Chapter Summaries

Qing Mo learned that Liu Chenxiang had unleashed wandering ghosts and wild spirits by disrupting the underworld, and he set out with Howling Sky Dog after discovering the devastation. After Son Goku captured the released spirits, Qing Mo encountered him, and Son Goku noticed Howling Sky Dog had lost its powers and returned to dog form.

• Qing Mo taught Howling Sky Dog how to court female dogs, and the dog won over females in villages across their travels.
• Qing Mo sent Howling Sky Dog toward Wellmouth Village and Willow North Village, but vicious ghosts chased it back to him as the villages were attacked.
• Qing Mo discovered that Liu Chenxiang had released ghosts while rescuing Liu Yanchang and destroying Cow Family Village's Book of Life and Death.
• Liu Chenxiang asked Son Goku to recapture the spirits, and Son Goku gathered them all to return them to the underworld.
• Qing Mo and Howling Sky Dog appeared behind Son Goku, who greeted Qing Mo and questioned why Howling Sky Dog was powerless and in its original form.

Qing Mo retrieved the Lotus Lantern with the Howling Sky Dog and intervened when Liu Chenxiang fought Xiao Yu at Mount Hua. After revealing that Xiao Yu’s parents were defeated with the Third Holy Mother’s help, he offered to take Xiao Yu to meet them in the underworld.

• Qing Mo explained that Yang Jian had stripped the Howling Sky Dog of his powers and banished him, then instructed Son Goku to return the wandering ghosts and protect the human survivors.
• Qing Mo and the Howling Sky Dog saw Dingxiang try to stop Qian Tianfu from abducting a young woman, and Xiao Yu secretly drove Qian Tianfu away.
• The Howling Sky Dog found the Lotus Lantern in an antique shop, and Qing Mo had Eldest Kang take the dog and lantern back to the True Lord Divine Hall.
• When Qian Tianfu fled after Dingxiang killed his demon monk master, Qing Mo hurled him toward Xiao Yu, who cut him in two while Liu Chenxiang wounded her.
• Qing Mo took the injured Xiao Yu away and told her that the Third Holy Mother had helped Son Goku defeat her parents, leaving Xiao Yu devastated.
• Qing Mo offered to take Xiao Yu to the underworld to meet her parents, and she agreed.

Qing Mo took Xiao Yu to the Underworld, where she reunited with her family and learned the truth behind their punishment, then allowed her to follow him. The next day, Liu Chenxiang set out to rescue Third Holy Mother, but Qing Mo explained that the Heavenly Laws—not merely Erlang God—kept her beneath Mount Hua.

• Qing Mo brought Xiao Yu before Houtu and the Underworld’s rulers, who ordered King Yama to take her to see her parents.
• Xiao Yu reunited with Fox Sister and Fifth Brother in the eighteenth level of hell, and Fox Sister stopped Fifth Brother from asking her to seek their release.
• With Houtu’s approval, Xiao Yu’s family briefly left the depths of hell to thank Qing Mo and urge Xiao Yu to live virtuously.
• Xiao Yu returned to the mortal world with Qing Mo, let go of her desire for revenge, and asked to follow him rather than return alone to Mountain of Ten Thousand Caves.
• The next day, Liu Chenxiang and Dingxiang led a festive procession through Mount Hua City as he prepared to split Mount Hua and rescue Third Holy Mother.
• Qing Mo told Xiao Yu that the Heavenly Laws held Third Holy Mother beneath Mount Hua and warned that Liu Chenxiang’s attempt would endanger the mortals accompanying him.

Liu Chenxiang tried to free his mother, Yang Chan, from Mount Hua but his arrogance and reckless attack hurt her and endangered the mortals below. Qing Mo protected the people, then arranged for Yang Jian to give Xiao Yu the Eight-Nine Arcane Art while Yang Jian pleaded to take Liu Chenxiang away and discipline him.

