Chapter Summaries

As the battle at Qili Cave raged, Zhang Xiaofan saw Li Tribe soldiers slaughtering Miao Tribe civilians and was overwhelmed by memories of Grass Temple Village. He unleashed the Fire Poker and began killing indiscriminately, while Luo Yunji let him vent and ordered the Quadruplets to rescue anyone caught in his path.

• Shangguan Ce led the Incense Valley disciples toward Qili Cave after Li Xun called the red light demonic.
• Zhang Xiaofan saw Li Tribe warriors attack Miao Tribe women, children, and elderly, and the sight recalled the massacre of Grass Temple Village.
• Zhang Xiaofan's Fire Poker flashed, and he slaughtered the Li Tribe warriors while draining their blood.
• Luo Yunji explained to Lu Xueqi and Faxiang that Zhang Xiaofan was near a dangerous loss of control because of his unresolved hatred and inner demon.
• Zhang Xiaofan kept killing as the surrounding Miao Tribe and Li Tribe warriors fled or watched in terror, and he eventually attacked Miao Tribe warriors too.
• Luo Yunji sent the Quadruplets to rescue Miao Tribe warriors caught in Zhang Xiaofan's attack, while Faxiang questioned whether letting him continue was safe.

Zhang Xiaofan continued slaughtering the Miao Tribe warriors until Li Xun and the righteous disciples arrived, while Luo Yunji and the others watched a battle at the altar. The Great Shaman fell, the mysterious victor escaped with Bone Jade, and the Great Shaman warned that a revived beast demon would bring the end of the mortal world.

• Luo Yunji reassured Faxiang that Zhang Xiaofan needed to vent his emotions, and Puzhi arrived to watch over him.
• Li Xun condemned Zhang Xiaofan’s slaughter, but Luo Yunji ignored him and focused on the battle at the altar.
• The figure above the clouds overwhelmed the Great Shaman, whose barrier failed and who collapsed amid the flames.
• Luo Yunji learned that the defeated figure was the Great Shaman as the victor took Bone Jade and escaped in a streak of firelight.
• The Great Shaman warned that the beast demon’s revival would bring the end of the mortal world, and Luo Yunji asked whether he was dead.

Luo Yunji tried to save the Great Shaman with a sugar ball while Ahetai claimed the Black Staff and Bone Jade made him invincible, only to be killed by the Beast God’s hidden safeguard. Shangguan Ce appeared after the Black-Robed Man reclaimed the Black Staff, and Luo Yunji returned to find Zhang Xiaofan still motionless as the blood around him glowed brighter.

• Luo Yunji offered to save the Great Shaman in exchange for treasure, information, or food, then forced a sugar ball into his mouth and left the altar.
• Ahetai boasted that the Black Staff and Bone Jade made him powerful enough to defy the Beast God and refused the Black-Robed Man’s demand to surrender them.
• The Black-Robed Man crushed a black bead, causing Ahetai’s own black fire to erupt from his body and consume him.
• The Black-Robed Man took the Black Staff, and Shangguan Ce emerged from the shadows to confront him.
• Luo Yunji returned to Lu Xueqi and the others and saw that Zhang Xiaofan remained motionless inside increasingly vivid, glowing blood.

Luo Yunji urged Lu Xueqi to strike Zhang Xiaofan with heavenly lightning so he could absorb the surrounding blood energy faster. As Lu Xueqi summoned a devastating thunderbolt, Li Xun wounded Zhang Xiaofan with the Nine Yang Ruler, and a nearby house collapsed.

• Luo Yunji told Lu Xueqi to use her lightning art on Zhang Xiaofan to help him absorb the blood energy and keep the Bloodthirsty Orb from taking it.
• Zhang Xiaofan urged Lu Xueqi to strike him, provoking her into summoning the Divine Sword Thunder Command True Art.
• Lu Xueqi rose above the clouds as thunder gathered and a massive bolt of lightning struck Tianya.
• Li Xun pierced Zhang Xiaofan's left shoulder with the Nine Yang Ruler as Faxiang stopped Luo Yunji from pursuing him.
• Zhang Xiaofan watched Li Xun retreat, and a house collapsed with a crash.

