Recaps

Houtu considered whether Sun Wukong’s Indestructible Golden Soul was a signal from Li Changshou and prepared to help if needed, while Li Changshou continued laying Illusion Spirit Nails and watched the monkey’s troubles unfold. His plans took an unexpected turn when Laojun appeared and offered to trade pills for Xu Bodhi’s Spirit Herb.

• Houtu recognized the Indestructible Golden Soul in Sun Wukong and prepared to act cautiously in case Li Changshou needed her aid.
• Li Changshou reflected on his preparations against the Dao Ancestor and watched Sun Wukong’s monkeys celebrate after the Book of Life and Death was altered.
• A counterfeit Grand White Gold Star persuaded the Jade Emperor to appoint Sun Wukong to the Heavenly Court, and Sun Wukong eagerly agreed to go.
• Li Changshou waited until the Spirit Herb was ready to harvest, then encountered Laojun, who offered to trade pills for it.
• Li Changshou considered contacting Laojun and using Tushita Palace’s golden pills to help Sun Wukong create a crisis in the Heavenly Court.

Li Changshou used Xu Bodhi to contact Laojun, who confirmed that Taiqing knew of his return and would support his struggle against the Dao Ancestor. As Li Changshou continued meditating in the Kunpeng Secret Realm, Ling'e and Yunxiao discussed preparing for his victory, while Sun Wukong began his new post in the Heavenly Court's Imperial Horse Bureau.

• Xu Bodhi offered Laojun a spiritual herb and asked for a pill to stabilize his Dao foundation, but Laojun refused after sensing that the Heavenly Dao had sealed it.
• Laojun and Li Changshou secretly exchanged Spiritual Sense, and Laojun told him that Grand Pure was unharmed and urged him not to exhaust himself.
• Li Changshou realized that Taiqing and Laojun were two sides of one being, whose combined Great Dao could briefly reach the Primordial Limitless realm.
• Ling'e and Yunxiao discussed their hopes for Li Changshou's victory, their plans to prepare for his wedding, and the possibility that the Dao Ancestor had spies in the Kunpeng Secret Realm.
• Sun Wukong entered the Imperial Horse Bureau in his new official robe and ordered the stables opened, just as someone outside called for a horse for the Marshal.

Sun Wukong rebelled against the Heavenly Court after leaving his post as Bimawen and defeated the generals sent to capture him. As the Heavenly Court’s forces gathered against Flower-Fruit Mountain, Nezha arrived to challenge him.

• Grand White Gold Star accused Sun Wukong of betraying the Heavenly Court, and the Jade Emperor ordered Li Jing to capture him.
• Sun Wukong returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain, where he explained his departure and celebrated with the monkeys as several Demon Kings fled.
• Giant Spirit God led Heavenly Soldiers against Sun Wukong, but Sun Wukong threw him toward the Eastern Sea and won their battle.
• Li Jing delayed a full assault while successive Heavenly Generals challenged Sun Wukong and were quickly defeated, drawing Demon Kings back to Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Nezha descended to challenge Sun Wukong, taunted him, and readied his Fire-Tipped Spear for battle.

Li Changshou learned that Sun Wukong and Nezha had fought twelve stalemates as the Dao Ancestor used Flower-Fruit Mountain to draw in the Demon Race. He set three Fake Bodies in motion while the Dao Ancestor pushed Wukong toward open rebellion, leaving Li Changshou poised to disrupt the Journey to the West Calamity when Wukong chose his next move.

• Li Changshou investigated reports of Nezha and Sun Wukong's twelve battles and realized they were bait to gather the Demon Race at Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Li Changshou prepared three Fake Bodies, sending Number Two to watch Flower-Fruit Mountain, Number Three to inspect the Wu Tribe, and Xu Bodhi toward Spirit Mountain and Golden Cicada.
• The Dao Ancestor confirmed that Li Changshou's wedding preparations were underway, then decided Sun Wukong should raise the banner of rebellion against Heaven that day.
• Sun Wukong's sworn brothers and the other demon kings urged him to choose a grand title, and he declared himself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven as seven banners rose above Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Li Changshou watched from Number Two's hiding place and resolved to act depending on whether Wukong would uphold righteousness when the Heavenly Court offered him amnesty.
• The Dao Ancestor discovered Xu Bodhi entering the Five Continents but chose to keep him under watch rather than erase him.

