Chapter Summaries

Mu Changlan confessed that Mo Yi had used her to gather information, while Chu Yang revealed Mo Yi’s connection to Xiahou Jinxuan and offered the group a choice about the Yaksa Kingdom. They chose to seek peace and repair the water veins, then returned to the main hall, where several sects turned the Seven Peaks Tournament into a grand martial arts event.

• Mu Changlan admitted that she had passed Mo Yi information about Xia, Jiang Cheng, and Xiahou Jinxuan, and confessed that she had staged their first meeting in Bixi Village.
• Chu Yang revealed that Mo Yi had possessed Xiahou Tao’s body, prompting Xiahou Jinxuan to fear for his father and resolve to protect him without alerting Mo Yi.
• Jiang Cheng chose to save the Yaksa Kingdom, and Chu Yang sent the group to Mingzhou with the Water Spirit Orb to negotiate with Mo Yi while they sought the Shennong Cauldron.
• Jiang Cheng returned to the main hall and greeted Ouyang Ying without revealing his origins, while Chu Yang agreed to host the Qingyun Sect’s Seven Peaks Tournament at Shu Mountain.
• Yun Yilan and Master Puhong asked to join the tournament, turning it into the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament.

Chu Yang proposed a grand tournament and flying ferry routes between Divine Land and the Central Plains, while the gathered sect leaders agreed to help build ports. After the guests departed, Suyao asked to borrow the Water Spirit Orb for Xuan Xiao, but Chu Yang refused, denounced Qionghua Sect, and left both sects on the verge of conflict.

• Shang Fengzi asked to join the tournament, explaining that Penglai Imperial Sword Hall needed combat experience after demons had nearly devastated it.
• Chu Yang warned Yun Yilan about the missing Evil Sword Immortal and proposed building flying ferries; the sect leaders agreed to establish ports in their territories.
• After the ceremony, Xie Cangxing and Xia left with Jiang Cheng and the others to negotiate with Mo Yi, while Chu Yang secretly sent a clone to follow them.
• Suyao asked Chu Yang to lend Qionghua Sect the Water Spirit Orb to suppress Xuan Xiao's backlash, but Chu Yang refused.
• Suyao challenged Chu Yang's refusal and threatened a break between the sects; Chu Yang called Qionghua Sect heretics and evil demons, and Xu Changqing led Shu Mountain disciples to surround them.

Chu Yang awakened Kaguya Otsutsuki on the Moon, defeated her, and used her as nourishment to grow a God Tree before establishing a new experimental base there. Meanwhile, Xiahou Jinxuan returned to Mingzhou City and confronted the truth about Xiahou Tao, ending the chapter by exposing him as Mo Yi.

• Murong Ziying defended the Qionghua Sect’s policy of killing demons, and Chu Yang warned Suyao that her plan to make the sect ascend would fail before having the Qionghua Sect leave Shu Mountain.
• The sect leaders discussed the ferry plan, while Chu Yang entered seclusion and the other Chu Yangs designed a defensive ferry and introduced the Wanderer Mecha.
• Hokage Chu Yang took the Wanderer Mecha to the Moon, broke Kaguya Otsutsuki’s seal, defeated her, and fed her to the Ten-Tails to grow a God Tree and obtain its fruit.
• Chu Yang arranged to move his experimental work to the Moon with Hamura’s descendants, then ate the Divine Tree Fruit; a God Tree and a new throne appeared in the Soul Palace.
• Xiahou Jinxuan returned to Xiahou Mansion and visited the bedridden Xiahou Tao, whose resentment toward Chonglou made Jinxuan realize his second uncle was not who he had hoped.
• Xiahou Jinxuan and his companions secretly returned to Xiahou Tao’s room, where they overheard him speaking with Long Ming and Jinxuan confronted him as Mo Yi, the Yaksa Kingdom’s Grand Elder.

