Chapter Summaries

Yang Jian left Luofu Cave to train at the remnant peak of Buzhou Mountain, preparing to grow strong enough to rescue his mother from Peach Mountain. Qin Mu arrived afterward and asked Zhao Gongming to protect Yang Jian from interference when the Peach Mountain battle came, while leaving the trial itself to his disciple.

• Zhao Gongming gave Yang Jian a route through Buzhou Mountain and a talisman that could block one killing calamity, and Yang Jian vowed to cleave open Peach Mountain to rescue his mother.
• Yang Jian departed for Buzhou Mountain, while Zhao Gongming watched him leave and reflected on the dangers awaiting him at Peach Mountain.
• Qin Mu appeared in Luofu Cave, and Zhao Gongming told him that Haotian had prepared Heavenly forces and nine divine talismans to seal Peach Mountain.
• Qin Mu explained that Yang Jian had to face his own tribulation and Dao, so he would not personally cleave the mountain for him.
• Qin Mu instructed Zhao Gongming to intervene if Haotian or anyone else attacked Yang Jian during the Peach Mountain battle, and Zhao Gongming agreed.

Qin Mu enlisted Zhao Gongming to support Yang Jian at Peach Mountain and warned that the Western Heavenly Court would be forced to stop if it went too far. On his way to Buzhou Mountain, Yang Jian found a wounded Black Dog surrounded by Demon Race members and intervened.

• Qin Mu told Zhao Gongming that Yang Jian had to win at Peach Mountain, and Zhao Gongming agreed to attend the battle.
• Qin Mu warned that he would make Haotian stop if the Western Heavenly Court refused to back down, then left Luofu Cave.
• Zhao Gongming summoned his Golden Whip and prepared to go to Peach Mountain.
• Yang Jian flew toward Buzhou Mountain and sensed a connection to a Black Dog being attacked in the forest.
• The Demon Race members planned to take the Black Dog's Heavenly Demon bloodline, but Yang Jian arrived and broke the green-faced Demon General's blade.

Yang Jian rescued Xiaotian Dog from Demon Race hunters seeking his Heavenly Demon bloodline and killed them after learning they had helped wipe out his clan. Xiaotian Dog remained wary until he learned Yang Jian was Qin Mu’s disciple, and he recognized Qin Mu as someone the Demon Race had warned its members never to provoke.

• Xiaotian Dog told Yang Jian that the Green-Faced Demon General’s group had killed his clansmen and pursued him to refine his Heavenly Demon bloodline.
• Yang Jian confronted the Demon Race group, broke their Ten Thousand Demon Soul-Locking Array, and defeated the Green-Faced Demon General and his allies.
• After Xiaotian Dog demanded that none of his pursuers be spared, Yang Jian killed them all despite their pleas and threats about the Black Baleful Demon King.
• Yang Jian explained that he had saved Xiaotian Dog because he sensed a connection and had thought of himself; Xiaotian Dog gave his name and explained his desire to preserve the Heavenly Demon clan’s legacy.
• Xiaotian Dog questioned Yang Jian’s motives and learned that the Black Flood Dragon Spirit willingly served him.
• Yang Jian introduced himself and identified Qin Mu as his master; Xiaotian Dog recognized Qin Mu as the Senior Disciple Brother of the Jie Teachings, whom the Demon Race had warned its elders never to provoke.

Yang Jian saved the wounded Xiaotian Dog and accepted him as a companion after hearing of his vow to avenge the Heavenly Demon clan. They set out together for Buzhou Mountain, while Xiaotian Dog’s revenge against the Black Baleful Demon King remained for another day.

• Xiaotian Dog recognized Yang Jian as Qin Mu’s disciple and apologized, but Yang Jian told him he had saved him because he understood what it meant to be hunted and alone.
• Yang Jian shared that the Heavenly Court had destroyed his family and suppressed his mother, and Xiaotian Dog offered to follow him and help repay his life-saving grace.
• Xiaotian Dog explained that the Black Baleful Demon King had destroyed his clan and vowed to follow Yang Jian despite the dangers ahead.
• Yang Jian accepted Xiaotian Dog as his companion, warned him not to rush into revenge, and said they would face the Black Baleful Demon King after reaching Buzhou Mountain and recovering.
• Yang Jian suppressed Xiaotian Dog’s wounds with Taiyi magic power, then led him northwest toward Buzhou Mountain.

