Chapter Summaries

Li Changshou distributed Immortal Peaches and pills to trusted friends and Elder Wan Linjun, then sensed that someone had pierced the Taiji Diagram’s concealment around him. Daoist Duobao revealed that Lord Tongtian had seen Li Changshou while investigating Yunxiao’s suspected Love Tribulation and warned that Yunxiao would soon question him.

• Li Changshou gave Poisonous Junior Sister and Youqin Xuanya Immortal Peaches, then visited Elder Wan Linjun with pills, peaches, and guidance in Pill Dao.
• Li Changshou felt that someone had glimpsed his origins through the Taiji Diagram, so he sought reassurance before the Portrait of a Saint and received the message, “No matter.”
• Li Changshou sensed an honored guest at the Sea God Temple and discovered Daoist Duobao waiting there in a hidden earthen cave.
• Daoist Duobao explained that Yunxiao had asked Lord Tongtian to investigate her persistent thoughts of one person and that Lord Tongtian had used the Immortal Slaying Sword to see Li Changshou past the Taiji Diagram.
• Daoist Duobao told Li Changshou that Yunxiao would ask him five questions about her Love Tribulation and demanded that he give the answers Lord Tongtian had prepared.

Li Changshou tried to navigate Lord Tongtian’s matchmaking questions without being drawn into Jie Teaching’s karmic entanglements, then met Yunxiao in a peach blossom forest. Yunxiao said she already understood her feelings, and Li Changshou began steering their conversation toward how they saw each other.

• Li Changshou reasoned that answering Lord Tongtian’s questions could draw him into Jie Teaching’s tribulation and create difficulties for Yunxiao, so he decided to answer carefully.
• Li Changshou left Du Xian Sect for the East Sea, while Daoist Duobao gathered Jie Teaching immortals to watch the meeting from a hidden earth cave.
• Yunxiao arrived, and Li Changshou explained that his restless heart had led him to encounter her by chance.
• Yunxiao asked Lord Tongtian’s questions, and Li Changshou gave the prescribed answers about the Great Dao, yin and yang, and the order of living beings.
• Yunxiao said she had entered the tribulation herself and had already understood her answer before coming to find Li Changshou.
• Li Changshou asked Yunxiao to speak about how they saw each other, beginning his attempt to guide their conversation.

Li Changshou courted Yunxiao by describing stages of a relationship, and the two exchanged keepsakes while discussing his junior sister. After Zhao Gongming interrupted and Li Changshou escaped the Jie Teaching immortals, the Taiji Diagram’s power returned to him doubled, while his relationship advice prompted other immortals to reconsider their own bonds.

• Yunxiao praised Li Changshou’s qualities and noted his excessive caution, while he praised her and called her flawless.
• Li Changshou proposed stages of courtship, and Yunxiao agreed that they were in the Warming Realm but had not reached the Marriage Affinity Realm.
• Yunxiao accepted Li Changshou’s Treasure-Dropping Copper Coins and gave him a sachet containing her hair and a hairpin for his junior sister.
• Zhao Gongming arrived as planned, and Yunxiao returned to the island before the Jie Teaching immortals confronted Li Changshou.
• Li Changshou escaped using a profound art, then received a Taiji Diagram that doubled his power.
• The Jie Teaching immortals discussed Li Changshou’s relationship stages and began wondering which realms described their own relationships.

Li Changshou spent years analyzing the Investiture of the Gods calamity and concluded that Princess Longji was central to a cautious plan to reshape it. When Zhao Gongming asked for help with Golden Light Holy Mother’s pursuit, Li Changshou used the upcoming Immortal Peach Banquet to arrange a visit to the Heavenly Court.

• Li Changshou returned to Lesser Qiong Peak, painted portraits of Yunxiao and Ling'e, and continued weighing how the Saints might influence the Investiture of the Gods.
• The Du Xian Sect held a graduation ceremony for more than seven hundred disciples and announced that its Founding Ceremony would take place in eighteen years.
• Li Changshou spent eleven and a half years analyzing the calamity, identifying Princess Longji as a key to his plans while also overseeing Southern Continent waterways and Dragon Clan affairs.
• Zhao Gongming told Li Changshou that Jie Teaching immortals were making a commotion over the romantic advice Li Changshou had given, and that Golden Light Holy Mother had taken an interest in him.
• Li Changshou proposed that he and Zhao Gongming attend the Immortal Peach Banquet and then consult the Heavenly Court’s Matchmaker about how to reject Golden Light Holy Mother; Zhao Gongming agreed.