Li Changshou kept his three Fake Bodies in position while the Heavenly Court and the Demon Race fought an exhausting war at Flower-Fruit Mountain. When Saint Jieyin summoned Xu Bodhi to Spirit Mountain, he asked whether Xu Bodhi truly wanted his Dao realm restored.

• Li Changshou watched the Heavenly Court’s troops and the Demon Race face off at Flower-Fruit Mountain, while Sun Wukong drank and celebrated with his demon brothers.
• Li Changshou checked on the peaceful Wu Tribe settlements in the Northern Continent and confirmed that the Du Xian Sect remained much as he remembered it.
• For three months, Li Jing used repeated battles to wear down the demons, winning exchanges while making the Heavenly Soldiers appear to retreat.
• Saint Jieyin summoned Xu Bodhi to Spirit Mountain and said he could shield him somewhat from the Heavenly Dao’s watchfulness.
• Saint Jieyin asked Xu Bodhi whether he truly wished to restore his Dao realm.

Li Changshou watched Sun Wukong’s struggle against Nezha while Saint Jieyin reflected on Buddhism and searched for a way to help his disciple. Sun Wukong broke through his despair and fought Nezha to a standstill, but a Jade Emperor’s decree granting him the title Great Sage Equal to Heaven was met with anger from both fighters.

• Li Changshou asked Saint Jieyin whether he should undo his Heavenly Dao shackles, and Jieyin advised him not to.
• Jieyin explained that he had yielded control of Buddhism to preserve Western Teachings’ foundations, then watched Sun Wukong and worried over his disciple’s predicament.
• Nezha confronted Li Jing over the drawn-out campaign against Flower-Fruit Mountain, and Li Jing ordered him to stand down.
• Nezha attacked Sun Wukong with his Killing Intent Dharma Body, driving him into the earth as Wukong realized the Heavenly Court had used him to lure in the Demon Race.
• Sun Wukong overcame his fear, awakened his Indestructible Golden Soul, and exchanged devastating blows with Nezha until both were wounded.
• A white-robed immortal delivered the Jade Emperor’s decree naming Sun Wukong the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and Nezha and Sun Wukong both told him to get lost.

Sun Wukong accepted the Heavenly Court’s title of Great Sage Equal to Heaven after the fighting at Flower-Fruit Mountain and the Bull Devil King urged him to agree. Meanwhile, Li Changshou continued his disguise as Xu Bodhi and settled beside Jieyin’s Lotus Pond, keeping watch on Jin Chan.

• Nezha and Sun Wukong fought until Li Jing’s Heavenly Dipper Grand Array forced them apart, after which the Heavenly Soldiers withdrew toward the Eastern Heavenly Gate.
• Sun Wukong’s monkeys bound the false Grand White Gold Star and hung him from a tree, while the demon kings debated whether Sun Wukong should accept the Heavenly Court’s offer.
• Jieyin told Xu Bodhi that Sun Wukong faced a destined Disaster of Imprisonment and a Calamity of Life and Death, and Xu Bodhi explained the Heavenly Court’s likely motives for recruiting him.
• The false Grand White Gold Star promised Sun Wukong a Third-rank Orthodox God’s treatment and protection for Flower-Fruit Mountain; after consulting the Bull Devil King, Sun Wukong agreed to go to Heaven.
• Jieyin loosened the shackles on Xu Bodhi’s Dao realm, and Li Changshou chose to cultivate beside the Lotus Pond, where he watched Jin Chan.

