Chapter Summaries

Ao Yu accepted Ao Jing’s order to recover the Dao Armament she had lost, while Jiang Yuechu and Gong Qiulan were surrounded by nine Great Demons. Jiang Yuechu unleashed the Four Seas Divine Radiance to fight back, but its power badly strained her body.

• Ao Jing told Ao Yu she had to retrieve the Dao Armament herself, though he warned her not to force it if she could not.
• Jiang Yuechu stopped in the barren mountains near the Azure Firmament Grotto, where Gong Qiulan questioned her choice of location.
• The White-Brow Immortal and eight other Great Demons surrounded Jiang Yuechu and Gong Qiulan, demanding the wager items in exchange for their lives.
• The White-Brow Immortal attacked, and Jiang Yuechu charged through the demons’ assault before striking him with a blood-red punch.
• Jiang Yuechu swung the Four Seas Divine Radiance, knocking several Great Demons backward, then realized the weapon’s power was causing painful backlash in her body.

Jiang Yuechu crushed White-Brow Immortal and most of the lords of the treasure lands without using her Dao Armament, while Gong Qiulan and Black Mountain Bear Lord dealt with the human cultivators. Two demons escaped, and Jiang Yuechu sent Golden Thread Ancestor to intercept them.

• White-Brow Immortal urged the demons to attack Jiang Yuechu, believing she had put away her Dao Armament because it was harming her.
• Gong Qiulan distracted a human cultivator, and Black Mountain Bear Lord killed him while another cultivator fled with a shattered chest.
• Jiang Yuechu stopped White-Brow Immortal's charge with one hand and smashed him into the mountains.
• Jiang Yuechu pursued and killed most of the fleeing demons with scarlet lightning and physical attacks, but two escaped.
• Golden Thread Ancestor transformed into lightning and raced north and south to pursue the two demons Jiang Yuechu had identified.

Chapter Summary: “Dragon Clan”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After defeating nine Great Demon cultivators at Woyun Dragon Palace, Jiang Yuechu allows the remaining Tiger Mountain God and Cosmic Demon King to escape rather than pursuing them.
• Gong Qiulan worries that their return to their blessed lands will create future problems, but Jiang Yuechu assures her that someone else will deal with them. This confirms that the two demons are connected to Jiang Yuechu through a larger, undisclosed plan.
• Jiang Yuechu collects the demon corpses and checks her gains. Her Dao Cultivation has risen to 1,497 Dao Essence, replenishing the reserves she previously exhausted against the Buddhist Sect’s Myriad-Forms Heaven Great Demon.
• She also retains the Four Seas Divine Radiance, a powerful Dao Armament obtained at Woyun Dragon Palace. Though she cannot wield it yet, she views it as a future battle-changing trump card.
• Jiang Yuechu decides not to immediately annex the blessed lands connected to the defeated demons, since she lacks enough subordinates to control them and currently has no urgent need for Merit. She instead plans to return to Azure Firmament Grotto and cultivate toward the Myriad-Forms Heaven Realm.
• The scene shifts to Thunder Province, home of the powerful Dragon Clan. Despite being one of the Nine Provinces’ foremost immortal clans—with at least six publicly stationed Myriad-Forms Heaven cultivators and an ancestor rumored to have reached the Supreme Capital Realm—the clan’s residence resembles a humble farming village.
• Long Zhi returns to the clan and encounters Seventh Great-Uncle, an apparently ordinary old farmer. He has subdued a Cinnabar Flow Realm Great Demon and forced it to plow fields as an ox, punishing it whenever it tries to use demonic power.
• Long Zhi learns that her father, the Dragon Clan head, is present but in a bad mood, and she proceeds cautiously to meet him.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yuechu grows more confident and strategically minded. She is satisfied with her rapid increase in power and begins setting her next cultivation goal: reaching the Myriad-Forms Heaven Realm.
• She demonstrates greater confidence in managing long-term threats, choosing not to pursue the fleeing demons because she trusts that hidden allies or arrangements will handle them.
• Gong Qiulan continues to show intelligence and perceptiveness. She has inferred Jiang Yuechu’s connections with the tiger and bird demons but respects Jiang Yuechu’s privacy and does not press her for answers.
• Long Zhi is presented as familiar with the Dragon Clan’s eccentric and powerful elders. Her interactions show both respect and mild helplessness toward Seventh Great-Uncle’s behavior.
• Seventh Great-Uncle is revealed to possess extraordinary strength despite his rustic appearance. His casual enslavement of a powerful demon highlights the Dragon Clan’s terrifying depth of power.
• The yellow ox demon provides a comic but humiliating contrast: once a tyrannical Great Demon, it is now powerless before the old man and reduced to performing farm labor.

Significant Themes

• Hidden alliances and long-term schemes: Jiang Yuechu’s refusal to explain her connection to the fleeing demons suggests a broader plan unfolding behind the scenes.
• Power concealed beneath ordinary appearances: Both Jiang Yuechu’s growing influence and Seventh Great-Uncle’s farmer persona show that true strength may be hidden beneath modest or unassuming appearances.
• Accumulation and strategic growth: Jiang Yuechu’s rewards reinforce the importance of gathering resources, treasures, and cultivation power before making larger moves.
• Humiliation and reversal of status: The once-mighty yellow ox demon’s enslavement illustrates how quickly dominance can be overturned when one encounters a truly superior force.
• The contrast between rustic simplicity and immense power: The Dragon Clan’s village-like residence suggests that grandeur and strength do not require outward extravagance.

