Chapter Summaries

Luo Yunji’s uncontrolled Yin Orb attack forced Tian Buyi and Su Ru to recognize that he was transforming water into ice, and the Azure Cloud Sect leaders joined forces to restrain him. Their attempt failed, the ice sphere rose into the air, and Tian Buyi unexpectedly began the Nine Heavens Mystic Tempest incantation.

• Luo Yunji’s Yin Orb sent out water ribbons while Tian Buyi and Su Ru tried to approach him without hurting him.
• Tian Buyi and Su Ru noticed the cold and ice powder around them and realized Luo Yunji could freely change water between its three states.
• Zeng Shuchang summoned Daoxuan and the other Azure Cloud leaders, who joined Tian Buyi and Su Ru in surrounding Luo Yunji.
• The Yin Orb shielded Luo Yunji with a water curtain and fired countless needles, forcing the six Azure Cloud leaders to retreat.
• The ice sphere floated out of Luo Yunji’s control, and Tian Buyi raised his sword and recited the Nine Heavens Mystic Tempest incantation.

The Demon Sect retreated from Heaven-Reaching Peak after suffering heavy losses, while Cangsong revealed that the Zhu Xian Sword Array had shown less than half its full power. Ghost King judged Daoxuan too weak to wield it at its peak and decided to attack Azure Cloud again.

• Tian Buyi used the Divine Sword Thunder Command True Art against Tian Buyi's disciple, but a blast from the Yin Orb sent him flying away.
• The Demon Sect fought through the Zhu Xian Sword Array and fled down Heaven-Reaching Peak, counting many dead among their ranks.
• Cangsong told Ghost King and the other leaders that the Zhu Xian Sword Array had not displayed half its power and explained how his plan had limited the Demon Sect's attack to Heaven-Reaching Peak.
• Ghost King argued that Daoxuan lacked Patriarch Qingye's strength and was likely badly injured, then announced that he intended to attack Azure Cloud again.

Drunk Luo Yunji began raising a sky full of dangerous ice balls on Heaven-Reaching Peak while the gathered cultivators tried to stop him. Shuiyue and the others failed to destroy them all, and the chapter ended with the ice balls still growing as Luo Yunji staggered but remained standing.

• Ghost King proposed that the group attack the weakened Azure Cloud Sect again, while Tian Buyi, injured by his disciple, wandered off to find his way out.
• Luo Yunji drunkenly created more than a dozen growing ice balls as Daoxuan True Person and the others realized the danger.
• Shuiyue used the Divine Sword Thunder Command True Art to destroy three ice balls, but the rest dodged and continued rising.
• Su Ru warned Daoxuan True Person and the others to attack the ice balls, and they tried to stop them as the ice balls grew larger.
• Su Ru asked Daoxuan True Person whether Big Bamboo Peak could compensate for Heaven-Reaching Peak if it was destroyed, and he refused.
• Daoist Tianyun warned everyone that Luo Yunji was staggering, but Luo Yunji did not fall asleep.

Luo Yunji’s spell threatened Heaven-Reaching Peak, prompting Daoxuan True Person to counter with the Seven Star Sword Style True Art while the others tried to reach him. Dahei carried off a mere afterimage, and the real Luo Yunji continued climbing invisible steps into the air.

• Luo Yunji split into seven figures and began casting a formation that gathered spiritual energy and enlarged the ice balls overhead.
• Daoxuan True Person took Xiao Yicai’s immortal sword and summoned the Big Dipper with the Seven Star Sword Style True Art.
• The Black Water Mystic Snake shielded Luo Yunji from the falling swordlight while Zhang Xiaofan raised a shield over Dahei.
• Zhang Xiaofan told Dahei to carry Luo Yunji away, but Dahei seized an afterimage and fled with it.
• The Small Bamboo Peak disciples replenished Zhang Xiaofan’s spiritual energy as Wu Dayi and the peak leaders moved toward Luo Yunji.
• Luo Yunji rose into the air on invisible steps, drawing the righteous leaders’ attention.

Luo Yunji’s Ice Lotuses shattered Daoxuan True Person’s Seven Star Swordlights and devastated Heaven-Reaching Peak, prompting Daoxuan to draw the Zhu Xian Sword. Zhang Xiaofan’s attack failed to break Luo Yunji’s seal, but the seal vanished and released a gigantic Blue Dragon as Daoxuan sent swordlights after it.