Chu Yang exposed Mo Yi’s schemes and helped secure cooperation between Shu Mountain and Yaksa Kingdom to restore the demon realm’s water veins. Long Ming revealed that Yuwen Tuo held the Shennong Cauldron in the Divine Land, and Chu Yang said a route there would soon open.

• Xiahou Jinxuan and the others confronted Mo Yi, exposed his identity and plans, and fought him when he attacked Jiang Cheng.
• Chu Yang arrived, stopped Mo Yi, and persuaded him to accept Jiang Cheng’s offer of the Water Spirit Orb to restore Yaksa Kingdom’s water veins.
• Mo Yi explained Yaksa Kingdom’s situation, and Long Ming revealed that Yuwen Tuo had disrupted his attempt to reach the Shennong Cauldron in the Divine Land.
• Chu Yang identified Yuwen Tuo’s weapon as the Xuanyuan Sword, and Long Ming offered an alliance in which Yaksa Kingdom would guard the passage between the realms.
• Mo Yi abandoned his plan to go to the Divine Land, and Chu Yang said the route between the Central Plains and the Divine Land would soon open by air.

Chu Yang sent his companions to Mu'ai Village with a clone while the Soul Palace's God Tree produced a fruit that granted Xianxia Chu Yang the Treasure Refining Art, letting him refine the Five Demon Orbs into his body. In the Ming Dynasty world, Chu Yang and Guo Furong were tied up at Tongfu Inn, where Chu Yang recalled his imperial origins and the dangerous secret behind his years of pretending to be a wastrel.

• Chu Yang agreed to accompany Mu Changlan to Mu'ai Village, then left a clone to travel with her, Xia, Xiahou Jinxuan, Jiang Cheng, and Xie Cangxing while he departed.
• The God Tree in the Soul Palace bore a fruit showing Xiahou Jinxuan bidding farewell to "Xiahou Tao," and Xianxia Chu Yang caught and ate it after it ripened.
• Xianxia Chu Yang received the Treasure Refining Art and refined the Five Demon Orbs into his five viscera, gaining a strengthened body and control of lightning, wind, water, fire, and earth.
• Chu Yang and Guo Furong argued while tied to a stone mill in Tongfu Inn after Bai Zhantang captured them for exposing their identities as The Genderless Duo.
• Chu Yang remembered that he was born into Zhu Yuanzhang's family, survived an attempt on his life by his elder brother, and had spent over a decade acting like a wastrel to avoid threatening the throne.
• Chu Yang recalled seeing powerful experts and demons in the Jianghu and realized the world was far more dangerous than he had expected.

Chu Yang and Guo Furong faced a demon at Tongfu Inn, where Chu Yang survived by using Lightning Spirit Power after synchronizing with other versions of himself in the Soul Palace. The next morning, Lord Lou arrived to issue Tongfu Inn a Reward Order for defeating the demon.

• Xing Yusen returned to Tongfu Inn, frightened that something had followed him, and Tong Xiangyu let him shelter with the others.
• A demon attacked Chu Yang and Guo Furong in the backyard, and Bai Zhantang's Sunflower Acupoint Strike failed to stop it.
• As the demon swallowed Chu Yang, he entered the Soul Palace, synchronized with other versions of himself, and returned with Lightning Spirit Power that destroyed the demon.
• Guo Furong and the inn staff searched the demon's remains and found Chu Yang alive, and he washed himself clean with Water Spirit Power.
• Lord Lou arrived with constables and announced that Tongfu Inn would receive a Reward Order for defeating the demon, exciting Bai Zhantang because it could clear his criminal record.

Lord Lou presented imperial Reward Orders to the Tongfu Inn staff after Guo Furong revealed her identity as Guo Juxia’s daughter, while the Emperor’s suspicion about Chu Yang prompted the capital’s factions to move. In Seven Heroes Town, Chu Yang refused to return to the capital, revealed strength enough to convince Guo Bu Jing that he had killed the demon, and left Guo Bu Jing fearing he was plotting rebellion.