Important Character Interactions

• Jiang Yuechu and Gong Qiulan: Gong Qiulan voices concern about the escaped demons, while Jiang Yuechu gives a deliberately vague reassurance. Their exchange reflects mutual trust, restraint, and Gong Qiulan’s ability to read between the lines.
• Seventh Great-Uncle and the yellow ox demon: The old man treats the powerful demon like an ordinary farm animal, using a willow switch to suppress its resistance and prevent it from using demonic aura.
• Long Zhi and Seventh Great-Uncle: Their conversation establishes a familiar family relationship. Long Zhi recognizes his eccentricity but accepts his immense authority.
• Long Zhi and the Dragon Clan head: Though they do not yet meet directly, the warning about her father’s poor mood creates anticipation for the next confrontation and suggests possible internal clan tension.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Dragon Clan’s humble village lifestyle is explained as an ancestral tradition established by its progenitor, who rose from being a farmer to a powerful cultivator but was instructed never to forget his mortal roots.
• Long Zhi travels through the village to find her father. Before she reaches him, Third Aunt stops her and reveals that High Person Liu’s disciple recently died near Dragon Clan territory.
• Officially, the disciple was killed by a wandering demon. However, rumors claim that a divine general—possibly from Yuyu Heaven—was responsible.
• Because the death occurred near their territory, High Person Liu expects the Dragon Clan to provide an explanation and possibly support his appeal to the Heavenly Court. The Dragon Clan is placed in a politically dangerous position, since opposing Heavenly Court officials could bring serious consequences.
• At Azure Firmament Grotto, Jiang Yuechu begins cultivating in preparation for breaking through to the Myriad-Forms Heaven realm.
• She absorbs prepared Merit to restore her clarity and then releases the corpses of the Great Demons at Wandering Void Sea Perfection whom she previously killed.
• Using her blood sea technique, Jiang devours the demons’ remaining energy. Her cultivation successfully advances from Middle Wandering Void Sea to the Late Realm.
• However, the breakthrough immediately becomes abnormal. Her blood sea begins raging uncontrollably, causing severe pain and making Jiang fear that she has entered cultivation deviation.
• Just as she considers stopping, the Myriad Demon Records manifests behind her. The illustrations of powerful demons—including the Golden Thread Ancestor, White Horse Venerable, Tiger Mountain God, and Cosmic Demon King—begin glowing and appearing as though they might escape.
• The chapter ends as Jiang’s blood sea surges toward and envelops the Myriad Demon Records, leaving the outcome of the transformation unresolved.

Character Developments

• Long Zhi is shown as patient, courteous, and politically perceptive. Her reaction to High Person Liu’s disciple’s death demonstrates that she understands the danger posed by Heavenly Court involvement and the possibility that the Dragon Clan may be forced into a larger conflict.
• Third Aunt acts as an informal source of village intelligence, sharing rumors while emphasizing the sensitivity of the situation.
• Jiang Yuechu displays determination and discipline, suppressing doubts about her rapid progress and focusing on strengthening herself. Her confidence is shaken when the breakthrough becomes painful and uncontrolled, but she remains alert enough to recognize the danger and consider stopping.
• Jiang’s relationship with the Myriad Demon Records appears to be developing into something more complex. The records now react independently during her breakthrough rather than merely serving as a passive cultivation tool.

Significant Themes

• Remembering one’s roots: The Dragon Clan’s ordinary rural lifestyle reflects the tension between immense power and humility, as well as the importance of preserving ancestral values.
• Political danger and hidden truth: The official explanation for High Person Liu’s disciple’s death may be false, suggesting that powerful institutions conceal or manipulate the truth.
• Power versus responsibility: The Dragon Clan must decide whether to protect its own interests, support High Person Liu, or risk becoming involved in a conflict with Heavenly Court divine generals.
• Cultivation and loss of control: Jiang Yuechu’s attempt to grow stronger shows that advancement carries increasing risks. Her breakthrough suggests that accumulated demonic power may be triggering a deeper and potentially dangerous transformation.
• The nature of demonic power: The stirring of the Myriad Demon Records hints that Jiang’s strength may be connected to the demons she has absorbed in ways she does not yet understand.

Character Interactions

• Long Zhi and Third Aunt: Third Aunt intercepts Long Zhi and warns her about the crisis involving High Person Liu, giving her crucial information before she meets her father.
• Long Zhi and her father: They do not interact directly in the chapter, but Long Zhi’s intended visit is motivated by her need to ask him about the unfolding political problem.
• Jiang Yuechu and the demons’ remains: Jiang treats the corpses as cultivation resources, absorbing their residual energy through her blood sea.
• Jiang Yuechu and the Myriad Demon Records: The records unexpectedly respond to her breakthrough, creating a mysterious and threatening interaction that forms the chapter’s cliffhanger.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• In Chang’an, the young emperor finishes his state duties and worries about Princess Gu Yue, White Elder, Commander Bai, and the other Great Tang people who have traveled to the distant Land of Immortals and Gods.
• Because no messages have arrived, the emperor fears they may be in danger. An old eunuch reassures him that the immense distance makes communication difficult and that Gu Yue is likely occupied with settling and protecting tens of thousands of Great Tang citizens.
• While the emperor watches the moon, it suddenly turns crimson. Blood-colored light spreads across the sky, plunging Chang’an into terror and making the event appear to be a catastrophic demonic omen.
• The emperor and eunuch expect the nine Golden Bodies Gu Yue left behind to defend the capital, but they fail to manifest. Panic spreads as citizens, officials, constables, and members of the Demon Suppression Office struggle to respond.
• Just as despair peaks, a silvery-white light pierces the blood-red sky. Six enormous demonic forms—a tiger, Roc, White Ape, White Horse, golden turtle, and Black Bear—appear above Chang’an.
• The six demons transform into gigantic gray-white stone statues surrounding the city. Their suppressive power dispels the blood-red sky and restores the moonlight, protecting Chang’an from the unknown calamity.
• The citizens interpret the statues as another divine manifestation of Princess Gu Yue and celebrate, believing she has not forgotten them.
• The emperor is relieved but amused and uneasy, wondering whether Gu Yue intends to transform Great Tang into an immortal realm. However, because her protective methods look so demonic, he jokes that it may become “Demon Tang” instead.

2. Character Developments

• The young emperor is shown as dutiful but emotionally vulnerable. Despite his imperial authority, he deeply worries about Gu Yue and the Great Tang settlers in the heavens. His relief after Chang’an is protected reveals his dependence on and affection for his sister.
• Princess Gu Yue does not appear directly, but her influence dominates the chapter. Her prior preparations, including the Golden Bodies and the strange demonic guardians, demonstrate her foresight and continuing commitment to Great Tang.
• The old eunuch acts as the emperor’s supporter and emotional anchor. Though initially confident in Gu Yue’s defenses, he becomes frightened when the Golden Bodies fail to respond. His sympathy for the young emperor and the burden carried by the royal siblings highlights his loyalty.
• The citizens of Chang’an shift from terror and despair to religious devotion and joy, interpreting Gu Yue’s unconventional powers as signs of divine protection.

