Chapter Summaries

Yang Qing rejected the Nightglow Grass Beast’s attempt to entrust the Heavenly Eye Pearl to him. Seven years after Mu An'an was forced to leave the country with her newborn children, she met a frightened boy with signs of abuse at an amusement park.

• The Nightglow Grass Beast explained that opening its Heavenly Eye Pearl invited Heavenly Law’s punishment and asked Yang Qing to protect it.
• Bu Er objected to the proposal, and Yang Qing refused to rely on the pearl’s visions or take it from the beast.
• Mu An'an was forced onto a private plane despite protesting that her mother was in intensive care, and she left the city with her two newborn children.
• Seven years later, Mu An'an took Mu Xiaochen to Dream Valley, where they boarded a Ferris wheel cabin and found a boy hiding inside.
• The boy told Mu An'an he had run away because he feared being beaten, and she found needle marks and bruises on his arm.

The Nightglow Grass Beast told Yang Qing that Western Chu still remembered his past deeds, stirring his longing to return home as he learned his body might be able to cultivate if its Spiritual Power Lock were removed. Meanwhile, Wei Yan made clear that Qian An'an would stay with him at his military posting, and she began laying out terms for their life together.

• The Nightglow Grass Beast revealed that it had once cultivated on a high mountain in Western Chu and praised Yang Qing for bringing happiness to its people.
• Yang Qing grew emotional at news of Western Chu and admitted to himself that he wanted to return to his homeland before he died.
• The Nightglow Grass Beast warned Yang Qing to guard his Dao heart and explained that his body was a natural treasure cauldron sealed by a Spiritual Power Lock.
• Wei Yan rejected his mother's suggestion that he marry his cousin, and Li Xiaofang ran out crying.
• Qian An'an realized Wei Yan had never intended to let her leave, and he told her that letting her go would be deceiving the organization.
• Qian An'an agreed to live with Wei Yan at his military posting and said they needed to settle some matters first.

Yang Qing and his companions agreed to help the Nightglow Grass Beast in exchange for its help returning to Western Chu, while learning that demon grass was far more widespread than they had been told. The Nightglow Grass Beast offered a way to let the Three Realms Immortal Lord gain demon grass power without arousing suspicion, but the chapter ended before it explained the plan.

• Yang Qing agreed to lend the Nightglow Grass Beast some of his Faith Power when necessary, in return for taking it back to Western Chu.
• The Nightglow Grass Beast warned Yang Qing and his companions that demon grass grew throughout the Demon Abyss, not just in the Demon Grassland.
• Yang Qing and the others suspected the Three Realms Immortal Lord had concealed the extent of the demon grass from them.
• The Nightglow Grass Beast offered a method for the Three Realms Immortal Lord to obtain demon grass power without becoming suspicious.
• Wood came out of the shade and asked whether Yang Qing could carry out the method alone, and the Nightglow Grass Beast replied that he would have help.

Yang Qing and the others learned that Ye Guang, the Nightglow Grass Beast, could help them and discovered he wanted to travel to Western Chu for an ancestral treasure and to aid Yang Qing. The group still needed to deal with the demon grass before the deadline set by the Three Realms Immortal Lord, and Ye Guang had yet to explain his method.

• The Nightglow Grass Beast vanished and reappeared as a small child named Ye Guang, then traded barbs with Jiangli.
• Ye Guang privately told Yang Qing that he planned to go to Western Chu for an ancestral treasure and because he knew Yang Qing's body was failing.
• Yang Qing said he accepted that death was near and wanted to return to his roots, but agreed they first had to overcome the danger before them.
• Ye Guang said there was still a way to salvage the situation, and Yang Qing asked whether he could help reduce his suffering when the time came.
• Bu Er asked to accompany Yang Qing to Western Chu, but Yang Qing said they first had to deal with the demon grass and asked Ye Guang to explain his method.