• Luo Yunji’s Ice Lotuses froze and shattered Daoxuan True Person’s Seven Star Swordlights, then struck Heaven-Reaching Peak and left more than a dozen enormous craters.
• Daoxuan True Person, enraged by the damage, drew the Zhu Xian Sword and summoned a vast array of rainbow swordlights above the summit.
• Bi Yao returned to the Ghost King and explained that Luo Yunji had caused the destruction after getting drunk.
• Zhang Xiaofan exhausted himself trying to break Luo Yunji’s blue seal, but his attack appeared to have no effect.
• The blue seal vanished and released a gigantic Blue Dragon, which Daoxuan True Person attacked with countless swordlights.

The Demon Sect launched a renewed assault on the weakened righteous cultivators, and Big Bamboo Peak’s disciples struggled to hold the plaza. After Little Gray rang the Acacia Bell and provoked the Acacia Sect, Wu Dayi made a secret decision to take over the fight, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Ghost King persuaded the Demon Sect leaders to attack while the righteous factions were divided, and both sides sent their fighters into battle.
• Song Daren, He Dazhi, and Zheng Dali defended the righteous disciples as Tian Linger and Fifth Senior Brother distributed sugar beans to restore their spiritual power.
• Big Yellow and Little Gray joined the defense, and Little Gray rang the Acacia Bell, prompting Sanmiao Fairy to recognize her sect’s treasure and drive the Acacia Sect into a fiercer attack.
• Lu Daxin rescued He Dazhi from incoming magical treasures, then fought off nearby Demon Sect disciples with his Brick.
• Wu Dayi told Big Yellow to follow him and sent Little Gray to Zhang Xiaofan, then promised the exhausted He Dazhi that he would handle the rest.

Wu Dayi used the flute Shadow Moon and the Acacia Bell to halt the Demon Sect’s advance, then absorbed the souls drawn to the flute and broke through to the Upper Purity Realm. He struck Yuyangzi with his final attack, leaving the battle on Heaven-Reaching Peak frozen as blood ran from his seven orifices.

• He Dazhi urged Lu Daxin to stop Wu Dayi, but Wu began playing Shadow Moon and advancing with Big Yellow as Demon Sect disciples collapsed around him.
• Wu Dayi’s flute and the Acacia Bell summoned more than a hundred ghostly souls, and the Demon Sect forces retreated while Su Ru and the others withdrew to make room for him.
• Wu Dayi used Dao Follows Nature footwork to gather spiritual power as the souls were devoured by Shadow Moon and transformed into energy.
• The energy pushed Wu Dayi into the Upper Purity Realm, and he focused his one remaining strike on Yuyangzi.
• Wu Dayi’s final flute note made Yuyangzi clutch his head and fall, while blood streamed from Wu Dayi’s seven orifices and no one dared move.

The Seven-Colored Giant Sword descended toward Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji as Bi Yao and Tian Buyi tried to intervene. An amber rain-mist froze the sword and Luo Yunji in midair, while Dabai’s green lights appeared and warned everyone not to look.

• After the sphere of light vanished, Bi Yao flew to shield Zhang Xiaofan from the descending Seven-Colored Giant Sword, but Luo Yunji fell from the sky and struck her.
• Bi Yao fell onto Zhang Xiaofan, and the sword’s tip touched the back of Luo Yunji’s head as Tian Buyi charged toward it.
• Daoxuan True Person regained his senses but could not control the Zhu Xian Sword Array or stop the sword from descending.
• Black mist surged from Luo Yunji’s Black Silk as the sword struck, and the blast threw Tian Buyi backward.
• Amber rain formed a Water Mirror that froze the Seven-Colored Giant Sword and Luo Yunji in midair, then its mist began to swallow them.
• Five green lights emerged from the mist, and He Dazhi urged Tian Buyi, Su Ru, and the others to close their eyes as Dabai warned that its divine countenance must not be seen.

The Son of the Underworld appeared over Heaven-Reaching Peak, sealed the cultivators’ spiritual power, and shattered the Seven-Colored Giant Sword. After he departed, Tian Buyi understood why the divine countenance must not be looked upon and searched anxiously for Yun Ji.