Luo Yunji ordered the Quadruplets to cripple Li Xun and nearly killed Faxiang before Daoyan persuaded him to spare Faxiang for the sake of the coming calamity. After cutting ties with Tianyin Temple and warning its people to avoid the Two Mountains, Luo Yunji headed toward Incense Valley, where a massive bolt of lightning fell near him.

• Luo Yunji sent the Quadruplets into Incense Valley, where they fought through the crowd and cut off both of Li Xun's arms.
• Luo Yunji attacked Faxiang with ice needles, dismissing his appeal to preserve unity among the righteous factions.
• Puzhi begged Luo Yunji to spare Faxiang, but Luo Yunji continued his attack until Daoyan warned that the coming calamity required Tianyin Temple and Incense Valley's strength.
• Luo Yunji stopped his attack and warned Faxiang that he would kill him if he interfered again.
• Luo Yunji declared that Big Bamboo Peak and Tianyin Temple had no further ties, then a huge bolt of lightning fell near him as he walked toward Incense Valley.

After Lu Xueqi stopped the lightning pillar and Zhang Xiaofan caught her, Luo Yunji provoked Shangguan Ce over Li Xun injuring Zhang Xiaofan. Shangguan Ce attacked Luo Yunji, who wounded him with a sudden slash.

• Luo Yunji shouted at Lu Xueqi for striking Zhang Xiaofan with lightning, then reassured Jin Ping'er that Zhang Xiaofan would survive.
• Lu Xueqi cut through the lightning pillar, and Zhang Xiaofan caught her as she descended before Luo Yunji teased her about their past at the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament.
• Shangguan Ce arrived supporting Li Xun and demanded to know who had injured him; Luo Yunji mocked Shangguan Ce and challenged Incense Valley to compensate Zhang Xiaofan.
• Shangguan Ce recognized Xiaobai and threatened to suppress her, while Xiaobai taunted him about his absent senior brother.
• Shangguan Ce charged at Luo Yunji with the Nine Heavens Frozen Ice Spike, and Luo Yunji dodged his attack and slashed his waist.

Luo Yunji overwhelmed Shangguan Ce with the Dragon Slayer Art and cut a gap through the mountains near Qili Cave. He drew his Treasure Umbrella and prepared to continue the fight, while Zhang Xiaofan explained the art’s power to Lu Xueqi.

• Shangguan Ce gathered icy energy and vowed to kill the gathered Demon Sect figures, while Luo Yunji challenged him with the Dragon Slayer Art.
• Luo Yunji unleashed a hundred-slash attack, then blinded everyone and cut through the mountain range with a single strike.
• Zhang Xiaofan explained the Dragon Slayer Art’s forms to Lu Xueqi and said its basic slash held the force of one slash in every strike.
• Shangguan Ce accused Luo Yunji of trying to kill him, and Luo Yunji drew his Treasure Umbrella as he taunted him about doubting the senior brothers’ strength.

Luo Yunji confronted Shangguan Ce and Incense Valley with the Ghost Umbrella, while Xiaobai challenged the other righteous sects over their hidden pasts. As Luo Yunji attacked Shangguan Ce, Lu Xueqi feared that killing him would make Luo Yunji unable to return to Azure Cloud Mountain.

• Luo Yunji taunted Shangguan Ce and Incense Valley, accusing them of bullying the young and daring them to attack him.
• Lu Xueqi asked Zhang Xiaofan to stop Luo Yunji, but Xiaobai defended his actions and questioned the histories of Incense Valley, Azure Cloud Sect, and Tianyin Temple.
• Xiaobai urged Faxiang to ask Tianyin Temple's elders how its Wordless Jade Wall came to be, while Puzhi questioned her about Tian Buyi's view of good and evil.
• Luo Yunji opened the Ghost Umbrella, released ghostly souls to frighten the righteous cultivators, and declared he would kill the Incense Valley disciples.
• Luo Yunji rushed toward Shangguan Ce and thrust the Ghost Umbrella's rib toward his throat as Shangguan Ce retreated.
• Lu Xueqi warned Zhang Xiaofan that Luo Yunji would never return to Azure Cloud Mountain if he killed Shangguan Ce.