After the system triggered a special Red Packet scenario to guide Yang Jian in splitting the mountain to save his mother, Qin Mu visited Zhen Yuanzi to arrange support for Yang Jian’s dangerous journey through Buzhou Mountain. Zhen Yuanzi agreed to prepare for Yang Jian’s arrival at Wuzhuang Temple, including offering him ripe Ginseng Fruit.

• The system notified Qin Mu that a special Red Packet scenario had begun and tasked him with guiding Yang Jian to split the mountain and save his mother.
• Qin Mu traveled to Longevity Mountain and was personally welcomed to Wuzhuang Temple by Zhen Yuanzi.
• Qin Mu told Zhen Yuanzi that Yang Jian was heading to Buzhou Mountain, and Zhen Yuanzi understood that he should help the young disciple when he arrived.
• Zhen Yuanzi and Qin Mu discussed Yao Ji’s punishment, and Zhen Yuanzi said Haotian had gone too far by using his sister and nephew to establish the Heavenly Court’s authority.
• After Qin Mu left, Zhen Yuanzi told Qing Feng and Ming Yue that Yang Jian would arrive in a few days and instructed them to prepare ripe Ginseng Fruit for him.

Yang Jian and Xiaotian Dog traveled toward Buzhou Mountain and discovered Wuzhuang Temple on Longevity Mountain. Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi’s disciples welcomed them inside, where the scent of Ginseng Fruit caught Xiaotian Dog’s attention.

• Yang Jian, Xiaotian Dog, and the Black Flood Dragon Spirit discussed the dangers and lingering killing intent around Buzhou Mountain as they traveled northwest.
• The group spotted Longevity Mountain, and the Black Flood Dragon Spirit identified it as the location of Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi’s Wuzhuang Temple.
• Yang Jian decided to pay his respects to Zhen Yuanzi, and Longevity Mountain’s earth qi helped steady Xiaotian Dog’s injuries.
• Qing Feng and Ming Yue greeted Yang Jian and Xiaotian Dog at the temple gate, explaining that Zhen Yuanzi had instructed them to invite the pair inside.
• As Yang Jian and Xiaotian Dog entered the temple, a strange fragrance drifted over, and the Black Flood Dragon Spirit wondered if it was Ginseng Fruit.

Yang Jian and Xiaotian Dog visited Zhen Yuanzi at Wuzhuang Temple, where he saw through their cultivation and injuries. He gave them two Ginseng Fruits to help prepare Yang Jian for the dangerous journey to Buzhou Mountain and left Xiaotian Dog’s dormant Heavenly Demon bloodline awakening as they refined the treasure.

• Yang Jian, Xiaotian Dog, and the Black Flood Dragon Spirit entered Wuzhuang Temple and paid their respects to Zhen Yuanzi.
• Zhen Yuanzi recognized Yang Jian’s newly formed Taiyi Dao fruit and the Five-Turn Golden Pill he had refined, then identified Xiaotian Dog’s wounded Heavenly Demon bloodline.
• Zhen Yuanzi ordered Qing Feng and Ming Yue to bring two Ginseng Fruits for Yang Jian and Xiaotian Dog, explaining that they would help before Yang Jian’s journey to Buzhou Mountain.
• Yang Jian and Xiaotian Dog accepted the Ginseng Fruits and began refining them in the hall.
• The fruit’s spiritual power strengthened Yang Jian’s Taiyi Dao fruit, healed Xiaotian Dog’s wounds, and awakened his Heavenly Demon bloodline.

Qin Mu visited Penglai and spoke with Daoist Duobao about his stalled path to sainthood before offering an opportunity connected to his new disciple, Yang Jian. Duobao agreed to support Yang Jian, and Qin Mu made clear that the Jie Teachings would share the consequences of his actions.

