Chapter Summaries

Li Xiaoyu subdued the Black Water Profound Snake’s demonic soul and made it the guardian beast of the Immortal-Slaying Gourd. As he refined the gourd and its new water-attributed power, he entered a state of profound enlightenment and eventually awoke.

• Li Xiaoyu used Geng Metal Dragon Qi and a beast-taming method to suppress the Black Water Profound Snake’s demonic power and break its imprint.
• The Black Water Profound Snake emerged as a giant serpent and agreed to submit to Li Xiaoyu rather than die.
• Li Xiaoyu refined the snake’s water-attributed demonic power into the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, transforming its patterns and destabilizing the space within it.
• Li Xiaoyu experienced profound insight into cultivation and the Dao before awakening from his state of enlightenment.

Li Xiaoyu emerged from seclusion after refining the Black Water Profound Snake, advancing to the pinnacle of the Upper Purity Realm and transforming his sword qi. Xiao Yicai reported Li Xiaoyu’s achievements to Daoist Daoxuan, whose fear and Demonic Obsession grew as he learned the beast had become the guardian of Li Xiaoyu’s gourd.

• Li Xiaoyu fused the Geng Metal, Profound Ice, Dragon Soul, and Profound Snake forces, evolving his sword qi into the Profound Heaven Dragon Chant.
• Li Xiaoyu completed his retreat at the pinnacle of the Upper Purity Realm, one step from the Grand Purity Realm.
• Daoist Daoxuan struggled to suppress the Demonic Obsession caused by the Immortal-Slaying Sword Qi.
• Xiao Yicai interrupted Daoist Daoxuan’s retreat to report that Li Xiaoyu had emerged from seclusion.
• Xiao Yicai told Daoist Daoxuan that Li Xiaoyu had refined the Black Water Profound Snake and made it the guardian beast of his mysterious gourd.

Daoist Daoxuan learned that Li Xiaoyu had reached the pinnacle of the Upper Purity Realm and ordered Xiao Yicai to spy on him. At Morning Sun Peak, Master Shuiyue accepted Li Xiaoyu’s devotion to Lu Xueqi and proposed arranging their betrothal to Shang Zhengliang.

• Daoist Daoxuan promoted Xiao Yicai to chief disciple of Heaven-Reaching Peak and ordered him to report Li Xiaoyu’s every move.
• Li Xiaoyu rested with Lu Xueqi after subduing the Black Water Profound Snake.
• Master Shuiyue and Shang Zhengliang visited Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi in the rear mountain.
• Master Shuiyue asked whether Li Xiaoyu sincerely loved Lu Xueqi, and he vowed to remain devoted to her for life.
• Master Shuiyue warned Li Xiaoyu not to betray Lu Xueqi, then proposed arranging a betrothal for the two to Shang Zhengliang.

With peace restored, Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi prepared to marry, surrounded by celebrations across Green Cloud Mountain. As their wedding day arrived, Li Xiaoyu remained troubled by a destructive aura he sensed in Daoist Daoxuan, but Shang Zhengliang urged him to focus on the wedding.

• Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi shared a quiet moment on Moon-Gazing Terrace and looked forward to a life together.
• Green Cloud Sect prepared for their wedding, and Lu Xueqi received gifts and farewells from the disciples of Small Bamboo Peak and Master Shuiyue.
• Li Xiaoyu recalled his life with Lu Xueqi and promised himself he would protect and cherish her.
• Li Xiaoyu asked Shang Zhengliang about Daoist Daoxuan's strange, destructive aura, but Shang Zhengliang told him not to pursue the matter and to prepare for the wedding.
• Three days later, the wedding day arrived, and Green Cloud Mountain was filled with celebration.

Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi were married in a grand ceremony at the Jade Purity Hall on Heaven-Reaching Peak. The celebration ended in alarm when Master Puhong revealed that the Heavenly Sound Temple’s treasured Heaven and Earth Samsara Disk had been stolen.

• Guests from across the righteous sects gathered as Daoist Daoxuan welcomed them to the wedding.
• Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi arrived in wedding robes and completed the ceremony before the gathered elders and guests.
• The guests congratulated the newlyweds as they promised to protect their happiness together.
• Faxiang rushed in from the sky, disheveled and panicked, and whispered news to Master Puhong.
• Master Puhong told Daoist Daoxuan that the Heaven and Earth Samsara Disk had been stolen.

Master Puhong revealed that the Ghost King Sect had stolen Heavenly Sound Temple's Heaven and Earth Samsara Disk, threatening to disrupt Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi's wedding. Faxiang suspected the Ghost King planned to use the artifact to resume the Four Spirits Blood Array, but Tian Buyi questioned how he could complete it without the Black Water Profound Snake.