Li Changshou prepared the Heavenly Court and the Dragon Clan for the Immortal Peach Banquet while the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother discussed his role in the coming confrontation with the Western Sect. As the banquet began, the Dragon Clan and Zhao Gongming headed for Heaven, and Li Changshou sensed that someone on Lesser Qiong Peak was about to wake.

• Li Changshou told the Jade Emperor that Zhao Gongming would attend the Immortal Peach Banquet, and the Jade Emperor guessed several strategic reasons for the invitation.
• The Queen Mother summoned Li Changshou to inspect the banquet preparations and asked how he had won the Dragon Clan over and whether the Western Sect would interfere; Li Changshou said the Sect's disciples would likely arrive uninvited.
• Li Changshou let Longji complete the Water Pattern Map for the final great river, sharing credit with her before sending her to the Middle Heavenly Gate with the finished maps.
• Li Changshou accompanied the Four Seas Dragon Kings and their delegation to the Middle Heavenly Gate, where sixty thousand Heavenly Court troops and nine Golden Immortal generals awaited them.
• Li Changshou sent Zhao Gongming and Ao Yi to join the gathering, giving Zhao Gongming fruit wine as a gift for the Matchmaker.
• As the Immortal Peach Banquet began, Li Changshou sensed that someone next door to his true body on Lesser Qiong Peak was about to wake.

At the Immortal Peach Banquet, the Dragon Clan formally met with the Jade Emperor while Li Changshou’s arrangements kept tensions with the Western Teachings in check. Li Changshou arrived with Princess Longji and presented maps of Southern Jambudvipa’s waterways, prompting the Jade Emperor to claim them for Heavenly Court and merit to descend.

• The Eastern Sea Dragon King presented the Dragon Clan’s gratitude to the Jade Emperor, who welcomed the delegation and led them to Jade Lake.
• Zhao Gongming arrived with Ao Yi, and his greeting as the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother’s Martial Nephews eased the Dragon Clan’s reservations about serving Heavenly Court.
• The Jade Emperor allowed six Western Teachings disciples into the banquet, while Zhao Gongming’s presence caused them to hold back their challenge.
• Bian Zhuang announced that the Sea God had returned, and Li Changshou arrived with Princess Longji carrying the Heavenly Emperor Demon Slaying Sword.
• Li Changshou presented 1,232 waterway maps of Southern Jambudvipa, and the Jade Emperor declared that Heavenly Court would govern its waterways as merit descended.

Li Changshou used his Waterway inspection merits to bolster his position at the Immortal Peach Banquet, where he confronted six Western Teachings disciples over the Six-winged Golden Cicada. As Laojun arrived and silenced the gathering, Li Changshou was left outside tying up the Azure Ox.

• Li Changshou concealed himself outside the Du Xian Sect to collect the merit from his Waterway inspection while preparing for the Immortal Peach Banquet.
• At the banquet, the Jade Emperor rewarded Longji for helping Li Changshou, and Li Changshou challenged six uninvited Western Teachings old Daoists over their denial of ties to the Six-winged Golden Cicada.
• Li Changshou explained that a Western Saint Lord had taken the defeated Jin Chan away, then demanded that the six prove they were disciples of the Western Teachings; the Four Seas Dragon Kings backed him with their presence.
• Laojun arrived at the banquet, and Li Changshou helped him down from the Azure Ox before leading the ox outside and tying it to a boulder.

At the Immortal Peach Banquet, Li Changshou used Laojun’s presence and a lengthy oath to blunt the Western Teachings’ influence before requesting that the Four Seas Dragon Kings become Heavenly Court Sea Gods. The Dragon Clan submitted to the Jade Emperor, but when a West Sea elder objected, Li Changshou ordered the Heavenly Generals to seize him and execute him.

• Li Changshou returned to the banquet and made the six Western Teachings disciples prove their identities by reciting Zhao Gongming’s lengthy Great Dao Oath template.
• After the Jade Emperor confirmed the six disciples’ identities, Li Changshou prompted Dong Mugong to resume the banquet’s festivities while he prepared a memorial.
• Li Changshou asked to divide his Sea God authority among the Four Seas Dragon Kings, and the Jade Emperor appointed him Heavenly Court Water God, ranked in the third tier.
• Ao Guang and the other Dragon Kings led the Four Seas Dragon Clan in declaring submission to the Heavenly Court and obedience to the Jade Emperor.
• A West Sea Dragon Palace elder challenged the decision, and Li Changshou demanded authority to handle the matter before ordering the Heavenly Generals to seize and execute him.

