Chapter Summaries

Su Zhan questioned True Person Tiangong about why he wanted to take over his body, and Tiangong admitted his own body was dying and he needed a gifted vessel. Despite Tiangong’s claim that poison had left Su Zhan helpless, Su Zhan threatened to kill him if he did not leave.

• True Person Tiangong struck Su Zhan with a fast attack, and Su Zhan retreated after being hit.
• True Person Tiangong claimed Su Zhan had been poisoned and demanded that he kneel and surrender his body.
• Su Zhan asked why Tiangong wanted his body, and Tiangong explained that his own body was failing and he needed a gifted host to survive.
• True Person Tiangong claimed the poison had reached Su Zhan’s heart and offered to revive his body if he relinquished control.
• Su Zhan mocked Tiangong and warned him to leave or die, and Tiangong responded with a taunt.

Su Zhan proved he had expelled the poison and easily overpowered True Person Tiangong. He trapped Tiangong in frozen space and prepared to kill him.

• Su Zhan showed True Person Tiangong the poison he had expelled from his body, leaving Tiangong astonished.
• True Person Tiangong dismissed Su Zhan's warning and flew toward him to attack.
• Su Zhan slapped True Person Tiangong and sent him staggering backward.
• Su Zhan froze the surrounding space, preventing True Person Tiangong from escaping.
• Su Zhan immobilized True Person Tiangong, told him he intended to kill him, and patted him on the head.

Su Zhan killed True Person Tiangong and left with the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon, taking Tiangong’s treasures and the Phantom Mist Jade. True Person Tiangong’s disciple, Daoist Tian Qiong, confronted them to avenge his master, and his first clash with Su Zhan ended in a draw.

• Su Zhan killed True Person Tiangong, cautiously checked for a final trap, and found none.
• Su Zhan left with the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon, carrying True Person Tiangong’s treasures and the Phantom Mist Jade.
• After learning of his master’s death, True Person Tiangong’s disciple sent assassins after Su Zhan, but they failed.
• Daoist Tian Qiong appeared before Su Zhan and his companions and declared that he would kill them to avenge True Person Tiangong.
• Su Zhan met Daoist Tian Qiong’s attack with his palm, and they both staggered back half a step.

Daoist Tian Qiong abducted the Moon Beast and removed its Divine Bone while Su Zhan searched for them. Su Zhan found the injured Moon Beast and stabilized it, leaving Daoist Tian Qiong at large.

• Daoist Tian Qiong knocked the Moon Beast down, seized it, and fled as Su Zhan pursued with the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon.
• Daoist Tian Qiong silenced the Moon Beast, hid in a cave, and removed its Divine Bone to torment Su Zhan’s companion.
• The Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon heard the Moon Beast’s screams and led Su Zhan to the cave.
• Su Zhan found the unconscious Moon Beast with a faint aura, but Daoist Tian Qiong had disappeared.
• Su Zhan used his power to stabilize the Moon Beast’s injuries and ease its pain.

After the Moon Beast woke, it told Su Zhan that Daoist Tian Qiong had torn out its immortal bone and revealed that he came from the Moon Above Heaven Sect. Su Zhan left the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon in hiding and set out to find a helper, beginning by asking about Fox King Tian.

• Su Zhan helped the Moon Beast recover until it woke up.
• The Moon Beast told Su Zhan that Daoist Tian Qiong had torn out its immortal bone and had not left before it lost consciousness.
• The Moon Beast showed Su Zhan a brown crystal, which led him to realize that Daoist Tian Qiong came from the Moon Above Heaven Sect.
• Su Zhan told the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon to stay together and flee if they encountered a powerful enemy.
• Su Zhan left to seek help before confronting Daoist Tian Qiong at the Moon Above Heaven Sect and began asking about Fox King Tian's residence.

Su Zhan found Fox King Tian and asked him to help confront the Moon Above Heaven Sect. After learning what had happened to Su Zhan and Moon Beast, Fox King Tian agreed, and the four allies set out for the sect.

