguang that the child’s constitution likely came from an ancestor, and Du Xuguang recalled his father’s lightning cultivation.
• Du Xuguang asked Lin Xuan to name the child, and Lin Xuan named him Lei Zhen.

Lin Xuan named Du Xuguang and Xu Yarong’s newborn Du Leizhen, delighting the four princesses and inspiring them to wish for a little brother of their own. At the banquet, Lin Xuan used the Devil Flash to impersonate the destroyed Dark Heaven Legion, and the hidden mission-giver directed him to the Blackwater Mountain Range to receive the Soulslaughter Devil Orb.

• Lin Xuan named the newborn Du Leizhen, and Du Xuguang brought him to meet Xuanzhu, Xuanxi, Xuanhan, and Xuanyou.
• The four princesses admired the baby and decided they wanted Daddy and Mommy to give them a little brother.
• At the banquet, Lin Xuan sensed a message through the Devil Flash and pretended to accept a new mission from the hidden contact.
• Leng Jingyun tasked the Dark Heaven Legion with releasing the Soulslaughter Devil Orb near Profound Ice Palace and offered to send it over.
• Lin Xuan questioned the safety of teleporting the rare orb, prompting Leng Jingyun to direct him to the Blackwater Mountain Range to collect it.
• Lin Xuan agreed to go, hoping to use the meeting to uncover the mastermind behind the missions.

Lin Xuan intercepted Hou Zhi and seized the Soul-Slaying Devil Orb, then forced him to lead the way to Leng Jingyun. He arrived as Leng Jingyun enlisted the Seven Great Demons to reclaim the Southern Region, while planning to distract the Northern Profound Heaven with the orb.

• Lin Xuan saw through Hou Zhi’s illusion and took the Soul-Slaying Devil Orb, then revealed that he was the Emperor Consort of the Northern Profound Heaven.
• Hou Zhi accidentally revealed that Leng Jingyun was the mastermind, and Lin Xuan captured him and ordered him to lead the way.
• Leng Jingyun offered the Seven Great Demons their own realms in exchange for helping him defeat Devil Lord Qiyou and seize the Southern Region.
• Leng Jingyun told the Seven Great Demons that he had arranged to release the Soul-Slaying Devil Orb at the Profound Ice Palace to plunge the Northern Profound Heaven into chaos.
• Lin Xuan entered Leng Jingyun’s hall and challenged his confidence in dismissing the Northern Profound Heaven.

Lin Xuan confronted Leng Jingyun and the seven great devils after tracking them to their hidden hall. He effortlessly blocked Tie Gui’s attack with one finger and killed him with a palm strike, leaving the other devils facing his overwhelming strength.

• Leng Jingyun realized Lin Xuan had destroyed the Dark Heaven Legion, captured Hou Zhi, and used the Devil Flash to find his hidden hall.
• Blood-Eyed Patriarch and the other six great devils refused to cooperate with Leng Jingyun and tried to leave.
• Lin Xuan stopped the seven great devils and declared that he would destroy them for their crimes and their plot against the Southern Region.
• Tie Gui attacked Lin Xuan with his Chaos-Cleaving Slash, but Lin Xuan blocked the Profound Devil Warblade with one finger.
• Lin Xuan struck Tie Gui with a palm that sent him flying a thousand zhang, and Leng Jingyun and Blood-Eyed Patriarch saw that Tie Gui was dead.

Lin Xuan killed Tie Gui, burned Ye Jinlian to ashes, and then annihilated the remaining five great devils with one sword. Leng Jingyun watched in shock, leaving Lin Xuan’s confrontation with him unresolved.

• Lin Xuan killed Tie Gui with a single palm strike, grieving Ye Jinlian and the other great devils.
• Ye Jinlian attacked Lin Xuan with the Illusory Devil Mating Art, but Lin Xuan burned her and her devil domain with his Separating Fire Golden Pupils.
• Blood-Eyed Patriarch led the remaining five great devils in a combined assault against Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan countered with the twentieth move of the Ultimate Dao Sword Art and killed all five great devils with one strike.
• Leng Jingyun watched the five great devils die and stood dumbfounded at Lin Xuan’s power.

Lin Xuan captured Leng Jingyun, uncovered his role in targeting Northern Profound Heaven, and killed him, ending the Devil Dao Alliance’s control over the Southern Region. He returned to the Du Residence, where the four little darlings were performing his fitness dance.

• Leng Jingyun tried to escape Lin Xuan by using the Sacred Shadow Devil Mist Art, but Lin Xuan found him and broke the technique with his Rakshasa Divine Sense.
• Lin Xuan questioned Leng Jingyun, who confessed that he alone had targeted the Ten Thousand Devil Kingdom, the Lifeless Kingdom, and Northern Profound Heaven.
• Leng Jingyun warned that the Shadow Devil Clan would retaliate, but Lin Xuan killed him with the Primordial Ancient Sword.
• Lin Xuan declared that the Southern Region had broken free from the Devil Dao Alliance’s control and returned to the Du Residence.
• Lin Xuan heard the four little darlings performing his fitness dance in the main hall.