• Liu Chenxiang climbed Mount Hua with Laozi's axe, dismissed Yang Jian's heart-avatar, and entered the trial set to test him.
• After passing the trial, Liu Chenxiang reunited with Yang Chan and bragged about the skills he had learned from Son Goku.
• Liu Chenxiang struck the pillar imprisoning Yang Chan, was thrown back, injured her, and sent boulders rolling toward the mortals below.
• Xiao Yu blasted the falling boulders away from the crowds while Qing Mo watched approvingly; Yang Jian arrived and learned what had happened.
• Qing Mo explained Xiao Yu's connection to Fox Sister and asked Yang Jian to teach her the Eight-Nine Arcane Art.
• Yang Jian pleaded to take Liu Chenxiang away, then gave Xiao Yu the Eight-Nine Arcane Art after Qing Mo suggested sending Liu Chenxiang to Zhenyuan.

Xiao Yu received Yang Jian’s Eight-Nine Arcane Art, while Qing Mo confronted Yang Jian and Liu Chenxiang over the danger Liu Chenxiang’s actions had caused to mortals. After Liu Chenxiang admitted his mistake, Qing Mo arranged a duel with Yang Jian and promised to grant Liu Chenxiang one request if he won.

• Qing Mo explained the Eight-Nine Arcane Art’s power, and Xiao Yu accepted the manual and kowtowed to Yang Jian in gratitude.
• Qing Mo warned Yang Jian that he would have killed Liu Chenxiang if Xiao Yu had not protected the mortals near Mount Hua, and Yang Jian promised to discipline his nephew.
• Dingxiang and Old Ding were discovered spying, and Dingxiang questioned why Qing Mo had helped Yang Jian while defending Liu Chenxiang.
• The Meishan Brothers failed to find Liu Chenxiang, so Qing Mo brought him back from far away and confronted him about risking the commoners’ lives.
• Liu Chenxiang admitted he had been wrong, and Qing Mo challenged him to fight Yang Jian without certain powerful abilities, offering to grant one request if Liu Chenxiang won.

Yang Jian brutally tested Liu Chenxiang’s strength and resolve, leaving him unconscious despite his determination to save his mother. Qing Mo then challenged Yang Jian to consider the true meaning of the Heavenly Laws, and Yang Jian returned to the Heavenly Court to reflect.

• Yang Jian defeated Liu Chenxiang repeatedly while Qing Mo urged Liu Chenxiang to keep fighting for the chance to rescue Yang Chan.
• Yang Chan and Dingxiang pleaded for the fight to stop, but Liu Chenxiang insisted he had not given up before collapsing unconscious.
• Dingxiang accused Yang Jian and Qing Mo of cruelty, and Qing Mo warned her about his deadly power and Liu Chenxiang’s past actions.
• Qing Mo asked Yang Jian what the Heavenly Laws truly existed to accomplish and suggested he examine Liu Chenxiang’s life for an answer.
• Yang Jian watched Liu Chenxiang being carried away, then returned to the Heavenly Court with his followers to think over Qing Mo’s question.

Qing Mo traveled with Xiao Yu to Thunderclap Mountain, where he declared he would not intervene in the conflict between Yang Jian and Liu Chenxiang's group. As the battle unfolded, Dingxiang tried to strike Xiao Yu, and the chapter ended with Qing Mo rebuking Howling Sky Dog for defending Yang Jian by blaming the Heavenly Rules.

• Qing Mo encouraged Xiao Yu to acknowledge her feelings for Liu Chenxiang and told her that she was the person in Liu Chenxiang's heart, not Dingxiang.
• After months of traveling and training with Qing Mo, Xiao Yu heard that Liu Chenxiang was about to marry Dingxiang, rushed to Mount Hua, and later returned to Qing Mo's side.
• At Thunderclap Mountain, Qing Mo arrived with Xiao Yu and told the gathered immortals and demons that he would help neither side as they confronted Yang Jian.
• Ao Chun and the others attacked Yang Jian, while Dingxiang's evil personality tried to punch Xiao Yu from behind; Qing Mo blocked the blow with his folding fan.
• Howling Sky Dog took an attack meant for Yang Jian and begged Liu Chenxiang's group to spare his master, arguing that Yang Jian had only followed the Heavenly Rules.
• Qing Mo cut off Howling Sky Dog and warned that he could not simply spout such nonsense.

