Chapter Summaries

Xu Changqing and his companions persuaded Jing Tian to join them on their search for the Five Spirit Orbs, then rescued Tang Xuejian and agreed to help her grandfather later. As the group continued toward Lei Zhou, Chu Yang hunted a thousand-year-old spider demon outside the capital and struck it down with his sword.

• Lin Yueru offered Jing Tian a valuable jade pendant and promised to fund his pawnshop, convincing him to leave Yong'an Pawnshop with Xu Changqing, Li Xiaoyao, and her.
• The group traveled by boat toward Lei Zhou, where Li Xiaoyao began teaching Jing Tian swordplay and discovered that Jing Tian could reproduce his techniques perfectly.
• Xu Changqing and Li Xiaoyao rescued Tang Xuejian from demonized Thunderbolt Hall disciples, and Xu Changqing found that the monsters had once been human.
• Tang Xuejian explained that Luo Ru Lie had harmed her grandfather, Tang Kun, and Xu Changqing agreed to help once Shu Mountain's crisis was resolved.
• Tang Xuejian followed the group toward Lei Zhou and argued with Jing Tian, while Xu Changqing lamented missing Chu Yang.
• Chu Yang found a black jade-eyed spider in a birch forest outside the capital and pinned it to the ground with his ancient sword.

Chu Yang killed the spider demon and Little Stone, then traveled to the Miao Territory, where Moon Worshipper confronted him and fought him in the Divine Tree Forest. The Golden-Winged Phoenix intervened, and Chu Yang rescued her from Moon Worshipper before escaping.

• Chu Yang killed the spider demon with a Demon Devouring Gu and gained nearly five hundred years of cultivation.
• Chu Yang went to Jade Buddha Temple, killed Little Stone with a Demon Devouring Gu, and took the Jade Buddha Bead for others to study.
• Moon Worshipper agreed to cooperate with the Evil Sword Immortal to gather the Five Spirit Orbs, but refused to let him use Chu Yang as a sacrifice.
• Chu Yang met Moon Worshipper in the Divine Tree Forest, rejected his offer to join the Moon Worship Sect, and fought him with his Source Martial True Body.
• The Golden-Winged Phoenix appeared and attacked Moon Worshipper, who crushed her with his magic power and forced her into human form.
• Chu Yang broke Moon Worshipper's magic power, rescued the injured Golden-Winged Phoenix, and vanished with her.

After learning the Wind and Fire Spirit Orbs were missing, Chu Yang helped the Golden-Winged Phoenix, gained several treasures, and reached Lei Zhou to secure Yun Ting’s Thunder Spirit Orb. He revealed that Jing Tian was the reincarnation of Fei Peng, Chonglou’s old rival, but Chonglou descended and challenged Chu Yang’s words.

• Moon Worshipper left the Divine Tree Forest, and Chu Yang emerged from hiding and healed the Golden-Winged Phoenix with Blood Bodhi and his life force.
• The Golden-Winged Phoenix told Chu Yang that the Wind and Fire Spirit Orbs were missing and gave him a Golden Silkworm Gu, a phoenix eggshell, and blood essence.
• Chu Yang reached Lei Zhou, killed the demons outside the city, and convinced Yun Ting that Shu Mountain could protect the people without the Thunder Spirit Orb.
• Chu Yang reunited with Xu Changqing and the others, then explained that Jing Tian was the reincarnation of Fei Peng, Chonglou’s former rival from the God Realm.
• Chonglou appeared over Lei Zhou and confronted Chu Yang for claiming he was blinded by obsession.

Chu Yang defeated Demon Lord Chonglou in a contest of strength and used his wish to secure Chonglou’s help in a future crisis. After Chonglou left, Tang Xuejian ran out of Yun Estate in tears, and the blue figure inside the Demon Sword followed Jing Tian after Chu Yang teased it.

