Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhishui discussed Guan Shiyin’s hidden motives and past with Xiao Sui, whose suspicions grew that Guan Shiyin was the Savior of the World’s second primordial spirit. Xiao Sui also asked about the Upper Realm’s response to the demons, then left with Lin’s calligraphy prepared for Little Snake.

• Lin Zhishui examined the water- and fire-resistant Wordless Heavenly Book but found no hidden message.
• Xiao Sui visited Lin Zhishui and said Guan Shiyin’s unclear origins and strange circumstances troubled her.
• Lin Zhishui pointed to Guan Shiyin’s spotless reputation, concealed adoption rumors, and publicized charity as reasons to question her motives.
• Xiao Sui connected Lin’s observations to the True Demon called the Savior of the World and suspected Guan Shiyin was its second primordial spirit.
• Lin Zhishui described Guan Shiyin as a lonely, fragile child, then changed the subject to Little Snake’s lessons.
• Xiao Sui said the Upper Realm had dismissed her warning about the demons, and Lin Zhishui told her he had prepared calligraphy for Little Snake before she departed.

She Xilu’s Foresight changed from predicting the Master of Black Flame’s attack to showing her trapped by a powerful Buddha’s Palm Kingdom. Xiao Sui explained that Lin Zhishui’s intervention had deterred the Master of Black Flame, while the new threat appeared to involve a reincarnated Buddha.

• She Xilu saw a vision of a golden Buddha’s Palm Kingdom suppressing her and learned from Youchan that the changed vision meant her earlier danger had been averted.
• She Xilu met Xiao Sui, who revealed that Lin Zhishui had visited Guan Shiyin and left a mark on her.
• Xiao Sui explained that Guan Shiyin was the second primordial spirit of the Savior of the World, the Master of Black Flame, and that Lin Zhishui’s mark had made the Outer Demons back down.
• She Xilu and Youchan identified the new vision as Buddha’s Palm Kingdom at the primordial unity realm, suggesting a powerful reincarnated Buddha was in the mortal world.

Xiao Sui, Youchan, and She Xilu discussed the mortal world’s role as a prison for ancient outer demons and the danger posed by a hidden reincarnated Buddha. At Jiuhua Temple, a secretive sweeping monk learned that a first-heavenly-pass cultivator was a reincarnated outer demon beyond true demon level and resolved to act.

• Xiao Sui, Youchan, and She Xilu discussed the unknown reincarnated Buddha, the Mortal Realm’s importance to the Heavenly Realm, and the arrays sealing ancient outer demons there.
• Xiao Sui explained that the Myriad-Age Dragon-Subduing Array protected Qing City and that the Savior of the World might threaten it, though Lin Zhishui could potentially stop the Demon Dragon.
• At Jiuhua Temple, the abbot told the sweeping monk about the Fortune-Teller, the first-rank true demon, Senior Lin, and the recent revelations from Su City.
• The sweeping monk learned that the reincarnated outer demon who threatened the Fortune-Teller had only reached the first heavenly pass, and he realized she might be an outer demon beyond true demon level.
• The sweeping monk repaired his broken broom, swept away the courtyard’s fallen leaves, and said he would sweep them away.

She Xilu encountered a reincarnated Buddha in a mall while cultivating by preventing disasters, and Youchan learned he intended to force her into reincarnation to protect the mortal world. The monk attacked and summoned an Outer Demon, leaving She Xilu, Youchan, and Sword Immortal Lu trapped with him in a desolate realm as he prepared to confront it.