Qing Mo rescued Howling Sky Dog and challenged Liu Chenxiang and Yang Jian to reconsider the purpose of the Heavenly Laws and Heavenly Regulations, while exposing Dingxiang’s jealousy and attempted attack on Xiao Yu. He later helped Xiao Yu train with Red Boy and gave her a cultivation technique before accepting an invitation to the Heavenly Court’s Peach Banquet.

• Qing Mo healed Howling Sky Dog after Yang Jian begged him, then questioned the group about the difference between the Heavenly Laws and the Heavenly Regulations.
• Qing Mo challenged Liu Chenxiang and Yang Jian about the laws and their parents’ union, then warned them that he would deal with anyone who brought disaster upon humanity.
• Qing Mo revealed that Dingxiang had tried to strike Xiao Yu and explained that her jealousy and desire to possess Liu Chenxiang had left her vulnerable to Yang Jian’s implanted thoughts.
• After the Hundred Flowers Fairy was saved and the Heavenly Court punished Yang Jian and the others, Bull Devil King’s family visited Qing Mo on Thunderclap Mountain.
• Qing Mo arranged for Red Boy to spar with Xiao Yu, then gave her the Flame Mantra to improve her cultivation.
• Venus Star delivered Qing Mo’s Peach Banquet invitation, and Qing Mo attended the banquet as the Heavenly Court’s immortals greeted him.

At the Peach Banquet, Liu Chenxiang tried to justify his family’s violation of the Heavenly Laws, but Qing Mo challenged his reasoning with his own life story and a comparison about wealth and marriage. Qing Mo then named the Queen Mother as the clearest-minded immortal in Heavenly Court, leaving everyone waiting for her explanation.

• Li Jing and Nezha brought the bound Liu Chenxiang before the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother during the Peach Banquet.
• Liu Chenxiang argued that immortals and mortals shared the same origins, while Qing Mo shook his head and explained that he had been abandoned by his birth parents.
• Qing Mo questioned Liu Chenxiang about whether he would marry a cherished daughter to a poor man, showing that Liu Chenxiang’s own answer reflected the class distinctions he criticized.
• Qing Mo explained that different experiences shaped people’s abilities and outcomes, and that some people resented inequality because they lacked wealth themselves.
• Qing Mo said the Queen Mother was the clearest-minded immortal in Heavenly Court and turned everyone’s attention toward her.

At the Peach Banquet, Queen Mother argued that Liu Chenxiang and his mother could not be pardoned without undermining the Heavenly Laws, and Qing Mo openly supported her reasoning. Liu Chenxiang rebelled and fought his way toward the South Heaven Gate as his allies intervened, while Qing Mo assured Queen Mother that the Heavenly Laws would not be changed.

• Queen Mother explained that the Heavenly Laws protected the Three Realms and that Liu Chenxiang’s actions and his mother’s marriage to a mortal could not be forgiven; Qing Mo praised her convictions.
• When the Jade Emperor refused to pardon the Third Holy Mother, Liu Chenxiang defied his decree, broke free, and attacked Queen Mother, prompting the Four Heavenly Kings and celestial soldiers to move against him.
• Yang Jian arrived with the Meishan Brothers, while Son Goku secretly helped Liu Chenxiang and then fought Yang Jian to keep him occupied.
• Zhu Bajie, Ao Chun, and Dingxiang joined the struggle, and Liu Chenxiang and his allies fought their way toward the South Heaven Gate as the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother continued their act of helplessness.
• After Yang Jian and Son Goku’s clash carried them away from the Heavenly Court, Qing Mo reassured Queen Mother that he supported her and that the Heavenly Laws would not be changed.