Ao Yi and the Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird questioned the Heavenly Court’s appointment of Sun Wukong as Great Sage Equal to Heaven, while Li Changshou watched the Heavenly Court’s plans unfold from Spirit Mountain. The chapter ended as Youqin Xuanya challenged Sun Wukong’s title before the Jade Emperor and Duobao prepared to intervene.

• Ao Yi and the Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird speculated that the Heavenly Court was using Sun Wukong’s appointment to draw hidden Demon Race experts out of hiding, while Jin Peng admitted he still could not recover his lost memories.
• Li Changshou observed that Demon Race figures were gathering at Flower-Fruit Mountain in hopes of winning Heavenly Court favor, and suspected the Heavenly Dao was influencing them.
• Duobao visited Li Changshou at Spirit Mountain, discussed the Heavenly Dao Taboo and the possibility of a certain figure’s return, then sensed a change in the Heavenly Court.
• Youqin Xuanya petitioned the Jade Emperor to revoke Sun Wukong’s title, arguing that it insulted Heavenly Court soldiers and rewarded a former enemy without merit.
• Duobao watched Youqin Xuanya’s remonstrance through a Cloud Mirror and prepared to use Heaven and Earth Teleportation.

Youqin Xuanya challenged the Heavenly Court’s decision to make Sun Wukong the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, but the false Grand White Gold Star steered the debate toward a campaign against Flower-Fruit Mountain. Zhao Gongming intervened to take Youqin away before she could be assigned to the campaign, while Li Changshou waited for the Kunpeng Ship to near the Heavenly Dao’s boundary before making his move.

• Youqin Xuanya argued that Flower-Fruit Mountain’s demons could not be assimilated into the Heavenly Court and that calling Sun Wukong equal to Heaven insulted the Jade Emperor.
• The Jade Emperor’s officials debated how to handle Sun Wukong and Flower-Fruit Mountain, while the Dao Ancestor ordered Youqin Xuanya to be used to turn the emerging variable to his advantage.
• The false Grand White Gold Star proposed that Youqin Xuanya join Li Jing’s campaign against Flower-Fruit Mountain, prompting Li Changshou and Duobao Buddha to worry that she would be made a target of Sun Wukong’s anger.
• Zhao Gongming sealed Youqin Xuanya inside a giant gold ingot and carried her away, while the Jade Emperor ordered Li Jing to lead the campaign and spare Sun Wukong’s monkey descendants.
• The Dao Ancestor shattered the Heavenly Demon Venerable’s Spirit Core beneath the Reincarnation Pagoda, and Li Changshou resolved to wait for the Kunpeng Ship to approach the Heavenly Dao’s boundary.

Hongjun searched for Li Changshou and threatened Flower-Fruit Mountain, while Li Changshou prepared to intervene as the Heavenly Court attacked the demons. Youqin Xuanya began to remember a Human Race man she had forgotten, recognizing him as her Senior Brother.

• Hongjun ordered golden threads to pierce the necks of living beings below the Daluo Realm and sent demons with karmic obstruction toward Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Hongjun lured Sun Wukong into Tushita Palace, where the monkey ate Laozi’s pills and was strengthened before being sent back to Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• The Heavenly Court surrounded Flower-Fruit Mountain and began slaughtering its demons while protecting the monkey demons, but Grand White Gold Star relayed new orders to destroy the monkeys’ souls.
• Li Changshou revealed the Great Dao of Balance through Fake Body Number Three and sent Fake Body Number Two toward the Monkey Soldiers as a diversion.
• Holy Mother Jinling asked Youqin Xuanya about the Human Race man she had forgotten, and Youqin Xuanya remembered a figure she called Senior Brother.

Li Changshou intervened in the Flower-Fruit Mountain crisis while confronting the Dao Ancestor with a series of decoys, revealing that he had returned and was preparing for their decisive battle. He departed for Purple Cloud Palace with Jin Chan after revealing his identity to Saint Jieyin and advancing his Great Dao of Emptiness.

