Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yuechu and Red Sun Demon Venerable watched rival dragon lineages gather at the Dragon-Washing Pool, where the Golden Scale Tribe’s youth provoked the others before the Dragon-Ascending Platform opened. After the factions rushed inside, Red Sun asked Jiang Yuechu whether they should follow.

• Red Sun Demon Venerable identified Azure Nether Great Sage and his followers as the Northern Sea Green Flood Dragon Clan.
• Soaring Heaven Great Sage revealed that he had only one lamp-lighting opportunity left, and the Golden Scale Tribe’s brocade-robed youth claimed the other demons had no chance.
• Azure Nether Great Sage challenged the youth to identify himself, but the youth ignored him, and Azure Nether withdrew rather than start a fight before the platform opened.
• Jiang Yuechu and the others waited through two days of worsening snow until the black building’s doors opened at dawn on the third day.
• Soaring Heaven Great Sage, Azure Nether Great Sage, and the other eligible demons rushed through the doors, and Red Sun asked Jiang Yuechu if they should go in too.

Jiang Yuechu slaughtered the demons in the square and absorbed their souls, gaining Dao Cultivation before forcing Chiyang to guide her onward. Chiyang led her toward the tall building, fearing the destruction she would bring to the Flood Dragon Clan.

• Jiang Yuechu told the Red Sun Demon Venerable to wait, then drew her scarlet saber and confronted the demons in the square.
• A Mountain-Viewing Realm Demon Venerable attacked Jiang Yuechu with a bone spear, but her saber cracked it.
• More than twenty demons attacked Jiang Yuechu, and she killed them all with one sweep of her saber.
• Jiang Yuechu gained over 340,000 years of Dao Cultivation and absorbed the demons’ souls into her acupoints.
• Chiyang tried to flee, but Jiang Yuechu caught him and ordered him to lead the way.
• Jiang Yuechu headed toward the tall building as Chiyang followed reluctantly.

Jiang Yuechu entered the Dragon-Washing Pool and found the demons waiting for someone to scout the first floor. She kicked the Azure Nether Great Sage toward the staircase, leaving the other demons shaken and the Red Sun Demon Venerable moved by what he mistook for her protection.

• Jiang Yuechu entered the vast hall and learned from the Red Sun Demon Venerable that the tower's changing trials led to the Dragon-Ascending Platform.
• The Azure Nether Great Sage proposed sending someone weak to scout the path, and the gathered demons agreed.
• Jiang Yuechu accepted the proposal, then told the Azure Nether Great Sage to scout instead.
• Jiang Yuechu struck the Azure Nether Great Sage with one kick, sending him and the Green Flood Dragon tribesmen behind him flying.
• The Red Sun Demon Venerable tearfully admired Jiang Yuechu, while she privately regarded the kick as a way to quiet him and let him have a sweet dream before his death.

Azure Nether Great Sage was nearly killed by a Thunder Dragon guarding the stairs, revealing the Dragon-Washing Pool’s first floor had become far more dangerous than before. As the demons hesitated, the Golden Scale youth killed and devoured the old black Flood Dragon, then set his sights on Jiang Yuechu.

• Azure Nether Great Sage was struck by the Thunder Dragon on the stairs and survived only by using a chance at Lamp-Lighting.
• Soaring Heaven Great Sage identified the guardian as a powerful spirit formed from the True Dragon’s resentment and Earth-Vein Thunder Baleful Energy.
• The old black Flood Dragon recalled that the Dragon-Washing Pool’s first floor had once held only bone-scraping yin winds, prompting demons to fear the altered trial.
• The Golden Scale youth appeared before the old black Flood Dragon, crushed his heart, and devoured him to strengthen his bloodline.
• The Golden Scale youth revealed that he planned to devour the gathered dragon lineages and turned his attention to Jiang Yuechu, while Red Sun Demon Venerable lamented that two walking calamities were present.

Jiang Yuechu slaughtered the demons in the hall and turned on the two Burning Lamp Realm flood dragons who attacked her. She killed the young yellow flood dragon with the Crimson Crescent Blade, which then detected an unrecorded demon.

