Chapter Summaries

After the Jade Emperor’s return, Li Changshou’s plans led the Heavenly Court to launch a campaign against the Northern Continent demons, but the Three Teachings refused to provide aid, provoking the Jade Emperor to seek the Dao Ancestor and begin the Investiture of the Gods. Inside the Primordial Golden Dou, Li Changshou realized he had become the spark for the cataclysm and carved the Heavenly Dao into his Dao of Balance.

• Li Changshou concealed himself inside the Primordial Golden Dou while Bai Ze warned that he could still withdraw from the calamity, but Li Changshou chose to continue his plan.
• The Jade Emperor learned from Xiao Jin and Xiao Yin that Li Changshou was recovering on Three Immortal Island, then convened the Heavenly Court and ordered an expedition against the Northern Continent demons.
• Ao Yi and Immortal Weng Fuyuan offered their support, while Wood Duke followed Li Changshou’s jade-talisman predictions to seek aid from Jie Teaching and Spirit Mountain; neither mission secured help.
• After the Three Teachings’ refusal left the Heavenly Court unable to fight, the Jade Emperor withdrew his troops, then went to Purple Cloud Palace and appealed to the Dao Ancestor, who called the saints together to deliberate on the Investiture of the Gods.
• Li Changshou recognized that the Heavenly Dao had drawn him into the cataclysm, placed the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife and Demon Emperor’s Seal before him, and carved the words Heavenly Dao into his treasure diagram.

Li Changshou brought Ling'e to the Netherworld to visit Qi Yuan’s soul, then returned to Du Xian Sect and began preparing for the coming Investiture of the Gods calamity. As Li Changshou resumed his duties and planned to return to the Heavenly Court, Ling'e and the others secretly decided he was unhappy and began a plan to cheer him up.

• Li Changshou visited Ox-Head and Horse-Face, then entered the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk with Ling'e to see Qi Yuan’s soul and mourn him.
• Li Changshou and Ling'e returned to Lesser Qiong Peak, where they preserved Qi Yuan’s cottage and set up a spirit tablet; Ling'e comforted Li Changshou before he went to notify the sect.
• The Sect Master of Du Xian Sect proposed a grand funeral for Qi Yuan, but Li Changshou declined, while Jiang Lin'er later emerged from Qi Yuan’s cottage and reassured Venerable Wangqing.
• Li Changshou resumed his work, considered how killing Lu Ya had bound him to the Investiture of the Gods calamity, and decided to return to the Heavenly Court the next day.
• Ling'e, Jiu Jiu, Youqin Xuanya, Jiu Yushi, Jiang Lin'er, and Xiong Lingli secretly gathered and began their plan to save Li Changshou from unhappiness.

Ling'e and Lesser Qiong Peak’s companions tried several performances to cheer Li Changshou after Qi Yuan’s death, but he left for the Heavenly Court before dawn. He reported the Northern Continent battle to the Jade Emperor, who secretly decided to appoint him chief instructor to three hundred Chang'es.

• Ling'e, Xiong Lingli, Jiang Lin'er, Jiu Jiu, Youqin Xuanya, and Bai Ze took turns performing for Li Changshou, but their attempts to make him laugh failed.
• Ling'e contacted an immortal maiden and hinted that Li Changshou needed cheering up, while he returned to the Heavenly Court early using a Paper Daoist.
• Heavenly Court soldiers and officials welcomed Li Changshou back, and Longji and Wood Duke greeted him on his way to the Hall of Exalted Peace.
• The Jade Emperor confronted Li Changshou about his identity as Mu Qinghua, then asked about the Northern Continent battle and the deaths and interventions surrounding it.
• Li Changshou reported the battle and his arrangements during recovery, while the Jade Emperor privately resolved to send him to train three hundred Chang'es.