Qing Mo explained to the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother why immortal-mortal love could endanger the Three Realms, then watched Liu Chenxiang rescue Xiao Yu before Dingxiang murdered her in a jealous rage. He revived Xiao Yu and warned Howling Sky Dog that Yang Jian’s longing for Chang'e and his secret plan could set a dangerous example for mortals.

• Qing Mo warned the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother that powerful, immature second-generation immortals might abuse mortals if the rules against immortal-mortal marriages were changed.
• Liu Chenxiang unleashed his power to defeat the Four Heavenly Kings, shattered the South Heaven Gate, and carried the badly injured Xiao Yu back to Mountain of Ten Thousand Caves.
• Dingxiang attacked Xiao Yu while she lay injured, killed her, and forged a blood letter before dumping her body in the wilderness; Qing Mo secretly recorded the crime.
• Qing Mo reversed time to restore Xiao Yu, who woke and thanked him, while Howling Sky Dog arrived after sensing something was wrong.
• Qing Mo told Howling Sky Dog to make Yang Jian reclaim the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe and argued that Yang Jian’s desire for Chang'e and defiance of Heaven could encourage mortals to commit harm in the name of love.

Yang Jian accepted that Qing Mo opposed changing the Heavenly Laws, then tested Liu Chenxiang after the young man regained his magic and helped Son Goku escape. Qing Mo arrived at Pure Altar Temple with Xiao Yu and stopped Zhu Bajie from attacking Howling Sky Dog, then prepared to examine the badly injured Son Goku.

• Howling Sky Dog told Yang Jian that Qing Mo stood with the Queen Mother and rejected changing the Heavenly Laws, leaving Yang Jian uncertain how to proceed.
• Yaoji and Ao Tingxin discussed seeking Qing Mo again, but Old Sixth of Meishan reported that Liu Chenxiang had recovered his magic and was intercepting Son Goku.
• Yang Jian tested Liu Chenxiang in battle, accidentally wounded him, and let the injured young man escape with Son Goku while Howling Sky Dog followed.
• Qing Mo and Xiao Yu encountered Howling Sky Dog on its way to Pure Altar Temple, where Zhu Bajie attacked it in anger over Son Goku’s injuries.
• Qing Mo froze Zhu Bajie, then went with him to check on Son Goku and told Liu Chenxiang and the others that the monkey would survive.

Qing Mo explained that Son Goku’s torture was the karmic consequence of breaking his oath to the Jade Emperor to teach Liu Chenxiang, then arranged to heal him while avoiding Guanyin’s involvement. He left Son Goku in Xiao Yu’s care and met Wutian in a dream, advising him how the number thirty-three could shape his coming calamity.

• Qing Mo told Zhu Bajie and Liu Chenxiang that Son Goku suffered because he broke his oath to the Jade Emperor by secretly teaching Liu Chenxiang, and that Qing Mo had strengthened Yang Jian because he knew Yang Jian would spare Son Goku’s life.
• Zhu Bajie and Liu Chenxiang begged Qing Mo to save Son Goku, and Qing Mo wrote a list of materials for an array that would restore him.
• Zhu Bajie and Liu Chenxiang left to gather the materials, while Qing Mo told Xiao Yu to care for Son Goku and have any visitors wait.
• Qing Mo entered a dream and met Wutian, saying he understood Wutian’s opposition to Tathagata’s hypocrisy and would help him in the coming calamity.
• Qing Mo told Wutian that thirty-three was tied to his destiny and advised him to keep the calamity’s timing to a number of threes, leaving Wutian astonished.

Qing Mo told Wutian how to thwart Buddhism’s plan by capturing Son Goku and Tathagata’s reincarnation, and accepted three World-Destroying Black Lotus seeds in return. After waking at Pure Altar Temple, Qing Mo met Yang Jian, Yaoji, and Howling Sky Dog and showed them evidence that Dingxiang had murdered Xiao Yu.

