Recaps

Li Changshou celebrated Zhao Gongming’s new relationship with Holy Mother Jinling and arranged for Wan Linjun to meet his poison-cultivation idol, Lü Yue. Meanwhile, the Jade Emperor planned a grand celebration for Li Changshou’s appointment as Taibai Star Lord without telling him.

• Zhao Gongming told Li Changshou that he and Ling Ling had spent the night together, and Li Changshou urged him to pursue her and gave him gifts and advice.
• Li Changshou wrote Yunxiao a letter about Zhao Gongming and Holy Mother Jinling, then reflected on how their relationship could strengthen Jie Teaching and protect Zhao Gongming.
• Wan Linjun sought Li Changshou’s help meeting Lü Yue, and Li Changshou arranged their introduction at a Minor World near the Heaven’s End Secret Realm.
• Lü Yue and Wan Linjun met, and Lü Yue took the enthusiastic Wan Linjun toward the Heaven’s End Secret Realm to talk.
• The Jade Emperor and Wood Duke planned to invite figures from across the Three Realms to celebrate Li Changshou becoming Taibai Star Lord, and agreed to keep the plan secret from him.

Li Changshou learned that the Jade Emperor had arranged a ceremony celebrating his promotion to Second-rank Orthodox God, despite keeping him unaware, and began preparing for trouble. As others made plans to attend, a concealed figure on the Reincarnation Pagoda sought Ksitigarbha’s help in reconciling with the Water God.

• Li Changshou observed Lin Tian Hall’s victory over a rival immortal sect, while Bai Ze reported on the battle and Jiu Jiu fought among Lin Tian Hall’s forces.
• Bai Ze revealed that Heavenly Court had invited the Three Teachings to a Taibai Grand Ceremony celebrating Li Changshou’s promotion, which Li Changshou had not known about.
• Li Changshou overheard Heavenly Court officials discussing the ceremony and decided to act as if he knew nothing while secretly preparing contingencies.
• Yunxiao sent Han Zhi to deliver a jade talisman and Jade Ring to Wuyun Xian so she could arrange a gift for the ceremony.
• Zhao Gongming and Holy Mother Jinling discussed attending the ceremony and preparing gifts, while Ksitigarbha offered to write a congratulatory letter if his concealed Eldest Senior Brother personally sought reconciliation with the Water God.

Li Changshou prepared for his Taibai Star Lord celebration as powerful guests from across the Primordial Wilderness gathered at Taibai Hall. When Longji spilled tea on Randeng and he accused her of doing it deliberately, Li Changshou arrived and claimed her action was meant to protest Randeng’s efforts to sow discord between Chan and Jie Teachings.

• Truth Listener warned Li Changshou that an unknown Western Teachings senior had visited Ksitigarbha and might send someone to the celebration.
• Li Changshou considered the political motives behind the Jade Emperor’s invitations and prepared his Golden Immortal Paper Daoist for the ceremony.
• Immortals from the Three Teachings and across the Primordial Wilderness gathered at Taibai Hall, while Du'e and Ji Wuyou helped welcome the guests.
• Yunxiao arrived at Taibai Hall, where Bian Zhuang, Ao Yi, and the Chang'e maidens greeted her as Li Changshou watched from his mansion.
• Longji accidentally spilled tea on Randeng, who accused her of targeting him, and Li Changshou appeared to defend her by saying she could not abide Randeng’s efforts to stir up discord.

Li Changshou protected Longji from Randeng’s attempt to stir up trouble by taking her as his disciple and bringing her into the Human Teachings. As his divine promotion ceremony began, a Western Teachings Daoist secretly approached the Jade Emperor through an abandoned incarnation, but the Jade Emperor dismissed the attempt without leaving Jade Lake.

• Li Changshou shielded Longji, publicly made her his disciple, and confronted Randeng, who responded by portraying himself as a victim.
• Li Changshou told Longji to claim her hand had slipped, promised to protect her, and learned she would formally take him as her master at the Jade Lake banquet.
• Li Changshou greeted the gathered Chan and Jie Teaching immortals, announced the celebration, and told Ao Yi not to invite Randeng to the Jade Lake banquet.
• Dong Mugong arrived with the Imperial Decree as the ceremony began, while a Western Teachings Daoist secretly entered Qin Tianzhu’s residence to seek an audience with the Jade Emperor.
• Qin Tianzhu vanished into golden sand, and the Jade Emperor continued watching the festivities, amused that the Western Teachings had approached his discarded incarnation.