• She Xilu prevented a smoldering cigarette butt from starting a fire, pushing the Calamity-Breaking Princess's awakening past eighty percent.
• Youchan warned She Xilu that a reincarnated Buddha from Eternal Night Spirit Mountain was nearby, and She Xilu saw the old monk watching her in the mall.
• The monk explained that he wanted Youchan to reincarnate so the Savior of the World could not kill her and use her to threaten the Myriad-Age Dragon-Subduing Array.
• Youchan refused, and the monk severed his sight to intensify his Magic Power and attacked She Xilu.
• Sword Immortal Lu blocked the monk's Buddhist light, but the monk exposed a mortal woman to the supernatural battle and summoned an Outer Demon.
• The mall's mortals vanished into a silent, gray realm, where Sword Immortal Lu confronted the monk and the monk declared he would deal with the fifth-rank true demon.

She Xilu, Youchan, and Sword Immortal Lu fought a reincarnated Buddha as Outer Demons descended into the demon domain. The old monk survived their strongest attacks and claimed victory, but She Xilu revealed three more calligraphy scrolls.

• Youchan explained that killing the descending Outer Demons would disperse the demon domain, while the old monk waited for stronger demons to arrive.
• Sword Immortal Lu attacked the Schoolteacher, but the old monk protected the fifth-rank True Demon with his Diamond Mantra.
• A fourth-rank Night Watchman appeared, and the old monk struck it down with Buddha's Palm Kingdom as She Xilu activated a calligraphy scroll to summon heavenly soldiers against his barrier.
• The old monk used Buddha's Palm Kingdom to destroy the heavenly soldiers and block Sword Immortal Lu's scroll-powered sword strike, severing his senses to strengthen his magic power.
• The old monk declared that he had won the round and offered to send Youchan into reincarnation, but She Xilu produced three more calligraphy scrolls.

After the gaunt old monk apologized to Youchan and gave her treasures, the Outer-Demon Domain remained after the Schoolteacher’s death, revealing a delayed descent. The Scripture-Seeker arrived to take Youchan back to “It,” but She Xilu used Lin Zhishui’s painting to trap and destroy him; the monk sacrificed himself to buy time and prepared to enter reincarnation.

• The gaunt old monk gave She Xilu a Jade Buddha Pendant and a Śarīra as compensation, then asked to meet Lin Zhishui and urged Youchan to reincarnate.
• After the monk killed the Schoolteacher, the Outer-Demon Domain did not disappear, and Youchan suspected another outer demon had yet to descend.
• The Scripture-Seeker arrived, declared that Youchan must return to “It,” and attacked the group with Buddha’s Palm Kingdom.
• Youchan had She Xilu use Lin Zhishui’s Azure Sea Tide-Rising Painting, which opened a cave heaven and began drawing the Scripture-Seeker inside.
• The Scripture-Seeker poured his remaining power into his attack, so the gaunt old monk sacrificed his body to hold back the dark palm while Sword Immortal Lu struck it with the Śarīra.
• The painting swallowed the Scripture-Seeker and destroyed his body and primordial spirit; as the monk began to dissolve, Youchan promised to take him to meet Lin Zhishui after his reincarnation.

Sword Immortal Lu received a cultivation method and guidance from the gaunt old monk, while the monk left to enter reincarnation. The Savior of the World ambushed him, but he annihilated his own Primordial Spirit to deny her the chance to offer it to “It”; she was nevertheless rewarded with the realm of a Heavenly Demon and turned her attention to the Myriad-Age Dragon-Subduing Array.

• The gaunt old monk explained that he had used Withered Wood Heart-Locking Zen to extend his life while guarding the Qing City Array, and Sword Immortal Lu asked to learn a similar method.
• The gaunt old monk passed Sword Immortal Lu a Daoist cultivation method and advised him that perfecting his Sword Heart could lead to the Primordial Unity Sword Dao.
• The gaunt old monk departed to enter reincarnation, stopping above Jiuhua Temple to look at its abbot, who resembled his deceased disciple.
• The Savior of the World trapped the gaunt old monk’s Primordial Spirit in a Demon Domain and planned to offer it to “It” for a reward.
• The gaunt old monk used Consciousness Severing to burn away his Primordial Spirit, preventing the Savior of the World from capturing it.
• “It” rewarded the Savior of the World by raising her to the Heavenly Demon realm, and she judged that she had a ninety percent chance of breaking the Myriad-Age Dragon-Subduing Array with the Hidden Dragon Pearl.

