Chapter Summaries

Li Changshou and Ao Yi staged a public confrontation with a demon impersonating Ao Yi, using the incident to defend the reputation of Ao Yi and Sir Jiang’s supposed wedding. After the demon was killed and the crowd heard their story, a young cultivator asked Ke Le’er for her given name and whether she had a Dao companion.

• Ao Yi, disguised as Ke Le’er, led four Dragon Clan guards into a tavern and confronted the fake Ao Yi.
• The guards subdued the demon and the other great demons, while Ke Le’er wounded the impostor and exposed his disguise.
• Li Changshou explained the incident to Tianya City’s guards, and Jiang Lin’er helped spread the story through the crowd.
• Ke Le’er killed the demon outside the city and publicly claimed that Sir Jiang and Ao Yi were betrothed.
• A young Human cultivator asked Ke Le’er for her given name and whether she had a Dao companion, leaving Ao Yi stunned.

Li Changshou helped Ao Yi and Jiang Lin'er cover up the fake Dragon Prince incident, then escorted Jiang Lin'er back to Du Xian Sect while keeping his identity secret. Jiang Lin'er reunited with the others on Lesser Qiong Peak, where a playful scuffle ended with Xiong Lingli accidentally striking her hard enough to send her crashing through the mountain.

• Ao Yi rejected Jiang Lin'er’s admirer, and Li Changshou’s Paper Daoist warned Jiang Lin'er before leaving with Ao Yi and the Dragon Clan guards.
• Li Changshou arranged the fake Dragon Prince story and escorted Jiang Lin'er to the Du Xian Sect, concealing his connection to her granddisciple.
• Jiang Lin'er returned to Lesser Qiong Peak and ambushed Jiu Jiu in a playful reunion.
• Xiong Lingli rescued Jiu Jiu, then Jiang Lin'er became fascinated by Xiong Lingli’s strength and began examining her.
• Xiong Lingli panicked when Jiang Lin'er touched her chest and struck her, sending her through Qi Yuan’s hut and into the forest.

Li Changshou drew out Jiang Lin'er's story with wine and music, learning that her breakup with Venerable Wangqing came from an angry misunderstanding and that she still regretted it. He left the Tear of Past Lives for her to find, while Bian Zhuang learned Ke Le'er was real and began preparing to seek her out at the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace.

• Li Changshou and Ling'e hosted Jiang Lin'er, and Li Changshou prompted her to explain her history with Venerable Wangqing.
• Jiang Lin'er explained that Venerable Wangqing had neglected their relationship for cultivation, then believed her angry demand that he never return and left to ascend under a new Daoist title.
• Jiang Lin'er refused to pursue Venerable Wangqing or use the Tear of Past Lives, so Li Changshou secretly left the tear and its instructions in her hut.
• Jiang Lin'er found the brocade box and claimed she would only read the instructions, while Li Changshou sensed her leaving through the Mountain Protecting Grand Formation.
• Bian Zhuang learned that Ke Le'er existed but had returned home, then decided to prepare for Prince Ao Yi's wedding and go wait near the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace.

The Matchmaker joined Jiang Lin'er and Wang Fugui’s marriage threads while failing to keep Bian Zhuang’s thread from repeatedly reaching Ao Yi. Half a month later, Daoist Wen Jing learned of the Western Teachings’ plot against Ao Yi’s wedding and secretly informed Li Changshou, who organized the Heavenly Court’s delegation; Wen Jing then sensed a terrifying sword intent in the Sea God Temple.

• The Matchmaker used the Lover’s Tree to connect Jiang Lin'er and Wang Fugui’s marriage threads in a way that would benefit them both, and Jiang Lin'er reacted as if overcome by her feelings for Wang Fugui.
• The Matchmaker repeatedly cut Bian Zhuang’s thread to Ao Yi, but it grew back hundreds of times before he left to welcome Dong Mugong.
• Daoist Wen Jing received orders to help stage an attack on the South Sea Dragon Palace during Ao Yi’s wedding, but she delayed and sent a blood mosquito to warn Li Changshou instead.
• Li Changshou met with Dong Mugong and the Matchmaker to establish the Heavenly Court’s wedding delegation and discuss its gifts, blessing, and escort.
• Daoist Wen Jing listened in on the meeting from the Sea God Temple’s rafters, then looked at a hanging scroll and sensed a razor-sharp sword intent that left her drenched in cold sweat.

Daoist Wen Jing became convinced that Li Changshou was backed by the Saints and accepted his instructions to remain undercover. Li Changshou planned how the Heavenly Court could intervene in the future attack on Ao Yi’s wedding, then helped Jiang Lin'er and Venerable Wangqing arrange another meeting, leaving Jiang Lin'er asking for help with a personal matter.

