Chapter Summaries

Ao Yi defeated Ao Mou repeatedly in the Southern Sea and persuaded him to restrain himself, while Li Changshou built Jiu Jiu a powerful protective array using up her entire fortune. The chapter ended with Jiu Jiu realizing she was broke and mourning her lost savings.

• Ao Yi beat Ao Mou and made him apologize to Han Zhi, then defeated him six more times until Ao Mou and the other Dragon Princes submitted to him.
• Ao Mou invited Ao Yi and Han Zhi to tour the Southern Sea and arranged for a treasure ship of gifts as an apology.
• Ao Yi urged Ao Mou to restrain himself and marry, while Ao Mou said he had his eye on a West Sea Dragon Girl.
• Li Changshou noticed Jiu Jiu had damaged much of her attic's array foundations and offered to design replacements.
• Jiu Jiu gave Li Changshou her accumulated materials, and he built a concealed, defensive linked array set while adding some of his own materials.
• Jiu Jiu discovered that Li Changshou had used up her savings and lamented that she was broke.

Li Changshou traveled to the South Sea Sea God Cult’s territory to investigate the cult and find a way to resolve its growing karmic entanglement. After being driven out of a temple for questioning the Sea God’s legends, he discovered that the old fortune-teller secretly contacted someone at midnight to report their encounter.

• Li Changshou inspected Lesser Qiong Peak, left his true body guarded, and sent most of his mind into a Paper Daoist to travel south.
• Li Changshou reached a town on the edge of the Sea God Cult’s territory and observed the busy temple and its worshipers.
• Li Changshou questioned the old fortune-teller about the Sea God, then challenged the cult’s claims and asked the deity to manifest.
• The old fortune-teller and worshipers drove Li Changshou from the temple, while he left Double-Pupil Spider Silk behind to observe them.
• At midnight, the old fortune-teller lit a Paper Talisman and reported Li Changshou’s visit to a crow that transformed into a human figure.

Li Changshou planned to destroy the Sea God Cult during its Anshui City ceremony by publicly disproving the Sea God, while preparing for every threat. As the ceremony began, Ao Mou learned that the cult’s worship had produced a merit cloud and led the South Sea Dragon Palace’s troops toward it.

• Li Changshou knocked out the old fortune teller, searched his memories, and learned that he served as an informant for several sects, including the Crow God Cult.
• Li Changshou learned that the Crow God Cult had attacked the Sea God Cult over territory and incense, then planned to shatter the cult’s divine image by defeating its leaders before a crowd.
• Li Changshou investigated the cult’s temples and believers, stationed Paper Daoists outside Anshui City to deter interference, and watched the Sea God procession begin.
• Ao Yi and Ao Mou saw a merit cloud created by the Sea God Cult’s worship, and the Turtle Prime Minister explained the cult’s rapid rise.
• Ao Mou ordered the South Sea Dragon Palace’s Immortal Flood Dragon Soldiers to follow him toward the phenomenon and confront the Sea God.

Li Changshou prepared to destroy the Sea God statue during the ceremony, but interrupted his plan to secretly eliminate demons sent to disrupt the gathering. When he finally struck at the statue, an unknown force formed a Giant Axe that shattered his attack.

• Li Changshou noticed the Sea God ceremony was orderly and saw the former Bear Stockade chief carried to the gathering as the cult's High Priest.
• Li Changshou sensed three True Immortal Realm demons approaching and used a disguised Paper Daoist to poison and kill them before they could reach Anshui City.
• Li Changshou detected a flock of Demon Crows arriving from the north and burned them to ash with Samadhi True Fire.
• Li Changshou appeared near the Sea God statue, called himself a demon, and struck at it with an azure palm to fulfill his plan to destroy the cult.
• An earthen-yellow radiance gathered beside the statue, and a huge hand wielding a Giant Axe appeared and shattered Li Changshou's palm attack.

Li Changshou discovered that Bear Stockade’s people possessed powerful abilities and suspected they were descendants of the Witch-Humans. As demons and South Sea Dragon Palace soldiers converged on Anshui City, Ao Mou ordered his men to smash the Sea God statue, leaving Li Changshou facing another threat.

