Chapter Summaries

Li Changshou led Daoist Wen Jing through a Mortal World city and used conversation, wine, and knowledge of her past to persuade her to leave the West and serve the Heavenly Court. The chapter ended with Wen Jing agreeing to make a Great Dao Oath, on the condition that she someday meet Grand Master Xuandu.

• Li Changshou brought Daoist Wen Jing to a city in the Southern Continent and questioned her about the Sea God Cult as they walked.
• Li Changshou revealed that he knew Wen Jing’s origins and past schemes, convincing her that he had tracked her across several encounters.
• Over wine, Wen Jing admitted she had joined the West after losing her place in the Netherworld and revealed her fear that the West would eventually dispose of her.
• Li Changshou proposed that Wen Jing join the Heavenly Court and perform its secret work, offering to help her escape the West’s control.
• Wen Jing agreed to make a Great Dao Oath if Li Changshou arranged for her to meet Grand Master Xuandu someday, and Li Changshou accepted.

Li Changshou secured Daoist Wen Jing as a hidden ally, then handled Heavenly Court and Dragon Clan preparations while the Three Teachings Origin Conference concluded. As the Du Xian Sect returned to its Treasure Ship, a concealed Martial Aunt sprang out to confront him playfully.

• Daoist Wen Jing realized Li Changshou had maneuvered her into becoming a hidden piece for the Human Teaching and Heavenly Court, but she returned to the Western Teachings and vowed to show him her power.
• Li Changshou considered how Daoist Wen Jing might help him influence the Western Teachings and wondered whether she was interested in Grand Master Xuandu.
• The Dragon Clan sent Li Changshou over a hundred chests of formation materials, and Ao Yi told him his wedding would take place in twelve years.
• Dong Mugong delivered Your Majesty Jade Emperor's decision that Matchmaker would attend Ao Yi's wedding, while Li Changshou advised him on the arrangements.
• The Three Teachings' leaders appeared in auspicious clouds at the conference's closing ceremony, and the gathered immortal sects received blessings that increased their fortune.
• As the Du Xian Sect returned to its Treasure Ship, a concealed Martial Aunt ambushed Li Changshou with harmless slaps and demanded his little trinkets.

Li Changshou decided to alert Fairy Yunxiao to Zhao Gongming and Qiongxiao’s scams, hoping she would rein them in before their actions caused trouble. He set out toward the Southern Sea with a carefully written calling card as the siblings continued planning their next schemes.

• Jiu Jiu joined Li Changshou and Xiong Lingli aboard the Treasure Ship, and the three played cards after discussing Lingli’s place at Lesser Qiong Peak.
• Li Changshou realized Fairy Yunxiao might be able to control Zhao Gongming and Qiongxiao, and decided to tell her about their scams and the karma they could incur.
• Li Changshou wrote a calling card to request a meeting with Yunxiao, then traveled toward the Southern Sea using Earth Evasion.
• On a deserted Southern Sea island, Qiongxiao divided the stolen treasures among herself, Zhao Gongming, and Han Zhi, then suggested seeking more dissatisfied immortals to give the wealth to.

Li Changshou traveled to Three Immortal Island to warn Zhao Gongming of an impending calamity and seek a meeting with the Three Xiāo Fairies. After using a mourning procession to get their attention, he entered the island, exposed Bixiao's elaborate prank by feigning the destruction of his Paper Daoist, and asked her to pass on his urgent message.

• Li Changshou reached the cloud wall surrounding Three Immortal Island and found that its formation concealed the island from his senses.
• When nobody answered his call, Li Changshou sent paper figures to stage a noisy mourning procession, drawing out a young girl who angrily challenged him.
• Li Changshou claimed that Zhao Gongming faced a coming calamity and persuaded the girl to take his calling card to the island's mistress; she returned and invited him inside.
• The girl led Li Changshou through the formation to a courtyard, where he was diverted into a staged scene with a monstrous woman in a pool.
• Li Changshou pretended his Paper Daoist had been destroyed, then emerged in another incarnation and revealed that he knew the prankster was Fairy Bixiao.
• Li Changshou asked Fairy Bixiao to pass on his urgent request to speak with her elder sister.

Li Changshou brought Yunxiao to confront Zhao Gongming and Qiongxiao over their scheme of scamming travelers, then helped Yunxiao disguise herself as a victim to catch them in the act. Yunxiao captured the group and brought them to Three Immortal Island, where she confronted them and Li Changshou urged Zhao Gongming to confess.