3. Significant Themes

• Responsibility and sacrifice: Both the emperor and Gu Yue have been forced to bear immense burdens at unusually young ages for the sake of Great Tang.
• Distance and helplessness: The emperor’s inability to contact Gu Yue emphasizes the separation between the mortal world and the Land of Immortals and Gods.
• Faith amid catastrophe: When ordinary officials and defenses appear powerless, the people turn to belief in Gu Yue’s protection.
• Appearance versus intention: The demonic imagery initially suggests destruction, but the six demons ultimately defend the city. What appears terrifying may actually be benevolent.
• The blending of the divine and demonic: Gu Yue’s methods challenge traditional distinctions between immortals, gods, and demons. Her protection is heavenly in effect but demonic in appearance, producing the humorous idea of “Demon Tang.”

4. Character Interactions

• The emperor and old eunuch share a quiet, intimate exchange about Gu Yue’s absence, revealing their mutual concern for her and the others who departed.
• The eunuch repeatedly reassures the emperor, first about Gu Yue’s safety and later about the Golden Bodies’ ability to protect Chang’an.
• When the expected Golden Bodies fail to appear, both men experience growing fear and confusion together.
• The people’s reaction to the six demon statues mirrors the emperor’s relationship with Gu Yue: although her methods are frightening and unfamiliar, they ultimately trust that she is protecting them.
• The emperor’s final private joke about “Demon Tang” provides comic relief after the chapter’s tension and reflects his affectionate, slightly exasperated view of Gu Yue.

Jiang Yuechu broke through to Myriad-Forms Heaven, where the Myriad Demon Records absorbed her Blood Sea and Heavenly Demon Divine Ability disappeared. The Golden Thread Ancestor explained that the path to Supreme Capital split into three immortal paths, leaving Jiang Yuechu to consider how she would build her foundation and which path to pursue.

• Jiang Yuechu’s Myriad Demon Records absorbed the Blood Sea and the power of Heavenly Demon Divine Ability, reaching Earth tier, grade nine as she entered Myriad-Forms Heaven.
• Jiang Yuechu discovered that Heavenly Demon Divine Ability had vanished and worried about how she would cultivate without it.
• Jiang Yuechu manifested her Blood-Sea Painted World, found that its reach was only a few meters, and dismissed it.
• Jiang Yuechu summoned the Golden Thread Ancestor and asked him to explain Myriad-Forms Heaven.
• The Golden Thread Ancestor described the three paths to Supreme Capital: the heavenly immortal path, the earth immortal path, and the Human Immortal path.

Jiang Yuechu considered the paths beyond Myriad-Forms Heaven, then learned the Three Origins Nine-Evasions Heaven-Earth Transformation divine ability at great cost. Meanwhile, Long Zhi asked her father why the Heavenly Court had sent a fifth-rank divine general to Cloud Province Prefecture, and learned that Jiang Yuechu had slain the Gold Mother's offspring.

• Golden Thread Ancestor explained the Heavenly Immortal, Earth Immortal, and Human Immortal paths to Jiang Yuechu, who ruled out the Heavenly Immortal path and decided to focus on expanding her Blood-Sea Heaven and Earth.
• Jiang Yuechu examined the White Jade Seal, endured its overwhelming information, and spent more than six hundred Dao Essence to initiate the Three Origins Nine-Evasions Heaven-Earth Transformation.
• Long Zhi visited her father, the Dragon Clan patriarch, and asked why a fifth-rank divine general had been sent to Cloud Province Prefecture.
• The Dragon Clan patriarch made inquiries and confirmed that Long Zhi's friend Jiang Yuechu had come from the Cloud-Dream Realm.
• The Dragon Clan patriarch told Long Zhi that Jiang Yuechu had slain the Gold Mother's offspring.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• In a hidden house in Cloud Province Prefecture, the Nine Netherworlds Divine General confronts Immortal Official Xuan Luan for abducting and torturing Xu Ming, a Sky-Patrolling Guard.
• The Divine General is furious because Liu Qingshan and the Heavenly Court are conducting a citywide search, while Xuan Luan’s actions have escalated the matter to the highest authorities.
• Xuan Luan reveals that Xu Ming has been severely tortured and crippled. Releasing him would expose their crimes and make it obvious that they violated Heavenly Court law.
• The Divine General warns that Xuan Luan’s actions amount to treason and could implicate them both, despite the Heavenly Emperor’s authorization to descend to the mortal realm and capture Jiang Yuechu.
• Xuan Luan insists that he will take responsibility for everything, but the Divine General points out that he cannot realistically shield either of them from punishment. Their involvement is already inseparable.
• The Divine General threatens to kill Xuan Luan, but Xuan Luan remains indifferent. Consumed by grief and revenge for his dead disciple, he appears almost willing to die to escape his suffering.
• Before the confrontation can go further, an unidentified man in azure-white armor suddenly appears in the room. His arrival shocks and terrifies the Nine Netherworlds Divine General, who wonders how their location was discovered.
• The newcomer focuses on Xuan Luan and expresses disappointment that he has gone so far for revenge. He offers Xuan Luan an “opportunity” to avenge his disciple.
• Xuan Luan recognizes the offer as condescending, especially since the newcomer also lost a child in the Cloud-Dream Realm. Nevertheless, he realizes that he may have no other path to revenge.

Character Developments

• Nine Netherworlds Divine General: His confidence and composure collapse under the pressure of the investigation. He is enraged at Xuan Luan’s recklessness but also clearly afraid of being implicated. Although he threatens violence, he ultimately lacks the resolve to kill his associate.
• Immortal Official Xuan Luan: He is shown to be completely consumed by grief and vengeance. Having lost his disciple, he has abandoned concern for his own life, reputation, or future punishment. His calm acceptance of death contrasts sharply with the Divine General’s panic.
• The Azure-White Armored Man: He is introduced as a powerful and influential figure known to both men. His calm demeanor and ability to locate them silently suggest considerable authority and capability. His offer may provide Xuan Luan with a sanctioned or strategic route toward revenge.

