Chapter Summaries

Luo Yunji rushed back to bring Tian Buyi to the Kui Ox after it attacked him and the other Azure Cloud Sect disciples. As the righteous sects prepared to confront the beast before the Demon Sect could claim it, Tian Buyi learned that his disciples had provoked it and that Tian Linger wanted to join the fight.

• Luo Yunji told Tian Buyi that a huge Kui Ox had thrown him and struck him and his companions with lightning, then led him toward the beast.
• Tian Buyi, Cangsong, Shuiyue, Su Ru, and the other righteous leaders set out, but Song Daren and the disciples returned as the Kui Ox roared nearby.
• Cangsong urged the righteous sects to drive off or kill the Kui Ox before the Demon Sect could take it, and the leaders returned to their camps to prepare.
• Tian Linger explained that Luo Yunji had bitten the Kui Ox, the disciples had exhausted their spiritual power, and Sixth Senior Brother had crashed into the beast after Fifth Senior Brother slapped him.
• Tian Linger asked to join the fight, and Tian Buyi concluded that his disciples had provoked the Kui Ox.

Luo Yunji’s biting the Kui Ox had drawn the beast toward the righteous camp, so Azure Cloud Sect decided to confront it rather than send the other cultivators away. The chapter ended with Tian Buyi leading the Kui Ox toward the seaside while Luo Yunji kept pelting it with ice arrows.

• Tian Buyi and Daoist Cangsong told the righteous cultivators that Luo Yunji had drawn the Kui Ox to camp and let them choose whether to stay or leave.
• Faxiang and other cultivators urged everyone to stand together against the Kui Ox, and Tian Buyi warned them to keep away from Big Bamboo Peak if they faced danger.
• The Kui Ox crashed into the square, sniffed toward Luo Yunji, and blasted the Azure Cloud disciples back with its roar.
• Tian Buyi grabbed Luo Yunji and flew in front of the Kui Ox to lure it away, while Zhang Xiaofan and the Big Bamboo Peak disciples chased after them.
• Luo Yunji fired ice arrows at the pursuing Kui Ox, enraging it and prompting it to summon lightning against them.

Zhang Xiaofan carried Luo Yunji away from the Kui Ox while the Azure Cloud Sect elders decided how to handle the beast. The Big Bamboo Peak disciples and other volunteers set off to join the fight, while Lin Jingyu was left behind and urged to study Big Bamboo Peak’s new cultivation method.

• Zhang Xiaofan took Luo Yunji from Tian Buyi and carried him ahead through the lightning as Tian Buyi’s group regrouped.
• Tian Linger told Daoist Cangsong that Zhang Xiaofan wanted to kill the Kui Ox and eat its meat, and He Dazhi asked permission for the Big Bamboo Peak disciples to fight it.
• Daoist Cangsong agreed to let the Big Bamboo Peak disciples try, and Song Daren led six others toward Zhang Xiaofan, while Tian Linger later chased after them with Tian Buyi’s approval.
• Perfected Shuiyue allowed Lu Xueqi to join the fight, and Daoist Cangsong ordered Qi Hao to help the others while keeping Lin Jingyu behind because his cultivation was too low.
• Tian Buyi decided he would no longer let Zhang Xiaofan tutor Lin Jingyu, and Qi Hao caught up with the group and noticed Zeng Shushu among them.

The Big Bamboo Peak disciples fought the Kui Ox while Song Daren dug a pit, and Luo Yunji split its lightning pillar with a powerful Dragon Slayer Art. After their attacks drove the beast toward the pit, it fell in but became stuck at chest level.

• The Kui Ox summoned a vast lightning pillar, but Luo Yunji cut through it with the Dragon Slayer Art and sliced off part of the beast's nose.
• The Kui Ox unleashed a burst of lightning that injured Qi Hao and Zeng Shushu, while He Dazhi warned Lu Xueqi to be careful as the fight continued.
• Song Daren finished digging the pit, and He Dazhi ordered the group to lure the Kui Ox toward it.
• Lu Daxin and Zhang Xiaofan struck the Kui Ox from behind, knocking it off balance and into the pit.
• The Kui Ox sank to chest level in the pit but became stuck because the hole was too small.

Song Daren, Zhang Xiaofan, and Lu Daxin buried the Kui Ox beneath the stone stele while He Dazhi arranged for the righteous factions to withdraw. The Kui Ox began breaking free as Azure Cloud Sect and Tianyin Temple escaped, leaving the others to flee amid renewed tremors and gathering storm clouds.

