Chapter Summaries

Su Shi'er bargained with Zen Master Shanfa for help against the Three-Headed Black Demonic Flood Dragon, whose heads held a dangerous secret. As the dragon charged, Su Shi'er, Lin Qiao'er, and Zen Master Shanfa prepared to strike together.

• Su Shi'er suspected the remaining Buddhist Bead held Buddha Essence and rejected Zen Master Shanfa's claim that he would reveal his secrets.
• Zen Master Shanfa warned that Su Shi'er would soon exhaust his true essence, and Su Shi'er insisted he had only one chance to attack.
• Zen Master Shanfa explained that destroying one of the dragon's two remaining heads would empower the other, so they needed to destroy both at once.
• Su Shi'er agreed to cooperate, realizing Zen Master Shanfa had known the dragon's weakness and had let him destroy a head earlier.
• Su Shi'er asked Lin Qiao'er to assist Zen Master Shanfa, and she agreed as the Three-Headed Black Demonic Flood Dragon charged toward them.

The Three-Headed Black Demonic Flood Dragon overwhelmed Su Shi'er, Lin Qiao'er, and Zen Master Shanfa with its demonic power, but Zen Master Shanfa summoned a Buddha image that restrained it. With Lin Qiao'er lending him her Buddha Essence, Su Shi'er began unleashing the Great Brahma Holy Palm as the chapter ended.

• The Three-Headed Black Demonic Flood Dragon absorbed nearby Little Demons and launched two Demonic Yuan spheres at Su Shi'er and Zen Master Shanfa, immobilizing Su Shi'er and Lin Qiao'er with its pressure.
• Su Shi'er broke through his sealed meridians at the cost of worsening his injuries, then carried Lin Qiao'er into the sky to evade the spheres, which turned to pursue them.
• Zen Master Shanfa summoned a towering Buddha image whose radiance freed Su Shi'er and Lin Qiao'er and destroyed the incoming spheres.
• The Buddha image restrained the Three-Headed Black Demonic Flood Dragon, and Zen Master Shanfa urged Su Shi'er to make his move.
• Lin Qiao'er sent her Buddha Essence into Su Shi'er as he circulated his True Yuan, and Su Shi'er formed a Buddha Seal and began the Great Brahma Holy Palm.

Su Shi'er and Zen Master Shanfa struck down the Three-Headed Black Demonic Flood Dragon, but the beast survived by regrowing a head and unleashing a devastating burst of Demonic Yuan. It refined its Horizontal Bone and gained human speech, leaving all three severely injured and unable to fight as its power continued to rise.

• Su Shi'er and Zen Master Shanfa attacked the Three-Headed Black Demonic Flood Dragon together, apparently destroying its remaining heads.
• Su Shi'er thanked Zen Master Shanfa and prepared to explain how he had comprehended the Great Brahma Holy Palm, but noticed the dragon might still be alive.
• Su Shi'er and Zen Master Shanfa tried to flee with Lin Qiao'er as the dragon unleashed Demonic Yuan, severely injuring all three and rendering them immobile.
• The dragon's wound scabbed over, and a new head grew from its flesh as its aura surged.
• The dragon spoke after refining its Horizontal Bone, while Zen Master Shanfa warned that a Nascent Soul cultivator might be needed to defeat it.

Su Shi'er revealed the Wood Element Puppet and used it to kill the Three-Headed Black Demonic Flood Dragon. With the danger over, he prepared to leave with Lin Qiao'er before Zen Master Shanfa recovered his strength.

• Zen Master Shanfa accepted that they might die, while Lin Qiao'er apologized to Su Shi'er for dragging him into danger.
• Su Shi'er summoned the mid-stage Golden Core Wood Element Puppet, startling Zen Master Shanfa, Lin Qiao'er, and the Three-Headed Black Demonic Flood Dragon.
• Su Shi'er had the puppet use the Fire Cloud Gourd to strengthen the Southern Bright Leaving Fire and burn the dragon's newly regenerated head.
• The Wood Element Puppet struck with the Innocent Sword, severing the Three-Headed Black Demonic Flood Dragon's head and killing it.
• Zen Master Shanfa praised Su Shi'er, who recalled the puppet and treasures, then took Lin Qiao'er and prepared to leave.