• Yang Jian and Xiaotian Dog refined the Ginseng Fruit at Wuzhuang Temple while Zhen Yuanzi warned that their strengthened foundations could not withstand Pangu's lingering might for them.
• Qin Mu left Wuzhuang Temple and arrived at Penglai, where Daoist Duobao ended his lecture and welcomed him.
• Duobao asked when he would become a Saint, and Qin Mu said the opportunity he lacked would come soon.
• Duobao refused Qin Mu's offer to force him into the Saint Position, saying he feared he could not hold it securely.
• Qin Mu revealed that he had come to give Duobao an opportunity for Yang Jian, and Duobao pledged that the Jie Teachings would not leave Yang Jian to face his karma alone.

Qin Mu persuaded Duobao to send Huo Ling to Buzhou Mountain to temper her Dao alongside Yang Jian, and gave her an Innate Spiritual Treasure. Huo Ling left Penglai for the dangerous mountain, while Qin Mu departed to check on Yang Jian.

• Qin Mu told Duobao that Yang Jian was going to Buzhou Mountain and proposed that Huo Ling travel there as well.
• Duobao summoned Huo Ling, and Qin Mu judged her Taiyi foundation acceptable.
• Qin Mu bestowed the Red Flame Spirit Wheel, an Innate Spiritual Treasure, on Huo Ling.
• Duobao ordered Huo Ling to go to Buzhou Mountain to temper her Dao and gave her a Penglai Protective Talisman Seal that could block one Quasi-Saint killing calamity.
• Huo Ling left Penglai for Buzhou Mountain, and Qin Mu departed to see whether Yang Jian's journey had produced results.

Yang Jian and Xiaotian Dog refined the Ginseng Fruit at Wuzhuang Temple, with Yang Jian ascending to Daluo Golden Immortal and Xiaotian Dog reaching Late Golden Immortal. They continued toward Buzhou Mountain, where they found an innate spiritual medicine and were confronted by seven demons claiming it belonged to Mei Mountain.

• Yang Jian shattered his Taiyi Dao fruit and broke through to Daluo Golden Immortal, while Xiaotian Dog awakened his Heavenly Demon bloodline and advanced to Late Golden Immortal.
• Yang Jian and Xiaotian Dog thanked Zhen Yuanzi and left Wuzhuang Temple with the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade and its Black Flood Dragon Spirit.
• Following Zhao Gongming's route toward Buzhou Mountain, Yang Jian spotted treasure light and found a Cyan Jade Grass growing in a valley.
• As Yang Jian reached to pluck the spiritual medicine, White Ape and six other demons arrived and claimed the valley and its treasure for Mei Mountain.
• The demons threatened Yang Jian and Xiaotian Dog, and Dog Demon declared that he would devour Xiaotian Dog's bloodline.

Yang Jian confronted the Seven Monsters of Mei Mountain over a Spiritual Medicine and revealed his overwhelming strength. White Ape used the formation and a water-fire staff to challenge him, and their battle escalated as the six other demons lent White Ape their power.

• Pig Spirit attacked Yang Jian, who crippled him with a single palm strike.
• White Ape ordered the Seven Monsters of Mei Mountain into formation, which raised his cultivation to Daluo Golden Immortal.
• White Ape offered Yang Jian thirty percent of the Spiritual Medicine, but Yang Jian refused and revealed his Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth.
• Yang Jian and White Ape clashed with their enlarged forms and weapons, and Yang Jian cut White Ape with his blade.
• The six demons poured their power into White Ape as he brought down a third staff strike, forming a water-and-fire millstone above Yang Jian.

Yang Jian broke the Seven Monsters of Mei Mountain’s formation with his Heavenly Eye and forced the demons to surrender. After learning that Yang Jian planned to rescue his mother at Peach Mountain, they joined him, unaware at first that he was a disciple of Saint Qin Mu.

• Yang Jian used his Heavenly Eye to find and break the Seven Monsters of Mei Mountain’s Array Eye, defeating White Ape and the other demons.
• White Ape and the six other monsters begged Yang Jian for mercy, and White Ape offered to guide him to the Remnant of Buzhou Mountain.
• Yang Jian revealed that he planned to go to Peach Mountain to save his mother and accepted the seven monsters’ offer to follow him.
• White Ape introduced himself as Yuan Hong, and Yang Jian told the seven monsters to call him Second Lord.
• Xiaotian Dog revealed that Yang Jian was a disciple of Saint Qin Mu and Senior Disciple Brother of the Jie Teachings, leaving the seven monsters astonished.