• Master Puhong told Daoist Daoxuan that the Ghost King Sect had attacked Heavenly Sound Temple, wounded Pude, and stolen the Heaven and Earth Samsara Disk.
• Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi realized their wedding might be interrupted as the gathered righteous leaders considered the danger posed by the stolen artifact.
• Daoist Daoxuan urged Master Puhong to focus on stopping the Ghost King rather than blaming himself.
• Li Xiaoyu asked Faxiang why the Ghost King had attacked, and Faxiang said he had exploited the wedding to draw the righteous path's attention to Green Cloud Mountain.
• Faxiang suggested the Ghost King had stolen the artifact to prepare for the Four Spirits Blood Array, and Tian Buyi objected that the Black Water Profound Snake had already been subdued by Xiaoyu.

Faxiang revealed that the Ghost King had used the Heaven and Earth Samsara Disk to activate a Pseudo Four Spirits Blood Array in the Wilderness. As the blood-red pillar rose, the sects joined forces to stop him, and Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi set aside their wedding robes to prepare for battle.

• Faxiang explained that the Ghost King planned to use the Heaven and Earth Samsara Disk to replace a missing spirit in the Four Spirits Blood Array and unleash a Pseudo Four Spirits Blood Array in the Wilderness.
• Faxiang said the Ghost King had already gone to the Wilderness, and Li Xiaoyu urged everyone to hurry there and stop him.
• A blood-red pillar rose from the Wilderness, and Daoist Daoxuan and Li Xiaoyu recognized that the Ghost King had activated the array.
• Li Xiaoyu declared that the array was still incomplete and urged everyone to destroy it before it reached full power.
• Master Puhong and Yun Yilan pledged their sects' support, and Daoist Daoxuan declared that Green Cloud Sect would march against the Ghost King Sect.
• Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi removed their bloodstained wedding robes and changed into azure battle robes.

Li Xiaoyu led the Dawn Squad and a righteous expedition toward the Wilderness as a blood-red pillar rose in the northwest. The pillar awakened Bi Yao’s remnant soul in the Joyous Union Bell, drawing Ghost Li toward it until Xiao Bai warned him it was a trap triggered by the Four Spirits Blood Array.

• Li Xiaoyu asked Daoist Daoxuan to let him lead the Dawn Squad as the vanguard, and Daoist Daoxuan granted him full authority.
• Li Xiaoyu assembled the Dawn Squad at Rainbow Bridge and led it toward the Wilderness with Lu Xueqi, Lin Jingyu, Zeng Shushu, and a larger righteous army following.
• Ghost Li studied the secret manuals on an island when a blood-red pillar rose in the northwest and the Joyous Union Bell rang, restoring a faint connection to Bi Yao.
• The Joyous Union Bell flew toward the pillar, so Ghost Li set out after it to find a way to bring Bi Yao back.
• Xiao Bai caught up with Ghost Li, warned him that the pillar was a trap, and identified it as the result of the Four Spirits Blood Array.

Xiao Bai explained to Ghost Li that the Four Spirits Blood Array used Bi Yao’s awakened soul as part of its formation and that the Ghost King’s plan to summon Asura would destroy the world rather than revive her. In the Wilderness, Li Xiaoyu led the Righteous Alliance toward the Ghost King’s stronghold and fought through a horde of demonic beasts.

• Xiao Bai told Ghost Li that the Heaven and Earth Samsara Disk had drawn Bi Yao’s fragmentary soul into the array, and that the Ghost King hoped Asura would help revive his daughter.
• Ghost Li vowed to stop the calamity, and Xiao Bai urged him to hurry to the Wilderness, where Li Xiaoyu and the Righteous Alliance were battling the Ghost King Sect.
• Li Xiaoyu protected the alliance from the toxic miasma while Zeng Shushu’s compass failed to locate the Ghost King.
• Li Xiaoyu used his divine sense to find a powerful energy source near the Wilderness Sacred Hall, and the alliance flew toward it.
• Demonic beasts attacked the alliance in the mountains, and Li Xiaoyu, Lu Xueqi, Lin Jingyu, and the Dawn Squad fought through the horde.
• After an hour of battle, the alliance wiped out the beasts, and Li Xiaoyu hovered over the bloodied battlefield.

Li Xiaoyu led the Righteous Alliance to the Wilderness Sacred Hall to stop the Ghost King, but the Sacred Hall Guardian Clan barred their way. Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi fought the Withered Elder while the Dawn Squad battled the Black Armor Warriors, and they joined forces to finish the elder quickly.

