Vol. 5The Heavenly Court Campaigns

Li Changshou navigated the Demon War and the great tribulation, then led the Heavenly Court and its allies against the Western Teachings’ plans for the Blood Sea and Incense God Kingdoms. The Immortal Alliance was founded, and Li Changshou faced Saint Zhunti in the Heavenly Court.

  • Houtu awakened, reunited her Seven Emotions, and accepted the burden of living beings’ suffering.
  • Li Changshou fought Lu Ya at Black Mountain, helped break the Demon Race’s morale, and forced its retreat.
  • Lu Ya’s forces ambushed Qi Yuan and Dong Mugong, and the Two-winged Three-headed White Tiger swallowed them.
  • Li Changshou led the Heavenly Court’s allies in a campaign that devastated the Northern Continent demons.
  • Li Changshou discovered the Western Teachings’ plan for a second reincarnation cycle and exposed the Reincarnation Pagoda beneath the Asura city.
  • Lord Tongtian arrived to support Li Changshou against Zhunti, and Li Changshou turned the dispute toward the Incense God Kingdom.
  • Li Changshou led Daoist experts to seize the Reincarnation Pagoda, while Ksitigarbha sacrificed himself to restore it and merge it into reincarnation.
  • Li Changshou and Randeng established the Immortal Alliance, and its members pledged to oppose the Incense God Kingdoms.
Chapters 406–507 Read from ch. 406

Arc 17Houtu’s Return and the Demon War

Li Changshou helped Houtu embrace her Seven Emotions, then maneuvered the Heavenly Court through a war with the Demon Race and brought Bai Ze under his care. After the battle, Yunxiao and Ling'e grew closer, while Li Changshou prepared for a coming great tribulation and set out on a journey with Ling'e.

  • Li Changshou and the immortals guided Little Ai through her sorrow, and Houtu awakened, reunited her Seven Emotions, and accepted the burden of living beings’ suffering.
  • Li Changshou learned that Lu Ya had rallied the Demon Race against Heaven, disrupted their preparations, and captured Bai Ze after tracing his hiding place.
  • Li Changshou and Bai Ze planned for war as the Demon Race marched against the Wu Tribe, and Li Changshou assembled support from the Heavenly Court, Netherworld, Dragon Clan, and other allies.
  • At Black Mountain, Li Changshou and Bai Ze helped break the Demon Race’s morale, and Li Changshou fought Lu Ya before the Demon Race retreated.
  • Yunxiao visited Li Changshou at Du Xian Sect, confided her fears about her Love Tribulation to Ling'e, and agreed with Li Changshou to travel the Three Realms together after it ended.
  • Zhao Gongming told Li Changshou that Lord Tongtian had warned the Jie Teaching of a coming great tribulation, and Li Changshou spent ten years balancing his duties and preparations.
  • Li Changshou went to Ling'e’s hut to begin their agreed journey, and Ling'e finally came out after trying to delay him.
Chapters 406–431 Summaries Read

Arc 18The Northern Continent Campaign

Li Changshou lost Qi Yuan in the calamity, then helped draw the teachings into the coming conflict and led the Heavenly Court’s campaign against the Demon Race. After the victory, he began his Moon Palace assignment under Heng'e’s watch.

  • Ling'e completed her demon-hunting trial, rescued Youqin Xuanya, and obtained a Ginseng Fruit for Qi Yuan from Great Immortal Zhenyuan.
  • Li Changshou guided Hua Youming and other youths at Mu Hua Academy while investigating the reincarnated Jade Emperor and Queen Mother, then joined the mission that found and destroyed Outer Realm Demons in a Minor World.
  • Li Changshou sent Qi Yuan toward the Heavenly Court, but Lu Ya’s forces ambushed the party and the Two-winged Three-headed White Tiger swallowed Qi Yuan and Dong Mugong.
  • Li Changshou fought Lu Ya and the ancient demons, preserved Qi Yuan’s remnant soul, and learned that Qi Yuan would be reborn beneath the Sign of the Flying Bear.
  • The Jade Emperor sought aid against the Demon Race, but the Three Teachings refused, and Li Changshou recognized that the Heavenly Dao had drawn him into the cataclysm and mourned Qi Yuan with Ling'e.
  • Li Changshou became a Heavenly Court Special Envoy, assembled allies from the Dragon Clan, Wu Tribe, and Underworld, and led the attack that devastated the Northern Continent demons.
  • After reporting victory, Li Changshou was ordered to train the Chang'es, and he arrived at the Moon Palace, startled the Jade Rabbit with a book about preparing rabbit meat, and began his ten-year stay.
Chapters 432–456 Summaries Read