• A Bear Stockade man spat out an axe-bearing arm that shattered Li Changshou’s palm attack, while another formed a bow and shot at his Paper Daoist.
• Li Changshou suspected Bear Stockade’s people were Witch-Humans after noticing their temporary powers and recalling the race’s history.
• Six great demons approached, so Li Changshou led more than twenty Bear Stockade men toward them by imitating the village chief’s voice.
• Immortal Flood Dragon Soldiers arrived above Anshui City with Ao Yi and Ao Mou, and Ao Mou ordered his soldiers to smash the Sea God statue.

Li Changshou faced the imminent exposure of his identity as the South Sea Sea God when Ao Yi recognized the statue in Anshui City. He prepared a risky plan to manage the Dragon Palace party, the Bear Stockade witches, and the other threats, then made the statue rise and sent Ao Yi a pointed question about the Dragon Clan’s predicament.

• Li Changshou considered killing the Dragon Palace party but instead formed a plan while his paper figures handled the demons’ corpses and stood ready beneath Anshui City.
• The Bear Stockade villagers beat back the Immortal Flood Dragon Soldiers after they moved to smash the Sea God statue, then released them at the village chief’s order.
• Li Changshou warned Old Daoist Qi Yuan and Lan Ling'e that his coming actions might bring disaster upon them, then told Ling'e he was about eighty-five percent confident.
• Ao Yi recognized the Sea God statue as Li Changshou, while Li Changshou prepared in his underground chamber and began acting through the statue.
• The statue rose into the air amid immortal light and chanting, and Li Changshou asked Ao Yi how much he knew about the Dragon Clan’s predicament.

Li Changshou staged a divine manifestation at the Sea God celebration, drove the Bear Stockade leaders into submission, and drew Ao Yi deeper into his plans by hinting at hidden forces behind the cult. Ao Yi asked how much Li Changshou knew about the Dragon Clan’s crisis, leaving Li Changshou poised to guide him into making a request.

• Ao Yi withdrew the South Sea Dragon Palace soldiers and stayed behind after Li Changshou hinted that he had ideas to help the Dragon Clan.
• Li Changshou used a divine statue and a fake body to preach the Sea God Cult Doctrine to the gathered followers, while his hidden Paper Daoists intimidated the Bear Stockade leaders and drugged them unconscious.
• Li Changshou ordered the Bear Stockade to continue the celebration and warned its people to serve the followers honorably, causing the crowd to praise the Sea God and send Incense Merit surging.
• Li Changshou met Ao Yi in disguise and hinted that Human Teaching and Wu Tribe forces were involved in the Sea God Cult’s affairs.
• Li Changshou told Ao Yi that the Dragon Clan faced ancient internal calamities and that Ao Yi could not change its plight alone, prompting Ao Yi to ask what Li Changshou knew.

Li Changshou secured the South Sea God Cult by bringing Ao Yi and the Dragon Clan into its leadership, then spent months shoring up its defenses before returning to Lesser Qiong Peak exhausted. Ling'e seized the chance to scheme about marriage while he rested, but an unexpected visitor arrived and woke him.

• Ao Yi asked to serve the South Sea God Cult for merit, and Li Changshou agreed after making him swear to keep their connection secret.
• Li Changshou planned to use the Dragon Clan as the cult’s protectors, allocate them twenty percent of its Incense Merit, and restrict the cult’s expansion.
• Li Changshou strengthened the cult by converting Bear Stockade’s divine emissaries, concealing statue faces, and preparing the Dragon Clan’s role.
• Ao Yi returned with Dragon Clan soldiers and experts, then established protectors at the Southern Sea frontier as the cult’s Second Cult Master and Azure Dragon Great Protector.
• After months of further preparations, Li Changshou returned to Lesser Qiong Peak and fell asleep on Ling'e’s bed.
• Ling'e changed into a gauzy skirt and plotted to have her master catch her beside Li Changshou, but a visitor arrived and Li Changshou woke when a screen was smashed.

Li Changshou and Ling'e received a letter from Wan Jiangyu for Qi Yuan, and Li Changshou secretly spread news of her return in hopes of drawing out Qi Yuan’s old enemy. After Qi Yuan received a second letter three months later, he excitedly left Lesser Qiong Peak, while Li Changshou worried the summons might be a trap.