Li Changshou explained his strategy for balancing the Great Cataclysm to the Jade Emperor and accepted authority as a Heavenly Court Special Envoy. He then met three Chan Teaching immortals to discuss the coming tribulation, while the Jade Emperor arranged a pretext to send him to the Moon Palace.

• Li Changshou told the Jade Emperor that he had drawn Jie Teaching and the Western Sect into the Great Cataclysm while keeping Human Teaching out, and the Jade Emperor appointed him a Heavenly Court Special Envoy.
• The Jade Emperor ordered Li Changshou to retrieve Hua Youming’s younger sister and privately asked him to destroy a chest in Hua Youming’s former home.
• The Jade Emperor instructed Dong Mugong to arrange a minor charge against Li Changshou so he could be sent to the Moon Palace as an instructor.
• True Person Huang Long, True Lord Taiyi, and True Lord Yu Ding visited Li Changshou at the Sea God Temple and discussed why the Human Race’s destiny drew the teachings into the tribulation.
• Li Changshou invited Zhao Gongming to join the gathering as he sought to strengthen ties between Chan Teaching and Jie Teaching, while a white streak left Three Immortal Island for the Eastern Continent of Sheng.

Li Changshou reflected on the risks of the coming great calamity, then welcomed Yunxiao, Zhao Gongming, and Qiongxiao to Lesser Qiong Peak for a feast. The evening ended with Yunxiao dancing beneath the moon while Ling'e played the zither, as Li Changshou resolved to protect his friends through the Investiture of the Gods.

• Li Changshou decided to improve Lesser Qiong Peak's defenses and monitor whether the great calamity was affecting his judgment.
• Yunxiao asked to bring Zhao Gongming and Qiongxiao to visit the Du Xian Sect, and Li Changshou agreed before preparing a feast with Bai Ze and Ling'e.
• Yunxiao, Zhao Gongming, and Qiongxiao arrived at Lesser Qiong Peak, where Ling'e welcomed them and received a jade flute from Zhao Gongming and a promise of help from Qiongxiao.
• During the banquet, Li Changshou and Bai Ze warned Zhao Gongming to consult them about the great calamity, while Yunxiao cautioned Li Changshou to prioritize his safety if he encountered Kunpeng.
• Qiongxiao and Li Changshou tried to get Yunxiao drunk, but Yunxiao revealed she had trained her drinking capacity and remained composed as the others became intoxicated.
• Yunxiao danced on the pool beneath the moon while Ling'e played the zither, and Li Changshou resolved to protect his friends through the Investiture of the Gods.

Li Changshou and Zhao Gongming discovered that the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife was built around the imprisoned spirit of the ancient Great Witch Da Yi, and Li Changshou began investigating whether the treasure could be used. The chapter ended with the story shifting to Heng'e at Guanghan Palace.

• Qiongxiao escorted the drunken Fairy Yunxiao away, while Zhao Gongming settled at Black Pool Peak and Ling'e complained as she carved stone under punishment.
• Li Changshou brought the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife to Black Pool Peak, where Bai Ze and Zhao Gongming identified its gourd as one of the seven gourds borne by the ancient Gourd Vine.
• Li Changshou, Bai Ze, and Zhao Gongming failed to control the gourd, and its defensive Sword Qi cut part of Zhao Gongming's beard when he tried its incantation.
• Li Changshou used Zhao Gongming's twenty-four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls to suppress the gourd's defenses and examined its interior, discovering that it had been refined again.
• Li Changshou's Paper Daoist broke open the gourd and revealed Da Yi's Spirit imprisoned inside a golden hall; Bai Ze recognized him, and Li Changshou considered how to communicate with him and restore the treasure.
• Li Changshou asked Bai Ze to reassemble the shattered gourd while he studied Da Yi's cage, and the scene shifted to Heng'e gazing out from Guanghan Palace.

Li Changshou restored the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife, received an order to instruct the Moon Palace Chang'es, and arranged for Hua Yun to confess her love to Yang Tianyou before returning to Heaven. He then presented the Demon Emperor's Seal and a battle plan to the Jade Emperor, who appointed him to command a new campaign against the Demon Race.