• Su Zhan found Fox King Tian's residence and asked to join forces against the Moon Above Heaven Sect.
• Fox King Tian said he would help Su Zhan without hesitation.
• Fox King Tian examined Moon Beast and learned more about what True Person Tiangong and the sect had done.
• Su Zhan, Fox King Tian, Moon Beast, and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon set off for the Moon Above Heaven Sect.

Su Zhan and Fox King Tian discovered that the Moon Beast’s Divine Bone was guarded by countless people near the Moon Above Heaven Sect, making it dangerous to retrieve. They reassured the Moon Beast that they would keep trying, then went to assess how many people were inside the sect before deciding what to do.

• Su Zhan and Fox King Tian returned from investigating and told the Moon Beast that his Divine Bone was in the Divine Power Heavenly Pool, surrounded by countless guards.
• The Moon Beast offered to give up on the Divine Bone, but Su Zhan promised to find a way to help him recover it.
• Su Zhan and Fox King Tian left to investigate how many people were inside the Moon Above Heaven Sect and prepare accordingly.
• The Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon comforted the dejected Moon Beast.

Su Zhan and Fox King Tian infiltrated the Moon Above Heaven Sect to retrieve the Divine Bone, but Fox King Tian stayed behind to fight the sect master. Su Zhan returned to find the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon missing, then discovered they were fighting Daoist Tian Qiong.

• Su Zhan and Fox King Tian entered the Moon Above Heaven Sect in disguise and split up to retrieve the Divine Bone.
• Su Zhan knocked down the guards at the Divine Power Heavenly Pool, took the Divine Bone, and left with Fox King Tian.
• The Sect Master of Moon Above Heaven Sect blocked their escape, so Fox King Tian stayed to fight while Su Zhan carried the Divine Bone away.
• Su Zhan returned to the cave and found the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon gone.
• As Su Zhan searched in alarm, the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon were fighting Daoist Tian Qiong again.

Daoist Tian Qiong tried to capture the weakened Moon Beast for the Moon Above Heaven Sect, but the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon defended it and drove him into battle. While Daoist Tian Qiong focused on fighting the dragon, the Moon Beast secretly manipulated a stone sphere that began to rumble.

• Daoist Tian Qiong found the Moon Beast and tried to seize it for the Moon Above Heaven Sect.
• The Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon struck Daoist Tian Qiong with its tail, sending him flying.
• Daoist Tian Qiong attacked again, but the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon unleashed a storm to stop him.
• The Moon Beast taunted Daoist Tian Qiong until he turned his attention fully to fighting the dragon.
• The Moon Beast manipulated a stone sphere behind its back as Daoist Tian Qiong and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon clashed.

The Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon defeated and killed Daoist Tian Qiong, then returned to Su Zhan with the Divine Bone. After learning Fox King Tian might need help, Su Zhan rushed off, and the Moon Beast sent the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon after him.

• The Moon Beast warned the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon, which escaped into space as Daoist Tian Qiong was caught in an explosion and badly wounded.
• The Moon Beast snapped Daoist Tian Qiong's neck, killing him.
• The Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon returned to the cave, where Su Zhan was relieved to see them unharmed.
• Su Zhan praised the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon and gave the Divine Bone to the Moon Beast, then hurried away after being reminded of Fox King Tian.
• The Moon Beast told the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon to go help Su Zhan and the others.

Su Zhan arrived at the Moon Above Heaven Sect and joined Fox King Tian in confronting its Sect Master. The Sect Master trapped them in a formation, but Su Zhan helped Fox King Tian escape and began destroying it.