Li Changshou received the title of Grand White Gold Star and the True Martial Soapwort Banner at a Heavenly Court celebration. As dignitaries and Sage disciples arrived at Jade Lake, Taishang Laojun made a grand entrance, and Li Changshou discovered that the Azure Ox was actually Xiao Yin.

• Dong Mugong proclaimed Li Changshou’s promotion to Grand White Gold Star, and Li Changshou received the True Martial Soapwort Banner.
• Li Changshou welcomed Great Immortal Zhenyuan to the Jade Lake banquet, where Grand Master Xuandu switched seats with Fairy Yunxiao so she could sit beside Li Changshou.
• The Jade Emperor allowed six Western Teachings disciples to enter after Li Changshou advised that they were unlikely to cause trouble.
• The Four Seas Dragon King, the Ten Yan Juns, the Three Thousand Worlds Immortal Alliance, and Emperor Da Yu arrived with congratulations for Li Changshou.
• Taishang Laojun arrived at Jade Lake riding an Azure Ox, and Li Changshou tied the ox outside before hearing Xiao Yin ask him to bring the ox back when he had time.

At a grand banquet celebrating Li Changshou’s promotion, he honored the Jade Emperor, Laojun, his allies, and Yunxiao with a series of toasts before receiving lavish gifts from the immortal factions. The celebration continued with a dance program, while Lingzhu Zi and Jade Rabbit nervously prepared to perform.

• Laojun arrived at the banquet, and the immortal guests grew solemn as the Western Teachings disciples paid respects to the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother.
• The Four Seas Dragon Kings and other guests arrived, and the Jade Emperor invited Li Changshou to mingle with the assembly.
• Li Changshou toasted the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother, Laojun, Grand Master Xuandu, senior powers, fellow disciples, and his friends, then shared a future-focused toast with Yunxiao.
• The Jade Emperor ordered Wood Duke to summon Heng'e from Taiyin Star, and guests began presenting gifts to Li Changshou, including valuable offerings from the two teachings, the Dragon Kings, and King Qin Guang.
• Lingzhu Zi and Jade Rabbit worried about dancing before Laojun, and Lingzhu Zi punched Jade Rabbit in an attempt to help her overcome her fear.
• Zhao Gongming mistook Lingzhu Zi and Jade Rabbit for a Daoist couple, and Lingzhu Zi insisted that they were brothers.

At the Jade Lake Immortal Banquet, Zhao Gongming gave Li Changshou a fragment of the God-Slaying Spear, and Longji formally became his Chief Disciple in the Human Teaching. Three days later, Youqin Xuanya visited Li Changshou in Taibai Hall, while Wei Shenmo mistakenly decided he should arrange something between them.

• Zhao Gongming presented Li Changshou with a God-Slaying Spear fragment and a Daluo-realm Demonic Beast, and Li Changshou entrusted the fragment to the Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird for safekeeping.
• Fairy Heng'e's dance impressed the banquet guests, and Li Changshou warned Matchmaker to prevent anyone from tying a Red String for Princess Longji.
• Longji offered Li Changshou tea and asked to become his disciple, and Li Changshou accepted her as his Chief Disciple in the Taiqing Daoist Lineage.
• Laojun granted Longji three treasures, while Great Mage gave her several spirit treasures as a first-meeting gift.
• Three days later, Youqin Xuanya visited Li Changshou in Taibai Hall, spoke of her service against the Demon Race, and received a pouch of healing pills from him.
• Wei Shenmo saw Youqin Xuanya leave and concluded that he should arrange something between her and Li Changshou.

Li Changshou discussed the Great Cataclysm and the Heavenly Court’s plans with Wei Shenmo, who gave him a decree exempting Yunxiao from the calamity. The chapter ended with Li Changshou outlining how the Heavenly Court could use the upheaval to establish order across the realms.

