Chapter Summaries

Jiang Lang reunited with Yi Shuyuan on Mount Great Autumn, learned that Hui Mian was nearby, and fought Yi Shuyuan to vent his frustration. After they made peace over food and wine, Yi Shuyuan agreed to take Jiang Lang to meet Fellow Daoist Ao on behalf of Dragonkind.

• Jiang Lang waited for Yi Shuyuan, then welcomed him and Hui Mian to share food and wine with Xue Tian.
• Jiang Lang challenged Yi Shuyuan to suppress his dharma power and let him vent, but Yi Shuyuan fought back with the Ritual Ruler, Jade Startle, and Jiang Lang returned dizzy and conceded.
• Jiang Lang asked whether Xue Tian was related to the White Lord, and Yi Shuyuan said he would pass the question to Fellow Daoist Ao.
• Jiang Lang explained that Dragonkind throughout the Four Seas wanted to meet the White Lord, and Yi Shuyuan offered to take him to the Mountain-River Realm after their meal.
• Monk Wufa told the prince of the An Kingdom and the Great Yong Envoy that the storm and strange sounds were natural mountain phenomena, while the accompanying monk worried as he looked toward the peak.

Yi Shuyuan hosted Jiang Lang in the Mountain-River Realm, where Jiang Lang met Ao Po and learned the Dragon Lord would allow the Four Seas Dragon Lords to visit but refused a grand banquet. At Great Autumn Temple, Xue Sheng drank wine left in the Heart-Chan Pavilion, and Monk Wufa recognized that the experience had revealed Xue Sheng’s worldly nature and sent him away from the temple.

• Yi Shuyuan shared the Thousand-Bucket Pot’s wine with Jiang Lang and revealed that the Heart-Chan Pavilion and its surroundings had shifted into spring within the Mountain-River Realm.
• Ao Po met Jiang Lang and agreed to receive the Four Seas Dragon Lords, but declined their proposed Dragon-Transformation Banquet.
• A monk named Xue Sheng found the dishes and wine left in the pavilion, drank two cups, and watched a plant grow and bloom after he poured out the last cup.
• Monk Wufa confronted Xue Sheng, explained that the wine had consumed much of his day, and declared that Xue Sheng’s affinity with monastic life had ended.
• Monk Wufa gave Xue Sheng a silver ingot and sent him away; Xue Sheng bowed to his master and left Great Autumn Temple at once.

Yi Shuyuan and Jiang Lang discovered that Xue Sheng’s wine had briefly revived a frozen azalea, then visited Lakeview Tower, where they recognized dishes inspired by a Dragon Palace banquet. Jiang Lang agreed to a matter concerning Dragonkind and decided to stay close to Yi Shuyuan while the Four Seas Dragon Lords were informed.

• Yi Shuyuan divined that Xue Sheng had poured one cup of wine onto the azalea, and Jiang Lang concluded that three cups would have kept it blooming until June.
• Xue Tian and Hui Mian realized the monk involved had been Xue Sheng, whose birth at Great Autumn Temple had been attended by an immortal lady.
• Yi Shuyuan and Jiang Lang met Monk Wufa, returned the cleaned food carrier, and left the temple while Xue Tian stayed behind.
• Jiang Lang took Yi Shuyuan and Hui Mian to Lakeview Tower, where its chef served dishes learned from Old Master Mo in Tea Province and inspired by a Dragon Palace banquet.
• Jiang Lang told the turtle chancellor of Longwind Lake to inform the East Sea Dragon Palace that the White Lord had agreed to the matter concerning Dragonkind, and he chose to remain with Yi Shuyuan.

Mo Ye reported to the East Sea Dragon Lord that Jiang Lang had found Yi Shuyuan and secured his agreement to meet the Four Seas Dragonkind, while Mo Ye earned recognition for the Heavenly Dragon Illustrated Scroll. After returning to Longwind Lake, Mo Ye joined Jiang Lang and Yi Shuyuan outside the Chu Residence, where he explained that a Dragon Palace guard had asked him to deliver a token of gratitude to Chu Hang’s descendants.