Luo Yunji used the Ghost Umbrella to kill righteous-path disciples and drive Shangguan Ce into retreat, while Zhang Xiaofan urged him to stop and return the victims’ souls. The chapter ended with the fallen disciples revived, though dazed.

• Lu Xueqi reluctantly accepted that Luo Yunji might kill Shangguan Ce and told Zhang Xiaofan to make sure he left no evidence; Faxiang then departed to follow her.
• Shangguan Ce blocked Luo Yunji’s Ghost Umbrella with the Nine Heavens Frozen Ice Spike, but the weapon’s suction left his mind hazy and forced him to dodge.
• Luo Yunji explained that the Ghost Umbrella could devour souls, and the disciples it had struck rose as corpses before more attackers collapsed beneath its power.
• Shangguan Ce fled alone, and Luo Yunji threatened the remaining righteous-path cultivators, saying he belonged to Two Mountains.
• Zhang Xiaofan stopped Luo Yunji and asked him to return the victims’ souls, so Luo Yunji spun the Ghost Umbrella and the fallen disciples sat up, dazed.

Luo Yunji refused to surrender the Ghost Umbrella when Shangguan Ce took Lu Xueqi and Faxiang hostage, so he fled with Xiaobai to Incense Valley to seize hostages of his own. He cast the Rain Technique over the valley, causing its disciples to collapse.

• Shangguan Ce arrived at Qili Cave and held Lu Xueqi and Faxiang hostage to force Luo Yunji to drop the Ghost Umbrella.
• Zhang Xiaofan threw down the Ghost Umbrella, but Shangguan Ce refused to release his captives and kept them as leverage.
• Luo Yunji escaped with Xiaobai and threatened to bully her son unless she took him to Incense Valley.
• Xiaobai guided Luo Yunji to the outskirts of Incense Valley, where he declared the whole valley his hostage.
• Luo Yunji cast the Rain Technique over Incense Valley, and its disciples began collapsing.

Luo Yunji used his Rain Technique to bring down Incense Valley’s disciples, then dropped a giant ice sphere on the place Xiaobai pointed out while trying to draw out Yun Yilan. The impact triggered violent tremors and billowing smoke, leaving Xiaobai to suspect they had disturbed the volcano beneath Incense Valley’s Profound Fire Altar.

• Luo Yunji was surprised that Xiaobai remained standing despite his Rain Technique, and Xiaobai explained that Yun Yilan was likely in seclusion.
• Luo Yunji shouted for Yun Yilan to come out, but no one from Incense Valley answered.
• Luo Yunji summoned a massive ice sphere and dropped it on the unoccupied location Xiaobai indicated, then admitted the attack had drained most of his spiritual power.
• Luo Yunji urged Xiaobai to help him capture Yun Yilan, while Xiaobai warned that she might not be able to defeat him.
• Luo Yunji and Xiaobai saw the mountains shaking and smoke rising from the impact site, and Xiaobai realized the ice sphere may have stirred the volcano beneath the Profound Fire Altar.

Luo Yunji’s attack on the Profound Fire Altar triggered a massive eruption that devastated Incense Valley, while Zhang Xiaofan confronted Shangguan Ce at Qili Cave. The Quadruplets carried the hostages away toward Incense Valley, leaving Shangguan Ce furious and exposed.

• Luo Yunji stopped worrying about Incense Valley’s fate and dropped a second enormous ice sphere onto the Profound Fire Altar.
• A pillar of fire erupted from the altar, leaving a huge magma-filled pit and collapsing buildings across Incense Valley.
• At Qili Cave, Wild Dog Daoist and Jin Ping'er realized Luo Yunji had likely triggered a volcano beneath the altar.
• Zhang Xiaofan taunted Shangguan Ce about the eruption, and Shangguan Ce struck Faxiang while threatening to kill his hostages.
• Zhang Xiaofan ordered the Quadruplets to take the hostages to Incense Valley, and they disappeared with them.

Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji confronted Yun Yilan after the destruction of Incense Valley, demanding answers for Shangguan Ce’s attack on their companions. Yun Yilan refused to accept blame, and the confrontation ended with Luo Yunji preparing to fight him.