At the Immortal Peach Banquet, Li Changshou stopped the Western Teachings’ plot by helping the West Sea Dragon King execute a rebellious elder, then secured the Four Seas Dragon Clan’s submission to the Heavenly Court. After earning a vast amount of merit, Li Changshou grew wary that Zhao Gongming knew his real name and resolved to strengthen his security as the banquet began.

• The West Sea Dragon King seized the rebellious Dragon Clan Elder, transformed into a black dragon, and subdued him before bringing him back to Li Changshou.
• Li Changshou ordered the Heavenly generals to execute the elder in the Heavenly Punishment Hall, and the Heavenly Court destroyed the elder with divine lightning.
• Li Changshou vouched for the Dragon Clan, and the Four Seas Dragon Kings pledged loyalty to the Jade Emperor, who appointed them Sea Gods and placed Ao Guang in overall command of the Four Seas.
• Heavenly Dao Merit cleansed the dragons’ karmic hindrances and greatly increased Li Changshou’s merit, after which his main body returned to hiding in a river.
• Zhao Gongming revealed that he had learned Li Changshou’s real name from Third sister and Fourth sister, prompting Li Changshou to ask him to keep it secret and decide to improve his security.
• A fairy announced that the Immortal Peaches had arrived, while a graceful figure rose from a bed in the grass cottage atop Lesser Qiong Peak.

Ling'e emerged from seclusion as a Heavenly Immortal, while Li Changshou continued managing the Dragon Clan’s submission to the Heavenly Court. After the Immortal Peach Banquet, he told Ling'e about Fairy Yunxiao and began preparing her to help with sect affairs.

• Ling'e discovered she had reached the Heavenly Immortal Realm and cautiously inspected the peaches Li Changshou had left for her.
• At the Immortal Peach Banquet, Li Changshou drafted a memorial proposing Heavenly Court support for the Dragon Clan and measures to restrain its dragons.
• Ao Yi asked the Jade Emperor to leave the Sea God's Divine Authority and serve under Li Changshou, and the Jade Emperor approved.
• Li Changshou returned to Lesser Qiong Peak and gave Ling'e a jade hairpin from Fairy Yunxiao, explaining their growing connection.
• Li Changshou showed Ling'e a Nine-Turn Golden Elixir and explained that he needed her help with sect affairs, then gave her information about Yunxiao and the Lesser Qiong Peak Wandering Plan.

Ling'e began documenting Lesser Qiong Peak for Li Changshou’s plan to move it near Tushita Palace, while Li Changshou secured the Jade Emperor’s permission to settle there. After helping Zhao Gongming seek advice about Golden Light Holy Mother, Li Changshou discussed the hidden Lu Ya with the Jade Emperor and learned that the Saint Empress protected him.

• Ling'e surveyed Lesser Qiong Peak and resolved to support Li Changshou’s elaborate plan to relocate and disguise the mountain.
• Li Changshou took Zhao Gongming to the Hall of Marriage, where Matchmaker advised Zhao to speak honestly with Golden Light Holy Mother, prompting Zhao to decide to write her a letter.
• Zhao Gongming praised the Heavenly Court’s spiritual resources but rejected its oversight, then left with Li Changshou’s help.
• Li Changshou asked Hua Ri Tian for land beside Tushita Palace, and the Jade Emperor gave him permission to settle there if Laojun allowed it.
• Li Changshou told Hua Ri Tian that Lu Ya was hiding in Golden Crow Palace and warned that the Saint Empress concealed him, making an attack difficult.

Li Changshou tried to dissuade the Jade Emperor from attacking the Demon Race before Heavenly Court was ready, while helping Zhao Gongming write and deliver a letter to Golden Light Holy Mother. After True Person Huang Long joined them for a meal, Li Changshou presented his warning memorial to the Jade Emperor, who abruptly halted his plan to lead troops toward the Sun Star.

• Li Changshou worried that the Jade Emperor might attack the Golden Crow Palace too soon and began drafting a memorial against provoking the Demon Race before Heavenly Court was stronger.
• Zhao Gongming asked Li Changshou for help writing a letter to Golden Light Holy Mother, then delivered it and returned in high spirits.
• Princess Longji thanked Li Changshou for his help, and True Person Huang Long visited to praise him for aiding the Dragon Clan.
• Li Changshou finished his memorials and presented his warning about the Demon Race to the Jade Emperor.
• The Jade Emperor read the memorial, realized the Demon Court Remnants should not be attacked yet, and stopped directing his incarnation toward the Sun Star.

Li Changshou stopped the Jade Emperor from attacking Lu Ya, then helped plan the Heavenly Court’s administration of the Netherworld while investigating a mysterious force that weakened the Black Panther’s curse. Years later, as he continued preparing for the Investiture of the Gods and the move from Lesser Qiong Peak, he discovered that a youth seeking apprenticeship was named Li Jing.