• Li Changshou teleported Sun Wukong’s monkey followers away from Flower-Fruit Mountain, but the fake Grand White Gold Star imprisoned Li Jing and began destroying the mountain with falling peaks.
• Li Changshou drew the Dao Ancestor’s attention with successive Fake Bodies, then used swarms of explosive Paper Daoists to disperse the tribulation clouds and announce that he had returned.
• The Dao Ancestor destroyed Li Changshou’s enormous Paper Daoist incarnation, but the Human Dao and living beings began stirring, while Yang Jian’s sealed treasure pouch opened.
• Li Changshou told Yunxiao and Ling'e that the decisive battle was approaching, and they agreed to join him as he prepared to travel to the Primordial Wilderness.
• At Spirit Mountain, Li Changshou revealed to Saint Jieyin that he had been posing as Xu Bodhi, took Jin Chan, and used the Great Dao of Emptiness to break the Dao Ancestor’s restriction.
• Li Changshou left for Purple Cloud Palace to continue his contest with the Dao Ancestor.

Li Changshou confronted Dao Ancestor Hongjun in the Purple Firmament Palace, challenged him to two more rounds, and debated why Hongjun had seized control of Heaven and Earth. He revealed that Hongjun was the false personality born from Senior Lang’s Dao Heart, and the two waited to see Sun Wukong’s next move.

• Duobao realized Li Changshou had disguised himself as Xu Bodhi and had secretly trained Sun Wukong for centuries.
• Li Changshou entered Hongjun’s Illusionary Realm, reached the bamboo house, and proposed two more rounds to decide their contest.
• Li Changshou explained how Ling'e’s Dao of Reading had helped him uncover hidden information, then debated with Hongjun over control of Heaven and Earth.
• Li Changshou argued that Hongjun had sought to use the Chaos Sea to prolong the Primordial World and that his assumptions about Earth’s universe were mistaken.
• Hongjun agreed to watch Sun Wukong wreak havoc in the Heavenly Court, while Li Changshou explained Senior Lang’s conflict with Hongjun.
• Li Changshou revealed that Hongjun was Senior Lang’s inner demon and false personality, the only other living being in the Chaos Sea with a Single True Spirit.

Li Changshou confronted Hongjun with his deduction that Hongjun was a split personality of Senior Lang, who had created the Primordial World through his subconscious. After Hongjun confirmed his origins, Li Changshou urged him to release the world from his control, while the two prepared for their eventual clash.

• Li Changshou accused Hongjun of being a false personality born from Senior Lang and challenged him to reveal the final page of Lang’s Chronicle of Years.
• Li Changshou explained how his investigation of the Chaos Sea led him to conclude that Senior Lang’s thoughts had shaped the Primordial World and that Hongjun had betrayed and eventually erased Lang’s main personality.
• Hongjun produced the Chronicle’s final page, which showed Senior Lang resolving to destroy the world he believed his own actions had shackled.
• Hongjun admitted his origins but defended his rule as protection of the Primordial World, while Li Changshou argued that the world should be freed from Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao’s control.
• Hongjun proposed that they duel after seeing how far Sun Wukong could go, and Li Changshou revealed that Hongjun was trying to devour the Heavenly Dao.
• Li Changshou watched Sun Wukong awaken and said he would wait for Hongjun to finish preparing, hinting that his trump card was not brute force.

The author clarified that Lang did not create the Primordial Wilderness; his early beliefs influenced the Chaos Sea to evolve into that world. The explanation detailed Hongjun’s long scheme against Lang and said the final battle and Grand Finale would follow within days.

• The author explained that Lang’s subconscious shaped the world’s development toward the Primordial Wilderness, while the world itself evolved rather than being imagined by him.
• The author recounted how Lang’s loneliness split his true spirit and how Hongjun and the Devil Ancestor emerged from his split personalities.
• Hongjun betrayed Lang, became Dao Ancestor, and manipulated the Primordial Wilderness’s conflicts and the Heavenly Dao to complete his scheme.
• Li Changshou distrusted Hongjun, deduced the hidden history, and used Ling'e’s Dao to uncover Lang’s murmurs in the Chaos Sea.
• The author announced that the final battle and Grand Finale would arrive in the next two or three days.