• Qing Mo explained that Son Goku was the Bone-Free Relic and that Tathagata would reincarnate as Qiao Ling'er, urging Wutian to keep both under control without killing them.
• Qing Mo warned Wutian not to harm humanity, advised him to restrain Tathagata’s reincarnation and seize the Merit Golden Lotus through his kindness, and demanded three black lotus seeds as payment.
• Wutian took the three seeds from his sleeve in the Demon Abyss, and they vanished as Qing Mo received them at Pure Altar Temple.
• Qing Mo reflected on Buddhism’s plan to sacrifice Son Goku to defeat Wutian, then told Xiao Yu to watch over the chained monkey while he went to meet Yang Jian and Yaoji.
• Yang Jian, Yaoji, and Howling Sky Dog met Qing Mo, who showed them a Recording Stone revealing Dingxiang had killed Xiao Yu and staged the scene.

Qing Mo warned Yang Jian and the others that changing the Heavenly Laws could unleash unrestrained second-generation immortals on mortals, then helped Zhu Bajie and Liu Chenxiang heal Son Goku. After Son Goku recovered, Liu Chenxiang gathered the demon kings to plan another assault on the Heavenly Palace to force the release of his mother, Yang Chan.

• Qing Mo confronted Yang Jian and the others over the dangers of changing the Heavenly Laws, and Yang Jian admitted he had underestimated the consequences.
• Two months later, Zhu Bajie and Liu Chenxiang brought Qing Mo the required items, and Qing Mo used them to form a formation that would heal Son Goku.
• Qing Mo stayed at Pure Altar Temple to eat and drink with Zhu Bajie and Liu Chenxiang, then departed before Liu Chenxiang could ask him for help.
• After nearly two months in the formation, Son Goku woke, learned that Yang Jian had crippled his meridians, and tried to seek revenge.
• Liu Chenxiang stopped Son Goku and gathered Bull Devil King and the other demon kings to plan another assault on the Heavenly Palace to force the Heavenly Court to amend the Heavenly Laws and release Yang Chan.

Liu Chenxiang’s assault on the Heavenly Court was halted when Yang Jian and Xiao Yu opposed him, while Nezha turned on Li Jing after Yang Jian secretly took the Exquisite Pagoda. Yang Jian admitted that he had guided Liu Chenxiang toward rebellion but now vowed to stop him, insisting the Heavenly Laws must not be changed.

• Liu Chenxiang, Son Goku, and their allies stormed Yaochi, where Yang Jian joined the Heavenly Court’s defenders and prepared to stop his nephew.
• Nezha attacked Yang Jian, then recognized his plan to take Li Jing’s pagoda and stood aside; Yang Jian used the Lotus Lantern to blast Son Goku away before he and Liu Chenxiang contested its power.
• Qing Mo sent Xiao Yu to the Heavenly Court, and she distracted Liu Chenxiang, allowing Yang Jian to strike him with the Lotus Lantern and leave him badly injured.
• Xiao Yu confronted Dingxiang over the punches that had failed to kill her and told Liu Chenxiang she had abandoned revenge and would not support his rebellion.
• Yang Jian secretly took Li Jing’s fallen Exquisite Pagoda, prompting Nezha to chase his father; Yang Jian then confessed his role in guiding Liu Chenxiang and declared that the Heavenly Laws must remain unchanged.

Liu Chenxiang demanded that the Heavenly Court release his mother and amend the Heavenly Laws, but the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother stalled while awaiting Qing Mo. Qing Mo arrived with the resurrected Ao Tingxin, who joined the Heavenly Court in opposing Liu Chenxiang and warned him that changing the laws would bring unbearable karma.

• The Jade Emperor and Queen Mother delayed answering Liu Chenxiang's demands, offering him a five-hour deadline while Supreme Lord Lao relayed their position.
• Zhu Bajie revealed that Xiao Yu had trained with Qing Mo, leading Liu Chenxiang and the others to fear that Qing Mo would support the Heavenly Court.
• Guanyin offered to wager that Liu Chenxiang would save his mother, but the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother refused to bet on it.
• Qing Mo arrived in Yaochi with the resurrected Ao Tingxin, dismissed Guanyin, and was greeted respectfully by the Heavenly Court.
• Ao Tingxin explained that Yang Jian had saved her remnant soul and had acted for Liu Chenxiang's family, then urged Liu Chenxiang to stop trying to change the Heavenly Laws.