• Xu Changqing attacked Chonglou, but Chu Yang rescued him and challenged the Demon Lord to a contest of strength.
• Chu Yang punched Chonglou out of Lei Zhou City, winning their agreed contest and earning one wish.
• Chu Yang asked Chonglou to intervene if the group faced real danger, and Chonglou agreed to help once.
• Chonglou left after remarking that Jing Tian resembled Fei Peng, while Tang Xuejian ran out of Yun Estate after being scolded.
• Chu Yang teased the Demon Sword about Jing Tian leaving with another woman, and a blue figure emerged from the sword and hurried after him.

After Xu Changqing vanished from Lei Zhou, Chu Yang discovered that the Evil Sword Immortal might be involved and traced him to Fengdu. The group reached the ghost city and met Granny Ma after confronting the trickster Zhao Wuyan.

• Xu Changqing failed to return to Yun Estate, so Chu Yang and the others searched Lei Zhou for him.
• Long Kui sensed powerful resentment from the Demon Imprisonment Tower, and Chu Yang identified it as the Evil Sword Immortal.
• Chu Yang sent Shadow Clones to search beyond Lei Zhou, and they found Xu Changqing in Fengdu.
• Chu Yang carried the group to Fengdu, where Tang Xuejian spotted Zhao Wuyan watching them.
• Chu Yang wounded Zhao Wuyan and forced him to lead the group to Granny Ma's inn.
• Granny Ma explained that Zhao Wuyan often tricked people hoping to visit the Demon Realm.

Chu Yang and his companions found Zi Xuan caring for an unconscious Xu Changqing, whose body was infected by Evil Sword Immortal’s evil thoughts. After Chu Yang purged them with Yomi Water, Zi Xuan revealed her painful history with Qing’er and Ling’er, and Xu Changqing appeared not to remember their past lives before quietly asking Chu Yang how to restore her Sacred Relic Pearl.

• Granny Ma denied that a woman in purple was staying at the inn until Zi Xuan called from upstairs and welcomed Chu Yang and his companions.
• Zi Xuan explained that Evil Sword Immortal had parasitized Xu Changqing with evil thoughts, and Chu Yang asked her to withdraw the Sacred Relic Pearl so he could intervene.
• Fengdu trapped Xu Changqing in Yomi Water and destroyed the evil thoughts, while the effort greatly diminished the Sacred Relic Pearl’s power.
• Zi Xuan confessed that she had been unable to save Qing’er and regretted taking the Sacred Relic Pearl from her, and Chu Yang urged her to accept Xu Changqing as himself and make amends to Ling’er.
• Xu Changqing woke, thanked Zi Xuan politely without appearing to remember her, and left the inn with Chu Yang and Jing Tian.
• After they had left, Xu Changqing told Chu Yang that he knew how to repair Zi Xuan’s Sacred Relic Pearl and restore her demigod body.

Chu Yang, Xu Changqing, and Li Xiaoyao entered the Demon Realm to seek the Fire Spirit Orb, but Fengdu devoured the Wasteland’s wandering spirits and drew King Yama’s forces after them. They reached the entrance to Lava Hell, where Chu Yang used Yomi Water to clear a path toward the Fire Ghost Hall.

• Zi Xuan accepted that Xu Changqing was not the man she had loved in his past lives, while Chonglou offered to restore the Sacred Relic Pearl and then left to reclaim the spiritual power she had spent healing Xu Changqing.
• Chu Yang, Xu Changqing, and Li Xiaoyao entered the Demon Realm, and Chu Yang bribed the Ghost Soldiers guarding Fengdu City with spirit money.
• On the Wasteland, Chu Yang let Fengdu consume every wandering spirit and wild ghost, shaking Wu Chang Hall and prompting King Yama to send Zhong Pan and the Ghost Soldiers to investigate.
• Zhong Pan learned that the three travelers were heading toward Lava Hell and pursued them, fearing the treasure they carried could threaten the Demon Realm.
• When the heat and the approaching Ghost Soldiers blocked their way, Chu Yang summoned Fengdu and used Yomi Water to extinguish the lava and make a path to the Fire Ghost Hall.