• Bixiao teased Li Changshou’s Paper Daoist before summoning Yunxiao to hear his report about Zhao Gongming and Qiongxiao.
• Yunxiao confirmed Li Changshou’s identity and traveled with him to find Zhao Gongming, Qiongxiao, and Han Zhi dividing their stolen spoils.
• Li Changshou persuaded Yunxiao to disguise herself as an old Daoist and let Zhao Gongming’s group attempt their scam on her.
• Zhao Gongming pretended Yunxiao had injured him while Qiongxiao and Han Zhi joined the extortion routine, until Yunxiao angrily ordered them to stop.
• Yunxiao used a golden bucket to transport Li Changshou and the others back to Three Immortal Island, then made Qiongxiao, Bixiao, Han Zhi, and Zhao Gongming kneel.
• Li Changshou reminded Zhao Gongming of their original purpose and urged him to confess and receive lenient treatment.

Li Changshou helped settle the conflict on Three Immortal Island, where Zhao Gongming and Yunxiao advanced their Dao Hearts after hearing him discuss his Original Intention. He left with Zhao Gongming, reflected on the risks of their connections, and checked on Ling'e, who was cultivating.

• Zhao Gongming recalled his early years and took a small step forward in cultivation after Li Changshou spoke about Original Intention, while Yunxiao also advanced her Dao Heart.
• Yunxiao thanked Li Changshou, confined Qiongxiao and Bixiao for nine thousand years, and promised to prevent them from resenting him.
• Li Changshou and Zhao Gongming left Three Immortal Island, and Yunxiao escorted them beyond the Cloud wall.
• Zhao Gongming explained that Yunxiao's rigid resolve frightened him, apologized for involving Li Changshou in karmic trouble, and invited him to become sworn friends.
• Li Changshou returned to the Sea God Temple, then checked on Ling'e and found her cultivating, so he planned to teach her Paper Cutting into Human Form.

Li Changshou returned to Du Xian Sect with Xiong Lingli, and Ling'e mistakenly believed he favored his new, strong-built “cousin.” After he explained Xiong Lingli’s role and began teaching Ling'e a divine ability, the story shifted to Ao Yi being summoned by Great Immortal Wuyun at Golden Ao Island.

• Li Changshou introduced Xiong Lingli as his cousin and the Sect Master's Registered Disciple, then brought her to live on Lesser Qiong Peak.
• Ling'e grew jealous when Li Changshou quickly built Xiong Lingli a large thatched hut and assigned her responsibility for the Spirit Beast Pen and fish.
• Li Changshou told Ling'e that Xiong Lingli was not his cousin but a Witch-Human-blooded subordinate, and warned her about Xiong Lingli's strength.
• Li Changshou taught Ling'e the Paper Cutting into Human Form divine ability, and she happily accepted the lesson.
• Great Immortal Wuyun summoned Ao Yi to his cave dwelling on Golden Ao Island and asked whether he was the Second Cult Master of the South Sea Sea God Cult.

Ao Yi reflected on Fairy Yunxiao’s interest in Li Changshou and struggled to figure out what gift his sect leader would like. Meanwhile, Li Changshou planned for his disciples’ safety and studied a new divine ability, until Fairy Yunxiao unexpectedly appeared at the Sea God Cult’s temple.

• Ao Yi recalled telling Fairy Yunxiao about Li Changshou’s character, skills, and accomplishments, then decided to seek a suitable gift before visiting the Du Xian Sect with Sisi.
• Li Changshou calculated the materials needed for the Lesser Qiong Peak Grand Array and planned Ling'e’s steady cultivation and extensive preparations for her tribulation.
• Li Changshou considered his long-term plans for Old Daoist Qi Yuan and arranged a twenty-year schedule for cultivation, pill refinement, and treasure refinement.
• Li Changshou examined the Scatter Beans to Create Soldiers divine ability and began considering how to modify it.
• Youqin Xuanya arrived at Lesser Qiong Peak, but Li Changshou sensed a visitor at the Sea God Cult’s temple and recognized the aura of Fairy Yunxiao.

Fairy Yunxiao visited Li Changshou’s Sea God Temple to repay his favor with a painting by Lord Tongtian, whose Saintly Dao aura triggered a dangerous surge in his cultivation. Li Changshou used Dao Severing to strengthen his foundation and suppress the breakthrough, but both of his Paper Daoists collapsed as help rushed toward Lesser Qiong Peak.