Li Changshou and Hongjun watched Sun Wukong’s battle with the Heavenly Court as Yang Jian followed Li Changshou’s plan and spoke against Heaven’s oppression. The chapter ended with Ksitigarbha declaring that he would fight Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao, hoping to kindle resistance among living beings.

• Li Changshou told Hongjun that he would protect Heaven and Earth after eradicating him, and the two watched Sun Wukong fight the Heavenly Court.
• Sun Wukong broke free of the Heavenly Generals’ formations and attacked Li Jing, while Yang Jian recovered his memories and rushed to Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Yang Jian intervened to save Li Jing, then fought Sun Wukong alongside Nezha and repeated the words Li Changshou had instructed him to spread.
• As Yang Jian condemned Heaven’s destruction of Flower-Fruit Mountain, Ksitigarbha used Truth Listener’s divine ability to speak to all living beings and declared war on Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao.

Nuwa broke free of the Heavenly Dao’s shackles and rallied the Human Race to march against Heaven and support Li Changshou. As allies gathered across the Three Realms, Haotian renounced the Heavenly Emperor’s position and set out for Purple Cloud Palace, while the Queen Mother opened the way for the Human Race army.

• Li Changshou stalled Hongjun in Purple Cloud Palace as Nuwa relived the Dao Ancestor’s past persecution and used the Human Race Hearth Fire and Heroic Spirits to break her shackles.
• Nuwa summoned Human Race immortals to Central Continent of Shen, and the Human Emperors and Heroic Spirits marched to join her forces.
• Ao Yi and Jin Peng rallied support, prompting Ao Guang to send Dragon Clan members to reinforce Nuwa; Ao Yi then discovered that the Investiture of the Gods Scroll had bound many Heavenly Court immortals to Heaven.
• Youqin Xuanya challenged Hongjun’s clone in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and Haotian freed himself from his restraints, renounced the throne, and left to support Li Changshou.
• The Queen Mother took charge of the Heavenly Court and opened the Middle Heavenly Gate for the Human Race army, while Houtu sent the Seven Emotions Incarnation to join the battle.

Li Changshou led the forces of Heaven and the living beings of the Primordial World against Dao Ancestor Hongjun, then revealed his plan to separate Hongjun from the world without destroying it. He sacrificed his Great Dao of Balance to establish the Court of All Dao and proposed reconstructing Heavenly Dao, leaving the decision to the gathered Great Daos.

• Bian Zhuang received Queen Mother’s order to escort Nuwa and the forces marching against Purple Xiao Palace, and he rallied the Celestial River Navy to join them.
• Nuwa, the Jade Emperor, Zhao Gongming, Ksitigarbha, and countless immortals, heroic spirits, and other powers gathered outside Purple Xiao Palace to confront Hongjun.
• Hongjun appeared with an army of gray-robed clones, but Li Changshou stalled him until Grand Master Xuandu broke through the barrier with Kunpeng and delivered the Taiji Diagram to Li Changshou.
• Li Changshou arrived in his true body and explained that Hongjun’s merger with Heavenly Dao was the real obstacle, then used the Chaos Bell and Taiji Diagram to accelerate time and enact his plan.
• Li Changshou sacrificed his Great Dao of Balance to create the Court of All Dao, summoned projections of the Great Daos and their cultivators, and proposed reconstructing Heavenly Dao.

Li Changshou sacrificed the Great Dao of Balance to establish the Court of All Dao, letting the Three Thousand Great Daos replace Hongjun’s Heavenly Dao and create a new order for the Primordial World. The Three Pure Saints fought Hongjun while Li Changshou collapsed from the cost, and the battle ended with Hongjun reaching toward the phantom of Pangu as the Heaven-Opening Axe fell.