Chu Yang and his companions obtained the Fire Spirit Orb after Fire Ghost King mistook Chu Yang for Great Emperor Fengdu’s reincarnation. Chonglou and King Yama accepted the mistaken identity, and Chonglou arranged for Xu Changqing and Li Xiaoyao to seek the Wind Spirit Orb in the God Realm without Chu Yang’s help.

• Fire Ghost King tried to flee as Yomi Water flooded Fire Ghost Hall, but Chu Yang, Xu Changqing, and Li Xiaoyao confronted him for the Fire Spirit Orb.
• Fire Ghost King believed Chu Yang was Great Emperor Fengdu’s reincarnation and handed him the Fire Spirit Orb; Chonglou then attacked Xu Changqing over the Sacred Relic Pearl.
• Chu Yang promised to gather the Five Spirit Orbs to repair the Sacred Relic Pearl, and Chonglou spared Xu Changqing while continuing to believe Chu Yang was Great Emperor Fengdu’s reincarnation.
• King Yama arrived with Judge Lu and the Ghost Soldiers and welcomed Chu Yang’s supposed return as Great Emperor Fengdu.
• Chonglou told Chu Yang that the Wind Spirit Orb was in the God Realm and offered to open the Well of Gods and Demons, on the condition that Chu Yang stay behind while the others retrieved it.

After Chonglou sent the group toward the God Realm, Chu Yang stayed behind with Li Xiaoyao and Zi Xuan to seek the Water Spirit Orb in Nanzhao. Nüwa sent Li Xiaoyao ten years into the past to retrieve it, completing the time loop.

• Chonglou revealed that the Water Spirit Orb was already with Li Xiaoyao and told him to seek answers in the Nanzhao Kingdom, then King Yama returned Chu Yang and his companions to Fengdu City.
• Chu Yang told the group that the Wind Spirit Orb was in the God Realm, and Tang Xuejian, Jing Tian, Long Kui, Xu Changqing, and Lin Yueru entered the passage while Chu Yang and Li Xiaoyao stayed behind.
• Zi Xuan asked to accompany Chu Yang and Li Xiaoyao to Nanzhao, and Li Xiaoyao agreed before the three rode their swords away.
• In the Well of Gods and Demons, Jing Tian and Tang Xuejian became lost and were rescued by Long Kui, Xu Changqing, and Lin Yueru; Xu Changqing then deduced that Chu Yang was the Great Emperor Fengdu reincarnated.
• Chonglou cleared the way to the God Realm for Jing Tian and the others, then urged Xu Changqing not to abandon his bond with Zi Xuan for immortality.
• At Nüwa Temple, Nüwa sent Li Xiaoyao ten years into the past to retrieve the Water Spirit Orb, while Zi Xuan wept and Chu Yang realized the time loop was complete.

Chu Yang visited the White Miao Tribe to obtain gu insects and their cultivation methods, while Zi Xuan confronted the pain of her past and explained an ancient Miao legend. The tale revealed that Linglong, a former Holy Aunt, created the Beast God and sealed it within the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.

• After Nüwa refused to take back the Sacred Relic Pearl, Chu Yang entered the Soul Palace, where Magic Chu Yang showed him an upgraded Demon Devouring Gu that could devour demons, devils, ghosts, and monsters with physical bodies.
• Chu Yang asked Zi Xuan to take him to the White Miao settlement, where Holy Aunt Ming Yuanqing initially rebuked Zi Xuan but welcomed Chu Yang after learning he had saved A Nu and Zhao Ling'er.
• Chu Yang traded Blood Bodhi for the White Miao Tribe's gu-raising methods and many gu insects, but learned that Golden Silkworm Gu arose naturally and could be found in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.
• Ming Yuanqing began warning Chu Yang about the dangers of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, but Zi Xuan stopped her and offered to explain the taboo privately.
• Zi Xuan told Chu Yang that Linglong, a gifted Holy Aunt, split the Miao people, created the Beast God, and ultimately sealed it inside the Demon Suppression Stone Cave after the Descendant of Nüwa died trying to destroy it.
• Chu Yang recognized Linglong's story as part of the Zhu Xian world, whose Qingyun Sect, Fenxiang Valley, and Tianyin Temple he had previously been unable to locate.