• Li Changshou and Wei Shenmo discussed the Western Teachings’ attempt to curry favor with the Heavenly Court and the coming Purple Cloud Palace deliberations.
• Li Changshou explained that he would judge the Chan Teaching and Jie Teaching fairly while seeking to reduce the Dao Sect’s losses in the Great Cataclysm.
• Wei Shenmo gave Li Changshou a decree exempting Fairy Yunxiao from the calamity and protecting her from the Investiture of the Gods.
• Li Changshou recognized that Wei Shenmo had known about the Investiture of the Gods for a long time and had been chosen by the Dao Ancestor to rule the Three Realms.
• Li Changshou advised Wei Shenmo to expand the Heavenly Court’s forces and use the coming chaos to bring immortal sects under Heavenly Court authority and protect mortals from exploitation.
• Wei Shenmo agreed to heed Li Changshou’s counsel as Li Changshou warned him to wield his authority for the good of heaven, earth, and living beings.

Li Changshou received a decree protecting Yunxiao from the Great Cataclysm, taught Longji Taiqing Dao teachings, and sent Jin Peng to retrieve a God-Slaying Spear fragment. After helping the River God with a spell, he followed the Golden Rope toward the Azure Ox.

• Li Changshou considered the Jade Emperor’s decree protecting Yunxiao and stored it carefully, while resolving to help save her, Bixiao, Qiongxiao, and Zhao Gongming together.
• Li Changshou taught Longji from the Classic of Supreme Clarity's Profound Content, gave her unfinished strategy assignments, and stopped her from asking about his relationships.
• Jin Peng reported an Immortal Alliance request involving fiendish demons, and Li Changshou sent him to investigate suspected God-Slaying Spear Fragments with instructions to act cautiously.
• Jin Peng returned with another God-Slaying Spear fragment, and Li Changshou learned that Laojun had gone into the Chaos Sea to search for more fragments.
• Li Changshou took the Golden Rope and followed its tassel toward the Azure Ox, then gave the River God transformation magic after witnessing his failed axe trick.
• Li Changshou continued south toward the Southern Sea in pursuit of the Azure Ox.

Li Changshou tracked down Azure Ox and learned that Iron Fan had driven him away because she expected the Western Teachings to punish her for giving the Primordial Slaughter Sword to the Human Teaching. They reached Iron Fan just as Daoist Wen Jing and three Primordial Chaos Fierce Beasts confronted her, and Li Changshou and Azure Ox prepared to defend her.

• Li Changshou found Azure Ox drinking alone in a flower house, where Azure Ox explained that Iron Fan had sent him away after claiming they were fated to part.
• Li Changshou realized Iron Fan might be facing danger, used the Golden Rope to locate her, and hurried there with Azure Ox.
• They found Iron Fan at a self-made tombstone, where she revealed that she expected the Western Teachings to retaliate for her betrayal and transfer of the Primordial Slaughter Sword.
• Daoist Wen Jing and three Primordial Chaos Fierce Beasts arrived to retrieve the sword, and Azure Ox stood between them and Iron Fan.
• Li Changshou appeared and declared that their meeting gave him another reason to make trouble for Spirit Mountain, while Azure Ox revealed that Laojun of Tushita Palace had raised him.

Daoist Wen Jing survived her return to Spirit Mountain after following Li Changshou’s covert plan, and Jieyin promoted her to first among the Dark Protectors. Li Changshou spent decades mastering the Eight-Nine Profound Technique and strengthening Xiong Lingli with Ancestral Witch Essence Blood; he left seclusion as she grew into a mountain-sized giant and prepared to join the Heavenly Court.

• Daoist Wen Jing reported that she had killed Li Changshou’s Paper Daoist, and Jieyin killed the beast-man who had exposed her while promoting Wen Jing to first among the Dark Protectors.
• Li Changshou reflected on Wen Jing’s undercover mission, arranged for Iron Fan to stay with Kong Xuan, and began diligently studying the Eight-Nine Profound Technique.
• After more than a decade of training, Li Changshou explained his cultivation to Ling'e and gave Xiong Lingli Ancestral Witch Essence Blood and illustrated instructions for a new technique.
• Over the following decades, Xiong Lingli grew to an immense size while Li Changshou cultivated in seclusion.
• Three years and four months before the Six Sages were due to meet at Purple Cloud Palace, Li Changshou emerged from seclusion and told Xiong Lingli she could join the Heavenly Court after mastering a transformation technique.