• Jiang Yuechu killed a Mountain-Viewing Realm flood dragon and absorbed its soul before summoning seven Great Demon phantoms to attack the hall.
• Jiang Yuechu and her summoned demons cut down half the flood dragons while the brocade-robed boy realized she was killing his intended prey faster than he could.
• The Soaring Heaven Great Sage and the young yellow flood dragon transformed and attacked Jiang Yuechu together.
• Jiang Yuechu killed the Soaring Heaven Great Sage with one sweep of her blade, then fought the young yellow flood dragon through his restored wounds and rock attack.
• Jiang Yuechu pinned the young yellow flood dragon's jaws open and killed him with the Crimson Crescent Blade, which bound his Heart Lamp with red threads.

Jiang Yuechu slaughtered the demons in the hall, spared the Red Sun Demon Venerable to guide her through the Dragon-Washing Pool, and absorbed the demons’ souls and vital essence. She reached Burning Lamp Perfection, leaving the Red Sun Demon Venerable kneeling in fear.

• Jiang Yuechu killed the remaining demons in the hall and cornered the Red Sun Demon Venerable.
• The Red Sun Demon Venerable offered his Dragon Pearl and pledged to serve Jiang Yuechu, who accepted the pearl and spared him.
• Jiang Yuechu drew the lingering souls from the demon corpses and absorbed them into her major apertures.
• Jiang Yuechu devoured the demons’ vital essence, causing her two Heart Lamps to merge into a brilliant gold-and-blue sun.
• Jiang Yuechu reached Burning Lamp Perfection with 1,999,792 years of Dao Cultivation, while the Red Sun Demon Venerable remained prostrate in fear.

Jiang Yuechu completed the Dragon Transformation Scripture and tested its True Dragon Dharma Body before leaving the hall with Red Sun Demon Venerable. Meanwhile, five colored pillars of light appeared around Chang'an, enclosing the Imperial City.

• Jiang Yuechu recorded the Green Flood Dragon and Yellow Flood Dragon, gaining Flesh-and-Bone Furnace and Earth Command.
• Jiang Yuechu raised Azure Nether Great Sage and the Young Dragon King to Heaven-Natured, obtained the final two Dragon Transformation Scripture fragments, and spent nearly all her Dao Cultivation integrating the scripture.
• Jiang Yuechu transformed into a Five-Colored True Dragon and discovered her strength had increased more than tenfold.
• Jiang Yuechu returned to human form and left the hall with Red Sun Demon Venerable, heading toward the Thunder Dragon.
• Five colored lights descended over Chang'an and formed pillars around the Imperial City.

Five True Persons descended on Chang'an, where the Li Clan's High Ancestor faced them with the city's dragon qi and little hope of survival. Meanwhile, Wu Shisan True Person and his young disciple traveled toward Chang'an, and Wu Shisan explained why he still considered it his homeland.

• The Demon-Suppression Guards and martial artists from Chang'an's wards gathered outside the Imperial City as the five True Persons arrived.
• The Li Clan's High Ancestor summoned a golden sword from the city's dragon qi and challenged Red Toad True Person, who said Chang'an was about to disappear.
• Wu Shisan True Person traveled toward Chang'an in an unattended carriage with his young disciple and explained the meaning behind his Daoist name.
• Wu Shisan True Person told his disciple that Chang'an remained his homeland despite the dynasties and people having changed.

Jiang Yuechu fought the Thunder Dragon, a spirit body comparable to a Half-Step Tower-Climbing existence, and absorbed it into her major aperture. After her demon souls subdued it, she gained a dragon-shaped purple marking and her physical strength increased.

• The Thunder Dragon attacked Jiang Yuechu with lightning, piercing her left shoulder with a spear.
• Jiang Yuechu broke the spear, struck the Thunder Dragon, and split its body with the Crimson Crescent Blade, but it immediately reformed.
• Jiang Yuechu bound the Thunder Dragon with black mist chains and dragged it into her chest aperture.
• The Thunder Dragon rampaged inside Jiang Yuechu until her demon souls swarmed it and gradually subdued it.
• Jiang Yuechu's injuries healed, a dragon-shaped purple marking appeared beneath her skin, and her physical strength soared.

Jiang Yuechu discovered that absorbing the thunder dragon had strengthened her body with lightning, then broke through the Dragon-Washing Pool’s lower levels with brute force. At the seventh level, she reached an identity test that might expose her human origins before she could enter the Dragon-Ascending Platform.