Yang Jian claimed the Great Luo Flower and gave it to Yuan Hong before leaving for Buzhou Mountain, tasking Yuan Hong and Xiaotian Dog with establishing control over Mei Mountain. Yuan Hong broke through to Zenith Heaven, and the chapter ended as an Azure-robed Daoist arrived before the newly unified demons.

• Yang Jian warned the seven monsters not to harm the innocent, then took the matured Great Luo Flower and gave it to Yuan Hong to help him break through.
• Yang Jian ordered Yuan Hong to subdue Mei Mountain's inhabitants and told Xiaotian Dog to remain behind while he traveled to Buzhou Mountain.
• Yuan Hong consumed the Great Luo Flower and broke through to Zenith Heaven as Xiaotian Dog and the monsters guarded him.
• Yuan Hong led the Seven Monsters in bringing Mei Mountain's caves and spirits under control, replacing the demon banners with Erlang banners.
• An Azure-robed Daoist appeared over Mei Mountain, and Yuan Hong, Xiaotian Dog, and the monsters braced themselves under his overwhelming pressure.

Qin Mu visited Mei Mountain, strengthened Yuan Hong’s staff into an Innate Spiritual Treasure, and ordered him to guard the mountain. Yang Jian continued toward Buzhou Mountain to rescue his mother and sensed a bloody battle ahead.

• Yuan Hong and the six monsters prostrated themselves when Qin Mu revealed his identity, while Xiaotian Dog greeted him as Grandmaster.
• Qin Mu reforged Yuan Hong’s Water-Fire Staff of One Qi with innate materials and returned it as an Innate Spiritual Treasure.
• Qin Mu told Yuan Hong to guard Mei Mountain and warned him not to use the treasure for vicious fighting before departing.
• Yuan Hong ordered the mountain’s caves to forbid random slaughter and the devouring of innocent beings, while Xiaotian Dog vowed to guard Mei Mountain until Yang Jian returned.
• Yang Jian traveled toward Buzhou Mountain, determined to split Peach Mountain and rescue his mother.
• Yang Jian and the Black Flood Dragon Spirit sensed bloodshed and a magical battle ahead, with someone under attack.

Yang Jian rescued Huo Ling, a Jie Teachings disciple, from four attackers and killed them despite their threats from North Nether Palace. After Huo Ling learned that Yang Jian was Qin Mu’s disciple, he asked why she was there.

• Huo Ling fought off four attackers led by a black-armored Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, but she was outnumbered and wounded.
• Yang Jian recognized the Shangqing Dao Resonance in Huo Ling and intervened, killing the bone-spear wielder and blood-banner wielder.
• Yang Jian caught and killed the fleeing poison-hook wielder after rejecting his plea for mercy.
• The black-armored being tried to escape through the earth veins, but Yang Jian’s Heavenly Eye pinned him down, and Yang Jian killed him despite his offer to make amends.
• Huo Ling introduced herself as a disciple of Daoist Duobao, and Yang Jian told her he was Qin Mu’s disciple.
• Yang Jian asked Huo Ling why she was there.

Yang Jian and Huo Ling agreed to travel together to the Remnant of Buzhou Mountain, where Yang Jian intended to temper his body and Huo Ling hoped to find an opportunity foretold by Qin Mu. As they approached the mountain, Huo Ling explained that North Ming Palace had tried to kill her for her Fire Spirit Origin.

• Huo Ling told Yang Jian she was heading to Buzhou Mountain, and he said he was going there to temper his body.
• Huo Ling offered to travel with Yang Jian, and he agreed so she would not face another ambush alone.
• Yang Jian and Huo Ling flew northwest as Buzhou Mountain's pressure and killing intent grew stronger.
• Huo Ling revealed that Qin Mu had told her she would find a small opportunity at Buzhou Mountain.
• Huo Ling explained that North Ming Palace's followers had attacked her to seize her Fire Spirit Origin, and Yang Jian said they had misjudged the consequences.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate left Kunlun after Yang Jian’s master-disciple Karma shifted to Qin Mu and the Jie Teachings, then went to Wa Huang Heaven. The other Saints and the Heavenly Courts watched his move as the Investiture of the Gods conflict gathered momentum, while Qin Mu sensed his arrival from afar.