Significant Themes

• Revenge and its emptiness: Xuan Luan recognizes that revenge is ultimately meaningless against the passage of time, yet he remains unable to escape the pain driving him.
• Moral and legal corruption: The characters have crossed from covert wrongdoing into serious violations of Heavenly Court law, illustrating how vengeance leads them to rationalize increasingly extreme actions.
• Despair and indifference to death: Xuan Luan’s willingness to die reflects how grief has stripped him of ordinary motivations and self-preservation.
• Responsibility and complicity: Xuan Luan claims he will bear all blame, but the Divine General understands that shared involvement makes such separation impossible.
• Manipulation disguised as mercy: The newcomer presents his proposal as an opportunity, but Xuan Luan sees the underlying condescension and possible personal motives.

Character Interactions

• The Divine General and Xuan Luan argue bitterly over the consequences of torturing Xu Ming.
• The Divine General tries to intimidate Xuan Luan through anger, threats, and physical force, but Xuan Luan remains emotionally unmoved.
• Their exchange reveals both resentment and reluctant dependence: the Divine General blames Xuan Luan, yet cannot simply abandon or kill him.
• The azure-white armored man bypasses the Divine General’s panic and addresses Xuan Luan directly, creating a new power dynamic.
• The chapter ends with Xuan Luan reluctantly considering the newcomer’s offer, leaving open what the “opportunity” for revenge will involve.

Zi Ling and Kongming returned to Lingwater Commandery and learned that Jiang Yuechu had been accused of a serious crime, prompting a divine general to descend on Cloud Province Prefecture. The revelation left them stunned and wondering what trouble Jiang Yuechu had stirred up.

• The Nine Netherworlds Divine General tried to leave, but the man ordered him to stay and assist, promising him credit if the culprit was caught.
• Zi Ling and Kongming reached Lingwater Commandery, where Kongming prepared to part ways with her.
• Zi Ling and Kongming overheard cultivators say a divine general had given Cloud Province Prefecture three days to surrender a missing Sky-Patrolling Guard and had tortured another guard for protecting her.
• Zi Ling approached the cultivators and asked who had caused the trouble.
• The man in the bamboo hat identified the accused Sky-Patrolling Guard as Jiang Yuechu, leaving Zi Ling and Kongming horrified.

Zi Ling warned Jiang Yuechu that a Heavenly Court divine general had come to Cloud Province Prefecture and tortured Xu Ming to force her return. Jiang Yuechu rushed to the prefecture, where Feng Linxi confronted the divine general, who demanded she surrender or Xu Ming would remain imprisoned.

• Zi Ling and Kongming learned that a divine general had crushed the Cloud Province Sky-Patrol Bureau and sought to contact Jiang Yuechu.
• Zi Ling told Jiang Yuechu that Xu Ming had been tortured, stripped of his cultivation, and chained to the city wall, prompting Jiang Yuechu to leave the Azure Firmament Grotto.
• Elder Liu warned Chen Zheng and the other guards not to interfere, while Long Zhi arrived and was persuaded not to involve the Dragon Clan.
• Liu Qingshan returned with Sky-Patrolling Commandant Feng Linxi, who mocked Feng Linxi and demanded that the divine general release Xu Ming.
• The divine general defended his actions as vengeance for Xuan Luan and his disciple, then threatened to keep Xu Ming captive unless Jiang Yuechu returned.

Zi Ling told Greedy Wolf Star Lord that a fifth-rank divine general had come to Cloud Province Prefecture to arrest her friend Jiang Yuechu. Greedy Wolf Star Lord decided to investigate, while in Cloud Province Prefecture Feng Linxi backed down under pressure from Yuyu Heaven, leaving Liu Qingshan's hope shattered.

• Zi Ling rushed to Greedy Wolf Star Lord and reported that a fifth-rank divine general had descended to arrest someone in Cloud Province Prefecture.
• Greedy Wolf Star Lord learned the target was Jiang Yuechu, a prodigy with sixteen Heavenly-Grade Dao Chess pieces, and realized the arrest might signal a powerful figure's intervention.
• Zi Ling urged Greedy Wolf Star Lord to protect Jiang Yuechu, and he agreed to go take a look.
• In Cloud Province Prefecture, the divine general challenged Feng Linxi to oppose him, while Feng Linxi weighed the danger of provoking Yuyu Heaven.
• Feng Linxi signaled that he would not fight, and Liu Qingshan lost hope as the divine general faced no resistance.

Jiang Yuechu returned to Cloud Province Prefecture and attacked the divine general, but he dismissed her as a newly advanced Myriad-Forms Heaven cultivator despite her Earth-Grade Dao Armament. Zi Ling, Kongming, the Whitebrow Abbot, and the Greedy Wolf Star Lord arrived to support her, and the abbot asked the divine general to resolve the matter peacefully.

• A crystalline spear carrying a sea of blood arrived in Cloud Province Prefecture, and Long Zhi recognized Jiang Yuechu.
• Jiang Yuechu attacked the divine general with the Four Seas Divine Radiance, but he blocked her strike with his sword and mocked her inexperience.
• The divine general prepared to fight again after sensing Jiang Yuechu's cultivation and Earth-Grade Dao Armament.
• Zi Ling and Kongming arrived with the Whitebrow Abbot and the Greedy Wolf Star Lord as reinforcements.
• Whitebrow told the divine general that Jiang Yuechu had helped Taining Temple and asked him to settle the conflict peacefully.

Chapter Summary: “The So-Called Opportunity”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The confrontation at Taining Temple shifts when Greedy Wolf Star Lord openly positions himself between the blue-white-armored Divine General and Jiang Yuechu. His presence, supported by Abbot Whitebrow and Feng Linxi, makes it clear that Jiang has powerful protection.
• Realizing he cannot fight three Myriad-Forms Heaven experts without suffering serious consequences, the Divine General abandons his intention to attack. He suggests that this is Qingwei Heaven’s interference, though Greedy Wolf denies acting on Qingwei Heaven’s behalf.
• Greedy Wolf asks that Xu Ming, the severely injured Sky-Patrolling Guard chained to the city wall, be released. The Divine General orders Nine Netherworlds Divine General to free him.
• Xu Ming is rescued and carried away by Chen Zheng and other Sky-Patrolling Guards. His condition is so terrible that he will likely be permanently crippled.
• Nine Netherworlds Divine General attempts to evade responsibility, claiming that Xuan Luan had gone mad after losing his disciple and that he himself had supposedly tried, unsuccessfully, to stop the violence.
• After releasing Xu Ming, the blue-white-armored Divine General agrees to explain his justification for pursuing Jiang Yuechu.
• He claims that Jiang killed Xuan Luan’s disciple in the Cloud-Dream Realm, defied Heavenly Court law, refused to assist its forces, and was later improperly protected by the Cloud Province Sky-Patrol Bureau and granted an Immortal Register. He presents his actions as an effort to uphold heavenly law and avenge a fellow immortal officer.
• Feng Linxi challenges this account, implying that the Divine General’s own illegitimate son or “little bastard” also died in the Cloud-Dream Realm, suggesting that personal vengeance—not justice—is motivating him.
• The Divine General angrily denies the accusation, unwilling to acknowledge the child’s parentage because doing so would damage his reputation and create trouble with the Gold Mother.
• Greedy Wolf then undermines the Divine General’s moral argument by recalling that Xuan Luan’s disciple was himself a former rebel who had attacked the Southern Immortal Gate and injured numerous heavenly soldiers. Despite this, the Divine General had personally guaranteed him and helped secure him “an opportunity” to live.
• Greedy Wolf concludes by asking why Jiang Yuechu, now an officially registered member of the Heavenly Court, is not being granted the same opportunity.