• Zhang Xiaofan left Shangguan Ce with Lu Xueqi and Faxiang and returned to Incense Valley, where he found the Profound Fire Altar reduced to scorched earth.
• Luo Yunji explained that he had thrown ice balls at the Profound Fire Altar and that Yun Yilan had not appeared; Zhang Xiaofan wondered whether the valley master had suffered an accident.
• Shangguan Ce returned with Yun Yilan, who slapped him down after seeing the ruined valley and learning of his failure.
• Luo Yunji demanded that Yun Yilan answer for Shangguan Ce’s attempt to kill him, Zhang Xiaofan, Lu Xueqi, and Faxiang, but Yun Yilan offered only to explain matters to Azure Cloud Sect and Tianyin Temple.
• Yun Yilan threatened Luo Yunji and insulted Zhang Xiaofan as a member of the Ghost King Sect, prompting Luo Yunji to shove Zhang Xiaofan aside and prepare to attack.

Luo Yunji joined Zhang Xiaofan in fighting Yun Yilan, then borrowed Lu Xueqi’s Tianya sword to unleash the Yuqing Sword Art. The strike wounded Yun Yilan and devastated Incense Valley, while Luo Yunji fainted from the technique’s spiritual-energy cost.

• Yun Yilan knocked Luo Yunji down with a hidden sequence of attacks, but Luo Yunji got back up and charged at him again.
• Luo Yunji defended Zhang Xiaofan with the Ghost Umbrella as Zhang Xiaofan attacked Yun Yilan with the Fire Poker.
• Luo Yunji borrowed Tianya from Lu Xueqi and gathered thunderclouds while Zhang Xiaofan kept Yun Yilan occupied.
• Luo Yunji unleashed the Yuqing Sword Art, and its sword-light grazed Yun Yilan and carved a deep ravine through the ground.
• The Quadruplets caught Luo Yunji after he fell unconscious, and Zhang Xiaofan confirmed that he was not seriously hurt.

After Luo Yunji's sword art devastated Incense Valley, he was taken to Two Mountains and remained unconscious while the cultivation world reacted to the incident. Azure Cloud Sect's leaders debated the unknown technique and awaited word of Luo Yunji's condition.

• Zhang Xiaofan took Luo Yunji and the others away from Incense Valley, and the volcano erupted again as the righteous-path disciples fled.
• News of the destruction reached Azure Cloud Sect, where Daoxuan True Person and the sect's leaders heard Lu Xueqi's account and questioned her about Luo Yunji's sword art.
• Tian Buyi asked whether Luo Yunji was safe, then urged Daoxuan True Person to let him go find the boy and learn about the sword art.
• At Two Mountains, He Dazhi examined Luo Yunji and reassured Wu Dayi and Zhang Xiaofan that he had no serious injuries, though he remained unconscious.
• Xiaobai complained to Xiao Liu and Xiao San about traveling with Luo Yunji, then said Azure Cloud Sect might use Shangguan Ce's attempt to kill them to force Incense Valley to accept its losses.

After recovering, Luo Yunji retaliated against Incense Valley by releasing its core cultivation method and the means to counter it, sending shockwaves through the cultivation world. As the great calamity loomed and Tian Buyi came to confront Wu Dayi, Luo Yunji escaped to the Imperial City with the Prince’s family.

• Xiao Liu reasoned that Azure Cloud Sect would protect Luo Yunji rather than risk losing Two Mountains and Sanfu Town to the imperial court’s influence.
• Luo Yunji woke after three days and announced his plan to make Incense Valley disappear, but Wu Dayi and He Dazhi learned that the great calamity had already begun and sent word to Azure Cloud Mountain and Sanfu Town.
• Luo Yunji publicly released Incense Valley’s core cultivation method and its counter-method, and copies quickly spread throughout the cultivation world.
• Ghost King Wan Renwang ordered Qinglong to investigate how Incense Valley had offended Luo Yunji, while Wu Dayi and He Dazhi realized they could no longer stop the spread.
• A month later, Tian Buyi stormed up Two Mountains and demanded an explanation from Wu Dayi, while Luo Yunji had escaped to the Imperial City with the Prince, the Princess Consort, and the children of Liao Xing’s and Zhou Mu’s families.
• Liao Zhihe printed and distributed more copies of the Incense Jade Tome, then remembered how he had once failed to protect his son as the Princess Consort comforted him.