Su Shi'er tried to leave with Lin Qiao'er after showing Zen Master Shanfa the remaining Buddhist Bead and learning that the Buddhist Sect's auspicious time was approaching. Zen Master Shanfa trapped them in a Buddhist array to keep Lin Qiao'er from leaving, while she struggled to suppress the demonic energy surging through her.

• Su Shi'er showed Zen Master Shanfa the remaining Buddhist Bead and explained that it had helped him comprehend the Great Brahma Holy Palm.
• Zen Master Shanfa recognized the bead, declared that the Buddhist Sect's auspicious time was near, and invited Su Shi'er to join Golden Cicada Temple, but Su Shi'er refused.
• Zen Master Shanfa formed a Buddhist light array around Su Shi'er and Lin Qiao'er, and its chants caused her remaining Buddha Essence to rage and demonic energy to surface.
• Su Shi'er resisted Lin Qiao'er's soul-seizing aura as she fought to suppress the demonic energy, then demanded that Zen Master Shanfa explain his actions.
• Zen Master Shanfa said the array was meant to prevent Lin Qiao'er from leaving, while Su Shi'er searched the formation for a way out.

Su Shi'er struggled to protect Lin Qiao'er after Zen Master Shanfa's Buddhist chant trapped the Wood Element Puppet and left him unable to control it. As Shanfa prepared to strike, members of the Duanmu Family arrived and attacked him, confirming Su Shi'er's suspicion that his earlier assailants were tied to the Great Zhao Dynasty.

• Zen Master Shanfa's Buddhist chant activated Su Shi'er's remaining Buddhist Bead, which entered the Wood Element Puppet and temporarily disabled it.
• Su Shi'er and Lin Qiao'er struggled to regain control and suppress her Demonic Qi while Shanfa recovered inside the array.
• The next morning, Shanfa used the Buddhist array to send Sanskrit characters rushing toward Lin Qiao'er, while Su Shi'er tried to unleash his green lightning despite his injuries.
• A man and a woman from the Duanmu Family discussed killing the gravely injured Shanfa to aid the Great Zhao Dynasty.
• A scarlet sword light flew toward Shanfa, and Su Shi'er recognized the attackers as people connected to the dynasty.

Zen Master Shanfa lost his ability to fight after Duanmu Kuanglong and Duanmu Liuying struck him down. The siblings recognized Su Shi'er and debated whether to capture him for his secrets or focus on killing Shanfa, leaving Kuanglong tempted by Liuying's proposal to put the Duanmu Family first.

• Zen Master Shanfa redirected his Buddhist formation to defend himself from an unseen sword attack, but a combined sword strike shattered his defense and left him unable to use Buddha Essence.
• Duanmu Kuanglong and Duanmu Liuying arrived and prepared to kill the injured Zen Master Shanfa.
• Duanmu Liuying recognized Lin Qiao'er as a disciple of Fairy You Ruo and wondered why she was with Su Shi'er.
• Duanmu Kuanglong recognized Su Shi'er as the man Demon Shadow Palace sought and recalled that he carried one of Phantom Star Sect's Heavenly Evolution Tokens.
• Duanmu Liuying urged Duanmu Kuanglong to consider the secrets Su Shi'er might hold and prioritize the Duanmu Family's interests.
• Duanmu Kuanglong fell silent, torn between his sister's proposal and his existing plans.

Lin Wuyou arrived disguised as the Young Master of the Great Zhao Dynasty just as Duanmu Kuanglong and Duanmu Liuying attacked Su Shi'er, Lin Qiao'er, and Zen Master Shanfa. He stopped them from killing their targets and claimed he would use the situation to provoke conflict between the Golden Cicada Temple and the Phantom Star Sect.

• Su Shi'er focused on regaining control of the Wood Element Puppet while Zen Master Shanfa struggled to suppress the chaotic Buddha Essence.
• Duanmu Kuanglong and Duanmu Liuying decided to kill Zen Master Shanfa and Lin Qiao'er, cripple Su Shi'er, and take him away for questioning.
• Duanmu Liuying shattered the Buddha light Magic Array with her emerald-green flying sword as Duanmu Kuanglong attacked Zen Master Shanfa with his crimson sword.
• Lin Wuyou arrived disguised as the Young Master of the Great Zhao Dynasty, and Duanmu Kuanglong and Duanmu Liuying halted their attacks.
• Lin Wuyou told Duanmu Kuanglong and Duanmu Liuying to leave the matter to him, saying he planned to exploit the conflict for the Great Zhao Dynasty's benefit.