After Lotus Fire Pure Light Buddha’s soul was destroyed, Xiao Sui met with Azure Lord, Abbey Master Yuan, and Venerable Dongyan to investigate the True Demon responsible and the threat it posed. They learned that the Savior of the World might have killed the Buddha’s Primordial Spirit and could have become a Heavenly Demon, and Xiao Sui suggested asking Senior Lin for help.

• The abbot of Jiuhua Temple told Xiao Sui that a black demonic domain had appeared above the temple, and they realized Lotus Fire Pure Light Buddha’s spell had vanished because his soul had been destroyed.
• Azure Lord, Abbey Master Yuan, and Venerable Dongyan arrived, confirmed that Lotus Fire Pure Light Buddha’s spell tokens had shattered, and discussed how a True Demon might have killed him.
• Xiao Sui told the three visitors that the Master of Black Flame was the Savior of the World and that her Second Primordial Spirit was Guan Shiyin.
• The group worried that the Savior of the World might have killed Lotus Fire Pure Light Buddha’s Primordial Spirit and advanced to become a Heavenly Demon, but they could not determine which True Demon had killed him.
• Xiao Sui cautiously suggested asking Senior Lin to investigate.

Xiao Sui and the Heavenly Realm’s surviving reincarnated figures discussed asking Lin Zhishui for help identifying the True Demon that destroyed Lotus Fire Pure Light Buddha’s Primordial Spirit. Venerable Dongyan arranged to visit Lin, who began preparing a poem and painting for the lonely, estranged senior figure.

• Xiao Sui told Venerable Dongyan, Azure Lord, and Abbey Master Yuan that Lin Zhishui had defeated a first-rank True Demon indirectly by giving a reincarnated Outer Demon a supreme divine artifact.
• Venerable Dongyan and Azure Lord recounted how the six Heavenly Realm representatives had dwindled to three, including the deaths of Nine Peaks Ghost Lord and Lotus Fire Pure Light Buddha.
• Xiao Sui explained that Lin sold calligraphy and paintings for ordinary money, and Venerable Dongyan decided to visit him to seek help determining whether the True Demon was the Savior of the World.
• Lin Zhishui received Xiao Sui’s message about a withdrawn senior figure seeking a cure for regret and asked what the visitor preferred.
• Xiao Sui described Venerable Dongyan as lonely and estranged from his wife, and Lin chose a poem about Chang'e and considered painting her flight to the moon.

Xiao Sui brought Great Venerable Dongyan to meet Lin Zhishui, who pretended to be a self-absorbed calligrapher while finishing a painting. When the painting revealed itself as a supreme divine treasure containing a world, Dongyan became convinced Lin Zhishui was a mighty being of the Heavenly Dao.

• Xiao Sui and Great Venerable Dongyan arrived at Lin Zhishui's shop and discussed how the pine tree had opened its immortal aperture and received the Fuxi Dharma Body.
• Lin Zhishui kept painting while Dongyan waited, and Dongyan mistook the work for an ordinary painting.
• When Lin Zhishui set down his brush, the painting radiated primordial light and revealed that it contained a world of its own.
• Xiao Sui praised the painting, and Lin Zhishui said he had made it as a welcoming gift after hearing about Dongyan's circumstances.
• Dongyan introduced himself as Dongyan Qi, apologized for his earlier discourtesy, and concluded that Lin Zhishui had reached the Heavenly Dao.

Lin Zhishui gave Venerable Dongyan a painting and a Calligraphy Spell, while mistaking Dongyan’s gifts and reverence for signs of their shared interest in traditional culture. Dongyan and Xiao Sui left believing Lin was secretly preparing them to face the Outer Demons, while Lin planned to use the Antique Jade Flask to unseal the Wordless Heavenly Book.