• Lord Lou awarded Reward Orders to Tong Xiangyu and the others after Guo Furong declined one and revealed that Guo Juxia was her father.
• The Emperor punished Wei Zhongxian, questioned whether heavenly lightning had killed the demon, and ordered Cao Zhengchun to bring Chu Yang back to the capital.
• Cao Zhengchun sent Cao Shaoqin to retrieve Chu Yang, while Zheng Dongliu ordered the Embroidered Uniform Guard to watch the Eastern and Western Depots’ movements.
• Guo Bu Jing scolded Guo Furong for endangering Chu Yang, but Chu Yang intervened, told him to keep Furong out of trouble with the law, and declined an escort back to the capital.
• When Guo Bu Jing tried to pull Chu Yang away, Chu Yang’s immovable strength convinced him that Chu Yang had killed the demon.
• Guo Bu Jing concluded that Chu Yang had concealed his strength for years and firmly refused to join what he thought was Chu Yang’s rebellion.

Chu Yang denied having designs on the throne, but when Eastern Depot and Western Depot officials tried to escort him back to the capital, he effortlessly severed their arms and refused. The chapter ended with Chu Yang sharing wine with Li Gexiao, a ruined Embroidered Uniform Guard officer, as Zuo Xiong watched nearby.

• Chu Yang told Lao Guo that he had no interest in rebellion, while Lao Guo warned that the Emperor might still suspect him.
• At Tongfu Inn, Lao Guo recognized Bai Zhantang as the Thieving Saint, but Chu Yang reminded him that Bai had received a Reward Order.
• Cao Shaoqin and Ma Jinliang burst into the inn and attacked, so Lao Guo drove them back with the Surging Wave Palm.
• Cao Shaoqin and Ma Jinliang revealed Chu Yang's identity as Prince Xian and demanded that he return to the capital; Chu Yang severed one arm from each and refused.
• Li Gexiao and Zuo Xiong emerged from an alley, explaining that Zheng Dongliu had sent them to protect Chu Yang.
• Chu Yang sat beside Li Gexiao and shared wine with him.

Chu Yang healed Li Gexiao’s meridians and gained his loyalty, while officials in the capital reacted to Prince Xian’s revealed strength. The Emperor assigned the Western Depot to monitor Chu Yang, removed Guo Bu Jing as Imperial Guards instructor, and ordered Li Xunhuan summoned as a possible replacement.

• Chu Yang used Blood Bodhi and his true essence to heal Li Gexiao, who pledged his life to him and said he could no longer return to the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
• Lao Guo and Left Commander went to contain news of Chu Yang’s strength, while Li Gexiao reunited with his friends at Tongfu Inn.
• Cao Zhengchun and Cao Shaoqin blamed Guo Bu Jing for concealing Chu Yang’s abilities, but the Emperor remained suspicious and placed Chu Yang’s monitoring in Yu Huatian’s hands.
• The Emperor relieved Guo Bu Jing of his Imperial Guards instructor post and asked for a replacement candidate.
• Wei Zhongxian recommended Li Xunhuan, and the Emperor ordered Yu Huatian to ask Dragon Guard Villa to summon him to the capital.
• Cao Zhengchun left the palace and struck Cao Shaoqin, warning him that the Emperor’s suspicion had spared them from disaster.

Yu Huatian visited Zhu Wushi to relay the emperor’s decision to appoint Li Xunhuan as Imperial Guards instructor and ask Dragon Guard Villa to find him. As Zhu Wushi launched the search and secretly investigated Guo Bu Jing and the Two Bureaus, Chu Yang set out south with Li Gexiao and learned about Spirit Demons, Demon People, and the older, mysterious demons.