Tian Buyi learned how Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji had provoked Incense Valley and discussed how Azure Cloud Sect should respond if the conflict escalated. He then discovered that the great calamity had already begun and crushed his teacup in anger.

• The Princess Consort criticized Yunji’s reckless actions, while Liao Zhihe defended him and condemned Yun Yilan for trying to kill his son.
• Wu Dayi and He Dazhi explained that Zhang Xiaofan learned Incense Valley’s cultivation method in the Mystic Realm and identified his unfamiliar sword art as the Yuqing Sword Art.
• Tian Buyi questioned his disciples about Zhang Xiaofan’s actions and asked how they should handle Incense Valley’s likely response.
• Zhao Yueyin argued that Incense Valley was at fault and urged Azure Cloud Sect and its allies to stand by Luo Yunji and Zhang Xiaofan.
• Tian Buyi advised involving Tianyin Temple if Incense Valley made trouble, then lamented that the great calamity was approaching.
• Wu Dayi told Tian Buyi that the great calamity had already begun, and Tian Buyi crushed his teacup in anger.

Tian Buyi learned that the great calamity had begun and reviewed the preparations underway in Two Mountains and Sanfu Town. The news reached the Imperial City and others, while its cause and nature remained unknown.

• Tian Buyi learned the great calamity had begun, and He Dazhi explained that the news had already been sent to Azure Clouds and the Imperial City.
• He Dazhi and Wu Dayi told Tian Buyi that an underground refuge beneath Sanfu Town was ready to protect its residents, with preserved food stored in its granaries.
• Tian Buyi urged his disciples to shelter nearby residents and enlist the Ghost King Sect to face the disaster together.
• The Prince went to the Imperial Palace to inform the emperor, while Wang Yishi and two others also received the news and began making preparations.

As preparations for the great calamity continued, Luo Yunji gathered medicinal herbs and sent a warning letter to Yuyangzi. The chapter left Incense Valley plotting to have Luo Yunji killed, while Jin Ping'er and Wild Dog Daoist set out for the Imperial City and Big Yellow and Little Grey stayed in the Southern Border.

• The emperor and Liao Zhihe discussed the great calamity and the limited preparations Two Mountains could make to shelter people.
• Luo Yunji ordered Longevity Hall to gather large quantities of medicinal herbs and sent a letter to Yuyangzi, urging the shopkeeper to deliver it quickly.
• Jin Ping'er and Wild Dog Daoist decided to travel to the Imperial City to find Luo Yunji.
• Big Yellow and Little Grey chose to remain with the Miao Tribe, where Big Yellow was revered as the Dog God and Little Grey enjoyed drinking liquor.
• After learning what Luo Yunji had done in the Central Plains, Yun Yilan ordered Shangguan Ce to contact an ally and arrange Luo Yunji's death.

Luo Yunji fled the Imperial City after learning Tian Buyi was coming to beat him, leaving Jin Ping'er and Wild Dog Daoist to catch up with him later. Ghost King then joined Luo Yunji’s wandering group and persuaded them to travel to the Nether Abyss, the final Mysterious Sea.

• Tian Buyi set out for the Imperial City to punish Luo Yunji, while Wu Dayi sent Luo Yunji a warning letter ahead of him.
• Luo Yunji received the letter and fled with the Quadruplets before Jin Ping'er and Wild Dog Daoist arrived at the Prince's Mansion.
• Wild Dog Daoist and Liao Xing discovered the letter explained Tian Buyi's arrival, and Liao Xing later burned it to protect Wu Dayi.
• Jin Ping'er and Wild Dog Daoist caught up with Luo Yunji, complained to him, and then wandered with his group through the Central Plains.
• Ghost King met the group, learned they had no destination, and persuaded Luo Yunji to visit the Nether Abyss with him.
• Luo Yunji told his companions how Qiu Wangyu had entered the Nether Abyss and emerged powerful enough to unite the Demon Sect.