• Lu Daxin dropped a stone stele onto the Kui Ox, and Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Daxin drove it deeper into the sandpit before Song Daren hardened the surrounding earth.
• The Ghost King led several hundred Demon Sect members toward the stele as the righteous cultivators prepared to fight.
• He Dazhi quietly told Tian Buyi to withdraw the righteous cultivators, and Tian Buyi persuaded Daoist Cangsong to lead them back to camp.
• He Dazhi asked the Ghost King to return Lu Daxin's stele, then signaled for Lu Daxin and Song Daren to leave as the Demon Sect set up a formation around the stele.
• He Dazhi warned Tian Buyi that the Kui Ox was about to break free, and Azure Cloud Sect and Tianyin Temple retreated while the other righteous cultivators followed.
• The ground shook and the Kui Ox roared as Zhang Xiaofan shared the remaining Sugar Pills with the Big Bamboo Peak disciples.

The Ghost King used the Dragon-Subduing Tripod and the Dragon-Trapping Gate formation to capture the rampaging Kui Ox, though the formation began to shift. He Dazhi then gathered the nine Big Bamboo Peak disciples to discuss a plan, leaving them poised to act.

• He Dazhi's disciples praised his prediction that the Demon Sect would come for the Kui Ox, while Tian Buyi proudly defended him.
• The Kui Ox broke free and killed or swallowed many Ghost King Sect disciples; the White-Faced Scholar failed to injure it and discovered its body carried electricity.
• The Ghost King deployed more disciples and the Dragon-Subduing Tripod to activate the Dragon-Trapping Gate formation, trapping the Kui Ox and angering other Demon Sect leaders who realized they had been used.
• The formation's iron-cone artifacts began rising from the ground, and the Ghost King ordered his disciples to hold it steady.
• He Dazhi gathered the Big Bamboo Peak disciples to explain a plan while the other Azure Cloud Sect disciples guarded them from interruption.

He Dazhi organized the Big Bamboo Peak and Small Bamboo Peak disciples into a plan to join the battle by the seaside after the Demon Sect had suffered losses. As the Azure Cloud disciples arrived, the Ghost King dispersed their Dragon Hanging with the Dragon-Subduing Tripod, but a new wave of danger surged toward the Demon Sect.

• He Dazhi assigned Lu Xueqi to accompany Tian Linger and asked the Small Bamboo Peak disciples to help transmit techniques with Dao Follows Nature.
• Lin Jingyu stopped Zeng Shushu and Qi Hao from joining the plan, while Cangsong and the other righteous leaders prepared to support the younger disciples.
• When the seaside battle quieted, He Dazhi led dozens of Azure Cloud disciples toward the coast, and Tian Buyi insisted they would be fine despite his worried words.
• The Ghost King spotted the approaching disciples, recognized the Dragon Hanging, and warned the Demon Sect to stay alert.
• The Ghost King struck the Dragon-Subduing Tripod and dispersed the Dragon Hanging, but rolling waves of earth began rushing toward the Demon Sect.

Zhang Xiaofan and his allies attacked the Demon Sect formation while their companions kept the White-Faced Scholar and Ghost King occupied. After Luo Yunji broke the formation's magical instrument, the righteous disciples advanced into battle.

• Tian Linger and Lu Xueqi attacked the White-Faced Scholar, but he blocked their strikes before Lu Daxin and Zheng Dali joined the fight.
• The Ghost King warned the White-Faced Scholar about Zheng Dali's flame dragons, and the two teamed up to repel them.
• Tian Linger sent Big Yellow and Little Gray toward the formation, but Big Yellow hurt its nose against it and she pulled them back.
• Zhang Xiaofan persuaded Luo Yunji to bite through the formation's magical instrument, then killed the Demon Sect disciple controlling it.
• He Dazhi called for the disciples to follow the plan, and Wu Dayi, Du Bishu, Lu Xueqi, and Tian Linger joined the battle as Song Daren went to help Lu Daxin and Zheng Dali.

Azure Clouds' disciples battled the Demon Sect while He Dazhi watched for the enemy's experts, and Small Bamboo Peak began a coordinated Daoist art that resembled an array. The fighting remained unresolved as Lin Jingyu slipped away from the mountain to guard Luo Yunji.