Lin Wuyou convinced Duanmu Liuying and Duanmu Kuanglong that he was Cheng Jingfeng, then took the Heavenly Evolution Token and sent them to scout the inheritance site. After the two left, Zen Master Shanfa prepared to confront Lin Wuyou while Su Shi'er quietly regained control of the Wood Element Puppet.

• Duanmu Liuying questioned Lin Wuyou's plan to frame the Phantom Star Sect, and Lin Wuyou demonstrated the World-Shocking Three Swords to prove his identity.
• Lin Wuyou argued that framing the sects risked uniting them against the imperial dynasty, and Duanmu Liuying accepted his explanation.
• Su Shi'er balanced the Buddha Essence and Demonic Essence inside the Wood Element Puppet, restoring his control and boosting its power.
• Duanmu Kuanglong handed Lin Wuyou the Heavenly Evolution Token, and Lin Wuyou instructed him and Duanmu Liuying to secretly scout the inheritance site.
• Duanmu Kuanglong and Duanmu Liuying departed, while Zen Master Shanfa gathered his Buddha Essence and readied himself to face Lin Wuyou.

Lin Wuyou confronted Su Shi'er and revealed a mysterious bond that caused Su Shi'er's cultivation and life force to drain away. After Su Shi'er used the Wood Element Puppet to stop the loss, Lin Wuyou and Su Shi'er recognized they were independent individuals tied to the same origin, while Lin Qiao'er realized Lin Wuyou was her brother.

• Lin Wuyou approached Su Shi'er, whose True Yuan and life force began flowing into him.
• Su Shi'er used the Wood Element Puppet to flood him with Demonic Essence and Buddha Essence, stopping the draining.
• Lin Wuyou and Su Shi'er discussed their shared origin and agreed they each had people and goals they wanted to protect.
• Lin Wuyou declined to attack Su Shi'er while his foundation was damaged, and they prepared for an unavoidable battle.
• Lin Qiao'er recognized Lin Wuyou, who returned to his original appearance and reassured her.
• Lin Qiao'er asked Lin Wuyou not to target Su Shi'er, and Lin Wuyou said he knew what to do.

After Lin Wuyou left with Lin Qiao'er, Zen Master Shanfa warned Su Shi'er that Demon Shadow Palace planned to use the Heavenly Evolution inheritance to break the seals in Cangshan. Su Shi'er resolved to stop the plot and prepare for what lay ahead, then brought out the Wood Element Puppet beside the demon beast’s corpse.

• Lin Wuyou thanked Su Shi'er for saving Lin Qiao'er, promised to seek a way to avoid fighting, and left with her.
• Su Shi'er judged Lin Wuyou more dangerous than Wei Wushuang and ended his confrontation with Zen Master Shanfa.
• Zen Master Shanfa warned that Demon Shadow Palace could use the Heavenly Evolution inheritance as a weapon or array rather than pass it on to a cultivator.
• Su Shi'er realized Demon Shadow Palace intended to target Cangshan, an ancient Demon Sealing Ground containing powerful sealed beings.
• Zen Master Shanfa left to pursue Lin Wuyou, while Su Shi'er resolved to stop Demon Shadow Palace and recover before the inheritance site appeared.
• Su Shi'er looked toward the Three-Headed Black Demonic Flood Dragon's corpse and summoned the Wood Element Puppet.

Su Shi'er sought a secluded place to recover while Cheng Jingfeng escaped a formation and restored the Cloud Dragon Saber by draining a Water Demonic Flood Dragon. Su Shi'er then discovered the remnants of a powerful sect among the mountains.