• Ling'e brought Li Changshou a Jade Talisman Message left by two Qi Refiners, and they discovered it was a letter from Wan Jiangyu to Qi Yuan.
• Li Changshou copied the disappearing letter and asked Ling'e to spread news that Wan Jiangyu had returned to contact Qi Yuan.
• Qi Yuan read the letter, initially reacted with disappointment, then became excited after Li Changshou predicted he would soon cheer up.
• Li Changshou monitored the Sea God Cult as the Dragon Clan drove off attacking demons, while his search for Qi Yuan’s enemy yielded no clues.
• Three months later, Qi Yuan received a second letter, announced he was leaving, and rode toward the mountain gate as Li Changshou called after him to wait.

Li Changshou persuaded Qi Yuan to handle his meeting with his estranged Martial Uncle cautiously, then sent a Paper Daoist disguised as Qi Yuan to Lindong City while his true body entertained Jiu Jiu and Ling'e. The Paper Daoist reached the city early, with Jiu Wu secretly following, and was approached by a Daoist asking about the South Sea Sea God Cult.

• Li Changshou and Lan Ling'e persuaded Qi Yuan to write to his Martial Uncle and let a Paper Daoist attend their meeting in his place.
• Jiu Jiu arrived at Lesser Qiong Peak and joined Li Changshou and Ling'e for wine and cards while Li Changshou sent the disguised Paper Daoist south.
• An unknown immortal sense probed the Paper Daoist, and Jiu Wu noticed him leaving the sect and secretly followed him for half a month.
• The disguised Paper Daoist reached Lindong City early and entered wearing the guise of an ordinary wandering Daoist.
• Jiu Wu saw another old Daoist approach the disguised Paper Daoist and went into the city to investigate.
• The old Daoist greeted Li Changshou's Paper Daoist and asked whether he had heard of the South Sea Sea God Cult.

Li Changshou found that the Sea God Cult had expanded much faster than expected, then traveled to Lindong City and disguised himself as Qi Yuan to investigate a flower house. He joined Martial Uncle Jiu Wu after discovering demonic aura and merit there, and they prepared to eliminate the demon.

• Li Changshou discovered that the Sea God Cult had erected thousands of statues and worried its rapid growth might burden the Dragon Clan and attract trouble.
• Jiu Jiu visited Lesser Qiong Peak while Li Changshou, in a Paper Daoist, settled in Lindong City and noticed Martial Uncle Jiu Wu secretly following him.
• Li Changshou disguised himself as Qi Yuan and entered a flower house to lure Jiu Wu into revealing himself, but he detected demonic aura and merit nearby.
• Li Changshou summoned Jiu Wu to a private room, swore he had no scheme against him, and explained that he had found something unusual.
• A woman at the nearby flower house drove out Young Master Xia for lacking money, and Jiu Wu agreed to join Li Changshou in eliminating the demon.

Li Changshou and Jiu Wu infiltrated a pleasure house in Lindong City and killed the demons preying on its customers, but they discovered that the proprietress had accumulated merit and took her away for further investigation. Li Changshou then realized one slain demon was connected to why he had come to Lindong City.

• Li Changshou, disguised as Qi Yuan, persuaded Jiu Wu to use sleeping drugs and poison to deal with the demons covertly.
• Jiu Wu drugged the pleasure house, and the pair exposed and killed five minor demons and a Centipede demon.
• When the proprietress resisted the poison with a golden, six-tailed fox form and showed signs of merit, Li Changshou told Jiu Wu to withdraw the poison.
• Jiu Wu captured the sleeping proprietress in a Spirit Beast Bag and flew toward the Eastern Sea while Li Changshou concealed their actions and scattered the demons' ashes.
• Li Changshou realized the Centipede demon was connected to his arrival in Lindong City.

Li Changshou and Jiu Wu captured a six-tailed fox demon whose charm techniques nearly ensnared them, but Li Changshou used a painting to break the spell. They brought her back to the Du Xian Sect for judgment because her merit came from her ancestors’ service to humanity.