• Jiang Yuechu found that silver-purple lightning now clung to her flesh and empowered her punches after she absorbed the thunder dragon.
• Jiang Yuechu left the first level with the Red Sun Demon Venerable following her, then smashed through the traps and barriers on the way to the seventh level.
• Jiang Yuechu entered the seventh-level hall and saw a lifelike green-jade statue of a true dragon.
• The Red Sun Demon Venerable explained that Jiang Yuechu had to earn the dragon remnant will’s recognition at the stone dais to open the way to the eighth level.
• Jiang Yuechu worried that the identity test would reveal she was human beneath her dragon transformation, while the Red Sun Demon Venerable began to suspect she might be an impostor.

Jiang Yuechu awakened the True Dragon Remnant Will and learned that the Five Luminaries had crushed the True Dragons and established their own Dao Orthodoxy. Before she could decide whether to accept the inheritance, her system forcibly cataloged it, leaving the statue lifeless.

• Jiang Yuechu ignored Old Flood Dragon's warning and awakened the Jade Coiling-Dragon Statue with her dragon aura.
• The True Dragon Remnant Will showed Jiang Yuechu the ancient conflict in which the Five Luminaries destroyed the True Dragons and imposed their Orthodoxy.
• The True Dragon Remnant Will offered Jiang Yuechu its inheritance and the Dragon-Washing Pool's accumulated essence if she would rebuild the Dragon Court, warning that the Five Luminaries and Orthodoxy would become her enemies.
• Jiang Yuechu weighed the benefits and risks of accepting the inheritance and began to ask whether it would change her into a demon.
• The Hundred Demons Register activated, shattered the vision, and kicked aside the True Dragon Remnant Will before Jiang Yuechu could answer.
• Jiang Yuechu saw the system notification that it had forcibly cataloged the incomplete Demon Dao Orthodoxy.

Jiang Yuechu smashed the True Dragon statue to open a gateway and entered the Dragon-Ascending Platform with the Red Sun Demon Venerable. They arrived before the towering platform, where she asked him how to ascend it, but he did not know.

• Jiang Yuechu found that the statue had not opened a path, so she struck it with the Crimson Crescent Blade and revealed a gateway.
• The Red Sun Demon Venerable followed Jiang Yuechu through the gateway despite his fear of breaking ancestral rules.
• Jiang Yuechu and the Red Sun Demon Venerable emerged in a vast sea of clouds before the Dragon-Ascending Platform.
• Jiang Yuechu asked the Red Sun Demon Venerable how to climb the platform, and he hesitated because he had no answer.

Jiang Yuechu tested the Dragon-Ascending Platform and sprinted upward after its pressure barely affected her. The Red Sun Demon Venerable tried to follow, but collapsed after forty-five steps and was left horrified by his master's strength.

• The Red Sun Demon Venerable told Jiang Yuechu that the platform had 9,999 steps and grew more dangerous as climbers ascended.
• Jiang Yuechu began climbing and reached the thousandth step without slowing down.
• Jiang Yuechu erupted with black energy and sprinted up dozens of steps at a time before vanishing into the clouds.
• The Red Sun Demon Venerable decided to climb after her, believing the platform's pressure was manageable.
• The Red Sun Demon Venerable reached the forty-fifth step, suffered a broken leg, and tumbled back to level ground.

Jiang Yuechu climbed the Dragon-Ascending Platform in True Dragon form and absorbed the Dark-Gold Dragon Pearl, completing her Dragon Yao Dao Orthodoxy. Though she noticed no immediate increase in strength, she gained a clear path forward and realized she could enter the Tower-Climbing Realm.

• Jiang Yuechu transformed into a Five-Colored True Dragon, bypassed the platform’s pressure, and reached the summit.
• Jiang Yuechu found a pool of True Dragon essence blood and a Dark-Gold Dragon Pearl, which attacked her before she knocked it away.
• Jiang Yuechu seized the pearl, let it enter her qi sea, and saw her Dao Orthodoxy change to Dragon Yao.
• Jiang Yuechu felt the mists around her cultivation path clear and realized she could enter the Tower-Climbing Realm.

Jiang Yuechu absorbed the Dragon-Washing Pool’s dragon blood and broke through into the Tower-Climbing Realm, gaining the ability to send out her Primordial Spirit. After the collapsing platform forced her to flee with Red Sun Demon Venerable, she left her body behind and sped south toward Chang'an.