• Li Changshou asked Youqin Xuanya to wait outside the pill chamber while he dealt with Fairy Yunxiao’s visit at the Sea God Temple.
• Yunxiao thanked Li Changshou for saving her elder brother and third sister, then gave him a landscape painting created by Lord Tongtian.
• The painting’s Dao aura triggered Li Changshou’s rapid breakthrough toward the Peak Heavenly Immortal Realm and an impending Golden Immortal Tribulation.
• Li Changshou used Supreme Clarity’s Dao Severing to halt his breakthrough, strengthen his Dao foundation, and settle back into the Late Heavenly Immortal Realm.
• Li Changshou’s Paper Daoists collapsed at the Sea God Temple and Lesser Qiong Peak, while Yunxiao called out to him and Youqin Xuanya looked bewildered.
• A streak of golden light flew from Sky-Breaking Peak toward the Lesser Qiong Peak Alchemy Room.

After Heavenly Might struck Lesser Qiong Peak, Li Changshou concealed the truth from Ji Wuyou by presenting a Sage-written scripture and claiming its Dao Charm had caused the disturbance. Ji Wuyou left believing Li Changshou was likely the Great Mage’s illegitimate descendant, while Li Changshou turned to reassure Fairy Yunxiao that he was unharmed.

• Ji Wuyou sensed extraordinary Dao Charm and Heavenly Might over Lesser Qiong Peak, then hurried there as the sect’s elders gathered.
• Li Changshou told Ji Wuyou the disturbance was over and asked him to keep the other experts away, invoking the Six-Revolutions Spirit Pill.
• Li Changshou used the arrays and a paper figure to obscure what had happened, while Youqin Xuanya described seeing him shrivel into the figure.
• Li Changshou showed Ji Wuyou the Classic of Supreme Clarity's Profound Content and said its Dao Charm had caused the Heavenly Might.
• Ji Wuyou accepted Li Changshou’s explanation, ordered the matter kept secret, and concluded that Li Changshou was probably the Great Mage’s blood descendant.
• Li Changshou sent Fairy Yunxiao a message that he was unharmed while she worked to rescue his damaged Paper Daoist.

Li Changshou accepted a painting from Yunxiao after explaining that his lost Paper Daoist had been easy to replace, then returned to deal with Youqin Xuanya’s questions about his hidden cultivation. Youqin swore to keep his secret and left determined to catch up with him, while Li Changshou realized he wanted to clarify one detail of her oath.

• Yunxiao apologized for destroying Li Changshou’s incarnation and offered him a painting and other treasures; Li Changshou accepted the painting but declined the rest.
• Li Changshou returned to the pill chamber and found Youqin Xuanya meditating; she mistook his warning about speaking openly for a confession, then clarified that she wanted to improve her cultivation and follow his example.
• Youqin Xuanya swore by the Great Dao not to reveal Li Changshou’s concealed cultivation to the sect.
• Youqin Xuanya asked whether Li Changshou’s paper figures had saved the Du Xian Sect and whether he had knocked disciples unconscious before facing a Celestial Immortal alone; Li Changshou confirmed both.
• Youqin Xuanya thanked Li Changshou for protecting the sect and departed to enter seclusion, while Li Changshou called after her to discuss a detail of her oath.

Li Changshou considered how to prepare for the Golden Immortal Tribulation after Youqin Xuanya left, while Ao Yi sought a gift for him and Daoist Wen Jing quietly began acting against the Western Sect’s plans. The chapter left Li Changshou pursuing a path toward the Great Luo Realm, Ao Yi preparing to visit him, and Wen Jing moving her puppets in secret.

• Li Changshou escorted Youqin Xuanya away after having her swear a Great Dao Oath, then reflected on his exposed cultivation and planned to win Sect Leader Wuyou Daoist’s support.
• Li Changshou reviewed the challenges of the Golden Immortal Tribulation and considered seeking guidance from Elder Wan Linjun and Venerable Wangqing.
• Li Changshou checked on his master, found him peacefully cultivating, and returned to the pill chamber with the goal of steadily reaching the Great Luo Realm.
• Ao Yi asked the Mermaid Princess Sisi for gift ideas for Li Changshou, and she offered to prepare a generous present before their visit.
• Daoist Wen Jing returned to her hidden cave after Western Sect leaders blamed her for their failures, then secretly began controlling puppets to act against their plans.