• Venerable Dongyan studied Lin Zhishui’s painting and recognized its profound power, then offered Lin an Antique Jade Flask to unseal the Wordless Heavenly Book.
• Lin Zhishui asked Venerable Dongyan to look after Xiao Sui, accepted the flask, and gave Dongyan a Calligraphy Spell in return.
• Lin Zhishui asked Xiao Sui and Venerable Dongyan to recommend his Calligraphy and Painting Shop to trusted people and said his prices would never exceed 129,600 yuan.
• Venerable Dongyan discovered that Lin’s Calligraphy Spell contained a rare divine ability involving the Divine Soul and consciousness, and thanked him sincerely.
• Xiao Sui and Venerable Dongyan left after Lin told them to remember his requests, while Lin looked forward to testing the flask on the Wordless Heavenly Book.

Lin Zhishui used the red solution to reveal the mythological illustrations in the Wordless Heavenly Book, which he titled “The Changes of the Three Realms.” At Jiuhua Temple, Venerable Dongyan used Lin Zhishui’s divine artifact to rewind time and identify the true demon who killed Lotus Fire Pure Light Buddha: the Savior of the World.

• Lin Zhishui poured the red solution onto the Wordless Heavenly Book and revealed illustrations of Pangu, the Three Realms, and an Outer Path Pangu.
• Lin Zhishui discovered that the book was titled “The Changes of the Three Realms” and decided to copy its artwork and tell Little Snake about its myths.
• Venerable Dongyan arrived at Jiuhua Temple with Xiao Sui and revealed that Senior Lin had bestowed a divine artifact upon him.
• Venerable Dongyan activated a painting scroll that projected a world and reversed time until it showed the previous day’s events.
• Xiao Sui identified the white-robed woman in the vision as the Savior of the World, who had killed Lotus Fire Pure Light Buddha and received a powerful reward.
• Venerable Dongyan said that despite the danger, there was still a way to deal with the Savior of the World.

Venerable Dongyan explained how Senior Lin could aid the mortal world without revealing himself, while the reincarnated immortals prepared Qing City to face the Savior of the World and the Outer Demons. Xiao Sui asked She Xilu to come to Qing City, and Youchan warned that only overwhelming forces—or unexpected help from an Outer Path power—might change the battle’s outcome.

• Venerable Dongyan refused to let Senior Lin intervene openly and told Azure Lord and Abbey Master Yuan they could discreetly direct trusted cultivators to his shop for treasures.
• Venerable Dongyan assigned Azure Lord and Abbey Master Yuan roles in Qing City's defenses, while Xiao Sui urged them to recruit powerful cultivators and protect She Xilu.
• Xiao Sui invited She Xilu to move to Qing City, where the assembled cultivators and their array could protect her and use her help.
• Youchan told Xiao Sui that the Savior of the World now rivaled a Great Golden Immortal and could only be opposed by formidable reincarnated immortals working with an ancient array.
• Youchan raised the possibility that a mighty being of the Outer Path might intervene, leaving Xiao Sui uncertain about what the coming conflict would bring.

The Savior of the World and the True Demons learned that a Great Ancestor of the Outer Path had intervened in the Mortal Realm and empowered them to fight the cultivators. Armed with three powerful treasures and newly strengthened allies, the Savior of the World declared that Qing City’s Myriad-Age Dragon-Subduing Array would soon fall.