• He Dazhi intercepted Baidu Zi as Zhang Xiaofan joined the battle against Blood-Sucking Ancestor, while Song Daren faced Ancestor Duanmu and Sixth Senior Brother led Lu Xueqi and Tian Linger against Demon Sect disciples.
• Zhang Xiaofan left Luo Yunji with Big Yellow and Little Gray, telling them to watch over the Little Junior Brother before he chased after He Dazhi.
• Tian Buyi and Daoist Cangsong held back on the mountain as several Azure Clouds elders charged into battle to relieve pressure on Wu Dayi and the other disciples.
• He Dazhi sent up a green signal, and Small Bamboo Peak's disciples performed Dao Follows Nature in unison, gathering spiritual energy into a formation-like pattern.
• Lin Jingyu quietly left the crowd and went to Luo Yunji, who mistook him for someone seeking a share of his food.

He Dazhi realized the Ghost King was stalling while the formation continued to subdue the Kui Ox, and Luo Yunji joined the battle with power from Small Bamboo Peak. The Ghost King blocked Luo Yunji’s powerful Dragon Slayer Art strike just before it hit the formation.

• He Dazhi discovered that the damaged formation still operated and warned the others that the Ghost King was buying time.
• Zhang Xiaofan struggled to escape the Blood-Sucking Ancestor’s attacks while He Dazhi signaled for the backup plan.
• Dabai told Luo Yunji to receive the Small Bamboo Peak disciples’ spiritual power and use the Dragon Slayer Art against the formation.
• Luo Yunji took Lin Jingyu’s Dragon Slayer Sword and unleashed a powerful strike toward the formation trapping the Kui Ox.
• The Ghost King appeared before the formation and blocked Luo Yunji’s sword strike.

The Ghost King confronted Tian Buyi and the Big Bamboo Peak disciples, revealing that he possessed two volumes of the Heavenly Book and threatening to kill them if they opposed his plan to claim the Kui Ox. After Luo Yunji’s appetite prompted an awkward request for Kui Ox meat, the disciples’ fighting spirit surged, and Tian Buyi led them in challenging the Ghost King and the Demon Sect followers.

• The Ghost King blocked Luo Yunji’s Dragon Slayer Art and said he had two volumes of the Heavenly Book, while Zhang Xiaofan realized Luo Yunji had not used the Yuqing Sword Art.
• Tian Buyi admitted he was no match for the Ghost King, who praised his disciples but threatened to kill them if Tian Buyi interfered with his plan for the Kui Ox.
• Tian Buyi offered to give up the Kui Ox, but Luo Yunji insisted it was his and wanted to eat it, leading Tian Buyi to ask the Ghost King for some meat.
• He Dazhi and the other Big Bamboo Peak disciples declared they were willing to fight, and Su Ru joined Tian Buyi at his side.
• Tian Buyi and the Big Bamboo Peak disciples challenged the Ghost King and the Demon Sect followers, while the gathered righteous and demonic cultivators felt their battle spirit rise.

The righteous and demonic factions launched a fierce battle on Liubo Mountain after the Ghost King accepted the challenge from Big Bamboo Peak. As Tian Buyi kept the Ghost King occupied, Luo Yunji gnawed apart the ritual implements restraining the Kui Ox and fled with Dabai as the formation weakened.

• Tian Buyi noticed Luo Yunji eating, while Su Ru pulled him aside and the Ghost King laughed before accepting the challenge on behalf of the Ghost King Sect.
• Righteous cultivators descended from the mountain as Demon Sect followers rallied behind the Ghost King, and Tian Buyi began fighting him while Song Daren and the others engaged their old opponents.
• Luo Yunji crept toward the formation holding the Kui Ox and tried to bite a ritual implement, while Dabai shielded him from the Demon Sect disciples guarding it.
• The Ghost King accused Tian Buyi of plotting to destroy the formation, but Tian Buyi denied arranging Luo Yunji’s actions and kept him occupied in battle.
• Luo Yunji bit through three magic tools, weakening the formation and allowing the Kui Ox to struggle harder; he then fled with Dabai as White-Faced Scholar pursued them.

Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji disrupted the Ghost King's attempt to trap the Kui Ox, and the beast broke free amid the battle. The Kui Ox then attacked both sides and charged at Luo Yunji, who confronted it with an enormous ice sword.

