Recaps

The Ghost King brought Bi Yao to Sanfu Town and tried to persuade her that Luo Yunji or one of the Big Bamboo Peak disciples would make a suitable husband. They found Luo Yunji playing with Xiaobai and the children, and the Ghost King finally coaxed him away from her tail.

• The Ghost King grabbed Bi Yao and flew with her toward Sanfu Town, insisting that Luo Yunji was an excellent match for her.
• The Ghost King praised Sanfu Town as a thriving haven for Loose Cultivators and told Bi Yao that Big Bamboo Peak’s Seventh and Eighth Senior Brothers, Zhang Xiaofan, and Luo Yunji were possible suitors.
• The Ghost King and Bi Yao found Xiaobai basking in the sun while children played on her, and Bi Yao recognized the White Foxes from her childhood memories.
• The Ghost King found Luo Yunji clinging to one of Xiaobai’s tails and criticized him for relaxing while others prepared for the Great Calamity.
• Luo Yunji ignored the Ghost King until he was finally coaxed away from Xiaobai’s tail.

The Ghost King worried that Bi Yao’s growing closeness to Luo Yunji had not become a real relationship, and warned her that she would need support to control the Ghost King Sect. The chapter left Bi Yao doubting that Luo Yunji would ever covet the sect, while the Ghost King feared Zhang Xiaofan could take its power after his death.

• Luo Yunji chatted with Bi Yao about Xiaobai’s tails, and the Ghost King left them together with a pleased smile.
• Half a month later, Tian Buyi received a letter from Two Mountains and sent Su Ru and Duan Ming there because Luo Yunji had entered seclusion to develop ultimate Footwork.
• Su Ru worried that Incense Valley would retaliate against Azure Cloud, but Tian Buyi assured her that he could handle the situation and urged her to go to Two Mountains.
• Bi Yao spent months playing with Luo Yunji, while the Ghost King grew anxious that their relationship had made no real progress.
• The Ghost King asked Bi Yao whether she liked Luo Yunji and warned that Zhang Xiaofan could leave her a powerless figurehead in the Ghost King Sect.

The Ghost King urged Bi Yao to consider marrying Luo Yunji, praising his abilities and warning her about Zhang Xiaofan’s risk of falling into demonhood. After Bi Yao began to develop feelings for Luo Yunji, the Ghost King grew impatient and ordered Qinglong to carry out a secret plan, while Su Ru arrived at the Food Mansion and found her youngest disciple and Bi Yao arguing over food.

• The Ghost King told Bi Yao that Luo Yunji’s support could help her lead the Ghost King Sect and that he possessed a cultivation method beyond the Heavenly Book.
• The Ghost King argued that Luo Yunji had a Deity behind him and urged Bi Yao to consider marrying him, also comparing him favorably with Zhang Xiaofan.
• Bi Yao left the study embarrassed after the Ghost King warned that Zhang Xiaofan might fall into demonhood, and she later began developing feelings for Luo Yunji.
• After a month without progress, the Ghost King whispered a plan to Qinglong and ordered him to carry it out.
• Su Ru entered the Food Mansion at Two Mountains and saw her youngest disciple and Bi Yao fighting over a plate of food.

Wu Dayi evaluated Duan Ming’s Footwork before showing him a gift, while Su Ru visited Two Mountains and watched Luo Yunji demonstrate his astonishing final Footwork. The demonstration ended with Luo Yunji appearing in Bi Yao’s boudoir, where he showed no understanding of why entering her private room was improper.

• Wu Dayi told Duan Ming to stay on Two Mountains, checked his Footwork progress, and promised to take him to choose a companion after their meal.
• Su Ru gave He Dazhi and Zhang Xiaofan pills from Tian Buyi and learned that Luo Yunji had completed the final Footwork.
• Luo Yunji demonstrated a technique that made him vanish without leaving any detectable trace, and Su Ru, He Dazhi, and Zhang Xiaofan could not find him.
• Bi Yao returned to her boudoir and found Luo Yunji sitting inside, then asked why he had entered her room without permission.
• Luo Yunji defended himself by saying he had entered the rooms of his senior brothers, his masters, and the Ghost King, revealing that he did not understand the privacy of a woman’s boudoir.