• Demon Lord Thousand Eyes told the Savior of the World and the True Demons that the Great Ancestor had taken an interest in the Mortal Realm and ordered the Savior of the World to kill Lin Zhishui’s protected reincarnated Outer Demon.
• The Great Ancestor gave the Savior of the World the Eye of Gloom, the Worldless Flower, and the World God's Hair, and strengthened most of the True Demons with blood and Primordial Spirit essence.
• The Great Ancestor denied that Lin Zhishui had marked the Savior of the World’s Second Primordial Spirit, and Demon Lord Thousand Eyes concluded that Lin Zhishui had used the supposed mark to frighten the Outer Demons.
• The Savior of the World learned that the three treasures could locate reincarnated Primordial Unity Great Golden Immortals, suppress their Primordial Spirits, and help break arrays.
• The True Demons completed their transformations, rising to first- and second-rank True Demon, while the Savior of the World retained a Heavenly Demon realm of attainment.
• Demon Lord Thousand Eyes promised more treasures to help destroy the Myriad-Age Dragon-Subduing Array, and the Savior of the World insisted that ordinary mortals must not be harmed.

Xiao Sui learned that the Heavenly Realm’s mighty ones would not intervene against the Savior of the World, though its Supremes arranged limited aid for the Mortal Realm. The Savior targeted the Azure Lord in Su City, but fled after seeing Lin Zhishui escort her, leaving the Azure Lord convinced he had protected her and Lin wondering if she had fallen in love with him.

• Xiao Sui told Three-Cold Fairy that the Savior of the World had destroyed a reincarnated Buddha’s Primordial Spirit and now rivaled a Great Golden Immortal.
• Three-Cold Fairy reported the danger to the Supremes of three Dao lineages, but the Golden Mother Primordial Sovereign, Gonggong, and the Infinite Heaven mighty one all refused to concern themselves with the Mortal Realm.
• The Heavenly Realm’s Supremes agreed to send spiritual pills, three supreme divine artifacts, and a limited first batch of Primordial Unity treasures to help the Mortal Realm.
• The Savior of the World inspected Qing City’s formation, then used her Gloomy Eye to locate reincarnated immortals and identify a dazzling Primordial Spirit near Lingyan Pavilion.
• Lin Zhishui completed an azure pine painting for the Azure Lord, accepted her payment, and escorted her through a dark alley in Su City.
• The Savior of the World prepared to ambush the Azure Lord but fled when she saw Lin Zhishui; the Azure Lord believed he had deliberately protected her, while Lin wondered if she had fallen in love with him.

Savior of the World returned to the demon domain without becoming a heavenly demon and declared that the Outer Demons had no hope because Lin Zhishui seemed to be a reincarnated heavenly Dao powerhouse. She summoned Demon Lord Thousand Eyes and the great ancestor, who examined her memories and dismissed her conclusion as foolish.

• Savior of the World returned to the demon domain with a grim expression, startling Guan Shiyin and the true demons by saying there was no hope left.
• Savior of the World told Guan Shiyin that Lin Zhishui's presence was imperceptible and the Gloomy Eye could not see his primordial spirit light, leading her to believe he was a reincarnated heavenly Dao powerhouse.
• Savior of the World asked Demon Lord Thousand Eyes to report the crisis to the great ancestor, and Thousand Eyes used his remaining token to summon the ancestor.
• The great ancestor descended, questioned Savior of the World, and examined her memories through a strand of divine sense.
• The great ancestor called her foolish and dismissed the idea that Lin Zhishui was a reincarnated heavenly Dao powerhouse.

The woman in white learned that Lin Zhishui had fooled her with a puppet and received a Demon Domain Seed from the great Ancestor. She planned to lure Lin Zhishui out of Lingyan Pavilion by threatening Qing City, while Lin Zhishui prepared a painting of Lady Nuwa for She Xilu before her trip there.

• The great Ancestor explained that the figure accompanying the reincarnated Primordial Unity Great Golden Immortal had been a puppet, then gave the woman in white a Demon Domain Seed.
• The woman in white planned to use the seed to capture a reincarnated Primordial Unity Great Golden Immortal and offer their primordial spirit to 'It,' then grow powerful enough to kill Lin Zhishui.
• The woman in white decided to feign an attack on Qing City to force Lin Zhishui out of Lingyan Pavilion and defend its grand array.
• At dinner, She Xilu told Lin Zhishui that Xiao Sui wanted her to go to Qing City the next morning, and Lin Zhishui offered to accompany her if she felt unsafe.
• She Xilu declined Lin Zhishui's company but asked him to paint her a picture, so he chose to make a portrait of Lady Nuwa for her trip.