• Li Changshou and Zhao Gongming watched Bai Ze restore the Large Gourd containing the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife, but Da Yi's spirit remained unresponsive.
• Bian Zhuang told Li Changshou that the Jade Emperor had punished him with a Moon Palace Chief Instructor post, and the Queen Mother ordered him to train the Chang'es.
• Li Changshou stalled the Moon Palace assignment while preparing a campaign against the Demon Race and arranging support from the Wu Tribe, Dragon Kings, and other forces.
• Hua Yun confessed her feelings to Yang Tianyou, who declined to remarry, and Li Changshou escorted her back to Heaven.
• Li Changshou presented the Jade Emperor with the Demon Emperor's Seal and his campaign memorial, and the Jade Emperor appointed him to command the army and oversee Heavenly Court conquest.

Li Changshou led the Heavenly Court’s allied forces against the Demon Race, shattering their morale and destroying the Demon Emperor’s Seal before asking the Jade Emperor for permission to attack. The battle began with Li Changshou joining the fray in his true body, while the Jade Emperor watched from above.

• Li Changshou assembled Heavenly Court troops alongside Dragon Clan experts, Wu Tribe battle shamans, and Underworld forces at the Northern Continent Border.
• Li Changshou offered demons with clean records a chance to leave, but a winged demon killed those who tried to flee and challenged the Heavenly Court’s authority.
• Li Changshou revealed the Demon Emperor’s Seal and cut it in two with the Heavenly Dao Divine Authority Sword.
• After the demons refused to surrender, the Jade Emperor authorized Li Changshou to attack, and Li Changshou detonated nine prepared spiritual-energy explosions that devastated the demon formation.
• Li Changshou ordered the demons exterminated, then entered the battle in his true body after Bai Ze struck him with lightning.

After the Heavenly Court crushed the Demon Race, Li Changshou weighed the victory’s benefits to his Dao and prepared for the Jade Emperor’s order that he take up a post at the Moon Palace. The chapter ended with him devising ways to avoid rumors there and writing a backup plan after Ling'e invited him to try her soup.

• Li Changshou directed the Heavenly Court’s forces to defeat the Demon Race and deliberately left an escape route toward Western Ox Continent, hoping to force Western Teachings to choose whether to shelter the fleeing demons.
• Li Changshou reported the victory to the Jade Emperor, who rewarded him with merit and again ordered him to take up his Moon Palace post.
• Daoist Wen Jing showed a silver-haired girl the battlefield, while Li Changshou returned to Black Pool Peak with Bai Ze and explained that his ultimate balancing technique could equalize lifespans at the cost of risking his own life.
• Bai Ze told Zhao Gongming that Li Changshou’s caution made him feel safer, and Zhao Gongming briefly mistook their exchange before Bai Ze returned to his true form.
• Li Changshou considered how the Moon Palace assignment might affect his ties to Jie Teaching and planned to provoke rumors of discord with Heng'e, including drafting a document about preparing rabbit meat to frighten Jade Rabbit.
• Ling'e asked Li Changshou to try her soup, and he agreed before writing a backup plan titled “Supreme Clarity Pure Yang Boy Divine Art · Abridged Edition.”

Li Changshou traveled to the Moon Palace to serve as its Chief Instructor for ten years and met Wu Gang and the Jade Rabbit on the way. He arrived, unsettled the Jade Rabbit with a joke about cooking rabbit, and opened a live transmission to show the Heavenly Court what the Moon Palace was really like.