• Li Changshou learned that a True Immortal centipede demon had been hired to kill his master, but the demon died before Li Changshou could discover who hired it.
• Jiu Wu and Li Changshou’s Paper Daoist captured the pleasure-house proprietress and waited for her to wake while considering how to handle her merit.
• The fox demon used her charm techniques after waking, nearly entrancing Jiu Wu, but Li Changshou revealed his Hundred Beauties After Old Age Scroll and broke the spell.
• Jiu Wu and Li Changshou interrogated the fox demon and learned that her ancestors had earned the merit by rescuing humans during the War of the Ancients.
• Jiu Wu and Li Changshou took the fox demon to the Du Xian Sect for judgment, and Li Changshou lent Jiu Wu the painting to guard against further bewitching arts.

Li Changshou learned that Kuai Si of Xianlin Peak had injured his master and indirectly caused the deaths of the master’s beloved senior sister and Martial Uncle Jiu Wu. He concealed the truth from Qi Yuan, began secretly planning revenge, and continued watching Kuai Si until the sect announced an early grand competition.

• Disguised as Qi Yuan, Li Changshou learned from Jiu Wu that Wan Jiangyu had died searching for medicine to restore Qi Yuan’s damaged Dao foundation, and that Kuai Si had caused the original injury.
• Li Changshou decided not to reveal Wan Jiangyu’s fate to Qi Yuan and forged a message that made it seem she no longer wished to meet him.
• Jiu Wu later confirmed the details to Li Changshou, while the captured fox demon was sentenced to three hundred years of confinement outside the sect.
• Li Changshou secretly investigated Kuai Si, monitored Xianlin Peak, and prepared plans to make his enemy’s death appear accidental.
• After twelve years of watching Kuai Si remain in seclusion, Li Changshou learned that Du Xian Sect had moved its grand competition forward to three years later.

Li Changshou prepared for the sect tournament while planning to confront Daoist Kuai Si over the old attack that had ruined his master Qi Yuan’s Dao foundation. After luring Kuai Si away from the sect with a Paper Daoist impersonator, he began sparring with Youqin Xuanya, leaving his next move in progress.

• Li Changshou resolved to seek justice from Daoist Kuai Si for ambushing Qi Yuan and damaging his Dao foundation.
• Li Changshou, Ling'e, Youqin Xuanya, and Jiu Jiu discussed their tournament expectations, and Youqin Xuanya agreed to return for combat practice.
• Daoist Kuai Si left the sect to buy Dharma treasures for his disciples after promising them high-grade items.
• Li Changshou sent Paper Daoists to follow Kuai Si and had one impersonate him near a northern market town, drawing Kuai Si away from the sect.
• Li Changshou invited Youqin Xuanya to attack him in a sparring match and reminded her to hold back.

Li Changshou lured Daoist Kuai Si into an ambush, confirmed through soul-searching that he was responsible for harming Li Changshou’s master, and destroyed him with a lightning array. He left to handle the aftermath, having ensured Kuai Si could not reincarnate.

• Li Changshou continued sparring with Youqin Xuanya while his Paper Daoists lured the real Daoist Kuai Si toward a prepared ambush.
• Daoist Kuai Si attacked the disguised Paper Daoist, but Li Changshou’s poison incapacitated him and the Paper Daoist captured him.
• Li Changshou searched Daoist Kuai Si’s soul, confirmed his guilt, and crippled his Dao foundation before confronting him as the Centipede demon.
• Li Changshou revealed his disguise and summoned the Three-Absolute Heavenly Thunder Array, which blasted Daoist Kuai Si apart.
• Li Changshou collected Kuai Si’s soul fragments, burned his remains, and destroyed the remaining traces before turning to the aftermath.

Li Changshou watched the sect investigate Daoist Kuai Si’s disappearance while preparing for the upcoming tournament. On Lesser Qiong Peak, Qi Yuan remained heartbroken over his past, and Li Changshou arrived at Jiu Wu’s pavilion just after Jiu Shi stormed out, where Jiu Wu said their relationship had fallen apart.