• Li Changshou used the Court of All Dao to rally the Great Daos, abolish the old Heavenly Dao, free the Three Pure Saints, and establish new rules for heaven and earth.
• Hongjun discovered that he had lost control of the Origin of Heaven and Earth as Grand Pure One, Lord Tongtian, and Venerable Celestial of Primordial Beginning confronted him.
• Li Changshou collapsed beneath the Chaos Bell after sacrificing his cultivation and the Great Dao of Balance, and Ling'e, Yunxiao, Zhao Gongming, and the Jade Emperor gathered around him.
• Laojun treated Li Changshou, then joined the Three Pure Saints in their prolonged battle against Hongjun and the revealed Demon Ancestor Luohu.
• The Three Pure Saints summoned a phantom of Pangu to seize Hongjun, who called it Big Brother and pleaded against creating heaven and earth as the Heaven-Opening Axe fell.

After defeating the Dao Ancestor, Li Changshou bid farewell to the Heavenly Court and met the vanished creator behind Hongjun, then reunited Sun Wukong with his monkeys. Though he had lost his cultivated Dao, he swallowed a Golden Core and restored his strength, leaving the chapter with his retirement secured and Yunxiao and Ling'e celebrating.

• The Three Pure Saints erased the battlefield and searched for the Dao Ancestor's backup plans while Li Changshou recovered at Tushita Palace and prepared to leave the Heavenly Court as the Weakest Golden Immortal.
• Li Changshou said farewell to the Jade Emperor and the Heavenly Court's immortals, gave the Jade Emperor plans and admonitions, and took Longji with him.
• At Guanghan Palace, Li Changshou introduced Heng'e to her true master, who revealed that Hongjun, Lang, and the other figures were aspects of himself before fading away.
• Li Changshou went to Flower-Fruit Mountain, where Yang Jian released Sun Wukong's monkey companions from a sealed pocket world.
• On the journey beyond the Five Continents, Li Changshou swallowed a Golden Core containing Taiqing's Dao and sacrificed his old Paper Daoists to restore his strength and youthful appearance.
• Li Changshou absorbed the Pangu Banner and announced his retirement to Yunxiao and Ling'e, who happily embraced him.

Li Changshou settled into a peaceful new life on Lesser Qiong Peak in the Kunpeng Secret Realm with Yunxiao and Ling'e, while welcoming old friends and preparing for Teacher Taiqing’s arrival. After receiving Youqin’s letter, he invited her to return whenever she wished and explained to Longji that the Dao followed nature.

• Li Changshou recalled how the Great Mage had arranged a banquet, sent Senior Brother to establish a new Xuandu City in the Kunpeng Secret Realm, and helped bring Li Changshou, Yunxiao, and Ling'e together.
• Li Changshou set up the Court of All Dao on Lesser Qiong Peak, welcomed Sister Zhong and Jiu Jiu, and sealed his master's cottage into the mountain after paying respects at the spirit tablets.
• Yunxiao and Ling'e woke and joined Li Changshou, and Longji arrived to live on Lesser Qiong Peak and delivered Youqin’s letter confessing her feelings and describing her travels.
• Li Changshou sent word through the Heavenly Court that Youqin could return whenever she wished, then learned that Teacher Taiqing planned to move Taiqing Temple into the Kunpeng Secret Realm.
• Li Changshou told Longji that the guiding principle through changes in heaven and earth was to put people first and that the Dao followed nature.

The author reflected on completing Senior Brother, thanked readers, and described plans to rest, write extras, and develop a new immortal-cultivation light comedy. The remarks ended with a farewell to the story’s characters and readers, with the author preparing to meet them again in a new book.

• The author said Senior Brother had finished on November 3rd and explained that reluctance to end it had slowed updates.
• The author reflected on the story’s ideas, challenges, writing process, and the support of readers and family.
• The author planned to finish First Sword, rest, visit family, travel with his wife and child, and write Senior Brother extras.
• The author described a new, distinct immortal-cultivation light comedy that might be released in December.
• The author bade farewell to Li Changshou, Ling'e, Yunxiao, and the other characters, and thanked the readers who had accompanied Senior Brother.