Luo Yunji was found at the Ghost King Sect after his disappearance from Two Mountains, where Su Ru caught him in Bi Yao’s bedroom and punished him. The Ghost King left the question of Luo Yunji and Bi Yao to Tian Buyi, while secretly celebrating the prospect of their marriage.

• Luo Yunji barged into Bi Yao’s bedroom, and the Ghost King hurried over after hearing about it.
• At Two Mountains, Su Ru and the others searched for Luo Yunji until a Ghost King Sect disciple reported that he was there.
• Su Ru rushed to Bi Yao’s bedroom and dragged Luo Yunji out after beating him, while Bi Yao pleaded for her to stop.
• The Ghost King confronted Su Ru, who said Tian Buyi would decide what to do; the Ghost King agreed and left.
• Su Ru returned to Two Mountains with her disciples, unaware that the Ghost King was delighted by the possibility of Luo Yunji marrying Bi Yao.

Tian Buyi received a letter reporting that his youngest disciple had been caught in Bi Yao’s boudoir, prompting him to prepare to travel to Two Mountains. He brought the matter to Daoxuan True Person, who was left to decide how Azure Clouds should respond.

• Tian Buyi read the letter and erupted in anger, while Song Daren and the others gathered to learn what it said.
• Tian Linger heard that Bi Yao had become entangled with her younger brother and hoped Bi Yao would become Big Bamboo Peak’s daughter-in-law.
• Tian Linger suggested that Tian Buyi tell Daoxuan True Person everything and ask Shuiyue to accompany him, and Tian Buyi ordered the disciples to pack for a trip to Two Mountains.
• Lin Jingyu left to inform Senior Brother Qi before joining Tian Linger and the others on the journey.
• Tian Buyi showed Daoxuan True Person the letter and left the decision to him, mindful that Azure Clouds could not afford to provoke the Ghost King Sect.

Daoxuan True Person discussed Incense Valley and Azure Cloud Sect’s growing power with Tian Buyi, then proposed that Big Bamboo Peak feign a split from Heaven-Reaching Peak to reassure other sects. The chapter ended with Daoxuan insisting the rift must remain a stopgap measure, not a real betrayal.

• Tian Buyi said Incense Valley would likely vanish unless Yun Yilan improved its cultivation method, and Daoxuan asked why Tianyin opposed Azure Cloud and Incense growing closer.
• Daoxuan warned that Azure Cloud Sect’s rapid growth could make Tianyin and Incense Valley wary, especially if the two sects formed an alliance.
• Daoxuan proposed a staged division within Azure Cloud Sect, and Tian Buyi protested when he learned Big Bamboo Peak would be involved.
• Daoxuan listed possible grievances Big Bamboo Peak could use to make the split seem credible, prompting Tian Buyi to accuse him of voicing his true feelings.
• Daoxuan reprimanded Tian Buyi and explained that Big Bamboo Peak needed to make a fuss so the other sects would feel less threatened by Azure Cloud Sect.

Tian Buyi fled Azure Cloud Mountain with Big Bamboo Peak after Daoxuan urged him to help stage a betrayal, then led the group toward Two Mountains. Tian Linger wanted Lu Xueqi brought along to avoid her marrying Li Xun, while a letter from Xiao Liu revealed that Auntie Bai had returned to the Southern Border to seek the Fox Clan's Sacred Fruit.

• Daoxuan pressed Tian Buyi to help pretend to betray the sect, but Tian Buyi refused and hurried back to Big Bamboo Peak.
• Tian Buyi left Azure Cloud Mountain with his disciples, then decided to keep heading toward Two Mountains rather than risk returning.
• Tian Linger complained that Lu Xueqi had not come with them, and she argued with Lin Jingyu about getting Lu Xueqi away from her sect mission and Li Xun.
• Tian Buyi sent a letter back to Azure Cloud Mountain instead of retrieving Lu Xueqi himself, but he would not reveal what he had written.
• Xiao Liu delivered a letter to Wu Dayi at the Food Mansion, and he and He Dazhi learned that Auntie Bai had gone to the Southern Border to seek the Fox Clan's Sacred Fruit.