Li Changshou gathered evidence of Western Teachings secretly stealing souls and met with Bai Ze and Lin Tian Hall to plan Yang Jian’s carefully staged training. Yang Jian prepared to leave Jade Spring Mountain, but his sister Xiao Chan persuaded him to stay, delaying the plan once more.

• Li Changshou retrieved fourteen Image Recording Orbs documenting Western Teachings’ abduction of reincarnating souls across seven Great Thousand Worlds.
• Li Changshou visited Bai Ze, Jiang Lin'er, Jiu Jiu, and the others, then discussed preparing Yang Jian for the coming calamity.
• Li Changshou and Bai Ze refined a staged training plan meant to guide Yang Jian while keeping Heavenly Court’s involvement hidden.
• Yang Jian prepared to leave Jade Spring Mountain for his first training excursion, but Xiao Chan asked to go with him.
• Yang Jian stayed behind when Xiao Chan tearfully pleaded not to be left alone, while True Lord Yu Ding and True Lord Taiyi watched.

Li Changshou arranged Yang Jian’s first trial, overcoming Yang Jian’s reluctance to leave Yang Chan and setting up a staged encounter to test his judgment. When Taiqing summoned him, Li Changshou left Bai Ze in charge and hurried back, only to learn that they were departing for the Violet Heavens Palace three years early.

• Li Changshou went to Jade Spring Mountain and helped True Lord Yu Ding and True Lord Taiyi arrange for Lingzhu Zi to put Yang Chan to sleep so Yang Jian could leave for his trials.
• Yang Jian entrusted Yang Chan to Lingzhu Zi and traveled with True Lord Yu Ding and True Lord Taiyi to a Great Thousand Worlds, where they left him to explore for a hundred days.
• Li Changshou explained that he had planted clues and minor tasks across the world to lead Yang Jian toward a hidden trial, while Yang Jian explored the mortal town and searched for dangerous places.
• Bai Ze coordinated Lin Tian Hall’s staged encounter, and Yang Jian intervened when three supposed Heavenly Mandate Society members pursued a shuttle carrying a crying infant.
• Li Changshou sensed Taiqing’s call, handed Bai Ze responsibility for the trial, and rushed back to Taiqing Temple.
• Grand Pure Sage told Li Changshou that they were about to depart for the Violet Heavens Palace.

Li Changshou watched Yang Jian’s trials with the Grand Pure Sage, then learned that the Sage had discovered a meeting between Venerable Celestial of Primordial Beginning and Daoist Jieyin. The Grand Pure Sage told Li Changshou to stand with the Heavenly Court at the Purple Cloud Palace, and Li Changshou fell asleep beside his teacher.

• Li Changshou discussed Yang Jian and the Eight-Nine Profound Technique with the Grand Pure Sage while watching Yang Jian fight demons and protect a village.
• The Grand Pure Sage said the Dragon Clan had grown rotten, and Li Changshou agreed to arrange conflicts that would remind them of their place.
• The Grand Pure Sage surveyed the Three Realms through the Taiji Diagram, exhausting Li Changshou as he absorbed the scenes.
• The Taiji Diagram showed Venerable Celestial of Primordial Beginning meeting Daoist Jieyin, and the Grand Pure Sage told Li Changshou to stand with the Heavenly Court at the Purple Cloud Palace.
• Li Changshou checked that Saint Zhunti was apart from Daoist Jieyin and saw Lord Tongtian discussing his disciples’ futures with Daoist Duobao and Zhao Gongming.
• Li Changshou fell asleep beside the Grand Pure Sage, while the Sage’s treasures made him comfortable and he dreamed of several Sages.

After sleeping for nearly three years, Li Changshou awakened and accompanied Grand Pure One Laozi and Grand Master Xuandu to Purple Cloud Palace for the Saints’ discussion of the Investiture of the Gods. Dao Ancestor Hongjun punished him for his excessive caution, then unexpectedly handed him the Investiture of the Gods Scroll and God-Beating Whip, leaving him responsible for the calamity’s appointments.