Character Developments

• Greedy Wolf Star Lord emerges as a calm but forceful protector. Rather than immediately resorting to violence, he uses his status and political leverage to restrain the Divine General and defend Jiang through both action and argument.
• The blue-white-armored Divine General is revealed to be cautious beneath his aggressive exterior. He initially presents himself as an enforcer of justice but is forced to retreat when the balance of power turns against him. His anger and denial also expose his personal and political motives.
• Jiang Yuechu remains largely silent, but her status changes in the discussion: she is defended as a legitimate Heavenly Court immortal rather than treated merely as a criminal or outsider.
• Feng Linxi acts as a sharp, confrontational critic, openly mocking the Divine General and exposing the possible hypocrisy behind his claims.
• Nine Netherworlds Divine General is characterized as self-protective and evasive. He prioritizes avoiding blame over defending either side and quickly obeys once ordered.
• Xu Ming is shown to have suffered devastating abuse. His rescue emphasizes the brutality of the conflict and the consequences of the Divine General’s actions.
• Greedy Wolf’s rhetorical strategy shifts the debate from whether Jiang is guilty to whether the Divine General is applying the law selectively.

Significant Themes

• Hypocrisy in the name of justice: The Divine General claims to defend heavenly law, yet Greedy Wolf shows that he previously protected a far more obvious offender.
• Selective enforcement of authority: Official status and political connections determine who receives mercy and who is punished.
• Power and deterrence: The confrontation is resolved less by legal truth than by the presence of stronger and more influential figures.
• Public image versus private motives: The Divine General insists he is acting for justice, but Feng Linxi’s accusation suggests personal grief, revenge, and hidden family matters are driving him.
• The meaning of an “opportunity”: The chapter questions who deserves forgiveness or a second chance, and why such chances are freely granted to some while denied to others.
• Law versus compassion: Greedy Wolf and the Divine General frame the conflict differently—one emphasizes fairness and past mercy, while the other invokes rigid law and discipline.

Character Interactions

• Greedy Wolf and the Divine General: Their exchange is a restrained power struggle. Greedy Wolf protects Jiang without openly declaring political allegiance, while the Divine General recognizes that an attack would be too costly.
• Greedy Wolf and Abbot Whitebrow: Their presence together reinforces the impression that Taining Temple is backing Jiang, even if no formal alliance is stated.
• Feng Linxi and the Divine General: Feng directly attacks his credibility by accusing him of hiding a personal connection to the Cloud-Dream Realm tragedy. His furious denial reveals the sensitivity of the accusation.
• Greedy Wolf and Feng Linxi: Greedy Wolf stops Feng from escalating the verbal confrontation, then takes control of the argument himself with a more damaging historical example.
• Nine Netherworlds Divine General and the blue-white-armored Divine General: Their interaction reflects tension between nominal equals. The order to release Xu Ming humiliates Nine Netherworlds, but he complies to avoid becoming further involved.
• Chen Zheng and Xu Ming: Chen carefully carries the wounded guard away, demonstrating loyalty and concern amid the larger political dispute.
• Greedy Wolf and Jiang Yuechu: Although they do not directly converse, Greedy Wolf’s intervention publicly affirms her legitimacy and insists that she deserves the same mercy previously granted to others.

Chapter Summary: “Then Do You Know Who I Am?”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Greedy Wolf Star Lord challenges a blue-white-armored divine general’s apparent willingness to uphold justice by reminding him of a past incident: Xuan Luan’s disciple once attacked the Southern Immortal Gate, yet the divine general had defended Xuan Luan because of their close relationship.
• The divine general tries to justify his position, claiming that Jiang Yuechu should be given a chance but that Xuan Luan deserves an opportunity to avenge his disciple.
• He proposes that Jiang Yuechu and Xuan Luan fight one-on-one, with the victor deciding both superiority and life or death. He promises not to interfere afterward.
• The Greedy Wolf Star Lord recognizes the proposal as essentially a death sentence for Jiang Yuechu. Xuan Luan is a veteran sixth-rank official at the peak of the Myriad-Forms Heaven Middle Realm, while Jiang Yuechu has only recently entered that realm.
• Jiang Yuechu ignores the political negotiation and asks only who attacked Xu Ming. Her question reveals that her anger is focused entirely on those responsible for his suffering.
• The Star Lord privately urges her to endure the humiliation and avoid confronting the divine general, warning that she should wait until she is strong enough to retaliate safely.
• Jiang Yuechu refuses to back down. When the divine general arrogantly questions whether she knows his status, she challenges him to consider her own identity.
• She pours all her remaining Dao Cultivation into her power and raises the Earth-Grade Dao Armament Four Seas Divine Radiance.
• A terrifying blood-red domain erupts across the sky, filled with monstrous shadows and demonic cries. Jiang Yuechu then declares to the divine general: “I am... your father.” The chapter ends on this provocative cliffhanger.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yuechu: Her normally controlled and pragmatic nature gives way to overwhelming fury because of Xu Ming’s condition. She accepts that her previous caution allowed him to be endangered and becomes determined to confront the perpetrators directly, regardless of status or consequences. Her final attack demonstrates both her rapid growth and her willingness to act boldly.
• The divine general: His righteous façade is exposed as self-serving and hypocritical. Although he presents himself as an enforcer of heavenly order, his loyalty to Xuan Luan and resentment toward Jiang Yuechu reveal personal bias. He becomes increasingly enraged when she refuses to fear or respect him.
• Greedy Wolf Star Lord: He acts as Jiang Yuechu’s protector and attempts to mediate the dispute. However, his advice emphasizes patience and political caution, contrasting with Jiang Yuechu’s refusal to tolerate Xu Ming’s mistreatment.
• Zi Ling: She observes Jiang Yuechu’s unusual emotional intensity and realizes that Jiang Yuechu is genuinely furious, suggesting how exceptional this outburst is compared with her usual behavior.
• Xuan Luan: Though he does not yet fight, he is presented as an experienced and powerful official whose proposed duel would heavily favor him.