• Zhang Xiaofan summoned five Yin Spirits to help protect Luo Yunji from the Blood-Sucking Ancestor and the White-Faced Scholar.
• The Ghost King completed the formation around the Kui Ox, while Zhang Xiaofan struggled to defend Luo Yunji and Little Fatty from their attackers.
• The Blood-Sucking Ancestor struck Little Fatty, prompting Zhang Xiaofan to drive back the Blood-Sucking Ancestor and block the White-Faced Scholar's attack.
• Zhang Xiaofan and Little Fatty entered the formation, where Luo Yunji bit through its magical artifacts and broke it apart.
• The Kui Ox broke free and rampaged through the battlefield, forcing the righteous and demonic fighters to retreat.
• The Kui Ox charged at Luo Yunji, who formed a huge ice sword and knocked the beast aside.

Luo Yunji and the disciples of Big Bamboo Peak fought the Kui Ox, but their attacks could barely hinder the ancient beast. After Zhang Xiaofan was hurt protecting Luo Yunji, Luo Yunji unleashed a powerful sword strike that split the mountain.

• Wu Dayi, He Dazhi, and the other Big Bamboo Peak disciples attacked the Kui Ox, and Lu Daxin battered its head with a brick until it fell.
• The Kui Ox recovered, unleashed lightning, and charged at Luo Yunji, while the senior disciples' attacks failed to stop it.
• Zhang Xiaofan shielded Luo Yunji and Tian Linger from the charge with a Taiji formation, but the impact injured him.
• Luo Yunji raised his aura and prepared his Dragon Slayer Sword as Zhang Xiaofan used the Jiemo Bead and Bloodthirsty Orb to suppress and drive back the Kui Ox.
• Luo Yunji shouted "Slash!" and sent a seemingly quiet cut across the Kui Ox's chest, triggering an enormous crash that split open the mountain.

Luo Yunji defeated the Kui Ox with the Yin-Yang Orbs and the Black Water Mystic Snake, then woke and insisted the slain beast was his beef. He and Zhang Xiaofan approached the snake, leaving the gathered righteous and demonic disciples astonished by their fearlessness.

• Luo Yunji wounded the Kui Ox with the Taiji diagram, then summoned a golden stele and the Black Water Mystic Snake to restrain and strangle it.
• Zhang Xiaofan carried the exhausted Luo Yunji to Tian Buyi, who gave him a Great Yellow Pill while Daoist Cangsong reacted in disbelief at how casually Luo Yunji took it.
• Ghost King regretted not agreeing to Tian Buyi's request as the Kui Ox's cries faded and it died in the Black Water Mystic Snake's coils.
• Luo Yunji woke and demanded his beef, then rode on Zhang Xiaofan's back toward the snake after Zhang Xiaofan discovered his Fire Poker was missing.
• Zhang Xiaofan stepped through the air to the Black Water Mystic Snake, and Luo Yunji sprawled on its head, shouting that the beef was his.
• The Black Water Mystic Snake tightened its coils around the Kui Ox and pretended to sleep while Luo Yunji slapped its scales.

Righteous cultivators questioned Azure Cloud Sect over Zhang Xiaofan’s use of Buddhist power and the Bloodthirsty Orb, while Zhang Xiaofan continued cultivating beside Dahei. He Dazhi halted the brewing confrontation by asking what the accusers actually wanted.

• Lin Jingyu, Zeng Shushu, and Qi Hao approached Dahei, but its cold gaze frightened Lin Jingyu and Zeng Shushu into retreating.
• Qi Hao retrieved the Dragon Slayer Sword and returned it to Lin Jingyu, while Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji remained near Dahei.
• Zhang Xiaofan cultivated the Dragon Slayer Art and Taiji Mystic Purity Dao as the conflicting spiritual powers within him grew increasingly unstable.
• Tian Buyi erupted when Tianyin Temple monks questioned his disciple, but Su Ru and Song Daren restrained him as He Dazhi stepped forward to answer.
• He Dazhi argued that the 'manji' character did not prove Zhang Xiaofan had learned Tianyin Temple’s Great Brahma Prajna, while an unseen voice stirred suspicion about the Bloodthirsty Orb.
• He Dazhi asked the righteous cultivators what they wanted, and the crowd fell silent because they had no answer.

He Dazhi deflected the righteous cultivators’ demands to inspect Azure Cloud Sect’s treasures, but the dispute was interrupted when Luo Yunji fought the Black Water Mystic Snake over the Kui Ox meat. After the Kui Ox was butchered, Zhang Xiaofan discovered that the Red Bead had absorbed its soul and might lose control, and He Dazhi arrived with a possible solution.