• Li Changshou woke after nearly three years of sleep, learned that his cultivation had advanced, and confirmed that his allies and arrangements remained safe.
• Grand Pure One Laozi brought Li Changshou and Grand Master Xuandu to Purple Cloud Palace, where Empress Nuwa, Lord Tongtian, Venerable Celestial of Primordial Beginning, Jieyin, and Zhunti gathered.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned the Jade Emperor and the disciples, then called Li Changshou forward and struck him with the Whip of Heavenly Punishment for his constant caution and appeals for merit.
• Hongjun announced that the great cataclysm required appointing gods and revealed the Investiture of the Gods Scroll and God-Beating Whip.
• When Zhunti interrupted to plead for the West, Hongjun tossed both artifacts to Li Changshou and declared that he would wield them while the assembled parties discussed the names.

After Dao Ancestor Hongjun beat Li Changshou and placed the Investiture of the Gods Scroll and God-Beating Whip in his hands, Li Changshou arranged for the Jade Emperor to hold the scroll while he guided its use. The Saints clashed over the coming tribulation and the allocation of deaths and Heavenly Court positions, and Venerable Celestial of Primordial Beginning left without settling the matter.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun struck Li Changshou, then bestowed the Investiture of the Gods Scroll and God-Beating Whip upon him before leaving Purple Heaven Palace.
• Li Changshou persuaded his teacher, Taiqing, to let the Jade Emperor formally manage the scroll, and the Jade Emperor accepted it.
• The Jade Emperor explained the scroll’s three hundred and sixty-five divine positions and the deaths expected in the tribulation, prompting the Saints to dispute how the burdens should be divided.
• Li Changshou and the Jade Emperor excluded the Western Teachings from the Heavenly Court positions, and Li Changshou confronted Zhunti and Jieyin over their past actions.
• Li Changshou invited Nuwa to remain as a witness, while the Western Saints stayed; Venerable Celestial of Primordial Beginning then ended the discussion and departed with Guang Chengzi.

After the Saints left the Purple Cloud Palace, Dao Ancestor Hongjun privately explained the Foul Spring, the Heavenly Dao, and Li Changshou’s role in an approaching crisis. He sent Li Changshou away with a cultivation method and a charge to judge whether a future being formed from Pangu God’s lingering regret should be protected or erased; Li Changshou returned to Lesser Qiong Peak three months later, still unsure how much of Hongjun’s account to trust.

• The Jade Emperor secured the Investiture of the Gods Scroll and God-Beating Whip, while the Saints agreed to restrain their followers from wantonly harming mortals in the Southern Continent.
• After the Jade Emperor departed, Dao Ancestor Hongjun isolated the Purple Cloud Palace and told Li Changshou that he had once intervened in Li Changshou’s fate and had prevented the Heavenly Dao from targeting him.
• Hongjun explained that the Foul Spring accumulated karmic hindrances and that Great Cataclysms delayed its eventual eruption, then described how he had merged with the Heavenly Dao to stop Senior Lang from destroying the Primordial Wilderness.
• Hongjun revealed that a fragment of Pangu God’s lingering regret might emerge from the Heavenly Dao and tasked Li Changshou with deciding whether to protect or completely erase it.
• Hongjun gave Li Changshou a stone tablet containing a Cultivation Method, and Li Changshou returned to the Eastern Sea before quietly going back to Lesser Qiong Peak three months later.

After analyzing the Dao Ancestor’s assignment, Li Changshou secretly contacted Teacher Taiqing and received assurance that his teacher would watch over him. As he began teaching Ling’e, the Three Teachings’ disciples discussed his role in the coming cataclysm, and Daoist Duobao urged Yunxiao to visit him in the Chaos Sea.

• Li Changshou decided to follow Teacher Taiqing’s guidance, used Pagoda Grandpa to send him a message, and received the reply that his teacher would be there when he obeyed the Dao Ancestor’s command.
• Li Changshou entered enlightenment, then found Ling’e and began teaching her the Dao of Golden Immortals while taking charge of the Immortal Alliance matters.
• At True Lord Yu Ding’s cave, Guang Chengzi asked True Lord Taiyi, True Lord Yu Ding, and True Person Huang Long to sound out Li Changshou about Chan Teaching’s support against the Western Teachings.
• On Three Immortal Island, Daoist Duobao recounted the Dao Ancestor’s beating of Li Changshou as proof that he favored him and had appointed him to preside over the Investiture of the Gods cataclysm.
• Daoist Duobao gave Yunxiao a jade talisman and Xianxian Sword, urging her to use a Chaos Sea treasure mission as a chance to see Li Changshou; Yunxiao accepted them while hesitating.