Chu Yang returned to Shu Mountain with Li Xiaoyao and the Water Spirit Orb, helping the others gather all Five Spirit Orbs and begin repairing the Demon Imprisonment Tower. When the repairs stalled, Chu Yang volunteered to enter the tower alone, intending to fix its formations and use its demons to strengthen himself; in the Soul Palace, the other Chu Yangs planned to turn the tower into an automated demon-refining device.

• Zi Xuan left Nüwa Temple to visit Ling'er in Yuzhou City, while Chu Yang promised to keep the Nüwa Clan's old secret.
• Li Xiaoyao returned from the past with the Water Spirit Orb, and Chu Yang brought him back to Shu Mountain.
• Qing Wei and the others activated all Five Spirit Orbs to repair the Demon Imprisonment Tower, but the work stalled because its internal formations needed repairs.
• Chu Yang volunteered to enter the tower alone, and Jing Tian, Tang Xuejian, Li Xiaoyao, Lin Yueru, and Xu Changqing offered to accompany him before he refused them.
• Chu Yang entered the tower's sword tomb, then visited the Soul Palace, where Pirate Chu Yang and the others proposed combining the Demon Devouring Gu with the tower to create an automated demon-refining device.

Chu Yang slaughtered his way through most of the Demon Imprisonment Tower, defeated the Heavenly Demon Emperor, and reached the final floor after losing a Demon Devouring Gu to the demon’s immense cultivation. Outside, the Drunken Sword Immortal warned everyone that the lowest floor held Jiang Ming, a fallen Shu Mountain prodigy even more dangerous than the Evil Sword Immortal, as Chu Yang approached him.

• Chu Yang swept through the upper floors, killing demons and improving his Sword Control Technique while the elders and his companions worried that he was wasting his strength.
• Chu Yang cleared the third floor, absorbed over ten thousand years of cultivation, and pushed his martial arts to their limits.
• The Drunken Sword Immortal explained that the Heavenly Demon Emperor could only be challenged with the lost Demon Suppression Sword, just as the second-floor Demon Qi vanished.
• Chu Yang killed the Heavenly Demon Emperor, but its immense cultivation caused the Demon Devouring Gu to explode and waste the absorbed power.
• Chu Yang and his Soul Palace counterparts discussed the Demon Devouring Gu’s limits and plans for an automated demon-refining tower before Chu Yang took the Demon Suppression Sword and continued downward.
• The Drunken Sword Immortal told the others how Jiang Ming became a demon after his Fox Demon lover was hunted, warning that Jiang Ming’s escape could have destroyed Shu Mountain.

Chu Yang freed Jiang Ming from the heavenly demon aura in the Demon Imprisonment Tower, then rushed outside when Moon Worshipper and Evil Sword Immortal ambushed Shu Mountain and stole the Five Spirit Orbs. The tower was repaired and the elders survived, but the two attackers escaped, leaving Chu Yang to face the tangled situation between Chonglou, Zi Xuan, and Xu Changqing.

• Jiang Wan'er told Chu Yang that Jiang Ming was suffering and agreed that freeing him was preferable to letting him fall completely into demonhood.
• Chu Yang used Fengdu and Yomi Water to cleanse Jiang Ming of the heavenly demon aura, allowing him to regain his senses and speak with Jiang Wan'er before entering reincarnation.
• Moon Worshipper and Evil Sword Immortal attacked Qing Wei and the others, stole the Five Spirit Orbs, and caused the Demon Imprisonment Tower to begin collapsing again.
• Xu Changqing, Lin Yueru, Tang Xuejian, and Long Kui helped keep the wounded elders alive, while Zi Xuan offered the Sacred Relic Pearl to supply the tower’s remaining power.
• Chonglou repaired the tower with his Magic Power, and Chu Yang emerged, recovered the Five Spirit Orbs, and drove back Moon Worshipper and Evil Sword Immortal, who escaped with a demonic beast’s help.
• Fengdu cleansed the elders’ wounds so they could heal, and Chu Yang found Chonglou, Zi Xuan, and Xu Changqing facing one another in a triangle.