• Primordial Heavenly Venerate discovered that Yang Jian’s master-disciple Karma had shifted from the Clarify Teachings to Qin Mu and decided to make his next move.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate left Kunlun, prompting the Clarify Teachings disciples to suspect he was acting over the Jie Teachings and the coming Investiture of the Gods.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate went to Wa Huang Heaven, and Taishang Laojun, Sect Master Tongtian, Di Zun, and Haotian took note of his visit.
• Sect Master Tongtian warned that he would respond if Primordial Heavenly Venerate schemed against Jie Teachings disciples.
• Haotian and Yaochi decided to watch how Primordial Heavenly Venerate acted before moving, while Qin Mu looked toward Wa Huang Heaven and smiled faintly.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate visited Nuwa to draw her into the coming Investiture of the Gods calamity, warning that the Jie Teachings’ growing influence could unbalance the Human Race’s Fortune. Nuwa refused to oppose Qin Mu or involve Wa Huang Palace, and Primordial Heavenly Venerate revealed that he had not come to ask her to act personally.

• Qin Mu sensed that Primordial Heavenly Venerate could no longer remain still after Qin Mu took Yang Jian under his wing.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate entered Wa Huang Heaven and met Nuwa in Wa Huang Palace to discuss the Investiture of the Gods.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate argued that the Jie Teachings’ strength and influence over the Human Race’s Fortune could threaten the balance of the coming calamity.
• Nuwa refused to interfere in the conflict between the Clarify Teachings and the Jie Teachings, saying she would not fill the pits for the Clarify Teachings or provoke Qin Mu.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate said he had not come to ask Nuwa to act personally.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate asked Nuwa to let Lingzhu Zi reincarnate among the Human Race and enter the Clarify Teachings so he could answer his Great Calamity. After deducing the risks, Nuwa let Lingzhu Zi decide, and he agreed to undergo the mortal trial, leaving his future entry into the Clarify Teachings to follow.

• Primordial Heavenly Venerate asked Nuwa for Lingzhu Zi, explaining that reincarnation among the Human Race could let him pass through his killing calamity.
• Nuwa used the Map of Mountains and Rivers to deduce Lingzhu Zi’s fate and saw that keeping him in Wa Huang Palace could cause him to miss his chance to overcome the calamity.
• Nuwa summoned Lingzhu Zi and explained that he could reincarnate to face the mortal killing calamity or remain in Wa Huang Palace and risk being unable to avoid it later.
• Lingzhu Zi asked whether he could return if he overcame the calamity, then chose to enter Reincarnation and pursue a higher realm.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate offered to have a Clarify Teachings Disciple guide Lingzhu Zi into the sect after his reincarnation, and Lingzhu Zi looked to Nuwa before responding.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate left Wa Huang Palace after securing Lingzhu Zi’s possible entry into Clarify Teachings, then went to the Western Heavenly Court to enlist Haotian against Qin Mu’s disciple, Yang Jian. Haotian learned that Qin Mu had taken Yang Jian under his tutelage.

• Empress Nuwa told Lingzhu Zi that reincarnation would veil his past, and Lingzhu Zi agreed to enter Clarify Teachings if their master-disciple fate led him there.
• Taishang Laojun and Sect Master Tongtian sensed Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s departure, and Tongtian recognized that he had taken a strand of karma tied to Lingzhu Zi.
• Sect Master Tongtian told Daoist Duobao that Primordial Heavenly Venerate would likely seek Haotian’s help against Yang Jian, and ordered Jie Teachings disciples to stay out of the Western Heavenly Court and report Clarify Teachings disciples who stirred trouble in the human world.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate entered the Western Heavenly Court and met Haotian, who dismissed the assembled immortal officials and generals.
• Haotian said Yang Jian had violated heavenly law and that the Heavenly Court planned to suppress him; Primordial Heavenly Venerate revealed that Qin Mu had taken Yang Jian as his disciple.