Daoist Wen Jing delivered a Western Teachings plan to sow discord between the Dragon Clan and the Sea God Cult, but Li Changshou and Ao Yi decided to pretend to fall out and use the scheme to uncover the west’s allies. After suppressing his cultivation and returning to Lesser Qiong Peak, Li Changshou began experimenting with modifying Scatter Beans to Create Soldiers into a powerful army-building technique.

• Daoist Wen Jing controlled an elderly Temple Official to deliver a message, then made him cause a scandal at the Sea God Temple as a distraction.
• Li Changshou learned the Western Teachings planned to use Dragon Clan experts to provoke trouble at the Sea God Cult and informed Ao Yi.
• Li Changshou and Ao Yi agreed to feign a falling-out so the Dragon Clan could investigate which of its experts had colluded with the west.
• Li Changshou spent three months suppressing his cultivation, refined pills and wine, and observed Ling'e practicing music with paper figures and Xiong Lingli.
• Li Changshou tested Scatter Beans to Create Soldiers, found its original form limited, and decided to modify it so his Paper Daoists could deploy a powerful army of bean soldiers.

Li Changshou tested his improved Scatter Beans to Create Soldiers technique with Ling'e, Jiu Jiu, and Xiong Lingli, turning it into a lively Dao Soldier game. At the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace, Ao Yi prepared another cart of formation materials for Brother Changshou while waiting for Sisi to return.

• Jiu Jiu collected wine Li Changshou had prepared, then joined Ling'e and Xiong Lingli for a meal before agreeing to visit the back mountain.
• Ling'e and Jiu Jiu discovered Li Changshou's immortal bean plantation and watched him demonstrate Dao Soldiers created by Scatter Beans to Create Soldiers.
• Li Changshou proposed a Bean Immortal contest, and the group created different Dao Soldiers using Ling'e's dharma power as their baseline.
• Jiu Jiu's bean produced a Pea Shooter that blasted a large crater, and she started the contest by firing at the other Dao Soldiers.
• At the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace, Ao Yi ordered another cart of formation-related treasure materials and wondered whether Sisi had returned.

Li Changshou welcomed Ao Yi and his fiancée, Sir Jiang, to Du Xian Sect, where Ao Yi arrived with an extravagant gift convoy. As the guests settled at Lesser Qiong Peak, Li Changshou and Ao Yi detected trouble at the Sea God Temple in Anshui City and watched through their divine statues while Sir Jiang asked Ling'e if she fancied anyone.

• Li Changshou met Ao Yi, Sir Jiang, and two Dragon Clan elders outside Du Xian Sect, then accepted ninety-nine treasure chests brought as gifts.
• Li Changshou escorted Ao Yi and Sir Jiang to Lesser Qiong Peak, where Ling'e and Sir Jiang quickly became friendly and joined Jiu Jiu and Xiong Lingli.
• Li Changshou gave Ao Yi improved medicinal wine and pills, then raised formations when he sensed activity at the Sea God Temple in Anshui City.
• Li Changshou and Ao Yi used their divine senses to observe a dragon-descended guard arrive at the Sea God Temple and land in its courtyard.
• Sir Jiang asked Ling'e whether she fancied anyone and offered a clan treasure that might help her pursue someone she liked.

Ling'e accepted Jiang Si'er's Tears of Past Lives to stir Li Changshou's affection, but the Matchmaker rejected the marriage-fate request and sent the pearl back. Meanwhile, Li Changshou prepared for the Dragon Clan visitor at the Sea God Temple, who finally approached its doors.

• Jiu Jiu revealed that Ling'e loved Li Changshou, and Jiang Si'er gave her a Tears of Past Lives pearl as a meeting gift.
• Ling'e made Jiang Si'er swear a Great Dao Oath that the pearl would only stir affection, then used it while recalling her moments with Li Changshou.
• The pearl's magic reached Li Changshou, but the Matchmaker recognized him as its target and crushed the stream of light rather than interfere with his marriage fate.
• The pearl returned to Jiang Si'er's box, and Ling'e feared that Li Changshou would make her copy the Steady Character Scripture.
• Li Changshou monitored the Dragon Clan visitor as the man finally stepped toward the Sea God Temple's doors.