Xiao Liu learned that the Southern Border had become a deadly wasteland and wanted to search for his mother, but He Dazhi persuaded him to stay at the Two Mountains. Wu Dayi and He Dazhi recognized the Beast God as the likely source of the Great Calamity and began preparing the Central Plains, while Tian Buyi arrived and beat Luo Yunji.

• Wu Dayi and He Dazhi read intelligence describing the Southern Border as overrun by monsters and refused to send anyone there.
• Xiao Liu said he wanted to find his mother himself, but He Dazhi explained that Auntie Bai was powerful and Xiao Liu would be a burden, so Xiao Liu agreed to stay.
• Wu Dayi and He Dazhi concluded that the revived Beast God had unleashed the Great Calamity and arranged warnings, an evacuation near the Southern Border, and Seventh Junior Brother's return.
• Tian Buyi arrived at the Two Mountains and immediately beat Luo Yunji, who had just been scolded by Su Ru.

Tian Buyi and Su Ru agreed to discuss Luo Yunji’s marriage to Bi Yao with the Ghost King, while their disciples considered the match and prepared for the wedding. As the preparations began, Li Qinghe remembered carrying Luo Yunji to Big Bamboo Peak as a child, and Su Ru reflected on Tian Linger’s lack of news about having children.

• Tian Buyi questioned Luo Yunji about entering a woman’s boudoir, then asked Su Ru what the Ghost King had said.
• He Dazhi reasoned that the Ghost King would benefit from Luo Yunji as a son-in-law, and Tian Buyi and Su Ru agreed to consider the marriage despite their concerns about the Ghost King’s ambitions.
• Tian Buyi praised Bi Yao for risking her life to save someone and said he would speak with the Ghost King the next day about settling the marriage.
• Su Ru, Wen Min, Zhao Yueyin, and Li Qinghe prepared Luo Yunji’s wedding clothes while Li Qinghe recalled carrying him to Big Bamboo Peak as a child.
• Su Ru told Zhao Yueyin that pregnancy was difficult for highly cultivated women, and Li Qinghe reassured her that Tian Linger’s lack of news might be fortunate during the Great Calamity.

Xiaobai returned from the Southern Border gravely injured and warned Tian Buyi that the Beast God had turned the Hundred Thousand Mountains’ life into monsters and was heading for the Central Plains. As the Two Mountains faced the coming calamity, He Dazhi accidentally unleashed the Corpse-Yin Wood, trapping nearby people and animals in its illusion.

• Tian Buyi diagnosed Xiaobai’s unconsciousness as exhaustion, then learned from He Dazhi that scouts had found the Southern Border nearly devoid of life.
• Tian Buyi worried that the world might not survive the Great Calamity and resolved to make his disciples understand the danger.
• After waking three days later, Xiaobai told the Two Mountains that the Beast God had wounded her and would soon lead his monsters into the Central Plains.
• Xiaobai explained that the Beast Demons had transformed the creatures of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, including the Seventy-Two Strange Tribes, into monsters.
• He Dazhi pulled a statue of Corpse-Yin Wood from the Mountain and River Fan, causing Luo Yunji, the other disciples, and all living creatures within a one-li radius to fall into its illusion.
• The Five Spirits in the Black Silk at the back of Luo Yunji’s head appeared and were drawn into the illusion.

After escaping the Corpse-Yin Wood’s illusion, Luo Yunji learned Wuluo planned to become a Zombie Body to fight the Beast God, but secretly Wuluo placed his corpse inside the wood. The Beast Demons then invaded the Central Plains and found its border villages empty.

• A Buddhist chant woke Luo Yunji and the others from the illusion, and Luo Yunji took the Corpse-Yin Wood statue into the Mountain and River Fan.
• Wuluo asked to use the Corpse-Yin Wood to become a Zombie Body, but Luo Yunji refused and returned Wuluo to the Ghost Umbrella.
• Daoyan told Blackheart Elder and Lady Jinling that he believed someone had awakened from the illusion before him, and the three spirits returned to the Black Silk when they sensed Luo Yunji stirring.
• Luo Yunji buried the Corpse-Yin Wood in the Huqi Mountains, but Wuluo secretly placed his corpse inside it and vowed to become a Zombie Body for the sake of peace.
• The Beast Demons invaded the Central Plains through the passage from the Southern Border after monsters trampled Incense Valley, while the Beast God found the border villages deserted.