• Su Shi'er rode the Wood Element Puppet deep into the mountains to find a safe place to regain his strength.
• Cheng Jingfeng broke free from a lake formation after killing the trapped Water Demonic Flood Dragon, then used its blood and vitality to restore the Cloud Dragon Saber.
• Cheng Jingfeng learned that Duanmu Kuanglong and Duanmu Liuying had headed toward the center of the Heavenly Evolution Secret Realm, unaware that Lin Wuyou had taken their Heavenly Evolution Tokens.
• Cheng Jingfeng chose the lake as a secluded place to heal and entered the water.
• Su Shi'er sensed dense remnant formations around dozens of mountain peaks and spotted the crumbling gate of a long-abandoned sect.

Su Shi'er reached the formation-protected mountain with the Dao Tower and Buddhist Tower, where his puppets began restoring their energy. While he dissected the Three-Headed Black Demonic Flood Dragon, its flesh was absorbed into its skeleton, which produced strange blood-red plants.

• Su Shi'er found that formations centered on the Dao Tower and Buddhist Tower preserved a mountain peak and filled it with dense Spiritual Qi.
• Su Shi'er landed on the peak and had the Metal Element Puppet and Wood Element Puppet absorb Spiritual Qi to replenish their energy.
• Su Shi'er cut open the Three-Headed Black Demonic Flood Dragon's body to collect its scales, bones, and flesh.
• The dragon's flesh writhed and was absorbed into its skeleton over the next day and night, though Su Shi'er sensed no living aura.
• The skeleton developed blood-red spots that released blood qi and formed half-man-tall crimson plants resembling ginseng.

Su Shi'er discovered nearly a hundred stalks of millennial Blood Essence Ginseng inside the Three-Headed Black Demonic Flood Dragon and hoped to use them to restore his damaged foundation. While he refined a Blood Essence Pill, the ginseng’s blood qi exploded, filling the mountain peak with an enticing blood cloud that drew the Little Demons toward him.

• Su Shi'er realized the Three-Headed Black Demonic Flood Dragon’s accumulated blood qi had nourished the millennial Blood Essence Ginseng and saw a way to heal his foundation.
• Su Shi'er collected the ginseng, stored the dragon’s remains, and prepared the Li Fire Furnace with three top-grade Spirit Stones.
• Su Shi'er refined supplementary spiritual plants into crimson medicinal liquid before adding a stalk of Blood Essence Ginseng.
• The ginseng released a surge of blood qi, disrupting Su Shi'er’s pill seals and sending him staggering back.
• A fragrant blood cloud spread over the mountain peak, and the Little Demons swarmed in to absorb its blood qi.

Su Shi'er worked out how to refine Blood Essence Pills by using a spinning medicinal-liquid vortex to absorb the Blood Essence Ginseng's sudden surge of blood qi. After his first successful batch, he continued refining pills to repair his damaged foundation, and his yield improved with practice.

• Su Shi'er failed his first batch because the Blood Essence Ginseng released too much blood qi too quickly.
• He failed again after slowing the ginseng's refinement, since the medicinal liquid condensed into low-grade pills before the ginseng was fully refined.
• Su Shi'er realized he could harmonize the ginseng's blood qi with the other ingredients by spinning their medicinal liquid into a waterspout.
• He successfully refined three ruined third-grade Blood Essence Pills and continued working at the Li Fire Furnace.
• Su Shi'er refined dozens of batches without another failure, and the number of ruined pills he produced per batch gradually increased.

Su Shi'er tempered more than four hundred Blood Essence Pills in the Heaven and Earth Furnace, hoping to heal his damaged foundation, but the furnace’s aura stirred a mysterious power beneath the mountain. He discovered that the lingering aura came from the Magic Array’s eye and flew up to investigate.

• Su Shi'er finished refining Blood Essence Ginseng into Blood Essence Pills and prepared to temper the pills to repair his foundation.
• Su Shi'er set up a Magic Array and used the Heaven and Earth Furnace to temper more than four hundred Blood Essence Pills.
• The furnace’s blue aura seeped into the ground, where a dazzling blue light began rising and hair-thin cracks appeared on the Dao Tower and Buddhist Tower.
• Su Shi'er noticed changes in the towers and sensed an aura like the Heaven and Earth Furnace’s, so he stored the furnace and pills and dismantled the Magic Array.
• Su Shi'er concluded that a treasure at the Magic Array’s eye was causing the aura and protecting the mountain from Demonic Qi, then put away his Puppets and flew into the sky.