Li Changshou and Ao Yi watched a Dragon Clan member provoke the Sea God Cult’s protectors, and Li Changshou recognized that the dragon was bait in a scheme promising him a chance at Golden Immortality. Li Changshou used a Paper Daoist and recording pearls to stop the provocation from turning into an attack, but a blood-red sword suddenly struck the dragon as he tried to leave.

• Li Changshou told Ao Yi that the Dragon Clan member’s hesitant approach was deliberate, then asked him to summon trusted Dragon Clan experts after suspecting someone had tampered with the man.
• The dragon insulted Xiong Buchan and tried to provoke him into attacking, but Xiong Buchan followed Li Changshou’s instructions and left the hall to evacuate the mortals.
• When the dragon used force to pull Xiong Buchan back, Li Changshou’s Old Immortal Paper Daoist appeared and invited the dragon to speak instead of fighting.
• The dragon threatened to smash the Sea God’s idol, but Li Changshou agreed with him and revealed recording pearls that had captured his actions throughout the hall.
• The dragon gave up and turned to leave, but a flash of blood light formed a sword that slashed toward his neck.

Li Changshou and Ao Yi handled a staged attempt to turn the Dragon Clan against the Sea God Cult, while Li Changshou coached Ao Yi to proceed cautiously. After Ao Yi and Sir Jiang left with contingency plans, Li Changshou offered Ling'e the Tears of Past Lives and tried to kiss her, but she fled into her bathing tub.

• A hidden sword killed a Dragon Clan member in the Sea God Temple, and Li Changshou captured the dragon's remnant soul in Soul-Capturing Beads.
• Three dragons arrived to blame the Sea God Temple, but Li Changshou and Ao Yi preserved evidence and defused their accusations while Li Changshou advised Ao Yi to tell his father to be steady.
• Li Changshou planned a formidable array to protect the Sea God Cult as the Dragon Clan and the cult prepared for further staged conflict.
• Li Changshou and Ao Yi joined Ling'e, Sir Jiang, Jiu Jiu, Xiong Lingli, and others for songs and several days of feasting before Ao Yi and Sir Jiang departed with Li Changshou's brocade pouches.
• Li Changshou gave Ling'e a Jade Talisman Message so she could ask Grandmaster about the Tears of Past Lives, then tried to kiss her; Ling'e ducked away and jumped into her bathing tub.

Ao Yi discovered that the Eastern Sea Dragon King had destroyed evidence about the Dragon Clan murders, while Li Changshou suspected the Dragon King was quietly planning to save his clan and prepared for a possible crisis. On her way back to Du Xian Sect, Jiang Lin'er spotted Ao Yi among disguised demons and monsters, reported it to Li Changshou, and waited for the expert he sent to meet her.

• Ao Yi presented the Soul-Capturing Bead to the Eastern Sea Dragon King, who destroyed it and urged him to maintain ties with Li Changshou rather than pursue the investigation.
• Ao Yi overheard Li Changshou and Dong Mugong discussing the Dragon Clan's difficult position with the Heavenly Court, then asked Li Changshou about Dong Mugong.
• Li Changshou concluded that the Dragon King might be planning a major move and considered preparing for the Dragon Clan's conflict, including seeking help from True Person Huang Long.
• Jiang Lin'er arrived near the Ends of the Earth to use the Tears of Past Lives, but spotted Ao Yi with disguised demons and monsters in a nearby city.
• Jiang Lin'er sent Li Changshou a message about what she had seen, then waited over the sea for the expert he instructed her to meet.

Li Changshou gathered Jiang Lin'er, Ao Yi, and four Dragon King guards to investigate an impostor disgracing Ao Yi ahead of his wedding. He concluded that the scheme aimed to undermine the marriage’s political purpose, then prepared a public counterattack in which Ao Yi would pose as a woman and denounce the impostor.

• Jiang Lin'er told Li Changshou that she had seen someone impersonating Ao Yi drinking and carousing with Deep Sea Great Demons near Tianya City.
• Li Changshou summoned Ao Yi and four trusted Dragon King guards, then explained how the impostor’s behavior could turn the sea clans against Ao Yi’s marriage to the Merfolk Princess.
• Li Changshou led the group to Tianya City, where they found the fake Ao Yi openly feasting with demons and women in a private room.
• Li Changshou arranged disguises and instructed Ao Yi to pose as Ke Le'er, publicly attack the impostor, and expose him as a fraud.
• Ao Yi, Jiang Lin'er, Li Changshou, and the disguised guards left their inn to confront the impostor.