• Li Xiaoyu and the Righteous Alliance approached the Wilderness Sacred Hall, where the Ghost King had placed the Pseudo Four Spirits Blood Array.
• The Black Armor Warriors and the Withered Elder appeared and refused to let the alliance enter, declaring that trespassers would die.
• The Withered Elder ordered the Black Armor Warriors to attack, and Li Xiaoyu sent Lin Jingyu, Zeng Shushu, and the Dawn Squad to fight them.
• Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi attacked the Withered Elder together, wounding him as he mocked them for fighting unfairly.
• Li Xiaoyu unleashed the Geng Metal Dragon Qi, shocking the Withered Elder, then called on Lu Xueqi to help end the fight quickly.

Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi fought the Withered Elder to a standstill outside the Wilderness Sacred Hall, but Jin Ping'er arrived with Joyous Union Sect disciples and urged the factions to set aside their conflict. She warned that Ghost King, Wan Renwang, was plotting a calamity that threatened the Demon Sect and the Divine Land.

• The Withered Elder unleashed his power against Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi, and all three were badly injured in the clash.
• The Withered Elder prepared to detonate his primordial spirit rather than let them enter the Sacred Hall, but Jin Ping'er arrived with several hundred Joyous Union Sect disciples.
• Jin Ping'er greeted Li Xiaoyu and the Withered Elder, then explained that her group had come to prevent a calamity rather than break into the Sacred Hall.
• Jin Ping'er accused Ghost King, Wan Renwang, of betraying the Holy Mother and desecrating the Bright King, and the Withered Elder roared that she was talking nonsense.

Jin Ping'er revealed Ghost King's plan to summon Asura and destroy the existing world, winning the Withered Elder's support against him. She proposed a temporary alliance with Li Xiaoyu and the righteous path, leaving Li Xiaoyu torn until Lu Xueqi stood beside him and voiced her trust.

• Jin Ping'er told the Withered Elder that Ghost King planned to summon Asura and create a world for the Bright King's lineage.
• Jin Ping'er presented the Holy Mother Token, and the Withered Elder learned that Ghost King had betrayed the Holy Mother and desecrated the Bright King.
• The Withered Elder swore that his Sacred Hall Guardian Clan would never coexist with Ghost King, and Jin Ping'er secured him as an ally.
• Jin Ping'er asked Li Xiaoyu to form a temporary alliance against Ghost King, and Li Xiaoyu hesitated over the cost to the righteous path.
• Lu Xueqi joined Li Xiaoyu and told him she believed in him.

Li Xiaoyu forged a temporary alliance with Jin Ping'er and the Withered Elder to stop the Ghost King and destroy the Pseudo Four Spirits Blood Array. After they agreed on a three-pronged attack, their forces moved against the Wilderness Sacred Hall.

• Li Xiaoyu agreed to ally with Jin Ping'er on the condition that the Demon Sect withdraw from the Wilderness and never provoke another conflict.
• The Withered Elder agreed to join the alliance and fight the traitor who had betrayed the Holy Mother and blasphemed the Bright King.
• Li Xiaoyu proposed that he draw the Ghost King Sect's attention while Jin Ping'er and the Withered Elder infiltrated the Sacred Hall to find the array's core.
• Jin Ping'er and the Withered Elder accepted the plan, and the three forces set out toward the Wilderness Sacred Hall.
• Li Xiaoyu led the righteous disciples in a direct assault, while Jin Ping'er and the Withered Elder entered the Black Miasma Forest from opposite sides.
• Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi attacked the Demonized Beasts and Ghost King Sect forces as the righteous charge advanced.

Li Xiaoyu and Dawn Squad reached the Wilderness Sacred Hall too late to stop Wan Renwang from completing the Pseudo Four Spirits Blood Array and opening the Asura Gate. As a gigantic hand descended and devastated the land, a blue-robed figure rose from the ruins and urged everyone not to give up.

• Dawn Squad wiped out the encircling monsters, then entered the Wilderness Sacred Hall and found Wan Renwang sustaining the nearly complete Pseudo Four Spirits Blood Array.
• Li Xiaoyu attacked the altar, but its black chains absorbed his sword qi while Wan Renwang declared the righteous cultivators would become sacrifices.
• Wan Renwang offered his blood and soul to open the Asura Gate, widening the rift into a vast vortex.
• A gigantic hand reached through the vortex and flattened the evil palace, crushed Ghost King Sect fiends, and ravaged the surrounding land.
• A blue-robed figure rose from the ruins and told everyone not to give up.

The Ghost King summoned Asura to revive Bi Yao, but Asura crushed him and began destroying the Righteous Alliance. Just as the survivors faced annihilation, a streak of black light wrapped in Buddhist radiance halted Asura’s descending palm.

• Lu Xueqi and the others vowed to fight on as the Ghost King poured his blood essence into the altar and summoned Asura.
• Wan Renwang begged Asura to revive Bi Yao, but Asura ignored him and crushed him beneath its palm, obliterating his body and soul.
• Asura attacked the Righteous Alliance, shattered its sword formation, and killed countless disciples.
• Zeng Shushu, Lin Jingyu, Li Xiaoyu, and Lu Xueqi struggled against Asura’s power as the survivors faced despair.
• A streak of black light wreathed in Buddhist radiance struck Asura’s descending palm and briefly stopped it.