• Daoist Wen Jing recognized the Saintly sword intent in the painting and resolved to follow Li Changshou, though she worried he had already arranged her future.
• Li Changshou assessed the Western Teachings’ likely scheme against the Dragon Clan and planned to request twenty thousand Heavenly Soldiers for a future ambush at Ao Yi’s wedding.
• Li Changshou noticed Venerable Wangqing meeting Jiang Lin'er and asked Ling'e to invite him to a calligraphy and painting gathering so they would have a reason to meet again.
• Venerable Wangqing accepted the invitation, and Jiang Lin'er returned to the hut visibly pleased.
• Jiang Lin'er asked Li Changshou and Ling'e to find out how to help her with a personal concern, and Li Changshou gave Ling'e instructions for a possible solution.

Li Changshou sent the Jade Emperor a warning about the Western Teachings and sought medicine that could reshape an immortal body, while arranging a painting gathering to bring Jiang Lin'er and Venerable Wangqing together. Elsewhere, Zhao Gongming sensed trouble involving Chan Teaching and arrived at a sea formation where Western Teachings experts were shaking down Huang Long.

• Li Changshou entrusted Dong Mugong with a memorial about the Western Teachings, and Dong Mugong delivered it to the Jade Emperor, who ordered forty thousand Heavenly Soldiers to train and arranged for a Lover's Tree spirit root to be given to Chang Geng.
• Li Changshou asked Dong Mugong about spiritual medicine that could reshape an immortal body, while Jiang Lin'er tried on Ling'e's new clothes and asked Li Changshou to design armor for her.
• Li Changshou prepared a painting exhibition and gave Venerable Wangqing conversation prompts from Jiu Wu; Ling'e played a lovebird melody as Jiang Lin'er and Venerable Wangqing began talking.
• Zhao Gongming sensed a matter involving Chan Teaching, tracked it to a hidden formation near the Southern and Western Seas, and found Western Teachings Daoists imitating his shakedown trick against Huang Long.
• Zhao Gongming recognized Huang Long as the victim and charged into the formation with the Twenty-four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls.

Zhao Gongming rescued Daoist Huang Long from two Western Teachings experts, then feigned injury and sent Huang Long to seek the South Sea Sea God’s help. On Lesser Qiong Peak, Li Changshou helped oversee the reunion of his grandmaster and Venerable Wangqing before answering Huang Long’s call from a coastal village statue.

• Zhao Gongming restrained two Western Teachings experts with the Twenty-four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls after beating them for their plot against Daoist Huang Long.
• Daoist Huang Long explained that the two Western Teachings experts had invited him to inspect a treasure, then staged a fight and blamed him for an injury.
• Zhao Gongming pretended to collapse with severe injuries and sent Daoist Huang Long to find the South Sea Sea God at a temple near Buzhou.
• Li Changshou watched his grandmaster and Venerable Wangqing grow closer while Ling'e played the zither and Jiu Wu and the others visited Lesser Qiong Peak.
• Li Changshou gave Jiu Wu a scroll of suggestions for Venerable Wangqing and agreed to ask his grandmaster about possible rivals for Martial Aunt Jiang’s affection.
• Li Changshou sensed Daoist Huang Long calling for the Sea God from a coastal village statue, and Huang Long headed toward the nearest city after a villager redirected him to its temple.

Li Changshou joined True Person Huang Long and Zhao Gongming to counter a Western Teachings scheme targeting Huang Long. After Huang Long swore an oath and threatened to bring the dispute before a Saint, the two Western Teachings experts backed down and were forced to make oaths of their own.

• Huang Long found Li Changshou at the Great Sea God Temple and asked for help after Zhao Gongming injured two Western Teachings experts while defending him.
• Li Changshou hid in Huang Long’s sleeve and learned that the Western Teachings had tried to swindle Huang Long out of his treasures.
• At the Southern Sea formation, Li Changshou secretly instructed Huang Long and Zhao Gongming to demand judgment from a Saint and swear Great Dao Oaths.
• Huang Long offered to take responsibility for Zhao Gongming’s attack and swore that he had not schemed against the two Western Teachings experts.
• The Western Teachings experts tried to leave, but Zhao Gongming sealed the area with his Sea-Calming Divine Pearls.
• After half an hour, the two Western Teachings experts made Great Dao Oaths to keep quiet and stay away for five hundred years.