• Dabai warned everyone not to look as the Son of the Underworld emerged from the yellow rain-mist and gathered the falling rain into a river beneath his feet.
• Tian Buyi and the other cultivators were forced to the ground, while those who looked at the Son of the Underworld screamed as yellow pus streamed from their eyes.
• The Son of the Underworld shattered the Seven-Colored Giant Sword and spoke with Tian Buyi, identifying himself as the Master of Yellow Springs and saying he had found an old acquaintance.
• The Son of the Underworld departed, and Tian Buyi realized the warning about the divine countenance’s danger as he saw the injured people.
• Tian Buyi reassured Su Ru that it was safe to open her eyes, then searched with her for Yun Ji as Divine Monk Puhong calmed the others.

Tian Buyi found Luo Yunji asleep and naked after the battle, and the gathered leaders were stunned to learn the boy had reached the Shangqing Realm. Back at Big Bamboo Peak, Zhang Xiaofan confronted Cangsong, who told him he already knew the answer to the questions he wanted to ask.

• Tian Buyi and the Big Bamboo Peak disciples found Luo Yunji asleep, and Zhang Xiaofan covered him with clothes.
• The leaders discovered that Luo Yunji had reached the Shangqing Realm, while Zhang Xiaofan found what appeared to be human skin beside the clothes.
• Tian Buyi reprimanded Bi Yao for following the group, but she protested that she had helped save his disciple.
• Su Ru arranged for Bi Yao and the visiting court officials to stay at Front Mountain, and Tian Buyi checked his disciples' injuries at Big Bamboo Peak.
• Zhang Xiaofan found Cangsong in the kitchen, and Cangsong told him that he already knew the answer before Zhang Xiaofan could ask his questions.

Daoist Cangsong told Zhang Xiaofan that the person he had been searching for was alive in the Ancestral Hall, then explained why he had infiltrated the Demon Sect. He urged Zhang Xiaofan to consider joining the Demon Sect, leaving him shaken by the conflict between his resentment toward the righteous path and his bonds to Big Bamboo Peak.

• Daoist Cangsong learned from Zhang Xiaofan that the person he sought was alive in the Ancestral Hall and recalled the man's importance to him.
• Cangsong revealed that he had betrayed the Azure Cloud Sect to infiltrate the Demon Sect after noticing the Ghost King Sect's strange actions.
• Cangsong told Zhang Xiaofan that he believed Zhang would eventually leave the righteous path, while Zhang insisted Big Bamboo Peak was his home.
• Cangsong pointed out that Zhang's Second Senior Brother could face condemnation for using his magic treasure and warned that the Ghost King might have a way to challenge the Zhu Xian Sword Array.
• Cangsong argued that Zhang's resentment toward the righteous path and his ties to Big Bamboo Peak made him suited to join the Demon Sect, leaving Zhang breathing hard as he rejected the suggestion.

Cangsong asked Zhang Xiaofan what he would do if Luo Yunji were harmed, and Zhang Xiaofan vowed to destroy the world and kill everyone responsible. Later, Tian Buyi’s family and disciples examined Luo Yunji’s shed skin and discussed the danger of his powers, leaving Tian Buyi to handle Wu Dayi’s use of a forbidden formation.

• Cangsong questioned Zhang Xiaofan about how he would respond if Luo Yunji suffered injustice or was killed, and Zhang Xiaofan threatened to destroy heaven and earth and bury everyone with him.
• Zhang Xiaofan realized that the Blood Refining Hall had spies and concluded that Cangsong’s suspicions about the Ghost King Sect were true.
• Tian Buyi and the others found a human skin in Luo Yunji’s clothes, and Zhang Xiaofan explained that it was shed through a cultivation method that stored spiritual power beneath the skin.
• Tian Buyi confirmed that the Son of the Underworld was someone the disciples had seen before, while Zhang Xiaofan recalled hearing the Yin Spirits call him that in the Death Spirit Abyss.
• Tian Buyi reassured Wu Dayi that using the evil formation to save righteous disciples was justified and said he would handle the matter.
• He Dazhi concluded that Luo Yunji’s Rain Technique drained souls rather than spiritual power because it carried the aura of Yellow Springs.