Su Shi'er uncovered a person-sized furnace beneath the mountain that looked identical to the Heaven and Earth Furnace and could refine pills with its azure light. After testing it, he concluded it was a counterfeit made using some of the true furnace’s spiritual source, and wondered whether it had been forged to conceal the real treasure.

• Su Shi'er used the Formation Identification Art to locate the formation eye at the mountain’s center and disrupted the formation long enough to draw out a hidden object.
• He saw an azure-lit furnace identical to the Heaven and Earth Furnace and was shocked by its appearance.
• Su Shi'er tested the furnace with ordinary Medicinal Pills and watched them rise to supreme-grade as the azure light faded.
• After repeated tests, Su Shi'er recognized that the furnace’s azure light was limited and that it could not change size, unlike the genuine Heaven and Earth Furnace.
• Su Shi'er concluded that its maker had studied the real furnace and used part of its spiritual source, and suspected the counterfeit was intended to conceal the true treasure.

Su Shi'er obtained the Pseudo Heaven and Earth Furnace, but Situ Zhen arrived and attacked him for the treasure and his possessions. Situ Zhen unleashed a powerful combined Flying Wheel attack, leaving Su Shi'er to face him while injured in the ruins.

• Su Shi'er collected the spirit pills and prepared to store the Pseudo Heaven and Earth Furnace.
• Situ Zhen descended onto the mountain peak, spotted the furnace, and attacked Su Shi'er with five Flying Wheels.
• Su Shi'er used the Innocent Sword to repel the wheels, but was wounded and blasted a hundred zhang away.
• Situ Zhen demanded Su Shi'er surrender the Heavenly Evolution Token and his Storage Pouches, then kneel for mercy.
• Su Shi'er challenged Situ Zhen's certainty that he could kill him, and Situ Zhen launched Mystic Law: Wind Fire Strike with a giant wind-and-fire Flying Wheel.

Su Shi'er used his treasures and Metal Element Puppet to counter Situ Zhen, but Situ Zhen revealed strength approaching Venerable Tianhong's and unleashed a devastating attack. With the mountain formation collapsing and his puppet close to breaking, Su Shi'er reinforced it with lightning and sword techniques, leaving the clash poised to continue.

• Su Shi'er summoned the Metal Element Puppet, which used the Fire Cloud Gourd and Innocent Sword to weaken Situ Zhen's Flying Wheel and split it back into five wheels.
• Situ Zhen recognized the puppet and Su Shi'er's upgraded treasures, wrongly attributing their power to the Pseudo Heaven and Earth Furnace, and decided Su Shi'er could not be allowed to live.
• Situ Zhen released his suppressed strength, which Su Shi'er sensed was close to Venerable Tianhong's, and prepared to unleash a powerful attack.
• Situ Zhen's fused Flying Wheel broke the weakened mountain formation, causing the Dao Tower and Buddhist Tower to collapse as Demonic Qi and raging winds battered the Metal Element Puppet.
• Su Shi'er fed azure lightning into the puppet and combined eight flying swords with the Innocent Sword to unleash the World-Shocking Three Swords at nearly the Flying Wheel's power.

Su Shi'er and Situ Zhen unleashed hidden attacks against each other, while Su Shi'er struggled to control his body and two puppets at once. The Wood Element Puppet’s Great Brahma Holy Palm transformed beyond Su Shi’er’s understanding, culminating in a gigantic palm print as the battle reached its peak.

• Su Shi'er sent the Wood Element Puppet to ambush Situ Zhen during the clash between the azure lightning sword light and the Flying Wheel.
• Situ Zhen unleashed Thunderclap Fist: Six Void Thunders, revealing his hidden strength and forcing the Wood Element Puppet to confront his attack.
• Su Shi'er realized that controlling three things at once left him unable to carry out his planned sneak attack, so he had the Wood Element Puppet use the Great Brahma Holy Palm.
• The Wood Element Puppet’s Demonic Essence and Buddha Essence circulated on their own, and Su Shi'er suspected that the remaining Buddhist Bead was guiding its transformation.
• The puppet summoned a thousand Buddhist lotuses that destroyed the lurking Little Demons and merged their energy into a palm print nearly a hundred zhang tall.