Li Changshou used Zhao Gongming and True Person Huang Long’s help to thwart two Western Teachings experts, then persuaded Huang Long to help bring the Dragon Clan into the Heavenly Court. Zhao Gongming unexpectedly pledged his support as well, and the chapter ended with both seniors preparing to act at Li Changshou’s summons.

• Zhao Gongming and True Person Huang Long sent the two Western Teachings experts away after binding them with an oath to remain secluded for five hundred years.
• Li Changshou invited Zhao Gongming and True Person Huang Long to the Sea God Temple and explained the Dragon Clan’s plight and the plan to bring them into the Heavenly Court.
• Zhao Gongming eagerly promised to help the Dragon Clan and urged Li Changshou to tell them what to do.
• True Person Huang Long agreed to approach the Dragon Kings, and Li Changshou guided him through the plan.
• Zhao Gongming and True Person Huang Long swore to keep the matter secret, accepted jade talismans as signals, and departed to prepare for future action.

Li Changshou reviewed the looming Investiture of the Gods calamity and monitored Venerable Wangqing’s courtship of Jiang Lin'er before visiting Elder Wan Linjun to share a poison-empowered version of Scatter Beans to Create Soldiers. Elder Wan began researching the immortal bean poison guards, while Li Changshou was called by the confused Second Cult Master.

• Li Changshou mapped his connections and considered the coming Investiture of the Gods calamity, then decided to keep helping Ao Yi while avoiding Grandpa Zhao’s troubles.
• Venerable Wangqing visited Lesser Qiong Peak in new clothes and played music for Jiang Lin'er, while Li Changshou observed their developing relationship.
• Li Changshou brought Ling'e to visit Elder Wan Linjun, who shared the formula for his Nine Armors Body Protection Pill after Li Changshou identified its effect on immortal sense.
• Li Changshou demonstrated poison-infused immortal bean soldiers and asked Elder Wan Linjun to help develop stronger, affordable versions in secret.
• Elder Wan Linjun agreed to research the poison guards, and Li Changshou told Ling'e to focus on cultivation before hearing the Second Cult Master call to him.

As Ao Yi’s wedding approached, Li Changshou spent years preparing the Dragon Clan and Heavenly Court for an expected Western Teachings attack, while the Dragon Clan suppressed Sea Clan rebels and gathered guests. With the wedding two days away, Li Changshou finished his preparations, then received a message through the Great Dao of Taiqing summoning him east of Du Xian Sect.

• Li Changshou learned that Bian Zhuang had followed Ke Le'er to the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace and reassured Ao Yi that they could deal with him later.
• Li Changshou spent years preparing bean soldiers, poison beans, Dragon Paper Daoists, and Heavenly Court forces while coordinating with the Dragon Clan and its allies.
• Jiang Lin'er and Venerable Wangqing traveled together for three years and returned with their relationship deepened.
• The Dragon Clan suppressed Sea Clan rebels as the Western Teachings gathered forces for an attack, while Li Changshou adjusted his plans to protect the Dragon Clan.
• Li Changshou placed forces near the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace, supplied Dong Mugong with immortal beans for heavenly soldiers, and completed his final inspection shortly before the wedding.
• Li Changshou received a message through the Great Dao of Taiqing telling him to wait thirty thousand li east of Du Xian Sect because the Dragon Clan’s wedding faced a tribulation.

Li Changshou accompanied Grand Master Xuandu to the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace to observe Ao Yi and Sir Jiang’s wedding preparations. As they watched the guests and arrivals through a crystal mirror, Xuandu discovered how deeply Changshou had arranged the gathering and wondered whether Changshou had arranged him, too.

• Li Changshou left Du Xian Sect after receiving Grand Master Xuandu’s summons and traveled with him to the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace.
• Xuandu praised Li Changshou’s cultivation and learned that Li had prepared the Dragon Clan’s plans to ascend to Heaven and had received intelligence about the West’s forces.
• Xuandu used the Taiji Diagram to enter Ao Yi and Sir Jiang’s bridal chamber unseen, then watched the Dragon Palace guests through a mirror.
• Xuandu recognized Wuyun Xian among the guests and told Li Changshou an anecdote about how Wuyun Xian received his Daoist title.
• Li Changshou told Xuandu that his Sea God incarnation would serve the Jade Emperor while his true body stayed away from the Heavenly Court to avoid the West’s retaliation.
• Xuandu saw Matchmaker arrive with Heavenly Generals, then spotted Zhao Gongming and Huang Long hiding on an island and asked whether Li Changshou had arranged him as well.