Tian Buyi brought Zhang Xiaofan and several Big Bamboo Peak disciples to Heaven-Reaching Peak to meet Daoxuan and discuss Zhang Xiaofan’s use of Buddhist arts. Pukong confronted Zhang Xiaofan, but Uncle Wang Er suddenly mistook the bloodstained monk for a ghost and cried out.

• Xiao Yicai summoned Tian Buyi and asked him to bring Zhang Xiaofan, Wu Dayi, Luo, and Big Yellow to Heaven-Reaching Peak.
• Zhang Xiaofan carried his sleeping little junior brother wrapped in a quilt as the Big Bamboo Peak group traveled to Heaven-Reaching Peak.
• Daoxuan asked Zhang Xiaofan whether he would reveal his secret, and Zhang Xiaofan affirmed that Azure Cloud Sect and Big Bamboo Peak had treated him well.
• Pukong roared at Zhang Xiaofan over his suspected knowledge of Tianyin Temple’s Great Brahma Prajna.
• Uncle Wang Er saw Pukong’s bloodstained robes, mistook him for a ghost, and screamed for him to stop killing.

Zhang Xiaofan confronted Pukong after Uncle Wang Er accused the monk, then exposed Tianyin Temple’s interference in Azure Cloud’s affairs. When Pukong called Uncle Wang Er a madman, Zhang Xiaofan attacked him, and Tian Buyi joined in to defend his disciple.

• Uncle Wang Er accused Pukong, confirming Zhang Xiaofan’s suspicions and prompting Zhang to strike at the monk.
• Zhang Xiaofan exchanged blows with Pukong, then evaded his attack by hovering in midair.
• Zhang Xiaofan challenged Pukong for interfering in Azure Cloud’s affairs, and Daoxuan told him not to be rude.
• Lin Jingyu questioned Pukong about Uncle Wang Er’s accusation, and Pukong angrily called Uncle Wang Er a madman.
• Zhang Xiaofan attacked Pukong with the Fire Poker, and Tian Buyi charged in to protect his disciple.
• Zhang Xiaofan blocked Tian Buyi’s sword, leaving Tian Buyi delighted that his Seventh Senior Brother could withstand his full-force strike.

Zhang Xiaofan fought Divine Monk Pukong, then confronted Tianyin Temple over the massacre of Grass Temple Village. When Puhong's words revealed that he had known the truth, Zhang Xiaofan accused the temple of the slaughter and challenged its monks' claims of repentance.

• Zhang Xiaofan unleashed his cultivation arts and struck the ground with One Slash, No Regrets, before collapsing in tears.
• Tian Buyi and Su Ru checked Zhang Xiaofan for injuries, and Su Ru comforted him as the gathered cultivators fell silent.
• Zhang Xiaofan asked Tianyin Temple whether it had slaughtered everyone in Grass Temple Village, and Pukong denied the accusation.
• Puhong's response revealed that he knew the truth, prompting Zhang Xiaofan to accuse him of concealing the massacre.
• Zhang Xiaofan condemned Tianyin Temple's prayers and challenged whether chanting Buddhist phrases could erase its crimes.

Faxiang revealed that Master Puzhi of Tianyin Temple had killed the villagers of Grass Temple Village and explained how Zhang Xiaofan came to possess the Great Brahma Prajna and Bloodthirsty Orb. The revelation left Lin Jingyu enraged and the Azure Cloud Sect stunned.

• Divine Monk Puhong asked Faxiang to disclose the truth, and Faxiang admitted that Tianyin Temple’s Master Puzhi had killed the villagers of Grass Temple Village.
• Faxiang explained that a mysterious man in black had attacked Puzhi to seize the Bloodthirsty Bead, using Lin Jingyu and a Seven-tailed Centipede as part of his scheme.
• Faxiang said Puzhi passed the Great Brahma Prajna and Bloodthirsty Orb to Zhang Xiaofan, hoping he would join Azure Cloud and combine Buddhist and Daoist cultivation.
• Faxiang revealed that Puzhi chose Zhang Xiaofan because Lin Jingyu’s outstanding aptitude would draw too much attention, and because Zhang was an orphan likely to be accepted by Azure Cloud.
• Lin Jingyu charged at Faxiang and threatened to kill the Tianyin Temple monks, but Tian Buyi and the others restrained him.