Yang Qing and his companions burned the Demon Grass fields to locate and gather more than two hundred useful stalks, turning the Heaven and Earth Bag red. The Three Realms Immortal Lord appeared and told them to leave the Demon Abyss, where he would give them the Demon Grass’s power so they could attack the Heavenly Law once.

• Ye Guang advised Yang Qing to burn the Demon Grass fields, then identify genuine stalks by the lights rising over the ash.
• Bu Er, Jiang Zhizhou, and Wood harvested the glowing Demon Grass and placed it in the Heaven and Earth Bag.
• After the group collected more than two hundred stalks, the Heaven and Earth Bag turned red.
• The Three Realms Immortal Lord appeared, confirmed they had gathered enough Demon Grass, and told them to leave the Demon Abyss.
• The Three Realms Immortal Lord said he would infuse them with the Demon Grass’s power so they could strike the Heavenly Law with all their might.

Yang Qing and the others decided to leave the Demon Abyss despite their misgivings about the Three Realms Immortal Lord’s motives. When the Heaven-Peering Pearl showed no sign of Mo Yang in the Earth Core Flame, they feared he was dead until Jiangli noticed a cocoon in the flames.

• Yang Qing chose to leave the Demon Abyss rather than risk being trapped there, despite his distrust of the Three Realms Immortal Lord’s arrangements.
• Wood reminded the group that Mo Yang had been missing for five days after going to the Earth Core Flame.
• Nightglow used the Heaven-Peering Pearl to show the raging flames, but Yang Qing and the others could not find Mo Yang.
• Bu Er suggested they give Mo Yang a proper funeral, and Yang Qing lowered his head in grief.
• Jiangli pointed out a blurry spot in the pearl and told Yang Qing it was a cocoon.

Yang Qing and the others learned that Mo Yang was alive inside a vast cocoon in the Earth Core Flame and beginning to break free, though they could not help him. They waited for his emergence and for the Three Realms Immortal Lord to send word about leading them out of the Demon Abyss.

• Jiangli told Yang Qing that Mo Yang was inside the enormous cocoon and that his survival depended on overcoming his tribulation.
• Jiangli sharpened Yang Qing's vision, allowing him to see an opening forming in the cocoon as Mo Yang began to break out.
• Yang Qing worried that Mo Yang might not emerge safely or might lose his memories, while Jiangli said his awakening could raise their chances against Heavenly Law to nearly sixty percent.
• Bu Er and Jiang Zhizhou asked whether they could help Mo Yang, but Jiangli told them they could not intervene.
• Jiangli said the Three Realms Immortal Lord had received the power of Demon Grass and would likely contact them within a day or two to lead them out of the Demon Abyss.

Yang Qing, Bu Er, and Jiang Zhizhou discovered that someone had sealed away their memories about Heavenly Law, suggesting it feared their previous methods. Jiangli used its True Fire to guard them against further interference, and the group prepared to disrupt Heavenly Law’s plans while making better use of the Demon Grass’s power.

• Yang Qing realized he had forgotten parts of his past, and Jiangli detected a Sealing Spell hiding the changes.
• Yang Qing asked Bu Er and Jiang Zhizhou to check their memories, and they found that they had lost memories too.
• The three pieced together that the missing memories concerned Heavenly Law and concluded it was trying to stop them from repeating their previous success against it.
• Yang Qing proposed disrupting Heavenly Law’s plans with a new approach while the group continued gathering the Demon Grass’s power.
• Jiangli warned that the foreign power might pose further dangers and sent its True Fire into Yang Qing, Bu Er, and Jiang Zhizhou to protect them.

Yang Qing and his companions prepared for Heavenly Law’s imminent attack, and Jiangli secretly revealed that it would come in five days. Yang Qing resolved to protect the others even if he had to sacrifice himself.