Qing Mo challenged Liu Chenxiang’s claim that the Heavenly Rules were unjust, confronting him with the harm caused by his past actions and the powerful people who had protected him. Liu Chenxiang was left speechless and shaken as he realized how much support he had received.

• Liu Chenxiang insisted that the Heavenly Rules must change to save his mother, but Qing Mo argued that Yang Chan’s confinement on Mount Hua had been lenient and intended to make her reflect.
• Qing Mo recounted Liu Chenxiang’s disrespect toward the Jade Emperor and his release of hundreds of thousands of ghosts from the underworld, which had endangered mortals and required Son Goku to seek help from Sage Zhenyuan.
• Qing Mo condemned Liu Chenxiang for bringing tens of thousands of mortals to Mount Hua during his failed rescue attempt, where Xiao Yu had to protect them from falling rocks.
• Qing Mo pointed out that Liu Chenxiang had never lived as an ordinary laborer and had repeatedly ignored the consequences of his actions while benefiting from others’ help.
• Qing Mo listed Liu Chenxiang’s powerful family and mentors, including Son Goku, Yang Jian, the Jade Emperor, and several Sages, leaving Liu Chenxiang unable to answer.

Qing Mo exposed Liu Chenxiang’s powerful lineage, explained Yang Jian and the Queen Mother’s motives, and confronted Liu Chenxiang over the harm his rebellion had caused mortals. He showed the Heavenly Court visions of how changing the Heavenly Laws could unleash destructive passions, leaving Liu Chenxiang and the assembled immortals to face the consequences of their proposal.

• Qing Mo stopped Son Goku’s master from being revealed, then described Yang Jian’s protection of Guan River Crossing and the Queen Mother’s punishment of her daughter Eighth Sister.
• Qing Mo rebuked Liu Chenxiang for causing drought and famine in the mortal world, prompting Liu Chenxiang to kneel and beg him to spare his mother, Yang Chan.
• The Jade Emperor ordered the celestial officials to restore the rain, while Yang Jian, Son Goku, and others offered to take Liu Chenxiang’s punishment upon themselves.
• At Qing Mo’s request, Yang Jian explained the consequences of changing the Heavenly Laws, and Liu Chenxiang realized the danger of allowing immortals and mortals to marry freely.
• Qing Mo displayed visions of powerful beings threatening the Three Realms for love, then asked whether Liu Chenxiang still intended to force the Heavenly Court to amend the laws.

Qing Mo confronted Liu Chenxiang and the immortals with the dangers of changing the Heavenly Rules, then destroyed the sealed New Heavenly Rules. He left Liu Chenxiang a path to earn his mother’s release through service and repentance, and departed after removing Dingxiang’s planted feelings.

• Qing Mo questioned Zhu Bajie and Chang'e, who affirmed that immortals should curb desire and that Liu Chenxiang’s campaign was driven by desire, not love.
• Qing Mo warned that changing the Heavenly Rules could make the impartial Heavenly Dao selfish, and Liu Chenxiang gave up trying to amend them.
• Qing Mo revealed the sealed New Heavenly Rules and offered the stone to Yang Jian, Liu Chenxiang, and others, but they all refused to take it.
• Qing Mo erased the New Heavenly Rules and told Yang Jian to confess his past actions and accept the Heavenly Court’s judgment.
• Qing Mo advised Liu Chenxiang to serve the Three Realms and earn merit to seek his mother’s early release; he also allowed Liu Chenxiang and Xiao Yu to serve under Sage Zhenyuan together.
• Qing Mo removed Yang Jian’s planted thought from Dingxiang, told her to let go of Liu Chenxiang, and left through a passage to another dimension.