Faxiang revealed that Puzhi had caused the events surrounding Zhang Xiaofan, but Zhang Xiaofan challenged Tianyin Temple over its earlier interrogation of him. As tensions continued on Heaven-Reaching Peak, the Ghost King found Bi Yao at Big Bamboo Peak, and Zhang Xiaofan turned the gathering’s attention to Wu Dayi’s magic treasure, Shadow Moon.

• Faxiang explained that Puzhi had confessed the truth to Puhong before dying and asked Azure Cloud Sect not to blame Zhang Xiaofan.
• Zhang Xiaofan confronted Tianyin Temple for questioning him about the Great Brahma Prajna despite knowing the truth, while the Ghost King roared as he searched for Bi Yao.
• Tian Buyi told the Ghost King that Bi Yao was at Big Bamboo Peak, and the Ghost King withdrew his followers and went to find her.
• Luo Yunji woke and offered to gather the senior brothers to punish whoever had bullied Zhang Xiaofan, who hugged him and calmed down.
• Zhang Xiaofan asked Daoxuan whether he had more questions, then told Wu Dayi to show everyone his magic treasure, Shadow Moon.

The Orthodox Sect leaders questioned Wu Dayi about Shadow Moon and condemned his technique, but Zhang Xiaofan defended him and warned them against targeting the Azure Cloud Sect or Big Bamboo Peak. Luo Yunji's Rain Technique struck down most of the gathered cultivators, and Tian Buyi prepared to take his disciples home after revealing that the mysterious visitor had truly been a Deity.

• Daoxuan True Person and the Orthodox Sect representatives examined Shadow Moon and questioned Wu Dayi, while Zhang Xiaofan condemned their criticism of a technique used to protect their disciples.
• Luo Yunji's cultivation began fluctuating as his Hidden Spirit in Orifices method took effect, and Zhang Xiaofan warned the assembled leaders not to threaten the Azure Cloud Sect or Big Bamboo Peak.
• Luo Yunji's Rain Technique struck down Zhang Xiaofan, Wu Dayi, Xiao Yicai, and most of the Orthodox Sect elders and representatives.
• Tian Buyi gathered Su Ru and his disciples and prepared to leave with Shadow Moon, then told the curious sect leaders that the mysterious visitor had been a Deity.

Tian Buyi warned the Azure Clouds Sect leaders not to provoke Luo Yunji, then returned to Big Bamboo Peak to care for his injured disciples. At Front Mountain, he found the Ghost King mingling with court officials and secretly sent him away with Bi Yao and Youji.

• Tian Buyi explained that the Deity must not be seen or doubted, warned the others not to provoke Luo Yunji, and took his family and disciples back to Big Bamboo Peak.
• After the rain stopped, Zeng Shuchang, Zeng Shushu, and Shuiyue True Person went to Big Bamboo Peak to check on the injured disciples.
• Tian Buyi settled his youngest disciple in Taiji Cave, then met the visitors and asked Zeng Shushu to take food to Heaven-Reaching Peak.
• At the Front Mountain dining hall, Tian Buyi found Wan Renwang drinking with the court officials and sent Zeng Shushu to lead them to Back Mountain.
• Tian Buyi confronted Wan Renwang, then had Bi Yao and Youji escort the Ghost King away before anyone discovered him.

Zhang Xiaofan discussed leaving the Azure Cloud Sect with He Dazhi, who warned him not to act rashly and explained Tianyin Temple’s likely motives. Meanwhile, Luo Yunji’s uncontrollable rain technique disrupted Big Bamboo Peak, leaving Tian Buyi and Daoxuan to arrange for its residents to move elsewhere.

• He Dazhi asked Zhang Xiaofan when he planned to leave and urged him to wait for more information rather than risk upsetting Tian Buyi and Su Ru.
• After Zhang Xiaofan recounted the events at Heaven-Reaching Peak, He Dazhi suggested Tianyin Temple had intended to discredit the Azure Cloud Sect before Divine Monk Puhong revealed the truth.
• Zeng Shushu delivered Zhang Xiaofan’s cooking and a jar of Monkey Wine from Tian Buyi to Daoxuan True Person at Heaven-Reaching Peak.
• Luo Yunji was placed in isolation after his powerful rain technique began affecting people and expanding beyond Big Bamboo Peak.
• Tian Buyi asked Daoxuan to help with Luo Yunji, but Daoxuan refused, so they agreed to send Big Bamboo Peak’s residents to other peaks.