Li Changshou discussed the Great Cataclysm with immortals from Chan Teaching and Jie Teaching, then agreed to travel to the Chaos Sea with Yunxiao. He prepared an escort and an arsenal of protections, leaving Yunxiao to discover that their journey would include Jin Peng and Bai Ze.

• Zhao Gongming and Yunxiao met True Lord Taiyi, Yuding, Huang Long, and Li Changshou at the Sea God Temple, where they discussed the Great Cataclysm and the blank Investiture of the Gods Scroll.
• Li Changshou explained that the Great Cataclysm could not be prevented, warned that the deeper Foul Spring calamity threatened all living beings, and said the Jade Emperor had stopped the Western Teachings from signing the scroll.
• After the others left, Li Changshou and Yunxiao walked together, evaded Duobao and the other Jie Teaching immortals who had followed them, and agreed to meet in half a month for a trip to the Chaos Sea.
• Li Changshou prepared for the journey by requesting leave from the Jade Emperor, gathering pills and protective treasures, and arranging for Ling'e to be protected by the Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner.
• Yunxiao arrived early at their meeting place, but watched as Li Changshou appeared with Jin Peng and Bai Ze, whom he had recruited to escort them through the Chaos Sea.

Li Changshou and Yunxiao traveled into the Chaos Sea to search for a hidden treasure site, where they confessed their feelings and shared their first kiss. Their moment was interrupted by the arrival of the wounded Demon Master Kunpeng, and Li Changshou prepared to face him with Yunxiao and their companions.

• Yunxiao arrived to travel with Li Changshou, and they set out on Jin Peng's back using Tongtian's Xianxian Sword to guide them.
• Li Changshou and Yunxiao discussed the Investiture of the Gods and the Heavenly Court's role in limiting the cataclysm as they crossed into the Chaos Sea.
• The group reached an ancient sanctuary, where Li Changshou found Innate Earth Element Essence and Yunxiao told him she did not want to leave her feelings unspoken.
• Li Changshou and Yunxiao held hands and leaned toward a kiss, but Kunpeng's enormous head burst through the mountain wall and knocked Bai Ze and Jin Peng away.
• Yunxiao kissed Li Changshou on the cheek, and he stepped forward to face Kunpeng with his protective treasures activated.

Li Changshou and his allies pursued the injured Kunpeng through the Chaos Sea and overcame his speed and strength with coordinated attacks and the Great Dao of Balance. After trapping him and disarming his destructive sphere, they captured him, while Lord Tongtian reconsidered his plans involving Chang Geng and Junior Sister.

• Kunpeng fled through the Chaos Sea after Li Changshou, Yunxiao, Jin Peng, and Bai Ze confronted him at his cave abode.
• Li Changshou used the Great Dao of Balance to match Jin Peng’s speed to Kunpeng’s and helped the group catch up with him.
• Li Changshou, Yunxiao, Jin Peng, and Bai Ze attacked Kunpeng as he tried to escape, wounding him and forcing him to transform into human form.
• Kunpeng threatened to perish together with them using a dangerous sphere, but Li Changshou distracted him by revealing his identity and feigning a request for Lord Tongtian’s help.
• Li Changshou and his allies disarmed Kunpeng, sealed his Primordial Spirit, and captured him.
• Lord Tongtian and Daoist Duobao watched the capture, and Duobao suggested postponing Chang Geng’s matter with Junior Sister.

Li Changshou and his companions killed the wounded Kunpeng, but his suspicions led him to conclude that the slain Demon Master might have been an abandoned shell while the real Kunpeng escaped into the Chaos Sea. Deep in the Chaos Sea, another Kunpeng opened his eyes as the shell’s Primordial Spirit was destroyed.