Ao Yi gathered the young dragons to discuss the Dragon Clan’s future and prepare a ceremonial dance for a grand Crystal Palace banquet. As he left to reunite with his wife, his Xuandu Summons Order activated, signaling that something major had happened in Xuandu City.

• Ao Yi urged the young dragons to consider the clan’s future, but they called for caution and referral to the elders.
• Ao Yi organized preparations for a banquet a hundred years away, including a dance troupe, and said he would invite the Sect Master.
• Several Dragon Princes told Ao Yi they still had no news of the cold-faced old Daoist he had been searching for.
• Ao Yi rejected further investigation into Fairy Youqin and warned the dragons against using her to gain favor with the Sect Master.
• Ao Yi received an activation from his Xuandu Summons Order, transformed into an Azure Dragon, and flew toward the heavens.

Li Changshou’s sudden disappearance worried Ling'e and the great powers, while he remained beyond the Three Realms shaping Foul Spring into a controlled source of enemies for the Primordial World. Thirty years later, Chaos Black Beasts appeared at the world’s edges, and Qi Refiners rushed to hunt them after learning their Mysterious Crystal could improve treasures and Golden Core Formation.

• Ling'e told the Dream-Entry Realm that Li Changshou had vanished, and the Jade Emperor, Zhao Gongming, and Grand Master Xuandu concluded he was likely outside the Three Realms.
• Yunxiao and Ling'e decided to wait for Li Changshou, though Ling'e worried he had left without his Great Dao or enough supreme treasures.
• Beyond the Three Realms, Li Changshou showed Sister Zhong the Land of Evil he had formed from Foul Spring and explained that it would serve as controlled bait and an extension of the Primordial World.
• Li Changshou decided to consult his Teacher and the Jade Emperor before proceeding with the plan to keep the Land of Evil’s power stable.
• Thirty years later, Chaos Black Beasts appeared at the edges of the Primordial World, and Qi Refiners began hunting them after an old immortal revealed the value of their Mysterious Crystal.

Li Changshou, disguised as a shopkeeper, encountered a masked young woman leading a team of Chaos Black Beast hunters and tried to join them. After she rejected him, he decided to follow anyway and catch up with her, relying on careful plans and backups.

• Li Changshou used a Paper Daoist to run a convenience store near a Chaos Black Beast incursion point and watched a group of hunters wait for their leader, Big Sis.
• Big Sis arrived, checked her team's supplies, and reminded them to prioritize safety and protect the Three Thousand Worlds while hunting black beasts.
• Li Changshou offered Big Sis a bottle of Six-Revolutions Spirit Pills if she removed her mask, and she accepted the bargain despite revealing only a false appearance beneath it.
• Li Changshou tried to hire on as the team's companion, but Big Sis refused and led her group toward the black-beast-infested area.
• Li Changshou decided to follow Big Sis to catch up after their long separation and began considering how to join the team safely.

Li Changshou used an injured Paper Daoist to approach Youqin Xuanya, who was traveling disguised as a big sister, but their conversation was interrupted when a Heavenly Rank black beast appeared. As the Heavenly Court subdued the beast and prepared to broadcast its destruction, Li Changshou heard its lonely thoughts just before pale flames consumed it.

• Li Changshou's injured Paper Daoist was rescued from a black beast tide, and Youqin Xuanya decided to escort him out of the black mist.
• On the way, Youqin Xuanya asked who had sent him, but a roar from a Heavenly Rank black beast interrupted Li Changshou's attempt to speak with her.
• Youqin Xuanya charged toward the beast, while Qi Refiners rushed to fight it for profit until the Heavenly Court arrived and subdued it.
• Bian Zhuang and the Heavenly Court's broadcast team began preparing to livestream the beast's destruction as the Qi Refiners gathered to watch.
• Li Changshou heard the black beast's sorrowful thoughts about its loneliness and exclusion, then saw pale flames engulf it.