Significant Themes

• Justice versus political hypocrisy: The divine general invokes heavenly law while manipulating that law to protect an ally and endanger Jiang Yuechu.
• Power and status: The confrontation centers on whether rank and official standing can suppress someone of lower status. Jiang Yuechu rejects the assumption that political position determines who deserves respect.
• Loyalty and vengeance: Jiang Yuechu’s rage comes from guilt and loyalty toward Xu Ming, while the divine general frames Xuan Luan’s revenge as equally legitimate.
• Restraint versus righteous anger: The Star Lord advocates patience and survival, but Jiang Yuechu believes some injuries cannot be answered by submission or delayed retaliation.
• Identity and defiance: The title’s question—“Do you know who I am?”—becomes Jiang Yuechu’s challenge to the established hierarchy. Her final declaration transforms the exchange from a legal dispute into an open confrontation.

Chapter Summary: Battle Against a Divine General

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yuechu launches a full-scale attack against a powerful Heavenly Court divine general, despite having only recently entered the Myriad-Forms Heaven realm.
• She unleashes her blood-based Myriad-Forms Heaven and Earth and the Earth-Grade Dao Armament, Four Seas Divine Radiance. Her power overwhelms the divine general’s Vermilion Sun Incinerating-Heaven Diagram and suppresses his own domain.
• Jiang’s attack manifests as a massive blood dragon, which destroys the divine general’s Earth-Grade sword and severely damages his Dao Painting. The destruction of the Dao Painting places his life at risk.
• The divine general panics and attempts to retreat, abandoning his former arrogance. He calls on Xuan Luan Immortal Official to intervene and buy him time.
• Observers, including Greedy Wolf Star Lord and Feng Linxi, are stunned by Jiang Yuechu’s strength. They recognize that her blood-colored domain does not merely defeat opposing domains—it appears to swallow and devour them.
• Xuan Luan realizes he cannot defeat Jiang Yuechu directly, even with assistance from the other divine generals. Nevertheless, driven by his desire to avenge his disciple, he launches a desperate attack using his Azure Luan power.
• Jiang Yuechu instantly intercepts him with her spear. She coldly tells him to “go die with” his disciple and then impales him, engulfing his body in the surging sea of blood.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yuechu fully embraces her determination and fury. Remembering the suffering Xu Ming endured for her, she transforms her anger into overwhelming combat power. Her strength is revealed to be far beyond what her cultivation level should allow.
• Her normally flexible moral boundaries are contrasted with one unbreakable principle: she refuses to bow or submit, even under impossible circumstances.
• The Heavenly Court divine general undergoes a sharp reversal from confidence to terror. After his Dao Armament and Dao Painting are destroyed, he realizes he may genuinely die and desperately seeks assistance.
• Xuan Luan Immortal Official is forced to acknowledge Jiang Yuechu’s extraordinary growth. Although he understands that direct confrontation is hopeless, his hatred and desire for revenge drive him into a final, reckless attack.
• Greedy Wolf Star Lord and Feng Linxi become observers of Jiang’s unprecedented power, recognizing that her abilities may represent a phenomenon unknown even to elite Myriad-Forms Heaven cultivators.

Significant Themes

• Defiance and refusal to submit: Jiang Yuechu’s power is tied to her refusal to lower her head, even when oppressed or cornered.
• Fury as strength: Her rage over Xu Ming’s suffering fuels the devastating blood power she unleashes.
• The reversal of power: A young cultivator defeats and terrifies an established divine general, overturning the expected hierarchy between cultivation realms.
• Devouring and transformation: Jiang’s blood domain does not simply clash with opposing power; it consumes and suppresses it, suggesting an extraordinary and potentially dangerous ability.
• Revenge and self-destruction: Xuan Luan’s obsession with avenging his disciple leads him to attack despite knowing the overwhelming difference in strength.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Yuechu directly confronts and dominates the divine general, breaking his weapon and damaging the foundation of his cultivation.
• The divine general publicly calls on Xuan Luan for help, exposing his fear and desperation.
• Xuan Luan responds to the appeal by attacking Jiang Yuechu, but she intercepts him effortlessly and condemns him to die alongside his disciple.
• The watching experts analyze Jiang’s power, shifting from astonishment to serious concern as they realize her blood domain can consume even a Myriad-Forms Heaven and Earth.

Gold Mother examined the strange disturbance in Kunlun’s pool before the Eight-Wu Divine General arrived with an unconscious prodigy as a spirit embryo for her failing immortal peach tree. After rewarding him with five thousand gui of merit, she hinted that she had another task for him.