Arc 19The Blood Sea Confrontation

Li Changshou expanded Heavenly Court influence, built Lin Tian Hall and an alliance against the Western Teachings, and helped reform the Netherworld. He uncovered the Western Teachings’ plan to establish a second reincarnation cycle and confronted Zhunti with allies in the Blood Sea, where Lord Tongtian’s arrival shifted the dispute toward the Incense God Kingdom.

  • Li Changshou exposed Immortal Weng Fuyuan’s role in Fairy Yunhua’s tragedy, protected her children, and helped secure Yang Jian’s path as True Lord Yu Ding’s disciple.
  • Li Changshou restored the emotions of the demonic soldiers with Houtu, established Lin Tian Hall, and brought Youqin Xuanya into the Heavenly Court.
  • Li Changshou recruited Tianya Pavilion and Lü Yue to oppose the Western Teachings, then used poison to defeat the forces threatening the pavilion and founded the Anti-Western Immortal Dao Alliance.
  • Li Changshou secured Heavenly Court authority over the Netherworld, oversaw the creation of the Hall of the Five Sacred Mountains, and developed the Hall of Courage Testing.
  • Li Changshou gathered allies after discovering the Western Teachings planned to release trapped souls and build a second reincarnation cycle in the Blood Sea.
  • Li Changshou infiltrated the Asura city, used the Seven Emotions Grass Ring to disrupt its defenders, and exposed the hidden Reincarnation Pagoda beneath its formations.
  • Zhunti confronted Li Changshou after he revealed the Western Teachings’ scheme, but Li Changshou’s allies emerged to face him and Lord Tongtian arrived to support the confrontation.
  • Li Changshou challenged Ksitigarbha and the Western Teachings to swear oaths, while Lord Tongtian told him to continue denouncing them and Li Changshou turned the discussion toward the Incense God Kingdom.
Chapters 457–481 Summaries Read

Arc 20The Immortal Alliance

Li Changshou seized the Reincarnation Pagoda, helped save endangered souls, and established the Immortal Alliance to oppose the Western Teachings’ Incense God Kingdoms. After recruiting the Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird and surviving the alliance’s founding, he confronted Saint Zhunti in the Heavenly Court while Elder Wan Linjun survived her tribulation.

  • Lord Tongtian challenged Saint Zhunti to battle beyond the heavens, while Li Changshou led the Daoist experts to seize the Reincarnation Pagoda and expose the Western Teachings’ harm to mortals.
  • Li Changshou organized the River of Three Crossings to save fragile souls, and Ksitigarbha sacrificed himself to restore the pagoda and merge it into reincarnation.
  • The Jade Emperor promoted Li Changshou to Taibai Star Lord, and Li Changshou arranged for Nuwa to create an Innate Placenta for his Seven Emotions Incarnation to reincarnate into.
  • Li Changshou helped capture the Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird in a chain array, and the bird agreed to serve the Heavenly Court as Marshal Golden Roc.
  • Li Changshou and Randeng established the Immortal Alliance, where Li Changshou challenged Xu Bodhi’s accusations and won the gathered forces’ pledge to oppose the Incense God Kingdoms.
  • Li Changshou guided the alliance’s campaigns against the Western Teachings as Elder Wan Linjun prepared for her tribulation, then gave her treasures and support before she departed.
  • Elder Wan Linjun survived her Golden Immortal Tribulation, while Li Changshou met Saint Zhunti in the Heavenly Court and defended the warrant against Xu Bodhi.
Chapters 482–507 Summaries Read
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