As the Beast God’s monster army swept through the Central Plains, the Food Mansion, the court, and cultivators struggled to evacuate commoners and prepare safe shelters. The death toll kept rising, and reports warned that the army could reach the Imperial City in less than half a month.

• Big Yellow dismissed the gathered dogs after Tian Buyi worried about how to feed them.
• He Dazhi, Song Daren, Zhang Xiaofan, and Wu Dayi organized evacuations and ordered townspeople into the Underground City while preparing to seal Two Mountains.
• The Beast God’s army overtook fleeing commoners, massacred settlements, and drove survivors toward the Central Plains heartland.
• The emperor demanded answers as officials reported that cities lacked enough food and shelter for the arriving refugees.
• Cultivators who tried to delay the Beast Demons did not return, while the daily death toll continued to climb.
• He Dazhi gave Tian Buyi a report of more massacres, and Wu Dayi warned that the army could reach the Imperial City in less than half a month.

Wan Jianyi and the Azure Cloud Sect prepared to face the Beast Demon when the Four Talismans fused into a new talisman and revealed its power. Xiao Liu brought Luo Yunji the Eight Desolations Profound Fire Array, which might counter the Beast Demon, but Luo Yunji said no one could execute it.

• Wan Jianyi proposed luring the Beast Demon to the Azure Cloud Sect and using the Zhu Xian Sword Array, and Tian Buyi agreed to fight beside him.
• Luo Yunji returned as the Four Talismans merged, and their golden words appeared in the sky before the fused talisman landed in his hand.
• Luo Yunji used the talisman to remove Wan Jianyi's long-standing affliction, then gave it to Lu Daxin, whose arm transformed it into a strange weapon.
• Xiao Liu delivered the Eight Desolations Profound Fire Array manual from his mother, who said it was the only thing that could defeat the Beast Demon.
• Luo Yunji said the array's extreme yang essence could suppress the Beast God's malevolent aura, but none of them could execute it.

Luo Yunji was asked to help unlock the power of an ancient formation and brought a Fox Clan Sacred Fruit to Su Ru, misunderstanding what it did. The chapter ended with the Ghost King learning that a horde of Southern Border monsters was advancing toward them.

• Luo Yunji said he could only draw out thirty percent of the formation's power and warned that activating it would demand a price, so Tian Buyi told Lu Daxin to study the formation.
• Xiao Liu gave Wu Dayi and He Dazhi seeds of the Fox Clan's Sacred Fruit for Immortal Master Du to plant, and learned that the golden words above Two Mountains were rumored to concern the secret of becoming an immortal.
• Xiaobai gave Luo Yunji two Sacred Fruits, explaining that they were useful only to women, and he brought one to Su Ru, who ate it.
• Xiaobai arrived at the Food Mansion and clarified that the fruit helped women conceive, leaving Tian Buyi conflicted as he took the other fruit from Luo Yunji.
• The Ghost King received news that a horde of monsters from the Southern Border was killing its way toward them.

The Ghost King sought information about the Beast Demon and learned from Xiaobai how far his strength fell short, while she urged him to preserve ties with Two Mountains. He left considering his family’s connection to the sect, but remained concerned with the Beast Demon calamity and his Four Spirits Blood Array.

• The Ghost King went to Two Mountains to ask Tian Buyi about the Beast Demon, then traveled to Sanfu Town to question Xiaobai about its strength.
• Xiaobai told the Ghost King that she had been unable to withstand even one move from the Beast Demon, leaving him shocked and discouraged.
• Xiaobai warned the Ghost King that his authority and ancient treasure could not protect him from powerful opponents, and refused to help him against Two Mountains because her family owed them its home and safety.
• Xiaobai revealed that Sixth Master was her son, prompting the Ghost King to realize that Sixth Master and Bi Yao were siblings.
• Xiaobai advised the Ghost King to maintain his relationship with Two Mountains and carefully pursue marriage ties; he said he had already discussed Bi Yao's marriage to Luo Yunji with Fatty Tian.
• The Ghost King remained preoccupied with the Beast Demon calamity and his plan to activate the Four Spirits Blood Array.

Liao Ming returned to the Imperial City with Two Mountains’ forces and demanded that his father abdicate, hoping to take responsibility for the Beast Demons’ crisis. The emperor refused and ordered him to take the imperial family back to Two Mountains.