• Gold Mother saw the Blood Sea reflected in Kunlun’s pool, and the black and white fish transformed into her human form.
• The Eight-Wu Divine General arrived at Kunlun and presented Gold Mother with an unconscious prodigy as a spirit embryo for her immortal peach tree.
• Gold Mother judged the prodigy’s spirit embryo to be mediocre and thanked the Eight-Wu Divine General for bringing him.
• The Eight-Wu Divine General hinted that he expected a reward for his journey, and Gold Mother gave him a jade case containing five thousand gui of merit.
• Gold Mother told the Eight-Wu Divine General that she had another matter and asked him to make a trip for her.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yuechu kills Xuan Luan, a Myriad-Forms Heaven Middle Realm cultivator, by piercing his throat with her spear and unleashing a sea of blood.
• Her blood sea does more than destroy Xuan Luan’s physical body: it erodes and completely devours his Azure Luan Dao Painting, preventing him from rebirth and truly extinguishing his Dao.
• A cultivation notification confirms Xuan Luan’s death and rewards Jiang Yuechu with 120 Dao Essence of Dao Cultivation.
• The surrounding cultivators, including a Heavenly Court divine general, are horrified because killing someone of Xuan Luan’s realm is normally extraordinarily difficult.
• The divine general attempts to distance himself from Xuan Luan’s actions, emphasizing his rank as a fifth-rank Heavenly Court official and claiming there is no personal enmity between him and Jiang Yuechu.
• He appeals to the Greedy Wolf Star Lord for protection, warning that killing a recognized Heavenly Court general would provoke severe consequences for Jiang Yuechu and Qingwei Heaven.
• The Greedy Wolf Star Lord intervenes, acknowledging Jiang Yuechu’s victory and urging her to stop. He promises that he will eventually provide her and her wronged colleagues with a satisfactory explanation.
• Jiang Yuechu rejects the offer, declaring that the explanation she wants is one she will obtain herself. She then kills the divine general by engulfing him in the sea of blood.
• As the general desperately invokes his Heavenly Court position, Yuyu Heaven, his powerful family connections, and the Gold Mother, a distant swordsman suddenly arrives and interrupts him with a devastating blade strike.
• The newcomer identifies himself as Ba Wu and falsely accuses the dying general of impersonating a Heavenly Court divine general and slandering the Gold Mother, apparently creating a pretext to intervene.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yuechu: Demonstrates overwhelming and highly unusual power. Her ability to destroy both a cultivator’s body and Dao Painting establishes her as a major threat even to powerful immortals. She also reveals a ruthless, uncompromising attitude, refusing political protection or promises of future justice.
• Xuan Luan: His confidence and authority collapse when he realizes that Jiang Yuechu’s blood sea can sever his connection to his Dao Painting. His death confirms the seriousness of Jiang Yuechu’s revenge.
• The Heavenly Court Divine General: Changes from arrogance to terror. He relies on official rank, family connections, and institutional authority, but none of these save him from Jiang Yuechu.
• Greedy Wolf Star Lord: Shows awareness of the larger political consequences of the conflict. Although he sympathizes with Jiang Yuechu and recognizes her importance to Qingwei Heaven, he prioritizes preventing an open confrontation with the Heavenly Court.
• Ba Wu: Makes a dramatic entrance as an apparently powerful and politically calculating figure. His false accusation suggests he may be deliberately concealing the general’s identity or manipulating the situation for his own purposes.

Significant Themes

• True death and the destruction of identity: For Myriad-Forms Heaven cultivators, death is normally reversible through their Dao Painting. Jiang Yuechu’s ability to erase the Dao Painting represents a terrifying form of absolute destruction.
• Justice versus political authority: The divine general believes his Heavenly Court rank places him beyond judgment, while Jiang Yuechu insists that justice must be personally seized rather than granted by institutions.
• Revenge and accountability: Jiang Yuechu rejects promises of future explanations, reflecting her belief that delayed justice may become another form of evasion.
• Institutional power and vulnerability: The chapter exposes the limits of official status when confronted with overwhelming individual strength, while also emphasizing the political danger of challenging the Heavenly Court.
• Hidden agendas and manipulation: Ba Wu’s arrival and fabricated accusation hint that powerful figures may exploit the conflict for political or personal purposes.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Yuechu’s battle with Xuan Luan establishes her dominance and frightens all observers.
• The divine general tries to negotiate with Jiang Yuechu, but she ignores his pleas and advances without hesitation.
• The general appeals to the Greedy Wolf Star Lord, forcing him to intervene and mediate.
• The Star Lord respectfully asks Jiang Yuechu to stop and offers a future settlement, but she dismisses his proposal and kills the general anyway.
• Ba Wu interrupts the execution with a blade strike and reframes the event, positioning himself as an enforcer against an alleged impostor and slanderer.

Jiang Yuechu’s fight was interrupted when the Eight-Wu Divine General seized the impostor and took him away, ending her chance to finish her revenge. With Kunlun’s threat looming, Greedy Wolf Star Lord and Feng Linxi considered finding her protection under Qin Zhisui, whose name they revealed at the chapter’s end.

• The Eight-Wu Divine General appeared, stopped Jiang Yuechu’s attack, and bound the man who had impersonated a Heavenly Court divine general.
• Jiang Yuechu gathered the impostor’s scattered flesh into her Storage Bag, while the other cultivators let the Eight-Wu Divine General take his prisoner away.
• Liu Qingshan regretted his earlier reluctance to help Jiang Yuechu, and Feng Linxi told him that the Commandants lacked the strength to protect her.
• Greedy Wolf Star Lord and Feng Linxi agreed that only one person could shelter Jiang Yuechu from Kunlun, and they revealed that person’s name was Qin Zhisui.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Greedy Wolf Star Lord proposes that Jiang Yuechu seek protection from Qin Zhisui, a notorious former figure of the Heavenly Court who once nearly overturned it. Although his cultivation was abolished and he now survives as a cripple, the Star Lord believes Qin can still provide Jiang Yuechu with a safe environment to grow.
• Zi Ling reacts with shock and disbelief at Qin Zhisui’s name, recalling his dangerous reputation and the grudges many people still hold against him.
• Jiang Yuechu recognizes that her recent victory exposed the limits of her current foundation. Despite reaching the Myriad-Forms Heaven realm, she relies too heavily on exhausting her Dao Cultivation and cannot continue fighting this way indefinitely.
• Accepting that she needs protection, Jiang Yuechu agrees to meet Qin Zhisui after arranging matters at the Cloud Province Prefecture Directorate. She thanks Greedy Wolf Star Lord, Feng Linxi, and Abbot Whitebrow for protecting her.
• At the Directorate, Xu Ming has survived severe punishment, but his foundation has been damaged and his Dao Painting has shattered. Without another Dao Painting to stabilize him, he may be unable to continue cultivating.
• Long Zhi explains that an ownerless Dao Painting of roughly Yellow-Grade would be sufficient to help Xu Ming recover.
• Jiang Yuechu arrives, learns of Xu Ming’s condition, and produces a concentrated streak of cyan light from her palm, asking whether it can serve as the replacement Dao Painting.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yuechu becomes more realistic and cautious about her own strength. After witnessing the azure-clad man destroy her carefully prepared Myriad-Forms Heaven and Earth, she abandons her earlier confidence and acknowledges the weaknesses in her hastily assembled cultivation foundation.
• She also demonstrates increasing responsibility and gratitude by personally returning to arrange matters at the Directorate and showing concern for Xu Ming’s recovery.
• Zi Ling reveals her deep awareness of Heavenly Court politics and Qin Zhisui’s terrifying history, contrasting with Jiang Yuechu’s unfamiliarity with that world.
• Greedy Wolf Star Lord acts as a pragmatic mentor, guiding Jiang Yuechu toward protection rather than simply relying on raw cultivation strength.
• Long Zhi continues to show medical knowledge and compassion, treating Xu Ming and advocating that the Directorate compensate him.
• Xu Ming is left severely weakened, facing the possible end of his cultivation unless a suitable Dao Painting can be found.