• Mo Ye told Feng Yan that Jiang Lang had found Yi Shuyuan, who had agreed to meet the Four Seas Dragonkind without a grand banquet.
• Feng Yan ordered messengers sent to the other three seas and said Mo Ye would be entered in the Heavenly Dragon Illustrated Scroll.
• The Yaksha Commander asked Mo Ye to deliver a white clam shell to the Chu Household in gratitude for Chu Hang saving his descendants.
• Jiang Lang and Yi Shuyuan strolled to the Chu Residence and noticed preparations for a wedding.
• Mo Ye returned and explained his request from the Yaksha Commander to Jiang Lang and Yi Shuyuan.

Mo Ye delivered a rare Jade-Soul Clam to the Chu Household as a wedding gift on behalf of Jiao Quanling, and the gift revealed itself to be a living treasure shell containing primordial treasure essence. Yi Shuyuan and Jiang Lang moved toward the Chu Residence, each intent on obtaining the shell, as it began to tremble.

• Hui Mian suggested joining Mo Ye to cadge a wedding feast, but Jiang Lang told Mo Ye to deliver the gift and request wedding sweets instead.
• Mo Ye delivered the Jade-Soul Clam to the Chu Residence, explaining that Jiao Quanling had sent it in gratitude for Duke Chu's past kindness.
• Jiang Lang and Yi Shuyuan identified the shell as a rare auspicious treasure, while the Chu brothers examined it and discovered that it could open.
• The shell released a wisp of shimmering energy, which Yi Shuyuan and Jiang Lang recognized as xiantian qi or primordial treasure essence.
• Jiang Lang hurried toward the Chu Residence to trade for the essence, and Yi Shuyuan followed after realizing it might help him pursue a Dao Pill.
• The living shell began trembling on the Chu Household's table.

Jiang Lang visited the Chu Residence to inspect the mysterious shell delivered as Zhao'er's wedding gift and tried to trade for it with an Abyssal Glow Pearl and a rare medicinal salve. The Chu family agreed to the exchange, but Jiang Lang demonstrated the pearl's strange power before the deal was finalized.

• The Chu brothers found that the shell had snapped shut and could no longer be opened, then learned that Jiang Lang had returned to see the treasure.
• Jiang Lang introduced Yi Shuyuan as his friend and asked the Chu family to let him examine the shell.
• The Chu brothers refused to sell Zhao'er's wedding gift, so Jiang Lang offered an Abyssal Glow Pearl in exchange.
• Jiang Lang added a medicinal salve, whose fragrance astonished the Chu family and drew the two elderly ladies from the rear courtyard.
• The two elderly ladies agreed to the exchange, and Jiang Lang dropped the Abyssal Glow Pearl into tea, causing the liquid to spill away from the cup in a perfect ring.

Jiang Lang failed to trade for Chu Zhao’s wedding gift after Chu Hongsheng argued that it should remain with its recipients, while Yi Shuyuan proposed seeking the proper consent and offering fair terms. The Chu family began to suspect that their visitors were divine figures, and Jiang Lang sent Mo Ye to the East Sea to request the yaksha commander’s help.

• Chu Hongsheng stopped the trade, secured the courtyard, and insisted that Chu Zhao’s wedding gift should not be sold without the consent of everyone connected to it.
• Yi Shuyuan returned the Abyssal Glow Pearls and porcelain bottle to Jiang Lang, then explained that any trade would require the Chu family’s and the gift-giver’s agreement.
• Jiang Lang and Yi Shuyuan left after accepting an invitation to Chu Zhao’s wedding feast, while Chu Hongsheng warned the household to keep their treasures and visitors secret.
• Chu Hongsheng’s sister-in-law connected Jiang Lang, Mo Ye, and Yi Shuyuan to figures worshipped at the Dragon King Temple, and Chu Hongsheng ordered everyone to keep the suspicion quiet.
• Jiang Lang asked Mo Ye to visit the East Sea Dragon Lord and request the yaksha commander’s help, while Hui Mian went to find Chu Hang.

Chu Hang watched his grandson Chu Zhao’s wedding and reunited with his descendants in a shared dream, bringing them comfort over their failure to see him before his death. The dream ended with Chu Hang departing again, while the newlyweds awoke beside the radiant Abyssal Glow Pearls he had left them.