• Jiang Yuechu drained the remaining dragon blood, causing the golden and blue sun within her sea of qi to merge with the dark-gold star.
• Jiang Yuechu realized the blood essence had supplied the strength she needed to enter the Tower-Climbing Realm and manifested her Primordial Spirit outside her body.
• Jiang Yuechu used her Primordial Spirit to command the sea of clouds, then returned to her body as the Dragon-Ascending Platform began collapsing.
• Jiang Yuechu grabbed Red Sun Demon Venerable and escaped through the light gate as the eighth level of the Dragon-Washing Pool crumbled into rubble.
• Jiang Yuechu ordered Red Sun Demon Venerable to stand guard, sent out her Primordial Spirit again, and flew south toward Chang'an.

The five True Persons attacked Chang'an, and the Li Clan Ancestor drew on the city's Dragon Qi to damage Red Toad True Person's manifestation. As the True Persons prepared another assault, White Elder appeared with a rust-covered sword.

• Red Toad True Person taunted the emperor for Gu Yue's absence and ordered the five True Persons to destroy Chang'an and seize the emperor.
• The Li Clan Ancestor used Great Tang's Dragon Qi to unleash a powerful sword strike that split Red Toad True Person's manifestation.
• Yellow Centipede True Person warned the others not to kill members of the Li Imperial Clan before they learned whether one of them was Li Tianyuan's reincarnation.
• The Li Clan Ancestor realized his strike had exhausted Chang'an's stored Dragon Qi and despaired as the five True Persons gathered their power again.
• White Elder appeared in midair, prompting someone in the crowd to recognize him.

Bai Yulou returned to defend Chang'an despite his failing health, and the Demon Suppression Office and clan patriarchs rose to fight the Five Immortals Mountain. After Azure Snake True Person slaughtered many defenders, a mysterious Martial Immortal appeared and struck her down, leaving the four True Persons facing a formidable new enemy.

• Bai Yulou arrived in Chang'an, and Lü Qinghou, Gu Wanlan, and Zhao Zhongliu joined him in the sky.
• Lü Qinghou urged the Aristocratic Clans to defend the city, and more than a dozen Mountain-Viewing Realm Martial Venerables charged the True Persons.
• Azure Snake True Person and Black Spider True Person killed seven or eight clan patriarchs, shattered Lü Qinghou's body, and nearly killed Gu Wanlan.
• A brocade-clad youth urged his elders to help, but they admitted their clans could do nothing against the True Persons.
• Yellow Centipede True Person ordered his companions to stop playing with the defenders and destroy Chang'an before pursuing their true quarry.
• A gold-and-blue Martial Immortal appeared and punched Azure Snake True Person through the skull, prompting the remaining four True Persons to turn and face him.

Jiang Yuechu returned to Chang'an as a Tower-Climbing Martial Immortal and struck down the five True Persons of Five Immortals Mountain, but they recognized her as Great Tang's eldest princess and attacked together. The chapter ended as all five joined their primordial spirits to fight her.

• Jiang Yuechu appeared above Chang'an, and the Li Clan Ancestor realized she had reached the Tower-Climbing Realm.
• Jiang Yuechu ignored Yellow Centipede True Person's offer and used three attacks to destroy the bodies of all five True Persons.
• The people of Chang'an cheered, believing Great Tang had been saved, while Jiang Yuechu stayed alert for the True Persons' next move.
• The five True Persons sent out their primordial spirits, and Red Toad True Person recognized Jiang Yuechu as Great Tang's eldest princess.
• Yellow Centipede True Person claimed Jiang Yuechu was the founding ancestor Li Tianyuan reincarnated, then led the five True Persons in a combined attack.

Jiang Yuechu faced the five True Persons’ coordinated assault despite lacking experience with Primordial Spirit combat. A dark-gold star gave her an opening, and she brutally beat Yellow Centipede True Person while the others failed to reach him.

• Yellow Centipede True Person, Black Spider True Person, Green Snake, Red Toad, and White Wall True Person attacked Jiang Yuechu together with their Primordial Spirit abilities.
• Jiang Yuechu smashed Yellow Centipede True Person’s flying swords with her fists, but the swords reformed as gray mist slowed her Primordial Spirit.
• Yellow Centipede True Person taunted Jiang Yuechu and demanded that she hand over the Dao Orthodoxy.
• A dark-gold star struck Yellow Centipede True Person, allowing Jiang Yuechu to break through the other True Persons’ blockade and attack him at close range.
• Jiang Yuechu dragged Yellow Centipede True Person across Chang'an and beat him until his Primordial Spirit neared collapse, while the other four True Persons could not catch up.