• Yu Huatian entered Dragon Guard Villa’s illusion formation, met Zhu Wushi, and told him the emperor wanted Li Xunhuan to become Imperial Guards instructor.
• Zhu Wushi accepted the task of finding Li Xunhuan and ordered Duan Tianya and Guihai Yidao to bring him to the capital, even by special means if necessary.
• Zhu Wushi secretly sent Shadow Guards to investigate Guo Bu Jing and the Two Bureaus, then reflected on his ambition to rule the Ming Dynasty.
• Chu Yang left Seven Heroes Town with Li Gexiao and rode south, while Li Gexiao warned him about the dangers posed by demons in the region.
• Li Gexiao explained that Spirit Demons were cultivated plants and animals, Demon People included corrupted humans and human-demon descendants, and demons predated the great changes in heaven and earth.

Chu Yang and Li Gexiao stopped at a roadside tea stall, where Jiang Feng and Hua Yuenv’s caravan was ambushed by the Twelve Zodiacs. As Li Gexiao confronted seven attackers, he revealed the blade technique he had created to fight multiple enemies.

• Li Gexiao told Chu Yang that demons and monsters had appeared mysteriously and that their blood was especially dangerous to Spirit Demons.
• Chu Yang and Li Gexiao rested at a tea stall, identified its capable proprietress and cook, and watched a cautious caravan arrive with Jiang Feng, Hua Yuenv, and their newborn twins.
• After Chu Yang and Li Gexiao left, the tea stall staff attacked the caravan, but Jiang Feng and Hua Yuenv fought them off until Wei Wuya and the Twelve Zodiacs arrived.
• Wei Wuya sent seven Black Dog Stars to kill Chu Yang and Li Gexiao, and Chu Yang ordered Li Gexiao to handle them without mercy.
• Li Gexiao drew his Embroidered Spring Blade and faced the seven attackers with his self-created technique, World's Injustice.

Chu Yang saved Jiang Feng and Hua Yuenv from the Twelve Zodiacs, then killed the gang after they attacked again. As Wei Wuya began to reveal who had informed on Jiang Feng, a young man in the crowd silenced him with a fatal stab.

• Li Gexiao killed two of Black Dog Star's men, while Chu Yang used Palm Thunder to kill four more and Li Gexiao beheaded the last survivor.
• Wei Wuya rallied the Twelve Zodiacs to attack Chu Yang for Jiang Feng's treasures, and Li Gexiao spared their wolfhound after Chu Yang agreed to let it serve them.
• Wei Wuya poisoned Jiang Feng with a dart, but Chu Yang cured him with a Purification Incantation and carried him back to Hua Yuenv.
• Chu Yang unleashed overwhelming sword qi and slaughtered the Twelve Zodiacs, including Wei Wuya, whose lower body and wheelchair were cut apart.
• Chu Yang warned Jiang Feng and Hua Yuenv that someone inside their household had leaked their whereabouts, then asked the surviving Wei Wuya who had provided the information.
• A young man in the crowd stabbed Wei Wuya before he could answer, killing him.

Jiang Feng discovered that Jiang Qin had betrayed him, and Li Gexiao killed the traitor despite Jiang Feng’s pleas. That night, the group sheltered in an abandoned village, where a demon emerged from the mist and Chu Yang went to confront it.

• Jiang Feng exposed Jiang Qin as the traitor who had betrayed his route, and Jiang Qin admitted he resented serving his wealthy, admired master.
• Li Gexiao beheaded Jiang Qin despite Jiang Feng’s attempt to spare him, then warned Jiang Feng to put his wife and children first.
• Hua Yuenv followed Chu Yang and Li Gexiao with her caravan, and Li Gexiao spoke of his still-unsettled desire to kill Yan Song.
• The group reached an abandoned village after nightfall, where Li Gexiao scouted ahead before everyone settled into nearby huts.
• A strange mist caused Jiang Feng, Hua Yuenv, and the guards to fall asleep, but Li Gexiao woke them before the figures in the fog could attack.
• Chu Yang found a humanlike, ice-white demon deep in the mist, and it stared at him with pitch-black eyes before smiling.

Chu Yang fought the Ice Mist Demon and nearly destroyed it before Yaoyue arrived to kill Jiang Feng and Hua Yuenv. When Chu Yang intervened, Yaoyue attacked him, but his superior suction technique began pulling her toward him.