• Mo Ye brought the Yaksha Commander to Longwind Prefecture after the Dragon Lord learned that the wedding gift shell held innate qi.
• Chu Hang watched Chu Zhao’s wedding procession, warmed the wedding party with a breeze, and joined the feast unseen by the living guests.
• Chu Hang’s old steward summoned the Chu family to the courtyard, where they greeted Chu Hang and his guests as though they had returned to an earlier time.
• Yi Shuyuan drew innate qi from Jiao Quanling’s shell, and Jiang Lang gave the newlyweds the Abyssal Glow Pearls and Small Porcelain Bottle.
• Chu Hongsheng, Chu Hongzu, and Chu Yun remembered that they had missed Chu Hang’s final moments and wept as he comforted them before fading away.
• Chu Hongsheng and his siblings awoke with their grief eased, while Chu Zhao and Yan Keyu woke to find the Abyssal Glow Pearls shining beside their bed.

Yi Shuyuan brought Jiang Lang and their companions to the E River to ask Lady Yao E and Yan Bo to help use Xiantian Qi to make the Purple-Wall Spirit Lotus Root bloom. After learning the attempt carried risks but had a fifty-percent chance of success, Yan Bo agreed, hoping to witness the flower bloom.

• Yi Shuyuan took Jiang Lang, Hui Mian, and Mo Ye from Longwind Lake to the E River with the Xiantian Qi.
• Hui Mian reunited with Jiang Zhuer, who brought the group to Lady Yao E at the Water Palace.
• Yi Shuyuan explained that he wanted to use Xiantian Qi to make the Purple-Wall Spirit Lotus Root flower and produce lotus seeds.
• Jiang Zhuer summoned Yan Bo, who warned that the attempt could damage the plant and that its flowering would bring a heavenly tribulation.
• Yi Shuyuan said the attempt had a fifty-percent chance of success and might fare better with Yan Bo's help, and Yan Bo agreed to try so he could see the flower bloom.

Yan Bo risked his soul to help the Purple-Wall Spirit Lotus Root bloom, unleashing a province-wide storm and lightning tribulation. Yi Shuyuan saved Yan Bo, took a lotus seed, and placed the blooming lotus in his Alchemy Furnace to refine pills.

• Yan Bo poured xiantian-infused spring water over the Purple-Wall Spirit Lotus Root, drank some himself, then merged his soul into its bud.
• The lotus drew spiritual energy across Moon Province for a month as Yan Bo delayed its lightning tribulation, while Yi Shuyuan and the others watched over it.
• Lightning and violent weather struck the E River, shattering the lotus leaves, until Yan Bo emerged from the bud and guided the lightning into it.
• The lotus bloomed under the tribulation, and Yi Shuyuan supplied it with spiritual energy and Jiang Lang's wine as its seedpod matured.
• Yi Shuyuan took a lotus seed, knocked Yan Bo unconscious and drew him into his gourd, then placed the lotus in his Alchemy Furnace as the original plant turned to ashes.

Yi Shuyuan carried the Heaven-Turning Furnace into Cang Mountain to refine an elixir from the purple-wall spirit lotus root. The onlookers discovered he had added two True Dragon Horns, and Mo Ye flew to the East Sea to report the extraordinary refinement to the Dragon Lord.

• Yi Shuyuan flew past Broad South Mountain and carried the increasingly unstable Heaven-Turning Furnace into Cang Mountain.
• Yi Shuyuan set the furnace atop a snowy peak, where its heat melted the summit and drew the surrounding spiritual qi into place.
• Yi Shuyuan intensified the furnace’s flames and brought out two objects that Hui Mian identified as True Dragon Horns taken from Ya You after Ya You lost a wager.
• Yi Shuyuan cast the True Dragon Horns into the furnace, calming the agitation within it.
• Jiang Lang ordered Mo Ye to report the True Dragon Horns and the elixir refinement to the Dragon Lord, and Mo Ye flew toward the East Sea.

After learning that Yi Shuyuan was refining an elixir with Ya You’s Dragon Horn at Cang Mountain, Feng Yan arrived and vowed that Dragonkind would protect the pills. The other Three Seas Dragon Lords followed, leaving all Four Seas Dragon Lords gathered at Cang Mountain while countless others watched the furnace.