• Li Changshou prepared for his assignment, sent Ao Yi ahead to the Taiyin Star, and set out for the Moon Palace despite Lingzhu Zi's concerns.
• Li Changshou met Wu Gang beneath the Moon Laurel Tree, discussed the ancient human battles, and heard the Jade Rabbit complain about the Water God's appointment.
• The Jade Rabbit reached the Moon Palace ahead of Li Changshou, listened to the fairies praise him, and realized he was the old man she had called an old pervert.
• Li Changshou arrived before the Chang'e, set up a barbecue grill, and frightened the Jade Rabbit by showing her a book about preparing rabbit meat.
• When Heng'e stayed away and sent the Jade Rabbit in her place, Li Changshou questioned the attendant, then opened a Cloud Mirror transmission to the Heavenly Court and began his ten-year stay.

Li Changshou investigated the Western Teachings’ influence across the Three Thousand Worlds and devised a plan to establish Lin Tian Hall. At the Moon Palace, he advised Fairy Yunhua about her love for Yang Tianyou, then discovered she had become caught up in calamity fortune.

• The Jade Emperor laughed at Li Changshou’s Moon Palace antics, then discussed the approaching Great Cataclysm and the investigation into Fu Yuan with Wood Duke.
• Li Changshou worked as an instructor at the Moon Palace, restrained Bian Zhuang after he repeatedly made excuses to visit, and secretly sent disguised Paper Daoists to investigate the Three Thousand Worlds.
• Li Changshou discovered the Western Teachings had spread their influence across many Great Thousand Worlds and proposed secretly building a Heavenly Court force called Lin Tian Hall.
• Longji brought Fairy Yunhua to Li Changshou, who advised her to speak honestly with the Jade Emperor about her love for Yang Tianyou and warned Longji not to interfere.
• Li Changshou and Qin Tianzhu found calamity fortune around Fairy Yunhua, and the Jade Emperor told Li Changshou to watch over her while vowing to make Yang Tianyou suffer.

Li Changshou investigated the plot surrounding Fairy Yunhua and helped the Jade Emperor prepare for her marriage to Yang Tianyou. When disguised Heavenly Soldiers murdered Yang Tianyou and his eldest son during their arrest, Li Changshou killed Immortal Weng Fuyuan after accusing him of going too far.

• Li Changshou investigated Yang Tianyou’s past lives and the Matchmaker’s records, finding that Immortal Weng Fuyuan had cultivated ties with the Matchmaker before Fairy Yunhua and Yang Tianyou’s match.
• Fairy Yunhua secretly descended to the mortal world and reunited with Yang Tianyou, and Li Changshou proposed a fabricated love story and public punishment to manage the consequences.
• Seven years later, Heavenly Court rumors spread about Fairy Yunhua’s marriage, and the Jade Emperor ordered Yang Tianyou’s family brought before him.
• A Heavenly Soldier attacked Yang Tianyou during the arrest; disguised attackers killed Yang Tianyou and his eldest son, while Li Changshou’s Paper Daoists protected Fairy Yunhua, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan.
• Li Changshou confronted Immortal Weng Fuyuan in the Hall of Supreme Harmony and spoke five words that caused him to disintegrate: “You went too far, Martial Uncle.”

Li Changshou managed the aftermath of the attack on Fairy Yunhua’s family while concealing that a Western Saint had orchestrated it. As Yang Jian entered Chan Teaching’s care, Li Changshou sought Houtu’s help to restore Yang Tianyou’s shattered soul.

• After Grand Master Xuandu destroyed himself in the Hall of Exalted Peace, Li Changshou accused Fairy Yunhua of breaking heavenly rules and secured her thousand-year suppression beside Jade Lake, protecting her children in the process.
• Li Changshou secretly guarded Yang Jian and Yang Chan until True Lord Yu Ding brought the siblings to Jade Void Palace and agreed to take Yang Jian as his disciple.
• Li Changshou traveled to Fengdu City with one hundred and eight demon soldiers to ask Houtu to use her Seven Emotions Dao Fruit to repair their Dao hearts.
• After learning that rumors blamed Heavenly Court and Li Changshou for the deaths in Fairy Yunhua’s family, Yunxiao sent Qiongxiao to investigate and learned that a Sage had likely intervened.
• Li Changshou asked Houtu to restore Yang Tianyou using the one soul and one spirit he had preserved, and Houtu said the process would take one or two hundred years.