• The Ice Mist Demon unleashed the memories of the dead refugees, but Chu Yang resisted its madness and forced it to reveal its giant form.
• Chu Yang used wind and Red Flame to overwhelm the Ice Mist Demon while Li Gexiao, Jiang Feng, Hua Yuenv, and the others sheltered nearby.
• Yaoyue descended, froze Chu Yang’s flames, and demanded that Jiang Feng and Hua Yuenv come out to die.
• Chu Yang protected Li Gexiao from Yaoyue’s attacks and learned that Jiang Feng had eloped with Hua Yuenv after rejecting Yaoyue’s younger sister, Lianxing.
• Yaoyue attacked Jiang Feng and Hua Yuenv, but Chu Yang cut through her icy strike and openly challenged her.
• Yaoyue used Mingyu Gong against Chu Yang, but he countered with Banshō Ten’in and began pulling her toward him.

Chu Yang saved Yaoyue from the Ice Mist Demon and helped Jiang Feng settle his past with Lianxing, who left with Yaoyue. At dawn, Yan Nantian reunited with Jiang Feng and Li Gexiao, then learned that Li had been dismissed from office and offered to hear the truth.

• Chu Yang broke Yaoyue's control over him, and Lianxing arrived to protect her before Jiang Feng admitted that he loved Hua Yuenv rather than Lianxing.
• Yaoyue attacked Chu Yang, but he killed the Ice Mist Demon with Sword Twenty-Three and made her back down.
• Jiang Feng offered to take one of Lianxing's palm strikes; she struck his shoulder lightly, then left with Yaoyue, who threatened him and was warned by Chu Yang.
• After the group rested until dawn, Yan Nantian arrived, reunited with Jiang Feng, and heard how Chu Yang had saved him from the Twelve Zodiacs and Yaoyue.
• Yan Nantian recognized Li Gexiao as an old friend and, after learning Li had been dismissed from office, asked him to explain what had happened.

Li Gexiao revealed Yan Song’s past injustice, and Yan Nantian vowed to help him before learning that Chu Yang was Prince Xian. After Chu Yang overpowered Yan Nantian and explained the Wedding Dress Divine Skill, Yan Nantian transferred his cultivation to Li Gexiao and began anew.

• Li Gexiao told Yan Nantian and Jiang Feng that Yan Song had framed him, and Yan Nantian offered to travel to the capital to settle the score.
• Chu Yang emerged, and Li Gexiao revealed that he served Chu Yang, who had defeated the Twelve Zodiacs and the Yihua Palace Master.
• Li Gexiao announced that Chu Yang was Prince Xian, prompting Jiang Feng and Yan Nantian to kneel before him.
• Chu Yang crushed Yan Nantian into a deep pit and explained that the Wedding Dress Divine Skill required him to transfer his cultivation and start over.
• Yan Nantian chose to pass his cultivation to Li Gexiao after Chu Yang warned that Jiang Feng’s martial art could not withstand it.
• Yan Nantian completed the transfer, lost his cultivation, and accepted Chu Yang’s guidance on the skill’s true meaning.

After Li Gexiao joined Chu Yang on the road to Jinling City, the Twelve Zodiacs' destruction stirred anxiety in the Imperial Court and exposed growing tensions between its factions. Once they reached Jinling City, Li Gexiao took Chu Yang to Xianyu Tower to seek out Lu Xiaofeng.

• Li Gexiao and Jiang Feng joined Chu Yang's journey to Jinling City, while news of the Twelve Zodiacs' destruction spread through the Jianghu and Imperial Court.
• Leng Leng and Zhui Feng investigated the Twelve Zodiacs' aftermath and suspected that Prince Xian's connection to Li Gexiao had contributed to Guo Bu Jing's dismissal.
• Zheng Dongliu learned that Li Gexiao was recovering and feared that Li's allegiance to Chu Yang could eventually put them on opposing sides.
• Yan Song's officials agreed to recommend Li Chengliang for Imperial Guards instructor, while Xu Jie warned Zhang Juzheng that Wokou and demon people were acting together in the south.
• After half a month on the road, Chu Yang and his companions reached Jinling City, and Li Gexiao led Chu Yang to Xianyu Tower to find Lu Xiaofeng.