Ghost Li, Li Xiaoyu, and Lu Xueqi joined forces against Asura, but their attacks barely affected the giant and its counterattack overwhelmed them. As they reeled from the assault, Li Xiaoyu's gray Wine Gourd began trembling and sent him an unfamiliar feeling of longing and greed.

• Ghost Li arrived and attacked Asura with the Soul-Devouring Magic Rod, but his blows left no mark.
• Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi joined Ghost Li, and the three friends combined their powers against Asura.
• Asura shrugged off their attack and struck back with black beams of destructive energy.
• Li Xiaoyu, Lu Xueqi, and Ghost Li raised a shared sword shield, but it cracked under the assault and all three were wounded and thrown backward.
• Li Xiaoyu's gray Wine Gourd trembled at his waist and filled him with a feeling of longing and greed.

As Asura launched another attack, Li Xiaoyu realized his mysterious Wine Gourd yearned for Asura’s destructive energy and risked using it to absorb the attack. The gourd’s primordial forces restrained and refined the rampaging power, while Li Xiaoyu’s Cultivation began to surge.

• Li Xiaoyu sensed the Wine Gourd yearning for the destructive energy radiating from Asura as Asura attacked the wounded group again.
• Li Xiaoyu poured his Cultivation into the Wine Gourd and used its golden vortex to devour Asura’s black beams.
• Li Xiaoyu was injured when the absorbed Asura power surged back through the gourd and rampaged inside its inner space.
• Li Xiaoyu tried to suppress the Asura power with his will, but the strain made blood seep from his seven apertures and blurred his consciousness.
• The four primordial forces in the gourd formed chains that bound and refined the Asura power, expanding the energy ocean and raising Li Xiaoyu’s Cultivation.

Li Xiaoyu reached the Taiqing Realm and used the Immortal-Slaying Gourd to drain Asura’s power. Ghost Li discovered that Bi Yao was trapped inside Asura’s core, and Li Xiaoyu proposed tearing open the energy storm to rescue her; he chose to lead the attack himself.

• Li Xiaoyu broke through to the Taiqing Realm and attacked Asura with the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, swallowing Asura’s destructive beams and power.
• Ghost Li sensed Bi Yao inside Asura’s unstable core through the Joyous Union Bell and told Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi.
• Li Xiaoyu realized that the Ghost King had summoned Asura to revive Bi Yao, but Asura had instead made her body his energy core.
• Li Xiaoyu stopped Ghost Li from charging at Asura and proposed pulling Bi Yao out of the core without destroying it.
• Lu Xueqi and Ghost Li agreed to help, but Li Xiaoyu insisted that he would lead the attack.

Li Xiaoyu, Lu Xueqi, and Ghost Li opened a breach in the Asura Demon God’s chest and discovered Bi Yao’s remnant soul within the Joyous Union Bell. Her guidance revealed three weaknesses in the demon’s energy flow, and the three heroes launched a coordinated final attack.

• Li Xiaoyu directed Lu Xueqi and Ghost Li to strike both sides of the Asura Demon God’s core while he attacked its weakened center.
• The trio disrupted the core’s energy and Li Xiaoyu used the Immortal-Slaying Gourd to tear open the Asura Demon God’s chest, revealing Bi Yao protected by the Joyous Union Bell.
• Bi Yao’s remnant soul sent Ghost Li guidance through the bell, showing him three weak points in the Asura Demon God’s energy flow.
• Ghost Li directed Lu Xueqi to strike beneath the demon’s left shoulder and Li Xiaoyu to attack its right kneecap, wounding it and throwing it off balance.
• Ghost Li revealed the final weakness was at the center of the demon’s back, and the three charged together to deliver their final strike.

Li Xiaoyu, Lu Xueqi, and Ghost Li combined their strongest attacks to destroy the Asura Demon God's body, but its origin core survived and began rebuilding it. As the exhausted fighters faced the threat of its return, Bi Yao's Joyous Union Bell briefly held the core back.

• Li Xiaoyu trapped the Asura Demon God in a golden net after the others struck its vital points, creating an opening for a final attack.
• Ghost Li unleashed the Soul-Devouring Magic Rod's destructive power while Lu Xueqi and Li Xiaoyu added divine lightning and sword energy to his strike.
• The combined attack erased the Asura Demon God's body and left a massive spatial rift, prompting the surviving fighters to wonder whether they had won.
• The Asura Demon God's origin core emerged intact and began absorbing energy from the rift to rebuild its body.
• Ghost Li recognized Bi Yao's Joyous Union Bell holding the origin core back, though he knew it could not last long.