• He Dazhi challenged the hidden accuser to have Tianyin Temple verify the suspected Great Brahma Prajna and accused the accuser of trying to divide the three righteous sects.
• A disciple announced that Luo Yunji was fighting the Black Water Mystic Snake, and Tian Buyi and the others rushed to the shore.
• He Dazhi negotiated with Dahei to share the Kui Ox, then arranged for Lu Xueqi, Lin Jingyu, and Xiao Yicai to lend divine weapons so the Azure Cloud disciples could butcher it.
• Zhang Xiaofan found the Fire Poker and Dabai’s skull in the Kui Ox’s wound, and Dabai warned through Luo Yunji that the Red Bead had absorbed the beast’s soul and might become uncontrollable.
• Tian Buyi had no answer, but He Dazhi reasoned that the Mountain and River Fan might contain the Kui Ox’s soul and came up with a plan.

He Dazhi and the others found a way to split and contain the Kui Ox’s soul, then Zhang Xiaofan cooked its meat for the gathered Azure Clouds disciples. The feast proved rich in spiritual energy, and Big Bamboo Peak’s disciples all advanced into the ninth level of the Jade Purity Realm.

• He Dazhi suggested separating the Kui Ox’s soul, and Tian Buyi, Shuiyue, and He Dazhi realized Luo Yunji could help split it.
• The Blood Skull cracked as the Kui Ox’s soul escaped into the clouds and formed a stronger lightning Kui Ox.
• Luo Yunji’s Black Silk cut the lightning Kui Ox’s soul into three pieces, which He Dazhi and Dabai captured with the Mountain and River Fan and the Blood Skull.
• Su Ru used golden scissors made from Luo Yunji’s teeth to help Zhang Xiaofan and the others dismember the Kui Ox, and Dahei swallowed the leftover flesh.
• Zhang Xiaofan prepared a feast from the Kui Ox meat, and the Azure Clouds disciples discovered that the food contained spiritual energy.
• Big Bamboo Peak’s disciples advanced into the ninth level of the Jade Purity Realm, and Cangsong took some of the dishes back for his disciples.

Cangsong urged Qi Hao and Lin Jingyu to stay close to Big Bamboo Peak’s disciples, while the disciples enjoyed a rare peaceful moment together. He Dazhi repaired the Blood Skull with Cheng Liquid, making it resemble a Buddhist golden body, and its appearance drew Tianyin Temple and other righteous sect members into a fresh commotion.

• Cangsong told Qi Hao and Lin Jingyu to spend time with Big Bamboo Peak’s disciples, and Qi Hao urged Lin Jingyu to treat Zhang Xiaofan sincerely.
• Big Bamboo Peak’s disciples rested together while He Dazhi refined the Kui Ox’s soul in the Mountain and River Fan and Dabai kept the Blood Skull’s spirit subdued near Luo Yunji.
• He Dazhi repaired the cracked Blood Skull with Cheng Liquid, leaving it with the appearance of a golden Buddhist skeleton.
• Su Ru warned everyone to hide the skull from Tianyin Temple, but Faxiang and Fashan arrived and Fashan mistook it for a Buddhist golden body.
• Tian Buyi showed the skull to the gathered righteous sect members, who speculated about its origins as Cangsong and the other leaders blamed Big Bamboo Peak for stirring up trouble.

Tian Buyi’s gathering ended after the Skull Artifact was confirmed not to be a Buddhist golden body, but Luo Yunji accused Li Xun of trying to claim it and charged after him. Qi Hao and Lin Jingyu found Luo Yunji beating Qi Hao with a bone while Zhang Xiaofan and others tried to restrain him.

• Tian Buyi accepted the Skull Artifact after Faxiang handed it back, and an unseen speaker suggested giving it to Tianyin Temple.
• Tian Buyi dismissed the gathered cultivators after no one admitted to stirring trouble, and He Dazhi noticed someone in the crowd.
• Luo Yunji identified Li Xun as the person who had said he wanted the Skull Artifact and rushed at him with it.
• An elder of Incense Valley stopped Luo Yunji’s first swing, but Li Xun retreated out of the tent as Luo Yunji pursued him.
• Qi Hao and Lin Jingyu found Luo Yunji sitting on Qi Hao and beating him with a large bone while Zhang Xiaofan tried to keep Luo Yunji from biting.