Li Changshou advised the Jade Emperor on how to turn Saint Zhunti’s schemes involving Fairy Yunhua and Yang Jian into leverage against the Western Sect. The Jade Emperor agreed to pursue the right to preside over the Investiture of the Gods, while Li Changshou returned to the Netherworld unaware that an honored guest had left the Moon Palace in anger.

• Li Changshou left the Netherworld after discovering that the Jade Emperor had urgently summoned him to the Hall of Exalted Peace.
• The Jade Emperor angrily complained about Saint Zhunti and Western Teachings, and Li Changshou outlined lower, middle, and upper strategies for retaliation.
• Li Changshou revealed that Yang Jian had great destiny, had become True Lord Yu Ding’s disciple, and was being positioned by Saint Zhunti to oppose Heavenly Court.
• Li Changshou gave the Jade Emperor Image Recording Orbs documenting Fairy Yunhua’s story and explained how Heavenly Court could eventually turn Yang Jian’s hatred against the Western Sect or win him over.
• Li Changshou urged the Jade Emperor to seek the right to preside over the Investiture of the Gods and use the Yunhua affair to exclude Western Sect disciples from Heavenly Court’s divine positions.
• Li Changshou returned to the Netherworld to study restoring the demon soldiers’ emotions, while an honored guest left the Moon Palace angrily after receiving no response from him.

Li Changshou helped Empress Houtu restore the Seven Emotions to the ancient demonic soldiers, then let them choose their own futures; nineteen chose to serve him. Back in the Heavenly Court, he evaded the Moon Palace’s Chang’es and wondered why Heng’e had come to see him, considering whether to visit Guanghan Palace with a plan to bring more witnesses.

• Li Changshou and Empress Houtu used the Seven Emotions Incarnations to break the heart shackles of the demonic soldiers, restoring the memories and emotions of one hundred and eight ancient warriors.
• Li Changshou offered the warriors freedom to pursue new lives, reincarnation, or service, and many chose to dissolve their souls while nineteen pledged to serve him.
• Li Changshou took the nineteen Golden Immortal Realm demonic soldiers to Anshui City, then reminded Youqin Xuanya to prepare for her ascension to the Heavenly Court.
• Zhao Gongming and Bai Ze opened Fairy Yunxiao’s letter to Li Changshou, who read her message of understanding before returning his attention to the Heavenly Court.
• Li Changshou noticed the Chang’es competing for his attention in the Moon Palace and slipped away without learning why Heng’e had come to see him.
• Li Changshou wondered whether Heng’e had an important matter to discuss and considered visiting Guanghan Palace with more witnesses.

Li Changshou brought Lingzhu Zi to Guanghan Palace and publicly livestreamed his visit to show that he had nothing to hide. After meeting Heng'e and recognizing that she was an incarnation, he discovered the eccentric woman behind it and quietly returned with a broken Image Recording Orb.

• Li Changshou took Lingzhu Zi to Guanghan Palace and arranged for the bronze mirrors to broadcast their visit to the Heavenly Court.
• Li Changshou introduced Wu Gang and the Moon Laurel Tree to the watching immortals before the Jade Rabbit escorted them into Guanghan Palace.
• Heng'e appeared before Li Changshou, asked him to help her, and tried to persuade him to stay while he kept his answers cautious.
• Li Changshou realized that Heng'e was an incarnation and secretly investigated a pavilion beneath Guanghan Palace.
• Li Changshou found an eccentric woman boasting about making the Water God her servant, withdrew, then returned with a broken Image Recording Orb.

Li Changshou met the true Heng'e beneath Guanghan Palace and learned that she wanted help finding a person she remembered only as a possible master or elder brother. He agreed to share any clues he found, then left with Lingzhu Zi while Heng'e watched them go.