Significant Themes

• The limits of power and unstable foundations: Jiang Yuechu’s rapid rise has given her great strength, but her insufficient experience and reliance on burning through Dao Cultivation make her vulnerable.
• Protection versus personal strength: The chapter emphasizes that survival in the Heavenly Court depends not only on cultivation, but also on alliances and powerful patrons.
• Political reputation and hidden history: Qin Zhisui’s name carries immense fear despite his current lack of cultivation, showing how past deeds and concealed Heavenly Court politics continue to shape the present.
• Responsibility and loyalty: Jiang Yuechu’s return to help Xu Ming, along with Long Zhi’s concern for him, highlights the bonds among the Directorate’s cultivators.
• Unexpected resources: The chapter ends by suggesting that Jiang Yuechu may possess or be able to create a Dao Painting capable of saving Xu Ming.

Character Interactions

• Greedy Wolf Star Lord explains Qin Zhisui’s potential role to Jiang Yuechu, while Zi Ling reacts anxiously to the suggestion.
• Jiang Yuechu formally thanks Greedy Wolf Star Lord, Feng Linxi, and Abbot Whitebrow for their protection before departing.
• Long Zhi informs Chen Zheng and the Sky-Patrolling Guards that Xu Ming’s Dao Painting has shattered and discusses the need for a replacement.
• Jiang Yuechu arrives at the Directorate, asks about Xu Ming’s condition, listens to Long Zhi’s explanation, and then reveals the mysterious cyan Dao Painting-like power in her hand.

Chapter Summary

Jiang Yuechu presents Long Zhi with a Profound Fifth-Grade Azure Luan Dao Painting, which Long Zhi immediately recognizes as identical to the Dao Painting belonging to the recently slain Immortal Official Xuan Luan. She is shocked because Dao Paintings normally dissipate upon their owner’s death and require centuries or millennia to reappear. The only known way to preserve or extract one so quickly is the forbidden Painting-Seizing Method, a technique prohibited by the Heavenly Court.
Jiang Yuechu insists that she merely “picked it up,” concealing—or perhaps not fully understanding—that she had drawn out Xuan Luan’s Dao Painting through her use of Myriad-Forms Heaven and Earth. Long Zhi warns that giving the painting to Xu Ming could completely restore his cultivation and transform his fate, but doing so might expose him to suspicion. If others notice that he possesses abilities associated with Xuan Luan’s Azure Luan Painting, they could trace it back to the forbidden technique and bring Heavenly Court’s punishment upon him.
Long Zhi offers a safer solution: exchange the Azure Luan Painting for another ownerless Profound-Grade Dao Painting through secret channels. Although the replacement would likely be of a lower Profound grade, it would still be far superior to the Yellow-Grade painting the Commandery Office could provide. Jiang Yuechu accepts the arrangement and promises Long Zhi a favor, though Long Zhi reminds her that Jiang has already saved her twice and need not repay such a debt.
The conversation then shifts to Gold Mother, whose role in the recent crisis Jiang Yuechu does not understand. Long Zhi reveals that the divine general’s descent to the mortal realm was caused by more than Xuan Luan’s disciple, implying that Jiang has provoked a much more powerful and dangerous figure. She explains that she investigated the matter with her family before the group departs.
Several days later, Jiang Yuechu travels across He Province on a flying boat with Greedy Wolf Star Lord and his disciple, Zi Ling. Greedy Wolf reassures her that although Heavenly Court forces have begun noticing her, she will be safe for at least a thousand years if she successfully becomes the disciple of a certain person. Jiang asks whether Qin Zhisui is truly famous. Greedy Wolf explains that Qin Zhisui is regarded as the foremost among the Nine Provinces’ three thousand Unranked Immortals, establishing him as an extraordinarily powerful and prestigious potential protector or mentor.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Jiang Yuechu remains calm and blunt despite the immense danger surrounding her. She prioritizes compensating Xu Ming and accepts the risk of handing over the Dao Painting, but becomes concerned once Long Zhi explains the possible consequences.
• Long Zhi acts as a cautious adviser and ally. She recognizes the danger of the painting, offers a discreet exchange, and investigates the larger conspiracy involving Gold Mother.
• Xu Ming does not appear directly, but his future recovery is central to the chapter. The Dao Painting could restore his cultivation and fundamentally change his destiny.
• Greedy Wolf Star Lord provides guidance and reassurance, suggesting that Qin Zhisui’s tutelage could shield Jiang Yuechu from Heavenly Court reprisals.
• Zi Ling reacts uneasily to Qin Zhisui’s name, hinting at an unexplored history or reputation surrounding him.
• Jiang Yuechu and Long Zhi share a relationship of growing trust, marked by mutual aid, teasing frustration, and Jiang’s willingness to rely on Long Zhi’s connections.

Significant Themes

• Good intentions versus unintended consequences: Jiang Yuechu wants to help Xu Ming, but the very gift that could save him may also expose him to Heavenly Court.
• The danger of forbidden power: The Painting-Seizing Method represents a taboo capable of provoking the highest authorities, regardless of Jiang Yuechu’s actual intentions.
• Trust and mutual obligation: Jiang and Long Zhi continue building a bond through repeated rescues and favors.
• Power, reputation, and protection: Qin Zhisui’s status as the foremost Unranked Immortal emphasizes how influence and patronage may be essential for surviving Heavenly Court scrutiny.
• Escalating danger: The chapter expands the conflict beyond Xuan Luan, revealing that Gold Mother and the Heavenly Court may pose far greater threats.