Chu Yang and Li Gexiao learned that Lu Xiaofeng and Hua Manlou had vanished while investigating demon-tainted banknotes, and traced their last lead to Paradise Pavilion. Suspecting Manager Qian was involved, they let him guide them toward the hidden place, leaving their next move uncertain as they traveled through Jinling’s guarded gates.

• Li Gexiao found that Lu Xiaofeng had disappeared from Xianyu Tower, then learned from Magistrate Xu that Lu Xiaofeng and Hua Manlou had vanished while investigating a demon-tainted banknote case.
• Magistrate Xu explained that Lu Xiaofeng had traced the banknotes to Paradise Pavilion and disappeared with Hua Manlou and Sikong Zhaixing; Manager Qian told Li Gexiao and Chu Yang that a coffin at a mass grave could lead there.
• Chu Yang detected demon qi in Manager Qian and persuaded Li Gexiao to keep him alive so he could guide them to Paradise Pavilion.
• Chu Yang and Li Gexiao prepared to enter the array by coffin, told Wangcai to follow them, and accepted Manager Qian’s offer to lead them out at night.
• Manager Qian escorted Chu Yang and Li Gexiao through Jinling’s guarded gates, explaining that General Qi was away and a county clerk was overseeing the defenses.

Chu Yang and Li Gexiao entered Paradise Pavilion in coffins to investigate the disappearance of Lu Xiaofeng and Hua Manlou, while Manager Qian secretly served the Great Demon who ran the place. After infiltrating the pavilion and leaving a controlled clone behind, Chu Yang confronted the demon, and both remarked on his bad luck.

• Chu Yang, Li Gexiao, and Manager Qian reached the mass grave, climbed into coffins, and were carried to Paradise Pavilion by six footless Black Shadows as a huge wolfhound tracked them.
• Yan Nantian told Jiang Feng that he planned to repay Prince Xian by supporting him if the Emperor moved against him, even if that meant rebellion.
• At Paradise Pavilion, Chu Yang detected Demon Qi and stalled at a gambling table while Li Gexiao kept Manager Qian occupied.
• Manager Qian reported to his master, a Great Demon who said Lu Xiaofeng and Hua Manlou were close to losing themselves and welcomed the two new Embroidered Uniform Guards as prey.
• Chu Yang used his Sharingan to control a courtesan, left a clone in her room, and traveled through the mountain with Earth Escape Technique.
• Chu Yang reached a pavilion where pink Demon Qi surged toward him, and he and the Great Demon spoke together about his terrible luck.

Chu Yang defeated Red Skeleton at Paradise Pavilion and rescued Lu Xiaofeng and Hua Manlou, though the demon escaped. Following Hua Manlou's suspicion that Cloud Dwelling Temple was connected to her, the group tracked Red Skeleton there and found the temple shrouded in sinister gloom.

• Chu Yang confronted Red Skeleton in the attic, overcame her relic-powered defense, and drove her to flee while rescuing Lu Xiaofeng and Hua Manlou.
• Li Gexiao told Chu Yang he had killed Manager Qian and the masked thugs, and Hua Manlou pointed out that Cloud Dwelling Temple had seemed strange before the events at Paradise Pavilion.
• Chu Yang decided to pursue Red Skeleton for her Buddha Relics, and the injured Lu Xiaofeng urged the group to investigate Cloud Dwelling Temple.
• Chu Yang, Li Gexiao, Lu Xiaofeng, and Hua Manlou left Paradise Pavilion as the mountain collapsed, then followed Wangcai's nose toward the temple.
• The group arrived at Cloud Dwelling Temple and found the once-majestic Buddhist temple gloomy and sinister.