• Li Changshou’s memorial prompted the Jade Emperor to recall Hua Ri Tian’s troops from the Sun Star before they could ambush Lu Ya.
• Lu Ya suffered worsening injuries and misfortune, fled to the Sun Star’s core, and was carried away by a white shadow after hearing a sigh beside his mother’s coffin.
• The Black Panther fainted as the plaque bearing Lu Ya’s name vanished, and a black lingzhi above him crumbled; after waking, he said an embroidered ball had warned him not to worship again.
• Li Changshou discussed bringing the Netherworld under Heavenly Court rule with the Jade Emperor, received an appointment to oversee the undertaking, and later spent years revising his plans for the Investiture of the Gods.
• Li Changshou noticed a bruised youth seeking apprenticeship outside the mountain gate and learned that the boy was called Li Jing.

Li Changshou decided to guide young Li Jing into Du Xian Sect and shape his future, but struggled to find a suitable master for him. After deducing that Li Jing’s luck could help attract True Lord Du'e, Li Changshou put his plans into motion as the Founding Ceremony approached.

• Li Changshou recognized the kneeling youth as young Li Jing and reasoned that his future role in the Investiture of the Gods could make him useful to the Heavenly Court.
• Li Changshou arranged for Li Jing to enter Du Xian Sect, sent him Hunger-Filling Pills when he nearly fainted from hunger, and searched for a suitable master without taking him as his own disciple.
• Li Changshou deduced that Li Jing’s luck could persuade True Lord Du'e to accept him and sent a Paper Daoist to Tushita Palace to advance the plan.
• A Paper Daoist returned with a treasure pouch as crowds gathered for Du Xian Sect’s Founding Ceremony.
• Li Changshou used a luck-measuring artifact on his master, Ling'e, Jiu Jiu, Jiu Yushi, and Xiong Lingli, then concealed his own result and headed for Du Xian Hall.

Li Changshou managed the Du Xian Sect’s selection ceremony while watching the growing danger around the West Sea Dragon Palace and helping Golden Light Holy Mother interpret Zhao Gongming’s rejection letter. The chapter ended with True Lord Du'e learning from Ji Wuyou about an extraordinary figure at the sect, while Li Jing remained there as a disciple.

• True Lord Du'e secretly watched the Du Xian Sect’s Founding Ceremony, where Li Jing’s purple destiny startled the elders and led True Lord Du'e to choose him as a Registered Disciple.
• Li Changshou noticed suspicious troop movements around the West Sea Dragon Palace and prepared his Water Paper Daoist Legion as Ao Yi reported that Golden Light Holy Mother and other fairies had arrived at the Sea God Temple.
• Golden Light Holy Mother asked Li Changshou about Zhao Gongming and his letter, while Holy Mother Huoling privately asked him to help Golden Light Holy Mother hold onto hope without revealing the truth.
• Li Changshou agreed to assist and told Holy Mother Huoling to swear secrecy before he gave her three brocade pouches.
• Ji Wuyou persuaded True Lord Du'e to let Li Jing remain at Du Xian Sect, then began telling him about the sect’s extraordinary figure.

Rumors spread across the Five Continents that Grand Master Xuandu had a child, and Ji Wuyou sought Li Changshou’s help after discovering the rumor’s source was True Lord Du'e. Li Changshou cleared up Ji Wuyou’s misunderstanding and discussed the spreading gossip with Ling'e just as the Great Mage appeared.

• Rumors that Grand Master Xuandu had a daughter spread widely, and Ji Wuyou ordered Du Xian Sect to deny them after hearing they had reached the market towns.
• Ji Wuyou visited Li Changshou and mistakenly assumed Li Changshou was the Great Mage’s offspring, while Li Changshou thought the Sect Master had learned his hidden identity.
• Ling'e asked about the rumors, and Ji Wuyou explained that True Lord Du'e had started them after hearing that the Great Mage had an offspring cultivating at Du Xian Sect.
• Li Changshou gave Ji Wuyou a jade talisman and a Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, leading Ji Wuyou to swear an oath of secrecy while misunderstanding Li Changshou’s identity even further.
• Li Changshou told Ling'e that the rumors could not be stopped and would likely fade, then the Great Mage appeared and teased him for speaking so convincingly.

Li Changshou briefed Grand Master Xuandu on the Western Sect’s threat to the Dragon Clan and prepared defenses across the Four Seas. After setting out with the Great Mage, he received help with his plans for Lesser Qiong Peak and was joined at the Great Sea God Temple by the approaching Yunxiao, Ox, and Horse.