Chu Yang repaired the Sacred Relic Pearl, then defeated Chonglou in a duel of techniques, while the crisis at Shu Mountain ended. The Sword and Qi Sects agreed to merge, and the Sword Saint proposed that Chu Yang become the new sect's leader.

• Chu Yang used the Five Spirit Orbs in a Five Spirit Formation to repair Zi Xuan's Sacred Relic Pearl, then entrusted the depleted orbs to Chonglou for restoration.
• Chonglou took Chu Yang and Jing Tian to the New Immortal Realm for a techniques-only contest, where Chu Yang won by one move after a day and night of fighting.
• Chu Yang and Jing Tian returned to Shu Mountain, and Qing Wei and the Sword Saint agreed to merge the Sword and Qi Sects as the Shu Mountain Xianjian Sect.
• Qing Wei offered the new Sect Leader position to the Sword Saint, but the Sword Saint declined and proposed Chu Yang instead.
• The Sword Saint defended Chu Yang's candidacy, saying Chu Yang was a Shu Mountain disciple in this life regardless of who he had been before.

Chu Yang and his allies prepared to confront the Moon Worship Sect in Nanzhao, while Chu Yang suspected Moon Worshipper was seeking the Beast God in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains. After Zhao Ling'er refused to harm the people, the group split up, and Chu Yang found Moon Worshipper beside the Water Demon Beast's seal as a blood orb stirred the lake.

• The Shu Mountain elders agreed to merge the sects later and sent the Sword Saint and Drunken Sword Immortal to deal with the Moon Worship Sect.
• Chu Yang's group traveled to Nanzhao, where Ming Yuanqing explained that Moon Worshipper's influence had turned much of the population and army against Zhao Ling'er and the White Miao Tribe.
• Chu Yang reasoned that Moon Worshipper might be seeking the Beast God in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, and Zhao Ling'er decided they could not harm the people of Nanzhao.
• Liu Jinyuan and Shi Gonghu volunteered to handle the army while the others went to attack the Moon Worship Sect's base; Chu Yang went to guard the Water Demon Beast's seal.
• Chu Yang found Moon Worshipper beside the sealed lake, and Moon Worshipper dropped a blood orb into the water, raising violent winds and towering waves.

Chu Yang and the Sword Saint defeated Moon Worshipper and contained the Water Demon Beast, while Zhao Ling'er prepared to lead Nanzhao Kingdom after the flood. The survivors began rebuilding, and Chu Yang returned to Shu Mountain without Li Xiaoyao, Xu Changqing, or the Drunken Sword Immortal.

• Moon Worshipper unleashed the Water Demon Beast, and Chu Yang fought it while a devastating flood swept through Nanzhao Kingdom.
• The Sword Saint killed Moon Worshipper, and Chu Yang used the Five Spirit Orbs and the Demon Refinement Tower to seal away the Water Demon Beast as a Water Demon Orb.
• Zhao Ling'er helped stop the flood from spreading, and the people of Nanzhao Kingdom worshipped her as a Descendant of Nüwa.
• After the Moon Worship Sect was destroyed, Zhao Ling'er agreed to ascend the throne and guide the people away from dependence on the sect's faith.
• Li Xiaoyao declined to return to Shu Mountain, and Xu Changqing and the Drunken Sword Immortal also said they would not go back.

Chu Yang returned to Shu Mountain for the merger ceremony and was unexpectedly appointed the new sect leader, provoking objections from many visiting factions. As the crowd challenged his qualifications, Chu Yang silenced them with spells, and Demon Lord Chonglou arrived to declare that Chu Yang had defeated him twice.