Li Changshou and Grand Master Xuandu watched over Ao Yi’s wedding preparations while Li arranged the Matchmaker’s dramatic arrival at the Dragon Palace. The plan was complicated by the Jade Emperor’s concealed incarnation and Matchmaker recognizing the lovesick Bian Zhuang at the gates.

• Li Changshou explained how he had subdued Daoist Wen Jing, and Grand Master Xuandu praised him and promised to guard his upcoming Golden Immortal Tribulation.
• Li Changshou decided the Great Mage should remain hidden during the expected Western Teachings attack and used a mirror to monitor the Dragon Palace.
• Li Changshou coached Ao Yi to draw attention to the Matchmaker, then led him toward the Crystal Palace gates to welcome the Heavenly Court party.
• Ao Yi and the Matchmaker exchanged prepared greetings while Li Changshou guided the Matchmaker into the Dragon Palace.
• Grand Master Xuandu revealed that the Jade Emperor’s incarnation was among the Heavenly Generals, and Matchmaker recognized Bian Zhuang and reached for his Golden Scissors.

At Ao Yi and Sir Jiang’s wedding, Li Changshou helped Matchmaker turn a near-disaster into a ceremonial gift that earned the Heavenly Court and the newlyweds Heavenly Dao Merit. As the wedding continued under the Jade Emperor’s concealed watch, Li Changshou stayed in the Eastern Sea while Daoist Wen Jing prepared for a coming battle in the Southern Sea.

• Matchmaker nearly attacked Bian Zhuang with his Golden Scissors, but Li Changshou guided him to cut merit-infused red cloth and present it to Ao Yi and Sir Jiang as a wedding gift.
• Ao Yi and Sir Jiang exchanged the red cloth, and four streams of Heavenly Dao Merit descended; Matchmaker, the newlyweds, and Li Changshou received the Merit.
• Matchmaker stayed silent when guests questioned the Merit, allowing the Dragon Clan and the disguised Jade Emperor to infer that the Heavenly Court had bestowed it as a ceremonial blessing.
• Grand Master Xuandu praised Li Changshou’s earlier efforts against the Western Sect, then warned that bloody Killing Intent was gathering in the Southern Sea; Li Changshou chose to remain in the Eastern Sea and watch for changes.
• Daoist Wen Jing gathered tens of thousands of followers in a Southern Sea bay, where a Six-winged Golden Cicada arrived and said he would join her in the coming operation.

Daoist Wen Jing led the Western Teachings’ forces in a concealed assault on the South Sea Dragon Palace, while Li Changshou monitored the crisis and the Dragon Clan dispatched reinforcements. As the battle escalated, Zhao Gongming and True Person Huang Long waited for Li Changshou’s signal to support the Dragon Clan.

• Daoist Wen Jing ordered her army to attack the South Sea Dragon Palace, and the Dragon Palace raised its defenses against forces approaching from three directions.
• Li Changshou and the Great Mage learned that the assault had begun, while Li Changshou judged that both the Western Teachings and the Dragon Clan were concealing plans and trump cards.
• The Eastern Sea Dragon King sent Dragon Clan experts and troops to reinforce the South Sea Dragon Palace.
• Zhao Gongming and True Person Huang Long discussed the battle and Li Changshou’s plan to guide the Dragon Clan toward serving Heaven, then waited for his signal.
• True Person Huang Long asked Zhao Gongming what signal Li Changshou would send, and Zhao Gongming realized that he did not know either.

Li Changshou and Grand Master Xuandu uncovered the Western Teachings’ plan to overwhelm both Dragon Palaces and force the Dragon Clan into submission. As the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace faced a surprise assault, Li Changshou arranged to delay the Western Teachings’ saint disciples and called on Zhao Gongming for help.

• Li Changshou monitored the Southern Sea battle while Zhao Gongming and True Person Huang Long emerged from their hiding place, then returned to their cave.
• Ao Yi proposed postponing his wedding to defend the Southern Sea Dragon Palace, but an elder ordered him to proceed with the ceremony.
• Grand Master Xuandu explained that the Western Teachings meant to sacrifice its forces in the Southern Sea, while twelve armies and a hidden strike force attacked the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace.
• Grand Master Xuandu revealed four attackers summoning hundreds of thousands of troops, joined by Daoist Wen Jing and other Western Teachings forces.
• Li Changshou concluded that the Dragon Palace needed to hold out and the Western Teachings’ saint disciples needed to be delayed, then asked Grand Master Xuandu to locate them.
• After Grand Master Xuandu found six saint disciples approaching from the west, Li Changshou sent his Paper Daoist to Zhao Gongming’s cave for help.