• Li Changshou observed Xianlin Peak search for Daoist Kuai Si, whose death the sect eventually attributed to a fight outside a market town.
• Li Changshou and Lan Ling'e prepared a feast to draw Qi Yuan out of seclusion, but Qi Yuan said he would devote himself to the Dao and returned to his cottage.
• Li Changshou reassured Qi Yuan that he would protect Lan Ling'e, then planned to invite relatives and bring food to Elder Wan Linjun.
• Lan Ling'e considered whether introducing Qi Yuan to someone new might help him recover from his heartbreak.
• Li Changshou reached Jiu Wu’s pavilion and saw Jiu Shi leave after declaring she would not cling to him if someone else was in his heart.
• Jiu Wu told Li Changshou that his relationship had fallen apart.

Li Changshou used paintings and Ambition Pills to cure Jiu Wu’s aversion to women, earning gifts and gratitude from Jiu Wu and Jiu Shi. As the Du Xian Sect tournament approached, Jiu Wu returned seeking more pills for the elders, and Li Changshou reluctantly supplied six bottles after hearing of a promised reward.

• Jiu Wu vented to Li Changshou about losing interest in women, and Li Changshou traced the problem to the fox demon’s charm techniques and his Hundred Beauties After Old Age Scroll.
• Li Changshou gave Jiu Wu painting scrolls and Ambition Pills, and Jiu Wu soon recovered his desire to be with Jiu Shi.
• Jiu Wu and Jiu Shi thanked Li Changshou with an immortal treasure and two top-grade Dharma treasures, which he accepted before gifting Jiu Wu Poison Dragon Wine.
• Li Changshou prepared Ling'e for the sect tournament and set her the goal of placing among the top one hundred and eight as the Du Xian Sect made preparations for the event.
• Jiu Wu returned asking for more Ambition Pills after elders tried the ones he had shared, and Li Changshou handed over six bottles when Jiu Wu mentioned the Elder of Transmission’s promised reward.

As the Du Xian Sect tournament began, Li Changshou managed the Ambition Pill trade through Jiu Wu and equipped Ling'e with sect-bestowed treasures. At Sky-Breaking Peak, the gathered disciples and rejuvenated elders witnessed the opening ceremony, where Li Changshou reunited with Ao Yi among the Golden Ao Island guests.

• Li Changshou warned Jiu Wu to track every Ambition Pill’s destination, split the elders’ rewards with him, and keep the pill’s secrets hidden.
• Jiu Wu delivered three pairs of Love Gu, and Li Changshou turned them into Love Stones before preparing another batch of Ambition Pills for later.
• Qi Yuan questioned the many treasures Ling'e carried, and Li Changshou explained the Ambition Pills had earned them as gifts from the elders.
• Li Changshou and Ling'e traveled to Sky-Breaking Peak, where disciples gathered for the tournament and many elders appeared youthful after taking Ambition Pills.
• Youqin Xuanya greeted Li Changshou and Ling'e, then Ling'e received a reminder from Li Changshou to recite the Steady Character Scripture one hundred times.
• Ao Yi left the jade platform and greeted Li Changshou, while Li Changshou noticed that Golden Ao Island Qi Refiners had come to the ceremony again.

Du Xian Sect held its competition ahead of the Three Teachings Origin Conference, and Li Changshou worried he would be forced to attend. He defeated a highly ranked Xianlin Peak disciple in a staged-looking but brutal duel, then returned to his seat as Jiu Jiu laughed and Ling'e tried to hold in her amusement.

• Ao Yi returned to the jade platform after agreeing to catch up with Li Changshou after the competition, and Ji Wuyou announced that the top-ranked disciples and elder-recommended disciples could attend the Three Teachings Origin Conference.
• Li Changshou received the number Ding-026, while Lan Ling'e received Xin-121, and the disciples settled in to watch the matches.
• Lan Ling'e easily defeated a Void Returning Realm disciple, displaying her Ninth Stage of Spirit Transformation cultivation.
• Li Changshou was paired with Xianlin Peak’s nineteenth-ranked Dao Attainment Realm disciple and used talismans and Earth Evasion to wear down his opponent’s defenses.
• Li Changshou overwhelmed the disciple with a 360-talisman array, then used a wolf-toothed club to strike him as he fell, leaving him bleeding and unconscious.
• The stewards confirmed the Xianlin Peak disciple had suffered no serious harm, and Li Changshou returned to Jiu Jiu and Ling'e, who were laughing at the outcome.