• The Ghost King regretted that Luo Yunji had disrupted his efforts to complete the Four Spirits Blood Array.
• After learning about the Beast Demons’ advance, Liao Ming told Luo Yunji he was returning to the Imperial City and prepared to risk his life for his father.
• Luo Yunji placed five thousand Two Mountains soldiers and thirteen demon beasts under Liao Ming’s command to help protect the Imperial City and relocate people to Two Mountains.
• Liao Ming’s group traveled for a month, fought scattered monsters, and arrived at the Imperial City with Zhou Mu.
• Liao Ming entered the court and asked the emperor to abdicate in his favor, while Two Mountains soldiers restrained a military officer who tried to intervene.
• The emperor refused to abdicate and ordered Liao Ming to take his mother and brothers back to Two Mountains.

Liao Ming usurped the throne to keep the Emperor and his family safe while he stayed behind to face the Beast Demon calamity. The ministers and Empress accepted his plan, and his family prepared to leave for Two Mountains as he remained in the Imperial City.

• Liao Ming knocked the Emperor unconscious, then declared himself Emperor and asked the ministers to help defend against the Beast Demon army.
• The Two Mountains soldiers knocked First Prince unconscious when he objected, while Liao Ming told the Empress and his brothers to leave for Two Mountains.
• Liao Ming urged the Empress to depart quickly with two hundred soldiers and explained that Zhou Mu had arranged a secret route from the Imperial City.
• Liao Ming offered the ministers a chance to send family members to safety, and they planned to send one male relative each to the Prince's Mansion.
• The Empress agreed to leave with the Emperor and princes, telling Liao Ming that they would wait for him at Two Mountains.

Liao Xing chose to remain in the Imperial City to help defend its people, while Zhou Mu escorted the Empress and others toward Two Mountains. As Liao Ming worked to protect the capital, three former Heaven Level Class A students arrived to help him, followed by another unexpected visitor.

• Liao Xing knocked Liao Zhihe unconscious and persuaded the Princess Consort that the Liao Clan had to stay and protect the people, while Zhou Mu agreed to remain with him.
• The Empress arrived at the Prince's Mansion, and five Monster Beasts and two hundred soldiers escorted her party through a secret passage toward Two Mountains.
• Liao Ming defended the Imperial City and helped guide its people to safety, gradually earning their approval despite their initial anger at his taking the throne.
• Du Chengping, Wang Yishi, and Chen Qinglong arrived in the capital to assist Liao Ming, who believed their talents could help him govern.
• Another uninvited person appeared before Liao Ming as he spoke with the three former classmates.

As the Beast Demon calamity spread, Two Mountains prepared defenses and arranged to guide refugees north. The chapter ended with Daoxuan True Person learning that Zhang Xiaofan had sent Killing Monk to lead the common people away from danger.

• He Xiaowen told Liao Ming that he had come to the Imperial City to help the people without telling He Dazhi.
• On Spirit Mountain, Daoist Cangsong warned He Dazhi about possible gaps in Two Mountains' defenses, and He Dazhi explained the formations protecting Spirit Mountain and the Underground City.
• Luo Yunji chased Big Yellow and the wild dogs through Sanfu Town while the town's residents sheltered underground.
• Xiao Yicai told Daoxuan True Person that a visitor from Two Mountains had arrived, and Daoxuan met Killing Monk in private.
• Killing Monk told Daoxuan True Person that Zhang Xiaofan had sent them to guide the common people north, and Daoxuan asked how they planned to do it.

Daoxuan arranged for Qingyun Disciples to accompany Killing Monk north to protect refugees. At the Two Mountains, Luo Yunji reunited Xiaohuan with her family, while Tian Buyi and Ghost King agreed to set Bi Yao’s wedding for six months later.

• Daoxuan agreed to lend Qingyun Disciples to Killing Monk and asked him to look after them on the journey north.
• Luo Yunji found Zhou Yixian and Xiaohuan in Sanfu Town and took Xiaohuan to the Two Mountains, leaving Zhou Yixian behind.
• Luo Yunji brought Xiaohuan to the pavilion, where Bi Yao and Tian Linger welcomed her, while Song Daren and Wu Dayi dragged Luo Yunji away.
• Tian Buyi and Ghost King agreed to hold Bi Yao’s wedding six months later and make it a grand celebration.