Chapter Summary: “Five Immortals Scattered”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yellow Centipede True Person is overwhelmed by Jiang Yuechu’s relentless attacks. Forced to use a powerful life-saving technique, he releases yellow mist and escapes her grasp, though his body and Primordial Spirit are badly damaged.
• Realizing that Jiang Yuechu’s Primordial Spirit is extraordinarily powerful, Yellow Centipede calls on the other four True Persons—Red Toad, Green Snake, Black Spider, and White Wall—to attack her.
• The four immortals refuse to help, retreating instead because they fear becoming Jiang Yuechu’s next target. They intend to let Yellow Centipede test her strength and only intervene if she becomes exhausted or exposes a weakness.
• Furious at their cowardice and betrayal, Yellow Centipede decides to withdraw rather than risk his life for them. He uses his yellow mist as cover and orders a retreat.
• Once Yellow Centipede flees, the other four True Persons immediately scatter in different directions. The threatening forces over Chang’an disappear almost instantly.
• Jiang Yuechu considers pursuing them, knowing she could probably kill one or two. However, she stays behind because abandoning Chang’an might leave its countless citizens vulnerable to a surprise attack.
• She returns to the Imperial City, where the Emperor and the other officials recognize her as a Tower-Climbing Martial Immortal but cannot clearly see her features through the Primordial Spirit’s radiance.
• The Emperor and others formally thank the mysterious Martial Immortal. Jiang Yuechu teasingly asks whether they truly cannot recognize her.
• Her voice reveals her identity as Gu Yue, leaving the High Ancestor and Emperor stunned.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yuechu/Gu Yue: Demonstrates overwhelming combat strength, defeating and intimidating five powerful immortals almost single-handedly. Despite her heroic appearance, she remains reluctant and resentful about carrying responsibility for the entire nation. Her decision to remain in Chang’an shows both strategic judgment and deep concern for civilians.
• Yellow Centipede True Person: Suffers a humiliating defeat and is forced to expend a costly trump card. His anger toward Jiang Yuechu is intensified, but his survival instinct and clear reasoning ultimately prevail. He recognizes that the Five Immortals cannot be trusted to sacrifice themselves for one another.
• The Four Other True Persons: Their apparent alliance collapses under pressure. They reveal themselves as cautious, selfish opportunists who prioritize self-preservation over cooperation.
• The Emperor: Begins to suspect that the mysterious Martial Immortal is his younger sister, Gu Yue, but rejects the possibility because her rapid advancement seems impossible. He is left shocked when she confirms his suspicion.
• The High Ancestor and the Imperial Court: Their awe and fear toward a Tower-Climbing Martial Immortal emphasize the enormous gap between Jiang Yuechu’s power and their own.

Significant Themes

• Self-preservation versus loyalty: The Five Immortals’ alliance proves fragile when real danger appears. Their willingness to abandon Yellow Centipede exposes the hypocrisy behind their supposed unity.
• The burden of responsibility: Jiang Yuechu has the power to pursue her enemies but chooses to protect Chang’an instead. Her inner complaints reveal how exhausting it is to be treated as the nation’s sole protector.
• Hidden identity and mistaken perception: The court sees Jiang Yuechu as an almost divine, unknowable figure, while she is secretly the familiar Gu Yue. This contrast highlights the difference between public legend and private identity.
• Power and consequences: Even at the Tower-Climbing Realm, strength comes with costs. Yellow Centipede’s escape technique damages him, while Jiang Yuechu’s immense power is constrained by her inability to defend multiple places at once.
• Heroism as coercion: Jiang Yuechu rejects the image of the willing hero, viewing herself instead as someone forced into greatness by circumstance.

Important Character Interactions

• Yellow Centipede angrily demands assistance from the other four immortals, but they retreat and leave him to face Jiang Yuechu alone.
• The five immortals’ mutual distrust becomes clear as each waits for someone else to take the risk.
• Jiang Yuechu weighs the choice between chasing the fleeing immortals and protecting the people of Chang’an, ultimately choosing the latter.
• The Emperor and the High Ancestor respectfully bow to the mysterious Martial Immortal, only to discover from her familiar voice that she is Gu Yue.
• The chapter ends on the court’s collective shock at learning that the nation’s powerful hidden protector is someone they already know.