• The Drunken Sword Immortal persuaded Chu Yang’s companions to return to Shu Mountain for an important ceremony, and they traveled back to Yuzhou City together.
• Chu Yang encountered Lin Tiannan in Yuzhou City, then joined the crowded gathering at Shu Mountain for the merger ceremony.
• The Sword Saint announced that Chu Yang would become Shu Mountain’s new sect leader, shocking the guests and prompting widespread objections.
• Chu Yang silenced the loudest objectors with Silence Spells and declared that he would take up the position.
• Ouyang Ying questioned why the Sword Saint would not lead Shu Mountain himself, and Chonglou appeared to proclaim that Chu Yang had defeated him twice.

Chonglou supported Chu Yang’s succession as Shu Mountain’s Sect Leader, and Chu Yang established new leadership rules and allowed disciples to marry and live ordinary lives. As the ceremony ended, he invited Xie Cangxing and Xia to join Shu Mountain, then warned Xia that her illness could become incurable if she left.

• Chonglou presented Chu Yang with four demon beasts, and Chu Yang captured them in the Demon Refinement Tower he had forged himself.
• Chonglou praised Chu Yang and departed, after which the Sword Saint formally named Chu Yang Sect Leader and the guests bowed to him.
• Chu Yang established the Seven Saints Palace, appointing Qing Wei and six other elders as Supreme Elders.
• Chu Yang abolished Shu Mountain’s restrictions against marriage, funerals, and ordinary life, freeing the Drunken Sword Immortal from his dilemma about staying with Ming Yuanqing and A Nu.
• Chu Yang accepted Xie Cangxing into Shu Mountain and invited Xia to join, but Xia chose to accompany Xiahou Jinxuan instead.
• Chu Yang warned Xia that she suffered from an illness that might become incurable if she left, leaving her stunned.

Chu Yang’s disciple acceptance ceremony became part of Shu Mountain’s merger celebration, and he assigned the new disciples to the Sword Saint, the Drunken Sword Immortal, and Qing Wei. At the banquet, Chu Yang singled out Jiang Cheng to tell him about his origins, leaving the guests speculating about his parentage.

• Chu Yang took Xia and Xie Cangxing as Shu Mountain disciples, with Xia hoping the sect could cure the illness caused by the rejection between her soul and flesh.
• The disciple acceptance ceremony placed Xie Cangxing and Lin Yueru under the Sword Saint, Li Xiaoyao and Xia under the Drunken Sword Immortal, and Jing Tian and Liu Jinyuan under Qing Wei.
• Qing Wei introduced Chu Yang to Dao Xuan Zhenren, Yun Yilan, and Master Puhong, leaders of the Qingyun Sect, Fenxiang Valley, and Tianyin Temple.
• At the banquet, the Drunken Sword Immortal, A Nu, Li Xiaoyao, Zi Xuan, Jing Tian, Lin Yueru, and Liu Jinyuan discussed their plans after the ceremony.
• Chu Yang approached the Ouyang Family and asked Jiang Cheng to speak with him privately about his origins, prompting the guests to speculate that he might be related to the Drunken Sword Immortal.

Chu Yang revealed that Jiang Cheng was a descendant of Chi You and a human-demon hybrid, then explained that Mo Yi was using people to pursue a passage between the realms. He used Tianque to heal Xia’s soul, and the chapter ended with Mu Changlan begging him to save her family.

• Chu Yang told Jiang Cheng that he was a descendant of Chi You and explained that being part Demon did not determine whether he was good or evil.
• Chu Yang warned the group that Mo Yi, the Grand Elder of the Yaksa Kingdom, was already using puppets to gather intelligence and seek a passage between realms.
• Chu Yang explained that Xia’s illness came from Mo Yi binding her soul to her body after she died in the earthquake, and Xia broke down upon learning the truth.
• Chu Yang used Tianque’s white light to repair the gap between Xia’s soul and body, restoring her health.
• Xia celebrated her recovery by drinking wine, then chased Xie Cangxing after he teased her.
• Mu Changlan knelt before Chu Yang and pleaded with him to save her family.