• Li Changshou introduced Ling'e to Grand Master Xuandu, who praised her cultivation and discussed the rumors about Li Changshou and Yunxiao.
• Li Changshou explained that the Western Teachings controlled the West Sea sea eye and planned to extort the Dragon Palace, while the Dragon Clan and Heavenly Court prepared to resist.
• Li Changshou asked the Great Mage to help move Lesser Qiong Peak near Tushita Palace and turn it into an ornamental rock with a Qiankun Mustard Seed Array; the Great Mage agreed.
• The Great Mage placed Taiji Diagram marks at the Four Seas’ sea eyes, and Li Changshou prepared Paper Daoist armies and Earth Fiend Spirit Explosion arrays for the coming conflict.
• The Great Mage brought Yunxiao to the Great Sea God Temple and gave Li Changshou the Xuanhuang Pagoda for protection.
• The Great Mage spotted Ox and Horse heading for the Sea God Temple to congratulate him and ask Li Changshou for seasonings.

Li Changshou brought Yunxiao, the Great Mage Xuandu, Ox-Head, and Horse-Face to the West Sea Dragon Palace after learning that rebels were attacking the West Sea Dragon King. He began stalling the coup by directing Ox-Head and Horse-Face to make a dramatic entrance as Netherworld Soul Reaper Emissaries.

• Li Changshou greeted Yunxiao, who warned him that rumors about the Great Mage Xuandu were being used to target him, and she agreed to watch his coming battle from a distance.
• Ox-Head and Horse-Face arrived with congratulations based on the false rumor that the Great Mage had gained a daughter, then offered to help Li Changshou when they learned he was heading to the West Sea Dragon Palace.
• The Great Mage Xuandu, Yunxiao, Li Changshou, Ox-Head, and the two Netherworld officials traveled through a Water-Fire Taiji Diagram to the West Sea, where Li Changshou discovered that Ao Shi and the palace elders had trapped the West Sea Dragon King and the Dragon Mother.
• Li Changshou decided to stall the rebels until reinforcements arrived and guided Ox-Head and Horse-Face into the Dragon Palace's main hall.
• As Ao Shi confronted the West Sea Dragon King, Ox-Head and Horse-Face made a theatrical entrance and announced themselves as Underworld Officialdom Soul Reaper Emissaries.

Li Changshou stalled the West Sea Dragon Palace coup with Ox-Head and Horse-Face until he appeared and revealed seven mysterious gourd children. The chapter ended with the rebels facing the gourd siblings as Li Changshou waited for reinforcements and prepared to turn the situation around.

• Li Changshou coached Ox-Head and Horse-Face to pose as Underworld emissaries and stall Ao Shi’s forces while the West Sea Dragon King played along.
• Ox-Head and Horse-Face disrupted the rebels with threats about reincarnation, then stepped aside and announced they would provide soul-reaping services after the battle.
• Ao Shi prepared to attack the West Sea Dragon King, but Li Changshou appeared beneath a Gourd Vine and deflected a hidden Purple Arrow without moving.
• Li Changshou summoned Da Wa, Er Wa, San Wa, Si Wa, Wu Wa, and Liu Wa from the first six gourds.
• Li Changshou opened the seventh gourd, revealing Qi Wa, whose coy introduction left several young Dragon Clan members stumbling into a heap.

Li Changshou confronted Ao Shi and the Dragon Clan conspirators in the West Sea Dragon Palace, using the gourd spirits, protective arrays, and ingenious techniques to turn the battle in his favor. He captured Ao Shi and triggered an enhanced Spirit Explosion Array, unleashing a massive blast over the palace.

• Li Changshou introduced his gourd spirits as several Primordial Chaos Fierce Beasts attacked, and the first five gourd children struck them with silver needles laced with Love Flower Poison, driving them from the hall.
• Li Changshou formed a Five Elements Guardian Array around the West Sea Dragon King and his loyal forces while Ao Shi and the Dragon Clan elders attacked him to no effect.
• Ao Shi ordered the elders to trap Li Changshou and target Ao Run, prompting Li Changshou to use streams of evasion techniques to break through the defenders and capture Ao Shi with Da Yu's Flood Control Map.
• Li Changshou revealed that his apparent incarnation concealed an enhanced Golden Immortal Core Spirit Explosion Array, then used the transformed Ao Shi as a shield as the array detonated.
• The explosion sent a huge sphere of water rising above the West Sea Dragon Palace as Li Changshou claimed he was only a Heavenly Court Civil Official.