• Li Changshou questioned Kunpeng while Bai Ze reminisced with him, and the group learned that Kunpeng had once been First Phoenix’s adopted son and had stolen Yuan Feng’s origin power.
• Kunpeng accused Dao Ancestor Hongjun of controlling the Demon Court and manipulating the Primordial Wilderness before Li Changshou ended the conversation.
• Jin Peng killed Kunpeng with the Lesser God-Slaying Spear, and Li Changshou, Yunxiao, and the others erased and refined his body.
• Li Changshou noticed that Kunpeng’s treasures were drained and that the group had found no trace of Yuan Feng’s origin, then reasoned that Kunpeng might have split himself and left a shell behind to die.
• Li Changshou found cryptic notes suggesting the shell had sensed flaws in its Primordial Spirit, while the real Kunpeng opened his eyes atop a mountain deep in the Chaos Sea.

Li Changshou returned from the Chaos Sea after warning Bai Ze and the others to keep Kunpeng’s possible survival secret, and he read part of Senior Lang’s notebook without learning why its final entries called Hongjun wrong. After reconnecting with Yunxiao and returning to the Du Xian Sect, he learned that Ao Yi was about to undergo the Golden Immortal Tribulation.

• Li Changshou explained to Yunxiao why he had frightened Bai Ze, then spent the remaining journey playing the guqin and painting with her.
• Li Changshou and Bai Ze sealed Kunpeng’s Jade Thumb Ring inside a Paper Daoist and sent it into the Chaos Sea, while Li Changshou told Bai Ze and Jin Peng not to spread news of the journey and asked Yunxiao to report it to Tongtian.
• Li Changshou opened Senior Lang’s notebook and read its records of ancient events, card games, and romantic entanglements before reaching entries that said Hongjun was wrong; the notebook’s final page was torn, leaving the cause unclear.
• Li Changshou and Yunxiao parted in the Eastern Sea, and he returned to the Du Xian Sect while Jin Peng went back to Heavenly Court and wondered how to repay his teacher.
• Ling'e emerged from enlightenment and noticed Yunxiao’s scent on Li Changshou, then playfully made him copy the Steady Character Scripture with her.
• Urgent bells summoned the Du Xian Sect disciples to Du Xian Hall, and Ao Yi told Li Changshou that he was about to undergo the Golden Immortal Tribulation.

Ao Yi overcame the Golden Immortal Tribulation and transformed into a silver dragon, while Li Changshou investigated new threats stirring across the Primordial Wilderness. The chapter ended with a message arriving at the Du Xian Sect as danger also emerged in the Southern Continent.

• Li Changshou hosted Ao Yi's Golden Immortal Tribulation before Heavenly Court, and Ao Yi endured the final strike, overcame his heart demon, and transformed into a silver dragon.
• Li Changshou reflected on the Dragon Clan's bloodline hierarchy and hid his true body in an underground chamber while Ao Yi's success was celebrated.
• Li Changshou learned that attackers had killed two Du Xian Sect Outer sect Stewards and injured six, prompting Ji Wuyou to seal the mountain.
• Taiyi and Yuding told Li Changshou that evil cultivators had been hired to gather in the Southern Sea region and kill mortal emperors in the Southern Continent; Yuding agreed to keep watch there.
• A jade talisman flew toward the Du Xian Sect's Mountain Protecting Grand Formation, where someone caught it and wondered why their Master had sent a message.

Ji Wuyou visited Lesser Qiong Peak to tell Li Changshou that Du Xian Sect would send reinforcements to the Carefree Immortal Sect, and Li Changshou armed him with Paper Daoist Incarnations and pills. After learning that Maitreya planned to disrupt the Heavenly Court’s protection of the Shang Tribe, Li Changshou prepared to defend it and awaited Wen Jing’s report.

• Ji Wuyou considered his weakened Primordial Spirit and traveled to Lesser Qiong Peak to discuss his mission to support the Carefree Immortal Sect.
• Li Changshou gave Ji Wuyou Paper Daoist Incarnations and pills, urging him to stay in contact in case danger arose.
• Truth Listener warned Li Changshou that Maitreya planned to use evil cultivators to attack the Shang Tribe and undermine the Heavenly Court’s arrangements.
• Li Changshou suspected Maitreya might be setting a trap and decided to seek the Taiji Diagram, deploy Jin Peng, and coordinate with Kong Xuan.
• Li Changshou sensed Wen Jing arriving and wondered whether her intelligence differed from the reports he had already received.