• Su Zhan reached the Moon Above Heaven Sect, where Fox King Tian was fighting its Sect Master.
• Fox King Tian asked Su Zhan for help, and Su Zhan offered the Sect Master a chance to end their grudge now that Daoist Tian Qiong was dead.
• The Sect Master attacked Su Zhan, then ordered the disciples to form a formation and suppress him and Fox King Tian as Demons.
• Su Zhan opened a gap in the formation so Fox King Tian could escape, then stayed to smash the formation.
• The disciples maintaining the formation fell injured or dead, and the Sect Master realized he had to stop Su Zhan.

Su Zhan left Moon Above Heaven Sect after clashing with its Sect Master, then joined Fox King Tian and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon to help the Moon Beast fuse with his Divine Bone. The Moon Beast recovered and thanked his rescuers.

• Su Zhan and the Sect Master of Moon Above Heaven Sect exchanged palm strikes, but neither could overpower the other, and Su Zhan left while the Sect Master stayed to care for his injured disciples.
• Su Zhan met Fox King Tian and told him the sect was too occupied with its injuries to pursue them.
• Su Zhan, Fox King Tian, and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon went to the Moon Beast, who had injured himself trying to fuse with the Divine Bone.
• Fox King Tian restrained the Moon Beast while Su Zhan drove the Divine Bone into his body and used medicinal pills to heal him.
• The Moon Beast recovered, thanked Su Zhan and Fox King Tian, and bowed to them repeatedly.

Su Zhan explained that the Divine Bone he had refined and given the Moon Beast was helping it approach a breakthrough, so he and Fox King Tian waited outside the cave. The Moon Beast’s strength rose rapidly, and it sensed that a Heavenly Tribulation might soon come.

• Su Zhan told the Moon Beast to examine its dantian, and it discovered changes within and circulated power through its meridians.
• Su Zhan led Fox King Tian and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon out of the cave while the Moon Beast cultivated.
• Su Zhan explained to Fox King Tian that the Divine Bone he had given the Moon Beast contained abundant power and could help it break through.
• Fox King Tian offered to help, but Su Zhan asked him to wait with them until the Moon Beast had grown stronger.
• The Moon Beast drew in power from its surroundings, steadily raised its strength, and sensed it might face a Heavenly Tribulation.

The Moon Beast began its Heavenly Tribulation while Su Zhan stopped the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon from approaching. After the first lightning strike nearly overwhelmed the Moon Beast, Fox King Tian warned Su Zhan not to interfere, leaving the Moon Beast to face the tribulation alone.

• The Moon Beast emerged, and Su Zhan restrained the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon so it would not increase the tribulation's power.
• The Moon Beast faced the descending lightning and raised a shield to weaken its first strike.
• The lightning passed through the shield and struck the Moon Beast, leaving it trembling and nearly rolling its eyes back.
• Su Zhan considered how to help, but Fox King Tian warned that interference would make the Moon Beast's future tribulations harder.

The Moon Beast survived the Lightning Tribulation and emerged stronger, though Su Zhan and the others laughed at his charred, ragged appearance. Su Zhan asked Fox King Tian for help interfering with the Moon Above Heaven Sect, but Fox King Tian declined and departed.

• The Moon Beast used two barriers to reduce the lightning's force, then tempered his physique until he could withstand the final Lightning Tribulations without protection.
• The Moon Beast approached Su Zhan and the others, who laughed when they saw his scorched appearance; he checked himself in a water mirror, washed at a stream, and returned.
• Fox King Tian asked Su Zhan what he planned to do next, and Su Zhan said he wanted to interfere with the Moon Above Heaven Sect and asked for help.
• Fox King Tian said he could not help because he had to attend to his Spirit Energy, and Su Zhan accepted his decision.
• Fox King Tian said farewell to Su Zhan, the Moon Beast, and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon, then left.

Su Zhan, the Moon Beast, and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon prepared to confront Fox King Tian, while the Sect Master of Moon Above Heaven Sect targeted Fox King Tian’s descendants. Fox King Tian returned to find many of them slaughtered and was left facing the aftermath.