• Mo Ye reported the Dragon Horn at Cang Mountain to Feng Yan, who immediately set out with Mo Ye, Ji Zi, and Ji Ming.
• Feng Yan questioned Jiang Lang and examined Yao E’s lotus seed, then identified the Dragon Horn as Ya You’s and declared Dragonkind would protect the elixir.
• Yi Shuyuan placed the Gourd atop the Alchemy Furnace as the Heavenly Emperor’s agents monitored events at Cang Mountain.
• Wu Yin learned Feng Yan was at Cang Mountain and hurried there, followed by Ya Ci and Jin Fu.
• All Four Seas Dragon Lords gathered at Cang Mountain as numerous onlookers continued watching the furnace.

As Yi Shuyuan refined an elixir from Ya You’s True Dragon Horn on Cang Mountain, the Four Seas Dragon Lords and the Heavenly Realm gathered to watch and guard him. When Hui Mian saw a flood inside the furnace and Yi Shuyuan sensed the assembled crowd’s greed stirring demonic forces, he warned that a vast Pill Tribulation was coming and ordered everyone to withdraw.

• The Heavenly Emperor summoned Yao E, learned that Yi Shuyuan was refining an elixir with a True Dragon Horn, and dispatched gods and 3,600 elite soldiers to guard the furnace.
• The Four Seas Dragon Lords and the Heavenly Gods assembled around Yi Shuyuan’s furnace, while Hui Mian joined him and peered inside.
• Hui Mian saw flames turn into a great flood, prompting Yi Shuyuan to inspect his Folding Fan and recognize that the crowd’s greed was stirring the demonic.
• Yi Shuyuan found himself pinned by a thick current of water and struggled to maintain control of the Heaven-Turning Furnace.
• Yi Shuyuan told Hui Mian to warn everyone to withdraw because a vast Pill Tribulation was coming, and Hui Mian rushed toward the East Sea Dragonkind.

Yi Shuyuan warned Cang Mountain’s visitors to flee before the pill tribulation, but many stayed or only retreated nearby, hoping to claim the Immortal Elixirs. As the furnace’s ink-wash power engulfed everyone, Feng Yan found himself alone on a quiet mountain with his strength seemingly gone.

• Hui Mian warned the Dragonkind and other visitors that the pill tribulation would be dangerous, then helped Jiang Zhuer and Yao E flee while returning to Yi Shuyuan’s side.
• Jiang Lang recognized the danger and urged Feng Yan to leave, prompting Feng Yan to order the Four Seas Dragonkind to withdraw from Cang Mountain.
• Many Dragonkind and other beings stayed behind or hid nearby, hoping to obtain the Immortal Elixirs, while Feng Yan, Jiang Lang, Ji Zi, Ji Ming, and others remained.
• Yi Shuyuan sensed that the lotus and True Dragon Horn had become pill qi, withdrew his hand from the furnace, and spoke as ink-wash hues spread across Cang Mountain.
• The ink engulfed Feng Yan, who then awoke alone in a forest and discovered that he could no longer fly or sense his strength.

Feng Yan became trapped in a realistic demon realm where he lost his powers and was drawn into an unfamiliar life, while Jiang Lang and Hui Mian also awakened there in human bodies. As rain fell and water began rising around them, those caught in the pill tribulation gradually began losing their sense of identity.

• Feng Yan fled a roaring beast through familiar mountains and reached a town where locals recognized him as a debtor who had stolen clothes from Lu's Shop.
• Feng Yan fought off the men demanding payment, recognized Lu's Shop embroidered on his robe, and returned it before finding a little girl named Xiao Mei at his home.
• Feng Yan realized the girl and his familiar life had pulled him dangerously deep into the demon realm, then comforted Xiao Mei as rain began to fall.
• Jiang Lang woke in a river without Dharma Power, confirmed he was human, and noticed the rising water reaching his feet as the rain continued.
• Hui Mian discovered he had become a young human child and saw his reflection in a rain-filled vat.
• The people trapped in the pill tribulation's demon realm gradually lost the boundaries of their former identities.

Wu Yin, Jin Fu, and Ya Ci each awoke in unfamiliar mortal lives during a rainstorm, while Ya Ci discovered that Chan Qin had become his bride. Yi Shuyuan read the storm as an expression of the Elixir Manifestation as the waters continued to rise.