Lin Xuan took Xuanzhu and her sisters to Chuiyun Heaven with Mu Youqing after the girls asked to guide their aunt there. Meanwhile, Baili Heng used Leng Jingyun’s destruction to advance his plans for the Southern Region and revealed an eight-thousand-year scheme to seize the Heavenly Devil Realm.

• Lin Xuan praised Xuanzhu and her sisters for their dance, then agreed to let them guide Mu Youqing around Chuiyun Heaven.
• Lin Xuan swept Mu Youqing and the little girls away to Chuiyun Heaven, while the banquet guests reflected on his influence over the Empress.
• Xu Guan reported to Baili Heng that Leng Jingyun’s palace had been destroyed, and Baili Heng blamed Lin Xuan.
• Baili Heng planned to promote Xu Guan as Southern Region Envoy and told him to avoid provoking Lin Xuan until he could reclaim the region himself.
• Baili Heng revealed that his Wind Blade Plan had been prepared for eight thousand years and was intended to make him ruler of the Heavenly Devil Realm.
• Lin Xuan arrived at Chuiyun Heaven’s sea, where Mu Youqing marveled at his speed and Xuanzhu and her sisters praised him.

Lin Xuan took Mu Youqing and his daughters to a beach, where he used his artifact-refining skills to turn seashells into dazzling accessories for the girls. As his daughters admired their gifts, the system rewarded him with the Nine Netherworlds Dark Fire Body.

• Lin Xuan brought Mu Youqing and his daughters to an island in Cloud-Drooping Heaven, where they played barefoot on the beach.
• Xuanzhu and her sisters collected colorful seashells and asked Lin Xuan to make them into accessories.
• Lin Xuan used his Primordial Fire Spirit Body and artifact-refining skills to craft four brilliant strands of shell accessories.
• Xuanzhu and her sisters put on the accessories, while Mu Youqing admired Lin Xuan's kindness and envied the girls.
• The system rewarded Lin Xuan with the Nine Netherworlds Dark Fire Body for his fatherly love.

Lin Xuan claimed the Nine Nether Underworld Fire Body reward while Mu Youqing went to fight an invading Blackscale Merman army near Tiger Prison Pass. After slaughtering thousands of the mermen, Mu Youqing broke through to the Quasi-Saint Realm.

• Lin Xuan claimed the Nine Nether Underworld Fire Body and realized he could combine its utmost yin flame with his Primordial Fire Spirit Body.
• Mu Youqing spotted a Blackscale Merman army surging toward the ancient Cloud Mountain Range and asked Lin Xuan to let her fight them.
• The Blackscale Mermen reached Tiger Prison Pass as cultivators from several sects traveled toward a trial secret ground, and the sect leaders identified the attackers.
• Mu Youqing used the Jade Void Sword Art to cut through the seawater and kill Blackscale Mermen, impressing the watching cultivators.
• Mu Youqing slew more than three thousand Blackscale Mermen, then felt her power and true essence surge as she reached the Quasi-Saint Realm.

Mu Youqing battled the Black-Scaled Merfolk, but their powerful fighters and a mysterious expert turned the fight against her and Daoshan. Just as a crushing water mountain threatened to kill them, an unknown powerhouse destroyed it with a single strand of mystical power.

• Mu Youqing reached the Quasi-Saint Realm and slaughtered many Black-Scaled Merfolk with her Jade Void Sword Art.
• Yue Zhou attacked Mu Youqing with a flaming halberd, and Yue Tao and Yue Hao joined him when she unleashed her strongest sword technique.
• Eminent Monk Daoshan arrived and killed Yue Zhou and the other three Emperor Realm merfolk with his True Martial Arhat Fist.
• An unseen Black-Scaled Merfolk expert attacked Daoshan with massive water mountains, and Mu Youqing joined him against the second one.
• A mysterious white light shattered the water mountain and saved Mu Youqing and Daoshan.

Lin Xuan defeated Yue Wu after discovering that the black-scaled merman clan had emerged to search for an immortal-grade merman pearl in the Ancient Cloud Mountains. He returned to find Mu Youqing and Dao Shan had destroyed the merman army, and they greeted him with reverence.

• Lin Xuan revealed himself to Yue Wu beneath the sea and broke Yue Wu’s water sword and shield with his own, leaving him gravely injured.
• Lin Xuan questioned Yue Wu about the clan’s sudden appearance, and Yue Wu said they were searching for a merman pearl in the Ancient Cloud Mountains.
• Lin Xuan killed Yue Wu and headed for the Ancient Cloud Mountains with the four little ones, interested in finding the pearl.
• Mu Youqing and Dao Shan wiped out the black-scaled merman army while Lin Xuan was away.
• Dao Shan, Mu Youqing, Ju Changlai, and the others recognized Lin Xuan and greeted him with excitement and respect.