• Li Changshou discovered Heng'e's hidden true body, survived her attack, and persuaded her to dress and speak with him privately.
• Heng'e asked Li Changshou to keep secret what he had overheard about a man above Wood Duke, then revealed that she had awoken after ten thousand years to find herself separated from Da Yi and the old story about them false.
• Heng'e explained that she could not remember the person she sought, only that someone had urged her to struggle against her fate and might have been her master or elder brother.
• Li Changshou agreed to tell Heng'e if he learned the person's identity or found any trace of him, and reminded her that the Heavenly Court immortals were waiting above.
• Heng'e performed a dance for Li Changshou before he departed with Lingzhu Zi, and she watched him leave, calling him a good person.

After expanding the Heavenly Court’s bronze-mirror broadcasts and arranging Youqin Xuanya’s transfer, Li Changshou warned his allies about the coming great calamity and prepared to monitor Yang Jian’s training. The chapter ended when Taiqing Dao Charm appeared in his heart, summoning him with the words “Taiqing.”

• Li Changshou decided to begin developing Lingzhu Zi and promised to introduce him to friends after settling current affairs.
• Li Changshou organized a bronze-mirror broadcast network in the Heavenly Court, which quickly became popular and began promoting recruitment across the Eastern Continent of Sheng.
• Li Changshou gathered allies at Black Pool Peak to celebrate Youqin Xuanya’s coming departure, warned them that the great calamity could engulf many immortal sects, and gave them precautions against Truth Listener.
• Li Changshou arranged for Youqin Xuanya to leave for the Heavenly Court and sent a Paper Daoist to find True Lord Yu Ding and keep watch on Yang Jian’s path.
• Li Changshou received a message from Taiqing Dao Charm that condensed the two characters “Taiqing” in his heart.

Li Changshou visited Taiqing Temple after Grand Pure One Laozi summoned him, where they discussed the Investiture of the Gods, the taboo, the Western Sect, and Yunxiao. He returned to Lesser Qiong Peak three years later with a gift for Ling'e and claimed Laozi had taught him Taiqing's Way of Non-Action.

• Li Changshou prepared to visit Taiqing Temple, left Bai Ze to watch Lesser Qiong Peak, and paid respects to his master's Spirit Tablet before departing.
• Li Changshou traveled beyond the Nine Heavens, reached Taiqing Temple, and bowed before Grand Pure One Laozi.
• Laozi summoned Li Changshou to accompany him to the Purple Sky Palace discussion about the Investiture of the Gods and warned him that he knew too much, while affirming his role in the Great Dao of Balance.
• Li Changshou asked Laozi about the Western Sect and Yunxiao, and Laozi gave him an escape art while discussing possible Human Teaching recruits.
• Three years later, Li Changshou returned to Lesser Qiong Peak and gave Ling'e a Fine-mouthed Jade Bottle, telling her Laozi had accepted her as a nominal disciple.

Li Changshou sent Youqin Xuanya to the Heavenly Court with a staged heroic arrival, then visited True Lord Yu Ding to ensure Yang Jian was not told the truth about his origins. As Wen Jing suddenly called him, Li Changshou began responding while still at Jade Spring Mountain.

• Li Changshou brought Youqin Xuanya to Black Pool Peak, praised her resolve, and prepared her to enter the Heavenly Court as a demon-slaying hero.
• Li Changshou and Bai Ze staged Youqin Xuanya’s exhausted arrival at the Eastern Heavenly Gate, where Li Changshou brought her to the Water God’s Mansion.
• Li Changshou visited True Lord Yu Ding and True Lord Taiyi at Jade Spring Mountain, urging them to keep Yang Jian ignorant of his origins so he could cultivate toward serving the Heavenly Court.
• Li Changshou asked True Lord Yu Ding to watch over Yang Chan and promised to protect Yang Jian, then heard Wen Jing call him and began operating on two fronts.