Li Changshou coordinated a staged confrontation by Zhao Gongming while Huang Long rushed to the Eastern Sea Sea Eye, as the Western faction attacked the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace. At the Sea Eye, Li Changshou discovered that the Six-winged Golden Cicada had slaughtered the guardians and was preparing to use a blood-colored pearl.

• Li Changshou persuaded Zhao Gongming to stage a collision with the Western Teachings disciples and gave him recording and blood-recovery treasures, while Huang Long hurried to defend the Eastern Sea Sea Eye.
• Grand Master Xuandu watched over Zhao Gongming and gave Li Changshou pills for his Golden Immortal Tribulation as the battle around the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace escalated.
• Daoist Wen Jing and the Western faction's forces broke through the Dragon Clan's defenses, and ancient dragon elders confronted their experts outside the Crystal Palace.
• Li Changshou saw Daoist Wen Jing draining an azure dragon through Grand Master Xuandu's mirror, then shifted his attention to the Sea Eye.
• Li Changshou found the Six-winged Golden Cicada had cut down two dragon-headed elders and shouted for him to wait as he reached for a blood-colored pearl.

Li Changshou confronted Golden Cicada at a false Sea Eye and stopped him from harming the Dragon Clan’s lingering souls, then learned the real Sea Eye remained safe. As the battle around the Crystal Palace intensified, Zhao Gongming occupied six Western Teachings disciples, and Li Changshou launched the Heavenly Court’s intervention.

• Li Changshou’s incarnations confronted Golden Cicada, who tried to summon Dragon Clan lingering souls with a blood-red pearl but failed at the false Sea Eye.
• Li Changshou escaped with Samadhi True Fire after hinting at Golden Cicada’s future, while Golden Cicada left the seal intact; True Person Huang Long was elsewhere with an old woman and a hidden Dragon Clan gathering.
• Grand Master Xuandu deduced that the Sea Eye was unharmed, and Li Changshou continued monitoring the battle around the Crystal Palace.
• Zhao Gongming ambushed six Western Teachings disciples with the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls and pretended they had grievously injured him.
• Li Changshou signaled the Heavenly Court, arranged entrance music, and led forty thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals in their descent upon the Crystal Palace.

Li Changshou helped the Heavenly Court’s forty thousand soldiers turn the tide at the Dragon Palace with Immortal Bean Soldiers, while Zhao Gongming stalled six Western Teachings experts. The enemy forces began retreating, and the Heavenly Court and Dragon Clan pushed the rebels back.

• The Heavenly Court’s forty thousand soldiers joined the battle under the Eastern Sea Dragon King’s orders, using Ice Archers, shield bearers, and Pea Shooters to devastate the enemy ranks.
• Li Changshou decided to keep his hidden Paper Daoist Army in reserve after the Heavenly Court’s forces exceeded his expectations.
• Grand Master Xuandu praised Li Changshou’s modified bean-summoning technique and offered him a chance to visit Tushita Palace if the Jade Emperor failed to reward him adequately.
• Zhao Gongming used staged injuries and recording orbs to keep six Western Teachings experts from reaching the Dragon Palace, then withdrew after Xuandu sent him a signal.
• North Sea Dragon Palace reinforcements arrived as the Western Teachings forces retreated, and the Dragon Palace army and heavenly soldiers drove back the Sea Clan Rebel Army and Deep Sea Demon Soldiers.

After the Dragon Clan defeated the rebels, Li Changshou pointed out the clan’s internal hierarchy problems to Grand Master Xuandu and secured two Nine-Turn Golden Elixirs. As Ao Yi’s wedding continued, the Jade Emperor’s disguised incarnation asked Li Changshou to prevent the Eastern Sea Dragon King from recognizing him.

• The Dragon Clan routed the Sea Clan Rebel Army and Deep Sea Demon Race, while the Western Teachings escaped with several commanders.
• Li Changshou warned Grand Master Xuandu that the Dragon Clan favored bloodline nobles over the soldiers who had fought, and they spotted a blood mosquito controlling an Immortal Flood Dragon Soldier commander.
• Grand Master Xuandu gave Li Changshou two Nine-Turn Golden Elixirs, which he stored in his trump card pouch before returning his attention to Ao Yi’s wedding.
• The Heavenly Court’s soldiers refused the Dragon Clan’s gifts, and Li Changshou returned to the Du Xian Sect before realizing the pills could save his life and boost his confidence in facing the Golden Immortal Tribulation.
• During the wedding’s guest toasts, the Eastern Sea Dragon King approached the Jade Emperor’s disguised incarnation, who privately asked Li Changshou to block him and protect the Heavenly Emperor’s dignity.