• Yang Qing urged Bu Er, Jiang Zhizhou, and the others to put their own survival first, while privately accepting that his own death might be necessary.
• Yang Qing asked Jiangli when Heavenly Law would arrive, but withdrew the question rather than risk Jiangli’s safety.
• Jiangli left a pawprint as a coded hint, and Yang Qing understood that Heavenly Law would come in five days.
• Yang Qing and the others recognized that their old formations would no longer work and planned to rely on the demon grass’s energy and their own lives.
• Yang Qing thought he had only five days left and resolved to protect his companions, even at the cost of his life.

Heavenly Law attacked Yang Qing and his allies, who resisted with Demon Grass Power while Yang Qing and Jiangli headed toward the formation eye. Yang Qing knew the attempt could cost him his life, but he sought a way to protect Bu Er and the others.

• The Three Realms Immortal Lord confronted Heavenly Law over its role in Emperor Zetian's survival and schemes.
• Heavenly Law summoned lightning against Yang Qing and the others, but they used refined Demon Grass Power to withstand its attacks.
• Yang Qing told Bu Er and the others that only he could break Heavenly Law's protective formation and went with Jiangli to find its formation eye.
• Jiangli warned Yang Qing that he might never return, and Yang Qing asked whether risking the attempt could let Bu Er and the others retreat safely.
• Jiangli assured Yang Qing that his success would protect the others, while offering to find another, more troublesome approach if he changed his mind.

Yang Qing faced Heavenly Law’s intensified Heavenly Punishment, enduring the first four bolts with help from the Black Tortoise Heavy Armor and Demon Grass. As a fifth bolt gathered power, he urged Jiangli to leave him alone.

• Yang Qing rejected the chance to seek another way and stepped forward to face Heavenly Law, while Jiangli followed and reminded him of his defenses.
• Yang Qing said he would rather risk death fighting the world’s supreme ruler than back down, and Jiangli explained that surviving Heavenly Punishment would mean victory.
• Heavenly Law struck Yang Qing with two powerful bolts of thunder; the first barely affected him, but the second left him chilled and weakened his armor.
• Yang Qing asked Jiangli about Bu Er and the others, then asked whether Jiangli would return to Western Chu with him if they survived.
• The third and fourth bolts left Yang Qing badly injured and nearly stripped away his armor, so Jiangli placed a paw on his arm to protect him.
• As the fifth bolt gathered power, Yang Qing told Jiangli to leave the formation and let him face the punishment alone.

Yang Qing survived Heavenly Law’s punishment, but Jiangli revealed that the wounds left him beyond saving. He chose to return to Western Chu with Bu Er and the others, while Wood stayed behind to wait for Mo Yang.

• Jiangli tried to protect Yang Qing from the scarlet heavenly thunder, and the final bolt struck Jiangli’s paws and Yang Qing’s shoulder.
• After the Heavenly Punishment passed, Yang Qing asked whether Bu Er and the others were safe, then coughed up blood as his condition worsened.
• Bu Er and Jiang Zhizhou tried to heal Yang Qing, but Jiangli explained that no cure existed for the Heavenly Punishment.
• Yang Qing asked to return to Western Chu and proposed stopping in Yan Prefecture and eating hot pot on the way.
• Wood stayed behind to wait for Mo Yang, and Yang Qing bid him farewell before leaving with Jiangli, Bu Er, and the others.

Yang Qing prepared to return to Western Chu despite the mortal injuries he suffered during Heavenly Punishment, and Jiangli took the group there by flying sword. As they reached Yang Qing’s final resting place, his life ended with his eyes closed.

• Yang Qing said farewell to Wood and decided to return to Western Chu with Bu Er and Jiang Zhizhou.
• Jiangli took the Heaven-Shaking Sword from Bu Er, enlarged it, and carried the group toward Western Chu on it.
• Jiangli told Yang Qing that the Three Realms Immortal Lord had fled during Heavenly Punishment and had schemed to take the demon grass power.
• Yang Qing thanked Jiangli and said he wanted to reach his native soil, though his body continued to deteriorate on the journey.
• The group arrived at a vast wasteland where Yang Qing saw the place of his final resting and slowly closed his eyes.