• Su Zhan asked the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon what they thought, and they agreed to follow his arrangements.
• Su Zhan decided the three of them would stop wasting time and give Fox King Tian trouble.
• The Sect Master of Moon Above Heaven Sect sent disciples to search for Su Zhan and investigated Fox King Tian for weaknesses.
• The Sect Master of Moon Above Heaven Sect personally entered Fox King Tian’s gathering grounds and slaughtered many of his descendants.
• The Sect Master of Moon Above Heaven Sect spared several descendants to deliver a message, then left.
• Fox King Tian returned to his Lineage, found the air thick with the stench of blood, and was stunned by the slaughter.

After learning that the Sect Master of Moon Above Heaven Sect had slaughtered his children, Fox King Tian confronted him and vowed revenge. The two faced off in the sky, both furious, as the chapter ended before either struck.

• The surviving children told Fox King Tian that the Sect Master of Moon Above Heaven Sect had killed his children.
• Fox King Tian found the Sect Master of Moon Above Heaven Sect, who mocked him for arriving late and called him timid.
• Fox King Tian vowed to kill the Sect Master of Moon Above Heaven Sect, while the Sect Master sneered and challenged him to attack.
• Fox King Tian charged at the Sect Master of Moon Above Heaven Sect in a rage.
• Fox King Tian and the Sect Master of Moon Above Heaven Sect hovered in the sky, staring each other down without striking.

The God of Chaos questioned the Sixth Elder about Su Zhan and learned that the King of the Underworld highly valued him. After the Sixth Elder tried to leave, the God of Chaos shut the door, leaving his intentions unclear.

• The God of Chaos dismissed the Sixth Elder's claim that he had acted for the King of the Underworld's good and reflected on the King of the Underworld's regard for Su Zhan.
• The Sixth Elder praised Su Zhan's strength and swordsmanship, warning that he would aid the King of the Underworld in the Heavenly Painting Hall.
• The God of Chaos challenged the Sixth Elder to say whether Su Zhan's Sword Dao surpassed his own.
• The Sixth Elder said Su Zhan was at least a threat to the God of Chaos, then turned to leave.
• The door suddenly shut in front of the Sixth Elder, and he anxiously asked the God of Chaos what he meant.

The God of Chaos agreed to return with the Sixth Elder to meet Su Zhan, while keeping the Sixth Elder’s betrayal secret for now. Xuan Qi encountered them on the way and offered to conceal their meeting, but the Sixth Elder still called him closer.

• The God of Chaos saw through the Sixth Elder’s attempt to hide his motives and said he would keep the Sixth Elder’s tip secret while hoping to benefit from his willingness to betray the King of the Underworld.
• The God of Chaos ordered the Sixth Elder to return with him so he could test Su Zhan’s reputation.
• The Sixth Elder and the God of Chaos met Xuan Qi on their way out, and the God of Chaos asked whether Xuan Qi was the Sixth Elder’s man.
• Xuan Qi said the King of the Underworld had sent him to find the Sixth Elder and promised not to reveal where he had been or whom he was with.
• The Sixth Elder told Xuan Qi he had done well and waved him closer.

The Sixth Elder killed Xuan Qi to prevent him from jeopardizing the plot against Su Zhan, then was warned by the God of Chaos not to use him as an excuse. As Su Zhan cultivated, the King of the Underworld dismissed the idea that Underworld Mountain could keep him, and sent the First Elder away.

• The Sixth Elder stabbed Xuan Qi through the dantian and burned him before kicking him away.
• The God of Chaos rebuked the Sixth Elder for invoking him as an excuse, and the Sixth Elder agreed not to do so again.
• Su Zhan continued cultivating while Underworld Mountain residents discussed his strength and the King of the Underworld's regard for him.
• The First Elder suggested that the King of the Underworld keep Su Zhan at Underworld Mountain as an elder.
• The King of the Underworld said Su Zhan would not be willing to stay, then told the First Elder to stop probing and leave.