• Wu Yin awoke in an academy classroom and read a scholar’s essay about an absurd dream.
• Jin Fu hunted enormous fish with his relatives, and a crowd argued over buying their catch when the boat returned to port.
• Ya Ci awoke on his wedding day without Dharma Power and found Chan Qin waiting under a bridal veil.
• Chan Qin struck Ya Ci when he touched her, but they later gave in to their desire and slept together.
• Yi Shuyuan cast copper coins in a ruined temple and concluded that the rain and rising waters reflected the Elixir Manifestation.

Yi Shuyuan identified Lotus Mountain as a place where pill qi gathered into a flood dragon, then watched part of it surge out as a devastating mountain flood. As he began rescuing villagers, floods struck elsewhere too, and the chapter ended with Feng Yan’s town being overwhelmed by a rising torrent.

• Yi Shuyuan woke in a ruined Daoist temple, visited his former master's grave, and traveled toward the location he had calculated.
• Yi Shuyuan reached Lotus Mountain and saw that a dormant flood dragon in its deep pool was actually pill qi gathering into a pill.
• Lightning struck Yi Shuyuan’s copper coins, and part of the pill qi burst from the pool, sending a mountain flood down the slopes.
• Yi Shuyuan descended Lotus Mountain, calculated the flood’s path, and began rescuing people in villages already struck by the waters.
• Feng Yan and his family cleared drainage ditches in Ten Directions Town as a man shouted that a flood was coming, but the torrent swallowed his warning.

A strange, widespread flood devastated Ten Directions Town and many other regions, while Wu Yin and Ya Ci noticed signs that officials had anticipated the disaster. Yi Shuyuan continued tracking the floods and preparing for a greater dragon ascension, but an Imperial Proclamation announced that more Flood Dragons would bring further calamity.

• Feng Yan rescued Xiao Ya and a flood victim from the torrent, then reunited with his parents two days later among the ruins of Ten Directions Town.
• Wu Yin studied gazetteers and told his students that the scattered floods were unusually severe, while Ya Ci and Chan Qin wondered why officials had requisitioned transport so quickly.
• Jin Fu recovered the bodies of his family members after the flood swept away their boat.
• Yi Shuyuan followed the flood routes, helped victims, and ordered a smith to cast thirty-six long swords and seventy-two short swords for an approaching dragon ascension.
• Imperial officials proclaimed that more floods and Great Flood Dragons were coming, and Yi Shuyuan realized the proclamation marked the tribulation’s intended course.

Yi Shuyuan volunteered to help the Imperial Court deal with Flood Dragons and proposed redirecting them with a Flood Dragon-Subduing Sword Formation. At a Flood Dragon-Slaying Camp, Jiang Lang encountered a hungry child who recognized him and called his name.

• Yi Shuyuan signed up to join the Flood Dragon-Slaying effort alongside two powerful brothers and other volunteers.
• The County Magistrate warned that volunteers who withdrew would be punished, then asked how they could confront the Flood Dragons.
• Yi Shuyuan proposed guiding the Flood Dragons through uninhabited areas and into the sea with a Flood Dragon-Subduing Sword Formation, requesting swords, maps, and Imperial Court support.
• The Imperial Court established Flood Dragon-Slaying Camps, where refugees gathered for supplies and volunteers trained.
• Jiang Lang served porridge and a steamed bun to a hungry child, who recognized him and called out, "Jiang Lang!"

Jiang Lang and Hui Mian recognized each other and planned to move townspeople to higher ground as the flood-dragon tribulation approached. Yi Shuyuan gathered swords for his formation while Flood Dragon-Slaying Camps prepared for battle, and he hoped his fellow Daoists would survive the coming tribulation.

• Jiang Lang gave Hui Mian steamed buns and pickled vegetables, and the two discussed the flood-dragon tribulation and their inability to help Old Yi directly.
• Jiang Lang proposed moving porridge distribution and building shelters on higher ground to evacuate refugees and townspeople.
• Jiang Lang told Hui Mian that the State Preceptor Qingling had been Old Yi's junior fellow disciple, and they decided to act while seeking the master.
• Feng Yan and other volunteers dug channels and prepared terrain at Ten Directions Town, while Jin Fu demonstrated his strength at a Flood Dragon-Slaying Camp.
• Yi Shuyuan collected 108 Seven-Star Iron Swords for his sword formation and set out in the rain, hoping his fellow Daoists would survive the tribulation.