As the Beast Demons’ army advanced, Daoxuan called the righteous factions together while the people of Sanfu Town rallied to defend their home. The chapter ended with Tian Buyi’s disciples preparing to face the danger, though Luo Yunji caused a small commotion by hiding behind Zheng Dali and eating pastries.

• The Ghost King agreed to send someone to discuss wedding arrangements with Shiniang after Tian Buyi invited him to make further requests.
• The Beast Demons’ army continued slaughtering its way toward the Central Plains, and the surviving righteous cultivators gathered at Azure Cloud Mountain.
• Daoxuan silenced the crowded Jade Purity Hall and urged the gathered cultivators to work together against the Great Calamity.
• The Old Prime Minister called on Sanfu Town’s cultivators and residents to take up arms and defend their shared home, and the people answered his call.
• Tian Buyi and the women of Big Bamboo Peak felt proud as Sanfu Town’s residents rallied, while Tian Linger joked that joining Big Bamboo Peak was the greatest happiness.
• Luo Yunji hid behind Zheng Dali and fed him a pastry, prompting Tian Buyi to turn and glare at his disciples.

Luo Yunji rallied Sanfu Town to defend their home, organizing protective clothing and preparations as Big Bamboo Peak readied to face the Beast Demon. Tian Buyi chose which disciples would go to battle and left Song Daren behind to oversee Two Mountains.

• The people of Sanfu Town spotted Luo Yunji, and he offered them the choice of sheltering underground or standing with him against the monster army; they chose to fight.
• Luo Yunji told the women to make warriors' clothes from leftover red Mysterious Gauze, and the residents of Sanfu Town worked day and night to prepare.
• Su Ru questioned Tian Buyi's plan to face the Beast Demon with only a few disciples, but Tian Buyi insisted Big Bamboo Peak had to step forward.
• Luo Yunji joked that he should stay behind because he had heard he was getting married, puncturing Tian Buyi's heroic mood.
• Tian Buyi assigned Song Daren to remain at Two Mountains and explained that Lu Daxin would go because the Four Talismans could help control the Strange Weapon and a Boundary Rift.

Tian Linger and Yue Yin left to pursue their loved ones, while Su Ru accepted that she could not keep them safe at home. Wen Min and Li Qinghe asked to improve their cultivation, and Su Ru revealed that Big Bamboo Peak had an updated Taiji Mystic Purity Dao and the complementary Dragon Slayer Art.

• Tian Linger pleaded with Su Ru to let her join Tian Buyi and the disciples, explaining that she wanted to face danger alongside them rather than remain protected.
• Su Ru found Tian Linger gone the next day, with a letter saying she had gone to find her father and the others.
• Wen Min told Su Ru that Yue Yin had also left to find Da Yi, but Su Ru decided not to send anyone after either woman.
• Wen Min and Li Qinghe asked Su Ru to teach them to cultivate so they could become stronger.
• Su Ru explained that the Taiji Mystic Purity Dao had been improved again and introduced the Dragon Slayer Art, which could be cultivated alongside it.

Su Ru taught Wen Min and Li Qinghe the Dragon Slayer Art and revealed the secrets behind Luo Yunji’s other cultivation arts. As Tian Buyi’s group went to hunt the Beast Demon, Bi Yao asked the Ghost King for help, and he sought Madam Sanmiao, who declined because she was assisting Su Ru with Mysterious Gauze.

• Su Ru explained that Luo Yunji had obtained the Yuqing Sword Art and the Heavenly Book, then listed the places where he found them.
• Su Ru warned Wen Min and Li Qinghe to keep Big Bamboo Peak’s secrets, and they promised before she taught them the Dragon Slayer Art.
• With allies guarding the surrounding regions, Tian Buyi took his disciples to track down the Beast Demon.
• Bi Yao asked the Ghost King to help Luo Yunji and his group, and the Ghost King went to Madam Sanmiao for support.
• Madam Sanmiao said the Imperial Preceptor had assigned her to help make Mysterious Gauzes, and the Ghost King warned that hiding would not spare her from the Beast Demon’s calamity.