She Xilu discovered Lin Zhishui had left her a message and a painting of Nuwa before traveling with Xiao Sui and Sword Immortal Lu to Qing City. There, the defenders prepared for an attack, but the Savior of the World arrived with twenty-eight true demons, including another first-rank demon, and their first strike nearly overwhelmed the city’s formation.

• She Xilu found Lin Zhishui’s message and a painting of Nuwa, then set out for Qing City with Xiao Sui and Sword Immortal Lu.
• Xiao Sui distributed Heavenly Realm treasures among the defenders, while Azure Lord explained the supreme-one power in the painting Lin Zhishui had given her.
• A vast demon domain engulfed Qing City, and Abbey Master Yuan activated the Myriad Laws Returning to One Array as the defenders took their positions.
• A giant hand of black flame struck the formation, forcing Abbey Master Yuan and Azure Lord to pour their strength into keeping it intact.
• The attackers revealed the Savior of the World and twenty-eight true demons, including two first-rank demons, shocking the defenders.

The Savior of the World and her array of True Demons besieged Qing City, while Venerable Dongyan and the other Primordial Unity Great Golden Immortals tried to hold the city’s defenses. After the Savior weakened the barrier with her Undying True Flame, they began turning the city’s array into a trap and prepared to use a Calligraphy Spell against her.

• The cultivators panicked at the True Demons’ overwhelming strength until Venerable Dongyan, Azure Lord, and Abbey Master Yuan revealed their Primordial Unity auras and steadied Qing City’s array.
• The Savior of the World attacked the barrier with a World-Cleansing Red Lotus, and Venerable Dongyan’s arrow weakened the first strike enough for the array to withstand it.
• Venerable Dongyan, Azure Lord, and Abbey Master Yuan agreed to trap the Savior of the World and use a trump card from Senior Lin, while She Xilu agreed to help defend the city with her Calligraphy Spells.
• The Savior of the World unleashed a stronger World-Cleansing Red Lotus, but the array held, and Xiao Sui reported that she had distributed the Heavenly Realm’s treasures and supplies.
• The Savior of the World approached the barrier and used her Undying True Flame to drain the formation’s power, causing the cultivators’ magic power and the barrier to diminish.
• Abbey Master Yuan began transforming the array into a trapping formation as Venerable Dongyan unfurled a Calligraphy Spell bearing the line, “Having seen the vast ocean, no other water compares; save those over Mount Wu, no clouds are worthy of the name”!

The Savior of the World was trapped by Qing City's chaos-forming array while the True Demons attacked the city and its defenders. Sword Immortal Lu broke through to the Primordial Unity Realm, and Venerable Dongyan's true self descended through a Calligraphy Spell; he prepared a world-forged arrow to kill the weakened Savior of the World.

• Abbey Master Yuan and Azure Lord transformed Qing City's barrier into a chaos-forming trap that cut the Savior of the World off from her array and power supply.
• Xiao Sui directed the city's cultivators to repel the scattered True Demons, while the First-Rank True Demons Sutra Preacher and Cat Keeper broke through toward the central formation.
• The Cat Keeper shattered the defenders' barrier and attacked She Xilu, but Sword Immortal Lu comprehended the Primordial Unity sword Dao, severed the Cat Keeper's arm, and wounded the Sutra Preacher.
• Venerable Dongyan opened his eyes after using Lin Zhishui's Calligraphy Spell to exchange consciousness with his second primordial spirit, allowing his true self to descend temporarily.
• Venerable Dongyan judged that the Savior of the World was too depleted to resist and drew a golden arrow formed from a world of destructive flames, declaring that she would die.